What can you do to show how much you care about everyone and everything that deserves your love? Now is a fantastic time to unleash a flood of gratitude and appreciation that takes very practical ...

A holiday a cappella performance may not be the first place you'd look for firebrand political commentary, but for Santa Cruz three-piece Mayim, political commentary is part and parcel of their yearly ...

Beavers are the engineers of the natural world. The dams they fabricate not only create shelters for them, but also benefit their entire ecosystem. The ponds and marshes they help shape provide rich ...

The world’s darkest material is Vantablack. This super-black coating absorbs 99.96% of visible light, creating a visual void. It has many practical applications, like improving the operation of ...

The Hindu holiday of Maha Shivaratri is dedicated to overcoming ignorance and darkness in celebrants’ own lives and in the world. This year it falls on February 26. Even if you’re not Hindu, I ...

The Monterey Bay surfing community is described by many of its members as a family, and Brad Johnson is continuously evoked as the father. So, when Johnson, who in the mid-'70s and early-'80s used his ...

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Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is a band leader, Broadway composer, and a giant in 21st-century jazz. Coming to Kuumbwa with his Quartet, Monday ...

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Cluster Muster: The women of 'Mango Fixation: A Tangy Cabaret' aim to entertain audiences and raise funds for the Actors' Theatre this Saturday. Fruitful Thinking: Local women artists, storytellers ...

IT COMES as no surprise that Santa Cruz has hosted countless peace protests, support groups following Jerry Garcia's death and drum circles for sensitive New Age guys. But who could have imagined ...

One of Shakespeare's later plays, Timon of Athens, was never performed in his lifetime, and was even rumored to be unfinished. That said, there's nothing unfinished about the current production of the ...