The Cal Poly Performing Arts Center will host “A Tribute to Aretha Franklin” Wednesday, March 2 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. According to Cal Poly, the tribute composer Damien Sneed “pays homage to the monarch herself with fresh renditions…
Caleb Nichols: Local musician, librarian, poet and PhD student releases new music for “Twos-day”
Musician, librarian, poet and PhD student: Caleb Nichols has done it all. The San Luis Obispo local has been a musician their whole life, first delving into the DIY folk-punk scene in 2005. Nichols’s first musical venture was a project…
Cal Poly Ballroom Team makes their return to competition at the 14th Annual Mustang Ball after a two-year break
Cal Poly Ballroom Team held their 14th annual Mustang Ball DanceSport Competition on Sunday, Feb. 12 after a two years postponement due to COVID-19. Around 16 schools attended the competition including UC San Diego, Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis…
The 2022 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has released its official first five film selections
The 2022 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival is back and has announced its five official selections. Every year the festival draws in crowds to San Luis Obispo to view award-winning and fan favorite films. However, this year may very…
Cal Poly’s Women’s Chorus selected to attend prestigious music conference
After only three years in existence, Cal Poly’s Women’s Chorus has already become the university’s first to be invited to the prestigious California All-State Music Education Conference (CASMEC). Scheduled to take place on Feb. 18 in Fresno, Calif., the conference…
The top murals to check out in San Luis Obispo
The SLO Art Museum is welcoming another mural to Downtown. Southern artist, Erin LeAnn Mitchell will be visiting the San Luis Obispo area this month to paint a new mural on the side of the museum building. Mitchell will begin…
Local rollerskating crew champions inclusivity
Local rollerskating crew — Sk805 — prides themselves on inclusion of all skill levels and identities.
The man behind the maze: Cal Poly student creates mazes in the sand, washed away with the changing tides
Like clockwork, the tides in Morro Bay rise and fall every day. For just a few hours, the beach becomes a blank canvas that environmental management and protection sophomore Sean Dahlberg takes advantage of. With nothing more than a long…
Twanguero promotes new record with performance at Cal Poly
Latin Grammy Award-winning musician Diego García, known professionally as Twanguero, performed at Cal Poly’s Spanos Theatre on Saturday, January 29. This was the first show of his new tour, which is being used to promote his new record, Carreteras Secundarias…
“I now feel the need to protect them”: National Geographic filmmaker Filipe DeAndrade comes to PAC Wednesday
National Geographic filmmaker and photographer Filipe DeAndrade is a person who wants to get to know his subject on a personal level. In his own words, “If it’s living, if it’s breathing, if it’s wild, I want to read its…
Cal Poly Van Life comes to campus as an official club
What began as a community page for outdoor lovers and adventure seekers has now become an official club at Cal Poly. Business entrepreneurship senior and club president Jake Grove decided to take his organization to the next level by founding…