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B63 075 A332 [RE: “This Cosmically Pivotal Moment,� Cover story, April 20]: It is respectfully submitted that the Big Bang was not an unguided expansion of space-time matterenergy (i.e., it was not an event analogous to a “bomb� “exploding�); rather, it was an ordered expansion of space-time matterenergy (i.e., it was an event analogous to a “seed� “sprouting�): therefore, it did not “explode�—it “sprouted.� As to who or what “planted� it, there is no way to know. Nevertheless, Aristotle’s notion of the unmoved Mover (or God, if you prefer) is a sound hypothesis. Therefore, adherence to a theistic-spiritualistic-teleological paradigm is just as, if not more, sound than is adherence

to an atheistic-materialistic-evolutionist paradigm; note please the use of the term evolutionist: Evolution of course is true, scientific and undeniable. Evolutionism, on the other hand, is the philosophy of nihilism: Evolutionism is nothing more than atheist metaphysics. Perhaps Darwin didn’t perceive the larger, all-encompassing order—the layered, nestled, hierarchical space-time matter-energy bioelectrical harmonic webbed nexuses of holonic planes and dimensions—in which the processes of evolution unfold, without which the processes of evolution could not engender ever more complex life, sentience and consciousness: but for the proto-order somehow embedded in the Big Seed, blind, unguided evolutionism seems

incapable of producing anything other than chaos. Evolution seems more a cosmic process, initiated by whatever entity/force begot the Big Seed; it seems undeniable that the cosmos has gradually, incrementally self-organized—from the very small to the very large—and that we are a teleologically unfolding part of that gradual, incremental, self-organized expansion. Kyle McDermott

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Hoedown at Pie Ranch WHEN I first walk into the barn, I meet a mass of bodies holding hands and reeling from one end of the hay-strewn wooden floor to the other as it spirals towards the center of the room. A blonde little girl in pint-sized cowboy boots tugs a tall, young bearded man—a farmer, judging by his boots—along, laughing. The train thunders like a summer storm, and although I am only 20 miles outside of town, I feel like I’ve traveled back in time with the dozens of other folks lined up shoulder-to-shoulder under the canopy of twinkle lights. Between fiddling parts, the caller shouts out directions to the folk dance to the accompaniment of a mandolin, guitar, banjo and a fiddle wielded by a young woman in a Pie Ranch T-shirt. The rest of the band sports contra-dance casual: button-down shirts, denim, a straw hat.

“Couple number one: Duck for the oysters!� My partner and I raise our arms high so the other couple in our four-person ring can dip, shoulder to shoulder, through them, ducking their heads before stepping back and returning to their starting positions. “Couple number two: Dive for the clams!� It’s our turn to go through the same motion in the opposite direction. “Couple number one: Shoot for the hole in the old tin can!� The first couple ducks back under our bridge of limbs before pulling us around until all four of us are reassembled in a circle, eagerly awaiting the caller’s instructions. We do-si-do and swing between hay bales and crates of corn cobs. Distracted by whirling cotton skirts, I give up trying to count downbeats and just follow the crowd.

During intermission, the swirling mass of dizzy dancers makes an exodus from barn to yard. On the year’s first warm spring night, it smells like summer: scents of fog, sweat, coffee, dirt and the sea mingle among the mass of steaming bodies. Couples marvel at the full moon; I recognize a few UCSC students. It’s finally warm enough to be outside at night without a sweater. When I arrive home on tired but light feet, my voice is hoarse. I can only imagine how the caller’s throat must feel. —Maya Weeks

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No One Home LOCATION, LOCATION On the morning of the tsunami, area ABC and FOX affiliates reported live from Santa Cruz. But Spanish-speaking audiences had no local reports to balance satellite images from Japan and a growing sense of panic in the community.

Missing Media Tsunami panic and the role of Spanish media BY TESSA STUART

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AT 3:30am on the morning of March 11, Reyna Ruiz was awakened by a knock on her door. It was her neighbor, warning her that a tsunami was headed toward Santa Cruz. Ruiz is the director of the Beach Flats Community Center, which serves a neighborhood of 1,068 residents, 82 percent of them Spanish-speakers and 40 percent monolingual, according to 2000 census figures. All over Beach Flats, people had begun getting phone calls from family members beginning at 1am. “By 5:30,� Ruiz says, “everyone had left.� When a reverse 911 call went out at 6:47am, hardly anyone there was around to hear it.

Beach Flats, which is in the tsunami inundation zone, was already empty. And a monolingual resident might have hung up anyway, Ruiz says. “It didn’t start out, ‘This is a bilingual message; es un mensaje bilingue.’ It was all in English—then a huge pause—and then the Spanish version.� In Watsonville, which is located far enough inland not to be threatened by a tsunami but where similar demographics prevail—55 percent of the population told census-takers they don’t speak English “very well�—events played out differently. Beginning early in the morning, there were runs on gas stations in the area. At 7:04am the police dispatcher took down this report: “Residents

In the days and weeks that followed the tsunami, rumors circulated blaming Spanishlanguage radio and television for sensationalizing the tsunami and causing panic in the community. It has proven difficult to substantiate such reports, though, because there was virtually no local media delivering crucial emergency information in Spanish on March 11. Erandi García, an anchor on the local Univision TV affiliate, worked a regular shift on March 11: she came on at 2:30pm and stayed until 11pm. No one was on air in the morning, she says, because Univision, like its competitor Telemundo, only broadcasts evening newscasts. On weekday mornings both networks show national programs. That morning, images from a devastated Japan would have been the order of the day. A similar phenomenon exists on radio—the two Spanish-language signals in the Santa Cruz area have minimal local staff on air. Radio Lazer, broadcast out of Felton on 93.7, is simulcast on 13 stations across the state. A local DJ is on air only between 11am and 3pm; all other programming is sent from headquarters in Oxnard. El Estero Sol broadcasts in Santa Cruz on channel 99.1, but operates entirely out of San Francisco. Same for

Super Estrella—broadcast in Salinas on channel 107.1, it is beamed out of Los Angeles. Rosemary Chalmers, program director for KSCO, broadcasted live the morning of the tsunami updating listeners as information became available. Chalmers requested that an official from the Office of Emergency Services record a message in Spanish to broadcast on her station after hearing there was no local Spanish radio broadcasting live. Some listeners complained, but Chalmers says she did the right thing. “I believe that public safety was compromised because (Highway) 17 was doing 3 miles an hour and 152 wasn’t moving, and those were direct reports I got from dozens and dozens of listeners,â€? Chalmers says. “It became very apparent that there was nothing they could tune to.â€? Erandi GarcĂ­a came to the same conclusion as Chalmers. “People were just crazy trying to get out of Watsonville and Santa Cruz because they had no information in Spanish,â€? GarcĂ­a said. “There was not a Spanish media [outlet] that could tell them, you know, ‘Everything is going to be OK,’ until 6:30 when we went on air, and I guess by that time it was a little bit late.â€?

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are panicking trying to get gas, street is blocked and people are in disturbances, almost fighting.� “We saw that people were lining up at gas stations causing some traffic problems,� says Lt David McCartney of the Watsonville Police Department. There were also reports of cars filling the pullouts along Highway 152, and of people from Watsonville seeking refuge inland at Casa de Fruta and Gilroy, McCartney notes.

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the tsunami would play out in their neighborhoods. What is striking, given the apparent lack of news available to the local Spanish-speaking communities, is how quickly word spread. Eric Newton, senior adviser to the president of the Knight Foundation for Advancing Journalism, isn’t surprised. “Even though the media ecosystem is quite complicated, news finds a way,� he says. “It f lows agnostically—news doesn’t care whether it’s going by phone or by word of mouth or by newspaper.� A dearth of reliable news media in times of crisis can have serious implications. Newton cites a famous example in the town of Minot, N.D., where in 2002 a freight train derailed, unleashing a cloud of toxic ammonia. The protocol called for responders to alert the radio stations, but because of recent legislation that allowed the merger of radio stations, there were no live staffers to answer the calls. “The firefighters called the local radio stations and they were just robots, and so there was no one to tell about the toxic spill,� Newton says. “So the firefighters in the 21st century had to walk door-to-door in Minot to tell people about a toxic spill—which, when you think about it, is really bad because you have to open the door to hear that you shouldn’t open the door.� News found the residents of Beach Flats and Watsonville. “If that news wasn’t as useful as it could have been,� Newton says, “then the community needs to ask itself, ‘What are we doing to help everybody understand what the latest news is on the important situation that we want everyone to know about—whether it’s a toxic spill or earthquake or a tsunami or f lood or whatever?’�

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As the popularity of beekeeping explodes, Tessa Stuart suits up and learns the secrets of the latest backyard hobby—which also happens to be a public service

I’M WEARING a white full-body canvas suit with a net veil zipped to it, arm-length leather gloves and a mesh pith helmet the same shape as the ones British colonists wore in tropical climates. That last item feels particularly appropriate, since I’m with a group similarly outfitted and getting ready to descend on some potentially hostile colonies. These particular bees are a scrappy bunch naturally, and the weather today is cooler than they would prefer. To compound matters, we’ve been told they might be feeling a little defensive; the skunk living under a neighboring water tank recently launched a nighttime offensive on their hives. The bees, the skunk, Ian Coulson and his wife share a plot of land on a piney mountainside at the top of a long, winding offshoot of Highway 9 outside Boulder Creek. Coulson, the sitting president and co-

founder of the Santa Cruz Beekeepers Guild, has brought us, a group of intrepid wannabeekeepers, here as part of a workshop he is leading at Mountain Feed and Farm Supply in Ben Lomond. In years past, Mountain Feed has carried a few beekeeping supplies, but this season the store is going all-out, stocking every conceivable piece of beekeeping equipment—from hives and honey extractors to packets of the bees themselves—and hosting a few hands-on workshops and demonstrations for aspiring backyard beekeepers. It’s all in response to an increase in customer curiosity, says Karla DeLong, Mountain Feed’s in-house beekeeping expert. One of every three bites we take is from a food pollinated by bees, DeLong tells me, so it’s a natural for the store to offer beekeeping “as one of our services, as well as seeds and plants and compost and then canning

stuff. We have all the different parts of the adventure,â€? she says. The workshop begins on a sunny weekend morning with the 10 of us seated on a semicircle of hay bales at Mountain Feed and Coulson giving an introductory talk on bees and the keeping thereof. Getting ready for your packet to arrive is kind of like awaiting the arrival of a baby—a lot of preparation is involved. Veterans recommend reading lots of books, talking with experienced beekeepers, getting safety equipment, picking out a hive and placing it. Unlike a child, once a hive is in place, it is relatively low-maintenance. Minimalists say you can get away with interfering in it as little as eight times a year, mostly in the spring and early summer, when you’ll remove surplus honey, or to troubleshoot specific problems like ants or mites. ¨ #

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SAFETY NET Qbmjlb!Cfoupo!tipxt! pgg!uif!vmujnbuf!vujmjuz!dmpuijoh/ introducing ourselves by saying one thing that we were grateful for (example: “limits on our environment�). Palika Benton, who led the class, calls Colony Collapse the “clarion call� to our society regarding the industrial food system. Last November Benton lost her 10year-old “mother hive� to what she believes was CCD; unlike a regular swarm, when half the bees would remain in the hive, there were only a few very young bees left behind. “Most of the colony,� she says, “was completely gone—disappeared.� Colony collapse, as it turns out, was one of the main reasons that prompted my 30-odd classmates’ interest in keeping bees. Half the attendees at both workshops cited a variation on “helping the bees� as their motivation—a more popular answer than “harvesting honey� or “pollinating their garden.� Coulson, Benton and my companions see cottage-industry beekeeping as a way to create hardier bee populations and ensure the continued survival of the species. Luckily, there are relatively few barriers to entry for people interested in keeping bees. The nonnegotiables are a full bee suit, or at the minimum a veil and light-colored long layers, and a smoker (used to calm the bees when opening the hive). On a number of occasions Coulson said, “Ask 10 beekeepers one question you’ll get 12 answers�—a saying that rang true for everything from what to feed to how to house and when to interfere in the affairs of your bees. Coulson doesn’t have a problem feeding his bees with sugar water, while Benton refuses to feed anything but honey. For hives, Coulson is a

traditionalist, preferring the Langstroth method (stackable boxes), while Benton, more of a New-Age naturalist, will be transitioning to top-bar hives this year. (A top-bar hive, sometimes called a Kenyan hive in reference to its country of origin, is a long troughshaped box with angled wooden bars off which the bees build their comb in a way that is thought to mimic nature.) Once the hive is set up you can either buy a packet of bees (Mountain Feed is taking orders, and many online retailers ship them as well), or get in touch with a swarm-catcher and get on a list to be notified the next time one is caught. With additional equipment that will be helpful—a hive tool, a frame rack and an extractor for removing honey—the basic set-up will cost around $300 and can run upwards of $500. The different beekeepers–different answers adage rings mostly true, but there is solid consensus on a few things: If you’re interested in keeping bees, talk to your neighbors first, find an experienced beekeeper to act as your mentor for the first year or two and accept the fact that you are going to get stung. I’ve heard that last part over and over again before I’m standing in the suit, listening to the hum of hundreds of bees hanging in a cloud around my classmates and me. I forget, though, while I’m holding a frame of honeycomb, watching the bees crawling around, checking out the larvae and a hatched queen cell. When I pass the frame off and see a bee with its stinger caught in my glove, I freeze for a second before looking at Coulson, who is, without any gear on at all, calmly pulling a bee from his hair. It’s OK to try this at home, kids—just take the workshop with a pro first. DIG GARDENS RWUUO`RS\a\c`aS`g Q][ LOVE APPLE FARM U`]ePSbbS`dSUUWSa Q][ MAMA EARTH MATTERS &! "$" '$$" O\R MOUNTAIN FEED AND FARM SUPPLY &! !!$ &&% ]TTS` PSSYSS^W\U e]`YaV]^a BVS AO\bO 1`ch 0SSYSS^S`a 5cWZR [SSba bVS TW`ab ESR\SaROg ]T SdS`g []\bV W\ bVS Q][[c\Wbg `]][ Ob bVS 3Z @W] ;]PWZS 6][S >O`Y < >OQWTWQ /dS AO\bO 1`ch

Avoid the Sting Rules on beekeeping vary greatly throughout the county. Some jurisdictions don’t regulate at all, while others demand—in theory, at least—a bundle of cash for a beekeeping permit.

Capitola is the most easygoing town in the county when it comes to backyard beekeeping: no permit required. Santa Cruz (city) An apiary permit for a residential property costs $1,300 and requires a hearing so neighbors can complain ahead of time. The limit is two hives, and they must be 25 feet from the property line. The buzz on the streets, though, is that few prospective beekeepers go through this rigamarole, preferring sweet petty criminality to bitter procedural hassle. Santa Cruz County Bees are permitted on Residential Agriculture–zoned land, but it requires notifying the county bee inspector within 24 hours. See above for the popularity of engaging with the county on this procedure. Scotts Valley Last August, Scotts Valley started allowing one hive per quarter-acre parcel with a permit ($124) through the Community Development Department. No one has applied and the department is unaware of any hives in town. Watsonville Two hives are permitted on any parcel as long as they’re 100 feet from the property line and 25 feet from any dwelling.

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What comes after incandescents’ obsolescence? BY MAYA WEEKS

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OY JOHNSON of Johnson Art Studio Lighting Design loves his job. As a lighting designer, he ensures the quality of light in our homes and businesses. And as California phases out incandescent light bulbs, he and his fellow light designers have their work cut out for them. On January 1, energy-sucking 100watt incandescent bulbs vanished from shelves in California stores, typically well ahead of the national schedule to phase out incandescents, which waste some 90 percent of the electricity they use by generating heat instead of visible, usable light. Over the next couple of years, 75-watt, 60watt and 40-watt bulbs will also be phased out; by January 1, 2013, the new maximum incandescent wattage will be a feeble 29 watts. According to Noelle Bell, Assistant Program Manager at RightLights, a limb of the nonprofit environmental consultancy Ecology Action, “It’s like saying that gas-guzzlers are no longer allowed to be manufactured. A policy might start by saying that trucks that only get 10 miles per gallon are no longer allowed to be produced. They would start with the worst offenders. This is what they are trying to do with the new incandescents policy.� Once incandescents are phased out, consumers will be left with compact f luorescent lamps (CFLs), halogen incandescent bulbs and the ultimate in green lighting technology, the light-emitting diode, or LED. Then the weighing of costs and benefits will begin. CFLs are currently the most popular and affordable alternative. A 60-watt Feit Electric Twist CFL, which measures 800 lumens and has a life of 8,000 hours, costs $4 and uses 75 percent less energy than an incandescent bulb. But it contains mercury and must be recycled carefully. Halogen

FIAT FLUX Uif!Qijmjqt!MFE!tpgu! xijuf!cvmc!jt!b!tubs!jo!uif!ofx!hsffo! cvmc!nbslfu/ incandescents, which use 20 percent less energy than traditional bulbs, don’t have mercury, but they last onefourth as long as CFLs and they cost one and a half times more Then there’s the LED. An LED lamp is a highly efficient conglomeration of light-emitting diodes in the form of a normal-looking bulb. A consumer can now replace incandescent lamps with interchangeable LED bulbs, which range in color from warm yellow to cool blue. One product on the market, the Philips Soft White LED light bulb, provides the equivalent of 60 watts of light while using only 12 watts of energy—all while approximating the cozy glow of a traditional incandescent bulb. It produces lumens equivalent to a 60-watt bulb and has a life of 25,000 hours. The catch? It costs $40. Yet designers and lighting enthusiasts agree that the LED, which can last for up to 25 years, is the ultimate light of the future. The diodes use little power, radiate little heat and, because they are resistant to shock, vibration, heat and cold, are low-maintenance and suitable for almost any environment. Progressive Californians, including local designers such as Johnson, are using the shift in light standards to try out new and ever-improving technologies. Last month the ¨ &

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HOME & GARDEN LIGHT FLIGHT Westside lighting store IlluminĂŠe hosted a “light tastingâ€? featuring sleek new LED fixtures. “We’re at the dawn of a whole new age of energy efficiency, and the LEDs are going to be a big part of that,â€? says Johnson. In preparation for a green future, Johnson is currently hard at work designing fixtures for LED lamps in addition to halogen and fluorescent lamps. Working with Lumenetix of Scotts Valley, an LED manufacturer, Johnson designs lamps that approximate the warm, homey glow of incandescence using LED

technology. His ultimate goal is to create lights that meet California building code requirements for dedicated fluorescent lighting (meaning the fixtures won’t accept just any bulb) in kitchens and bathrooms, but bypassing fluorescents altogether. Lumenetix, unique in making a dedicated LED light, is an ideal partner. “I’ve got three light fixtures right now that I’ve designed using their elements, and more coming up,� says Johnson. Looks like at least one bright idea is working out.

Deposit Security Revamp your rental and still get your deposit back

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N THE MINDS of most renters, interior design is the Eden-like province of homeowners. Time and again, the looming threat of losing one’s security deposit keeps tenants in the live-in equivalent of a hospital room—white walls, sterile dÊcor, few or no design elements whatsoever and a TV in the corner. But it doesn’t have to be this way. There are some cheap and easy methods of basic design that can ameliorate Ugly Rental Syndrome. Starting with the basics, there’s the important issue of wall color. The majority of renters are terrified of painting their walls, not only because it can turn into an expensive item on a security-deposit refund tally, but because it’s also the most obvious change. But if walls can become indigo blue or banana yellow or striped green with purple polka-dots, then they can easily become white again. Depending on the size of the unit, a basic painting job usually only takes about a day, and there’s no reason not to set aside another day at moveout to paint the walls primer gray

and then back to their original color. You’ll thank yourself, especially if you’re planning on living there for a while, and it can also take care of wall scuffs or holes that might end up being deducted from your deposit. Another basic problem is wires, those pesky exposed power cords lumpily shoved under throw rugs or poorly hidden by houseplants. In an increasingly wireless age, the sight of jumbled wires everywhere comes off as gauche and claustrophobic. How about getting them out of sight completely? Speaker wire, firewire cables and phone lines can be easily run underneath the floor, and all it takes is a drill and a willingness to brave the crawlspace. Pry the baseboard and/or carpet off with a crowbar where the wires will both disappear and reappear, drill a hole large enough to accommodate the wires directly where wall meets floor (angling the drill downward, naturally), and position a flashlight shining down the holes for easy visibility. Underneath the house, inching along the dirty ground, pull the wires from one hole to the other and wriggle back to the land of the living to reattach the carpet or

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baseboard back inside. Follow these steps backwards upon move-out, and you’ll live pleasantly without wires hanging off every wall and bordering every room; plus, the concealed holes will be invisible during the walkthrough. Sometimes a space requires wall shelving, but the resulting holes in the wall would be a dead giveaway. Amazingly, landlords rarely inspect ceilings for damage, which is important to know when modifying a unit. Shelves that are hung from the ceiling by a chain, for example, are much less of a liability than wall shelves, and they look unique. What about that treacherously ugly faucet—plastic spiky knob and all—that you’re dying to get rid of ? Walk down any hardware store fixture aisle and you’ll be dismayed to find that the shower heads and faucets used in rental units are always the cheapest and flimsiest. If it’s worth the money to you to change the fixtures—swapping them back, naturally, when you move out—then you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to do it yourself. Get a good wrench, some plumber’s tape, plumber’s putty and a little bit of know-how, and you can keep the same goodlookin’ fixtures with you wherever you may move. (As for that “know-how�: The

book is out of print, but used copies of Time-Life’s Complete Fix-ItYourself Manual can be widely found for under $10 online, and no house should be without it. Its chapters on appliances, plumbing, electricity and home electronics are written and illustrated in the simplest, easiest-tounderstand way, and can save you the humiliating annoyance of calling the evil landlord and dealing with bumbling repairmen for basic fixes.) Even getting rid of the smallest and seemingly unobtrusive ugliness can make a healthy difference to a room when inexpensively swapped. A close examination of gaudy light switch covers, dingy cabinet handles or tacky glass lighting domes can reveal an easy, low-impact solution to sprucing up and modernizing your personal space. New stainless steel towel holders, for example, are cheap, and replacing those bulbous oak monstrosities along your merry renting way will make you happier than you can imagine. Rental units may belong to someone else, but ultimately it’s the place where you live. With a few simple steps, a fearless but smart approach and a couple hundred dollars, an otherwise imposing hospital room can be transformed into a cozy home—and that’s something everyone deserves. 0

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THE DEVIL Makes Three has been spoiled by good audiences. As in, crazy good. That’s the same adjective guitarist and lead singer Pete Bernhard uses to describe the vibe at some of the band’s current West Coast tour dates. In Portland, where he’s calling from, they sold out the 800-seat Wonder Ballroom, and two nights before that, fans were bum rushing the stage when they played to 1,000 people in Humboldt County. “It was complete mayhem,� says Bernhard. “Like, Santa Cruz insane.� Indeed, it was Santa Cruz where the band got its first taste of unhinged audiences. After forming here eight years ago, they quickly developed a rabid following with little time for petty issues like personal space. “Now when we get a quiet, normal audience, we’re like ‘Don’t you like us?’� says Bernhard with a laugh. Of course, their audiences’ raw energy is merely a reflection of the Devil Makes Three’s music itself. The band has always made acoustic music for the adrenaline junkie, a timeless brand of Americana that on the one hand sounds more punk than half of the latter-day punk bands, but on the other hand recalls a time when “punks� lived in the mountains,

bootlegged whiskey and didn’t have a lot of teeth. The same quality that has helped them to connect with audiences for years is now getting them noticed on a larger stage. In 2010, they got their first national TV exposure when they were invited onto IFC’s Dinner With the Band. They played the Bonaroo and Outside Lands festivals last summer, and will play the Newport Folk Festival in July. For better or for worse, chaos is an integral part of the band’s process; especially now that they tend to break most of their time into short, sharp bursts. Bernhard, bassist Lucia Turino and banjo player Cooper McBean will often take several months off (five, before this current tour) during which time they’ll write independently. Then two weeks or so before a tour they’ll come together to practice and work up the new material before hitting the road. “It’s a little bit hectic,� admits Bernhard. “When we tour, it’s pretty intense.� The band is changing things up a bit this time, he says, by bringing the new material out on the road with them. “On this tour we’re playing new songs every night. That’s sort of a new thing for us,� he says. Among the new songs the DM3 are playing on this tour is “He Calls That Religion,� a song originally done by the Mississippi Sheiks in the 1920s. “It’s sort of a cover song, except I re-wrote all the lyrics,� says Bernhard. He believes the time is ripe for the sly assault on religious hypocrisy, in which (in the original, at least) the local preacher hits on the singer’s wife, among other indulgences, before the immortal line “Well, he

WICKED GOOD The Devil Makes Three comes out of its Northeastern hidey-holes to rock the Cat once more. called that religion/But I know he goin’ to hell when he dies.� “There’s so many great preacher scandals right now,� he says. Another, untitled new song sees the band branching into yet another genre: Sam Cooke–type soul. And a third, “This Life,� is a classic our-lifeas-a-band tale. “It’s all about how what we do is somewhat insane, but we all love it a lot,� says Bernhard. There’s that element of psychosis again. On this tour, the craziness will be documented for a live album by Carl Derfler, best known for his work with Tom Waits, Talking Heads and the Who. It’s got Bernhard thinking about

going back into the studio, and how he’d like to make a record that goes beyond capturing the energy of their shows—the as-yet-elusive Devil Makes Three record that he’d want to see stand as their legacy. “I really think the Devil Makes Three has not made their best album yet,� he says. “We’re ready to make that record now.�

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Figaro outwits those with power and rank on birth, but not on worth in this steamy French farce. FriSat, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru May 8. $12-$18. Cabrillo Black Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

2/<13 Santa Cruz Dance Week The festivities continue with performances across the county and open classes. Thru Apr 29. Check www.santacruzdance.com for schedule.

Victor in Shadow A new play with music by Lakin Valdez, based on the life and art of Chilean activist and folk singer Victor Jara. ThuSat, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru May 8. $12 adv/$15 door. El Teatro Campesino, 705 Fourth St, San Juan Bautista, 831.623.2444.

B63/B3@ Bug A cocktail waitress’ slow descent into insanity under the influence of an AWOL vet. Winner of 2004 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play. Fri-Sat, 8pm. $20. Paper Wing Theater, 320 Hoffman Ave, Monterey, 831.905.5684.

1=<13@BA Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles The 12-member all-female mariachi band brings the sensitivity, beauty and warmth of Mexico’s musical heritage to life. Wed, May 4, 7:30pm. $23$33. World Theater, CSU Monterey Bay, Sixth Ave, Seaside, 831.582.4580.

Forbidden Broadway PacRep presents a musical comedy lampooning musical theatre from “A Chorus Line� and “Chicago� to “Annie,� “Fiddler� and “Les Mis.� Thu-Sat, 7:30pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru May 1. $20-$38. Golden Bough Theatre, Monte Verde between Eighth and Ninth streets, Carmel-by-the-Sea, 831.622.0100.

The Picasso Ensemble Featured performers are Susan C. Brown, violin, viola, Josephine Gandolfi, piano, Victoria Ehrlich, cello, Wendy Hillhouse, mezzo-soprano, and Ray Brown, piano. Sun, May 1, 3pm. $7-$13. Cabrillo College Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6464.

I Hate Hamlet A TV actor from Los Angeles is regretting his decision to play Hamlet on the New York stage when the ghost of John Barrymore—the greatest Hamlet ever—suddenly appears to guide him to glory. Fri-Sat, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru May 8. $16-$20. Park Hall, 9370 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.

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Art ;CA3C;A 1=<B7<C7<5 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Big Creek Pottery: Social History of a Visual Idea, 1967-1983. An exhibit featuring more than 70 vessels made at or brought to the Big Creek workshops by visiting master potters and the founders, plus a photo collection documenting the school at its beginnings along with workshop experiences and writings by workshop leaders and students at Big Creek. Thru Jul 17. $2-$5. The Art of Nature: works from the Northern California Guild of Natural Science Illustrators. The museum welcomes back the Northern California chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI). The exhibit will include over 60 works depicting the flora and fauna of Northern California, from moon snails to mountain lions, roses to red tides. Thru Jun 4. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

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Ghostface Killah While other Wu-Tang alumni descend into caricatures, Ghostface remains a vital exception. Apr 29 at Mezzanine.

Mark McGuire Member of Emeralds and pioneering hero in underground noise circles. May 3 at Hemlock Tavern. More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, with its rousing fourth movement chorus, features one of the most widely recognized classical tunes in popular culture, and as such has found a place in weddings and screwball comedies along with concert halls and cathedrals. The Santa Cruz County Symphony teams up with the Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus and four distinguished soloists, among them soprano Anja Strauss (above), for a stirring performance of this remarkable piece, which was composed after Beethoven had gone deaf. Saturday, April 30 at 8pm, Civic Auditorium, 300 Church St., Santa Cruz; and Sunday, May 1 at 2pm, Mello Center, 250 E. Beach St., Watsonville. Tickets $20-$65 at 831.420.5260.

Santa Cruz Clay 2011. 28 local potters and clay artists will display and sell their work. Sat, Apr 30, 11am5pm. Free. 3535 N. Main St, Soquel, 831.475.2258.

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Davenport Gallery Landscapes. Featuring photographs, paintings, prints, sculpture and pastels portraying the beauty of the California coast through the eyes of 12 local artists. Artists’ reception Saturday, April 9, 3-6pm. Thru Apr 30. Free. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

John Maxon Within and Without. Oil landscapes depicting the spectacular topography of the Northern California Coast. Thru Apr 30. Free. Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm; weekdays by appointment. 1111 River St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5500.

Santa Cruz County Bank Celebrate Santa Cruz County. Over 100 images celebrating our rich agricultural heritage, locally owned businesses, architecture from the past and present, plus a special tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Boardwalk’s Looff Carousel. Artists’ reception 5:30-7:30pm, Tue, April 26. Thru Jul 1. Free. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

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One’s Own Voice. Ceramic sculpture from the studio of Coeleen Kiebert. Thru May 1. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

14th Annual Youth Art Show. Featuring work by the community’s budding young artists. Thru Apr 30.

Free., 831.336.3513. WedSun, noon-6pm. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios The Art of Vinyl. An exhibit of record cover art in honor of Record Store Day, April 16. Thru Apr 30. Free. 118 Coral St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7277.

Sesnon Gallery Time Lapse: 1971-2011. The Sesnon Gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary by featuring works by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Gaza Bowen, Eduardo Carrillo, Binh Danh, Richard Diebenkorn, Charles Griffin Farr, Fluxus Artists, Robert Frank, Rupert Garcia, Robert Heinecken, David Ireland, Komar & Melamid, Dinh Q. Le, Norman Locks, Hung Liu, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Douglas McClellan, Jennifer Parker & Tina Takemoto, Jennifer Pepper, Pablo Picasso, Jock Reynolds & Suzanne Hellmuth, Holly Roberts, Raymond Saunders, Hank Willis, Thomas & Kambui Olujimi, Don Weygandt, Dondi White and Jack Zajac. Thru May 7. Free. UCSC, Porter College, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2273.

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21st Annual Pacific Coast Dream Machines Show Half Moon Bay’s spectacular showcase of motorized mechanical marvels from throughout the 20th and 21st centuries—more than 2,000 antique, vintage, classic, custom and exotic displays for public viewing. Sun, May 1, 10am-4pm. $10-$20. Half Moon Bay Airport, off Highway 1, about 20 miles south of San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, 650.726.2328.

27th Annual California Indian Market & Peace Pow Wow Celebrating World Cultures A festival featuring arts & crafts, dancers, drums and native food. Sat-Sun, 10am-7pm. Thru May 1. $1 donation. San Juan Bautista Elementary School Lot on the Alameda, Highway 101 to 156 East Intersection and the Alameda, San Juan Bautista, 831.469.3724.

A really big rummage sale with items old and new, hand-crafted and re-treated, jewelry to household, everything you can imagine. Sat-Sun, 10am-3pm. Thru May 1. Free. Market Street Senior Center, 222 Market St, Santa Cruz, 831.423.6640.

Brunch on the Top of the MAH A brunch will be served in the Museum’s Blanchard Sculpture Garden, and there will be a tour of the current exhibitions. Sun, May 1, 10am and 1pm. $40. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

Eat Your Own Backyard Workshop Practical training to start growing beautiful nutritious food in your own backyard. Sat, Apr 30, 11am-4pm. $47. Maha Mandala Homestead, 2591 Mattison Lane, Santa Cruz, 831.464.9664.

India Joze Flower Festival A cornucopia of poetry, live music and food. The

ten-item menu features Rose Geranium and Strawberry Elixir, Elder Flower Fritters, Thai Mushrooms and Day Lilies in Butter Lettuce Cups, Date and Lemon Flower Tarts and more. Lemon Verbena Shortbread Sun, May 1, 4-8pm. $45. 418 Project, 418 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.325.3633.

Jim Greiner’s Rhythm Power Workshop The Santa Cruz Countybased percussionist and educator will conduct one of his award-winning hand drumming workshops. Sat, Apr 30, 1-3:30pm. $30. 831.462.3786.

KIA Honor Run To honor local heroes who were killed in action. Sat, Apr 30, 10am. $25 suggested donation. J&S Surplus, Hwy 1 at Struve Rd., Moss Landing, 831.521.1089.

Love Apple Farm’s Annual Tomato Seedling Sale A free day of workshops and seminars by Love Apple Farm owner and local tomato expert Cynthia Sandberg, and a seedling sale with over 100 varieties of heirloom and hybrid tomatoes. Sat, Apr 30, 10am-4pm. Free. Knox Garden Box, 46 El Pueblo Rd, Scotts Valley.

A one-day science illustration class will give attendees the tools to create their own personal record of a day spent observing the natural world. Sat, Apr 30, 11am-4pm. Members $50/ General $65. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6115.

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Attendees can plant a seed for Earth Day, watch living history demonstrations, get composting information and enjoy refreshments. Sat, Apr 30, 11am-3pm. Free. Wilder Ranch State Park, 1401 Coast Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.426.0505.

47:; Jazz on Film Three documentary films that encompass a wide spectrum of music. On Fri, Apr 29 at 7:30pm Rejoice and Shout and on Sat, Apr 30 at 7pm a double feature: Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way and Icons Among Us: Jazz In the Present Tense. Fri-Sat Thru Apr 30. $10.50. Del Mar Theater, 1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.469.3220.

Legends of the Canyon A film documenting on the late 1960’s cultural explosion among artists living in LA’s Laurel Canyon, narrated by rock & roll photographer Henry Diltz. Sat, Apr 30, 6:30pm. $10-$45. Digital Media Factory, 2809 Mission St Extension, Santa Cruz, 831.427.1785.

Reel Work Labor Film Festival Films include Locked Out, The Dark Side of Chocolate, Triangle Fire, Cradle Will Rock, Inside Job, Freedom Riders and more. Check website for venues and times: www.reelwork.org. Thru May 1.

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Claudia Rankine The author of four collections of poetry, including Nothing in Nature is Private, which received the Cleveland State Poetry Prize, will appear as part of UCSC’s Living Writers Series. Thu, Apr 28, 6-7:45pm. Free. Humanities Lecture Hall, UC-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz.

Dining for Women: An Evening with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Enjoy refreshments, a special reading and Q&A

with the author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana. Thu, Apr 28, 8:30pm. $20. Satellite Telework Centers, 6265 Hwy 9, Felton, 831.423.0900.

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.

Kathleen Lois Barry The author of Unmaking War, Remaking Men: How Empathy Can Reshape Our Politics, Our Soldiers, and Ourselves will read and sign copies of her latest work. Thu, Apr 28, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415 .

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Peggy Heinrich, Adrienne Momi, Don Rothman and Joseph Truskot. Tue, May 3, 7pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Noah Levine The Buddhist teacher, counselor and author of Dharma Punx and Against the Stream will read and sign copies of his new book, The Heart of the Revolution: The Buddha’s Radical Teachings on Forgiveness, Compassion and Kindness. Sat, Apr 30, 7:30pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

:31BC@3A Meeting of the Monterey Bay Branch of the USGBC The presentation “Tracking & Trading Carbon� will feature speakers James Barsimantov and Dustin Mulvaney, Principals of EcoShift Consulting, and Kristin Cushman, Executive Director of the Offset Project. Wed, May 4, 5:308pm. $15-$20. Monterey College of Law, 404 West Franklin Street, Monterey.

Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment Reading and discussion of Mazin Qumsiyeh’s book of the same name. Wed, Apr 27, 7:30-9pm. $5$10 donation suggested. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.457.8003.

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

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6/;:3B7<5 7B C> HAMLET certainly knows what it is to grapple with self-doubt. In Mountain Community Theater’s production of Paul Rudnick’s I Hate Hamlet, the actor behind tragedy’s greatest hero does, too. For a two-week run starting this Friday, a talented cast and dedicated crew at the Mountain Community Theater bring to life this “ghostly comedyâ€? about love, ambition, money and, yes, Shakespeare. During a break between busy rehearsals, director Steve Brenner explains why he has wanted to put it on for some time. “It’s about acting; it explains the fire that drives people to be actors,â€? Brenner says. He particularly enjoys the play because of its humor, clever dialogue and dueling scene. I Hate Hamlet features a reluctant hero, the TV star Andrew Rally (Shane Johnson), who begins to have second thoughts about his big break of playing the ultimate tragic hero in New York City’s famous Shakespeare in the Park. Fortunately for Rally, the swordfighting ghost of John Barrymore (Michael LaMère), one of the greatest Hamlets the stage has ever seen, attempts to convince Rally that it was worth leaving L.A. and his devoutly virginal, Shakespeare-obsessed girlfriend to perform the role of a lifetime. The cast also includes local talents Jessica Alder, Lee Ann Gray, Marty Lee Jones and Rita Wadsworth. Brenner says that it’s not at all necessary for an audience member to be familiar with the original drama to enjoy I Hate Hamlet. Rather than another Hamlet, he explains, the piece is “a hilarious look at someone reaching for greatness while grappling with selfdoubt.â€? (Maya Weeks)

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Touched By Adoption Group 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.

Turning Crisis into Opportunity An ongoing group exploring how changing one’s perception can change

one’s life experience. Overcome fears and blocks, clear emotional baggage and grow in wisdom, health and joy. Thu, Apr 28, 6:308pm. Free. Divinitree Yoga, 1043b Water Street, Santa Cruz, 831.359.0423.

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.

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Combining the irresistibly danceable, Northern Soul sounds of local-goneinternational sensation the Inciters with the hot-stepping, firebrand soul of the Satisfactions, the Soul Dance Explosion is shaping up to be a hipswinging, floor-shaking, strap-on-thedancing-shoes good time. Complete with lots of horns, sweet harmonies, ace rhythm and guitar work, and a deep repertoire of jump blues and soul grooves, these two outfits are capable of bringing enough funk to lift the lid right off the joint. Don Quixote’s; $8; 8pm. (CJ)

Funneling Cambodian pop songs from the 1960s through a fuzz-laden and reverb-y filter of western garage psychedelia, Dengue Fever is a one-off outfit of unparalleled style. Formed in 2001 by two American brothers with an appreciation for Cambodian music, the band struck gold with the discovery of Khmer-speaking, one-time pop star Chhom Nimol, who became the voice and face of Dengue Fever and has fronted the band through its steady ascent from L.A. underground novelty to internationally recognized cross-cultural sensation. Moe’s Alley; $15; 8:30pm. (Cat Johnson)

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ONLY AN idiot would claim that violence can make the world a better place, but you’d have to be similarly idiotic to claim that violence doesn’t make the world feel better. That’s the troublesome equation In a Better World has to face. In a small town on an Danish island watched over by slowly turning windmills, a pair of young boys are caught in a downward spiral of trouble. They’re the children of conflicted parents. Christian (William Jøhnk Nielsen) is the son of a rich but cold Swede. Ulrich Thomsen, who plays the father, looks a lot like Olivier made up as Hamlet. With economy, director Susanne Bier shows us the source of Christian’s wrath: the boy thumbs through a sheaf of photos of his mother. In the last one she is pale and bald from stage four cancer. Christian’s friend from school is an undersized kid named Elias (Markus Rygaard) whose parents are separated, but may get back together—which is more traumatic than a clean break. When Christian gets some collateral bullying for being the new kid in school, the Swedish child handles it in a way any victim of bullies will enjoy: he dry-gulches his tormentor in the boy’s room, beats him, holds a Rambo knife to his throat and advises him to lay off. Give it credit: In a Better World admits this method works, even if it’s

MOTHERS AND SONS Markus Rygaard is the troubled schoolboy Elias and Trine Dyrholm is Marianne, his just-separated mother, in ‘In a Better World,’ opening Friday. perhaps morally wrong and it can be escalated. For a reverse angle, we cut to a few thousand miles away: Elias’s father, Anton (Mikael Persbrandt), is a volunteer doctor in a war zone in Darfur. There he’s patching up victims of atrocities. The job gets tougher when he’s asked to treat the injured warlord responsible. That’s one moral choice, and the doctor soon faces another. During a short trip back home, Anton is roughed up by a vicious local mechanic. He decides to use the incident as a moment to teach his kids the importance of nonviolence. This winner of the best foreign film Oscar is generally well acted, even if it looks like the kind of drama they’d have if Ikea was a multiplex. It’s Persbrandt’s job to embody the tensile strength of pacifism: what it costs and what’s it’s worth. He has multiple tattoos, and he’s a scruffy, rangy man: he’s the calm center in a film

of violence and violent emotions. It’s an odd movie by a female director, in that it states that forgiveness is a man’s job, as the third act reveals. It’s refreshing to see Bier’s faith in social melodrama—where else does this persist besides Scandinavia? We probably haven’t gotten anything that looked like this since Stanley Kramer was making his social-trouble films. And she insists on dark undertones in a society that sometimes looks like an unusually tense Audi commercial. I’m not trying to pigeon-hole Bier as a regional filmmaker—but one of the qualities of post-Dogme film, just as in Dogme, is the artificially symmetrical tragedy: Tit always equals tat. Example: the one really unregenerate villain in In a Better World is helpfully scarfaced, and he cackles over his misdeeds right at a key moment. That’s to make it easier for even the most qualm-ridden when he goes the way of all villains. But who is really that qualm-ridden? Quakers?

Bier could have gotten rougher. She could have muddied the motives. The morality lesson is dreadfully smooth. Some viewers may be old enough to remember the pacifist vigilante Billy Jack, who used to explore every possible avenue of compromise before karate-chopping a racist. In those movies, our better selves were catered to before our worst selves got what we were looking for. In a Better World has a visual symbol of what it’s like to throw yourself into the void of rage, with the boys playing on top of a high silo, getting as close to plummeting as they can. But the allure of that plummet—of the red, juicy taste of fury—is missing.

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BROADWAY MUSICAL MEMPHIS (Unrated; 150 min.) Winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Musical about the forbidden love between a white radio DJ and a black singer in an underground club in ’50s Tennessee. (Sunday and Tuesday at Santa Cruz 9) EXCALIBUR (1981) The fantasy film chronicling the trials and tribulations of King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot and the Knights of the Roundtable in the mythic land of Camelot. Starring Nigel Terry, Nicholas Clay and Helen Mirren. (SatSun at Aptos) FAST FIVE (PG-13; 130 min.) In the fifth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise, Brian (Paul Walker)

springs Dom (Vin Diesel) from prison and the crew lights out for South America. Upon arrival, they find themselves caught between a brutal drug dealer and an unrelenting federal agent. (Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz 9)

HOODWINKED TOO (PG; 85 min.) Red Riding Hood and the Wolf are called to investigate the disappearance of Hansel and Gretel. With the voices of Glenn Close, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Amy Poehler, Bill Hader and more. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley) IN A BETTER WORLD (R; 127 min.) See review, page 33. (Opens Fri at the Nickelodeon) THE LIFE AQUATIC (2004) Classic Wes Anderson

SHOWTIMES

parody/drama stars Bill Murray as Steve Zissou, a self-important oceanographer and documentarian out to avenge the death of his best friend at the jaws of a “Jaguar shark� with the help of a ragtag crew of eccentrics and lost souls. With Owen Wilson, Willem Dafoe, Cate Blanchett. (Fri-Sat midnight at Del Mar)

THE MET: IL TROVATORE (NR; 165 min.) Verdi’s complex opera about love in the time of the Spanish Civil War is staged in all its difficulty. With Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo à lvarez and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. (Sat at Santa Cruz 9) MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) Monty Python’s first cinematic hit parodies the King Arthur legend with

Movie reviews by Tessa Stuart and Richard von Busack

a troupe of knights who embark on a low-budget mission to find the Holy Grail, encountering killer rabbits, the plague and three-headed giants along the way. (Thu at Santa Cruz 9)

PROM (PG; 111 min.) Director Joe Nussbaum (American Pie: The Naked Mile) chronicles a slew of high school students getting ready for the big dance. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9, Green Valley and Aptos) RACE TO NOWHERE (2009) Documentary about the pressure high school students feel to achieve and the toll it takes on their happiness. (Tuesday at Aptos) THOR (PG-13; 114 min.) Kenneth Branagh directs Marvel Studios’ adaptation

of the Norse legend. The arrogant god of thunder (Chris Hemsworth) is cast out of Asgard and banished to the human realm, where a nurse (Natalie Portman) falls in love with him and he kicks some mortal ass. With Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins and Rene Russo as the other gods. (Opens Thu midnight at 41st Ave)

WINTER IN WARTIME (2008) Dutch drama directed by Martin Koolhoven stars Martijn Lakemeier as Michiel, a 14-year-old boy who joins the Nazi Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded British soldier. As the war reaches its ugly end, his illusions are peeled away one by one. (Opens Fri at Nickelodeon)

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AFRICAN CATS (G; 89 min.) Disneynature’s live-action film following two families of African lions as they raise their cubs; narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. ARTHUR (PG-13, 110 MIN.) In this above-all unfunny remake of the 1981 comedy, Russell Brand plays a wacky drunken billionaire in Manhattan who covets the one thing money can’t buy, a girl from Queens (Greta Gerwig, whose slowon-the-uptake reacting and summery wardrobe are delightful). Meanwhile, Arthur’s tyrant mother is insisting that he marry a vicious heiress (Jennifer Garner). The film suffers for being a vehicle for Brand, who appears in almost every scene. He’s long and tall and wears the expensive clothes well, but there’s no comedic poetry in his motion. Helen Mirren and Nick Nolte try to keep the movie alive, but director Jason Winer, a TV vet, prefers the onething-after-another style of comedy. One joke, about a large diamond being “an ice rink for mice,� sums up the limits of the plot, which seems just about that wide and that deep. (RvB) THE CONSPIRATOR (PG-13; 123 min.) Robert Redford’s The Conspirator is one of those pieces of history that Howard Zinn liked to unearth. It’s a shameful episode and it deserves to be remembered. After Lincoln’s assassination at the hands of John Wilkes Booth (Toby Kebbell), accused accessories are rounded up. Caught in the dragnet is one female prisoner: the landlady Mrs. Mary Surratt (Robin Wright), whose son had been in cahoots with Booth. She refuses to inform. The trial of the conspirators was a military tribunal, on the grounds that Lincoln was a military commander himself. But is this movie really about 1865? Throughout, we can feel Redford whispering in our ear: “This suspension of rights—remarkable how it anticipates Gitmo. And the hooding of prisoners is like Abu Ghraib. Did you notice the parallels?� (RvB) HANNA (PG-13, 105 min.) Dressed in a fur wardrobe and living in the

permafrost, Hanna (the icy Saoirse Ronan) was raised to kill; her ex-assassin father (Eric Bana) raises her with the motto “adapt or die.� She turns 16, and Dad’s idea of a debutante party is to contact the CIA, which has been seeking Hanna since birth with the intent of rubbing her out. Evil intelligence agent Marissa (Cate Blanchett), as motivelessly evil as a wicked stepmother, chases the girl across Europe; so does a trio of theatrical German goons, with their own evil music-box tune by the Chemical Brothers. Director Joe Wright (Atonement) sensibly adds some art-house cachet to the butt-kicking action. Considering the Girl Who Brought People Back to the Art Houses trilogy, it’s a smart commercial tactic. This weirdly artsy mash of Jack London and Alias is meant as a pleasure machine, but it’s an oddly dour thrill ride that insists on repetitive training over the free-style adaptation it claims is the only key to survival. (RvB)

HOP (PG; 95 min.) A holiday-themed CGI/live action hybrid. E.B. (Russell Brand), teenage son of the Easter Bunny, shocks everyone when, instead of following his father (Hugh Laurie of TV’s House) into the family business, he lights out for Hollywood to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a rock & roll drummer. He is forced to return to Easter Island with his new roommate (James Marsden) in tow when an evil chick, Carlos (Hank Azaria), attempts to usurp the holiday. I AM (Unrated; 76 min.) Director Tom Shadyac (Ace Ventura, etc.) tells of how a bad fall from a bicycle left him with post-concussion syndrome. When he recovered, he decided to make a film about the essential problems of the world. Shadyac put a microphone in front of some renowned people: Rumi scholar Coleman Barks, Desmond Tutu and populist radio host Thom Hartmann, among them. Shadyac is sincere, but this is a twirl through the kind of Northern California crypto-physics that proves loving attitudes in our hearts can magnetically

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JANE EYRE (PG-13; 121 min.) Atmospheric yet unself-conscious version by Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre), perhaps the best film of the novel ever. Moira Buffini’s script makes the smart choice of circumventing Jane’s horrifying school years and starting the story after Jane leaves Thornfield. Mia Wasikowska, pale, hair tightly braided and dyed a dull brick-red, embodies the fine bones and honesty of the bravest of Gothic heroines. While no one beats Orson Welles, Michael Fassbender’s study of the proud yet internally crumbling Rochester takes this character out of the realm of the theatrical and into realism. A combination of popularity and rare talent is what you hope for in a film. And a young audience that associates Gothic lit with the massmarket paperback will be exposed to a story rich with depths and cross currents: it’s dreamy, tragic, completely fulfilling. (RvB) 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.

MADEA’S BIG HAPPY FAMILY (PG-13; 153 min.) Tyler Perry once more dons drag and the persona of the wisecracking matriarch Madea, who has been asked by her niece to gather the family in order to share some unsettling news about her health. RIO (PG; 96 min.) Blu, a modest macaw from Minnesota, sets off on a madcap adventure tailing the bird of his dreams to Brazil in this 3D animated film from Pixar. SCREAM 4 (R; 103min.) Ten years after Westboro was first terrorized by a series of brutal murders, a killer with particular interest in

harassing Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) is on the loose again. Deputy Dewey (David Arquette) and reporter Gale Weathers (Courtney Cox) will again investigate the events, but this time they’re in 3D.

SOUL SURFER (PG; 105 min.) Based on the true story of Bethany Hamilton (Anna Sophia Robb), a teenager from the North Shore of Hawaii who is on her way to becoming a pro surfer when a shark attack claims her left arm. She learns to surf again and triumphantly returns to the waves. SOURCE CODE (PG-13; 93 min.) A commuter train bound for Chicago has a bomb on it. Because of one of those new time/ space-warping devices the U.S. military keeps around, they can beam an officer named Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) back to try to find the bomber. Stevens’ control is Coleen Goodwin (Vera Farmiga). She’s a mere presence on a video screen. The timetraveling officer takes his orders from her, bunkered in a remote undisclosed location, wired up like a test monkey. The stage

is set handsomely, then, and the twisting begins: Groundhog Day meets La JetÊe, with a nice little garnish of The Manchurian Candidate. During his cycles into the past, Colter becomes fixated on a girl on the train (Michelle Monaghan). She becomes a human stake in what will happen if the train evaporates into a fireball—as it does more than once. When finding an escape route out of a seemingly inescapable situation, the movie doesn’t cheat. (RvB)

SUPER (Unrated; 96 min.) An ordinary guy (Rainn Wilson, a.k.a. The Office’s Dwight) turns himself into a costumed crusader called the Crimson Bolt in hopes of wrenching his wife (Liv Tyler) from the clutches of her drug dealer. Mayhem ensues when the local comic book store clerk (Ellen Page) decides she is going to be his sidekick. WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (PG-13; 122 min.) A veterinary student (Robert Pattinson) suffers a minor breakdown following the death of his parents and joins a traveling circus,

where he cares for the animals and falls in love with the show’s star (Reese Witherspoon).

WIN WIN (R; 106 min.) Paul Giamatti plays Mike Flaherty, a down-on-hisluck attorney moonlighting as a high school wrestling coach when he discovers an exceptionally gifted athlete. Suddenly it looks like all of his personal and professional losing streaks are at their end—that is, until the kid’s mom is released from lock-up and free to ruin everything. YOUR HIGHNESS (R; 102 min.) The dashing Prince Fabious (James Franco) embarks on a quest to retrieve his kidnapped fiancÊe (Zooey Deschanel) with the help of his good-for-nothing brother Thadeous (Danny McBride) in this medieval romp replete with ye olde dialogue and many a cannabis-themed comedic rip (your highness—get it?!). Also starring Natalie Portman as a woman warrior who whips the brothers into shape.

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The management has poured loads of labor and theme eye candy into this lofty makeover of the former Vida, and a very large staff of friendly young women makes sure that every giant Coca-Cola glass is kept full. Expanding on the familiar Betty’s menu— a line-up of burgers in all shades of meat and faux meat—the new store offers a few more dinner options, including fried chicken, chile and pulled pork on a mound of greens. It’s really a deconstructed burger without the bun. In fact, all of the house burgers are available without the bun (called “bareback style�) in a nice concession to the growing trend away from mega-carbs. A full bar with comfy turquoise bar stools beckons. I visited last week for a taste. And here’s the deal: Still in its infancy, Betty’s has a ways to go. French fries concocted without any trans fats—awesome. But “no trans fat� shouldn’t have to mean lackluster flavor. And, sadly, my overcooked cheeseburger ($6.70) was missing the robust attitude I was hoping for in what should have been a destination burger. That’s what Betty’s is all about, isn’t it? That said, people will no doubt love this place.

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Diner’s Guide

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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.

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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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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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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.

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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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