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Posted 3:04 PM 3/13/2013 by Dan Shadwell

Think of a great jazz trumpeter who's still at the top of his game, and you're likely to conjure one member of the most famous jazz family in America... and tonight, he's coming to San Luis Obispo with the premiere jazz orchestra in the U.S.Wynton Marsalis, son of legendary pianist, Ellis (More) • Video (1)

Posted 8:38 PM 3/4/2013 by Jeanette Trompeter

Listen up fans of John Hiatt. John & The Combo will be coming to the Clark Center in Arroyo Grande for a Sept 7th performance. Advance Reserved tickets will go on sale Friday, March 8 at noon at the Clark Center Box Office. Charge by phone at (805) 489-9444, order online at: clarkcenter.org. All ages welcome.

Posted 2:29 PM 3/2/2013 by Lindsay MacLeod, KSBY News

The San Luis Obispo Sheriff's Office say a girl was taken to a local hospital after she almost drowned in Cambria.

It happened at Leffingwell Landing around 11:30 a.m. Saturday. Officials say a seven-year-old Bakersfield girl had been in the ocean and was swept away by a wave. Her uncle (More)

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Posted 2:14 PM 2/28/2013 by Dan Shadwell, KSBY News

A new version of the Disney musical that's played to sold-out crowds on Broadway.

You know the story... a shipwreck leaves an infant boy alone on the shores of west Africa, where he's adopted by a tribe of gorillas and raised as one of them.

The music by Phil Collins, is driven by a (More) • Video (1)

Posted 10:36 AM 2/22/2013 by Associated Press

If you haven't decided on a plan for tonight, we have a fun suggestion... and you won't need to arrange for a baby sitter, either. Comedians Karen Morgan and Jim Colliton are parents and married,... just not to each other. Tonight, they team up to share their takes on marriage (More)

Posted 5:06 PM 2/21/2013 by Dan Shadwell, KSBY News (KO)

It's not too strong a statement to say that the strength of the arts in any community is proportional to that community's willingness to provide financial support. In fact, without corporate sponsors, charitable bequests, and private donations, most museums, galleries, playhouses (More)

Posted 10:33 AM 2/14/2013 by Dan Shadwell

When you consider the periods of art--Renaissance, Romanticism, Contemporary, and Modern, it's true that the pieces defining each time frame may differ immensely, but they'll also be linked by a common style or idea. In today's Local Spotlight... two new exhibits at the SLO Museum of Art (More)

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Posted 4:46 PM 2/12/2013 by Cameron Polom, KSBY News

After being closed for one week, the Fremont Theatre in San Luis Obispo is set to reopen its doors.

Rob Rossi owns the Fremont.

He and his partners have been working to get a long-term shared use arrangement to keep the theatre showing movies for years to come.

He says the (More) • Video (1)

Posted 8:32 PM 2/11/2013 by Jeanette Trompeter

The heartbreak can end just in time for Valentine's day. At least when it comes to the Fremont Theatre in downtown San Luis Obispo and its fans. After managers of the iconic theatre announced its sudden closure almost two weeks ago, the owners of the movie house told KSBY it will re-open for (More)

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Posted 9:34 AM 2/11/2013 by Dan Shadwell

Art is an expression of how we see the world and how we feel about it. But how do you teach someone to express that? In today's Local Spotlight, a class for kids gives them the building blocks to begin to construct their own vision. Every Tuesday morning this month, the San Luis (More) • Video (1)

Posted 11:01 AM 2/8/2013 by Dan Shadwell

When you think of musicians performing here on the Central Coast, college professors may not immediately come to mind. But when the Cuesta College jazz music educators aren't in the classroom, you can frequently find them jamming in the performing arts building. In today's local spotlight (More)

Posted 6:36 AM 2/5/2013 by Dan Shadwell

The Grammy Awards are coming up this weekend and if you guessed that we'd have least one of the nominees living in our midst, you'd be right. Garry Eister of Arroyo Grande is nominated in a new sub-catagory of classical music, for a recording of the work of Harry Partch. Partch was a (More)