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I accidentally arrived 30 minutes early to the opening-night showing of A24’s “Backrooms” at the Santa Cruz Cinema in downtown Santa Cruz. The room was dark, empty and silent. Every seat sat vacant, the screen blank and there were no previews. There were no conversations,...

On Sunday, “Ragtime” achieved the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical. And sure, Ben Levi Ross, Caissie Levy, Joshua Henry and Nichelle Lewis got their due in a four-page New York Times Arts & Leisure photo spread in this week’s Sunday Edition. But another hero...

On Monday, Netflix began airing its first daily live weekday program. “The Breakfast Club,” co-hosted by Charlamagne tha God, will air for three hours. It signals a move to more live content on the streaming platform. Netflix, headquartered in Los Gatos, was the first streaming-service...

If a picture paints a thousand words, the current installations at NUMU speak volumes. These exhibitions are visual treats. Locals know this is not a large museum, yet it captures the essence of where we live—and beyond what the imagination can conjure on its own....

Leslie Collins, founder of the Jolly10k Fentanyl Awareness Fun Run, is inviting the community to join the fifth annual event on Saturday, July 18, to honor loved ones lost to Fentanyl and promote life-saving education. The race will begin at 8am at Balzer Field, located...

The boisterous Ukrainian folk, klezmer and Balkan swing sounds of Kommuna Lux are set to fill the Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center this Sunday, May 24. We caught up with two of the members—via Zoom—who were hanging out in the sunshine near Sebastopol (in Sonoma County—not...

The Salvation Army does so much more than ring bells during the December holidays. Throughout the year, the Salvation Army of Silicon Valley Women’s Auxiliary functions as a fundraising and volunteer service contingent, sponsoring initiatives that enrich the lives of area residents by meeting...

You relax with faux-fur blankets in the geodesic dome as the blue sky daubed with little cloud tufts exists somewhere out there beyond the towering trees. Here somewhere above Summit Road, the storms of life evaporate, as Liliya Goldie, 48, constructs a symphony of ambient...

This week, the Los Gatos Thrives Foundation had its largest turnout in the history of its Monday Morning Movies fundraising series. The organization sold 245 tickets to the “The Devil Wears Prada 2” showing on Monday. “It’s thrilling to me, because it tells me that film...

Soon the Jazz on the Plazz will begin its 2026 season.  This is where Los Gatans begin the summer of sound and, if you will, dance your a** off. Under the sheltering redwood trees, our town echoes with jazz—as has been the case for the past...