Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes are back in Laurie R. King’s Pirate King, but this time on the high seas as well as in dry dock as Mary is shuffled off by a dismissive Holmes to look into low crimes associated with even lower art—the English silent film industry.
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Ten Questions: Carolyn Rudolph
The owner of Charlie Hong Kong talks about what excites her—bees, butterflies and humming birds; avocado, dry-farmed tomato, cannelloni beans and butter lettuce in a sprouted corn tortilla.
The Sound and The Fury
As one of the most popular punk bands in the mid-’90s Santa Cruz underground scene, Fury 66 is a local legend, and their songs are still remembered today. Just not by their lead singer. Which made their reunion show at the Catalyst this week a bit of a tricky proposition for frontman Joe Clements.
Blinded By The Fright
After witnessing the first jetliner crash into the Twin Towers on that Sept. 11 morning, the wife and 7-year-old daughter of a friend of mine fled to their nearby Manhattan loft and ran to the roof to look around. From there, they saw the second plane explode in a rolling ball of flaming fuel across the rooftops. It felt like the heat of a fiery furnace.
PLATED: Drive-Up Entrepreneurs
Longtime foodies (and sweethearts) Amber Turpin and David Stimpson serve up sweet and savory hand pies, cinnamon toast and Four Barrel Coffee espresso at their venture, Filling Station, now operational on the Westside.
Tandy Beal’s Suite HereAfter
As opening night for HereAfterHere approached last September, choreographer Tandy Beal and her husband, composer Jon Scoville, were prepared for the worst. “We thought we’d have 25 people in the audience!” Beal says, laughing.
School Starts in Santa Cruz County
Everyone who ever considered a career in education knows that there are three good reasons to become a teacher: June, July and August. But every August has its September, and with September comes school.
Westside Robbers Steal Cash, Cell Phones
The SCPD is searching for at least two men believed to be involved in a series of armed robberies on Santa Cruz’s Westside. The first robbery occurred on Sunday, near the railroad tracks on Fair Avenue. The victim, a boy, said that two men held him up at gunpoint and stole money and a cell phone from him. About half an hour later, a couple was robbed at High and Storey streets by a pair wielding a gun and a knife.
The Great Santa Cruz Milk-In
In protest of a state and federal crackdown on unpasteurized milk, the Santa Cruz Food Rights Coalition will be milking goats and passing out cups of the superfresh stuff near the Downtown Farmers Market this Wednesday, Sept. 7. Protesters will gather at a secret location downtown, put their goats on leashes and embark on a “mini-parade” down side streets to the market at 3pm.
Trying Youth Offenders as Adults
Ever since 2001, when California voters passed Proposition 21, prosecutors have had the option of trying juveniles charged with a felony in adult courts without having a judge review the cases first. The reason, say advocates, is that this allows courts to issue longer sentences for egregious crimes like murder. (At present, youths sentenced in juvenile court can only be kept in prison until age 25.)
