Pop parody, faux-faith merge in Cabrillo Stage’s energetic ‘Altar Boyz’ To kick off its 2014 summer musical theater season, Cabrillo Stage delivers a terrific production of an oddball show, Altar Boyz. A long- running hit that ran off-Broadway from 2005 to 2010, the show is designed as a revue-style jukebox musical; it purports to be a...

The Santa Cruz 11 dwindle in number, but the case crawls into its 29th month This summer, the case against several activists who illegally occupied the former Wells Fargo bank at 75 River St. in 2011 will continue to crawl slowly along at Santa Cruz Superior Court. It would be too early to say things are...

Cedar Street Video to close after 10 years at downtown location Anyone who enjoys browsing Cedar Street Video in downtown Santa Cruz has about two weeks left to do so. Owner Sammi Abed announced Monday that he’ll be closing the store and selling off its DVD inventory between now and mid-July, ending a 10-year run of...

As a murderer with a long record is sentenced, Santa Cruz rolls out a new program for dealing with chronic offenders It was a rainy November night when Jeremiah Long beat fellow homeless man Robert Powers in the head with a skateboard, leaving him to die by his campsite near Santa Cruz’s Depot Park. Long and...

Carded by the Feds Immigration reform has taken a beating this year, and with the defeat of Eric Cantor in the Virginia GOP Senate primary, prognostications have turned even worse. In California, however, the biggest immigration battle right now isn’t even over policy—it’s purely cosmetic. Last month, federal officials rejected the design for licenses made possible...

Too much plot can't stop the music in Clint Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ Director Clint Eastwood makes no attempt to disguise the stage origins of Jersey Boys, his film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. Why would he? The “jukebox musical” built around the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons was a huge hit when...

Stone fruit sorbet and wild Monterey Bay salmon are both in season David Kumec, guru of Mission Hill Creamery's outrageous hand-crafted ice creams and sorbets, alerted me about his latest sexy seasonal flavor. Now available at the Pacific Avenue shop is last year's big fruit-flavored hit—Plum Zinfandel Sorbet. From the Creamery's organic plum harvest comes this...

Looking for a fabulous wine to star in your Fourth of July weekend? I recommend treating yourself to the 2008 Pinot Noir from the Corralitos Wine Company. This knock-your-socks- off stunner is a dark ruby wonder with violet streaks. Winemaker and company founder Rob Marani says he held back the release of this wine “waiting for...

In the late 1970s, Lee May was looking to “get out of the big-corporate world,” as he recalls now. He and a partner started some weeklies locally, and in 1977 he hit on the idea of a Visitor Guide for Santa Cruz. “It was a little black-and-white tabloid we put out six times a year,” says May. ...

I think we need to be building connections between junior highs, high schools, and community youth arts and sports programs.David KingSanta Cruz | Dance Teacher           A very holistic education providing access to art and culture, as well as academic requirements.Dan Densley Santa Cruz | Occupational Therapist          ...