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GET IT ON THE GARAGISTE GROUND FLOOR: Want tickets to this underground wine wonderland? Check out californiagaragistes.com for all the information, and remember: You heard it here first, folks!
Chris Cook
reader of fine literature
“Definitely not the beach. That’s an awkward ride home. I would do it somewhere like a coffee shop or anywhere downtown and really public. Somewhere they can’t make a scene and where you can get away on foot really easy.”
WHAT’S OPERA DOC?: ‘Aida’ will be showing at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m. For more information, go to pacslo.org or call 756-4849.
Boyd Gelhaus
retired
“Deep in the forest where no one could find the grave.”
PUPPETS TO POEMS: Don Wallis will read poems from ‘The Puppet Man: New & Selected Poems,’ his first new book of poetry in 40 years, this Sunday, Oct. 19 at Linnaea’s Café at 7 p.m., where he’ll share the podium with poet Leslie St. John. Wallis’ book (100 pp.; $15; The Hutton Street Press) is available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble. See more about Wallis at donwallis.com.
Nikki Gelhaus
Nikki Gelhaus
“Breaking-up is not in our vocabulary after 46 years.”
WHAT’S OPERA DOC?: ‘Aida’ will be showing at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 12, at 2 p.m. For more information, go to pacslo.org or call 756-4849.
Alice+Myron Pickering
retired
“After 56 years together we don’t have to worry about it.”