CAC Individual Artists Fellowships Available
The deadline to apply was May 5, 2023. Artists and cultural practitioners living and working in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Kern, or Ventura counties can now apply for California…
Local Picks: Who’s Reading What?
Good news! People are still reading books—all sorts of interesting titles and genres and authors’ voices competing for our attention. I was curious about the books that people I know…
Back & Forth: Linna Thomas & 50 Years of Coalesce
The dream of owning a bookstore brought Linna Thomas and Janet Brown from Oregon to Morro Bay, where they first opened Coalesce Bookstore in July 1973. Thomas became sole proprietor…
Grannis Finds Inspiration Everywhere
"Mermaids Have Friends Too" by Anne Grannis Humans combined with animals have become figurative fantasy pieces created by artist Anne Grannis. “Clay is like this amazing stuff,” Grannis says. “You…
Grants Available for Arts Partnerships
The Central Coast Creative Corps, a program funded by the California Arts Council in partnership with the San Luis Obispo County Arts Council and five other county arts councils, will…
“Chinatown” Didn’t Wow SLO in ’74
Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, and Roman Polanski all made a special “appearance” in San Luis Obispo on May 3, 1974. Their stopover here was brief, barely more than…
SLO Symphony Names New Executive Director
The San Luis Obispo Symphony board of directors has named Rachel Cementina as its new executive director. Most recently director of membership, marketing, and philanthropy for the SLO YMCA, she…
ACB Concert Raises $754 for PRHS Band
The Atascadero Community Band recently held a concert celebrating “The Great Outdoors” through music, and thanks to generous donations from the audience, $754 was donated to the Paso Robles High School Band…
Louie & Talia Ortega Release New CD “Ruby”
Five years in the making, “Ruby,” the new CD by Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Louie Ortega, features a couple different musical twists. The project marks the first studio collaboration between Ortega…
Copeland Vinyl Collection Goes To Auction
The vinyl record collection of the late San Luis Obispo sporting goods magnate Jim Copeland is slated to go to auction in April, a move that one memorabilia expert calls “a…