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July 2, 2025
50 and Counting
We got curious about how many other Santa Cruz County businesses had endured longer than half a century. Turns out the answer is…a lot.
July 2, 2025
Summer and Sound
Espressivo, which righteously calls itself a “small intense orchestra,”delivered the goods last month with a season finale that filled Peace United Church with edgy Romantic-era rarities.
July 2, 2025
Appetite for Change
Once upon a time an astute cement tycoon named Henry Cowell acquired 2,000 acres of meadowlands and redwood forests overlooking the Monterey Bay. Through...
June 4, 2025
Musical Mischief
Virtuoso guitarist Peppino D’Agostino brings his blazing acoustic guitar back to Santa Cruz for a concert of Italian music on Saturday, June 14
May 14, 2025
Well-Composed Pride
New Music Works’ final concert of the season, 50 Years of LGBTQ+ Pride in Santa Cruz, is special for several reasons.
May 7, 2025
Aloha with a Twist
With characteristic spunk, veteran mystery ace Leslie Karst has dashed off the second book in her new Hawai’ian Island-based series, Waters of Destruction. Natural...
May 7, 2025
Musical Treasures
Figaro “simply has the best music, the most charm, the best written characters. It has drama, comedy, romance—it is the full package.”
May 2, 2025
A Musical Legend Leaves the Podium
On the eve of her farewell concert this weekend with the Symphony. Cheryl Anderson, leading lady of the Cabrillo College Music Program, looks ahead to new odysseys.