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IN “Let My People Vote” (Currents, Feb. 29) the Weekly inaccurately states, “While two separate proposals to bring the controversial desal project to the public for a vote would guarantee a say for Santa Cruz city residents ...” Only the Right to Vote on Desal ballot measure would, if passed by the voters, guarantee city voters a say, because only that proposal would put the requirement of a vote in the city charter, thus making it impossible for the city council to repeal. By sharp contrast, the city council’s proposed ordinance, if enacted, could easily be repealed at any time by the same or a future city council.

I BET Christina Waters (“Couture Cinema,” Film, March 7) knows most of the following things: that despite its obsession with clothes, Madonna’s W.E. is a splendid first film; that protagonist Wally Winthrop’s “salvation” is not hooking up, but escaping from her rotten husband; that what the Duchess grants Wally is ultimately not hope, but motivation; that a movie that melts in your mouth like chocolate doesn’t need a lot of plot, drama, intrigue or character development; and that affecting to look down one’s nose at a versatile artist like Madonna fools no one. Madonna 1, Santa Cruz 0.

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[RE: “Lesson Learned,” Briefs, March 7] The real issue here is not the Montessori video, but the fact that this charter school will take away resources from the existing schools in Santa Cruz. There are already two great public school options for parents who want a free Montessori-based education for their children (Monarch and Pacific School).

The school district is facing horrible budget cuts due to the state budget crisis. How could there possibly be money to create a new school right now? This charter will take away resources from all other students in the district, to serve a very small group of children.

Santa Cruz City and County have a wealth of great public schools, including many alternative programs. This is not the right time to be creating a new school.

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INSENSITIVE PARENTS [RE: “Lesson Learned”] The problem is not lack of political savvy. The problem is lack of sensitivity. The fact that Whitney Smith didn’t GET that this [video] is offensive is a problem. This is the same reason they continue to push their charter when they have been told repeatedly that this will hurt current SCCS programs. It will take money away from current students and will compete for school site space that is already too overcrowded.

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Blinded by the Right The surprise at the heart of the locally produced cult film ‘Thrive’

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THRIVE, a highly polished twohour documentary that was released on the web in November and screens this Thursday at the Del Mar, sells itself as an optimistic vision of a utopian future marked by “free energy,” freedom from oppression and spiritual awakening. But on its way to depicting its dream-world utopia, Thrive delivers a dark and dishonest version of the real world and espouses a blend of paranoid conspiracy theories and rightlibertarian propaganda.

The local couple who made the film, Foster and Kimberly Carter Gamble, build their tale around an undeniably poetic idea: that there is a secret pattern to be found in nature, and that we can learn from it. Filled with beautifully shot vistas and psychedelic graphics, backed

by a gorgeous soundtrack and infused with a warm spirituality, the film begins with what seems to be a scientific and historical examination of this pattern, with intriguing images from religious art and ancient architecture found in various cultures around the world.

Much of the first section focuses on the various meanings of this shape or pattern, which mathematicians call a “torus,” and which Foster Gamble believes holds vast significance and power.

Very soon, however, the film jumps the tracks, ostensibly proving that a) the torus can be used to create a perpetual motion machine and deliver “free energy”; b) the torus is a code delivered to humanity by aliens via UFO; and c) the government, backed by a cabal of powerful families, is violently suppressing this secret energy source.

We live in a time, sadly, where this kind of post-rational mumbo jumbo can find an audience—and Thrive has become something of a cult phenomenon since its release last November. Nevertheless, if Thrive stopped with the free energy and UFOs, it would be nutty, not dangerous.

In the film’s second section, Gamble sets out to show exactly how and why the government and its sponsors are duping us. This section probably accounts for its burgeoning online popularity with the Occupy movement and its supporters. (For the record, I count myself among that audience segment.)

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FANTASY FACTORY Foster Gamble, creator of ‘Thrive,’ with Adam Trombly, who claims to have built a perpetual-motion machine that generates “free energy.” Such a machine would violate the fundamental laws of physics, which is probably why it is depicted in the film as a computer-generated hologram.

“There’s not enough trained people to deal with foreclosure,” says Jon Showalter of COPA, which stands for Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action. “The banks just kick you down the road.”

COPA, an organization of churches, nonprofits and schools, is pressuring candidates to push for ordinances in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties that would require banks to enter mediation with homeowners before wrapping up any foreclosure process. COPA’s vision, part of its “Stand Up and Take Charge” campaign announced March 12, would give homeowners an avenue to work with trained professionals and search for ways to hold onto their property.

COPA already offers limited mediation pro bono through volunteers like Ernesto Munoz.One client, Rosario Melendez, says COPA’s efforts made a big difference for her and her family. “If it wasn’t for COPA, we wouldn’t have saved our house,” Melendez says via Munoz, serving as her interpreter.

Munoz says that, working together, they were able to cut Melendez’s loan payments by more than 50 percent. He says many state and federal resources exist that most troubled homeowners wouldn’t know how to navigate on their own.

COPA’s campaign aims to mobilize 30,000 voters with detailed plans for how local candidates should address issues in housing, community health, safety, economic opportunity, immigration and education. COPA will meet with candidates in April.

Showalter says he’d like to see Santa Cruz County create a system that not only guarantees mediation before all foreclosures but also makes sure mediators get paid.

Munoz says the bank and homeowner could share the cost of each mediator—with banks covering 85 percent of the cost and the other 15 percent coming from either the homeowner or from grants.

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the likes of Monsanto (patented seeds) and Exxon-Mobil (global warming, etc.), Thrive makes the familiar, and justifiable, case that huge corporations have too much power, are largely corrupt and pose a threat to society.

But then, once again, the filmmakers jump the tracks of rationality. This is where the film should go political, and instead it plays the conspiracy card.

And not just any conspiracy, but the granddaddy of them all: that a handful of families control the world and plan to enslave humanity.

In his soft voice, the white-haired, blue-eyed Foster Gamble says, sadly: “As difficult as it was for me, I have come to an inescapable and profoundly disturbing conclusion. I believe that an elite group of people and the corporations they run have gained control over not just our energy, food supply, education and healthcare, but over virtually every aspect of our lives.

“When I followed the money, I found it going up the levels of a pyramid.” (As the torus symbol dominates Thrive’s first section, the pyramid dominates the second.) And at the top of this alleged pyramid of evil: the Rothschilds.

Not everyone watching this film will know that this argument has been around, and been discredited, for decades. Apparently the desire to find someone to blame for all the world’s problems spans generations. And the Rothschilds make a pretty good target.

Are the Rothschilds very, very rich?

Undoubtedly. Are the members of this family doing the work of Mother Teresa or the Dalai Lama? Mostly not.

Are they all-powerful puppet-masters who secretly rule the world? Are they descended from a race of snake-people?

Do they eat children? Um … no, no and no.

Are they Jewish? Well, yes. And it must be said: The argument made in Thrive precisely mirrors an argument that Joseph Goebbels made in his infamous Nazi propaganda film The Eternal Jew: that a handful of banking families, many of them Jewish, are running the world and seek global domination.

Foster Gamble inoculates himself against charges of anti-Semitism, stating flatly: “This is not a Jewish agenda. Let me be clear.” But while he scrubs out the openly anti-Semitic aspects of the

disgraceful idea, the rest of it haunts the film.

And, once again it must be said, when describing symbolism used by his imagined Dark Lords of the Universe, Gamble does not hesitate to note that the Sign appears on the building that houses the Israeli Supreme Court, “which is funded entirely by the Rothschilds.”

To prove his economic theory, Gamble invites G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jeckyll Island, which recounts the creation of the Federal Reserve Bank, a historical moment which Griffin claims was orchestrated by the “global elite who want to control the world and create a New World Order.”

One of several veteran conspiracymongers who appear onscreen in Part Two of Thrive, Griffin is a longtime leading member of the ultra-right-wing John Birch Society, a fact not mentioned in the film. For those who may have forgotten: The John Birchers practically invented the modern conspiracy theory.

Founded in 1958 to carry on the work of the anti-Communist crusader Sen. Joe McCarthy, the Society went on to battle the Communist conspiracy we now known as the Civil Rights movement, and its leader, whom many of them referred to as “Martin Lucifer King.”

Then the Birchers focused their energies on revealing the existence of a Satanic (literally) group they called The Illuminati—a cadre of powerful families that secretly rule the world. (Never heard of the Illuminati, or think it’s just a cool sci-fi trilogy beloved by stoners in the ’70s? Ah-ha!)

Enter the Reptilians!

While Griffin may be the most farright pundit to appear in Thrive, he is not the most far-out. That would be David Icke, although it would be impossible to know that from the interviews that appear in Thrive.

Icke’s role in the film is to explain the economic theory behind a common banking practice known as fractional reserve lending. He does this in less than two minutes, with the

help of South Park-style animations, as though explaining the theory of relativity to an attention-challenged second-grader. And, of course, he makes the practice appear sinister.

For a more sympathetic portrayal of the practice, see George Bailey’s bank-run speech in It’s a Wonderful Life: “You’re thinking of this place all wrong, as if I had the money back in a safe.

The money’s not here. Your money’s in Joe’s house, that’s right next to yours.

And in the Kennedy house, and Mrs. Makelin’s house, and a hundred others.

You’re lending them the money to build, and then they’re going to pay it back to you as best they can...” That’s fractional reserve lending.

Point of fact: Without fractional reserve lending, almost nobody reading these words would ever be able to own a house. You would need to raise not only a down payment, but the entire value of a home in order to purchase it. (Or be born with a fortune, as was Foster Gamble, whose grandfather founded Procter and Gamble.)

At any rate, Icke’s brief explication carries the day for Gamble, who concludes that with this banking ploy, “we inevitably become debt-slaves to a ruling financial elite.”

Icke then goes on to explain, in a minute or two, how banks caused the current recession purposely, in a plot to get their hands on all of the nation’s real property—a devious plot that has been “going on for centuries.”

According to the film’s website, thrivemovement.com, this is David Icke’s area of expertise: “Icke reveals that a common formula—‘problemreaction-solution’—is used by the elite to manipulate the masses and pursue alternative agendas.”

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With the Santa Cruz County plastic bag ban, Save Our Shores notches another victory in the fight against petroleum in the seas

BY TRACI HUKILL

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impossible to sit in a room with Save Our Shoresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tiny staff and stay morose about the future of the planet. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve become expert at pulling kung fu moves against ocean pollution, using the pressure points of local laws to change widespread and damaging human behaviors. Just five people strong, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve managed to get Styrofoam banned in all but one coastal city between Santa Cruz and Carmel, installed 24 cigarette butt dispensers around the bay and mobilized 10,000 volunteers a year for weekly beach cleanups from Big Sur to Half Moon Bay. This week another Save Our Shores effort comes to fruition. On Tuesday, March 20,

Santa Cruz County will become the first jurisdiction on Monterey Bay and the 13th in California to outlaw single-use plastic bags. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re super-stoked about this,â&#x20AC;? says Laura Kasa, the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive director, seated at a table with three of her four staffers on a warm Friday afternoon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been two and a half years in the making.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yay!â&#x20AC;? blurts out program director Emily Glanville. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll form a domino effect,â&#x20AC;? adds advocacy coordinator Lauren Dockendorf. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Monterey just passed a ban in November or December that will go into effect in June.â&#x20AC;? ¨

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Starting Tuesday, grocery stores, retailers and corner markets in Aptos, Live Oak, San Lorenzo Valley and other unincorporated parts of the county will hand over goods in paper sacks, charging customers who forgot their reusable bags a dime apiece (the fee climbs to 25 cents next year).

The agreed-upon plan, says Kasa, is for each of the cities in Santa Cruz Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley and Watsonvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to follow suit and implement their own singleuse bag bans in coming months.

The city of Santa Cruz public works commission meets March 19 to make its recommendation to the Santa Cruz City Council, which is expected to take up the issue March 27.

The ban has local momentum. In the city of Santa Cruz some 7,000 residents and 25 percent of UCâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Santa Cruz students have signed a proban petition. Glanville notes that SOSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s message resonates with people. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you say to people, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why would you choose to use something thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basically going to be on this earth forever if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re only going to use it for a few minutes?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; That simple tagline usually makes people reflect on what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing.â&#x20AC;?

Kasa says the stores are behind the ban too. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grocery stores are thrilled about this,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Safewayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;No problem!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; They keep the 10 cents [from the paper bags].â&#x20AC;? Though, she adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll spend it donating to beach cleanups.â&#x20AC;?

Still, no one at SOS expects the process to be easy for any of the cities.

Unlike the ordinances outlawing Styrofoam, which met with little more in the way of opposition than grumbling restaurateurs unhappy about costlier takeout containers, many jurisdictions proposing bag bans have been sued or threatened with a lawsuit by the Save the Plastic Bags Coalition. That includes Santa Cruz County, which in January dropped a provision that would have included restaurant to-go bags in its banâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;thus making it the toughest ban in the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in order to fend off a lawsuit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People were thinking, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Why is the county backing down?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Kasa says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I agreed at first: We want the restaurants! Those bags are just as bad. But the plaintiff could have dragged this out for years in any

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direction he wanted. So we decided the best thing was to take them out.â&#x20AC;?

Save the Plastic Bags Coalitionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attorney, Stephen Joseph, has already contacted the city of Capitola; in late February a spooked council responded by postponing its bag law, citing concerns about litigation.

(Interestingly, Capitolaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Styrofoam ban now extends to retailersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t buy a polystyrene cooler or cups in town anymoreâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and is the strictest in the nation.)

At this critical juncture, thoughâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; with the campaign to eliminate plastic bags around Monterey Bay just kicking offâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Kasa says Save Our Shores finds itself scrambling for funding. The state cut all of its grant money, about $100,000, to the nonprofit this year, meaning the group is now looking to local individuals and businesses to keep up the advocacy and beach cleanup efforts. The California Challenge fundraising initiative has raised $10,000 so far according to the SOS website.

Volunteer coordinator Andrew Hoeksema says the victories create their own momentum among volunteers and supporters. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People see advocacy is effective,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Instead of sending a virtually anonymous letter to Sacramento, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very effective and very local, and if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done that advocacy with Save

Our Shores itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now obvious that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the winning team. And this is just one aspect. Can you use less plastic in the produce department?

Can youâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;? he catches himself and gestures toward the three slim aluminum bottles in front of his coworkers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Look at the water bottles on this table.â&#x20AC;?

Everyone laughs at the mention of water bottles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna be next,â&#x20AC;?

Kasa says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hysterical. We are not even done with this and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m talking to county staff: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Well, should we go for it?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re talking about banning the sale of plastic water bottles in the county.â&#x20AC;?

I ask if it would be the first law of its kind. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yeah!â&#x20AC;? says Kasa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now in Santa Cruz at city-sanctioned events you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t use water bottles, but this would go much further. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just feel like itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the next right thing to do.â&#x20AC;?

On Tuesday, March 20, Save Our Shores will hand out hundreds of free reusable bags at the Safeway on 41st Avenue (noonâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;2pm) and at the Safeways in Aptos and Felton (4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6pm).

Deluxe Foods in Aptos will give away 200 reusable grocery bags that day. The Safeway stores in Aptos, Soquel and Felton will each give away 100 bags/day for one week starting March 20.

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IT’S A sunny but brisk day and I’m sitting at Blue Ball Park with local musician Dayan Kai. He’s there with his family, and every now and then one of his kids runs over to pounce on him or give him a toy to hold. We’re talking about music and the fact that some people are just born musically gifted. “In the Indian tradition,” he says, his long blond hair blowing about in the winter breeze, “they say that you cannot learn to play tabla in one lifetime.”

A natural musician, Kai is one of those people who can pick up just about anything and figure out how to play it. An accomplished singer, songwriter and composer, he plays all four families of instruments (“keys, strings, winds and skins” is his description of choice), has perfect pitch, teaches music, produces other musicians and builds and repairs instruments.

Oh yeah—and he’s blind.

Born without sight, Kai, who has lived in Santa Cruz off and on for the last 20 years, knew from a young age that music would be a big part of his life. “There are stories in my family about my parents hearing songs and going, ‘That record’s over, what’s going on?’ and coming in and seeing

LOCAL BOY PLAYS GOOD Multi-instrumentalist Dayan Kai hits the Kuumbwa stage this Saturday with a band. little me, up on the piano bench, banging out what I heard,” he says.

“Initially I think it was kind of freaky for them, but they were smart. They said, ‘Let’s get this kid lessons right away.’”

His parents did get him lessons.

They also built him a music room furnished with two pianos, a drum set and guitars. “They were really supportive,” he says, adding with a smile, “I think it got a little harder when I started playing punk rock.”

These days, Kai’s musical range spans just about every genre. He plays jazz, classical, folk, world, blues, bluegrass, rock and whatever else comes his way. But he doesn’t like pigeonholing his music and says genres serve the industry, not the artists.

“I reject the whole notion of genres,” he says. “They don’t really serve the audiences or the musicians.

I’ve been put into genres and it has hurt my career at times,” he continues. “People labeled me ‘folk’ and then the jazz guys didn’t like me;

I played bluegrass for a while and the jazz guys really didn’t like that; then I played jazz and the bluegrass guys are like, ‘Oh, you’re too sophisticated.’

I love old-time fiddle and I love Debussy.”

Kai has had friends ask him if being blind has helped his musical development. “I would say the benefit in my case is that there isn’t that temptation or that distraction to look at my neck or my keys,” he says.

“I never had the option of looking at my instrument, so I’m sure I learned a more intimate relationship more quickly because of that.” But he points out that being a blind musician has its drawbacks.

“There are time that I wish I could look,” he says. “I’ve got friends who, if they want to learn how to play Django Reinhardt music, they go get Django Reinhardt videos. I would love to have that available to me. Another huge disadvantage,” he continues, “is that I love jazz and I love big band music, and I can’t play in the big bands in any other capacity

than a featured soloist because I can’t sight-read. I certainly have the skill and the theoretical understanding, but I can’t physically sight-read.”

For his upcoming concert at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Kai has brought together some of his favorite musicians including Steve Uccello, Jimmy Norris, Art Alm, Sharon Allen, Mike McKinley and his wife, dancer Angell Estrada. His goal is to share “some good music, good thoughts and love.” It’s a sentiment that ripples throughout his music and his life.

“I’ve always been called to play music and to share it with people,” he says. “I really don’t have any choice in the matter. I don’t take any credit for it. I did work hard, but the natural ability—I just feel like it was a gift.”

Dayan Kai and Band Saturday, 7:30pm Kuumbwa $18 gen/$30 gold

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The sporting event formerly known as the Kayak Surf Festival returns to the Lane

BY GARRETT MCAULIFFE

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Journey True North www.journeytruenorth.com

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In these current times the culture and social climate is loaded with material expectations and misleading guidance which can waylay our purpose JOURNEY TRUE NORTH provides practical tools to recalibrate the internal compass and support the continued journey towards a personal north star and golden purpose.

THE LINEUP of surfers anxiously awaiting a clean drop at Steamer Lane this weekend will have to wait a little longer. Here come three days of competitive surfing with a twist—the best paddle-powered wave riders the world over are set to take the beach by storm.

After whipping wind and hail cut short the quarter-century-old competition last year, the Santa Cruz PaddleFest is back.

“This is the largest and longestrunning event of its kind, with some of the best waves in the world,” says Dennis Judson, who has organized and competed in the contest every year since he first launched it in 1987. “I wouldn’t do this if I couldn’t play too,” says the 67-year-old owner of Adventure Sports Unlimited.

Formerly known as the Kayak Surf Festival, the competition has grown to include waveskis and stand-up paddle (SUP) boards.

Saturday at 9am will see another recent addition called the Surf & Sand Duel-Athlon, a f latwater race of stand-up paddlers at Cowell’s Beach followed by a beach run. All surfing events, including Sunday’s finals, will take place at Steamer Lane. The clifftop park along West Cliff Drive overlooking the point is the best spot for front-row viewing and promises to be packed with spectators, judges, food booths and music.

The history of surf kayaking is

READY OAR NOT Santa Cruz PaddleFest is coming to a wave near you Mar. 16–18.

shrouded in mist. Some attribute its origins to Santa Cruz, as early as the 1950s. Others say it began in the British Isles in the early ’60s, where the sport quickly caught on—a boon in such cold-water climates, as the craft allows a kayaker to stay slightly less steeped in icy surf.

As far as Judson is concerned, “We kind of invented this thing.”

He attributes the variations of paddle surfing around the world to convergent evolution. “Wherever we’ve gone, we find people that are doing this,” he says. “In Brazil, they were already surfing on boats when we showed up. There’s been a lot of sharing of ideas and designs for decades.”

The sport has gradually gained more of the world’s attention in the last quarter of a century, thanks in large part to this weekend’s competition. The local festival certainly played a defining role in the world competitions that have

followed. Six years after Judson’s Kayak Surf Festival began, he helped launch the first World Championship event, which was held in Santa Cruz as well.

Dave Johnston, a current world champion surf kayaker and local who has been competing in the Kayak Surf Festival here since it started, can’t wait for the weekend to begin. “Here at the Lane, the takeoff is very concentrated. This competition gives us the chance to ride one of the best breaks in the world,” he says. “I’m just hoping for some good waves, and to see some clean spins, cartwheels, whatever new tricks the best paddlers in the world will bring.”

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FAMILY TIES Julie James and Mike Ryan are estranged

siblings reunited in ‘Hello and Goodbye.’

You Say Goodbye Actors shine in Jewel Theatre Co. production

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JOHNNY’S face and head are drenched with sweat as the frantic middle-aged character pleas with his older sister to stay out of their father’s bedroom. There, Johnny fears she might uncover one of the family’s last remaining secrets—that their father isn’t even there.

In Jewel Theatre Company’s gripping production of Athol Fugard’s Hello and Goodbye, the socially awkward Johnny (Shakespeare Santa Cruz regular Mike Ryan) is seeing his sister for the first time in 15 years. He’s slow to let his guard down. His sister Hester (Julie James) has returned to the family home to sort through her half of the family’s inheritance after hearing her father is in failing health. As the two pick through boxes of clothes and photographs, piecing together their tumultuous childhoods, Johnny tries to hide a last painful truth even as Hester searches frantically for some cash. She sits on the kitchen floor searching for the money and finding everything else instead, like old shoes or their late mother’s dress.

With only two actors and no scene changes, the 1965 South African play may sound as simple as butter and toast, but that wouldn’t do it any justice.

From the breakfast nook—where the play opens with Johnny nervously tapping a spoon against a glass jar—the play travels to new and interesting

places without ever leaving the kitchen.

Thanks to outstanding performances by both Ryan and James, the two siblings evolve, undergoing major but believable transformations.

The two siblings are not just reminiscing and arguing about the past. They are trying to decide whether to trust each other. Searching for her identity in the first act, Hester asks her brother if he thinks she aged well.

“What do I really look like now?” she asks Johnny. “I can’t see myself. Mirrors don’t work. I can’t watch.” At the dawn of the second act, Johnny’s nervousness temporarily disappears, and for brief moments he appears confident and sure of himself.

Hello and Goodbye chronicles a brief window of time shared between onceclose siblings who barely recognize each other anymore. As Hester empties one secret-filled cardboard box after another, and reclusive Johnny keeps bringing more out, they find that often a family’s deepest secrets aren’t in hidden boxes at all. Sometimes they’re buried within the family itself.

HELLO AND GOODBYE Through Mar. 18 at Center Stage Tickets $28 at 831.425.7506 or www.jeweltheatre.net

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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.

Stage DANCE Dance Around the World A dance performance with and for children directed

by Tandy Beal. Sat, Mar 17, 1pm. $5-$8. Porter College Theater, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.335.1187.

THEATER Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS The SCPA hosts a production of the classic musical with a cast of 6 to 16-year-olds Fri, 7pm, Sat, Mar 17, 2pm and Sun, Mar 18, 3:30pm. Thru Mar 23. $10-$12. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.345.5224.

Crime Comes To College A murder/mystery musical that encourages audience participation. Sun, 5:30pm. Thru Mar 25. $50.

Peachwood’s Grill and Bar, 555 Hwy 17, Santa Cruz, 831.426.6333.

Crimes of the Heart A play about the dysfunctional yet hilarious Macgrath sisters who

reunite after one of them has just shot her husband. Part of Mountain Community Theater’s 30th season. Fri, Mar 16, 8pm and Sat, Mar 17, 8pm. $15-$18. Park Hall, 9400 Mill Street, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.

perform instrumental arrangements of popular opera melodies. Sat, Mar 17, 8pm and Sun, Mar 18, 3pm. $10-$25.

Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.425.3149.

Hello and Goodbye

Ginny Mitchell Birthday Celebration

The Jewel Theatre Company continues its current season with Athol Fugard’s evocative play about family, hope and redemption. Thu-Sat, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru Mar 18. $23-$28. Center Stage, 1001 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7506.

Local recording artist Ginny Mitchell hosts a night of performances from Bill Laymon, Steve Palazzo, Sherry Austin and many more. Fri, Mar 16, 7pm. $10-$15. Digital Media Factory, 2809 Mission St Extension, Santa Cruz, 831.427.1785.

Open Mic

Kirsten Opstad

Musicians, poets, magicians and other artists of all ages are encouraged to perform in front of a live audience.

Refreshments will be served. Wed, Mar 14, 7pm. Free. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Santa Cruz County, 6401 Freedom Blvd, Aptos, 831.689.0670.

Indie pop/folk musician and improviser performs a free concert at Streetlight Records. Wed, Mar 14, 4pm. Free. Streetlight Records Santa Cruz, 939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.421.9200.

CONCERTS Chamber Music Inspired

by Opera The Santa Cruz Chamber Players

Love & Light Concert Musical Arts of Santa Cruz and the Santa Cruz Chorale perform works

by Samuel Barber, Jeffrey Vans, Eric Whitacre and Morten Lauridsen. Sun, Mar 18, 4pm. $5-$23. Holy Cross Church, 126 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.8023.

Art 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 17. GLOW: A Festival of Fire and Light.

MAH hosts a festival that features glow-in-the-dark dances, flaming fire art sculptures, LED light shows and more. Fri, Mar 16. $3-$5.

Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artists’ voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. Third Sat of every month, 11:30am12:30pm. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

GALLERIES OPENING Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center Spring Into Art. The Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center hosts its 15th Annual Youth Art show showcasing the works of young artists under the age of 21. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. Thru Mar 31.

831.336.3513. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

CONTINUING Felix Kulpa Gallery One’s Own Voice exhibit explores discovering one’s own personal imagery, featuring the works of Sharon Bosley, Susan Moore, Sylvia Gerbl, Kathleen Pouls, Coeleen Kiebert, and more.

Thu-Sun, noon-5pm. Thru Apr 29. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

WEDNESDAY 3/14

FUKUSHIMA NEVER AGAIN After last year’s tsunami triggered a meltdown at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant, filmmakers Kazmi Torii and Steve Zeltzer journeyed to Japan to interview plant workers, labor organizers and community members about the dangers of nuclear power. Film screens tonight, Wednesday, March 14, 7pm at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. $5–15; no one turned away. assemblage and construction. On display at all locations. Thru Apr 20.

720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

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

9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4273.

Sesnon Gallery Katerina Lanfranco: Natural Selection. A site-specific installation by Katerina Lanfranco. Thru Mar 16.

UCSC, Porter College, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2273.

Santa Cruz Art League

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Art Bites Back. A short exhibit that showcases 12 Santa Cruz artists as they speak out on environmental, political, and social issues.

Wed-Fri-Sat, noon-5pm and Sun, noon-4pm. Thru Mar 18. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, Sun noon-4pm. 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.

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POETRY WITH EHRET & IFLAND And it ain’t limericks. Terry Ehret, a founder of Sixteen Rivers Press and Sonoma County Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006, reads from her latest, Night Sky Journey. Santa Cruz poet and short story writer Alta Ifland, a Northern California Book Award finalist, reads from her enchantingly illustrated collection of quirky, folk tale–inspired prose poems, The Snail’s Song. Saturday, Mar. 17 at 7pm at Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St., Santa Cruz. Free.

A Prison Art Exhibit. Works feature themes of survival, culture and spirituality. Thru May 17. 1817 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.457.8208.

Santa Cruz County Bank REPEAT!. A playful exploration of repetition by six artists utilizing mixed media, photography,

Events AROUND TOWN Freedom Rotary Fundraiser Freedom Rotary hosts their 28th Annual Casino Night with a full buffet, live music and prizes to win. Purchase your tickets at www.freedomrotaryclub. org Sat, Mar 17, 6:3010:30pm. $40-$50. Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Hwy 152/East Lake Ave, Watsonville.

International Women’s Day

Santa Cruz Derby Girls’ Home Bout

A celebration of young women with a discussion panel, all you can eat soup kitchen, silent auction and live music by the Raging Grannies. Sat, Mar 17, noon-3pm. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7618.

The Boardwalk Bombshells will face off against the Richmond Wrecking Belles for their first home bout. Tickets can be purchased at https:// www.santacruztickets. com/ Sat, Mar 17, 6:30pm. $10-$23. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5260.

LGBT Business and Professional Mixer The Diversity Center hosts its monthly mixer for LGBT business owners and professionals to mingle and network. Thu, Mar 15, 5:30-7:30pm. The Diversity Center hosts its monthly mixer for LGBT business owners and professionals to mingle and network.

Thu, Mar 15, 5:30-7:30pm.

Stewart’s Floral, 1658 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Art Goes On The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County’s annual Primavera fundraiser to support arts and arts education in the county features dinner, auction and live music from the White Album Ensemble and Barry Phillips and his Chamber Rockestra. Sun, Mar 18, 4-9pm. $125-$150.

Chaminade, 1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz, 831.475.9600, ext. 10.

Symphony League Fundraiser Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a night of dinner, dancing, auctions and entertainment. Sat, Mar 17, 5pm. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.454.0813.

Winter Wildflower Walk Docent Scott Peden leads a walk through Big Basin to identify the various plants that bloom this time of the year. Sat, Mar 17, 10am and Sun, Mar 18, 10am. Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Hwy 236, Boulder Creek, 831.427.2288.

HOLIDAYS Irish Cheese & Wine Tasting Join Skov Winery as they present fine wine and an assortment of spring cheeses from the British Isles. Sat, Mar

17, 12-4:30pm. $10-$15.

Skov Winery, 2364 Bean Creek Rd, Scotts Valley, 831.438.4374.

FILM Fukushima Never Again A screening of the documentary about the Fukushima disaster with footage of interviews, meetings and demonstrations across Japan. A discussion with the filmmakers will follow the screening. Wed, Mar 14, 7pm. $5-$15. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, 831.423.1626.

Miss Representation A documentary that explores the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence in America. Wed, Mar 21, 68pm. Free. Good Shepherd Catholic School, 2727 Mattison Lane, Santa Cruz, 831.476.4000.

Stealing America: Vote

by Vote A feature-length documentary that delves into controversies regarding votes in various presidential elections.

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

LITERARY EVENTS

Friday Shakespeare Club

Meet The Author: Claudia Sternbach Columnist and author Claudia Sternbach presents her memoir, Reading Lips: A Memoir of Kisses. Wed, Mar 14, 10:30-11:30am.

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

Poet/Speak Open Reading Joyce Keller hosts an open mic event with featured reader Darrell Darling.

Signups begin at 2pm.

5 minute limit. Sun, Mar 18, 2pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.464.8983.

Poetry Reading Readings by published authors Terry Ehret and Alta Ifland. Sat, Mar 17, 7pm. Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

LECTURES Eat Yourself Healthy Licensed nutritionist and fitness trainer Rebecca Rovay-Hazelton hosts a presentation on the latest nutrition science and how to live healthy. Wed, Mar 21, noon-1pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7717.

Free Spanish Class Instructor Stella Norfleet gives a free 2.5 hour Spanish lesson for singles and couples. Sat, Mar 17, 10am-12:30pm. Free.

Satellite Telework Centers, 6265 Hwy 9, Felton, 831.431.3311.

From Fukushima to Diablo Canyon Liz Apfelberg and Linda Seeley from Mothers for Peace give a history and an update of the continuing opposition to the nuclear power station in Diablo Canyon.

Tue, Mar 20, 7-9pm. Free.

Quaker Meetinghouse, Rooney Street, Santa Cruz, 831.216.8153.

Geographic Information Systems for Documentary and Analytic Archaeology Dr. William Clay Poe presents a talk about GPSbased mapping projects on several sites in South and Central America. Thu, Mar 15, 7:30-9pm. Cabrillo College Sesnon House,

Wellness Lecture: Prenatal Health Nutritionist and author Rebecca Royay-Hazelton and naturopathic doctor Holly German discuss how lifestyle, dietary and fitness affect pregnancy.

Preregistration required.

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

Free. New Leaf Market Downtown, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, 831.466.9060 ext 126.

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Founded in 1903, FSC is Santa Cruz’s oldest social club for women.

Visitors and new members welcome. Third Fri of every month, 10:30am-12:30pm.

Free. 831.421.0930.

Club member Jackie Foster hosts a class on how to create a beaded ornament.

Open to the public.

Wed, Mar 14, 7pm. Free.

Dominican Hospital Rehab Center, 610 Frederick St, Santa Cruz.

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Author Shirley Manis shares the story of her father who accidentally discovered mastodon remains. Thu, Mar 15, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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NOTICES Call for Young Artists Anyone under the age of 21 can submit up to three pieces of art to be considered for Youth Art Show. Deadline for submissions is 5pm on March 18. Submission form available at http://www. mountainartcenter.org/ Sun, Mar 18, 5pm. Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.3513.

Celebration of Life for Choreographer Leslie Swaha A celebration of the Santa Cruz-based choreographer known for her work with Moving and Storage/Crash, Burn, and Die Dance Company. Sun, Mar 18, 2pm. Free. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz, 831.423.8209.

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

Free Homework Assistance Available at Santa Cruz Public Libraries. Mon 3:30-5:30 Garfield Park, 705 Woodrow Ave., Tue, 2-4pm at Boulder Creek, 13390 West Park Ave., Tue 3-5pm at Live Oak, 23080 Portola Dr., Tue 3:305:30pm at Branciforte, 230 Gault St. Mon and Tue. 831.477.7700x7665.

Free Spay or Neuter for Feral Cats Courtesy of Project Purr.

Thru Mar 31. 831.423.6369.

Mobile Blood Drives American Red Cross hosts several mobile blood drives throughout Santa Cruz County. To schedule an appointment, go to redcrossblood.org Wed, Mar 14, 12:30-5:30pm.

Resurrection Catholic Church, 7600 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 1.800.733.2767.

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FRIDAY 3/16

GINNY MITCHELL’S BIRTHDAY The creative force of nature that is Digital Media Factory co-founder Ginny Mitchell hosts a birthday bash with all her friends. What does that mean for you? An evening of music with Mary McCaslin, Sherry Austin, Sharon Allen, Steve Palazzo, Bill Laymon and more—plus, of course, the birthday girl herself. Friday, March 16, 7:30pm at the Digital Media Factory, 2809 Mission St., Santa Cruz. Tickets $15 Gold Circle (at www.digitalmediafactory.com) or $10 door.

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.

Red Cross Mobile Blood Drives Drives occur at several locations countywide each month; for schedule and locations call 800.733.2767.

American Red Cross hosts several mobile blood drives throughout Santa Cruz County. To schedule an appointment, go to redcrossblood.org Fri, Mar 16, 1-6pm. First Presbyterian Church, 6090 California 9, Felton, 1.800.733.2767.

Santa Cruz Mountains Arts Center Presents Heaps Of Houses Participants learn about light, shadow, color and perspective while drawing and painting unique homes from around the world.

Sat, 10am-12pm. Thru Mar 31. $90-$100. Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.3513.

Santa Cruz Mountains Arts Center Presents Working With Clay Participants learn how to work with clay by utilizing basic tools and techniques.

Sat, 12:30-2:30pm. Thru Mar 31. $90-$100. Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.3513.

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.

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.

Santa Cruz County, 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz, 831.454.0813.

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;

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,

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).

Symphony League Seeks Items for Auction The Symphony League of Santa Cruz County seeks items and services for a silent and live auction for its St. Patrick’s Day event.

Items or gift certificates can be dropped off at the Symphony office. Sat, Mar 17. Symphony League of

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Willie Nelson Pockmarked guitar, road-worn tour bus, bottomless bag of songs, sweet leafy aroma. Mar 15 at the Fox Theater.

Michael Gira Frontman for messy proto-revivalist quintet Swans tours on latest, ‘Songs for a Dog.’ Mar 15 at Great American Music Hall.

?uestlove Billed as a DJ set, but you never know what to expect with famed hip-hop drummer. Mar 16 at the Independent.

Chrisette Michele R&B singer takes classic turn with jazz standards and more. Mar 17 at the Paramount Theatre.

Skream & Benga Early-aughts UK dubstep pioneers from Croydon show new breed how it’s done. Mar 19 at Regency Ballroom.

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JIGGITY-JIG The Wild Rovers play the Catalyst Atrium on St. Patrick’s Day.

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MASON JENNINGS

LAGOS ROOTS AFROBEAT ENSEMBLE

Growing up, bassist Ben Williams wanted to rock, but, as luck would have it, he signed up for the wrong class one year and ended up in orchestra. From there the D.C. native picked up the biggest instrument he could find and never looked back. A precocious talent, Williams excelled as a student and completed a Master’s at Julliard in 2009. Now a member of jazz’s new guard, he seeks to innovate by appropriating contemporary styles.

“A lot of jazz musicians are into rap and R&B, but don’t put that into their music,” says Williams. “We keep up with the times.” Kuumbwa; $20 adv/$23 door; 7pm. (Juan Guzman)

Mason Jennings’ new album, Minnesota, is a plaintive sigh that echoes the singer-songwriter’s 15-year career. A veteran of the music industry, the Minneapolis transplant wrestles with the complexities of adulthood with its many interwoven identities and unceasing demands. Though it sounds like the end of the beginning for Jennings, the songs, as usual, are grounded by love—for his adopted town, his family and his fellow man.

That, above all else, makes him an artist worth paying attention to. Rio Theatre; $21; 8pm. (JG)

The members of this crew of Afrobeat all-stars have resumes that would make any lover of the genre salivate. Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Afrika 70, Koola Loobitos and Sonny Okosun are just some of the names that these seasoned musicians have played or recorded with. Like their musical forefathers, the members of Lagos Roots go for broke when it comes to raucous live performances, fierce political commentary and funky breakbeat action. Moe’s Alley; $9 adv/$12 door; 9pm. (JG)

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Bringing snot-nosed punk-rock energy to old-time folk, the local boys in Tater Famine are one of the more accomplished folk-punk bands to emerge from Santa Cruz in recent memory. Full of swagger, down-home authenticity and righteous rage, the band raises an impressive ruckus with their all-acoustic setup, demonstrating that you don’t necessarily need distortion to rock a crowd. Hot on the heels of its sophomore release, Now, the band plays a St. Patrick’s Day show that promises to be a rocking and reeling good time. Crepe Place; $8; 9pm. (PMD & CJ)

A modern-day master of the Celtic harp, Chris Caswell has been entrancing audiences for 40 years with his lovely, mystical music that weaves through time and traditions. In addition to being a celebrated performer, he’s also an acclaimed teacher and builder of harps who has crafted over 1,000 of them.

Joining Caswell in a celebration of the instrument are local dulcimer teacher and performer Neal Hellman, who blends contemporary and traditional styles, and award-winning singer, harpist and songwriter Verlene Schermer. Don Quixote’s; $12 adv/$15 door; 7pm. (CJ)

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Since getting their start in 2004 at the Poet and Patriot, the Wild Rovers have been a substantial source of knock-youout, pick-you-right-back-up acoustic folk and Celtic sounds, influenced by the Pogues, Flogging Molly and the Dubliners and fortified with enough spunk and zeal to keep all the kids up late. Wielding accordions and wooden spoons, bouzoukis and bodhrans, these eight musical rascals spread the green with hits from Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan and a rovin’ repertoire of original jigs. Catalyst Atrium; free; 9pm. (Jaime Nabrynski)

Helen Sung was studying to become a classical pianist when she heard a piano solo by jazzman Tommy Flanigan that nudged her onto a different path. She started studying jazz and was accepted into the inaugural class of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory. She’s since established herself as a dynamic musical force who has shared stages with numerous jazz legends, including Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. An acclaimed performer and bandleader, Sung has

LOVER NOT A FIGHTER Singer-songwriter Mason Jennings at the Rio this Friday

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been featured on NPR, performed at the White House and won prestigious awards. The takeaway? When destiny calls, it’s a good idea to listen.

Kuumbwa; $20 adv/$23 door; 7pm.

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RIVER WHYLESS Taking its name in part from E.E. Cummings’ mention of a whyless sky, and in part from the old adage about not being able to cross the same river twice, Asheville, N.C.–based four-piece River Whyless blends rock, folk and classical with a twist of Appalachia into ambient ballads, rootsy get-downs and lo-fi rockers. On its latest release, A Stone, A Leaf, An Unfound Door, the band demonstrates its musical surefootedness with tight harmonies, layered compositions and a sparseness that lays bare the marrow of the songs.

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are not in my universe, unless I allow them in,” he says. “And then, I give them power. They’re frightened, frightened entities.”

It’s telling that Icke uses the word “entities,” because Icke believes the Illuminati, the people running the world, are not people at all.

David Icke, the man championed in Thrive for his insight to economics, spends most of his intellectual energies showing that the world’s leaders, from Queen Elizabeth to Bill and Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama, are not human, but are members of “bloodlines” descended from an interplanetary cadre of evil, godlike human-snake hybrids he calls “Reptilians.”

In a video on his site titled “Demonic Possessed Reptilian Rulers,” Icke explains how these creatures do their black magic. Over images of George Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama moving in super-spooky slo-mo, Icke says: “What [the Reptilians] are doing in effect, through the secret societies they’ve set up, is manipulating these bodies into power. But in doing so, they put themselves into power, because they’re controlling the mental and emotional processes of these vehicles.”

To put it another way: He isn’t one of those right-wing “Birthers” who believe Obama’s an alien. He believes Obama’s an alien.

In another video, “The Arrival of the Reptilian Empire,” Icke explains that “outside of visible light, [the Reptilians] feed off human energy, off human emotions.” And in the three-dimensional world, they feed off people. Literally. The video features an interview with a cohort named Alex Collier, who, in high dudgeon, says: “There were 31,712 children disappeared in the last 25 years in the United States. These children were food.”

Progressives Betrayed In the final section of Thrive, the tone of the movie shifts dramatically, once again returning to the lush landscapes and beautiful music of Part One. This section, called

“Creating the Solutions,” lays out a list of strategies for creating a better world. And again, the film is salted with appearances by progressive leaders: the Indian environmental activist Vandana Shiva, pop spiritualist Deepak Chopra, health food guru John Robbins, independent journalist Amy Goodman, biologist/philosopher Elisabet Sahtouris and Zen priest Angel Kyodo Williams, to name a few.

Most of the solutions Thrive puts forward will resonate with its target audience of spiritually inclined progressives: stay informed, shop local, eat organic, avoid GMOs, etc.

But not all. Given the troubling complexities of part two, I was only slightly surprised to find that one of the values of the future Thrive depicts is “little or no taxes.”

No taxes. Sounds good—but does that mean no public libraries? No state parks? No public transportation?

How about roads? Social Security?

Haven’t the Gambles seen what this kind of anti-tax rhetoric has gotten us? Doubled tuitions at UCSC, huge Reagan-era-style cuts in social services, decaying infrastructure. The list goes on.

Near the film’s conclusion, Gamble reveals the source of his anti-tax position, reverently introducing a man he credits with providing him with his Core Navigational Insight for the future: Ludwig von Mises.

He does not mention that von Mises is the guru of right-libertarians, so-called anarcho-capitalists and radical Republicans such as Michele Bachmann, who quipped last year that she reads von Mises on the beach.

Gamble does lay out the core of von Mises’ philosophy of “nonviolation, in which “nobody gets to violate you or” (ahem) “your property.” That philosophy translates into three rules: no involuntary taxation; no involuntary governance; and no monopoly of force.

In case anyone misses the point— that the state must wither so that man can be free—Gamble shares von Mises’ opinion that like Communism, fascism and socialism, “democracy wrongly assumes the rights of the collective, or the group, over the rights of the individual.”

But wait a minute. Wasn’t that

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Early in the film, Foster Gamble says that, at the beginning of his quasi-journalistic investigation, he decided to follow the number one rule: Follow the money. Having been a journalist for a lot of years, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a phrase Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard a lot; I know many civilians think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our number one rule. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not.

The number one rule is get both sides of the story. The number one rule is donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cherry pick facts to suit your preconceived notions.

The number one rule is be fair. The number one rule is tell the truth. The number one rule is keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. Follow the money is, like, rule number 27.

Like Foster Gamble, I believe there is a secret pattern at work in the universe. Most people do. The Buddhists call it the Dharma, some Native Americans call it the Great Mystery, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what some Christians and Jews mean when they say God, or what some Muslims mean when they say Allah. If Foster Gamble wants to come up with his own word for it, no problem.

My big problem with this film isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t its zany metaphysics or its Neanderthal politics or the fact that it seems to try and hide its political agenda. My problem is that Thrive promotes an irrational way of thinking that undermines logical political discourse. I hate to see my community being tricked into buying this nonsense.

In my humble opinion, one of the most magnificent expressions in all of creation is the human mind, and our ability to appreciate beauty and understand truth. Thrive is an affront to both. 0

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It appears that Hawken isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only person who regrets having appeared in Thrive. In a scathing review on the Huffington Post, Georgia Kelly of the Praxis Peace Center reports that she has heard from several other interviewees, none of whom had any idea they were helping to make a libertarian propaganda film.

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Paul Hawken on the screen a little while ago? How did we get from Paul Hawken to a thinly veiled antidemocracy rant and Ludwig von Mises?

Paul Hawken happens to be one of my personal heroes. A veteran of the civil rights movement, Hawken founded a couple of successful companies in the 1970s, and then went on to became the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading environmentalist/economist with the publication of The Ecology of Commerce in 1993.

In Thrive, he delivers a passionate speech drawn from ideas in his latest book, the marvelous Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look at the people who are involved with restoring the earth and stopping the damage, and reversing the depredation, and nurturing change, and reimagining what it means to he human, and you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel optimistic, then maybe you need to have your heart examined,â&#x20AC;? he says in the film. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because there is an extraordinary, gorgeous, beautiful, fierce group of people in this world who are taking this on.â&#x20AC;?

Now, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m talking about!

Enough of this conspiracy hogwashâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s do some positive-minded politics!

Paul Hawken is an unabashed capitalist, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about as far away from Ludwig von Mises as one can get without turning red. Furthermore, Hawken was among the many sane people who championed the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in 2009, which Foster Gamble claims was an Illuminati/ New World Order effort to create a global currency and destroy Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sovereignty.

Soâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Paul Hawken doing in this movie? I emailed him to find out.

He replied he was just surprised as I was to find out heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in the film. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I did that interview many years prior under false pretenses,â&#x20AC;? Hawken replied. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had no idea I was being interviewed for such a movie. Having said that, I have only seen the trailer [and] donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really want to see the film, having read about it. I do not agree with the science or the philosophy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do feel used, no question, as do

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Film Capsules FILM CAPS 21 JUMP STREET (R; 110 min.)

Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill star in this comedic reboot of the classic ’80s TV show.

When police discover a drug ring at a local high school, only underachieving cops Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) are young enough to pass as students and help take it down. (Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley) (JG) BEING FLYNN (R; 86 min) Robert De Niro portrays

Jonathan Flynn, con man and self-styled poet. When Flynn is in danger of losing his job and his apartment he reaches out to his estranged son Nick (Paul Dano) only to disappear again quickly. When Nick reencounters his father residing in a homeless shelter, he must decide whether to he wants to rebuild the relationship despite the chaos and uncertainty in his own life. (Opens Fri at the Nickelodeon) (JG)

CASA DE MI PADRE (R; 84 min.) Will Ferrell brings his over-the-top wackiness below the border in this comedy

SHOWTIMES

about a family on the brink of catastrophe. Armando Alvarez (Ferrell) has never left his father’s ranch, now on the edge of bankruptcy. When Armando’s successful younger brother Raul (Diego Luna) arrives, it seems like the ranch is on its way to better times. But when Raul’s dealings are found to be illegitimate, the family finds itself embroiled in a drug war.

(Opens Fri at Green Valley) (JG)

JEFF WHO LIVES AT HOME (R; 83 min.) Slacker Jeff (Jason Segal) is sent to run a small errand by his mother (Susan Sarandon) when he becomes

convinced the universe is sending him messages. When he runs into his brother Pat (Ed Helms) they spend the day spying on Pat’s wife, who may be having an affair. (Opens Fri at Del Mar) (JG)

LABYRINTH (1986) Jim Henson takes viewers to a world “where everything seems possible and nothing is what it seems.” Left alone to babysit her baby half-brother Toby, Sarah accidentally conjures up a spell that wishes him away to the goblin-king Jareth (David Bowie). Now in order to prevent him from keeping

the baby forever, Sarah must complete his enchanted labyrinth by midnight. (Thu at Santa Cruz 9) (JG)

LA PHIL LIVE: GUSTAVO DUDAMEL AND HERBIE HANCOCK CELEBRATE GERSHWIN (G; 135 min.)

Recorded live at the LA Philharmonic’s opening season concert, Herbie Hancock plays some of composer George Gershwin’s best-loved works.

Also included is Hancock’s discussion on Gershwin and improvisation. Playing for one day only this Sunday. (Sun at Santa Cruz 9) (JG)

Showtimes are for Wednesday, March 14, through Wednesday, March 20, 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 The Artist — Wed-Thu 2:10; 4:20; 6:40; 8:50; Fri-Wed 4:30; 9:10 plus Sat-Sun noon.

The Descendants — Wed-Thu 6:50; Fri-Wed 2:10; 6:50.

Friends With Kids — Daily 2; 4:20; 6:40; 9.

W./E. — Wed-Thu 4:30; 6:50.

CINELUX 41ST AVENUE CINEMA 1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com 21 Jump Street — (Opens Fri) 11:30; 2; 4:40; 7:30; 10:10.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:20; 6:45; 9; Fri-Wed 11:15;

1:45; 4:20; 6:45; 9.

The Iron Lady — Wed-Thu 11:55; 4:45; 9:30.

John Carter — Daily 12:45; 4; 7; 10.

Wanderlust — Wed-Thu 2:15; 7:15.

Thrive — Thu 7pm.

DEL MAR 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Jeff, Who Lives at Home — (Opens Fri) 1:50; 3:40; 5:30; 7:30; 9:20 plus

Sat-Sun 11:40am.

Hugo 3D — Wed-Thu 1:45; 4:20; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed 2:20; 7 plus Sat-Sun 11:50am.

Pina 3D — Daily 2:40; 4:50; 7:10; 9:20; Fri-Wed 4:50; 9:30.

The Secret World of Arriety — Daily 2; 4; 6; 8; 10 plus Sat-Sun noon.

Thrive — Thu 7pm.

The Room — Fri-Sat midnite.

NICKELODEON Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com Being Flynn — (Opens Fri) 2:30; 4:50; 7; 9:10 plus Sat-Sun 12:20pm.

The Artist — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:50; 7; 9:10; Fri-Wed 2; 6:50.

Friends with Kids — Daily 2:10; 4:40; 7:10; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun11:50am.

A Separation — Daily 4:20; 6:50; 9:20; Fri-Wed 4:20; 9 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

We Need to Talk About Kevin — Daily 2:40; 5; 7:20; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 12:10pm.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN 155 S. River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com Project X — Daily 4:15; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 1:15pm.

Silent House — Daily 4; 7:15; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 1:30pm.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com 21 Jump Street — (Opens Fri) 2:10; 4:50; 8; 10:40 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

Act of Valor — Wed-Thu 2:15; 5; 7:45; 10:30; Fri-Wed 1:50; 4:30; 7:30; 10:20

plus Sat-Sun 11am.

Movie reviews by Juan Guzman, Traci Hukill, Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack

Chronicle — Wed-Thu 3; 5:20; 7:40; 10; Fri-Wed 2:40; 5; 7:50; 10:10 plus Sat-

Sun 12:10pm. (No Sun 12:10; 2:40) Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Wed-Thu 1:50; 4:10; 6:30; 8:50; Fri-Wed 1:40; 4;

6:45; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:20am.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D — Wed-Thu 2:50; 5:10; 7:30; 9:50; Fri-Wed 2:20;

4:40; 7:45; 10 plus Sat-Sun noon.

John Carter — Wed-Thu 1:30; 10:15; Fri-Wed 1; 10:30.

John Carter 3D — Wed-Thu 3:45; 4:45; 7; 8; Fri-Wed 2:50; 4:10; 6:30; 7:15; 9:50 plus Sat-Sun 11:40am.

A Thousand Words — Wed-Thu 2:25; 4:50; 7:15; 9:40; Fri-Wed 1:30; 3:50; 7; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.

The Vow — Wed-Thu 1:50; 4:30; 7:10; 9:50; Fri-Wed 1:25; 4:05; 6:45; 9:25.

Wanderlust — Wed-Thu 2:40; 5:15; 7:50; 10:25; Fri-Wed 2:30; 5:10; 7:55; 10:35 plus Sat-Sun 11:50am.

MET: Erani Encore — Wed 3/14 6:30pm.

Labyrinth — Thu 9pm.

CINELUX SCOTTS VALLEY STADIUM CINEMA 226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com 21 Jump Street — (Opens Fri) 11:45; 2:30; 4:30; 5:30; 7:20; 8:15; 10.

John Carter — Wed-Thu 11:30; 12:45; 2:30; 4; 7; 10; Fri-Wed 11:30; 12:45; 4; 4:45; 7; 10.

The Artist — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:10; 4:40; 7; 9:20; Fri-Wed 2:20; 7:10.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Wed-Thu 11:40; 12:20; 2; 2:45; 4:20; 5:10; 6:45;

7:30; 9; 9:45; Fri-Wed 11; 11:40; 1:20; 2; 3:40; 4:20.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:40.

The Secret World of Arriety — Daily 11:55; 2:15.

This Means War — Wed-Thu 4:55; 7:20; 9:45; Fri-Wed 11:55; 4:40; 9:30.

Wanderlust — Wed-Thu 5:30; 7:45; 10; Fri-Wed 2:30; 7:45; 10.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8 1125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com 21 Jump Street — (Opens Fri) 1:15; 3:50; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:50am.

Casa De Mi Padre — (Opens Fri) 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

Act of Valor — Daily 1:15; 3:50; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:50am.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Daily 1; 5:05; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax 3D — Daily 3; 7:15.

Gone — Wed-Thu 4pm.

John Carter — Daily 12:45; 9:45.

John Carter 3D — Daily 3:45; 6:50.

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island — Wed-Thu 1:15; 7.

Project X — Daily 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

The Secret World of Arriety — Wed-Thu 1:15pm.

Silent House — Daily 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

A Thousand Words — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:30; Fri-Wed 1:15; 3:50; 7;

9:30 plus Sat-Sun 10:50am.

The Vow — Wed-Thu 4; 9:40.

Wanderlust — Wed-Thu 7; 9:40.

REVIEWS ACT OF VALOR (R; 101 min) Active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs star in this edge-of-your-seat thriller. When a CIA operative is kidnapped, it’s up to the SEALs to lead a covert mission to rescue him, but in the process they uncover a plot that would endanger the entire world. Now it is up to them to foil their enemies before they carry out the deadly plan.

THE ARTIST (PG-13; 110 min.) The French writerdirector 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.

CHRONICLE (PG-13;) Shy, introverted teen Andrew, his cousin Matt and their popular classmate, Steve, make an unbelievable discovery when they happen upon a mysterious substance that imbues them with superpowers. As their powers grow stronger, their darker sides emerge, forcing each of them to struggle with his baser instincts.

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

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THE ROOM (2003) This lowbudget melodrama asks, “Can you ever really trust anyone?”

Banker Johnny is successful and committed to his beautiful fiancée, but a little too trusting for his own good.

When he discovers that his inamorata has been deceiving him, his world begins to fall apart. One by one the people around him reveal themselves to be caught up in the web of lies, further devastating Johnny’s life. (Fri-Sat midnite at Del Mar) (JG)

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 father-in-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 ODD COUPLE Jason Segel (left) and Ed Helms are brothers at different in trust for the rest of the stages of maturity in ‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home,’ opening Friday. family. The end result of the deal will be yet another resort but a clunky actor) evinces with her parents (Will Arnett and Tuck (Tom Hardy) rank with golf course, part of the great strength and the ability and Amy Poehler), venturing among the world’s greatest endless effort to turn Hawaii to leap tall pinnacles in a out only to borrow scraps CIA operatives. But when into Costa Mesa. Clooney is single bound, so the Tharks from her comparatively they find out they’re dating roguish and entertaining; make Carter one of their own, huge human hosts. When the same woman (Reese he gives the kind of star’s as part of a group initiation.

12-year-old Shawn sees the Witherspoon), their friendship performance that probably While a guest of the Tharks, tiny Arrietty one night, a is put to the test in what only looks easy and smooth Carter rescues a princess in friendship develops that, if becomes a high-tech battle to pull off. And he finishes peril: the humanoid Dejah discovered, could lead Arrietty for her love. with some very heavy oldThoris (Shakesperean actress and her family into danger. school acting, which puts WANDERLUST (R; 98 min) Lynn Collins). John Carter Clooney farther out on the Paul Rudd and Jennifer A SEPARATION (PG-13; 123 is diverting in a way space limb than he is in the rest of Aniston star as George and min.) In Iran, a potential operas usually aren’t. The film divorce is complicated by a the film. (RvB) Linda, an uptight, stressedbenefits from Burroughs’ idea criminal case when a pious out Manhattan couple who DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX of populating a planet with find themselves in dire straits nursemaid (Sareh Bayat) (PG; 95 min) Based on Dr. contending forces; here we when George is laid off. tending to an aged member Seuss’ classic environmental enjoy all the plot-thickener The change forces them to of the splitting-up family morality tale about a furry that Avatar decided to do experiment with alternative claims that she was made forest creature that “speaks without. (RvB) living options when they to miscarry. The significant for the trees.” While searching stumble upon Elysium, a glances and open-faced for the one thing that can win PINA (PG; 103 mins.) Wim rural commune where free lies make the title a play on Wenders’ glorious cinematic the affection of his crush, 12love is the order of the day. words—the film is actually festschrift for the German year-old Ted (voiced by Zac Now their relationship must about the split between the choreographer Pina Bausch, Efron) encounters the Lorax survive the challenge a new world of men and the world who passed away in 2009. (voiced by Danny DeVito) perspective can bring. of women. This is obviously The dancers deliver their engaged in a desperate worse in an Islamic republic memories of Bausch straight struggle to save the woods W.E. (R; 118 min) Madonna that works to keep the two as directs this film about Wally to the camera. We can see from the Once-ler, who is separate as possible. Director why they fell in love, despite determined to expand his Winthrop, a woman trapped Asghar Farhadi’s astonishing what Bausch demanded factory at the expense of the in an unhappy and abusive drama shows the problems from them. However rarefied forest. marriage who becomes of legislated morality, but he it seems in descriptions, entranced with the story of FRIENDS WITH KIDS (R; seems to have his eye on a Bausch’s art was all about Wallis Simpson, the socialite 107 min.) Adam Scott and more metaphysical, ancient hard work and ordinary pain. who led a scandalous affair Jennifer Westfeldt are statute: the hidden laws of Note the melancholy yet with King Edward VIII. This platonic friends who decide sweet line of geriatric dancers bad luck, and how that luck two-tiered romance is about to have a baby together inevitably worsens because at the rim of a strip-mined two women who find the to, you know, avoid all chasm. And one performance of the acts of desperate men courage to change their the complications. Their and women. (RvB) is staged on the edge of circumstances and find unhappily-married-withtraffic with TJ Maxx and happiness in the face of SILENT HOUSE (R; 85 min.) children pals (Kristin Wiig, Jon McDonald’s signs looming adversity.

Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Hamm, Maya Rudolf, Chris overhead. (RvB) Marcy May Marlene) is at O’Dowd) help make this seem WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT her family’s lake house when PROJECT X (R; 87 min) Todd like a good idea, but when KEVIN (R; 112 min.) Tilda she finds that her contacts the two main characters start Phillips (The Hangover, Old Swinton is a perceptive, School) produces this comedy with the outside world are dating for reals it gets a little increasingly worried mother cut off just as things in the about three high school weird. and John C. Reilly her neighborhood start to get seniors determined to leave oblivious husband in this JOHN CARTER (PG-13; 132 really creepy. their mark by throwing the adaptation of the Orange min.) John Carter is based on craziest party anyone has A Princess of Mars (1912), the ever seen. In a classic case of A THOUSAND WORDS (PG-13) Prize–winning novel by When fast-talking literary Lionel Shriver. As their son first of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ be-careful-what-you-wishagent Jack McCall (Eddie progresses from an unusually 11 blood and thunder novels for their mission turns out to Murphy) makes a slightly mischievous toddler to a about the planet we call be all too successful as the sloppy deal with a guru, a sociopathic teen, they have to Mars, known to its indigenous night spirals out of control.

Bodhi tree appears on his acknowledge that something creatures as Barsoom. The property and he abruptly THE SECRET WORLD OF is seriously off with their kid.

Tharks are warriors with learns to stop wasting words.

ARRIETTY (G; 94 min) Spunky battered tusks, not over14-year-old Borrower Arrietty THIS MEANS WAR (PG-13; impressed by strangers, even (voiced by Bridgit Mendler) the Earthman they discover 98 min) Partners and best lives in the Lilliputian confines friends FDR (Chris Pine) and capture. John Carter of her suburban garden home (Taylor Kitsch, physically fit

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MIRROR MIRROR (PG; 106 min.) This fresh and comical retelling of an old classic features Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen who steals control of a kingdom. The exiled princess, Snow White (Lily Collin), must enlist the help of seven resourceful rebel dwarves in order to save the kingdom and claim her birthright. (Opens Fri at Green Valley) (JG)

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ART LEAGUE

Art Bites Back March 7-18

Artist’s Forum / Discussion, Sunday, March 18, 2-4pm

New Classes Ongoing & Weekend Workshops www.scal.org 82nd Statewide Landscape prospectus online!

526 Broadway Santa Cruz, CA 831-426-5787

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New Leaf Cooks

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GET COOKING Are you as addicted to New Leaf as I am? Outstanding

fresh coffee, vigorous green health drinks bursting with minerals that slap your immune system into shape, custom-made sandwiches and that life-saving dinner alternative, turkey chili. All this plus a butcher section and a bracing selection of local premium wines? It’s safe to say New Leaf offers everything (except perhaps a parking lot large enough for cars powered by gasoline).

The next step for me is to try one of the cooking classes. The Westside store has a spacious, gleaming state-of-the-art demonstration kitchen just crying out for foodies and cooks to get busy. Here are a few upcoming workshops.

Out of fresh ideas for party appetizers? Looking for suggestions beyond prosciutto and figs? This might help: Chef Scott Delk of Delk Bees Honey will be on hand Thursday evening, Mar. 22, 6–8pm to whip up Sweet and Spicy Meatballs, Spinach and Basil Honey Cream Cheese Tortilla Wheels, fresh Baby Carrots sautéed with Ginger Honey, grilled Black Pepper Steak on a stick and more. Cost is $10.

And if you like to get in there in person, then consider joining chef Jennifer Brewer for a hands-on cooking class that will work through an awardwinning cookbook by Mark Reinfeld and Bo Rinald, The Reinfeld/Rinald Vegan World Fusion Cuisine Cookbook. Chef Brewer will guide participants through five courses, including Blue Corn-Crusted Tempeh with Two Dipping Sauces, Spanikopita with Spinach and Mushroom Sauce and Peanut Butter Fudge Kava Brownies with Ice Cream. The class is Friday, March 23, 6–8:30pm. The $45 cost includes a copy of the cookbook and a glass of wine to sip while you lick your fingers.

Classes take place at New Leaf Community Markets, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. Preregistration is required: www.newleaf.com or call 831.466.9060 ext 126.

THE BITTER TRUTH After a month of mixing, steeping, crushing and waiting, my homemade artisanal orange bitters is ready for consumption. I gotta say it tastes exactly like the stuff Mr. Angostura makes. Very authentic.

You can follow the entire process on my website, http://christinawaters.com.

HOT PLATES At my house, I always grill an extra natural/organic pork chop when we do dinner of pork chops, braised kale and roasted yams. The next day I chop it up into itty bitty morsels and add it to my favorite marinara sauce. It “porks up” the sauce for our spaghetti and Italian sausage Sunday night dinner. Sort of a quickie Bolognese, if you will.

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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Dinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide Our selective list of area restaurants includes those that have been favorably reviewed in print by Santa Cruz Weekly food critics and others that have been sampled but not reviewed in print. All visits by our writers are made anonymously, and all expenses are paid by Metro Santa Cruz.

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AMBROSIA INDIA BISTRO

$$ Aptos

BRITANNIA ARMS

$$$ Aptos $$ Aptos

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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

CELLAR DOOR

$ Santa Cruz

CHARLIE HONG KONG

$$ Santa Cruz

CLOUDS

$$ Santa Cruz

1116 Pacific Ave, 831. 426.7588

328 Ingalls St, 831.425.6771

1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664

110 Church St, 831.429.2000 THE CREPE PLACE

1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994

$$

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 three-course, family-style prix fixe menu that changes nightly, and an inventive small plates menu, highlighting both seasonal and organic ingredients from local farms.

California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic noodle & rice bowls, vegan menu, fish & meat options, Vietnamese style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner 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 and Bay views. Lunch and 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.

HULA’S ISLAND GRILL

Santa Cruz

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Seafood/California. Fresh catch made your way! Plus many other wonderful menu items. Great view. Full bar. Happy hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily.

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Free Will

By Rob Brezsny

For the week of March 14 ARIES (March 21–April 19): This week, you may

GEMINI (May 21–June 20): Is it possible you were a spider in a previous life? If so, please call on the abilities you developed back then. You need to create an extra big, superfine web, metaphorically speaking, so that you can capture all the raw materials you will be needing in the coming weeks and months. If you’re not sure whether you are the reincarnation of a spider, then simply imagine you were. Stimulate daydreams in which you visualize yourself as a mover and shaker who’s skilled at snagging the resources and help you require.

CANCER (June 21–July 22): British writer Kenneth Tynan asked a movie director about how he’d film an advancing army. Did it matter whether the action went from right to left across the frame or left to right? “Of course!” said the director. “To the Western eye, easy or successful movement is left to right, difficult or failed movement is right to left.” The director showed Tynan an illustrated book as evidence. On one page, a canoe shooting the rapids was going from left to right, while a man climbing a mountain was headed from right to left.

Use this information to your benefit, Cancerian. Every day for the next two weeks, visualize yourself moving from left to right as you fulfill a dream you want to accomplish.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): Hanadi Zakaria al-Hindi is the first Saudi Arabian woman to be licensed to fly a plane.

But there’s an absurd law in her country that prohibits women from driving cars, so she needs a man to give her a lift to the airport. Is there any situation in your own life that resembles hers, Leo? Like maybe you’ve advanced to a higher level without getting certified on a lower level? Or maybe you’ve got permission and power to operate in a sphere that’s meaningful to you even though you skipped a step along the way? Now would be a good time to think about whether you should do anything about the discrepancy and, if so, how to do it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): Recent scientific studies have confirmed what Native American folklore reports: Badgers and coyotes sometimes cooperate with each other as they search for food. The coyotes are better at stalking prey above ground, and the badgers take over if the hunted animal slips underground. They share the spoils. I suggest you draw inspiration from their example, Virgo. Is there a person you know who’s skilled at a task you have trouble with and who could benefit from something you’re good at? It’s prime time to consider forming symbiotic relationships or seeking out unusual partnerships that play to both parties’ strengths.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): How did the Vikings navigate their ships through rough northern seas on cloudy and foggy days? Medieval texts speak of the mysterious “sunstone,” a “Viking compass” used to detect the hidden sun. Modern theories suggest that this technology may have been Iceland spar, a mineral

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): If you set up two mirrors in just the right way, you can get a clear look at the back of your head. You’re able to see what your body looks like from behind. I suggest you try that exercise sometime soon. It will encourage your subconscious mind to help you discover what has been missing from your self-knowledge. As a result, you may be drawn to experiences that reveal things about yourself you’ve been resistant to seeing. You could be shown secrets about buried feelings and wishes that you’ve been hiding from yourself. Best of all, you may get intuitions about your soul’s code that you haven’t been ready to understand until now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): According to my Sagittarius friend Jonathan Zap, the Greek playwright Aristophanes had an ambivalent attitude about divine blessings. He said that no great gift enters the human sphere without a curse attached to it. I’m sure you know this lesson well. One of last year’s big gifts has revealed its downside in ways that may have been confusing or deflating. But now here comes an unexpected plot twist, allowing you to add a corollary to Aristophanes’ formulation. Soon you will find a second blessing that was hidden within the curse in embryonic form. You’ll be able to tease it out, ripen it, and add it to the bounty of the original gift.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): Writing in the science magazine Discover, Corey S. Powell says, “There’s an old joke: If you tell someone the universe is expanding, he’ll believe you. If you tell him there’s wet paint on the park bench, he’ll want to touch it to make sure.” In accordance with the astrological omens, Capricorn, I invite you to rebel against this theory. I think it’s quite important for you to demand as much proof for big, faraway claims as for those that are close at hand. Don’t trust anyone’s assertions just because they sound lofty or elegant. Put them to the test.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): It’s an excellent time to better appreciate your #@%(!)* vexations and botherations. In fact, let’s go ahead and make this Honor Your #@%(!)* Irritations and Annoyances Week.

To properly observe this holiday, study the people and things that irk you so you can extract from them all the blessings and teachings they may provide. Are you too tolerant of an annoying situation that you need to pay closer attention to? Is it time to reclaim the power you’ve been losing because of an exasperating energydrain? Does some jerk remind you of a quality you don’t like in yourself? Is there a valuable clue or two to be gleaned from a passive-aggressive provocateur?

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): Seahorses have an unusual approach to reproduction. It’s the male of the species that cares for the eggs as they gestate. He carries them in a “brood pouch” on his front side. Of course it’s the female who creates the eggs in the first place. After analyzing the astrological factors coming to bear on your destiny, Pisces, I suspect you will benefit from having a seahorselike quality in the coming weeks.

Whatever gender you are, your archetypal masculine qualities should play an especially strong role as you nurture a project that’s in its early developmental phases.

Homework: What was the pain that healed you most? What was the pleasure that hurt you the worst? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.

Visit REALASTROLOGY.COM for Rob’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1.877.873.4888 or 1.900.950.7700

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TAURUS (April 20–May 20): “Roots and wings. But let the wings grow roots and the roots fly.” That was written

by Spanish poet Juan Ramon Jimenez, and now I’m passing it on to you. It will serve as a keynote for the turning point you’re about to navigate. In the coming weeks, you’ll generate good fortune by exposing your dark mysterious depths to the big bright sky; you’ll be wise to bring your soaring dreams down to earth for a pit stop. The highs need the influence of the lows, Taurus; the underneath will benefit from feeling the love of what’s up above. There’s one further nuance to be aware of, too: I think you will find it extra-interesting to interweave your past with your future. Give your rich traditions a taste of the stories that are as-yet unwritten.

that polarizes light, making it useful in plotting a course under overcast skies. Do you have anything like that, Libra? A navigational aid that guides your decisions when the sun’s not out, metaphorically speaking? Now would be an excellent time to enhance your connection with whatever it is that can provide such power.

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learn the real reason the tortoise beat the hare, why two of the three blind mice weren’t really blind, and the shocking truth about the relationship between Cinderella’s fairy godmother and the handsome prince.

Myths will be mutating, Aries. Nursery rhymes will scramble and fairy tales will fracture. Thor, the god of thunder, may make a tempting offer to Snow White.

The cow’s jump over the moon could turn out to have been faked by the CIA. An ugly duckling will lay an egg that Chicken Little claims is irrefutable proof the 2012 Mayan Apocalypse is imminent. Sounds like a rowdy good time for all!

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