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 St. […]
Recreation
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Kids & Family
THE 14TH ANNUAL CENTRAL COAST HOME EDUCATION CONFERENCE is April 10 from 7:45 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Grace Baptist Church on College Avenue, Santa Maria. Info: 614-5102 or hiserhouse@verizon.net. THE SANTA MARIA VALLEY YMCA offers swim lessons for kids 3 years and older available Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. through May 1 at the Santa […]
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Dance Lessons
ONGOING BLUE MOON HAVEN BELLY DANCE currently teaches American Tribal Style dance classes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays in Lompoc and Thursdays in Grover Beach. Info: 709-4686 or BlueMoonHaven.com. COUNTRY WESTERN DANCE CLASSES by Jeannette and Henry are Tuesdays from 7 to 8 p.m. for country two-step lessons and from 8 to 9 p.m. for […]
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Stage
NATIONAL POETRY MONTH is celebrated in Lompoc with a poetry reading by Ella Gale and Jim Kotsybar on April 9 at 7 p.m. at the Valley of the Flowers United Church of Christ, 3346 Constellation Road, Vandenberg Village. Info: 740-9888 or ellagale@verizon.net. THE SANTA MARIA PUBLIC LIBRARY presents a “Poetry Alive!” event on April 14 […]
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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 ADDAMO VINEYARD/TASTING ROOM: 400 E. Clark Ave., suite E, Santa Maria, 937-6400. Live music Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. CLUB 805, AKA STINKY’S BAR & GRILL: 2430 South Broadway, […]
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Concerts
THE HISTORIC SANTA MARIA INN presents Steppin’ Out in concert on April 10 from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Santa Maria Inn, 801 S. Broadway, Santa Maria. Info: 720-6872. O’SULLIVAN’S PUB hosts a concert featuring Nothington, the 1st Line, and New Tomorrow on April 14 at the pub, 633 E. Main St., […]
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Special Events
THE CENTRAL COAST SPCA presents a MEGA Rummage sale on April 10 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Orcutt CVS parking lot at the corner of Clark and Bradley. All proceeds benefit abused animals. Info: 922-3191 or donaldjt@verizon.net. THE CITY OF SANTA MARIA Recreation and Parks Department presents a Spring Family Fun Day, […]
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Santa Maria hosts celebrity boot camp
In recognition of May as national awareness month for neurofibromatosis, ExerciseTV celebrity trainer Steven Maresca will host a special Boot Camp in Santa Maria on May 2 at 9 a.m. All money raised will go to the Children’s Tumor Foundation in the name of Paige Martinez, diagnosed with neurofibromatosis at the age of 8 months. […]
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Beebe shoots for World Championships
St. Joseph High School’s Aly Beebe has been selected to participate in the 2010 U-17 National Team Trials, held June 8 to 11 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Beebe will vie for a spot on the 12-member 2010 FIBA U-17 World Championship Team and the four-member 2010 Youth Olympic Games Team. […]
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Plastic paddlin’ dreams
A couple of bored Eskimos were sitting around one afternoon wondering what to do with their leftover sealskins and some sticks. They already had igloos, so tent-making was out. Feeling that eking out an existence in one of the most inhospitable environments on Earth wasn’t manly enough, one of them had the idea to stretch […]
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Jessica Maio
She may not appear all that menacing, but Jessica Maio is an all-around monster for the Diamondbacks of the Orcutt Youth Softball League. During a recent midseason Division-I League tournament, the 11-year-old hit five homeruns in four games. The fifth-grader also pitched all four games of the single-elimination series on March 28 against teams from […]
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Get set to sip
Get set for one of the busiest weekends in Santa Barbara County’s wine country, a picturesque wonderland of vineyards and tasting rooms that beckons from just beyond our back yards. Celebrate the season, party with friends, and sample the fresh new foods and wines of spring, all within a short distance from home. This year […]