The inaugural Duck Island Festival brings six music acts, food trucks and vendors to San Lorenzo Park on Saturday, Sept. 26. Gates open at noon; music starts at 1 p.m.
Martha High spent decades alongside James Brown and is still carrying the funk at 81. She brings the Funky Divas, Fred Wesley and The New JBs to Kuumbwa Jazz Center.
Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s The Last Five Years turns a five-year relationship inside out, with Chris Cherin and Charlotte Boyce Munson tracing love, ambition and heartbreak in opposite directions. Reviewed by Christina Waters.
Santa Cruz Guitar Company celebrates 50 years of handcrafted instruments with a free block party and an all-star concert at the Rio Theatre on Sept. 19.
Watsonville native Pedro Martin returns to his farmworker childhood in Mexikid Dreams, a graphic memoir about family, field work, imagination and the dream of becoming an artist.
Christina Waters reviews Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s stylish production of Noel Coward’s Private Lives, a glittering collision of romance, wit and marital warfare.
Santa Cruz band Kentucky Mule mixes country, Americana, bluegrass and roots with a punk-bred energy as it prepares for shows in Monterey and at the Crepe Place.
Santa Cruz artist Shaun “Slogan” Logan traces the unlikely road from Aptos and the Expendables’ tour bus to Cali Roots, album art and murals across Santa Cruz County.
Mischa Richter’s documentary Summer Tour follows Santa Cruz Deadhead Annie Dunn and Jerry Pierce across America during Dead & Company’s final 2023 tour.
