See the show Visit the Creating Through Chaos show through Aug. 24 at the Cypress Gallery, which is located at 119 E. Cypress Ave. in Lompoc. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Reach Manic Creative online at maniccreativeart.com or on Instagram at @maniccreativeart. Mixed-media artist Jasmine Gonzalez moved […]
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Lompoc art duo’s fifth show is on display at Gallery Los Olivos
Visit the gallery Gallery Los Olivos is located at 2920 Grand Ave. in Los Olivos and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The current show, Rhapsody in Hue, will be on display until Aug. 31. For more information, visit gallerylosolivos.com. On a 12-by-16-inch canvas, artist Neil Andersson intertwines shapes and colors as […]
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PCPA’s Songs for Nobodies welcomes everybody to Marian Theatre and Solvang Festival Theater
A one-woman show featuring songs from five iconic artists will open at the Marian Theatre in Santa Maria on Aug. 14. In Songs for Nobodies, five famous singers meet five women in a “tour de force of inspiration and resilience,” according to the PCPA Pacific Conservatory Theatre’s description. Award-winning actor and singer Bethany Thomas is […]
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Culture in the Valley flies through Santa Maria’s aviation history
Remnants of decades-old movie sets are still evident at the Santa Maria Museum of Flight. Museum docent Jerry Simas explains more about the Santa Maria Valley’s aviation history in the newest episode of the city’s online educational series Culture in the Valley. The Museum of Flight is located at the Santa Maria airport and houses […]
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Great American Melodrama turns 50 with a special show mixing melodrama with vintage, contemporary vaudeville
Get your tickets for the 50th The Great American Melodrama presents its 50th Anniversary show that will mix traditional melodrama, vintage vaudeville, and contemporary vaudeville at its Oceano theater (1863 Front St.) from Friday, Aug. 8, through Saturday, Sept. 20. Purchase tickets online at americanmelodrama.com or call (805) 489-2499. Melodrama may have enjoyed its theatrical […]
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CalNAM celebrates 25 years with exhibition from its permanent collection
The California Nature Art Museum pulled 25 works of art from its permanent collection of 150 to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Curated by former board chair Peter Adams and his wife, Becky, the show features work from local artists such as John Iwerks, Nell Campbell, and museum founder Patti Jacquemain, as well as artists from […]
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See Merry Wives of Windsor during Central Coast Shakespeare Fest
The Central Coast Shakespeare Festival is back on its stunning outdoor stage at Filipponi Ranch in San Luis Obispo to present The Merry Wives of Windsor every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night through Aug. 10. Sir John Falstaff (played by Mark Kassen), Shakespeare’s rotund, vain, often drunk knight, is reduced to a buffoonish, good-natured suitor […]
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Solvang’s nature and art museum displays William Neill’s photos in Yosemite: Sanctuary in Stone through August
Valley magic Located at 1511-B Mission Drive in Solvang, the California Nature Art Museum is open Thursday, Friday, and Monday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. William Neill’s Yosemite: Sanctuary in Stone exhibit is on display until Aug. 31. For more about the exhibit, visit […]
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Something Rotten! heads to the Solvang Festival Theater
The PCPA Pacific Conservatory Theatre joins the Bottom brothers on a “riotous quest to outshine Shakespeare” at the Solvang Festival Theater with Something Rotten!, a musical showing through Aug. 23. Nick and Nigel Bottom aim to pen the world’s first musical, targeting Shakespeare as the bard to beat, but along the way the Bottom brothers […]
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Focus on LGBTQ-plus literature with the Rainbow Reads Book Club
Rainbow Reads Book Club Saturdays made a comeback this summer at the Santa Maria Public Library. In June, members discussed No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull. In July, The Pairing by Casey McQuiston. On Aug. 9, members will talk about Samuel Burr’s The Fellowship of Puzzle Makers at 3 p.m. inside the Learning Loft. […]
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Stories of local foster youth in Trauma to Hope exhibit now on display in Santa Ynez
Hope in art Located at 3596 Sagunto St., the Santa Ynez Valley Historical Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 4 p.m., and the From Trauma to Hope: Stories of Foster Care exhibit is on display until July 26. For more about the exhibit, visit at sbcasa.org. It was past midnight when a […]
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Local high school students compete in International Thespian Festival
Center Stage Theatre Company performers from Pioneer Valley and Ernest Righetti high schools represented California in Indiana this June while competing in the International Thespian Festival (ITF). They performed 21 Chump Street and competed in vocal solos and duets during the weeklong event at Indiana University Bloomington. Mariah Escobar and Bloom Carrera received superior rankings […]
