The Santa Barbara County Arts Commission members and members of the community will meet to discuss arts in Santa Maria for an Arts Talk event scheduled for May 16 at the Minami Community Center. The talk will be hosted by 5th District Arts Commissioners Doug Jenzen and Dennis Smitherman. Fifth District County Supervisor Steve Lavagnino […]
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Elverhoj Museum hosts Nancy Yaki exhibit
The Roadside Series, a new art exhibition of recent works by artist and art teacher Nancy Yaki, is set to debut at the Elverhoj Museum of History and Art on May 12. A reception is scheduled on opening day from 4 to 6 p.m. and is open to the public. The exhibit features Saki’s landscape […]
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Steven Lewis’ photography exhibit at the Ann Foxworthy Gallery highlights his passion for small details
The photos on the wall at the Ann Foxworthy Gallery tell a quiet story. The story could be about a mysterious world preserved in an almost ancient landscape. Or it could be about the commonplace nature of the outside world. But the tale the pictures really tell is the story of Steven Lewis, the renowned […]
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Procrastination station
Rebecca is the queen when it comes to putting off writing
Many times I, an accomplished professional journalism person, am approached by young cherubic aspiring writers and reporters seeking important words of inspiration or guidance for success in their career paths. Clearly I am the very best person for this, and since I am so clearly perfectly successful with no faults in any area, I have […]
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The Great American Melodrama delivers a perfect sendup of ‘Les Miserables’ with ‘Less Miserable’
When I first announced to colleagues that I was seeing a production of Less Miserable over the weekend, there was an audible gasp of horror. How could I, a purported theater geek, ever butcher the name of perhaps the greatest musical in the history of Broadway? I quickly assured them the title was a pun […]
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Nature Beckons show at Gallery Los Olivos features Carol Talley’s landscapes
Carol Talley isn’t much of a city girl. The artist said she is more at home exploring the environment in and around her home in Santa Barbara. For her, the wooded hills and seemingly endless stretches of tawny beaches are both home and work. This is where she comes to find subjects for her paintings. […]
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Here’s how to judge a pie baking contest
I have discovered one of the Great Truths of the known universe: Judging a pie baking contest is tough work. I say this now as an expert in all things pie-eating related. I was recently asked to be a judge in Idler’s Home’s 34th annual Mom and Apple Pie Contest. (We weren’t judging moms, just […]
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Orcutt Community Theater holds auditions for murder mystery dinner
Orcutt Community Theater will present Murder at Café Noir, a mystery dinner theater fundraiser on July 21 and 22 as well as July 28 and 29. The group is holding auditions for the play on May 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and May 12 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Righetti High […]
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Allan Hancock College youth dancers to perform ‘Tarzan’
Dancers with Allan Hancock College’s youth program are set to perform Tarzan during the Magical Moments Spring Recital on May 12 and 13. Courtney Grimnes, coordinator of the youth dance program, will choreograph and direct the cast of more than 150 young performers in various dance styles including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, tap, contemporary, and folklorico. […]
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Three artists share paintings of local birds in new Wildling exhibit
At first glance, the painting of a quartet of wild turkeys looks out of place on the walls of the Wildling Museum in Solvang. The new exhibit, Our Feathered Friends, features the paintings of three California artists who specialize in nature and bird paintings. But George Lockwood‘s work, Spring Gobblers, looks so real it might […]
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Author Tony Piazza celebrates 50th anniversary of ‘Bullitt’ at Santa Maria Public Library
It is one of the greatest car chase sequences in the history of filmmaking. Approximately an hour into the film Bullitt, two cars begin a dangerous race down the streets of San Francisco, starting in Fisherman’s Wharf. What follows is nearly 11 minutes of heart-stopping action and suspense, a chase so bold and innovative for […]
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Owners Gregory and Daisy Ryan launch Bell’s in Los Alamos
It’s hard to grab a word with Greg and Daisy Ryan. That’s not just because their new restaurant, Bell’s, in Los Alamos, is so busy (customers were piled into every table and booth during my visit). It’s because the couple is inundated with well-wishers, many of them family friends who’ve come to support one of […]