Projects underway in Aptos and Live Oak will be the canvas for art that reflects those communities; the deadline for submissions for both sites is Jan. 21.
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Unsung Santa Cruz: Singing for those passing into the great beyond has become Marti Mariette’s calling
The mission of the Threshold Choir is not only to bring solace to the loved one, but to his or her family as well, to restore a sense of the sacred to the experience of dying. The organization discourages the terms “performance” or “rehearsal,” because they want their singing to transcend the performer-audience dynamic.
After loss and transition, Santa Cruz’s William Coulter returns to celebrate ‘A Celtic Christmas’
Grammy-winning guitarist William Coulter lost his Bonny Doon home and just about everything in it in the 2020 CZU fire. He got back to music slowly, dazedly — “I knew that if I didn’t get back to it, it might slip away” — and comes to the Rio on Friday performing with an Irish holiday variety show.

