Dispatches

The 2024 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival is honoring actress/director Heather Graham with its King Vidor Award for Excellence in Filmmaking. Graham will receive the award at an official…

The 2024 SLO Film Festival box office, located at 851 Higuera Street in downtown SLO, is now open for business. It’s a one-stop shop for tickets to screenings, ticket packages,…

The 2024 Open Studios Art Tour application is now available through June 21. Open Studios takes place every year during National Arts and Humanities Month over two weekends; this year’s…

Actor Josh Brolin (Dune, No Country for Old Men) will lead the Narrative Feature jury for the SLO International Film Festival’s 2024 30th Anniversary edition. Brolin recently reprised his role…

Author and cartoonist Leigh Rubin will serve as the keynote speaker for the 40th annual Central Coast Writers Conference, scheduled for October 5 at Cuesta College. Social media and writing…

Amada Cruz, the new director of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, has abruptly canceled a scheduled exhibition over a lack of diversity among the two dozen represented artists. Cruz,…

Who will be the next Poet Laureate of San Luis Obispo County? The SLO County Arts Council has announced that applications for the position are open. The selected person is…

The SLO Film Fest is looking for some generous community members to host visiting staff and filmmakers for the 2024 event. Host stays are needed between April 24 and May…

San Luis Obispo filmmaker Randi Barros is hoping people will say “yes” to funding her next project, a short film about life in a small Arizona border town. [caption id="attachment_4800"…

A new Hollywood movie recently wrapped up filming in Morro Bay, and if you attend the 2024 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, you may be among the first to…