Events for October 24, 2022
Alyssa Monks: Be Perfectly Still, A Retrospective
The SLO Museum of Art is pleased to present the first museum retrospective by contemporary artist Alyssa Monks. The exhibition will bring together paintings that span the arc of Monks’ career, from the early 2000’s to works created during the pandemic. Through paintings that are expressive, lush, and often intimate, Monks conveys the very essence of being human through works that meditate on love, loss,...
Nate’s On Marsh Presents: National Pasta Month
Did we tell you? It’s National Pasta Month! We think there’s a reason to celebrate pasta every month, but especially during October a.k.a. #NationalPastaMonth. One of our most favorite pasta types is the widely loved, ever versatile spaghetti pomodoro. To honor this favorite, we’re offering the Italian classic for $11.99 all month long. Come and get it.
SLO Repertory Theatre Presents: RED
Red takes us into the mind of abstract expressionist artist Mark Rothko. Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, Red takes us into the mind of abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, for whom paintings are “pulsating” life forces and art is intended to stop the heart. Red chronicles the tormented painter’s two-year struggle to complete a lucrative set of murals for Manhattan’s exclusive Four Seasons restaurant, and...
Tenet Health Free Cancer Screening
SOMETHING SO SIMPLE CAN SAVE A LIFE: You and your loved ones are encouraged to come a free skin cancer screening event at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center (1010 Murray Street in San Luis Obispo) in the auditorium! Three reasons why it is important to you, your family and your friends 1. One American dies of melanoma almost every hour 2. Even if no...
Cal Poly Arts Presents National Geographic Live – Ronan Donovan “Social By Nature”
Chimpanzees, wolves, and gorillas are among the most charismatic of the social mammals we know—besides ourselves. They’re also under threat. Join biologist-turned-photographer Ronan Donovan as he talks about the incredible similarities we humans share with other social mammals in the animal kingdom, and what we can learn from them.