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CalArts to host MAYhem Festival 

News release  California Institute of the Arts is scheduled May 2 and 3 to present MAYhem, an immersive festival of visual and performing arts featuring music, dance, art, theater and

Yeva (left), Brett and Daniel Syslo, 4, pose for the Super Mario-themed photo booth at the "Barcade" Senses block party on Main Street, April 17, 2025. Kamryn Martell/The Signal

Photos: “Barcade”Senses block party

The Senses block party was back again, this time with “Barcade.” The event had vintage arcade games, families enjoying themselves, and Tom Petty cover band, Heartbreak Over Petty.  The evening

AOC students perform at Carnegie Hall 

Friends who grow up together, perform at Carnegie Hall together.   This is the case for Academy of the Canyons sophomores Sanjana Prabakar and Sahasra Ponnuswamy, both 15, who traveled to

Featured artist Georgetta Arison views her “Round him up Cowboy” art piece with other guests at the “Saddle Up Santa Clarita” art exhibition reception held at Santa Clarita City Hall on April 11, 2025 in Valenica, Calif. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Photos: ‘Saddle Up Santa Clarita’ art exhibition

The city held an art reception for it’s “Saddle Up Santa Clarita” juried exhibition that highlights Santa Clarita’s Western heritage through paintings, photographs and mixed-media works on Friday evening at

Courtesy of Pete Morris.

SCAA to host Pete Morris watercolor demo 

News release   The Santa Clarita Artists Association is inviting the community to a free watercolor demonstration by artist Pete Morris during the association’s April meeting.  The event is scheduled 6:30-8:30

Rancho Pico Junior High School Symphonic Band students perform during the Southern California School and Band Orchestra Festival hosted by West Ranch High School on March 25, 2025 in Stevenson Ranch, Calif. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

West Ranch hosts two-day music festival 

Music festival season is here, and to celebrate not just student musicians in the Santa Clarita Valley but also in neighboring cities, West Ranch High School hosted the 2025 Southern