After having been dark for three years, the Santa Cruz Film Festival is coming back in October with new leadership and new energy. The goal? Not only to entertain and illuminate audiences, but also to build a viable film industry in Santa Cruz County.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Aug. 8-14
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.
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Jugs and kazoos, jazz and blues: Santa Cruz gets a new music festival
Four bands including the Santa Cruz-based Trolley Drops come to Abbott Square on Aug. 17 for the Santa Cruz Jug Band Festival, highlighting an often overlooked genre in early 20th-century American folk music. It mixes traditional music with alternatives such as washboards, washtubs and, of course, jugs.
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Weekender: Cabrillo Fest’s big night, Jana Marcus’ portrait project and ‘Sweeney Todd’ finale
Recommendations for things to do plus news and notes from Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment via Lookout correspondent Wallace Baine.
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Best 9: Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, Aug. 7-14
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.
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Photo essay: Tuning up at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Lookout photojournalist Kevin Painchaud goes behind the scenes at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, happening through Sunday at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.
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Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s ‘Pericles’ navigates love, loss and redemption
Pirates, princesses, brothels and shipwrecks — “Pericles” has all the drama of a soap opera with the poetry of Shakespeare, and Santa Cruz Shakespeare gives this wild ride heart and humor. Think “Shakespearean road trip” with emotional payoff and a superb cast.
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New night market is coming to downtown
A new six-week market series hosting local artisans and food vendors is coming to Santa Cruz every Thursday evening starting later this month. The event series, Sunset Market, will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. from Aug. 14 to Sept. 18. It is being hosted by the Downtown Association of Santa Cruz, a nonprofit […]
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Has Santa Cruz found a new graphic-arts identity? The colorful, playful, trippy vibe of Killer Acid
Now that it’s been picked up as a featured item at the new museum store at the MAH, the art of the small local company Killer Acid is likely to spread as a new kind of visual signature of psychedelia and the Santa Cruz vibe.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Aug. 1-7
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.