Let’s be real: Men have it pretty easy. I put about as much thought into what I will wear each day as I do what I’ll have for breakfast, and the answer is usually the same—what’s closest and easiest. That being said, I grew up with an older sister, and live with my fiancée, and […]
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Crafting for love
Michaels arts and crafts store offers crafting events for kids ages 3 and up. A “Crafty Valentine’s Day Bags” event is scheduled for Feb. 1 for 30-minute sessions from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the store. Cost is $2. Michaels arts and crafts is at 1934 S. Broadway in Santa Maria. More information is available […]
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Santa Maria Civic Theatre celebrates its 55th season
The Santa Maria Civic Theatre is celebrating its 55th season of quality live community theater with a production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore showing Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, and 22 at 7 p.m., and Feb. 23 at 1:30 p.m. at the theater, 1660 N. McClelland St., Santa […]
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Hop aboard: Free model train rides in Goleta
The South Coast Railroad Museum invites the community out to enjoy free model train rides on its “Super Saturday XVIII” event at the museum on Feb. 1. Visitors to the South Coast Railroad Museum can enjoy free rides from 1:15 to 3:45 p.m. on the miniature model engines and cars that traverse the special tracks […]
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Santa Maria Arts Council invites artists to compete for grants
The Santa Maria Arts Council offers the chance for studying artists to compete in its annual grants competition. Emerging artists in the fields of dance, drama, music, and visual arts may compete for the first-place grant of $1,500 and the second-place grant of $1,000 in each category. There are also three additional grants that will […]
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The Melodrama’s ‘The Bachelors’ is a kooky, time-traveling romp at the theater
The last time I went to the Great American Melodrama in Oceano, I had to have my appendix out. My husband and I went with some friends to see Drac in the Saddle Again, and halfway through the first act, I knew something was wrong—not with the performance, but with my vestigial organ. In fact, […]
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A Canadian circus acts tackles modern absurdity with ‘Cirkopolis’
Jeannot Painchaud discovered circus arts in the summer of 1984. A native of Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, or Magdalen Islands—a small archipelago off the Canadian coast; population something like 12,000—a teenaged Painchaud traveled to the mainland see the tall ships, dreaming of travel and adventure and pirates. It was Canada’s 450th birthday, and the biggest sailboats in […]
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Celebrate Nat Fast Day at the Discovery Museum
The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum invites the community to come celebrate the fourth annual Nat Fast Day on Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. As of press time, the schedule of events included sculpting with Laura Moll and watercolor paintings with the Orcutt […]
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Get ready for Valentine’s at Michaels
Michaels offers crafting events for kids ages 3 and up. A “Crafty Valentine’s Day Bags” event is scheduled for Feb. 1 for 30-minute sessions from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the store. Cost is $2. The store is located at 1934 S. Broadway, Santa Maria. More information is available at 349-8801 or michaels.com.
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Art From Scrap calls for artists
Art From Scrap has announced the return of its popular assemblage art event, “What Will They Create?”, and is calling for artists to submit their assemblage art under the theme of “Mischief!” The show is open to artists ages 18 and older. Each piece must include at least one abandoned or discarded item, and artwork […]
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Welcome back the Frame Gallery
The Frame Gallery has reopened in the Oak Knolls North shopping center and is issuing a call for artists. The Frame Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at 1157 E. Clark Ave., Suite J, in Orcutt. More information is available at 287-9402.
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Hopedance and Khashyan Darvich share sneak-peek of documentary ‘Dalai Lama Renaissance’ in SLO and Santa Barbara
The power of focus is an important, yet underappreciated, tool for living a fulfilling, healthy life. Likewise, the mind is a workhorse many people underestimate. Before he ever conceived of directing his documentary film, Dalai Lama Renaissance, Wakan Foundation for the Arts president, producer, and founder Khashyan Darvich began focusing his mind. “I first started […]
