Rainbow Theater Packs Stevenson Event Center
“[There are] a lot of layers to theater,” said Cultural Arts and Diversity director Don Williams. “It’s like an onion. The more you coat, layer by layer, the more details you flesh out and the more believability you have in the show.” Williams founded...
Artists Document the Undocumented
A dark and crowded Digital Arts and New Media (DANM) room suddenly grew quiet and attentive as a bare chested person with long black and gray hair entered and faced the surrounding audience center stage. Performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña began to chant, spraying bright red...
The Buzz About the ‘Baby’
Sitting hand-in-hand, two young lovers gazed into each other’s eyes while the audience piled into the theater. Within 10 seconds after the characters Man and Woman were introduced, the young couple decided to have a baby, clearly not thinking it through because they were “young,”...
The Living and the Dead Join for a Dance Party
It was a frenzy of artistic expression and exploration at the Tannery Arts Center. While a skeleton did acrobatics on silks hanging from the ceiling, a man wearing a top hat and ghoulish face paint danced past a zombie pirate. A young woman dressed as...
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart
New York-based band The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, headed by Kip Berman, has been delivering wistful, fuzz-fueled indie pop gems since 2007. Following the departure of vocalist and keyboardist Peggy Wang along with bassist Alex Naidus, Berman was forced to reconfigure the band...
Burning Man In Our Own Backyard
An ear-splitting pipe organ shoots bursts of flames from its pipes. Lucy Hosking’s fire-breathing pipe organ, titled “Satan’s Calliope,” sits atop of a Harley Davidson golf cart that acts as a parade float, transporting the gigantic flame-throwing sound machine. “GLOW” — a two-night festival on...
Leaving a Lasting Imprint
By Justin Japitana and Roberto Olmedo The first sale is always the most memorable for a printmaking artist. That first sale engraves itself on the artist as the stepping stone to a hopeful and promising future in the art world. “The thing I really like...
Lo-Fi Legends: Guided By Voices
Forged in beer can littered basements of Dayton, Ohio circa 1983, Guided By Voices spent years making music before garnering interest outside their immediate circle of friends. Noted for their hissy, lo-fidelity sound, four track to cassette recordings and prolific songwriting, Guided By Voices have...
Stupid Fucking Bird Flies to Town
UCSC Theater Department presents play based on Chekhov's 'The Seagull'
Recognized For How They Perceive
Elliott Taylor spends about 15 to 20 hours a week in the dark room developing photos. It is not uncommon for him to enter the dark room around 6 p.m., find himself in a productively creative groove, and leave around 5 a.m. Cary Wander spends...