Music journalist Bill Kopp dives deep into the art of the concept album in his new book What’s the Big Idea, spotlighting 30 surprising and underappreciated records across genres—from rock operas to ...

Read Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology for the week of Nov. 27. Insightful horoscopes for all zodiac signs—Aries through Pisces—featuring guidance on flow states, destiny, intuition, transformation, ...

A peek into life aboard the Pirates of the Caribbean ship To hop aboard the Lady Washington is to take a step back in time. The 112-foot ship offers a glimpse into the life of sailors in the 1800s, ...

Tofu may be the most misunderstood food in America. Maybe its useful but creepy ability to be anything and everything is what has made this anemic-looking block of curdled and pressed soy milk a ...

Motley Crew BLAST FROM THE PAST in honor of our 35th anniversary, we put a request out to readers to identify some of the GT crew from the late-’70s. Former staffer Stacey Naman Grant correctly ...

“You know, I started thinking about the practical aspects,” he says. Logos will be temporarily closed through Wednesday, July 19, while Livingston, his employees and a consultant complete an inventory ...

Bakery / Bread:Gayle’s From its breathtaking éclairs and cookies to its fresh sandwiches and salads, Gayle’s has evolved into one of the sweetest little hubs around. This year, readers also awarded ...

Zinfandel from a solar-powered estate winery, plus a local brew to save wildlife Put a glass of Zinfandel in front of my husband, and he’s a very happy man. We both enjoyed Shale Canyon’s 2013 ...

The voices of Santa Cruz County for the week of February 15, 2017 ...

“People say ‘OK, well, I’m going to rely on new technologies and cleaner fuels and we’re all going to drive Priuses someday,’” she says. “But the reality is that none of those new technologies and ...

Author Wallace Baine will discuss A Light in the Darkness, Santa Cruz literary history and the role of independent bookstores in the 21st century this Saturday at 2 p.m. at Wellstone Center in the ...

“Our current political system is fractured, and we need to figure out a way to come together to figure out what’s next.” Mark Karlstrand Santa Cruz Product Manager ...