THE DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS holds a community celebration of the group’s recent land purchase on Jan. 16 at 3 p.m. at Dana Adobe, 671 Oakglen Ave., Nipomo. Info: 929-5679 or danaadobe.org.
CENTRAL COAST UNITED FOR CHANGE holds a Martin Luther King Jr. Food Drive on Jan. 17 through Jan. 19 in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. Info: 710-4370 or ccuc@centralcoastunitedforchange.org.
THE SANTA MARIA B.R.A.G. holds a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration, featuring guest speaker Dr. Robert M. Wood, on Jan. 18 at the Radisson, 3455 Airpark Drive, Santa Maria. Info: 937-4887, 634-1021, or 330-646-3088.
WORTH THE DRIVE
UCSB ARTS AND LECTURES presents Winter Cinema 2009 through March 12 at UCSB, Santa Barbara. Secrecy shows Jan. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the UCSB Campbell Hall. Info: 893-3535 or artsandlectures.ucsb.edu.
SHARING THE DREAM is the 14th annual concert and cultural art festival in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 17 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Laguna Middle School, Los Osos Valley Road, SLO. Cost is $10. Info: 784-9410.
THE SANTA BARBARA HUMANIST SOCIETY presents an afternoon of poetry and songs on Jan. 17 at 2:30 p.m. at the Patio Room at Vista del Monte, 3775 Modoc Road, Santa Barbara. Cost is $5, $2 for students. Info: sbhumanists.org, HYPERLINK “mailto:rusans@cox.net” rusans@cox.net, or 564-6086.
THE CENTRAL COAST FOLK FESTIVAL features 15 live concerts, specially prepared food, and art Jan 15-18 at Boutique Hotels’ five San Luis Obispo locations. Info: CCFolk.com, 556-3306, or casey@cliffsresort.com.
This article appears in Jan 15-22, 2009.

