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Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival Virtual Festival

at Rio Theatre

Available NOW the EPIC BUNDLE All the programs? All the programs! If you’ve been too busy getting after it outdoors, or just haven't made the time y…

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Community Conversations: Communication as Care

at Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH)

Join the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) in this new on-line series which celebrates the themes found in their outdoor exhibition Community…

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Virtual Gallery Talks: Reflecting & Connecting

at Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH)

Learn more about the artworks and themes of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History's (MAH) new community-sourced exhibition, In These Uncertain Ti…

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Volkswagen Presents Warren Miller’s Timeless

Year after year, ski and snowboard enthusiasts of all ages look forward to the coming of winter. This fall, Warren Miller Entertainment (WME) confirms that the joys of winter are eternal with its 70th full-length feature film, Timeless, presented by Volkswagen. Much of the world has changed since Warren Miller started making ski films in…
Back to School: How I found new purpose at Cabrillo College

After the last presidential election, I knew I needed to make some changes. I had been drifting, exploring beautiful places, only working enough to survive. The bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies I completed at UCSC in 2010 hadn’t gone exactly as I’d hoped, and my burgeoning career in habitat restoration had dried up into a…
The untold story of the UCSC Trailer Park

As a UCSC undergrad, Luis Delfino lived in all kinds of precarious housing situations: an attic, a closet, even the bed of his truck. It was the housing crisis of the mid-80s, and things were getting dire. “People were living in their vehicles, or living in the forest because they couldn’t afford to be in…
High Time: A guide to Santa Cruz cannabis dispensaries

The Boardwalk. The beaches. The redwoods. The weed. Long a hotbed of cannabis and counterculture, Santa Cruz County boasts the largest number of cannabis dispensaries per-capita in the entire state. Each and every type of user—recreational or medicinal—is sure to find exactly what they need at any of the many cannabis retailers right here in…
Where to find comedy in Santa Cruz

Most schools choose mascots that reek of misogyny, but in true Santa Cruz fashion, the Banana Slug is a hermaphrodite—and any university that has a Banana Slug as a mascot also has a sense of humor. Luckily for comedy fans of all ages, Santa Cruz has a thriving comedy scene active virtually every night of…
After The Fall: One Boomer’s Tale of Reckoning

One Boomer’s story about the day he stopped feeling invincible, and how he learned to deal with it