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 RIGHETTI HIGH SCHOOL MARIMBA BAND AND BALLET FOLKLORICO presents its 33rd annual “Big Show” performance March 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Santa Maria High School’s Ethel Pope Auditorium, 901 South Broadway, Santa Maria. Info: 937-2051, Ext. 2502, or rgabaldon@smjuhsd.org. HOWLIN BYROON’S MUSIC EXCHANGE presents a concert featuring songwriter Amy Obenski […]
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Special Events
THE LOS PADRES ARTIST GUILD and the Santa Maria A’s present a Spring Art and Car Show featuring art, model A cars, and barbecue March 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Luis Oasis Senior Center, 420 East Soares Ave., Old Orcutt. Info: 937-4427 or lospadresartistguild.com. THE SANTA MARIA PUBLIC LIBRARY presents “A […]
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A bigger bunch
Oenophiles love to sniff and sip a variety of wines, before comparing notes about their favorite vintages. While they frequent area tastings, scour wine shops for deals, and read all they can find about memorable releases, the creative souls who make the stuff like to stir up some buzz by pitting their oenological skills against […]
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Tenure institutionalizes bad behavior
All of us are aware of the many college students who have fallen victim to gun violence on campuses across America. Each time one of these horrible shootings takes place, university administrators are quick to organize prayer vigils and other ceremonies to honor innocent young people who were killed or wounded. Administrators did not respond […]
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Political Watch 3.25
Matt Kokkonen, Republican candidate for the 33rd District State Assembly Seat, recently announced that he’s added a prominent Santa Maria rancher to his list of endorsers. Peter Adam is a co-owner of Adam Brothers Farming, one of the largest vegetable harvesting and canning operations on the Central Coast. “I support Matt Kokkonen because he’s willing […]
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Community Notebook 3.25
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 • The City of Santa Maria Families for the First Decade Project, a group of individuals and agencies who organize programs for the Abel Maldonado Community Youth Center, has its regular meeting from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Minami Center, 600 W. Enos St., Santa Maria. THURSDAY, APRIL 1 • […]
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Hobnobbing With Helen
If there’s one thing St. Joseph High School’s BASH staff excels at, it’s turning a generic jocks’ gym into a swanky soiree scene. You go to an annual Saturday night BASH dinner knowing enthrallment awaits. This year, BASH—the fundraising arm of St. Joseph—celebrated its 25th year, its silver anniversary, which didn’t disappoint. They held their […]
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Dust kickers
For some SLO County residents, the presentation by Air Pollution Control District (APCD) representatives to the SLO County Health Commission vindicated their concerns about poor air quality on the Nipomo Mesa. For others, namely those who drive off-highway vehicles (OHVs) at the Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area, it came as a shock—that a state […]
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If you give a soldier a cookie …
Soldiers and Marines truly sacrifice a lot, so in order to comfort those troops who are overseas and isolated from the warmth a sleeve of cookies can bring, Girl Scouts have wrapped up their sale at the storefront of Gold’s Gym in Santa Maria. Though the physical sale has ceased, anyone who wants to buy […]
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Bust some mutton at the Santa Maria Elks Rodeo
Calling all future rodeo kings and queens: The Santa Maria Elks Rodeo is now accepting applications for its annual Mutton Bustin’ event, which will be held June 4 through 6. Entries are being accepted through April 1. According to a press release from the Elks Rodeo, the event is open to children ages 5 to […]
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SLO County’s rate of cancer is higher than most other places in the state
Between 2003 and 2007, a person living in SLO County was more likely to develop cancer than he or she would in all but one other county in the state, according to the California Cancer Registry. During the same time period, the county had the eighth highest rate of invasive cancer—or cancer that has spread […]