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In light of the Ebb & Flow River Arts Project’s mission to help reclaim the Santa Cruz RiverWalk as a safe and inviting destination spot, there’s a sad poetry to the fact that local photographer/sculptor Geoffrey Nelson’s contribution to that event was marred by the same unsavory element that has turned this beautiful public park […]
When Suzanne Schrag decided to contribute to last June’s Ebb & Flow River Arts Project, she thought outside the box. In contrast to the solid-object art pieces that dominated the event, she created a living treasure hunt called River Quest. Schrag, who works as an editor and product manager for the health education company ETR, […]
Between its sunny lyrics and its laidback reggae lilt, Love Eternal’s music sounds like the work of folks who lead lives of nonstop joy. Not so, according to vocalist/guitarist Jahred Namaste. “A lot of these songs, when I’m writing, ‘Everything is great; life is wonderful,’ that might not be what I’m feeling at that moment,” […]
There was a time when the San Lorenzo teemed with life. Travelers came to Santa Cruz from all around to vacation and fish along the river. This past June, Timerie Gordon and Charlie Prograce of Nielsen Studios Architecture and Design paid tribute to that chapter of Santa Cruz’s history by installing six fishing poles on […]
Trying to fit That 1 Guy’s music into a preexisting category is like trying to hold a snake prisoner in a shopping cart. Simultaneously cutting-edge and rustic, it’s a quirky, inventive, utterly fascinating Primus/Beck/Ween/Frank Zappa/Reggie Watts/Keller Williams conference call. At the heart of it all is a Dr. Seussian contraption called The Magic Pipe. Approximately […]
When local artist Kirby Scudder built a 23-foot salmon for the Ebb & Flow River Arts Project this past June, he decided to have a little fun before installing it. He and a few co-conspirators loaded the industrial-strength cardboard sculpture into an SUV and took it—as he puts it—“wherever I could find a place where […]
Just prior to the 1900s, Santa Cruz was enjoying a massive expansion phase. Entrepreneurs came to the area from all over the world to set up rubber, leather and limestone businesses. In the process, they introduced locals to the Victorian style of architecture, fashion and art. Local Santa Cruz’s in-house designer, Julie Rawls, has captured […]
Phutureprimitive is the performing name of Rain, a Bay Area-based electronic musician who will play in The Catalyst Atrium on Saturday, December 5th in support of his latest release, Searching for Beauty in the Darkest Places Part 2. Local Santa Cruz: Names like Dance Out Your Demons and Searching for Beauty in the Darkest Places […]
Out of the ten temporary art installations that appeared along the San Lorenzo River for the Ebb & Flow River Arts Project this past June, only one was not made specifically for that event. Ironically, that work—a video projection by local filmmaker/media artist Danielle Williamson—was arguably the one that most seemed custom-made for Ebb & […]
In his 1999 book “The Age of Spiritual Machines,” author Ray Kurzweil pointed out that things tend to change faster and faster as time passes. Based on this pattern, he predicted that “we won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century—it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today’s rate).” A […]
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