Siran Babayan

Siran Babayan profiles Joe Ortiz and his musical Escaping Queens, a story of family, food, music and survival from Queens to California.

Santa Cruz Guitar Company celebrates 50 years of custom acoustic guitars, sustainable craftsmanship and global influence with a new MAH exhibit honoring founder Richard Hoover and the luthiers behind the legendary local shop.

Cristela Alonzo plays the Rio Theatre Friday In her 2025 Netflix stand-up special, comedian Cristela Alonzo riffed on everything from family vacations to getting into...

A script falls from the sky in Matt & Ben, a clever comedy imagining how Matt Damon and Ben Affleck created Good Will Hunting. The two-woman show runs March 13–22 at Santa Cruz Actors’ Theatre.

“Learning to surf is like learning a language that wants to kill you,” Litt writes in his new memoir, It’s Only Drowning.

Jennifer Kehl's one-woman show pokes fun at not only the social media craze but also how the crass consumerism of internet culture affects the environment.

The Santa Cruz AIDS Project formed to serve men, women and children living with HIV/AIDS in the area.

The idea that “trans people just showed up” is a lie that keeps getting pushed—not only by the right wing, but also by voices...