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TOUGH TICKETS [RE: “Ticketed Off ” and “Meter–Made Problem,” Posts, Dec. 28 and Dec. 14], it always tickles me when people who can’t budget their time point the finger of blame at anyone but themselves when things go awry. So you got a ticket because your meter had expired? Welcome to Planet Earth, where parking meters (and their beloved tenders) don’t know from your shopping nightmares, your prolonged appointments, your broken heels or your quirky bladder. With them, it’s either

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feed me dinero—NOW!—or I’ll turn bright red and violate your ass. Sure, most of us see the world in technicolor, but in the parking police universe, only two colors count. Still green?

You’re good to go, and have a pleasant afternoon. Running-late red? Thank you for your generous contribution to the city’s coffers. If you’re that incensed about this egregious miscarriage of justice, fight the damn thing in court— not in the newspaper.

Tim Rudolph Santa Cruz

MAN BITES DOGS I SPENT a rather pleasant day downtown recently amid the last-minute Xmas shoppers but it was unfortunately made less pleasant by an encounter with three small piles of dog shit on the sidewalk, one of which appeared to have been stepped in. So I am moved to ask the city council: Who is enforcing the pick-up-after-yourdog law? What happens when the dog’s best friend does not cooperate? What are the public health implications of a shopping and dining district wagging with dogs? If a homeless person defecated on the sidewalk, what would be the penalty? Are dogs permitted at the Capitola Mall? When does the dogsdowntown policy come up for review?

MICHAEL S. GANT, ANDREW GILBERT, MARIA GRUSAUSKAS,

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FREEDOM FROM FACEBOOK THANK YOU for your article on the misery Facebook can cause someone (Currents, Dec. 21). After reading the article I realized my Facebook interactions were causing me to feel depressed for parts of my day.

The problem was that most of my posts were being ignored by my ‘”Facebook friends.” I would upload a picture or write a comment and it was like I didn’t exist. I decided I would use the “Paranoid Dictator” approach to this problem and purge or “unfriend” most of my cyber buddies. This can be accomplished by clicking on a friend and selecting “unfriend.” I learned that the friend is not notified they have been unfriended.

You can always go back and change your decision and bestow friendship status to someone kicked out of your kingdom.

After my purge I feel happy and free.

No longer will I be at the mercy of the “like heart” underneath a post, or expect a response from my “friends/traitors.”

I encourage people who are feeling Facebook depression to free yourself. You have the power. It is your domain!

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Redevelopment’s out. So now what?

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IN ITS 24-year history, the Santa Cruz County Redevelopment Agency has built 1,385 affordable housing units, miles of sidewalks, the Simpkins Family Swim Center, the Live Oak library and much more.

But its work—after it wraps up a slate of expensive projects greenlighted last summer by panicking county supervisors—is over. The California Supreme Court ruled Dec. 29 that the state’s redevelopment agencies are unconstitutional.

The ruling, while not unexpected, has forced officials across the state into their end game even as they hope state lawmakers will come up with a new mechanism to fill the void.

“There’s uncertainty for a couple of reasons,” says Santa Cruz City Manager Martin Bernal, who works closely with the city’s redevelopment agency.

First of all, Bernal isn’t sure a list of city-approved redevelopment projects, which includes Highway 9 improvements and finishing touches on the Tannery Arts Center, will be approved by a state oversight committee. City leaders had hoped to pay for those projects with $35 million in bonds sold last year.

Second, Bernal says, Sacramento lawmakers are talking about reinstating some redevelopment funding that might allow the local agencies to carry on under circumstances that don’t violate the constitution or else finish up old business. “I don’t know how long that’s going to take,” says Bernal. If they don’t get it together, redevelopment agencies will fold in February, Bernal says. That would affect agencies associated with Santa Cruz County and the cities of Santa Cruz, Capitola, Scotts Valley and Watsonville.

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agency’s projects. Critics say that money could instead go to schools, local fire departments or the state budget.

By far the most influential of those critics is Gov. Jerry Brown, who set his sights on eliminating redevelopment almost one year ago, citing the combination of a state budget crisis and abuse by certain redevelopment agencies. (Palm Desert, for example, spent $16.7 million in redevelopment money on a luxury golf course.

Oakland used it to help fund the police department and the mayor’s salary.)

In a controversial move, Brown counted $1.7 billion of redevelopment money in the revenue column when drafting this year’s budget last spring, touching off a struggle with the California Redevelopment Association.

To some extent the association has only itself to blame, according to Brown spokesperson Gil Duran.

That’s because the legislature passed two redevelopment bills in June—one eliminating redevelopment and another allowing each agency to stay if it paid a few million dollars, depending on its size.

Furious with lawmakers, the association called the second bill “ransom” and unconstitutional under Prop 22, which was passed by voters in 2010, and took the bill to court.

The lawsuit backfired last Thursday, and the court ruled that instead that the agencies themselves were unconstitutional under the very same law—Prop 22. “They had a compromise, but they rushed to court and they blew themselves up,” Duran told the Los Angeles Times. 0

Many officials are now wondering how local governments will fund low-income housing. Redevelopment agencies were required to spend at least 20 percent of their money on affordable housing. County Supervisor John Leopold cites it as a key reason he and other supervisors voted last year to try and save the agency with a $10 million payment to the state.

In Leopold’s view, abandoning lowincome housing projects is not an option.

“The state’s going to have to come up with a mechanism to build affordable housing and provide a new tool for communities to engage in economic development,” he says.

ON T H E B E AC H A redevelopment agency cleans up an On the Beach is a report from Save Our Shores area it deems that appears the first week of each month “blighted” and caps that area’s property Number of cigarette butts collected taxes. As the property from beaches and riverbanks by Save Our Shores values rise, any volunteers in 2011. increase in tax revenues fund the

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for comment by press time. But Assemblymembers Bill Monning and Luis Alejo, who each represent portions of Santa Cruz County, have already expressed optimism for possible laws to restore some redevelopment funding. Senators Joe Simitian and Sam Blakeslee, who also represent the county, have too. Simitian has said for months he’s in the “’mend it, don’t end it’ camp” when it comes to redevelopment.

After a negative summer campaign against Sacramento politicians, the California Redevelopment Association released a statement last week drumming up support once more for redevelopment—this time with a different tone. Association leaders are now asking legislators to bring back redevelopment funding in some form. Indeed, the fate of California redevelopment may rest with the very legislative body that the association so recently accused of trying to kill it.

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IN LIMBO The Tannery Arts Center’s final phase is dependent on redevelopment funds that were just ruled unconstitutional.

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Spinning in Circles According to Smith, who has done some light reading on Mayan culture, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotions and their mood will reflect their external experienceâ&#x20AC;? as never before. If people are angry, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be surrounded by things that make them angry, he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m joyful and willing to help people, [my experience] will actually reflect that. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Smith asserts that 2012 is kicking off a rise in consciousness that will accelerate through the year. Because of the start of a new Mayan cycle, changes that would have taken hundreds of years can now happen in just months, he says. And changes that would have taken years can now happen in a matter of seconds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the cyclic nature of reality, pretty much,â&#x20AC;? he says.

And then you have your temporal vortex shift and all that entails. With the new cycle, Smith predicts human experience will return from outside timeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s large vortex back to the center, meaning it will take society less time to complete a circle on the inside of the vortex than when we were traveling around its edge.

Soâ&#x20AC;Ś time is going to move faster? â&#x20AC;&#x153;In a sense. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really consciousness,â&#x20AC;?

Smith explains, shortly before his boss pulls him back inside to help with a post-lunch shopping rush. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But since time is consciousness, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the same thing.â&#x20AC;?

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Professional astrologer Rico Baker doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just think the world is poised for big change in 2012. Based on personal research, he thinks Santa Cruz could be an epicenter for it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;2012 has been kind of a growing phenomenon for me going back quite a ways,â&#x20AC;? says Baker, who dates his interest back to 1988.

When he looked at the way the planets are squaring off in our solar system, Baker says, he began to take the Mayan calendar more seriously.

He says the astrological signs spell turbulent times and lots of growth between now and 2016, with more polarization and more unrest Ă la the Occupy movement.

Baker says the thing that sets Santa Cruz apart is its name, which literally means â&#x20AC;&#x153;Holy Cross.â&#x20AC;? To him thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

significant; he says Pluto and Uranus have been making crosses in the sky since the 1960s, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made for big changes over the past 50 years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cross also emphasizes the center because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where the two planes cross,â&#x20AC;? says Baker. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, it was pretty easy to put that together.â&#x20AC;?

When it comes to exactly what changes Santa Cruz-as-epicenter is in for, Baker isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sure. His answers are a little vague. He thinks there will be a lot more push-and-pull politically.

And he says 2012 will bring another onslaught of financial problems (though a number of people may have intuited that one already).

As Baker talks, his wife of four years, Claire Joy, listens intently.

She thinks everyone should have an astrologer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even better to be married to one,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Even, apparently, if the news is gloomy: Baker says the end of this Mayan period is the planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s darkest moment in a 26,000-year rotation because Earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s axis will point at the center of the Milky Way. He says the fact that it falls on the darkest day of the year gives the moment added significance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the very winter of our discontent, you might say,â&#x20AC;? he grins.

Fire In The Poll Susan Heinz, like Baker, works as a professional astrologer. She also writes for the Aptos-based Connection Magazine.

Heinz says that Uranus and Pluto, which have been dancing in crosslike shapes since the 1960s, will make their first complete square this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;something they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t done since the American Revolution.

She says when they make squares, it means big changes for our world. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like labor pains before a new birth,â&#x20AC;? says Heinz from her upstairs Pacific Avenue studio as the sun sets over downtown Santa Cruz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing about the end of the world.

They say humanity has the habit of [requiring] crisis in order to awaken.â&#x20AC;?

Heinz is making a few predictions: global financial crises arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going anywhere; neither is the political unrest that drove the Occupy movement or the Arab Spring; Newt Gingrich will be the Republican nominee; and President Obama will win reelection in a messy race

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reminiscent of the 2000 Bush v. Gore nightmare.

And things donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look good for U.S. senators and representatives, either, she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need an astrologer to tell you this, but it looks like Congressâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to get voted out,â&#x20AC;? says Heinz.

Mayan Malarkey Not surprisingly, skeptics are rolling their eyes. One of them, UCâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Santa Cruz philosophy professor Nancy Abramsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who Baker actually credits with bringing heightened cosmic awareness to townâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;gives pretty much zero credence to 2012 theories.

Abrams says the world has real issues to worry about. With a skyrocketing population, dwindling natural resources and climate change, the planet faces plenty of problems that can only be tackled by science. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hate it when they focus on this Mayan stuff,â&#x20AC;? says the forthright Abrams, who co-authored The View from The Center of the Universe and

The New Universe and The Human Future with her husband, UCSC astrophysicist Joel Primack.

Astrology is also pointless, Abrams says. She notes that since the earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s axis turns like a spinning top (thanks to a phenomenon called precision), it points in a different direction than it did 2,000 years ago, when the Babylonians created the signs. That means everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sign is about one notch off. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No matter how subtle or nuanced peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interpretations may be, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basically poetic. It has nothing to do with science,â&#x20AC;? says Abrams.

So where does all this leave the 2012 agnostic? Maybe the best place to look for wisdom is at the door of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, who was pondering the nature of things at about the time this Mayan calendar cycle was reaching its midway point. Change is ever present in the universe, Heraclitus said. And in these times, that might be the most frighteningâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or reassuringâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; thought of all, depending on your perspective. 0

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The 2012 Bucket Lists As Armageddon looms, why not find some ways to make those last months count?

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It seems like only yesterday the biggest thing we had to worry about was a Gingrich-Palin ticket. Now weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re staring down the barrel of a 50-week march to the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012, when the Mayan calendar comes to the end of its 5,000odd-year cycle. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kind of depressing when you think about it in a certain light.

But the fact is, 11 1/2 months is still plenty of time to squeeze in some final goals, such as learning a new language, losing those last stubborn 15 pounds or even taking that pottery class youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always talked about. To help get the creative juices flowing on your bucket list, we asked some local personalities to share their 2012 end-of-the-world agendas with usâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;things they want to accomplish, or see someone else accomplish, before it all falls down next December. ¨ "

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5. Write more Bucket Lists.

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6. Call my mom.

7. Find my dad.

Before the world ends on Dec. 21, 2012:

8. Increase my Facebook usage.

1. I want to make up my mind whether or not breast milk is vegan.

10. Pretend to have taken the California Bar Exam.

2. I want a Bible typo corrected so the Book of Matthew says that wise men brought the baby Jesus gold, frankincense and myrrh-ajuana.

3. I want ministers of churches to come clean and admit that there is no hell, that they use fear of hell to fill their pews, that they sell â&#x20AC;&#x153;fried souls and fried chicken.â&#x20AC;?

4. I want to discover how to fold a fitted sheet.

8. I want to see three attorneys standing on the sidewalk in front of Pro Build Lumber as a Mexican in a pickup truck pulls up and says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I need one lawyer. You with the briefcase, get in the back.â&#x20AC;?

10. I want to lose brain tissue and get my brain cells down to a number I can manage.

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Write a thank you letter to your favorite high school teacher Find a friend youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve lost touch with Ponder the universe Look into as many peoplesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; eyes as possible Make art Take a spontaneous trip Plant something, watch it grow See more sunsets over the ocean Wear more color Get a massage Shop local businesses Take another Improv class

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9. I want to make marijuana mandatory in school.

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5. I want to pose as an artist model for someone without them calling the cops.

7. I want to release an album of New Age music that plays backwards and call it New Age Music.

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9. Google myself early and often.

2. Say â&#x20AC;&#x153;noâ&#x20AC;? more than I say â&#x20AC;&#x153;yes.â&#x20AC;?

3. Watch the movie Bucket List.

4. Star in a local adaptation of Bucket List.

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A E! Write Brain How the left side of the brain is all too willing to take credit for the right side

BY NEAL SOLDOFSKY

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NEUROSCIENCE has not been kind to the concept of free will. In recent years, the field has given us a picture of the conscious mind that isn’t very flattering—it often looks to be quite an underachiever compared to the unconscious mind, and it’s also disturbingly willing to take credit for work it didn’t do.

Neuroscience shows us a brain that is determined by its physical characteristics, a brain that can be understood as a very complicated mechanism. Can a mechanism be said to have free will?

And if there is no free will, what happens to the concept of personal responsibility?

“When you go through a whole journey of 50 years in brain science, you start wondering about that,” author Michael S. Gazzaniga told me in a conversation over the phone. In his new book, Who’s in Charge?: Free Will and the Science of the Brain (Ecco; $27.99), he explores these questions in depth.

Gazzaniga is a neuroscientist, and he was involved in some of the groundbreaking studies that clash most dramatically with our instinctive notions about how our minds work. Gazzaniga worked with people who’d had such severe epilepsy that the only course of treatment left to them was a surgery to sever the connections between the left

SPLIT DECISION Michael Gazzaniga thinks about thinking in ‘Who’s in Charge?’ and right hemispheres of the brain. The curious thing about this surgery is that patients who had undergone it did not notice any difference and never reported anything unusual.

Gazzaniga’s insight was to test these patients by feeding different information to the two hemispheres. When the hemispheres are severed, what the right eye sees only makes it to the left hemisphere, and what the left eye sees only makes it to the right hemisphere.

The results of Gazzaniga’s experiments are fascinating.

“It’s really a multi-agent system in there,” he explained. “There’s a bazillion control systems in there running our lives. And which one is sort of in our conscious mind at any moment is the result of a competition that goes on with these agents.”

But when the hemispheres are severed, the agents on one side can’t share information with the agents on the other side. The left hemisphere is the side that handles language, so initially, this is the side that answers questions. And when asked, it is happy

to explain and take responsibility for actions initiated by the right hemisphere in response to information not at all available to the left. How does it do this?

Well, it just makes something up and believes that it is true.

This is done by a part of the brain called the interpreter, and though it may seem a little dishonest, it’s just doing its job. The interpreter is what explains your mind to you. It gives you your personal narrative—gives you a sense of yourself as a unified being, rather than an anarchy of independent agents.

Often what the interpreter tells you is just a useful fiction, and sometimes, as Gazzaniga’s experiments demonstrated, it is wildly incorrect. But what it gives us is what we believe.

Other experiments have shown that often the interpreter will give the conscious mind credit for decisions and actions that were actually the unconscious mind’s. And what is attributed to the conscious mind are sometimes things it is simply way too slow to actually accomplish.

This has given some cause to think

that all consciousness might be is an after-the-fact explainer: a device to rationalize and take credit. If this is true, then it doesn’t make much sense to talk about free will. But late in the book, Gazzaniga sticks up for conscious decision-making, will power and restraint. These things do exist, he argues, and they’re important.

So, does this mean he believes in free will? “The idea of free will seems antiquated and out of date and not very helpful to understanding what we humans are all about,” he responded.

Gazzaniga has spent his career studying the brain, and what he has seen is a gloriously complicated biological mechanism, but a mechanism nonetheless. It is made out of matter subject to the laws of the universe.

“You know, that concept that there’s something in there pulling the levers, that works independently of the natural forces of the world, doesn’t make much sense. This an idea that’s time has come and gone. And now we should be thinking about other matters that are of social relevance.” 0

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THEATER Avenue Q

The Leak Phase Seventeen-year-old writer and director Bridget Johnson presents an original comedy about a boy with a rare disease in search of people who understand what he’s going through. Fri, Jan 6, 7pm; Sat, Jan 7, 7pm and Sun, Jan 8 at 2pm and 7pm at Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz. Tickets $7 adv/$10 door. 831.334.2020 or brownpapertickets.com.

CONCERTS Archeology Portland indie pop and folk.

Tue, Jan 10, 4pm. Streetlight Records Santa Cruz, 939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.421.9200.

Me’shell Ndegeocello The prolific singer-songwriter will perform songs from her new album “Weather.” Sun, Jan 8, 7pm. $27. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.2227.

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History Coastal Lagoons: A Closer Look through Art, History and Science. A virtual visit to seven local lagoons. Visitors will learn how land-use decisions have changed the outlines of each site, how scientists measure the current health of each lagoon and how artists continue to be inspired by the everchanging nature of lagoons.

Thru Feb 25. $2-$4, free for members and youth under 18. Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm.

1305 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6115.

GALLERIES

MUSEUMS CONTINUING Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Futzie Nutzle & The Espresso Police. Featuring works by Nutzle, Judy Foreman and Frank Foreman, musical performances by the artists who played Caffe Pergolesi and artifacts from the old cafe. Thru Mar 18. Toy Trains. Featuring a rotating cavalcade of operating toy trains from the 1920s to the 21st century, including a massive standard gauge steam engine from the 1920s and a remote controlled modern production of an O gauge diesel. Thru Jan 6.

Free. Free First Friday. View the exhibits for free every first Friday of the month.

Docent tours at noon. First Fri of every month, 11am6pm. Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artists’ voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. First Sat of every month, 11:30am-12:30pm.

Museum hours Tue-Sun,

LITERARY EVENTS Friday Shakespeare Club Founded in 1903, FSC is Santa Cruz’s oldest social club for women. Visitors and new members welcome. First Fri of every month, 10:30am12:30pm. Free. 831.421.0930.

James Irwin Kruger Local author and distinguished former newspaperman will discuss Beach Street and other works.

Wed, Jan 11, 10:30-11:30am.

Free. Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter St, Soquel, 831.475.3326.

OPENING

LECTURES

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center

Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County

Inspirations. A collection of inspirational artwork by Santa Cruz Mountain Art Center artists. Jan 11-Mar 17. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm.

9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4273.

This month’s topic is “Celtic Roots.” Speaker Cath Trindle will explain how researchers can trace their Scottish families back to the sixteenth century. Thu, Jan 5, 1pm. Free.

Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5700.

CONTINUING Felix Kulpa Gallery Meeting of Minds. Featuring five of the artists of FU Tattoo Shop showcasing art created outside the tattoo parlor.

Opening reception Fri, Jan 6.

Thru Jan 31. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

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Cosmographs: Big Black and White. Blurring the lines between photography and painting, Stephen Laufer’s work explores space, landscape and abstract figures, staking out a new organic cosmology. Thru Jan 31. Free. 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.479.5572.

Santa Cruz Art League Small Wonders. 250 pieces, 14 inches and under, by Art League members and other Santa Cruz County artists. Thru Jan 8. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, Sun noon-4pm.

526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.

Santa Cruz Central Branch Library Gallery Paul Titangos: Personal Photography From Around the World. Traditional black and white silver gelatin prints and colorful digitally remastered large canvases.

Thru Jan 31. 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5700.

Santa Cruz County Bank Into the Woods. Featuring the work of nine local artists who explore the natural beauty, strength and mythical character of trees. On display at all branches. Thru Jan 18.

Free. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

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Paper Wing Theater presents the Tony Award-winning puppet-powered musical comedy. Fri-Sat, 8pm and Sat, 4pm. Thru Jan 14. $22$25. Paper Wing Theater, 320 Hoffman Ave, Monterey, 831.905.5684.

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

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Tap Into Your Astrology to End Stress for Good: Draw in Your Stars for a Stress-Free 2012 Astrologer Rob Ryan will explain how a person’s astrological chart can be used as a tool to end stress in the new year. Thu, Jan 5, 6:30pm.

Staff of Life, 1305 Water St, Santa Cruz.

NOTICES ADHD Support Group

FRIDAY 1/6

FIRST FRIDAYS Five FU Tattoo Shop artists will display their work in mediums other than skin and ink. “Meeting of the Minds” features the work of Amanda Payne, Ron Hendrix, Nick Vargas (shown), Derek Pratt and Hudge. On display through the end of January. Opening reception Jan. 6, 5pm at the Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St., Santa Cruz. 408.373.2854. Free.

Sat, Jan 7, 6:30-8pm. Mar Vista Elementary School, 6860 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.684.0590.

Blackman, RN, LCSW. First Fri of every month, 6-7:30pm.

Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, 408.559.5593.

Boating Safety Class Registration

Red Cross Mobile Blood Drives

“Boating Skills and Seamanship,” “Sailing Skills and Seamanship” and “Coastal Navigation” courses will be offered by the Santa Cruz and Capitola Flotillas of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Wed, Jan 4, 7pm. $55-$70.

Santa Cruz Harbor Conference Room, 365A Lake Avenue, Santa Cruz, 831.425.6559.

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

Call for Artists: “Inspirations” Let’s start the New Year with what inspires you. We encourage all mediums: jewelry, glass, ceramics, paintings, prints, baskets, sculpture, textiles. Work may be submitted in sets of 10. Thru Jan 8. Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.426.4906.

Eating Disorders Resource Center Meeting Groups will be led by Kimberly Kuhn, LCSW and Carolyn

Santa Cruz Film Festival Call for Entries Films and videos of all lengths and formats completed after January 1, 2011 are invited to enter including narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, student and youth-produced works.

SantaCruzFilmFestival.org Thru Feb 10.

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

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 Frederick St, Santa Cruz, 831.475.1853.

Sumi-e for Beginners Japanese ink painting lessons.

No art experience necessary.

Wed, 1:30-3pm. Thru Jan 25. $40. Market Street Senior Center, 222 Market St, Santa Cruz.

Support and Recovery Groups 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).

Weight Loss Seminars Tips for Losing Weight Quickly, Jan 3, 7-9pm. Tips for Avoiding Emotional Eating, Jan 5, 7-9pm. Thu, Jan 5, 7-9pm. $10. Satellite Telework Center Scotts Valley, 5900 Butler Ln, Scotts Valley, 831.234.9841.

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, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900. Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.

Zen, Vipassana, Basic: Intro to Meditation Zen: SC Zen Center, Wed, 5:45pm, 831.457.0206.

Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm, 831.425.3431.

Basic: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Wed, 5:30-6:30pm, 831.462.8383. Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:30-7pm. All are free.

San Francisco’s City Guide

Shen Yun Performing Arts Costumes and dance of ancient Chinese culture with live orchestra. Jan 3-8 at War Memorial Opera House.

Idle Warship Talib Kweli and Res team up with live band for a soulful, modern-electro project. Jan 6 and 7 at Yoshi’s SF.

Meshell Ndegeocello Long-running soul composer, singer and bassist tours with new album, ‘Weather.’ Jan 7 at Great American Music Hall.

Battlehooch Quirky, arithmetic-addled post-rock courtesy of analog instruments and wild imagination. Jan 7 at Slim’s.

Phonte & 9th Wonder Two members of beloved hip-hop group Little Brother lay down a tight vibe. Jan 7 at New Parish.

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Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Wednesday, January 4 U 7:30 pm

MOLLY’S REVENGE Tickets: Brownpapertickets.com Friday, January 6 U 8 pm

RITA HOSKINGS & COUSIN JACK Tickets: Streetlight Records Sunday, January 8 U 7 pm

MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO Tickets: Pulseproductions.net Monday, January 9 U 7 pm

ROBERTA GAMBARINI QUARTET Thursday, January 12 U 7 pm

GRAFFITI WITH DENNIS CHAMBERS Monday, January 16 U 7 & 9 pm

ROY HARGROVE QUINTET 9 pm: 1/2 Price Night for Students Thursday, January 19 U 7 pm

MADS TOLLING QUARTET: A TRIBUTE TO JEAN-LUC PONTY Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer.

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

kuumbwajazz.org

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GROK THE GROGGS The Groggs play the Crepe Place Friday

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MCCOY TYLER BAND

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A product of the Santa Cruz Mountains, McCoy Tyler brings an earthy and familiar quality to his music. Taking pages from the playbooks of such country rock legends such as Doc Watson, Mississippi John Hurt, John Prine and Neil Young, Tyler and his band, featuring Clinton James Brown on drums and Chad Bowen on bass, craft unpretentious songs built from the ground up. This band, which is quickly rising through the local roots ranks, would be a good one to keep your eye on. Don Quixote’s; $8; 7:30.

(Cat Johnson)

This Santa Cruz band’s energetic fusion of reggae, funk and world music is tailor-made to keep feathers shaking on the dance f loor until the roosters crow. Expect the six-piece to have a few super-funky tricks up its proverbial sleeve as it holds court at this early 2012 celebration. After all, this is a band whose motto is “We dare you not to dance.” Crow’s Nest; $7; 9pm. (PMD & CJ)

Stirring up a swirling sonic concoction of garage, surf, soul, post-punk, psychedelia and straight-ahead rock, the Santa Cruz–based Groggs bring to the local music scene a swaggering, ass-kicking good time. The power trio—Keith Thompson on guitar and vocals, Ryan Allbaugh on bass and Justin Ward on drums—takes the antirock-star stance, playing music for the sake of the party and working crowds into a frenzy with a hard-hitting blast of heavy, dingy, Nuggets-inspired rock & roll. Crepe Place; $5; 9pm. (CJ)

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AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE You can hear a whole host of African and American inf luences in the music

BUCKETHEAD

Jan. 27 at Catalyst

WOOD BROTHERS

Jan. 29 at Don Quixote’s

RAVI COLTRANE QUARTET Feb. 9 at Kuumbwa

DON CARLOS

Feb. 11 at Moe’s Alley

JAKE SHIMABUKURO Feb. 11 at Rio Theatre

SUNDAY | 1/8

ME’SHELL NDEGEOCELLO Bassist, rapper and vocalist Me’shell Ndégeocello (pronounced Mee-shell N-deh-gay-o-chel-o) chose her name, which she says means “free like a bird” in Swahili, when she was 17. Given her ability to distinguish herself from the normal stereotypes, it turned out to be a rather apt choice. Credited for having “sparked the neo-soul movement,” her music, for which she has received 10 Grammy award nominations over the course of her career, incorporates funk, soul, hiphop, reggae, R&B, rock and jazz. In addition to her original songs, she’s also gained attention for her covers of artists such as Van Morrison and Bill Withers. Kuumbwa; $28.50; 7pm.

(Samantha Larson)

MONDAY | 1/9

ROBERTA GAMBARINI QUARTET

THE JAZZ SINGER Roberta Gambarini plays Kuumbwa on Monday.

CONCERTS

Voted “Rising Star Female Vocalist”

by Downbeat magazine, the Grammynominated Roberta Gambarini has been eliciting rave reviews and audience buzz for her dynamic presence, rich musicality and virtuosic vocal acrobatics. Regularly compared to vocal legends such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie

Holiday and Sarah Vaughan, the Italianborn, New York–based Gambarini has polished her skills performing alongside some of the best in the business including Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride, Toots Thielemans and legendary pianist Hank Jones, who called Gambarini the “best singer to emerge in 60 years.” Kuumbwa; $22 adv/$25 door; 7pm. (CJ)

TUESDAY | 1/10

CALIFA Billed as an Afro-Balkan-Latin powerhouse dance band, Califa is a fusion outfit that draws inspiration from cultures and musical styles from around the globe. Made up of members of Fishtank Ensemble, Plotz and Ballet Afsaneh, the band combines sounds and techniques to create a lively and original musical stew that mixes rhythms, harmonies and melodies in unexpected ways.

Featuring, among other things, a violin, trumpet, clarinet, theremin and “three singing, dancing, musician divas,” Califa has a penchant for eliciting stares of amazement and smiles of joy as audience members find themselves happily locked into a cross-cultural groove. Don Quixote’s; $12 adv/$15 door; 7:30pm. (CJ)

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Burning his way through the reggae charts (he’s released 26 albums and more than 1,000 singles in 15 years), Anthony B is like the reggae Lil Wayne: an unstoppable hit-making machine. But that’s where the similarities end. A devout Rastafarian (and not the usual “I have dreadlocks so I’m a Rasta” kind), Anthony B makes music that is highly political and socially aware, with lyrics ranging from the uplifting praise of women to the teachings of his hero, Marcus Garvey. Moe’s Alley; $25 adv/$30 door; 9pm. (Mat Weir)

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ANTHONY B

of Silas and the Afrofunk Experience.

The godfathers of modern African music, ’70s funk and vintage reggae cast a shadow over the band’s work, from Fela Kuti to Thomas Mapfumo, James Brown to Bob Marley. But the Kenyan-born Silas and his crack 10-piece band have completely synthesized these inspirations, creating an kinetic, ecstatic sound that is undeniably their own. It’s farreaching music from a global village that only grows more interconnected by the day, delivered by musicians with chops and energy to burn. Crepe Place; $10; 9pm. (PMD)

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THE ABBEY

SAT 1/7 Open Mic

350 Mission St, Santa Cruz

BLUE LAGOON

The Lonely Revolts

923 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

Pop Bottle Bombers

Live Comedy

The Infamous Band

BOCCIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CELLAR

Roberto - Howell

Dore Coller

Le Strange

Karaoke

THE CATALYST

NOFX

STRFKR

Loverance

Archer

1011 PaciďŹ c Ave, Santa Cruz

No Use For A Name

The Groggs

Afrofunk Experience

Lee Earl, Ghambit

140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

CLOUDS

Jazz Open Mic

110 Church St, Santa Cruz

The Esoteric Collective

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Film Capsules FILM CAPS LIVE AT THE MET: RODELINDA (NR; 255 MIN.) Renee Fleming shines in this production of Handel’s opera. (Wed 1/4 at Santa Cruz 9) TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY (R; 127 min.) See review, page 26. (Opens Fri at Nickelodeon)

REVIEWS THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN (PG; 113 min.) Steven Spielberg directs adaptation of the beloved series by Hergé, starring the curious young reporter Tintin (Justin Bell) and his loyal dog Snowy.

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED (G; 93 min.) While on a cruise, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes fall overboard but, alas, survive the ordeal to torture parents everywhere this holiday season with their high-pitched, bootyshaking tale of desert island survival.

THE ARTIST (PG-13; 110 min.) The French writer-director Michel Hazanavicius brought his cinematographer (Guillaume Schiffman) and two French actors to Hollywood to make this black-and-white silent tribute to 1920s American cinema, which has some critics charmed and others blown away.

SHOWTIMES

THE DARKEST HOUR (PG13; 89 min.) Director Chris Gorak (1995’s ‘Right at Your Door’) brings a bit of an indie sensibility to his first big-budget flick, a 3-D thriller set in Russia and starring Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella and Rachael Taylor.

THE DESCENDANTS (R; 115 min.) Almost everyone will enjoy the George Clooney/ Alexander Payne film The Descendants. Clooney’s Matt King is a lawyer who toils while his family has a good time. Matt’s wife languishes in a coma after a bad boating accident. He goes to retrieve his daughter, Alexandra (Shailene Woodley), currently immured at a strict

boarding school because of her partying. Alexandra confesses that she’s been acting out lately because she saw her mom with a stranger’s hands on her.

Matt also has to deal with his cutely awkward, profane younger daughter, Scottie (Pacific Grove’s Amara Miller, debuting), as well as with his ornery fatherin-law (Robert Forster, excellently embodying the old military side of Hawaii).

Coming along for the ride is Alexandra’s pal Sid (Nick Krause), her seemingly silly young partner in partying, who wedges himself into this family tragedy.

Meanwhile, Matt must make the painful decision to liquidate a piece of property

that he’s holding in trust for the rest of the family.

The end result of the deal will be yet another resort with golf course, part of the endless effort to turn Hawaii into Costa Mesa.

Clooney is roguish and entertaining; he gives the kind of star’s performance that probably only looks easy and smooth to pull off. And he finishes with some very heavy old-school acting, which puts Clooney farther out on the limb than he is in the rest of the film.

(RvB)

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (R; 164 min.) Director David Fincher (Fight Club, Social Network) takes on the first installment of the Swedish

Showtimes are for Wednesday, Jan. 4, through Wednesday, Jan. 11, unless otherwise indicated.

Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS 122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.thenick.com We Bought a Zoo — Daily 1:30; 4; 6:30; 9 plus 11am.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — Daily 11:50; 3; 6:15; 9:15.

CINELUX 41ST AVENUE CINEMA 1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol — Daily 12:45; 4; 7:15; 10:10.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — Daily 11; 1:45; 4:40; 7:30; 10:20.

War Horse — Wed-Thu 11:55; 4; 6:30; 9:45 Fri-Wed 11:55; 3:15; 6:30; 9:45.

DEL MAR 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Hugo 3D — Daily 11:10; 1:45; 4:20; 7; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.

Young Adult — Daily 2; 4; 6:15; 8:15; 10:15 plus Sat-Sun noon.

War Horse — Daily 12:30; 3:30; 6:30; 9:30.

NICKELODEON Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — (Opens Fri) 1:30; 4:10; 6:45; 9:15 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

The Artist — Daily 2:30; 4:40; 6:50; 9.

The Descendants — Wed-Thu 2; 3:30 4:30; 6; 7; 8:30; 9:30; Fri-Wed 2;

4:30; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

My Week With Marilyn — Daily 2:45; 5; 7:15; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 12:30pm.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — Wed-Thu 11:55; 1; 3:30; 4:30; 7; 8; 10:30; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes. (No Wed 1/4 3:30; 7; 10:30.)

Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol — Wed-Thu 12:10; 3:20; 4:25; 6:30; 7:30; 9:40; 10:35; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

The Muppets — Wed-Thu 11:10; 1:50; 4:35; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — Wed-Thu 12:35; 3:40; 6:45; 7:45; 9:50; 10:10; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

Rodelina — Wed 1/4 6:30pm.

CINELUX SCOTTS VALLEY 6 CINEMA 226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com The Adventures of Tintin — Daily 4:30pm.

The Adventures of Tintin 3D — Daily 11:30; 2; 7; 9:30.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked — Daily 2; 4:20; 6:45; 9.

The Darkest Hour — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:30; 8; 10:15.

The Descendants — Daily 11; 1:30; 4:20; 7; 9:40.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — Daily 11:30; 3; 6:30; 10.

Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol — Daily 10:45; 1;45; 4:40; 7:40; 10:30.

The Muppets — Wed-Thu 10:45am.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — Daily 11; 1:45; 4:40; 7:30; 10:20.

Young Adult — Fri-Wed 12:15; 2:30; 4:55; 7:10; 9:30.

War Horse — Daily 11:55; 3:15; 6:30; 9:45.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8 1125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com

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The Adventures of Tintin — Wed-Thu 3:45pm; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

The Adventures of Tintin 3D — Wed-Thu 1:15; 7; 9:30;

155 S. River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com

Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

New Year’s Eve — Wed-Thu 4pm.

The Sitter — Wed-Thu 1:15; 7; 9:15.

We Bought a Zoo — Wed-Thu 1; 3:45; 6:45; 9:30.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com The Adventures of Tintin — Wed-Thu 1:20pm; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

The Adventures of Tintin 3D — Wed-Thu 11; 1:35; 4:15; 7:15; 10; Fri-Wed

Call for showtimes.

Alvin and the Chipmunks —Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:30; 4:50; 7:10; 9:30;

Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

The Darkest Hour 3D — Wed-Thu 12:30; 2:55; 5:20; 7:50; 10:10;

Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:30; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

The Darkest Hour — Wed-Thu 1; 5:05; 9:30; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

The Darkest Hour 3D —Wed-Thu 3; 7:15; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo — Wed-Thu 12:30; 3:35; 6:40; 9:45; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol — Wed-Thu 1; 4; 7; 9:50; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows — Fri-Wed 1:15; 3:50; 7 9:40; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

War Horse — Wed-Thu 12:30; 3:40; 6:45; 9:45; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

We Bought a Zoo — Wed-Thu 1:15; 3:50; 7; 9:40; Fri-Wed Call for showtimes.

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CRIMEBUSTERS, INK Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig are unlikely allies in the hunt for a killer in ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,’ playing countywide. trilogy armed with Daniel Craig, Robin Wright, Christopher Plummer and Rooney Mara.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL (PG-13; 139 min.) Tom Cruise and the rest of the Mission Impossible force must operate outside the spy agency’s command structure and umbrella of protection when a bomb goes off at the Kremlin, pushing the U.S. and Russia to the brink of war.

THE MUPPETS (PG: 104 min.) Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo and the rest of the gang are back to save their theater, which is being threatened by an oil tycoon. With Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper and Alan Arkin.

MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (Rated R) Kenneth Branagh stars as Sir Laurence Olivier and Michelle Williams as Marilyn

Monroe in a story about the tension between the two stars during the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl.

SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (PG-13; 135 min.) In Guy Ritchie’s hasty and frequently lowclass sequel to his 2009 franchise-builder, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) is treated as a clown, with cheap wigs and beards and long-underwear scenes.

He’s even painted with mascara and lipstick. The tension between Holmes and Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris), whose schemes the detective has discovered, survives Ritchie’s unconquerable urge to vulgarize. The Professor is a sweet role for any actor, and Harris does it well. There’s a vaguely syphilitic quality to this citizen above

suspicion. One nasty scene has him admiring his reflection in a mirror and singing Schubert while putting Holmes through the torture sequence. The women seem retrofitted into the script, while the bromance between Holmes and Watson (Jude Law) peaks in a cramped ballroom with the two dancing. Like all the film’s many double entendres questioning the closeness of the great detective and his assistant, this moment is absent of all sexual charge, unless you’re sexually aroused by stupidity. (RvB)

THE SITTER (R; 106 min.)

Jonah Hill is a college student home on break who gets suckered into babysitting the little monsters next door, never suspecting the mayhem that awaits.

WAR HORSE (PG-13; 154

min.) Steven Spielberg’s epic horse movie begins with the heartwarming story of a friendship between a boy and his mount, and then becomes a heart-rending epic war movie.

WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG; 132 min.) As a recently widowed newspaper columnist who (yes) buys a dilapidated zoo, Matt Damon reportedly shines, rescuing director Cameron Crowe’s latest effort from the mawk. Scarlett Johansson costars.

YOUNG ADULT (R; 102 min.) Irked, drunk and thirty-something young adult fiction writer Mavis (Charlize Theron) returns to her home town in Mercury, Minn. Her mission is to retrieve her high school boyfriend Buddy (Patrick Wilson) from his wife Beth (Elizabeth Reaser) who has just had

a new baby. Instead, she ends up in the company of a depressed beta-male (Patton Oswalt) whom she barely glanced at back in her glory years.

The film is almost there; Theron has a good time playing this disagreeable woman, but scriptwriter Diablo Cody pulls her punches and gilds this story with an unbelievable level of alterna-culture; she even gives the unsteady main character supposed wisdom (it’s hard to believe she writes anything, even unsuccessful young adult novels); Mercury looks too rich, too hip and too much like a John Hughes village to be the one we’re hearing described by the dialogue. And ultimately Young Adult is like an SNL skit that wears out its welcome. (RvB)

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NOT THE SMILEY TYPE Gary Oldman’s George Smiley is a breed apart.

Spy vs. Spy A Cold Warrior hunts for moles in ‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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THE story unfolds in the early 1970s. The Cold War still has England frozen. It’s as if World War II had never stopped. The enemy never stopped listening. Neither did the supposed friends in government: a mole at the top level of the secret service is pipelining secrets to the U.S.S.R. Director Tomas Alfredson (of the original Let the Right One In) creates a thick impasto of early-1970s British despair, as compelling as an alternate universe. Alfredson studies human creepiness in the reflection of windows.

These spies are men preserved in dirty vitrines, dripping in athletic club shower rooms or swimming in a crowded pond of cold water.

Such is the world of George Smiley (Gary Oldman), the man once certainly next in line to head the British Secret Service. But he and his boss (John Hurt) were forced to resign after a particularly bad fiasco in Budapest.

There, British agent Jim Prideaux (Mark Strong) was shot in the back by the KGB. There was collateral damage, too; a civilian was killed. The mole suspects include one of the most baleful actors alive, Ciarán Hinds as Roy Bland; Colin Firth as Bill Haydon,

an icon of condescension; Toby Jones as the pompous mediocrity Percy Alleline; David Dencik as a downy Toby Esterhase, last seen wailing for his life on an airport tarmac; and Benedict Cumberbatch as the too-natty Peter Guillam (this new version gives Guillam a secret of his own). And out in the cold: the ominous Tom Hardy as Polyester-swathed legbreaker Ricki Tarr.

Oldman is startling, even after years of superb supporting work. He takes a different angle on Smiley than Alec Guinness’ sad portly vicar of an intelligencer in the 1979 BBC series.

Oldman is less plummy. The sordid work of spying excites him internally— he has a fetishist’s gleam—and his performance is dark and vivid, even if it’s superficially quiet. His Smiley (naturally, not a smiler) is a man who radiates authority, even while fulfilling le Carré’s description of someone who makes a room emptier every time he enters.

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY R; 127 min.

Opens Friday

ChristinaWaters

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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Price Ranges based on average cost of dinner entree and salad, excluding alcoholic beverages APTOS AMBROSIA INDIA BISTRO

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LOOK FAMILIAR? Artist James Aschbacher loaned his talents to the new Pasta Mike’s label.

And a Tasty New Year

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I LIKE MIKE Like many of you, I am a big fan of Pasta Mike’s, the locallymade product line created by Mike Ruymen. Well, I’ve been tracking a change in the visual brand of these comfort food accessories, and I recognized the design signature involved. Pasta Mike’s new labels are indeed the work of James Aschbacher, the ubiquitous muralist and painter, who designed an image last year especially to express the colorful flavors of Pasta Mike’s products. “I wanted him to have something more dynamic,” Aschbacher recalls.

“So I created a painting about Mike.” Yep, that’s Mike himself on the label, beard and all, dancing and eating pasta with colorful creatures energized by the playful attitude of alfredo sauce, linguini and of course those fabulous eggplant parmesan raviolis. In a refrigerator case near you—you can’t miss ’em.

QUICKIES Nope, Avanti has not yet moved into its new Mission Street location. Cindy Geise says there’s lots of interior fine-tuning going on right now: custom rock work and a new u-shaped bar. But she expects the restaurant to “definitely” be open by February. . . .The revolving kitchen door at Gabriella has swung full circle, and that means that Brad Briske is back, along with former pastry chef Krista Pollock. After a year in Soquel at Main Street Garden Cafe (formerly Theo’s), Briske has returned to the kitchen at Gabriella as sous chef. Briske will be working with current executive chef Adrian Cruz.

And meanwhile, at Main Street Garden Cafe, Brandon DiFiglio has taken over the kitchen after having worked at The French Laundry and (gasp) el Bulli, the stupendously famous multi–Michelin–starred restaurant in Spain that launched the craze for culinary foams and other alchemical kitchen artistry. Can’t wait to see what DiFiglio is up to in the Main Street dining room that stresses organically grown ingredients. (Yes, there will be a test.)

NEW WINE IN TOWN Leslie Fellows, former assistant director of the Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery and now marketing director of Artesana wines,

has been working for the past year to bring vintages from her uncle’s Uruguayan vineyards to this country. And she’s finally succeeded. The Artesana brand will soon be available at Soif for those inquiring aficionados who haven’t yet sampled the celebrated Tannat grape of South America. Stay tuned for my tasting notes in the near future. Happy New Year!

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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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 $ Capitola

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GEISHA SUSHI

104 Stockton Ave, 831.479.8888

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

Capitola

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.

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SHADOWBROOK

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

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STOCKTON BRIDGE GRILLE

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

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By Rob Brezsny

For the week of January 4 ARIES (March 21–April 19): In North America, a farmer

TAURUS (April 20–May 20): For much of the 19th

GEMINI (May 21–June 20): The coming year will be a good time for you to consider investigating the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Devotees of this religion call themselves Pastafarians. Their main dogma is the wisdom of rejecting all dogma. Having such a light-hearted approach to spiritual matters would be quite healthy for you to experiment with. For extra credit, you could draw inspiration from a church member named Niko Alm. He convinced authorities to allow him to wear a pasta strainer on his head for his driver’s license photo. Having a jaunty approach to official requirements and formal necessities will also serve you well.

CANCER (June 21–July 22): Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life is an ambitious work that deviates from formulaic approaches to filmmaking. Some observers hated its experimental invocation of big ideas, while others approved. New York Times critic A.O. Scott compared the movie to Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, one of America’s great works of literature. Here’s what Scott wrote: “Mr. Malick might have been well advised to leave out the dinosaurs and the trip to the afterlife and given us a delicate chronicle of a young man’s struggle with his father and himself. And perhaps Melville should have suppressed his philosophizing impulses and written a lively tale of a whaling voyage.” Using this as a template, Cancerian, I urge you to treat 2012 as a time when you will be like Melville and Malick in your chosen field. Trust your daring, expansive vision.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): I love the way they celebrate the New Year in Stonehaven, Scotland. A procession of revelers swings big flaming baskets around on the ends of long chains. I recommend that you carry out a comparable ritual as you barge into 2012, Leo. Symbolically speaking, it would set the perfect tone.

The coming months should be a kind of extended fire festival for you—a time when you faithfully stoke the blaze in your belly, the radiance in your eyes and the brilliance in your heart. Are you ready to bring all the heat and light you can to the next phase of your master plan? I hope so. Burn, baby, burn.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Historian David McCullough wrote The Greater Journey, a book telling the stories of ambitious young American artists who relocated to Paris between 1830 and 1900. They had to move away because their home country had no museums or art schools at that time. You Virgos may want to consider seeking a similar enlargement of your possibilities in the coming months. As you seek out the resources that will help you follow your dreams, be prepared to look beyond what you already know and what’s immediately available.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): Many of the questions we had as children never got resolved or answered to our satisfaction. They still remain marinating in the back of our minds. Meanwhile, fresh queries keep welling up within us as the years go by. After a while, we’ve got a huge collection of enigmas, riddles and conundrums. Some of us regard this as a tangled problem that weighs us down, while others see it as a sparkly delight that keeps making life more and more interesting. Where do you stand on the issue, Scorpio?

If you’re in the latter group, you will be fully open to the experiences that will be flowing your way in 2012.

And that means you will be blessed with a host of sumptuous and catalytic new questions.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): The first half of 2012 will be an excellent time to for you to exorcize any prejudices you might be harboring toward anyone who lives or thinks differently from you. You’ll be able to see your own irrational biases with exceptional clarity, and are also likely to have exceptional success at scouring yourself free of them. This will give you access to new reserves of psychic energy you didn’t even realize you were shut off from. (P.S.: I’m not saying you possess more intolerance or narrow-mindedness than any of the rest of us. It’s just that this is your time to deal brilliantly with your share of it.)

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): In Botticelli’s painting The Birth of Venus, the goddess of beauty and love is shown arriving on dry land for the first time after having been born in the ocean. Naked, she is trying to cover her private parts with her hand and thighlength hair. Her attendant, a fully clothed nymph, is bringing a cloak to cover her up. Analyzing this scene, art critic Sister Wendy suggests it’s actually quite sad.

It symbolizes the fact that since we humans can’t bear the confrontation with sublime beauty, we must always keep it partly hidden. Your assignment in the coming year, Capricorn, is to overcome this inhibition.

I invite you to retrain yourself so that you can thrive in the presence of intense, amazing and transformative beauty.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): The coming months will be an excellent time to take an inventory of your life to determine whether there are any ways in which you act like a slave. Do you find it hard to defeat an addiction that saps your energy and weakens your ability to live the life you want? Are there institutions that you help sustain even though they cause harm to you and others? Is it hard for you to change or end your relationships with people who are no damn good for you? Are you trapped in a role or behavior that is at odds with your high ideals? Discover what these oppressors are, Aquarius—and then summon all your intelligence and willpower to escape them.

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): California engineer Ron Patrick put a jet engine in his silver VW Beetle.

Now he’s got a 1,450-horsepower vehicle—but it’s not legal for him to drive on public highways. In the coming year, Pisces, I suspect you’ll be tempted to try something similar: create a dynamic tool with a modest appearance or a turbo-charged source of energy in a deceptively small package. But if you do, please make sure that you can actually use it to improve your ability to get around and make your life better.

Homework: To check out Part One of my three-part audio forecasts of your destiny in 2012, go to http://bit.ly/BigPicture2012.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): Professional basketball player Ron Artest petitioned the court to let him change his name to “Metta World Peace.” “Metta” is a Buddhist term that signifies loving-kindness and benevolence. When the new moniker finally became official, Metta World Peace sealed a radical shift away from his old way of doing things, symbolized by the time he leaped into the stands in the middle of a game to punch a fan in the head. The coming months

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century, aluminum was regarded as a precious metal more valuable than gold. It was even used for the capstone of the Washington Monument, dedicated in 1884. The reason for this curiosity? Until the 1890s, it was difficult and expensive to extract aluminum from its ore. Then a new technology was developed that made the process very cheap. In 2012, Taurus, I’m predicting a metaphorically similar progression in your own life. A goodie or an asset will become more freely available to you because of your increased ability to separate it from the slag it’s mixed with.

will be an excellent time for you Libras to initiate a rite of passage that will expedite an equally dramatic transformation.

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who grows wheat gets only 5 percent of the money earned by selling a loaf of bread made from his crop.

When my band recorded an album for MCA, our contract called for us to receive just 7 percent of the net profits. I encourage you to push for a much bigger share than that for the work you do in 2012. It will be an excellent time to raise the levels of respect you have for your own gifts, skills and products—and to ask for that increased respect, as well.

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