A calendar of the most enticing Santa Cruz food events and festivals May 19-21 — Santa Cruz Greek Festivals Ever just get a hankering for all things Greek? Surprisingly, Santa Cruz has got a pretty great Greek game. For the immediate hunger there’s the 10th Annual Greek Food Faire on May 19-21—three glorious days of…
Articles by Lily Stoicheff
How to Prepare Your Yard for Mosquito Season
This winter’s heavy rains mean more potential breeding spots for mosquitoes, which is why Santa Cruz County Mosquito and Vector Control (MVC) is putting locals on high alert for the spring and summer months. Keeping mosquitoes out of your yard is always a good idea—besides their itchy bites and annoying buzz, they can carry West…
Midcentury Modern is Back
Blame it on the simple living movement, or maybe just Mad Men, but the soothing minimalism of midcentury modern decor is back in style. Suddenly every fashionable interior designer, collector and amateur DIYer is talking about the functional elegance of design from the middle of the 20th century (the late 1940s to early 1960s). So…
Plant Lovers are Going Wild for Jungalow Decor
It’s sort of ironic, I know, that my smartphone serves as a portal into nature, but my Instagram feed is full of green foliage and cactus flowers. On Instagram, this is not hard to do. The social media platform is teeming with design enthusiasts and plant lovers, who, more and more, seem to be becoming…
UCSC Farm Celebrates 50 Years
In the late 1960s, Orin Martin was “allegedly in college,” as he puts it, on the East Coast, but he rarely went to classes. He was in Washington, D.C. for the anti-Vietnam War march on the Pentagon in 1967, and was actively resisting the draft. A year later, unsure of what to do with his…
Home & Garden Event Calendar 2017
If you have a set of green thumbs, or just want to enjoy the laborious fruits of those who do, be sure to mark your calendars for these home and garden events taking place this spring and summer in Santa Cruz County. 4/29 Farm & Garden Spring Plant Sale This year’s annual Spring plant…
Thinking Outside the Box: Artists Give Signal Boxes A Makeover
What started as a graffiti removal program has blossomed into one of the County’s most beloved artistic endeavors. One by one, traffic signal boxes are getting artistic makeovers. The Santa Cruz County Parks Department’s Outside the Box (OTB) program has employed more than a dozen local artists to beautify otherwise dull utility boxes. They are…
70 Years of Mystery: The Mystery Spot Continues to Baffle Locals and Travelers Alike
Follow the yellow brick road. Actually, follow the yellow signs. Drive up a windy road and down a rugged driveway and you’ll find, nestled in a grove of redwoods, Santa Cruz’s very own Mystery Spot. Mystery Spots, more than a dozen of them across the nation, rose out of the pain caused by the Great…
9 Cheap (or Free!) Things To Do For Valentine’s Day
Doing something special for Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg. Whether you’re celebrating with a partner, with friends or just want to treat yourself, here are nine things to do to celebrate—six of them are totally free! FEBRUARY 13 Love Monday: The Last Plastic Straw “Galentines…
Sunny Music For Rainy Days: Santa Cruz Music This Week
We all know we are staring down the barrel of a windy, stormy mess of a week. While nights bundled up inside with hot drinks and warm company are always amazing, the best defense again Seasonal Affective Disorder is movement. These shows all promise high energy and warm vibes, so once you get to the…
