Felton Music Hall has designed a pod-based live experience to keep music fans safely distanced as they enjoy the bands they remember from pre-pandemic times.
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PHOTOS | Indoor yoga returns to Santa Cruz County under a fitting reopening-tier color: orange
Santa Cruz County’s move into the orange tier of COVID-19 restrictions on Wednesday allowed for various businesses to reopen — including the beloved Yoga studios.
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Opening curtain of ‘normal’: Locals turn out as Santa Cruz Cinema welcomes public back to the movies
THE HERE & NOW: The unlikely revival of a downtown Santa Cruz movie house was greeted with a modest opening-night audience Thursday. But expectations are high that a return to big crowds is just around the corner.
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Everything you need to know about opening night this evening at the ‘new’ Santa Cruz Cinema
The beloved former Cinema 9 movie mainstay on Pacific Avenue will open its doors on Thursday evening with a new name and under new management. Here’s a guide to a night at the movies.
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HOME is where the heart is when it comes to pandemic restaurant resiliency
While so many others retrenched over the past year, Brad Briske and Linda Ritten tripled down on their commitment to bringing the best of fresh local food to people’s tables.
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Will the Nick ever show movies again? Owner won’t offer up any reassurances
THE HERE & NOW: When will Santa Cruz’s beloved old arthouse cinema the Nickelodeon reopen again? The answer lies somewhere on a continuum between probably, maybe, and nobody knows.
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One man, one journey, one wheel: How Jon Barclay has ridden back from the brink on his beloved unicycle
THE HERE & NOW: Santa Cruz’s Jon Barclay is planning on circumnavigating the globe via unicycle. Returning to the roots of what he loves has helped him battle anxiety and depression.
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Santa Cruz police investigating officers accused of racism during response to alleged nightclub assault
A blog post this week by a Black Muslim woman details an alleged violent attack by security guards at the Catalyst Club on Santa Cruz’s Pacific Avenue — and a “rude, callous, patronizing and racist” response by police.
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QUIZ: How well do you know Santa Cruz history and culture?
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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UC Santa Cruz alum Gillian Welch takes home folk-music Grammy
Welch, a child of Hollywood who credits Santa Cruz for turning her toward traditional music, came away with a Grammy for Best Folk Album Sunday.