PCPA will extend online streaming of the holiday musical "Estella Scrooge: A Christmas Carol with a Twist!" through Jan. 31 and offer a 45% di…
Wildling Museum will host its first virtual art class from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 24, led by Lompoc artist Kathy Badrak, who has been a b…
NEW YORK (AP) — With a new Black editor in chief and ambitious promises to do better, a little corner of the Conde Nast universe is taking rac…
Local artist cooperative The Oak Group will host its annual fall arts fundraiser now through Dec. 31, this year to benefit NatureTrack, a nonp…
PCPA will celebrate the season with an encore presentation of “Home for the Holidays,” a holiday-themed cabaret show streamed online from 6 p.…
On Nov. 2, the PCPA kicked off the Young People's Project "Theatre Enrichment" and "Scenography & Stagecraft" workshop series. The two pro…
Modified, public walk-in hours then will be in effect from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Face covering also will be man…
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The Santa Maria Public Library has added new educational resources for children and students that are accessible via the library website, city…
Several months after its forced closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wildling Museum has announced that it will reopen to the public on S…
In years past, the cultural event has included arts and crafts and a traditional hand-game tournament at the Tribal Hall on the Santa Ynez Res…
Dozens of festive scarecrows have taken to Solvang's downtown streets.
Summer began and ended with a sigh this year, all of its hoped-for joys put on hold for most of us. The air is unhealthy again and the virus i…
The Santa Maria Civic Theatre will be back for its second drive-up theater event this year with Spooktacular, a series of Halloween-inspired m…
PCPA announced the launching of three new educational programs for students K-12.
Attendees will witness Blatch at the time of the final state vote on the 19th Amendment in August of 1920.
Writers are invited to create a mysterious or scary story related to the supernatural, in 500 words or less.
Photographers of all ages were invited to capture colorful shots of native critters found in the Tri-County region, including land and sea mam…
The Solvang Theaterfest has received a contribution of $150,000 from the Hans Skytt Family Charitable Unitrust, benefiting the theater's ongoi…
The first in a two-session Interplay Zoom series hosted by the PCPA is slated for Friday at 7 p.m.
I’m looking for blue skies, nothing but blue skies this month! We’ve had gloomy gray, smoky gray, smoky brown and particle pink too often this…
Auctioneer Jim Farnum will emcee the evening event that will feature special tributes, art, and friendly bidding wars on live auction items.
Comics, art and graphic novel-lovers, ages 13 to 17, are invited to participate in a monthly online meeting to discuss a pre-selected assortme…
Entries must be submitted by the Sept. 30 deadline.
PCPA's InterPlay play reading series will return with six new plays to be streamed live on Zoom beginning Sept. 18 and running through Oct. 24.
An Chumash 'ap house is traditionally constructed with framing comprised of willow branch, and thatching material sourced from tule reed.
Plans to resume live performances in Santa Maria and the Solvang Festival Theater are projected for a June 2021 comeback.
Harmon will showcase her most recent compositions titled Califia, referencing the mythical female warrior who became the state of California’s…