Composer Craig Russell gets some of his best ideas sitting on a lawn chair outside his San Luis Obispo home. “I’m a lucky person in a lot of ways,” he said. “When I sit down in a chair with a clipboard and music paper, I have ideas.”

Jonathan Dimmock found his life’s calling at age 3, listening to organ music at a New Jersey church.

It’s so hard to be rich and famous these days.

Because of its graphic — and gross — nature, we can’t tell you the sexual rumor April Macie’s ex-boyfriend spread about her in high school. But suffice it to say that it made for a long four years.

At age 14, stand-up comedian Jeff “Big Daddy” Wayne wrote a fan letter to his hero, Groucho Marx.

Sitting around the kitchen table playing a board game can be a great way to spend an evening, and some video games offer a similar experience, but on the couch instead.

If you’ve ever wanted to write a screenplay but couldn’t decide on a plot, you might consider penning a Christmas movie.

Congratulations, San Luis Obispo residents. According to Los Angeles-based humorist and historian Charles Phoenix, your city is home to one of the greatest kitsch monuments ever built: the Madonna Inn.

Like Indiana Jones or Lara Croft, Nathan Drake travels the world hunting for—and often stealing—valuable artifacts.

‘Jingle Bell Rock — A Raucous Holiday Revue” is described as high-energy, fast-moving and fun by three enthusiastic members of the company. Andy Ferrera, producer and director of the show, and performers Alli Navarro and Jeff Payton talked about their experiences during a telephone interview.

Christmas is all about traditions. As Dec. 25 nears, many of us will decorate trees, rattle sleigh bells and assemble with families, devouring ham and exchanging sweaters, just as our ancestors did before us.

Ballet Theatre San Luis Obispo’s latest holiday show is sure to inspire the child in all of us.