Looking for a unique after school experience to ignite your child’s curiosity, enhance learning through fun STEAM activities, and foster connections with other students? Join Central coast aquarium for their new after school program, Coastal Guardians! With unique monthly ocean themes, animal encounters, fun science & art projects, tidepooling opportunities, and more, this program is perfect for the up and coming marine biologist, science explorer, and...

Join the City of San Luis Obispo as the Cultural Arts District Parking Garage has it's grand opening March 17th! To celebrate the opening of the Cultural Arts District Parking Garage, located on the corner of Nipomo and Palm St., the City invites community members to park there at no cost during its first 28 days of operation. Enjoy free parking from March 17th through...

San Luis Obispo Repertory Theater (SLO REP) continues its 2025–26 season with Edward Albee’s landmark drama Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, running March 27 through April 12, 2026 at the SLO REP Theater. One of the most celebrated plays of the American canon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? pulls back the curtain on George and Martha, a middle-aged couple whose late-night gathering with a younger...

This spring, Sextant Wines is setting the table for a Basque-inspired Taste of Spring at their Almond Vineyard House in Templeton, California—an evening rooted in the lively spirit of Bakersfield’s Old Town “Basque Block.” The Stoller family’s history in Bakersfield sits alongside one of the largest concentrations of Basque restaurants in the country, where long communal tables, flowing wine, and friendly debates over Spanish versus French...

Please join us for a Pancake Breakfast at SLO Railroad Museum on Saturday April 11 from 8:30 am to 10:30 am.  Breakfast will be served on the Railroad Museum Platform and in La Cuesta, our lounge-diner passenger car.  Since La Cuesta has just 7 tables, seating is on a first come first served basis.   Breakfast will consist of delicious pancakes, savory sausage, Orange Juice,...

Join us for Theater ABC’s and see what happens when kids use their imaginations to act out exciting and very funny stories every Saturday! This play-based drama class will combine songs, games, imaginative play, stories, and movement to introduce students to the building blocks of the performing arts. This session we are basing our class around the beloved children’s author and illustrator, Eric Carle (Brown...

The Beaver Festival will feature live music, guest speakers, informational booths, food & beverage vendors, kids’ crafts & games, and more!

The Beaver Festival will feature live music, guest speakers, informational booths, food vendors, kids’ crafts & games, and more!

Join San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre April 4th through May 9th in this 6 class class page to stage rendition of Treasure Island! Set sail for adventure in this story-to-stage acting class! Students will dig into Treasure Island and bring its bold characters and high-seas drama to life through scene work and ensemble storytelling. We’ll focus on character development, clear storytelling, and ensemble work together to shape...

Volunteer with the City of San Luis Obispo's Public Art program via a Beautification Service Day! With over 150 unique pieces of public art ranging from murals, mosaics, oil and watercolor paintings, utility box art, stained glass, sculptures, benches, bridge railings, and more... volunteers can play a valuable role in preserving and protecting what brings color, story, and texture to life within the city of...

The Cal Poly Music Department will present an Open House Recital for Cal Poly’s 33rd annual Open House. The recital will feature both instrumentalist and vocalists. The student performers are from a variety of majors, and all are involved in at least one of the department’s large, premier ensembles including Cal Poly’s Arab Music Ensemble, Choirs, Symphony, University Jazz Bands, Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble.

Want to learn the art of Metal Stamping? Join Melissa and create a bookmark, bracelet, wine charms and keyring with aluminum! Melissa has been metal stamping for over 15 years and in this Workshop, she will share her skills, teaching you the basics to working with the metal and tools that make up this fun art form. We will be using aluminum blanks, first practicing...

Susan Cahill, 2026 Artist-in-Residence, kicks off her 2026 Residency with a chamber music concert of music that features the double bass. She will be joined by pianist Michael Tilley and violinist Eunice Kim.

An operatic double bill showing that love can be found in the strangest of ways. The earliest known English opera, John Blow’s tragedy “Venus and Adonis,” will be paired with Jacques Offenbach’s witty one-act operetta “In the Market for Love.” Featuring singers, musicians, choreographers and directors representing all Cal Poly colleges. Fully staged and costumed with a small ensemble orchestra, and sung in English with...