UCSC Younger Lagoon Reserve Offers Virtual Tours Amid Pandemic Restrictions
For the past 10 months, the unruly willow trees, pink pickleweed, and freshwater marsh of the UC Santa Cruz Younger Lagoon Reserve have been out of sight to the general public. Usually accessible through guided tours, the reserve found a new way to keep people...
How are you feeling ‘In These Uncertain Times’: Santa Cruz MAH Introduces Exhibition With Virtual Opening
A gigantic, personified COVID-19 spike protein snarls down at a masked and gloved nurse. The nurse faces it head on, undeterred, and holding up her middle finger. Another nurse, layered in protective gear, a clear plastic shield, a mask, and hairnet, looks out toward the...
Celebrating a MAH-velous 25 Years
After decades of changes and challenges — a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in 1989 to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 — the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) continues to bring the Santa Cruz community together through pop-up art shows and virtual exhibitions. Since...
UCSC Introduces New MFA Degree Program in Environmental Art and Social Practice
The UC Santa Cruz art department announced a new Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree program in Environmental Art and Social Practice (EASP) last fall. The two-year program will begin in fall 2021 with eight graduate students, and will bring on another eight in fall...
‘Sweat’: African American Theater Arts Troupe Highlights Hardships of Working Class
Through clear plastic masks and staying at a distance, the African American Theatre Arts Troupe (AATAT) carried on its 30 year legacy of uplifting Black actors and stories. In “Sweat,” a play by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, a group of steelworkers’ lack of...
Local Skaters Host Halloween Contest
An array of colors flashed before spectators’ eyes as skaters wearing NASCAR racer, space alien and cowboy costumes dashed down the steep bank at Ken Wormhoudt Skate Park, also known as Mike Fox, on Saturday afternoon. People dressed as referees blew whistles when another ripper...
Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center Hosts Virtual Arts Festival
For some, art is a hobby, a way to make extra money, or an escape from daily tasks. But for co-creator of the event, August Stevens, and the Click Fest panelists, art is a form of revolution. “People are using their artwork not just for...
A Glimpse into the Santa Cruz Skate Scene
This article was written prior to the COVID-19 outbreak. The sound of wheels scraping smooth cement echoes throughout Derby Skate Park. Skaters gain speed as they glide down the sides of the snake run into the bowl. Someone speeds across, launching himself out of the...
50 Years of Mountain Biking
From mountain bikes dating as far back as the 1970s to educational and interactive hands-on activities for kids, the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) had it all when it unveiled “Trailblazers: The Creative Story Behind Mountain Biking in Santa Cruz” on Feb....
Data and Determinism
When you finish reading this sentence, you’ll read the next one. This is it. We can now come to the conclusion that I just predicted the future. Or did I? Did I foresee what you were going to do, or were you destined to do...