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I AGREE with Gibral Jillardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s assessment (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Real Problems,â&#x20AC;? Posts, July 25) that â&#x20AC;&#x153;if the worst thing that happens on any given day is someone asks you for a quarter, well, you are truly blessed.â&#x20AC;?

Being fearful of the world as it currently exists is neurotic at best and extremely limiting to oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal freedom. Be thankful that you give the appearance of someone who has surplus funds and actually gives a crap about the downtrodden. The choice is yours whether or not to keep your karmic account current by coughing up the quarter, or not.

However, I do take exception to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;panhandling for a living is hard workâ&#x20AC;? statement. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t disagree that everything about being in a position whereby one has to take the decision that panhandling is the best option available is distasteful, demeaning, and the work environment can frequently be challenging. But these factors donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make being a panhandler for a living â&#x20AC;&#x153;hard work.â&#x20AC;?

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For the sake of illustration let us agree that panhandling for a living is â&#x20AC;&#x153;hard workâ&#x20AC;? and based on that criterion panhandlers should be allowed to ply their trade indiscriminately.

Couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the argument then be made that pimps, prostitutes, drug dealers, and even politicians be allowed to roam Pacific Avenue unencumbered by city statutes asking us to contribute to their personal largesse? At least in the case of pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers they offer something of value in exchange.

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HARSH REVIEWS HURTFUL [RE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Santa Cruz Fringe Festival,â&#x20AC;? SantaCruz.

com]: I am a bit disappointed by the critique in some of these reviews. Fringe Festivals usually display local talent that share their work even though this is not their day jobs.

One should not expect Broadway polished shows or even off-Broadway.

I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disheartening for these entertainers to have reviewers like Georgia, probably as minimally experienced as some of these performers, try to make a name for themselves by mocking others.

Aaron Schleifer

JUST ONE OPINION AARON, I can sympathize with anyone receiving a negative review at a Fringe Festival or in any theater endeavor.

Performers often reach into their emotional and creative center and then expose themselves to the opinions of all who view it.

I agree with you that that alone is deserving of support. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t easy and a harsh reviewer can certainly put an unsure performer off of the effort. So I am not disagreeing with that much of what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve said in your post but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to express my greater concern with the premise that suggests that the reviewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role is to support the Fringe by pulling their punches. â&#x20AC;Ś Hopefully, the public knows enough to understand the limited usefulness of reading one reviewerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion. On RottenTomatoes. com right now one could read a review of Moonrise Kingdom at the Denton Record Chronicle that calls it â&#x20AC;&#x153;... unbearable â&#x20AC;Ś whimsyâ&#x20AC;? but, fortunately, they also include 172 other reviews and the fact that 94 percent of them loved the movie.

To my knowledge, the only reviews of this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fringe Festival shows in Santa Cruz are written on this page. We need more reviewers and I know that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be subjective but I hope they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overgentle even as I hope that the artists reviewed donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take these notes as the last word on their work.

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Neither Shafer nor his attorneys would comment for this article.

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PRISONER OF PROCEDURE Guadalupe Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s right to move in with his daughter in Aptos was disputed by Nevada authorities for almost three years.

Leaving Las Vegas The guardianship case that wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t end

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LAST month Guadalupe Olvera, 93, rode in the Aptos Fourth of July parade. A survivor of the Battle of the Bulge, Olvera cruised through town in a vintage World War II jeep with his fellow VFW members, waving at the families lining the streets, who saluted from the sidewalk and cheered.

It was a lovely day, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a long road for Olvera and his family to the Aptos parade. For most of the last three years Olvera and his daughter, Rebecca Schultz of Aptos, have been entangled in a messy and expensive guardianship dispute with his court-appointed guardian, Jared Shafer, a professional guardian and fiduciary who operates a business in Las Vegas.

Guardianship, also referred to

as conservatorship, is a legal process where a judge appoints a third party individual to care for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;ward,â&#x20AC;? usually an elderly or disabled person. The guardian takes direct control over the wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, both personally and financially. The guardian is often responsible for big decisions such as where the ward will live, who is allowed to visit with the ward and even whether to continue with life-support systems.

But the three-year dispute with Shafer wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t over the finer details of Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s care. It was over who was entitled to serve as guardian of him and his nearly $1 million estate: Shafer or Schultz, Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only daughter.

Schultz, an artist by profession, sees more than a troublesome series of lawsuits for herself in the ordeal. She

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sees at best a system weighted against families and at worst a conspiracy, sanctioned by Nevada courts and overlooked by the federal government, to steal from the elderly.

She accuses Shafer of having stolen from her father, saying that a yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of pension and social security payments are missing and have â&#x20AC;&#x153;never been accounted for.â&#x20AC;? She says Shafer fabricated bills and withdrew excessive funds from Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wells Fargo checking account, depleting it by almost $300,000 since November 2009. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went into this not knowing anything about guardianship. Not knowing anything about lawyers. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just an artist. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just a normal person,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how corrupt it was.â&#x20AC;?

In 2002, as Schultz tells it, her father and mother moved to Nevada, â&#x20AC;&#x153;lured by promotional videos sent by property developersâ&#x20AC;? promising no state income taxes and ample senior citizen services.

Schultz says she discouraged them from leaving California, where they had lived for their entire adult lives, but kept in touch with them and visited their Nevada home.

In 2005 Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife filed for guardianship over her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s person. (Court documents obtained by the Weekly state that Olvera has had mild dementia since 2004 but is able to communicate and express preferences.)

When his wife died in November 2009, Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guardianship was freed up. Nevada law states that a guardian must live in the same state as the ward, so Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only living childâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t immediately qualified. She called Family Court Commissioner Jon Norheimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office for advice. According to Schultz, the woman who answered the phone told her she would need to have a temporary guardian put in place and gave her Shaferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unlisted home telephone number.

When Schultz called Shafer, he told her she needed an attorney, too. Schultz says he set up an appointment for her with elder law attorney Elyse Tyrell for the next morning.

At the appointment with Tyrell the next day, Schultz says they agreed to put Shafer in place as a temporary guardian while Schultz worked out the details of moving her father to California and assuming permanent guardianship. Tyrell filed the guardianship orders immediately.

A few days later, Schultz and Shafer went to her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home together and stepped aside for a private conversation.

According to Schultz, that day Shafer told her that he expected he would be able to transfer the guardianship of her father to Schultz within three to

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a nicely appointed room in Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s six months. She says he told her not to house. Schultz and her husband Robert mention anything about guardianship provide meals, laundry, help with to her father for fear that it might cause bathing and transportation to doctor him anxiety, and limited how long her visits. Schultz estimates they save him visits with her father could last. $7,300 a monthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the figure Shaferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s These limitations seemed strange caregiving agency charged. and frustrating to Schultz, who grew Schultz remembers the day in 2009 eager to bring her father back to that she spoke with Shafer in her California with her and leave the fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home about the temporary situation behind them. guardianship. She says he assured her When she got back to California in he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like to hold onto cases like late November, Schultz conducted an Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for more than three to six internet search of Shafer and found months and then added, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You know, something unsettling: an ethics charge I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even have to go to court. The brought against him from the family judges give me what I want.â&#x20AC;? of another ward, back in 2003. This seemed like a red flag to Schultz, who turned to her attorney, Tyrell, for assistance and says she got quite a surprise.

Just two weeks before Schultz â&#x20AC;&#x153;She told me, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work for moved her father to California, Schultz you, I work for Jared Shafer. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re and Olvera sat in a hearing before more than welcome to hire another Clark County Nevada Family Court attorney and petition the court for Commissioner Jon Norheim. Across guardianship.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? from them sat Jared Shafer and Alan Earlier that month, Schultz had paid Freer, one of the several attorneys Tyrell a total of $3,700 for her legal Shafer works with. Schultz and Olvera services, outlined in a document signed had two attorneys, Stephen Mayfield by both women. and Brian Boggess.

On Feb. 9, 2010, however, Schultz A video of the hearing viewed by received a letter from Tyrell that the Weekly shows casual courtroom included a reimbursement check for decorum by Norheim and Shafer and the $3,700. The letter denied that peculiar behavior by Norheim, who is Tyrell had ever been Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney: supposed to be hearing both sides of â&#x20AC;&#x153;During our meeting on November the case.

13, 2009 and, during several telephone Norheim perches at the judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s conversations subsequent thereto, I bench, sipping out of a large soda and explained to you that I represent Jared personally outlining the reasons the E. Shafer as your fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guardian and I court is recommending Olvera stay in do not represent you.â&#x20AC;?

Las Vegas. Freer isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t required to say Tyrell failed to respond to multiple anything until over halfway through phone messages left by the Weekly. the proceedingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Norheim rebuts the Caught in a perplexing situation by assertions of Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorneys himself. people she had believed to be working All the while Shafer, wearing a T-shirt, for her, Schultz hired other lawyers reclines in his seat with his hands and went to the family court in Las folded behind his head.

Vegas in an attempt to remove Shafer Olvera stands up, wearing his WW2 as guardian and have herself and her uniform, and announces forcefully, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m husband appointed. Delays by the going to California no matter what. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m court and complaints by Shafer about not going to live here. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need that Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character alleging that she was man; I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need Jared [Shafer]!â&#x20AC;? after her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s money (â&#x20AC;&#x153;character â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not willing to make that jump assassination,â&#x20AC;? says Schultz) stalled the 3& process.

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C U R R E N T S | L E AV I N G L A S V E G A S today,â&#x20AC;? says Commissioner Norheim, with an apologetic smile. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You may have greater luck at a higher level than me.â&#x20AC;?

Norheim then cites a report conducted by a court social worker months before, which allegedly says Olvera didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to move to California. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ward has continuously expressed that he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to move to California,â&#x20AC;? says Norheim, â&#x20AC;&#x153;that he wants to be here with the friends in the facility that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in, because he developed bonds there â&#x20AC;Ś he likes the social environment there.â&#x20AC;?

That piece, though, is odd. Olvera didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t live in a facility with a social environment. He lived at home, alone, with just a single caregiver from an organization called Keep You Company.

Schultz repeatedly refers to this experience as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;kangaroo court,â&#x20AC;? and says she wonders if Norheim even read the case documents.

Large Bills Only Adding insult to the injury, Schultz paid for her attorney fees with the help of a friend. Freerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fees, however, were taken out of Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but padded first, according to Schultz.

In fact, bank statements from Shaferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guardianship viewed by the Weekly show several confounding billing discrepancies. There are duplicate billings of multiple invoices with the same invoice number. There are extraordinarily high charges, such as a total of $7,475 billed for emails sent over the period of just 19 days, all listed at exactly â&#x20AC;&#x153;6 minutes each.â&#x20AC;?

One bill shows a bizarre charge for 1.666667 hours. After Olvera moved to California, Shafer continued to bill his estate for in-person visits with him, which would have been impossible.

Guardians are lawfully allowed to use the elderly wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate money to fight in court to maintain the guardianship, often in cases against the wardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s children or other family members, resulting in a mind-bending Catch-22. People like Schultz wind up feeding the very system theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fighting against.

Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s accusations against Shafer may seem extreme and almost unbelievable, but she is far from the only one making these claims.

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Just typing the name Jared E. Shafer into Googleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s search engine pulls up several pages of complaints against him on consumer report websites, making it impossible to unearth his professional website through the heaps of corruption accusations. And this isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just a Las Vegas problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is happening on an ongoing basis all over the country. The states where old folks go to retire like Florida, Nevada, California are the worst,â&#x20AC;? affirms Elaine Renoire, director of the National Association to Stop Guardian Abuse.

In a September 2010 report on physical abuse and financial exploitation by guardians, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) wrote that in 20 selected cases, â&#x20AC;&#x153;GAO found that guardians stole or otherwise improperly obtained $5.4 million in assets from 158 incapacitated victims, many of whom were seniors.â&#x20AC;?

Closer to home, the Mercury News recently conducted a six-month investigation into guardian and fiduciary abuse in Santa Clara County.

Reporters found similar instances of lavish bills from guardians going unchallenged by the courts.

The Weekly spoke with Robert

Statements from Shaferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guardianship show several confounding billing discrepancies L. Morris, a partner in the Las Vegas law firm Grant, Morris and Dobbs specializing in estate, trust administration and guardianship.

Morris is unaffiliated with Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case but says he has had clients with similar complaints against professional guardians.

Morris says that, as a practice, he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t refer clients to professional guardians like Shafer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You run into these issues of breach of fiduciary duty, mismanagement with

any professional guardian who is out there for hire,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Renoire explains that most professional guardianship situations come about as the result of family disputes: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes family members get into a dispute about money or care issues and take the matter to court.

They expect the judge to hear both sides and make a fair decision. On a growing level instead, the judge hears family disputes and brings in a third party as a guardian or conservator.â&#x20AC;?

Renoire encourages families, especially those with elderly parents, to turn to respected community members and counselors before taking their disputes to court. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most people that need a guardian, they need them quickly, and they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to do research. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know about guardianship until theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re stuck.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The newest wave of victims are coming to shore: Baby Boomers,â&#x20AC;? she adds.

Victory Day Once in Santa Cruz County, Schultz researched local fiduciaries and decided on William Chaddock, a Santa Cruz fiduciary with over 30 years of experience. On July 16, Santa Cruz family court judge Timothy Volkmann and The Grunsky Firm, representing Shafer locally, agreed to appoint Chaddock as guardian over Olveraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate and Schultz and her husband as guardian over her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s person. Shaferâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s guardianship will be terminated, as long as Shafer and the Nevada courts finalize the procedure.

Keith Dysart, Schultzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s local attorney, encouraged her to take the day off and celebrateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she had won. Schultz reports that she was in shock, and says she doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel out of the woods yet.

She expects Shafer will drag out the transition, making it â&#x20AC;&#x153;difficult and expensive.â&#x20AC;?

Schultz, for her part, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t finished. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We still are, for a long time, going to be dealing with making Shafer accountable. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be the issue now. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still going to keep at it with the feds and everything. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not over.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has consumed my life because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a fighter,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s messed with the wrong family this time. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not going to let it go.â&#x20AC;? 0

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by Christopher McDougall couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have come into my life at a better time. I was feeling doughy. I longed to be like the Mexican Tarahumara in McDougallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book: chomping chia seeds for energy and floating over the land in sandals and a loincloth for miles on end.

Instead of ultramarathons, though, my goal was (and is) a nice five-mile sweat. Just enough for my mind to work out the daily kinks and my body to grow taut. There was only one problem: I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t run, I mean really run, in years. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face it, when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re out of shape, running sucks. I plodded through three exasperating miles of run-walking. I needed help.

Jamey Harris, 41, and Rod Heskett, 44, are the heart and soul of Santa Cruz Running, a six-year-old organization that brings runners together every Wednesday evening in Capitola and every Sunday morning in Nisene Marks, all levels welcome.

They also give private coaching sessions, which is how I found myself awkwardly bounding alongside the two lanky, mop-topped athletes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Slow down,â&#x20AC;? they urged me, right off the bat. Were they kidding?

Trying to make me feel better? No, even world-class athletes need to warm up. The next piece of advice was epiphanic, though: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sleep from the knees down, and just get your feet to relax, all the time, and feel those toes spread out,â&#x20AC;? said Heskett.

With back straight, and letting the â&#x20AC;&#x153;big musclesâ&#x20AC;? drive your movement,

ON YOUR NISENE MARKS Coaches Jamey Harris, left, and Rod Heskett like to run in the woods. itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easier to relax, said Heskett, which is all Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve wanted to do since reading McDougallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words. Relax enough, he writes, and your body becomes so familiar with the cradle-rocking rhythm that you almost forget youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re moving.

And once you break through to that soft, half-levitating flow, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when the moonlight and champagne show up.

Moonlight and champagne: the elusive runnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high. Heskett and Harris wholeheartedly believe in it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That happens when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in an efficient burning mode. It just opens all capillaries and lets it all flow. Your whole body is awake right now,â&#x20AC;?

Heskett explained to me. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s times when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be running on a trail, and I feel like I could run down some kind of game and eat it,â&#x20AC;? says Harris. That primal running instinct is another reason Heskett and Harris like to run in packs, and why they never listen to music while running: they want to feel connected to the forest, their breath. Alert and alive.

Our conversation revealed that

taking a day off is good, since your body repairs and rebuilds during sleep and rest. When it comes to preworkout meals, eat whatever your body responds to bestâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;everyone is different. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen guys run great off of a chili dog,â&#x20AC;? said Harris. Best hangover cure? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Run for at least an hour.â&#x20AC;?

Before even asking, I knew that running for Heskett and Harris went far deeper than size 6 jeans. A healthy addiction, a way of life. But I asked anyway. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So how long before I get hot?â&#x20AC;?

The answer he gave wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the easy one I was looking for, but it did give me the tingle of empowerment: â&#x20AC;&#x153;What you do with your physicality is all yours. Because nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna do it for you,â&#x20AC;? said Heskett. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And nobodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be able to take it away from you.â&#x20AC;?

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Water and Weather Go Together City of Santa Cruz Water Department Reminder:

Water Restrictions in Effect It’s been a hot summer and water use is up. Outdoor water restrictions are in effect throughout the City’s water service area. Please conserve water outdoors.

• Always use a hose nozzle • Irrigate your yard only before 10 AM or after 5 PM • Refrain from hosing down paved surfaces

For more information, visit cityofsantacruz.com/ waterrestrictions This is a low rainfall year. Please use water wisely.

One manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision to make 52 dance videos this year and free himself from himself

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Filmmaker Daniel Mollner waited over four decades before calling himself a dancer. Now heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s making up for lost time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost like this slingshot thing,â&#x20AC;? Mollner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After years of resisting and being afraid to call myself a dancer, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all this pent-up energy. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been holding back for so long. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to do that anymore.â&#x20AC;?

This week, Mollner will release his 27th dance video of the year, keeping him more or less on track to meet his goal of releasing a dance video on YouTube every week in a collection heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s calling Project 52. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have no business doing a dance video a week,â&#x20AC;? says Mollner, sitting in his Lower Ocean living room, his strawberry blond hair still wet from a morning shower. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s insane. Nobody in his right mind would do that. But somebody who had been holding back for years and was ready to fully embrace their identity might.â&#x20AC;?

Last month, Mollner wrapped up two screenings of the second quarterly installment of his filmsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; weeks 14 through 26â&#x20AC;&#x201D;at the Santa Cruz Fringe Festival. Audiences saw a wide range of film styles, many with simple but empowering messages.

In â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sign of the Times,â&#x20AC;? Mollner plays a barbershop employee stuck on sign-shaker duty on Soquel Avenue. After a minute or so of tentatively bouncing a cardboard â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sure Cutsâ&#x20AC;? sign, his character spins the board around, takes out a can of red spray paint, writes the words â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Am Freeâ&#x20AC;? on the back and proceeds to dance on the sidewalk like a maniac. During the second Fringe screening, as if inspired by it all over again, Mollner jumped from his seat at Center Stage to dance up and down the theater aisle. ¨

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11 C O V E R S T O R Y | D A N C E R E V O L U T I O N â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sign of the Timesâ&#x20AC;? isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a typical Mollner production. But the word â&#x20AC;&#x153;typicalâ&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to appear anywhere in Mollnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vocabulary.

His videos donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t follow a three-anda-half-minute MTV formulaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or any formula at all, for that matter. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Person,â&#x20AC;? in which Mollner dances through a field of yellow flowers, features only him. In other films like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Room 105,â&#x20AC;? which chronicles the hardships of high school adolescence through an impromptu dance party spliced with interviews, the 47-yearold director doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t dance at all. And in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Naturata,â&#x20AC;? a meditative series of human body movements set against the running water and dappled shade of a creek, nothing like an ordinary definition of â&#x20AC;&#x153;danceâ&#x20AC;? appears. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m finding now, especially, during the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m taking some chances and experimenting and exploringâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m finding dance is any rhythmic and/or expressive movement,â&#x20AC;? says Mollner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m seeing animals doing what I experience as dance. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m watching the natural worldâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;plants,

the air, the breeze, insects. Any place thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s movement of any kind Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m starting to experience as dance.â&#x20AC;?

Leap of Faith The idea for Project 52 came after a series of discussions between Mollner and his life coach, Todd Phillips. After being unable to find a job, Mollner, who holds a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in video and filmmaking from the California Institute of the Arts, began to ask himself: why not stick to the two things he loves mostâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; filmmaking and dance?

That courageous choice would not be one most people would make in the midst of a recession. But Phillips calls Mollner a more â&#x20AC;&#x153;presentâ&#x20AC;? person than most. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What passes for conversation in our society is you monologue and then I monologue. [Daniel] is a more clear channel,â&#x20AC;? Phillips says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I have a little piece of resentment in me, Daniel will see it! For me, Daniel is an invitation to come alive.â&#x20AC;?

Five Not to Miss Our must-see list of Project 52 films â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Danceâ&#x20AC;? (Week 2) Mollnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second film might be his most honest. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just him and the open floor. Affirmations scroll across the screen explaining why Mollner dances (â&#x20AC;&#x153;to get out of my head and into my body,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;to find myself â&#x20AC;?). The seven-minute film is like a thesis statement for the entire project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Right Turnâ&#x20AC;? (Week 10) Film noir goes postmodern. In this mostly black-and-white piece, three dancers find creative forms of visual expression over a remix of new and old music.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Full Contactâ&#x20AC;? (Week 15) Two football players (Mollner and friend Brandon Stewart) line up for a mud-slinging practice. What unfolds is a work of art. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mother and Childâ&#x20AC;? (Week 19) Mollnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dayâ&#x20AC;? piece features a young mother holding her newborn baby and dancing as she narrates an email to her own mother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Concrete Buddhaâ&#x20AC;? (Week 22) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no such thing as a concrete Buddha,â&#x20AC;? this amusing film tells its audience, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Only concrete shaped like a Buddha.â&#x20AC;? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deep. The message conveyed, as dancing hippies try hard to relax and meditate, is that spirituality canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be chased. It must be found. www.danielmollner.com 8OQ]P >WS`QS

Dance It Out Still on Mollnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to-do list is a video with more 100 people walking toward the camera on the beachâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a tribute to his friend, Kaya Nati, who died of leukemia seven years ago. He also wants to make a video that addresses masculinity and the importance of redefining it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is really important to me,â&#x20AC;? Mollner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was in

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Mollner says he spends at least 40 hours a week on his videosâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;most of it editing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess I would have realized that if I really thought about it, but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite get how long the postproduction would be,â&#x20AC;? Mollner says.

It may sound like too much time to spend making YouTube videos, but Mollner doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see it that way. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In order to make a quality videoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m committed to some level of quality even if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a video every weekâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to work 40 to 60 hours,â&#x20AC;? Mollner told his audience at Center Stage at the end of his Fringe show. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So, that means I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work as a carpenter or do other odd jobs as I had thought when I started.â&#x20AC;?

To help cover his costs, Mollner created an account on Indiegogo. com (similar to Kickstarter) to raise money for his weekly efforts. He has 109 sponsors right now, well short of his goal of 500, averaging $52 apiece.

In a way, the site is a nice match for Mollner, since his art can be enjoyed by a global audience (his Week Two video, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Dance,â&#x20AC;? has over 7,000 views).

Thanks to Indiegogo, he can gather funding from a global audience too.

That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean asking for money is necessarily an easy thing to do. Phillips says it takes a certain kind of bravery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He dares to have the courage to say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I deserve this. This is a worthy project because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sharing it and giving to others and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not about me. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to share it and allow people to be alive,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Phillips says.

Courage comes up often in conversations with Mollnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friends. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Some of his videos are about him coming out as a dancer, and he shows a real vulnerability and also courage,â&#x20AC;? says 72-year-old Tom Rucker, who met Mollner at the popular Dance Church ritual at the 418 on Sunday mornings, and who appears in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stickâ&#x20AC;?

(Week 23). â&#x20AC;&#x153;He really understands the human side of dancing in addition to the discipline.â&#x20AC;?

:793A B= 53B 6756 Mollnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic style of dance involves lots of air time.

high school, if you danced, you got ridiculed.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of many reasons Mollner is on this mission. As far as Mollnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concerned, dance is a great way to handle a lot of issues. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also coming to terms with the fact that he isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to live forever, a realization that first started nagging him on his most recent birthday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the first time, I had this experience where I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wait a minute: this room doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go on forever,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Mollner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a wall on the other side with an exit door.

And for the first time I can feel it, almost. I can hear my voice echoing off it. I find thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of my biggest

challenges now, finding peace with my mortality.â&#x20AC;?

For now, though, Mollnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body is in great shape and he still knows what he wants to do when he wakes up every morning. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a dancer,â&#x20AC;? Mollner says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m many things, and one of the things I am is a dancer. I love it. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in my blood. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I like to do everyday.

It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really matter whether I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m good at it or not. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true about me.â&#x20AC;?

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LIST YOUR LOCAL EVENT IN THE CALENDAR! Email it to calendar@santacruzweekly.com, fax it to 831.457.5828, or drop it by our office. Events need to be received a week prior to publication and placement cannot be guaranteed.

Belly Dancers

Evenings by the Bay

Rotating cast of belly dancing talent each Saturday on the garden stage at the Crepe Place. Sat, 1:30pm. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6994.

Located in the aquariumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mammal gallery, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Evenings by the Bayâ&#x20AC;? concert series features live jazz performances in stunning surroundings. This is the fifth year of the concert series, every Saturday and Sunday evening until September. SatSun, 6-8pm. Thru Sep 3. Free with museum admission.

Monterey Bay Aquarium, Cannery Row, Monterey, 831.648.4800.

THEATER A Chorus Line One of the longest running shows on Broadway and winner of nine Tony Awards, A Chorus Line depicts the psychological journeys of performers auditioning for a chorus part in a Broadway musical. Visit www.cabrillostage.com for schedule and tickets.

Wed, 7:30pm, Thu, Aug 2, 7:30pm and Sat, Aug 4, 2pm. Thru Aug 12. $15-$42.

Cabrillo Black Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

Guitarist Janet Robin A former member of the Lindsey Buckingham Band and Air Supply, acclaimed rock guitarist Janet Robin will perform an intimate show called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything Has Changed.â&#x20AC;? www. santacruzmusic.net. Sat, Aug 4, 8pm. $10. 418 Project, 418 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.466.9770.

Anything Goes This revival of the Cole Porter classic Anything Goes is set on a cruise ship and is full of catchy and memorable tunes, such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s De-lovelyâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the Top.â&#x20AC;? www. cabrillostage.com. Wed-Sun, 2 and 7:30pm. Thru Aug 18. $20-$46. Cabrillo Black Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

CONCERTS Cabrillo Music Festival This renowned festival of contemporary music

Art MUSEUMS CONTINUING Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Free First Friday. View the exhibits for free every first Friday of the month. Docent tours at noon. First Fri of every month, 11am-6pm.

Spotlight Tours. Bringing

the artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 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, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

GALLERIES

408.569.0105. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm 123 Locust St., Santa Cruz.

Seabright Bagelry Native Expressions. Mixed media works depicting Southwestern and Native American imagery by Becky Olvera Schultz will be on display through Aug. 31. Wed, Aug 1. 4763 Soquel Dr, Soquel, 831.462.9888.

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Davenport Gallery

Santa Cruz County Bank

Celine Grenier Retrospective.

Grenierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s revolving 40-year retrospective show ends this month with her paintings, drawings and etchings from 1990s-present. www. davenportgallery.org. Fri, Aug 3, 11am-5pm. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

Picturing Music. An exhibition of artwork inspired by the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 50 years as an organization.

The exhibit will be on display in the following Santa Cruz County Bank offices: Aptos - 7775 Soquel Drive; Capitola - 819 Bay Ave; Santa Cruz - 720 Front St; Scotts Valley - 4604 Scotts Valley Drive; Watsonville - 595 Auto Center Drive. Mon-Thu, 9am5pm. Thru Aug 30. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

Felix Kulpa Gallery Mark Wainer: Paintings. Mark Wainer returns for his second show at the Felix Kulpa Gallery. He will be debuting new work and his new painting style. The pigment on canvas prints are digitally hand-crafted. Coatings and embellishments are applied by hand. The images include people and landscapes and explorations from around the world. Opening reception Fri, Aug. 3 (5-9pm). Thu-Sat . Thru Aug 26. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Events AROUND TOWN

Leeds Gallery

Church Street Fair

Art lovers with a sense of humor are invited to the opening reception for The Rupture, a show featuring oil paintings by Mark Bryan that explore apocalyptic themes mixed with satirical skewering of religious and political leaders. Images will be on display through Sept.

5. Fri, Aug 3, 6-10pm. Free,

This fair features music, art and wine. A variety of music and dance performers will be entertaining guests. Visit www.churchstreetfair.org for schedules and information.

Sat, Aug 4, 11am-8pm and Sun, Aug 5, 11am-8pm.

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5262.

Contra Dance This lively dance will feature Celtic-styled tunes by Debra Tayleur. No partners are required. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothes and softsoled shoes. Perfume is not welcome at this â&#x20AC;&#x153;fragrance free event.â&#x20AC;? A beginnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; workshop will precede the dance. www.santacruzdance. org. Fri, Aug 3, 8pm. $10.

Felton Community Hall, 6191 Hwy 9, Felton, 831.335.5621.

Families in Nature: Summer Saturday Series

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DISCOVERY This performance by four renowned composers includes an anniversary performance directed by Carlos Chavez of Discovery, 1969â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first-ever Cabrillo Festival commission piece, along with the world premiere of Someone Elseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Child, a piece by Emmy Awardâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;winning composer John Wineglass based on poems written by kids in Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Juvenile Hall.

Saturday, Aug. 4 at 8pm at Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz.

Tickets are $32-$50. www.cabrillomusic.org.

This series brings special guests and musicians to the Museum of Natural History for fun and educational programs. Opportunities to meet live animals, enjoy outdoor concerts and create fun crafts will abound. Sat, Aug 4, 11am-2pm. $4 adults; free for kids. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6115.

Liâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;l Ones Nature Camp Designed for kids ages 4-7, this fun-filled session helps little ones experience the all the park has to offer through

SATURDAY 8/4 & SUNDAY 8/5

CHURCH STREET FAIR This festival of music, art and wine brings alive the spirit of the Cabrillo Music Festival with performances and activities in a fresh outdoor setting. Saturday, Aug. 4 and Sunday, Aug. 5 from 11am to 8pm on Church Street outside the Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz. Admission is free. www.churchstreetfair.org. crafts, stories, and games.

A parent must be present throughout the program.

FILM Movies on the Beach Come to the Main Beach by the boardwalk Wednesdays this summer for viewings of classic movies framed by the twinkly lights of the roller coaster and other rides. Bring a blanket, picnic, and enjoy the show. This week the movie will be The Sandlot.

Wed, Aug 1, 9pm. Free. Santa Cruz Main Beach, West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz.

LITERARY EVENTS Author Event: Charles Holt Veteran Broadway performer Holt writes about the gift of voice and shares personal stories of pain and growth in his debut book, Intuitive Rebel: Tuning into the Voice That Matters. Thu, Aug 2, 7pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Storytime Former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories. Mon, 11am.

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

The Writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Journey with Laura Davis Join local author Laura

Davis for her monthly introductory evening of writing practice. No need to pre-register. Just bring a notebook, a pen and the willingness to write.

Mon, Aug 6, 7:30pm. Free.

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

A Course In Miracles Study Group

LECTURES

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

The Truth about GMOs Jeffrey Smith is a leading consumer advocate for GMOfree foods who will be giving a presentation explaining what GMOs are and why they are important for people to know about. The event is sponsored by GMO-Free Santa Cruz and New Leaf Community Markets. www. labelgmos.org Wed, Aug 1, 6:30-8:30pm. Suggested donation $5-$10. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6177.

NOTICES Boulder Creek Flea Market This market features a variety of gently used items for sale, with proceeds benefitting local charities. Sellers and buyers are both welcome, and spaces for sellers can be reserved via telephone. www.mcnallys-flea-auction. com Sat, Aug 4, 8am-3pm.

St. Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Church, 13005 Pine St., Boulder Creek, 831.332.6321.

A weekly meeting on learning how to forgive and live in peace. Drop-ins are welcome.

Thu, 7-9pm. The Barn Studio, 104b Park Way South, Santa Cruz, 831.272.2246.

Eating Disorders Resource Center Meeting

Elegant Treasures Flea Market This â&#x20AC;&#x153;upscale resaleâ&#x20AC;? market features gently used items including jewelry, collectibles, furniture and sporting goods. Sat, Aug 4, 8am-3pm.

Free. Inner Light Ministries, 5630 Soquel Dr, Soquel, 831.465.9090.

Family Fun Day Families are invited to enjoy Victorian-era games such as hoop rolling, hopscotch, jacks and gravestone rubbing at this event. Live music, pioneer stories and an ice cream social will add to the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s festivities. Sat, Aug 4, 1-3pm. Free; donations accepted. Evergreen Cemetery, Evergreen Street near Harvey West Park, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

Full Moon Astronomy Night This all ages-appropriate moonlit guided tour of the redwoods gives participants

the opportunity to look at the moon through telescopes and enjoy music and a multimedia presentation about the parkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nocturnal animals. Sat, Aug 4, 6-9pm.

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Hwy 9, Felton, 831.335.7077.

Insight Santa Cruz Meditation sits, talks and discussions every day of the week. Learn the formal practice of meditation and engage with a community dedicated to reducing suffering by cultivating compassion. Visit www. insightsantacruz.org for specific times and more information. Ongoing.

Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Avenue, Suite C, Santa Cruz, 831.425.3431.

Jane Addams Peace Camp Registration is now open for the Jane Addams Peace Camp, a one-week day camp that promotes an understanding of peace and justice through art.

For more information, call 831-459-9248. Thru Aug 3. $150. Orchard School, 2288 Trout Gulch Rd, Aptos, 831.459.9248.

Menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grief Retreat Sponsored by Heartland Hospice, this workshop retreat intends to help participants grieve and work through loss. Participants are encouraged to bring a special object or keepsake representing something or â&#x2030;Ľ 16

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celebrates its 50th year with a variety of inspiring performances. www. cabrillomusic.org Mon-Sun Thru Aug 12. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5260.

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Sat, Aug 4, 1:30-4:30pm. $20 suggested donation. The Garden, 3070 Prather Lane, Santa Cruz, 831.869.0162.

Miracle Working Spiritual teacher Dominique Free leads a weekly class on cultivating the consciousness to heal, overcome, succeed and create miracles. Thu, 78pm. Conscious Lounge, 1651A El Dorado Av @ Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.359.0423.

NAACP Santa Cruz Membership and Leadership Outreach Effort Members of the community are invited and encouraged to attend meetings of the NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch #1071. First Mon of every month, 7:30pm. Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, 517 Center St, Santa Cruz.

Overeaters Anonymous Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30pm at Teach By The Beach in the Rancho Del Mar Shopping Center, Aptos. Thursdays 1-2pm at Louden Nelson Community Center, Room 5, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz.

Wed-Thu. 831.429.7906.

Rocky Horror Auditions Performers interested in auditioning for this show should come prepared with clothes and shoes to dance in and a song of their choice from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Songs should be 32 bars maximum. Visit www. mctshows.org for more information. Sat, Aug 4, 1-5pm and Mon, Aug 6, 7-10pm.

Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.

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.

Serenity Firstâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Pagans in Recovery A 12-step meeting with a Pagan flair where guests are free to discuss their nature-based, goddesscentered spiritual paths. Sun, 7pm. The Sacred Grove, 924 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1949.

Support and Recovery Groups

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NATIONAL LAMPOON Mark Bryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political commentary on display at Leeds Gallery

47@AB 4@72/G >719A ITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S that time of the month again! We speak of First Friday, of course, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no shortage of inspiring things to see and do. At i]Z IVccZgn (1050 River St., Santa Cruz), enjoy live courtyard concerts by bands Bleu, The Raisinettes and Mylo Jenkins along with artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; open studios inside. ;Za^m @jaeV <VaaZgn (107 Elm St., Santa Cruz) will display new paintings by Mark Wainer featuring images of landscapes and people from various global locales. At AZZYh <VaaZgn (123 Locust St., Santa Cruz), satirical artist Mark Bryanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s show â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Ruptureâ&#x20AC;? explores social and political commentary with a sharp sense of humor.

Finally, head to the B6= (705 Front St., Santa Cruz) for a nohost bar, live music and origami mobile-making to go on display with the fall exhibition â&#x20AC;&#x153;Santa Cruz Collects.â&#x20AC;? (Georgia Perry) 47@AB 4@72/G Wa 4`WROg /cU ! # '^[ Ob dO`W]ca UOZZS`WSa bV`]cUV]cb b]e\ DWaWb eee TW`abT`WROgaO\bOQ`ch Q][ T]` []`S W\T]`[ObW]\ barbecue featuring a choice of tri-tip or chicken. Email vfw7263@gmail.com to RSVP. Sat, Aug 4, 2:30pm. Free.

VFW Tres Pueblos Post 7263, 2259 7th Avenue, Santa Cruz, 831.475.9804.

month 6:30-7pm. All are free.

Meet at the Campfire Center.

Fri, 11-11:45am. Thru Aug 10. Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Hwy 9, Felton, 831.335.7077.

Wharf Tours The Seymour Center is now offering 30-minute docent-led tours of the Santa Cruz Wharf that will feature information about the science and wildlife at the wharf. Meet at the stage on the west side of the wharf. www.seymourcenter. ucsc.edu Sat, Aug 4, 1 and 3pm and Sun, Aug 5, 1 and 3pm. Free. Santa Cruz Wharf, Beach Street, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3800.

Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Assn., 831.464.9982. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273. Candida: 831.471.0737. Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385.

Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000. Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962. Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470. Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422. Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357).

Yoga Instruction

VFW Commanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BBQ

Zen: SC Zen Center, Wed, 5:45pm, 831.457.0206.

VFW Post 7263 invites anyone and everyone to a free

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

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

San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Guide

Squarepusher UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most spastic knob-turner runs a slalom of free jazz, erratic pop and wild beats. Aug 2 at the Regency Ballroom.

Woods Brooklynâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s folksiest prefer to leave every gem unpolished; with Peaking Lights. Aug 3 at Great American Music Hall.

Meek Mill Twenty-ďŹ ve year-old MC from Philly signed originally by T.I., then Rick Ross, and now Jay-Z. Aug 4 at the Fillmore.

Soul Asylum Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the new rule: every single band from the 1990s must reunite. Aug 3 at the Independent.

Ravi Coltrane Royal bloodline appears in support of excellent new Blue Note album, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Spirit Fiction.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Aug 6-7 at Yoshiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Oakland.

Find more San Francisco events by subscribing to the email newsletter at www.sfstation.com.

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Wed. August 1 U 7 and 9 pm â&#x20AC;&#x153;The greatest guitarist in the world.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Eric Clapton

ALBERT LEE BAND Thurs. August 2 U 7 pm Rising Star Musicians!

SPIRAL BOUND

Sun. August 5 U 2 Shows!

Matinee 3 pm & Evening 7:30 pm

WHITE ALBUM ENSEMBLE â&#x20AC;&#x153;UNPLUGGEDâ&#x20AC;?

Tickets: Streetlight Records and tix.com Mon. August 6 U 7 pm Jazz, Calypso and Caribbean inďŹ&#x201A;uences

ETIENNE CHARLES QUINTET

Thurs. August 9 U 7:30 pm A sensible, groovy and poetic trio!

YESBERGER BAND 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Saturday. August 11 U 8:30 pm

TRANSPORTER CD RELEASE PARTY

Tickets: Streetlight Records

Mon. August 13 U 7 and 9 pm

TERENCE BLANCHARD 9 pm: 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS No Jazztix/Comps

Wed. August 15 U 7 and 9 pm

KEIKO MATSUI No Jazztix/Comps

Fri. August 17 U 7:30 pm

ALESSANDRO PENEZZI DUO & KEN PEPLOWSKI QUARTET â&#x20AC;&#x153;AN EVENING OF CLARINETâ&#x20AC;?

No Jazztix/Comps

BOOM TIME Bomba Estereoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electronic Colombian dance groove at Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley

Mon. August 20 U 7 pm

KIM NALLEY

Thurs. August 23 U 7 pm

KAT PARRA LATIN/WORLD ENSEMBLE â&#x20AC;&#x153;LAS AVENTURAS DE PASIONâ&#x20AC;?

Mon. August 27 U 7 and 9 pm

JIMMY COBB / JOEY DEFRANCESCO / LARRY CORYELL TRIO â&#x20AC;&#x153;IN TRIBUTE TO JIMMY SMITH & WES MONTGOMERYâ&#x20AC;?

No Jazztix/Comps

Thurs. August 30 U 7 pm CIRCLE HOT CLUB OF SANGOLD FRANCISCO SOLD OUT! AT THE RIO THEATRE 9/10 Chick Corea/Stanley Clarke/ Jack DeJohnette Trio 11/18 Angelique Kidjo 11/30 Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile 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

THURSDAY | 8/2

FRIDAY | 8/3

FRIDAY | 8/3

PEAKING LIGHTS

BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS

PAUL THORN & BAND

Surveying their retro album art, or catching sight of Big Sandy & his FlyRite boys emerging from a 1950 yellow school-turned-tour bus, one could be forgiven for thinking the Anaheimbased band was recently released from a â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s bomb shelter. In actually, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the last vestiges of Southern Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s late â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s roots revival. And yet itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not their shtick but rather the supremely danceable California country swing they playâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a combination of steel guitar, upright bass and bandleader Big Sandyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s smooth vocalsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that has kept these Rockabilly Hall-of-Famers around so long. Don Quixoteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; $10; 8pm.

(Tessa Stuart)

Paul Thorn has been living at the crossroads his entire life. The son of a preacher, former prizefighter and now road dog has many years of experience refereeing the no-holds-barred fight between sin and redemption.

Reconciling the two isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t in Thornâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scope; instead, he gets his kicks from examining the eternal opposition between the two extremes and turning on gritty roots music for those of the flock who greet Sunday morning with a hangover. Rio Theatre; $25 adv/$40 gold; 7:30pm. (Paul M. Davis)

Residents of rural Wisconsin by way of the Bay Area, husband-and-wife duo Peaking Lights combine elements of dub, krautrock, synth-pop and electropsych music to create a style that pulls from a variety of influences yet refuses to sit nicely in one genre. Balancing the warmth of analog instrumentation with the convenience of digital editing, Indra Dunis and Aaron Coyes weave sometimes loose and spacious, sometimes dense and repetitive layers of sound into extended compositions that are unpredictable and experimental yet easy on the ears. As one reviewer put it, they â&#x20AC;&#x153;hint at what might have happened had the Grateful Dead jammed with Amon Duul while King Tubby fiddled with the controls.â&#x20AC;? Crepe Place; $12; 9pm. (Cat Johnson)

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THE GROUCH & ELIGH The Grouch and Eligh began their emcee careers after a singular moment of inspiration. For Eligh, a viewing of Beat Street followed by the purchase of LL Cool Jâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Badâ&#x20AC;? when he was still in elementary school inspired him to become a rapper. For Oakland-bred Grouch, Del Da Funky Homosapien and the Hieroglyphics paved the way for him and his 8-track recorder.

The rest is history, and now these members of indie rap group Living Legends are two of the most influential underground hip-hop artists in the world. Catalyst; $16 adv/$19 door; 9pm.

(Lily Stoicheff)

SATURDAY | 8/4

BOMBA ESTEREO Bomba Estereo decided to make music in 2005, and since then they haveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;pardon the punâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;blown up. The group blends the traditional hip-swaying sounds of cumbia and champeta from their native Colombia with dub, electronic and reggae while lead singer Li Saumetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lyrics both serenade and slap your eardrums. Their raw, authentic, yet undeniably fun music earned them comparisons to M.I.A. and a

nod from MTV as the Best New Band in the World in 2009. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t speak Spanish?

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t worryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;your body will have no problem translating Bomba Estereoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hot, energetic music into a psychedelic groove.

Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $18 adv/$20 door; 9pm. (LS)

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CONCERTS DUMPSTAPHUNK

Aug. 3 at Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley

MONDAY | 8/6

ETIENNE CHARLES QUINTET A fourth-generation musician who picked up the trumpet at the age of 10, Etienne Charles is a rising star in the jazz world, a celebrated improviser, bandleader and straightahead jazz artist.

But the thing that sets Charles apart from the pack is his incorporation of Afro-Caribbean melodies, rhythms, chants and myths into his music. Born on the island of Trinidad, Charlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; compositions are rich with stories, motifs and characters that have been passed down through generations of artists.

Kuumbwa; $20 adv/$23 door; 7pm. (CJ)

TUESDAY | 8/7

SIERRA LEONEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S REFUGEE ALL STARS Displaced by civil war from their homeland of Sierra Leone to neighboring Guinea, Sierra Leoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

TERENCE BLANCHARD Aug. 13 at Kuumbwa

MAMMATUS

Aug. 15 at Crepe Place

HANK 3

Aug. 22 at Catalyst

CHICK COREA/ STANLEY CLARKE/JACK DEJOHNETTE TRIO Sep. 10 at Rio Theatre

Refugee All Stars started playing music together in camps as a way to pass the time. At the end of the war, the band recorded its debut album, drawing comparisons to the Buena Vista Social Club and praise from critics and music lovers along the way. Now, several albums and a documentary later, the Refugee All Stars continue to convey their message of hope, justice and unity. Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $15 adv/$20 door; 8:30pm. (CJ)

WEDNESDAY | 8/8

KASEY CHAMBERS Aussie Kasey Chambers won over millions of fans with her 2001 single â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not Pretty Enough.â&#x20AC;? Now a few years have gone by, and a stronger, more powerful Chambers decided to revisit those same feelings of her insecure youth. The result is Little Bird, an album written and recorded within a very emotionally intense six weeks of Chambersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; life. Poignant pearls of touching truth are laced throughout the otherwise sunny and optimistic album, in which Chambers continues to push the boundaries of modern country music. Rio Theatre; $26; 8pm.

(LS)

SATANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SPITBALLS Alt-country crossroads dweller Paul Thorn at the Rio

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Aug 22 Hank 3 (Ages 21+) Sep 3 Steel Pulse (Ages 16+) Sep 8 Buckethead/ Samples (Ages 16+) Sep 9 Against Me! (Ages 16+) Sep 13 James McMurtry/ The Gourds (Ages 21+) Sep 15 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Ages 21+) Sep 21 Carolyn Wonderland (Ages 21+) Sep 22 Easy Star All Stars (Ages 16+) Sep 25 Menomena (Ages 18+) Sep 28 Odd Future (All Ages) Oct 6 Roach Gigz (Ages 16+) Oct 12 Yelawolf (Ages 16+) Oct 22 Switchfoot (Ages 16+) Oct 24 Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ages 16+) Oct 26 Brother Ali (Ages 16+) Oct 21 Tiger Army (Ages 16+) Oct 31 Groundation (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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The Spokesmen

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Joint Chiefs

The Bonedrivers

George Christos

Roberto-Howell

Hawaiian Music

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Joe Ferrara

Frank Sorci

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MANGIAMOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S PIZZA AND WINE BAR

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783 Rio del Mar Blvd, Aptos

MICHAELâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON MAIN

Choice Karaoke

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PARADISE BEACH GRILLE

Johnny Fabulous

Yuji

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SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort Dr, Rio del Mar

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

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6275 Hwy 9, Felton

Fly-Rite Boys

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MANGIAMO’S PIZZA AND WINE BAR 831.688.1477

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 831.479.9777

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PARADISE BEACH GRILLE 831.476.4900

SANDERLINGS 831.662.7120

SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 831.688.8987

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Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS 122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.thenick.com Best Exotic Marigold Hotel â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:30; 4; 6:30; 8:50; Fri-Wed 1:50pm.

Ice Age: Continental Drift â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:10; 2:10; 4:20; 6:30; 8:30.

Moonrise Kingdom â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 4:30; 6:40; 8:50.

To Rome With Love â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 1:40; 4; 6:20; 8:40.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA 1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com Total Recall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 11:15; 2; 4:45; 7:30; 10:15.

The Dark Knight Rises â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11; 12:30; 2:45; 4:15; 6:30; 8; 10:15; Fri-

Wed 12:30; 4:15; 8.

The Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7:15; 9:45.

The Adventures of Tintin â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed 8/1 10am.

Zookeeper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed 8/8 10am.

DEL MAR 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Neil Young Journeys â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 4:50; 8:50 plus Fri-Sat 10:45pm.

Ruby Sparks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:20 plus Fri-Sun; Wed noon.

Beasts of the Southern Wild â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 1:30; 3:30; 5:30; 7:30; 9:30 plus

Fri-Sun 11:30am.

Brave â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:20; Fri-Wed 2:40; 6:45 plus Fri-Sun

12:30pm.

To Rome With Love â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:10; 4:50; 7:15; 9:40.

Serenity â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Sat midnight.

NICKELODEON Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com The Queen of Versailles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 2:10; 4:30; 6:50; 9:10 plus Sat-Sun 11:50am.

The Intouchables â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:20; 4:40; 7:20; 9:30; Fri-Wed 2:20; 4:40;

7:10; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun noon.

Moonrise Kingdom â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 2:40; 4:50; 7; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 12:30pm.

Safety Not Guaranteed â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 5:10; 9:40.

Take This Waltz â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:50; 7:20.

To Rome With Love â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 2:30; 5; 7:20; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 12:10pm.

Trishna â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:10; 4:30; 6:50; 9:10.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN 155 S. River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com Magic Mike â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 12:45; 3:30; 6:45; 9:30.

Savages â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1; 6:45.

Ted â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 4; 9:50.

The Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:45; 4:45; 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed 1; 3:45; 7; 9:45.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 11:30; 2; 4:30; 6:45; 9.

Total Recall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens midnight Thu) 11; 12; 2; 2:40; 5; 5:20; 7:45; 8:15;

10:35; 10:50.

Movie reviews by Traci Hukill, Lily Stoicheff and Richard von Busack

The Amazing Spiderman â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wed-Thu 12:30; 4:30; 7:45; 10:50; Fri-Wed

12:15; 3:20; 6:30; 9:40.

The Dark Knight Rises â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed 8/1 11; 11:20; 12:10; 12:45; 2:45; 3:20; 3:50; 4:15; 5; 6:05;

7:30; 8; 8:30; 9:40; 10:55; Thu 11; 11:20; 12:10; 12:45; 2:45; 3:20; 3:50; 4:15; 5; 7; 7:30; 8; 8:30; 10:40; 10:50; Fri-Wed 11:40; 12:10; 12:40; 3:10; 3:40; 4:10; 7; 7:35; 8:30; 10:25; 10:55.

Ice Age: Continental Drift â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:05; 1:25; 3:45; 6:45; 9:25; FriWed 12:30; 3; 5:15; 7:30; 9:45.

Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:30; 1:55.

Magic Mike â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12; 2:35; 5:05; 7:50; 10:35.

Step Up Revolution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:45; 5:30; 10:20; Fri-Wed 11:50; 4:50; 9:30.

Step Up Revolution 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed 8/1 3:10; 8; Thu 3:10pm; Fri-Wed 2:30; 7:10.

The Grateful Dead Movie â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed 8/1 7pm.

Grease â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thu 9pm.

SCOTTS VALLEY CINEMA 226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com Total Recall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 11; 1:45; 4:30; 5:30; 7:20; 8:30; 10:10.

Hope Springs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Wed 8/8) 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30.

The Amazing Spiderman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:30; 3:50; 7; 10:10; Fri-Wed 11:10;

2:20; 5:30; 8:45.

Brave â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4; 6:30; Fri-Wed 11:30; 2.

The Dark Knight Rises â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11; 11:55; 12:45; 1:45; 2:45; 3:45; 4:30; 5:30; 6:30; 7:30; 8:15; 9:15; 10:10; Fri-Wed 11:55; 12:45; 3:45; 4:30; 5:15; 7:30; 8:15; 9.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 11:20; 12:30; 1:45; 3; 4:10; 6:45; 9:15.

Ice Age: Continental Drift â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:15; 11:40; 2; 4:20; 6:45; 9; FriWed 11:40; 2; 4:20; 6:45; 9.

Step Up Revolution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:15; 4:55; 7:30.

Step Up Revolution 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 11:45am; 10pm. (No Wed 8/8 11:45am) Ted â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 11:55; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 10.

The Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 11:30; 2:10; 4:45; 7:20; 9:45.

Puss in Boots â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed 8/1 10am.

Hop â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed 8/8 10am.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8 1125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:30

plus Sat-Sun 11am.

Total Recall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1:15; 3:45; 7; 9:45 plus Sat-Sun 10:50am.

Hope Springs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Wed 8/8) 1:15; 4; 7:15; 9:30.

The Amazing Spiderman â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:20; 4; 6:50; 9:40; Fri-Wed 1:20; 7

plus Sat-Sun 10:40am.

The Dark Knight Rises â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:30; 2:45; 4; 6:15; 7:30; 9:45; Fri-Wed

12:30; 2:45; 4; 6:15; 7:30; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11:15am. (No Wed 8/8 12:30; 4; 7:30) Ice Age: Continental Drift â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:45; 2:50; 4:50; 7; 9:50; Fri-Wed 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1; 3:05; 5:05; 7:15; 9:20.

Step Up Revolution â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 1:15; 7; 9:30.

Step Up Revolution 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Wed-Thu 3:50pm; Fri-Wed 4pm plus Sat-Sun 10:50am.

Ted â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:20; 3:50; 6:50; 9:30; Fri-Wed 4; 9:45.

The Watch â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:15; 4; 7:15; 9:40; Fri-Wed 1:15; 3:45; 7:15; 9:45 plus

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With Salma Hayek and Zach Galifianakis. (Wed 8/1 at Scotts Valley)

RUBY SPARKS (R; 112 min.)

In this variation on the Pygmalion tale, a struggling writer (Paul Dano) finally finds a character to inspire him (Zoe Kazan).

When she appears before him in the flesh, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appropriately freaked out.

With Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas. Directed

by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine). (Opens Friday at the Del Mar) SERENITY (2005) The renegade crew of the spaceship Serenity defies a totalitarian regime and harbors a band of fugitives only to realize that a telepath on board may be putting them all in danger.

(Fri-Sat midnite at Del Mar) TOTAL RECALL (PG-13; 118 min.) A factory worker (Colin Farrell) thinks he have been recruited to a spy agency when a visit to a company that implants fantasy memories in clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; minds goes wrong. With Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel and Bryan Cranston. (Opens Thu midnite at Santa Cruz 9 and Friday at 41st Ave, Scotts Valley and Green Valley) ZOOKEEPER (2011) Zookeeper Kevin James is dumbfounded to learn that the wild animals in the zoo can talk, and that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to scheme to get him together with Rosario Dawson. (Wed 8/8 at 41st Ave)

@3D73EA THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (PG-13; 136 min) Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) discovers a clue that may help him understand why his father abandoned him as a child. It leads him to his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s former partner, Dr. Curt Connors, an encounter with a radioactive spider and the unraveling of a vengeful mystery. Emma Stone co-stars. (LS) BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (PG-13; 99 min.)

Cannes and Sundance hit has a little girl (Quvenzhane Wallis) and her ailing father

F I L M a u g u s t 1 -7, 2 0 1 2 S A N T A C R U Z . C O M

THE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES (PG; 108 min.) An awardwinning documentary about Jackie and David Siegel, who made their billions on a time share business and built the largest house in America, a 90,000-squarefoot dwelling modeled on Versailles. When the bubble bursts they have to come to terms with radical changes.

(Opens Friday at the Nick)

HUGS! Annette Bening and Zoe Kazan in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ruby Sparks,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; opening Friday (Dwight Henry) surviving life in the swamps where a flood wreaks havoc.

BRAVE (PG; 93 min) Merida, a headstrong princess and skilled archer, longs to live her own life but is destined to marry one of three lords from a nearby kingdom.

Determined to change her fate, she enlists the help of an old woman who casts a spell on her overbearing mother. Everything goes terribly wrong, and Merida must discover the true meaning of bravery if she is to change her mother back. (LS) THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (PG-13; 164 min.) The third in Christopher Nolanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trilogy picks up eight years after the events of The Dark Knight. Batman (Christian Bale), having taken the fall for DA Harvey Dent, is in exile from Gotham City, which complicates his efforts to save the city when a terrorist (Tom Hardy) shows up. With Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Anne Hathaway. (TH) ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (PG; 102 min.) Manny the mammoth, Sid the sloth and Diego the sabertoothed cat are stuck on the wrong side of the breakup of Pangaea, which is caused when Scrat the sabertoothed squirrel gets a little too aggressive in his hunt for acorns.

INTOUCHABLES (R; 120 min.)

In this extraordinary true story, a wealthy aristocrat (Francois Cluzet) becomes a quadriplegic after a paragliding accident and

hires a young man from the projects (Omar Sy) as his caretaker. French with English subtitles.

MAGIC MIKE (R; 110 min) Veteran stripper Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) is adored by his female fans and rolling in cash. When Mike falls for his new protĂŠgĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister, he begins to consider retiring from his raucous lifestyle, though his afterhours life is not so easily forgotten. (LS) MOONRISE KINGDOM (PG13; 94 min) In September 1965, gifted 12-year-olds Suzy (Kara Hayward) and Sam (Jared Gilman) head off to the wilderness of the fictional New England island of New Penzance.

They are sought by a sad constable (Bruce Willis) and an intrepid â&#x20AC;&#x153;Khaki Scoutsâ&#x20AC;? leader (Edward Norton). Gilman and Hayward demonstrate flawless precociousness, but the conceit is uneven.

Sometimes the film is like Our Gang, as in a Boy Scout camp of kids acting like adults. Sometimes, it is as ooky as Bugsy Malone.

Director Wes Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toy showboat is keeled with adult regret, particularly the drinkerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sorrows embodied

by Bill Murray as Suzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dad. The coolness and preciousness keep a glass barrier up as thick as a store window. (RvB) TO ROME WITH LOVE (R; 102 min) Woody Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest delivers huge helpings of Roman vistas and musical familiarities (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Volareâ&#x20AC;? and better accordion playing than in Midnight in Paris). In

a sprawling, multipart tale, Penelope Cruz is a goldhearted hooker interfering with a bewildered newlywed couple. Ellen Page is a flighty actress visiting her friends (Jesse Eisenberg and Greta Gerwig) and sowing mayhem, Alec Baldwin materializes to warn Eisenbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s character of the dangers of such dames, Roberto Benigni is a dull businessman paying the price of fame and Allen himself is aboard as a retiree visiting the city with his wife (Judy Davis). (RvB)

SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED (R; 94 min.) Three cynical Seattle magazine employees investigate a classified ad placed by a paranoid supermarket clerk looking for a companion in time travel. From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine, this heartfelt tale goes places viewers might not expect. (JP) SAVAGES (R; 127 min) When their shared girlfriend O (Blake Lively) is kidnapped by a dangerous Mexican drug cartel, two marijuana growers (Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Taylor-Johnson) will stop at nothing to get her back. Featuring John Travolta and Salma Hayek.

STEP UP REVOLUTION (PG13; 105 min.) A girl arrives in Miami with dreams of a professional dance career and falls in love with the leader of a dance crew that puts on cutting-edge flash mobs. When a businessman threatens to develop the crewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s neighborhood, dancers of all kinds rally to the cause.

TAKE THIS WALTZ (R; 116 min.) In Torontoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Little Portugal district, Margot (Michelle Williams) is working out her feelings for hubby Lou (Seth Rogen) on their fifth anniversary or so when along comes hot artist/ rickshaw driver Daniel (Luke Kirby) to complicate matters. With Sarah Silverman. Sarah Polley directs. (TH) TED (R; 106 min) In the directorial debut of Seth MacFarlane, a young boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wish for his teddy bear to come to life is granted.

Ted remains his friend into his adult years, when Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to embrace adulthood is encumbered

by Tedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slovenly ways.

With Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis. (LS) TRISHNA (R; 125 min.)

Michael Winterbottom (The Killer Inside Me, The Trip, 24-Hour Party People) transplants Thomas Hardyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tess of the dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Urbervilles to modern-day India in this story about a girl from the provinces (Freida Pinto) who winds up in the big city at the mercy of a wealthy businessman (Riz Ahmed) of changeable affections.

THE WATCH (R; 104 min.)

Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade are suburban dads who band up to protect the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hood from interlopers and wind up having to defend it against aliens.

Directed by Akiva Shaffer, one-third of the Lonely Island comedy team.

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:_d[hĂ&#x160;i =k_Z[ 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.

SYMBOLS MADE SIMPLE: $ + C\RS` $$ + # $$$ + $ $$$$ + O\R c^

Price Ranges based on average cost of dinner entree and salad, excluding alcoholic beverages APTOS $$ Aptos

AMBROSIA INDIA BISTRO

$$ Aptos

BRITANNIA ARMS

$$$ Aptos $$ Aptos

207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610

8017 Soquel Dr, 831.688.1233 SEVERINOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

CAFE VIOLETTE

$$

Capitola

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.

$$$

SHADOWBROOK

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

$$$

STOCKTON BRIDGE GRILLE

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

$$$ Capitola

203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900

104 Stockton Ave, 831.479.8888

ZELDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

All day breakfast. Burgers, gyros, sandwiches and 45 flavors of Marianneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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

LE CIGARE VOLANT

$ 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

$$

CROWâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEST

Santa Cruz

2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560

$$ Santa Cruz

GABRIELLAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

$$ Santa Cruz

HINDQUARTER

$$ Santa Cruz

910 Cedar St., 831.457.1677

303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 HOFFMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S

1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135

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 soulful and inventive menu that highlights 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 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Cheap Eats.â&#x20AC;? Open daily 11am-11pm American, California-style. With a great bar scene, casually glamorous setting and attentive waitstaff. Full bar. Mon-Sat 11:30am-10pm, Sun 1-10pm.

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

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

Califormia-Italian. fresh from farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; markets organic vegetables, local seafood, grilled steaks, frequent duck and rabbit, famous CHICKEN GABRIELLA, legendary local wine list, romantic mission style setting with patio, quiet side street 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.

California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Eggs Benedict in Town.â&#x20AC;? Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm.

EPICURE

FOODIE FILE

CHEF, LE CIGARE VOLANT

ON THE LAMB Sheep farmer Rebecca King hosts a benefit dinner Sept. 22.

High Summer News

BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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Thank God for Bittersweet Bistro, where dining doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to break whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s left of your bank. Recession Crushers are those happy and delicious little daily specials â&#x20AC;&#x201D; $6 eachâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;served starting at 3:30pm and all evening long in the bar and on the outdoor patio.

How about a quartet of raw oysters with housemade cocktail sauce ($6) and a Stoli vodka martini ($5)? This is good news. Or truffle fries and aioli. Coconutcrusted prawns with Asian slaw.

Chicken quesadilla with salsa fresca and sour cream. See what I mean? Foods you want to eat, paired with a cocktail or wine special. My favorite is the crab, crayfish and artichoke dip topped with cheese and wood-fireâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;baked. Each one of these appealing dishes is priced at a recession-crushing $6. I know I just said that, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth repeating.

Bittersweet is located at 787 Rio Del Mar Blvd. in Aptos. Get on over there and do your part to help crush the, well, the you-know-what.

WE ALL SCREAM Mission Hill Creamery entrepreneur David Kumec is busy putting the finishing

touches on his new downtown Santa Cruz shop. Kumec has battled â&#x20AC;&#x153;multiple

setbacks on construction,â&#x20AC;? but hopes to be open by Labor Day. The new shop will be located at 1101 B Pacific Ave., directly across from Hoffmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Kiantiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Get in line soon!

GLASSY OPTIONS The new winetasting opportunities at Annieglass continue to win new friends for Ann Morhauserâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elegant creations.

The new news is that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pours & Toursâ&#x20AC;? happen on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Take a tour between 11:30am and 2pm and discover just how the renowned glass creations are made. Or enjoy tastings of Santa Cruz and Monterey county winesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;three wines for $5â&#x20AC;&#x201D;from noon to 4:30pm.

Upcoming samples showcase offerings of Garden Variety Cheese (Aug. 11) and Buzzone Family Vineyards (Aug. 18). 310 Harvest Drive, Watsonville.

831.761.2041.

VOODOO FOOD Speaking of Garden Variety Cheese, sheep rancher Rebecca King reminds me that tickets are now on sale for the afternoon Voodoo Dinner out at Monkeyflower Ranch in Royal Oaks on Sept. 22. This will be the second Project HOPE Art afternoon of great

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RYAN SHELTON SCW: What was the biggest challenge in moving your culinary work from the Bay Area to Santa Cruz?

RS: Chefs generally carry a queue in their heads of the next few new ideas theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to see, and everything I was dreaming of had no place on the Le Cigare Volant menu. At BaumĂŠ, I was last working on teeny-tiny 12-course French cuisine tasting menu dishes with a strong Asian influence and a focus on technique and luxury. Turning away from that Asian influence was probably my hardest challenge.

What are the upsides and downsides of working in an exhibition kitchen?

I love working in an exhibition kitchen. I love the infrequent conversations which drift my way. Being able to catch things like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oh, my gosh, this is so good!â&#x20AC;? is really rewarding because you know itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genuine.

Where do your menu ideas come from? Farmers markets?

Contact with other chefs? Travel?

My menu ideas come first from the season. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s July, for example, I know what melon is right on the horizon. Once I know what ingredient to feature, I begin tracing my food memories of that ingredient and when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve most enjoyed it with what other flavors.

Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the hardest part about creating dinners for Le Cigare Volantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clientele?

The most surprising challenge for me has been how well local Santa Cruz diners know where their food comes from. They are sharper about local sources than I am, which sets the bar quite high for me. The benefit of this is that the response to proper sourcing is always immediate and favorable.

How does the day begin?

I try to get as much going early as I can. After I feel Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve made enough of a dent in what needs to be done, I meet with each of my staff individually, and we discuss how they will approach the dishes that they are responsible for that day or that week.

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food and wine. Look forward to a fivecourse Haitian-inspired meal created by caterer Carla Lobato, made with locally grown items from Live Earth Farm, cheese and meats from Garden Variety Cheese and desserts from the Penny Ice Creamery. The event begins with a farm tour, and there

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