The Catalyst Atrium

Someone once told me that the ocean floor is humanity’s next great scene of exploration. But here at SantaCruz.com we like to focus on the uncharted landscape between your couch and the dance floor, so leave science to the scientists and come see a show with us. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16 LA Witch at The Crepe…

Winter is a notoriously slow time in the music industry, most bands are either huddled up in some cozy studio recording their next masterpiece or taking time off to spend time with their families, leaving Santa Cruz music lovers with little in the way of live music shows. Just kidding. We got a reggae legend,…

El Niño has been churning up some weird and wonderful things out of the ocean lately, including a venomous sea snake that hasn’t been seen in Southern California in 30 years until earlier this month when it made what was a surely a crowd-pleasing appearance at a Ventura County beach. Locally, the weather phenomena has taken…

America’s future president, Donald Trump, made waves in the music world last month when he opened a campaign event in Washington D.C. with R.E.M.’s “It Is The End Of The World” without first asking the alt-rocker’s blessing. While Michael Stipe was not impressed, perhaps we should be asking ourselves, Why did Trump choose this unlikeliest…