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Community Calendar • Arts & Entertainment – Pages 20
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
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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.
The event will also feature Medieval Swordfighting Demonstration From the Society for Creative Anachronism and Penny Hanna, viola da gamba.
More music by: Corelli • Monteverdi • Hassler • Merulo • Gabrieli • Symante • Bonelli • Hume Tickets are $55 at https://www.instantseats.com/index. cfm?fuseaction=home.venue&VenueID=59.
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.
Wednesday July 27
FELTON LIBRARY FRIENDS METTING
4 p.m., Felton Library Community Room, 6121 Gushee St The next Felton Library Friends meeting takes place in the Community Room. If you love the library and park, you are a Felton Library Friend and are invited.
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.
BOOMERIA ORGAN EXTRAVANGANZA
1-5 p.m., Boomeria, 60 Verde Drive, Bonny Doon The Boomeria Organ Extravanganza in Bonny Doon will feature organists Bill Visscher, Martin Gaskell and Ann Thiermann, along with ensembles Bonny Doon Baroque and Reed St. Brass
Saturday July 30
TRUE LOVE CHRISTIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
10 a.m–Sunset, Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Road True Love Christian Music Festival is coming to Aptos Village Park.
An unprecedented gathering of Bay Area churches and Christian musicians and songwriters will join with area nonprofits to provide free music, services (and food) to show the love of Jesus by loving our neighbors.
Shuttle buses provided by Monte Vista Christian School will run from Coastlands Church, Resurrection Church and Twin Lakes Church parking lots to Aptos Village Park throughout the event. What is true love? The mission of this festival is to engage with our local community and ask and answer this question. n