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Actors’ Theatre’s Pandemic Strategy Could Be Future of Stage Companies

With Andrew Ceglio newly at the helm, iconic theater group takes ‘8 10s @ Eight’ virtual

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Cabrillo Gallery explores natural habitats in first exhibit of 2022

APTOS—Last fall, Cabrillo Gallery opened its doors to the public for the first time in 17 months. The annual “12×12: An Open Invitational” exhibit was a return to in-person viewing after a string of virtual shows. But with the Omicron …

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bell hooks, Pathbreaking Black Feminist, Dies at 69

hooks argued argued that feminism’s claim to speak for all women had pushed the unique experiences of working-class and Black women to the margins.

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Novel exploring Watsonville’s Croatian history wins award

WATSONVILLE—“The Apple King,” a novel inspired by Watsonville’s Croatian community and its historic role in the region’s apple industry, recently won the Connecticut Author Project Award and will be featured in an issue of the national Library Journal publication. Author …

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1/6 – 1/9 Befana: A Christmas Fable

Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra and the Cabrillo College Music and Theater Arts Departmentsare proud to commission and premiere a new work by Kirke Mechem called: Befana: A Christmas Fable. The production will be presented in five scheduled performances on January …

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Watsonville Film Festival launches fellowship for local filmmakers

WATSONVILLE—The Watsonville Film Festival (WFF) will soon celebrate its 10th anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion it has launched a fellowship to support local up-and-coming Latinx filmmakers.  The Cine Se Puede fellowship will support five emerging filmmakers from Santa Cruz …

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Artist’s ‘gift to the community’ resumes after month-long dispute

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville artist Augie WK for two years has dreamt of bringing a humpback whale to life at the Marinovich Community Center. It was 2019 when the upstart muralist was approached by Watsonville Environmental Science Workshop coordinator Darren Gertler and asked …

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Poetry Event Stopped After ‘Zoombombing’

Virtual event highlighting writers of color attacked during Zoom meeting by onslought of racial and homophobic slurs shouted and pornographic images.

Image caption: The "Killer Klowns" filmmakers shot on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk because it reminded them of “summer days at Rye Playland,” a New York beachfront amusement park they used to frequent.
Santa Cruz’s Klown Klassic

For decades, the Chiodo Brothers’ 1988 horror comedy was the best movie shot in Santa Cruz.

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Around the State in 13 Songs

A baker’s dozen of great and not-so-great ditties from all over California.

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What Makes a News Article an ‘Explainer,’ Anyway?

In an era of information overload, here’s how a rising form of journalism helps explain it all for you, and why California Local publishes ‘explanatory’ reporting.

Image caption: Renzo Piano’s “a soap bubble that will never break” is now open to the public, showcasing highlights of cinema history.
Movie Magic

At long last, the state has a world-class museum to commemorate one of its most essential industries.

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Zooming in on Poetry

Metro reporter Christina Waters talks to Bay Area poets on how the pandemic has changed and reinvigorated the art form.

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The Genius of Democracy

In which we ponder human self organization.

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Destination Nerdville

Good Times reports on why Watsonville’s first gathering for fans of comics, LARP and video games matters.

Image caption: The Roman goddess Diana, namesake of Dianic Wicca, a feminist spirituality movement founded by Z. Budapest.
Getting Some Z

LA Times reporter Deborah Netburn was on a witch hunt, and she found a prime one: Zsuzsanna Budapest.

Image caption: Matt Werner’s “Burning Man: The Musical” lampoons how moneyed visitors eschewed the festival’s original grassroots ethos.
The Playa’s the Thing

Palo Alto Weekly interviews Matt Werner, whose play ‘Burning Man: The Musical’ is available on Broadway On Demand and Streaming Musicals.

Image caption: California's library system dates back 171 years.
How Cool Are Libraries?

California has gone from one library to more than 1,100 in the last 171 years.

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History: The Movies Come to Felton

Plenty of Real Scenery for "The Primal Lure” By Randall Brown December 1915. The movie scouts needed to find a location for a Canadian Northwest story. The scenario called for forests, mountain trails, open clearings, and a river. Their instructions …

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