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In the Metro Santa Cruz Summer Guide, we look at how the unheralded heroes behind the scenes make Shakespeare Santa Cruz's 'Hamlet' happen.

Event Horizon: Summertime, and the livin' is busy. So here are our Top 10 picks for the biggest happenings around Santa Cruz County.

You're Not From Around Here, Are You?: A quick guide to staple Santa Cruz attractions for outsiders who want to get in and insiders looking to get out this summer.

Can't We All Just Get a Longboard?: It's a wet jungle out there sometimes, but here at Metro Santa Cruz, our wish is for peace on surf this summer, as a longtime local surfer trips through the ABCs of Santa Cruz area surf spots.

The Offbeaten Path: Do your part to keep Santa Cruz weird by checking out some of the stranger sights of Santa Cruz this summer on our Weird Downtown Walking Tour.

Nüz: Frat Fry.

Maori Moves: A young girl reaches her destiny in 'Whale Rider.'

Once on an Island: In Emanuele Crialese's 'Respiro,' a free-spirited woman fights to breathe free in a tradition-bound village.

Magic Mirah: The cutest voice in indie rock speaks out.

The Rock Show: The KPIG Swine Soiree; Klezmer-Tinged Russian Straight-Legged Romps; Dan Bern.

'Pier' Pressure: Ann Packer's unflinching look at emotional tension and physical trauma has everyone buzzing about 'The Dive From Clausen's Pier.'

The Falafel Monty: Santa Cruz ethno-gastronomists are willing to drop everything for those crunchy spheres of spiced garbanzo paste.