Dispatches

Próxima Parada is Spanish/Portugese for “next stop,” certainly appropriate for this San Luis Obispo-based band that has been exploding on social media, thanks to a single 13-second TikTok video last…

The SLO Symphony has scheduled some insightful and playful parties in 2023 that are meant to raise funds for the organization while providing fun for friends and audience members. Tickets…

ACT's Summer 2022 production of Peter and the Starcatcher San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre’s Academy of Creative Theatre (ACT) is expanding. Generous grants and a new headquarters building have driven…

A lifetime of service to others ended Saturday, January 28 when retired editor and publisher of the Five Cities Times-Press-Recorder, Richard “Dick” Blankenburg, passed away. He was 86. Dick Blankenburg…

The Harold J. Miossi Charitable Trust has announced a $1 million contribution in support of San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre’s capital campaign, “A New Stage,” to build a new venue…

Update 2/1/2023: Applications are now closed, but consider attending the live competition at The Monday Club in SLO on February 26, 2023. The Monday Clubhouse Conservancy is accepting applications for…

Cuesta College has chosen an alumnus and Cal Poly grad to head its annual Central Coast Writers Conference. Brian Schwartz is past president of the Colorado Independent Publishers Association and…

Most people don’t even notice utility boxes on the side of roads. However, some communities in the area have transformed these necessary storage units into works of art. The first…

The California Arts Council maintains a webpage dedicated to resources for Californian artists who have been affected by natural disasters such as the recent devastating winter storms. Page content is updated…

The California Arts Council (CAC) awarded more than $72 million in grant funding during 2022—the biggest annual investment in the state’s arts and cultural fields in its 46-year history. The…