Due to new regional stay-at-home orders, and in the interest of public safety and that of its staff, the Wildling Museum of Art & Nature has revised its holiday shopping weekend, which was scheduled for Dec. 11-13, changing it to private, appointment-based shopping.

Every Wednesday-Sunday through Dec. 23, the Wildling will accommodate private parties for shopping, or pickups of items ordered online. The museum is at 1511-B Mission Drive, Solvang.

Call 805-688-1082 to set up a private shopping appointment, or visit the museum’s new online store for holiday needs. New items are being added daily to the online store at www.wildlingmuseum.org/store.

Contact Julie Mock at julie@wildlingmuseum.org with any questions.

Additional digital resources are available at www.wildlingmuseum.org/virtual-visit, including online galleries from all current exhibitions, links to art activities and videos to help online visitors find engaging art escapes during the museum’s COVID-19 closure.

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Celebrating the holiday season, the Wildling Museum is hosting its seventh annual Holiday Marketplace from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3. Admission is free, with a special members-only preview at 10 a.m.

More than a dozen local artists and craftspeople will display unique gifts in booths that will be placed throughout the museum, so those attending can also enjoy the museum’s exhibitions while carolers add to the festive atmosphere. Free cider and cookies and a photo opportunity with the entertainers will round out the special afternoon.

Vendors include Kathy Badrak, specializing in decorative gourds; A9 Designs Jewelry; local woodworker Gabriel Bustamante; block print artist Angelina LaPointe; mixed-media artist Irina Malkmus; Diana Paul Jewelry; local woodworker Justin Pearson; and Heather Federlein Jewelry.

For more information and an updated vendor list, visit www.wildlingmuseum.org/holidaymarketplace/.

The entertainers are from Dandelion Wishes, which is a children’s entertainment company specializing in character appearances. For more information, visit https://www.dandelionwishesparties.com/.

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The Rotary Club of Los Olivos will hold a Fall Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, at St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley to benefit the preschool at the church and the Little Village Foundation.

The rummage sale will offer shoppers great deals on gently used household and patio furniture, fine china and crystal, garden and shop tools, kitchen wares and appliances, home and holiday décor, electronics and more.

Free cider and cookies will be provided throughout the event.

A portion of the proceeds from the event will go to St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Preschool’s scholarship fund and toward improving the play area that is available to the whole community when school is not in session.

The Little Village Foundation, a nonprofit organization and record label that searches out, discovers, records and produces music that otherwise would not be heard beyond the artist’s family and community, will also receive funds raised at the event to continue their work of supporting artists from non-traditional backgrounds.

Los Olivos Rotary Club annually donates around $40,000 to local nonprofits, vocation-oriented student scholarships, international peace-building efforts, local senior citizens and more.

Visitors are always welcome at club meetings at 5:15 p.m. Thursdays at the Grange Hall in Los Olivos.

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The Rotary Club of Los Olivos will hold a Fall Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, at St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley to benefit the preschool at the church and the Little Village Foundation.

The rummage sale will offer shoppers great deals on gently used household and patio furniture, fine china and crystal, garden and shop tools, kitchen wares and appliances, home and holiday décor, electronics and more.

Free cider and cookies will be provided throughout the event.

A portion of the proceeds from the event will go to St. Mark’s-in-the-Valley Episcopal Preschool’s scholarship fund and toward improving the play area that is available to the whole community when school is not in session.

The Little Village Foundation, a nonprofit organization and record label that searches out, discovers, records and produces music that otherwise would not be heard beyond the artist’s family and community, will also receive funds raised at the event to continue their work of supporting artists from non-traditional backgrounds.

Los Olivos Rotary Club annually donates around $40,000 to local nonprofits, vocation-oriented student scholarships, international peace-building efforts, local senior citizens and more.

Visitors are always welcome at club meetings at 5:15 p.m. Thursdays at the Grange Hall in Los Olivos.

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