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Currents DIFFERENT LIGHT More than one accuser has made allegations of child sexual abuse against the late Bob Brozman.
The Dark Side of Genius Molestation charges cast shadow over Bob Brozman’s legacy BY STEVE PALOPOLI
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he story of Bob Brozman’s death has been one shock after the other for those in Santa Cruz who knew him, played with him or just admired his music. First, there was the initial, confusing news of his passing, which was vague enough that different outlets reported different dates. In time, it became clear that he had been found in his home on April 23. The cause was initially said to be heart failure, but within a few days it was common knowledge that he had committed suicide. The story was about to get a lot uglier. Because Brozman was only 59,
and a much-loved figure both locally and in the global guitar community, many people who knew him latched on to the story that chronic pain from an automobile accident in 1980 had worsened and left him suicidal, in fear that he would no longer be able to play. It seemed a possibly credible motivation, even for a man who had reportedly been making rehearsal plans just hours before his death. But it wasn’t. In fact, it appears that the story actually originated not from Brozman’s friends or family, but from a Guardian reporter who misinterpreted what he had been
told in interviews, and reported it in his obit as fact. Though Brozman did complain of pain in the years before his death, the story that it led to his suicide took on a life of its own, circulating through the local, national and international media. Several people I interviewed immediately after his death related it to me, but in retrospect it appears they had gotten it second-hand, either from the Guardian story, one of the subsequent obits, or someone who had read or heard one of them. None of them were prepared for what came next. Shortly after the Santa Cruz Weekly cover story on
his death hit the streets, a much more sinister possible reason for his suicide came to light: there were accusations of child molestation against him. Some of the people connected to these allegations began posting in the comments section of our web site. One was Gary Atkinson, Brozman’s former UK tour manager, who declined to be interviewed for this story, but laid out the charges of “severe sexual abuse of a child” on the web site. “This abuse happened some years ago, spanning a period of time from when his victim was a toddler through to being a young teenager,” he wrote. “In more recent years he repeated this abuse on another underage person. All of his victims were well known to him. In addition, I tell can you that whilst he was in the U.K. [in] 1994 on tour, he sexually abused my own daughter who, at the time, was nine years old. I have never forgiven him and I never will.” This post and others sparked a sometimes angry debate among commenters. Offline, too, I got outraged emails and phone calls demanding that Santa Cruz Weekly take down any references to the molestation charges, arguing that the accused was no longer around to defend himself, and claiming that there couldn’t possibly be any legitimacy to them. But it quickly became clear that this was in fact a legitimate part of Brozman’s story, with more than one accuser involved. This has led to some painful soul-searching on the part of many who were close to him, to say the least. None of the media outlets that eulogized Brozman have reported on the molestation charges. Meanwhile, Internet message boards have generated everything from seemingly useful insider insight to ludicrous misinformation. Predictably, the most extreme
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Currents | BOB BROZMAN rhetoric has been split between those labeling Brozman “an evil monster” and comparing him to Hitler, and those—fewer and fewer— claiming nothing can convince them of the truth of the allegations. Reactions to the revelations have ranged from shock and denial to acceptance and anger, and various combinations of all of the above.
“The public at large wants to believe that anyone who would molest a child would basically have ‘perpetrator’ written across their forehead” —Amy Pine Hard Truths One person who is not surprised at the sheer devastation Brozman’s story has wrought is Amy Pine, cofounder of Survivors Healing Center, a Santa Cruz organization that offers group therapy to survivors of child sexual abuse, and works to raise awareness of the issue in the local community. “The public at large wants to believe that anyone who would molest a child would basically have ‘perpetrator’ written across their forehead,” says Pine. “That they would look a certain way, or they would be sleazy, or they would be weird. And you know what? Most of the time that’s not true. My clients have been molested by lawyers, judges, doctors, musicians, teachers, Boy Scout leaders—people you don’t want to believe would possibly do something like that to a child.”
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Pine co-founded Survivors Healing Center in 1987, and she says it is a constant struggle to raise the visibility of the issue, as the general public is either unwilling or unable to grasp the scope of the problem. “Child sexual abuse is pandemic,” she says. “What we know in the United States is that one out of every three or four girls, and one out of every six boys, has been sexually abused by the age of 18. It may be a single incident, it may be more incidents, it may be multiple perpetrators, it may be long term. But it happens. A lot.”
No Closure Because of Brozman’s death, there is much about his story that may never be known by anyone not directly involved. There will likely be no investigation into the molestation charges now. There may be suits or settlements one day, but I couldn’t find any record of the mysterious “pending court date” that some have claimed specifically motivated Brozman’s suicide. If it was a civil case, it wasn’t filed locally. If it was a criminal case, it would be subject to a complicated tangle of different statutes of limitations on child sexual abuse, which vary from state to state— some states have none at all, while California has a statute of limitation of six years, but several loopholes. I didn’t expect that anyone I approached who was close to this story would want to go on the record about it, and that proved to be correct. In time, more information may come to light, and Brozman’s story may evolve further, for better or worse. But for now—like Jimmy Savile, Gary Glitter, Michael Jackson and other music figures whose legacies were tainted or outright obliterated by child sexual abuse cases—his has been instantaneously altered. Almost overnight, he went from one of Santa Cruz’s mosttalked-about cultural figures to one of its least-discussed scandals. Pine’s insight into our society’s darkest secrets might explain why. “One of the only things more taboo than child sexual abuse,” she says, “is talking about it.” 0
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Lane Change When it comes to compassion for the homeless in Santa Cruz, what local politicians do you think of? If you answered Don Lane or Micah Posner, maybe you should guess again. Those two councilmembers voted against an ordinance last week that, by the council’s logic, will protect our poorest pedestrians. The new law, which the council approved on a 5-2 vote, prohibits loitering on center medians and roundabouts. The reasoning? Well, according a report, submitted by councilmember David Terrazas, “Medians and street fixtures are not safe locations for pedestrians to remain due to the inherent risk of vehicular contact from at least two directions.” Now, we couldn’t find any actual incidents of panhandlers getting struck by cars in Santa Cruz. Still, it’s all in their best interest, right? Definitely not just another way to restrict where the homeless can ask for money in Santa Cruz! Seriously, what new way will Posner come up with to screw them next? “I’d feel much better if they could all just disappear from our city,” Posner told us, twirling his arch-villain mustache. Okay, okay, we pasted the mustache on. And yeah, fine, he was being sarcastic. Truth is, he just doesn’t agree with the report from the Public Safety Task Force, which is chaired by Terrazas, that panhandling on medians shouldn’t be allowed, because it distract drivers. He says a little distraction isn’t always a bad thing while people are stopped. “It’s important to be reminded of poverty when you’re sitting in a metal box,” Posner says. “I think they’re actually doing a service to society.” Just as importantly, Posner, a father of three daughters, worries that the new law doesn’t actually make Santa Cruz safer, but makes the city’s laws look sillier as a whole. “When that happens, we dilute our authority and we dilute our effectiveness in terms of actually improving our own public safety,” Posner says. “There are consequences to bad rule making. Your rules get taken less seriously.”
The other dissenter, Lane, wants to believe this new ordinance is about public safety, but is having a hard time buying it. “It gets packaged as a traffic safety. Then a lot of people in the community are saying things that show this is really just about panhandling.”
Game Over? A man is walking down a street. Birds fly overhead, trying to nail him with splotches of poop—their revenge after he tried to shoot them. A point is scored for each successful hit in this computer game conceived, designed and programmed by a 12year-old girl. In 2007 the after-school and summer program Girl Game Programming began initiating girls in several Watsonville middle schools into the male-dominated field of IT (Information Technology). Princess heroes, fashion, fitting in socially and recycling are some of the game themes girls have chosen. “It isn’t just to play games,” said director Jacob Martinez at a recent ceremony for the girls who were in the first class in 2007 and are now graduating from high schools in Watsonville. “They learn to make a connection between technology and social justice, and use games to solve problems.” The program, now called TEC (Technology, Education, Community), lasts 18 months, but many girls choose to remain involved, passing on their skills by teaching computer literacy to elementary school students. “One hundred percent of the girls who remained involved in TEC are going to college,” Martinez said. “It’s tough for programs like this to get funding, but these girls are proof that programs like this work.” Funding was obtained through a grant proposal accepted by the National Science Foundation, but now the game is up. The seven-year project, which is now co-ed, comes to an end in August, and Martinez is appealing to the community for continued support for the $150,000 program. Learn more at www.etr.org/ youthandit. 0
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UCSC scientist David Deamer searches for the secrets to the origins of life in primitive volcanic pools BY BRENDAN D. BANE
ON THE HUNT Vladimir Kompanichenko admires a melting glacier as it sends billowing steam skyward during David Deamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expedition to Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kamchatka Peninsula.
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n the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangeloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creation of Adam depicts the origin of life as told by Christian theology. Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hand reaches toward Adamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, their fingers pointing outstretched. If UCSC biochemist David Deamer could paint himself into the fresco, his finger would point toward the slimy edge of an acidic, bubbling, volcanic pool. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I had to think of the origin of life,â&#x20AC;? says Deamer, â&#x20AC;&#x153;with apologies to Michelangelo, I think it would be right there.â&#x20AC;? Deamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique approach to studying how life began attracted the attention of scientists at NASA more than 30 years ago, and the space agency has funded much of his research since. His latest proposal earned a $60,000 prize from the Origin of Life Challenge, a
competition sponsored by a retired entrepreneur. This project may have revealed a new piece of the puzzle. Deamer and his colleagues at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View found that when elements like carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur are released into space by dying stars, they react to form compounds like methanol, water and ammonia. When ultraviolet
radiation and cosmic rays permeate those ingredients, they form even more complex structuresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;such as hydrocarbons, the constituent molecules of cell membranes. Deamer thinks those interstellar molecules settled onto early Earth and gave rise to protocells, the first cells to exist. But it probably took some homegrown cooking to do thatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and our young planet had plenty of volcanoes to stir the pot.
Alien Origins The eastern edge of Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remote Kamchatka Peninsula is peppered by 160 volcanoes, 29 of which are active (accounting for 10% of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s active volcanoes). In 2002 and 2004, Deamer and his team trekked to Kamchatka on expeditions
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funded by Nobel laureate Baruch Blumberg, then director of NASAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s astrobiology program. Deamer looked to one volcano in particular: Mount Mutnovsky. The mountain is a fivehour trip (via Russian troop carrier) outside of civilization. Atop its steep, snow-covered banks and amid piles of massive boulders lies a land he believes is nearly identical to our planet before life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you go down the crater, this is what I think early Earth was like,â&#x20AC;? says Deamer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Virtually sterile, nothing alive.â&#x20AC;? The crater sits among a set of sloping hills. Bacteria and grasses grow on the lower hills, but the higher ones are devoid of life due to recent eruptions. Deamer once showed
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EVERYBODY IN THE POOL David Deamer performs an experiment by pouring a soup of organic molecules into a volcanic pool.
a picture of Mount Mutnovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tortured landscape to a researcher with the Mars Curiosity program, who asked where on the Red Planet the picture was taken. At the foot of Mutnovsky, large pipes jut out of the groundâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;built to harness energy, but abandoned long ago. Today, mineral crusts encapsulate the pipes, which perpetually spew steam into the air. When Deamer struck the crusty shell with a rock hammer, he exposed a thin, green layer sandwiched between white ice and gray calcium carbonate. It was cyanobacteria: ancient microorganisms that harness energy from photosynthesis. Later in the weeklong expedition, he stood 2,000 feet above the mountainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s base. Peering from behind a black, rubber gas mask resting atop his gold-brimmed glasses, he collected samples by extending a long pole into steaming pits while fellow scientist Vladimir Kompanichenko steadied him. A towering glacier melted in the
background, giving way to blooming white clouds around the 80-degree hot springs. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;soilâ&#x20AC;? beneath his boots was pure sulfur. Around him, noxious gases misted out of the ground: sandy patches mixed with rocky clay outcrops, filled with acidic, murky, softly bubbling soups. Lines along the brims of these pools showed where water levels rose and fell on regular cycles. Life was increasingly sparse closer to the eruption zone, and pools next to the crater were completely sterile. But Deamer wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t searching for ancient protocells. Instead, he looked to Mutnovskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sterile pools to perform an informal science experiment. What would happen, he thought, if asteroids or comets snatched up organic material from space about 4 billion years ago and delivered it into Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volcanic pots? Alternatively, what would happen if a curious biochemist poured a lab-brewed milky-white soup of the same organic molecules into one of Kamchatkaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pools? The answer:
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TOUGH TERRITORY David Deamer and Vladimir Kompanichenko dodge noxious gas clouds while collecting samples.
something interesting. When Deamer added his concoction, he saw one kind of molecule cluster at the poolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s edge. They were fatty acids: the hydrocarbon chains that link up to form cell membranes. Deamer had seen the same fatty acids 20 years earlier, when he discovered them inside a famous meteorite that fell onto Murchison, Australia.
Lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Work Deamer always had a thing for membranes. Early in his career, he studied their self-assembling properties at UC Davis. While other origin of life researchers looked to more famous molecules, Deamer thought membranes played a lead role in lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genesis. That hunch brought him to Kamchatkaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and led to his new take on primordial soup in his lab at UC Santa Cruz. Deamer is, by all accounts, a seasoned professional scientist. But he sometimes follows an
unconventional path. Chris McKay, a NASA Ames scientist and fellow origin of life researcher, explains that Deamer â&#x20AC;&#x153;takes an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;out in the real worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; approach. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s useful,â&#x20AC;? says McKay, â&#x20AC;&#x153;because nature can create conditions that are unexpected, and not programmed into laboratory simulations.â&#x20AC;? Deamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soup-simulator on campus looks more like outdated stereo equipment than a place for life to begin. Inside an acrylic box sits a slowly spinning aluminum wheel. The wheel houses several small wells, in which Deamer and his students place some of the ingredients of life: fatty acids and the compounds that make up RNA (adenine, guanine, uracil and cytosine). The solution is warm and acidic. But Deamer claims the machineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most important property is the wet-to-dry cycling that cause the soupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water levels to fluctuate, just like in the odorous pools at Mutnovsky.
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When the machineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wells dry, fatty acids amass into membrane vesicles (cellular compartments). When they get wet again, the vesicles swallow the soupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s contents. Molecules that were once floating freely are now trapped inside. Chemicals must nestle close together for chemical reactions to occur within cells. Deamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vesicles, now protocells, provide the perfect place for that to happen. If indeed fatty acids were the key to protocells, meteorites would have been their delivery system. The Murchison impact showed scientists that some meteorites are cosmic cornucopias, carrying thousands of carbon-containing molecules, including the building blocks of cells: fatty acids, amino acids and more. In our own cells, highly specific molecular machinery assembles those pieces. But such complex machinery couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have arisen first on the early Earth. There must have been a simpler assembly process, driven by environmental conditions and guided by something extra. Fatty acids may have been that something. Within Deamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soup, the makeshift membranes assembled more than just themselves. They also started creating chains of nucleotides, the constituent molecules of RNA and DNA.
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Nuclear Soup RNA and DNA are nucleic acids. DNA stores our genetic information while RNA transcribes it, among other tasks. But many researchers believe RNA, which consists of a single strand, predated its double-stranded sister molecule in early life. Deamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research supports that hypothesis. For nucleotides to link up and form a chain of RNA, they need two things: to be in an acidic environment, and to lose water molecules in a dehydration reaction. It also helps if the nucleotides line up correctly. Deamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soup did all three. As the reaction ran through many wet-dry cycles, it linked nucleotides together and the chain grew longer. The membrane vesicles formed an organizing matrix, much like a knitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loom, which assembled nucleotides into nucleic acids. But the researchers were unsure if it was truly RNA, so Deamer checked with a revolutionary tool of
biotechnology: nanopore analysis. Nanopores are the magic behind the MinIon: a new, $900 USB-driven gene sequencer. The pores are riddled across a membrane template. When a piece of DNA or RNA comes across the pore, it gets sucked in and is, as Deamer says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;pulled through like a piece of spaghetti.â&#x20AC;? Every nucleotide has a signature electrical pulse that lights up a tiny sensor attached to the pore. By reading the pulses, Deamer confirmed that his primordial polymer did indeed look like RNA. The product could be different from the RNA we know today, perhaps an earlier version. But before he dubs it so, the product needs to run a full gamut of tests. He should know exactly what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s created this summer.
Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alive? If it is RNA, will Deamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s protocells be alive? Not exactly. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a step in the right direction. He may be able to show how genecoding and expressing molecules could have spontaneously come into existence, completely from scratch. His simulations can explain the transitional steps from stardust to bubbling brew to cell parts to RNAcarrying protocells. But those few steps have big implications. McKay, who recently delivered a lecture about life on other planets at the Rio Theater, explains the weight of Deamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If David can demonstrate the formation of a cellular system in these experiments,â&#x20AC;? says McKay, â&#x20AC;&#x153;it would have profound implications for the study of the origin of life.â&#x20AC;? Future researchers will need to demonstrate how protocells could evolve into fully functional cells, capable of crafting their own parts and reproducing. But before Dr. Frankensteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s famous words can be uttered, much work remains. Even the most advanced protocells must satisfy strict criteria before they can join the living. Until then, Deamer wants to bring his recipe to another volcanic pool and brew RNA in the wild. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to take my little stuff,â&#x20AC;? says Deamer, â&#x20AC;&#x153;find a rock, pour some on, come back the next day and see whether we havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t made some RNA. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be the final nail in the coffin.â&#x20AC;? 0
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Stage DANCE Bellydance Showcase
THEATER Kimberly Akimbo
Chimera Tattoo Studio An exhibition of taxidermy and oddities by Emily Bones. Gallery hours Mon-Sat, noon-8pm. Thru July 30. 831.426.8876. 1010 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz.
ADHD Support Group
In Her Place, Visual Narratives: Tapestries by Bonnie Stone. Gallery hours: Tues-Su 11am-4pm. Thru June 22. 831.459.2953. Cowell College, UCSC, Santa Cruz.
A group meeting for adults with ADHD. Email Judy Brenis at jbbrenis@comcast. net for information. Second Mon of every month, 6:308pm. Thru Aug 27. Mar Vista Elementary School, 6860 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.818.9691.
Pajaro Valley Arts Council
CONCERTS
Viva Santana. A solo retrospective of the late painter, printmaker and sculptor Manuel Santana. At Santa Cruz County Bank locations in Aptos, Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley and Watsonville. Mon–Thu, 9am–5pm & Fri. 9am–6pm, Thru Aug. 23. Free, 831.457.5003. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz.
Sacred & Secular: A concert in homage to English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Sat, Jun 8, 8pm and Sun, Jun 9, 4pm. $23 general. Holy Cross Church, 126 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.8023.
AgriCulture, Land & People: All media exhibit exploring the people, produce & politics of the Pajaro Valley. Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 11am-4pm. Thru June 9. Free. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.
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CONTINUING Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Free First Friday. View the exhibits for free every first Friday of the month. Docent tours at noon. First Fri of every month, 11am-6pm. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.
GALLERIES OPENING Felix Kulpa Gallery 16” x 16”: Mixed media work by Gloria K. Alford. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sun, noon6pm. Thru June 30. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.
R. Blitzer Gallery Catamaran Artists Only: An exhibition featuring work by 14 Catamaran Literary Magazine artists. Gallery hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Thru June 29. Free, 831.458.1217. Mission Extension and Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz.
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Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery
A black comedy written by David Lindsay-Abaire about how people handle life’s unpredictable circumstances. www. mctshows.org. Thu, Jun 6, 8pm, Fri, Jun 7, 8pm, Sat, Jun 8, 8pm and Sun, Jun 9, 2pm. $20 general. Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.
SC Chorale
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.
Catamaran Literary Reader A reading by Catamaran Literary Reader contributors in conjunction with R. Blitzer Gallery’s upcoming show. Tue, Jun 11, 6-9pm. Free. R. Blitzer Gallery, Mission Extension and Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz, 831.458.1217.
Community Poetry Circle Poetry writing workshop led by Magdalena Montague, local poet and teacher. Sat, Jun 8, 1-3pm. Aptos Library, 7695 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.427.7717.
Phren-Z Reading A live reading to celebrate the release of Issue 6 of the local literary magazine. Thu, Jun 6, 7pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.460.3232.
Poetry Santa Cruz Monthly meeting featuring readings by local poets. Tue, Jun 11, 7:30pm. $3 suggested donation. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.462.4415.
Storytime Former Shakespeare Santa
Beat Sanctuary A dance class for exploring authentic movement as connection, exercise, prayer and spiritual practice. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. A weekly class for exploring exercise and spirituality through dance. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz, 585.278.0080.
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.
Cut Flower Workshop A workshop on growing and arranging cut flowers featuring discussions, demonstrations and hands-on practice. Sun, Jun 9, 9:30am-4:30pm. $85 general public. Alan Chadwick Garden, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3240.
harmony with the natural environment. Sat, Jun 8, 10am-12pm. Native Revival Nursery, 2600 Mar Vista Drive, Aptos, 831.684.1811.
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. insightsantacruz.org for specific times and more information. Ongoing. Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Avenue, Suite C, Santa Cruz, 831.425.3431.
Pride Shabbat Prayer, song and celebration of Pride featuring a talk by Sharon Papo, executive director of the Diversity Center. Fri, Jun 7, 7:30pm. Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos, 831.479.3444.
Qigong Flow Led by Bonnie Eskie, MFT. Tue, 10-11am. $10-$12. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.515.4144.
Eating Disorders Resource Center Meeting Groups will be led by Kimberly Kuhn, LCSW and Carolyn Blackman, RN, LCSW. First Fri of every month, 6-7:30pm. Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, 408.559.5593.
Friday Shakespeare Club The club is seeking new members to join them in the study of the Bard’s plays. www.fridayshakespeare.org. Fri, Jun 7, 10am-12:30pm. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.421.0930.
Garden Feng Shui Workshop on designing a garden to be in
Vintners’ Festival Street Faire As a capstone to the annual Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association Vintners’ Festival, this year the event organizers have added a downtown street party to the mix. Sample local wine while noshing on artisan food and enjoying live music. Sunday, June 9 from 11am-3pm in downtown Santa Cruz between Locust St. and Walnut St. Wine glass $8, tasting tickets $1 each. The Speaker’s Gym
Resume reviews offered by PROFILE of Santa Cruz. Wed, Jun 5, 1:30-5pm. Downtown Farmer’s Market, Cedar St, between Lincoln St and Cathcart St, Santa Cruz, 831.479.0393.
Instructor Noel Murphy provides leadership coaching and public speaking skills every week. www. thespeakersgym.com. Wed, 7-9:30pm. Discovery Gym, 75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley, 831.238.1234.
A 12-step meeting with a Pagan flair where guests are free to discuss their nature-based, goddesscentered spiritual paths. Sun, 7pm. The Sacred Grove, 924 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1949.
Dog Hikes 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.
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Summer Reading Children and teens can track their reading, earn summer reading dollars and participate in activities. www.santacruzpl.org. June 10-July 28. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7700.
Support and Recovery Groups Alzheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Assn., 831.464.9982. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273. Candida: 831.471.0737. Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385. Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000. Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962. Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470. Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422. Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357).
JUNE 5-11, 2013
Different belly dancers each week on the garden stage. Presented by Helene. www.thecrepeplace.com. Sat, 1:30pm. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6994.
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Trail Crew Volunteering Bring work gloves, lunch and water for day of lively and productive trail maintenance. Must be 18 years of age or older. Meet at park headquarters. Second Sat of every month, 9am. Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Hwy 236, Boulder Creek, 831.338.8883.
Wellness Expert Q&A with health practitioner Zachary Mazi of Food is Medicine. Wed, Jun 5, 35pm. Free. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz.
Yoga Instruction Pacific Cultural Center: 35+ classes per week, 831.462.8893. SC Yoga: 45 classes per week, 831.227.2156. TriYoga: numerous weekly classes, 831.464.8100. Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900. Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.
Zen, Vipassana, Basic: Intro to Meditation Zen: SC Zen Center, Wed, 5:45pm, 831.457.0206. Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm, 831.425.3431.
Basic: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Wed, 5:30-6:30pm, 831.462.8383. Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:30-7pm. All are free.
AROUND TOWN Art & Wine in the Cellar Ceramics, paintings, photography and digital art by multiple local artists. www.scwinemakerstudio. com. Fri, Jun 7, 5-8pm, Sat, Jun 8, noon-5pm and Sun, Jun 9, noon-5pm. Santa Cruz Winemaker Studio, 18 Hangar Way, Ste. C, Watsonville, 831.531.8108.
Music & Art
Vintners’ Festival
Music and art as part of the park’s Summer Series. Fri, Jun 7, 5-8pm. Free/donation. Mission Adobe, 144 School St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5849.
Barrel tastings, winery tours, new wine releases and more at over 50 Santa Cruz Mountains wineries. www.scmvintnersfestival. eventbrite.com. Sat, Jun 8, noon-5pm and Sun, Jun 9, noon-5pm. $40 for 4 day pass. Participating Wineries, Santa Cruz Wineries, Santa Cruz.
Roots that Rock A street fair in conjunction with the Santa Cruz Mountains Vintners’ Festival. Sun, Jun 9, 11am-3pm. $8. Downtown Santa Cruz, Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz.
San Francisco’s City Guide
Bingo Benefit for Soquel High Sports
Five Iron Frenzy
Soquel High Knights football program gets the bucks from this weekly bingo night. Buy-in $15; doors open 5pm; early birds 6:15pm, games 6:30pm. Tue, Jun 11, 6:30pm. $15. Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell St, Santa Cruz.
A reunion tour AND a Kickstarter campaign? Are these guys riding the zeitgeist or what? Jun 8 at the Regency Ballroom.
Comedy Showcase A weekly comedy night featuring Bay Area talent. Lineup changes every week. Wed, 7pm. Cafe iVeTA, 2125 Delaware Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.713.0320. A new comedy showcase hosted by DNA featuring a different Bay Area headliner each week. Tue, 8:30pm. $5. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.7117.
Contra Dance A beginner-friendly dance hosted by the Traditional Dancers of Santa Cruz with music by The Crabapples. www.santacruzdance.org. Fri, Jun 7, 8-11pm. $10 donation. Felton Community Hall, 6191 Hwy 9, Felton.
Bad Brains Fun 2013 game: try to decipher HR’s mutterings (hint: they’re usually about aliens). Jun 8 at the Fillmore.
Larry Graham Where would porno music be without his trademark bass slap and pop technique? Jun 8-9 at Yoshi’s Oakland.
KMEL Summer Jam Kendrick Lamar, 2 Chainz, Trinidad James, J. Cole and other top rappers of now. Jun 9 at the Oakland Arena.
Alice Smith Raised in D.C. and Augusta, singer evokes the best of soul and ’70s AM radio. Jun 12 at the Independent. More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.
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A Santa Cruz native and alumnus of the Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band, saxophonist Dillon Baiocchi brings a fresh perspective to his work, drawing inspiration from pop acts including Bon Iver and Sigur Ros as well as jazz greats. A recent graduate of the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, where he studied with master musicians including Lee Konitz and Dave Glass, the up and coming Baiocchi is already an award-winning composer and regular on the New York jazz circuit. Kuumbwa; $10 adv/$13 door; 7pm. (Cat Johnson)
After many years of playing in coffee shops and busking around Boston, writer, producer and musician Patty Larkin has created a sound that reinterprets traditional folk melodies, rock and pop and blends them into something that is new and irreducible to any one genre. She is a guitar-driven songwriter whose strong alto voice is a delivery system for imaginative lyrics that incorporate impressionistic poetry and witty wordplay. Her most recent project was the 2010 release of 25, a compilation of 25 different love songs, with 25 musicians in honor of her 25 years of recording. Kuumbwa; $24.50 adv; 7pm. (MW)
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CEREMONY Described by one reviewer as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;non-stop bludgeoning of sonic fury,â&#x20AC;? Ceremony is a favorite of the Bay Area hardcore scene. In recent years, the five-piece known for its aggressive, rapid-fire music has refined its sound, bringing in post-punk influences but the music still retains its heaviness and punk rock drive. Even a move to indie label Matador didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t break the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stride, it just made Matador a little tougher. Catalyst; $10 adv/$13 door. 9pm. (CJ)
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Brothers who travel together play together. Char and Robby Rothschild have gone from country to country absorbing different facets of musical cultures. When they return back home, this Santa-Fe-based duo sift through all the bits and pieces and apply what they learned in exciting ways to their own Americana sound. They do the work of about 10 musicians as they play myriad instruments from all over the globeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;accordion, bongo, trumpet, lute, bagpipe, box drum and more. Don Quixoteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; $12 adv/$15 door; 7:30pm. (MW)
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This charismatic, Spanish-speaking reggae band comes from Chile, and brings with it songs of love, social commentary and spiritual praise for Jah. With 15 years of performing under their belt. and nine different instruments, their intriguing combination of rising falsetto vocals, firm drum beats, surging bass, classic guitar and crisp horns have resulted in Gondwana being considered Chileâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s number one reggae band. Inspired by Latin and Jamaican rhythms, its positive messages and ability to move with ease from a range of genres like calypso and hard rock makes its music attractive to fans of all genres. Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $20 adv/$25 door; 9pm. (Melanie Ware)
BETH ORTON Who would have thought the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s poster girl for chilly electronica would one day be covering Jonathan Richmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most heart-sleeved of wistful anthems, â&#x20AC;&#x153;That Summer Feelingâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;without a trace of irony? And yet, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exactly what she did on Sugaring Season, her album from last year. In fact, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a trace of irony nor technology to be found on the record, as she continues the sharp turn she made away from trip-hop beats in the mid-2000s, in favor of an almost psychedelic acoustic sound. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look for her in that dark forest, Chemical Brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she belongs to the trees now. Rio Theatre; $22/$25; 8pm. (Steve Palopoli)
SAX AND THIS CITY Santa Cruz native Dillon Baiocchi returns to the Kuumbwa.
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LUCKY TUBB & THE MODERN DAY TROUBADOURS
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A hard-livinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and hard-lovinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; type of guy, Lucky Tubb comes by his no-frills, modernday hillbilly heroism naturally. The great nephew of honkytonk legend Ernest Tubb, it seems that Lucky holds the secrets to writing and playing great twang music in his DNA. Having learned to play guitar while serving a fiveâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;year prison sentence, Lucky makes music that steers wide of the top 40 country scene, sticking instead to back road and juke joint styles and crafting heartfelt songs about desperation, hard times, outlaws and love. Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $5 adv/$9 door; 8:30pm. (CJ)
Tickets: Pulseproductions.net
A self-described post-punk soul band, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound is a collision of James Brownâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s funk, style and energy and Iggy Popâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grit and edge-dwelling tendencies, with a pinch of Wireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experimental tendencies thrown in. Hailing from Chicago, this five-piece brings to the party a razorsharp rhythm section, shredding guitar lines, oodles of lyrical emotion, classicera soul group flair and a frontman who gives the best in the showmanship business a run for their money. Catalyst; $12; 9pm. (CJ)
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AUSTIN LOUNGE LIZARDS Tickets: Snazzyproductions.com Monday, June 17
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THE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP FEATURING ARIACNE TRUJILLO Wednesday, June 19 U 7 pm The brilliant new voice of jazz!
GREGORY PORTER Friday, June 21 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps
THE JOHN SCOFIELD UBERJAM BAND FEATURING ANDY HESS, AVI BORNICK, TONY MASON 9 PM: 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS
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CATHERINE RUSSELL
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Madeleine Peyroux The Blue Room
Sunday, June 30 Â&#x2021; 7:30 PM @ Rio Theatre Â&#x2021; 1R &RPSV 7/1 Bobby Hutcherson GOLD QuartetCIRCLE 7/3 Larry Carlton Quartet SOLD OUT! 7/12 Badi Assad 7/15 Pete Escovedo Orchestra 7/22 Red Baraat 7/24 Raul MidĂłn 7/29 John Pizzzarelli
HEY, IS THAT LUCKY TUBB? Yes, in the white hat.
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Saturday June 15, 2013 Noon to 5pm Join us for delicious soul food, crafts, kids activities, amazing music and moving speakers. A long-held tradition among African Americans, Juneteenth is a special day for all who believe in freedom and equality.
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Sista Monica Parker Basketball Skills Contest 12pm to 3pm Parks & Recreation Department Staff will lead kids and adults in fun, basketball skills oriented games such as 3-point shoot out, skills challenge, and a team shooting competition. For More Information, Call (831) 420-6177 or visit www.nelsoncenter.com.
Tannery Boys Hip Hop Group Diaspora Dance Co. Isaac Collins Rich Tycoon Reverend Deborah Johnson
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Film Capsules
JUNE 5-11, 2013
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FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (1986) Maybe I’m overreacting. Maybe Ferris isn’t such a bad guy. After all, I got a car, he got a computer. But still, why should he get to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants? Why should everything work out for him? What makes him so goddamn special? (Plays Fri-Sat at midnight at the Del Mar) THE INTERNSHIP (PG13; 125 min.) Sure, you could argue the world doesn’t need another Frat Pack comedy about losers who learn a valuable life lesson by acting stupid—in this case, wasting valuable space in Google’s internship program. But look at it this way: Owen Wilson
and Vince Vaughn get jobs, Fox gets a summer comedy product, and Google gets millions of dollars in free advertising. Everybody wins! (Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Scotts Valley, Green Valley) SIGHTSEERS (NR; 96 min.) This British black comedy produced by Edgar Wright has a mundane couple on a mundane vacation suddenly finding things anything but boring when things take a crazy, murderous turn. (Opens Fri at the Nick) STORIES WE TELL (PG13; 116 min.) Actress Sarah Polley directed this film about her own family secrets, with the cast mixing actors and actual family members. (Opens Fri at the Nick) SYRUP (R; 98 min.) Early
S H O W T IM E S
reviews say this romantic comedy-drama adapted from the novel by Max Berry flows really well. Get it? Uh…anyway, Shiloh Fernandez and Amber Heard star in this story of a slacker who tries to cash in his million-dollar idea. (Opens Fri at the Nick) THIS IS THE END (R; 112 min.) – For this follow-up to Superbad and Pineapple Express (and Green Hornet?), Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogan got their friends to star as themselves in a comedy about what people who party at James Franco’s house would do in the apocalypse. (Opens Tue at Aptos, Scotts Valley and Green Valley) WE STEAL SECRETS (R; 138 min.) Documentary about the infamous web
Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack
site Wikileaks is way more interesting than the other project the fimmakers considered, We Steal Sucrets. (Opens Fri at the Nick)
Reviews
AFTER EARTH (PG-13; 100 min.) After Hollywood figured out that no one wants to watch M. Night Shyamalan movies anymore, they had to find something to do with him. So they put him in the director’s chair for a Will Smith sci-fi movie, didn’t let him write the script by himself and agreed that no one would talk about the fact that he was involved. Smart move. Smith, who once again stars with his own kid in this
story about a father-son outing to an abandoned and treacherous Earth, doesn’t need the M. Night albatross around his neck in selling this summer blockbuster. THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (R; 121 min.) Robert Redford directs and stars in this political thriller as a former Weather Underground activist who’s managed to hide from the FBI for 30 years, until he’s discovered by reporter Shia LaBeouf. DISCONNECT (R; 115 min.) A hard-working lawyer always on his cell phone never has time for his family. His story collides with many others to weave a dramatic thriller
Showtimes are for Wednesday, June 5, through Wednesday, June 12, unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.
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SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9
This Is the End — (Opens Fri) 2:30; 5; 7:20. Fast & Furious — Wed-Thu 2; 5; 8. The Great Gatsby — Wed-Tue 1:30; 4:30; 7:30. (no Tue 7:30pm) Now You See Me — Fri-Wed 2; 4:30; 7.
Call for showtimes.
122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.thenick.com
CINELUX 41ST AVENUE CINEMA
1475 41st Ave, Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com
The Internship — (Opens Fri) 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:15; 10. After Earth — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:40; 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed 11:45; 2:15; 4:45; 7:30; 10. The Hangover Part III — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:15; 4:55; 7:30; 10. Star Trek Into Darkness — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:45; 7; Fri-Wed 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:15. Star Trek Into Darkness 3D — Wed-Thu 9:55pm; Fri-Wed 9:55pm.
DEL MAR
1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com
Frances Ha — Daily 3:15; 5:20; 7:30; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 1:15pm. The Iceman — Fri-Wed 5; 9:40. (no Wed 6/12 5pm) Kon-Tiki — Wed-Thu 3; 5:10; 7:15; 9:40; Fri-Wed 3; 7:15; plus Sat-Sun 1pm. (no Wed 6/12 7:15pm)
MUD — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4:15; 7; 9:20; Fri-Wed 4:15; 7; 9:20; plus Sat-Sun 1:30pm. (no Wed 6/12 9:20pm)
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off — Fri-Sat midnight.
1405 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com
CINELUX SCOTTS VALLEY STADIUM CINEMA 226 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com
The Internship — (Opens Fri) 11:30; 1; 2:30; 4; 5:30; 7; 8:30; 9:20. This Is the End — (Opens Tue) 12:45; 4; 7:10; 10:10. After Earth — Wed-Thu 11:45; 12:30; 2:20; 3; 4:55; 5:30; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed 11:45; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 10. Epic — Wed-Thu 11:15; 1:45; 4:20; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed 11; 1:30; 2:45; 4:15; 5:15; 6:45; 9:45. Epic 3D — Wed-Thu 12:30pm; Fri-Tue 11:30am. Fars and Furious 6 — Wed-Thu 12:45; 4; 7:10; 10:15; Fri-Wed 12:45; 4; 7:10; 10:10. The Great Gatsby — Wed-Thu 12:15; 3:30; 6:45; 9:55. The Hangover Part III — Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4; 6:30; 8; 9; 10:30; Fri-Wed 9:15pm. Iron Man 3 — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:30; 5:30; 8:30. Now You See Me — Wed-Thu 11:20; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10; Fri-Wed 11:40; 1; 2; 3:45; 4:40; 6:30; 7:20; 10. Star Trek Into Darkness — Wed-Thu 11; 2; 5:15; 6:45; 8:15; Fri-Wed 12:15; 3:30; 5:15; 6:45; 8:15; 9:45. Star Trek Into Darkness 3D — Wed-Thu 3:30; 9:45; Fri-Wed 11; 12. (no Sat 11; 12) African Queen — Thu 7pm; Sun 11am.
GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8
NICKELODEON
1125 S Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com
Sightseers — (Opens Fri) 5; 9:20. Stories We Tell — (Opens Fri) 2:10; 4:40; 7:10; 9:30. Syrup — (Opens Fri) 4:30; 9. We Steal Secrets — (Opens Fri) 2; 4:50; 7:45. Blancanieves — Wed-Thu 2:40; 5; 7:20. The Company You Keep — Wed-Thu 9:30pm. Disconnect — Wed-Thu 9:20pm. In the House — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:50; 7:10. The Iceman — Wed-Thu 9:50pm. Love Is All You Need — Wed-Thu 2; 4:30; 7; Fri-Wed 2:30; 7. (no 7pm) What Maisie Knew — Wed-Thu 2:50; 5:10; 7:30; 9:40; Fri-Wed 2:20; 6:50.
The Internship — (Opens Fri) 1:35; 4:15; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:50am. The Purge — (Opens Fri) 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:45 plus 11am. This Is the End — (Opens Tue 7:30pm) 1:15; 4; 7:15; 9:30.0 After Earth — Wed-Thu 12:55; 1:55; 3:05; 4:15; 5:15; 6:35; 7:35; 10; Fri-Wed
Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com
RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN
155 S River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com
The Hangover Part III —Wed-Thu 2:55; 4:35; 5:20; 7; 8; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.
12:55; 3:05; 5:15; 7:35; 10 plus 10:45am. Epic — Daily 1:15; 4; 7:15; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:55am. Epic 3D — Wed-Thu 4pm. Fast and Furious 6 — Wed-Thu 1:35; 3:40; 4:15; 7; 9:45; Fri-Wed 1:35; 4:15; 7; 9:45. The Hangover Part III — Daily 1:05; 3:15; 5:25; 7:35; 10 plus Sat-Sun 10:55am. Iron Man 3 — Wed-Thu 1:20; 4; 6:45; 9:30; Fri-Wed 9:30pm. Now You See Me — Daily 1:35; 4:15; 7; 9:45. Star Trek Into Darkness — Wed-Mon 1:20; 4; 6:45; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:40am; Tue 6/11 1:20; 4.
about people struggling to connect with others in this wired world. EPIC (PG; 102 min.) Somewhere between Brave and Arthur and the Invisibles is this computer animated story of a girl who finds a culture of tiny people in the forest, shrinks down to their size and joins them in a battle of good against evil. Amanda Seyfried and Clint Ferrell headline the voice cast. FAST AND FURIOUS 6 (PG-13; 130 min) Fasterer! Furiouserer! And Michelle Rodriguez is back from the dead! That’s pretty much the extent of the plot in this fifth franchise sequel. How did they fit it all into 130 minutes? THE GREAT GATSBY (PG-13; 143 min.) What Baz Luhrmann did for Shakespeare, he does for F. Scott Fitzgerald, giving his adaptation of the great American novel a look and feel both modern and classic. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Gatsby, with Tobey Maguire as Nick and Carey Mulligan as Daisy. THE HANGOVER PART III (R; 100 min.) Finale of the Hangover comedy trilogy starts with the basic premise that there are still people interested after the abysmal rehash of Hangover Part II. Director Todd Phillips returns, along with stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis. The plot, while at least not involving another goddamn bachelor party, unsurprisingly centers around yet another Wolfpack adventure with Ken Jeong. At least the tagline promises “The End.” IRON MAN 3 (PG-13; 101 min.) Of all people, did anyone think Robert Downey Jr. would end up being the star of one of the biggest comic book movie franchises in history? The blue-hair-and-mascara goth get-up in Back to School certainly didn’t offer any clues. But Iron Man, one of the clunkiest and lamest superheroes ever devised (wow, you have armor on… okay) needed somebody with flair and cool to spare to breathe some life into him. So now he’s back in this second sequel, which features him flying around again and blowing more stuff up. 41st Avenue is even doing a marathon of the other films on Thursday. May we suggest skipping
the second one and just showing the first film twice? KON-TIKI (PG-13; 118 min.) Finally, the Norwegians take back Thor. Okay, not that Thor, but Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian researcher and adventurer who sailed the famous Kon-Tiki expedition of 1947. Nominated for an Oscar and all kinds of other awards, this film dramatizes his attempt to prove a theory about pre-Columbian explorers by building and then attempting to sail what is basically a wood raft 4,300 miles across the Pacific. It’s not as easy as it sounds…oh wait, it sounds absolutely impossible. MUD (PG-13; 130 min.) Ellis and Neckbone, two 14-year-olds living on a river in Arkansas, go on an adventure and come across some surprises, including a very gritty Matthew McConaughey. NOW YOU SEE ME (PG-13; 116 min.) Magicians pulling heists? How come no one ever thought of that before? Not to mention that this movie re-teams Zombieland’s Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg, who co-star with Morgan Freeman and Mark Ruffalo. SIMON KILLER (NR; 109 min.) Sundance cult favorite from last year is a spooky erotic thriller about a college grad who attempts to escape heartbreak in Paris, only to get tangled up in a relationship with a prostitute. From there, things get…dark. STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (PG-13; 132 min.) Considering that J.J. Abrams is now in charge of both the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, nerds of both tribes can finally come together in the hope that this movie will kick ass. And hey, he didn’t do such a bad job on the first Star Trek reboot, did he? Certainly he got bonus points for using Trek-type reasoning to explain why we suddenly had Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana and Simon Pegg as the original Enterprise crew, in a different origin story. Pine as Kirk did a fantastic job of holding off on any kind of a Shatner impression until the end of the first movie after he had something to be so cocky about.
OUTSTANDING OUTDOORS: I
POT IN HERE Au Midi chef Muriel Loubiere is doing a special menu every Wednesday.
Mediterranean Summer BY CHRISTINA WATERS
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HEF MURIEL LOUBIERE at Aptos’ intimate Au Midi has begun celebrating summer with some Mediterranean specials on her Provençal menu. Every Wednesday look for paella with gazpacho. And every Thursday, the special entree will be bouillabaisse with mozzarella terrine. These special meals are priced at $23.50—another reason to stop and share the festive French authenticity of Au Midi, located behind the Aptos Cinema at 7960 Soquel Drive in Aptos; (831) 685-2600.
continued on to UC Davis to study viticulture and enology. I’m telling you this because Pandol’s latest 2009 Pinot Noir—made from our appellation’s Regan Vineyard grapes— is a delightful 14% alc. creation of earth tones, mint, dark plums and spice. It drinks like a much more expensive wine than it actually is—a modest $22 @ New Leaf. We enjoyed Pando pinot last night with wild local King salmon. That’s a combination that really cannot be beat.
SUMMER PINOT: Winemaker Jennifer Pandol came to Santa Cruz
too late for reservations for the June 1 Farm Dinner up at verdant Love Apple Farm—growers for Michelin
for UCSC’s agroecology program. She
LOVIN’ LOVE APPLE: Okay, so it’s
two-star Manresa—but you should seriously consider making a play for the September 14 outdoor dining event. This special experience benefits the Museums of Los Gatos (which means the multi-course meal, including accompanying wines, tax, gratuity and farm tour for $195, is tax-deductible). Check the website for details and reservations. A matchless experience. BURMA SUPERSTAR COOKING:
If you’re in the neighborhood of Alameda, San Francisco or Oakland— and it’s lunchtime—you have to try the complex, utterly addictive menu at Burma Superstar, a trio of restaurants devoted to re-branding
joined 100 other serious gastronomes on Memorial Day to tour the splendidly pastoral acres of Fogline Farms, pet the very sweet enormous pigs, admire the inquisitive chickens and feast on mesquite grilled appetizers before sitting down for a three-hour “Outstanding in the Field” dinner. Passed appetizers of nori-wrapped spiced winter melon, and crispy anchovies dusted with Meyer lemon zest, went well with minerally Chardonnay poured by Christine Slatter from Hunter Hill (the vineyard a few feet away from Fogline). Chef Santos Majano from Soif was one of the participants at this dinner, probably taking some notes for his own “Outstanding” event coming up at Everett Family Farm on June 16. There are still some seats—check them out at outstandinginthefield. com. My favorite dish of the evening was a celestial entree of whole trout from Mt. Shasta’s MacFarland Farms— buttery sweet pink flesh grilled over mesquite and the farm’s own applewood, and encrusted with greengarlic-sweet-miso vinaigrette. Utterly dreamy—kudos to the evening’s chef Greg Dunmore from Nojo in the City. Great to meet the host farmers John Wilson and Caleb Farron, and see OITF founder Jim Denevan back on our coast once more. CSA FROM THE FARM-ONTHE-HILL . Tuesday afternoons at
817 Swift Street, the smart home chefs who signed up for this season’s CSA shares can begin picking up their weekly box of freshly picked organic produce from the Farm. Full share $560 (for weekly box through Nov. 1); 11-week-long late season share $280. For details call (831) 459-3240. 0
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the entire concept of southeast Asian cookery. I shared three dishes last week at the Alameda location, housed in a high-ceilinged Victorian on Alameda’s Park Street main drag. A tossed salad of chopped romaine, peanuts, fried garlic, tomatoes, jalapeño and fermented shrimp dressed with fermented tea leaf sauce (yeow!), a batter-fried salt-and-pepper calamari with sweet/spicy sauce, and stir-fried, chili-glazed lamb with basil. All to kill for. All freshly made and beautifully presented. Bright, undulant flavors. Especially the house signature tea leaf salad. Along with coconut rice, it offered texture fireworks.
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Diner’s Guide Symbols made simple: $ = Under $10 $$ = $11-$15 $$$ = $16-$20 $$$$ = $21 and up Price Ranges based on average cost of dinner entree and salad, excluding alcoholic beverages
JUNE 5-11, 2013
APTOS/SOQUEL $$ Aptos
Ambrosia India Bistro Authentic Indian. Fresh regional flavors & techniques. 207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610 Lunch buffet daily 11:30a-2:30p. Dinner daily 5p-close.
$$$ Soquel
Cafe Cruz
$ Soquel
Discretion Brewing
2621 41st Ave, 831.476.3801 2703 41st Ave, 831.316.0662
Heather’s Patisserie
Rosticceria & Bar. Fresh, local, sustainable. Lunch, dinner. Patio dining, happy hour menu. Brewery/gastropub.. Handcrafted beers on tap. Tasty beerinspired tapas by Main Street Garden w/ local ingredients. Bakery and deli. Pastries, breads, baked goods baked daily on site. Breakfast, lunch, wedding cakes.
$ Aptos
7486 Soquel Dr, 831.662.3546
$$ Aptos
Manuel’s Mexican. Northern Mexican inspired fare, made fresh daily. 261 Center Ave, 831.688.4848 Family restaurant since 1965.
$$ Severino’s Grill Aptos 7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987 $$ Aptos
Continental California Cuisine.. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. www.seacliffinn.com
Zameen Mediterranean
Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh & flavorful. Beer and 7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465 wine. Dine in or take out Tue-Sun 11a-8p.
CAPITOLA $$ Capitola
Britannia Arms
$$$$ Capitola
Shadowbrook
$$$ Capitola
Zelda’s
110 Monterey Ave, 831.464.2583 1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511
British and Classic American.. Daily specials. Happy Hour Monday - Friday. California Continental. World-class service, fine food, wines, with Old-World charm. Open daily.
California cuisine. Weekly specials include prime rib and 203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900 lobster. Patio dining on the beach.
SANTA CRUZ $$$ Aquarius Creative American cuisine. Oceanfront dining. Local Santa Cruz 175 West Cliff Dr, 831.460.5012 produce and sustainable seafood. $ Charlie Hong Kong CA Organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Santa Cruz 1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664 Consistent winner “Best Cheap Eats”. Open daily 11a-11p. $$ The Crepe Place Crepes and more. Full bar and beautiful outdoor patio. Santa Cruz 1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994 Live music.
Crow’s Nest Seafood and American cuisine. Kids menu and nightly $$$ Santa Cruz 2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560 entertainment. Harbor and Bay views. Gabriella Cafe $$ Santa Cruz 910 Cedar St., 831.457.1677
Califormia-Italian. Farmers market fresh and organic. Local wine list, romantic setting with charming patio.
$$$ Hindquarter Grill Americana. Specializing in ribs, steaks and burgers. Santa Cruz 303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 Full bar. $$ Hoffman’s Bistro Calif. cuisine & Bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, brunch. Santa Cruz 1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135 Full Bar w/ $3 Bar Bites/$4.50 Well Drinks. $$ Hula’s Island Grill Santa Cruz 221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852
’60s Vegas meets ’50s Waikiki. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian. Full-service tiki bar.
India Joze $ Santa Cruz 418 Front St, 831.325-3633
Eclectic Pan Asian dishes. Vegetarian, seafood, lamb and chicken with a wok emphasis since 1972.
$$$ Johnny’s Harborside Santa Cruz 493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430
Seafood/Calif. Fresh seafood made your way on the Harbor. Great views & full bar.
$$$ La Posta Italian. Traditional Italian cuisine made w/ the finest Santa Cruz 538 Seabright Ave, 831.457.2782 local ingredients. Extensive wine list. $$ Laili Santa Cruz 101 Cooper St, 831.423.4545
Silk road flavors. Fresh and flavorful Mediterranean cuisine with an Afghan twist. Patio dining.
$$ Lillian’s Italian Kitchen Santa Cruz 1116 Soquel Ave, 831.425.2288
Italian. Home-style Italian specialties. Cozy, friendly atmosphere. Beer & wine.
$$ Louie’s Cajun Kitchen Santa Cruz 110 Church St., 831.429.2000
N’awlins-style dining. Cajun and southern flavors. Full bar. Bluesy, cool, funky..
$$$ Olitas Cantina Fine Mexican cuisine. Stunning Bay views. Full bar. Santa Cruz 49-B Municipal Wharf, 831.458.9393 $ Pacific Thai Thai. Fresh ingredients, ambrosia bubble teas, shakes. Santa Cruz 1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700 Daily specials. $ Pizza My Heart Pizza. Slices and whole pies. Original & award -winning Santa Cruz 1116 Pacific Ave/2180 41st Ave recipes. Daily specials.
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$ Pono Hawaiian Grill Santa Cruz 120 Union St, 831.426.7666
Authentic Hawaiian Cuisine. Large outdoor patio. Feat. “The Reef” tropical bar. and “Aloha Fridays”
Red Restaurant and Bar $$ Santa Cruz 200 Locust St, 831.425.1913
Restaurant and Lounge. Large, small and shared plates. Extensive cocktail, beer, wine lists.
$$$ Ristorante Italiano Santa Cruz 555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321
Italian-American. Generous portions, friendly service, beautiful patio. Full bar.
2 for $40 Dinner
$ Samba Rock Acai Cafe Santa Cruz 291-B Water St, 831.458.2224
Brazilian. Fresh and authentic acai smoothies and bowls. M-F 8a-5p, Sat/Sun 9a-5p.
(with affordable wines) MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS
$ Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing California / Brewpub. Handcrafted organic ales and large 402 Ingalls Street, 831.425.4900 outdoor patio.
$$$ Soif Wine bar with menu. Seasonal menu with local ingredients Santa Cruz 105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020 paired with fine wines. Wine shop on site.
Seasonal cuisine. Farm-to-table American comfort food. Gluten-free/vegetarian options.
$$$ Stagnaro Bros. Seafood and more. Panoramic ocean views. Fresh seafood, Santa Cruz 21 Municipal Wharf, 831.423.2180 pasta and steaks . Kid friendly.. $$ Woodstock’s Pizza Santa Cruz 710 Front St, 831.427.4444
Pizza. Beers on tap, patio dining, HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups, catering, deliveries.
$$ 515 Kitchen & Cocktails Santa Cruz 515 Cedar St, 831.425.5051
Restaurant & Lounge. Specialty cocktails, small plates & happy hour menu. Dinner nightly.
SCOTTS VALLEY/FELTON $ Heavenly Cafe American. Breakfast and lunch. Famous eggs benedict. Scotts Valley 1210 Mt. Hermon Rd, 831.335.7311 welcome. Large parties welcome. $$ Maya Mexican Restaurant Mexican. 75+ flavors of tequila. Authentic flavors, fresh Scotts Valley 3115 Scotts Valley Dr, 831.438.7004 ingredients. Kid-friendly. $$ Mollie’s Country Cafe American. Homemade meals in a comfortable, family Scotts Valley 219 Mt Hermon Rd, 831.438.8313 environment. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Outdoor patio. $$ wine.
Redwood Pizzeria Felton
Pizza. Local and organic toppings, lasagna, salads. Beer & 6205 Hwy 9, 831.335.1500 Gluten-free options.
Steak & Jazz Thursdays THURSDAYS
Sounds of Brazil featuring Trio Passarim (”The Bird Trio”) SATURDAYS
JUNE 5-11, 2013
$$$ Solaire Santa Cruz 611 Ocean St, 831.600.4545
175 WEST CLIFF DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ 831.460.5012 JDVHOTELS.COM/AQUARIUS
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JUNE 5-11, 2013
Chip Scheuer
GAYLE FORCE Former Capitola mayor Gayle Ortiz brings a high-energy feel to her namesake bakery.
Gayle Ortiz Co-owner, Gayle’s Bakery & Rosticceria BY JACOB PIERCE
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ayle Ortiz is a mosaic artist, a clothing-maker and a former Capitola mayor who happens to co-own a bakery on the side with her husband Joe, a playwright and songwriter. Gayle, who may run for city council again someday, sat down with us by the fire to talk about her never-ending menu.
SCW: What kind atmosphere do you try to have? GAYLE ORTIZ: Friendly, number one. The sales staff has got to be having a good time. It’s overwhelming when you first walk in, with all the food and all the people. If we can keep a nice friendly atmosphere, that helps. I want it to be a wonderland, where you walk in and there’s nothing else like it. The sheer volume, mass of food, gets to you. Then you start looking at the colors and the shapes and all the choices.
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How do you make the marinated chicken sandwich? That particular marinade is lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, rosemary. We have several different marinades that we sell. We have boned chicken breasts that we sell themselves—one’s done with a lime marinade, one with a lemon marinade and another with a fruit marinade. And then we do Chicken Diablo that has a whole different flavor profile. And your salads? You’ve got to bump up the flavors. People might eat something simple at home. But they don’t go out to eat something simple. They want something with a big flavor profile, a big bang. If you could eat one Gayle’s item to eat for the rest of your life, which would you pick? Well, it probably would have to be savory. The
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roasted chicken. I’d take that home because I can do a million different things with that. I can make an enchilada out of it. I can make a pasta out of it. I can make a sandwich out of it. I can make an omelet out of it. Why do you have a fireplace here? Well, we figured if it was good enough for the cavemen, it was good enough for us. Fire is a very attractive thing for people.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept.. 22): YYou oou know k that there there ar aree diff erent kinds of str ess,, right? Som me varieties wear you different stress, Some out and demor alize you, while othe er kinds of str ess excite demoralize other stress and motivate you. Some lead you away a fr om your longfrom term goals, and others pr opel you closer ccloser.. The coming propel week or you to fine-tune weekss would be an excellent time ffor your ability to distinguish between them.. I suspect that the mor tivate and seek out ouut the good kind, the moree you cul cultivate less susceptible you’ll be to the badd kind. LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): Studies Studiees show that people spend 87 per cent of their time insid de buildings and 6 percent inside per cent in enclosed vehicles. In oth er wor ds, they ar percent other words, aree rroaming oaming ar he wind and sk ound outside enjoying tthe around skyy and weather ffor or only 7 per cent of their lives. I think you’r percent you’ree going to have to do better than that thaat in the coming week, Libr a. TToo ensur ne stays rrobust, obust, you Libra. ensuree your mental hygien hygiene should try to expose yourself to thee natural naturraal elements at least nine per cent of the time. If you manage to hike percent that rrate ate up to ten per err, you stand a good cent or highe percent higher, epipphany that will fuel you chance of achieving a spiritual epiphany
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SCORPIO (Oct (Oct.t. 23–Nov 23–Nov.. 21): Resur Resurrection rection is the specialty. Scorpionic specia altyy. Better than any other sign of the zodiac, you can ssummon ummon the power to be rreborn. eborn. It is dreams your birthright too rreanimate eanimate dr eams and ffeelings eelings and expired, experiences that have expir ed, and make them live sacred again in new fforms. orm ms. YYour oour sacr ed totem is the mythical firee of its own cr creation phoenix, which bburns urns itself in a fir eation from here’s and then rregenerates egenerrates itself fr om the ashes. Now her e’s headline, the big news hea adline, Scorpio:: I have rrarely arely seen you in more perform possession of mo ore skill to perf orm these rites than you now.. have right now SAGITTARIUS SAGITTARIU US (Nov (Nov.. 22–Dec. 21):: Octavio Paz Paz spoke to a lover in his poem “Counterparts”: p “Counterparts”:: “In my body you search search the mountain mounntain for for the sun buried in its forest. forest. In your body I search search c for for the boat adrift in the middle of the night.” What have you searched searched for for in the bodies of your lovers, Sagittarius? Sagittarius? What mysteries and riddles have you explored explored e while immersed in their depths? How has making love helped you to better understand the meaning of life? liife? I invite you to ruminate on these uncanny joys. Remember Remember the breakthroughs breakthroughs that have come your way thanks thhanks to sex. Exult Exult in the spiritual education you y have haave received received through through g your y dealings g with lust and sensuality. sensuality. And then go out and stir up some fresh fresh epiphanies.. CAPRICORN N (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): Do you know what are? They’ree rrarely anymore. minced oaths ar e They’r e? arely used anymor e. If you hundred went back a hund dred years, though, you’d hear them were words, rregularly. egularly. They we ere sanitized swear wor ds, basically— exclamations peculiar exclama tions that would allow people the profanities elease of pr emotional rrelease ofanities without causing a ruckus whoo wer weree listening. “Bejabbers!” was one. among those wh weree “thunde “thunderation! So wer ration! a and ““dad-blast!” dad-blast!”” and ““consarn!” consarn!” Here’s Her e’s one of myy ffavorite avorite minced oaths:: “By SSt.t. Boogar backside purgatory!” and the saints at the back side door of pur gatory!”” I bring it’ll apricornn, because I suspect it this up, CCapricorn, ’ll be a minced oath kind of week for for you. y What I mean is: You’ll Yoou’ll have every right g to get g riled up, p and you y should express expr p ess your y feelings, feelings, g but not in ways that that create create problems problems for for you. AQUARIUS S (Jan. ( 20–Feb. 18): There’s There’s only one cor correct rect way to sp spell pell the English wor wordd “beauty “beauty.” y..”” But that wasn’t centuries Before wasn ’t true centu uries ago. Bef ore the advent of the press, orthographic anarchy prevailed printing pr ess, or thographic anar chy pr evailed ffor or many words. variations included bewte, wor ds.. Some of beauty’s b beaultye, beaute, beaul tye,, beuaute, bealte, bealte, buute, bewtee, and beaultye. beaul tye. I bring this t up, Aquarius, because I think it would healthy from be fun and heal thhy for for you to take a rrespite espite fr om having standardized to slavishly obey standar dized rules. I’m talking about not apply just those that ap pply to spelling, but others, too. See what you can get awayy with. PISCES (Feb.. 19–March 19–March 20):: In the last chapter of Dostoevsky’s Fyodor y Dostoevs kyy’s novel The Br Brothers roothers KKaramazov, ar aramazov a v, the lead character charracte a er says the following: following: “There “There is nothing nobler, noblerr, stronger, strongerr, healthier, h thierr, and more heal more helpful in life life than a good remembrance, remembrraance, particularly a remembrance remembrraance from from childhood. A beautiful, beauutiful,, holy memory preserved preserved from from childhood can bee the single most important thing in our development.”” I bring this up, Pisces,, so as to get you in b the right frame frame of o mind for for this week’s featured featured activity: remembrance. Onne of the greatest remembrance. One greatest gifts you can give yourself is to reminisce rem minisce about the old days and the old ways. To To do so will will enhance your physical health health and purify your emotional emotional hygiene.
Homework: I dar d daree you to do something that you will rremember emember with pride and passion until the end of your days. Testify Freewillastrology.com. T eestify at Fr eeewillastrologyy..com.
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ARIES S (Mar (March ch 21–April 19): The longest natur natural al ar arch ch in Guaangxi Province, Province, China. the world is the Fairy Bridge in Guangxi 400-foot-w wide span crosses crosses over Made of limestone, this 400-foot-wide Riverr. No one outside of China C the Buliu River. knew about it expllorer spied it on Google until 2009, when an American explorer Let’s make the Fairy Bridge your y metaphor of the Earth.. Let’s astroloogical omens,, I suspect month, Aries.. Judging by the astrological there’s a good chance you will soonn find something like there’s natural, previously previously hidden bridge.. In other words, words, be a natural, for a link between things g you y didn’t didn’t know wer alert for weree connected.
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