The Los Padres Artist Guild’s Arts and A’s Spring Show happens March 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Luis Oasis Senior Center, 420 East Soares Ave. in Orcutt. Fine art and crafts created on paper, canvas, clay, jewelry, and silk by 20 guild artists will be exhibited and for sale. There will […]
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Curtain call
A Solvang theater reopens with The Lakers
Solvang has long had a theater downtown. It’s been shuttered, but it’s been there. Now, it’s reopening, and local theater enthusiasts are excited about the possibilities. The venue will henceforth be known as Manny’s Upstairs Theatre, because of its location above the newly re-opened Manny’s restaurant on Mission Drive. Manny’s owner Fernando Tovalin controls the […]
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Women in print
The Lompoc museum displays a collection of work by talented women
It’s Women’s History Month, and the Lompoc Museum is celebrating by putting women in the spotlight. Specifically, that light is focusing on women printmakers. This month’s exhibit is “Looking at Prints by American Women: 1900-1950,” which features American women printmakers who worked in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibit features works […]
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Doing it for themselves
Some authors don’t wait for publishers�
Anyone can publish a book these days. Some writers simply sell their books to family and friends and never get beyond that. Others gain local exposure. A few find their way to a national audience. And they do it all themselves. Because the self-publishing trend is growing so quickly, there’s little in the way of […]
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Still searching for talent
Final auditions for Santa Maria Has Talent will be held at 10:30 a.m. on March 12 at Orcutt Presbyterian Church, 993 Patterson Road in Orcutt. Santa Maria Has Talent is sponsored by Santa Maria Rotary Club South. The top act will win the Coast Hills $1,000 Talent Award. For more information, call 937-8910.
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Get hooked
Former inmates provide a look at their world in a play about the criminal justice system
It doesn’t take a professional production to present a powerful message through theater. Sometimes the biggest impact comes from a troupe of real people telling a story to which they can deeply relate. That’s the method behind the Poetic Justice Project, which explores prison culture, the choices prisoners and staffers make to survive, and the […]
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Art wins at the library
The Foodbank of Santa Barbara County will host its seventh annual Lompoc Empty Bowls fundraiser from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Veteran’s Memorial Building at 100 E. Locust Ave. in Lompoc. The annual event is a special Foodbank-sponsored gathering where, for a donation of $20, attendees choose a handcrafted ceramic bowl, enjoy a […]
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Historical Society loses funds
The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center will present a hike to Coreopsis Hill led by Jenny Langford, Lauren Brown, and Dirk Walters of the California Native Plant Society. The hike will begin at 9 a.m. and will be a casual walk through the National Wildlife Refuge to the top of Coreopsis Hill. The moderate to strenuous hike […]
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Back to her roots
Yulianna will return to her hometown to perform two shows in support of her new album
Yulianna Zinovieva is gearing up for a couple of live performances in Los Angeles before bringing her act to Santa Maria. It’s a good thing she has those two dates to “break the ice,” she said, because it’s been two years since she’s performed live, having been wrapped up in recording. “It’s kind of good […]
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Artistic expression
The My Life=Art show is a reminder of the joys and trauma of being a teenager
How are high school years defined? Television shows them as hip, magazines paint them as beautiful. Bruce Springsteen called them the “Glory Days.” Those teenaged years are often idealized, but actual teens living through them often have a different perspective. Real teen points of view were recently brought to light through PCPA’s Arts Outreach. My […]
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Learn a bit about Bach
The Central Coast Music Teachers Association is sponsoring a lecture demonstration in Santa Maria on March 19 at 10:30 a.m. Dr. Charles Asche, renowned professor of music from UCSB, will present a lecture regarding the origins and pedagogical nature of Bach’s works. He’ll also share techniques of pedal use for the piano. Come to the […]
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Fix your irises (and pupils) on these irises
Rick Tasco, noted iris hybridizer and co-owner of Superstition Iris Gardens, will give a presentation on “Historic Iris from the Eclectic Collection of Superstition Gardens,” presented by the Lompoc Valley Iris Society. The program will be held at Fellowship Hall of the First Christian Church, on College Avenue and V Street in Lompoc, on March […]
