SCW Issue: Feb 22–Feb 28, 2013
Cover Story
Inside Mountaineering
The filmmakers behind Cold, Banff’s Grand Prize winner, on life, art and suffering. The Banff Film Festival comes to Santa Cruz Feb. 24-25.
Currents
back to topWater Torture

Maneuvering on when (and how) to hold a vote on building a $100 million desalination plant hits a new level.
read moreCassidy Meijer, 1978-2012
The lead singer of the Santa Cruz band Sin in Space was a huge talent.
read moreFeatures
back to topTar Sands vs. the Spirit Bear

An award-winning documentary offers a glimpse of a little-known pipeline plan—and the paradise it threatens.
read moreFilm
back to topShe’s Leaving Home

Iranian knockout A Separation follows a spiral of lies in the wake of a split-up.
read morePlated
back to topPouring It On

Christina Waters interviews the new owner of Vinocruz in this week’s Plated.
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