Bakai Wine + Tapas is hosting a benefit concert for Arms of Angels, a local non-profit organization that assists people in mourning who have lost a loved one, on Thursday, January 25, 6:30pm-9:30pm. The Five SongBirds - Amy Novak, Kiki Wow, Leigh Fitz, and Linda Arceo - are geared up to give you some original songs written from the heart. $10 advance tickets; $15 at the door.

Arms of Angels provides up to six sessions of private, professional, one-family-at-a-time counseling at no cost to families that are seeking help after the loss of a loved one. The organization provides them with the skills they need to support each other in a time of great sadness and stress. Counselors and therapists meet clients in locations from Salinas to Big Sur; bi-lingual services are provided in Salinas. Services are provided at no cost to families without adequate insurance coverage or means of their own to get the help they need.