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The ‘Hush’ homecoming of Santa Cruz’s jazz twin forces Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf

Jazz musicians Pascal (left) and Remy Le Boeuf, who grew up in Santa Cruz

Remy and Pascal Le Boeuf have each carved out an impressive career as a composer, instrumentalist, band leader and teacher, including 2023 Grammy nominations for each. They reunite Thursday at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, a favorite haunt since their formative years. Wallace Baine sets the scene.

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Male leaders: We need you to help us imagine a world without sexual violence; join us Wednesday

women and men hold candles at a Take Back the Night event

Longtime activist and former “meat dress” wearer Ann J. Simonton wants to see attitudes about sexual violence change in her lifetime. A survivor of male sexual violence since the age of 14, she believes it’s possible. “In my lifetime, I’ve seen the unlikely turnaround of public action and opinion around the use of tobacco,” she writes in a Community Voices opinion piece, noting, “humans are obviously capable of dramatic social change.” She invites the community to a Wednesday discussion hosted by the City of Santa Cruz’s Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women. Read her op-ed here.

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Max Chun is the general-assignment correspondent at Lookout Santa Cruz. Max’s position has pulled him in many different directions, seeing him cover development, COVID, the opioid crisis, labor, courts...