Arts & Culture

TEEN TALENT Josefina Rocha welcomes of crowd of around 50 people Wednesday to the PV Arts Porter Building where a large indoor mural—created by teens in the Teen Artés program—was unveiled. Artist Melissa Marzan coached a dozen local teens in the once-a-week gathering to...

These senior classmates deliver a tune during an open house at Watsonville Union High School on April 27, 1955. (Sam Vestal/Pajaronian file)

“Off the Streets,” a new exhibit presented by PV Arts at their Sudden Street gallery, will open to the public Aug. 6 and run through Sept. 21.  In her first venture in curating a show, PV Arts office coordinator Bianca Jimenez said arranging the show...

Five new painted monoliths now adorn the recently completed pedestrian/bike path along Green Valley Road. The Green Valley Road Multi-Use Project was managed by the Department of Community Development & Infrastructure, while the art component was managed by the Santa Cruz County Parks Department....

Artists around the Pajaro Valley are gearing up for the inaugural Second Saturday Art Tour, a monthly event in downtown Watsonville.

The San Francisco Mime Troupe will make a stop in Santa Cruz on July 13 during their 66th season. The free, live outdoor theater performance of “Disruption” will take place at the London Nelson Center. The troupe’s website states: “In a city where nothing is more...

The “School with a Heart” welcomed 53 students to five days of lessons in Japanese traditions, including bonsai, ikebana, origami and more.

Work continues on two art projects that are part of an upgrade for Ramsay Park, thanks to the efforts unfolding at the Muzzio Mosaic Art.

A new exhibit highlighting the LGBTQ community has filled the walls of PV Arts on Sudden Street. Titled “Hers, His, Theirs, Ours: Queer Expression,” the show includes more than 70 artists, both local and from outside the community, and features a huge range of media,...

CIRCLE UP Students at Freedom School take part in their annual fiesta on May 26, 1955. The Pajaronian, photo by Sam Vestal