A new book by San Lorenzo Valley author Emerson Murray, ‘The Murder Capital of the World,’ is largely the story of three local but otherwise unrelated men — John Linley Frazier, Herbert Mullin, and Edmund Kemper — each lost in his own depraved psychological pathology. The book is a thorough, unflinching, and deeply frightening oral-history-style account of the times and its crimes.
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BOLO Best Bets: Comedy festival, Shakespeare, skate art highlight our picks
Centered on creating beautiful, meaningful experiences out of flea market finds, Lori Powell’s thriving Santa Cruz…
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When laughter comes to the rescue: Santa Cruz Comedy Festival set to relieve late-summer anxiety
Kicking off Saturday outdoors at Laurel Park, the festival is the brainchild of comedian DNA of DNA’s Comedy Lab and the latest iteration of the “evolve or perish” approach he’s been riding since even before the COVID-19 pandemic threw a giant wrench into everything.
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The man who laughed through loss, wasted no time & found himself in literature: A eulogy for Fred Reiss
Last week, Fred Reiss ran out of time. The long-time Santa Cruz-based writer, comedian, and radio personality finally died of cancer, with which he was involved in a ferocious years-long battle. Cancer took his life at the age of 66. Wallace Baine shares his fond memories of Fred.
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BOLO Best Bets: Cabrillo Fest’s final weekend, First Friday art galore and plenty of ways to get outdoors
From the Tannery to the MAH, Midtown to the Westside and Ben Lomond to Felton, Laurel Bushman of Lookout’s Team BOLO has…
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Cabrillo Festival goes to the burn scar in musical meditation on the devastation of CZU
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music opens virtually this weekend with “Contested Eden,” a collaboration with local dancers and filmmakers to explore the loss brought about by last summer’s fires.
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BOLO Best Bets: Cabrillo Festival’s stunning debut, studio tours in Bonny Doon, stand-up comedy and much more
Centered on creating beautiful, meaningful experiences out of flea market finds, Lori Powell’s thriving Santa Cruz…
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Welcome to his world of wonders: Classic Bonny Doon artist Mattie Leeds has kept creative juices flowing
At 71, one of Santa Cruz’s most prominent visual artists for generations has no use for complacency. He even used the extra pandemic isolation to discover the power of Instagram for connecting to other artists.
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Delta readjustments: Rio postpones show, Moe’s institutes vaccination checks, FMH installs new air filters
Local music venues reacted quickly Wednesday after a COVID-19 outbreak was linked to an indoor concert earlier this month at Felton Music Hall. “Hopefully, people will be patient,” the co-owner of Moe’s Alley said.
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Another wave of Lehrer-mania: Cabrillo Stage celebrates the popularity (and mystery) of iconic satirist
Tom Lehrer, onetime star of musical satire and longtime Santa Cruzan, is the subject of the musical revue “Tomfoolery,” playing Friday through Sunday at the outdoor amphitheater at Cabrillo College.