A line of music helps Meade Fischer learn to lower the stress level of life. Photo courtesy of Tara Winstead.

The Practical Activism Conference is a student led social justice conference at the University of California, Santa Cruz entering its 23rd year! On this episode of The Sunday Dinner DJ Dupsie sits down with Lilli, Blake, and Eva, three of this year’s student planners. They share about the workshops they’ll be facilitating and what inspires […]

Alan Ritch shares monuments to widowhood.

To summarize the immense complexity of Sinners, from screenwriter and director Ryan Coogler, feels like a near impossible task. It can be described as a horror film, a period piece, or even a musical. All three of these components were expertly woven to create the film that has broken the record for most Oscar nominations […]

Send Help – Film Review by Molly Sullivan Send Help is a dark, twisted comedy thriller with more bite than you might expect. Directed by Sam Raimi — yes, the same director who gave us Drag Me to Hell — this film takes the classic deserted-island survival story and flips it completely on its head. […]

Andrew Schoneberg interviewed NYC based composer, conductor, instrumentalist.  Doug Balliett teaches at Juliard, has had his compositions premiered at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and in Europe.  Doug composes operas, contatas, other types of sacred music.  He conducts and plays in several professional music groups which specialize in pre-romantic era classical music and new music inspired […]

The Water Remembers—My Indigenous Family’s Fight to Save a River and a Way of Life with Amy Bowers Cordalis Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group On Sustainability Now, Sunday, February 15th, 2026 The removal of four dams from the Klamath River in Northern California is rapidly becoming one of the great recent success stories in […]

Everybody Wants to Rule the World rolls over the closing credits of Marty Supreme—a haunting, hopeful choice for Josh Safdie’s new sports comedy‑drama, co‑written with Ronald Bronstein. Timothée Chalamet—who’s recently played Willy Wonka, Bob Dylan, and now Marty Mauser—may finally get his long‑overdue recognition at this year’s Academy Awards. As Mauser, he’s a scrappy 23‑year‑old […]

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Kristen Brown, Executive Director for the Santa Cruz Area Chamber of Commerce and Sharon Papo, the CEO of LGBTQ eLearning discuss the importance of inclusivity in business.