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Slam Poetry
Orton’s crazed spirit lives in JTC’s hilarious ‘What the Butler Saw’
News Briefs: Cookie Candidate, Bar Ballers
“There are so many issues I care deeply about—environmental, social, economic—and this is the chance to really have an impact on them,” says Leonie Sherman, who just announced a bid for Santa Cruz City Council. She contemplates her words carefully and delivers them with bold enthusiasm. “This is the moment.”
God’s Own Garage Sale
Near the open garage door to the Twin Lakes Church bus depot, Laurie Schlaepfer is doing some sorting as she stands watch over a sea of tables, desks and clothing racks—plus a few lamps tucked away in the corner.
The Wesak (Water) Buddha Full Moon Ceremony, Sun in Taurus
Happy Mother’s Day, Sunday, to all mothers in our world. Wednesday is the full moon Wesak Festival. Each year the Lord of the World (Ancient of Days from Venus), our God, sends a blessing to his people on Earth through His intermediaries – the Buddha (who adds Wisdom) and Christ (who adds Love). This occurs at the May full moon in a protected valley in the Himalayas. Pilgrims from all over the world and the New Group of World Servers participate. The festival’s purpose is enlightenment; dispelling glamour, ignorance, confusions and illusions hindering humanity from the Path of Return. Many participate through intention, dreams and visualization. Let’s join them.
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Among those who work with homeless families and individuals, there’s something called the “cycle of homelessness,” a chart of the factors which can throw someone’s life into a continuous spiral of setbacks.
Like Mothers for Chocolate
Mother’s Day delights; plus, La Posta’s assist and Discretion advised
Trouble in Paradise
Visions of Eden collide in real-life mystery thriller ‘The Galapagos Affair’
Searching for Papiba
Offstage, the man behind SambaDá has other deep ties to Santa Cruz
Way Outside the Box
MAH’s Third Friday event showcases Santa Cruz’s flair for cutting-edge design and technology
Garden of Sonic Delights
Can the Edge of Eden Festival change UCSC’s image? As the stream of Coachellagrams begins to dwindle, and that hollow, empty feeling begins to sink in, it’s time to ask yourself: can you make it until the next music festival? Just in time, here’s something you don’t have to sell your bike, Pokémon collection and soul...
Slam Poetry
Orton’s crazed spirit lives in JTC’s hilarious ‘What the Butler Saw’ Spoiler alert: there is no butler in What the Butler Saw. But there’s plenty to see and enjoy in Joe Orton’s scabrously funny 1967 comedy, as performed by the Jewel Theatre Company. This production concludes JTC’s ninth season with a bang, literally: it’s a slamming-door...
News Briefs: Cookie Candidate, Bar Ballers
“There are so many issues I care deeply about—environmental, social, economic—and this is the chance to really have an impact on them,” says Leonie Sherman, who just announced a bid for Santa Cruz City Council. She contemplates her words carefully and delivers them with bold enthusiasm. “This is the moment.” Sherman left Massachusetts in 1995 to...
God’s Own Garage Sale
Near the open garage door to the Twin Lakes Church bus depot, Laurie Schlaepfer is doing some sorting as she stands watch over a sea of tables, desks and clothing racks—plus a few lamps tucked away in the corner. As Schlaepfer and fellow organizers of the World’s Biggest Garage Sale ready for their fourth annual event,...
The Wesak (Water) Buddha Full Moon Ceremony, Sun in Taurus
Happy Mother’s Day, Sunday, to all mothers in our world. Wednesday is the full moon Wesak Festival. Each year the Lord of the World (Ancient of Days from Venus), our God, sends a blessing to his people on Earth through His intermediaries – the Buddha (who adds Wisdom) and Christ (who adds Love). This occurs at the May...
From The Editor
Plus Letters To the Editor Among those who work with homeless families and individuals, there’s something called the “cycle of homelessness,” a chart of the factors which can throw someone’s life into a continuous spiral of setbacks. Here in Santa Cruz, we have something that might be called a “cycle of homelessness awareness.” It circled around...
Like Mothers for Chocolate
Mother’s Day delights; plus, La Posta’s assist and Discretion advised Art, chocolate, and Mother’s Day weekend—a concept made in heaven. OK, promotional heaven. Nonetheless, what mother doesn’t love chocolate? Mine would throw me under the bus for anything containing cacao. So you might want to treat your mom to a delightful walkabout in the Live Oak...
Trouble in Paradise
Visions of Eden collide in real-life mystery thriller ‘The Galapagos Affair’ It’s a fantasy as old as time. From Utopia to Walden, from the Swiss Family Robinson to the hippie communes of the ‘70s, who hasn’t entertained the idea—at least for a moment—of leaving the vice and folly of the material world behind and carving out...
Searching for Papiba
Offstage, the man behind SambaDá has other deep ties to Santa Cruz A stage name is one thing, but Alexandre Godinho’s is so deeply ingrained in his identity that even his mother calls him by it. His unusual nom de guerre “Papiba” is derived from a Brazilian tongue twister, papibaquigrafo, which is apparently impossible for Portuguese-speakers...
Way Outside the Box
MAH’s Third Friday event showcases Santa Cruz’s flair for cutting-edge design and technology Three years ago, Andrew Meave was struck with the idea of translating brain waves into light and music, and projecting them in an enclosed space. Armed only with the vision and a drive to manifest it, Meave taught himself computer programing, and built...