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October 1, 2025
Meet the Makers
Launched in 1985, Open Studios is a feast for the eyes, a chance to treat yourself and/or plan ahead for holiday gifting.
October 1, 2025
The Most Ambitious Season
Set to open this weekend, Santa Cruz Symphony’s 2025-26 season offers temptation aplenty for music lovers of every stripe. From the smoldering Scheherazade Suite,...
September 10, 2025
Prejudice…and Pride
In “Master Harold” ... and the Boys, Corey Jones is breathtaking. His final moments onstage—were among the most poignant this stage has ever seen.
September 3, 2025
Words and Music
Plan to be dazzled by the Santa Cruz Symphony’s 68th concert season. The entire year is filled with orchestral music that is both accessible and thrilling.
August 13, 2025
Challenge Accepted
Bravo to a director who trusts the intelligence of his audience and offers us ‘Pericles,’ the rarely performed work of a Renaissance genius, writes theater critic Christina Waters.
August 6, 2025
Mortal Fools
A Midsummer Night’s Dream once again fills the Grove with a frisky quartet of absorbing plotlines and repertory actors...
August 6, 2025
Midsummer Nights
The July 13 performance of Johann Sebastian Bach’s ultimate legacy, the B Minor Mass, was this year’s highlight of the Carmel Bach Festival.
July 30, 2025
Cabrillo Festival Brings It
Time again for the mighty Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music to fill the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium and its surrounding landscape with unexpected, unpredictable and unrepeatable sights and sounds.
