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Lynn Guenther’s Passion for Teaching Inspired ‘Light of the Bay’

New book explores history through the eyes of local legend Laura Hecox

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How Watsonville’s Thriving Arts Scene Came Together

After years of being ignored, artists and arts organizations break through in South County

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PV Arts opens new exhibit, celebrates Porter Building sale

Pajaro Valley Arts (PVA) has had a busy week. Not only have they opened a new exhibit at their gallery on Sudden Street, they also held their first event at the Porter Building, which the organization took ownership of Aug. …

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Watsonville artist’s sculpture heads to Burning Man

Every year, tens of thousands of people from across the globe gather in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert for Burning Man, an experimental festival focused on art, self-expression and community.  The week-long event has participants arrive with their own shelter, food …

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Opinion: Why Locals Only is a Unique Music Festival

Santa Cruz musicians get a much-needed showcase

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New Film Honors Those Affected by the CZU Lightning Complex Fires

Mountain Community Theater’s ‘The CZU Fire in Their Own Words: Fighting Fires, Losing Homes and Rebuilding Community’ is a living document and gift to the community

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Locals Only Music Festival Showcases the Santa Cruz Scene

Unique festival Aug. 20-21 at Santa Cruz Fairgrounds is swan song for longtime local promoter ‘Sleepy’ John Sandidge

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Capitola Artist Crafts Colossal Shark Sculpture

Jim Herbert built a 17-foot great white shark out of scrap metal

Image caption: CalMatters reporter Nadia Lopez interviews Keith Krugh at the Redding Cement Plant in Redding on June 7, 2022.
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CalMatters is supported by a diverse and growing group of members, major donors, foundations and institutions.

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Watsonville playwright’s new work explores family, culture

Writer, director and actor Steve “Spike” Wong remembers the moment he realized he wanted to tell stories. He was about 5 years old and was riding the Jungle Cruise attraction at Disneyland with his parents. He managed, he said, to …

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Scott Ordway’s ‘The End of Rain’ Makes World Premiere at Cabrillo Festival

The Santa Cruz native’s multimedia work pays tribute to those whose lives were impacted by the CZU Fire

Image caption: Like ripples in a pond, the hip impulse moved through Santa Cruz and beyond, and continues across generations.
How Did Santa Cruz Get So Hip?

Looking back at the Sixties and Seventies in Santa Cruz

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How Ralph Abraham Made His Chaotic Way to Santa Cruz

In which a pioneer of Dynamical Systems Theory (and its cousin, Chaos Theory) moves from Princeton to ... wait... UC Santa Cruz, California?

Image caption: The Santa Cruz Mountains, an inspiration for local artists for many decades.
10 Over 40

Too much emphasis is placed on what’s shiny and new. Just as important is what endures. We salute some of Santa Cruz’s oldest cultural institutions.

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New Film Honors CZU Survivors Two Years Post Blaze

In honor of the second anniversary of the CZU Lightning Complex, Mountain Community Theater (MCT) Director Peter Gelblum did something extraordinary to commemorate the event: he wrote a film about it.  Of the movie, entitled, “The CZU Fire In Their …

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Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s New Season Takes on Clowns, Fools and Love Science

Company returns to full force with ‘The Tempest,’ ‘Twelfth Night,’ and the world premiere of ‘The Formula’

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Why Don Caruth is the Hardest-Working Man on the Music Scene

Longtime leader of the Joint Chiefs brings his band to Fourth of July celebration this weekend

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Pajaro Valley Arts Porter Building Deal Inches Closer

Nonprofit plans to transform the historic Watsonville building into a refuge for local artists

Image caption: Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre, built in 1926.
Movie Theater Magic

Benign weather has kept some of California’s historic cinema palaces alive past the century mark. We pay homage to ten of the best.

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