Photo by Kevin Cole:        Big, Bad & Ugly Surf Contest 2009

Photo by Dennis Young:        Morro Rock

Photo by Malcolm Riordan:        USCG Surf Boats

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Art Talk by Jayne Behman

WOW, can our world get any more complicated?  In times of trouble, the arts are comforting. The arts speak volumes of truth through music, dance, theater, film, and with visual presentations.  Today's most popular vehicle of expression is video. We witness daily conflicts through amateur made video on YouTube, a rising form of art. Read More

Genie's Pocket by Jeanie Greensfelder

Brain Babble

After a hard day I battle
with my battered brain,
take it for an evening walk
seeking a channel of silence. Read More

Great Shots by Jerry Kirkhart & Steve Corey

Our photo editors bring you some of their favorite coastal images for the month. This month's featured local photographers are Pam Link, Marlin Harms, Linda Tanner, Anita Ritenour, Mary Sampson, Beth Sargent, Ashala Tylor, Dagmar Collins, Bill Bouton, Jerry Kirkhart, Don Quintana, Rob DeGraff, Mike Baird, Ken Bondy, Carol DiNolfo, Steve Corey, Cheryl Strahl, Elizabeth Haslam, Howard Ignatius, Dawn Beattie, Mimi Ditchie, and Nan Calora. See More

One Poet's Perspective

I've loved poetry since I met my first nursery rhyme and learned that poetry could make me laugh.  Becoming a voracious reader as I grew,  my course was set, for I bumped into poems again and again.  They taught me poetry could do many things. It could tell a story.  Sing a song. Ask an important question. Surprise me. Take my breath away in wonder.  Paint a picture. Teach me something new. How could I help but love it?  Read More

Opera SLO

April ushers in spring and a veritable feast of operas. This evening, April 1, at 7:30 pm, and again on Sunday April 3 at 2:00 pm, OperaSLO presents Rossini's Barber of Seville at the Performing Arts Center in San Luis Obispo. Rossini's most popular opera, Barber is full of all kinds of pranks, hijinks and comic subplots. For those who love beautiful singing and raucous comedy, this is not to be missed. Read More

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