San Luis Obispo New Times

1 week ago | newtimesslo.com | Glen Starkey

Warren Haynes is an absolute legend. He was the longtime guitarist for the Allman Brothers and a founding member of Gov't Mule. He also worked with folks like David Allan Coe and the Dickey Betts Band as well as surviving members of the Grateful Dead, touring with Phil Lesh and Friends and the Dead. He's on live recordings from the Dave Matthews Band and played on some Derek Trucks Band recordings and too many others to list here. He's a real Southern and blues rock guitar slinger.

1 week ago | newtimesslo.com | Glen Starkey

click to enlarge You can peel back a layer of the Storie Grubb mystery in the artist's new Studios on the Park show of black and white illustrations, In Your Dreams, hanging through June 29 in the Paso Robles nonprofit.

1 week ago | newtimesslo.com | Glen Starkey

The Central Coast State Parks Association (CCSPA) will screen the 75-minute documentary Out There: A National Parks Story at the Fremont Theater on Friday, May 23 (5 p.m.; $27.78 at prekindle.com). The film follows filmmaker Brendan Hall's 10,000-mile road trip through the U.S. national parks with his childhood friend and tells the stories of the people they meet along the way.

1 week ago | newtimesslo.com | John Donegan

In what may be an ill omen for liberal orthodoxy, noted political weather vane and likely 2028 presidential candidate Gavin Newsom recently declared that requiring women to compete against men in sports is "deeply unfair." Gasps of dismay and shrill charges of betrayal emanated from the usual suspects in the Democratic ranks, as the LGBTQ-plus poster boy who championed same-sex marriage in San Francisco, broke ranks with the progressive wing of the party.

1 week ago | newtimesslo.com | Glen Starkey

To play Hamlet or not to play Hamlet? That's the question hanging over television star Andrew Rally (Ben Abbott), who's moved to New York to "take a class or two" after his TV series L.A. Med is canceled. At his agent Lillian's (Patty Thayer) urging, he tries out for a Shakespeare in the Park production of Hamlet, and surprisingly gets the role. Is he up for it?