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 […]
Dance Lessons
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Stage
WORTH THE DRIVE CAL POLY presents a dance program with the Orchesis Dance Company’s 40th anniversary concert Continuum Feb. 4 through 6 at 8 p.m. at the Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre, Cal Poly, SLO. Cost is $13. Info: 753-2787 or pac.calpoly@gmail.com. THE SAN LUIS OBISPO LITTLE THEATRE presents a reader’s theatre: The Washing Place […]
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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
WORTH THE DRIVE THE CLARK CENTER ASSOCIATION presents The Shirelles in concert Feb. 6 at 8 p.m. at the Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 487 Fair Oaks Ave., Arroyo Grande. Cost is $40 to $52. Info: 489-9444 or clarkcenter.org. THE CAL POLY MUSIC DEPARTMENT presents “A Night at the Mission” featuring performances by the […]
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Special Events
THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America Feb. 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and a flag ceremony at 1 p.m. at the Santa Maria Town Center Mall, Broadway and Main, Santa Maria. Info: 967-0105, Ext. 30 or lpcbsa.org. THE LESBIAN/GAY/BI/TRANSGENDERED SUMMIT OF THE CENTRAL COAST […]
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Air Force blue is going green
Alternative energy is on everybody’s mind these days. California leaders have mandated that 33 percent of the state’s power come from renewable energy sources by 2020. Even the most ardent members of the “drill here, drill now!” crowd agree that diversifying our energy portfolio makes sense. When people start talking about the particulars of alternative […]
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Decent people will change the station some day
As I sit and watch the images of the humanitarian horror unfold in Haiti, I am simply amazed at the response of the ugly voice emerging from the giant megaphone that is Rush Limbaugh. As the people of the globe literally rush to save the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of suffering humans from […]
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Resume drilling
There was a time when I would have agreed with many concerns about offshore oil drilling and collection, but that was long ago. The attacks of 9/11 require re-evaluating the subject. I once worked for commercial fishermen who had their gear run over by seismic survey boats, who could not fish due to displacement, and […]
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Arguments against a dispensary make no sense
I don’t understand the arguments against a local medical marijuana dispensary. Allow me to paraphrase what I hear: “It’s not that I deny medical marijuana’s validity; it’s that I don’t want it sold in my town,” or “I understand it’s real medicine but I think a storefront will breed crime.” How is that any different […]
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Breathing is not an option
Lately I’ve been reading comments by uninformed offroaders claiming that the particulate problem downwind of the off-highway vehicles is not caused by their activities on the dunes, but that it’s a natural occurrence of sand that would become airborne anyway, any time the wind blows. Apparently they are unaware of the biology of these dunes, […]
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Purple reign
They’re at it again. A year removed from an appearance in the California Interscholastic Federation’s Southern Section semifinals, Righetti High’s boys’ soccer team is keeping the ball rolling right into another playoff berth. Head coach John Pranjic, now in his second year, has yet to lose a Pac-7 league contest in his coaching career, a […]
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Alyssa Ray
Alyssa Ray is no stranger to the game of softball. She’s been playing since she was 5, and since then, she’s accumulated quite a few honors from the field. While attending Lompoc High School, Ray was appointed to All-League every year she played softball. After graduation, she began to play for Allan Hancock College and, […]