Santa Cruz is coming at you with a wild week of live shows, featuring a full-blown rock band that plays with no instruments and a group known for their less than politically correct antics on stage. Then there is Point Break Live! an interactive theater experience that brings the surfer bro/crime thriller flick to life…
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Santa Cruz Latest News Briefs – Nov. 1, 2015
Do you know a Santa Cruz County employee or team of employees who have done an outstanding job? Members of the public are invited to nominate County employees for a recognition award. Selected employees will receive a proclamation and cash award at a County Board of Supervisors meeting in early March. More information and nomination…
Santa Cruz October News Briefs
To make paying taxes less taxing, the County of Santa Cruz is now accepting electronic checks in addition to credit cards and payments by mail and in person for upcoming property tax payments. There is a small fee to make online credit card payments whereas electronic checks are free. For more information go to http://ttc.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/taxbills.…
Your Halloween Soundtrack: Santa Cruz Music This Week
Visitors to our beachside community would not be faulted in thinking Halloween is a year-long holiday in Santa Cruz. Someone is always dressing up. So when Halloween comes around, you know to expect something special. Vibrant, loud, colorful, theatrical and yes, a little bit grotty, Santa Cruz comes alive on All Hallows’ Eve. This week,…
Tandy Beal’s Nutcracker for the 21st Century
Tandy Beal presents, “Nutz Re-Mixed” a dynamic and colorful retelling of the classic holiday story, The Nutcracker. The show runs from Friday, November 20 to Sunday, December 6 at the Mainstage Theater at the Theater Arts Center at UC Santa Cruz. Tickets are on sale now. The show features folklorico, hip-hop, ballroom and madcap high-speed…
Inside The Frogman Experience
Every band has an origin story. Most involve a garage located in a metropolitan suburb, a group of childhood friends and that one gig where everything came together. Not so for Santa Cruz’s newest entree into the eclectic regional music scene, The Frogman Experience. Hot off an electric set at the Santa Cruz Music Festival,…
Out of the Abyss: Santa Cruz Music This Week
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…
Failure Reunite at The Catalyst
After a 17-year break, alt-rockers, Failure are back with a new album, The Heart is a Monster, and tour, stopping at The Catalyst Club on Saturday, October 24 with Local H. One of the most inventive bands of the 1990s, Los Angeles based, Failure distinguished themselves from bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden with their creative use of…
UC Santa Cruz 50th Anniversary Parade & Expo
On Sunday, October 25th, you are invited to join us in downtown Santa Cruz for the first ever Banana Slug Parade and Expo. The Parade starts at 11:00 a.m. and the Expo runs from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Cooper Street. Gather a group of UCSC-minded people and register to be in the parade,…
What’s Good: Santa Cruz Music This Week
Coming off a busy weekend of live music in downtown Santa Cruz you would think we’d need a few days to recuperate. But this is Santa Cruz and everyone knows all you need is a mindfulness meditation session and a shot of B-12 to get you going again! Wake up and hear the music, because…
