Arts & Culture

Members of Native Daughters prepare for a Christmas party in Watsonville on Oct. 26, 1959. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

Students in the eighth grade class at Hall District School pose for a photo as they prepare for a fundraiser for youth services on June 6, 1955.

Members of the United Crusade pose for a group photo as they prepare for a fundraiser to youth services on Oct. 8, 1955. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

Girl Scouts pay a visit to the Soroptimist International of Watsonville on April 23, 1956. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

Members of Native Daughters prepare for a holiday event on Oct. 26, 1959 in Watsonville. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

Since I was born in Columbia in the Sierra foothills, I’ve returned there a number of times to soak in some of the history and get a deeper understanding of California’s Mother Lode. Heading east of Modesto along Highway 49 my interest spikes as the...

In celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, a new art exhibit has gone up on the walls of  the Aptos Branch Library.Aptos artist Becky Olvera Schultz, who is part of the Kickapoo/Shawnee tribe, is sharing the exhibit with fellow artist Karen Whitaker. The...

Community Bridges has chosen Hijos del Sol of Salinas to design and create a new mural in the heart of Pajaro on a wall on the 400 block of Salinas Road.  Community bridges stated in a press release that the work will portray “a lasting...

Watsonville Poet Laureate, Victoria Bañales will read from her new book of poetry on Oct. 2 alongside four other local poets.  “The Sun Will Not Harm You by Day, Nor the Moon by Night,” is a 143-page softbound book of 54 poems by Bañales who...

Four local high school students were brought into the spotlight Saturday for 14 mosaic artwork installations they created, which tnow adorn the exterior walls of Watsonville’s Muzzio Mosaic Arts Center. Lizbeth Martínez-Meza, Jason Garcia Menera and Janet Rocha-Fernandez from Watsonville High School and Vividiana Bonilla...