The Watsonville Film Festival is set to return for its 11th year and will run from March 3rd to 12th. This year’s Festival will feature an exciting line-up of films about Latino art, music and inspiring stories about ordinary people overcoming great obstacles to achieve the extraordinary. The Festival will roll out the Red Carpet […]
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‘Exciting and a little bit terrifying’: Santa Cruz High band set to perform at Carnegie Hall
All 84 members of the Santa Cruz High School band are set to join two choirs and three other bands selected to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York in March as part of the National Youth Choir and Instrument Music Festival. The band was chosen from applications submitted from across the United States.
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Parallel lives: Santa Cruz’s Stephany Buswell and Helene Simkin Jara share stories in new memoirs
The California counterculture of the 1960s and ‘70s is the thread that connects the pair of local writers appearing Monday at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Helene Simkin Jara’s memoir centers on her time as nude-drawing model, while Stephany Buswell’s latest traces a journey that included her fateful introduction to the alchemy of baking.
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Santa Cruz Symphony and Carnegie Hall returns with family concert “Peter & The Wolf”
On February 26th at 2 PM witness the talent of the Santa Cruz Symphony’s student musicians in the highly-anticipated Family Concert, presented in collaboration with Carnegie Hall’s Link Up music education program. Be part of the celebration as the Symphony and Carnegie Hall present Sergei Prokofiev’s classic “Peter & The Wolf” to enthrall audiences of […]
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UCSC set to open new arts and cultural hub on Santa Cruz’s Westside
The Institute of the Arts & Sciences opens its beautiful new Westside space Sunday, marking a new effort on the part of UC Santa Cruz to engage with residents of the city and county.
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Hearts for the Arts silent auction benefits arts education across Santa Cruz County
Love is in the air- and starting February 1st, it will be on the walls at Artisans & agency for the 13th annual Hearts for the Arts silent auction. Featuring 102 heart and love-themed works from local artists, Hearts for the Arts is a fundraiser for Arts Council Santa Cruz County’s arts education programs. Love […]
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Ride Santa Cruz METRO for free on February 4 in support of Transit Equity Week
Start your year off right by supporting local infrastructure and celebrating Transit Equity Week! Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (METRO) will proudly offer free fares countywide on fixed-routes, Hwy-17 and ParaCruz services all day Saturday, Feb. 4, in recognition of Transit Equity Week, a national coalition movement celebrated to commemorate the life and legacy of […]
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‘Bay of Life’ enlarges the vision of what we all call ‘home’
“Bay of Life,” a project from Bonny Doon photographer Frans Lanting and writer Chris Eckstrom, is on display at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History with an idea of providing a comprehensive profile of the Monterey Bay.
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A clown at heart, actor Patty Gallagher ‘works like a demon’ on Santa Cruz stages
Patty Gallagher went back to her childhood to capture Corita Kent for Jewel Theatre’s new production — and found a surprise connection to her character. Esteemed for her work by her peers and much of her audience, Gallagher pays tribute to the support she’s received. “My colleagues have supported and loved me into an artistic career,” she says. “I have this enormous karmic debt to UCSC and to Santa Cruz as an artistic community.”
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Get down at Downtown Fridays now through April 14 in Santa Cruz
Are you ready for incredible nights of food, friends and fun? Downtown Fridays have officially arrived to Santa Cruz! Come out and enjoy live music, galleries, restaurants and more at these downtown get-togethers, every Friday from now through April 14 from 5:00 – 8:30 PM. Bring the whole family for performances from free live bands […]