Telling Stories of Mexican California: Real Life & Myth Making at the SLV Museum Events Exhibitions Local News 

Telling Stories of Mexican California: Real Life & Myth Making at the SLV Museum

The San Lorenzo Valley Museum has opened a new exhibition, Telling Stories of Mexican California: Real Life & Myth Making, now on view at the Faye G. Belardi Memorial Gallery in Felton. This thought-provoking exhibit explores California’s Mexican period (1822–1846), pairing authentic histories with the romanticized versions that followed. It examines how early settlers, writers, and promoters shaped California’s image… Read More
Charles Duhigg Supercommunicators Events Uncategorized 

Supercommunicators Author Charles Duhigg: Communicating in a Complicated World June 26

Mark your calendars for an inspiring evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Charles Duhigg, hosted by Leadership Santa Cruz County at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz on Thursday, June 26, 2025. This event promises to delve into transformative insights from Duhigg’s acclaimed book Supercommunicators, offering attendees practical tools to enhance their personal and professional lives. This work… Read More
Heavy Lifting Tour Events Fire Recovery 

Heavy Lifting Listening Tour: 4th Anniversary of CZU Lightning Complex Fire

Artist Felicia Rice and Poet Theresa Whitehill are hosting The Heavy Lifting Listening Tour, a program to honor the 4-year anniversary of the devastating CZU Lightning Complex Fire. The program will take place in the Felton Branch Library Community Room on Saturday, August 24 from 2 to 4pm. The event is free and open to the public. Felicia is an… Read More
Anna Bobisuthi Hammer In Blacksmith Festival Community Events Festivals Local News 

Roaring Camp Blacksmith Hammer-In August 16 & 17

By Anna Bobisuthi Welcome to another great year of forging in the redwoods! It’s time once again for Roaring Camp’s annual Hammer-In, a spectacular event with blacksmiths from all over California meeting up for a weekend of fun and education! The event runs August 16 and 17 from 8 am to 5 pm. Organized by Bill Kasper, the California Blacksmith… Read More
Shannon Lorraine and Arindam Krishna Das Events Health Music 

Sound Vibration: Kirtan and the Krishna Consciousness 

By Arindam Krishna Das HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE This is the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra. Some of you may know It well, some may have heard The Devotees chanting It on Pacific Avenue, most everyone has heard It in George Harrison’s song “My Sweet Lord.” Chanting and meditating on this Mantra… Read More
Santa Clara Valley Model T endurance race Events Local News 

Model T Ford Club Hosts Rally in the Mountains

On Sunday, June 9th, the Santa Clara Valley Model T Ford Club hosts its 53rd Annual Endurance Run and Lowland Tour. Historic vehicles called “Speedsters” and other vintage motorcars from 1900-1945 will rally through the mountain and coastal towns of Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Ben Lomond, Felton, Santa Cruz, Davenport, Pescadero, San Gregorio, and La Honda as their drivers and riding… Read More
tedxsantacruz Columns Culture Events 

TEDxSanta Cruz Inspires Community Solutions and Solidarity

By Haley Sage On Saturday, April 13 the Crocker Theater at Cabrillo College hosted TEDxSanta Cruz, a world-renown symposium featuring 22 local speakers along with musical performances, dance ensembles, food, and more. To say the event was impressive is a vast understatement: TEDxSanta Cruz firmly put Santa Cruz on the map as a place to represent both the spirit of… Read More
Events Live Music 

Live Music Santa Cruz: St. Patrick’s Day Weekend March 15 – 17

Here’s the roundup of live music in Santa Cruz for St. Patrick’s Day (St. Paddy’s) weekend. Thursday, March 14 Devon Brockhopp-Hammer & Kevin IvesterLooping ImprovShanty Shack BrewingThursday, March 14 | 5:00 – 7:00138 Fern St., Santa Cruz Wing Brothers at Alice’s RestaurantThursday, March 14 | 5:00 – 7:3017288 Skyline Blvd, Woodside Slow Coast Jazz Trio at VinoCruzThursdays | 5:30 –… Read More