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To depict what lay beyond the limits of the known world, medieval mapmakers sometimes drew pictures of dragons and sea serpents. Their images conveyed the sense that these territories were uncharted and perhaps risky to explore. There were no actual beasties out there, of course. I think it's possible you're facing a comparable situation. The frontier realm you are wandering through may seem to harbor real dragons, but I'm guessing they are all of the imaginary variety. That's not to say you should entirely let down your guard. Mix some craftiness in with your courage. Beware of your mind playing tricks.

I love the song "Shine On You Crazy Diamond," by Pink Floyd. Other favorites are Tool's "Third Eye" and Yo La Tengo's "Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind." But all of these tunes have a similar problem. They're more than 10 minutes long. Even before my attention span got shrunk by the Internet, listening to them tested my patience. Now I have to forcefully induce a state of preternatural relaxation if I want to hear them all the way through. In the coming days, Libra, don't be like a toomuch-of-a-good-thing song. Be willing to edit yourself. Observe concise boundaries. Get to the point quickly. (You'll be rewarded for it.)

TAURUS Apr20–May20 Whenever I close my eyes and seek psychic visions of your near future, I see heroic Biblical scenes. Moses is parting the Red Sea. Joseph is interpreting Pharaoh's dream. Jesus is feeding 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fish. What's the meaning of my reveries? Well, this psychic stuff is tricky, and I hesitate to draw definitive conclusions. But if I had to guess, I'd speculate that you are ripe to provide a major blessing or perform an unprecedented service for people you care about.

GEMINI May21–June20 In a New Yorker cartoon, Tom Gauld outlines "The Four Undramatic Plot Structures": 1. "The hero is confronted by an antagonistic force and ignores it until it goes away." 2. "The protagonist is accused of wrongdoing, but it's not a big thing and soon gets sorted out." 3. "The heroine is faced with a problem but it's really difficult so she gives up." 4. "A man wants something. Later, he's not so sure. By suppertime he's forgotten all about it." In my astrological opinion, Gemini, you should dynamically avoid all four of those fates. Now is a time for you to take brave, forceful action as you create dramatic plot twists that serve your big dreams.

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LE0 Jul23–Aug22 "As you get older, the heart sheds its leaves like a tree," said French novelist Gustave Flaubert. "You cannot hold out against certain winds. Each day tears away a few more leaves; and then there are the storms that break off several branches at one go. And while nature's greenery grows back again in the spring, that of the heart never grows back." Do you agree with Flaubert, Leo? I don't. I say that you can live with such resilient innocence that your heart's leaves grow back after a big wind, and become ever-more lush and hardy as you age. You can send down such deep, strong roots and stretch your branches toward the sun with such vigor that your heart always has access to the replenishment it needs to flourish. The coming weeks will provide evidence that what I say is true.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 "I will not wait to love as best as I can," says writer Dave Eggers. "We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love." That's your keynote for the coming weeks, Virgo. That's your wake-up call and the rose-scented note under your pillow and the message scrawled in lipstick on your bathroom mirror. If there is any part of you that believes love will be better or fuller or more perfect in the future, tell that part of you to shut up and embrace this tender command: Now is the time to love with all of your heart and all of your soul and all of your mind.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Sneaking around isn't necessary, Scorpio. There's no useful power to be gained by hiding information or pursuing secret agendas. This is not a time when it's essential for you to be a master of manipulation who's 10 steps ahead of everyone else. For now, you are likely to achieve maximum success and enjoy your life the most if you are curious, excitable, and transparent. I invite you to embody the mindset of a creative, precocious child who has a loving mommy and daddy.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 In 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first humans to reach the summit of Mount Everest. It took them seven weeks to climb the 29,029-foot peak. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh got into a bathyscaphe and sailed to the lowest point on the planet, the Mariana Trench at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. It took them four hours and 47 minutes to go down 36,070 feet. Based on my analysis of your astrological omens, I think the operative metaphor for you in the coming weeks should be the deep descent, not the steep ascent. It's time to explore and hang out in the depths rather than the heights.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 The African country of Ivory Coast has two different capital cities. Yamoussoukro is the official capital, while Abidjan is the actual capital, where the main governmental action takes place. I suspect there's a comparable split in your personal realm, Capricorn: a case of mixed dominance. Maybe that's a good thing; maybe it allows for a balance of power between competing interests. Or perhaps it's a bit confusing, causing a split in your attention that hampers you from expressing a unified purpose. Now would be a favorable time to think about how well the division is working for you, and to tinker with it if necessary.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 I've gone on three book tours and done my spoken-word show in scores of bookstores. But one of my favorite author events took place at the Avenue C Laundromat in New York City's East Village. There I performed with two other writers as part of the "Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose" reading series. It was a boisterous event. All of us authors were extra loose and goofy, and the audience offered a lot of funny, good-nature heckling. The unusual location freed everyone up to have maximum amusement. I see the coming weeks as a time when you, too, might thrive by doing what you do best in seemingly out-of-context situations. If you're not outright invited to do so, I suggest you invite yourself.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 When Arnold Schwarzenegger became Governor of California in 2003, the state had the eighth largest economy in the world, right behind Italy and just ahead of Brazil. Schwarzenegger had never before held political office. When Cambodian doctor Haing Nor performed in the film “The Killing Fields,” for which he ultimately won an Oscar, he had no training as an actor. He was a novice. Will you try to follow in their footsteps, Pisces? Is it possible you could take on a role for which you have no preparation or seasoning? According to my divinations, the answer is yes. But is it a good idea? That's a more complex issue. Trust your gut.

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Even losing them sequentially, there is a kaleidoscope of emotions around those two individuals that is varied in tone, angles, depth and complexity. One can intellectualize about their feelings around their parents, whether they are loving, antagonistic, melancholy, raging, deeply connected or even neutral, but when the call comes, that your Mom or Dad have arrived at or near heaven’s gate, something odd and visceral that you can’t explain moves through you. In a world of ongoing change where one thing replaces another at rapacious speed, there is no changing this life event. The weight of that absolute sort of hangs in your soul: both a conclusion and an invitation to look at your own mortality. If your parents are still with you, this will not make much sense. You will have lots of mental strategies on how you will cope. They will crumble under the weight of seeing this life you have known longer than any other extinguished. If you are caring now for an older parent that is lucid, do all you can to bring depth to the time you spend. Even if that is just banter about which vegetable to pick out at the market, do it mindfully, carefully, like laying a small stone atop a wavering column of bricks. Focus. If your parent has lost memory and reason, this is a harder course we will discuss later. So many emotional trip wires here.

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but the lack of a female his equal made me hungry for more, and I couldn't imagine how the gap could be bridged. I love seeing him evolve in an entirely faithful way. Had their relationship been sexually charged or overtly romantic, it would not have rung true to either character. King walks a tightrope ... but she balances everything beautifully, respectfully to Holmes’ essence, and dynamically towards smart, exciting new stories everyone can enjoy.

Excellent interview with great insights into the characters. I wish Ms. King would talk about how she “came upon” or was inspired to create these characters in this light. It’s fascinating that she has been able to take Conan Doyle’s automaton thinking machine and turn him into a real, live man. Thanks to her and to you for sharing this. — MARNIE ALLBRITTEN

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Science is confirming many of the beliefs about digestion that ayurveda has held for centuries BY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS

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his winter’s round of colds and flus was a brutal one, characterized by illnesses that dragged on well past the average seven-to-10-day cold duration. I watched my coworkers drop like flies around me, and before I knew it, I, too, was spending January in bed. Between delirious cat naps, episodes of Louie, and futile doses of vitamin C, I spent a lot of time contemplating my immune system (or apparent lack thereof). When my energy finally returned, I rejoiced. Then I went to see Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner Manish Chandra of Santa Cruz Ayurveda for advice on how to better fortify our immune systems against viruses. Ayurveda is an ancient modality; a holistic approach to healing and

prolonging life that has 5,000-yearold roots planted firmly in India and Nepal, where Chandra grew up. From an Ayurvedic perspective, our bodies react to the winter cold by creating excess mucus, Chandra says, which serves as a breeding ground for bacteria and viruses. At the same time, our “digestive fire” declines in response to the cold. “Our main digestive fire is in our gut,” says a relaxed but impassioned Chandra, in his office on Cedar Street. “So that’s why in Ayurveda we focus squarely on food as medicine. If your gut is clean, you will not get sick.” While western science has only recently caught on that around 80 percent of the body’s immune cells are actually located in the gut, the

Ayurvedic assumption is that if we can keep our digestive fire at full blast in the winter months, we are, among other things, assimilating all of our nutrients well, and thus enabling our cells to operate at an optimal performance. So how do we keep the uh, gut fire stoked? There are numerous Ayurvedic methods of increasing immunity, from daily hot-oil massages (sounds terrible, really) to herbal supplements and hot drinks. The most important approach is refreshingly simple: “By eating warming foods,” says Chandra. This means eating seasonally; grounding root vegetables, stews and soups in the winter, for instance, and also incorporating warming spices into

your diet. It also means avoiding cold foods that will “put out the fire” in the gut, allowing sickness in. In the weeks following our talk, I replace my normal breakfast (a piece of fruit on the way out the door, a smoothie made with frozen berries), with Chandra’s recipe for a “medicinal” power breakfast. “Oatmeal has, from the Western standpoint, solid fiber,” says Chandra, adding that fiber helps absorb the body’s excess sugar—a known food source for bacteria—and it also directly feeds the intricate microbiology in the gut. “From the Ayurvedic standpoint, it is one of the most important vata-reducing foods.” (Vata is one of the three biological bodily humors in Ayurveda, the others being kapha and pitta.) But, not just any oats will do: you need the classic or steel cut kind, not the instant, says Chandra. And turmeric—a warming, digestive herb, and possibly the best natural antiinflammatory in the world. Purchased from the bulk bins at New Leaf, the turmeric turns my oatmeal a vibrant yellow, but its subtle nutty flavor camouflages into the dish, which feels like eating a warm hug, and keeps me full until the afternoon. Chandra’s oatmeal also includes ginger—an antiinflammatory with antibacterial and antiviral properties—flax seeds, for optimal fiber, and a spoonful of ghee, or clarified butter. Adequate sleep—ideally a full eight hours—is also needed for optimal immune function, for which Chandra prescribes a nervine tonic before bed; and I soon find myself drinking a warm glass of milk with turmeric, cardamom, and nutmeg before bed every night, which is like the liquid version of a warm hug. “Our bodies are nothing more than a reflection of nature, of what is going on outside,” says Chandra, who will soon begin a regular talk series on ayurveda with guest speakers, free and open to the community. “Someday ayurveda will be like yoga in the West, once people know about it, but right now, people have a hard time just saying the name.” That’s ah-yer-veh-duh to you. For more information, visit santacruzayurveda.com.

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SYSTEM-WIDE TROUBLE UCSC’s jump in applicants is consistent with the trend across the UC system, which saw a 5.8 percent increase in applicants from Fall 2014. It’s the eleventh straight year of applicant growth, with numbers rising at every undergraduate campus. This year, UCLA received more applications than any university in the country. “We have record demand for the caliber of education, which is the good news,” says Dianne Klein, spokesperson for the University of California. “The bad news is we don’t

have the funding from the state.” Though primarily an institution for California residents, the UC system has seen state funding to educate California undergrads evaporate. The UC receives $460 million less from the state than it did in 2007, yet it’s enrolling tens of thousands more students, Klein says—leading the UC Regents to approve a tuition hike in November. UC President Janet Napolitano has since postponed the increase, citing efforts lead by Gov. Jerry Brown to look for better efficiency within the system. The UC has asked for almost $100 million additional funds from the state, but won’t know until June whether that money comes through. Klein says more money means UCs could enroll more in-state students. The UC has increased enrollment percentages of out-of-state students, who pay a higher tuition. McCawley says more state funding doesn’t necessarily equate to more enrollments at UCSC, at least not for Fall 2015. McCawley isn’t clear how more resources would deal with the situation of funding students already attending UCSC.

CAMPUS GROWTH UCSC officials don’t enjoy turning away droves of students, and McCawley says next year that the school will know whether or not it has a problem on its hands—if applications continue trending upward. The irony, he says, is becoming more

selective often drives up demand from prospective students. After all, everyone wants to apply to more prestigious schools. McCawley worries that if application rates continue to rise, UCSC won’t be able to absorb the demand. Plans to expand the campus are outlined in UCSC’s Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), which explains how the university could grow by several thousand more students, in part by adding buildings on the school’s north campus. The city of Santa Cruz and other parties filed suit against the school over the LRDP, but litigation ended in 2008 with the Comprehensive Settlement Agreement negotiated by Mayor Ryan Coonerty, and the university is still in an “if we grow” mode when it comes to implementing its recommendations. But it isn’t clear when there will adequate be enough funding to do so. UCSC spokesperson Scott Hernandez-Jason says a committee is currently looking into how the university can provide housing for two-thirds of new students. The committee’s report is due in the summer, and its recommendations could include constructing new buildings on north campus, Hernandez-Jason says, though it is focused on west campus. As part of the 2008 settlement agreement, UCSC must house 67 percent of its students if it >18

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drugs and alcohol came into their lives,” says Darryl “Flea” Virostko, founder of FleaHab and three-time Mavericks champion. “And that’s about helping them find their own routine.” Whether participants in the program find balance on a surfboard, bike, or out hiking in nature, Virostko says physical activity is a reliable way for clients to chase sustainable thrills and build confidence. The FleaHab house is stocked with

wetsuits, bicycles, weights and other equipment donated by community members. “Whatever they need to get tired,” he says. And he speaks from experience. “When I decided to get sober six years ago, exercise was the only way I could do it,” says Virostko, who struggled with alcohol and methamphetamine addiction during the peak of his career. In 2007, he suffered severe injuries when he fell down

a 50-foot beach cliff—an accident that catalyzed his recovery process. He established Fleahab seven years later. “I’ve seen him rebuilding his own life, and he’s done it with integrity,” says Jay Pruzansky, a Santa Cruz-based surgeon and donator at the open house. “Some people have trouble becoming successful once in their life. He’s doing it a second time.”BRENDAN D. BANE

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BALANCING BACTERIA A few years ago, Parr helped build Viridis Aquaponics, a small, 400-square-foot farm in Watsonville, tucked away off Coward Road. Today, the farm holds “a delicate balance of bacterias living in harmony,” says owner Drew

Hopkins, who ultimately bought his former partner’s share of the company. Like Parr, Hopkins has a background in construction. This system produces thousands of fruits and veggies a day, ranging from tomatoes and cucumbers to an array of leafy green lettuces. Some of Viridis’ produce can be found at A.J.’s Market in Soquel. Hopkins has made Viridis one of the largest aquaponic farms in California. But the idea started out as a simple one, at least at first. “The big challenge really occurred in designing the garden to feed my family,” Hopkins says. “I could not decide who was not in my family. Where do I stop? Everybody needs this and nobody is prepared for it. So let’s just go big.” Inside one of the greenhouses are rows upon rows of different lettuces spaced systematically, depending on size. They sit in large styrofoam rafts that float on top of shallow troughs filled with the nutrient-rich water. Large white pipes connects each trough

to a series of 305-gallon barrels. Swimming in these barrels are small sunfish, goldfish and koi fish, and larger California native sturgeon and catfish. They race rapidly back and forth in their tanks like Olympian swimmers as they splash water into the air while turning around for their final lap. Someday the catfish will be large enough to sell on the market. Hopkins lifts up the styrofoam rafts growing 18 lettuce heads and reveals their eight-inchlong root systems. The root network under a single head of lettuce grown outdoors is about the size of a Volkswagen beetle, Hopkins says, because the plant needs to stretch its roots so far to reach deep water tables. “Here [the plant] gets everything it needs flowing right under it,” Hopkins says. They are able to harvest 2,000 heads of lettuce every single day, he says, and for every head of lettuce harvested, a seedling is planted, continuing the circle of growth. The total cycle for the lettuce just takes 21 to 28 days, depending on the weather. Compare

that to the average farm, which only has one harvest a year. In a second greenhouse, Hopkins pulls back the door to reveal an organized chaos of 18,000 heirloom tomato vines, each being held up and stretched to the right, wrapped around wires connected to a pulley which adjusts to the plants’ heights. The rows of buckets with tomatoes growing horizontally, weaving around each other and growing up to 40 feet long is more than a year old. Hopkins says it’s lamentable that many farmers harvest tomatoes only in the fall. “They’ll grow for years, in the right climate and conditions, and they will continue to grow and give you hundreds of pounds of tomatoes in its lifespan,” he says. But when it comes to the potential for aquaponic farming, Hopkins says we’ve only scratched the water’s surface. “We are searching for all of the best answers to farming,” Hopkins says, “and what we want to do is collect them all.”

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ome people might m call Gary Conley lu ucky. Others might call him m crazy. After quitting g his local environmenta al consulting job in Septem mber 2013, strapping a surfboard to his Suzuki DR650 motorbike, and riding aroun nd the entire coastline of Africa, plus a litttle of Europe and the Middle East, he he’ss pro obably a little of both. Skyping from Dahab, Egyp pt, Conley chuckles about getting arressted in Nigeria and narrowly missing the Eb bola outbreak in Côte d’Ivoire—his timing was w good,

sure, but to him the lengths to find the perfect wave w are never too great. “Surfin fi g is this medium of connection with peop ple where it doesn’t matter if you u don’t spea ak the same language, or your lives are very, v very different,” says Conley y. “It just ma akes you feel like the spirit of surfing fi is alive and well in these very remote co orners of Africa—it’s humbling to t find it the fi ere ” ere. Conley grew up in Half Moon Bay and gradu uated from UC Santa Cruz, so, naturally, he planned this trip entirely around th he swell season, going from wintter in North Africa A to Namibia and Angola—

”when the swell startss cranking up there”— and trying to miss the e massive rainstorms in the middle. He’s ridiculously un nflappable; take navigating hidden lan ndmines left ft over from the wars between Mau uritania and Morocco to get to the water, forr instance. While he managed to t fi find that surfing fi sweet spot in places lik ke Jeffrey’s Bay in South Africa (before e the Wo World Championship Tour ev ven got there), in others, he was somewh hat of a surf pioneer: “In We Western Sahara, ra I was w just looking at the map at the shape of o the land to see what would make a good poiint break and I would

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wait for a swell, rid de out and look to see if there was a good wave.” w Life on land wassn’t always so simple. Even though he insists that in order to get into real dange er you’d have to be really unlucky, Con nley did get into some situations that sou und like an episode of “Homeland”—like that one time he got arrested in Nigeria a. The same Nigeria where Islamist terrror group Boko Haram regularly kidnaps busloads of young girls, blows up shopping g malls, and carries out suicide bombings. Conley had been n riding for 16 hours and was only fi five miless from the capital city,

n It was Abuja, his destination for the night. nighttime and he was strugglin ng to avoid unlit minibuses and huge ruts in the road, when his bike broke down. Exh hausted, he was heartened when a group of o locals agreed to tow his bike with theirs, but once they were fi finally able to start moviing, a police officer fi rolled up and promptly y arrested the lot of them. “This This guy is telling us that it iit’ss illegal to tow a motorbike on the side off the road, but this is in a country where you u regularly see people sitting on the roofs of cars c travelling at highway speed. Laws are fa airly fl flexible,” says Conley. “It’s just a matterr of how

much do you y want to spend and how much h time do yo ou have? It wasn’t that bad, but it i wasn’t where I wanted to be.” A few ho ours and many U.S. dollars laterr, they releassed him. Two day ys after ft he’d cleared Abuja, Boko Haram blew w up a detention center four blocks from m the house he’d stayed in—and the only ne ear-miss on Conley’s trip. When the Ebola outbreak o hit western Africa, he had travell ra led just two countries south, to Ghana. In Ivory I Coast, he was stopped by men in fatiigues with AK-47s and a makesh hift ft road block k—definitely fi not state military, he decided d. Unlike at previous checkpointss,

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Conley didn’t stop: “I de decided ecided to err throttle.� on the side of thr ottle.� Yet, e in retelling retelling these thesse hair-r aising Yet, hair-raising anecdotes, Conley is more m e amused mor than deterr ed. deterred. “The “The odds of something someth hing bad happening are are higher than t if we were California, wer e sitting in Californ nia, but the odds ar e still rreally, eally, rreally eally low ,� he are low,� assures. “You wrong as sures. “Y ou could be in the wr ong place at the wr ong tim me but the odds wrong time are you.�� ar e still with you. est obstacle, obstacle, sa ys Conley The bigg biggest says Conley,, was really really just bureaucratic bureauc cratic red red tape. Conley and his gir lfrien nd, who joined girlfriend, had travel him in South Africa, ha ad to tr avel to Rwanda Kenya, Rwanda, Kenya, ya and Ug ganda just to ganda, Uganda, get then g et visas to Ethiopia, th hen send their pas sports back to W ash a hington D.C. to passports Washington ffinally iinally obtain them. There was alwa ys so omeone willing There always someone to help him in times off need—Conley is adamant—even if th hrough a through mixture languages mixtur e of pidgin langu uages and hand signals, it was ju st to g et just get someone else in the village. villlage. In g eneral, locals wer em ore curious general, were more threatening. than thr eatening eatening. d wake up in “In some places we’d the morning and there’s there’ e s 40 people standing around around us, th he whole the village village comes to have a look� he sa ys. “If ther e’s a str ea am somewher e says. there’s stream somewhere

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t doesn’t look like much at ffirst. iirst. wave The infamous wav ve at Mavericks slowly—then builds slowly—the en steepens. massive All of a sudden, a mas m sive wall of water—sometimes over o 50 feet in crashing ashin height—comes cr ng down, and gotten you’d better have g otte en the heck way. out of the wa y. “It comes out of dee deep water,” p water ,” big“Flea” Virostko wave surfer Darryl Darryl “Fl ea” Vir ostko says sa ys of the wave near Half H Moon Moon Bay. shallow where Ba y. “It hits that shallo ow rreef eef wher e it’ss only 20 feet deep a and it’ it nd just folds critically.. in half. It drops drops rreally eally critically It’ss a mind-over-matte mind-over-matter It’ er thing, too. You’ve got just go—not Y ou’ve almost g ot to ju ust g o—not much.”” think about too much. Since 1999 1999,, a mas massive siv ve surf

competition around n has centered centered ar ound competitio notoriously the notorio ously ous y ffickle ickle i wave, a e, which from shore—two away—looks fr om shor e e—two miles awa y—looks hardly more like har dly y mor e than a ripple. conditions When cond ditions have been right, Mavericks the Maveri icks Invitational was on. When big waves w never surfaced, neither did d the competition. The contest hass happened nine of the past 15 years yea ars since it began. began. Still, the e invitational has a For following. F or the past couple of thousands contests th contests, housands of people have show,, which packed in to t watch the show days surferss these da ys involves watching surfer charge down from charg e dow wn massive massive waves fr om a parking Jumbotron par king lott Jumbotr on in something festival atmosphere. of a festiva al atmospher e.

But the festival element coul could ld bigger. soon be even bigg er. This past summer,, Jeff Clar Clark, unofficial summer k, an unoff fici i ial Mavericks gatekeeper who ffirst iirst s discovered more discover ed the wave mor e than n 20 yearss ag ago, promotional year o, handed off pr omotio onal rresponsibilities esponsibilities to Cartel Management, Manag ement, a marketing marketing company. com mpany. The new name for the event is i Griffin Guess, Titans of Mavericks. Griff fiin Gue ess, Cartel’ss owner owner,, has said he wan wants Cartel’ nts meets the festival to be “Coachella me eets SXSW.” goes according SXSW W.” If all g oes accor ding to plan, plan someday—maybe 2016—will it someda y—maybe in 2016—wi ill bigger be a bigg er cultural cultural experience,, not more unlike the X-Games, and have a mor e lucrative payoff surferss too. lucr ative pa yoff for the surfer goal indulge fans “Our g oal is to indulg e the fa ns

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with greater and community wit th a gr eater around,” Guesss sa says experience all ar oun nd,” Gues ys via email. Hopefully, holds Hopefully, it hold ds up better than the last Mavericks partnership, partner ship, which was with the marketing mar keting company company Evolve Sports Management, Manag ement, and ended e in a lawsuit. Clark’s The rrelationship elationship between Clar k’s soured Clark camp and Evolve so oured when Clar k held off on calling the t contest in 2009,, waiting for id ideal 2009 deal waves that Evolve’s Keir never came. Evolve ’s K eir Beadling Clark group, kicked Clar k out of the gr oup, and Clark breach contract Clar k sued for br eac ch of contr act and won. around, Clark This time ar ound d, Clar k won’t say calling have any any sa y in call ling the contest, committee but he sits on a com mmittee with Virostko three surferss Vir ostko and thr ee other surfer oversee that will help over see the event. The window for when en the event can whe been from happen has also bee en limited fr om three—January ffive iive months to thr ee—January to March. years, Mar ch. In past year rs, some of the biggest bigg est waves ever to hit Mavericks November have come in N ovem mber and December. may departure It ma y sound like e a departur e from Mavericks, Virostko fr om the old Maver icks, but Vir ostko excited is ex cited about what wh hat Guess Guess is doing. “Surferss are “Surfer are going going to t stoked,” stoked,” he says. article sa ys. And a recent recent in-depth i in Surfer magazine hinted that surfers although some surf fers may may scorn the idea, this new direction d ection may dir may be the only way way for the contest to survive. sur vive. leaves more But that still leav ves one mor e question. Come 2016 2016, 6, should the crash swell cr ash in, will Cartel rreally eally be multi-day able to p pull off a mu ulti-day festival Guesss on rrelatively elatively short notice? n Gues certainly sounds lik like he’ss up to the ke he’ challenge. challeng e. “We “W We live in a time e now that activate moment’ss festivals can activat te on a moment’ notice,”” Guess notice, Guess writes. write es. “Most “Most of nation’ss succes successful our nation’ s events and sful festivals live by by the e complexities operational and speed in being oper o ational on moment’ss notice. Having such a a moment’ supportive community commun nity in Half Moon Moon Bay great Ba y allows us gr eat opportunity prepared. Having production to be pr epared. Hav ving pr oduction partnerss and dynam dynamic partner mic people at the goal helm helps us all rreach e each our g oal of event.”” such a challenging event. e

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When it comes to providing live-i live-in n care for people with developmental dis disabilities, sabilities, Andrew PPereira, ereira, co-founder of Mainstream Maainstream Inc. in Santa Cruz, has found thatt the most effective way to help his clie clients ents is to focus on their strengths and co common ommon humanity over their disabilities, whatever w they may be.

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“It’s really challenging to do this work “It’s w right and do it well,” says PPereira. ereira. “The things we do for people are very persona personal, al, and I’ve always want to do it in a way tha that at not only provides clients with dignity and respect, r but enhances it. And that means connect cconnect-ing with people’s people’s shared longings, longings, desires, and needs, but it has to be sincere sincere. e. “ Founded in 1994, Mainstream Inc Inc. c. provides services like live-in care for peoplee with developmental disabilities. Staff members m Mainstream’ss clients with provide Mainstream’ h supported living assistance 24 ho hours urs a day day, y, seven days a week, and through their t work become more than just a care pro provider, oviderr, but a friend. fi d equitable, “The staff and clients have equita ble, life-sharing situations,” says PPereira. eereira. “They are truly each other’ other’ss best friends.” friends..” Because of Mainstream Inc.’s innovative innoovative approach, the organization has bu built uilt a reputation in the state for being the t best at what it does, and for dealing with w even the most difficult clients with gra grace. ace.

PPereira eereira points to a case where w a woman with autism had trouble with w a number of other care providers, bbut ut because he and the staff at Mainstre Mainstream am Inc. treated her with patience and we were ere sensitive to her needs, she thrived andd stayed with Mainstream Inc. until herr final days. hat she had a “When she came to see tthat stable environment, that she could trust us, there was nothing sh shee could do to fail, or lose her home, and tha that at we accepted her and loved her her—all all of those t things things—she she responded really well, andd all of our clients have,” says PPereira. ereira. s client clientss expressed YYears ears e ago, Pereira’s Pereira’ e interest in developing an art program. He was skeptical at first, but when he visited an art program in San Fra Francisco ancisco for people the with disabilities he saw th he profound participants. effect it had on participan nts. identities “They had developed iden ntities as artists and that got me thinking about the whole concept identity,” p of identity y,,” says y Pereira. Pereira. He later found a former print p shop on Santa Seabright Avenue in Sant ta Cruz, and 2008. studio’ss opened Claraty Arts in 20 008. The studio’ name comes from Nell Cl Claraty—a laraty—a woman institu-with cerebral palsy who was w institu tionalized until the age off 78. When she finally was released into the t world, Claraty became well known for her h wild style, as she liked to wear clothes with leopard-skin

print, i t andd cruised i d along l in i a purple l wheelchair wheelchair.r. PPereira ereira chose Claraty Claaraty as the art studio’ studio’ss namesake becaus because se she is a shining example that an individual can develop identity at any po point oint in their life.

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When Mainstrea m Inc. was first getting Mainstream started in 1994, some s of the clients had difficulty comingg up with the hefty deposits that com come me with renting an apartment. PPereira ereirra needed to acquire micro loans to he micro-loans elp clients with the cost, cost help but the chain-sto ore banks denied him. chain-store When PPereira ereira approached appproached Santa Cruz dit Union, they immedi Community Cred Credit immedi-ately understood his plight, and helped his clients finance th heir new homes without their hesitation. ““After After that, I moved movved all of our banking to the credit union and a we’ve been with them ever since,” says PPereira. ereira. “They stick to their mission and supp port this community y. That’ support community. That’ss why we we’re re with them, tthem and that that’ that’ss why we haven’t left.”

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only on nly take place when the waves are a e ar “20-foot “2 20-foot Hawaiian, or 40-foot faces,” fac ces,” says sa ays Mark Mark Sponsler, Sponsler, lead forecaster forecasster for fo or Titans of Mavericks, and founder fo ounder of stormsurf.com. Besides Beside es heights, winds need to be w wave slack, the tide and swell rrelatively e elatively swe ell direction di irection need to be just right, and an nd all al ll of these conditions need to hold ho old for fo or eight hours. hours. Dense fog, which h often of ftten accompanies really really big waves wav ves iss also a wildcard, wildcard, and is notoriously notoriou usly difficult to forecast. di iffficult i forecast. Although no one can look into a crystal crystal ball and predict predict exactly y the contest will happen, w when

meteorologists meteor ologists can peek pe eek around around the corner with the aid off computer weather models. Realistically, Reallistically, the proper pr oper swell can be predicted prredicted by by approximately appr oximately five five i to o eight days, days, however,, the local conditions however con nditions also needed to run the contest con ntest can only three days. be predicted predicted by by aboutt thr ee da ys. The March March 31st deadline de eadline for the event to be held he eld is fast approaching. appr oaching. For For some som me of this year’ss contestants who wh year’ ho dedicate themselves to training trainin ng year round round for the “moment of their th heir lives,” lives,” this might be their only on nly shot. Next N ext year, year, there there will invariably

be new people pe eople who rise up to the challenge, challenge,, and take their place. Maverickss is very very difficult difficult to schedule, which makes it a gamble for those surfers s surfer s who dare dare to brave brave the life-threatening life-threatening wave. Contestants Contestan nts come from from all over the world, world, and d their dedication to this event nece necessitates essitates them to go go to extremes. extremes. Some big wave surfers surfers quit their jobs and drop drop everything everything to buy buy a last-minute la ast-minute plane ticket. Why? Why? For For the chance to ride one of the Earth’s Earth’’s biggest biggest waves in one of the most watched surf contests of w the year, year, of o course. course.

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paddle around the breaking waves. Even if that path is a longer distance, it takes much less effort. You have to acknowledge the power of the whitewater and respect it. Humans, of course, are also incredibly complex and dynamic, continually altering how they act according to who is around them. And as a therapist, it is rare that you can just jump in and work on an issue with a client. Before you start, you have to be aware of people’s lines of defense. It is usually not a great idea to just barrel through a person’s many layers of protection, since that will often cause their defenses to just get stronger. Instead, you have to honor their defenses, acknowledge them and not directly challenge them, but learn to work with them. When I was starting out as a therapist and I learned that one of my clients was drinking more than he wanted to, my first thought was, “Well … stop drinking.” But I knew that that approach would not be very helpful. Even though it took longer, it was much more effective to first explore the attraction of

drinking and to collaboratively think about what healthier activities could satisfy a similar desire and eventually replace drinking. Back in the ocean, once you are past the white water, if you want to catch a wave you have to figure out where to be to do that. There are no landmarks in the ocean. The only information you have are the waves that are rolling through. So it is important to watch those waves closely, even the ones that don’t break. These will give you the information about where to be in order to catch a good wave when it comes. In particular, learning to spot where the smaller waves start to form up will give you information about where the bigger waves are going to break. In the same vein, I have learned that it is important to be highly attentive to your clients and pay close attention to their smaller emotional reactions. These can often predict larger underlying issues. For example, when I was once working with a father and son in therapy, I noticed that the son had a very strong

David Schulkin, M.A., MFT, is a local therapist and surfer with a private practice in Santa Cruz. Learn more about him at www.davidschulkin.com.

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s a lifelong surfer who is also in private practice as a therapist here in Santa Cruz, I am often struck by the parallels between surfing and therapy. When I am surfing, I view waves as opportunities rolling through the sea, ever-changing as they interact with the bottom of the ocean. In order to surf them, you have to be aware of where they are coming from and know how to put yourself in the best place to catch them. In surfing, this place is called the peak—the spot where the waves form up the most and are easiest to catch. Before you can even get to the peak, though, you have to paddle out through the already breaking waves, or white water. Learning to read the white water comes from experience. If you are a beginning surfer, you might try to paddle out directly through many layers of white water, which can be exhausting and futile. Usually, if you try to paddle straight to the peak, white water just pushes you back, but as you become a more experienced surfer, you learn that you have to

reaction when the father didn’t really listen to what he was saying. It turned out that the son not being heard by his father—on a much deeper level— was an essential part of what we had to work through together. In the ocean again, you are now out past the white water and sitting at the peak where the waves form up. The next step is learning when to paddle in order to catch a wave. Timing is critical in surfing. If you paddle too early, you might get ahead of the wave and it will break on top of you. If you paddle too late, the wave might not get steep enough to catch, and it will just roll under you and pass you by. Many of the mistakes that beginning surfers make have to do with timing and positioning. When you are first learning, you paddle for a lot of waves and only catch a small percentage of them. You waste a considerable amount of energy, but expending this energy while figuring out how to progress is an important step in learning anything. This experiential learning phase is essential; there are many things in surfing that can’t be taught. It is a very subjective and qualitative art form. There is no quantitative way to describe what needs to be done to catch a wave; you can’t say that you have to start paddling for the wave when it is exactly 10 feet away from you and has a 37 degree angle. Because the ocean is an incredibly dynamic environment, there are innumerable variables involved, making every wave and every situation different. You have to get out there and experience it in order to learn it. Adapting to a person’s needs, which change every moment, and attending to someone’s constantly varying emotional climate requires being mentally and physically present, just as surfing does. Both activities, in essence, encourage you to seize the present moment and make the most of what you have right now, which in actuality, is all we can ever do.

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marketing savvy incorporated and fast tracked the company, which became Ventana Surfboards and Supplies six months ago. The team’s dual focus is to create surf products that are uniquely Santa Cruz while building local partnerships to reduce waste in the country and green up the surfing industry. The end product is so aesthetically impressive that they often end up as art pieces on walls— local tech company Plantronics has three of the boards on display to serve as design inspiration. The hollow wood boards are also crafted to cut a satisfying path through waves. Hollow-framed like the wing of a model plane, the boards require vent plugs to equalize internal air pressure to the surroundings. Santa Cruz surfer Tom Castro says it’s like hearing the board breathe when he opens the plug. The boards come in designs ranging from checkerboard to sunburst, with found-object accents made from

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Handler admits that he struggled to finish the novel until he understood what it meant to be a parent concerned for his child, and how to view the world through the eyes of someone with Alzheimer’s.

<36 experiment between Joseph Heller and Captain Jack Sparrow.” When a restless, resentful 14-year-old girl named Gwen— eager to break free of her crushing frustrations and selfish, inattentive parents—is caught shoplifting, her punishment is to volunteer at a nursing home. It’s there, reading swashbuckling pirate tales to a former navy man with Alzheimer’s disease, that she hatches the idea of stealing a ship to plunder San Francisco Bay. She enlists her problematic new best friend Amber to the cause, along with a disgruntled Haitian orderly from the nursing home and a lovesick teenaged boy. But her notion of piracy, cribbed from books without consequences, devolves into real danger and real violence. As her hapless father Phil, departed to a conference with an attractive assistant and tempted to push reset on his life, realizes the urgency of his daughter's situation, he rushes to bring her back home, even as he indulges in his own freedom fantasies. Daniel Handler is the perfect writer to tightrope walk us over the dodgy-yet-somehow-integrated territory of delight, rage and longing that makes these characters leap off the grid and believe they can handle the undertow. Through them he wrestles with what it means to pursue happiness outside the boundaries of civilization. “It is about what ways of escape are available to us and how it feels to escape,” he says, but he isn't satisfied to merely tell their

story—he eggs it on, daring it to cross shark-infested waters, and instructs us in how to best approach the journey. “If you can understand that a book can contain machetes and minor inconveniences, be horrific and funny, then you’ll enjoy my kind of literature.” Although his jocular style holds traces of Lemony Snicket, in We Are Pirates, Handler grounds his characters in hard-won knowledge. He admits that he struggled to finish the novel until he understood what it meant to be a parent concerned for his child, and how to view the world through the eyes of someone with Alzheimer’s. Both situations were remedied between drafts, the first when he and his wife had their son Otto, and the second when his own father developed the disease. Those experiences add a depth of tenderness to his pointed prose, and a humanism that grants us our youthful questions, aging fears, and foolish mistakes. Handler has never trafficked much in happy endings, but he prods us to laugh at the darkness, poke holes in platitudes, and take joy in living to tell the tale. When asked what his name would be if he were a pirate, he says, “The one who stays below board during all the mayhem and then serves Gimlets to the survivors.” If he's mixing the cocktails, count me in. Daniel Handler will read from and sign ‘We Are Pirates’ at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 2 at Bookshop Santa Cruz; free.

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xtreme journeys are making a pop-culture comeback. The success of movies like Wild, Into the Wild, All is Lost and 127 Hours shows the current thirst for stories about leaving behind life as we know it for unexplored territory, no matter how dangerous it may be. But whatever deeper implications they may have, those are all primarily physical journeys. The one that the main character takes in Simon Stephens’ Harper Regan—the newest Jewel Theatre production, which opens Thursday, Feb. 26 and runs through March 22—is very different, though no less extreme. It begins when Harper learns her father is about to die, and suddenly leaves her family and job behind to embark on a trip to see him one last time. The mileage doesn’t add up to Wild’s 1,100 miles, but the implications do. “The journey can be very far mentally,” says artistic director Julie James. “Even if it’s not far physically.” Through Harper (played by James) and the characters she encounters, Stephens is able to examine complicated issues like family relationships, love and death. “He’s dealing with big things, but on a very intimate scale,” says James.

For James, the decision to choose a work to produce starts with what’s on the page, before cast and crew figure out how to bring it to life on stage. “The writing is always key, not just the subject matter,” she says. “What’s amazing about the great playwrights is they have a way of capturing all the complexities that come into being human. Writers like Stephens who can do that with great accuracy and sparseness are really interesting to explore.” Another distinctive quality of Jewel productions is how they make innovative use of the small space at Center Stage, and James credits her crew and director Bill Peters for pulling off another astounding feat on Harper Regan, a play which, with all its road-trip locations, has the potential to be weighed down with set changes. Instead, a sparse approach that incorporates images and sound effect and minimally invasive stage work keeps the action flowing, she says. “A director like Bill really knows how to hone things down to their essence,” says James. Jewel Theatre’s production of ‘Harper Regan’ runs Feb. 26-March 22 at Center Stage in Santa Cruz. $34/$28, 425-7506, jeweltheatre.net.

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hen Slaid Cleaves started writing songs, he would just come up with new verses to Hank Williams’ tunes. Once he had three or four verses, he would change the melody slightly, and— voilá—he had a song. “I used to feel guilty about that,” Cleaves says with a laugh. “But then I heard Pete Seeger describe it as the folk process.” The Austin-based singersongwriter, who plays the Kuumbwa Friday, no longer has to borrow from Williams for his material—he’s now an expert songsmith known for distilling profound truths into

uncomplicated lyrics. But his songs, which come to listeners polished to a shine, are the result of a lot of trial and error, failure and frustration. Cleaves explains that songs start with tiny ideas that he hopes to flesh out. His process of marrying one phrase onto another, trying new ideas, rejecting ideas, and swapping them out for new ones takes a lot of time and a lot of mistakes. Singer-songwriter Mary Gauthier’s estimate of a song taking about 40 hours to create seems about right to Cleaves, but sometimes it takes him a lot longer. The song “Texas Love Song,” which appears on his new album Still Fighting the War, took the

better part of a decade to finish. “I started that song 10 years ago,” he says. “I had the concept and I knew there was something there, but I couldn’t solve it. It’s like a crossword puzzle that you just have to put away for a while.” A key to writing a good song, says Cleaves, is to lower his critical eye in the early stages. But once he gets rolling, he shifts gears and puts a “cold, critical eye on every phrase.” On Still Fighting the War, Cleaves takes on tough topics including broken dreams, social injustice, family ruts and inner battles. The title track is about a soldier’s struggles, both internal and external, when returning

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Give singer-songwriter Slaid Cleaves a decade, and he’ll tell you how you feel BY CAT JOHNSON

home from war. One of many striking lines in the songs is, “Men go off to war for a hundred reasons / But they all come home with the same demons.” The album has been called Cleaves’ most political work yet, but he says it wasn’t intended to be. “I’m surprised when people talk about that song, or this album, being political,” he says. “I’m not taking sides, I’m not advocating for anything, I’m just painting a picture of something that’s very common: veterans coming home, having problems, and not getting the help they need.” He points out that this is an ageold problem, and that even Odysseus had problems coming home from war—and was still having problems 20 years later. “It’s not controversial at all,” Cleaves says, “except in the sense that it’s a critique of the government and society for letting people down who’ve put themselves on the line.” He pauses. “So yes, I guess it is political.” In addition to the heavy subject matter on Still Fighting the War, there are a few light-hearted songs, including “Texas Love Song,” a proclamation of love centered around the hook, “I love you even more than I love Texas,” and “God’s Own Yodeler,” a tribute to the late Don Walser, an under-appreciated, Texas-based country music artist who Cleaves befriended before Walser’s death in 2006. Tucked at the end of the album is “Voice of Midnight,” a haunting and beautiful glimpse into the mind of someone who is about to die. Cleaves was hesitant to include the song on the album, but says it’s one of the two or three songs that gets the most attention from listeners. “I felt it was almost too direct, too personal,” he says. “It’s almost painfully intimate—that’s why I was afraid to record it.” In the end, the song is a quiet standout of the album; a reminder of Cleaves’ gift for revealing universal truths to listeners. “It’s not my job to tell you how I feel,” he says. “It’s my job to tell you how you feel.”

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YELLOW LIGHT Indie folker Jessica Pratt plays the Catalyst on Thursday, Feb. 26.

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Jessica Pratt’s second album seeks to rectify the wrong impressions left by her surprise-hit debut BY AARON CARNES

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nticipation is a new thing for Jessica Pratt. Her 2012 debut self-titled record, a tortured, disjointed ‘70s folk-inspired album, was a surprise hit in indie circles. Now her sophomore record, On Your Own Love Again, which was released on Drag City this year on Jan. 27, hit the market to a lot of eager fans. What they found, however, sounds like a totally different musician. In a way, she is. On Your Own Love Again isn’t catching up with Pratt two years later—it’s been eight years since she recorded her first album, when she had just turned 18. The

recordings were later discovered by White Fence’s Tim Presley, who released it on his label Birth Records. Music bloggers gobbled it up, but Pratt felt, even at the time, that it wasn’t a great representation of her music. “It’s great because it’s given me opportunities for the future, but I’m excited to have this new thing clear that out of the way,” Pratt says by phone. “The majority of it was recorded fairly off the cuff in a studio where I didn’t really know the guy that ran it, and we were kind of on a bit of a time limit, and I didn’t necessarily get the impression that

he was really into the music. It was kind of an uncomfortable setting. I was very un-honed.” That album got her quickly affiliated with the freak-folk movement, earning comparisons to Joanna Newsom for her unwieldy, unpredictable, and yet seemingly trained voice. This comparison doesn’t stick anymore. Not only is the new record overall more cohesive, but Pratt’s singing is remarkably measured and cool. It’s a simple and short folk record in the vein of Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez and early Harry Nilsson, with songs built around her dreamy

acoustic guitar playing and haunting voice, with some subtle instrument overdubs and carefully crafted backing vocals. While her first record struck a chord with indie record buyers for sounding like a lost lo-fi recording from some eccentric ’70s singer-songwriter who never was, she’s transcended any affiliation to freak-folk now with On Your Own Love, which transports the listener to a mysterious place with moody sonics, cryptic lyrics and intimate, gentle guitar plucking. It feels like the soundtrack to driving on an ocean-side road in California at dusk, full of emotions that you don’t have a name for. Her lyrics, she says, are highly personal and reflect all the recent change in her life: moving from San Francisco to L.A., breaking up with her boyfriend, transitioning into life as a full-time musician. “I write about what has happened to me, and the emotions that I’m feeling. I think that speaking about things very bluntly can be an interesting thing, but I think I’m really attached to things being abstract enough that it’s a little more malleable in people’s minds,” Pratt says. “I had all this stuff happening inside of me. I was long overdue for a period of concentrated musicwriting.” This gorgeous batch of songs is the first real example of what Pratt can do with a complete lack of distraction. Before, music had always been something she’d squeezed into the rest of her life, but when she moved, she quit her job, and even avoided most social interactions while working on the record in a period she calls her “selfimposed exile.” “It took a while before I really had the confidence in myself that I felt like I deserved to have the free time to be able to explore and do this,” Pratt says. “Only now can I get to a point where I can fully acknowledge that this is my job and it should be my job. I’m really dedicated to find a way to make money doing this; otherwise, you’re just unhappy.” INFO: 9 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 26, Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $12/Adv, $15/ Door. 429-4135

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Whether it’s in a history book or a period-piece television show, there’s often one crucial element that is left out of historical narrative: the food. Imagine 200 years from now, when historians dig through our anthropological artifacts and put together what Santa Cruz’s diet was like—lots of kale, one can imagine. This Saturday you can be the gustatory anthropologist by recreating Ohlone and Spanish meals from more than 200 years ago. The Santa Cruz Mission will have hot-rock cooking and will be frying tortillas on a Comal and baking in the Horno.

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Info: 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28. Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park, 144 School St., Santa Cruz. 425-5849.

ARGENTINE TANGO Classes and practice with John and Nancy Lingemann. Beginners 7 p.m., Int./Adv. 8:30 p.m. Parish Hall Calvary Episcopal Church. Lincoln and Cedar streets. 469-3288. $3.

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AUDITIONS FOR "THE MADWOMAN OF CHAILLOT" Mountain Community Theater announces open auditions for "The Madwoman of Chaillot." 6-9 p.m. Park Hall, 9730 Mill St., Ben Lomond. mctshows.org/ auditions or call 566-5284.

CLASSES SALSA RUEDA CLASSES Learn style and technique in a welcoming environment. No partners needed. Drop-ins welcome. 8-9 p.m. Portuguese Hall, 216 Evergreen St., Santa Cruz. 818-1834. $7/$5 student.

SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING CLASSES Fun and aerobic. No partner required. The traditional dancing of Scotland. Wear soft-soled shoes. 7-9:30 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. 427-1921. $6.

SUBMISSIONS FOR SPEAK OUT! Art can be a powerful vehicle for tough conversations, which is why Speak Out Santa Cruz is calling for submissions to their zine exploring gendered violence. All kinds of entries are welcome—stories, art, poetry, lyrics, comics, any DIY projects that embody the topic. Gendered violence includes physical, sexual harassment, verbal abuse, catcalling, and assault; check out the projects’ tumblr page for more information. Info: Last day to submit is March 1. Speakoutsantacruz.tumblr.com.

HOMEOPATHY FOR TRAUMATIC EVENTS Covers the most important remedies for traumatic injuries, emotional shock and upset, and certain epidemic diseases. Hosted by Willa Keizer, Homeopath, Alchemist, and Vedic Astrologer. 6:30-8 p.m. Way of Life, 1220A 41st Ave. Capitola 4644113. Free.

FOOD & DRINK BREW TALK: A TASTE OF SANTA CRUZ HOPS Meet the faces behind your favorite brewery and tap room at the new pop-up space, The Food Lounge. Listen to entrepreneurs in the Beer world talk about what drives and motivates them. Live music. 6:15-8:30 p.m. 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. $10.

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS TOURNAMENT Remember back in the day when the schoolyard boys and girls bowed down to your Rock Paper Scissors prowess? Remember those days of glory? People don’t honor the sport nearly as much as they did back then, but now you can reclaim your rightful title with the very first Rock Paper Scissors Tournament for Pajaro Valley Shelter Services. Three hours of pure, unadulterated competition to the jams of the Coffee Zombie Collective. The first of its kind, the competition will benefit the Pajaro Valley Shelter Services which helps women, children, and families all across Santa Cruz and Pajaro Valley with emergency shelter and transitional housing, as well as money management skills, seeking employment, and parental guidance. Info: 1-4 p.m., Heritage Hall, Watsonville Fairgrounds, 2601 East Lake Ave., Watsonville. rpsforpvshelter.eventbrite.com. $25-$40.

GROUPS SUPPORT GROUP FOR CAREGIVERS OF PEOPLE WITH MEMORY LOSS Ongoing support group for care partners caring for loved ones with progressive memory loss. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. St Joseph’s Shrine in Santa Cruz. 750.0035. diana@ mindnhealth.com. Free.

TAXES FREE TAX PREPARATION WITH VITA PROGRAM Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program offers free tax assistance to people who make $53,000 or less, the disabled, the elderly and

limited-English-speaking taxpayers. 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 324 Front St., Santa Cruz. 4-7 p.m. 408A Main St., Watsonville. roxanne. moore@scccu.org. Free.

HEALTH QI GONG FOR ENERGY BALANCE & HEALTH BY BREIGE WALBRIDGE Qi Gong is an ancient Chinese healing art that has been used for centuries to balance one's internal energy. Brings physical happiness, mental calm and a general sense of well being. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383. Donation.

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SOUND HEALING GUIDED MEDITATION Renee Rowe and Wally Plada offer powerful group meditations, incorporating the use of live sound healing, guided meditation and positive affirmations to allow your Chakra energy centers to come into a state of balance. 7-8 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. $12.

THURSDAY 2/26 TALK ANITA HILL “Speaking Truth to Power: Gender and Racial Equality—1991-2015,” a candid dialogue on resistance to individual civil rights, campus sexual assault debates, why black lives matter, and challenges to equality in 'post-identity' America. Afterwards Anita Hill will sign copies of her book “Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding a Home.” Seating is limited, no advance tickets. Doors open 5:30 p.m. UC Santa Cruz, College 9/10 Multi-purpose room. Free.

ARTS STORY TIME AT THE MUSEUM MondayFriday. 10:30-11 a.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, 1855 41st Ave., Capitola. 888-424-8035. Free with museum admission or membership. TRIPLE P SEMINAR: RAISING RESILIENT CHILDREN 6- 8 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley Elementary, 7155 Highway 9, Felton. 465-2217. Free.

CLASSES SAMBA: ALL LEVELS DANCE CLASS High-energy Brazilian dance fitness classes infused with Samba Rio, Samba Reggae, Samba de Roda, plus movements from Africa, Cuba, Trinidad, Tobago. Live drumming. 6-7:25 p.m. 418 Front St., Santa Cruz. $15. SALSA RUEDA DANCE DOWNTOWN Enjoy fun Cuban Salsa Rueda dancing. Drop-in class, no partner required. Two classes: Intro/Beginner and Beg2/Interm. 8-9 p.m. Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. $9/$5 students. HORMONES MEET PLEASURE Dr. Aimée Gould Shunney explores an integrative approach to hormone balance appropriate for women with menstrual and menopausal issues of all kinds. Pure Pleasure will present an array of toys to support your sexual well-being. 7-8:30 p.m. Pure Pleasure, 204 Church St., Santa Cruz. $15/$20. ACCELERATED LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR STUDENTS Have fun while you discover how to learn more in less time. Students leave with a set of simple yet powerful brain-based learning techniques that can be applied immediately in any class. 6-9 p.m. Cabrillo College, Room 450. drjoemccullough.com. Free.

GROUPS BABY HAT KNITTING GROUP Kiddie Kappers make hats for newborns in Santa Cruz County. Either meet with the group (usually on last Thursday of the month) or make hats at home and drop them off. Patterns and some materials provided. 12:30-3 p.m. 4425 Clares St., #31, Capitola. 479-9613. Free. A COURSE IN MIRACLES “A Course In Miracles” is a book on enlightenment that might be called a psychological journey to a spiritual awakening. Many laughs and smiles occur as we expose the ego and share happiness. Books provided. Drop in and out as you wish. 7:15-9 p.m. Barn Studio at 104b Agnes St., Santa Cruz. 272-2246. Free

OUTDOORS WATER TOUR: MONTEREY BAY SALMON & TROUT PROJECT HATCHERY Coastal Watershed Council led tour of the Monterey Bay Salmon & Trout Project (MBSTP) fish

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SIXTH ANNUAL TRIVIA CHALLENGE MC Dale Julin from KSBW-TV hosts a night of fast facts, great eats, and friendly faces all competing for top honors. Proceeds go to the senior programs of the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County. Teams of up to four can register until the day of the event. Spectators enjoy live music, small bites, desserts, raffle prizes and a no-host wine and beer bar. www.sctriviachallenge. org. 6-9:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. Spectator tickets $5.

CLASSES CHAIR YOGA Instructor Suzi Mahler guides you through a series of gentle seated yoga postures that are performed slowly and with breath awareness. Tuesday/Friday 9:30 a.m. at Grey Bears (2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz) Wednesday at 10:30am at Yoga Center Santa Cruz, Front St., Santa Cruz. 2346791. suzimahler@gmail.com. $5. CONVERSATIONS IN SPANISH Learn Spanish through conversation, art and song in this kids-oriented class. 3:30-4:15 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, 1855 41st Ave., Capitola. 888424-8035 Free with museum admission or membership.

FOOD & DRINK MOOD FOOD: BEAT THE WINTER BLUES Sunlight plays an important role in our body’s ability to manufacture vitamin D, contributing to the release of serotonin. Nutrition Consultant Madia Jamgochian leads a hands-on cooking class with brain boosting foods. RSVP required. 5-7:30 p.m. New Leaf Community Markets, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306. $35/$60 for 2.

GROUPS SIR MEETING Sons in Retirement luncheon. Speaker: Brenna Ewing of SPCA on pets and benefits to all age groups. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Portuguese Hall, 216 Evergreen St., Santa Cruz. 336-8481. SirBranch36.com. $17.

MUSIC YUJI TOJO 8-11 p.m. Bittersweet Bistro, 787 Rio Del Mar Blvd, Aptos. Free

SATURDAY 2/28 ARTS COMMUNITY WRITERS SERIES WITH ROSIE KING This month’s featured reader is local poet Rosie King, author of “Sweetwater, Saltwater.” Sign up at 2:30 p.m. for open mic slots to share your original poetry or prose. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter St., Soquel. 515-4122. Free. DRAMA AUDITIONS: LINCOLN’S EULOGY Looking for actors to play roles in a new play “Lincoln’s Eulogy.” Set 150 years ago, church founders prepare for their first Easter in their new sanctuary when word comes of the assassination. 2-4 p.m. Calvary Episcopal Church. Lincoln and Center streets. 4255182. cdbagshaw@att.net. Free. GLOBAL POP-UP MARKETPLACE Join Rising International, True Olive Connection and Bruzzini Wine for a fun event. Shop, sip amazing wine and sample olive oils. 2-4 p.m. The True Olive Connection, 7960 Soquel Drive, Suite C. info@ risinginternational.org. Free.

CLASSES YOUTHSERVE CLASSES YouthSERVE and our senior centers help local seniors increase their skills with technology, social media and digital devices. Seniors are invited to drop in. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Watsonville Community Hospital Senior Circle Room, 75 Nielson St., Watsonville. Free. PINE NEEDLE BASKET MAKING WORKSHOP Docent Cheryl VanDeVeer leads a fun, family workshop on how to make a basket from local pine needles. No experience necessary and all materials supplied. 10 a.m.-Noon. Henry Cowell Redwoods Visitors Center. 335-7077. Parking $10.

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GROUPS WOMEN WITH MOOD DISORDERS SUPPORT/SOCIAL GROUP For women with mood disorders. This is a pro-medication group. RSVP required. Contact email for detailed information. 2-3:30 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley. dyane@baymoon.com. Free

HEALTH COMPLEMENTARY TREATMENT FORUM Educational and collaborative group for women with cancer who want to learn about complementary treatments. Meets every

fourth Saturday of the month. RSVP. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. WomenCARE. 457-2273. Free. WOMENCARE SPANISH SUPPORT GROUP In Spanish for women with cancer. Call to sign up. 2-3:30 p.m. Santa Cruz. 4572273 or 336-8662. Free.

MUSIC ESOTERIC COLLECTIVE PLAYS JAZZ Notable quartet plays jazz ranging from 1940s bebop to the 1960s. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. 426-8801. Free.

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This Sunday the Spotlight Youth Conservatory debuts their rendition of the Tony-Awardwinning musical “Into the Woods,� featuring favorite fairytale characters as they navigate real-world moral dilemmas. Best known for his work with the Cabrillo Stage, director Andrew Ceglio leads an all youth-cast into Stephen Sondheim’s world, where Cinderella, Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood and other well-known childhood companions come together for a fantastical musical combining the very best of our storybook memories.

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THE HEALING POWER OF INNATE LOVE & WISDOM: MEDITATIONS FROM TIBET FOR WESTERNERS WITH LAMA JOHN MAKRANSKY Two-day, non-residential retreat, on Saturday and Sunday. Attend one day only. No registration required, but space is limited. Bring your lunch or purchase nearby. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. bloomofthepresent.org. Free.

TALK BONSAI DEMO with Don White, bonsai practitioner for over 40 years. Learn how to take an azalea plant and convert it into a bonsai tree. 1-3 p.m. Alladin Nursery, 2905 Freedom Blvd., Watsonville. Free. SOLVING 9-11: THE DECEPTION THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Christopher Bollyn, journalist and author presents his new book followed by discussion. We need to solve the horrendous crime and end the coup that took place on 9-11. 7-9:15 p.m. 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. Donation $5-$10, no one turned away for lack of funds.

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TURN WINE INTO WATER Wine tasting fundraiser to bring clean water to Lhu Hwahwa village, Kasese, Uganda, sponsored by Santa Cruz Sunrise Rotary, Kasese Rotary, and Santa Cruz Sister Cities. 21+. 4-6 p.m. Cafe Iveta, 2125 Delaware Ave., Santa Cruz. www.KaseseWater.eventbrite.com. $25/$28 couple. FUNDRAISER AT ROCKY’S FITNESS CENTER To benefit our friend Charlotte Cambridge Webb, who was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Packages feature gift certificates, hotel getaways, a chef experience and more. Workouts for donation at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 4135 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz. Free. ROCK PAPER SCISSORS TOURNAMENT Proceeds go to Pajaro Valley Shelter Services to help families out of homelessness and into self-sufficiency. Costumes encouraged. Live music. 1-4 p.m. Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Watsonville. info@pvshelter.org. $25/$40.

CLASSES SALSA FOOTWORK AND WORKOUT Dance and get fit at the same time. Learn style and technique in a welcoming environment. No partners needed. Drop-ins welcome. 9-10 a.m. The Tannery, 1060 River St., Santa Cruz. 818-1834. $7/$5 student. COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR HOME & WORK An introductory session in “Nonviolent Communication,” developed by Marshall Rosenberg, Ph.D, designed to reduce defensiveness and improve relationships. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Upstairs at the Quaker Meetinghouse, 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz. info@NVCsantacruz.org. $15.

GROUPS SERENITY FIRST: PAGANS IN RECOVERY Guests free to discuss their spiritual paths. Those from all 12-step programs are welcome. 7-8 p.m. MHCAN, Room 12, 1051 Cayuga St., Santa Cruz. 336-8591. Free (donations accepted).

MUSIC SANTA CRUZ SYMPHONY FAMILY CONCERT - PETER AND THE WOLF Special guest collaborations with the Santa Cruz Ballet Theater, Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony, the Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band and award-winning Shakespearean actor Paul Whitworth. After the concert, children will be invited backstage to 'Meet the Instruments’. 2-3:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. 420-5260. $8-$12+.

OUTDOORS BEGINNING BIRDING Eric Feuss from the Santa Cruz Bird Club leads a leisurely hike through Quail Hollow Ranch County Park. No previous experience necessary. Bring warm clothing, comfortable walking shoes, and optional binoculars and field guide. 8-10 a.m. Quail Hollow Ranch County Park, 800 Quail Hollow Road, Felton. 335-9348. prc120@ scparks.com. Free. IN SEARCH OF HERPS -- REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS Herpetologist, Paul Haskins leads a hike along Quail Hollow Park trails in search of reptiles and amphibians. Group size limited. All ages welcome. 1-3 p.m. 800 Quail Hollow Road, Felton. 335-9348. prc120@scparks.com. Free.

SUNDAY 3/1 SANTA CRUZ SYMPHONY’S ‘PETER AND THE WOLF’ This month, the Santa Cruz Symphony is bringing classical music to elementary classrooms all over Santa Cruz County—local kids get the opportunity to see how orchestral strings are bowed and the magic behind what makes wind instruments and percussive instruments produce sound. The Symphony will also host a reduced admission family concert for all ages at the Civic Auditorium this Sunday. With members of the Santa Cruz County Youth alongside professional musicians, the Symphony will partner with the Kuumbwa Honor Jazz Band and the Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre to present Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf.” Info: 1 p.m., Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 301 Church St., Santa Cruz. 420-5240. $8-$10.

MONDAY 3/2 ARTS MAKE FOUR SEASONS OF TREES Onto four bare tree trunks, children create spring, summer, winter and fall foliage using paper, yarn and more, during this Art MODule with Doris Correll. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, 1855 41st Ave., Capitola. Free with museum admission or membership.

TAXES FREE TAX PREPARATION WITH VITA PROGRAM Volunteer Income Tax Assistance

(VITA) program offers free tax assistance to people who make $53,000 or less, the disabled, the elderly and limited English speaking taxpayers. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 408A Main St., Watsonville. 5-7 p.m. 324 Front St., Santa Cruz. roxanne.moore@scccu.org. Free.

TUESDAY 3/3 ARTS SOULCOLLAGE Come and try this wonderful and easy art-based collage method to build and create your own tarot collage deck of cards. 7-9 p.m. RSVP. Tannery Arts Center, 1050 River St., Santa Cruz. 212-1398. $10.

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CLASSES THE FINE ART OF DIRTY TALK This workshop with sexual empowerment coach Amy Jo Goddard is a fun exploration of dirty talk, why we like it, what we want from it, and how to incorporate it with partners. 7-9 p.m. Pure Pleasure, 204 Church St., Santa Cruz. $20/$25.

HEALTH FRIENDS AND FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Open to all friends and loved ones of people

with cancer. Call to register. 5:30-7 p.m. WomenCARE. 457-2273. Free.

MUSIC SONGWRITER’S SHOWCASE Ongoing Tuesday nights at Britannia Arms of Capitola. Slots available for those who have got what it takes. Until May 5. Enter at mars-studios. com or call 688-8435. 110 Monterey Ave., Capitola.

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Food, music, dancing, and crazy feathered, sequined costumes? Why doesn’t Santa Cruz celebrate Carnaval all the time? For those of us wishing New Orleans or Brazil were shorter flights, Moe’s Alley is celebrating Brazilian Carnaval with the best in samba, capoeira, and traditional Brazilian rhythms from bands Olodum, Pato Banton, and SambaDa—and don’t forget your beads!

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LOCAL BAND ECHO STREET

It was in the ’80s that reggae started to gain a wider, more international audience. That was also when—for the most part—reggae stopped evolving. Locals Echo Street, who fiddle with funk, soul, and rock elements, consider themselves first and foremost a reggae outfit, even though their sound is very different than just about any other reggae bands since the ’70s. “One of the things [singer/guitarist] Jason [Bryant] and I talked about with this project is wouldn’t it be interesting if reggae continued to evolve, that it didn’t stop with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh,” says guitarist Pete Sawyer. “There are a lot of great, amazingly talented Jamaican reggae artists, and we go and see them when they’re in town, but they’re all working off that same template.”

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While reggae evolved from the ska music of the ’50s and ’60s, many people don’t know how much American Motown influenced the music in terms of melody and songwriting.

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“A lot of it comes from James Jamerson, who was a famous Motown bass player. Bob Marley’s bass player stole a lot of grooves from Jamerson, and then injected it into reggae. We like to use that as a nice reference point for a lot of what we’re doing,” Sawyer says. “Funk came from Motown. If you put the two together, you’re still working within something that has the same basic Motown style of groove.” The band formed in 2013 when Sawyer and Bryant met and started jamming together. Before forming, Bryant had a traditional reggae background (he played with Damian Marley) and Sawyer had dabbled more in rock and funk. “It would be funk on the drums, maybe reggae bass, and reggae keyboards with rock guitar on top of it. It’s like funk-rock with reggae undertones,” Sawyer says. AARON CARNES

INFO: 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26. Crow’s Nest, 2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. $5. 476-4560.

NICHOLAS DAVID

THURSDAY 2/26

JAZZ

ALO

The Nettwork Trio comprises Stanley Jordan on guitar, Charnett Moffett on bass and Jeff “Tain” Watts on drums— three artists who have played with a number of jazz legends and proven themselves to be among their generation’s great innovators. Jordan’s range includes classical, pop, rock, jazz and more; Charnett Moffett started his storied music career at age 7, and (as the son of Charles Moffett, who played with Ornette Coleman) has jazz greatness in his DNA; Watts, who is regarded as a jazz pioneer, balances elegance and precision with grit and soul. Together they create what Soultracks calls “something magical.” CAT JOHNSON

JAM BAND

There are many reasons why ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) signed to Jack Johnson’s label Brushfire Records in 2006. For starters, the guys were college friends with Johnson, and reconnected in 2002 when they opened for him at the Fillmore in Denver. Since then, they’ve made frequent appearances at each others’ shows. But personal connections aside, ALO has that same carefree, easygoing sound as Johnson, but done in more of a grooving, jam-band setting. The tunes at times are a little offbeat and weird, but they get a nice dance vibe going, with no hurry to get to the finish line. They also put on a pretty elaborate stage show. It’s a laid-back party for sure. AARON CARNES INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $25/door. 479-1854.

NETTWORK TRIO

INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $28/adv, $33/door. 427-2227.

ALT-ROCK

SURFER BLOOD Florida alt-rockers Surfer Blood were the flavor of the month in 2009 when their indie recordings were the talk of many a music blog. And their 2010

debut, Astro Coast, delivered. It was a hook-driven Weezer-meets-Pavement-meets-Built-to-Spill power-pop record. They’ve left behind the world of obscure indie music, and signed with Warner Brothers in 2012. The band’s music hasn’t changed much, but where they had always been guarded lyrically in the early days, they’ve become less obtuse. Their 2013 album Pythons was released after an altercation the singer had with his then-girlfriend that led to an arrest for domestic battery. (No charges filed). A lot of the lyrics reference this incident to an unsettling effect. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $15/door. 429-6994.

FRIDAY 2/27 METAL

IN FLAMES Eastern Europe has a reputation for producing the most brutal metal bands on the planet. In Flames, hailing from Sweden, wanted to temper that intensity with a strong sense

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST COLIN HAY

IN FLAMES

INFO: 7:30 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $29.50/adv, $32/door. 429-4135.

SATURDAY 2/28 SOUL

MALI MUSIC Kortney Jamaal Pollard, the soul singer-songwriter-producer who performs as Mali Music, got an early introduction to music’s transformative potential. At age 5, he took up the piano, and by 11 he was holding down keyboard duties at his local church in Savannah, Georgia. It was

there that he experienced people being deeply moved by the rich, spiritually imbued music he made. The youngster was hooked. As an adult, he went on to become a breakout star of the underground, establish himself as a unique talent who combines, soul, hip-hop and gospel, and even nab a Grammy nomination for his major label debut album, last year’s Mali Is. CJ INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $25/door. 423-1338.

SATURDAY 2/28 REGGAE

BIG MOUNTAIN In the mid-1990s, San Diego-based pop-reggae band Big Mountain blew up the airwaves with their cover version of Peter Frampton’s “Baby, I Love Your Way,” which hit the Top 10 in both the States and the U.K. and launched the band into the international spotlight. Big Mountain hasn’t had another mega-hit since, but it has had a hand in introducing reggae music to new audi-

ences and growing the SoCal pop-reggae scene. Following a 10-year break from 2005 to 2013, the band is back with new material and more good vibes. CJ

INFO: 8 p.m. Thursday, March 19. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $31.50 gen, $39.90 gold. 423-8209. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/ giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

INFO: 8:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15/adv, $20/door. 603-2294.

SUNDAY 3/1

IN THE QUEUE

NICHOLAS DAVID

SUZANNE WILDE

ALTERNATIVE SOUL

Once you hear this singer-songwriter’s voice, you will instantly know why he nearly won Season 3 of The Voice. Powerful enough to reach down into you and pull you out of your doldrums by the soles of your feet, David’s vocal prowess is something you have to hear to believe. David has released six albums and EPs over the past decade— including his most recent EP, 2013’s Say Goodbye, which debuted in the top 50 on Billboard’s albums chart—and one thing becomes clearer with each release: his vocals are fiery enough to heal your soul. BP INFO: 7 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton. $15/adv, $18/door. 603-2294.

Local, vintage country. Wednesday at Crepe Place DAVID COOK

American Idol alum rock and roller. Thursday at Catalyst KAI ECKHARDT BAND

Bass-driven funk and groove. Friday at Moe’s Alley ERIN O’NEILL

Santa Clara-based pop and soul. Saturday at Abbey CAGE

Underground rap sensation. Sunday at Catalyst

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of melody. The band was started in 1990 by guitarist Jesper Strömblad, with the intention of bringing some Iron Maiden influences into a death metal sound. They also brought in a keyboard (unusual for death metal at the time). As the years have gone on, the sound has gotten slicker and more hook-driven, but they still rock out hard. Strömblad left the band in 2010, citing a need to “defeat his demons,” but the rest of the group has carried on without him. AC

Sure, Colin Hay was frontman for Men at Work, the Australian rock group that brought us the ’80s hits “Who Can It Be Now?” and “Down Under,” but Hay’s prowess as a singer-songwriter extends far beyond that band and that era. With 12 albums to his own name, including the recently released Next Year People, Hay is crafting catchy, thoughtful songs that have fans wondering what all the Men at Work fuss is about. CAT JOHNSON

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Thursday February 26th 9pm $20/25 Toure D’ Amour IX

ALO

+ T SISTERS Friday February 27th 9pm $9/12

All Star Jam/Funk w/ Members Of GARAJ MAHAL

KAI ECKHARDT BAND + PAWN SHOP SOUL Saturday February 28th 9pm $22/25 BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL 2015:

Unidos Da Bahia w/members of Olodum & SambaDá, Namorados Da Lua, Feathered Dancers, special guest Pato Banton Sunday March 1st 8:30pm $9/12

Bluegrass, Americana & Roots Music

FRUITION + FRONT COUNTRY Wednesday March 4th 8:30pm $7/10 Live Reggae & Hip Hop Triple Bill

DEWEY & THE PEOPLES, ALCYON MASSIVE, IRIE FUSE Thursday March 5th 7:30pm $20/25

Yiddish & Gypsy Music From Paris Special Early Partially Seated Concert

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Friday March 6th 9pm $24/28

Saturday March 7th 9pm $25/30 2 Nights With UK Ska Greats THE

ENGLISH BEAT + DAN P (FRIDAY) & DJ SPLEECE (SAT)

March 8th MARCO BENEVENTO March 10th LAFA TAYLOR, LABRAT, BOOSTIVE March 11th DENGUE FEVER March 12th MOJO RISING (Members Of Mother Truckers) March 13th THE CHINA CATS March 14th CANDELARIA March 17th MARTY O’REILLY, THE SAM CHASE, ARANN HARRIS March 18th HAMILTON LOOMIS March 19th REBEL SOULJAHZ + TRIBAL THEORY

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WED AP TO S ST. APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 805 9 Apt Aptos os St, Apt Aptos; os; 662-1721 6621721 AQUARIUS A QUARIUS West Dr, Santa 1175 75 W est Cliff D r, S anta Cruz; 460-5012 THE BAR CAFE T HE ART ART B AR & C AFE River Santa 11060 060 Riv er St #112, S anta Cruz; 428-8 428-8989 989

2/25

Al Frisby 6p

BOCCI’S BOCCI’ S CELLAR C ELL AR Santa 1140 40 Encinal Encinal St, S anta Cruz; 427-1795 42 7-1795

2/26

Rio Rockers 5p Preacher Boy 7p

FRI

2/277 2/2

Hawk Ha wk n Blues Blues Mechanicss Mechanic 6p

Minor Thirds Thirds Trio Trio 6:30-9:30p Wayy Open W ayy O pen Mic 6:30-9p 6:30 9p

BL BLUE UE LAGOON L AGOON 9 923 23 P Pacific acific A Ave, ve, S Santa anta Cruz; 423-7117 4237117 BLUE BL UE LOUNGE LOUNGE Ave, Santa 529 Seabright Seabright A ve, S anta Cruz; 423-7771 4237771 BOARDWALK BOWL BO ARDWA ALK BO WL Santa 115 Cliff St, S anta Cruz; 426-3324 4263324

THU

Comedy C omedy Night/ 80s Night FFree ree 8:30p

Karaoke K araoke 8p-Close 8p-Clo se

Catalina Scramblers The Cat alina S cram mblers The Denver Denver J Band FFree ree 8p FFree ree 8p

BRITANNIA B RIT TA ANNIA ARMS 110 11 0 Monterey Monterey Ave, Ave, Capitola; Capitola; 464-2583

2/28

Lloyd Whitney Llo yd Whitne ey 12p Je Jewl wl S Sandoval andoval 6p

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Hawk Bluess Ha wk n Blue Mechanicss Mechanic 6p

3/2

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Broken Br oken Shades Shades 6p

3/3

Lara and Laura 6p

Minor Thirds Thirds Trio Trrio 7-10p 710p “Privatized “P rivatized Minds” 6p

Sahara Nights, S ahara Night s, HipHop Beats Extravaganza & Be ats E xtravaganza 7-10p 710p

Bears!, Moonbeau, Oh Be ars!, Moonbe au, Buffaloes, The Bitter Bitter Buff aloes, Moet $5 9p

FFort ort Knock$, Olright, Superfül $5 9p

Boxx ((Goth The Bo Goth Night) 9p

Lliam Cahill, Brian Gibeault, Gibe ault, Blood And Dust D ust 9p

Randy The R andy Savages Savages FFree ree 8p

DJ/Live DJ/Live Music

Comedy Comedy Night

Karaoke Karaoke

Open Open Mic

Rainbow R ainbow Night w/DJ w/DJ AD DJ/Ladies’ DJ/Ladies’ Night Karaoke K araoke 8p-Close 8p-Clo se

S SAT AT

Lloyd Whitleyy and the Llo yd Whitle Bluess Band Lucile Blue 9-11:45p 911:45p

Poetry P oetry Workshop, Workshop, Poetry P oetry Open Open Mic & Latee Mic 4-10p Lat 4-10p

Karaoke K araoke 6p-Close 6p-Clo se

Craig’s Brother Cr aig’s Br other 8p

Mystic One Ozz My stic Man Reggae, Reggae, Irie O ne O Reggae R eggae Free Free 8p 8p

Karaoke K araoke 9p

Karaoke K araoke 9p DJJ Sug Suger Bear D er Be ar & V ic Silv Vic Silvaa

CASA SORRENTO C ASA S ORRENTO 393 Salinas Salinas; 39 3S alinas St, S alinas; 7757-2720 57-2720

DJJ Luna D 9p

Country Nightss C ountry Night w /Kristy P arker w/Kristy Parker

Relion One Ozz R elion & O ne O 9p

CATALYST C ATA LYST 11011 011 P acific A ve, S anta Cruz; Pacific Ave, Santa 4231336 423-1336

Chr onixx and the Zinc Zinc Chronixx FFence ence R edemption & Redemption Moree $20/$25 Mor $20/$25 7p

David David C Cook, ook, D Dylan ylan Gardner Gardner $18/$25 7p

In Flame Flames, s, All That Remains, W ovenwar Remains, Wovenwar $30/$32 6:30p

CATALYST CATA AL LYST ATRIUM AT TRIUM 1011 Pacific Pacific A ve, S anta Cruz; 1011 Ave, Santa 423-1336 423-1336

Tory T oory Lane Lanezz 8:30p $12/$15

Je ssica P ratt, Jessica Pratt, K evin Morby Morb by Kevin $12/$15 8p

Rayven Jus tice, DMA C Rayven Justice, DMAC $18/$22 8p

C CILANTROS IL ANTRO S 19 1934 34 Main St, W Watsonville; atsonville; 7761-2161 61-2161

Hippo Happy Happy Hour 5:305:30-7:30p 7:30p

Karaoke K araoke 8p-Close 8p-Clo se Trivia/Game T rivia/Game Night FFree ree 8p

Comedy C omedy FFree ree 8p Songwriter Showcase S ongwriter Sho wcase 7-10p 710p

Rae Rae Sremmurd Sremmurd $25 7p Mali Music, Music, Keisha K eisha KP Pollard Pollard $2 0/$25 8:30p $20/$25

Ne w Be at FFund, und, The se New Beat These R eigning Days Days & Mor Reigning Moree $1 0/$12 7:30p 7:30p $10/$12

Cag e, S adistik, D Cage, Sadistik, DJJ Halo $1 4/$17 8:30p $14/$17

KPIG Happy Happy Hour 5:305:30-7:30p 7:30p

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135 Wednesday, February 25 • AGES 16+

ChronixxKelissa & The Zinc Fence Redemption plus

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Keznamdi

$20 Adv./ $25 Drs. • Drs. open 7 p.m./ Show 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 25 • In the Atrium • AGES 16+

TORY LANEZ $12 Adv./ $15 Drs. Thursday, Feb. 26 ALL AGES plus

• 8:30 p.m./ 9 p.m.

DAVID COOK

Dylan Gardner $18 / $23 • 7 p.m./ 8 p.m.

Thursday, February 26 • In the Atrium • AGES 16+

JESSICA PRATT • KEVIN MORBY $12 Adv./ $15 Drs. • Drs. open 8:30 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 27 AGES 16+ plus

IN FLAMES

All That Remains

also

Wovenwar

$29.50 Adv./ $32 Drs. • Drs. 6:30 p.m./ Show 7:30 p.m. Friday, February 27 • In the Atrium • AGES 16+

RAYVEN JUSTICE plus DMAC $18 Adv./ $22 Drs. • Drs. open 8 p.m./ Show starts 9 p.m. Saturday, February 28 • In the Atrium • AGES 16+

MALI MUSIC plus Keisha KP Pollard $20 Adv./ $25 Drs. • Drs. open 8:30 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.

Sunday, March 1 • In the Atrium • AGES 16+ CAGE

SADISTIK

plus DJ

Halo $14/ $17 • 8:30 p.m./ 9 p.m.

Tuesday, March 3 • In the Atrium • AGES 21+

NEW BEAT FUND(LA) • THESE REIGNING DAYS(UK) FOREST BLAKK(CANADA) • BUFFALO SUNN(IRELAND) SCARLETTE(LONDON) $10 Adv./ $12 Drs. • Drs. 7:30 p.m./ Show 8 p.m. Mar 6 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Mar 7 Kalya Scintilla/ Kaminanda/ Birds Of Paradise (Ages 18+) Mar 10 Jackie Greene (Ages 21+) Mar 14 The Ghost Inside (Ages 16+) Mar 17 Aer/ Shwayze (Ages 16+) Mar 18 Shpongle/ Phutureprimitive (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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LIVE MUSIC 2/25

WE WED ED Western Western W Wednesday, ednesday, Science Scieence on T Tap: aap: Dr. Dr. Karen Karen Holl FFree ree 7p

CREPE PLACE P L AC E 1134 11 34 S Soquel oquel A Ave, ve, S Santa anta Cruz; 429-6994 429-6 994 CR OW ’ S NEST NEST CROW’S 2218 E. Cliff D Dr, r, S Santa anta Cruz; 476-4560 4 76-4560

Thee Roadhogs Roadhogs $3 8p 8

2/26

THU Surfer Surfer Blood, Talk Talk a In Tongues Toongues $12/$15 9p Echo Echo Street Street $5 8:30p

FRI

22/27 /27

SAT S AT

2/28

Eleanor Eleanor Friederberger Friederberrger $12/$15 $12/$115 9p

Charts, Charts, Arr Arrows, ows, St Stereo ereo Stereo Stereo $8 9p

Corduroy Cordurroy Jim $6 9p

The Messiahs Messiahs $7 $7 9:30p

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3/2

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3/3

7 Come Come 11 $5 9p Live Live C Comedy omeedy $7 $7 9p

Tuesday Tuesday Reggae Regggae Jam Free Free 8p

Celebrating Forty Years of Creativity Thurs. February 26 U 7 and 9 pm | No Comps

STANLEY JORDAN CHARNETT MOFFETT JEFF “TAIN” WATTS “NETTWORK TRIO” Friday, February 27 U 7:30 pm

DAV. R DAV. ROADHOUSE OADHOUSE Davenport 1D avenport Ave, Ave, Davenport; Davenport; 426 8801 426-8801 DON QUIXOTE’S QUIXOTE’ S 62 75 Hwy 9, 9, FFelton; elton; 6275 603-2294 60 3-2294

Esoteric Esoteric Collective Collective Bellydance Helm, Bellydance International International $17//$20 7p $17/$20

THE FISH HOUSE THE 972 Watsonville; 9 72 Main St, W atsonville; 7728-3333 28-3333 FOG BANK BANK Capitola; 211 Esplanade, Esplanade, Capit ola; 4621881 462-1881

Bleu

SLAID CLEAVES

Tickets: SnazzyProductions.com Zeppelin Live Live (Tribute) (Tribute) Zeppelin $15/$17 $15/$117 8p

Mountain Big Mountain $15/$20 $15/$20 8:30p

David Nicholas David $12/$15 7p 7p

Saturday, February 28 U 8 pm

SCIENTIST TURNED COMEDIAN TIM LEE Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com

Open Opeen Mic

GG RESTAURANT RE STAUR ANT Soquel Aptos; 8041 S oquel Dr, Dr, Apt os; 688-8660

Uncharted Unccharted Jazz 6-9p 6-9 9p

HENFLING’ HENFLING’S S 9450 Hwy 9, 9, Ben LLomond; omond; 336-9 336-9318 318

Flingo Flinngo 7p

Red Red Lotus Lotus o Pete Contino Pete C ontino Accordion Accordion 6-9p Dead Rose Dead R ose Pilgrims 8p

Rippin’’ 9p

IDE IDEAL AL BAR BAR & GRILL GRILL 1106 06 Be Beach ach St, S Santa anta Cruz; 423-52 423-5271 71 IT ’ S WINE T YME IT’S TYME 312 Capitola Capitola A ve, Capit ola; Ave, Capitola; 4 77-4455 477-4455

Opeen Mic Open 7p

K UUMBWA KUUMBWA 32 0-2 C edar St, S anta Cruz; 320-2 Cedar Santa 42 7-2227 427-2227

Nettwork T rrio 77,, 9p Nettwork Trio $28/$33 7p

L OUIE’S CAJUN CAJUN KITCHEN KITCHEN LOUIE’S 11 0 Chur ch St, Santa Santa Cruz; 110 Church 429-2 000 429-2000

Jesse Sabala Soul Jesse S abala a & The S oul 10 10 Foot Foot Faces Faces Pushers Pushers Matias Urzua Flamencoo Urzua Flamenc 6-9p

Stone Stone Monkey Monkey 9p

Dr.Mojo Dr.Mojo 4p

Live Music Live

Karaoke w/Eve Karaoke w /Eve 2-4p

Live Music Muusic Live 7p

Live Music Live 7p

C aves Cle Slaid Cleaves $25/$40 7:30p 7:30p $25/$40

Lee Tim Lee $9/$40 8p

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SELKIE TALE Oscar-nominated ‘Song of the Sea’ spins ancient Celtic folklore with stunning hand-drawn animation.

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nyone who loves seals (and who doesn’t around here?) will be utterly charmed by the magical Irish animated feature Song of the Sea. Ditto anyone with a taste for ancient Celtic folklore, fairy tales and mythology. Directed by Tomm Moore, whose previous film was the lovely Secret of the Kells, inspired by the famed illuminated manuscript, this Oscar-nominated follow-up combines traditional tales of the selkies (seals who transform into humans on land) with a stunning visual palette. Every hand-drawn frame of this movie is ravishing. You keep finding yourself reaching for the remote in the darkened theater, trying to pause

the image so you can study every gorgeous detail. Scripted by William Collins, Song of the Sea offers a fresh take on the old legends. It’s set in a recognizably modern world, but a world in which ancient gods and heroes, fair folk, witches, and magical beings are always nearby. In traditional tales, female selkies come on shore, take off their seal skins, and dance on the beach in human form. There’s usually a dazzled human fisherman who sees it all, hides the sealskin, and marries the selkie in her womanly form. But the selkie must always return to the sea eventually, or die. In Moore’s film, Conor (voice of Brendan Gleeson) is a lighthouse keeper on a wild, rugged promontory

jutting out of the sea off the Irish coast. He has a little boy named Ben, and a very pregnant wife, the beautiful, mysterious Bronagh (Lisa Hannigan), who sings ancient folk songs to Ben and teaches him to make music with a Nautilus shell. But on the morning Ben wakes up to discover he has a new baby sister, Saoirse, his beloved mum, has disappeared. Growing up on their windswept island, Ben’s best friend is his floppy sheepdog, Cú. But kid sister Saoirse is kind of a pain; she doesn’t speak, and has an unsettling habit of wandering off to the water’s edge—where, in one of the movie’s happiest images, dozens of seal heads are always popping up out of the water to greet her. (Underwater, they sound more

like whales, but they’re still so cool!) On Saoirse’s sixth birthday, their granny (Fionnula Flanagan), removes the kids to the mainland to lead a civilized life, but they run away, determined to find their way home. Their journey back to the sea is beautifully rendered. The landscapes have the softly-blended textures and rich, muted colors of pastel chalk drawings, and every rock formation, whether nestled in the underbrush or protruding up out of the sand in the beach scenes, bears the delicate tracery of ancient Runic designs. A marvelous interlude occurs at a Holy Well, a shrine in the countryside festooned with candles, painted icons, and rustic statues. All of these details emphasize the nearness of the Otherworld, and as the siblings find their way home, they also take a larger journey through the heart of Celtic lore. Informing all is the legend of a giant so traumatized by the death of his wife that his mother, the Owl Witch, casts a spell and turns him into a rock so he won’t have to feel any more sorrow. She’s banished the emotions of all the other gods and heroes, as well, and as the children discover fairies, elves, and the Owl Witch herself alive in their world, they also encounter the remains of ancient heroes turned to stone, silent faces etched into granite like the famous chess pieces from the Isle of Lewis, awaiting the magic that will set them free. Moore’s film is also an endearing tale of a young girl who discovers her own unique destiny. (And she doesn’t have to become that tired modern cliché, the “kick-ass heroine,” to do it.) Ben learns to love and respect his little sister for her special gifts, but it’s up to Saoirse to save the day and reverse the spell, releasing scores of Celtic heroes from their stony prisons in a gorgeous, eye-popping finale. And not even those whose feelings have been turned to stone could resist Moore’s gently moving conclusion. Humorous, heartfelt, and dazzling to look at, Song of the Sea has it all. SONG OF THE SEA **** (out of four) Animated film by Tomm Moore. With the voices of Brendan Gleeson and Fionnula Flanagan. A GKIDS release. Rated PG. 93 minutes.

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FILM NEW THIS WEEK EVERLY Salma Hayek stars in this action thriller about a woman holed up in her apartment with an impressive arsenal of firepower taking a stand against gunmen sent to kill her by her mob-boss ex. Joe Lynch directs. (R) 92 minutes. ThursdayFriday late shows only, at the Del Mar. FOCUS Will Smith stars as a slick, seasoned con man who takes on a sexy young blonde apprentice (Margot Robbie), but finds their working partnership complicated by romance in this comic caper adventure from co-directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy Stupid Love). (R) 105 minutes. Starts Friday.

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THE LAZARUS EFFECT Paranormal thriller from the producers of The Purge and Insidious franchises, in which a team of scientists doing research on resurrecting the dead have to try their discovery on one of their own—with harrowing results. Mark Duplass, Olivia Wilde, and Evan Peters star for director David Gelb. (PG-13) 83 minutes. Starts Friday.

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MAPS TO THE STARS David Cronenberg directs this acidic look at Hollywood, its denizens, and the cult of celebrity, revolving around the family of a TV self-help therapist, his famous clients, and all of their attempts to claw their way to stardom. John Cusack, Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, and Robert Pattinson star. (R) 112 minutes. Starts Friday. SPECIAL EVENT THIS WEEK: GLOBE ONSCREEN The reconstruction of Shakespeare's famous playhouse in London is the setting for this series of performances, captured live in HD and broadcast to theatres worldwide. This week: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI Gemma Arterton (Tamara Drewe) stars in John Webster's Elizabethan tragedy about a widowed noblewoman whose desire to marry her lover, who is also her steward, rouses the ire of her scheming brothers. (Not rated) 170 minutes. At the Del Mar, Thursday (Feb. 26), 7:30 p.m. Encore performance: Sunday (March 22) 11 a.m. Admission: $15. Seniors and students: $13.

SPECIAL EVENT THIS WEEK: THE STRATFORD FESTIVAL PRESENTS The famed Canadian theatrical festival broadcasts highlights from its current season, captured live in HD, to movie theatres worldwide. This week: KING LEAR Colm Feore stars as the aging monarch who misreads the affections of his two scheming and one devoted daughter in Shakespeare's enduring tragedy. Antoni Cimolino directs.(Not rated) 173 minutes. At the Del Mar, tonight only (Wednesday, Feb. 25), 7:30 p.m. Encore performance: Sunday, March 1, 11 a.m. Admission: $15. Seniors and students: $13. CONTINUING SERIES: MIDNIGHTS @ THE DEL MAR Eclectic movies for wild & crazy tastes plus great prizes and buckets of fun for only $6.50. This week: LABYRINTH David Bowie as the wicked Goblin King, and a herd of cheerfully bizarre Muppet critters play out a familiar coming-of-age quest plot that owes much to Alice and Oz. A teenage Jennifer Connelly is the heroine of the 1986 Jim Henson fantasy, and droll, cheeky dialogue by screenwriter Terry Jones provides some fun. (PG) 101 minutes. (**1/2)— Lisa Jensen. Fri-Sat midnight only. At the Del Mar. CONTINUING EVENT: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited to join us Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. in downtown Santa Cruz, where each week we discuss a different current release. For our location and discussion topic, please visit our Google Groups webpage: groups.google.com/group/LTATM

NOW PLAYING AMERICAN SNIPER Bradley Cooper is excellent as the conflicted protagonist in this harrowing war drama based on the memoir by Navy SEAL sharpshooter Chris Kyle about his four tours of duty in Iraq. With muscular direction by Clint Eastwood, the film plunges viewers relentlessly into the chaos of post-9/11 U.S. military ops in the desert war zone and never lets up. Eastwood captures the complex realities of modern warfare and focuses attention on a horrendous war no one wants to acknowledge, but sitting through this movie is grueling, from war-porn battle scenes to the empty pomp of

military ceremony. (R) 132 minutes. (**1/2)—Lisa Jensen. THE DUFF A high school senior sparks a revolution in the social hierarchy in this comedy about a girl who finds out she’s known as the DUFF (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her more popular girlfriends. Mae Whitman (neither ugly nor fat) has the title role; Bella Thorne co-stars as her chief antagonist. Directed by Ari Sandel, from the Kody Keplinger novel. (PG-13) FIFTY SHADES OF GREY You may not have read the E L James book, but you’ve definitely heard of the steamy bestseller about an innocent young secretary and the hunky but troubled new boss who asks for a few services outside her job description. Fun fact: the book was originally written as fan fiction based on the Twilight series. Just sayin’... Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson star for director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy). (R) 125 minutes. HOT TUB TIME MACHINE 2 John Cusack is out of this sequel to the 2010 cult comedy. But Adam Scott takes over as his character’s grown son when remaining cohorts Craig Robinson and Clark Duke jump into the time-traveling hot tub to help out buddy Rob Corddry, and accidentally blast into the future. Steve Pink returns to the director’s seat. (R) 93 minutes. THE IMITATION GAME The mighty Benedict Cumberbatch is outstanding as troubled mathematical genius Alan Turing, the brilliant puzzle-solver, unsung in his own lifetime, who built the first computer to break the Nazi’s Enigma code during World War II. Turing’s arrogant intelligence, closeted sexuality and borderline Asperger’s syndrome would reduce a lesser actor to tics and melodrama, but Cumberbatch’s commanding focus makes his performance a series of acute and subtle revelations. Morten Tyldum’s narrative conveys the complexity of Turing’s story before, during, and after his work on Enigma, presenting the singular Turing as a man trying to crack the code of social “normality” throughout his life. Mark Strong, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, and Charles Dance offer smart supporting performances. (PG-13) 114 minutes. (***)—Lisa Jensen.

KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE The comic book The Secret Service is the inspiration for this tongue-in-cheek spy spoof adventure in which a slick op and his team groom a young street kid into a master spy. Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Jack Davenport, Samuel L. Jackson, and Mark Strong star with newcomer Taron Egerton. Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, X-Men First Class) directs. (R) 129 minutes. JUPITER ASCENDING Viewers have the right to expect some cool, eye-popping fun from a new sci-fi extravaganza from Lana and Andy Wachowski (The Matrix Trilogy; Cloud Atlas). But the plot sounds like a YA fantasy: modern Mila Kunis rescued from gnarly aliens by geneticallyengineered hunk Channing Tatum, and whisked off to an alien otherworld to claim a fantastic inheritance. But it’s just a vehicle on which to hang boring, repetitive special effects, shootouts, and aerial dogfights which we have no emotional investment in, random video-game violence without purpose or consequence. Tatum and co-stars Eddie Redmayne and Sean Bean try hard, but who cares? (PG-13) 127 minutes. (**)—Lisa Jensen. MCFARLAND, USA In this factbased story set in the farm belt of California’s Kern County, Kevin Costner stars as a newly-arrived high school PE coach who helps groom a handful of Latino farmworkers’ sons into a championship track team. Maria Bello, Carlos Prats, and Hector Duran co-star for director Niki Caro (Whale Rider). (PG) 128 minutes. MR. TURNER If you’re interested in art or history or both, don’t miss Mike Leigh’s cinematic homage to expressionistic English landscape artist J. M. W. Turner. It may be a bit stately paced at times, but it’s also absorbing and kind of rhapsodic, in a weird, curmudgeony way. Detractors complain that Timothy Spall simply grunts his way through the role. Partly true, but his grunts—of pleasure, relief, dismay, and especially disdain—become a wry language unto themselves. (R) 149 minutes. (***1/2)—Lisa Jensen. SELMA The struggle to make the Voting Rights Act a reality is dramatized in this extraordinarily

powerful and accomplished feature from director Ava DuVernay. The story chronicles a few months in 1965 when Dr. Martin Luther King (played with stoic poise and uncompromising determination by David Oyelowo) organized a series of protest marches from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol in Montgomery to dramatize the suppression of black voting rights to the White House—and the world. In our own particular historical moment, when “Black Lives Matter” has become a rallying cry in our streets, and the VRA has been shamefully gutted by the current Supreme Court, this movie could not be more timely. (PG-13) 123 minutes. (***1/2)—Lisa Jensen. SONG OF THE SEA Reviewed this issue. (PG) 93 minutes. (****)—Lisa Jensen. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Famed physicist Stephen Hawking, slouched in his motorized wheelchair, communicating through his robotic voice synthesizer, is so well-known, it’s difficult to imagine him any other way. But that changes with this smart, funny, tender biographical drama from director James Marsh. Beginning with Hawking as a vigorous young grad student at Cambridge, it tells the enduring love story of Hawking and his first wife, Jane. Eddie Redmayne earned an Oscar for his exceptional performance as Hawking, partnered by Felicity Jones, in a film that celebrates tenacity—in life, love, and ideas. (PG-13) 123 minutes. (****) (2015) TWO DAYS ONE NIGHT (DEUX JOURS UNE NUIT) Marion Cotillard stars as a blue-collar wife and mother who has just one weekend to convince a majority of her co-workers to vote to let her keep her job in a small town factory, instead of accepting a big bonus. Most of the film consists of brief, terse interviews between harried people. But the movie does go somewhere interesting at last, even if it takes awhile to get there, in this thoughtful, life-sized drama from Belgian filmmaking brothers JeanPierre and Luc Dardenne. (PG-13) 95 minutes. (In French with English subtitles.)

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FOOD & DRINK Family Vineyards. Such a lovely spiceladen partner to bold sea foods or pork roast. The licorice nose yielded to a mint and plum center. After about a half hour, the pinot began to suggest bay leaves and ultimately, cherry pie. The 13.5 percent alcohol is just enough to deliver intriguing flavors, but not enough to tire the palate. And speaking of Alfaro, coming up on March 6 Cabrillo Culinary Arts students can join hosts Richard and Mary Kay Alfaro for a tour and tasting at the Corralitosbased vineyards from 1-3:30 p.m. The following day the workshop continues at a “Pairing Wines with Appetizers” class in Cabrillo Room 908. $130 for tour and workshop, ($35 materials payable at class). This class, through the Cabrillo College Extension, is led by Anne Baldzikowski, professional baker, culinary educator and author of Easy Artisan: Simple Elegant Recipes for the Everyday Cook. Check the Cabrillo Extension webpages for registration.

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POWER COUPLE Manny and Alice Santana dance at his 70th birthday party, some 20 years ago.

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in the Spanish California gardens of Jardines de San Juan, where Manny loved to hold forth with guests. One year we had so much fun sampling his collection of French Bordeaux that we barely made it to the Mission for the last concert of the above-mentioned CabMuFest. But it was Manuel’s in Aptos that formed the sacred heart of their domain, a well-run hearth of delicious Mexican food, two-fisted margaritas, and ambiance that few restaurants can ever manage. Through those doors passed politicos, virtuoso musicians, filmmakers, outlaws, bohemians,

writers, lovers and neighbors who couldn’t get enough of their exceptional host and those gooey, glorious chile rellenos. Okay, long preamble, here’s the pitch: March 9-15, current Manuel’s owners Leonardo and Patricia Santana will honor the landmark restaurant by donating 50 percent of sales to Manny and Alice's favorite organizations. Make plans!

PINOT NOIR 2012 Last week’s farmers market steelhead catch provided an excuse to open a bottle of Lester Family Vineyards Pinot Noir 2012 from Alfaro

QUICKIES True fact—I never leave the country without a few of those small “airline” bottles of Fernet Branca (Shoppers has ’em). This Italian bitters is not only a world-class digestif, its strange and exhilarating flavor has been known to ward off jet lag. It does, if you want it to ... Starting March 1 you’ll be able to feast on mega-designer pastries from Manresa’s new patisserie at our local Verve coffee emporia. Doubledesigner if you get my drift.

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Playful and fragrant, with a honeydew opening into fields of wildflowers—that’s Birichino Malvasia Bianca 2013, liquid poetry from Monterey grapes. Peach and lychee tint the central stream of this intricate 13-percent-alcohol wine. It evolves in the glass, showing sparks of citrus liqueur, Cointreau perhaps, before its crisp finish. No wonder the New York Times paid serious attention recently to this creation from local winemakers Alex Krause and John Locke. To be savored for sure, but also a sprightly partner with salty foods, roasted almonds, Camembert, cornichons, and Thai food. Available at Whole Foods, etc.

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fter enjoying its contents, I couldn’t throw away the empty bottle of Picchetti Winery’s Red Table Wine. There is no label, just a beautiful gold peacock feather painted on the bottle, and the word pavone, Italian for peacock, written next to it. Elegant bottles such as this make attractive candle holders, especially when the wax has dripped down the side. Picchetti’s Red Pavone, as it calls its “table wine,” is no ordinary blend. Consisting of 46 percent Petite Sirah, 21 percent Zinfandel, 18 percent Petit Verdot, and 15 percent Malbec, the winery considers this rich, full-bodied cuvee to be the very best Red Pavone that they have produced. Brimming with vibrant red fruit flavors of raspberries and dried cherries, and fragrant highlights of leather and toasted oak, this beautiful wine ($34.95) has a firm texture and extended finish. Pair it with any red meat or grilled vegetables—or enjoy a glass by itself. Picchetti is one of the oldest wineries in California, having started in the 1890s, and boasts a historic tasting room and grounds. Open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily for wine tasting and picnics, it’s a place to visit and linger. With 24 public picnic tables, and beautiful grounds to meander through, Picchetti Winery is worth a day’s visit, for sure. As Picchetti says, “Save yourself the drive to Napa and experience historic Picchetti Winery & Ranch.”

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3 RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES TWO FISH BOUND BY A GOLDEN CORD Until March 20, (Spring Equinox), Earth and her kingdoms (mineral, plant, animal, human) experience the influence of Pisces, sign of the World Savior. Whereas the task of Aquarius is as world server, the Pisces task is saving the world—tasks given to the two fishes. Pisces never really enters matter, and as the last sign of the zodiac includes all the signs. During Pisces, having gathered all the gifts of the previous 11 signs, it is a good time to prepare for new initiating plans when Aries (sign of beginnings) begins. No wonder Pisces, like Scorpio, is so difficult (both are ruled by Pluto, planet of death, new life, regeneration, transformations). Both signs (with Scorpio drowning in dark and deep waters) find life on Earth a hardship, disorienting (from the spiritual perspective), at times feeling betrayed. Life is a paradox, especially for Pisces.

Each zodiacal sign represents and distributes a different phase and facet (12) of the Soul’s diamond light, Pisces is the “Light of Life itself, ending forever the darkness of matter.” It takes two fish to complete this work (creating eventually an extraordinary human being). One fish turned toward the material world (in order to understand matter), the other fish toward the heavenly world. Around the two fish is a silvery cord binding them together. The two fish are forever bound until all of humanity is redeemed (lifted up into the Light). This is the dedication of all world saviors (Buddha, Christ, the NGWS). Thus the sacrifice and suffering experienced by Pisces. Knowing these things about Pisces, let us help them all we can. Sometimes all of humanity is Pisces.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

What social networks are you presently on? What’s social in your life? There’s such a push for you to be part of or create a group, to lead, instruct and interact with various groups around town that you may need a calming homeopathic like Aconite Napellus to help anchor your energy. Groups and community endeavors could be electrifying, overwhelming, exciting, technological and so deeply into the future that grounding is definitely needed. Keep at them.

It’s good to recite a mantra morning and nighttime. It creates a gentle loving, healing rhythm in our lives and a light-filled vitality. Here’s a heart mantra (rhythmic prayer) for you. “At the center of all love I stand. From that center I the Soul will outward move. From that center I the one who serves will work. May the love of my Divine Self be shed abroad, in my heart, through my groups, and throughout the world.”

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Venus, the planet that helps you build your personality (body, emotions, lower mind) is in Aries (a new self identity). Eventually you will need to be out and about with groups, working in the world, directing, teaching and tending to outer realities with humanity all around. You are now in a state of retreat, moving deeply inward, almost unavailable. This is a natural rhythm.

Wherever you are, wherever is home, create intentions of beauty, calmness, love and healing. Create a reflective contemplative space with the music and the sound of bells. Make your home into a temple welcoming travelers (such as yourself) into a restful peace that soothes and nurtures. Make foods that purify, cleanse and penetrate deep into your body’s cells. Call yourself home. Study Ayurveda.

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Are you sharing with others what you’re learning? Are people interested and listening? Your thinking is gradually changing, encompassing a greater range of ideas, becoming more consciously inclusive. These are preparations for becoming a world server. As Venus, your Soul ruler, is in Aries, more inner spiritual intelligence is revealed. Wherever you are Venus will find you.

Scorpio’s words are also for you. However you have a bit more interaction occurring. You may be thinking ceaselessly about your hopes, needs and wants. You’ll wonder why you can’t stop. Somehow through all the talk and constant thoughts reality steps in. You begin to understand more and more about yourself, your choices, your wound, your brilliance. And then you fall asleep, exhausted at all the self-uncovering. And forget.

CANCER Jun21–Jul20

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20

You have many gifts and resources hidden away. You will begin sharing and then blending your abilities with others. This creates new resources, new ideas and techniques which later help transform humanity. The fact that others like and respond to you, sharing their secrets comes as a surprise. Then it gradually becomes a comfort. And then an intimacy.

You wonder if you should follow a dream or become more practical. Following dreams actually is practical. So the question is what do you dream about and how do you envision yourself in these extremely transitional times? It’s important to place yourself within the context of the world changes occurring. You’re an extraordinary server. If you place your dreams within the context of serving humanity, your dreams come true.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22 It’s time for new adventures in relationships, partnerships and perhaps, for some Leos, marriage. If already married or committed search for ways to bring new vitality and excitement to the relationship, shedding non-working interactions, habits and expectations, some of which now wound. Have the intention to express deeper feelings, have more devoted and dedicated loving. It’s always about intention - the golden key.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 You continue to organize and order externally. Internally, a new consciousness begins, affecting your relationships, creating new communication and ideas, new obligations and responsibilities. Small things may disturb you along with a temporary sensitivity to sounds. This means you need more B vitamins. Sources are oats, barley, wheat bran, avocado, salmon (wild caught), Brazil nuts (and other nuts). Organic, non-GMO, gluten free.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 This is a defining time historically for all Aquarians. We’re beginning to enter a new state of being, one influenced by the sign Aquarius which brings forth the new culture and civilization under new laws and principles. It would be good if you understood these laws and principles and began to work with them in all endeavors. This will insure your success and it will call forth your gifts from that new future and needed now.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Something new is beginning for the fishes tied together with a golden cord, linking the personality and the Soul. You want to be free of anything old and previous, you want to swim in new waters with new schools of other golden fish. You’re very intuitive now, sensing things coming, you seek artists like yourself. They seek you, too. But shyness still prevails. It’s time for new shoes again. Red slippers perhaps.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0187 The following individual is doing business as BEYOND SKIN DEEP. 2333 PORTOLA DRIVE #33, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. TRACY MOYER. 2333 PORTOLA DRIVE #33, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: TRACY MOYER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 30, 2015. February 4, 11, 18, 25. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 150164 The following individual is doing business as County of Santa Cruz. TRACY MOYER. 2333 PORTOLA DRIVE #33, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: TRACY MOYER The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 30, 2015. February 4, 11, 18 25.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0177 The following individual is doing business as UNIQUE FPV. 311 CONTINENTAL ST., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. ZACHARY HARPER. 311 CONTINENTAL ST., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: ZACHARY HARPER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/28/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0130 The following individual is doing business as XANDRA SWIMWEAR. 116 STOCKTON AVENUE, CAPITOLA CA 95010 County of Santa Cruz. ALEXANDRA DALE. 3082 SALISBURY DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95065. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: ALEXANDRA DALE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 21, 2015. February 4, 11, 18, 25. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0188 The following individual is doing business as WORKING WITH MACS. 3585 VALENCIA RD., APTOS CA 95003 County of Santa Cruz. TODD RESETAR. 3585 VALENCIA RD., APTOS CA 95003. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: TODD RESETAR The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 30, 2015. February 4, 11, 18, 25. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0185 The following individual is doing business as SEABRIGHT SPEECH THERAPY. 325 DAKOTA AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. MORGAN DEMETRAS & CASSIE WINSLOW. 325 DAKOTA AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed:CASSIE WINSLOW. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 30, 2015. February 4, 11, 18, 25. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 150190 The following individual is doing business as HOME SANCTUARY. 815 BALBOA AVE. #305, CAPITOLA CA 95010 County of Santa Cruz. MARGARET QUATTROCHI. 815 BALBOA AVE. #305, CAPITOLA CA 95010. This

business is conducted by a Individual Signed MARGARET QUATTROCHI The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 30, 2015. February 4, 11, 18, 25. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0142 The following Corporation is doing business as VASKA HOME. 480 AIRPORT BLVD., WATSONVILLE CA 95076 County of Santa Cruz. SMITH & VANDIVER CORPORATION. 480 AIRPORT BLVD., WATSONVILLE CA 95076. Al# 937917. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: JEFFREY SLABODEN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 22, 2015. February 4, 11, 18, 25. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0116 The following Corporation is doing business as CUPPA COPY. 115 COOPER STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. DESIGN BY COSMIC, INC. 115 COOPER STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. Al# 3362872. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: MOLLY LAUTAMO. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 20, 2015. February 4, 11, 18, 25. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 15-0180 The following General Partnership is doing business as ANGELO SHERMANN. 312 BUENA VISTA, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. BRIAN CRABTREE, THOMAS DAWSON & SAM WORKING. 312 BUENA VISTA, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed:BRIAN CRABTREE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/29/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 29, 2015. February 4, 11, 18, 25.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF DELSY MAGANA CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV180952. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner DELSY MAGANA has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from: DeAndre Carlos Magana to:Michael DeAndre Carlos Magana. 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 March 16, 2015 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. 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: January 26, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior February 4, 11, 18, 25.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0241 The following individual is doing business as RED, WHITE & BLUE RANCHERO. 5021 COAST ROAD, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. ROLAND EDWARDS. 5021 COAST ROAD, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: ROLAND EDWARDS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/8/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on February 9, 2015. February 18 25 & March 4, 11. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0186 The following individual is doing business as TECH TO SPEC. 175 CREEK CT, BOULDER CREEK CA 95006 County of Santa Cruz. KURTIS HERNANDEZ. 175 CREEK CT, BOULDER CREEK CA 95006 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: KURTIS HERNANDEZ. The registrant commenced to

transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 30, 2015. February 18, 25 & March 4, 11. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0161 The following individual is doing business as RICHARD DEUTSCH STUDIO. 651 SWANTON VIEW ROAD, DAVENPORT CA 95017 County of Santa Cruz. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed:RICHARD DEUTSCH. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/15/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 26, 2015. February 18, 25 & March 4, 11. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 15-0165. The following General Partnership is doing business as SOS YARD AND HOME SERVICES. 1077 SMITH GRADE , SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. ARIK R. SWAN & MAURICE J. SWAN, JR. 1077 SMITH GRADE , SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed:MAURICE J. SWAN, JR. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 12/18/2001. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 27, 2015. February 18, 25 & March 4, 11.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0227 The following Corporation is doing business as THE SAND BAR. 211 ESPLANDE, CAPITOLA CA 95010 County of Santa Cruz. THE SAND BAR CAPITOLA, INC. 211 ESPLANDE, CAPITOLA CA 95010. Al# 3745730. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: Jeff Lantis. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on February 5, 2015 February 18, 25 & March 4, 11. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0295 The following individual is doing business as CLEARWATER POOL AND SPA-SERVICE AND REPAIR. 343 SOQUEL

AVE. #502, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. DAVID BOGGS. 343 SOQUEL AVE. #502, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: DAVID BOGGS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on February 13, 2015. February 18, 25 & March 4, 11.

LAW CENTER. 109 QUARRY LANE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. FREDRIC EVENSON. 109 QUARRY LANE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 . This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: FREDRIC EVENSON.. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/2014. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 27, 2015. February 18, 25 & March 4, 11.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 150164 The following individual is doing business as HOME/ WORK. 765CEDAR STREET, STE 103, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. SONIA MCMORAN. 110 OAK KNOLL DR., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: SONIA MCMORAN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 27, 2015. February 4, 11, 18 25.

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AQUAPONICS. 218 BROOKSIDE AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. JAMES E. BORGMAN. 218 BROOKSIDE AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: JAMES E. BORGMAN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/1/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on February 5, 2015. February 18, 25 & March 4, 11.

ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94134 County of Santa Cruz. PROJECT PLAY AFRICA. ORG. 106 BURROWS ST., SAN FRANCISCO CA 94134. Al# 3715222. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: SUSAN O’NEILL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on February 12, 2015 February 18, 25 & March 4, 11.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0267 The following Corporation is doing business as PROJECT PLAY SOCCER. 106 BURROWS

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 15-0160. The following Copartners is doing business as ZOMBIE SURF COMPANY. 3637 THUNDERBIRD CT, CONCORD CA 94520

County of Santa Cruz. CHRIS WOLTER, FRANK WOLTER & LAURA WOLTER. 3637 THUNDERBIRD CT, CONCORD CA 94520. This business is conducted by Copartners Signed: FRANK WOLTER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 26, 2015. February 18, 25 & March 4, 11.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0317 The following individual is doing business as SANTA CRUZ MASSAGE AND WELLNESS. 3710 GROSS ROAD, SPC #24, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. NICOLAS ADAM BOBBITT. 3710 GROSS ROAD, SPC #24, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: NICOLAS ADAM BOBBITT. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/19/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on February 19, 2015. February 25 & March 4, 11, 18. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0199 The following individual is doing business as FLORA/FAUNA ART. 4600 BONNY DOON RD., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. SYLVIE-MARIE F. DRESCHER. 4600 BONNY DOON RD., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: SYLVIE-MARIE F. DRESCHER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/14/2014. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin,

County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on February 2, 2015. February 25 & March 4, 11, 18. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 150303 The following individual is doing business as KEV’S HANDYMAN SERVICES. 444 WHISPERING PINES RD. #91, SCOTTS VALLEY CA, 95066 County of Santa Cruz. KEVIN P. MACARGEL 444 WHISPERING PINES RD. #91, SCOTTS VALLEY CA, 95066. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: KEVIN P. MACARGEL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on February 17, 2015. February 25 & March 4, 11, 18. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0294 The following individual is doing business as MBE SYSTEMS SERVICES. 80 SKYLARK LANE, WATSONVILLE CA 95076 County of Santa Cruz. NOEL CHASE. 80 SKYLARK LANE, WATSONVILLE CA 95076. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: NOEL CHASE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on February 13, 2015. February 25 & March 4, 11, 18. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0208 The following Corporation is doing business as WHITEBOARD PAINTER. 111 BEAN CREEK ROAD, #9, SCOTTS VALLEY CA

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for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: February 19, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior February 25 & March 4, 11, 18. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF EDUARDO MOWDICE SANCHEZ CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV181108. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner EDUARDO MOWDICE SANCHEZ has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from: Eduardo Mowdice Sanchez to: Eduardo Mowdice Sanchez Acevedo. 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 April 17, 2015 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. 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: February 20, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior February 25 & March 4, 11, 18. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF LANJING ZHANG CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV181053. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner LANJING ZHANG has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from: Lanjing Zhang to: Julin Asiiah Song. 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 April 1, 2015 at 8:30 am, in Department 4 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. 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: February 11, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior February 25 & March 4, 11, 18. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF SONYA CASTRO CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV181052. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner SONYA CASTRO has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from: Avery Roman Alvarez to: Oliver Roman Alvarez. 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 April 1, 2015 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. 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: February 11, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior February 25 & March 4, 11, 18.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0310 The following individual is doing business as VIVID BEAUTY SALON (formally Hair Pizzazz). 1836 17TH AVENUE #A, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. RAQUEL DICESARE. 1540 DOUGMAR DRIVE, SANRA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: RAQUEL DICESARE. The registrant commenced to

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-0127 The following individual is doing business as DIAMOND VIEW AUTO GLASS. 216 MT. HERMON ROAD, SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066 County of Santa Cruz. JUSTIN LORD.

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