The League of Women Voters SLO will hold a Program Planning meeting
on Saturday, January 31, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 1515 Fredericks Street, SLO. Register at lwvslo.org/ under news and events.
At the Program Planning meeting they will discuss and prioritize the local issues most important to our community. They’ll identify the issues we’d like to see the national League focus on for education and advocacy in 2026 – 2028. Join us to share your ideas and hear from other League members. Get to know your fellow members in small-group discussion sessions. League Program Planning is open to members and non-members.
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The Cayucos Citizens Advisory Committee (CCAC) Meeting — Public Safety takes place at the Cayucos Library at 1 p.m. on Saturday January 24. Topics are illegal fireworks, illegal RV camping, crosswalks on Pacific, e-bikes on beach. Everyone is invited. For questions, contact: Penelope Semrau at 2uncork@gmail.com. For those who want to attend the meeting online, there will be a Zoom meeting option. The Zoom link will be posted on the CCAC website.
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Here are upcoming free youth programs in January at the Morro Bay Library – 625 Harbor St, (805) 772-6394. Attached are printable flyers. Give me a heads up if you would like physical flyers or if you need different formatting. Thank you!
• Paper Airplane Competition – Wednesday, January 21, 3 – 5 p.m.
Come test your paper airplane making skills! Will your plane be fast? Acrobatic? Colorful?
• Play Nintendo Switch – Wednesday, January 28, 3 – 5 p.m.
Master your gaming skills and make new friends with our Nintendo Switch! We will provide one Switch for up to 4 players at a time. Feel free to bring your own too. Games include Mario Kart, Super Smash Bros, and Just Dance.
• Sensory Playtime – Saturday, January 31, 10 – 11 a.m.
Let your little ones lead the way in this open-ended playtime! Parents and caregivers, we also have early literacy tips for you. For ages 0-5.
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Join Mended Hearts of San Luis Obispo for Empowering Monthly Meetings for Cardiovascular Patients. Discover hope, connection, and insights at Mended Hearts Chapter #415’s monthly support group. Open to all heart patients, families, and friends. This free event takes place on January 28, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the Copeland Education Pavilion, 3rd floor auditorium, at French Hospital, 1911 Johnson Ave. San Luis Obispo. This event is open to all.
Experience the power of peer-to-peer support from fellow heart patients. Each month, our gatherings feature an informative presentation, a time for questions, and small-group breakout sessions to help members connect and share experiences. Mended Hearts San Luis Obispo is the local chapter of Mended Hearts International, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring hope and elevating the quality of life for heart patients through peer-to-peer support, education, and community involvement. For more information, visit mendedhearts.org. For more information, contact Jennifer Lane, membership chair, at Chapter415@mendedhearts.us.
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Great Balls of Fire! Put on your Blue Suede Shoes and Love Me Tender, because the San Luis Obispo Repertory Theater’s best-selling show is back for an encore performance.
Production of The Million Dollar Quartet, featuring the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Elvis will play SLO REP Theater from Jan. 20 through March 8.
Based on the true story of one of the greatest rock ‘n’ roll gatherings in history, the show takes the audience back to Dec. 4, 1956, when four icons of music came together for one unforgettable night at Sun Records in Memphis, Tenn.
Directed by SLO REP Managing Artistic Director, Kevin Harris, Million Dollar Quartet brings these legendary figures back to life with performances of classic hits like “Blue Suede Shoes,” “I Walk the Line,” “Great Balls of Fire,” and “Hound Dog.”
“We are thrilled to bring Million Dollar Quartet to life on our stage,” said Harris, “This production is a celebration of not just the music, but the cultural moment that was forged when these incredible artists came together. We can’t wait to share this electrifying piece of musical history with our audience.”
Tickets range from $40-$60 and are available online at: www.slorep.org or by calling the box office at 805 786-2440.
Show times are Wednesdays-Saturdays at 7 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays at 2.
SLO REP Theater is located in Downtown San Luis Obispo, 888 Morro St., adjacent to City Hall. Convenient parking is in two, close-by City parking garages on Palm Street.
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Want to build a reading habit in 2026? Tracking your reading with a Cozy Winter Reading Challenge bingo card can help you get started. San Luis Obispo County readers can stop by any County of San Luis Obispo Public Libraries location to pick up a bingo card with a different reading challenge in each square. Participants can win a prize by completing five squares in a row (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally). Blackout bingo (completing all the squares) earns readers an entry in a grand prize drawing.
This cozy challenge runs through February 14, 2026, and is open to all ages. Unique bingo cards for kids, teens, and adults. It’s always free to borrow or download books from the library. Visit SLOLibrary.org or use the SLO County Libraries app to get reading recommendations, reserve books, or download a bingo card.
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Get ready for fun at the SLO Craft Beer Festival. Tickets are on sale now for the event at the Alex Madonna Expo Center on February 21 from 1 to 5 p.m. Celebrate the makers of craft beverages and raise a toast to their unique and wonderful creations. Many of the best breweries in the U.S. will be featured at this event. Selected cider, spirits, and kombucha will also be poured. Tickets include souvenir tasting cup, unlimited beverage samples, selected food samples, beer educational seminars, and access to all the fun.
This event sells out every year so don’t sleep if you want to go. And don’t buy a ticket off a person on the internet, it’s almost always a scammer. Tickets are $92.90 and are available at my805tix.com. Free shuttles run continuously starting at 11:30am from Launch & Ladder, Campus Bottle, and Novo. Use them or rideshare or walk. Due to limited capacity no DD discounts are available.
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Free programs at the Los Osos Library, 2075 Palisades Ave., 805-528-1862.
• Current Featured Wall Artist: Randy Ayala paintings on wood and canvas.
• Current Featured Display Case: Randy Ayala painted boxes.
• Storytime – Thursdays, 10:30 – 11 a.m.
Stories, dance, and music for toddlers and preschoolers.
• Build it Challenge – Friday, January 16, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Build creations with Giant Octo Play, GeoMags, stacked cups and more! Will yours be the tallest, widest, most colorful, or something else entirely? Build it, tear it down, build it again! For ages 5+.
• Paper Airplane Competition – Friday, January 23, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. Come test your paper airplane making skills! Will your plane be fast? Acrobatic? Colorful? School age, tween.
• Teen Advisory Board – Saturday, January 24, 3 – 4 p.m. Calling all teens! Looking for volunteer or community service hours? Help Librarian Emily run the Teen Advisory Board. Participation can be listed on job, scholarship and college applications. Snacks provided. Tweens and teens.
• Nintendo – Friday, January 30, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Master your gaming skills and make new friends with our Nintendo Switch! We will provide one Switch for up to 4 players at a time. Feel free to bring your own too. Games include Mario Kart, Just Dance and Super Smash Bros. School age, tween, and teen.
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Tickets are on sale now for the Moro Grange #27’s Community Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, set for 4:30-7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23 at the Grange Hall on Hwy 41, just east of Morro Bay.
Tickets are $10 for dine-in or take it to go. Tickets are available at Carla’s Country Kitchen on Beach Street in Morro Bay or email the Grange at: morogrange@gmail.com or call 805-459-7381.
The Spaghetti Dinner will also have a raffle for attendees, and they will be doing a “Chicken Plop Bingo” fundraiser with tickets costing $5 each. Only 100 tickets will be sold and the winner will get $250. The Chicken will doo its thing on Jan. 23. You need not be present to win.
The Moro Grange #27 has been a part of the Morro Bay Community since 1873. After re-chartering in 2023, the organization continues its mission of service and connection holding monthly meetings on the third Thursday at 6 p.m. and welcomes new members.
Moro Grange Hall is located at 1340 Atascadero Rd, (Hwy 41).
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Cal Poly Bach Week Events Scheduled for Jan. 22-24. On Jan. 22 there will be an instrumental master class and continuo workshop, a vocal master class, and a lecture titled “Opera’s Virtuous Cousin: The Rise of the Oratorio.” On Jan. 23 the period instrumental ensemble Tesserae Baroque will present “Meera Kahe.” On Jan. 24 there will be two performances of the “Oratorio” finale concerts. For more information, go to bachweek.calpoly.edu/.
Bach Week is devoted to the performance and exploration of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his contemporaries. Events range from chamber music performed on period instruments to the collaborative performance of large vocal and instrumental works by students and professionals. Free demonstrations and lectures provide additional context for these performances.
In 2011, Thomas Davies and David Arrivée established Bach in the Mission as an annual, collaborative concert that would give Cal Poly student musicians the opportunity to rehearse and perform with faculty and local professionals the vocal and instrumental music of Bach. The two had long wanted to apply their shared interest and experience to such an educational project, and since its inception, the final, collaborative concert has grown each year.
Since 2015, new events have been added and Bach Week — no longer a single concert — has grown to include multiple performances, a master class and lectures, all serving to explore Bach’s music and its context. With the retirement of Davies from Cal Poly in 2017, Scott Glysson joined the faculty as director of choral activities and took on the role of Bach Week’s co-director. Tickets are sold for each event individually at pacslo.org.
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Babes Against The Machine (BATM) is The World’s ONLY All-Female Tribute to Rage Against The Machine and they are coming to Downtown SLO at Libertine on Jan. 23 at 7 p.m.
Babes Against The Machine brings crunching riffs and machine-gun vocal delivery to effectively recreate RATM’s familiar massive all-out sonic
assault, from the intricate, groove-laden bass lines of “Wake Up” and the “How did they do that?”-style of frenetic guitar work in “Testify”, to the angry,
passion-filled roars of the anthemic chorus in the crowd favorite, “Killing in the Name.” This is a 21 and over show. Tickets are $14.70 and are available at my805tix.com.
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Join the Morro Bay Art Center for a fun and free demonstration, Sketching with Kathleen Heil, on January 25 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Art Center Morro Bay. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned artist, sketching is the perfect way to loosen up, spark new ideas, and grow your skills. No reservations needed.
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Check out Analog Dog at the Siren on Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. for Genre-bending modern music celebrating psychedelic revolution of the 1960s in San Francisco.
Analog Dog makes genre fluid music in San Francisco. Hailing from all corners of the country, the band came together in and around the hallowed musical breeding grounds of Golden Gate Park. With each member drawing on diverse inspirations and musical backgrounds, from self-taught to classically trained, they unite over a common love for genre-bending composition and improvisation. Honoring the vibrations of the psychedelic revolution of the 1960s, digging into the disco groves from the dance revolution of the 1970s, and simultaneously embracing modern indie pop soundscapes, Analog Dog is its own thing. Tickets are $24.30. For more information, go to https://thesirenmorrobay.com/.
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