Short Fiction: The Banks of Noon
Photo by Lance Anderson The times I remember us throwing Smiley out the hatch on that plane always come two different ways. In the first, we all heave to…
The Balcony Gardener: A Season of Possibility and Improbability
The Balcony Gardener loved April. Spring had arrived again, and with it came a quiet accumulation of ideas for the new season’s balcony garden. April did not require announcement. It…
Local Poetry Wanted for SLO “Poetry Walk”
The City of San Luis Obispo's Public Art Program is partnering with the SLO County Arts Council and SLO County Poet Laureate Caleb Nichols to create a new walkable art…
Reflections: Visiting a Literary Landmark in Paris
Photo courtesy Shakespeare and Company In preparing for a recent trip to Paris, my first ever, I had my “to do” list pretty well mapped out. Drink Champagne at…
Ben Abbott Pens New Play for the Melodrama
"I pitched four or five ideas and we landed on the Pirate show." Central Coast writer Ben Abbott makes it sound so easy to create a new play that will…
The Balcony Gardener: The Ides of Basil
Photo by Paul Steuber March arrives as it always does—with ambition slightly out of proportion to available space. The Balcony Gardener draws up three lists. Seeds to order. Seeds…
SLO Poetry Out Loud Rep Competes in Sacramento
Art is what gives me life. It’s the blood running through my veins, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.” — Charlotte Bailey Charlotte Bailey, a freshman at Paso…
Help Keep Arts in Schools
Tax season has arrived and you can be a champion for arts education by making a tax-deductible donation of $1 or more to the Keep Arts in Schools Fund on…
Poetry: Allegro
Michael Laboon, "Roots and Wings," San Luis Obispo Art Around Town For Ann Ream This is where we enter the dark This is where we must go it alone…
Poetry: Shoreline Meditation
Photo by Sofya Kholodkova Six a.m.—light of a new day just beginning to illuminate patches of distant waves through a dense haze. Tideline dotted with clamshells, some closed and…