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THE WASTE OF IT ALL It’s the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and we are less secure now. We have wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the “war on terror” and are fostering hatred of the United States by our brutal behavior. We have killed and maimed hundreds of thousands in Iraq, destroyed the infrastructure, displaced millions and sown the seeds of a religious war that will last generations. We’re doing the same in Afghanistan. Hostility toward Muslims is rampant and Islam is seen as a violent religion but there is no religion more violent or interested in conquest and domination than Christianity. This time for oil. If other countries did to us what we’ve done to them, we’d be “insurgents,” too.

Send letters to Santa Cruz Weekly, letters@santacruz.com or to Attn: Letters, 115 Cooper St., Santa Cruz, 95060. Include city and phone number or email address. Submissions may be edited for length, clarity or factual inaccuracies known to us.

We’re sacrificing young Americans again in wars based on lies, utilizing the children of the poor. Our soldiers are traumatized by terrible physical wounds, the horrible things they’ve experienced and done, by multiple deployments, stop-loss and abandonment by the government when they return.

Our economy is in a shambles. WWII pulled us out of the Depression. If we brought our troops home, what would they do?

I feel such terrible sadness at the waste of it all. Again.

Moss Henry Santa Rosa

POORLY WRITTEN AND HATEFUL I WAS really astonished at the vitriolic article you published about canvassers (“Road to Petition,” Cover story, Aug. 24).

Don’t people who dislike this activity know how to say no? Or just walk past? No one is twisting their arm to sign a petition. I am grateful to live in a country where we are allowed to gather signatures to support an issue or ballot measure. This is as close to direct democracy as we ever get in the United States! Canvassing provides jobs for people, did you ever consider that? A business should have the right to disallow canvassers from working in front of their stores if they are a problem. I often stop to sign petitions. If I am too busy I just say “no thanks.” It doesn’t hurt at all. And that “poem,” “Go the F*ck Away,” was ugly, poorly written and hateful, much like most of the article. Try living in a country where no one ever asks what you think. I am disappointed in Santa Cruz Weekly for not publishing a more balanced article.

Miranda Nighthart Soquel

MISSED ONE GREAT ISSUE on local arts this fall (“Arts in Autumn,” Cover story, Aug. 31). Another event is the Community Reading Series, a new open-mic program for prose writers and poets. The Community Reading Series will meet Saturday, Sept. 24; Saturday, Oct. 22; and Saturday, Nov. 26, all from 2-4pm at the Porter Memorial Library, one block up from the Ugly Mug in Soquel. We will also have a featured writer each month—September’s featured reader is local author Vinnie Hansen.

Jean Wolff Santa Cruz

CORRECTION Last week in Ten Questions we misspelled the subject’s last name. Her name is Carolyn Rudolph. We regret the error.

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IN 1997, code compliance officers with the Santa Cruz County Planning Department came to Hillary Falconerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soquel horse ranch and issued red tag notices for her stables, swimming pool, an adobe structure that her father had built in the 1960s, a compost bin and moreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;72 items in allâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;for being in violation of county building or zoning codes.

Falconer, who owns and runs Briarcliff Farms on Old San Jose Road, contested all of them in court for three years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically, they went through and said everything in this property was illegal,â&#x20AC;? says Falconer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything.â&#x20AC;?

Those tags made it almost impossible for Falconer and her now late husband to sell their ranch, because red tags, which are attached to property titles, restrict a property ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to apply for loans or refinance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have a red tag on your property, you have basically shot your ability of getting a loan,â&#x20AC;? says Rose Marie McNair, president of the Pajaro Valley Association of Realtors. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you try to sell the property, you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

Today, whether or not Falconerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s violations had any merit is less of an issue than how the county handled the red tags procedurally.

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Board of Supervisors dismantled after three meetings. Bethke says many of the violations were against honest people trying to do the right thing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most of them want to do the right thing, if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re your average Joe Citizen, and maybe they did something that they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even know you need a building permit for,â&#x20AC;? says Bethke, currently Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds manager. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve encountered a lot of people like thatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;mostly elderly folks, and they add on a car port or something.â&#x20AC;?

The Santa Cruz County Planning Department posted a request for expungement form on its website in June, and each request has been granted. Fitzpatrick says he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why only 34 people have applied to have them removed.

Falconer says it comes too late. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like who cares after youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lived with them for 14 years,â&#x20AC;? says Falconer, who once thought she was going to die with all 72 red tags on her property title. She wishes the court ruling had come 10 years ago, when she was trying to sell the horse ranch prior to the housing bubble burst. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to buy it?â&#x20AC;? says Falconer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s looking for an estate right now.â&#x20AC;? Many of Falconerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s violations were for not having proper permits, a claim she disputed in court.

Fitzpatrick says buyers should be aware if there is a violation on a property. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trying to sell something on her property thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s illegal. What difference does it make?â&#x20AC;? he says. He adds that red tags were placed on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s properties in order to let the homebuyers know there was a violation.

Bethke says if violations are serious, inspectors should follow up and make sure homeowners solve the problems instead of waiting for them to sell or refinance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What good is just recording a red tag going to do and then forgetting about it?â&#x20AC;? asks Bethke. 0

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SEEING RED Hillary Falconerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s horse ranch received dozens of red tag violations from the county. Today none of them could have been filed without a hearing or court order.

ruled in April that the planning department has been violating state law for over 12 years by recording red tags on peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property titles without a court order or hearing.

Now homeowners who received tags can have them expunged from their property titles. That frees up their ability to refinance and apply for loans.

Kevin Fitzpatrick of the Santa Cruz Planning Department says for years inspectors thought they were simply following a county ordinance that allowed the practice and never thought the county was violating state law. The county practice had been held up by different cases in lower courts.

Just how many people were affected by the latest ruling is difficult to say. Part-time landuse consultant David Smith has helped clients have the tags removed (although homeowners can complete the form without an expert). Although only 34 property owners have taken the county up on its offer of red tag expungement, Smith estimates the number of those eligible could be around 4,000. The county doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any estimates, but Fitzpatrick calls that figure a possibility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no idea,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.â&#x20AC;?

Smith says his clients were shocked when he told them their red tags could disappear from their property titles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were anywhere from surprised to incredulous. They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna happen,â&#x20AC;? says Smith.

Typically, once a red tag was posted, owners had 90 days to start to correct the violation without incurring civil penalties, but they could still be billed at $170 for the time compliance investigators spent on the case.

Michael Bethke served as chairman for the short-lived Building, Accessibility and Fire Code Appeals Board, which handled complaints filed against planning investigators and which the county

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FOR MARK PRIMACK, the key to the future is not conforming. That goes for people, ideas and the buildings they live and work in.

“A planning director once observed that if you asked people in Santa Cruz to identify the places, the buildings or businesses that most expressed the unique character and spirit of this town,” says the local architect and former Santa Cruz councilmember, “guaranteed every one of those would be ‘existing non-conforming,’ meaning they violate current rules and standards.”

When Redtree Properties asked the designer of NextSpace and Lulu’s at the Octagon to sketch what he envisioned on an empty industrial lot on Santa Cruz’s Westside, Primack aimed straight at the city’s creative potential and designed the Delaware Addition, a neighborhood that grows around a concept close to extinction: living and working in the same space.

“The inspiration came from my experience of great cities that accommodate the anarchic vitality of its citizens, compared to which Santa Cruz, California, looks a lot like Stalingrad,” says Primack, citing pre-Katrina New Orleans and Istanbul as influences.

The 20-acre plot of land where the Lipton Tea factory once stood will be the first entire neighborhood in Santa Cruz to be zoned as both industrial and residential, lifting laws that would deem the garagetinkering beginnings of both Apple and Microsoft illegal and allowing a flexible space for entrepreneurs and small businesses to take root and grow within the building shells. Among

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The Delaware Addition’s blueprint for the future

PRIMACK THE BLOCK Architect Mark Primack speaks Thursday about the Delaware Addition’s customizable live-work spaces. the first 25 neighborhoods in the world to be LEED-certified by the U.S. Green Building Council, the Delaware Addition also serves as an international model for a sustainable and resilient community.

The first two buildings, slated to break ground after the first of the year, will be the incubator for the entire project, which will likely be completed within 10-15 years and is projected to cost around $100 million. Its mix of workshops, parks, shops and cafes will house 350 people in 248 live/work units.

It’s expected to provide 500 jobs.

So who, exactly, will live and work there?

“Here’s what I’ve seen on Swift Street: people who restore old cars, graphic designers, artists, sculptors, inventors, software designers, accountants, architects, landscape architects, a dance studio, import businesses, a T-shirt printing business,” says Primack. “Who is Santa Cruz? Who lives in Santa Cruz?”

The Delaware Addition’s eco-friendly components include solar panels along

the western-facing rooftops, skylights and natural ventilation to cut down on electricity and air conditioning. Store and shop fronts will face tree-lined streets with parallel parking similar to that on Pacific Avenue, and a lack of parking lots will cut down on 25 percent of paving. Options for rooftop gardens, bike storage and access to bike paths, as well as bus and ride share stations, are also in the plans.

It’s a plan that speaks to the spirit of change, innovation and willingness to live in a community that Primack says he first encountered when he moved to Santa Cruz in the ’70s.

“There was a sense of anticipation, which somehow has gotten supplanted by a sense of dread,” says Primack. “But when you look around a dynamic, living city, you’re excited by the fact that it’s not over yet. There’s still room for your contribution.”

MARK PRIMACK discusses the Delaware Addition on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 6pm at the Museum of Art & History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. Free.

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ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STARTING TO SEEM like just about anything can be called a cult film these days. The Breakfast Club? Ghostbusters? Saw? Sound of Freaking Music? Are you kidding me? Those movies were all monster hits when they came out, and never stopped being loved by legions of fans around the world. They are and probably always will be as mainstream as it gets.

A true cult film is different. It could be a movie that flopped (or was at least criminally underappreciated) at the time of its release, and then grew in reputation and popularity thanks to a cult of devoted fans. Or a movie that initially got its due, but fell out of the public eye and had to be given new life and appreciation by its rabid fans at midnight movies or in endless message board posts.

But in the postâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Blu Ray era, can any movie truly fall out of the public eye? Not too often, which is why there are fewer real

cult films than there used to be. That and the fact that hipper audiences in the 1990s and 21st century turned just about any film that would have once been a surefire cult f lick into a mainstream hitâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Pulp Fiction, The Blair Witch Project, Shaun of the Dead and Paranormal Activity, for example.

But just when it looked like the cult film was dead, along came another wave of midnight movies and overzealous fans to rescue some of the best, worst and simply weirdest films of the last decade.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a list of the Top 10 films in this new cult canon, followed by a countdown of the Top 10 â&#x20AC;&#x153;classicâ&#x20AC;? cult films of all time. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see your favorite cult movies? See choices that suck? Send us your own list of Top 10 cult films from any era and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll publish the best online. Reach us at Letters@santacruzweekly.com or post on our Facebook page: facebook.com/santacruzweekly. ¨ !

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1. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) The

movie that saved cult movies.

Coming off hits Raising Arizona and Fargo, no one expected anything less than a slam dunk at the box office from the Coen brothers when Lebowski was released. But writer/directors the Coens had layered the movie so denselyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; packing it with circular dialogue, out-there characters and enough quotable lines for 10 moviesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that audiences simply couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t digest it in one sitting in theaters.

The Big Lebowski disappeared quickly, and it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t until movie geeks started watching the movie over and over that its sheer magnificence shone through. The Big Lebowski had such an effect on fans that in the early 2000s they started dressing in robes like The Dude and going to midnight screenings (full disclosure: I was one of them). Viewings were accompanied by White Russians and sometimes bowling (never on Shabbas).

Eventually, four duderinos started the now-legendary Lebowski Fests, wrote a book about it called Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a Lebowski, Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a Lebowski where they extensively quoted the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cultists (full disclosure: I was one of them), and finally brought the original cast back together in New York for a reunion this month.

2. DONNIE DARKO (2001) The fact that this film flopped canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be blamed entirely on the fact that it was released right after 9/11, or even that final cut was taken away from director Richard Kelly, resulting in a theatrical version that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make sense. Even after the directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cut restored the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s logic with extensive backstory, people realized that this movie was just un-freakinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;believably weird.

But Donnie Darkoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creepy vision of a teenager either losing his mind or trapped in a time-travel nightmare hooked fans on home video. (Kelly is adamant that the sci-fi stuff in the film should be taken as real, and the directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cut makes this way more obvious, but after many viewings of both I actually prefer the greater ambiguity of the theatrical version.) Jake Gyllenhaalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance as the title character is perfectly twisted, and Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s use of the soundtrack is genius. The filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current level of cult fame was best summed up in Campbell electro group the Limousinesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; song â&#x20AC;&#x153;Very Busy Peopleâ&#x20AC;?: â&#x20AC;&#x153;That Donnie Darko DVD has been repeating for a week, and we know every single word.â&#x20AC;? ¨ "

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3. ANCHORMAN (2004) Loved by many, loathed by some, this first collaboration from producer Judd Apatow, director Adam McKay and star Will Ferrell eventually paved the way for their megahit Talladega Nights. But at the time, the mainstream found Anchorman puzzling, and audiences never gave it a chance.

It had that stupid Ron Jeremyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;parodying subtitle â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Legend of Ron Burgundy,â&#x20AC;? and was filled with highly improvised, absurd and even nonsensical humor, not to mention an unrecognizable Paul Rudd (I still forget itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s him).

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more, it is the kind of movie that makes you laugh maybe three or four times on first viewing, a little more often the second time through, and so on until it can have fans rolling in sheer anticipation of lines and news-anchor gang fights to come. Steve Carell recently named Ăźber-dolt Brick Tamland as his favorite character heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ever played. He also loves lamp.

4. FIGHT CLUB

(1999) In his great tell-all What Just Happened?, producer Art Linson remembers that Fox executives completely freaked out when they first saw the movie they had paid David Fincher to make out of Chuck Palahniukâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book. The way he tells it, they were downright scared of the film and its Molotov cocktail of anti-consumerism, violence, anarchy and man boobs, and made it their mission to sabotage the success of their own movie.

But it quickly found an audience on DVD, with a whole generation of disaffected suburban white kids turning â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (fill in the blank)â&#x20AC;? into their own punk manifesto. Most fascinating to me is Fincherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s obsession with putting bizarre suicide attempts at the end of his films (he also did it in Se7en and The Game). His recurring message seems to be: In order to be free in the modern world, you have to be willing to give up everything, including your life.

In any case, the finale, set to the Pixiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Where Is My Mind?,â&#x20AC;? is one of the most subversive and lyrical of any film ever.

5. AUDITION (1999) Japanese

director Takashi Miike is a cult-movie machine. Ichi the Killer, Visitor Q and Gozu all have their followings, but Audition is the film that made movie geeks sit up and take notice. Ironically, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also his most simple and straightforward film.

The first hour is deceptively mundane, telling the story of a Japanese widower who is convinced to audition girls to be his new wife (using a nonexistent film role as cover). He picks the one ¨ $ who seems to be the sweetest and most submissive of all, Asami.

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6. THE ROOM (2003) A brief history of

The Room: Rejected by the studios, director Tommy Wiseau spends $6 million financing his own film, of which he is also the star. Critics barely even have time to rip it to shreds before it disappears from theaters.

Then, like so many cult films before it, it gets booked as a midnight movie. For six years, it plays once a month in L.A., and word of mouth spreads about this latest contender in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;worst film of all timeâ&#x20AC;? sweepstakes, a barely comprehensible melodrama driven not so much by its love-triangle plot as by non sequiturs and unintentionally hilarious dialogue.

Wiseau suddenly claims the unintentional humor was intentional. No one believes him. The movie goes on the road to sold-out screenings, beginning in New York. The two most famous WTF scenesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a rooftop conversation (â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did not hit her, I did not â&#x20AC;Ś Oh, hi Mark!â&#x20AC;?) and a scene where the guys throw around a football in tuxedos, go viral on YouTube, drawing even more barely suspecting victims to its midnight screenings.

Fans begin throwing plastic spoons at the screen (a reference to a framed picture of a spoon that Wiseau fixates on for no reason), inviting comparisons to the rabid cult of Rocky Horror Picture Show 30 years earlier. Wiseauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance aloneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;he comes across like a malfunctioning Christopher Walken android with a heavy, impossible to place accentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;guarantees this will be a cult favorite for years to come.

7. MULHOLLAND DRIVE (2001) Throughout his career, David Lynch has basically made one cult film after another, his dream-state logic and hallucinogenic imagery never fully connecting with mainstream audiences.

Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Twin Peaks or Wild at Heart, his films were pretty much surefire cult stuff until the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s, when the Twin Peaks movie, some failed TV shows and Lost Highway turned even movie geeks off.

His comeback was this film, originally filmed as a TV movie, then reworked extensively to be a feature film after ABC execs rejected it. (Its history can be traced even further back, as Lynch has said it was born out of his ideas for a third season of Twin Peaks that never came about.) In retrospect, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to see that Lost Highway was basically a failed dry run for Mulholland Driveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it uses identical plot devices like characters with two different identities and nonlinear structures.

But with Mulholland Drive, possibly his best film, Lynch was able to prop up

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8. WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER

(2001) The people behind this movie claim itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on their actual experiences. If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even remotely true, summer camp may quickly replace drugs and gangs as the number-one threat to the youth of America.

In reality, this movie is an absurdist twist on the early-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s films that tried to cash in on the success of Animal House by setting their teen hi-jinx at camp. (Yes, Meatballs, but also the much lesser-known Gorp, which like this movie is set at a Jewish summer camp).

Wet Hot American Summer throws in black comedy, Monty Pythonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;type scenes like the most awesomely funny motorcycle chase ever, and insane plot threads like a talking can of vegetables and the threat of Skylab falling on Camp Firewood.

Most critics and audiences didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it, and despite a cast featuring Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks and Amy Poehler (not to mention the screen debut of The Hangoverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bradley Cooper), it flopped big time. But it found a cult following on video and within a few years was making the midnight movie rounds.

9. HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE

(2004) The little stoner movie that could. Written off by the uninitiated as braindead on arrival, those who actually gave this movie a chance were surprised to discover itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually a pretty sharp piece of social satire. Stars John Cho and Kal Penn deserve a lot of the credit for playing Harold and Kumar with charm and a certain innocence.

The other smart thing about Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle is that unlike bad stoner movies like Pineapple Express, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overcomplicate things with unnecessary plot. This movie is, on a story level at least, about nothing but Harold and Kumar trying to find a White Castle. What they encounter along the way, like Neil Patrick Harris in the cameo that made him cool, is what makes the movie.

The cult for this got so big that there was a 2008 sequel, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guatanamo Bay, with a slightly bigger budget and a slightly bigger take at the box office. It satisfied cultists, leading to the upcoming A Very ¨ ' Harold & Kumar Christmas.

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his mysterious storyline with an actual narrative solution, which was so subtly embedded in the film that most viewers didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t catch it until the second or third viewings (anyone who never figured it out or wrote the movie off as nonsensical should google Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own 10 clues).

Of course, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not all about the destinationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the journey through the world of Mulholland Drive is one of the most fascinating Lynch has ever devised, with Naomi Wattsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; intense performance grounding the surreal surroundings.

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(2009) The blaxploitation genre was deserted by the masses long ago; even Quentin Tarantino couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do much for it with his tribute, Jackie Brown. Along comes musclebound actor Michael Jai White (best known for bits parts in Universal Soldier and The Dark Knight, and for starring in Spawn), who had an idea in 2006 for the ultimate blaxploitation badass, making a $500 trailer and co-writing a script with director Scott Sanders and co-star Byron Minns.

The humor is so deadpan and the attention to detail so perfect that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost too easy to call Black Dynamite a spoof or even an homageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more like an honest-to-god blaxploitation film with every element pushed to the point of absurdity. Whiteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portrayal of the Vietnam vet/ex-CIA title character is almost freakishly spot on, and the movie follows in the footsteps of Rudy Ray Mooreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dolemite with its vision of an oversexed, superbad African American alpha male on a rampage.

The lines are endlessly quotable (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why, Black Dynamite? Why?â&#x20AC;?), and even the little soul songs that describe the plot throughout the film are note-perfect.

The movie was finally released in 2009, but only played in theaters for two weeks; it found a following at midnight screenings and on DVD. You can bet Tarantino has two copies.

TOP 10 CLASSIC CULT FILMS 1. BLADE RUNNER (1982) In

three decades, the reputation of Ridley Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best film has swung slowly from â&#x20AC;&#x153;unlovable big-budget scifi flopâ&#x20AC;? to â&#x20AC;&#x153;the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.â&#x20AC;?

No kidding, this is now the movie that every geek on the Internet seems to use to prove they have good taste in moviesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the ultimate insult in a movie-related flame war goes something along the lines of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, I watch movies like Blade Runner and The Big Lebowski, you probably like Twilight.â&#x20AC;?

Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a far cry from what people were saying in 1982, when it failed to be the blockbuster hit that everyone expected from the director of Alien and a leading man who had just played Han Solo and Indiana Jones. But critics and audiences found Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision of epic future-fail too dark, and Harrison Ford too cold and distant as android hunter Rick Deckard.

On home video though, there was time to watch every incredible detail of Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dystopian Los Angeles in 2019 (it could still happen, people!) over and over. And now we know that Ford played the character that way to suggest that Deckard was himself an android (donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t argue, just give in to the red-eye and unicorn clues).

After exhausting the five-disc â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ultimate Collectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? DVD (with all three cuts of the movie) and reading the making-of book, I can safely say thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing about the story of this movie that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been told by now. And yet, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mystical, more-than-the-sum-of-its parts quality to the film that continues to promise the revelation of new secrets with each repeat viewing. In other ¨ words, it is the ultimate cult movie.

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2. THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) This ranking

doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have much to do with the quality of the film: it is neither as life-alteringly amazing as its diehard fans claim, or as abysmally awful as its critics say. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fun, campy and, for its time, pretty edgy little genre mash-up that manages to pay tribute to musicals, monster movies and science fiction double features at the same time that it subverts their button-down moralizing. (Tim Curry as the cross-dressing Dr. Frank-N-Furter is the highlight of every scene heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in.)

The simple truth is: There wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be cult films as we know them today without Rocky Horror Picture Show. It started the midnight movie craze and still brings out hordes of dressed-up, line-spewing, toast-chucking fanatics wherever and whenever itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shown.

3. THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984) Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a reason

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why this is the most quoted cult film of all time. First-time viewers will latch on to the most obvious jokesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;these go to 11,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;none more black.â&#x20AC;?

But getting sucked into this mother of all mockumentaries is like going down the rabbit hole. By the third or fourth viewing, more subtle stuff like â&#x20AC;&#x153;mime is moneyâ&#x20AC;? is starting to jump out, and by the 10th, completely buried jokes like the one about Boston: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worry about it, though, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a big college town.â&#x20AC;? To think that most of this dialogue was improvised is mind-blowing, although I was lucky enough to interview Michael McKean in character as David St. Hubbins, and I can attest that his improvised answers were as funny as anything in the film.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also hard to believe it took so long to find an audience on video, although director Rob Reiner has said that the movie went over the heads of many people who thought Spinal Tap was a real band. Ironically, they did become one, with McKean and co-stars Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer â&#x20AC;&#x153;getting the band back togetherâ&#x20AC;? for albums in 1992 and 2009, and touring.

4. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) Every

installment of Romeroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original zombie trilogy is an important cult film, but this one takes the cake because without it, we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the modern zombie movie. Before this, zombies were the stuff of quaint voodoo flicks, but Night of the Living Dead changed everything.

It used the idea of the dead coming back to life to eat the living as a blank slate onto which the whole world could project its fears.

Endless big-brain theories sprung up to explain the film: Did the undead symbolize the oppressed proletariat? The revenge of the third world? And all this over a little black-and-white drive-in movie made for $140,000. Romeroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most brilliant move was making the zombies slow, lurching ghouls who overwhelm their prey with sheer numbers and relentless onslaughtâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they literally â&#x20AC;&#x153;crowd outâ&#x20AC;? most of their victims. The ending is one of the most shocking in movie

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5. MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a

long-running debate among Monty Python fans as to which is their best film, Holy Grail or Life of Brian. But really, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no contest: Holy Grail is perfect, from the many scenes that could have been skits in their earlier TV series (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bring out your dead,â&#x20AC;? the Bridge of Death, etc.) to the funny throwaway lines like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Someday, all this will be yoursâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;&#x153;What, the curtains?â&#x20AC;?

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most ingenious about it all is that, rather than trying to hide the absurdity of a poorly financed comedy troupe trying to pull off a medieval period piece, the Pythons play it up whenever possible. The characters donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ride horses, they skip along while banging coconuts together to sound like hooves, and the epic moment of their discovery of Camelot is undercut by the dismissive â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only a model.â&#x20AC;? Graham Chapman is perfect as the beleagured King Arthur, who has to put up with mouthy peasants, rude French soldiers and a Black Knight who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know when to call it a day.

6. REPO MAN (1984)

Though itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now one of the iconic cult films of the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s, writerdirector Alex Coxâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut studio film came this closeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;more than onceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to never being released at all. Cox, a UCLA film student at the time, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about to languish in development hell, however, and he gained his first real notoriety when he took out an ad in Variety daring Universal to make his movie. Still, he told me his midnightmovie favorite never would have seen the light of day if it hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been for one man named Kelly Neal, who believed in it so much he kept shuttling it from one college campus to the next until it finally caught on. Neal lost his job at Universal because of it, but cult film fans got Emilio Estevezâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;pretty in punk before Pretty in Pinkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as a young misfit who falls in with Harry Dean Stanton and a bunch of crazy repo men. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all on the trail of a mysterious 1964 Chevy Malibu that could be carrying aliens, a neutron bomb or time-machine technology. Along the way, Estevez learns the repo code, discovers the secret of air fresheners and sings classic punk tunes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as weird as it sounds, though. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much, much weirder.

7. PINK FLAMINGOS (1972) Chicken sex.

Semen injections. Girl-on-girl vomit. Turd eating. Edith Massey. Those are just a few of the things that make Pink Flamingos the kind of movie that makes you want to take a shower after watching it.

The story of transvestite Divineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quest to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;the filthiest person alive,â&#x20AC;? itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to be the most revolting film ever made. But its hour-and-a-half-long wallow in perversity and bad taste is exactly what made it so notorious, putting director John Waters on the map.

When I interviewed him a few years ago, Waters marveled at how much things have changed since then, with Pink Flamingos ¨ ! playing on TV: â&#x20AC;&#x153;How can that be?â&#x20AC;? he pondered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean, cable, but still.â&#x20AC;?

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history, although Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never believed the official line that its racial overtones were unintentional. The scene may have, as Romero says, been written before African American Duane Jones was cast as Ben, but I guarantee everyone involved knew the message they were sending when they shot it.

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what it was like for audiences to see TCM when it came out. Wes Craven told me that when he saw it in a theater shortly after it was released, he found it so shocking and insane that he thought it might have been made by some sick cult somewhere.

He wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that far off, as the production of director Tobe Hooperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meat-versus-steel nightmare was as terrifying as the film itself (Edwin Neal, who plays the hitchhiker, said after filming wrapped: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I see Tobe Hooper again, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll kill himâ&#x20AC;?).

Though John Carpenterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Halloween gets all the credit/blame for starting the slasher-movie cycle, Hooperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film had most of the key elements of the formula in place: a masked killer, a group of teens being picked off one by one in a series of bizarre murders and, most importantly, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Final Girlâ&#x20AC;? element that would come to be mandatory.

Perhaps it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the recognition it deserves as a trendsetter because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so weird and surreal that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to group it in with other movies; there hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been one quite like it before or since.

9. TAXI DRIVER

(1976) When the people responsible for making one of the most important films of all time are on record publicly questioning whether it ever should have been made in the first place, you know youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about a film that transcends the normal considerations of what makes a movie â&#x20AC;&#x153;goodâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;bad.â&#x20AC;?

Nor is there any notion of good or bad to be found in Martin Scorseseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s film, a reflection of the murky moral universe Americans felt themselves adrift in during the post-Watergate years of the mid-1970s. Taxi Driver never loses its power to disturb because it has no exterior moral universe whatsoever; the only codes of behavior on the table come out of the inner workings of Travis Bickleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brain, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty spooky in there. Robert De Niro allegedly studied both taxi drivers and mental illness to prepare for the role; the movie ends up being about both and neither.

10. ERASERHEAD (1977) To paraphrase

Laurence Fishburne in The Matrix: No one can be told what Eraserhead is. You have to see it for yourself. Made for $10,000 over five years of onagain, off-again production, David Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debut film is as unsettling now as it was three decades ago. Not since Luis BuĂąuel and Salvador Dali collaborated on Un Chien Andalou in 1929 had there been a film whose surreal imagery tapped so directly into the viewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subconscious.

Eraserhead is uncomfortable viewing, and its most disturbing scenes (with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;baby,â&#x20AC;? for instance) are now the stuff of legend.

But nothing is more revealing about this movie than the fact that the dream sequences are no weirder than those the characters experience in waking life. In Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no such divide. ¨

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TOP 10 CULT FILMS WHOSE TIME HAS PASSED 1. Napoleon Dynamite 2. Liquid Sky 3. Easy Rider 4. Citizen Kane 5. Carnival of Souls 6. A Christmas Story 7. The Man Who Fell to Earth 8. Psycho 9. Crash 10. Showgirls

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Stage DANCE Dancin’ Down Broadway Santa Cruz Follies’ annual fall production features the music of Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim and more, choreographed and directed

by Bari Miller. Sep 14-17, 1 and 7pm. $20. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5260.

Duets of Broadway VI Dinner Fundraiser

Marsalis The sax legend performs an evening of masterful improvisation with his quartet. Tue, Sep 20, 7 and 9pm. $30 adv/$33 door.

Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.2227.

The Temptations The hitmakers behind “The Way You Do the Things You Do,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” “My Girl” and “Papa Was A Rolling Stone” perform live.

Thu, Sep 15, 8pm. $53-$79.

Sunset Center, Mission and Eighth streets, Carmel-bythe-Sea, 831.620.2048.

831.620.2040. San Carlos Street at Ninth Avenue, Carmel.

Pajaro Valley Arts Council Sculpture Is. 135 sculptures by 56 artists are on display throughout two acres of Mediterranean gardens.

Thru Oct 31. 831.728.2532. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville.

Santa Cruz County Bank Birds of a Feather. Seven artists observe birds through original prints, paintings, photographs, encaustic and assemblage. On display at all branch locations. Thru Sep 30.

Free. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

Directed by Greg Ferrar, a group of Broadway-loving singers takes the audience through a full range of show tunes. Sat, Sep 17, 6:30pm. $12-$35. Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.

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ArtWorx. Mixed media paintings by Jane Harlow and new sculptures by Aaron Van de Kerckhove. Thru Sep 17.

Free. 1043 Water St, Santa Cruz, 831.476.8007.

It’s a hard-knock life for little orphan Annie until millionaire Daddy Warbucks whisks her away to a life of luxury. ThuSun Thru Sep 25. $28-$35.

Forest Theater, Corner of Mt. View and Santa Rita, Carmelby-the-Sea, 831.622.0100.

The Comedy of Errors Shakespeare’s most popular farce, featuring two sets of twins separated at birth, mistaken identity, lyrical comedy and rollicking slapstick. Thu-Fri-Sun, 7:30pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru Sep 18. $40-$60. Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, 831.459.2159.

House of Blue Leaves Hilarity abounds in Jewel Theatre’s production of John Guare’s play, following zookeeper Artie Shaughnessy’s dreams of becoming a songwriter. Thru Sep 25. $23-$28. Center Stage, 1001 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7506.

The Rocky Horror Show Brad and Janet, newly engaged, stumble onto the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter during a rainstorm. Taking refuge in the castle, they’re present for the doctor’s unveiling of his newest creation, Rocky. Fri-Sat, 8pm and Sun, Sep 18, 12am. Thru Oct 29. Paper Wing Theater, 320 Hoffman Ave, Monterey, 831.905.5684.

The National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China The Beijing-based company’s 35 performers execute daring feats with tables, chairs, flags and plates. Wed, Sep 21, 7:30pm. $35-$50. World Theater, CSU Monterey Bay, Sixth Ave, Seaside, 831.582.4580.

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Third Friday at MAH. The Museum of Art and History’s series of interactive arty and history-ish activities kicks off with the Race Through Time scavenger hunt through town, which culminates in drinks and prizes back at the museum. Register at racethroughtime.eventbrite. com. Fri, Sep 16, 5-9pm.

Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artists’ voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. Third Sat of every month, 11:30am-12:30pm.

Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

GALLERIES OPENING Arts of the Left Coast Arts of the Left Coast. Eleven artists’ bronze sculptures, paintings, assemblage and mixed media in an unjuried two-day show Sat, Sep 17, 11am-5pm and Sun, Sep 18, 11am-5pm. Free. 716 Walnut, Santa Cruz.

CONTINUING Davenport Gallery Color. A dozen painters and sculptors celebrating color.

Thru Oct 2. Free. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

Felix Kulpa Gallery Earth & Space. New work

by Jenni Ward. Thru Sep 30.

Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Marjorie Evans Gallery Watercolor—Life Visions.

An exhibition of original watercolor paintings by award-winning artist and Carmel resident Jacquelyn Coleman. Thru Sep 30. Free,

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Monterey Jazz Festival World-renowned musicians gather for the 54th annual Jazz Festival. Featured performers include Herbie Hancock, Sonnie Rollins, Huey Lewis & The News and many more. Sep 16-18. $40–$315.

Monterey County Fairgrounds, 2004 Fairgrounds Rd, Monterey.

Santa Cruz County Fair Rides, games, exhibits and live entertainment by Rubber Biscuit’s Rockin Blues Revue, Steve Holy, Antsy McClain and The Trailer Park Troubadours, The Turtles, Pro Wrestling Revolution. Thru Sep 18. $4-$10. Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Hwy 152/East Lake Ave, Watsonville, 831.724.5671.

AROUND TOWN 16th Annual Aptos Romantic to Modern Home Tour A tour of enchanting and beautiful homes throughout Santa Cruz County, followed by hors d’oeuvres at Bayview Hotel. Sat, Sep 17, 11am-4:30pm. $35 for two.

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31st Annual Greek Food and Cultural Festival 2011 Authentic Greek food, pastries, spirits, live bouzouki music and dancing. Fri, Sep 16, 510pm, Sat, Sep 17, 11am-10pm

The fair’s got it all: pie-eating and pig-kissing (seriously!) contests, plus the judging of jams, jellies, flowers, produce and livestock—but wait, there’s more!—carnival rides, food, games and live entertainment from Steve Holy (Wednesday), Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours (pictured, Thursday), the Turtles (Friday) and Lucha Libre masked wrestling (Sunday). Friday-Sunday, Sept. 16-18, Santa Cruz Fairgrounds, 2601 E. Lake Ave., Watsonville. Tickets $4-$10.

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Free. Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church, 223 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6500.

5th Annual Coastal Trail Walk Celebrating life and supporting the programs of Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast.

CoastalTrailWalk.org. Sat, Sep 17, 9am. Free. Window By the Bay, Del Monte Boulevard, Monterey, 1.877.311.9255.

Ceram-A-Rama Three days of revelry and celebration of all that is clay.

Hands-on sculpting lessons, claymation cinema and a BBQ potluck. Sep 16-18. $20$25 (includes lunch). Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4273.

Fall Harvest Bike Tour People Power celebrates the fall harvest season and its 20th birthday with a 15-mile, slow-to-moderately paced group ride. PeoplePowerSC. org Sun, Sep 18, 11am4pm. $25-$50 sliding scale includes travel cup.

Companion Bake Shop, 2341 Mission Street, Santa Cruz.

FallFest 2011 Artisans and crafters’ juried handmade wares on display and for sale. Sat, Sep 17, 9am-5pm and Sun, Sep 18, 9am-5pm. Free. Custom House Plaza, NA, Monterey, 831.622.0700.

Kidrageous Carnival Live entertainment, carnival games, face painting, jump houses, organized kids’ games, dunking booths, craft projects and more. Proceeds benefit Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services.

Sun, Sep 18, noon-5pm. Free.

Watsonville Plaza, Main and Beach streets, Watsonville, 831.724.9100.

Life on the Ranch Find out how families lived during Mexican Rancho and early dairy ranching days at Wilder Ranch State Park’s Family Living History Days.

Sat, Sep 17, 11am-3pm. Free.

Wilder Ranch State Park, 1401 Coast Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.426.0505.

Mom’s Night Out Moms are invited to leave the kids at home and have some fun. Proceeds benefit local nonprofits supporting women

and children. Wed, Sep 21, 6-9pm. $5. Backstage Lounge, 1207 Soquel Ave at Seabright, Santa Cruz, 831.359.7130.

Monterey Bay Master Gardeners A self-guided tour of six Carmel gardens, a Pebble Beach dream garden and a school garden. montereybaymastergardeners. org. Sat, Sep 17, 10am-4pm. $20/$25. 831.383.9181.

NCHRA Santa Cruz Fall Networking Social Northern California Human Resources Association presents a chance to make new HR friends and catch up with those you already know.

Thu, Sep 15, 4:30-7:30pm. $25-$35. Bargetto Winery, 3535 N. Main St, Soquel, 415.291.1992.

FILM Gen Silent A documentary about the increasingly crippling fear of discrimination in caregiving that elder LGBT individuals face. Filmmaker Stu Maddox will answer questions after the film. Proceeds benefit The

Diversity Center. Sat, Sep 17, 11am-1pm. $10. Nickelodeon Theatre, 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

A Memoir Writing Workshop

LITERARY EVENTS

Gail Burk of the Santa Cruz Genealogical Society leads a series of six workshops focused on weaving personal history with the craft of writing. Thu, Sep 15. Free.

La Selva Beach Library, 316 Estrella, La Selva, 831.427.7710.

Dan Gottlieb

Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin

Psychologist Dan Gottlieb discusses the life lessons he’s learned from his 8-year-old grandson in The Wisdom of Sam. Thu, Sep 15, 7:30pm. Free.

Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Humorist and bestselling author Calvin Trillin reads selections from his published works and discusses current events with his tonguein-cheek spin. Sun, Sep 18, 7:30pm. $30-$35. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Fred Reiss PEN-Award winning local author of Surf.Com will be reading from his two new novels, Blind Guys Break 80 and Aliens! Surf! Santa Cruz!

Wed, Sep 21, 7:30pm. Free.

Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Laurie King Local literary sensation Laurie King reads from her latest work, Pirate King, a continuation of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes stories. Tue, Sep 20, 7:30pm.

Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Tad Williams & Deborah Beale The husband and wife team talk about their new fantasy novel for young readers, The Dragons of Ordinary Farm. Sat, Sep 17, 6:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Take the Lead With Betsy Myers The former executive director for the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard teaches participants how to be leaders in the 21st century through her seven key principles.

FRIDAY—SUNDAY 9/16—18

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL The 31st iteration of the of the venerable jazz festival features a pastiche of styles with headliners Pancho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band, Huey Lewis and the News, Herbie Hancock, Joshua Redman, Tia Fuller (pictured) and India.Arie. Friday-Sunday, Sept. 16-18.

Monterey County Fairgrounds, 2000 Fairground Road, Monterey.

Tickets $40–$315 at www.montereyjazzfestival.org.

Thu, Sep 15, 7:30pm. $25.

Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

NOTICES

LECTURES

Cleanups will take place at over 800 California beaches, bays, rivers, creeks, parks, roadsides and highways.

Coast4U.org Sat, Sep 17, 9am.

Confronting Issues and Creating Solutions for Schools in the 21st Century Michael Watkins, Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools, will be the featured speaker at the luncheon sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Santa Cruz County. Fri, Sep 16, 11:30am-2pm. Santa Cruz County Office of Education, 400 Encinal St., 2nd floor, Santa Cruz, 831.335.7816.

The Delaware Addition— An Industrial-Strength LEED Neighborhood Architect Mark Primack discusses the Delaware Addition neighborhood.

Thu, Sep 15, 6-7:30pm.

Free. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

Freedom Forum: Could a Recall Be Vital to Keeping Santa Cruz Safe?

Featuring a talk by researcher Patrick Wood: “Technocracy and the World-Wide ‘Smart Grid.’”

Wed, Sep 21, 7pm. Free. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz.

27th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day

Auditions 8 Tens @ 8 All types, all ages 13 and older. Please bring a 1 min monologue and a 1 min selection to read. Scripts available at Santa Cruz Main Library Sep 1. Callbacks Sep 20-21. Sun, Sep 18, 6:308:30pm and Mon, Sep 19, 6:30-8:30pm. Center Stage, 1001 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.475.4362.

Call for Artists Jewish artists are invited to apply to participate in Temple Beth El’s Jewish Artisans Faire, Sunday, Nov 27. Download an application: http://bit.ly/oys7LO. Thru Sep 14. 831.460.1389.

Eating Disorders Resource Center Meeting Groups will be led by Kimberly Kuhn, LCSW and Carolyn Blackman, RN, LCSW. Third Fri of every month, 6-7:30pm. Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, 408.559.5593.

Hospice of Santa Cruz County Grief Support Group An 8-week support group

for senior adults who have experienced the death of a spouse or partner. Receive support and learn tools for coping. Fri, Sep 16. Free.

Hospice of Santa Cruz County, 940 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, 831.430.3000.

FOR THOSE few souls who still think skateboarding is for nogoodnik kids, the 2nd Annual Board Rescue Skate Art Show Fundraiser is here to ollie over that myth. Coordinated by the godmother of Santa Cruz skateboarding, Judi Oyama, all proceeds from the fundraiser will be donated to her nonprofit organization Board Rescue, which donates skateboards and safety equipment to low-income and otherwise at-risk youth. Roughly 25 artists like Jimbo Phillips, Kevin Meek, Duane Peters and Steve Olson will auction their beautifully detailed art on decks from Element and Santa Cruz Skateboards, to name just a few.

All of the pieces are for auction, and each board will also have an accompanying eBay account that will be open until Oct. 7. The pieces will be on display at the Santa Cruz Boardroom on 41st Avenue, and tonight’s opening reception will feature food from local businesses along with tunes by DJ Ray Stevens II. (Mat Weir) 2ND ANNUAL BOARD RESCUE SKATE ART SHOW is Friday, Sept. 16, 7-9pm at Santa Cruz Boardroom, 825 41st Ave., Capitola. www.boardrescue.org.

Frederick St, Santa Cruz, 831.475.1853.

Support and Recovery Groups

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.

831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900.

Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.

Drives occur at several locations countywide each month; for schedule and locations call 800.733.2767.

Alzheimer’s: Alzheimer’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. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357).

SC Diversity Center

Veteran’s Sing-Along

Thievery Corporation

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.

Come and bring your old cassette tapes. Wed, 10am.

Thru Sep 28. 831.426.5409.

Veterans’ Plaza, Pacific & Front Streets, Santa Cruz.

Washington, D.C.’s enduring electronic-based act plays two nights of chilled beats. Sep 16-17 at the Fox Theater.

Monarch Butterfly Docent Training Natural Bridges State Park seeks volunteers to discover, learn and share the natural history of monarch butterflies. Wed, Sep 21.

Natural Bridges State Beach, 2531 W. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.423.4609.

Red Cross Mobile Blood Drives

Stitchers-by-the-Sea Meeting The local chapter of Embroiderers’ Guild of America meets and weaves yarns; public welcome.

Second Wed of every month, 7pm. Free. Dominican Hospital Rehab Center, 610

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.

Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym,

Zen, Vipassana, Basic: Intro to Meditation Zen: SC Zen Center, Wed,

San Francisco’s City Guide

Little Joe y La Familia Tex-Mex legend and farmworker advocate brings trademark norteño sound. Sep 15 at Yoshi’s SF.

Rorschach Seminal New Jersey hardcore group on short West Coast reunion tour; expect mayhem. Sep 16 at 924 Gilman.

Twilight Singers Greg Dulli & Co. perform ‘Blackberry Belle’ in its entirety with Mark Lanegan. Sep 17 at the Great American Music Hall.

Shepard Fairey Noted iconographer of both Andre the Giant and President Obama DJs with Bob Mould. Sep 20 at Rickshaw Stop.

More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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ART ON DECK

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SAE

COURTESY BOARD RESCUE

WANT ME, LOVE ME, BID ON ME Boards by Jimbo

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at Kuumbwa on Tuesday

WED & THUR | 9/14-15

FRIDAY | 9/16

FRIDAY | 9/16

JAMES MCMURTRY

AGGROLITES

THOMAS MAPFUMO

James McMurtry’s literary songs take on the big themes—life, love, war and poverty—but he brings a full-bodied rock & roll energy to his performances that guarantees the music packs as much punch as the lyrics. McMurtry gives life to the lost souls who inhabit his songs, individuals who have fallen through the cracks and are desperately trying to eke out a life in economically depressed middle America. It’s dark subject matter, but this Texas singer/ songwriter knows that the bitterest of pills require a little sweetening.

Don Quixote’s; $20; 7:30pm. (Paul M. Davis)

With some soul in their step and a signature dirty sound, the Aggrolites have reigned over the past decade as one of the premier reggae bands in our time. The Aggro boys take rocksteady beats with roots reggae and infuse them with elements of funk and soul for a modern, island sound that anyone can groove to. Not too shabby considering they are actually from L.A. and originally formed just to provide backing music for reggae legend Derrick Morgan. Catalyst; $12 adv/$15 door; 9pm. (Mat Weir)

A legend in his native Zimbabwe and beyond, Thomas Mapfumo is a freedom fighter wielding music as his weapon.

Born in 1945, Mapfumo was known for blending traditional music with Western instruments such as electric guitars, horns and drum kits and masking politically charged messages with his native language to avoid detection. During the popular uprising of the 1970s, however, Mapfumo’s revolutionary sentiments were revealed, and he was imprisoned and his music banned from the statecontrolled airwaves. Now living in exile in the United States, Mapfumo continues to tour the world, spreading his message of social justice and equality. Moe’s Alley; $15 adv/$20 door; 9pm. (Cat Johnson)

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SATURDAY | 9/17

BAND OF HEATHENS What began as singer/songwriters Colin Brooks, Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist playing separate sets on the same night at a club in Austin evolved into the three artists sitting in on each others’ sets, collaborating and eventually forming Americana outfit the Band of Heathens.

Drawing comparisons to the Band, Tom Petty, the Grateful Dead and the like, they strike a nice balance of polished, radio-ready roots rock and a latenight, rickety roadhouse style. Sharing songwriting and singing duties, the Heathens hang their hats on their rich

SUNDAY | 9/18

LOCH LOMOND Portland’s Loch Lomond comes with a notable pedigree: the band has worked with M. Ward’s Adam Selzer and pals around with members of Portland’s indie rock royalty the Decemberists.

A six-piece outfit that counts strings, vibraphones and wind instruments among their long list of musical accessories, they clearly subscribe to a “more is more” philosophy in their arrangements. The band’s adoption of the “chamber pop” moniker will invite inevitable comparisons to the Arcade Fire, but Loch Lomond’s sound is closer to Ra Ra Riot’s scrappy, restless approach. Loch Lomond may not break new ground, but they execute it much better than most of their peers. Crepe Place; $8 adv/$10 door; 9pm. (PMD)

TUESDAY | 9/20

BRANFORD MARSALIS Hailing from the legendary Marsalis family, master saxophonist Branford Marsalis has created a unique niche for himself by embracing not only jazz

DOUBLE TROUBLE James McMurtry plays two nights at Don Quixote’s.

Old Blind Dogs

CONCERTS BLACK UHURU Sep. 14 at Catalyst OLD BLIND DOGS Sep. 27 at Don Quixote’s MCCOY TYNER TRIO Oct. 15 at Kuumbwa DAVE ALVIN Oct. 21 at Moe’s Alley TINARIWEN Oct. 31 at Rio Theatre

but orchestral, hip-hop, chamber, rock and pop music. Collaborating with a diverse array of artists, from Art Blakey, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock to Sting and the Tonight Show Band, the Grammy-winning Marsalis is a stylistic moving target, an artist capable of composing, playing and leading a band wherever his creative spirit dictates.

Kuumbwa; $30 adv/$33 door; 7pm & 9pm. (CJ)

TUESDAY | 9/20

HANK III It’s an old story: recovering punk or metalhead discovers a Hank Williams record, buys a pawn shop acoustic guitar and turns out modernized country with a punk rock sensibility.

Hank III, grandson of Hank Williams Sr. and son of Hank Williams Jr., didn’t have to go far to unearth his deep country roots, though he long resisted them, serving in punk bands for most of the ’80s and ’90s. Since embracing the family business, Hank III has divided his output between trad country and metallic psychobilly, both sides sharing only his uncompromising voice and blunt, smart-ass take on the world. The Catalyst; $17 adv/$20 door; 8:30pm. (PMD)

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International reggae icons the Itals return to Santa Cruz for a night of harmonious celebration. After 35 years, original vocalists Ronnie Davis and Keith Porter still continue to inspire audiences with their uplifting messages about social justice, love and harmonious living. With their ninth studio album, Let Dem Talk, released in 2009 on their own Ital Music label, it’s no wonder the Itals continue to inspire audiences worldwide. Moe’s Alley; $15 adv/$20 door; 9pm. (MW)

harmonies, catchy melodies, relateable lyrics and creative chemistry. Kuumbwa; $21 adv/$25 door; 7:30pm. (CJ)

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WED 9/14

THU 9/15

FRI 9/16

THE ABBEY

SAT 9/17 Josh Garrels

350 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Josh Harmony

BLUE LAGOON

Eviscerate

923 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

Fiends At Feast,Entragian

Big 80s Dance Party

BOCCIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CELLAR

Roberto Howell

NuShooz

Black Uhuru

Murder By Death

Danger Girl

Karaoke

140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

THE CATALYST 1011 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

Tesla

J Boog

Razer

Thrive

CLOUDS

The Blind Pilots

110 Church St, Santa Cruz

CREPE PLACE

The Pack AD

Gardens & Villa

Tether Horse

Inca Silver

1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Sean Smith,Misty Mountain

AB and the Sea

Caught In Motion

Tom Freund

CROWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEST

Yuji Tojo

AminoJams

Coastal Sage

The House Rockers

2218 East Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

CYPRESS LOUNGE

One Love Reggae

120 Union St, Santa Cruz

DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE

David Winters

1 Davenport Ave, Santa Cruz

FINS COFFEE

Marty Atkinson

1104 Ocean St, Santa Cruz

& Friends Acoustic Night

HOFFMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAKERY CAFE

Preston Brahm Trio

Don Bostick Mapanova

1102 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER

Isoceles with Gary Montrezza

Moya Brennan

Band of Heathens

320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

& Cormac De Barra

MAD HOUSE BAR & COCKTAILS

Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park

Rainbow Room

529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

DJ Juke

DJ AD, LGBT night

MOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALLEY

The Gourds

1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Neighborhood Jamz

LolliPOP

DJ Marc

DJ-e & DJ AD, LGBT night

Afro Beat Box

The Itals

members of SambaDa & Aza

MOTIV

DJ Tom LG

Libation Lab

D-ROC

1209 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

Atom & Evil

with JMAN

DJ Sparkle

Wild Nick G

RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz

SEABRIGHT BREWERY

Frankie Ramos Band

519 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

APTOS / CAPITOLA / RIO DEL MAR / SOQUEL

WED 9/7

THU 9/8

FRI 9/9

SAT 9/10

31 >40

SUN 9/18

MON 9/19

TUE 9/20

SANTA CRUZ

The Gambler

John Larry Granger, Music Director

THE ABBEY

& The Thief

831.429.1058

Rock This Party

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 8 PM Santa Cruz Civic Civ vic Auditorium

BLUE LAGOON 831.423.7117

SC Jazz Society

Mondo Blue

Western Skylarks

BOCCIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CELLAR

Jazz Jam Session

Hank 3 Attention

THE CATALYST

DeďŹ cit Domination

831.423.1336

SYMPHONY

831.427.1795

Concert Sponsors: Burroughs Financial Services & LInda Burroughs Real Estate

CLOUDS

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2 2 PM Mello Center, W Watsonville atsonville

831.429.2000

Loch Lomond

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Jack Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The Clock

Crepe Place Movie Nite

7 Come 11

CREPE PLACE 831.429.6994

Live Comedy

CROWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEST

Concert Sponsors: The Mello Music Makers

831.476.4560

Unwind All Night

CYPRESS LOUNGE

DJ Jahi

831.459.9876&#8206;

Farmers Market

DVORĂ K SYMPHONY NO. 8 MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTO

DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE

String Band

831.426.8801

Geese in the Fog

FINS COFFEE 831.423.6131

Dana Scruggs Trio

Joe Leonard Trio

Barry Scott

HOFFMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAKERY CAFE

& Associates

831.420.0135

An Evening with Neighborhood Mix

SHERYL STAPLES, VIOLIN

KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER

Branford Marsalis

831.427.2227

MAD HOUSE BAR & COCKTAILS

DJ Temo

831.425.2900

Sonny Landreth

ROSSINI WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE

MOEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ALLEY

Sugar Ray & The Bluetones

831.479.1854

Terminal

Two$days

MOTIV

Dane Jouras; Ilya Romanov with DJ AD

831.479.5572

RED 831.425.1913

RIO THEATRE

Tickets $20-65. Call 420-5260 or www.SantaCruzTickets.com

831.423.8209

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 831.426.2739

SUN 9/11

MON 9/12

TUE 9/13

APTOS / CAPITOLA / RIO DEL MAR / SOQUEL

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WED 9/14

THU 9/15

FRI 9/16

SAT 9/17

Karaoke

Levis Ghost

Karaoke Sound Co

After Sunset Band

DB Walker Band

Ghost Town Tavern

R.O.D.

Breeze Babes

Samba

In Three

Trivia Quiz Night

8017 Soquel Dr, Aptos

THE FOG BANK 211 Esplanade, Capitola

MARGARITAVILLE 221 Esplanade, Capitola

MICHAELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON MAIN

Karaoke

2591 Main St, Soquel

PARADISE BEACH GRILLE

Johnny Fabulous

Nick Handley

215 Esplanade, Capitola

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort Dr, Rio del Mar

SEVERINOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAR & GRILL

Don McCaslin &

7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos

The Amazing Jazz Geezers

SHADOWBROOK

Road Hogs Joe Ferrara

Frank Sorci

1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

THE WHARF HOUSE

Frankie Ramos Band

1400 Wharf Rd, Capitola

THE UGLY MUG

Rhan Wilson

4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel

& Friends

ZELDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Melody Walker

Michael Martyn

& Jacob Groopman

1 on 1

203 Esplanade, Capitola

Tsunami

Carrie & the

Asher Stern

Soulshakers, Yuji Tojo

SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY DON QUIXOTEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

James McMurtry

James McMurtry

6275 Hwy 9, Felton

HENFLINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TAVERN

Fireâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fury

9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

Cylinder

5150

Foreverland

Archer, Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Holdinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Michael Jackson tribute

Buzzkill

Nora Cruz

Mariachi Ensemble

KDON DJ Showbiz

SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY CILANTROâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Hippo Happy Hour

1934 Main St, Watsonville

MOSS LANDING INN Hwy 1, Moss Landing

& KDON DJ SolRock

Open Jam

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-423-1336

BLACK UHURU

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BRITANNIA ARMS 831.688.1233

Pam Hawkins Pro Jam

Game Night

MURDER BY DEATH plus two bands TBA

THE FOG BANK 831.462.1881

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TESLA

831.476.2263

John Davis

MICHAELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON MAIN

Food and Wine Pairing

Yuji Tojo

831.479.9777

PARADISE BEACH GRILLE 831.476.4900

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Johnny Fabulous Dance Lessons

Frank Sorci

J Boog

SEVERINOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAR & GRILL 831.688.8987

SHADOWBROOK 831.475.1511

Vicious Groove

ATTENTION DEFICIT DOMINATION HANK 3 Come Early - No Opening Act

THE WHARF HOUSE 831.476.3534

Open Mic with Jordan

Movie Night 7:45 pm start time

Mondo Blue

THE UGLY MUG

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831.477.1341

ZELDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

Fenny Duo

831.475.4900

SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY JT Nero

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3EP Voodoo Glow Skulls Atrium (Ages 16+) 3EP Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) 3EP Trevor Hall Atrium (Ages 16+) 3EP Jimmy Eat World (Ages 16+) 3EP Sin Sisters Burlesque Atrium (Ages 21+) 3EP MC Chris/ MC Lars Atrium (Ages 16+) 3EP Chip Tha Ripper Atrium (Ages 16+)

831.603.2294

Dr. Mojo

Karaoke with Ken

HENFLINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TAVERN 831.336.9318

SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY Santa Cruz Trio

KPIG Happy Hour Happy hour

Karaoke

CILANTROâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 831.761.2161

MOSS LANDING INN 831.633.3038

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about elderly LGBT folks who go back into the closet in order to get the care they need. (Sat at Nickelodeon)

DRIVE (R; 108 min.) A stunt car driver (Ryan Gosling) who moonlights as a getaway driver learns that a contract is out on him after a heist goes wrong. With Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks and Carey Mulligan. (Opens Fri at Del Mar, 41st Ave, Scotts Valley and Green Valley)

THE GLOBE PRESENTS HENRY VIII (NR; 180 min.) London’s famed Globe Theatre presents Shakespeare’s history about the much-married monarch who dared to steer England away from Rome. From a 2010 performance. (Thu at Santa Cruz 9)

GEN SILENT (NR) Stu Maddox’s documentary

HIGHER GROUND (R; 117 min.) Vera Farmiga (Up

SHOWTIMES

In the Air) directs and stars in this tale about a woman who finds her tight-knit Christian community unraveling when she starts asking questions about God and spirituality. (Opens Fri at Nickelodeon)

I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (PG-13; 120 min.)

Sarah Jessica Parker is Kate Reddy, a financial management consultant supporting a recently unemployed architect husband (Greg Kinnear) and two kids. With Pierce

THE LION KING (1994) The Disney film about a lion cub destined for greatness on the savannah is back, and in 3D. (Starts Fri at Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley) NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS (NR; 180 min.)

Carlos Goldoni’s The Servant of Two Masters is the inspiration for

this exceptionally wellreceived comic play starring James Corden about a good-natured buffoon working for two rival small-time gangsters. Part of the British National Theatre Live series of cinecast plays. (Thu and Sun at Del Mar)

RASHOMON (1950) Akira Kurosawa’s gripping psychological crime drama centers on the murder of a samurai warrior and the rape of his wife at the hands of

a notorious bandit. But the bandit, the wife, the psychic who is channeling the late warrior and the woodcutter who came upon the scene each tell a different, and contradictory, story about what happened. (Sat-Sun at Aptos)

SEVEN DAYS IN UTOPIA (G; 128 min.) Crestfallen after a bad debut on the pro golf circuit, a young man finds himself stranded in a small town in Texas and welcomed by an eccentric rancher (Robert Duvall).

Showtimes are for Wednesday, Sept. 14, through Wednesday, Sept. 21, unless otherwise indicated.

Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS 122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.culvertheaters.com The Debt — Daily 12; 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:20. Sat-Sun 12 pm.

The Help — Wed-Thu 12:40; 3:30; 6:30; 9:20. Fri-Wed 1; 3:50; 6:40; 9:25.

Rashomon — Sat-Sun 11am.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA 1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.culvertheaters.com Drive — (Opens Fri) 11:55; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 10.

Seven Days in Utopia — (Opens Fri) 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7.

Apollo 18 — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3; 5:15; 7:45; 10.

Contagion — Daily 11:45; 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:45.

Our Idiot Brother — Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:30; 4:55; 7:30; 9:45. Fri-Wed 9:20pm.

DEL MAR 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Drive — (Opens Thu midnite) 2:50; 5:10; 7:30; 9:50. Fri midnite, Sat noon.

Attack the Block — Wed-Thu 2; 4; 6; 8; 10. Fri-Sat 11 pm.

The Help — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:45; 6:45; 9:40. Fri-Wed 12:50; 3:50; 6:45; 9:40.

Our Idiot Brother — Wed-Thu 2:15; 4:15; 6:15; 8:15; 10:15. Fri-Wed 1; 3; 5; 7; 9.

One Man, Two Guvnors — Thu 7pm. Sun 11am.

NICKELODEON Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Higher Ground — (Opens Fri) 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:10.

The Debt — Daily 2:30; 4:50; 7:10; 9:30.

The Guard —Daily 3:15; 5:20; 7:20; 9:20; plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.

Midnight in Paris — Daily 2:10; 4:30; 6:50; 9; plus Sat-Sun 11:50am.

Sarah’s Key — Wed-Thu 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:35.

Gen Silent — Sat 11am.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN 155 S. River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com I Don’t Know How She Does It — (Opens Fri) 4:15; 7:15; 9:45. Fri-Sun 1pm.

30 Minutes or Less — Wed-Thu 4:15; 9:50.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 — 6:45 pm.

Warrior — Wed-Thu 4; 7; 10:05. Fri-Wed 12:45; 4; 7; 10-Fri Sun 12:45pm.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com The Lion King — (Opens Fri) 2; 4:25; 6:50 Sat-Sun 11:25 am.

The Lion King 3D — (Opens Fri) 2:30; 4:55; 7:30; 9:55. Sat-Sun 12:05 pm Straw Dogs — (Opens Fri) 2:20; 5:05; 7:50; 10:35. Sat-Sun 11:35 am.

Apollo 18 — Wed-Thu 2:50; 5:10; 7:30; 9:55. Fri-Wed 9:15 pm.

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star — Wed-Thu 3; 5; 8; 10:30.Fri-Wed 3;

5:30; 8; 10:25. Sat-Sun 12:30 pm

Brosnan as the hot guy at work and Christina Hendricks as the best friend. (Fri at Scotts Valley and Green Valley)

Movie reviews by Traci Hukill and Richard von Busack

Colombiana — Wed-Thu 1:35; 4:15; 7; 9:45. Fri-Wed 1:35; 4:15; 7:20; 10:05.

Crazy Stupid Love — Wed 1; 4; 6:45; 9:40. Thu 1; 3:45; 10. Fri-Wed 1; 3:45; 6:40; 9:30.

Creature — Wed-Thu 2:40; 5:20; 7:50; 10:25; 12:10.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes — Wed 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10:05. Thu 2; 4:40;

10:40. Fri-Wed 2:10; 4:45; 7:40; 10:20. Sat-Sun 11:30am.

The Globe Presents Henry VIII — Thu 6:30pm Shark Night — Wed-Thu 4:50.

Shark Night 3D — Wed-Thu 2:30; 7:10; 9:35.

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World — Wed-Thu 4:10; 9:20. Fri-Wed 1; 3:45; 6:40; 9:30.

Spy Kids: All the Time in the Word 3D — Wed-Thu 1:45; 6:30.Fri-Wed 1:40; 6:30.

SCOTTS VALLEY 6 CINEMA 226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3261 www.culvertheaters.com Drive — (Opens Fri) 11:45; 2:10; 4:45; 7:30; 10.

The Lion King — (Opens Fri) 9:45.

The Lion King 3D — (Opens Fri) 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7.

I Don’t Know How She Does It — (Opens Fri) 12:30; 2:45; 5:10; 7:20; 9:30.

Seven Days in Utopia — (Opens Fri) 7:20; 9:30.

Contagion — Wed-Thu 11:40; 2; 5:10; 7:20; 9:30.

Fri-Wed 11:30; 2; 4:40; 7:10; 9:45.

Cowboys and Aliens — Wed-Thu 4:45.

Crazy Stupid Love — Fri-Wed 1:30; 9:45.

The Debt — Daily 11:10; 1:45; 4:15; 7; 9:30.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 — Wed-Thu 2pm.

The Help — Daily 11:55; 3:15; 6:30; 9:40.

Our Idiot Brother — Daily 12:15; 2:45; 5:20; 7:40; 10.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes — Daily 11:55; 2:30; 4:55; 7:30; 10:10.

Shark Night 3D — Wed-Thu 11 am Spy Kids: All the Time in the World — Wed-Thu 11:45.

Warrior — Fri-Wed 12:30; 1; 3:45; 7; 10. Fri-Wed 12:30; 3:30; 6:45. 9:15

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8 1125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com Drive — (Opens Fri) Daily 11; 1:15; 3:10; 5:05; 7:15; 9:40.

The Lion King —(Opens Fri) Daily 1:15.

The Lion King 3D — (Opens Fri) Daily 11:15; 3:10; 5:05; 7:15; 9:30.

Straw Dogs —(Opens Fri) Daily 1:30; 4; 7; 9:40. Sat-Sun 11 am.

Apollo 18 — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:30.

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star — Wed-Thu 1:05; 3:10; 5:15; 7:20; 9:30.

Fri-Wed 5:15; 7:20; 9:30.

Contagion — Daily 1:30; 4; 7; 9:40. Sat-Sun 11:15 am.

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark — Wed-Thu 7; 9:40.

Shark Night — Wed-Thu 1; 5:05; 9:40.

Shark Night 3D — Wed-Thu 11; 3; 7:15.

Saving Private Pérez — 1:30; 4; 7; 9:40. Sat-Sun 11:15am.

The Smurfs — Wed-Thu 1:05; 3:10. Fri-Wed 1:05; 3:10. Sat-Sun 11am.

Warrior — Daily 1; 3:50; 6:45; 9:30.

(Opens Fri at 41st Ave and Scotts Valley)

STARMAN (1984) Jeff Bridges is a chameleonlike alien with a deadline to meet and Karen Allen the grieving widow whose husband is the model for his disguise. As they careen across the desert toward the meteor crater in Winslow, Ariz., government agents are in hot pursuit. (Thu at Santa Cruz 9) STRAW DOGS (R; 110 min.) When screenwriter David Summer and his wife Amy relocate to the Deep South to be near her family, things don’t go so well with the neighbors. A remake of Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 film of the same name.

(Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley)

REVIEWS APOLLO 18 (PG-13; 90 min) In 1972, NASA officially sent the last manned mission to the Moon, and there’s a reason we haven’t returned. This sci-fi faux-documentary film, built around “discovered footage” of a black ops mission to the moon that reveals shocking and horrific images, leaves open the question of extraterrestrial contact.

ATTACK THE BLOCK (R; 88 min.) A British sci-fi flick about a group of South London teens defending their ‘hood from an alien onslaught.

From the producers of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.

BUCKY LARSON: BORN TO BE A STAR (R; 96 min.) A bumbling Midwesterner (Nick Swardson) stumbles upon a family secret— his parents are porn legends. Bucky decides his destiny is to follow in their footsteps; he makes the move to Hollywood and sets about winning over viewers’ hearts and minds. Written by Adam Sandler; also starring Christina Ricci and Don Johnson.

COLOMBIANA (PG-13; 107 min.) A young woman (Zoe Saldana) from Bogota becomes

an assassin after seeing her parents murdered by mobsters.

CONAN: THE BARBARIAN (R; 112 min.) A 3-D sword-and-sorcery epic with the American fantasy hero Conan (Jason Momoa), who wants to avenge his father’s murder. Conan leaves his village after it’s pillaged to travel across the continent of Hyboria, only to be faced with challenge after challenge.

CONTAGION (PG-13; 105 min.) An all-star cast (Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Winslet) battles fear and avian flu.

Directed by Steven Soderbergh.

COWBOYS AND ALIENS (PG-13 118 min.) When aliens land in the Wild West with a view of colonizing the Earth it is up to Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde and the citizens of the Arizona Territory town of Absolution to stop them. An epic showdown ensues, but will it mean twilight for the extraterrestrials?

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE. (PG-13; 118 min.) When Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is dumped by his wife, he goes looking for solace at the bottom of a bottle but finds it in a chance meeting with a studly young player (an uncharacteristically tan and ripped Ryan Gosling) who shows Cal the “getting girls” ropes.

CREATURE (R; 93 min.)

An ex-Navy seal and his girlfriend are en route to New Orleans when a detour through bayou country gets them entangled with the legend of Lockjaw, a fabled giant who’s half-human and halfalligator.

THE DEBT (R; 122 min.)

In 1997 in Tel Aviv, Rachel (Helen Mirren) is telling crowds the true story of how she killed the infamous “Surgeon of Birkenau.” Beaten up and slashed by the Nazi doctor back in the 1960s, she managed to pot him in the back with a revolver at about

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Attacking the book circuit with this likely story, she encounters two people from her past. One is the shame-ridden David (Ciarán Hinds), the other is the wheelchair-bound Le Carrean spook Stephan.

In flashback the three are played by Jessica Chastain, the stolid Sam Worthington (David) and Marton Scokas (Stephan).

This Israeli cell schemes to capture the Surgeon, to haul him over the Wall and take him back for trial. But the three get emotionally tangled, mistakes are made, and the situation heads south rather than west as planned. (RvB)

DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (R; 99 min.)

Goblin-like creatures torment the young Sally Hirst (Bailee Madison) when she moves into a run-down house with her father and his girlfriend (Katie Holmes). Written

by Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth) and directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey.

THE GUARD (R; 105 min.)

Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is a careless cop with a dying mother and liking for prostitutes. When he becomes aware of a large-scale cocaine smuggling ring, he finds himself indifferent towards his duties.

HARRY POTTER & THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART II (PG-13; 130 min.)

Director David Yates wraps up the 10-year saga in a cluttered, confusing finale—which doesn’t prevent it from being a fast-paced adventure that definitively strikes the sets. Harry

(Daniel Radcliffe), now a sturdy, bland young man, must go solo against the Noseless One (Ralph Fiennes), who, sickened by the loss of most of his soul, looks like a poisoned, bleached ape. And what of Snape (Alan Rickman)?

This should have been Snape’s crescendo— nope. The reveal of a tender heart under a supercilious hide is all we get. It’s a nocturnal film, and Yates is at his best borrowing from Fritz Lang: the cloaked scholars in formation in the courtyard, the figures in silhouette meeting on a staircase top. The downside is claustrophobia from lack of natural light. The religious cranks who said the Potter films failed to endorse the traditional family will get theirs in the epilogue, which returns this horror story to the kid-friendly place where it began. (RvB)

THE HELP (PG-13; 154 min.) In 1960s Mississippi, newly minted college graduate Skeeter (Emma Stone) goes against the social grain when she decides to write about the black servants in her community. With Viola Davis, Cicely Tyson, Sissy Spacek and others.

OUR IDIOT BROTHER (R; 90 min.) Stars Paul Rudd as the idiot brother named Ned. Ned barges in on the lives of his three sisters, and when he overstays his welcome he is forced to reconsider his actions.

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13, 115 min.) If there are two words that sum up Rupert Wyatt’s film, they are “strangely plausible.”

At Genesis, a Bay Area genetic tech lab of about 2012 or so, scientist Will Rodman (Palo Alto’s own James Franco) is working on a cure for Alzheimer’s.

When a superintelligent baby lab chimp named Caesar is ordered to be destroyed, Will brings him home to his Peninsula home, and a San Francisco Zoo veterinarian (Freida Pinto) helps him raise the critter. As Caesar grows, he’s played by a synthespian modeled on the always-amazing Andy Serkis; this and the story’s links to the tragic story of Nim Chimpsky (as seen recently in Project Nim) “grounds the balloon” as James Bond screenwriter Richard Maibaum put it.

The last third of the film, thrilling and fast, takes over Caesar’s story. Wyatt shines here, bringing in images of urban rebellion that have as much zeitgeist as the first Apes movie did in 1968. Like the J.J. Abrams remake of Star Trek, this isn’t a demolition job but a handsomely done renovation of an old property. (RvB)

SARAH’S KEY (PG-13; 111 min.) Kristin Scott Thomas is an American living in Paris with her French husband (Frederic Pierrot) when she discovers that the apartment building owned by his family has a tragic history bound up in the plight of the Jews during World War II. SAVING PRIVATE PEREZ (PG-13; 105 min.) A Mexican crime lord is browbeaten by his mother into planning a suicidal rescue operation to retrieve his younger brother from Iraq. In Spanish with English subtitles.

SHARK NIGHT (PG-13; 95min) Terror strikes at full-force in this 3-D thriller. When a group of seven college students travel to a lake house in Louisiana, they expect a fun-filled summer of sun and sin. Little do they know one of nature’s oldest predators lurks underneath the dark waves of the saltwater lake.

SMURFS (PG; 86 min.) The evil wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria) drives the Smurfs from their woodland village.

In their haste, the little blue fellows stumble into a mysterious portal, which spits them out in New York City where they are taken in by a sweet married couple (Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays) who try to help them find their way home.

SPY KIDS: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD (PG; 94 min.) Marisa Wilson (Jessica Alba) recruits her stepchildren in the fight against the Timekeeper (Jeremy Piven), an evil supervillain.

WARRIOR (R; 140 min.) The Conlon family, devastated by alcoholism, comes back together, but the brothers may just have to come to blows for a major Mixed Martial Arts tournament. Father Paddy (Nick Nolte) begins training the younger, a former boxer and Marine named Tom, but the elder, Brendan, an MMA fighter-turnedhigh-school physics teacher, is forced back into the ring as well.

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PREACHERS KEEP ON PREACHIN’: Dagmara Dominczyk (left) and actress-director Vera Farmiga grapple with questions of faith in ‘Higher Ground,’ opening Friday at the Nick.

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GREAT BENEFITS â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love it,â&#x20AC;? admits excitable event director Jeni Brill, who is deep into last-minute details for her 8th Annual Gourmet Grazing on the Green food & wine festival. Brill created this event for the board of the Santa Cruz Cancer Benefit Group, which has raised more than $1 million since 1995 to support local outreach and research organizations. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The basic idea was an event that would feature all local foods, local wines and local beers. All the produce used is donated from local growers,â&#x20AC;? she adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and New Leaf Markets has been with us from the startâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re a major sponsor.â&#x20AC;? This Saturday, the lawn of Aptos Village Park will be adorned with a lively outdoor party dedicated to giving friends, neighbors and inquiring foodies plenty of flavor excitement. Did I mention that the Steve Velasquez Band with surprise guest singers will provide the perfect musical sound bytes to accompany that cheese and red wine or ribs and IPA? Brill has invited innovative producers of everything from savory jams to artisanal olive oils. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You get to eat all day long,â&#x20AC;? Brill says, underscoring every word. Food and drink options are huge and include creative specialties from Zameen, Crowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest, Hulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Chaminade, CafĂŠ Rio, CafĂŠ Cruz and many more, chased with wines from Alfaro, Silver Mountain, Kathryn Kennedy (and more!) plus brews from Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Seabright Brewery and, yes, more. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This year we have 63 vendors,â&#x20AC;? Brill says me, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re laying things out a little differently this year. Last year, you remember, there was a heat wave. Now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have even more tents for shade, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re creating a little beer garden for our local breweries, with the big SmoQe BBQ trailer as the centerpiece.â&#x20AC;? Sounds like a plan. Aptos, this Saturday, Sept. 17, noon-4pm. Consider taking the shuttle from the Cabrillo College lot. Cost is $65/ticket at http://sccbg.org.

GABRIELLA AND THE CHEF: PART 36 Citing â&#x20AC;&#x153;creative differences,â&#x20AC;?

Paul Cocking and his most recent talented chef have parted company, and now former head chef Adrian Cruz is rockinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the sensuous seasonal menu at Gabriella CafĂŠ while his sister and current lunch chef Gema Cruz is ramping up her skills forâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who knows?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;a future dinner chef gig in the feisty, romantic downtown cafĂŠ. Cocking, clearly thriving on the challenge of landing just the exact, perfect cuisinartist, keeps himself amused with farmers market produce at this late harvest moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lettuces from Live Earth and tomatoes from Dirty Girl are better than ever,â&#x20AC;? he declares, and I absolutely agree.

Send tips about food, wine and dining discoveries to Christina Waters at xtina@cruzio.com. Read her blog at http://christinawaters.com.

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GRAZING RITUAL Chef Chris Hunter of the new CafĂŠ Rio will join the Grazing on the Green gang this Saturday.

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Diner’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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AMBROSIA INDIA BISTRO

$$ Aptos

BRITANNIA ARMS

$$$ Aptos $$ Aptos

207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610

8017 Soquel Dr, 831.688.1233 SEVERINO’S GRILL

7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987 ZAMEEN MEDITERRANEAN

7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465

Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com American and specialty dishes from the British and Emerald Isles. Full bar. Children welcome. Happy hour Mon-Fri 2-6pm.

Open daily 11am to 2am.

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.

Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh, fast, flavorful. Gourmet meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

CAPITOLA

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GEISHA SUSHI Japanese. This pretty and welcoming sushi bar serves 200 Monterey Ave, 831.464.3328 superfresh fish in unusual but well-executed sushi combinations. Wed-Mon 11:30am-9pm.

Capitola

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104 Stockton Ave, 831.479.8888

$$$

SHADOWBROOK

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

$$$

STOCKTON BRIDGE GRILLE

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

$$$ Capitola

203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900

ZELDA’S

All day breakfast. Burgers, gyros, sandwiches and 45 flavors of Marianne’s and Polar Bear ice cream. Open 8am daily.

California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials.

Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm.

Mediterranean tapas. Innovative menu, full-service bar, international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily.

California cuisine. Nightly specials include prime rib and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

SANTA CRUZ $$ Santa Cruz

ACAPULCO

$$$ Santa Cruz

CELLAR DOOR

$ Santa Cruz

CHARLIE HONG KONG

$$ Santa Cruz

CLOUDS

$$ Santa Cruz

1116 Pacific Ave, 831. 426.7588

328 Ingalls St, 831.425.6771

1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664

110 Church St, 831.429.2000 THE CREPE PLACE

1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994

$$

CROW’S NEST

Santa Cruz

2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560

$$ Santa Cruz

HINDQUARTER

$$ Santa Cruz

303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 HOFFMAN’S

1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135

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HULA’S ISLAND GRILL

Santa Cruz

221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852

Mexican/Seafood/American. Traditional Mexican favorites. Best fajitas, chicken mole, coconut prawns, blackened prime rib!

Fresh seafood. Over 50 premium tequilas, daily happy hour w/ half-price appetizers. Sun-Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm.

Features the vibrant and esoteric wines of Bonny Doon Vineyard, a three-course, family-style prix fixe menu that changes nightly, and an inventive small plates menu, highlighting both seasonal and organic ingredients from local farms.

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 “Best Cheap Eats.” 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.

Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor and Bay views. Lunch and dinner daily.

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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Free Will

By Rob Brezsny

For the week of September 14

GEMINI (May 21–June 20): According to April Winchell’s

book Regretsy: Where DIY Meets WTF, here are some of the treasures you can find for sale at Etsy.com: a toy pig made from a root beer can; a “juicy enchanted pouch” for holding runes; a handmade hornet’s nest; a stuffed feral goat fashioned to resemble a unicorn; fake tapeworms that are actually spray-painted fettucine; and a “haunted Ouija board Las Vegas casino–style blackjack roulette poker chip.” I would absolutely love it if you designed something like this and hawked it on Etsy, Gemini. Your skill as an idiosyncratic creator will soon be peaking, as will your capacity for marketing the most unique aspects of your shtick and style.

CANCER (June 21–July 22): “Specialization is for insects,” said science-fiction writer Robert Heinlein. “A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, pitch manure, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently.” I bring this thought to your attention, Cancerian, because it’s an excellent time for you to broaden your understanding and expand your repertoire. How many of the things that Heinlein names can you do? Make a list of your talents and try to add some new ones to that list in the coming weeks.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): A veterinarian in Nashville was

asked to do something he had never done—diagnose and treat a wounded whooping crane. Experts devoted to safeguarding the endangered species advised him to wear a billowy white suit. That way the wild bird would be more likely to accept his attention. “You learn very quickly how to communicate dressed as a marshmallow,” the vet said after completing his work. Be prepared for a metaphorically similar encounter, Leo. You, too, may face a prospect that resembles interspecies conversation. I hope you’ll be as adaptable as the vet.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): “Everything is unique,” said the 19th-century authors known as the Goncourt brothers, who wrote all their books together. “Nothing happens more than once in a lifetime. The physical pleasure that a certain woman gave you at a certain moment, the exquisite dish that you ate on a certain day—you will never meet either again. Nothing is repeated, and everything is unparalleled.” Of course, this is always true. But I suspect you will be more intensely aware of it in the coming days than you have in a long time. In part that’s because the sensations and experiences headed your way will be so piquantly unique, so exquisitely fresh. And in part it’s because you’ll be wide-awake to the novel pleasures that are possible when you appreciate the fact that everything changes all the time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): “Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul,” said environmentalist Edward Abbey. The “ruin” doesn’t happen all of a sudden, because of a single small failure to translate sincere intentions into good works. Rather, it’s the result of long-running laziness or passivity—a consistent inability to do what one’s passions demand. If there is even a shred of this

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): I would of course never advocate burning all copies of the book Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself. I’m a staunch defender of freedom of speech, even if the speech offends my moral sense. On the other hand, my freedom of speech allows me to advise you to strenuously avoid that book and any influence that resembles it. In my astrological opinion, you need to actually become a better person in the coming weeks, not just pretend you are. Here’s a good place to start: Don’t just pay lip service to the idea of supporting others’ freedom of speech. Help them claim and express that freedom, even if it makes you uncomfortable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): Every one of us is

born with up to 150 new mutations that make us different from both of our parents. Most of those genetic alterations are neutral in their effects. Some are negative, and a few may be beneficial. I bring this to your attention, Sagittarius, because you’re entering a phase when it’s possible to take more advantage of your positive mutations than you ever have before. Can you guess what they are? Try to, because you’re primed to tap in to their fuller potential.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): Dictionary.com says

there are 19 words in the English language with no perfect rhymes. Among them are six words that are useful in constructing this week’s horoscope for you: cusp, glimpsed, depth, rhythm, gulf and opus. I like the fact that none of them rhyme, because it’s symbolic of the task you have ahead of you. You’re on the cusp of a shift in your rhythm that will take you out of your depth, compelling you to close the gulf between you and a resource that will be crucial for you to have access to in the future. You’ve glimpsed what needs to be done—the creation of a new opus—but in order to accomplish it, you will need to be motivated by a frustration that feels like having to rhyme unrhymeable words.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): The Jerusalem Syndrome is a temporary psychological phenomenon that on rare occasions overtakes travelers who visit Jerusalem. Under the influence of ancient holy sites, these people may become obsessed with religious themes or experience delusions that they are characters from stories in the Bible or Koran. I don’t expect you to fall under the sway of such an outbreak, Aquarius, but I do suspect that you will soon have some intense spiritual stirrings. To ensure that they will enlighten you, not dishevel you, stay wellgrounded. Have regular meals, please. Sleep well and exercise now and then.

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): My Pisces friend Rana Satori Stewart coined some new words that happen to be perfect for you to begin using and embodying.

“Blissipline,” she says, is “the commitment to experiencing a little or a lot of bliss every day; the practice of expanding one’s capacity for bliss and being open to receive it in any moment.” A “blissiplinarian” is “someone who enforces pleasure and invites opportunities for more pleasure,” while a “blissciple” is a person who aspires to master the art of blissipline. I encourage you to be a blissciple, Pisces, because it will put you in sync with the effervescent invitations the cosmos has scheduled for you.

Homework: What are the main dreams you want to accomplish in each of the next three decades? Have fun brainstorming.

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TAURUS (April 20–May 20): Back in 2009, John Allwood, an Australian melon picker, used his head to smash 47 watermelons in 60 seconds. That broke the previous world record of 40 in a minute, also set by him a couple of years earlier. I’ve chosen him to be your role model for the coming week, Taurus—for two reasons. First, you’re primed to outstrip a personal best you achieved some time back. So do it! Second, it’s a perfect time to use your head in fun and creative ways.

tendency in your make-up, Libra, now is an urgent time to shed it. According to my astrological analysis, you simply must carry out your soul’s mandates.

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ARIES (March 21–April 19): “An awakened Aries would rather err on the side of making a daring, improvisational mistake than cuddle up with passionless peace,” writes astrologer Hunter Reynolds. “He or she knows that creative conflict can be a greater unifying force than superficial harmony.”This is an excellent keynote for you to keep in mind during the coming days. But make sure your motivations are pure and humble, please. If the daring improvisation you launch is fueled by arrogance or the urge to dominate, your efforts to shake things up for the greater good will fail. Fight against what Reynolds calls “terrified niceness”—but do it with fierce compassion, not sneering rage.

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