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A ’60S ICON I VERY much enjoyed reading Dan Pulcrano’s piece this week on the late William J. Craddock, local writer, raconteur and iconic character of the culture of the ’60s (“Be There Again,� Cover story, July 4). I had the good fortune to count Billy as a friend from those early days until his passing in 2004, at first primarily due to his admiration for my father, Neal Cassady, and other writers in his circle, such as Jack Kerouac, from whom I think Billy patterned some of his own work. Thanks to Dan Pulcrano, Rudy Rucker and the Weekly for this long-overdue tribute to a great human being. John Cassady Santa Cruz

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Tomorrow, “This Modern World�: You already have a wordy political cartoon by Jen Sorensen (“Slowpoke�). One is enough. I feel like a lightweight saying this, but I want cartoons to be funny and quick to read. Or at least poignant. And well drawn, not just talking heads. But whatever you do, keep “Open Letters.� Every week I read that first. Makes my Wednesdays! Thank you for asking our opinions about the change you made. That is nice that you care. Rachell Summers Capitola

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given in a high school class: “Who to save if you only had one choice, with you in the lifeboat? Your mother, your wife, your son?� Clearly it’s crass to apply this to a real-life situation, but we must. Does this program really become costeffective over time? I ask this as this is one of the main pro arguments. The article glosses over this point quickly. Is it fair or moral to help this population before a well-deserving Housing Authority client, who is waiting in line, who may even die before they get their assistance? Is it fair and moral to give a key to someone who doesn’t have the presence of mind on how to use it, while someone is waiting in the wings who needs just a little help to become more selfsufficient, and perhaps can be a benefit to society rather than a lifetime drain?

WHAT’S REALLY FAIR?

Don Honda

[RE: “Doing a 180 on Homelessness�] This seems like one of those moral conundrums

TIME TO HELP I IMAGINE that this article will spark controversy, but I am all for it. I am tired of seeing really sick homeless people in our town. I would rather see these people get the help they need and get off the street. If we don’t do something, the problem won’t just go away. It will probably get worse.

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SMART BUSINESS The “first come first serve� model on the surface satisfies our desire for some degree of fairness, but adhering only to that model is not in the public’s best interest in all cases. As noted in the article, public dollars would go much further if some significance is placed on the cost savings created, as the 180/180 program does. That is just smart business. Sibley

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UP WITH PEOPLE The new development slated for Walnut and Center does what all good infill does: It rises above.

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IF ALL goes according to plan, Sue Lawson will leave her home in La Selva Beach, where she’s been 32 years, for a new place where she hopes to really get to know the people around her. Lawson intends to move into a proposed 19-unit housing complex that’s up for a city council vote July 24. It would include a community kitchen and activity room—all in the name of getting to know the people next door a little better. “This is why it’s called an intentional community,� the 74year-old Lawson says. “We meet

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once a week, and our building isn’t even going to be built for a year and a half.� At least one city councilmember is already “excited� about the plan for downtown housing in what’s now a vacant parking lot at Center Street and Walnut Avenue, near the Cruzio building where the Weekly has its offices. “This is really an ideal infill project,� Councilmember Ryan Coonerty says. “It’s built at a location where they won’t generate much traffic because they can walk to everything they need.� The new project fits nicely with the city’s general plan and

its Climate Action Plan, both of which council recently approved. Both those plans emphasize the importance of infill, or the conversion of empty or underutilized lots to increase urban density. By increasing density, the thinking goes, planners allow residents to walk, bike or bus to their destinations instead of driving—thus reducing the city’s carbon footprint. (Santa Cruz has a goal of reducing local car trips 10 percent by 2020.) The basement will have 29 bike parking spots as well as 21 car parking spaces in the basement.

Each unit will also have a kitchen, dining area and living room. Anyone who’s walked past the small corner of asphalt across the street from the fire station might think a 19-unit complex sounds like a tight squeeze for the spot. But Don Lauritson, who’s studied the project, insists it will work fine.

‘It gives people a great option to continue to live independently but in a supportive community.’ —COUNCILMEMBER RYAN COONERTY “It’s a three-story building, so they can fit them, and they’re not big units,� Lauritson says. Coonerty notes that there’s one more thing that makes the intergenerational complex interesting: it will be aimed at people who are getting older but don’t feel like moving into a stuffy retirement home. “It gives people a great option to continue to live independently but in a supportive community,� Coonerty says. The project has moved forward with little community opposition. Early in the process, leaders from the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church voiced concerns stemming largely from privacy issues. As a result, the Walnut Commons’ team has agreed to build an 8-foot concrete or block wall and possibly a landscaping buffer. 0

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What happens when an elected official—acting alone—says thanks but no thanks to tens of thousands of dollars for his financially struggling district to study an issue that a) is hugely important to that district and b) he vehemently opposes? That’s basically what Lompico County Water District boardmember Sherwin Gott did, according to members of both Lompico’s board and the San Lorenzo Valley Water District board. In March the SLVWD board was weighing whether or not to spend up to $30,000 on a study about some of the nuts and bolts of just how a possible merger with the ailing Lompico district would work. Then Gott stood up at the March 15 meeting to speak. Lois Henry, another Lompico boardmember who attended the meeting to watch, says Gott told San Lorenzo’s board that the study “ought to be done, but we have $70,000 to pay for it.� Shocked after hearing Gott’s comments, Henry—who hadn’t planned to talk—told the SLV board that Lompico doesn’t keep secret pots of gold stashed away to pay for studies. “We didn’t have $70,000,� Henry says. “We didn’t have $30,000.� SLVWD ultimately voted to loan Lompico the money but have Lompico cover the entirety of the study’s costs. The Lompico Water Board, plagued for years by quarreling leadership, mismanagement and crumbling infrastructure, has since 2010 been discussing a possible merger with its much healthier neighbor, the SLVWD. Lompico customers have the highest water rates in the county, paying on average over 70 bucks a month. The district is also facing over $2.5 million in repairs and upgrades. Gott, who could not be reached for comment, is well known for his opposition to pursuing the merger, which more than 85 percent of Lompico residents favor, according to a recent survey. Gott is also known as a wild card on the board; in October 2011 he was censured for taking action without consulting other board

members and for speaking out of turn. Jim Rapoza, an SLVWD boardmember, agrees with Gott that paying for the study is Lompico’s responsibility. He tells the Weekly the Lompico district will be able to use the results of the study even if it doesn’t end up completing the merger. The board also found that Lompico has the most to gain from the merger. Rapoza says he doesn’t know how heavily Gott’s comments weighed in the board’s decision. “We took everyone’s [comments] into account,� he says. Lucky for Gott (and for the rest of the district), some emergency funding—left over from projects started in 2006—did come in from FEMA and CALEMA later in the spring. That helped fund the study. Still, that shelter from the storm was short-lived. Henry says a recent audit found Lompico Water District owes a public pension fund $741,000. Then there’s that $2.5 million in repairs. As for Gott’s actions, Lompico board president Rick Harrington says members don’t have the authority to go to another governing body without a vote from the board—something Gott didn’t have. “He does things on his own,� Harrington says. Jacob Pierce

Local Girl Does Good What if you could change your life as quickly as you can change your mind? That idea is the driving force at the Center for Sustainable Change, a local nonprofit agency. Its work in low-income communities has caught the attention of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which recently awarded the organization a $100,000 grant. The money will fund the National Community Resiliency Project, a branch of the CSC that targets high-risk areas across the nation. Currently the NCRP is focusing on locales in North Carolina and the Mississippi Delta, where members are working with residents to increase civic engagement and school attendance and reduce crime. The CSC teaches three simple

psychological principles that, once mastered, are designed to elevate the consciousness of the individual to help empower communities from the inside out. Members of the CSC hold workshops and begin dialogues with willing community members about the specific changes they’d like to see in their neighborhoods and what steps they can take to make those changes happen. Enthusiasm from local residents is crucial to the success of these projects. “Everyone has the capacity to have an insight, but most people live in subjugation to their own thoughts,� explains co-founder and educational director Ami Chen Mills-Naim (full disclosure: she was a reporter for Metro Santa Cruz in the 1990s). “When an individual becomes empowered from within, they can turn that insight into wisdom. Wisdom breeds creative thinking, which facilitates community renewal.� It’s a highly organic approach, but Mills-Naim says it can work to turn around high-crime, low-income communities. She points to Lakewood, N. C., a community where the NCRP is currently working and where crime has dropped off measurably while civic engagement has increased in the last two years. Locally, the CSC works with juveniles in trouble, organizes educational workshops in schools and offers private, family and corporate counseling. Although the aid work of the NCRP and CSC focuses on troubled communities and individuals, Mills-Naim believes that everyone can benefit from this philosophy. “We create these mental and emotional worlds from thought, but if you realize that it’s just your thoughts, you can mitigate it. Your thoughts are powerful, but they don’t have to control you.�

Ami Chen Mills-Naim is holding a drop-in Introduction to the Three Principles on the Westside of Santa Cruz on Monday, July 23, 6–8pm. Email info@principlespsychology.org or call 650.424.0705 for more info. Lily Stoicheff

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Extra Special The anonymous dancers and background players of blockbuster theatrical productions rarely get any glory. In ‘A Chorus Line’ it’s their turn to shine.

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In 1975, A Chorus Line shattered and rebuilt the world of musical theater. Within six months of its Broadway opening, before the world had had a chance to pick its jaw up off the ground, most of the cast went to London for the international tour. Finally, after six months of magazine covers, nine Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize, they returned to the United States. Janie Scott was 25 at the time and just starting her dancing career. When she saw A Chorus Line in San Francisco, it changed her life forever. In awe of what she’d seen, an inexperienced but determined Scott decided to attend an open call for dancers held before the show left town. “I thought, Well, I have to at least say I went,� Scott remembers. “One day I’m going to tell this story to my grandchildren and I have to at least tell them that. ‘I did go audition for that show. Grandma didn’t make it, but she was there! With her dance bag and her number.’� 2/<13 2/<13 @3D=:CB7=< Cabrillo Stage’s production of ‘A Chorus Line,’ opening this Friday, pays tribute to the groundbreaking 1975 hit musical.

However, five hours into the audition process she hadn’t been cut and was reconsidering her narrative. “About halfway through I was thinking, ‘Maybe I can do this,’� Scott says, her eyes glittering with the memory. “And then you start to salivate and think, ‘I want this. Wow, I really want this.’�

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Scott ended up dancing her way into a spot on the first national tour of A Chorus Line, performing multiple roles and touring with the company for seven months. Now, in 2012, Scott radiates the same intensity and strength she had almost 40 years ago, but none of the naivete. She’s harnessing a lifetime of skill and experience, as well as her time on the tour, to direct and choreograph A Chorus Line for the 31st season at Cabrillo Stage. “I’ve been waiting for the right place, right time, right creative staff and a place that I thought I could do it in the way and at the level that I really wanted to do it. This is it. This is the time and place,� Scott says.

Passion Play A Chorus Line broke the mold in 1975 by forgoing scene changes, a set, an overture and an intermission— not to mention by shining a light on the lives of anonymous performers without lines whose characters don’t even have names. Don Adkins, the musical director for the show and teacher at Cabrillo College, explains, “It absolutely changed everything.

After A Chorus Line happened, people couldn’t do things the same old way. Or if they did, they knew they were doing them the same old way. If they wanted to do it the new way, they had to figure out how to follow A Chorus Line.� Adkins was deeply affected by the show when he saw it in the ’70s in Portland. “I was, like Janie, absolutely stunned by the show. It was so different from what a musical was. It was very exciting.� In A Chorus Line, 17 dancers vie for spots on a chorus line for an upcoming show. During the first number, they make it through the cutthroat audition process, proving that each one is very talented. At this point, the director compels them to divulge their backgrounds and explore their motives behind entering this competitive and often fruitless career in order to earn a precious spot on the line. With reluctance, the dancers reveal their pasts. Some share painful adolescent memories, their only relief found in watching dancers arabesque at the ballet. Others describe frustrating physical obstacles and complicated family lives.

“The audience gets to see how competitive it is,â€? Scott explains. “And the question is: ‘Why? Why would you go through all that just to dance behind the star? Why do people do that? And keep doing that?’ I think it highlights the passion, drive, meaning and reasoning of why people choose this path and what it means to them.â€? But you don’t have to be an aspiring Broadway star to understand these characters’ passion. The message translates to any ambitious endeavor requiring sacrifice. “Everyone can find something to cling onto,â€? says performer Adam Theodore Barry. “It’s not really hard to act this show because we’ve all been there.â€? The theme of sacrifice animates the number “What I Did for Love,â€? which is sung by Felton native ZoĂŤ Schneider-Smith’s character, Diana. “It’s all about wanting something and what you give to get there. It doesn’t matter if you’re broke or out of a job, you do it because you love it,â€? says Schneider-Smith. “And that is a universal thing everyone can connect to, because it’s all about wanting something and reaching out to it and going the extra mile to do what you love.â€?

Original Spin Although there have been many versions and reproductions of this iconic play, Scott has decided to keep her production as close to the original version as possible. “I was fortunate enough to work with Michael Bennett,� she says, referring to the director and choreographer who won two Tonys for his work on the original production, “and I really wanted to be able to share what I had gotten from working with him and Bob Avian (his cochoreographer), to be able to pass on the things he said and the way he went with things as much as I could.� The performers couldn’t be more thrilled. They explain, not without a note of disdain, that some productions alter aspects of the play because they might be too difficult for the performers at hand. The extremely athletic choreography requires a great deal of endurance, versatility and strong technical training in ballet, jazz and tap. Sometimes it’s difficult to find triple threat performers that fit the bill. Directors also might choose to try and modernize their production in

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‘After “A Chorus Line� happened, people couldn’t do things the same old way.’ —DON ADKINS, MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Barry’s first time at Cabrillo Stage, he, like many performers, is very familiar with this particular piece. “I learned the dance combinations 10 years ago just from watching the movie,� he says. “The story is the ultimate artimitating-life-imitating-art. There’s something universal about this show for all performers.� Schneider-Smith, no stranger to Cabrillo Stage, has performed with the company for the last four seasons. Friendly but vivid and intense, Schneider-Smith is earning her hard knocks at the Boston Conservatory for Musical Theater. “For a dancer, A Chorus Line is sort of the great play to be in,� she says. “And I absolutely love working with Janie. When I heard she was directing and choreographing this show, I knew I had to be in it.�

Tough Love Learning the original choreography with a member of the original national tour has been no cakewalk, though. Says Barry, “Rehearsals are kicking my butt every single night, and I am loving it. It’s a lot of work, and it’s very detail-oriented, but I’m living out a dream. And with the original choreography, the way I always played it out in my head.� Says Scott, “People who have worked for me in the past know that’s what I ask and what I do. If they’re struggling with something, I expect them to go home and come back with it done the next day. Which is standard for the type of production that we’re doing.� No one seems to be complaining. “We all want the show to be as amazing as it possibly could be. She’s a great director to be working with,� says Barry. “She told us, ‘I am going to kill you. You are going to fall. If you don’t fall, I don’t know what you’re doing here.’ And I was the first to fall.� Schneider-Smith agrees. “She’s so supportive and encouraging. It’s really hard work, but we’re having the time of our lives.� The performers truly are creating art to imitate a life they love, and their passion is palpable. “I want to wow the audience with the caliber of this production from the minute the lights come up. There’s a high quality of performance at Cabrillo Stage, and I always want to surpass that,� says Scott. “I want the company to be able to walk away knowing that they did things they didn’t think they could do, and for them to have a tiny slice of my experience with this show.� With a wry smile, ScheniderSmith sums up their expectations with one memorable line from the show: “It’s going to be ‘One Singular Sensation!’�

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Fringe Frenzy Santa Cruz joins the global avant-garde performance fest BY GEORGIA PERRY

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‘I’M feeling kind of magical,� says Santa Cruz Fringe Festival founder Dixie Shulman, who has just saved the day. It’s Sunday afternoon, and earlier she got a call from the team working on the festival’s performance of No Exit, a modern dance piece inspired by the chilling Jean-Paul Sartre play and its prize quote “hell is other people.� It’s the day of the group’s technical rehearsal, and the projector they were planning on using to display graphic scenes on the walls and floor of Motion Pacific Dance Studio’s performance space is busted. Maybe in this case hell is a blank wall. But not to fear. This crisis, like many others, is swiftly neutralized by Shulman. It’s a long and confusing story about how she scrounged up another projector in 20 minutes, but the point is that she did. She arrives at the theater wearing a black tank top and hot bubblegum pink jeans, which accent the brightly dyed red tips of her auburn hair. She is accessorized with a fully functioning digital projector. “Not going to lie—I feel a little like Superwoman,� she says. The Santa Cruz Fringe Festival, which runs July 13–22 at five different venues throughout downtown (Motion at the Mill, The 418 Project, Louden Nelson, Center Stage and the Tannery) is a festival of offbeat performance.

OUT OF THE BIG TOP Circadelix performs ‘twisted beats and circus feats’ this Friday–Monday at The 418 Project. Across the globe, there are about 50 Fringe festivals that occur throughout the year. The biggest and most famous one is in Edinburgh, Scotland. In the United States, Fringe festivals have taken hold in big, artsy places like New York, San Francisco and Hollywood as well as smaller eclectic cities like Minneapolis and Indianapolis. This year, Santa Cruz joins the ranks for its first annual festival. What makes a Fringe Festival different from a more traditional performance festival? “Typically ‘Fringe’ refers to avantgarde, edgy, out-of-the-box, multiple genres, anything-goes performances,� explains Shulman, who also notes that Fringe festivals generally feature a mix of local and out-of-town performers. (Some highlights of the festival are featured on the facing page.) Think of it as entertainment hors d’oeuvres: Most shows run 45-60

minutes, making them practically bitesize. Like any good caterer knows, it’s important to give people more than one chance to sample each delicacy—it’s bad form to make just one pass through a party with the tray of shrimp cocktail. Each Fringe show will have three to five performances throughout the course of the festival. And finally, variety is key: of the 42 shows in the festival, there will be a mix of dance, comedy, drama, magic and burlesque. Some family-friendly stuff and even circus-style acrobatics will make appearances as well. “The idea is that people wander around downtown like on Saturday, see four or five shows, get some lunch at some point, stop for ice cream or a drink, make a day of it,� says Shulman. “Fringe has a really frenetic pace: boom boom boom boom.� Santa Cruz, which Shulman notes has a higher volume of artists per capita

than most cities, is ripe and ready for this festival to take hold and last into the future. “They’re hungry for it,â€? she says. And, she adds, “People are going to think ‘summer in Santa Cruz’ and they’re going to think ‘Cabrillo Music Festival’ and they’re going to think ‘Shakespeare Festival’ and they’re going to think ‘Fringe Festival.’ That’s the vision.â€? Check in with Santa Cruz Weekly at santacruz.com and on Twitter for ongoing coverage throughout the festival. FRINGE FESTIVAL 4`WROg 8cZg !ÂłAc\ROg 8cZg BWQYSba ) "" T]` TWdS aV]ea) %# T]` aV]ea) '' TSabWdOZ ^Oaa ASS eee aQ`T`W\US Q][ T]` []`S W\T]

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Dixie’s Picks When asked to name which shows she’s most excited about, Dixie Shulman’s monologue is the familiar one of a book author writing her acknowledgements or a frenzied Oscar winner firing off thank-yous as the music creeps in—the omnipresent caveat is here, too: “There are so many great ones I forgot to mention!� Understood. But without further ado, a starting place:

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BVS 0OR /`[( 1]\TSaaW]\a ]T O 2]RUg 7`WaV 2O\QS` BVSObS` Maire Clerkin July 14, 14 & 22 at The Tannery EG/ “If you thought Irish dancers were curly-haired cuties, meet a scowling misfit in this outrageous antidote to Riverdance.� 9^m^Z hVnh/ “Clerkin comes from L.A. and she’s from the U.K. originally. She’s performed in like a dozen festivals.�

2][W\Ob`Wf T]` 2c[[WSa 1][SRg Eleanor O’Brien July 13, 14, 15 & 16 at Center Stage EG/ “Deliciously funny and

unabashedly graphic, O’Brien portrays an unforgettable cast of sex workers and clients in this solo show about training to be a dominatrix in New York City.� 9^m^Z hVnh/ “I’m so excited for this show. I know it’s interactive! “

8O[P] EOb]b] Âł BOZSa O\R @VgbV[a ]T /T`WQO 1VWZR`S\¸a BVSObS` Boxtales Theater Company July 19 & 21 at the Louden Nelson Auditorium EG/ “Traditional rhythms played on bells, djimbe and djoon djoon drums. Incredible masks and energetic and acrobatic movement accent this wonderful collection of stories and African music.â€? 9^m^Z hVnh/ “They’re musicians and dancers and singers and actors. They do everything. There’s masks and big props, it’s good for kids.â€?

B][ <]RRg¸a 0cPPZS ;OUWQ DOcRSdWZZS 0cPPZSa July 19, 20 & 21 at the Louden Nelson Auditorium EG/ “Tom Noddy’s astounding skill in manipulating soap bubbles has been presented on television shows, nightclubs, VarietĂŠ theaters and science venues everywhere.â€? 9^m^Z hVnh/ “Tom Noddy is a Santa Cruz icon. Apparently he was on Johnny Carson a bunch of times in the ’80s. Literally for an hour he’s going to blow bubbles and it’s going to just blow your mind. He hasn’t performed in Santa Cruz in many years and I think people are going to be really excited to see him back onstage.â€? —Georgia Perry

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HERE COMES BUBBLE Santa Cruz’s bubble-blowing phenom Tom Noddy returns to town for five shows.

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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.

Stage DANCE Belly Dancers Rotating cast of belly dancing talent each Saturday on the garden stage at the Crepe Place. Sat, 1:30pm. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6994.

Hula Workshop World-renowned hula teacher Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett will be conducting a two-day hula workshop. Four dances will be taught within the two days of workshop. Call or email moemoemanu@ yahoo.com for more information or to request a registration form. Sat, Jul 14, 10am-12pm and 2-4pm and Sun, Jul 15, 10am-12pm and 2-4pm. La Selva Beach Clubhouse, 314 Estrella Ave, Aptos, 831.435.0616.

THEATER A Chorus Line One of the longest running shows on Broadway and winner of nine Tony Awards, A Chorus Line depicts the achingly poignant ambitions of those auditioning for a chorus part in a Broadway musical. Runs until August 12. Visit www.cabrillostage. com for schedule and tickets. Fri, Jul 13, 7:30pm. $15-$42. Cabrillo Black Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

Mother Goose Meets Dr. Seuss Mother Goose Meets Dr. Seuss and Other Strange Encounters

couples traditional nursery rhyme characters with more contemporary characters. Music will provide a whimsical background to the various scenes. Put on by Scotts Valley Performing Arts Youth Shakespeare Program. Tickets are available at www.svpaa. org or at the door. Fri, Jul 13, 2pm and Sun, Jul 15, 4pm. $5$9. Sky Park, 361 Kings Village Rd., Scotts Valley.

Noon at the Nick: The Man in the Iron Mask Meet Shakespeare Santa Cruz actors and staff as they discuss The Man in the Iron Mask and answer questions. Feel free to bring a lunch. www.thenick.com Fri, Jul 13, 12pm. Nickelodeon Theatre, 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.7507.

Santa Cruz Fringe Festival Kick Off Come to the kick-off event and artist meet and greet for the Santa Cruz Fringe Festival. Watch and learn about the 40 different artists/groups that will be performing using the 10-day festival from July 13-22. Thu, Jul 12, 6-9pm. Free. Abbott Square, Cooper and Front streets, Santa Cruz, 831.461.4464.

CONCERTS Boulder Creek Bluegrass Festival Boulder Creek Bluegrass and Old Timey Festival includes a free concert in Boulder Creek Park on Saturday morning, and more music at the brewery in the evening. Local artists’ arts and crafts will also be part of the festival. Sunday’s shows are free. Visit www.brookdalebluegrass.com

for more details. Fri, Jul 13, Sat, Jul 14 and Sun, Jul 15. $15 - $60. Scopazzi’s Restaurant, 13300 Big Basin Hwy, Boulder Creek.

Evenings by the Bay Located in the aquarium’s mammal gallery, “Evenings by the Bay� concert series features live jazz performances in stunning surroundings. This is the fifth year of the concert series, every Saturday and Sunday evening until September. Sat-Sun, 6-8pm. Thru Sep 3. Free with museum admission. Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Monterey, 831.648.4800.

Music of the Spheres A summer concert series benefitting UC Observatories, each event includes a concert, astronomy talk, viewing session, and commemorative wineglass or coffee cup. For more information visit www.ucolick.org. Sat, Jul 14. $40 general; $90 preferred; $150 VIP. Lick Observatory, Mt Hamilton Rd, San Jose, 408.274.5061.

Santa Cruz Baroque Festival The annual ‘Boomeria Extravaganza’ offers a unique afternoon with hours of music played on the organ in Boomeria’s own Chapel Royal. Complementing these musical offerings are an assortment of snacks, drinks, and wine, amidst the serene surroundings of the Bonny Doon area forest. Sat, Jul 14, 1-5pm. $50. Boomeria, Chapel Royal at Boomeria, Bonny Doon, 831.459.2159.

Art GALLERIES

San Francisco’s City Guide

OPENING

Howard Jones

Pajaro Valley Arts Council

Yes, that Howard Jones, performing ‘Human’s Lib’ and ‘Dream Into Action’ in their entirety. July 12 at Mezzanine.

Interior Monologues: Views into the Artist’s Mind. Over 70 member artists of the Pajaro Valley Arts Council explored the theme of Interior Monologues for the council’s annual Collective show. Sun, Jul 15, 2-4pm. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.

Codeine 1990s Sub Pop signees re-release discography, play reunion tour. July 12 at Great American Music Hall.

Trash Talk

R. Blitzer Gallery

Sacramento hardcore band plays with SpaceGhostPurrp, a swampy Florida rapper on the rise. July 16 at Slim’s.

The Masters Series at R. Blitzer Gallery. The opening reception for The Masters Series, featuring the works of contemporary realist Peter Loftus and master watercolorist Dave McGuire. www.rblitzergallery.com. Fri, Jul 13, 5-9pm. $5 suggested donation, 831.458.1217. Mission Extension and Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz.

Frank Ocean It’s been a wild week for the R&B songwriter, producer and singer. Believe in love, y’all. July 16 at the Regency Ballroom .

Aesop Rock Rapid-ďŹ re on the mic, dizzying and dense in the notebook; with new album ‘Skelethon.’ July 16 at Amoeba SF.

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CONTINUING Felix Kulpa Gallery Alligator to Zebra. Alligator to Zebra: An Alphabet of Oddball Animals, is a show

by animal sculptor Peter Koronakos, who specializes in using recycled and found materials to construct quirky, appealing creatures. Through July 29. Gallery hours are Thu - Sun, noon - 5pm. www. felixkulpa.com. Thu-Sun . Thru Jul 29. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Santa Cruz County Bank Picturing Music. An exhibition of artwork inspired by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music’s 50 years as an organization. The exhibit will be on display in the following Santa Cruz County Bank offices: Aptos - 7775 Soquel Drive Capitola - 819 Bay Avenue Santa Cruz - 720 Front Street Scotts Valley - 4604 Scotts Valley Drive Watsonville - 595 Auto Center Drive Mon-Thu, 9am5pm. Thru Aug 30. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

Santa Cruz Stoves and Fireplaces ArtWorx Gallery. ArtWorx Gallery presents “Awake�, an art exhibition of new paintings of land, sea, and figure by local artist Michael Mote. Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm. Thru Jul 28. 1043 Water St, Santa Cruz, 831.476.8007.

Events AROUND TOWN Aikido Master Teacher from Japan Motomichi Anno, an 81-yearold master teacher of Aikido from Sister City of Shingu, Japan and one of the most highly ranked teachers of Aikido in the world today, will be the guest of honor at the 19th annual Santa Cruz Aikido Summer Retreat, July 11-15. Email info@ aikidosantacruz.com for a free pass to observe. Wed, Jul 11. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.423.8326.

Bastille Day at Storrs Winery Storrs will feature the 2007 BXR, a Bordeaux style blend that recently won Gold Medal at the 2012 California State Fair. Throughout the afternoon, there will be an array of Corralitos sausage with servings of ratatouille, a selection of artisanal cheeses and baguettes. Sat, Jul 14, 1-4pm. $12 members; $20 non-members. Storrs Winery Tasting Room-Old Sash Mill, 303 Potrero St, # 35, Santa Cruz, 831.458.5030.

Building Methods at the Mission See how the oldest building in town was made. Expect to work with the materials used by the Ohlone to build their homes and the materials used by the Spanish to build Mission SantaCruz.

FRIDAY 7/13 — SUNDAY 7/15

BOULDER CREEK BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL With performances by Harmony Grits, the Juncos (pictured), festival headliner Jim Lewin and more, this weekend-long festival also features a free concert and arts/crafts fair in Boulder Creek Park on Saturday. Friday, July 13 to Sunday, July 15 at Scopazzi’s, 13300 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek. Tickets cost between $15 and $60. www.brookdalebluegrass.com. Participants will have the chance to get their hands dirty and make their own mini abode bricks. Sat, Jul 14, 12pm. Free. Santa Cruz Mission State Park, 144 School St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5849.

Community Drumming Percussionist and educator Jim Greiner will lead his annual community drumming event, benefitting Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services. Jim will also raffle off a Conga Drum with stand. Sat, Jul 14, 1-3pm. Free. Union Grove Music, 1003 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.427.0670.

Critter Safari On this two-hour leisurely walk, uncover the tracks and other “signs� that animals leave. Children from age 6 are encouraged when accompanied by a parent. Park and meet in front of the Nature Store (edge of parking lot). Sun, Jul 15, 1:30pm. Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Hwy 9, Felton, 831.335.7077.

Downtown Tree Walk Meet at the City Hall Courtyard at 9am to see Santa Cruz’s most unique and grandest trees on a tour with the City’s urban forester, Leslie Keedy. No reservations required. Sat, Jul 14, 9am. Free. Downtown Santa Cruz, Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz.

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

Grey Bears Pancake Breakfast The first annual Grey Bears Pancake Breakfast will feature delicious breakfast food and proceeds go towards Grey Bears-supporting seniors, recycling resources. Sat, Jul 14, 8-10:30am. Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz.

Li’l Ones Nature Camp Designed for kids ages 4-7, this fun-filled session helps little ones experience the all the park has to offer through crafts, stories, and games. A parent must be present throughout the program. Meet at the Campfire Center. Fri, 1111:45am. Thru Aug 10. Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Hwy 9, Felton, 831.335.7077.

Seed to Table for Junior Rangers Junior Rangers, a statewide program for 7-12 year olds, hosts a program where participants tend the demonstration garden and sample the harvest with bread baked in the newly refurbished hornito (clay oven). Register by telephone; space is limited. Thu, Jul 12, 11am-12:15pm. Santa Cruz Mission State Park, 144 School St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5849.

Teen Glow in the Dark Volleyball Glow in the dark volleyball games under the stars for teens. Teen Center staff will be on hand to organize games and officiate. Glow-in-thedark net and volleyballs will be provided, as will glow necklaces or bracelets for all players. Fri, Jul 13, 8-10pm. Free. Santa Cruz Main Beach, West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5337.

FILM Movies on the Beach Come to the Main Beach by the boardwalk Wednesdays this summer for viewings of classic movies framed by the twinkly lights of the roller coaster and other rides. Bring a blanket, picnic, and enjoy the show. Visit www.beachboardwalk.com/ movies for the schedule. Wed, Jul 11, 9pm. Free. Santa Cruz Main Beach, West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz.

LITERARY EVENTS A Recipe for Writing Progress Editor/proofreader Laurie Gibson has served over 100 first-time authors, and is offering a workshop with stories and tips about the world of book publishing as well as the craft of writing, including practical tips about how to get published. Sun, Jul 15, 1-4pm. $25. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Author Event: Billee Sharp In “Lemons and Lavender: The Eco Guide to Better Homekeeping,� Billee Sharp details how to raise organic veggies, cure minor maladies from the kitchen cabinet and eco-clean the house with lemons and lavender-all leading towards a joyful and creative life, on a dime. Fri, Jul 13, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Author Event: Christopher Moore Author of Lamb, Bite Me and

more, hugely popular comic writer Christopher Moore’s new book, Sacre Bleu follows a young baker-painter as he joins the dapper Henri Toulouse-Lautrec on a quest to unravel the mystery behind the supposed “suicide� of Vincent van Gogh. Sat, Jul 14, 2pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Author Event: Gardening Projects for Kids The Book of Gardening for Kids, written by UCSC Life Lab Farm’s outreach directors Whitney Cohen and John Fisher, features simple, practical gardening advice, including how to design a play-friendly garden, ideas for fun-filled theme gardens and how to cook and preserve the garden’s bounty. Come for discussion, signing and and hands-on demonstrations. Sun, Jul 15, 4pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Author Event: Olga Cossi Local children’s book writer, Olga Cossi, celebrates the launch of her life’s memoirs. After almost 70 years of writing, Cossi is the author of more than 30 children’s books, including Pemba Sherpa, released in 2010, which was honored by the Junior Library Guild. Thu, Jul 12, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Community Book Group Part of our quarterly Community Book Group panel series, this group features a discussion of Alexandra Horowitz’s book, Inside of a Dog. A cognitive scientist

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Thurs. July 12 U 7 pm

TRELAWNY ROSE with Mimi Fox (guitar), Rene Hart (bass) and Allison Miller (drums) 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Mon. July 16 U 7:30 pm

NEW YORK GYPSY ALL-STARS 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Fri. July 20 U 7:30 pm Blazing Gypsy Jazz Guitarist

GONZALO BERGARA QUARTET Mon. July 23 U 7 pm

No Jazztix/Comps

STANLEY JORDAN Thurs. July 26 U 7 pm

MEKLIT HADERO 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Mon. July 30 U 7 pm “The New Voice of Brazil.� – NPR

LUISA MAITA

Wed. August 1 U 7 and 9 pm “The greatest guitarist in the world.� –Eric Clapton

ALBERT LEE BAND

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.

320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

kuumbwajazz.org

ZOELANDER Zoe Boekbinder at the Crepe Place this Friday

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FRIDAY | 7/13

FRIDAY | 7/13

REV. HORTON HEAT

MODERN ENGLISH

ZOE BOEKBINDER

Reverend Horton Heat is the moniker of rocker Jim Heath and his gritty psychobilly trio. The group cut their teeth in the Deep Ellum neighborhood in Dallas in 1985 and in the past 20 years have honed their particular flavor of country-fried rockabilly to greasy goodness, earning a devoted cult following along the way. Their wild live performances are heavy in the guitar riff and rock & roll departments and mashed with sweet blues and a healthy dose of punk. Safe to say the show the Rev and his disciples serve up is finger-lickin’ good. Catalyst; $14 adv/$17 door; 8:30pm. (Lily Stoicheff)

Before it was one of the darlings of British New Wave music, Modern English was a punk band called the Lepers, then a Bauhaus- and Joy Division–inspired goth/post-punk band. But in the early ’80s the band reinvented itself as a pop outfit and quickly rose from the Essex club scene to international attention with its sophomore release, After the Snow, which included the breakout single “I Melt with You.� Though it has not since paralleled the success it had with After the Snow, Modern English has a string of well-received albums and is still considered one of the standout acts of the MTV era. Beach Boardwalk; free; 6:30 & 8:30pm. (Cat Johnson)

Indie folk princess Zoe Boekbinder was born on a winter morning in Ontario, and one can sometimes hear flutterings of mournful frost in her music. Her normally upbeat songs take the listener on twisting, youthful journeys like the ones her family took in her youth as they roadtripped through America before finally settling in Northern California. Her voice, however, is soft and bluesy, and carries a wisdom beyond her 27 years. Crepe Place; $8; 9pm. (LS)

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THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS The languorous, jazz-tinged sound of the Mighty Diamonds is quintessential roots reggae: unadorned and seductively straightforward. Known for their snaredrum-tight songwriting, laid-back rhythms and interwoven harmonies, the Mighty Diamonds were among the most successful reggae acts of the ’70s. Decades later, the complete original vocal trio—Donald “Tabby� Shaw, Fitzroy “Bunny� Simpson and Lloyd “Judge� Ferguson—are still at it, resisting trends and staying true to their pure vision. For this tour, the trio is joined by backing band the Yellow Wall Dub Squad, a four-piece comprised of crack roots reggae session players hailing from Kingston, Jamaica. Moe’s Alley; $20 adv/$25 door; 9pm. (Paul M. Davis)

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STU ALLEN & MARS HOTEL Playing with Melvin Seals & JGB, Front Street and Bob Weir would give anyone mountains of Grateful Dead credibility, but it’s Stu Allen’s style and improvisational abilities that have

made him a fixture of the Dead-inspired jam band scene. A capable guitarist and singer whose sound is eerily similar to Jerry Garcia’s, Allen has a seemingly unlimited repertoire of both classic and obscure Dead tunes in his musical arsenal. His latest outfit, Mars Hotel, is a revolving cast of friends and Grateful Dead appreciators who help Allen turn cover songs into springboards for improvisation. Don Quixote’s; $15; 9pm. (CJ)

Les Nubians

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GEORGE KAHUMOKU JR. Jul. 29 at Don Quixote’s

SUNDAY | 7/15

KASEY CHAMBERS

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Pairing violin, guitar and percussion with lush and tight three-part harmonies, the Brightside Band brings traditional songs, stories and styles to today’s roots fans. Blending British and American folk music, blues, Celtic and Americana, the San Francisco Bay–based trio, comprised of Jon Rubin, Laurel Thomsen and Shannon Miller, reworks traditional numbers, composes its own tunes and blurs the boundaries between roots styles. Ugly Mug; $5; 5pm. (CJ)

MONDAY | 7/16

NY GYPSY ALL-STARS The music of the NY Gypsy All-Stars has traveled from culture-rich Southeastern

Aug. 8 at Rio Theatre Aug. 22 at Catalyst

Europe across the continent and into the dive bars and performance halls of New York City. Diverse, incredibly talented and trained in a variety of traditional instruments, the members hail from Macedonia, Athens, Turkey and America. Together they create a kaleidoscope of sound, from Latin to American blues to Afro funk, all rooted in Balkan riffs. From the Black Sea to Brooklyn, the NY Gypsy All-Stars create music as phenomenal as it is unique. Kuumbwa; $20 adv/$23 door; 7:30pm. (LS)

TUESDAY | 7/17

WILLIE NELSON Not even Texas cops or the inevitable pot busts can slow down Willie Nelson, who at the age of 79 is still an inveterate road dog. A titan of American music, Nelson bears claim to one of its most distinctive and nuanced voices, a reedlike instrument that owes as much to Tin Pan Alley as it does Music Row. Nelson has continually refined and transformed his sound, at times going as far afield as reggae and Dixieland jazz, but he always comes back to his roots. Pegi Young opens. Catalyst; $72 adv/$78 door; 7:30pm. (PMD & CJ)

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A GUMPTION-CRAZED little girl survives what looks like post-industrial living in Beasts of the Southern Wild. She’s so cute that she’s even called “Hushpuppy.â€? And if you don’t count Hushpuppy, this Faulkner-meets–Shirley Temple film is less hypnotic than it seemed to the Sundance audience or to the Cannes jury that awarded it the Camera d’Or. Hushpuppy (QuvenzhanĂŠ Wallis) lives in a waterside squatters’ camp called “The Bathtub.â€? A hardnosed teacher in a makeshift classroom schools her in the facts of life. It’s a dog-eat-dog world, and “every animal is made of meat—your ass is made of meat.â€? The teacher in this swamp town hitches up her clothes to display a $200 custom-made tattoo on her thigh depicting some kind of mythical whangdoodle. That’s all the proof Hushpuppy needs that ice-locked beasts of the Stone Age could rise again. Hushpuppy has reveries of glaciers melting. She foresees tusked, piglike monsters slowly advancing; as they come, they tread on miniature buildings like Godzilla. Hushpuppy tries to bond with her ailing dad, Wink (Dwight Henry). We judge that he’s mortally ill, based on the hospital gown and the plastic bracelet he wears when he turns up after an absence. He has come back to

WATER WORLD Hushpuppy (QuvenzhanĂŠ Wallis) and her father Wink (Dwight Henry) endure life in the swamps in ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild.’ the Bathtub just in time. The muddy waters are rising. The government (hiss) orders the villagers to go to a shelter. That’s when a storm hits and inundates the town. Beasts of the Southern Wild’s impressionistic self-seriousness is sweetened by Wallis’ own feistiness. She strides purposefully through the ooze in her oversize white rain boots. The rapport between daughter and father is unforced. But Wink tries to toughen up his daughter. He barks at her to flex her skinny arms, to display her muscles through the basketball shirt she wears. You can put Hushpuppy on the list with Princess Merida and Katniss: emerging strong heroines, countering a cinema made for a boys-only club. Bathtub has the funk of the waterfront in an old Popeye cartoon; the residents hold impromptu fireworks shows, and a town crier brings the news. One floating house bristles with sharp sticks, as if someone had designed a barn for a giant porcupine. The film was loosely based on the play Juicy and Delicious. Thus the movie includes some lowdown food porn. If

Bathtub looks like a place where the end of the world happened already, nothing interferes with the idea that Louisiana is all about comfort food. Boiled crabs are served to Hushpuppy, who doesn’t know how to eat such creatures. Wink shouts at her to tear the crab apart. The whole room cheers for her when she does; it’s an adult initiation over seafood. Beasts of the Southern Wild visits an offshore platform/dime-a-dance bar/ chicken stand, where Hushpuppy gets a meal of peeled gator tail dredged in egg and cooked in hot grease. Fats Waller’s “Until the Real Thing Comes Along� burbles away from the next room as the frowsy slip-clad ladies shuffle. Waller sounds as mysterious here as he did accompanying the Radiator Lady’s twostep in Eraserhead. After some flooding, Wink and Hushpuppy go for a float. They use a boat made of the butt end of a pickup truck, with some plastic barrel pontoons and a motor. The sights they see aren’t pretty. A drowned, bloated steer, headfirst and twisted along the littered bank, stands in for the human

dead who would be scattered after a disaster. This junk boat is a dream vessel, like the good ship L’Atalante. You can’t accuse the film of lacking realism, anymore than you could charge Jean Vigo with not making a strict documentary about the canals of northern France. Aside from these moments of reverie, however, first-time feature director Benh Zeitlin takes a studiously precious approach to all of this lower-depths life. Too often, Beasts of the Southern Wild is a low-budget, marsh-staged version of Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are. The movie is relentlessly, self-consciously elemental. Wallis is an appealing young actress, but her character is a daughter of the swamp in the same simplistic sense that old movies featured sons of the soil.

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It’s not that To Rome With Love was built in a day. But watching the new Woody Allen film, one remembers the recent PBS documentary in which the director/writer showed off the filing cabinet he’s been keeping for decades containing typewritten ideas for films. To Rome With Love looks as if he threw three or four of these fortune-cookie slips of paper together. To Rome With Love delivers huge helpings of Roman vistas, including a 360-degree shot of the Piazza del Popolo. The swooning views of the city are accompanied with musical familiarities: “Volare,â€? of course, and “Arrivederci, Roma.â€? At least, there is far better accordion playing here than in Midnight in Paris. The pangs this film causes to those who haven’t been to Rome—or to those who have been and miss it—are mitigated by jokes older than Tacitus. One sample: a tourist’s comment about Michelangelo working on the Sistine ceiling, “Imagine spending all that time on your back.â€? And a whore replies ... It’s a sprawling, multipart tale; Allen was thinking Boccaccio, or at least Boccaccio ’70 (1962). He has PenĂŠlope Cruz as a Santa Sophia surrogate. She plays a gold-hearted hooker interfering with a bewildered newlywed man (Alessandro Tiberi) and his very pretty and shy wife (Alessandra Mastronardi). In a different triangle, Ellen Page plays a flighty actress visiting a couple

named Jack and Sally (Jesse Eisenberg and a squandered Greta Gerwig). Page describes a lesbian sexual encounter during a dinner with the couple; Eisenberg’s Jack makes a memorable face, exactly like a dog being trained by having a biscuit balanced on its nose. As an unasked-for mentor, Alec Baldwin materializes to warn Jack about all those irresponsible trifling dames who listen to Bartok and pretend to read Yeats. (Take Allen’s word for it, such girls are still roaming loose, wreaking havoc.) Allen himself is aboard as a retiree going to Rome with his wife (Judy Davis, another rare sight). His timetested chicken-liveredness begins on the Alitalia flight: “Turbulence, my favorite!� Roberto Benigni, sprung from movie jail, stars in a snippet about the price of fame. He plays a dull businessman besieged by paparazzi. To Rome With Love (it probably could have been Rome, Italian Style as per SCTV) charms with its postcard views, but not with the pat finish of its various moral tales. Two separate characters complain of “Ozymandias melancholia� as they get in the way of the scenery. Ozymandias indeedias—what’s falling apart here, Rome or Woody Allen?

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<_bc 9Wfikb[i FILM CAPS BEASTS OF SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13; 99 min.) See review, page 22. (Opens Fri at Del Mar) GUNS OF NAVARONE (1961) As the 1943 Battle of Stalingrad turns the tide of World War II against Germany, the Axis decide to bully Turkey into joining their forces. In order to escape the island of Kriros, the British must launch a surprise attack near the

island of Navarone, where German airships have blocked the only route home. Gregory Peck stars. (Thu at Santa Cruz 9)

ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG; 102 min.) Manny the mammoth, Sid the sloth and Diego the sabertoothed cat are stuck on the wrong side of the breakup of Pangaea, which is caused when Scrat the sabertoothed squirrel gets a little too aggressive in his hunt for acorns. (Opens Fri at

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SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952) It’s the 1920s, and movie star Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) is preparing to make his leap into talkies on the merits of his golden voice. His co-star and strained love interest is not quite as talented. Can little-known gem Kathy Selden (Debbie Reynolds) step in to save the day? (Thu at Santa Cruz 9)

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER (R; 105 min) In the midst of war, the 16th president of the United States discovers that there’s a bigger threat to the Union than the Confederacy: Vampires are planning to take over the nation. Sworn to protect his country, he makes it his mission to eradicate them. Produced by Tim Burton. (LS)

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG-13; 136 min) Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) discovers a clue that may help him understand why his father abandoned him as a child. It leads him to his father’s former partner, Dr. Curt Connors, an encounter with a radioactive spider and the unraveling of a vengeful mystery. Emma Stone co-stars. (LS) AVENGERS (PG-13; 142 min.) Joss Whedon directs tale of the director of an

Showtimes are for Wednesday, July 11, through Wednesday, July 18, unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS 122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.thenick.com Ice Age: Continental Drift — (Opens Fri) 12:10; 2:10; 4:20; 6:30; 8:30. People Like Us — Wed-Thu 2:15; 4:30; 6:50; 9:10. Savages — Daily 1:20; 4; 6:40; 9:20.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA 1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com The Amazing Spiderman — Daily 12:45; 4; 7:15; 10:20. Brave — Daily 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30. Ted — Daily 11:45; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 10:10. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked — Wed-Thu 10am. Hugo — Wed 7/18 10am.

DEL MAR 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Beasts of the Southern Wild — (Opens Fri) 11:30; 1:30; 3:30; 5:30; 7:30; 9:30. Brave — Wed-Thu 11:10; 12; 1:20; 2:20; 4:40; 6; 7; 9:20; 10:15; Fri-Wed 2:20;

4:40; 7; 9:20. (No Wed 7/18 7pm) Brave 3D — Wed-Thu 3:40; 8:15; Fri-Wed noon. To Rome With Love — Daily 11:40; 2:10; 4:50; 7:15; 9:40. LCD Soundsystem: Shut Up and Play the Hits — Wed 7/18 7:30pm.

NICKELODEON Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel — Daily 11:40; 2:10; 4:40; 7:10. Moonrise Kingdom — Daily 11:30; 12:30; 1:30; 2:40; 3:40; 4:50; 6; 7; 8:10;

9:10; 10. People Like Us — Fri-Wed 11:15; 9:40. Safety Not Guaranteed — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5; 7:20; 9:30; Fri-Wed 1:30; 3:30;

5:30; 7:30. Your Sister’s Sister — Wed-Thu 11:10; 9:40.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN 155 S. River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com Marvel’s The Avengers — Fri-Wed 12:30; 6:30. Prometheus — Wed-Thu 6:45; 9:40; Fri-Wed 3:45; 9:35. Snow White and the Huntsman — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:45. Ted — Daily 1; 4; 7; 9:45.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com Ice Age: Continental Drift — (Opens Fri) 10:45; 1:15; 3:45; 7; 9:25. Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D — (Opens Fri) 10; 12:30; 3; 5:30; 8:05; 10:25. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter — Wed-Thu call for showtimes; Fri-

Wed 11:45; 2:15; 4:45; 7:40; 10:05. The Amazing Spiderman — Wed-Thu call for showtimes; Fri-Wed 1; 4:30;

7:30; 10:30.

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The Amazing Spiderman 3D — Wed-Thu call for showtimes;

Fri-Wed 10:15; 2; 6; 9:10. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted — Wed-Thu call for showtimes;

Fri-Wed 11:25; 1:40; 4:05; 6:50; 9:20. Magic Mike — Wed-Thu call for showtimes; Fri-Wed 12; 2:35; 5:05; 7:50; 10:35. Katy Perry: Part of Me — Wed-Thu call for showtimes; Fri-Wed 11:15. Katy Perry Part of Me 3D — Wed-Thu call for showtimes; Fri-Wed 1:45;

4:15; 6:45; 9:15. Savages — Wed-Thu call for showtimes; Fri-Wed 2:15; 4:45; 7:40; 10:05. Singin’ in the Rain — Thu 7pm. Guns of Navarone — Thu 9pm.

SCOTTS VALLEY CINEMA 226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com Ice Age: Continental Drift — (Opens Fri) 11:40; 1:20; 2; 6:30. Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D — (Opens Fri) 11; 3:45; 9. The Amazing Spiderman — Wed-Thu 11:15; 12:30; 2:20; 3:45; 4:45; 5:30;

7; 8; 8:45; 10:15; Fri-Wed 12:30; 3:45; 7; 10:15. The Amazing Spiderman 3D — Daily 11:15; 2:20; 5:30; 8:45. Brave — Wed-Thu 11:10; 11:45; 1:40; 2:20; 4:15; 6:45; 9:15; Fri-Wed 11:10; 1:40; 4:10; 6:45; 9:15. Katy Perry: Part of Me — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4; 9; Fri-Wed 11; 1:30; 4; 6:30; 9:45. Katy Perry: Part of Me 3D — Wed-Thu 11; 6:30. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted — Wed-Thu 11:20; 1:45; 4:10. Magic Mike — Wed-Thu 11:20; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10; Fri-Wed 4:20; 7:20; 10. Moonrise Kingdom — Daily 11:55; 2:15; 4:40; 7; 9:20. People Like Us — Wed-Thu 6:45; 9:30. Savages — Fri-Wed 12:45; 4; 7:10; 10:10. Ted — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:10; 4:55; 7:40; 10:15; Fri-Wed 11:30; 2:10; 4:55; 7:30; 10. To Rome With Love — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:40; 7; 9:20; Fri-Wed 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:20. Hugo — Wed-Thu 10am. Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked — Wed 7/18 10am.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8 1125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com Ice Age: Continental Drift — (Opens Fri) 10:50; 12:55; 3; 5:05; 7:20; 9:30. Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D — (Opens Fri) 11; 1:15; 3:15; 5:20; 7:35; 9:45. The Amazing Spiderman — Daily 1:20; 4; 6:50; 9:40 plus Fri-Wed 10:40am. The Amazing Spiderman 3D — Wed-Thu 1:40; 4:20; 7:10; 9:55; Fri-Wed

12:45; 3:40; 6:35; 9:20. Brave — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 7:15; 9:30; Fri-Wed 11; 1:10; 3:50; 7; 9:20. Brave 3D — Wed-Thu 5:05pm. Katy Perry: Part of Me — Wed-Thu 1; 3:45; 6:30; 9:30; Fri-Wed 11; 1; 3;

5:05; 7:15. Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted — Wed-Thu 3:45; 6:30. Magic Mike —Wed-Thu 1; 3:45; 6:30; 9:30; Fri-Wed 9:30pm. People Like Us — Wed-Thu 1; 9:30. Savages — Wed-Thu 1:40; 4:20; 7:10; 9:55; Fri-Wed 10:40; 1:20; 4; 6:50; 9:45. Ted — Wed-Thu 1; 3:45; 6:30; 9:30; Fri-Wed 11; 1:20; 4; 6:50; 9:40.

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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: $ + C\RS` $$ + # $$$ + $ $$$$ + O\R c^

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EVERYBODY ODONATA Denis Hoey’s new tasting room is where Westside New Leaf used to be.

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NEW ODONATA TASTING ROOM Cozily located right next door to Companion Bakers, in the former New Leaf/Beckmann’s strip, Denis Hoey’s spiffy new Odonata Tasting Room offers plenty of tasting, fun food ops and sleek vintage woodwork. Hoey, who still makes his wines in the Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard space near Kelly’s, is still finetuning his new tasting space.

And he’s added a few enticements to join his consummate syrahs, grenaches and petite sirah varietals. Every Tuesday starting at 4:30pm, fans can come ’round the tasting room, “taste, buy a glass of wine and then order a pizza from next door,� Hoey explains. The options last week included a pie topped with speck from El Salchichero, housemade mozzarella, caramelized onions and organic arugula. Hoey is about to open evenings on Thursdays for a fish taco night. Meanwhile the wines themselves, poured at a 19th-century antique bar, are worth a visit. Odonata Wines, 2343 Mission St., Santa Cruz. Tue–Thu 4:30-7pm; Sat–Sun noon–5pm. www.odonatawines.com. 831.566.5147.

BASTILLE DAY It’s just around the corner, and you might do well to attend the Sunset at Surf City Food & Wine Faire, held on Sat., July 14 in the Westside parking lot near Copious Winery and Equinox, at 427 Swift St., 5-8pm. Enjoy wine from 13 top area wineries and purchase noshes from Stagnaro’s, Cruz’n Gourmet, Uncle Ro’s Pizza, Iveta, Akira Sushi, H&H Fresh Fish, Conscious Creations, True Olive Connection, Thai Orchid and more.

Feast on live music by the Cabrillo Jazz All-Stars. Food and wine sold by each vendor—no entry fee to enjoy the fun. Bring your own dinnerware and glasses. It all benefits Second Harvest Food Bank. www.surfcityvintners.com. HOT PLATES Newly refurbished with sleek furniture and beautiful new upholstered banquettes, Sabieng Thai (1218 Mission St.; 831.425.1020) has re-

opened to the bliss of its devoted following. The silver noodle salad is as satisfying as ever—especially with a blast of chili oil. Lunch from 11:30am and dinner from 5pm daily. And chef Anthony Dias, former food and beverage director at Chaminade, is now at the helm of Pleasure Point’s new SUDA (former Rock of the Sea digs at 3910 Portola Dr.), creating sexy California fusion cuisine breakfast and lunch daily. The bar is open until 11pm. Dinner service coming soon. And last but certainly not least, relative newcomer Back Porch BBQ is setting the bar high for food at the Wednesday Farmers Market. The pulled pork taco, laced with purple slaw and the brilliant addition of chimichurri, is a toothsome, umami-driven affair that’s immensely satisfying. Pulled pork pies and excellent Arnold Palmers in eco-friendly mason jars round out the offerings. 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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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

LE CIGARE VOLANT

$ 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

GABRIELLA’S

$$ Santa Cruz

HINDQUARTER

$$ Santa Cruz

910 Cedar St., 831.457.1677

303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 HOFFMAN’S

1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135

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 soulful and inventive menu that highlights 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 & Bay views. Breakfast, lunch & dinner daily. Califormia-Italian. fresh from farmers’ markets organic vegetables, local seafood, grilled steaks, frequent duck and rabbit, famous CHICKEN GABRIELLA, legendary local wine list, romantic mission style setting with patio, quiet side street 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.

HULA’S ISLAND GRILL

Santa Cruz

221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852

INDIA JOZE

Santa Cruz

418 Front St, 831.325-3633

$$ Santa Cruz

JOHNNY’S HARBORSIDE

493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430

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

OLITAS

$$ Santa Cruz

PACIFIC THAI

$ Santa Cruz

PONO HAWAIIAN GRILL

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.

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

1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700

120 Union St, 831.426.pono

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. Authentic Hawaiian Island Cuisine! Featuring “The Reef� tropical bar. Large outdoor patio. Variety of poke, wraps, salads, vegetarian, all entrees under $10! “Aloha Fridays,� Hawaiian music and hula! Open 11-10pm Sun-Wed,11-11pm Thur-Sat! Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

RISTORANTE ITALIANO

Santa Cruz

555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321

$$ Santa Cruz

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 59pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun 4-9pm; retail shop Mon 5pm-close, Tue-Sat noon-close, Sun 4pm-close.

$$ Santa Cruz

WOODSTOCK’S PIZZA

105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020

710 Front St, 831.427.4444

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

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’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.

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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Electro-Mechanical Assemblers Wanted! In Scotts Valley $13-18 per hour Surface Mount and Through-Hole Soldering PC Board Experience 2+ Years Experience Required Please submit resume KELLY SERVICES, 425-0653 email: 1471@kellyservices.com

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Food production in Watsonville Day and Swing Shifts Available Must have a flexible schedule Adoptions Fluent in English required Must have reliable transPREGNANT? portation & pass a drug test CONSIDERING Temp-To-Hire $8.50/hr. KELLY SERVICES, 425-0653 ADOPTION? email: 1471@kellyservices.com Talk with caring agency spe*Never A Fee* cializing in matching Birthmothers with Families Print Production nationwide. LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7 Abby’s Coordinator One True Gift Adoptions 866In Watsonville 413-6293 (Void in Illinois) $18 per hour Full Time Long (AAN CAN) Term Marketing Department Spread the Word Process Orders, Maintain Literature Spreadsheets and Say you saw it in the Santa Cruz Classifieds. Reports Proficient in Word 831.457.9000 and Excel 2 yrs experience Print Production/Purchasing KELLY SERVICES, 425-0653 email: 1471@kellyservices.com *Never A Fee*

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Free Fine Art Print Photographer Seeking Locations I’m a fine art photographer looking for homes with a lot of character for use in my photos. I’ll trade you a fine print or portrait session if you’re willing to give me a couple hours to shoot in your home. If interested call Mark at 461-1681 or contact me at markblumberg@comcast.net.

Medical Admin Assistant III In Scotts Valley Process Eligibility Paperwork MS Word, Excel, 10-key by touch Knowledge of HIPAA Laws $15 per hour, Full Time, Possible Long Term KELLY SERVICES, 425-0653 email: 1471@kellyservices.com *Never A Fee*

Kitchen Baker Wanted! Part Time Flexible Hours $11-$12 per hour, Long Term In the Santa Cruz Mountains Reliable, resourceful and creative Good Cake Decorating Skills Submit resume & pics of previous work KELLY SERVICES, 425-0653 email: 1471@kellyservices.com *Never A Fee*

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NINA DELIGHT ~ BOULDER CREEK

A serenely, quiet and secluded paradise! Extraordinary parcel on Little Basin has not been on the market in 40 years! Paved road access to 8 acres of beautiful, rugged, redwood forests surrounded by Big Basin State Park. Working, permitted Well. Workshop/cabin in need of TLC. Phone line on property. Power lines down the road. Shown by appointment only. Broker will help show. Offered at $275,000. Call Debbie @ Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408-395-5754 www.donnerland.com

GARDEN DELIGHT WITH AN OCEAN VIEW

Permits approved for 2,500 SF house & workshop. Create your dream home in a good neighborhood! Peacefully private, pretty Meadow-like setting. Potential horse property. Good well with solar pump. Close to Aptos Village. Good Access, Easy terrain. Power at street. Private: Locked gate. Shown by appointment only. Broker will help show. Offered at $396,000. Call Debbie @ Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408-395-5754 www.donnerland.com

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The Perfect Home Asking $525,000 803 Rebecca Drive, Boulder Creek • 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, 2 car garage • 1/2 Acre in quiet, serene location • Open floor plan brimming w/ sunlight • Hardwood flooring, stone fireplace • Adorable “Petit Bois” Guest Cottage • Completely fenced vegetable garden • Huge deck for fun gatherings Judy Ziegler GRI, CRS, SRES ph: 831-429-8080 cell: 831-334-0257 www.cornucopia.com

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Seller says this is one of the last buildable properties in Nina Heights! Sun and view await you. South-facing magic, high up on a hill, surHomes rounded by trees and good neighbors. Near post office, Brimblecom, BC grocery store, and quaint litA beautiful and quaint neigh- tle town. Pavement, power borhood just a minute from at the street, and city water. town. 4+ acres private, wood- Owner financing available. ed, sunny and like a story Offered at $225,000.00. book. Shown by appointment only. Owner financing available for Call for your private viewing: qualified buyer. Shown by Donner Land & Homes, Inc., appointment only. Offered at Deborah J. Donner, $295,000. Call Debbie @ 408-395-5754. Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408-395-5754 RIDGE TOP LOG CABIN www.donnerland.com Owner Financing on this Fully Permitted, Log House on 40 CREEK FRONT Acres. Private, Sunny & SETTING Secluded. Back-up propane Beautiful creek front setting generator, propane heat & with a pretty meadow. Sunny, hot water, well w/electric happy place to garden. Bit of pump & working windmill a rough road getting there pump. Internet service availand off the grid. Shown by able. Completely off the grid. appointment only. Broker Offered at $595,000. Shown will help show. Offered at by appointment only. Broker $157,000. Call Debbie @ will help show. Call Debbie Donner Land & Homes, Inc. @ Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408-395-5754 408-395-5754 408-395-5754 www.donnerland.com www.donnerland.com

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July 6 - August 5 Reception: July 14, 3-5pm

Lecture “Building an Image” An evening with Robin McCloskey July 13, 7pm

New Classes

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