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Paso Robles opens its doors for first digital film festival

Where can you bump elbows with Kevin Bacon, tap your toes to Ramblin' Jack Elliott and watch some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters?

Try the Central Coast's latest attraction, the Paso Robles Digital Film Festival.

10 questions for Atascadero resident and musician Wally Barnick

Sometimes a place is so majestic, you just can’t resist picking up a pen, a paintbrush or a guitar.

Indoor/Outdoor at Houselights Theater in Cambria is a romantic comedy from a feline's perspective

You don’t have to be a cat person to enjoy “Indoor/Outdoor,” although a description of the play might lead you to believe that you do. The romantic comedy is told from a cat’s point of view, but it’s a warm, entertaining and comic little soap opera about love, communication and temptation.

Annual festival recalls renowned pianist, composer Ignacy Paderewski, whose imprint is still felt in Paso Robles

He was a wild-haired rock star, a world-famous pianist and composer who sold out concerts from Paris to Los Angeles.

Stage: 'Guys and Dolls' at the Clark Center is a celebration of song, dance and comedy

If the news is stressing you out, take a break and go retro to enjoy “Guys and Dolls,” an earlier slice of American life and a classic chapter in the history of the Broadway musical.

Music: Ben Taylor has an impressive performing pedigree -- The son of James Taylor and Carly Simon will open for John Hiatt at The Grad

Crazy thing about genetics. Ben Taylor had considered becoming a gardener, working the earth and being close to nature. But as the son of James Taylor and Carly Simon, he was wired to perform. And—go figure — he turned out to be very good at it.

A horror smack-down

Let’s take a moment to thank the people who gave us “Freddy vs. Jason.”

And while we’re at it, also the makers of “King Kong vs. Godzilla,” “Alien vs. Predator” and “Dracula vs. Frankenstein.”

Because without these movies, we simply wouldn’t have a clue as to which serial killers/giant mutants/monsters could kick each other’s butts.

    Zac Efron is back, starring in High School Musical 3: Senior Year

    Arroyo Grande native Zac Efron joins Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu in High School Musical 3: Senior Year, which opens Friday.

    Chronicle of a former Pismo surfer’s lifelong odyssey

    Sarah Gerhardt’s first real big-wave beat-down came while surfing a 15-foot swell in Morro Bay.

    Music: Bonnie Rait to play in Avila on Sunday

    Two years before her friend Jackson Browne was arrested while protesting the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, Bonnie Raitt participated in a huge anti-nuke protest in San Luis Obispo.

    Stage: Stone-Age relationships

    Men are from Mars? Women are from Venus?

    Playing Office for laughs

    There’s a reason why people buy red staplers, Dwight Schrute bobbleheads and stuffed Dilberts: It’s because many Americans are disenchanted with their jobs, and those items—pop culture icons that symbolize the worst in office culture—affirm that others view the workplace with the same disregard.

    Stage: 'Weir' awash in stories

    Some of the actors who teach at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts demonstrate their own acting talents in PCPA Theaterfest’s production of “The Weir,” by Irish playwright Conor McPherson.

    Music: Songs in the key of poetry

    They call themselves “The Dynamic Trio”— three Central Coast women with musical talent to spare.

    Music lovers need to think green

    It’s time for music lovers to think green.

    Music: Australia’s finger-pickin’ legend

    Most kids don’t ever meet their heroes. But for a young Tommy Emmanuel, it was almost too easy.

    Stage: The two sides of ‘Oliver!’

    C harles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist” is hardly a sunny subject for a Broadway musical.

    Stage: 'Hair' Still Matters

    The frenetic, tuneful Studio Players production of “Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” can be seen as a colorful period piece. But it is more. It’s a reminder of the hopes for peace and love in the 1960s that linger today.

    Cover story: Fall brings a rising curtain

    Fall into a full season of Broadway musicals, concerts and comedy.

    Music: PASTOR ON A MISSION

    L ocal pastor Leona Evans is about to step back into the spotlight.

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