One of the country’s most popular plays is set to premier at the Great American Melodrama in Oceano: Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias. This charming comedy about the bonds of friendship spawned the popular Oscar-nominated film version and follows the same story. “It’s a delightful play to open our season with. It’s so funny, so well-written, and the best actors wanted to work on the project,”...

OVERVIEW // AWAKEN is a year-long program celebrating art and community expressed through the imaginative creations of our county's students. Three student exhibitions will be displayed at SLOMA throughout the year—High Schools in the Fall; Middle Schools in the Winter; Elementary Schools in the Spring. AWAKEN is presented in partnership with the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education. Dozens of studies demonstrate a strong correlation...

Presenting by Len Hardt This two-act family comedy is a play that people of all ages can enjoy! Come laugh with the Retzloff family – a kaleidoscope of the human condition. Feel the sunshine of their entertaining ways of supporting each other. Two fathers are missing. Two husbands are creeps. One sister’s a nympho. One brother channels Bullwinkle the Moose. Somehow, Mama made sense of...

Cal Poly’s Western Bonanza Junior Livestock Show will celebrate its 35th anniversary when it returns to the Paso Robles Event Center Friday to Sunday, Feb. 15-17. Western Bonanza — the largest student-run exhibition of its kind on the West Coast —  began as a senior project in 1985 and has grown to be one of the largest and most successful student-run jackpot shows with more...

Clémentine Margaine is opera’s ultimate seductress, opposite Roberto Alagna, who captivated Live in HD audiences as Don José in 2010. Louis Langrée conducts Sir Richard Eyre’s lively production, a favorite in the Met’s repertoire.

Jazz Vespers Concerts returns to the historic sanctuary at SLO First Presbyterian Church Sunday, February 17 at 4 pm with The Rag Bone Saints, a sextet specializing in the joyous traditional jazz sounds of New Orleans.   A reception will follow the concert.  The church is located at 981 Marsh Street, SLO. More information is available at @JazzVespersSLO or by calling 543-5451. Free/donations appreciated.