The Elverhoj Museum of History and Art will host a poetry reading featuring local poets on Oct. 6. The Poetry of Transition will feature readings from Steve Braff, Dorothy Jardin, and Teresa McNeil MacLean. Each poet has created work inspired by the Elverhoj’s retrospective Past, Present, and Future. Braff (pictured below) is the co-founder of […]
Elverhoj hosts poetry event
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Inside PCPA features conversations with actors and designers
The Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA) will host Inside PCPA, a chance to meet with creative artists from the theater and learn more about their work. Resident actors and designers at PCPA will meet with attendees and discuss their inspiration and work. The event is an opportunity to learn more about how the theater works behind […]
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Democracy demands freedom, not license
In his recent Sun commentary, “Democracy demands a free press,” (Aug. 23), New Times Senior Staff Writer Glen Starkey says the press “does its very best to be unbiased and fair,” which isn’t true at all. Then he tells his readers not to believe in Trump’s “fake news hype” simply because he fails to understand […]
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Thoughts on ‘Thumping Trump’
I found the review of Michael Moore’s new film (“Thumping Trump,” Sept. 27) very informative and well balanced. I remember Moore from his ’80s film on General Motors. He’s made a lucrative career attacking a free market system. I’m glad that he has focused on our dysfunctional political climate. Politically we are juxtaposed between freedom […]
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Vote Etta Waterfield for District 4
With the approach of Santa Maria’s first City Council election by district, city voters are faced with a clear choice–do we rely on representatives with deep roots and longtime service to the community, or do we support another incremental step in the plans of those who seek to engineer a radical change in direction for […]
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Santa Maria should support the railroad
Iam an employee of the Santa Maria Valley Railroad, having worked there for just over a year. I have learned a lot on the railroad over the past year, including track and train operations, signals, customers, and federal and state railroad regulations. There is a lot of satisfaction working for a transportation system that gives […]
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Political Watch 10/4/18
• Gov. Jerry Brown signed a few bills authored by state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) on Oct. 1, including a historic bill requiring gender diversity on corporate boards in California. SB 826 requires every publicly held corporation in the state to have a minimum of one woman on its board of directors by the […]
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Angie Cruz
When the Santa Maria High School girls volleyball team is in need of a little help, senior Angie Cruz unleashes her secret weapon: versatility. It’s been a tough season for the Saints, according to head coach Stella Guild, who said her already young and inexperienced team is also facing a recent change in coaching, and […]
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County considers fuel management and community defense plans for fires
A hearing designed to provide the public with information about fuel management and defensible space for fires in Santa Barbara County revealed differing philosophies between government officials and environmental groups. “The purpose of this is primarily to clarify and explain a fairly complex and in my opinion needlessly controversial part of what we do,” County […]
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Espresso a-go-go: Coffee a la Cart comes to you with best coffee drinks in town
I‘ve been saying it for what feels like years now: The best coffee shop in Santa Maria isn’t even a shop. If you’ve never seen the light-roast-with-cream-brown trailer pulled by the dark-roast-hold-the-cream-black pickup truck cruising around town, it’s time to let you in on the best kept caffeinated secret in the valley–Coffee a la Cart. […]
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Cuesta writers conference inspires best selling novels, Netflix shows
She was so scared she couldn’t even bring herself to get out of the car. So Teri Bayus sat in the parking lot at Cuesta College until she summoned the courage to get out and walk over to registration to sign up for the Central Coast Writers Conference. After all, her husband had double-dog dared […]