Joe Payne

The Santa Maria Michaels store offers upcoming arts and crafts classes for kids. “Kids Club Craft Your Own Super Hero” event is May 25 from 10 a.m. to noon. A “Kids Club National Drawing Day Event” is June 1 from 10 a.m. to noon. For more information, contact Michaels at 349-8801 or visit the store […]

The Transitions-Mental Health Association and the Healing Arts Council of Santa Barbara County present the “Art of Recovery” show in Santa Maria, an exhibition of art by people dealing with mental health issues. The exhibition will show May 23 through 31 from noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Recovery Learning Center at […]

The Kings of Swing Dance Studio is offering classes for dancers of varying levels at the studio in the Santa Maria Town Center. Swing dance lessons for beginners will be offered May 27 at 7 p.m. at the studio. Singles and couples are welcome. The session runs for four weeks and the cost is $45 […]

Santa Mara Valley Open Space is an all-volunteer group of locals who helped facilitate the first public open space and non-urban trail system in Orcutt. The group is planning a celebration of the trails with a group hike event followed by a free hamburger cookout for the general public. The event is scheduled for June […]

The Santa Maria Michaels store offers upcoming arts and crafts classes for kids. “Kids Club Celebrate Your Hero Event” is May 18 from 10 a.m. to noon. “Kids Club Craft Your Own Super Hero” event is May 25 from 10 a.m. to noon For more information, contact Michaels at 349-8801 or visit the store at […]

The Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau Oak Tree Education Program is offering oak tree seedlings to members of the community for free. During the fall, the Oak Tree Education program made a task out of collecting acorns, which were submerged in water. The floating acorns were removed—they floated because they were hollow, thus unsuitable for […]

Santa Barbara County officials have awarded first-, second-, and third-place awards to local high school filmmakers who were challenged with the task of creating a film that illustrated how they conserved water for the “2013 WaterWise High School Video Contest.” The first-place winner was a team of Pioneer Valley High School Students for their film […]

The Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts is welcoming the public to enjoy two productions by soon-to-graduate conservatory students of the performing arts organization. Michael Jenkinson directs a production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, featuring performances by conservatory students on May 16 and 18 at 7 p.m. A production of And When Love Speaks, […]