Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Friends, Big buzzy weekend ahead, with perhaps the most ambitious First Friday this year, big Pride activities throughout the weekend, and the […]
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Weekender: Sleepy John’s goodbye, Carlin remembered and a full June ahead
Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Hi friends, Memorial Day is upon us, and let’s hope this solemn observance can forever stay above the increasingly bitter political polarization […]
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Weekender: Celebrate Esperanza’s 40th, remembering Audrey as Shakespeare robustly returns and a packed B9 to peruse
Be the first to know about the latest in entertainment, arts and culture news. Sign up to get story alerts from Wallace delivered straight to your phone. And check out previous Weekenders here. Raise your hand if you took a blurry, indistinct, way-too-far-away photo of the blood moon earlier this week with your cell phone. […]
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Weekender: Cabrillo Fest turns 60; Smoke Chaser dreams of California summer; ‘Mulholland’ on the big screen
Those chilly spring Monterey Bay winds aren’t cooling down the excitement of the approaching summer. Too cold for swimsuits and tank tops? Maybe. But to paraphrase Ned Stark from an HBO show hardly anyone watched: “Summer Is Coming.” To help you get your bearings on the upcoming weekend and beyond, check out Baine’s Nine (we […]
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Weekender: Moms, monsters, free music and a bewitching trivia question
Happy Mother’s Day to every mom out there, living or otherwise, human or otherwise (y’know, pets don’t usually get flowers and they need love, too). If Mom’s picking out the weekend’s entertainment, please let her know about our curated Baine’s Nine list of great things to do. The “B9” is my checklist of reasons this […]
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Weekender: Never too early to treat Mom, and summer is fast approaching
Pro tip for anyone with a mother: Yes, Mother’s Day is more than a full week away yet. But beating the crowd and taking Mom to the symphony, David Sedaris or Literary Trivia Night this weekend could check off a lot of boxes. A new month is upon us — known locally by glass-half-empty types […]
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Weekender: Outside Lands announced; big summer solstice for local music fans; Hunter Thompson at MAH
In case you’re coming late to the party, Weekender is my way to keep you plugged in on what’s happening in Santa Cruz County in the coming days … or weeks, or months. Our “best bets”-style picks of the week are now reimagined as Baine’s Nine, my curated list of the most promising or intriguing […]
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Weekender: A flourish of festivals, another helping of Joze and bearish on trivia
Email outage: Didn’t receive Weekender via email? We’re experiencing a technical outage with our email provider and working to get it resolved. Until then, you can see each of our newsletters on the site by searching their name. They say you have your whole life to write that first novel, but just a few months […]
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Weekender: Crisis at Actors’ Theatre; Mountain Winery lineup announced; the debut of the B9
Welcoming readers to a new email newsletter is a lot like greeting those first customers in a new retail business. You hope they like the decor and the vibe you’re laying down, and trust they’ll stick around a bit and come back again. Maybe — dare we to dream? — they’ll tell their friends. This […]