The Santa Maria Arts Council is preparing its second annual Birdhouse Fundraiser event for the Autumn Arts Grapes and Grains festival and needs artists to paint donated birdhouses for a fundraiser raffle. Local artists are needed to beautify birdhouses in unique and artistic styles. The Arts Council will be evaluating artists to whom to distribute […]
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Lompoc Library offers concerts on the lawn
The Library Foundation in Lompoc is offering its annual Concerts on the Library Lawn series during the month of August. The shows happen the first three Saturdays in August from 1 to 3 p.m. The first concert features singers from the Lompoc Youth Theater performing selections from the production Hairspray Jr. on Aug. 2. The […]
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See the Wildling Museum’s season of natural history field classes
The Wildling Museum has announced the 2014-2015 season of Natural History Field Classes with Fred and Larry, a series that takes place throughout Santa Ynez Valley and Santa Barbara County with local naturalists Dr. Fred Emerson and Larry Ballard on the third Saturday of the month from September through May. The season includes trips to […]
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The fantastic frontier: PCPA Theaterfest presents the idyllic musical Oklahoma in all its musical glory
The monumental influence Rodgers and Hammerstein have had on American musical theater is staggering. So many popular tropes and styles were cemented by the duo; their influence can be seen in myriad contemporary works today. PCPA Theaterfest has gone back to the roots of the famous collaborators with a production of their first play, Oklahoma!, […]
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Summertime crafting
Michaels offers a DIY Day: Paracord Bracelet class for free on July 19 from 10 a.m. to noon. Fun Bug Display Mount is for ages 3 and older on July 19 from 10 a.m. to noon. Cost is $2 per 30-minute session. A special science series features Week 6: The Museum at FIT, which includes […]
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Frame Gallery offers event with Alloway
The Frame Gallery in Orcutt will be host to a special event with showing artist Barbara Alloway that will include art, wine, food, and the artist on July 23 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. There will also be a fundraiser raffle, with a $20 raffle ticket purchasing admission to a VIP reception and a chance […]
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DANA Adobe opens an art gallery
The historic staffers at the Dana Adobe Rancho Nipomo has reserved space in the preserved building to include an art gallery. After the successful showing of the historic exhibit “Gold Rush Fever!” the Dana Adobe has opened the gallery up to local artists. The current exhibition includes watercolor, sculpture, oils, and photographs by artists Carolyn […]
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Shepard Hall showcases duo
The Santa Maria Public Library’s Shepard Hall gallery usually showcases solo artist exhibitions, but now includes a show by collaborating artists Juan Manuel Perez Salazar and Patty Smith showing through the month. The exhibition “Y/BEES?” includes an artist reception on July 17 at 5:30 p.m. in Shepard Hall. The contemporary exhibition includes artwork that dissects […]
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Santa Maria Civic Theatre stages free shows for families
The Santa Maria Civic Theatre offers its annual Free Summer Fairy Tales event for kids and families, featuring an original story and a well-known tale. Each production will include a performance of With the Wild Things: In the Animal Kingdom and Pinocchio. The shows happen on Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. on July […]
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The Great American Melodrama sings, dances, and delivers laughs with West
The Great American Melodrama, smack dab on Highway 1 in the heart of Oceano, always plays to its strengths. The melodramatic style has typically been reserved for intimate halls filled to the brim with audiences that are always encouraged to engage in the story with various cheers, hoots, hollers, and hisses. The current production, Song […]
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Ride on: Santa Barbara Segway takes a different route
I love working. Having specific tasks to accomplish and the feeling of finishing them to my best ability—that’s what makes a job well done feel satisfactory. But even the most wonderful workdays need to be balanced out by some fun. When thinking of adventures to embark on, my mind always flashes to normal activities like […]
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PCPA Theaterfest weaves a delightful harmony with ‘Forever Plaid’
View highlights from “Forever Plaid.” Many a beloved artist or band has been cut down in their prime by the perils of automobile or airplane travel, but no group has taken its demise in stride as well as The Plaids, the four-part harmony guy group that emulated the clean-cut style of the 1950s and early […]