After a pandemic-related hiatus, the Santa Cruz Fungus Fair will return to the London Nelson Community Center and will once again transform the space into a recreated woodland habitat, which will be filled with hundreds of local mushrooms, from the red and white fly agaric to golden chantarelles, black trumpets and everything in between.
Chef Katherine Stern’s long-awaited restaurant The Midway opens Thursday at 1209 Soquel Ave. (the former site of Oyunaa’s Mongolian Cuisine). Hours for the initial soft opening stage are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday-Monday; the restaurant will be closed on Dec. 31. The plan is to add dinner service in mid-to-late January.
For nearly two decades, the Golden State Toy Train Operators have laid out the tiny tracks for the holiday season at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. The model trains, weaving through a miniature winter wonderland, serve as a timeless draw for kids of all ages, even today when most kids don't see trains outside of storybooks.