This year’s St. Fratty’s celebrations looked unmistakably different from last year’s. The sea of rowdy celebrators decked in green was transplanted from the streets to an on-campus concert. Sure, there were hiccups, but I’ll be the first to admit that it seems to have worked.
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‘Tackling challenges with determination and love’: Cal Poly and extended community remember James Soulie-Washburn
First-year architecture transfer James was known for his creativity, artistic spirit and peaceful demeanor. In the aftermath of his passing on Dec. 2, his family shared a message to the campus community remembering his life.
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Where poetry, music and dance fuse together: Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble Fall Concert
Typical performance etiquette, like sitting quietly and clapping at the end of each piece, is not the norm in this upcoming concert. Students can look forward to interacting with the music differently at the Arab Music Ensemble Fall Concert on Dec. 7, according to music professor and the Director of Arab music ensemble Kenneth Habib.
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Traditions are best together: Mark O’Connor’s An Appalachian Christmas coming to the PAC
As fiddles, guitars, mandolins, and other instruments play Christmas carols, the air fills with festivity and the Appalachian musical spirit. This magic is what can be expected when Mark and Maggie O’Connor take the stage for their “An Appalachian Christmas” performance at the Performing Arts Center on Dec. 5.
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ASI Week of Welcome concert features artist Landon Conrath
ASI welcomed indie pop artist Landon Conrath with Cal Poly alum Cherry Blonde at the University Union Plaza on Sept. 22.
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Making music and making friends: How the Mustang Band blends socialization with a learning opportunity
On a warm, Saturday evening in Sept. 2023, then-freshman Taylor Smith took in the energy of 1,000 pairs of feet rumbling the metal bleachers of the Mustang Memorial Field student section for the 2023 Homecoming football game against UC Davis.
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A song for every person in the breakup
Breakups can be tough, but they aren’t all bad. For one thing, music has never sounded so good! Whether you’re the dumped or the dumper, in mourning of your relationship, or getting over them by getting under someone new — there is a breakup song for you.
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Cow Eyes talks genre-bending, AM radio and their latest album
Nestled in the rolling, pastoral hills between San Luis Obispo and Los Osos lies “The Ranch,” home of Cow Eyes vocalist and guitarist Eli Diaz. Surrounded by tall grasses and grazing cattle, his home is the three-pieces’ main practice space and the inspiration behind their new LP, aptly titled “Ranch Radio.”
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Inside the thrilling world of Shabang’s marketplace vendors
Human interaction buzzes within festival crowds — shouting the wrong lyrics with your best friends, engaging in spontaneous dance with a person you just met and allowing the hum of a guitar to resonate through your body.
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Fostering community through sound: Music lovers celebrate Shabang’s 10th anniversary, together
In between songs at her Shabang set, Kate Bollinger — bundled in a draping black trenchcoat, hair floating with the blustering wind — giggled to herself before looking out to her soggy crowd pooling around the Laguna Lake stage.
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“Small Island Big Song” – a musical of cultural collaboration comes to Cal Poly
According to Billboard, this musical blend with live visuals is “one coherent, jaw-dropping piece.”