Community Events
Events for May 10, 2018
Cal Poly Kennedy Library Exhibit to Showcase Hip-Hop Culture
Showcasing the five elements of hip-hop culture: graffiti writing, breakdancing, deejaying, emceeing, and knowledge production — used to speak truth and justice to social ills in the U.S. and beyond. The public is invited to an opening reception from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, April 19, on the second floor of Kennedy Library. The reception will include performances by student emcees, deejays, spoken-word artists and...
Cal Poly University Art Gallery presents: the “2018 Juried Student Exhibition”
Gallery opening reception set for April 12 from 5-7 p.m. SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery will present a vetted showcase of artwork made in the Art and Design Department, to run April 12 through May 11. A reception will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 12, in the gallery, located on the ground floor of the Dexter Building (No. 34)....
ELECTRIC ABSTRACTIONS
EXHIBITS // ELECTRIC ABSTRACTIONS APR 20 - JUN 10 OVERVIEW // Electric Abstractions focuses on three California artists using computer technology to create contemporary fine art. Daniel Leighton, Robert Chapman, and Jayne Behman have been creating images digitally for years—drawing with digits and painting with pixels. Jayne Behman and Robert Chapman both have had formal training and years of experience and backgrounds in traditional studio...
LOST IN YONKERS
Pulitzer Prize winning drama TIME & DATE: May 4-20, 2018 7 pm – Wednesdays‒Sundays 2 pm– Saturdays and Sundays EVENT DESCRIPTION: SLO REP presents LOST IN YONKERS, playwright Neil Simon’s Pulitzer Prize winning comedy/drama about a family in 1940’s New York. LOST IN YONKERS runs May 4-20, 2018, Wednesdays‒Sundays at 7 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 pm. LOCATION: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre,...
County of SLO Public Library presents: Create Jigsaw Puzzles
Join us for a fun afternoon creating your own jigsaw puzzles. Each child us given a blank jigsaw puzzle which they can decorate using markers. They can take their personalized creations home with them! Preschool/school age.
Proxima Parada @ Biddle Ranch Vineyard
Join us for live music, great wine, and delicious food!
Cal Poly Theatre & Dance Present: Hookman
by Lauren Yee Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 8:00pm Friday, May 11, 2018 at 8:00pm Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 8:00pm Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 8:00pm Friday, May 18, 2018 at 8:00pm Friday, May 19, 2018 at 8:00pm Transitioning from home to university can prove challenging -- especially when facing homesickness, roommate relationships ... and an urban legend stalking those around you. Lauren Yee's...
Cal Poly’s Theatre and Dance DEpartment present: “Hookman”
Cal Poly’s Theatre and Dance Department will present Lauren Yee’s existential slasher comedy “Hookman” at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, May 10-12 and 17-19, in the Spanos Theatre on campus. “Hookman” follows a group of women as they navigate their freshman year of college, exploring significant issues confronting students today in a manner that is simultaneously familiar and surreal. “Transitioning from home to university can...