“Not Enough Future” Celebrates Artists
Los Angeles-based artist Connie Martin Treviño and Tim Stark, coordinator of Cuesta College’s Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery, have co-curated the group exhibition Not Enough Future coming to Cuesta’s San…
“Unnecessary Farce” Is Perfect Farce
Photo by Ryan Loyd, RYLO Media Design Perfection is a strong word—one not usually associated with silliness, mistaken identities, or slamming doors. But if you define it as “an…
Poetry: Birth and Death
Like the trial run to the hospital when I was pregnant, I visit the San Luis cemetery with its stone and plastic-flowered landscape. Death comes with birth, yet my…
Celebrate a Traditional Día de Los Muertos
Promotores Collaborative of San Luis Obispo County presents Celebrando Nuestros Antepasados (Honoring Our Ancestors), a Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration on November 2 at 2 p.m. at…
“The Man from Earth” Comes to Cambria
What would you ask a man who claims to be 14,000 years old? The Man from Earth, written by acclaimed science fiction writer Jerome Bixby (Star Trek, The Twilight Zone),…
Back & Forth: Singer-Songwriter Jamie Pennelly
You can meet the most interesting people at the Laguna Lake Dog Park in San Luis Obispo. Case in point: a young singer-songwriter named Jamie Pennelly, whose sultry voice gives…
Nonfiction: “American Nations”
I love that Arroyo Grande—especially Branch Street Arroyo Grande—has an independent bookstore. My ego is happy because Monarch Books carries my books. We were waiting for a table to open…
Cal Poly Inaugurates New Library Mural
"Grounds for Growth" by Joshua Lawyer and MJ Lindo-Lawyer of Rough Edge Collective Cal Poly inaugurated its newest mural during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the recently renovated Robert E.…
Hawke Gives Heart to Hart in “Blue Moon”
In the film Blue Moon, director Richard Linklater has given actor Ethan Hawke a play-like stage for his performance as the musing musical lyricist Lorenz (Larry) Hart. Hart was the…
“Stories Matter” Plays to Sold-Out Crowd
Don Reed (center) headlined an evening of community storytelling. It was standing room only when Courtney Haile welcomed local storytellers and one special out-of-town guest to the stage at…