Another Type of Groove (ATOG) will continue its promotion of the spoken word Dec. 3rd, bringing champion poet Javon Johnson to the Chumash Auditorium.
Johnson’s poetry bridges hip-hop and rap traditions with a subject matter of education and literary activism.
If you are a man, you are not a woman. If you are on the high road, you are not on the low road. If you are planning on long and romantic, it won’t be short and dirty. If you want sex all the time, you probably aren’t craving sex less often. I hate to break it to you, but it’s rather difficult to be two things at one time, which is why compromise is so important.
A less-gory version of the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, “Sweeney Todd,” will slice its way through the Central Coast with a new minimalist interpretation of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical this Thursday night at the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center.
I first discovered Toni Morrison by chance when a friend lent me “The Bluest Eye.” I did not expect to be completely enraptured by the writing. In fact, I put off reading it for a few weeks. I am glad that I uncovered it later though because it proved to be one of the most powerful novels I have ever read.
The students of the poinsettia agriculture enterprise project will be spreading holiday cheer across Cal Poly in the form colorful poinsettias.
The poinsettia agriculture enterprise Project poinsettia sale will begin Dec. 1 at the Poly Plant Shop and continue through the middle of the month, featuring 30 varieties of plants.
Attracting Latinos to the agricultural industry, promoting diversity and higher education and providing a home away from home for students is all in a day’s work for Cal Poly’s Latinos in agriculture club.
“If you look back historically, agriculture has not been high on the list of career opportunities for Latinos,” said club advisor and agricultural education and communication department head Robert Flores.
In Susanna Sonnenberg’s honest and riveting memoir, “Her Last Death,” she displays her menacing childhood in crisp, fresh prose, painting a sordid picture of what is was like growing up with a drug-addicted mother. This was no cliché addiction story however, and although the typical overdosing, binging and disasters all find their home in Sonnenberg’s book, they are accompanied by a glamorous, exciting whirlwind of personality.
New York-based installation artist Amanda Browder is the newest featured artist in the University Art Gallery. Her new site-specific exhibit has been on display since Nov. 7.
Browder, who currently resides in Brooklyn, New York and has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, met Cal Poly art gallery coordinator Jeff Van Kleek, while a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
“Oh. My. God.” “Oh my God.” “Oh yes.” “Keep going.” “Yes.yes. YES!” How typical right? A sex columnist writing about orgasms. like that one has never been done before. I’m sure that’s what at least some of you are thinking. But don’t go writing me off already before I have even had a chance to speak my peace.
Toward the end of each quarter, Cal Poly music students put their studying and preparation to work by offering free recitals for the Cal Poly community.
The recitals have been held for approximately 20 years and everyone is welcome to attend. They provide an alternative for students who might not be able to afford attending expensive events in the Performing Arts Center.
The dancers of American Ballet Theatre II will sashay their way onto the Performing Arts Center’s stage tonight.
ABT II prepares young dancers ages 16 through 20 to enter the professional world of ballet, whether it be within the American Ballet Theatre or another renowned company.