Thursday, April 18th, 2013
By WALLACE BAINE Santa Cruz is moving. In fact, it’s always in motion. For decades, Santa Cruz has enjoyed an astoundingly rich and diverse dance subculture from ballet to contemporary to folk and all shades in between. So, it’s no surprise when National Dance Week comes along and is not treated as just another blip
Thursday, April 11th, 2013
Three performances by two intriguing dance companies in the multi-media dance theatre works-in-progress: It’s About Time SATURDAY APRIL 20/8PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY APRIL 26 & 26/8PM The 418 Project 418 Front Street Santa Cruz, CA 95060 www.the418.org...
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
Back Flap, Chug, Dig Ball, Flea Hop, Pickup Change, Railroad, Shim Sham, Vamp. These are just some of the many terms used in teaching the art of tap dancing. Count Basie once said “If you play a...
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
{ MARCH 10, Two shows, 1 and 5 p.m. (remember Daylight Savings Time). Aptos High School Performing Arts Center, 100 Mariner Way, Aptos. $22 general; $15 students, seniors and children, advance; $3 more at the door. Details:...
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
In ‘Prime Movers,’ the pioneers of the rich Santa Cruz County dance community look back at how far they’ve come { FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 7:30 p.m. Crocker Theatre on the campus of Cabrillo College. $13 general; $11...
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
NEXT WEEK GAIL RICH AWARDS Call it Santa Cruz’s version of the Lincoln Center Awards. From the among the vast numbers of artists, performers and writers making their home in Santa Cruz, six individuals are chosen...
Friday, January 11th, 2013
1997 Rick Walker, musician Peter, Diana, Marina and Lyle Troxell, family of artists Holt Murray, sculptor Bob Lowery, blues musician Laura Ellen Hopper, radio pioneer Sara Wilbourne, dancer Eric Schoeck, talk-show host Joe Ferrara, comic-book merchant Philip...
Saturday, January 5th, 2013
Santa Cruz County is that place where the guy behind the café counter is a singer/songwriter, the woman showing you a house for sale is a landscape painter and your next-door neighbor is writing her third novel....
Friday, January 4th, 2013
Though he doesn’t look like it at first glance, journalist Jamail Yogis possesses a reptile brain. In that respect, he’s no different than the rest of us seven billion or so homo sapiens currently living on earth...