Gallery Los Olivos is offering an art show for the month of November that showcases the works of Mirella Z. Olson and Lindy Kern. The two artists and longtime friends will demonstrate their influence from nature in the show The Painter and the Potter. A reception event with the artists happens on Nov. 1 from […]
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City offers Halloween party to elders
The Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department is inviting adults aged 50 and older to the annual Active Living Halloween Party event on Oct. 26 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The free social event invites active older adults to co-mingle with high school students at Pioneer Valley High School, 675 Panther Drive, Santa Maria. The […]
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Sing with the Adelines
The Tri City Sound Chorus, Santa Barbara County’s chapter of the Sweet Adelines International, is gearing up for its Christmas concert, and welcomes all local ladies who enjoy singing to join them at some upcoming rehearsals. The ensemble sings in traditional barbershop style with all female voices and teaches interested singers how to blend vocal […]
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Movie night gets spooky
The Santa Maria Public Library is hosting a movie night in the spirit of the Halloween season on Oct. 29. Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, rated PG, will be shown at 5:30 p.m. in the library’s Shepard Hall. The Santa Maria Public Library is located at 421 S. McClelland, Santa Maria. More information is available at 925-0994, […]
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Local groups converge to celebrate Make a Difference Day
Make a Difference Day was started by the magazine USA Weekend in 1992 in order to put a spotlight on nonprofit organizations. The informal holiday is held on the fourth Saturday of October, and has caught on with nonprofit organizations across the country, including some close to home. WonHeart is a local nonprofit organization founded […]
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The Lompoc Civic Theatre produces a play that pulls from local history
The further back into the past we turn our attention, the more tenuous the details become. Honest research can reveal plenty about how cultures from the past lived and related, and first-hand accounts can give us details into daily life, but that which is left undocumented can only be guessed at. One tool that has […]
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Michaels offers a pumpkin challenge
Michaels arts and crafts store is offering its annual Great Pumpkin Event and the launch if the new Trick Your Pumpkin sweepstakes. Every Friday through Oct. 31, Michaels will award a $250 gift card and gift basket to a randomly selected customer who creates a pumpkin craft. Anyone can enter to win, provided they enter […]
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Standing Sun celebrates freedom with art
Standing Sun Wines holds an art show tited Freedom—a showcase of impressionist art by Liz Bristow and symbolic archetype sculpture by Joseph Castle—showing through Nov. 30. The first reception event to kick off this show is set for Nov. 1 and will include painter Bristow and live music by Kayleigh Hollum followed by Gary Foshee […]
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Experience the country in Los Olivos
Los Olivos is holding its popular Day in the Country Festival on Oct. 18, with special events happening throughout the small community. The day begins with early morning fun runs and includes a country-themed parade, zip line and climbing wall, hundreds of craft and food booths, live music, and family activities. The festival began in […]
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Pumpkins go pink to benefit Marian Foundation
A special Pinktober pumpkin patch is open in Santa Maria through Oct. 31. All of the proceeds from the pumpkin patch benefit the Marian Foundation, and the patch is sponsored by Mission Hope Cancer Center, Dignity Health, and Honda of Santa Maria. Better Produce provided the pumpkins. The Pinktober pumpkin patch can be found at […]
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All holidays at the Santa Maria ElksElks
The Santa Maria Elks present a Holiday Craft, Art, and Gift Fair on Oct. 26 at the lodge in Santa Maria. A wide array of Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas décor and gifts will be available for purchase, along with handcrafted items by local artists. Santa Maria Elks Lodge No. 1538 is at 1309 N. Bradley […]
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Going back for more: The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes center completes its second excavation of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 Ten Commandments set
In 2012, the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center excavated a piece of Hollywood history from underneath the dunes sand that was the location for Cecil B. DeMille’s 1923 production of The Ten Commandments. Two rows of sphinx statues lined the approach to a 700-foot-tall façade of an Egyptian temple, all of which was buried after shooting was […]