Glen Starkey

3 days ago | newtimesslo.com | Glen Starkey

Day 2, Saturday, June 14, of the Live Oak Music Festival is always a bit of a marathon. The music starts at 8 a.m. and rolls all the way through to 1 a.m. on Sunday. There's an amazing lineup for the day, but the headliner is one of my favorite bands to see live: The California Honeydrops. The band members—led by Polish trumpet player and frontman Lech Wierzynski—cut their teeth busking in Oakland's subway systems, honing their retro soul and R&B sounds.

3 days ago | newtimesslo.com | Glen Starkey

Interdisciplinary artist Deanna Barahona and curator and educator Bill Kelley will discuss her exhibition, Stars Love Beng Alone, on Saturday, June 7, from 11 a.m. to noon in the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) located at 1010 Broad St. click to enlarge "Together, they will explore themes of community, memory, and the socially engaged art practice," the museum announced.

3 days ago | newtimesslo.com | Glen Starkey

Can you tell the difference between a pine and an oak tree? What about a white alder and a blue elderberry? click to enlarge "I've written several nonfiction books: Plants of San Luis Obispo, California Plants, and A Californian's Guide to the Trees among Us," Cal Poly biology professor Matt Ritter explained. "This most recent guidebook is exclusively focused on the 95 native trees species of California.

1 week ago | santamariasun.com | Anna Starkey |Glen Starkey

Christopher McQuarrie helms this part 2 to Dead Reckoning (2023), where Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his Impossible Missions Force must save the world from the artificial intelligence known as the Entity, which is taking control of the world’s nuclear weapons. As soon as the Entity is able to move from the Internet to its hiding place—a secure digital bunker in South Africa—it will launch a nuclear Armageddon.

1 week ago | newtimesslo.com | Glen Starkey

Applications for the Cal Poly Music Department's Summer Music Camp close on Sunday, June 15, so for high school-age musicians who want to work with Cal Poly's talented cadre of music professors during the July 16 to 18 camp, now's the time to sign up. It's also a great way for high schoolers to get a small taste of the college experience.