UnScruz returns to bring Burning Man home
The spirit of self-expression and inclusiveness is the prevailing culture of the Burning Man community, and with tens of thousands of people flocking to Black Rock City, Nev., every year, its influence has spread around the globe.
Open Streets takes over Capitola this weekend
Over tea at the new Midtown Cafe, Saskia Lucas and I are chatting about Open Streets. The founder and director of Open Streets Santa Cruz County, Lucas playfully calls the event a gateway drug.
ReelWork May Labor Day Film Festival, Measure F
Plus Letters To the Editor
Though I grew up on Star Wars, I didn’t discover the true potential of science fiction until I read the mind-bending work of Philip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard in high school. These authors wrote about ideas in a way that ultimately had very little to do with “speculative fiction,” and everything to do with the questions that are at the core of our existence: What does it mean to be human? What is the true nature of reality? Is the Buddha in the park? (OK, that last one was just for VALIS fans.)
‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ reveals what could be the best sci-fi movie never made
They call it “the greatest science fiction movie never made.”
Colin Quinn holds nothing back in his one-man show
In his new one-man show, Unconstitutional—which comes to The Rio Friday—Colin Quinn is the everyman, trying to help others gain perspective on a planet experiencing daily sea change. From serial killers to the finer points of the evolution of our species, Quinn’s inquisitive mind knows no bounds.
As she comes to Santa Cruz to speak at this week’s Anthropocene Conference, science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin tells GT how her life and work have been affected by Taoism and anarchism.
Does Santa Cruz need campaign finance reform?
Every competitor knows the importance of setting clear rules before the start of a game, tournament or season—whether it’s a pick-up game in the park or the NBA. Should an election be any different? Of course not.
How white wines are getting him through a mid-life crisis
Driving with Richard Alfaro through his extensive vineyards in full spring green, I get a quick snapshot of what his ever-expanding winery is up to.
Haunted ex-POW confronts past in ‘Railway Man’
Is revenge really sweet? Even when one has been horribly wronged—in a wartime setting, for instance—is an eye-for-an-eye style of vengeance ever really justified? Indeed, can any amount of revenge ever compensate for the original injury? These are issues grappled with in The Railway Man, a handsome and quietly moving drama adapted from the bestselling 1995 nonfiction memoir by Eric Lomax, who, as a young British army officer, survived brutal conditions in a Japanese POW camp during World War II.
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