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The Cuesta Jazz ensemble performs at Cuesta’s CPAC. Photo courtesy of Jamie Soja and Joan Hurwit

Andy Martin returns to CPAC for 40th Anniversary Jazz Festival

Lindsay McKee, Multimedia Editor March 6, 2025

Cuesta College’s Performing Arts Center (CPAC) kicks off its 40th Anniversary Jazz Festival with a concert on Friday at 8 p.m. The festival will not only have performances from Cuesta’s big band, local...

The Human Library event features “readers” listening to the “human books” experience at Cuesta College Library on March 6, 2024. Photo courtesy of Cuesta College

Human Library returns to Cuesta College

McKenna Zolty March 4, 2025

The Human Library returns to Cuesta College Library on March 5 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Human Library is a non-profit organization that engages individuals in a safe space to share their personal...

Sunroom performing at Shabang’s Laguna Lake Stage on May 3, 2024 at Dairy Creek Golf Course.

Shabang 2025 lineup released

McKenna Zolty and Lindsay McKee February 22, 2025

Shabang Live Arts and Music Festival has released the lineup for the two-day festival on May 2 and 3 at Dairy Creek Golf Course in San Luis Obispo.  Shabang will have headliners each night for house...

Cuesta College Music Faculty Chad Ruyle (left) and Marcy Irving (right) performing a selection from Stephen Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” on March 3, 2024. Photo courtesy of Jamie Soja.

Cuesta music faculty will perform to benefit art students

McKenna Zolty February 20, 2025

The 21st annual Music Faculty Concert returns to the Cuesta College Cultural and Performing Arts Center on February 22. This event features performances by Cuesta College faculty to fundraise scholarships...

VIDEO: Did a Shabang burner account hint at the festival bill?

McKenna Zolty February 19, 2025

Shabang Music and Arts Festival releases its 2025 lineup on Thursday. An account, "notshabangslo," released 10 "without context clues" to musical artists who will be on the bill. Cuestonian Arts + Entertainment...

The Fremont Theatre, pictured here on Feb. 14, 2025, will host Battle of the Bands on April 4.

Battle of the Bands returns: Get to know the bands competing

Lindsay McKee and McKenna Zolty February 17, 2025

The Battle of the Bands is returning to Fremont Theater in San Luis Obispo on April 4 at 7 p.m.  For the past three years, in three cities across California, bands have competed for a chance to win...

Opening night of a new exhibition “Before These Witnesses” gallery, attendees were engrossed in the art. Shown is an unltiled piece of a family in a wedding along with orange vines, flowers and various textiles.

Cuesta CPAC welcomes new spring exhibition

McKenna Zolty, Arts + Entertainment Editor February 7, 2025

“Before These Witnesses,” an exhibition created by Daisy Patton, is currently being displayed at The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College.  The nine-piece collection explores various...

Actors cheering during a full run-through rehearsal of a “A Midsemester Night’s Mashup” on Sept. 27.. Photo by Lindsey McKee

Cuesta’s ‘A Midsemester Night’s Mashup’ takes the stage

Lindsay McKee October 3, 2024

The Cuesta College Drama Department will present its debut student production titled “A Midsemester Night’s Mashup.” Created in collaboration with the students, as well as director Ben Abbott, the...

Artist DADA posing in front of his mural “Danzante” in the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery. Photo courtesy of Alejandro Zacarias

Cuesta is redefining borders with new art exhibition

Abigail Olson September 25, 2024

"The Outsider From the Other Side" is a complete in-person mixed-media art installation at the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery located on the San Luis Obispo Cuesta College campus. Until Oct. 11, this group...

Sunset Drive-In roadside sign. Photo by Joey Batista

75 years of Sunset Drive-In

Joey Batista May 7, 2024

The Sunset Drive-In movie theater is the only one of its kind in San Luis Obispo, and among the last remaining drive-in theaters in all of California. With regularly operated drive-in movie theaters closing...

Shabang festival returns for 10th anniversary

Shabang festival returns for 10th anniversary

Jennaca Ortiz April 23, 2024

The exclusive San Luis Obispo music festival, Shabang returns to Dairy Creek Golf Course May 3-4, 2024 for its 10 year anniversary! The iconic music and arts festival will feature multiple stages, interactive...

Cuesta Jazz Ensemble rehearsal. Photo by Joey Batista

Unveiling Cuesta’s jazz music scene

Joey Batista April 9, 2024

The Jazz Studies program at Cuesta College provides an educational setting for musically inclined students on campus.  On March 8-9, Cuesta hosted their annual Central Coast Jazz Festival, with performances...

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