Arts

The Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos will be host to the exhibit Gold Fever! The Untold Stories of California’s Gold Rush through June 28. The exhibit includes 24 photo-mural panels that present 1,000 square feet of information regarding the California Gold Rush and the people who made it happen. The Dana Adobe and the exhibit are […]

The Orthodox Church of the Annunciation presents a concert with guest the St. Petersburg Men’s Ensemble, which includes the singing talents of Kirill Sokolov, Sergey Shapinskiy, Vadim Smantser, and Andrei Volkikov. The group will perform Russian and Western sacred hymns as well as traditional Russian folk songs at the show. The concert is set for […]

The Lompoc Youth Theater’s fundraiser event at Transcendence Wines on April 26 was a success, the performing arts organization announced after the event. The fundraiser was a tock ‘n’ roll party that included donations from local restaurants and wineries. With the funding, the Lompoc Youth Theater will produce Hairspray, Jr. this summer. Auditions for the […]

The Santa Maria Philharmonic Society is seeking volunteers to help with the popular “Music Van” program. The van, donated by Toyota of Santa Maria, is filled with orchestral instruments and toured around local schools where kids can play and hear a variety of instruments. The Music Van is touring for the next five weeks, Monday […]

The Lompoc Theatre Project Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the nonprofit’s fundraiser event on April 26 netted the nonprofit several thousand dollars. More than one hundred tickets to the event were purchased. The funds will go toward the organization’s expected costs to secure the title to the theater and begin the restoration […]

The Pacific Conservatory for the Performing Arts (PCPA) is preparing for its summer season, which employs actors and theater technicians from out of the area. PCPA invites locals to make some extra cash by housing incoming actors and technicians. Suitable housing includes apartments over garages, backyard guest cottages, lofts, or extra bedrooms. Minimum requirements include […]

The Santa Barbara County Public Works Department’s annual “Water Wise High School Video Contest” saw a record high in the number of submissions this year, with 20 videos submitted from nine high schools in the county. The video contest is sponsored by the Santa Barbara County Water Agency and asks students to create a 30-second […]

The Santa Barbara County Farm Bureau Oak Tree Education Program has oak seedlings available free of charge to Santa Barbara County residents. The bureau’s agriculture and horticulture classes at Cabrillo, Lompoc, and Santa Ynez high schools brought at least 4,000 acorns to sprout. Available now are several hundred valley oaks, with Coast Live Oaks being […]

The Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department has announced a new volunteer program, “Step Up Santa Maria,” which helps the department build a stronger and healthier community while volunteers build their résumés. An orientation event for “Step Up Santa Maria” volunteers is May 3 from noon to 2 p.m. at the Abel Maldonado Community Youth […]

The Santa Maria Philharmonic is sharing the final concert in the 2013-2014 season’s “Rendezvous Series” featuring the Burnished Brass Quartet, a local brass ensemble. The event is slated for May 4 at 3 p.m. at a private residence in Nipomo. The “Rendezvous Series” is a celebration of the old “parlor style” concerts of the early […]