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.Opening at 1134 Pacific Ave: the newest location for Anthropologie, your destination for unique women’s clothing, accessories, and more. Swing by on opening day, Wednesday, January 21, for a special celebration, and visit this newest addition to Pacific Ave. in downtown Santa Cruz!Visit the new Switch Bakery café bistro in downtown Santa Cruz, with sandwiches and flatbreads made on their signature gluten free bread, as well as a dessert lounge, serving a variety of zero-proof mocktails and small bites. Switch Bakery is a small team, artisan gluten-free bakery based in Santa Cruz. Visit them at 1016 Cedar Street.Presented by UCSC & NAACP, this annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with presentations about equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity. This year features legendary reggae percussionist, Larry McDonald. January 27 starting at 5:30PM at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.Ready for your weekly fix of comedy? DNA and the The Blue Lagoons is back, again! Come check out the longest running FREE show room in California. Every Tuesday evening, starting at 7:45PMKids Day, the beloved annual event is confirmed for Saturday, May 2 from 12-4PM. Registration is now open for exhibitors and youth performances. Booth Space for exhibitors will be available in the street on Pacific Avenue between Locust Street and Church Street, on Cooper Street, and in Abbott Square. Register your group to be part of the fun!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.
