Art
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4.3KPerla Batalla’s Ode to Leonard Cohen
Former collaborator of folk icon brings ‘House of Cohen’ to Kuumbwa
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4.2K‘Comedy of Errors’ Goes ’80s Camp
Santa Cruz Shakespeare leans into physical comedy
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4.3KRoomful of Teeth Reinvents Vocals
Star of unconventional vocal performance group got her start at Aptos High
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3.5KActivist Artists Tackle Climate Action
Santa Cruz-based ARRT plans summer events
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3.4KQ&A: ‘The Formula’ Strips Down Shakespeare
Playwright Kathryn Chetkovich previews Santa Cruz Shakespeare reading
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5.2KSanta Cruz Shakespeare’s Screwball ‘Pride and Prejudice’
A hilarious, if uneven, spin on Jane Austen
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3.5KMAH Bids Farewell to the Chamber of Heart and Mystery
Young Writers Program looks for a new home
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3.0KCabrillo Stage Revives ‘Beehive’ Era
A timely, energetic jukebox of ’60s music
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3.8KNew Indexical Residency Backs Experimental Music
Brooklyn-to-Santa Cruz nonprofit welcomes first artist in residence
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4.2KHow Santa Cruz is Encouraging Recycled Art
Dumpster diving with a purpose
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3.8KCelebrating the Art of Recovery for Santa Cruz’s Robbie Schoen
After a serious stroke in 2017, Schoen is on the mend and celebrating his birthday on Friday
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5.8KWomen’s Circus Troupe Aloft Creates ‘Brave Space’
Aloft comes to Santa Cruz on Wednesday, June 19
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11.7K4How 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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6.0KA Guide to Ebb & Flow Fest 2019
Wander the river and the Tannery Arts Center on First Friday
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3.8KEbb & Flow Festival Brings Art Back to Nature
Clay artist’s life-size river installation leads off June 7 Tannery event
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4.5KHistorian 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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5.7KUnScruz Brings Burning Man Ethos to Santa Cruz
As Black Rock City faces an existential crisis, locals keep festival spirit alive
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4.2K‘Ink Knows No Borders’ In Central Coast Poetry Book
New collection led by Monterey writer gives voice to immigrant experience
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5.0KMuralists 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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6.8K1Best of Santa Cruz County 2019: Arts & Culture
The best local festivals, galleries, performers and more
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4.7K‘Champions and Lovers’ at Tannery Winter Dance Fest
Annual performance returns with dancers from near and far
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8.0K1A ‘Fusion of Art and Physics’ at R. Blitzer
Left brain and right brain collide, offering insight into both
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4.9KWestside ‘Art Roommates’ Thrive in Shared Studio
The creatives behind Coco Chispa pottery and JuiceBox Surfboards split a studio by choice
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7.2K2Saying 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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4.9KBaroque Festival Brings Back Bach
Local festival’s 46th season recreates the world of a musical genius
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6.9K1The Flavor of Watsonville’s New ‘Sabor’ Mural
Local artists had to fight for public art project
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5.7K1The Legacy of ‘On the Road’s Al Hinkle
Beat movement muse passes away at age 92
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6.7KStudents Expand Creativity in Santa Cruz Gives Arts Programs
How three nonprofits help students learn about arts, culture and themselves
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5.5KFull Spektrum: The Best Local Art of 2018
If nothing else, at least 2018 was a great year for the arts
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6.8K1Danusha Laméris Launches Pop-Up Poetry in Santa Cruz
The county’s new poet laureate wants to push poetry out of its comfort zone
