THE SANTA MARIA PUBLIC LIBRARY offers “Little Red Wagon Story Time” for kids ages 3 to 5 on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 10 through Oct. 16 at the library, 421 S McClelland St., Santa Maria. Pre registration is required. Info: 925-0994 or 925-4354. ONGOING BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS […]
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DANCE LESSONS
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: […]
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STAGE
PCPA THEATERFEST presents its production of Hot Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan through Sept. 7 at the Marian Theatre, Allan Hancock College, Santa Maria. Info: pcpa.org. IMPROVISATIONAL HUMOR CLASS meets Mondays at the Santa Maria Town Center second-floor community room to teach theater games, comedy concepts, and Whose Line Is It Anyway?-style games from 5:30 […]
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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 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. […]
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CONCERTS
WORTH THE DRIVE THE ARROYO GRANDE VILLAGE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES presents local ensembles in concert for free every other Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Rotary Bandstand on the Village Green, Arroyo Grande. The San Luis Obispo Blues Society presents The Cinders and The Al and Val Duo Sept. 7. Info: 773-4173 or www.curtisreinhardt.com. THE […]
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SPECIAL EVENTS
THE LOMPOC BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB holds the Norma Stillman Memorial Golf Tournament Sept. 5 starting at 1 p.m.—lunch is at 11:30 a.m.—at the Village Country Club, Lompoc. Info: 736-4978. THE NORTH COUNTY RAPE CRISIS AND CHILD PROTECTION CENTER presents “Night at the Races,” a hobbyhorse fundraising race event, on Sept. 6 from 8 to […]
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It’s the season of squash
These last days of summer belong not so much to baseball and back-to-school, as to the incredible tumble of squash erupting from vegetable patches and grocery bins all over town. Green, yellow, smooth, or warty, the prolific members of the squash clan pretty much rule the season of harvest. Heralded as “baby” squash during the […]
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Who are you wearing?
Kathryn Leedom outgoing Sun intern “My ensemble consists of sandals from Pacific Sunwear, jeans from Express, a shirt from the Gap, and a sweater from the bottom of my closet.” Troy Ambroff student “I’m wearing Crew jeans. I have no idea where my shirt came from, and I’m wearing Emerica shoes.” Lindsay Flamm cashier “I’m […]
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Back inaction
In my mind, I’m still a young, hip, cool guy, an assessment I’m sure both of my kids would quickly disagree with. Nowadays, when I look in the mirror, I don’t see my laid-back, good-looking, surfer self (another non-factual self assessment). I see some other dude, some dude with lines near his eyes and hair […]
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Artists Artists create a Mural in a Day
The public is invited to celebrate the Lompoc Mural Society’s 16th Mural in a Day project at a dedication ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 6, following the mural’s completion. Artists will create the mural from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the south wall of 111 1/2 South H St. The subject of this […]
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Community theater celebrates a milestone
Even a theater critic such as myself gets sentimental when he learns that Santa Maria Civic Theatre is celebrating its 50th season this year. I have some personal experience with the organization’s history. My first (and, thus far, only) appearance on a Santa Maria stage was in the theater’s production of the suspense thriller Veronica’s […]
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The joint is jumpin’
There are some who like it cool and those who like it hot. PCPA’s take on Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado is for the latter. It’s definitely hot. A love story at its heart, Hot Mikado balances the American swing-era style and attitude atop a Japanese setting to tell a story laced with political jabs […]