A Clamtastic Culinary Competition: The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk’s 42nd Annual Clam Chowder Cook-off
What’s the secret to the best bowl of clam chowder? Ask any chef at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk 42nd Annual Clam Chowder Cook-off and you’ll get a laugh, maybe a knowing smile — but no answer. Celery, perhaps. Onions and potatoes, obvious staples. Bacon…
A mother, a son, and the school to jail ‘Pipeline’
As the lights dimmed, excited chatter subdued to hushed whispers, and the audience turned their attention to the stage. The first spotlight bathed a single figure in a pool of warmth, and Pipeline began. On Feb. 24, UC Santa Cruz’s African American Theater Arts Troupe…
“Kids Can Handle It”: Ibram X. Kendi and Nic Stone on ‘How to Be a (Young) Antiracist’
“The better I understood racism, the better I was able to navigate it,” said New York Times bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi to the packed bleachers of Kaiser Permanente Arena. “I think it is critically important for Black students to understand racism,” continued Kendi. “And…
A Look into the World of Dominique Morisseau’s Pipeline
It’s Wednesday night at Second Stage Theater. Student actors are in their seats diligently studying their lines, while two of their co-stars rehearse a scene on stage. Despite there being only two weeks until the African American Theater Arts Troupe’s premiere of Pipeline, there is…
The Sesnon Gallery: Keeping Art and the Community Alive
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the question, “What do we do amidst social unrest?” With so many ways to contribute to change, UC Santa Cruz promotes its Social Documentation Master of Fine Arts program (SocDoc) as a space that allows students to recount and…
The Creativity of a County: A Look Into Santa Cruz’s Open Studios
In the entryway of Floasis Pottery Studio, visitor Kirsten Snobeck’s eyes grew wide as she held up a mug ornamented with mushrooms. Floasis Studio was Snobeck’s sixth or seventh stop of the day in her self-guided tour of Santa Cruz Open Studios on Sunday, Oct….
The Cultural Arts and Diversity Resource Center and Chester Gregory Kick Start the New Year with Motown Classics
The drums kick us off. Enter the piano, along with a funky bass line. Bringing in the guitar lick, the soulful vocals uplift the song to where it needed to go. Welcome to Hitsville, USA. UC Santa Cruz’s Mainstage Theater will transform into a time…
Three artists reveal new work at LASER Talks
Silent desert images interspersed with eerie chimes. White patches that look like snow, but are actually salt. California’s Indigenous tribes come to life on-screen. This was what audiences were presented with at UC Santa Cruz’s Leonardo Art & Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) Talks. LASER Talks…
Recovered From the Fires: A Story of Objects
Fires, burning logs, and lone firefighters with a single hose among ash and rubble. These are the scenes depicted at “Out of the Ashes,” a new exhibition on the CZU Lighting Complex Fires at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH). Shmuel Thaler,…
Student Artists Bring Contemporary Art to Sesnon Underground’s “Homecoming”
Second-year Carter Samuels was amazed by the sight of his art displayed at the Sesnon Underground Gallery. Returning to in-person classes this quarter after spending a year online, he understood the theme of “Homecoming.” “I saw [the theme] being about growth and coming back to…