Posts By Geoffrey Dunn
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Cover StoriesThe Hidden Legacy of Santa Cruz’s Chinatown
Uncovering the fate of one of historic Chinatown’s most famous residents reveals the harsh realities faced by his community
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A&EHow Nina Simon Reinvented Santa Cruz Art
The outgoing director of the Museum of Art & History talks art elitism, forging new community ties and what’s next
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A&EA Prodigal Son of Santa Cruz Lit Returns
Poet Robert Lundquist comes to Bookshop Santa Cruz on April 25
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A&EThe Legacy of ‘On the Road’s Al Hinkle
Beat movement muse passes away at age 92
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Cover StoriesHow Bill Monning Modeled California’s Blue Wave
Door knocking with the Central Coast’s unapologetically progressive State Senator
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Cover StoriesO’Neill Sea Odyssey That Turns Ocean into Classroom Celebrates 100,000th Student
Jack O’Neill’s ocean stewardship legacy is going strong
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Cover StoriesThe True Story of Mary Porter Sesnon and Pino Alto
While Mary Porter Sesnon’s name is well-known throughout the region, very little until now has been known about her life.
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Cover StoriesThe Story of Neil Young’s Short-lived Santa Cruz Band the Ducks
In the summer of 1977 Neil Young moved to town to make legendary music
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Cover StoriesSanta Cruz’s Historical African-American Baseball Team
Nearly erased from local history, the Santa Cruz Colored Giants challenged baseball’s racist rules in the Jim Crow era
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A&EPreview: ‘Howard Ikemoto: The Last Show’ at Cabrillo College Gallery
Benefit art show captures the quiet, powerful legacy of Howard Ikemoto
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Cover StoriesWhy is the Grave of Antoinette Swan Unmarked?
The historic Santa Cruz legacy and mana of Hawaiian-born Antoinette Swan
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A&EPreview: The Great Big Band’s Swan Song at Kuumbwa
Ray Brown’s Great Big Band signs off with a final show at Kuumbwa
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Cover StoriesCelebrating Santa Cruz’s 150th Anniversary
A look back at our city’s rough-and-tumble beginnings
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Cover StoriesThe Story of Juneteenth
Santa Cruz has been celebrating African American culture on the ‘Black Fourth’ for 25 years
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Testing Ground: Remembering the First ‘Acid Test’
Fifty years ago Santa Cruz hosted a landmark moment in counterculture history
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What’s In Store
New Leaf Community Markets celebrates its 30th anniversary with a block party this weekend. Co-founder and president Scott Roseman talks about how...
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A&E
Aloha, Pac Rim
Why we miss the Pacific Rim Film Festival
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The Boards Are Back in Town
More than a century after a famed trio of Hawaiian princes first surfed in Santa Cruz, their redwood olo surfboards are returning...
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A&E
Place Painting
Ed Penniman’s ‘Santa Cruz Sweet Spots’ exhibit highlights his love of his native city
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Golden State Psycho
Multiple-murder suspect Robert Durst, the focus of HBO’s ‘The Jinx,’ called Northern California home in the 1990s and early 2000s. Did he...
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Film
Mission Critical
How reading Lisa Jensen’s reviews taught me to love film
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Dazed, But Not Confused
A reflection of Santa Cruz in the 1970s
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Under Their Skin
What makes two people right for each other? Two parallel relationships—and a brief intersection—between Frank and Ava and Frank and Lindy reveal...
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Dancing In the Rain
District Attorney Bob Lee’s death in October stunned the Santa Cruz community, but he had battled cancer fiercely—and privately—for more than a...
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On the Waterfront
As the wharf celebrates its centennial, a personal reflection on its essential place in Santa Cruz’s history
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News
Nobody Beats Ralph
Ralph Peduto (1942-2014) was a creative force on the Santa Cruz arts scene for 35 years
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American Music
Chris Isaak and Gregg Allman trace back the roots of their sound as they headline the Santa Cruz Blues Festival on Memorial...
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Printer’s Devil
Iconic editor Buz Bezore, who died last month at the age of 68, left a huge mark on Santa Cruz journalism ...
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George Ow’s Chinatown
An excerpt from ‘Santa Cruz is in the Heart Vol. II’ In the spring when the willows and chickens grew fat again...
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Spirit Weavers
More than 200 years ago, Santa Cruz was inhabited by peoples who had lived here for millennia. They spoke a different language,...
