KITCHEN WITCHES is a comedic dinner theater production May 29 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Lompoc. Cost is $50. Info: 735-2281.
THE POETRY SOCIETY OF SANTA MARIA invites all to read poetry, sing songs, or just express themselves every other Wednesday starting at 6 p.m. at Coffee and Company, 245 Town Center West, Santa Maria. The next poetry reading is June 9. Info: 928-6492.
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SLO LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS SHERLOCK’S LAST CASE May 28-June 20. Someone is trying to kill Sherlock Holmes, and the greatest detective on Earth must solve the case of his life at 888 Morro St. in SLO. Tickets range from $15-$22. Info: 786-2440 or slolittletheatre.org.
MURDER IN MIND presents a mystery dinner theater, Altos: Vendetta, which follows Tony and Carmela Alto on May 29; Bewitched: De-Witched runs July 4-Sept. 5; and Pirates of Pirates Cove plays Sept. 26-Nov. 7. See it all at the Spyglass Inn Restaurant, 2305 Spyglass Drive in Shell Beach. The $48.95 ticket includes dinner, show, sales tax, and wait staff gratuity. Info and reservations: 489-3875 or murderinmind.com.
SLIGHTEST MOVEMENT hits the stage May 30 at 6 p.m. and June 13 with a reception at 6 p.m. and the show starting at 7 p.m. Drew Silvaggio and the Civic Ballet present four evenings of dance performed entirely without a net by the dancers of the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo with choreography by Jackie Lee, Jenna Lee, Dana Lossing, and Silvaggio. Tickets cost $13 and up. The City Playhouse is at 888 Morro St. in San Luis Obispo (at the location of SLO Little Theatre). Info and tickets: 544-4363 or slightestmovement.com.
RSVP XV: CHIAROSCURO hits the stage June 1 and 3 at 8 p.m. in the Pavilion at Cal Poly in SLO. This marks the 15th season of the diverse transmedia series celebrating electro-acoustic diversity and compositional risk. Tickets cost $11. Info: 756-2406, music.calpoly.edu, or 756-2787.
THE SANTA BARBARA CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORUM presents a multimedia interactive installation featuring John Williams on June 3 at 7 p.m. at the Contemporary Arts Forum. Info: 403-8108.
THE TREASURE OF PRESENCE WITH THE VARIABLE VELOCITY PERFORMANCE GROUP is June 3-5 at the Cal Poly Spanos Theatre at 8 p.m. This dance adventure includes images, extreme physicality, and provocative ideas presented in a collection of contemporary dances. Guests Patrick Damon Rago and Chad Michael Hall, notable Southern California dance superstars, also perform. Tickets range from $15-$20. Info: variablevelocity.org or 756-2787.
THE GREAT AMERICAN MELODRAMA presents its production of Back After This Break, followed by a Vaudeville Review on Thursdays at 7 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4:30 and 8:30 p.m., and Sundays at 6 p.m. through June 13 at the Great American Melodrama, Highway 1, Oceano. Cost is $18 to $22. Info: 489-2499 or americanmelodrama.com.
This article appears in May 27 – Jun 3, 2010.