When The Tribune first interviewed local musician Dan Curcio in 2007, there was an empty keg outside his place, a poster of Van Morrison on a wall and a package of underwear on the floor, reflecting the college-scene party lifestyle he was living as a member of the band Still Time.

‘Once Upon a Mattress” is a fun, funny and family- friendly show. The spoof of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale about the princess and the pea is a musical comedy that will bring giggles from youngsters and chuckles from parents. Erik Austin directs and, in Kelrik Productions style, partners excellent adult actors with a lively ensemble of singing, dancing young students.

For a long time after the first “Mario Party” was released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998, there was a new one every year or two.

In the summer of 1962, 16-year-old Tommy Nunes and his group The Sentinals toured the country in a station wagon, promoting Nunes’ instrumental song “Latin’ia.” Meanwhile, members of The Impacts, another teen band from San Luis Obispo County, were preparing to record an instrumental called “Wipe Out.”

On a Wednesday afternoon, the Marian Theatre audience for “Little Women” included several busloads of students from area schools, from elementary through junior high age. When asked whether this was the first live theater show they had seen, a number of kids raised their hands.

The creative team at the Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department is always full of surprises — so what do they do with an iconic, much repeated and even satirized classic American drama like “A Streetcar Named Desire”?

In 1993, the computer game “Syndicate” envisioned a grim future in which world-spanning corporations send heavily armed cyborg agents on raids against each other, with no regard for civilian life or casualties.

In the case of Los Lonely Boys, brotherly love runs deep.

To accurately reflect the history of American music, the San Luis Obispo Vocal Arts Ensemble’s upcoming show will feature both misery and silliness.

If you need a little excitement in your life, or just some good escapist theater, head for Cambria’s Pewter Plough Playhouse. “Wait Until Dark” builds suspense to a crescendo. The thriller by Frederick Knott is directed by Sandy Bosworth and features a strong cast.

Imitation and derivation are extremely commonplace in video games. If a popular title features a noteworthy spin on established genre mechanics, you’ll usually see it crop up elsewhere with little delay.

Producer Keith Olsen was working on a new Pat Benatar record in the early 1980s when a music manager offered him a deal.