Month: August 2025

Dancers preparing to perform folklórico (photo by Alyssa Toledo)   The Public Media Journalists Association has honored a KCBX news series and two KCBX news stories in the 2025 PMJA…

The past two weeks have been both inspiring and, frankly, a bit bittersweet. On July 26, we celebrated 50 years of KCBX at a wonderful event at the Octagon Barn,…

An emotional drama exploring the fine line between genius and instability is playing through August 24 at By the Sea Productions in Morro Bay. David Auburn’s play Proof, directed by…

A rare genre-mixing line-up brings rhythmic energy and cultural depth to the Central Coast when The Siren in Morro Bay presents Coyote Island and Joe Samba, with Cherokee Social opening.…

Take a tour of Channel Islands National Park through the lens of photographer, writer and kayaker Chuck Graham on Friday, August 15 at 7 p.m. at The Bunker in San…

When I was in sixth grade, my friend and I were sitting bored in his garage when we found two old skateboards. I stepped on one, found my balance, and…

The energy in the audience matched the energy on stage Thursday night as Players West opened its one-weekend-only production of The Music Man at the Clark Center for the Performing…

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…

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"]…

“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…