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January 21, 2026
Highest Hiking
“Some people say the only way you really train for a thru-hike is you get out there and do it,” hiker, Slow Burn.
Late in...
January 14, 2026
Camera. Lights. Ssss
The Comedians With Disabilities Act takes center stage in a new documentary filming in Santa Cruz, highlighting comedy, accessibility, and unapologetic voices.
January 14, 2026
Purrfect Play
From Super Meat Boy to Binding of Isaac and now Mewgenics, Santa Cruz game designer Edmund McMillen turns personal history, trauma, and humor into deeply resonant games.
January 14, 2026
One More River to Cross
The holy trinity, the triangular nexus, the plutonium-powered nuclear reactor that drove the flux capacitor of the Grateful Dead, kept alive by the synchronistic...
December 17, 2025
Brotherhood of Snail
With nearly six decades of history behind them, Santa Cruz rock legends Snail return to the stage for a rare performance at Felton Music Hall, carrying forward a brotherhood forged in the Bay Area music scene of the late 1960s.
December 10, 2025
Plowing Ahead
In the rural pantheon where the rock ’n’ roll gods and goddesses assemble, there’s a special tract of land for San Diego’s Beat Farmers. Rocking at Moe’s Alley, Dec. 11 at 8pm
December 10, 2025
Mex-Mas Cheer
Known worldwide as the Mexican Elvis, El Vez has famously toured with Kiss, David Bowie, and Bob Dylan. He brings his Wild Christmas Espectaculo to Moe’s Alley Dec. 17
December 3, 2025
Give a Hoot
We’re two weeks into the Santa Cruz Gives fundraising event, which runs until Dec. 31. First, Good Times writer DNA shares why he supports...
