ONGOING A MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BEACH FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE with four-on-four teams, no contact, is every Sunday at the beach in front of the Sandcastle Inn, Pismo Beach. Cost is $3 per player. Rain cancels. Registration: 489-1340. ARK TENNIS LESSONS for third through eighth graders are Saturdays from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. at […]
Music, Arts & Culture
KIDS & FAMILY
THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM LUTHERAN CHURCH presents a Star Bible Camp July 7 through 11 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. each day at the church, 4465 S. Blosser Road, Orcutt. Cost is $10, $5 for second child. Info: 937-0339. THE LOMPOC POLICE DEPARTMENT hosts a Junior Police Camp for kids ages 8 to 12 July […]
DANCE LESSONS
DANCE LESSONS in preparation for the Obon Festival are from 6:30 to 8 p.m. July 3, 9, and 17 at the Veteran’s Memorial Cultural Center, 313 W. Tunnel St., Santa Maria. Info: 937-7026 or 934-1797. THE EVERYBODY CAN DANCE BALLET ACADEMY presents a five-week intensive dance teaching session featuring Jordi Ribera and Aubrey Walker for […]
STAGE
THE SANTA MARIA CIVIC THEATRE holds auditions for its upcoming production of “Sugar! Oh, Sugar!” July 7 and 8 at 7 p.m. at the theater, 1660 N. McClelland St., Santa Maria. Auditions for musicians are July 14 and 15 at 7 p.m. at theater. Info: 928-4545 or SMCT.org. PCPA THEATERFEST presents its production of the […]
NIGHT LIFE
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. […]
CONCERTS
WORTH THE DRIVE THE SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY BAND performs a Twilight Concert July 3 and 10 at 7 p.m. at Mitchell Park, at the corner of Pismo and Osos St., SLO. A special July 4 concert is 11 a.m. at Mitchell Park, SLO. Info: 543-5691, or cgrosse@charter.net. THE SANTA BARBARA MUSEUM OF ART presents […]
SPECIAL EVENTS
THE WORLD FAMOUS LIPIZZANER STALLIONS perform July 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the Santa Barbara County Fairgrounds, Santa Maria. Cost is $19.50, $17.50 for kids and seniors, and $22.50 for gold circle seats. Info: tickets.com, 1-800-882-8258, or lipizzaner.com. THE CITY OF LOMPOC presents a Fireworks celebration July 4 at Huyck Stadium, Lompoc. Info: […]
Arts Briefs
Poster contest winners know how to rock The Santa Maria Fairpark announced the winners of the Santa Barbara County Fair poster contest. Fatima Cacho, 11, of Santa Maria, and Adrianna Diaz, 19, of Lompoc took first place in their respective categories of younger than 18 years of age and 18 and older. The contest called […]
Building an image
Ever walked into a building and thought “If only these walls could talk?” Well they do, to photographer Collette Christel. From the romanticism of a crumbling castle to the majesty of a towering bridge, Christel sees inspiration in the structures most people use on a daily basis, and through her photography she tries to convey that […]
Living life in color
Some people create art for a living and others are living works of art. Dawn Shute is the latter. Shute carries the philosophy that you should dare to be different in your clothing and in your life, that you have to be satisfied with yourself and in what you create. She also carries a denim […]
Running on the levee
The Fields to Fair 10-mile run is no more. Instead, the annual race has been reinvented as the Guadalupe Half Marathon. It’s got a new name, a new distance, and a new beneficiary—the Guadalupe Sports Hall of Fame, Inc. Savvy observers, or just hard-core runners, may have already heard of the Guadalupe Half Marathon. This […]
Hancock football team will compete in new conference in 2008
The Bulldogs start off the season in September in a newly reorganized Southern California Football Association, which has absorbed Hancock’s former league, the Western State Conference, the Mission Conference, and Foothill. The Bulldog’s will still be playing against some of their old rivals in 2008, including Santa Barbara, Canyons College, Bakersfield, Moorpark, and Ventura. Righetti […]

