Restored “Ran” Depicts Chaos in Color
“In a mad world only the mad are sane.”—Akira Kurosawa As part of its “Re-Releases” series, the SLO Film Center at the Palm Theatre recently screened Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 Academy…
Proxima Parada Provides Intimate Performance
Aaron Kroeger of Proxima Parada (Photos by McKenna Zolty) SLO Brew and Rod & Hammer provided the ultimate local summer event with its second annual Surf Block Party on June…
“Everything’s Going To Be Great” on Stage and Screen
You don’t have to be a fan of the Great White Way to enjoy Everything’s Going To Be Great, a sweet little movie that premiered at the Tribeca Festival this…
Dr. Watson Is on the Case at PCPA
Photos by Luis Escobar Sherlock Holmes is dead. Maybe. One of three men being held in an asylum on a remote island is the world-famous detective. Perhaps. Dr. Watson…
“How the West Was Really Won” Wins Us Over
It’s the olden times of the wild, wild, west in the town of Deadwater, Arizona, and there are good guys and bad guys and cantankerous characters galore. Oh, and comedy,…
Foreigner Rocks Vina Robles
Photos by John Lindsey Foreigner, the classic rock band, kept the stage lights pulsating and the volume all the way up to “11” throughout a high-powered, 13-song set at…
“Materialists” Explores Matchmakers, Millionaires, and Love
The elements that make a romantic relationship last have been debated since the dawn of human mating and the beginnings of language. Celine Song’s second feature film, Materialists, takes up…
Process, Not Product, Marks Beckwith’s Art
Shadow Dance (48"x60"), Potion (48"x36"), Limerick (48"x60") While downtown SLO has lost many of its art galleries over the last few years, we are fortunate to have EDNA Contemporary providing…
“Earnest” Exudes Eloquence and Charm
Photos by Janice Peters Give the fine folks at By the Sea Productions credit. When a challenge appears, they find a way to make it work. That’s one of the…
Barahona’s Art at SLOMA Is Deeply Personal
Deanna Barahona’s exhibit in the Nybak Gallery at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art details her upbringing and her father’s immigration from El Salvador to the United States. In…