Robert Redford weaves together a captivating tale in ‘The Company You Keep’ There are a number of captivating scenes in The Company...
Luscious ‘Renoir’ is a painting come to life For everyone who’s ever wished they could stroll right into the middle of a...
“The heart of the ocean beats in mine,” The Gembrokers confess on the stripped-down track “Mountain Lion,” off their 2012 self-titled release....
Inspiration comes natural to folk-soul strummer Sean Hayes Looking back, Sean Hayes says he worked on the title track of his latest...
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Hollywood’s love affair with the post-apocalyptic future of Earth continues in Oblivion. Co-written and directed by Joseph Kosinski, adapted from his...
Downtown art display unites community with eccentricity On the first Friday of April, more than 1,000 Santa Cruz residents participated in an...
Two local theater companies collaborate to produce two one-act plays by the late playwright Harold Pinter If what isn’t said speaks louder...
Malick’s latest ‘To the Wonder’ a halfhearted sketch of rehashed dynamicsYou could never accuse filmmaker and master craftsman Terrence Malick of oversaturating...
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Stephanie Schneiderman’s music may be ever-changing, but her message remains constant Whether she is performing with the Portland, Ore.-based indie pop-rock band...
Thanks to Ona Stewart, guitarist and songwriter for Santa Cruz bluegrass/Americana band The Naked Bootleggers, you might have a secret life you...
National Dance Week Santa Cruz April 18 to April 26 This year my work as a dance educator and presenter has brought...
Celebrating world culture and exorcising demons with Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry
Gals from Down Under turn heads playing unlikely crooners, but ‘The Sapphires’ wins points for its sizzle and originality Four Aboriginal women...
Miyazaki craftsmanship tells small-scale story in ‘Poppy Hill’ The latest from Japanese anime master Hayao Miyazaki’s famed Studio Ghibli is From Up...
The splendor of Spiritualized’s limitless space rock is in its relentless and familiar flow Wow! It’s like you’re next door now,” Jason...
Larry Hosford has been making music since the 1960s, and the reason he keeps recording and performing after all these years is...
Sixth annual National Dance Week Santa Cruz challenges preconceived notions of what dance can be What do the post office, cafés, intersections...
Antsy McClain and his Flamingoheads get national attention with PBS concert series
Local bluegrass band Steep Ravine embraces a non-traditional sound
Janis Ian: still a voice for the marginalized
Iconic San Francisco revue continues to improve with age
When Elliot Wright was attending UC Santa Cruz in 2006, he would show up at parties, plug his iPod into a sound...
Sacred steel whiz Robert Randolph reconnects with roots, finds inspiration
Strip away the religious ramifications of reggae music and it comes down to love and respect for all things. This is the...
The Doors’ Ray Manzarek and slide guitar virtuoso Roy Rogers on performing, grasping the infinite moment and teaching Jim Morrison to sing
Marc Lewis, guitarist and founder of Santa Cruz rock outfit Doors To No Where, is somewhat elusive about the band’s moniker. “The...
‘The Hobbit’ wanders too far from its own creative shire
You don’t have to be high to appreciate High On Fire’s music…but it helps
