Enzo Pelliccia’s Emozioni Patisserie looks to import the finest standards of French and Italian deserts to Live Oak. “It kinda scares me,” he says of opening amid the pandemic. “But at the same time it gives me strength and the power to do this. I need to do it.”
Wallace Baine
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Workers at iconic Bookshop Santa Cruz vote to unionize
Employees at Bookshop Santa Cruz voted by a count of 18-10 to joined the Communications Workers of America. Now, they enter into contract negotiations with Bookshop for a long-term contract
Posted inCity Life
Bill Welch’s greatest hits: The Moe’s Alley maestro runs down his all-time favorite acts
Bill Welch of Moe’s Alley looks back on 28 years of live performances and remembers the performers that made his job magical
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Moe’s Alley, a Santa Cruz music staple, is changing ownership
The venue announced on Twitter that longtime owner Bill Welch is selling the business.
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Why did actor Edward James Olmos turn up at a Pajaro Valley Unified school board meeting?
It turns out the actor has a youth cinema program that works with PVUSD students — and, like others, he was none too pleased about the sudden ouster of schools chief Michelle Rodriguez.
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More Dream Inn ‘vertical concerts’ coming up, new poet laureate and more
THE HERE & NOW: The Dream Inn looks to recapture the magic of a crazy Halloween experiment; the life and legacy of Jory Post to be celebrated; Cali Roots kicks the can down the road; the county has a new poet laureate; food trucks forever
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‘A lot we’re learning from this process’: Keith Greeninger celebrates new norm with livestream concert
THE HERE & NOW: For Santa Cruz County musician Keith Greeninger, online concerts aren’t merely a stopgap until things are normal again. They are, instead, a new kind of presentation for live music that will not be going away, even if COVID-19 does.
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MLK Day meets the inauguration . . . and another Reflection Season is upon us
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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21 for ’21: Cat Willis dances in the space between public health and community advocacy
As the founder and executive director of the Tannery World Dance & Cultural Center, Cat Willis is leading the way in the center’s evolution from a dance studio to a community stronghold.
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You have another chance to support fire victims by watching stream of ‘Love You Madly’
‘Love You Madly,’ the ambitious musical fundraising effort on behalf of Santa Cruz County fire victims, returns with a re-broadcast of its Dec. 5 show, after having raised more than $100,000.