Community Calendar • Arts & Entertainment – Pages 28

feature former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey at UC Santa Cruz Merrill College Cultural Center.

Poet Gary Young will host, and the evening will include an announcement of the winner of the Morton Marcus Poetry Contest (recipient receives a $1,000 prize).

Seating will be first come, first served; registration required.

This event is a part of Conversations: Power Forged, the Fall UCSC Living Writers course, which features poets, novelists, academics, curators, and artists in conversation with one another, across genre and media to open up a space between them, and all of us, within dialogue, collaboration, and difference which poet and activist Audre Lorde describes as that raw and powerful connection from which our personal power is forged. Guests will explore just how.

Purchase poets’ works at: www.bookshopsantacruz. com

The Morton Marcus Poetry Reading honors poet, teacher, and film critic Morton Marcus (1936–2009). Marcus was the 1999 Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year and a recipient of the 2007 Gail Rich Award. Among his published works are 11 volumes of poetry, including The Santa Cruz Mountain Poems, Pages from a Scrapbook of Immigrants, Moments Without Names, Shouting Down the Silence, Pursuing the Dream Bone and The Dark Figure In The Doorway; a novel, The Brezhnev Memo; and a literary memoir, Striking Through the Masks. He taught English and film at Cabrillo College for 30 years, was the co-host of the radio program, The Poetry Show, and of the television film review show, Cinema Scene. Learn more at: www. mortonmarcus.com The Morton Marcus Poetry Archive can be found at UCSC Special Collections.

Natasha Trethewey

Friday November 4

CABRILLO YOUTH STRINGS CONCERT

7 p.m., Samper Recital Hall, VAPA 5100, Cabrillo College, Aptos (intersection of Cabrillo College Drive/Soquel Drive) The Cabrillo Youth Strings Music Program presents a fall concert featuring tango, bossa nova, English folk song, French music, and fiddle tunes.

String orchestra music will be performed by local youth at Samper Recital Hall.

Admission is: $12.50 general, $10.50 students/ seniors, $3 for students ages 6-18; children 2-5, free.

Facial coverings are required. For information about joining the orchestral, chamber or private lesson programs, call 479-6101 or visit www.cabrillo. edu/cabrillo-youth-strings

Saturday November 5

WINE & ROSES

3-6 p.m., Crosetti Hall, Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Watsonville. Community Health Trust of Pajaro Valley presents an evening of “Wine and Roses,” at Crosetti Hall.

This is the 39th annual silent auction and fundraiser in support of health and wellness services for the Pajaro Valley!

Proceeds will benefit the Community Health Trust’s following services: Community grants & scholarship programs, the Diabetes Health Center, El Mercado, El Mini Mercado, VeggieRx, The Food, Farming, & Health Policy Council and Community Gardens. Tickets are $160 for two and $100 for one at https:// pvhealthtrust.ejoinme.org/WR2022Admission

SEVENTH ANNUAL CAPITOLA PLEIN AIR

Monday October 31 thru Sunday November 6

The Capitola Arts and Cultural Commission will welcome 30+ artists to paint outdoors Oct. 31 – Nov. 5 as a part of the 7th Annual Capitola Plein Air.

These artists will set up their easels to capture on canvas their impression of the sites, images and natural surroundings of Capitola, Nisene Marks, and Pleasure Point. • Saturday, Nov. 5: Artists will paint in and around Capitola Village. 10 am-2 pm • Sunday, Nov. 6: Paintings on display at Capitola’s Jade Street Community Center 11 am – 4 pm

Free admission, Each artist will produce 3-8 paintings that will compete for prizes and be available for sale. Jazz music by Renata Bratt and Brian Fitzgerald, an art activity for all ages with Watershed Arts’ Linda Cover, and lunch from Sauceyz’s Food Truck. Photo: The City of Capitola purchased this plein air painting by Chris Potter in 2018.

LAVENDER SALE

8 a.m.-Noon, Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos The Mid County Senior Center Lavender Ladies will be having their annual Lavender sale at the Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College. The Lavender Ladies are only at the farmers market for one day a year, so come out and show your support. It is a wonderful experience to visit with the ladies and pick up handmade products either for yourselves or as gifts for others. All proceeds benefit Mid County Senior Center.

She will share her tender-hearted middle grade novel in verse, A Seed in the Sun, in which a young girl with big dreams meets activist Dolores Huerta and joins the 1965 protest for migrant workers’ rights. Free but RSVP at https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ aida-salazar

Thursday November 10

CABRILLO PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO CHAMBER

7:30-9 a.m., Seacliff Inn The Aptos Chamber of Commerce’s monthly breakfast at Seacliff Inn will feature the Cabrillo College president, Dr. Matt Wetstein.

Cost — in advance: $25 members / $30 general admission. • at the door: $35. RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/chamber-breakfast-nov-10-2022

Sunday November 13

Deliria by Annie Reiniger-Holleb

Tuesday November 15

SEACLIFF INN BLOCK PARTY

5-8 p.m., Seacliff Inn, 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos In celebration of the newly renovated hotel and restaurant, Seacliff Inn will host a Grand Re-Opening Block Party.

Enjoy complimentary handcrafted cocktails, beer, wine + snack on all-new menu items including Cavatappi mac & cheese, bacon wrapped shrimp, and Durham Ranch beef sliders.

Mingle among live music, face painting, lawn games, a photo booth and more! Bring your friends, family, kids, and neighbors. RSVP at https://www.seacliffinn.com/

Saturday November 19

LA SELVA BEACH HOLIDAY FAIR & BOOK SALE

10 am-4 pm, La Selva Beach Clubhouse & Lawn, 314 Estrella Ave. More than 50 unique art & craft vendors sell handcrafted goods for all your holiday needs at La Selva Beach Clubhouse & Lawn.

Friends of the Library will host a huge used book sale and prize raffle. Bake sale to benefit La Selva CERT. Ate3One food truck will provide eats. Free admission! Sponsors: La Selva Beach Improvement Association and Friends of the La Selva Library. Info: BooksandBrewsLSB@ gmail.com

Tuesday November 8

ELECTION DAY

7 a.m.-8 p.m. To find a place to vote on Election Day or drop off your mail ballot, see https://www.votescount.us/Home/Elections/November2022CaliforniaGeneralElection.aspx

Wednesday November 9

FOMENT OPENING RECEPTION

1-5 p.m., Studio Judy G, 430 Main St., Watsonville. Studio Judy G presents Foment, an exhibition of artwork by San Francisco Art Institute alumni and staff.

Foment features artwork by more than 50 practicing artists from around the world. Each one attended or taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, which closed permanently, after 151 years of operation, in July 2022.

The San Francisco Art Institute was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. In the 1970s and 1980s, the school became a hub for the punk music scene, with bands such as the Mutants, the Avengers, and Romeo Void all started by SFAI students. Studio Judy G’s most recent exhibition, Three Punk Painters and My Mom included works by the lead singers of the Avengers and Romeo Void.

Among the well-known SFAI alumni and faculty are: Annie Leibovitz, Jerry Garcia, Angela Davis, and Mark Rothko. Studio G owner Judy Gittelsohn is an SFAI alumni and the Monterey Bay SFAI alumni liaison. She lives in Watsonville. Exhibit on display November 3 through December 3. Information: www.studiojudyg.com or (831) 288-0010.

Saturday November 26

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE

9 a.m. to 3 p.m., 221 Thunderbird Drive, Aptos Aptos United Methodist Church will host its ninth annual Holiday Boutique. Road signs will direct customers from Highway 1 to the church in Seascape.

Local vendors will offer a wide variety of gift items for sale while church members will sell jams, baked goods and plants.

The boutique attracts customers from across Santa Cruz County and beyond as it provides an opportunity to shop for one-of-a-kind handcrafted items. n