Santa Cruz’s Dream Inn is hosting an elite culinary event that highlights women in the industry on Saturday with an evening on Cowell Beach. She Sets The Table is a multicourse dinner created by Michelle Gomez, executive chef at the Dream Inn, chef Angela Sweetser of Queen of Hearts in Las Vegas, and Luciana Costanza of Santa Cruz’s Gran Gelato Caffè. Bonny Doon’s Beauregard Vineyards will supply the wines. Tickets are $265. – Lily Belli
Here are more upcoming local events you might be interested in:
Thursday, Oct. 22
- Spooktober Celebration | 3:30 p.m. @ Scotts Valley Branch Library | Free
- Countywide All Business Mixer | 5:30 p.m. @ Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History | $17.85
- Obi Kaufmann, “California Inside Out” | 7 p.m. @ Bookshop Santa Cruz | Free
Friday, Oct. 23
- Spooktacular | 6:30 p.m. @ Watsonville Family YMCA | Free
- Michael McNevin with The Keller Sisters | 7 p.m. @ Ugly Mug CoffeeHouse | $30
- Black Flag | 8 p.m. @ Felton Music Hall | $48.90
Saturday, Oct. 24
- Boardwalk Chili Cook-Off | 10 a.m. @ Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk | $15
- Santa Cruz Mac Down | Noon @ Santa Cruz Portuguese Hall | $10-$15
- Haunted Harbor | 3 p.m. @ Santa Cruz Harbor | Free
- Fall Sustain Supper | 3 p.m. @ Homeless Garden Project’s Natural Bridges Farm | $188
- Santa Cruz Bible Church Fall Fest | 4 p.m. @ Santa Cruz Bible Church | Free
- She Sets The Table | 4 p.m. @ Dream Inn Santa Cruz | $265
- Orctoberfest 2026 | 4 p.m. @ Shanty Shack Brewing | $12-$20
- Witches Ball 2026 | 7 p.m. @ Brookdale Lodge | $49.87-$129.89
Sunday, Oct. 25
- Halloween Day | 10 a.m. @ Santa Cruz Maker Studios | $45
- Día De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) at the Castro Adobe | 10:30 a.m. @ Castro Adobe State Historic Park | Free
- Color-Coded Drag Brunch – Halloween Show | 10:30 a.m. @ Mariposa Coffee Bar | $23.18
- Capitola Village Halloween Parade | 2 p.m. @ Capitola Village | Free
