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Emerge to Immerse: Founders of new event venue hope to transport guests
Opening Oct. 1, “Immersive: Los Gatos” is an aptly named venue offering year-round events at 15 North Santa Cruz Ave. Business partners Donovan Friedman and Alex Hult say the current plan is to host themed dinner shows Monday through Wednesday, pay homage to the...
Book club digging into Wilkie Collins’ 1859 novel; National Diversity Day events planned (Calendar)
Our calendar for the week includes arts and crafts, literary-mystery and multimedia art events
Fall Family Art Day
LGS Recreation and New Museum Los Gatos are partnering to organize a day filled with arts, crafts and activities inspired by local history and National Diversity Day on...
In the workshop with carousel restorer Cheryl Stuermer
Saddled on their chosen steeds, children gleefully wave to their parents amidst the festive sound of a Wurlitzer organ.
For some, riding the carousel is a new experience. For others, it’s a cherished childhood memory passed from one generation to the next.
Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad...
Final gateway sculptures completed after 4 years
It took four years to install five sculptures, designed by Matt Babcock, at Los Gatos’ entrances.
They emphasize the community’s namesake felines—branding the town with mountain lions made from aluminum.
The initial sculpture went in back in May 2021; the final two debuted in August.
And in...
Philanthropists give biggest donation ever to Los Gatos art institution
New Museum Los Gatos announced July 11 that it received an unprecedented $1 million gift—the largest donation in the history of the organization.
The gift was made by Los Gatos philanthropists and longtime NUMU supporters Mike and Alyce Parsons.
The donation will establish the “Mike and...
Ted Sahl photography exhibit
Little is known about the life of late local photographer Ted Sahl. He was born in 1927 and grew up outside of Boston. He served in the Navy in 1947 and later moved to the Bay Area, where he began taking pictures in the...
Taylor Swift concerts brought cultural earthquake to Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley has played host to many tectonic cultural forces over the decades—from the introduction of the personal computer to the way search engines and social media companies altered how humans navigate through the world.
In a way, these technological advances allowed old and young...
3rd Annual Hitchcock Fest on March 14-16 in Scotts Valley
Santa Cruz County has been the backdrop for various horror movies, most famously “Lost Boys,” “Killer Klowns from Outer Space” and, more recently, Jordan Peele’s “Us.” But its deepest connection to Hollywood involves the ultimate master of the macabre.
Back in the 1940s, director Alfred...
Remembering our Issue 1 launch, on the eve of the second (photos + video)
Today we are "putting to bed" (as they say in the news biz) our second issue of the Los Gatan newspaper. That means you'll start seeing the second-ever edition of our community newspaper on stands tomorrow.
So, what better time to remember how much fun...
Music director praises Daves Avenue drama education
The music director of the upcoming 42nd Street Moon presentation of Stephen Sondheim's legendary “A Little Night Music” got his start in Daves Avenue Elementary School productions of “The Pajama Game,” “Guys and Dolls” and “Annie Get Your Gun.”
Daniel Thomas, 49, says those early...


















