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Funny Paper

On April Fools Day, 1984, not-yet-a-denizen Thom Zajac was driving over Highway 17 toward Santa Cruz, when he had an epiphany.

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Bigfoot Discovery Museum Set to Close

One of Santa Cruz’s signature outposts, the Bigfoot Discovery Museum is set to close pending the sale of land at 5497 Highway 9 in Felton. Owner and museum curator Michael Rugg listed the property for sale Oct. 18, and expects …

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Celebrating Brilliance

WRAP UP Santa Cruz County Supervisor Felipe Hernandez is part of a large crowd that showed up Saturday to celebrate the completion of the massive Watsonville Brillante mosaic mural project on the parking structure on Rodriguez and West Beach streets. …

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Photo Story: Plein Air Returns to Capitola

LOCAL ART Waverly Liu works on a watercolor painting of the Stockton Bridge in Capitola Wednesday morning. She joined 40 area artists as part of the annual Capitola Plein Air; Artists Paint the Town. From Oct. 21-26 artists fan out …

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Downtown Library to Consider Adding Rooftop Cafe

For years, Watsonville Public Library’s Main Street location has drawn community members young and old to find their next great book, perform research or to simply sit and read in silence.

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Honoring the Dead at PV Arts

The annual Mi Casa es Tu Casa exhibit opened Thursday at Pajaro Valley Arts on Sudden Street.

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Gary Griggs: “California Catastrophes: The Natural Disaster History of the Golden State”

Gary Griggs, UCSC Distinguished Professor of Earth Sciences tells us about his new book, California Catastrophes: The Natural Disaster History of the Golden State, about the history of disasters in our state and what we can expect in the future.

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Bringing Art Home

The 39th annual Open Studios Art Tour is on deck to invite the public into the studios of local artists Oct. 5-20.

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Watsonville Mural Project Nears End

Work is underway to complete the 10th and final phase of the five-year Watsonville Brillante mosaic downtown art project that is splashed across the otherwise dull concrete walls of the six-floor parking garage on Rodriguez Street.

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Local DIY Label Shallow Dive Releases Benefit Compilation

“I can personally say it’s really difficult to convince people to listen to marginalized music,” Rip Florence says before taking a sip of water. “But there is an opportunity in Santa Cruz for people to embrace more idiosyncratic and niche …

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Open Studios: Past, Present, and Future!

On Talk of the Bay, host Suki Wessling welcomes Ann Osterman, outgoing producer of Santa Cruz County's acclaimed Open Studios Art Tour, collage artist Bree Karpavage, past artist and incoming producer, and painter Jason Cohen, first time presenter in the …

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Scotts Valley Multicultural Fair Provides Glimpse Into Far-Flung Locales

The third annual Scotts Valley Multicultural Fair once again provided a venue where people of all ages could learn about different cultures last Saturday.

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Photo Story: A New Look

A new outdoor mural was unveiled Aug.16 at Callaghan Park. The work is a project by Teen Artes, a group project under the umbrella of the Pajaro Valley Arts. (Photo by Tarmo Hannula)

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New Troupe Shakes Up Santa Cruz With Musical ‘Heathers’

In the world of theater where name recognition is everything for a performance company, Renegade Theater is firmly stamping its signature on the Santa Cruz theater scene.

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The Return of Pirate Cat Radio

Independent station KCPR, known as Pirate Cat Radio, is back in Santa Cruz for the first time in more than a year, when the station moved to Los Gatos. Pirate Cat recently added KMRP 101.9 FM to its list of …

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Flipped Script

In a word: riveting. The Santa Cruz Shakespeare production of Hamlet is everything one could hope it would be. Director Susan Dalian has updated the setting of this 425-year-old masterwork to the late 1960s, piping in vintage rock ’n’ roll …

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How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State

“How California Works: Building Democracy in the Golden State” 
“Be Bold America!” Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 5:00pm (PT)
Wishing that things worked one way or another is not the same as knowing how things work. It’s when we all …

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Mountain Community Theater’s New Works Weekend Features Staged Readings of Original Plays

Mountain Community Theater (MCT) in Ben Lomond has been cranking out stage-based entertainment since 1982, and the assortment of plays and musicals produced in the past 42 years is a testament to the quality and talent of the group.

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Hazelwood Park Gets Mural Uplift

A community project helped spruce up Hazelwood Park Mural on July 27 as part of the ongoing Watsonville Community Mural Paint Day.

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