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Be Our Guest: SCS ‘Existential Worlds’
Nomalakadoja
Nomalakadoja’s name is quite a mouthful. It’s pronounced “NO-ma-lack-a-DO-ja.” Don’t worry if you’ve never heard it before—the members of the band made it up. Actually, it slipped out of one of its member’s mouths while freestyling along to an Outkast record. They liked it so much they named the band after it and gave it the definition “feel-good vibe.”
Shale Canyon Wines
Robust Cabernet Franc 2011 from shale-and loam-rich soil
Game Grief
The surprising biochemical effects of sports fandom
Girl On Fire
Teen’s courage profiled in powerful doc ‘He Named Me Malala’
Uncommon Brewers
Their flavors may be offbeat, but Santa Cruz brewery still puts craft first
Bern Notice
Santa Cruz County is going wild for Bernie Sanders
Have a Cigar
Chucho Valdés celebrates 40 years of his influential Cuban band Irakere at Santa Cruz show
What’s In Store
New Leaf Community Markets celebrates its 30th anniversary with a block party this weekend. Co-founder and president Scott Roseman talks about how he set out to change the world, and the changes in his own life after New Leaf’s sale
Avant Guardian
Phil Collins’ 37th New Music Works features music from Morocco, Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey
Be Our Guest: SCS ‘Existential Worlds’
Win tickets to Santa Cruz Symphony's 'Existential Worlds' on SantaCruz.com Existential Worlds, the second offering in the current Santa Cruz Symphony season, is a “contrast of internal and exterior worlds.” The program features Clair de Lune, perhaps the most well-known of all of Debussy’s music; Schubert’s Unfinished 8th Symphony; Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1, featuring Klein...
Nomalakadoja
Nomalakadoja’s name is quite a mouthful. It’s pronounced “NO-ma-lack-a-DO-ja.” Don’t worry if you’ve never heard it before—the members of the band made it up. Actually, it slipped out of one of its member’s mouths while freestyling along to an Outkast record. They liked it so much they named the band after it and gave it the definition “feel-good vibe.”...
Shale Canyon Wines
Robust Cabernet Franc 2011 from shale-and loam-rich soil A wine-pairing dinner at Ristorante Casa Nostra in Ben Lomond introduced me to the big bold wines of Shale Canyon. Such events are a delightful way to try different wines and meet the winemaker—and get to know a restaurant more. I was impressed with both wine and food....
Game Grief
The surprising biochemical effects of sports fandom The tragic story of Paulo Ricardo Gomes da Silva starts innocently enough, with the 26-year-old Brazilian man attending a soccer game in May of 2014. With the game tied at 1-1, rioting broke out in the stands and da Silva was hit and killed by a toilet, which had...
Girl On Fire
Teen’s courage profiled in powerful doc ‘He Named Me Malala’ The word “inspirational” is highly overused. It’s come to denote an entire sub-genre of books and movies, mostly devoted to Christian themes or underdog sports stories. But for real-life inspiration of jaw-dropping proportions, look no further than Malala Yousafzai, the teenage Pakistani schoolgirl who spoke out...
Uncommon Brewers
Their flavors may be offbeat, but Santa Cruz brewery still puts craft first Every craft brewer has a hot new IPA or pale ale, but how many of them have a bacon brown ale? Just one: Santa Cruz’s Uncommon Brewers, which first went into production in August of 2007, and has created unusual flavors like Golden...
Bern Notice
Santa Cruz County is going wild for Bernie Sanders At a “Brews for Bernie” event, a life-size Bernie Sanders cutout greets a diverse crowd of enthusiastic supporters at Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing. A merchandise table is stocked with “Feel the Bern” T-shirts, bumper stickers and pins. Around the patio, everyone has their own reasons for supporting...
Have a Cigar
Chucho Valdés celebrates 40 years of his influential Cuban band Irakere at Santa Cruz show Chucho Valdés wants to set the record straight. “I didn’t help create Irakere,” says the Cuban pianist and composer, referring to the seminal jazz ensemble that came together in Havana in 1973. “I did create Irakere.” While in recent years he...
What’s In Store
New Leaf Community Markets celebrates its 30th anniversary with a block party this weekend. Co-founder and president Scott Roseman talks about how he set out to change the world, and the changes in his own life after New Leaf’s sale Scott Roseman, the founder and president of New Leaf Community Markets, has a beatific manner about...
Avant Guardian
Phil Collins’ 37th New Music Works features music from Morocco, Israel, Lebanon, and Turkey As Santa Cruz rolled its alternative way into the 1980s, artistic nonprofits began to sprout up like psilocybin mushrooms. Always at the edge of our avant-garde inner circle is musician/composer Phil Collins, who, for the past 36 years, has probed, pushed and...