Weekender Archives

On Friday, Talking Heads keyboardist/guitarist Jerry Harrison and guitarist Adrian Belew (of King Crimson, among others) played the Quarry Amphitheater at UC Santa Cruz. During their "Remain In Light" tour, they're playing the Talking Heads' 1980 album of that name track by track.

Arts & Entertainment

Weekender: Kevin Morby’s Quarry mini-festival, Watsonville arts perking up and how to pronounce !!Con

by Wallace Baine August 22, 2024August 22, 2024

Recommendations, news and notes from the world of Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment from Lookout’s Wallace Baine.

Arts & Entertainment

Weekender: RIP Greg Kihn, SC Shakespeare going strong and channeling your inner SpongeBob

by Wallace Baine August 15, 2024August 15, 2024

The weekend is nearly here, and Wallace Baine is serving up recommendations, news and notes from Santa Cruz County arts and entertainment.

Tammi Brown, Santa Cruz County's 2024 artist of the year, playing the keyboard

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Weekender: Remembering CZU, October comedy invasion, Cabrillo Fest finale and thinking of Tammi Brown

by Wallace Baine August 8, 2024August 8, 2024

What’s happening around Santa Cruz County’s arts & entertainment scene? Wallace Baine knows.

Cristian Măcelaru, music director and conductor for the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. Live music in Santa Cruz County.

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Weekender: Lori Rivera at Cabrillo Stage, Santa Cruz Ballet closes, ‘Ties That Bind’ First Friday

by Wallace Baine August 1, 2024August 1, 2024

WEEKENDER August 1, 2024 Hi friends, Less than two weeks ago, the phrase “coconut-pilled” was pure gibberish. Now, it’s a movement poised to save American democracy. What buzz phrase will be dominating political discourse a month from now? Go ahead and give it your wildest guess. You can’t possibly out-weird reality. Now, on with the […]

Jan Harwood wearing a button reading "Raging Granny Groupie"

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Weekender: A rager of a granny, theater of all kinds, Keanu’s coming and whether TJ’s needs a new DJ

by Wallace Baine July 25, 2024July 25, 2024

WEEKENDER July 25, 2024 Hi friends, Welp, if you like your dark irony served piping hot, there’s this: Last Sunday broke the record for the single hottest day ever recorded across the globe in human history. And then, Monday broke that record. Meanwhile, the most popular movie of the summer is a movie about extreme […]

Members of the folklorico troupe Esperanza Del Valle performing

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Weekender: Calling long-distance grandparents, paging Sinclair Lewis, and turn out for Pedro the Lion, theater and folklorico

by Wallace Baine July 18, 2024July 18, 2024

Wallace Baine has your roadmap to the weekend and beyond in Santa Cruz County arts and entertainment.

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Weekender: Talking Heads, Endless Summer movie night, Symphony donation, The 418 news

by Wallace Baine July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

WEEKENDER July 11, 2024 Editor’s note: a previous version of “Weekender” included an error in identifying the donors of a record $1 million gift to the Santa Cruz Symphony. The late Roy Chambers-Bray was the husband of Mark Chambers-Bray. Hi friends, The news is troubling on the California wildfire front. Here’s hoping that all of […]