COMMUNITY CALENDAR First Tuesdays of the Month UCSC ARBORETUM: FIRST TUESDAYS FREE 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, 1156 High St, SC 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. arboretum.ucsc.edu Wednesdays thru Aug. 31 CAPITOLA TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIES 6-8 p.m., Capitola Village Esplanade Park bandstand Come out to see, hear, and dance to your favorite band playing your favorite genre of music whether it be blues, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, salsa & latin, or classic rock. Bands appearing throughout the summer include the John Michael Band, Mike Hammar & The Nails, The Joint Chiefs Band, Live Again, Santa Cruz Latin Collective, Billy Martini Show, Jive Machine, Dirty Cello, B-Movie Kings, and the Digbeats. Third Friday each month FOOD TRUCKS AT MONTEREY PARK 4-7 p.m. thru September Presented by the Capitola Recreation Department, these are family-friendly events featuring some of Santa Cruz County’s best food trucks, as well as, a beer garden for the adults. Catch up with your neighbors while having food and drink in an outdoor setting.
DATED EVENTS Monday July 4
ROTARY CLUB FIRECRACKER RUN Prep: 8-9:30 a.m., West shoulder of Highway 9 (between Encinal St. and Golf Club Drive The 37th annual Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary Club Firecracker 1K, 5K, and 10K Run will take place in Santa Cruz off Highway 9. It’s live this year. Signups are online at https://runsignup.com/Race/CA/ SantaCruz/SantaCruzFIrecracker10Kand5K The fee is $20 for the Kid’s 1K, $40 for the 5K and $45 for the 10K. The participants will use the west shoulder of Highway 9 between Encinal Street and Golf Club Drive. In the 5K, Patrick Goodrich of Scotts Valley finished first last year and Chase Jacques-Maynes came in third. T. Sallenbien, 12, of Felton, finished 5th in the kid’s 1K. BOULDER CREEK 4TH OF JULY PARADE 10 a.m.-Noon, Highway 9, Boulder Creek The parade is sponsored by the Boulder Creek Business Association. To prevent children from running into the street — where they could be struck — candy may not be thrown to the crowd. SPIRIT OF WATSONVILLE: 2022 PARADE Noon-2 p.m., Main St, Watsonville (St. Patrick’s Church to First St.) The Spirit of Watsonville 4th of July parade proceeds down Main Street. from St. Patrick’s Church to First Street. Thousands of spectators line the route five to six people deep. Those wanting a front row seat, place their chairs along the route early in the morning of the parade date.
Saturday July 9
to enjoy a story and check out books. After ice cream sundaes on the library’s back porch, children’s librarian BOOMERIA ORGAN EXTRAVANGANZA Jeanne Jorgenson will present stories, songs, puppets 1-5 p.m., Boomeria, 60 Verde Drive, Bonny Doon and finish with a craft. The Boomeria Organ Extravanganza in Bonny Doon will The program is geared for pre-school and primary feature organists Bill Visscher, Martin Gaskell and Ann age children. Thiermann, along with ensembles Bonny Doon Baroque Regular hours are Monday through Friday noon to 4 and Reed St. Brass p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Volunteer staff The event will also feature Medieval Swordfighting at the charming historical Porter Memorial Library, built Demonstration From the Society for Creative Anachin 1912, would love to help you find a new release, ronism and Penny Hanna, viola da gamba. a favorite mystery or a classic children’s story. DVDs, More music by: Corelli • Monteverdi • Hassler • books on CD and books written by talented local Merulo • Gabrieli • Symante • Bonelli • Hume authors are available. Tickets are $55 at https://www.instantseats.com/index. The Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association has local cfm?fuseaction=home.venue&VenueID=59. photos and artifacts on display and local historical books. Masks are recommended but not required. Parking is behind the library. Enter from Soquel Drive Sunday July 10 and 31 | Aug. 14 into the Bagelry parking lot and drive through to the left. ART AT THE BEACH For information, see www.porterml.org or call 831-475-3326. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., City of Capitola Beach On these Sundays, there will be booths with quality Saturday July 30 artwork including painting, photography, sculpture, jewelry and mixed media from local artists. If you arrive TRUE LOVE CHRISTIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL early, you may be serenaded by the impromptu ukulele 10 a.m–Sunset, Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Road players. True Love Christian Music Festival is coming to Aptos Village Park. An unprecedented gathering of Bay Area churches Wednesday July 13 and Christian musicians and songwriters will join with SUMMER ICE CREAM SOCIAL & STORY TIME area nonprofits to provide free music, services (and 1 p.m., Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter St., Soquel food) to show the love of Jesus by loving our neighbors. The Porter Memorial Library will once again host its Shuttle buses provided by Monte Vista Christian annual Summer Ice Cream Social & Story Time. School will run from Coastlands Church, Resurrection The library, which is independent from the countywide Church and Twin Lakes Church parking lots to Aptos system, has been open since early fall after being Village Park throughout the event. closed for a year and a half. What is true love? The mission of this festival is to engage Children are invited to return or visit for the first time with our local community and ask and answer this question. n
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