Seeing Santa Cruz County’s music scene “on the precipice of a kind of renaissance” — one powered by young people of color — Summer Red and his Sonivore Studio are helping artists break into the music business with the nonprofit Solo Tracks program. He’ll talk more about it during a free panel discussion Friday at the MAH.
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First meeting on potential 2024 Santa Cruz housing bond debates affordable housing, downtown growth
Santa Cruz Mayor Fed Keeley hosted the first of three public meetings on a potential March 2024 housing bond ballot measure, along with City Councilmembers Scott Newsome and Sandy Brown, Director of Economic Development Bonnie Lipscomb and city attorney Tony Condotti.
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Mountain Community Theater’s latest puts the ‘fun’ in ‘funeral’
In “The Viewing Room,” a dead patriarch suddenly sits up at his own funeral and tries to make amends to family. “If we do this right,” says director Peter Gelblum, “there will be some tears along with the laughter.”
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Scripts in hand, 36 North playwrights let audience in on the process
The collective of local playwrights under the 36 North banner kicks off a series of staged readings of new plays Monday — a chance to interact with a live audience and get a sense of what works and what doesn’t.
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Riverfront, first of three big housing developments along San Lorenzo River, is underway
Demolition has begun along Front Street in downtown Santa Cruz for the new complex to be known as the Riverfront Apartments. The Riverfront project represents a big leap forward in the city’s efforts to develop along the San Lorenzo River levee. It is the first of three projects planned for the Front Street corridor along the river between Soquel Avenue and Laurel Street.
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‘Goodbye Bonita Lagoon’: Peter and Donna Thomas bid farewell to a beloved natural landmark with a beautiful new art piece
With the tiny body of water that sits between their Black’s Beach home and the Pacific Ocean disappearing, Donna and Peter Thomas have lovingly crafted what they call a papermaker’s elegy, made with paper literally created from the various plants surrounding Bonita Lagoon.
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UCSC Jewish students, leaders say more has to be done to help students feel safe
Weeks after two antisemitic incidents connected to campus, Jewish students have been meeting with UC Santa Cruz officials to discuss what kinds of support and resources they need on campus. Students and Jewish leaders say they believe antisemitism has been a major problem at UCSC.
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Stephen Kessler’s literary journey takes him to the pinnacle of county’s artist of the year
Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year Stephen Kessler gets the star treatment May 20 in a celebration of his work as a poet and translator in a free event at Kuumbwa Jazz.
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A snapshot in time: Looking back at a 50-year-old photograph showing the glories and shortcomings of Santa Cruz’s literary scene
From the vantage point of a half-century later, Wallace Baine examines an image shot in 1973 on the steps of the now-demolished Cooper House, tracing the paths of George Hitchcock, William Everson, Morton Marcus, Jim Houston and the others whose timelines intersected that weekend morning in Santa Cruz.
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‘An effort to make intolerance normal’: Read reaction to reports that students held a birthday party for Adolf Hitler on UCSC’s campus
Reports that a group of students held a birthday celebration for Adolf Hitler on UCSC’s campus and other recent antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ incidents have drawn widespread condemnation from across Santa Cruz County.