Roaring Camp will be the scene Sept. 15-17 for the Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival, where the big names include Jewel, Ben Harper and Burning Spear. And you can even take the train there from Santa Cruz.
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Remember to have fun: Lauren Crux and the life lessons of her new book, ‘Difficult Beauty’
Author, artist and psychotherapist Lauren Crux’s latest work is a collection of what she calls “rambles” — short impressions, crafted like poems and meant to be exchanged in the mail, like postcards. She’ll discuss “Difficult Beauty: Rambles, Rants and Intimate Conversations” next week at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
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Fifty years later, hip-hop is still influencing California politics
From police brutality to artificial intelligence, hip-hop artists have been fueling discussions about issues politicians are still grappling with today.
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Santa Cruz County Sheriff investigating after inmate dies
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the death of an inmate Saturday afternoon at the county’s main jail on Water Street in Santa Cruz.
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Daniel in the Warriors’ Den: Santa Cruz MMA pro faces a make-or-break fight, in front of his hometown
Kaiser Permanente Arena will be the scene Friday as Soquel High and Cabrillo College grad Daniel Compton headlines a mixed martial arts card with a bout against Renato Valente that could propel him into the upper echelon of the sport.
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‘She’s a connector’: How Isabel Contreras is building an emerging arts culture for local people of color
“A lot of young folks, they’re just trying to find their way in the world,” one Santa Cruz County arts leader says of 25-year-old Isabel Contreras, who has made a splash with both her art and her community organizing, “but they don’t usually take the kind of leadership that Isabel has taken on. It’s very unusual.”
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What will Cabrillo College renaming mean for arts organizations that share the name?
As Cabrillo College navigates the process of changing its name, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and Cabrillo Stage are keeping an eye on developments. Though it’s not tied to the college, the music festival is “committed to a thoughtful and thorough process for evaluating our name,” while the musical-theater company appears headed for a name change of its own.
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Laughternoon delight: Comedy impresario DNA bringing stand-up series downtown
Comic Amy Miller headlines the first of three Saturday afternoon shows on an outdoor stage at London Nelson Community Center in downtown Santa Cruz. Laughternoon kicks off Aug. 26.
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Improved audience numbers buoy Cabrillo Stage in first season under new leadership
“Compared to the last post-COVID audience numbers, we’re still increasing,” artistic director Andrea L. Hart says after wrapping up her first season at the helm of musical-theater company Cabrillo Stage. No word yet on 2024, but Hart has her eye on “things that feel magical.”
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As old guard passes baton on Santa Cruz arts scene, how will new leaders weather generational shift?
Many of the steady hands that have guided the likes of the Cabrillo Festival and Santa Cruz Shakespeare for years are stepping down even as the performing arts are at a crossroads nationally. There’s no guarantee it will be business as usual as a diverse group of millennials and Gen Z makes up larger shares of potential audiences, and whatever comes next will be fascinating to watch.