CORE Winery in Orcutt will feature two poets, David Dominguez and Raina J. León at its monthly poetry reading series on Oct. 13. León, Ph.D, has written three collections of poetry, including Canticle of Idols, Boogeyman Dawn, and sombra: (dis)locate. She is a member of the Carolina African-American Writers Collective as well as founding editor […]
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Barrelworks Terroir Project invites brewers from all over the world to create beer wine hybrids
Here on the Central Coast, every sip of wine or beer bears a hint of the region that produced it. So what happens when you combine them both? Don’t go dumping your beer into that glass of chardonnay because that’s not what I’m talking about. Beer-and-wine hybrids are making a name for themselves all over […]
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Lasting impressions: Irina Malkmus’ surrealist metal embossings pay tribute to her homeland
Irina Malkmus vividly recalls the details of spending part of her youth in Crimea, at her grandparents’ home, picking wild mushrooms. “I spent lots of time with my grandmother and grandfather,” she said. “Often I would walk to the forest to find some mushrooms. I remember how they smell and how they are beautiful.” She […]
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Iliad-ict: PCPA delivers a haunting rendition of Homer’s epic poem
If the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of the Iliad by Homer is the 2004 movie Troy starring Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom–well, for crying out loud, read a book or something because I don’t think I can help you. But a new performance at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA) […]
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Lompoc hosts Art Hunt event
The Lompoc Valley Art Association is hosting Art Hunt, a free local art-themed event from Oct. 18 through 21. The event offers participants a chance to find free art work through a scavenger hunt. Clues to the hunt can be found on social media including Instagram and Facebook. On Instagram, a photo of a painting, […]
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Painter Art Mortimer returns to Lompoc for Mural in a Weekend
Lompoc is adding a new mural to its collection, and the public has an opportunity to participate in its creation. Mural in a Weekend, which takes place Oct. 6 through 7 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will offer the community a chance to pick up a brush and put their own strokes into the […]
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Artists fighting cancer find new meaning in their own work through art therapy
When a doctor told Tonya Schultz she would have to have her arm amputated to fight the cancer slowly creeping through her body, she was determined to find another solution. “[They] told me we don’t have any other treatments, we need to amputate,” she said. “That’s when I said, ‘No, I don’t want to do […]
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Back up: Rebecca discovers one of the harshest truths about middle age: Your back hurts
My back hurts. Literally right now it is screaming in pain at me, like a bratty child whose mother won’t let it have two cookies for dessert. My back just won’t shut up. In my youth, many people told me many important and serious truths about growing up that I would later find indispensable. Truths […]
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Elverhoj hosts poetry event
The Elverhoj Museum of History and Art will host a poetry reading featuring local poets on Oct. 6. The Poetry of Transition will feature readings from Steve Braff, Dorothy Jardin, and Teresa McNeil MacLean. Each poet has created work inspired by the Elverhoj’s retrospective Past, Present, and Future. Braff (pictured below) is the co-founder of […]
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Inside PCPA features conversations with actors and designers
The Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA) will host Inside PCPA, a chance to meet with creative artists from the theater and learn more about their work. Resident actors and designers at PCPA will meet with attendees and discuss their inspiration and work. The event is an opportunity to learn more about how the theater works behind […]
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Minita Gandhi brings her one-woman show ‘Muthaland’ to PCPA
Minita Gandhi was always drawn to acting, even as a young girl. But she never thought she would one day be on the stage, telling her own story to a room full of strangers. “I didn’t grow up with the arts as a possible career choice,” she said. “It wasn’t until later in life that […]
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Howard Ramsden uses infrared and black and white photography to document nature
It was a contest in a Boys Life magazine that started Howard Ramsden on his long journey as a photographer. “If you sold so many Christmas cards, you earned enough points to exchange them for a number of different items,” he said. “The one thing I was interested in was a box camera.” Today the […]