Please join us for a campaign event to meet Supervisor Jerry Hill who is running for State Assembly.  We support Jerry and hope you will join us.  Jerry has served as a Mayor, Councilmember and County Supervisor.  He is endorsed by Assemblyman Gene Mullin, Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, the Sierra Club, California League of Conservation Voters and many more.  We need his experience, leadership and energy in Sacramento representing our County.  Donations not required.  Visit us at http://www.votejerryhill.com. RSVP to Joe Harney at 650-344-3243 or email

Event Host Committee: Mayor Jim Vreeland - Councilmember Pete DeJarnatt - Councilmember Sue Digre- Councilmember Julie Lancelle - John Curtis - Bob Pilgrim - Barbara Arietta

Saturday, May 10, 2008 Time:  1:00 PM- 2:30PM
Sanchez Concert Hall
1220 Linda Mar Boulevard, Pacifica

At 7:30pm on Saturday May 10th, local viewers will be treated to a sneak preview screening of the award winning Dalai Lama Renaissance at the Johnson House Depot, hosted by The Visionary Edge. 

Nathan Southern of All Movie Guide says “As the curtain rapidly fell on the 20th Century, his holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet, grew so deeply troubled by the state of the modern world that he invited 40 pivotal Western thinkers to his secluded home in Northern India’s Himalayan Mountains, for a lengthy and pointed brainstorming session on the problems of contemporary society and how to solve them most effectively. Foreseeing the importance of this event, documentarist Khashyar Darvich joined the group with an 18-member, 5-camera crew in tow (sponsored by the Wakan Foundation for the Arts) and sought to capture the event on film. This yielded some 140 hours of video footage, edited down to feature length for Darvich’s documentary Dalai Lama Renaissance. The film preserves, in 80 minutes, the most insightful, illuminative and engaging dialogues from Gyatso’s conference.”

Synthesis participants from the film, locals Nancy Margulies and Gary Warhaftig, along with another bay area participant Barry Rosen, will conduct a Q & A with the audience after the screening.

The event will be held on Saturday, May 10th at the Johnson House Depot.  Doors will open at 7:00pm, event begins at 7:30.  Advance tickets $10, door $15. Call 650-560-0200 for information and reservations.  

On Friday May 10 at 7:00pm Kat Parra and her ensemble will perform at the Half Moon Bay Library.  Her program will showcase the diversity of Latin Jazz, from Salsa to Sephardic.  Parra’s latest release is “Azucar de Amor” on the Patois label.

Come to a Cinco de Mayo celebration sponsored by HMB High School Parent Advisory Council. All proceeds will benefit the exemplary academic, sports and arts programs at Half Moon Bay High School.

When:  May 9, 2008 from 7 PM to Midnight
Where: Harbor House
What:  Live music, margaritas, wine, beer, tons of appetizers.  Dance to the music of The South City Blues Band!
How Much:  Purchase tickets in advance at Main St. Goldworks or Bay Book for $40 ($50 at the door).

The Coastside Community Orchestra, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, with a concert Saturday May 3rd at 8 p.m. at the Community United Methodist Church in Half Moon Bay.  The orchestra will open with Tchaikovsky’s Marche Slav.  Then Montara Virtuoso Charles Calvert will play Boccherini’s cello concerto in Bb major.  After intermission the concert closes with Schubert’s symphony No. 8 the “Unfinished.” As part of the 25th anniversary celebration orchestra alumni are invited to attend the concert free of charge.

After intermission the orchestra will present three scholarships to local music students to encourage their continued musical education.  Marya Dzmitrak (age 16) of Pacifica earned a scholarship this year to continue her piano training with Lisa Spector.  Quinn Sommer (age 12) won a scholarship to help him buy a new bow for his violin.  Christian Arella ( age 15) who plays alto horn and trumpet and has been teaching himself to play the guitar, earned a scholarship to take private music lessons.

The Coastside Community Orchestra began in the spring of 1983 when a small group of musicians got together to found a nonprofessional community orchestra.  What began with ten people has grown over the years to roughly 40 musicians.  Mr. Kay Raney conducted the orchestra for 17 of those 25 years and did a lot to build its membership and repertoire.  Recuperating from surgery, he will attend the May concert and Guest Conductor Bill Coye will lead the group.

Saturday, May 3rd, 8:00 p.m.
Community United Methodist Church Sanctuary

777 Miramontes Ave, Half Moon Bay
May
Tickets Available at the door
$10 general, $7 seniors, students and children free
For more information visit http://www.coastsideorchestra.com or call 415/290-4074.

The entire Coastside community is invited to lace up their skates and join us on Saturday afternoon, May 3, for a gala “Rock the Rink” grand opening celebration of the new roller hockey rink at Half Moon Bay High School.

Hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastside and the North Coast Hockey League, the event will feature live music (with local band “Flagged Down"), food, raffles, prizes for all kids, skills competitions, a Squirt exhibition game, and more! (And, since it’s the first Saturday in May, we’ll have a special Kentucky Roller Derby race!) It promises to be a totally fun afternoon for the entire community.

And if you enjoy Rock the Rink, kids 5-18 can always sign up for the 2008 NCHL roller hockey season, which begins Sunday, June 1 and runs through Aug. 3. You can sign up  ONLINE at http://www.coastsiderollerhockey.com http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?EVENT_ID=1553360&CHECKSSO=0 or you can click on this link for the 2008 Registration Form. http://www.coastsiderollerhockey.com/2008_NCHL_RegForm4.pdf (Or signup in person on Saturday, April 19 & 26 at Cameron’s, from 11am-2pm.)

REMINDER: Jerry Hill is this Friday night

We are opening our home for people who want to meet the Democratic candidates for Gene Mullin’s 19th Assembly District seat. Our home is at 2098 Touraine Lane, Frenchman’s Creek, Half Moon Bay. RVSP, so we’ll have some idea of the number of attendees.

• Richard Holober—Friday, March 14, 2008 at 7:00 P.M.


• Gina Papan—Friday, March 21, 2008 at 7:00 P.M.


• Jerry Hill—April 25, 2008. At 7:00 P.M.

Dream Machines returns to Half Moon Bay Airport on Sunday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Half Moon Bay Airport. The show benefits the Coastside Adult Day Health Center in Half Moon Bay.

Headline attractions scheduled to appear include thrilling, high-flying freestyle Motocross exhibitions by HiRise FMX; military aviation wonders “Heavenly Body”—a historic B-25 Bomber from World War II, P-51 Mustangs, Hawker Seafury British Fighter, P-40 “Flying Tiger”, and YAK Russian fighters; Max Loffgren’s POW/MIA ‘55 Chevy dragster, built as a tribute to the 3,500+ American servicemen and women listed of prisoners of war or missing in action from the Vietnam War; AAA Greenlight Initiative “Green Machines” display of clean technology/alternative fuel vehicles; Stanford’s Solar Race Car “Equinox”; the Blastolene Brothers extreme, mega-modified machines; ace aerobatics pilot Eddie Andreini; and “World Record Wonderland” headed by record-setting dragster “The Flying Fortress”—the world’s fastest non-supercharged, front engine slingshot dragster and the lightning fast, super sleek BuddFab Motorcycle Streamliner.