ONGOING EVERYBODY CAN DANCE offers classes in ballet dance for ages 3 to adult. Call for schedules. Boys and men receive full scholarships. The studio is located at 800 S. Broadway. Info: 937-6753. THE DANCE STUDIO offers dance classes in Santa Maria and Nipomo in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Acrobatics, and Dance Team. Info: […]
DANCE LESSONS
STAGE
THE LOMPOC CIVIC THEATRE presents a haunted house—not recommended for kids 14 and younger—on Oct. 17, 18, 24, 25, 30, and 31 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Old Lompoc Theater, 100 block of North H St., Lompoc. Cost is $5, $2.50 for all visits after the first that night. Info: 735-2281. IMPROVISATIONAL HUMOR […]
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 CLUB 805, AKA STINKY’S BAR & GRILL: 2430 South Broadway, 614-9316. DJ Davey D Saturday nights. THE COACHMAN: 1531 S Broadway, 922-5556. Thursday through Saturday: DJ from 9 p.m. […]
CONCERTS
THE LOMPOC CONCERT ASSOCIATION presents Thuringer Salonquintett performing “Stringtime ‘N Denver” on Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 925 North F St., Lompoc. Info: 735-1408 or 736-8713. VIVA EL ARTE DE SANTA BARBARA presents “Musica, Danza, y Mucho Mas,” featuring the band Quetzal in concert on Oct. 18 at 7:30 […]
SPECIAL EVENTS
THE LOMPOC VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE and Visitors Bureau’s monthly luncheon is Oct. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Lompoc. Cost is $15. Info: 736-4567. THE SANTA MARIA POLICE COUNCIL holds a night of “Funny Business,” including comedian Carl Wolfson, on Oct. 17 with social hour beginning at 6 […]
Hancock to host upcoming YELL conference
Get ready to YELL about something important! On Oct. 18, Allan Hancock College will co-sponsor the Young Educated Latino Leaders (YELL) Conference, open to any young Latino or Latina in grades nine through 12 or community college. At the conference, professional guest speakers and Latino role models from the Central Coast will present college and […]
Seasonal ag work pays off when it comes to education
If you or your parents earn a livelihood by providing agricultural labor, you might be exempt from paying non-resident tuition at Allan Hancock College and other California community colleges. According to a press release from Hancock, the California Education Code states that students who are employed, or whose parents are employed, in seasonal agriculture work—such […]
Baby, it’s getting cold outside!
Students from Taylor Elementary School are preparing for colder weather by helping locals in need. Members of Mario DiCarlo’s third grade class are collecting used coats and jackets for the Good Samaritan Homeless Shelter. Friends, family members, and people in the local community are being asked to clean out their closets and donate clean garments […]
Doing their part
Tunnell Elementary School teachers David DuBransky and Patsy Mitchell, along with student Ashley Salinas, recently contributed to the fight against cancer. The teachers participated in a cancer walk at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, and Salinas donated her hair to Locks of Love. Salinas, who had never had her hair cut, told her parents that […]
Hitching Post products are now available by mail
Away from home and in need of some barbecue? Not a problem. The Hitching Post recently launched a mail-order service that can deliver its famous steak, lobster, ribs, and artichokes anywhere in the United States. The products are flash frozen and then shipped, meaning that the food is prepared exactly as it would be at […]
Santa Maria Community Television and Hancock College team up to provide programming
Starting in October, Santa Maria Community Television will be airing University of California Television programming on Comcast Cable channel 24. The new programming is provided under an agreement with Allan Hancock College, which will sponsor a daily block of educational programming from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nationally distributed and commercial free, UCTV features educational […]
Drew Sugars steps in as public information officer for Sheriff’s Department
The new spokesperson for the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department is someone with whom a lot of people on the Central Coast are already familiar: former KCOY anchor Drew Sugars. Sheriff Bill Brown has appointed Sugars as the public information officer for the department, effective Oct. 6. Sugars has been with the department since March […]

