Mother’s Day Art @ 17th Avenue Studios
17th Avenue Studios in Santa Cruz is hosting a Spring Art Show May 10th and 11th (Mother’s Day weekend). The first of four collective 2014 exhibitions by the group'sdiverse artists. 40+ studios will be open from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM Saturday and Sunday. You'll see...
Pacific Cookie on Telegraph Ave!
Last Sunday, before the Mark Morris Dance Co. performance at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, I cruised around Telegraph and spotted the new Pacific Cookie Company store. Talk about location! The inviting new home of cookies and ice cream resides at the top of Telegraph...
Outstanding Achievement in a Pinot Noir
From Muns Vineyard comes a spectacular example of Santa Cruz Mountains terroir. Muns' 2009 Estate Pinot Noir is everything you could want in a brilliantly balanced wine. From the nose of white pepper, roses, and licorice, straight into an expanding heart of tangerine,...
Lou Harrison’s “La Koro Sutra” @ UCSC – Sat. March 8
Led by choir director Nathaniel Berman, UCSC's Concert Choir and Percussion Ensemble will join forces in a rare performance of modernist master Lou Harrison's La Koro Sutro. Considered Harrison's choral masterwork, this unusual music involves an Esperanto...
Tom Maderos – First Friday @ Iveta – March 7
Prolific plein air painter Tom Maderos is expanding his gaze to include the figure in great Diebenkornesque gestures evoking the introspective after-hours of 21st century life. Specifically coastal California after-hours. Some of Maderos' explorations of the figure...
Inside the Flame
A book of sensory adventure: The rituals, passions and discoveries of an engaged life.