Only a handful of the selections in this year’s Pacific Rim Film Festival are by filmmakers with local roots, and perhaps it’s merely coincidence that they are among the best. But what’s uncanny is the synchronicity in play among three of them—Where Heaven Meets Hell, The Power of Two and Playing With Fire. In separate interviews, the people behind the films sometimes even echo each other when they speak about how they achieved these three very different and yet strangely connected, truly compelling portraits.
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Top 5 Things To Do This Weekend
From dining to nightlife to treasure-hunting, the best ways to spend your weekend in Santa Cruz.
5 Tips for Tippers
In the hope of preventing a new generation of disgruntled Yelpers, I’ve compiled a list of tips for diners that could help make the lives of both sides easier. Are there exceptions to these rules? You bet. Is this a complete list? Absolutely not. This is just one former waitress restaurant lover attempting to make the world a better place.
Author Has Advice For Zen Skeptics
When Rachel Neumann says “skeptic,” she means skeptic. “Reverence is difficult for me,” admits the author of ‘Not Quite Nirvana: A Skeptic’s Journey to Mindfulness,’ who will speak at Bookshop Santa Cruz Oct. 11.
Chris Rene Releases New EP
Standing on the sidewalk in downtown Santa Cruz, Chris Rene could not possibly look more fly. The Santa Cruz native, who next week releases his first EP since his third place finish on The X Factor, is sporting a zip-up sweatshirt, leather jacket, chain wallet, an America flag belt buckle and “bullet crystal” necklaces—metal artillery shells with power crystals on the inside.
Q&A: Leslie Fellows
The winemaker learned everything in the business from scratch. Now her hard work is paying off big time.
Slime Girls Bring Chiptune Movement To Crepe Place
Pedro Silva remembers walking out of the Catalyst atrium last year, after the first show he ever played with his band Slime Girls, and hearing two guys talking on the sidewalk about his set.
Radical Reels Brings The Endorphins
Not for fearers of height or the faint of heart, Radical Reels comes to the Rio Saturday, Sept. 22. Here’s a look at five of its top “faster, steeper, higher, deeper” films selected from the Banff Mountain Film Festival.
Hoffman and Pheonix Score in ‘The Master’
Don’t expect a specific rebuke to L. Ron Hubbard in ‘The Master,’ P. T. Anderson’s bewilderingly exciting new film. South Park and Steven Soderbergh’s 1996 Schizopolis are closer to direct kicking ass and naming names.
20 Places to Catch a Show in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz and its surrounding areas are lucky enough to have the kind of nightlife usually found only in much larger cities. Week in and week out, the foundation for that scene is the multitude of excellent live music venues catering to fans of every conceivable genre. Here are 20 great spots to find music in Santa Cruz.
