PiL STILL KICKING John Lydon still fronts the band, but the current lineup brings deeper layers to its sound. PHOTO: Paul Heartfield Too often, Public Image Limited is thought of merely as the group ...

MODERN POET A grunge renaissance man, poet Joshua Turek has found digital fame to be one way to sell books. PHOTO: Joshua Turek Joshua Turek’s thoughts, scribblings, scalpeled word choices, excised ...

Back in the days before the internet, and I’m talking some 2,700 years ago, poets were the biggest influencers. And, man, did they have some lasting influence, like this guy Homer whose early works ...

Most of us are surprisingly clueless about the inner workings of our own bodies. Do you know where your gallbladder and spleen actually live or what jobs they perform on your behalf? Can you trace the ...

PRIVATE LIVES There’s a thin line between love and hate and sometimes, it’s the barrier between balconies. That’s the premise of Noel Coward’s Private Lives. Two divorced lovers find themselves ...

ON THE BUS AGAIN Dead & Co attracted a modern version of the Grateful Deadheads, an era that seemed lost to history. PHOTO: Courtesy of Utopia Distribution Summer Tour is a new documentary from ...

IDEAL, IDEAL Luis Montoya serves pesto chicken penne at Ideal Bar & Grill at the base of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf. PHOTO: Tarmo Hannula An industry veteran since 1999, when she began serving ...

BEAMING IN “We care deeply about craftsmanship and longevity,” write Gold Dot partners Mitra Mostofi and Rocky Lewycky. “We’re drawn to things that are made well, built to last and rooted in intention ...

Saturday mornings at the Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College are a favorite way to start the weekend. I go not only for the... Three years ago, Alayna Nathe opened a highly unusual small business ...