Category: Arts & Nonprofits

Longtime familiar face at Solvang, Los Olivos, and Santa Ynez libraries embarks on a new chapter...

Musicians to perform at St. Mark’s in the Valley Church on Saturday, Jan. 11 The...

Celebrated dancer has been crisscrossing the U.S., holding classes and sharing her passion for...

Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo to build one of his trademark trolls, which will be the first...

Michelle Juliet Feldman holding art exhibit at Los Olivos General Store through Sunday, Nov. 10...

Western art show and sale welcomes 30 artists, who bring more than 300 works to the event The...

ns continues to beat the drum for the work-in-progress Santa Ynez Valley Children’s Museum at the former Willemsen property on 202 Dairyland Road in Buellton.

The founder and board president hosted the latest fundraising event on Sept. 14, a Carnival event with several games for all ages, free tacos, and a silent auction for various prizes, as well as a separate option for a lot of homemade desserts.

Author, artist, teacher, muralist, and carver, Bobbi Dooley Hunter has been writing children’s books for 40 years. She is the author of six books to date, with two additional books ready for publication. She both writes and illustrates her books.

Hunter was born in Portland, Oregon, and grew up with two older brothers. When she was 8 years old, her parents relocated the family in two cars and U-Haul trailers from Oregon through California deserts to Scottsdale, Arizona, leaving snow behind and finding the hot sun.