Pride Perspectives

Pride Perspectives features discussions of various aspects of the rich and vibrant Santa Cruz LGBTQ+ history. Created in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Santa Cruz Pride in 2025, we include conversations with guests about their experiences in being part of this history through stories of local people and events.

Alan Ritch – Big Shoes

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Jan 22, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, First Person Singular, Program

Alan Ritch wears out big shoes.

THE TOWER OF SONG PRESENTS PART #4 OF ITS NEW YEAR PROGRAM

by Gypsy Scholar | Jan 21, 2024 | All Music

The Tower of Song will be presenting Part #4 of its annual New Year program, the Orphic Essay-with-Soundtrack series, “The New Year & Rebirth In Archaic Myth & Ritual.” Tune in at 12 a.m., Monday, January 22nd, and hear the Gypsy Scholar present a musical...

Is Polyamory Anti-Fascist? with Janet Hardy

by Ami Chen Mills | Jan 21, 2024 | All Talk, Arts & Culture, Moment of Truth, Program, Sex, Gender & Family, Spirituality & Religion, Wellness

In this interview with global, best-selling polyamory co-author (The Ethical Slut) Janet Hardy, we discuss the nature of polyamory along with Hardy’s current, “elder” life with her former BDSM partner … and after a life-changing and shocking “Kundalini”...

Fred Keeley Reflects on Threats After Council Vote

by Rachel Goodman | Jan 19, 2024 | All Talk, Local, Politics, Program, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay

Fresh off a meeting with the person who threatened to kill him over his vote on a council resolution regarding violence in the Middle East, Santa Cruz Mayor, Fred Keeley talks about the necessity of being able to disagree without being disagreeable. While defending...

Santa Cruz Harp Festival

by Rachel Goodman | Jan 19, 2024 | All Music, All Talk, Arts & Culture, Folk, Local, Rachel Anne Goodman, Talk of the Bay, World

Each year, the Community Music School of Santa Cruz hosts the Santa Cruz Harp Festival, a celebration of this beautiful instrument. This year's festival includes Celtic, Classical and Improvisational music. In this interview, we hear from Executive Director, Susan...

Sustainability Now! Sunday, January 21st: The Path to an Energy Efficient, Electric Future, with Amory Lovins

by Ronnie Lipschutz | Jan 18, 2024 | All Talk, Business, Politics, Science

The Path to an Energy Efficient, Electric Future with Amory Lovins on Sustainability Now! Sunday, January 21st, 2024, 5-6 PM Energy has been with us for a long time and, over the past 100 years, fossil fuels have been cheap and plentiful. Now we are going to have to...

Madeline Hnatowich Dean – Sandhill Cranes

by Mathilde Rand and Laurie Corn | Jan 18, 2024 | All Talk, First Person Singular, Outdoors, Program, Science & Nature

Madeline Hnatowich-Dean goes into the blind. Photo courtesy of Brian Forsyth.

Meet Teddy Grable – Doo Wop King of Mermaid & 24th Street

by Andy Fuhrman | Jan 18, 2024 | All Music, Americana, Arts, Arts & Culture, Brooklynbilly Music Mashup, Local

Doo-Wop music wasn't much of thing here on the West Coast as it was in NYC, places in New Jersey and Philadelphia. Closest thing out here were the Beach Boys tight harmonies. Doo-Wop music, in particular acapella is a spin-off of Gospel music, coming up from the...

The Film Gang Review: Poor Things

by Paul Kanieski | Jan 17, 2024 | All Talk, Arts, Arts & Culture, Program, The Film Gang

Poor Things, the second collaboration between Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and Oscar-winner Emma Stone, is an ecstatically subversive fantasy that imagines how an adult woman might relate to the world if she had somehow sidestepped years of social...