Downtown Santa Cruz is sorely lacking in establishments catering to the LGBT community — something Frankie Farr is aiming to change with their plans for a “queer café and pub that gives back.”
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Double duty: Locally grown Bob Dylan tribute aims to help small venues, too
Thanks Buddy is one of the Santa Cruz acts contributing to “Happy Birthday Uncle Bob!” to raise money for small clubs and venues while celebrating Dylan’s 80th. Meanwhile, livestreaming shows will honor late KPIG operations manager Laurie Roberts all next week.
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The course of true love never did run smooth: Santa Cruz Shakespeare ready for DeLaveaga return
Tickets go on sale next week for a historic comeback season for Santa Cruz’s most prominent theater company. Productions at the iconic Grove at DeLaveaga Park will see spare casts performing before smaller audiences, but after a year off, “I’m going to try not to cry when it happens,” artistic director Mike Ryan says.
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Oaxaca Norte, con mucho mole: Santa Cruz’s Copal zeroes in on distinctive Mexican culture and cuisine
Almost a year after “a really long soft opening,” Copal is finally ready to brings its full vision of the cuisine and aesthetic of Oaxaca to Santa Cruz diners.
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‘A great time for people to take a risk’: Tour guide sees hope for Santa Cruz food scene kneecapped by COVID
The pandemic sank many of the restaurants on Brion Sprinsock’s local food and architecture tours, and he won’t be resuming them until 2022. But like after the Great Recession, he sees opportunities for those willing and able to seize them.
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Back comes the California Honky Tonk: Hank & Ella with the Fine Country Band return from pandemic break
The pandemic took Hank & Ella with the Fine Country Band off the road and gave the group time to make a new album. Now they’re ready to reengage audiences with their brand of “California honky tonk,” starting Saturday at Michael’s on Main.
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‘My dream institution’: UCSC’s new arts dean has been all over the academic map, says this is the magic place
Filmmaker and scholar Celine Parreñas Shimizu comes to UCSC via stops at SF State, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford and UC Santa Barbara. But her brief previous stop at UCSC showed her a community “so compassionate and full of recognition.” She plans to serve it with her mission to emphasize compassion and social justice.
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The Breakfast Burrito Empire: Pleasure Point favorite makes its mark on Westside
The Point Market on East Cliff Drive has expanded its reach to four outlets, including Pacific Point Market & Cafe between downtown and the wharf — and the breakfast burrito is leading the way.
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‘The Yard At Moe’s Alley’ set to bring the outdoor good vibes of local beer gardens to iconic music house
THE HERE & NOW: The Yard is an uncomplicated, informal, live-music-cold-beer revamping of the patio at stalwart venue Moe’s Alley, and shows there are already selling out as the Santa Cruz music scene emerges from the pandemic.
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‘Honoring our ancestors’ by bringing together traditions of Black people from Africa, North America
This weekend’s Beyond the Grave rituals at Santa Cruz’s Evergreen Cemetery will bring ancient African traditions honoring the dead to the area where London Nelson and other Santa Cruz Black pioneers are buried.