Santa Cruz folk-rocker Anthony Arya burst onto the scene in 2018 on NBC’s talent competition, and since then has put out a pair of albums and enrolled at Stanford. He talks to Lookout about his influences, what goes into his songwriting and when we should expect his next record.
Johanna Hickle
Posted inCoast Life
The reclamation of past dreams: ‘People walked on this for 120 years — now you’re gonna surf it!’
More wood historians than surfboard shapers, Martijn Stiphout and his business partner have curated everything from Alaskan yellow cedar benches from the Monterey Bay Aquarium to boards from the Boardwalk’s historic Big Dipper. They have also acquired wine barrels from a local vineyard, planks from the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, scraps from a high-end guitar shop, and redwood floorboards from a historic Victorian mansion.
Posted inCity Life
Meet the Artivists: Taylor Reinhold and his Made Fresh Crew leaving their stylized impressions on Santa Cruz
Take graffiti-style art and add activism and you’ve got artivist Taylor Reinhold, who’s the art director for an ambitious mural project coming to Santa Cruz in September. And then there’s his Made Fresh Crew’s Artrageous Clothing Store, which just opened in Pleasure Point.