Clever, funny joyride through the brain in Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’
Soif’s soft reboot leads to expanded menu, plus the ‘thinking woman’s ketchup’
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Conflicting Emotions
Kickin’ Chicken
Local kitchen alchemist Justin Williams is fast becoming a cult flavor master. His late-night wizardry, which began last fall delivering mainly to starving UCSC students, is catching on with taste buds beyond campus. Kickin’ Chicken delivers its spicy-sweet fried chicken and waffles to Westside residents between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. nightly. Or you can catch him and his brother and sister, Candice and Danny Mendoza, serving it up at their “Sunday Mass” at the Santa Cruz Food Lounge at 1001 Center St. in Santa Cruz. Using sous vide, a French method of cooking chicken in a water bath at a tightly controlled temperature, they then flash fry it for an amazingly crispy coat. Candice Mendoza spoke to GT about Kickin’ Chicken’s rise.
Playing His Parts
With Mike Ryan behind the scenes and on stage, Santa Cruz Shakespeare kicks off with ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
What’s a creative new approach to addressing summer beach litter?
Robotic dogs, with duct tape on their paws, that walk around picking up litter wherever they go.
Joaquin Heinz, Santa Cruz, Barista
Slack of Faith
Ska cult band the Slackers remain true to a much earlier ska sound
Beach Reads
A guide to summer books and literary events
Warriors Shootaround
With two championships in one year, the franchise considers some radical possibilities for their future in Santa Cruz
Blurred Blue Lines
Deputy Chief Steve Clark was transferred after his role as spokesman for both the department and the union attracted councilmembers’ ire
I Was a Teenage Deadhead
Memories of life on tour, plus the truth about that legendary Santa Cruz Acid Test
Conflicting Emotions
Clever, funny joyride through the brain in Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ It says something about the state of the movie business when some of the brainiest, funniest, most humane and heartfelt films are cartoons. Well, not just any cartoons. I refer, of course, to the animated output of Pixar Studios at its best. And now, in the...
Kickin’ Chicken
Local kitchen alchemist Justin Williams is fast becoming a cult flavor master. His late-night wizardry, which began last fall delivering mainly to starving UCSC students, is catching on with taste buds beyond campus. Kickin’ Chicken delivers its spicy-sweet fried chicken and waffles to Westside residents between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. nightly. Or you can catch him and his...
Playing His Parts
With Mike Ryan behind the scenes and on stage, Santa Cruz Shakespeare kicks off with ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ “It’s been a wild ride,” says actor Mike Ryan of the past year spent shepherding a large Shakespeare festival from one incarnation into the next. No stranger to playing many parts, Ryan currently acts (sorry) as Artistic...
What’s a creative new approach to addressing summer beach litter?
Robotic dogs, with duct tape on their paws, that walk around picking up litter wherever they go. Joaquin Heinz, Santa Cruz, Barista Educating Santa Cruz children about ocean debris and environmental concerns. Get summer programs for kids to learn more about marine biology, and pick up some of the...
Slack of Faith
Ska cult band the Slackers remain true to a much earlier ska sound Not every ska band during the brief ska craze of the mid-’90s was selling out venues. While ska-influenced alt-rockers No Doubt were dominating MTV and radio, and ska-punk goofballs Reel Big Fish were on the set of Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s BASEketball,...
Open Wide
Soif’s soft reboot leads to expanded menu, plus the ‘thinking woman’s ketchup’ The soft opening date came and went, but Soif chef Mark Denham and his sous chef Mike Raskin were calmly shelling a pile of pea-green favas last week and trading grill gossip in the sleekly expanded Soif kitchen. The new menu shows us what...
Beach Reads
A guide to summer books and literary events Summer is here, the days stretched long into siestas, six packs, sunsets and barbecues. It’s impossible to ignore the clarion call to daydream. There’s no better leaping off point for the season than a really good book—or several. With that in mind, here’s a roundup of some great...
Warriors Shootaround
With two championships in one year, the franchise considers some radical possibilities for their future in Santa Cruz Santa Cruz’s Jim Weyermann had a lot to celebrate when he rode in the Golden State Warriors’ victory parade in Oakland last Friday. The Warriors organization he joined four years ago under the new ownership of Joe Lacob...
Blurred Blue Lines
Deputy Chief Steve Clark was transferred after his role as spokesman for both the department and the union attracted councilmembers’ ire On March 24, former Santa Cruz mayors Chris Krohn and Tim Fitzmaurice appeared at City Hall to speak against the police department’s plan to acquire a BearCat armored truck. They then stepped outside the crowded...
I Was a Teenage Deadhead
Memories of life on tour, plus the truth about that legendary Santa Cruz Acid Test As the Grateful Dead play their Northern California farewell shows at Levi’s Stadium this week, it’s clear that there are as many different reasons Deadheads loved the band as there are Deadheads. There were plenty of people who treated shows like...