THE ALLAN HANCOCK COLLEGE YOUTH DANCERS present a spring recital featuring students from age 4 to 18 performing ballet, pointe, jazz, jazz-funk, hip-hop, and ballet folklorico May 22 at 7 p.m. and May 23 at 2 p.m. at the Santa Maria High School Ethel Pope Auditorium on Broadway in Santa Maria. Cost is $8, $5 for students, seniors, and children. Info: 922-8313.
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 May 26. Info: 928-6492.
SANTA MARIA CIVIC THEATRE presents its production of Everyone Loves Opal through May 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Santa Maria Civic Theatre, 1600 N. McClelland St., Santa Maria. Info: 922-4442 or smct.org.
KITCHEN WITCHES is a comedic dinner theater production May 29 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, Lompoc. Cost is $50. Info: 735-2281.
WORTH THE DRIVE
MURDER IN MIND PRODUCTIONS presents its production of “The Altos-Vendetta,” a murder-mystery dinner theatre Sundays at 5 p.m. through May 23 at the Spyglass Inn Restaurant, 2703 Spyglass Drive, Shell Beach. Cost is $48.95. Info: 489-3875 or murderinmind.com.
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 20-27, 2010.