Wallace Baine

"Line of Blood," the first of whose 10 episodes dropped Monday, follows from Jana Marcus' 2020 book about the 1941 murder of her great-uncle, though the podcast, she says, is "focused on the murder, the Mob and the justice system."

Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. It's the election-hangover B9:

News, notes and recommendations aplenty from around the world of Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, via Lookout's Wallace Baine.

Veteran curators and arts administrators Laura Henkel and Ginger Shulick Porcella have emerged as the final two candidates to fill the position of executive director at the Museum of Art & History in Santa Cruz, to replaced outgoing director Robb Woulfe.

After an election campaign in which they were targeted by a torrent of negative ads, trans people wait and prepare for the struggles sure to come from the Trump administration.

Santa Cruz Shakespeare moves into the holiday season and into downtown Santa Cruz with the first of what it hopes will be many years of an annual tradition, the production of the Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol."

Trans and nonbinary people and their allies came together on Wednesday night to mark Trans Day of Remembrance to honor transgender people who died at the hand of violence over the past year. Speakers at the event included state Sen. John Laird, Cabrillo College trustee Adam Spickler and local NAACP president Elaine Johnson.

Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. It's the B9:

Wallace Baine's weekly jaunt through the world of Santa Cruz County arts & entertainment, complete with event recommendations.