October is typically the month when kids and adults alike embrace the morbid, outlandish, and creepy side of life. Several critters from the natural world tend to come to the forefront to represent the Halloween season, including all types of things that slither, scurry, and swoop. The Neal Taylor Nature Center at Cachuma Lake cosponsors […]
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PCPA opens its costume shop to Halloween shoppers
The World War II era hangars that sit on the corner of College and Boone across from Allan Hancock College are still rented out to local businesses that need a lot of storage space. The hangars offer just as much height as they do width, which is a good thing for the Pacific Conservatory Theatre’s […]
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The Great American Melodrama celebrates 40 years with Scary Poppins
The Great American Melodrama was buzzing on Oct. 3, for the first of three Octoberfest events at the Oceano theater, with an hour of live music, beer from the keg, and a German dinner before the night’s production began. As Trio Internationale performed German drinking songs and polkas, attendees crowded into the concessions area line, […]
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Lompoc Valley Art Association to hold regular meeting with art demonstration
The Lompoc Valley Art Association is holding its regular monthly meeting on Oct. 7, which includes a live art demonstration. The meeting, which begins with a social hour at 6:30 p.m., will include a regular meeting at 7 p.m. followed by a demonstration by Carol Kemp. Kemp is a painter, jeweler, and art teacher who […]
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Flying Goat Cellars hosts new art installation
Flying Goat Cellars is currently hosting a multimedia installation by Santa Barbara artist Angela Valente and poet Bonnie Brecraft. The Sea at 5 a.m. includes mixed media visual art by Valente that accompanies the poetry of Brecraft. A reception event will be held on Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will include […]
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Elverhoj Museum holds ‘Sideways’ exhibit
The Elverhoj Museum of History and Art offers an exhibit titled Looking Back Sideways: Film Stills by Merie Weismiller Wallace, SMPSP. The exhibit marks the 10-year anniversary of the film, which was shot in the Santa Ynez Valley before debuting in 2004, and includes still images taken during the film shoot. The exhibition opens with […]
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Wildling Museum calls for volunteers
The Wildling Museum is currently recruiting new volunteers for the wilderness showcasing art gallery. Volunteers will help with the front desk, gift store, special events, art classes, leading tours, and more. A volunteer meeting and training event is Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. at the Wildling Museum, 1511-B Mission Drive Solvang. The meeting will include […]
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Santa Maria announces landscape beautification contest
The city of Santa Maria Utilities Department has announced its first annual Landscape Beautification Contest to recognize and promote attractive and water-saving landscapes in the community. The contest began Sept. 22 and continues through Oct. 31 for single-family residences served by the Santa Maria Utilities Department. Winners will enjoy a recognition award and have their […]
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Lompoc quilt guild holds a weekend showcase and raffle
The age-old practice of quilting is one that prizes carefully handcrafted patches assembled to create a larger expression of the pattern. Though the art form has adapted to changes in technology, the practice remains essentially the same, with lone quilters creating unique patterns from collected fabrics. The Lompoc and Buellton area has enjoyed quite the […]
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The Grapes and Grains Festival celebrates the arts
A little more than three decades ago, the Santa Maria Arts Council—then headed by Nat Fast—began an annual community arts event, the Autumn Arts Festival, at Veterans Memorial Park. The festival became a yearly celebration of the various art forms and artists that find a home in Santa Maria and on the Central Coast. The […]
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PCPA explores authenticity, art, and betrayal in ’36 Views’
Art is an illusion. What shimmers across the surface can barely evoke the roiling factors hidden beneath; thus, a piece comes to mean much more than it presents. The same can be said for people, always painting a certain picture, whistling a specific tune, or telling a slanted story. PCPA, now known as the Pacific […]
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Gallery Los Olivos debuts new show
Gallery Los Olivos presents its featured artists for the month of October with the works of Jill Targer and Julie Fish showing in the gallery’s main room. Above, Below, and Beyond showcases both artists’ use of vibrant colors from Oct. 1 through 31. A chance to meet the artists at an opening reception is Oct. […]