Friday Nite Figure Drawing will resume at the C Gallery on March 5, running from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at 466 Bell St. in Los Alamos. MFA artist Ken Doud will provide individual, personalized instruction where needed or requested. Settle in with some wine and get drawing. Enrollment is month by month and costs $200. […]
Drawing classes resume
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Get your strings by candlelight
The Santa Maria Town Center mall will be host to the Candlelight Strings on March 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Macy’s Court Stage. Bette Byers founded the group, which offers a wide variety of music. Strolling musicians perform Gypsy music—with Iranian Jewish weddings as one of their specialties—and chamber ensembles present soloists, […]
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Colorful Sun
The Santa Maria Sun is a little more colorful these days thanks to artists at the Town Center Gallery, who have given three Sun newspaper racks the artistic touch. The freshly decorated racks join several that were painted last year by art students from Allan Hancock College and placed throughout the city. Hattie Stoddard, of […]
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Mazel tov!
Never ask drama class students about their favorite theater production. Weston Scott and Keihla Rivera of Righetti and Robert Rancano and Kirsten Appel of Pioneer Valley high schools recently sat outside the hall of Righetti’s drama room and demonstrated exactly why. “Fiddler on the Roof is in my top five,” Rivera said. “I thought Little […]
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Clubs & Meetings
4-H welcomes anyone interested in the group to sign up now. Find a nearby club by contacting the Santa Barbara County 4-H Office at 692-1730 or zmhughes@ucdavis.edu. ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL, INC. of SANTA MARIA, a nonprofit business and professional organization, meets the second Monday of each month from noon to 1 p.m. in the Shepard Hall […]
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Spiritual
BAHA’I interfaith worship services are the second Sunday of each month. Info: 489-4172. Children’s classes are the first Saturday of each month. Info: 937-9451. Study circles about The Life of the Spirit are ongoing in Santa Maria. For questions, dates, and times: 614-0963. Info: 937-9451. BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH holds worship services Sundays with Holy Communion […]
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Spiritual
BAHA’I interfaith worship services are the second Sunday of each month. Info: 489-4172. Children’s classes are the first Saturday of each month. Info: 937-9451. Study circles about The Life of the Spirit are ongoing in Santa Maria. For questions, dates, and times: 614-0963. Info: 937-9451. BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH holds worship services Sundays with Holy Communion […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Health
SANSUM CLINIC offers a cholesterol management class on March 4 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the clinic. Cost is $10. A “Diabetes Essentials” class is March 11 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the clinic. Cost is $10. Sansum Clinic is located 1225 North H St., Lompoc. Info: 737-8700. MARIAN MEDICAL CENTER offers a […]
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Art
THE LOMPOC VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION presents local photographer Robert Hamilton’s exhibition “People, Places, and Pleasures” through March 28 at the Cypress Gallery, 119 East Cypress Ave., Lompoc. An opening reception is March 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the gallery. Info: 737-1129. COFFEE AND COMPANY presents the art of Terrence McConnell through March 31 […]
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Learning
THE MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION holds a new wish granter training on March 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Santa Maria. Applications are available online at: tri-counties.wish.org. WORTH THE DRIVE CAL POLY presents, as part of its “Provocative Perspectives” series, professor Linda Vanasupa and her lecture “The Crumbling of our Scientific View of […]