The following venues offer either regularly scheduled live entertainment or DJ-hosted dance music. Most performances start after 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted. IN THE AREA CLUB 805, AKA STINKY’S BAR & GRILL: 2430 South Broadway, 614-9316. DJ Davey D Saturday nights. THE COACHMAN: 1531 S Broadway, 922-5556. Thursday through Saturday: DJ from 9 p.m. […]
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CONCERTS
THE LOMPOC VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HISPANIC BUSINESS COMMITTEE presents its second annual Mariachi Concert, featuring Mariachi Lobo and Mariachi Mexicanissimo, as well as Paquito Herrera and Ballet Folkloric Cachanilla on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Lompoc Civic Auditorium, Lompoc. Cost is $25. Info: 736-4567 or www.Lompoc.com. THE LOMPOC POPS ORCHESTRA presents its […]
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SPECIAL EVENTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SOLUTIONS presents a “Girls Night Out,” featuring Executive Director Beverly Engel signing copies of her book, The Nice Girl Syndrome, Oct. 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Santa Maria Country Club, Santa Maria. Cost is $25. THE SANTA MARIA VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY holds a microchipping clinic on Oct. 25 from 10 […]
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FARMERS MARKETS
SANTA MARIA 100 S. Broadway at Main, Wednesdays, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Features local beekeepers’ honey and bee pollen, breads and pastries, plants and flower bouquets, fresh fruits and vegetables. ORCUTT Corner of Clark and Bradley, Tuesdays, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fresh honey, flowers, and eggs, along with fresh fruits and vegetables. […]
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BARBECUES
ONGOING FILIPINO COMMUNITY OF SANTA MARIA VALLEY barbecues Filipino food at the Smart and Final parking lot, N. Broadway on Saturdays and Sundays. Menu items include tri-tip, chicken, beef kabobs, chicken adobo, salad, rice, and bread. Meals cost $6. Info: 922-3422 or 922-3799. FILIPINO CATHOLIC SOCIETY, under the direction of St. Mary’s Church and St. […]
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Arts Briefs
MotionZ hosts Haunted Circus Get your spook on at the MotionZ Haunted Circus. Tours will be offered Oct. 29 through 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. The event promises to be a truly frightful one, so it’s not suitable for small children or the faint of heart. However, all bearded ladies, acrobats, and cannibals— as […]
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Dress like a sleuth
Join a Sammy Keyes costume party in celebration of author Wendelin Van Draanen’s newest book
Sammy Keyes has encountered singing nuns, costumed wrestlers, cranky seniors, busy girl scouts, and flashy artists—and that’s just in a few of her books. The teen sleuth’s adventures seem tailor-made to be a jumping off point for a costume party—they’re packed with colorful characters who tend to wear crazy outfits—so it’s not surprising that Santa […]
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Pop goes the art
A ‘Common Object Show’ at C Gallery draws a range of interpretative minds
The very nature of contemporary art is interpretative and unexpected. So when Connie Rohde of the C Gallery in Los Alamos put out a call for artist submissions for the current Common Object Show, she knew she’d get some interesting responses. The show is about each artist’s individual interpretation of the word “pop.” Submissions ranged […]
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Never bring a gun to a swordfight
Intern Nicholas Walter tries his hand at fencing
My companion leaned over and murmured, “The only sports faster are those involving bullets.” “Sure,” I thought to myself. “I bet he says that to all the newbies.” You ever hear the expression “Blink and you’ll miss it?” Yeah, I blinked and missed it. “It” was a fencing match, and bullet-guy was Scott Chapman, a […]
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Check out Allan Hancock College’s scholar athletes
The Western State Conference has named the scholar athletes for the spring 2008 season. Thirty-one athletes at Hancock made the list. They all were successful in completing at least 12 units with a minimum 3.0 GPA. The students are, for women’s basketball, Nicole Crisosto and Hollyanne Deparini; for men’s basketball, Wolfgang Geiler; for baseball, Dave […]
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Santa Barbara student earns golf/academic honor
Golfer Shane Lebow has been named an HP Scholastic Junior All-American by the American Junior Golf Association. The 2008 Scholastic All-American team is sponsored by Hewlett Packard and consists of 12 boys and 12 girls from throughout the United States, all of whom are great golfers and have high grades. To be eligible, golfers must […]
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Athlete of the Week
If you’ve ever driven down Main or Donovan streets and seen the Pioneer Valley cross-country squad out running, chances are you caught a glimpse of Steven Youngblood, one of those guys who makes the rest of us look bad. Youngblood started running cross-country his freshman year as a way to get ready to play soccer, […]
