Lupone’s Star Power Resonates at the PAC
In the world of entertainment, there are performers, entertainers, and stars. Most are a mix but very few hit the trifecta. Singer/actress Patti Lupone is one of those very few.…
Ubu’s Other Shoe Presents “Wife of a Salesman”
When a devoted housewife—from a certain classic American drama—tracks down the woman who is sleeping with her husband, the two discover that they have more in common than society would…
“Anthropology” Concert Energizing from Start to Finish
One of my favorite graduate composition classes was "World Music." This was more accurately (if a bit more awkwardly) named "Introduction to the Field of Ethnomusicology"—the study of the musics…
Victory for Live Music in Downtown SLO
After a recent public administrative review of the use permit for Libertine Brewing Company in downtown San Luis Obispo, one message clearly resounded during the hearing. Don’t mess with our…
PCPA Presents Unique Take on “Measure for Measure”
PCPA brings Shakespeare’s most provocative and morally complex play, Measure for Measure, to the Severson Theatre in Santa Maria February 26 through March 15. The striking production features an all-woman…
Cal Poly Theatre Dept. Opens “Urinetown”
Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown the Musical is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. The Tony Award-winning show comes to…
Poetry: Allegro
Michael Laboon, "Roots and Wings," San Luis Obispo Art Around Town For Ann Ream This is where we enter the dark This is where we must go it alone…
Poetry: Shoreline Meditation
Photo by Sofya Kholodkova Six a.m.—light of a new day just beginning to illuminate patches of distant waves through a dense haze. Tideline dotted with clamshells, some closed and…
Poetry: Nature Pulling Gently
Photo by Catt Liu This morning I’m awakened by a discussion outside my window between a wild turkey and a crow. It seems a friendly exchange, even when decibels…
Poetry: Blue Sky
There is something big as the sky inside you A blue cloudless sky An ocean inside you Have you heard it move Along the lines of your eyes Felt it…