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INSIDE Volume 44, No.37 December 12-18, 2018

ORGANIC BREAKDOWN Critics says Santa Cruz County’s composting system needs a fix P12

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OPINION

EDITOR’S NOTE

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The mainstream media did everything it could to avoid acknowledging voters’ repudiation of Donald Trump in this last election, rushing out a thousand headlines that were some variation on “Blue Wave Turns Out to Be Nothing More Than a Blue Ripple.” Only after weeks of taking in the final results, with Democrats piling up 40 flipped seats in the House, did we start to see headlines like CNN’s “Latest House Results Confirm 2018 Wasn’t a Blue Wave, It Was a Blue Tsunami.” Here in California, it was a different story—absolutely no one was disputing the victory of progressive politics across the state (even in Orange County!) But many pundits still acted like this result came out of nowhere. Guess what, talking heads, it didn’t! In fact, there have been progressive politicians working hard for years to bring those values back to

government. This week, Geoffrey Dunn profiles one of the leaders of that movement, our own State Senator Bill Monning. His story provides the context that has been sorely lacking in the mainstream coverage about the election and the state of the state’s politics. A few other important things to mention: as always, we’re doing a story every week about one of the local nonprofits you can support through Santa Cruz Gives. Read this week’s story by Georgia Johnson about Watsonville Wetlands Watch in the news section, and then go to santacruzgives.org and give to the group or groups doing the work that is most important to you. Also, voting for the Best of Santa Cruz County 2019 awards begins this week! Go to goodtimes.sc to find the ballot and get your results in early! And another thing you can find this week at goodtimes.sc are the answers to your big questions about Santa Cruz, as researched by UCSC’s Science Communication program students. We’re posting them one at a time, and it’s interesting stuff. Check it out! STEVE PALOPOLI | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

LETTERS

CEQA ABUSE

BREAK THE RULES

I was trained in CEQA at Cal State Hayward. The Geography Department established a class to learn and practice the law back in the early ’80s. We each had to work up an actual project. I was able to write over 80 pages of comments for a TV transmission tower in the Bay Area. It was obvious to us twentysomethings that the implementation of the law was going to become riddled with abuse. It needs to be reformed, but how? You can’t take away people’s right to use the law and litigation as a means toward the end of stopping a project they do not like or want. I worked as an environmental protection specialist for a good portion of my career. I observed the gradual expansion of the implementation process, and the increasing abuse that came as part of the deal. Government was looking for more work and revenue. Neighbors were looking to kill projects by a thousand paper cuts and financial extractions. Opportunistic lawyers were looking for an easy mark. I believe CEQA lawsuits are now the number one tool used by project opposition to stop work across the state. >8

I loved the profile of Martha Hudson (“Change Maker,” GT 12/5) for many reasons. As a lifelong rule-follower (albeit grudgingly), it allowed me to live vicariously through someone who has chosen a very different lifestyle from my own. And, yes, I’m a bit envious. I also admire her determination to empower other women and non-binary folks to chart their own courses. As a girl growing up in the Midwest in the ’60s and ’70s, I wasn’t allowed to wear pants to my (public) school until the rules were changed in third grade. Besides severely restricting my playground activities, this incensed my 6-year-old sense of fairness. At my summer camp, girls were forbidden from wearing Speedo swimsuits, because they were deemed too arousing for the boys. Someday, the body-shaming cultural messages and norms that Ms. Hudson and others are working so hard to counteract will seem as ridiculous as the rules girls of my era were subjected to. LIZANNE REYNOLDS | APTOS

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Santa Cruz on Monday for his first practice with the Santa Cruz Warriors. It’s the latest step in Cousins’ recovery from the torn Achilles that ended his season with the New Orleans Pelicans in January. No date has yet been set for his first game with Golden State. Photograph by Tabi Zarrinnaal. Submit to photos@goodtimes.sc. Include information (location, etc.) and your name. Photos may be cropped. Preferably, photos should be 4 inches by 4 inches and minimum 250 dpi.

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The annual Homeless Memorial will gather at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20 at Homeless Services Center (HSC) to honor the homeless who have died in the past year. This year marks the 20th ceremony remembering less fortunate residents who have passed. From HSC, guests will walk to nearby Evergreen Cemetery to look at a proposed permanent homeless memorial site. There is overflow parking at the Tannery, although guests are encouraged to bike, carpool, bus or walk. For more information, visit santacruzhsc.org.

If the holidays are all about generosity, warmth and spreading cheer, a group of local Girl Scouts has certainly risen to the occasion. As a part of its holiday charity project, Girl Scout Troop 10213 of Aptos donated more than 50 jackets to Dominican Hospital over the weekend. The 10- and 11-year-olds collected the coats through donation drives at elementary schools. The jackets went in the hospital’s “patient closet.” They’ll be given to any patient who needs a coat when they leave.

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LOCAL TALK

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Sante Adairius Rustic Ales. I like their barrel-aged sours and limited runs. I think they do a pretty unique line of beers.

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Uncommon Brewers. My favorite is the framboise, but as their name says it’s uncommon. It’s just wonderful!

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I like Discretion Brewery in Soquel because I like the beers that are dark and heavy/high alcohol, and every time I go there they have one or two beers that are just for me.

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Humble Sea. They have the best beer, and the setting is very nice. JUSTIN JOHNSON SANTA CRUZ | BICYCLE PRODUCTION

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of December 12 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22

In 1930, some British mystery writers formed a club to provide each other with artistic support and conviviality. They swore an oath to write their stories so that solving crimes happened solely through the wits of their fictional detectives, and not through “Divine Revelation, Feminine Intuition, Mumbo Jumbo, Jiggery-Pokery, or Act of God.” I understand that principle, but don’t endorse it for your use in the coming weeks. On the contrary. I hope you’ll be on the alert and receptive to Divine Revelations, Feminine Intuition, Mumbo Jumbo, Jiggery-Pokery, and Acts of God.

Among the pieces of jewelry worn by superstar Elvis Presley were a Christian cross and a Star of David. “I don’t want to miss out on heaven due to a technicality,” he testified. In that spirit, and in accordance with astrological omens, I urge you, too, to cover all your bases in the coming weeks. Honor your important influences. Be extra nice to everyone who might have something to offer you in the future. Show your appreciation for those who have helped make you who you are. And be as open-minded and welcoming and multicultural as you can genuinely be. Your motto is “Embrace the rainbow.”

TAURUS Apr20–May20

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

When you’re prescribed antibiotic pills to fight off infection, you should finish the entire round. If you stop taking the meds partway through because you’re feeling better, you might enable a stronger version of the original infector to get a foothold in your system. This lesson provides an apt metaphor for a process you’re now undergoing. As you seek to purge a certain unhelpful presence in your life, you must follow through to the end. Don’t get lax halfway through. Keep on cleansing yourself and shedding the unwanted influence beyond the time you’re sure you’re free of it.

Are you a gambling addict seeking power over your addiction? If you live in Michigan or Illinois, you can formally blacklist yourself from all casinos. Anytime your resolve wanes and you wander into a casino, you can be arrested and fined for trespassing. I invite you to consider a comparable approach as you work to free yourself from a bad habit or debilitating obsession. Enlist some help in enforcing your desire to refrain. Create an obstruction that will interfere with your ability to act on negative impulses.

GEMINI May21–June20 Danish scientist and poet Piet Hein wrote this melancholy meditation: “Losing one glove is painful, but nothing compared to the pain of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one again.” Let his words serve as a helpful warning to you, Gemini. If you lose one of your gloves, don’t immediately get rid of the second. Rather, be patient and await the eventual reappearance of the first. The same principle applies to other things that might temporarily go missing.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22 Cancerian author Elizabeth Gilbert is a soulful observer whose prose entertains and illuminates me. She’s well aware of her own limitations, however. For example, she writes, “Every few years, I think, ‘Maybe now I’m finally smart enough or sophisticated enough to understand Ulysses. So I pick it up and try it again. And by page 10, as always, I’m like, ‘What the hell?’” Gilbert is referring to the renowned 20th-century novel, James Joyce’s masterwork. She just can’t appreciate it. I propose that you make her your inspirational role model in the coming weeks. Now is a favorable time to acknowledge and accept that there are certain good influences and interesting things that you will simply never be able to benefit from. And that’s OK!

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LE0 Jul23–Aug22

More than three centuries ago, Dutch immigrants in New York ate a dessert known as the olykoek, or oily cake: sugar-sweetened dough deep-fried in pig fat. It was the forerunner of the modern doughnut. One problem with the otherwise delectable snack was that the center wasn’t always fully cooked. In 1847, a man named Hanson Gregory finally found a solution. Using a pepper shaker, he punched a hole in the middle of the dough, thus launching the shape that has endured until today. I bring this to your attention because I suspect you’re at a comparable turning point. If all goes according to cosmic plan, you will discover a key innovation that makes a pretty good thing even better.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 I can’t believe I’m going to quote pop star Selena Gomez. But according to my analysis of the current astrological omens, her simple, homespun advice could be especially helpful to you in the coming weeks. “Never look back,” she says. “If Cinderella had looked back and picked up the shoe, she would have never found her prince.” Just to be clear, Virgo, I’m not saying you’ll experience an adventure that has a plot akin to the Cinderella fairy tale. But I do expect you will benefit from a “loss” as long as you’re focused on what’s ahead of you rather than what’s behind you.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 “What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?” Author John Green asked that question. I confess that I’m not entirely comfortable with it. It’s a bit pushy. I find I’m more likely to do remarkable things if I’m not trying too hard to do remarkable things. Nevertheless, I offer it as one of your key themes for 2019. I suspect you will be so naturally inclined to do remarkable things that you won’t feel pressure to do so. Here’s my only advice: up the ante on your desire to be fully yourself; dream up new ways to give your most important gifts; explore all of the possibilities of how you can express your soul’s code with vigor and rigor.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 In the fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the heroine rejects both the options that are too puny and too excessive. She wisely decides that just enough is exactly right. I think she’s a good role model for you. After your time of feeling somewhat deprived, it would be understandable if you were tempted to crave too much and ask for too much and grab too much. It would be understandable, yes, but mistaken. For now, just enough is exactly right.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 In 1140, two dynasties were at war in Weinsberg, in what’s now southern Germany. Conrad III, leader of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, laid siege to the castle at Weinsberg, headquarters of the rival Welfs dynasty. Things went badly for the Welfs, and just before Conrad launched a final attack, they surrendered. With a last-minute touch of mercy, Conrad agreed to allow the women of the castle to flee in safety along with whatever possessions they could carry. The women had an ingenious response. They lifted their husbands onto their backs and hauled them away to freedom. Conrad tolerated the trick, saying he would stand by his promise. I foresee a metaphorically comparable opportunity arising for you, Aquarius. It won’t be a life-or-death situation like that of the Welfs, but it will resemble it in that your original thinking can lead you and yours to greater freedom.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 The National Center for Biotechnology Information reported on a 15-year-old boy who had the notion that he could make himself into a superhero. First he arranged to get bitten by many spiders in the hope of acquiring the powers of Spiderman. That didn’t work. Next, he injected mercury into his skin, theorizing it might give him talents comparable to the Marvel Comics mutant character named Mercury. As you strategize to build your power and clout in 2019, Pisces, I trust you won’t resort to questionable methods like those. You won’t need to! Your intuition should steadily guide you, providing precise information on how to proceed. And it all starts now.

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A lot of the abuse happens behind the scenes. Confidentiality and nondisclosure are certainly part of the litigation. It would be interesting to know not only how many projects have been shaken down in public litigation, but also in confidential settlements, and what the ultimate cost is. I had written a comment back in October about “litigation ahead” for the Ocean Street project. I was excoriated for that comment. Frankly, the majority opinion I see expressed over and over by residents in the county is a desire to chase away any change. We want our exclusive paradise

all to ourselves. The City of Santa Cruz is the poster child for this attitude, where the main battle is now a battle to crush rental property owners. The students think they are going to get cheap rent. The joke’s on them. Property values and rents will continue their upward climb, interrupted by the inevitable economic downturns, and a dribble of public money will continue to go toward homelessness, rent subsidies, road expansion, and the other social ills created by the abuse of law to stop any meaningful building of housing. MICHAEL COX | SOQUEL

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I DO NOT THINK THAT WORD MEANS WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS The U.S. government is struggling to define “healthy.”

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little over two years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intention to redefine the word “healthy,” and exactly which foods can be labeled as such. Especially shocking in the ever-changing world of nutrition, the FDA’s current regulatory definition of the term has not been updated since it was first established in 1993. For perspective, this is the same year that Bill Clinton started his first term as U.S. president, cell phones and the internet were both in their technological infancy, Michael Jackson was crushing the Super

Bowl halftime show, and this article’s author was 10 years old. In other words, a long time ago. Back then, the low-fat diet craze was in full swing, and the prevailing nutrition ideology was basically to scapegoat and paint the fat molecule with too broad a brush. Sugar-laden, yet low-fat foods like sweetened cereals, SpaghettiOs and fat-free puddings could be labeled as “healthy,” but not foods like avocados, nuts and salmon. As nutrition recommendations can be prone to do, this antiquated notion in recent years has become essentially obsolete and done a 180-degree about-face.

Nutrition professionals now recognize and make an important distinction between “good fats” and “bad fats” and also focus on the importance of limiting sugar in the diet. Two years into the process of revamping their archaic “healthy” designation, the FDA continues to struggle to even propose a new definition, let alone decide on one and turn it into law. They have received over 1,000 letters from health professionals, industry advocates and others. In the meantime, companies that sell things like bottled water, sugarfree gum and “mini-meals” want

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to be able to label their products as healthy. The longer the process continues, the more it feels like the FDA is headed farther down the rabbit hole. But stepping back and taking a more macro view, many nutrition professionals think that it is inherently misleading and overly reductive to label any one food as “healthy.” Jocelyn Dubin, a registered dietitian and co-founder of Nourish Wellness Center in Santa Cruz, says that the term “healthy” is more accurately used when describing a whole diet. It’s also a concept based on each individual’s unique situation; what is healthy for one person may not be for another. “The FDA’s impetus to try and create a definition of ‘healthy’ is flawed,” says Dubin, adding that it’s very arbitrary to single out certain ingredients and nutrient levels. “Healthy foods are foods that help that body to flourish and reduce the risk of chronic disease and illness,” she says. “Is it full of things that promote life?” She says examples of foods that do this are produce, seeds, nuts, and unprocessed plant oils, the latter three of which would not be considered “healthy,” according to the FDA’s outdated definition. The controversial and oftencomplicated nature of the debate over the redefinition shows just how challenging it is to say without equivocation what exactly “healthy” means nowadays. Not only are there multiple popular diets out there based around specific foods and ingredients—paleo, keto, gluten-free, vegan—but what about artificial ingredients, genetically modified food and organic food? Should these all be factored in to the new definition? “No,” says Dubin. “There is so much nutrition noise out there already; we don’t want to create further confusion.” Dubin emphasizes the individual, and how important it is consider the whole diet in context. She does say that in general, when considering a single food’s health status, to look for two simple attributes: a small ingredient list, and a quick expiration date. If a food meets both of those criteria, then it is probably “healthy”—whatever that means.

NEWS MARSH LESSONS Watsonville Wetlands Watch fosters environmental stewardship through the Wetland Wonders program

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The Watsonville wetlands sustain more than 250 species of birds and 23 species of native plants and animals that are threatened or endangered. But they are also serving another unlikely group—more than 300 Pajaro Valley Unified fifth graders. Last year, the local nonprofit Watsonville Wetlands Watch partnered with the Pajaro Valley Unified School District to create the Wetlands Wonder Program for fifth-grade students. The program aims to increase environmental literacy and stewardship through the “5E” learning model—engage, explore, explain, elaborate and evaluate. “Watsonville is a fairly urban environment, so getting out to this wild place feels like you are in the middle of nowhere—you wouldn’t know it’s an urban area,” says Emily Howard, Wetlands Watch director of education programs. “Some students have never been to the wetlands before, and they just love it. They discover little animals living in the water. We might see a deer, and they learn about how stewardship is an important part of keeping the wetlands healthy.” The Watsonville Wetlands Watch is one of 33 local nonprofits selected for the Santa Cruz Gives fundraising campaign. Funds will help support their Wetlands Wonders program alongside many other educational and conservation efforts. All of their programs combined serve more than 3,000 youth in Pajaro Valley. So far, the Watsonville Wetlands Watch is the top fundraiser, and they hope to raise double their initial match of $22,100 in the next few weeks. The funds raised through Santa Cruz Gives will be used to increase the number of students who participate in the Wetland Wonders program, Watsonville Wetlands Watch director Jonathan Pilch says. The nonprofit hopes to expand the program to new schools in the Pajaro Valley, doubling their current 300 student count. “We see both a tremendous need and a major opportunity to expand our environmental education programs, with the goal of ensuring that every child in the Pajaro Valley experiences >16

GROSS POINT BLANK Zach Falk, operations technician for the Monterey Regional Waste Management District’s

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Bin Asking

Does environmentally friendly Santa Cruz County need a major shift in how it handles composting? BY JACOB PIERCE [This is the first story in a series on recycling and waste reduction in Santa Cruz County. Part two runs next week. — Editor]

e’ve all been there. You’re standing in the kitchen with a compostable to-go container from your favorite restaurant. Or maybe with the compostable see-through cup you grabbed at a local juice bar. Flip the cup over, and you might see a rounded triangle of arrows pointing to one another, a logo that would seem to indicate that this cup is somehow environmentally friendly. Do you toss the cup into the recycling bin? Or walk outside to

throw it in the green yard waste container sitting in your driveway? The answer is that you put the cup in the trash. This compostable ware—the biodegradable cups, cutlery and to-go boxes available at local restaurants—is made from natural material, often polylactic acid (PLA), derived from plant sources, like cornstarch. Local governments require businesses to use these biodegradable products for to-go items, but because it isn’t a traditional form of plastic, PLA can’t be recycled like one. The green bins, on the other hand, are reserved only for yard trimmings. Many local businesses participate

in regional government-run composting programs for food scraps and other non-yard waste compostable material. For the time being, though, all their waste gets hauled across county lines—to Santa Clara and Monterey counties. And the services aren’t available to residents in their homes. The whole setup doesn’t sit well with Santa Cruz resident Andrew Tuckman, the vice president of business development for Vision Recycling, a compost producer serving the Monterey and San Francisco Bay areas. Tuckman says that the composting process is best done locally. Ideally, in the end, locally made compost >14

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But Santa Cruz County has a good reputation when it comes to waste management, and for good reason. The county government has received two recent awards, including one last month from the National Recycling Coalition, honoring the county for Outstanding Community/ Government Program of the year. Santa Cruz County was at the forefront of the effort to ban plastic straws, a movement that inspired Starbucks to commit to banning them by 2020. Now, the county Board of Supervisors has set its sights on eliminating single-use plastic shampoo, conditioner and lotion bottles from local hotels, motels and vacation rentals, making Santa Cruz County the first in the nation to tackle the issue. Compost is a little more complicated, especially given the confusion about what happens to all of the compostable cups, containers and cutlery once they get to local landfills, as they do every day. There is disagreement about what becomes of all that compostable ware, and whether or not it decomposes. A 2012 study found that once at the dump, compostable ware takes more than 100 years to break down, taking up landfill space in the process. (The county’s landfill is forecast to fill by up in 2030, and the city of Santa Cruz’s in 2056.) A more recent study found that the items break down quickly. In the process, they will release a significant amount of methane, a greenhouse gas that’s 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. When misinformed residents mistakenly toss compostable cups into their recycling bins, they cause additional problems. All those clear, flimsy cups often gum up the sorting process, because the machines think it’s normal plastic, says Emily Hanson, the business development and communications director for GreenWaste, which hauls waste for Capitola, Scotts Valley and the unincorporated area. At its San Jose facility, GreenWaste sorts recycling from those communities, as well as cities from around the Bay Area. Hanson, a UCSC grad, says at the very least, it’s nice that many Santa

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Cruz County businesses have food scrap bins on site for customers to toss their compostable items into when they’re done with them. “The moment, though, that you ask a consumer to get that compostable and go home, you’re back in the situation of being screwed on what container to put it in, because there’s no container you’re supposed to put it in,” she says. “You end up putting them in the garbage, and when it goes in the garbage, it off-gasses methane. It’s the worst-case scenario. So unless there’s a comprehensive food waste program in a jurisdiction, all that stuff is complicated and confusing the consumer.” Over at the city of Santa Cruz’s landfill, Craig Pearson, superintendent of waste disposal for the city, sees it differently. In a world where waste often ends up strewn among our natural spaces, and plastic is filling up the ocean, these compostables have merit, he says. “If it’s compostable, it’s gonna go into the river or the creek or ocean, and break down in a year or so,” he says. For that reason, he says compostable cups are better than plastic ones. The breakdown rate of compostable items in the ocean has never been fully studied, according to a book called Management of Marine Plastic Debris, which makes it impossible to draw strong conclusions, although one report found that a biodegradable bag broke down significantly in three months. Various materials break down at different rates, depending mostly on their thickness. Tim Goncharoff, the county’s resource planner, has heard the concerns about the environmental impact of compostable ware, and calls it “valid criticism,” one that he says he even shares himself. He knows there are still some gaps in the county’s waste management systems, and says that county officials are working to fill them as quickly as possible. “I regret that we couldn’t make it all happen at once,” he says.

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t’s a quiet early morning on the weekend before Election Day. In a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Merced, one of the most powerful members of the California State Legislature— Senate Majority Leader Bill Monning, who represents Santa Cruz and the Central Coast—is engaging voters on behalf of his friend and longtime political ally, Anna Caballero, a candidate for the sprawling State Senate District 12 seat. A clear cerulean sky stretches out in all directions as Monning treks along the nondescript series of tract homes seeking out voters in support of Caballero. It’s a surprisingly hot day for early November, and temperatures will climb into the high 80s later in the afternoon. Dressed in blue jeans, a shortsleeved blue polo shirt and a well-worn University of California baseball cap (Monning is a proud Cal alum), the sandy-haired senator walks from house to house. What he discovers is a fascinating cross-section of California—one family from El Salvador, a young single mother and waitress raised in nearby Ceres, three generations of a Vietnamese family in the midst of celebrating an ornate ceremony welcoming a newborn baby into their home. Precincts like this one represent the deep trenches of California politics. The party or candidate with the best field operation generally has an edge in any given election. But it’s hard to get a sense of the political landscape in this neighborhood. There’s not a single campaign yard sign anywhere in sight, and the residents who answer the doors seem, for the most part, disengaged from the process.

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the trucking industry, energy giants, or polluters. “One of the most admirable elements about Bill is his willingness to tackle large issues, even in the face of strong opposition,” says Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend. “That is missing too much in politics today, and we could use more people like him that are guided by what’s right rather than what’s expedient.” The legendary California Assembly Speaker Jesse “Big Daddy” Unruh once famously proclaimed that “money is the mother’s milk of California politics.” Ever since its founding in the aftermath of the Gold Rush, California has been dominated by special interest money. The “Big Four” railroad magnates of the Central Pacific Railroad (Stanford, Hopkins, Crocker and Huntington) essentially owned the legislature in Sacramento for the latter half of the 19th century. “It was true then, and it’s still true today,” Monning declares. “In fact, the lobby money today is on steroids.” As an example, he points to this year’s battle in San Luis Obispo County to pass Measure G, which would have prohibited fracking and further oil exploration in the county. “Chevron alone spent $4 million-plus to defeat the measure,” Monning notes. The measure went down in defeat, 56 to 44 percent. Near the end of Monning’s walk, he meets up with his colleague, Toni Atkins of San Diego. There is a clear warmth between them. She and I chat a while about her

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of the Port Huron Statement (the 1962 manifesto of Students for a Democratic Society), a Freedom Rider in the Deep South, a member of the Chicago Seven, and later, like Monning, elected to both houses of the California Legislature. During the early ’70s, Hayden lived in Berkeley as a member of the so-called Red Family, a brand of political activism to which Monning found himself attracted. By the time he graduated from Berkeley, Monning had been fully radicalized. He entered law school at the University of San Francisco and came out committed to working on behalf of migrant workers. His first job as an attorney was for the United Farm Workers union; he later worked for the Migrant Farm Worker Project at California Rural Legal Assistance, the Salvadoran Medical Relief Fund, and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. It was a legal career steeped in progressive causes, working on behalf of the disenfranchised and dispossessed. While working for the UFW in 1976, Monning met a young graduate from Radcliffe, Dana Kent, who had worked for the union as an organizer in Delano, then as a clinic worker and a paralegal. They married soon thereafter and raised two daughters. Kent became a bilingual teacher’s aide in San Juan Bautista, then went into the medical profession as a nurse before enrolling at Harvard Medical School, where she graduated at the top of her class in 1991. She currently serves as a practicing physician and medical director for health promotion and education at the Natividad Foundation, where she focuses on diabetes among the underserved in Monterey County. It’s easy to see why a good deal of Monning’s work in Sacramento has focused on public health. “Dana and I work as a team,” Monning says. “She’s played a critical role in my political career, but more importantly, my sense of activism.”

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remarkable group of progressive elders who brought a unique spirit and energy to the primary campaign that included 25 candidates. When the first dust settled in the April 1993 primary, Farr garnered 25 percent of the vote, while Monning surprised many local pundits by coming in a strong second, with 18 percent. In a runoff, Farr beat his Republican opponent, Bill McCampbell, 52 to 43 percent. The next year, Monning decided to take on then-incumbent Bruce McPherson for the State Assembly. It was a historic race in California history. The Democratic Party establishment—most notably the late State Sen. Henry Mello of Watsonville—sabotaged Monning’s campaign. Dan Walters, the longtime Sacramento columnist for McClatchy News Service, published an exposé of how Mello, who Walters described as “an autocratic, old-style politician who … fancies himself the political boss of Santa Cruz and Monterey counties,” iced Monning because he had beaten Mello’s longtime aide Cathy O’Boyle in the Democratic primary for the Assembly. Mello and Monning were polar opposites. Mello had PAC money running through his veins; he had

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ut to a decade-and-a-half later. By 2008, a lot of water had flowed under many a political bridge on the Central Coast. When John Laird, the popular Democratic Assemblyman from Santa Cruz (now secretary of the California Resources Agency), termed out in the 27th District, Monning—then teaching law in Monterey—decided to make another run for it. “I had been a recovering politician for nearly 15 years,” he muses. “I felt like there was some unfinished business. I didn’t want to have any regrets.” Monning suited up for another electoral battle. He ran on the same progressive platform that had defined his previous campaigns—health care, campaign finance reform, workers’ rights, environmental protection. This time around, he won the race with a whopping 67 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Robert Murray and Libertarian Mark Hinkle. “I have great gratitude and respect for all those who have worked in my campaign teams over the years,”

Monning says. “It’s all about love and respect for each other, and the shared vision of what we want for each other and our communities.” Monning ran for and won re-election in 2010, and then for State Senate in 2012 and 2016. In each instance, he won with roughly two-thirds of the vote. Monning hadn’t changed since his losses in the 1990s, when many Democrats refused to back his candidacies. Rather, the State Democratic Party had come around on embracing Monning’s principled, nontransactional brand of politics. In 2014, Monning’s longtime ally, State Senate president pro tempore Kevin de León (who lost his U.S. Senate bid last month to Dianne Feinstein) selected Monning to serve as Senate Majority Leader, elevating him to one of the most prominent roles in California government. There is no small amount of irony that Monning has assumed the position—and, indeed, the actual office—that his antagonist Henry Mello had once held. I was a bit surprised to discover that Monning, who is a trained mediator, never patched things up with Mello, who died in 2004. “I called him once to schedule a meeting,” Monning recalls. “I went over to his office in the hope of making peace, to unify. It was a vicious, insulting exchange.” Monning says he walked out of that meeting and never looked back. When Monning ran for office the second time around, there was skepticism among local Democrats about how well Monning might fare in the dog-eat-dog atmosphere of Sacramento. Monning’s late friend and mentor Hayden—who served nearly two decades in the Legislature—died in 2016 at the age of 76. I once asked Hayden how he thought Monning would handle the state capital; he was a little skeptical. “I’m not sure he’s going to like it there,” Hayden told me. He thought there might be too much horse-trading, too much money influence for his friend’s high ethical standards.

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hortly after the November election, I told Monning about Hayden’s prognostication. He says he’s not surprised. “Yeah, it’s been a mixed bag,” he says. “But when I look at what you can do when you grit your teeth, the trade-off is being able to accomplish important policy. I’ve been able to maintain my integrity and moral compass and not get sucked into the sludge.” Monning recalled his first trip to Sacramento, when he was working for the United Farm Workers. “It’s alluring, the fancy architecture and the glitter and gold, and all the power,” Monning remembers, “but I was also turned off by it, and couldn’t wait to get away. I developed a love-hate relationship with it then, and I still have it. I don’t think you’re really grounded unless you have a love-hate relationship with the place. I still feel the tug both ways.” There was speculation that Monning would run again for Congress when Sam Farr retired in 2016—the same seat he’d run for and lost 22 years earlier—and Monning made news when he announced that he was instead going to stick with his leadership role in Sacramento. Monning, now 67, will be termed out of office in 2020. With his two daughters now grown (and with three grandchildren), he says he’s looking forward to his final two years in the Senate, where he remains Majority Leader. “I’m hooked on it,” he says. “I thrive on engaging the art of the possible. Yes, there are disappointments and much that disappoints. But it all makes the victories that much sweeter when you’ve navigated through all the muck.”

Once the legislative session opens in 2019, he says he’s going to work on getting his Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fund legislation passed. He has been in negotiations with various agribusiness organizations and environmental justice groups (totaling 90 in all) and says he will refocus his efforts with a handful of legislators who were afraid of voting for a tax bill in advance of the 2018 election. And he will continue to wage battle against the soft drink industry. After three unsuccessful attempts at levying taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (twice in the Assembly and once in the Senate), Monning is hoping that the supermajorities garnered in both houses last month will enable him to push through his proposed tax in the next legislative session. Monning views the End of Life Option Act passed in 2015, which allows an adult diagnosed with a terminal disease to request aid-indying drugs from their attending physician, as one of his greatest legislative achievements. The process was especially moving for him. Many people confronting terminal illnesses at the time came to Sacramento to testify and lobby on behalf of the trailblazing legislation. “They knew that they weren’t going to be able to benefit from it,” Monning says. “And yet they still came, facing their terminal conditions, making sure that those who followed them would have options that they didn’t have. These are life and death issues. Sure, you see people at times only acting in their own self-interest, but you also see the best in people, too— people who are strong, who are there for others. Their courage was very moving. When it’s all said and done, those will be the lasting memories.”

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tours the country with just his vocal chords and a banjo (and occasionally a guitar), picking and strumming somber indie-folk songs that are spacious and emotive, and have an implicit groove to them. When he plays, you can hear the reverberations of the rustic mountains clashing with the breezy ocean. “It is a new thing for a lot of people,” Quattlebaum says of solo singersongwriter songs on the banjo. Before Portland, he went to college in Asheville, North Carolina. There, he got a proper education on his instrument, but it was, of course, in the context of a bluegrass band. The school had an Appalachian folk music department. But he’s OK with it now that he’s more acquainted with the instrument.

“When you’re a banjo player studying bluegrass, it’s kind of like the Suzuki method in classical violin. If you don’t really have that foundation, it’s kind of hard to take it in a new direction,” Quattlebaum says. “I’ve never considered myself a traditionalist. Even growing up in the South and practicing bluegrass in North Carolina, I feel like even if I wanted to be like ‘I’m a traditional bluegrass player,’ the locals still would have been like, ‘Nope.’” He hit the road after college, rambling the countryside in his Volkswagen, armed with his banjo, eventually landing in the Sierra foothills near South Lake Tahoe. There he recorded his first solo album, 2013’s The Ghost Tangled in the Oaks, which has some prominent

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Free calendar listings in print and online are available for community events. Listings show up online within 24 hours. Submissions of free events and those $15 or less received by Thursday at noon, six days prior to the Good Times publication date, will be prioritized for print (space available). All listings must specify a day, start time, location and price (or ‘free’ if applicable). Listings can be set to repeat every week or month, and can be edited by the poster as needed. Ongoing events must be updated quarterly. It is the responsibility of the person submitting an event to cancel or modify the listing. Register at our website at santacruz.com in order to SUBMIT EVENTS ONLINE. E-mail calendar@goodtimes.sc or call 458.1100 with any questions.

WEDNESDAY 12/12 BOARDWALK HOLIDAY ICE

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Ice skating at the beach is one of Santa Cruz’s most iconic holiday events. The ice skating rink is open to all ages and ability levels—whether you can barely stand or you’re the next Tonya Harding, all are welcome. It does get chilly with all of the coastal snow flurries, so be sure to cozy up next to the fire pits with some hot cocoa after. Open rain or shine, online reservations recommended.

DIGITAL SKILLS WORKSHOPS This weekly workshop will help you learn to use the digital tools that are increasingly required in everyday life. Workshops are hands-on and topics change each week. You’ll gain the skills to use email, Google Sheets and Docs, search for information online, search for how-tos on YouTube, and get great ebooks and audiobooks from the library. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Downtown Library, 224 Church St., Santa Cruz. santacruzpl. org. Free.

Runs through Jan. 6. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz. 423-5590, beachboardwalk.com. Onehour session includes $15 ice skate rental.

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HOLIDAY WINE, CHOCOLATE & CHEESE TASTING Explore what gourmet cheeses and chocolate pair well with Merlot, Zinfandel, Pinot Noir, and a late harvest wine. Make your Holiday meals memorable! With Wine and Spirit Education Trust–Certified Kristen Valenza. 6-8 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleaf.com. $40.

FOOD & WINE DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ FARMERS MARKET In addition to a large variety of farm

PRISON ARTS PROJECT ART POETRY

Show runs through Friday, Dec. 28. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. 423-1626. rcnv.org. Free.

GROUPS TRANSPORT OF DELIGHT Our Holiday Community Exhibition. A delightful display of transportation models of all kinds. Sure to be fun for all ages, with a hands on, interactive play area for our younger visitors. Noon-4 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy, 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

HEALTH B12 HAPPY HOUR Come and get your Happy Hour B12 shot. Your body needs B12 to create energy and is not well absorbed from the diet or in capsule form. Everyone can benefit from a B12 shot. After B12

SUNDAY 12/16 BREAKFAST WITH SANTA CLAUS Santa always goes above and beyond during the most wonderful time of the year. This season, Santa and his elves will be serving pancakes, eggs, sausage, fruit and beverages, accompanied by youth singers and dancers. There will be free kids’ holiday games and build-a-gift activities, plus a raffle with local prizes and photographs with Santa. All proceeds support recreation activities for Watsonville youth. Those in need of financial support to attend the event can email info@recreationadvocates.org. 8 a.m.-noon. Watsonville Senior Center, 114 E. Fifth St., Watsonville. $6 adults, $5 children.

injections many patients feel a natural boost in energy. 3-6 p.m. Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center, 736 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz. 477-1377 or scnmc.com. $29/$17.

B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 deficiencies are common, as the vitamin is used up by stress, causing fatigue, depression, anxiety, insomnia and more. Not well

absorbed in the gut, B12 injections can be effective in helping to support energy, mood, sleep, immunity, metabolism and stress resilience. Come get a discounted shot from 1:30-4:30 p.m. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com/b12-injections or 5158699. $15.

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Because of the limited amount of materials local art teacher Tripura Anand could bring into the Santa Cruz County Main Jail, she had to improvise. She developed a college art program for the inmates using torn paper. Inmates would create images out of the paper, and Anand says that art classes have been particularly relaxing for her students while also fostering better communication between correctional officers and inmates. A selection of art and poetry by inmates in the Santa Cruz County Main Jail is on display at the Resource Center for Nonviolence until the end of this month only.

products, this market offers a great selection of local artisan foodstuffs, delicious baked goods and lots of options for lunch and dinner. 1-6 p.m. Cedar and Lincoln streets, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

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SUNDAY 12/16 KUUMBWA JOURNEY OF 1,000 LIGHTS

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The Kuumbwa Jazz Center’s annual benefit concert combines music of different styles and ethnicities that speak to the immigrant experience from which democracy evolved. Featuring local musicians like Keshav Batish and Laurie Tanenbaum, this annual benefit supports Chadeish Yameinu Jewish Renewal Community of Santa Cruz. 3-5:30 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. 427-2227, kuumbwajazz.org. $20-$35.

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WORLD HARMONY CHORUS The World

Harmony Chorus is a community chorus that welcomes participants of all ages and ability levels. There are no auditions nor entrance requirements. 7:15-9:15 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. instantharmony.com.

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TRIYOGA BASICS/THERAPEUTIC YOGA TriYoga flows are presented with personalized guided alignment assistance. Everyone is welcome. 9:30 a.m. Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 310589-0600. $15.

MOM & BABY CONNECTION Nursing Mothers Counsel and Luma Yoga host a weekly Mom & Baby Connection support group. Every family presents their own

unique situations and challenges. This is a time to get together with other moms in a group setting to explore and discuss the tips and tricks of successful breastfeeding, and much more. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Luma Yoga and Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz. lumayoga.com. Free.

COMMUNITY PILATES CLASS Community Pilates class led by Pilates Instructor Jennifer Balboni. Drop-in any Tuesday or Thursday for a fun and challenging 60-minute core-based flowing strength class. Bring your own mat. 10 a.m. Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos. tbeaptos.org. Free.

POWER VINYASA FLOW YOGA Surf your edge in this energetic, inspired yoga flow designed to help you dive deep into your personal power. Instructor Tim Brattan will lead you through a fun sequence to move, sweat, smile, detox, discover, focus and play on the mat. Designed for all levels, you’ll build strength, endurance, flexibility, >42

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Science on Tap: “Wings of Wonder: Saving Bats Around the World” DECEMBER 19, 7PM CREPE PLACE, SANTA CRUZ FREE ADMISSION

Winifred Frick, chief scientist at Bat Conservation International, will discuss the fascinating natural history of bats and the challenges and opportunities for protecting bats here and around the world.

Women’s Club Meeting JANUARY 9, 11:30AM UCSC ARBORETUM, HORTICULTURE BUILDING, FREE ADMISSION

Gail Hershatter, Distinguished Professor of History, on “Stubborn Silences: Writing the History of Chinese Women.” The UCSC Women’s Club is open to all from campus and town.

Santa Cruz Pickwick Club: Our Mutual Friend JANUARY 13, 2PM SANTA CRUZ PUBLIC LIBRARY FREE ADMISSION

Beginning with Charles Dickens’s Our Mutual Friend, join local bookworms, students, and teachers each month for conversations about a 19th-century novel, with guest speakers giving context to the readings.

Carceral Identity Within and Beyond the Prison JANUARY 24, 1:30PM HUMANITIES 1 BUILDING, ROOM 210 FREE ADMISSION, PARKING PERMIT REQUIRED

Patrick Lopez-Aguado’s new book, Stick Together and Come Back Home, examines how what occurs inside a prison affects what happens outside. The stories of youth and adults navigating juvenile justice and penal facilities illustrate a “carceral social order” that racially and geographically divides criminalized populations into gang-associated affiliations.

JANUARY 26, NOON–3PM UC SANTA CRUZ, CLASSROOM UNIT 1 & 2 FREE ADMISSION

The Santa Cruz County Office of Education hosts the Elementary and Junior High County Spelling Bee Competition at UC Santa Cruz.

Questions That Matter: Data and Democracy JANUARY 29, 7PM KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER FREE ADMISSION

As society navigates fake news, targeted social media, and compromised voting systems, it is essential that we understand the complex and often obscured relationship between data and democracy.

Amahl and the Night Visitors

JANUARY 18–20 STEVENSON EVENT CENTER FREE ADMISSION

A weekend of innovation and impact for 700 students, who will apply technology to solve challenging social issues.

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Pop Up! Movable Books & Art at the Library THROUGH DECEMBER 14, MON–FRI 10AM–NOON & 1–4PM UC SANTA CRUZ MCHENRY LIBRARY, THIRD FLOOR FREE ADMISSION

Explore the world of movable books— from commercially produced works to inventive handmade artists’ books— all drawn from Special Collections & Archives at McHenry Library.

Put Your Gold Money Where Your Love Is, Baby: Counterculture, Capitalism, and the Grateful Dead THROUGH DECEMBER 20 UC SANTA CRUZ MCHENRY LIBRARY FREE ADMISSION

This exhibit explores how the Grateful Dead redefined business practices, revealing new ways of thinking about business and the relationship between creators and their communities.

UPCOMING EVENTS FEBRUARY 2

Jessica Bauman: “What Refugees Taught Me About Shakespeare” JANUARY 31, 5PM KRESGE TOWN HALL FREE ADMISSION

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New York City theater director Jessica Bauman explores how the stories we tell (and hear) about refugees influence the ways we respond to the migration crisis. Her production of Arden/Everywhere reimagines Shakespeare’s As You Like It as a refugee story.

Foundation Medal Honoring Janet Yellen FEBRUARY 6

Women’s Club Meeting FEBRUARY 11

Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation with Melissa Harris-Perry FEBRUARY 21–24

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

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JANUARY 26, 11AM & 1PM MUSIC CENTER RECITAL HALL $0–$10/PERSON

UCSC opera students and instrumentalists present Amahl and the Night Visitors, the most beloved of Gian Carlo Menotti’s operas. The story of the imaginative child, Amahl, and his three royal visitors is sung in English with chamber orchestra.

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SALSA Salsa dance Cuban-style. Featuring Salsa Suelta and Casino partner dancing. Drop-in class on Thursday’s, open for all intermediate dancers. No partner required, ages 16 and up. 7 p.m. Motion Pacific, 131 Front St., Santa Cruz. salsagente.com.

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HEALTH B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 helps support energy, mood, sleep, immunity, metabolism and stress resilience. Since B12 is not absorbed well during digestion, and all B vitamins are depleted by stress, most Americans are deficient. Having B12 in the form of an injection bypasses the malabsorption problem, and people often feel an immediate difference. Every Thursday morning, we offer discounted vitamin B12 by walk-in or appointment. 9 a.m.-Noon. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com or 515-8699. $15.

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BOARDWALK HOLIDAY ICE A covered skating rink is the star attraction but the fun also includes an impressive display of holiday lights and decorations. Cozy fire pits, fun holiday photo ops, a kids’ craft corner, classic holiday movies, visits with Santa, seasonal games and treats, and hourly snow flurries are all in the forecast. 10:30 a.m. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz. beachboardwalk.com.

FRIDAY 12/14 ARTS LAUNCH AND READING OF ‘ZINE FRONTERAS’ Zine Fronteras features community writings, poetry, photos, and artwork from members of our own community reflecting on their own experiences as immigrants and relatives of immigrants. The evening will feature an installation of art and photos from the publication and readings by contributing authors. There will also be a drawing for a chance to win a copy of the book. Light refreshments will be provided. 5:30-7 p.m. Live Oak Library, 2380 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz. calhum.org.

FOOD & WINE WATSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET This market is in the heart of the famously bountiful Pajaro Valley. Peaceful and family-oriented, the Latino heritage of this community gives this market a “mercado” feel. 2-7 p.m. 200 Main St., Watsonville.

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good voice-strengthening exercise for people with Parkinson’s disease. Santa Cruz County has an ongoing singing group for people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. 1-2:30 p.m. The Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos. easepd.org/singing. Free.

From children’s to young adult, antique to contemporary, and cultural to local interest, Friends’ Bookstore has something for every reader. Come find affordable, diverse books galore at the Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries’ Bookstore in the Downtown Santa Cruz Library today. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Santa Cruz Public Library, 224 Church St., Santa Cruz. fscpl.org. Free.

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POP-UP PICNICS IN THE PARK The community is invited to enjoy tacos on the terraza and take in the view of downtown Santa Cruz. Taquitos Gabriel will be providing the food, and a portion of the sales will benefit the park. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park, 144 School St., Santa Cruz. thatsmypark.org.

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Nights are Community Music Nights at Food Lounge. Menage & Friends heads up this week’s live music! Menage is comprised of five Santa Cruz musicians and friends who play a variety of acoustic music, including folk, country, Americana, string jazz, Piedmont blues and originals. 6:30-9 p.m. Santa Cruz Food Lounge, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. 212-5399.

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MUSIC TAYLOR RAE & FRIENDS I invite you to an intimate songwriters night with myself and some of my good friends around town. Each artist will perform two of their rawest songs for an attentive crowd. The performance will be videoed and recorded in hopes of making a Santa Cruz Songwriter Compilation album to release. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Humble Sea Brewery, 820 Swift St., Santa Cruz. eventbrite.com/e/ taylor-rae-friends-tickets-52683832762. $20/$5.

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SATURDAY 12/15 ARTS TRANSPORT OF DELIGHT Our Holiday Community Exhibition. A delightful display of transportation models of all kinds. Sure to be fun for all ages, with a hands-on, interactive play area for our younger visitors. Noon-4 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

PINE NEEDLE BASKET MAKING WORKSHOP Join docent Cheryl VanDeVeer for a marvelous, free, family workshop learning how to make a basket from local ponderosa pine needles. Children 10 and older may attend if accompanied by an adult. No experience necessary. Meet at the visitor center. 10 a.m.-Noon. Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, 101 N. Big Trees Park Road, Felton. thatsmypark.org. $10/Free.

METEOR TRAIL HIKE Join a Big Basin docent on one of our most diverse hikes by mountain streams, oak woodlands, chaparral and redwoods. You’ll discuss forests, flowers and fires on a six-mile, 3.5-hour hike. This somewhat strenuous ascent is rewarded with ocean views on a clear day. Bring water, lunch and good hiking shoes. Meet at Big Basin Redwoods State Park Headquarters. 10 a.m. Big Basin Redwood State Park, 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek. Thatsmypark. org. $10/Free.

Idea Fab Labs, and The Art Cave, we would like to invite you to take part in our second annual pop-up market, the Westside Santa Cruz Holiday Bazaar. Local businesses, artists, and artisans will come together for a day of art, gifts, music, food, drink, and celebration as we share our talents and sell our goods to the community. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The Ow Building, 2801 Mission St., Santa Cruz. facebook.com/ events/1032150326991076/. Free.

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Bryce Stauble and learn to identify many of Waddell Valley’s plants within Rancho del Oso’s seven diverse habitats. Each walk is unique as blooming flowers and pollinators are constantly in flux. This walk takes a leisurely pace that is great for learning the native habitat we are experiencing. 10 a.m. Rancho Del Oso Nature and History Center, 3600 California 1, Davenport. thatsmypark.org. $10/Free.

magical season of the year, a time of shorter days, colder nights, and annual celebrations of light. Come warm yourself this season with a little fun and a whole lot of wonder! All ages are welcome to come laugh, smile, and participate in this very special seasonal magic show. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Scotts Valley Branch Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. santacruzpl.org. Free.

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ARCHEOLOGY DAY How do artifacts give us clues to the past? Follow the archaeological process from the dig to the display, and participate in hands-on activities to discover the stories told by the artifacts. Celebrate archeology day at the Santa Cruz Mission where you can do hands-on activities, see demonstrations, and take a tour. 1 p.m. Santa Cruz Historic Mission STate Park, 144 School St., Santa Cruz. thatsmypark.org. Free.

FOOD & WINE APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE Voted Good Times best farmers market in Santa Cruz County. With more than 90 vendors, the Aptos Farmers Market offers an unmatched selection of locally-grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.-Noon, Saturdays, Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@ montereybayfarmers.org. Free. WESTSIDE FARMERS MARKET The Westside Farmers Market takes place every week at the corner of Highway 1 and Western Drive, situated on the northern edge of Santa Cruz’s greenbelt. This market serves the communities of the west-end of Santa Cruz, including Bonny Doon, North Coast, UCSC Campus and is a short trip from downtown. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mission Street and Western Drive, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

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OUTDOOR REDWOOD GROVE LOOP WALK Join us for this fun and informative guided half-mile stroll through a magnificent oldgrowth redwood forest. Meet the famous Mother Tree, the Father of the Forest and the incredible Chimney Tree on this 90-minute walk. 11 a.m. Big Basin Redwood State Park, 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek. Thatsmypark.org. Free.

DISCOVER BIG BASIN REDWOODS HIKE Explore the park’s less travelled backcountry with Docent Barry Grimm. This moderately paced hike will be individually tailored to your group. Based on group size, experience level, and weather conditions, we will choose from the many trails that explore the park’s most scenic areas. Noon. Big Basin Redwoods State Park, 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek. thatsmypark.org. Free.

OLD COVE LANDING TRAIL WALK On this two-hour natural history excursion, you will explore the plants, animals, and geology of the spectacular coastal bluffs. Meet at the interpretive center. Bring snack, water, binoculars, and good walking shoes. 11 a.m. WIlder Ranch State Park, 1401 Coast Road, Santa Cruz. thatsmypark.org. $10/Free. CASTLE ROCK FALLS AND GOAT ROCK OVERLOOK HIKE Join us on a hike to Castle Rock, Castle Rock Falls and Goat Rock Overlook. During this trip, we will discuss Castle Rocks unique geology, rock climbing history and various important preservationists that helped give Castle Rock State Park the protections we have today. This 3-mile, 2.5-hour hike is considered moderate due to the rocky sections that require the use of hands and feet to climb over. 11 a.m. Castle Rock State Park, 1500 Skyline Blvd, Los Gatos. thatsmypark.org. Free.

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SATURDAY 12/15 PINE NEEDLE BASKET MAKING WORKSHOP Join docent Cheryl VanDeVeer in learning how to make a woven basket from local ponderosa pine needles. No experience is necessary, though all of you expert pine needle basket weavers are welcome to join. Children 10 and older may attend if accompanied by an adult. 10 a.m.-noon. Henry Cowell Redwood State Park. 101 N Big Trees Park Road, Felton. 335-4598. Free.

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RANCH TOURS Discover what life was like a century ago on this innovative dairy ranch. This hour-long tour includes the 1897 Victorian home, 1859 Gothic Revival farmhouse, 1896 water-powered machine shop, barns and other historic buildings. 1 p.m. Wilder Ranch State Park, 1401 Coast Road, Santa Cruz. thatsmypark.org. $10/ Free.

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SUNDAY 12/16 ARTS SUNDAY SEASIDE CRAFTS Make it and take it! Come create and take home a fun souvenir, an activity for the whole family to share. Join the hands-on fun in the crafts room every Sunday. 1-3 p.m. Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz. seymourcenter.ucsc.edu. ‘SHINE!’ CABARET: AN ECLECTIC HOLIDAY CIRCUS CABARET Spend your evening at a holiday cabaret featuring circus acts, tapas, and decadent desserts. Shine! is an eclectic holiday circus cabaret that runs one night only. Admission includes gourmet tapas, complimentary drinks, and a dessert tasting accompanied by an evening of circus entertainment, including aerial acrobatic feats on ropes, silks and hoops. 6 p.m. Radical Movement Factory, 2855 Mission St., Santa Cruz. shinecabaret.brownpapertickets. com. $45/$40.

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CALENDAR <48 HOMEMADE HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR This fundraiser benefiting our homeschooling collaborative will support our educational toy and curriculum lending library, classes, workshops, and social activities. Find unique, handcrafted items for your holiday shopping list made by local children and professional artisans. 2-5 p.m. Expressive Learning, 5271 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley. dlcsantacruz.org.

MUSIC STEADY SUNDAZE REGGAE All-ages reggae in Santa Cruz outside on the patio at the Jerk House with DJ Daddy Spleece and DJ Ay Que Linda plus guest DJs in the mix. 1-5 p.m. The Jerk House, 2525 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. 316-7575. Free.

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Shaw. 9:30 a.m. Big Basins Redwood State Park, 21600 Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek. thatsmypark.org. $10/Free.

MONDAY 12/17 ARTS POETRY OPEN MIC A project of the Legendary Collective, the weekly Santa Cruz Word Church poetry open mic is a community of local writers who recognize the power of spoken word. They gather every Monday for a community writing workshop, then host a 15-slot open mic followed by a different featured poet each week. 4 p.m. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. santacruzmah.org. Free. SEASONAL KIDS CRAFT DAYS Join us at the Downtown Library, upstairs Young Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Room, for seasonal crafts! We will get messy so dress accordingly. Ages 3 and older. We will be using permanent paints and markers as well as small objects like beads and pins. 3-4:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Public Library, 240 Church St., Santa Cruz. santacruzpl.org. Free.

CLASSES ONE-ON-ONE TECH TUTORING One of our tech-savvy librarians will help you with a variety of technology services during weekly drop-in 20-30 minute appointments. First come, first served appointments are taken in order of appearance. Topics include: creating an email account, creating Word documents, downloading and streaming content like movies, books, and audiobooks, and more. Please bring your own device. 4-6 p.m. Santa Cruz Public Library, 240 Church St., Santa Cruz. santacruzpl.org. Free.

GROUPS PUBLIC SPEAKING MONDAYS, DOWNTOWN TOASTMASTERS Santa Cruz Orators are an eclectic group of Toastmasters meeting every Monday during lunchtime to help members improve public speaking and leadership skills. Guests are always welcome to come check out meetings; drop-ins are definitely encouraged. 12:15 p.m. Arts Council Santa Cruz County, 1070 River St., Santa Cruz. meetup.com/ SantaCruzOratorsToastmasters/events/. Free.

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THU 12/13- SAT 12/15 ‘THE CURIOUS SAVAGE’ Scotts Valley High School presents a new production of The Curious Savage, a play by John Patrick about an elderly woman named Mrs. Savage whose husband has left her $10 million. But a fight over the fortune—and the schemes of her stepchildren—bring an unexpected turn to Mrs. Savage’s life, and a surprising new outlook on family. 7 p.m., Scotts Valley High School, 555 Glenwood Dr., Scotts Valley. $10, $8 students. Tix4u.com.

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Ah, Christmas. A time for Santa, presents and the music of horrorpunk band the Misfits. OK, maybe that last one pertains only to Santa Cruz. After all, where else can one go to experience Christmas With the Misfits, the annual holiday benefit concert featuring local and regional bands covering Misfits songs?

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“It really is a big party,” says founder Nick Anchorheart. “We have a Christmas tree on stage, everything is decorated, and some of the bands even throw a Christmas song into their set.”

For its sixth incarnation, this ghoul’s night out will feature performances by madeup Santa Cruz bands 831 (members of Stellar Corpses and Hayride to Hell), 5:25 (members of Get Married) and Midnight Mass (members of Requiem) along with Face For Radio (Fresno), and 12 Steps To Nothing (San Jose). Anchorheart’s band, the Sea Wolves, will also be performing under the moniker Fiend Wolves. “I love mixing up the genres and getting bands that aren’t necessarily the same style as the Misfits,” he chuckles. “One year we did a doo-wop version of one of the songs.” Since its inception, the holiday concert has operated as a benefit show and raised money for Grind Out Hunger and Imagine Supported Living. This year, all proceeds will benefit the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter. MAT WEIR 8 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 16, Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 423-1338.

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JEREMY CLYDE If you were to describe the filmography of Wes Anderson in a single song, a good pick would be the impossible twee of “A Summer Song” by British Invasion duo Chad & Jeremy. Everything about it radiates with the corduroy warmth of ’60s AM pop, from the quiet vocals and dampened drums to the mellow strings and soft trumpets. Chad & Jeremy broke up in 1968. Now, 50 years after the release of “A Summer Song,” Clyde returns to music with his first solo album, The Bottom Drawer Sessions No. 1. The vocals are as hushed as ever. MIKE HUGUENOR 8:30 p.m. Flynn’s Cabaret, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $12/adv, $15 door. 335-2800.

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Lips without their carefully curated obnoxiousness) and repurposes them in a simple, genuine manner. Having Portland indie all-stars the Norway Rats as a backup band doesn’t hurt. There’s an ease to Neill’s songwriting, even if he accurately describes the genre of his latest album Subterrene as “dystopian romance.” AMY BEE 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8/adv, $10/door. 429-6994.

FRIDAY 12/14 R&B

BERNHOFT AND THE FASHION BRUISES The multi-talented Norwegian singer Bernhoft has a new band, the Fashion Bruises, and a new album, Humanoid, to show them off on. Together, band and auteur leave behind computer-based sounds for the more organic landscapes of guitars, drums and bass. Bernhoft’s already impressive R&B flavor and catchy pop hooks thrive in this live-band atmosphere. And his soulful vocals are at their peak—just listen to his funky R&B song “Lookalike,” on which Bernhoft

channels the charming, whimsical vocal stylings of Macy Gray. They really could have named that one “Soundalike.” AB 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $17/adv, $20/door. 479-1854.

SATURDAY 12/15 COUNTRY

MAC POWELL & FAMILY REUNION For the past few decades, Mac Powell has been huge with Christian audiences and hardcore lovers of country music (which have a huge overlap). His band Third Day was more in the category of “Southern rock,” meaning country was a prominent element, but not the only one. Now as a solo artist, he’s getting even more country. And we’re talking roots country, not this modern country-pop stuff. He’s bringing his music to the Rio via a Christmas party, where you’ll get to hear new original tunes as well as sing along to classic Yuletide songs. AC 8 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $35. 423-8209.

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST THUNDERCAT

BRIDAL PARTY

SUNDAY 12/16 METAL

NIGHT OF THE BLUE SWAN IV

5:30 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $25/door. 423-1338.

BLUES

DIRTY CELLO This fantastic four-piece blends rock, blues and bluegrass behind band leader Rebecca Roudman’s cello. Along with

2 p.m. Michael’s on Main, 2591 Main St., Soquel. $20. 479-9777.

MONDAY 12/17 INDIE-POP

BRIDAL PARTY Bridal Party are not here to kick ass. They’re not here to take names. Plus, they have plenty of bubblegum, so don’t even ask. The Canadian West Coasters might rock the same chorus-pedal cool as Frankie Cosmos and Dogbreth, but on 2017 EP Negative Space, they lean further into pop territory than most of their contemporaries dare. There’s still a good amount of slacker in the rock (plus no small amount of bossa nova), but on songs like “Fruitless” and “Man of One of My Dreams,” they show just

how close indie rock can come to Steely Dan. MH 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $7. 429-6994.

9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $28/door. Information: catalystclub. com. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz. com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 13 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

JAZZ

CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO WITH LUCY WOODWARD Guitarist Charlie Hunter decamped from the East Bay to the East Coast two decades ago, but the seven-string guitar wizard has never neglected his local homies. He’s performing around the region with Oakland-reared drummer Derek Phillips and Los Angeles vocalist Lucy Woodward. A capriciously talented artist with extensive credits in jazz, pop, rock and soul, Woodward made a memorable appearance on Snarky Puppy’s Grammy Award-winning Family Dinner Volume 1. She’s also toured with Pink Martini, and released four albums under her own name. Fierce and fun-loving, she sounds utterly at home in this stripped-down setting. ANDREW GILBERT

7 and 9 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $28.35-$44.10. 427-2227.

IN THE QUEUE TATANKA

Denver dub reggae dudes. Wednesday at Moe’s Alley ADAM SHULMAN TRIO: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

Jazz for your inner child. Thursday at Kuumbwa Jazz Center GYPSY SOUL HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE

A multicultural Christmas extravaganza. Thursday at Michael’s on Main LACY J. DALTON

Gritty country music icon. Friday at Flynn’s Cabaret and Steakhouse THE INCITERS

Local legends of Northern Soul. Saturday at Crepe Place

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Formed in 2013 by Dance Gavin Dance guitarist Will Swan, Blue Swan Records specializes in postrock, math rock and hardcore. This Christmas, they’re taking their bands on the road for three select shows, and Santa Cruz is lucky enough to be on their “nice” list. So start practicing those windmill kicks and karate chops as Icarus the Owl, Fall of Troy, Hail the Sun, Royal Coda, Wolf & Bear, Adventurer, and Ghost Spirit rain screamo and hardcore through a mix of time changes, melodies and intense headbanging. MW

an arsenal of originals, Dirty Cello is also known for their unlike-the-original cover versions of songs like “Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin and “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” by Charlie Daniels. Just make sure you watch the clock as this toetapping quartet goes on at 2 p.m. MW

Thundercat won a Grammy in 2016 for his impeccable work on Kendrick Lamar’s landmark To Pimp a Butterfly record. He’s played in Suicidal Tendencies, worked with Flying Lotus, Childish Gambino and Erykah Badu. But forget all that; he’s also got three amazing solo albums. His latest, Drunk, takes the best elements of jazz-fusion, prog, soul and yacht rock and makes magic out of it. He even got Michael McDonald and Kenny Loggins to contribute to one of his songs on the album. AC

LIVE MUSIC

Wednesday December 12 – 8/9pm $15 Live Reggae From Colorado

TATANKA

+ PACIFIC GROWN Thursday December 13 – 8/8:30pm $8/12

Italy Meets Brazil For Dance Party Co-bill

SONAMO + PAPIBA & FRIENDS Friday December 14 – 8/9pm $17/20

Grammy Nominated Soul Great From Norway Returns Debuting His Full Band

BERNHOFT

Saturday December 15 – 8/9pm $12/15 Americana Meets Junkbox Blues

THE SAM CHASE + HILLSTOMP Thursday December 20 – 8/8:30pm $8/12 Double Bill Dance Party

PLANET BOOTY + SAL’S GREENHOUSE Friday December 21 – 8/9pm $25/30 Hawaii’s #1 Female Artis

WED

Live Bands 9p

Comedy Night, ’80s Night Free 8:30p

Live Bands/Club 2000 Live VJ Dancing 9p Free 9p

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12/16

Lloyd Whitley 1p James Murray Blues Mechanics 6-8p 6-8p

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

Steel Horse 9:30-12:45p

Karaoke 6p-Close

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Quadroon 8p

Karaoke Free 8p

Swing Dance $5 5:30p Takers Leavers 8p

Pan Dulce 8p

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

Alex Lucero & Friends 8p

Karaoke 9-12:30a

CAPITOLA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

Toby Gray Free 6:30-9:30p

Mark Creech Free 7-10

Casey Wickstrom Free 7-10p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Yung Bans $20-$25 8p

Iration $29.50 7p

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

DJ Sal Free 9p

MON

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TUE

12/18

Be Natural Youth Rock Concert 5p, Karaoke 6p-Close SC Jazz Society, Beat Weekend w/ DJ Monk Earl Free 3:30p

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Freestone Peaches

Fri. Dec. 14 8:30pm Allman Brothers Tribute $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21 + Sat. Dec. 15 8pm Neil Young Tribute $10 adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21 + Sun. 2pm matinee Dec. 16 2pm Cello like you’ve never heard $20 adv./$20 door seated <21 w/parent

Not So Young Dirty Cello

Grateful Sunday

Sun. Dec. 16 5:30pm Grateful Dead Tunes NO COVER

Women Who Folking Rock

Angela Blessing, Elisabeth Carlisle, Janet Croteau and Lydia Joy Davis $10 adv./$10 door seated <21 w/parent

Sinatra In December

Thur. Dec.20 7:30pm Songs of

Frank Sinatra featuring John Michael –Frank’s Greatest Hits and Holiday Chestnuts $10 adv./$10 door seated <21 w/parent

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Fri. Dec. 21 Apple City Slough Band Sat. Dec. 22 THE FUNKY SWEATER XMESS GET DOWN Smokey The Groove Wed. Dec. 26 Peppino D’Agostino

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Aki Kumar & Little Jonny Lawton 6-8p

Mojo Mix 6-8p

Post Punk Dance Floor 9p

Funk Night w/ DJ Ed 9p

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close Comedy Night w/ Shwa Free 8p

John Michael Free 3-6p Night of the Blue Swan: The Fall of Troy $17-$25 5:15p 6th Annual Christmas w/ the Misfits Benefit 7:30p

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

THE

Wed. Dec.19 7:30pm

The Box (Goth Night) 9p

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CREPE PLACE

Afternoon Blues Series

Dec 29 CON BRIO + MIDTOWN SOCIAL Dec 30 & 31 THE MOTHER HIPS Jan 4 MONOPHONICS Jan 5 DAVID BOWIE BASH Jan 6 COCO MONTOYA Jan 10 AKI KUMAR, JUNE CORE, RUSTY ZINN Jan 11,12 METALACHI Jan 18 CORB LUND Jan 19 LYRICS BORN Jan 25 JUNIOR REID + KING SCHASCHA Jan 26 B-SIDE PLAYERS Jan 27 TOMMY CASTRO Jan 30 FRONT COUNTY Jan 31 LARRY & HIS FLASK + WILLY TEA TAYLOR

12/15

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Sunday December 23 – 3/4pm $20/25

Dec 28 FLOR DE CAÑA

SAT

Kid Andersen & John “Blues” Boyd 6-8p

ROCK COLLECTION W/ MELVIN SEALS, LEBO, STU ALLEN GREG ANTON & MORE

DUMPSTAPHUNK

12/14

Preacher Boy 6-8p

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

New Orleans Funk Favorites

FRI

Al Frisby 6-8p

Saturday December 22 – 8/9pm $20/25

Thursday December 27 – 8/9pm $28/33

12/13

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

CHAMINADE RESORT 1 Chaminade Ln, Santa Cruz

THE GUITARSONISTS w/CHRIS CAIN, MIKE SCHERMER DANIEL CASTRO

THU

Watsonville Film Festival Presents: Navidad Sin China 7p

THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville

ANUHEA + SOULWISE 2 Sets With All Star Jam Band THE

12/12

ABBOTT SQUARE 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

Robyn Hitchcock Michael’s on Main Saturday, Dec. 29

WEDNESDAY12/12

CASEY NEIL & THE NORWAY RATS w/ ASHLEIGH FLYNN

SHOW 9PM - $8 ADV - $10 DOOR

THURSDAY 12/13

QUATTLEBAUM w/ THE GOOD BAD

SHOW 9PM - $10 DOOR

FRIDAY 12/14

APPLE CITY SLOUGH BAND w/ CROOKED BRANCHES

SHOW 9PM - $10 DOOR

SATURDAY 12/15

THE INCITERS w/ SCRATCH OUTS

SHOW 9PM - $8 ADV - $10 DOOR

MONDAY 12/17

CHRISTMAS BANDITOS FREE - 5:30 TO 6:30

MONDAY 12/17

BRIDAL PARTY w/ READY NOW BAND

SHOW 9PM - $7 DOOR

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7 COME 11

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RICHARD THOMPSON ELECTRIC TRIO JAN 31 Cocoanut Grove w/

OM RIO THEATRE 2/27

CASS McCOMBS BAND MOES THURSDAY, APRIL 4

LIVE MUSIC WED CORK AND FORK 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

12/12

Open Mic Night Free 7-10p

THU

12/13

Steve’s Jazz Kitchen Free 7:30-10

FRI

12/14

Bonny June & Bonfire Free 7-10p

SAT

12/15

Madrigal & Strange Free 7-10p

CORRALITOS CULTURAL CENTER 127 Hames Rd., Corralitos

Open Mic 7-10p

THE CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Casey Neill & the Quattlebaum w/ The Norway Rats $8/$10 9p Good Bad 9p

Apple City Slough w/ Crooked Branches $10 9p

The Inciters w/ The Scratch Outs $8/$10 9p

CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

The Dooners $3 7:30p

Isaac & The Haze $6 9p

The Messiahs $7 9:30p

SkyPark $5 8p

12/16

MON

12/17

Jeremy Clyde $12/$15 8:30p

Led Kaapana w/ Fran Guidry $20/$25 8:30p

GABRIELLA CAFE 910 Cedar St., Santa Cruz

Linc Russin 7-9p

Jeannine Bonstelle & Sweeney Schragg 6:30-9:30p

Lacy J Dalton Christmas Sol Nova w/ Southern Show 2/ Edge of the Pacific $10/$12 9p West $20/$25 8p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Adam Shulman Trio: A Charlie Brown Xmas $26.25/$31.50 7p Tony McManus w/ Gypsy Soul Julia Toaspern $18/$20 Holiday Experience 7:30p $17$20 7:30p

Vince Guaraldi favorites performed by a Bay Area piano combo. Friday, December 14 • 8 PM

The Christmas Banditos Funk Night ft. 7 Come 11 Free 5:30p Bridal Party $6 9p-12a w/ Ready Now $7 9p Live Comedy $7 9p

Dave D’Oh & Alex Lucero $5 7:30p Dooners Free 6-9p

MAYIM: A CAPPELLA TRIO Tickets: brownpapertickets.com Sunday, December 16 • 3 PM

JOURNEY OF 1000 LIGHTS Tickets: brownpapertickets.com

Monday, December 17 • 7 PM & 9 PM

CHARLIE HUNTER TRIO WITH LUCY WOODWARD Twenty-five years into a trailblazing career that has defined the seven- and eight-string guitar.

9 PM: 1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

Callbox w/ Mattea Overstreet $10/$12 8:30p

Thursday, December 20 • 7:30 PM

WINDHAM HILL’S WINTER SOLSTICE

With William Ackerman, Barbara Higbie & Alex de Grassi.

JACK O’NEILL LOUNGE Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr. Santa Cruz KUUMBWA JAZZ 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

ADAM SHULMAN TRIO: A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS 1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

Benton St. Blues Band

FLYNN’S CABARET 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

12/18

Acoustic Open Jam 3-5p

The Mackessy Brothers Free 6:30-8:30p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

TUE

TBA Free 4-7p

Dan Frechette’s New Band Free 6-9p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport DISCRETION BREWING 2703 41st Ave, Soquel

SUN

Thursday, December 13 • 7 PM

Mayim $24 8p

Journey of 1000 Lights $20-$35 3p

Jeff Blackburn Free 4p Freestone Peaches $15 8:30p

Dirty Cello $20 2p Grateful Sundays Free 5:30p

Not So Young $10 8p

Charlie Hunter Trio w/ Lucy Woodward $38.85/$44.10 7&9p

AT THE RIO THEATRE

Saturday, January 5 • 7:30 PM

PACIFIC MAMBO ORCHESTRA WITH JON FADDIS One of the West Coast’s premiere Latin music ensembles, joined by a legendary trumpeter. Friday, January 11 • 7 PM & 9 PM

SPECIAL EFX ALL-STARS

With Chieli Minucci, Eric Marienthal, Regina Carter, Lao Tizer, Joel Rosenblatt & Jerry Brooks. Monday, January 14 • 7 PM

PAMELA ROSE PRESENTS: BLUES IS A WOMAN

Celebrating the women of the blues – from Ma Rainey to Bonnie Raitt.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Thursday, January 17 • 7 PM

Virtuosic solo guitar by one of jazz’s finest instrumentalists.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Monday, January 21 • 7 PM

SHEILA JORDAN WITH CAMERON BROWN

A trailblazing jazz vocalist with bass duet accompaniment.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Thursday, January 24 • 7 PM

ANDRÉ MEHMARI TRIO

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We are now open Tuesday-Sunday for dinner. Stop by for an amazing farm to table dining experience! Wed Dec 12

Jeremy Clyde

Thu Dec 13

Ledward Kaapana w/Fran Guidry

An evening of Music with a True Legend $12 adv./$15 door seated – <21w/parent 8:30PM

Hawaii’s Legendary Slack Key Guitar and Ukulele Master $20 adv./$25 door seated – <21w/parent 8:30PM Fri Dec 14

Lacy J Dalton w/Edge of the West

American Country Singer/Songwriter $20 adv./$25 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Sat Dec 15

Sol Nova w/Southern Pacific

Local Rock and Roll/Americana Favorites $12 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Wed Dec 19

Mike Renwick’s Holiday Deluxe w/Special Guests

Dazzling synthesis of Rock, R&B, and Old Soul $20 adv./$20 door Dance – ages 21+ 8PM Thu Dec 20

Supernaut

Fri Dec 21

Ten O’Clock Lunch w/HWY 9

Heavy Psychedelic Rock $10 adv./$12 door Dance - ages 21+ 8:30PM

WED

12/12

THU

12/13

FRI

12/14

SAT

12/15

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Hot Roux Free 6p

Broken Shades 6-8p

Lloyd Whitley Free 6p

Al Frisby 1p Jeffrey Halford 6p

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Tatanka & Pacific Grown $10/$15 8p

Papiba & Friends, Sonamo $8/$12 8p

Bernhoft & the Fashion Bruises $17/$20 8p

The Sam Chase & The Untraditional & Hillstomp $12/$15 8p

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Euphoric, The Program 9:30p

Libation Lab w/ King Wizard & Chief Transcend 9:30p

Adam Cova 9:30p

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz 99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Wild Iris Free 6:30-9:30p Trivia 8p

12/16

MON

12/17

Virgil Thrasher & Rick Stevens Free 6p

Pete Madsen Free 6p

Alex Lucero 6-9p SCCDA Match, CCDA Final Match

Hazy Hill Free 8p

Johnny Smith Experience Free 9p

Hip Hop w/ DJ Marc 9:30p

James Devine Free 7p

Nomad Free 2-4p

Taco Trivia Tuesday w/ Hive Mind 6:30p

Dennis Dove 2-5p

The Johnny Neri Trio 2-5p

Erin Avila 6-9p

Monkey Boys Free 9p

Queer Bingo $5/card 4p

Comedy Free 8p

Open Mic Free 8-11p ‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p

Variety Show w/ Toby Gray 6:30p

Acoustic Reggae Jam 6:30p

Aloha Friday 6:30p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

12/18

Blues Mechanics Free 6p

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party 9:30p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

TUE

Matt Masih Free 10p-12a

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

SUN

Featured Acts 6:30p

The Human Juke Box 6p

Open Mic 6p

Tuesday Trivia Night 6:30p

Mac Powell & the Family Reunion $35-$55 8p Comedy Night 9p

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

First & Third Celtic Jam

Live DJ

Trivia 7:30p

Don Caruth Open Jam Free 8-11p

The John Michael Band $5 8:30p-12a

The Vinny Johnson Band Alex Lucero Open Jam $5 8:30p-12a $3 7-11p

Alex Lucero & Friends Free 7-11p

Rock‘n’ Roll and Blues from Santa Cruz $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Sat Dec 22

Jeff Rye

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135

Classic Rock from the ‘70s to the ‘90s $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Fri Dec 28

Levi Jack w/ Grampa’s Chili

Americana, Psychedelic Rock and more! $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Sat Dec 29

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Mon Dec 31

Sat Jan 5

Foreverland

The Electrifying Tribute to Michael Jackson $25 adv./$25 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

The China Cats New Year’s Eve Celebration

Ring In The New Year with California’s Premier Grateful Dead Tribute Dinner Packages with Champagne Available $30 adv./$35 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

Beggar Kings

Classic Rolling Stones Tribute featuring Dale Ockerman $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Wed Jan 9

Sver

Excellent Norwegian-Swedish Folk Music $12 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 8:30PM Thur Jan 10

Ed Gerhard

Grammy award-winning guitarist from New Hampshire $20 adv./$25 door seated – <21w/parent 8:30PM COMIN G RIGH T U P

Fri, Jan 11 Pathetic Honey String Band w/Alex Lytle & Them Rounders Sat, Jan 12 One More Try – The George Michael Tribute Thu, Jan 17 Woodstock Generation Band & San Francisco Airship Acoustic Tickets Now Online at flynnscabaret.com

Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am

Thursday, December 13 • Ages 16+

Yung Bans

plus

Lil Loski

plus

HIRIE

Friday, December 14 • Ages 16+

Iration

Friday, December 14 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

DJ SAL

plus DJ Robby & Brando

Sunday, December 16 • Ages 16+

Night of the Blue Swan

with Hail

the Sun, Royal Coda, Icarus The Owl, Wolf & Bear, Adventurer, Ghost Spirit

Sunday, Dec. 16 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

“CHRISTMAS WITH THE MISFITS” 6TH ANNUAL CHARITY BENEFIT

Dec 21 Thundercat (Ages 16+) Dec 28 Cut Chemist/ Chali 2na (Ages 16+) Dec 31 Eagles Of Death Metal (Ages 21+) Jan 12 Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (Ages 16+) Jan 18 Sage The Gemini (Ages 16+) Jan 19 Petty Theft (Ages 16+) Jan 20 Ozomatli (Ages 16+) Jan 25 Wifisfuneral/ Robb Bank$ (Ages 16+) Jan 26 Y & T/ The SJ Sindicate (Ages 21+) Jan 27 J.I.D. (Ages 16+) Jan 31 Tritonal (Ages 16+) Feb 2 RJD2/ Ghost & The City (Ages 16+) Feb 5 Badfish A Tribute To Sublime (Ages 16+) Feb 7 Groundation/ Thrive (Ages 16+) Feb 8 The Amity Affliction/ Senses Fail (Ages 16+) Feb 9 The Green (Ages 16+) Feb 13 The Record Company (Ages 16+) Feb 14 The Expendables/ Ballyhoo! (Ages 16+) Feb 23 Lil Mosey (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating. Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 877-987-6487 & online

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12/13

FRI

12/14

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

Scotty Wright & more Free 7:30-10:30p

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

Terri Londee, B4 Dawn

SAT

12/15

SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-9p

Hot Fuse 8-11:30p

Tsunami 8-11:30p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 6:30-9:30p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

SHANTY SHACK BREWING 138 Fern St, Santa Cruz

Joe Kaplow 7-9p

Moshe Vilozny, North Coast Rovers & more 1:30-9:30p

Kage O’Malley 7-9p

SUN

12/16

MON

12/17

TUE

12/18

Steven Walters Trio Free 7:30-10:30p

The Fintztones 6-9p

SID’S SMOKEHOUSE 10110 Soquel Dr, Aptos STEEL BONNET 20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley

Joe Kaplow Free 5p

SUSHI GARDEN S.V. 5600 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

Dave Muldawer Free 5:30p

AJ Lee & Jesse Fichman Free 5:30p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

Open Mic w/ Steven David 5:30p

VINOCRUZ 4901 Soquel Dr, Soquel VINO LOCALE 55 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

Jerad Fox Free 6-8p

Jenny & the Bets Free 6-8p

Michael Annotti Free6-8p

Three Agents 9:30p

DJ Yosemite 9:30p

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DO YOU EAR WHAT I EAR? Willem Dafoe as Vincent Van Gogh in Julian Schnabel’s ‘At Eternity’s Gate.’

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Van Gogh’s creativity explored ‘At Eternity’s Gate’ BY LISA JENSEN

f you’re looking for a portrait of artistic torment and isolation from the inside-out, look no further than At Eternity’s Gate. The subject is Vincent van Gogh in the last years of his life, impoverished and churning out his delirious canvases with no encouragement whatsoever in the sun-splashed rural village of Arles in the South of France. Directed by artist-turned-filmmaker Julian Schnabel, it’s more like a feverish plunge into the act of creation itself than a conventional biopic about the facts of Van Gogh’s life. This is familiar territory for Schnabel, who’s drawn to stories about creative people in conflict with society (Before Night Falls, Basquiat, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). What Schnabel

gets absolutely right in Eternity’s Gate is the way Van Gogh’s single-minded hunger to get what he calls his “visions” of life (especially nature) down on canvas isolates him from the townspeople who don’t understand his unconventional pictures, and see him as a dangerous lunatic. To this end, we often see landscapes, objects, and people in the movie through a slightly distorted camera lens, trying to approximate that woozy, dreamlike state in which we all believe Van Gogh must have painted. Outlines are sometimes blurry, contrasting colors often shockingly vivid. In one lovely shot, Van Gogh (played with manic fervor by Willem Dafoe) sprawls, embraced and halfobscured by huge fronds of green

and gold wheat, as if he’s becoming one of his paintings. But this subjective view from the artist’s perspective has its drawbacks, too. The camera is in constant, reeling motion, especially in the first halfhour or so, so pack your Dramamine if that sort of thing affects you. And when we’re not seeing things through Van Gogh’s eyes, Schnabel invites us to commune with the artist’s neverending angst and mania through extreme close-ups of Dafoe’s furrowed, sunken cheeks and unnaturally bright eyes, a portrait of torment that can get a little claustrophobic—especially when juxtaposed against dull ochre and poison green interiors borrowed from Van Gogh’s paintings. The good news is Dafoe can be utterly mesmerizing, and Schnabel

has assembled a stellar cast in supporting roles. Oscar Isaac is quite good as Paul Gauguin, who is at first Van Gogh’s compatriot and mentor in Arles; they debate painting what the artist sees instead of real reality. But their relationship starts to fray when Gauguin’s advice to work slowly and build the canvas clashes with Van Gogh’s insistence that a painting must be done fast, “in one clear gesture.” (Schnabel also turns Gauguin into a seer, telling Van Gogh, “The people in your portraits will be famous because you painted them, not because of who they are.”) Rupert Friend has a couple of touching scenes as Van Gogh’s loyal brother, Theo, and Diving Bell alumnus Mathieu Amalric has a winsome moment as the benevolent asylum doctor immortalized in Van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet.” Mads Mikkelsen has one scene as a stoic priest disputing Van Gogh’s claim that his bizarre painting style is “a gift from God.” Van Gogh’s response— “Maybe God made me a painter for people who aren’t born yet”—also seems sort of jarringly prescient (although much of Van Gogh’s dialogue and his occasional voiceover observations are culled from his well-documented letters to Theo). Schnabel’s storytelling fails in two key emotional scenes in which a confrontation or confession plays out, immediately followed by the exact same dialogue, while Van Gogh sobs or looks stricken. It’s an annoying device that stops the narrative cold and suggests Schnabel didn’t trust us to understand what was going on the first time. It also calls attention away from the drama onscreen to the filmmaker himself. Still, the movie offers some arresting images (a frosty field full of dying sunflower stalks), and thoughtful insights into the creative life. (“I paint to stop thinking,” Van Gogh tells Theo.) But for all of Schnabel’s determined technique, nothing in his movie ever quite achieves the emotional clarity of a single Van Gogh painting. At Eternity's Gate **1/2 (out of four) With Willem Dafoe, Oscar Isaac, and Rupert Friend. Written by Jean-Claude Carriere, Louise Kugelberg and Julian Schnabel. Directed by Julian Schnabel. A CBS Films release. Rated PG-13. 110 minutes.

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FILM NEW RELEASES THE FAVOURITE Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer was one of the most unsettling films of last year, and his previous arthouse hit The Lobster was even weirder. So what’s he going to do to the period-costume-drama genre? We’re about to find out with this film, which tells the story of a young maid (Emma Stone) wreaking havoc in the balance of power in 18thcentury England when she arrives in the court of Queen Anne (Olivia Colman), which is actually being run by her secret lover, the Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz). The maid’s success in ingratiating herself with the queen sets off a power struggle, and weirdness is guaranteed to ensue. (R) 119 minutes. (SP)

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MORTAL ENGINES This PeterJackson-produced sci-fi movie imagines a world where cities drive around through the wasteland on wheels and consume other cities to fuel themselves. Can you imagine Santa Cruz in that scenario? We’d be like, “We don’t eat cities because it’s cruel and it’s bad for the environment.” Then L.A. would eventually find us and be like “CHOMP!” Directed by Christian Rivers. Starring Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar and Stephen Lang. (PG-13) 128 minutes. (SP)

THE MULE Clint Eastwood apparently is a mule in this movie, which kind of makes sense, since we already know from his interviewinga-chair-at-the-RNC debacle that he can be a jackass. According to the publicity materials, it’s a true story based on the New York Times Magazine article “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Mule.” Ohhhh, a drug mule. I get it now. Directed by Eastwood. Co-starring Bradley Cooper, Taissa Farmiga and Laurence Fishburne. (R) 116 minutes. (SP) ROMA This semi-autobiographical film from director Alfonso Cuaron (of Gravity fame) just won Best Picture from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. It follows the life of a housekeeper to a middle-class

family in Mexico City’s Roma Colonia district. Starring Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira and Carlos Peralta. (R) 135 minutes. (SP) SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Spider-Man, Spider-Man/Doing whatever several alternative universes full of Spider-Men can/Are there a lot?/ Listen bub/Even Nicholas Cage/Voices one/Look out!/Here comes a new animated Spider-Man movie! Featuring the voices of Jake Johnson, Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld and Mahershala Ali. (PG) 117 minutes. (SP) CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. to downtown Santa Cruz, where each week the group discusses a different current release. For location and discussion topic, go to https:// groups.google.com/group/LTATM.

NOW PLAYING AT ETERNITY’S GATE Reviewed this issue. (PG-13) 110 minutes. (SP) BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY When the subject of a movie biography is the innovative rock group, Queen, at least we know the soundtrack is going to be killer. Bryan Singer’s tribute is also heroic in depicting the band’s late ’70s-early ’80s era, and its phenomenal creative energy and output. Rami Malek is an actor unorthodox enough to embody the legendary Freddie Mercury’s outsider persona, yet soulful enough to engage us in Freddie’s lifelong quest to become himself. From the opening 20th Century Fox fanfare scorched out of an electric guitar to the ecstatic grand finale of “We Are the Champions” live onstage, this is a non-stop joyride for Queen fans. (PG-13) 134 minutes. (LJ) CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? Melissa McCarthy has been in some duds lately, but she’s already getting awards buzz for her portrayal of Lee Israel, a real-life writer who made her name writing celebrity biographies, but later turned to selling forgeries when

her career went south. One New York bookstore who had bought some of Israel’s forged letters wasn’t even mad, later saying, “She made the letters terrific.” That, people, is some quality fraud! Directed by Marielle Heller. Co-starring Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells and Jane Curtin. (R) 106 minutes. (SP) CREED II Really, they should have just called this Rocky IV 2, since it brings back Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago, who is this time training his son to fight against Apollo Creed’s son. This franchise is really starting to get into Ghost of the Son of the House of Frankenstein territory, but as long as Michael B. Jordan is playing Adonis Creed, I doubt anyone is going to mind. Costarring Sylvester Stallone and Tessa Thompson. Directed by Steven Caple Jr. (PG-13) 130 minutes. (SP) FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD J.K. Rowling used to let others adapt her Harry Potter stories, but for this spinoff series of Fantastic Beasts films, she’s writing the screenplays herself. I think it’s fair to say the results have been mixed, but if you liked Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which moved all the wizarding action to 1920s New York, you’ll probably like this sequel which picks up a few months later, focuses more on Johnny Depp’s character from the previous film, and brings back Dumbledore. Directed by David Yates. Costarring Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law and Katherine Waterston. (PG-13) 134 minutes. (SP) GREEN BOOK After earning a welldeserved Supporting Actor Oscar for Moonlight, the versatile Mahershala Ali tries something completely different in this serious-minded, yet entertaining view of racism in the American South, ca 1962, as experienced by a working-class white guy from Brooklyn hired to drive a cultured black pianist on a concert tour through the Deep South. Directed by Peter Farrelly, and

based on a true story, its portrait of century-old racist attitudes still so deeply ingrained everyday life could be (and often is) chilling. But the movie succeeds on the chemistry between its excellent stars, Ali as the reserved, morally particular pianist, and Viggo Mortensen as his gregarious, tough guy driver, forging a hard-won alliance against institutional racism and their own personal prejudices. Co-starring Linda Cardellini, Mike Hatton and Sebastian Maniscalco. (PG-13) 130 minutes. (LJ) THE GRINCH They keep making adaptations of Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Who Stole Christmas like they’re ever going to be better than the 1966 TV special. But with Benedict Cumberbatch voicing the famous green grump, this new cartoon version’s gotta be better than the live-action Jim Carrey mess. Directed by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier. Starring the voices of Cumberbatch, Rashida Jones, Kenan Thompson and Angela Lansbury. (PG) 90 minutes. (SP) INSTANT FAMILY I watched a trailer for this Mark Wahlberg comedy, and I’m almost 100 percent certain it’s actually just a trailer parodying terrible Mark Wahlberg comedies, and not actually a real movie. I mean, it has kids getting hit in the face with basketballs! My guess is that if you go down to the movie theater and ask for a ticket to this movie—which is allegedly about a couple that adopts a bunch of foster children—Mark Wahlberg will jump out from around the corner and say, “Hey fool! You’re a fool! This movie doesn’t even exist, fool! Say hi to your mother for me!” And then hit you in the face with a basketball. Directed by Sean Anders. Co-starring Rose Byrne, Isabela Moner and Tig Notaro. (PG13) 119 minutes. (SP) MARIA BY CALLAS “If you liked Bohemian Rhapsody, why not spend a night at the real opera with this documentary about the 20th century’s most famous Soprano, Maria Callas?” Hey, that’s pretty good! Maybe I should write movie

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s it optimistic to believe that in wine, there is truth? Maybe. But certainly, in wine, there is poetry. In his first collection of poems, American Oak, Bonny Doon native Jake Young finds inspiration in wine and the land that produces it. Thumbing through the pages of Young’s handsome new book, I find the flavors, weather, wildlife, and vintages that inflect our slice of California, explored in spare, pungent lines. Understanding that wine is a living moment of its place of origin, Young’s poems offer glimpses of our sensory memory, inflected by surprise. Memories of

flavors and top notes, the feel of the land in our hands and mouths. A newly bottled Chardonnay contains “a hint of graphite, like wetting a pencil on my tongue.” Abstract yet intimate, his work takes us along with him watching a heron, savoring a coastal sunset, feasting on sunlight and silence. Young currently lives in Missouri, where he’s completing a doctorate in English literature, but his heart belongs to the Santa Cruz Mountains, where he spends summers working at Beauregard Vineyards. “My work in the wine industry found its way into my poetic writing

almost immediately,” Young says. “I became fascinated with the concept of terroir while working at the winery.” That experience sparked the poet’s understanding “of the many ways that food and wine connect us to the land, and thus to nature … place, and culture.” He also happens to be a Certified Specialist of Wine with the Society of Wine Educators. The sensory mysteries of our coastline, vineyards and fogdrenched canyons run through this new book, from which Young will be reading locally next Thursday, Dec. 20—appropriately enough,

at a winery, Stockwell Cellars. An accomplished debut collection by a poet with his taste buds tuned to the natural world. Also reading from his newest book of poems will be another literary artist named Young. Gary Young. And yes, there is a connection. Gary Young is a much-admired, award-winning poet and printer who teaches creative writing at UCSC. (He is also the father of the aforementioned Jake Young.) He will be reading from his latest collection of poems, That’s What I Thought. Gary is a shaman of the tenderest, and darkest, in humans. Capable of capturing in compact images the fleeting beauty of our place in the world. Each of his poems reaches deep within the reader, embedding itself within our cellular structure. In other words, sensuous poetry such as that by the Youngs, père et fils, calls out for a glass of wine— wine loaded with as much terroir as the poems themselves. So you absolutely will head over to Stockwell Cellars next Thursday, Dec. 20, for some fine locally crafted wine and equally fine locally crafted poetry. Given the context, you’ll probably discover that in vino veritas is more than just a line from Kierkegaard. Poetry reading by Jake Young and Gary Young, Thursday, Dec. 20, 5-7 p.m., Stockwell Cellars, 1100 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz.

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European in style—“French, even”— because of the low-alcohol content of only 12 percent. “He calls it a ‘winemaker’s wine,’” says Earley. Armitage pours his heart and soul into winemaking—and one can feel the love in every bottle. “The only thing that inherently exists within all things is Love,” his label declares. Armitage Tasting Room, 105C Post Office Drive, Aptos. 708-2874, armitagewines.com. Open weekly Wednesday-Sunday.

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Esoteric Astrology as news for week of Dec. 12 , 2018 We are in our last days of 2018, with less than a month ’til Christmas and the New Year. Until then, we have December dedications centered around Light—Advent and the recently ended Hanukkah—and the rider on the white horse. And Mercury now direct, as it just re-entered Sagittarius. December is dedicated to Advent, the Latin word “adventus” meaning “something’s coming” (winter solstice, Sun turning northward, new light, holy child’s birth, revelation). For four weeks, we light candles representing hope in the dark half of the year. All of December’s religious festivals are festivals of preparation, (re)dedication and the kindling of our light (hope, promise) within the darkness of matter. We are in the time of Sagittarius, symbolized by the archer on the white horse. Sometimes pictured as the centaur with bow and arrows, it symbolizes

ARIES Mar21–Apr20 You’re out and about, in and of the world—its people, events, food, travel, adventures, mountain peaks, plains and cultures call you to participate. Perhaps you’ll consider writing a book, or travel. Think deeply on your goals. Create more. Ponder this statement: “I see the goal, I reach that goal and then I see another.”

TAURUS Apr21–May21 I ask that you also think on the statement at the end of Aries. And then observe the many varied goals, dreams, hopes and wishes that filter through your mind each day. There’s not enough time, day or night, to accomplish all of the inside and outside work, preparation and plans before you. There’s also the issue of money, which may be uncomfortable, yet is most important to consider. You have many resources yet untapped.

the duality of human and divine purpose. As humans, we carry a multitude of realities, polarities, glamours and illusions, which fall away slowly as we progress upon the Path of Light. Sagittarius is the sign of Silence. In that silence, we are asked to discern and then just be with all that is good and truthful. Sagittarius is seen in symbols form in Revelation 6.2—there is a going forth, a reconnecting with all duality and focusing it into the pure light. The Revelation 6:2 sees the same mighty Conqueror going forth, who had reconnected all of the duality into a focused spiritual existence: “I looked up and saw a white horse standing there. Its rider carried a bow, and a crown was placed on his head. He rode out to win many battles and gain victory.” This is the foretelling of Sagittarius. lights, charitable parties with friends, unboxing holiday decorations, finding more to trim the tree (Hanukkah bush), seeing relatives, phoning, sending emails, holiday cards, having dinners—you love and cherish these festivities, looking forward to the beauty of the season all year. We wish we could join you.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 For the next several weeks, it seems a light is shining upon you. You’ll feel lucky, capable, resourceful, wealthy, emotionally supported. Don’t run out and buy everything you fancy, unless it’s for loved ones. Then be lavish. However, most appreciated would be your heart offered to another. Even simply to a friend. We think of you as internal, hidden, watchful. Give a little more for a while.

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Your health at this time is most important. Focusing on this— and not much else—is best, because you have the capacity to heal more quickly now. Appropriate and healthful foods also must be a focus. You’re considering preparing foods to give as gifts? Simultaneously, endless tasks and responsibilities keep appearing. Decline most of them. You need rest, good natural light, a plant and a few good books to read.

You may be in need of rest. Soon you’ll need to be out and about in the public more, so take this time to draw back, do less work. You can still plan agendas and consider creative goals. However, don’t act upon them immediately. Instead, make health, rest, and well-being your central focus. Allow these thoughts to direct your actions for at least a month. Blend grass-fed whey in raw or nut milk for protein and strength. Add a bit of chocolate, something green (parsley, kale, etc.), a banana and a date or two.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22 You need a bit more adventure, fun, play and being tended to in a most creative way. You need to accept invitations, go to parties and festivities, be with friends, attend plays, art shows, galleries, dances, and visit other people’s homes. You need both a Christmas tree and a Hanukkah bush with lights and candles everywhere. You need to be loved, cared for, recognized and then loved some more. Who can do this best?

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 You’re the light bearer to your family this year. You’re the one who must connect them, creating festivities of domestic comfort and care. You must begin to plan a large gathering so those who have no family can feel at home (where you are). You must merge realities that are separated, unify what is opposed, and synthesize all of the parts and pieces. You love being given these tasks.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22 Being out and about in neighborhoods, dropping in on neighbors, driving around town to view holiday

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 Everything personal and professional has the green light. You have energy and enthusiasm, hopes and wishes along with opportunities and invitations. Amidst the many possibilities, attend only one or two at a time, bringing them to successful conclusions. Then focus on several more. Pay all bills promptly, don’t worry about money. You’re beginning to thrive differently, in so many alternate ways.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 You become more public with leadership qualities naturally emerging. A forum or group recognizes, invites and accepts your gifts of communication, intelligence and knowledge. You prepare. However, you are aware that at any time in the life of Pisces, things dissolve away. So you are hopeful, patient, accepting, yet you're also wary, cautious, circumspect, careful and coiled like a snake in preparation, which is good enough for now.

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What are your holiday plans? Will you prepare with your significant others, or with one in particular? I suggest you plan with the one closest to you. The last new moon’s silver path shines on your relationships, especially one in particular. A new intimacy is being called for. Is it with love, sex, marriage, money, or all of this together? You and another need to travel somewhere. Make plans.

All parts of you are active, energetic, hopeful (we hope). You also become a bit more impulsive, quick to anger, impatient, wanting your own way for a time. We see you as being more assertive, daring like a warrior. You become very attractive. However, be careful with communicating, driving, walking, running, using tools, implements. Things red, hot and sharp (all of which, to some, you are) might attack. You’re laughing. That’s good. Caution.

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BEATRICE PEREZ to: HEPZIBAH BEATRIX DAHL. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING January 17, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Dec. 3, 2018. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Dec. 3, 2018.

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It’s tough to drill down on any topic in 450 words. Let alone write something intelligible enough to help the average person understand something as complicated as the real estate market. Sometimes I feel like a fish struggling to explain the concept of water. Even if most people prefer answers served up in big bold news font, there’s no one message about “the market” that’s capable of being translated correctly into everyone’s personal language. The essence of the market is defined by how every home compares to every other home. And no one on the planet has enough neurons to wrap their heads completely around that concept. Everyone lives in a different place (home), and is at a different place (stage) in their lives. All I can do is draw a rudimentary map that allows folks to triangulate some notion of where they might be in relation to everyone else. Since the world keeps changing, the map is always in a steady state of flux. The key to real estate is not so much understanding where the market is. It’s more about understanding where you are in relation to it. Here are a few hints that might prove helpful when reading things about real estate in the future: -Don’t get freaked out when the median price fluctuates 3-6% in a month. That kind of shift up or down is normal. Every month. -There’s no such thing as a national or statewide real estate “market”. There’s not even much of a regional one either, except to identify broad trends and cycles over time. - Even within the County there are significant differences between the real estate market in the cities of Santa Cruz and Watsonville, or San Lorenzo Valley, or even Aptos. - There are many submarkets within the County that aren’t geographical in nature. A different market for homes at $600K than for those listed at $1.6M. A different market for single level homes vs multi-storied homes. Rural settings vs those close-in neighborhoods. Condos vs. single family residences. Etc., etc. - Almost all statistical data in newspapers is trailing information. The sold statistics you’ll read for November are a snapshot of what willing Buyers and Sellers agreed to do back in August or September when they opened up 30-60 day escrows. - Buyers interpret the same exact information differently than Sellers do. Always have, always will. When it comes to people who are trying to both buy and sell in the same local market, juggling those two opposing viewpoints during the same transition can be a monumental task. We’ll stop there and continue next week.

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SANTACRUZ.COM | GOODTIMES.SC | DECEMBER 12-18, 2018

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Two Locations Open Daily

Where the locals shop since 1938. VOTED BEST BUTCHER SHOP BEST WINE SELECTION BEST CHEESE SELECTION BEST LOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORE BEST MURAL /PUBLIC ART

Family owned & operated 80 years. 622 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz

OUR 80 TH YEAR

WEEKLY SPECIALS Good th r u 12/18/18

GROCERY

BUTCHER SHOP

ALL NATURAL USDA Choice beef & lamb, Local, Organic, Natural, Specialty, Gourmet only corn-fed Midwest pork, Rocky free-range Compare & Save chickens, Mary’s air-chilled chickens, ■ GHIRADELLI, Baking Chips 10oz/ 3.49 wild-caught seafood, Boar’s Head products.

NOW TAKING ORDERS AT

MEAT COUNTER WINE &THEFOOD PAIRING FOR YOUR HOLIDAY FEASTS. PLEASE CALL TODAY AT 423-1696! PRIME RIB ROASTS, BOAR’S HEAD BONELESS WHOLE OR HALF HAMS, DIESTEL TURKEYS, LAMB LEGS, LAMB RACKS, AND LAMB SIRLOIN ROAST. WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES, OUR EXPERIENCED BUTCHERS ARE HERE TO HELP!

■ CLOVER HALF & HALF, Quart/ 1.99 ■ NEW YORK STEAKS, USDA CHOICE/ 12.98 LB ■ CLOVER WHIPPING CREAM, Can, 13oz/ 3.59 ■ FLANK STEAK, USDA CHOICE/ 7.98 LB ■ PACIFIC BROTHS Organic, 32oz/ 2.99 ■ BEEF BRISKET, WHILE SUPPLY LASTS/ ■ MARTINELLI’S SPARKLING CIDER 7.98 LB Conventional Flavors, 25.4oz/ 2.99 SAUSAGE

Local Bakeries “Fresh Daily”

■ MILD ITALIAN SAUSAGE/ 5.98 LB ■ HOT ITALIAN SAUSAGE/ 5.98 LB ■ BREAKFAST PORK LINKS/ 4.98 LB

■ BECKMANN’S Whole Wheat Sour Round,

MARINATED TUMBLED MEATS ■ BLACK PEPPER LONDON BROIL/ 5.98 LB ■ SANTA MARIA LONDON BROIL/ 5.98 LB ■ WINE & GARLIC CHICKEN BREAST, BONELESS, SKINLESS/ 5.98 LB ■ WINE & GARLIC TRI TIPS/ 8.98 LB

FISH

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA PITAGORA RED 2013 RED BLEND FROM SONOMA COUNTY REG 31.99 NOW 13.99!!! ESTANCIA RESERVE MERITAGE RED 2013 BORDEAUX RED BLEND FROM PASO ROBLES 92 POINTS TASTING PANEL REG 29.99 NOW 13.99!!! CHÂTEAU RECOUGNE BORDEAUX SUPÉRIEUR 2012 90 POINTS WINE ENTHUSIAST REG 21.99, NOW 13.99!!!

■ SWORDFISH STEAKS, FRESH/ 15.98 LB ■ PETRALE SOLE, FRESH/ 14.98 LB ■ COOKED PRAWNS, PEELED & DEVEINED/ 12.98 LB

PRODUCE California Fresh, Blemish-Free, Organic, Arrow Citrus Co., Lakeside Organics, Happy Boy Farms, Route 1 Farms ■ NAVEL ORANGES, Sweet and Juicy/ 1.49 Lb ■ YELLOW ONIONS, Premium Quality/ .49 Lb ■ RED POTATOES, Top Quality/ .89 Lb ■ SATSUMA MANDARINS, Easy to Peel/ 2.19 Lb ■ ZUCCHINI SQUASH, Extra Fancy/ 1.19 Lb ■ PEARS, Bartlett, Bosc, D’Anjou, Comice, Red/ 1.49 Lb ■ FUJI AND GRANNY SMITH APPLES, Sweet & Firm/ 1.89 Lb ■ GRAPEFRUIT, Pink Flesh/ .89 Ea ■ BABY CELLO CARROTS, 1 Lb/ 1.19 Ea ■ LOOSE CARROTS, Delivered Fresh Daily/ .59 Lb

24oz/ 3.89 ■ WHOLE GRAIN 9 Grain, 30oz/ 4.19

WINE & SPIRITS

Best Buys, Local, Regional, International

Beer

■ ANCHOR BREWING, “Christmas Ale” 1.5L/ 14.99 ■ ANDERSON VALLEY, “Winter Solstice” 6Pk Btls, 12oz/ 9.99 ■ PORT BREWING CO., “Santa’s Little Helper” 4Pk Btls, 12oz/ 11.99 ■ ST. BERNARDUS, “Belgian Abbey Xmas Ale” 750ml/ 9.99 ■ STONE/ALESMITH COLLABORATIVE, “Gregarious Nature IPA” 6Pk Cans, 12oz/ 11.99

Single Malt Whiskey - 750ml

■ GLENLIVIT 12yr/ 29.99 ■ GLENMORANGIE Original 10yr/ 36.99 ■ BOWMORE 12yr Islay/ 56.99 ■ BALVENIE 12yr (94WE)/ 59.99 ■ OBAN 14yr West Highland/ 79.99

Best Buy Reds - Big & Bold

■ 2015 MERCER MERLOT Horse Haven Hills (Reg 25.99)/ 11.99 ■ SUMANO’S, Sourdough Sliced Loaf, 24oz/ 3.99 ■ 2013 TRUVÉE Red Blend (Reg 20.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2013 ZACA MESA Z Cuvée (91WE, Reg 24.99)/ 9.99 ■ SUMANO’S, Francese Baguette, 24oz/ 3.79 ■ 2012 CASA LAPOSTOLLE Canto de Apalta Delicatessen-Happy Holidays (91WE, Reg 24.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2014 BODEGA NORTON Malbec Reserva ■ BELGIOIOSO RICOTTA, “Great Flavor”/ 5.99 (91JS, Reg 21.99)/ 11.99 ■ PHILADELPHIA CREAM CHEESE, ■ 2013 FRANCIS COPPOLA Pitagora Red (Reg 34.99)/ 13.99 All Kinds/ 3.19 Best Buy Whites ■ 2016 SANTA RITA Secret Reserve Sauvignon Blanc ■ PILLSBURY PIE CRUST, Easy Classic/ 5.79 (91JS, Reg 13.99)/ 7.99 ■ WOODSIDE MONET Chèvre w/Flowers/ 11.99 ■ 2015 DECUGNANO DEI BARBI Orvieto Classico ■ RENY PICOT BAKED BRIE, All Kinds/ 11.99 (90WE, Reg 18.99)/ 8.99 Cheese - Best Selection in Santa Cruz ■ 2016 JOEL GOTT Sauvignon Blanc (89WS)/ 9.99 ■ 2014 TERLATO Chardonnay (90WE, Reg 33.99)/ 9.99 ■ MONTEREY JACK RBST-FREE LOAF CUTS/ ■ 2015 ZACA MESA Z Blanc (91WE, Reg 24.99)/ 9.99 Celebration Sparklers 3.29 LB AVERAGE CUTS/3.49 LB ■ LUCIEN ALBRECHT Brut & Rose/ 17.99 ■ DOMESTIC SWISS, GREAT MELTING CHEESE/ ■ ROEDERER ESTATE Brut (93WS)/ 24.99 4.99 LB ■ GH MUMM Cordon Rouge (Reg 44.99)/ 29.99 ■ DOMAINE CARNEROS by Taittinger ■ PORT SALUT, CREAMY AND RICH FLAVOR/ (93WS, Reg 34.99)/ 29.99 3.99 LB ■ ÉTOILE Brut & Rose By Domaine Chandon ■ STELLA PARMESAN, DOMESTIC/ 7.39 LB (93WE, Reg 39.99)/ 29.99 ■ KELLY’S Sour Loaf, 24oz/ 4.09

Shop Local First - Tasty Treats

■ MARIANNE’S ICE CREAM, Quart/ 4.59 ■ DONNELLY CHOCOLATE, 1.6oz/ 4.99 ■ CAROLYN’S COOKIE DOUGH, 21oz/ 9.99 ■ PACIFIC COOKIE CO., 16oz Bags/ 8.99 ■ GIZDICH PIES, All Kinds/ 16.99

Connoisseur’s Corner- Cabernet Sauvignon

■ 2014 SILVER OAK Alexander Valley (Reg 79.99) 59.99 ■ 2014 BV Georges De Latour (96JS)/ 129.99 ■ 2014 JUSTIN Justification (94WS)/ 49.99 ■ 2012 MOUNT EDEN Estate (95WE)/ 69.99 ■ 2015 SHAFER One Point Five (97WE)/ 99.99 ■ 2016 L’AVENTURE Estate Cuvée (99RP)/ 110.00 ■ 2014 HEWITT Rutherford (98JS)/ 118.99

JOANNE PEDEMONTE, 45-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

S HOPP ER SPOTLIG HTS

Occupation: Retired Hobbies: Love cooking, fundraising for Sew Little Time/Hospice/veterans, reading, movies, walking, grandchildren

PHIL PEDEMONTE, 45-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

Occupation: Retired banker Hobbies: Major house/yard renovation, golf/sports (Joanne:“He’s glued…!”), barbecuing Shopping here 45 years each, is Shopper’s your main market? PHIL:“Yes.We live on the Westside but stop in every night.” JOANNE:“There’s no place like Shopper’s with the wooden floors and their customer service; even our grandkids love coming here! Shopper’s has great tradition but has always kept up with food trends. For me, I can’t handle the chains or big box stores, they have no personality — blah, blah, blah! What Jeff Sizemore and the other butchers do by greeting customers by name is huge!” PHIL:“Both Jeff Bradford and Ali know what I like and offer great suggestions/tips.”

What do you like to cook? JOANNE:“Everything — he’s the eater! I have many cook books.” PHIL: “She makes ravioli from scratch.” JOANNE:“I enjoy making Italian food and creative dishes from my books. I love Shopper’s unique specialty products — olive oils, vinegars, seasonings, the cheeses plus so many styles of sauces.When friends or family visit, I encourage them to pick interesting sauces and I’ll create a meal around them.” PHIL:“I like to barbecue. My first choice is a Shopper’s New York steak. A fabulous meat that I also grill is a veal rib roast, with three ribs, four ribs… just ask the butchers.”

Are you folks shopping here for the holidays? PHIL:“Christmas, we’ll either get a prime rib or a veal rib roast.” JOANNE:“I’m making pies and a couple gluten-free dishes — Shopper’s has a wide assortment. I’ll pick up all kinds of appetizers — dips, veggies, chicken wings — and French Champagne. People stop in at Shopper’s for holiday gatherings to grab great wines and more.” PHIL:“Like my go-to Crown Royal.” JOANNE:“We discovered Hangar 1 vodka at Shopper’s — no preservatives — and it’s super clean. Shopper’s will be busy during the holidays but that’s part of the fun!”

“I can’t handle the chains or big box stores, they have no personality — blah, blah, blah!”

Corner: Soquel & Branciforte Avenues 7 Days: 6am-9pm

| Meat: (831) 423-1696 | Produce: (831) 429-1499 | Grocery: (831) 423-1398 | Wine: (831) 429-1804

Superb Products of Value: Local, Natural, Specialty, Gourmet ■ Neighborly Service for 80 Years