In “Guarded: Women, Water, and Saving Lives,” Debbie Friedman tells the unknown history of California’s first women lifeguards. The Rio Del Mar resident weaves her own story with those of other women in the field to show what it was like to be a pioneer in a male-dominated profession.
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Mountain Community Theater’s ‘The Spitfire Grill’ struggles to ignite
Mountain Community Theater’s production of “The Spitfire Grill” features a committed cast and a striking woodland set, but the gentle musical struggles to generate dramatic momentum. Standout performances from Kathryn Adkins and Mindy Pedlar provide bright moments in a production that never quite ignites.
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Weekender: Celebrating local women, Watsonville Film Festival & February’s food faves
Your cheat sheet for eating well and going out in Santa Cruz County, with recommendations from Lookout correspondent Lily Belli.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & arts events this weekend, March 5-8
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.
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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 are officially announced.
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Documentary showcasing work of local midwife to screen at Watsonville Film Festival next week
“The Long Labor,” a short documentary that follows Watsonville midwife Maria Ramos Bracamontes, is part of the Watsonville Film Festival’s program this year. Lookout spoke with the film’s co-director Consuelo Alba, who also founded the festival.
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Documental que muestra el trabajo de una partera local se proyectará en el Festival de Cine de Watsonville la próxima semana
“The Long Labor,” un cortometraje documental que sigue a la partera de Watsonville María Ramos Bracamontes, forma parte del programa de este año del Festival de Cine de Watsonville. Lookout habló con la codirectora de la película, Consuelo Alba, quien también fundó el festival.
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Good Egg Productions hatches a new theater model with ‘Matt & Ben’
Good Egg Productions, a new Santa Cruz theater company, opens with “Matt & Ben,” the satirical two-person comedy by Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers that imagines how Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote “Good Will Hunting.” Performances run March 13-22 at Actors’ Theatre.
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UCSC alumni to celebrate life and legacy of Tom Lehrer with performance in April
UC Santa Cruz alumni will reunite on April 11 to honor the life and legacy of Tom Lehrer, a beloved math educator as well as American musician, singer-songwriter and satirist who taught at the university for decades and died last summer at 97.
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Weekender: Getting up close with ‘Legends’ on the Westside
Your cheat sheet for eating well and going out in Santa Cruz County this weekend.