Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By WALLACE BAINE Making the world a better place is often complicated. But sometimes it’s not. A sell-out crowd on May 31 for the benefit event “Laughing with the Dalai Lama” will pay for 20 girls in rural India to be educated for a year and will pay for most of the medical and dental
Monday, April 1st, 2013
By CHRISTA MARTIN Joe Sherer had been an avid bicycler for almost 20 years when he was fed up with the cycling apparel that was available to him. So, like any good artist would do, he learned...
Thursday, March 28th, 2013
{ THROUGH JULY 7 MAH members only reception Friday 6 to 8 p.m. Opening to the public Saturday. The Museum of Art & History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. Details: www.santacruzmah.org. } By WALLACE BAINE Once an...
Monday, March 18th, 2013
By WALLACE BAINE We Americans are still not at peace with the image of the nude female. Wholesome, old-fashioned guilty pleasure? Or filthy and dangerous pornography? Inspiring subject of high and low art? Or the cornerstone of...
Monday, January 28th, 2013
By CHRISTA MARTIN Ask Peter Koronakos what’s in his pockets and out comes a long list which unveils his affinity for collecting stuff: “Wallet keys, five pocket knives, compass, cell phone, cigar in cellophane, pen, pencil, silver...
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Santa Cruz’s Frans Lanting captures one of the rarest jungle cats on the planet in one of the world’s most difficult countries { SATURDAY, JAN. 26, two shows at 3 and 7 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel...
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
It’s 1:30 on Monday and members of the Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery Committee grab coffee at Peet’s in downtown Santa Cruz. I meet them at Java Junction where I grab a coffee to go. Traffic on...
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....
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