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…
Ronnie Marmo Brings Lenny Bruce to Town
Lenny Bruce In 2017, Rolling Stone magazine ranked the greatest stand-up comics ever. Richard Pryor came in at number one. George Carlin finished in second place. No surprise. Both…
Cambria Film Festival Opens February 4
More than 90 full-length and short films are set to be screened at the ninth annual Cambria Film Festival scheduled February 4-8. Passes, film packs and individual tickets are now…
SLO Library Checkouts Top 1.3 Million
Do people still use libraries? Are eBooks the preferred format for reading these days? Recording some 1.3 million checkouts during 2025, the County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries say…
“James and the Giant Peach” Heads to ACTF
A Cuesta College student-directed play has been selected as one of only four productions to represent Region 8 (Arizona, Central and Southern California, Hawaii, Southern Nevada, Utah, and Guam) at…
CA Arts Council To Hold Regional Town Hall
The California Arts Council has announced it is holding several town hall meetings as part of the next phase for California's creative economy: the Creative Economies in Action Statewide Engagement…
Honeyboys Frontman Goes Solo with Cherry Blonde
After being the frontman for the pop-jazz-alt-rock band Honeyboys for five years, Ari Eisenberg faced a crossroad. While his three bandmates prepared to pursue engineering careers after graduating from Cal…
“YES” Reaches Audiences Far and Wide
Filmmaker Randi Barros and actor Kira Guchko at the AFI sneak preview of "YES" Last June, residents and students in the town of Noci, Italy, gathered beneath the night…
John Madden Gets Hollywood Treatment
Christian Bale and Nicolas Cage in Madden The two most famous graduates of Cal Poly are arguably comic “Weird Al” Yankovic and the late NFL football coach/sports commentator John…
Jeanie Greensfelder Is a “Time Traveler”
Charting an extraordinary journey through recent history, poet Jeanie Greensfelder uses her lifetime as a lens to explore the staggering speed of change in her latest book, Time Traveler. Greensfelder’s…