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March 4, 2025
Swept Away
Rock-shock percussion, ferocious sonic complexity, luminous vocals. The third concert in the New Music Works season, with Caroline Shaw’s Narrow Sea as the finale,...
February 25, 2025
Small But Mighty
Santa Cruz is a full house of musical riches. The seasons are often short and sweet, but the programming is always ferocious. Often transformative.
January 29, 2025
Short and Sweet
Live theater at its most brisk, theatrical diversity at its most playful. Quick, grab some of the remaining tickets. 8Tens@Eight runs through Feb. 16 at Actors’ Theatre
January 29, 2025
Piping Haute
Remember cold pizza with warm beer, at dawn, after a late-night party? Or that first bite of charred pizza bianca in Italy that revised...
January 21, 2025
Beyond Baroque
If you think you’re not ready for pre-electronic music, you’re in for a mind-bending shock. Reddin works the pedals of the organ like a man possessed
December 27, 2024
Stage of Dreams
Taking over the former home of the Jewel Theater with her new project, Theatre 831, Lindsey Chester is reaching out to local arts groups.
December 13, 2024
A Fond Bye-Bye to Bruce Bratton
Hard to think about this town without his omnipresence, the inimitable Bruce Bratton, who left us a few days ago.
December 11, 2024
A New Tradition
Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s new and utterly delightful A Christmas Carol has already enchanted half the town. Review by Christina Waters