Book, Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson. Story by Meredith Willson & Franklin Lacey. An affectionate paean to Smalltown, U.S.A. of a bygone era, Meredith Willson's THE MUSIC MAN follows fasttalking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize - this despite the fact he doesn't know...

  The old, Wild West, as only the Melodrama would envision it, comes to Oceano when The Great American Melodrama opens The Saga of Roaring Gulch on Thursday, April 30.  This hilarious musical spoof of Western life, with book, music and lyrics by Jack L. Canon, is directed by Eric Hoit, with musical direction by Kevin Lawson and choreography by Leah Kolb. The Saga of...

The San Luis Obispo Little Theatre’s After Hours late night comedy series is thrilled to present actress and comedienne Jill Turnbow in her one-woman show BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE. In hilarious and heartwarming detail, the show details Jill’s experiences as a stand-up comic entertaining the troops during the Persian Gulf War of 1991. Imagine a huge cruise ship moored in the Persian Gulf,...

Art Center Activity: Shark Skin. Shark skin looks very smooth and soft, but is really tough like armor with a texture like sandpaper. Cut a dorsal fin from smooth paper and add sand to make it scratchy.

Santa Maria Civic Ballet. Saturday at 7pm and Sunday at 3pm.

It's summertime here on the Central Coast which means it's time for the third season of Talley Vineyards' live music series, Tunes at Talley! Join them this Sunday, June 14th from 1 to 4 pm, for the live tunes of the Morro Bay based duo The Turkey Buzzards! Enjoy food available for purchase from gourmet food truck Gusto on the Go! As always, Talley Vineyards...