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Master chorale and orchestra performs Bach and Handel
Live performance of large choral works is the guiding principle of the Santa Ynez Valley Master Chorale, an organization of volunteer vocalists who sing under the baton of organization director and conductor Chris Bowman. Especially rich in choral literature is the classical era, which Bowman has continued to program more and more, he explained. But […]
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Orcutt school district celebrates student films
The Orcutt Union School District organized a celebration and showcase of student films and video projects scheduled for May 5 from 6 to 7 p.m. at Pacific Christian School. The celebration will be red carpet themed and will showcase the efforts of students in grades K through 12. The district was able to provide film […]
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Righetti High School performing arts club stages ‘Hairspray the Musical’
The Righetti Actor’s Guild, an on-campus performing arts club directed by English teacher Dixie Arthur, presents a production of Hairspray the Musical showing on May 2 and 9 at 2 and 7 p.m. and May 3 and 10 at 2 p.m. The production is staged at the Ernest Righetti High School Theater, Room 403, 941 […]
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Tibetan monks will create sand mandala at Hancock College
The Tibetan monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery of Mungrod, South India, will create a World Peace Sand Mandala at Allan Hancock College May 4 through 7. The pouring of colored sand into intricate patterns will take four days to complete, with an opening ceremony on May 4 at 10 a.m. The construction will be […]
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PCPA stages the classic musical ‘My Fair Lady’
The house lights dim, the stage lights go up, and the overture begins with great fanfare. You can see toes tapping in the audience to the endless score of hits—the urgent strings of “You Did It,” the elegant yearning of “On the Street Where You Live,” and the buoyant joy of “I Could’ve Danced All […]
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Lompoc showcases Adventures through the eye of the lens holder
As long as local photographer Georgina Garcia May can remember, she has always carried a camera. Even today, with a perfectly capable iPhone in her pocket, she isn’t comfortable leaving the house without her trusty sidekick. “I don’t know if it’s just instinct, but it would be very hard to walk around without a camera; […]
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Santa Maria-Bonita District holds informational meetings for kindergarten dual language immersion program
Parents interested in having their kindergartners enrolled in the Santa-Maria Bonita School District’s new Dual Language Immersion program will have the opportunity to attend one of four upcoming meetings about the program. An English/Spanish Dual Immersion program is slated to begin at the kindergarten level at the district’s newest school—recently named Roberto and Dr. Francisco […]
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Righetti High School educates students and parents on safe driving
Almost four months after a vehicle race took Righetti senior Breanna Rodriguez’s life, the school played host to two assemblies and one workshop dedicated to educating attendees on safe driving. The first event featured the assemblies titled “What Do You Consider Lethal,” which were held from 8:30 to 10:20 am. inside the gym. About 1,000 […]
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Pioneer Valley High School students take a tour of Europe
Students from Pioneer Valley High School just returned from a trip that took them to London, Paris, Milan, Florence, and Rome in 10 days. They saw the Louvre, Buckingham Palace, the Vatican, and crossed the English Channel in an underwater train. The students are part of the school’s Travel Club, and planned the trip with […]
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Spotlight on: Advanced Smile and Design
Sean Nolan went to the dentist a lot as a kid, but it wasn’t always because he needed to. Growing up in Bakersfield with a dentist for a father, Nolan got to see a lot of the ins and outs of the profession. Nolan said once he found himself crafting dentures in his father’s lab. […]
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Political Watch 4/30/15
• On April 22—also known as Earth Day—U.S. Rep. Lois Capps (D-Santa Barbara) introduced a bill that would place a moratorium on offshore fracking in federal waters off the West Coast pending a full environmental review of the practice. Under the Offshore Fracking Transparency and Review Act, no hydraulic fracturing or acid well stimulation treatment […]
