Get inspired to grow your own food at the 4th Annual Santa Cruz Edible Gardens Tour on Saturday, August 8 at locations throughout the greater Santa Cruz area. Organized by Slow Food Santa Cruz, which advocates for healthy food policy in the community and organizes events that celebrate Santa Cruz’s unique, regional food culture, the…
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Food and Wine Odyssey: Anchors Away
This is first of a series of posts documenting Bohemian and Pacific Sun newspapers publisher Rosemary Olson’s wine and food cruise around Italy and Croatia with Duckhorn Vineyards and Food & Wine Trails. Both publications are affiliates of SantaCruz.com and Good Times Our ship, Oceania Cruise’s Riviera sets sail from Rome. I’m traveling solo and…
Something Heavy This Way Comes: Between the Buried and Me
How to find the words to describe progressive/metal heavyweights, Between the Buried and Me? Wading through articles and band reviews, you find words like, grandiose, dynamic, heavy, and melodic to describe their sound or simply, “how the hell do they manage to play this live?!” But words on a page don’t do the North Carolina-based band…
Get a Little Closer with Too Close To Touch
Up-and-coming alternative rock group out of Lexington, Kentucky, Too Close To Touch is Keaton Pierce (lead vocals), Kenneth Downey (drums), Mason Marble (guitar), Thomas Kidd (guitar), and Travis Moore (bass). Although they’ve only been together for a few years, the group’s tireless work ethic, hard-hitting compositions and wild live shows have built up a loyal following,…
Aboard the Dance Mothership with Funk Legend RonKat Spearman
RonKat Spearman is “authorized to play the funk.” The Parliament Funkadelic Allstar is bringing his band, Katdelic, one of San Francisco’s hottest groups, to Moe’s Alley for an all-night dance party on Friday, July 24. The leftie who could strum the guitar like a right-handed player, RonKat showed an aptitude for music at an early age and…
Highlights from the 2015 Carmel Bach Festival (Sponsored)
The 2015 Carmel Bach Festival, Bach, Bohemia and Beyond, offer a wide array of musical selections, free events and family-friendly offerings. We invite you to join us in celebration of our 78th Season, July 18 – August 1 with pre-festival activities July 11-17. On Monday July 20 and 27 at 8:00 p.m., Concertmaster Peter Hanson…
Musical Pigmentation with The Colourist
Named after a film industry job title, The Colourist, is an upbeat Southern California group comprised of Adam Castilla (guitar, vocals), Maya Tuttle (drums, vocals), Kollin Johannsen (bass) and Justin Wagne (guitar). In 2009, just a few months after forming, the band won Best New Artist, Best Song for their debut single, “Little Games” and…
New Orleans in Santa Cruz
New Orleans music is heavy on jazz, funk, Southern soul and second line brass bands. But the city’s rich musical heritage touches on just about every type of American music including folk, country, rock, gospel, R&B and blues. The Deslondes, an emerging Crescent City roots band, embrace all the styles to create a tasty musical…
King of the Summer Reigns in Santa Cruz
With a name that inspires a smile as it rolls off the tongue, Shwayze (pronounced: “Shway-zee”), first burst on to the indie-rap scene in the summer of 2008, with writing partner, Cisco Adler, and their massive single, “Buzzin,” off their debut self-titled album. The laid-back summer anthem would go on to hit #46 on the…
Water Restrictions in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz is not immune from the effects of the historic drought the state of California is experiencing. Local and state water restrictions have been implemented, but some of the local restrictions vary from the state restrictions. You might be wondering how these changes will affect you and your home, but the change won’t be…
