Month: July 2023

These events were scheduled July 22-28, 2023. Festival Mozaic’s bustling schedule this month includes a low-cost Notable Insight, film screenings, a family-friendly concert, free mini-concerts throughout SLO County, and free…

The opportunity for new insight can so easily pass us by— that potential opening to life lost. With this in mind, I pull on long johns, then sweatpants, turtleneck layered…

This event was scheduled April 25-30, 2024. The SLO Film Fest has announced that its 30th annual festival will be held April 25-30, 2024. Film submissions are now open, and…

Singer Lyle Lovett and I have at least one thing in common—we both made our first visit to the Libbey Bowl in downtown Ojai last week. California has been my…

This event was scheduled July 8, 2023. Certain artists, whether you like them or not, have that IT factor: creativity, talent, gravitas, or a combination of all three and more.…

Mural photos by Elliott Johnson Shell Beach artist Colleen Gnos is known for creating a magical world of mermaids and abalone divers, surfers and breaking waves, all reflecting her deep…

A scrap of paper tucked in a drawer reads “seasons are subtle on the Central Coast.” I wrote that note to myself several years ago. It was mostly true, and…