Community Events
Events for March 17, 2016
SLO Box Art: Calling All Artists! Submissions Wanted for Utility Box Painting 2016
SLO Box Art is defined as “temporary public art” which provides for the opportunity to “refresh” periodically with new public art approximately every 5 years. In response, the City will be working this spring/summer 2016 on refreshing the original box art collection. The City is currently soliciting proposals to repaint 17 of the first-phase of utility boxes, in addition to 4 second-phase utility boxes that...
SLO Little Theater Spring Theater Classes
Ever-popular, our camps are a blast! Camps are usually 1-2 weeks in length and vary in content. Camps always conclude with a final celebratory performance for friends and family!
Cuesta College’s Harold J. Mossi Art Gallery presents Camille Rose Garcia
A collection of layered, broken narrative paintings of wasteland fairy tales by Los Angeles based artist Camille Rose Garcia will be on exhibit February 29 – March 25 at Cuesta College’s Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery. As the child of a Mexican activist filmmaker father and a muralist/painter mother, Garcia’s works are influenced by William Burroughs’ cut-up writings and surrealist film, as well as vintage...
SLO Museum of Art hosts Aquarius 2016
In conjunction with the Central Coast Watercolor Society, SLOMA presents Aquarius 2016, a Pacific regional exhibition of the best in watercolor. This year’s juror, Chris Van Winkle, selected the artwork. He was a California scene painter who taught art for over 30 years at Citrus College in Los Angeles as well as jurying the annual exhibitions of Watercolor West and the Watercolor Societies of Oregon,...
SLO Museum of Art Presents The Rhinoceros Project
The Rhinoceros Project is a large-scale installation by the Central Coast Sculptors Group paying homage to the Northern White Rhino, tragically on the brink of extinction.
Great American Melodrama Presents: A Dog’s Life
The Great American Melodrama presents the new musical A Dog’s Life performs March 10 through April 24. Performances are Wednesdays through Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 3 and 7 p.m., and Sundays at 6pm (On Thursday March 24, a 2pm matinee will replace the 7pm performance). The Melodrama’s in-house snack bar features great food and drinks served before the show and during intermissions. Tickets...
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
Located halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, surrounded by lush vineyards, ranchland and a 100-mile coastline, the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival (SLOIFF) is headquartered in the quaint, sophisticated downtown of San Luis Obispo on the spectacular Central Coast of California. As a premiere 6-day annual event, the SLOIFF showcases contemporary and classic film screenings in a wide variety of venues, from the...
SLO Film Festival Presents: Winter Frog + In The Parlor
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SLO Film Festival Presents: The Dog + Nathan East
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SLO Film Festival Presents: Borrowed Time + Mustang
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SLO Film Festival Presents: Bad Boy of Bowling + Bounce
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SLO Film Festival Presents: Red Thunder + Since: The Bombing
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SLO Film Festival Presents: Rosso Papaverro + Honeyglue
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SLO Film Festival Presents: Ausstieg Rechts + Gaining Ground
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SLO Film Festival Presents: Pitter Patter + Sweet Dillard
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SLO Film Festival Presents: Dad in Mum + The Anthropologist
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T’ai Chi Chih with Carol Nelson-Selby
T’ai Chi Chih is a gentle moving meditation which develops mindfulness as well as physical and mental balance. These 19 movements are easy to learn, and the practice can be a lifelong journey of self-knowledge. Carol Nelson-Selby is a former lawyer and has been doing Tai Chi for over 15 years. Her love for this work and the movements is evident in her gentle teaching...
Downtown SLO Farmers’ Market
Held every Thursday night, Downtown SLO Farmers’ Market brings the community together to shop for fresh produce, sample San Luis Obispo’s delectable and varied cuisine, browse local shops, listen to live music and interact with local entertainers. Keep your eyes open for the six-foot bear giving hugs and paw shakes – that’s our Downtown SLO Farmers’ Market mascot, Downtown Brown. Recognized as a leader of...
East Wellbeing & Tea presents Brush Hour with Abbey Onikoyi
Tea, Supplies, and FUN included! $40
SLO Film Festival Presents: The Weigh-in + 4th Man Out
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