Steeped in natural foods culture and surrounded by grazing lands, small farms, the Pacific Ocean, wine regions and Northern California’s wealthiest county, Santa Cruz County would seem perfectly positioned to become the next Napa Valley.
Articles by Steve Palopoli
2012: A Santa Cruz Weekly Year in Review
Santa Cruz Weekly presents our look at Santa Cruz’s year of the strange, cool and just plain ridiculous.
The Art of Vinyl at First Friday
Records are as hip as ever right now, but somehow it’s refreshing that the new exhibit of the art form at this week’s First Friday is not being curated by one of the super-geeky vinylerati. In fact, Jennifer Gallacher, who’s putting together the show at Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studio, has never even had a record collection.
Remembering Adrienne Rich
Organized by Bookshop Santa Cruz and Poetry Santa Cruz, the first Adrienne Rich Memorial Reading is a free reading at Santa Cruz High School featuring poets and activists such as Robert Hass, Bettina Aptheker, Brenda Hillman, Doren Robbins, Linda Janakos and more.
Warriors Stadium Keeps on Track
Anyone who caught the totally jacked-looking steel framework towering over Front Street—after a construction mishap at the site of the Santa Cruz Warriors arena a couple of weeks ago—might have wondered just how far back in a construction schedule something like that will set you.
Planet Cruz Comedy Show Blows Up
It’s no surprise that Richard Stockton would bring his well-outside-the-mainstream comic sensibility to Santa Cruz and found the Planet Cruz comedy series, which takes a huge leap this weekend from its former Kuumbwa digs to the Rio for its biggest show ever—one that will kick off its bi-monthly events there.
Scenes From Election Night in Santa Cruz
Election night in Santa Cruz County this year was nothing like the scene in 2008—no celebrations in the streets, no climbing on cars, and a foggy stillness had set into downtown Santa Cruz by the time newly re-elected President Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech. But Democrats and Republicans did gather last night around the county to watch the results,
Interview: Diamond Rings at Crepe Place
When Diamond Rings’ “All Yr Songs” single came out in 2009, it stood out from the acres of other up-and-coming indie rock around it. It was more than just a glint of something; Canadian singer/songwriter John O’Regan’s vision seemed to arrive fully formed and unstoppable, in two minutes of chugging but sleek guitar rock, with lyrics that sprang directly from his heart to his mouth, with no stops in between.
Morton Marcus Memorial Reading to Feature Arthur Sze
Arthur Sze never met Morton Marcus. And yet, as Santa Fe poet Sze travels to Santa Cruz this week to appear at the third annual Morton Marcus Memorial Reading at Cabrillo, he can’t help but feel he’s honoring a kindred spirit.
Green Day Cancels Tour, Dec. 4 Show at Santa Cruz Civic
Green Day announced today it was cancelling all of its club tour dates for 2012, including its planned Dec. 4 show at the Santa Cruz Civic.
