Based on the failed marriage of writer and composer Jason Robert Brown, The Last Five Years is a painfully realistic portrait of a relationship running its course. From the opening song, “Still Hurting,” to the final scene’s goodbyes, Cabrillo Stage’s production of the Tony Award-winning one-act musical keeps the audience feeling connected, enough so that on opening night, viewers rewarded the cast with a standing ovation.
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PLATED: Big Love
Spurt “Our early group of apprentices were all interested in becoming organic growers,” Cynthia Sandberg recalls of Love Apple Farm’s salad days. “Now more of our apprentices are cooking people.” That includes a recent French Culinary Institute graduate from Boston, who on a recent afternoon was busy planting erosion control perennials along the steep slope of Sandberg’s new vibrant acreage above Scotts Valley.
CHP: Highway 17 Collision Intentional
Police say a head-on collision on Highway 17, which left one woman dead, was intentional. “There was an element of premeditation,” said Highway Patrol officer Sarah Jackson. Eric Weers, 29, of Soquel, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
Santa Cruz Council Mulls Dog-Friendly Downtown
When City Council meets on Tuesday, it will decide whether to overturn the infamous dog ban, which prevented owners from bringing their pets to downtown Santa Cruz. The ban, which has been in place for over three decades, would be overturned for a three-month trial period. If the council does not repeal it, it will become permanent on Nov. 1.
Two Dead in Airplane Crash Into Hospital
Two people were killed when a four-seater airplane barreled into the Watsonville Community Hospital on Thursday evening. The single engine Mooney, which took off from Watsonville Municipal Airport, was struggling to get above the fog line when it crashed. The victims were the pilot and a passenger.
Father And Son Found Dead in Home
Police were called to a Watsonville home after a shot was heard at 5:30pm Wednesday.
Woman Killed in Skateboarding Accident in Capitola Village
Skateboarding is banned in Capitola Village, but not everyone abides by this rule. On Wednesday afternoon, a 17-year-old aficionado was barreling down the Cliff Drive hill in the direction of the Stockton Avenue bridge at 20 miles per hour. Just then, Maryanne Slettehaugh, 83, was crossing the street. The teen saw her and leapt from his board, but flew into Slettehaugh, knocking her down. Police say that she died of her injuries.
The End of The Olallieberry?
Back in 1935, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), working in Oregon, crossed two popular berries, the loganberry and the youngberry, and came up with a new berry they named the olallie, Chinook jargon for “berry.”
Santa Cruz Poets, Santa Cruz Inspiration: More Gary Young
From Santa Cruz County’s first poet laureate, prose poems from Even So: New and Selected Poems, forthcoming from White Pine Press.
PLATED: Mission Accomplished
Serious about espresso and fresh-dripped coffees, and yet invitingly playful in terms of its neighborhood ambiance, Coffeetopia is the go-to caffeine emporium for thoughtful bohemians, students, surfers, cyclists, software designers and commuters. I often meet my literary friend for kvetch sessions at the cozy Coffeetopia on Capitola Road. And I find myself even more often at the Mission Street branch of this java junkies’ joint. In addition to fresh-baked tea breads and superior dark roast, Coffeetopia now boasts another secret weapon: Mission Hill Creamery artisanal ice creams. OMG is an appropriate response to that information. If you can’t get to the Saturday farmers market for some of David Kumec‘s outrageous, organic, all-Straus Family Creamery specialty, then you need only hit your local Coffeetopia.
