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Local husband and wife duo, Bob and Wendy, bring their alt-folk to The Bunker on March 16
Wendy Liepman, one half of the husband-and-wife alt-folk duo Bob & Wendy, is such a gifted songwriter and lyricist. She manages to communicate so much with such brevity. On her newest single, “Changes,” which was recorded and engineered by local music guru Damon Castillo, she paints a simple picture: “Young man on a stage/ playing…
Tulsa fabric artist Rachel B. Hayes has two new installations in SLO
See the work Thanks to the an Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Along the Way—seven custom panels made from industrial sunshade fabric designed by Tulsa fabric artist Rachel B. Hayes—has been installed on the Garden Street Alley between Garden and Broad Streets. As sunlight shines through the material, the alleyway is transformed into a rainbow-colored…
A SLO County group asks for Palestinian recognition as Assemblymember Dawn Addis introduced an ethnic studies bill
A California Assembly bill that would set standards for teachers on how to teach ethnic studies in high schools is making its way through the Legislature with the hope that the state Board of Education will adopt it by 2028. “It would also create what’s called a framework, which describes teaching practices and presents example…
‘On the green’
The St. Patrick’s Day concert at Cal Poly sold out! Well, it’s a free concert, so “sold out” is a strong thing to say. The university gave away 5,000 tickets on March 5 to a concert featuring Zhu and Galantis—EDM musicians—that starts at 4 a.m. on March 15. Doors at 3:45 a.m. Wow! Amazing! And…
Waterman Village project survives SLO City Council appeal
Twenty homes for San Luis Obispo’s low-income residents won the turf tussle over the historic Rosa Butron de Canet Adobe after a neighbor appealed for the space to be for recreation only. “[The grant deed] doesn’t say what other uses could be on the property; it just says the property should be used as a…
We should be celebrating the Coastal Act’s 50th anniversary not threatening to gut it
Here are some questions that probably aren’t keeping you up at night: Why isn’t the Hearst Ranch a golf resort? Why aren’t we still arguing about whether Los Osos should have a sewer system and how it should work? Why wasn’t a seismic survey allowed to devastate our local fisheries and marine wildlife with underwater…
Cal Poly hosts ‘St. Fratty’s’ music festival to keep students off the streets, and asks university staff to help man campus housing
Cal Poly’s “St. Fratty’s Day” celebration—famous for students, likely infamous for others—is going to look very different this year as San Luis Obispo police and city officials crack down on restrictions amid years of disruption and disaster. Cal Poly and the San Luis Obispo Police Department aim to enforce stricter rules on student partiers, and…
SLO County needs more firefighters, fire stations, and money
The San Luis Obispo County Fire Department wants to put one more firefighter on each of its engines and build a minimum of three more fire stations. But none of that is possible without a funding source, Fire Chief John Owens told the county Board of Supervisors on Feb. 25. “We are the only fire…
Nipomo woman faces DOJ charges for creating false medical documents for immigrant applications
A Nipomo resident allegedly running a medical weight loss and immigration services clinic to help determine immigrant applicants’ legal status faces charges of fraud and misuse of visas and permits. The Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested Chantelle Lavergne Woods on Feb. 26 on a federal complaint detailing reported fraud carried out in an Arroyo Grande…
Cadre’s albariño is an industry standout in otherwise stagnant wine waters
The year 2024 wasn’t kind to California wine, which produces 85 percent of the country’s supply. Industry analysts pointed to declining consumption related to wellness trends and purse tightening. Additionally, beverage categories such as ready-to-drink cocktails and craft beer siphoned market share from millennials, aged 27 to 42, who represent the largest chunk of wine…
SLO’s Bizarre Antiques & Oddities offers a unique shopping experience featuring taxidermied animals, haunted dolls, and serial killer paintings
In the market for a possible haunted doll? Maybe a taxidermied mouse or a fart in a jar? How about an original painting by John Wayne Gacy? If you even raised your eyebrow in curiosity, Bizarre Antiques & Oddities is the place to go. Owner Erin Binger opened a San Luis Obispo location in January,…
Q&A with The Way, My Way writer-director Bill Bennett on March 13, in the Palm Theatre
On Thursday, March 13, at the Palm Theatre, the SLO Film Center hosts Australian writer-director-producer Bill Bennett, who will offer a Q-and-A about his 2024 film The Way, My Way (98 min.), based on his best-selling Camino de Santiago memoir of the same name. The Camino, as its casually known, is a famed network of…
Patricia Caicedo presents a masterclass in Iberian art song on March 13, at Cal Poly
Patricia Caicedo, an international expert in Latin American and Iberian art songs, will coach three Cal Poly student vocalists in Spanish song on Thursday, March 13, starting at 11:10 a.m. in the Davidson Music Center, room 218. The event is free and open to the public, but a parking permit is required to park on…
Central Coast Community Energy hasn’t quite delivered on its renewable energy and rate promises
More renewable energy and electricity rates lower than PG&E. Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) has promised these to its ratepayers in Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties since 2018. Through electric energy incentive programs and investments in renewable energy storage facilities, the electric utility provider promised rates as much as 6 percent…
We should be celebrating the Coastal Act’s 50th anniversary not threatening to gut it
Republicans have become the party who says government doesn’t work, then get elected and prove it. I am urging all of our elected Democrat officials—local, county, state, and federal—to not extend the American Relief Act on March 14 and temporarily defund the government. Democrats, it’s time to stop cowering in the corner saying, “Please don’t…
Is this what you call progress?
Now that the Trusk administration is firmly ensconced in the ketchup-spattered Oval Office we can now take stock on where the country is headed. Government agencies are being obliterated in an attempt to justify the usual Republican tax cuts for the rich in the face of a massive, out of control national debt. Efforts are…
Last Breath is harrowing tale of survival against impossible odds
Last Breath What’s it rated? PG-13 What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Colony, Downtown Centre, Fair Oaks, Park, Stadium 10 Alex Parkinson directs this story he co-wrote with Mitchell LaFortune and David Brooks based on his 2019 documentary he co-directed with Richard da Costa about a…
Where’s the outrage?
Our constitutional government is under attack! This is being met with an eerie silence by our elected representatives, our living former presidents, the media, and the public at large. If you’ve wondered if a government that operated as a for-profit, private enterprise would be in your best interests, decide for yourself, you’re witnessing it. We’ve…
John Sayles 1994 family classic The Secret of Roan Inish screens March 9 and 10 at the Palm Theatre
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH What’s it rated? PG When? 1994 Where’s it showing? The Palm Theatre of San Luis Obispo on March 9 and 10 Just in time to get you in a St. Paddy’s Day mood, the SLO Film Center at the Palm Theatre has an offering of Irish-centric films all month, including…
We need to change to world from where we’re standing
Margie Slivinske Arroyo Grande
American Murder: Gabby Petito explores a tragic case of intimate partner violence
Last Breath What’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2025 Where’s it showing? Netflix All of us true crime fans knew it was coming: the painful tale of Gabby Petito’s final days and the gruesome discovery of who was behind her death. However, Netflix storytelling shines here, focusing much of the three-part series on who Gabby was…
Land Conservancy of SLO secures another 750 acres of land for preservation
[Image-1] The stretch between Morro Bay and Cayucos has million-dollar plans in store after the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo secured another 750 acres to preserve for public recreation. Nearly 10 years ago, the Land Conservancy of SLO (LCSLO) had a vision of preserving thousands of acres between Morro Bay and Cayucos to create…
