Election season is here, and Santa Cruz city council candidates are planning their campaign kick-off parties, most of which are happening this week. Mayor Don Lane has locked down former Mayor Mike Rotkin, who will be performing live music (!) at Lane’s event. Set list is under wraps, but we’re sure the UCSC Marxist Theory lecturer won’t disappoint. “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” anyone?
Election season is here, and Santa Cruz city council candidates are planning their campaign kick-off parties, most of which are happening this week.
Rumor has it CeCe Pinheiro is still looking for speakers. The community television executive was spotted literally chasing down a passerby outside the Weekly offices, hoping to score a commitment to speak at her event, Friday, Sept. 7 at 5pm at the Galleria Building, 740 Front St. The unidentified male apologetically told Pinheiro he had to watch his kids that day.
For his part, Mayor Don Lane has locked down former Mayor Mike Rotkin, who will be performing live music (!) at Lane’s event, Thursday Sept. 6 at 5pm at the Darling House, 314 West Cliff. Set list is under wraps, but we’re sure the UCSC Marxist Theory lecturer won’t disappoint. “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” anyone?
Food wise, India Joze will have his hands full by catering both Micah Posner’s party, Sunday, Sept. 9 at 2pm at the Resource Center for Non-Violence, 612 Ocean St., and Steve Pleich’s laid-back affair, “probably the last weekend in September” at India Joze, 418 Front St. Richelle Noroyan’s going Hawaiian for her event, to be held Monday, Sept. 10 at 5:30 at Pono Hawaiian Grill, 120 Union St.
Twenty eight-year-old surfer Jake Fusari is encouraging younger, politically-curious demographics especially at his event Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 6pm at Louie’s Cajun Kitchen, 110 Church St. “I want to invite anybody,” Fusari told the Weekly over the phone. But this isn’t a house party, kiddos: “I’m going to try to keep it pretty for—not formal, but professional,” he added.
Pamela Comstock’s event was Tuesday, Sept. 4. It promised “Team Pam” “swag,” which we hope means we’ll soon be seeing rhinestone-studded yard signs popping up around town. (Swag swag.)
With an outdoor party at Abbott Square, Cooper and Front Streets, on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 4:30pm, Cynthia Mathews will be accepting donations both in the form of checks and pennies tossed into the fountain with wishes for her success.
