The Art Beat now has an online store to help you stay at home and keep the peace with DIY art projects. You'll find dozens of DIY projects to help you or your little ones to stay stimulated while sheltering.

The online store features a lot of fun ceramic bisques that you can choose from as the starting point of your project. Pick the ones you want to paint and then pick the type and color of the paints you want to use. You'll have a variety of acrylic or glaze paints to choose from.

Your order will be ready for you for curbside pickup or you can have it delivered for a flat fee of $10. After the household creative muscles have been flexed, just bring the glaze painted ones back to the studio to be fired. If you're working with acrylic paints, you can go ahead and enjoy your creations. Those don't need to come back for finishing.

They also have other fun DIY art projects that you can get in their online store. New things are still being added so if there's something you want that seems to be missing, just call 408-370-5002 or email create@theartbeat.net.

Deb Rohzen has been around here so long, she's an institution. On top of the Covid-19 economy, she's also recovering from a (mild) stroke. She will make a full recovery and her boutique isn't going anywhere, but she'll need to slow down for a few months to do some rehabilitation and build her strength back up.

This GoFundMe campaign is for both Deb and her shop, Simply Smashing Boutique. It's for both because there's just no way to separate Deb from Simply Smashing and vice versa. They've been conjoined twins ever since she opened up shop in 2000.

I know there's a lot of GoFundMe's going around and it gets overwhelming, but please take a moment to look at this one if you have the means to help.

Remember to email proof of donation of $25 or more to VivaDTC@downtowncampbell.com to enter our monthly drawings for prizes to thank you for supporting our merchants through this very difficult time.

If you can be anything in this world, please be kind. If you can't be kind then maybe you need to be a Unicorn! We can help you make that a possibility.

Start off with purging your old self with Unicorn Barf sour candy and Unicorn Yak Soda. Are you tasting the rainbow yet? If not, you'll also get Skittles, Starbursts and Krispy Kreme jellybeans with sprinkles.

Then complete your transformation into the better you with the included unicorn headband, unicorn bobble head, unicorn key chain, and unicorn finger puppet.

All of this is surrounded by gummy butterflies and cup cake jelly bellies and it's packed up in a nice therapeutic box for just $50! It's so much cheaper than therapy therapy.

Only at Rocket Fizz Campbell... I may need another hit of that Unicorn Yak.

All right, I am calling in the Drill Sargent of Positive Energy, we have a situation here! (That is correct THE Bob Ross was in fact a Drill Sargent)

As tribute we have the Bob Ross Box! You get a Positive Energy Drink along with Happy little Tree mints. Plus you get 2 Bob Ross pins so you can take your "Ross-i-tude" with you as you go. I threw in some Dots, because painting's just a bunch of dots, sometimes connected together. How about a Mountain Bar and a Rocky Road to paint a scenic view with a cobble stone path? There's a Zero bar because there are no mistakes, only happy accidents.

You'll also get a random Pez just as a surprise, cause who doesn't like a nice surprise? Lastly there's a Hula Girl Air Freshener because Hula Girls simply make people... see your smiling and I didn't even say it yet.

You can have all this fun from Rocket Fizz Campbell for only $35. Message Rocket Fizz on FB or call the shop at 408-370-1510 to order!

Over the years, Monterey's Old Capitol Books has been not only a new and used bookstore, but also a community center featuring poetry readings, philosophy reading groups, live music, experimental art performances, non-profit meetings, and more. During these extremely difficult times, store owners Ali and Stephanie are thinking of innovative ways to try to keep the business afloat, but they need your help.

If you're able, please consider supporting Old Capitol Books by donating to the Old Capitol Books GoFundMe Campaign, purchasing a gift certificate, buying a Quarantine Care Package, or liberating a book from their shelves via the online catalog.

GoFundMe Campaign
100% of the money raised will go into protecting the bookstore, including paying the staff so that they don't have to be worried about their job prospects in the future. Please help protect one of California's only black owned bookstores!

Purchase a Gift Certificate
Old Capitol Books gift certificates will help meet immediate financial needs. When the doors reopen after the shelter-in-place order, you can enjoy browsing through the shelves and selecting the books you like best.

Quarantine Care Packages
Bring wonderful books into your life! For the duration of the quarantine, Old Capitol Books is offering Book Care Packages. Each care package shipped includes a book (or books) personally selected by our experienced booksellers based on your preferences plus a unique gift.

Browse Old Capitol Books' Online Catalog
Old Capitol Books has a select number of rare, used, or out-of-print titles available for purchase on AbeBooks.com.

About Old Capitol Books and Its Owners, Ali & Stephanie
In early 2017, when then owner, Matthew Sundt, announced to his staff that he wanted to sell, we (Ali Elfaki and Stephanie Spoto) knew that we had to do what we could to keep the bookstore open. To us, this bookstore represents something much more than a mere job – it is a real passion.

Ali Elfaki is a Sudanese immigrant who grew up here on the peninsula, and has been working at Old Capitol Books since 2014. He's...Read More

Do you miss dancing the night away at Pearl Hour, listening to local bands? Order a cocktail box from Pearl Hour and enjoy it while watching this great new video by The BASSment, recorded entirely over Zoom. There's some serious talent here.

The Middlebury Institute community has come together to help students experiencing unexpected financial needs related to the pandemic. In just over a week, more than $27,000 was raised from staff, faculty, Student Council, alumni, and friends to create the MIIS Student Emergency Fund, which will provide small grants to students facing financial hardship.

“We know the current crisis has been not only upsetting but also extremely financially difficult for a lot of students, and we saw this as the best way to make sure as many students as possible can get some help,” says Student Council President Jaewon Oh.

Current students in need can complete a short application requesting up to $250. Requests are reviewed and approved weekly and funds are typically distributed within 7-14 days. Expenses related to loss of wages, technology for remote learning, unexpected travel, and medical and mental health services not covered by insurance are covered by the Fund.

Requests to the fund will be accepted through May 8. To donate to the fund, please click here. For more Information please phone Eva Gudbergsdottir, 831-647-6606.