Arts

Pieces at the Annual Juried Student Exhibition in the University Art Gallery are hanging on the walls, suspended from the ceiling and even coming out of the floor. The exhibit is now open, showcasing student work in studio art, graphic design and photography.

For all you movie buffs out there, there is a new religious holiday: Palm Wednesday.

The new series at San Luis Obispo’s beloved Palm Theatre begins today, and each subsequent Wednesday the local theater will have a special screening at 7 p.m.

Cameron Bowman, general manager of The Palm, said he hopes titles like “Billabong Odyssey,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Amelie,” “Reservoir Dogs” and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” will appeal to the younger student population.

Away from the well-stocked fridge of my mother’s house, I have learned how to eat well and not spend my entire allowance on extravagant meals. I learned young, too. My freshman year, when all the boys in the dorms were eating those microwavable chimichangas (Lord help me; if I smell one of those ever again, I might lose my mind), I tried a different route.

At least it sounds interesting.

“Rodeo,” the Ballet Theatre of San Luis Obispo’s Saturday and Sunday premiere of the 1942 Aaron Copland ballet, tells the story, through dance, of a little ol’ cowgirl in love with a rodeo’s head wrangler. In an effort to impress him, she tries to join the rodeo and we watch her fail miserably when she falls while miming – elegantly – a wild bucking bronco.

From Jhumpa Lahiri comes another book of short stories, “An Unaccustomed Earth.” Similar to her first published collection of stories, “Interpreter of Maladies,” for which she won the Pulitzer Prize in Literature, Lahiri’s newest release focuses largely on the struggle and plight of Indian Americans learning to assimilate into life in America, mostly in New England.

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If you have ever harbored interest in learning about prison life, here is your chance to do so through the online and on-air creative workings of an inmate doing 25 to life for conspiracy to commit murder.

Prisoner David, a 37-year-old former inmate at the California Mens Colony, describes himself as a comedy sketch writer.

They tell you what’s up when this life ends, but please believe religions have some trends. Nothing is immune to being trendy. And no matter how set in stone some things seem to be, sometimes they still fall out of style. Plus, trends can both be immediate and long-term, so today we will examine religious trends.

Harold and Kumar have the munchies – again. And this time, it takes them all the way to

Big breaks are rare in the music business. Even more unusual is when they fall into your

Earth has had a pretty good week, but it has had better. On Sunday, revelers showed their appreciation for the Earth’s handiwork by partaking of a certain mind-altering leafy substance and on Tuesday, people showed their respect for the biosphere by reprimanding litterbugs as they attempted to toss empty bottles into trash cans.