Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Hi friends, Beginning with “Bikini Werewolf Massacre” this weekend, Santa Cruz is about to get weird, in what we hope is a […]
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Weekender: KSQD flexing its tentacles, Mary McCaslin celebration is on and a ukulele road trip
Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Hi friends, Here it is, already mid-October, and I’ve yet to have my first pumpkin-spiced food item. How should I break the […]
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A lot of disagreement: Measure O galvanizes competing visions of downtown Santa Cruz
Lot 4 could become one of the most significant downtown Santa Cruz construction projects since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, with a new main branch public library, 120 units of affordable housing and a three-level parking garage. But if Measure O proponents win at the polls, the current library will be renovated and plans will begin for a new parklike space. No matter which way the vote falls, it’s nearly certain that downtown Santa Cruz will get a new library and that the farmers market will continue to operate. The big questions are when and where.
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Weekender: Film fest, Open Studios, First Friday and bidding Mary McCaslin goodbye
Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Hi friends, First Friday and Open Studios are coming at us. It’s a great time to discover Santa Cruz’s artistic enclaves, if […]
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Weekender: Oliver Tree’s homecoming, a barrel of laughs and Open Studios
Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Hi friends, As the late Nanci Griffith used to sing, “I’m going to open up the windows and let in October ….” […]
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Weekender: Art, wine & brews in Bonny Doon, a case of ‘Vertigo’ and a bountiful B9
Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Hi friends, Autumn is a lot more subtle in California than it is in those show-offy places like New England and New […]
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Phase 2 of Benchlands clearing done, but only one in three people leaving is moving into armory
Phase 2 of the City of Santa Cruz’s efforts to clear the Benchlands homeless encampment began and ended Monday, with about 50 individuals being forced out of the area east of the San Lorenzo River. Shelter space is limited as is, and there are at least seven more zones to be cleared. If shelter options run out, the city will have to pause the clearing process.
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Weekender: Sol rising, MAH goes airborne and Newton Harrison’s legacy
Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Hi friends, I’m not ready to say goodbye to summer just yet. Luckily we live in a part of the world where […]
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Weekender: An otterly local debut novel, festivals galore and return of the county fair
Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Hi friends, Who, me? Oh, I’m just sitting in a bathtub filled with ice, dreaming of sleigh rides, wool scarves, and a […]
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‘Yoda on your shoulder’: Three times he was nearly murdered but a ‘cop whisperer’ brought him back
Not all brains require the post-traumatic stress gymnastics that Karen Lansing is able to put them through, but the ones that do need it desperately. Some officers — like Santa Cruz County sheriff’s deputy Alex Spencer, who was ambushed by Steven Carrillo on June 6, 2020 — find themselves suddenly thrust into a position where they must confront the unknowns of what just happened deep inside their mind. It’s a strange, emotional, highly necessary trip, Spencer relates.