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City Life
Fun for kids is back: Santa Cruz Parks and Rec announces summer activity lineup
Youth summer camps and fun classes are making a comeback in Santa Cruz. The city parks department has announced a long list of activities. Here’s how to sign up.
Red Rocks in the Redwoods? Exploring the Quarry Amphitheatre’s potential to become an elite concert venue
Newly renovated and reopened in 2017, the Quarry at UC Santa Cruz was shut down for a year due to the pandemic. Now, it’s working to be a player in the wired future for live music in the post-COVID-19 world.
The Joy Truck Club: Tandy Beal leads caravan of free performance art to Santa Cruz’s neighborhood parks
As part of Tandy Beal’s new Keep On Truckin’ program, every weekend through mid-June a highly accomplished professional artist will entertain audiences for free in a neighborhood park near you. So how do you follow along? Read below.
When he endured racism at a Santa Cruz donut shop last year, Spike Wong did what he does: He wrote about it
Santa Cruz playwright and actor Steve “Spike” Wong, a former schoolteacher, talked to Lookout Santa Cruz about the growing racist aggression against Asian-Americans, his fear for his own son’s safety and what his father’s true-blue American heroism means to him.
Santa Cruz’s downtown 418 Project is on the move — will it need a new name?
The dance and performance-oriented community space will be moving from its Front Street location to the former Regal Riverfront Twin
Art returns to walls of Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History for first in-person exhibit there since 2020
Combining art and science, the Museum of Natural History will open its doors in mid-April for its 33rd annual Art of Nature exhibit, showcasing local artists inspired by California’s natural beauty. There will be a virtual component that kicks off this week, too.
When ‘Keeping it fun’ turns into a craft brew revolution: Talking shop with Humble Sea
Co-founder Frank Scott Krueger says expansion of the four-year-old operation is indeed fun because it makes it easier to get their beer into the hands of the people who crave it. But they’ll admit, even they didn’t see this “surreal” adventure unfolding four years ago.
A humble return to roots: Local favorite Humble Sea announces takeover of Cremer House in Felton
Westside staple Humble Sea Brewing announced a tri-county expansion earlier this year. Now, two of those pieces are official: A new operation opens next month in Pacifica and plans for an expansion to Felton are now officially in the works.
Food Truck Friday and West Cliff Outdoor Market to debut this weekend
The twin events on West Cliff Drive figure to be a regular monthly feature for the rest of the year.

