There are some good festivals a bit out of town also.
Yates was a young phenom who spent some of his years in Santa Cruz and toured the country playing blues guitar.
'I'm Right Here,' on Syco/Epic Records comes out Tuesday, in time the holiday season, with enough positive pop to make anyone smile.
Brilliant textiles, billowing silk, and the Great Morgani in a snake skin lit up the night Saturday at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.
The Bay Area's most famous punk band plays the Santa Cruz Civic Dec. 4. Tickets go on sale Friday.
Art, music and wine gave way to an impromptu Burning Man party downtown.
The three women behind Wax Works West gave live encaustics demonstrations at the reception of their show 'Encaustic and Paper'.
Jake Gandolfo hopes to feed—but also engage—his diners.
Hikers celebrate Valentine’s Day by exploring the courtship behaviors of some of the park's most amorous plants and animals.
Sweeten up your Valentine’s Day with candy from one of these great Santa Cruz stores, or make your own sweet treat!
The weekend is approaching, and you can't quite figure out what to do. Don't worry! Patch comes to the rescue with five suggestions you might enjoy!
Self-guided walking tours are a free and interesting way to learn what the city you live in used to be like.
Check out student dancers, sailboat races, monarch butterflies and a doubleheader high school basketball game—or make time to do an arts and crafts project.
The Blue Lagoon brings back CBGB-style punk shows.
Local artist Petcharee Tamawong teaches residents how to carve fruit into masterpieces.
Good food, good wine, good turnout, good cause at sixth-annual Taste of Santa Cruz.
Del Mar Theater and Slugs in Fishnets host midnight performances Friday and Saturday.
Grab a spoon and help decide who deserves the top chili cook-off prize.
Becky Levine provides the how-to’s of critiquing in new publication by Writers Digest.
Tech N9ne brings morbid topics to his newest disc and to Santa Cruz this week.
This online food market is committed to supplying the freshest local foods to Santa Cruz shoppers