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Orny Adams has appeared on every late night television show. His “More Than Loud” comedy special on YouTube has 7 million views. Orny has had one hour stand-up specials on Netflix, Comedy Central and Showtime. Orny has toured all over the world and gives a full throttle, high energy show. And you may also recognize him from the hit TV show Teen Wolf and the new Teen Wolf movie just released on Paramount Plus. And Orny has well over a million followers on social media.

Orny Adams delivers a powerful, incisive stand up routine that vacillates between the relevant and the absurd. Orny attacks what’s wrong with the world and sometimes even what’s wrong with Orny. He’s brutally honest, satirical and his performance is ceaselessly energetic.

Join Our Monthly Sewing & Mending Club!

Discover the joy of creating and repairing with our welcoming community at the Explore Ecology Makerspace. Whether you're a seasoned seamstress or just beginning your sewing journey, our monthly club is the perfect place to bring your projects to life.

Every month, we invite you to drop in with your sewing ideas, projects, or mending needs. Our Makerspace is equipped with nine sewing machines and a wide array of materials to fuel your creativity. Plus, our knowledgeable staff is always on hand to offer guidance, tips, and tricks to help you bring your vision to reality.

From crafting personalized garments to reviving old favorites through expert mending techniques, there's no limit to what you can achieve with our supportive community by your side.

Join us for a night of creativity, camaraderie, and crafting excellence. Your next sewing adventure awaits at the Explore Ecology Makerspace. See you there!

Join Our Monthly Crochet and Knitting Circle!

Yarn Buddies is a welcoming crochet and knitting circle held at the Explore Ecology Makerspace! Whether you’re a seasoned pro or just beginning your fiber arts journey, our monthly club is the perfect space to bring your projects to life.

We invite you to drop in with your most recent project and fiber arts questions every month. Our knowledgeable staff will be there to offer any tips and tricks to help bring your project to life. The Makerspace will provide crochet hooks, knitting needles, stitch counters, and yarn that participants can borrow and even leave with their ball of yarn each month.

Join us for a night of creativity, camaraderie, and crafting excellence. Your next sewing adventure awaits at the Explore Ecology Makerspace. See you there!

Join us for a hands-on, eco-friendly journey into sewing and mending! In collaboration with the Santa Barbara Public Library and made possible through their generous grant, this free, limited-time workshop series offers community members the chance to learn valuable skills in sewing, repairing, and upcycling clothing and textiles. From beginners to seasoned sewists, all are welcome!

Our knowledgeable staff and volunteers will be on hand to offer guidance, tips, and tricks to help you bring your vision to reality.

From crafting personalized garments to reviving old favorites through expert mending techniques, there’s no limit to what you can achieve with our supportive community.

Join us for an evening of creativity, camaraderie, and crafting excellence. Your next sewing adventure awaits at the EE Makerspace. See you there!

Space is limited, registration is encouraged to participate.

Learn the art of embroidery in this beginner-friendly workshop focused on creativity and sustainability! Using reclaimed fabric and secondhand embroidery thread, we’ll show you how to transform simple materials into a beautiful, textured piece of art. Whether you're new to stitching or looking to refresh your skills, this hands-on session will guide you through the basics while encouraging experimentation and personal style. All materials provided.

Weave something wonderful in our Tiny Tapestries workshop! Using custom looms cut on our Glowforge and a colorful mix of reclaimed yarn, you'll learn the basics of tapestry weaving on a small scale. Explore texture, color, and pattern as you create your own mini wall hanging, then personalize it with upcycled charms, beads, and other whimsical adornments. This workshop is perfect for beginners and seasoned makers alike, no prior weaving experience needed. All materials are provided, and every piece is a one-of-a-kind celebration of creativity and reuse.

An exhilarating musical exploration of the relationships we nurture and the ones we set free on our journey to collective liberation. A one- night-only theatrical concert.

Produced by Berkeley Sanjay, Santa Monica Playhouse Associate Director of Adult Education, this one-night-only musical journey features LENA WINNER, an actress with a background in psychology and a love for helping her community; ADYA MOHANTY, an actor, singer, and writer who is a network TV guest star, a lead in independent short films, a featured player in a Nike commercial for the Women’s World Cup and a recent performer at the Apollo Theater in New York City; BENNETT RHINE, an artist, writer, and poet who believes in language’s ability to disrupt dominant narratives and create possibilities by imagining new futures for us to inhabit.

Joining them on June 29 at 7:00pm are JAYLA, a Californian artist who speaks to herself in hopes that you hear her; ALEXIS MILAN TURNER, an actress, singer, and dancer whose determination, ambition, humor, and bubbly personality light up a room; SIMHA, a recording artist exploring Soul, Jazz, and Indian classical sound, seamlessly blending elements of eastern and western music by experimenting with the freedom of harmony; AMY AMATYA, a musician and writer from Los Angeles who plays violin on people's records, writes and reads about how everything is connected, hangs out with communists, engages with the local songwriter scene, and bikes along Ballona Creek; NORA KENZA, a singer song-writer who is a passionate advocate for others; NANKI CHUGH, a violinist, writer, composer and educator passionate about connecting music, science and storytelling to reimagine education, spark curiosity, and foster meaningful connections; and LJ, contributing musical stylings to the show.

$25 admission includes post-show wine and sweets reception with the cast.

Santa Monica Playhouse is supported in part by generous grants from the We Are Santa Monica Fund, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, and Playhouse PALS.

“Brilliant performances!” The Tolucan Times. “Brilliant portrayals!” broadwayworld.com. “Just plain brilliant!” playwright/performer Wendy Michaels.

This joyous and poignant musical, now in its 6th smash year, follows the life of the beloved Yiddish story-teller as he spins tales of loves and losses, fame and failures, travels, travails, filled with the tremendous optimism that kept him going against all odds. Based on the controversy surrounding his stories and plays and his passionate quest to honor the universality of the human spirit and celebrate our common humanity, he reminds us always that we have more in common than in conflict. It’s the perfect show to introduce our young people to, and remind ourselves of, the rich Jewish heritage of the worlds of Sholom Aleichem.

“I will never forget my evening with Sholom Aleichem and I thank you for bringing my cousin so beautifully back 'To Life'.” Lillian Aderman Moller

Playing to sold-out houses until the day before the lockdown, the delightful musical, back by audience request, is written by the internationally acclaimed team of Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie, with lilting songs by Emery Bernauer, E. Rudie and Sholom Aleichem himself. Audiences are treated to an in-depth look at the joyous and poignant events that inspired the foolish philosophers, philosophical fools, comical shtetl folk and not-so-comical scoundrels that populated Sholom Aleichem's world.

“Chris DeCarlo has become the reincarnation of Sholom Aleichem” LASplash

The musical stars veteran performer Chris DeCarlo, who again assays the role of the beloved author, a characterization which has been enjoyed by more than a quarter of a million audience members, and Evelyn Rudie, who has created and portrayed more than three dozen Sholom Aleichem characters in over 2,000 performances to date.

“Evelyn Rudie is an all-around theatrical wizard!” Casting Call

Aleichem Sholom is presented by the Santa Monica Playhouse Jewish Heritage Project, supporting productions that keep the unique richness of Jewish theatre alive, honor the historical and cultural importance of Jewish heritage, and insure that new generations of theatre-goers appreciate and celebrate the life experience of Jewish ancestry, literature and tradition.

“ ‘Sholom Aleichem’ means ‘Hello, peace be with you.’ For Santa Monica Playhouse it means ‘richness in Jewish theatre for the community to enjoy.’ ” The Messenger

Santa Monica Playhouse is supported in part by generous grants from the We Are Santa Monica Fund, the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture and Playhouse PALS.

Sat 7:00pm, Sun 3pm – Aug 10, 16, Sept 13-14 - wine and dessert reception included in ticket price

CHICAGO is still the one musical with everything that makes Broadway shimmy-shake: a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping song after another and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen.

In the whirlwind of Chicago’s Jazz Age, two of the Cook County Jail’s most notorious murderesses—vaudeville star Velma Kelly and chorus girl Roxie Hart—become fierce rivals as they compete for headlines amidst a media frenzy.

Broadway’s longest-running musical has been razzle dazzling audiences for over 28 years, and after more than 10,000 performances, 6 Tony Awards®, 2 Olivier Awards, and a Grammy®, we’re just getting started.

Come on, babe! Head to CHICAGO!
We’re hotter than ever.

Performance Schedule:
Friday, Nov. 7, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025 - 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 - 1:00 & 6:30 p.m.

The Storytellers is a prominent progressive bluegrass band that has established itself as a creative force in the Southern California Roots Music scene.

They draw from the rich canon of traditional bluegrass, country blues, old-time and folk music as a basis for inspired improvisations and intrepid vocal harmonies. Their strong musical chemistry allows them to bring soulful harmonies, delicate acoustic sensibilities, soaring grooves, tight rhythms, substantive storytelling, and their own bluegrassy magic to every stage they stand on.

The Storytellers has performed at numerous bluegrass festivals, music festivals, and other regional fairs and festivals. The band performed a year-long residency at Treasure Island Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, and in 2023 became the first bluegrass band to perform on NAMM’s premier stage. Then last June they headlined the prestigious Prescott Bluegrass Festival.

Don't miss your chance to see this incredible band live in Solvang!