The Santa Cruz County Fair is back in Watsonville for five days of carnival rides, local food, livestock, music and old-fashioned fair fun.
Arts & Entertainment
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Five Santa Cruz County artists receive California Arts Council fellowship
Multidisciplinary local artists — across poetry, film, opera and more — were recognized by the California Arts Council in the first cohort of Central Coast Individual Artists Fellows.
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‘The Last Five Years’ at Santa Cruz Shakespeare: A beautiful production of a frustrating musical
Santa Cruz Shakespeare gives Jason Robert Brown’s “The Last Five Years” a thoughtful production, with terrific performances and wonderful live musicianship leading the way. But this musical autopsy of a failed marriage ultimately leaves us with one lingering question: What have we learned from the wreckage?
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Santa Cruz County Fair just got cheaper – here’s how much you’ll save
Prices for admission and parking at the Santa Cruz County Fair have decreased, with organizers hoping to draw more families to the yearly event at the county fairgrounds in Watsonville and make it more affordable.
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La Feria del Condado de Santa Cruz acaba de bajar de precio: aquí te contamos cuánto ahorrarás
Los precios de entrada y estacionamiento para la Feria del Condado de Santa Cruz han disminuido, con la esperanza de atraer a más familias al evento anual y hacerlo más accesible, según funcionarios de la feria.
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Made in Santa Cruz: Why Art Matters | Sea Creature Designs
“Made in Santa Cruz: Why Art Matters” is a 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 makers are crab rope artists Stephanie Michelet and Jason Rimmer of Sea Creature Designs.
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New Capitola Village public art brings Monterey Bay wildlife to Monterey Avenue railing
Capitola artist Bruce Harman has spent months painting 50 aluminum panels along a 625-foot stretch of railing on Monterey Avenue, turning it into a mural of jellyfish, otters, seahorses and other Monterey Bay sea life. The panels go on public display this weekend when the street closes to cars for the Capitola Art & Wine Festival.
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Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s ‘Private Lives’ is deliciously funny — and gloriously toxic
Santa Cruz Shakespeare opens its fall season in delicious style with Noël Coward’s “Private Lives.” Charles Pasternak and Paige Lindsey White are marvelous as the spectacularly combustible couple who can’t seem to stay together or apart, bringing sparkling chemistry and impeccable comic timing to Laura Gordon’s stylish, laugh-out-loud production.
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Weekender: Art, wine, opera and Ironman
Your cheat sheet for eating well and going out this weekend in Santa Cruz County.
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Best of Santa Cruz County entertainment, arts & food events this weekend, Sept. 10-13
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.
