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“We actually start working on the festival a good six months in advance, and things are still too unpredictable to go forward this year,” said Terry Ball, executive director of Center Stage Theater. “The festival is very expensive to put on, and with no assurance that we will be able to have a large event or what the parameters would be, we just can’t risk it.”
» The Santa Maria Fairpark is hosting the Strawberry Cruzin’ drive-through experience of the annual Strawberry Festival this year. The event will take place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 28 and 29, as well as from noon to 8 p.m. April 30 and May 1. Click here for more information.
Power of an Arts Education Springs to Life with Children’s Creative Project
Thousands of students benefit annually from music, dance, theater and visual arts programs funded in part by popular I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival
The annual I Madonnari Italian Street Painting Festival at the Santa Barbara Mission helps provide 80 schools with performances and workshops in dance, theater, music and visual arts. The COVID-19 crisis has shut down the festival, but a road show of sorts is being planned for 2021. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk file photo) By Jennifer Best, Noozhawk Contributing Writer | @NoozhawkNews
April 4, 2021
[Noozhawk’s note: First in a series sponsored by the Hutton Parker Foundation.]