Is “Eddington” Satire? Tragedy? Noir?
As Ari Aster’s filmmaking grows bolder, his critical reception grows more divided. Eddington, the writer/director's most ambitious film, is a surreal, sprawling neo-Western set during the chaos of COVID in…
Stone Soup Features World Music & More
Music from around the world comes to the 2025 Stone Soup Music Festival & Street Fair, presented by the Clark Center August 23-24 in Grover Beach. [caption id="attachment_10562" align="alignright" width="300"]…
“Little Shop” Lets the Dark Shine Through
“This show is fun. It’s over-the-top. It’s absurd.” Jacob Shearer, who directs Little Shop of Horrors now playing at the Templeton Performing Arts Center, couldn’t have used truer words to…
SLOPE Exhibit Benefits Land Conservancy
A SLOPE art event benefiting the Land Conservancy of SLO County is scheduled August 8 and 9 in the Milking Parlor at the iconic Octagon Barn Center. The fourth annual…
“Songs for Nobodies” Is for Everyone
Photos courtesy Michael Brosilow and Northlight Theatre Productions Everyone—no matter how ordinary—has a story and a song worth hearing. That’s the premise of the one-woman show Songs for Nobodies…
Fest Includes Free “Carmina Burana” Performance
The Cuesta Concord Chorus presents a grand community celebration and performance of Carmina Burana at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 16 in Miossi Hall at the Performing Arts Center SLO.…
“Architecton” Is a Morass of Scenes, Sounds
The scene is relentless, moving over a vast area of destroyed buildings, forming a backdrop to the initial film credits. The opening of the 98-minute documentary Architecton by Russian filmmaker…
“Drowsy Chaperone” Is a Rousing Romp
For a musical whose leading character begins the show with the words “I hate theatre,” Cambria Center for the Arts’ production of The Drowsy Chaperone gives us a whole lot…
“Merry Wives” Makes for a Merry Time
Watching a Shakespeare play in the woods is a life experience everyone should have, and the opportunity is upon us once again as the Central Coast Shakespeare Festival returns to…