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Santa Cruz Gives will merge with the Volunteer Center’s annual Human Race. The number of nonprofits accepted for the 2021 campaign will be 80. Local nonprofits are eligible to apply to Santa Cruz Gives, a holiday fundraising program organized by Good Times with the support of the Volunteer Center and the Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, with additional partners to be announced.
The community will learn about each nonprofit and a project chosen for this campaign in the November 17 issue of Good Times and at SantaCruzGives.org. Donors will be encouraged to donate online where a leaderboard will track donations daily. This year Santa Cruz Gives will merge with the Volunteer Center’s annual Human Race and will double the number of nonprofits accepted to 80 (in 2020 40 were accepted) that will receive funds donated by the public and other supporters, plus matching funds, and be eligible for three special awards. An ad campaign via print, radio, web and social media will spread the word. Deadline for proposals: Tuesday, September 7 The application may be completed at: SantaCruzGives.org
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A TIME to SHINE BY JOHANNA MILLER
Annual show highlights Cabrillo College faculty and staff
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REACHING OUT “Optic Nerves” is a cyanotype and graphite piece by Janet Fine.
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DELICATE TOUCH
Andree LeBourveau’s serigraph print entitled “Booted Racket Tail Hummingbird.”
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his week, faculty and staff from Cabrillo College’s visual arts department will get their chance to shine with the opening of the school’s first art exhibit of the year. “Adaptations: Cabrillo College Art, Photography & Art History Faculty & Staff Exhibition” will open virtually Monday via the gallery’s website. The show will include screen printing, painting, ceramics, photography, jewelry, metalwork and more. Program coordinator Victoria May says that the college tries to hold some type of faculty show every year. This gives teachers and staff the opportunity to display their work, but also lets students and the greater community see what these artists create outside of the classroom. “Sometimes, teachers tend to be modest in sharing their own work,” May said. “This [show] is an opportunity for people to see what these people pour their heart into, while finding some inspiration.” Much of the work that comes out of these types of shows can be very personal, she added, which is not something students regularly see from their instructors. “Remember when you’re a kid, seeing your teacher outside of school, in a store or something?” May said. “And you’re like, ‘Oh, they go shopping, too?’ I think that can still happen at the college level. It’s awesome to see what your teachers practice… their style, the way they work, how they approach subject matter. That in itself can be fascinating.” May says that while the show does not have a specific theme, she has noticed a lot of naturethemed work, including pieces on how people are concerned about or taking solace in nature, and how humans interact with it.
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“We’ve also had a few pieces that are about Covid,” she said. “It’s been very interesting to see how people are dealing with that… in indirect ways, they’re examining where they are, the psychological fallouts.” “Adaptations,” as well as the gallery’s next show will be virtual. Because the initial plan from the college was to be online for the Fall 2020 semester, Cabrillo Gallery had applied for and received a grant for an extensive lighting replacement project for their facility, located on
the bottom floor of the library building at the school’s Aptos campus. “Since we were closed anyway, we thought, ‘Let’s just do this,’” May said. When the project is complete, May, along with Gallery Director Beverly Rayner and school officials will decide on whether they should open the space for the annual “12x12” exhibit at the end of the semester. “We’ll have to reassess, and see where we are,” May said. “We just
want to be sure to do things in the safest way possible.” Cabrillo Gallery’s next show, entitled “Moving Images: pause… restart” will launch Oct. 4. The online show will feature short videos and other types of moving artwork, themed around “restarting after a hiatus… and how you deal with that,” as May explained. The show will be juried by Clark Buckner, Director of Telematic Media Arts in San Francisco. Buckner and the gallery have released a call for
artists to submit; entries are limited to the first 100 works submitted. May said the gallery is grateful to the local community for their support this past year. “We were really heartened by the response of showing online last year,” she said. “There was such an outpouring of support. We’re so glad it worked out.” For information about current and upcoming shows, artist talks and more, visit cabrillo.edu/
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Summertime Watermelon Salad rind and listen for a hollow sound. I’ve been fairly lucky with that technique. Pick a chili powder that has a deep and dark flavor. Worldwide, there are many regional chilis from Korea, to Aleppo in Syria, to New Mexico and of course Mexico. I just found a recipe for Estrada’s Spanish Kitchen’s Tostada Compuesta that I’m going to present one of these days that calls for Mojave chili which appears to exist but I haven’t been able to find it. Differences in chilis can be subtle or extremely obvious. This recipe is inspired by Israeli-British chef, Yotam Ottolenghi. He added pomegranate vinegar to the dressing. In case your watermelon is not that sweet, the sugary vinegar will help.
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1/2 watermelon cut into bitesized squares 3/4 cup toasted green pumpkin seeds 1/2 cup crumbled cotija cheese, or goat cheese
Dressing: Tarmo Hannula
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Watermelon Salad
ADDING CRUNCH Although a sweet watermelon can hold its own, it doesn’t hurt to spice it up a bit.
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n this salad, naturally sweet watermelons are given the Mexican fruit treatment with lime juice and chili powder. Toasted green pumpkin seeds and cotija cheese sprinkled on top add a pungent and salty crunch. Watermelons are native to
Africa and evidence has been found of their cultivation in the Nile River Valley going back 4,000 years. Because of their high water content, they were grown, stored and eaten during ancient Egypt’s dry season. Watermelon seeds were found in King Tut’s tomb from 1323 BCE, when it was unearthed in 1922 by Howard Carter. Traveling east out of Egypt, watermelons
were grown in India 1,400 years ago and in China, which is today’s largest producer, 1,000 years ago. Finding a sweet watermelon can be a challenge. It was my dad’s favorite fruit and he would spend a long time first looking for what he called “bee stings,” little halfinch, brown-rimmed indentations on the rind. I haven’t seen one in a while. He would also knock on the
2 tablespoons pomegranate vinegar 1 1/2 tablespoons lime juice 1 teaspoon chili powder 1/2 teaspoon salt Make this salad just before serving. Cut watermelon into slices. Cut off rind and cut flesh into bitesized squares. Toast the pumpkin seeds at 325 degrees for about 10 minutes until puffy and just turning brown. Crumble cheese. Make the dressing, pour over the watermelon cubes and combine. Sprinkle the toasted pumpkin seeds and the cotija cheese. Serves four.
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HANGING OUT American white pelicans gather
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FRESHLY CUT A street vendor sells fresh flowers along Main Street in downtown Watsonville.
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