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The Simi Valley Mandir Hindu Temple is hosting this year’s Feast of Faiths. This will be our 1st vegetarian dinner in the finest Indian Cuisine since our annual Feast of Faiths began in 2006. First we’re seated at round tables of 8 to 10 people. Then officials from various religions give a blessing and offer some encouraging comments. Then we dine with new friends as we learn from each other and teach each other about our beliefs.

The Mandir Temple asks for modest dress: shoulders and knees should be covered. The Ventura County Interfaith Community [VCIC], who sponsors this event, asks that you not proselytize your religion.

There’ll be a tour of the Temple after the dinner. Shoes may be worn at the dinner but must be removed to enter the Temple.

The Santa Barbara Chamber Players will be performing on Sunday, October 12th at 3pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 N LaCumbre Road. It is a fundraising chamber concert featuring local musicians performing the Bliss Quintet for Oboe and Strings, Woodwind quintets by Debussy and Agay, a duet between horn and double bass by Deterling, and a brass quartet for two trumpet, horn and alphorn! Tickets are $20 and are available at https://sbchamberplayers.org/. Don’t miss it!

The Santa Barbara Chamber Players will be performing on Saturday, October 25th at 7:30pm at First United Methodist Church, 305 E. Anapamu. It will feature the Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Kodály Summer Evening, and Prokofiev Classical Symphony. They will be joined by the Westmont College Choir for Mendelssohn Verleih uns Frieden and Haydn’s Te Deum. Tickets are $20 and are available at https://sbchamberplayers.org/. Don’t miss it!

Marnina Schon and Micah O’Konis had a pitch-perfect wedding, minus the venue burning down. Oh, and the bed bugs. And the judgmental couples therapist. Now they’re on their honeymoon, in Edinburgh Fringe chasing off existential dread with catchy songs and Muppet-y energy.

They seem to narrowly escape calamity at every turn, guitar and fiddle in hand. Are they cursed? Are they blessed? Can one wedding change the world?? With catchy songs and Muppet-y energy, “there’s nothing they can’t sing and laugh their way through” (New York Times). Think Flight of the Conchords… if they had sex.

A Jewish, genderqueer couple — whose folk-pop anthem “People Think We’re Straight” will, well, set people straight — sing smartly stupid songs that are full of heart and packed with jokes in this gloriously positive, funny, and original hour of musical comedy.

Directed by another actual married couple, Hollywood and Edinburgh Fringe veterans Chris Grace and Eric Michaud.

A new happy hour featuring Twenty-Four Blackbirds chocolates and beverages by WineCult!

Have "Dessert First" during our first ever Happy Hour event!
As the aroma of chocolate surrounds you, relax and unwind in the Twenty-Four Blackbirds shop while enjoying truffles and chocolate covered treats. WineCult will be pouring delectable drinks, which pair perfectly with all chocolate delights. Savor the day with a glass (or bottle) of wine and welcome in the weekend. Non-alcoholic beverages will also be available.

Join us on a beautifully paired wine and chocolate experience! This guided tour walks you through the chocolate making process, from bean to bar. Taste cacao every step of the way and finish with a chocolate and beverage tasting that excitingly pairs three truffles with three sustainably-made, small production wines, selected and poured by our local wine partner, WINECULT.
A non-alcoholic pairing option is available, but this event is for those over the age of 21.

Join us on a beautifully paired wine and chocolate experience! This guided tour walks you through the chocolate making process, from bean to bar. Taste cacao every step of the way and finish with a chocolate and beverage tasting that excitingly pairs three truffles with three sustainably-made, small production wines, selected and poured by our local wine partner, WINECULT.
A non-alcoholic pairing option is available, but this event is for those over the age of 21.

Join Sol Aromatics at Final Girl Wines’ tasting room, nestled in Solvang, for a potion perfume experience like no other. The space is steeped in a haunting yet playful atmosphere, with cinematic touches and a Halloween spirit that sets the perfect stage for this potion-making adventure. In this hands-on experience, you’ll blend rare botanicals, whisper your intention, and craft an all-natural fragrance to embody your desire. Each participant leaves with a hand-blown glass genie pendant holding their potion of intention — a wearable keepsake of fragrance, intention, and allure.

This self-guided, three-day tour offers an extraordinary opportunity to experience a wide range of original artwork—including painting, sculpture, fiber art, mosaic, collage, jewelry, glass, prints, and mixed media—in the unique and often surprising environments where the art is created. The weekend kicks off with a free public reception on Friday, October 10, from 5–7 PM at the Ojai Valley Museum. Guests can meet the artists, view a special preview exhibit featuring work by all participating tour artists, and pick up tour brochures and maps.

In a decaying Victorian hat shop, a reclusive milliner begins to unravel into madness after a series of strange visits—driven by grief, obsession, and the poisoned whispers of his father’s legacy.

The Last Hat is a one-act ensemble horror play written by Chris Levine, who is also featured as The Mad Hatter. Set in a once-thriving Victorian hat shop, the story follows a quiet and eccentric hatter whose life begins to spiral following visits from a grieving old client, a mischievous boy, and a curious young woman named Eliza.

What begins as a strange but tender connection with her quickly fractures as hallucinations, mercury-induced madness, and the weight of his father’s gruesome legacy consume him. With haunting imagery, dark humor, and stylized horror, the play weaves obsession, craftsmanship, and unrequited love into a final act of beauty and brutality that no one will forget.

The Last Hat is directed by Megan Ripchik, produced by Erica Tenaglia. Proceeds support the Santa Monica Playhouse Save the Main Stage Benefit Campaign. Rated 18+

The beautiful Main Stage was destroyed in a water damage disaster in July 2024. Wonderful support is helping us make major inroads towards the rebuild - but we need your help! Please join Chris Levine, Megan Ripchik, Erica Tenaglia and their wonderful company of artists in bringing this iconic theatre back to life. Add a donation to your admission ticket or donate online at SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com.

Santa Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by generous contributions 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.

Saturday, October 25 at 8pm
Sunday, October 26 at 4pm