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I READ “Keepers of the Flame� (Cover story, March 9) last week and took yesterday’s (March 13) survival class in Boulder Creek. I have to say: this was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in Santa Cruz County. The amount of useful information presented and practiced was mind-blowing. These guys have this class down solid. Well worth the price of admission (after taking it I actually suggested to the instructors that they raise their rates— just take it, you’ll see what I mean). Stephen

[RE: “Study Group,� Currents, March 9], ethnic studies is not a bona fide category of academic study. People interested in such things would do both themselves and the larger society a favor by majoring in something more substantial, like history, literature, psychology, anthropology, etc., and then tailoring their studies to their preferred area(s) of interest, you know, like people always used to do, back when standards were higher. Kevin Riley O’Keeffe Via Facebook

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ON FRIDAY, March 10, the day the Japanese tsunami surge sank 18 boats in the Santa Cruz Yacht Harbor, damaged more than 100 other vessels and wrecked the docks of the harbor to the tune of more than $22.5 million, Howard Thevenin looked on quietly from the dock side of Lake Avenue. “It used to be a lagoon,� he said of the harbor. “We swam in it as a kid and played in this house right here.� He motioned toward the Save Our Shores headquarters behind him. “We’ve had three tidal waves—one when I was about 11, ’65 or sometime. We got

out but it sucked this harbor dry.� Thevenin has kept a boat in the harbor for most of his life, but whether he would still have one at the end of that day remained to be seen. “Now, I’m an end-tie,� he explained. “When it broke, the pull—see how there is a ring around the dock?—the boat’s on the dock, spinning around hitting my boat. Another boat is destroying mine.� As Thevenin spoke, the water in the harbor was receding for the umpteenth time that day, part of the rapid ebb and flow generated by the massive 8.9 quake that struck Japan Thursday night and the aftershocks

spoken to several reporters that day and described herself simply as the owner of the “big blue sailboat that hit the bridge.� It seemed to be the end of her 35-foot Yorktown. On the bridge, Gordon Rudy pointed to his 36-foot Sea Ray, Donovan’s Reef, “right down there on the end� of a dock, now exposed, that had sat behind U dock. It looked fine, but he said he’d already watched four boats sink that day. And for him, the stakes were high. The dip in the economy had put Rudy, and a number of others in the

‘Everything that they owned was on these boats that went down. Any of those toxins are going to be leeched out.’ Santa Cruz Harbor, on their boats as full-time residents. “At one time I used to be able to afford to have a house and have a boat,â€? he said. He added that the nature of the Santa Cruz Harbor live-aboard community is “very, very strong.â€? “It’s always been a fun place,â€? he said. Asked what he’ll do if he can’t get back on his boat, he laughed and looked at his mother, who stood beside him. “Move to the motor home—either that or move to Mom’s. We’ve been on that boat for ¨'

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BOATING ACCIDENT A sailboat capsizes in the harbor late Friday morning.

that followed. “It’s just dropped 5 feet since you walked up here,� he pointed out to a reporter who had approached the small group discussing the damage to J dock. “U dock took the brunt,� one man interjected. “There were two fingers to it—one off to the left and one to the center. The one to the left is completely gone.� By the end of the day Friday, U dock was no longer visible except for its piers. The wreckage from that dock—as well as f lotsam from battered boats—was blamed for the sinking of most of the vessels and damage, both minor and major, to as many as 100 others and several other of the harbor’s docks, according to the County Office of Emergency Services. The final toll count of sunken vessels could climb; on Monday, 12 boats still remained unaccounted for, according to reports. Above the harbor on Friday afternoon, people milled about on the train bridge. They had brought their dogs and their children; someone had called in a massive order of pizza, and a few 30-racks of beer were brought out as boaters consoled one another on the sunny afternoon. It seemed the whole town had come down to the harbor on bicycles—roads to the harbor were blocked off to traffic early Friday morning—to check out the damage and watch as the dark brown water rushed from the open ocean into the harbor in eerie, unpredictable surges. Stacey Koch and Lizzy Samson came over from Seabright to watch. Koch explained that the movement in the harbor was the same kind of motion as when you make a wave in the bathtub, and that for the past couple of hours, they’d been watching several boats swinging back and forth and observing a pipe that alternated between being submerged and exposed. Nearby, a weary Katie Wohlstattar prepared to go home. She had

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Bilge Boogie The number of live-aboards in the harbor also complicates the cleanup effort, says Laura Kasa, the executive director of Save Our Shores. “Everything that they owned was on these boats that went down, so there may have been cleaners, whatever they used to clean their boat—any of those toxins are going to be leeched out.� The full environmental impact of the tsunami surge was still unknown on Monday. “We’ve been searching for any information on how much pollution has come out, and we haven’t been successful at finding anything at this point,� Kasa said, adding that officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the state Fish and Game Department were on hand

assessing damages. Diesel fuel fumes wafted up from the murky water, one early suggestion of the environmental consequences of the surges. “There is a lot of fuel coming up in the water—you can just smell it. It smells like diesel fuel,� said Lauren Gilligan, who helps coordinate Save Our Shores’ DockWalker program to prevent boating pollution. When a boat begins to fill with water, an automatic bilge pump that sits at the bottom will begin pumping water out to keep the craft afloat. Gilligan explains that the problem is that, even under the best circumstances, “the engine sits right above that water, so it constantly is leaking oil and pumping it out.� In cases where the entire boat is submerged the pollution risk becomes a certainty: all of its fuel will eventually leak out. In addition to gas, small splintered bits of boat and dock have continued to accumulate on the harbor’s surface. “Parts of the docks are coming off. Unfortunately, underneath the dock is a lot Styrofoam-type material. It’s very buoyant—that’s why they use it—but it also crumbles really quick into smaller and smaller pieces,� said Emily Glanville, a manager for Save Our Shores. “That stuff is all over now.�

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The Good Life A symposium on local living spotlights happiness

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LL OVER the world, communities are making efforts to localize their politics in attempts to rebuild their starving economies. This Friday, March 18, Santa Cruz goes local when the film The Economics of Happiness screens at the Rio Theatre. Following the screening will be a discussion with local experts Ross Clark, city of Santa Cruz climate coordinator; Michael Levy of Transition Santa Cruz; Irene Tsouprake, CEO of ITL Events and Gross National Happiness Advocate; Ocean Robbins, author, speaker and activist; and Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, researcher, author and activist. The Economics of Happiness addresses climate change and sustainability issues crucial to the well-being of our economies and communities today. As explained in the film by experts including Bill McKibben and Vandana Shiva, the breakdown of the community undermines the local culture, economy and level of happiness. Elizabeth Borelli, who is organizing the Local Living Expo, says that when she first saw the film, it connected the dots between the problem of globalization and the solution of localization. She hopes to assemble the community to view a possible solution to issues that seem impossible to solve. One solution that The Economics of Happiness proposes is instating a Gross National Happiness (GNH) measure as an alternative to the current Gross

National Product (GNP) standard. GNH originated in Bhutan, a kingdom whose monarch willingly abdicated the throne to create democracy, as a way to measure national well-being. Based on four pillars—natural environment, cultural identity, good government and sustainability—GNH maintains that a nation has only two real assets: its human beings and the natural environment. When asked what it means to be a GNH advocate, Irene Tsouprake laughs and says, “Exactly the opposite of GNP advocate!� Tsouprake, herself a businesswomen, believes that the likelihood of successfully implementing GNH in the United States is high. “There definitely is a consciousness coming into play in corporate America,� she says. “We know that if employees are happy, they’re more productive. Why would that not be a no-brainer?� Like integrative medicine, GNH promises a comprehensive approach to health, only instead of an individual being at stake, the community is. Proceeds from the event benefit ISEC and Transition Santa Cruz.

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IT WAS the final straw. After coming home to yet another stack of Yellow Pages blocking the entrance to her apartment building last year, Aimee Davison couldn’t take it anymore. “I’m breaking up with you, phone book,� she posted on Twitter after stepping over the pile of unsolicited books. “Stop coming to my house, you tree killer.� But her disdain didn’t stop at the digital realm. A few days later, as Davison drove past an empty lot in her home city of Montreal, she began to imagine it filled with a mountain of Yellow Pages—a striking visual testament to the waste caused by the clunky, space-hogging 20th-century artifact known as the phone book. “Damn, I should do something like that,� she thought. So she did. In the fall of 2010, selfdescribed “digital girl� Davison, with the help of friend Kyle McDonald,

searched the streets of Montreal for discarded and unrecycled Yellow Pages— starting, of course, with the ones on her own doorstep. The two filmed the adventure, gathering books and opinions from people on the street regarding the relative usefulness of phone books along the way. Davison and McDonald easily managed to collect more than 500 unwanted books. They stuffed their take into the back of a U-Haul and drove to the Yellow Pages offices. There, in a clever role reversal, they dumped the entire pile at the company’s front doors. (“Yellow Page Mountain,â€? a video that documents the stunt, currently has more than 25,000 views on YouTube.) “They’re junk mail,â€? says Davison by phone from Montreal. “If they didn’t deliver the Yellow Pages, most people would forget about them. They wouldn’t miss them.â€? ¨ "

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Indeed, the combination of growing Internet savvy and increased consciousness about conservation may just lead to the end of the big yellow book. According to a recent survey by the Kelsey Group, only 28 percent of teens said they would consult the Yellow Pages first when searching for local businesses. And it’s hard not to notice that the death knell for the item most likely to be used as a computer monitor prop and a child’s booster seat has been tolling louder ever since “Google� became a verb. Marin County Supervisor Charles McGlashan thinks so. “Given the new Internet era we live in,� he says, “for the most part, phone books are not worth distributing to every household on the assumption that they are being used.�

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McGlashan, who hasn’t opened up a phone book in over a year, believes people should be allowed to request a phone book if they want one, effectively ending delivery to everyone else. He champions what’s known in the rising battle over the telephone book as an “opt-in� program—the strictest of the solutions proposed. The phone book companies, who turn a tidy profit on Yellow Pages advertising, are fiercely fighting opt-in programs, instead hoping to convince people that “opt-out� programs would have the same effect. Meanwhile, the stacks of unwanted phone books continue to pile high. Yellow Pages distribution in the United States currently stands at 540 million—more than the entire population of the U.S. That statistic alone accounts for the stacks of phone books gathering mold on streets and sidewalks across the country, and one for which we can blame the Supreme Court. Those over the age of 30 remember a time when there was just one phone book, published and distributed by the telephone company. But in the 1991 ruling Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service Company, Justice Sandra Day O’ Connor wrote that the

information and facts collected in the phone book are not subject to copyright, explaining the contents as “devoid of even the slightest trace of creativity.� The decision opened the f loodgates, allowing anyone with Quark and an entrepreneurial spirit to republish the Yellow Pages and collect advertising revenue.

‘By a conservative estimate, each of the directory publishers are responsible for the generation of 300 tons of waste annually in Santa Cruz County.’ Locally that’s resulted in a tidal wave of Yellow Pages. Jeffrey Smedberg, recycling coordinator for the Santa Cruz County public works department, estimates that each of the three directory publishers with a presence in the county prints at least 100,000 copies of the phone book to distribute to residents and businesses. In a report, he wrote, “By a conservative estimate, each of the directory publishers are responsible for the generation of 300 tons of waste annually in Santa Cruz County.� “I see it almost as blackmail,� he says. “A new phone company comes

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Throwing The Book Back At Them If Supervisor David Chiu has his way, San Francisco will be next in line for a phone book ordinance. More than 1.5 million phone books are sent out to San Francisco residents every year, and according to multiple sources, a majority end up in the recycling bin. Last month, Chiu declared Yellow Pages to be a cause of “neighborhood blight,� and proposed legislation that would effectively ban the distribution of unsolicited phone directories in the city. The law would require Yellow Pages distributors to get approval from residents and businesses before delivery—an “optin� program—and offenders could face fines in the hundreds. If the ordinance is passed, it would the first of its kind in the nation. The Yellow Pages Association, the trade group that lobbies for the $14 billion telephone directory industry, has already responded with claims in the San Francisco Chronicle that such an ordinance would be “an infringement on our constitutional rights—the right to distribute speech.� The same trade group, along with other lobbyists, helped to bring down a similar legislative proposal by Sen. Leland Yee in 2009. The Yellow Page Association lobbied heavily against Yee’s statewide mandatory opt-in program; it was trounced on the senate floor. (Anti–phone book bills have also died in North Carolina, Florida and New Mexico.) In an act that to an average observer might appear counterintuitive, the Yellow Pages Association now sponsors the website Yellowpagesoptout.com, where one can opt out of receiving directories from their local publishers. The website boasts links to sustainability reports and information about how to recycle phone books. But by promoting an opt-out

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to town and they say, ‘You don’t want to be left out of the phone book, do you?’ So businesses are forced to buy three ads for three different books, when the information in all of them is the same.� Greg Pearson, landfill superintendent for the city of Santa Cruz, estimates that at least half of the books get recycled. “I would probably say 50 to 75 percent [of phone books] get recycled through us.� He adds that the real problem with recycling phone books is the plastic sheaths they come in. But might the rush to relegate phone books to the historical basement be too rash? Not everyone has access to the Internet or even a computer, and even those who do may not have the skills to efficiently sort through a list of Google results, which are famously incomplete and sometimes erroneous. Ammon Shea, author of The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads, says that he is “loathe� to see the White and Yellow Pages on the decline. “I’m somewhat confused as to why this particular book arouses such umbrage in people,� says Shea by phone from New York. “Newspapers probably waste a considerable amount of paper and yet there are very few calls from people saying that The New York Times should stop publishing.� Shea is right. According to a 2009 Municipal Solid Waste in the United States Report by the EPA, newspapers generated about 5,060 tons of waste, while telephone directories generated 650 tons. Yet newspapers offer a built in “optin� system in the form of subscriptions, while Yellow Pages seem to be invading our lives. In response, cities across the United States have started to pass anti–phone book ordinances. In Oct. 2010, Seattle passed a law that made opt-out programs mandatory. In Santa Cruz County, authorities were weighing a law this time last year requiring distributors of unsolicited advertising material to collect that which hadn’t been claimed—in other words, to pick up after themselves. In light of a looming ordinance, the county’s three phone book distributors promised to self-police. According

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HE ACOUSTIC Africa tour started as a vehicle for introducing some of the continent’s most exciting artists to Western audiences, but it’s evolved into a showcase for Africa’s biggest stars. Launched in 2006 by the world music label Putumayo in conjunction with a compilation album of the same name, Acoustic Africa originally featured South Africa’s Vusi Mahlasela, Dobet Gnahore from the Ivory Coast and Mali’s Habib Koite, the tour’s headliner and best known bandleader. Koite is still on board for Acoustic Africa’s latest incarnation, but this time he’s joined by Zimbabwean legend Oliver Mtukudzi and fellow Malian Afel Bocoum, a protĂŠgĂŠ of the late guitar legend Ali Farka Toure. The guitar triumvirate plays a series of Northern California gigs, including one on Saturday at the Rio Theatre. While each player represents strikingly different musical traditions, they’re united by their belief in music’s essential power to address social concerns. “First and foremost what is the purpose of a song?â€? says Mtukudzi, who lives in Zimbabwe’s politically embattled capital Harare. “It’s to give hope to the people. From an African point of view, you don’t get to sing a song when you have nothing to say. When I write a song, I write for the people so it works yesterday, today and tomorrow.â€?

On past tours each billed artist traveled with his own band. For this tour, the bandleaders choose two members of their group, so the concerts are much more collaborative than in the past, with all the musicians sharing the stage at various moments. While Bocoum plays laid-back desert blues, Mtukudzi and Koite are both arresting performers with rock-star charisma. A giant of West African music who hails from a long line of griots, Koite has won a devoted global following with albums that capture his sizzling guitar work and soulful vocals. Within Mali, his multi-ethnic band Bamada has helped forge ties between the country’s various peoples by drawing on styles from throughout the large, landlocked nation. “In the north we have many influences from Arab and Berber music mixed with black African music,� Koite says. “Afel plays this music, and it’s something really deep. In the south you have forest music, and when you go east, there are influences from Niger. We have so many different beautiful kinds of traditional songs and rhythms and melodies.� ACOUSTIC AFRICA AObc`ROg &^[) @W] BVSOb`S # A]_cSZ /dS AO\bO 1`ch BWQYSba % ORd ! R]]` Ob Ab`SSbZWUVb @SQ]`Ra ]` & &!& ! $

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and Sat, 2 and 8pm. Thru Mar 19. $22-$27.50. Center Stage, 1001 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7506.

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Two shows, both written by Josefina López, author of Real Women Have Curves. Simply Maria traces the sometimes awkward and often ironic path of a young woman immigrating from Mexico to the United States and her challenge to pursue her dreams in the face of her parents’ more traditional expectations. Food for the Dead finds a woman who is finally taking control of her life visited by the spirit of her overbearing, departed husband and his attempts to retain his authority over the family from beyond the grave. Thu-Sun, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru Apr 3. $8-$15. El Teatro Campesino, 705 Fourth St, San Juan Bautista, 831.623.2444.

An interpretation of Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors� set in the 1960s and inspired by the Monkees. The show tells the slapstick story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally separated in infancy. When all four twins wind up in the same city, the ensuing mistakes and misunderstandings make this one of Shakespeare’s most uproarious plays. Sat-Sun. Thru Mar 27. $5-$10. West End Studio Theatre, 402 Ingalls St #3, Santa Cruz, 831.425.9378.

Disney’s 101 Dalmations Kids The children’s stage version of the popular Disney movie with music and lyrics by Mel Leven, Randy Rogel, Richard Gibbs, Brian Smith, Martin Lee Fuller and Dan Root. Fri-Sat, 7:30pm. Thru Mar 19. $7-$20. Golden Bough Theatre, Monte Verde between Eighth and Ninth streets, Carmel-by-the-Sea, 831.622.0100.

Of Mice and Men Jewel Theatre Company brings its 2010/2011 season to a close with John Steinbeck’s moving play about two drifters with a dream, Of Mice and Men. Bringing the iconic relationship of George and Lennie alive are well-known local artists Mike Ryan and Erik Gandolfi. Wed-Fri, 8pm

Um... Gee... Um! Skits, stories, Shakespeare and a one-act musical are all made up on the spot by the improv troupe, inspired by audience suggestions. Sat, Mar 19, 7pm. $10-$12. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.425.4447.

1=<13@BA Ancient Future Duet in Concert Featuring Matthew Montfort on scalloped fretboard and fretless guitars and Mariah Parker on santur. Sun, Mar 20, 7pm. $20-$25. Henry

Miller Library, Hwy 1, Big Sur, 831.667.2574.

Santa Cruz Chamber Players “Over the Sea: Music Inspired by the Oceans.� A range of works that express the ocean’s beauty, vitality and magic, its unpredictability and dangers. Including Tanabe’s “Recollections of the Inland Sea� and Takemitsu’s “Toward the Sea.� The program also features two world premieres written specifically for these performances by Sarah Dubois and Mesut Ozgen. Sat, Mar 19, 8pm and Sun, Mar 20, 3pm. $10-$23. Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.425.3149.

Tammi Brown An elegant evening of gospel, jazz, R&B and blues music with vocalist Tammi Brown and an all star band featuring Lisa Leuschner-Andersen, Alysha Antonino and Timeka Elliott on background vocals, Geonnie Adams on bass, Jimmie Adams on drums, Matthew A. Banks on piano and Rhan Wilson on guitar. Sat, Mar 19, 7pm. $20-$25. Digital Media Factory, 2809 Mission St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.1785.

Vasan Three music mavericks perform original compositions written with the energetic spirit and “icy� edge of traditional Scandinavian music. Presented by Community Music School. Wed, Mar 16, 7:30pm. $15-$20. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.9155.

Art ;CA3C;A Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artists’ voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. Third Sat of every month, 11:30am-12:30pm. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

5/::3@73A =>3<7<5 Cabrillo College Gallery Futzie Nutzle. Paintings by local treasure Futzie Nutzle Reception Sat, Mar 19, 5pm; artist’s talk Thu, Mar 24, 6:30pm. Mar 18-Apr 22. Free. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.

1=<B7<C7<5 Cruzio Cruzioworks. A digital arts media collaboration featuring technology-based media installation from five artists affiliated with the UCSC Digital Arts and New Media MFA program. Thru Mar 31. Free. 877 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.6301.

Davenport Gallery Our Oceans. Featuring more than a dozen painters, sculptors and underwater photographers capturing the beauty of the sea in a benefit for Save Our Shores. Thru Mar 31. Free. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

Felix Kulpa Gallery One’s Own Voice. Ceramic sculpture from the studio of Coeleen Kiebert. Kiebert’s interest in the effects of oriental philosophy on western art has taken her to Japan and China, experiences that have left a decided mark on her work. Thru May 1. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

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Robynn Smith: Works on Wood and Paper. Santa Cruz artist Smith uses contrasting images to create detailed print comparisons of the wretched and the sublime, life and death, light and dark. Thru Mar 31. Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm; weekdays by appointment. 1111 River St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5500.

Pajaro Valley Arts Council A Harvest of Images: Pajaro Valley Impressions. Using traditional and experimental processes, 48 Monterey Bay area printmakers have created over 100 images that speak to the geography, history, agriculture, labor, cultures

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#B6 /<<C/: A/<B/ 1@CH >/22:343AB Formerly known as the Kayak Surf Festival, this annual three-day extravaganza of all things surfing-with-paddles-related recently incorporated the increasingly popular sport of StandUp Paddle (SUP) surfing. And that means it can only get more popular from here on out. Spectators can expect high-performance kayak surfing and SUP throughout the weekend. Friday–Sunday, March 18–20, 7am–6pm. Steamer Lane, West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. and habitats of the Pajaro Valley region. Thru Apr 17. Free. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.

Santa Cruz Art League Polishing the Mirror. Exhibition of local painters, ceramists, sculptors, basket weavers and mixed media artists. Thru Mar 20. Free. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, Sun noon-4pm. 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.

Santa Cruz County Bank Everyday People. Seven artists showcase the human condition at work, at home and at play, in oil, acrylic, watercolor, encaustic, pen & ink and a range of mixed media. On display at all branches. Thru Apr 1. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center In the Creative Spirit. Mountain Art Center artists share their work with the community “In the Creative Spirit.� Featuring pieces in a variety of mediums, from handmade scarves, jewelry, glass, ceramics, paintings, prints, baskets, sculpture, textiles. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. Thru Apr 26. Free. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.3513.

Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios Monsters Never Die. Prints and paintings by artist and illustrator Kenny Srivijittak. His artwork is inspired by romantic failures, childhood nostalgia, the people that surround him and the imaginary. Thru Mar 31. 118 Coral St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7277.

Events 07523/:A 25th Annual Santa Cruz PaddleFest Surfing competition for kayaks, wave skis and stand-up paddle boards (SUPs) all three days for novices thru experts. SUP flatwater race on March 19 at Cowell’s Beach. Festival booths with kayaks, SUPs, food and silent auction. Fri-Sun Thru Mar 20. Free. Steamer Lane Field, West Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.458.3648.

:7B3@/@G 3D3<BA Friday Shakespeare Club Seeking new women and inviting you to join us in the study of the Bard’s plays. Every other Fri thru Jun 3. Free. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.421.0930.

Poet/Speak Open Reading With featured reader Jean Walton Wolff. Sun, Mar 20, 2pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.464.8983.

:31BC@3A 9/11, the Third Tower and the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act A presentation by metals engineer Kathy McGrade concerning the official theory for the collapse of Building 7,

the third tower to fall on September 11, 2001. The final NIST report concludes that office fires alone accounted for the complete disintegration of this 47-story steel-framed structure, but the presentation will re-examine that theory. Wed, Mar 16, 7pm. Free. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz.

Mission Street, West Cliff Drive and the Eastside. His talk will set the groundwork for the rest of the series by explaining the context and ideas that now influence the new urbanism and green movements shaping our future. Thu, Mar 17, 5:308pm. Free. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

An Evening with Dr. Maya Angelou

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Poet, educator, historian, best-selling author, actress, playwright, civil-rights activist, producer and director Angelou will share some of her legendary wisdom. Fri, Mar 18, 8pm. $41.25-$73.75. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, SantaCruzTickets.com.

IRAs: What AreYour Choices?

Mike Newland, a staff archaeologist with the Anthropology Studies Center, Sonoma State University will be presenting a paper titled “Obsidian Distribution along the Pomo-Yuki Border, Mendocino County, California.� Thu, Mar 17, 7:30-9pm. Free. Sesnon Gallery, UCSC, Porter College, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2273.

Make informed decisions about your retirement savings by attending this free seminar hosted by Bay Federal Credit Union. Topics will include the differences between Traditional and Roth IRAs, current contribution limits and tax deductibility, IRA investment choices and more. To register, send an email to seminar@BayFed.com. Thu, Mar 17, 4:30-6pm. Free. Bay Federal Credit Union Capitola, 3333 Clares St, Capitola, 831.479.6000x7.

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The Architects Association and Habitat for Humanity Santa Cruz County present a free public lecture by Ross Eric Gibson. Gibson served 16 years on the city’s Historic Preservation Commission and helped write design guidelines for downtown, the waterfront,

Publishing workshop with Steve Scholl, founder of White Cloud Press. For new and experienced writers, this workshop offers inside look at the changing book publishing industry, empowers writers and demystifies the publishing process. Sat, Mar 19, 10am-4pm. $75. Center for Transformative Visions, 819 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 541.301.7469.

Davenport Main Beach Cleanup Show you love for your local beach at the monthly Santa Cruz beach cleanup. Join the Save Our Shores crew at Davenport Beach and give back

Dine out for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte’s Westside Health Center Dine at Hula’s Island Grill any Monday in March and Westside Health Center, operated by Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM), receives 10% of all sales as part of Hula’s Mahalo Mondays Program. Your support allows Planned Parenthood Mar Monte to continue providing high quality, affordable care at a critical time for women and families who have lost jobs, homes and access to health care. Mon Thru Mar 28. Hula’s Island Grill, 221 Cathcart St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.4852.

Hospice Seeks Volunteers Hospice of Santa Cruz County is in need of friendly, compassionate men and women to join their volunteer visitor and grief support volunteer positions. They are currently recruiting volunteers to work in grief support positions and as visitors who give support directly to patients and their families in their homes and in skilled nursing facilities and/or residential care facilities throughout Santa Cruz County. Thu, Mar 17. Free. Hospice Caring Project, 940 Disc Dr, Scotts Valley, 831.430.3006.

Red Cross Mobile Blood Drives Drives occur at several locations countywide each month; for schedule and locations call 800.733.2767.

SC Diversity Center The Diversity Center provides services, support and socializing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning individuals and their allies. Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

Sigma Alpha of Omega Nu Scholarships Applications are now available to seniors graduating from Aptos, Harbor, Santa Cruz, Soquel, San Lorenzo Valley, Scotts Valley, Pacific Collegiate, Delta and Cypress Charter High Schools, as well as Cabrillo and UCSC students. Students must plan to attend a public college or university in California. Contact your school’s counseling office or Omega Nu Scholarship Chairperson, Patty Locatelli. Thru Mar 31. 831.332.6431.

Soul Food Fundraiser Support the Santa Cruz High Black Student Union as they raise funds to attend a state leadership conference in Southern California. The soul food dinner includes barbecued chicken, greens, vegetarian Jamaican curry tofu, cornbread, homemade baked beans, salads, desserts and drinks. Sat, Mar 19, 6-8pm. $10. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.247.7937.

Support and Recovery Groups Alzheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Assn., 831.464.9982. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770. Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385. Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000. Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962. Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470. Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422. Women’s Bipolar/Depression Peer Support: 831.345.7190.

Yoga Instruction Pacific Cultural Center: 35+ classes per week, 831.462.8893. SC Yoga: 45 classes per week, 831.227.2156. TriYoga: numerous weekly classes, 831.464.8100. Also: Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900.

Zen, Vipassana, Basic: Intro to Meditation Zen: SC Zen Center, Wed, 5:45pm, 831.457.0206. Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm, 831.425.3431. Basic: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Wed, 5:30-6:30pm, 831.462.8383. Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:30-7pm. All are free.

6=:72/GA Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner & Celebration Happy hour with music and singing, plus a dinner of corned beef, carrots and cabbage, Irish soda bread, macaroni & cheese, salad and dessert. Open mic follows the meal. Sat, Mar 19, 5pm. $5-$25. St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 101 Riverside, Ben Lomond, 831.336.5994.

Skov Winery Post-St. Patrick’s Day Party Tabitha from Santa Cruz County’s own ‘Friend in Cheeses’ features delectables from the British Isles as well as “A Spring Fling of Cheese & Wine.� Sat, Mar 19, noon4:30pm. $10. Skov Winery, 2364 Bean Creek Rd, Scotts Valley, 831.438.4374.

Film The Economics of Happiness A film about the triple realities of climate change, globalization and the rising poverty level—deeply intertwined facets of the same problem featuring interviews with some experts focused on these issues, including Bill McKibben (founder, 350.org), Rob Hopkins (founder, Transition US) and international activist Vandana Shiva. After the film a panel of local experts discuss community building, local living and climate action. Speakers include Ross Clark, City of SC Climate Change Coordinator, Ocean Robbins, local author and activist and Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, leading ocean researcher and expert. Fri, Mar 18, 7-9:30pm. $5 adv/$7 door. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz, 831.423.8209.

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to your community by helping create cleaner, safer beaches and a healthier Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. All cleanup materials will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring your own cleanup materials like reusable bags, buckets and gloves. Sat, Mar 19, 10am-12pm. Free. Davenport Beach, Hwy 1, Davenport.

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Monday, March 21 U 7 & 9 pm

JIM HALL QUARTET FEATURING GREG OSBY, STEVE LaSPINA AND JOEY BARON $25/Adv $28/Dr, No Jazztix/Comps Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts

Thursday, March 24 U 7 pm

Cuban piano phenomenon! QUINCY JONES PRESENTS: THE ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ TRIO $20/Adv $23/Door

Monday, March 28 U 7 pm

African rhythm-driven Gospel LINDA TILLERY AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE CHOIR $20/Adv $23/Door

Thursday, March 31 U 7 & 9 pm

ROBBEN FORD & JONATHAN McEUEN ACOUSTIC DUO WITH SPECIAL GUEST ANNE KERRY FORD OPENING $23/Adv $26/Dr, No Jazztix/Comps Sponsored by Tom Thacher and Sue Nerton

Monday, April 4 U 7 & 9 pm

STANLEY CLARKE BAND

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$25/Adv $28/Dr, No Jazztix/Comps Pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm Sponsored by PaciďŹ c Sun Properties Susan and Alan Goldstein

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BARBARA DENNERLEIN TRIO Barbara Dennerlein – Hammond B3 Barry Finnerty – guitar Akira Tana – drums $20/Adv $23/Door Wednesday, April 20 U 7:30 pm at the Rio Theatre

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United by a passion for Irish music, beer and fun, the Wild Rovers formed in 2004 and have been entertaining the Santa Cruz pub scene ever since. Adding a few members over the years has rounded out the band into an eight-piece complete with fiddles and a banjo. Playing original songs along with traditional Irish anthems, the Wild Rovers have an upbeat Irish folk-rock sound that begs for audience members to raise their mugs, get on the dance floor and do a jig. Catalyst Atrium; free; 7pm. (Brian Harker)

Straight off Ford Motors’ nationwide Gimme the Gig contest, which saw the Santa Cruz septet beat out 2,500 other bands to make it to the final seven, Wooster skids sideways into Moe’s Alley for a St. Patrick’s Day dance party not likely to be rivaled. Listening to tracks off the new LP, The Heights of Things, it’s easy to see why the band’s developed such a loyal following since forming in 2006: with its infectious and highly danceable blend of R&B, reggae and neo-soul, Wooster’s laidback sound just may epitomize the spirit of Santa Cruz. Moe’s Alley; $10/$12; 9pm. (Traci Hukill)

Russ Rankin is the very definition of a punk lifer, one of Santa Cruz punk’s most distinguished members. Since the mid ’80s, Rankin has been a local institution thanks to his role in straight-edge firebrands Good Riddance, not to mention his side gig as guitarist for the legendary Fury 66. Rankin has traded the distorted guitar for an acoustic in recent years, and his inspiration is clear from his contribution to All Aboard, a 2008 Johnny Cash tribute album. Rankin is joined by Tony Sly of San Jose’s No Use For A Name, who has similarly struck out on his own. Blue Lagoon; $5; 9pm. (Paul M. Davis)

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by the maxim “don’t think about it, feel it.� Coco Montoya has earned the description of “icy hot� for his big, bold sound, which ranges from classic, crooning blues to Latin-influenced rock. On his 2010 album I Want It All Back, he combines these elements with soul and R&B, proving that he can do sultry and sensitive just as well as hardrocking and hollering. Moe’s Alley; $17 adv/$20 door; 9pm. (Maya Weeks)

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Another talented product of the oftcelebrated Boston folk scene, Kris Delmhorst is a creator of catchy and thoughtfully crafted indie-rock/folk songs that reveal a woman of strength, tenderness and emotional openness. Equally adept at producing rich, layered tapestries of sound as she is at bringing a stripped-down, lo-fi tune to life, the multi-instrumentalist Delmhorst strikes the fine balance of being an insightful songwriter, a skilled and soulful musician and an engaging performer. Don Quixote’s; $15; 7:30pm. (CJ)

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Mar 23 Roach Gigz/ Equipto Atrium (Ages 16+) Mar 26 Victims Family Atrium (Ages 21+) Mar 27 Quadron/ Panthelion Atrium (Ages 21+) Apr 1 J-Stalin/ Mistah Fab (Ages 16+) Apr 6 Dark Star Orchestra (Ages 21+) Apr 15 G. Love & Special Sauce (Ages 21+) Apr 16 Yonder Mtn. String Band (Ages 21+) Apr 22 Husalah/ Bobby Brackins (Ages 16+) Apr 29 The Devil Makes Three (Ages 21+) Apr 30 The Holdup/ Wallpaper (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating. Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 866-384-3060 & online

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Film Capsules <3E 2001: A SPACE ODYESSY (1968) The film begins at the dawn of human history, then flashes forward to future, where humans operating a computer system called HAL race to find the parties responsible for placing monoliths that spurred evolution on Earth. The competition soon becomes HAL vs. humans when the sassy, monotone computer breaks free of human control in Stanley Kubrick’s seminal science fiction film. (Plays FriSat at midnight at Del Mar.) EASY RIDER (1969) Peter Fonda is Captain America, a man on a motorcycle in a red, white and blue leather jacket

cutting a course through a changing America to an epic soundtrack of Steppenwolf, the Band, the Byrds and Hendrix. A chronicle of the counterculture movement that swept America in the 1960s, the film features pit stops at a commune in New Mexico, a parade in Middle America, a small backwoods Southern town and appearances by pot, peyote and LSD. Also starring Dennis Hopper (who directed the film) and Jack Nicholson. (Plays Thu at 8pm at Santa Cruz 9.)

EVEN THE RAIN (Unrated; 103 min.) A filmmaker (Gael GarcĂ­a Bernal, Motorcycle Diaries) directing a movie about Christopher Columbus decides to cut costs by shooting on

SHOWTIMES

location in a small village in Bolivia. As he watches the locals struggle against the privatization of their water supply by corporate interests, he starts to realize how little has changed in the centuries since the colonization of the New World. (Opens Fri at Del Mar.)

IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE (Unrated; 165 min.) This week’s presentation of “The Met: Live in HD,� is Euripides’ re-imagining of a Greek legend. In classic Greek mythology, Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia before the Trojan War to ensure the gods are on the Greeks’ side, but in Euripides’ play the goddess Diane saves Iphigenia,

Movie reviews by Tessa Stuart and Richard von Busack

spiriting her away to distant Tauride, where she serves as a high priestess to the goddess though her family believes her dead. (Plays Wed, Mar 16 at 6:30pm at Santa Cruz 9.)

LIMITLESS (PG-13; 105 min.) Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) plays an unemployed, recently dumped writer who stumbles upon a drug that will unlock the full potential of his brainpower—rather than just the 20 percent that most people use in their day-today lives. Wealth and power follow, but a whole new set of problems arises when his stash begins to run low and hit men looking to cash in on the drug close in around him. (Opens Fri at Riverfront and Green Valley.)

THE LINCOLN LAWYER (R; 119 min.) In lieu of an office, a handsome criminal defense attorney (Matthew McConaughey) operates out of a black 1980s Lincoln Towncar (license plate: NTGUILTY), and he’ll take on just about anyone’s case—for a price. When a Beverly Hills playboy (Ryan Phillipe), accused of assaulting and killing a young actress, appeals to the lawyer, he takes on the case and more risk than he has bargained for. Also starring William H. Macy and Marisa Tomei. (Opens Fri at Aptos, Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley.) LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Unrated; 220 min.) This week’s presentation of “The Met: Live

Showtimes are for Wednesday, March 16, through Wednesday, March 23, unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

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NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) Robert Mitchum plays a fanatical preacher (with the words “LOVE� and “HATE� tattooed on his knuckles) who marries a bereaved woman (Shelley Winters) after sharing a cell with her husband prior to his execution for robbery. After their wedding, the selfstyled reverend embarks on a ruthless series of attempts to get his wife’s children, the only ones who know where their father hid the money, to reveal its location. (Plays SatSun at 11am at Aptos.) PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE (Unrated; 96 min.) A documentary film about the manic-depressive singer of protest songs whose hopes and ambitions slowly imploded after a series of political, personal and professional failures. (Opens Fri at the Nick.) PAUL (104 min.) Two British extraterrestrial enthusiasts are on a road trip tour of the famous alien activity sites in the American Southwest when they have their own close encounter with a being named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogan). Fifty years ago, Paul crash-landed on Earth and was promptly taken into captivity at Area 51. He escapes and hitches a ride in the tourists’ trailer, embarking on a madcap race to elude the G-Men and return to his home planet. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley.)

@3D73EA THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG-13; 124 min.) Matt Damon plays a charismatic U.S. Senate candidate who falls in love with a ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) after a chance meeting in a public restroom. Damon’s character is never meant to meet the woman again, but to the chagrin of the Adjustment Bureau, a group of shadowy agents whose job it is to assure everything goes

according to a set plan, the pair manage to run into each other once more. Together the couple must evade the agents if they have any hope of being together in spite of destiny’s official plan. Written by Phillip K. Dick.

ANOTHER YEAR (PG-13; 129 min.) As suffused with harmony as a great work of Asian art, alive with the wit and compassion that have made Mike Leigh a master director of comedies. It’s a study in dichotomy: an aging, hard-working couple (Ruth Sheen, Jim Broadbent) in the suburbs of London contrasted with the life of their highmaintenance friend Mary (Lesley Manville). If Another Year is a four-paneled study instead of a wide canvas like Secrets and Lies, the figures are deep and well conceived, perhaps idealized but not sweetened. (RvB) BARNEY’S VERSION (R; 132 min.) Director Richard J. Lewis’ version of Mordecai Richler’s 1997 novel skews melodramatic and inappropriately touching. Setting the novel aside, though, Lewis’ comedy is an unusually intelligent and sarcastic film. Paul Giamatti is the Barney in question, a harried but wealthy Montreal TV producer. Barney’s three marriages—to Rachelle Lefevre, Minnie Driver and Rosamund Pike—were catastrophes of different varieties. As this artist of the perfect squelch, Giamatti is bracingly cast, and one can’t imagine anyone else in the part. (RvB) BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (PG13; 116min.) When a meteor shower raining down on the City of Angels turns out to actually be an alien race bent on colonizing the earth, the only hope for humankind is a Marine platoon (comprised of Aaron Eckhart, Ne-Yo and Michelle Rodriguez, among others) with the moxie to mount a resistance. BEASTLY (PG-13; 95 min.) Reasonably amusing redo of Beauty and the Beast. Manhattan preppie Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) insults a goth girl witch and is transformed into a scarred creature until some other lady declares love for him. It starts out like a young-readers version of American Psycho, complete with white-on-white-onwhite luxury furnishings, but then it turns into a nouveau fairy tale with too much time on its hands. As a blind

tutor, Neil Patrick Harris lazes around like David Wayne in an old MGM musical. Former Disney pixie Vanessa Hudgens plays Lindy, the neo-hippie beauty compelled to live with “Hunter� (Kyle’s beast name). Grossed by Bulgari jewels, she loves Hunter S. Thompson, Che and Machu Picchu—this makes for an agreeable sequence of building an urban greenhouse out of salvaged materials, as well as an equally charming scene at the school where a loudspeaker calls out, “Bus for Machu Picchu now leaving!� Lines like that make director/ writer Daniel Barnz potentially someone to watch, but he’s got to cinch up and salt the slower material. The witch herself, Kendra, is played by Mary-Kate Olsen (!) in various guises, with a little crescent tattoo around one eye like a German dueling scar. She’s costumed as a ghoul Louise Brooks, a dead Faye Dunaway and an eldritch Stevie Nicks. The potential twist this material needs could have been Hunter/Kyle falling for her: once you’ve had the dark side you never go back. Kendra’s curtain call suggests Beastly’s sympathies for the devilish. (RvB)

they hatch an unorthodox fix for their relationship troubles. The women decide to give their fellas a “hall pass�—meaning the guys are welcome to engage in any extramarital activities they please for one week—but things go awry when the men realize that the pass works both ways.

CEDAR RAPIDS (R; 86 min.) Michael Areta’s comedy—his best—comes out in favor of the pleasures of the flesh. Based on a robust script by Phil Johnston, the film chronicles the transformative dirty weekend of a meek Wisconsin insurance executive, Tim Lippe (Ed Helms). The Best Westernish business hotel in Cedar Rapids looks like Xanadu to him, and there he meets a team of fun lovers: square but friendly Ronald (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), a playful mom who is comfy with her sexuality (Anne Heche, excellent) and the life of the convention, Dean Ziegler (John C. Reilly). Reilly, who seemed at first to be headed for Rod Steiger roles, did a 180-degree turn to become one fantastically adept comedian (Walk Hard, Step Brothers). His Dean is beautifully obscene, a rare example of a coarse jackass who brings hilarity to every gesture, every unprintable under-the-breath comment. (RvB)

THE KING’S SPEECH (R; 118 min.) Colin Firth gives a deeply affecting portrayal of a shame-wracked man born and bred to be a spokesman, yet who is handicapped with a crippling stammer. In the 1930s, Firth is the Duke of York, a family man with two daughters and a wife named Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter). The stammering Duke, known to his family as “Bertie,� is the official spare to the heir, next in line to the Prince of Wales. A superlatively cast Guy Pearce embodies this Edward’s upper-class shadiness and monstrous entitlement. The Prince is the love slave of a twice-married American named Simpson; his affair and his indifference to world troubles are pushing events to a constitutional crisis. The man tapped to solve it is Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), an Australian speech therapist tasked with helping the Duke find his voice on the eve of England’s entry into World War II. Rush’s wit and nimbleness counterpoints this story of majesty, which is almost exactly as tragic as it is comic. (RvB)

HALL PASS (R; 105 min.) When two wives (Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate) grow weary of their husbands (Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis) ogling other women,

I AM NUMBER FOUR (PG-13; 104 min.) This 4 on a scale of 10 kids’ sci-fi movie has a “based on the Scholastic Book Service novel� vibe. Teen warriors from outer space live among us, tattooed for some reason with figures that look like graphics from an Asteroids video game; they’re hunted by pig-toothed villains with open sinuses, and meanwhile we pitiful earthlings are ignorant of it all. Way too much Gough and Miller in the script. Some signs of Marti Noxon’s hand on the script in the arrival of a female battler played by Teresa Palmer. The stiff, callow lead, Alex Pettyfer, and the strikingly pretty Dianna Agron (as the old-school Kodak-film fancying girl the alien meets) were an off-screen couple, but you’d never know it. Hard PG violence goes badly with the kid-safe tone. (RvB)

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MY DOG TULIP (2009) An animated feature for an adult audience, telling the story of a lonely man who rescues a German shepherd and gains a best friend. Featuring narration by Christopher Plummer, Isabella Rossellini and Lynn Redgrave. NORA’S WILL (Unrated, 92 min.) Mariana Chenillo’s study of a woman’s wake has an unusual setting: the Jewish community in Mexico City. For years, the 60ish JosÊ (Fernando Lujån) lived across the street from his ex-wife, Nora, in a corridor of high-rise condos. During their marriage, she tried to commit suicide; after 14 attempts, she succeeded. She couldn’t have possibly timed her death to cause more inconvenience. Her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren have been on vacation and have to fly in for the emergency. JosÊ also learns that there is a double bind: Jewish burials must take place within 24 hours—yet no one is to be buried until Passover is complete. JosÊ might be a figure out of Roth or Bellow—a man who can deny religion easier than he can deny his Jewish roots. Nora’s Will is about the question of what these roots signify: ancestral wisdom,

obligations—or something as simple as having a codified method to deal with pain. This comedy-drama has the reliable fascination of a story of cultural fault lines chafing, and it also has a constant tone of intelligence. It is literally unorthodox. (RvB)

RANGO (PG; 107 min.) In an animated film about the perils of trying to fit in, a pet chameleon called Rango (voiced by Johnny Depp) is a little out of his depth when he escapes his terrarium home and ends up in the Wild West. Rango quickly becomes the sheriff of the town of Dirt, but struggles with the consequences that his new life has on his sense of self. Also featuring the vocal talents of Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin and Alfred Molina. RED RIDING HOOD (PG-13; 109 min.) Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) plays Valerie, a young girl in a medieval village terrorized by a werewolf. As if matters weren’t complicated enough, she is also torn between two potential suitors—one of whom is a dark stranger in possession of some mysterious, potentially supernatural abilities. If this all sounds a bit familiar that’s because the film is directed by Catherine Hardwicke of Twilight fame. TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT (R; 97 min.) In a film loosely based on the thumping Eddie Money ’80s party anthem of the same name, a brother and sister team (Topher Grace and Anna Faris)

grapple with what to make of their post-college selves. On Labor Day weekend 1988, they attend a party together; she gets a marriage proposal and he tries to trick the girl of his dreams (Teresa Palmer) into liking him by pretending he works at the at the estimable Goldman Sachs instead of the factually accurate Suncoast Video.

UNKNOWN (PG-13; 113 min.) Another version of a plot that could be described this time around as “The Gentleman Vanishes.â€? Liam Neeson, arriving in Berlin, loses his attachĂŠ case and his memory, and finds himself battling against an international plot. Oh, for the days when Berlin was sinister. Director Jaume Collet-Serra sniffs around the city seeking the scent of fear. There are a few diverting Fritz Lang moments: a fight in a bomb-struck hotel, a stint at a scary clinic and the ruined, ultracynical visage of Bruno Ganz as an ex-Stasi detective with a nasty cough. The film tries to get us into the spirit of what Ganz euphemistically describes as “the good old days,â€? but when we’re zoning out on the streetscapes, it’s all too clear that Berlin is now the capital of a well-scrubbed, prosperous and efficient nation. Neeson is certainly tough enough, weary and mystified; Diana Kruger is a fine gamine as the taxidriving good girl. As Neeson’s wife, a rigid January Jones is to the Hitchcock blonde what Unknown is to the Hitchcock movie. (RvB)

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Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com American and specialty dishes from the British and Emerald Isles. Full bar. Children welcome. Happy hour Mon-Fri 2-6pm. Open daily 11am to 2am. Italian. Ambience reminiscent of a small trattoria in the streets of Italy, serving handmade lasagna, pasta dishes, gnocchi and fresh fish. Wed-Sun, Lunch 11am-2pm, Dinner 5-9pm. Continental California cuisine. Breakfast all week 6:30-11am, lunch all week 11am-2pm; dinner Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun-Thu 5-9pm. www.seacliffinn.com.

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Mexican/Seafood/American. Traditional Mexican favorites. Best fajitas, chicken mole, coconut prawns, blackened prime rib! Fresh seafood. Over 50 premium tequilas, daily happy hour w/ half-price appetizers. Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm. California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic noodle & rice bowls, vegan menu, fish & meat options, Vietnamese style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner “Best Cheap Eats.� Open daily 11am-11pm American, California-style. With a great bar scene, casually glamorous setting and attentive waitstaff. Full bar. Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 1-10pm. Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight. Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor and Bay views. Lunch and dinner daily. Mexican. Serving breakfast all day. Popular for our street tacos and handmade Salvadorian pupusas. Vegetarian options made w/ local fresh vegetables & organic tofu. Daily 9: 30am-9:30pm. Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm. California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. “Best Eggs Benedict in Town.� Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm. ’60s Vegas meets ’50s Waikiki. Amazing dining experience in kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. Fresh fish, great steaks,

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Thai. Individually prepared with the freshest ingredients, Santa plus ambrosia bubble teas, shakes. Mon-Thu 11:30am-9:30pm, Fri 11:30am-10pm, Sat noon-10pm, Sun noon-9:30pm. Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm. Irish pub and restaurant. Informal pub fare with reliable execution. Lunch and dinner all day, open Mon-Fri 11:30ammidnight, Sat-Sun 11:30am-1:30am. Wine bar with menu. Flawless plates of great character and flavor; sexy menu listings and wines to match. Lunch Wed-Sat noon2pm; dinner Mon-Thu 5-10pm, Fri-Sat 5-11pm, Sun 4-10pm; retail shop Mon 5pm-close, Tue-Sat noon-close, Sun 4pm-close. Pizza. Specializing in authentic Sicilian and square pizza. Santa Homemade pasta, fresh sandwiches, soups, salads and more. Hot slices always ready. Sun-Thu 10am-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 10am-11pm. Pizza. Pizza, fresh salads, sandwiches, wings, desserts, beers on tap. Patio dining, sports on HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups and catering. Open and delivering Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Mon-Thu 11am-1am, Sun 11am-midnight.

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song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,â€? you’ve done a lot of rough and tumble living lately. You’ve “stumbled on the side of 12 misty mountains.â€? You’ve “stepped in the middle of seven sad forests.â€? You’ve “been out in front of a dozen dead oceans.â€? Maybe most wrenching of all, you’ve “seen a highway of diamonds with nobody on it.â€? The good news is that the hard rain will end soon. In these last days of the downpour, I suggest you trigger a catharsis for yourself. Consider doing something like what Dylan did: “I’ll think it and speak it and breathe it / And reect it from the mountain so all souls can see it.â€?

TAURUS (April 20–May 20): Mythologist Michael

Meade says that the essential nature of every human soul is gifted, noble and wounded. I agree. Cynics who exaggerate how messed up we all are, ignoring our beauty, are just as unrealistic as naive optimists. But because the cynics have a disproportionately potent inuence on the zeitgeist, they make it harder for us to evaluate our problems with a wise and balanced perspective. Many of us feel cursed by the apparent incurability of our wounds, while others, rebelling against the curse, underestimate how wounded they are. Meade says: “Those who think they are not wounded in ways that need conscious attention and careful healing are usually the most wounded of all.â€? Your task in the next few weeks, Taurus, is to make a realistic appraisal of your wounds.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20): Metallica’s frontman James HetďŹ eld brashly bragged to Revolver magazine that he was proud his music was used to torture prisoners at the U.S. military’s detention camp in Guantanamo Bay. I urge you to make a more careful and measured assessment of the inuences that you personally put out into the world. It’s time to ďŹ nd out how closely your intentions match your actual impact—and to correct any discrepancies. How are people affected by the vibes you exude and the products you offer and the words you utter and the actions you undertake? CANCER (June 21–July 22): “In the absence of clearly deďŹ ned goals,â€? said Cancerian writer Robert Heinlein, “we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.â€? If this description is even a partial match for the life you’re living, now is an excellent time to address the problem. You have far more power than usual to identify and deďŹ ne worthy goals—both the short-term and longterm variety. If you take advantage of this opportunity, you will ďŹ nd a better use for the energy that’s currently locked up in your enslavement to daily trivia.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): As I was mulling over your

astrological omens, I came across a short poem that aptly embodies the meaning of this moment for you. It’s by Richard Wright, and goes like this: “Coming from the woods / A bull has a lilac sprig / Dangling from a horn.� Here’s one way to interpret this symbolic scene: Primal power is emerging into a clearing from out of the deep darkness. It is bringing with it a touch of lithe and blithe beauty—a happy accident.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): As I see it, you have one potential enemy in the coming weeks: a manic longing for perfection. It’s OK to feel that longing as a mild ache. But if you allow it to grow into a burning obsession, you will probably undo yourself at every turn. You may even sabotage some of the good work you’ve done. My recommendation, then, is to give yourself the luxury of welcoming partial success, limited results and useful mistakes. Paradoxically, cultivating that approach will give you the best chance at getting lots of things done. Here’s your motto for the week, courtesy of Theodore Roosevelt: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.â€? LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): When I was 9 years old, one of my favorite jokes went like this: “What’s worse than biting into an apple and ďŹ nding a worm? Give up? Biting into an apple and ďŹ nding half a worm.â€? According to my reading of the astrological omens, Libra, that’s a good piece of information for you to keep in mind right now. If and when a serpent offers you an apple, I hope you will sink your teeth into it with cautious nibbles. I’m not saying you shouldn’t bite, just that you should proceed warily.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): Normally we think of

a garbage dump as a spot where we go to get rid of trash and outworn stuff we no longer need. It emits a stench that wafts a great distance, and it’s a not a place where you wear your ďŹ nery. But there is a dump in northern Idaho that diverges slightly from that description. It has the usual acres of rubbish, but also features a bonus area that the locals call “The Mall.â€? This is where people dispose of junk that might not actually be junk. It has no use for them any more, but they recognize that others might ďŹ nd value in it. It was at the Mall where my friend Peter found a perfectly good chainsaw that had a minor glitch he easily ďŹ xed. I suspect that life may be like that dump for you in the coming week: a wasteland with perks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): According to

Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, time “is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a ďŹ re that consumes me, but I am the ďŹ re.â€? I believe he meant for that statement to be true for all of us. Luckily for you, though, you’ll soon be getting a temporary exemption. For a while, you’ll be more like the tiger than the one the tiger devours; you will have more in common with the ďŹ re than with the one consumed by the ďŹ re. In other words, Sagittarius, you will have more power than usual to outwit the tyrannies of time. Are you ready to take advantage? You’re primed to claim more slack, more wiggle room, more permission.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): San Francisco band

Smash-Up Derby approaches their music-making with a spirit that might be useful for you to emulate in the coming week, Capricorn. Each of their songs is a blend of two famous tunes. Typically, the instrumentalists play a rock song while the singers do a pop hit with a similar chord progression. Imagine hearing the guitars, bass and drums play Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit� while the lead vocalist croons Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.� The crucial part of their ongoing experiment is that it works. The sound coming from the stage isn’t a confusing assault. You could pull off a challenge like that: combining disparate elements with raucous grace.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): Last August I

wrote you a horoscope that spoke of opportunities you’d have to upgrade your close relationships. I said you’d be tested in ways that would push you to get more ingenious and tenacious about collaborating with people you cared about. Hoping to inspire you, I cited two people I know who have successfully reimagined and reinvented their marriage for many years. In response, one reader complained. “Yuck!� his email began. “I thought I was getting a horoscope but instead I got a sentimental self-help blurb in the style of Reader’s Digest.� I took his words to heart. As you Aquarians enter a new phase when you could do a lot to build your intimacy skills, I’ll try something more poetic: Succulent discipline and luminous persistence equals incandescent kismet.

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): If I had to come up with a title for the next phase of your astrological cycle, it might be “Gathering Up.� The way I see it, you should focus on collecting any resources that are missing from your reserves. You should hone skills that are still too weak to get you where you want to go, and you should attract the committed support of allies who can help you carry out your dreams and schemes. Don’t be shy about assembling the necessities, Pisces. Experiment with being slightly voracious. Homework: What is the thing you’re so ignorant about that you barely know you’re ignorant about it? Testify at www.freewillastrology.com.

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