Whether Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz somehow reverts to its pre-pandemic ways on Sunday evening or not, it appears Halloween might be swerving toward a more mature version of itself that can be echoed by the increased awareness around Dia de Los Muertos.
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Watsonville’s Día de los Muertos observance a poignant response to 2020’s trauma and turmoil
“It’s not just an art show. It’s not just a Mexican practice. There are real sadnesses out there, real in our community,” says the curator of Pajaro Valley Arts’ “Mi Casa es Tu Casa exhibit, a community-wide effort to bring the spirit of honoring the dead to bear in the face of COVID, wildfire and more events of the past year.
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WALLACE BAINE: Why this Westside neighborhood’s DIY crisis management plan needs to become a thing
The county’s CERT office said that the fires and the pandemic brought about a spike in interest in neighborhood self-reliance in emergency preparedness. While that interest has begun to sag in many areas, one group of neighbors on Santa Cruz’s Westside is helping to set a standard for what such planning should look like.
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An exploration of heritage: Author links Santa Cruz, Japan through art, catastrophe in new novel
Local writer Andrew Kumasaka is a third-generation Japanese American who used the events of the 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, which even affected Santa Cruz, as a key part of his plot line in “All Gone Awry.”
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The Joe behind Joze: New ‘Foodie’ doc pays tribute to a Santa Cruz culinary legend
“Foodie for the People,” showing the next two Wednesdays at the Del Mar, is a portrait of Jozseph Schultz and the community he helped create in Santa Cruz both inside his India Joze restaurant and among those less fortunate.
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Man behind the murals: County names Yermo Aranda Artist of the Year
“You’re giving people the tools to create something that is monumental,” Yermo Aranda says of enlisting community members — often schoolchildren — in creating culturally significant murals in and around his adopted hometown of Watsonville. He’ll be honored Saturday in a virtual event that also features the dance troupe he co-founded.
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WALLACE BAINE: On the anniversary of the ’89 quake, imagining a Santa Cruz where it never happened
While it would not be right to think of the 1989 Loma Prieta quake as a “blessing,” it’s worth considering the ways in which downtown Santa Cruz was re-envisioned — and whether that would’ve ever happened without the natural disaster.
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Pivot’s latest pivot: Uniquely Santa Cruz fashion event lands at the Tannery
Pivot: The Art of Fashion has found homes at the Rio, the Wrigley Building and, last year, on a screen, and this year the high-profile Santa Cruz fashion show and performance-art showcase moves outdoors at the Tannery and adds other live elements.
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WALLACE BAINE: Is it time to jettison the name ‘Cabrillo’? Or, in fact, time to double down on it?
In his new Sunday column, our Wally takes a cue from the original Wally who is credited for the naming of Cabrillo College way back in the day. You’ve got to wait for it, but our Wally provides a pretty compelling alternative. Check it out and then offer up your own opinion.
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Living the dream: Santa Cruz filmmaking duo makes the break for Hollywood
Before heading south to take their shot at Hollywood glory of one kind or another, Drew Crocker and Erik Gandolfi will show all of their comic shorts in one program on an outdoor screen at the Tannery.
