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 […]

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 […]

SANSUM CLINIC offers a diabetes essentials class on March 11 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the clinic. Cost is $10. A diabetes and pre-diabetes nutrition class is March 18 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Cost is $10. Sansum Clinic is located 1225 North H St., Lompoc. Info: 737-8700. MARIAN MEDICAL CENTER offers a “Smart […]

THE LOMPOC MUSEUM presents the exhibit “Desperate Land,” featuring the photographs of Betsy Weiner March 14 through May 30 in the museum’s Centeno Gallery, 200 South H St., Lompoc. An opening reception is March 14 from 2 to 4 p.m. Info: 736-3888 or lompocmuseum@verizon.net. THE LOMPOC VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION presents local photographer Robert Hamilton’s exhibition […]

WORTH THE DRIVE   THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, Santa Barbara Chapter, presents a volunteer orientation on March 11 at 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Barbara County Chapter Headquarters, 2707 State St., Santa Barbara. Info: 687-1331 or sbredcross.org. THE WILDLING ART MUSEUM presents its “Art on the Wild Side” craft classes for kids ages 6 to […]

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 […]

THE CITY OF SANTA MARIA Recreation and Parks Department, offer an “Introduction to Theater” class for kids 7 to 12 years old is through March 15 on Mondays, 6 to 7:30 p.m., at the Abel Maldonado Youth Center, 600 South McClelland St., Santa Maria. Cost is $43, $54.50 for non-residents. A “Fitness Training by Aztec” […]

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. […]

PCPA THEATERFEST presents its eighth year of “InterPlay: The Stage Between,” featuring a reading of Shipwrecked March 12 and 13 at 7 p.m. and March 20 and 21 at 2 p.m. and a reading of Tender playing March 13 and 14 at 2 p.m. and March 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. in the Severson […]

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 […]

VIVA EL ARTE DE SANTA BARBARA presents Mariachi Reyne de Los Angeles in concert March 12 at 7 p.m. at Isla Vista School, March 13 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Theater Royal in Guadalupe, and March 14 at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the Marjorie Luke Theatre, SLO. Info: 343-2939 or facebook.com/vivaelarte. […]

THE SANTA MARIA PUBLIC LIBRARY presents a film screening of the documentary Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women on March 11 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm. in the library’s Shepard Hall, 421 South McClelland St., Santa Maria. Info: 925-0994, Ext. 117, or dhildinger@ci.santa-maria.ca.us. THE SANTA MARIA FAIRPARK holds an electronic recycling event March […]