Month: May 2025

The Ensemble Theatre Company's 2025 Young Playwrights Festival presents three “searingly honest and unflinchingly bold new works” at the New Vic in Santa Barbara at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May…

A leading concert organist of her generation presents a collection of classical and musical theatre pieces as part of Cal Poly Arts’ Forbes Organ Series on Thursday, May 22. Amanda…

Unwind, unplug, and kick back in the “Earthquake Capital of the World” on Mother’s Day weekend May 8-11. The Bluegrass Music Society of the Central Coast presents the 25th annual…

Local nonprofits can learn how to apply for state arts funding on May 12 at a free in-person grants workshop presented in Santa Maria by the California Arts Council. Arts…

A few days before their appearance on the second day of the 2025 Shabang Music Festival, members of the local band Toad sat down with SLO Review contributor and Cuestonian…

Santa Maria Civic Theatre presents Rent—the groundbreaking musical, rock opera, and pop cultural phenomenon—May 9-25. Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize winner follows a year in…

There is more than a sense of irony in the new short documentary, Operation Babylift: A Celebration of the Human Spirit, 1975-2025. [caption id="attachment_9456" align="alignright" width="300"] President Gerald Ford[/caption] In…

You’ll see more characters die (or at least pretend to, in more ways than one) on the By the Sea Productions stage than you ever have before when you pay…

Play virtual bingo, watch bold performances, and win big prizes at the California League of Women Voters Drag for Democracy on Saturday, May 10 at 4:30 p.m. via Zoom. Tickets…

Cuesta Choirs will join the acclaimed University of British Columbia University Singers in a special collaborative performance on Thursday, May 8 at the historic Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa…