Amanda West started singing sometime after she began walking, but before uttering her first words. Or that’s what she’s been told, at...
Veteran solo performer revisits childhood trauma in ambitious one-man show When an 8-year-old Mark Kenward and his family moved from Normal, Il.,...
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Time to hang up the franchise with ‘Hangover III’ It was the perfect storm of circumstances. First, the Memorial Day holiday and...
José González on the chilly atmosphere pervading Junip’s mesmerizing new record Ten years ago, I used to have music as my hobby....
Betsy Jane Kniffen may have performed the national anthem at the opening Santa Cruz Derby Girls bout in March, but the lead...
Jazz Society faces financial uncertainty, seeks support Chances are good that if you’ve ever been to a live jazz show at a...
Characters, action, humor, surprise fuel ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ J. J. Abrams has figured out the secret to building a better franchise:...
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Political activist and UC Santa Cruz Professor Emerita Angela Davis commands the spotlight in a riveting new documentary.
French-born jazz vocalist Cyrille Aimée lives for musical freedom and improvisation Cyrille Aimée is a musical gypsy. Her sound incorporates elements of...
Danny Moriarty’s musical influences have been known to impact his life beyond his local rock band, Transoceana. “I went through two periods,”...
Former resident pays homage to Santa Cruz with locally shot thesis film When he left Santa Cruz for the University of Southern...
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Although Jesse Malley, lead singer of the outlaw country, blues and rock ’n’ roll band The Tilt, no longer lives in Santa...
The 11-piece, husband-and-wife-led Tedeschi Trucks Band headlines the Santa Cruz Blues Festival Guitarist Derek Trucks and vocalist/guitarist Susan Tedeschi, the husband-and-wife team...
Luhrmann delivers a Deco-licious, surprisingly effective ‘Great Gatsby’ With Baz Luhrmann in the driver’s seat, the slick, shiny roadster that is The...
Area theater troupes gear up for annual Santa Cruz Improv Fest There’s one story that I must tell you, and I always...
Downey puts the irony in entertaining ‘Iron Man 3’ Forget the armor-plated body suit and CGI. The secret weapon in the Iron...
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Allen Stone wants to give R&B back some of its depth Whether fairly or unfairly, R&B and soul music often get typecast....
Megan Saunders and the rest of the members of The Driftless—Blair McLaughlin, Jeffrey Kissell and Rob Smith—love their band. “We have a...
Ben Lomond author gives prolific inventor, John J. Montgomery, the long-overdue credit he deserves Few Santa Cruzans know that some of the...
Editor’s note: Frances Hatfield lives in Santa Cruz, where she also maintains a private practice in depth psychotherapy. Her poetry has appeared...
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Coming out of a cold winter with Cowboy Junkies’ Michael Timmins The title The Wilderness does a fine job of conveying the...
Bryn Loosley is methodical when it comes to his music. “If you locked me in a room for two hours and told...
L.A. artist choreographs the highs and lows of motherhood Christine Suarez, Los Angeles performing artist and choreographer, recalls a conversation in which...
Local filmmaker looks to produce feature about final victim of prolific serial killer Filmmaker Cameron Cloutier’s still-unfinished journey with his film, Bird...
Lost souls grasp for the unattainable in one of the year’s most sublime and powerful films You don’t experience many movies like...
