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On a new roll, roller derby revs up for the season
The Derby Girls transfixed crowds at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium for years. Now, they reboot to meet post-pandemic realities.
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Wallace Baine: Managing the media maelstrom for the sake of mental health
No one of conscience can afford to turn off the news of the world, Wallace Baine writes, but for our own good, we must step away from the fire hose of the doomscroll in favor of the books, movies or whatever represents our emotional homeland to keep ourselves in balance.
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EATERS DIGEST: Chicken Foot fundraises for Ukraine; Venus releases California-grown agave spirit
The Westside’s Venus Spirits is among the first distillers in the Golden State to use only California-grown agave, part of a move to drought-resistant agriculture, while chef Jessica Yarr is honoring her Ukrainian heritage with a series of events.
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Karen Joy Fowler explores a famous American family in her latest novel
“Booth” is not primarily a story of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, but of his family as a whole — and it’s out Tuesday, the same day its author, Santa Cruz’s Karen Joy Fowler, takes part in an in-person discussion on the UCSC campus.
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BOLO Best Bets: Big-name authors, ambitious music and art … and Boba Fett
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A sprawling canvas of COVID times
“This Is Now,” at the Radius Gallery at the Tannery, downtown’s Curated By the Sea and the R. Blitzer Gallery on the Westside, is an exhibition featuring 150 local artists that comes as audiences grow more comfortable returning to venues.
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‘People are waiting — they don’t have their money’: How long are Californians waiting for rent relief?
A new study says that California has sent rent relief to only 16% of applicants, who are waiting months. The state disputes the analysis, but according to its figures, only 41% of applicants have been paid.
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A hands-on introduction for your creative kids: Santa Cruz Symphony partners with Carnegie Hall
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Santa Cruz’s Ukrainian sister city is long way from war, but deeply entwined in its cultural conflict
The Black Sea resort town of Alushta has been part of the Soviet Union and Ukraine, then under the control of Russia, since it became a Santa Cruz sister city in 1987. And it doesn’t get less complicated from there, Wallace Baine found.