With a jaundiced eye and uncomfortable shoes, Wallace Baine set out to catch “The Sinatra Show” at Chaminade, and though the Ol’ Blue Eyes was generally charisma-free, the atmosphere might’ve been enough to fly him to the moon.
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Weekender: An anticipated downtown mural, remembrance at the MAH and a bustling B9
Hi friends, If you’re not sure that a Raquel Welch-less world is worth getting out of bed for, I hear you. If you wanna take a Me Day to mourn a Latina legend, I’ll write a note for your boss. Now, on with the show. This Just In! Big news for Mouseketeers: The great Portland […]
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How Thomas Sage Pedersen found himself at the center of a burgeoning Black renaissance in Santa Cruz
Thomas Sage Pedersen’s journey has taken him from growing up in a white family in Hollister to the life of a Santa Cruz street musician and now a guiding voice in a local Black community that’s vibrating with exploration of arts, culture, philosophy and more. “This place is primed for this,” the organizer-podcaster-entrepreneur says of the momentum propelling a renaissance.
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Parallel lives: Santa Cruz’s Stephany Buswell and Helene Simkin Jara share stories in new memoirs
The California counterculture of the 1960s and ‘70s is the thread that connects the pair of local writers appearing Monday at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Helene Simkin Jara’s memoir centers on her time as nude-drawing model, while Stephany Buswell’s latest traces a journey that included her fateful introduction to the alchemy of baking.
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Weekender: Santa Cruz jazzes up the Grammys, Abbott Square open mic and circus for a good cause
Hi friends, One of these years, Super Bowl Sunday and Valentine’s Day are going to arrive on the same day. And some folks are going to have to make some uncomfortable choices about their One True Love. This year, we at least get a one-day buffer. Enjoy (or ignore) both. Blessings to the people of […]
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Weekender: Getting artsy, a new poet laureate and a local’s ‘Jeopardy!’ near miss
Hi friends, Big weekend to go out and see art. First Friday for February promises to be fab. The MAH’s great “Bay of Life” show is happening, and the new Institute of the Arts & Sciences opens on the Westside. Get out and see what Santa Cruz has to offer in the visual arts. Now, […]
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‘8 Tens’ review: Beloved Santa Cruz 10-minute play festival returns to Actors’ Theatre
After going dark in 2021 and ’22, a local touchstone returns with the “8 Tens @ 8,” two separate programs of eight short plays that present the finest of Santa Cruz’s theater community.
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Weekender: Library’s novel approach, Windser’s homecoming and Pizza My Heart’s latest shirt
Hi friends, With the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game, I’m reminded of the old days when they were regularly in the Super Bowl … and the local freeways, museums and restaurants were all gloriously unpopulated, at least for one day. If you’re not a football fan, this is your weekend to take advantage of […]