“Voices” Brings Danny Gans Back to SLO
With its final film festival screening in San Luis Obispo this month, Voices: The Danny Gans Story returns to where his legacy first took root—Cal Poly SLO. The film, the…
SLOIFF Review: “Voices: The Danny Gans Story”
An Honest and Human Portrait You don’t need to know who Danny Gans is to be pulled into Voices: The Danny Gans Story. I didn’t, and if anything, going in…
Five Nonprofits Receive Arts & Culture Grants
Amid growing competition for philanthropic funding and changes to federal support for public media, five San Luis Obispo County nonprofits collectively will receive $140,000 over the next two years from…
Kal Penn Talks “Service in Action”
Kal Penn went from late-night fast food runs in the film Harold & Kumar to policy meetings in the White House, and now he’s bringing that unlikely journey to Cal…
Cambria Film Fest: “Sheepdogs”
Sheepdogs is a quiet, emotional documentary that invites viewers into an experience for which they don’t need prior military knowledge to understand. Through intimate storytelling, director Brian Knappmiller explores the…
Cambria Film Festival: “Undeletable”
Co-written and co-directed by brothers Benjamin Blaine and Christopher Blaine, Undeletable is an intimate film that explores grief, confession, and the permanence of what cannot be taken back. The six-minute…
ETC Hosts West Coast Premiere of “The Shark Is Broken”
As Jaws marks its 50th anniversary, Ensemble Theatre Company is pulling back the curtain on the chaos behind the classic film with The Shark Is Broken, opening Wednesday, February 4…
Local Artists Trace Their Military Journeys
For many, military service is a journey of constant movement, memory, and change. In a new exhibition at Studios on the Park in Paso Robles, veterans and active-duty service members…