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BEACH TUNES Los Lobos play to the crowds in front of the Dream Inn in Santa Cruz May 27 as such outdoor venues start to open up.

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s students celebrate graduations and the end of the school year, families are looking ahead to the summer months for the promise of fun and recreation.

After a year of closures due to Covid-19, in-person events and fundraisers are slowly returning. And with the planned June 15 reopening for California, more may be on the horizon.

From small fundraisers at local breweries, to outdoor food festivals and live music, local businesses, organizations and municipalities are finding ways to bring back old events in safe ways.

“All in all, it is exciting to see many of the annual events and traditions that our community holds so dear make a comeback this summer,” said Nick Calubaquib, Parks and Community Services Director for the City of Watsonville. “Although the events this year may not look exactly like they did pre-pandemic (due to the short planning window and ongoing Covid restrictions), we are excited to bring people back together live and in person to celebrate all of the things that make this community so great.”

Listed in this article are just some of the events and fundraisers that are happening in the Pajaro Valley, Santa Cruz County and surrounding areas in the next few months.

Have fun out there—just remember to stay safe, wear a mask, and keep your distance.

SUMMER 2021 EVENTS Recurring Music in the Plaza The City of Watsonville’s free concert series, Music in the Plaza will return in July and run through the summer. The weekly concert series features local bands playing a variety of different genres. Specific dates and performers TBA. For updates, and for a calendar of other free activities (including for Park and Recreation Month in July), visit watsonvillerec.com.

El Vaquero Winery, 2901 Freedom Blvd., is holding a number of live music events at its outdoor location in Corralitos. Come enjoy some tunes while sampling the winery’s wide selection of wines and local food trucks. Reservations are required, as space is limited. For a concert schedule and for information, visit elvaquerowinery. com or the business’ Facebook page.

Santa Cruz Shakespeare Santa Cruz Shakespeare will return this summer to live, in-person performances. Tickets are on sale now for a series of outdoor performances at The Grove starting in July. The theater company will present: “RII,” Jessica Kubzansky’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Richard II and “The Agitators” by Matt Smart. For information and to buy tickets visit santacruzshakespeare.org.

Live Music at Abbott Square Market

June RedBall Santa Cruz To celebrate the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s 15th Anniversary, the RedBall Project, known as the world’s longest running street art work, will be installed at various locations throughout the county. June 8-13, the large artwork (created by Kurt Perschke) will travel around and be installed in various locations, from the museum itself to the Santa Cruz Wharf and all the way to the Cabrillo College center in Watsonville.

For a full schedule, visit santacruzmah/ org/events.

Raise a Pint to the Qmmunity Join Fruition Brewing and Pajaro Valley Pride (PV Pride) on June 13 for their first in-person fundraising event in

Reimagined for 2021, the Gerbera Festival is back as a drive-thru event.

The event, in its 11th year, benefits Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks and the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau Agricultural Worker Vaccine Program.

Crates of five plants featuring a mix of colors can be preordered online for $10, and crates will be available day-of for $15 as supplies last. Pick up flowers at Kitayama Brothers Farms, 481 San Andreas Road, Watsonville. Please stay in your vehicle and wear masks during pickup. Order now at www.thatsmypark. org/gerbera.

Makers Market: The Art of Nature This free event will be held June 19, 11am-3pm at Tyrell Park near the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 East Cliff Drive. Meet featured artists from the museum’s annual exhibit, The Art of Nature. Watch artists at work through live demonstrations at their booths, and support their work by going home with prints, stickers, cards, cups and more. There will also be an illustration station to create your own works of art inspired by the native plants in the museum’s Garden Learning Center.

July Annual Vintage Picnic The Pajaro Valley Historical Association will hold its annual Vintage Picnic on July 3 from 11:30am-3pm. A lunch buffet will be served by Monterey Bay Caterers, and special guest speaker will be local historian Sandy Lydon, who will speak on T.S. MacQuiddy and Hal Hyde.

Tickets are $25 for adults. To order, visit pajarovalleyhistory.org, call 7220305 or mail a check to PO Box 623, Watsonville, 95077. All sales must be received by June 24.

Spirit of Watsonville Neighborhood Parade The City of Watsonville Parks and Community Services invite the community to participate in the Spirit of Watsonville Neighborhood Parade on July 4. Residents can decorate their home or business like a Fourth of July parade float, or follow the map and take a tour of other neighborhood decorations. No entry fee required.

Starter kits are available for the first 50 participants. For information, call 7683240 or visit watsonvillerec.com.

OUTDOOR FUN Birders enjoy an up-close view of birds

at Elkhorn Slough Reserve.

14th Annual Hot Rods on the Green Benefiting the Kingsmen Industrial Arts Scholarship Program, the 14th Annual Hot Rods on the Green returns on July 10. Come enjoy a multitude of cars, trucks and modern muscle cars, as well as live music, local food trucks, a raffle and more at Twin Lakes Church, 2701 Cabrillo College Drive, Aptos. The event is free to spectators, and $25 per car to display. Sign up online at tlc.org/ kingsmen. Covid-19 recommendations will still be in place. Hosted by the Kingsmen Car Club of Santa Cruz.

Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce Awards Dinner On July 31 the Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its 59th annual awards dinner at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, 2601 East Lake Ave. This year’s event, entitled “An Afternoon in Paradise,” will award local individuals, businesses, organizations and events for their hard work and dedication to the community. Tickets are available now at bit.ly/34G85lb.

The Artichoke Festival 2021 The Artichoke Festival will return to the Monterey County Fairgrounds, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey, on July 24-25. The festival will return to celebrate 61 years of all things artichokes — the official vegetable of California and Monterey County.

The festival will include fun for the whole family, featuring local chef demonstrations, artichoke-inspired food, local musical entertainment, farmers markets, artichoke agricultural exhibits, a street hot rod car show, arts and crafts booths, contests and more.

To order tickets and for information, visit artichokefestival.org.

August Watsonville Strawberry Festival The Watsonville Strawberry Festival is back in 2021, to be held on Sunday, Aug. 8. The festival aims to provide a safe, family-friendly experience for families in downtown Watsonville, while supporting local nonprofit organizations by giving them the opportunity to raise funds and awareness. More details about the 2021 festival TBA. For updates, visit cityofwatsonville.org.

Watsonville Rotary Maine Lobster Fundraiser The Watsonville Rotary Foundation is aiming to support disadvantaged Pajaro Valley youth with the return of its Maine Lobster Feast on Aug. 21. The revamped event will be a drive-thru this year; come by the Watsonville Elks Lodge (121 Martinelli St.) between 1-5pm to pick up your reserved and pre-paid dinners. The menu includes a 1 1/4-pound lobster, shrimp, corn on the cob, sausage, artichoke, potatoes, garlic, sourdough baguette and, of course, your lobster bib, lobster cracker and placemat. Each dinner will be professionally prepared by the New England Lobster Company. For information and to order, visit bit.ly/3pc6ME.

Gilroy Rodeo 2021 The Gilroy Rodeo will bring the community a series of rodeo events such as bull riding, barrel racing, saddle bronc riding and more Aug. 13-15.

Spectators can enjoy a heavy dose of wild west action and other attractions such as live music and vendors. As a nonprofit event, all proceeds and donations from philanthropic efforts at the rodeo are donated directly to youth organizations and programs fighting pediatric cancer in the surrounding area.

More updates to be released soon. Stay in touch for any changes due to Covid-19.

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Abbott Square Market in Santa Cruz (725 Front St.) is once again hosting live music and deejay sets at its outdoor concert venue. Concerts are announced in the days leading up to performances through Abbott Square’s Facebook page. For information about Abbott Square Market, visit abbottsquaremarket.com.

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more than a year. Fruition Brewing will be celebrating Pride Month by selling special cans of their beer, Pride Snack. For every can sold during the month of June, $1 will be donated to PV Pride. In addition, a drag show will be held on June 13 at 4pm and 6:30pm (performers TBA). Masks and social distancing required. For information, visit Fruition Brewing’s Facebook page. To learn about PV Pride, go to pajarovalleypride.org.

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ANNUAL SPECIES A cicada exoskeleton is shown caught by a sticky barrier.

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Emergence Loud cicadas are about to rise from the dirt

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rood X is about to claw its way out of the soil after lurking for nearly 20 years. Brood X refers to this year’s cicada event. Cicadas are well known on the East Coast for their epic numbers, mind-numbing noise, and littering trees with exoskeletons, but California has cicadas, too.

Cousin to leafhoppers, there are more than 3,000 cicada species globally and 170 in North America. Cicadas have large, red, wide-set eyes, clear

forewings, and short antennae. While Malaysian emperor cicadas have an eight-inch wingspan, our native cicadas are significantly smaller.

Periodic cicadas spend most of their lives underground as nymphs.

Here, they feed on sap from tree roots. Depending on the species, nymphs emerge at 13- or 17-year cycles in mind-boggling numbers.

These synchronized mass emergences are thought to make predators less likely to rely exclusively on cicadas as food.

Most local cicadas are quieter annual species that emerge every year, though they can spend up to nine years underground and their emergence is not synchronized. They are also known as jarfly or dog-day cicadas because they usually emerge in mid-summer.

They’re early this year.

Cicadas are the loudest insects on Earth. At up to 120 dB, they can cause permanent hearing loss at close range. Each male cicada has a unique mating song composed of modulated clicks that sound, to us, like continuous notes. They create that noise using organs called tymbals found on their abdomen and resonating cavities that amplify the sound. Some cicadas are silent but produce vibrations within their tree. Other cicada songs are so high-pitched that we can’t hear them. Both males and females have structures called tympana that detect sounds. When a male sings, he turns his tympana off so as not to damage his hearing.

After mating, female cicadas cut slits in the bark of twigs where they lay eggs. Nymphs are the size of a grain of rice. They drop to the ground and burrow eight feet down. They will feed on ash, citrus, cypress, maple, oak, willow and other trees. Eventually, they return to the surface, shed their skins and emerge as flying adults.

Those shed skins are commonly found attached to trees. If you use sticky barriers around the trunks of fruit and nut trees to thwart crawling pests, you may discover some stuck in the goo.

Ants, bats, birds, squirrels, spiders and wasps all eat cicadas.

Adult cicadas do not harm mature trees. Newly planted trees should be protected with netting during emergence years. In most cases, cicada feeding is not significantly destructive. While cicadas do not bite or sting, they may mistake you for a tree and try to feed.

Don’t bother spraying for cicadas. You would have to use too much to counteract a periodic emergence.

If the noise is too much, use it as an excuse to spend a week in Hawaii.

Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener.

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SIMPLE RECIPE Beef, noodle and meatball soup —Filipino style—is light and flavorful.

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ometimes called glass noodles—but also called cellophane noodles, bean threads or Chinese vermicelli—they are nearly clear in color and when cooked, have a slippery texture that is great at soaking up flavors. In this recipe, the beefy broth is studded with little meatballs made with pork and shrimp that swim alongside the swirls of clear noodles.

Glass noodles are made from the starch of ground up little green mung beans. They come in various thicknesses but this recipe calls for very thin noodles that come in little dried bundles. They needed to be soaked in almost hot water for a half hour or so to loosen them up.

Mung beans are an ancient food source that are used in many forms.

They are legumes and native to India going back 4,500 years ago.

They can be cooked whole into a soft mush, or soaked in water

where they will sprout after a few days. Sprouted mung beans can be eaten raw or stir fried.

This soup is adapted from "The Filipino-American Kitchen" by Jennifer M. Aranas, available at the Watsonville Public Library. The recipe is simple and doesn’t take too long to make as long as you take advantage of premade beef stock.

The cube of chicken bouillon really helps to add saltiness and flavor to the meatballs too.

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large shallot, chopped 1/2 small red bell pepper, seeded and chopped 2 tablespoons tomato paste 5 cups of beef stock 2 tablespoons soy sauce 1 1/2 ounces glass noodles soaked in warm water Heat up 2 cups of water. When the water is hot, but you’re still able to put your finger in it, add the glass noodles. Set aside.

Make the meatballs. Put the shrimp in a food processor and pulse into a paste. In a large bowl, combine shrimp paste, ground pork, garlic, panko or breadcrumbs, the white part of a chopped green onion and crushed bouillon cube or salt. Mix very well. Wet your hands with a little water and form into small balls that are about 1/2 inch in diameter. Put on a plate and refrigerate until ready to make soup.

Heat olive oil over medium heat in a saucepan. Add the shallots and red pepper and cook until shallots become translucent in about 2-3 minutes. Stir in tomato paste, beef stock and soy sauce. Bring soup to a simmer.

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