This year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival entries find new and ever-crazier ways to inspire
Robert Seals on working with metal and celebrating the Monterey Bay Marine Sanctuary
Local comic DNA reflects on his years spent following the Dead
In politically troubled times, comedian finds new confidence and weird optimism
Mother Hips frontman Greg Loiacono brings his solo project to the Crepe Place.
A writer’s search for truth, community and a fast cup of coffee in an unlikely place
Celebrated Grateful Dead singer Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay returns to her roots as she performs with Shady Groove in Felton
Comedy Central’s funniest couple, Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher, come to Vets Hall
For comedian Kathleen Madigan, no amount of podcasting can replace the thrill of live stand-up
Is it performance art? Or just crazy? Indie wrestlers reveal all about a growing Santa Cruz sensation
The Banana Slug String Band celebrates 30 years with shows and a video for ‘Too Hot’
Will Lee comes to the Monterey Jazz Festival to honor a friend
Memories of life on tour, plus the truth about that legendary Santa Cruz Acid Test
From the Crepe Place’s Tuesday funk night to national touring, guitarist Danny Mayer has made his name
Davina and The Vagabonds return to the 57th annual Monterey Jazz Festival
The czar of local underground comedy explains why anyone—and lately, everyone—would do it
Colin Quinn holds nothing back in his one-man show In his new one-man show, Unconstitutional—which comes to The Rio Friday—Colin Quinn is...
When asked how he and his bandmates settled on the name A Thousand Shall Fall, lead guitarist Dan Johnston explains that the...
Jack Bowers has had an impressive career so far. The local musician first entered the scene in the 1970s with electric folk-rock...
The Red Light District isn’t your grandmother’s band—unless, of course, your grandmother happened to see The Doors perform at the Whisky A...
During the Persian Gulf War in 1990, local guitarist Don Caruth was working a construction job in San Jose when his best...
Rock legend (and vintner) Boz Scaggs returns to Santa Cruz After an explosive set by Tower of Power at the 2011 Aptos...
Wasted Noise, a progressive reggae/hip-hop band from Salinas, is bringing together the young and the old with its activism, socially conscious lyricism...
Stand-up comic Margaret Cho’s new one-woman show hits Santa Cruz Actress, podcaster, Grammy nominee and internationally acclaimed stand-up comic Margaret Cho’s award-winning...
With the Monterey Jazz Festival around the corner, one of its many stars, Charlie Hunter, opens up about the community fostered by...
From despair to hope. An inside look at the local men whose sea-changing efforts offer prisoners a voice and an opportunity to...
Betsy Jane Kniffen may have performed the national anthem at the opening Santa Cruz Derby Girls bout in March, but the lead...
Antsy McClain and his Flamingoheads get national attention with PBS concert series
When Elliot Wright was attending UC Santa Cruz in 2006, he would show up at parties, plug his iPod into a sound...
Sacred steel whiz Robert Randolph reconnects with roots, finds inspiration