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‘8 Tens’ festival, Night ‘B’: Tight, terrific and firing on all cylinders
Actors’ Theatre delivers a particularly tight and engaging Night “B” in its 30th anniversary “8 Tens @ 8” Short Play Festival. Eight short plays move briskly across styles and settings, unified…
‘8 Tens @ 8’ Short Play Festival turns 30 and still moves fast
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I made Santa Cruz the setting for two chapters of my novel – here’s why
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Exploring hidden light: Steven Haddock brings ocean’s radiant secrets to life
In “The Radiant Sea,” scientists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute bring together a lifetime of research and photography of deep-sea creatures. A book event Friday will dive into the…
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