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Chef Jayne Droese has opened La Marea Café & Pizzeria at the former site of Reef Dog Deli in Capitola. Before opening this brick-and-mortar restaurant, Droese operated the popup Jayne Dough for the past two years, creating Detroit-style sourdough pizza. This signature pizza is on the La Marea menu.
The members of Santa Cruz Americana/vaudeville trio Bonny June and Bonfire love Halloween, so much so that they perform a special concert every October by adopting vampiric personas and performing a mix of new Halloween songs and Halloweenified versions of their own songs and tunes they have frequently covered. This year's concert will see the trio return to Kuumbwa Jazz Saturday for a mix of music and comedy.
In the near future, there are three dates in Santa Cruz that will not pass by without laughter, and that is when DNA's Comedy Lab hosts its series of Saturday afternoon comedy shows at London Nelson Park. For its third year, the newly christened Laughternoon will be bringing a mix of local, regional and national comedians to a shared space over three Saturdays, where attendees can laugh in the company of others in an outdoor setting.
The Lucky grocery store at King’s Plaza Shopping Center on 41st Avenue and Capitola Road is closing on Aug. 31. New Leaf Community Markets is moving its current 41st Avenue store to this location sometime in 2024.