‘Sing to Me’ series starts at C Gallery
No tech hassles. No wires. Just some acoustic music. That’s how Connie Rohde of the The C Gallery in Los Alamos described the first in the “Sing To Me” recital series. Linni Gilfrey will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 at the gallery. Wine and refreshments will be available at the intermission.
Gilfrey will be sharing jazz standards, ballads, and Latin rhythms, accompanied by Franci de Franco.
Admission is $25 at the door and includes wine. For more information, call 344-3807.
Best of the Best artists show work in Lompoc
The Lompoc Valley Arts Council presents its 20th annual Best of the Best art exhibition at the Grossman Gallery in the Lompoc Public Library. The show will run from Nov. 1 to 29.
An opening reception and awards presentation will be held on Nov. 2, from 2 to 4 p.m., when the public may vote for the “Popular Choice” award. The Lompoc Library is located at 501 E. North Ave., Lompoc. For more information, call 736-3477.
Santa Maria’s holiday spirit grows
Broadway will be a lot more festive this year thanks to more donations from sponsors. During this year’s holiday season, residents will see 36 illuminated displays along Broadway from Stowell Road to Main Street.
The People for Leisure And Youth, Inc. (P.L.A.Y.) and the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce can now purchase eight new dazzlingly lit poinsettias and snowflake displays. Contributing sponsors are P.L.A.Y.; Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce; La Brea Plaza; M&W Pumps; Fusion Contact Centers; Tri W Enterprises, Inc.; Fargen Surveys, Inc.; Rancho Maria Golf Club; Santa Maria Valley Physical Therapy Group, Inc.; Community Action Commission; Mission Community Bank; Sauatt, Albrecht, & Associates, Inc.; the Stewart Family; Urban Planning Concepts; Smith Electric Service; Applied Imaginations, Inc.; and Marian Medical Center.
The project began in 2007, when Broadway was aglow with wreaths, ornaments, poinsettias, snowmen, Santa, and candy canes.
The tentative date for the lighting of all 36 displays this year is Dec. 4.
Arts Briefs is compiled by Arts Editor Shelly Cone. Information should be sent to the Sun via fax, e-mail, or mail.
This article appears in Oct 30 – Nov 5, 2008.
