Our take on the arts, music and culture scene, from Watsonville to Santa Cruz proper.
WEEKENDER
The Weekender brings together news from the Santa Cruz County arts community and the major (and not-so-major) events and shows to be on the lookout for this weekend.
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The arts are part of what makes Santa Cruz County special. Let’s fund them.
More than 50 artists and community members showed up at a county budget hearing this summer to defend arts funding — and their advocacy made a difference, writes Jim Brown, executive…
Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, Oct. 15-18
With the weekend nearly here, check out things to do around Santa Cruz County, with a recommendation from Lily Belli and a specially curated list from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Down The Line: All the biggest and best shows, gigs & events ahead in Santa Cruz County
Team BOLO (Be On The Lookout) is gathering and curating all of Santa Cruz County’s biggest and best happenings from now until forever — or at least until the latest gigs…
UCSC’s Festival of Monsters fends off critics and celebrates the misunderstood
The Festival of Monsters returns to Santa Cruz from Wednesday to Sunday to discuss monsters in history and media, organized by UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Monster Studies. The festival includes…
Santa Cruz Film Festival explores AIDS activism, Holocaust history and the power of art
The Santa Cruz Film Festival runs Wednesday through Sunday and features documentaries exploring AIDS activism, Holocaust history and cultural resistance, alongside comedies, thrillers and films celebrating local winemaking and cidermaking.
Ghosts among us: Five of Santa Cruz County’s most haunted places
Phantom children, mysterious nuns, a woman in white, and one invisible dog with a very bad attitude. Just in time for Halloween, Santa Cruz Ghost Hunters founder Mary Anne Porter takes…
Esperanza del Valle celebrates Mexican culture through folklórico attire in Watsonville
Esperanza del Valle is showcasing 15 traditional folklórico outfits spanning multiple regions of Mexico in a new exhibit at the Watsonville Center for the Arts. The free exhibit has a reception…
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