City Life
Celebrate local talent & tune in to New Music December
New Music December brings the gift of music to you every day this month. Discover local musicians, with 2-3 new videos released daily. A partnership between Event Santa Cruz, Speak for Change, and Arts Council Santa Cruz County, New Music December, puts the spotlight on local talent and raises funds for the Arts Council’s Grants Program.
WALLACE BAINE: Forget about keeping Santa Cruz weird; have we lost our once-notorious edge entirely?
When “The Lost Boys” came out in 1987, it put on display the edge Santa Cruz had become known for. Nearly a quarter-century later, it’s worth reevaluating whether those same eccentric ideals are still part of this place.
BOLO Best Bets: Look sharp and hit the town for jazz and more, plus ‘Christmas Story’ under the redwoods
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In ‘Dear Goldie Hawn, Dear Leonard Cohen,’ Claudia Sternbach reveals herself through faux correspondence
The Aptos writer and former Sentinel columnist tells absorbing, often painfully honest stories about the pains and joys of her life, set in the form of never-postmarked letters to famous people.
Watsonville writer Jaime Cortez brings the focus to the fields in his semi-autobiographical new book, ‘Gordo’
“Gordo” zeroes in on the conditions migrant farmworkers faced in the 1970s from the point of view of a chubby kid with a taste for Mexican wrestling masks, uncertain of his own sexuality and what is expected of him from the demands of manhood. Cortez will discuss the book Thursday in a virtual conversation with Bookshop Santa Cruz.
Stepping up to fight food insecurity
UC Santa Cruz has expanded its annual Second Harvest Holiday Food and Fund Drive to help boost donations—needed now more than ever in the wake of the pandemic, wildfires, and economic turmoil.