All About Theatre takes on the emotionally complicated “Dear Evan Hansen” with strong vocals and a spectacular technical design that brings its story of loneliness, belonging and our digitally connected lives vividly to the stage.
Arts & Entertainment
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Existential crisis has never been this funny: SH Theatrical takes on Stoppard
New Santa Cruz company SH Theatrical makes an impressive debut with Tom Stoppard’s “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” a smart, well-acted and laugh-out-loud production led by Zed Warner, Chris Salem and Ward Willats.
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After almost six decades on the farm, Ken Kesey’s Furthur bus leaves Oregon
Furthur, the bus made famous in the 1960s by Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, is leaving the Oregon farm where it has sat for the past 57 years and heading to San Francisco, where it will go on display as part of the Haight Street Art Center’s “Forever Grateful” celebration of the Grateful Dead next month.
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Made in Santa Cruz: Why Art Matters | Rhia Hurt
“Made in Santa Cruz: Why Art Matters” is a new video series, published every other Sunday, exploring the artists who shape Santa Cruz County’s creative landscape. Each episode offers a peek into an artist’s practice, the places and experiences that inform their work, and the ways creativity helps us see our community differently. Today’s artist is Watsonville painter and art educator Rhia Hurt.
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The applause isn’t over yet: Your fall/winter theater guide
Summer theater might be winding down, but the curtain isn’t closing anytime soon. Santa Cruz County’s stages are packed with comedies, dramas, musicals, opera, holiday favorites and a few surprises, giving audiences more reasons than ever to head to the theater.
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Weekender: Adding a dose of the weird and whimsical
Your cheat sheet for eating well and going out in Santa Cruz County this weekend.
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Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, Aug. 13-16
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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Santa Cruz Holocaust survivor, 94, sees her life story become award-winning documentary
The new documentary film “My Name is Gitta” follows Santa Cruz Holocaust survivor Gitta Ryle as she returns to Europe in search of answers, discovering that forgiveness is not a destination, but a lifelong journey.
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From Texas censorship to UCSC: Silenced anti-ICE art exhibition celebrating dual identity finds a home in Santa Cruz
Earlier this year, Mexican-born, Texas-raised visual artist Victor Quiñonez had his new exhibition, which speaks to being an immigrant in America and to the harm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has caused, pulled from two different galleries in Texas. It is now set to come in September to UC Santa Cruz, where Quiñonez hopes his art can continue to make an impact in a state and gallery that is more understanding of its impactful message.
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The stories we inherit: SC Shakespeare builds a remarkable ‘Fences’
August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece “Fences” receives a powerfully acted and deeply moving production from Santa Cruz Shakespeare, led by a remarkable Derrick Lee Weeden and an outstanding ensemble.
