San Luis Obispo County's Connection to Arts and Culture
Charlotte Alexander
Charlotte Alexander is an award-winning author, editor, and publisher, with experience in media, higher education, and nonprofit settings. She has been writing reviews of local theatre productions since 2010, and her work has appeared in SLO Life Magazine, SLO Journal Plus, SLO City News, Two for the Show {Central Coast}, and most recently on her website WiseToTheWords.com. She is the co-author of "When Your Pet Outlives You: Protecting Animal Companions After You Die" (New Sage Press 2002; reprinted 2004), which won a Muse Medallion Book Award from the Cat Writers’ Association. She owns and operates C|C Imprint.
Several of this year’s Oscar-winning films were reviewed by SLO Review contributing writers, thanks to the SLO Film Center at the Palm Theatre. If you haven’t yet experienced the following…
Following hot on the heels of a successful four-day Winter Music Festival, the announcement on February 24 of Festival Mozaic’s upcoming summer season was a hot ticket item. [caption id="attachment_8439"…
SLO County poets laureate Kevin Clark and Caleb Nichols Caleb Nichols is an accessible poet. [caption id="attachment_8393" align="alignright" width="175"] Caleb Nichols[/caption] And now they (Nichols prefers the pronoun “they”)…
Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio When it comes to Shakespeare and his much-performed comedy Much Ado About Nothing, “I think he means to delight us—pure and simple,”…
There’s something fishy going on at The Great American Melodrama, although what’s happening seems relegated to a place far, far away—somewhere in the chilly northern wilds of Wisconsin—not in the…
Filmmakers Aaron Goffman, Sheri Davenport, and Richard Bruce Stirling [caption id="attachment_8073" align="alignleft" width="162"] "Big White Dog" screens at the Cambria Film Fest[/caption] The 2025 Cambria Film Festival’s Friday schedule was…
Central Coast Film Society representative Carlos Plummer introducing "Jack & Lou." The 2025 Cambria Film Festival’s first full day of events featured screenings of two full-length feature films in competition,…
Larry Morgan, Sy Rosen, Eliza Roberts, and Eric Roberts The Cambria Film Festival opened on a high note February 5 with a champagne reception and tribute to honored guest Sy…
This year's concerto competition was held in Korisheli's former Morro Bay music studio. The San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony’s upcoming Winter Concert features this year’s concerto competition winner Emerald Shanks performing…
In its most recent adventure into theatre, By the Sea Productions in Morro Bay took on a formidable task: producing a new work by a local playwright based on the…
SLO Review Covers Oscar-Winning Films
Several of this year’s Oscar-winning films were reviewed by SLO Review contributing writers, thanks to the SLO Film Center at the Palm Theatre. If you haven’t yet experienced the following…
Festival Mozaic Announces Summer Lineup
Following hot on the heels of a successful four-day Winter Music Festival, the announcement on February 24 of Festival Mozaic’s upcoming summer season was a hot ticket item. [caption id="attachment_8439"…
New Poet Laureate Wants To Meet You
SLO County poets laureate Kevin Clark and Caleb Nichols Caleb Nichols is an accessible poet. [caption id="attachment_8393" align="alignright" width="175"] Caleb Nichols[/caption] And now they (Nichols prefers the pronoun “they”)…
“Much Ado About Nothing” Is Delightful
Photos by Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio When it comes to Shakespeare and his much-performed comedy Much Ado About Nothing, “I think he means to delight us—pure and simple,”…
“Guys on Ice” Is Warm and Funny
There’s something fishy going on at The Great American Melodrama, although what’s happening seems relegated to a place far, far away—somewhere in the chilly northern wilds of Wisconsin—not in the…
Cambria Film Fest: Day 3
Filmmakers Aaron Goffman, Sheri Davenport, and Richard Bruce Stirling [caption id="attachment_8073" align="alignleft" width="162"] "Big White Dog" screens at the Cambria Film Fest[/caption] The 2025 Cambria Film Festival’s Friday schedule was…
Cambria Film Fest: Day 2
Central Coast Film Society representative Carlos Plummer introducing "Jack & Lou." The 2025 Cambria Film Festival’s first full day of events featured screenings of two full-length feature films in competition,…
Cambria Film Fest: Day 1
Larry Morgan, Sy Rosen, Eliza Roberts, and Eric Roberts The Cambria Film Festival opened on a high note February 5 with a champagne reception and tribute to honored guest Sy…
SLO Youth Symphony Turns 60
This year's concerto competition was held in Korisheli's former Morro Bay music studio. The San Luis Obispo Youth Symphony’s upcoming Winter Concert features this year’s concerto competition winner Emerald Shanks performing…
“Dahl’s Darlings” Is a True Original
In its most recent adventure into theatre, By the Sea Productions in Morro Bay took on a formidable task: producing a new work by a local playwright based on the…