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Don Fritz makes his paintings and ceramic sculpture look like child’s play
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Film, Times & Events: Week of May 29
Films This Week
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What will Santa Cruz be like in the future?
society that is more awakened and realizes its own value and the beauty of the stunning Earth.
Marguerite Clifford, Felton, Nutrition Health Care
Be Our Guest: Bonny Doon Art & Wine Festival
Win tickets to the Bonny Doon Art & Wine Festival on SantaCruz.com
California Swampgrass
California Swampgrass might seem like a weird name for a Santa Cruz band, as there are no swamps around these parts, but the members of the California Swampgrass Band have in fact spent their fair share of time in the Georgia swamplands, playing traditional bluegrass.
Drop That Hose
This Santa Cruz water cop has begun his patrol
The Main Avant
Jozseph Schultz caters New Music Works’ 35th annual Avant Garden Party, plus brews for a cause
Oak Family Trees
Ann Packer branches out in her new novel, while once again rooting her characters in startling realism
Faire Shake
From New Orleans funk to homegrown roots, Redwood Mountain Faire is back with a beat
From The Editor
Plus Letters To the Editor I’m sometimes asked why we don’t do more travel stories. They are a fixture of newspaper feature pages, for sure. And god knows Santa Cruz has some world-class travelers, going to amazing places. But the truth is, travel writing is much harder than people think. It’s not just telling readers about...
Film, Times & Events: Week of May 29
Films This WeekCheck out the movies playing around town.With: Reviews Movie Times click here.Santa Cruz area movie theaters > ....... New This Week ALOHA Bradley Cooper stars in this romantic comedy-drama from Cameron Crowe (Almost Famous) about a military contractor returning home to Hawaii to find an old girlfriend—but finds himself falling for the female Air...
What will Santa Cruz be like in the future?
society that is more awakened and realizes its own value and the beauty of the stunning Earth. Marguerite Clifford, Felton, Nutrition Health Care I hope in the future Santa Cruz is a little more diverse; it’s kinda very Caucasian at the moment. Nathan West, Business Owner, Santa Cruz ...
Be Our Guest: Bonny Doon Art & Wine Festival
Win tickets to the Bonny Doon Art & Wine Festival on SantaCruz.com Need an excuse to get up to Bonny Doon? How about art, wine, mingling in the mountains, and supporting a cause? A benefit for the Bonny Doon Community School Foundation, the Bonny Doon Art & Wine Festival brought in more than $45,000 for the...
California Swampgrass
California Swampgrass might seem like a weird name for a Santa Cruz band, as there are no swamps around these parts, but the members of the California Swampgrass Band have in fact spent their fair share of time in the Georgia swamplands, playing traditional bluegrass. “We’ve all experienced that Georgia thing. It’s kind of a way...
Drop That Hose
This Santa Cruz water cop has begun his patrol If you left your sprinklers on too long, or you’ve watered your lawn so much that your street looks like a river, you’d better watch out—there’s a new sheriff in town. As of May 1, Kyle Smith started patrolling Santa Cruz looking for people violating the strict...
The Main Avant
Jozseph Schultz caters New Music Works’ 35th annual Avant Garden Party, plus brews for a cause Hard to believe that the annual New Music Works Avant Garden Party and afternoon concert is 35 years old. This has always been one of those delicious old-fashioned outdoor concerts of edgy new music, wine and scrumptious appetizers. I fondly...
Boy Toy
Don Fritz makes his paintings and ceramic sculpture look like child’s play Surfer ceramics, retro printmaking, and colorful paintings filled with wayward boys and girls—all this and more fulfills the restless creativity of Santa Cruz artist Don Fritz. With shows in Japan, South Korea, New York, Seattle and Hollywood under his belt, Fritz has come a...
Oak Family Trees
Ann Packer branches out in her new novel, while once again rooting her characters in startling realism It’s impossible to drive through Portola Valley without noting the stately guardians dotting its hillsides—and, no, I’m not talking about the dot-com mansions that seem to metastasize every year. I’m talking about the coastal live oaks. These majestic, sprawling...
Faire Shake
From New Orleans funk to homegrown roots, Redwood Mountain Faire is back with a beat It’s Creole on the California coast this weekend, as the Redwood Mountain Faire goes New Orleans. Featuring the Bay Area’s own California Honeydrops, who do second-line music so well that they were invited to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival,...