Dispatches

Cash prizes and publication await the winners of the 2025 Golden Quill writing contest, an annual competition sponsored by SLO NightWriters in three categories: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Deadline to…

PCPA Foundation President Dene Hurlbert and Past President Dee Ringstead with PCPA Artistic Director Mark Booher and Managing Director Jennifer Shwartz   The PCPA Foundation has presented a $240,000 check…

May 15 is the deadline to get the lowest pricing of the summer on single tickets for Festival Mozaic’s Summer SLO Music Festival July 16-26. Beyond mere concerts, the Summer…

The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival reports its biggest event ever with more than 8,000 attendees over the 2025 festival’s six-day run April 24-29. Highlights included a sold-out closing…

Subscriptions for the SLO Symphony’s five-concert 2025-26 season are now available, with acclaimed soloists from around the world joining the orchestra in performances at the Performing Arts Center SLO. Single…

A few days before their appearance on the second day of the 2025 Shabang Music Festival, members of the local band Toad sat down with SLO Review contributor and Cuestonian…

Aontas and Middletown were named best narrative feature and best documentary feature, respectively, by San Luis Obispo International Film Festival judges during closing night ceremonies April 30. The audience awards…

Traven Marks and Liz Lucas with Verdant Studio, Molly Clark with Cal Poly Arts, and Thomas Patchell with SLO Review (photo by Raoul Wise)   The San Luis Obispo International…

Bob Mackie hasn’t been to San Luis Obispo in decades, and then it was just a brief stopover on the road to somewhere else. Now the famed costume designer will…

Legendary costume designer Bob Mackie will receive the King Vidor Award for Excellence in Filmmaking on April 28 during the 31st annual San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. Mackie’s illustrious…