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Trains down, roads gone. The country’s infrastructure becomes its shackles

Aged reactors. Past their lifespan, design flaws. Bland assurances.

In the bitter cold wait the dispossessed—and the undiscovered dead.

Radiation, blasts. Dead men, evacuation. Bland assurances.

Earth shakes, waves tower. Godzilla, made real by greed, rises from the shore.

The army moves out. Rescue begins, but where are food, water, power?

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Tsunamis erase the seaside towns while death brews in reactor cores

Confused reports, fear. Fire at a nuclear plant. Bland assurances.

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[RE: ‘Last Call,’ Cover story, March 16 ] Wow, a lot of interesting information, some of it factual. Seven out of 10 U.S. adults still use the [Yellow Pages] (this is valid thirdparty research, not opinion or personal observation), and as the advertisers who turned out for the rally on Monday have been telling the S.F. City Board of Supervisors, it isn’t the City’s job to tell them how to reach customers. YP publishers don’t want to deliver books to consumers who don’t use them, so if you’d like to opt-out, just go to: www.yellowpagesoptout.org. It’s fast and easy. It seems odd that with unemployment in CA at an all-time high, the Supervisors would put thousands of jobs in jeopardy. Full disclosure, I work for the Yellow Pages Association. SHobbs

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HERE is a place in Santa Cruz that embodies, for me, the perfect synthesis between the city’s motto, “Keep Santa Cruz weird,� and a devotion to the world of creative imagination that is both lighthearted and heavy with sense, even though its sense is often nonsensical. Off Elm Street in downtown, there is a courtyard through which one has to pass to arrive at the Felix Kulpa Gallery. As with any courtyard prefacing a gallery, this one too has some artwork in it; but there is one particular object that catches the eye: a phone booth with a phone on which water cascades like fountain water on a sculpture in a public square. The object is, of course, striking, because of the unexpected contrast between a practical thing—the phone—and the kind of water one

only sees as a decorative environment in many big cities’ downtowns graced with a fountain circled

The phone in itself may be just as outlandish as an antique sculpture. by griffins, or muscled, naked bodies, in which pigeons and toddlers like to play for the delight of vacationing onlookers.

But while it is quite normal to see sculptures of fantastical animals or naked bodies serve as static pretexts for the constantly moving water, it is certainly unexpected to see a phone in this position. On the other hand, for the new generations who have rarely seen a phone booth, and the future generations who will likely never see a public phone, except in the movies, the phone in itself may be just as outlandish as an antique sculpture. Insofar as any work of art is pure uselessness, the phone that has been taken from its useful condition and rendered utterly useless, a decorative object glistening like quicksilver under the translucent water, is the absolute symbol of a work of art. —Alta Ifland

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EVER SINCE their four children were young, Lauro Navarro and his wife, Yolanda, dreamed of building a house for their family and grandchildren. In 2000 they bought a three-acre plot of land in Royal Oaks, near Aromas, and in 2007 they finished building their house. Now they are one of 299 families in Santa Cruz County who have lost their home to foreclosures this year. The loan the couple took out in

2005 from First Horizon Home Loans became impossible to pay when the economy took a dive and Lauro lost his construction job. It’s a story all too common in South County. “Many of the Watsonville loans were the ‘pick a payment’ type—people were lured to take the loans on the basis that they could choose whether they wanted to make partial interest payments, full interest payments or pay the interest plus a portion of the principal. But

they really only could afford a portion of the interest,� says Phyllis Shifton Katz, an attorney for California Rural Legal Assistance. The Navarros’ was one such loan, and like thousands of other families, they became casualties of a high-risk game played at a higher level. The Navarros hinged their last hopes on a loan modification that would either extend their payment time or lower the interest. But CitiFinancial refused to even talk to them about it, they say. Katz says that highlights a problem with the Obama administration’s loan modification program: banks still have too much power. “They are all very well-intentioned programs, but all the power remains with the banks as to whether or not they

want to do it,� Katz says. The housing crisis has hit Watsonville hard, and in a rally on Thursday outside a Wells Fargo bank, Mayor Daniel Dodge and members of SEIU and the community spoke about the crisis. “It was directly linked to the banks and the over-extension of credit. The banks as a whole owe our community millions of dollars. They need to be held accountable for the state of the economy,� says Erik Larsen, an SEIU organizer who helped stage the rally. For the past three years, the Navarros have learned more about the housing crisis—a complex web of over-extended credit and loans sold and resold. “It gives you shame to talk about it, that’s why no one talks of it, even among families,� says Lauro, who now meets every Thursday at La Casa Cultural in Pajaro to talk with other community members facing similar hardships. The couple is also involved in the Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action, or COPA. COPA leader Mark Linder says the group is looking into principal reduction programs. Those would do more than the current loan modification programs, which only lower the interest rate or extend the time frame of payments. “One LA is an organization in L.A. working with a redevelopment agency and has just secured $5 million for a principal reduction program,� says Linder. “Fifteen percent would come from the taxpayer and 85 percent would come from the endorser, or the banks. We are watching them very closely. If we feel they have a successful experience, we would like to see if we can do something similar in Watsonville.� The Central Coast Foreclosure Collaborative is working to educate communities of their options and has held presentations all over the Central Coast. The next one is in May and will be televised from the Community Room of the Watsonville Civic Plaza. “I feel that I was living in a fantasy that turned into a nightmare, and now I am waking up,� says Yolanda. “There is nothing I can do, but for other families, there is.�

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Turning Tide Just over half of Santa Cruz city residents support the much-talkedabout YZhVa^cVi^dc eaVci proposal, according to a phone survey sponsored by the desal task force. A reported 54 percent of respondents called the plan to build a desalination plant a “good� or “excellent idea,� while 30 percent called it a “poor� or “not too good idea.� The poll was a strong showing for the controversial plant, public opinion of which has been split since discussions began in 2002—especially since the more survey respondents learned, the more they seemed to like the idea. After being presented the pros and cons, respondents’ support inched higher, with 58 percent in favor and 32 percent opposed. Pros presented included a solution to bad droughts, the limits of conservation and the fact that Santa Cruz has not added to its water supply in 30 years. Cons included the plant’s high cost, high energy use and possible damage to marine wildlife. Among customers of the Soquel Creek Water District, support in the survey was higher, with 68 percent saying it would be a good idea and 23 percent calling it a poor one. Soquel-based <ZcZ 7gZ\bVc 6hhdX^ViZh conducted the survey in November and passed the results on to Santa Cruz Water Department Director 7^aa @dX]Zg in January. Kocher released the report to the public in March. “It never really occurred to us that it was something the public was interested in,� says Kocher. “We did it solely for our own education.� Supporters say Santa Cruz County’s growing population needs a desalination plant to offset inevitable drought years. According to estimates from the Santa Cruz Water Department, if a dry spell as bad as the 1976–77 drought hit now, Santa Cruz could fall short of its needed water supply by over 40 percent. Meanwhile, the Soquel Creek’s aquifers are draining groundwater faster than the supply is being replenished. The League of Women Voters will hold a debate on desal Thursday, April 14 at 7pm at First Congregational Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. —Jake Pierce

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Peak Oils Futzie Nutzle opens his artistic arsenal—including new oil paintings—for a public showing BY CHRISTINA WATERSI IN the fall of 1964, Santa Cruz beckoned. “My two buddies—henry humble and Spinny Walker—and I rented an old funky house across the street from where Dominican Hospital is now. My share was $25 a month.� Still one charismatic guy after all these years, Futzie Nutzle recently

worked his way through 40 years and two lattes reflecting upon his show at the Cabrillo Gallery, which opened last Friday and runs through April 11. Even sitting still, Nutzle is a restless bundle of hippie tropes, from his long white hair and off-center pyramidal goatee to his sly smile. Loaded with

colorful opinions, Nutzle backed into analysis of his current paintings by observing that “art is the most clichĂŠdriven business in the world.â€? As any Nutzle fan knows, the Ohio native’s famed illustrations are spare visual puns punctuated by terse, ¨

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The Cabrillo show came about through a chance collaboration with gallery director Tobin Keller. “I’ve never been concerned about showing my paintings. It’s really a pain in the ass,â€? he complains happily. “You have to have mats and decent frames. It takes an enormous amount of time to get together a body of work, plus framing and shipping.â€? Insisting that there is no particular theme uniting the show’s 20-plus works, Nutzle admits that his output seems self-directed toward an unknown end. “You don’t know where it’s going,â€? he grins, “but you know when it’s finished.â€? Immediately contradicting his last pronouncement, he continues. “It’s always about the path, always about going, moving on to the next thing. I never get to the destination.â€? When asked about his notorious reputation for enigma—he rarely allows himself to be photographed— Nutzle laughs. “I never had any money for promotion. So mystique worked.â€? Admitting to a certain degree of maturity as he heads toward his 70th birthday, Nutzle agrees that while painting isn’t as spontaneous as drawing, “It’s still spontaneous. But now I’m more careful—I’m recognizing what needs to be done. Any regrets? “Oh, sure. I had opportunities that I passed up because I just had to ‘be myself.’ Nutzle tried New York for a few minutes. “It scared the shit out of me—it was claustrophobic,â€? he says, adding a bit ruefully, “if I had just played the game and kissed everybody’s ass, I know I could have been a blue-chip artist.â€? “But being in Santa Cruz in the ’60s—I mean, it was so great.â€? And besides, says Nutzle of the larger world beyond his rural eden, “I don’t think there’s anything going on out there that I need.â€? He cocks his baseball cap and struggles to look serious. 4CBH73 <CBH:3( >/7<B7<5A /<2 E=@9A =< >/>3@ BV`]cUV /^`WZ /`bWab¸a bOZY BVc`aROg $(! ^[ 1OP`WZZ] 5OZZS`g $# A]_cSZ 2` :WP`O`g @[ /^b]a

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How cancer helped bring Brooklyn’s O’Death to the next level BY PAUL M. DAVIS

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SHAMBLING beast borne of country, punk, metal and anything else readily available, Brooklyn’s O’Death attracted plenty of attention with its first two albums. Fans of fractured folk music loved them, purists hated them, but the band’s divisive approach was admirable in an era of profitably risk-adverse indie rock. Comprising intricate banjo lines, tightly wound drum patterns and carnival-barker vocals, O’Death’s genre mash is ever-changing. As violinist Robert Pycior explains, the original idea was “to sound like a drunk country band doing crudely performed, angular junkyard ballads. Over time we brought in some of that teenage punk rock energy we loved.� The band’s intense sound came out of a competitive drive among the players to continually up the stakes. “When there’s a fingerpicked banjo line that’s syncopated,� Pycior says, “naturally you want to incorporate that same kind of frantic approach into your instrument, whether that’s the violin or the drum.� On O’Death’s forthcoming third album, Outside, they bring another element to their songwriting toolkit: restraint. Painstakingly arranged in the studio, the album’s densely layered songs demonstrate a talent for composition that previous releases only hinted at. It may seem an abrupt transformation, but according to Pycior, the new approach is closer to the band’s original vision. The band’s sound “went to the heavier

side,� Pycior says, “but now we’re back to something closer to what we started with, only more refined. In the different stages of [the band’s] evolution, we grabbed what seemed useful and threw out what felt redundant. This album is much more varied and was put together piece by piece.� The move toward a more nuanced form of songcraft is partially attributable to drummer David RogersBerry’s battle with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer he was diagnosed with in 2009. After Rogers-Berry endured 10 months of chemotherapy and a shoulder replacement, the band reconvened to record Outside. Pycior acknowledges the role that episode played in O’Death’s new approach. “[Rogers-Berry] really wanted to do something that felt timeless,� Pycior says. “That’s something we all understood and felt. This isn’t the first time crisis has struck the band, but when we were younger, with the instability of our touring and home life, we embraced the anxiety. We threw that into our music. But this time we used our craft as a personal therapeutic outlet as opposed to a simple exercise of madness.�

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World on a String What do China and the banjo have in common? Everything, for Abigail Washburn

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BIGAIL WASHBURN never dreamed that she would become a professional banjo player. Her plan was to become a lawyer. Ironically, it was her love for China— she lived there, visits regularly and has a deep connection to the Chinese people—that inspired her to pick up the banjo. “My Chinese friends would ask me, ‘What’s cool about America?’ But the things that I was proud of, like democracy and human rights, didn’t translate well,� she says. “They were dividers rather than connectors.� Five years into her time in China, however, Washburn heard the music of banjo legend Doc Watson and knew she was onto something special. “I wasn’t sure what kind of music it was,� she says, “but it felt like home.� Washburn then picked up a banjo and started translating songs into Chinese. “I didn’t think I’d be a banjo player,� she says, “but once I started playing I realized what a great window it is into what’s true and beautiful about America.� A couple of years later Washburn was “noticed� at a bluegrass festival, and a recording contract followed. In 2005 she released Songs of a Traveling Daughter, a well-received merging of American roots music with Chinese musical styles and language. In 2008, she released Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet with her husband, banjo superstar Bela Fleck. On her latest

release, 2011’s City of Refuge, Washburn branched out into the world of indie rock. “For years I was mostly in the company of the acoustic string community, but I ran into some cool indie guys and we started making music together,� she says. “It immediately felt really special—a huge cross-pollination for all of us.� The album features Kai Welch, who co-wrote many of the songs, Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), Chris Funk (Decemberists), Bill Frisell and producer Tucker Martine, to name just a few, and reaches comfortably into indie-rock territory with its instruments, textures and rich orchestrations. But the album still has plenty of roots to go around. “The songs were strong enough that they had a centrifugal force that just wouldn’t let them go out of bounds,� Washburn says. In making City of Refuge, Washburn has found yet another way to do what she loves. “The whole reason I play and sing is to reach out to people and find the commonality,� she says. “These songs serve as my offering for the kind of world I want to live in. This is my offering, what’s yours? Let’s meet at the table and find the common ground.�

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Stage 2/<13 The Art of Flamenco A benefit for the Santa Cruz Art League with singer Carlitos de Santa Cruz, Eric ‘Luis’ Jarmie on guitar and dancing by Andrea ‘La Canela.’ Thu, Mar 24, 7pm. $20 adv/$25 door. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.

Orient’al Bellydance Show An evening of Arabic, Turkish and Armenian music by Orient’al, featuring Armando Mafufo on percussion and Michael Gruber and Ganapati on ney and oud, open-floor dancing and performances from bellydancers Crystal Silmi, Desert Dream, Sese, Celena, Rebekah and Raks the Casbah. Thu, Mar 24, 7:30pm. $10 adv/$12 door. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy 9, Felton, 831.603.2294.

B63/B3@ Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web Clarissa, the second wife of Henry Hailsham-Brown, is adept at spinning tales of adventure for the delectation of their bored diplomatic circle, but when a murder takes place in her own drawing room, she finds live drama much harder with which to cope, especially as she suspects the murderer might be her young stepdaughter, Pippa. Fri-Sat, 7:30pm and Sun, Mar 27, 2pm. Thru Apr 2. $6$15. Market Street Theater, 222 Market St, Santa Cruz.

A Clockwork Orange Alex is an ultra-violent youth in a futuristic One World Government society. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he’s arrested and convicted of murder and rape. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programmed to detest violence. If he goes through the program his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex’s ordeals are far from over once he hits the mean streets that he had a hand in creating. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Thru Apr 16. $20. Paper Wing Theater, 320 Hoffman Ave, Monterey, 831.905.5684.

Comedy of Errors 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. SatSun. Thru Mar 27. $5-$10. West End Studio Theatre, 402 Ingalls St #3, Santa Cruz, 831.425.9378.

Last of the Red Hot Lovers The Liliana Moraru Santa Cruz Jewish Theatre presents Neil Simon’s classic comedy about 47year-old Barney Cashman, a fish market owner who is on a quest for something beautiful to replace the hum-drum existence of his everyday life. Fri-Sat, 8pm and Sun, Mar 27, 3pm. Thru Apr 9. $12-$15. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.465.1411.

“Simply Mariaâ€? and “Food for the Deadâ€? Two shows, both written by Josefina LĂłpez, 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. ThuSun, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru Apr 3. $8-$15. El Teatro Campesino, 705 Fourth St, San Juan Bautista, 831.623.2444.

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Decadent Delights Internationally acclaimed pianist Adam Neiman performs a program inspired by sweet treats from around the world, like Australian Percy Grainger’s The GumSuckers March and Russian Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol plus Liszt’s Concertos No. 1 & 2. Sat, Mar 26, 8pm and Sun, Mar 27, 2pm. $10-$65.

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5260.

Inner Light Choir Musical Celebration A concert and workshop with Tim McAfee-Lewis, associate musical director of the Agape International Choir. McAfee-Lewis hosts the Power and Presence Singing workshop from 9am-2:30pm, designed to empower participants to trust their ears, hear harmonies and feel good about themselves. All levels welcome. Followed by an evening concert titled “A Revolution of the Heart.� Sat, Mar 26, 9am-9pm. $25-$55. Inner Light Ministries, 5630 Soquel Dr, Soquel, 831.465.9090.

Shelley Phillips & Jesse Autumn Harp Duet Concert A benefit concert to raise the funds to repair a beautiful baby grand piano that was donated to the Tannery community. They will be performing modern interpretations of traditional folk music from Ireland, Wales, Sweden, Norway, China, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria and America on two harps. In the 1040 building; look for Room 117. Sun, Mar 27, 3pm. $10-$25 donation suggested. Tannery Arts Center, 1040 River St, Santa Cruz.

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Cabrillo College Gallery Futzie Nutzle. Paintings by local treasure Futzie Nutzle Artist’s talk Thu, Mar 24, 6:30pm. Thru Apr 22. Free. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.

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.

Michaelangelo Gallery 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 and habitats of the Pajaro Valley region. Thru Apr 17. Free. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.

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, noon6pm. Thru Apr 26. Free, 831.336.3513. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

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.

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will discuss the positive influences of the unique acid components in Santa Cruz Mountains AVA Pinot Noir. The session also includes a panel of four local winemakers who will share their experiences and offer a tasting of their Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir. Sun, Mar 27, 9am-noon. $55. Villa Ragusa, 35 S. Second St, Campbell, 831.685.8463.

beekeeping is for you. Learn basic honey bee ecology and hive culture; basic handling safety and hive management; the what, where and how of tools; where to get bees; easy installation; and how to harvest honey inexpensively. Sat, Mar 26, 11am-4:30pm. $47. Maha Mandala Homestead, 2591 Mattison Lane, Santa Cruz, 831.464.9664.

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Explore printmaking with local artist Denise Kiser Shaw. Experience a surface similar to a woodcut with the graphic quality of screen printing using the simple technique of linoleum cutting. Collage process will also be explored. Space is limited to 10 people. Sat, Mar 26, 10am-4pm. $45$65. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

B.A.C.A. Bash Bikers Against Child Abuse host a benefit with music by Lovers and Strangers, OTR and Michelle Chappel & John Cirillio, dancing, BBQ by Master Chef-testant and Santa Cruz Rib Cook-Off champ Jake Gandolfo. Sun, Mar 27, 2-7pm. $25 adv/$30 door. Portuguese Hall, 216 Evergreen St, Santa Cruz, 831.566.8080.

Backyard Beekeeping An experiential class to help assess whether backyard

Second and fourth Thursdays of each month; beginners welcome. Thu, Mar 24. $5-$7. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.8621.

Nonviolent Conflict Improv A light, fun and enjoyable way to look at the thornier side of relationships. Bring your conflicts, your challenges and your friends to watch NVC trainers Jean Morrison, Kristen Masters and Rick Longinotti transform your toughest interactions. Tue, Mar 29, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Wines of the Southern Hemisphere & Classic of California Taste, savor, learn and explore crisp Steen wines made in South Africa to rich bold Malbec from Argentina guided by Laura Majano, a 10-year veteran in the wine industry. With wine

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Carolyn Burke The award-winning local author celebrates the release of her new book, No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf, with a book talk and signing. Thu, Mar 24. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

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The bestselling author of Women, Food and God for the release of her newest book, Lost & Found: Unexpected Revelations About Food and Money explores how emotional issues with money mirror those with food and dieting. Mon, Mar 28, 7:30pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

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Joyce Oroz The Brewery Cafe hosts a book event for the popular mystery novel Secure the Ranch by local author Joyce Oroz. The book follows a mystery surrounding Josephine Stuart, an artist who is hired to paint murals for a wealthy client high in the mountains of California. Sat, Mar 26, 1-4pm. Boulder Creek Brewery, 13040 Hwy 9, Boulder Creek, 831.338.7882.

Sister Spit The rowdy performance gang delivers a multimedia explosion of queer-centric tastemakers, novelists, fashion plates, painters, performance artists, poets and fancy scribblers. Featuring Michelle Tea, Chelsea Whistle, Kirk Read, Mari Naomi, Ali Liebegott, Blake Nelson, Amos Mac and Myriam Gurba. Sat, Mar 26, 7:30pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

The State of the Santa Cruz County Library System The public is invited to hear Teresa Landers, director of Santa Cruz Public Libraries, discuss the latest efforts to meet our communities’ library needs and the future of libraries in these hightech times. The event will include a used paperback book exchange. Sat, Mar 26, 11:30am-2pm. $20. Bruno’s BBQ, 230 Mount Hermon Road, Scotts Valley, 8631.426.4526.

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Feast your ears on a performance of Franz Liszt’s Concertos No. 1 and 2 by Grammy-nominated pianist Adam Neiman (pictured), the entree on a musical menu that also includes Percy Grainger’s In a Nutshell and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s Capriccio Espagnol. Saturday, Mar 26 at 8pm at the Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz and Sunday, Mar 27 at 2pm at the Henry J. Mello Center for the Performing Arts, 250 E. Beach St., Watsonville. Tickets $25–$60. 831.420.5260 or SantaCruzTickets.com 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.

Hemlock Discussion Group Discuss end-of-life options for serenity and dignity. Meets in Aptos the last Wed afternoon of every month except Dec; call for more info. 831.251.2240.

Prom Dress Giveaway The 2011 Prom Dress Giveaway is a grassroots effort by a small group of local people and businesses to provide Prom dresses, free of charge, to those in need. Sat, Mar 26, 10am4pm. Free. Walnut Avenue Women’s Center, 303 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.426.3062.

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Dine Out for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte’s Westside Health Center

Drives occur at several locations countywide each month; for schedule and locations call 800.733.2767.

Dine at Hula’s Island Grill any Monday in March and Westside Health Center, operated by Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, 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

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

12-Step Programs: 831.454. HELP (4357).

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.

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Support and Recovery Groups Alzheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Assn., 831.464.9982. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273. Candida: 831.471.0737. 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. Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. Women’s Bipolar/Depression Peer Support: 831.345.7190.

Adoptive families, adult adoptees, families waiting to adopt and birth parents meet monthly to connect in a safe, confidential setting. Last Sat of every month, 10am-12pm. Free. Live Oak Family Resource Center, 1438 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 1.866.219.1155.

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 6:307pm. All are free.

Friday, May 6 ˆ 8:00 pm At the Rio Theatre Rio Theatre tickets at Logos Books & Records and kuumbwajazz.org Info: 831.427.2227 or kuumbwajazz.org Media sponsor:

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Mon. June 20 ˆ 7:30 pm Santa Cruz Civic Tickets: 831-420-5260 & santacruztickets.com

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samples and light cheese, fruits and crackers. Fri, Mar 25, 7pm. $10. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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Even though it spent much of the last half decade in deep freeze, the legacy of the Appleseed Cast still looms large over late-’90s/early aughts post-punk. The band shucked off its early emo trappings and came to embrace a far more sophisticated and intricate approach with releases such as 2001’s Low Level Owl and 2003’s Two Conversations, which relied on subtle arpeggiated guitar lines and intricate dynamics. The Appleseed Cast has once again been roused from its slumber, hitting the road with a new EP, Middle States. Rio Theatre; $12 adv/ $15 door; 8pm. (Paul M. Davis)

As with all things, punk rock has grown predictable and calcified with age and created a set of formulas that younger bands feel compelled to stay within. The ’80s band Victim’s Family exemplifies punk’s salad days, when there was no set format and musicians were free to try whatever crazy thing came to mind. A melange of punk, jazz, metal and noise-spazz freakouts, the sound Victim’s Family brings forth is unwieldy and at times off-putting— but always compelling. The band has split and reformed over the years but soldiers on, still a twitching wire of unpredictable energy three decades on. Catalyst; $5 adv/$7 door; 9pm. (PMD)

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“Best of Central Coast�

S A N TA CRUZ

ART LEAGUE

Watercolor

March 26 - April 17

Reception: Sun., April 3, 2-4pm

New Classes:

Ongoing & Weekend Workshops Prospectus:

Mix It Up, Mixed Media Coming Soon:

Lecture: Scott A. Shields, Ph.D www.scal.org 526 Broadway Santa Cruz, CA 831-426-5787

Wed.-Sat. 12-5 / Sun. 12-4 Picture by Dale Johnson

92 Years of Imagination

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LISZT PIANO CONCERTOS NOS. 1 & 2 ADAM NEIMAN, PIANIST

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HONEST TO A FAULT Phil Ochs in concert circa 1966.

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Mighty Ochs Gimlet-eyed documentary neither glorifies nor castigates folk singer Phil Ochs

Concert sponsored by Todd & Corinne Wipke

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HE LONG-AWAITED documentary Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune leaves nothing to be desired. Director Kenneth Bowser has the cooperation and collaboration of the Ochs family. In addition, Bowser talks to people outside the circle of friends—not that I wasn’t moved by seeing the greats of the folk world; with typical intelligence, Judy Henske sums up one of Ochs’ main problems: the desire to be both exceedingly famous and exceedingly honest, even when it means going after the spineless liberals in your audience. It is equally a choke-up to hear the noble Pete Seeger describe the fate of Victor Jara. But Bowser also interviews Jello Biafra (a figure with a lot in common with Ochs), Billy Bragg and Christopher Hitchens. Forty songs by Ochs adorn the soundtrack. The music reflects the hopes and terror in the air of America in the 1960s. And in turn, this Zeitgeist harmonized with the manic depression that Ochs self-medicated with booze. Just as Bowser doesn’t overpraise or underpraise Ochs, he’s also not rolling in the squalid side of the singer’s life. A figure this nakedly open wouldn’t have given much dirt to a Behind the Music documentary anyway. As music

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promoter Sam Hood says, “Phil was never cool. . . . He exposed himself in a way that was ultimately lethal.� Still, the first half-hour has something of the preaching to the choir key to the folk era. The film’s connecting theme is Ochs’ scrapbooks; he considered himself a journalist, using songs as broadsides. The evershrewd Dave Van Ronk describes Greenwich Village songsmithing as “the topical song movement.� Some of that topicality is gone. Ochs’ late-1960s material was far more musically impressive. His “Pleasures of the Harbor� ought to be as well-known as a song it rivals, Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.� The ragtime “Small Circle of Friends� may have been stimulated by something topical, the Kitty Genovese outrage. But the generous and angry spirit that sings here makes the song relevant—and shaming— today. That spirit of course is needed now. Our 2011 crises of injustice and endless colonial wars could have been addressed in Ochs’ lyrics: “Even treason might be worth a try/ this country is too young to die.� Phil Ochs: There But for Fortune C\`ObSR) '$ [W\ /b bVS <WQYSZ]RS]\

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Film Capsules <3E AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973) Four graduates of the class of 1962 cruise the streets of Modesto, Calif. on the night before each departs for college. A coming-of-age chronicle in the era of hotrods, sock hops and rock & roll. Starring Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard. Directed by George Lucas. (Plays Thu 8pm at Santa Cruz 9.) BLAZING SADDLES (1974) Mel Brooks’ spoof on the Western genre. A tiny western town is the only thing standing in the way of a big railroad. The rail company’s henchmen scheme to take out the town’s roughand-tumble white sheriff

and replace him with a citydwelling, Gucci saddle-riding African-American named Bart (Cleavon Little). Their plan goes awry when Bart becomes their biggest adversary and rallies citizens to take back the town from corporate interests. Also starring Gene Wilder. (Plays Sat and Sun 11am at Aptos.)

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2 (PG; 96 min.) Sissy Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) triumphed over his tormentors in the first film but is forced to confront enemies closer to home in this sequel based on the popular young adult book series. Greg’s mother believes her two sons need some bonding time; the elder Heffley (Devon

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Bostick) seizes the opportunity to toughen up his little brother before the cruel world does. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley.)

INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996) A shamed scientist-turnedcable-operator (Jeff Goldblum) stumbles on a communiquÊ from extraterrestrial beings bent on destroying the human race. After the aliens have set their phasers on all America’s major metropolitan areas, president Bill Pullman delivers a moving speech to the survivors and sends fighter pilot Will Smith to infiltrate the invading hordes in the aliens’ own spacecraft. (Shows Fri and Sat midnight at Del Mar.) OF GODS AND MEN (R; 122

Movie reviews by Tessa Stuart and Richard von Busack

min.) A brotherhood of Trappist monks cloistered in Algeria during a civil war must make a hard choice to either flee the Islamic fundamentalist guerilla forces or remain in solidarity with the locals. The film, which is based on a true story, won the Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. (Opens Fri at the Nick.)

SUCKER PUNCH (PG-13; 141 min.) Director and geek demigod Zack Snyder (300 and Watchmen) tells the story of a young girl, Babydoll (Emily Browning), who waits in a 1950s psychiatric ward for a lobotomy. Babydoll refuses to go quietly into that dark night, though, instead marshalling

a pack of her fellow female inmates (Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung) to explore alternate realities in an attempt to escape the asylum. (Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley.)

THE TEMPEST (PG-13; 110 min.) An adaptation of the Shakespearean play with a gender-bending twist. Prospera (Helen Mirren), the Duchess of Milan—who also happens to be a sorceress—is exiled by her family. She sets out to sea with her 4-year-old daughter, only to be shipwrecked on a near-deserted island. After enslaving the island’s only inhabitant, Prospera conspires

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@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. 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 MaryKate 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)

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

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to lure the King of Naples to the island and restore her daughter to her rightful place by conjuring an epic storm. Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus), who gave Broadway audiences The Lion King. (Opens Fri at the Del Mar.)

gesture, every unprintable under-the-breath comment. (RvB)

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 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. 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, they hatch an unorthodox fix for their relationship troubles. The women decide to give their fellas a “hall passâ€?— 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. 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 novelâ€? 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 pigtoothed 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) 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

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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-to-day 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. 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.

MARS NEEDS MOMS (PG; 88min.) When his mother is kidnapped by extraterrestrials and taken to Mars to look after their alien brood, Milo must find a way to rescue her. The savvy 8-year-old stows away on a spaceship and enlists the help of a Martian girl to get his mom home. Featuring the vocal talents of Seth Green and Joan Cusack. 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)

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.

PHIL OCHS: THERE BUT FOR FORTUNE (Unrated; 96 min.) See review, page 25. 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.

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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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7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465

meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

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All day breakfast. Burgers, gyros, sandwiches and 45 flavors of Marianne’s and Polar Bear ice cream. Open 8am daily.

>/@/27A3 ACA67 Japanese. This pretty and welcoming sushi bar serves 200 Monterey Ave, 831.464.3328 superfresh fish in unusual but well-executed sushi combinations. Wed-Mon 11:30am-9pm.

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1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials. Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm.

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231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily.

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California cuisine. Nightly specials include prime rib and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

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418 Front St, 831.325-3633

chicken with a wok emphasis since 1972. Cafe, catering, culinary classes, food festivals, beer and wine. Open for lunch and dinner daily except Sunday 11:30-9pm. Special events most Sundays.

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Japanese Fusion. Sushi bar, sake bar, vegetarian, seafood, steak in fun atmosphere; kids play area; karaoke every night. Open seven days 5-10pm; Mon-Fri 11:30am-2:30pm.

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Italian. La Posta serves Italian food made in the old style— simple and delicious. Wed-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-9:30pm and Sun 5-8pm.

Fine Mexican cuisine. Opening daily at noon. 49-B Municipal Wharf, 831.458.9393 1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700

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Seafood/California. Fresh catch made your way! Plus many other wonderful menu items. Great view. Full bar. Happy hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily.

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Thai. Individually prepared with the freshest ingredients, 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. Dinner Mon-Thu 510pm, 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. 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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Organic Pizza. Everything organic: pizza, lasagna, soup, salad, beer and local wine. Always organic, local produce. Party room seats 32. Weeknights 4-9pm (closed Tue), Fri 4-10pm, Sat 1-10pm, Sun 1-9pm. See menu at www.redwoodpizza.com.

A1=BBA D/::3G $ 63/D3<:G 1/43 American. Serving breakfast and lunch daily. Large parties Scotts Valley 1210 Mt. Hermon Rd, 831.335.7311 welcome. Mon-Fri 6:30am-2:15pm, Sat-Sun 7am-2:45pm. $ 87/ B3::/¸A Scotts Valley 5600 #D Scotts Valley Dr, 831.438.5005

Cambodian. Fresh kebabs, seafood dishes, soups and noodle bowls with a unique Southeast Asian flair. Beer and wine available. Patio dining. Sun-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm.

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Mexican. Open for breakfast. We use no lard in our menu and make your food fresh daily. We are famous for our authentic ingredients such as traditional mole from Oaxaca. Lots of vegetarian options. Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, weekends 8am-9pm.

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TAURUS T AUR U US ((April April 220–May 0–May 20): 20): IIff you’re you’re tthinking hinking ooff ccalling alling ovide you with information, inforrmation, make sur on a ghost to pr provide suree you know know hhow ow ttoo bbanish anish iitt when when yyou’re ou’re ďŹ nished m ilking you ďŹ nished milking it. IIff yyou’re ou’re cconsidering onsidering a ttrek rek into into tthe he past past to to sseek eek ssome ome it. ation, dr op bread breaad crumbs as you go so consolation or inspir inspiration, drop ppresent esent when it ’s time you can ďŹ nd your way back to the pr it’s to rreturn. eturn. CCatch atch m rift, TTaurus? aurus? IIt’s t’s ďŹ ne ďŹ ne to to draw draw oon n tthe he to myy ddrift, don’t get lost or stuck there. there. old days and the old ways, but don’t GEMINI (Mayy 21–June 20): From From m an astrological astrological g point p

of view w, it ’s a favorable favorable time for for people peoople to give you gifts view, it’s and perk oou have my m permission to perkss and blessings. YYou convey that message to your friend ds and associates. Let friends tthem hem kknow now iit’s t’s in in their their interest interest to to be be generous generous ttoward oward you. The truth, as I see it, is that theyy will attr act rrewards ewards attract ffor or themselves, some unexpected, iiff they help you. So what ’s your role role in this dynamic? Be Be modest. Be gr ateful. what’s grateful. B racious. A he ssame ame ttime, ime, rrake ake iitt aallll iin nw ith ssupreme upreme Bee ggracious. Att tthe with conďŹ dence that you deser ve such an a outpouring. deserve

CANCER (June 21–July 22): Nob Nobel bel Prizes ar aree awarded awarded to geniuses geniuses in in a variety variety of of ďŹ elds ďŹ elds for for work work they’ve they’ve done done to to elevate elevate science science and and culture. culture. But But have have you you heard heard of of Ig Ig to Nobel Prizes? Prizes? The The Annals Annals of of Improbable Improbable Research Research hands hands Nobel them out out to to eccentrics eccentrics whose whose work work it it deems deems useless useless them reccipient was honored honored but amusing. For instance, one recipient for investigating investigating how how impotency impotency drugs drugs help help hamsters hamsters for recover quickly quickly from from jet jet lag. lag. Another Another award award went went to to recover engineers who who developed developed a remote-control remote-control helicopter helicopter engineers to collect collect whale whale snot. snot. In In 2000, 2000, physicist physicist Andre Andre Geim Geim to for using magnetism magnetism to levitate won an Ig Nobel Prize for frog. Unlike all of his fellow fellow honorees, honoorees, however, howeverr, a frog. Geim later later won won a Nobel Nobel Prize Prize for for his his research research on on a Geim remarkable substance called graphene graphene (tinyurl.com/ remarkable NobelGraphene). I think you’ll soonn have a resemblance resemblance NobelGraphene). to him, him, Cancerian. Cancerian. Some Some of of your your efforts efforts will will be be odd odd and and to dismissed or derided others spectacular; some will be dismissed laudeed. and others will be loved and lauded. LLEO EO (July 23–Aug. 22): If you havee ever ffantasized antasized

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LIBRA ((Sept. Sept. 223–Oct. 3–Oct. 222): 2): ““There’s There’s nnoo kkey ey ttoo tthe he wami Beyondana anda. But that universe,� writes SSwami Beyondananda. shouldn’t llead ead uuss ttoo eexistential xistential ddespair espair oorr hhopeless opeless shouldn’t apathyy, adds the SSwami. wami. “Fortunate elyy, the universe has apathy, “Fortunately, I other wor ds, Libr a, been left unlocked,� he concludes. In words, Libra, there’s no need ffor or a key to the uni iverse! I off er you there’s universe! offer this good good nnews ews bbecause ecause tthere’s here’s a ssimilar imilar pprinciple rinciple aatt this e. YYou’ve oou’ve been bang ing on a certain door work in your lif life. banging door,r, you’re shut out from from m what’s what’s inside. But the imagining that you’re fact is is that that the the door door is is unlocked unlocked and and nothing nothing is is stopping stopping fact from letting yourself in. you from

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SSAGITTARIUS AGGITT TA ARIU US ((Nov. Nov. 222–Dec. 2–Dec. 221): 1): Few Few things things make make me me more more excited excited than than being being able able to to predict predict good good tidings tidings headed your way. wayy. That’s That’s why, whyy, as I meditated on your upcoming astrological astroloogical aspects, I found found myself teetering on the edge of ecstasy. enaissance ecstaasyy. Here’s Here’s what I fforesee: oresee: a rrenaissance of ďŹ ne, of pleasure pleasure ...... aan n ooutbreak utbreak ooff ffeeling eeling rreally eally ďŹ ne, bboth oth physically physically and and eemotionally motionally ...... aand nd aan n aawakening wakening ooff yyour our deeper mantra deeper capacity capacity to to experience experience joy. joy. Here’s Here’s yyour our m antra ffor or the week, gener generated raated by my friend Rana Satori SStewart: tewart: yum yum yum yum yyum um yyum um yyum um / yyum um yyum um yyum um yyum um yyummy ummy yum / yum yum yum y yum yummy yummy yum yum. CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN (Dec. (Dec. 222–Jan. 2–Jan. 119): 9): CCNN NN rreported eported oon n ttwo wo

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