Sports-related memorabilia and other unique items will be up for bid at the Allan Hancock College Boosters’ 11th annual Joe White Memorial Dinner and Auction on Aug. 18. The event will be held at the Santa Maria Fairpark Pavilion, 937 S. Thornburg in Santa Maria. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for a social hour […]
Hancock holds annual Joe White auction
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Soccer skills camp in Santa Ynez
Once again, Santa Ynez girls’ soccer coach and Allan Hancock College assistant women’s soccer coach Rob Cantrell will be holding a soccer camp for youth at Santa Ynez High School. The first session of “Skills Camp,” for children aged 6 to 14, will run July 23 to 27. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to […]
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Brighter goals
Still recovering from a bloody, decade-long civil war, the country of Sierra Leone, on the western coast of Africa, is a long way from the tranquil Santa Ynez Valley. For Dennis Cole and Sahid Conteh, two 14-year-olds who have scarcely traveled beyond their villages before, opportunities they only dreamed of are becoming reality through the […]
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Music for everyone
Among the many amazing amenities, services, and programs offered by the city of Santa Maria’s Parks and Recreation Department, one sticks out as being not just fun for the entire family, but as a collaborative effort with the community and local organizations. Now in its ninth year, the “Concerts in the Park” series showcases talented […]
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To lie or not to lie?
With parenting comes a heady sense of power and subsequently lots of responsibility. You have the power to shape young minds, but what I’m really talking about is using that power responsibly. That means knowing how and when to deceive your kids. Recently, I’ve had to grapple with the moral dilemma posed by that very […]
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Shape and paint driftwood with the Artist Guild
Bart Theiler will demonstrate how to shape and paint driftwood art at the monthly meeting of the Los Padres Artist Guild on Friday, July 13, at 6 p.m. at the Luis Oasis Senior Center at 420 Soares Ave. in Orcutt. Theiler is a self-taught artist who began painting on barn wood in the 1970s. He […]
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Marian Theatre gets facelift
Thanks to an allocation of approximately $3.2 million from the Allan Hancock College Board of Trustees, the Marian Theatre repair and upgrade project will finally get underway. The money comes from the Measure I bond passed by voters in 2006 to go toward the completion of the project. For several years maintenance has been deferred […]
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Civic Theatre auditions set
Auditions for the Santa Maria Civic Theatre’s upcoming season have been announced. Auditions are scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 16 and 7 p.m. Sept. 18 for Over the River and Through the Woods, written by Joe DiPietro and directed by Stuart Wenger. The show runs Nov. 16, 17, 23, 24, and 30, and Dec. 1, […]
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One night with Jacques
Singer and performer Gale McNeeley believes there are times for entertainment as escapism and other times when entertainment should allow an audience to address life and all the wonderful, sad, joyous, heart-wrenching emotions it involves. With his latest show, A Jacques Brel Cabaret, he aims to run people through emotions they often don’t want to […]
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Legally Blonde, totally funny
Ohmigod, you guys! Did you hear that PCPA is staging a musical that was on Broadway just, like, five short years ago? How totally awesome is that!? Legally Blonde is a fish-out-of-water story about Elle Woods, a UCLA sorority girl from Malibu who invades the ivy-covered walls of Harvard Law School in pursuit of love. […]
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Sizzle on Broadway
The American food scene has witnessed restaurant trends come and go. In recent years, Asian-fusion eateries, gourmet Mexican grills, vegan cafés, Japanese restaurants, and tapas bars have grown in popularity. The last few years, trendy Korean restaurants have popped up in every major U.S. city. And now, Santa Maria has jumped on the Korean barbecue […]
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Put Andy in the hot seat
Andy Caldwell is well paid by special interest groups to publish, advertise, and promote his and their opinions. Because of his media presence in the community, some people believe he is actually a community activist. That is a false assumption. A real community activist doesn’t get paid for his opinion, and Andy’s columns and ads […]
