Watsonville’s Youth Poet Laureate to recognize poets, rappers, writers and spoken-word artists under the age of 20 for their literary accomplishments. Nominations are due by Nov. 15.
Arts & Entertainment
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Santa Cruz Film Festival to occupy local movie venues this week
The Santa Cruz Film Festival returns for the first time in three years, just in time to mark its 25th anniversary. Opening with an absurdist sex comedy, the festival runs the gamut from hard-hitting documentaries to bizarre and experimental shorts, from Wednesday through Sunday.
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Spelling bee for grown-ups promises orthographical entertainment
Lúpulo Craft Beer House in downtown Santa Cruz is betting that a spelling contest for grown-ups on Wednesday will stump contestants with words that are “outrageous, inappropriate and downright unhinged.”
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One man, one plan: At 54, Clay Hausmann moves boldly into making art about his family experience
Scotts Valley’s Clay Hausmann is a marketing professional and a family man. But he’s now an aspiring performer as he’s written and performed a one-man show called “Empty Nest and the Rest” that he hopes to spread to more audiences.
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Best of Santa Cruz County food & drink events, Oct. 3-9
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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Weekender: First Friday, Open Studios, Santa Cruz Film Festival highlight a packed slate
Recommendations for things to do all over Santa Cruz County this weekend and beyond, plus more news and notes from local arts & entertainment courtesy of Lookout’s Wallace Baine.
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Best 9: Top events for the week ahead in Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, Oct. 2-9
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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Santa Cruz Public Libraries to feature documentary, Orwell’s ‘1984’ in Banned Books Week events Oct. 5-11
Santa Cruz Public Libraries is recognizing Banned Books Week in October with a documentary screening and a focus on “1984,” George Orwell’s iconic dystopian novel of government censorship.
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From East Cliff to Eagles: Coffee Conspiracy serves backstage for big-name acts like Billie Eilish, Metallica
Santa Cruz coffee entrepreneur Eddie Alaniz turned his pandemic-born business, Coffee Conspiracy Co., from a small East Cliff Drive cart into a backstage staple for some of the world’s biggest touring acts, thanks to persistence, lucky breaks and a Santa Cruz connection with Live Nation.
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Here’s how the federal shutdown is affecting Santa Cruz County governments, schools and nonprofits
Most Santa Cruz County agencies and nonprofits say they have monthlong buffers against the federal government shutdown, though some child care and agricultural programs could face threats if the impasse stretches well beyond October.