Theatre 831 Founder Lindsey Chester, right, shows Wendy Gabbe Day, second from right, and other organizers of an upcoming talk by Dr. Neal Barnard around the Colligan Theater in Santa Cruz on Friday. Barnard, a bestselling author and president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, will share groundbreaking science behind health, weight loss and the healing power of food. Eat for the Earth will also be presenting its annual Food As Medicine Health Conference Oct. 17 at Multiversity 1440 in Scotts Valley. Theatre 831 is a Santa Cruz nonprofit, and the parent company of All About Theatre, that began managing The Colligan Theater in Sept. 2024 after the previous managing tenant, the Jewel Theatre Company, closed its operations. (Shmuel Thaler – Santa Cruz Sentinel)