Flea with glee Find out more about the Los Alamos Flea at losalamosflea.com. The three-day festival will be held in Los Alamos Friday, May 5, through Sunday, May 7. Proceeds raised during the festival will support the IRL Arts Foundation. For more details on the local nonprofit, visit irlaf.org. More than a dozen local winemakers […]
Los Alamos Flea highlights sustainable winemakers and farms with vendor event and documentary screening
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Santa Ynez High School principal announces plan to resign
Once he finishes his one-year term as Santa Ynez Valley Union High School principal, Michael Niehoff plans to resign, according to a statement from Niehoff that was read out loud during the April 18 school board meeting. “My goal was to be an instructional leader first and foremost. I worked hard to model and live […]
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Annexation question
A politically fractured Oceano temporarily connected in an unintended way over an initiative put forth by SLO County 4th District Supervisor Jimmy Paulding. Long an ideological battleground that witnessed bitter conflicts in its community services district (CSD) and advisory councils, Oceano came face-to-face with a draft “unification compact” helmed by the freshman county supervisor who […]
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Want to memorialize a loved one?
Our obituary and in memoriam services are affordable, accessible, and handled with personal care. Share your loved one’s story with the local community in a local newspaper. All obituaries publish in full color with one photo at no additional charge. $20 for additional photo. 2 photos max per obituary. Additional photo only applies to medium […]
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Santa Ynez High School’s drama department stages The Grapes of Wrath
The Theatre Group of Santa Ynez High School presents its production of The Grapes of Wrath at the Santa Ynez High School Little Theater through Saturday, April 29. Tickets to this stage adaptation of John Steinbeck’s classic novel are $5 for students and $10 for adults. Call (805) 688-6487 for performance times and additional details. […]
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Mystic Nature showcases paintings by Fred Ventura in Nipomo
A solo exhibition of paintings by artist Fred Ventura premiered at Mystic Nature in Nipomo in mid-April and is scheduled to remain on display through Wednesday, May 31. In conjunction with Ventura’s exhibit, titled Nature’s Harmony, an artist reception will take place at the gallery on Friday, May 19, from 1 to 4 p.m. According […]
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Gallery Los Olivos holds solo exhibit, Voices and Vistas
A solo exhibition of portraits, figures, and landscapes by local artist Jim Tyler will remain on display at Gallery Los Olivos through Sunday, April 30. The exhibition, titled Voices and Vistas, features more than 30 of Tyler’s pastel paintings, including A Song of the Siren (pictured), A Quiet Self-Confidence, and more. Visit jimtylerfineart.com for more […]
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Documentarian examines WWII-era Scandinavia in latest film, Passage to Sweden
Free admission A free screening of Passage to Sweden will take place on Sunday, April 30, at 4 p.m. at Bethania Parish Hall, located at 603 Atterdag Road, Solvang. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. For more info on the film and its future screenings, visit passagetosweden.com. For more than a decade, filmmaker Suzannah Warlick periodically […]
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BINGEABLE: Ghosted
Ghosted What’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Dexter Fletcher (Eddie the Eagle, Rocketman) directs this rom-com action-adventure about Cole (Chris Evans), who falls in love with Sadie (Ana de Armas), who turns out to be a secret agent. They’re soon embroiled in a mission to save the world. It’s […]
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BINGEABLE: The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Thing He Told Me What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2023 Where’s it showing? Apple TV Plus Jennifer Garner stars as Hannah, a successful artist who lives with her husband, Owen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), and stepdaughter, Bailey (Angourie Rice), in Sausalito in a houseboat. Owen goes missing under mysterious circumstances, and on closer inspection, it […]
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Re-presentation
Our favorite “Danish capital of America” is still trying to figure out how best to represent its identity as a diminutive Denmark here on the Central Coast while also trying to hear and act on requests from its residents to represent their identities and values. To many, those are not different things. In February, the […]
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Amtrak must check its priorities
On April 2, I rode Amtrak train No. 777 from LA Union Station to Grover Beach. It was overbooked and overcrowded, holding some 400 passengers. The result was standing room only in both coach and business class. All aisles and stairways were blocked. Conductors could not pass along the train. Discharge of passengers at stops […]