Switching up the format once again, this year the O’Neill Coldwater Classic at Steamer Lane returns to Santa Cruz on October 14-18 as stop #30 on the 2015 World Surf League (WSL) Men’s Qualifying Series (QS). The longest running North American contest, this year’s event boasts a $50,000 prize purse and 1,500 points up for…
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Santa Cruz Is On Fire: Top Events This Week
You know those weeks when there is absolutely nothing going on? When binge-watching television shows that are no longer on air seems an acceptable way to pass the time? Well, this is not one of those weeks. Actually, this week is the polar opposite of that kind of week. If you do not end up with…
Last Rites: Santa Cruz Music This Week
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…
The Kids are Allright: Santa Cruz Music This Week
A jazz music phenom and a 20-year-old that can channel 90s-era badassary better than the originals are just some of the acts playing this week that will make you rethink your youth. What were you doing during your teenage years? I bet it wasn’t touring the world regaling people with your amazing talent! Check out…
In the Green Room: The Santa Cruz Surf Film Festival
Last year, husband and wife team, Michael and Delphine Foo-Matkin brought the first Santa Cruz Surf Film Festival to life in epic fashion, presenting over a dozen international and domestically produced surf movies over a two-day period at the Rio Theatre. This year, the Santa Cruz Surf Film Festival is back in full force with…
Beneath The Waves Film Festival
We live right next to one of the most gorgeous, cited, studied, and renowned natural marine sanctuaries in the world—home to dolphins, sea otters, whales, sea stars, those squishy anemones that curl up when you touch them (probably not supposed to do that…) and so much more! But do we really know much about it?…
Get Sweaty & Dance: Santa Cruz Music This Week
While this may be the most gorgeous time of year in Santa Cruz, it’s been absolutely sweltering lately, and unless you’re lucky enough to work in one of the few buildings in town with capable AC, it’s probably all you can think about right now. Luckily we here at Good Times & SantaCruz.com have found…
Santa Cruz Eclectic: Music This Week
With summer officially buried and school back in full swing, we need something weird and wonderful to do. Thankfully, Santa Cruz always provides. Here’s a mix of eclectic live shows and events to help fill that post-summer fun void. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 The Next Generation Jazz Orchestra at Kuumbwa Jazz Center The Monterey Jazz Festival starts this weekend and…
The Lost Art of Butchery Found at Shopper’s Corner
Voted “best butcher” in this year’s Good Times “Best of” Santa Cruz readers’ poll, Shopper’s Corner has one of the few remaining old-time butchers in the county. The grocery’s meat department has been breaking their own beef and whole lamb since 1938. Led by meat department manager, Paul Bagnasco, who has spent 40 years honing…
Let’s Go! Santa Cruz Music This Week
Sure, Labor Day is over and we are back to the daily grind. But, this is Santa Cruz, where no one really works, and it is freaking HOT outside. One hundred degree weather? Really? So, get indoors and see some amazing live shows. This week we have a mix of nationally touring and talented local acts…
