Jim Phillips and his eye-popping work for NHS on skateboard wheels is the focus of new show set to tour the world, but it will first bring his iconic work — much of it deep from the NHS archives — to his hometown at the Museum of Art & History. It will continue through the end of the year.
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Cabrillo Festival goes to the burn scar in musical meditation on the devastation of CZU
The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music opens virtually this weekend with “Contested Eden,” a collaboration with local dancers and filmmakers to explore the loss brought about by last summer’s fires.
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Welcome to his world of wonders: Classic Bonny Doon artist Mattie Leeds has kept creative juices flowing
At 71, one of Santa Cruz’s most prominent visual artists for generations has no use for complacency. He even used the extra pandemic isolation to discover the power of Instagram for connecting to other artists.
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Delta readjustments: Rio postpones show, Moe’s institutes vaccination checks, FMH installs new air filters
Local music venues reacted quickly Wednesday after a COVID-19 outbreak was linked to an indoor concert earlier this month at Felton Music Hall. “Hopefully, people will be patient,” the co-owner of Moe’s Alley said.
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A North-South balance to strike: Tina Friend takes job in San Diego; husband Zach ‘committed’ to his supe job
Tina, the Scotts Valley city manager, accepted the same job in the beachside hamlet of Coronado, close to where Zach Friend grew up. But Zach was re-elected in November to a third term overseeing the Second District in Santa Cruz County. The Aptos couple has a 6-year-old son. ‘Racking up a lot of frequent flier miles’ is in his future, Zach says.
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Another wave of Lehrer-mania: Cabrillo Stage celebrates the popularity (and mystery) of iconic satirist
Tom Lehrer, onetime star of musical satire and longtime Santa Cruzan, is the subject of the musical revue “Tomfoolery,” playing Friday through Sunday at the outdoor amphitheater at Cabrillo College.
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‘A pillar of truth and clarity’ calls it a career: Second Harvest CEO Elliott-McCrea set to retire
Willy Elliott-McCrea, a central figure in California’s food-bank ecosystem, will step aside in the summer of 2022. “He should never be taken for granted,” Second Harvest’s board chair said. “When it gets hard, Willy steps up in a way that most people couldn’t.”
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‘Outburst’ for a good cause: Local comics come together for San Francisco comedy icon Will Durst
Santa Cruz’s Richard Stockton headlines a benefit show July 31 at El Vaquero Winery to help Will Durst rehab after a devastating stroke. “He’s more than just a great comic,” Stockton says of the 69-year-old Durst. “He’s been a leader in lifting us all up to be the best we could be.”
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Santa Cruz Shakespeare reawakens: Theater re-emerges leaner yet still oozing with political relevance
Shakespeare returns to the Audrey Stanley Grove at DeLaveaga Park in Santa Cruz for the first time since 2019. The return of in-person theater features a Shakespearean adaptation and a historical play featuring Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass.
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‘Overnight, gone, all of it gone’: Singer Mira Goto was set to go big as the pandemic hit pause
Celebrated Santa Cruz singer/songwriter re-emerges to the spotlight after the pause of 2020, ready to resume her promising career in country music interrupted by the pandemic. During the pause, she took time out to become a mother.