Lookout photojournalist Kevin Painchaud joins writer and poet Nikia Chaney, muralist Augie Escobedo, mixed-media artist Heejin Lee and writer and poet Madeline Aliah as first recipients of the Santa Cruz County Arts Commission’s Spotlight Awards, and they’ll be honored at a First Friday reception.
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Santa Cruz Shakespeare shines as Bard’s buds compile ‘Book of Will’
Lauren Gunderson’s “The Book of Will,” the story of two actors and friends of Shakespeare who take it upon themselves to collect all of Shakespeare’s plays, is perfectly at home in the Grove at DeLaveaga it only seems as though it was written for Santa Cruz Shakespeare to perform.
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One last KPIG go-round for Sleepy John
Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon marks the last airing of “Please Stand By,” the KPIG-FM show “Sleepy” John Sandidge has hosted for more than 30 years, and with a who’s-who guest list, it promises to be a must-listen.
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After playing all over the country, STS9 comes back to new home venue in the Quarry
On Friday and Saturday, Sound Tribe Sector 9 — aka STS9 — will bring its expansive, hypnotic, galactically adventurous sound to the Quarry Amphitheater on the campus of UC Santa Cruz. The two-date appearance marks a follow-up to the band’s first gigs at the Quarry almost exactly a year ago.
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County supervisors gear up to tackle housing plans, mental health courts, Pajaro River levee and CZU recovery
The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors returns from its extended summer break next week. Lookout Politics and Policy correspondent Christopher Neely reached out to all five county supervisors to understand what they foresee as the priority projects and policy discussions coming before the board for the remainder of 2023.
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Santa Cruz police investigating new damage to Black Lives Matter mural
The City of Santa Cruz received a report Saturday evening of blue paint spattered on the Black Lives Matter mural in front of City Hall. The mural was repainted just in late June.
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How Lara Love Hardin survived addiction, incarceration and shame to rebuild her life
As “The Many Lives of Mama Love” hits bookshops Tuesday, the tale by Santa Cruz County author and literary agent Lara Love Hardin of rebounding from rock bottom to stability — and fame — shows a dizzying transformation.
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Five-star dive bars: Max Turigliatto is breathing new life into Santa Cruz’s watering holes
In 2019, local business owner Max Turigliatto transformed the Watering Hole, a neglected dive bar off of Mission Street in Santa Cruz, into a “five-star dive bar” for the Westside community. Now, he plans to open the Alley Oop in the former Poet & Patriot, and looks to put his stamp on downtown and a growing Cedar Street entertainment corridor.
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Last weekend to catch ‘Hunchback’ at Cabrillo Stage
With the final weekend coming up for “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Cabrillo Stage blends the fresh energy of new artistic leadership with the steady hand of an experienced crew.
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Santa Cruz icon Marianne’s Ice Cream opens new Westside location
Marianne’s Ice Cream on Fair Avenue in Santa Cruz is open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and offers around 115 flavors of ice cream in single servings and in containers to-go from all three of brands made on site — Marianne’s, Polar Bear Ice Cream and Treat Ice Cream. The company says it is planning a grand opening for later this summer.