The Cal Poly Wind Band will be concluding the spring quarter with their concert “All Hail, Green and Gold!”
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Cal Poly music department offering free recitals in May and June
According to Director of Bands Christopher Woodruff, the department tries to host recitals and performances that are free as much as possible to allow the best and easiest access for students and the community to attend.
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‘Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play’ at Spanos Theatre
Next weekend Cal Poly Theatre & Dance is putting on a production of “Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play,” at Spanos Theatre.
According to the event description, the show’s plot follows a group of survivors after the collapse of civilization. The group shares a campfire and attempts to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode “Cape Feare” entirely from memory, this then leads into a future where these stories become legend.
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Cal Poly students to open for DJ Disco Lines
James Dowie and Matt Zahn, both students at Cal Poly, have each individually kickstarted their DJ careers in the party scene in SLO.
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Cal Poly Wind Power Club takes the stage at the annual Collegiate Wind Competition
Cal Poly Wind Power club is among the final twelve teams from across the country elected for the third and final phase of the competition, hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy, according to the competition website. The competition features three distinct components – connection creation, project development and turbine development.
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Cal Poly hosts 38th annual CSU Student Research Competition, highlighting students’ research projects
Cal Poly hosted the 38th annual California State University Student Research Competition on April 26 and 27 in the Engineering Plaza. Bringing people from all 23 Cal State campuses to present their research, this competition featured about 200 presentations and more than 500 participants.
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Cal Poly student filmmakers host casting auditions for short films on campus
The students are actively collaborating in multiple teams, which consist of casting, posting, web, news and tech, according to professor Randi Barros.
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Photo: Design Village returns to Architecture Graveyard
Design Village is an annual event in which competitors flood Cal Poly’s Architecture Graveyard to construct temporary structures to camp in for the weekend. This year’s event, with the theme of “Modular,” took place from April 26-27. In the only group of seven in their studio, architecture freshmen Sophia Gonzalez and Serena Cree said they chose […]
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Mind over matter: How Cal Poly Wrestling’s mental performance coach sets them up for success
As Cal Poly wrestling was neck and neck in their match against Oregon State earlier this season, heavyweight Trevor Tinker was pacing back and forth behind the Mustang bench, anxiously waiting for his match.
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Student filmmakers debut on the big screen: Here’s what to expect
Nine years ago, when Filmmaker Randi Barros was a new professor at Cal Poly, she was approached by the former Director of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, Wendy Eidson.
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Shabang, ‘A good old Central Coast time,’ celebrates its 10th anniversary
After being frustrated with music venues getting shut down in San Luis Obispo, a group of college students hiked to the top of Cuesta Ridge and put on their own “house show.” This happened 10 years ago.
“House shows and concerts were really important to us,” Greg Golf, founder of Shabang and ‘16 alum, said. “A lot of our social scene was based around that.”
Originally termed as ‘The Last Shabang,’ Golf said the show was a way to end the 2014 school year and now has become a San Luis Obispo tradition for 10 years, “[putting] the central coast on the map.”