¡Viva el Arte de Santa Bárbara! presents Los Angeles-based Grandeza Mexicana in a performance of Mexico’s regional musical and dance traditions. The group will perform at Guadalupe City Hall on Jan. 20 at 7 p.m. Grandeza Mexicana’s choreography pays tribute to the traditions and customs of Mexico’s historic past. Santa Barbara County performances will feature […]
REBECCA ROSE
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Artist Jill Iversen discusses her career as a Santa Maria artist
Santa Maria artist Jill Iversen is the resident artist at the Santa Maria Discovery Museum in Santa Maria. She creates fine art as well as children’s illustrations for books and has even authored her own book, Goldie Hatches a Brood. Iversen spoke with the Sun about her career in art and how she got her […]
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Filmmaker Paul Goldsmith hosts a screening of ‘The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island’ in Los Olivos
She spent 18 years alone on an island just 60 miles away from the California coast, and her life inspired a famous children’s book, years of anthropological research, and now a documentary film. Filmmaker Paul Goldsmith’s documentary The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island seeks to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the life of […]
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Pho-nomenal: Santa Maria welcomes a new Vietnamese restaurant
Having lived in cities like San Francisco and Houston, one of the big empty places in my culinary heart is the sore lack of solid Vietnamese restaurants on the Central Coast. My hankering for dishes like pho and banh mi often goes unfulfilled, leading me into a foodie sadness spiral. But thanks to the opening […]
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Santa Maria hosts teen sewing class
The Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department’s Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center presents the class Sewing with Ms. Burns, a free course for teens in seventh through 12th grades on Jan. 13 from noon to 4 p.m. The course, hosted by Michelle Burns, is designed for those with little to no sewing experience, and will […]
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Central Coast landscape painter Marilyn Stankewich shares vision of her two worlds
From the icy frozen lands of Montana’s Rocky Mountain stretch to the rolling hills of the Central Coast’s dunes, Marilyn Stankewich’s work is centered on two very distinct worlds. Art lovers on the Central Coast will get a chance to see the Lompoc Arts Association member’s vision of these two worlds in a show that […]
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Go with the flow: Artist Kathy Badrak switches up her style
Artist Kathy Badrak is having fun getting her hands dirty. The artist, featured in a new exhibit hosted by Ameriprise Financial in Santa Maria called Color in Motion, has had a successful career creating gourd art—sculpted pieces made out of dried Cucurbitaceae such as pumpkins and squash. Her work is frequently exhibited in museums and […]
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Transitions-Mental Health Association values volunteers for their long-reaching contributions
Volunteers make a difference, and not just in the actual jobs they help complete. That’s one message that Caity McCardell, volunteer support with Transitions-Mental Health Association, wants to help get across when it comes to the myriad programs the agency offers for volunteers. One of Transitions’ most well-known programs is the Growing Grounds Farm in […]
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Solvang museum hosts poetry reading
The Wildling Museum in Solvang will host a poetry reading titled Encounters: Poetry Inspired by Nature on Jan. 21. The reading will feature the work of Teresa McNeil McLean, Steve Braff, and Dorothy Jardin. McLean is a Santa Ynez artist, musician, and writer who pens poems that she often transitions into song lyrics. McLean has […]
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Santa Marian artist featured in Los Olivos
An exhibit featuring the art of Sharon Foster will be on view at the Los Olivos Wine Merchant and Café through March 1. Foster, a longtime Santa Maria resident, photographs landscapes and natural scenery, utilizing digital enhancements for a final product. All of the work on display at the venue is for sale. This exhibit […]
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Diane Borad-Mirken will perform Broadway hits on one night only in Santa Maria
Santa Maria is getting a taste of Broadway, thanks to one local performer. Diane Borad-Mirken will demonstrate her keen sense of comedic timing on Jan. 21 in a one-time-only performance at Temple Beth El in Santa Maria. In addition to the comedy bits, she has also chosen a selection of her favorite Broadway songs and […]
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Rebecca Rose takes one last look at the dishes that made dining on the Central Coast in 2017 fabulous
The champagne’s been popped, the wrapping paper has been thrown away, tacky sweaters are ready to return to the store (just kidding, Aunt Maggie; I loved the light-up Frosty the Snowman sweater). For many of us, the year’s end came with one strong simple message: Don’t let the door hit you in the butt on […]