Vocal Arts Ensemble Makes Magic
This event was presented March 16 & 19, 2023. So . . . in two recent concerts the Vocal Arts Ensemble managed to transport us to other countries as well…
“Chinatown” Didn’t Wow SLO in ’74
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, and Roman Polanski all made a special “appearance” in San Luis Obispo on May 3, 1974. Their stopover here was brief, barely more than…
Poetry Out Loud Finals Available To Watch
SLO County Poetry Out Loud Champion Blair Bishop, reciting Victoria Chang's "I Once Was a Child" Editor's Note: Alex Yue of Sacramento County was named this year’s California Poetry Out…
Local Author’s Book for Kids Debuts This Weekend
A new children’s book written and illustrated by a local author and set on the Central Coast is launching this weekend. Debbie Noble Black will sign copies of her 237-page,…
Los Lobos Brings Good Times to the PAC
This event was presented on March 14, 2023. Normally, a touring rock band that reaches 50 years in the business sooner or later becomes a nostalgia act. Los Lobos are…
Author Jacqueline St. Joan To Speak in Santa Maria
Friends of the Santa Maria Public Library and AAUW of Santa Maria present an author discussion and book-signing with Jacqueline St. Joan, author of The Shawl of Midnight, on Thursday,…
SLO Symphony Names New Executive Director
The San Luis Obispo Symphony board of directors has named Rachel Cementina as its new executive director. Most recently director of membership, marketing, and philanthropy for the SLO YMCA, she…
“Mauritius” Is SLO REP’s Next Staged Reading
Two half-sisters and three men try to out-do each other to reap possible rewards from a stamp collection the women inherited in Mauritius, a play by Theresa Rebeck being presented…
ACB Concert Raises $754 for PRHS Band
The Atascadero Community Band recently held a concert celebrating “The Great Outdoors” through music, and thanks to generous donations from the audience, $754 was donated to the Paso Robles High School Band…
Louie & Talia Ortega Release New CD “Ruby”
Five years in the making, “Ruby,” the new CD by Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Louie Ortega, features a couple different musical twists. The project marks the first studio collaboration between Ortega…