Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net The ancient Greek city of Byzantium was a hub of flourishing culture and literature, from poetry to song, that kept the art of creativity alive through the dark Middle Ages. So it’s only fitting that Cal Poly’s annual literary magazine, titled “Byzantium,” showcases what English professor Kevin Clark calls “an expert use […]
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‘Flourishing in a community’ — Life at the Establishment
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net They won’t waste time to tell you the building isn’t a hippie commune. It’s not a fraternity or a brothel, and though nudity isn’t strictly opposed, there aren’t orgies here. To these 19 residents, the precarious pistachio-colored building, leaning between Santa Barbara and Leff streets in San Luis Obispo is just “home.” […]
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A poet, an engineer, an author — but above all, he is himself
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net “When I was born, a pack of wolves was brought to its knees.” He takes a deep breath. “Frosted fur, whistling in the blizzard, they nosed at the mural painted by my mother’s blood and whimpered something beautiful … “ The words read like familiar friends — comfortable, worn, steady as they […]
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Cate’s barnacles
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net The mid-morning silence is suddenly shattered by the splash of a dark, finned creature as biological sciences senior Cate Webster rises slowly from the murky, green water. She is clad in thick, black neoprene, decorated with a metal cylinder on her back, a glass mask over her eyes and a wide smile […]
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Surf’s up at SLO Film Fest
Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net Gidget and Duke “Big Kahuna” may not be ruling California’s surf scene anymore, but surf enthusiasts from past and present can still shoot the curl Thursday at the SLO International Film Festival’s 8th annual “Surf Nite” at Fremont Theatre. First on screen will be director Leslie Iwerks‘ “The Ride,” winner of […]
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‘Missed Connections’ — a film you won’t want to miss
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly alumnus Kenny Stevenson always knew he wanted to make people laugh for a living. In second grade, if his teacher had asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he would have said a comedian. In college, if anyone asked what his hobbies were, he would have said […]
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Get your laughs at SLO Comedy Festival
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Want the abdominal workout of a lifetime? Try an entire weekend of jokes and laughter at the third annual SLO Comedy Festival, starting Thursday night. The festival showcases 40 comedians from around the country in 20 different shows at venues such as The Graduate, Creekside Brewing Company and Mo|Tav. Comic Flip Schultz said […]
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A night at the Melodrama
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net How is it that in one night the president of a country club barters away $100,000 and his wife’s antique shop, watches as his engaged employees fall apart over a missing ring and kisses a woman other than his wife while his wife kisses that woman’s ex-husband/his biggest rival? Welcome to the […]
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Welcome to the ’70s: ‘Watergate and Other Solid Gold Hits’
Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net As soon as the red, orange and blue circles of light illuminate the stage and the drum set starts tapping a beat, the audience of SLO Little Theatre’s latest production, “Watergate and Other Solid Gold Hits,” is transported into an era of political scandal, long gas lines, seriously groovy fashion and […]
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One ‘tie-riffic’ alley
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Bubblegum alley is so last year. Downtown San Luis Obispo has a new, less smelly, alleyway community art project: “Tie Alley.” The alley itself is easy to miss — it’s just a small walkway wedged in between two adobe and brick buildings along Chorro Street. But the colorful assortment of hundreds of […]
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Fairy tale ballet coming to Cal Poly
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net The classic “Sleeping Beauty” story will leap to life at Cal Poly’s Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center on Friday in a performance by Moscow’s Russian National Ballet. The dance company’s many stars of the Russian ballet scene join together every year for an international tour and performed “Swan Lake” at Cal Poly in […]