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5==2 5C:16 IN RESPONSE to the emotional arguments against the Arana Gulch path project (“Pork and Arana,� Posts, July 6): 1) the proposed asphalt path will be a very minuscule part of the park area and will protect the heavily eroding soil from further damage due to present human activity; 2) an asphalt path will provide wheelchair access, not now available, for our community’s physically challenged individuals, as the park is there for all of us to enjoy; 3) just as the West Cliff Drive asphalt path allows us to walk, bike, skate, etc., while enjoying the beauty of Monterey Bay, so too will the much smaller-scaled multi-purposed

path through Arana Gulch protect its beauty while giving us all a safer mobility alternative. It’s a win-win project with communitywide support, so let’s get on with it! Wandis Wilcox Aptos

D3BA 6/:: / B@3/AC@3 I was very pleased to see that funds have been allocated to repair and reopen the Veterans Hall in downtown Santa Cruz. I participate in a weekly singing/informationsharing hour in front of the building each Wednesday morning at 10am. Everyone

is invited to join us. In this same spirit of openness, the Vets Hall has been the home of innumerable community activities such as contra dances, tai chi, free Thanksgiving feasts, Cabrillo classes, etc. This historic building has been sorely missed by hundreds of groups who enjoyed the beautiful rooms and convenient central location next to the Post Office. And of course the countless valuable contributions the veterans (who were located there) have made to the community and country cannot be ignored. I am urging that the renovation begin as soon as possible. The longer the building sits, the more problems appear, such as mildew, deterioration, etc. It is my hope, and that of many others, that this city treasure be returned to the public in a timely manner. Robby Labovitz Santa Cruz County

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Bull Market, Bear Market AWASH with monuments, landmarks and statues, Santa Cruz is no slouch when it comes to celebrating its rich cultural history. But one of the most endearing (and forgotten corners) of our past has been sadly overlooked. Until now. Fortunately, a historical society has stepped forward to right this error. Last month, “El Viceroy Marques de Branciforte Chapter 1797� dedicated a monument and bronze plaque to commemorate a bull- and bear-fighting ring once located where San Lorenzo Park now exists. Perhaps it is not too late to correct a tiny error on the history buffs’ plaque. The correct term (used since Elizabethan times) for that latter blood sport is “bearbaiting.� The excitement begins when a bear is chained to a stake in the middle of the ring. Dogs are loosed

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Stormy Whether Were the March storms a disaster? FEMA says no—because there were too many of them.

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“I regret that we could not respond favorably to your request. Sincerely, W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency,� read the rejection letter, sent in June. It was a pleasant enough way of saying, “Sorry about that $38 million—but good luck with your budget!� The letter, addressed to Gov. Jerry Brown, was responding to the state’s request for the federal government to categorize as a major disaster the storms that bore down on 17 counties across California between March 15 and March 27. In a July 14 written appeal to President Obama, Brown fired back: “The March storm system caused significant financial impacts to the state and the

affected local jurisdictions that are of such severity and magnitude that recovery efforts remain beyond our capabilities.� Estimates of the damage from the storms currently hover around $51 million. If FEMA approved California’s request for disaster status, the federal government would kick in 75 percent of the costs—$38 million—associated with the damage from the storms. The rest would be split by the state and local governments. The damages to Santa Cruz County incurred in those 12 days in March, during which the county experienced everything from rockslides in Scotts Valley to f lash f looding in Capitola, are estimated at $19 million. According to the county, a total of 43 roads and pieces of infrastructure sustained damage,

the most since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. When the costs from the March storms are added up with other natural events in Santa Cruz, including the tsunami, the total fallout from the last year and a half exceeds $45 million. In order to repair the damage, Santa Cruz County is seeking federal funds from FEMA as well as the Department of Transportation. “There are two different sources of funding for these storm damage repair projects,� explains Melodye Serino, public information officer for Santa Cruz County. Federal money from the Federal Highway Administration f lows through CalTrans to local agencies, while federal money from FEMA f lows through the California Emergency Management Association. The county has had mixed success with the two federal sources: it’s secured $5 million from the nation’s highway administration agency, but has been denied money through FEMA. “This is a very unusual situation, where one branch of the federal government is saying, ‘Yes, we can provide disaster relief ’ and another branch of the federal government is saying, ‘Well, we’re not sure if we can provide disaster relief,’� Serino says. According to FEMA, the state is only eligible for the funds if the event is viewed as episodes in a single storm series, instead of separate storms. The distinction may seem minor, but millions of dollars hang in the balance. In his appeal, Brown argues that the storms were part of “the same parent intense low-pressure system� that set up over the state for two weeks, wreaking havoc from Humboldt to Ventura. He emphasizes the magnitude of the storms by including a memo from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that says atmospheric rivers present in

the system dumped precipitation of an amount equal to the water in a hurricane at landfall. In this case the total was “about seven and a half times the average daily f low of water from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico.� Does Brown’s appeal stand a chance? It’s hard to say, even for the experts. “I view them as separate storms, but there really isn’t any gap between them that amounts to a whole lot,� says Maury Roos, chief hydrologist with the California Department of Water Resources. In a situation where the storms are obviously separate, Roos says, “The storm comes through, then a high pressure system moves in, then you get two or three days of clear weather.� That, he adds, wasn’t necessarily the case here. “The sense was that this was a parent storm and it kept feeding off one storm after the other.� FEMA will be consulting its own experts when re-evaluating the information presented by the governor. There are no estimates on a time frame for a response, says Kelly Hudson, external affairs specialist for Region IX. “We just need some time to go back over our numbers,� Hudson says. “We may go back and look at situations and take a closer look before we render our decision, but there is no time limit.� Meanwhile, California maintains hope. On July 14, the same day Brown issued his appeal, acting Cal EMA director Michael Dayton toured storm-damaged sites here in Santa Cruz County in order to better advocate for funds on behalf of the county. For now, no news may be good news. Of the chances of winning an appeal, Hudson says: “It’s not unheard of, but I won’t say it’s common.�

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The Book of Crumb America’s greatest underground cartoonist points his pen at the Book of Genesis—all 38,000 words

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F ans of Robert Crumb were expecting a takedown job when the former Northern Californian and the world’s most famous underground cartoonist announced his project to illustrate Genesis, the first book of the Bible. Robert “R.� Crumb’s comment in The New York Times about the Good Book suggested that blasphemy was possibly in the offing: “The fact that people can persist in the

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information age to take this as a fundamental word of God, words to live by, rules to live by, that’s really crazy to me.� Crumb’s original artwork for The Book of Genesis Illustrated (Norton) is on display through Sept. 25 at the San Jose Museum of Art—all 200 pages, mounted in staggered rows, divided by chapters. If fundamentalism is crazy, Crumb’s own monumental task

would have driven most people insane. Over five years, sometimes working half a day on one drawing, the artist illustrated this by turns mysterious, banal, sublime, ghastly, demanding and self-contradictory 38,000-word text. Crumb has included in his panels every word in Genesis, using a mix of the King James version and UC-Berkeley’s professor Robert Alter’s 2004 translation. ¨ !

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Now living in a small town in France, Crumb rarely gives interviews. But the footnotes for his book explain what he’s doing clearly. Although he personally is an unbeliever, Crumb isn’t trying to burlesque the Bible. Instead, he wrestles with the seriousness of Genesis, the dust-to-riches human saga that runs from the beginning of the universe to the burial of Joseph. With this book, Crumb managed to surprise even the most wellread comic aficionados. “When I first heard about the book I thought, ‘How strange and how cool,’� says Joe Ferrara, owner of Atlantis Fantasyworld in downtown Santa Cruz. “Here’s a guy who’s a non-conformist who’s taking on something that supposedly defines normalcy. “People thought that it would be done as a sensationalist ploy,� Ferrara continues, “but their comment after reading it is that it’s really well done.�

Mad Men The short version of Crumb’s career is that the former Northern Californian was a breaker of taboos in his youth. His fearless and explicit

illustrations of the world of sex (and drugs, a lesser concern) were both dismaying and comic and won his Zap Comix series a loyal following. When he was young, his work was seized by the police on obscenity charges. Ultimately, Crumb lived to see his talent embraced by the mainstream. The 1994 documentary Crumb helped make him world famous. In the 1980s, Crumb’s work made a drastic change to graphic complexity, as he started moving away from the 1950s comic modes he used to imitate. His art stopped looking like Golden Age cartoonist C.C. Beck (who drew Captain Marvel, among many other heroes) and started to resemble 19th-century master illustrator Gustav DorĂŠ. Crumb illustrated Kafka as well as the sometimes comic, sometimes somber memoirs of American Splendor comic artist Harvey Pekar, the sexual pathologist Richard Krafft-Ebing and the Brothers Grimm. He and his wife, Aline Kominsky, discussed their open marriage in the appropriately titled Dirty Laundry. All of that hard-learned talent for ¨ "

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slaved-over, ink-heavy illustration is visible in the show at the San Jose Museum of Art. If the book was impressive, the art itself is overwhelming. Banners blow up a few of the drawings, with the lines from crow-quill pen and ink on Strathmore paper looking as thick and bristly as ropes. Seeing these drawings in their original form—some 25 percent larger than the reproductions in the book—is a revelation. If you’ve seen pen and ink drawings used for comics, you know how grubby they can be: splotched with Wite-Out, pencil and unreproducible marker. Crumb’s drawing and lettering are so sure, it’s scary; while there’s a bit of Wite-Out occasionally, most of the white patches are not mistakes but pigment added to make Jehovah’s robes glow. Crumb’s hand is as sure as the hand of an engraver. Crumb did his research, using everything from Bible comics to National Geographic photos to captured images from Hollywood biblical epics, some of which are also on display at the exhibit. As Jon Solomon observes in The Ancient World in the Cinema, many classicists were involved as consultants on the sword-and-sandal epics. Their “educated guesses� of what the ancient world looked like were often as good as anyone’s.

Mr. Natural In illustrating the Bible, Crumb is working in a tradition of graphics that reaches from Northern German woodcuts to the watercolors of William Blake. The most dramatic points of the Book of Genesis were already well taken by the time of the late Renaissance, though. Hard luck for the artist who tries to improve on Masaccio’s version of the exile from the Garden or Rembrandt’s vision of the ordeal of Isaac. Yet Crumb does work some virgin territory. For instance, he may be the first artist ever to draw these legions of one-named tribesmen of eons ago. Sometimes, he even shrinks the litany of begottens and begetters into thumbnail-size portraits. And choked with a sense of religious propriety, many illustrators can’t get at the more vague or sexual passages in Genesis that Crumb addresses so forthrightly: the playfulness of Adam and Eve, the date-raping of Lot by his daughters. On one level, Crumb’s Genesis is just what he calls it: “straight illustration.� As a result of including every word of the text, Crumb’s work is heavy with dialogue and captions. Here is every play on Hebrew words when it comes to the naming of children. (The

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Let’s Make a Deal Genesis is a meeting ground of the divine and the devious. And the most heroic spot in this meeting is Crumb’s version of Abraham and God dickering over the fate of Sodom. Will God kill the entire population, then? What if there are 50 just men? What about

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author of Genesis loved puns.) With the expanse of the museum walls, the art has more force, and it’s all obviously his. In the squatness and hairiness of old Abraham, we see a realistically illustrated version of Crumb’s trademark cartoon magus: the angry holy man Mr. Natural. Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham and Japeth, are grizzled, desert-rat versions of the Three Stooges’ Shemp, Larry and Moe—a little token of affection for old vaudevillians. Crumb even inserts outright cartoon details. Look closely, and in a pile of writhing, burning Sodomites, one of the damned has just been hit in the ass with a chunk of flaming debris. These jests don’t change the tone of the work, any more than the fabulous beasts on the edge of an illuminated manuscript turn a prayer book into a comic book about funny animals.

40? In Crumb’s version of this negotiation, Abraham breaks down the Almighty’s sales resistance. The episode concludes with Abraham alone, wiping “plutesâ€? (the technical term for a cartoon sweat drop) off of his forehead: Whew, what a tough customer. Crumb takes this act of persuasion—a life-and-death matter—as the advent of Jewish humor, complete with gesticulation and shrugging. It’s a moment of small triumph for humanity over the unmovable Lord. Some dark humor turns up, but one learns not to laugh in the presence of Jehovah. The fury He shows when Sarah laughs at his prophecy of a late birth makes this panel Crumb’s most fearsome depiction of the wrath of God. The artist told critic Robert Hughes that the model for Jehovah was Crumb’s own father, a tyrannical ex-Marine. The artist’s familiar hand is also visible among the ancients, who include some of the most typical Crumb characters: those strapping, toothy, plump, gloriously Mediterranean-featured women he adores. “I’m not very good at drawing attractive women actually,â€? Crumb once wrote. That is modest; it is also ridiculous. It’s every bit as ridiculous as Ăźbercritic Harold Bloom’s comment that all the women in Crumb’s Genesis are ugly. Since the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s, Crumb has favored the healthy milkmaid above the overcosmeticized city dweller. He prefers the unruly to the sophisticated, and he can’t get over his astonishment at feminine power dominating prone, skinny males. The way he portrays Sarai (later Sarah), the most complex woman in Genesis, is key to the novel perspective Crumb brings to Genesis.

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territory. They pretend to be raped, as Potiphar’s wife did. If they want seed, even their own fathers are not off limits. We see real horror in Crumb’s images of the drunken seduction of Lot by his daughters, and his viewing his offspring born of incest. Lot is a lost geezer, slumped, surrounded by a midden of sheep bones, as his biglegged hoyden daughters instruct his sons-cum-grandsons in archery. Taking advantage of chances to go gentle on the more pliant women of Genesis—Rebekah at the well, for example—Crumb can be lyrical. But he also finds a counterpoint to this book’s

ambient fear of women in the person of Sarah. In his notes, the artist acknowledges being helped by the scholar Savina Teubal’s book Sarah the Priestess (1984). Teubal theorizes that ancient tales had been rewritten to obscure the role of Abraham’s wife as a priestess of the older religion. Such a powerful woman would have been able to engage in sacred marriage with men of her choosing, which may be why she ends up with other men now and again. This is not a drastic interpretation. Bloom may not care for the look of ¨ '

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wrapping our minds around the idea of a society in which male and female power are equally balanced.� We’ll never see a definitive illustrated Bible. The text calls out constantly for more study as both art and artifact. We owe Crumb a great deal for the clarity he has brought into his above-all entertaining approach to turning The Word into pictures.

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B63/B3@ Cirque Polynesian See Polynesian dancing and find out what “Chinese pole,� “cyr wheel,� “tissu,� “hand to hand,� “rolla bolla,� and “fire knife� are. Mon-Thu, 12 and 3pm. Thru Aug 18. Free. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.7433.

Freefall Improvisational Theatre 100% unscripted long-form plays. Sun, Jul 24, 7:30pm. $12. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz.

Hairspray John Waters’ beloved musical about a teenage dancer who rallies against racial segregation in 1962. Wed-Sun Thru Aug 14. $16$36. Cabrillo Music Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

Heart of Heaven The first chapter of an original three-part adaptation of “Popol Vuh,� the sacred creation book of the Quiche Maya. SatSun, 4pm. Thru Jul 31. Free. San Juan Soccer Field, 100 Nyland Drive, San Juan Bautista, 831.623.2444.

I Ought to Be in Pictures The Liliana Moraru Santa Cruz Jewish Theatre presents Neil Simon’s classic play, directed by Scott Kravitz. Fri-Sat, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru Jul 31. $12-$15. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.465.1411.

The Comedy of Errors Two sets of twins separated at birth are at the center of one of Shakespeare’s most popular farces. Part of Shakespeare Santa Cruz’s 30th season. Jul 22-Aug 28. $14-$50. UCSC Mainstage, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. 831.459.3160 or www. shakespearesantacruz.org.

The Last Five Years A one-act song cycle by Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown explores the fiveyear relationship between novelist Jamie and struggling actress Cathy. Thu-Sat, 8pm and Sun, 3pm. Thru Aug 14. $16-$38. Cabrillo Black Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

The Three Musketeers Swashbuckling swordplay in Alexandre Dumas’ tale of three friends fighting the wicked Cardinal de France. Part of Shakespeare Santa Cruz’s 30th season. Jul 22Aug 28. $14-$50. StanleySinsheimer Festival Glen, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz.

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Pinocchio: A Bohemian Rhapsody An original rock musical by Janindwick, performed by 72 children between the ages of 8 and 14. Wed-Sun, 2 and 7:30pm. Thru Jul 31. $8.50-$12.50. Park Hall, 9370 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.

1=<13@BA Ancestree Roots Reggae from Santa Cruz Wed, Jul 20, 4pm. Streetlight Records Santa Cruz, 939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.421.9200.

AWB (Average White Band) Scottish funk band best known for their 1975 hit, “Pick Up the Pieces.� Fri, Jul 22, 6:30 and 8:30pm. Free. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.7433.

Kenny Stahl Part of the “Evenings by the Bay� summer concert series, presented by the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Aquarium. Sun, Jul 24, 6-8pm. Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Monterey.

Rick Estrin and the Nightcats Blues harmonica master and singer-songwriter Rick Estrin and his band The Nightcats will perform as part of the Sunday Blues in the Park Concert Series. Sun, Jul 24, 1pm. Free. Laguna Grande Park, Seaside, 831.899.6805.

Santa Cruz Public Libraries 3rd Annual Teen Battle of the Bands Six teen bands—Almost Chaos, Blue Weekend, Funky Dosage (last year’s winner), Grae’s Academy, Lifewire and Urban Theory—will play for recording time, rehearsal time, musical supplies and other prizes. Sat, Jul 23, 1-4:30pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7706 x7764.

Stu Reynolds Part of the “Evenings by the Bay� summer concert series, presented by the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Aquarium. Sat, Jul 23, 6-8pm. Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Monterey.

The Ground We Share Lori Gitanjali Rivera, Cyprian Consiglio and special guest Rabbi Paula Marcus perform songs from their new CD. Sat, Jul 23, 7pm. $20 adv/$25 door. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1626.

Thera Indie rock from Alaska and

Seattle. Wed, Jul 27, 4pm. Free. Streetlight Records Santa Cruz, 939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.421.9200.

When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus, under the direction of Cheryl Anderson, presents Walt Whitman’s elegy on the death of Abraham Lincoln, set to music by Paul Hindemith. Thu, Jul 21, 7:30-10:30pm. $18-$20. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.423.8593.

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The Bees Knees: Flowers, Fauna and Bees of California. Illustrations, paintings and sculpture by local artists. Thru Jul 31. 1013 Cedar St., Santa Cruz.

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Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Downward Draw. Aspiring artists and students of yoga are invited to Abbott Square, outside The Museum of Art & History, for a free yoga and figure drawing lesson. Bring your own yoga mat and drawing supplies. Sun, Jul 24, 11am12pm and 3-4pm. Free. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

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Art of Photography. Original work from over a dozen artists. Thru Jul 31. Free. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

Felix Kulpa Gallery White Balance. New mixed media paintings by Michelle Stitz and selected works by Jody Alexander. Thru Jul 31. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Louden Nelson Community Center Gallery By the Coast & Stones of Ages Past. Fine art photography by Virginia Draper & Tom Bullock. Artists’ reception July 1, 6pm–8pm. Thru Jul 31. Free, 831.420.6177. 301 Center St, Santa Cruz.

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Portugal the Man Recent major-label signees celebrate release of “In the Mountain In the Cloud� with in-store. Jul 20 at Amoeba SF.

Bettye LaVette High-kicking, full-force soul belter takes down entire skyscrapers with a single note. Jul 21 at Yoshi’s Oakland.

Earth Glacial stoner metal courtesy of the guy who bought the shotgun for Kurt Cobain. Jul 22 at Slim’s.

Odd Future The music blogosphere’s favorite argument. Rescheduled from June. Jul 22 at the Regency Ballroom.

Cults New York two-piece owes to classic girl-group sound with a dash of Animal Collective. Jul 25 at Bottom of the Hill. More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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15,000 or so runners compete in the six-mile run from the Santa Cruz Wharf to the pier in Capitola, with a festive atmosphere lining the route. Sun, Jul 24, 8:30am. Free. Santa Cruz Wharf, Beach Street, Santa Cruz.

An evening of mixing, mingling and networking hosted by The Diversity Center. Thu, Jul 21, 5:307:30pm. Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.596.6971.

Sculpture Is. 56 artists and 135 sculptures among two acres of Mediterranean gardens. Thru Oct 31. 831.728.2532. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville.

Santa Cruz County Bank Birds of a Feather. Seven artists observe birds through original prints, paintings, photographs, encaustic and assemblage. On display at all branch locations. Artists’ reception Wed Aug 3, 5-7pm, 595 Auto Center Dr, Watsonville. Thru Sep 30. Free. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

Santa Cruz Stoves and Fireplaces ArtWorx. Mixed media paintings by Jane Harlow and new sculptures by Aaron Van de Kerckhove.

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Festival de Nopal Celebrating the prickly pear cactus, featuring a best recipe competition, cultural dances, arts and crafts. Sun, Jul 24, 10am6pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.295.2518.

Santa Cruz Derby Girls Santa Cruz Derby Girls’ Boardwalk Bombshells vs. Rose City Rollers’ Heartless Heathers. Sat, Jul 23, 5:45pm. $19.50. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5260.

Summer Shopping Boutique Local vendors selling discounted designer jeans for women, shoes, clothing,

jewelry, candles, purses, jams, Avon and more. Light appetizers will be served. Sat, Jul 23, 10am-4pm. Free. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz.

Wacky Water Day in Laurel Park A day of slippin’, slidin’, splashin’ and water games in Laurel Park. Wear swim suits and bring towels and sunscreen. Sat, Jul 23, noon-2pm. Free. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6177.

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Go Big Skate Video Battle Skate video battle plus music from DJ Equipto and performances from Slop Opera, Mac Jar and Monikape, Chris Rene

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Top Gun Bring your own beach blanket or low-back chair and enjoy a classic film on the beach. Wed, Jul 20, 9pm. Free. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.7433.

Wake Up A documentary about the search inward for our own peace and happiness. Filmmaker Jonas Elrod will be available for Q & A after the screening. Sun, Jul 24, 7:30pm. $10. Center for Spiritual Living, 1818 Felt St, Santa Cruz.

Westsiders An award-winning documentary chronicling the lives of three celebrated Santa Cruz surfers and best friends: Darryl “Flea� Virostko,

Shawn “Barney� Barron, and Jason “Ratboy� Collins. A benefit for the nonprofit Fleahab. Sat, Jul 23, 7:30pm. $10. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz, 831.423.8286.

:7B3@/@G 3D3<BA Book Group Mixer Wine, cheese, a raffle, staff recommendations and information about the many benefits of registering your book group at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Wed, Jul 20, 7pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Community Book Group Celebrating Mark Twain’s classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn this month. Thu, Jul 21, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.423.0900.

Ice Cream Social Story Hour Crafts and stories on the theme “Summer By The Sea� for grades K-5. Wed, Jul 20, 1pm. Free. Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter St, Soquel, 831.475.3326.

Jan Harwood The author of Dangerous Women: A Raging Granny Mystery will read and sign copies of her new mystery. Mon, Jul 25, 7:30pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Kathryn Gualtieri The author of Murder in the Pines will discuss and sign copies of her latest work, a historical mystery set in 1920s Carmelby-the-Sea. Thu, Jul 21, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Nancy Jarvis, Shannon McGinnis and Ron Lampi. Tue, Jul 26, 7pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Poet/Speak Open Reading With featured reader Magdalena Montagne. Thu, Jul 21, 2pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.464.8983.

S. Brian Willson The Vietnam vet and pacifist will read and from his autobiography Blood on the Tracks: The Life and Times of S. Brian Willson Wed, Jul 20, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Shakespeare Santa Cruz: The Making of a King Shakespeare Santa Cruz director Scott Wentworth and members of the SSC

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All the world is a stage, sure, but these aren’t just any players—together they are one of the country’s premier repertory companies. This season’s program includes Comedy of Errors, Three Musketeers and Henry IV, Part I. Would Shakespeare’s words recited by anyone else sound as sweet? Luckily, we may never have to know. Opens Friday, July 22 at 8pm and runs through Aug 28. UCSC Performing Arts Center, Meyer Dr at Heller Dr, Santa Cruz. Tickets $14-$50; last-minute rush tickets $20. 831.459.2159; www.shakespearesantacruz.org. 1 !

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staff will discuss their approach to Henry IV, Part One, the first installment of this three-year cycle. Mon, Jul 25, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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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.

Hospice of Santa Cruz County Grief Support Group The Grief Support Program of Hospice of Santa Cruz County will offer two eight-week support groups, for adults who have experienced the death of a spouse/partner and for adults who have experienced the death of a parent. Receive support and learn tools for coping. Jul 20-27. Hospice of Santa

Guest Speaker is Jeanette Walker, RN. Heartland Hospice will help attendees get a better understanding of how to anticipate the needs of a family member as the disease progresses. Thu, Jul 21, 10:30am-12pm. Free. Live Oak Senior Center, 1777-A Capitola Rd, Live Oak, 831.464.9982.

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

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

Tax Workshop for Lesbian/Gay Married Couples & Domestic Partners: Join tax expert and advocate for same sex couples tax reform Cynthia Leachmoore for an informational workshop. Wed, Jul 20, 5:30-8pm. Free. Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

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In a better world, Casual’s elastic flow and nimble wordplay would earn him platinum plaques, but in lieu of that, he’ll take the adoration of the underground set. Unlike many breakout MCs from the early ’90s who’ve grown flabby and lazy in their old age (see Snoop Dogg, who seems to charge by the syllable these days), Casual has stayed restless and remained hard at work. He still battles to keep in excellent verbal shape and continues working the underground as one of the Hieroglyphics crew’s most gifted MCs. Casual’s latest, The Hierophant, won’t top the charts, but he’s done fine without the mainstream attention. Catalyst; $10 adv/$12 door; 8:30pm. (Paul M. Davis)

Waltzing across today’s musical landscape with the style, sound and swagger of a mid-20th-century country band, Hurricane Roses is creating quite a storm in the Bay Area and beyond. Based in both Santa Cruz and San Jose, this smart, sharp and talented outfit artfully blends country blues, hillbilly sparkle and rockin’ rhythms in a way that brings Patsy, Wanda Jackson and Bobbie Gentry to mind. Backed by her band of ace musicians, front woman Angelina Lemucchi sings songs of heartbreak, longing and good girls gone bad, then shifts gears into a rhythm-driven number that shakes the ache off of loneliness and finds comfort and freedom in the fringe. Crepe Place; $8; 9pm.

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Harry Sundown Complications muddy the plot waters of series finale BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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HE NEW POTTER film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 wraps up the 10-year saga in a cluttered, confusing finale—which doesn’t prevent it from being a fast-paced adventure that definitively strikes the sets. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), now a sturdy, bland young man, must go solo against the Noseless One. The 3D frame-breakers work well, such as an abused albino dragon snapping its head out of the screen. It’s the other aspect of 3-D that is more impressive: a careworn Maggie Smith’s eyes looking as deep-set as the Grand Canyon. I liked the way Smith represses a tremble and makes it look like the weight of authority shifting itself. She refuses to hide behind euphemism when it comes to Voldemort: “He has a name.� He has a bit more of a face, here too. Sickened by the loss of most of his soul, Ralph Fiennes looks like a poisoned, bleached ape. The 3-D technique also adds a sense of the oversized to the eyes of a beautiful, temperamental ghost named Helena (Kelly Macdonald). Her mood swings are startling, but the real chill comes from Evanna Lynch. Luna Lovegood’s nerveless, dead-even voice is seriously uncanny. (Note the doom in it as she examines a wind chime:

“Muggles think this will protect them from evil. It won’t.�) Pity they couldn’t do more with her; she’s practically a spear-carrier in this opera. So what of Snape? One hump short of Richard III, Alan Rickman rolls every syllable as if it were Sisyphus’ rock. This should have been Snape’s crescendo—nope. The reveal of a tender heart under a supercilious hide is all we get. (And the whole business of the Dumbledore family drama has to be thrown in for the cast to stumble over.) It’s a nocturnal film, and director David Yates is at his best borrowing from Fritz Lang: the cloaked scholars in formation in the courtyard, the figures in silhouette meeting on a staircase top. The downside is claustrophobia from lack of natural light. Even the seaside looks wrapped in fiberglass. The religious cranks who said the Potter films failed to endorse the traditional family will get theirs in the epilogue, which returns this horror story to the kid-friendly place where it began.

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Film Capsules <3E 1/>A CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER (PG-13; 124 min.) In the live action origin story of the Marvel comics series, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is deemed unfit to join the Army, but he finds another way of fighting the Nazis: He joins a secret military project. When a special serum renders him capable of superhuman

feats of strength, he and his sidekick Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) take on Hitler’s main man, Red Skull (Hugo Weaving). (Opens Thu at Santa Cruz 9, 41st Ave and Scotts Valley and Fri at Green Valley)

THE MET SUMMER ENCORE: DON CARLO (NR; 220 min.) Tenor Roberto Alagna, bass Ferruccio Furlanetto and the tempestuous Russian soprano Marina Poplavskaya

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star in Verdi’s opera about a Spanish nobleman who loses the love of his life when she is wed to his father in a peace treaty. (Wed 7/27 at Santa Cruz 9)

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS (R; 110 min.) Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis star in this romance about—well, the name says it all. With Andy Samberg, Woody Harrelson and Patricia Clarkson. (Opens Thu at Scotts Valley and Fri

Movie reviews by Tessa Stuart and Richard von Busack

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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2010) Animated film about a sensitive Viking youth who befriends a rare and talented dragon. (Wed 7/27 at Scotts Valley) LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS (2010) A young owl is kidnapped by an army of wicked owls and must escape to an island where wiser owls rule. Whooo

cares? (Wed 7/20-Thu 7/21 at Scotts Valley, Wed 7/27 at 41st Ave)

MEGAMIND (2010) Supervillain Megamind (Will Ferrell) thinks he has lost his purpose after he defeats the hero Metro Man. While creating a new hero, Megamind falls in love and ends up contemplating whether or not he is really evil. (Wed 7/20-Thu 7/21 at 41st Ave)

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SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN (PG-13; 112 min.) In 19th-century China, two young girls form a deep bond and communicate with each other using a secret (and little understood to modern scholars) written form called nu shu. Their modern-day descendants must learn the lessons of their ancestors by studying the strange marks hidden in a white fan. (Opens Fri at Nickelodeon) TERRI (R; 113 min.) An overweight high school misfit, Terri (Jacob Wysocki), is surprised when a talkative, well-meaning vice principal (John C. Reilly) takes an interest in him and introduces him to a couple of other students who have more in common with Terri than appearances would suggest. (Opens Fri at Nickelodeon) TREASURE ISLAND (1950) Eager to find a dead captain’s buried treasure, a young adventurer and his companions set sail for a tropical island only to find that the crew they’ve hired, including a one-legged cook named Long John Silver, is not altogether committed to helping them reach their goal. (Sat-Sun at Aptos) THE TRIP (NR; 115 min.) Comic masters of impression and insult Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon take their British television series to the big screen with this story of two pals tooling around northern England on a tour of fine restaurants, irritating each other to no end. (Opens Fri at Del Mar)

@3D73EA BAD TEACHER (R; 92 min.) Crude junior high teacher Elizabeth Halsey (Cameron

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Diaz) attempts to charm a rich substitute teacher (Justin Timberlake), but her plan goes awry when she finds out he is interested in her colleague (Lucy Punch). Halsey’s friend Lynn (Phyllis of TV’s The Office) and the school’s gym teacher (Jason Segel) help her unpack her obvious daddy issues with characteristically dry commentary.

BEGINNERS (R; 104 min.) In this semi-autobiographical film inspired by writerdirector Mike Mills’ past, Oliver (Ewan McGregor) must deal with two revelations about his father (Christopher Plummer): that, after 45 years of marriage to Oliver’s late mother, he is coming out of the closet; and that he has terminal cancer. Such honesty marks a new beginning for the fatherson relationship and helps Oliver define his feelings for a French actress he has just met (MÊlanie Laurent). A BETTER LIFE (PG-13; 98 min.) Carlos Galindo, an undocumented gardener looking to avoid immigration enforcement officials, struggles to keep his son away from gangs. Based on a story by Roger L. Simon, the film, set in California, has strong messages about immigration politics. BRIDESMAIDS (R; 125 min.) Annie (Kristen Wiig) is a Milwaukee woman going downhill. Her ex-boyfriend (Jon Hamm) uses her for sex. Suddenly, Annie’s best pal, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), announces her impending marriage. Lillian also introduces a new, gorgeous friend (Rose Byrne) who elbows Annie aside and takes charge of the wedding. The wedding planning becomes more pretentious, more expensive and ever more humiliating for Annie. Wiig is at her most comically nonchalant as the desperation seeps out of her pores. In her capacity to register degrees of comedic suffering, this actress suggests what happens when a movie is really loose down deep in its soul, and is not just wobbly and formulaic. But Judd Apatow was the executive producer, and Bridesmaids is shaped like an Apatow film: it’s a half-hour too long. Though

ISLAND OF MISFIT BOYS L-R, Bridger Zadina, Jacob Wysocki and John C. Reilly negotiate one of many awkward moments in ‘Terri,’ opening Friday. it’s released as a chick-flick alternative, we still get the traditional pointless fight between Annie and her new man (Chris O’Dowd). (RvB)

BUCK (PG; 88 min.) This documentary, fresh from a successful run at Sundance, tells the story of “horse whisperer� Buck Brannaman. The film reveals Brannaman’s childhood history of abuse. CARS 2 (G; 116 min.) An animated Bond parody. Events lure Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) into a race demonstrating alternative fuels in Paris, London and Tokyo; tagging along is his gauche towtruck buddy from Radiator Springs. It’s all barely worthy of Pixar—the debate between regular fuel versus fossil fuels ends with such nervousness that you’d think director John Lasseter was dealing with a controversial matter. (RvB) GREEN LANTERN (PG-13; 105 min.) A cocky test pilot named Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds) joins an intergalactic brotherhood known as the Green Lanterns

charged with keeping order in the universe and fending off an enemy called the Parallax. Humans haven’t impressed the Green Lanterns much, but Jordan may turn out to be their only hope against the new threat.

HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS (PART II) SEE REVIEW, PAGE 33. (PG13; 130 min.) HORRIBLE BOSSES (R; 100 min.) With help from an ex-con (Jamie Foxx), Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day) scheme to take out their evil employers, played by Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston. Directed by Seth Gordon (The King of Kong, Four Christmases). LARRY CROWNE (PG-13; 99 min.) Middle-aged Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) gets fired and decides to head back to college, where he crushes on his public speaking teacher (Julia Roberts) and joins a quirky scooter community. MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (PG-13; 100 min.) Woody Allen wrote

and directed this film about Gil (Owen Wilson), a killjoy writer on vacation in Paris with his fiancÊe (Rachel McAdams) and her family. When they run into some old friends (Michael Sheen and Nina Arianda), Gil begins stealing away from his party by taking conspicuously long walks at night. He soon discovers a newfound love for the city, and life, in this romantic comedy that asks the question: Is a different life better, or is it just—different?

PAGE ONE (R; 88 min.) The Jayson Blair and Judith Miller scandals pantsed The New York Times. Now it’s losing its shirt as advertisers flee and online aggregators pig out on their stories. In Page One: Inside the New York Times, director Andrew Rossi (Control Room) demonstrates why the Times’ woes are a calamity ‌ not just for fans of Frank Rich but for the republic itself. Rossi got great access. The blood on the walls from cutbacks and buyouts practically pulsates in 3-D. The indifferently-shaved, Werner Herzog-ish media critic David Carr is this

documentary’s best source. Ultimately Carr makes the best points, defying the electronic glibsters who feel the Times is being karmically punished for having been the megaphone for W’s war. (RvB)

SUPER 8 (PG-13; 112 min.) In 1979, the U.S. government shut down a section of the mysterious Area 51 and ordered all materials to be transported to a secret location in Ohio. Some, however, never made it. After witnessing a horrific train crash, a group of young friends begin to notice mysterious anomalies around town. When monster sightings are reported, they arm themselves with Super 8mm cameras in search of some answers in this sci-fi thriller from genre guru J.J. Abrams (Star Trek, television’s Fringe). TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (PG-13; 109 min.) In this latest installment of Michael Bay’s “Transformers� series, the Autobots compete with the Decepticons to find out the secrets of the Cybertronian spacecraft that has crashed

on the moon after an attack. Starring Shia LaBeouf and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

THE TREE OF LIFE (PG-13; 138 min.) Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain star in Terrence Malick’s masterful memory play about a family struggling with the death of one of their own. The images, sharp and yet lambent, are of a lost world—a peaceful world that breaks out in storms of color and rage. The Tree of Life is the meeting place of cinema and sacred memory. It’s an invocation of something that is all-seeing, all-remembering, deathdefying. (RvB) WINNIE-THE-POOH (G; 69 min.) Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit and Piglet set out to rescue Christopher Robin after Pooh misinterprets a note from Christopher and assumes he has been kidnapped by a creature named “Backson.� ZOOKEEPER (PG; 104 min.) Zookeeper Kevin James is dumbfounded to learn that the wild animals in the zoo can talk and are willing to scheme to get him together with Rosario Dawson.

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our wine club and plan special events,� Twelker told me recently. “I also get to assist our wine director, 8]V\ :]QYS, with the wine tasting and buying for the shop.� This latter “chore� must be the dreamiest part of this job—gaining even more expertise about the world of wine from an insider savant. It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. BE= 0@7B/<<7/A Betting that two arms are better than one, the mighty 0`WbO\\WO /`[a has multiplied itself and brought serious pub fare, British at-

titude and oodles of beers to Capitola on the location of the former Cafe Lido and Bluewater Steakhouse. Now you can have the best of both worlds: a view of the Pacific Ocean and a classic India Pale Ale. For traditionalists, the Aptos “arm� is still knockin’ back shandies without apologies. BE= B/1=A Two tacos and your choice of any draft beer, all for $5? That’s right, and it happens on Thursdays, during Happy Hour, at :O ;WaaW]\ (on

Mission Street). So there! 4C< AC< B`]cb 4O`[ 7\\, a landmark Santa Cruz Mountains swimming

and sunning mecca beloved of my childhood, is now reopened for swimming and sunning. You’ll also find ample libations plus burgers and pub food. Summer swimming pool happiness, located at 7701 E. Zayante Road off Graham Hill Road just east of Felton. Full bar and burger service starts at 11am and ends at 11pm during the week, until 1:30am Fri-Sat. 831.335.4317. 6=B >:/B3 1/43 @7= has reopened! Once again the good people of Santa Cruz County can watch the sun set from Rio del Mar beach while swilling an umbrella-bearing cocktail. The new Cafe Rio invites us to stay, dine on @WQY /Z[Oh¸ seafood specialties, sip and never ever leave. 131 Esplanade, Aptos. 831. 688.8917. AS\R bW^a OP]cb T]]R eW\S O\R RW\W\U RWaQ]dS`WSa b] 1V`WabW\O EObS`a Ob fbW\O.Q`chW] Q][ @SOR VS` PZ]U Ob Vbb^( QV`WabW\OeObS`a Q][

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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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104 Stockton Ave, 831.479.8888

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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Capitola

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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203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900

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

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221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852

Mexican/Seafood/American. Traditional Mexican favorites. Best fajitas, chicken mole, coconut prawns, blackened prime rib! Fresh seafood. Over 50 premium tequilas, daily happy hour w/ half-price appetizers. Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm. Features the vibrant and esoteric wines of Bonny Doon Vineyard, a three-course, family-style prix fixe menu that changes nightly, and an inventive small plates menu, highlighting both seasonal and organic ingredients from local farms. California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic noodle & rice bowls, vegan menu, fish & meat options, Vietnamese style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner “Best Cheap Eats.� Open daily 11am-11pm American, California-style. With a great bar scene, casually glamorous setting and attentive waitstaff. Full bar. Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 1-10pm. Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight. Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor and Bay views. Lunch and dinner daily. Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm. California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. “Best Eggs Benedict in Town.� Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm. ’60s Vegas meets ’50s Waikiki. Amazing dining experience in kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian.

vegetarian.Full-service tiki bar. Happy-hour tiki drinks. Aloha Fri, Sat lunch 11:30am-5pm. Dinner nightly 5pm-close. 7<27/ 8=H3

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493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430

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Eclectic Pan Asian dishes. Vegetarian, seafood, lamb and 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. 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. 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.

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710 Front St, 831.427.4444

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.

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6205 Hwy 9, 831.335.1500

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.

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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Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

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Bardem Bar dem said this to P Parade aarraade m magazine: agazine: “I “I don’t don’t kknow now iiff II’ll ’ll get to to hheaven. eaven. I’m I’m a bbad ad bboy. oy. H eaven m ust bbee nnice, ice, bbut ut iiss get Heaven must it too too bboring? oring? M aybe yyou ou ccan an gget et aan n aapartment partment tthere here aand nd it Maybe then then go go to to hell hell for for the the w weekends.� eekends.� I ccaution aution aallll yyou ou oother ther Pisceans against against ppursuing ursuing tthis his lline ine ooff tthought hought iin n tthe he Pisceans coming weeks. weeks. You You may may imagine imagine that that you you can can get get away away coming aw way to hell ffor or just a couple of days a with sneaking away don’t shar ack week, but I don’t sharee that optimism. My advice is to rrack your bbrains rains ttoo ddrum rum uupp aass m uch aadventure dventure aass ppossible ossible iin n your much safety zones andd sanctuaries wher or sur safety wheree you know ffor suree you’ll stay heal healthy thhy and sane.

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