Orcutt Academy High School’s classroom No. 18 buzzed with the chatter of two groups of teenagers on either side of the room. Some worked silently on compact laptops, while others talked and laughed, or intently discussed various topics. It wasn’t the middle of the school day, but rather 7 p.m. at night. In the center […]
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Lompoc Concert Association opens season with trumpeter Brandon Ridenour
The Lompoc Concert Association (LCA) welcomes traveling musicians of high caliber to perform in Lompoc every year. The opening concert for the association’s new season will feature a skilled soloist—trumpeter Brandon Ridenour—performing live at Lompoc’s First United Methodist Church on Oct. 14. Ridenour is a New York-based soloist who graduated from the Julliard School of […]
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Gallery Los Olivos showcases art of Vicki Andersen and Patricia Watkins
Gallery Los Olivos features two of its member artists each month. Currently, the gallery puts the spotlight on longtime member artists Vicki Andersen and Patricia Watkins. The exhibit is titled Color and Light, and runs through October. A reception is scheduled for Oct. 15 from 1 to 4 p.m. Andersen is an acrylic painter who […]
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Valley Art Gallery features landscapes by Franczeska Bobi Angel
The Valley Art Gallery in Orcutt features the exhibit California Central Coast Paintings by local artist Franczeska Bobi Angel showing through Dec. 11. The exhibit features landscapes inspired by local geography, Angel explained in a release from the gallery. “The rolling hills, crops fresh from the fields, wineries in all their diversity, the ocean, and […]
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Santa Maria Philharmonic celebrates Oktoberfest with Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.
Those looking to support the Santa Maria Philharmonic Society from the bar stool can do so by visiting the Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company Taproom in Santa Maria on any Wednesday in October and celebrating Oktoberfest with a fundraising brew. Anyone who visits the taproom can buy a “benefit beer,” from which 50 percent of the […]
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Support the expanding Ian M. Hassett Foundation at Form Over Function
It’s been more than four years now since Ian M Hassett passed away in June of 2012 after a year-long battle with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. The young man showed an aptitude for art at an early age by drawing and playing music; he earned his first art award in junior high school. Ian handled his illness […]
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Sarah Raines celebrates the dark humor of Tom Lehrer in Lompoc
Classical singing is one of the most respected forms of music making, mostly due to the incredible amount of skill and discipline it takes to acquire performance-level talents. Once you arrive at that level, you get to sing some of the most powerful and emotionally potent music there is, from opera arias to art songs. […]
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Flying Goat Cellars hosts Candace McHugh’s paintings
Flying Goat Cellars welcomes local artists to show in their gallery space, and next in line is painter and illustrator Candace McHugh, whose work shows through Nov. 21. An opening reception for the show is Oct. 29 from 3 to 5 p.m. McHugh’s work focuses on soil, seeds, rocks, and plants, and how they fit […]
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Robbie Kaye will launch new line in Los Olivos
Celebrated artist Robbie Kaye will launch her new brand/art project, Treads on Threads, in Los Olivos on Oct. 13. The project includes a line of textiles that use tires and colorful paints to create unique designs. The event on Oct. 13 happens from 4 to 7 p.m. at Honey Paper, where Kaye will launch the […]
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Lompoc features first Mural in a Weekend event
Lompoc is a town known for its murals, thanks to decades of work by the Lompoc Mural Society. Now, the city of Lompoc will celebrate the newest mural with a weekend’s worth of events that will shine a spotlight on local arts and the new mural by Art Mortimer. The festivities take place across Oct. […]
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New Times Music Awards readers’ choice open to voters
The annual New Times Music Awards has received its submissions, and judging is underway. But you can cast your own vote online for the contest’s readers’ choice category now through Oct. 13. There are several local groups to choose from, and you can find them listed and cast a vote at here. Voters can listen […]
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New Lows in Lompoc hosts sticker art show for one night only
Most people walk right by them, but they’re there. Stickers cling to street corners, signs, lampposts, utility boxes, and just about anywhere else you can imagine. We’re not talking your everyday, gold star for a good grade sticker; we’re talking colorful, evocative, graffiti-inspired, sometimes-graphic stickers. It’s an art form linked to the skateboarding and punk […]
