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AMERICA’S NEXT TOP GOVERNANCE MODELS Santa Cruz’s Robert Singleton (left) and Manu Koenig will showcase their start-up’s attempt to find new solutions for problems across the political landscape at this weekend’s Civinomicon.
Why Can’t We Be Friends? Civinomicon seeks to restore some civility to the local public discourse BY JACOB PIERCE
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eople were coughing swear words into their hands and yelling at one another outright. One city councilwoman referred to some of the public’s concerns as “idiotic.” And a homeless advocate with a penchant for Nazi salutes was roaming the city council chambers making side comments to anyone who would listen. It was just an especially bad Santa Cruz City Council meeting. “That was very, very uncomfortable. That was the most uncomfortable public meeting I’ve ever sat through,” says Robert Singleton, co-founder of Civinomics, who later wrote a blog post “Bullshit and Bathrobes: The State of Our Civic Discourse” about the experience.
On the council agenda that night, Sept. 24, were an extension of the downtown no-smoking zone and proposed regulations for street vendors and performers, which passed 5-2, and Singleton thinks the anger level in the room may have affected the outcome. “The crowd was incredibly rude and loud and booing at certain points,” 23-year-old Singleton says. “If that’s going to be the state of our civic discourse in order to gain attention and ultimately shoot yourselves in the foot, like what happened at the government level with government shutdown, it’s really depressing.” Singleton and Civinomics CEO Manu Koenig are trying to take city discussions in a different direction.
Their startup tech company is hosting an event they’re calling Civinomicon, which sold out early—Singleton and Koenig already raised the capacity three times to 125 people. The free three-day weekend event kicks off Nov. 15 with Santa Cruz County treasurer Fred Keeley as a keynote speaker, followed by county supervisor Zach Friend on Saturday and Mayor Hilary Bryant on Sunday. Six out of seven city councilmembers—all except vicemayor Lynn Robinson—will also attend. Koenig and Singleton are splitting the conference, which will be held at Cruzioworks in downtown Santa Cruz, into a series of small group discussions led by city and
county staff. Every comment and presentation from the event will be saved and posted online. People who aren’t at the event can comment on the ideas and vote on them on Civinomics. com. Then at the end, every attendee will have a chance to make a case for solutions to city problems. “Say your solution to homelessness—this is an example—is affordable housing: basically tell me the who, what, where, when and how,” Singleton says. “Who’s going to sponsor it? How is it going to be paid for? Who’s going to govern it? Where’s it going to go? What groups are you going to be talking to? Why are you doing it in this way? What case studies are you building off? And you have five minutes to pitch this, live-streaming, to the entire community.” The event reflects what Koenig and Singleton are trying to do every day on Civinomics.com—get new ideas from everyday people for fixing old problems. Visitors to their site can post suggestions for how to improve Highway 1 or prevent dire water shortages. “If you drive on the same road every day going to and from work, you probably know that road pretty damn well—probably more so than the staff person designated to allocate transportation funding—and your perspective is valuable,” Singleton says. “If there’s not an outlet for you to give it, that information is lost. Right now, the way public meetings work is often times they’re hostile—very much so.” If all goes according to plan, the two young techies from Santa Cruz will be making good things in the county happen very soon. “What we really want to do is accelerate the process by which the good ideas are implemented, and we think the way to do that is to make discussion about them,” Koenig says. “Rather than making them happen behind closed doors with task forces, study groups. People are only going to be interested in us if we can have an effect on the real world.” 0
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Currents OPEN SEASON Santa Cruz’s Peter Koht went from running the city’s Economic Development Department to becoming an advocate for would-be entrepreneurs with OpenCounter.
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How OpenCounter is helping Santa Cruz innovators cut through the red tape BY CAT JOHNSON
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n 2012, a Code for America team came to Santa Cruz. They branded the downtown bike lockers, designed wayfinding signs, held weekly skillshares, built an open data portal for the city and created OpenCounter, a platform to streamline the process of starting a business in town. The goal for OpenCounter was to take a complex process involving numerous forms, fees, labyrinthine instructions and data redundancies and turn it into a user-friendly process that clearly lays out what steps are required to start a business, how long it will take and how much the whole thing will cost. The Code for America team is now gone, but OpenCounter is thriving. In June, the Knight Foundation awarded the OpenCounter team—co-founders Peter Koht, the City of Santa Cruz’s former economic development director,
who spearheaded the Code for America Santa Cruz project, and Joel Mahoney, who was a 2011 Code for America fellow in Boston—$450,000 to build a scalable application that other cities could utilize to streamline their own process and tap into the entrepreneurial potential of their communities. This allowed Koht and Mahoney to transition OpenCounter from a municipal project into an application that helps move local governments into the 21st century. Around the country, municipalities are strapped with increasingly tightened budgets, diminishing teams and processes that are vestiges of a bygone era. At a time when life moves at the speed of a tweet and we have access to information 24/7, government bureaucracy, with its paper forms, limited hours of operation and one-way conversations, is a dinosaur. This makes
starting a small business a confusing, frustrating affair. “The interface for government is formica, fluorescence and forms,” says Koht, pointing out that government was set up during a time when we were predominantly an agricultural economy. There were some updates made during the industrial revolution, but it has yet to catch up to the information economy. “Open government”—a catchall phrase that includes government transparency, open data, accessibility and up-to-date interfaces—aims to change this. As part of this growing open government movement, OpenCounter gives users a transparent platform that clearly lays out the details of starting a local business. It also provides a treasure trove of data to officials. City leaders can
see what businesses are opening in what locations, estimated timelines, business sizes and more. The conversion rate for people who open an account versus those who actually submit permits is only 10 percent. But there’s valuable data in the other 90 percent. For instance, if officials see numerous people try to open a coffee shop in a building or neighborhood where it’s not allowed, they can use that to justify a text amendment to the zoning rules. Or if there are six applications for co-working spaces, they can see that it’s clearly a growth industry. Koht and Mahoney are intrigued with the idea of allowing officials— whether city managers, economic development directors, or even mayors and electives—to have an idea of what’s going on in the local economy. “What OpenCounter does,” Koht says, “is show you what’s happening. Even if people don’t submit, you can still pick up the phone and call them and say, ‘I see that you’re looking to do this. Is there anything I can do to help?’ That’s how you build a healthy economy.” To date, eight cities have signed up with OpenCounter. The smallest is Gonzales, Calif., with a population of 8,600, and the largest is Houston, the fourth largest city in the U.S., with two million people. Koht and Mahoney are also in talks with Los Gatos, Pacific Grove, Seaside and Truckee. In Santa Cruz, OpenCounter has 500 people registered, and 57 of them have submitted for formal permits. Using feedback from these users, Koht and Mahoney have transformed OpenCounter from a local project into an application with the potential to help entrepreneurs in cities of all sizes. “Santa Cruz is a great place to incubate a business,” says Koht. “It’s large enough that you can try an idea at scale. It also has a creative spirit that allows you to try new ideas, and those ideas can scale far beyond the borders of the city.” 0
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After pushing its all-volunteer staff and its resources to the brink last year, the Santa Cruz Film Festival returns with an innovative new vision BY STEVE PALOPOLI
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signed siigned up up as a vvolunteer olunteer because she she was was new new to to Santa Santa Cruz, Cruz, and and a friend frriend had had suggested suggested it’d it’d be fun to to do friend bailed, but do ttogether. ogetherr. That That fr iend b ailed, bu ut Gummere Gu ummere quickly quickly became became one one of of Sullivan’s Su ullivan’s top top deputies. depu utties. “She men “She always always needed needed straight straight m en around arround her,” her,” says says Gummere Gummere of of the t he famously flamboyant Sullivan. fam a ously fl amboyant Sulliv an. “She somebody “S She needed needed som ebody to to say, say, ‘Let’s ‘L Let’s count thee d dollars and cents now.’ co ount th ollars an d cen ts n ow.’ So that well, because th hat worked worked out out really really w ell, beca ause I’m ‘Okay, m an accountant. accountant. So I said, ‘O kay, let that guy.’ Soler was let e me me be th at gu y..’ Julian So ler w as the thee firs firstt ttwo th he programmer programmer ffor or th o wo years, and then came years, e an d he he left, left, and and th en cam me back and bac a k in 2008, an d he he and and I were were
like people.” like her her two two assistant assistant peo ple.” When Sullivan When Sulliv va an left left after aft fter the the 2009 festival, up fes e tivva al, Gummere Gummere and and Soler S ler sstepped So tep e ped u p to But then to rrun un iit.t. Bu ut th en Gummere Gumm merre watched watched iitt take hee moved take over ovveer Soler’s Soler’s life, liffe, too, too, as h movved e to to New off New York, Yor o k, but bu ut continued con ntin t ued ed to to pour all o his tim timee into in nto keeping keeping it it going. go oing. “For was working “For a llong ong time, time, he he w as w orking at New at this job job in N ew York, Yor o k, k and and totally totally phoning And phoning it it in. An d doing doin ng the the film festival att w work!” feestival all day day long long a ork!” sshe he remembers. “Hee call called mee on onee remembers. “H ed dm night ‘Dude, is my night and and said ‘Du de, this t my performance perfo ormance review: review w: Why W y can’t Wh can’t Julian spell?’ ‘What spell?’ I said, ‘Wh at do do you yo ou mean? mean? You You o write beautifully. Everything do write beau tifully. Ev veerything yyou ou d o is so well well crafted crafted and and well well thought thought
out.’ ou ut.’ t He He said saiid ‘No, ‘No, not not my my work work stuff. stufff. My Myy w work-work My festival fes e tivall work work is A+. M ork-work is ‘Julian needs needs remedial remedial spelling spelling classes.’…And classes.’…A And then then he he got got fired fired from from that that job, job, of of course.” course.” They They can n llaugh augh about about it it now, now, but bu ut it it wasn’t wasn’t easy ea asy when when Soler Soler had had to to get get “a “a real real jjob,” ob,” at at the the same same time time he he was was getting married, basically getting m a ied, b arr asically lleaving ea avin v g the the 10-day 10-day festival feestival completely completely in Gummere’s Gummere’s hands. hands. It all came cam me to to a head head last last year. yearr. “The was “The 2012 20112 festival feestival w as just just riddled riddled with says. had with problems,” problems,” sshe he sa ays. “Julian h ad one out one foot foot o ou ut the the door, doorr, and and he he wasn’t wasn’t able able to to come com me to to the the festival. fes e tival. Having Havving his presence presen nce here here used to to help help a llot, ot,
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NATURAL SELECTIONS Films from the festival, from left to right: Koan of Spring, Xilonen, Cement Suitcase, The Retrieval.
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’cause it was the two of us, and our board—you need a team. You can’t just have one person having to deal with everything. We were really too overextended.” Everything seemed to be going wrong. The weather was perfect every single one of the festival’s 10 days in May, and attendance was down, while venue costs were up—about five times as much as in the SCFF’s first year, by Gummere’s estimation. And the volunteers that the festival had relied on for a decade were being pushed to their limit. “We had two years in a row of projectionists just physically exhausted.
God bless them,” she says. “Everybody was having to take a week off work, they were using their own vacation time doing the festival. It’s unreasonable to expect people to do that.” When the SCFF board gathered to do a post-mortem on the 2012 festival last summer, Gummere made a confession: it had taken over her life, too. “I own two businesses,” she says. “I work more than full time— all weekend, every evening, I work all the time. The festival is a hobby. It’s an unpaid board of director position. In the last 12 years, I’ve put thousands of hours and my own dollars into it as a board member.”
She told the SCFF board she simply couldn’t handle the festival anymore as it was configured. And to her surprise, they agreed with her that no one could. They decided on a radical re-working of the festival, shortening it from 10 days to four days, and moving it to fall. This week, it makes its return in a form that Gummere believes will better serve both its audience and the people who go a little crazy—or a lot crazy—every year making it happen; it runs Nov. 7-10 at the Rio Theatre and other venues around Santa Cruz. “We said, ‘Enough. Enough madness. We can’t do this to people.’
So we already knew we were going to shorten it considerably, we knew we were going to move it to November,” she says. “And then we just said, ‘Let’s simplify this sucker. Let’s make this thing survive.’”
New Blood An essential part of making the transformation was finding Jeff Ross, who takes over this year as festival director. Beginning in 1998, when he financed the first San Francisco Independent Film Festival on his own credit cards, Ross has built a regional film festival
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empire, including the San Francisco Documentary Festival (which he brought to Santa Cruz earlier this year in collaboration with SCFF) and the horror fan fave Another Hole in the Head Festival. Coming from that background, Ross very much understood SCFF’s need to re-invent itself. “His mantra from the beginning has been ‘keep it simple,’” says Gummere. “Somebody will say, ‘Should we do this and this and this?’ And he’ll say ‘Well, is it simple?’ And we’ll say ‘Well, no.’ And he’ll say ‘Then don’t do it.’” Ross is pretty much the antithesis of everything you’d expect a successful film festival producer to be. The stereotype is that they’re wannabe filmmakers—all the attitude without any of the talent—but Ross is maybe the least pretentious film person you’ll ever meet. “I have no artistic talent whatsoever,” he states flatly. Nor does he hold film up as some mystical, ultimate art form. “I don’t even mind calling them movies,” he says. “The m-word doesn’t scare me.” And it’s not even an ego thing, this push to make an ever-increasing number of film festivals succeed. “I don’t necessarily need to be in the public eye. I’d rather be the guy in the back who pulls the rope up and down,” he admits. So what is it then that drives Ross to keep getting himself involved in one festival after another? “It probably has something to do with my background,” he says. “My mom is a painter, but she can’t survive without the gallery owner showing her work.” Ross has become a curator himself, and that’s one mission he sees for film festivals in the 21st century: “There’s a lot of value in that curating, sifting through the material to find the gems.” He started his career in the late ’90s, during an era he calls “after the rise of Indiewood, and before Fahrenheit 9/11”—meaning that independent film was already a pop phenomenon, but still very much independent, not yet a cash cow being endlessly exploited by the big studios. But it was also during the rise of DVD, the first true film lover’s home video format. Its ability to showcase
films in the way that the filmmaker intended them to be seen, and its explosion in popularity over several years, made DVD a catalyst for the rediscovery and restoration of countless films that had either been chopped and screwed on VHS, or considered too niche even to bother with. Studios emptied their vaults, and smaller producers showered attention on cult classics and alsorans alike to feed the endless demand for more content. Suddenly, film festivals weren’t the only place audiences could discover rare films, and with the corresponding explosion in home theater, they weren’t even the only place those films could be seen on a (somewhat) big screen. Now that’s even more true, thanks to the availability of just about every movie in some form on the Internet.
Social Network So it may be time for the Ross Revolution. While traditional film festival organizers put their emphasis on championing films that may not otherwise be seen, he believes that even more important than the selections is the social interaction that events like the Santa Cruz Film Festival provide—the community-building that home viewing can’t offer, even with all the pixels in the world. “My goal isn’t really to get films seen by as many people as possible,” he says. “My goal is to get people together for a shared experience.” Toward that end, he’s turned the SCFF into more of a neighborhood event in mid-town Santa Cruz—a “festival corridor,” as he calls it. “That was all him,” says Gummere. “We knew we were going to be at the Rio, and what he decided to do was build around that. He was the one who came up with the idea of approaching the Pacific Arts Complex across the street. And they’re like, ‘Oh, you know why that’s great is we teach kids to make videos.’ So they’re already doing something that is something we’re supporting, so we have this common thing. It’s going to be the first time that it’s been made into a theater, so we’ll see how it looks and feels.” The “corridor” also includes the Crepe Place and the Santa Cruz Roller
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DYNAMIC DUO F estival president Elizabeth Grummere has brought her experience with all of the previous Santa Cruz Film Festivals to this year’s extreme makeover, while new festival director Jeff Ross brings an outsider’s perspective, and the lessons he learned running three San Francisco film festivals.
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Paladium, which will hold various events, and the Del Mar and Museum of Art and History are participating as well. “I’m picturing people talking on the sidewalk about the films they just saw,” says Ross. It’s not that the films themselves aren’t important to Ross, but in the case of the SCFF, he flat-out refused to be involved in the programming, as a newbie living in Marin who still has a lot to learn about Santa Cruz.“I don’t feel as an outsider that that is an appropriate role,” he explains. “I can’t say what Santa Cruz should be watching. “ He has a team of programmers for his San Francisco festivals, too, and he thinks the dynamic between the people choosing the films for any film festival is extremely important. “What I really like is when I have multiple programmers who strongly dislike the other programmers’ films,” he says, with a bit of a mischievous tone. Grummere is extremely pleased with the work of Logan Walker,
who now oversees SCFF’s process of selecting films. “He teaches film theory at the colleges, and he’s getting a Ph.D. in film. Even on paper, it’s kind of a no-brainer,” she says. “So he’s taken over as the programmer, and I think he really programmed well this year. I think everything is going to speak to Santa Cruz audiences, and Bay Area audiences.” For Ross, that’s the baseline the festival promises in its very name. Talk about keeping it simple: “The Santa Cruz Film Festival, that’s all it is—it’s Santa Cruz, and it’s a film festival,” he says. “I really do want everybody in town to be able to pick up a program and find something they want. I think we’ve done that.” Grummere is excited that despite cutting the scope of the festival (there are about two dozen films in this year’s SCFF, plus shorts, with the acceptance rate of submissions dropping from 15-20 percent to 10 percent, in her estimation), it will still showcase local filmmakers’ work alongside national
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and international selections. “We don’t necessarily have a quota, but we do know that some sort of local character or angle is going to appeal to audiences,” she says. “Like opening night. Those guys are local, they have a ton of friends in town, it will appeal to a pretty wide crosssection of Santa Cruz.” That film is Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story, an autobiographical documentary by local co-directors Beth Stephens and Annie Sprinkle. It will kick the festival off Thursday at the Del Mar, with MAH hosting SCFF’s opening night party afterward. Other festival parties include a disco inferno at the Roller Paladium on Friday, a Big Lebowski party at the Pacific Arts Complex on Saturday (with costume contest, music, bar, mini-bowling and, of course, the Coen brothers’ classic), and a Closing Night Party on Sunday at the Crepe Place featuring live music from Girls + Boys and Sad Robot.
Old Friends and New For Ross, who first met Gummere and Walker in Austin last year at a festival for film festivals (yes, that is a thing that exists), taking on the festival offered not just a new challenge, but also a chance to satisfy his own intellectual curiosity about the differences between organizing a big-city festival and one in a place like Santa Cruz, which already has a lot of the community elements he is constantly banging his head against the wall trying to create in San Francisco. “I’m personally attracted to Santa Cruz because of its size,” he says. “It’s not a big city, but it’s not a town. We’re not talking Mayberry.” Gummere says the SCFF board is thrilled with Ross’ innovations. “I hope Jeff will stay with us forever and ever. We love Jeff. We’ve got really good people on the team.” She doesn’t know how long she’ll last on that team, but she also knows that every time she thinks she’s out, the festival pulls her back in. Though it has consumed her life, too, she has a lot of memories that make her laugh out loud now—like the time she
and Sullivan had to program the SCFF five months early so Sullivan could go on a trip to India. “We locked ourselves into [Sullivan’s] house on Seabright for seriously like 48 hours straight. I don’t think we even showered. We sat on the couch, and it was freezing—it was January. We were under blankets, and we were sitting there freezing watching film after film after film. It was awful,” she remembers, laughing. “We got so loopy. There was some film with a catchy theme song, and we started singing it and dancing around. We were so insane. We watched so many films.”
‘What I really like is when I have multiple programmers who strongly dislike the other programmers’ films.’ — JEFF ROSS Even if Grummere were to actually step down, she’s seen how the SCFF has become a lasting bond in the lives of the people who make it happen—not just in that crazy, all-consuming way. “There were a bunch of really solid volunteers that hung out through the years, that we’re still friends with, fortunately. They’re still people who are involved; some of them have moved away, but they still check in—‘how’s the festival going?’ It’s a festival family,” she says. “That’s probably why I’ve stuck around. There are just all these friends, and we come back every year and keep it going.” 0
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depending who depending on w ho yyou o ou ask. ask. “It’s “It’s cool cool if yyou o ou like like a roundtable roundtable of no-holds-barred of insults insulltts and and n o-holds-barred locker thee loccker room room o horror. horrorr. That’s Thatt’s what what th Kirkwoods Kirrk kw wo oods tend tend to to bring bring to to things. things. We’re We’r e e outrageously sarcastic onee an another— ou utr trag ageeously sar rccastic tto o on other— you hee says. you o know know how how ffamily a amilly is,” h sa ays. “Shandon thee one “Shandon is th one gu gguy uy in the the band band that that isn’t isn n’t a Kirkwood, Kirrk kw wo ood, and and I think sometimes sometimes we isn’t wee ttease we fforget or orget that that he he isn n’t family, famil a y, so w ease him h horribly—we’re pathetic, what orrribly— —w wee’re p atthetic, w hat can I say? Wee h have nothing better do, sa ayy? W ave n othin ng bett er tto od o, we’ve hour we’v e ve got got o an h our and and a half, half, ttwo wo hours hours of off th the of music musiic each each night, nig i htt, and a and the th he rest reest o he time wee jus justt dr drive around and time w ivve ar o d an oun d amuse ourselves.” ourselvees.” One One thing thing that that fans fa ans may may have have noticed noticed while thee M Meat Puppets over wh hile watching watching th ea at Pu ppets ov veer the the years years e is the the ffact a acct that th hat Curt Curt Kirkwood Kirrk kw wo ood doesn’t pick. Hee uses doesn’t play play guitar guitar with with a pi ck. H a quarter habit quarteer instead—a instead—a h abit that that got go ot its its start out off b basic necessity, but becamee starrt ou ut o asic n eceessityy, bu ut becam a habit habit because of of the the unique unique tone tone and and sound plucking with thee sound that that p lucking a sstring tring wi th th coin produced. i p rod duced. d “It sstarted would often tarrted becausee I w o ould o ften wind without wind up up at at a gig or practice pra accttice wi thou ut a pick, never pick, it’s it’s the the one one thing thing you yo ou can n ever e have have enough enough of, of, and and somebody s ebod som dy always allways has quarter,” says Kirkwood. “They’re has a qu arter er,” , sa ays Kir K rk kw wood. o “T hey’rre actually play with, they accttu uall a ly rreally eall e y fun tto op lay wi th, th ey don’t fingers do thee don’t bend, bend, so yyour o our fin ngers sstart tart tto od o th bending and gives more bending instead, instead, an d iitt giv vees iitt a llot ot m ore twang, twan a g, with with the the serrations serrrati t ons and and stuff.” stufff..” t This month This m on ntth marks marrks the the 20 0th anniversary anniv iveersary of of the the taping tap pin i g of of Nirvana’s Nirvan Nir a a’’s “MTV Unplugged” “MTV Un plugg geed” show, show, where where the the Kirkwoods Kirrk kw wo oods sat sa at in with with h the the band band and and played playeed their their songs songs “Lake “La ake of of Fire,” Fire,” “Plateau” “Oh, “Plateau” and and “O h, Me.” Me.” Kirkwood Kirrk kw wo ood looks looks back bac a k on the the now now legendary leg geendary gig with with fond fon ond memories. memories. “It was definitely the coolest wa as d efinitely th he coo lest television-studio-type wee eever televisi v on-studio-typee thing thing that that w veer did, better went better than than any an ny talk talk a shows—it shows—it w een nt completely complettely beyond beyyon o d anything an nythin t g like like that— that— and and it it was wa as actually accttuallly a really, reallly, really reallly good good show. show. I enjoyed en njoyed e the the hell hell out ou ut of of it, it, and and I love lovve those those guys.” gu uys.”
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and piano. Sun, Nov 10, 4pm. $20 general; $10 seniors & students. Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.1968.
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UCSC Rainbow Theater
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Bellydance Showcase 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.
THEATER Mughal Miniatures: Tales of Love A student cast directed by Kathy Foley, in three mini-play love stories from Iran and the Indian subcontinent. Fri, Nov 8, 7pm, Sat, Nov 9, 7pm and Sun, Nov 10, 3pm. $12-$15. UCSC Theater Arts Center, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2159.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee The Tony Award-winning musical comedy. Sat, Nov 9, 7:30pm and Sun, Nov 10, 2pm. $9-$19. Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6154.
UCSC Theater Arts ‘The Normal Heart’: A studentdirected production of the play by Larry Kramer, about the rise of the AIDS crisis in New York City in the 80s. Thu, Nov 7, 7pm, Fri, Nov 8, 7pm, Sat, Nov 9, 7pm and Sun, Nov 10, 3pm. $12. Experimental Theater, Theater Arts Center UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2159.
A variety of performances for the 20th anniversary of the multicultural student-led theater troupe. www.cadrc.org. Fri, Nov 8, 7pm and Sat, Nov 9, 7pm. $10 general; $7 students. Stevenson College, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.459.1861.
Art GALLERIES OPENING Cabrillo College Gallery David Fleming & Diane R. Ritch: Two award-winning artists selected from a juried exhibition. Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm & MonTue 7-9pm. Thru Dec. 13. Free. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.
CONTINUING Cabrillo College Gallery Cabrillo Gallery. ‘12 x 12 (x12)’: An open invitational statewide exhibition featuring ceramics, photography, mixed media and more. Gallery hours: Mon-Fr, 9am-4pm. Thru Nov. 11. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.
CONCERTS
Felix Kulpa Gallery
Aria
Coming Attraction - ‘New Work by a Community of Artists’: Paintings,
Lyrical selections for saxophone
San Francisco’s City Guide
Steel Panther
photography, mixed media and video by 13 local artists. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sun, noon-6pm. Oct. 24-Nov. 24. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.
Pajaro Valley Arts Council ‘Mi Casa es Tu Casa’: An exhibit of installations paying tribute to Dia de los Muertos with the theme of "Passages." Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 11am-4pm. Thru Dec. 8. Free. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.
Santa Cruz Art League ‘Beasts on Broadway’: Art inspired by animals of all shapes and sizes, real or imagined. www.scal.org. Gallery hours: Wed-Sat, noon-5pm; Sun, noon-4pm. Thru Nov. 24. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, Sun noon-4pm. 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.
Santa Cruz Central Branch Library
Math-y indie band from SF plays first show in 15 years. With the atmospherics of Barn Owl. Nov 9 at Bottom of the Hill.
Cults NYC duo ask: if you’re so cool, why aren’t James Franco and Emma Roberts in your video? Nov 13 at the Fillmore. More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.
Beat Sanctuary A weekly class for exploring exercise and spirituality through dance. Wed, 7:309:15pm. $15. A dance class for exploring authentic movement as connection, exercise, prayer and spiritual practice. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz, 831.227.2156.
Compassionate Communication
A Course In Miracles Study Group
‘Journey Forth’: An exhibition that explores our complex relationships with nature in the digital age, juxtaposing the natural and artificial. Gallery Hours: Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; Fri 11am-9pm. Thru Dec. 1. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.
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.
Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios ‘The Rock Series’: Acrylic on canvas paintings by June inspired by Janis Joplin and other rock icons. Hours: Mon-Sun, 10am-midnight. Free. 118 Coral St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7277.
Bank Arts Collaborative. ‘Down on the Farm’: Seven local artists whose work represents the beauty of simple life on the farm. MonThu, 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-6pm. Thru Jan. 3. Free. n/a, Santa Cruz.
A Minor Forest
A chance to relax, feed your baby and chat with other new mothers. Open to all mothers and babies. Mon, 10:30-11:30am. free. Luma Yoga & Family Center, 1010 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.325.2620.
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History
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Kevin Barnes debuts material from new LP, written entirely in SF. Nov 8 and 9 at Great American Music Hall.
Baby Feeding Circle
A program put on by the Alzheimer's Association providing strategies for improving communication with memory impaired individuals. Thu, Nov 7, 1:303:30pm. Free. Live Oak Senior Center, 1777-A Capitola Rd, Live Oak, 800.272.3900.
Various Santa Cruz County Bank Locations
Of Montreal
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‘Libraries Inside Out.’ HOME: A large-scale woodblock printmaking exhibition by Bridget Henry. Aug. 2 through the winter months. Free, 831.427.7700. 224 Church St, Santa Cruz.
Master parodists of the 1980s L.A. glam metal sound and look. Nov 8 at the Regency Ballroom.
Born in 1989, Devin Star Tailes gets the party rolling with hits like ‘In the Dark.’ Nov 8 at Slim’s.
Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.
Events LITERARY EVENTS Storytime Former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of children's stories. Mon, 11am. Capitola Book
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.
Figure Drawing Weekly drawing from a live model, facilitated by Open Studio artist Richard Bennett. Mon, 7-10pm. $16. Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.
Grief Support A lunchtime drop-in support group for adults grieving the death of a family member or friend. Tues. 6-7pm at 125 Heather Terrace, Aptos; Fri. noon-1pm at 5403 Scotts Valley Dr. Ste. D, Scotts Valley. free. Various sites, NA, Santa Cruz, 831.430.3000.
Homelessness Symposium ‘Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream’: A full day interactive symposium aimed at exploring the connection between homelessness and the health of our society. Sat, Nov 9, 1-5:30pm. Free. The Circle Church, 111 Errett Circle, Santa Cruz, 831.247.6150.
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Homeless Symposium “Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream” is an interactive educational symposium aimed at exploring the reality of homelessness in our community, its costs to everyone and what can be done. Saturday, Nov. 9 from 1-5:30pm at the Circle Church, 111 Errett Circle, Santa Cruz. Free. Pre-registration required by email or phone: adesouches@sbcglobal.net or 831.247.6150. 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.
LGBT 60+ Thanksgiving Social A Thanksgiving luncheon and social sponsored by The Diversity Center. RSVP by Nov. 6. Sat, Nov 9, 12:30-3:30pm. $5 donation. Inner Light Ministries, 5630 Soquel Dr, Soquel, 831.425.5422.
Miracle Working Spiritual teacher Dominique Free leads a weekly class on cultivating the consciousness to heal, overcome, succeed and create miracles. Thu, 7-8pm. Conscious Lounge, 1651A El Dorado Av @ Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.359.0423.
Overeaters Anonymous A 12-step support group for those who wish to recover from compulsive eating. Sundays 9-10:15am at 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz and 4-5:15pm at 115 South Morrissey, Santa Cruz. Mondays 12:15-1:15pm at 420 Melrose Ave, Santa Cruz and 7-8pm at 4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel. Tuesdays 12:15-1:15pm at 420 Melrose Ave, Santa Cruz. Wednesdays 10:30-11:30am at 1335 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz; noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln #303, Watsonville; and 6:307:30pm at 335 Spreckles Dr, Ste. A, Aptos. Thursdays
1-2pm at 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. Fridays noon1pm at 49 Blanca Ln, #303, Watsonville and 12:15-1:15pm at 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz. Saturdays 9-10am at 532 Center St, Santa Cruz and 11am-noon at 75 Nelson St, Watsonville. 831.429.7906.
The Speaker's Gym
Postpartum Health Circle
Thrive Natural Medicine
A weekly community circle offering support and information about postpartum changes for mothers. Wed, 1:30-2:30pm. $5-$10 donation. Luma Yoga & Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz, 831.325.2620.
Grand opening celebration featuring food by Chef Zachary Mazi and Food is Medicine, plus beer, wine and a raffle. Sat, Nov 9, 2-6pm. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel, 831.515.8699.
Qigong Flow
Trail Crew Volunteering
Led by Bonnie Eskie, MFT. Tue, 10-11am. $10-$12. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.515.4144.
Support and Recovery Groups Alzheimer's: Alzheimer's Assn., 831.464.9982. Bipolar: 707.747.1989. 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). Pagans in Recovery: 831.428.3024. Narcotics Anonymous: saveyoursanity@aol.com. Clutterers Anonymous: 831.359.3008.
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.
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.
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 Comedy Showcase A new comedy showcase hosted by DNA featuring a different Bay Area headliner each week. Tue, 8:30pm. Free. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.7117.
Marine Wildlife Lecture A panel of three marine wildlife veterinarians moderated by Santa Cruz Mayor Hilary Bryant. Thu, Nov 7, 7-8:30pm. Free. Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3800.
Pop Up Museum: Drinking ‘Drinking Is in the Heart’: Drinking memorabilia presented by historian Geoffrey Dunn and collector Bob Welch, with contributions from the public welcome. Sat, Nov 9, 3-5pm. Free. Red, 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.
Researchers Anonymous ‘Snapshot Stories’: Participants can bring their family's historical photos to contribute to the Santa Cruz Library's local history photo collection. Sat, Nov 9, 11am-1pm. Free. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.
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Bill Frisell stand standss in a class of his own. The jazz guitarist who whho long ago abandoned the to be a jazz guitarist, rules of what it means m thatt is unmistakably his, whether has a sound tha he’s he ’s rredefining edefining the t Americana songbook, performing perf orming the scor sscoree to a Buster KKeaton eaton ffilm, ilm, guesting onn an album by the doom Earth metal band Eart th or leading a jazz band. Frisell’ss 2013 rrelease, Frisell elease, ease Big Surr, which was commissioned by Monterey b the Monter ey Jazz Festival, continues his barrier-bending tradition baarrier-bending tr adition with sweeping, string string-based g-based compositions that sit closer to sound paintings than they do songs. Quintet The Big Sur Quin ntet accompanies Frisell to town on Thursday Thursday night. KKuumbwa; uumbwa; $27 adv/$30 door; 7pm (Cat at Johnson) 7 & 9pm. (C
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RODDY RADIATION AND HIS SKABILLY REBELS
Thursday, November 7 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps
BILL FRISELL’S BIG SUR QUINTET FEATURING EYVIND KANG, HANK ROBERTS, RUDY ROYSTON AND JENNY SCHEINMAN 9pm: 1/2 Price Night for Students Friday, November 8 U 7:30 pm
LISA LINDSLEY PERFORMS: Cancelled “BLOSSOM DEARIE. A TRIBUTE” Saturday, November 9 U 9 pm
$5 @ CLUB KUUMBWA: door MICHAEL FEINBERG TRIO Sunday, November 10 U 7 pm
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MARY GAUTHIER A road-tested veteran of the international music circuit, Mary Gauthier is a fearless songwriter who doesn’t shy away from the hard stuff, but finds the humanness therein. For the last 10-plus years, the Nashville-based artist has been traveling the world, performing songs about the search for home, the characters and lives she encounters, falling in and out of love, and her own adoption. Her latest album, Live at Blue Rock, sees the singer/songwriter in top form, demonstrating why she is considered one of the finest in the game. Don Quixote’s; $18 adv/$20 door; 7:30pm. (CJ)
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ANTIDOPING Nov. 8 at Moe’s Alley
TISH HINOJOSA Nov. 11 at Don Quixote’s
JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET Nov. 15 at Kuumbwa
BRETT DENNEN Nov. 17 at Rio Theatre
TIM WEED CD RELEASE CELEBRATION
Tickets: brownpapertickets.com Monday, November 11 U 7 pm | No Comps
KIM NALLEY WITH THE MARCUS SHELBY ORCHESTRA “THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK” Thursday, November 14 U 7 pm
PETER BRÖTZMANN AND PAAL NILSSEN – LOVE DUO Friday, Nov. 15 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps
JOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET with Aaron Goldberg, Joe Sanders and Gregory Hutchinson 9pm: 1/2 Price Night for Students Mon. November 18 U 7:30 pm | No Comps
DIANE SCHUUR
Tuesday, November 19 U 7 pm | FREE
MASTER CLASS SERIES DAN ROBBINS: JAZZ BASS AND BEYOND Wednesday, November 20 U 7:30 pm
MAURA O’CONNELL
Tickets: snazzyproductions.com Thursday, November 21 U 7 pm | No Comps
RANDY WESTON AND BILLY HARPER “AFRICAN RHYTHMS”
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ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD Andrew Jackson Jihad is the kind of band that can sing a song called “Rejoice” that features lyrics like, “Rejoice despite the fact this world will kill you / Rejoice despite the fact this world will tear you to shreds”—and actually make you want to rejoice. Lead singer and guitarist Sean Bonnette is like a cross between the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle and a crazy person, radiating impossible exuberance as he wails politically incorrect, funny and even creepy folk-punk songs, accompanied by bassist Ben Gallaty. Describing their live show as “high energy” is like saying Ted Nugent kind of enjoys firearms. Crepe Place; $10/$12; 9pm. (SP)
Tickets: snazzyproductions.com Monday, November 25 U 7:30 pm
RAY BROWN’S GREAT BIG BAND
AT CABRILLO COLLEGE CROCKER THEATRE | No Comps Tickets: brownpapertickets.com GOLD CIRCLE SOLD OUT! 12/2 Louis Hayes and the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band 12/5 Joey DeFrancesco and the Vibe 12/9 Pedrito Martinez Group 12/11 Aoife O’Donovan 12/16 Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola
GOING TO JACKSON, AGAIN Andrew Jackson Jihad rejoices at Crepe Place Nov. 13.
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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Roddy Radiation, lead guitarist for the seminal second-wave ska band the Specials, has, after 30-plus years in the music world, struck out on his own. His new band, Roddy Radiation and the Skabilly Rebels is, as the name implies, a lively amalgam of ska and rockabilly. Possessing a gritty, move-yourfeet sound, an early rock ‘n’ roll vibe and the shredding guitar work of frontman Radiation, the band is both a nod to, and a furthering of, deep-rooted, deep-grooved musical styles. Also on the bill: the Chop Tops and the Inciters. Moe’s Alley; $12 adv/$15 door; 9pm. (CJ)
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ASS BACKWARDS (90 min) Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael star in this offbeat comedy as Chloe and Kate, two childhood friends turning 30 who road trip home in the belief that all their problems can be solved by winning a beauty pageant. Like Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, with crowns. (Plays Fri and Sat at 11:45pm at the Del Mar) BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (NC-17; 179 min) Much buzzed-about French lesbian love story has French lesbians, love story. Also won the Palme d’Or at Cannes. (Opens Fri at the Nick)
HOW I LIVE NOW (R; 101 min) Action thriller is an adaptation of Meg Rosoff’s novel about an American teenager bored out of her skull while staying with relatives in Britain, until it suddenly comes under martial law, and she has to escape a violent military dictatorship. FML! (Opens Fri at the Nick) JURASSIC PARK (1993) Let’s review the plot, courtesy of Weird Al: “I recall the time they found those fossilized mosquitoes/ And before long, they were cloning DNA/Now I’m being chased by some irate veloceraptors/Well, believe me, this has been one lousy day.” (Plays Fri and Sat at midnight at the Del Mar)
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THE PIN (R) World War II drama has two young people falling in love while in hiding, which is pretty much doomed from the start because World War II. (Opens Fri at the Nick) THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG-13; 122 min) If he had a hammer, he’d hammer in the morning. He’d hammer in the evening, all over the nine realms. Anyway, Thor is back in a plot that’s basically what you’d expect: blah blah Dark Elves, blah blah wormhole, blah blah anomaly. Thank god for the Loki comic relief. (Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Cinema 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley)
Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack
Reviews 12 YEARS A SLAVE (R; 133 min) Based on an 1853 memoir, this story of a free African American kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South is easily the bestreviewed film of the year.
ALL IS LOST (PG-13; 106 min) Robert Redford stars in this adventure story of a man on the open sea whose boat is damaged, leaving him in a lonely and desperate fight for survival. BAD GRANDPA (R; 92 min) Johnny Knoxville’s obnoxious old man character from Jackass gets his own movie, which for sure nobody saw coming. For
some reason, the movie combines a fictional plot with the typical hidden-camera footage of real people being grossed out by Grandpa’s lewd behavior. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (PG-13; 134 min) Oscar buzz is already a-buzzin’ for Tom Hanks, who plays the titular captain in this true story of the first U.S. cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years. CARRIE (R; 99 min.) Have you heard of this new thing called “remaking classic horror films”? Apparently, it always goes great, and makes all the fans of the original movies super happy! THE COUNSELOR (R; 117 min) Ridley Scott directs this Cormac McCarthy
Showtimes are for Wednesday, Nov. 6, through Wednesday, Nov. 13, unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.
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122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.thenick.com
Ender’s Game — Daily 2; 4:20; 6:45; 9:10. Gravity 3D — Daily 3; 5:10; 7:15; 9:20; plus Sat-Sun 12:50pm.
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1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com
Thor: The Dark World — (Opens Fri) 11:45; 1:30; 4:15; 5:20; 7:15; 9:30. Thor: The Dark World 3D — (Opens Thu 8pm) 2:30; 8:15. Captain Phillips — Wed-Thu 12:30; 3:45; 7; 10. The Counselor — Wed-Thu 1:15; 4:15; 7:15; 10:15. (no Thu 7:15; 10:15) Last Vegas — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 7; 4:40; 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 10.
DEL MAR
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12 Years A Slave — Daily 1:50; 3:30; 4:40; 6:15; 7:30; 9 plus Fri-Sun 11; 12:45. All Is Lost — Daily 2:30; 4:50; 7:10; 9:30; plus Fri-Sat 12:10pm. Ass Backwards — Fri-Sat 11:45pm. Jurassic Park — Fri-Sat Midnight. 50 Years On Stage — Sun 11am.
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Blue Is the Warmest Color — (Opens Fri) 3:30; 4:30; 7; 8 plus Fri-Mon 1pm. How I Live Now — (Opens Fri) 2:20 plus 9:20pm. The Pin — (Opens Fri) Fri-Mon 12:30pm. A.C.O.D. —Wed-Thu 2:30; 7:10 . Enough Said —Wed-Thu 2:40; 4:50; 7; 9; Fri-Wed 2:50; 5; 7:10; 9:10 plus Fri-Mon 12:50pm. Inequality for All — Wed-Thu 4:40; 9:15; plus Sat-Sun 12:20pm. Muscle Shoals — Wed-Thu 2:20; 6:40; Fri-Wed 1:10; 4:30. Rush — Wed-Thu 4:20; 6:50; 9:20; Fri-Mon 12:30pm. The Fifth Estate — Wed-Thu 4:30; 9:10. Licks — Wed 11/6 9pm.
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Last Vegas — (Opens Fri) Wed-Thu 3:30; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. The Counselor — Wed-Thu 3:40; 6:40; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.
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Thor: The Dark World 3D — (Opens Thu 8pm) Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Captain Phillips — Wed-Thu 12:10; 2:30; 6:15; 9:15 Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 9:15pm) Carrie — Wed 11/6 12:35; 3:05; 5:30; 8; 10:25; Thu 12:35; 3:05; 5:25; 10:25; FriWed call for showtimes. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 — Wed-Thu 12:25; 3:20; 6:35; 9; FriWed call for showtimes. (no Thu 6:35pm) Ender’s Game — Wed 11/6 11; 1:45; 2:30; 4:30; 5:10; 7:15; 7:50; 10; Thu 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:40; 7:50; 9:150 Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Escape Plan — Wed-Thu 11:35am plus Thu 2:30; 5:10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Free Birds — Wed 11:25; 9:25 plus Thu 2pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Free Birds 3D — Wed-Thu 4:40pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Gravity — Wed-Thu 12:40; 3; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Gravity 3D — Wed 11/6; 12; 2:45; 5:15; 6; 7:35; 8:20; 10:10; 10:40; Thu 12; 12:45; 5; 5:15; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa — Wed-Thu 12:15; 3:15; 5:30; 7:45; 10:05; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 7:45; 10:05) Jason and the Argonauts — Thu 9pm.
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Thor: The Dark World — (Opens Fri) 11; 1; 1:45; 7; 9:45pm. Thor: The Dark World 3D — (Opens Fri) 8; 11:30; 2:30; 8:30pm. 12 Years A Slave — Daily 12:15; 3:30; 6:45; 9:45pm. About Time — Daily 11:55; 3; 9:55pm. Captain Phillips — Wed-Thu 12:15; 3:30; 7; 9:15. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 – Wed-Thu 11:10; 1:45; 4:15; 6:45. Ender’s Game — Wed-Thu 11; 11:55; 1:45; 2:45; 4:30; 5:30; 7:10; 8:15; 9:55; FriWed 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:10; 10.
Free Birds — Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:20; 7; 10; Fri-Wed 11:55; 2:20; 4:45; 7; 9:20. Last Vegas — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7:20; 9; 9:55; 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7:20; 9:55. Gravity — Wed-Thu 7:30; 9:45; Fri-Wed 11:45; 3; 9:55. Gravity 3D —Wed 11/6 11:55; 2:30; 4:55; 6:30; 9;Thu 11:55; 2:30; 4:55; Fri-Wed 4:55; 7:30. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa — Wed-Thu 11:20; 2:30; 4:55; 7:30; 10; FriWed 11:40; 2:10; 7:30; 10:15 (No 11:40 Sat). All About Ever — Thu 7pm. Dial M for Murder 3D — Sat 11am.
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adaptation about a laywer who gets tangled in drug trafficking. All-star cast includes Michael Fassbender, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem. ENDER’S GAME (PG13; 104 min) There’s been a lot of LGBT supporters protesting this movie because of the despicable anti-gay views of Orson Scott Card, the author of the book it’s based on (and a producer of the film). I don’t know if the film itself should be judged on the basis of that—maybe more on the fact that Ender’s Game wasn’t a great book to begin with, certainly inferior even to Card’s short story of the same name on which it was based. (Philip K. Dick’s Time Out of Joint is a far superior take on a very similar idea.) But whether or not you think the political issues should affect whether or not you see the film, at least we can all agree the guy’s a total douche. THE FIFTH ESTATE (R; 128 min.) We’re not sure how many people out there want to see a movie dramatizing the Wikileaks saga, but Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange? That’s pretty damn awesome. FREE BIRDS (PG; 91 min) Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson star in this animated movie that is seriously about turkeys traveling through time. They go back to try to stop JFK’s assassination. Just kidding, of course they try to get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu. GRAVITY (PG-13; 90 min) In director Alfonso Cuaron’s much-anticipated spacedisaster flick, an accident on a space shuttle mission threatens to make Sandra Bullock and George Clooney astro-nots. LAST VEGAS (PG-13; 105 min) The trailer for this comedy just makes you involuntarily smile. Is it getting to watch Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro and Kevin Kline being goofy? Yeah, and also that this old-fart version of The Hangover actually looks hilarious, when it could have been just a cash-in on its all-star cast. MACHETE KILLS (R; 107 min) Director Robert Rodriguez brings back Danny Trejo as Machete, the Mexican double, triple or maybe even quadrupleagent who first appeared
in one of the fake trailers buried in the middle of Grindhouse. This time, he’s battling an arms dealer trying to blow up space. More or less. THE PATIENCE STONE (R; 102 min) In an occurrence roughly as likely as seeing a unicorn, Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi gets to actually direct the adaptation of his own novel, based on a Persian fable about a magic stone in which one can confide all problems. The stone, this time, is a man in war-torn Afghanistan. When a bullet in the neck reduces him to a vegetative state, his wife begins to confide in him all the things that would otherwise go unsaid. PLANES (G; 92 min.) This spin-off of Cars was originally supposed to go direct-to-video, but apparently theatrical audiences can’t get enough of kids’ movies about things that long to do other things, but can’t because of reasons, but then do. So here you go. PRISONERS (R; 153 min) Hugh Jackman stars in this crime drama about a father who begins considering extreme options as police fail to find his missing daughter and time could very well be running out. RUNNER RUNNER (R; 91 min) Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake star in this crime thriller about one man who must go up against a syndicate when he tries to bring sexy back—to online poker. RUNNING WILD: THE LIFE OF DAYTON O. HYDE (NR; 93 min) Documentary follows the cowboy conservationist as he tries to preserve homeon-the-range culture while at the same time protecting natural resources and rescuing horses. RUSH (R; 123 min) Ron Howard’s epic re-telling of the real-life rivalry between Formula 1 racers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (James Bruhl). WE’RE THE MILLERS (R; 110 min.) Filling the no-doubt massive audience demand to see the last vestiges of their ’90s innocence ruined by seeing Jennifer Aniston play a stripper, this comedy stars Jason Sudeikis as a pot dealer who enlists a random group of weirdos to be his fake family so he can smuggle drugs in from Mexico.
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HOT DAMN, THAT PIE IS GOOD Santa Cruz is basically the ‘Twin Peaks’ of pumpkin pie.
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et's face it, pumpkin pie is as American as, well, apple pie. According to well-documented legend, the Europeans who made it to the New World in the mid-1600s provided themselves with comfort food in the form of roast pumpkin and spices. An English cookbook of 1671 vintage urged home cooks to spice pumpkin with thyme, rosemary, parsley, cinnamon, nutmeg, pepper and cloves. This volatile blend was beaten together with eggs, sweetened to taste and then fried. Hmmm. Eventually, pumpkin pie matured as a staple in North American
kitchens, especially at holiday time— which just happened to coincide with pumpkin harvest time. And the classic pumpkin pie emerged as a spice-laden variation on custard pie. The ingredients of cream, eggs, pumpkin, sugar and spices are required. The amounts vary, however, as do eclectic additions such as cognac, molasses or ginger. As Thanksgiving looms, our collective craving for pumpkin pie expands to almost addictive proportions. I've personally witnessed more than one consumer meltdown at the ominous words, "We sold out of pumpkin pie an hour
ago." And from where I sit, the good news is that the Santa Cruz area is heavily strewn with cafes, bakeries and restaurants well-stocked with fine pumpkin pies. Good news, except when calories are an issue. And calories should never be an issue, much less a talking point, during the winter holidays. I accidentally ran into three slices of very, very good traditional pumpkin pie last week, and being forced to sample each one to the point of completion, I arrived at several conclusions worth sharing. Remember that one's taste for desserts, e.g., pumpkin
pie, has been firmly established at childhood. Hence, the pie you crave is the pie your mother (or aunt, or grandmother, or godfather) made. That style is your automatic default. So in assessing the three slices of pie I had to acknowledge my childhood template, the flavor/texture lens through which I taste favorite foods. Here are my findings. The slab of heavy, dense, spicebalanced pumpkin pie I consumed at Kelly's ($4) was outstanding. Rich flavor, flaky crust, firm tooth, utterly satisfying in every way. And looking back, I have to admit it was made exactly as my memory believes my mother made her pies, pies so good (even to her palate) that she and I shamelessly ate pie for breakfast the morning after Thanksgiving (and Christmas, and New Year's). Another slice, much thicker in size/ shape, from Gayle's ($3.50) proved more moist and custardy (i.e., eggy). It was excellent, with a delicious crust and fine balance of spices, slightly sweeter (very slightly) than Kelly's. This pie tasted like the pies I used to make from scratch (roast the organic pumpkin, then add half and half, extra spices, etc.) And the final slab of pumpkin pie I sampled (not all in the same day, mind you) was from The Buttery ($3.25). I detected more assertive spices, and a texture somewhere between the firm (Kelly's) and the custardy (Gayle's). The thin crust allowed the pumpkin filling to show off, although I might have liked a bit more salt in the dough. Yet, this too was a righteous piece of pumpkin pie. Righteous. Better than righteous. So I've learned that (1) I prefer a firmer, less sweet pumpkin pie— but again, based on the childhood template; (2) I loved all three pieces of pie, each one worth the money in terms of deliciousness, expertise and value; and (3) great pumpkin pie is alive and well in Santa Cruz. But I have miles more pie tastings to go before I sleep. Stay tuned.0
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PONZA: We’re doing this seasonal pumpkin with an artichoke soufflé. It gets served with pear slices and crostini. The best part is you can eat the pumpkin, too, which is always so fun for me when you can eat the vessel that your food is served in. How was the last farm-to-table dinner? We did an ostrich carpaccio and changed a few people’s minds on it, which is exactly what you try to do as a chef—say “Here’s something outside of your regular eating routine. Try it. Just try it. You don’t have to like it, you can tell me you hate it. But on the off chance, try it because you could love it.” What’s the best way to make chicken? If I’m going to have chicken, it’ll be roasted. Basic vegetables, your mirepoix, your potatoes. But it’s hard for me because it’s cold outside, so automatically my brain has a switch and goes straight to comfort food. In the summer, I’d still prefer it roasted. But it’d be much fresher with more fruits and vegetables. Probably very little starch—more of a citrus-y lemon type of roasted chicken. Winter, I go more hearty; maybe a gravy sauce instead of an au jus. Which Stone was the pickiest, and is it true Keith Richards is a zombie who only eats brains? No band member was picky, and they
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Aug. 23-Sept. 23-Sept. 22): 22): Thiss will be an excellent week for for you to talk with yourself—or yourself— —or rather, ratherr, with yourselves. I’m envisioning in-depth in-depth conversations between your inner saint and your your inner evil twin … between the hard hard worker and the lover of creature creature comforts comforts … between the eager-to-please eager-too-please servant servant of the greater greater good and the self-sufficient self-suffi ficient smartie who’s who’s dedicated to personal success. I think th hink that in at least some of these confabs, wordd out confabs, you shouldd speak every wor loud. YYou gesturee with yourr hands and express oou should gestur express colorful body language. It’s It’s prime time for for your different different sub-personalities to get to know each other better. e better. LIBRA (Sept. p 23 23-Oct. -Oct. 22): In th thee comingg week yyou will probably thann usual if you play probably have more more luck tha keno, craps, People craps, blackjack, bingo, or rroulette. oulette. P eople who owe you money will be inclined to t pay you back, so you won’t y might g want to give g them a nudge. nudge. g I won ’t be surprised if you find a $20 $ bill lying lyiing on the sidewalk or if a store store cashier accidentally gives you way too much change. In the wake of the these se tendencies, your main assignment is to be alert for for o opportunities to increase example, increase your cash flow. flow. For exam mple, if you wake up in the middle of the night with ann idea for for boosting your financial fortunes, fortunes, I hope you yoou will have a pen and notebook by the bed to write it down. d
SCORPIO (Oc (Oct. ct. 23-Nov. 23-Nov. 21): “Not ffor or all the whiskey in heaven,”” begi ins a poem by Charles Bernstein. “Not begins ffor or all the flies iin nV ermont. Not ffor or all the tears in the Vermont. basement. Not ffor or a million trips to Mars. Not ffor or all the fir N ffor or all the blue in the sk y.” CCan an you firee in hell. Not sky.” guess what he’s he’ss driving at? Those ar aree the things he will gladly do wi ithout in or der to ser ve his passion. without order serve “No, never ever stop loving you,”” he concludes. never,, I’ll ne never A ccording to myy understanding of your astr ological According astrological cycle, Scorpio, now n is a good time ffor or you to make a compar able bl ppledge. l d What ledge. Wh t iis the th one passion i you comparable pr ote yourself to above all others? And omise to devo promise devote what ar illing to live without in or der to ffocus ocus aree you wi willing order on that passion avagant, pur e, wild, and passion?? Be extr extravagant, pure, explicit. SAGITTARIIUS (Nov SAGITTARIUS (Nov.. 22-Dec. 22-Dec. 21): Dmitri Razumikhin is a character character in Fyodor Dostoyevsk y’s Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime andd Punishment. His surname is derived from wordd ffor from the Russian Russiaan wor or ““reason.” reason.” At At one point drunnken speech that includes these he makes a drunken observations: “It t’s by talking nonsense that one observations: “It’s truthh! Not one single truth has ever gets to the truth! arrived at without people first having talked been arrived reams of o nonsense, even ten dozen reams reams a dozen reams ’s make make this a centerpiece of your current current of it.”” Let Let’s strategy gyy, Sagitta g arius. Just assume that in or der to strategy, Sagittarius. order ferret out the core coore insights that will fuel your next ferret transformationss, you may need to speak and hear a transformations, lot of babble. CAPRICORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): A Att the 2013 Grammy Awards, Patrick Harris introduced Gr ammy A wardss, actor Neil P atrick Har ris intr oduced the band Fun. this th his way: “As “As legendary gangster rap rap icon KKatharine atharine Hepburn H ollow all once said, if you ffollow the rules, you miss m all the fun.” Everything about that vignette is a template tem mplate for for the approach approach you can use now with great great success. YYou ou o should gr avitate towar gravitate towardd ffestive estive events aand nd convivial gatherings. Whenever possible, you should shhould sponsor, sponsorr, activate, and pave the way ffor or fun. TToward oow ward that end, it ’s totally permissible it’s ffor or you to tell amusing am musing stories that aren’t aren’t exactly ffactual actual and thatt bend the rules not quite to the br eaking point. breaking AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some spiritual traditions regard regard the ego as a bad thing. They imply traditions it’s the source source of o suffering—a suffering—a chronically chronically infected infected it’s muust be regularly regularly lanced and drained. drained. pustule that must thiis argument. argument. The ego has probably probably I understand this force in the history been the single most destructive force B I also think it ’s our sacred sacred duty to of civilization. But it’s redeem and rehabilitate rehhabilitate it. After all, we often need redeem ordeer to get important things done. our egos in order us the confidence to push through through Our egos give us difficulties. Theyy motivate us to work hard hard to achieve difficulties. dreams. Your Yoou ur assignment, Aquarius, is to beautify our dreams. strengthen it. Build your selfyour ego as youu strengthen stirring up arrogance. arrogance. Love Love yourself esteem withoutt stirring brilliantlyy, not neurotically. neurotically. Express Express your talents in brilliantly, stimuulate others to express express their talents. talents ways that stimulate PISCES (Feb. 19-March 19-March 20): Dr Dr.. Seuss wr wrote ote his children’s bookss in English, but he liked to str stretch childr en’s book etch the limits of his nat ive tongue. “You’ll “YYoou’ll be surprised what native ther found o once you go beyond ’Z’ and start theree is to be found poking ar ound,”” he said. One of the extr around,” extraa letters he ffound ound out ther theree was “yuzz,” which he used to spell the made-up wo ord “yuzz-a-ma-tuzz.” I rrecommend ecommend word affter Seuss—not only in the way that you take after you speak, but also a in the ways you work, play play,, love, dr eam, and seekk adventur e. It ’s time to explore explore the dream, adventure. It’s ter ritory beyondd your comfort comfort zone. territory
Homework:: Make Make two fresh fresh promises promises to your your-that’s that’s self: one that ’s easy to keep and one that ’ss at your the edge of yo our capacity to live up to. Visit RE Visit REALASTROLOGY.COM A L ASTROLOGY.COM ffor or R Rob’s ob’s Expanded E Weekly Weekly Audio Audio Hor oscope es and Daily Text Text Message Message Horoscopes Hor oscope es. The The audio horoscopes horoscopes Horoscopes. ar e also available available by by phone at at are 1.877.873.4888 1.877.873 3.4888 or 1.900.950.7700 1.900.950.7700
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ARIES (Mar (March ch 21-April 19): I’m m not a big fan fan of fear. fear. moree attention than it deser deserves. It gets ffar ar mor ves. The media practically and entertainment industries pr a actically worship it, and many of us allow ourselves to t be riddled with stuff.. Havin Havingg said that, though, I toxic amounts of the stuff wordd ffor do want to put in a good wor o ffear. or ear. Now and then, from things. prods it keeps us fr om doing stupid thi ngs. It pr ods us to be moree integrity integrity. wiser and act with mor y. It fforces orces us to see prefer the truth when we might pr efer to t wallow in delusion. you, or yo Now is one of those times ffor u, Aries. Thank your ffear ear ffor or helping h l i tto wake k you up.
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