Personal Favorite
Purists beware! I love this stuff even though it lacks the required shade of political correctness, the highest possible cacao content and the appropriate "save the world" branding. It's just killer Swiss dark chocolate that comes in tiny plump squares filled with...
Major Hoax
It’s such a pleasure to watch Alfred Molina work — his powerful, expressive face can register sensuality (Diego Rivera in Frida), cunning (Cardinal Aringarosa in Da Vinci Code), and delicious evil (Dr. Ock in SpiderMan). So facile an actor is he that he almost...
New Lulu’s
The coffeehouse is new - but the building isn't. That's Lulu's @ The Octagon, a sparkling new palace of caffeine sleekly tucked inside the 19th century Hall of Records building, corner of Front & Cooper Streets. Already doing a brisk business with espresso-lovers and...
Quick Fuse
The walls will sizzle at UCSC's Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, with a rare selection of work from UCSC faculty, entitled FUSE. The selected work explores the influence of digital media and technology on the artists’ practice. Work from FUSE will travel to Japan as...
Exemplary Contemporary 2007
Exemplary Contemporary 2007: 'The Sea Around Us: Depictions and Imaginings.' Long title, but lots of great images fill this year's Exemp Contemp exhibition. Artists from UCSC and the Central Coast will show prints, sculpture, and painting all riffing on the theme of...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.