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Local writer Tony Piazza is the author of five mystery novels featuring private investigator Tom Logan, including Anything Short of Murder, A Murder Amongst Angels, Murder is Such Sweet Revenge, Murder Will Out, and his latest, Murder in the Cards. He is also the author of The Curse of the Crimson Dragon, as well as […]

Artist Chris Chapman grew up in Southern California, where she formed a strong bond with the distinct regional elements of nature. Warm, wide-open spaces filled with seasonal highlights of the landscape formed the backbone of a career she would devote to art and preservation. “It’s just something I’ve always loved,” she said. “I’m someone who […]

It’s always refreshing to see the work of Orcutt painter John Card on the wall at any gallery or public exhibit. This time it was at the Santa Maria Public Airport, where members of Valley Art Gallery are showing some of their latest work. As usual, the new pieces from the artists are surprising, both […]

For a typical actor, it can take months of detailed preparation to create one role that audiences will find believable, relatable, and engaging enough to invoke their suspension of disbelief during a play or movie. But in the Pacific Conservatory Theatre’s (PCPA) latest production, one actor takes on that challenge eightfold. Andrew Philpot plays eight […]

It’s not every day that a former United States poet laureate comes to Santa Maria. But that will soon be the case. Juan Felipe Herrera, the 21st U.S poet laureate, is part of the community’s celebration throughout April, which is National Poetry Month. Herrera will lead a workshop for 50 students at Allan Hancock College’s […]

On March 31, the Corazón del Pueblo Cultural and Creative Arts Center of the Santa Maria Valley officially opened. The center’s mission is to promote creative expression in all areas of art—performing, visual, and literary—and to offer the community a place to celebrate culture. Executive Director Alma Hernandez and board President (and writer/poet) Samuel Duarte […]

Some of the publicity material for artist Michael E. Long‘s new show simply calls his unusual work “a conversation starter.” Talk to the artist himself, and that conversation will drift anywhere from growing up around the world, to his vivid dreams, to Dadaism, and a lot more. The conservation Long hopes his work will spark […]

From 1918 to 1922, renowned Irish author James Joyce published parts of his masterwork, Ulysses. Hailed by many to be one of the greatest literary works in history, the novel left its mark not just on literary academia and global readers, but on the community of Dublin, where it was set. To honor the book […]