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A new exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History includes detailed drawings of plants and flowers created by women during the Victorian Age who were not credited for their work.
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A replica of Washington DC’s Vietnam Memorial, The Wall That Heals, is coming to the Central Coast this week. It’s meant to be a source of healing for local Vietnam veterans as well as education for the general public.
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Bach Week is an annual event put on in San Luis Obispo every January. KCBX’s Melanie Senn attended Bach Week to learn more about Bach himself, his influence, and his continued relevance in a diversifying world.
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Opera singer Joyce DiDonato is performing EDEN in Santa Barbara and a local youth chorus will join her on stage.
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The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind for the San Luis Obispo-based band, Proxima Parada, after one of their songs became a TikTok viral hit.
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The non-profit Santa Barbara Strings provides classical music training and youth orchestra. They now offer Early Strings Training with scholarships.
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SLO Museum of Art Executive Director Leann Standish's journey to the Central Coast has been a winding one.
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The San Luis Obispo Museum of Art has a new exhibit that brings attention to a global issue – the environmental impact of fast fashion. The term describes the fashion industry’s over-production of cheaply made clothing that eventually ends up in landfills around the world.
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The nighttime art experience illuminates the plants, trees, and hillside of the SLO Botanical Garden with holiday lights, wire sculptures and digital art projections.
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Local surf rock band Couch Dog created their own phone hotline to involve the community in the release of their new single, “Dial Tone.”
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Authors like John Steinbeck and Henry Miller are key figures of the Central Coast’s literary legacy, but there’s another 20th-century writer who a local historian says deserves more recognition: Filipino novelist Carlos Bulosan.
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Stolen art was recently returned to a contemporary art gallery in San Luis Obispo. The paintings were stolen last year just before their local premiere.