If all goes according to plan, Sue Lawson will leave her home in La Selva Beach, where she’s been 32 years, for a new place where she hopes to really get to know the people around her. Lawson intends to move into a proposed 19-unit housing complex that’s up for a city council vote July 24. It would include a community kitchen and activity room—all in the name of getting to know the people next door a little better. “This is why it’s called an intentional community,” the 74-year-old Lawson says. “We meet once a week, and our building isn’t even going to be built for a year and a half.”
Fringe Director’s Picks
When asked to name which shows she’s most excited about, Dixie Shulman’s monologue is like frenzied Oscar winner firing off thank-yous as the music creeps in: “There are so many great ones I forgot to mention!”
Understood. But without further ado, a starting place.
Odonata Wines Makes Itself at Home
New Odonata Tasting Room Cozily located right next door to Companion Bakers, in the former New Leaf/Beckmann’s strip, Denis Hoey’s spiffy new Odonata Tasting Room offers plenty of tasting, fun food ops and sleek vintage woodwork. Hoey, who still makes his wines in the Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard space near Kelly’s, is still finetuning his new tasting space.
Fringe Festival in Downtown Santa Cruz
The Santa Cruz Fringe Festival, which runs July 13–22 at five different venues throughout downtown, is a festival of offbeat performance. Across the globe, there are about 50 Fringe festivals that occur throughout the year. This year, Santa Cruz joins the ranks for its first annual festival.
Letters to the Editor: July 11-July 17
Readers share their thoughts on a local iconic author, our latest political cartoon and the effort to end homelessness.
‘A Chorus Line’ at Cabrillo Stage
In 1975, A Chorus Line shattered and rebuilt the world of musical theater. Within six months of its Broadway opening, before the world had had a chance to pick its jaw up off the ground, most of the cast went to London for the international tour. Finally, after six months of magazine covers, nine Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, they returned to the United States. Janie Scott was 25 at the time and just starting her dancing career. When she saw A Chorus Line in San Francisco, it changed her life forever.
Summer Movies at the Boardwalk
Who needs giant, exploding balls of gas when there are Hollywood stars to gaze at? The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s free movies on the beach start this Wednesday. This year’s films are all modern coming-of-age classics that are all, we must add, highly quotable.
Famous Santa Cruzans
Some big stars have walked the streets of our fair town. Here are some worth bragging about.
Top 5 Places for Bike Rides
Biking is a way of life in Santa Cruz. No small wonder, considering we’ve got trails for every skill and endurance level, whether your bike was made by Schwinn or Specialized.
Doing A 180 On Homelessness
Permanent Supportive Housing is a model for solving the problem of homelessness, and it is the backbone of a national grassroots effort called the 100,000 Homes Campaign. With this model, homeless individuals are put into housing—literally, “Here’s an apartment, here’s a key,” no questions asked—and wrapped in any and all supportive services they may need for the rest of their lives until they die, hopefully with dignity and indoors. Santa Cruz has just joined the campaign with its own Project 180/180.
