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  Charles Pasternak took on the role of Artistic Director for Shakespeare Santa Cruz in 2023. Before that he served as Artistic Director of The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company in Los Angeles for over fifteen years. He has had a wide-ranging career as an actor and director at theatres across this country, including American […]

  James Perry has a M.A. in Museum Studies with an emphasis on Collections Management & Public History. He has served as Curator of Collections & Exhibits for the Valdez Museum & Historical Archive in Valdez, Alaska as well as the Museum of the Aleutians in Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Locally, he has served as consultant […]

  Vachu Adu is an eclectic project of ancient instrumentation and sound. The musical performing duo, consisting of Machu Didgeridoos and Venus DelMar, offer live immersive musical performances. Based in Tucson, Arizona, Vachu Adu induces a sound journey that is empowered with professional artisanship and soothing to the soul.  Amongst the many exquisite handmade instruments […]

This Talk of the Bay with Meilin Obinata explores UC Santa Cruz’s Journey of Encampment, Arrests and Worker Strikes. We will learn about what led to the Friday, May 31st arrests of protesters on the University of Santa Cruz campus. Our guests include people arrested on that date who told us about the campus protests […]

In this episode of Talk of the Bay hosted by Meilin Obinata, we’ll be talking about the hottest housing issues for renters and landlords with two guests from the board of the California Democratic Renters Council, which represents renters across California within the official Democratic Party: Susie Shannon, of Housing is a Human Right, and […]

This summer’s musical treat offered by the Cabrillo Stage is Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-award winning “In the Heights”–his music-filled love letter to the community of his youth.  Host Christine Barrington interviews Artistic Director Andrea Hart, Production Director Estrella Esparza-Johnson, and Assistant Vocal Director and Hip-Hop Specialist, RJ Wayne, who share insights into the passion and commitment behind […]

The communities around the Monterey Bay are blessed with all of the gifts of the ocean, including abundant seafood–a natural resource that requires protection and thoughtful practices to sustain. Although many of us easily enjoy seafood on our tables, there are still plenty of those who live in this area who do not have food […]

With recent reemergence of otter 841, the surfboard swiping sea critter raised in captivity, I’ll be facilitating a panel conversation that includes several sea otter experts and the local photographer whose fateful photos went viral about a year ago. Otter 841 first entered the public’s consciousness last summer when she was spotted wrestling surfboards away […]

“What’s Left of the Santa Cruz Left?” We continue our deep dive into this city’s ongoing growth machine and its economic and social collateral damage. Is all this growth good for Santa Cruz? And what about this “SoLa” plan, South of Laurel? It’s slated to bring some 1600 units to the city’s South of Laurel […]

June is Pride month across the nation and Santa Cruz set off the celebrations with their joyous parade on June 2. KSQD was there and captured the voices and spirit of one of longest-running Pride parades in the state. On this day people came in all their playful finest to line up and walk in […]