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Published 21 hours agoSanta Cruz journalist Martha Mendoza goes inside the global scam industry for new PBS documentary
Santa Cruz journalist and UCSC lecturer Martha Mendoza spent the past year investigating the global online scam industry for a new PBS "Frontline" documentary. Then scammers hit close to home, targeting people close to her in Santa Cruz.
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Published September 27How maestro Daniel Stewart is shaping Santa Cruz Symphony’s 69th season
Santa Cruz Symphony Music Director Daniel Stewart is bringing together Dvořák and Nina Simone, Stravinsky and BTS, Rachmaninoff and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier for the orchestra’s 69th season, “Music Unites Us.” Jana Marcus sat down with Stewart to find out how those…
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Published September 27Made in Santa Cruz: Why Art Matters | I.B. Bayo
“Made in Santa Cruz: Why Art Matters” is a video series, published every other Sunday, exploring the artists who shape Santa Cruz County's creative landscape. Each episode offers a peek into an artist's practice, the places and experiences that inform their work, and the ways…
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Published September 25Discover. Experience. Connect. Open Studios returns for it’s 41st year
October is almost here and it’s one of our favorite times of the year – the weather is nearly perfect and the sunsets couldn’t be dreamier. It’s the perfect scenario for the 41st annual Open Studios Art Tour where the public has the opportunity to explore the county discovering…
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Published September 25Santa Cruz Surfing Museum is turning 40 – and celebrating with a newly restored lighthouse beacon
The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum will celebrate its 40th anniversary Saturday with music, Hawaiian cultural performances and the unveiling of a newly restored beacon at the Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse. The restoration was made possible by more than $90,000 raised by the…
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Published September 24Santa Cruz’s newest music festival is coming to a porch near you
Santa Cruz’s first Porchfest will bring 50 bands to 14 porches and other downtown locations on Saturday, Oct. 3. The free festival aims to showcase local musicians while creating new opportunities for neighbors to gather and enjoy live music.
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Published September 22Mountain Community Theater’s ‘Rumors’ turns a cocktail party into comic chaos
Mountain Community Theater serves up Neil Simon’s “Rumors” at full comic speed, with a tight ensemble, precise direction by MarNae Taylor and standout comic turns from the cast. It’s a cocktail party gone spectacularly wrong, and great fun to watch.
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Published September 20470 empty seats make some noise: What’s next for Cabrillo’s original theater?
Apparently, 470 empty seats can make a lot of noise. When Lookout published the story two weeks ago about Cabrillo College’s long-shuttered theater in Building 200, the question at the heart of it was fairly simple: After sitting dark for 17 years, could the original theater…
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Published September 20Is artificial intelligence threatening Santa Cruz’s art scene? Could it be a first step in creation?
Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here . When I read that Lookout would be doing a series featuring Santa Cruz County artists , I was delighted. We are lucky to reside in a community that supports and…
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Published September 17‘Music is in my blood’: Santana singer Andy Vargas returns to Watsonville for Santa Cruz County Fair performance with his dad
➤ Para leer el artículo en español, haga clic aquí . When Watsonville native Andy Vargas first performed at the Santa Cruz County Fair at 7 years old, he never could have imagined returning to that same exact stage decades later for a homecoming show.
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Published September 17‘La música está en mi sangre’: el cantante de Santana, Andy Vargas, regresa a Watsonville para presentarse con su padre en la Feria del Condado de Santa Cruz
Andy Vargas, cantante principal de Santana, regresará a su ciudad natal de Watsonville para presentarse el viernes por la noche en la Feria del Condado de Santa Cruz. Su padre, el reconocido músico de mariachi Javier Vargas, lo acompañará en el escenario. The post ‘La música está…
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Published September 15Five Santa Cruz County artists receive California Arts Council fellowship
Multidisciplinary local artists — across poetry, film, opera and more — were recognized by the California Arts Council in the first cohort of Central Coast Individual Artists Fellows.