The Lompoc Civic Theatre is holding auditions on Jan. 13 and 16 at 7 p.m. for its next production. Roles are available for men and women. The auditions take place at the Lompoc Chamber of Commerce, 111 South I St., Lompoc. More information is available at 735-4321 or lompoccivictheatre.com.
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Join the music: The Santa Maria Philharmonic Society needs help
Your violin lessons as a child might not have resulted in Itzhak Perlman-level musical skills, but there are still plenty of ways you can help support the Santa Maria Philharmonic Society and Orchestra. The society recently endured a near-dissolution and subsequent recommitment to youth outreach and live concert seasons. However, it’s still a nonprofit organization […]
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CASA gives kids a voice in the court system
Anyone who has been involved in the court system can attest to how overwhelming it can be. Imagine, though, that while going through the courts, you could not speak, and if you did, no one would listen to you. Unfortunately, for anyone under the age of 18, that’s exactly what they must deal with while […]
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Go digital: Santa Maria Public Library offers free workshop to learn how to download eBooks
The Santa Maria Public Library is offering a free workshop for locals to learn how to download eBooks and digital audio books from the library, computer, or a handheld device. Topics at the workshop will include the free software that most devices need to complete the checkout and downloading process. The workshop will be held […]
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Central Coast McDonald’s restaurants celebrate Herb Peterson Day
Central Coast McDonald’s restaurants are celebrating the sixth annual Herb Peterson Day by offering the iconic Egg McMuffin sandwich for only $1 on Jan. 6 at participating Central Coast franchises. Herb Peterson opened his first McDonald’s franchise in Santa Barbara in 1968 and quickly was overseeing six stores. Peterson noticed a deficit in local breakfast […]
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Santa Maria Public Library shares stories for film screening
The Santa Maria Public Library is offering a screening of a documentary film titled Stories We Tell on Jan. 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the Shepard Hall at the library, 421 S. McClelland St., Santa Maria. The film, created by Sarah Polley, tells a story through interviews with members of her family, which show that […]
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Cachuma Lake stocks up on fish
The Cachuma Lake Recreation Area offers many recreational events for the community, but one of the lake’s programs makes local anglers especially happy. Cachuma Lake receives regular trout plants, including up to 300 pounds of fish for each plant. Full loads of triploid trout were dropped off for the months of November and December, but […]
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Art all around: Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center hosts photography hike
A sand dune seems like a pretty simple thing; a big pile of sand that moves around when the wind blows. It’s not until spending some time with a sand dune that it begins to reveal the complex mystery and beauty that all of nature holds to those with keen enough eyes to see it. […]
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Eagle cruises reveal the ecology of Cachuma Lake, home of many flora and fauna
For someone who finds it hard not to sleep through the morning on a weekend, I was surprised to find myself at the Cachuma Lake Recreation Area marina at 9:30 a.m. on a recent Saturday. But thanks to a cup of coffee and the clear Cachuma air, I was wide awake and ready to board […]
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Time immortalized
This year proved art is about forging into the future, while enjoying echoes of the past
Time flies when you are creating things! The vast number and variety of artists in Northern Santa Barbara County certainly kept this writer pounding the keyboard every week. From the amazing stage productions by local theater companies to the stunning visual art of local painters, sculptors, and sketchers alike, the coast was alive with crackling, […]
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“Nerdy before it was hip”: NerdsterObscure offers handmade creations made by a nerd, for nerds
A local artisan managed to slip through the cracks for last week’s Last-Minute Holiday Gift Guide, leaving the nerdy/hipster subcultures woefully underrepresented in the guide. One local has tailored her Etsy shop and products to appeal to the Jedi knights, Vulcans, and Bronies among us. “Honestly, I thought it would just be moms out looking […]
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Counting our feathered friends
The National Audubon Society asks Santa Maria Valley birders to help in the annual “Christmas Bird Count,” an effort to catalog the number and variety of wild birds in the area. “Winter bird counts in this area rank high nationally because of our local habitat and our location along the Pacific Flyway,” local birder Alex […]
