We meet again, Santa Cruz County. It’s Friday, March 22, and another round of rain is on our doorstep, with precipitation arriving toward afternoon and sticking around right through the weekend.
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Hillary Ojeda brought us news Thursday of a rare fossil find by some curious local students, and now has a Q&A with the Museum of Natural History’s go-to paleontologist on what the giant sloth bone tells us about the Santa Cruz County of eons gone by.
Alix Soliman is here to introduce us in written and video form to Santa Cruz artist Taylor Seamount, who has turned to an environmental art movement called solar punk to cope with what they see as a dystopian reality by reimagining a better future on canvas.
And with Lookout food maven Lily Belli on vacation, our wine expert, Laurie Love, will be pinch-hitting on this week’s Eaters Digest, coming later in newsletter form – and you should read on for a sneak peek with Laurie’s Wine of the Week.
The Friday headlines also include Wallace Baine’s arts and entertainment-focused weekend lookahead, so follow me, won’t you?
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‘Oh my God, that’s a beautiful bone!’ What a rare sloth fossil tells us about ancient Santa Cruz County
Last spring, when local paleontologist Wayne Thompson received a photo of an object that looked like a bone from Tara Redwood School students and their families, he wasn’t sure what to make of it. The object, an ancient sloth fossil, is making history. Here’s Hillary Ojeda’s Q&A with Thompson.
Through paintings, local artist Taylor Seamount reimagines Santa Cruz as an eco-utopia
To combat the hopelessness they feel, Taylor Seamount has turned to an environmental art movement called solar punk – a utopian artistic and literary genre that pictures a world where humanity addresses climate change, environmental destruction and social inequality. Check out the story and video from Alix Soliman.
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May your Friday be a good one, and cheers to a safe, relaxing weekend ahead. See you Monday.
Will McCahill