As part of Tandy Beal’s new Keep On Truckin’ program, every weekend through mid-June a highly accomplished professional artist will entertain audiences for free in a neighborhood park near you. So how do you follow along? Read below.
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When he endured racism at a Santa Cruz donut shop last year, Spike Wong did what he does: He wrote about it
Santa Cruz playwright and actor Steve “Spike” Wong, a former schoolteacher, talked to Lookout Santa Cruz about the growing racist aggression against Asian-Americans, his fear for his own son’s safety and what his father’s true-blue American heroism means to him.
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Everything you need to know about opening night this evening at the ‘new’ Santa Cruz Cinema
The beloved former Cinema 9 movie mainstay on Pacific Avenue will open its doors on Thursday evening with a new name and under new management. Here’s a guide to a night at the movies.
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CEO Spotlight: How Justin White of K&D Landscaping is leading his family’s business forward
As the second-generation CEO of a local family-owned business, Justin White is making waves in his community and disrupting the landscaping industry.
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Viva Califas: Arts organizations come together to highlight the work of local Latinx artists
The Califas Legacy Project throws a much-needed spotlight on the contributions of local visual artists Guillermo Aranda, Carmen Leon, Ralph D’Oliveira, and Amalia Mesa-Bains
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Virtual Watsonville Film Festival is up and running
Take a break from commercial movie platforms, and enjoy a week of independent Latinx films at the 9th Annual Watsonville Film Festival, March 5-13 at watsonvillefilmfest.org. Our community based-film festival will present a selection of 20 award-winning and local films, plus several special events, all for free! Instructions on how to watch are below.
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Juan de las Brujas Trailer (subtitles)
*Guadalajara International Film Festival Premiere & Official Selection, Winner of the Audience Award at Madrid International Film Festival. Additional festivals: Montclair, NewFest, GAZE Dublin, Lima, Mix São Paulo, Guanajuato, ShortsMexico, Zanante, Dance Camera West, San Francisco Latino, Chicago Latino, Dallas, Ville IFF* Honoring 82-year-old Juan Medellín’s legacy as an original company member of Mexico City’s prestigious Ballet Folklórico de Amalia Hernández, Juan de las Brujas is a humble love letter to Mexico born from the director’s first meeting with Medellín on the day of the September 2017 earthquake. With hand-drawn animation illustrating Medellin’s childhood memories and introduction to dance through his heydays with the Ballet during its golden era in the 1960s, the film is both an intimate portrait of a life richly lived and a testament to the power and the force of art.
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JAMAICA & TAMARINDO: AFRO TRADITION IN THE HEART OF MEXICO – TRAILER
The jamaica flower and tamarind are iconic ingredients in Mexico, but their history comes from a place much further away. In Jamaica and Tamarindo: Afro Tradition in the Heart of Mexico, we meet five people to explore African heritage in Mexico City, an identity that goes beyond the color of one’s skin.
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THE GUARDIAN OF MEMORY – TRAILER
Systemic killings continue in Mexico – a genocide covered up or even perpetrated by the Mexican government. Carlos Spector, a U.S. immigration lawyer in El Paso, Texas fights to obtain political asylum for Mexicans fleeing the violence.