The Flynn Creek Circus is a Mendocino County-based performance troupe making a big splash in Santa Cruz County with a three-week run beginning Dec. 16. In a big-top circus tent in the Capitola Mall parking lot, the theatrical showcase “Winter Fairytale” presents the romance of winter in the guise of multicultural folklore and circus-style entertainment.
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Santa Cruz World Cup fans come out in droves to watch as U.S. battles England to a draw
A rambunctious, standing-room-only crowd filled the Britannia Arms in Capitola Village on Friday as the U.S men’s national soccer team tied England 0-0 in Qatar. The Americans need a victory against Iran on Tuesday to advance to the World Cup’s round of 16.
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Santa Cruz Film Festival 2022 schedule announced
Are you ready for another year of immersive creativity? The Santa Cruz Film Festival returns for their 20th anniversary year, from October 6th to October 9th. In a historic move, the SCFF will be screening in Scotts Valley, CA for the very first time. See the full weekend schedule here >> Featured Films 1. Sam […]
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Top 3 reasons to visit the Tannery Arts Center this winter
As you start to plan your annual celebrations, be sure to add a visit to the Tannery Arts Center to your list of local destinations. To some, the Tannery Arts Center is an enigma. To others, it is home. It’s also a first-in-the-nation, interdisciplinary, and multicultural arts campus providing an accessible, sustainable, and vibrant Home […]
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Santa Cruz County’s parklets are here to stay. What will they look like now?
With COVID-19 restrictions over, Santa Cruz County’s restaurants are at a crossroads: Should they keep their outdoor, pandemic-era dining spaces, even as jurisdictions require more permanent setups? It’s a question of dollars and cents — punctuated by the changing faces of the county’s downtowns.
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From ecological collapse to biodiversity hotspot, Frans Lanting captures our unique ‘Bay of Life’
On Saturday at the Rio, Santa Cruzans Frans Lanting and Chris Eckstrom unveil the Monterey Bay-focused project they’ve been working on through the pandemic. It’s both an appreciation of where we live and a deep exploration, from the redwoods to the bay, of an environment that is near unique on the globe.
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‘You’re the only one who could have written this book’: Bettina Aptheker on ‘Communists in Closets’
UC Santa Cruz professor emerita Bettina Aptheker’s new book delves into the homophobia of the American Communist Party and its repression of LGBTQ members — of which she was one. She’ll talk about “Communists in Closets” and her experience Tuesday at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn at UCSC.
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Santa Cruz’s Catamaran Literary Reader reaches 10-year landmark
The quarterly publication that’s a balance of fine literature and fine art, text and imagery, is the brainchild of Catherine Segurson, who stands atop of pyramid of editors, donors and contributors. “In a way, 10 years feels like a long time,” she says of Catamaran. “But it also feels like we’re just now hitting our stride.”
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UPDATE: Downtown farmers market signs MOU with City of Santa Cruz to establish permanent home
The downtown farmers market has become something of a political hot potato in the politicking around Measure O. While that measure aims to “preserve” Lot 4 for the market, market director Nesh Dhillon has been working to find the best “permanent” home for the Santa Cruz institution. This MOU shows movement on that work.
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Civic minded: Will Santa Cruz ever get the proper performing arts arena it needs and deserves?
Our housing priorities are clear. But where does a modern downtown Santa Cruz performance venue fit in? Discussions are underway about making the next home of the Warriors exactly that — which could render our old Civic Auditorium obsolete.