The Santa Barbara Foundation donated a grant of $75,000 to the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature’s building purchase campaign. The goal of the campaign is to raise $1.8 million, which will allow the Wildling Museum to close escrow on the purchase of the current building. “Our investment in the Wildling Museum of Art and […]
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Barbershop Harmony Society hosts youth festival
The Barbershop Harmony Society welcomes local music students to join the seventh annual Youth-in-Harmony Festival in Santa Maria. The festival is exclusively for middle school, high school, and community college students. Attendees will receive free singing lessons from experienced barbershop-style veterans. The event is sponsored by various local singing organizations, including the Central Coast Chordsmen […]
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C Gallery presents pop-up show
The C Gallery offers a pop-up show March 4 through 15 titled C Gals. The exhibit features three artists who were all former students of Connie Rohde, director of the C Gallery. An opening reception for C Gals is March 4 from 4 to 6 p.m. Featured artists are Chelsea Ward, Christi Schaeffer-Belle, and Callie […]
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Local artists chosen for Pastel 100 competition
Pastel Journal chose the works of three Santa Barbara artists—Linda Mutti, Kris Buck, and Ivanie Finsvik—for the 18th annual Pastel 100 competition. Only 100 entries were selected from thousands of submissions. The competition includes five categories: landscape, portrait/figure, still life/floral, animal/wildlife, and abstract. Mutti received fifth place in the landscape category for her painting Sunrise […]
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Santa Ynez Valley Airport hosts Student Aviation Club
The Student Aviation Club at the Santa Ynez Valley Airport held its first meeting Feb. 18 and will continue to meet. The club welcomes students ages 8 to 18 for its following meetings on March 18 and April 15. Club attendees will learn about aviation and aeronautics from local pilots. Students who participate will be […]
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PVHS student named Teen Star SB finalist
Daniel Geiger, student at Pioneer Valley High School (PVHS), was named one of the top 10 finalists in the 2017 Teen Star singing competition in Santa Barbara. Geiger will compete at the competition’s finale on Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Arlington Theatre. The competition includes young singers from all over Santa Barbara County. […]
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Reading the dance floor: DJ Tim Lopez gives local weddings a musical flair
Tim Lopez, owner and founder of Modern Symphony DJ, takes wedding planning to a meticulous level—especially when it came to his own. “My wife, fiancée at the time, just took a couple steps back and said, ‘All right, go ahead, work your magic,’” Lopez told the Sun. Lopez handled his own wedding reception the same […]
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Color your world at Santa Maria Public Library’s adult coloring program
Coloring isn’t just for kids anymore. The philosophy behind the Santa Maria Public Library’s adult coloring program says that coloring provides a creative and artistic outlet for adults, which helps to relieve stress. The program takes place in the Shepard Hall, where community members are invited to sit down, relax, and color for an hour […]
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Santa Ynez Valley Arts Association hosts new photography exhibit
The Santa Ynez Valley Arts Association will host a new photography exhibit titled Peace and Tranquility at the Los Olivos Wine Merchant & Café from March 2 through May 4. The exhibit showcases the work of artists Barbara and Floyd Snyder. The couple’s photography is mostly made up of scenes from nature that they feel […]
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Dana Adobe hosts James Beckwourth talk
Helen Daurio will give a talk on James P. Beckwourth on Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. as a part of the DANA Cultural Center’s Sunday Speaker Series. The talk is followed by a question-and-answer session also hosted by Daurio. Beckwourth (1798-1866) is a near-legendary mountain man figure known for rising out of slavery and becoming […]
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Santa Maria Civic Theatre seeks actors for staged reading
The Santa Maria Civic Theatre holds auditions for a staged reading of In the Mood, Part 2 on Feb. 19 at 6 p.m. and Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. Writer/director Dixie Arthur is seeking to cast three men and three women, all between the ages of 50 and 80. In the Mood, Part 2 is […]
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Heartfelt tribute: Righetti High School’s monthly magazine releases special issue in memory of chemistry teacher John Rucker
John Rucker, chemistry teacher at Righetti High School for 21 years, passed away on Jan. 4 near the end of Righetti’s winter break. On the first day of the new semester, students behind The Legend—Righetti’s monthly magazine—began working on a special issue dedicated to Rucker’s memory. Rucker started teaching at Righetti in 1996, the same […]
