Sundown Cinema is seeking reliable, responsible volunteers with a good sense of humor to serve during our 2012 season, June 29 - August 31!

What is Sundown Cinema? It's a free outdoor movie series held on Friday nights in the parking lot next to Therapy in Downtown Campbell. Now in our 9th year, we screen classic films geared for all ages. Sundown Cinema is run entirely by volunteers and we pay for our operating budget through donations from the audience and sponsorships by local businesses and organizations. This is cinema run by the community for the community!

All of our volunteers work hard but we have a lot of fun. Many of our volunteers return year after year, but it's inevitable that some move away and have other issues take priority, so we're always looking for new folks to join our team!

We ask each volunteer to serve 3 Fridays over the course of our 10-week run - we'll work with your schedule to pick dates that work for you. Every Friday night, we have two main volunteer jobs:

Concessions Stand
Two people serve at the popcorn and concessions stand from 7pm until the movie ends (usually 11pm or a little later).

Greeting
Two people serve as greeters on the sidewalk, handing out Sundown Cinema flyers and answering questions from passersby and the audience. One greeter serves 7pm-9pm, and the other greeter serves 7pm until the end of the movie (usually 11pm or a little later).

Don't worry! We'll train you! If you're interested, please contact info@downtowncampbell.com by June 18, 2012.

The Lighthouse District's own Cat's Meow made it on TV recently, getting featured on the show Mrs. Eastwood & Company! In the show, Dina Eastwood and a friend indulge in a little retail therapy. You can check out the 2-minute clip online here.

Congratulations to Melinda Collis, owner of Cat's Meow!

Need a new home for those good (but bulky) books piling up in your living room? Ready to part with your old CDs & DVDs but know somebody else would enjoy them? Simply Smashing invites you to donate them to our book drive and the Los Gatos Chapter of Women's Networking Alliance will donate them to the Blue Star Moms of the South Bay. Your donations will be included in care packages sent to our troops all over the world.

Now through June 30, 2012, make a book/CD/DVD donation at Simply Smashing and we'll take 10% off your entire regular-price purchase! (Can not be combined with other offers. Excludes furniture, artwork, exchange, trade. layaway, and gift certificate purchases. There will be no price adjustments on previous purchases.)

Cat's Meow, located at 601 Lighthouse Avenue in New Monterey, is pleased to announce that we now offer alterations!

Due to the high demand for special designs and alteration requests for those one-of-a-kind looks, we now have a professional seamstress on staff. Karen Wilmhurst will be available to tailor any of our pieces to fit your personal style and take care of anything in your closet that needs mending or altering.

For more information, please call us at 831-393-2287.

For the second year in a row, the New Monterey Business Association wants YOU to pick the movies for Movies in the Park. Suggestions have been submitted, and we have ten finalists. Please vote for your favorites - voting ends Tuesday, June 5!

The top three vote-getters will be featured at Movies in the Park in Scholze Park on Saturday July 14th, August 11th, and September 8th.

The past few years as more and more people have laptops and smartphones we've been seeing more and more people come to the summer movies in Downtown Campbell with them pulled out. I'm sure this year we'll add tablet devices to the list of things people will bring with them to the movies.

To date, we haven't had a policy on use of personal electronic devices during movies. Our approach has been to only lay down rules when something gets to be a problem. It might be time to have a policy. Each year we've received more complaints from people that they're being distracted by someone in the crowd using a laptop or smart phone.

We're going to let our audience set the policy. Please vote on whether we should allow unlimited use of any electronic device, impose a complete ban, or allow limited use of smartphones for important matters. If you have anything extra to say, please post a comment with your thoughts.

Welcome to Lighthouse District in the News, an occasional post featuring recent news articles on Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please click the link below to read the full article.

Dear Chefs: Save Us. [Cooking for Solutions at Monterey Bay Aquarium]
by Mark C. Anderson
Monterey County Weekly, 05/17/12

Oya Salon is proud to announce the re-launch of their website, OyaSalon.com. The website offers a complete redesign focused on a user-friendly experience.

OyaSalon.com offers several interactive features, including online reservations; downloadable information on becoming a fashion or editorial hair model; details on Oya's Hair Design University for stylists; and tablet and smart phone compatibility. It also features a blog so visitors can keep up to date on the latest salon events, promotions, and industry innovations. Check it out!

Outdoor movie fans, keep your Friday nights reserved this summer. Sundown Cinema will be back for its ninth straight season starting on Friday, June 29th.

We have another great movie lineup this year with a highly selective collection of movie classics along with a few blockbusters. As always, by Sundown Cinema tradition, the last movie will be decided on in the final weeks by audience input.

Sundown Cinema 2012 Movie Schedule

• June 29 - The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
• July 6 - Rocky (1976)
• July 13 - To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
• July 20 - Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid (1969)
• July 27 - Harold & Maude (1971)
• August 3 - The Big Sleep (1946)
• August 10 - Mary Poppins
• August 17 - Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
• August 24 - The Candidate (1972)
• August 31 - Audience Choice

Sponsorship Opportunities Available for Sundown Cinema
Sundown Cinema is a movie series produced by the community for the community and it's completely dependent upon volunteer labor, sponsorships, and donations. If your business or organization would like to support the movie series and get some terrific exposure at the same time, please click here and download our Sponsorship Kit. Opportunities start at just $100. For additional information, please e-mail info@downtowncampbell.com.

Want to Volunteer at Sundown Cinema?
We're looking for responsible, reliable people with a good sense of humor to join our volunteer team! Please click here for more information.

Welcome to Lighthouse District in the News, an occasional post featuring recent news articles on Monterey's Lighthouse District. Please click the link below to read the full article.

Lookin', Cookin': A Chef of the Year Tale Made for Monterey Bay Aquarium's Cooking for Solutions
by Mark C. Anderson
Monterey County Weekly, 05/03/12

Monterey Bay Aquarium is pleased to announce that, for the first time ever, we're now exhibiting a sandbar shark in our million-gallon Open Sea Exhibit. The male shark, originally from Hawaii, has been growing up behind the scenes in our Animal Research & Care Center in Marina. The new shark, which went on exhibit April 26, is 43 pounds and measures four feet, six inches.

The sandbar shark (carcharhinus plumbeus) is one of the largest coastal pelagic sharks, found worldwide in subtropical waters, and can be eight feet long. True to its name, this beautiful shark is often found in sandy or muddy areas close to land. Also known as the brown or thickskin shark, it's easily recognized by its large dorsal (top) fin. It's doing very well on exhibit! You can even check out the new shark on our live web cam!

A message from Bill Whipple, President of the New Monterey Neighborhood Association (NMNA):

Humbly, I ask you to please consider joining the NMNA's Board. Our bylaws authorize up to 11 members...and there are only 4 Board member now! The time commitment is really quite small - 1-2 hours per month for the board meeting, plus whatever time you choose to spend on what interests you.

The NMNA Board is facing some real challenges right now. Our April meeting had to be cancelled due to a lack of a quorum. Attendance by more than half of the board members is required for an official meting, and two of the four board members were unable to make the meeting.

Please consider stepping up and contributing to the community. We need you! For more information, please phone Howard Fosler at 831-649-6935 or Sharon Dwight at 831-375-0841.