Community Calendar • Arts & Entertainment – Pages 28

Tuesdays FARMERS’ MARKET AT RAMSAY PARK 2–6 p.m., Ramsay Park, Watsonville El Mercado is a new farmers’ market hosted by Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley.

There will be healthy locally grown produce, a veggie Rx redemption site, cooking demonstrations and wellness screenings. Sponsors include Lakeside Organic, Salud Para La Gente and Kaiser Permanente. Visit pvhealthtrust.org/elmercado for more info.

ROTACARE RETURNS! 5:30-8 p.m., Behind Star of the Sea Church, 515 Frederick St. Santa Cruz The Free RotaCare Santa Cruz Clinic is reopening at its new location. For more info, call 831-204-6040 or visit https://www. rotacarebayarea.org/santacruz

First Tuesdays Of The Month FIRST TUESDAYS FREE 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz Community Day at the UCSC Arboretum means free admission on the first Tuesday of every month 9 a.m-5 p.m. Guests are invited to explore the biodiversity of the gardens, enjoy bird watching or relax on a bench in the shade. https://arboretum.ucsc.edu

Tuesdays thru July 13 GRIEF SUPPORT: BEGINNING JUNE 22 1–2 p.m., Outside at St. Joseph’s Church, 435 Monterey Ave., Capitola Grief Ministry with Doreen Alfaro will offer four Tuesday sessions in coping with grief. Meetings will take place outside by the Grotto of the Virgin Mary at St. Joseph’s Church.

Come share your grief experiences. Come pray. Come gain some insight on how to copy with grief. Come for all for four sessions or drop in. Covid protocols to be followed. If interested contact Doreen Alfaro at 408-893-8399 or dmalfaro@comcast.net Fridays MIDTOWN FRIDAYS Ongoing thru Oct. 29, 1111 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz (next to the fire station) Event Santa Cruz is hosting a Friday festival through the end of October. Called “Midtown Fridays,” the event will have a featured musical act plus food, artists, vendors, and more.

Admission is free. Scheduled Musical Acts: June 18: Dub Souljah (Reggae) June 25: Ancestree (Reggae) July 2: Dylan Rose Band July 9: John Michael Band July 16: Eric Morrison & the Mysteries July 23: Fuse (Ted Welty, Don Caruth, Rob Ouse & Ryan Price) July 30: Andy Pancakes featuring Tammi Brown https://www.eventsantacruz.com/event/midtown-fridays/

DATED EVENTS

Wednesday June 23

CHEF IVAN COOKING DEMO 4 p.m., Online Class Executive Chef Ivan from Tarpy’s Roadhouse will give a free demo of healthy Farmer’s Market salad creations. To view, visit: https://zoom.us/j/97161327724 Meeting ID: 971 6132 7724 SCOTTS VALLEY FOURTH OF JULY PARADE 3–4 p.m., Scotts Valley Drive, between Carbonero Way and El Pueblo Rd. For information, call Donna Lind at 831-438-4251

BOULDER CREEK VIRTUAL PARADE 11 a.m. Community Picnic, Sequoia Retreat Center, Ben Lomond Boulder Creek Business Association presents a virtual parade on their website at bcba.net. Help to celebrate the 4th of July by uploading your own video contribution. Deadline to submit videos is June 18.

Downtown merchants will be hosting sidewalk sales with live music and goodie bags for kids. Auction fundraiser community picnic at Sequoia Retreat Center, with music by Joshua Lowe, to rebuild the historic Alba School House. Visit fb.me/e/KAq9DV9V for more information.

WATSONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL: MURALS MATTER

Tuesday June 15 thru Friday June 18

Online Film Festival Alice Street, a 67-minute documentary directed and produced by Spencer Wilkinson, follows the intersection of artistic expression and the battle to preserve Oakland’s downtown from gentrification.

Two Oakland artists, Pancho Peskador, a Chilean studio painter, and Desi Mundo, a Chicago-born aerosol artist, form an unlikely partnership to tackle their most ambitious project, a four-story mural in the heart of downtown Oakland where Chinese and Afro-Diasporic communities face the threat of displacement as a condo development obstructing the mural is proposed.

Available online free-to-the-public at https://watsonvillefilmfest.org/home View the trailer at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxPK89AQHoI&t=9s

Thursday June 24

BOOK TO ACTION: JOSE ANTONIO VARGAS 8 p.m., Santa Cruz Public Libraries Online Seminar The Watsonville and Santa Cruz Public Libraries invite teens and adults to participate in a Book to Action Zoom meeting featuring Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen author Jose Antonio Vargas.

Free copies of his book are available at all library locations while supplies last. It’s also available in e-book and audio formats. About 280 seats are available. Register at https://www. santacruzpl.org/pages/book-to-action/ n

HARDCORE NATURAL HISTORY: RACHEL GAUDOIN 6-7 p.m., Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History Webinar The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History welcomes Rachel Gaudoin, public outreach coordinator at Monterey One Water, a public wastewater and water recycling agency serving northern Monterey County, speaking in the yearlong Hardcore Natural History series.

The conversation will focus on wastewater and how it has become an important resource for Monterey County, which relies on local water supplies — primarily groundwater and surface water. The series supports the museum’s “Changes” exhibit on habitat change in the Monterey Bay area.

The free webinar series (now with limited live attendance) is on the last Thursday of each month. The museum encourages audience members to contribute $15 per person to help create future programming. To get a link to the webinar, register in advance at https://www. pgmuseum.org/

Friday June 25

PROTECTED BIKING & WALKING DEMO 5-7 p.m., Portola Drive (between 38th and 48th Ave.) Bike Santa Cruz County, Ecology Action and county Public Works will host a demonstration of a Protected Walking and Biking Installation. The demonstration will conclude July 31. Participants can share their input via survey at https://tinyurl. com/walk-bike-demo FOOD TRUCKS AT SKYPARK 5–8 p.m., 361 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley Local food trucks will be gathering at Skypark in Scotts Valley for two special events this month.

The first event is a mid-month Taco Tuesday on the day California will be relaxing COVID-19 restrictions! Taquizas Gabriel, Holopono and more will bring their regular menu and their signature tacos for all to enjoy. Keep your fingers crossed!

Next, the food trucks are joined by live music and a beer & wine garden for a Friday evening in the park. The Paperback Ryders will perform Beatles tunes and the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation will host a beer garden fundraiser. Food vendors at this event include Pana, Taquizas Gabriel, Saucey’z and Aunt LaLi’s.

Spread out and eat at the picnic tables, bring a blanket and picnic on the lawn or order your food to go. Info: https://www.facebook.com/events/762864271075610

Saturday June 26

HOME WILDFIRE SAFETY WORKSHOP June 26: 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m., Woods Cove Central Coast Prescribed Burn Association will host a wildfire home hardening and defensible space workshop at Woods Cove.

Topics include: Native cultural burning, logging and brush encroachment; current lack of stewardship; tools such as broadcast burning, pile burning, targeted grazing, saws, chipping, mastication; 3’ to 30’ to 100’ zones; tree killers such as sudden oak death, pine bark beetle, Monterey pine canker.

The workshop costs $10; scholarships are available. Register at: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey. cfm?surveynumber=34949

Sunday July 4

SANTA CRUZ SUNRISE ROTARY FIRECRACKER 5K RUN RETURNS 8 a.m., Harvey West Park, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary’s Firecracker 5K Run returns at Harvey West Park in Santa Cruz, the first post-pandemic reopening event in the city.

The chip-timed 5K run will have socially-distanced starts from 8 to 10:50 a.m., with no 10K or kids’ 1K, but the race will be live again instead of virtual. Registrations are capped at 500 to comply with safety regulations. Register at www.SantaCruzFirecracker.org.

The club aims to raise $10,000 in sponsorships to cover the costs of this year’s return to live racing so all race revenues can go to this year’s key beneficiaries: Teen Kitchen, American Red Cross of the Central Coast, and other nonprofits. Email RaceDirector@ SantaCruzFirecracker10k.org to inquire about sponsorships. To learn more, visit www.SantaCruzSunriseRotary.org.

Friday July 9

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS GOLF FUNDRAISER 12 Noon, DeLaveaga Come July 9 at noon for a day of fun and camaraderie on the greens of DeLaveaga raising awareness and funds in support of our programs that benefit the youth throughout Santa Cruz County.

Highlights include lunch at noon, 18 holes of golf with shotgun start at 1 p.m., auction, opportunities to spread awareness about the Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County. Guests must adhere to current safety guidelines.

Saturday July 24 Sunday July 25

ARTICHOKE FESTIVAL Opens 10 a.m. each day, Monterey County Fairgrounds The Artichoke Festival returns to the Monterey County Fairgrounds on July 24-25, with the theme, “Thistle be a Good Time!”

The 61st annual event expects 8,000 visitors; safety and social distancing protocols will be followed. Advance festival admission tickets will soon be available at www.ArtichokeFestival.org and at the door, ranging from $15 for adults; $5 for youth 6-12, $10 for active military and seniors (62+). Children under 6 are free. Early-bird ticket packages will be on sale until July 10.

There will be a bountiful farmer’s market, an ag education exhibit, a new car show hosted by Gold Coast Rods, and a new carnival, a new art exhibit plus arts and crafts vendors, and the artichoke harvest contest. Festival proceeds will benefit nonprofits. For information, see www.artichokefestival.org. n