Art
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617Historian Douglas Brinkley Talks ’60s Counterculture, Space Race
Events at Bookshop Santa Cruz and the Rio will span politics, music and more
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1.6KUnScruz Brings Burning Man Ethos to Santa Cruz
As Black Rock City faces an existential crisis, locals keep festival spirit alive
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1.0K‘Ink Knows No Borders’ In Central Coast Poetry Book
New collection led by Monterey writer gives voice to immigrant experience
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2.1KMuralists Aim To Super-Size Santa Cruz Public Art
After painting KindPeoples, East End Gastropub, Plantronics and more, two local artists have big plans for a wall at Bay and Mission
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2.3K1Best of Santa Cruz County 2019: Arts & Culture
The best local festivals, galleries, performers and more
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1.3K‘Champions and Lovers’ at Tannery Winter Dance Fest
Annual performance returns with dancers from near and far
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3.0K1A ‘Fusion of Art and Physics’ at R. Blitzer
Left brain and right brain collide, offering insight into both
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2.4KWestside ‘Art Roommates’ Thrive in Shared Studio
The creatives behind Coco Chispa pottery and JuiceBox Surfboards split a studio by choice
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3.0K2Saying Yes To The (Divorce) Dress
A local photo project encourages subjects to slip into a cursed gown and open up about their breakups
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1.6KBaroque Festival Brings Back Bach
Local festival’s 46th season recreates the world of a musical genius
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2.7K1The Flavor of Watsonville’s New ‘Sabor’ Mural
Local artists had to fight for public art project
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1.5KThe Legacy of ‘On the Road’s Al Hinkle
Beat movement muse passes away at age 92
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2.3KStudents Expand Creativity in Santa Cruz Gives Arts Programs
How three nonprofits help students learn about arts, culture and themselves
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2.2KFull Spektrum: The Best Local Art of 2018
If nothing else, at least 2018 was a great year for the arts
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2.4K1Danusha Laméris Launches Pop-Up Poetry in Santa Cruz
The county’s new poet laureate wants to push poetry out of its comfort zone
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1.7KRadical Movement Factory Takes Westside to New Heights
‘Shine!’ brings aerial action to the Wrigley Building
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2.4KA Guide to Holiday Entertainment in Santa Cruz County
From ballet and Celtic music to a celebration of our immigrant nation
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3.7KNina Simon Stepping Down as Director of the MAH
In leaving the Museum of Art and History, Simon aims to serve as an ambassador to a new movement
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2.8KMountain Community Theater Presents ‘Miracle on 34th Street’
MCT’s 10th ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ puts the holidays in perspective
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1.9KPreview: MAH’s ‘Power Hour of Fun’
Elise Granata on the silliest and most fun hour adults will ever spend
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1.6KTheater Review: ‘Suds’
Crowd-pleasing ’60s oldies get a new spin in Jewel Theatre Company musical
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3.3KMajesty: A New Queer Dance Party and Drag Show at Motion Pacific
New bi-monthly drag show adds important LGBTQ+ space in Santa Cruz
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2.1K5 Things To Do in Santa Cruz Nov. 6-13
Guns meet art at Radius Gallery; Mountainfilm Tour makes Santa Cruz stop
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1.8KFor Students By Students: UCSC Rainbow Theatre Turns 25
New season productions run through mid-November
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2.8KFourth Annual Plein Air Festival Returns to Capitola
Four days of live landscape painting and plenty of squinting by 40 artists
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2.8K2Y2K International Looping Festival Returns to Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz’s Y2K International Looping Festival gathers the world’s best practitioners of an experimental art
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3.0KMatt de la Peña’s ‘Carmela’ Writes the Book on Watsonville—For Kids
Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson pen ‘Carmela Full of Wishes,’ set in Santa Cruz County
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3.0KGlow: Festival of Fire and Light returns to the MAH
Fire Skee-Ball among the latest additions to this year’s festival
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2.9KHow to Get the Most Out of Open Studios 2018
A guide to Santa Cruz County’s premiere art tour
