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Currents) and especially for the Tessa Stuart piece about Jeff Turner (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crazy for You,â&#x20AC;?

Cover story). Jeff used to stop in at the Pacific Avenue bureau of the Mercury News when I was in Santa Cruz and I always thought his story was, well, unusual. Unfortunately, this was at a time when some (or most) of my editors not only lacked the vision to understand why Jeff was a good subject for a profile but were worried that such a profile could lead to litigation. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m happy to see

that your paper had the good sense to write about Jeff and his inexplicable obsession with Tiffanyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;although I still, many years later, have almost no idea who she is!

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Commission wisely decided to adopt a stronger water policy at a hearing earlier this month. This resolution couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come at a better time, as UCSC is currently in the planning stages of an expansion that will drain 50 percent or more of the Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remaining water supply. Despite heavy opposition from both the university and the city, LAFCO took a step in the right direction toward protecting the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shared resources and avoiding our own small-scale â&#x20AC;&#x153;resource war.â&#x20AC;?

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Banning these multi-used â&#x20AC;&#x153;single-useâ&#x20AC;? bags will cause heavier and larger plastic bags to be used, which will send the wrong message to the industry of providing more product and add significantly more to this dilemma.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still waiting to be convinced why using CFLs (which contain mercury, and are not easily recycled) are much better for our environment.

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Ever think why your cell phone is so light, but durable? Ever think twice before you accept a free toy from a fast food franchise?

Ever stop to think to not buy those cheap plastic toys during holidays? We need to start thinking for the long haul and not reach for a quick Band-Aid to make us feel better.

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told apart. I celebrate the rain by taking my muse to hear a few blue notes she can groove to, an absurd beauty not unlike Beckett, a let us say philosophical angle on melody, a bit offbeat, slightly cubist, subtly ironical, a tone of puzzlement and wonder at the pervasive strangeness. Empty storefronts recede into abstraction, mere economics, while here we gather in transcendence, a sanctuary of improvisation, temple of cool communion, mosque of unspeakable gods more powerful than movies or computers, their wonders wordlessly, uselessly gorgeous like all those non-native eucalypts festooning the surprised landscape with their silvery-green leaves. Have I forgotten anythingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that dark green smell filling the farmers market? The light green honeysuckle

tricked by a fake spring into shedding its scent above the recycling bins? The green-eyed cats that use the hill behind our house for a hunting ground? The one time I saw Monk and heard him alive he was so stoned or zoned out he just sat there nodding at the piano, maybe banging out a chord now and again but mostly just keeping the beat in some inner space only he could navigate. His sound is singular, inimitable, invented within a sphere of deep genius, one of a kind. Now again he can be heard and the sky is sobbing in response after all those warm sunny days, reservoirs filling and the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gutters running, storm drains flowing to the ocean rhythmical as rivers.

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AT CLOSING time on Sunday evening, Feb. 20, the checkout line at Borders in downtown Santa Cruz snaked past Romance and all the way to Home at the back wall, with the tail end in Pets. Everywhere bright posterboard signs proclaimed savings of 20, 30, even 40 percent off.

Borders Books and Music, which once employed 30,000 workers at more than 600 stores, is bankrupt.

On Feb. 16 the chain announced it is closing 30 percent of its stores.

And even after these massive cuts, analysts say, Borders is probably doomed.

The next time you walk past the empty ghost store where your local Borders used to be, you may ask yourself: Are we becoming a postliterate society?

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Everywhere you look the printed word is under economic siege.

Despite a 20 percent increase in demand in recent years, libraries are laying off, closing branches and reducing hours. Newsweek, one of the most venerable titles in magazine history, was recently sold for a buck (plus a promise to assume tens of millions in debt). Twitter is priced at $3.7 billion, nearly twice the public enterprise value of The New York Times ($2.03 billion).

The key word, of course, is the one in front of the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;wordâ&#x20AC;?: â&#x20AC;&#x153;printed.â&#x20AC;? We are reading more than ever. Just not in print.

According to a fascinating new study conducted by the University of Southern California, 94 percent of all data is now stored in digital form.

Thanks to the Internet and various

gadgets, we read about 4.3 times more words each day than we did 25 years ago.

The more words we read, however, the less we want to pay the people who write them. The Times of London lost 90 percent of its online readership after it put its website behind a $4-a-week pay wall.

Why does this matter? Quality.

The Huffington Post, recently sold to America Online for $315 million, points to a possible future in which the rewards go to ruthless aggregators who cater to Google common search phrases with slideshows about kittens and Lindsey Lohan. They rely on free blogs for most of their content. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re getting exactly what they pay for: crap.

If you think journalism is bad now, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to get even worse.

The message is as loud and brassy as Arianna: real journalism doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay.

Inevitably the best and brightest are gravitating to other fields.

Another unintended consequence of the digital revolution is lower memory retention. Norwegian researcher Anne Mangen told Boston Globe columnist Alex Beam about a paper she published in The Journal of Research in Reading. Mangen believes that we remember more of what we read in print than on a computer screen. This additional retention is due to variables that serve as unconscious memnonic devices: fonts, position of text, images, paper texture, etc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The feeling of literally being in touch with the text is lost when your actionsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;clicking with the mouse, pointing on touch screens, or scrolling with keys or on touch padsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;take place at a distance from the digital text, which is, somehow, somewhere inside the computer, the e-book, or the mobile phone,â&#x20AC;? argues Mangen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Materiality matters. One main effect of the intangibility of the digital text is that of making us read in a shallower, less focused way.â&#x20AC;?

My personal experience convinces

me that there is a difference. On the Kindle, everything looks and feels the same. When I read the Times on newsprint, part of what helps me remember a story is the ad that ran next to it and the photo underneath.

It is hard to quantify the value of a countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intellectual life. But as Americans read more and more, less of it printed, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that we are losing something precious and irreplaceable.

The Mediocre Way So whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the solution? European booksellers, publishers and newspapers receive generous government subsidies.

Here in the United States, where pseudo-free markets are a national religion, the feds bail out billionaire bankers, not bookstores.

In order to successfully compete with online sales and e-books, brickand-mortar retailers will have to learn the lesson of Borders: middle of the road equals mediocre.

Beginning at least 10 years ago Borders buyers began eschewing risks. Buying into the â&#x20AC;&#x153;blockbuster mentalityâ&#x20AC;? of stocking stacks of surething bestsellers, they stocked fewer books by midlist authorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;profitable, but not bestselling, titles. Browsers found fewer surprises at Borders. As for top-selling books, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re cheaper at Costco and on Amazon.

Barnes & Noble has been struggling too, but their strategy seems to stand a better chance than Bordersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. B&Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inventory is wide as well as deep. The fronts of their stores feel â&#x20AC;&#x153;curated,â&#x20AC;? the way good independent stores bring in customers with the promise of discovery and serendipity. If consumers want something obscure, odds are thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a copy or two in the back, spine out.

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Ueli Steck tells the camera after a 65-foot fall down a cliff. This calculating speed climber is the star of The Swiss Machine, the opening film at Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Banff Mountain Film Festival. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was pissed about myself because I fell off. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an error.â&#x20AC;?

The mountaineering Alps expert goes on to scale the north face of Switzerlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eiger peak in three hours and 50 minutes, breaking the previously unshatterable record by an hour, then retreats to a year of training for his next task. He wants to do it faster.

When the Rio Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s red curtain opens for the touring Banff Film Festival this Friday, it will reveal both athletes like Steck and details of their obsessions. Since 1993 the festival, which visits 345 other cities worldwide, has sent Santa Cruzansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; minds parasailing over tropical rain forests and arctic

glaciers even while keeping them riveted to the edges of their seats. This weekend The Swiss Machine and 12 other documentarythrillers pack the two-night annual adrenaline bonanza, which benefits scholarships for UCâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wilderness Orientation backpacking program.

After The Swiss Machine, next in the lineup is Chimera, a mind-numbing, slowed-down 1,000-frame-per-second montage of skiers in action. After that comes Crossing the Ditch, the story of a nauseating, not to mention deadly, 1,400-mile two-person kayak trip from Australia to New Zealand. The dangerous paddle across the treacherous Tasman Sea puts two risk-loving brothers in delirious isolation until the sight of a stranded buoy hits them like the gift of a newborn puppy on Christmas.

The kayaks continue their journey through the festival with WildWater, a philosophical

examination of why professional thrill-junkies float through towering plumes of white foam that link mountainous peaks to the sea.

When itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for a breather, Still Motion pulls together a relaxing mix of acoustic guitars and black and white time lapses of cougars, curious fawns and elk jumping in and out of the frame.

After that fades, the theater will stay pitch black for Into Darkness. This story of bonecrushing claustrophobia chronicles cavers who wiggle through small cracks like camels through the eyes of proverbial needles.

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The adventure doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss a beat on Saturday night, kicking off with another kayak thriller in Dream Result,

which features a world recordbreaking 189foot, four-second waterfall plunge.

But the audience can relax. In Kranked Kids, a mountain bike parody for the ages, a small gang of 5-yearolds steals Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pickup truck in search of mudsloshing cyclable downhills.

The festival reaches new heights with The Asgard Project

Freedomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other stars sling skis over

their shoulders instead of rifles and hit the slopes. According to the film, the freedom of adventure draws eager foreigners, thanks to guides like Bakshi. And the tourism business is revitalizing Kashmirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy.

In the spirit of travel, the film festival ends in China, where The Longest Wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Christoph Rehage measures his one-year walk from Beijing to Urumqi in kilometers and entertaining self-portraits of his limitless beard growth.

As one climber tells the audience from his narrow cliffside camp in The Asgard Project, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This has been a hard experience. . . . Everything about it has been fraught with problems.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so cool and relentless and grueling up here. Part of the cool thing about expeditions is wanting to get home, and you appreciate life so much more.â&#x20AC;?

Luckily for viewers, the Banff Mountain Film Festival promises to send audiences over daunting waterfalls, rapids and mountains while still returning them safely to their seats so they can get home by 10:30pm and not have to snooze on a 3-foot stone ledge hundreds of feet above the rest of the world.

As one climber tells the audience from his narrow cliffside camp in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Asgard Project,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so cool and relentless and grueling up here. Part of the cool thing about expeditions is wanting to get home.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

as climbers drag themselves up the almost vertical Mt. Asgard in Canadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Arctic circle. The good-humored bunch celebrates a birthday with a cake made out of a mountainous clump of granola gruel and plays chess with misshapen obsidian and sandstone. The freezing, exhausting search for meaning keeps them sleeping on 3-foot ledges as they chase a base-jumping freefall to end all others.

From Kashmir, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s off to New Zealand for Last Paradise, a surf film with four themes, according to director Clive Neeson (see story, page 14): adventure, science, sustainability and sports innovation.

After 26 minutes in Paradise, India awaits in the politically charged region of Kashmir, which President Clinton once called the most dangerous place in the world. Billa Bakshi and AZADI:

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Farleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surfing knowledge landed him a spot in Last Paradise, a New Zealand film about the sportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolution since the 1960s. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slated to hit Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shores this fall, says director Clive Neeson. In the meantime, a shortened version will screen at the Banff Mountain Film Festival on Saturday night. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the footage,â&#x20AC;? Farley says of the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sun-tinged shots of surfing and the origins of modern wake boarding. Last Paradise, which

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will not include Farleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interviews in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shorter Banff version, also tackles changes in surf society that parallel Farleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own observations.

The movie covers disastrous ecological transformations in coastal Bali, New Zealand and Australia from silent villages and dirt roads into packed tourist destinations.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of a larger, unfortunate evolution Farley witnessed firsthand as surfing gained momentum.

Farley, a Vietnam War veteran, saw tourism take off in Mexicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Puerto Escondido and in coastal Washington. Closer to home, he witnessed an explosion in surfing during the economic boom of the 1990s that crowded 38th Avenue and Pleasure Point and frustrated his friends into water retirement.

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corroborates the change, having seen it from both a surfing perspective and a retail one.

Today, Farley serves as Sergeant of Arms for the Santa Cruz Surf Club Preservation Society, which is in a fundraising climb to keep the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum open. (He says he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be vice president because meetings often conflict with good waves.) And in an attempt to slow the erosion of surfing manners, Farley sometimes â&#x20AC;&#x153;barksâ&#x20AC;? at risky, selfish surfers who cut the others off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never heard anything negative about his etiquette in the water,â&#x20AC;? says Schaeffer of Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He wants people to respect the culture and the surf spots.â&#x20AC;?

The Last Paradise star and avid

surfer fears Santa Cruz Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North Coast is doomed to suffer the overdeveloped fate that Puerto Escondido did if no one intervenes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There needs to be a moratorium: no building between here and Half Moon Bay. Period,â&#x20AC;? says Farley, his blond locks blowing in the wind and occasionally straying into the corners of his mouth. And just leave it. Because if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re never going to see it again.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Jacob Pierce

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2/<13 Dance Around the World Tandy Beal is mentoring 32 young adults to teach arts in the schools to 250 children from Bayview and Del Mar Elementary Schools; this production is the culminating event of a monthlong residency. Featuring Polynesian dancer Lorraine Kinnamonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s group, Te Hau Nui, Esteban and Elda Ortizâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CorazĂłn en Flor, a company of young folklorico dancers will perform as well as Surya (Bali), Kum-Hee Park (Korea), Neha Nayak (India) and UCSC tango dancers directed by Conor McClure in Tangroupe. Sat, Feb 26, 1pm. $5-$8. Porter College Theater, UCSC, Santa Cruz.

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Fifth Annual Broadway Cabaret A variety show featuring the talents of Andrew Ceglio, Ariel Buck, Brie Michaud and Christina Cree from Cabrillo Stage; Lee Peterson and Sandi Stollencamp from the Santa Cruz Follies; Joyce Michaelson, Karen Stebbins and Cindy Gorski from previous SVPA productions and talented youth performers from SVPAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Youth Shakespeare program.

Sat, Feb 26, 8pm. $15-$20.

Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6177.

The Ibsen Follies A rollicking, award-winning comedy of literary rivalry, thwarted love and Norwegian brooding by local playwright Skot Davis. Directed by Cabrilloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Robin Aronson.

Proceeds to benefit Save Our Shores. Fri-Sat, 8pm and Sun, 3pm. Thru Feb 27. $15-$20.

West End Studio Theatre, 402 Ingalls St #3, Santa Cruz, 831.476.5643.

Mummified Deer A family drama about the immediate life and death choices one family must make for its ailing and secretive

Pippin Pippin, featuring the music and lyrics of Stephen Schwartz, opened on Broadway in 1972. Set in Charlemagneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s France, the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s themes and message are still strikingly relevant to todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s audiences: coming of age, rites of passage and the quest to find fulfillment.

Fri-Sat, 7pm. Thru Mar 12. $10$12. San Lorenzo Valley High, 7105 Hwy 9, Felton.

A Tribute to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;O Brother, Where Art Thou?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; A live musical tribute deals with the adventures of Everett Ulysses McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;30s Mississippi.

Fri-Sat, 8pm. Thru Feb 26. $20-22. Paper Wing Theater, 320 Hoffman Ave, Monterey, 831.905.5684.

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A story of resistance by the pickers, the public and the United Farm Workers union to the use of methyl bromide (and later methyl iodide) on strawberry crops. Presented by Workers Theater Company as a fundraiser for the children farm workers. Fri-Sat, 8pm.

Thru Feb 26. $5-$20 donation.

Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.234.2067.

In collaboration with ShinshoMugen Daiko and LightSpeed Martial Arts Academy. Sat, Feb 26, 8pm. $10-$15. Cabrillo College Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6100.

matriarch, a survivor of the genocide of the Yaqui Nation in northern Mexico. Written by Luis Valdez and directed by his son Kinan Valdez, the play is a highly personal exploration of family themes and conflict played out in the context of history and social struggle Thu-Sat, 7pm and Sun, 3pm.

Thru Mar 6. $12-$15. UCSC Mainstage Theater, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2159.

program, including soprano Amy M. Foote; pianist Ian Scarfe, soloist in Symphony Parnassusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 4; flutist Justin Lee, winner of the SF Conservatory concerto competition; Annie Phillips (clarinet); Kevin Rogers (violin) and Anne Suda (cello). The concert is of 20th century French works by Debussy, Ravel and Messiaen and includes works of art by Olivia Lam commissioned especially for these performances.

Sun, Feb 27, 3pm. $12-$15 suggested donation. Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.688.5727.

47:; 9,000 Needles After suffering a massive stroke and having reached the confines of the American health care system, Devin Dearth, a former bodybuilder, takes an unconventional journey to China in search of the care he needs and a fighting chance at recovery.

Director Doug Dearth will be hosting a Q&A session after the screening. Sat, Feb 26, 11am. Del Mar Theater, 1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz.

Art ;CA3C;A 1=<B7<C7<5 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Lawrie Brown: Photographs From the Trash Series. Thru Mar 13. $2-$5. The Association of Clay and Glass Artists of California. A juried exhibition featuring 59 ceramists and glass artists. Also featuring a display by Anne Morhauser of AnnieGlass. Thru Mar 13.

Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

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Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz. 831.420.5273.

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Fourth Annual Evening of World Theatre With Watsonville Taiko

Bones: an Inside Look at Nature. Offering an â&#x20AC;&#x153;inside lookâ&#x20AC;? at adaptation and biodiversity. Thru Feb 26. TueSun, 10am-5pm. 1305 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6115.

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Valley region. Artist reception Sunday, Mar 13, 2-4pm. Feb 24-Apr 17. Free. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.

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by artists of Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild. Pieces in a wide range of styles will be available for purchase. Thru Feb 28. Free. Daily 10am6pm. 510 Bay Ave, Capitola, 831.475.2500.

Cabrillo College Gallery

Masaoka Glass Design

Insistence of Memory. The artwork of David Linger and Randy Hussong, screen printing on porcelain and mixed media. Thru Mar 11.

Free. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.

Bella Amore. Includes the glass work Alan Masaoka, Nick Leonoff, Nancy Francioli, Jennifer Horning, Eloise Cotton, Todd Moore, Mark Abildgaard and Chris Tedesco, with paintings by Gerrica Connolly and Ellen Henrici.

Thru Mar 12. 13766 Center St, Carmel Valley.

Davenport Gallery Figure Show. Featuring the work of Lisa Silas and Jonathan Chorn, Ray Ginghofer, Linda Levy, Ray Gwyn Smith, Alanni Winkler, Barbara Downs, Susana Arias, Ingrid Marianne, Lila Klapman, Pru Masseth,Pru Masseth and Bruce Lee. Thru Feb 27.

Free. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

Felix Kulpa Gallery Gloria K. Alfordâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;A Selected Retrospective, 1974-present.

Mixed media, acrylic and paper from the mid-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;70s to present day. Thru Feb 27.

Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Freedom Branch Library Freedom Exhibits Ageless Art. Featuring artwork created by residents at care facilities throughout Santa Cruz County. Thru Feb 28. Free.

2021 Freedom Blvd, Freedom, 831.763.4141.

Many Hands Gallery Capitola Made With Love. With work

series. Thru Feb 28. Free., SantaCruzRehearsalStudios. com. 118 Coral St, Santa Cruz.

Sesnon Gallery Chip Lord: Public Spaces. Chip Lord has dedicated much of his practice to the changing landscape of urban and video projects including Awakening From the 20th Century, Movie Map and AirSpaces. Thru Mar 5. UCSC, Porter College, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2273.

Events

Michaelangelo Gallery Close to Home. Local plein air painter Charles Prentiss.

Thru Feb 28. Free. Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm; weekdays by appointment. 1111 River St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5500.

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center In the Creative Spirit. Featuring pieces in a variety of media, from handmade scarves, jewelry, glass, ceramics, paintings, prints, baskets, sculpture, textiles. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. Thru Apr 26. Free.

9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

831.336.3513.

Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios In Love With the Natural World. Plants and animals are the subject matter for artist Mari Stauffer. Her watercolor and acrylic paintings range from more representational depictions of flora and fauna, to her whimsical â&#x20AC;&#x153;Endangered Spaciesâ&#x20AC;?

075 23/:A Big Sur Chanterelle Festival Features a Fun-gus hunt, cook-off and silent auction to benefit photographer Rachael Short, who suffered a spinal injury in a car accident. Sat, Feb 26, 12-3:30pm. $30$50. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Highway 1, Big Sur, 831.667.0241.

Montereyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spectacular Spring Bridal Show Plan your entire wedding in just one day. Sun, Feb 27, noon-4pm. $5-$10. Hyatt Regency Monterey, 1 Old Golf Course Dr, Monterey, CentralCoastBride.com.

30th Annual Clam Chowder Cook Off & Festival The competition has featured participants dressed as scuba divers, mermaids and even as

a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Clam Fairyâ&#x20AC;? in the past. Top awards include cash prizes, roundtrip tickets courtesy of Continental Airlines and more.

The Cook Off is the major annual fundraiser for the city of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department. Sat, Feb 26, 10am-5pm. Admission is free; tasting $8. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5273.

33th Annual Pajaro Valley Quilt Show There will be over 400 quilts and 40 vendors offering the latest fabrics, quilt supplies and wearable art and providing quilt appraisals, but main attraction might be Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quilt auction. Sat, Feb 26, 10am-5pm and Sun, Feb 27, 10am-4pm. $6-$8. Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Hwy 152/East Lake Ave, Watsonville, 831.426.8517.

/@=C<2 B=E< Ask a Vet and Adopt a Pet Day Bring your questions to veterinarian Sheena Logothetti, DVM of Capitola Veterinary Hospital, for information and advice. Santa Cruz County Animal Services will also be on hand with dogs and cats for adoption.

Wed, Feb 23, noon-3pm. Free.

Capitola New Leaf Community Markets, 1210 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.426.3250.

Business Networking Mixer Scotts Valley Chamber invites

Community Drum Circle Percussionist and drumming educator Jim Greiner will conduct a benefit community drumming events for the Unity Temple Santa Cruz.

Instruments will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own. All ages and levels of experience are welcome.

Sat, Feb 26, 7-9pm. $10.

Unity Temple of Santa Cruz, 407 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.462.3786.

Shimmer and Shine: a Santa Cruz Dyke March Event Wine and beer; party like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1969! Sun, Feb 27, 4-6pm.

Engfer Pizza Works, 537 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1856.

Social Security Income Benefits Class Frank Horath, owner of ClientFirst Financial in Aptos, will explain steps that married couples 62 and older can take to potentially maximize their Social Security income and survivor benefits and also how to amend a previous choice that was made incorrectly which may create a potential tax credit. Seating is limed to 20. Wed, Feb 23, 7pm. $5.

Marie Callenderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 3400 Clares St, Capitola, 831.607.4554.

Transition Santa Cruz Potluck: Focus on Local Food How can neighborhoods develop their local food resources and build community too? Find out at this potluck, featuring the Santa Cruz Fruit Tree Project, TerraGnoma Demonstration Garden, Food in the Hood, Food Not Lawn and more. Bring a dish to share.

Wed, Feb 23, 6:30-9pm. Free.

Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.427.9916.

:7B3@/@G 3D3<BA Community Book Group: The Lotus Eaters Bookshop Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next Community Book Group selection is one of our favorite novels of last year. We invite you to join us for a facilitated discussion of the sweeping debut novel about an American female combat photographer in the Vietnam War. Thu, Feb 24, 7pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.460.0900.

Jasmin Darznik A richly detailed memoir, The Good Daughter weaves the stories of three generations of Iranian women into a tale of one familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s twisted path to freedom. Darznik relates the secret story of her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true origins in Iran: her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s marriage at 13, her troubled history of abuse and a daughter she was forced to abandon. Mon, Feb 28, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

John Steinbeckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 109th Birthday The Steinbeck Center celebrates by offering birthday cake and free admission to Monterey County residents.

Local author Adrienne Momi will also read from her recently released childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book The Amazing Adventures of Radish Toe. Sun, Feb 27, 10am-5pm. Free. National Steinbeck Center, 1 Main St, Salinas, 831.796.3833.

Marc Shargel and Fred Keeley Marc Shargel, sea life photographer and author of the Wonders of the Sea coffee-table book series on marine life of the California coast, joins former legislator and current County Treasurer Fred Keeley for an evening of beauty and wonder and an opportunity to explore and appreciate the life in our marine ecosystem. Wed, Mar

2, 7pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.460.3232.

Peggy Orenstein Orenstein will read and sign copies of her book, Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches From the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, in which she ventures to the land of Disney and American Girl Place, braves a Miley Cyrus concert, ponders the meaning of child beauty pageants and seeks out girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; virtual presence online. Wed, Mar 2, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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Valley, Scotts Valley, Pacific Collegiate, Delta and Cypress Charter High Schools, as well as Cabrillo and UCSC students. Students must plan to attend a public college or university in California.

Contact your schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counseling office or Omega Nu Scholarship Chairperson, Patty Locatelli. Thru Mar 31.

831.332.6431.

Support/Recovery Groups Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Assn., 831.464.9982. 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. Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bipolar/Depression Peer Support: 831.345.7190. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.4357.

Touched by Adoption Group Adoptive families, adult adoptees, families waiting to adopt and birth parents meet monthly to connect in a safe, confidential setting. Last Sat of every month, 10am-noon.

Free. Live Oak Family Resource Center, 1438 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 1.866.219.1155.

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. Also: 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.

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.

A Conversation with Shakespeare Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marco Barricelli Baricelli, artistic director of Shakespeare Santa Cruz, will introduce the 2011 season and share his behind-the-scenes insights. Discover what goes into building a season and the process of putting on a show.

Light refreshments will be served. Sun, Feb 27, 2pm. Free.

Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd, Aptos, 831.479.3444.

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SC Diversity Center The Diversity Center provides services, support and socializing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning individuals and their allies. Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

Sigma Alpha of Omega Nu Scholarships Applications are now available to seniors graduating from Aptos, Harbor, Santa Cruz, Soquel, San Lorenzo

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;][ da bVS >`W\QSaa ;OQVW\S PEGGY Orenstein admits that her behavior on the subject of princess culture has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;hypocritical, inconsistent, even reactionary.â&#x20AC;? But she didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take it kindly when her expensive pediatric dentist asked her 3-year-old daughter to â&#x20AC;&#x153;sit in my special princess throne so I can sparkle your teeth.â&#x20AC;? Orenstein began to wonder and worry. One of her daughtersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; classmates showed up to school every day dressed in a Cinderella gown with a bridal veil. If this was going down in Berkeley, what was happening in the real world? How could imitating The Little Mermaid, who gives up her voice to be with a man, empower her daughter? On the other hand, perhaps girl power is simply girl power, and her little girl would have it all: brains, beauty and the approval of men. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mother to do?

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' <332:3A Acupuncture cures a former bodybuilder whose disability following a massive stroke confounds Western doctors. Filmmaker Doug Dearth hosts Q&A following the screening. Saturday, Feb. 26, at 11am at the Del Mar, 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. Free.

Orensteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s frank, hilarious narration functions as a guide to the insidious world of girlie marketing. From â&#x20AC;&#x153;classic board games, each of which appears to have been dipped in Pepto-Bismolâ&#x20AC;? to Miley Cyrus in â&#x20AC;&#x153;booty shorts with a sparkly tank slit up the sides to expose her bra,â&#x20AC;? Orenstein takes you to the sickly sweet heart of outside-in girlhood. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smart, funny and coming to town on March 2. Bring your own sparkles. (Rick Kleffel) >355G =@3<AB37< `SORa T`][ ¡1W\RS`SZZO /bS ;g 2OcUVbS`¸ ESR\SaROg ;O`QV Ob %(! ^[ Ob 1O^Wb]ZO 0]]Y 1OT{ "%# " ab /dS 1O^Wb]ZO 4`SS

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you to attend its February mixer. Join us as we spotlight Professional Touch and their Hertz Rental Services. Bring your raffle items to showcase your business and plenty of business cards for networking.

Thu, Feb 24, 5:30-7pm. Free.

Professional Touch Auto, 5500 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley.

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18 Jazz Presenters since 1975

Thursday, February 24 U 7 pm

JOHN DONALDSON QUINTET PLAYS THE MUSIC OF Amazing talent!

BHEKI MSELEKU Concert: $12/Adv $15/Door Jazz & Dinner: $24.60/Adv Monday, February 28 U 7 pm

FREDDY COLE Masterful vocalist and pianist $23/Adv $26/Door Thursday, March 3 U 7 pm

REBECCA COUPE FRANKS QUARTET Concert: $12/Adv $15/Door Jazz & Dinner: $24.60/Adv

Monday, March 7 U 7 & 9 pm

AL DI MEOLA WORLD SINFONIA Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody Tour 2011 $28/Adv $31/Dr, No Jazztix/Comps Sponsored by Universal Audio, Inc.

Thursday, March 10 U 7 & 9 pm

SFJAZZ Collective The Music of Stevie Wonder

$28/Adv $31/Dr, No Jazztix/Comps Sponsored by A Train Law Group

Monday, March 14 U 7 pm

STEVE COLEMAN AND FIVE ELEMENTS

$22/Adv $25/Door Pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS 3/21 Jim Hall Quartet featuring Greg Osby, Steve LaSpina & Joey Baron 3/24 Quincy Jones Presents: The Alfredo Rodriguez Trio 3/28 Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir 3/31 Robben Ford & Jonathan McEuen w/special guest Anne Kerry Ford Dinner served Mondays & Thursdays beginning at 6pm.

Serving premium wines & microbrewed beers.

Snacks & desserts available all other nights. All age venue.

Advance tickets at Logos Books & Records and online at kuumbwajazz.org.

Tickets subject to service charge and 5% S.C. City Admissions Tax.

INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED EVENTS Friday, February 25 U 8 pm

FLAMENCO DIRECT FROM SEVILLE, SPAIN

General: $25/Adv $30/Door Premium: $40/Adv $45/Door Tickets at: brownpapertickets.com Saturday, February 26 U 8 pm UĂ&#x160;$20

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Every time B.B. King comes through town I go see him because it may be the last time he tours. Then another year or two goes by and he hits the road for another tour. Then another couple of years go by and he tours again. I marvel at the fact that he still has the energy and drive to continue his seemingly endless world tour. I guess if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t slow down, then you never have to stop.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer has been out and about playing music for over 60 years. He has a pile of Grammys and a list of honors too numerous mention. He is every bit a living legend of the blues, and to see him perform is to be a part of something extraordinary and finite. Maybe. Catalyst; $64 adv/ $69 door; 7:30pm. (Cat Johnson)

Despite a recent run-in with the law, Justin Townes Earle is still going strong.

The songwriterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s masterful take on folk, classic country and Western swing has earned him a considerable following in Americana circles over the past few years, culminating in his most recent release, 2010â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Harlem River Blues. The album proved both a musical and commercial success, hitting the Billboard charts and demonstrating Earleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widening scope.

The album finds him abandoning the rustic concerns of his earlier albums and shifting his focus to the big city. Doing so, he sets a blueprint for a new version of urban country that is as contemporary as it is effortlessly classic. Rio Theatre; $18 adv/$22 door; 8pm. (Paul M. Davis)

While one might think that no pop punk band with its roots in reggae could outshine Sublime, Pepper certainly puts up some stiff competition. With funky guitar riffs, distinct reggae beats and songs that allude to swimming, Pepper reminds us that summer is not so far away after all, and that even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s February, we can still party like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s July in Kona.

The bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s laid-back, quintessentially West Coast sound guarantees a good time; for sheer dumb dub fun, little can match catching this trio on tour celebrating their most recent EP, Stitches. Catalyst; $25; 8pm.

(Maya Weeks)

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With long, glossy red hair and a fiery wardrobe, Heche plays Joan OstrowskiFox, an insurance saleswoman. The highlight of her sedate year is the annual convention in that Iowa city of 120,000. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s her time to cut loose.

Miguel Artetaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comedy shares Foxyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worldly viewpoint in favor of the pleasures of the flesh. Based on a robust script by Phil Johnston, Cedar Rapids shows us some captivating alliances during the course of the convention.

Ed Helms (The Hangover) is the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actual hero. He plays Tim Lippe, a salesman from the BrownStar Insurance Company of Brown Valley, Wis. The Best Westernish business hotel looks like Xanadu to Tim, who has never left his hometown. He soon meets his new roommates: Ronald (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) and the life of the convention, Dean Ziegler (John C. Reilly).

When Ziegler turns up, slapping backs and roaring (â&#x20AC;&#x153;You got any honey

on your stinger yet?â&#x20AC;?), itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that the joke about â&#x20AC;&#x153;BrownStarâ&#x20AC;? isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to be the only hint of anality in the film.

Reilly, who seemed at first to be headed for Rod Steiger roles, did a 180-degree turn to become one fantastically adept comedian (Walk Hard, Step Brothers).

Reilly is so beautifully obscene, tilting his low forehead, standing, paunchy and boxer-short-clad, delivering a latenight speech about how a businessman has to â&#x20AC;&#x153;dance with the tiger.â&#x20AC;? Ziegler, however, is not monotonous. During a night of drinking, he snaps into lucidity to give Tim some important advice. The small-town naif needs to know that the convention is not on the level and that the churchly head of the organization (Kurtwood Smith) is hardly as pious as he seems.

Cedar Rapids is not perfect. It tries to get away with a kind of small-businesstriumphant ending that we can barely accept in Frank Capra movies. But Cedar Rapids is ultimately humane, always diverting and consistently ticklish. Just remembering Joan swimming up to Tim in the hotel pool, like an anaconda gliding toward a floating baby bird can make you really feel good about things.

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Film Capsules <3E DR. STRANGELOVE (1964) The classic black comedy that captured and ridiculed Cold War hysteria. Peter Sellers plays three parts in Stanley Kubrickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film about a rogue Air Force general who releases a nuclear air strike on the Soviet Union while the president of the United States and the Joint Chiefs of Staff scramble to prevent the total destruction of the world. (Plays Sat and Sun 10:45am at Aptos.)

DRIVE ANGRY (R; 104 min.)

Nicolas Cage plays a soul who has escaped from

Hell on a mission to exact revenge from the men who killed his daughter and who kidnapped, and plan to sacrifice, his granddaughter.

The man, Milton, is trailed by a Satanic operative known as the Accountant (William Fitchner), who the Prince of Darkness has charged with bringing Milton back to the underworld before he unleashes too much hellfire on the living. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley.)

HALL PASS (R; 105 min.)

When two wives (Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate) grow weary

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of their husbands (Owen Wilson and Jason Sudeikis) ogling other women, they hatch an unorthodox fix for their relationship troubles.

The women decide to give their fellas a â&#x20AC;&#x153;hall passâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D; meaning the guys are welcome to engage in any extramarital activities they please for one weekâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but things go awry when the men realize that the pass works both ways. (Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley.)

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Met: Live in HD,â&#x20AC;? is the opera by Gluck based on Euripidesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; reimagining of a Greek legend. In classic Greek mythology, Agamemnon sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia before the Trojan War to ensure the gods are on the Greekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s side, but in Euripidesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; play the goddess Diane saves Iphigenia, spiriting her away to distant Tauride, where she serves as a high priestess to the goddess though her family believe her dead. (Plays Sat 10am at Santa Cruz 9.)

IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE (Unrated; 165 min.) This weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s presentation of

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) The biopic of Thomas Moore (Paul Scofield), Lord

Chancellor of England in the 16th century, who defied King Henry VIII over his religious convictions. The king asked Moore to petition the pope to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon in order to marry Anne Boleyn.

The film won six Academy Awards the year of its release, including Best Actor to Scofield and Best Picture.

(Plays Thu 8pm at Santa Cruz 9.)

9,000 NEEDLES (Unrated; 83 min.) When the American health care system fails to give Devin Dearth, a 40year-old retired bodybuilder, the help he needs to recover

Showtimes are for Wednesday, Feb. 23, through Wednesday, March 2, unless otherwise indicated.

Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

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ZOOLANDER (2001) Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller) is a really, really ridiculously good-looking male model at the top of his game until an upstart named Hansel (Owen Wilson) comes onto the scene and steals Zoolanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title as VH1 Model of the Year.

Zoolander suffers a nervous breakdown and is drawn into the seedy underbelly of the fashion world, where he stumbles upon a sinister plot hatched by the evil designer Mugatu (Will Ferrell) to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia. (Plays Sat-Sun midnight at Del Mar.)

@3D73EA ANOTHER YEAR (PG-13; 129 min.) As suffused with harmony as a great work of Asian art, alive with the wit and compassion that have made Mike Leigh a master director of comedies. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a study in dichotomy: an aging, hard-working couple (Ruth Sheen, Jim Broadbent) in the suburbs of London contrasted with the life of their high-maintenance friend Mary (Lesley Manville). If Another Year is a fourpaneled study instead of a wide canvas like Secrets and Lies, the figures are deep and well conceived, perhaps idealized but not sweetened. (RvB) BARNEYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S VERSION (R; 134 min.) Paul Giamatti is Barney Panofsky, an irascible Montreal man recalling the demise of his three marriages and reflecting on the different reasons behind each. Also starring Dustin Hoffman as Panofskyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father and Minnie Driver as one wife. This Canadian film premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2010 after 13 years of development.

BIG MOMMAS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (PG-13; 107 min.)

In the third installment of the Big Mommaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s House crime comedy series, FBI agent Malcolm Turner

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after a massive stroke, Dearth travels to China to explore the options holistic practitioners can offer. The screening, presented by Five Branches University, will be followed by a question and answer session with director Doug Dearth. (Plays Sat 11am at the Nick.)

(Martin Lawrence) is on assignment when his son Trent (Brandon T. Jackson) unwittingly pays him a visit and becomes witness to a murder. Both Turners are forced undercover at an allgirls performing arts high schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the elder pulling his undercover persona Big Momma out of retirement and the younger donning a butter yellow dress and the alias Charmaine Daisy.

Hijinks, naturally, ensue.

BIUTIFUL (R; 147 min.) In Barcelonaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Santa Coloma district, Uxbal (Javier Bardem) has learned that he has stage-four prostate cancer. His estranged wife, Marambra (Maricel Ă lvarez), is a promiscuous bipolar case who is too close to Uxbalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother, Tito (Eduard FernĂĄndez).

His two children are growing up neglected.

Seeing the end in sight, Uxbal works night and day.

The beauty of anything but rot is either missing or bruised in director Alfonso GonzĂĄlez Iùårrituâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film.

There is no fun for the poor in a neighborhood IĂąarritu rhapsodizes about, neither in color itself nor in sex. At a strip club, with mutant dancers decorated with extra nipples on their asses, Biutiful goes beyond its belabored world-isa-ghetto point right into straight disgustorama. (RvB) CEDAR RAPIDS (R; 86 min.)

See review, page 25.

THE EAGLE (PG-13; 114 min.) (PG-13, 118 min.)

One thing to praise: the unusual attempt by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) to bring a small and unbraced camera style to the ancient world. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on a 1954 novel about the historical disappearance of the Roman Ninth Legion.

Caesarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s soldiers vanished; so did their sacred golden standard, the gilded, carved replica of an eagle. Here, Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum), the noble son of the Ninthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commander, crosses into modern-day Scotland to pursue the artifact. With him comes Esca (Jamie Bell), a slave.

The Celt is possibly untrustworthy. More than even the MPAA-required cutting, the sleek, bland Tatum is the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main drawback; at 30, Tatum doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any tinge of mortality, and he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t

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Solid work by Donald Sutherland and Mark Strong canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overcome the kind of plotting that makes people leave this kind of adventure in their childhood: the astonishing coincidence, the timely bout of unconsciousness, the luck of being ambushed by savages and taken as a hostage to the exact spot where you wanted to go.

(RvB)

THE FIGHTER (R; 115 min.)

Road-crew laborer and striving boxer Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) of Lowell, Mass., has been training all his life with his elder half-sibling, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale). One little problem with the elder half-brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work: heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a hopeless crack addict. One evening, Micky meets a weary bartender, Charlene (Amy Adams), Charlene is tough enough to fight off Wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overprotective family: a gaggle of seven high-haired, sharp-nailed sisters, mothered by Alice (Melissa Leo). Wahlberg, a child of a family of nine, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been better cast. Bale has to jump around a bit more; this is not his milieu or his accent, and his acting gets a bit more flamboyant. As the generic title indicates, this is a boxing film, and director David O. Russell has to depend on some necessities of the genre, including the slo-mo, sweat-splashing punch to the jaw. As usual in a boxerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biopic, the height of the career arc, the

narrowness of the victories and even the size of the opponents are exaggerated.

If the facts are slightly fast and loose, so, blessedly, is Russellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s direction. (RvB)

I AM NUMBER FOUR (PG-13; 110 min.) The film, based on a popular science fiction novel by the same title, tells the story of nine aliens forced to flee their home planet when it is attacked by an invading species, the Mogadorians.

They seek refuge on Earth, and upon arrival they are given numbers, in which sequence they can be killed by the Mogadorians. Numbers One, Two and Three bite the dust, but Number Four (Alex Pettyfer), living as a high school student in Midwestern America, plans to assemble the others to stage a resistance.

THE ILLUSIONIST (PG; 80 min.) It is a pretty thing, but can you call The Illusionist Jacques Tati?

Sylvain Chomet directs this animated feature based on an unproduced script by the auteur of M. Hulotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Holiday and others.

Compared with Chometâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Triplets of Belleville this new film seems underpowered and faint.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to make an entire movie out of wistfulness.

Tatischeff (Tatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real name) is an aging stage magician who holes up in a theatrical hotel with other smalltimers. But Tatischeff has company: a young girl who believes that his conjuring tricks are authentic magic.

The cityscapes glow enchantingly; the tinted melancholy seascapes show that if 2-D animation is really on its way out, Hayao Miyazaki wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be its only pallbearer. (RvB)

THE KINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SPEECH (R; 118 min.) Colin Firth gives a deeply affecting portrayal of a shame-wracked man born and bred to be a spokesman, yet who is handicapped with a crippling stammer. In the 1930s, Firth is the Duke of York, a family man with two daughters and a wife named Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter). The stammering Duke, known to his family as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bertie,â&#x20AC;? is the official spare to the heir, next in line to the Prince of Wales. A superlatively cast Guy Pearce embodies this Edwardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upper-class shadiness and monstrous entitlement. The Prince is the love slave of a twicemarried American named Simpson; his affair and his indifference to world troubles are pushing events to a constitutional crisis.

The man tapped to solve it is Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), an Australian speech therapist tasked with helping the Duke find his voice on the eve of Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entry into World War II. Rushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wit and nimbleness counterpoints this story of majesty, which is almost exactly as tragic as it is comic. (RvB) NO STRINGS ATTACHED (R; 108 min.) Street credless but not so bad romcom is a strong comeback for

Ivan Reitman, despite how he stalls it out with delays and uncomfortable slang.

Can we believe that Natalie Portman is a beautiful L.A. physician who works like a maniac and wants a sex life with no demands? Why not. Can Ashton Kutcher play Adam, a likable but not brilliant aspiring TV scriptwriter who lucks into meeting the demands of the above-mentioned Emma? Naturally. Can both of these status-crossed lovers be linked by issues about their respective fathers, which would give them a lack of trust?

Simplicity itself; Alvinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad here is a former â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s sitcom star played ably and wickedly by Kevin Kline. Reitman cast half the under-30 standup comedians in L.A. to show up in bit parts. (RvB)

OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS, ANIMATED (Unrated; 85 min.) A screening of the five films in contention for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy Award for Best Short Film, Animated.

OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS, LIVE ACTION (Unrated; 106 min.) A screening of the five films in contention for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy Award for Best Short Film, Live Action.

TRUE GRIT (PG-13; 128 min.) Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), a self-assured 14-year-old, arrives in Fort Smith, Ark., in the early 1880s to track down Tom Cheney (Josh Brolin), the hired hand who murdered her father. The sheriff lists

some U.S. marshals who could track him. Mattie chooses Reuben â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roosterâ&#x20AC;?

Cogburn (Jeff Bridges): ruthless and dead to fear, if often dead to the world.

Mattie offers the marshal a $50 reward to cross into the Choctaw lands to retrieve Cheney. While waiting for his decision, Mattie encounters LaBoeuf (Matt Damon), a fancy, buckskin-covered ranger who is seeking Cheney for a previous murder down in Texas. The three, reluctantly matched, draw closer to the killer but feud along the way. Bridges lulls us with his take on the part, doing things that John Wayne wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t capable of as an actor, expressing the desperate underside of a bluff, a rowdier level of buffoonery and a quitterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s despair. The Coens have the bravery to deliver the downbeat coda to this story left out in 1969. It increases the stature of this film, its depth, beauty and sadness.

(RvB)

UNKNOWN (PG-13; 113 min.)

Liam Neeson stars as a man on a business trip to Europe with his wife (Mad Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s January Jones) whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involved in a car accident and falls into a coma. Upon waking, he realizes that his identityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;marriage, job, everythingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;has been assumed by an unknown party. With the help of the enigmatic young cab driver (Diane Kruger) who was at the wheel during the accident, he sets out to find who is responsible and take back his life.

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vintages bearing distinctive vineyard characteristics and consistency. But who knew that a pinot for just over $20 could be rife with not only varietal signatureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;black cherries, cola and sassafrasâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but a complexity already well developed for such a young wine? In the time/space continuum, this pinot offers both duration (thanks to the optimum 14.1 percent alcohol) and breadth in a nimble arpeggio of middle notes and a long, slow finish.

For those of you who, like me, crave a substantial partner for salmon and pork yet recoil from the over-oaked California pinots of (hopefully) the past, this lovely creation, at $21-22, will surprise and delight. Buy some to drink immediately and a few more to put away for another year.

2=::/@ B/1=A A3@7=CA:G Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a new taqueria in Watsonvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;no surprise there. But the new :O 0cS\O BO_cS`WO at 1425 Main St. is deliciously determined to stay authentic and traditional while taking all taste buds for a spicy ride. La Buena has one of those seductive salsa bars from which you can choose the exact degree of heat for your tacos, quesadillas and burritos, thanks to homemade condiments and sauces. My moneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on the carnitas made from crisp braised pork tenderloin.

Maybe the best introduction you can have to Watsonvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest taqueria is to stop by on a Tuesday, when the tacos are a rock-bottom $1 all day long.

Yes, I did say one dollar. To find out more, call 831.722.1000. =< =C@ >:/B3 The other night Angie and I sampled a plate of beautifully roasted rare venison atop a reduction of chocolate-spiked pinot noirâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the sauce actually workedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;served with polenta and baby carrots over at the Cedar Street Grill. It was the centerpiece dish of 8OYS 5O\R]ZT]â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big new idea for Ac\ROg Ac^^S`a (and with dinner we enjoyed the aforementioned Thomas Fogarty Pinot Noir). . . . The other great plate of the week was dinner chez moi of buttery pork loin from 3Z AOZQVWQVS`] roasted, sliced and partnered with organic garnet yam and braised chard. My home chef whipped up a killer sauce of hot red chile jelly (thanks, Mateo!) and Dijon mustard to spike the splendid pork.

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Dinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide

Our selective list of area restaurants includes those that have been favorably reviewed in print by Santa Cruz Weekly food critics and others that have been sampled but not reviewed in print. All visits by our writers are made anonymously, and all expenses are paid by Metro Santa Cruz.

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Open daily 11am to 2am.

Italian. Ambience reminiscent of a small trattoria in the streets of Italy, serving handmade lasagna, pasta dishes, gnocchi and fresh fish. Wed-Sun, Lunch 11am-2pm, Dinner 5-9pm.

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Continental California cuisine. Breakfast all week 6:30-11am, lunch all week 11am-2pm; dinner Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun-Thu 5-9pm. www.seacliffinn.com.

meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

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California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic noodle & rice bowls, vegan menu, fish & meat options, Vietnamese style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Cheap Eats.â&#x20AC;? Open daily 11am-11pm American, California-style. With a great bar scene, casually glamorous setting and attentive waitstaff. Full bar. Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 1-10pm.

Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight.

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Mexican. Serving breakfast all day. Popular for our street tacos and handmade Salvadorian pupusas. Vegetarian options made w/ local fresh vegetables & organic tofu. Daily 9: 30am-9:30pm.

Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars.

Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm.

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Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very important that you be more discerning than newspapers in the coming weeks, Aries. You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford to confuse a minor mess with a major snafu; it would be a big mistake to treat a small temporary detour as a permanent loss of momentum. Please keep your melodramatic tendencies in check, even as you appreciate the entertainment value of your ever-shifting story.

TAURUS (April 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May 20): I know many Tauruses who are skilled at selling products and services, but less adept at presenting themselves. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind being pushy and strategic when it comes to shaping the opinions of others, as long as they can remain a bit shy about showing others exactly who they are.

If this is true about you, I propose that you work on changing it. The coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to be bold about expressing the totality of your beauty and making sure that everyone who matters to you gets to see it in its full glory.

GEMINI (May 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;June 20): Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not scared of acquiring more clout and luster, right? You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get nervous if you suddenly have to deal with more success than usual, right? You wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t run away if a power spot youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been cultivating for yourself finally starts providing you with the opportunities and responsibilities youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been hoping for, right? I just hope youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re ready to handle the good stuff thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s available, Gemini. Please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t confuse this enjoyable stress with the other kind.

CANCER (June 21â&#x20AC;&#x201C;July 22): In her essay â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Possible Human,â&#x20AC;? Jean Houston describes amazing capacities that are within reach of any of us who are brazen and cagey enough to cultivate them. We can learn to thoroughly enjoy being in our bodies, for example.

We can summon enormous power to heal ourselves; develop an acute memory; enter at will into the alpha and theta wave states that encourage meditation and creative reverie; cultivate an acute perceptual apparatus that can see â&#x20AC;&#x153;infinity in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower;â&#x20AC;? and practice the art of being deeply empathetic. Guess what, Cancerian: The next six months will be one of the best times ever for you to work on developing these superpowers. To get started, answer this question: Is there any attitude or belief you have that might be standing in the way? (Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Houstonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s essay: tinyurl.com/PossibleHuman.)

LEO (July 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Aug. 22): The depths are calling to you, Leo. Can you hear their subtle melodies? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry: Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not referring to the icky, stinky, creepy depths; I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to lose yourself in a chaotic miasma, or wander speechless in a claustrophobic maze. No: The deep place Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m talking about is maybe the cleanest, most well-lit abyss youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve ever had the complicated pleasure to explore. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not saying thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be no hairy riddles to deal with; but I am saying that even the hairy riddles will be interesting, at least a little fun, and helpful in your efforts to purify yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Sept. 22): Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m no fan of the climate change thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rocking every corner of the planet. In fact, I oppose it; I protest it; I resist it. However, I do need to acknowledge that there is at least one upside: The world is becoming more fragrant. Scientists say that as carbon dioxide levels rise, plants will release more aromatic chemicals known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;biogenic volatile organic compounds.â&#x20AC;? The smell of growing vegetation could intensify by as much as 40 percent in the coming decades. This situation is not a precise metaphorical match for your upcoming destiny, Virgo, but I do see some similarities. Things are going to be getting hotter for you, emotionally speakingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and that will be stimulating, often even pleasurable, to your senses.

your own life right now, Libra. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re afraid that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in danger of repeating yourself, start playing more.

Look for what amuses you, for what scrambles your expectations in entertaining ways. Decide that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to put the emphasis on provoking delight in yourself, not preserving your image.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Nov. 21): I am a big fan of your analytical intellect, and would never advise you to shove it out of the way so that your emotional intelligence can rule uncontested. But this is one time when I think the latter needs to get more say than the former; your emotional intelligence has license to take precedence over your analytical intellect. In that light, please consider the following counsel from my Facebook friend Sophia Veleda: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do not consider emotions to be the dirty redheaded stepchild of the frontal cortex. Our emotional selves are more intuitive, faster, smarter (by means of being able to take in more data at once), and just as capable. The frontal cortex is as likely to make errors due to data omission as the emotional center is likely to get a degree of magnitude wrong.â&#x20AC;?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Dec. 21): There are thousand of things in the world that provide you with only mediocre nourishment; the influences that deeply enrich you with their blessings are much smaller in number. To say it another way: You derive a bare amount of inspiration and teaching from the great majority of people, songs, images, words, stories, environments, and sights; whereas you draw life-sustaining illumination and spirit-ennobling motivation from just a precious few.

Your task in the coming weeks, Sagittarius, is to identify that special minority, and to take aggressive steps to be in more ongoing communion with it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Jan. 19): Research suggests that more and more American high school students are getting good grades every year. The number of Aâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doled out has been going up steadily. Does that mean kids are getting smarter or that teachers have relaxed their standards? I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a definitive answer for that. But I do have a theory that all over the world, the Capricorn tribe has been growing more intelligent in recent years.

Your increase in 2010 was especially notable. There may have been a bit of tapering off lately, but I expect that to change soon. The omens say youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re due for another growth spurt in your ability to understand how the world works.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Feb. 18): Is there anything you tend to hoard, Aquarius? Anything you store up in excessive amounts? Are there emotions you cling to past the time theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing you any good? Do you notice yourself feeling pangs of acquisitiveness when in the presence of particular treasures or symbols or pretty things? If so, this is an excellent time to work on dissipating those fixations. In the coming days, you will have cosmic assistance whenever you exert your willpower to undo your fanatical attachments to just about anything.

PISCES (Feb. 19â&#x20AC;&#x201C;March 20): Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping that you will grant your ego more permission to shine in the coming weeks, Pisces. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m hoping you will allow it to unveil more flash, feel more zeal, and exert more force. After all your earnest bouts of self-sacrifice, you deserve a poetic license to brag like a hip-hop millionaire. After putting in such tireless devotion to maintaining an oceanic sense of self, you have every right to bust out a crisp, ferocious blast of â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am!â&#x20AC;?

Homework: Though sometimes itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible to do the right thing, doing the half-right thing may be a viable option. Give an example from your own life: www.freewillastrology.com.

LIBRA (Sept. 23â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Oct. 22): An interviewer asked me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is the most difficult aspect of what you do?â&#x20AC;?

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not repeating myself is the hardest thing. And yet itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a lot of fun. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing more exciting for me than to keep being surprised by what I write. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deeply enjoyable to be able to feed people clues they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard from me before. And when I focus on doing what gives me pleasure, the horoscopes write themselves.â&#x20AC;? I hope this testimony helps you in

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Boulder Creek a beautiful building site in the sun. Half acre. Private gated road. Easy location.

All utilities in place. Plans included, too. Excellent neighborhood. Owner financing. $249,000.

Donner Land & Mortgage Co., Inc. www.donnerland.com 408-395-5754

Felton Secluded Setting 4Bd 2Ba Home with HEATED 2 Car Garage $405,000 Over 2200 sqft. Situated on 3/4 of an acre with creek down below.

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WatsonvilleThe Wow Factor!

3Bd Home $287,500 This one is move in ready, everything has been repaired, replaced, painted, planted, fertilized, watered, and it sparkles. List-

Westside - Santa Cruz GREAT NEW PRICE! Sweet, charming bungalow with period charm on the upper west side, 1725 Bay Street. Large corner lot. 2 br, 1 ba, remodeled kitchen, hardwood floors. $479,500. Listed by Terry Cavanagh and Tammi Blake 831-471-2424.

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Own 20 Acres.

Only $129/mo. $13,900 near growing El Paso, Texas (safest city in America!) Low down, no credit checks, owner financing. Free map/ pictures 866-257-4555 www.sunsetranches.com

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Boulder Creek 290 acres ! Run your dirt bikes or quads or take a hike and have a lot of fun on the 11 parcels ranging in size from 1840 acres. Santa Clara county.

Sun, Views, Spring, Creek. Off grid. Excellent Owner financing. $1,150,000.

Donner Land & Mortgage Co., Inc. www.donnerland.com 408-395-5754

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Los Gatos Mountains

4 acres. A perfect spot for the home you have been dreaming of. Incredible view and Full Sun. Shared well.

Power at lot line. Some reports. Paved access. Plans included. Owner financing. $450,000.

Donner Land & Mortgage Co., Inc. www.donnerland.com 408-395-5754

Boulder Creek

10 acres. Ridge top. 3 mile private bumpy road leads to this quiet and serene site.

Town and Country Real Estate Beautiful view and plenty of sun. Off grid. Owner Financis ready to work for your business.Give us a call to ex- ing. $189,000. perience FULL SERVICE real Donner Land & Mortgage Co., estate. (831) 335-3200 www.townandcountrysantacr Inc. www.donnerland.com 408-395-5754 uz.com

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