EVERY PLACE HAS a favorite name for it: smack, skag, junk, hammer, slow, gear, harry, horse, brown sugar, black tar, big H, Harry. In Santa Cruz County, the slang term of choice for heroin is "chiva," ...

A holiday a cappella performance may not be the first place you'd look for firebrand political commentary, but for Santa Cruz three-piece Mayim, political commentary is part and parcel of their yearly ...

What can you do to show how much you care about everyone and everything that deserves your love? Now is a fantastic time to unleash a flood of gratitude and appreciation that takes very practical ...

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is a band leader, Broadway composer, and a giant in 21st-century jazz. Coming to Kuumbwa with his Quartet, Monday ...

The world’s darkest material is Vantablack. This super-black coating absorbs 99.96% of visible light, creating a visual void. It has many practical applications, like improving the operation of ...

Exploding Crustaceans figured they were in with Berkeley's Gilman Street. They'd played there twice, including a cool gig with Swingin' Utters last fall. But the PC punx have problems with the ...

Beavers are the engineers of the natural world. The dams they fabricate not only create shelters for them, but also benefit their entire ecosystem. The ponds and marshes they help shape provide rich ...

The Hindu holiday of Maha Shivaratri is dedicated to overcoming ignorance and darkness in celebrants’ own lives and in the world. This year it falls on February 26. Even if you’re not Hindu, I ...

Simone and Paul are longtime Pearl Alley Bistro patrons, so it was fun joining them at this local landmark of wine and food. A warm summer evening last week found us in the Languedoc region of France- ...

In 1997, Santa Cruz resident Carolyn Burke saw Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy-- her intricately researched biography of the once internationally notorious writer of shocking free verse, who ...

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Italian-born Peppino D’Agostino captures a vibrant and pure tone as deep as the wood grains on his guitars. Thursday January 30 at Ugly Mug.