Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net A salon, chocolate shop and pub were only some of more than 20 nontraditional-venues-turned-art-galleries featured in Friday’s Art After Dark event. But maybe the most surprising stop at ARTS Obispo’s Art After Dark was the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC). For the first time in Art After Dark’s 12-year history, the […]
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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 […]
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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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Jackson Browne to bring his hits to the PAC
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net Veteran singer-songwriter Jackson Browne sings “The Pretender,” but with more than 40 years of experience, he sure isn’t one himself. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s 2013 Acoustic Tour hits the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) on Monday night. “Jackson Browne is an iconic headline act, so when we get a […]
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“Hair”-raising Broadway show to rock PAC
Aryn Sanderson arts@mustangdaily.net Does a futile war, a disappointed younger generation and an outrageous anti-establishment movement sound a little too familiar? “Hair” — a groovy musical jam-packed with sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll — will hit the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center tonight. “We have found a much younger audience coming to see this […]
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Winter quarter to offer array of events
Kelly Trom kellytrom.md@gmail.com New year, new quarter, new events to mark on the calendar. Cal Poly’s campus has a lot to offer this quarter, whether it’s a performance in the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC), an Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) program, or making something creative in the craft center. There will be many outlets […]
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The big red dog comes to the green and gold
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net A piece of many childhoods is coming to the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) in the form of a musical performance of Scholastic’s Clifford the Big Red Dog LIVE! It will be presented Wednesday at 6 p.m. as an alternative to the typical Halloween evening. “Our aim in this is to […]
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SLO Stomping: Broadway show comes to PAC
Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net Boom. Crash. Bank. Swish. These sounds — normally most associated with a loud construction site — will be crashing through the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) tonight as the smash hit “Stomp” returns to Cal Poly once again. The musical production returned to Cal Poly last night with a […]
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Cal Poly Arts announces 2012-13 lineup
The 2012-13 Cal Poly Arts season is shaping up to be the best one yet, according to Cal Poly Arts Director Steve Lerian. “I’m very bullish,” he said. “This is our best line up since I got here.” Lerian said he finally booked shows he’s been trying to get for a long time. He said […]
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CP, SLO 'Celebrating Diversity' together
The “Learn By Doing” method of teaching sets Cal Poly apart from so many other schools. However, if students want to prepare for the real world, it is important to learn how to interact with a diverse array of people. In honor of this, Cal Poly and the city of San Luis Obispo will host “Celebrating […]
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It's the 'Alpocalypse': Weird Al brings funny back to the PAC
On a nationwide tour for his 13th studio album, “Weird Al” Yankovic, 52, wanted to do something special for the sold-out crowd at the Christopher A. Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) Wednesday, Nov. 2. “I don’t know how relevant these lyrics are anymore, but 30 years ago they were hilarious” Yankovic said, introducing a song […]