Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Making its Central Coast debut, the Blue Man Group will be taking over the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) Monday and Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The quirky multimedia entertainment group will be performing a new theatrical show featuring wacky instruments, musical selections and water elements to engage the audience. The performance […]
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Surf Nite 2013 makes a splash at SLOIFF
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Movie and surf enthusiasts alike gathered at the Fremont Theatre for San Luis Obispo International Film Festival’s eighth annual Surf Nite on Thursday. “This was one of the best ones. Sometimes you just hit on the right movie, the right special guest and the right crowd,” festival director Wendy Eidson said. “Even […]
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‘Phallacies’ shatters macho-man stereotypes
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Hegemonic masculinity. This complicated phrase was broken down by the Gender Equity Center’s quarterly event, “Phallacies: Who wears the Pants?” on Tuesday night in the Julian A. McPhee University Union. This comedy theater dialogue brought issues of stereotypical masculinity to light through a combination of skits, videos and monologues followed by a […]
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Finding art in routine places
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net In broad daylight, a man sits in the middle of the downtown San Luis Obispo sidewalk applying paint to a utility box. No, this isn’t some ill-timed graffiti attempt. And it wouldn’t have been an uncommon sight to see last year while making a trip downtown to shop or eat. The Box […]
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Students and faculty gather to celebrate love of words
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Pastrami sandwiches, ugly cats, MTV, innocent crushes — you name it. Any topic you have a love for was fair game at Loverspeak — the annual fundraising for Cal Poly literary annual “Byzantium” — on Tuesday night. Students and faculty shared their original poems, songs and short stories, as well as those of famous poets in […]
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A college’s calendar counts: Be a leader with quarters
Kelly Trom is a journalism sophomore and Mustang Daily arts contributing writer. The semester versus quarter debate is an age-old question. Well maybe not age-old, but it has been debated since the 1960s. In recent years, it has been on the forefront of students’ minds, especially those who attend a college in the California State […]
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Radio host Garrison Keillor to grace PAC stage
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Garrison Keillor, radio host of “A Prairie Home Companion,” will bring his fictional small community of Lake Wobegon to the San Luis Obispo community on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC). His one-man show borrows from the popular radio show of the same name. In his one-and-a-half-hour […]
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William Shatner to bring his world to the PAC
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Most know him as Captain Kirk, some as Denny Crane and others as the Priceline Negotiator. On Saturday, William Shatner will talk about all of these roles and more at the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC). The one-man show will be a multimedia experience complete with stories from Shatner’s life, songs and […]
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Evening with an Artist benefits SARP Center
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net A little taste of San Luis Obispo culture could be found at Edna Valley Vineyards on Saturday night in the form of the Sexual Assault Recovery and Prevention (SARP) Center’s signature fundraising event, Evening with an Artist. “We have been doing this now for eight years and every year we have one […]
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New dance club joins downtown SLO
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net A new club will hit the streets of downtown San Luis Obispo in January. Eye Candy, an 18-and-up dance club on Osos Street, will be the only club located downtown to cater to those under 21. “I decided to create Eye Candy because I was disappointed with the quality of the club […]
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Proposition 37 sparks discussion
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Proposition 37 received a lot of attention in the past few months and affects all California residents. This proposition would require labeling on processed or raw food sold to consumers if it has been made with genetically modified material. Whether for or against Proposition 37, it’s indisputable that the proposition is bringing […]