Posts By Christina Waters
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Dining ReviewsTequila & Taco Music Festival returns to San Lorenzo
Plus several new openings to look forward to in Santa Cruz
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Dining ReviewsWindy Oaks Opens New Carmel-by-the-Sea Tasting Room
Plus Malabar promises tapas, and a fire at Manresa ceases operations
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Food & Drink‘Bringing the Harvest Home’ Workshop Series at Mountain Feed & Farm Supply
Learn how to preserve the season’s best, plus a new chef takes the helm at Soif and Shakespearean Pop-Ups at The Grove
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A&ETheater Review: Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Accomplished actors bring a playful energy to Shakespeare’s classic story of doomed love
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Food & DrinkAl Fresco Benefit Dinner for Local Nonprofit Food What?!
Plus local beer and wine now available at Malabar, and an accolade for Happy Dog Hot Dog cart
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A&EBehind the Scenes of the 56th Annual Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
This year’s festival features 18 composers and world, West Coast and U.S. premieres
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Dining ReviewsManuel’s Offers Festive Atmosphere and Consistently Good Mexican
Plus a tribute to Dexter Ahlgren, and a successful Sustain Supper for Homeless Garden Project
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A&EReview: Santa Cruz Shakespeare Dazzles with ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’
In taking on Bard’s most challenging wordplay, company stages a triumph
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Food & DrinkLocal Treasure Sabieng Delivers Phenomenally Spiced Classics
Summer is the right time for local Thai spice
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Food & DrinkBig Openings Set for Food and Wine Scene
Alderwood transforming Erik’s Deli spot downtown; Storrs to unveil Corralitos winery
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A&EStephen Kessler Shares His ‘Garage Elegies’
Local poet comes to Bookshop with his new volume on July 10
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Dining ReviewsSurf City Kitchen Brings Fusion Menu to Pour Taproom
Anthony Kresge oversees modern pub menu
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Food & DrinkCongressman Jimmy Panetta to Speak at Homeless Garden Project’s Sustain Supper
The full lineup for HGP’s Next Supper, Plus Felton Farmers Market Thrives Every Tuesday
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Food & DrinkThe Local Mount Eden Vineyards Wine That Was Served at Royal Wedding
Plus a Pork & Pint party at Home restaurant, and foraged mushrooms from Ocean2Table
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Food & DrinkNew Leaf’s Deli and Juice Bar Save Lunch in a Pinch
Plus Pour Taproom Turns 2, and a gluten-free product of the week
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Food & DrinkBottle Jack Winery Maintains Momentum, Plus Bargetto’s La Vita Release
John Ritchey of Bottle Jack Winery is winning top honors for his big reds
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Cover StoriesWhy Cheryl Anderson is Santa Cruz Artist of the Year
Director of Cabrillo Choral and Vocal Studies has been raising voices for decades
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Food & DrinkMahalo Mondays at Hula’s Benefit Local Causes
Plus pop-up Farmers Market breakfasts are selling like hotcakes, and half-bottles of Le Cigare Volant
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A&EWhat Does the Future Look like for the UCSC Arboretum?
A talk with Martin Quigley: Landscape Architect, Director of Gardens and Grounds at UCSC Arboretum
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Cover StoriesUCSC Students Reinvent Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’
Why UCSC’s take on Mozart’s opera ‘The Magic Flute’ was a full year in the making
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Dining ReviewsVinoCruz: Local Libations Meet Well-Crafted Bites
A happier hour at VinoCruz, plus a yogurt so decadent it moonlights as dessert
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A&ETheater Review: Jewel Theatre’s ‘Odd Couple’
Jewel Theatre has fun with Neil Simon’s wildly retro ‘Odd Couple’
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Dining ReviewsBonny Doon Winery Releases Fizzy Pink Wine in Cans
Randall Grahm makes foray into cans, Staff of Life turns 49, and Route 1 Farm Dinner
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Dining ReviewsMother’s Day Flower Pop-up Blooms at Companion Bakeshop
A flower pop-up at Companion, summer suppers, and a national wine magazine takes notice
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Dining ReviewsPacific Coffee Roasting Company Celebrates 30 years
Dena and Tom Hope look back on the coffee house’s 30 years, and a toast for the late Jim Aschbacher
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Dining ReviewsConsistently Delicious Breakfast and Lunch at River Cafe
Cozy vibe, fresh-baked pastries and organic lunch lineup at River Cafe
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Dining ReviewsStaff of Life Celebrates Almost a Half Century in Business
Staff of Life turns 49, plus Morgan Winery’s newest unoaked Chardonnay
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Dining ReviewsChef Rebecca Mastoris at Fourth Annual Flower Festival
Held this May at the UCSC Arboretum, the Flower Festival and Feast supports College of Botanical Healing Arts
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Dining ReviewsBreakfast at the Farmers Market
Summer pop-up series brings in top local chefs
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A&ELocal Author Leslie Karst Appears at Bookshop Santa Cruz with ‘Death al Fresco’
Karst on her murder mystery series, Italian cooking, and crafting Sally Solari from character traits she has and wishes she had
