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EDITOR’S NOTE Is green good enough? Certainly this is a community that has long been ahead of the curve when it comes to ecoconsciousness, and let’s all raise a wheatgrass shot to that. But does our past success lead to a certain amount of complacency—a feeling that, not to worry, Santa Cruz is doing A-OK by the Earth? Unfortunately, any movement that doesn’t innovate is doomed to irrelevancy. The good news is that Santa Cruz has all kinds of eco-innovators to look to for inspiration, and this Green Issue will introduce readers to a few of them.
For instance, we’re all pretty down with recycling around here, but some artists and businesses are taking it a step further by embracing upcycling, which turns the recycling process into an art form. There’s also a story about local author and radio host Michael Olson’s “2x2 Pledge,” a creative way to remind everyone how the smallest gestures can make a huge impact. And while there’s nothing new about organic produce in Santa Cruz, what the SH/OP group is doing with it is a different kind of “green” story—and the most moving one I’ve read in quite some time. Here’s to those in our community who are taking environmental consciousness to the next level.
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The July 1 article “Getting the Boot” highlights a long-standing problem in Santa Cruz, the lack of parking. Sometimes this can be more than an inconvenience. I was recently called for jury duty, told to report at 1 p.m.; my summons including a parking pass at 701 Ocean St. However, this merely allowed me to park in certain spots if one was available, with no guarantee that any would be available. The nearby street parking is one hour to two hours only, useless for voir dire. So I parked in a mixed commercial/residential area which had no time limits and walked about 15 minutes to the court house. One of my fellow panel members told me that she arrived at the county building about an hour early and had her lunch in the car, just to make sure she got parking. You might think that there would be reserved parking at least for the people on an actual jury. There is none. GEOFFREY ELLIS | SANTA CRUZ
NO FACTS In reply to “Tabloid Fodder” (Letters, 7/1): I am surprised that someone who faults
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The New Leaf Community Market on 41st Avenue is teaming up with Ventana Surfboards to sell a line of environmentally friendly surf clothes, with 5 percent of sales going to ocean conservation groups like Save Our Shores and Surfrider. The market sells Ventana beanies, shirts, sweatshirts, surf wax, and leashes, just inside the door.
Kudos to Ron Goodman, who organizes the 12K/4K “Run by the Sea” set for Aug. 23. Now each entry fee will go toward building a new rail trail north of Wilder Ranch along Highway 1. It may not sound like a lot, but each runner represents 4 inches of trail, which eventually will be a 32-mile paved trail along the coastal rail corridor. Check out runbythesea.org.
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Why do you live in Santa Cruz? BY MATTHEW COLE SCOTT
Because of the weather—but I want to move because it doesn’t rain anymore. CHARLES WEST SANTA CRUZ | HOUSE BUILDER
Because it’s so damn beautiful. JEFFREY BEASLEY SANTA CRUZ | RETIRED
It’s a little bit twisted, but there are a lot of good people and interesting characters. HEATHER LANE SANTA CRUZ | HEALTH CARE
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I spent a weekend here and decided it would be fun to live here for a year. Seventeen years later I am still here. DULCIE HERR SANTA CRUZ | BANQUET SERVER
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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of July 8 ARIES Mar21–Apr19
LIBRA Sep23–Oct22
How can you fulfill your potential as an Aries? What strategies will help you become the best Aries you can possibly be? Now is an excellent time to meditate on these riddles. One of my Aries readers, Mickki Langston, has some stellar tips to inspire you: 1. One of your greatest assets is your relentless sense of purpose. Treasure it. Stay connected to it. Draw on it daily. 2. Love what you love with pure conviction, because there is no escaping it. 3. Other people may believe in you, but only sometimes. That’s why you should unfailingly believe in yourself. 4. It’s your duty and your destiny to continually learn more about how to be a leader. 5. Don’t be confused by other people’s confusion. 6. Your best friend is the Fool, who will guide you to laughter and humility when you need it most, which is pretty much all of the time.
The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to acquire a new title. It’s quite possible that a person in authority will confer it upon you, and that it will signify a rise in status, an increase in responsibility, or an expansion of your clout. If for some reason this upgrade doesn’t occur naturally, take matters into your own hands. Tell people to refer to you as “Your Excellency” or “Your Majesty.” Wear a name tag that says “Deputy Director of Puzzle-Solving” or “Executive Vice President of Fanatical Balance and Insane Poise.” For once in your life, it’s OK to risk becoming a legend in your own mind. P.S. It wouldn’t be a bad time to demand a promotion— diplomatically, of course, in the Libran spirit.
TAURUS Apr20–May20
Between now and July 22, your password and mantra and battle cry is “serendipity.” To make sure you are clear about its meaning, meditate on these definitions: a knack for uncovering surprising benefits by accident; a talent for stumbling upon timely help or useful resources without searching for them. Got that? Now I’ll provide clues that should help you get the most out of your lucky breaks and blessed twists: 1. Be curious and receptive, not lackadaisical and entitled. 2. Expect the unexpected. Vow to thrive on surprises. 3. Your desires are more likely to come true if you are unattached to them coming true. But you should formulate those desires clearly and precisely.
While making a long trek through the desert on a camel, British author Somerset Maugham passed the time by reading Marcel Proust’s novel In Search of Lost Time. After finishing each page, Maugham ripped it out and cast it away. The book weighed less and less as his journey progressed. I suggest that you consider a similar approach in the coming weeks, Taurus. As you weave your way toward your next destination, shed the accessories and attachments you don’t absolutely need. Keep lightening your load.
GEMINI May21–June20 “I have gathered about me people who understand how to translate fear into possibility,” writes John Keene in his story “Acrobatique.” I’d love to see you do the same, Gemini. From an astrological perspective, now is a favorable time to put your worries and trepidations to work for you. You have an extraordinary capacity to use your doubt and dread to generate opportunities. Even if you go it alone, you can accomplish minor miracles, but why not dare to think even bigger? Team up with brave and resourceful allies who want to translate fear into possibility, too.
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SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 On behalf of the Strange Angels in Charge of Uproarious Beauty and Tricky Truths, I am pleased to present you with the award for Most Catalytic Fun-Seeker and Intriguing Game-Changer of the Zodiac. What are your specific superpowers? You’re capable of transforming rot into splendor. You have a knack for discovering secrets that have been hidden. I also suspect that your presence can generate magic laughter and activate higher expectations and wake everyone up to the interesting truths they’ve been ignoring.
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When novelist John Irving begins a new book, his first task is to write the last line of the last page. Then he writes the second-to-last line. He continues to work backward for a while until he has a clear understanding of the way his story will end. Right now, Cancerian, as you hatch your next big phase of development, I invite you to borrow Irving’s approach. Visualize in detail the blossoms that will eventually come from the seeds you’re planting. Create a vivid picture of the life you will be living when your plans have fully ripened.
“Who is it that can tell me who I am?” asks King Lear in the Shakespeare play named after him. It’s a painful moment. The old boy is confused and alarmed when he speaks those words. But I’d like to borrow his question and transplant it into a very different context: your life right now. I think that you can engender inspirational results by making it an ongoing meditation. There are people in a good position to provide you with useful insights into who you are.
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You have cosmic permission to lose your train of thought, forget about what was so seriously important, and be weirdly amused by interesting nonsense. If stress-addicts nag you to be more responsible, tell them that your astrologer has authorized you to ignore the pressing issues and wander off in the direction of nowhere in particular. Does that sound like a good plan? It does to me. For now, it’s your sovereign right to be a wise and innocent explorer with nothing much to do but wonder and daydream and play around.
What’s hard but important for you to do? What are the challenging tasks you know you should undertake because they would improve your life? The coming days will be a favorable time to make headway on these labors. You will have more power than usual to move what has been nearly impossible to move. You may be surprised by your ability to change situations that have resisted and outfoxed you in the past. I’m not saying that any of this will be smooth and easy. But I bet you will be able to summon unprecedented amounts of willpower and perseverance.
VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Even the most provocative meme cannot literally cause the Internet to collapse from overuse. It’s true that photos of Kim Kardashian’s oiled-up butt spawned a biblical flood of agitated responses on social media. So did the cover shot of Caitlyn Jenner in Vanity Fair and the YouTube video of a tiny hamster noshing tiny burritos and the season-five finale of the TV show Game of Thrones. But none of these starbursts unleashed so much traffic that the Web was in danger of crashing. It’s too vast and robust for that to ever happen. Or is it? I’m wondering if Virgos’ current propensities for high adventure and rollicking melodrama could generate phenomena that would actually, not just metaphorically, break the Internet. To be safe, I suggest you enjoy yourself to the utmost, but not more than the utmost.
PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Franz Kafka produced three novels, a play, four short fiction collections, and many other stories. And yet some of his fellow writers thought he was uncomfortable in expressing himself. Bertolt Brecht said Kafka seemed perpetually afraid, as if he were being monitored by the cops for illicit thoughts. Milena Jesenská observed that Kafka often wrote like he was sitting naked in the midst of fully-clothed people. Your assignment in the coming weeks is to shed such limitations and inhibitions from your own creative expression. What would you need to do to free your imagination? To get started, visualize five pleasurable scenarios in which you feel joyful, autonomous, generous, and expansive.
Homework: What’s your secret beauty—the great thing about you that no one knows about? FreeWillAstrology.com. © Copyright 2015
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The Affordable Care Act has opened up health care to millions of new patients, but it has also made it more difficult to find doctors, particularly those specializing in delivering babies. Because of high insurance rates and inconvenient hours, nine California counties don’t have an obstetrician, and more than a dozen others have fewer than two for every 10,000 women. Bridging that gap is one of the motives behind a bill going to the California Senate next week. The other is helping to make childbirth more natural. The bill, AB 1306, would allow the state’s 1,200 certified nurse midwives to continue to collaborate with doctors, but doesn’t require doctors to supervise them. It frees more of them to practice in birthing centers or homes. California is one of only six states in the country that hasn’t already done this. Local midwives are thrilled with the proposal. Santa Cruz County has 12 midwives, one for each practicing obstetrician in town. Monterey County has only one. “For me, it’s not about saving money. It’s about saving lives,” says Santa Cruz midwife Timmi Pereira, who has delivered more than 3,000 babies in 39 years of practice at Dominican and Sutter hospitals. While doctors are needed in the most complicated births, 90 percent of women don’t need surgical help, she says. The new legislation would also allow midwives to handle the basic drugs and sutures that are part of their training, without a doctor being there overseeing. Midwives are also trained in preparing women for birth and labor with prenatal and preventive health care, and can work with women’s needs from adolescence to menopause. Until the early 1900s, births were assisted predominantly by women working as midwives. After the turn of the 20th century, doctors and hospitals took over the birthing industry, but over the past 40 years, midwives have again become a valued part of the process, helping women deliver babies naturally instead of with more risky Caesarean sections.
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SCREEN TIME Kids on board the ship ‘Velocity’ get close to baby great white sharks last week.
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South County Sharknado Sightings of great whites in Aptos aren’t killing tourism— they’re doing wonders for it BY MICAYELA KONVISER
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n the movie Jaws, a great white shark terrorized a New England tourist town on a Fourth of July weekend and scared people off the beaches. But this past Independence Day weekend in Aptos, 15 great whites drew hundreds of tourists to the beach. Seacliff State Beach, home of the concrete ship, was packed all weekend, despite the shark sightings. Some brave souls swam and a lot of others watched intently, cell phones in hand, trying to spot the steady smooth pace of ominous fins (as opposed to the dolphins common to the area, which bounce roundly up and down).
“We heard that there were sharks in the area,” says Kristi Avila, 39, of Los Banos, who brought her husband and two kids to the beach to spot them. “We saw the news clip and we decided to come and check it out. My son can’t wait for Shark Week, and so when this happened we were like ‘we have to go’ because he is really into sharks.” Local whale watching and fishing company Stagnaro’s made Seacliff a stop on charter boat tours last week at the request of visitors, says owner Ken Stagnaro. “They hear about it or see it in the news and so about half the trips last week have gone in there and actually seen the sharks,” he says.
“It’s kind of strange and different and fun at the same time, just something different to look at.” Stagnaro says that it is rare for them to see sharks on their tours. “Blue sharks are not uncommon to see out there in the summer months,” Stagnaro says. “But great white sharks are not something you see every day by any means. I’ve been doing this for close to 35 years now, and I’ve only seen great whites with my own eyes maybe 10 times or less. So it’s not a common occurrence.” Friday night there were around 20 people at the end of the pier looking for sharks. Many were talking about seven sharks which had been seen by Rick >13
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you. If they’re several hundred pounds, they’re just not to be trifled with. The smaller ones aren’t dangerous. The 5-6 footers I don’t think are really dangerous, but once you get around 300-400 pounds there’s always room for mistakes. You know that’s like a small child or something, it doesn’t take too much imagination,” says Van Sommeran. Santa Cruz has shared the national shark spotlight with North Carolina, where seven people have been bitten by sharks in the last month. Fiftytwo people were bitten in the U.S. by sharks in 2014, more than half in Florida, according to the online International Shark Attack File. There has never been a shark fatality in Santa Cruz. You can track many great whites that have been tagged at ocearch.org, an organization that tries to protect sharks. Experts say that while the number of sharks has dropped by 30 percent in the past half century (some 2,000 great whites live off the California coast, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the number of people swimming is going up, sparking more interactions. Van Sommeran says that people’s attitudes toward sharks vary. “It
waxes back and forth between ‘sharks are these prehistoric homicidal devilfish,’ you know, to ‘oh they’re just peaceful docile critters,’ and no, they’re neither. It’s something in the middle that is not going to conform to any of the brochures or Shark Week specials and that kind of thing.” While there have been older sharks in the area routinely, seeing so many juveniles is rare, says Van Sommeran. “A juvenile, their migration routes are actually kind of geared toward avoiding those big ones. I mean, if they overlap, then the big one eats the little one,” he says. He also discounts a rumor of a larger, 18-foot shark sighting. From pictures he’s seen, the gam, frenzy or school of sharks (take your pick) are all small. “Groups of white sharks like that have never been this far north,” he says. “We’ve seen individuals as early as 2011, but in terms of the big gaggles, assemblages of these sharks showing up like this, that’s unheard of. And then, them sticking to a site like this for such a long period again is unheard of for our area. That happens quite a bit in Southern California, Malibu, >16
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a slap on the wrist compared to what would happen if other governments followed Santa Cruz’s lead. “But what if every county, city, and state in America followed Santa Cruz County’s example, and held the big banks accountable for their felonies?” wrote Reich, who works for the UC Chancellor’s office. “What if all of us taxpayers said, in effect, ‘we’re not going to hire these convicted felons to handle our public finances. We don’t trust them?’ “That would hit these banks directly. They’d lose our business. Which might even cause them to clean up their acts,” he says. BRAD KAVA
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There was sad news on the eve of what should have been a blissful new festival on June 4. One of the central sculptures for the city’s Ebb and Flow celebration along the San Lorenzo River was vandalized before the night even began. Now, artist Geoffrey Nelson wants to recreate the sculpture of a traditional Ohlone man in ceremonial garb that had been perched along the river’s pedestrian overcrossing. He’s seeking donations of at least $1,000 on GoFundMe.com. The original sculpture was funded in part by the city council. It was paired with an Ohlone
woman, which was not destroyed. The two were built from heatmolded acrylic plates and had color-changing LED lights inside. The headdress was made from recycled plastic bottles. Nelson plans to make the new sculpture in time for the Museum of Art & History’s Glow Festival, on Oct. 16. The new one will have moving LEDs to simulate water flowing through the Ohlone man’s body.
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Nationally, 34 percent of women have babies delivered surgically. In Santa Cruz, the number is 25 percent. In most cases, Cesareans, like any surgery, are more risky for the mother and can damage their ability to have natural childbirth later. In New Mexico, 33 percent of babies are delivered by a midwife, the highest percentage in the country. It’s 11 percent in California. “Our doctors here have a philosophy of not intervening unless needed,” says Santa Cruz’s Pereira, 62, whose own two children were delivered by midwives. “Their specialty is in intervening when something goes wrong. But when you have a birth and everything is going right, what you really want to do is not intervene.” That can mean a more active role for the mother in the birthing process.
“If she’s out of bed, or in the Jacuzzi, or maybe walking up and down stairs, she has a lot more chance of the baby moving down into her pelvis than if she’s stuck in bed with monitors on,” says Pereira. But in cases where the baby is breech, or the mother or baby are having health issues, then surgery is the way to go, she says. Midwives, who make a third of what an obstetrician is paid (the Bureau of Labor statistics lists $70,000 annually for midwives versus $290,000 for obstetricians), are more available to more people, particularly in lower-income communities. Greater access is one of the motivations behind the bill drafted by Assemblywoman Autumn Burke (D-Inglewood), whose daughter was delivered a year ago by a midwife.
“This is a commonsense measure that removes an onerous restriction on women’s access to health care,” Burke says. The bill passed the Assembly with a 78-1 vote in June and heads to the Senate’s Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee next week, where there is expected to be more debate about provisions that forbid nurse midwifes from sending patients to businesses they have an economic interest in. “So much of the discussion isn’t even related to this practice,” says Allison Ruff, Burke’s capitol director. “We are cautiously optimistic that we can work it out. We are trying to open up access to health care for women who need it.” Local midwives are showing the film The Mama Sherpas at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, July 10, with a talk about midwifery at the
Pacific Cultural Center. Donations for the movie, which was produced by Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, will go to the California Nurse-Midwives Association. The movie takes on some of the misconceptions about surgical birth and the pressures some doctors put on mothers to choose that instead of a natural path. For example, a woman in the documentary is told that her vagina will be more attractive if she has surgery. “You won’t care how you had this baby once she’s in your arms,” the woman says she was told by the same doctor trying to convince her to have a Cesarean. “He couldn’t have been more wrong,” she explains later. Showtime is 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. Suggested donation $10-$25.
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to this gallery and get combined with other objects to create works of art.” Schoen was inspired to make his first guitar around 10 years ago. “I was driving down the freeway and I saw what looked like a guitar on the side of the road, but it actually was a catalytic converter with an exhaust pipe attached to it that had spun out from underneath a car. I pulled over, and at much risk, retrieved the object and took it home and turned it into a fully functional electric bass guitar,” he says. Schoen named that first guitar “Wreck and Roll,” and went on to create more than a dozen more upcycled guitars over the years. Schoen’s fans leave a lot of “interesting objects” for him at the gate of his gallery. “I got a set of old skis and ski poles that look like they were 100 years old,” he says. “Somebody left me a set of bocce balls a few months ago. People leave their little contributions, and I really appreciate it … I have sort of an unconscious wish list of what I need, and I find it as time goes by. Those things show up.”
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were all going to be thrown away. It was a bit of competitiveness that pushed Junker toward junk. “I started in 2006,” Junker says. “I saw a woman who had a purse made out of a truck inner tube, and it was just this piece of rubber folded in half with a little strap, and I was like ‘I’m gonna make something cooler than that.’” Soon after, she made her first purse, and has been making bags out of bicycle inner tubes ever since. Junker moved to Santa Cruz in 2006 and says that after moving here, making bags switched from being mostly a hobby to a job—using inner tubes from most of the bike shops in Santa Cruz. Junker looks to others for ideas on designs. “I think, because I like making things out of trash, I have a poor sense of fashion,” she says. “So I try and pay attention to other people’s fashion, and start with that.” She also works to make products
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ith the world population expected to top 9 billion in 2050, after decades of record growth, the need to nurture a sustainable food system and preserve our natural resources has never been more urgent. Or daunting. But what if a bright, abundant future was as easy as sautéing sweet peas in butter on a warm summer night? That’s basically what local author and urban agriculturist Michael Olson promises in his “2x2 Pledge,” a food-based lifestyle change that mathematically demonstrates how local food can save the world. More specifically, he promises that we can eat our way to economic security and personal freedom. After all, Olson’s “first law of the food chain” is that agriculture is the foundation upon which we build our sandcastles—it provides us with surplus food, and is therefore the most important of all of our endeavors. It goes like this: “Pledge to spend $2 a day on local food. And convince two other people to do the same,” says Olson, who wrote MetroFarm: The Guide to Growing for Profit In or Near the City and hosts the Saturday morning “Food Chain Radio” show on KSCO. Olson, who published the 2x2 Pledge on his website, metrofarm. com, six months ago, defines “local food” not by mileage or organic certification, but as “food with your farmer’s face on it.” “If you can look at food and see or know who the farmer is, and how he or she grows your food, you have food with its farmer’s face on it,” says Olson. “And your farmer, farm, and food are likely close to home.” In Santa Cruz, that would be, say, a tomato from Happy Boy Farms, or a Mayan squash grown in the Santa Cruz Mountains, or purple bulbs of kohlrabi (a radish-like descendant of
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people have taken the 2x2 Pledge on his website, but he continues to shares the concept widely at conferences, and sees an enthusiastic show of hands for people willing to commit to it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I think people, by and large, say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of a cool idea; and they forget it, but I think it works on them,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And I suspect that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something that works on them over a period of time.â&#x20AC;? He may have a point. I put the Pledge to the test last week, and found that sourcing local food at the grocery store is not as easy as it seems, even if you shop at health-food stores. When it comes to produce, you have to look for it, and in some cases ask for itâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an act that Olson says empowers the consumer with market control. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the difference between asking your grocer for strawberries and asking for Swanton strawberries, he says. And when it comes to processed organic food, well, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a future article altogether, but much of it is made from raw ingredients shipped from overseas.
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Santa Cruz reawakened to the importance of biologically intense soil early. Sure, Alan Chadwick made an impact, says Olson, but Santa Cruz residents brought him here to do what he did: turn a steep hillside into a thriving organic garden that turned into a classroom back in the late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, the greatest breakthrough is reacquiring the knowledge of the soil that we once had,â&#x20AC;? says Olson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And the importance of recycling life back into the soil, where it comes back to us. That is the fundamental key to sustainability.â&#x20AC;? For Olson, who grew up on a
farm in Montana, Santa Cruz is an epicenter for this soil rebirth, which is really the essence of the organic movement: one that piles compost, leaves, straw bales from down the streetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all forms of vegetal detritusâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; on the soil, to let it cook down in a writhing stew of earthworms and healthy microbes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All you have to do is feed the soil, and all those bugs in the soil do the job of feeding the plants,â&#x20AC;? says Olson, who notes that biologically intense, hand-built soil is rich in not just the macro nutrientsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;nitrogen, phosphate and potassium, but also secondary minerals, like calcium, magnesium and sulfur, and tiny trace elements, like boron, chlorine, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, zinc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most other elements have been found in plant tissue, too, we just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there, what it does,â&#x20AC;? says Olson. The industrial route is to turn soil into an inert medium, says Olson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no life left in it,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In fact, the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement put together by the California Fresh Produce industry, really, is taking farmers in that direction. Because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re afraid of life, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re afraid of bugs. And so really theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking farmers to take away all of the extraneous life. The bushes, the trees, the birds.â&#x20AC;? Vegetables grown in inert soil have been proven to be depleted in minerals and nutrients, and largescale industrial farms that depend on synthetic fertilizers continue to damage the environment, says Olson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And so, going back to the soil, really is the hope for the future,â&#x20AC;? says Olson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once we take it upon ourselves to buy the kind of food that will be good for our bodies, we will be buying that sustainable world. They go hand in handâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the kind of food that is good for our bodies is the kind of food that is good for the environment.â&#x20AC;?
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With the county in a state of drought, and green lawns becoming a thing of the past, word on the street is that “brown is the new green.” In an ironic twist of phrase, it also turns out that brown was the original green. How is this so, you ask? In a word: Adobe.
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This earthen material has always brought back fond memories of my formative years in Monterey and New Mexico, so it was only fitting that the first house I bought back in 1995 was a slumpstone Northern California adobe replica built in the mid-20th century.
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The adobe, or sun-dried brick, is one of the oldest and most common building materials known to man. Traditionally, unbaked adobe bricks consisted of sand, clay, water, and often straw or grass mixed together by hand, formed in wooden molds, and dried by the sun. They were the primary materials used by the coastal indigenous tribes as well as the Spanish missionaries and ranchers who colonized the area.
In getting to know my first home, I delved into the history of its architecture and found great sourcebooks such as Adobes in the Sun. There I first learned of the Castro Adobe, which sits just off Larkin Valley Road on the outskirts of Watsonville and is widely considered one of the finest examples of a rancho hacienda in the Monterey Bay Area. When I first visited the home in the late 1990s it was abandoned and in poor repair, having been damaged in the Loma Prieta Earthquake. Subsequently, the home was bought by the State, and a comprehensive renovation was undertaken to open the Castro Adobe as a State Historic Park. The restoration was done to preserve and interpret for the public the only remaining building of the Rancho era in the Pajaro Valley. After many years of dedicated effort, the venerable home is now being made available for limited visits by the public for the first time with a series of “sneak peak” open houses on July 10-11 and August 14-15. You can get additional information about the Castro Adobe and the open houses at www.thatsmypark.org/projects/castro-adobe/, and learn a little more about the roots of real estate as it existed long before the years of 10-page contracts and multiple offers. And maybe, just maybe, you will get one of the park rangers to explain to you why the average price of houses in the county just hit $821,233. Datta Khalsa is the broker and owner at Main Street Realtors in Soquel. He can be reached at (831)818-0181 or datta@mainstrealtors.com Paid Advertorial
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“The act of sharing and giving,” she t’s a warm Saturday afternoon says, creates “a culture of enough.” and 30 or so people are standing Now in its second season, SH/ under the shade of a giant tree in OP is different from other local front of Trinity Presbyterian Church food distribution projects because in Santa Cruz. As they exchange it focuses on those with specific greetings, the vibe is friendly and health challenges. Clients are familiar, and laughter floats through referred from organizations including the air. Nearby, tables packed with Palo Alto Medical boxes of lettuce, Foundation oncology, kale, squash, herbs, the Katz Cancer peaches, and more Resource Center at are ready to be Dominican Hospital, “shopped.” Everyone WomenCARE, and will go home with Santa Cruz AIDS bags of free, fresh, Project. Some weeks, organic produce and SH/OP volunteers flowers donated from serve as many as 60 local farmers. clients. Leftovers What’s not from the distribution apparent to are donated to Grey onlookers is that Bears. those shopping have SH/OP’s supportive cancer, HIV/AIDS, or environment extends other autoimmune - Melinda White beyond the produce. disorders. The event While there, I heard is a project called volunteers ask if Supporting Health anyone needed a with Organic Produce ride getting their (SH/OP), which takes groceries home. leftover food from the White extended an local farmers markets offer to one woman that if she’s ever and distributes it, on a weekly basis, not feeling up to coming out, they can to community members focused on arrange for someone to bring a bag of eating well while working on healing. food to her. The brainchild of Melinda White, There are profound lessons in SH/OP has six founding members who community and abundance in play all have different philosophies, ideas here. Throughout the distribution, and goals. The thing they agree on is SH/OP members and volunteers that there is enough to go around—that greet people by name and extend SH/OP will be run from a platform of well wishes. Near the end, one client abundance rather than scarcity. comes over to express her gratitude “We don’t limit the amount of food to White. In response, White puts her our clients take,” says White. “We hands in a prayer pose over her heart tell them to see how many people are and says with a smile, “Thank you for needing food and how much of any coming.” particular thing we have. We then SH/OP distributes to clients at leave it up to them to self-regulate. It 2 p.m. every Saturday at Trinity works very, very well.” Presbyterian Church in Santa Cruz. White explains that for SH/OP, the They always need volunteers. More abundance starts with the idea that info: produceforhealth.org. there is more to this than just food.
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s solar getting cooler? Dan Sullivan, who leads business development at Santa Cruz-based company Sandbar Solar certainly thinks so, as he sees more and more youth-driven businesses adopt it. In this area, in particular, he says, a new generation of companies is going solar. The highest-profile of these converts is NHS, parent company of Santa Cruz Skateboards, Independent Trucks and numerous other brands, and one of the skating world’s foremost tastemakers. NHS is in the final stages of a nine-month partnership with Sandbar Solar to transition their manufacturing facility and offices in the Seabright Cannery to solar. “In the past year, as the federal tax benefit is due to expire and reduce in 2016, landlords in the city and all around California are trying to jump on board with solar right away,” says Sullivan. “We’ve gotten potential bids with other very large, youthful organizations here in Santa Cruz that we’re working on now.” NHS’ new 250-kilowatt solar system consists of 782 Americanmade solar modules that will offset 86 percent of the electricity used, translating into a 99 percent reduction in utility bills. But the move to solar is not just good for business, it’s also aligned with NHS’s focus on being an innovative company. “It just kind of jibes with our company culture,” says Caylin Tardif, CFO at NHS. “We’re a Santa Cruzbased company and everyone’s pretty concerned with the environment. We’re trying to be a responsible business and hoping other businesses in the area do the same.” Sandbar has installed solar systems on commercial properties throughout the county including the New Bohemia Brewing Company,
ON BOARD WITH SOLAR An aerial view of the 782 solar modules installed on the top of skate company NHS’ headquarters.
Plantronics, multiple area schools, the Westside Safeway, and the Graham Hill Water Treatment Plant. NHS’ neighbor, Verve Coffee Roasters, is also getting in on the solar action. As they share a roof and some of the same meters with NHS, they’re partnering with them on the solar project, which is being described as a win-win for everyone involved. In a statement, Sandbar founder Scott Laskey expressed pride at being selected by “such an iconic company” as NHS, and Tardif has nothing but good things to say about working with Sandbar, the transition to solar, and the impact it will have on business. “It’s good for morale and it’s good to be giving back and doing your part,” he says. “I think when companies get in there and start running the numbers and doing the math, they’ll see that it’s cost effective for their business as well.”
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Cabrillo Stage presents ‘Schoolhouse Rock Live!’ and ‘Mary Poppins’ BY CHRISTINA WATERS
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from the legendary Emmy awardwinning cartoon series that enthralled young ones every Saturday morning during the 1970s. All the well-loved songs and wacky lessons in history, math and grammar are on display in this upbeat stage adaptation that plays
in repertory with Mary Poppins for the next month at Cabrillo College’s Crocker Theater. Helping audiences to “Unpack Your Adjectives” and “Do The Circulation,” Schoolhouse Rock Live! unleashes the story of Tom, a nerve-wracked
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The two musicals should appeal as much to today’s children as they do to former children, who will remember Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke in the original film version of ‘Mary Poppins,’ and who likely sat glued to the tube on Saturday mornings for ‘Schoolhouse Rocks.’ “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough,” the super nanny promises us, “you’ll always sound precocious.” Only a film-turnedmusical as brilliant as Mary Poppins could guarantee that a word like “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and phrases such as “Chim-chimchi-ree” could become universally recognized. Admit it, you’re humming that song right now. Directed and choreographed by Janie Scott, the upcoming Cabrillo Stage Mary Poppins will be liberally laced with songs, polished musical numbers, and, of course, a captivating story. Remember? Burt, the handyman, jack-of-all-trades (played by Griffeth Whitehurst) introduces us to the troubled Banks family and their headstrong children. In comes Mary Poppins with her magic umbrella to take things in hand, using liberal doses of magic, common sense and of course that spoonful of sugar. Adventures bound, and both children and grownups will learn a lot along the way from the high-spirited nanny, performed by Emily Marsilia. Both of these hit musicals are produced by the Cabrillo Stage in cooperation with the talented performers of Spotlight Youth Conservatory. Don’t miss these lively professional productions of Schoolhouse Rock Live! and Mary Poppins. A popculture phenomenon joins forces with one of the most popular children’s stories of all time in this robust double bill about to light up the stage. Total fun for the entire family starts July 10. Schoolhouse Rock Live! runs July 10-Aug. 8; Mary Poppins runs July 24-Aug. 16. Info and tickets at cabrillostage.com.
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teacher trying to calm his first-dayof-teaching jitters in front of the TV. And help arrives! A cast of vivacious characters, representing various facets of Tom’s own personality, spring to life from the TV to show him how to captivate his own students with lots of music and creativity. Tunes like “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly” and “Conjunction Junction” should delight brand new audiences, and offer plenty of infectious nostalgia for older “kids.” Directed and choreographed by Andrew Ceglio, Schoolhouse stars Bobby Marchessault as Tom, with Kara Jonsson, Matt Myers, Kiana Hamzehi, Makai Hernandez and Alexi Baker in supporting roles. Just the words “Mary Poppins” can’t help but put a smile on your face and a bounce in your toes—just like that spoonful of sugar that helps the medicine go down. So wildly popular was the original series of children’s books, written by P.L. Travers about an English nanny swept into a certain London household, that the story went on to colonize first an iconic film by Walt Disney and then a stage musical that rocked Broadway for seven years. The two musicals should appeal as much to today’s children as they do to former children, who will remember Julie Andrews and Dick van Dyke in the original film version of Mary Poppins, and who likely sat glued to the tube on Saturday mornings for Schoolhouse Rocks. The wildly popular cartoon series kept kids wide-eyed with wonder at just how much fun schoolwork could be when filtered through the universal language of catchy tunes and lilting lyrics. Both of these musicals offer lessons for all ages carefully enfolded into irresistible tunes, spectacular dance numbers and high-flying special effects.
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Wallace Baine puts his own spin on American history in new short-story collection BY WENDY MAYER-LOCHTEFELD
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f you’re a creative person in this town, there’s a strong chance that you’ve had a conversation with Wallace Baine. For more than 20 years, he’s championed the cultural scene in Santa Cruz as editor, reporter, and columnist for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. What has always drawn me into his writing is his voice. Funny, curious, and discerning, its casual charm belies its depth, which makes it perfectly suited to our laid-back yet passionate approach to the arts in Santa Cruz. Baine found himself on the other side of the interview recently, when we talked about his surprising
new book of short stories, The Last Temptation of Lincoln. In it, he embraces speculative fiction, which is not to say that it’s science fiction exactly, but that it approaches historical fact as a jumping off point to explore other possibilities: Could the noble truths enshrined by the American Revolution have been penned by an orphaned 13-year-old girl living in a brothel? Could a secret moon mission to placate a paranoid president have been sent to retrieve the American flag left behind? Could the ghost of Lincoln’s true love have come back to counsel him? Former local Robert Heinlein pondered the hazy line between fiction
and aspiration: “Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan?” Baine shares his curiosity. Here are some highlights of our conversation. How did this idea of putting your own spin on history get started? It started when I went back east to see the inauguration of Obama. We arrived extremely early because there were reports that there were going to be 2 million people, so I’m talking 2 a.m. It was incredibly cold, and we didn’t have anything to do but wander around. At one point, I found myself alone with Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial, and it hit me: here
How has this approach changed your relationship to writing? It’s opened it up. You write to learn about material, yourself, and to see where your ideas might go. There are some serious ideas in this book. We tend to look at history as disconnected from us, and I just wanted to underscore that these are human stories. They have relevance to how we live today. And besides, they’re fun. I adapted the one about Oscar Wilde into a short play called Oscar’s Wallpaper, which was selected for Eight Tens @ 8. It was a wonderful experience, and an indication that they can have a different life off the page. What else are you working on? I’ve been involved with the Gail Rich Awards for 20 years now. They happen annually and highlight creative people in Santa Cruz County. This year we’re going to do a beautiful 20th anniversary coffee-table book that will come out at the end of the year. It will be filled with photos of your friends and neighbors, every facet of the creative community here in Santa Cruz. I’ll be writing captions for about 150 people. Wallace Baine will read from and talk about his new book at Bookshop Santa Cruz at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 9. Free.
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he spectacle of Shakespeare’s most tartly devised couple reluctantly falling in love has charmed audiences for five centuries. And, with provocative casting of central characters, the new Santa Cruz Shakespeare production of Much Ado About Nothing offers its own summer festival charm. Shakespeare wrote this play at the very epicenter of his inventive prime, borrowing from an Italian tragedy about young lovers who mistakenly stumble into near-fatal deception. Onto the romantic motif of love and broken vows between the governor of Messina’s beautiful daughter Hero
(Sarah Traisman) and dashing soldier Claudio (Josh Saleh), Shakespeare grafts his own brilliant invention— man-eating Beatrice (played to the hilt by Greta Wohlrabe), and the man she loves to insult, confirmed bachelor Benedick (Mike Ryan). In other words, two well-matched wits determined not to fall in love. The juicy repartee between Beatrice and Benedick drives the energy of this production, the opening play of Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s second year. Without grandstanding, Wohlrabe, (Celia in last year’s As You Like It) owns every moment that she’s on stage. She can swagger, cajole, and
take great bites out of the chewy text with nimble delivery and effortless bravura. The accomplished Ryan, who is also the company’s artistic director, is an adroit comic actor with flawless physical intuitions. “Ah, what a giddy thing is a man,” he confesses, to our delight. They are the power couple to watch as they weave their mutual discoveries and outrage in and out of the action, helping to pump confidence and expert timing into the evening. Much Ado About Nothing, which played to an appreciative openingnight audience, gave us a chance to consider a few of the innovations Ryan has brought to this season. The
repertory concept of the three-play festival run allows one company of actors to explore multiple roles. For example Dogberry, Much Ado’s linguistically challenged idiot constable, is played by Steve Pickering—the same actor who will play Macbeth later in the season. Playing the First Witch in Macbeth will be seasoned actor Patty Gallagher, who is Leonata in Much Ado About Nothing. And, here comes the most intriguing casting move of the season: Intent upon bringing more female voices to theater, Ryan has encouraged gender parity in casting. This does not mean cross-dressing, where women dress as male characters. No, this is more subtle—it means that male characters are now set as female ones. Banquo, in next month’s production of Macbeth for example, will be played as a woman, and acted by the powerful Wohlrabe. Gallagher’s character in Much Ado is Leonata, the Governor of Messina. But in Shakespeare’s play, the governor is Leonato—a man. And furthermore, Leonato’s brother Antonio is here transformed into a woman, Antonia (valiantly played by Suzanne Sturn). Such casting changes can force the iconic text into new potency, and, ideally, new insights. Having two strong women stand up to male cheats can resonate in a 21st century where women hold presidential power. However, some of the younger members of last week’s audience opted to laugh loudly and nervously at the sight of mature women threatening to match swords with young men. Changing the gender of a well-known character could invite confusion—and perhaps laughter from the clueless. It’s a bold move to be sure. Learning to re-read the text might take some time, but it will also reward a second viewing. The performance innovations of this season can only unfold for those who have seen all the productions. Much Ado About Nothing sets the stage for the repertory inventions of The Liar and Macbeth. Come and feast on the English language the way it was meant to be heard, spoken and savored. And then some. INFO: ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ runs through Aug. 30. ‘The Liar’ runs July 21- Aug. 29. ‘Macbeth’ runs Aug. 4-Aug. 30. Visit santacruzshakespeare.org for tickets and details.
July 18th at 8pm & 10pm
Special live recording/tickets $10
Larry “Bubbles” Brown & Friends one foot in the grave tour tickets $10/$15 door
At the Center Stage Theatre!
Summer Comedy in Santa Cruz Buy your tickets now at: Brownpapertickets.com Cash only at door
July 24, 25, The Twilight Zone Live on Stage 31 & Aug 1 2 episodes the howling man & the at 8pm
July 24, 25, 31 & Aug 1 at 10pm
midnight sun/tickets $15/$20 door
The Last Late Night Show An Evening of comedy at the end of the world/tickets $10/$15 door
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For Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, it’s been a strange, viral-video road to the Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival BY STEVE PALOPOLI
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ne band. One van. One iPhone. Millions of hits. If their series of “Van Sessions” videos hadn’t become the surprise YouTube sensation of 2012, maybe alt-countryfolk-rockers Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers wouldn’t have ended up near the top of the Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival lineup this weekend at Roaring Camp Meadows in Felton. Though the band’s musical director—and Nicki’s husband— Tim Bluhm was somewhat of a Bay Area music legend already, thanks to his band the Mother Hips, the
Gramblers were still a fairly new experiment for the couple. With Tim’s encouragement, Nicki released her first solo album in 2008, surrounded by several of his musical collaborators. The band coalesced on tour, but after the videos—featuring the band crammed into their touring van, playing their instruments on a series of cover songs while Nicki sings—went viral, the first record credited to Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers came out in 2013, landed on the Billboard Americana charts, and spurred TV appearances. But the Van Sessions weren’t just some kind of gimmicky launching pad.
On the contrary, the very reason they got popular in the first place was that in a summer of overproduced pop— where Carly Rae Jepsen’s catchy but creepily robotic “Call Me Maybe” was the closest thing to an anthem—they were a DIY breath of fresh air. With a list of song choices that veered from the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” to Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton’s “Islands in the Stream” to George Michael’s “Faith” to (most famously) Hall and Oates’ “I Can’t Go For That,” always with one static camera shot capturing the action, the videos showcased the unpredictable mix of rock, country, folk, and soul that the
band conjures effortlessly. They also provided a stark showcase for Nicki’s incredible voice. She, of course, had no clue they would catch on. “There’s no way to prepare for something like that,” she says now from her home in San Francisco. But as demand for the band went up, the wild eclecticism of the Gramblers’ music proved to have a downside, too, in trying to establish for potential new fans just what their music was about. “It can be a good thing and a bad thing,” she says. “Definitely one of the focuses on the new record [Loved Wild Lost] was to be a bit more cohesive. We’re constantly trying to hone our sound.” When they play the Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival on Saturday, they’ll be in the company of headliners Michael Franti and Spearhead; as well as African diva Angelique Kidjo; the Spirit of ’76 featuring Melvin Seals, who’ll recreate a show originally played by the Jerry Garcia Band; and Santa Cruz songsmith Keith Greeninger. Sunday’s lineup includes headlining bluegrass vanguards Yonder String Mountain Band; Keller Williams’ Grateful Grass, which does bluegrass Grateful Dead covers; singersongwriter Brett Dennen; jam band Golden Gate Wingmen; and popular former Giants third-base coach gone Americana songwriter Tim Flannery, with his band Lunatic Fringe. Bluhm sees festivals like this as not just a great gig, but also a community. “Everyone tours so hard throughout the year, it’s cool to connect with other musicians and just hang,” she says. After this show, Bluhm and the Gramblers will be touring the country through the entire summer and into the fall. But don’t expect any more videos from the road, now that they’ve had an upgrade in transportation. “We tried to do one in the bus,” says Bluhm. “It just doesn’t translate.”
The Santa Cruz Mountain Sol Festival will be held on Saturday, July 11, and Sunday, July 12, at Roaring Camp Meadows in Felton. Gates open at 11 a.m., music starts at 11:30 a.m. Headliners Michael Franti and Spearhead (Saturday) and Yonder Mountain String Band (Sunday) take the stage at 5 p.m. One-day tickets are $65; two-day passes, $115. Go to santacruzmountainsol.com for tickets.
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CASTRO ADOBE STATE PARK OPEN HOUSE State Park Interpretive Rangers and Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks volunteers have been hard at work restoring the last remaining building of the Rancho era in the Pajaro Valley, built in 1848 and considered one of the finest examples of a rancho hacienda in the Monterey Bay area. Saturday, volunteers will be on hand to take visitors through the restoration process, including the recently restored cocina (kitchen)—stay tuned for hand-made tortillas on the reconstructed brasero— and the Potter-Church Garden. Enjoy a “sneak-peek” and live the connection between modern-day traditions and California’s heritage before the two-year reconstruction project is completed. Info: 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, July 11. 184 Old Adobe Road, Watsonville. 515-2802.
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WEDNESDAY 7/8 MUSIC JNJ DYNAMITE AT THE CREPE PLACE Folk trio plays show with Mustered Courage (on tour from Australia) at the Crepe Place. JNJ’s blend of acoustic guitar, piano, and electric bass creates a unique lo-fi folk sound. 9-11 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8.
SPIRITUAL MEDITATION FOR LIFE Simple, basic meditation technique that focuses on the breath. Floor cushions and chairs provided. 7-8 p.m. Branciforte Plaza, 555 Soquel Ave., Studio # 245, Santa Cruz. Russ, 246-0443; holeyboy.com. Free, donations accepted. JUNIPER MEDITATION FOR MODERN LIFE Meditation, talk, discussion on Buddhist training for modern life. All level meditators and drop-ins welcome. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, Gallery room. pam@ juniperpath.org, juniperpath.org. $10.
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Last weekend we celebrated Independence Day, and the brave colonists who fought to create an autonomous nation—most of whom were British, right? Maybe not entirely, as author Donald Wilson investigates. He found that most men in the Revolutionary War were from Scotland, Ireland and Wales—referred to as the Celtic Fringe—where a very different culture existed at that time (any Outlander fans out there?). Fighters came from the clan system, where people ruled bottom up instead of top down, which was drastically different than the English monarchy. Wilson sheds a new light on the true origins of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
COLLAGE WORKSHOP WITH T. MIKE WALKER Kids ages 7 and up are invited to join local artist T. Mike Walker for a fun and challenging photo collage workshop. 3-5 p.m. Boulder Creek Public Library, 13390 West Park Ave., Boulder Creek. 427-7713, bit.ly/scpl-kidsread15. Free.
Info: 7-9:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 15. Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. 476-6424.
CALL ME KUCHU FILM Film Call Me Kuchu about the gay rights struggle in Uganda. Activist speakers follow film. 7-9 p.m. Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Road,
RECYCLED JEWELRY Kids ages 7 and up will have a blast creating new jewelry from old. We have plenty of pieces for you to choose from or you can bring your own. 2-3:30 p.m. Aptos Branch library, 7695 Soquel Drive, Aptos. 427-7713, bit.ly/scplkidsread15. Free.
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SUMMER CÉILÍ WITH THE CROOKED ROAD CÉILÍ BAND Drop the iPod, grab those dancing shoes—no autotune, no turntables—and join the Crooked Road Céilí Band in their second community Irish dance party in the Santa Cruz Mountains. They’ll get you to your feet with dual fiddles, hammered dulcimer, concertina, Irish flute guitar and tenor banjo. Based in the mountains, the band plays “stompin’ Irish music for real Irish dancing.” San Francisco’s Michael Murphy will provide dance instruction for an all ages community evening. Info: 8p.m.-Midnight, Trout Farm Inn, 7701 East Zayante Road, Felton. 335-4317. $8.
Aptos. tbeaptos.org, callmekuchu.com. $3-10 donation. PROUST’S SWANN’S WAY: WILLING SUSPENSION ARMCHAIR THEATER Our local theater troupe performs reader's theater on Proust’s beautiful, atmospheric and nostalgic work. A delight for literary connoisseurs and theater lovers alike. 7-8 p.m. Scotts Valley Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. 427-7713. 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, and more. Live drumming. 6-7:25 p.m. 418 Front St., Santa Cruz. danceofbrazil.com. $15. SALSA DANCING CUBAN-STYLE
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This class for intermediate dancers and up features a great variety of Cuban style dancing including Casino partnering and Salsa Suelta. Check out salsagente.com for holidays. 7-8 p.m. Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz. salsagente.com, 295-6107. $9/$5 students. SALSA RUEDA FUN DANCING DOWNTOWN Drop-in class, no partner required. For Beginner level 2 and up. Basic Salsa skills required. 8-9 p.m. Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. salsagente.com, 426-4724. $9/$5 students.
GROUPS A COURSE IN MIRACLES SANTA CRUZ REGULAR MEETING We informally but deeply study this book, taking a few paragraphs each week. Books provided, regular attendance not required, drop in, drop out as you wish. 7:15-9 p.m. Barn Studio at 104b Agnes St., Santa Cruz. Andrew 272-2246, spiritualear.org/acim (map). Free. LOVING MORE POLY POTLUCK AND DISCUSSION GROUP All orientations, identities, and relationship varieties welcome. 7:15-9:15 p.m. Fellowship Room, Friends Meeting House, 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz. 925-895-3424 or goodheartduck@gmail.com. Free, donation requested.
MUSIC MONTY PYTHONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SPAMALOT AT THE LOMA REDWOOD AMPHITHEATRE Monty Pythonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s SPAMALOT is an outrageously goofy musical with an upbeat score and clever lyrics, lovingly ripped off from the classic cult comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 7-9:30 p.m. Loma Prieta Redwood Amphitheatre, 23845 Summit Road, Los Gatos. 408-353-9999 or theatreinthemountains.org. $20/$15 for seniors.
FRIDAY 7/10 KIDS MAGICAL MOONSHINE PUPPET THEATER PRESENTS: PUPPYLOCKS What if the Three Bears were really Teddy Bears? And what if Goldilocks was not a little girl at all, but a golden, mischievous little dog? Puppylocks is presented with traditional Bohemian-style marionettes on a tabletop stage with live music and singing. 11 a.m.-Noon. Capitola
Library, 2005 Wharf Road, Capitola. 427-7713, bit.ly/scpl-kidsread15. Free.
ARTS IMPROV PLAYHOUSE OF SAN FRANCISCO: THE NAKED STAGE With just five actors, a bare stage and a simple audience suggestion, Improv Playhouse of San Francisco creates unique, completely improvised plays with five actors, a bare stage, and a simple audience suggestion. No scripts, no scenery, no costumes, and no encores. Tickets at brownpapertickets. com. 8-10 p.m. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz. topdog@funinstitute. com. $20-25.
GROUPS NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS - GREATER BAY AREA SANTA CRUZ Nar-Anon GBA Santa Cruz offers three meetings in support of friends and families of addicts (i.e., loved ones who have a drug problem). Meetings weekly. naranoncalifornia.org/norcal. Helpline: 291-5099. 9-10 a.m. Santa Cruz, Aptos and Scotts Valley. saveyoursanity@aol. com. Free, donations accepted. CLUTTERERS ANONYMOUS 12-step program every Friday. There is hope for order and serenity in your life. You are not alone. 5:30-6:45 p.m. Sutter Room, Sutter Maternity & Surgical Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 359-3008. Free.
HEALTH VITAMIN B12 FRIDAY Naturopathic Doctors offer discounted Vitamin B12 injections for only $15. 3-6 p.m. Thrive Natural Medicine 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. 515-8699. MAMA SHERPAS: MIDWIVES ACROSS AMERICA Screening of moving film that examines nurse-midwivesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; role in the hospital. A panel discussion will follow, featuring prominent health care providers. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 535-3198. Donation $10-$25.
SATURDAY 7/11 KIDS GARFIELD PARK LIBRARYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 100TH BIRTHDAY PARTY The Garfield Park Library turns 100 years old this year. Join us for a fun birthday celebration the whole family will enjoy,
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SATURDAY 7/11 CAMELLIA TEA HOUSE OPENING PARTY Come for the afternoon tea and stay for the party—Camellia Tea House is opening their doors on Saturday, with an evening fiesta featuring a live flamenco show with dancer Fanny Ara and guitarist David McClean. Camellia offers a unique fusion of tea cultures from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, and will offer a variety of SpanishPeruvian traditional tapas for the flamenco show. Reservations required. Info: 7 p.m., Camellia Tea House, 911 Capitola Ave., Capitola. 477-1798. camelliateahouse.net. $30.
FOOD & DRINK SUMMER SUNDAES, A BENEFIT FOR SHARED ADVENTURES Enjoy the taste of summer with a Straus Family Creamery ice cream sundae. Complimentary, with a $5 donation to Shared Adventures, a local nonprofit that provides recreational services to people with disabilities. While supplies last.
12-3 p.m. New Leaf stores in Santa Cruz and Capitola. newleafwestside.eventbrite.com.
MUSIC SUMMER CéILí WITH THE CROOKED ROAD CéILí BAND Swim in the Trout Farm pool and stay into the evening for a lovely summer supper and dancing. Dinner reservations recommended. 8 p.m.-Midnight. The Trout Farm Inn, 7701 E Zayante Road, Felton. 335-4317. $8. REFLECTIONS TRIO This Santa Cruz jazz trio plays a range of styles, from classic standards to modern compositions. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant & Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. davenportroadhouse.com. Free.
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with music, children’s crafts, face painting, a mini-parade, and, of course, birthday cake and ice cream. Expect a visit from the Warriors’ Mascot and other special guests. Be on hand as the Santa Cruz City Council proclaims July 11 to be Garfield Park Library Day! 12-4 p.m. Garfield Park Library, 705 Woodrow Ave., Santa Cruz. 427-7713. Free.
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SPIRITUAL OPEN CIRCLE—COMMUNITY SEED EARTH SPIRIT FELLOWSHIP We meet on the second Saturday of every month. communityseed.org/ongoing-events/opencircle. 2-3:30 p.m. Quaker Meetinghouse, 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz. espi@communityseed. org. $7/$15 donation. SPIRITUAL WISDOM ON RELATIONSHIPS. We will discuss and discover the secret of all relationships, wisdom on strengthening a marriage, how to love yourself, your bond with all life and with God. 10:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m. Eckankar, 230 Mount Hermon Road, #210, Scotts Valley. 438-3311. Free.
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DINNER THEATER:MURDER RIDES THE AIRWAVES Elf Empire Productions and Bruno’s BBQ present: “Murder Rides the Airwaves.” In typical Elf Empire style, music and laughter abound, with a murder or two along the way. 5:30-9 p.m. Bruno’s BBQ, 230-G Mt Hermon Road, Scotts Valley. 4382227 or brunosbbq.com. $50.
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MARKETING YOUR ART: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION Join Time Banker James Aschbacher for a discussion about pricing, venues and sales. 4-6 p.m. The Art Bar at the Tannery, 1060 River St., #112, Santa Cruz. bonnielinden@sbcglobal.net. Free.
CLASSES BEGINNER SALSA RUEDA Our goal is to get you moving in rhythm and to have fun. Drop-ins are welcome. No experience or partners needed. Wear comfortable clothes. Only clean shoes on the dance floor. 6:30-7:30 p.m. the Tannery 1060 River St., #111, Santa Cruz. Kirsten 818-1834. BailamosSalsaRueda.com. $7/$5. ESSENTIAL OILS FOR ROMANCE Join Heather Williams for this interactive class to learn about the overall benefits of essential oils and how they can be used to enhance a
romantic evening. Make personalized bath salts. 1-2 p.m. Mountain Spirit, 6299 Hwy 9, Felton. 335-7700. $10.
GROUPS SERENITY FIRST—PAGANS IN RECOVERY Weekly meeting with a pagan flair. Guests free to discuss their spiritual paths, including those which are nature-based and goddesscentered. All 12-step programs welcome. 7-8 p.m. MHCAN, Room 12, 1051 Cayuga St., Santa Cruz. 925-895-3424. Free/Donations. TIMEBANK MIXER: HUMOR NIGHT Come to laugh and listen. Bring a joke, limerick or funny anecdote, if you like. Humor rated G or PG, please. Potluck and a show. Contact us for location. Prospective members welcome. 6-8 p.m. A private home on the Westside. bonnielinden@sbcglobal.net. Free.
MUSIC EL CUARTO VERDE LIVE MUSIC AT ANNIEGLASS POUR & TOUR Jazz-rock fusion. Sip on local Santa Cruz and Monterey county wines and take a free studio tour. 1-4:30 p.m. Annieglass, 310 Harvest Drive, Watsonville. store@annieglass.com $8/Free.
OUTDOORS SACRED CIRCLE DANCING In a beautiful Ben Lomond redwood setting. Each dance is taught first. Dances originally came from the Findhorn Community in Scotland. Followed by pot-luck. 3-5 p.m. Directions given with RSVP. 332-8340. Donation.
SPIRITUAL MEDICINE BUDDHA PUJA Prayer ceremony that is performed daily. One Sunday a month it is in English. The other three Sundays it is in Tibetan. The puja is done specifically for those whose names are on the prayer list, please contact us if your would like your name added. 2-3 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. landofmedicinebuddha.org. Donations. INSPIRATIONAL MEDITATION SERVICE Santa Cruz SRF Meditation Group Sunday morning inspirational service. Includes inspirational readings from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, the founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and author of Autobiography of a Yogi. 11 a.m.-noon. Call for location 334-2088.
SATURDAY 7/11 SECOND SATURDAY FARM TOUR Every second Saturday of the month, the Agricultural History Project (AHP) focuses on a particular area of agriculture to promote knowledge of farming practices of the past and present along the central coast of California. Founded in 1986, AHP offers exhibits and interactive activities to foster a connection between visitors and everyday life on a farm. Saturday, they’ll offer wooden cow milking to help children learn where their favorite calcium-rich drink comes from, as well as a kid-driven tractor, a water pump, farm animal visits, and a stationary tractor to learn how to drive down a crop row. Info: 11 a.m.-3 p.m, 2601 East Lake Ave., Watsonville. aghistoryproject.org. 724-5898. Free.
SUNDAY SERVICE WITH HEART CIRCLE Spiritual community exploring the Divine Nature. Wherever you are on your journey, you are welcome here. Join us for a 20-minute meditation prior to service. 10-11:30 a.m. 920 41st Ave., # H (behind Family Cycling Center). heartcirclecsl.com. Free.
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Thursday, July 16th @ 4pm Born in the month of June? Join us on Thursday, July 16th 2015 and enjoy a FREE Prime Rib Dinner, a 1/2 Rack of Baby Back Ribs or Linguini Pomodoro. Just make reservations, show a Photo ID & make a purchase with your dinner.
TUESDAY 7/14 BASTILLE DAY WITH DE TEMPS ANTAN
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$11.95 Baby Back Ribs {Sunday & Monday} $11.95 Local Favorites {Tuesday} $13.95 Live Maine Lobster {Wednesday} $13.95 Prime Rib {Friday} $5.95 Breakfast Special {Open Weekly at 8}
With Quebec’s colorful and innovative musical tradition as a springboard, this power trio catapults audiences into the past, present and future of French-Canadian musical culture. Celebrate Bastille Day with De Temps Antan who turn their reverence for traditional music into instrumental virtuosity with a little humor and astonishing ease. Andre Brunet, Eric Beaudry and Pierre-Luc Dupuis have released three critically acclaimed albums since they formed in 2003 with a mix of world-renowned songs and melodies on fiddle, accordion, guitar, harmonica, foot percussion and bouzouki. Info: 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s International Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton. donquixotesmusic.info. $18/$20.
<40 Lakota People's Law Project. 11:30 a.m.- 9 p.m. 2703 41st Ave., Soquel.
CLASSES
OP E N MON-F R I 8A-11P, SAT & S U N 8A-11P
106 Beach St. at the Santa Cruz Wharf 831- 423-5271 • www.idealbarandgrill.com
SPARK YOUR MARKETING: IGNITE YOUR ONLINE PRESENCE Learn quick and easy ways to improve your online presence. Includes a raffle to benefit Sprouting Hope. 6- 8 p.m. Food Lounge, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. 345-5319. Free.
GROUPS EVENING TOASTMASTERS Strengthen
public speaking and leadership skills. Supportive and fun group; all levels welcome. 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Live Oak Senior Center, 1777 Capitola Road. dtyrrel@sbcglobal.net. Guests free. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 12-Step support group for those who wish to stop compulsive eating. Meetings daily. 12:151:15 p.m. santacruzoa.org/meetings. Trinity Presbyterian Church, Library, 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz. 462-9644. Free. WOMEN’S COMMUNITY SAILING Designed to provide a relaxing, low-pressure learning environment where women can
CALENDAR learn to sail with other women. All skill levels welcome. 5-7 p.m. UCSC Dock, Santa Cruz Harbor. 475-6464 or boating.ucsc.edu/ boatingclub/womenssailing.html.
HEALTH ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers. Registration required. 12:30-2 p.m. WomenCARE, 457-2273. Free.
SPIRITUAL MONDAY DROP-IN MEDITATION Basic meditation instruction and practice. One session of mindfulness meditation, followed by guided reflection meditation. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383. Donation. SUMMER AT THE LIGHT DAY CAMP Inner Light Ministries is offering a day camp for children aged 5-12. Session 1: Let Your Light Shine, is held daily from July 13-17. Proceeds go toward free programs for children and families. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Aptos. Rev. Beth Love 465-9090 x216 or families@ innerlightministries.com. $195/$175.
TUESDAY 7/14 ARTS POETRY READING BY ALISON LUTERMAN AND J. P. DANCING BEAR Learn more at poetrysantacruz.org. 7:30-9 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz. $3/Donation.
Awesome View! Huge outdoor Beer Garden! Craft Beers-Restaurant-Live Music Breakfast on the Weekends 10-1 Thursday Locals Night 10% off Fridays Karaoke 8-Midnight
FRIDAY 7/10
The SUMMIT’S SUMMER CONCERT SERIES
DOPAPOD AT THE CATALYST ATRIUM
A LL S H OW S FR OM 1– 4P M
From their college basement to being dubbed one of Bonnaroo’s “Best-Kept Secrets,” Dopapod is a band for Frank Zappa/Disco Biscuits fans, with a euphoric medley of funk, electronic, jam, soul and prog. The culmination of an unbounded style, their fourth album, Never Odd or Even, embodies the energy and on-your-feet demands of their adventurous tempo.
Night Drivers
7/11 7/12 7/18 7/19
Flyte Boys Todd Squad Depot Dogs
23123 Santa Cruz Hwy, Los Gatos 408.353.2700 summithousebeergarden.com
Info: 8 p.m., The Catalyst, 1101 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. Catalystclub.com. $10-$14.
FOOD & WINE
THE POWER OF FOOD FOR CANCER PREVENTION & SURVIVAL This class will enable you to learn about the link between diet and cancer, and the benefits of plant-based nutrition. You will also learn practical cooking skills for better health. Pre Registration required. 5-6:30 p.m. New Leaf Community Markets, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleafwestside.eventbrite.com. $15/$10.
GROUPS
MUSIC
SUPPORT FOR MOOD PROBLEMS Mood Matters is a weekly, confidential, dropin peer support group for persons with any type of mood challenge. Family and friends welcome. 6-8 p.m. MHCAN, Room 12, 1051 Cayuga St., Santa Cruz. 247-1124. Free.
SHERRY AUSTIN WITH HENHOUSE A magical combination of music woven from folk, country and rock. Their music ranges from sweet love songs to gritty, rockin’ songs about cars and trains, to love gone wrong. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant & Inn. davenportroadhouse.com. Free.
MRM limited to stock on hand, expires 8/15/15
HEALTH
SPIRITUAL
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP WomenCARE support group for women newly diagnosed, or undergoing treatment, for cancer. Registration required. 12:30-2 p.m. Call 457-2273. Free.
PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT STUDY GROUP This group meets to review and discuss materials on the steps of spiritual development as outlined in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition. 6:30-8 p.m. Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom Culture. drolma@vajrapani.org. Free.
www.goaskjack.com
1955-B6 41ST AVE., CAPITOLA (across from Kohl’s/ next to Ross)
(831)
462-4697
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TAPAS TUESDAYS AT THE HOLLINS HOUSE Enjoy live music, delicious small plates and Spanish wine specials at The Hollins House every Tuesday, through September @ Pasatiempo Golf Club. 4-9 p.m. The Hollins House at Pasatiempo Golf Club. 459-9177. $4/$12.
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LOVE YOUR
LOCAL BAND
EDGE OF THE WEST Jim Lewin’s latest band, Edge of the West, is an eclectic group. Their influences include Americana, bluegrass, jazz, reggae, and the psychedelic folk-rock sound from ’60s Haight-Ashbury. At the center of it all is country music, but not the kind of country music most people think of. “It’s not really a cowboy band at all. It synthesizes a lot of influences,” says guitarist/vocalist Lewin. “I’m interested in the intersection of tradition and the future.”
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The band’s name is intended to show this relationship between old, welldefined American musical genres like old-timey bluegrass and new musical territory. Lewin hopes Edge of the West will give people a sense of the great Wild West and classic Western roots music, but also the progressiveness of California.
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“There’s always kind of a tradition of reinvention on the West Coast, taking old things and giving it a new twist,” Lewin says. “That’s what I see as California’s contributions to the ongoing evolution of popular music.” Edge of the West played their first show a couple of months back. Before that, Lewin played for a few years as the Jim Lewin Band with some of the same people, but decided he wanted something more than a solo project. “I wanted a more imaginative title. I wanted to create a world with my music, and not so much via my identity personally,” he says. “I like bands that create a world.”AARON CARNES INFO: 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 9. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $9/adv, $12/door. 479-1854.
AFLORA
WEDNESDAY 7/8 BLUES
JOHN MAYALL Before Eric Clapton created Cream, or Peter Green formed Fleetwood Mac, or Mick Taylor played in the Rolling Stones, they all—along with many other well-established artists—played in John Mayall’s band, the Bluesbreakers. A legend of British blues, Mayall established himself as a standout bluesman and bandleader in the 1960s, and became known for experimenting with the format. Mayall remains one of the first-mentioned names in bluesrock, and seeing him live in Santa Cruz is a rare treat, so don’t sleep on this one. CAT JOHNSON 8:30 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $30/door. 479-1854.
THURSDAY 7/9 HEAVY MARIACHI
METALACHI The world’s first and only heavy metal mariachi band is back in Santa Cruz and, as always, they’re ready to party.
These six vatos have been playing mariachi covers of your favorite metal songs for years; check out their recent showstopping appearance on America’s Got Talent. MAT WEIR INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst Atrium, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $8/adv, $12/door. 429-4135.
FRIDAY 7/10 FOLK
MAMUSE A celebration of life, nature, connectedness, and music, MaMuse is a duo that digs deep into the earth, our shared heart, and our future history to create music that feels ancient and familiar. The Chico-based duo, comprising Karisha Longaker and Sarah Nutting, draws inspiration from a variety of sources, both musical and nature-based, and follows the lineage of great heart-centered, vocal-driven acts including Jennifer Berezan, Linda Tillery, and Sweet Honey in the Rock. Friday’s performance is an album release party for the duo’s new release, Heart Nouveau. CJ INFO: 7:30 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $20. 427-2227.
COUNTRY SWING
BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS Over 25 years, Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys have bounced from rockabilly and “true” rock ’n’ roll to country swing and honky tonk. Sandy and the Boys are known to bring the boogie with the woogie on original tracks like “Jumping from 6 to 6,” and crank up the juices on their arsenal of covers like “Love That Man.” This is the perfect night to grab that special sweetheart, put on the old dancing shoes and rock around the clock until the “Night Tide” sweeps in. MW INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton. $10. 335-2800.
SAT 7/11 & SUN 7/12 ROCK/TRIBUTE
MOUNTAIN SOL AFTERPARTIES This year’s Mountain Sol Festival is lining up to be epic, with big names including Michael Franti and Spearhead, Angelique Kidjo, Keller Williams, Yonder Mountain String
MUSIC
BE OUR GUEST POP-UP COMEDY CLUB
MAMUSE
Band and many more. If you can’t make the fest, however, or if you want to keep the party going after it ends, head over to Don Quixote’s for the official Grateful Dead-inspired Mountain Sol afterparties. On Saturday, Grateful Dead tribute band China Cats keeps the good vibes flowing, and on Sunday, Stu Allen and Mars Hotel bring the spirit of the Dead to town. CJ
SUNDAY 7/12 REGGAE
AFLORA Though they only formed in 2009, Chile’s Aflora are one of the hottest active reggae acts in Latin America, and should appeal to folks that tend to like their reggae straight from Jamaica. They have the same cool, laid-back grooves and lush harmonies of classic artists like Bob Marley and the Wailers, Steel Pulse and Black Uhuru, and even bring a similar message of peace, unity, and political change. The group has
INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $7/adv, $10/door. 479-1854.
MONDAY 7/13 JAZZ
SPIROS EXARAS – ELIO VILLAFRANCA PROJECT When the extraordinary Greek guitarist Spiros Exaras joins forces with prodigious Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca, two brilliant and far-flung musical explorers find a lingua franca in jazz while crafting a polyglot musical communion. They recently released a gorgeous album, Old Waters New River (Harbinger Records), that reveals deep emotional currents connecting the Aegean to the Caribbean. Whether playing originals or drawing on their native traditions, this duo sounds like no other musical part-
nership around. ANDREW GILBERT INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $22/adv, $27/door. 427-2227.
TUESDAY 7/14
CAT JOHNSON
INFO: 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. Saturday, July 18. Center Street Theatre, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. $10-$15. 425-7506. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/ giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, July 12 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the performance.
EXPERIMENTAL
CHROME In the ’70s, it was nearly impossible to categorize San Francisco’s Chrome. They were highly influenced by the punk-rock energy of the Stooges, but went a totally new direction with it, and are considered forebears of the industrial-rock movement that would take shape in the ’80s and ’90s. But they were much weirder than the bands they influenced. They played a mix of psychedelic acid-punk, early electronic music and anti-pop, sometimes going on strange nonsensical tangents and squirming with eerie dissonant noises. Even today, they are a challenging act, and take the term “experimental” very literally, but it’s always exciting and unpredictable. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $15/door. 429-4135.
IN THE QUEUE ARISTOCRATS
Instrumental rock/fusion group featuring members of Joe Satriani’s band. Wednesday at Don Quixote’s. MUSTERED COURAGE
Australian folk and roots outfit. Wednesday at Crepe Place SONGWRITER SHOWCASE
Showcase featuring Mason Hutchinson, The Wail Aways and Sheila & Will. Friday at Ugly Mug MACY GRAY
Soul sensation behind the hit song “I Try.” Friday at Beach Boardwalk BUILT TO SPILL
Pioneering ’90s alt-rock band. Sunday at Catalyst
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INFO: 8:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $12-$15. 603-2294.
seven members and boasts a horn section, along with a light, bouncy, feel-good vibe. They sing primarily in Spanish, but have the occasional English tune in the mix. AC
This month, Santa Cruz has its own popup comedy club at the Center Street Theatre. Hosted by longtime Santa Cruz comic and MC, DNA, the comedy mini-season features dozens of comics and improv standouts from around the Bay Area over a two-week period. On Saturday, July 18, DNA welcomes Larry “Bubbles” Brown for two performances. A fixture on the Bay Area comedy scene, Brown has been performing his dry, self-deprecating stand-up routines for 30-plus years, and is the star of the documentary Three Still Standing. His Santa Cruz performance is the West Coast premiere of his new one-man show. More info: standupsantacruz.com.
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LIVE MUSIC
Wednesday July 8th 8:30pm $25/30 British Blues Legend
JOHN MAYALL Thursday July 9th 8:30pm $9/12 Bluegrass/Americana
DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS +
EDGE OF THE WEST Friday July 10th 9pm $20 & Saturday July 11th 9pm $22 2 Nights Of Americana/Outlaw Country w/ THE
WHITE BUFFALO Sunday July 12th 9pm $7/10 Live Reggae En Español From Chile
AFLORA Wednesday July 15th 8pm $40/45 A Rare & Intimate Performance With
COFFIS BROTHERS + MCOY TYLER July 18th July 19th July 22nd July 24th July 25th July 28th July 29th July 30th
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THE ART BAR & CAFE 1060 River St #112, Santa Cruz
Wayy Open Mic 6:30-9p
Marketing Your Art 4-6p Santa Cruz Music Society 7-9p
July 31st August 1st August 6th August 7th August 8th August 12th August 13th August 14th August 15th August 16th August 18th August 19th August 21st August 22nd
COFFEE ZOMBIE COLLECTIVE + SOULWISE RICK ESTRIN DEBBIE DAVIES KATDELIC LA SANTA CECILIA ALERTA KAMARADA KATCHAFIRE + Nattali Rise MIDNIGHT NORTH + GRATEFUL BLUEGRASS BOYS TARRUS RILEY CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE PLANET OF THE ABTS (GOV’T MULE) WHITEY MORGAN ZONGO JUNCTION NOVALIMA CORNMEAL THE SKATALITES VAUD & THE VILLAINS JESSE ROYAL THE WHISKEY SHIVERS PATRICK SWEANY THE MONOPHONICS DON CARLOS
WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854
FRI
7/10
Jewl Sandoval 6-8p
BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
7/11
SAT Lloyd Whitney Noon-4p, Al Frisby 6-8p
7/12
SUN Hawk n Blues Mechanics 6-8p
Talk Radio (An Opera) 7-9:30p
BITTERSWEET BISTRO 787 Rio Del Mar Blvd, Aptos
MON
7/13
TUE
7/14
Broken Shades 6-8p
Mojo Navigators 6-8p
Poetry Workshop, Poetry Open Mic & Late Mic 4-10p
Dinosaur Parade 7-9p
The Joint Chiefs 8-11p Casting Cricles, Jerk Alert, Revri $5 9p
BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz
Comedy Night/ 80s Night Free 8:30p
90s Music $5 9p
Rainbow Night w/DJ AD DJ/Ladies’ Night
BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz
Karaoke 8p-Close
Karaoke 8p-Close
BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz
Funk Night Free 9p
Ukulele Night Free 5p Fintztoned Free 9p
CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas
Folk/Rock/Americana w/ THE
7/9
APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos
Thursday July 16th 9pm $9/12
Friday July 17th 9pm $9/12
THU
Preacher Boy 6-8p
BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola
JOSEPH ISRAEL + ANCESTREE
7/8
Al Frisby 6-8p
THE SUBDUDES Live Roots Reggae Double Bill
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WED
DJ Luna 9p
CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Vultures at Arms Reach Metalachi $7 8:30p $8/$12 8:30p
CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville
Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p
CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
Mustered Courage, JnJ Dynamite $8 9p
Michael Turner Company 9-11:45p Swing Dance $5 5:30p Sub-Central dance party $15 9p
Top 40 Music Videos 9p
The Box (Goth Night) 9p
Post Punk Night 9p
DJ/Live Music
Comedy Night
Karaoke
Open Mic
Reggae Night Free 9p
Jazz Night Free 5p Sarah Donner Free 8p
Strange Hotel Free 8p
Comedy Night Free 8p
Karaoke 9p
Karaoke 9p
Enrique
South Bay Dub All Stars
Thrive, Seedless $15/$18 7:30p
Snow Tha Product $16/$19 8p
Dopapod $10/$14 8p
Sin Sisters Burlesque $15/$20 9p
Songwriter Showcase 7-10p
Built to Spill $20/$25 7p Synrgy, Irie Fuse $8/$10 8p
Chrome $12/$15 8:30p KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p
Beach Fuzz, Wally Dos Osos, Jessie Marks, Joyner, Whalefish Joe Kaplow $8 9p $8 9p
Tim Bluhm $10 9p
Desmadre $3 9p
7 Come 11 $5 9p
LIVE MUSIC WED CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz
7/8
Hot Club Pacific $3 7:30p
THU
7/9
Extra Large 5:30p Joint Chiefs $5 8:30p
FRI
7/10
Lost Dog Found $6 9p
DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton
7/11
FishHook $7 9:30p
THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville GG RESTAURANT 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos
Uncharted Jazz 6-9p
HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond
Flingo 7p
7/12
MON
7/13
Live Comedy $7 9p
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys $10 8p
China Cats $12/15 8:30p
Stu Allen & Mars Hotel $15 8:30p
The Next Blues Band
The Crew
Soul Doubt
Matt Flinner, Sam Bevan, Scott Nygaard $15 7:30p
De Temps Antan $18/20 7:30p
Randy Hansen and The Angry Neighbors 9p
The Present Tense 4p
Steve Troops 10p-1a
After Shock 10p-1a
Karaoke w/Eve 2-5p
Caili O’Doherty $15/$18 7p
MaMuse $20 7p
Michael Feinberg, Billy Buss Quartet $5 9p
Amanda Wisler $12/$15 6p
Friday, July 10 U 7:30 pm
MaMUSE – “HEART NOUVEAU” CD RELEASE CELEBRATION
Trivia Night 7p
Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p Karaoke w/Eve 9:30p
MICHAEL FEINBERG NYC Bassist on the Rise! $5 at the door! Sunday, July 12 U 6 pm
AMANDA WISLER CD RELEASE CONCERT Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com
MALONE’S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley
Live Music 5:30-9p
Chris Kelly 7-10p
Live Music 5:30-9p
Karaoke w/Ken 9p
MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel
7th Wave 7-10p
MCB 7-10p
Nora Cruz 8-11p
Lenny’s Basement 8-11p
MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz
Tomas Gomez 6p John Mayall $25/$30 7:30p
WITH SAXOPHONIST BEN FLOCKS
Saturday, July 11 U 9 pm CLUB KUUMBWA
Open Mic 7p
KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz
CAILI O’DOHERTY “PADME” CD RELEASE
Tickets at the door Matias Urzua Flamenco 6-9p
The Leftovers 9p
Phusstor 8p
7/14
TUE Ocean-View Reggae Party Free 8p
Sherry Austin w/ Henhouse
Pete Contino Accordion 6-9p
IDEAL BAR & GRILL 106 Beach St, Santa Cruz
MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
SUN
Reflections Trio The Aristocrats $20 7:30p
IT’S WINE TYME 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola
SAT
Celebrating Forty Years of Creativity Thursday, July 9 U 7 pm Rising Star Pianist!
Bonny Getz and Bonfire 7-10p
Broken Shades 6p Dead Winters Carpenters, Edge of the West $9/$12 8p
The White Buffalo $20 8p
Aflora $7/10 8p
SPIROS EXARAS – ELIO VILLAFRANCA PROJECT Scott Slaughter 7-10p
Rand Rueter 6p The White Buffalo $22 8p
Monday, July 13 U 7 pm
Spiros Exaras $22 7p
Cuban pianist and Greek guitarist create rich melodies!
1/2 Price Night for Students Thursday, July 16 U 7 pm
RAY OBIEDO GROUP “...in the pocket Latin fusion.” –Allmusic.com Saturday, July 18 U 7:30 pm
DONNY MCCASLIN’S FAST FUTURE Exploring the crossroads between jazz and electronica Monday, July 20 U 7 pm
FREDDY COLE QUARTET “A true gentleman of song...” –JazzTimes Tuesday, July 21 U 7:30 pm
VASEN Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com Friday, July 24 U 7:30 pm
JONATHA BROOKE
LOCATED ON THE BEACH Amazing waterfront deck views.
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT See live music grid for this week’s bands.
STAND-UP COMEDY
Three live comedians every Sunday night.
HAPPY HOUR Mon–Fri from 3:30pm. Wednesday all night!
VISIT OUR BEACH MARKET Wood-fired pizza, ice cream, unique fine gifts.
SPECIAL DEALS Weekdays, upstairs and down.
NOW SERVING BREAKFAST
“...powerful, emotional and intelligent songs.” –NPR Monday, July 27 U 7 pm
JEFF HAMILTON TRIO “...highly melodic and musical drummer...” –DownBeat Tuesday, July 28 U 7 pm | FREE EVENT-
MASTER CLASS SERIES DONNY MCCASLIN: RECOMMENDED TOOLS FOR IMPROVISATION 7/30 7/31 8/3 8/6
Alive! Reunion Concert – 40 Years Dizzy Burnett “Tribute to Billy Holiday” Letieres Leite & Orkestra Rumpilezz Etienne Charles & Creole Soul
Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer. All ages welcome.
Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily
320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227
crowsnest-santacruz.com
kuumbwajazz.org
(831) 476-4560
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LIVE MUSIC WED
7/8
THU
MOTIV 1209 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz
DassWassup! by Zagg 9:30p-2a
NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz
Jamie CofďŹ s Free 6:30-8:30p
99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz
Trivia 8p
7/9
FRI
Libation Lab w/Syntax 9:30p-2a
7/10
D-ROC 9:30p-2a
SAT
7/11
SUN
7/12
7/13
7/14
MON Eclectic by Primal Rasta Cruz Reggae Party Productions 9:30p-2a 9:30p-2a
TUE
Young & Lowe Free 3-5p
Trivia 6-8p
Kelly Bros.
Hoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omana
Ken Constable & Christina Raciti
Hadden Sayers Band $10 9p
Johnny Fabulous 6-9p
DJ Juan Burgandy 9:30p-2a
Hip-hop with DJ Marc 9:30p-2a
Dan Rola 10p
PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola
Various Artists 10p
THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz
Jam Session w/Pam Hawkins 7-10p
Jake Nielsen & Triple Threat $5 9p
POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz
Open Mic 4-7p
THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz
The Alex Raymond Band 8p
THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz
Jazz Jam
Jazz Session w/ Jazz Jam Santa Cruz 8-11p
Tuesday Night Comedy Smackdown 9-11p
Comedy Open Mic 8p
Open Mic 7:30-11:30p
Industry Night 3p Acoustic Jam with Toby Gray â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Friends
Traditional Hawaiian Music
Acoustic Covers Brunch and Dinner
Aria Brown 7pm
Josh Lozada
Sunday Brunch w/ Chris
Geeks Who Drink Trivia Night 8p Open Mic
The Lenny and Kenny Show
Trivia
Open Mic 7:30p
RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz ROSIE MCCANNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 1220 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz
Comedy Night w/ Hamburger 10pm
THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola
Ten Foot Faces 7p-11p
SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos
Yuji and Steve
Swingtime w/Mike Renwick and Jon Dryden
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International Music Hall and Restaurant
FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFET M-F $7.95 Wed Jul 8
METALACHI plus Warcorpse
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Ocean Soul Presented By National Geographic Live Summer Speaker Series 2015
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Aug. 1 Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo Aug. 13 Jerry Seinfeld Aug. 18 Jodi Cobb
Stranger in a Strange Land Presented By National Geographic Live Summer Speaker Series 2015
Sept. 5-13 Westside Story the Musical Presented By Broadway By The Bay ~ Celebrating 50 years of presenting Award winning musicals
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PRICE OF PREJUDICE David Kato was murdered in 2011; he was the first openly gay man in Uganda, now known as “the worst
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n March 1, 2014, the Red Pepper published a two-page spread titled “Ugandan Homos Cabinet List Leaks.” On the top left corner appeared a photo of John “Long Jones” Wambere, with his characteristic shoulder-length dreadlocks, high cheekbones and something between a grimace and a small, serene smile. It wasn’t the first time his photo was printed in the Ugandan tabloid. The same paper had outed him as a gay man in 2005 by printing a photo, his home address, private information, and identifying details—an act that has become commonplace in the years leading up to the Anti-Homosexuality Act passed by the Ugandan Parliament in December 2013. The 2014 Pepper article came out while Wambere was in the U.S., shortly after Ugandan President
Yoweri Museveni had signed the bill into law. This time, it was a clear sign that Wambere could not return home. The Anti-Homosexuality Act made same-sex relations punishable by life in prison (a previous draft included a death penalty clause), and in the months following the bill’s enactment, lynching, mob violence, blackmail, lost jobs, burning of homes, evictions, and suicides increased tenfold, according to Sexual Minorities Uganda. “It became very scary,” says Wambere, who remembers growing up in a time when men would hold hands as a sign of brotherhood. “You cannot live every day having sleepless nights. You cannot live every day unguaranteed of your safety.” Wambere now lives in Boston, having gained asylum in 2014, and is featured in the documentary Call Me Kuchu, which screens at Aptos’
Temple Beth El on July 18. Wambere will attend the screening along with activist David Robinson, an American who also lived in Uganda in the tense years leading up to the law’s passage, and who was also outed as gay by the Red Pepper. Even though the Constitutional Court of Uganda ruled the law invalid in August of 2014, as a gay man living in what has become known as “the worst place to be gay,” Wambere says he was ostracized, harassed, threatened and brutalized. After the United States Supreme Court legalized same sex marriage on June 26, many have asked where the nationwide LGBTQ movement should focus next. “Africa,” says Robinson. “As Americans, we need to look out for our brothers and sisters around the world,” says Robinson. “We have a degree of equality now, a degree of
safety, but it’s not the case in so much of the world—it’s not ours to do, it’s the Ugandans’ to do, but we have some owning up to do.” “Owning up,” he says, because homophobia in Uganda is an American export. Before the radical American pastor Scott Lively arrived in Uganda in 2009, he helped pass America’s first anti-gay legislation in 1992. Lively’s rhetoric found a captive audience in Uganda: after attending one of his seminars, the Minister of Finance for Planning, David Bahati, proposed the Anti-Homosexuality bill. Call Me Kuchu focuses primarily on the underground LGBT movement in Uganda, and on the “father” of the movement, David Kato, the first openly gay man in the country, who was murdered one year into filming. The Ugandan government initially claimed that his death was related to a robbery gone wrong, then later claimed a personal dispute. But Kato’s funeral made international headlines when the presiding pastor used it as an opportunity to “preach hate,” Wambere says, making comparisons to Sodom and Gomorrah in his sermon. The film follows Kato’s friends and allies as they seek a new way forward under the prospect of the AntiHomosexual Act. It also shows a fierce and unrelenting movement brazenly defying the nascent homophobia in their home country. Since its 2012 release, Kuchu has won the GLAAD Award for Outstanding Documentary, Best Documentary at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival, and the 2013 Cinema for Peace Human Rights Film Award. Filmmakers Katherine Fairfax and Malika Zouhali-Worrall were invested in the community, says Wambere. They didn’t just travel to Uganda as Westerners, get the story, make the movie, and leave. Even if he misses home, Wambere says he finally feels free in the U.S. “I didn’t want to live a lie, it took me time to grow and come to terms with my sexuality,” says Wambere. “I always thought it was something that would go away and as time went on I began to love myself—I got that pride in being who I am.” David Robinson will give a talk at the Ocean Gate Zen Center at 9 a.m., on Saturday, July 18. ‘Call Me Kuchu’ will be screened at Temple Beth El 7 p.m. July 18.
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FILM NEW THIS WEEK THE GALLOWS For those of us who can stand to watch scary movie trailers with the volume on, this looks one of those horror films that offers exactly what it says it will: throwback Blair Witch-ish style hand-held camera shots following a group of teenagers who explore a small-town school in an attempt to resurrect a failed show twenty years after a “horrific accident.” Students try to honor the dead on the anniversary of the school tragedy, but they apparently learn some things are better left alone—kind of like Blair Witch wannabe remakes. Travis Cluff and Chris Lofing direct. Reese Mishler, Pfeifer Brown, and Ryan Shoos co-star. (R) 81 minutes. Starts Friday.
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INFINITELY POLAR BEAR Writer/ director Maya Forbes‘ directorial debut and arguably Mark Ruffalo’s most complex, beautifully layered role to date, Infinitely Polar Bear explores the inarguable difficulty of living as a manic depressive man in a time when it still wasn’t openly discussed—and making the decision to be a stay-at-home dad when it was socially unheard of. Ruffalo plays a father of two girls who agrees to stay home while Zoe Saldana pursues her dream at Columbia University in an artful look at mental disorders and the ins and outs of being a dad. Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, and Imogene Wolodarsky co-star. (R) 90 minutes.
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MINIONS Jon Hamm said recently on The Daily Show that minions are just as appealing to adults as they are to children because “they look like capsules, they look like pills”—and he might be right, sort of. Who can possibly resist the googly-eyed, squishy yellow minions whose shape is somewhat ... comforting? Finally, the makers of children’s films have figured it out—that, and the sly adult jokes that in the minion nonsensical garble, which somehow makes perfect sense and no sense at all, are completely hilarious. This time around it’s the origin story of the adorable single-celled yellow organisms, seeking their evil villain leader from the dinosaur age to the present where they find Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock) who, with her husband Herb Overkill (Jon Hamm), hatch a plan to steal Queen Elizabeth’s crown—and then take over the world, naturally.
Kyle Balda and Pierre Coffin direct. (PG) 91 minutes. Starts Friday. SELF/LESS At first glance, Ben Kingsley grappling with the question of death and an unlived potential seems dark and serious—but then he gets the body of Ryan Reynolds and can party it up like he’s 25, black book on speed dial. The thought of Kingsley’s subconscious behind that debauchery, funny or creepy? Perhaps worthy of a second look, Self/Less takes on the question of immortality and the “side effects” that might accompany it with Damian (Kingsley) who is dying from cancer and feels life has more to offer him, even if not in the same body. Slowly, he unravels the origin of his new body and discovers just how far the organization behind his transformation will go to protect it. Tarsem Singh directs. Ryan Reynolds, Natalie Martinez, and Matthew Goode co-star. (PG-13) 116 minutes. Starts Friday. CONTINUING EVENT: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. to downtown Santa Cruz, where each week the group discusses a different current release. For our location and discussion topic, go to https:// groups.google.com/group/LTATM.
NOW PLAYING DOPE Shameik Moore certainly redefines the definition of “geek” (since when are geeks the perfectly chiseled Fresh Prince throwback types with Class Act hair and excellent taste in music) as Malcolm, a straight-A student carefully maneuvering the reality of growing up in Inglewood. Produced by Pharrell Williams and Sean Combs (who are responsible for the undoubtedly dope soundtrack which includes four new originals by Pharrell) in addition to Forest Whitaker, the coming of age comedy/drama sees Malcolm through the trials and tribulations of his teens—the mean streets, romance, drama, and everything awkward and awesome in between. Rick Famuyiwa directs. Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, and Kiersey Clemons co-star. (R) 115 minutes. ENTOURAGE Once upon a time there was an HBO series that everyone agreed was good, but not quite as
good as The Sopranos. But it did have Jeremy Piven as agent Ari Gold, and after the show was over everybody kind of missed seeing him play that guy, so that’s probably why we now have an Entourage movie. The whole gang is back as we once again follow Adrian Grenier’s Vince, who is apparently still chasing fame and fortune in Hollywood. (R) 104 minutes. ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST In his directorial debut, Andrea Di Stefano takes on the dark and dangerous world of Pablo Escobar’s Colombian drug cartel. Played by Hunger Games sweetheart Josh Hutcherson, Nick ventures from Canada to the Columbian coast in search of a surf paradise. He stumbles upon the beautifully alluring Maria—none other than Escobar’s niece. Josh Hutcherson, Benicio Del Toro, and Brady Corbet co-star. (R) 120 minutes. INSIDE OUT In the tradition of Toy Story 2 and Up, comes Inside Out, a Pixar movie so smart, so crammed with ideas, and so full of genuine emotion, it reinvents the whole idea of what an animated movie can be. (Oh, and it’s really funny too!) Directed by Pete Docter, its premise is that each individual person is governed by a mission control center in the brain where five key emotions constantly jockey for position. A foul-up in the control booth temporarily disconnects the 11-year-old protagonist from her personality, and intrepid emotion Joy (Amy Poehler) must trek through the adolescent brain to set things right—a journey both hilarious and moving in in this accomplished joyride of a movie. (PG) 94 minutes. (****)—Lisa Jensen. JURASSIC WORLD Steven Spielberg apparently learned nothing about franchises that have worn out their welcome from the poor reaction to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Oh wait, that movie made hundreds of millions of dollars? Oh, maybe he did learn something! Anyway, in this one, there’s a new dinosaur park, and everything goes fine! Not really, but wouldn’t that be kind of awesome? (PG-13) 124 minutes. LOVE & MERCY Bill Pohlad’s generally absorbing fiction film about the amazing life and harrowing
times of Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys, narrows its focus to two pivotal moments in Wilson’s life. Paul Dano is terrific playing the younger Brian in the mid-1960s, at the height of his creative genius, and John Cusack is surprisingly effective as the ’80s-model Brian, under the thumb of controlling psychotherapist Dr. Eugene Landy (Paul Giamatti). And it’s all connected by the music, a fabulous, gluttonous feast of Wilson music, from surf tunes to Smile, that informs every single scene. (PG-13) 120 minutes. (***)— Lisa Jensen. MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Tom Hardy takes over the role that made the youthful Mel Gibson a star, and director George Miller takes the helm once again in this continuation of the post-apocalyptic action franchise about souped-up, spare-part monster vehicles, huge explosions, and survival of the weirdest. Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, and Zoe Kravitz costar. (R) 120 minutes. MAGIC MIKE XXL Oh the very, very thinly veiled layer of sexual innuendo that oozes—no, explodes—from this “dance comedy.” But, hey, who can argue with abs, abs, abs? Channing Tatum (who really is a great dancer, guys) is back from stripper “retirement” to the daily grind with his best buddies, the Kings of Tampa. On their way to a stripper convention, no less, Magic Mike (Tatum) is joined by veteran dancers Big Dick Richie, Tarzan, and Ken (who didn’t get a creative stage name?) and some fresh faces as they thrust their way towards one last blowout performance. And while it’s worth noting that a movie about a tight-knit group of female strippers would never be this successful at the box office, it’s a film for the giggles and the blushes and squeals of delight—like going to a male strip club, only cheaper and probably with better indoor climate control. Gregory Jacobs directs. Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, and Matt Bomer co-star. (R) 115 minutes. MAX Trained as a precision military dog, Max served on the frontlines of Afghanistan with his handler, U.S. Marine Kyle Wincott until things go terribly awry and Wincott is mortally wounded. Traumatized by the loss of his best friend, the canine is unable
to return to service and thus shipped stateside to Wincott’s family where the fallen soldier’s brother develops an unlikely bond with the four-legged veteran. Boaz Yakin directs. Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins, and Luke Kleintank co-star. (PG) 111 minutes. TED 2 The lovably foul-mouthed teddy is back—and this time, he wants to produce a spawn of his own (terrifying, we know). However, as anyone who’s survived a trip to Build-A-Bear knows, the insides of a Teddy are not conducive to reproduction, hence why Ted asks John to provide the goods. What ensues is a typically hilarious battle for civil rights (“we’ll take it all the way up to Judge Judy if we have to”) so that Ted can prove he’s a human and keep the child he’s always wanted. Seth MacFarlane directs. Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, and Amanda Seyfried co-star. (R) 115 minutes. TERMINATOR: GENISYS It would be hard for a Terminator film to be lamer than Terminator: Salvation, which was perhaps the first movie in history to make killer robots boring (just kidding, Chopping Mall! You blazed a trail.) The trailers for the annoyingly spelled Terminator: Genisys at least make it look like it will be weirder, although nice job spoiling the big twist, dumbasses. Anyway, Arnie is also back as the timetraveling robot assassin who used to be badass until he started saying things like “Why do you cry?” Duh, I cry because they won’t stop making Terminator movies. TESTAMENT OF YOUTH: Jon Snow—what are you doing in World War I England? It seems that Winter came and went as Game of Thrones star Harington makes his first major film debut in this war drama based on the namesake memoir by Vera Brittain. Presented by BBC, the young Vera defies the conventions of her times, trying desperately to ignore the wiles of dashing Roland Leighton (Harington—who likely still knows nothing) as she accepts her position at Oxford. Conflict arises when the star-crossed lovers find themselves in the pull of the WWI volunteerism and the devastating realities of the lost generation. James Kent directs. Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, and Taron Egerton co-star. (PG-13) 129 minutes.
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here’s no doubt about it. Bantam is the hot Westside destination for those who like to sample the best in seasonally inflected cuisine: a robust mixed demographic of couples, students, families, inquiring visitors and retired academics. Chef and owner Ben Sims has nurtured a chic, stripped-down dinner-house ambiance wrapped around a wood-burning pizza oven. But our mission last week was to quench our culinary curiosity without surrendering to the mouth-
watering Bantam pizza list, which ranges from spot-on simplicity (the Margherita) to a dreamy prosciutto pie loaded with mozzarella, rocket and cream. The trick to a memorable dinner at Bantam is no trick at all—start with the avocado toast. Put another way: don’t even think about exiting this sleek industrial space without ordering one of the finest meal starters on the planet. We began, as we begin all of our dinners, with glasses of wine. For Angie, a tart Verdejo from Rey Santo 2013 ($9), and for me a supple
Damilano Barbera d’Asti 2012 ($11) with well-organized tannins. Along with sparkling water to ward off the heat of the day, we started in on the house special appetizer: Fat slabs of sourdough, toasted in the pizza oven and then topped with more fat slabs of ripe avocado, an emerald green drizzle of cilantro pesto, sesame seeds and tiny coriander blossoms—the mother of cilantro ($6). I thought I would collapse into a blob of stupid happiness, it was so delicious. Lemon zest sparked every bite with the bold scent of summer. The beat continued in the dining
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room that feels like a Westside open house on any evening you visit. A few couples seated at the wine bar, large tables with extended families, happy kids playing with their toys and their pizza, and many, like us, grinning like idiots over our plates. A shared Caesar salad showcased voluptuous leaves of escarole and a dressing intense with anchovy, garlic, grana, and those tiny jewellike breadcrumbs done so well by Bantam’s kitchen team ($10). More lemon zest peeked through the other ingredients. We practically licked the plate clean. Shameless. Our entrees arrived swiftly, mine a bowl of pale green and yellow veggies—corn, summer squash and diamond-cut Romano beans. In the center sat a large cube of moist McFarland Springs rainbow trout and a generous spoonful of aioli ($20). The fish was perfection. The season in a bowl. Our other entree was the evening’s ragu Bolognese, a tangle of sauce-infused egg noodles laced with grana and parsley ($19). The dice of meats and the delicately rich sauce gave every bite importance. Dispensing with the carbo-glut of bread baskets, Bantam honors its main dishes. Smart. Believe it or not, we managed to decide on a dessert to split. The words “lemon verbena” always catch my attention, and on the dessert menu they were attached to the word “semifreddo.” Warm blueberry crumble joined the inviting plate of luscious ice cream ($8). It’s an unbeatable warm-weather classic: juicy ripe blueberries and chilled cream perfumed with the fairytale fragrance of lemon verbena ($8). The celebrated noise level was wellbehaved—Bantam stays on our short list of top Santa Cruz restaurants. The entire Westside population can’t be wrong. And even if they are, I’m not.
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CAMELLIA TEA HOUSE Springing up in what was formerly the Quail and Thistle Tea Room in Capitola is the brand new Camellia Tea House. English-style tea is still being served, as well as a much broader selection of other kinds of tea, too. Owner Jenny Rashe is from Peru and has lived in Argentina, so we can look forward to food with a Latin twist. Saturdays are Tapas Night with flamenco music—with a grand opening set for July 11. Rashe gives Table Etiquette Workshops if you want to learn more about the art of tea. The Camellia Tea House is at 911 Capitola Ave., Capitola, 477-1798.
HINDQUARTER BAR & GRILLE After finishing up some hefty Good Times issues, including a couple of special issue magazines, we celebrated as we always do—with food and wine! The staff met at Hindquarter Bar & Grille, where we feasted on appetizers, entrees, wine, beer, and cocktails. Although the Hindquarter is famous for its mouthwatering steaks, pork chops and other meats, I had freshly caught king salmon, which was truly delicious. Hindquarter Bar & Grille, 303 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, 426-7770, thehindquarter.com
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other boats we work with are trawlers. Not every trawler is alike. Some drag heavy-gauge nets for hours and hours over the ocean floor, degrading it and harming other species. Others are careful not to drag on the seafloor and are very careful about the size of the nets they use, so smaller fish can swim out. Twice a week we get up at 4 a.m., get our coffee, put on slickers and boots and head out on the bay to fish.
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What is your favorite fish? IAN COLE: Sablefish, also known as black cod. They have more omega 3s than salmon and they are not overfished. We served that as our entrée for our first pop-up dinner. It’s great and you don’t feel guilty eating it like you do ahi or salmon, both of which are overfished.
IAN COLE: Our partners for the next dinner on July 16 include Crescent Farms, Creative Cultures, Ty’s Eatery and Companion Bakery. At the popups we take some risks, experiment with flavors and educate. For more information on how to buy a share or attend a pop-up, go to getocean2table.com.
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CHARLIE LAMBERT: It is very local, everyone knows everyone and there is generally a moral connection to the fisheries here in the Monterey Bay. We have our favorite boats that we work with. Our biggest concerns are: is it ethically, ecologically and sustainably caught? That is what we sell. We use hook and line on our boat, but some
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+ RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES LET ISOLATION BE THE RULE The entire week builds toward the new moon of Cancer (23.14 degrees) on Wednesday, July 15. Mercury has entered Cancer. We speak in ways that allow others to feel emotional security. Our words offer sustained nourishment. We are resourceful, bringing people and ideas together. We care for and “mother” all environments. Thursday, Friday and Saturday are under the Taurus moon. We seek the art of living truthfully and sustainably. Sunday, Gemini moon, the Cancer Sun squares Uranus (all things new) in Aries. Squares challenge us into new directions, leading to the future, and working with a new identity (Aries) under the new Aquarian Laws and Principles (new rhythms/archetypes). Monday, Mercury in Cancer trines Neptune in Pisces. Trines are harmonious. They lead us to heaven through mystical, spiritual insights and perceptions. Monday night and Tuesday, Venus squares Saturn. We consider the state of our
finances and resources, and the world’s finances in difficulty. Wednesday is Cancer new moon. At new moon times we recognize, stand with, support and “uplift the hands, arms and endeavors of the New Group of World Servers and women and men of Goodwill everywhere.” The Cancer keynote when building the personality is “Let isolation be the rule, yet the crowd exists.” After lifetimes spent building the personality (physical body, emotions, lower mind), unaware of the soul’s presence, we eventually become isolated, disconnected and lonely. This deep isolation creates in us a call for help. The soul, always listening, replies, directing its light, love, intelligence and will-to-good for the first time into the personality. A relationship begins between the personality and the soul. Isolation and loneliness cease. Realization of oneness, connectivity and unity are felt.
ARIES Mar21–Apr20
LIBRA Sep23–Oct22
The new moon sheds light upon home, mother(ing), nurturance, nourishment and how you need to live. Is comfort and security found in your home? How are family relationships? Is there a need to move, redecorate, restructure or redesign? Dynamics with parents and family, a new foundation and more nurturance are assessed to meet emotional needs. Design and build a gate.
Libras are many times like Capricorns, climbing the ladder of success. At times, Libras feel great pressure concerning career, advancement, making money and public recognition. This creates a determination to advance, step around obstacles and pierce the glass ceiling. You also look for evidence of success through material resources. In coming months different realities emerge. Know your service is seen, recognized, welcomed, and appreciated.
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SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 You’re being given the opportunity to delve into abstract thoughts, intangible to most, especially about beauty. You think about morals and ethics, religious practices, philosophical issues. You seek a new foundation and structure in life. It comes through study and cultural expansion. Travel, too. Pursue the wisdom of the ages, in whatever culture you find yourself in. You’re to travel over the seas.
SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 Attempt to share all things physical, material, emotional, intellectual and spiritual. Sharing brings more and more resources forth. Perhaps you’ve never thought of true sharing till now. For our spiritual development, we must begin to share all that we have until one day we actually give ourselves away—a high level of spiritual development. Many of us are not here yet. But you’re swifter than most.
CANCER Jun21–Jul20
CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20
The new moon calls you to greater self-identity, selfdevelopment, self-recognition and self-esteem seeing yourself as strong and reliable. It also brings forth an identity crisis; the old perceived self, ways and choices falling away. What you have done before must be changed. If you are determined to go about your life as before, without needed and practical adjustments, you will find yourself isolated and in danger. What needs to change in your life? What must you say yes or no to?
Perhaps in your mind there’s a pull between work and home, self and others, public and personal. This is difficult, as if you’re on a cross—pulled up and down and side to side. Actually, you are. It’s the fixed cross and you’re being asked by the soul to offer yourself equally to all four areas of life. To self, to the “other” (intimate), to family and to the world. The emphasis is on family now and relationships. As you fulfill these duties to both, you are transformed.
LEO Jul21–Aug22
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There is great expansion within your heart, mind and self-identity. There has also been much grief, from long ago, with those you love as you were learning how to love. In coming months you’ll be spiritually impressed with the fact that you are interdependent. Joy in your life is in direct relation to making real contact with others. Your rich reservoir of talents need expressing, for others to mentor.
There is a need to focus on health and nutrition. It’s essential that you reduce all things that lead to stress and overwork. This includes physical and psychological worries. Having the intention to cooperate with others creates deep and lasting psychological health. Should there be anything you need in daily life, communicate this to others. Be very careful with finances and resources. Pray daily for right work, the right home and for nurturance.
VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 It would be good to study historical groups, masonry, different societies and the entire human race’s progression through the centuries. The history of humanity as a group becomes more interesting and significant. As we have true identity, our sense of selfworth is anchored and established. Then helping others and humanitarianism emerges and true service is a daily experience. Virgo is the sign of service.
PISCES Feb19–Mar20 You’re being subtly urged to express more affection and love. It brings joy to you; something deeply needed to strengthen your life force. Expressing true affection also develops balance and cultivates self-esteem. Often Pisces are ignored and not seen. This can be a wound. A balance between spiritual and physical is essential for Pisces to feel happy and enjoy life. We become what we give. Notice those around you who love more. Imitate them.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1106 The following individual is doing business as SANTA CRUZ TRAVELER. 243 MARNELL AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. LABRIS WILLENDORF. 243 MARNELL AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 . This business is conducted by a Individual Signed:.LABRIS WILLENDORF. 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 June 12, 2015. June 17, 24 & July1,8, 15. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151080 The following individual is doing business as PIZZA TIME. 925 38TH AVENUE SPC. 43, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. JOSE LUIS VASQUEZ. 925 38TH AVENUE SPC. 43, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 . This business is conducted by a Individual
Signed:JOSE LUIS VASQUEZ. 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 June 8, 2015. June 17, 24 & July1,8. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF JAMES P. BARON & JULIE M. BARON CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV181841. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner JAMES P. BARON & JULIE M. BARON has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from: RIPLEY MARIE CLARE to: RIPLEY MARIE CLARE BARON. 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 July 29, 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: June 9, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior June 17, 24 & July1,8.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1110 The following individual is doing business as POST STREET FARM. 122 POST STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. MATTHEW HODEL. 114 POST STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: MATTHEW
HODEL. 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 June 12, 2015. June 24 & July1, 8, 15. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1116 The following individual is doing business as CHUMP MAGIC. 104 SEARS CIRCLE, SOQUEL CA 95073 County of Santa Cruz. COLE LEMKE. 104 SEARS CIRCLE, SOQUEL CA 95073. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: COLE LEMKE. 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 June 15, 2015. June 24 & July1, 8, 15. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF
JENNIFER LEE SCHELL CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV181857. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner JENNIFER LEE SCHELL has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from: JENNIFER LEE SCHELL to: JENNIFER ROCKATANSKY HOWLS. 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 July 30, 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: June 11, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior June 24 & July1, 8, 15. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF LISA COLIN DOPFEL CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV181923. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner LISA COLIN DOPFEL has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicant’s name from: LISA COLIN DOPFEL to: LISA DOPFEL ACHELIS. 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
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1069 The following Corporation is doing business as DUPPEN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 1041 41ST AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. DUPPENOTTAVIANO, INC. 1041 41ST AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 . Al# 3784126. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: CHARLES DUPPEN-OTTAVIANO. The registrant commenced to transact business under the
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fictitious business name listed above on 6/1/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on June 5, 2015. June 24 & July1, 8, 15. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1117 The following individual is doing business as SERENDIPITY HOME PRESCHOOL. 115 REDWOOD STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. JILL SCHETTLERSUSSKIND. 115 REDWOOD STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 This business is conducted by a Individual
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151155 The following General Partnership is doing business as SANTA VIDA RV PARK. 1611 BRANCIFORTE DR., SANTA CRUZ CA 95065 County of Santa Cruz. GRACE VANNERUS
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CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV181929 THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner TATIANA NILA TAJALLE has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from: TATIANA NILA TAJALLE to: TATIANA NILA GUZMAN-PHILLIPS 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 August 10, 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: June 22, 2015. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior July1, 8, 15, 22.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151178 The following General Partnership is doing business as ARROYO BROTHERS UNLIMITED. 2960 SMITH GRADE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. DAVID ACEVEDO, ANGEL ARROYO, CARLOS ARROYO, GUSTAVO ARROYO & JOHN
PECK. 2960 SMITH GRADE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed:JOHN PECK. 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 June 24, 2015. July1, 8, 15, 22. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1148 The following Corporation is doing business as AROMA INDIA BISTRO. 810 PACIFIC AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. NEP BROS., INC. 1140 FOREST AVE., PACIFIC GROVE CA 93950. Al# 3766582. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: SURYA RAJ SHRESTMA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 6/18/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on June 18, 2015. July1, 8, 15, 22. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1113 The following individual is doing business as RATIONAL MOVING. 8560 GLEN ARBOR RD., BEN LOMOMD CA 95005 County of Santa Cruz. ABBY ARNOTT. 8560 GLEN ARBOR RD., BEN LOMOMD CA 95005. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: ABBY ARNOTT. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on
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6/15/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on June 15, 2015. July1, 8, 15, 22. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1043 The following individual is doing business as PRISTINE HOUSE CLEANING. 22 WESTERN DR-A, WATSONVILLE CA 95076 County of Santa Cruz. CHRISTI GREER. .22 WESTERN DR-A, WATSONVILLE CA 95076. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: CHRISTI GREER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 6/1/2015 This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on June 1, 2015. July1, 8, 15, 22. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1228 The following individual is doing business as HAWK VALLEY HERBS. 10101 HIGHWAY 9, APT. 2, BEN LOMOND CA 95005 County of Santa Cruz. PAMELA L. BONE. 10101 HIGHWAY 9, APT. 2, BEN LOMOND CA 95005. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: PAMELA L. BONE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 6/17/2015 This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 2, 2015. July 8, 15, 22, 29. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1204 The following individual is doing business as PACIFIC COAST PAINTING. 117 FAIRMONT AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. JAMES HARWOOD. 117 FAIRMONT AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: JAMES HARWOOD. 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 June 30, 2015. July 8, 15, 22, 29. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 151196 The following individual is doing business as HOLY FRIJOLES. . 2230 BROMMER STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. ROBERT REGAN. 2230
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BROMMER STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual Signed: ROBERT REGAN. 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 June 29, 2015. July 8, 15, 22, 29.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1192 The following Corporation is doing business as MIRITZ REAL ESTATE, INC. 314 PLATEAU AVE., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. MIRITZ REAL ESTATE, INC. 314 PLATEAU AVE., SANTA
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