COMMUNITY CALENDAR Saturday November 6 Sunday November 7 LIBRARY HOSTS DIA DE LOS MUERTES 2 p.m., Saturday at Felton Branch on Gushee Street / Sunday at Capitola Branch on Wharf Road Santa Cruz Public Libraries invites the entire community to the bilingual Día de los Muertos celebration at the Felton branch on Saturday and the Capitola branch on Sunday. A Spanish storytime and light refreshments will be provided, wrapped up to-go for your safety. Día de los Muertos altars on display at these branch libraries are the result of a community-wide collaboration, where members of the public shared their creative contributions such as art, photos, and poetry. This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.
Sunday November 7 GIVE BUILD LOVE ONLINE AUCTION 5 p.m., Online Auction This is the deadline to bid on 70 items for the annual fundraiser auction Give Build Love for Habitat for Humanity Monterey Bay. Visit https://www.32auctions. com/givebuildlove until 5 p.m. Nov. 7 to watch, bid, and win. Proceeds support the 11-home development Rodeo Creek Court in Live Oak. TEDX MERIT ACADEMY 1-3 p.m., Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz Merit Academy of Soquel will present student speakers for a TEDx event Sunday, Nov 7, at the Rio Theatre. Topics for the 2-hour event include: • How to protect yourself from water contaminated by fracking wells • How to use safe pesticides by using cordyceps mushrooms • How some building materials such as vinyl gutters & siding are flammable • How to save premature infants by using an inexpensive incubator • How to prevent diabetes by knowing your glucose numbers • How to reduce carbon dioxide by reducing transportation and using 100% recycled plastics • How we need to rethink how we live to stop devastation caused by climate change Tickets in advance http://tedxmeritacademy.com/tickets/ are $20; tickets at the door are $25.
Monday November 8 thru Friday November 12 CABRILLO COLLEGE VETERAN AWARENESS WEEK Nov. 8: Veterans Information Center Open House — 9-11 a.m., Room 913: With Companion’s baked goods and coffee. Nov. 10: Spirit Day — 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Room 913: Wear your favorite pro-veteran shirt. To donate to the Cabrillo Student Veteran Endowment visit https://foundation.cabrillo.edu/donate/. Questions? Email flchacon@cabrillo.edu.
Tuesday November 9 CAPITOLA SOROPTIMIST CLUB MEETS 4-5:30 p.m., Point Chophouse, 3326 Portola Drive, Pleasure Point Soroptimist International of Capitola-by-the-Sea will have its monthly club meeting at The Point Chophouse. Members will discuss the search for eligible candidates for Live Your Dream award plus recent and future fund-raising activities. The meeting is free and open to the public.
For more information visit www.facebook.com/sicapitola, www. A limited number will be selected to participate at no best4women.org, or email info@best4women.org. charge. Those interested must email events@scparks.com: • Title your email “Craft Faire 2021 application” Wednesday November 10 • First: list your name, phone number, address, and CELEBRATING THE MARINE CORPS’ BIRTHDAY email address at the top of your email 5-7 p.m., Veterans’ Hall, Downtown Santa Cruz • Next: list your medium (such as jewelry, textiles, Celebrate the birthday of the Marine Corps before glass) Veterans’ Day. • Followed by: a brief description of what you plan to Info: https://www.veteranshall.org/event-directory/ sell • Include: a link to Etsy, website, Facebook, Instagram Thursday November 11 where your work can be purchased: JOURNEY FOR CHANGE 11-MILE WALK • Attach: a maximum 300dpi jpg or tif image of your Starting at 8 a.m. at Natural Bridges State Park Parking Lot, work Santa Cruz Vendors will be notified by Nov. 19. Shoppers can view the Craft Faire website Dec. 1 at http:// A nonprofit with a mission to reduce suicides among veterans, will host an 11-mile walk to raise awareness to scparks.com/ save lives. The walk will stop at the Veterans Hall, which is hosting Saturday November 13 an “open door day” providing information and resources BOWL FOR VETERANS 10 a.m. and Noon, Boardwalk Bowl, 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz in its auditorium, 524 Front St., downtown Santa Cruz. The next stop will be Cabrillo College in Aptos, where The Terry Plank Memorial bowling tournament at Boardwalk Bowl will be raising money for Vets 4 Vets. veterans can take part in a drive-though BBQ, courtesy of All proceeds support local veterans. the Veterans Information Center on campus. Please RSVP To bowl, please RSVP Dean at scveteranadvocate@gmail.com at https://tinyurl.com/vets-barbecue (Full URL: https:// or call (831) 420-7348. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQ_oKY13oXI5Y1iNeMc9Lb0ZX-uByjjrBy5Ki2hDlx4tkWTA/viewform) MOUNTAINFILM ON TOUR: SANTA CRUZ Buzz Gray, a veteran who started Journey for Change after 7 pm, Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz recognizing his own post-traumatic stress disorder 47 years Mountainfilm on Tour brings a adventure-packed and after leaving Vietnam, says 22 veterans every day die at their inspiring documentary films curated from the Mounown hand. He wants to federal law to identify suicide risk tainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado, to the Rio Theatre. factors and implement mental health interventions before Mountainfilm’s mission is to use the power of film, art servicemen and servicewomen are discharged from active duty. and ideas to inspire audiences to create a better world. More information: https://www.facebook.com/journeyforveter- The Rio Theatre has been organizing Mountainfilm on Tour for anchange and the Santa Cruz County Veterans Service Office, several years and has been working with local schools to host Mountainfilm in Education to area students. 831-454-7276. ••• List of films: A VERY SHORT GUIDE TO UNION GLACIER GET YOUR VETERANS’ ID CAMP • NOW IS THE TIME • THE MYSTERY • RESIL11 a.m., Mello Center, Watsonville IENCE • INVISIBLE BEAUTY • ERIC AND THE BEES • County Veterans Services will help veterans obtain TABIRA • COMING HOME - AG TEACHT ABHAILE • a veterans ID. Eligible veterans can have the word “VETERAN” added to the front of their driver’s license/ ONE STAR REVIEWS: NATIONAL PARKS ID card to indicate service in the U.S. military. Please For tickets and details about the films, visit https://www.riotheatre. com/events-2/2021/11/13/mountainfilm-on-tour-santa-cruz bring your DD214. Or if you served in the National Guard or Reserves, bring your DD Form 256 or DD LA SELVA BEACH HOLIDAY FAIR Form 25. AND LIBRARY OPENING CELEBRATION 10 a.m.-4 p.m., La Selva Beach Clubhouse, 314 Estrella Ave Thursday November 11 La Selva Beach Improvement thru Sunday November 14 Association and Friends of the La VETERANS DAY FUNDRAISER Selva Library present 28 unique art & 12 p.m.-5 p.m., Twisted Roots Wine Tasting Room, 12 Del Fino craft vendors sell handcrafted goods at Place, Carmel Valley the La Selva Beach Clubhouse, brining Twisted Roots Wine will host a fundraiser starting on back an event that was not held in Veterans Day and running through the weekend at its 2020 due to the pandemic. tasting room. The event is also celebrating the Part of the proceeds from sales of wine at the tasting room Nov. 11-14 will be donated to the Veterans newly remodeled La Selva Beach Transition Center, a Marina nonprofit whose mission Library and features a big used book sale, live music and a is “to empower veterans to transition from crisis to magic show. Bake sale and prize raffle benefit La Selva CERT. self-sufficiency.” Ate3One and other food trucks will be operating. Since 1996, Veterans Transition Center has operated Free admission! on the former Fort Ord complex to provide homeless Email BooksandBrewsLSB@gmail.com for more information. veterans and their families with food, clothing, case management, life skills, substance abuse counseling, Sunday November 14 benefit enrollment, medical referrals, employment training, and housing. A CULINARY TOUR OF ITALY Details: (831) 594-8282, email info@twistedrootsvineyard.com 5:30-7 p.m., Zoom class or see www.twistedrootsvineyard.com. Chaney Janssen and Meghan O’Connell, of Destined for Grapeness, will complete their virtual tour of Italy Sunday, Nov. 14, with a cooking lesson from Umbria, Friday November 12 home to porcini, morels, and truffles. DEADLINE FOR HOLIDAY ART & CRAFT FAIRE The presenters will taste a delicious Umbrian Local artists and craftspeople who would like to sell wine and walk you through preparing a simple and their wares at the Santa Cruz County Parks all-virtual delicious, vegetarian meal — from the comfort of your Holiday Art & Craft Faire in December must apply by own home. The 90-minute class starts at 5:30 p.m. on Zoom. Nov.12.
Participants receive a PDF in advance with the shopping list and suggestions on where to buy the wine. Free for Dante Alighieri members; $15 non-members (only one ticket required per household). Register at https://www.dantesantacruz.com/event-details/ mushrooms-umbria-final-destination-in-3-part-series
Wednesday November 17
DIGITAL NEST 7TH BIRTHDAY 6-7 p.m., YouTube live stream Jacob Martinez, founder and executive director of Digital NEST, the Watsonville nonprofit that has empowered 2,200 young people to develop essential workplace skills, invites you to celebrate its 7th birthday. The event will be streamed live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ channel/UCeBTOd4a5se6Paea6S09row Attendees will hear about accomplishments and four members will share their personal passions about the future and what it means to them, their families and their community.Digital NEST Development Manager Jenna Rodriguez will co-host. Visit www.digitalnest.org for more info. INTERFAITH MEMORIAL SERVICE & CANDLE LIGHTING 6:30 p.m., Online or at Resurrection Catholic Community, 7600 Soquel Drive, Aptos Hospice of Santa Cruz County invites you to the Interfaith Memorial Service & Candle Lighting in-person (masks required) at Resurrection Cathlic Community or online: hospicesantacruz.org/event/ fall-interfaith-21 This is an opportunity to pause during the busy holiday season and tune into what counts: Remembering a beloved family member or dear friend who has died. Whether your loved one recently passed, or is someone who you have carried in your heart for many years, this memorial service nourishes hearts and spirit by honoring both the sadness and joy that comes with remembrance. Services are free. Attendees are welcome to bring a photograph or object of your loved one for the remembrance table. Children and families are welcome.
Friday November 26 MEET SANTA AT THE MALL Time TBA, Capitola Mall, 1855 41 Ave., Capitola Santa is arriving at Capitola Mall the day after Thanksgiving. Santa’s Christmas Cabin will be between Macy’s and the new Food Hall until Dec. 24. For days and hours, see shopcapitolamall.com. ••• Visitors to the mall will find new stores: Santa Cruz Special, Knotty and Grain, Vintage Nouveau, Seconds, Flair, Tragically Hip and Hadbro Collectables. Coming soon: Exit Escape Rooms. Upcoming holiday shops: Go! Calendars - Games & Toys and Tibet Creations. New in the Food Hall: Ramen Kaito, East West Pizza Company, Tako Mex and Yumi Poke. Local food trucks Taquizas Gabriel and Saucey’z park at the far east end of the parking lot across from Kohl’s. For days and hour, see their Instagram pages.
Wednesday December 1 CABRILLO IMPROV FOLLIES 7 p.m., Black Box Theater at Cabrillo College, Aptos Cabrillo College Theatre Arts Department presents an evening of improvisation in the Black Box Theatre. Students in the Improvisation class will perform fun and thought provoking skits as their final exam. Tickets available the day of the event; box office at Crocker Theater opens at 6 p.m. Call (831) 479-6154 n
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