Music

'Tis the season for the Sugar Plum Fairy, Dew Drop, and the Mouse King, which means that just about anywhere right now, someone, somewhere, somehow, is staging The Nutcracker. And…

The holidays are approaching quickly and there are so many news items I want to share with you, but so little time as we hurtle towards 2025. So here are…

Festival Mozaic is hosting a special benefit screening of the soon-to-be-released film Maria at The SLO Film Center at the Palm Theatre on Friday, December 13 at 4 p.m. Academy…

The Great American Melodrama’s 2024 Holiday Extravaganza begins as all Melodrama shows do: with an upbeat sing-a-along to get everyone in the mood. This year’s cheery selection, “Jingle Bell Rock,”…

Mention the name Chris Lambert, and most locals think about his ground-breaking podcast that played a major role in recently bringing justice to the family of missing Cal Poly student…

Ninety minutes isn’t very long in the grand scheme of things. But writer-director-producer-star Jesse Eisenburg makes the most of the hour-and-a-half film for which he is primarily responsible, and which…

Photos by Mark Velasquez When resident artist Kitty Balay opens PCPA’s production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast with the time-honored phrase “Once upon a time,” you can plan on…

Atascadero Community Band members recently presented a check for $1,155 to Atascadero High School band director Nate Conrad and several of his students, who also play in the Community Band.…

A sold-out crowd packed the Harold J. Miossi Cultural and Performing Arts Center at Cuesta College on Sunday afternoon to watch Orchestra Novo bring to life the silent film Safety…

(Witches’) hats off to The Siren for bringing metal to the Central Coast. Burning Witches graced us with their presence at the Morro Bay venue on Sunday, October 27. The…