LGBTQ+ Exhibit Opens at History Center
An exhibit celebrating Pride Month and illuminating historic gay meeting places and businesses in San Luis Obispo County is on display in the Carnegie Library Museum at The History Center…
Next Carnegie Lecture Celebrates Pride Month
The program manager of the Gala Pride & Diversity Center presents the next Carnegie Lecture at the History Center of San Luis Obispo on Thursday, June 4 at 6 p.m. …
Activists Headline Next “Outside Together” Film
Celebrated trail runner and environmental activist Peyton Thomas will attend a free, local screening of a short film that tells the story of a grassroots fight and a trail race…
SLOIFF Review: “The Book of George”
Perseverance and Determination "Photography saved my life. Photography's changed my life." George McKenzie Jr.'s first words in The Book of George, delivered after a heartfelt pause, set the tone for…
PCPA’s “Come From Away” Connects
Photos by Luis Escobar ©PCPA "If you come from everywhere else, you come from away," says the mayor of Gander, Newfoundland. Imagine a town of 9,000 suddenly welcoming 7,000…
SLOIFF Review: “Y Vân: The Lost Sounds of Saigon”
Riveting, Authentic, Inspiring For many of us who became adults during the Vietnam War, mentions of Vietnam evoke images of Kim Phúc at age 9 running away from her village…
SLOIFF Review: “This Tempting Madness”
Shock, Surprise, Confusion, Fragility Director Jennifer E. Montgomery’s film This Tempting Madness opens with ominous music, a voiceover on the fragility of the mind, and scenes of a woman falling…
SLOIFF Review: “That’s So Drag”
We need more safe spaces. For art. For creativity. For self-expression. Spaces that encourage us to take risks, push boundaries, and challenge the norm, because that's how progress happens. Those…
SLOIFF Review: “The Musical”
The Power of Spite "The thing about life is sometimes you win, but other times you watch your enemies steal what could have been yours." Gizelle Bonilla, making her…
“Sirāt” Is a Wonderful, Disturbing Film
Director and screenwriter Óliver Laxe opens his latest film, Sirāt ("path" in Arabic), with closeups of rave dancers moving in Shaker style to loud drumming sounds. The ravers look punk…