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April 10, 2024
Take a Hike with Richard Stockton
The French supercentenarian Jeanne Louise Calment was not just alive at 122, she thrived.
“I’ve only got one wrinkle and I’m sitting on it,” she...
April 3, 2024
A New Recipe For Housing
We’re number one. The California per capita homeless population is the largest in the country and last June a grand jury report found that...
March 27, 2024
Kaleidoscopic Music
the inaugural Kaleidoscope Music Festival aims to shine a light on Santa Cruz and its homegrown music scene. The festival happens Saturday, March 30
March 20, 2024
Don’t Get Stuck In The Muck
"Love says I am everything. Wisdom says I am nothing. Somewhere in between the two, my life flows." - Nisargadatta Maharaj
March 13, 2024
Meat or Meatless? That is the question
My grandmother always said not to diet, what good could come of a word where the first three letters are d i e?
The “die”...
March 6, 2024
Low and Slow Show
Bold representation of an underrepresented culture and lowriders are among the themes of this year’s 12th Annual Watsonville Film Festival.
February 28, 2024
Soulful Kendra Morris
With vulnerability in her writing, humor and creative vocal textures, Kendra Morris deserves a listen.
February 21, 2024
Cheeseburgers in Paradise
This is gonna get personal. It’s also going to get messy and massive, specific and saucy, creative and crave-making, euphoric and caloric.
February 14, 2024
Murder for a Smile
Sarina Simon, Nina’s mother, is sitting in the treatment center, receiving a chemotherapy infusion for her Stage 4 lung cancer. She has an inspiration...
February 7, 2024
Good Times with Shameless Sex
This Valentine’s Day, local podcasters, sexpert-preneurs and now authors April Lampert (left) and Amy Baldwin (the team behind the Pure Pleasure Shop and the Shameless Sex podcast) have some advice for those of you trying to get to the pleasure point.
January 31, 2024
The Future of Theater and Music
The sheer magic of the moment vs. the time and money to make it happen—live performance is a delicate balance, and never more so...
January 24, 2024
The Health and Fitness Issue
As we dive headfirst into 2024 brimming with new resolutions, with all of the breakthroughs in the field of health and wellness, it’s a...