Month: October 2024

The winner of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival “Best Documentary Short” category in 2025 may qualify to win an Oscar at the Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion…

Kirk and Mira Advani Honeycutt (courtesy photos)   No, if anybody orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I’m not drinking any f**king Merlot.”—Paul Giamatti’s character in "Sideways" It is the line of…

(Witches’) hats off to The Siren for bringing metal to the Central Coast. Burning Witches graced us with their presence at the Morro Bay venue on Sunday, October 27. The…

Photo by Ryan C. Loyd, Rylo Media Design Sinister and cinematic music . . . an uncomfortable cottage in the middle of a snowy Colorado wood . . . lights…

"Carrizo, Washburn Wildflowers II" by Laurel Sherrie   The 2024 Carrizo Colloquium on October 25 at the Pavilion on the Lake in Atascadero features contemporary field science and research on…

Even chilly peek-a-boo fog couldn’t hold down the audience in Los Osos for the first Saturday of SLO County Arts’ Open Studios Art Tour on October 12. Of all towns…

“Be afraid . . . be very afraid . . .” So opens Werewolf of Arroyo Grande, as the curtains part to reveal a full moon shining in a spooky…

You might say there is a lot at stake in this year’s general election . . . serious issues, social issues, democratic issues. But whatever your concerns, it never hurts…

The National Endowment for the Humanities is offering grants to support the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with…

Local jazz and folk vocalist Inga Swearingen joins Canzona Women’s Ensemble in an afternoon program celebrating rich musical traditions from across the Americas on Sunday, November 3 at SLO United…