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So Close I don’t have time to tell you why the Wright brothers invented the airplane instead of the Wright sisters (Letters, Dec. 19). Let me just say, in short, that you are correct. It is not white males who are responsible for most of the mayhem in the world. It’s just males. CINDY BLAKE Santa Cruz

Same Old Story Re: “Bully Pulpit� (Dec. 12): Soquel Elementary School, ha. Welcome to 1955—it has not changed since. Move on, go elsewhere, and the faster the better. This is not the place to make any form of a stand. I’m not saying that it is over, but the fact is

you need to fight from afar. Get a lawyer, sue, and sue some more. Capitola/Soquel is ruled by a few people, and if you are not in the inner circle and have something on all of them, then you must take what you can. Take them for all you can, but they will cover it up and then the next “fool� will come along and step into the same thing. Talk to everybody, put it in writing, and send it to everyone. Push all the buttons. Don’t feel bad about asking for the money. That is all they know. Just move on and never look back at bad people. NAME WITHHELD BY REQUEST Santa Cruz

On Hold We U.S. citizens are watching our president try to finesse medical coverage plans for

the people through the surly gauntlet of Republican stinginess and here’s another blow-up in the Mideast. Once again, we’re supposed to pay attention to Israel: the spoiled child is mad at Palestine, once again. Okay kids, we’ll put our own trouble on hold‌again. You called a ceasefire, then are building thousands of houses on the West Bank, in spite of international opposition to this violation of territory boundaries. Then dump a development of more houses on a highly contested part outside Jerusalem. And neighboring countries denounce Israel: what’s their problem? The basis of this Mideast festering problem however is not Israel always finding one more “offenseâ€? by some neighbor to answer with 50 or so 8-inch missiles. The problem is our United States always having the baby monitor going to hear what the spoiled child is doing. Israel keeps pushing the aggression card because they know Big Brother America is waiting in the wings to back them. Israel wants to play in the big leagues of sovereign nations, but it totally dependent upon a larger country in times of a major threat. That’s not a nation, that’s a territory. We send a whopping $6 billion-plus to Israel each year—that amount could enable a lot of Americans to have medical coverage. We need to cut these grants out now! Man up and cut off territory Israel: win-win. Our people benefit and we could truly have a “silent nightâ€? in Bethlehem this Christmas. THEODORE F. MEYER Santa Cruz

CORRECTION Due to a printer error, the wrong photo and accompanying information ran with our piece on the Habitat for Humanity ReStore last week (“Gifts That Give Back,� page 21). Lydia Corser is affiliated not with Habitat for Humanity, but with Greenspace, which is at 719 Swift Street, Suite 56-A in Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz Weekly regrets the error.

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Wellness CUT IT OUT Dietitian Jocelyn Dubin of Nourish knows that going gluten-free can be complicated.

Breaking Bread Exploring the ups and downs of going gluten-free BY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS

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’ve never been one to ignore the bread basket. On the contrary, I’m usually the first to dive, shamelessly, to uncover the warm and satisfying lumps swaddled inside. The height of irresistibility, for me, lies in the chewy, dark-crusted loaves of New York City’s East Village restaurants— sliced, steaming, into thick and spongey slabs to be dabbed with butter or pushed through a drizzle of olive oil. Now, in the second week of a glutenfree diet, I’m hurtling at 400 mph towards the epicenter of rustic bread loaves, where I’ll face the first challenge in an otherwise easy transition to a gluten-free diet. My purpose was twofold: to witness the dietary trials of a person living with

celiac disease, and test out the claims of those who have jumped on the gluten-free train—all of those healthy individuals that report everything from clearer skin and lifted brain fog to more energy after quitting gluten. The journey began with a gluten-free tour of Whole Foods, a once-a-month event led by the the enthusiastic and knowledgeable Melissa McConville, marketing team leader in Capitola, who has tried all of Whole Food’s impressively large collection of glutenfree products. “I think the main thing I have taken away from trying a gluten-free and dairy-free lifestyle, is that when I eliminated many of these products, I ate more whole plant based foods—veggies,

fruits, nuts and seeds,� says McConville, who begins the tour in the produce and then meat department. We snake through the store, tasting as we go, through the bulk bins of quinoa, rice and other grains that can take the place of gluten, as well as a vast glutenfree section in the baking aisle, frozen and processed foods, and snacks. McConville is honest: most frozen processed foods, the pizzas and the prepared dinners, are loaded with sodium. Going gluten-free and eating nothing but the processed substitutes, in other words, would not be a wise diet change. Dietitian Jocelyn Dubin of Nourish in Santa Cruz, agrees—while Udi’s makes gluten-free brands of bread, she might

not recommend eating it daily as a replacement for bread. “Making the change to gluten-free grains from glutenous grains, which are generally lower in protein, many people end up feeling constipated or like their blood sugar is out of balance,� says Dubin. While additions like chia seed and millet help to fortify the bread, gluten free won’t hold up to your 9-grain bread as far as protein and fiber go: potato and tapioca starches, used in most gluten-free breads, are higher in carbohydrates and sugars. Gluten sensitivity symptoms run the gamut from bloating and constipation to feelings of lethargy and chronic diarrhea, says Dubin. No two bodies are the same, and Dubin puts her faith in science: a food allergy blood test is the only way to really know if, and to what degree, you’re allergic to gluten. “In the lab, gluten is applied in a serum form to their blood, and that number of antibodies that are being made in reaction are measured by the nanogram per milliliter,� says Dubin, who uses a lab in the South Eastern United States which, unlike local labs, tells you exactly how allergic you are to certain foods, and tests a broad spectrum rather than just 10 different foods. And since many food allergies have a delayed 72-hour reaction, they can make for elusive self-diagnosis. A recent client thought she was allergic to gluten for years, but a blood test came back with an extreme allergy to egg whites—which she was eating almost daily. Dubin, who hand writes her clients’ grocery lists, recommends getting a full “body report card,� conducts a 28-day “cleanse� twice a year in which gluten, caffeine, dairy and sugar are eliminated from each diet. “Clients always say I feel much better, my migraines are gone, I’m sleeping better. But the question is always, is that because you reduced dairy, or gluten or what?� says Dubin. 0

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Santa Cruz’s year of the strange, cool and just plain ridiculous BY JAKE PIERCE, GEORGIA PERRY AND STEVE PALOPOLI

BID TO SAVE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY LEADS TO CLOSURE OF REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY: In what can only be described as a textbook case of shooting oneself in the foot, a lawsuit filed by the League of California Cities in an attempt to stop 400 of California’s Redevelopment Agencies (including Santa Cruz’s) from losing their funds backfired when judges said the RDAs (including Santa Cruz’s) must instead close. Whoops, didn’t see that one coming!

FEBRUARY BOOGIE BOARDER TRAPPED IN COVE RUINS IT FOR EVERYONE: An Arizona man lent unfortunate credence to the “locals only� mantra of Santa Cruz’s toughnosed, territorial surfers. State Parks lifeguards were called to rescue the 40-something boogie boarder, who had drifted into a cove near 19th Avenue and started crying out—thereby reinforcing an unflattering stereotype that will take out-of-town water lovers years to wash off. INCREASED MOUNTAIN LION SIGHTINGS PROVIDE EXCUSE FOR LOCAL WOMAN TO TALK ABOUT CAT: With upwards of three reports a week around UCSC’s wooded upper campus, the lions threatened to inch out meth as the Santa Cruz Mountains’ top export. At a panel on the topic led by UCSC professor Chris Wilmers, a local woman said: “Will you look at the glare on that mountain lion’s face? My Siamese gives me that same glare all the time. And she only weighs seven pounds!� TWO DRUNK DUDES TRY TO ROB CREMATORIUM: A Scotts Valley man and his friend were arrested on attempted robbery and intoxication charges after attempting to break into Santa Cruz Memorial Park and steal back the body of a deceased friend. They wouldn’t say why. Theories that it had something to do with recreating Weekend at Bernie’s were rejected after it was revealed the crime was committed on a Monday. 10

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SANTA CRUZ LOSES KING OF THE TROLLS; ORCS UNAFFECTED: Santa Cruz lost a truly legendary figure—and procedural nightmare—when City-Councilmeeting regular Mike Tomasi passed away. He often began his public comments by saying “My name is Mike Tomasi, King of the Trolls of A Battery, 6th battalion, 14th artillery, a walking, talking miracle from Vietnam, the greatest war observer in the history of the United States, and a real live hero.� Tomasi, who liked to speak on every single item, sometimes signed off with “I love ya, but I sure as hell don’t respect ya.� No matter what you thought of this beloved character, council meetings are now about 10 minutes shorter.

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KITTEN STOWS AWAY ON TRIP FROM MILL VALLEY TO SANTA CRUZ, AVOIDS $6 GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE FEE: A road-tripper from Marin County stopped for gas in Santa Cruz and heard a strange noise from under his hood. The good news: His engine was fine. The bad better news: There was a li’l kitty in there! A Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter spokesman said the 8month-old female feline was “probably just looking for a warm place to sleep.� Kitty, what were you thinking? Engines aren’t for sleeping! Oh, we can’t stay mad at you. CRAZY-ASS ‘THRIVE’ MOVIE COMES TO SANTA CRUZ: According to a locally financed film, the U.S. government is suppressing free energy provided to us by aliens, an elite Jewish family runs all the world’s major institutions and President Obama is a reptile from outer space, like on that show V. Who knew? Some local progressives were lured in by the film’s promise to explain how an impossible “perpetual motion machine� is actually possible. Spoiler alert: It didn’t. BALD EAGLES REAPPEAR AT PINTO LAKE: Hard work by Glenn R. Stewart and the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group seems to have paid off. But a bunch of hair pieces from the nearby trailer park suddenly went missing. (JP)

APRIL MAN ATTACKS POLICE OFFICERS WITH TREE BRANCH: Capitola officers were talking to a 45-year-old man when he fled toward a condominium

complex. There he attacked a cop with a piece of a tree and began threatening others with a ladder. The cops hit him three times with a stun gun and arrested him. In court, the man complained to the judge that the cops were “using holograms in public to harass regular people.� If you missed the foliage-shaker’s escapades, look for the scene on the director’s cut of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. ONLOOKERS TO WHALES: ‘YOU STINK’: Some of the words used by whale watchers to describe the humpbacks that returned to local coasts this spring included “majestic,� “breathtaking� and “breathtaking, not in a good way.� In fact, one of the whales was reportedly known as “Stinky� by local tour operators, which actually seems a bit on the generous side once you see their bad-breath problem compared to “a cross between rotting Brussels sprouts and week-old anchovies.�

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BASS ATTACK MEETS BUREAUCRATIC ATTACK: City officials decided Bassnectar’s dubstep concert, which had been scheduled for six months at the city-owned Civic Auditorium, would violate Santa Cruz’s noise ordinance. Either that, or they suddenly remembered they hate anything fun. After blasting the city on his Facebook page, the UCSC grad (real name: Lorin Ashton) eventually moved his show to a two-night stint at the Catalyst and had a whomping good time. UCSC STUDENT GETS LOST, FAILS TO HAVE COOL ADVENTURE: He walked away from his Yosemite backpacking group, only to be found five miles away after a frantic, much-publicized helicopter search. No details released about why he left or how he enjoyed his Alexander Supertramp, Into the Wild-esqe 15 minutes of fame. TWO-WAY PACIFIC AVENUE APPROVED, JUST FOR THE LULZ: What’s slower than a traffic jam

downtown? Santa Cruz’s political system, of course. After the Downtown Commission supported the two-way plan, the big push to modify main street suddenly did a disappearing act. The Downtown Association, which raised the issue in 2011, is currently talking about talking about it.

JUNE PICKLEBALL TURNS OUT TO BE LESS OBSCENE THAN IT SOUNDS: The Santa Cruz Recreation Department began encouraging seniors to pick up the game of pickleball, similar to tennis, at Laurel Park. The oddly named sport isn’t the only way for retired people to knock balls around, burn calories and get their blood flowing. But it sure is cheaper than Viagra. KRUK AND KUIP GIVE SHOUTOUT TO SAMMY THE SLUG: San Francisco Giants TV announcers Kruk and Kuip said they wanted to see more Giants fans wear banana slugs on their heads. UCSC’s own Sammy the Slug, being the relentless self-promoter he is, then mailed Kruk and Kuip a signed letter with two slug hats for them to try on. Before San Francisco finished off the Arizona Diamondbacks, Kuip remarked, “If the Giants win today, we’ll wear it everyday.� Responded Sammy: “How about if the Giants win two games in a row, I can get a beer for less than nine bucks?�

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were the only U.S. schools in the top 10. Intending to showcase “rising stars which show great potential� rather than institutions with prestigious reputations built over decades, the list is basically Toddlers & Tiaras for colleges. POLICE LAUNCH RAIDS ON HOMELESS CAMPS, FAIL TO FIND STAFF OF RA: Resident complaints of trash and decreased safety, plus an April fire in Pogonip traced to transients, led to a several-weeks-long sweep of homeless camps. Police kicked out homeless campers and unearthed stolen bikes, drug syringes and piles of used toilet paper—none of which, it turns out, open the Ark of the Covenant.

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TEEN GIRLS SHOW UP HOURS EARLY TO THE OPENING OF FOREVER 21 ON PACIFIC, U GUYZ: FASHION ALERT!!! Fashionfashionfashion!!! But for realz, the addition of this “anchor store� is a noteworthy move towards a more commercialized Pacific Ave., okaaay? Wait, does that mean they have sailor-inspired “anchor� jewelry? THAT WOULD BE 2 CUTE. HOTEL PARADOX OPENS: Everyone agrees that having one more hotel on Ocean Street where guest room doors open out to a carpeted hallway rather than a parking lot littered with broken glass and Jack in the Box wrappers is probably not the worst thing that’s ever happened.

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UCSC GETS RANKED ON BESTOF LIST THAT’S ACTUALLY KIND OF WEIRD, BUT WE’LL TAKE IT: Times Higher Education compiled the “Top 100 under 50� list, referring to universities around the world founded 50 or fewer years ago. UC Santa Cruz (#7) and UC Irvine (#4)

UCSC RESEARCHERS USE HUBBLE TO PEER 13.2 BILLION YEARS BACK INTO UNIVERSE: That’s 13.2 billion years out of its total 13.7 billion years of existence. For comparison’s sake, if the universe were a 40-year-old woman, these would be pictures from roughly the time she learned to talk. While flipping through a scrapbook they made from their research, scientists cooed,

throw Norse out of a courtroom for issuing a “disruptive� Nazi salute, but he doesn’t get any quieter once he leaves the council chambers.

APTOS DAD PUTS TRAIN INTO SPACE: So you saw the space shuttle Endeavour fly over. Big whoop. That same month, Aptos’ Ron Fugelseth actually sent a train 18 miles above the Earth. Okay, it was his four-year-old son’s toy train, and he basically stuck it on a weather balloon, but still. Observing the timehonored tradition of #picsoritdidnthappen, Fugelsmith uploaded a video of the toy in the strastosphere, taken by an attached flip phone. It got a fair number of views, but sooner or later he’ll realize he would have done even better floating a kitten up there.

OCTOBER ‘CHASING MAVERICKS’ IS A BOX-OFFICE FLOP: Not cool, brah! However, the movie played here for like 300 months, and Frosty’s book event packed the Capitola Book CafĂŠ, proving once and for all that ain’t nobody love Santa Cruz like Santa Cruz love Santa Cruz. The rest of the country was busy watching something called Honey Boo Boo during this time. Is that a cartoon? No wait—that’s the same thing as “honey badger,â€? right? What? GOV. JERRY BROWN BEGS STUDENTS FOR VOTES: He showed up at UCSC the week before the election, and against all odds (and polls), Prop. 30 won. So he must have said something good.

NOVEMBER HOMELESS ADVOCATE ROBERT NORSE LOSES COURT CASE AFTER 10 YEARS: The city put $150,000 which could have gone to various Robert Norse causes to much better use defending a lawsuit from Robert Norse. Moral of the story: it’s OK to

PLEASURE POINT SURFER FINDS FOSSILS OF PREHISTORIC WHALE: During an extremely low tide, surfer and Reddit. com user “Donkahones� noticed a giant, fossilized vertebrae protruding up from some rocks. He took a pic and posted it online with the caption, “So I went surfing and saw a dinosaur.� Tweeted the whale: “So I lie down for like five minutes and oversleep by 3 million years. LOLZ #powernap. Anyhoo, brunch anyone?�

DECEMBER UC INTRODUCES HIDEOUS NEW LOGO: You know the old saying: “out with the old, in with the ugly.� The previous logo had a fancy book and the motto “Let There Be Light.� The new design has some blue and something that looks sorta like the letter “c.� Suddenly student fees, which have almost tripled in the past decade, seem even less justified. ONCE AGAIN, WORLD REFUSES TO END: In the latest setback for doomsayers, civilization failed to come crashing down on December 21. For centuries, that date has represented the end of the 13th b’ak’tun of the Mayan “fourth world,� which was 5,125 years long—yet it wasn’t until the 1960s that any of this was connected to the idea of Armageddon. That should have been a clue. Another was that the Mayans themselves predicted many b’ak’tuns to come. It’s true that it’s the end of an era. But for a Mayan, that’s just an excuse to go out and buy a new 5,125-page daily kitten calendar.

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“Who’s the cutesty-wootsiest universe? Is it you? Oh, yes it is!�

STORY OF ERIC HAMMER ALMOST MAKES IT INTO THE BIBLE: Eric Hammer, Parks Department darling and owner of a local construction company, ran against former California Secretary of State Bruce McPherson for Fifth District Supervisor. Despite raising just half the money of his uber-qualified opponent, Hammer campaigns and campaigns, gets endorsements, walks precincts, comes so close—this is classic David and Goliath! By golly, he’s gonna do it! He’s gonna—nope, just kidding, Goliath wins.

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BOY FRIENDS IN A COMA Brothers Comatose play Moe’s on New Year’s Eve.

Last Stop: This Town Where to find the shows on New Year’s Eve BY JANELLE GLEASON

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ast-minute New Year’s Eve plans never seem to work out. It’s the evening of the 31st, you don’t have a babysitter or your friends have already opened the champagne, and before you know it, you’re wearing sweatpants and thinking about ice cream. It’s the first ball drop without the iconic mumblings of the ancient Dick Clark, so you can spend it watching Carson Daly interview the Backstreet Boys for the third year in a row (One Direction, meet The Future) or you can get to planning your night out now. Here are some NYE events to get you started (all Jan. 31):

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BROTHERS COMATOSE: For those in the mood for some Americana bluegrass and groovin’, the Brothers Comatose will be teaming up with Miss Lonely Hearts at Moe’s Alley for a rowdy little 2013 kick-off party. Two of these Brothers are actually brothers, who have stuck together through countless living room sessions with coffee table stages and Haight Street jams with the musicians who eventually joined their family. The Santa Cruz favorites command a foot-stomping good time whenever they’re in town, but a New Year’s Eve show might get a little more raucous than usual. In a good way. LAST NIGHT: When the city did away with its beloved First Night downtown celebration, the party people took matters into their own hands, creating the Last Night DIY Street Festival and

Parade. Every New Year’s Eve since 2004, the community has banded together in spontaneous organization to put on a march down Pacific Avenue to celebrate not only the coming of a new year, but also the power that a community can have in action. The parade traditionally starts in the Saturn CafÊ parking lot at sundown. ANTSY MCCLAIN AND THE TRAILER PARK TROUBADOURS: Tear up the farm with the fifth annual New Year’s Bash at the Rio from Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours. This year’s Barn Dance theme leaves you with plenty of downright country activities to choose from, whether you choose to find the artist on hand to paint a commemorative license plate or participate in the Trailer Park Beauty Pageant. You’ll feel like you’re in a barn, but with less livestock, which is probably good for the smell. ROACH GIGZ: The most urban thing going on in Santa Cruz on New Year’s: white rapper at the Catalyst. 16 and up. ZELDA’S MASQUERADE BALL: Zelda’s on the Beach presents its second annual Masquerade Ball for the 21 and over crowd, featuring a costume contest, as all legit Masquerade Balls should. Be whoever you want to be, there’s no cover and you get party favors! And may the rest of your 2013 play out the same way. 0

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Storytime Former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of children’s stories. Mon, 11am. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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GALLERIES &217,18,1* Felix Kulpa Gallery Neon Art: A sculpture show by Brian Coleman with brightly colored pipes and more. Thru Jan. 20. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

R. Blitzer Gallery A 100-piece retrospective of Fuzie Nutzle’s black inked drawings and paintings. Thru Jan. 26. Gallery hours TueSat, 11am-5pm. 831.458.1217. Mission Extension and Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz County Bank Painting Our Parks. Plein air oil paintings of county state and national parks in California. Twenty percent of sales benefit Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks. Mon–Thu, 9am–5pm & Fri. 9am–6pm, thru Jan. 18. 831.457.5003. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz.

Bi Group Leader Wanted The Diversity Center is looking for someone interested in leading a bi group on the first Thursday of every month. Email staylor@diversitycenter.org if interested. Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

A Course In Miracles Study Group A weekly meeting on learning how to forgive and live in peace. Drop-ins are welcome. Thu, 7-9pm. The Barn Studio, 104b Park Way South, Santa Cruz, 831.272.2246.

Dream Board Ceremony A dream board-making ceremony to set intentions for 2013, led by life coach and shamanic healer Kimberly Errigo. Tue, Jan 1, 14pm. $50. Private home, N/A, Santa Cruz, 866.363.2924.

Insight Santa Cruz Meditation sits, talks and discussions every day of

Library Board Applications Applications are currently being accepted for a citizen member to serve on the Library Joint Powers Board for the Santa Cruz Public Libraries. The four-year term begins in March 2013. www. santacruzpl.org. Application deadline: Jan. 7. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7700.

Miracle Working Spiritual teacher Dominique Free leads a weekly class on cultivating the consciousness to heal, overcome, succeed and create miracles. Thu, 7-8pm. Conscious Lounge, 1651A El Dorado Av @ Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.359.0423.

Overeaters Anonymous Sundays 9-10:15am at 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz. Wednesdays noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln. #303, Watsonville and 6:30-7:30pm at 335 Spreckles Dr. Ste. A, Aptos. Thursdays 1-2pm at Louden Nelson Community Center, Room 5, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. Fridays noon1pm at 49 Blanca Ln, #303, Watsonville. Wed-Fri-Sun. 831.429.7906.

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

Kids Circus Camp Children ages 4-14 with any experience level are invited to learn circus arts, including trapeze, tumbling, acrobatics and clowning from local circus professional Olivia Lehrman. Register by Dec. 20 for week one and Dec. 27 for week two. Register by emailing olivia@landinthe.net Week 1: Dec. 26-28; Week 2: Dec. 31-Jan. 3. Ages 4-6 from 9-11:30am and ages 7-14 from 9am-2pm. 418 Project, 418 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.466.9770.

LezCruz New Years Party A lesbian New Years celebration with hors d’oeuvres, dessert, a live DJ and no host bar. www.lezcruz.eventbrite. com. Mon, Dec 31, 8pm12:30am. $55. Chaminade, 1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz, 831.475.5600.

Monarch Grove Tours A docent naturalist-led tour of the state-designated insect preserve featuring thousands of monarch butterflies here on their seasonal migration. Sat–Sun at 11am & 2pm until Jan. Natural Bridges State Beach, 2531 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.423.4609.

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Toy Trains at the MAH It’s not very often you get to shout “choo choo!� without someone countering “bless you� before you even get to mime pulling the chain for your invisible horn. Embrace your inner conductor this week by visiting “Toy Trains,� an exhibit that brings in a rotating cast of working (and horn blowing!) toy trains from the last century, such as a 1920s steam engine. Wednesday, Dec. 26–Saturday, Jan. 5 (closed Jan. 1) at the Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. Museum admission $5.

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“A Night at the Nutcracker� is a musical comedy about the Marx Brothers running a ballet company. www.cabrillostage. com. Weekends at 2pm, Sundays at 7:30pm. Dec. 1430. $20-$40. Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

the week. Learn the formal practice of meditation and engage with a community dedicated to reducing suffering by cultivating compassion. Visit www. insightsantacruz.org for specific times and more information. Ongoing. Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Avenue, Suite C, Santa Cruz, 831.425.3431.

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PROPHET MARGIN Chronically underrated singersongwriter Chuck Prophet plays the Crepe Place Friday.

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PEPPINO D’AGOSTINO An award-winning composer, arranger, musician and teacher, Peppino D’Agostino is a virtuoso fingerstyle guitarist who moves seamlessly between classical, pop, folk, world music, ragtime, the blues and more. Born in Italy, D’Agostino moved to the Bay Area over 25 years ago and played his first gigs in America on the streets of San Francisco. A self-taught artist with tremendous depth of expression, D’Agostino admits to incorporating everything he hears, sees and feels into his music saying, “Music is not only what you know musically, but also what you experience in life...it is a reflection of our personalities and spirit.� Don Quixote’s; $17 adv/$20 door; 7:30pm. (Cat Johnson)

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CHUCK PROPHET Regularly compared to musical legends like Tom Petty, Lou Reed and Leonard Cohen, Chuck Prophet is a lesserknown, yet extremely influential staple of the rock world. A soulful, roots rocker with a gritty, finely crafted delivery, Prophet brings a poetic eye to everyday experiences, drawing the extraordinary out of the mundane. His latest album, Temple Beautiful, is a love song to San Francisco, his adopted hometown. It’s full of stories and observations about the city and its inhabitants and is being celebrated as one of the year’s best releases. Crepe Place; $15; 9pm. (CJ)

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TOMMY CASTRO Singer-songwriter Tommy Castro grew up on the soul music blasting out of low riders in East San Jose; years later, he mixed those influences with his first love, blues, to make a sound that won him four national Blues Awards in 2010. He just released his first single with his latest project, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, showing off a stripped-down sound that recalls his early work, and they plan to release a full-length album in 2013. Moe’s Alley; $20/$25; 9pm. (Steve Palopoli)

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SAMBADA You should probably start warming up for this show now, because you’ll be dancing through the entire thing. Originally a Brazilian dance group, SambaDa has diversified its influences to produce some real groovin’ Afro samba funk, practically begging to be played on the beach. It all starts with the driving rhythms of capoeira, Brazil’s martial art dance fusion, but the worldly cast of musicians takes it far beyond any one region or singular genre. Moe’s Alley; $15 adv/$20 door; 9pm. (Janelle Gleason)

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Bandleader Big Sandy says, “I think of us as just a rock and roll band, a rock and roll band that’s letting the roots show.� Though the band was formed in 1988, their roots and influences stretch a bit farther back, calling upon the sounds of Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry and Ray Charles with a twist from The Fly-Rite Boys’ blend of western swing, rockabilly and traditional country. They’ve played everywhere from the Grand Ole Opry to Late Night with Conan O’Brien, leaving all kinds of shakin’ hips and good vibes in their wake, so why not join them for a midday Sunday dance party? Don Quixote’s; $10 adv/$12 door; 1pm. (JG)

With its mashup of deep soul grooves and psychedelic-inspired, extended jams, Harry and the Hitmen have created a unique, upbeat sound they call a “psychedelic Motown throwdown.� Putting a Grateful Dead-inspired twist on mega hits including “Heat Wave,� “Nowhere to Run,� “Soul Man� and “Respect,� this Santa Cruz-based six-piece takes classics of the soul catalog and stretches them out into longform compositions that allow for plenty of improvisation and tail-shaking; the perfect setup for a roof-raising New Year’s Eve party. Crepe Place; $20; 9pm. (CJ)

PAINKILLER RIFFS Tommy Castro brings his latest project the Painkillers to Moe’s Alley Friday.

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By the time they started roping in sitars and pianos, the Beatles had given up on playing live. The White Album Ensemble proves that it’s totally possible to play all of these songs on stage and the four lads from Liverpool were just being lazy (although I guess technological advancements probably have something to do with it, too). Saturday’s show features classics from Rubber Soul and Let it Be while Sunday gets crazy with the psychedelia, strings, horns and trickery of Magical Mystery Tour and the incredible Abbey Road, including that delicious side 2 medley, affectionately known as “The Big One.� Rio Theatre; $26.25 gen/$42 gold; 8pm. (JG)

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AFTER YOU, ALFONSE Russel Crowe (left) and Hugh Jackman can’t let bygones be bygones in ‘Les MisĂŠrables.’

Just Miserable The big-screen version of ‘Les Mis’ is so wrongheaded it even taints Victor Hugo himself BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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ENELOPE PUSSYCAT, the poor kitty always sexually harassed by PepĂŠ Le Pew, might be the perfect reviewer for Les MisĂŠrables. Winded from being chased, she moaned, “Le puff ‌ le pant ‌ .â€? The movie takes your breath away like that. Les MisĂŠrables runs 157 minutes, few of them endurable. One might feel some kind of chest-flutter for an instant during “I Dreamed a Dreamâ€? in memory of Susan Boyle’s touching forcefulness, or try to respect the maelstrom of tears wept by 25 years of matinee crowds—a monsoon undiminished by the fact that, for decades, South Park has been roasting this thing as if it were a luau pig. Yet critics go on tiptoe, worried about being punched out by theater fans, as if those idlers had any iron in their bones. Say it proud: Les MisĂŠrables is bad. It can’t contain the discursive beauty of the

book. It zips around making characters turn up aged with white hair for yet another coincidental path-crossing, requiring them to describe their feelings in “what is this I’m feeling right now?� lyrics. The politics have a musty centrism that only looks like even-handedness; this is the least-rousing call to the barricades imaginable. Plus, you could mash the revolutionary anthem “One Day More� with “Tomorrow� in Annie and scarcely miss a beat. Is there any original music in this behemoth? The cross-purpose duets and trios (which have the effect of people singing over each other’s solos) only emphasize the flatness of the tunes. Any hope of popular, artless simplicity is betrayed by a rigid, rhyming-scheme verse by Herbert Kretzmer. A group on a bare stage can

make Les MisÊrables weepworthy live, maybe, but the pitiless camera exposes the conceit, the coincidence, the motivelessness—even suggesting (unforgivably) that it is Victor Hugo who creaks. Tom Hooper’s film version seeks streetiness with hand-held cameras and an emphasis on blood and realistically filthy sewers. Amid this squalor, Hugh Jackman (Jean Valjean) and Russell Crowe (Javert) bellow at each other at close range. This sunless movie seeks to recreate the surly clouds and gloom of the illustrator DorÊ (whose engravings were plundered for all those Les Mis sweatshirts and shopping bags). But Hooper is also trying to emulate Tim Burton’s last great movie, Sweeney Todd, in the soot and satin costume design, and the gore and the whores.

Here are two of Sweeney’s cast members, Helena Bonham Carter and Sasha Baron Cohen, as the two thieving proprietors of a brothel/inn. This Rooster and Lily bit resembles a commedia del arte approach too gauche even for a children’s show, let alone for Annie. Hooper tries to zest these scenes up with cleavage. The best chest in the movie, belonging to the sloe-eyed Amanda Seyfried, is veiled. Seyfried gets the role of the uninteresting good girl Cosette. The good-bad Éponine is played by the not-bad Samantha Barks, a stage actress who has the advantage of a voice that can make the songs sound like they’ve got some dynamism. As the more-sinned-against-thansinning Fantine, Anne Hathaway gives something like 10,000 percent. Fantine falls into unemployment, shearing, mutilation, prostitution and consumption in the time it takes to nuke some popcorn, but there’s no time to feel anything for her. She sings her swan song straight to the camera, big, brown hollow eyes pleading for a Golden Globe. There’s a bit of retching in her singing: a cry from a broken stomach. This film is a job for FEMA. Hooper’s hand in the street-fighting scenes is as shaky as in the love scenes or the weird Alfonse/Gastonery of the Javert/Valjean antagonism. Ultimately, what dooms this mammoth mistake can be blamed on the verses and the insistence on the close-up for every incidental line. The cast has to give operatic emphasis to rhymes like “wonâ€? and “Don Juanâ€?—or seek the colloquial (“Hey there, monsieur, what’s new with you?/ Are you planning to overthrow the state?â€?) The Warner Bros. cartoon vibe suggested itself when Valjean himself offered himself up this request: “Shoot me now/Or shoot me later.â€? It’s the uncredited writing of Daffy Duck.

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Tarantino has to say about slavery. FINDING NEMO 3-D (G; 100 min.) Will he be easier or harder to find in 3-D? Hopefully not harder, because Albert Brooks’ nerves are shot as it is. FLIGHT (R) An airline pilot (Denzel Washington) makes an emergency landing to save a plan from crashing, but an investigation reveals a troubling discovery. THE GUILT TRIP (PG-13; 95 min) Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogan star in this comedy about a dysfunctional mother and son on a road trip. HITCHCOCK (PG-13; 98 min) Anthony Hopkins plays the master of suspense

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in this biopic based very loosely on the Stephen Rebello book about the making of Psycho. Helen Mirren plays his wife Alma, and Scarlett Johansson is Janet Leigh. THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY (PG-13; 178 min.) After the Lord of the Rings trilogy made three billion dollars collectively, Bilbo Baggins was about the only one who didn’t expect this journey back into J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy series. Director Peter Jackson has split the original novel into three films, which means he’ll be milking roughly the same running time as his first trilogy out of onefifth the material (by page

volume, anyway). So for this one, it’s back to the Shire, where Bilbo hooks up with Gandalf and some rowdy dwarves for a quest to recover stolen treasure from the original kick-ass dragon, Smaug. JACK REACHER (PG-13; 136 min) What the world needs is now is another movie about a cop who shoots people in cold blood and has a reckless disregard for the law. What, no? Well, here’s Tom Cruise to bring us one anyway. KILLING THEM SOFTLY (R; 103 min.) The theme of jackass hoods in over their head is a crime-flick favorite, and it gets the A-list treatment in this thriller about two-bit

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Lincoln — Wed-Thu 1:15; 4:20; 7:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. This is 40 — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:20; 5:10; 8; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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Django Unchained — Wed-Thu 11:45; 3:15; 7; 10:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Wed-Thu 11; 2:45; 6:30; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Les Miserables — Wed-Thu 11:30; 3; 6:45; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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Cirque du Soleil — Wed-Thu 12; 2:15; 4:30; 7; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Les Miserables — Wed-Thu 11:30; 12:30; 2:45; 4; 6; 7:30; 9:10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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Anna Karenina — Wed-Thu 1:40; 4:20; 7; 9:40; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Hitchcock — Wed-Thu 12:20; 2:40; 4:50; 7:10; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Lincoln — Wed-Thu 12:10; 3:20; 6:30; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Silver Linings Playbook — Wed-Thu 1:20; 4; 6:40; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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Les Miserables — (Opens Tue ) 11:30; 3; 6:45; 10:15. Parental Guidance — (Opens Tue) 11:30; 2; 4:40; 7:30; 8:30; 10 Django Unchained — Tue-Wed 11:15; 3; 6:45; 10:15. Hitchcock — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Wed-Thu 11:45; 3:30; 6:30; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 3D — Wed-Thu 11; 3:30; 7:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Jack Reacher — Wed-Thu 11:55; 1; 3:15; 4; 7; 9:15; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Life of Pi — Wed-Thu 3:45pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Monsters, Inc. — Wed-Thu 2:15; 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Monsters, Inc. 3D — Wed-Thu 11:45; 4:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Rise of the Guardians — Wed-Thu 11:20; 1:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. This is 40 — Wed-Thu 1:15; 4:15; 7:15; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Skyfall — Wed-Thu 6:45; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. My Fair Lady — Thu 2; 7; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8 1125 S Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com

Django Unchained — Wed-Thu 12:50; 3:45; 6:50; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Les Miserables — Wed-Thu 12:20; 3:30; 6:45; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Guilt Trip — Wed-Thu 10:45; 12:55; 3; 5:05; 7:20; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Wed-Thu 12; 4; 8; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Jack Reacher — Wed-Thu 10:35; 1:20; 4:10; 7; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Parental Guidance — Wed-Thu 10:55; 1:15; 3:45; 7:10; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Monsters, Inc. — Wed-Thu 9:30pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Monsters, Inc. 3D — Wed-Thu 11; 1 3; 5:05; 7:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. This is 40 — Wed-Thu 10:35; 1:20; 4:10; 7; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

crooks who rob a Mob card game. With Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and James Gandolfini. (Opens Fri at Scotts Valley and Green Valley) LES MISERABLES (PG-13; 164 min.) Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway star in Tom Hooper’s big-budget screen adaptation of the ubiquitous musical about an escaped parolee who is relentlessly pursued in 19th-century France. LIFE OF PI (PG; 127 min.) Not content to be absolutely phantasmagorical, Life of Pi claims it will also make you believe in God. A little more modestly, the computer graphics represent a milestone of the technique, and although the film comes with a heavy wow-factor, it’s not lobotomized like Avatar. One can take it straight as a hell of a rousing openboat adventure. It’s like “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner� with a splendid tiger in it, a beast all the more splendid for being nothing but a figment of pixels. LINCOLN (PG-13; 158 min.) After the huge outcry from undead moviegoers over Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Steven Spielberg attempts to bring audiences together for some healing with a Lincoln biopic that completely ignores the 16th president’s unrepentant hate crimes against the living-impaired, instead focusing on his fight to free the slaves and hold the Union together as the nation is ravaged by civil war. MONSTERS INC. (G; 98 min.) The most underrated Pixar flick? (Wall-E lovers are shaking their heads disapprovingly, but, hey, that was at least the first animated movie to get a Best Picture nom.) Despite the fact that this was about monsters and featured an all-star cast, there was something low-key about its charm, making it less flashy than, say, The Incredibles. But it may be the sweetest of the studio’s stories, thanks to its bond between Sulley (voiced by John Goodman) and the twoyear-old Boo. It’s being rereleased in 3D, and will get a prequel next year about Sulley and Mike’s college years (no, really!). PARENTAL GUIDANCE (PG; 111 min.) Family comedy has Billy Crystal and Bette

Midler getting in way over their heads when they agree to watch their three grandchildren. (Opens Dec. 25 at Green Valley.) RED DAWN (PG-13; 99 min.) The movie that defined cold-war hate and xenophobia for an entire generation of teenagers in the ‘80s gets a remake that tries to do the same for a new one, this time with North Korea as the villain, trying to take over the U.S. Who can stop them? Only young American douchebags. RISE OF THE GUARDIANS Animated flick about immortal Guardians who rise up when an evil spirit tries to take over the world. But cuter than that sounds. SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK (R; 130 min.) David O. Russell’s latest features Bradley Cooper as a former mental patient moving back in with his parents and trying to win back his ex-wife. SKYFALL (PG-13; 143 min.) Director Sam Mendes attempts to do for James Bond what Christopher Nolan did for Batman. In terms of big-budget spectacle, at least, early reports are that he has, with Daniel Craig returning to play Bond a third time, 50 years after Sean Connery first portrayed him in Dr. No. THIS IS 40 (R; 140 min.) Judd Apatow’s “sortof sequel� to Knocked Up follows the lives of that movie’s secondary characters, a few years after the up-knocking. Paul Rudd reprises his role as Pete (probably best remembered for hiding out in a fantasy sports league instead of cheating on his wife) and Apatow’s own wife Leslie Mann is back as the whining-about-Spiderman Debbie. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 2 (PG-13; 115 min.) Sparkly vampires make their last stand in this final chapter of the Twilight saga, which will have to work hard to be as dramatic as the Kristen StewartRobert Pattinson breakup saga. WRECK-IT RALPH (PG) John C. Reilly is the voice of the title character, a videogame villain who longs to be a hero, in this Disney film.

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ANNA KARENINA (R; 103 min.) Tolstoy’s novel about an affair in the world of 19th-century Russian aristocracy gets a makeover, with Keira Knightley in the title role and Jude Law as her husband. Tom Stoppard of Shakespeare in Love fame wrote the screenplay. ARGO (R; 120 min.) Actors play CIA agents all the time, but CIA agents playing actors? You know Hollywood’s gonna love that. So now we have actors playing CIA agents playing actors in this new film based on an actual 1979 event (the “Canadian caper,� as it’s now known) in which operatives pretended to be

movie-biz types making a film called Argo, in order to rescue diplomats trapped in Iran. Ben Affleck directs and stars. DJANGO UNCHAINED (R; 147 min.) Quentin Tarantino uses the ’50s version of the Columbia Lady in his pre-titles, but Ride Lonesome was a mere 73 minutes long, while the unkempt sprawl of Django Unchained exceeds the bounds of the Western movie/slavesploitationers that Tarantino is raiding. Django Unchained sits solidly in Tarantino’s comfort zone, with a combination of low-key speechifying and big payback. It is, however, Samuel L. Jackson who catalyzes everything

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is made from single vineyard, allestate pinot noir grapes. Highly drinkable, fragrant and loaded with depths rarely found in large-scale methode champenoise sparklers. Or you could simply come by the Soif Wine Shop and browse for your own New Year’s Eve statement sparkler. SPEAKING OF SOIF: Here is what Chef Santos is thinking about for New Years —$75 per person, with optional wine supplement of $35. After a spate of amuses bouche, there will be choices of Maine lobster soup, fried pork belly with green papaya or farmer’s market salad with Asian pear and manchego. Intermezzo of yuzu and basil granita leads to your choice of winter squash ravioli, tuna belly and veal sweet breads, or Peking duck breast with baby turnips. Desserts to consider include chocolate mousse, goat cheese panna cotta and pineapple upsidedown cake with crème fraiche sherbet. Contact the Soif folks at (831) 423-2020 for your reservation. SURF’S UP ON NEW YEAR’S:

DOON FOR NOW Randall Grahm’s restaurant on Ingalls Street will close on Dec. 31.

New Year Ins & Outs BY CHRISTINA WATERS CLOSING: LE CIGARE VOLANT: “A restaurant requires 200

percent of an owner’s time,� admits winemaker Randall Grahm, whose large-scale restaurant will close December 31. ’Til then, fans of chef Ryan Shelton’s cooking—and his wife Oomi’s cosmic pastries—still have a few more days to stop by. Dinner Wed-Sun 5:30-9, 328 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz; reservations @425-6771. OPENING: LAGO DI COMO: A

new restaurant and, yes, pizzeria on the site of the former Nuevo Southwestern Grill on East Cliff Drive. Open Tuesday–Sunday. Check it out! SPARKLING SOLUTIONS:

Standing in front of three dozen varieties of sparkling wine, John Locke, wine manager of Soif, reminds me that “there is way more variety in champagne than most people know.� To prove it, he singled out a few decidedly

non-generic sparklers. In the $54, special occasion ballpark, Pierre Gimonnet & Fils brut is everything a champagne should be. A classic style, mineral-laden, all-chardonnay blanc de blanc, this opulent champagne comes from one of the better-known small producers in France. The poetically named extra brut RĂŠsonance, from Marie-Courtin ($57), Locke describes as “sizzling dry.â€? This energetic $60 creation loaded with peaches and chalky mineral notes

Consider a front-row seat on the ocean as well as the lights of the Boardwalk, all visible from your window seat at Aquarius restaurant and lounge. Chef Brian Drosenos has whipped up a 5-couse, $85 (sans tax & tip) menu along with live music from Grammy-nominated Tammi Brown. Dancing? You bet! The early seating ($65) runs from 5 to 6:30pm, where wild arugula salad or mushroom veloutĂŠ starts things off. Main courses include slow-poached lobster, seared Skuna Bay salmon, grilled Colorado lamb loin or toasted farro with butternut squash and fig puree. Dessert includes chocolate cake with toasted pistachios and caramel sauce (oh, God!), or a pineapple tasting with roasted salsa, frozen yogurt, local honey and black sesame sponge cake. The gala 9pm dinner ($85) expands with an amuse of Yukon gold potato blini, crème fraiche and caviar, as well as a second course of Asian-style tuna poke. If you choose the early seating, you’re out in time to head for the big party. If you choose the 9pm seating, you’ll already be at the big party. Call Aquarius at (831) 460-5000 for reservations. 0

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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.

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APTOS Ambrosia India Bistro Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a 207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610 comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com

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Britannia Arms

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Heather’s Patisserie

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Severino’s Grill

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Zameen Mediterranean

8017 Soquel Dr, 831.688.1233

7486 Soquel Dr, 831.662.3546

7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987

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. Bakery and deli. f. A wide variety of Parisian style pastries, breads and American baked goods baked fresh on site daily. Hot breakfast and lunch available daily. Enjoy with our organic coffee and espresso. Delicious, custom built wedding cakes available. Open 6am Mon - Fri, 7am Sat - Sun.

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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 7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465 meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

Beers on Tap Wine by the Glass Sports on HD TV’s Free Wi-Fi Huge Patio Video Games

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

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Shadowbrook

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

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Stockton Bridge Grille

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

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Zelda’s

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 203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900 and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

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SANTA CRUZ $$$ Le Cigare Volant Santa Cruz 328 Ingalls St, 831.425.6771

710 Front St (Next to Trader Joe’s) 831-427-4444 | woodstockscruz.com

Featuring vibrant, seasonally driven cuisine that pairs effortlessly with Bonny Doon Vineyard wines. Menu changes weekly to spotlight the freshest, local, organic and biodynamic ingredients. Bring friends, meet new ones, and dine ensemble, while embracing community and cuisine.

$ Charlie Hong Kong California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic Santa Cruz 1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664 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

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Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta Santa Cruz 2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560 specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor & Bay views. Breakfast, lunch & dinner daily. $$ Gabriella Cafe Santa Cruz 910 Cedar St., 831.457.1677

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.

$$ Hindquarter Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars. Santa Cruz 303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm. $$ Hoffman’s California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. “Best Santa Cruz 1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135 Eggs Benedict in Town.� Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm. $$

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’60s Vegas meets ’50s Waikiki. Amazing dining experience in Santa Cruz 221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852 kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian. Full-service tiki bar. Happy-hour tiki drinks. Aloha Fri, Sat lunch 11:30am-5pm. Dinner nightly 5pm-close.

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