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December 20, 2022
What Smells?: The Year in Review
From the stinky to the sweet, the annoying to the just plain weird, here’s a look back at the offbeat news that wafted into our noses and brains in 2022
December 7, 2022
Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett Plays Solo at Moe’s
Famed guitarist’s journey from punk to Americana
October 19, 2022
Ralph Macchio on the ‘Karate Kid’/‘Cobra Kai’ Miyagiverse
Franchise star becomes its unofficial historian in new book ‘Waxing On’
October 19, 2022
Bettina Aptheker Lets Queer Radicals Out of the Closet
UCSC icon looks at homophobia on the American left in her new book ‘Communists in Closets’
October 12, 2022
Turntables, Whips and Beyoncé: Evicshen’s Wild World of Self-Made Sonics
Bay Area artist Victoria Shen brings unique gear and punk-rock attitude to Indexical
October 5, 2022
John Doe Brings His Folk Trio to Moe’s
Punk legend finds more fun in the old world—as in the 1800s—on pandemic-inspired project
August 23, 2022
Casting Surprises at Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s 2023 Season Reveal
Next year’s plays will feature the return of a local acting icon and a very meta team-up
August 9, 2022
Locals Only Music Festival Showcases the Santa Cruz Scene
Unique festival Aug. 20-21 at Santa Cruz Fairgrounds is swan song for longtime local promoter ‘Sleepy’ John Sandidge