Poetry: Hypnos, God of Sleep
Photo by Jp Valery He creeps into my bed, envelops me, erases my worries, and together we dream. But on those nights when he doesn’t show, and I know…
Applications Open for County Poet Laureate
Photo by Nick Fewings Nominations and applications are open for the next Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo County. The position, regarded as the county's most eminent or representative…
SLO County Residents Receive Artist Fellowships
Fourteen Central Coast artists and culture bearers, including two from San Luis Obispo County, have been selected to receive California Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowships. [caption id="attachment_15497" align="alignleft" width="300"] Renée…
Artist Sommer Roman Publishes New Book
Central Coast artist, illustrator and author Sommer Roman has a new children's book coming out later this month. Len & Lou Get Bored, now available for pre-order online in the…
Writers’ Conference Set for September 25-26
A New York Times bestselling author and a suspense fiction book doctor are the opening and closing keynote speakers for the 42nd Central Coast Writers’ Conference at Cuesta College September…
Poetry: Figs
Photo by Jametlene Reskp Fig tree, santa higuera, altar to summer’s holy fruit. Soft, sunburnt tears— lágrimas para lo que está pasando. Ancient leather pouches warm to the touch,…
Oceano Dunes Exhibition Opens at Cal Poly
A new photography exhibition about the Oceano Dunes has opened in the Special Collections and Archives Gallery in the Robert E. Kennedy Library at Cal Poly. An opening reception for…
Screening Features U.S. Premiere of Music Score
Jobyna Ralston and Harold Lloyd in "For Heaven's Sake" This Sunday, September 13, Orchestra Novo performs the American premiere of composer Robert Israel's orchestral score accompanying Harold Lloyd's 1926…
“Disciples of a Craftsman” Set for SLO Premiere
NAACP San Luis Obispo County and R.A.C.E. Matters SLO are hosting a screening of a new, independent comedy-drama created, filmed and set in Northern California. The Central Coast premiere of…
Poetry: Someone Has Been Borrowing Me
Photo by mohadese marvi There seems to be a woman who visits the house at night. She waits until everything is quiet— Teddy asleep, the street emptied of footsteps,…