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Absence of Alice I dearly wish Alice Wilder was still with us. She was the fiery lady from San Lorenzo Valley who attended any and all country supervisorial meetings and hearings to assure matters were given due attention. If only Alice could have witnessed the recent move by Supervisor Neal Coonerty to oust Supervisor John Leopold from a LAFCO panel because Mr. Leopold called for more waterconsumption and land-impact research before proceeding further on the UCSC expansion application. I can see Mrs. Wilder bolting up and shaking her finger at him. Granted, Mr. Coonerty is an educated person, and inclined to favor any projects which will enhance higher learning (and require truckloads of books), but he’s missing the big, greed-motivated picture. Has he ever heard of the Academic Senate Committee

tucked away in the backroom of UCSC? This is a front which claims housing and facilities for junior faculty and students is necessary, when it fact it is an investment machine of Regents and financial affiliates who really got a boner over getting that Northwest campus development approved. “Higher learning� is the sacred chalice waved so it makes it OK to bulldoze redwoods, construct massive sprawl, exhaust city water supplies and gridlock the Westside in traffic. So our District One supervisor gets fired because he wants more LAFCO scrunity on this? What’s the deal, Neal? Reinstate Leopold, he deserves a seat on the panel. Because as far as I know, all meetings and committees in the county are based on fair play, not one person who puts his special interests about the interests of the city residents. THEODORE F. MEYER III Santa Cruz

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Exchange Rates Re: “Clean Sweep� (Currents, Feb. 13): Syringe exchange saves lives. End of sentence. Full stop. Due in part to the controversy in the United States, they have been studied and studied. The scientific consensus is that they reduce the rate of HIV and hepatitis transmission in the community, and do not contribute in any way to increased drug use, unsafe discard of syringes or increased crime. Syringe recovery and disposal is complicated, and goes far beyond drug users who are responsible for the minority of syringes in the environment. Syringe exchange is one way to get used syringes out of circulation, and properly disposed of through medical waste disposal. A program like this, run by volunteers, serving the least among us, deserves praise and support. GLENN BACKES

Now, On the Lighter Side Re: “Glowing Pains� (Currents, Jan. 16): For being a so-called progressive and environmentally sensitive city, Santa Cruz has completely missed the boat here. Blue-white LEDs are terrible for both wildlife and people’s sleep, besides the issue of light pollution. Here is hoping any additional installations or bulb replacements use a somewhat redder and dimmer LED, and as always, full cut-off fixtures. DR. AL SMITH

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Wellness YES, I WILL TAKE MY MEDICINE Theres more to the relationship between chocolate and wellness than we’ve been led to believe.

Shot in the Dark Is it really possible that chocolate is good for you? BY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS

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s if she were confessing an addiction to hoarding, or a secret habit of eating chunks of earth—geophagia, if you want to be technical—my 28-year-old friend confided that she’s picked up a “healthy� new habit: Chocolate. Extra dark. I’ve been friends with Emily Bronson since age two. “I think it may be the caffeine for me, that gives me a little jolt,� she emailed from her office in Massachusetts. At all times, she keeps varyingly high concentrations of cacao in her desk drawer: “Theo: 85% dark, Eclipse Dagoba Bar: 87%, Trader Joe’s Swiss Dark Choc: 72% or Green and Black’s: 85%,� she lists. “I crave it around 3 p.m.� Chocolate is loaded with flavonoid antioxidants—more than green tea,

red wine or an apple. This justification alone seems to defend the private euphoria of a square (or entire bar) here and there, right? It was a question for the former chocolate addict Jill Escher, of Santa Cruz, also known as “The Sugar Slayer,� and author of the book Farewell Club Perma-Chub: A Sugar Addict’s Guide to Easy Weight Loss. Escher minces no words: “It’s not the taste we’re after, it’s that brain bomb which explodes after the first few bites, and then trails off into a lasting buzz, to be followed by a slump. Just like a drug,� says Escher. Because it is a drug, Escher points out: “Chocolate is crack for nice people.� “It has chemical properties that can render it addictive,� says Escher. “Combine it with sugar, which is also

addictive on both endocrine and neurochemical levels, and then with hyper-palatable fat, and you have a Brain Bomb.� Yes, there is some caffeine in chocolate—anywhere between 10 and 60 milligrams according to the Chocolate Information Center (sponsored by Mars, Inc,), but that’s about as much as a decaf cup of coffee. Caffeine is far from the only drug in chocolate. And while the added sugar and hydrogenated fats are largely responsible for the pleasurable qualities of modern chocolate, “raw� and sundried cacao, which can be picked up at your local New Leaf Market or Staff of Life, may be making a comeback. It tastes a bit like earth, but it’s touted for everything from

aphrodisiac effects and increased brain function, to cardiovascular and anti-depression benefits. Australian nutritionist Teya Skae, who studies the correlation between nutrition and brain health, breaks it down in her article “Examining the Properties of Chocolate and Cacao for Health�: Aside from zinc, calcium, and magnesium, which is a muscle relaxant associated with feelings of calmness, says Skae, cacao contains the chemicals phenylethylamine (PEA) and the cannabinoid neurotransmitter anandamide. “PEA is an adrenal-related chemical that we create naturally when we’re excited,� says Skae. “It also plays a role in feeling focused and alert because it causes your pulse rate to quicken, resulting to a similar feeling to when we are excited or fall in love.� Skae pinpoints anandamide as the “bliss� chemical, or “chocolate amphetamine,� responsible for increasing one’s sense of wellbeing and decreasing depression. According to Women’s Health, the average chocolate bar also contains five times the antioxidant flavonoids of an apple, and a 2012 study in Germany found that one piece of dark chocolate per day lowered blood pressure, as well as the risk of heart attack and stroke. And while Skae says the bliss chemical in cacao is not addictive like caffeine, there seems to be an army of chocaholics supporting the contrary. The short and sweetly obvious: it isn’t the cacao itself that is unhealthy—it’s the sugar and milk and saturated fats that are added. If raw cacao beans don’t deliver the desired brain bomb (which they might), opt for dark chocolate, not milk chocolate. And who knows, maybe the return of the cacao pod could change the world. “We have an epidemic of SSRI use and dependency, not to mention tragic fetal SSRI exposure,� says Escher. “Perhaps someone should study cocoa beans as an alternative.� 0

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waiting to hear back from both of these big names in biotechnology. The panel discussion is especially timely after the recent defeat of Proposition 37, which would have required the labeling of any foods that could contain GMOs. A majority of Santa Cruz County residents voted for Prop 37. By bringing in voices from both sides of the issue, the panel offers a new approach to the conversation. “For all too long, the alternative movement was operating at a distance,�says Galarneau. “If we continue to hold up the grassroots warrior without hearing the other side, we are never going to move forward. We want to create a space to hear.�

System Fail OH SAY CAN YOU SEED Miguel Altieri of UC Berkeley, an outspoken critic of GMOs, will be part of the ‘Seeding Sustainability’ panel at this weekend’s conference.

Growing the Debate UCSC’s Strengthening the Roots conference attempts to bring two sides together on GMO issue BY SALLY NEAS

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magine sitting UC Berkeley Professor Miguel Altieri—one of the nation’s most outspoken advocates of sustainable farming— down at the table with a representative from Monsanto, the world’s biggest producer of genetically modified seeds, for a debate about GMOs. What would happen? Cat fight? Chair throwing? A group of UC Santa Cruz students and staff will soon find out, as they’re doing just that this Saturday. Incredibly, their hope is not that a spontaneous episode of Jerry Springer breaks out. In fact, quite the opposite. “We are looking to uplift both perspectives, and evolve in the conversation together,� says UCSC staff member and conference organizer Tim Galarneau.

The conversation is a part of the sixth annual Strengthening the Roots “justice summit� at UCSC. The conference, which brings together students, activists, farmers and community members to discuss the issues facing our food and seed systems, will host the panel “Seeding Sustainability: Hunger, Biotech and the Future of Food Systems,� featuring perspectives from both sides of the GMO debate. Altieri, a UC Berkeley entomologist, is well known for his work in shaping the field of agroecology—a budding field of science that puts agriculture in a broader ecological context. He recently was featured in Dirt! The Movie, which explores the scientific and human importance of soil. Another strong voice against GMOs

on the panel is UCSC alum Eric HoltzGimenez, the executive director of Food First: The Institute for Food and Development Policy. It’s a food policy think tank that aims to “end the injustices that cause hunger, poverty and environmental degradation throughout the world.� Speaking on the behalf of the biotechnology industry, which is responsible for the development of genetically modified seed, is Kent Bradford. Bradford is a professor at UC Davis, a university known for its strong ties to the biotechnology industry. At UC Davis, he works closely with the seed and plant breeding industry. Panel organizers have also invited representatives from both Monsanto and Arcadia Biosciences, but are still

In its sixth year, the conference is introducing seed issues as part of a collaboration with UCSC’s Demeter Seed Library, which was founded by UCSC student Andrew Whitman in 2011. Every year the library gives away seeds to gardeners, students and farmers, with the promise that they will grow out the seed and return a portion of the newly grown seed at the end of the season. Through continuously growing out and saving seed, the seed will adjust to the specific microclimates of Santa Cruz County, creating a diverse and resilient seed supply. “This is about re-envisioning what our agrifood system looks like,� says UCSC student and conference organizer Elan Goldbart. Along with the panel, the conference will host two days of workshops and discussions this Saturday and Sunday, plus a mixer on Friday evening. There will be handson seed saving demonstrations, and a Saturday afternoon seed swap. The conference is open to the public, with info at seedlibraries.org. “This really is about the seed, the fundamental unit of agriculture,� says Goldbart. “We rely on this unit for everything, and we have experienced a disconnection from the seed system. It’s about reconnecting.� 0

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On Tuesday, Feb. 12, the council approved nine public safety recommendations, stemming from a committee that met in December. The recommendations for staff ranged from studying best practices for the needle exchange to the possibility of closing Cowell Beach and other beaches at night. And yes, council also voted in support of hiring new police officers above the current budget with a small caveat: the city would first need to fill all its current vacancies, something that doesn’t look likely anytime soon. The SCPD currently has eight officer openings. This is the third time in three years SCPD has had its budget toyed with. In 2010 city voters approved a utility tax, Measure H, designed to rake in $1.8 million, some of it for SCPD. But council put that aside last year when it voted to try and shrink the police budget by $100,000. (Council had been touting the success of a predictive policing program, which may have contributed to a small drop in burglaries.) The department absorbed that cut in administrative costs. But this year’s new council, which has four members left over from last year, unanimously decided the police need more resources—hence the new recommendation. Additionally, councilmember Don Lane suggested at last week’s meeting the city look into giving officers better compensation to hopefully reduce turnover and make SCPD more efficient. It had been an eventful week for public safety. The day before the meeting, a UCSC student was mugged and shot in the head. The day after, robbers held up the Food Bin grocery store with a shotgun. Police say those crimes might be

Ten by Ten The Homeless Service Center’s 180/180 Program has pledged to find apartments for 180 of Santa Cruz County’s most vulnerable, longterm homeless people with severe health conditions by July 2014. The grassroots organization, part of a national movement called the 100,000 Homes Campaign, housed its first 10 people in October using Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers as well as Section 8 vouchers. Last Friday Philip Kramer, the 180/180 Program’s project manager, announced that 20 at-risk homeless individuals have now been housed. “We are using existing resources in a smarter way,� explains Monica Martinez, director of the Homeless Services Center. “[We are using] existing rental units and linking them with vouchers that already exist in this county, making sure that those who are most at risk are accessing those vouchers.� Kramer asserts that providing housing for chronically homeless individuals is actually cheaper than leaving them to survive on the streets. The population targeted by 180/180 is “a costly drain on a community’s resources� in the form of ambulance rides, trips to the emergency room and jail time, he says. In response to the popular refrain that Santa Cruz attracts homeless people, Kramer asserts that data collected by Watsonville-based Applied Survey Research in its annual Homeless Census found that 65 percent of our county’s homeless population has lived here for more than six years. As for the others, who were indeed drawn here? “Well, Santa Cruz attracts all kinds of people because it’s such a beautiful place—who wouldn’t want to live here?� says Kramer. 0

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related. And on Saturday, Feb. 9, a 32-year-old man was shot and killed downtown. Last year, arrests were up 53 percent and citations were up 32 percent from the year before.

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Bringing Home Banff Kathy O’Hara Ferraro of UCSC’s Recreation Department has channeled her passion for the outdoors into building the runaway success of the Banff Film Festival tour in Santa Cruz BY STEVE PALOPOLI

ROCK STAR ‘Last of the Great Unknown,’ an adventure-sport exploration of the Grand Canyon, plays Feb. 23 as part of this year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour in Santa Cruz.

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anff is a tiny mountain town in the Canadian Rockies. Like our own community, it’s a popular tourist destination, known to draw people who love outdoor activities of all stripes. But other than that, it’s way more South Park than Santa Cruz, surrounded by ski resorts and known for a gondola ride that actually goes somewhere other than across a theme park.

And yet, a large percentage of people who live here probably know the name of this little village 1,300 miles to the north of them. That’s because Banff’s famed adventure-sports film festival has been touring here for two decades, and selling out Santa Cruz faster and faster of late. It’s been so popular that this year, as the entertainment circuit in general stubbornly refuses to recover from the recession, the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is expanding in Santa Cruz from two to three days (Feb. 22-24 at the Rio).

The festival has been successful here for so long now that the match seems like a no-brainer. But actually, it’s not because of dumb luck, or even just some natural affinity locals have always had for high-adrenaline short films about extreme sports. (In the much larger and equally athletic San Francisco market, the tour runs for two days, and even at some outdoors-obsessed California stops it only plays for one.) No, the real reason the Banff Film Festival tour has grown up with Santa Cruz over the last 20 years is Kathy O’Hara Ferraro of UCSC’s Recreation Department. Initially just lending a hand here and there when UCSC first began presenting the festival’s tour in the early ’90s, Ferraro’s involvement grew until she took over producing the tour here in 1998. She began traveling to the film festival in Banff every year, absorbing as many films as she could. She studied audience reactions and networked relentlessly with other tour presenters, and with

the producers, filmmakers and athlete stars of the films that were showing. Individual presenters get to pick which films from the festival they’ll show at their own tour stop each year (as long as every film is licensed to tour), and gradually, she began to build a better and better program of films for each new event. She learned which ones to bring back to Santa Cruz, based on which sports audiences here responded most to, and the uniquely diverse kinds of films they wanted to see. Locals, in turn, responded by packing the festival, and Ferraro eventually had to expand from showing the films on campus to booking multiple days at the Rio. Peter Mortimer, the acclaimed rock climbing and mountaineering filmmaker who in the mid-2000s co-founded the Reel Rock Film Tour, calls Ferraro’s work as a film-festival organizer “amazing.� He says she’s played a key role in the huge growth of adventure sports films over the last decade.

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POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGY ‘Mountains in Motion,’ showing Feb. 23 as part of the festival, takes a look at the Canadian Rockies, which are home to Banff’s adventure-sport film festival.

“Our whole film-tour model is based on people like Kathy, who are connected to the community, and get people to come out and see the films,� says Mortimer. “Without them, there’s no link between us and the audience.� Such a link is crucial for these kinds of films, because film festivals like this are often the only places they are ever shown. Some of the films feature athletes or filmmakers who are well known within their own sporting community, but for the more mainstream Santa Cruz audience that attends, it’s not the individual short films that are the draw. It’s the Banff brand, and Ferraro’s track record as a programmer. “Audiences really trust her,� says Mortimer. “She’s earned that trust year after year.�

Learning the Ropes Few have gotten to see Ferraro’s role in the annual event grow over the years like her family. Her 18-year-old son Sean is now in Portland studying graphic design, but his stint making mountain biking short films earlier in his teens would seem to have been heavily influenced by his mom’s

work. He’s grown up with Banff, literally, and claims to remember her working the door at Banff screenings in Santa Cruz when he was as young as four. He’s also gone to the festival with her in Canada six times. Sean says there are two basic reasons for her success with Banff. “She’s just very dedicated to what she does,â€? he says. “And she’s always loved the outdoors, since she was a kid. She wasn’t coming from an outsider perspective.â€? For that reason, it could be said that the story of Ferraro’s involvement with the Banff Film Festival didn’t even start in Santa Cruz. But it did start nearby, in places like Big Basin, Stevens Creek Canyon, AĂąo Nuevo, the Chalk Mountains, the Baylands and Mount Tam. Those were all places Ferraro took middle-schoolers for two-week backpacking trips, which she did for three summers in the early ’80s. It was the first time she saw what a little outdoor adventure could do for someone. “Some of our trips started with a high-ropes course,â€? remembers Ferraro. “I always consider myself to be real chicken. And here are these kids—11, 12, 13, 14—we put them on a

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Those trips led to her being asked by a local bike shop to lead weekend trips for “high-end clients who bought their high-end bikes.� After that, she took a leadership course, which further boosted her career as a bike and backpacking tour guide. To this day, she gets questions from UCSC students who dream of that life, figuring they’ll be getting paid to ride their bike 50 miles a day. That isn’t entirely true, since on most trips Ferraro was also pitching tents, fixing bikes, cooking meals and more. And yet, it was a good match for her skills, and she continued her career as a guide for a decade, working weekends and summers after she took her job at UCSC. “It is fun,� she says of the tourguide life. “If you have that Puritan work ethic, you gotta work, right? But then you’re in these amazing places, and you’re getting paid to travel places you wouldn’t on your own. Then it works really well if you’re social. Well, I’m Irish-Italian and extremely social.� In fact, the initial appeal of a job in UCSC’s Rec department was that it gave her the flexibility she needed at the time. “When I took my job with the recreation department 25-and-a-half years ago, it was two months off in the summer. It was hard for me to accept a 9-to-5 job because I was at the height of my guiding career, and I didn’t want to give it up,� she says. “So I was like, ‘Seriously? Two months off in the summer? Sign me up!’�

Thanks to Ferraro’s boss, Mark McCarroll, the UCSC Recreation Department already had a great reputation in the adventure-sports world. “We were on the touring circuit for a lot of outdoor speakers,� says Ferraro. “Lynn Hill, she’s one of the world’s foremost women’s rock climbers. Really well regarded. Arlene Blum, one of the first women to summit K2. Just these big names, we put them on up there. Mark did a really good job of promoting things.� The Banff Film Festival came to the Rec department not long after it started its World Tour, in the early ’90s, and the staff began presenting it on campus. Putting it on at that point was what Ferraro calls a “revolvingdoor position� for several years, but in 1998 McCarroll began having her organize it every year, in addition to her other scheduling work for campus programs and trips. “At that time, I was in charge of adventure outings. I was in charge of the backpacking, hiking, mountain biking, spring break trips to Grand Canyon and Zion. I was in charge of those, and I led some of them. I always led a spring break trip back then,� she says. And yet, Banff was never just “one more thing� to her. She was excited by the films, and did as much publicity for them as she could. She moved the festival off-campus to the Rio and boosted the number of sponsors

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high-ropes course. And the confidence those kids gained was astounding. Like, ‘I can do this.’ Some of them had never hiked more than two miles, and now they’re carrying a backpack with all their food, and hiking six miles a day. To see the growth in their confidence, and their connection to the outdoors, was amazing.� At that point, she decided for good what she wanted to do with her life. “It was instrumental in me setting my path: I wanted to work in the outdoors. That was where I felt like all my skills were—my desire to be active and outdoors, my ability to connect with people, and also be positive, and then I had the organizational skills for dealing with 10 to 12 kids for two weeks.�

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from two to 12 (sponsors now cover about half the cost of putting on the festival each year). The first time she actually went to the Banff Festival in Canada, she was blown away. It changed her whole understanding of the festival, in fact. Initially, she had puzzled over why there were longer, slower cultural films mixed in with the high-octane sports stuff. “What was great about going to Banff is I saw that was a big part of the festival. It wasn’t just about rock climbing and base-jumping and paragliding and snowboarding and skiing. It was also about mountain culture, and a lot of mountain culture that’s disappearing so fast—Mongolia, Tibet, Bhutan, Africa, some of the places that most of us would never go—and these amazing stories you would never see,� she says.

Pushing Limits At the same time, the adventure films have only gotten more intense. Advances in film technology like the GoPro video camera—which thanks to its tiny size and versatility allows for some of the most harrowing first-person extreme sports footage ever taken—have combined with the increasing ambition of adrenaline junkies to create ever more outrageous short films. “The winter climbing has become a big part of Banff, because it’s the harshest conditions ever. ‘Let’s go climb Everest in the winter.’ You’re like, seriously? Those guys are crazy. People seem drawn to that. Part of me is like, oh my god, that’s nuts, why would I want to watch that? But you get drawn in by the suffering, and also the humor they’ll bring into it. When they bring that lightness to it, you can tell these guys are loving it.� This year’s program features Honnold 3.0, in which Alex Honnold attempts to do the “triple crown�— three big rock climbing ascents in Yosemite—in just 24 hours, far and away the shortest amount of time in which the feat was ever completed. Honnold is also featured in of one of Ferraro’s favorite Banff films ever, 2010’s The Swiss Machine, a 25minute piece in which Swiss speed climber Ueli Steck rips across rock and ice faces at record speeds. Her other all-time favorite is the

exact opposite of that, 1994’s He Dances for His Cormorants, a quiet, slow 26-minute film about a Chinese fisherman who uses birds to fish. “Sometimes when we think we want that fast stuff, that just flies right out of our heads,� she says. “But that slower-paced film and the story of this simple man’s life, in a part of China I’ll probably never go to, it was so memorable. That was the film that stayed with me.� Santa Cruz, she has found, has a similarly eclectic taste, which guides her film selection. “Santa Cruz seems to really like a diverse selection of films. Over and over Santa Cruz really likes the cultural and environmental aspects. They’re not just adrenaline junkies,� she says. This year, the more cultural type of Banff film is represented by selections like Gone Curling, a funny, 25-minute look at New Zealanders trying to keep the tradition of outdoor curling alive, or the lyrical Unicorn Sashimi, a gorgeous five-and-a-halfminute tone poem about Japanese ski and snowboard culture. The quiet, meditative tone of these films is in sharp contrast to selections like Crossing the Ice, a harrowing tale of two Australians who attempt to be the first people ever to travel from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole and back completely unassisted. Somewhere in between is Wild Bill’s Run, the somehow true story of a group of Midwest crazies who attempted to snowmobile from Minnesota to Moscow in 1972. If any of those turn out to be someone’s favorite Banff film, Ferraro may very well hear about it, as she often does at the most unexpected times. “I’ll be at Shopper’s Corner, and it’ll be that time of year when Banff’s getting close, and people will come and introduce themselves and say ‘hi’ to me, and they’ll tell me their favorite film,� she says. “It could be from two years ago, it could be from 20 years ago. Since I’ve been to almost all the shows since we’ve been putting it on, it’s great because I’ll go, ‘Yeah, I totally remember that film!’ They stick with people. They remember the unique, one-of-a-kind films.� 0 Banff Film Festival World Tour 4SP " @W] BVSOb`S AO\bO 1`ch

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you think, “I don’t know,â€? but you get the answer, and you’re like “of course.â€? Sometimes I pride myself on not knowing the answer when the question is about shoving marmoset monkeys down people’s pants. So what’s with your suits? They’re fun to wear. I like a little color. I don’t know why men have complained about ties all these years. It couldn’t be easier. I mean, I can’t tie the knot myself, but someone else does it for me, and then I throw it on, and I just don’t untie it. Wait. You can’t a tie? I cannot tie a tie. I have a bellman do it sometimes, or a person in the front row do it sometimes. Carl Kasell [from Wait Wait‌ Don’t Tell Me!] tied one once‌ I can’t remember if I still have a Carl Kasell knot or not. Every now and then, I spill something on myself and have to unfurl the tie to take it to the dry cleaners.

SUITING UP Paula Poundstone performs at the Rio Friday.

Her Time is Meow Paula Poundstone is one of this country’s funnier crazy cat ladies BY JACOB PIERCE

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aula Poundstone used to babysit me. Not that she remembers it. As a child when I stayed home from school, I used to relish watching the daytime game show To Tell the Truth, on which Poundstone starred. The gruff standup comedienne always made me feel better about being sick. The 53-year-old performer has the hair of Sigourney Weaver, a face like Rosie O’Donnell’s, the colorful suits of Andre 3000 and a voice that’s somewhere in between Christopher Walken and Tom Waits.

Poundstone rose out of the standup scene in Boston, and came to national attention with her TV appearances and award-winning HBO special in the late ’80s. She made headlines in 2001 when she was charged with childhood endangerment and lewd acts with a minor, following a drunken drive she took with her adopted kids in the car. The lewd conduct charges were dropped, but it was still six months before she could see her kids. These days, she is a frequent panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait‌ Don’t

Tell Me!, an avowed asexual and an unapologetic crazy cat lady. We caught up with her via a phone interview as she prepares to perform at the Rio on Friday, March 1. SANTA CRUZ WEEKLY: What’s it like to have the record for most losses on EOWb EOWbÂŹ 2]\¸b BSZZ ;S ? PAULA POUNDSTONE: You know what’s funny? During the lightning round, I’ll know all of everyone else’s answers—a lot of them. I think part of it is the pressure. In the moment

What do you think of Santa Cruz? Be honest. I love Santa Cruz. Love Santa Cruz. The audience there is one of the best that I have in the country. I love it for all the selfish reasons. Although I’m not really a nuts ‘n’ berries person myself, I like being with people who are. I eat Butterfingers late at night. I don’t think I’ve tried green tea, but I’m fairly certain I wouldn’t like it, unless I loaded it down with sugar. But the places that I’ve ended up in my life for the most part have been populated by the more nuts ‘n’ berries types. Nuts ‘n’ berries means hippies and vegetarians? It means an awareness and a concern for the world around them, and I like people like that. Do you still think of yourself as asexual? As happy as I am for the rest of you, the whole sex thing just seems totally unprofitable. It would take up time.

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one ant left in my ant farm that hangs on. I need to get a new ant farm. I’m fascinated by ants—their work ethic, how they know what to do and go about doing it. They’re chaotic when you first toss them in there. They’re alive, and they’re upside down. You look in twenty minutes later, and by god, they’ve already got the tunnel going on. I have a hard time motivating my children, so I don’t know what system they’re using. But by golly, everybody gets in and does their work with very little problem. They only spend a few seconds in there before they get right to work, and I really admire that. 2] O\ba W\a^W`S g]cI really am inspired by ants. I wouldn’t mind a little slice of what they got, although I don’t like sand. 2] g]c` YWbbWSa VOdS TO\ POaSa PSQOcaS ]T bVS eSPQO[ ]\ bVSW` RW\\S` P]eZThey do actually. Occasionally someone will tweet me and say, “the dog’s eating from the cat food bowl,� which I find very helpful. I’ll come out, and one section is clean all the way down to the bowl. He has food in his own bowl, but my dog is a lot like a human: “Yeah, but what do they have?� EVWQV Wa g]c` TOd]`WbS QObI have some cats with weight problems, my cat Matilda in particular—but my cat Luigi is a big, huge male cat. He’s got some silver tabby in him, but he’s white, and he has gorgeous blue eyes. And I believe that a well-done poster of Luigi could go like the Farrah Fawcett poster did years ago. But I wouldn’t necessarily call him my favorite. I just think that he’s strikingly handsome. He’s got these gorgeous blue eyes. If he wasn’t fixed, in a different world, he’d be the tomcat who ran the neighborhood. AWfbSS\ W\R]]` QOba Wa Q`Ohg It is crazy. I’m managing, thank you. But yeah, is there some mental condition that’s led me to 16? Yeah, probably.

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Stage THEATER African American Theater Arts

Traditional Balinese Shadow Theatre An evening with ShadowLight Productions’ Larry Reed, presented by Cabrillo’s annual Evening of World Theatre. Sat, Feb 23, 7:30pm. $15 general. Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

CONCERTS Goitse Traditional Irish band presented in concert by the Celtic Society of the Monterey Bay. www.goitse. ie. Sat, Feb 23, 7:30pm. $16. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, 831.336.9810.

Art GALLERIES &217,18,1* Cabrillo College Gallery Cabrillo Gallery. Mythical Installation: Scott Serrano presents an installation of an invented tropical island, complete with drawings, portraits and even “specimens.� Gallery hours Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm and Mon & Tues 7-9pm. Thru March 15. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.

Davenport Gallery Big Love: An exhibit of paintings, prints and sculpture from local artists. Thru March 15. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

Felix Kulpa Gallery Cemetery Polka: Sixteen artists present original work inspired by Tom Waits’ music. Thu-Sun . Thru Feb 24. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Santa Cruz County Bank In Dreams. Six local artists present their viewpoints on dreams and surrealism through a variety of mediums. At Santa Cruz County Bank locations in Aptos, Capitola, Santa

produced by Santa Cruz Writes. www.phrenz.org. Tue, Feb 26, 7pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.8371.

Storytime

LITERARY EVENTS

Former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of children’s stories. Mon, 11am. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Author Event: Cheryl Dumesnil

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Events Author of ‘Love Song for Baby X: How I Stayed (Almost) Sane on the Rocky Road to Parenthood,’ marriage equality “poster child� Dumesnil will present a reading and a discussion. Thu, Feb 21, 7pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.460.3232.

Author Event: Gretel Ehrlich Acclaimed naturalist author Ehrlich will read from ‘Facing the Wave,’ her portrait of post-tsunami Japan. Sun, Feb 24, 7pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.460.3232.

Author Event: Molly Weatherfield The author of ‘Carrie’s Story’—“a neo-Victorian S/M novel for smart readers�—will read from her opus. Thu, Feb 21, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Author Event: Reyna Grande ‘The Distance Between Us: A Memoir’ is UCSC alum Grande’s account of a childhood split between two parents in two different countries. Mon, Feb 25, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Author Event: Ron Currie Jr. The innovative writer will read from his new novel, ‘Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles’ on Wed, Feb 20, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Book Discussion Group A discussion of a new book each month, with copies available at the branch circulation desk. Email harbisons@santacruzpl. org for more information. Third Thu of every month, 1pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7700x7616.

and spiritual practice. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz, 831.227.2156.

Beginners’ Bridge Class A beginners’ class in the popular card game. Partners not required. Call or email nlmbridge@yahoo. com to reserve a spot. First class is free. Mon, 6:308:30pm. Thru Feb 25. Santa Cruz Bridge Center, 2450 17th Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Cruz, 831.465.1234.

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‘The Amen Corner’: A play about a church pastor in Harlem who receives an unexpected visit from her estranged husband. Fri, Feb 22, 7pm, Sat, Feb 23, 7pm and Sun, Feb 24, 7pm. $15 general; students free. UCSC Mainstage Theater, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.1861.

Cruz, Scotts Valley and Watsonville. Mon–Thu, 9am–5pm & Fri. 9am– 6pm, Thru April 26. Free, 831.457.5003. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz.

Computer Class Dig-It: Archaeology Lecture A talk by Jules EvansWhite called, “Reaching Out: Public Outreach and Education at the Presidio Archaeology Lab.� Presented by the Santa Cruz Archaeological Society. Thu, Feb 21, 7:30pm. Cabrillo College Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6136.

Health Care for Low Income Individuals A discussion of how Obama Care will impact lowincome individuals, children and seniors led by Central California Alliance for Health Executive Director Alan McKay. Fri, Feb 22, 12pm. $8-$10. Garfield Park Village, 721 Bay St., Santa Cruz, 831.688.2981.

It s Not About the Bully A six-month workshop series for families, kids and teens about how to mitigate the effects of bullying and create empowerment strategies. Fourth Sun of every month, 2-3:30pm. Thru Jun 24. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7717.

Led by Computer Dave, this beginner-friendly class lets group participants pick the topics themselves. Third Wed of every month, 4-5:30pm. free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7717.

A Course In Miracles Study Group A weekly meeting on learning how to forgive and live in peace. Drop-ins are welcome. Thu, 7-9pm. The Barn Studio, 104b Park Way South, Santa Cruz, 831.272.2246.

Dog Hikes

Wellness Lecture Nutritionist Rebecca RovayHazelton will present a lecture entitled, “The Mood-Food Connection,� which will explore which dietary patterns are likely to contribute to emotional imbalance. Preregistration required. Wed, Feb 20, 6-7:30pm. Free. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.426.1306x0.

Phren-Z: A Live Reading

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A reading by authors from the most recent edition of ‘Phren-Z,’ a quarterly online literary magazine

Beat Sanctuary A dance class for exploring authentic movement as connection, exercise, prayer

‘The Amen Corner’ When a pastor is reunited with her estranged husband, whom she left to pursue a religious lifestyle, how will her congregation and family react? This emotionally charged story about the conflict between organized religion and earthly love written by James Baldwin will be presented by UCSC’s African American Theater Arts Troupe. Friday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, Feb. 24 at 7pm at the UCSC Theatre Arts Department main stage. Tickets $15.

Santa Cruz International Dog Owner’s Community hosts a weekly one-hour, easy hike along the beach for dog lovers and their pets. www.newdogsintown. com Mon, 8:45-9:45am. Free. Aptos Beach staircase, 1049 Via Palo Alto, Aptos.

insightsantacruz.org for specific times and more information. Ongoing. Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Avenue, Suite C, Santa Cruz, 831.425.3431.

Grief Support Group

PROFILE of Santa Cruz offers ongoing workshops on resume writing, communication and interview skills for those who need help finding a job. www. SantaCruzPROFILE.org. Mon, 9am-12:30pm. Free. Capitola Career Center, 2045 B 40th Ave, Capitola, 831.479.0393.

GriefShare is a 13-week support group intended to help those grieving the death of a loved one. Wed, 6:30-8pm. Thru May 15. Free. Santa Cruz Bible Church, 440 Frederick St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1162.

Mushroom Talk Seasonal Mushrooms for Health: A talk by chef Zachary Mazi about the illness-fighting properties of mushrooms. Preregistration required. Tue, Feb 26, 6-8pm. $25. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.426.1306x0.

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Hemlock Discussion Group Discuss end-of-life options for serenity and dignity. Meets in Aptos the last Wed afternoon of every month except Dec; call for more info. 831.251.2240.

Historic Photographic Processes Paradise Pictures cofounder Michael Sandquist will lead this edition of the monthly forum about historic photo processes with an emphasis on photo ceramics. Sat, Feb 23, 11:30am-1pm. $5. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

Insight Santa Cruz Meditation sits, talks and discussions every day of the week. Learn the formal practice of meditation and engage with a community dedicated to reducing suffering by cultivating compassion. Visit www.

Job Finding Workshop

AROUND TOWN Academy Awards Party A black tie optional dinner and Oscar Awards viewing party hosted by the Santa Cruz Symphony League. www.slscc.org. Sun, Feb 24, 5pm. $125 per person. Green Hills Event Center, 1500 Green Hills Rd, Scotts Valley, 831.662.8908.

Grand Opening: Ohlone Exhibit A exhibit dedication and screening of the film ‘We Are Still Here,’ which shows how the lives of Ohlone Indians were impacted by the mission system. Fri, Feb 22, 11am. Free. Santa Cruz Mission State Park, 144 School St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5849.

Martin & Music A dramatic performance

of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches interwoven with narrative and music by Charles Holt to celebrate Black History Month. Sat, Feb 23, 7:30pm. $20 general. Inner Light Ministries, 5630 Soquel Dr, Soquel, 831.465.9090x213.

Oscar-Nominated Short Films

films such as ‘Lady Di + Santa Cruz Triathlon’ and ‘Bush Sr., CIA, Leon Panetta, The Cover Up.’ Full schedule is available at www.communitytv.org. Sat, Feb 23, 7-11pm. Free. Various sites, NA, Santa Cruz, 831.425.8848.

The Oscar-nominated short films in both the animated and live-action categories will be screened. www. thenick.com. Thru Mar 1. $10.50. Nickelodeon Theatre, 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.7500.

Young Writers Program Gala A fundraiser dinner featuring a not-to-bemissed conversation between The Sentinel’s Wallace Baine and two middle school students. Proceeds benefit the Young Writers Program, which publishes student work from classrooms around Santa Cruz. www. brownpapertickets.com/ event321215. Tue, Feb 26, 6:30pm. $75. Chocolate, 1522 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.427.9900.

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San Francisco’s City Guide

OM Progressive metal act in support of new album ‘Advaitic Songs’; Sir Richard Bishop opens. Feb 20 at the Independent.

Brandy “The Boy Is Mine� hitmaker, Ray-J’s sister and actress, appears in concert. Feb 23 at the Paramount Theater.

Slick Aguilar Benefit David Crosby, Marty Balin and others help guitarist get a liver transplant. Feb 24 at Great American Music Hall.

Behold a Pale Horse A patriotic look at the problems threatening American liberty and freedom, featuring country music star Charlie Daniels. Presented by the Freedom Forum. Wed, Feb 20, 7pm. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.708.8626.

Bruce Adamson Film Festival A non-profit TV show airing every Saturday throughout February on Public Access, featuring

Carrie Underwood For those who prefer their country music perfectly polished instead of old and rusty. Feb 25 at the Oakland Arena.

Body/Head Post-Sonic Youth, PostMarried to Thurston, Kim Gordon steps out with new band. Feb 26 at the Rickshaw Stop. More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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When last we saw Kris Delmhorst, the Boston-based singer-songwriter was touring in support of an album of Cars cover songs aptly titled, Cars. A playful trip down memory lane, the album accomplished the difficult task of making songs that we all know really well sound fresh and engaging. It demonstrated, yet again, Delmhorst’s ability to gently draw out a song’s essence. With a gift for insightful lyrics and nicely textured instrumentation that leaves space for the words to breathe, Delmhorst is one of the undersung talents of the folk arena. Don Quixote’s; $12 adv/$15 door; 7:30pm. (Cat Johnson)

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Back in the ’80s two kids met in high school and after a few years apart decided to pull their skills together and create the hip-hop duo, Blackalicious. One half of the group is DJ Chief Xcel who claims to have 20,000-plus records that constantly inspire him to learn and feed his creativity. Over his aesthetic beats is the second half, rapper Gift of Bag and his methodical map of words and rhythms. Their enthusiastic and complex sound combines with the unconventional lyrics to result in an inspirational, spiritual and overall positive vibe. Moe’s Alley; $15 adv/$20 door; 9pm. (Melanie Ware)

This wouldn’t seem to be an obvious pairing—Crenshaw’s known for power-pop like “Someday Someway� and “There She Goes Again,� while Alvin pushes the edges on both sides of that sound with either blazing roots rock or stripped-bare acoustic tales. But together they do sort of fill out a spectrum, and as singer-songwriters they share a certain unboxability that has probably not been great for their careers, but has earned them loyal followings from those who get it. They’ll share the stage, backed by the Guilty Ones. Moe’s Alley; $20/$25; 9pm. (Steve Palopoli)

The Christian metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada apparently had a hard time not reading a book by its cover. The five musicians mistakenly assumed, based on the original novel’s name, that it had an anti-materialistic theme. Regardless, they embraced their mistake and have since gone on to release four albums and a few videos that denounce the consumerist mindset. Just because these guys are straightedge and religious, doesn’t mean you should expect a Sunday morning church service. Fellow Christian band As I Lay Dying join them on a tour of sweaty moshing, heavy guitar riffs and some screaming vocals. Catalyst; $20 adv/$23 door; 7pm. (MW)

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BIG SAM’S FUNKY NATION I feel kind of terrible calling Sammie Williams “the next Trombone Shorty�—‘cause, you know, Trombone Shorty is 27 freaking years old—but I do, and there’s a reason for that. You see, when Trombone Shorty blew up in the mid-2000s, it was the biggest shot in the arm for jazz and funk music since god knows when. He had so much energy and so much talent that he seemed to be singlehandedly revitalizing the New Orleans sound. And while it was fantastic, you couldn’t help but think, “Well, this won’t happen again for a long time, if ever.� And then just two years later, here comes Big Sam, a member of the Dirty Dozen Brass Band hitting his stride on his own with Big Sam’s Funky Nation. And bam, suddenly New Orleans’ music, funk-rock and the relevance of the jazz genre are all back. Moe’s Alley; $14/$18; 8:30pm. (SP)

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CHRIS POTTER QUARTET Touted as one of the best young voices in jazz, saxophonist Chris Potter is no newcomer to the scene. A natural musician who, at the age of 18, started his professional career in New York City, Potter is a prolific artist who has since appeared on over 150 albums and has played bandleader on 15 of his own recordings. His latest, 2013’s The Sirens, is being celebrated as a fiery and inventive addition to his impressive catalog, an album that furthers Potter’s reputation as a musical explorer who is willing to go where the music takes him. Kuumbwa; $25 adv/$28 door; 7pm. (CJ)

SLACK KEY SHOW Once upon a time Mexican cowboys galloped on over to Hawaii, bringing with them new ranching methods as well as the slack key guitar. Called ki ho’alu, meaning “loosen the key,� this acoustic guitar tradition requires solo finger picking on slackened guitar strings. Some of the most famous fingers in the entire slack-key tradition will be performing at this show: George Kahumoku Jr. has won seemingly every accolade a Hawaiian performer can get, including multiple Grammys; Keoki Kahumoku is his nearly equally famous son, representing the fifth generation of slack-key guitarists in the family; Richard Ho’opi’i is half of the legendary Maui duo the Ho’opi’i Brothers. Don Quixote’s; $20 adv/$25; 7:30pm. (MW)

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LORI RIVERA SINGS SONGS OF LOVE AND HEARTACHE, featuring the songs of Joe Ortiz Tickets: Brownpapertickets.com Monday, February 25

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“Masters of Sacred Steel� a blend of blues, gospel, rock and soul that respect faith & funk!

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ROY ZIMMERMAN

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JOSE JAMES PRESENTS “NO BEGINNING NO END� Friday, March 15

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VIJAY IYER TRIO 1/2 Price Night for Students 3/18 KYLE EASTWOOD GROUP 3/21 LE BOEUF BROTHERS BAND & MYTH STRING QUARTET 3/25 BRUBECK BROTHERS GOLDQUARTET CIRCLE “TRIBUTE TO DAVE BRUBECK� SOLD OUT! 3/28 CHIHIRO YAMANAKA TRIO 4/1 LAVAY SMITH & HER RED HOT SKILLET LICKETS 4/24 CHICK COREA & THE VIGIL 4/30 MFJ ON TOUR s Encore Performance! Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer. All ages welcome.

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Hailing from Oakdale, Calif., the Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit is an Americana band that could easily be tossed into the ever-expanding pool of roots-hybrids. But there’s something different about these guys. While they have a rugged, life-on-the-road aesthetic that dismisses cultural immediacy for something more timeless, the band also has a polish and clarity that raises them above the pack of young rag-tag pickers and places them closer to Old Crow Medicine Show and the Avett Brothers. As one fan put it, “America needs to hear this noise.� Crepe Place; $10; 9pm. (CJ)

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HOSE FAMILIAR with Michael Haneke’s films realized that when he made a movie called Amour, it wouldn’t be an ordinary love story. What we see (in all of its horror) is the final stage of a successful love story, the end of the line. It’s a destination that we all think of as tender and romantic, mainly because no one seriously thinks through what it actually encompasses. From the 1996 book Taxi Driver Wisdom, a received idea from a cabby: “When you marry someone, it’s a way of saying, ‘I will be ready to bury this person.’â€? The opening: doors thrown open on an apartment where an elderly woman’s ower-bedecked corpse is discovered in a gas-ďŹ lled room by a squad of Parisian

ďŹ remen and paramedics. We ash back to the events leading up to this moment. Anne (Emmanuelle Riva) and Georges (Jean-Louis Trintignant, in his ďŹ rst ďŹ lm in nine years) are an elderly couple with a great love of classical music, relaxing in an apartment furnished with books, paintings and a grand piano. They discuss some of the usual pressures: familiar unhappiness, mainly, since their daughter (Isabelle Huppert) is involved with a two-timing British husband. One morning during coffee, Anne stops her in tracks, dumbstruck. She’s lost a minute of her life to a stroke; this incident is followed by complications from surgery to relieve the damage. Then comes another stroke, paralysis

and irreversible decline. Anne was a correct Parisian woman with a horror of being useless or dependent, let alone ugly. Georges’ particular aversion is to melodrama or tears. And with Trintignant’s Olivier-like skill, we see the dichotomy of how a man may be deeply devoted to his wife and still be a rather cold bastard. I liked the scene of the escalation of a ďŹ ght with a nurse Georges is ďŹ ring, with neither one wanting to back down. The nurse tells him to go fuck himself. That doesn’t make him inch. What makes him inch is when she slams the door on the way out: the door to the apartment counts as one of his possessions. The scene rhymes with the worried,

old-people-style fussing about burglars. That’s Haneke’s bleak sense of humor; we worry about thieves, we worry about invaders (if there’s such a thing as poetry to home invasion, Haneke sought it in his two equally unwatchable versions of Funny Games). The joke is that we have no idea what can be stolen from us at any moment. Amour’s perfection lies in its clinical refusal to euphemize. That’s visible in the way the camera is positioned right at the foot of Anne’s bed, as if standing in the place of someone who didn’t know the sick woman all that well, who can neither politely leave the room nor sit down close to her pillow like a daughter. The ďŹ lm has the 3am clarity of a fantasy of downfall, unredeemed by false uplift and spiritual afflatus about the satisfaction of dying in your own bed. (They take your bed, anyway, and replace it with one of those hospital models.) The beauty and spirituality that’s said to be waiting at the end of life may just be something else that keeps people pliable—all of it just mystiďŹ cation, which Haneke proposes to strip away. You could claim, and it has been claimed, that Haneke is addicted to cruelty, because of his desire to get it right, to tell this story of desperation and love with as little skirting reality as possible. (Amour has humor, though, with incidents of Georges trying to retrieve a pigeon that keeps sneaking through a window. “Hope, the thing with feathers,â€? you could say.) The other criticism: Why watch Amour if you’ve seen people going through it like this? Answer: People go through it in a lot of different ways. If it offers redemption, it’s in the hope there’s a balance—the way we failed people we loved who were dying might be redeemed by the way we’ll be failed when we die some day. AMOUR Plays at the Nick.

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New ANCHORMAN (2004) I don’t quite know how to put this, but‌this movie’s kind of a big deal. And this year we even get an official sequel. I hope cultists of this film know that there’s another Anchorman film already out there, Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie. I’m told it goes for like $50 on eBay now, but I happened to pick it up on DVD when it first came out. It’s basically an alternate Anchorman film

pieced together from takes they didn’t use, and it uses the original plot, which was centered on bank robbers rather than the panda that will literally rip your face off. Using narration, they tried to make it seem like a sequel, which was really a stupid idea, and it’s nowhere near as good as the real Anchorman, obviously. But it’s worth it for two scenes: one where Maya Rudolph and Amy Poehler trade insults during a bank robbery, and another where the news team considers cannibalism after being lost for a few minutes in

S H O W T IM E S

the hills. (Plays Fri and Sat at midnight) (SP) DARK SKIES (PG-13. 95 min.) One of the most famous unmade films of all time is Steven Spielberg’s Night Skies, which was going to be about a family terrorized by aliens. It never happened, but the central concept got turned upside down when Spielberg made E.T. instead. Dark Skies has nothing to do with that‌or does it? This movie also has a family terrorized by something (presumably aliens), and though Spielberg’s name is nowhere to be found on it,

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack

it’s being produced by Jason Blum. Blum also produced Paranormal Activity, on which he brought in Spielberg to consult (and change the ending). Meanwhile, Spielberg has been producing the TNT alien-invasion show Falling Skies for the last couple of years. Is this all coincidence, or will it be revealed that Spielberg was in fact behind this, and his lost film has finally been made? Stay tuned. (Opens Fri at Del Mar and Green Valley) (SP) SNITCH (PG-13; 118 min.) Sadly, this film is not about

your little brother. Instead, it has the Rock going undercover for the DEA to get his son out of jail. (Opens Fri at Green Valley and Cinema 9)

Reviews AMOUR (PG-13; 135 min.) Acclaimed French drama from writer-director Michael Haneke explores the nature and challenges of love in this story of a couple in their 80s that won the Palme d’Or at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, and is nominated

Showtimes are for Wednesday, Feb. 20, through Wednesday, Feb. 27, unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

plus Sat-Sun 11:30am. Quartet — Fri-Wed 1:30; 3:45; 6; 8:10 plus Sat-Sun 11:15am.

10; 10:35; Fri-Wed 12; 12:40; 2:30; 3:10; 5; 5:35; 7; 8; 10; 10:30. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters — Wed-Thu 2:50pm. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D — Wed-Thu 12:20pm. The Hobbit — Wed-Thu 5:10; 9. Identity Thief — Daily 1:10; 3:50; 6:45; 9:55. (No Thu 9:55pm) Life of Pi 3D — Daily 1; 4; 6:55; 10:10. Warm Bodies —Wed-Thu 12:50; 3:20; 6; 8:25; 10:45; Fri-Wed 12:50; 3:20; 5:45; 8:10; 10:35. Harold and Maude — Thu 9pm.

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A Good Day to Die Hard — Wed-Thu 11:10; 1:45; 4:15; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Safe Haven — Wed-Thu 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:15; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Identity Thief — Wed-Thu 11:20; 2; 4:45; 7:30; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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Dark Skies — (Opens Fri) 3:15; 5:15; 7:20; 9:30 plus Fri-Mon 12:50pm. Argo — Wed-Thu 8:15pm; Fri-Wed 8:50pm. Les Miserables — Wed-Thu 3:30pm; Fri-Wed 3pm. Lincoln — Wed-Thu 1:15; 6:30; Fri-Wed 6 plus Fri-Mon noon. Side Effects — Wed-Thu 2; 4:30; 7; 9:20; Fri-Wed 2; 4:30; 7; 9:20 plus 11:45am. Stand Up Guys — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4:10; 6:15; 9:30. Anchorman — Fri-Sat midnight.

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Academy Award Nominated Shorts program - Animated — Daily 1; 3; 7:10. Academy Award Nominated Shorts program - Live Action — Daily 4:50; 9. Amour — Daily 12:45; 3:20; 6; 8:45. The Impossible — Wed-Thu 12:30pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Silver Linings Playbook — Wed-Thu 1:20; 4; 6:45; 9:15; Fri-Wed 1:20; 4; 6:45; 9:15. Quartet — Daily 1:40; 3:45; 6:15; 8.

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Snitch — (Opens Fri) 12:20; 2:50; 5:20; 7:45; 10:20. Beautiful Creatures — Daily 12:30; 3:30; 7; 9:45. Django Unchained — Wed-Thu 1:20; 6:10; 9:45; Fri-Wed 1:20; 6; 9:30. Escape from Planet Earth —Wed-Thu 12:10; 4:55; 9:30; Fri-Wed 12:10; 5:05; 9:40. Escape from Planet Earth 3D — Wed-Thu 2:40; 7:10; Fri-Wed 2:40; 7:20. A Good Day to Die Hard — Wed-Thu 12; 12:40; 2:30; 3:10; 5; 5:35; 7:30; 8:10;

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Beautiful Creatures —Wed-Thu 11:10; 2; 4:55; 8; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. A Good Day to Die Hard — Wed-Thu 11; 12:15; 1:30; 2:45; 4; 5:15; 6:30; 7:45; 9; 10:10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Safe Haven — Wed-Thu 11; 2; 4:55; 8; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Escape From Planet Earth—Wed-Thu 2:15; 4:40; 7; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Escape From Planet Earth 3D — Wed-Thu 11:45am; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Argo — Wed-Thu 7:20pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters — Wed-Thu 12:30; 2:45; 5:15; 7:45; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D — Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. The Hobbit — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Identity Thief — Wed-Thu 11:20; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. The Impossible —Wed-Thu 11:15; 1:50; 4:55; 7:30; 9:55; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Life of Pi — Wed-Thu 4:30pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Side Effects — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:45; 6:45; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Silver Linings Playbook — Wed-Thu 9:30pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Warm Bodies — Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:20; 4:55; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Zero Dark Thirty — Wed-Thu 12:15; 4; 7:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Thu 7pm.

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Snitch — (Opens Fri) 1:30; 4; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:15am. Dark Skies — (Opens Fri) 1:45; 4:15; 7:15; 9:45. Beautiful Creatures — Daily 1:30; 4; 7; 9:30. Escape From Planet Earth — Daily 1:15; 7:25; 9:30. Escape From Planet Earth 3D — Wed-Thu 3:15; 5:15; Fri-Wed 5:15pm plus 11am. A Good Day to Die Hard — Daily 1:45; 4:15; 7:15; 9:45 plus Sat-Sun 11:15am. Identity Thief — Daily 1:30; 4; 7; 9:45 plus Sat-Sun 11:15am. Safe Haven — Daily 1:30; 4; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11am. Side Effects — Wed-Thu 1:45; 4:15; 7:15; 9:45. Silver Linings Playbook — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed 1:30; 4; 7; 9:45 plus Sat-Sun 11am. Warm Bodies — Wed-Thu 1:45; 4:15; 7:15; 9:30.

for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (PG-13; 121 min) Everything seems to be about Twilight these days. Warm Bodies was heralded (or reviled) as “Twilight for zombies,â€? and of course the original Twilight had a lock on vampires and werewolves. Now some are calling this adaptation of the popular young-adult book “Twilight for witches.â€? It too has starcrossed lovers, this time having to deal with Jeremy Irons (who, let’s face it, probably really is a warlock) and the rest of the “casterâ€? family. BULLET TO THE HEAD (R; 91 min.) As if beamed to 2013 via time machine, this action movie not only stars Sylvester Stallone and Christian Slater, it was directed by Walter Hill (48 Hrs.), and has a Foreigner song in the trailer! Also like an ’80s action movie, the plot is about stuff that blows up, and the people who make it blow up. ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH (PG; 101 min) Brendan Fraser, Ricky Gervais and Sarah Jessica Parker top the vocal talent in this animated flick about an astronaut hero on the planet Baab who accepts a dangerous mission that requires him to face off with William Shatner. Will he ever be able to name his own price at over 1000 Baab destinations again? A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD (R; 104 min) Don’t you feel sorry for the guy whose job it is to come up with the titles for these Bruce Willis movies? I’m sure he retired after Live Free or Die Hard, thinking “Well, I’ve given it all I’ve got.â€? Then one day, the phone rang. His wife was like “Lester, don’t pick it up. I can’t go watch you be torn apart over this again. Can’t you see what it’s doing to our family?â€? But of course he picks it up. Was there ever really another option? “Bruce is back in,â€? says the voice on the other line. Lester puts his hand to his temple. “How long do I have?â€? There’s a moment of silence on the other end of the line. “Uh, why don’t you just toss out the first thing that comes to mind, like you usually do, and we’ll use that?â€? “Perfect,â€? says Lester. “Eh, let’s see‌A Good Day to‌something something.â€? “Lester,â€? says the voice, “you’ve still got it.â€? IDENTITY THIEF (R; 117 min.) Bridesmaids’ breakout star Melissa McCarthy gets her own comic showcase

playing a woman who steals Jason Bateman’s identity (made possible because his character’s name is “Sandy,â€? see? Er‌). Seth Gordon, who made his debut with the I-can’t-believe-this-mademe-care-about-video-games documentary The King of Kong, directs. OSCAR SHORTS (NR) The Nick is presenting both the animated and live-action shorts nominated for an Academy Award this year. Trust us, this annual service to movie lovers is the best way to rule these categories at your Oscar party, and also a good reminder that, in the age of endless YouTube crap, great short films are still being made. SAFE HAVEN (PG-13; 121 min) Best known for My Life as a Dog, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and The Cider House Rules, Swedish director Lasse HallstrĂśm is a tough one to get a handle on. With Safe Haven, he’s crafted a mysteryromance about a young woman who comes to a new town with dark secrets. Kind of like Beautiful Creatures, but without witches. SIDE EFFECTS (R; 111 min.) For what he claims is his last feature film ever, director Steven Soderbergh combines bits from his last three movies: the social message of Contagion, the suspense (theoretically) of Haywire and the Channing Tatum of Magic Mike. This thriller has Rooney Mara caught up her own personal Big Pharma conspiracy, as her life with hubby Tatum is turned upside down after suspicious psychiatrist Jude Law prescribes new medication for her anxiety. STAND UP GUYS (R; 94 min.) While the idea of senior-citizen bad guys getting together for one last job is far from original—The Crew, Tough Guys, etc.—none of those movies had both Al Pacino and Christopher Walken in them (plus a bonus Alan Arkin!). Between this and giving up the Ricky Roma role to play Shelley Levine in the Broadway revival of Glengarry Glen Ross, Pacino seems to be finally taking old age gracefully. WARM BODIES (PG-13; 105 min.) Another addition to the budding zom-com genre has a zombie falling for stillalive Julie (Teresa Palmer). Clearly infused with more heart (a beating one) than the generally rather cynical films in this vein, it also attempts to unite the “fastâ€? and “slowâ€? camps of zombie fans by having both.

SALAD WITH THAT PIZZA: AT PIZZERIA AVANTI, the legendary

Brussels sprouts salad continues to evolve. Last week, we partnered our classic Margherita pizza with one of those wintry salads laced with pancetta, shell beans, nuggets of winter squash and roasted Brussels sprouts. Joined by a glass of Nero d’Avola, the salad—actually more like an earthy fresh stew—could make a destination all by itself. . . . Kudos to Mikael Wargin of Wargin Wines, whose 2010 Big & Beautiful California Red just took two “Best in Class� awards at the SF Chronicle Wine Competition. LIVE EARTH FARM SHEEPSHEARING DEMO: A rare

A KINCH TO WIN Santa Cruz’s David Kinch is getting more kudos for his Los Gatos restaurant Manresa.

Kinch Marches On BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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ccording to Bon Appetit magazine, we have even more reason than ever to be culinarily smug. Santa Cruz resident David Kinch’s Manresa in Los Gatos, which has collected two Michelin stars, has now also been named among the 20 “Most Important� restaurants in the country. In fact, it was ranked # 5 (even above the hallowed Le Bernardin in New York). The editorial staff of the magazine chose these restaurants as defining how we eat out. “They’re the fearless spots that drive chefs to innovate,

restaurateurs to imitate, and the rest of us to line up.� From that write-up, I take away that these restaurants, which also include San Francisco’s Swan Oyster Depot and LA’s Animal, are those establishments unafraid to surf the point, to think ahead of what’s already on everyone else’s plate and to re-frame what the status quo expects. These would be restaurants that in the past would have thought beyond steak and potatoes toward the neighborhood of seared ahi and basil panna cotta. And in an era of belt-tightening and playing-field-

leveling, it’s nice to know that some chefs and their patrons have the budgets and imaginations with which to dream. (I’m not dissing pizza. No, really.) WINE WHINE: From reader Ian

Alper comes a very polite correction of my comments about corked wines and the innovative new Zork Cork. My original description of a wine being “corked� involved air getting into the bottle and causing the oxidization that tastes “off.� But no. A wine that is tainted with a chemical compound is technically “corked.� Alper notes that

opportunity is coming up on March 23 at Live Earth Farm—the chance to watch, and participate in, demonstrations by professional shearer, Bruce Wool (the perfect name!). The Live Earth folks like to call this the 4th annual Sheep to Shawl event, which takes you through every part of the process of making wool into clothing and artworks. Bring the children—everyone can have fun with the sheep, the shearer, dying yarn, making spindles, even washing and combing the yarn, and attempting a bit of knitting as well. This is the kind of hands-on old-fashioned opportunity that inspires future farmers and sheep ranchers. The event will take place in and around the Farm’s renovated turn of the century redwood barn, rain or shine. Saturday, March 23, 10am–2pm at 1275 Green Valley Road in Watsonville. An extra bonus—Storrs Winery will provide tastings while their vineyard’s baby doll sheep are shorn. Truly an event worthy of an “adorable animals� episode on YouTube.0

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a “corked wine is one tainted with TCA (2,4,6-trichoroanisole). “Corked is often described as wet cardboard, although sometimes it can be at a level that is not detectable but rather the wine just doesn’t taste very good.� Another reader chimed in that the flaw in wines that are “corked� is due to a chemical that causes musty aromas and flavors in the wine. This compound frequently occurs in natural corks, but also can come from damp surfaces and cleaning products‚ as well as the barrels used in the wineries.

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Diner’s Guide Our selective list of area restaurants includes those that have been favorably reviewed in print by Santa Cruz Weekly food critics and others that have been sampled but not reviewed in print. All visits by our writers are made anonymously, and all expenses are paid by Santa Cruz Weekly.

Symbols made simple: $ = Under $10 $$ = $11-$15 $$$ = $16-$20 $$$$ = $21 and up

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Price Ranges based on average cost of dinner entree and salad, excluding alcoholic beverages

APTOS $$ Aptos

Ambrosia India Bistro Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a 207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610 comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com

$ Aptos

Heather’s Patisserie

$$$ Aptos

Severino’s Grill

$$ Aptos

Zameen Mediterranean

7486 Soquel Dr, 831.662.3546

7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987

Bakery and deli. f. A wide variety of Parisian style pastries, breads and American baked goods baked fresh on site daily. Hot breakfast and lunch available daily. Enjoy with our organic coffee and espresso. Delicious, custom built wedding cakes available. Open 6am Mon - Fri, 7am Sat - Sun. Continental California cuisine. Breakfast all week 6:30-11am, lunch all week 11am-2pm; dinner Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun-Thu 5-9pm. www.seacliffinn.com.

Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh, fast, flavorful. Gourmet 7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465 meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

CAPITOLA $$ Capitola

Geisha Sushi

$$$

Shadowbrook

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

$$$

Stockton Bridge Grille

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

$$$ Capitola

Zelda’s

Japanese. This pretty and welcoming sushi bar serves 200 Monterey Ave, 831.464.3328 superfresh fish in unusual but well-executed sushi combinations. Wed-Mon 11:30am-9pm. California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials. Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm. Mediterranean tapas. Innovative menu, full-service bar, international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily.

California cuisine. Nightly specials include prime rib 203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900 and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

SANTA CRUZ $ Charlie Hong Kong California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic Santa Cruz 1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664 noodle & rice bowls, vegan menu, fish & meat options, Vietnamese style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner “Best Cheap Eats.� Open daily 11am-11pm $$ The Crepe Place Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian Santa Cruz 1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994 donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight.

Crow’s Nest Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta $$ Santa Cruz 2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560 specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor & Bay views. Breakfast, lunch & dinner daily. Gabriella Cafe $$ Santa Cruz 910 Cedar St., 831.457.1677

Califormia-Italian. Fresh from farmers’ markets organic vegetables, local seafood, grilled steaks, frequent duck and rabbit, famous CHICKEN GABRIELLA, legendary local wine list, romantic mission-style setting with patio, quiet side street.

$$ Hindquarter Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars. Santa Cruz 303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm. $$ Hoffman’s California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. “Best Santa Cruz 1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135 Eggs Benedict in Town.� Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm.

Hula’s Island Grill ’60s Vegas meets ’50s Waikiki. Amazing dining experience in $$ Santa Cruz 221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852 kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian. Full-service tiki bar. Happy-hour tiki drinks. Aloha Fri, Sat lunch 11:30am-5pm. Dinner nightly 5pm-close. $ India Joze Santa Cruz 418 Front St, 831.325-3633

Eclectic Pan Asian dishes. Vegetarian, seafood, lamb and chicken with a wok emphasis since 1972. Cafe, catering, culinary classes, food festivals, beer and wine. Open for lunch and dinner daily except Sunday 11:30-9pm. Special events most Sundays.

$$ Johnny’s Harborside Santa Cruz 493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430

Seafood/California. Fresh catch made your way! Plus many other wonderful menu items. Great view. Full bar. Happy hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily.

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$$$ La Posta Italian. La Posta serves Italian food made in the old style— Santa Cruz 538 Seabright Ave, 831.457.2782 simple and delicious. Wed-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-9:30pm and Sun 5-8pm.

Silk road flavors. Fresh, nourishing and delectable Mediterranean cuisine with a unique Afghan twist. Patio dining. Open daily for lunch 11:30-3pm & dinner at 5pm.

Louie’s Cajun Kitchen $$ Santa Cruz 110 Church St., 831.429.2000

Laissez les bons temps rouler at this cool, funky N’awlins-style celebration of food, libations and bluesy sounds. Start with a Hurricane as you peruse our menu of serious cajun goodness.

$$ Olitas Fine Mexican cuisine. Opening daily at noon. Santa Cruz 49-B Municipal Wharf, 831.458.9393 $$ Pacific Thai Thai. Individually prepared with the freshest ingredients, Santa Cruz 1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700 plus ambrosia bubble teas, shakes. Mon-Thu 11:30am-9:30pm, Fri 11:30am-10pm, Sat noon-10pm, Sun noon-9:30pm. $ Pono Hawaiian Grill Santa Cruz 120 Union St, 831.426.pono

Authentic Hawaiian Island Cuisine! Featuring “The Reef� tropical bar. Large outdoor patio. Variety of poke, wraps, salads, vegetarian, all entrees under $10! “Aloha Fridays,� Hawaiian music and hula! Open 11-10pm Sun-Wed,11-11pm Thur-Sat!

Ristorante Italiano $$ Santa Cruz 555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321

Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

$$ Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing California / Brewpub. Enjoy a handcrafted organic ale in the Santa Cruz 402 Ingalls Street, Ste 27 taproom or the outdoor patio while you dine on Bavarian pretzels, 831.425.4900 a bowl of french fries, Santa Cruz’s best fish tacos and more. Open everday noon until 10pm. Food served until 7pm. $$ Soif Wine bar with menu. Flawless plates of great character and Santa Cruz 105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020 flavor; sexy menu listings and wines to match. Dinner MonThu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun 4-9pm; retail shop Mon 5pmclose, Tue-Sat noon-close, Sun 4pm-close.

Stagnaro Bros. Seafood and more. Family owned since 1937. Fresh seafood, $$ Santa Cruz 21 Municipal Wharf, 831.423.2180 pasta and steaks . Kid friendly. Panoramic ocean views from the main dining room and Upper Deck Lounge. Large outdoor fish market on site with 20+ types of fresh fish. Open daily at 11am. Woodstock’s Pizza $$ Santa Cruz 710 Front St, 831.427.4444

Pizza. Pizza, fresh salads, sandwiches, wings, desserts, beers on tap. Patio dining, sports on HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups and catering. Open and delivering Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Mon-Thu 11am-1am, Sun 11am-midnight.

SCOTTS VALLEY $ Heavenly Cafe American. Serving breakfast and lunch daily. Large parties Scotts Valley 1210 Mt. Hermon Rd, 831.335.7311 welcome. Mon-Fri 6:30am-2:15pm, Sat-Sun 7am-2:45pm.

Jia Tella’s $ Scotts Valley 5600 #D Scotts Valley Dr, 831.438.5005

Cambodian. Fresh kebabs, seafood dishes, soups and noodle bowls with a unique Southeast Asian flair. Beer and wine available. Patio dining. Sun-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm.

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