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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THE SANTA BARBARA CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORUM presents a multimedia interactive installation featuring John Williams on June 3 at 7 p.m. 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.
KELRIK PRODUCTIONS presents its production of Cabaret June 4 through 26 on Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. at Unity, 1490 Southwood Dr., SLO. Cost is $12 to $16. Info: 543-PLAY.
INFINITE MOVEMENT EVER EVOLVING presents “Program II: Verbal Interludes” June 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. at the Lobero Theatre, 33 East Canon Perdido St., Santa Barbara. Cost is $25. Info: 963-0761.
CAL POLY presents its fourth annual poetry slam “The Anthem—Words Will Change the World” on June 4 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Chumash Auditorium, Cal Poly, SLO. Info: 756-2596 or cla.calpoly.edu/engl.
INTO THE WOODS JR., presented by Pismo Beach Youth Theater, hits the stage June 4-6. Journey into the woods to be delighted by Grimms’ fairytale characters at the Black Box Theater of the Clark Center for the Performing Arts, 478 Fair Oaks Ave. in Arroyo Grande. Tickets cost $10-$15. Info and tickets (please don’t contact the Clark Center): 471-4976 or slodancer@beebom.com.
EVERYBODY CAN DANCE BALLET PRESENTS SNOW WHITE, GISELLE, AND LA BAYADERE on June 5 at 7 p.m. and June 6 at 3 p.m. With the Santa Maria Civic Ballet, these three ballet pieces feature Sayat Asatryan, former principal with the Moscow Kremlin Ballet, 50 dancers, gorgeous costumes, and three love stories. See them at the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande at Arroyo Grande High School, 487 Fair Oaks. Tickets cost $10 for children and $17 for adults. Info: clarkcenter.org or 489-9444.
THE CENTRAL COAST PLAYERS present a show by local comedians on June 5 at 8:30 p.m. at the SLO Grange Hall, 2880 Broad St., SLO. Cost is $5. Info: 543-0639.
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.
SLO LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS Sherlock’s Last Case through 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.
This article appears in Jun 3-10, 2010.