SHELLY CONE

For weeks, Allan Hancock College dance students have been breaking in their dance shoes and learning the limits of what the human body can do in preparation for the dance program’s Dance Spectrum, showing March 17 to 21 in the Marian Theater on campus. The show has students logging dozens of toe-tapping hours in addition […]

The Santa Maria Sun is a little more colorful these days thanks to artists at the Town Center Gallery, who have given three Sun newspaper racks the artistic touch. The freshly decorated racks join several that were painted last year by art students from Allan Hancock College and placed throughout the city. Hattie Stoddard, of […]

Never ask drama class students about their favorite theater production. Weston Scott and Keihla Rivera of Righetti and Robert Rancano and Kirsten Appel of Pioneer Valley high schools recently sat outside the hall of Righetti’s drama room and demonstrated exactly why. “Fiddler on the Roof is in my top five,” Rivera said. “I thought Little […]

“I think they’re going to close the beach,” said the firefighter. “It’s getting pretty big. You can probably get a better view up there—and be out of everybody’s way.” He was sitting on a trail leading down to the beach in Half Moon Bay where the Mavericks surf contest was being held. We took the […]

The sound is rhythmic yet smooth and immediately prompts dancers to slide across the room to the dance floor. Then Soulamente’s lead singer grabs the microphone and belts out a jazzy song with a voice that comes from a deep dark somewhere hidden in the singer’s petite frame. It’s unexpected and totally irresistible, but that’s […]

Whether you’re an artist or just enjoy beautiful things, a few rules apply when it comes to art. First, the choice of frame can make or break an image. And second, art can’t be considered good, bad, or excellent if no one ever gets to see it. As a photographer and owner of Gold Coast […]