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I sat down with Miguel Reyna to talk about his production of The Thin Place at the Actors' Theater in Santa Cruz.

Juneteenth, Santa Cruz Shakespeare, Solstice, and more! This may be my best solo podcast yet. I discuss the Juneteenth event organized in Santa Cruz by Thairie Ritchie. I delve into the issues surrounding the Black Lives Matter mural that was defaced in front of the City Hall and Abi Mustapha's s…

In this podcast, I discuss the power of supporting local businesses, artists, and media. If we want to build a bright and hopeful future, we must start at home by supporting the efforts of those within our own communities.

The Little Mermaid’s remake as a live action movie improves upon the original in several important respects. The racial diversity of the movie not only helps to invite more people into the fantasy, but it also makes it a more interesting story and one that is truer to life. The ocean scenes are ren…

SJSU’s MFA program held an opening for their exhibition “Liftoff” at Radius Gallery on Thursday and will participate in First Friday Santa Cruz on June 2nd 5-8:00pm with Artist Talks scheduled for Sunday the 4th at 3:30pm. 13 recently graduated artists are showing some of their work at one of the m…

MAKING THE UNCONSCIOUS VISIBLE The Radius Gallery at the Tannery in Santa Cruz recently hosted a group show entitled “What’s Home” organized by Andrew Purchin. This important and elegant exhibition sought to generate a conversation about one of the biggest problems in Santa Cruz County and beyond:…

I start the podcast out listening to a couple of minutes of Fog Machine by White Reaper from their new album "Asking for a Ride."  Next, I read a little bit from Don DeLillo's novel White Noise, recently made into a movie on Netflix that eerily foreshadowed the events that have taken place in…

I have three big announcements to make. 1. I am moving from the Westside of Santa Cruz after 8 fun-filled years of living here. 2. I am clean and sober having given up alcohol and cannabis. 3. My dear sweet father sadly passed away and I have been grieving.

Today, there is a crisis in the world. Well, actually there are lots, but I just want to focus on one to begin with. A solution to this particular crisis might offer auxiliary positive results for other problems.  Drought is an existential problem in much of the world. In California, and proba…