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…
Articles by Roseann Hernandez
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…
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…
Top Events of the Week: Sept. 9-16
Good Times does the heavy lifting so you don’t have to. Here are your top Santa Cruz County events for the week. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Artist Meet-Up Being an artist can be a lonely road—all that brooding, all those emotions—so it’s good that there are events where artists can get out of their shell and…
Heirloom Tomato Tasting in the Country
Perched on the side of a gently sloping hill, Birdsong Orchards, a certified organic farm in Watsonville is abuzz with the sound of chirping birds. “There’s a reason we call it Birdsong Orchards,” laughs Nadine Shaeffer as she leads me across a sprawling field, unheeded by two Nigerian Dwarf goats frolicking nearby in the late afternoon sun.…
New Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee Meets in Santa Cruz
Today marked the first meeting of a new advisory committee tasked with drafting recommendations on medical cannabis cultivation for Santa Cruz County. The 13-member committee, formed under the direction of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, includes cannabis growers, providers, planners, environmental health officials, legal experts and advocates. Today’s meeting was the first in…
