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Festivals, concerts and stage productions around Santa Cruz County and beyond.
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Dancing on the Fringe
ArtsStage May 21, 2013, by Georgia Perry
After a recent rehearsal at the Pacific Arts Complex on Soquel Avenue, several members of the Santa Cruz dance company Flex sit on the ground in a circle.
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David Sedaris, gamelan and clownfish are all among our top picks for things to do this weekend.
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Who’s at the Santa Cruz Blues Festival?
ArtsMusic May 14, 2013, by Aaron Carnes 2 Comments
Is there a band that more clearly defines classic rock than the Steve Miller Band? Well, the Eagles maybe, but that’s it.
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Sharon Jones: Classic, But Not Retro
ArtsMusicNightlife May 14, 2013, by Aaron Carnes 1 Comments
Most people got their first taste of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings in 2005, right around the release of their second album, Naturally.
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Internet Cat Video Film Fest: A Purr-eview
ArtsFilm May 07, 2013, by Georgia Perry 1 Comments
When my editor told me I had a full page to fill with my musings on Santa Cruz’s first annual Internet Cat Video Festival, the first thing I did was wet my pants. Just kidding—I’m litter box potty trained, duh!
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Review: ‘The Lover’/‘One for the Road’
ArtsStage Apr 30, 2013, by Lily Stoicheff
The deceptively mundane setting of a domestic living room is a springboard into a search for individual and marital identity in The Lover, one of two Harold Pinter plays produced jointly by Jewel Theatre Company and Shakespeare Santa Cruz, and running through May 19 at the Center Stage in Santa Cruz.
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Jewish Film Festival Comes of Age
ArtsFilm Apr 16, 2013, by Georgia Perry
Mazel tov, y’all! This year marks the 13th anniversary of the Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival, and everyone is invited to the party. But instead of a pubescent voice squeaking out the Torah, audiences are being treated to top quality movies and documentaries presented at a variety of venues around town.
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Shhh, It’s the Secret Film Festival
ArtsFilm Apr 09, 2013, by Steve Palopoli
Fans of The Walking Dead will appreciate the scene outside the Del Mar next Sunday, around noon. That’s when the 12-hour Secret Film Festival will finally grind to a halt, spitting out a couple hundred bleary-eyed film fans who have just seen a marathon of films, without knowing in advance what even one of them was going to be.
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Gold Awards 2013: Arts & Culture - Reader’s Picks
Arts Mar 30, 2013, by Guest Writers
Our readers pick the best of the art and culture scene in Santa Cruz County.
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