Community Events
Events for May 12, 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...
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,...
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...
San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum Private Rail Car Trip
EXPERIENCE THE PAST - IN LUXURY! SATURDAY, MAY 12TH, 2018 FUTURE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED Leave the SLO Amtrak station at 6:55 am on the morning Surfliner to see the day begin as you cruise south to Santa Barbara (bring your cameras). Arrive in Santa Barbara about 9:30 am, enjoy the town or have brunch at one of the great local restaurants, then board the...
Cal Poly presents: SUCCULENTOPIA!
Quality Student-grown Succulents Friday 4pm - 7pm, Saturday 9am - 2pm Drive north on Highland from Hwy1 and it becomes Carta as it continues to a dead end at the Horticulture Unit. FOLLOW THE SIGNS! Mike Bush Lecturer Horticulture and Crop Science Department College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California USA 805-452-6817
Farmers’ Market Cookbook Signing with Kendra Aronson
Swing by for a signed copy of the cookbook and pick up lots of other sweet goodies: beautiful candles, bottle of wine or bubbles, bar of chocolate, beauty products, etc.!
County of SLO Public Library presents: Home Food Preservation Workshop
Join us to learn the secrets of food preservation. Preservers will show how to make jams and jellies at home, as well as discuss the basics of food safety. Registration is required. www.slolibrary.org or 805-781-5989
Stone Corral Wine Luncheon
Join us for a rare & exciting collaboration with Kynsi Winery and Stephen Ross Wine Cellars to celebrate the Stone Corral Vineyard on Saturday, May 12th from 12pm-3pm. The event will be held in the beautiful Stone Corral Vineyard adjacent to Kynsi Winery at 2212 Corbett Canyon Road in Arroyo Grande. Enjoy the afternoon filled with exquisite wine, a four-course lunch crafted by Chef William...
Cal Poly Baseball hosts UC Irvine
Come Watch Cal Poly Baseball play against Irvine!
George Lopez at Vina Robles Ampitheatre
George Lopez, the multi-faceted entertainer with a career that encompasses television, film, standup comedy and late-night television will perform at the Vina Robles Amphitheatre on Saturday, May 12. Most recently, Lopez starred in Lopez on TV Land. Produced by Lopez, the series explored how he struggled between his two worlds and crises that are often of his own making. He also hosted Lopez Tonight for...