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RENEE SHEPHERD ON SEEDS

10:30 a.m.-Noon, Felton Library, 6121 Gushee St. Renee Shepherd, founder of Renee’s Garden Seeds, Felton resident and community-led learning volunteer, will give a talk and demonstration at the Felton library on how to start your summer garden indoors and grow fabulous and delicious tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants, as well as how to grow them successfully outdoors in our climate for a bountiful harvest.

Participants will receive a packet of Renee’s Garden seeds. Registration required at https://santacruzpl.libcal.com/ event/10403585

Saturday March 18

Saturday March 25

RIO THEATRE FILM FESTIVALS

7 p.m., 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz March 18: Reel Rock 17: The World’s Best Climbing Films

Esprit Shows Her Spirit

This week we have a beautiful dog named Esprit for Pet of the Week! She came into the Shelter as a stray found by a good Samaritan dodging traffic. Esprit was nervous and apprehensive at first when she got to SCCAS, but with time and patience we all started to see her sweet, social side come out. This pup started relaxing, opening her circle up to include more friends (people and dogs alike) and was able to go to events.

When in playgroups with friends she is a bouncy girl and at events she is open to meeting other dogs. Her foster mom said that she would thrive in a home with a patient adopter who works on her reactivity through positive reinforcementbased training and management.

Being an Akbash (a livestock guardian breed) she will alert to strangers coming on to property. While her bark is big, she is really a big softie at heart. Esprit would do best in a home with no cats or chickens and might be okay living with another dog if they meet prior to adoption.

If you would like to add a sweet pup to your home and life come to SCCAS and meet Esprit today!

Adoptions are first come, first served! Please view available animals on our website and then visit the Shelter at 1001 Rodriguez St. in Santa Cruz to turn in your application. All adoptions require proof of home ownership or landlord approval. Please have this information prepared. If an animal is in Foster Care, please bring in your adoption application and schedule an appointment to meet the animal. Adoption hours are 10 am-5 pm. All adoption shows must begin before 4:45pm. n

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Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter’s full-service, open-admission shelter: 1001 Rodriguez St., Santa Cruz, 95062

Hours: Daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

• Website: www.scanimalshelter.org

SCCAS Main line: 831-454-7200. Animal Control: 831-454-7227. After-Hours Emergency: 831-471-1182 • After Hours: jillian.ganley@santacruzcounty.us

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Thursday March 23

Environmental Speakers

6-8 p.m., Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center, 35 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Save Our Shores presents its first of two Speaker Series events focusing on “Looking Ahead: Evolving Topics in Environmental Education.”

Panelists are:

Martha Arciniega, director of education programs, Watsonville Wetlands Watch

Yulissa Ochoa, youth and family program coordinator, Ventana Wildlife Society

Jack Flynn, education program leader, Habitat Stewardship Project Monterey Bay

Liese Murphree, director of education & outreach, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History

Maria Perez, community organizer, and/or Eloy Ortiz, special projects manager, Regeneración Pájaro Valley Climate Action

Register at https://saveourshores.salsalabs.org/SpeakerSeriesMarch2023/index.html

Don’t miss three heart-stopping new films at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz featuring the year’s biggest climbing & adventure stories: A wild expedition on Nameless Tower in Pakistan; a new cutting-edge route in a massive limestone cave in France; and a journey to Palestine’s West Bank to explore the power of climbing to change lives. Films include: Burning the Flame: Austrian climbers Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher attempt a coveted free ascent of The Nameless Tower in Pakistan

DNA: Seb Bouin tackles what may be the world’s hardest sport climb in the Verdon Gorge of France Resistance Climbing: In conflict-torn Palestine, a diverse group of climbers finds community, solace and redemption Tickets are $22 at https://www.riotheatre.com/events2/2022/12/13/reel

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March 25: Top Dog Film Festival

The Top Dog Film Festival returns to the Rio Theatre, sharing a two-hour collection of short independent films from around the globe, all about dogs! Meet dogs from all walks of life. A portion of proceeds will benefit the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

Tickets are $20 at https://www.riotheatre.com/events2/2022/12/13/topdog

Dog lovers invited to preshow Yappy Hour at Sante Adairius Midtown, 1315 Water St., Santa Cruz.

Sunday March 19

CIRCUS BENEFIT FOR STORM VICTIMS

1-4 p.m., Capitola Mall Parking Lot, 1855 41st Ave Flynn Creek Circus will put on a performance to benefit for storm victims under the big top tent at the Capitola Mall. Profits from the performance will be donated to the Santa Cruz County Community Foundation Disaster Fund. The show features acrobatics, comedy, and extreme skills, ‘Spring Fairytale’ is an original narrative circus. Tickets are $35 at https://circusmentors.ticketspice. com/spring-fairytale-fundraiser

Beer, wine, hot drinks and light concessions will be available for purchase.

To donate a ticket to a local charity, call Nicole: 707-684-2118

Wednesday March 22

OUR COMMUNITY READS MARY COIN

6 p.m., Felton Library, 6121 Gushee St. Join a book discussion at the Felton Library discussiong Mary Coin, by Marisa Silver, the 2023 Our Community Reads book, led by April Zilber in the Reading in the Redwoods book group. Sponsored by Felton Library Friends.

Running For Office

7 p.m., Online Meeting

Are you a current and potential candidate for appointed or elected office in Santa Cruz County?

Are you a woman who is aligned with WILDR’s values of: Racial and gender equity • Reproductive justice • Lifespan education funding • Voter access • Housing justice • Equitable and shared economy for all?

Do you want to talk with and hear from others who are considering or planning to run for elected office?

WILDR will host a Zoom meeting at 7 p.m. March 23, to talk about openings for elected and appointed positions, and network with others for support and encouragement.

Register at: https://bit.ly/WILDR032323

Saturday March 25

AUTHOR TALKS ABOUT LOCAL RAILROAD

3-4 p.m., Felton Library, 6121 Gushee St. Derek R. Whaley, author of Santa Cruz Trains: Railroads of the Santa Cruz Mountains, comes to the Felton Library and discusses the complicated history of why a railroad never came to Scotts Valley and how it almost did.

Sponsored by the SLV Museum, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, and Felton Library Friends. Books will be available for purchase.

Latino Role Models

9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Lower Perimeter Road, Aptos

Latino Role Models is a free conference at Cabrillo College Crocker Theater for Santa Cruz County students from grade 6 to college and their families.

Latino Role Models, sponsored by the nonprofit Senderos and the Santa Cruz County Office of Education, features Latino college students and professionals. The conference is conducted in Spanish with English translation.

Keynote speaker is Olga Talamante, executive director emerita of the Chicana Latina Foundation. She became the first executive director of CLF in January 2003 serving until she retired in March 2018. Her family migrated in the early 1960s from Mexico to Gilroy where they worked in the farm fields for several years. Those years formed the basis for her activism as an organizer and supporter of the nascent United Farm Workers labor union.

Emcee is Emmy award-winning broadcaster Erandi Garcia. Regoster at https://tinyurl.com/latino-role-models-2023. n