Grocery stores have undergone a transformation of late. There are still the long rows of canned foods and packaged goods and pyramids of sale items to greet shoppers as they pass through the door, but consumer trends and changing tastes have many supermarkets adding more specialty ingredients to their shelves and areas in the store…
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6th Annual Sea Glass & Ocean Arts Festival
More than 40 unique artists from all over the country will be coming to Santa Cruz this Saturday and Sunday for the sixth annual Sea Glass and Ocean Art Festival. Celebrating the ocean’s diverse offerings, this event has raised thousands of dollars for ocean conservation and 10 percent of admission fees will be donated to…
Taste of Santa Cruz
An annual fundraising event presented by the Santa Cruz County Association of REALTORS® Housing Foundation, a Taste of Santa Cruz brings local restaurants, wineries and breweries together to share their offerings with the public. The event consistently raises more than $30,000 to provide assistance to low-income, first-time home buyers in Santa Cruz County. In a…
Dia De Los Muertos Community Festival
Not all Halloween fun has to take place at night. In order to get there before the kids crash from candy comas, it’s probably best to celebrate during the remaining daylight hours—like at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, where families can take part in traditional Mexican crafts such as tissue paper flowers,…
Death of a Salesman
Cabrillo Theatre Arts Department Presents Arthur Miller’s monumental drama Death of a Salesman at the Cabrillo College Crocker Theater in Aptos starting November 7. The poignant, sometimes humorous, ultimately tragic story of a man steeped in the conflicting values of the American Dream is, by all accounts, the crowning work in the canon of modern…
Open Studios Encore
If you missed the Open Studios exhibits in North County and South County at the beginning of this month, fear not, dedicated art lover, this weekend is the encore two-day event which offers the opportunity to see all 243 artists throughout all of Santa Cruz County. Sound overwhelming? Thankfully the Arts Council of Santa Cruz…
Shawn Mullins
After serving eight years in the U.S. Army Airborne Infantry Division, singer-songwriter Shawn Mullins left in 1991 to pursue music full-time. Possessing a warm, earthy voice and an everyman perspective, the Georgia-born artist has since released nearly 20 albums, many of them independently. Best known for the 1998 hit song “Lullaby,” Mullins has a deep…
Santa Cruz Restaurant Week
UPDATE: Some restaurants have extended their SCRW fixed-price menus. Visit the SCRW website for a complete listing of the participating restaurants, dates and menus. Santa Cruz Restaurant Week is back for one delicious week October 22-29. The event that offers a fixed-price, three course meal for $25 or $35 (excluding tax, tip or gratuity) at…
Yelle
Yelle is a French-pop group that earned international attention with catchy tunes and great artistic sensibilities. But beyond the polished exterior there’s plenty to grab onto, with layers of beats, electronic flourishes and fist-pump-inducing grooves. Band members Yelle, GrandMarnier and Tepr have all cited a diverse batch of influences including Rage Against the Machine, Snoop…
Spamalot
The Mountain Community Theater (MCT) presents “Spamalot: a Musical Lovingly Ripped Off From the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” Throughout the month of October, the local theater group will embark on the satirical journey through the Middle Ages with King Arthur, killer rabbits and knights in search for the Holy Grail. The cast…
