SCW Issue: Jul 11–Jul 17, 2013
Cover Story
Fringe Elements
Santa Cruz joins the global celebration of avant-garde performance when the first Fringe Festival hits town July 13–22.
Currents
back to topHome Economics

If small is the new big and up is the new sprawl, Walnut Commons is going to be a very stylish place to live.
read moreLocal Outfit Gets Big Grant
The Santa Cruz-based Center for Sustainable Change gets a Kellogg grant for its work in low-income communities.
read moreFeatures
back to topThe Dixie Picks

The director of the Fringe Festival gives us a few hot tips on what not to miss this week.
read moreArts & Entertainment
back to topExtra Special

The background dancers and actors of Broadway get their moment in the spotlight in the Cabrillo Stage production of the 1975 hit musical A Chorus Line.
read moreFilm
back to topRoman Reel

Woody Allen goes all self-indulgent but charms viewers nevertheless in To Rome With Love.
read moreSink or Swim
Swamp monsters threaten a little girl's peace in overhyped Beasts of the Southern Wild.
read morePlated
back to topHigh Summer, Hot Times

Odonata Wines gets a new home at the old Westside New Leaf location, and Surf City Vintners prepare to throw a food and wine faire on Saturday, July 14.
read morePosts
back to topPosts, July 11-17
The son of Beat icon Neal Cassady drops us a line, one reader registers her opinion of “This Modern World” and a lively conversation about homelessness begins.
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