Growing Up in Santa Cruz

  • June 2026

    Raise the Roof! at the Corralitos Cultural Center

    Why does the Corralitos Cultural Center (CCC) feel like a creative vortex? Could be it is what happens when musicians, artists, builders and scientists keep running into one another – Corralitos is literally a wide spot in the road. Could be it’s the back-to-the-land ethos where collaboration is the common coin. Regardless, the Corralitos Cultural Center has become one of those rare local institutions that has grown beyond being a venue into an expanding community experiment that thrives on imagination. They invite us to gather with them Saturday, June 6 from 5pm-8pm in their jewel of an outdoor theater, The Backyard, behind the CCC at 127 Hames Road, in Watsonville.…

  • June 2026

    Shows and Shoes

    Publisher Brad Kava discusses the Santa Cruz Symphony's family Pops concert and the vital importance of quality children's footwear for active kids.