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SORRY, MITCH Re: Quote of the Week (GT, 12/14): As far as I know, the actual quote is “I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.” I know you printed it saying “smoke weed” instead of “do drugs,” and maybe that was from a tamer show on TV or you changed it to relate to the current marijuana news, but I guess it bugged me enough to write because I was a big Mitch Hedberg fan and knowing that guy, he wasn’t really gonna make a joke like that about something as mellow as weed. He was a hard drug person. That’s all. Just wanted to make sure you guys get your quotes right. They’re called quotes for a reason. JULIA MULDER | SANTA CRUZ
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a guide to where anyone looking to get involved can find a rally or march locally. One of my favorite things about it is that it addresses the charge many have made against opponents of president-elect Donald Trump that we have been too complacent, too unwilling to make the kind of attention-grabbing political statements that Trump himself has become known for. “Well,” she writes, “that’s definitely changing.” Also, please have a look at the story in our news section about the results of our Santa Cruz Gives holiday giving campaign. We here at the paper are simply stunned by readers’ generosity, and at how fast this effort has grown in two short years. All, once again, coming originally from a single, simple notion about how to change things for the better in our community. I rarely use the word “empowered,” as too often it is used as a feelgood platitude with very little substance. But after reading this issue, I’m going to go full Santa Cruz: I feel empowered to be a source of impactful positive change within the dominant paradigm. Bring on the next four years. STEVE PALOPOLI | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
LET IT STAND Hi, I’m catching up on past Good Times. I’ve been reading this unique paper for 20 years—GT and KPIG were much of what drew me to the Santa Cruz culture and to move here (being an artist/craftsman, based and living alone in my own world in the island of L.A.). Thank you for carrying on the most highly valued artistic, thought-provoking, and highly interesting articles and ideas. And also thank you for not caving into the “norm” or conforming, as much as is possible in these new media times—almost impossible in this mega-conglomerate stamped-out way of life most every other city has succumbed to. I honor you for your courage, diligence, and valued persistence, thank you! The Morgani article (GT, 12/7) was excellent. I believe it is very good for the public to know the history and value of such an artist, and to honor the fact that Santa Cruz still somewhat holds value for >8
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The City of Santa Cruz has won a “Turning Red Tape into Red Carpet” award from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group for its GreenWharf project. The honor recognizes outstanding work in promoting economic competitiveness and business development. The GreenWharf is a suite of interrelated finished projects on the Santa Cruz pier, including solar installation, a small wind turbine, an EcoTour phone app, an electric vehicle charging station, and much more.
Certified youth educator Amy Baldwin starts a new kind of progressive sex education class this month—one for tweens and their parents. Baldwin, the co-founder of Pure Pleasure, has created a Sunday evening class at Luma Yoga for kids aged 11 to 14, beginning Jan. 22. The age-appropriate material includes varying sexual preferences, orientations and perspectives—going beyond subjects covered in school. Visit lumayoga. com for more information.
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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of January 11 ARIES Mar21–Apr19
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In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil is a huge holy tree that links all of the nine worlds to each other. Perched on its uppermost branch is an eagle with a hawk sitting on its head. Far below, living near the roots, is a dragon. The hawk and eagle stay in touch with the dragon via Ratatoskr, a talkative squirrel that runs back and forth between the heights and the depths. Alas, Ratatoskr traffics solely in insults. That’s the only kind of message the birds and the dragon ever have for each other. In accordance with the astrological omens, Aries, I suggest you act like a far more benevolent version of Ratatoskr in the coming weeks. Be a feisty communicator who roams far and wide to spread uplifting gossip and energizing news.
Now would be an excellent time to add new beauty to your home. Are there works of art or buoyant plants or curious symbols that would lift your mood? Would you consider hiring a feng shui consultant to rearrange the furniture and accessories so as to enhance the energetic flow? Can you entice visits from compelling souls whose wisdom and wit would light up the place? Tweak your imagination so it reveals tricks about how to boost your levels of domestic bliss.
TAURUS Apr20–May20 You have a divine mandate to love bigger and stronger and truer than ever before. It’s high time to freely give the gifts you sometimes hold back from those you care for. It’s high time to take full ownership of neglected treasures so you can share them with your worthy allies. It’s high time to madly cultivate the generosity of spirit that will enable you to more easily receive the blessings that can and should be yours. Be a brave, softhearted warrior of love!
GEMINI May21–June20 I love and respect Tinker Bell, Kermit the Frog, Shrek, Wonder Woman, SpongeBob SquarePants, Snow White, Road Runner, and Calvin and Hobbes. They have provided me with much knowledge and inspiration. Given the current astrological omens, I suspect that you, too, can benefit from cultivating your relationships with characters like them. It’s also a favorable time for you to commune with the spirits of Harriet Tubman, Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, or any other historical figures who inspire you. I suggest you have dreamlike conversations with your most interesting ancestors, as well. Are you still in touch with your imaginary friends from childhood? If not, renew acquaintances.
CANCER Jun21–Jul22 “I never wish to be easily defined,” wrote Cancerian author Franz Kafka. “I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically iridescent creature rather than an actual person.” Do you ever have that experience? I do. I’m a Crab like you, and I think it’s common among members of our tribe. For me, it feels liberating. It’s a way to escape people’s expectations of me and enjoy the independence of living in my fantasies. But I plan to do it a lot less in 2017, and I advise you to do the same. We should work hard at coming all the way down to earth. We will thrive by floating less and being better grounded; by being less fuzzy and more solid; by not being so inscrutable, but rather more knowable.
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Here’s my declaration: “I hereby forgive, completely and permanently, all motorists who have ever irked me with their rude and bad driving. I also forgive, totally and forever, all tech support people who have insulted me, stonewalled me, or given me wrong information as I sought help from them on the phone. I furthermore forgive, utterly and finally, all family members and dear friends who have hurt my feelings.” Now would be a fantastic time for you to do what I just did, Leo: Drop grudges, let go of unimportant outrage, and issue a blanket amnesty. Start with the easier stuff—the complaints against strangers and acquaintances—and work your way up to the allies you cherish.
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There are some authors who both annoy me and intrigue me. Even though I feel allergic to the uncomfortable ideas they espouse, I’m also fascinated by their unique provocations. As I read their words, I’m half-irritated at their grating declarations, and yet greedy for more. I disagree with much of what they say, but feel grudgingly grateful for the novel perspectives they prod me to discover. (Nobel Prizewinner Elias Canetti is one such author.) In accordance with the current astrological rhythms, Virgo, I invite you to seek out similar influences -- for your own good!
SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 In 2017, you will have unprecedented opportunities to re-imagine, revise, and reinvent the story of your life. You’ll be able to forge new understandings about your co-stars and reinterpret the meanings of crucial plot twists that happened once upon a time. Now check out these insights from author Mark Doty: “The past is not static, or ever truly complete; as we age we see from new positions, shifting angles. A therapist friend of mine likes to use the metaphor of the kind of spiral stair that winds up inside a lighthouse. As one moves up that stair, the core at the center doesn’t change, but one continually sees it from another vantage point; if the past is a core of who we are, then our movement in time always brings us into a new relation to that core.”
SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 The Tao Te Ching is a poetically philosophical text written by a Chinese sage more than two millennia ago. Numerous authors have translated it into modern languages. I’ve borrowed from their work to craft a horoscope that is precisely suitable for you in the coming weeks. Here’s your high-class fortune cookie oracle: Smooth your edges, untangle your knots, sweeten your openings, balance your extremes, relax your mysteries, soften your glare, forgive your doubts, love your breathing, harmonize your longings, and marvel at the sunny dust.
CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 I recently discovered Tree of Jesse, a painting by renowned 20th-century artist Marc Chagall. I wanted to get a copy to hang on my wall. But as I scoured the Internet, I couldn’t find a single business that sells prints of it. Thankfully, I did locate an artist in Vietnam who said he could paint an exact replica. I ordered it, and was pleased with my new objet d’art. It was virtually identical to Chagall’s original. I suggest you meditate on taking a metaphorically similar approach, Capricorn. Now is a time when substitutes may work as well as what they replace.
AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 “It is often safer to be in chains than to be free,” wrote Franz Kafka. That fact is worthy of your consideration in the coming weeks, Aquarius. You can avoid all risks by remaining trapped inside the comfort that is protecting you. Or you can take a gamble on escaping, and hope that the new opportunities you attract will compensate you for the sacrifice it entails. I’m not here to tell you what to do. I simply want you to know what the stakes are.
PISCES Feb19–Mar20 “All pleasures are in the last analysis imaginary, and whoever has the best imagination enjoys the most pleasure.” So said 19th-century German novelist Theodor Fontane, and now I’m passing his observation on to you. Why? Because by my astrological estimates, you Pisceans will have exceptional imaginations in 2017— more fertile, fervent, and freedom-loving than ever before. Therefore, your capacity to drum up pleasure will also be at an all-time high. There is a catch, however. Your imagination, like everyone else’s, is sometimes prone to churning out superstitious fears. To take maximum advantage of its bliss-inducing potential, you will have to be firm about steering it in positive directions.
Homework: Tell a story about the time Spirit reached down and altered your course in one swoop. Go to RealAstrology.com and click on “Email Rob.”
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KENDALL JOSEPH SCHRAMM April 26, 1990December 15, 2016
Kendall Joseph Schramm, age 26, died unexpectedly in his home in Santa Rosa on December 15, 2016. Born in San Luis Obispo, April 26, 1990, he attended The Laureate preschool, Sinshiemer Elementary, Laguna Middle School, and SLO High School. Kendall graduated from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta in 2008, and went on to Cabrillo Community College in Santa Cruz and UC Santa Cruz, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 2013. Kendall was very active and often skateboarded, loved snowboarding, writing prose, and working as a DJ at local events. He was passionate about music, and was outspoken for social justice and change in the current political environment. Kendall very much cared for the welfare of others. He had a zest for life and his love was boundless. We will miss him immensely and forever. Kendall is survived by his parents: Kurt Joseph Schramm (Shari) of San Luis Obispo and Laurie Lea Brown of Santa Barbara; Sisters: Emily Schramm of Oakland and Brita Schramm of Carlsbad; loving aunts, uncles, and cousins; and Grandparents: Joseph Schramm of Thousand Oaks, and Sherburne and Marianne Brown of Moraga. May Kendall’s soul and spirit travel the universe with joy, happiness, and love. For those who knew him and were touched by his presence, remember when he showed you love and kindness, and made you smile. Please pay it forward to others in order to honor his life and carry his memory onward, for the greatest loss occurs when we forget.
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Even before an atmospheric river tore into the area last weekend, knocking down trees and ripping up hillsides in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the city’s water department had hit its eagerly anticipated winter benchmark. The Loch Lomond Reservoir reached full capacity, teeming with water, which spilled over the narrow manmade lake’s earthen dam and into Newell Creek, 190 feet below, at around 5 a.m. on Jan. 5. But this news, although promising, can’t provide any sense of true water security for the city. After all, the brimming supply at Loch Lomond—which filled up quickly this season—tells us less about the magnitude of these winter storms than it does about the modest capacity of the city’s water storage. The 2.8 billion gallons held there is roughly the same amount of water Santa Cruzans drink each year. And although the 96,000 customers it supplies draw from other sources when they turn on the tap—the San Lorenzo River, North County streams and a few local wells—the lake is still a major source, providing the city with about a quarter of its water, not to mention its emergency supply in major shortages. But as of Monday, Jan. 9 it happens to be the city’s short-term water supply that’s running a little low—thanks, ironically, to all this rain. In the days that followed the reservoir’s spill, a rainy storm—which ravaged the Lompico and Boulder Creek areas, shutting down Highway 17 with mudslides—damaged the Newell Creek Pipeline, prompting water department spokesperson Eileen Cross to ask customers to cut back their usage by 30 percent through Monday, Jan. 16. Elsewhere in the state, a slowly weakening five-year drought is still a major problem, most notably in Central and Southern California, according to National and Oceanic Atmospheric Association (NOAA). But here in Santa Cruz, the drought is just about over, recent data shows. Drought conditions have persisted longer in the county’s southern reaches, including the Pajaro Valley, although the weekend’s intense rain probably changed that. >14
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Tips For 2017 On Forward and Reverse Mortgages Q: We have an interest only loan that is going to go full payment in the next year and we are very concerned about the payment going up. We also have planned to buy a new home using the equity we’ve built up in this home. Also, our son wants to buy a home this year and we are wondering how we could help him. Do you have any suggestions for us to help our many goals in 2017? Where will rates go in the next year? We are also over 62, so would a reverse mortgage help us in buying a new home? How do we shop for a reverse mortgage? A: Thank you for all of the wonderful questions! 2017 promises to be a different year than we have ever seen before due to the new administration’s many aggressively stated goals. Mortgage rates will continue to go up when the market participants shun bonds and mortgage securities and rates will go down when the market buys more of these interest bearing notes. The things that are BAD for rates are GOOD for the economy and vice versa. Expert individual guidance and strategy are even more important when rates are not at 30 or 40 year lows and THAT IS WHAT I’M HERE FOR!!
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to buy an insurance product suitable to their budget. “Will [Republicans] be smarter,” says Huffman, “or just set up some distant cliff and count on everyone to come together before the cliff takes effect? We’ll see.” Whatever happens, Huffman says, congressional Dems will try to hold the line. “Obviously, we will fight that,” he says. “We will focus our efforts on the effects it will have on Medicaid and on Medicare, because the ACA actually stabilizes [Medicare] and provides funding to seniors.” The latest plan from House Speaker Paul Ryan is to reform Medicare. One of the strangest things about Obamacare is that while there is wide support for many of its benefits, the law itself remains unpopular, and one of the reasons has to do with a basic question of nomenclature. A 2014 CNBC poll found that while 46 percent of Americans were opposed to “Obamacare,” only 37 percent opposed the Affordable Care Act. Part of the explanation for this disconnect is the rhetorical violence that has met the bill since its inception in 2009. Democrats have not adequately addressed the rhetorical divide. “The sales pitch by the
Republicans was much more effective than the sales pitch on our side,” says Lisa Hemenway, a member of Organizing for Action’s Sonoma chapter. Every congressional Republican voted against the bill, as liberals criticized Obama for not implementing a single-payer system that would have destroyed the employer-based health care system. “It was a step forward, even if it wasn’t a big enough step forward,” Hemenway says. So now it’s time for a big step backward, although the latest news from U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is that she isn’t so sure it’s such a great idea to dismantle the ACA. One infamous line from the ACA’s inception was minority leader Nancy Pelosi’s observation that Congress had to pass the bill to know what was in it. That comment takes on a new urgency in light of the pledge to repeal. The Affordable Care Act is more than 2,000 pages long, and part of the reason for that is lawmakers from around the country were able to include health reforms targeted at the particulars of their district, even when they opposed the bill as a whole. As they did with the first Obama economic >15
NEWS BRIEFS SANTA CRUZ GAVE AND GAVE Thanks to generous local donors, Good Times’ holiday fundraising campaign Santa Cruz Gives far surpassed its goal of raising $140,000 in its second year. Using the first crowdsourcing website for countywide fundraising, Gives donors contributed $178,469 to 33 local nonprofit organizations, nearly double the first-year total of $92,688. Throughout the campaign, funds raised were tracked in real time on a leaderboard at santacruzgives.org, allowing donors to follow the progress of their favorite nonprofits. Court
Appointed Special Advocates for Children of Santa Cruz County (CASA) topped the list for total donations, Warming Center Program had the most donors, and Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries attracted the most young donors (under 35 years of age). Two key goals of Santa Cruz Gives are to feature nonprofits whose work collectively benefits all areas of the county geographically, and organizations whose work addresses needs among diverse categories: youth, education, animals, seniors, food and nutrition, health and wellness, arts, the environment, housing and homelessness, and the disabled.
“In the past, only large national organizations had a tool like this at their disposal. Santa Cruz Gives puts this tool into the hands of local people,” says Karen Delaney, executive director of the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County, the founding partner of Santa Cruz Gives along with Good Times. Donors gave to a broad spectrum of categories this year, and the top two-thirds of donors gave to an average of five organizations each, using the website to peruse the individual pages for each group and learn about an organization's mission and “Big Idea” for 2017 before selecting one or more projects to
fund. One donor gave to all 33 organizations. “The power of Santa Cruz Gives is that it works spectacularly well for the first-time giver as well as for power philanthropists who want to make a big impact. Gives is attracting the full range of donors,” says Delaney. “There is massive growth across every metric compared to last year: number of donors, donation amounts per donor, and challenge grant totals.” In addition to Good Times and the Volunteer Center, Santa Cruz Gives was supported this year by Santa Cruz County Bank and Wynn Capital Management. JEANNE HOWARD
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working on possible regional solutions with the city, too. “They see the creek, and it’s flowing. They believe what they see. It’s what we don’t see that tells the story here.” Three quarters of county residents— pretty much everyone outside the city’s water district—rely mostly on groundwater for their drinking water. It’s a precious commodity that’s fleeting, and at a faster rate along the coast, where seawater seeps into drying basins and contaminates them. Brian Lockwood, interim general manager for Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PVWMA), says it can be difficult for engineers to know what water levels are like beneath their customers’ feet and just how bad seawater intrusion has gotten in certain areas. “We are grateful for the rain, and we are closely monitoring the situation. The rain is allowing water levels to rebound,” Lockwood says. “But in a basin like ours that has been overdrafted for decades, this isn’t going to solve our problem.”
To do that, the PVWMA has tried getting innovative. For the last few years, UCSC grad students, led by hydrologist Andy Fisher, have developed methods of diverting runoff agricultural water into basins to recharge aquifers. The agency’s board approved a $4 million plan called the Drought Response Irrigation Program (DRIP) last year to divert 240 million gallons of blended recycled water for agriculture. The board has additionally approved a plan incentivizing residents to install percolating systems on their properties, also to help recharge the aquifer down below. On top of that, it’s considering a plan called FLIP—which stands for Fallow Land Incentive Program—to encourage farmers to let their farm plots sit idly, allowing water to soak deep into the earth. And while the board also contemplates three ambitious long-term projects—which would combine for $68 million if done all together—the groundwater seems to already be responding, Lockwood says. Historically, water levels at wells have dropped a median
of 1.5 feet per year. Last year, they were up 1.6 feet, although he acknowledges it’s still much too early to celebrate. Farther away from the coast, other water districts aren’t ready to loosen their belts, either. Even in San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD), ground zero for heavy rain, residents of Felton, Lompico and Boulder Creek area remain under stage 2 water restrictions. SLVWD gets its water from a combination of streams and wells, which generally take a long time to become replenished—especially because much of it runs off—no matter how the big winter storms are. And once the water that does seep in starts trickling down, the recharge is difficult to measure and estimate. “Water in major rivers can travel miles at a time. Groundwater migrates very slowly in the subsurface,” Lockwood says. “Groundwater inside clay can go inches per day. Groundwater inside dirt or sand can move feet per day, but certainly not miles. So, it takes a while to feel impact in the monitoring wells.”
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or many of the 73,648,823 million—53.9 percent—of Americans who voted against Donald Trump, his approaching inauguration on Jan. 20 looms like a national disaster. It’s one that began long before last year’s presidential election, though. One telling sign: more than 90 million registered voters, or 40 percent, didn’t vote at all. But if it seemed like an overwhelming number of Americans spent the last year quibbling and
WHY WE MARCH Under the broad theme of “women’s rights are human rights,” the reasons women are taking to the streets on Trump’s first days in office span everything from basic respect, honesty and decency, to health care, education and religious freedom to the protection of undocumented citizens, LGBTQ rights, and the environment. Locally, the Women’s March Santa Cruz County begins at 1:30 p.m. on
Saturday, Jan. 21 at City Hall, with a speech by former Watsonville mayor Karina Cervantez Alejo, taiko drummers and more, before making its way toward Louden Nelson Community Center for an afternoon of music by Tammi Brown, and the Coffis Brothers, speakers including John Laird of the California Natural Resources Agency and MariaElena De La Garza of the Community Action Board, and tabling by 20 nonprofits, including Planned Parenthood and the Reproductive
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ranting on social media, or cowering in the blue light of their TVs each night in disbelief—well, that’s definitely changing. Americans are coming together, and Inauguration Day has become a rallying point, especially for women, who are preparing to march locally, in Washington D.C. and in cities across the U.S. and abroad. While some of them are new to activism, many are saying this is only the beginning. And maybe it’s what we needed all along.
Rights Network. Watsonville residents will meet at the Plaza at 11 a.m. to make signs and organize carpooling to Santa Cruz City Hall. Organized by seven local women, Santa Cruz County’s march is one of at least 200 U.S. cities (including 11 in California) marching in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington, as well as at least 50 marches in nearly 30 other countries, including the largest sister march of them all, the Women’s March on London. “I think, personally, for quite a few of us from Watsonville, we felt that it was really important for us to stay local and to come together with like-minded individuals from our county to build those relationships and continue the work and provide support to different communities,” says Watsonville Planning Commissioner Jenny Sarmiento, who is organizing Watsonville’s participation in the march. “I think it’s really a time for us, for North and South County, to come together because we have the same goals. We want our families, our kids and grandkids to prosper.” The former CEO for nonprofit agency Pajaro Valley Prevention and Student Assistance (PVPSA), Sarmiento says that since retiring two years ago, she has become more civic-minded and politically involved. She’s marching for mental health services, which she says are seeing a rise in demand across the board for many ethnic groups, and that first-generation immigrants often don’t know how to access certain social services. “And, of course, immigration is a big issue, because we have such a mix of documented and undocumented residents in Watsonville, so we want to make sure that families are not torn apart by the new administration,” Sarmiento says. Nobody knows how Trump’s plans for mass deportation will manifest, though throughout his campaign he railed against sanctuary cities—a status Santa Cruz adopted in 1985— threatening to defund them. Santa Cruz has joined at least 18 major
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sanctuary cities who have pledged to limit their cooperation with federal immigration officials, drafting a “Resolution to Maintain Trust and Safety for Local Immigrants,” which can be viewed on the city’s website. In it, SCPD Chief Kevin Vogel is credited for his commitment to not involving the department in federal immigration policy, saying that it “erodes trust and causes fear in the immigrant communities, resulting in victims underreporting or not reporting crimes.” Sarmiento knows of about 10 Watsonville women who are traveling to Washington D.C., and several others who will march in Sacramento. The local march began materializing in the days after the election, when organizer Maria Boutell says she was feeling overwhelmed, and decided to hold a meeting in her living room. But when about 100 women expressed interest, including former mayor Cynthia Mathews, she moved the meeting to Gault Street Elementary school auditorium. “A lot of people in the audience just wanted to vent,” says Boutell. “And I ran into women after that event that said ‘thank you so much, I wasn’t able to sleep, and now I think I’ll be able to sleep.’” That first meeting is where it all stemmed from: Boutell got in touch with Erica Aitken, who had posted an event page for the march, and the two had secured nonprofit status by Thanksgiving in order to raise funds for the $9,000 permit to march in Santa Cruz. The group is about three-quarters of the way there, and donations can be made on the website santacruzwomenmarch.com. “Sure, it may not make Trump just suddenly change his ways,” says Boutell. “But action empowers people, period. And I’m seeing it, I’m seeing people coming out of a comfort zone. I’m seeing people who have been probably kind of silent and just kind of accepting for so long, they’re finally angry, they’re mad.” Both Aitken and Boutell will join a contingency of about 100 Santa Cruz County residents, including a group from Santa Cruz’s Diversity Center,
to march on the nation’s capital. Aitken says another message she hopes the march will send is that it’s a first step toward kicking the Republicans out by 2018. Indeed, people often don’t go to the polls when it’s not a presidential election year. “But these massive sea changes happen in these in-between years,” says Rev. Deborah Johnson, a longtime social justice activist and the founder of Inner Light Ministries. “We have to stay engaged at every step of the way. It is not too early now to set the sights for the seats we want to have, who needs to be positioned where, what the issues are. We can not let up—I don’t care who’s in the White House—on environmental issues, on education, on reproductive choice.”
RALLY CRIES The Women’s March on Washington (WMW) began with a Facebook event post the day after the election by a 60-year-old woman in Hawaii, Teresa Shook, which garnered thousands of RSVPs overnight. An estimated 200,000 are now planning to attend, as Washington D.C. braces itself for a Jan. 21 influx of people whose goals harken back to the contentious inaugurations of Nixon and Bush—on steroids: An estimated 60,000 protesters greeted Richard Nixon with horse manure and smoke bombs at his 1973 inauguration, and about 20,000 protested George W. Bush’s in 2001. Women have a long history of civil resistance, starting long before the suffragist marches that began in 1911—with one silent picket at the White House leading to the arrest of 218 women from 26 states—to National Association for the Advancement of Colored People activist Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her seat, to the AfricanAmerican women who played a key role in organizing civil rights marches, including the 1963 March on Washington known for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. And it’s only been 48 years since civil rights and antiwar
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women heading to Washington seem to have an idea of what they are up against, which makes them more brave than naive. “D.C. will be full of Trump supporters, and they have shown some pretty aggressive behavior,” says Aitken. Most notably, the proarms, pro-law-and-order Bikers for Trump group has secured its permit for Inauguration Day, and a visit to the group’s Facebook page shows rampant hostility toward “libtards” coming to rain on their parade. “But we have the advantage of numbers and most of us are strong, determined women, very far from the weak and vulnerable stereotype,” says Aitken. “I think that’s why so many of us are really angry at the return of insulting, degrading sexist talk and behavior.” The fact that a man who has expressed unchecked disrespect for women and their bodies, as well as intolerance for Muslims and minorities, can still be awarded the highest political office in the U.S. is a major impetus for women’s mass mobilization. “Women are motivated, mad, and totally unwilling to accept the status quo,” says Aitken. But anger and provocation can be a dangerous mix, and, speaking from her experience in demonstrations, Johnson advises marchers not to engage hecklers at any cost. “Just march,” she says. “Chant, sing, and just march.” “When I look at the big marches, particularly the big civil rights marches, people had to be trained how not to be violent,” says Johnson. “They had to be trained what to do when the hoses and the dogs came, and how to not resist, and sit down. And I have big concern that there are such huge feelings going on, with people who are not trained, and who are not necessarily committed to the principles of nonviolence, all the way through.” It’s true that there is no emphasis on nonviolence or safety training on the national WMW website, but local organizers have lined up a free bystander training session on Thursday, Jan. 12 at Louden Nelson Community Center to train marchers
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activist Marilyn Salzman Webb addressed women’s liberation to a predominantly male crowd at Nixon’s 1969 counter-inauguration protests, and was met with boos, cries to “take it off,” and even cries to “f--- her”—this from so-called “progressive” men of the time. But it’s sometimes easy to forget our history, which is what happened when the WMW was originally named the Million Woman March, and then immediately called out for appropriating the name of the massive 1997 Philadelphia demonstration—which celebrates its 20th anniversary in October— organized by and for AfricanAmerican women in protest of women’s rights issues they felt were ignored by the mainstream white feminist movement. Responding to initial criticism that the organizing group wasn’t diverse enough to represent all women, organizer Bob Bland, a white woman and domestic manufacturing activist, enlisted three other national co-chairs: Tamika D. Mallory, a criminal justice reform activist and AfricanAmerican woman; Carmen Perez, a Latina woman, UC Santa Cruz graduate and executive director of Gathering for Justice; and Linda Sarsour, a Palestinian-American Muslim social justice activist and the executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. Gloria Steinem and Harry Belafonte have also signed on as honorary chairs, and Planned Parenthood signed on as a key partner just before the New Year. While a formal apology has yet to be issued to Philadelphia marchers, the WMW states, “It is important to all of us that the white women who are engaged in this effort understand their privilege, and acknowledge the struggle that women of color face. We have and will continue to encourage our state organizers to reach out to reach out to women from all communities.” Aitken agrees that it is an important time to be together, unified and in sync—and to draw massive crowds on Jan. 21. But
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and things like that.” But when you look at the proportion of women’s representation in leadership roles and compare it to the general population, the disparity is glaring. Chase is currently the only woman on the Regional Transportation Commission, as well as on the Metro Board. But Chase doesn’t think the only factor is misogyny—it’s also how we see ourselves as women. “We sort of play into that kind of internalized gender bias, and sexism as well, we rate ourselves less than men tend to,” Chase says, citing research that shows women won’t apply for jobs unless they feel 100-percent qualified, while men will apply when they have just 40-50 percent of the requirements. “But what I think we can do, as a solution to that as women is encourage each other, and say, ‘you don’t need to wait until you feel 100-percent ready to go, and you don’t need to use the measuring stick of how leaders in our minds look. We can look different, we can feel different, we can do the job.’ And that’s the message that we need to get out there,” says Chase.
PEOPLE POWER “Researchers used to say that no government could survive if just 5 percent of its population rose up against it,” says Erica Chenoweth, Ph.D., in the TedXBoulder talk The Success of Nonviolent Civil Resistance. A political scientist, Chenoweth analyzed hundreds of violent and nonviolent campaigns between 1900 and 2006, and found that not only were nonviolent campaigns twice as likely to succeed, but also “no single campaign failed during that time period after they’d achieved the active and sustained participation of just 3.5 percent of the population, and lots of them succeeded with far fewer than that,” she says. In the U.S. today, 3.5 percent of the population is about 11 million people. But peaceful people power often takes multiple approaches at once— including boycotts and strikes, like the Women Strike (womenstrike. org) campaign created by National Women’s Liberation, and the J20
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General Strike Santa Cruz planned for Inauguration Day. “I think with a new generation there comes a new way of doing things,” says journalist Wallace Baine. “I think the Occupy protests of 2011 are also going to be something that I think people can learn from. I don’t think they were very effective really, because there was no follow-up.” Baine, along with comedian Richard Stockton and Laurence Bedford, owner of the Rio Theatre, has organized People Get Ready, a free, non-partisan rally at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, Jan. 18. Baine emphasizes that the rally is not a liberal response to a conservative takeover. “If John McCain or Jeb Bush or somebody like that had been elected to president, I wouldn’t be doing this, honestly. Because this is not normal, what has happened,” he says. It isn’t a conventional political rally, either: “There’s going to be no finger pointing, rehashing the election, no denigrating people who didn’t vote the way that you would hope they would vote, none of that stuff.” People Get Ready—which includes speakers Baine, Stockton, Rev.
Mahsea Evans, and music by Tammi Brown and the Inner Light band and choir—is both a send-off for locals heading to the nation’s capital and a way “to get people from being disheartened, from disengaging, and saying ‘Now is a time to reconnect, not retreat. Show up for the long haul,’” says Johnson, who is the closing speaker at the rally. And once we have our clear goals established, taking to the streets will be all the more effective: “I would like to see, in communities all over the place, citizens taking to the streets and saying we are not having mass deportation. If we have to block the roadways, stand on the tracks, or whatever that is. We are not having it,” says Johnson. “Because you can’t put everything on the backs of the most vulnerable. Those of us who are in positions of power or privilege, we have to speak up. I’m clergy, and those of us who are clergy, we have to stand up and say really loudly and clearly ‘no one religion is superior to another religion. We believe in religious freedom, and we are going to stand up for our Muslim brothers and sisters and everybody else.’”
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PEOPLE GET READY: A rally of solidarity and empowerment for concerned citizens. Speakers include Rev. Deborah Johnson and Rev. Mahsea Evans, Richard Stockton, Wallace Baine and others. Music by Tammi Brown and the Inner Light Choir. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18, Rio Theatre, Free.
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DIFFICULT WOMEN UNITE! Bookshop Santa Cruz brings Roxane Gay to the Veterans Memorial Building in Santa Cruz on Friday, Jan. 20.
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Roxane Gay, author of the new ‘Difficult Women,’ on breaking down media messages and protecting rights in America BY WENDY MAYER-LOCHTEFELD
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omen are often labeled difficult when they are thought to want too much, say too much or demand too much.
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short stories, Difficult Women, turns tropes about women and how they should behave upside down. Gay’s women are troubled, knowing, resilient, sexual, outspoken, and
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LITERATURE unapologetic. Both her fiction and nonfiction weave great storytelling with reflections of her worldview, which she shared with GT in anticipation of her appearance in Santa Cruz on, perhaps fittingly, Inauguration Day.
How does writing fiction differ for you from writing essays? ROXANE GAY: With nonfiction, I’m generally responding to the now, but trying to be timeless as well and look beyond what I think to take into account other points of view. One of the great things about fiction is that I’m entirely in control of the world I’m creating. That’s very seductive. I never have an agenda when I’m writing a story. It’s because of who I am and how I see the world that certain themes come up, but my job as a fiction writer, first and foremost, is to entertain.
You’re a pop culture junkie. How does it shape you as a writer and us as consumers?
You recognize that people are inconsistent and imperfect in your writing, which is part of what makes it so strong. How do we navigate the conflicting messages in media without losing ourselves? What matters is talking about media literacy, making sure that especially younger people understand the media they’re consuming and what shapes it, the issues to representation. It’s important to know what’s at stake, the price we’re paying for our enjoyment. I feel comfortable saying yes, I love the Dirty South rap that was very
popular when I was younger, but I also recognize how damaging those messages are, what they’re doing and saying to women. Of course, you have to recognize that those same messages exist in rock ’n’ roll and country music. It’s important to talk about all of it.
On the day after the election, you wrote that though you knew we had to fight to protect American ideals and progressive policies, you didn’t know yet what that fight would look like. Do you have a clearer sense of it now? We should be thinking very seriously about the candidates who will run in both 2018 and 2020, and doing the work to make sure they’re electable. We also need to stay on top of our legislatures because we have no idea what’s going to happen over the next four years. We can’t just resign ourselves to thinking everything is going to be okay. For many people, it won’t be. Those who barely have health insurance, are poor, or need the safety net and protections the Republicans are trying to destroy— we need to be protecting them as best we can.
Why do you think storytelling is so important during difficult times? It helps us define who we are as a culture and a people. It’s how we preserve culture, how we understand, how we entertain. Stories are our oldest form of communication. People were telling them before the written word even existed. We have to treasure that. This offsite Bookshop Santa Cruz event with Roxane Gay will be held at Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 20. Ticket packages are $27.19, and include one copy of ‘Difficult Women’ and two tickets to the event. Tickets cannot be shipped, must be prepaid, and must be picked up at Bookshop Santa Cruz or at will call (starting at 6:30 p.m.) at the Veterans Memorial Building.
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Pop culture is part of the social discourse about the ways in which we live our lives. Socioeconomics and race, gender and sexuality, all of these things come up in popular culture, so it’s interesting to see how the people who create it are thinking about the world and reflecting it back to us. I’m always thinking about what I can contribute to it. My dad used to tell my brothers and me when we were younger, “do something you love doing, something no one else is doing.” And that has certainly helped me decide what to think and write about.
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than Iverson, best known as pianist for the jazz power trio the Bad Plus, is on his knees setting up the drum kit for percussion legend Billy Hart, and Bad Plus drummer Dave King is almost giddy with anticipation. It’s Saturday night in the Night Club, one of the most intimate venues at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and Iverson is doing double duty as roadie and bandmate with Hart, a bona fide jazz legend who’s in the midst of a high-profile run of engagements celebrating his 75th birthday. The Bad Plus played a riveting set earlier in the evening with
Joshua Redman in the main arena, which is why King has time to stand around now delivering verbal riffs like his often hilarious stream-ofconsciousness between-tune banter. “I should stand at the side of the stage, look at my watch and shake my head when Billy looks over,” King says, goofing on the absurdity of throwing shade at a fellow drummer he reveres. If King gets ahold of the mic on Monday when he returns to Kuumbwa with the Bad Plus, you might get a taste of his psychedelic sense of humor, but what’s guaranteed is a whitewater raft ride of a performance. The trio roared into prominence at
the turn of the century with pokerfaced covers of “Iron Man,” “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and “How Deep Is Your Love,” transforming rock and pop anthems into epic improvisational journeys powered by King’s surging trap set orchestration. The musicians met and bonded as Midwestern teenagers sharing a “Coen Brothers-like outlook on life,” says Iverson, who hails from Wisconsin (King and Reid grew up in Minneapolis). With all three musicians constantly shaping the music’s flow, they eschew the tired jazz custom of playing a theme followed by a round of solos. An entire set might pass
without a bass or drum solo, or a long crescendo might suddenly transition into a rubato passage, leaving audiences unsure whether to applaud. “Not everyone needs to make a statement on every piece,” Iverson says. “When I’m improvising, Dave and Reid are improvising full-on too, and we tend to know exactly what we’re doing emotionally with the music.” The group still traverses an occasional tune of recent vintage, but since 2010’s Never Stop, the trio has released a series of albums focusing exclusively on original compositions. The songs feel at first like they emanate from a seamless persona, but a closer look reveals three strikingly disparate identities. Anderson, who keeps an electronic music project on the side, possesses the gift of a natural melodicist with a pop sensibility, while King writes intricate, oddmetered surrealistic prog rock. Iverson is the the band’s straight man, musically and sartorially, and he tends to write conventional jazz tunes or pieces based on the chord changes of a standard. The band’s latest album, It’s Hard, is a deep dive back into far-flung covers, with concise and beautifully rendered interpretations of pieces by Prince (“The Beautiful Ones”), Kraftwerk (“The Robots”), Johnny Cash (“I Walk the Line”) and Yeah Yeah Yeahs (“Maps”). But nothing captures the creative ambition of the Bad Plus better than their exploration of “The Rite of Spring,” Stravinsky’s epochal modernist masterpiece (documented on the 2014 Sony Masterworks album). While all three players pursue various side projects, Iverson is the most visible. In addition to his work with Hart, he and Ben Street have played a key role in bringing a late-career burst of attention to octogenarian drum maestro Tootie Heath with a series of critically hailed trio sessions. “When you talk music with Ethan, all he does is talk about the drums challenging the dynamic scope of the band,” King says. “Pianists are divas by nature, and Ethan is a little bit of a diva in his own right. But he’s never going to complain about the drums getting up in his shit.” INFO: Jan. 16, 7 p.m., Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $30/adv, $35/door. 427-2227.
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BECOME A SANCTUARY STEWARD Looking for a way to give back in 2017? The Monterey Bay houses many unique volunteer programs that empower community members of all backgrounds to become leaders, educators and advocates for issues affecting the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The Save Our Shores Sanctuary Steward program was developed in 1995 and trains participants on the history of the sanctuary, pollution prevention, and how to lead ocean advocacy events. Learn how to partake in the backbone of Save Our Shores’ marine conservation programs at their workshop on Thursday, Jan. 12. Info: 5:30-9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12. 345 Lake Ave., Suite A, Santa Cruz. saveourshores.org. Free.
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JOHN McCUTCHEON Nationally renowned folk musician, storyteller and multi-instrumentalist John McCutcheon will play a live show at the Resource Center for Nonviolence on Jan. 17. Over the course of McCutcheon’s 40-year career, he helped found the first traveling musician’s union, the Local 1000. McCutcheon will release his 38th album in early February. McCutcheon is one of the world’s master players of the hammered dulcimer, on top of playing the piano, guitar, autoharp and banjo. Info: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. $18-$35 sliding scale.
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WEDNESDAY 1/11 ARTS HOUR LOCAL RADIO SHOW Host Neil Pearlberg sits down with many of the fascinating and diverse members of the Santa Cruz community. 7-8 p.m. KSCO 1080 AM. 479-1080. SOLD FILM Based on the international bestselling novel by Patricia McCormick, and inspired by true accounts, SOLD tells the story of 13-year-old Lakshmi, who is trafficked from her peaceful, rural village in Nepal. SOLD gives voice to the millions of children around the world who disappear every year. 6:30 p.m. The Del Mar, 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-7500. $13. 8 TENS @ EIGHT SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL The annual 10-minute play festival is one of the most anticipated and popular events of the theatre season in Santa Cruz. This year’s 16 award-winning plays, from Actors’ Theatre’s National playwriting contest, will be presented as an “A” and “B” night, eight 10-minute plays on each night, in rotation over the five-week festival. 8 p.m. Center Street Theater, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. 425-7506. $22. MOVIE NIGHT: ‘COWSPIRACY: THE SUSTAINABILITY SECRET’ Shocking yet humorous, groundbreaking documentary reveals the absolutely devastating environmental impact large-scale factory farming has on our planet, and offers a path to global sustainability for a growing population. 6-8 p.m. 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306. Free.
CLASSES SALSA RUEDA CLASSES Cuban-style dance at the Tannery. Introductory and beginning classes 7-8 p.m. Intermediate and advanced classes 8-9 p.m. Tannery, 1060 River St., Suite #111, Santa Cruz. Cesario, Danny, Gilberto. $7/$5.
SUNDAY 1/15 SANTA CRUZ WRITERS RESIST This year join with people all over the globe celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. through activist and political works. Benefitting the Diversity Center of Santa Cruz County and the national 350.org, the event will feature Pen/Faulkner Award-winning novelist Karen Joy Fowler and nationally acclaimed poet Ellen Bass. Youth readers from across the county will share their works in addition to speakers from the Diversity Center and 350.org. This event is in partnership with Writers Resist events in New York, Los Angeles, London, Zurich, and other cities across the globe. Info: 5-7 p.m. Veterans Memorial, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz. $10-$50 sliding scale. early scheduling is recommended. All sessions incorporate strength, cardio, stability, toning, cardio conditioning, and flexibility into an undulating periodization model. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. 317 Potrero St., Santa Cruz. 425-9500.
or no ballet training. Learn ballet terminology and fine tune placement, posture and technique. Noon-1:15 p.m. 320 Encinal St., Santa Cruz. 466-0458. $10.
ARGENTINE TANGO Argentine tango classes and practice every Wednesday with John and Nancy Lingemann. Beginners 7 p.m., Intermediate/Advanced 8:15 p.m., and all levels at 9:15 p.m. Calvary Episcopal Church, 532 Center St., Santa Cruz. 469-3288. $3.
HAS SMOKING POT STOPPED BEING FUN? Come join a fellowship of men and women inspired to live a life free from the possession of marijuana addiction. This group uses the 12 steps to achieve personal freedom and spiritual awakening. 7 p.m. 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. 420-6177. Free.
BLOOM OF THE PRESENT WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MEDITATION Insight Meditation teacher Carla Brennan leads a dropin meditation group every Wednesday at Noon at the Pacific Cultural Center in Santa Cruz. These groups are open to both experienced and beginning meditators. Noon-1:15 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-8893. Free.
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BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE Ballet for the beginning adult student with little
CRYSTAL SOUND INFUSION Sacred sound: Raises your vibrational level, increases spiritual
CALENDAR awareness, releases energy blocks and increases flow. 8:15 p.m. Divine Tree Yoga, 1043B Water St., Santa Cruz. 333-6736. $10.
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TIP OF THE ICEBERG: A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO YOGA Interested in starting a yoga practice but don’t know where to begin? Join Erika Abrahamian for a month long workshop series, as she lays the foundation to starting and growing your yoga practice. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls St. Suite 11, Santa Cruz. 331-3955. $225.
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SCYC WISS: PACCUP ADVENTURES | DOUBLE HANDED IN AN OLSON 30 Throughout the winter, the Santa Cruz Yacht Club hosts free public seminars featuring local scientists, engineers, experts, champion sailors and many more. You need not be a member, or a sailor to attend. 7 p.m. Santa Cruz Yacht Club, 244 4th Ave., Santa Cruz. 425-0690. Free.
ANALOGUE TRIO PERFORMS AT PONO Come enjoy a traditional hawaiian meal and a drink, while listening to some funky jazz by local group Analogue Trio. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Pono Hawaiian Grill, 120 Union St., Santa Cruz. 426-7666.
GETTING STARTED PALEO STORE TOUR Master the Paleo diet and benefit from reduced inflammation and increased energy. Learn why Paleo, what to eat and what to avoid, how to prepare your pantry, snacking success, and much more. 1-2 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306. Free. LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF CHANGE Dave Ellis, a renowned leadership coach and workshop facilitator, has gifted the Diversity Center with a full day training for us and our partners. This training will spark a bigger conversation about what's next for our community and our Center. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. 425-5422. $25.
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DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ FARMERS MARKET In addition to a large variety of farm products, this market offers a great selection of local artisan foodstuffs, delicious baked goods, and lots of options for lunch and dinner. 1:30 p.m. Cedar and Lincoln streets, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.
GROUPS NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA—APTOS/SANTA CRUZ A 12-step group for those who have been affected by the addiction or drug problem of another. Nar-Anon’s program is adapted from Narcotics Anonymous and uses Nar-Anon’s 12 Steps. 6:30-8 p.m. Santa Cruz and Aptos.
B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 can treat fatigue, anemia, anxiety, depression, PMS, heart disease, and more. 3-6 p.m. 736 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz. 477-1377. $29/$17.
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OUTDOOR WINTER NATURE DAY CAMP Web of Life Field (WOLF) School invites all Monterey Bay area K-6th graders to Winter Nature Day Camp Jan. 11-13, for a week of fun, exploration, and learning in the redwoods. Campers can attend one day all of them. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monte Toyon Camp and Conference Center, 220 Cloister Lane, Aptos.
SPIRITUAL WEEKLY MEDITATION GROUP Vipassanastyle meditation group for all experience levels. Beginners welcome. 7-8 p.m. Branciforte Plaza, 555 Soquel Ave., Room 245, Santa Cruz. Russ, 246-0443 or russ@ holeyboy.com. Free/Donations. PEMA CHODRON AUDIO TEACHING Learn to meditate from one of the world’s foremost meditation instructors at weekly Shambala gatherings. Guided meditation and instruction, followed by discussion. 7-9 p.m. 920 41st Ave., Santa Cruz. 316-8282.
THURSDAY 1/12 ARTS STORYTIME Join us for storytime. Free with museum admission and for MOD Members. 10:30-11 a.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free. THURSDAY ART MARKET Check out the new Thursday Art Market with live music, demonstrations from artists across mediums, featured loft artists, and food from Jonathan Parvis’ Dead Cow BBQ. New features and performers every week. 4-7 p.m. The >28
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People Get Ready A rally of solidarity and resolve to confront an uncertain future A lively community gathering with speakers and singers The Rev. Deborah Johnson Mahsea Evans Richard Stockton Wallace Baine The Inner Light Choir Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz Wednesday, January 18th, 7:30pm Admission free
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TRIVIA NIGHT Trivia night at 99 bottles. 21 and up. 8 p.m. 110 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz. 459-9999.
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GROUPS WOMENCARE: LAUGHTER YOGA Laughter yoga for women with cancer meets the first and third Thursdays. Call WomenCARE to register. 12:30-1:30 p.m. WomenCARE, 2901 Park Ave. Suite A1,Soquel. 457-2273. Free. SLV CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP Are you a caregiver of someone with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or other long-term illness? Connect with others, find out about services to help you, plus get valuable information and support. 2 p.m. Highlands Park, 8500 Hwy. 9, Ben Lomond. facebook.com/valleywomensclub. Free.
MONDAY 1/16 MLK DAY OF SERVICE Join friends, neighbors, and fellow community members in celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s work in a day of community action and volunteering. Motivational speakers and a light breakfast with the Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County will kick off the day. Pick whatever service projects best suite your schedule and motivations—from making cards for Jacob’s Heart to engaging in environmental stewardship—either on site or across the county. Info: 9 a.m. Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County, 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. scvolunteernow.org. 427-5070. Free.
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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. SALSA RUEDA SERIES BEGINNER 2 A fun, four-week Rueda de Casino series for Beginner 2 and up. No partner required. Must 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. 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. TAI CHI FOR ARTHRITIS Tai Chi for Arthritis is designed to be safe and effective for those living with arthritis and other chronic diseases. Designed to improve balance,
flexibility and posture, and to increase strength, range of motion and energy. Advanced 2-3 p.m. Beginner 3-4 p.m. 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. 475-478. $60. REGIONAL ITALIAN COOKING CLASS PART 1: CIOPPINO Help prepare and then enjoy a stew featuring the best of the Bay: local crab, salmon, shrimp, mussels, and clams. Capestrano Vineyard’s Italian Montepulciano Abruzzo will perfectly compliment your meal. 6-8:30 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306. $40. EMPOWER PEOPLE TO DEMAND THEIR FULL RANGE OF END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS Sometimes we can be faced with difficult health circumstances. We now have more choices through the newly passed California End Of Life Option Act. Come learn about your rights and options under this new act. 5:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Public Library, 224 Church St., Santa Cruz. endoflifeoption.org. Free.
FOOD & WINE TRIVIA NIGHT THIS Festive event brings together trivia aficionados, boneheads and the
HEALTH ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP 2 For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers. Registration required. 12:30-2 p.m. WomenCARE 457-2273. Free.
MUSIC KEN CONSTABLE IN THE ROCKROOM LOUNGE Ken Constable has been part of the Santa Cruz music scene since the late ’80s. He has performed in numerous legendary clubs on the West Coast such as Whiskey A Go Go, Slim’s, Bimbo’s 365 Club, and the Catalyst. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Shadowbrook Restaurant, 1750 Wharf Road, Capitola. 475-1222.
SPIRITUAL BUDDHISM FOR BEGINNERS You may have heard something about Buddhism but are still wondering how such a “foreign” spiritual tradition could be relevant to life in the world today. Join us in learning about Buddhist viewpoints and time-tested methods for leading a meaningful life. 7-9 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. landofmedicinebuddha.org. Free.
FRIDAY 1/13 ARTS BAG OF BOOKS FOR $5 Grey Bears Book Store has a special price on books every Friday: Just $5 for a bag of books. Come and browse through all sorts of books, large and small, for all readers. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. California Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 479-1055. $5.
‘CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG’ THE MUSICAL All About Theatre presents an allages production of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ the musical at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz. 7:30 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. 345-6340. $16.
CLASSES ARGENTINE TANGO DANCING Tango open dancing. 8-11 p.m. Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center, 1060 River St., Santa Cruz. For info on beginners classes please contact tangoalternativo@gmail.com. $10/$8/$5. FREE TEEN YOGA (13-17) Teens welcome at the Santa Cruz Teen Center in the Louden Nelson Community Center for free yoga. Stretch, strengthen, and relax. 4:30-5:30 p.m. 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. stephaniembain@ gmail.com. Free. NICOTINE ANONYMOUS If you have a desire to stop using Nicotine you are welcome. If you want to share your experience, strength and hope please come. 6 p.m. Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. 420-6177. Free. CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI Instructor Suzi Mahler, CMT NE will guide you through a series of gentle seated yoga postures that are performed slowly and with breath awareness. This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength and range of motion. 9:30 a.m. California Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 234-6791. $5. TRIPLE P LIFESTYLE GROUP: IMPROVING CHILDREN'S NUTRITION & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Attend this free weekly workshop to learn guidelines for healthy eating, making healthier food choices and being active. This class meets once a week on Fridays for 13 weeks. Noon-2 p.m. Dominican Hospital Rehabilitation Center, 610 Frederick St., Santa Cruz. 465-2217. Free/Donation.
FOOD & WINE WATSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET This market is in the heart of the famously bountiful Pajaro Valley. Peaceful and familyoriented, the Hispanic heritage of this community gives this market a “mercado” feel. 2-7 p.m. 200 Main St., Watsonville.
GROUPS SCOTTS VALLEY NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP Nar-Anon is a 12-step program/ support group for friends and families who have been affected by the addiction or drug
CALENDAR PARTNER YOGA AND WINE TASTING Share sacred energy the second and fourth Saturdays of each month at Poetic Cellars Winery. Wine tasting will follow the yoga class. 10 a.m.-Noon. Poetic Cellars, 5000 N. Rodeo Gulch Road, Soquel. 462-3478. $15. WRITING CIRCLE FOR WOMEN WITH CANCER Open to the writer in each of us. Meets second Saturday of the month. 10 a.m.Noon. WomenCARE, 2901 Park Ave. Suite A1, Soquel. 457-2273. Free.
WEDNESDAY 1/18 RACHEL ABRAMS ‘BODYWISE’ BOOK LAUNCH There’s a whole host of things that can make life just that much harder: chronic pain, headaches, backaches, fatigue, anxiety, allergies. In BodyWise: Discovering Your Body’s Intelligence for Lifelong Health and Healing, local author and physician Rachel Abrams, M.D., explores what she calls chronic body depletion, a condition that can be related to weight gain, high blood pressure, exhaustion and other draining symptoms. Abrams’s book helps readers listen to their bodies to achieve optimum healing and lifelong health with a customizable 28-day program. Info: 7 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. bookshopsantacruz.com. Free.
problem of another. 6:30-7:45 p.m. Bison Center, The Camp Recovery Center, 3192 Glen Canyon Road, Santa Cruz. Free.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 90-Day OA, Study of the AA 12 and 12 book. OA is a 12-step support group to stop eating compulsively. Noon-1 p.m. Live Oak Family Resource Center, Community Conference Room, 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. Nate, 429-7906. Free. CLUTTERERS ANONYMOUS SUPPORT GROUP Is clutter getting you down? Feeling discouraged about all your stuff? There is hope. Come to this weekly 12-step group for understanding and support. 5:30 p.m. Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 477-2200. Free.
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.
SATURDAY 1/14 CLASSES STANDUP COMEDY CLASS Learn writing techniques and perform routines weekly for class and receive constructive feedback. Supportive and relaxed atmosphere. For experienced and budding comics, writers, or the curious. 1 p.m. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway Ave., Santa Cruz. 585-259-2621.
FOOD & WINE APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE Voted Good Times best farmers market in Santa Cruz County. With more than 90 vendors, the Aptos Farmers Market offers an unmatched selection of locally grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.-Noon, Saturdays, Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@ montereybayfarmers.org. Free. WESTSIDE FARMERS MARKET The Westside Farmers Market takes place every week at the corner of Highway 1 and Western Drive, situated on the northern edge of Santa Cruz’s greenbelt. This market serves the communities of the west-end of Santa Cruz including Boony Doon, North Coast, UCSC Campus and is a short trip from downtown. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mission Street and Western Drive, Santa Cruz. 454-0566. SCOTTS VALLEY FARMERS MARKET Started in 2009 with the City of Scotts Valley, the market represents farmers and specialty food purveyors along with cookedto-order food. This local market is the place for the Scotts Valley community to get their fill of fresh, healthy, locally grown fruits and vegetables. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 360, Kings Valley Road, Scotts Valley. 454-0566.
GROUPS SANTA CRUZ LGBTQ YOUTH MEET-UP Are you an LGBTQ youth between the ages of 12-18 who wants to join a welcoming community? Join our dynamic team of youth from the
MUSIC BRIDGE PIANO QUARTET CONCERT Chamber Music Concert by the Bridge Piano Quartet performing works by Mozart, Turina, Bridge, and Brahms, with Cynthia Baehr, violin, Eleanor Angel, viola, Judy Roberts, cello, and Kumiko Uyeda, piano. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. 251-4113.$10. ESOTERIC COLLECTIVE: JAZZ FOR EVERYBODY Enjoy a musical journey through the decades and expand your jazz repertoire, from Bebop in the ’40s, to the jazz standard of the 50's and 60s. 6-9 p.m. 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. 426-8801. Free. WU-TANG YOGA Wu-Tang Yoga marries the teachings and love of yoga and hip-hop! Join Tara Murphy for a reading and discussion from The Tao of Wu, meditation and Hatha Flow practice. All levels welcome. 1-3 p.m. Village Yoga, 1106 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 425-9642. $36.
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 and 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 VOLUNTEER TO FEED THE HUNGRY WITH FOOD NOT BOMBS We need help sharing vegan meals with the hungry every Saturday and Sunday in downtown Santa Cruz: Cooking from Noon-3 p.m, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz. 515-8234. Serving from 4-6 p.m. at the Post Office, 840 Front St., Santa Cruz.
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NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS—GREATER BAY AREA SANTA CRUZ Nar-Anon GBA Santa Cruz offers three meetings in support of friends and families of addicts. naranoncalifornia.org/ norcal or helpline 291-5099. 9-10 a.m. Santa Cruz, Aptos and Scotts Valley. saveyoursanity@ aol.com. Free/donations.
DROP-IN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Grief support group meets weekly to offer support to persons grieving the death of someone. Noon. 5403 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley. 430-3000. Free.
TRIPLE P OPEN HOUSE @ BABIES “R” US/BOKASHI COMPOST CLASS Bokashi Composting is a quick, easy and highly efficient method to keep all kitchen scraps out of the landfill. Come learn each step of this anaerobic fermentation process that quickly converts kitchen waste into a regenerative fertilizer. Register by Jan. 12. 10:30 a.m. Capitola Library, 2005 Wharf Road., Capitola. 462-1032. $10.
Santa Cruz County. Bring yourself or bring a friend. 1-3:30 p.m. 1117 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. diversitycenter.org. Free.
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CLASSES BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE Ballet for the beginning adult student with little or no ballet training. Learn ballet terminology and fine tune placement, posture and technique. 1:30-2:30 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@iadance.com. $10. TRIYOGA LEVEL 1 YOGA CLASS Enjoy the wealth of TriYoga. Taught by Terri Richards. 9:30 a.m. 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 464-8100. $15.
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. Donation. GURDJIEFF DISCUSSION GROUP Informal discussion of philosophy and spiritual practice, from the perspective that what is worth searching for is myself, here, now, this precious present moment. All are welcome. 7 p.m. Hidden Peak Teahouse, 1541-C Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 423-4200. Free.
TUESDAY 1/17 CLASSES AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Classes. These engaging and potent classes will heighten your vitality as they increase your selfawareness and overall well-being. Preregistration required. 9:30 a.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 332-7347. CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI Instructor Suzi Mahler, CMT NE will guide you through a series of gentle seated yoga postures that are performed slowly and with breath awareness. This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength and range of motion. 9:30 a.m. California Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 234-6791. $5. MEDITATION, MINDFULNESS AND PAIN FIVE-WEEK CLASS Registration required. This 5-class will focus on the fundamentals of mindfulness meditation with an special emphasis on working with physical pain. All levels welcome. 5 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-8893. $100/Donation.
FOOD & WINE TRIVIA NIGHT Trivia Night at New Bohemia Brewing Company every Tuesday. 21 and up. 6 p.m. 1030 41st Ave., Santa Cruz. nubobrew. com/events. Free.
GROUPS SANTA CRUZ TRIATHLON ASSOC. SCTA NU2TRI INFO NIGHT Whether you’re new to the sport or need a refresher course in swimming, biking, or running, joining our awesome coached program prepare you for the next race. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Spokesman, 231 Cathcart St., Santa Cruz. 429-6062.
MUSIC SHERRY AUSTIN WITH HENHOUSE Magical combination of music woven from folk, country, and rock. Their music ranges from sweet love songs to gritty, rockin’ songs about cars, trains, to love gone wrong. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. 426-8801. Free.
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Worship, a four-piece sludge metal project from Salinas, has been destroying the local metal scene since 2013. Josh Espinoza, Richard Douglas and Tony Munoz originally met in the late ’90s and early 2000s while playing in the local hardcore and metal scene. The three would regularly play together, interchanging members from their bands the Wrath and Fate Thirteen. “Alex was kind enough to fill in on drums a few times, and naturally became a great friend who would make us all want to jam out together,” says Espinoza.
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Between 2013 and 2015, Worship would combine their hardcore roots with the influences of past metal gods for an intense sound that grabs your nerves like a punch to the face. In 2015, they unleashed the onslaught to the world in the form of a seven song, full-length album about the trials of life called All Too Human. They will release their follow-up this year.
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“Without giving too much away, lyrically it is a personal journey, a space odyssey, full of themes that can hopefully relate to anyone that has dealt with internal conflict,” Espinoza ponders. “Oh man, that might be giving too much away already.” The band is playing at the Blue Lagoon on Jan.11, along with local acts Treeherder and Dustern, and will be blowing minds and ears at the Santa Cruz Music Festival in February. “Santa Cruz will always be our favorite part about where we started,” says Espinoza. “The support has been so immense, yet intimate enough to be very special to us.” MAT WEIR INFO: 9 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $5. 423-7117.
DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS
WEDNESDAY 1/11 AMERICANA
BRYAN SUTTON BAND Bluegrass is often about tradition. But sometimes, it’s about giving a middle finger to what came before. That’s where Bryan Sutton stands apart. You could say he’s a “new traditionalist.” He’s a student of the classic bluegrass techniques, clearly paying tribute to what paved the way. But his music doesn’t sound old. He’s a phenomenal player, long a sought-after sideman in Nashville’s competitive session musician scene. Now he’s creating something of his own, and man, it’s worth checking out. AARON CARNES INFO: 8 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $15/adv, $20/door. 479-1854.
THURSDAY 1/12 JAZZ
JOHN HANRAHAN QUARTET A veteran of the creatively fecund Chicago jazz scene, Santa Cruz-based drummer John Hanrahan has made a
strong impression in the area with his quartet’s galvanizing performances of John Coltrane’s prayerful masterpiece A Love Supreme. He gets an early start celebrating the golden anniversary of an epochal musical year with “Sounds from ’67—Miles to McCoy, Jimi to The Beatles,” a program celebrating some of the recordings that defined a transitional era, as rock embraced psychedelia and jazz musicians explored new structures and forms. Featuring saxophonist Jay Moynihan, pianist Brother John Kattke, and bassist Chris Bernhardt, Hanrahan’s quartet is a formidable unit capable of putting a personal stamp on compositions defined by iconic performances. ANDREW GILBERT
INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $15/adv, $20/door. 427-2227.
FRIDAY 1/13 ROOTS
DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS The Lake Tahoe area has a small but thriving music scene, and one of its standout bands is Dead Winter Carpenters, a rootsy outfit that blends elements of Americana, progressive
bluegrass and country with indie sensibilities and a touch of California psychedelic rock. The band has a reputation for high-energy performances that appeal to folkies and indie hipsters alike, and has been credited with helping to redefine string music. CAT JOHNSON INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $10. 335-2800.
GYPSY ROCK & AMERICANA
DIEGO’S UMBRELLA AND THE SAM CHASE San Francisco band Diego’s Umbrella blends traditional Eastern European sounds with traces of flamenco, ska, and polka, for what can only be described as “gypsy music.” Over a decade of international touring has given the band a refined sound, but each performance boasts the youthful energy of a sweaty punk rock pit, featuring a robust percussion section and ample accordion—if you’ve been craving an opportunity to enthusiastically make a fool of yourself on the dance floor, this is it. Sharing the bill is fellow San Francisco native Sam Chase, with his six-piece band the Untraditional. Chase’s powerful voice and dynamic
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range makes a compelling vessel for his emotional Americana music. Lyrical themes involve whiskey, women, and journeys through the great unknown. KATIE SMALL
INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $15/door. 479-1854.
SKA-PUNK
On Voodoo Glow Skulls’ second album, Firme, released in 1995, the group recorded a song in Spanish called “El Coo Cooi”—“Boogeyman.” The ska-punk ensemble then re-recorded the whole record in Spanish, at a time when that was pretty much unheard of in the scene. Now, there are Spanish (or Spanglish) bands in the U.S. playing every alternative style imaginable. Voodoos’ Spanish record even predates Ozomatli. All that aside, Voodoo is a phenomenal high-energy ska-punk band that has carved out a sound unlike any of their ’90s ska-punk peers: lots of distortion, shouting hardcore vocals, and bright, chirpy brass. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $13/adv, $15/door. 429-4135.
JACK QUARTET Hailed as one of the best new music string quartets, the JACK Quartet has established itself as a standout of the contemporary classical music scene. On Friday, the quartet collaborates with local contemporary gamelan group Lightbulb Ensemble on three new pieces, plus a performance of local composer Brian Baumbusch’s piece “Hydrogen(2)Oxygen” from October 2015. For fans of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, this performance offers a another opportunity to see a world-class new music in our own backyard. CJ INFO: 8 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. $8/students, $20/ gen. More info: indexical.org.
FRI 1/13 & SAT 1/14 REGGAE
IRATION Alternative rock meets reggae in Iration, a five-piece collective formed in 2006. Four of the five members grew up together in Hawaii, before reconnecting in Santa Barbara, where they got their start playing college
parties at Cal Poly SLO, Chico State and UC Davis. Iration is hailed as the leading group in the subgenre of “sunshine reggae”—reggae with tropical vibes. Back in Santa Cruz by popular demand, the group will headline two nights at the Catalyst, joined onstage by Protoje, a Jamaican singer/songwriter who combines his unique hip-hop lyrical style with reggae and dub beats, backed by his band the Indiggnation. KS INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $27.50. 429-4135.
SATURDAY 1/14 FUNK
SWEET PLOT You say you’re not going to make any New Year’s resolutions this year, but we both know you will. So, when you get to mid-January and you’re already back to overeating, overdrinking, and over-whatever else you shouldn’t be doing, don’t just mope about it. Get out and dance your blues away; Sweet Plot’s funkified Southern rock will get you in the right state of mind. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.
INFO: 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $25/door. 423-1338. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 20 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.
IN THE QUEUE DAVE STAMEY
Award-winning, cowboy singersongwriter. Thursday at Don Quixote’s PRXSM
Electro synth-pop out of Los Angeles. Thursday at Catalyst SAMBADÁ
Santa Cruz’s favorite Afro-Brazilian party band. Saturday at Moe’s Alley SLESS, SEARS, MOLO, BARRACO & SKENE
Jam band supergroup. Sunday at Don Quixote’s ROBB BANKS
Florida-based rapper with a penchant for R&B and anime. Monday at Catalyst
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VOODOO GLOW SKULLS
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One of the first hair metal bands, Y&T laid the groundwork for bands such as Poison, Ratt and Mötley Crüe to become pop music sensations. The Oakland-based band’s big hit came in 1985 with “Summertime Girl.” Four decades later, Y&T, which helped bring Flying V guitars, leather pants and the lovably cheesy glam aesthetic into the mainstream, is still going strong. On Jan. 28, the band brings its hardrocking, never-say-die ethos to Santa Cruz. CAT JOHNSON
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LIVE MUSIC
Wednesday January 11th 8pm $15/20
Grammy Winning Bluegrass Great Debuts Moe’s
BRYAN SUTTON BAND Thursday January 12th 8:30pm $7/10
Reggae, Soul & Funk Inspired Jam/Rock
THE HEAVY PETS + BROTHERS GOW Friday January 13th 9pm $12/15 Gypsy Rock Meets Americana
DIEGO’S UMBRELLA + THE SAM CHASE Saturday January 14th 9pm $15/20 Afro-Brazilian Dance Party With
SAMBADÁ +
ENERGIA DO SAMBA & YABAS DANCE GROUP Sunday January 15th 4pm $15/20 Afternoon Blues Series With
KIM WILSON ALL-STARS Tuesday January 17th 8:30pm $12/15
Soul/Funk/Rock Favorites Return With New CD
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Al Frisby 6-8p
Lloyd Whitley 1p
AQUARIUS RESTAURANT Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz
Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p
Broken Shades 6-8p
Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p
BAYVIEW HOTEL 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos
Live Jazz & Wine Tasting Salsa Bahia 6-9p 6-9p
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Worship $5 9p
Terabyte, Pure One, Fortune Teller, Jordan Garrett $5 9p
Chris Fox, John Underwood, Clint Westwood $5 9p
The Box (Goth Night) 9p
Metal Monday 9p
THE BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz
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Fish Hook 9-11:45p
BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz
TBA 8p
Comedy Night/80s Night Free 8:30p
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BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas
Mojo Mix 6-8p
Swing Dance $5 5:30p Light the Band & Tao Tariki $5 9p
Tango Ecstasy 6-9:30p
Santa Cruz Punk Fest $12 7p
Karaoke 9p
Karaoke 9p
Iration $27.50 8p
Iration Off Sale 8p
Voodoo Glow Skulls $13/$15 8p
Ra the Rugged $13/$16 8p
Karaoke 8p-Close
Karaoke 8p-Close
Jazz Society Donation 3:30p
Free Pool Free 7p
Comedy & Live Music Free 8p
Winter Warm Up $12/$15 6p
Robb Banks $17/$23 8p
DJ Luna 9p
CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Prxzm, Kicks n’Licks $10/$12 8:30p
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January 18th SANTA CRUZ REGGAE ALL STARS January 19th CELSO PIÑA January 20th POORMAN’S WHISKEY + NAKED BOOTLEGGERS January 21th PASTO SECO + FLOR DE CAÑA January 22nd HARMONICA BLOWOUT January 26th MOUNTAIN TAMER + SUPERNAUT January 28th THE MERMEN January 29th RIVVRS + THE BREVET February 1th ALO February 2nd GREAT AMERICAN TAXI + GRANT FARM February 3rd AN-TEN-NAE + KR3TURE February 4th SISTER CAROL + RANKIN” JOE February 9th INNA VISION, ANIMO CRUZ, THE STEPPAS February 10th THE ENGLISH BEAT + Chris Murray February 11th JUNGLE FIRE February 12th ISRAEL VIBRATION February 14th SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB + DRUNKEN HEARTS February 17th EL RADIO FANTASTIQUE + POST ST RHYTHM PEDDLERS February 18th THE CHINA CATS February 19th PACIFIC DUB
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OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! wednesday 1/11
THE KUUMBWA JAZZ HONOR BAND 7pm showtime
thursday 1/12
WABI SABI
w / AUSTIN JAMES HICKS AND RYAN SCOTT LONG w / WATERCOLOR WEEKEND Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door
International Music Hall and Restaurant
FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFET M-F $7.95 Thu Dave Stamey Cowboy Entertainer Jan 12 with Annie Lydon
$17 adv./$20 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm
Fri Dead Winter Carpenters Jan 13 plus Abalone Grey Alt-Country and bluegrass
$10 adv./$10 door 21 + 8pm
Sat Jan 14
w / THE WILD HAIRS
Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door
Sun Sless, Sears, Molo, Barraco & Skene Jan 15 7pm Concert Members of David Nelson Band, The
Dead, Phil Lesh, Jefferson Starship, Moonalice & more
$12 adv./$15 door 21 + 7pm Mon Jan 16
saturday 1/14
SWEET PLOT
Wed Jan 18
w / LOVE DIMENSION w / LOST COUNTRY LINES
Thu Jan 19
monday 1/16
Fri Jan 20
Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door (((folkYEAH!))) Presents:
WALTER TV w / JERRY PAPER w / TONSTARTSSBANDHT
Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com
Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $10 adv $12 door
Sat Jan 21 Sun Jan 22
Show 9pm $5 Door
MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
429-6994
Tim Bluhm & Jason Crosby
Tim of Mother Hips & Jason Crosby of Clapton & Santana tours $15 adv./$15 door <21 w/parent 8pm Runa Irish music’s new super-group $20 adv./$23 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm Andy Fuhrman & Friends plus Cruz Control $12 adv./$12 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm The Messiahs Bob O’Neil & Ken Craft of SNAIL plus Tsunami Band $10 adv./$10 door 21 + 8pm
Greg Kihn Unplugged plus Jules
$20 adv./$25 door <21 w/parent 8pm Basket Case Magazine Issue #3 Release Party The Roadside Bombs, Hayride To Hell,
Ground Score
TUESday 1/17
7 COME 11
Electrifying Motown & Rockin’ Soul
$17 adv./$17 door 21+ 8pm
FRIday 1/13
ROOT BALL
Pride & Joy
Thu Jan 26
$7 adv./$7 door 21 + 2pm Chris Jones & The Night Drivers Bluegrass Legends
$15 adv./ $15 door seated <21 w/parent 7:30pm Reservations Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am
LIVE MUSIC WED
1/11
CAVA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola
Steve’s Kitchen Jazz 6:30-9:30p
CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville
Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p
CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
The Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band 7p
CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz
West Coast Soul $3 7:30p
THU
1/12
Alex Lucero 6:30-9:30p
FRI
1/13
Aquacats 6:30-9:30p
1/14
Dave Muldawer 6:30-9:30p
SUN
1/15
MON
1/16
TUE
1/17
Cameron & Jones 5-8p
Wabi Sabi, Austin James Sweet Plot, Love Root Ball, The Wild Hairs Hicks and Ryan Scott Dimension, Low Country $8 9p Long $8 9p Lines $8 9p Stormin’ Norman Redlight District Joint Chiefs Live Comedy & The Cyclones $5 8:30p $6 9p $7 9p $7 9:30p
Walter TV, Jerry Paper $10/$12 9p
Dead Winter Carpenters, Pride & Joy Abalone Grey $10 8p $17 8p
THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville
7 Come 11 $5 9p Reggae Party Free 8p
Esoteric Collective Dave Stamey Cowboy Brian Finnegan & William Entertainer w/ Annie Coulter Cancelled 7:30p Lydon $17/$20 7:30p
Bleu Sless, Sears, Molo, Barraco, Skene $12/$15 7p
Tim Bluhm, Jason Crosby $15 8p
Troutleg 9p
HINDQUARTER BAR & GRILLE 303 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
Winders & Whiskey West 9p
Streuth 9p
TV Show 4p
JuannaJam 8p
John Hanrahan Quartet $15/$20 7p
MALONE’S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley
Live Music 5:30-9p
MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel
Kip Allert 7-10p
Tim Lee $9/$23 8p
Breeze Babes 7-10p
YOUTH RESOURCE BANK ANNUAL CABARET
Tickets: (831) 689–9609 Sunday, January 15 • 2 – 6 pm Donations welcome at the door
THE BAD PLUS Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p Carlos Martinez 6-9p
Youth Resource Bank Concert for Larry Hosford The Bad Plus Annual Cabaret $25/$50 Donation 2p $30/$35 7p 7p Karaoke w/Ken 9p
Blue Ocean Rockers 7-10p
Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com Saturday, January 14 • 7 pm
Monday, January 16 • 7 pm | No Comps
Karaoke 10p
KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz
SCIENTIST TURNED COMEDIAN TIM LEE
CONCERT FOR LARRY HOSFORD
RoadHouse Ramblers
HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond
Thursday, January 12 • 7 pm
JOHN HANRAHAN QUARTET SOUNDS FROM ‘67 — MILES TO MCCOY, JIMI TO THE BEATLES Friday, January 13 • 8 pm
KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p
DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton
SAT
Celebrating Creativity Since 1975
Thursday, January 19 • 7 pm | No Comps
BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET Continuing their father’s legacy Friday, January 20 • 7:30 pm
STICK MEN FEATURING TONY LEVIN, PAT MASTELOTTO AND MARKUS REUTER Prog-rock trio super group! Sunday, January 22 • 7:30 pm
Groovity 7-10p
CAFE MUSIQUE & DIRTY CELLO Tickets: SnazzyProductions.com
Thurs. January 26 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps
PONCHO SANCHEZ LATIN JAZZ BAND
Sat. January 28 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps
LARRY CARLTON
Monday, January 30 • 7 pm
TOMMY IGOE GROOVE CONSPIRACY: TRIBUTE TO STEELY DAN FEATURING GUITARIST DREW ZINGG (Steely Dan) & VOCALIST TONY LINDSAY (Santana) Thursday, February 2 • 7 pm
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.
DEAL WITH A VIEW
$9.95 dinners Mon.-Fri. from 6:00pm.
NOW SERVING BREAKFAST
Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily
(831) 476-4560
crowsnest-santacruz.com
2/6 Branford Marsalis Quartet feat. special guest Kurt Elling 2/6 Theo Bleckmann 2/13 Donny McCaslin Quartet 2/14 Tuck & Patti Valentines Concert Sunday, March 12 • 6 & 8 pm
MASTERS OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC: GEORGE KAHUMOKU JR., NATHAN AWEAU & KAWIKA KAHIAPO
Tickets: TicketFly.com Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer. All ages welcome.
320-2 Cedar St x Santa Cruz 831.427.2227
kuumbwajazz.org
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Meet someone nice for lunch.
WALLY SCHNALLE’S IDOT FISH 3 WITH HRISTO VITCHEV AND DAN ROBBINS 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS
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1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135
LIVE MUSIC
Thursday, January 12 • In the Atrium • Ages 18+
PRXZM • KICKS N LICKS
Friday & Saturday, January 13 & 14 • Ages 16+
IRATION
plus Protoje
Friday, January 13 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+
VOODOO GLOW SKULLS
Saturday, January 14 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+
RA THE RUGGED
plus A-F-R-O
Sunday, January 15 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+
WINTER WARM UP
Monday, January 16 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+
ROBB BANKS
plus Da$h
Jan 22 Switchfoot & Relient K (Ages 16+) Jan 24 & 25 Tribal Seeds (Ages 16+) Jan 27 Felly/ Gypps (Ages 16+) Jan 28 Y & T (Ages 21+) Feb 4 Sage The Gemini (Ages 16+) Feb 7 & 8 Rebelution/ Passafire (Ages 16+) Feb 9 The Revivalists (Ages 16+) Feb 10 Steel Pulse (Ages 16+) Feb 15 Riff Raff (Ages 16+) Feb 16 The Growlers (Ages 16+) Feb 23 J Boog (Ages 16+) Feb 24 Zepparella (Ages 21+) Feb 27 William Singe (All Ages) Mar 3 After The Burial (Ages 16+) Mar 4 Trevor Hall (Ages 16+) Mar 11 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Mar 13 Isaiah Rashad (Ages 16+) Mar 21 The Kills (Ages 16+) Mar 24 Fortunate Youth (Ages 16+) Mar 25 Chronixx (Ages 16+) Mar 28 Badfish A Tribute To Sublime (Ages 16+) Mar 30 STRFKR/ Psychic Twin (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
WED
1/11
THU
1/12
FRI
1/13
SAT
MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz
Gary Smith 6p
Al Frisby 6p
MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
Bryan Sutton Band $15/$20 7:30p
The Heavy Pets, Brothers Gow $7/$10 8p
Reverend Stephan Sams 6p Diegos Umbrella, Sam Chase & the Untraditional $12/15 8p
MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Crunkcertified 9:30p-2a
Libation Lab w/ Syntax 9:30p-2a
D-ROC 9:30p-2a
1/14
SUN
1/15
MON
1/16
Rob Vye 6p
Preacher Boy 6p
Sambada $15/$20 8p
Kim Wilson All-Stars $15/$20 3p
The Nth Power, The Sextones $12/$15 8p
DJ Juan Burgandy 9:30p-2a
Rasta Cruz Reggae Party Eclectic Bass Event 9:30p-Close 9:30p-Close
Hip-Hop w/DJ Marc 9:30p-Close Tacos & Trivia 6-8p
Trivia 8p
PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola
Bleu 10p-Midnight Claudio Melega 6p
Vinny Johnson 6p
Dolce Musica 2-5p
THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz
Comedy 9p
POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz
Sourmash Hug Band 9p-Midnight
Cider Party w/ Apple City Slough Band 7p
Comedy Open Mic 8p
THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz
1/17
Mojo Mix 6p
NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz 99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz
TUE
Gil de Leon Trio 1p Broken Shades 5p
Open Mic 8-11:30p ‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p
SC Jazz Collective 6p
RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
Acoustic Reggae Jams 6p
Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p
Brunch Grooves 12:30p Featured Acoustic 6:30p
Brunch Grooves 1:30p Open Mic & Bluegrass Evening Krowd Karaoke 9p 6p
Musicians Showcase 6p
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Chitty Chitty Bang Bang $18/$25 7:30-10p $18/$25 7:30-10p
ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Trivia 8p
Open Mic 7:30p
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Jan 29 KPIG & (((folkYEAH!))) present 7pm Times Ad, Wed. 01/11 Robert Earl KeenGood
Ladysmith Black Mambazo 2017 GRAMMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM
Feb 16 Live Nation Presents: Brian Regan 7:30pm
Mar 10 The Beach Boys 7:30pm Mar 25 In the Mood 1940s Big Band Music Review 2pm
Jun 2 Los Lonely Boys 8pm For Tickets www.GoldenStateTheatre.com 831-649-1070
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22 @ 7:30 PM RIO THEATRE Tickets: kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records Info: kuumbwajazz.org or 831.427.2227
LIVE MUSIC WED
1/11
THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola
THU
1/12
FRI
1/13
SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos
The Tinks 8-11p
SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz
1/14
SUN
Kid Dynamite 8-Midnight
TBA 7-11p
SAT
Front & Lost Puppy 8p-Midnight
MON
1/16
TUE
1/17
Upcoming Shows
Groovetime 8-11p
Beach Cowboys
SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos
Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-10p
Serious Condition 7:30-11:30p
Otis Coen & Co 8-11:30p
SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola
Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p
Joe Ferrara 6:30-10p
Claudio Melega 7-10p
UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel
Thirsty Thursday 5p
IT’S WINE TYME 321 Capitola Ave., Capitola
1/15
Open Mic 7-10p
Open Mic w/Mosephus 5:30p
Jeff Blackburn & Friends West X Southwest 7-10p 7-10p
Silver Lining 7-10p
Daniel Martins 9-11p
Daniel Martins 9-11p
Daniel Martins 9-11p
Daniel Martins 9-11p
ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola ZIZZO’S COFFEEHOUSE & WINE BAR 3555 Clares St, Capitola
Aaron Avila 7-9:30p
John David 7-9:30p
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
JAN 14
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
JAN 18
People Get Ready
JAN 19
Lecture: Gary Griggs
JAN 20
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
JAN 21
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
JAN 22
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Jade 7-10p
WHALE CITY 490 Highway 1, Davenport YOUR PLACE 1719 Mission St, Santa Cruz
JAN 13
JAN 28
Jim Messina Band
FEB 02
The Abba Show
FEB 04
The Comic Strippers
FEB 11
Frans Lanting
FEB 14
Sherry Austin & Henhouse w/John Craigie and Sugar
Just Judy 7-10p
by the Pound FEB 23-26 Banff Mountain Film MAR 05
The Wood Brothers
MAR 10 Judy Collins BBQ BEER BLUES
BBQ
ltations u s n o c Our 8th Year
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Same Great Reputation
$79 New patients & $59 Renewals
BLUES
Wed. January 11 Al Frisby 6-8 pm Thurs. January 12 Preacher Boy 6-8 pm
We’ll matc h any local clin ad specia ic l! w/copy of th is ad
Greg Brown
APR 22
Zep Live
MAY 06
Pivot: The Art of Fashion
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Fri. January 13 Coyote Slim 6-8 pm Sat. January 14 Lloyd Whitley 1-4 pm Al Frisby 6-8 pm Sun. January 15 Little Jonny & Aki Kumar 6-8 pm
Growrs e Lettb a le dto avail ifie qualie pat nts
MAR 25
Mon. January 16 Broken Shades 6-8 pm Tues. January 17 Mojo Mix 6-8 pm
TUESDAY DINNER SPECIAL 2-TOPPING LARGE PIZZAS 1/2 PRICE DINE IN ONLY 6-9 ALSO KARAOKE 6-10 Friday January 13th DJ WILLMATTIC
OLD SCHOOL, TOP 40’S, HIP-HOP, LATIN, MAINSTREAM, BASS
Prop 64 takes effect in 2018!
Saturday January 14th GONZO & LOUIE CASTLE OF TRIBAL SEEDS, PACIFIC ROOTS & DJ CWITCH
MON-SAT 12-6PM ONE STEP EVALUATION PROCESS WALK-INS WELCOME GET APPROVED OR NO CHARGE!
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501 River St, Santa Cruz • 831-466-9551
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FILM
LOST CHILDREN Nicole Kidman and Sunny Pawar in the incredible real-life tale ‘Lion.’
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H
ow much do you remember about being 5 years old? Your parents, your siblings, maybe going to kindergarten? But if you were suddenly separated from that life and found yourself thousands of miles away from home, where you didn’t know anybody and couldn’t speak the language, what would your childhood self do? Could you explain to anybody where you lived? How would you ever get home? That’s the dilemma for Saroo, the intrepid little boy at the heart of Lion, a compelling, fact-based tale of love, family, courage, and unbreakable bonds. The feature directing debut of Garth Davis, the
film was scripted by Luke Davies from the nonfiction memoir A Long Way Home, by the real-life Saroo Brierly, a child from rural West Bengal who got lost on the teeming streets of Calcutta and survived for a year before being adopted by a couple in Australia. Twenty years later, he set out to find his birth family. This is his amazing story. Davis is smart to tell the story in chronological order, amping up audience investment in Saroo. He’s played as a child with both impishness and profound gravity by Sunny Pawar, in his film debut. In the latter half of the movie, Dev Patel is wonderful as the adult Saroo, fiercely loyal to the adoptive Australian parents who
raised him (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham), yet haunted by elusive memories of the family he lost. The story begins in 1986, with little Saroo (Pawar) and his big brother Guddu (Abhishek Bharate) on their daily rounds. While their mother (the lovely Priyanka Bose) works as a day laborer, the boys scavenge along the railroad tracks that run near their village, climbing aboard trains to steal lumps of coal from the open coal cars, and collecting coins dropped between seats in the passenger cars. They bring the spoils home down a couple of narrow alleyways to the one room they share with their mother and sister.
Guddu is Saroo’s mentor and protector, and the brothers go everywhere together. But the boys get separated near a train yard one night, after the exhausted Saroo crawls into an out-of-service train car and falls asleep, waiting for Guddu. By the time he wakes up, the train—decommissioned and making its final journey—is halfway to Calcutta. The car doors are locked on either end, there are no stops, and even though Saroo bangs on the windows and screams for help when the train slows down to go through villages, no one pays any attention to him. Released at last into thronging Calcutta, Saroo speaks only Hindi, not the prevailing Bengali; in the rare moments when anybody bothers to listen to him, he mispronounces the name of his village, while the only name he knows for his mother is “Mum.” After many Dickensian adventures on the streets, he’s incarcerated in an orphanage, from which he is adopted by Sue and John Brierly (Kidman and Wenham) from Tasmania. Twenty years later, a completely assimilated adult Saroo (Patel) is going to business school for hotel management. (Pretty funny, if you associate Patel with his role in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel movies.) Increasingly haunted by random, buried childhood memories, he becomes obsessed with finding the family he left behind, via the recently introduced Google Earth program. Lion stirs emotions, but the storytelling is straightforward, not cloying. It slows down a bit in scenes with Saroo’s girlfriend, Lucy (Rooney Mara), an invented character who doesn’t really add much to the story. (Although their romance gives Patel a chance to relax and goof around between dramatic peaks.) But its best moments dramatize the plight of the 11 million children living on the street in India, and celebrates the random acts of compassion, however small or large, by which we can choose to live our lives. LION *** (out of four) With Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Rooney Mara, and Nicole Kidman. Written by Luke Davies. Directed by Garth Davis. A Weinstein Company release. Rated PG-13. 129 minutes.
MOVIE TIMES
January 11-17
SANTA CRUZ SHOW TIMES FOR FRI 1/13/16 – THURS 1/19/17
All times are PM unless otherwise noted.
DEL MAR THEATRE
Liam Neeson & Adam Driver in a Martin Scorsese film
831.469.3220
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NICKELODEON
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THE EAGLE HUNTRESS Wed-Thu 2:20, 4:50 + Wed 7:30, 9:35 Fri-Tue 1:50 + Sat-Mon 11:30am ELLE Fri-Tue 1:30, 4:20, 7:05, 9:45 JACKIE Wed-Thu 2:10, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 LION Daily 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 + Sat-Mon 11:20am MANCHESTER BY THE SEA Daily 4:00, 7:00, 9:50 + Wed-Thu 1:00
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(1:15, 4:40), 8:00
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HIDDEN FIGURES Wed-Thu 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10:00 Fri-Tue 10:40*, 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55 *No Tue show LA LA LAND Fri-Tue 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:20 LIVE BY NIGHT Thu 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Tue 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, 9:30
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MOANA Wed-Thu 12:45, 3:20 + Wed 5:55, 8:30 Fri-Tue 10:45*, 1:15, 3:45 *No Tue show
Golden Globe Winner! Best Supporting Actress – Viola Davis
MONSTER TRUCKS Fri-Tue 11:00*, 1:45, 7:15, 9:45 *No Tue show MONSTER TRUCKS 3D Fri-Tue 4:30
PG13
PASSENGERS Wed-Thu 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 Fri-Tue 6:15, 9:00 PATRIOTS DAY Thu 7:00, 10:00 Fri-Tue 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9;45
Once Nightly through Wed 1/18 at 9:45
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Daily 12:20, 3:25, 6:30, 9:35
Michael Keaton in
SING Daily 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 + Fri-Mon 10:45am
PG13
UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS Wed-Thu 1:00, 3:15, 7:55, 10:15 Fri-Tue 12:00*, 2:30, 5:00,
7:30, 10:00 *No Tue show
Advance Shows Thursday 1/19 at 7:15, 9:45 Regular Engagement starts Friday 1/20
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FILM NEW THIS WEEK THE BYE BYE MAN Many of us can probably agree on which man we want to go bye bye in 2017 … He’s scarier than any horror film about a mysterious evil figure who possesses innocent victims. Stacy Title directs. Douglas Smith, Lucien Laviscount, Cressida Bonas co-star. (PG-13) 96 minutes. ELLE Michèle Leblanc handles things her own way. So when the powerful video game company boss is assaulted in her own home, she is prepared to hunt the assailant down—only, he could be anyone. Based on the novel Oh… by Philippe Djian. Paul Verhoeven directs. Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny co-star. (R) 130 minutes. HIDDEN FIGURES Finally, the untold story of the AfricanAmerican women who calculated how to shoot a man into space (something they were probably hoping to do for a long time). Theodore Melfi directs. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe. (PG) 127 minutes.
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LIVE BY NIGHT With Ben Affleck directing and starring, it’s a bangbang Prohibition-era gangster’s delight with a cast of so-perfect rugged types and their sultry muses. Elle Fanning and Brendan Gleeson co-star. (R) 128 minutes.
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MONSTER TRUCKS A gross, multi-legged blob thing that hides out in an old scrap truck? Now this is the kind of monster movie we can handle. Chris Wedge directs. Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Thomas Lennon co-star. (PG) 104 minutes. PATRIOTS DAY The 2013 Boston marathon bombing is still a raw memory to many Americans, as it put a city on lock-down and terrified the nation. This is the story of the heroes who handled the aftermath. Peter Berg directs. Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons co-star. (R) 133 minutes. SILENCE Their lord told them to go forth and preach the gospel
to every living thing … but in seventeenth-century Japan, that meant risking their lives and the lives of their converts. Martin Scorsese directs. Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver, Liam Neeson co-star. (R) 161 minutes. SLEEPLESS A dirty cop steals from criminals so they take what matters most to him. Baran bo Odar directs. Jamie Foxx, Michelle Monaghan, Dermot Mulroney costar. (R) 95 minutes. CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. to downtown Santa Cruz, where each week the group discusses a different current release. For location and discussion topic, go to https:// groups.google.com/group/LTATM.
NOW PLAYING ALLIED OMG, Brangelina broke up because Angelina is a German spy. Of course! (This is their marriage memoir, right?). Robert Zemeckis directs. Brad Pitt, Vincent Ebrahim, Xavier De Guillebon co-star. (R) 124 minutes. AMITYVILLE: THE AWAKENING Man, single mothers really get the short end of the stick in horror movies. Then again, Jennifer Jason Leigh gets the short end of the stick in every movie. Franck Khalfoun directs. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Cameron Monaghan, Bella Thorne co-star. (PG-13) 85 minutes. ARRIVAL Aliens are here, but no one can decipher what they’re saying. Thankfully, the military sends in a woman to help communicate. Denis Villeneuve directs. Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker co-star. (PG-13) 116 minutes. ASSASSIN’S CREED Whether or not we’re fans of the video game, an assassin traveling back in time to jump off of buildings wearing nifty black robes with Jeremy Irons, Michael Kenneth Williams and Brendan Gleeson in the mix—now that looks like the dose of holiday cheer we needed (or escape, whatever). Justin Kurzel directs.
HIDDEN HISTORY ‘Hidden Figures’ explores the unheralded role a team of African American women played in the early success of NASA.
Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Irons co-star. (PG-13) 108 minutes. COLLATERAL BEAUTY He’s lost the hardest thing to lose and he doesn’t care about losing the rest. Howard writes to Love, Time and Death for answers, and apparently Death is an elderly white woman played by Helen Mirren. David Frankel directs. Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet co-star. (PG-13) 97 minutes. THE EAGLE HUNTRESS Aisholpan is a 13-year-old eagle hunter. She’s the first female in 12 generations in her family to fill the coveted and time-honored Kazakh role—and she’s about to school them all. Otto Bell directs. Aisholpan Nurgaiv, Daisy Ridley costar. (G) 87 minutes. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Eddie Redmayne accidentally let a bunch of evil ghouls into our realm. It all makes sense now: how else could a cheeto-faced Voldemort have gotten in? David Yates directs. Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol co-star. (PG-13) 133 minutes. FENCES For a black man raising a son in the 1950s, keeping his family together and facing the daily reality of racist America, nothing comes easy. “Some people build fences to keep people out, and other
people build fences to keep people in.” Denzel Washington directs. Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson co-star. (PG-13) 138 minutes. JACKIE The most watched, regal, and iconic woman in America’s modern history fighting to stay strong for her children, wade through her own trauma alongside the nation’s grief, and keep her husband’s legacy alive. Pablo Larraín directs. Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig costar. (R) 100 minutes. LA LA LAND Old Hollywood whimsy, musical magic à la Rogers and Astaire that’s getting Emma Stone early Oscar buzz—it’s just the kind of la la land we needed during a post-Nov. 8 holiday season. Damien Chazelle directs. Ryan Gosling, Stone, Amiée Conn co-star. (PG-13) 128 minutes. LION Reviewed this issue. Garth Davis directs. Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara co-star. (PG13) 118 minutes. MANCHESTER BY THE SEA What do you do when you’re suddenly faced with the responsibility of becoming a teenager’s legal guardian, but your own life is hard enough to handle? Kenneth Lonergan directs. Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler co-star. (R) 137 minutes.
MOANA A great danger is coming but Moana will find the demigod Maui and they’ll save the world— he’s a little difficult, so she’ll need all the help she can get. Thankfully, she’s got the ocean on her side. Ron Clements, Don Hall, John Musker, Chris Williams direct. Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House co-star. (PG) 113 minutes. ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Ah, what a time to be a Star Wars fan. Gareth Edwards directs. Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk co-star. (PG-13) 133 minutes. SING An alligator rapping “The Humpty Dance,” a buffalo singing “Butterfly,” bunnies hollering “Oh my god, Becky, look at her butt,” a tracksuit-wearing pig belting Lady Gaga and a British gorilla who just wants out of the game. Best idea for a zoo ever. Christophe Lourdelet, Garth Jennings direct. Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane costar. (PG) 108 minutes. UNDERWORLD: BLOOD WARS Nothing like a good ol’ vampire vs. lycan battle to start off the zombie apocalypse new year. Anna Foerster directs. Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies costar. (R) 91 minutes. WHY HIM? Because he’s stupid rich, dad, duh. John Hamburg directs. Zoey Deutch, James Franco, Tangie Ambrose co-star. (R) 111 minutes.
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FOOD & DRINK Japanese eggplant. Every ingredient soaked up the basil-perfumed curry sauce, as did Sabieng’s spectacular brown rice. No, seriously. Sabieng’s brown rice is simultaneously crunchy and chewy, loaded with layers of flavor depths and capable of transporting sauce nuances without getting in the way. Jack nodded in agreement with his mouth full of garlicky Pad King ($9.95), a delicious creation long on shredded fresh ginger, onions, more of those beautifully cut carrots, and in this case a generous addition of tender ribbons of pork. Several shimmering black mushrooms added intrigue to this beautifully balanced dish, another natural partner for Sabieng’s addictive brown rice. Service was, as always, friendly and swift. The vibes are great, although I would love it if Sabieng considered wall sconces or perhaps votive candles at the tables during dinner hours. Sabieng, 1218 Mission St., Santa Cruz. 425-1020. Open daily for lunch 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., and dinner 5-9:30 p.m., and until 10 p.m. Friday-Sunday.
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CURRY ON Chicken satay and green curry dishes from Sabieng. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER
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s reliable as the tides and more delicious than Instagram is the Mission Street landmark Sabieng, home of Thai cuisine at its most nurturing. We like to head there in between turkey-intensive holidays, seeking culinary comfort and great handfuls of spice. And once again, we found what we needed. I always have my mouth set for curry, and Jack enjoyed discovering a new appetizer. I’m always game for classic chicken satay—love those skewers
of grilled chicken with peanut sauce. But Jack saw the Mieng Kome ($6.95) “Thai snack” and was intrigued when we were presented with a quintet of oak leaf lettuce leaves, each topped with little mounds of crunchy ingredients. The deal is to wrap up the dice of ginger, shallots, peanuts, tart lime cubes, and toasted coconut shreds into bundles. Then dip into a tangy/sweet palm sauce. Fabulous! Jack agreed that Thai food is a natural with beer (he chose a non-alcoholic Kaliber
that evening), but I contend that it is equally delicious partnered with a citrusy glass of Sauvignon Blanc, like the one from Clos du Bois ($5.95) I chose from Sabieng’s wine list. And, of course, I did get my green curry ($9.95) deeply tinged with a sweet bite of basil and extra firepower since I requested it “medium.” I also requested the addition of tofu to the spicy coconut milk-based sauce, which was laced with flower-shaped carrots, green beans and zucchini, plus a lavish expanse of delicious
Stock up for 2017 with a few required pantry items. You can keep the wolf from the door (or any other appropriate metaphor) if you’ve got the following in your larder: cans of tuna and sardines; spaghetti or other favorite pasta; jars of organic marinara, ready to bump up with a bit of garlic and oregano; black beans; cannellini beans; pinto beans; chicken stock; hot mango chutney; pink Himalayan salt; Assam black tea; BASE peanut butter chocolate protein bars; organic ketchup; dijon mustard; Muir Glen organic whole tomatoes; almond milk; granola; Pamela’s gluten-free cornbread mix; capers; Worcestershire sauce; tamarind sauce. Half case of wine, gin, Jameson, Fernet Branca, and a decent single malt. There you have it!
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changed my life. I told the owner that it was the best meal I ever had. “Oh cool, want a job?” I was like, “What?” That started it all. They have an oldschool way of looking at things as far as women in the workforce. When I told them I wanted to go to culinary school, he said, “You should stay here, work for me, have babies.” I graduated high school early, and I went to culinary school at 17. I moved back home and got an internship at Theo’s. They hired me on as pastry chef. Then I was the pastry chef for Google. Then, from there, I went to Gabriella Café, and Main Street Garden, which was the old Theo’s. I just try to stay connected to all the best chefs in the area.
What’s your approach to cooking? I’m ingredient- and techniquedriven. I strongly believe that if you’re starting with the best possible ingredients, and treating them with care and executing them, and keeping them clean, it speaks for itself. I really like fermenting, anything that involves curing. I like projects. I like to teach myself new techniques. It gets boring chopping up vegetables and throwing them in the pot.
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Esoteric Astrology as news for week of Jan. 11, 2017 On Thursday, Mercury re-enters Capricorn. All communication becomes practical, matterof-fact and may sound harsh. But it’s not. Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—we know his Capricorn (the mountaintop experience) speech, “I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!” We have a full moon festival this week. Planetary activity accelerates with the first full moon of the year, the solar fest in Capricorn (22.27 degrees). Capricorn is the Gate of Return offering rest after a long journey (from Aries to Capricorn). Reaching the top of the mountain, we become unicorns—magical mystical and spiritual. The meditative seed thought for Capricorn
ARIES Mar21–Apr20 You may feel your thoughts are afire with ideas and goals. “All things new” is your mantra as multiple desires, aspirations and information are impressed upon your mind. You seek outlets for enthusiasm and joy as you recognize more and more your talents and gifts. You will be recognized for your abilities. In time. Go to the mountains.
TAURUS Apr21–May21 You, more than any other sign, understand the shifting currents of the economic system. You feel the need to prepare, know something’s coming, buy gold and silver, and safeguard resources. You ask others to join you. Many don’t understand, thinking the economy will turn around. You know better, and so you alone protect the future. Future children thank you.
GEMINI May 22–June 20
(symbol is signature of God) is “Lost am I in light supernal, yet on light I turn my back.” In Capricorn, we hear the sufferings of humanity and choose to leave the mountaintop. Returning to Earth, we “serve” in Aquarius and “save” in Pisces. During 2017, the planetary influences help us become more earnest and attentive to responsibilities, while creating realistic goals. We will learn how to “preserve wealth,”realizing true wealth comes from family, is spiritual, and must be kept local for humanity’s survival. When we understand true wealth, we understand how to create the new sharing society (now only a vision). We will more and more adapt to changes occurring everywhere. Adaptation is our spiritual task. We will learn to have kindness and mercy, patience and compassion to create the promised land. arrangements for your parties and collections. You may experience various vehicles for travel, contact relatives and siblings, always moving toward what makes you feel safe, stabilized and listened to. Remember to practice ahimsa at all times, now and forever.
SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 The full moon and the Sun/Pluto are affecting your communication with others. Something fulfilling and expanded, clearly identified, and very valuable has been or is presently being revealed. A new message of practical importance changes your values. This is the first step toward your future which you often feel is shrouded in mystery (clouds of unknowing). It takes a starry field to reveal things.
SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 What was written for Scorpio applies to you, with the addition of (you’ve heard this before) a complete transformation down the road. This is good. You’re impatient. Next year, you won’t recognize yourself as you are now. A new identity is being forged, and there are no words to describe it—only astrological symbols. Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn (new structures) in Sagittarius. Contemplation reveals.
CANCER Jun21–Jul20
CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20
Even though you want to run away somewhere seemingly better than where you are, you turn to those in your environment and find comfort, a way of life reflecting your deepest sensibilities (even though it’s been a struggle), and you introduce change that everyone needs. Follow your heart, your impressions, your intuition. Make a record (journal) of these. Tend the garden.
Are you exhausted from endeavors you’re pursuing, perhaps work or ideas or people or expectations of others? The stars reveal it’s time for you to have solitude, retreat and quiet, where you can understand perspectives and contemplate changes. Within all your discipline and structure, do you have a consistent spiritual or religious practice? Do you pray and ask for help? These sustain you. Your Capricorn angels, loving Silent Watchers, are always nearby.
LE0 Jul21–Aug22 Spend time with the one you love (a love affair perhaps), with children, with gamblers, co-workers, animals, plants, or with a highly creative project that bring forth a deeper self-identity. Through these a sense of selfachievement and pride emerge. You realize again you are a creative force, life begins anew each morning and you can be forgiven and forgiving.
VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Go to your family, whoever that is, and rest there. Be for others as you would like others to be with you. Be the mother. Provide security, nurturance and emotional safety. These are then provided for you. When you tend to others, when listening, recognizing and responding to their needs, you feel how and where you belong in the universe. Prepare foods for everyone. Fulfillment follows.
LIBRA Sep23–Oct22 You have so many tasks and errands, from library to bookstore, from neighbors to co-workers, from artistic endeavors to finding newer and more inviting
AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 You inspire others; you write excellently, your ideas are original and important. How do you envision your future? Do you think about it? It’s possible that it will be exciting and expansive, more than you can imagine. Think community, gardens, village, green buildings, arks and Buckminster Fuller geodesic domes. The only question is where? Rest when you can. Keep hopes high. Safeguard your money.
PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Revelations have been occurring. A new identity has come about and perhaps for the first time you identify yourself as alive, capable and creative. Absorb this new information quietly and slowly lest you lose its reality. New aspirations are unfolding as you realize your exceptional gifts and abilities. Call forth, in silence and waiting, your next expanded level of expression and its appropriate time, place, resources, and setting.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-2069 The following Corporation is doing business as FIELD SKETCH FARM. 101 COOPER ST. STE. 42, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. LEFT COAST R&D INC 101 COOPER ST. STE. 42, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. Al# 3251112. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: LAURA VOLLSET. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 8, 2016. Dec. 21, 28 & Jan. 4, 11.
fictitious business name listed above on 7/1/2005. Original FBN number: 2016-0001053. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 6, 2016. Dec. 21, 28 & Jan. 4, 11.
without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING January 31, 2017 at 8:30 am, in Department 4 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Dec. 14, 2016. Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Dec. 21, 28 & Jan. 4, 11.
doing business as TRUE NORTH TATTOO. 6237 HWY 9, FELTON, CA 95018. County of Santa Cruz. JODI LYFORD. 6237 HWY 9, FELTON, CA 95018. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JODI LYFORD. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 6, 2016. Jan. 11, 18, 25, & Feb. 1.
VALLEY TMS OF MONTEREY BAY. 2425 PORTER ST., STE. 11, SOQUEL, CA 95073. County of Santa Cruz. SAAD A. SNAKIR. 2425 PORTER ST., STE. 11, SOQUEL, CA 95073. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: SAAD A. SNAKIR. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/3/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 14, 2016. Jan. 11, 18, 25, & Feb. 1.
stamp: Filed: Dec. 22, 2016. File No.20120001894. Jan. 11, 18, 25 & Feb. 1.
at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Feb. 14, 2017 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Dec. 30, 2016. Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 11, 18, 25, & Feb. 1.
Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: ADRIAN RENE TORRES to: ADRIAN CRUZ VASQUEZ. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING February 22, 2017 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Jan. 4, 2016. Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 11, 18, 25, & Feb. 1.
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REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT WITH CHANGE FILE NO. 16-2046 The following General Partnership is doing business as SANTA CRUZ ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. 1663 DOMINICAN WAY STE 112, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. County of Santa Cruz. CHIEN Y CHENG, D.D.S, M.D., TOURAJ KHALILZADEH MOGHADDAM, D.M.D., M.D., GEORGE M. YELLICH, D.D.S., M.S. 1663 DOMINICAN WAY STE 112, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: CHIEN Y. CHENG, D.D.S, M.D. The registrant commenced to transact business under the
CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF ALEXANDER AIREY AND MALLORY AIREY CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.16CV03248. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ALEXANDER AIREY AND MALLORY AIREY has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: BOYD BURNS AIREY to: BOYD ALDOUS BURNS AIREY. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-2120 The following Individual is doing business as SANTA CRUZ CHRONIC. 849 ALMAR AVE C-408, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER. 849 ALMAR AVE C-408, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JOSHUA OPPENHEIMER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 16, 2016. Dec. 28 & Jan. 4, 11, 18. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-2048 The following Individual is
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-2036 The following Individual is doing business as AGAPE DANCE ACADEMY PETITE BALLET. 3647 PORTOLA DRIVE, CAPITOLA, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. MEREDITH JOY KLEIN. 3647 PORTOLA DRIVE, CAPITOLA, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MEREDITH JOY KLEIN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 5, 2016. Jan. 11, 18, 25, & Feb. 1. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-2099 The following Individual is doing business as C - PAIN & SILICON
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-2154 The following Individual is doing business as CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS ALLIANCE, CSA. 352 SPYGLASS WAY, APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. VICTOR MARANI. 352 SPYGLASS WAY, APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: VICTOR MARANI. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 27, 2016. Jan. 11, 18, 25, & Feb. 1.
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A WINE & FOOD PAIRING Chili-Rubbed Tilapia with Asparagus & Lemon
Ingredients • 2 pounds asparagus, tough ends trimmed, cut into 1-inch pieces • 2 tablespoons chili powder • ½ teaspoon garlic, powder • ½ teaspoon salt, divided • 1 pound tilapia fillets- (On sale for 9.98 Lb) • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
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Preparation - Active 20 m
- Ready In 20 m - Bring 1 inch of water to a boil in a large saucepan. Put asparagus in a steamer basket, place in the pan, cover and steam until tender-crisp, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a large plate, spreading out to cool.
- Combine chili powder, garlic powder and ¼ teaspoon salt on a plate. Dredge fillets in the spice mixture to coat. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the fish and cook until just opaque in the center, gently turning halfway, 5 to 7 minutes total. Divide among 4 plates. Immediately add lemon juice, the remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and asparagus to the pan and cook, stirring constantly, until the asparagus is coated and heated through, about 2 minutes. Serve the asparagus with the fish.
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Occupation: UCSC chef Hobbies: Walks on West Cliff, in the mountains and the redwoods; cooking for friends; traveling Astrological sign: Scorpio Is Shopper’s your main store? I’m here just about daily. I love the people here, and Shopper’s atmosphere is awesome. When you’re in the checkout line, you have a good time. There are no cranky employees at Shopper’s. The butchers — they’re real butchers! — are great and so informative. The produce is always fresh and priced better than the other stores. My preference is to spend my money here: I want to keep it local because I’m a local person. Everyone here knows me. I’ve always had many different reasons to come here, like when I cooked at the Boardwalk and needed specialty items. For me, Shopper’s Corner is the center of my universe.
As a chef can you get all your ingredients here? Pretty much. There are items I only find here such as truffle oil, duck breasts, liver, and some interesting brines, to name a few. For a small store it’s amazing how much is here and what you’ll find, like an amazing variety of olive oils and vinegars. My home cooking style is heathy, comfy, California cuisine with lots of vegetables. My services are auctioned off to benefit the Diversity Center and I’ll do some fancy dinners. Shopper’s is my number one market for supplies. Recently I stopped by for racks of lamb with fresh mint pesto. I believe Shopper’s represents Santa Cruz: local, organic, community.
What would you say about Shopper’s to someone new to the area? Shopper’s has everything you need and it’s affordable. They carry a rare variety of items such as fresh lemon grass, Romanesco, and so many different mushrooms. The cheeses are great and the avocados are always ripe! You can have all your needs met here from the basic quality ‘regular’ foods to the more exotic and fancy-schmancy. Shopper’s has the best chocolate bar selections and lots of great wines, including Windy Oaks. It’s just an all-around perfect store, in my opinion. When I leave the Santa Cruz area, I’m frustrated because Shopper’s has spoiled me.
“It’s just an all-around perfect store, in my opinion. When I leave the Santa Cruz area, I’m frustrated because Shopper’s has spoiled me.”
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