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DISPLAY CASES Two new museum exhibits explore our area’s rich natural and social history P11

YEAR IN REVIEW A look at Santa Cruz’s top newsmakers of 2015 P19

NICK OF TIME

FEATURES Opinion 4 News 11 Cover Story 19 A&E 28 Events 32 Music 38

Film 44 Dining 48 Risa’s Stars 52 Classifieds 54 Real Estate 55

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EDITOR’S NOTE

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As the calendar comes to a close, it’s once again time for our annual Year in Review issue. This is one of the most fun issues of the year for us to write, and hopefully one of the most interesting for you to read as well, as we always try to find a different way to illuminate some of the year’s most important stories locally. In past years, we’ve broken down a lot of the quirkier news stories from the last 12 months into funny little bite-sized nuggets, which is a hoot and all. But this year we decided to try the opposite: zeroing in on a handful of this year’s newsmakers and blowing up their stories with interviews that dig into their perspective and background. As Santa Cruz’s alternative news source, GT likes to provide deeper coverage of Santa Cruz than mainstream outlets often do, and we hope you’ll like our new experiment toward that end (let us know either way at letters@ goodtimes.sc). We’ve sourced these subjects from four different aspects of Santa Cruz life: politics, culture, environment,

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LETTERS ACID TESTED I am an SC local from 1987, and I have long found the Good Times to be a secret treasure in this beloved community. In recent days I have been traveling, mostly for love, and so I have (sadly) missed some GT issues, much to my dismay. But it was my good fortune (and good judgment) that I snagged a copy of the “Acid Test” edition before it was replaced by this week’s edition, and tonight I dropped down to Oswald and—Manhattan (by Ben) in hand—I dove into Geoffrey Dunn’s Acid Test phantasmagorum. Wow! I was sucked in as a baggage clerk into a jet engine. Swoosh! I couldn’t put it down. Please pass my congratulations and gratitude to Master Dunn for this phenomenal article which magnificently and simultaneously embodies and illustrates its subject matter

and media. There is a pretty wild mix of personalities and philosophies— Lori Nixon’s defiant reflection on her involvement in the student protest that blocked Highway 17 is sure to be infuriating to some readers, inspirational to others; Ty Pearce’s personal and professional story is probably the most fascinating to emerge in Santa Cruz this year; Greg Pepping provides a unique perspective on the San Lorenzo River, one of Santa Cruz’s most important environmental stories; and my profile of our own man on the street Matthew Cole Scott is a bit of a tweak on the “newsmaker” concept, since he literally makes the news here each week, but it’ll answer a lot of the questions I get all the time about how Local Talk works. One last holiday note: thanks to everybody who has made Santa Cruz Gives happen this year. Don’t forget that you still have until midnight on Dec. 31 to be a part of it, and please read my story this week about the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County, which was a huge part of this debut of Santa Cruz Gives. In working with them this year, I got a first-hand look at the incredible things they do, and how they are one of our most important resources for good work in this county. Happy holidays! STEVE PALOPOLI | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

and its subtler intentions. I am not sure how many people will understand the stream-of– consciousness style used to write about the stream-of-consciousness event which occurred here some half century behind, so I want to give you a huge shout out for not just aspiring to, but for f***ing nailing this magnificent piece of work. I was mesmerized. Moreover, and most ecstatically, it was in the stream … in and of and by itself, of the nature of the jazz-slammed, acidaddled, spirit-swooshing freeeeedom of the very times it was recounting and illuminating and documenting—magnificent! Magnificent! “Rumor has it that the Grateful Dead played a few more gigs.” Snap! “Endings are the conceit of storytellers and morticians.” Blamboo-o-o-o-mby! Standing ovation! Such wondrous beauty laid in the English rap language—first evidenced so long before we had that word for it—and rendered here again, 50, 60 years onward, root and branch, in our local >8

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There’s a reason winter is known as the slow season in Santa Cruz. The local County Visitors Council is coping with the trend through a campaign it’s calling the Let’s Cruz Winter Campaign: #SCWhales Promotion. Through Jan. 31, participating inns and vacation rentals are offering three nights for the price of two on any stay. The CVC is also promoting birding and whale watching. Visit santacruz.org for more information.

Everyone knows the O’Neill Sea Odyssey is one of the most incredible field trips in town. But a new evaluation from Applied Survey Research also shows the outing makes a big difference in kids’ environmental awareness, and that teachers use the materials in class, too. Between July 2014 and June 2015, 5,519 students from 207 classes took a ride. Fiftyone percent said it was their first time on the ocean. Donate at santacruzgives.com.

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What news story from 2015 stands out the most to you? BY MATTHEW COLE SCOTT

Bernie Sanders and his decision to run for president. It makes me proud to see someone who actually cares and wants to speak up for the American people. HANNAH GREGORY SANTA CRUZ | JEWELRY MAKER

Donald Trump running for president. I'm not a big politics person, but it’s shocking to hear the things coming out of his mouth. NICOLE KOSH SANTA CRUZ | JEWELRY ARTIST

The massacre in Paris was the most hideous and most memorable for 2015. KRIS LEE SANTA CRUZ | RETIRED TEACHER

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The rain, because it feels like it’s been so long. AYLANA ZANVILLE SANTA CRUZ | BUSINESS OWNER

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The recent resurgence of McCarthyism coming out of politics—and not only out of one mouth.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of December 23 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22

The raw materials you have at your disposal in 2016 may sometimes seem limited. You might not have access to all the tools you wish you did. You could be tempted to feel envy about the vaster resources other people can draw on. But I honestly don’t think these apparent inhibitions will put you at a disadvantage. Within your smaller range of options, there will be all the possibilities you need. In fact, the constraints could stimulate your creativity in ways that would have never occurred if you'd had more options.

The English word “ain’t” can mean “am not,” “is not,” “are not,” or “have not.” But it ain’t recognized as a standard word in the language. If you use it, you risk being thought vulgar and uneducated. And yet “ain’t” has been around since 1706, more than 300 years. Most words that are used for so long eventually become official. I see your journey in 2016 as having resemblances to the saga of “ain’t,” Libra. You will meet resistance as you seek greater acceptance of some nonstandard but regular part of your life. Here’s the good news: Your chances of ultimately succeeding are much better than ain’t’s.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 You know what physical hygiene is. But are you familiar with imaginal hygiene? Educator Morgan Brent defines it like this: “Imaginal hygiene is the inner art of self-managing the imagination, to defend it from forces that compromise, pollute, colonize, shrink, and sterilize it, and to cultivate those that illuminate, expand, and nourish it.” It’s always important for everyone to attend to this work, but it’s especially crucial for you to focus on it in 2016. You will be exceptionally creative, and therefore likely to generate long-lasting effects and influences out of the raw materials that occupy your imagination.

GEMINI May21–June20 Your mind sometimes works too hard and fast for your own good. But mostly it’s your best asset. Your versatility can sometimes be a curse, too, but far more often it’s a blessing. Your agile tongue and flexible agenda generate more fun than trouble, and so do your smooth maneuvers and skillful gamesmanship. As wonderful as all these qualities can be, however, I suggest that you work on expanding your scope in 2016. In my astrological opinion, it will be a good time for you to study and embody the magic that the water signs possess. What would that mean exactly? Start this way: Give greater respect to your feelings. Tune in to them more, encourage them to deepen, and figure out how to trust them as sources of wisdom.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22 Swedish movie director Ingmar Bergman won three Academy Awards and was nominated for eight others. Numerous filmmakers have cited him as an important influence on their work. His practical success was rooted in his devotion to the imagination. “I am living permanently in my dream, from which I make brief forays into reality,” he said. Can you guess his astrological sign? Cancer the Crab, of course! No other tribe is better suited at moving back and forth between the two worlds. At least potentially, you are virtuosos at interweaving fantasy with earthy concerns. The coming year will afford you unprecedented opportunities to further develop and use this skill.

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LE0 Jul23–Aug22

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Avoid pain and pursue pleasure. Be kind, not cruel. Abstain from self-pity and ask for the help you need. Instead of complaining, express gratitude. Dodge time-wasting activities and do things that are meaningful to you. Shun people who disrespect you and seek the company of those who enjoy you. Don’t expose yourself to sickening, violent entertainment; fill your imagination up with uplifting stories. Does the advice I’m offering in this horoscope seem overly simple and obvious? That’s no accident. In my opinion, what you need most in 2016 is to refresh your relationship with fundamental principles.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Many of the atoms that compose your flesh and blood were not part of your body 12 months ago. That’s because every year, 98 percent of you is replaced. Old cells are constantly dying, giving way to new cells that are made from the air, food, and water you ingest. This is true about everyone, of course. You’re not the only one whose physical form is regularly recycled. But here’s what will be unique about you in 2016: Your soul will match your body’s rapid transformations. In fact, the turnover is already underway. By your next birthday, you may be so new you’ll barely recognize yourself. I urge you to take full charge of this opportunity! Who do you want to become?

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 My old friend John owns a 520-acre farm in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Blueberries are among the crops he grows. If he arranges their growing season so that they ripen in July, he can sell them for $1.75 a pint. But if he designs them to be ready for harvest in late summer and early fall, the price he gets may go up to $4 a pint. You can guess which schedule he prefers. I urge you to employ a similar strategy as you plot your game plan for 2016, Scorpio. Timing may not be everything, but it will count for a lot.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 In 1803, the U.S. government bought a huge chunk of North American land from the French government. At a price of three cents per acre, the new republic doubled its size, acquiring what’s now Louisiana and Montana and everything between. I don’t think you’ll add that much to your domain in 2016, Sagittarius, but it's likely you will expand significantly. And although your new resources won’t be as cheap as the 1803 bargain, I suspect the cost, both in terms of actual cash and in emotional energy, will be manageable. There’s one way your acquisition will be better than that earlier one. The Americans bought and the French sold land they didn't actually own—it belonged to the native people—whereas your moves will have full integrity.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 The coming year will be a favorable time for you to nourish a deeper devotion to truth, beauty, and goodness. Anything you do to make your morality more rigorous will generate benefits that ripple through your life for years to come. Curiously, you can add to the propitious effect by also cultivating a deeper devotion to fun, play, and pleasure. There is a symbiotic connection between the part of you that wants to make the world a better place and the part of you that thrives on joy, freedom, and wonder. Here’s the magic formula: Feed your lust for life by being intensely compassionate, and vice versa.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 I predict that 2016 will be your Year of Fruitful Obsessions. In giving this positive spin to the cosmic tendencies, I’m hoping to steer you away from any behavior that might lead to 2016 being your Year of Fruitless Obsessions. One way or another, I think you’ll be driven to express your passions with single-minded intensity. Focused devotion— sometimes verging on compulsive preoccupation—is likely to be one of your signature qualities. That’s why it’s so important to avoid wasteful infatuations and confounding manias. Please choose fascinations that are really good for you.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Your symbol of power in 2016 will be the equal sign: =. Visualize it in your mind’s eye every morning for 20 seconds. Tattoo it on your butt. Write it on an index card that you keep under your pillow or on your bathroom mirror. Gestures like these will deliver highly relevant messages to your subconscious mind, like “Create balance and cultivate harmony!” and “Coordinate opposing forces!” and “Wherever there is tension between two extremes, convert the tension into vital energy!” Here are your words of power in 2016: “symbiosis” and “synergy.”

Homework: Send me predictions for your life in 2016. Where are you headed? Go to RealAstrology.com; click on “Email Rob.”

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Unfortunately, the picture of page 6 of the 12/9 issue is not a picture of Brandt’s cormorants. It is actually a group of penguins.

On the evening of Oct. 31, 2015, a homeless acquaintance of mine named Michael David died in Dominican Hospital due to cancerous tumors first detected back in July. I want to take this opportunity to thank the loving and gracious staff of Dominican Hospital, who went out of their way to show a homeless man love and compassion on a daily basis.

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TIME AGAIN Heather Moffat, the new executive director for the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, is excited to revitalize old exhibits. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER

Pressing Rewind Two galleries offer fresh looks at local history BY KARA GUZMAN en million years ago, Santa Cruz was underwater, and sea cows and 50-foot megalodon sharks swam where the Santa Cruz Mountains later emerged. Then came the Ice Age. The sea level dropped, pushing the shoreline west. Mammoths and mastodons—giant tusked beasts—roamed at the future site of the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. Santa Cruz’s fossil evidence of land mammals shows only the largest species, since smaller skeletons are less likely to withstand time, says Frank Perry, research associate at the Santa Cruz Museum

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of Natural History, where visitors can see a mastodon skull unearthed in Aptos Creek in 1980 and a sea cow skeleton found in Felton in 1963. Prehistoric wildlife in Santa Cruz was likely similar to what’s found in Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits, where scientists have excavated remains of extinct saber-toothed cats, large wolves and giant ground sloths. “Here in Santa Cruz, we’ve found fossils of mammoths, mastodons and also horses, but from the La Brea Tar Pits you get a much more complete picture,” Perry says. “That includes things like giant birds, bigger than anything that flies today, and also camels and lions.”

RESURRECTING HISTORY In the dark, the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History’s taxidermy gallery looks like an environmentalist’s wild dream, with a hundred glass eyes of lifelike birds, reptiles and four-legged creatures peering toward the room’s center. Carefully stepping around a replica of a monarch butterfly cluster, Heather Moffat, the executive director since February, flips on the lights, preparing for a second-grade field trip from Gateway School. As the Natural History Museum in Seabright marks its 110th >12

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A murmur filled the air as nearly 100 people crowded the Hotel Paradox conference room on a cold Tuesday night. As the audience mingled among the holiday decorations and twinkling lights, anticipation permeated conversations around the room. The sentiment was warranted, considering the topic at hand has been nearly two decades in the making: the 32-mile, bicycle-andpedestrian-only Coastal Rail Trail. On Dec. 8, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County (LTSCC) held a presentation hosted by deputy director Stephen Slade—with guests Cory Caletti, senior planner for the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission, and Bike Santa Cruz County director, Amelia Conlen—on the current progress of the project, which is in full swing. “One-fourth of the Rail Trail will be built in the next two years,” Slade said. “A year ago, I don’t think anyone would’ve believed that.” According to the report released last month by the Rails-To-Trails Conservancy based in Washington D.C., there are 440 rail trail projects throughout the nation stretching more than 3,000 miles. The report highlights the Santa Cruz Coastal Rail Trail as being within one mile of half the county’s population and providing access to 44 schools and 92 parks. A trail is not a project that the LTSCC, a conservation group, would normally embrace, but Slade says they became involved when Caletti changed their interpretation of the trail, calling it a “transportation corridor.” “It’s a means for people getting around our county,” he told the crowd. “We basically came to the realization that it’s a road without cars.” Stretching from Davenport to Watsonville, the Coastal Rail Trail will serve as the backbone to a greater 50-mile project called the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Network. The Santa Cruz County portion will feature an 8-foot path— alternating between paved and unpaved road—with an extra 2 feet of buffer zone on either side. “Across the country, protected bike lanes have dramatically increased the rate of cycling because people feel safe,” explained Conlen. According to the 2014 Santa >14

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anniversary, plans are underway to revitalize its exhibits. The highlight will be a new gallery featuring a redesigned tide-pool touch tank and the local natural history collection of Laura Hecox, the museum’s founder. Hecox grew up on Lighthouse Point, where her father was appointed the city’s first lighthouse keeper in 1870. As a young girl she scoured the cliffs for interesting shells, eventually amassing an impressive collection which she deeded to the city in 1904 for a new museum, says Moffat. “Imagine a little girl living there on Lighthouse Point, totally enamored with the natural world. She was clambering into tidepools, developing her collection of shells and rocks and specimens,� says Moffat. “It got to the point where she became known for her collection and people would bring her things.� Before Moffat worked in natural history museums—most recently in Santa Barbara—she was a paleontologist. In the 1990s, she studied fossil coral in the Bahamas, sand dollars and sea urchins in Las

Vegas and rocks in England, until realizing what she loved the most was working with children. “What gets me, as a female scientist—this museum was founded on a little girl’s curiosity, a little girl who felt that the things she found were worth saving and sharing,� says Moffat. The $65,000 gallery renovation is expected to be completed in June. It will include not only Hecox’s specimen cabinets, but also a microscope workstation where visitors can examine natural objects. “We want that space to be driven by visitors’ curiosity,� Moffat says. Next year, Moffat says, she plans to add more astronomy nights, nature sketching events and hikes. She also plans to expand monthly speaker programs such as “Naturalist Night,� which brings scientists and historians to the museum for public talks. The next one is 7 p.m. Jan. 21, titled “The Chautauqua Nature Study Movement,� by historian Don Kohrs, about the beginnings of open space conservation efforts in the Monterey Bay area. “Our mission is to connect people to nature and be stewards,� says

Moffat. “I want everything we do to be anchored in nature.� For more than a century, the museum has assembled a collection of 16,000 fossils, shells, insects, Native American baskets, mounted animals, and other curiosities. Much of it is in the basement, in the museum’s archives. Moffat says that in the new year, the museum plans to rotate its collection, make exhibits interactive, add more school programs, and become known as a dynamic institution. Premiering in January, a special exhibit curated by Perry over 20 years features the “Auto Tree� in Big Basin—a giant coast redwood famous for a fire scar large enough to fit an automobile inside. In April, the 27th annual scientific illustrator showcase, “The Art of Nature,� returns to the museum. Until six years ago, the museum was owned and operated by the city of Santa Cruz. Now the museum is independent, supported by grants, ticket sales, donations and an endowment. “While we are 110 years old, we are still a fledgling institution >16

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We thought the race to replace Congressman Sam Farr in the 20th District was going to be the showdown to watch in the local 2016 election cycle—but, boy, were we wrong. Sure, there’s Jimmy Panetta, the democratic son of political heavyweight Leon Panetta, and Casey Lucius, the sharp Pacific Grove Republican city councilmember. On top of that was a long list of other possible candidates, including California state Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Watsonville), one of the state’s most successful lawmakers in recent years, who championed reforms to raise the minimum wage and get driver’s licenses for

undocumented immigrants. Then there was California state Sen. Bill Monning (D-Carmel). Usually, the most likely candidate in a race like this would be the local state senator, but Monning has decided instead to sit this one out and run for re-election in his state seat. Alejo showed interest in running early and is getting termed out of the assembly. But he soon quieted down, later announcing that he would run for Monterey County supervisor instead. That could keep Alejo in the public eye if the ambitious lawmaker decides to run for Monning’s open senate seat when Monning gets termed out in 2020—which

would look to be the obvious next step for the ambitious young lawmaker. Meanwhile, Karina Cervantez Alejo, Luis Alejo’s wife, looked poised to cruise from her post on the Watsonville City Council into her husband’s assembly seat in next year’s election. That is, until Anna Caballero, formerly a member of Gov. Jerry Brown’s cabinet and mayor of Salinas, announced her candidacy for that same seat, a post she held for four years herself before Brown called her name in 2010. Caballero is a formidable foe. And yes, Monterey Bay’s hottest power couple noticed. Luis Alejo was quick to point out last month that under the old term-limit rules,

Caballero would only be able to serve one two-year term, whereas Alejo’s wife could serve 12 years. “This is once again Anna only thinking about Anna, instead of thinking about my constituents or the next generation of smart, hardworking women leaders,� Luis Alejo told the Monterey Herald. When it comes to politics, it’s never too early to think ahead, so it’s worth wondering what Caballero would do after getting termed out in a couple of years. Run for Monning’s senate seat perhaps, maybe against Luis? Yes, it’s a few years away, but it’s hard to imagine either one of them eyeing anything else, and that could get interesting—and raise the stakes in 2016, as well. JACOB PIERCE

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RAIL OF A TRAIL <11 Cruz Regional Transportation Plan, 75 percent of the commuters traveling to work in Santa Cruz County are also residents. Proponents argue that giving commuters a safer option to travel will mean fewer cars on the road and fewer greenhouse gas emissions, a health benefit for the entire community. The Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission estimates the project will cost a total of $127 million and take 10 years to complete in full. While the cost may seem staggering, supporters point to the fact that it is a one-time expense. Each section of the project will be completed as funds are raised, allowing for what Caletti calls “geographical equity” between the North and South bays. Along with

a $7 million grant from 2013, an additional $11 million was awarded this year, affording the 2018 completion date of eight miles. Caletti stressed that the $11 million Federal Lands Access Grant needed to complete the project by 2018 would not have been awarded if the LTSCC had not committed $3.3 million toward the project. “As with all of these projects, it’s a mix of funding sources,” Caletti said at the presentation. “It really does take a village.” Two of those miles will stretch from Natural Bridges State Park to Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz, with an open-house meeting for the public to discuss the plans sometime next year. Another five miles will run from the North Coast to Wilder Ranch State Park, although funding for the leg to Davenport has yet to be raised. The third section will run through the heart of

Watsonville and connect with Pajaro Valley High School. “In the city of Santa Cruz, 13 percent of kids bike or walk to school, which is pretty consistent with the national average,” explained Conlen. “However, in the county only 1 percent do.” In an unprecedented move, two anonymous private donors have also promised to match any donations toward the Rail Trail between now and the end of January 2016, with no limits. “I was stunned to silence,” Slade told GT with a chuckle. “I almost wanted to say, ‘really?’ but didn’t want to give them a second chance to back out.” Even with such a generous offer, planners still see funding as the biggest challenge to the trail. One proposal is a sales tax increase currently being examined for voters on the

November 2016 ballot. The half-percent increase would fund roughly $68 million toward the Rail Trail—and other transportation projects and upkeep—over a 30-year period. Supporters also argue that most of the infrastructure is already in place. Ninetynine percent of the path already meets the minimum 25-foot width needed to safely accommodate pedestrian and rail travelers alike. Plus, since trains do not do well on hills, there is only a 3 percent gradient in the path, making access easy for people of all ages. As Caletti told the Paradox Hotel audience, the Regional Transportation Commission plans for the “eight to 80” age range. Slade says that once the first segment is built, people won’t have to imagine it anymore. “It’s going to be a wonderful way for people to get around the county,” Slade says, “and I think they will be amazed.”

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BLASTS FROM THE PAST For a look at the more recent past, Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History’s newly renovated history gallery, opened in October, traces the city’s ethnic and cultural roots from the 1800s to present day. The new gallery encompasses a wider range of voices than ever before. Additions include a geodesic dome next to a story about hippies in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and a life-sized model fishing boat accompanied by the tale of around 60 Italian families who came to Santa Cruz in the 1880s and ran a thriving fishing empire by the wharf. The renovation took three years to complete, and involved input from museum visitors, such as an audio reenactment by MAH members of the story of a black slave who bought his freedom and came to Santa Cruz for the Gold Rush. On the wall at the gallery’s entrance, visitors can post sticky notes with suggestions on what to add. “History doesn’t end. We make new history every day,” says Marla Novo, curator of collections, “and we wanted to show that as our community evolves, our gallery evolves.” The story of Croatians in the Pajaro Valley apple business in the late 1800s and early 1900s is represented by a family heirloom traditional dress on display. Photographs from Santa Cruz’s two historical Chinatowns hang at the room’s center, near a mannequin clothed in the jeans, sweatshirt and head covering of a Watsonville berry picker. Those with ties to local politics can see their marks on history up close, like in a window display with “Yes on D: Save Lighthouse Field!” posters from the 1970s when a proposal for a hotel and convention center threatened the open space. A Watsonville Brown Beret uniform hangs behind glass from the 1990s, when the activist group formed in response to gang-related violence. “The whole idea of the gallery is to show people that we all make history,” Novo says, “and it’s an empowering story.”

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WITH THE ASSIST Players from the Santa Cruz Warriors team paid a visit to some of the kids in the Adopt-A-Family program.

Early Adopters The Adopt-A-Family program has changed the way locals give during the holidays BY STEVE PALOPOLI

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year, and saw a name she recognized. Two years ago, a couple of other women who worked at the Volunteer Center—Americorps volunteers, as Brock had originally been—had adopted a single mom with two 4-yearold daughters. They had brought them Thanksgiving dinner, and later a delivery of Christmas gifts, and had stayed close with them. But both of them had since left Santa Cruz for grad school. So Brock decided they’d be the first family she adopted as part of the program; in past years, she’d mostly been manning the warehouse which handles donations from individuals and businesses. Just last week, Brock went and delivered her family their Christmas gifts. She was delighted by the daughters, now 6, and their mother, and suddenly she felt just how

intensely personal Adopt-A-Family can be. “Now I totally understand why some donors get so attached,” says Brock. “I totally get it now. I know we’re definitely going to be in contact throughout the year.” Now imagine a similar scenario repeated with more than 450 families in Santa Cruz County, which is how many Adopt-A-Family will help this holiday season, and it stops seeming like something that can be described simply as “charity,” and starts seeming more like community. And a community effort is exactly how it originated. Executive Director Karen Delaney, who has been with the Volunteer Center for 32 years, remembers that the Adopt-A-Family program started after the 1989 Loma

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o understand why the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County’s Adopt-AFamily program continues to grow each year, it helps to understand the power of the bond that’s created between donors and the local families in need that they adopt. Even the Volunteer Center’s Shannon Brock didn’t really understand it, despite being co-coordinator of the Adopt-A-Family program for three years. She knew that donors and adopted families can end up staying in touch after the holiday season, and even become close friends—it happens quite often, in fact, Volunteer Center staff say. But she didn’t really know why. That changed last month, though, when Brock was looking through the names of families in the program this

Prieta earthquake, when charities and individuals around the Bay Area were calling up, asking how they could help. The Volunteer Center hit on the idea of donors giving to specific families that had been displaced, and it caught on. “We kept that idea going in subsequent years,” says Delaney, “because it seemed like people enjoyed the option of not having just anonymous giving, but to truly get to know their neighbors.” Sometimes, says Delaney, charity can seem abstract to people, but not with Adopt-A-Family. “The thing that’s so wonderful about AdoptA-Family is it’s very local, and it’s very relatable,” she says. “That’s one of the reasons it keeps growing. There are these families in every neighborhood, and they’re living these quiet lives that maybe aren’t so happy.” Adopt-A-Family is not the only way the Volunteer Center, which will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2017, creates community. With a small staff of 16, they run 22 programs, which also includes their popular Human Race Walkathon and Fun Run (May 7 in 2016). But perhaps more importantly, last year alone they worked with 11,000 volunteers, connecting them with some 400 nonprofits throughout Santa Cruz County. They are the glue that holds the county’s network of good work together. “Every day I’m surprised by who shows up,” says Kelly Mercer, the Volunteer Center’s director of community engagement. “Every day it’s completely new.”

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The university imposed additional punishments, including 150 hours of community service. I remember when news broke on Facebook that you were among the protestors and you had been taken into custody. Some of your friends weren’t very supportive.

LORI NIXON: That reaction was very common with people who didn’t know me very well. My very, very close friends and people on the same political wavelength understood the message. They understood how important freeway protests are and have been in the past. Even if they didn’t 100 percent agree with what happened, they were supportive of me and the other protestors. But during that time, I lost a lot of people I would have considered friends, a lot of classmates, co-workers, people that I just kind of knew … I immediately cut them out of my life. I basically was like, ‘I rarely see you in real life. If you’re going to actively talk badly about me without asking me or talking to me, I don’t need you in my life.’ People who were close to me and were going to be my friends no matter what have been really supportive. As a group, the protesters were required to pay $28,000. And you got sentenced to 30 days in county jail. Did you serve that full sentence?

Five of the six of us opted for workrelease programs, where they pay the jail to go clean bathrooms. Their assignment was at Natural Bridges. The jail really tried to pressure me into doing a work-release program, but I felt it was in my best interest not to do that program and not

SIT IN Lori Nixon blocked Highway 17 in March as part of the group that would become known as “The Highway 6.” PHOTO: JOHN MALKIN

to pay the state more money to punish me. So I’m the only one who opted to take the jail sentence. You automatically get credit for the time you already spent in jail. So, I got two day’s credit, which brought it down to 28 days. And then you automatically get good time, so I was planning on being in there for 14 days. I got released after 11 days. So, I spent 11 days in the Santa Cruz County Jail. We’re in the process of appealing our restitution costs, because about $20,000 of that is coming from the UC Police Department, where they

ahead of time brought in officers and equipment from five other UC schools across the state. They’re trying to charge us for money they were going to be spending anyway. $20,000 of that is for overtime pay, for car rentals, other things like that we feel we should not have to pay— considering that our action may have caused the most outrage and had impact on the public, but it was the smallest action people-wise. I never realized how the restitution was divided up.

There’s a whole judicial side with the university that people have not

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he plans to stage a protest on Highway 17 on March 4 were hatched in November 2014. That’s when UCSC students began an occupation of the Humanities and Social Sciences building in protest of proposed fee hikes. It’s also when students began to realize that the town of Santa Cruz didn’t know much about protests happening on campus, activist Lori Nixon says. Year in and year out, she explains, many of the school’s demonstrations got ignored by the community—a topic that came up when a General Assembly of activists met and planned 96 hours of action. “One of the ideas was to bring it down off the hill, which is where our action came in,” says Nixon, who’s now living in Berkeley. Months later on that March morning, a moving truck unloaded large bins on Highway 17 for a barricade. Nixon and five others— who would become known as “The Highway 6”—later chained themselves to these bins, just north of the Highway 1 bridge, where they would remain for hours. By the next day, more than 4,000 people had signed an online petition calling for the students’ expulsion. Before blocking traffic, Nixon, who I first met five years ago, was almost finished with a degree in sociology. Nixon has since been suspended from school, served jail time and been ordered to pay her share of a $28,000 fine.

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“We will be filing a civil suit in the first couple months of the year against the UC Regents.” — Lori Nixon <19 seen also. We will be filing a civil suit in the first couple months of the year against the UC Regents for violating our constitutional rights during the judicial process. You’re allowed to re-enroll next month. Will you do that soon?

Three of the protestors are already back in school. They’ve been there this whole quarter. Two more are going back in January. And I’m choosing not to re-enroll until our civil case is rectified, which could be a year to three years. I can’t help thinking that some community members will see this article and feel angry. They will never see your point of view and will always hate the choice you made. Does that bother you?

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It bothers me a little bit. But more than anything, it’s just motivation to keep going. People being unwilling to see someone else’s opinion or to think critically about the system we live in—that’s just motivation to keep fighting.

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Do you ever regret the action that day?

The only thing I regret is that we wanted to make little fliers that our supporters could hand out to people in the cars if they were passing us, because a lot of people passed us that day. It was not fully blocked ever, until the cops came and blocked it all off. That’s the only thing I regret—not having better signage so that people were more aware of what we were doing, but I don’t regret the action itself. Protesters blocked Highway 1 farther south in the spring, and some of them were CSU Monterey Bay students. Have

you been in contact with them?

Absolutely. They have been so supportive of us. We’ve been very supportive of them. They came to a bunch of our court dates, and we held fundraisers in Santa Cruz, and a few of them came to those as well. They just got their sentences, which was 40 days in jail, which seems longer than ours, but we’re also getting slammed with almost $30,000 in restitution, which I don’t think they are having to face. I’m not sure if they’re going to be opting for work release, or if any of them will serve the jail time. What do you think of UCSC?

I love UC Santa Cruz. It was my dream school for over a decade. I was in community college for about seven or eight years, and my goal was always to come to Santa Cruz. I worked really hard to be able to transfer, and it breaks my heart that they’ve cracked down on student activism the way that they have, and it breaks my heart that they keep raising tuition. It breaks my heart that it isn’t everything I thought it would be. But the time that I spent there and the classes that I took, the faculty, the people that I met were just amazing. I want everyone to qualify to go there and not spend the rest of their lives in debt. It kind of feels like a breakup, where I’m like, “UCSC, I love you,” and they’re like, “Don’t even call me. Don’t even show up.” You’ve mentioned wanting to change “the system.” If a revolution started tomorrow, what should be the first thing to happen?

The dissolution of the UC Regents. The collegiate system would be run by students, faculty, workers and community members.

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Ty Fighter Ty Pearce of Ty’s Eatery made a big impact on the local dining scene in 2015 BY ANNE-MARIE HARRISON his was the year Ty Pearce went solo with his own pop-up restaurant—without any money or vacation—putting three days of work into his half-day, semiweekly pop-up, Ty’s Eatery, at the Santa Cruz Food Lounge. Since taking on catering jobs serving roughly 300 people every few days, with help from a bigger staff, he’s also begun teaching cooking classes in the East Bay and the pop-ups are down to once a week on Sundays. This was also the year that Pearce made his transition to male public in Santa Cruz, his home since 2011, with his interview in GT’s Food & Drink magazine. This one aside, most of Pearce’s 37 years haven’t been all that easy. His childhood was spent bouncing around from place to place, caring for siblings while his parents struggled with substance abuse. He’s five years into his transition from Tanya to Ty—assigned female at birth—and after a lifetime of being an interloper in a female’s skin, made the decision to transition in 2010. He was featured on Our America With Lisa Ling the following year, in the midst of a breakup and starting hormone therapy which led to a battle with addiction and his arrival in Santa Cruz. Now, Pearce is reinvigorating the local dining scene with the taste for healthy, locally sourced cuisine that he learned from the famous Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley and his aunt, Cindy Gershen, owner of Sunrise Bistro in Walnut Creek.

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Pearce is soft-spoken, methodical; he tears up when he recounts the party that raised $10,000 for his transition surgery, all of which came from friends and customers, and he laughs with a bit of sadness when recounting the dangerous journeys of transgender friends. To get to where he is today, he had to start his entire life over again. But, it’s like he says about his younger years: “What I learned with all that chaos is how to get out of chaos.” When did you start cooking?

TY PEARCE: I started cooking at a really young age because my parents were never really home and I had three brothers and sisters. I found from an early age that I really enjoyed it. When I was 14, I started at my aunt’s restaurant [Sunrise Bistro]. I worked every single position there, and then my aunt said I should go to culinary school, so I did. Ever since I started in the restaurant that was it for me. Before you got serious about cooking, you were an MMA fighter and considered going pro. Why didn’t you?

I started when I was 15, I did boxing and kickboxing and jiu jitsu—it’s kind of how I got introduced to pain pills, I got injured all the time and doctors just prescribed me stuff. When I fought, I had to fight women, but when I trained I trained with men—there weren’t many women who would step in the ring with me. I saw myself as a male too, and I didn’t want to get in the ring and hit on some girl who was not training to be a man. I remember this one time I fought this girl and she wouldn’t go down. I remember thinking ‘Just fall,

FROM TANYA TO TY Ty Pearce has undergone both a personal and professional transformation on his road to the local dining scene. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER

fall, I don’t want to hit you.’ I didn’t hit her as hard as I could have. The bell rang and I got out of the ring and stepped down—her daughter was standing there and she looked at me, yelled and ran away. It was traumatizing. After that I wasn’t going to get back in the ring and do that to someone ever again. When you first got to Santa Cruz, you went to work at Front Street Kitchen but didn’t let on about how much experience in the business you’d had until then, why not?

my ego and not take on a lot of responsibility, I just really wanted to work on myself. I started at Front Street Kitchen under Andrea [Mollenauer], Denna [Myers], and Dori [Stier]—I really enjoyed working for the three women, they were all really nurturing. I would just be quiet and work my hardest for them, and give my input when it was needed. I was broken, too, I didn’t have any confidence, I didn’t know if I belonged in the business anymore.

It was really strange for me because I was really trying to check

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people. What was the best part?

It was such a struggle the first three months, owning my own business. A pop-up takes like three days because it’s not like you have this restaurant and you’re making your food. You have to buy the food, prep it, serve it, build it up and break it down. It’s hours and hours of work. I put the Wednesdays [at the Food Lounge] down and I was so scared. To know that I did that—start a business with no money—I stood in one place and I didn’t give up. What’s new with Ty’s Eatery?

What were some of the biggest hurdles you faced as a transgender man before your transition?

Most of the women I’d date were attracted to men and they’d never been with a woman, so for them to even cross that was a big step. A few of those relationships ended in ‘What would our future be? We can’t get married, we can’t have children.’ It brings up insecurities, you go through life feeling like ‘I’m not enough, I can never be enough.’ It’s totally changed now. One, society has

Was the kitchen a safe haven during that time?

It was an area where gender doesn’t matter—what matters is that you show up, you cook well, you clean, you do your part, and you put your passion into it. It’s a way you can share love with someone. For me it was a way to feel good and equal—it’s a place where I was always accepted. What’s changed since you transitioned?

It comes up sometimes in the kitchen. Women will be talking and I’ll be like ‘Oh, yeah, I totally know what that feels like,’ and they’ll be like ‘What?’ Even my girlfriend is like ‘It’s so weird to think you had a period at some point in your life.’ There’s things in my life where I find other men challenging me—since the change I feel like I've had to deal with more men and their machoness. I just think ‘Hey look, whatever game you’re playing or your role, I’m not playing with you.’ Does it ever get tiring, having to explain being transgender to other people?

Because of that TV show, everybody knew back home so I didn’t have a hard time talking about it. I came to Santa Cruz about two years into the transition and no one knew, they just knew me as Ty. There was somebody at work and he was talking about Caitlyn Jenner. He didn’t know I was transgender and he goes ‘This Caitlyn Jenner wants to change sexes and what, she thinks the taxpayers are going to pay for that?’ I just laughed on the inside, I knew that the other GT article was coming out and I was just waiting for him to read it. That’s one thing that I’m trying to do: just not react. Then when they do find out, they learn—‘Oh this guy’s cool, he’s one of the guys.’ I hope that it changed his view of transgender people.

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We’ve been doing lots of of holiday parties and still doing pop-ups at the Food Lounge, but not the Wednesday ones anymore. I go to the farmers market and I see what’s good, I’m utilizing my smoker—everybody loves smoked meats, bacon, pulled pork. My aunt teaches kids at Diablo Mountain High School, when I have a free day I’ll go and work with them. I’m really looking for a space because I’ve kind of outgrown the Food Lounge—the Food Lounge is busy so what’s happening is when I’m in there it’s taking a lot longer to do things. You typically plan out your day, but you get in there and there are a ton of other companies so everything takes a little bit longer. If things continue to go well hopefully a space will come up when it’s safe. We [just did] Ty’s Eatery Give Back Dinner, all proceeds go to Walnut Avenue Women’s Center. Whatever isn’t eaten, I’ll take over to the homeless shelter.

changed, I’m accepted. I can do any of those things: I can get married, I can have children.

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River Revival Greg Pepping of the Coastal Watershed Council explains the potential of the San Lorenzo River BY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS art of the largest watershed in the county, the San Lorenzo River provides drinking water to more than 93,000 residents. Draining from the Santa Cruz Mountains, it runs right through downtown—which is built on the river floodplains. But although the river is extremely important to our livelihood, most of downtown faces away from it, and, until recently, it’s been treated more like a dirty, unsafe back alley than an important waterway and public space. Greg Pepping, Executive Director of the Coastal Watershed Council, has been an instrumental force in spearheading the San Lorenzo River Alliance, which formed in December of 2013. Over the past two years, the powerful alliance of 10 organizations has made significant steps toward their goal of transforming the river into a healthy watershed, embraced and enjoyed by all. In 2014 alone, the alliance held 77 events along the more than two-mile stretch of riverwalk downtown. If their efforts continue, Santa Cruz could be well on its way to becoming a “river town.”

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What was the impetus for starting the San Lorenzo River Alliance?

GREG PEPPING: Well, a lot of people have worked hard on this river, and the city and county have staff that work hard on it every day. So, if it wasn’t for all the past efforts we’d have a totally concrete structure like the L.A. river has in downtown L.A. A lot’s been done,

but since 2009, there had been no river committee, and there had been no opportunity for the community to participate. It’s not just the job of the city staff, county staff, or some large project, it’s an opportunity for the entire community to invest in this river, so when we formed the Alliance, that was one of the main goals, to really reconnect the community to the watershed. So, it takes those big projects and a bunch of individual actions by thousands of people, that’s what we’re trying to foster. Would you say that changing local mentality around the river—from one of back alley to front yard—is a crucial step?

It’s a huge part of, you know, “what’s our story with the river?” Spanish explorers first saw that river in 1769, and they found Ohlone native people there, and that’s why the community is here, because of the river—and we used to feel connection to the river. The levies are doing their job of keeping us safe from the flood waters, but visually we’re cut off, it’s kind of “out of sight, out of mind,” and emotionally we don’t have the connection to the river that prior generations had. Psychologically, we don’t know what the water does for us, you know, as a drinking water source, and it affects our economic vitality and quality of life. So it could be our front yard, but many feel like it’s a back alley. And many people see it as an irrigation ditch, and it could be a great urban park. What are some of the problems that the river has faced in the past?

The conventional wisdom is sort of that the faulty septic systems up in

FLOW CHARTER Greg Pepping, Executive Director of the Coastal Watershed Council and instrumental force in the San Lorenzo River Alliance, believes Santa Cruz could be on its way to being a ‘river town.’ PHOTO: KEANA PARKER

the valley are the problem, and the county’s done a really good job of addressing that. There’s more work to be done on the septic, we have some leaky sewer laterals here in town, we have illegal camping, and all those add up to a bacteria problem in the river. But I would say that the river is cleaner than its reputation. We’re really focused on bacteria, and we’ve learned that the birds are a big source. But we want to eliminate human sources of bacteria, and that’s back to the sewers and the septic and illegal camping, so that’s something

that’s a priority for us. Water quality’s got to be No. 1. People won’t be drawn to the river if they think it’s yucky. And that’s one of our strengths as an organization since we started in ’95, we’ve been very science based and focused on water quality. You mentioned seeing two coyotes last week near the Water Street bridge. In terms of wildlife, what else lives there now and how might you see restoration affecting it?

There are lots of birds along the river, there are steelhead, and hopefully there are coho salmon again one day,

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Last year we had a series of river forums, and one of the top ideas for the lower river was cafes and restaurants along the river, places to eat and drink. And, so the community wants that, and I think that’s going to be a logical extension of downtown. There’s a project in development stages along Front Street that may actually reach out to the riverwalk path, so you could be on the levy path, and with one step be on the patio and order a coffee, or an ice cream, with a view of the river. As far as construction, what is in the works right now?

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I think that some of the ground can be broken within a couple of years for the development along the river. The smaller projects are ongoing right now, where people are out there removing invasive weeds, and giving native species a chance to thrive. People are doing citizen science projects where they’re figuring out where the water’s dirty and where it’s clean and where are the sources of pollution, so, it’s going to take longer than I wish, but we’re taking baby steps right now. And then, we need to get toward a capital campaign, where we recognize the really big picture investment that we can do as a community, and then how do we fund that stuff? Those are some of the more challenging next steps for the coalition. The California voters passed the water bond last November, and that money will be rolled out over the next 6-8 years, how much of that could be invested in the San Lorenzo watershed, private foundations, federal grants, some private investment. And if you pull all of those things together, you can really change this river, in a way that we decide what that improvement is. How can people join in and is anyone welcome to do so?

They are welcomed, and asked, to get involved. We want people to realize that there’s an opportunity for everyone, no matter what your inclination or interest, there’s a role that you can play, and the best way you can find out is to go to sanlorenzo.org, or the San Lorenzo River Facebook page.

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There’s lighting, and the city manager’s office has ensured that the lighting is aesthetically and stylistically consistent with the lighting on the bridges. It’s kind of a classic look, and I think they’re really attractive. So that will improve safety, and the feel of safety. I know that there is careful attention paid to where the light diffuses to, and ideally the light illuminates the path, but doesn’t bleed out into the river and affect wildlife. It’s basically a collar that they put around the lights so it shines down. It’s very low-tech but it’s very important. There will be a lighting ceremony coming up. Then there’s exercise equipment that’s already been installed but hasn’t really been unveiled. It’s a little circuit that you can do, and some of those pieces are ready for

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Face Time GT’s man on the street reveals the secrets of Local Talk BY STEVE PALOPOLI ne of the GT features I’m most often asked about is Local Talk. “How can I get in it?” “How do you pick the answers?” “Who’s the guy who asks the questions?” I’d hate to ruin the Local Talk mystique—if such a thing exists—too much, but I can at least answer the latter question. Local Talk has been around at least since I worked at GT in the ’90s, but for the last 13 years (14 next February), our question man has been Matthew Cole Scott, son of GT astrologer Risa D’Angeles. So I decided to let (read: make) him answer some of the other questions I get about Local Talk. Originally applying for a job as a staff photographer, Scott was offered some freelance work, including Local Talk. To give you a sense of how long ago that was, the first question he asked was “Should we invade Iraq?” More than 700 questions later, he reveals what it’s like to be GT’s man on the street.

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What was it like interviewing people the first time you did Local Talk?

MATTHEW COLE SCOTT: Well, I didn’t record it, so I was losing people’s train of thought. I was writing it down, going “What’d you say after that word?” It was kind of ridiculous. It took me a long time to realize I needed one of those [points to tape recorder]. Like a year and a half. Pretty silly. Did you feel like personalitywise, you were a natural fit for Local Talk interviewing?

I don’t remember if I felt like I was good at it before. Now I feel like yes, this is me. I light up talking to strangers. I don’t go to Burning

Man to hang out with people I know. I go there to meet new friends. It’s fun to just walk up to people and talk to them. How do you approach people without freaking them out?

I definitely profile people now. I see “this person’s open, they might want to interact.” Or they’re intelligent, or they don’t have somewhere to go, or they don’t have too many internal dialogues going on. I prefer to do it in Santa Cruz, because I’ve gone to Capitola, I’ve gone to Watsonville, I’ve gone to Scotts Valley, and people look at you like “Why are you talking to me? I don’t know you. You don’t know me.” Then there are the places downtown where you don’t want to do it, where there are a lot of panhandlers or Greenpeace canvassers. Those are places where people are always like “nope.” They always say they don’t have time. Then there’s people who want to share their opinion, but they don’t want their photo taken. They see the camera, I get their quote, and then they’re like, “No, I don’t want to have my picture taken.” I’m like “do you want to wear my sunglasses?” Sometimes I convince them—they’ll really seem like they don’t want to, and I’ll say “Help me out here.” A few times I’ve been like “That’s the best answer I’ve heard yet! Please!”

ALL HE DID WAS ASK Matthew Cole Scott takes the local pulse on a different issue each week in GT’s Local Talk column. PHOTO: MATTHEW COLE SCOTT

“I’ve lived here all my life, and I’ve always wondered where they ask this question” or “I always wanted to be in it.”

What do people say when they find out you’re ‘the guy who does Local Talk?’

So where do you ask the questions, usually? Where do you get the best answers?

People will tell me “that’s my favorite thing” or “that’s the first thing I go to.” After hearing that enough, I was like “huh.” I guess it’s not a commitment really, you can just go in and check it out and see if you know anyone, or see if they make you laugh. I’ve had people say to me

I like to do it on West Cliff, and I like to do it in front of the Sockshop. Those are two great spots. Every place has a range, even on West Cliff. Down by Natural Bridges, people’s minds are little more at peace. Closer to the lighthouse and downtown, their minds are going a little too fast.

People down at this [Sockshop] end of the mall, what I would call the nicer part of the mall, they’re maybe more approachable—and can finish whole sentences. Sometimes I’ll do it in a bar. A bar’s kind of a perfect place for that—where else do you just talk to the person next to you? They have a little alcohol and they get a little loose, and they’re a little more free with what they say. Do people ever respond badly to being approached?

Two times. Well, two times where they dissed it, like “this is a

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worthless thing.â€? Another time I kind of almost got in an altercation. This woman wanted to answer it, and her boyfriend was like “no, you’re gonna be in the paper.â€? I said “hey, I’m talking to her,â€? and he was like “this is my girlfriend.â€? So we kind of got into it a little bit. You have to be good at dealing with what I call “rejection lite.â€? I ask 30 people sometimes to get seven answers. I’ll ask them if they want to answer a question and they just walk by. “Nope.â€? “No thanks.â€? “No, I don’t have time.â€? They don’t even hear the question. I had a guy one time who was in a wheelchair rolling by me when I was in front of New Leaf. He was like “nopeâ€? ‌ and then he turned around and said “Oh actually, yes!â€? Do you walk down the street in Santa Cruz and recognize people all the time? Like, “Oh yeah, that guy was in Local Talk.â€? “That woman was in Local Talk.â€?

Yes, and then sometimes I’ll be like “You’re familiar. Is there a chance I took your photo?� Having worked with avocados [at the Farmers Market] for three years, the Bagelry for three or four years, Local Talk— and having been in town for 33 years—everyone’s familiar. I feel like I should say hi to everyone, like I’m the mayor.

I like making it up, but sometimes I get what I call a “Local Block.� I’m like “Oh, I gotta do this. I don’t know what to ask. I’ve got a Local Block.� There’s so many questions you can ask, but I think when I’m feeling Local Block I’m just like “What do I ask next?� I mean, 52 a year for 14 years? So the biggest thing sometimes is coming up with a question. But it hasn’t been like that lately. There’s Reddit, there’s my friends, there’s just looking in the paper. Do you have a favorite kind of Local Talk answer?

There’s the straight-up, then

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Someone came to me and said “You need to go see this art show. A woman made ceramic heads from faces of Local Talk pictures.� So I went to a gallery at Cabrillo and this woman had made 52 heads from a year of Local Talk photographs. I looked at them and I found myself, because in 14 years I’ve put myself in under an alias, and I usually try to obscure my face. I had a particle mask on and glasses, and my name was “Saul Gouda.� This woman, Liz Crane, is an incredible ceramic artist. I saw that she had done all these people I know, too. She had shown them a bunch, and people wanted to buy individual ones, but she wanted to keep the set together.

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A brief history of how the Nick transformed local movie culture ong before I ever became an official movie critic, I fell in love with the Nickelodeon. Back in my student days up at UCSC, I saw most of my movies on campus, either at studentgenerated film series (Film Noir! Swashbucklers!), or at any one of the

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<28 nickelodeon machine sat roped off in a place of honor in the lobby. The snack counter was dominated by its vintage popcorn popper, and contained such marvels as a bag of Swedish mints (round chocolate mint balls coated in pastel candy), which quickly became my drug of choice. The price was, I believe, 45 cents. As if the regular fare of new foreign-language films by Bergman, Wertmuller, Fellini, and Truffaut (always subtitled, never dubbed) and non-mainstream American independents were not blissful enough, there were afternoon programs like a 10-week series of classic French New Wave. Jan and I went to all of them. People ask me where I acquired my “background in film.” I say: “At the Nickelodeon.” In 1975, I started reviewing movies professionally (i.e., in some place other than my journal) for Good Times. OK, it was a while before I actually got paid for it, but I knew I had arrived as a real critic the day that Nancy Raney, Bill’s second wife, invited me to my first press screening at the Nick. It was 1976, and the movie was Francois Truffaut’s L’Histoire d’Adèle H (The Story of Adèle H), starring the beauteous Isabelle Adjani. I took along my posse—Jan and my brother Steve—and we got to watch an entire movie with only a couple more people in the audience. (I had no idea who they were at the time, and I was too shy to ask, but it was probably Dale Pollock from the Santa Cruz Sentinel and whoever was reviewing movies for City on a Hill that week.) What an illicit thrill! A private screening in the middle of the day for a movie that wouldn’t be open for the public for another week—it was surreal. Little did I know that that would be my new reality for the next 38 years. Nancy was the consummate hostess. When the Nick screened Pedro Almodóvar’s Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, where gazpacho figures prominently in the plot, Nancy served everybody cups of gazpacho in the lobby. When Bill and Nancy bought the three-

year-old Sash Mill Cinema in 1978 from its owner, Rene Fuentes-Chao, Nancy was able to use the adjoining Sash Mill Cafe for “dos,” as she called them, wine-and-munchies receptions for the press to meet visiting filmmakers. For Les Blank’s doc Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers, she even served up garlic popcorn. But she really outdid herself in 1987, promoting the Danish film Babette’s Feast, in which a Frenchwoman prepares an extravagant meal for the dour inhabitants of a 19th century Danish village. Yup, you guessed it. In cahoots with Casablanca Restaurant, Nancy had Babette’s entire feast replicated for about a dozen members of the local filmreviewing press, whose ranks had swollen over the years. The point of all this was to get people talking about the movies and the little-art-house-that-could that kept bringing the best of world cinema to our little burg. And, oh, how it worked! Bill and Nancy opened a second screen at the Nick in 1976, and added two more in 1981. While the Nick spread the gospel of indie and art films to the public at large, the Nick screenings pretty much begat local movie culture. I met so many folks (and made so many friends) in the Nick lobby at screenings, I probably can’t remember them all. Local writer Morton Marcus came to Nick screenings regularly, and he was so famous that I was afraid to talk to him for years. I’d known Buz Bezore up at UCSC, but it was at Nick screenings that I got to know the other alt-journalists— Christina Waters, Michael S. Gant, Tom Maderos, Geoffrey Dunn—who would be staffing Buz’s string of alternative weeklies for years to come. Bruce Bratton was writing his column for Good Times when I started at the paper, and was one of the most loyal screening attendees. UCSC film professor Vivian Sobchak was a regular, and, occasionally, her colleague Eli Hollander. I got to know all the various Sentinel film critics over the years—Dale Pollock, Rick Chatenever, Catherine Graham.

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to Jim. Who else loved movies as much as the Raneys, or was better suited to maintaining the Nickelodeon legacy? Jim and his then-partner, Chuck Volwiler, were responsible for bringing the dilapidated Del Mar Theatre under the Nickelodeon umbrella, and restoring it to its art deco glory. Next came stewardship of Aptos Cinema—to the delight of Aptonians starved for film content in South County. More recently, Jim and partner Paul Gotlober undertook the massive project of switching the theaters over from film to digital. Now, after 23 years of savvy, challenging and entertaining film programming, Jim and Paul are ready to step down. The Nick has been sold to Landmark Theaters. Yes, it’s a theater chain out of Los Angeles, but its theaters specialize in art-house and independent films. The current plucky staff of Nick, Del Mar and Aptos are being retained to do what they do best: continue bringing the best movies out there to our community. Here’s looking at you, Nick. Let’s hope the fabled Nickelodeon legacy continues.

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And while I can’t recall the movie being screened, I vividly remember the day I met the “new kid” at the Sentinel in the Sash Mill Cafe, at one of Nancy’s do’s—Wallace Baine. He was there with his wife, Tina, and he had their infant daughter in a baby carrier over one arm. Early in my tenure at GT, I went to a screening of one of Bill Raney's favorite movies, the obscure, utterly impenetrable 1965 Polish epic, The Saragossa Manuscript. (He was bringing it back as a classic revival.) This time, there was only one other person in the theater, and as he and I staggered back out at last into the light of day, laughing and utterly flummoxed, we bonded over the fact that neither one of us had a clue what the movie was about. This was the first time I met Jim Schwenterley, who was then writing for the Cabrillo Log. Soon, Jim was working for Rene Fuentes-Chao, programming the eclectic repertory double-bills at the Sash Mill. When Bill bought the Sash Mill in 1978, Jim became part of the Nickelodeon family. When Bill and Nancy were ready to retire in 1992, they sold the business

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WEDNESDAY 12/23 ARTS OLD-GROWTH REDWOOD WALK AT HENRY COWELL Time to walk off that holiday feast? Henry Cowell’s expert docents have got you covered. Stroll through the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park Saturday, Dec. 26, with trained guides and learn about the old-growth redwood forest. Our Santa Cruz mountains offer an amazing canopy of natural history which you and loved ones can explore on this 90-minute walk through the powerful redwood giants. Info: 1 p.m., Dec. 26. Visitor Center, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, 101 North Big Trees Park Road, Felton. $10 parking.

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THUNDER SNOW CONE’S REALLY AWESOME SHOW Smurfasaur and Mikey Mangorilla brings you a circus sideshow spectacular featuring local entertainers from Northern California. 9 p.m.-Midnight. Blue Lamp, Sacramento. smurfasaursuicide@gmail. com. $8/$6. NEW YEAR, NEW YOU Ladies, we want to show you how to redefine and refresh your wardrobe and style. Mingle and meet new people, all sharing your passion for fashion. Noon-7 p.m. The Tannery, 1050 River St. #117, Santa Cruz.

CLASSES SALSA RUEDA CLASSES Cuban style dance at the Tannery. Introductory and beginning classes 7-8 pm. Intermediate and advanced classes 8-9 pm. 7-9 p.m. Tannery 1060 River St., Suite #111, Santa Cruz. Cesario, Danny, Gilberto. $7/$5. SCOTTISH COUNTRY DANCING CLASSES Scottish Country Dancing is fun and aerobic: No partner required: The traditional social dancing of Scotland: Wear soft soled-shoes. 7-9:30 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St. mazlarson@cabrillo.edu or 427-1921. $7.

WESTERN WEDNESDAY AT THE CREPE PLACE Grab a girl, a guy, a lasso and a gun (just kidding, please do not grab a gun) and giddy up for Western Wednesday at the Crepe Place, Wednesday, Dec. 30. For the heel-clickin’ honky-tonk crowd, it’s Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra with Harry & The Hitmen. Revival Tintype Portrait will host an old timey photo service—perfect for next year’s Christmas card—and those wearing cowboy boots get in for $7. Info: 9 p.m., Dec. 30. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. thecrepeplace.com. $7-$8.

GROUPS SONS IN RETIREMENT This statewide group of retired men invites you to be our guest at our monthly luncheon. You’ll meet kindred spirits, have a fine lunch and learn something new from a top-notch guest speaker. Noon-1 p.m. Elks Club, 150 Jewell St., Santa Cruz. Greg Horne at 684-1834 to RSVP.

WEDNESDAY 12/23 ‘NEW YEAR, NEW YOU’ AT THE TANNERY Wednesday, Dec. 23, the Tannery Open Studios presents the hottest trends in fashion and design for 2016. With guidance from the best L.A. fashion experts and designers, Coco Zaza has picked a collection of clothes and jewelry to showcase—making keeping up with next year’s fashions that much easier. Mingle, meet fellow fashion-minded ladies, enjoy light refreshments, and, instead of spending countless hours cross-referencing the top designer lists on 30 different websites, enjoy the convenience of your new wardrobe coming to you. It’s also the perfect opportunity for last-minute holiday shopping. Info: 3-7 p.m., Tannery Arts Center, 1050 River St., Santa Cruz. cocozazala.com. Free.

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JUNIPER MEDITATION FOR MODERN LIFE 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening meditation. Includes meditation and discussion on Buddhist training for modern life. 7:30-9 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, Gallery room. Pam@ juniperpath.org or juniperpath.org. $10.

WEEKLY MEDITATION CLASS Vipassana style mindfulness meditation focusing on being present with what is in the moment. Beginners welcome. Some chairs and floor cushions provided. 7-8 p.m. Branciforte Plaza, 555 Soquel Ave., Room 245. Russ 246-0443 or holeyboy. com Free /Donation.

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HUMBLE AND WHOLESOME CHRISTMAS REFLECTION In celebration of the holiday season, Sweaty Sheep Ministries is hosting an interfaith sunset Christmas Eve service to discuss the humble origins of Jesus and give back to the county’s homeless population. Representatives from the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish communities will share different understandings of the figure of Jesus and the message of his birth in a manger. In conjunction with the Homeless Garden Project, Sweaty Sheep Ministries will present music, discussion, celebration, and perspectives from local rabbis David and Micah Posner. Donations of socks, personal hygiene products, gift cards, bus passes, and warm clothing are encouraged. Info: 4 p.m., Homeless Garden Project Natural Bridges Farm, Delaware Avenue and Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz. sweatysheep.com.

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GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Do you have a problem with food? OA is a 12-step program to stop eating compulsively. Santacruzoa. org/meetings or 429-7906. 1-2 p.m. Trinity Presbyterian Church, Youth Room, 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz. Nate 429-7906. Free.

CLASSES AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT These engaging and potent classes will heighten your vitality as they increase your selfawareness, flexibility, and overall well-being. Pre-registration required. 5:30 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center/Ashtangà Yoga Institute, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. Free.

ARGENTINE DANCE Welcoming place to learn and dance Argentine Tango. Beginners welcome. Ongoing Fridays. 8-11 p.m. Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center 160 River St., Santa Cruz. tangoalternativo@gmail.com. $8/$5/Free. NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS—GREATER BAY AREA SANTA CRUZ We offer three meetings in support of friends and families of addicts. Naranoncalifornia.org/norcal or Helpline: 291-5099. 9-10 a.m. Santa Cruz, Aptos and Scotts Valley. saveyoursanity@aol.com. Free/Donations. CLUTTERERS ANONYMOUS Twelve-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.

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Fridays are a fun time for people to meet and mingle. 3-6 p.m. Thrive Natural Medicine 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. 515-8699.

MUSIC FOURTH FRIDAY FAMILY MUSIC JAM Bring your whole fam and jam out with us in our Music Together classroom behind The Abbey Coffeehouse. Bring your little ones, music and any instruments you want to play. 4:30-6:30 p.m. 239 High St., Santa Cruz. Tammy 438-3514 or musicalme.com. $20 donation.

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If the holidays leave you frazzled, exhausted and a little out of touch with your body, plan on getting back in the groove with yoga postures you can bring to the office with you. Learn a series of seated yoga postures combined with breath awareness to increase strength, range of motion, memory, mental awareness, circulation, stamina, and relaxation. There’s no better way to ensure your survival post-holidays than by staying stress-free and maintaining those deep breaths. Bring it on, 2016! Info: 9:30 a.m., 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. greybears.org/classes. $5.

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GROUPS SERENITY FIRST—PAGANS IN RECOVERY A twelve-step meeting with a Pagan flair, where people from all 12-step programs are free to discuss their spiritual paths. 7:15-8:15 p.m. MHCAN, 1051 Cayuga St., Room 12. 925-8953424. Free/Donations.

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INSPIRATIONAL MEDITATION SERVICE Join the Santa Cruz SRF Meditation Group for Sunday morning service. This service includes inspirational readings from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, the author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi. 11 a.m.Noon. 334-2088.

BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE An Introduction to ballet technique with a focus on posture, balance, and strength building. It's never too late to begin. Noon-1:15 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@iadance.com. $10.

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WEDNESDAY 12/30 ‘BEAT THE DEVIL! (FAUST, THE WHOLE STORY)’ Founding member of the The Actors’ Ensemble in New York City Glen Williamson comes to Soquel Wednesday, Dec. 30, to perform his award-winning off-Broadway Beat the Devil! Faust, the Whole Story. Surprisingly relevant to this day and age, it’s Goethe’s theatrical masterpiece on heaven, hell and the fight for a man’s soul—a man who has studied everything but feels he doesn’t know a thing, so he takes up magic in search of satisfaction. Based on Goethe’s plays, the story follows the man and his unfortunate run-ins with the devil, who wants good on their bargain. Info: 4 p.m., Camphill’s Paloma Hall, 4096 Fairway Drive, Santa Cruz. anthroposophysantacruz.com. Free.

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CHANUKAH HOSTED BY CHADEISH YAMEINU Celebrate with Santa Cruz’s Jewish Renewal congregation. All are welcome. Visit website for more details. 4:30-6:30 p.m. Peace United Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. cysantacruz.com. Free.

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BLEU Gil Cadalli and Virgil Thrasher play vintage blues, gospel, and an eclectic sampling of Rhythm and Blues. Cadalli and Thrasher played together in J.B. and the Nightshift, a Santa Cruz-based blues band during the ’80s. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn. davenportroadhouse.com. Free. 7 COME 11 + HARRY & THE HITMEN Harry & the Hitmen are thrilled to announce the return of their three-night New Year’s Eve extravaganza. All three concerts are taking place in the back room. Advance tickets available on ticketweb.com. thecrepeplace.com. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. The Crepe Place. $20. Exp. 1/23/16

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ALAN INSTEAD Let’s start with the most obvious question: Alan instead of what? Singersongwriter and sole member Will Iermini provides the simple answer: “My middle name is Alan, so I just decided to go by that name instead of my full name,” Iermini explains. With that out of the way, let’s discuss his debut album, Ghosts These Days, which came out last year, and is an excellent, intensely emotional record. It’s just Iermini on vocals and acoustic guitar, but these tunes don’t sound like the standard coffee-shop acoustic songs. They have dynamics, a largerthan-life passion and a lot of nuance in the songwriting.

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“I never set out to be a singersongwriter. I am first and foremost a rock ’n’ roll fan. That’s really what I like to listen to: loud music, big amps and a lot of energy. When I was writing these songs, I always had that in mind,” Iermini says.

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The album is also highly reflective. Its title is a reference to the ghosts of memories that haunt him, and the cover is a faded black and white image of a street corner. This reflective tone is all over his music, whether from the eight songs on his debut record or new ones he’s written since. “Very rarely will something happen to me and I’ll go home and write a song about it that day. It’s usually stuff that I look back on and go ‘wow, eight months ago that was crazy.’ I write from there,” Iermini says. “It always happens organically. It usually starts with the guitar. I might have some guitar work for years that I’ve never done anything with, then all of a sudden I’ll remember some event from six months ago and everything will come together.” AARON CARNES INFO: 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-4135.

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HOT CLUB PACIFIC In 1924, jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt formed the Quintette du Hot Club de France, a group that played a key role in introducing gypsy jazz to audiences around the world. Since then, the title “hot club” has been used to describe a sound that encompasses several styles including gypsy jazz and acoustic swing. Hot Club Pacific is a Monterey Bay-based outfit that has taken up Reinhardt’s cause to popularize the style, pulling from Benny Goodman, Count Basie, the Great American Songbook and, of course, Reinhardt himself. CAT JOHNSON INFO: 7:30 p.m. Crow’s Nest, 2218 E Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. $5. 476-4560.

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WILD ONES Punk rock, garage-rock, indie-rock. All of these styles at their core are simple, fun and rebellious. Local all-girl four-

piece the Wild Ones is all of these. It’s everything people love about rock ’n’ roll all wrapped up into one awesome band—like a ’60s girl group, but with the Ramones’ energy and irreverent humor. (They have a song called “2 Kewl 4 Skool,” for God’s sake!) The group isn’t re-inventing anything by any stretch of the imagination, but they play with so much vibrancy that it hardly matters. AARON CARNES INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

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SHANE DWIGHT A part-time local boy, Shane Dwight is a rock and rolling bluesman who plays the hell out of his guitar and has shared stages with Etta James, B.B. King, and Johnny Winter. His sound spans genres and moods, ranging from crashing drums and shredding guitar licks to slow ballads and a touch of country soul. Now dividing his time between Nashville and the Morgan Hill ranch he grew up on, Dwight has made a name for himself in both places as a solid singer and guitar-slinger. CJ INFO: 7 p.m. Aptos St. BBQ, 8059 Aptos St., Aptos. Free. 662-1721.

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ELVIN BISHOP’S BIG FUN TRIO When it comes to the blues, Elvin Bishop is a true “artist’s artist.” The incomparable axeslinger has played with a Hall of Fame list of musicians from Mike Bloomfield and Paul Butterfield to the Allman Brothers, the Grateful Dead, Bo Diddley, B.B. King and many, many more. This year, Bishop teams up with Bob Welsh Jr. and Willy Jordan— both veteran bluesmen who’ve played with a similar cast of who’s-who in the genre—to spread some cheer with their Big Fun Trio. After the presents have been opened and the food devoured, make this not-so-white Christmas a savory blue at Don Quixote’s. MAT WEIR INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $25/adv, $30/door. 335-2800.

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BE OUR GUEST STICK FIGURE Creators of deep, spacious and trippy dub and reggae grooves, Stick Figure is a fast-rising favorite on the contemporary reggae scene. Led by frontman/mastermind Scott Woodruff, the Southern California-based band hit number one on the iTunes and Billboard reggae charts with its celebrated album Burial Ground. Bringing some local flavor into the mix, Woodruff creates and records in a cabin in the woods outside of Santa Cruz. He then brings the music to his SoCal bandmates and together they create “hard-jamming performances of consciousness-altering emancipation.” CAT JOHNSON

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PEPPINO D’AGOSTINO Peppino D’Agostino has an incredible acoustic guitar style that is as percussive as it is melodic. With rhythmic thumps, clever basslines and complex grooves, he lays down the foundation of a song, then creates graceful and lovely melodies that float on top of it all. He’s the type of player that leaves you won-

dering how one person can be making all those sounds—and he’s been doing it for years. A native of Italy, D’Agostino has been pushing the boundaries of what can be done on a guitar since his emergence in the early ’80s. On Sunday, he brings his wizardry to Felton. CJ INFO: 7 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15/adv, $17/door. 603-2294.

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You’ve heard of Oxford Circus. You’ve heard of Piccadilly Circus. And this is the White Album Ensemble’s Rock ’n’ Roll Circus! For the last dozen years, the WAE has delighted Santa Cruz with their interpretation of favorite Beatles hits and albums, often performing numbers the Fab Four never played when they were around. Just in times for New Years, the WAE delivers two nights of delightful sights and sounds along side the Beggar Kings—who will be covering the songs of the Beatles rivals, the Rolling Stones. On Tuesday, both bands will deliver a list of favorites from the groups, respectively, mixing it up as they please. Wednesday night will be the true test of skill as the Kings ambitiously cover Sticky Fingers, leaving the WAE to tackle both Revolver and Rubber Soul. Both nights will benefit the nonprofit Guitars Not Guns. MW

INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-4135.

INFO: 8 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $25/gen, $40/gold. 423-8209.

TUESDAY 12/29 DANCE

LOUIS THE CHILD

IN THE QUEUE LITTLE PETIE AND THE MEAN OL’ MEN

Local rock ’n’ roll. Wednesday at Sand Bar, Capitola SANTA CRUZ REGGAE ALL-STARS

Santa Cruz-based surf/rock/reggae outfit. Saturday at Crow’s Nest ROADHOUSE RAMBLERS

Local blues and rock. Saturday at Sand Bar, Capitola UGLY MUG OPEN MIC

Take a turn on the stage and support other local musicians. Monday at Ugly Mug HARRY & THE HITMEN

Local psychedelic soul favorites. Tuesday at Crepe Place

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suave vocalist Allen Harris, playing keys with the gospel-fueled ensemble Jesus On the Mainline, or collaborating with his twin brother, saxophonist Remy Le Boeuf. Back home in Santa Cruz for the holidays, he performs with his highly interactive trio Pascal Triangle with the exceptional young rhythm tandem of Berkeley-raised bassist Noah Garabedian and Richmond drummer Malachi Whitson. He introduced an earlier incarnation of the band on his acclaimed 2013 album, and is slated to release a second Triangle project, Blackout Lullaby, with guest artists Donny McCaslin, Miguel Zenon and Charles Altrura. ANDREW GILBERT

INFO: 8:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $17/adv, $20/door. 423-1338. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 25 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

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LIVE MUSIC

Thursday December 31st 9pm $25/30 NEW YEARS EVE DANCE PARTY WITH

B-SIDE PLAYERS Friday January 1st 9pm $12/15 New Orleans Favorites

GLEN DAVID ANDREWS + SWEET PLOT

Saturday January 2nd 9pm $25/30 New Orleans Funk Supergroup

DUMPSTAPHUNK 7 COME 11

Sunday January 3rd 8:30pm $9/12 Afrobeat From Brooklyn

WED APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

12/23

Al Frisby 6-8p

AQUARIUS RESTAURANT Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz BAYVIEW HOTEL 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos

THU

12/24

FRI

12/25

Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p

Live Jazz & Wine Tasting Salsa Bahia 6-9p 6-9p

BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Pride Night 9p

Party w/Raina 9p

Wednesday January 6th 9pm $7/10

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

Karaoke 9p

Thursday January 7th 8:30pm $7/10 Salsa & Latin Dance Party

BROKEN ENGLISH Friday January 8th 9pm $15/20

Incidental Live Music Revue w/Alisha

Karaoke 9p

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

2 Sets With Blues Slide Guitar Sensation

Locals Night, Music w/ Lil Billy

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close Hamburger’s Comedy Show Free 8p Songwriter Showcase 7-10p

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

International Music Hall and Restaurant

ROY ROGERS &

FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFET M-F $7.95

THE DELTA RHYTHM KINGS Sunday January 10th 4pm $20/25 Afternoon Blues Series With

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Karaoke

Louis The Child $10 8:30p

Saturday January 9th 8:30pm $20/25

1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

12/29

Rand Rueter 6-8p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

PARADISE SOUL SAVERS

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DJ Luna 9p

LYRICS BORN +

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Comedy Night 9p

Jazz Society Free 3:30p

Bay Area Hip Hop Great w/ Live Band

January 14th THE LIL’ SMOKIES + GRATEFUL BLUEGRASS BOYS January 15th HARRISON STAFFORD (OF GROUNDATION) January 16th THE METERS EXPERIENCE w/ LEO NOCINTELLI & BERNIE WORRELL January 17th REBIRTH BRASS BAND January 20th SOPHISTAFUNK + TUBALUBA January 21st MALI, BURNSIDE & J January 22nd SAMBADÁ January 23rd HOT BUTTERED RUM + MIDNIGHT NORTH January 25th ANTSY MCCLAIN + NELL ROBINSON & JIM NUNALLY January 28th NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS January 29th COCO MONTOYA January 30th WARRIOR KING

12/28

Broken Shades 6-8p

Tango Ecstasy 6-9:30p

Karaoke 8p-Close Swing Night $5 5:30p

CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas

MON

Top 40 Music Videos w/ The Box (Goth Night) DJ Tripp 9p 9p

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

7TH ST REGGAE SHOWCASE

12/27

SUN Hawk n Blues Mechanics 6-8p

DJ

ZONGO JUNCTION Live Reggae Music

12/26

Lloyd Whitney 1-5p Shane Dwight 6-8p

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

SAT

Virgil Trasher, Fred Turra 6-8p

Sat Dec 26

Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio

Sun Dec 27

Pascal’s Triangle 2pm Matinee

$25 adv./$30 door 21+ 8pm

Pascal LeBoeuf Holiday Jazz-Brunch Extravaganza $12 adv./$15 door <21 w/parent 2pm

Atmospheric conditions.

Sun Dec 27

$15 adv./$17 door <21 w/parent 7pm Wed Dec 30

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!

Peppino D’Agostino 7pm Concert Acoustic Guitar Giant From Italy Ben Ahn Multi-Genre Ukulele Virtuoso & Vocalist from Kauai $10 adv./$12 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm

Thu Dec 31

New Years Eve Celebration

The Sun Kings

A musically remarkable tribute to the Beatles Complimentary Champagne At Midnight and Party Favors

$40 adv./ $45 door 21 + 9pm COMING RIGHT UP

Wood-fired pizza, ice cream, unique fine gifts.

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Edge Of The West plus David Holodiloff Sextet China Cats Dead Meadow 70’ Liquid Lights by Mad Alchemy Christian Martin (Dirtybird), Grensta, DeLuxen Get Schwifty --Deep House Party Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men plus The T-Sisters Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men plus McCoy Tyler Band Elisabeth Carlisle plus Haley Johnsen 2pm Tony McManus 7pm From Scotland, world’s #1 Celtic guitarist

Reservations Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am

WED

12/23

CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

Hot Club Pacific $5 7:30p

THU

12/24

FRI

12/25

LIVE MUSIC

Celebrating Forty Years of Creativity

12/26

TICKETS MAKE GREAT GIFTS

SAT The Wild Ones, Drevmers, The Spurts $8 9p Santa Cruz Reggae All-Stars $7 9:30p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

Esoteric Collective

DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio $25/$30 8p

SUN

12/27

MON

12/28

Dr Shabz and Savi $3 9p Live Comedy $7 9p

12/29

TUE 7 Come 11, Harry and the Hitmen $5 9p

Reggae Party Free 8p Bleu

Pascal’s Triangle 2p Peppino D’Agostino $15/$17 7p

Monday, January 11 • 7 pm

ERIC HARLAND VOYAGER Thursday, January 14 • 7 pm

TONY LINDSAY PRESENTS: THE MUSIC OF MARVIN GAYE, LOU RAWLS & BILL WITHERS Monday, January 18 • 7 pm

NIR FELDER QUARTET

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

Friday, January 22 • 7 pm

HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

Flingo 7p

IT’S WINE TYME 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic 7p

Social Destruction 9p

West of Nashville 4p

Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p

Monday, January 25 • 7 and 9 pm

Jade 4p

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TOUR FEATURING RAUL MIDÓN, RAVI COLTRANE, NICHOLAS PAYTON, GERALD CLAYTON, JOE SANDERS, GREGORY HUTCHINSON | No Comp Tix

KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz MALONE’S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

Live Music 5:30-9p

Karaoke w/Ken 9p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Paul Logan 7-10p

Wylder Blue 8-11p

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Tomas Gomez 6p

WALLACE RONEY GROUP

Rand Rueter 6p

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Friday, February 5 • 7 and 9 pm BOOKER T. JONES | No Comp Tix Monday, February 8 • 7:30 pm At the Rio Theatre | No Comp Tix

AARON NEVILLE QUINTET FEATURING CHARLES NEVILLE Tuesday, February 16 • 7:30 pm At the Rio Theatre | No Comp Tix

LISA FISCHER & GRAND BATON

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WED

Great Food.

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

THU

Depth! 9:30p-2a

12/24

Libation Lab w/Syntax 9:30p-1:30a

FRI

12/25

SAT

12/26

Chris Slater 9:30p-1:30a

SUN

12/27

12/28

MON Eclectic by Primal Rasta Cruz Reggae Party Productions 9:30p-close 9:30p-2a

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

Trivia 8p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

Yuji

THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz

Rev. Love Jones & the Sinners $5 9p

Jazz Session w/Jazz Jam Santa Cruz 8p

Open Mic 4-7p

Comedy Open Mic 8p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Trivia

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

The Alex Raymond Band 8p

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Jazz Jam

Lara Price

Chris Ellis

Acoustic Jam w/Toby Gray and Friends

Aloha Fridays Traditional Great Acoustic Covers Hawaiian Music Brunch and Dinner

Chas and Friends 6-9p

Santa Cruz Musicians Only Weekly Showcase 6-9p

Trivia 8p Little Petie & the Mean Old Men 7-11p

Saturday, December 26 • Upstairs • AGES 21+

APPLE CITY SLOUGH BAND

Tuesday, December 29 • In the Atrium • AGES 18+ plus

Tasty Treat

Wednesday, December 30 • AGES 18+ Thursday, Dec. 31 New Year’s • AGES 21+

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Dec 30 The Redlight District Atrium (Ages 21+) Jan 1 The Weight featuring former members of The Band Atrium (Ages 21+)

OPEN 7 DAYS FOR LUNCH & DINNER 334D Ingalls St Santa Cruz

831.471.8115 westendtap.com

The Lenny and Kenny Show White Album Ensemble 8-11p $25/$40

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135

LOUIS THE CHILD

Open Mic 7:30-11:30p ‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p

ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

12/29

Hip-hop with DJ Marc 9:30p-2a Trivia 6-8p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Great Beer.

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Jan 7 Baeza/ Lil Debbie Atrium (Ages 16+) Jan 20 Boombox/ Ryan Bauer (Ages 16+) Jan 22 Minnesota b2b G Jones (Ages 18+) Jan 23 Roach Gigz/ Ezale/ Los Rakas (Ages 16+) Jan 29 Steel Pulse (Ages 16+) Jan 30 Y & T/ Archer (Ages 21+) Jan 31 Dr. Dog (Ages 16+) Feb 6 The White Buffalo (Ages 21+) Feb 9 Mardi Gras Party: Lettuce (Ages 16+) Feb 10 & 11 Iration/ Seedless (Ages 16+) Feb 12 Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime (Ages 21+) Feb 13 The Growlers/ Jonathan Richman (Ages 16+) Feb 14 Brillz/ Party Favor (Ages 18+) Feb 15 Matisyahu (Ages 16+) Feb 19 Keys N Krates (Ages 18+) Feb 20 blessthefall (Ages 16+) Feb 23 Reel Big Fish (Ages 16+) Mar 4 Skizzy Mars/ Gnash (Ages 16+) Mar 9 & 10 Rebelution/ Protoje (Ages 16+) Mar 11 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Mar 23 Yonder Mountain String Band (Ages 21+) Mar 30 The Floozies (Ages 16+) Apr 18 SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque (Ages 18+) May 28 Rodrigo Y Gabriela (Ages 21+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating. Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 877-987-6487 & online

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Road House Ramblers 8-Midnight

Dennis Dove Pro Jam 7-11p

Ten Foot Faces 7-11p

Open Mic 7:30p

LIVE MUSIC WED

12/23

THU

12/24

FRI

12/25

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

SAT

12/26

SUN

12/27

MON

12/28

TUE

12/29

“Jazziz� w/Kenny Stahl, Bob Burnett

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-10p

Beach Cowboy Band 8p-Midnight

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

SIR FROGGY’S PUB 4771 Soquel Dr, Soquel

Karaoke w/Eve

TROUT FARM INN 7701 E Zayante Rd, Felton

Trivia Night

Chas and Friends 6-9p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

Young Adult Open Mic 5:30p

Open Mic w/Mosephus 5:30p

WHALE CITY 490 Highway 1, Davenport

Davenport Beach Cleanup 9-11a

YOUR PLACE 1719 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Danny Lawrence 6-9p

Daniel Martins 6-9p

Danny Lawrence 6-9pm

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

DJ McCarthy 9:30p

The John Michael Band 9:30p

Live Again 9:30p

ZIZZO’S COFFEEHOUSE & WINE BAR 3555 Clares St, Capitola

Hendu and the Hoo Doo Voo Doo 7-9p

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LILI BLOOMS Eddie Redmayne plays Danish landscape painter Einar Wegener, one of the first people to undergo sexual reassignment surgery, in ‘The Danish Girl.’

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hat must it be like to feel that the body you were born into is the wrong gender? This cataclysmic emotional shift in identity is such a private matter, it seems near impossible to capture onscreen. But Tom Hooper makes a valiant effort in The Danish Girl, the fact-based story of Danish landscape painter Einar Wegener, one of the first people known to have undergone sexual reassignment surgery in the 1920s, transitioning into a woman named Lili Elbe. Although the spotlight is on Einar/ Lili, the larger story Hooper tells is the evolving relationship between the painter and his wife, Gerda. It is Gerda’s journey, watching the husband she adores turn into

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someone else, and the choices she must face to accept and support him, that makes their story so engrossing. Factor in a couple of splendidly nuanced performances from Eddie Redmayne, as Einar/Lili, and Alicia Vikander, as Gerda, and it all adds up to a moving, tender, and sometimes even wryly funny portrait of love and identity. Scripted by Lucinda Coxson, the movie is adapted from the novel by David Ebershoff. The book is a fictionalized account, so it doesn’t necessarily stick to the facts of the Wegeners’ real lives. (Parts of their relationship here is fabricated.) But as a work of fiction, this tale of sexual confusion and transition is told with compassion and clarity. In Copenhagen, 1926, Einar

Wegener (Redmayne) is a successful painter of lovely, meticulous landscapes. His wife Gerda (Vikander) is also a painter, but she can’t get anyone in the local art community to take her portraits seriously. The two of them met in art school, married young, and enjoy a healthy active sex life and a playful sense of camaraderie. Rushing to finish a commissioned portrait one day, when her model is delayed, Gerda begs Einar to pose in a pair of silk stockings and satin slippers so she can paint his feet. The effect on Einar is immediate and electrifying, as an aspect of his personality he’s been trying to suppress his whole life begins to assert itself. When Gerda eggs him on to attend an artists’ masked ball

with her, dressed as a woman, the urge to let his inner, feminine self take over is almost irresistible— especially when a friend who’s in on the masquerade dubs his new, female self “Lili.” Einar is both terrified and liberated by the emergence of his inner Lili. As the Lili persona becomes more dominant, Gerda resents her at first, but begins to grasp how difficult it is for Lili to keep living the lie that was Einar. Diagnosed as “insane” and “schizophrenic” by doctors who try to “cure” him with radiation, Einar finally consults a German doctor who proposes the unimaginable—a dangerous new series of surgeries that might give Lili the female anatomy she craves. Although the postwar ’20s is an era of radical social and cultural experimentation, there are no LGBT support groups, no “Transparent” sitcom to back up Einar/Lili in her struggle. All she has is the conviction that she’s in the wrong body, and her courage in refusing to compromise who she is inside is tremendous. Every bit as stalwart is Gerda, enduring the collapse of the life and the marriage she thought would last forever, but fighting back with loyalty and compassion for the person she loves. Ben Whishaw shows up as a man attracted to Lili—or possibly to Einar. Matthias Schoenaerts lends solid support as a childhood friend of Einar, now a Parisian art dealer, who tries to help the Wegeners cope. (“I’ve only really liked a few people in my life," he tells Einar, “and you have been two of them.”) And the period setting is gorgeous, from Paco Delgado’s deliciously bohemian costumes to Gerda’s series of portraits of Lili, with the bold, clean, art deco lines of the work of Tamara Lempicka. It’s no surprise that Redmayne tackles his role with persuasive delicacy. But Vikander (having a great year, after Ex Machina and Testament of Youth) is the real Oscarbait for her tough, funny, sensitive Gerda. They give The Danish Girl its heart and soul. THE DANISH GIRL ***1/2 (out four) With Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander. Written by Lucinda Coxson. Directed by Tom Hooper. A Focus Features release. Rated R. 120 minutes.

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BROOKLYN Thu 2:00, 4:30 Fri-Wed 11:05am*, 1:30, 7:05 *No Fri show CAROL Thu 7:00, Fri-Wed 11:20am*, 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:50 *No Fri show SPOTLIGHT Daily 1:40, 4:20, 7:00*, 7:05, 9:45 + Sat-Wed 11am *No Thu show TRUMBO Thu 1:30, 4:10, 6:50 Fri-Wed 4:10, 9:30 YOUTH Thu 1:50, 4:40, 7:15 Fri-Wed 11:10am*, 1:50, 4:30, 7:10, 9:45 *No Fri show

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ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE ROAD CHIP Wed-Thu 10:30am*, 11:35am*, 12:45, 1:50*, 3:00, 4:05*, 5:15, 6:20*, 7:30*, 8:35*, 9:45 *No Fri-Wed show THE BIG SHORT Wed, Thu 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45* *No Thu show CONCUSSION Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 DADDY'S HOME Thu 7:00 Fri-Wed 10:45, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 THE GOOD DINOSAUR Daily 11am, 1:30*,1:45, 4:15*, 4:45**, 7:00*, 9:45* *No Fri-Wed show, **No Wed show THE HATEFUL EIGHT Wed 12/30 6:00, 9:30 JOY Fri-Wed 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45 KRAMPUS Daily 11am*, 1:45*, 4:45*, 7:30, 10:00 *No Fri-Wed show POINT BREAK Wed-Fri 11:00, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 SISTERS Daily 10:45am, 1:30, 4:15, 7:00*, 7:15, 9:45*, 10:00 *No Fri-Wed show STAR WARS VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS Wed-Thu 12:25, 1:15, 3:35, 4:25, 6:45, 7:45, 9:55 Fri-Wed 10:50, 12:25, 3:35, 6:45, 8:20, 9:55 STAR WARS VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS 3D Daily 10:50am*, 2:00, 5:10, 8:20* *No Fri-Wed show

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THE BIG SHORT Based on the book by the same name, The Big Short follows the players and profiteers of the 2007-2010 financial crisis who bet against collateralized debt obligation and sent the system reeling. Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt represent the real life men and women who called out the bubble burst before it ever happened. We’re sure audiences will feel the satisfaction of “We’re going to make the big banks hurt” in the theater that we never got in real life. Adam McKay directs. (R) 130 minutes.

CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. to downtown Santa Cruz, where each week the group discusses a different current release. For location and discussion topic, go to https://groups. google.com/group/LTATM.

CAROL Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in an illicit love affair against the conventions, expectations and rules of the 1950s? Hello, yes, all the feels. Todd Haynes directs. Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson co-star. (R) 118 minutes.

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CONCUSSION Based on the 2009 GQ article, Game Brain, the film follows Dr. Bennet Omalu as he tries to tell the world that repeatedly using your head as a weapon can lead to a lifetime of pain. Peter Landesman directs. Will Smith, Luke Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw co-star. (PG-13) 123 minutes.

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DADDY’S HOME Will Ferrell is the step-dad competing again Mark Wahlberg for the affections of his stepchildren with weird bedtime stories full of innuendo. At least we get to see Ferrell fall a lot. Ugh. Sean Anders directs. Linda Cardellini co-stars. (PG13) 96 minutes. JOY Joy shares her house with her divorced parents, her grandmother and her ex, and then she invents something—does anyone actually know what this movie is about? Not that it matters, all we want for Christmas is JLaw. And apparently David O. Russell really loves Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence in movies together—like really. Robert De Niro co-stars. (PG-13) 124 minutes. POINT BREAK Wow, FBI agents are so pretty and that Bureau life is so glamorous—inspired by the 1991 film (really, we’re calling it a classic now?), it’s just art imitating life, obviously. Ericson Core directs. Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone co-star. 113 minutes.

BROOKLYN From far across the cavernous pond, Eilis is an Irish immigrant who lands in 1950s Brooklyn, New York, only to face crippling homesickness, glaring cultural differences, prejudice, and hardship. When Eilis falls in love with a young Italian boy from a totally different world, she’s forced to choose between her old home and her new life. John Crowley directs. Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson costar. (PG-13) 111 minutes. CREED Well, Michael B. Jordan has sure changed since his days in The Wire—as in he looks like he ate the other Michael Jordan and gained double the body weight. Not that it’s a bad look, mind you, and it makes his appearance as prodigy boxer Adonis Johnson believable at least. Rocky Balboa is back but this time he’s training the young Adonis (really, with that name?) as he strives to fill his father’s shoes. Ryan Coogler directs. Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, and Tessa Thompson co-star. (PG-13) 132 minutes. THE DANISH GIRL Reviewed this issue. (R) 120 minutes. THE GOOD DINOSAUR What if the comet that destroyed the dinosaurs missed earth? In Pixar’s newest animated wonder, a baby Apatosaurus is separated from his family and encounters several surprising challenges on his journey back home— including a tiny identity-confused human who becomes his sidekick. Peter Sohn directs. Jeffrey Wright, Frances McDormand, Maleah NipayPadilla co-star. (PG) 100 minutes. IN THE HEART OF THE SEA A bunch of beautiful burly men on a boat fighting to survive the unimaginable enemy of the deep blue sea—based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 National Book Award-winner, this tale picks up where Melville’s Moby Dick left off. Ron

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Howard directs. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson costar. (PG-13) 121 minutes. KRAMPUS You know what happens when you tell your kids Santa Claus isn’t real? A giant, hooved Christmas demon ends up haunting your home. Probably some sort of moral about bad parenting, Krampus looks so bad it might actually be good—in that sort of “Yes, Adam Scott and Toni Collette in a Christmas horror film, this makes sense” (more eggnog, please) kind of way. Michael Dougherty directs. Adam Scott Toni Collette, David Koechner costar. (PG-13) 98 minutes. SECRET IN THEIR EYES Jess, Claire and Ray are a tight-knit group of investigators quickly rising through the ranks until they find the body of a teenage girl—the body of Jess’s daughter. Thirteen years have passed when another lead falls into their lap and the trail of justice and retribution is picked up once more. Led by the brilliant trio of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, and Julia Roberts (with Roberts delivering what looks to be her most haunting performance to date), Secret In Their Eyes is a chilling journey of personal vengeance directed by the screenplay writer for Captain Phillips and The Hunger Games. Billy Ray directs. (PG-13) 111 minutes. SISTERS Playing sisters who celebrate one final night in their

childhood home, it’s Tina Fey and Amy Poehler together, taking their rightful places as as the queens of comedy. There are no words—except, maybe, yes. Jason Moore directs. Maya Rudolph co-stars. (R) 118 minutes. SPECTRE Beautiful Bond is back again: hello, piercing blue eyes and puckered pout, it’s been too long! Oh yeah—something about a secret organization, M struggling again to secure Bond’s job, and over two hours of bing, bang, boom, kablooey. Also, Christoph Waltz! Sam Mendes directs. Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux co-star. (PG-13) 148 minutes. SPOTLIGHT In Boston, the church ran everything. When the Spotlight investigative reporting team from the Boston Globe began unpacking the decades-long cover-up of child molestation, they found themselves up against a web of religious, legal, and government cronies. The cover-up was linked to the city’s highest levels and the wave of revelations that followed in its wake rocked not only the Catholic world, but also the entire international community. Tom McCarthy directs. Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams co-star. (R) 128 minutes. STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS Ooh, what a neat looking indie flick! Lots of pew-pew and bang-bang somewhere in the desert,

maybe Nevada? And some grumpy old man mumbling about the Dark Side. At least the really tall lady from Game of Thrones is in it, otherwise it’d so be a total flop, right? J.J. Abrams directs. Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher co-star. (PG-13) 135 minutes. TRUMBO He was on his way to becoming a legend, but when Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted as a member of the Communist party and brought in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, his entire career screeched to a halt. The famous screenwriter was forced out of Hollywood, so he did the unthinkable— he continued to work. Based on the true story of the man behind many of Hollywood’s greatest works, including Roman Holiday which he did not receive credit for until 2011. Jay Roach directs. Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren co-star. (R) 124 minutes. YOUTH Michael Caine plays a retired composer and orchestra conductor on vacation in the Alps with his still-active film director buddy, played by Harvey Keitel. They sit, they muse, they don’t elaborate on the worlds existing in their minds; “Music is all I understand because you don’t need words or experience to understand it, it just is,” sighs Fred (Caine). They’re contentedly peaceful until Fred is invited by Queen Elizabeth herself to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. (R) 124 minutes.

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Holiday Quickies The best grab-and-go bites in town, plus a new lunch menu and cocktail hour at Oswald BY CHRISTINA WATERS don’t know about you, but this time of year I am rushing around like a Taylor Swift roadie—shopping, baking, wrapping, schmoozing, cardwriting, party-prepping, caroling, reminiscing—and the last thing I have time for is organizing a decent meal. But I don’t stress—I have many options in this food-forward place we call “home.” I’ve long ago found aid and comfort in the deli section of New Leaf, where the always comforting

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Turkey Chili makes a terrific meal (lunch or dinner), when paired with a salad (kale is our go-to flavor) and a slice of walnut sourdough from nearby Companion Bakeshop. I have also recently discovered the deep comfort of housemade soups from Whole Foods, especially the inventive kale/potato with little sausage meatballs. We love WF’s rich and well-spiced minestrone, too, which makes a nice cool-weather dinner with the addition of a big kaiser roll and some amusing triple crème or

Saint Agur Bleu cheese. Add one of the sweet little mandarin oranges that are enjoying their perfect moment right now, and you have dinner. (I am assuming that if it’s dinner, you’ve already selected your favorite house red to accompany any and all of the above.) From The Buttery bakery we often bring home any one of the gargantuan house sandwiches—the turkey and basil with pickled onions and pesto aioli ($7.75) is a huge favorite. The Joe’s Special ($7.75),

with mega-quantities of Black Forest ham and provolone on a fresh onion roll absolutely qualifies as dinner. The Buttery makes a definitive pumpkin pie ($4/slab) and the finest carrot cake in this hemisphere ($4). Out at Gayle’s, one can scoop up everything from those addictive rosti lavosh wraps packed with meats, greens and cheeses ($4) to full-on meatloaf ($8.95) and potatoes dinners all ready to heat up in your oven. Grab a bag of the stupendously rich and satisfying biscotti ($10.95/8-ounce bag) that provides all the texture groups from chewy to crunchy. Add coffee or tea and feel your toes curl. Kelly’s French Bakery on the Westside has provided aid and comfort in the form of easy dinners that hit all of our culinary buttons. Our take-away favorite is the house half roast chicken, with loads of french fries and a delicious green salad ($17)—enough for two people to enjoy (along with the aforementioned glass of red wine). And don’t forget Zoccoli’s while you’re roaming around downtown Santa Cruz. The venerable deli whips up a mean Mediterranean sub ($7.75) and the messy, addictive Meatball Italiano ($7.25) which make a great meal if you add a few deviled eggs and some sinful cannoli ($3.25). Many people have been known to enter this delightful oldworld shop on Pacific Avenue and simply never leave.

LUNCH UPDATE OF THE WEEK Oswald, at the corner of Soquel Avenue and Front Street, is now offering its irresistible lunch menu on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is great news; the expanded hours not only include lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. three days a week, but also a sexy new cocktail hour as well—from 4:30 p.m. (when many of us appreciate the mood created by a well-crafted “early bird” cocktail) until 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, with bar bites, wine and cocktail specials. Oswald lunches include a classic pan-fried flank steak with biscuits and gravy ($14) as well as a TDF Burger & Fries ($13). Go to oswaldrestaurant.com to find out more.

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Santa Cruz County java fixture steps up its food game BY AARON CARNES etting its start in Boulder Creek in 1994, Coffeetopia has been caffeinating Santa Cruz County residents for more than two decades. Now with three locations, owners Dave and Kristin Larkin have recently purchased Kitchen Santa Cruz, mostly as a means to better prepare Coffeetopia’s food. However, it is a whole new business venture of its own. We asked Dave to tell us all the details.

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DAVE LARKIN: None of our three locations have a kitchen. They’re licensed for prep. We were busting at the seams in terms of mixing our cream cheeses and rolling breakfast burritos. It seemed like an excellent business opportunity, and a way to provide ourselves kitchen access. It’s a separate business. Its primary function is a shared commercial kitchen for all the people that use it. One of the eight tenants is Coffeetopia. There’s a whole separate crew of employees that come in a couple of times a week under the Coffeetopia nameplate and produce hummus and breakfast burritos and oatmeal cups. The things that we

were making on-site, we now do here. It’s such a better set up. The staff at the cafes are happy because it really frees them up to concentrate on customers and coffee. Customers are happy because our consistency, like our breakfast burritos, is better than it’s ever been.

Has your menu changed since the acquisition? A little. When we started doing breakfast burritos a couple of years ago, we had the idea of doing a vegetarian burrito: a bean and cheese, heavy on the cabbage. We chose quickly not to make those, because we just didn’t have the facility to be doing those and breakfast burritos. That’s something we really couldn’t do before having a kitchen facility. One of the things that we’ve been working on is kicking out quick breads for our cafes. So banana bread, pumpkin ginger bread, a cranberryorange bread. Having a kitchen has allowed us to play around that way and bring different flavors into our shops, things that are unique to Coffeetopia. Three locations, open seven days a week. Info at coffeetopia.com.

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+ RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES A CHRISTMAS POEM BY THOMAS MERTON AND THE GIFT OF EACH SIGN During this year’s Christmas time, as the wars increase and so many are in poverty, without homes (refugees without nations), let us read the words of Thomas Merton. They help us remember who we are, why we are here and that we truly are to be our “brother and sister’s keepers.â€? We remember the story “No Room at the Innâ€? for the holy birth. And so the parents of the holy child had to find a stable (cave) so Mary could give birth. “Into this world ‌ in which there is absolutely no room for him at all, Christ has come uninvited. But because he cannot be at home in it, because he is out of place in it, and yet he must be in it, his place is with those for whom there is no room ‌ with those who do not belong, who are rejected by power, because they are regarded as weak, those who are discredited, who are denied the status of persons, tortured, exterminated. With those for whom there is no room, Christ is present.â€?—Thomas Merton

In our lives there are many who are marginalized. They have no home. Jesus (the holy child), born in a stable, emerged from the marginalized. He thus recognized the forgotten, the ignored, the outcast of the world. Let us pray this Christmas season that we recognize those around us “near the edge.� Let us offer them hope, realizing that “Peace on Earth� for some means a place to sleep, find nourishing food, safety, freedom, and be accepted. We pray for those who have been forgotten. Let us realize, in this season of giving, that we are to be the gifts given to each other. Let us remember. Gifts of the signs: Following are the signs written with the thought that each sign offers many gifts. Let us understand everyone’s gifts, seeing each other through the lens of astrology. Recognition is most important. Recognition and understanding bring peace to our world. Peace on Earth, goodwill and understanding to all this Christmas season. Love, Risa

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Aries initiates new ideas and is the forerunner of all new events. Aries needs encouragement to be patient, punctual and steadfast. Eventually they learn. Eventually they move from instinct to illumination to intuition, releasing all that is undisciplined. They learn how to serve, a principle of liberation, which saves and uplifts the world. They learn to love or their mission fails. So they love more.

Librans are nicely balanced, understand beauty and have a keen precision, always adjusting to circumstances. Sometimes they shouldn’t. They weigh each move, and are sometimes so impartial that they cannot compete. In the future sharing society Librans will help create with the New Group of World Servers. Libra is an extraordinary ally with splendid judgment, always focused on collaboration. Everyone wins.

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TAURUS Apr21–May21 The sign of illumination, their minds like searchlights, directing for everyone the lighted path ahead. They can be focused researchers. To accomplish this they fit themselves for service through exercise, sunlight, raw milk, organic protein, and a balance of work and leisure, comfort, and a life without undue discipline. They reach into the source of light projecting light outward into the darkness. They teach us the art of Living.

GEMINI May 22–June 20 They stimulate and vivify all life (kingdoms) they contact, acting as a transmitter of knowledge, dispersing information, letting in the radiance of essential reality. They seek to find their destined service, to act as a bridge between everything and everyone. They are the Antahkarana (rainbow bridge), lifting all kingdoms into heaven, bringing heaven down to Earth.

CANCER Jun21–Jul20 They, like Capricorn, are their own advisors. Cancers are very intelligent, instinctual and later intuitional. They need quietude, repose, tidiness and routine. Often their crabwalk circles these virtues. They seek to accomplish their tasks of developing equanimity and joy. Cancer can be fascinated with habits long after they are no longer useful. Cancers grow roses and honeysuckle.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22 When not assuming power over others, the lion can be playful, masterly and self-assured. They eventually realize fair play and sportsmanship, which is more valuable than competitive winning. Leos have a strong heart and are generous. The Sun shines directly into their hearts. They can often overreach beyond safety, thinking themselves immortal. They are and they aren’t. Only with love.

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SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 The most courageous, the most battle-worn and weary (along with Pisces), the most hard hitting, the most tenacious and persistent (like their shadow, Taurus), the most powerful (internally), the most defended (sometimes), the most feared (by those who don’t understand astrology), the most excessive, the most experienced in knowing the underbelly of society, the ones who most wear black and purple. They understand shadows.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 These secret foodies, also musicians, are game players. They don’t like defeat. They play long and hard. Ideals and goals form their long-term value system. They’re very sensitive, and can lose in games to those who concentrate on repetitious humdrum actions. Sagittarius is the opposite of uninspired, opposite of humdrum. Sag is restless, seeks freedom, is the magnificent archer on the white horse (car), galloping (driving) over the plains. Oops, he’s gone.

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 They work hard at everything. They’re dignified, prudent and very serious, until their dry sense of humor erupts. Then everyone’s startled that Cap has veered away from their solemn demeanor and constant tasks at hand. They are traditionalists and cannot overcome criticism or ridicule, which no one can overcome, actually. Their natural somberness needs to be met with lighthearted confidence. They are unicorns.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 Many are graceful and artistic, a bit detached and from the future. Aquarians are often misunderstood. As they stand within the future, they’re considered dreamers. They’re visionaries. No one sees the future as they do. They must not be hemmed in. Their hearing and eyesight are extraordinary, sighting objects no one else sees. They do not humiliate. They are praiseworthy.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 They win by retreating, never forcing the river, the pace, the play. In a Piscean lifetime there’s an attempt to perfect an ideal, a spiritual ambition and to gain loving regard. To achieve the ideal they concentrate their mind, emotions and body. Their senses predominate. That is their protection. They see potential. They are vessels of compassion. Protect them.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF AMBER REHLING CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.15CV00323. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner AMBER REHLING has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: AMBER REHLING to: AMBER SEASHELL REHLING. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING January 11, 2016 at 8:30 am, in Department 4 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Nov. 18, 2015. Paul M. Marigonda, Judge of the Superior Court. Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-2045

The following Married Couple is doing business as MEDITERRANEAN GRILL & GO. 1024 WATER ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. GREGORY F. SHUSTER & KAMELIA SHUSTER. 1024 WATER ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Married Couple signed: GREG SHUSTER. 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 Dec. 3, 2015. Dec. 23, 30, & Jan. 6, 13. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-2119 The following Individual is doing business as HAPPY TOGETHER DOGS. 150 BLAINE ST. APT.D, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. MEGHAN MADDEN. 150 BLAINE ST. APT.D, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MEGHAN MADDEN. 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 Dec. 14, 2015. Dec. 23, 30, & Jan. 6, 13. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-2008 The following Individual is doing business as OUR TRIBE PRODUCTIONS. 196 ATHERLEY LN., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. MARCELLO ISAAC III. 196 ATHERLEY LN., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual

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SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: PATRICIA SHIMOKAWA. 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 Oct. 28, 2015. Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-2035 The following Individual is doing business as SANTA CRUZ HAIR DESIGN. 711 CARMEL ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. KAMRYN CLARKE. 711 CARMEL ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: KAMRYN CLARKE. 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 Dec. 1, 2015. Dec. 9, 16, 23, 30. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15 - 2032. The following General Partnership is doing business as Z'S PROPERTIES. 338 ISBEL DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. GERALDINE ZABALLOS, EVELYN ZABALLOS & LUCAS ZABALLOS. 338 ISBEL DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: GERALDINE ZABALLOS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/1997. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County,

on Dec. 1, 2015. Dec. 9, 16, 23, 30. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-1987 The following Corporation is doing business as GARDENING UNLIMITED, INC., SANTA CRUZ HYDROPONICS AND ORGANICS. 815 ALMAR AVE., SUITE K, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. ERIC G. SHEDLARSKI. 815 ALMAR AVE., SUITE K, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. AI# 3224683. This business is conducted by a Corporation signed: ERIC G. SHEDLARSKI. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/2013. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Nov. 18, 2015. Dec. 2, 9, 16, 23. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF SUSAN PATRICIA HARNISH CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.15CV00435. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner SUSAN PATRICIA HARNISH has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the

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JAIME SHAFFER, 34-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Admin assistant, Plantronics Hobbies: West Cliff walks/checking out the ocean, playing with dog, hanging out with friends, family time/movies, camping, cooking Astrological Sign: Scorpio JARROD SHAFFER, 20-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Electrician, Cupertino Electric

Hobbies: Camping, cooking, baking, family time/movies/visiting Pier 39/snacking at Marini’s Astrological Sign: Virgo What do you folks like to cook? JAIME: “This time of year we make lot of meals using the crock pot. Overall we eat pretty healthy — lots of salads and veggies, and a variety of meat.� JARROD: “I like to barbecue but I make a lot other dishes such as homemade tomato sauce, which we freeze. I also like to bake pies during the holidays. Give me a glass of wine and I start cooking. We usually make two separate meals for dinner: one for the boys and another for us using similar ingredients.� JAIME: “The boys love chicken, sausages, and bacon is really big. Shopper’s has the best quality meat is town!

You think so? JAMIE: “We live on the Westside. Once in a while I’ll stop in at another market for a few items — the meat is almost double Shopper’s price!â€? JARROD: “We’ve been on a ďŹ rst-name basis with the butchers for years which is nice. I’ve done cooking for fundraisers, and they’ll help us out with special cuts, marinades, and more. The overall customer service is awesome. The checkers let our sons, Tyler and Lucas, participate by letting them scan our groceries.â€? JAIME: “You can ask anyone a question and get answers. You never get, ‘Sorry, that’s not my department.’ Local makes a big difference.â€?

How so? JAIME: “If I’ve got to spend money, I’d rather keep it in the community. It’s nice that they employee so many locals, and not just at Shopper’s but the Chardonnay 2.� JARROD: “This is just a friendly place to be — it’s the meeting place for everyone. Good thing it’s not a bar because people would never leave! I like Shopper’s environment during the holidays; you’ll run into friends you haven’t seen in years.� JAIME: “My entire family shops here for holidays meals. It’s always really busy but the lines move quickly. I’m always recommending Shopper’s to Facebook groups for their great wine selections, their local organic produce, the butcher shop, and much more.�

“Shopper’s Corner is the meeting place for everyone. Good thing it not a bar because people would never leave!�

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Corner: Soquel & Branciforte Avenues 7 Days: 6am-9pm Meat: (831)423-1696 Produce: (831)429-1499 Grocery: (831)423-1398 Wine: (831)429-1804

Superb Products of Value: Local, Natural, Gourmet â– Neighborhood Service for 77 Years

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