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EDITOR’S NOTE I remember running a story about the mysterious “disappearance” of bees way back in 2005, when beekeepers first started reporting it. It was called a disappearance then, though it quickly became clear that what they were dealing with was a mass die-off. What wasn’t clear was pretty much everything else—what was causing it, how many hives it was affecting or what could be done about it.

It’s remarkable that 10 years later, there still aren’t many concrete

answers to these questions. No one even knows for sure how many honeybees are dying every year, but the best estimates are shocking.

Henry Houskeeper talks about those numbers this week, and what scientists believe the solution to this decade-old mystery might be.

But just because we don’t know for sure what’s causing the problem doesn’t mean that no one is doing anything about it—and that’s where Houskeeper reveals a whole new wrinkle in the story. The hobbyist beekeepers who are rallying to sustain the bee population—a new breed of local heroes—are at the heart of his cover story, and for that reason it’s the most hopeful story I’ve read on the topic yet.

STEVE PALOPOLI | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

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Re: “Cuts Loom for METRO”: Santa Cruzans love to complain about how there is no parking downtown, or how it's too expensive, or the carbon footprint blah blah blah, but many would never consider taking a bus. What if the reason METRO ticket sales are flat is that the system doesn’t serve the needs of those who would really use it? Rather than cutting service, perhaps it ought to be expanded.

There are many routes that don’t run frequently or late enough to be of good use to those who need them most; for instance from Portola to and from downtown, and to and from the Capitola Mall. Not everyone has a car or can ride a bicycle, and low-wage workers (such as those who work on either end of these routes) can’t afford Uber.

I have been in Santa Cruz for 10 years, and relied on public transportation for eight of those years when I lived downtown and had no car. I have watched the deepening service cuts with great concern. Currently I’m right on a bus line that I would love to be able to use more frequently, except I would have no way to get back home in the evenings without huge expense. For me, it is an inconvenience, but there are low-income folks, the disabled and seniors, who are much more adversely impacted. In addition, the economy of our county is at risk when people can’t get to and from work, shop, or grab a bite after 6 p.m.

Here’s public input, Mr. Emerson: spare all the routes, and improve service in

underserved areas. Work on educating the public about how important it is for growing cities to have good public transportation and why they can benefit by using it.

The city, county, business community and citizenry should be concerned about further cutbacks and work with METRO to find solutions that are for the common good.

CAROL L. SKOLNICK | SANTA CRUZ

RADICAL MEMORIES Re: “Acid Test”: Thanks to Geoffrey Dunn for the memories of the mid-’60s in Santa Cruz. My husband and I and young children moved to Santa Cruz in 1962. We joined the establishment of the Santa Cruz ACLU chapter.

Later in the 1960s, a peace candidate stirred up the old established Democratic Central Committee by running for representative, and urged our group of antiwar, anti-draft, pro-farm-worker-union-andcivil-rights advocates to run for membership in the Democratic Central Committee. A few of us, including me, said, “Sure. Uh ... what is the Democratic Central Committee?”

Our chosen candidate, Richard Miller from Pacific Grove, was a history professor at the San Francisco Art Institute. During the course of Miller’s campaign, a fund-raiser was held. The location was the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, and the most popular of the music groups to play was Jefferson Airplane. A light show was done by Dick Smith, a dentist from Felton who was good friends with some of the Merry Pranksters. The light show stirred up the fears of the influential, who >8

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After seeing how Santa Cruz Shakespeare was burned by UCSC, it’s exciting to see the city of Santa Cruz throwing its weight behind the iconic local group, as it welcomes SCS to its new home at the equally beautiful DeLaveaga Park. The festival has announced that this year’s plays will be Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

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What do you think about the electoral college?

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Well, it’s been around a long time, and we still need it. But I’m 83 years old, and difficult to change.

CELESTE PHILLIPS SANTA CRUZ | RETIRED REGISTERED NURSE

Not being born here, I think it needs to be revamped. People outside of here are asking if it’s a joke.

KALI KAGAMUBLA SANTA CRUZ | TEACHER/ARTIST

It’s obsolete. I think the popular vote makes more sense.

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It’s a scam from beginning to end. And that’s not just my opinion, that’s part of the public record.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of March 2 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 Actress Blythe Baird writes about the problem that arises when her dog sees her eating a peanut butter and chocolate chip bagel. Her beloved pet begs for a piece and becomes miserable when it’s not forthcoming. Baird is merely demonstrating her love, of course, because she knows that eating chocolate can make canines ill. I suspect that life is bestowing a comparable blessing on you. You may feel mad and sad about being deprived of something you want. But the likely truth is that you will be lucky not to get it.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 “I do not literally paint that table, but rather the emotion it produces upon me,” French artist Henri Matisse told an interviewer. “But what if you don’t always have emotion?” she asked him. This is how Matisse replied: “Then I do not paint. This morning, when I came to work, I had no emotion. So I took a horseback ride. When I returned, I felt like painting, and had all the emotion I wanted.”

This is excellent advice for you to keep in mind, Taurus.

Even more than usual, it’s crucial that you imbue every important thing you do with pure, strong emotions. If they’re not immediately available, go in quest of them.

GEMINI May21–June20 Some night soon, I predict you’ll dream of being an enlightened sovereign who presides over an ecologically sustainable paradise. You’re a visionary leader who is committed to peace and high culture, so you’ve never gone to war. You share your wealth with the people in your kingdom. You revere scientists and shamans alike, providing them with what they need to do their good work for the enhancement of the realm. Have fun imagining further details of this dream, Gemini, or else make up your own. Now is an excellent time to visualize a fairy tale version of yourself at the height of your powers, living your dreams and sharing your gifts.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22 It’s not always necessary to have an expansive view of where you have been and where you are going, but it’s crucial right now. So I suggest that you take an inventory of the big picture. For guidance, study this advice from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “What have you truly loved? What has uplifted your soul, what has dominated and delighted it at the same time? Assemble these revered objects in a row before you and they may reveal a law by their nature and their order: the fundamental law of your very self.”

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“There isn’t enough of anything as long as we live,” wrote Raymond Carver. “But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance, prevails.” According to my analysis of the astrological omens, Virgo, you’ll soon be gliding through one of these intervals. Now and then you may even experience the strange sensation of being completely satisfied with the quality and amount of sweetness that arrives. To ensure optimal results, be as free from greed as you can possibly be.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22 “For a wound to heal, you have to clean it out,” says author Yasmin Mogahed. “Again, and again, and again.

And this cleaning process stings. The cleaning of a wound hurts. Yes. Healing takes so much work. So much

persistence. And so much patience.” According to my analysis, Libra, you should be attending to this tough but glorious task. Although the work might be hard, it won’t be anywhere near as hard as it usually is. And you are likely to make more progress than you would be able to at other times.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 “The other day, lying in bed,” writes poet Rodger Kamenetz, “I felt my heart beating for the first time in a long while. I realized how little I live in my body, how much in my mind.” He speaks for the majority of us. We spend much of our lives entranced by the relentless jabber that unfolds between our ears. But I want to let you know, Scorpio, that the moment is ripe to rebel against this tendency in yourself. In the coming weeks, you will have a natural talent for celebrating your body. You’ll be able to commune deeply with its sensations, to learn more abut how it works, and to exult in the pleasure it gives you and the wisdom it provides.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 In his “Dream Song 67,” poet John Berryman confesses, “I am obliged to perform in complete darkness operations of great delicacy on my self.” I hope you will consider embarking on similar heroics, Sagittarius. It’s not an especially favorable time to overhaul your environment or try to get people to change in accordance with your wishes. But it’s a perfect moment to spruce up your inner world—to tinker with and refine it so that everything in there works with more grace. And unlike Berryman, you won’t have to proceed in darkness. The light might not be bright, but there’ll be enough of a glow to see what you’re doing.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 Here’s the dictionary’s definition of the word “indelible”: “having the quality of being difficult to remove, wash away, blot out, or efface; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten.” The word is often used in reference to unpleasant matters: stains on clothes, biases that distort the truth, superstitions held with unshakable conviction, or painful memories of romantic break-ups. I am happy to let you know that you now have more power than usual to dissolve seemingly indelible stuff like that.

Here’s a trick that might help you: Find a new teacher or teaching that uplifts you with indelible epiphanies.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 According to poet Tony Hoagland, most of us rarely “manage to finish a thought or a feeling; we usually get lazy or distracted and quit halfway through.” Why? Hoagland theorizes that we “don’t have the time to complete the process, and we dislike the difficulty and discomfort of the task.” There’s a cost for this negligence: “We walk around full of half-finished experiences.” That’s why Hoagland became a poet. He says that “poems model the possibility of feeling all the way through an emotional process” and “thinking all the way through a thought.” The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get more in the habit of finishing your own feelings and thoughts, Aquarius. It will also be more important than usual that you do so! (Hoagland’s comments appeared in Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts.)

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Unless you work at night and sleep by day, you experience the morning on a regular basis. You may have a love-hate relationship with it, because on the one hand you don’t like to leave your comfortable bed so early, and on the other hand you enjoy anticipating the interesting events ahead of you. But aside from your personal associations with the morning, this time of day has always been a potent symbol of awakenings and beginnings.

Throughout history, poets have invoked it to signify purity and promise. In myth and legend, it often represents the chance to see things afresh, to be free of the past’s burdens, to love life unconditionally. Dream interpreters might suggest that a dream of morning indicates a renewed capacity to trust oneself. All of these meanings are especially apropos for you right now, Pisces.

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Of course, Richard Miller did not win in the primary. But his campaign was a valuable part of the changes that happened in the ’60s: the civil rights movement. The farm workers strike. The anti-war, anti-draft actions.

I remember the unveiling of Ron Boise’s

statue, and the supportive speech made by the mayor. The Mothers for Morality formed to fight such sinful art. Their leader said that sins made dents on the brain. Even naughty little babies who threw their food on the floor would get dents on their brains. The dents would be there until Jesus washed them away.

I can still see Lee Quarnstrom roller skating in the aisles of the Hip Pocket book store when he was working there.

Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters were a valuable part of all this.

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STEEPED IN HISTORY UCSC professor Gary Griggs, an expert on cliff erosion, stands outside the only home on the ocean side of West Cliff. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER

Living on the Edge County weighs Sisyphean task of managing cliff erosion as coastline recedes BY KARA GUZMAN

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rom his living room window, Larimore Cummins has watched Santa Cruz’s coastline fall away into the ocean, rock by rock, for nearly 30 years.

Before he sold in 2014, Cummins lived at 1307 West Cliff Drive, a blue house perched on a rocky outcropping, the only residence on the iconic strip’s ocean side.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Santa Cruz County’s bluffs erode around a foot per year— but Cummins says that statistic

doesn’t tell the real story.

Cliff retreat is not a slow, steady march eastward, but a series of leapfrogs, occurring in dramatic episodes in various spots, one big chunk at a time.

“It’s so intermittent. It’s asymmetric and discontinuous,” Cummins says.

Unlike much of Santa Cruz’s Westside, his house was on a southeast-facing bluff, relatively sheltered from big waves. Still, twice after large storms in the 1980s and ’90s, he installed large rocks along his cliff edge to underpin the soil

and natural rock—an expensive project, he says.

Cummins now lives in Scotts Valley.

He’s philosophical about how coastal cities can respond to cliff erosion, opening up big policy questions.

“Should we let nature take its course? Of course, that’s a societal question, and not a scientific question,” Cummins says. “Mother Nature will take its course. The question is, if the first chunk of road goes, and then we have another—do we fix it or do we not?”

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Until a couple of months ago, Charles Lester thought everything was going well at his post as the California Coastal Commission’s executive director. Lester, whose hiring was unanimously approved by the commission just four and a half years ago, had racked up a number of accomplishments as its second director ever—including securing a bigger staff, streamlining complex processes and finding compromise on controversial projects.

Looking back, Lester now sheepishly admits that he was considering asking for a raise. That was, until last December, when he got an unfavorable performance review from commissioners. Suddenly the Soquel resident realized his days at the commission, which oversees more than 1,000 miles of coastline, might be numbered.

Lester received notice of his possible termination in January and opted for a public hearing on the decision.

“The notice itself wasn’t a total surprise, although the exact timing was a little surprising,” Lester says.

Lester, who is known for being lowkey and soft-spoken, is technically still employed by the commission, helping staff transition to Senior Deputy District Jack Ainsworth’s leadership, while members look for an interim executive director.

Lester’s termination set off a firestorm of environmentalist outrage, with more than 600 people showing up to his hearing in Morro Bay and giving six hours of testimony.

Due to lobbyists’ growing influence on the commission, politicians and activists all over the state have said that pro-development interests were behind the firing—something Lester says appears to be true.

Commissioners, who called for the termination and approved it on a 7-5 vote, gave their own reasons for the change, some vague and some dubious.

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This winter has the largest waves on record, and wave energy is 30 percent higher than average, according to the USGS. The bigger the wave and the higher the tide, the greater the damage—and in El Niño years like this one when sea levels rise, the threat of cliff failure also increases.

Another factor is the hardness of the cliffs. North of Santa Cruz to Año Nuevo State Beach, the cliffs are made of tough mudstone, relatively resistant to erosion. But from Santa Cruz’s Almar Avenue south to Rio del Mar, the cliffs are younger and made of softer stuff, says Griggs, a mixture of sand, silt and mud.

These cliffs are more likely to crumble, which is why the bay curves so far inland, Griggs says.

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NEW SCIENCE In fall of 2014, USGS began to monitor sand movement along county beaches to help predict coastline change.

The study runs like an orchestrated military operation: Twice a year, scientists walk and drive ATVs down the beaches from Steamer Lane to Moss Landing, taking GPS measurements to form a three-dimensional map.

Scientists on jet skis, equipped with echosounders, form a similar map

of underwater sand. From planes, scientists take photos and use laser scanning to measure cliff changes.

Patrick Barnard, USGS researcher and one of the project’s leaders, says that beaches are the first natural line of defense against cliff erosion, since on wide beaches, waves are less likely to reach the cliffs. Beaches are seasonal—in the winter, waves pull sand to offshore sandbars, narrowing beaches, and in the summer, sand returns onshore.

The USGS is also measuring another type of sand movement. In the winters, when most of the waves come from the northwest, sand is pushed southward along the shore, until it hits the jetty at Moss Landing, where it tumbles down the Monterey Canyon, deep in the Monterey Bay, essentially lost forever.

Sand is historically replaced by the river outflow, but due to the drought in recent years the amount of sand coming from the rivers has likely dropped, researchers say, which could mean less sand on county beaches.

“As sea level goes up, you need more sand to keep the beaches in their present position,” says Barnard. “So if we’re losing sand, and on top of that, the sea level is going up, we have a double whammy.

We have a huge sand deficit. If we look out the next few decades and the next century in particular, we’re going to be in a dire situation.”

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Seawalls are the most common defense against erosion. More than 25 percent of the county’s coast is armored, such as at Pleasure Point, where Santa Cruz County Public Works and the county’s now-defunct redevelopment agency completed a 20-year, $10.7 million project in 2014 to repair the bluffs and narrow East Cliff Drive. Another estimated $3.8 million seawall project between 5th and 7th avenues in Santa Cruz goes to bid this spring, after a decade in the making. But these costly, intensive measures are not failsafe, and eventually the ocean wins, says John Presleigh, Santa Cruz County Public Works director.

“We built the seawalls to buy some time, but over a period of 50 years, things change,” Presleigh says. “It’s just a constant. There’s a constant retreat of the cliffs in certain areas that you have to be prepared to deal with.”

Much of Santa Cruz, especially along West Cliff Drive, not only has

a seawall, but also thousands of tons of rubble at the wall’s base, meant to absorb the brunt of wave energy. But after the area was battered by large surf this January, a sinkhole opened in a parking lot near Woodrow Avenue and West Cliff Drive. The sinkhole—25 feet deep and 20 feet across—formed after waves crept through a hole at the wall’s base, washing away the sediment, says Mark Dettle, Santa Cruz Public Works Department director. The sinkhole is “fairly stable,” but the department is rushing to get the repairs out to bid before the next series of large waves and high tides.

Dettle says erosion’s forces are relentless—even the large four-tosix-ton pieces of rubble move around in large waves, and the city needs to constantly restack them, he says.

“We’ve been barely successful,” says Dettle. “Not that we’ve had any failures, but there’s no guarantees when you’re dealing with the ocean, because you really don’t know when the storms and high tides line up. We design for that case, but we’re kind of at the mercy of the ocean when a significant storm comes through.”

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ROLLER COASTER <11 “It’s really important. I’m not saying it isn’t.

I felt like I was addressing it. Is there more to do? Yep. There’s more to do,” Lester says.

Lester had actually just released an update on the state of diversity in the Coastal Commission as part of that month’s director’s report. The report’s numbers reveal a staff that, although not a cultural melting pot, is in step with other state agencies. According to the report, the staff’s racial diversity is actually about double that of environmental groups in the state, with people of color on staff coming out to 29 percent. “By that measure, the numbers weren’t terrible. Again, they weren’t good enough, so we were working on it,” he says.

In the past few years, a discussion has been brewing that goes well beyond the Coastal Commission about a disconnect between environmental groups on the one side and diversity organizations and communities of color on the other.

The Diversity Green Institute released a report in July 2014 criticizing environmental groups across the country for having embarrassingly white staffs. Called “Green Insider’s Club,” the report examined government agencies, nonprofits and foundations. It recommended that groups institute annual diversity assessments, incorporate goals into performance evaluations and increase resources for new initiatives to work and combat this problem.

“People recognize it. It is alive and well

in the nonprofit sector in general and the environmental community in particular,” says Christina Cuevas, the program director for the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. “They were just a little late coming to the table on that.”

The foundation, which supports many local environmental groups, has guidelines that nonprofits need to make diversity an issue, both in terms of their own make-up and in terms of the people they reach.

It’s important to create environmental stewardship in historically underserved communities like Watsonville, she says.

“People making decisions about programs should reflect the community so, that they understand what the community wants and needs,” says Cuevas.

For his part, Lester’s report from

February had outlined steps that the Coastal Commission has been taking to change recruitment and outreach strategies. The group, for instance, has ramped up recruiting efforts in the state’s public universities. For one entry-level position, people of color in the applicant field increased to 51 percent, compared to 19 percent less than two years prior.

One of the obstacles to diversity, Lester’s report explained, might be that the coastal communities, where the commission has offices, are often less diverse, more affluent areas with a higher cost of living.

What’s at stake may go beyond the staff itself, though.

Lester feels that, in some ways, the commission works in social justice for its commitment to protecting the coast for all Californians, even those who live within inner-city communities or farther from the coast. He hopes that this focus doesn’t change under a new director, as many people have suggested it might.

“There’s a lot more work to do to building bridges to all of California’s communities, so that people can enjoy the coast more equally,” Lester says. “And that’s just something we’ll have to keep working on. Every time an access way is opened or protected, that’s a step in the right direction. Every time a prohibitive parking restriction shuts down access or somehow prevents people from getting to the beach, that’s a step backwards, and those are the kinds of things we fought against.”

Another criticism lobbed at the commission staff is that it takes too long to process applications. Lester notes that wait time for many approvals dropped significantly after the governor’s office increased its staff a few years ago. He also says that big projects sometimes warrant long waits and that sometimes it’s a developer who creates an impasse.

“You get this narrative created that somehow there’s a problem, when in fact it reflects the necessary process to make sure we’re following the law and protecting the resources as the Coastal Act states,” Lester says. “I’m not saying there aren’t cases where something could have been done more efficiently. Every once in awhile, someone drops the ball. That happens in every organization. But I think overall, if you look at the commission’s record and you look at the data, the commission’s doing a pretty good job.”

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For Griggs, seawalls are not a reliable, long-term solution. A wall at Beach Drive in Rio del Mar lasted less than one winter and the timber wall at Seacliff State Beach has been rebuilt nine times in 60 years, he says.

“We cannot hold back 10,000 miles of Pacific Ocean,” says Griggs. “And it’s not about if sea level is rising or not. We know it is rising—it’s about how fast and how soon and how do we adapt to it.”

At some point, people in erosionprone areas will have to cede to the ocean, Griggs says. For example, after years of trucking sand down Ocean Beach, San Francisco has a plan to move its coastal Great Highway inland, due to bluff retreat.

It’s what happens when coastal cities realize they can’t hold their position any longer, he says.

“It’s managed retreat,” Griggs says.

“It’s not something homeowners are excited about, but I guarantee you it’s going to happen—maybe not this year or next year, but we cannot hold back the Pacific Ocean. We’ve got centuries of sea level rise ahead of us. It’s inevitable.”

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GUILD SAVE THE QUEEN Hobbyist beekeeping surges as scientists debate the mystery of disappearing bees

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help, keeping a beehive healthy nowadays may require a little luck.

MYSTERY SOLVED? No one can say for certain why bees are struggling. Bees face many stresses—disease, mites, poor nutrition, and insecticides—and the die-offs probably have no single culprit.

But a general theme has emerged among the theories: bees and modern agriculture simply don’t get along.

It’s not easy to be an insect on today’s farms. For instance, most conventional farmers protect their fields from pests with insecticides—chemicals that kill insects but not plants. Spray-on insecticides have a long history, but today many farmers prefer systemic insecticides, which plants absorb through their roots or seeds.

In many ways, systemic pesticides trump the spray-on ones, at least from an agricultural perspective.

Most notably, farmers are able to apply less of them to their fields, since the chemical compounds stay within the plants’ tissues. And they can’t blow away, a major benefit for neighborhoods that border farms.

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farmers’ fruits.

But with their benefits, systemic pesticides also bring new challenges. With conventional insecticides, beekeepers kept their hives away when farmers sprayed. Now, compounds stick around in plants’ tissues—including in their pollen. And when scientists look in some beehives, they find traces of pesticides.

No one is certain how systemic pesticides affect bees. But many beekeepers connect them to the sudden and widespread bee die-offs they began finding a decade ago.

Complicating the problem is the fact that not all regulators agree on how to handle the compounds. In December of last year, for example, Canada banned the use of neonicotinoids, the systemic insecticide class most often blamed for the bee die-offs. In the U.S., though, the neonicotinoid review is ongoing.

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an Coulson runs his bare fingers along the open gaps of the hive’s frames. “Good beekeepers don’t need gloves,” he says. He pries one frame out of the hive and lifts it up to the light.

Coulson, the co-founder of the Santa Cruz Bee Guild, is showing me his beehives. There aren’t as many as I’d expect. A third of his bees died last year, he tells me. Empty hive boxes lay in the tall grass around his hillside home high in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Not long ago, this would have alarmed local beekeepers—many rely on Coulson for advice when they suspect trouble at their own hives.

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Local beekeepers, however, are now stepping in to help. At the Santa Cruz Bee Guild, swarms of beginning beekeepers fill the meetings, eager to care for their first hives. This grassroots rally to save the bees is giving hives a new hope. But even with the guild’s

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Jeffrey Aldrich, a research entomologist for more than 30 years at the USDA, and now a consultant based in Santa Cruz, thinks the argument against neonicotinoids has merit. “Bees already face stresses from commercial farming,” Aldrich says. “Adding neonicotinoids could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.”

Still, Coulson doesn’t blame modern agriculture for the bees’ plight.

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Farms can’t survive without bees, but bees don’t need farms. And the new wave of beekeepers at the guild cares little about farming—they just want to give the bees a fighting chance.

But beware, Coulson warns: keeping a colony alive in the backyard isn’t easy. Bees that live miles from conventional farms, for example, still have plenty to worry about. Over the last few years, California’s long drought stifled many of the flowers that Santa Cruz bees visit. Some hives struggled to find food and water.

Bees also suffer from their own pests. Within many hives, the tiny varroa mite burrows into apiaries, or birthing chambers. “They literally suck the life out of bees,” says Aldrich. Many beekeepers intend to raise colonies without chemicals, but end up forced to treat—or else lose—their bees.

And new pests like the varroa or tracheal mites pop up suddenly.

“Pests have always occurred from time to time,” Coulson says, “But nowadays they spread more quickly.”

Commercial beekeepers cart their hives from coast to coast to follow the blooms of major crops such as almonds, cranberries, or pears.

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Aldrich thinks bees face a continued struggle ahead. “Bees will have a tough time weathering the pests until scientists find better solutions,” he says.

Coulson doesn’t think that the mite problem will go away. “But bees will become tougher, and more hygienic,” Coulson says. “And the mites will learn to be gentler.”

And more generally, Coulson feels optimistic. “Bees have had to overcome so many problems before,” he says. In other words, honeybees are resilient in the long run—they just need time to adapt.

While bees learn to live with the latest pest or disease, hobbyist beekeepers need some coaching in order to keep their colonies humming. Many seek advice from more experienced beekeepers through the Santa Cruz Bee Guild.

“Anyone can join,” Coulson says.

“If you show up at a meeting, you’re part of the bee guild.” But that being said, the guild also strives to deter new beekeepers who may not be ready for so much responsibility.

“If you think you want to keep bees, first research carefully,” says guild member Marja van den Hende.

Bee guild meetings aren’t just for beekeepers. Last month, members discussed which garden plants bees visit most—coyote brush and madrone were local favorites, with lavender and rosemary close behind— useful info for bee-friendly folk who will never keep their own bees.

COLONY MENTALITY The beekeeping art survives mainly through mentorship, so the guild strives to pairs newbies with experienced beekeepers. And learning with family is common.

Coulson, for example, learned about bees from his parents in England.

“Whenever I visit my family,” he says, “they still ask me about my queens.”

Sometimes, parents and children learn together. The bee guild’s late core founder, Peter Cook, began beekeeping alongside his son James.

The two helped each other along, learning to care for their hives. His wife, too, began making salves and soaps from beeswax.

Van den Hende believes that beekeeping brings communities together. Beekeepers learn from anecdotes, and must enlist the trust and encouragement of friends.

“Beekeepers know what is blooming in their neighborhood,” says van den Hende. “But their friends and neighbors start paying attention, too.”

As Coulson pulls the lid off another hive, van den Hende takes my arm. “Put your hand over the bees,” she says. “Can you feel the hive’s warmth? Keep bees, and you must become their steward.”

Coulson nods. “When you reach inside a hive, you touch a mysterious world,” he says.

Best then, perhaps, to leave the gloves behind, and feel the world against bare skin.

Learn more about the Santa Cruz Bee Guild. Visit santacruzbees.com, or come by a guild meeting (First Wednesday of every month, community room of El Rio Mobile Home Park).

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flowers benefit not just honeybees (right), but native bees as well.

The digger bee (above) is one of several bees native to our area.

Honeybees vs. Native Bees

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oneybees haven’t always been in Santa Cruz. Europeans first brought them to America centuries ago to make honey. But before Europeans and honeybees sailed to the New World, native bees were already here, pollinating California’s diverse wildflowers.

Unlike honeybees, most native bees don’t form large colonies. In fact, most don’t form colonies at all. And besides the bumblebee, which, compared to honeybees, make a small amount of honey that is much harder to harvest, native bees make no honey—no surprise then that honeybees get all the love.

But luckily for native bees, local projects to help out honeybees likely aid native bees as well. For example, gardeners often plant pollen-rich flowers with honeybees in mind, but native bees visit, too.

“They definitely make use of urban gardens,” says Angie Ashbacher, a UCSC graduate student who studies interactions between plants and pollinators, such as bees.

Ashbacher says a few small changes can make urban gardens more welcoming to native bees. Most importantly, she recommends that gardeners preserve spaces for native bees to build their homes.

“Honeybees may fly 5 miles to find food,” she says. “But native bees stay close to their nests.” So for native bees to visit urban gardens, they need shelter nearby.

Keeping a space for native bees isn’t tough. “Leave a few dead stems on your trees,” Ashbacher says. Many native bees adopt old stems to build their homes.

“Or if you’d rather,” she says, “buy a native bee nest box.”

And when gardeners shelter native bees, they help their gardens produce more fruit. Although honeybees seem to steal the spotlight, they can’t compete with native bees when it comes to pollinating flowers. HENRY HOUSKEEPER

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SPIRITUAL MASKERS Dancers and choreographers Sharon Took-Zozaya and Nasrin Hosainy wearing masks created by Raj Westerberg. PHOTO: JANJAAP DEKKER

Reviving Rumi

Poems from ‘Masnavi’ inspire theater production ‘Rumi on Stage’ BY ANNE-MARIE HARRISON

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from their own perspective, which is the way that human beings describe the divine, from their own perspective,” says Suzanne Sturn, who has adapted poems and stories from Rumi’s Masnavi for her production Rumi on Stage.

“Rumi writes that all perspectives about the divine are all part of the

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essence of the divine, which cannot be really articulated.”

“We’re limited, but we do have the capacity to intuit,” she says, pointing out that his stories touch on the human journey, and trying to understand the nature of the divine as well as the source from where we come.

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Sturn says it has always made sense to her to put Rumi’s works on stage.

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ight-hundred years ago Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī wrote down his retelling of a widely told story: a group of men bring an elephant into a dark room. They touch different parts of the animal and relay what they believe they are sensing.

“They each describe the elephant

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“Dance is a natural way to express that which cannot be put into words. So is the mask and so are puppets.” -SUZANNE STURN <25 just for entertainment, but as a place to inquire and go through our relationship with, whatever you want to call it—the world of the spirit, the unconscious place to explore, people’s question of the universe.”

Sturn’s Rumi On Stage begins March 4 and runs through March 20 at Center Stage in Santa Cruz. It will feature musicians, costumes, actors, dancers, masks, and puppets channeling Rumi’s Persian origins.

Incorporating dance is an especially appropriate way to breathe life into Rumi’s poetry, says Sturn.

“Dance is a natural way to express that which cannot be put into words. So is the mask and so are puppets,” she says. “All of these things together are useful in gleaning the invisible world onto the visible stage.”

Rumi was one of the first to infuse his Sufi teachings with the idea that movement can provide a unique harmony for meditation and prayer. His principles on revolving in remembrance of God led to the creation of the Mevlevi Order, or, more commonly known as the whirling dervishes. Sufi was a man of all trades, gaining popularity both during his lifetime and posthumously as a poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic.

The dance aspect of Rumi on Stage was put together by the classically trained Persian dancer Nasrin Hosainy and local modern dancer Sharon Took-Zozaya to music by Amir Etemadzadeh with singers Jihan Amer and Lori Rivera—it’s a fusion of traditional classics with local talent, says Sturn.

Before coming to Santa Cruz, Sturn was the executive director of a theater company in Minneapolis where she spent years exploring Japanese noh dance. To Sturn, masks can play a poignant role in theater, as they have in classical theater all over the world from ancient times to the present.

“The mask helped express that which is deeper than the everyday ordinary personality—that’s what the mask can do and that spirit is absolutely at the foundation of Western theater and Greek theater, lots of experimental theater now,” says Sturn. “It’s been used a lot to evoke character, great symbolic significance. Rumi and Shams are really that—they are like awakened spiritual masters.”

Shams-e Tabrizi and Rumi met on Nov. 15 in 1244. Meeting Shams inspired Rumi’s shift from the life of a teacher and jurist to one of asceticism. Their incredibly close friendship was the topic of much of Rumi’s poetry, which, after Shams mysteriously disappeared, became the focus of an immense outpouring of lyric poems including Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi.

Sturn says she discovered Rumi and his teachings of Sufism nearly four decades ago when she worked with poet Robert Bly in Minneapolis.

As a follower of Sufism, Sturn spent 10 years studying the six-volume Masnavi with local Sufi shaikh, Kabir Helminski, so creating and directing this show is a completion of a circle.

In 2015 Rumi was still the bestselling poet in the U.S. which begs the question of why a man who wrote centuries before the time of electricity, cars, the Internet, and all modern reference points has any relevance to readers today?

“He just transcends the boundaries of narrow religiosity and he just really speaks to the deepest part of our humanity,” says Sturn.

“All I hope is that this might evoke a bit—if it evokes something—a breath, a fragrance of Rumi’s vision of love and union and beauty. That would be a good thing.”

Info: 2 and 8 p.m. March 2-6, 11-13, 18-20.

Center Stage, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. $20 at Bookshop Santa Cruz or brownpapertickets.com.

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MARCH FEATURES R. Blitzer Gallery – Catamaran Literary Reader Exhibit

Artisans Gallery – FJ Anderson 1368 Pacific Ave – 6p-8p

Anderson’s hyper realistic oils capture the sky and ocean with a depth and complexity rarely experienced in two dimensions. As a Santa Cruz local and Alumnus of UCSC’s Fine Art program, Anderson’s relationship and connection to the natural environment and the Monterey Bay is evidenced and amplified in his paintings.

2801 Mission St – 5p-9p

In just a few short years, the Catamaran Literary Reader has established itself as a force in capturing and chronicling the spirit and culture of the west coast, publishing quarterly journals of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and of course visual arts. This month the R. Blitzer Gallery is showcasing 27 of the artists whose work has been featured in the pages of the reader.

Stripe – M Sophia Santiago – THE LONG VIEW

1001 Center Street – 5:30p -7:30p

The spirit of Aloha is captured this month at the Hula School of Santa Cruz, not just in the traditional island dance performances the school will present throughout the evening, but the flowing sculptures of Lila Klapman and the paintings of Louanne Korver. Stop in and get a taste of the islands.

107 Walnut Ave.- 5p-9p

The artists presented at First Friday work in a range of mediums and feature endless subjects. In this unique presentation the artist and the subject are the same.

This retrospective of Santiago’s work as a figure model includes photography, drawings, painting and sculpture.

FIRST FRIDAY FOCUS Nicola Percy Fine Art Photography

All kinds of portraits, for all kinds of people.

Follow Nicola on First Friday via our Instagram #FirstFridaySantaCruz

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Galleries/ MARCH 4TH Agency Mark Yanowsky

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Santa Cruz County Government Center Jody Bare, Myra Eastman, Jane Ferguson, David Fleming and Randie Silverstein 701 Ocean Street 1st and 5th floors.artscouncilsc.org 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Artisans Gallery FJ Anderson

1368 Pacific Avenue artisanssantacruz.com 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Camouflage John Constantinou

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1329 Pacific Avenue shopcamouflage.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Felix Kulpa Gallery & Sculpture Garden Cid Pearlman Performance/Beau Saunders 107 Elm Street felixkulpa.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

L’Atelier Salon Lise 114 Pearl Alley lateliersalon.com 6:00pn – 9:00pm

Palace Art Downtown Santa Cruz Levi Siegel

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Santa Cruz Warriors Lizz Aubrey

903 Pacific Avenue Suite 101 santacruz.dleague.nba.com 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm

So Fresh Clothing Hongry

911 Cedar Street sofreshclothing.com 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Rare Bird Salon Summer Rhee Pizano 227 Cathcart Street rarebirdsalon.com 5:30pm – 7:30pm

Santa Cruz County Bank Unbridled 720 Front Street santacruzcountybank.com 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

21010 Fair Street Suite G 5:00pm – 8:00pm

ODONATA WINES Lora Groves

2343 Mission Street odonatawines.com 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

R. Blitzer Gallery Catamaran Literary Reader Exhibit 2801 Mission Street rblitzergallery.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Smooth Body Lounge Cindy Mori

Stripe MEN Brian Barnahrt

117 Walnut Avenue stripedesigngroup.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

2345 Mission St. smoothsantacruz.com 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Stockwell Cellars Shannon Belardi

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1407 Pacific Avenue facebook.com/PalaceArtSupply 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm

204 Church Street purepleasureshop.com 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jane McKenzie, Financial Advisor Frosty Hesson

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Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History FREE First Friday

WESTSIDE

1100 Fair Ave. (Entrance Ingalls St.) stockwellcellars.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Loft Salon and Spa Yeshe Jackson

The Hula School of Santa Cruz Lila Klapman and Louanne Korver

402 Ingalls St Suite #8 theloftsantacruz.tumblr.com 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm

1001 Center Street Suite 10 hulaschool.com 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

The Nook Felicia Gilman

1543 Pacific Avenue Suite 215 thenook.us 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

The Treehouse Nicola Buffa

108 Locust St suite C. thetreehouse.us 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Village Yoga Gina Peterson

1106 Pacific Avenue villageyogasantacruz.com/ our-studio 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm

MIDTOWN Santa Cruz Art League Art from our Attics 526 Broadway scal.org 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Tomboy Nichole Rita Welch 1207 Soquel Ave. tomboysc.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

RIVER STREET

Galleries/MARCH 4TH Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios

Monica Calsbeek and Summer Stiegman

118 Coral Street santacruzrehearsalstudios.com 10:00 am - 12:00 am

FIRST FRIDAY ART TOUR

SC MOUNTAINS Central Avenue Art Walk

Highway 9 Boulder Creek 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Scribbles Institute

Spring 2015 Drawing Party Spring 2015 Drawing Party 303 Potrero #59 scribblesinstitute.com 6:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tannery

Tannery Artists

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First Friday Felton Art Walk

Jeff Herring, Nora Sarkissian, Steve Booth, Scott Hamill Shops along Hwy. 9 facebook.com/FirstFridayFelton 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

WATSONVILLE Wargin Wine Amy Glover Martin

11 Hangar Way #2855 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

First Friday Artist Registry.

Visit the First Friday Artist Registry created by First Friday Santa Cruz in partnership with the Arts Council of Santa Cruz. Find an amazing collection of local artists and get to know the wealth of creativity that surrounds us. Artists.

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FOR WHAT IT’S WERT Possessed by Paul James, aka Konrad Wert, plays Don Quixote’s on March 9.

A Man Possessed Konrad Wert goes all in for his musical passion as Possessed by Paul James BY CAT JOHNSON he’s not sure how long it will last.

“My wife and I love the adventure,” he says by phone from the RV, “and the children have a fantastic time, but every kid needs a grounded community to blossom.

We think we can get by for a year.”

Living a life of simplicity is not a new experience for the Floridaborn Wert. The singer-songwriter was raised in a small Mennonite community with a focus on simplicity, service and pacifism.

When asked if he still identifies with the Mennonite religion, he says that while he doesn’t consider himself part of the Christian religion any longer, he very much identifies culturally with the Mennonites.

“It’s very service-oriented,” he says. “The intent is to serve others

in need with your skills.”

For Wert, being of service means teaching. Before hitting the road full-time, he spent years as a special education teacher in Texas. He continues his service by lecturing about special education reform at stops along the way and working with a film crew on a documentary film about the state of special education in the U.S. He juggles this with being an energetic and engaged musician who gives all he has during performances.

A longtime musician who picked up the violin in fourth grade, Wert had added the viola and double bass to his wheelhouse by eighth grade. He considered studying strings in college, but a teacher gave him some tough love that set him on a different course.

“One of my teachers said, ‘Your skill

Possessed by Paul James will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9 at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15.

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onrad Wert has been a performing musician for 10 years. But it wasn’t until June of last year that he committed to going full-time— specifically, being on the road for weeks or months at a time.

Rather than hitting the road by himself and leaving his wife and two children behind, however, the singersongwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who performs as Possessed by Paul James, brings the family along with him. The four are on a year-long experiment to determine whether life on the road could work for them.

They live in an RV, homeschooling the children, driving from gig to gig, and seeing the country as they go. When asked how it’s going, Wert says that they’re enjoying the experience, but

level won’t ever progress to where you’d like it to be as a professional, classically trained viola player or violinist,’” Wert recalls. “But then he said, ‘Your passion’s great, though.

Don’t ever let go of your passion.’”

When he plays, Wert’s passion is, indeed, revealed. His music is full of what matters most to him: love, family, community, connection, being human. And he delivers his songs from a deep place, with eyes closed, head shaking, fiddle bow flying, and emotions bared.

When he talks about performing, Wert speaks of “we.” When asked about who that refers to, he says that, among other things, it’s his family and ancestors.

“It feels best when we share by just closing our eyes and trying to shake out the little anxieties that pop up in your head when you play,” he says. “If a note sounds kind of funny or you missed a note when you sing, you try not to worry about any of those things. You try to just convey what’s out there.”

Another way Wert honors his family is with the name Possessed by Paul James. Paul was his grandfather’s name, and James is his father’s middle name. The name also gave Wert sufficient cover from a Texas rule that teachers can’t moonlight—“especially when it’s in circles that might be unsavory for the state,” he says.

“In many of the small towns in Texas,” Wert explains, “there is truly no separation between church and state. However districts would like to spin it, there’s very much a bias if you delineate out of that wholesome presence as a schoolteacher.”

Wert has an album slated for release in early 2017, but in the meantime he has his hands full with being on the road, lecturing, working on the documentary, writing songs, and performing from a soul level.

“We close our eyes and find comfort in the darkness,” he says. “[We] try to get lost in that darkness a little bit so we’re not so concerned about the trivial things.”

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CALENDAR

GREEN FIX

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HUMMINGBIRD DAYS What does it look like when two hummingbirds are courting? Find out at the annual UCSC Arboretum’s annual Hummingbird Days, with a full weekend of celebrations to ring in the dawn of spring, and with it, the delightful aerial acrobatics that only dancing hummingbirds can deliver. Children can enjoy bird walks and face painting while parents can learn all about how to create a garden that attracts hummingbirds, a photography workshop to capture shots of the flighty birds, and guided tours of the garden. A perfect event for nature lovers of all ages, Hummingbird Days provide an opportunity to learn from the experts in a gorgeous outdoor classroom.

Info: 10 a.m.-4 p.m., March 5-6. UCSC Arboretum 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. arboretum.ucsc.edu. $5-$10.

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FIRST FRIDAY ‘RETROSPECTIVE’ AT STRIPE Showing photos of the artist from the age of 26 to her early 50s, Sophia Santiago’s exhibit is a journey through her longtime figure-modeling career, as seen through the lenses of local artists. Featuring an array of mediums including paintings, prints, posters, and photographs, the exhibit covers 34 years of modeling in Santa Cruz and throughout the U.S. Santiago was certified in 1982 at the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and her exhibit will feature 18 local artists whom she has posed for from Santa Cruz to Monterey, Carmel to Big Sur. Info: 5-9 p.m., Friday, March 4. Stripe, 107 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz. 421-9252. Free.

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

WEDNESDAY 3/2 ARTS SHADES OF BLUE Celebrate the cool blue feelings of winter in our first show of 2016.

This is our annual juried show with cash prizes. Come see who wins. Gallery open Wednesdays through Sundays, Noon-5 p.m.

SC Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St., Ben Lomond. 336-3513. Free.

‘UNBRIDLED’ ARTISTS’ RECEPTION Santa Cruz County Bank’s newest exhibition, Unbridled, explores the beauty, power and playfulness of horses, both domesticated and wild, through various artistic mediums. 5:30-7 p.m. Santa Cruz County Bank, 720 Front St., Santa Cruz. arts@sccountybank.com. Free.

TRANSFORMING DISCOMFORT In this five-week session, we will present a systematic approach to acknowledging challenging energies in a safe, supportive atmosphere. All levels of practice are welcome. 6:30-8 p.m. Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Ave., Suite C, Santa Cruz. hyman@ earthlink.net.

THURSDAY 3/3

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SALSA RUEDA CLASSES Cuban-style dance at the Tannery. Introductory and beginning classes 7-8 p.m. Intermediate and advanced classes 8-9 pm. 7-9 p.m. Tannery 1060 River St., Suite #111, Santa Cruz.

Cesario, Danny, Gilberto. $7/$5.

Thirty-five years after Jim Slinger and Tip Taylor traveled to the Noatak River in Alaska’s wild Brooks Range, the two adventurers, now both in their 70s, sit down to reflect on the many natural treasures they’ve encountered. Experience the well-hidden beauties of the spectacular Alaskan scenery in this documentary short at a special screening of the film at Scotts Valley Branch Library. Join the film’s subjects, Taylor and Slinger, for a viewing of the award-winning Muir Project film and finalist in the Banff FIlm Festival.

BATERIA SAMBA CRUZ Come learn to play drums and the carnival rhythms of Brazil.

All levels. Instruments provided. 7-8:30 p.m.

Tannery Arts Center, 1060 River St., #104, Santa Cruz. Joe Mailloux, 435-6813. $10.

Info: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Scotts Valley Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. santacruzpl.org/calendar. Free.

BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE An introduction to ballet technique with a focus on posture, balance and strength building. Noon-1:15 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@ iadance.com. $10.

GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS OA is a 12-Step support group for those who wish

to stop compulsive eating. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Trinity Presbyterian Church, Youth Room, 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz. Nate, santacruzoa.org/meetings or 429-7906. Free PARKINSON’S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP Support group for people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. Please join us for an opportunity to interact with others in a friendly and supportive environment.

1-2:30 p.m. Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel. Karen Williams 708-2906 or williamk@union.edu. Free.

HEALTH QI GONG FOR ENERGY BALANCE & HEALTH

BY BREIGE WALBRIDGE Qi Gong is a fantastic and easy practice that brings physical happiness and mental calm. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel.

462-8383. Donation.

VOLUNTEER MEET THE NEED—HELP SOMEONE READ

Come to a free one-hour orientation to learn how you can become a volunteer reading tutor. Requires only two-three hours per week. 6-7 p.m. Volunteer Center, 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. Genie Dee. Free.

THURSDAY 3/3 ARTS ‘UNBRIDLED’ ARTISTS’ RECEPTION Santa Cruz County Bank’s newest exhibition, Unbridled, explores the beauty, power and playfulness of horses, both domesticated and wild, through various artistic mediums. 5:30-7 p.m. Santa Cruz County Bank, 720 Front St., Santa Cruz. arts@sccountybank.com. Free.

WELLNESS LECTURE: BEYOND AUTOIMMUNE Discover how to find and break through hidden emotional and spiritual roots of chronic illness. Get back to doing what you love with simple techniques to ease pain and fatigue, and increase energy. With Integrative Holistic Practitioner Bonnie Bea. 6-7 p.m. New Leaf Community Market classroom, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz.

Register at: newleaf.com/events. $5.

CLASSES SALSA DANCING CUBAN-STYLE This class is for intermediate dancers and features Cuban casino partnering, salsa suelta and great Cuban music. 7-8 p.m.

Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz. salsagente.com or 426-4724. $9/$5.

IMPROVING CHILDREN’S NUTRITION & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH POSITIVE PARENTING This is a free parenting support group to provide strategies to increase children’s healthy eating and physical activity.

6-8 p.m. Dominican Rehabilitation Center, First Floor Conference Room, 610 Frederick St., Santa Cruz. 227-4145 or first5scc.org/ calendar/parent?trainings. Free.

VINYASA FLOW Join Michelle for this fun, exploratory vinyasa flow class. We warm the body with rhythmic movement then go deeper into our peak poses. Some experience with yoga is recommended.

7:15-8:15 p.m. Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls St., Santa Cruz. michellenak2@gmail.com. $15/$9.

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Classes. These engaging classes will heighten your vitality as they increase your self-awareness and flexibility.

Pre-registration required. 5:30 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-8893. Free.

HEALTH ENTRE NOSOTRAS GRUPO DE APOYO Open to Spanish speaking women with all types of cancer from diagnosis through treatment and the healing process. Meets every first and third Thursday of the month.

Call to register. 6-8 p.m. Entre Nosotras, Watsonville. 761-3973. Free.

WOMENCARE: LAUGHTER YOGA Laughter yoga for women with cancer meets the first and third Thursdays. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Call WomenCARE to register: 457-2273. Free.

FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Obsessed with food, weight or dieting? FA is a program based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. There are no dues, fees or weigh-ins at FA meetings.

9-10:30 a.m. 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz.

Elana, 435-0680. Free.

March 4 - 20, 2016

• Art from our Attics (Fundraiser), Donated Art at Santa Cruz Art League Ready to Exhibit Art Feb. 28th, 12-4pm & Feb. 29th, 2-4pm

Reception & Preview-Saturday, March 5th, 3-5pm

• Donated Art Sale & Silent Auction Sunday, March 13, 2016, 2-4pm • Fine Art Drawing, 100 Native Image Prints by Artist, Daniel O.Stolpe Sunday, March 20th, 1-4pm Tickets for Sale online: www.scal.org or Call us at (831) 426-5787 Tickets $100 each for sale (Prints are Valued from $300 - $1500) 526 Broadway Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (831) 426-5787 Wed-Sat. 12-5/Sun.12-4 1st Fri. 12-9pm

97 Years of Imagination

ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP2 For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers. Registration required.

12:30-2 p.m. WomenCARE 457-2273. Free.

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VOLUNTEER LEARN MORE ABOUT LINKAGES SANTA CRUZ Please join us for an informational orientation about linkAges, a free neighborhood service-exchange network that matches you with the unique skills, talents, and needs of those who live nearby.

3-4 p.m. Scotts Valley Public Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. timebank@ linkages.org or 650-691-6267. Free.

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SALSA RUEDA SERIES BEGINNER 2 A fun four-week Rueda de Casino series for Beginner 2 and up. No partner required.

Need to know the basics in Rueda such as Guapea, dame, enchufla doble, el uno, sombrero, and setenta. 8-9 p.m. Louden Nelson Community, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. 420-6177. $34.

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SLVHS Performing Arts Complex, 7105 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15/$12/$10.

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SWAMI BEYONDANANDA, THE COSMIC COMIC, PERFORMS BENEFIT FOR BERNIE SANDERS Once again from high in the forbidden mountains of the Humorlayas comes the magnificent Swami to march forth for Bernie. Donations to Bernie’s campaign can be made at the event. 7 p.m.Midnight. Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel. swami.brownpapertickets. com. $25/$19.

HEALTH VITAMIN B12 FRIDAY Receiving B12 via injection means that people can increase their energy. B12 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 LIVE HARP MUSIC WITH WEAVING SONGS Please join Robin Mills at Hidden Peak Teahouse as she weaves the intricate songs of her Maple Harp into delightful moments to enjoy a pot of tea and the company of friends. 6-8 p.m. Hidden Peak Teahouse, 1541C Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. hiddenpeakteahouse.com/livemusic/2016/3/4/maple-harp-with-robinmills. Donation.

SPIRITUAL SHABBAT SERVICES WITH CHADEISH YAMEINU Monthly on the first, second and third Friday. All are welcome! Potluck oneg/ refreshments follow; bring a vegetarian item to share. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Peace United Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz.

CYSantaCruz.com. Free.

SATURDAY 3/5 CLASSES 1101 Pacific Avenue, Suite 320, Santa Cruz | 458.1100

GARDEN CRUZ: A 3-SATURDAY ORGANIC GARDENING INTENSIVE Learn how to grow organic, French-intensive gardens from Orin Martin and Sky DeMuro of UCSC’s Alan Chadwick Garden. 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Alan Chadwick Garden and UCSC Farm, UC Santa Cruz. Pam Dewey, 459-3240, casfs@ucsc. edu or tinyurl.com/workshops2016.

FOOD & WINE APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE Voted Good Times best farmers market in Santa Cruz County. With more than 90 vendors, the Aptos Farmers Market offers an unmatched selection of locally grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.-Noon. Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@ montereybayfarmers.org. Free.

LESBIAN HAPPY HOUR Join us at Tampico Kitchen & Lounge for liter margaritas $17 and full nachos con todo $9 special. Everyone welcome. 3-6 p.m. Tampico’s Kitchen & Lounge, 822 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz.

GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS OA Speaker/ Discussion meeting. OA is a 12-step support group to stop eating compulsively, including anorexia and bulimia. 9-10 a.m. Calvary Episcopal, 532 Center St., Santa Cruz. 4297906 or santacruzoa.org. Free.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS OA Steps/ Traditions Meeting. OA is a 12-Step support group to stop eating compulsively, including anorexia and bulimia. 11 a.m.Noon. Watsonville Hospital, Sequoia Room, 75 Nielson St., Watsonville. 429-7906 or santacruzoa.org. Free.

HEALTH WOMENCARE SPANISH SUPPORT GROUP WomenCARE offers a support group in Spanish for women with cancer on the first and third Saturday of the month. Call to sign up. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Santa Cruz. 4572273 or 336-8662. Free.

MUSIC SWING DANCE PARTY WITH CHUCK AND PAT Come join us for our “All Swing Dance Party” at the “Best Little Dance House” in Santa Cruz. We play all types of Swing music.

7-11 p.m. SCO Theater, 222 Market St., Santa Cruz. Chuck, 479-4826, chuck@gonnadance. com or website gonnadance.com. $10/Free.

LIVE HARP MUSIC WITH WEAVING SONGS Please join Robin Mills at Hidden Peak Teahouse as she weaves the intricate songs of her Maple Harp into delightful moments to enjoy a pot of tea and the company of friends. 6-8 p.m. Hidden Peak Teahouse, 1541C Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. hiddenpeakteahouse.com/live-

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SUNDAY 3/6 ARTS THE HIDDEN GEMS FILM CLUB This monthly film screening features those “hidden gems” of foreign films, documentaries, independents, and mainstream movies that might have been missed by moviegoers. We appreciate RSVPs. 1-4:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Public Library, Downtown Branch, 224 Church St., Santa Cruz. bit.ly/scpl-gems or pro@ santacruzpl.org. Free.

CLASSES GOOD MORNING WORKOUT Get your juices flowing. Enjoy the music and get fit at the same time. You’ll learn movement, patterns, style, and technique in a welcoming environment. No partners needed. 9-10 a.m. The Tannery, 1060 River St., Suite #111, Santa Cruz. Cesario. $7/$5.

SUNDAY 3/6 PIERRE BENSUSAN AT DON QUIXOTE’S This Sunday, March 6, internationally-renowned French-Algerian acoustic guitarist, singer and composer Pierre Bensusan takes his North American tour to Don Quixote’s.

Kicking off his fifth decade of touring the world, his work has been heralded by the Washington Post as, “Marching to the beat of a different strum, Bensusan mixes folk, jazz, ethnic, blues and Celtic elements in ways that suggest a truly borderless world.”

He’s often referred to as the “Mozart of guitar” and celebrates 36 years of a dynamic association with Lowden Guitars.

Info: 7 p.m. Don Quixote’s International Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15. 603-2294.

REFLECTIONS TRIO This Santa Cruz jazz trio plays a range of styles, from classic standards to modern compositions; marvelous music that will appeal to both the casual listener and the musician. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant & Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. davenportroadhouse.com. Free.

SPIRITUAL MEDICINE BUDDHA PRACTICE GUIDED MEDITATION Sessions include recitation of traditional Tibetan Buddhist prayers and the Medicine Buddha mantra, as well as some quiet meditation. 9:30-10:45 a.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road,

Soquel. 462-8383. Donation.

ZEN MEDITATION & LIFE How do you practice equanimity, kindness and compassion? Four classes on The Awakened Mind & Heart. Meditation 8:30 a.m. Class and tea: 9-10:30 a.m. Ocean Gate Zen Center, 920 41st Ave., Capitola. 8:30-10:30 a.m. 920 41st Ave., Suite B, Capitola. info@ oceangatezen.org. Donation.

VOLUNTEER YLI RUMMAGE SALE Come get great bargains and help YLI raise money for local charities. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish Hall, 515 Frederick St., Santa Cruz. Susan at 458-9542.

TEA TALKS: PU-ERH CONTEXT What is this unusual aged product that comes in brick form? This discussion and tasting sheds light on the two main categories of Pu-erh Tea. 1-3 p.m. Hidden Peak Teahouse, 1541 C Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 423-4200. hiddenpeakteahouse.com. $30.

TEA TALKS: TEA THROUGH THE AGES Explore the history of tea across time and culture in this unique session with stories, mythology, folklore, and more.

4-6 p.m. Hidden Peak Teahouse, 1541C Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 423-4200 or hiddenpeakteahouse.com. $30.

GROUPS NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS: SANTA CRUZ A 12-step program designed to help relatives and friends of addicts recover from the effects of living with an addicted loved one. 6:30-8 p.m. Santa Cruz Sutter Hospital, Sutter Room, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. saveyoursanity@aol.com, or helpline 291-5099. Free.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Speaker/ Discussion meeting. Have a problem with food? OA is a 12-Step support group to stop

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Overeaters Anonymous is a 12-Step support group for those who have a problem with food. 90-Day OA meeting. 4-5:15 p.m. Church of the Nazarene, 115 S. Morrissey, Santa Cruz. Nate 429-7906. Free.

MUSIC SWING DANCE PARTY WITH CHUCK AND PAT Come join us for our “All Swing Dance Party” at the “Best Little Dance House” in Santa Cruz. We play all types of Swing music.

7-11 p.m. SCO Theater, 222 Market Street, Santa Cruz. Chuck 479-4826, chuck@ gonnadance.com or website gonnadance. com. $10/Free.

NEW MUSIC WORKS PRESENTS ANGEL’S STEPS WITH SOLO PIANIST SARAH CAHILL Sarah Cahill, “the doyenne of contemporary keyboard music,” will perform in a concert titled “Angel’s Steps,” an exploration of experimental and adventurous 20th century music. 3-5 p.m. Peace United Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. pcollins@ newmusicworks.org. $23/$17.

FAMILY CONCERT: BEETHOVEN & THE BEATLES Titled, “Beethoven & the Beatles,” music students are invited to bring their instruments to play along to an excerpt of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.” The Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony will play alongside their professional musical counterparts.

2-4 p.m. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. santacruzsymphony.org or office@ santacruzsymphony.org. $12/$8.

SPIRITUAL GUIDED MEDITATION Led by Venerable Drimay, an excellent way to learn how to set up a daily meditation practice. Stabilizing meditation followed by guided contemplation on various Dharma topics. 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383. Donation.

MEDICINE BUDDHA PUJA Medicine Buddha Puja is a prayer ceremony that is performed daily at Land of Medicine Buddha. One Sunday a month it is done in English. The other three Sundays it is done in Tibetan. 2-3 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383 or landofmedicinebuddha.org. Free/donation.

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VINYASA FLOW Join Michelle for this fun, exploratory vinyasa flow class. We warm the body with rhythmic movement then go deeper into our peak poses. Some experience with yoga is recommended.11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls St., Santa Cruz. michellenak2@gmail.com. $15/$9.

compulsive eating behaviors. 9:05-10:15 a.m.

Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center, Sutter Room, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruzoa.org or 429-7906. Free.

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Human beings are tremendously resilient creatures. Although we can hurt, bleed and suffer in ways unique to our species, we can also often find methods of overcoming suffering that defy expectation and sometimes even logic. “Fire in the Heart” is a celebration of survival, strength and storytelling. As part of the Cabrillo Theater Arts’ Evening of World Theater, the show combines music, film, dance, poetry, and stories to explore how people’s inner lives can be a catalyst for personal healing. The show features 20 local and national artists who have all used performing arts to overcome trauma in their lives, from health issues to violence to substance abuse. Performers include hip-hop artists the Luminaries, gospel singer Delores Burgess, poet Becca Hunnicutt, filmmakers Deborah Allen, Brittney Buffo, and Amy Pine, Rabbi Eli Cohen, and Nigerian-born opera singer Akindele Bankole, with, among others, Chris and Gina Rene and author Tom North. The Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History will create a pop-up museum with the theme of “Healing and Recovery.” “There is a deep need for an outlet for healing for all that experience trauma,” says Kalyne Foster of MONARCH Services.

“Being able to offer our community art as a gateway to healing could be life-changing for many.” Through all different artistic genres and experiences, “Fire in the Heart” is a message that shows how people process, heal and transcend traumatic events.

Info: 7:30 p.m. Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive. $13-$15.

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SERVICE Join the Santa Cruz SRF Meditation Group for Sunday morning Inspirational Service. This service includes inspirational readings from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda. 11 a.m.-Noon. Call for location, 334-2088.

YAMEINU Celebrate with Santa Cruz’s Jewish Renewal congregation. Join with entire congregation and Munchkin Minyan lighting candles, singing, and snacking. Visit website for more details. 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Peace United Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. cysantacruz.com. Free.

CHANUKAH HOSTED BY CHADEISH

SUBUD INTRODUCTION Subud is a

CALENDAR worldwide association of people who follow the spiritual practice known as the Latihan Kejiwaan, an exercise of surrender to the divine force within each one of us. Reservation required. 11 a.m.-Noon. Subud Center, 3800 Old San Jose Road, Soquel. 588-3013 or santacruz.subudcalifornia.org. Free.

CRYSTAL BOWLS AT THE LIGHT Inner Light Center welcomes The Crystal Bowl Sound Journey. The secret to its power is the ability to bypass the intellect and mind-locks of your consciousness. 6-7 p.m. Inner Light Center 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel. Kim 3336736. $10/Free.

THE FOUNDATION OF ALL GOOD QUALITIES In these classes, Yogi Master Je Tsongkhapa explains a four-page poem he wrote on the stages called The Foundation of All Good Qualities. 7-9 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha 5800 Prescott Road Soquel. office@landofmedicinebuddha.org or landofmedicinebuddha.org. $10/Donation.

SOUND POD Discover the power of your own sound vibration. Feel the release and freedom of expressing your emotions through free sounding and toning. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Felton Call for address and directions.

Kim, 333-6736. $7.

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TUESDAY 3/8

YLI RUMMAGE SALE Come get some great bargains and help YLI raise money for local charities. On Sunday $5 per bag sale. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish Hall, 515 Frederick Street. Santa Cruz. Susan at 458-9542.

CLASSES

MONDAY 3/7 CLASSES JAZZ: BEGINNING JAZZ FOR ADULTS An introductory study in classic American jazz choreography and technique. This class begins with placement, strength and an emphasis on turns, kicks and jumps. 1:302:30 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@iadance.com. $10.

BEGINNING HIP-HOP FOR ADULTS HipHop is a great way to build strength, stamina and flexibility while having fun and learning to dance. No prior dance experience required. 7-8 p.m. 320 Encinal St., Santa Cruz. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. $10.

ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers. Registration required.

12:30-2 p.m. WomenCARE. 457-2273. Free.

SPIRITUAL MONDAY DROP-IN MEDITATION Led by Venerable Yangchen and Venerable Gyalten— basic meditation instruction and practice.

One session of mindfulness meditation, followed by guided reflection meditation.

5:30-6:30 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383.

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SCHOOL-DAY TOURS AT GATEWAY SCHOOL Prospective families are invited to tour Gateway School’s campus to see firsthand how our program inspires children to lead lives of purpose and compassion. 9-11 a.m. Gateway School, 126 Eucalyptus Ave., Santa Cruz.

Colleen Sullivan, Admissions Director 423-0341 ext. 302 or gatewaysc.org. Free.

BATERIA SANTA CRUZ Bateria Samba Cruz is a hands-on class dedicated to learning and performing Samba of traditions of Brazil.

We will build repertoire through exercises, growing as an ensemble each class. 6-7 p.m.

The Tannery, 1060 River St., #111, Santa Cruz. 227-6770. $7.

WEEKLY WORKSHOP FOR HEALERS Designed to help healers articulate their services, these workshops meet every Tuesday evening. Bring your project and questions, get technical support for your website/blog. 7-9 p.m. Center for Source Healing, 2959 Park Ave., Suite E, Soquel.

854-7538, info@vibrantexpression.net. $15.

GUIDED MEDITATION FOR STRESS REDUCTION Guided Meditation to Reduce your Stress with Renee Rowe. Every Tuesday evening. 7-7:45 p.m. The Barn Studio, 104 S. Park Way, Santa Cruz. awakentoyourpath. com. Donation.

CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength, range of motion and stamina.

It is easy for everyone. Each class is informative and creative. Learn self care and stress reduction in a safe and supportive environment. Grey Bears. 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Yoga Center, Santa Cruz. 234-6791. $5.

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SUNDAY 3/6 BEETHOVEN AND BEATLES FAMILY CONCERT This Sunday, March 6, young musicians can experience Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” with a twist: Daniel Stewart of the Santa Cruz Symphony will introduce instruments from the orchestra with the music of the Beatles. In a special family concert, the Santa Cruz Youth Symphony will play alongside their professional Santa Cruz Symphony counterparts with guest artists Mike Ryan of Santa Cruz Shakespeare as narrator and members of the Santa Cruz Ballet Theater, Cabrillo Youth Chorus, Cabrillo Chorale, and Kuumbwa Jazz Honors Band. Audience members are encouraged to bring along their own instruments to play along to “Ode To Joy.”

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MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness through movement classes. These engaging classes will heighten your vitality as they increase your self-awareness and overall well-being. Pre registration required.

9:30 a.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-8893. Free.

BUSINESS DEBTORS ANONYMOUS Living in chaos and drama around money? You are not alone. In Business Debtors Anonymous, all are welcome, and we specifically focus on recovering from debt in one’s business. 5:156:30 p.m. Calvary Episcopal Church, Parish Hall, 532 Center St., Santa Cruz. 425-3272. Free.

FUNDRAISERS’ MEETUP The Fundraisers’ Meetup was created for nonprofits to learn new ideas, share resources and network with fellow fundraising planners. This meeting will focus on how to find, manage and support great volunteers. 9:30-11 a.m. Seascape Golf Club. sparklerevents.com. Free.

HEALTH CANCER SUPPORT GROUP WomenCARE support group for women newly diagnosed or undergoing treatment for cancer.

Registration required. 12:30-2 p.m.

WomenCARE. 457-2273. Free.

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Info: 2 p.m. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz. 420-5260.

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LOCAL BAND DEFENDERS

Local trio the Defenders have a deep love for old-school punk—so deep, in fact, that they built the band around it.

“It was the idea of ‘the defenders of past musical styles,’ and how we want to be the torch bearers and such. So we’re defending that,” says guitarist and lead singer Ken Helwig.

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“I grew up listening to old U.K. ’70s punk, Oi!, U.K. hardcore, some early ’80s, as well as your classic southern California stuff like Social Distortion, Agent Orange, as well as Santa Cruz’s own Swinging Utters. It’s stuff that has more of a melody, loud guitars and solos,” says Helwig. “A little more rock-oriented.”

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While their sound reflects these older punk-rock influences, they also mix a bunch of subgenres together to create something totally unique. The group plays loud and passionately, and their songs are written from a very personal perspective. If politics come into it, they tend to focus on how bigger issues affect them as individuals.

“I’d rather write a song about personal politics and how everyday life affects me. or how things around the world affect me, like ‘Answer Me Today.’ It’s basically about the high cost of living, how no matter how hard you work, it’s really impossible to get ahead. It’s pretty much a sign of the times in the Bay Area, and in Santa Cruz,” says Helwig.

“We also have a song called ‘Despicable Me.’ It’s about me being a pain in the butt to my wife.” AARON CARNES INFO: 9 p.m. Saturday, March 5.

Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $22/adv, $26/door. 429-4135.

CAVE SINGERS

WEDNESDAY 3/2 REGGAE

KING SCHASCHA Born in Trinidad & Tobago, this San Diego transplant spits old-school reggae knowledge with the fire of an up-and-comer. By fusing reggae, calypso, jazz, funk, and a gambit of other genres, Schascha creates a sound as fun and familiar as it is innovative.

Not only will Schascha be dropping his latest album at this show, but Moe’s has an entire smoky showcase of One Love with Rusty Zinn, Jah Thunder Wisdom & the Irusalem Band. MAT WEIR INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $7/adv, $10/door. 479-1854.

THURSDAY 3/3 INDIE

CAVE SINGERS Seattle’s Cave Singers approach Americana with a darker, bluesier and moodier edge than most groups slinging acoustic instruments. There’s a subtly washed-out quality to their sound that might seem out of place, but considering the various rock, garage

and New Wave bands that the members of the Cave Singers come from—Pretty Girls Make Graves, Murder City Devils, Hint Hint, and Cobra High—it all makes perfect sense. AARON CARNES

FRIDAY 3/4

INFO: 8 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $15. 429-4135.

Psychedelic rock fans are likely familiar with Steve Kimock as co-founder of Zero and leader of the Steve Kimock Band. His latest group, known simply as Kimock, is a much more intimate affair. For one thing, he explores Eastern and Western folk music, and has partnered up with his son, drummer and multi-instrumentalist John Morgan Kimock. The father/son team has been working very closely together, composing new music that (they hope) defies genre classification on Steve’s upcoming record Last Danger Of Frost. AC

FRIDAY 3/4 ROOTS/ROCK

ARANN HARRIS & THE FARM BAND I learned a new music phrase this week: alt-gospel. It was used to describe Arann Harris, an Oakland-born, Petaluma farm-based singer-songwriter with an experimental-yet-down-home approach to making music. Sometimes quiet, sometimes jazzy, sometimes trippy, Harris sounds like a blend of Tom Waits, John Prine and, as one reviewer pointed out, a Muppet. I’m still not sure exactly what alt-gospel is, but if you want a good dose of odd and unexpected creativity in your roots music, you may have just found your new favorite artist.

CAT JOHNSON

INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-6994.

ACOUSTIC

KIMOCK

INFO: 8 p.m. Kuumbwa, 320 Cedar St. #2, $27. 427-2227.

FRIDAY 3/4 SOFT ROCK

MUSTACHE HARBOR Anyone under 40 with a mustache is immediately suspected of doing it ironically. This wasn’t the case in the

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST CLOZEE March 17-20, a bass music and well-being festival known as the Serenity Gathering takes place in Joshua Tree. This year’s event features Shpongle, Nahko & Medicine for the People, Emancipator, Del the Funky Homosapien, and dozens more all gathered together for the spring equinox. On March 15, Euphoric is throwing a Serenity Gathering preparty featuring French music producer CloZee; West Coast bass music veteran Secret Recipe; Wormhole music group founder Krakinov; and local producer and DJ DownsquareZ. The event promises to be a lively warm-up for the beloved electronic music festival. CAT JOHNSON DELFEAYO MARSALIS

INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, $12/adv, $15/door. 335-2800.

SATURDAY 3/5 COUNTRY

SONS OF THE OUTLAWS The term “outlaw country” brings to mind a handful of artists who pushed back against classic country’s spit-polished image: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Jessi Colter, Willie Nelson, etc. And while the outlaws may not spend much time outside the law anymore—hat tip to

Nelson for keeping the outlaw flame burning bright—the next generation of outlaws is going strong. On Saturday, two of the talented offspring of the legends come to town as Lukas Nelson and Shooter Jennings head to the Rio Theatre for an acoustic duo set. The two celebrated country rockers bring the outlaw spirit to a new generation of listeners and give a nod to their family’s rich musical lineage. Singer-songwriter Lily Meola opens. CJ INFO: 8 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $25/gen, $40/gold. 423-8209.

SATURDAY 3/5 PUNK ROCK

DEAD KENNEDYS What can one say about a band that not only had a huge influence on Bay Area punk, but also the history of music? Too much, and not enough. Beginning in 1978, this seminal punk band blazed their own path, saying what they wanted, when they wanted, and never once apologizing. Even when Tipper Gore and her conservative PMRC sued them for “pornographic” materials, they fought for their First Amendment rights when they could’ve

easily saved the cash and kowtowed to power. Original singer Jello Biafra is long gone from the band, but their influence and power still holds up. MW INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst Club, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $22/adv, $26/door. 429-4135.

MONDAY 3/7 JAZZ

DELFEAYO MARSALIS A skilled trombonist, veteran producer and third youngest of the four musically prodigious New Orleans-born brothers, Delfeayo Marsalis had set out to perform widely with the family patriarch, Ellis Marsalis, on the Last Southern Gentlemen’s tour (named after their 2014 album). But the veteran pianist and educator, now 81, has been ailing, so Delfeayo decided to go in the other direction, hiring 29-yearold Sullivan Fortner, a rising star from New Orleans who won last year’s American Pianists Association Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz, a highly prestigious award. ANDREW GILBERT INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $30/door. 427-2227.

IN THE QUEUE MICK MOLONEY & ATHENA TERGIS

Award-winning Celtic musicians.

Wednesday at Don Quixote’s KNEEBODY & DAEDELUS

Collaboration between “chamber-groove ensemble” Kneebody and beatmaker Daedelus. Thursday at Kuumbwa JEFF BLACKBURN & FRIENDS

Local Americana and rock ’n’ roll.

Thursday at Crow’s Nest INSECTS & ROBOTS

“Quasi-nomadic music tribe” from Los Angeles. Thursday at Moe’s Alley VICENTE AMIGO

Internationally renowned flamenco guitarist. Tuesday at Rio Theatre

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’70s, when having a mustache (and chest hair, while we’re at it) meant you were a man. The Mustache Harbor is definitely sporting mustaches with a healthy dose of irony (spoiler: most are fake), but their presentation of ’70s soft rock is a little more complicated. Sure, they may dress like drug dealers from Miami Vice, but they have utmost reverence for the tunes they play, which include such legendary bands as the Eagles, Christopher Cross, Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers and many other soft rock masters. AC

INFO: 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15.

Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $10/adv, $15/door. 4791854. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz. com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, March 4 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

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LIVE MUSIC

Wednesday March 2nd 9pm $9/12 Live Reggae CD Release Party

KING SCHASCHA RUSTY ZINN

JAH THUNDER & THE IRUSALEM BAND

WED

Thursday March 3rd 8:30pm $8/12

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

INSECTS VS ROBOTS + DOS OSOS

AQUARIUS RESTAURANT Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

Willie Nelson’s Son Micah Debuts His Band

3/2

THU

3/3

FRI

3/4

SAT

3/5

Los Amos de Nuevo Leon $20 8p

THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville

Al Frisby 6-8p

Preacher Boy 6-8p

Jewl Sandoval 6-8p

Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p

SUN

3/6

MON

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

Harliss Sweetwater 6-8p

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

DJ

KATDELIC

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Alier Johnson, Young Gully, Erk Tha Jerk & more $5 9p

Comedy Night/80s Night Free 8:30p

The Redlight District, Beach Fuzz, Strange Hotel $7 9p

A Band of Orcs, Short Fuse & more $5 9p

The Box (Goth Night) 9p

Wednesday March 9th 8:30pm $7/10

BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Pride Night 9p

Party w/Raina 9p

Incidental Live Music Revue w/Alisha

Comedy Night 9p

Big Band Funk w/ P-Funk All Star Ronkat

Funk & Soul Double Bill With

PARADISE SOUL SAVERS + NAT OSBORN Thursday March 10th 8:30pm $20/25 Live Reggae Triple Bill

ANUHEA + THROUGH THE ROOTS & THRIVE Friday March 11th 9pm $9/12

Double Bill Latin Dance Party With

FLOR DE CAÑA + D’ANZA

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Funk Night w/Light the Band Free 9p

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas

Karaoke 9p

Harliss Sweetwater 6-8p

Rand Rueter 6-8p

Mostafa, Heist, Dextro, Qedj, Macks Won $5 9p Karaoke

Locals Night, Music w/Lil Billy

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Jazz Society Donation 3:30p Joey Hudoklin Free 8p

Lizano Free 8p

Karaoke 9p

Songwriter Showcase 7-10p

DJ Luna 9p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

3/8

Tango Ecstasy 6-9:30p

Swing Dance Social Proyecto $5 5:30p Jeff Gardner & $30 9p more Free 9p

Intangabillies Free 8p

TUE

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p

BAYVIEW HOTEL 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos

Friday March 4th 9pm $10/15

3/7

Grupo Impacto 5 8p

Distant Cousins, Rivvrs $8/$10 8p

Bingo Players $25/$30 8p

Black Tiger Sex Machine Dead Kennedys $14/$17 8:30p $22/$26 8p

The Cave Singers $15 7:30p

Skizzy Mars $16/$19 7p

Dack Janiels $15/$20 8p

Larry June $15/$35 8:30p

Pell $12/$15 7:30p

Simo $8/$10 8:30p

Saturday March 12th 9pm $30

Euphoric Presents Hip Hop Heavyweight

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March 15th

CloZEE, SECRET RECIPE

March 17th

RED BARAAT

March 18th

ORGÓNE + 7 Come 11

March 19th

MELVIN SEALS & JGB

March 20th

LARA PRICE – Big Band B-Day Bash

March 24th

RAS ATTITUDE

March 25th

PAT TRAVERS BAND

March 26th

ANIMO CRUZ

March 29th

TROUT STEAK REVIVAL + THE LIL’SMOKIES

March 30th

PIMPS OF JOYTIME

April 1st

THE COFFIS BROTHERS + T SISTERS

April 2nd

B-SIDE PLAYERS

April 3rd

MARCO BENEVENTO

April 7th

MAKING MOVIES + Salt Petal

April 8th

JUNGLE FIRE

April 9th

PAULA FUGA (afternoon)

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! wednesday 3/2

DAN BERN

w /JOSHUA LOWE AND PATTI MAXINE Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

International Music Hall and Restaurant

Fine Mexican and aMerican Food All you cAn eAt lunch buffet m-f $7.95 Wed Mar 2

swing night

Beauteous Maximus.

LOCATED ON THE BEACH

Amazing waterfront deck views.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

See live music grid for this week’s bands.

STAND-UP COMEDY

Three live comedians every Sunday night.

HAPPY HOUR

Mon–Fri from 3:30pm. Wednesday all night!

VISIT OUR BEACH MARKET

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

SPECIAL DEALS

Weekdays, upstairs and down.

NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily

(831) 476-4560

crowsnest-santacruz.com

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door

Sat Mar 5

w / ABALONE GREY

monday 3/7

mix tape monday Show 9pm $3 Door

TUESday 3/8

7 COME 11 Show 9pm $5 Door

wednesday 3/9

comedy night AT THE CREPE PLACE Show 9pm $5 Door

MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

429-6994

Grateful Dead Tribute

California Beach Boys All the Beach Boys hits!

pierre Bensusan French Guitar Great

7pm Concert $15 adv./$15 door <21 w/ parent 7pm

saturday 3/5

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door

Stu Allen & Mars Hotel

2pm Matinee $10 adv./$10 door 21 + 2pm Sun Mar 6

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $10 Door

THE SHAPES

Francisco’s Hottest Party Band

$15 adv./$15 door 21 + 8:30pm Sun Mar 6

friday 3/4

ARANN HARRIS AND THE FARM BAND

Mustache Harbor Yacht Rock -- San $12 adv./$15 door 21 + 8pm

with

GAUCHO AND KARLA M LUGO

Feast of Irish music & Culture

$18 adv./$20 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm Fri Mar 4

Doors 8pm/Show 9pm $12 Adv $15 Door

thursday 3/3

Mick Maloney & Athena Tergis

Tue Mar 8

old Blind Dogs Celtic Legends of Scotland

Wed Mar 9

possessed By paul James, The naked Bootleggers, Tom VandenAvond

$20 adv./$22 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm

$15 adv./$15 door 21+ 7:30pm CoMIng RIgHT up

Thu. March 10 The Rayburn Brothers,Michael Martyn & good Medicine w/ patti Maxine Fri. March 11 China Cats Tribute to Grateful Dead Sat. March 12 LoVEFEST 2016 grampa’s Chili, Corduroy Jim, Medicine Road Sun. March 13 Los primos 2pm Matinee Beautiful traditional, romantic & dance songs of Mexico Mon. March 14 Le Bruit Court dans la Ville Legends of Quebec Thu. March 17 St. paddy’s party with Molly’s Revenge w/ Irish Dancers +CoRnED BEEF AnD CABBAgE SpECIAL Reservations Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ElEvation at 10am-11:15am

LIVE MUSIC

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Thursday, March 3 • 7 pm

KNEEBODY + DAEDELUS WED

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THU

3/3

FRI

3/4

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3/5

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Dan Bern, Joshua Lowe, Patti Maxine $12/$15 9p

Arann Harris and the Swing Night w/Gaucho Farm Band, Abalone and Karla M Lugo $8 9p Grey $10 9p

The Shapes $8 9p

Yuji Tojo $3 8p

Jeff Blackburn & Friends $5 8:30p

Joint Chiefs $7 9:30p

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

3/6

MON

3/7

TUE

3/8

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

The D’oh Bros $6 9p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

SUN

Mix Tape Mondays $3 9p Live Comedy $7 9p

Free Reggae Party Free 8p Sherry Austin w/ Henhouse

Reflections Trio Mick Moloney, Athena Tergis $18/$20 7:30p

Mustache Harbor $12/$15 8p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

Stu Allen & Mars Hotel Greatful Dead Tribute $15 7p

7 Come 11 $5 9p

California Beach Boys $10 2p Pierre Bensusan $15 7p

Old Blind Dogs $20/$22 7:30p

Flingo 7:30p

IT’S WINE TYME 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic 7p

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

Live Music 5:30-9p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Scott Slaughter 7-10p

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Tomas Gomez 6p

Three Agents Free 8p

Randy Hansen 9p

Emmanuel Selassie 9p

Blue Chevrolet 4p

Kneebody, Daedelus $20 8p

Kimock $27 8p

John Craigie, Sam Chase $25/$32 7:30p

Bolo, Fattah, Mohamad, Delfeayo Marsalis Quartet Vicente Amigo Storytelling $20/$16 $25 7p $35/$55 7:30p 7:30p

Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p

Bombshell Bullys 8-11p Al Frisby 6p

KIMOCK

Tickets: PulseProductions.net

Saturday, March 5 • 7:30 pm

JOHN CRAIGIE w/SAM CHASE Tickets: SnazzyProductions.com Sunday, March 6 • 7:30 pm

BOLO, AZA DUO, STORYTELLING BY SIRENA ANDREA Monday, March 7 • 7 pm

DELFEAYO MARSALIS QUARTET: The Last Southern Gentleman’s Tour Sullivan Fortner–piano, Glen Fisher– bass, Marvin “Smitty”Smith–drums Tuesday, March 8 • 7:30 pm At the Rio Theatre | No Comps/Gift Cert

VICENTE AMIGO

Karaoke w/Ken 9p Nice ‘N Easy Jazz 7-10p

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Friday, March 4 • 8 pm

Tickets: BoloSantaCruz.eventbrite.com

The Clamtones

HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

A powerful fusion of abstract hip-hop and modern jazz!

B-Movie Kings 8-11p

Scott Slaughter 6:30-8:30p Rand Rueter 6p

The greatest flamenco guitarist of our time!

Wednesday, March 9 • 8 pm

MASTERS OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC: GEORGE KAHUMOKU, LED KAAPANA AND JEFF PETERSON Tickets: Ticketfly.com

Thursday, March 10 • 7 pm

LIVE & LOCAL: BOP OF THE BAY Original compositions and classic hard bop favorites Friday, March 11 • 7:30 pm

CLAUDIA VILLELA GROUP

Performing the music of Antonio Carlos Jobim and Milton Nasicmento Saturday, March 12 • 7:30 pm

LAURIE LEWIS AND TOM ROZUM WITH BEAN CREEK Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com

Saturday, March 12 • 8 pm At the Rio Theatre | No Comps/Gift Cert PRESENTS:

Monday, March 14 • 7 pm

MELISSA ALDANA CRASH TRIO

Rising star: Young, female, Chilean tenor saxophonist!

Sunday, March 20 • 7:30 pm At the Rio Theatre | No Comps/Gift Cert

BUIKA

Critically acclaimed singer blends Flamenco, R&B and Afro-Beat traditions Saturday, April 16 • 8 pm | Rio Theatre

LIZZ WRIGHT

Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records.

Dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer.

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St x Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

kuumbwajazz.org

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LIVE MUSIC BRITANNIA ARMS IN CAPITOLA 110 Monterey Avenue, Capitola Village

7-10pm Free and open to everyone registration starts at 6pm

For contest rules, raffle tickets, information & registration, contact Mars Studio.

To guarantee a time slot, please pre-register at

831.688.8435 mars-studios.com

Raffling off Boulder Creek Guitar Raffle proceeds go to Guitars Not Guns

MUSIC ARTS

RECORDING STUDIO

Guitar Works

WED

3/2

THU

3/3

FRI

3/4

SAT

3/5

SUN

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

King Schascha, Rusty Zinn $9/$12 B-Movie Kings 8-11p 8p

Insects v.

Robots, Dos Osos $8/$12 8p

The English Beat Sold Out 8p

Katdelic $10/$15 8p

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Hi Ya! by Little John 9:30p-2a

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

Tone Sol 9:30p-1:30a

Tech Minds 9:30p-1:30a

Neighborhood Night 7-9p

Yuji Tojo and Gary Kehoe, Jeremy Powell and Roux Dat Cajun Cuisine Special Guest Stars 5-9p 7:30-9p

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

Trivia 8p Claudio Melega

THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz

Jam Session w/ Vinny Johnson 7p

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Bert “Animo” Javier 6p

3/7

TUE

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party Eclectic Bass Event 9:30p-Close 9:30p-2a

Dennis Dove The Lara Price Blues Revue $10 9p

Trivia

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

MON

3/8

Hip Hop w/DJ Marc 9:30p-2a Trivia 6-8p

Matt Masih 10p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

3/6

Isaiah Picket

Scott Cooper & the Barrellmakers $5 9p

Robin Anderson Big Band featuring Ruby Rudman 7p

Comedy 9p

Open Mic 4-7p

Comedy Open Mic 8p

Open Mic 7:30-11:30p

Fried Chicken Night 8p

DJ Shea Butter 9p

DJ Jahi 9p

Johnny Hazard 6p

Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p

Asher Satori 12:30p Featured Acoustic 6:30p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Chris Ellis

‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p Toby Gray 1:30p Chas Cmusic 6p

Coastal Connection 6p

Sons of the Outlaws $25 /$40 8-11p

Kenny of Water Tower 6p Vicente Amigo $35 /$55 7:30-9p

ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Trivia 8p

Open Mic 7:30p

March, April 2016!

Sat, March 5

Kuumbwa

Sun, March 13

Kuumbwa

Sat, March 19

Rio Theatre

7:30 pm $25 Gen. Adv. $32 Gold Circle

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7:30 pm $32 Gen. Adv. $42 Gold Circle

Karen Savoca and Pete Heitzman open Sat, April 9

Rio Theatre

8:00 pm $25 Gen. Adv. $40 Gold Circle

Snazzy at Don Quixote’s Don Quixote’s ticket info 831-603-2294 Sun, Mar 27 Sat, April 23 Sun, May 1 Sat, May 7 Sat, May 15 Thu, June 9

7:00pm 8:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm 7:00pm 7:30pm

Snow Apple

Drake White And The Big Fire Sharon Allen & The Dusty Boots ~ Blues Emi Sunshine plusThe Rain Ronny Cox and Stevie Coyle Jimmy Dale Gilmore & Colin Gilmore

section (45 seats). Additional $4 for each ticket purchased at the door. Tax is included.

Tickets for all Snazzy shows are available online at: www.snazzyproductions.com or on the Snazzy tickets hotline (831)479-9421

$10 Adv/ $12 Door $12 Adv/ $15 Door $12 Adv/ $12 Door $15 Adv/ $18 Door $15 Adv/ $15 Door $10 Adv/ $10 Door $20 Adv/ $20 Door

LIVE MUSIC WED THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

3/2

THU

3/3

FRI

Ten O’Clock Lunch Band 7-11p

3/4

SAT

3/5

Olde Blue 8-12p

Touch’d Too Much 8-12p

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

Jazziz

Ultrasound

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

Pam Hawkins

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

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-10p

Wally’s Cocktail Combo 7:30-11:30p

Bone Drivers 8-12p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Becah Cowboy Band 6:30-10p

Stormin Normin 7-10p

SIR FROGGY’S PUB 4771 Soquel Dr, Soquel

Karaoke w/Eve

TROUT FARM INN 7701 E Zayante Rd, Felton

SUN

3/6

Dennis Dove 7-11p

Mofongo Free 6-9p

Funk The Mighty Free 9p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

Squirrel Xing $4 5p

WHALE CITY 490 Highway 1, Davenport

Soul Doubt 6-9p

Robert Elmond Stone 5-7p

YOUR PLACE 1719 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Danny Lawrence 6-9p

Daniel Martins 6-9p

Danny Lawrence 6-9pm

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

Kurt Stockdale Jazz Trio 6p

Spun 9:30p

The John Michael Band 9:30p

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

Jon Kennedy 7-9:30p

Ariel Thiermann’s Vocal Stuart Buie Student Showcase 7-9:30p 7-9:30p

TUE

3/8

Ten Foot Faces 7-11p

MAR 11 Citizen Cope Solo Acoustic

Trivia Night

Taco Tuesday

John Garcia Free 3p Open Mic w/Mosephus 5:30p

BBQ BEER BLUES

BBQ

BEER

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Wednesday, March 2 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

DISTANT COUSINS • RIVVRS Thursday, March 3 • Ages 18+

Wed. Mar. 2 Al Frisby 6-8 pm Thurs. Mar. 3 Preacher Boy 6-8 pm

Sat. Mar. 5 Lloyd Whitney 1-5 pm Kid Andersen 6-8 pm Sun. Mar. 6 Harliss Sweetwater 6-8 pm Mon. Mar. 7 Harliss Sweetwater 6-8 pm Tues. Mar. 8 Rand Reuter 6-8 pm

BINGO PLAYERS Mar. 4 BANFF Mountain Film Festival 7pm

SKIZZY MARS

Mar. 5 Jeff Bridges 8pm

BLACK TIGER SEX MACHINE

Mar. 19 Jackie Greene 8pm presented by (((folkYeah!))) and KPIG Mar. 26 Clifford the Big Red Dog - The Live Musical 2pm Apr. 2 Robert Cray Band 8pm Apr. 21 Clint Black 8pm Apr. 28 Todd Rundgren 8pm Apr. 29 Paula Poundstone 8pm Jul. 2 Judy Collins 8pm

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Thursday, March 3 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+ THE CAVE SINGERS plus Current Swell Friday, March 4 • Ages 16+

For Tickets www.GoldenStateTheatre.com 831-649-1070

MAR 05 MAR 08 MAR 11 MAR 12 MAR 17 MAR 18 MAR 19 MAR 20 MAR 24

Sons of the Outlaws Vicente Amigo Citizen Cope Solo Acoustic Emily’s D+Evolution Gungor: One Wild Life Tour CannTalk Greg Brown Buika Warren Haynes

APR 01 APR 09 APR 15 APR 16 APR 20 APR 28

Leftover Salmon House of Floyd Pete Yorn Lizz Wright Joel Salatin Film: Maria en tierra de nadie

MAY 05 Kathleen Madigan MAY 06 Tommy Emmanuel MAY 22 Mac DeMarco

Follow the Rio Theatre on Facebook & Twitter!

831.423.8209 www.riotheatre.com

Friday, March 4 • In the Atrium • Ages 18+ Saturday, March 5 • Ages 16+

DEAD KENNEDYS Saturday, March 5 • In the Atrium • Ages 18+

DACK JANIELS

plus Alphabit

Sunday, March 6 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

LARRY JUNE

Monday, March 7 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

PELL

plus Daye Jack also J.I.D.

Tuesday, March 8 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

SIMO

plus The Glorious Sons

Mar 11 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Mar 17 Hirie/ Spiritual Rez (Ages 16+, FREE) Mar 18 The Wonder Years (Ages 16+) Mar 19 Eric Bellinger/ Philthy Rich/ RJ (Ages 16+) Mar 23 Yonder Mountain String Band (Ages 21+) Mar 25 Kottonmouth Kings (Ages 16+) Mar 26 Langhorne Slim/ Jonny Fritz (Ages 16+) Mar 29 Geographer/ The Crookes (Ages 16+) Mar 30 The Floozies (Ages 16+) Apr 8 The Darkness (Ages 21+) Apr 10 Tyler The Creator (Ages 16+) Apr 14 Death Grips (Ages 16+)

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 877-987-6487 & online

www.catalystclub.com

WEDNESDAY MARCH 2ND SOCIAL WEDNESDAYS WITH DJ LUNA THURSDAY MARCH 3RD CASA THURSDAYS WITH DJ GARFIELD FISH FUN NIGHT FOR ALL! FRIDAY MARCH 4TH KHDC DJ’S MADONNA, KAZZEO, AND MOI!!

SATURDAY MARCH 5TH BOOM SHAKA, VALLEY ROOTS & DJ SUGAR BEAR! 393 Salinas St, SALINAS (oldtown) 831.757.2720 // casasorrento.com

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Fri. Mar. 4 Joel Sandoval 6-8 pm

Upcoming Shows

The Monkey Boys 7-9p

Hot Stone Stars 9p-1a

Chas & Friends 6-9p

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DREAM JUMPER Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman in ‘Eddie the Eagle,’ the story of British ski jumper Michael ‘Eddie’ Edwards.

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Underdog appeal vs. schmaltz in ‘Eddie the Eagle’ LISA JENSEN

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T

he more goopy and aweinspiring a sports story is in real life, the more likely Hollywood will lard on even more sap in the screen adaptation.

This is essentially the case with Eddie the Eagle, the determinedly crowdpleasing biographical tale of Michael, “Eddie” Edwards, a member of the British ski jump team (in fact, he was the entire team) who won the hearts of fans worldwide at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, not by coming in first, but by being there at all. Yet the real story is so nutty and inspiring that the crowd can’t help being pleased, in spite of everything.

Nicknamed “the Eagle” by the besotted press, Edwards was an almost

pathologically klutzy competitor with more heart than skill, who refused to give up his childhood dream of becoming an Olympian—even though he never excelled at any sport. Taking up ski-jumping at the advanced age of 25, and only just squeaking in after an improbable series of qualifying events, Eddie defied pundits, advisors of the British Olympic Committee, and common sense to realize his utterly crazy dream.

This is the kind of story that Hollywood eats up, and director Dexter Fletcher masticates cheerfully away on it. Taron Egerton plays Eddie as a lovable goofball, a goodhearted naif who refuses to give in to the naysayers. The filmmakers also

throw in Hugh Jackman as Eddie’s reluctant ad-hoc coach. Jackman’s character is only “based on” several people who coached Eddie along the way—meaning that screenwriters Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton are at liberty to invent his character from scratch, so the coach has the requisite demons of his own to face, and is just as desperately in need of redemption.

Unlikely athlete material, Eddie spent much of his childhood in a leg brace. In the movie, as soon as the brace comes off, we see the boy Eddie attempting to train himself in a variety of events—racing, running, hurdles—in the alleyway behind his house, only to crash and burn at all of them. Blind to his inadequacies,

and undaunted, he sets his sights on winter sports, but is unceremoniously cut from the men’s downhill ski team by an unctuous official (Tim McInnerny) who tells him he’ll “never be Olympic material.”

As a last resort, he chooses ski jumping. Britain doesn’t field a ski jump team, so Eddie takes himself off to the international training camp in Germany. Bussing tables at an alpine cafe in return for a place to sleep, he’s belittled by the elite Scandinavian ski jumpers who won’t let him join their reindeer games. But he also meets Bronson Peary (Jackman), an alcoholic American driving a snow plow.

Turns out (of course) that Peary is a disgraced former ski jump champion who lost his focus, and turned to the bottle for consolation. (He actually says so in a line of dialogue, in case we didn’t get it.) Peary wants nothing to do with obsessed, genial nutcase Eddie, but (of course) he softens up toward the kid and decides to give him a few pointers—never mind that Jackman is the most fit and bestcoifed drunk ever to appear onscreen.

The filmmakers rely on Peary’s brooding soul-searching and his need to redeem the downward slide of his own life and career through Eddie to carry the drama.

The thing is, Eddie’s underdog career is dramatic enough. Shunned by the British Olympic Committee because he can’t get sponsors, Eddie drives his dad’s van across Europe to the trials. He’d never skied down a jump in his life until the year before he competed, and (in the film, at least) his odious teammates get teetotaler Eddie too drunk to march in the opening ceremonies.

Still, Egerton and Jackman strike up an appealing rapport. And Fletcher achieves one truly masterful shot when Peary goes down the 70-meter slope one night and soars out over the valley to show the youngsters how it’s done. The cuts are so subtle, it looks like one long, beautiful shot, one breathtaking image that captures the lure of flying that drives these competitors on.

EDDIE THE EAGLE **1/2 With Taron Egerton and Hugh Jackman. Written by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton. Directed by Dexter Fletcher. A 20th Century Fox release.

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FILM NEW THIS WEEK LONDON HAS FALLEN Oh gee, thanks Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt for playing on the current state of chaos of the world and exploiting our deepest fears—kindof like that earthquake movie that no one saw because, hello, too close to home. At least Aaron Eckhart’s chin dimple can keep us distracted. Babak Najafi directs. Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Charlotte Riley co-star. (R) 99 minutes.

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT For certain glasses-wearing, brown-haired female journalists with a penchant for sarcasm and dreams of a foreign correspondence post, this film may or may not be their future life story (omg we are the same person, Tina Fey!). For the rest, it’s Fey with Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman, plus laughs, some bang-bang and war stories.

Glenn Ficarra and John Requa direct.

Margot Robbie, Nicholas Braun, Tina Fey co-star. (R) 111 minutes.

ZOOTOPIA Thank goodness it’s become OK for adults to watch kids’ movies (it has, right?). We’d gladly take a cunning bunny cop with her fox informant trying to uncover a conspiracy in a city of adorable animated animals than watch Gerard Butler do … well, anything, really. Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush direct.

Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba co-star. (PG) 108 minutes.

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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. THE BIG SHORT Based on the book of 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 co-star. Adam McKay directs.

(R) 130 minutes.

THE BOY Good rule of thumb: when you get hired as a nanny for a family that keeps a life-sized

doll around as their stand-in son, run fast, run far. William Brent Bell directs. Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell co-star.

BROOKLYN From far across the cavernous pond, Eilis is an Irish immigrant who lands in 1950s Brooklyn 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 co-star. (PG13) 111 minutes.

DEADPOOL He’s a special ops dude who’s transformed into a super-human in a rogue experiment, left with an indestructible body and the face of chopped liver. How many almost-funny superheroes with the voice of a Disney prince has Ryan Reynolds played now?

Tom Miller directs. Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller co-star. (R) 108 minutes.

EDDIE THE EAGLE Reviewed this issue. (PG-13) 105 minutes.

HAIL, CAESAR! They’re the geniuses who brought to the world The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou?, True Grit, and Inside Llewyn Davis.

And besides the Coen brothers magic behind the camera, you’ve got campy, screwball 1950s Hollywood with this beautiful bunch: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, and Jonah Hill. Ethan Coen, Joel Coen direct. (PG-13) 100 minutes.

THE FINEST HOURS Even if it’s based on a true story and not meant to be a horror flick—is there really anything more terrifying than being stuck in the ocean during a blizzard on a sinking ship? The fact that it’s based on the true story of two oil tankers being destroyed off the coast of Cape Cod in 1952 makes it all the more astounding.

Craig Gillespie directs. Chris Pine, Holliday Grainger, Casey Affleck costar. (PG-13) 117 minutes.

GODS OF EGYPT While a history major might have several qualms with any story told of ancient Egypt where a majority of the actors are white (yes, Macedonians often had lighter skin,

we know), we’ll chalk this one up to the whole ‘oh, it’s a fantasy film’… right?

Then again, the flying Egyptian deities and giant monsters do look pretty cool.

Plus, Jaime Lannister! Alex Proyas directs. Brenton Thwaites, Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, Gerard Butler co-star.

(PG-13) 100 minutes.

45 YEARS Oscar-nominated Charlotte Rampling plays Kate Mercer, a woman on the eve of her 45th wedding anniversary confronted with a shocking ghost from the past—a ghost that will change the couples’ perspective on their marriage forever.

Andrew Haigh directs. Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James co-star. (R) 95 minutes.

HOW TO BE SINGLE Because being single means free drinks, maintaining a man-rack of hookups, and getting free hangover cures by showing your cleavage? With all the “ughs” implied, who are we kidding, we still want Rebel Wilson and Leslie Mann to be our best friends, and will definitely be funnelling to the theater with a bevy of best friends and a happy hour receipt of champions. Christian Ditter directs.

Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann co-star. (R) 109 minutes.

LADY IN THE VAN Maggie Smith plays an unflappable transient woman living in her car who, despite being quite the vitriolic grouch, manages to form an unlikely bond with the man whose driveway she occupies.

Nicholas Hytner directs. Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent co-star.

(PG-13) 104 minutes.

OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS: Grab the popcorn and delve into this year’s Academy Awards nominees for best animated shorts and live action shorts. Check the movie times section for showings.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES Apologies in advance, but Jane Austen is really, really hard to read. If you fell into the same camp of high-school readers who desperately wished for zombies thrown into the dusty classics (it’s OK, we loved Chaucer, so it balances out), this might be the brilliantly bad or terribly clever rendition you’ve been waiting for. Plus, hello, classy female gentry wearing empire-waisted gowns with hidden daggers underneath and slicing

through zombie skulls! Burr Steers directs. Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston co-star. (PG-13) 108 minutes.

RACE In 1936, there was no better Olympic middle-finger to Adolf Hitler than a black man dominating in Berlin. Jesse Owens broke five world records and won four gold medals in a time and place where the Aryan vision of the world was dominant, thrusting his story into an international fight against racism abroad and at home.

Stephen Hopkins directs. Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree costar. (PG-13) 134 minutes.

THE REVENANT Leonardo DiCaprio fighting, grunting, running, shooting—a bear, among other things—and seeking revenge for the death of his son. From the director of Birdman and Babel, it’s the rugged frontier in the 1820s snow and ice, every man for himself: chills, just chills.

Alejandro González Iñárritu directs.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter co-star. (R) 156 minutes.

RISEN It’s the Resurrection from the Roman perspective—and the “biggest manhunt in history” which ensued, in which the full force of the Roman military tried to find the risen Jesus. Joseph Fiennes and Draco Malfoy—cough, erm, Tom Felton—play the Roman tribunes responsible for keeping the peace in Jerusalem as rumors of the divine inspire an uprising. Kevin Reynolds directs.

Joseph Fiennes, Tom Felton, Peter Firth co-star. (PG-13) 107 minutes.

ROOM To Jack, there is nothing outside Room: Room is the entire world. He wakes up and says hello to Lamp, to Table, and to Plant. Now it’s up to the 5-year-old to break his mother out of Room, so they can both find freedom in a harrowing outside world that he’s never even heard of. Lenny Abrahamson directs. Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridges co-star.

(R) 118 minutes.

SON OF SAUL Nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign language film, Son of Saul is the story of a man in the horrifying Auschwitz concentration camp who is forced to burn the corpses of his own people.

László Nemes directs. Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn co-star. (R) 107 minutes.

STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS Ooh, what a neatlooking 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.

TRIPLE 9 “Out here you gotta out-monster the monster,” says Woody Harrelson to Casey Affleck, playing an idealistic cop entering a harrowing maze of corruption, deceit, and the politics of the police code. A lot of bang-bang, blow ups and so on with top-billers like Kate Winslet, Aaron Paul, and Chiwetel Ejiofor on the sleeve. John Hillcoat directs. Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackle co-star. (R) 115 minutes.

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT Oddly beardless and slightly thinner, Michael Moore returns as angry and ferocious as ever, investigating the absurdities of modern politics across the entire globe. From public school cafeterias to Wall Street, Moore’s latest documentary takes on the American Dream. Michael Moore directs. Michael Moore, Krista Kiuru, Tim Walker co-star.

(R) 110 minutes.

THE WITCH Spoiler alert: despite the misleading typeface of this film’s posters, apparently it is not “The Vvitch,” and is actually a story about a witch. Ah well, guess a witch who torments a Puritan family in 1630s New England will suffice, although what incredible potential would a vvitch have had? Robert Eggers directs. Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie co-star. (R) 93 minutes.

ZOOLANDER 2 They’re back: La Tigre, Magnum and Blue Steel. Benedict Cumberbatch as an ambiguous male model named All. Kristen Wiig is “amousing” with enough faux-botox to treat a small country. Penélope Cruz struts, Owen Wilson pouts (as usual), and Justin Bieber dies. How many other reasons do you need? Ben Stiller directs. Olivia Munn, Kristen Wiig, Benedict Cumberbatch co-star. (PG13) 102 minutes.

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he espresso machine had just arrived when I visited the new, spacious Pacific Avenue home of Buttercup Cakes & Farmhouse Frosting, in the former Noah’s Bagels space.

The space features a long counter adorned with those out-of-thisworld cupcakes, and a spacious banquette with little cafe tables and chairs. I felt instantly at home.

And anyone who has tasted one of these sinful, addictive creations— my favorites include the hibiscus flower, the exceptional carrot ginger, and the little blood orange

number with Earl Grey tea frosting— knows what I’m talking about. Now, picture all of that comforting feelgood flavor right there in the heart of downtown, on Pacific Avenue.

There’s so much to love about the establishment’s move from the tiny space across from Sockshop’s side door into a new higher-profile store: More cupcakes. More fresh muffins—an especially tasty gluten-free number made with oat flour and luscious spices captured my fancy, and lots of savory pies, spanikopita-style. “The Greek” packs feta, spinach and kalamata olives

Yes it’s that time again—time to get your hands on some gushy, moist, pliant dough and start shaping your very own to-die-for croissants, sourdough loaves, pies, and pastries.

And thanks to the culinary team at Companion Bakeshop on Mission Street, you can do just that. Go here: https://squareup.com/market/ companion-bakers to find all of the mouthwatering details, and book your space in the workshops, which begin at 6 p.m. on March 14 with Sourdough Basics. You can sign up for a single class “a la carte” or the three-class Sourdough series which includes “Whole Grains” and “Enriched Breads.” All workshops run 2-3 hours ($70 each/$180 for all three). Arrive dressed to get messy, in comfortable shoes, and perhaps bring a notebook.

into a light, flaky filo triangle. The Melanzane is loaded with eggplant, sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil. So Buttercup has branched out into a menu that looks a lot like lunch, or brunch, or midday snack.

Sweets, savories, espresso and long opening hours (for after or before the movie?)— weekdays 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and until 9 p.m. on weekends. Stop by and be prepared to have your taste buds permanently altered by the irresistible house cupcakes. If a wedding is in someone’s future, you’d do well to check out the gorgeous mega-cake options. Last week I watched in awe

Dig this! According to a recent Infogroup study reported by Bloomberg Business last week, Santa Cruz (yes, our Santa Cruz) is ranked second among the top 10 foodie cities in the U.S. Only our fair sister up the road, San Francisco, came in higher. The rating was due to our many high-end and organic grocers, and “the consumers’ propensity to eat at fine dining restaurants as opposed to fast food or family dining chains.” Cool, huh?

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SUE SLATER: Probably the reason why you think that is much of the exposure to the community is the advanced classes. The advanced class is the one that does the dinners. But we do start off on a really basic level. When people come into the program, there is a series of classes we recommend they take. Some are prerequisites. The entry-level classes are three five-week classes that mash together into one semester. And that’s what I teach. It’s a culinary theory class. Attached to that lecture portion is the beginning lab, which is the lunch class. It is entry-level students. I’ve had people in

my class that have never used a knife, so it’s a lot of work in the beginning to keep them on track. Some of them get jobs out of the first semester, and they go on to start their own things. One of our students is Justin from Kickin Chicken.

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We have three classes that work out of the restaurant. The catering class is not exactly the restaurant, but it works out of the restaurant. The beginning class is kind of a survey of international foods. Every week we have a different style of cuisine. We want to expose students to other ways of thinking about food because some people are just stuck in their home kitchen. Yesterday we had snapper piccata and portobello mushrooms.

One student said, “I’ve never had fish and I’ve never had mushrooms.” This was continental cuisine. But we also have Italian, Middle Eastern, we’ve got Indian, we’ve got French. The beginning class changes every week.

The advanced class changes every four weeks. For the advanced class, the instructor picks the menu for the first four weeks and then the students start menu planning.

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We all took different wines to sample (there’s a corkage fee, of course), and in the mix was an absolutely splendid Burrell School Chardonnay Estate 2013 Santa Cruz Mountains, which the winery has given the name “Teacher’s Pet.” All of Burrell School’s wines have a school-themed moniker.

I happened to be sitting next to Anne Moulton, who owns Burrell School Vineyard with her winemaker husband, Dave Moulton. When I enthused about this Chardonnay, Anne proudly said that it got a 90-point rating in the March 2016 Wine Enthusiast’s buying guide. She had every right to be honored, this is a gorgeous Chardonnay packed with flavor—barrel-fermented and aged 12 months in French oak.

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A lovely lemony-straw color with a fruity nose of pear, pineapple and lemon custard, its zesty flavors include grapefruit, almonds, honey tangelo and Golden Delicious apple.

Although Dave Moulton suggests pairing it with “lively fare,” such as freshly shucked oysters, I would vote for taking a bottle of this Chard to your favorite German restaurant. You’ll be amazed how well it pairs with Wiener Schnitzel!

Initially selling for $32, this Chardonnay is now on sale for $24. Also on sale right now is a four-pack sampler, which includes Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc. Regularly $144, it’s a bargain at $99.

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Esoteric Astrology as news for week of March 2, 2016 We have a solar eclipse, the first one of the year, followed by a lunar eclipse in two weeks at the full moon. Solar eclipses signify that something essential—as bright and important as the Sun in our lives—has come to an end, its task completed.

There is a similarity between Pisces and Capricorn seed thoughts. In both signs the disciple/initiate “turns their back” on “heaven” (the Father’s House), choosing a return to Earth in order to “serve” (task of Aquarius) and to “save” (task of Pisces) suffering humanity. The Pisces seed thought is a message of willingness.

It knows a supreme sacrifice was made when we as spiritual beings left the “place where the Will of God is known,” the “Father’s House,” our original spiritual home prior to successive lives on Earth.

We (our souls) know we left the harmony and unity of the spiritual world in order to serve humanity (the Scorpio world disciple). When we realize these truths we understand our spiritual identity (who we are), why we live on this planet where there is deep suffering, and what we are to do from this moment

ARIES Mar21–Apr20 Rest and relaxation are most important. Retreat continues to be a required need. No matter what you attempt, veils drop in front of you. Should you push forward, you find only clouds of confusion. Go slowly, use your heart, slip into a comforting environment (and shoes), dance and sing and sway to kirtan music.

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TAURUS Apr21–May21 Your entire focus is on group work and creation of community. This is correct for it will be only through intentionally creating, living and working within community that humanity will be able to thrive in the coming years. There is a need to tend to your immediate health. This assures us you will continue with the vision and leadership needed to get us from here to there with safety, right direction and right resources.

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forward. “We have no other life intention,” we inform the Christ, still in the desert, still within the 40 days and 40 nights of Lent, preparing to re-emerge into the world on Palm Sunday.

As all the zodiacal signs reveal the Path of Light of the Soul, Pisces is the “Light of the world, revealing the Light of Life itself, ending forever the darkness of matter.”

Pisces, the last zodiacal sign, holds all gifts, abilities and seeds of the preceding signs. Pisces also holds the sufferings of humanity as well.

These words also explain the depths of the person born in Pisces (Sun, moon, rising).

The true history of our world is that long ago, each of us responded to the sacrificial call, symbolized by Pisces, to “save (bring light to, uplift) the world.” And so we “went forth, descended into matter, making ourselves instruments of Goodwill for the purpose of radiating to humanity the love the world seeks.” Pisces produces that love.” And thus, saves. And here we all are.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22 Is the unusual occurring in your life? With multiple Pisces planets you could be involved with building a natural pool filled with plants. Is there water rushing nearby or in your workplace? You could be engulfed in a flood of tears. You could be learning to swim or ride the waves. You could be thinking of saving the world. Or yourself. You could be lost, confused, or realize you’re being purified and prepared. Build a fountain.

Because you’re the zodiac’s traditionalist, it’s good to begin your yearly tradition of growing grass in a basket, learning how to dye Easter eggs with natural leaves and grasses, thinking about making food baskets for Purim or Easter, and preparing to bake nuts and honey and poppy-seed sweet breads while reading from the Book of Esther, the only Old Testament book that does not spell out G-d’s name.

Many opportunities seem to overflow into your life, so many that you may feel under/overwhelmed. Don’t be. Some you’ll understand, some you won’t. Some are good, some not. As they continue to appear, you find what feels like home with safe and protective barriers. Sometimes we just need to retreat, hide under covers and lazily swim toward tranquility. Do this.

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PISCES Feb19–Mar20 This full moon brings the hidden out into the open. It may be a new self identity. Six lights (four planets, two asteroids), in Pisces should illuminate very deep and interior parts of yourself. You’re often uncomfortable with the world as it presents itself now. You seek to know what’s real, what’s ahead, what came before and what just passed you by. And where you are to go. You’ll soon know which direction to take.

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Tending to things holy and blessed. Careful walking, accomplishing tasks, getting from here to wherever you need to be. Communicate with those you love more frequently. It builds your strength of character.

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The gifts one sign possesses the other needs. The shadow of the other eventually integrates during full-moon times.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0413 The following Individual is doing business as MOVE2THRIVE. 517 TOWNSEND DR., APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. JEFFREY MORENO. 517 TOWNSEND DR., APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JEFFREY MORENO. 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 Feb. 23, 2016. Mar. 2, 9, 16, 23.

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business is conducted by an Individual signed: ELISEO ZEPEDA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/16/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 16, 2016. Feb. 24, & Mar. 2, 9, 16.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0348 The following Individual is doing business as CATT'S EYE PHOTOGRAPHY. 4425 CLARES ST. SPACE 86, CAPITOLA, CA 95010.

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Limited Liability Company signed: BROOKE LIPMAN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above: NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 18, 2016. Feb. 24, & Mar. 2, 9, 16.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0251 The following Individual is doing business as MOONCHILD PRODUCTION. 200-B CORAL STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. MICHAEL JOHN CORCORAN. 200-B CORAL STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MICHAEL J. CORCORAN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 12/14/1995.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0372 The following Individual is doing business as A AND R POOL AND SPA. 6744 HIGHWAY 9, APT 2., FELTON, CA 95018. County of Santa Cruz. AMBRLYN PERRINGTON. 6744 HIGHWAY 9, APT 2., FELTON, CA 95018. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: AMBRLYN PERRINGTON. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/18/2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0216 The following Individual is doing business as CONFLUENCE. 5969 GUSHEE STREET, FELTON, CA 95018. County of Santa Cruz. LEIGH ANN MAZE GESSNER. 5969 GUSHEE STREET, FELTON, CA 95018. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: LEIGH ANN MAZE GESSNER. 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 Jan. 27, 2016. Feb. 10, 17, 24, & Mar. 2.

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Santa Cruz

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Where the locals shop since 1938.

VOTED BEST BUTCHER SHOP BEST WINE STORE BEST CHEESE SELECTIONS BEST LOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORE BEST MURAL

Family owned & operated 78 years.

622 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz

OUR 78 TH YEAR

WEEKLY SPECIALS

Butcher Shop

A

WINE & FOOD PAIRING

All Natural/ 6.98 Lb

■ NEW YORK STEAKS, Choice,

new york Strip Steaks with red-Wine Sauce inGreDientS 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 4 New York strip steaks (10 to 11 ounces each; about 1 inch thick), fat trimmed, patted dry coarse salt and freshly ground pepper 3/4 cup full-bodied red wine 1/2 cup beef stock 3 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

All Natural/ 12.98 Lb ■ HANGER STEAKS, CHOICE, All Natural/ 6.98 Lb ■ LONDON BROIL, Choice, All Natural/ 5.98 Lb ■ TERIYAKI PORK TENDERLOIN/ 6.98 Lb ■ SANTA MARIA PORK CHOPS/ Boneless/ 3.98 Lb ■ BAY SHRIMP MEAT, Fully Cooked/ 13.98 Lb ■ PETRALE SOLE, Fresh/ 14.98 Lb ■ AHI TUNA STEAKS/ 14.98 Lb ■ COOKED PRAWNS, Peeled & Deveined/ 13.98 Lb

proDuce

DirectionS Heat half the oil in a large skilletover medium-high heat. Season 2 steaks with 3/4 teaspoon salt and some pepper. Cook until deep golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center reaches 130 degrees, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer to a platter, and tent with foil. Repeat with remaining oil and steaks. Let steaks rest in a 250 degree oven.

Reduce heat to medium, and add wine to skillet. Cook until almost completely reduced, about 5 minutes. Add beef stock, and cook until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 2 1/2 minutes. Reduce heat to low, and whisk in butter (1 piece at a time) and mustard. Stir in any juices from the platter, and season with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over steaks.

2010 Le Jas des papes. châteauneuf Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhone, France 93 insider points!

Reg 44.99 Absolute steal for 19.99

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cheese

■ CALIFORNIA SHARP CHEDDAR, “A Customer Favorite’ Loaf Cuts/ 5.49 Lb, Avg Cuts/ 5.99

Granny Smith/ 1.98 Lb Green/ 4.19 Lb ■ ROMA TOMATOES, Ripe and Firm/ 1.19 Lb ■ YUKON GOLD POTOTOES, Yellow Flesh Potatoes/ 1.19 Lb

imported Beer

■ CHANG, Thai Lager, 11.5oz Bottles, 6 Pack/ 8.49 +CRV ■ CARLSBERG, Danish Lager, 500ml Cans, 4 Pack/ 4.99 +CRV

■ SHEAF, Australian Stout, 25.oz Bottle/ 2.59 +CRV ■ BIERRA ROSSA, Italian Popplebock, 11.2oz Bottles, 6 Pack/ 8.99 +CRV

■ GUINESS NITRO, IPA, 11.2oz Cans, 6 Pack/ 8.49 +CRV

irish Whiskey

■ BUSHMILLS, “Smooth & Mellon”/ 19.99 ■ TULLAMORE DEW, “Legendary Irish Whiskey”/ 19.99 ■ JAMESON, “Since 1780”/ 21.99 ■ GREEN SPOT, “Single Pot Still”/ 47.99 ■ REDBREAST, 12yr “Single Pot Still”/ 56.99

Delicatessen

Best Buy reds

■ Di STEFANO BURRATA, “Enjoy with Fresh Fruit”

■ 2014 L’ARDI DOLCETTO, Aqui (Reg 16.99)/ 7.99 ■ 2011 FROG HAVEN, Pinot Noir (90WW, Reg 16.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2011 GIFFT, Red Blend (91WE, Reg 19.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2011 ARESTI CARMENERE, Reserva (Reg 17.99)/ 7.99 ■ 2010 CLOS LA CHALE, Zinfandel (Reg 17.99)/ 7.99

4oz/ 3.49 ■ HEMPLER APPLEWOOD SMOKED BACON, “All Varieties” 10oz/ 5.19 ■ KEY INGREDIENT CHEDDAR SPREADS, \“All Varieties” 6oz/ 4.69 ■ TOFURKEY ITALIAN SAUSAGE, “Meat Free Sausage”/ 4.39 ■ COLUMBUS SLICED SALAME/ 7.89

incredible Values!

■ 2010 ESTANCIA, Pinot Noir “Single Vineyard Reserve” (Reg 29.99)/ 12.99

■ 2008 ANIMA LEBERA, Aima 3 Toscana (Reg 24.99)/ 11.99

■ 2012 CASA LAPOSTOLE CARMENERE, Apalta Vineyard (92JS)/ 14.99

■ 2007 OT OLIVERO TOSCANI (Reg 45.99)/ 19.99 ■ 2010 Le JAS DES PAPES, Chateauneuf-Du-Pape (93IP, Reg 44.99)/ 19.99

German riesling

■ 2012 AUGUST KESSELER “R” Kabinett (90WE)/ 11.99 ■ 2014 BEX, Mosel (90 BTI)/ 13.99 ■ 2009 S.A. PRUM KABINETT, Wehlener Sonnenuhr (92WS)/ 26.99

■ 2011 MAXIMIN GRUNHAUSER, Spätlese Mosel (92WS)/ 39.99

■ 2010 DR. H. THANISCH, Auslese Weingut (92WA)/ 39.99

hot Sauce

connoisseurs corner – italy

■ MARIE SHAPRS HABANERO SAUCE, 6 Kinds 5oz/ 5.49 ■ CHILE GODS, “Heart Never Hurt So Good” 10oz/ 4.99 ■ SLAP YO MAMA, “Cajun Pepper Sauce” 5oz/ 5.89 ■ DAVES INSANITY SAUCE, “Use One Drop at a Time”

■ 2004 CERETTO ZONCHERA, Barolo (90WE)/ 39.99 ■ 2010 FELSINA RANCIA, Chianti Classico

5oz/ 5.99

■ PAIN IS GOOD, “100% Natural, Micro Batch” 7.5oz/ 6.99

SHOP PER SPOTLIG HT

Beer/Wine/SpiritS

“Rich Creamy Flavor”/ 13.19 Lb ■ SWISS GRUYERE, “Imported, Great Melted”/ 16.09 Lb ■ ST. AGUR FRENCH BLUE CHEESE, “Pungent Aged Blue”/ 16.19 Lb

■ PRIMA DONNA AGED GOUDA,

ALIFORNIA-FRESH, blemish free, 30% local/organic: Arrow Citrus Co., Lakeside clover Stornetta ■ HALF & HALF, Quart/ 1.99 Organic, Happy Boy Farms, Route 1 Farms.

■ ORGANIC GREEK NONFAT YOGURT 5.3oz/ 1.59 ■ ORGANIC BANANAS, The Perfect ■ ORGANIC SOUR CREAM, Pints/ 2.79 Snack/ .99 Lb ■ ORGAINIC CREAM TOP YOGURT 6oz/ .99 ■ NAVEL ORANGES, Sweet and ■ LOWFAT YOGURT 6oz/ .79 Juicy/ 1.09 Lb ■ LEAF LETTUCE, Romaine, Red, Green, Seasoning & Dry rubs Butter, Iceburg/ 1.49 Ea ■ PAPPY’S CHOICE, “No MSG No Preservatives” ■ ZUCCHINI SQUASH, Extra Fancy 5.5oz/ 3.99 Squash/ 1.19 Lb ■ CHEF PAUL’S, “Magic Seasoning” 2oz/ 3.19 ■ GREEN BEANS, Fresh and Tender/ 2.49 Lb ■ LYSANDERS RUBS, “Premium Quality, All Natural” ■ RADISHES, Top Quality,/.59 Ea 3.8oz/ 4.29 ■ AVOCADOS, Ripe and Ready to ■ CHAR CRUST, “Seals in the Juices” 4oz/ 5.49 Eat/ 1.19 Ea ■ RUB WITH LOVE, “Gluten Free” 3.5oz/ 6.49 ■ APPLES, Fuji, Galas, Braeburn and ■ SEEDLESS GRAPES, Red and

Dark berry, oak, alcohol, leather and toasty oak on the nose.

Interesting back notes of truffle, leather and game with black fruit. A soft, silky and hedonistic wine with fresh acidity.

Utterly drinkable – will gain more complexity with age.

Grocery

LL NATURAL USDA Choice beef & lamb Bakery only, corn-fed midwest pork, Rocky ■ BECKMANN’S, Big California Sour Round 24oz/ 3.89 free-range chickens, Mary’s air-chilled chickens, ■ WHOLE GRAIN, Great White 30oz/ 4.19 wild-caught seafood, Boar’s Head products. ■ KELLY’S, Sour Loaf 24oz/ 3.59 ■ GAYLE’S, Challah Sandwich/ 4.29 ■ FLAT IRON STEAKS, Choice ■ SUMANO’S, Garlic & Rosemary 24oz/ 3.99

■ 2004 PRUNOTTO, Berbarsco (93WS, 92ST, Reg 99.99)/ 49.99

(95 WA, 95 VM)/ 47.99

■ 2010 PIO CESARE, Barolo (95WA)/ 64.99 ■ 2006 Le CHUISE, Burnello Di Montalcino (96WS)/ 79.99

MARGARET KLIEGEL, Bonny Doon, 45-Year Customer Occupation: Retired public health microbiologist Hobbies: Hiking, gardening, reading, cooking, theatre Astrological Sign: Scorpio What do you enjoy cooking? We’ll cook Mexican foods such as enchiladas, chile verde, and much more, and Middle Eastern and Greek recipes as well. With American-style cuisine, we like making steaks and tritips — we love to barbecue and buy a lot of beef. We also do pot roast, stews, plus chicken and seafood dishes. My family thinks they’re the best cooks in the universe! Every once in a while we’ll try something different. I did an English breakfast for my daughterin-law and found Devon clotted cream at Shopper’s.

Not only do they carry quality products for my everyday needs, but if you need specialty items and ethnic ingredients, you’ll most likely find them here.

Such as? I love their cheeses, the fresh salsas, and the variety of olive oils. The spice section has everything one can imagine and beyond...

Shopper’s has a huge variety of wines, and they offer valuable assistance. When I’m making a new dish, they’ll help me find a wine that best complements it. I like that the shelves are stocked with good, local products such as the breads, coffees, eggs, and produce, which I’m particular about. Shopper’s has a big edge over the chain stores, in quality and price, because Jim (Beauregard) buys produce directly from the farms. Shopper’s is one-stop shopping.

How so? They have everything I need and their products are the best. The butchers actually break beef so none of the meats are pre-packaged. As a former biologist, I know that “too many hands” can lead to contamination.

I also like my interactions with the butchers; they’re knowledgable and will ask how many ribs I need if, say, I’m buying a prime rib — which is always tender and excellent. Shopper’s is comfortable and a little old-timey.

It feels good. The checkers are always smiling and nice, and if you can’t find something, the staff will always help you. I’m a on a fixed income so I’ll price-check occasionally. Shopper’s pricing is competitive, if not a little less, and high quality is across the board.

“Shopper’s products are the best. The butchers actually break beef so none of the meats are pre-packaged.”

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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, Specialty, Gourmet ■ Neighborly Service for 78 Years