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STONE’S SELFISHNESS WITH REGARD TO Mr. Meyer’s letter (“They Can’t Roll Stone,” Posts, Oct. 5), the Coastal Commission’s own staff recommended approval of the new La Bahia hotel. The only environmental issue, visual esthetics, was addressed by CC staff, who wrote that there would be no significant impact on views of the mountains behind the new building. Mr. Stone and one other commissioner could have easily approved this project, which had overwhelming support in the community after a seven-year, open public process. Mr. Meyer’s statement that all of the hotel’s supporters were “associated with the building trades” would be funny if it were not such a mean-spirited lie. It’s a shame when arguments

based purely on fear and anger are allowed to override a sober process based on factual information. Unfortunately, the misuse of environmental arguments diminishes respect and support for genuine environmental issues. Opponents of the new La Bahia are now clearly responsible for denying the city of Santa Cruz much-needed revenue, which would have supported city services and union workers for decades to come, provided some good jobs for local residents, and helped many of our struggling locally owned small businesses. Mr. Stone’s politically selfish vote was an affront not only to the majority of Santa Cruzans but also to the democratic process itself. Robert deFreitas Santa Cruz

CHAPTER & VERSE ASTROLOGY columnist Rob Brezsny repeats claims that there is no reference in the Bible to Jonah being swallowed by a whale or the three wise men visiting the baby Jesus (“Sagittarius,” Real Astrology, Oct. 12). To the contrary, in the King James version, Book of Jonah Chapter 1, verse 17 it states that “the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.” It was common to refer to whales as “great fish” in centuries past. As for the wise men, Matthew, Ch. 1, verses 1–12 describe “wise men come from the east” following “the star;” they came into the house where Mary and the child were “and fell down and worshiped him,” giving him gifts of “gold and frankincense, and myrrh.” John Brown Childs Santa Cruz

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UNDER A MICROSCOPE Marc Whitehill of the Boulder Creek Collective is burnishing his dispensary’s nonprofit and medical credentials.

New Sprouts One cannabis club makes preemptive changes in the face of shifting pot laws BY JACOB PIERCE

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THE BOULDER CREEK COLLECTIVE, tucked in the back of the San Lorenzo Valley on the winding ribbon of Highway 9, sits 550 feet from a preschool. That’s 50 feet too close, according to a county ordinance passed by the board of supervisors this year, leaving Marc Whitehill, who runs the collective, two options—shut down or move shop. “You’ve got to submit to the process,” says Whitehill, director of operations for the collective, which hopes to move early next year. Under the ordinance, dispensaries that are less than

600 feet from a school or 800 feet from another club have until May—one year from the ordinance’s passage—to complete their moves. Whitehill has filed a permit for the Soquel location where he’d like to set up. There he hopes to expand the operation from 400 paying patients to between 1,200 and 1,500 patients. He also wants to provide medicine to between 120 and 150 compassionate care patients, who get their pot free of charge. To oversee those operations, Whitehill is setting up a board of directors with 10 seats, six of them for people with no financial interest in the nonprofit.

In what has been a very eventful year for medical marijuana, Whitehill is trying to beef up the collective’s medical and nonprofit credentials and protect it from the long arm of the the federal government. “The feds are looking at us and saying, ‘They’re just a bunch of stoners hiding behind medicine,’” says Whitehill, “and no one’s done anything to battle that perception.” The Boulder Creek Collective, which hasn’t decided on a new name, will have a hearing through the county planning department on the new location in December. If the move goes through, the collective might prove to be an exception among clubs that are being forced to move under the county ordinance. East Coast Evolution and Central Coast Wellness, both in Felton, plan to shut down because they are too close to the Quail Hollow Montessori School off Highway 9. Crème De Canna on Paul Sweet Road in Soquel also must move or close but did not have any comment. “It’s like musical chairs,” say Pat, who runs Central Coast Wellness and would only give his first name. “There’s only so many chairs.” He says that two different places he was hoping to move fell through because potential landlords feared the Department of Justice might be stepping up its game. He notes the county law, which also prohibits a club within 300 feet of a residential zone, will make it hard for clubs to exist anywhere in the San Lorenzo Valley. 2011 has been an interesting year for medical marijuana nationwide. This past summer, the Obama Justice Department started backpedaling from a 2009 memo in which it had said it wouldn’t pursue medical pot cases. The department gave the Drug Enforcement Agency >8

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a green light to keep going after big medical marijuana distributors— something it hadn’t ever stopped doing anyway. And at a recent press conference, San Francisco’s U.S. attorney Melinda Haag announced the department will go after dozens of the clubs that use medical marijuana “to make extraordinary amounts of money.” Haag sent letters out threatening to seize the property and bank accounts of landlords and club owners that don’t comply. The Justice Department has already done just that to two clubs in Sacramento. “They’re harvesting the lowhanging fruit right now,” says Whitehill, referring to the feds going after the club owners obviously violating California law and making big bucks. When they have eliminated those, Whitehill expects them to target clubs that don’t expand their research and compassionate care programs. That would force the field to get medical—and fast. Some dispensaries, including the Boulder Creek Collective and SC Laboratories in Capitola, have already started testing for potency and pesticides. On top of changes at the federal level, a California court earlier this month threw medical marijuana a curve ball of its own. An appeals court in Southern California ruled that local governments have no business regulating or licensing cannabis clubs—potentially throwing both the county and city’s medical marijuana laws into question. But the way Whitehill sees the situation, it will only be a matter of time before marijuana is legal in California. If that happens, he wants to position himself as a go-to supplier and keep growers in the county. “That’s what we’re about,” Whitehill says, “trying to be an agency that will work with Santa Cruz County [so] that—when prohibition ends—we keep cannabis in Santa Cruz as a cash crop, as a potent agricultural entity, and not just for its medicinal purposes.”

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PETROL TO PETROL Plastics could fuel plastic cleanup in TCOP’s vision.

The Great Plastic Meltdown Jim Holm and Nick Drobac, co-founders of The Clean Oceans Project (TCOP), are thinking big. They’re working toward a multi-step plan to locate, harvest and dispose of plastics that have accumulated in the “great Pacific garbage patch,” or the North Pacific Gyre, the convergence zone where research suggests millions of tons of plastics have collected. But just getting out to the North Pacific Gyre will be a time- and costintensive process. Holm explains that it will take two months to get out to the gyre in order to spend three or four months harvesting plastics there. They also hope to stop and spend time at remote islands along the way to organize beach cleanups, because “those islands will never get cleaned up otherwise,” says Holm. “There’s nobody out there.” In order to reduce the time and cost it will take to accomplish all of this, TCOP plans to employ new technology that can convert the plastics they harvest into the fuel that will keep them going. The technology will vaporize the plastic they collect by heating it up in a pressure vessel. When those vapors cool back down, they turn into a liquid that is essentially crude oil. After a second refining process, Drobac and Holm will end up with about equal parts diesel, gasoline and kerosene, plus a small amount of leftover gunk (not the technical term). “Eight pounds of plastic will yield about a gallon of fuel,” Drobac says. “We can put the diesel straight into

the tanks for the mothership, as it were,” Holm explains. “We can use the gasoline in the outboard motors of the small boats [that will be part of the harvesting process]. We have no specific purpose for the kerosene while we’re at sea, but we’ll save it for when we get back.” Holm and Drobac, who thus far have almost entirely self-funded TCOP, will demonstrate this “modern alchemy” of turning plastics into fuel on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Cleaning up our oceans is a colossal undertaking, but the pair are undaunted. “We don’t believe anything’s impossible. Difficult, maybe,” Holm says. “All of the components of our process have been tested individually. They’ve never been put together as a system, but there’s no real reason why they shouldn’t work together.” In addition to showing off this remarkable process, Drobac and Holm hope to get those who come to the event to think about the role plastics play in their lives. “We’re trying to communicate as much as possible that it’s not the answer to keep consuming the way we consume just because we’ve found better ways to dispose of the waste material,” Drobac says. “First and foremost, we want people to look at their habits and try to change them where they can. Refusing [plastics] first, reusing them next, and recycling them as sort of a last resort.” Samantha Larson TCOP’S PLASTICS-TO-FUEL DEMONSTRATION is Wednesday, Oct. 26, 4-6pm at the offices of Ecology Action, 877 Cedar St., Suite 240, Santa Cruz.

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THE COLDWATER CLASSIC is Santa Cruz’s biggest surf contest of the year. Each fall an international contingent of surfers descend on the town to show off their talent, earn a few ratings points and, if all goes as they want it to, take home a bit of Jack O’Neill’s sweet prize money. Surfers packing international fame and six-figure contracts have been known to show up, names that are all too familiar to the average surfing fan: Jordy Smith, Joel Parkinson, Bobby Martinez and Adriano de Souza, to name a few. But our local surfers are a proud and talented bunch, and they don’t just roll over for the visitors. In fact, we have a history of one of our own hoisting the check at the end of the event: Anthony Ruffo (1985), Peter Mel (1997), Chris

Gallagher (1998 and 1999), Adam Replogle (2002), Kieran Horn (2003) and—most recently—Nat Young (2008) have all taken top honors at the home break’s biggest shindig. And there are many more that have made dents in visitors’ egos: Randy Bonds, Jason “Ratboyâ€? Collins, Darryl “Fleaâ€? Virostko, Tyler Fox, Tyler Smith, Homer Henard, Josh Loya ‌ the list is so long that naming them all would dilute the impact that each one is capable of making in a heat. Suffice it to say that any local who suits up has a chance of winning. The wave is tricky and variable, depending on the tide, the wind and the swell direction. Few events in the world have such a history of local prowess amidst the onslaught of visiting pros. Ours is and remains a locals event. This year the

CWC, which runs Oct. 26-31, is a PRIME event with a prize purse of $250,000. What does that mean? It means there will be more competition than ever for the top spot. It means more than a dozen of the top guys in the world—including Gabriel Medina, 17, of Brazil and Julian Wilson, 22, of Australia, the two young finalists from the recent World Tour event on the southwest coast of France—paddling into the Lane for a chance at the title. To put it simply, this could be one of the hardest years ever for a local to win it all. Now, I know that was a lot of names and rankings and dates. Below are five Santa Cruz surfers to watch this year and in the years to come. You could call them up-and-coming, but really they’ve already arrived. ¨

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Nat Young The Pride of the Westside, O’Neill’s homegrown golden child. Young’s past four years read like a wish list for any junior surfer from Santa Cruz: In 2007 he won the Oakley Pro Junior event that runs in conjunction with the Coldwater. In 2008, as a 17-year-old, he won the main event, catapulting himself to international surf stardom. In 2009 he again won the Oakley Pro Junior. Last year he made it to the semifinals of the main event before losing to eventual

Jonny Craft Craft is not from Santa Cruz. He’s from Carmel. He’ll be the first to tell you that he is not a “local� at this event or at the Lane. “I love watching the Santa Cruz boys take out some of the best surfers in the world,� Craft

champion Matt Wilkinson. Success has its downside. With the victories came the pressure to repeat his 2008 title. “I felt so much pressure that I lost in my first heat,� Young says of his 2009 CWC bid. These days he spends his time living out of a suitcase, traveling from country to country, battling it out on the contest circuit and free surfing for photographers. In the last year he’s been to Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Mexico, Peru, Bali, Greece, Portugal,

says. For our purposes, however, we’ll count him as one of our own. After all, on a clear day you can see Carmel from the Lane. Craft has been in the event for the previous four years. Last year he went all the way from the local trials to an equal fifth place, no easy feat in a contest

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Cliffgawking at the Classic Ireland, South Africa and the Azores. All in all he spends about threequarters of the year on the road and hopes to make the World Tour by the middle of next year. With all this time spent jet–setting from one time zone to the next, does he still have the desire to repeat? Do Santa Cruz’s waves still tempt him? Yes and yes. “I would be stoked to get a rematch [with Wilkinson],� Young says. “I’ve had a pretty bad year this year, and I feel like I’m due for a big result.�

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Bud Freitas Born and bred at Pleasure Point, Bud Freitas has been surfing in the Coldwater for over a decade, and he’s only 27. In 2008 Freitas rampaged his way to the semifinals, his best ever result, before finally losing steam.

Freitas hasn’t been surfing many contests this year—he’s likely been busy teaching at the surf school he owns, Surf School Santa Cruz—and he doesn’t surf the Lane often (why make the drive when you live right on Pleasure Point?). But with powerful rail-to-rail surfing, he’s always a force to be reckoned with.

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Nic Hernandez If Young wasn’t only 20 years old, I’d say Nic Hernandez is the Next Nat Young. As it is, Hdez is one of the best little grommets coming out of Santa Cruz. The 15-year-old from the Eastside first appeared in the

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Nic Lamb When those in the surf industry think of the Westside of Santa Cruz they think of big wave surfers, of guys that winter at Mavericks and summer at the massive Mexican beach break Puerto Escondido, of guys like Flea and Anthony Tashnick. Lamb is the heir to the big wave throne in Santa Cruz. Whether he’s paddling out in the dark to catch a few waves before the Mavericks contest starts or towing into scary Tasmanian surf, Lamb consistently shows well whenever the buoys start hitting the 20-foot range. Perhaps because of his big wave prowess, it is consistently

overlooked how good a technical, small wave surfer he is as well. Lamb and Young are the only true Steamer Lane locals on this list—they have both been surfing there since they could walk—but Lamb has yet to make a solid push through more than a handful of heats at the Coldwater. If Lamb decides to show his contest surfing the same dedication that he shows in big waves, it’s only a matter of time before he starts making an impact. THE O’NEILL COLDWATER CLASSIC `c\a ESR\SaROg =Qb $ bV`]cUV ;]\ROg =Qb ! Ob AbSO[S` :O\S

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Jacqueline Novogratz bridges the divide BY RICK KLEFFEL

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IT’S NOT easy to catch up with Jacqueline Novogratz, even when she is headed our way. I dial in to a conference call and I’m immersed in something like the soundtrack to Blade Runner. “I’m sorry,” she apologizes. “I’m at the airport in Dubai, and it’s pretty chaotic.” Novogratz is the founder of Acumen Fund, a non-profit global venture fund incorporated in 2001 with the goal of using “patient capital” to change the lives of millions living in poverty around the world. Described as a “third way” bridging classic entrepreneurial investment and pure philanthropy, patient capital is used to fund projects geared toward the social good that involve risk and no promise of short-term reward. It’s been a stunning success—one company providing water systems in rural India leveraged a $600,000 Acumen Fund investment in 2004 to a $30 million concern today—and a testimony to the lessons that Novogratz learned in her youth, which she writes so eloquently about in her book The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World. Novogratz started her career out of college as a banker with Chase, where she was groomed for Wall Street–style

FARSIGHTED Jacqueline Novogratz’s nonprofit VC fund operates on “patient” capital that looks beyond quarterly returns. success. But her work and her heart led her away from New York. “I was mostly working in Latin America during the debt crisis, and, particularly in Brazil, saw that there was really no place for low-income or even lowermiddle income people at the banks, and it seemed that the banks would do really well lending to people who were starting businesses, but just didn’t have a ton of resources. It definitely was a decision that was made fairly quickly, I would say, in terms of seeing the opportunity and the disparity coexisting, to at least try and see if there might be a way of extending banking services to low-income people.” On an early trip to Africa, Novogratz saw a young boy wearing a blue sweater that was far too large for him—one that looked familiar. Approaching him, she communicated her wish to see the inside of the collar, where she found her own name written on the tag. More than 10

years ago, back in the United States, she’d donated the sweater to charity. The message was clear. “I think it’s the journey of life ... a life that is committed to something bigger than one’s self, which I think is the journey to meaning and happiness.” Novogratz went on to create a bank in Rwanda. The Blue Sweater was originally meant to be about the genocide, but her work creating Acumen pulled her in a different direction. “It was too out of sync with where I was. The real story was this trajectory of learning about poverty and learning about better ways of solving poverty.” JACQUELINE NOVOGRATZ What’s Next Lecture Series Thursday, Oct. 19, 7:30pm, UCSC Music Recital Hall Tickets $8 adv/$15 door (students $2/$5) at www. whatsnextlectures.com

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Visionary Thad Nodine’s debut novel reveals worlds unseen BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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What a rare experience is this beautifully written first novel by Santa Cruz author Thad Nodine. A road trip about a blind protagonist and his ramshackle journey through the South, Touch and Go (Unbridled, $16.95) bristles with ingenuity and style. Jack Kerouac meets Huck Finn, with a dash of 21st-century Tennessee Williams. And it has to be ingenious because the entire tale is told in first person by Kevin, a recovered addict who lost his sight when he was 5 years old. He’s made up for the loss, in Nodine’s engaging tale, by being acutely tuned to sensory details and shifting human motivations. Touch and Go is laced with powerful nonvisual elements, details of touch and temperature—sounds, textures, flesh, thunder and tears—that grab the reader right off the bat. Kevin has just lost his job at a California newspaper and agrees to join a family of resourceful losers, led by foster parents Isa and Patrick, as they pile into a funky station wagon. Their goal is to deliver a hand-made coffin to Isa’s cranky-butdying father. The drive through the Deep South is riddled with growing humidity, emotional altercations, at least one accident, a few sexual liaisons (stunningly described) and ultimately Hurricane Katrina herself. A Florida

native and Ultimate Frisbee champion who worked with recovering addicts for 20 years, Nodine writes about familiar territory. As a result the book carries its improbable plot and cast of characters on waves of authentic dialogue. The writing practically reads itself. Nodine’s style is graceful and almost invisible—there’s no flab in this savvy package. Touch and Go exerts its magical grasp of inner awareness in much the way that black and white films exert their allure. Freed from the distracting excess of color—or in the case of Nodine’s book, the excess of visual description—the protagonist narrates a world robust with closely felt details. We are invited to “see” the underlying structure of lived life—its crisp edges, its emotional vectors and its painful richness of texture. Fast and frankly unforgettable, Touch and Go insists upon the urgency of human connection, the sense that we too are among these unlikely comrades, traveling toward one thing and invariably arriving at something completely different.

THAD NODINE reads from ‘Touch and Go’ Wednesday, Oct. 19, 5pm Kresge College Seminar Room 159, UCSC

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LIST YOUR LOCAL EVENT IN THE CALENDAR! Email it to calendar@santacruzweekly.com, fax it to 831.457.5828, or drop it by our office. Events need to be received a week prior to publication and placement cannot be guaranteed.

320 Hoffman Ave, Monterey, 831.905.5684.

Stage

True Fiction Radio Live

7th annual community gala performance by the Santa Cruz-based Mexican folk dance company. Sat, Oct 22, 7:30pm. $10-$20. Henry J. Mello Center, 250 E. Beach St, Watsonville, 831.763.4047.

Stories from Richard Stockton, Wallace Baine, Clifford Henderson and Zach Friend; comedy from Dan St. Paul; music by the Truly Fictitious Orchestra featuring Tammi Brown, Rhan Wilson and the Planetoid rhythm section with jazz great Gordon Black. Fri, Oct 21, 8pm. $21.69. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.2227.

THEATER

CONCERTS

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Alley Cats

Mountain Community Theater’s production of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novel. Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Miguel Reyna. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Thru Oct 22. 831.336.4777. Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomond, $15-$18.

A tribute to the greatest hits of the 1950s and ’60s. Thu, Oct 20, 7:30pm. $29-$40. World Theater, CSU Monterey Bay, Sixth Ave, Seaside, 831.582.4580.

DANCE Danzas y Sones de Mexico

HarvestFest 2011 Original paintings, jewelry, sculpture and ceramics, international foods, plus music by The Troubudoors and Jim Fucello. Sat, Oct 22, 9am-5pm and Sun, Oct 23, 9am-5pm. Free. Custom House Plaza, NA, Monterey, 831.622.0700.

The Letters An intricate verbal dance set in 1931 Moscow. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Thru Oct 22. $12-$15. Center Stage, 1001 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7529.

The Rocky Horror Show A newly engaged couple takes refuge in the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter just as the doctor is preparing to unveil his newest creation, Rocky. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Thru Oct 29. $23. Paper Wing Theater,

Media students and alumni artists. Fri, Oct 21, 5-9pm. $3-$5. Museum hours TueSun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

CONTINUING Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History Coastal Lagoons: A Closer Look through Art, History and Science. A virtual visit to seven local lagoons. Visitors will learn how land-use decisions have changed the outlines of each site, how scientists measure the current health of each lagoon and how artists continue to be inspired by the ever-changing nature of lagoons. Thru Feb 25, 2012. $2-$4, free for members and youth under 18. Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm. 1305 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6115.

Andrew Rangell The piano player will perform as part of UCSC’s Friday Night Live concert series. Fri, Oct 21, 7:30pm. $8-$12. UCSC Music Center Recital Hall, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2159.

Art MUSEUMS OPENING Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History 3rd Friday at the MAH. The museum transforms into an innovative hub of new interactive digital art and technology with help from UCSC’s Digital Arts & New

GALLERIES OPENING Santa Cruz Stoves and Fireplaces Generations: Renderings of Life Through Brush and Lens. Paintings and drawings by Susie Wilson, photographs by Daniel Wilson. Opening reception Sat, Oct 22, 6-9pm. Oct 19-Dec 1. Free. 1043 Water St, Santa Cruz, 831.476.8007.

CONTINUING Cabrillo College Gallery Tasty: Artists Playing with Food. Work was selected from artists throughout the state of California for this competitive exhibition. Thru Nov 1. Free. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.

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San Francisco’s City Guide

Spank Rock Brooklyn rapper with new album, ‘Everything is Boring and Everyone is a Fucking Liar.’ Oct 21 at Mezzanine.

DJ Shadow Mill Valley’s legendary producer and DJ performs inside of giant visual-laden egg. Oct 21 at the Regency Ballroom.

Tom Morello Rage Against the Machine guitarist as ‘Nightwatchman’ folk-esque moniker. Oct 21 at Great American Music Hall.

John Scofield Timeless jazz guitarist plays in quartet stretching limits of rhythm and harmony. Oct 21-23 at Yoshi’s Oakland.

Shellac Steve Albini, homemade amps, abrasive noise, even more abrasive attitude, cranial overload. Oct 22-23 at the New Parish. More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

Secret Art. Work by local artists that you won’t see at Open Studios. Thru Oct 30. Free. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

Felix Kulpa Gallery We Are All Animals MMXI. A multi-media art and performance event curated by Louise Chen. Thru Oct 30, 7pm. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Louden Nelson Community Center Gallery Different Directions 4. Photographs by Susan Lysik, gail nichols and Virginia Scott. Thru Nov 18. Free. 301 Center St, Santa Cruz.

Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery Xiaoze Xie: Resistant Archeology. A selection of new and previously unseen paintings, prints and video from the Chinese-American artist. Thru Nov 23. Free. Porter College, UCSC, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3606.

Masaoka Glass Design The Glass Pumpkin Patch. Featuring the work of Alan Masaoka, Nick Leonoff, Nancy Francioli, Todd Moore, Mark Stephenson, Diane Stendahl

and Kevin Chong. Thru Nov 30. 13766 Center St, Carmel Valley.

Motiv Cyphergraph. New digital prints of technical drawings by Sabrina Habel. Thru Oct 31. Free, 831.429.8070. 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz.

Pajaro Valley Arts Council Sculpture Is. 135 sculptures by 56 artists are on display throughout two acres of Mediterranean gardens. Thru Oct 31. 831.728.2532. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville.

Palace Art and Office Supply Sacred Images. Collograph prints, collage, stencil and acrylic works by Mary LehererPlansky. Thru Oct 31. 1501K 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.427.1550.

Santa Cruz County Bank Into the Woods. Featuring the work of nine local artists who explore the natural beauty, strength and mythical character of trees on display at all branches. Opening reception Tue, Oct. 25, 5:30-7:30pm, 720 Front St. Thru Jan 18, 2012. Free. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center From the Mountains. Highlighting Open Studios artists. Thru Oct 22. 831.336.3513. Wed-Sun, noon6pm. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

AROUND TOWN All Star Dog Run Santa Cruz 5K/10K Humans and canines team up in a 5K/10K showcasing adoptable pets and raising money for research into severe canine diseases. Sun, Oct 23, 9am. $30-$60. Forest of Nisene Marks, Soquel Drive at Aptos Village, Aptos, 831.428.6604.

Diversity Center Casino Night Craps, Blackjack, Roulette, Wheel of Fortune, Texas Hold ‘Em, a silent auction, no host bar and live entertainment featuring Jazz A and The Royals. Sat, Oct 22, 7-11pm. $25-$75. Peachwood’s Grill and Bar, 555 Hwy 17, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

Fall is for Fun Think Local First Mixer Open to owners, management and staff of the locally-owned businesses of Santa Cruz County, the mixer will feature food from Severinos, live music from Island Breeze and a talk on the history of local business by Geoffrey Dunn. Thu, Oct 20, 5:307:30pm. Severino’s Bar & Grill, 7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos, 831.566.4209.

PacRep Fall Fundraiser: Wild Night in the West! Featuring musical entertainment by “The Cachagua Playboys,” fine wines and food, live auctions, silent auctions and dancing throughout the night. Sat, Oct

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PAC RIM FILM FEST CLOSING NIGHT BENEFIT The night will start with Aloha Spirit, a short film about the late writer James D. Houston’s connection to the music of Hawai’i. Then Patagonia Rising will screen, a documentary that probes the contentious plan to build five hydroelectric dams on two rivers that f low through Chilean Patagonia. Wednesday, Oct. 19, 7pm at the Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. 831.423.8209.$15. 22, 6-10pm. $125. Quail Lodge Golf Clubhouse, 8000 Valley Greens Drive, Carmel Valley, 831.622.0100.

Swanton Loop Challenge A 50-mile group bike ride along the coast of Santa Cruz County will culminate at Natural Bridges Farm with a 3-course farm dinner paired with local wine. Proceeds support the Homeless Garden Project’s job training and transitional employment programs. Sun, Oct 23. Fundraising challenge $300/ cyclist. Tickets to the dinner only also available. Natural Bridges Farm, 30 West Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.426.3609 x1 .

UCSC Founders Dinner An event recognizing extraordinary individuals and their outstanding contributions to society. Honoring Arthur D. Levinson and J. Michael Bishop, Hal Hyde, Julia Sweig and Steven Vogt this year. Fri, Oct 21, 4:30pm. $95. Cocoanut Grove, 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.5003.

U.N. Day

medical marijuana information, speakers, an art gallery, crafts, vendors, food, a Prop 215 medicating area for qualified patients and music by Moonalice, Bayonics and the Green Lights. More information at Wammfest.org. Sat, Oct 22, noon-5pm. Free. San Lorenzo Park, between Water St and Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz.

LITERARY EVENTS Community Reading Series Open mic for prose writers and poets. Sat, Oct 22, 2-4pm. Free. Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter St, Soquel, 831.475.3326.

Donia Bijan The Iranian-born, Le Cordon Bleu-trained chef will read and discuss her book Maman’s Homesick Pie and appetizers will be provided by Laili Restaurant. Mon, Oct 24, 7:30pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

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More than thirty groups including three folkloricos and a Brazilian dance group will participate in the parade and rally presented by United Nations Association of Santa Cruz. Sat, Oct 22, 10:3011:30am. Free. Abbott Square, Cooper and Front streets, Santa Cruz, 831.426.3101.

The founder and CEO of Acumen Fund will discuss her 2009 bestseller, The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between the Rich and the Poor in an Interconnected World. Part of NextSpace’s What’s Next lecture series. Wed, Oct 19, 7:30pm. $2-$8. UCSC Music Center Recital Hall, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2159.

Wammfest 2011

Juan Gonzalez

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The co-host of the nationally

syndicated TV and radio show Democracy Now and columnist for the New York Daily News will discuss his new book, News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. Sat, Oct 22, 8am-3pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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Robin Donovan & Juliana Gallin The authors of The Lazy Gourmet will read and discuss their cookbook. Thu, Oct 20, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Marcy Alancraig

World Affairs Book Club

Cabrillo creative writing instructor and the author of A Woman of Heart will read and discuss her book. Tue, Oct 25, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

This month’s selection is Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion Across the Islamic World by Robin Wright. Thu, Oct 20, 7pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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LECTURES

The author of four novels, The Necessary Hunger, Southland, The Age of Dreaming and Wingshooters, will appear as part of the UCSC Living Writers series. Thu, Oct 20, 6-7:45pm. Free. Humanities Lecture Hall, UC-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 831.459.4778.

A Memoir-Writing Workshop Gail Burk of the Santa Cruz Genealogical Society leads a series of six workshops focused on weaving personal history with the craft of writing. Thu, Oct 20. Free. La Selva Beach Library, 316 Estrella, La Selva, 831.427.7710.

Positive Discipline The authors of the Positive Discipline series will explain the foundations of the Positive Discipline model for parents, teachers and administrators. Tue, Oct 25. $7. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz,

Ahmed Salah The Resource Center for Nonviolence Annual Dinner and Program features one of the key organizers of the ‘Egyptian Awakening’ and current member of the Kifaya Coordinating Council. Sun, Oct 23, 6pm. $8-$100. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1626.

Financial Strategies for domestic partners and unmarried couples Seminar conducted by Elaine Kiernan, CFP, CDFA, CSA. Tue, Oct 25, 6-8pm. $10. FR Associates, 2161 Delaware St, Suite C, Santa Cruz, 831.458.1125.

Makers at the MAH: Tallie Adair Freelance designer Tallie Adair will speak. Tue, Oct 25, 11am5pm. Free. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St,

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THIRD FRIDAY AT THE MAH Students and alumni from UCSC’s Digital and New Media program will showcase their work, based in anything from mobile technology to audio installation. Twenty artists will hold live demonstrations throughout the evening, including workshops on collage animation and urban grafting. Friday, Oct. 21, 5-9pm at the Museum of Art & History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. 831.429.1964. $5gen./$3students. Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

Maurice LaMarche The 2011 Emmy Awardwinning voice actor will speak with Atlantis Fantasy World owner Joe Ferrara at the Santa Cruz 9, followed by a signing at the comic book store. Proceeds benefit for Santa Cruz resident Levi Castro. Sat, Oct 22, 11am6pm. $10 for 3 signed items, $20 for a personalized voice recording. Atlantis Fantasyworld, 1020 Cedar St, Santa Cruz.

Medicinal Herb Class Learn about the medicinal qualities of both garden and wild native plants at a weekend-long course at the UC Santa Cruz Farm, taught by nutritionist and herbal medicine instructor Edna Williams. Sat, Oct 22, 9am3pm and Sun, Oct 23, 9am3pm. $90-$195. UCSC Farm and Garden, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3240.

Natural History on Two Wheels: Coastal Lagoons of Santa Cruz Bike Tour Join Museum staff and CCWG scientists with your bicycles and binoculars for a leisurely 6-mile bike tour from the Museum to Younger Lagoon. Sat, Oct 22, 8:30am-12:30pm. $25 members/$30 general. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6115.

Water Awareness Series A Transition Santa Cruz series investigating where our water comes from, examining local policy issues—like desalination—and considering options for conservation. TransitionSC. org. Tue, 6:30-8:30pm. Thru Nov 8. $5-$10. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6177.

Write Your Future A drop-in writing workshop for women. No experience not necessary. E-mail Marcia, mheinegg@cruzio.com, for

more information. Mon, 78:30pm. Thru Nov 14. $10.

NOTICES Beginning Bridge Lessons Come alone or bring a partner. For more information contact Peggy Dilfer padilfer@ sbcglobal.net. Wed, 7-9pm. Thru Nov 9. First lesson free, $10 thereafter. Santa Cruz Bridge Center, 720 Capitola Ave., Capitola.

Eating Disorders Resource Center Meeting Groups will be led by Kimberly Kuhn, LCSW and Carolyn Blackman, RN, LCSW. Third Fri of every month, 6-7:30pm. Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, 408.559.5593.

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

Hemlock Discussion Group

UNICEF Boxes Now Available

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.

The 2011 orange trick-ortreat boxes for UNICEF are available at the United Nations Association store at 903 Pacific Ave. Thru Oct 31.

Red Cross Mobile Blood Drives

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. 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. Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.

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

Santa Cruz Film Festival Call for Entries Santa Cruz Film Festival now accepting submissions for consideration into its 11th season, May 10-19, 2012. Films and videos of all lengths and formats completed after January 1, 2011, are invited to enter. SantaCruzFilmFestival. org Last Tue of every month. Thru Jan 31.

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.

SUNDAY 10/23

A QUEEN’S JOURNEY The late James Houston’s unfinished novel, a fictionalized account of the final years of Hawaiian independence under its last monarch, Queen Lili’uokalani, is feted with short readings by writers including Wallace Baine, Stephen Kessler, Geoffrey Dunn, Maxine Hong Kingston and NPR’s Alan Cheuse. Sunday, Oct. 23, 2:30-4:30pm, Cabrillo College Music Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Free.

Yoga Instruction

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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TRUE FICTION RADIO LIVE Richard Stockton and Wallace Baine are taking their Sunday evening radio story time 3D with a variety show at Kuumbwa. The lineup includes tales of true fiction from Stockton and Baine themselves, comedy from Dan St. Paul, Clifford Henson and Dixie Cox, Zach Friend’s analysis of the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections and sounds by the Truly Fictitious Orchestra. Friday, Oct. 21, 8pm at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. Tickets $20 adv/$25 door at TrueFictionRadio.net.

Imagine if someone next to you were having an acupuncture treatment and you started to feel better yourself. Sound a little sci-fi? Actually, this synergistic response has been well-documented in community acupuncture centers around the country. There’s a revolution in heath care, dubbed ‘The calmest revolution ever staged,’ and it has come to Santa Cruz. In an effort to provide more affordable and accessible treatment, the concept of community acupuncture was born. Essentially, a patient receives a private consultation and then shifts into a common treatment room to recline in communal bliss. This format leverages a practitioner’s space and time, thus bringing down operating costs and this savings is passed on to you, the patient. Communi-Qi Acupuncture offers community treatment six days a week. You decide how much you can afford from a sliding scale of $20$40 per session and you decide how long you wish to stay. The added benefit of the collective healing is yours, complements of your fellow community members.

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Thursday, October 20 U 7 pm

CLAUDIA VILLELA & ROMERO LUBAMBO

Saturday, October 22 U 8 pm

CREOLE CHOIR OF CUBA Monday, October 24 U 7 & 9 pm

JOHN SCOFIELD JAZZ QUARTET featuring Michael Eckroth, Ben Street, Greg Hutchinson Tuesday, October 25 U 7 pm

DOTTIE DODGION TRIO

Tickets at brownpapertickets.com Thursday, October 27 U 7 pm

WE FOUR – CELEBRATING JOHN COLTRANE: Javon Jackson, Mulgrew Miller, Nat Reeves, Jimmy Cobb Saturday, October 29 U 8 pm

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Tickets at brownpapertickets.com Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer. All ages welcome.

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CRAZY AMERICAN BAND Fishtank Ensemble mixes it up at Don Quixote’s this Sunday.

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Swedish-born axe man Anders Osborne joins Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe to perform the entirety of the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers, featuring mega-classics such as “Brown Sugar” and “Wild Horses.” While Osborne is known for his soulbaring rock, blues and ballads, Denson’s acid jazz groove-cum-funk-cum-Afrobeat outfit is a danceaholic’s dream, making this the perfect team for an innovative cover of this foundation of the rock & roll canon. Denson, who first made it big as a member of Lenny Kravitz’s band, says he found inspiration for the Sticky Fingers– themed tour in “the sheer number of great tunes in one place.” Moe’s Alley; $25; 9pm. (Samantha Larson)

Dave Alvin has fashioned a career out of playing the role of plugged-in troubadour. The Blasters, the iconic outfit he formed with his brother Phil, consumed a wide array of blues- and folk-based American music and renewed it for the ’70s Los Angeles punk rock scenes. Alvin then served stints in X and The Knitters, two outfits uniquely complimentary to his aesthetic. As a solo artist, Alvin has remained true to his vision, most recently with his latest release Eleven Eleven, on which he continues his string of compelling work that effortlessly merges rock, folk, blues and tejano music. Moe’s Alley; $20 adv/$25 door; 9pm. (PMD)

DJ Shadow thrives on confounding expectations. He’s rarely shown any interest in meeting the expectations of his fans and critics, and given the reaction to 2006’s hyphy-referencing The Outsider, some seem to think that he thrives on pissing them off. The producer also known as Josh Davis is emphatic that he won’t retread his seminal debut Entroducing..., but his latest album The Less You Know, The Better is closer to that iconic record than he might like to admit. It’s also rougher, with serrated electric guitar bursts punctuating the familiar hip-hop, jazz, funk and ambient sounds that have long characterized his work. The Catalyst; $21 adv/$25 door; 9pm. (Paul M. Davis)

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ROACH GIGZ Thanks to the support of Lil B and the elusive Andre Nickatina, Roach Gigz has become one of the Bay Area’s hottest up-and-coming MC’s. He’s gotten attention in the Bay’s underground scene, rocking crowds in East Bay and selling mixtapes, and caught the attention of the Internet’s hip-hop blog cognoscenti, who thrive

SATURDAY | 10/22

Tech N9ne

CONCERTS TECH N9NE Oct. 21 at Catalyst

TYLER RAMSEY Oct. 23 at Crepe Place

JOHN SCOFIELD Oct. 24 at Kuumbwa

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC Nov. 4 at Civic Auditorium

PATTI MAXINE TRIBUTE A virtuoso of the lap steel guitar and veteran of the local music community, Patti Maxine is one of the finest musicians around. Capable of playing in just about any style, from jazz, blues and rock to Hawaiian, swing and R&B, Maxine’s musical contributions are many. She was the driving force behind Saddle Up & Boogie (Santa Cruz’s first Western swing band), she has recorded and collaborated with musical legends including Mary McCaslin and Grammy-winning Hawaiian guitarist Cyril Pahanui, and she is a dedicated teacher and fundraiser for Guitars Not Guns. Joining in the celebration are Amee Chapman, the Velvet Tumbleweeds and more. Crepe Place; $8; 9pm. (CJ)

SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS Nov. 18 at Rio Theatre

SUNDAY | 10/23

FISHTANK ENSEMBLE Specializing in boisterous multi-culti fun, Fishtank Ensemble embraces its diverse roots with a musical blend of Roma, flamenco, Balkan, Turkish and tango influences. The eclectic group performs everything from Japanese folk to klezmer and lively, theatrical performances that feature uniquely fun instruments such as the musical saw, the banjolele and the slap bass. Don Quixote’s; $12 adv/$15 door; 7pm. (SL)

MONDAY | 10/24

JEFFREY FOUCAULT

BROWN SUGAR Funkmaster Karl Denson and company perform the Stones’ ‘Sticky Fingers’ this Thursday.

Jeffrey Foucault’s music has an ethereal, haunted quality to it that makes descriptors such as “roots soundscapes” and “old-weirdatmospheres” a bit more accurate than the typical “folk” or “Americana” tags. Possessing a deep, full voice and solid technical skills, Foucault’s real strength lies in his ability to coax the feeling out of the darkest corners of a tune. His latest release, Horse Latitudes, is being touted as one of the best Americana releases of the year. Don Quixote’s; $10 adv/$12 door; 7:30pm. (CJ)

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Made up of the descendants of people doubly-displaced—first from West Africa, and then from Haiti—the Creole Choir of Cuba celebrates the richness, diversity and strength of its musical heritage. Formed in Camaguey, Cuba in 1994 during an economic crisis that saw widespread food shortages and power outages, the choir reworks and revitalizes the resistance songs and laments of their ancestors. Singing in Creole, the group tells tales of loss, hope, heroes, freedom, struggle and survival through beautiful melodies and harmonies, foot-stomping rhythms and spiritual vitality. Kuumbwa; $25 adv/$28 door; 8pm. (Cat Johnson)

on a hyperactive hype cycle that celebrates new kings just to tear them down. Still looking for a label deal for his full-length debut, Roach Gigz is sustaining the heat with his Bitch I’m a Player EP and the tonguein-cheek video for his track “Gina,” which has gone viral online. The Catalyst; $15 adv/$19 door; 9pm. (PMD)

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WED 10/19

THU 10/20

FRI 10/21

THE ABBEY

SAT 10/22 Kristen ProfďŹ t

350 Mission St, Santa Cruz

with Bridget Johnson

BLUE LAGOON

Big 80s Dance Party

VJ/DJ Tripp

923 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

BOCCI’S CELLAR

Roberto-Howell

Gary Gates

All of a Sudden

The Drowning Man

Isadora’s Scarf

Tech N9ne

Karaoke Afroman

Cula a Boca, The Here

Jay Rock

Roach Gigz

140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

THE CATALYST 1011 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

CLOUDS

Planet Booty

110 Church St, Santa Cruz

CREPE PLACE

Legendary Slam

The Down Beets

Vandervelde

Amee

1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

and Open Mic

The Heeldraggers

The Fling

Honoring Patti Maxine

CROW’S NEST

Yuji Tojo

Easy Mash

The Tone Wheels

Bone Drivers

2218 East Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

CYPRESS LOUNGE

One Love Reggae

120 Union St, Santa Cruz

DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE

Esoteric Collective

Sherry Austin Band

1 Davenport Ave, Santa Cruz

FINS COFFEE

Mike Wilkinson

Don Bostick

1104 Ocean St, Santa Cruz

HOFFMAN’S BAKERY CAFE

Preston Brahm Trio

Mapanova

1102 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

with Gary Montrezza

KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER

Claudia Villela

320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

and Romero Lubambo

MAD HOUSE BAR & COCKTAILS

Isoceles Creole Choir of Cuba

Mad Jam

DJ AD

DJ Marc

529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Bring your instrument

Rainbow Room

MOE’S ALLEY

Russell Batiste

Karl Denson

Dave Alvin

Lujan

1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

& Friends

and Anders Osborne Band

& The Guilty Ones

& Yard Stylee Allstars

MOTIV

Chrissy Murderbot

Libation Lab

D-ROC

Juan Burgandy

1209 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

& Comma

with AL-B

Cruzing

DJ E Church

RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz

SEABRIGHT BREWERY

Lou Deluca Band

519 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

APTOS / CAPITOLA / RIO DEL MAR / SOQUEL

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THU 9/22

FRI 9/23

SAT 9/24

25

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MON 10/24

TUE 10/25

SANTA CRUZ

The Getaway Girl

THE ABBEY 831.429.1058

The Box

Rock This Party

BLUE LAGOON

Cooper Jenkins

BOCCI’S CELLAR

831.423.7117

SC Jazz Society

Rosati/ Czarnecki quartet

831.427.1795

Robert Wynia

Grieves & Budo

PassaďŹ re

Michael Shapiro

Prof, the MC Type

Tatankalive

THE CATALYST 831.423.1336

CLOUDS 831.429.2000

Tyler Ramsey

King Tuff

7 Come 11

CREPE PLACE

The Groggs

831.429.6994

Live Comedy

CROW’S NEST 831.476.4560

Unwind All Night DJ Jahi

CYPRESS LOUNGE 831.459.9876‎

DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE 831.426.8801

Geese in the Fog

FINS COFFEE 831.423.6131

Dana Scruggs Trio

Joe Leonard Trio

Barry Scott

HOFFMAN’S BAKERY CAFE

& Associates

831.420.0135

John ScoďŹ eld

KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER

Jazz quartet

831.427.2227

DJ Chante

MAD HOUSE BAR & COCKTAILS

Neighborhood Night

831.425.2900

MOE’S ALLEY 831.479.1854

Moombahton

Terminal

Two$days

MOTIV

Dane Jouras; Ilya Romanov with DJ AD

831.479.5572

RED 831.425.1913

RIO THEATRE 831.423.8209

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 831.426.2739

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MON 9/26

TUE 9/27

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7EDNESDAY /CTOBER ‹ In the Atrium ‹ AGES 21+

THE DROWNING MAN &2%% 3(/7 s P M P M

DJ SHADOW

Thursday, Oct. 20 AGES 16+ !DV $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M Thursday, October 20 ‹ In the Atrium ‹ AGES 21+ ISADORA’S SCARF plus Culo A Boca also The Here !DV $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M -YPKH` 6J[VILY ‹ AGES 16+

TECH N9NE

plus

Jay Rock

!DV $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M Friday, October 21 ‹ In the Atrium ‹ AGES 21+

MATT MASIH & THE MESSENGERS plus

Eliquate

also

My Peoples

IN !DV AT THE $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M

:H[\YKH` 6J[VILY ‹ AGES 16+

ROACH GIGZ Berner !DV $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M plus

Saturday, October 22 ‹ In the Atrium ‹ AGES 16+

APTOS / CAPITOLA / RIO DEL MAR / SOQUEL BRITANNIA ARMS THE FOG BANK

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating. Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 866-384-3060 & online

www.catalystclub.com

Karaoke Sound Co

Marshall Law

221 Esplanade, Capitola

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN

Karaoke

Extra Lounge

R.O.D.

2591 Main St, Soquel

Stormin Norman and the Cyclones

PARADISE BEACH GRILLE

Johnny Fabulous

Lisa Taylor

215 Esplanade, Capitola

SANDERLINGS

George

Samba

In Three

Joint Chiefs

Sparkletones

Joe Ferrara

Lisa Marie

Tsunami

Bomb Shell Bullys

1 Seascape Resort Dr, Rio del Mar

SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL

Don McCaslin &

7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

The Amazing Jazz Geezers

SHADOWBROOK 1400 Wharf Rd, Capitola

The Green Atrium (Ages 16+) Country Trash Atrium (Ages 18+) Zion I/ The Jacka (Ages 16+) Pink Mountaintops Atrium (Ages 21+)

SAT 9/22 The McCoy Tyler Band

MARGARITAVILLE

Sunday, October 23 ‹ In the Atrium ‹ AGES 21+ plus Michael Shapiro also Peter Cornett !DV $RS s P M P M Monday, October 24 ‹ In the Atrium ‹ AGES 16+ GRIEVES & BUDO plus Prof also The MC Type !DV $RS s P M P M Tuesday, October 25 ‹ In the Atrium ‹ AGES 16+ PASSAFIRE plus Tatankalive Oct 26 Oct 27 Oct 28 Oct 28

FRI 9/21 Karaoke

211 Esplanade, Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

IN !DV AT THE $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M

THU 9/20 Karaoke

8017 Soquel Dr, Aptos

AFROMAN !DV $RS s P M P M

ROBERT WYNIA

WED 10/19 Trivia Quiz Night

THE WHARF HOUSE THE UGLY MUG

Doug Adamz

Jeff Gutman

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY DON QUIXOTE’S

Duck Baker

6275 Hwy 9, Felton

plus Dale Miller

HENFLING’S TAVERN

Claire Lynch Band Michael Martin

The Frite Nite Tour

Aja Vu

Ana Sia, Eprom

The Music of Steely Dan

The Breakfast Show

Blue Tail Flies

Mariachi Ensemble

KDON DJ Showbiz

9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

WATSONVILLE / MOSS LANDING CILANTRO’S

Hippo Happy Hour

1934 Main St, Watsonville

MOSS LANDING INN Hwy 1, Moss Landing

& KDON DJ SolRock

Open Jam

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TUE 9/25

APTOS / CAPITOLA / RIO DEL MAR / SOQUEL BRITANNIA ARMS 831.688.1233

Dennis Dove

Game Night

Pro Jam

THE FOG BANK 831.462.1881

MARGARITAVILLE 831.476.2263

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 831.479.9777

NIck Handley

Jorge Faustman

PARADISE BEACH GRILLE 831.476.4900

SANDERLINGS 831.662.7120

Johnny Fabulous Dance Lessons

SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 831.688.8987

SHADOWBROOK 831.475.1511

THE WHARF HOUSE 831.476.3534

Open Mic with Jordan

Movie Night 7:45 pm start time

THE UGLY MUG 831.477.1341

ZELDA’S 831.475.4900

SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY Fishtank Ensemble

Jeffrey Foucault

Gonzalo Bergara Quartet

Dead Men Rocking

Karaoke with Ken

DON QUIXOTE’S 831.603.2294

HENFLING’S TAVERN 831.336.9318

WATSONVILLE / MOSS LANDING Santa Cruz Trio

KPIG Happy Hour Happy hour

Karaoke

CILANTRO’S 831.761.2161

MOSS LANDING INN 831.633.3038

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RESTAURANT WEEK HELD OVER For the week of October 5-12, 2011

$25

FIRST COURSE

Chedder Hushpuppies with jalapeno jelly

Louisiana Sunburst Salad organic baby greens with dried cranberries, almonds and stilton cheese in a Creole vinaigrette

Barbeque Shrimp and Grits ENTRÉE

New Orleans Style Gumbo classic gumbo with chicken & Andouille sausage and whole grain rice

Blackened Red Fish with dirty rice

Steak Diane tenderlion medallion cooked with brandy, Dijon Mustard, mushrooms and cream. Served with an Andouille stuffing

DESSERT

Bread Pudding with bourbon sauce

Chocolate dipped Beignets Beverage, tax & gratuity not included

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BRIDGE SCHOOL BENEFIT 25TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (NR; 120 min.) Skipping the $170 tickets this year? No worries—the day after the big show you can watch all the greats—Arcade Fire, Eddie Vedder, Beck, Mumford & Sons, Foo Fighters, Tony Bennett and of course Neil Young, plus all the others who won’t fit here. (Mon at Del Mar) GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and

Harold Ramis are three outof-work but enterprising paranormal studies professors who start a business getting rid of ghosts. With Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis. (Thu at Scotts Valley)

THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 (NR; 100 min.) A disturbed loner, obsessed with the film The Human Centipede (First Sequence), attempts to build his own 12-person human centipede using the twisted surgical techniques of the fictional Dr. Heiter. (Fri-Sat at Del Mar)

SHOWTIMES

JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN (PG; 108 min.) Rowan Atkinson, better known to many as Mr. Bean, reprises his role as the most overconfident, underintelligent spy in Her Majesty’s service. This time Johnny English is called forth from his Asian hideaway to help foil a plot to assassinate the Chinese premier. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley) THE MIGHTY MACS (2009) A scrappy underdog of a high school girls’ basketball team heads to the national

122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.culvertheaters.com The Three Musketeers — (Opens Fri) 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:20. Sat-Sun 12pm. 50/50 — Wed-Thu 2:10; 4:30; 6:50; 9:10. Footloose — Daily 2:10; 4:30; 6:50; 9:10. Sat-Sun 11:50am.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA 1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.culvertheaters.com Paranormal Activity 3 — (Opens Midnight Thu) 11:55; 1:55; 3:20; 5:30;

7:45; 10; 11:55. The Ides of March — Daily 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30. Moneyball — Daily 12:45; 3:45; 6:45; 9:45. Real Steel — Daily 11; 1:45; 4:40; 7:30; 10:20.

DEL MAR 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Paranormal Activity 3 — (Opens Midnight Thu) 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 8; 9; 10. Fri-

Sat 12pm; 11. Fri-Sun 1pm. Mon No 6pm. Drive — Daily 2:50; 5:10; 7:30; 9:40. Sat-Sun 12:45pm The Help — Wed-Thu 3:45; 6:30. The Human Centipede 2 — Fri-Sat Midnight. Metropolis — Thu 2; 4. The Paris Concert — Thu 7:30; Sun 11am. 25th Anniversary Bridge School Concert Film — Mon 7pm.

NICKELODEON Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

satisfy your gruesome expectations.”

The Way — (Opens Fri) 1:50; 4:20; 6:50; 9:20. Sat-Sun 11:20am. The Debt — Fri-Wed 2; 6:40. Happy Happy — Wed-Thu 3; 5; 7:10; 9:20. Fri-Wed 6pm. Sat-Sun 12:50pm. Midnight in Paris — Wed-Thu 2:30; 6:50. Sat-Sun 11:50pm. The Mill and the Cross — Wed-Thu 2:50; 5:10; 7:20; 9:30. Fri-Wed 5:10;

9:30. Sat-Sun 12:40pm. Our Idiot Brother — Wed-Thu 7:20pm. Fri-Wed 2:30; 6:50. Toast — Wed-Thu 2:40; 4:50; 7; 9:10. Fri-Wed 2:50; 7:10.

-Eric Kohn, indieWIRE

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN A FILM BY TOM SIX

155 S. River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com 50/50 — Daily 4:15; 7:15; 9:50. Fri-Sun 1:15pm. Fri-Sun 1:15. The Big Year — Daily 4; 7; 9:40. Fri-Sun 1 pm.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com w w w. i f c f i l m s . c o m

MIDNIGHT SHOWS FRIDAY & SATURDAY!

DEL MAR THEATRE

1124 PACIFIC AVENUE (831) 426-7500 SANTA CRUZ

championships. With Carla Gugino and Ellen Burstyn. (Opens Fri at Scotts Valley)

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 (R; 95 min.) Demonic prequel shows us how all the funny business began in. In 1988, two sisters befriend an unseen entity in their home in a story told by found footage and creepy shaky cams. (Opens Thu midnite at Scotts Valley and 41st Ave and Fri at Del Mar) THE PARIS CONCERT (NR; 104 min.) Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and Mexican tenor

Rolando Villazon, together dubbed “opera’s dream couple,” performed a concert in 2007 of late Romantic pieces that had the opera lovers of Paris in a swoon. Bring your fan. (Thu and Sun at Del Mar)

THE SHINING (1980) Stanley Kubrick’s film of the Stephen King novel stars Jack Nicholson as a writer being driven slowly insane by cabin fever and ghostly apparitions at the isolated hotel where he and his family are serving as caretakers for the winter.

Showtimes are for Wednesday, Oct. 19, through Wednesday, Oct. 26, unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS

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Movie reviews by Traci Hukill, Tessa Stuart and Richard von Busack

Johnny English Reborn — (Opens Fri) 2:50; 5:25; 8; 10:35. Sat-Sun 12:15pm. Three Musketeers — (Opens Fri) 4:55; 10:25. Sat-Sun 11:25am. Three Musketeers 3D — (Opens Fri) 2:10; 7:40. Contagion — Wed 10/19 2:40; 5:20; 8; 10:35. Thu 2:40; 5:20. Fri-Wed 1:30;

4:10; 6:50; 9:25. Sat-Sun 11am. Dolphin Tale — Wed-Thu 4:35; 10:05. Fri-Wed 1:10; 6:40. Dolphin Tale 3D — Wed-Thu1:50; 7:20. Fri-Wed 3:50; 9:30. Footloose — Wed-Thu 1:20; 4:20; 7:10; 10. Fri-Wed 1:45; 4:30; 7:20; 10:10. Sat-Sun 11:05am. The Ides of March — Wed-Thu 2:20; 5; 7:40; 10:10. Fri-Wed 2:40; 5:15; 7:50; 10:20. Sat-Sun 12:05pm. Killer Elite — Wed-Thu 9:30pm The Lion King 3D — Wed-Thu 2; 4:25; 6:50. Moneyball — Wed-Thu 1; 4; 7; 10:20. Fri-Wed 1:05; 4:05; 7:10; 10:15. Mon, Thu No 7:10 or 10:15. Real Steel — Wed-Thu 1:30; 2:50; 4:30; 6:40; 7:30; 9:40; 10:30. The Thing — Wed-Thu 2:30; 5:10; 7:50; 10:40. Fri-Wed 2:15; 4:50; 7:10; 10:15. Sat-Sun 11:35am. Lang Lang Live in Concert — Mon 7:30pm. The Shining — Thu 8pm.

SCOTTS VALLEY 6 CINEMA 226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3261 www.culvertheaters.com Ghostbusters — Thu 7:30pm. Johnny English Reborn — (Opens Fri) 12:20; 2:45; 5:15; 7:45; 10:10. The Mighty Macs — (Opens Fri) 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30. Paranormal Activity 3 — (Opens Mid Thu) 11:55; 1:20; 3:30; 5:45; 8; 10; 10:15; 11:55. 50/50 — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:20; 4:45; 7:10; 9:30. The Big Year — Wed-Thu 12:15; 2:45; 5:15; 7:45; 10:10. Fri-Wed 4:20; 9:20. Footloose — Daily 11:20; 2; 3; 4:45; 5:30; 7:20. Fri-Wed 10pm. The Ides of March — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30. Dolphin Tale — Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4:10; 6:45; 9:20. Fri-Wed 11; 1:30; 4:10; 6:45. The Lion King — Wed-Thu 11; 2. Moneyball — Daily 12:45; 3:45; 6:45; 9:45. Real Steel — Daily 11; 1:45; 4:40; 7:30; 10:20. The Thing — Daily 11:55; 2:30; 4:55; 7:30; 10.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8 1125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com Johnny English Reborn — (Opens Fri) 1:30; 4; 7:15; 9:40. Sat-Sun 11:15pm. Paranormal Activity 3 — (Opens Thu 10pm) Thu Midnight. Fri-Wed 1; 3;

5:05; 7:15; 9:40. Sat-Sun 11am. The Three Muskateers 3D — (Opens Thu Mid) 1:30; 4; 7:15; 9:30. Sat-Sun 11am. The Big Year — Daily 1:30; 4; 7; 9:30. Sat-Sun 11:15am. Courageous — Daily 1:40; 4:20; 7; 9:40. Sat-Sun 11am. Footloose — Daily 1:30; 4; 7; 9:30. Sat-Sun 11am. Dolphin Tale 3D — Wed-Thu 1; 9:30. Dream House — Wed-Thu 1; 3:05; 5:05; 7:15; 9:40. Sat-Sun 11am. Ides of March — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4; 7; 9:30. The Lion King 3D — Wed-Thu 3:20; 5:15; 7:15. The Thing — Daily 1:30; 4; 7:15; 9:40. Sat-Sun 11:15am. Real Steel — Daily 1:35; 4:10; 7; 9:40. Sat-Sun 11am.

REVIEWS 50/50 (R; 139 min.) Alternate title could be So/So, despite leads Anna Kendrick and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Their work in this comedy/drama is disrupted by Seth Rogen. In regularly scheduled bullish (or bullying) comedy moments, Rogen’s Kyle turns up to rattle the cage of the seriously ill Adam (GordonLevitt). When Rogen is gone, the film develops interesting counterpoints. Rather than just the sketchily drawn victim of cancer, Adam may be a kind of princeling. Gordon-Levitt finds some humorous notes, but his Adam isn’t a very well-defined character. He’s outlined by the contrast between the two girls in the picture: bitchy live-in Rachel (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Katherine (Kendrick). It may be that Rogen’s ultimate contribution to cinema is taking the fun out of that game where you pretend that the hero and his buddy are lovers. On the bright side, this may be the least spiritual film about facing death we’ve been offered. (RvB) THE BIG YEAR (PG, 111 min.) Narrator John Cleese explains it all. The Audubon Society promotes an annual contest. Those who spot the most North American birds will be distinguished with a certain kind of fame, if no money. The competitors: a divorced Baltimore schlep (Jack Black), Owen Wilson as a slick New Jersey contractor ignoring his wife (Rosamund Pike) and a self-made millionaire (Steve Martin) ready to retire to the Rockies. Under David Frankel’s laid-back direction, Martin and Black find some appealing comedic harmonies. The Big Year isn’t screamingly funny, but it’s scenic, and a number of well-known actors turn up, as if they’d heard that Howard Franklin’s script was unusual—among them

CONTAGION (PG-13; 105 min.) An all-star cast (Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet) battles fear and avian flu. Directed by Steven Soderbergh. COURAGEOUS (PG-13; 135 min.) Four sheriffs’ deputies wrestle with temptation, disillusionment and tragedy and make a fateful decision. DOLPHIN TALE (PG; 119 min.) Based on the true story of Winter, a bottlenosed dolphin who lost her tail in a crab trap. A young boy finds the dolphin and persuades the adults around him to help her. With Harry Connick, Jr., Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd. DREAM HOUSE (PG-13; 98 min.) Except it’s not, y’see? New Yorkers Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz relocate to a New England town before learning that their new home was the scene of a grisly murder. Naomi Watts is the neighbor who knows the most about what went on there, and what could happen again. DRIVE (R; 108 min.) Ryan Gosling transforms from first-rate actor to movie star here. He plays an unnamed getaway-car driver in L.A. with a studious code of noninvolvement. He tosses away this code at first sight of the film’s girl (Carey Mulligan) and her kid. Terrific action sequences—much pre-Avid magic here—and a cast of HBO/FX all-stars. Among them is the Oscar-bound Albert Brooks who is half (with Ron Perlman) of a pair of aging but lethal gangsters. Still, Drive is so studiously cool it’s hard not to feel cool toward it. Impractical, coincidental things happen that might have made more sense in a smaller-scale location, such as Phoenix, where James Sallis’ nouveau pulp novel was set. Directed, with all homage to Michael Mann, by Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson). (RvB) FOOTLOOSE (PG-13; 110 min.) Remake of the 1984 Kevin Bacon swoonfest tells the story of rebellious Ren McCormack, who moves to a town where rock & roll is banned and proceeds to convince everybody, everybody, everybody to cut loose. HAPPY, HAPPY (R; 97 min.) Norwegian comedy about a woman whose boring life and even more boring marriage are turned upside down when

FREAKY THURSDAY Sisters Katie and Kristi from the first two films comb homemade movies for answers in ‘Paranormal Activity 3,’ opening Thursday night at 41st Ave, Del Mar, Green Valley and Scotts Valley. the perfect couple moves in next door.

THE IDES OF MARCH (R; 101 min.) George Clooney’s stiff adaptation of Beau Willimon’s play Farragut North minces some questions of loyalty and politician worship. Can a political activist find a safe ground between foolish innocence and cynicism? Clooney plays Mike Morris, a Gulf War veteran and Democratic governor of Pennsylvania running in a tough Ohio primary. If he wins, he seems destined to triumph against a scattered opposition. Ryan Gosling plays Stephen Myers, the young but longtime strategist who adores this candidate. This low-temperature drama of idealism simmers further when Molly (Evan Rachel Woods) enters, though the action seems elsewhere, with the strategizing between two rivals, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti. Ides of March doesn’t start to get exciting until far too late in the game, when we get the confrontation we’ve been promised between Myers’ hero worship and Morris’ ruthlessness. (RvB) KILLER ELITE (R; 106 min.) A former special ops agent (Jason Statham) and his mentor (Robert DeNiro) face off against the leader of a secret military society (Clive Owen). GIORGIO MORODER’S METROPOLIS (1984) The Academy Award-winning composer’s restored version of Fritz Lang’s classic film Metropolis includes a soundtrack with Pat Benatar, Billy Squier, Adam Ant and other music gods of the 1980s. This version, begun in 1981 and initially released in 1984, has been out of print for more than a quarter century. THE MILL & THE CROSS (NR; 104 min.) Meta Polish film lets the viewer inside the creation of Pieter Bruegel’s

painting ‘The Procession to Calvary,’ which depicts both Christ’s crucifixion and the occupation of the Netherlands by representatives from the Spanish inquisition. With Michael York as a wealthy burgher and Charlotte Rampling as a grieving mother.

MONEYBALL (PG-13; 132 min.) This unorthodox picture is clearly one of the shrewdest films ever made about the national pastime. The source is Michael Lewis’ nonfiction account of how Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A’s, brought the science of statistics— sabermetrics—to that team. It happened shortly after the 2001 American League division loss to the Yankees. The Yanks first outspent the A’s by a ratio of about three to one, then cherry-picked star player Jason Giambi from the A’s lineup. “We’re the last dog at the bowl,� Beane (Brad Pitt) says as he searches for a replacement for his first baseman. Beane meets the fictional Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), a furtive and fat economics major from Yale working on the controversial system of using on-base percentages as a way of forecasting a team’s year. Moneyball becomes a species of buddy movie, but it’s a dry, unusual one, more interested in exchanged glances than back-patting. Director Bennett Miller (Capote) emphasizes Beane’s solitude and inner fury. Moneyball is Pitt’s movie, and the tightly restrained lead shows us an actor finally out of the orbit of Robert Redford. He gives a lean, mean performance, one of his best. The rest of the cast is up to his level: Robin Wright as his ex-wife; Philip Seymour Hoffman is coach Art Howe. Some will liken the script, by Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin, to Jerry Maguire, but it does without the traditional can o’ corn of the typical baseball movie. When was

the last time a team of winning misfits looked so inconspicuous? (RvB)

OUR IDIOT BROTHER (R; 90 min.) Stars Paul Rudd as the idiot brother named Ned. Ned barges in on the lives of his three sisters, and when he overstays his welcome he is forced to reconsider his actions. REAL STEEL (PG-13; 127 min.) Even Hugh Jackson’s charm and energy start to flag in this arguably feasible attempt to put some heart into the clobbering-robot genre. Shawn Levy (the Nights at the Museum franchise) fills Real Steel with slightly futurized Americana as Jackman’s Charlie Kenton goes through the circuit of the prizefighting movie: debt, dejection, discovery of a contender (a robot in this case) and bonding with son and girlfriend. (Dakota Goyo, who plays son Max, is a coldly deft little professional; Evangeline Lilly is as pretty as her name, but she only gets about 10 minutes onscreen.) Sometimes you also wonder who, exactly, Real Steel is for. The bloody-minded little boy and bloody-minded former little boy demographic is pretty large. But they want what they want. Are they going to feel they robbed of regularly scheduled wreckage in favor of dad and son bonding? (RvB) THE THING (R; 103 min.) A research station in Antarctica is the setting for an alien landing on earth that pits a graduate student against the station’s chief scientist. TOAST (NR; 108 min.) Young aspiring chef Nigel Slater competes with his stepmother (Helena Bonham Carter), also an excellent cook, for his father’s affections. While away at cooking school he meets another young man who convinces him to follow his dream.

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VIVA VERVE More than simply a vivacious attitude, it’s an expanding coffee-roasting empire. With the original 41st Avenue site humming along, co-owners Ryan O’Donovan and Colby Barr have just opened a second shop smack dab in the middle of the funky industrial zone just off Seabright and Murray. Stopping by this week for some industrial-strength lattes, we found lots to like. The attitude at the newest Verve is distinctly bohemian compared to the ultra-chic Pleasure Point operation. With a surprisingly large population of working neighbors—around 300 folks are engaged in some kind of industry at this busy corner loaded with cavernous warehouses, according to barista Lizzy Sampson—there is a huge 10am rush for Verve’s exceptional espresso output. Brilliant red espresso cups and saucers add to the visual excitement. But since the miniature coffeehouse adjoins the enormous roasting operation, lined floor to ceiling with bags of coffee beans, there is a whole lot to watch while you’re getting caffeinated. Add one of those addictive morning buns or scones, and OMG, you are completely fueled for the day. 104 Bronson St., open 7am-5pm daily. The word is—since you’re anxious to know—the DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ LOCATION (next to Jamba Juice) should be ready for action by very early next month. LATE-BREAKING-JAW-DROPPING-IT’S-ALL-TRUE-NEWSFLASH Even though there have been no actual signatures yet, Paul Geise of Ristorante Avanti acknowledges that yes, he and the landlord of the former

Hawgs-turned-Coldwater have shaken hands on the deal you’ve been hearing about. Avanti, for decades a landmark in the tiny strip mall at Palm and Mission Street, will be moving down the road a few clicks to the Coldwater location. Geise thinks probably around the first of the year the all-new, expanded Avanti will be up and running. “We’ve got a lot of work to do to turn the place into a food restaurant, rather than a bar and grill,” Geise told me last week. “There aren’t even any prep tables.” No question that this might take a while for longtime devotées of Avanti to wrap their brains around. “We’ve kind of outgrown this location,” Geise admitted. “And parking is really an issue for many of our patrons.” I have to agree with that. But a change like this is bound to create controversy, both pro and con, with longtime customers addicted to the small, rustic charms of the existing Avanti. On the other hand, it sounds exciting. So stay tuned for more developments. Send tips about food, wine and dining discoveries to Christina Waters at xtina@cruzio.com. Read her blog at http://christinawaters.com.

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Diner’s Guide Our selective list of area restaurants includes those that have been favorably reviewed in print by Santa Cruz Weekly food critics and others that have been sampled but not reviewed in print. All visits by our writers are made anonymously, and all expenses are paid by Metro Santa Cruz. SYMBOLS MADE SIMPLE: $ = Under $10 $$ = $11-$15 $$$ = $16-$20 $$$$ = $21 and up

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Price Ranges based on average cost of dinner entree and salad, excluding alcoholic beverages APTOS $$ Aptos

AMBROSIA INDIA BISTRO

$$ Aptos

BRITANNIA ARMS

$$$ Aptos $$ Aptos

207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610

8017 Soquel Dr, 831.688.1233 SEVERINO’S GRILL

7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987 ZAMEEN MEDITERRANEAN

7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465

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. 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. Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh, fast, flavorful. Gourmet meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

CAPITOLA $ Capitola

CAFE VIOLETTE

$$

Capitola

GEISHA SUSHI 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.

$$$

SHADOWBROOK

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

$$$

STOCKTON BRIDGE GRILLE

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

$$$ Capitola

203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900

104 Stockton Ave, 831.479.8888

ZELDA’S

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

California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials. Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm. Mediterranean tapas. Innovative menu, full-service bar, international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily. California cuisine. Nightly specials include prime rib and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

SANTA CRUZ $$ Santa Cruz

ACAPULCO

$$$ Santa Cruz

CELLAR DOOR

$ Santa Cruz

CHARLIE HONG KONG

$$ Santa Cruz

CLOUDS

$$ Santa Cruz

1116 Pacific Ave, 831. 426.7588

328 Ingalls St, 831.425.6771

1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664

110 Church St, 831.429.2000 THE CREPE PLACE

1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994

$$

CROW’S NEST

Santa Cruz

2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560

$$ Santa Cruz

HINDQUARTER

303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770

$$ Santa Cruz

1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135

$$

HULA’S ISLAND GRILL

Santa Cruz

221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852

HOFFMAN’S

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.

INDIA JOZE

Santa Cruz

418 Front St, 831.325-3633

$$ Santa Cruz

JOHNNY’S HARBORSIDE

493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430

$$$ LA POSTA Santa Cruz 538 Seabright Ave, 831.457.2782 OLITAS

$$ Santa Cruz

PACIFIC THAI

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.

Fine Mexican cuisine. Opening daily at noon. 49-B Municipal Wharf, 831.458.9393

1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700

$$

RISTORANTE ITALIANO

Santa Cruz

555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321

$$ Santa Cruz

1220 Pacific Ave, 831.426.9930

ROSIE MCCANN’S

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.

SANTA CRUZ MTN. BREWERY California / Brewpub. Enjoy a handcrafted organic ale in the

402 Ingalls Street, Ste 27 831.425.4900

taproom or the outdoor patio while you dine on Bavarian pretzels, a bowl of french fries, Santa Cruz’s best fish tacos and more. Open everday noon until 10pm. Food served until 7pm.

$$ Santa Cruz

SOIF

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.

$$ Santa Cruz

UPPER CRUST PIZZA

$$ Santa Cruz

WOODSTOCK’S PIZZA

105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020

2415 Mission St, 831.423.9010

710 Front St, 831.427.4444

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.

SCOTTS VALLEY $ HEAVENLY CAFE 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. $ JIA TELLA’S 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.

SOQUEL $$ Soquel

EL CHIPOTLE TAQUERIA

4724 Soquel Dr, 831.477.1048

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

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$$ Santa Cruz

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.

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Free Will

By Rob Brezsny

For the week of October 19 useful clues about your waking life. They can show you hidden patterns and unconscious motivations that your daytime mind hasn’t noticed. On rare occasions, they may even offer more literal guidance. That’s what happened for David Brown, a British man who one morning woke up from a dream of seeing a mysterious phone number. As an experiment, he sent a text message to that very number: “Did I meet you last night?” Michelle Kitson, the stranger on the other end, responded with a text, and then Brown texted back. More exchanges ensued, followed by a face-to-face encounter, and eventually the two were married. I can’t guarantee anything quite as dramatic for you, Scorpio, but I do expect your dreams will be unusually helpful.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20): Did you know it is illegal to break into prison? That was the charge leveled against a Georgia man, Harry Jackson, who was arrested as he tried to sneak back into the jail from which he had escaped only a short time before. During his brief taste of freedom, Jackson allegedly stole 14 packs of cigarettes from a nearby store. Maybe that was his intention from the beginning—to do an errand and return “home.” Please don’t be like him in the coming weeks, Taurus. If you do manage to spring yourself from a trap or bust out of your servitude (and I expect you will do just that), don’t come crawling back later and beg to be allowed back in.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20): As I was meditating on your horoscope this afternoon, I gazed out my window at the creek flowing nearby. The tide was coming in, which meant that the current was surging swiftly south. Row upon row of small waves were coursing through the water. Then I spied a lone duck swimming north against the tide. I couldn’t imagine what her motivation was. Why not just relax and float downstream? She wasn’t in a hurry and wasn’t in the least flustered. Ever forward she went, determined to push on. And then it struck me, as I thought of your current astrological omens, that her approach would also suit you quite well right now. Go steadily and casually against the flow, Gemini.

CANCER (June 21–July 22): Herbert Kitchener served as the British Consul-General in Egypt early last century. He wasn’t impressed with the creativity of the ancient nation’s art. “I can’t think much of the people who drew cats the same for 4,000 years,” he remarked. Is there an equivalent to this lack of development in your own life, Cancerian? Among your own activities, are there any whose history has shown no progression? Did you reach a certain skill level in some area of your life and then stop pushing to improve? This would be an excellent time to identify that knot of excess stability, and then get started on dissolving it.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): I’m not warning you to cut down on all the leaping and cavorting you’ve been doing lately; I’m just saying that maybe you should add some ballast to your foundation and some gravitas to your demeanor. And I don’t mean to guilt-trip you into toning down your lust to connect with everyone and everything that tickles your synapses. But I do suggest you consider the possibility that beginning very soon variety will not be quite as spicy as it has been; your deft zigzags may need to be carried out with gentler zigs and slightly more cautious zags.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): The autocorrect feature sometimes distorts the text messages people send on their smart phones. It tries to fix supposedly misspelled words that aren’t really misspelled, thereby creating awkward variations that can cause a ruckus when they’re received, like changing “I don’t want to leave” to “I don’t want to live.” Damn You, Autocorrect! is a book documenting some of the most outrageous examples, many NSFW. Be vigilant for metaphorical versions of this wayward autocorrect phenomenon, Virgo. Be sure that in your efforts to make things better, you don’t render them worse or weird. Consider the possibility that stuff is fine just the way it is.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): Meraki is a Greek word that refers to the bliss you feel when you’re engaged in a task that’s important to you and that you’re doing really well. It’s your theme right now, Libra. According to my reading of the astrological omens, everything’s in place for you to experience meraki in abundance. Furthermore, that’s exactly what your destiny is pushing for. So please get out there and do everything you can to cooperate: Make this a meraki-filled week.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): In addition to reading your astrological omens, I did a Tarot reading, consulted the I Ching and threw the runes. They all gave me the same message: The coming week would be a good time for you to spend quality time mulling over the Biggest Mystery of Your Life. It’s not mandatory that you do so. You won’t cause a disaster if you refuse. Still, wouldn’t it be fun? Life is inviting you to get re-excited about your personal version of the quest for the Holy Grail. Your future self is calling and calling and calling for you to dive into the ancient riddle you’ve been working on since before you were born. The mists are parting. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): In Sue Allison’s theater piece Lies I’ve Told, two actors take turns telling each other some classic whoppers. Here are a few: 1.) “It would be no trouble at all.” 2.) “This will only take a second.” 3.) “I didn’t get your message.” 4.) “I have no idea how that got here.” 5.) “I thought you said ‘the 16th.’” 6.) “Would I lie to you?” See if you can avoid fibs like those, Capricorn. I’m not asking you to be a superstar of candor—that’s unrealistic—but I do encourage you to cut back on white lies and casual dishonesties as much as possible. This is a time when you really need to know the whole truth and nothing but. And the best way to work toward that goal is to be forthright yourself. That’s how karma operates. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): Last June, Northern California artist Mary Sobrina Kuder did a gallery show of her paintings. She called it “Offerings of Grace and Mischief.” That would be an excellent title for the story of your life in the coming week, Aquarius. I believe that you will be receiving offerings of grace and mischief, and I hope you will also be making such offerings. For best results, remember this: The grace and mischief are not contradictory or at odds. In fact, they need each other and belong together.

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): Do you realize how many connections to remote places you have? Are you aware of how routinely you are touched by distant events? As science writer David Bodanis reminds us, “We inhale many hundreds of particles in each breath we take. Salt crystals from ocean whitecaps, dust scraped off distant mountains, micro bits of cooled magma blown from volcanoes, and charred microfragments from tropical forest fires.” I urge you to use that as your metaphorical theme this week, Pisces. Let your imagination run free as you renew your connections with faraway sources of nourishment. Revivify your intimacy with departed influences that continue to define you. Dream about the tantalizing future.

Homework: What’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever done? Testify! Go to Realastrology. com and click on “Email Rob.” Visit REALASTROLOGY.COM for Rob’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1.877.873.4888 or 1.900.950.7700

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