Nine year old Billy Powers enters county fair art show
Jim Callan reports that nine year old Billy Powers of Lompoc entered the 1972 Santa Barbara County Fair Art Show in Santa Maria. His piece titled Goon And The Bullet used school paper and a lettuce crate frame. It placed no first prize but drew praise from judge Harry Phillips for imagination and humor. Bill Powers Sr. is a noted local artist.
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Billy Powers
Lompoc
Santa Maria
Harry Phillips
Billy
Bill Powers
Santa Barbara County
Priest’s Ireland visit frames Northern Ireland refugee crisis
Father Maurice O'Mahony, assistant pastor in Lompoc, cites 50,000 Northern Ireland refugees aided by the Republic of Ireland government. He says fighting is concentrated in Derry and Belfast and compares tensions to Watts riots and Viet Cong offensives. He notes civil rights and long‑standing discrimination against Catholics.
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Ireland
Northern Ireland
Maurice O’mahony
Watts
Lompoc
Father O'Mahony
la Purisima Catholic Church
S. I Street
Dublin
Father O’mahony
Republic of Ireland
Southern Ireland
Derry
Belfast
O’mahony
Solvang Gallery Show Highlights Victor Mottarella Art
Victor Mottarella headlines a Solvang show at Copenhagen Gallery with his landscapes and mixed media works, alongside Jose Montanes and John Lurch pieces. The feature includes insights from Mottarella about independence as an artist, his plans, and his move away from prior influences. A concurrent Lompoc Library exhibit by John Lurch presents varied oil and acrylic works, and San Luis Obispo critic Vern Swanson discusses judging art with personalized guidelines.
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Victor Mottarella
Vistas
Copenhagen
Hamlet Square
Solvang
Joyce
Cliff Aronson
Victor
Carol
North J Street
Santa Ynez
Terry Pardue
Jose Montanes
John Lurch
Lompoc
Chopin
Benjamin Franklin
King Midas
George
Vern Swanson
San Luis Obispo
Harry Phillips
Fair
Vern
Swanson
Santa Barbara Museum of Arts
Mendes Brasiĺ 77 to Open Old Spanish Days Fiesta at Santa Barbara Bowl
Brasil 77 led by Sergio Mendes headlines the Old Spanish Days Fiesta opener at the Santa Barbara County Bowl on August 10 with flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya and Jose Feliciano performing in following nights. Mendes traces a path from Brasil 65 to Brasil 77 embracing new rhythms and irregular time signatures as the group evolves.
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Sergio Mendes
Brasil
Santa Barbara County
United States
Brazil
Mendes
Sergio
Sergio Endes
Carlos Montoya
Jose Feliciano
P.O
Santa Barbara
Calif
Free World
Canada
Europe
Orient
Montoys
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Jim Callan
Cabrillo High School
Bill
Junior
S. Billy's
South
Lompoc Arts
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