A drummer plays onstage as a costumed, energetic crowd surrounds him during an intense live Slow Gherkin performance.

Quite a Pickle

Cover Stories

Get the Concept?

I was committed to 100% firsthand research, and that meant only covering albums for which I could talk to an album’s creator or a key participant.

The Giving Season

November 19-December 31  |  Donate @ SantaCruzGives.org Santa Cruz Gives is funded by the generosity of Good Times, Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County, Community...

Healing the Canvas

Every painting that enters a restoration studio comes with its own scars. Some are predictable—but others tell stranger stories...

To Cover or Not to Cover?

Bob Dylan’s first album had nine covers, and the Beatles recorded 25 cover songs before Rubber Soul. Many of Mozart’s melodies were lifted from French folk songs, and isn’t our amazing Santa Cruz Symphony basically a cover band?

Blazing Forward: Santa Cruzans Look 50 Years Ahead

To celebrate Good Times’ anniversary, we asked cultural and political leaders what they foresee for Santa Cruz in the next 50 years.

Santa Cruz Restaurant Week Returns

Santa Cruz restaurateurs share details about their plans for Restaurant Week, with fixed-price, three-course menus through Oct. 29.

Clucking Around

For those of us who are new to the Troma world, it was a bloody, gore-filled, offensive dream come true. Even if it meant flying out halfway across the country.

The Monsters Are Coming

Growing up in Santa Cruz County, Cole Lemke was a natural-born artist who had alien worlds pouring out of his brain, down to his ink-stained fingers and out through his Micron pen.

Every Witch Way

Trudie Ransome conjured up the Sea Witch Paddle as an informal event in 2011. “Women just want to get their witch on,” Ransome says.

Scare Tactics

International Academy of Dance in Santa Cruz presents a Halloween-themed reimagining of Clara’s dream with the fun, family-friendly Nightmare Before Nutcracker.

Reel Passion

At the Santa Cruz Film Festival, 90-plus films will screen over five days at six venues. Filmmakers will participate in Q&A sessions with the audiences after many of the films.

Full Circle

At 10 years old, Paul Kmiec knew exactly what he wanted to be when he grew up. But what’s even more interesting? He actually...
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