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…
An Absorbing and Intense “Memoir”
Memoir of a Snail is the latest animated movie from Australian auteur Adam Elliot, who refers to his films as "clayographies," a portmanteau combining clay and biographies. It’s a fitting…
A Simple, Joyful Holiday Treat
Amid all the present-buying and house-decorating and party-going at this time of year, it helps to have a little break, less than a couple of hours, where you can sit…
Happy “Melodrama” Holidays!
The Great American Melodrama’s 2024 Holiday Extravaganza begins as all Melodrama shows do: with an upbeat sing-a-along to get everyone in the mood. This year’s cheery selection, “Jingle Bell Rock,”…
Not a Moment Wasted in “A Real Pain”
Ninety minutes isn’t very long in the grand scheme of things. But writer-director-producer-star Jesse Eisenburg makes the most of the hour-and-a-half film for which he is primarily responsible, and which…
PCPA’s “Beauty and the Beast” Enchants
Photos by Mark Velasquez When resident artist Kitty Balay opens PCPA’s production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast with the time-honored phrase “Once upon a time,” you can plan on…
A Family in Turmoil . . . in 1183
What's a little civil war among family? That’s one question as Cal Poly’s Theatre and Dance Department presents James Goldman's 1966 play, The Lion in Winter. Another question, while we’re…
Drop in on “Golden Pond” at CCAT
Ernest Thompson’s earnest reflection on aging, renewal, and family reconciliation—otherwise known as the 1979 play (and 1981 movie) On Golden Pond—carries heartfelt messages of everyday life that still resonate with,…