With the weekend nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Arts & Entertainment
Santa Cruz Shakespeare set to expand again, with six full productions slated for 2026
Santa Cruz Shakespeare announced Monday that it will expand its season in 2026, presenting six full productions, including a second show in the fall.
Loving fire with fire: Humor, horniness and happiness inhabit post-CZU film
Well-known performance artists and filmmakers Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens interpret their close encounter with the 2020 CZU fire with a new taboo-busting film that puts the fires into the context of “ecosexuality.”
Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Aug. 22-28
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County this weekend and into next week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Festival of Dreams to return to Santa Cruz in October
The Festival of Dreams, a weekend-long event devoted to a greater understanding of dreams and dreaming, is set to return to the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz in October.
Weekender: Get your block party on, Coastal Highwaymen ride into Kuumbwa, fine art photography at the Blitzer
Around Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, including things to do all over, with Lookout correspondent Wallace Baine.
Best 9: Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, Aug. 21-28
With the weekend nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Aug. 15-21
Lookout food & drink correspondent Lily Belli highlights top events happening around Santa Cruz County this weekend and into next week, plus more listings from Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.
Weekender: Lewis Black’s last tour swings through, landscapes to love and Gladwell on the horizon
Wallace Baine’s guided tour through Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, including recommendations for things to do this weekend and beyond.
Best 9: Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, Aug. 14-21
With the weekend nearly here, check out Wallace Baine’s Best 9 recommendations for things to do around Santa Cruz County via Lookout’s BOLO events calendar.

