Police are investigating a possible hate crime after a vandal or team of vandals targeted the Holy Cross Church this past weekend. The vandals broke windows, poured paint on statues of Junipero Serra and the Virgin May and climbed on the roof so they could spray paint on the church’s bell tower.
Candidate Urges Limits on Campaign Funding
Micah Posner, who announced his run for Santa Cruz City Council last month, is planning his campaign around a few things: his familiarity with transportation and land use issues, his work as an activist and his decision to limit the amount of money he spends on his campaign this year—and by extension the amount of contributions he accepts.
New Chef, New Name, New Flair for Bonny Doon Vineyard Cafe
With the transfiguration of the Cellar Door bistro into Le Cigare Volant, proprietor/winemaker Randall Grahm plays to his strengths, as well as to his sense of play. Named for Bonny Doon Vineyards’ flagship wine, the restaurant simultaneously debuts chef Ryan Shelton, who brings to the cafe’s exhibition kitchen deep experience in the alchemical ways of tres contemporary French cuisine—molecular cookery replete with scented and spiced foams.
Letters to the Editor: May 9-15
What if a “shadow group comprised of big government, industry, military and money” wanted to “destroy our constitutional democracy?” It’s already happening, one reader writes… Worse yet, it’s “succeeding.”
Music in May Turns 5
For its fifth season, this weekend, Music in May festival founder Rebecca Jackson will celebrate her muse. David Arben, the musician whose life experience affirmed and empowered Jackson’s dedication to her art, extended his influence to the festival from the days when Jackson was an undergraduate at the Juilliard School in New York and his pupil in Philadelphia. Arben, the only one of his family to survive the Holocaust, played with the Philadelphia Orchestra for 34 seasons, many of them as associate concertmaster.
Jewel Theatre’s ‘Blithe Spirit’ Skewers Snobs
A specter haunts the Condomine household, but the incorporeal emanation of Charles Condomine’s first wife is the spirit with which Blithe Spirit, which plays at Center Stage through May 20, concerns itself the least. Instead we are invited to laugh at the vanity, arrogance, pretense and pomp of the English middle class.
Fellow Activist’s Film Pays Tribute to Judi Bari
You have a motion-triggered bomb loaded with nails. It’s armed. You, as an anti-clearcutting “Green Mafia” terrorist, are presumably going to deliver this weapon to the Redwood Empire some 200 miles north of the Bay Area. Question: would you first put this bomb under your car seat and take it for a nice twisty drive, 75 miles in the wrong direction, down Highway 17 from Oakland to Santa Cruz?
If you can answer “yes” to this, the FBI needs you.
‘Harvest’ Delves into The Untold Stories of Vineyard Workers
She has paid $2,000 for Grape Camp, a three-day getaway for tourists who want to learn how to pick grapes in the vineyards. She has perfect salon hair, neatly plucked eyebrows half hidden by sunglasses, and the relaxed demeanor of, well, someone who can afford to spend $2,000 on Grape Camp. While Mexican laborers work the vineyards behind her, she speaks to the camera.
Top 5 Bargain Restaurants in Santa Cruz
Just because you’re feeling broke doesn’t mean you ought to skip dinner. These winners of the Cheap Eats category in the 2012 Santa Cruz Weekly Gold Awards Reader Survey serve up flavorful food, and lots of it, for under $10.
Redwood Mountain Faire Lineup
TThe June 2-3 music and crafts festival looks to be a barn-burner, with the Brothers Comatose, David Lindley and a rash of other great local and regional bands in Felton.
