In Downtown Santa Cruz, January is Mushroom Month! Many Downtown Santa Cruz businesses are offering special mushroom themed dishes, displays, activities and products celebrating the wonder of fungus. Get a map and more information at Artisans & agency or at the Downtown Information Kiosk! Enjoy a Downtown mushroom hunt.Looking for a regular Trivia fix? Head down to Abbott Square every Wednesday at 6:30PM for an evening of silly trivia. Get there early to grab a table and compete for trivia prizes!Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes author Vinnie Hansen back to the store to share her newest thriller, Crime Writer. Stop by for this free in-store event on Thursday, January 8 starting at 7PM. Have your booked signed with purchase. Come to the Santa Cruz Fungus Fair, this weekend, January 9-11, to learn fascinating and fun facts about beautiful and diverse species of mushrooms! View remarkable mushroom arts and crafts, taste unusual and exceptionally good fungal fare, and experience FFSC's overriding mission: "We keep the fun in fungus!"Did you know that 90 Downtown businesses accept Downtown Dollars? Those little orangie-red bills you got in your stocking are not Monopoly money! They are just like cash and they give you 90 ways to treat yourself. A delicious meal, new shoes, a relaxing massage, an evening at the movies, the perfect plants, great records, stylish reading glasses, the list is endless. Click the link below to start planning your Downtown Dollar spending.
