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EDITOR’S NOTE We’ve written about the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music many times over the years, and even examined how its tradition of presenting the U.S. and international premieres of new pieces has made it a magnet for world-class talent. But in this week’s cover story, Christina Waters takes a closer look at how the festival pulls off these premieres. Starting from Music Director and Conductor Cristi Măcelaru’s overall philosophy of programming, Waters then dives into the anatomy of a single piece that will get its West Coast premiere at this year’s festival, Impossible Things. Composer Nico Muhly explains

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Re: “Tie Game” (GT, 6/22): There are no “unknown unknowns” in my opinion, but good start to an article to get people thinking. What is known is there are two options which have support, “rail + trail” and “trail only.” Yes, there are some outside ideas, but none of these will take hold. Personal Rapid Transit, PRT, could also be built near or on the highway. Let’s not forget self-driving cars may become a reality. PRT can be put on monorail, so that could be built with “trail only.”

The other thing that is known is that the RTC and the state are in the driver seat as far as making decisions on this issue, and there is a powerful pro-rail lobby now, similar to the days of the Old West promoting High Speed Rail, HSR, and dreaming these smaller lines connecting to it. They knew they would have to campaign to attract the large “no widen” crowd and the bike enthusiasts by promising a parallel bike path. This path is a known unknown, as it can be built and is expensive, but unknown to what exactly it will look like.

So, they created fantasy artist renditions, claiming there was plenty of room and you can have an equivalent bike path as “Trail Only” for just $127 million. The Land Trust and Bike Santa Cruz were onboard, and we have

the inspiration for the piece, while tenor Nicholas Phan explains how his longtime artistic kinship with Muhly affected his decision to make his Cabrillo Festival debut with the piece.

Just understanding how these artists look at the interplay of voices and instruments reveals so much about what we hear when we’re sitting at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, hearing the results of this artistic collaboration.

I wrote about another artistic collaboration this week—the live and interactive installation Spektrum at Lille Aeske. Now that it’s ended, I took the opportunity to talk in detail about one of the most unique artistic projects I’ve experienced around here. If you didn’t get to go, take a look at what they did—it was pretty remarkable.

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a path to convince the public without them really thinking of the consequences. Perhaps HSR makes sense, but this does not.

Every local area is unique, and locals deserve to vote on it. Big Creek Lumber, Del Mar Foods and Lineage Logistics have known unknowns, and that is the estimated number of train cars vs. trucks loaded, destinations to and from, and projected cost. It appears this freight service is valuable around Watsonville, and could stay in operation with “Trail Only” built to the north. But when computing this into the better overall economy, don’t forgot the train will have to be subsidized to run, and the exorbitant amount of time and money spent in clogged traffic on the highway and major side streets.

What really blows the economic argument out of the water is that the corridor is a priceless area for the installation of underground utilities. High-pressure recycled water mains, distributing 10 MGD, cannot be placed next to train tracks. Then there is the argument of the poor families in Watsonville needing to commute to Santa Cruz. Can’t we help create more higher-paying jobs in Watsonville, and serve these people better with the widened highway and improved buses, including possible electric buses on the bike path?

Bottom line, you need to look at the whole picture, so when the signature takers walk around to simply put this on >8

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Earlier this month, the Downtown Senior Center began a new partnership with Community Bridges’ Lift Line to expand services to local seniors. Lift Line has begun providing door-to-door transportation services to the classes and activities held at the Downtown Senior Center, MondaySaturday. Classes include gentle yoga, exercise, creative writing, memoir writing, poetry, line dancing, qi gong, tai chi, Latin dance and computer classes. To be eligible, applicants must be 60 years of age or older and live in Santa Cruz County.

Six Santa Cruz poets traveled to New Mexico last weekend to compete in the 2018 Southwest Shootout Slam Poetry Championships against teams from across the southwestern states. They won first place in both the team and individual divisions. Slam poetry, a competitive spoken-word art form, gives poets three minutes to perform a piece of original work. Coached by Kevin Holmes and Jasmine Schlafke, the team of local poets includes Mycah Miller, Risa Mykland, Raggedy Andey, Fortino Vazquez-Hernandez Jr., Zoe Willats, and Jordan Wilson.

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I find them exhilarating, wonderful, and inspiring. I do love a regular bike without electrical assistance, but I’m really enjoying the uphill pump.

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I’m a cyclist and I commute a lot. I have a regular bike, but it’s very convenient because I don’t have to bring my bike downtown where it could be stolen.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of July 25 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22

Be extra polite and deferential. Cultivate an exaggerated respect for the status quo. Spend an inordinate amount of time watching dumb TV shows while eating junk food.

Make sure you’re exposed to as little natural light and fresh air as possible. JUST KIDDING! I lied! Ignore everything I just said! Here’s my real advice: Dare yourself to feel strong positive emotions. Tell secrets to animals and trees. Swim and dance and meditate naked. Remember in detail the three best experiences you’ve ever had.

Experiment with the way you kiss. Create a blessing that surprises you and everyone else. Sing new love songs.

Change something about yourself you don’t like. Ask yourself unexpected questions, then answer them with unruly truths that have medicinal effects.

The Spanish word delicadeza can have several meanings in English, including “delicacy” and “finesse.” The Portuguese word delicadeza has those meanings, as well as others, including “tenderness,” “fineness,” “suavity,” “respect,” and “urbanity.” In accordance with current astrological omens, I’m making it your word of power for the next three weeks. You’re in a phase when you will thrive by expressing an abundance of these qualities. It might be fun to temporarily give yourself the nickname Delicadeza.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 Your past is not quite what it seems. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to find out why—and make the necessary adjustments. A good way to begin would be to burrow back into your old stories and unearth the half-truths buried there. It’s possible that your younger self wasn’t sufficiently wise to understand what was really happening all those months and years ago, and as a result distorted the meaning of the events. I suspect, too, that some of your memories aren’t actually your own, but rather other people’s versions of your history.

You may not have time to write a new memoir right now, but it might be healing to spend a couple of hours drawing up a revised outline of your important turning points.

GEMINI May21–June20 One of the most famously obtuse book-length poems in the English language is Robert Browning’s Sordello, published in 1840. After studying it at length, Alfred Tennyson, who was Great Britain’s Poet Laureate from 1850 to 1892, confessed, “There were only two lines in it that I understood.” Personally, I did better than Tennyson, managing to decipher 18 lines. But I bet that if you read this dense, multi-layered text in the coming weeks, you would do better than me and Tennyson.

That’s because you’ll be at the height of your cognitive acumen. Please note: I suggest you use your extra intelligence for more practical purposes than decoding obtuse texts.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22

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Ready for your financial therapy session? For your first assignment, make a list of the valuable qualities you have to offer the world, and write a short essay about why the world should abundantly reward you for them.

Assignment #2: Visualize what it feels like when your valuable qualities are appreciated by people who matter to you. #3: Say this: “I am a rich resource that ethical, reliable allies want to enjoy.” #4: Say this: “My scruples can’t be bought for any amount of money. I may rent my soul, but I’ll never sell it outright.”

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LE0 Jul23–Aug22 As you wobble and stumble into the New World, you shouldn’t pretend you understand more than you actually do. In fact, I advise you to play up your innocence and freshness. Gleefully acknowledge you’ve got a lot to learn.

Enjoy the liberating sensation of having nothing to prove.

That’s not just the most humble way to proceed; it’ll be your smartest and most effective strategy. Even people who have been a bit skeptical of you before will be softened by your vulnerability. Opportunities will arise because of your willingness to be empty and open and raw.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Since 1358, the city of Paris has used the Latin motto Fluctuat nec mergitur, which can be translated as “She is tossed by the waves but does not sink.” I propose that we install those stirring words as your rallying cry for the next few weeks. My analysis of the astrological omens gives me confidence that even though you may encounter unruly weather, you will sail on unscathed.

What might be the metaphorical equivalent of taking seasick pills?

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Uninformed scientists scorn my oracles. Reductionist journalists say I’m just another delusional fortune teller.

Materialist cynics accuse me of pandering to people’s superstition. But I reject those naive perspectives. I define myself as a psychologically astute poet who works playfully to liberate my readers’ imaginations with inventive language, frisky stories, and unpredictable ideas.

Take a cue from me, Scorpio, especially in the next four weeks. Don’t allow others to circumscribe what you do or who you are. Claim the power to characterize yourself.

Refuse to be squeezed into any categories, niches, or images—except those that squeeze you the way you like to be squeezed.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 “I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature. My attachments are always excessively strong.”

So said Sagittarian novelist Jane Austen. I don’t have any judgment about whether her attitude was right or wrong, wise or ill-advised. How about you? Whatever your philosophical position might be, I suggest that for the next four weeks you activate your inner Jane Austen and let that part of you shine—not just in relation to whom and what you love but also with everything that rouses your passionate interest. According to my reading of the astrological omens, you’re due for some big, beautiful, radiant zeal.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 “There are truths I haven’t even told God,” confessed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector. “And not even myself.

I am a secret under the lock of seven keys.” Are you harboring any riddles or codes or revelations that fit that description, Capricorn? Are there any sparks or seeds or gems that are so deeply concealed they’re almost lost? If so, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to bring them up out of their dark hiding places. If you’re not quite ready to show them to God, you should at least unveil them to yourself. Their emergence could spawn a near-miracle or two.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 What are your goals for your top two alliances or friendships? By that I mean, what would you like to accomplish together? How do you want to influence and inspire each other? What effects do you want your relationships to have on the world? Now maybe you’ve never even considered the possibility of thinking this way. Maybe you simply want to enjoy your bonds and see how they evolve rather than harnessing them for greater goals. That’s fine. No pressure. But if you are interested in shaping your connections with a more focused sense of purpose, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to do so.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 In Janet Fitch’s novel White Oleander, a character makes a list of “twenty-seven names for tears,” including “Heartdew. Griefhoney. Sadwater. Die tränen. Eau de douleur. Los rios del corazón.” (The last three can be translated as “The Tears,” “Water of Pain,” and “The Rivers of the Heart.”) I invite you to emulate this playfully extravagant approach to the art of crying. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to celebrate and honor your sadness, as well as all of the other rich emotions that provoke tears. You’ll be wise to feel profound gratitude for your capacity to feel so deeply. For best results, go in search of experiences and insights that will unleash the full cathartic power of weeping. Act as if empathy is a superpower.

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NEWS THIRD RAIL In new lawsuit, environmental group argues the RTC is undermining its own public process

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Tiring of Silicon Valley, Buoy CEO made a career starting companies in her adopted hometown BY LAUREN HEPLER

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t was 2009 when Keri Waters decided she couldn’t do it anymore. She was pregnant with her second child, and racing down the coast to avoid a wildfire on Highway 17 and get back to her young son. She was on Highway 92 that afternoon when she decided it was time to create her own opportunity at home in Santa Cruz.

“I just thought, ‘I’m not going to do this anymore,’” says Waters, 41, who is now on her third local startup with water tech provider Buoy. “If I’m going to live here, I need to work here.”

A native of the Boston area who studied mechanical engineering at MIT, Waters first moved to Mountain View for a job at dotcom-era powerhouse Silicon Graphics. She’d been driving over the hill off and on since 2000, when she moved to Santa Cruz with her now-husband to escape the constant feeling of living “between an office park and a Safeway” in Silicon Valley.

Today, Waters’ three-year-old company Buoy is wading into conservation issues that are front and center for Santa Cruz,

and other customers in more than 20 states. The startup sells a $17.99-a-month subscription system, plus a $299 plumber installation fee, that fuses an in-home water sensor with a mobile app that allows homeowners to monitor their usage and intervene when there’s a suspected leak.

The idea, says Waters, was obvious given recent extreme water supply issues in Santa Cruz that have pushed local agencies to consider measures like water swaps, desalination and other potentially risky or costly options. >12

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Train supporters hoped the county was on track to soon see more robust freight service on its mostly dormant coastal rail line. Activists from Santa Cruz County Greenway, however, have geared up for yet another attempt to derail the whole effort, questioning the environmental evaluation process—or lack thereof, anyway.

Greenway, a local anti-rail group, filed a lawsuit against the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC]) in Santa Cruz County Superior Court on Thursday. The complaint alleges that the commission did not comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) when drafting an agreement with Progressive Rail, after previous operator Iowa Pacific announced that it wanted to pull out of its agreement last year.

The complaint alleges that impacts from increased freight service will include more noise, public health impacts from exposure to diesel particles, safety concerns at street crossings, visual impacts, and potential harm to the Watsonville Wetlands.

The RTC and local civil engineers are proceeding with plans to design and build a bike and pedestrian trail alongside the train tracks. The commission has planned to keep open the option of introducing passenger rail service on the tracks, all as part of a project typically called the “rail trail.” The first phase of the new rail agreement with Progressive focuses purely on freight service. Greenway has long argued that—due to high costs and low projected ridership of passenger service—the whole corridor would be better off with a wider trail and no rail service at all, at least north of Watsonville, where there are more freight customers. (Rail service is generally considered more popular in Watsonville, where high-profile agricultural and lumber companies ship out goods to destinations around the country.)

Greenway boardmember Manu Koenig says the decision to sign the Progressive Rail deal threw a wrench in the entire public process. The new 10-year contract, he says, will interfere with the >14

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CURRENT LOCATION <11 “At the time, it was the height of the drought,” remembers Waters, who says the irony of her aquatic last name isn’t lost on her. “I feel like water is the defining issue of our generation.”

If the ambitious goal of shoring up the water supply was clear, the path to making Buoy a reality was much murkier. The startup is currently courting investors for a Series A funding round to help grow its 14-person team based on the Westside of Santa Cruz.

It’s a big shift from Chopwood, the first company she founded in 2009, which took full advantage of Santa Cruz’s longstanding

symbiotic relationship with neighboring Silicon Valley. The company specialized in providing digital services to companies in social networking and other fields centered over the hill. Waters got her first taste of vaunted tech startup success when she sold her second Santa Cruz-based company, a business-to-business data analytics provider called Arqetype, to a customer in Europe.

By early 2015, she was seeking a new challenge.

“I’d learned a bunch from my first two startups,” Waters says.

“I wanted to really make the big swing with this one.”

Along the way, Waters credits the tight-knit Santa Cruz community—

and, in particular, her older son’s preschool class—with providing the connections she needed to get viable businesses off the ground.

In her son’s 10-student preschool class at Coastal Community Preschool, Waters met soon-to-be Santa Cruz Mayor Hilary Bryant, NextSpace Cofounder Jeremy Neuner, Stripe Design Services Founder Suna Lock, and former Netflix executive-turned-Buoy marketing director Carrie Kingsley.

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A crowded Santa Cruz City Council race shows no signs of thinning.

It’s still relatively early, but there are now 11 candidates running for three seats—two of which are open, given that Mayor David Terrazas is termed out and Councilmember Cynthia Chase has ruled out running again.

Since the last time we looked at the race, three new candidates have jumped in: attorney Phillip J. Crawford, who ran unsuccessfully for a county judge seat in 2010; Ashley Scontriano, a dog lover who launched a GoFundMe campaign earlier this year after the city shut down her pet care business, and Craig Bush, who kept a low profile when he last ran for the council in 2014. All three filed statements of intent to run with the city clerk’s office.

Robert Singleton, who ran in 2016, says he’s officially decided to pass on this year’s race.

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occupancy tax (TOT) headed to the November ballot, additional cash could soon start flowing into city coffers, as well as toward youth programs and business groups (“TOT Off the Presses,” GT, 7/18), but not everyone sees the breakdown as perfectly fair.

After reading last week’s brief on the topic in GT, Ray Cancino, CEO of Community Bridges, called to remind us that this new youth program money will supplant a similar amount of youth funding that already comes from the general fund—not add to it.

Similarly, the marketing money supplants businessoriented general fund dollars, although that new allocation would see an estimated $8,000 more than the kids’ groups would. The combined $62,000 for the Business Improvement Area and the Capitola Soquel Chamber of Commerce would replace $30,000 of general fund money for the chamber. That’s an estimated increase of $32,000, while kids’ groups

see an estimated increase of $4,000.

Cancino questions the values reflected in the decision and calls the resulting measure “a hard sell.”

Councilmember Ed Bottorff, who worked with the business community on a breakdown that everyone would like, says that TOT revenues have been growing at about 5 percent per year.

And if the marketing campaign leads to an added boost in visitors, as supporters think it will, everyone will end up with more dough, including the kids’ programs. “If the measure fails, that means nobody gets anything,” he says.

Bottorff says that if the City Council simply kept funding youth programs via the general fund that stash would be liable to get cut in the next recession.

This way, it’s instead protected long-term in the measure’s wording. He adds that Capitola, the county’s smallest city, is the most generous local government per capita, when it comes to supporting

community programs.

If the measure passes, most of the proposed 2 percent tax increase on visitor lodging would go to the general fund, and Cancino has no illusions about what’s really driving budget constraints—pension obligations, he says.

At a recent budget hearing, Finance Director Jim Malberg called pension costs “the biggest threat to our city finances.”

“All these other things are just patches on the boat, until the cities and the county and the unions work together,” Cancino says. “When the majority of your funds are paying for people who are no longer working, and you have all these other needs, with streets and social services and first responders, something’s going to break.”

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RTC Spokesperson Shannon Munz says the RTC does not comment on pending litigation, but it doesn’t sound like the case worries commission staffers.

“In regards to the contract with Progressive Rail, it continues the function of the rail line, as it existed before the RTC’s acquisition of the line in 2012, and preserves all the options for the use of

the line in the future,” Munz says, via email. “The commission is confident that it scrupulously followed the law when it approved the contract, and we look forward to the resolution of these issues in court.”

Koenig says Greenway’s legal case is similar to one in Humboldt County, where the North Coast Railroad Authority had been trying to extend train service through Eel River Canyon. The California Supreme Court ultimately decided in favor of antirail environmentalists there, last year ruling that the North Coast project did, in fact, need to follow CEQA guidelines.

Greenway has hired the same firm that won that case to represent itself.

The suit seeks to leave open the possibility for a preliminary and permanent injunction. If granted by a judge, that would prevent Progressive

and the RTC from proceeding through the steps in the freight agreement without first going through the CEQA process.

The CEQA argument from Greenway is not a new one. The group previously made its case about environmental compliance—and rallied supporters to the cause—before the RTC, in the hours, weeks and months leading up to commissioners casting their votes.

But much of Santa Cruz County’s new contract is identical to the old one, even though Iowa Pacific never quite lived up to its end of the agreement. The previous operator was as known for improperly storing rail cars on the line as much as it was for anything else.

County Counsel Brooke Miller, who represents the RTC, told GT in April that although CEQA does apply when

establishing new freight service, it does not factor in when picking a new operator. “We have a different set of facts here,” she said.

The RTC also sought CEQA exemption when the previous contract was first approved, back in 2012.

Nonetheless, Koenig and other Greenway supporters say that Progressive’s presentation materials display a completely different vision for the coastal rail corridor. What the company wants to do, Koenig says, is on an entirely different scale compared to what Santa Cruz has seen prior, calling it “a substantial increase in use.”

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The timing, during the depths of the recession in 2009, felt pivotal to Waters and Bryant. In the coming years, those interested in technology would band together with a wave of new business groups like Santa Cruz Works, where Waters is now a board member.

“It really is an exciting moment in tech,” Bryant says. “We’ve been building toward this, but we’re making breakthroughs in all kinds of areas.”

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Music Impossible 56th Annual Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music showcases 18 composers and world, West Coast and U.S. premieres— including the double concerto for tenor, violin and string orchestra, ‘Impossible Things’ BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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Speaking from a conducting gig in Munich, maestro Cristi Măcelaru says this year’s world premieres tie into what has become a Cabrillo Festival trademark. “Premiere performances are important, because they reinforce and redefine who we are as a festival,” he says. A big aspect of contemporary music is “not only the performing.

It is also the commissioning of new music. When you commission a new piece, you are flying blind. Well, almost,” he laughs. “You are making an informed guess—and definitely take a risk. It’s different than performing a known work.”

In offering premiere performances, the festival brings new life to the music world.

There will always be Beethoven and Mozart, but now there can also be Muhly, Shahov, and Clyne. It’s an expansion of the global imagination. “To think of the Cabrillo Festival only as performing contemporary music isn’t enough,” Măcelaru reminds me. “It also has a role as a commissioning agent, to bring new work into the world.”

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This year’s festival offers two world premieres, three U.S. premieres, and seven West Coast premieres. The musicians and performers involved have been recipients of Pulitzer Prizes, Grammys, and Oscars. Several works have been commissioned by and for the festival, guaranteeing that audiences will be treated to never-before-heard musical experiences.

So how does this premiere programming happen? We talked with the director, a composer, and a performer about what happens behind the scenes.

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The opening concert features a U.S. premiere by Romanian composer Dan Dediu. “He is a composer I met after I left Romania to live in the United States,” the maestro explains. “When I went back to Bucharest asking about leading Romanian composers, everyone recommended Dediu. He’s a very accomplished composer.

I listened to a lot of his work for orchestra. It’s incredibly creative and fun and beautiful— plus it’s virtuosic for the orchestra.”

Also on the program for the first concert is the festival commission world premiere of Piano Concerto No. 2, by Macedonian Pande Shahov.

“Shahov’s piano concerto was written for, and will be performed by, fellow Macedonian Simon Trpceski. He is a great pianist,” Măcelaru says.”We’ve worked together several times before.

When we have, he always wants to play, as an encore, something from his country.”

Trpceski’s encores always involved Macedonian folk dance music, which gave Măcelaru an idea.

“I proposed that he might like to

do a suite of dances as a concerto.

Then he mentioned the composer he’d worked with, Pande Shakhov,” he says. “So it came about—filled with crazy rhythms, and complex harmonies, just what you’d expect from southern Balkan music. I can’t wait to hear it.”

The composer Shahov says that he “aimed at creating a texture which resembles a tapestry or a kaleidoscope.” And in the center of this the virtuosity of pianist Trpceski—who worked closely with the composer—will translate the musical and folkloric colors of his native country into a journey across Macedonian musical heritage.

Romanian-born Măcelaru has clearly enjoyed programming his second season at Cabrillo’s podium.

“For me, this festival has been a discovery. The Bay Area community feels so right for contemporary music. And this year I come back knowing more what to expect. I think it’s the difference between the excitement of going somewhere new, and the excitement of coming home. This time I’m coming home.”

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Nico Muhly is the only one of the 18 featured composers who will not be in residence this season. But he has a good excuse for why he is unable to be here for the West Coast premiere of Impossible Things, a double concerto for tenor, violin and string orchestra. The composer will be in New York conducting the technical rehearsal for his new opera Marnie— which opens at the Metropolitan Opera in October. “I’ve had that on my calendar since September 2014,” he says.

A bona fide prodigy of the crossover musical landscape, Muhly does it all: operas, song cycles, choral works, concerti, and an electrifying dive into the poetry of C.P. Cavafy. Based in New York, former boy soprano Muhly has

composed for films, Broadway, and Björk. For many years an editor and archivist with Philip Glass, Muhly pushes the term postmodern to its limits. Of Marnie—his third opera—he admits, “of course it is a big deal. It’s the biggest piece I’ve ever written.” On the other hand, he admits, “right now I’m writing something for a solo lute. Every piece has to feel like a big deal, or else why are you doing it?”

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Muhly chose the text, a suite of poems by Cavafy—widely considered the most important Greek poet of the 20th century. Muhly knew the Cavafy translator, Daniel Mendelsohn, at Columbia. “To me, his translation combined the literal and poetic in a compelling way,” Muhly says. “So I cobbled together a triptych of poems.”

The compelling nature of Cavafy’s work, Muhly believes, is in the subtext.

“There was a magical space created by the opening section of poetry,” Muhly says. “That was a point of entry for me. Cavafy’s work always contains the unsaid thing: ‘Why should I remain with lips shut tight?’”

Muhly very much likes commissions—and the restrictions they bring. “Commissions are great.

They are a challenge. Like being invited to a duel. Commissions and freeform composing are like complementary muscles. They work to refresh each other,” he says. “The different composing modes are complementary, not either/or.”

He starts out planning a piece by hand, and then inputs it into a computer. “Then I print it out—

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without the rests indicated—and work on more details, input it again, and then print it out again,” Muhly says. And back and forth in this way. In the case of the Cavafy piece, the abstraction of the beginning text offset the reality of the funeral cortege, the hanging. I also knew I wanted the opposite of passion, an atmosphere that offsets the erotic.”

As he wrote deeper into the composition, he found that the narrative juxtaposition “suggested musical textures. Much like architecture, or even better, like the layering of choices when curating an exhibition.”

One of Muhly’s favorite things in the piece is the relationship between voice and fiddler. “I thought so hard about how the text insists on one or the other, the voice or the violin, and why that is important,” he says And he’s very happy with the scary passacaglia of the last section.

“It’s a traditional form, so it’s unexpected,” he says of the slow triple time.

Muhly says he gets musical inspiration from the past, “like Benjamin Britten. I find those things incredible. Really incredible,” he says.

Phan

Nicholas Phan, a celebrated tenor whose recordings of opera and lieder have attracted many Grammy nominations, performs across the globe. Phan makes his Cabrillo Festival debut with Muhly’s Impossible Things.

“Nico and I have known each other—and known of each other— since we both started living in New York,” Phan says. “And at some point he said ‘hey, check out this score.’” Phan did, and pronounced it “stunning.” Phan, who debuted Muhly’s piece in New York several years ago, says that when he found out Măcelaru was newly involved with the Cabrillo Festival, he asked him to check out the Muhly piece. “I

thought it would make the perfect collaboration.”

“This piece is a great fit for my voice,” says Phan. “That shocked me at first, that it felt so natural to sing.

I feel a sort of kinship artistically with Nico.” And with maestro Măcelaru as well. “Christi and I met at the Philadelphia Orchestra. We did the Messiah, several times, and we’ve been to Romania together. I think the world of what Christi does.

He’s a serious musician,” says Phan.

Phan says his approach to most vocal music is the same. “Vocal music illustrates a text through music. Music is an abstract way of engaging with human emotion. The words make it concrete,” explains

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job to convey the meaning—and poetry’s tricky,” says Phan.

As a singer, Phan believes in trusting the material. “You have the ability to share this insight, to share the moment that we can all relate to,” he says.

Muhly’s work is notoriously intricate. “You have to keep your concentration,” says Phan. “Often just keeping the focus is a great challenge with new music. Partly because it’s not familiar.”

The sheer newness of this music is also its strength. “You have to hear it with fresh ears,” insists the tenor.

“And what’s great is that it inspires us to hear all music with fresh ears.”

The Cabrillo Festival runs July 29 through Aug. 12, at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. Nico Muhly’s ‘Impossible Things’ will receive its West Coast premiere featuring tenor Nicholas Phan and Cabrillo Festival concertmaster/ violinist Justin Bruns on Sunday, Aug. 12.Go to cabrillomusic.org for tickets and info.

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the tenor, who began his musical career as a violinist. “First, you learn it all—the words, the music, the entire piece. And then you try to understand what the composer is trying to convey. And the more you perform a certain work the more layers reveal themselves.”

Phan describes Muhly’s piece “as a sort of double concerto—a dialogue between the tenor voice and the violin. The piece is actually reminiscent of Britten’s Serenade with the voice and the instrument. Vocal concertos are like chamber music, yet not as intimate as a song recital.”

The tenor finds the doubling of instruments especially provocative.

Cabrillo Festival concertmaster and violinist Justin Bruns is a key element of this performance. “In this case, I view the violin as another voice, but with its own colors. Justin is someone I know very well, since we were students at Rice,” says Phan, who says it is always exciting to interact with the other instrument. “It’s my

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DISASSEMBLY REQUIRED Sarah Farrell Mackessy and James Mackessy are taking down their installation ‘Spektrum’ after its successful run at Lille Aeske. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER

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arah Farrell Mackessy, co-owner of Lille Aeske, fielded a frantic call at the Boulder Creek gallery a couple of weeks ago. The woman on the other end of the line told her, “‘I need to get to your show tonight. I have no idea where you are.”

It turns out the woman had received a mysterious email from

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a friend, who wrote, “I went to this show. I don’t even know how to describe it to you, but you need to go.”

The show was Spektrum, the live, interactive installation that Mackessy and her husband James, who run the gallery together, have orchestrated for the last few weeks at Lille Aeske. And while that email might seem bizarre,

I totally understand it—because that’s exactly how I had to describe Spektrum to my friends. “I can’t tell you what it is, just go,” “I guarantee you’ve never experienced anything quite like it” and “it will blow your mind” are a few of the things I remember saying to people I knew would be up for it. Clearly, I wasn’t the only one.

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“The news about it traveled so quickly,” says Sarah. “We were worried that no one would come; we were like ‘Who’s going to come to this?’ Because we couldn’t even really find a way to talk about it in the beginning.”

That was the most frustrating part for those of us who went, too.

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asked to meditate as empty frames teased the question of who my mind would imagine in them—until the climactic set piece, where an eerily lit bed that seemed ominously like a deathbed awaited. A veiled figure (actually Sarah) invited me to lie down on it, and when I did, I saw that there was a screen embedded into the top canopy that flickered in front of my eyes like footage of memories. Again, the theme of nature and especially big trees kept recurring in the images.

“One of the things we considered was what we love about being here, and the feel of this place,” says James.

“As we were collaborating on the piece, we all agreed that the presence of those trees—as mentioned in the letters, they have a timelessness, a possible immortality, a lineage and an ancestry that is so visible and is such a force here—seemed like a very rich vein to tap into.”

One of the rooms featured a guest artist that changed every week, and each one did something completely different there. The week I went, the interaction with the artist was particularly personal and direct; the role she played was a sort of “Mother Nature” that tied in well to the other themes of the installation—and provoked some of the most emotional reactions of the entire run, Sarah says. But regardless of what week they went, visitors knew they were experiencing something unique.

“I think one common point of feedback was just how considered and special and thought-of they felt as they moved through the installation,” James says.

At times, the whole thing was like a whirlwind for the Mackessys and their collaborators—and eventually, like a marathon. But the success of Spektrum and the positive feedback they’ve gotten has them thinking about what other kind of outside-the-box installations they can do next year.

“The challenge was that this is our space that we converted for this installation, and we quite literally immersed ourselves in it, day and night. That was a little maddening at times,” says Sarah. “So there were definitely peaks and valleys to it. But we’re sitting in it now, getting ready to de-install it, and are quite sad that we have to change it back.”

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a review of Spektrum after its first week, was tearing her hair out trying to figure out how to explain the experience without, you know, explaining the experience. Nobody wanted to spoil anything, because there was a certain purity to the whole presentation that seemed like it could be ruined by knowing too much about what to expect.

Now that Spektrum has finished its run, though, it seems like a good time to marvel over what the Mackessys and their collaborators were able to accomplish. One caveat: the Lille Aeske owners tell me that because of its success—it was sold out every week after the first weekend, and demand was so high by the end that they bent their own rules to allow for 16 visitors instead of 12 on the last night—that they are thinking about bringing the installation back in some form in 2019, so maybe spoiler alert.

The best way I can think of to sum up Spektrum is that it was a solo journey that turned the basic concept of a gallery on its head—rather than looking outward at objects of art, the people moving through the installation arguably became the objects themselves, with each subsequent room in the hour-long experience encouraging the visitor to look inward in a different way.

The first room was a very retro kitchen in which a masked man (actually James) moved about in an apron, doing what would have once been considered “motherly” type things: dusting, washing dishes, looking at photographs, sitting with me in silence at a small table (visitors were asked not to talk, as it would have surely ruined the quiet, solitary ambience for those who were in rooms in front of or behind them). This was also where the first of a series of letters was laid out on the table—from an unnamed person, inquiring about my wellbeing and describing memories. As more letters appeared in each room, the themes of Spektrum started to emerge, stimulating questions like: Where do I come from? Who are my ancestors? What is my place in nature? These were developed through each room—one where I was invited to play an extremely cosmic piano, another where I was

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MULLIN IT OVER Shawn Mullins brings two new versions of his career-defining 1998 album to Moe’s Alley on Thursday.

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inger-songwriter Shawn Mullins recalls fiddling around with his friend’s sampler/drum machine 20 years ago. He loaded a James Brown song into it—he thinks it was “Sex Machine”—and slowed the beat down until the original song was unrecognizable. Mullins grabbed his journal and read one of his personal entries. He then wrote a rhythmic finger-picking guitar part over the top. It took all of 30 minutes to create “Lullaby,” which would become his biggest hit, one that would launch his career into a whole new stratosphere.

“It was not a lot of effort, it

just kind of worked out,” Mullins recalls. “Other stuff I labor over quite a bit and never get any kind of commercial success.”

The song landed on Soul’s Core, which got released in 1998. It was his fourth record. Prior to Soul’s Core, he was an underground, mostly acoustic indie singer-songwriter.

Soul’s Core not only explored a new territory of alternative rock with folk, trip-hop, spoken word and pop, it also boosted his fanbase significantly.

“It’s really significant for me.

It’s kind of the second phase of the career for me where it got really real and also really unreal,” Mullins says.

Now it’s the 20th anniversary of Soul’s Core, and Mullins is revisiting it.

But he’s not taking the typical route of just playing the album front to back on the road or re-releasing the album with bonus tracks. He’s re-recorded the entire album with a full band, and then also re-recorded the album a second time with solo guitar/vocals, and occasionally his friend on piano.

“Since we’re totally independent again, the easiest and most profitable way of doing it is just re-record the project. If I have to go through Sony music, I’m probably buying copies of the record from them at 11 bucks a piece or whatever,” Mullins says. “We re-did

everything, artwork included, to give it to them kind of like how it is now. Stuff grows and changes.”

The idea of re-recording his breakout album started a year ago after he was coping with the suicide of his partner. Unsure what to do, he called up a bunch of his friends to get together, play music, and basically not be alone. These sessions yielded a few songs, but it got him thinking about how great it would be to capture Soul’s Core with a band like this, and document how the songs have changed from touring so relentlessly over the years.

“I kind of let everyone do their thing. It wasn’t as big of an undertaking as you might imagine.

Everything worked beautifully,” Mullins says. “It comes natural, what you do when you have a bunch of really great musicians in a room for the songs.”

Around the same time, he was thinking it would be fun to tell some stories about each of the songs on Soul’s Core. It didn’t seem right to tell these stories and then go into a full band rendition of the songs, so he decided to do an entirely different recording of the record.

“It’s like the Kris Kristofferson kind of way of doing it, where you stay up all night, and just track it solo,” Mullins says.

These two albums are expected to be released in August or September this year, and he’s looking forward to celebrating the record that essentially made his career.

“That whole record was written from journal entries while I was on the West Coast,” Mullins says. “Just me and my dog and a van. That had a lot to do with people’s connection with it, I think.”

The album also taught him a lot about how to incorporate his broad influences in a creative way.

“I think it took getting the kind of audience that got whatever I was at the time in ’98,” Mullins says. “They kind of told me what I was. I have so many influences. I think I started to find my voice.”

Shawn Mullins plays at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 26 at Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $22/adv, $25/door. 479-1854.

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WEDNESDAY 7/25 BONSAI DEMO & WORKSHOP There is something so endearing about miniatures: poodles, golf, quiche— and, of course, trees. Bonsai trees aren’t easy to care for, but the results are so worth it. Learn about how to successfully grow your very own bonsai tree at home. If you already have a bonsai in progress, you’re encouraged to bring it for consultation.

INFO: 1 p.m. Saturday, July 28. Alladin Nursery and Gift Shop, 2905 Freedom Blvd., Watsonville. 724-7517. alladinnursery.com. Free.

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ARTS ‘WILDER THINGS, WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE BOOK’ Alternative musical theatre: mash-up, parody, clever twist. Little People’s Repertory Theatre presents, Wilder Things, Welcome To The Jungle Book, an original rock musical by Jannine Chadwick. 7:30 p.m.

Park Hall, 9401 Mill St., Ben Lomond. lprt. org. $28/$12.

THE BUBBLE LADY This fabulous show really pops! It’s crazy, zany, super silly and tons of fun. Parents and children alike will be wowed as we follow “The Bubble Lady” to “Bubble Land” and participate in incredible musically enhanced bubble adventures. 2 p.m. Scotts Valley Branch Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. 427-7717. Free.

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CHAIR YOGA Suzi Mahler has been Teaching chair yoga to all ages and abilities for more than six years. She has developed a unique style that allows each person to access the benefits of yoga without getting on the floor. Her classes are a gentle yet dynamic blend of strength-building movement and breath awareness. 9 a.m.

Yoga Center, 429 Front St., Santa Cruz. 4236719 or suzimahler.com. Donation/$5.

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SANTA CRUZ SHAKESPEARE PRESENTS: ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’ Ah, two star-crossed lovers, Shakespeare’s most iconic love story.

Think Leonardo DiCaprio sobbing and biting his thumb at you, sir. So romantic. Romeo and Juliet is a classic that never seems to get old. Who likes happy endings, anyway? Directed by Laura Gordon.

INFO: Show runs July 24 to Sept. 1.

Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park, 501 Upper Park Road, Santa Cruz. 459-2159. santacruzshakespeare. org. $20-$56. Photo: Jana Marcus.

TAI CHI FOR HEALTH Try our most popular series, Tai Chi for Health. In this 13-week class you will learn a complete, traditional Yang-style routine, along with Tai Chi principles, structure and basics, rich enough to practice for the rest of your life. 6 p.m. Academy of Martial and Internal Arts, 1570 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. narryecaldwell.com. $165/$65.

GENTLE YOGA Customized for every body.

Feel free to practice in a chair if you like, or sit and meditate thru part or all of the class.

Beautiful bamboo floors, plants and light in a lovely Zen space. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Mark Stephens Yoga, 1010 Fair Ave. Suite C, Santa Cruz. yogawithirene.com. $10.

CONDITIONING CARDIO KICKBOXING Your first class is free at Synergy Dance*Fitness*Tai Chi! Conditioning Cardio

SATURDAY 7/28 NATIVE AMERICAN STORYTELLING Johnny Moses moved to Santa Cruz around two months ago, and brought with him some thousand-year-old Native American stories. The tales are intended to teach life skills and knowledge about the world and life around us. Moses lived a traditional life as a child in the coast of the Pacific Northwest, where he was trained as a storyteller and healer. He speaks nine different native languages, which he translates to English while sharing his stories.

INFO: 1-4:30 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz.

530-913-0554. pacificcultural.org. $20.

Kick-Boxing is a high intensity exercise conditioning class consisting of core strengthening, intervals, circuit training and kickboxing techniques. Improve your cardiovascular health, endurance and coordination, while increasing lean muscle.

6:30 p.m. Synergy Dance, 9055 Soquel Drive, Aptos. synergymoves.com.

ABOUT THE BLEND—A GUIDELINE TO BUILDING A PERFECT SMOOTHIE Each class attendee will receive an essential oil for each day they attend and a recipe book

including all of the recipes that have been demonstrated. 7:30-9 p.m. Mandala Holistic and Wellness Studio, 107 River St., Santa Cruz. thebrownbagncs.com. $45/$20.

FRESH SUMMER RECIPES Get recipe inspiration that will keep you cool all summer long. Certified Nutrition Consultant Madia Jamgochian will share her favorite summer foods, and show you how to use them in a variety of dishes. 1-2 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306 or newleaf.com. Free. >32

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Shark Science Week JULY 22–28 SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER FREE WITH ADMISSION TO THE CENTER

The Seymour Center will celebrate Shark Science Week by revealing fascinating facts about these cartilaginous fishes. Come explore amazing shark adaptations, including their extraordinary senses, the unique ways in which they reproduce, and much more. Shark touching pool open every day!

Apprentice Orientation Tour JULY 26, 1PM UC SANTA CRUZ FARM & GARDEN FREE ADMISSION

This tour is designed for people who may be interested in applying for the six-month apprenticeship program in ecological horticulture. Learn more at casfs.ucsc.edu/apprenticeship.

Farm & Garden Market Cart JULY 27, NOON–6PM CORNER OF BAY AND HIGH STREETS FREE ADMISSION

Astronomy on Tap: The Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies AUGUST 2, 6:30PM NEW BOHEMIA BREWING COMPANY FREE ADMISSION

Explore the formation and evolutionary history of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and our largest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy. First-year graduate student Amanda Quirk and Professor Raja GuhaThakurta will regale you with tales of galactic cannibalism, galaxies as chemical recycling plants, dark matter, and supermassive black holes!

Younger Lagoon Reserve Tour

Kevin Condon, co-founder and executive director of the Bird School Project, will help you identify the birds that call the Arboretum home.

Citizen Science: Arbore tum Phenology Walk AUGUST 18, 11AM UCSC ARBORETUM & BOTANIC GARDEN $0–$5 ADMISSION

Would you like to be a part of a national effort to monitor the effects of climate change? Help us gather data on seasonal changes in plants. Advance registration recommended.

Sunday Seaside Crafts

UC Santa Cruz Farm Free Guided Tour

JULY 29, 1–3PM SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER FREE WITH ADMISSION TO THE CENTER

AUGUST 5, 2PM UCSC HAY BARN FREE ADMISSION

Make it and take it! Come create and take home a fun souvenir—an activity for the whole family to share.

Take a docent-led tour of the beautiful 30-acre organic UCSC Farm. The Farm features tractor-worked fields, hand-

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An exhibit of the organizational records of Other Minds, a Bay Area nonprofit devoted to promoting new and experimental music.

Put Your GoldMoney Where Your Love Is, Baby: Counterculture, Capitalism, and the Grateful Dead OPEN DURING LIBRARY HOURS UC SANTA CRUZ MCHENRY LIBRARY FREE ADMISSION

This exhibit explores how the Grateful Dead redefined business practices, revealing new ways of thinking about business and the relationship between creators and their communities.

Future Garden for the Central Coast of California

AUGUST 2 & 5, 10:30AM SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER FREE WITH ADMISSION TO THE CENTER

A 90-minute, behind-the-scenes hiking tour. Younger Lagoon Reserve features a diverse coastal habitat and is home to birds of prey, migrating sea birds, bobcats, and other wildlife.

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AUGUST 12, 7:30–9AM UC SANTA CRUZ ARBORETUM FOR ARBORETUM FRIENDS MEMBERS AND STUDENTS ONLY; MEMBERSHIPS START AT $50.

Inquiring into Other Minds: The Cultivation of Experimental Music in the Bay Area and Beyond

OPEN DURING ARBORETUM HOURS UC SANTA CRUZ ARBORETUM & BOTANIC GARDEN $0-$5 ADMISSION

Farm to Fork Dinner AUGUST 19, 3PM UC SANTA CRUZ FARM & HAY BARN $100/PERSON

Enjoy the culinary delights of My Mom’s Mole, featuring locally sourced organic ingredients, including fresh and delicious CASFS-grown produce. Before you take your seat at the table, enjoy a field-side reception, appetizers, and organic farm tours.

A major art and science project by Newton Harrison and his late wife Helen Mayer Harrison. The Harrisons worked with scientists and botanists to create trial gardens within the geodesic domes in which native plant species are subjected to the temperatures and water conditions that scientists see for the region in the near future.

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Visit the Market Cart for fresh organic produce and beautiful flower bouquets grown at the UCSC Farm & Alan Chadwick Garden! Cash, check, and EBT/SNAP benefits accepted.

Bird Walk with the Bird School Project

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Sunday, Aug 12, 2018 1:00—6:00pm Santa Cruz Harbor

Dry dock area (near Aldo’s) JOIN THE FUN LIVE music, catered dinner, a silent auction, $10 raffle with lots of prizes, and a $100 raffle with 2 chances to win a luxury vacation.

SAILORS/ SPONSORS Take part in an exciting reverse start race and go for glory! Six levels of sponsorship available.

SAIL ON THE CHARDONNAY II No boat? No worries!

Enjoy a delightful 2 hour cruise aboard the Chardonnay II with dinner on shore afterwards. Order tickets online today!

Purchase tickets online www.santacruzmentor.org Questions? (831) 464-8691

CALENDAR <30 PAINT AND SIP—THE GREAT

for a friendly 12-Step support group with the solution. Teens and adults welcome. Includes compulsive overeating, anorexia and bulimia. Meets in the church Youth Room, two doors down from the corner of Poplar and Melrose. See our website for additional times and locations. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruzoa.org. Free.

TRIPLE P WORKSHOP: HOW TO PREVENT & REDUCE TEEN DRUG USE

BNI NETWORKING MEETING The mission of BNI is to help members increase their business through a structured, positive and professional referral marketing program that enables them to develop meaningful, long-term relationships with quality business professionals? 8-9:30 a.m. The Abbey Coffee Shop, 350 Mission St., Santa Cruz. bni.com. $10.

CATCH Two hours of professional art instruction. No experience necessary and all art supplies included. Don’t forget that we allow you to BYOB wine or beer and snacks which makes this class even more affordable. 6:30-8:30 p.m. The Painted Cork Art Studio, 1129 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. paintedcork.com. $35.

Triple P Workshops are brief classes that provide quick tips for handling everyday parenting issues. Attend this parenting workshop to learn how to recognize warning signs that your teen might be using drugs and tips for teaching teens to resist peer pressure to use drugs. 6 p.m. La Manzana Community Center, 18 W. Lake Ave., Watsonville. First5scc.org. Free.

HADOOP TRAINING IN BANGALORE If you are really willing to make a great career, you can try big data and Hadoop Training but you will need to start with the best Hadoop training in Bangalore. Basically, the basis for any career choice remains same as you have to become a self-learner and of course a fast learner too. 8 a.m. India Joze, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz. globaltrainingbangalore.com.

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DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ FARMERS MARKET In addition to a large variety of farm products, this market offers a great selection of local artisan foodstuffs, delicious baked goods, and lots of options for lunch and dinner. 1:30 p.m. Cedar and Lincoln streets, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT TRIVIA Grab your smartest group of friends and get ready for a challenge! We’ve got the rest. Wine. Beer.

Cider. Tapas. 8-10 p.m. Cantine Wine Pub, 8050 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cantinewinepub. com.

GROUPS TOGETHER IN THE PARK Together in the Park offers free parenting resources, craft projects, music, stories, and healthy snacks.

Parents, family members or caregivers and their young children meet for play and group activities every Wednesday. 10-Noon.

Felton Covered Bridge County Park, Graham Hill and Mt. Hermon roads, Felton. communitybridges.org/mcr.

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PRESCHOOL ADVENTURES AT THE MONTEREY BAY MARINE SANCTUARY EXPLORATION CENTER Come enjoy weekly preschool adventures at the Sanctuary Exploration Center with oceanthemed book readings, show-and-tell and crafts. Perfect for kids ages 2-5. 10-11 a.m.

Monterey Bay Sanctuary Exploration Center, 35 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. montereybay. noaa.gov. Free.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SURVIVOR SUPPORT GROUP Is your partner violent or controlling? Have you survived a sexual assault? Monarch Services~Servicios Monarca offers a safe, supportive space.

Childcare activities provided. 6-7:30 p.m.

Monarch Services, 1509 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. monarchscc.org. Free.

HEALTH B12 HAPPY HOUR Come and get your Happy Hour B12 shot. Your body needs B12 to create energy and is not well absorbed from the diet or in capsule form. Everyone can benefit from a B12 shot. After B12 injections many patients feel a natural boost in energy. 3-6 p.m. Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center, 736 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz. 477-1377 or scnmc.com. $29/$17.

B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 deficiencies are common, as the vitamin is used up by stress, causing fatigue, depression, anxiety, insomnia and more. Not well absorbed in the gut, B12 injections can be effective in helping to support energy, mood, sleep, immunity, metabolism and stress resilience. Come get a discounted shot from 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com/b12-injections or 515-8699. $15.

CALENDAR MUSIC OPEN MIC NIGHT Open Mic Night every Wednesday in Capitola Village. Join us at the new Cork and Fork Capitola. All are welcome.

Always free, always fun. Awesome wines by the glass or bottle, Discretion beer on tap, handmade pizzas and great small-plate dishes. 7 p.m. Cork and Fork, 312 Capitola Ave., Capitola. corkandforkcapitola.com.

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OUTDOOR HAIRSPRAY Bring the family and your blanket or low back chair and join us. 9-11 p.m. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz. beachboardwalk. com/Movies. Free.

THURSDAY 7/26 ARTS ‘THE PRODUCERS’ Based on Mel Brooks’ much-loved Academy Award-winning movie, The Producers is a hilarious musical comedy that took Broadway by storm, winning a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards and three Olivier Awards. See website for various times. 7:30 p.m. Cabrillo Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillostage.com. $41/$16.

MIKE THE MAGICIAN He’s silly, he’s funny and he’ll make you go WOW! Mike Della Penna creates wonder and laughter with family magic performances that are equal parts playful and astonishing. 1 p.m. Boulder Creek Public Library, 13390 West Park Ave., Boulder Creek. 427-7713. Free.

TRIYOGA BASICS/THERAPEUTIC YOGA TriYoga flows are presented with personalized guided alignment assistance.

Everyone is welcome. 9:30 a.m. Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 310589-0600. $15.

SALSA DANCE: PARTNER AND SUELTA New location. No partner required. Drop-in class. Featuring Cuban-style Casino partner dancing, Salsa Suelta, and the latest in Cuban tunes. Age 16-plus. Two fun and experienced instructors. 7 p.m. Motion Pacific, 131 Front St., Santa Cruz. salsagente. com. $15.

EAST COAST SWING: BEGINNING SERIES This class will get you out of your

LIFESTYLE TRIPLE P GROUP: TOOLS TO HELP PARENTS AND CHILDREN LEAD HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIVES Lifestyle Triple P Group teaches families positive parenting strategies to increase children’s healthy eating and physical activity. 6-7:30 p.m.

Mountain Community Resources, 6134 CA-9, Felton. 335-6600 or first5scc.org. Free.

TAI CHI FOR HEALTH This slow, mindful, low-impact movement program is designed to be safe and beneficial for those living with arthritis or other chronic conditions. This form of tai chi can be learned and practiced either seated or standing. 1:30-2:30 p.m.

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

475-4787 or taichiforhealthinstitute.org. $50.

YOGA HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY (200) WITH VICTOR D Explore the historical and philosophical foundations of modern yoga practice through reading and discussion.

Open to any student wishing to deepen their knowledge and understanding of yoga practice. This is a required course for students in the 200 Hour, Yoga Alliance Certified, NOURISH Yoga Teacher Training Program. Nourish, 130 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz. nourishsantacruz.com. $495/$325.

OCEAN POLLUTION: WHAT YOU CAN DO Come enjoy a slide show presentation by local Ocean Hero and lively speaker Dan Haifley who will illustrate the breadth of the problem of plastic and other pollution in the ocean. He will also share inspirational stories of what other places are doing to curb plastics in the environment. 7 p.m. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. sierraclub.org. Free.

PAINT AND SIP—STEAMER’S LANE LIGHTHOUSE Two hours of professional art instruction. No experience necessary and all art supplies included. Don't forget that we allow you to BYOB wine or beer and snacks which makes this class even more affordable. 6:30-8:30 p.m. The Painted Cork Art Studio, 1129 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. paintedcork.com. $35.

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The class is for teens and adults, singles and couples with little or no partner dance experience. In six weeks, you will become comfortable with swing basics and be ready for summer celebrations. 6-7 p.m. Jade Street Park, 4400 Jade St., Santa Cruz. apm. activecommunities.com. $64/$50.

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CALENDAR SUMMER MUSIC SERIES Relax to the sounds of the area’s finest musicians. Wine and small bites available for purchase. No reservations required. No cover. 4-6 p.m.

Taste Morgan, 204 Crossroads Blvd., CarmelBy-The-Sea. morganwinery.com. Free.

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POP-UP PICNICS IN THE PARK The community is invited to enjoy tacos on the terraza and take in the view of downtown Santa Cruz. Taquitos Gabriel will be providing the food, and a portion of the sales will benefit the park. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park, 144 School St., Santa Cruz. thatsmypark.org.

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MUSIC THE SANTA CRUZ TREMOLOS SINGING GROUP FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S Singing is known to be a good voicestrengthening exercise for people with Parkinson’s disease. Santa Cruz County has an ongoing singing group for people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. 1-2:30 p.m.

The Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos. easepd.org/singing. Free.

MAKING MUSIC WITH OUR FRIENDS Come sing, drink, eat, and enjoy a night of music and fun. Every Fourth Thursday of the month is Making Music with our Friends.

Sheet music will be provided. 6-9 p.m. Santa Cruz Food Lounge, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. scfoodlounge.com. Free.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME AT PORTER MEMORIAL LIBRARY Join us at this special little library for stories, songs and a craft. The program is about 45 minutes, and is most suitable for 2-5 year olds. The Porter Memorial Library is an independent, volunteer-run library. They are keen to welcome new members, both young and old.

11 a.m. Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter St., Soquel. Santacruzpl.org. Free.

CLASSES CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI Instructor Suzi Mahler, CMT, NE will guide you through a series of gentle seated yoga postures that are performed slowly and with breath awareness. This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength and range of motion. 9:30 a.m. California Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz.

234-6791. $5.

SALSA NIGHT Intermediate and beginner salsa lessons, and afterward join us for a hot salsa dance party with DJ CongaBoy. Check out our website for more information.

7:30-11:30 p.m. El Palomar Ballroom, 1344 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1221 or palomarballroom.com. $14/$6.

TRIYOGA WITH KALIJI Join Yogini Kaliji for two perfectly paced sessions of yogaflow.

Come Friday evening for Free the Hips and Saturday afternoon for Free the Spine. All are welcome. 5:30-9 p.m. TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. triyoga.com. $100/$50.

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SUNDAY 7/29 WHERE’S WALDO IN SANTA CRUZ Throughout the month of July, Waldo’s hiding in 25 downtown businesses, including Bookshop Santa Cruz, New Leaf Community Market and Woodstock’s Pizza. Anyone who wishes to participate can pick up a “Find Waldo Local in Santa Cruz!” Passport at Bookshop Santa Cruz, the Downtown Information Kiosk or any participating business.

The passport lists all participating sites and includes pages for each hidden Waldo.

Collecting store stamps or signatures at 20 or more businesses grants entry into a grand prize raffle drawing, with the top prize being a six-volume deluxe set of Waldo books, as well as other prizes. This weekend, Bookshop Santa Cruz celebrates Waldo and the completion of the search with a grand finale party. There will be games, raffles and a Waldo costume contest.

boost your energy and tools to take your health to a whole new level. With Rebecca Hazelton, licensed nutritionist and functional diagnostic nutrition practitioner. 6-7 p.m.

New leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz.

426-1306 or newleaf.com. Free.

EXPLORING HOW GENDER IDENTITY IMPACTS EATING DISORDERS & BODY IMAGE Join us for breakfast and a professional CE presentation at The Lotus Collaborative Santa Cruz. Open to all health professionals. Presented by Micah Hammond, LPCC, Director of Training and Program Development. 9-11 a.m. Lotus

Collaborative, 603 Mission St., Santa Cruz. thelotuscollaborative.com. Free.

FOOD & WINE WATSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET This market is in the heart of the famously bountiful Pajaro Valley. Peaceful and family-oriented, the Latino heritage of this community gives this market a “mercado” feel. 2-7 p.m. 200 Main St., Watsonville.

SANTA CRUZ FOOD TRUCK EVENT Food Trucks continue to roll in to Santa Cruz.

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INFO: 2-4 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 423-0900. bookshopsantacruz.com. Free.

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CRAFTED IN SANTA CRUZ SUMMER BLOCK PARTY Our Big Westside Block Party was such a blast, we’ve decided to do it all again (well, sort of)! We'll return to the lot of the Haut Surf Shop for the Crafted in Santa Cruz Summer Block Party. 5:30-9 p.m. Haut Surf Shop Lot, 345 Swift St., Santa Cruz. eventsantacruz.com. Free.

HEALTH VITAMIN B12 FRIDAY Every Friday is B12 Happy Hour at Thrive Natural Medicine. B12 improves energy, memory, mood, immunity, sleep, metabolism and stress resilience.

Come on down for a discounted shot and start your weekend off right! Walk-ins only.

3-6 p.m. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com/b12injections or 515-8699. $15.

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CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT BY SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ASSOC. OF REALTORS Open to any and all levels of golfers. Benefit for two charities: The Santa Cruz Housing Foundation and The Pajaro Valley Shelter— both helping folks get on their feet and a shelter over their heads. Fun times for serious and not-so-serious golfers. Noon.

Delaveaga Golf Course, 401 Upper Park Road, Santa Cruz. mysccar.org. $165.

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ADVENTURES TOUR 2018 IS PULLING INTO ROARING CAMP RAILROADS FOR THOMAS & FRIENDS’ BIGGEST YEAR YET A 25-minute (approximate) ride with a talking Thomas the Tank Engine. A Meet and Greet with Sir Topham Hatt, Controller of the Railway. Storytelling, video viewing, face painting, and live entertainment. 10:30-5:30 p.m. Roaring Camp Railroads, 5401 Graham Hill Road, Felton. ticketwebdowt.com.

SATURDAY 7/28 ARTS NATIVE AMERICAN STORYTELLING Native American Storytelling with Johnny Moses from The Northwest Coast tribes. 1-4 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. johnnymoses.com.

ARTS & BARGAINS EXTRAVAGANZA Come on out for a day of fun in the sun. We will be having arts and crafts indoors and a flea market outdoors. There will be live music by the “Bloody Scupper Plunder Club.” This event is a youth fundraiser for going on their missions trips. 9 a.m. Felton Bible Church, 5999 Graham Hill Road, Felton. 335-3418.

Free.

POET SIMON HUNT AT COMMUNITY WRITERS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY Join us for a Saturday afternoon of poetry and prose by local writers. Poet Simon Hunt is our featured reader, plus we'll have open mic as well. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter St., Soquel. 475-3326.

Free.

CLASSES ZEN MEDITATION & DISCUSSION Ocean Gate Zen Center. Meditation and talk on Zen Buddhism. Every Saturday. All are welcome.

9 a.m. Ocean Gate Zen Center, 920 41st Ave., Suite B, Santa Cruz. 824-7900 or oceangatezen.org. Free.

INTERMEDIATE TRIYOGA CLASS TriYoga flows are presented with personalized guided alignment assistance. With Jamie AndresLarsen.For levels 1 and 2. 10:30 a.m. Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 310589-0600. $15.

CYANOTYPES OF THE SEA WORKSHOP Using the power of the sun, create oneof-a-kind prints of local algae. Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a vibrant, blue print when exposed to sunlight. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Santa Cruz

Museum of Natural History, 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. santacruzmuseum.org. $30/$15.

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THE NEUROSCIENCE OF AYURVEDA: ALIGNING YOUR DAILY HABITS FOR POSITIVE LIFE This workshop will provide insight into how your brain wires new behaviors, and how to use this information to develop healthier habits in your life. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruzayurveda.com.

PAINT AND SIP—MONET’S OCEAN CLIFF Two hours of professional art instruction. No experience necessary and all art supplies included. Don’t forget that we allow you to BYOB wine or beer and snacks which makes this class even more affordable. 6-9 p.m. The Painted Cork Art Studio, 1129 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. paintedcork.com. $45.

BONSAI DEMO & WORKSHOP The Watsonville Bonsai Club and Alladin Nursery is hosting a free bonsai workshop featuring Michael Nelson. The workshop is open to new and experienced tree lovers alike.

Bring a tree and any questions you have about transplanting, pruning and styling your bonsai. 1 p.m. Alladin Nursery and Gift Shop, 2905 Freedom Blvd., Watsonville. nelson3m@sbcglobal.net. Free.

SUMMER FRUIT TREE PRUNING Summer pruning is one of the best ways to ensure the health and productivity of your fruit trees.

Learn summer pruning techniques from Matthew Sutton, owner of Orchard Keepers, and Orin Martin, manager of UCSC’s Alan Chadwick Garden, at this demonstration workshop. 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Alan Chadwick Garden, Merrill Road, UCSC. brownpapertickets.com/event/3372108. $25.

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9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mission Street and Western Drive, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

SUNSET YOGA AND WINE TASTING Vinyasa in the vineyard. An experience designed to stimulate your senses. Join us for an invigorating all-levels yoga class taught by local instructor, Alyssa Prettyman, as the sun sets in the mountains beyond the vineyards. Immediately following class enjoy a wine tasting featuring some of our favorite reds and whites. 6 p.m. Burrell School Vineyards, 24060 Summit Road, Los Gatos. burrellschool.com. $25/$20.

GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Speaker/ Discussion meeting. Have a problem with food? OA is a 12-Step support group to stop compulsive eating behaviors. 9 a.m. Calvary Episcopal Church, 532 Center St., Santa Cruz. santacruzoa.org or 423-8787. Free.

HEALTH B12 HAPPY HOUR Come and get your Happy Hour B12 shot. Your body needs B12 to create energy and is not well absorbed from the diet or in capsule form. Everyone can benefit from a B12 shot! After B12 injections many patients feel a natural

ANDREW NATHANIEL MCINTOSH: FORGOTTEN TUNINGS Bridging the worlds of Baroque and experimental practices, Andrew Nathaniel McIntosh performs selections from Heinrich Biber’s “Rosary Sonatas,” a series of works each with different violin tunings that was all but lost from their composition in c. 1676 until the 20th century. 7 p.m. Wind River, 421 Wild Way, Santa Cruz. indexical.org. $25/$10.

ESOTERIC COLLECTIVE PLAYS APPROACHABLE JAZZ Esoteric Collective plays jazz ranging from the sophisticated, fast tempo Bebob of the 40s, the cool jazz of the 50s, to the Latin-influenced Jazz of the 60s.

Family-friendly venue. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse and Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. davenportroadhouse.com. Free.

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SOQUEL PIONEER PICNIC Each year, the Pioneers sponsor a potluck picnic for the community on the last Saturday in July in the beautiful Pringle Grove in Soquel.

Participants come early to meet and greet old and new friends and to enjoy the photos and scrapbooks provided by the Pioneers.

Please bring a potluck dish. Noon-3 p.m.

Soquel Pioneer and Historical Association, Pringle Lane, Soquel. soquelpioneers.com.

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Aptos Branch Library, 7695 Soquel Drive, Aptos. stanfordbloodcenter.org.

masters of Tibet. 7 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. landofmedicinebuddha.org.

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STEADY SUNDAZE REGGAE All-ages reggae in Santa Cruz outside on the patio at the Jerk House with DJ Daddy Spleece and DJ Ay Que Linda plus guest DJs in the mix.

1-5 p.m. The Jerk House, 2525 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. 316-7575. Free.

SUNDAY ART & MUSIC AT THE BEACH Please visit Sunday Art & Music at the Beach this summer at Esplanade Park overlooking Capitola Beach and Monterey Bay. Enjoy quality artwork from local artists and live music on the Esplanade Stage. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Esplanade Park, 110 Monterey Ave., Capitola. cityofcapitola.org. Free.

LAST SUNDAY FUNNIES On the last Sunday of each month see the best of Bay Area comedians at Bruno’s. This is a fun professional comedy show. 7:30 p.m.

Bruno’s Bar and Grill, 230G Mount Hermon Road, Scotts Valley. brunosbarandgrill.com.

SUNDAY ART & MUSIC AT THE BEACH Please visit Sunday Art & Music at the Beach this summer at Esplanade Park overlooking Capitola Beach and Monterey Bay. Enjoy quality artwork from local artists and live music on the Esplanade Stage. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Esplanade Park, 110 Monterey Ave., Capitola. cityofcapitola.org.

TEACHER FUN DAY Attention Teachers: We hope you can join us at Wonderland for our Teacher Fun Days. There will be prizes, giveaways, demos, deals, a free desk calendar and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wonderland Toys and Classroom, 4101 Soquel Drive, Suite B, Soquel. wonderlandsantacruz.com. Free.

CLASSES PAINT AND SIP—California Coast Twp hours of professional art instruction. No experience necessary and all art supplies included. Don’t forget that we allow you to BYOB wine or beer and snacks which makes this class even more affordable. Noon-3 p.m.

The Painted Cork Art Studio, 1129 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. paintedcork.com. $45.

LAMRIM RETREAT WITH VEN. SANGYE KHADRO The Sanskrit word for enlightenment, bodhi, literally means awakened, i.e., awakened from the sleep of ignorance, and the Tibetan word for enlightenment, jang-chub, means purified and developed. This retreat will guide you step-by-step in a method which has been used for hundreds of years by the realized

LEVITY—NEW ORLEANS CIRCUS THEATER Experience the ordinary turned extraordinary through Levity, a collaboratively conceived show by New Orleans based circus company, LadyBEAST Productions. Visualize the stark interior worlds of the human existence as each artist leads you through their own mind’s journey, beginning with the simple act of sitting in a chair. 7:30 p.m. Motion Pacific, 131 Front St., Santa Cruz. ladybeastproductions.com. $20/$10.

SLOW SUNDAYS Cool, mellow, and smooth with a repertoire of several hundred of your favorite songs and fun heartfelt Originals. 1:30 p.m. Wrights Station Vineyard and Winery, 24250 Loma Prieta Ave., Los Gatos. Free.

MUSIC AT SKYPARK The free communitywide “Music at Skypark” concert series benefiting the music programs in local public schools returns for its 10th summer season on the last Sunday's of July, August and September. 2:30-6 p.m. Skypark, 361 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. scottsvalley.org.

Free.

OUTDOOR WATSONVILLE NATURE WALKS Come experience the incredible bird life that the Wetlands of Watsonville have to offer.

Located along the globally important Pacific Flyway, the Wetlands of Watsonville provide a resting stop for birds on their migratory journey. 1:30 p.m. City of Watsonville Nature Center, 130 Harkins Slough Road, Watsonville. cityofwatsonville.org. Free.

SPIRITUAL SUBUD INTRODUCTION Subud is an international spiritual community whose members experience an active moving exercise that can lead to deep inner healing and an experience of the Divine. Reservation required. 11 a.m.-Noon. Subud Center, 3800 Old San Jose Road, Soquel. 588-3013 subud. com. Free.

MONDAY 7/23 ARTS POETRY OPEN MIC A project of the Legendary Collective, the weekly Santa Cruz Word Church poetry open mic is a community of local writers who recognize the power of spoken word. They gather every Monday for a community writing workshop, then host a 15-slot open mic followed by a different featured poet each week. 4 p.m. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. santacruzmah.org. Free.

GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Overeaters Anonymous is a 12-Step support program for those who wish to stop compulsive eating, including anorexia and bulimia. 12:151:15 p.m. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz. 476-8291. Free.

ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers. Registration required.

12:30-2 p.m. WomenCARE, 2901 Park Ave., Suite A1, Soquel. 457-2273. Free.

TUESDAY 7/24 CLASSES CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI Instructor Suzi Mahler, CMT, NE will guide you through a series of gentle seated yoga postures that are performed slowly and with breath awareness.

This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength and range of motion. 9:30 a.m. California Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 234-6791. $5.

GUIDED VISUALIZATION MEDITATION Some of the benefits of Visualization Meditation include being interactive with your healing and inner transformation process. Development of clairvoyance; seeing clearly how your life experiences, situations and people fit into your life. 7-8:15 p.m. The Barn Studio, 104 S Park Way, Santa Cruz. awakentoyourpath.com. Donation.

FOOD & WINE TACO TUESDAY IN SOQUEL Taco Tuesdays are happening every fourth Tuesday of the month.

Follow @foodtrucksagogo to see which food trucks are going. They will be serving specialty tacos along with their signature dishes. 5 p.m.

Anna Jean Cummings Park, 461 Old San Jose Road, Soquel. foodtrucksagogo.com.

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LOCAL BAND EMMANUEL SELASSIE

When reggae musician Emmanuel Selassie moved to Berkeley in 1993, it wasn’t long before friends told him about Santa Cruz. With his deep love for reggae and spiritualism—he’s a Rastafarian— and his laid-back demeanor, it was a no-brainer. He was made for Santa Cruz.

He’s been here ever since.

“Everyone was like, ‘we know where you’re going to fit in, you’re going to be fine in Santa Cruz,’” he says.

Originally from North Carolina, Selassie started playing music in the early ’80s, and reggae by the late ’80s. He released his first album, ESI, in 1996.

His music is driven by his commitment to Rastafarianism, so much so that even his name Emmanuel Selassie—his spiritual name—means “God with us and the power of the trinity.”

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“I think all creation is some sort of praise for emulating the Creator. And we’re making our own creation in the image of God. Everything I create is inspiration from the creator,” Selassie says.

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In addition to playing reggae music, he also has a jazz-fusion combo called Blood Relatives, does sound engineering for bands at Pine Forest Studio in Aptos, and works at Flynn’s Cabaret as the chief audio engineer.

He also plays in other bands as the hired gun on occasion, a job he particularly enjoys.

All of this explains why he only sporadically releases reggae albums. His fourth, The Ego or the I, is nearly finished.

He hopes to have it released later this year, roughly October. AARON CARNES INFO: 8 p.m. Friday, July 27. Flynn’s Cabaret, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15.

335-2800.

MISNER AND SMITH

WEDNESDAY 7/25 ACOUSTIC

QUITTERS Who wants to see a couple of quitters playing music? Well, the Quitters (Stevie Coyle and Glenn Houston) are actual quitters, and have quit their fair share of successful bands (Most notably, the Waybacks), meaning they are either self-saboteurs or uncompromising in their vision (or more likely a little of both.) The pair started the Quitters as a way to celebrate these strengths/weaknesses and make good music together.

It’s funny and sometimes gorgeous acoustic music with one member playing right-handed upside and the other playing left-handed upside-down. Not sure if that last detail matters much beyond providing more proof of their fun, kooky nature. AC INFO: 7:30 p.m. Michael’s on Main, 2591 S Main St., Soquel. $15. 479-9777.

THURSDAY 7/26 SKA-PUNK

LEFTOVER CRACK Don’t call Leftover Crack a ska-punk band—they prefer the term “crack rock

steady.” What does that mean exactly?

As a ska scholar, I can tell you that it’s a similar genre, but more extreme on all ends. The group, which formed in the ashes of Choking Victim, has created a punky ska sound that takes some of the most intense sounds and adds fierce, in-your-face lyrics about religion, corrupt capitalism, racist police and environmental decimation. The group’s masterpiece Fuck World Trade (which depicts Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani and George W. Bush causing the World Trade Center attacks) is now 14 years old, and its brutal message and musicianship is as potent as ever. AC

are vaguely Zappa-esque psych-rock, sometimes cut-and-paste recordings, generally chaotic and/or trance-inducing. Faust was never a commercially successful band (on what planet would Faust songs bump on Top 40?), but for people who like to poke around the outer edges of art, this is a go-to band. AC

INFO: 8:30 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $25/door. 429-4135.

As society continues to advance in the digital age with lightspeed movement, more and more people turn to a time when things seemed more simple. Just as Simon and Garfunkel or Dylan were the soundtrack of 1960s folk, Misner and Smith continue the tradition of heartfelt ballads that warm the soul like a summer day or bring the tears of yesterday. Touring on their fifth album, Headwaters, released last October, Misner and Smith will be backed by a full band and share the stage with Santa Cruz sons Joshua Lowe and the Juncos. MAT WEIR

EXPERIMENTAL

FAUST Krautrock is an odd, somewhat meaningless term used to describe a wave of bands in the late ’60s and early ’70s that popped up in Germany. The bands are all amazing, but don’t have a whole lot in common musically, other than an adventurous spirit that promotes experimentation. One of the most revered groups from this scene, Faust, is playing Santa Cruz, which is amazing.

This group formed in 1971! Their records

INFO: 8 p.m. Flynn’s Cabaret, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $20. 335-2800.

FRIDAY 7/27 FOLK

MISNER AND SMITH

INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-6994.

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST AFTER DIXIELAND

SUPERSUCKERS

REGGAE

THRIVE!

INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $10/adv, $12/door. 429-4135

SOUL

DEVA MAHAL Bluesman Taj Mahal has been a force for popularizing blues in the 21st century. With a career that stretches back to the mid-1960s, the singer-songwriter-guitarist has bridged musical, cultural and stylistic divides for decades.

30 years, this tour is the first time Alvin and Gilmore have performed together. Don’t miss your chance to see history in the making. CJ

INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $26.25/adv, $31.50/door. 427-2227.

SUPERSUCKERS

SATURDAY 7/28 AMERICANA

DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE Any roots music fan who’s been around the block a few times knows Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore.

The two were playing alt-country before alt-country was a thing and they’re at it still, shaping and furthering the genre for new and old fans alike. This Saturday, the two take to Moe’s Alley for an intimate evening of stories and song-swapping, melodies that keep you humming, and lyrics that stick in your head. Friends for

INFO: 8:30 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $30/adv, $35/ door. 479-1854.

ROCK/COUNTRY It doesn’t seem possible that the Supersuckers have been around for 30 years, but time flies when you’re rocking and rolling, I suppose. A garage/cowpunk/Southern rock outfit out of Seattle-by-way-of Tucson, the long-running Supersuckers play a rafter-rattling hybrid of country and working person’s rock and roll, infused with irreverence, humor and a good time approach to life and music.

Led by frontman Eddie Spaghetti, the band has collaborated or toured with a who’s who of artists, including Willie Nelson, Kelley Deal of the Breeders, Mudhoney, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, the Ramones, Motörhead, Flogging Molly, the Reverend Horton Heat, and the New York Dolls. CJ INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $15/door. 479-1854.

INFO: 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz. $37-$65. 426-6966.

WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/ giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, July 27 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

IN THE QUEUE KAELI EARLE TRIO

Eclectic jazz group led by bassist Kaeli Earle. Wednesday at Flynn’s Cabaret RHYE

Soul and alternative R&B. Wednesday at Catalyst CHINA CATS

Grateful Dead tribute. Saturday at Michael’s on Main WIMPS

Kill Rock Stars band from Seattle.

Sunday at Crepe Place ROCKNROLL HI-FIVES

Family band out of New Jersey.

Sunday at Streetlight Records

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Anniversaries are important for any relationship, especially for bands.

This year, the Santa Cruz reggae representatives of Thrive! celebrate their 10th year together and decided to do it big. When the band released its debut album, 2010’s Gratitude Attitude, Thrive! broke out from the Santa Cruz scene, making it to No. 4 on iTunes reggae charts. This Friday’s show at the Catalyst, featuring Nashville reggae act Roots of Rebellion will be the premiere release party for their much-anticipated third album, Be Here. Their roots reggae and rock fusion is both irie and grateful, with harmonies and beats that dare the listener not to smile and shake their thang on the dancefloor. MW

Now it’s his daughter’s turn to shine.

Described as a “powerhouse vocalist and songwriter,” Deva Mahal co-wrote with her father the song “Never Let You Go,” from his Grammy-nominated album Maestro, and her soulful style is an amalgamation of blues, gospel, funk and jazz—everything you’d expect from someone steeped in American music traditions. CAT JOHNSON

The Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music is an internationally renowned celebration of new music right here in our own backyard. The festival attracts top-tier composers, artists, conductors and musicians for what always proves to be unforgettable experiences. This year, music director Cristi Macelaru brings together 18 works that “reflect the human spirit and the stories we tell, the grandeur of the planet, and the vastness of the cosmos.” On Saturday, Aug. 4, Macelaru and company present “After Dixieland,” featuring three West Coast premieres: Vivian Fung’s Dust Devils; Kristin Kuster’s Rain On It; and Gabriela Lena Frank’s Walkabout: Concerto for Orchestra, as well as William Bolcom’s Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra, with Philippe Quint on violin.

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Wednesday July 25 - 8/8:30pm $10 Americana/Roots Double Bill

DRUNKEN HEARTS + LAUREN WAHL & SIMPLY PUT Thursday July 26 - 8/8:30pm $22/25

Soul’s Core 20th Anniversary Tour

SHAWN MULLINS

WED

7/25

THU

7/26

7/27

FRI Terabyte, Destiny Sun, Scottorius Free 6:30-9p

ABBOTT SQUARE 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

Al Frisby 6-8p

Matt Bradford 6-8p

James Murray 6-8p

THE SUBDUDES

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Live Bands 9p

Comedy Night, ’80s Night Free 8:30p

Saturday July 28 – 7:30/8:30pm $30/35

THE BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Wednesdays Unplugged w/ Monica 9p

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

An Evening With – 2 Sets – No Opener

2 Roots Music Legends Together

DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE W/ THE GUILTY ONES Sunday July 29 - 3/4pm $10/15 Afternoon Blues Series

ALBERT CASTIGLIA Sunday July 29 – 8:30/9pm $12/15

30th Anniv. Tour – Country Set + Rock Set

SUPERSUCKERS

Thursday August 2nd - 8/8:30pm $8/12 Blues & Soul Double Bill

7/28

Post Punk Dance Floor 9p

Funk Night w/ DJ Ed 9p

Karaoke Free 9p

Karaoke Free 9p

Comedy Night 9p

Karaoke Free 9p

Karaoke 8p-Close

Spun 9-11:45p

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke Free 8p

Swing Dance $5 5:30p

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

Alex Lucero & Friends 8p

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Karaoke 9-12:30a

CAPITOLA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

TBA 6:30-9:30p

Mike P.Z. w/ Rich Rodriguez 7-10p

Dave Miller 7-10p

Leftover Crack $20/$25 8p

Thrive, Roots of Rebellion Covet $10/$12 8:30p $12/$14 7:30p

SC Jazz Society Free 3:30p

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz CHAMINADE RESORT 1 Chaminade Ln, Santa Cruz

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OPEN LATE - EVERY NIGHT!

ADVANCE TICKETS ON TICKETWEB WEDNESDAY 7/25

LIL’ ELEPHANT

w/ OLIVER JACK AND THE DUKES

SHOOTER JENNINGS

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Comedy Night w/ Shwa Free 8p

SHOW 8PM - $8 DOOR

THURSDAY 7/26

DAGMAR

MAOLI + Soltribe

w/ OLIVER JACK AND THE DUKES SHOW 9PM - $7 DOOR

FRIDAY 7/27

MISNER AND SMITH w/ JOSHUA LOW & THE JUNCOS SHOW 9PM - $6 DOOR

SATURDAY 7/28

SPANISH LOVE SONGS w/ MERCY MUSIC & DEARLY DIVIDED SHOW 9PM - $8 DOOR

SUNDAY 7/29

OPEN BLUEGRASS JAM FREE IN THE GARDEN - 5PM TO 8PM

SUNDAY 7/29

*** KILL ROCK STARS *** LEARN TO MAKE GREAT MUSIC AT

WIMPS

w/ PREENING

SHOW 9PM - $10 ADV - $12 DOOR

MONDAY 7/30

SURFER JOE w/ NEW SHOCKWAVES

SHOW 9PM - $8 DOOR

ARTIST PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 365PRODUCER.COM

1305 FAIR AVE. SANTA CRUZ CA 95060

FOR MORE INFO CALL (831) 419-6070

Shinyribs $15 8p Alex Lucero 5:30p

crepe place

Outlaw Country/Rock & Roll Greats

MOESALLEY.COM

Karaoke 8p-Close

RHYE $28/$33 8p

Saturday August 4nd - 8/9pm $20/25

1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

7/31

The Box (Goth Night) 9p

+ JESSE DANIEL

Aug 31 Sept 1 Sept 6 Sept 7 Sept 8 Sept 9

TUE

Live Bands/Club 2000 Live VJ Dancing 9p Free 9p

JUNIOR BROWN

Aug 25 Aug 30

7/30

Mojo Mix 6-8p

Country & Americana Legend

THE SEXTONES FREDDIE MCGREGOR SPACE HEATER ANTHONY GOMES WILLIE K TALKING DREADS HARRY & THE HITMEN MIDNIGHT NORTH INDIGENOUS QUINN DEVEAUX CAROLYN SILLS COMBO + MISS LONELY HEARTS MONOPHONICS + The Humidoes GREEN LEAF RUSTLERS w/ CHRIS ROBINSON ISRAEL VIBRATION DIEGO’S UMBRELLA + Coffee Zombie JUNGLE FIRE MELVIN SEALS & JGB MICHAEL ROSE RAY CHARLES PROJECT (Afternoon)

MON

Broken Shades 6-8p

Friday August 3rd – 7:30/8:30pm $25/30

Aug 9 Aug 10 Aug 11 Aug 12 Aug 14 Aug 16 Aug 17 Aug 18 Aug 19 Aug 23 Aug 24

7/29

Jimmy Dewrance 6-8p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Llyod Whitley 1p Gil De Leon Trio 6-8p

RON ARTIS II + LIVE AGAIN

Aug 8

SUN

Given to Fly Free 7:30-9:30p

THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

Friday July 27 - 7/8pm $45/50

SAT

TUESDAY 7/31

7 COME 11

9 UNTIL MIDNIGHT MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

429-6994

LIVE MUSIC WED

7/25

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CORK AND FORK 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic Free 7-10p

THU

7/26

CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

7/27

Steve’s Jazz Kitchen Free 7-10p

Paperback Ryders Free 7-10p

DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

KUUMBWA JAZZ 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Madrigal & Strange Free 7-10p

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7/29

MON

7/30

Dagmar & TBA $7 9p

Misner & Smith w/ Joshua Lowe & the Juncos $10 9p

Hot Club Pacific $3 7:30p

Sambada Free 5:30p Room 9 $5 8:30p

Ten O’Clock Lunch Band Vintage Point $6 9p $7 9:30p

7/31

TBA 5-8p

Spanish Love Songs w/ Mercy Music & Dearly $8 9p

Open Bluegrass Jam 5-8p Kill Rock Stars WIMPS $10/$12 9p

BRIA SKONBERG Bright trumpet melodies, smoky vocals and an adventurous musical blend of the contemporary and the classic.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Friday, July 27 • 7 pm

DEVA MAHAL Rich vocals embracing blues roots, with an infusion of gospel, funk and R&B. Surfer Joe w/ New Shockwaves $8 9p

Live Comedy $7 9p

Funk Night ft. 7 Come 11 $6 9p-12a Stella by Barlight $5 8:30p

Esoteric Collective Free 6-9p

Wild & Blue Free 6-9p

Lady Songwriters Showcase Free 6:30-8:30p Kaeli Earle Trio $15 7:30p

TUE

Acoustic Open Jam 3-5p

Lil’ Elephant $8 9p

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Saturday, July 28 • 7 pm

DARMOK - BEER, WINE AND TURPENTINE - BENEFIT FOR SANTA CRUZ HOMELESS SERVICES CENTER Tickets: donation at the door Monday, July 30 • 7 & 9 pm

Faust $20 8p

Mabrak w/ Emmanuel Selassie $15 8p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville GROUND CONTROL COFFEE HOUSE 10 Seascape Village Dr, Aptos JACK O’NEILL LOUNGE Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr. Santa Cruz

7/28

Open Mic 7-10p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport DISCRETION BREWING 2703 41st Ave, Soquel

SAT

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CORRALITOS CULTURAL CENTER 127 Hames Rd., Corralitos CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

FRI

Thursday, July 26 • 7 pm

PARIS COMBO Swinging gypsy jazz, cabaret, French pop and Middle Eastern rhythms.

Spun w/ Alex Lucero & Live Again $18/$20 8p

9pm: 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Thursday, August 2 • 7 pm

Scooby Valdez Band 8p Toby Gray, Highway Buddha Free 7-9p

Chris Ells 2-4p Paperback Ryders 7-9p

Brian Fitzgerald Group Free 7-10p

Live Music Free 7-10p

Brian Fitzgerald Group Free 7-10p

Bria Skonberg $28.35/$33.60 7p

Deva Mahal $26.25/$31.50 7p

Benefit for HSC: Darmok $10 7p

YISSY GARCIA & BANDANCHA Some of Cuba’s most powerful, new artistic voices, led by Garcia on drums and featuring musical traditions fused with new sounds.

Paris Combo $36.75/$42 7&9p

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Saturday, August 4 • 7 pm

AN EVENING WITH RALPH ANYBODY & FRIENDS Tickets: snazzyproductions.com Monday, August 6 • 7 pm

KIM NALLEY WITH HOUSTON PERSON One of the Bay Area’s most revered vocalists, joined by a saxophone legend.

Friday, August 10 • 7 pm

SARAH MCKENZIE An artist whose masterful singing is matched by her compositions and approach to piano.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Saturday, August 11 • 8:30 pm

SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE Tickets: eventbrite.com Monday, August 13 • 7 pm

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Friday, August 17 • 7 pm

JOHN PIZZARELLI A renowned guitarist/vocalist and a premier interpreter of the Great American Songbook.

Monday, August 20 • 7 pm

BENEDETTO GUITARS 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH HOWARD PAUL & BRIAN NOVA Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org Dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa prsented concerts. Premium wines & beer available.

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St | Santa Cruz 831.427.2227 kuumbwajazz.org

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EMMET COHEN TRIO A multi-faceted pianist and one of his generation’s most pivotal figures in jazz, joined by his Trio.

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International Music Hall and Restaurant FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD

FLYNN’S CABARET AND STEAKHOUSE will be presenting its Grand Opening soon!

Farm-to-table, non-GMO with 40% Vegan, Vegetarian menu.

Fri Jul 27

FaUSt

Sat Jul 28

Frank Barter

Fri Aug 3

The Boys of Summer

“Expansive as an Oregon Sunset” $15 adv./$15 door seated – ages 21+ 8pm The Music of the Eagles $18 adv./$22 door Dance – ages 21+ 8:30pm

Sat Aug 4

I’m So Glad

Thu Aug 9

Maddie Leigh

Eric Clapton Through The Years $15 adv./$20 door Dance - ages 21+ 8pm Country Singer/Songwriter & World-Class Yodeler $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 7:30pm

Fri Aug 10

Love Eternal

Sat Aug 11

Jerry Garcia Celebration Show

Thu Aug 16

Singer/Songwriter from Corralitos $15 adv./$15 door seated – <21w/parent 7pm

The Virtuals w/Shoobies Hip-Shakin’, Irresistible, Beat-Driven Rock ‘n Roll $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 7:30pm

Halden Wofford & the Hi-Beams w/Levi Jack

Rocky Mountain Straight Honky Tonk $15 adv./$18 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm Sat Aug 18

Fri Aug 24

Randy McAllister

Badass Singer/Songwriter/Bluesman from Texas $15 adv./$18 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm

Liquid Sky w/Piece of My Heart

Woodstock Relived $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm

Matt Bradford Free 6p

Al Frisby 1p Scott Kail 6p

The Westside Sheiks Free 6p

Shawn Mullins & Max Gomez $22/$25 8p

The Subdudes $45/$50 7p

Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore $30/$35 7:30p

Albert Castiglia $10/$15 4p Supersuckers & more $12/$15 8:30p

Libation Lab w/ Syntax, King Wizard & more 930p-1:30a

Chris Slater 9:30p-1:30a

Summer Waves w/ Ahlan Rasta Cruz Reggae Party Wright & more 9p-12a 9:30p-12a

Casey Stickley Free 7p

Rola-J Free 7p

The Drunken Hearts, Lauren Wahl & Simply Put $7/$10 8p Groove Cartel, Roger That & DRMWVR 9:30p-2a

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz 99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Trivia 8p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

The Joint Chiefs 2-5p

Alex Lucero 6-9p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

A band of nefarious hombres from both sides of the border $15 adv./$18 door Dance – ages 21+ 7:30pm COMIN G RIGH T U P

Fri, Aug 31 Sun, Sep 2 Fri, Sep 7

Twisted Gypsy Luminance Ensemble Extra Large w/Puffball Collective

Tickets Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am

TUE

7/31

Blues Mechanics Free 6p

Hip Hop w/ DJ Marc 9:30p-12a

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

Open Mic 8p ‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p

Acoustic Music 6:30p

Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p

Acoustic Music 6:30p

Acoustic Music 12:30 & 6:30p

Acoustic Music 12:30 & 6p

Acoustic Music 6:30p

Acoustic Music 6:30p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Comedy Night 9p

Open Mic 7:30p

Wed. July 25 7:30pm Thu. July 26 7:30pm

The Quitters

Glenn & Stevie Ex-Waybacks $15 adv./$15 door seated <21 w/parent

Acoustic Soul

R&B, Jazz, and Funk NO COVER

Fri. July 27 5pm

Jazz the Dog HAPPY HOUR

Downtown Santa Cruz

Your local source for quality electric bicycles

NO COVER Fri. July 27 8:30pm

AZA

Dynamic Rockin’ Moroccan $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21 +

Sat. July 28 8:30pm

China Cats

Grateful Dead Tribute $15 adv./$15 door Dance– ages 21 +

Sun. July 29 5:30pm

Grateful Sunday Grateful Dead Tunes NO COVER

Wed. Aug 1 7:30pm

Jerry Garcia Birthday Bluegrass Bash

Lifetime tune-ups with bike purchase Open 7 Days a Week DOWNTOWN

Dave Holodiloff Bluegrass Band

SANTA CRUZ

$12 adv./ $15 door Dance– ages 21 +

COMING UP

Thu. Aug. 2 Fri. Aug. 3 Sat. Aug. 4 Sun. Aug. 5

Wed. Aug. 8

Restless Souls Spirit of ’76 Celebrating Jerry Garcia’s life Joint Chiefs Keith Greeninger & Dayan Kai 2pm Matinee Phil Marsh w/ Patti Maxine & Tracy Parker

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Live Again w/ Alex Lucero 2-5p

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SUN

Roots, Reggae & Soul from Hawaii $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm

Musicians from nearly every Grateful Dead tribute band in the Bay Area $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm Sun Aug 12

7/28

SAT

Grateful Sunday Concert Series Free 5:30

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Thu Aug 2

7/27

China Cats $15 8:30p

Mabrak w/Emmanuel Selassie

Good Time Non-Stop Dancing to All-Time Mega Hits $18 adv./$20 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm

FRI

Jazz The Dog Free 5p AZA $15 8:30p

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Spun w/Alex Lucero & Live Again

7/26

Acoustic Soul Free 7:30p

Experimental Rock Band from Hamburg $20 adv./$20 door seated <21 w/parent 8pm

Roots Reggae Legends Live and Direct from Jamaica $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm

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Kaeli Earle Trio

Inventive Jazz Trio from Bellingham, WA $15 adv./$15 door Dance ñ ages 21+ 7:30pm

7/25

The Quitters $15 7:30p

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831-621-2309 | currentebikes.com 131 Front Street, Suite D • Santa Cruz

LIVE MUSIC WED THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

7/25

Kallidad Free 8:30-11p

THU

7/26

Javier y Su Salsa Machin Free 7-10p

FRI

7/27

SAT

7/28

Live Again $5 8:30p-12:30a

Marshal Law $5 8:30p-12:30a

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

CALÍCO 7:30-10:30p

Tammi, Yuji & Steve 7:30-10:30p

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

Hot Fuse 6p

SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-9:30p

Phoenix Rising 8-11:30p

Patio Acoustics 1-4p Joint Chiefs 8-11:30p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 7-10p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

STEEL BONNET 20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley

Plan B Trio Free 5p

Michael Gaiter & His New Best Friends Free 5p

SUSHI GARDEN S.V. 5600 Scotts Valley Dr. Scotts Valley

Dave Muldawer 5:30p

Toby Gray 5:30p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

The Nell & Jim Band $20 7:30p

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CALL TO ACTION Lakeith Stanfield (left) and Danny Glover man the telemarketing trenches in ‘Sorry to Bother You.’

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Boots Riley’s debut ‘Sorry to Bother You’ blends real-world issues with entertaining weirdness BY STEVE PALOPOLI

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ometimes it seems like it’s hard to find a movie that really has something to say. Very rarely does one encounter a film like Sorry to Bother You that seems to have everything to say. There isn’t a frame in this debut from writer-director Boots Riley (previously known for leading Oakland hip-hop group the Coup) that doesn’t seem to be working on multiple levels. Hell, even the title is loaded with subtext: the phrase is something a telemarketer like the movie’s protagonist Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield) might say. It’s also

an important line at the end of the film in an entirely different context.

But more than that, it’s what Riley himself is saying to anyone who doesn’t want his movie to make them think about race and class.

There’s a constant meta-narrative winding through the film, like the way the earrings that Cassius’ girlfriend Detroit (Tessa Thompson) wears, and the photo of his deceased dad in his cubicle, constantly change to comment on the twists and turns.

So it’s whip-smart, for sure, and the best politically conscious movie to come out in a long time. But it’s also

funny and entertaining as hell. It’s also not a good movie to give away too much about. Halfway through, you’ll still be wondering why this film keeps being described as sci-fi—but, oh man, when you find out ... well, you’ll never think of the word “workhorse” the same way again, that’s for sure.

As the film opens, Cassius, who lives in Oakland, is trying to scam his way into a telemarketing job.

Turns out he doesn’t have to— “I’ll hire damn near anyone,” his boss reassures him. Why? Well it turns out no one cares who’s doing what at the bottom of the corporate heap.

But when Danny Glover as a fellow telemarketer shows Cassius how to find his “white voice”—the keys are imagining “you don’t really need this money” and “you’ve never been fired, only laid off”—Cassius’ career starts to take off. (His “white voice” is provided

by David Cross, and it never stops being hilarious, one of the film’s most brilliant satirical touches.)

The comedy here reaches deeper into the absurdity of the workplace than Mike Judge ever got, as Cassius becomes a Power Caller, angering his friends who are trying to unionize.

There’s a lot of wonderfully subtle stuff (when Cassius asks for “40 on 2” at the gas station, it’s 40 cents) and even better over-thetop ridiculousness (like the insane number of digits in the Power Caller elevator passcode, or the way that same elevator tells him things like “you are in your sexual prime, the top of the reproductive pile”).

The material is also ripe for visual experimentation by Riley, who clearly had a blast bringing this story to life. When Cassius starts cold calling and his desk suddenly drops into the home of whoever he’s talking to, it’s an original way to make us look at human interaction.

What if we didn’t have the facelessness of the phone—and by extension, the internet? How would we treat each other differently? How would we change what we say?

There aren’t inherent heroes here, only ordinary people who have the potential to act heroically. Nobody is flawless; Detroit is self-righteous about Cassius’ upward mobility, but part of that is simply masking her own guilt about selling art to rich people—her life experience is being consumed by the ruling class—and Cassius sees right through her, just as she does him. And nobody is truly bad, except for CEO Steve Lift (Armie Hammer), who runs a company called WorryFree that provides the mysterious conspiracy that eventually pushes this whole movie into Crazytown—and I mean that in the best way possible.

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU Written and directed by Boots Riley. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Terry Crews and Armie Hammer. Rated R. 115 minutes.

FILM NEW RELEASES BLINDSPOTTING Writers and co-stars Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs (of Hamilton fame) deliver their “love letter to Oakland” after 10 years of development. They play two former childhood friends (not a stretch, since they actually were) trying to get through the last three days of a year-long probation being served by Collin (Diggs). But his reckless friend Miles (Casal) may be the biggest threat to his freedom. Directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada. Co-starring Janina Gavankar and Wayne Knight. (R) 95 minutes. (SP) DON’T WORRY, HE WON’T GET FAR ON FOOT Gus Van Sant returns with a biopic based on the memoir of John Callahan, who became a quadriplegic in a car accident at age 21 and went on to have a celebrated but controversial career as a Portland alt-weekly cartoonist. Directed by Van Sant.

Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jack Black, Rooney Mara and Jonah Hill.

(R) 111 minutes. (SP)

TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES Whoever decided to make an adorable comedy version of Teen Titans for Cartoon Network, I salute you. It really makes you

CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. to downtown Santa Cruz, where each week the group discusses a different current release. For location and discussion topic, go to https:// groups.google.com/group/LTATM.

NOW PLAYING ANT-MAN AND THE WASP When I first heard about this movie, I thought it stood for Ant-Man and the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, and I was like, “Whoa, Roseanne was one thing, but this pandering to Trump voters is getting a little obvious!” But no, actually it’s like a buzz-buzz kind of Wasp, and she is a superhero who joins up with another insect superhero, the Ant-Man. You would think their superpowers would probably be ruining picnics and making people go “Aaaah!” But instead, they change size and fly around and make jokes while catching bad guys. That’s way better! Directed

by Peyton Reed. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas. (PG-13) 118 minutes. (SP) THE EQUALIZER 2 Denzel Washington is back as the Equalizer, and this time … it’s personal. No, really, I’m not just saying that! His friend gets killed and everything! And then he has to go avenge her death. That’s what you do when you’re the Equalizer and … it’s personal. Directed

by Antoine Fuqua. Co-starring Pedro Pascal, Melissa Leo and Bill Pullman. (R) (SP) THE FIRST PURGE Get Out may be the best political horror movie

of all time, but the Purge series paved the way for its success.

The Purge was where Blumhouse Productions learned that a smart slice of social commentary could make a familiar horror set-up into something entirely different.

Ironically, the original Purge film wasn’t that great, other than the interesting premise of a nearfuture fascist America where citizens are allowed to commit murder and other crimes with no repercussions for one day a year.

But the sequels have gotten better and better, exploring the intricacies of how such a world would work, and why. This fourth action-horror entry is a prequel that dials the story back to when the “New Founding Fathers” initiated the first Purge. Subtlety is not the name of the game here, as the teaser poster that featured the film’s title on a MAGA-style red hat should tell you.

Could be the best one yet! Directed

by Gerard McMurray.

certainly in the conversation—I think we’ll all make an exception.

Directed by Brad Bird. Featuring the voices of Holly Hunter, Craig T. Nelson, Sarah Vowell and Samuel L. Jackson. (PG) 118 minutes. (SP)

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION If you’re a fan of the Hotel Transylvania series, this third entry delivers pretty much more of the same (that’s actually a good thing).

For one thing, it continues to use a backdrop of monsters finding a way to co-exist with humans as a smart vehicle for delivering a message of tolerance and empathy—the series’ true strength. Once again, there’s an emphasis on visual humor and a rat-a-tat delivery of jokes, most of which draw on the unique personalities that have been shaped in the characters, and usually land. But this plot-heavy story of the monster squad taking an ocean cruise is definitely not as satisfying as HT2. Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky. Featuring the voices of Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi and Mel Brooks. (PG) 97 minutes. (SP)

MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN It’s hard to make fun of a sequel that’s already making fun of itself, so perhaps “Here We Go Again” in the title was a preemptive strike on the haters. It’s also, of course, a play on the Abba lyrics on which this whole ungodly franchise is built. First there were the 1970s pop songs, then there was the 1999 musical Mamma Mia!, then there was the 2008 movie based on it, and now this second film puts us four decades into people obsessing over a group whose most famous lyrics are “You can dance/You can jive/Having the time of your life.” Enough! I’m not going to your damn sing-along!

Directed by Ol Parker. Starring Lily James, Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep. (PG-13) 114 minutes. (SP)

INCREDIBLES 2 Normally, a sequel that takes 14 years to make is a dubious proposition. But for this follow-up to the megahit about a family of superheroes coming to grips with their powers—which is, if not the best Pixar film of all time,

LEAVE NO TRACE In Debra Granik's new film, the tension builds steadily between a reclusive father determined to live off the grid, in the wilderness, and the loyal teenage daughter he means to shield from — but also deprives of — the complications of civilized life. Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie carries the brunt of the drama as the curious daughter Tom, who slowly awakens to the possibilities of a different life than the one she’s always lived with her father. And Ben Foster turns in a performance of aching, simmering reserve as taciturn father Will. Directed by Debra Granik. Starring Ben Foster and Thomasin Mckenzie. (PG) 109 minutes. (LJ)

RBG Forget The Avengers Infinity War. Here’s a movie that’s really worth cheering about. This smart, sly, heartfelt documentary by directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West, enters the marketplace with the same quiet, unassuming, yet determined demeanor as its subject—legendary Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

As cunning as Loki, as grounded

as Black Panther, she wields her opinion with the impact and precision of Thor's hammer, and achieves actual change, fighting for gender equality under the law as she has for five decades of groundbaking decisions. And nary a special effect in sight—unless you count her incredible stamina to keep fighting the good fight at age 84. (PG) 98 minutes. (LJ) SKYSCRAPER In San Andreas, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had to fly a helicopter hundreds of miles to rescue his family after they were nearly killed by a massive earthquake. In this movie, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has to ascend a burning skyscraper to rescue his family who are trapped at the top.

I think the message is: Kids, do not let your mom marry Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, or you are toast. Not even one date! Get her the hell off Tinder! You don’t want this flaming deathtrap of a parent swiping left into your life, believe me. Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber. Co-starring Neve Campbell, Noah Taylor and McKenna Roberts. (PG-13) 102 minutes. (SP) SORRY TO BOTHER YOU Reviewed this issue. Starring Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Danny Glover and Patton Oswalt.

(R) 105 minutes. (SP) THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS This documentary presents an interesting question for film writers: since the story of these three identical twins who only found each other as teenagers, after being separated at birth, has been thoroughly written about for decades, can there really be spoilers about it? The director himself, Tim Wardle, has admitted he is struggling with this same issue in promoting the film.

Personally, I think the best thing to do if you don’t know this story is to go into the movie without reading one single thing about the true story … and prepare to have your mind completely blown. Trust me, you will not believe the twist in what was already a one-of-kind story. (PG-13) 96 minutes. (SP)

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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT I thought I was crazy when I first noticed that the popularity of Mission: Impossible movies seem to grow the more Tom Cruise gets hurt in the movies. To put it a little more accurately, the more the movies undercut Cruise’s veneer of action-hero flawlessness, the more people flock to them. But I’m not the only person who thinks this, because the trailer for the latest one features a scene where Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt is scared to jump out a window. And it’s really funny! For some reason, Tom Cruise getting owned just never gets tired. Hell, isn’t that why we all watched Edge of Tomorrow, to see him get killed over and over again? Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Co-starring Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames and Simon Pegg. 147 minutes. (SP)

wonder why DC Comics characters are so much better in animated films than live-action ones lately.

Just the voice casting here alone is genius: Nicolas Cage as Superman, Patton Oswalt as Atom, Will Arnett as Slade, Halsey as Wonder Woman? I’m totally there. Directed

by Aaron Horvath and Peter Rida Michail. Co-starring the voices of Tara Strong, Scott Menville and Khary Payton. (PG) (SP)

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andmark margaritas and incomparable atmosphere continue to make Manuel’s a destination for devoted locals and adventurous visitors. I’ve been coming to Manny’s since the first week I arrived in Santa Cruz a few decades back. It was great then.

And it’s great now. One of the rare restaurants to deliver exactly what you remembered, it has stayed the same even though so many other places changed, morphed or declined.

Filled, no, make that packed, with a happy and vivacious crowd last week, Manny’s made us feel right at home.

Seated under the portrait of John Tuck

painted by founder Manuel Santana, Melody and I each immediately ordered a house Top Shelf Margarita ($9.75)—a hefty and complex creation of triple sec, Cointreau, and tequila—and checked out the menu.

Yes, all of the famous chiles, tacos, burritos, and entree specials were still where we left them. But Melody only had eyes for the justly famed chile relleno dinner, a landscape of melted cheese over eggy chiles, with rice and sensuous refried beans ($14). My à la carte order of a carne asada taco ($6.50) and a quesadilla filled with shredded chicken, tomatoes, peppers, and cheese ($6.75) proved—like those

gargantuan chile rellenos—enough for a World Cup after party. Thick slices of grilled beef filled the soft, warm tortillas, to which I applied the sour cream and pico de gallo adorning the side of my plate. I’m a fool for a quesadilla, and these delicious gooey wedges of filled tortillas were exactly the partners for the smoky, salty margarita. You’ve got a choice here: fill up on chips, salsa, and drinks and then take your dinner home for another day. Or, exercise restraint with the chips and do justice to the fine cooking. We managed to aim somewhere in between. The service here is always warm, friendly, and

Raise a glass to one of the movers and shakers of our Santa Cruz Mountains wine region—the late Dexter Ahlgren— at a Harvest Dinner in his honor, Aug. 19, 4-9 p.m. Ahlgren, who died this past April was founder of Ahlgren Family Vineyards, was also a founding member of the Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association, and helped put our viticultural region on the international map. Join friends and fellow winemakers at Deer Park Ranch, home to Lester Estate Wines, for an all-star evening of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay tasting, followed by a bountiful farm-to-table dinner prepared by chef Brad Briske of HOME restaurant in Soquel. You’ll be sure to hear a few tales about the colorful winemaker. Tickets $150, available at the SCMWA website.

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Congratulations to the organizers of the recent al fresco dinner to honor the Homeless Garden Project.

Congressman Jimmy Panetta described the follies in Washington while we enjoyed a wonderful succession of courses, starting with Cafe Cruz chef Steve Wilson’s delightful appetizers, and a fabulous chicken confit over black bean feijoada with orange balsamic reduction sauce from Peter Henry of the Cremer House. Equally enchanting was an unusual zucchini lemon cake with roast strawberries from Aubergine’s Yulanda Santos. Gorgeous food, lots of progressive honchos in attendance—vibrant company.

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lthough Santa Cruz boasts its fair share of donut shops, new wave donuts are a trend that hasn’t really taken hold locally yet. Visit your neighborhood purveyor of glazed and jelly-filled delights and you’re likely to face the same deliberations you have since you were a kid. Maybe you don’t need to fix what isn’t broken, as most shops have so far been resistant to tinker with traditional recipes in order to create playful modern iterations à la Portland’s Voodoo Doughnut and Bluestar Donuts.

Dunlap’s Donuts is the exception.

The Pleasure Point shop is beginning to dip its toes into the deep waters of donut exploration. On the weekends, they load their display case with oversized donuts topped with sugary breakfast cereal, crushed cookies and candy—think Fruity Pebbles, Girl Scout “Samoas” and M&Ms. Others are drizzled with dessert-inspired glazes like mint chip and red velvet cake. They even have a s’more donut finished with crushed graham cracker and toasted marshmallow fluff and crowned with a chunk of Hershey’s chocolate bar. They’re totally over the top, undeniably fun

and definitely Instagram-worthy.

Compared to those decadent creations, Dunlap’s cronut looks almost humble. Yes, I said cronut— that croissant-doughnut hybrid that made headlines in 2013 when pastry chef Dominique Ansel began offering it at his New York City bakery. For months after its initial release, lines stretched down the block hours before the bakery opened. The craze led to a Craigslist-based black market where cronuts sold for $20 to $40 a piece, launching the cronut into infamy.

Dunlap’s version—they call it a ‘dossant’—is delicious. Fried to a deep brown and either dusted with sugar or finished with a simple glaze shining on its many layers, the textural delight of sinking your teeth through the flaky, croissant-like interior is luxurious.

Despite its creation story, the cronut doesn’t feel gimmicky, but rather like two friends who finally started dating and everyone agreed that the pair “made sense.” I sense that a new classic has been born.

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ne of the more interesting wineries we stopped at on a recent trip to Paso Robles was Eberle Winery. With its 16,000 square feet of underground caves and beautiful gardens and grounds, it’s a happening place to visit. Not surprisingly, it’s a popular spot for weddings and birthday celebrations.

We tasted an interesting Muscat Canelli ($22), made from Eberle’s estate fruit, with enticing aromas of orange blossoms and spicy ripe apricots. Mouthwatering flavors of candied ginger and white peach intermingled with bursts of guava add pizzazz to this refreshing semisweet wine, which comes with an easy-to-open screw cap.

The German-origin name “Eberle” means “small boar”—which accounts for the boar logo on every label and the impressive bronze boar on the grounds greeting every guest.

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of returning from working overseas.

Gary and his wife Marcy are still very much hands-on in the winery, and they are hosting a wine cruise to New England in September 2019 on the small yacht M/S Navigator. But if you simply want to enter the portals of Eberle Winery to try their wines, then tasting is complimentary—and so is a tour of the caves.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES In this last week of July, with Sun in Leo, humanity is experiencing seven retrogrades— Mercury (communication, thinking), Mars (action), Saturn (restructuring), Neptune (spiritualizing), Pluto (transforming), Vesta (the self as a newly discovered reality, the fire within), and Chiron (the wound leading to suffering, leading to awareness, leading to healing, leading to understanding).

Retrogrades create a time of remembering for humanity. In October (Oct. 5-Nov. 16) Venus retrogrades (in Libra) and Mercury, too (in Sag). By the second week of December, the retrograde season is over.

What is a “retrograde season” and how do we respond? A season is a cluster of months

(spring, summer, autumn, winter). When retrogrades occur, it signals a time of rest for humanity, a moving inward. Everything turns inside out, upside down, the usual day-to-day becomes the unexpected and different.

Multiple retrogrades can create unease, tension and pressure upon humanity.

We can become irritated and out of sorts. Communication (Mercury) becomes miscommunication. Moving forward (Mars), takes us two steps back. Memories flood us.

Sadness sometimes, too. Our entire world seems transformed (Pluto). And it is.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Mars is what propels you. It’s is your physical energy.

During this time, you may experience interactions slowing down, not working in ways expected. It’s good to understand retrogrades. Because there can be anger and frustration. It’s good to allow setbacks to be taken in stride.

And to know that different opportunities will be offered.

When interruptions occur at work, just refocus and review everything. Something from the past becomes important.

It’s time to return to your artistic abilities, a creative project previously put away. Time to reconsider leisure, work, travel and creative self-identity. Time to consider new approaches to interactions with friends, groups and your future. Are you questioning something? Remembering will produce feelings, deep and complicated. There could be exhaustion, too. It’s time also to rest more. Giving you time to contemplate, to ponder, to understand more and to forgive.

TAURUS Apr21–May21

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

The task for Hercules in the sign of Cancer was to lift up instincts and intellect to the intuition; holding intuition close to the heart. Your intuition is very keen. You are able to sense the false, deceptive and unreal. Things you planned on doing may experience setbacks. Simply reorient yourself to a different agenda. One that changes day to day. Review previous studies, cultural interests and important goals. Do you have the same aspirations?

All Scorpios are deeply affected by Mars and Mercury retrogrades. Mars brings the Nine Tests of Discipleship. And Mercury informs Scorpio (especially) to be careful of thoughts and words, which either create or destroy. In the meantime things around the home begin to have a life of their own.

Breakdowns may occur, things long waiting to be fixed won’t wait anymore. Family situations occur, emotional issues from the past appear. Siblings call needing help. Daily routines aren’t anymore. No matter the situation, carry on, Scorpio.

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GEMINI May 22–June 20 During retrogrades our enthusiasm for interactions in the world slows down. Life becomes an internal drama, we’re more cautious, we question more, we wonder about past choices and if we should redo them. We want to refine and perfect, refocus and review, reorganize and reorder. Especially our old ways of thinking and old beliefs. Money and communication with intimates can become complicated. Look at finances once, twice, three times. Review everything.

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Finances, insurance, shared resources—all of these may need to be explored once again. Review all previous transactions. Fix what’s broken. And don’t allow any buried anger to surface and hurt others. Have the intention to manage emotions with equanimity and poise.

Communication may be difficult. Something may become an obsession. Reassess how you approach relationships.

Find ways to have more kindness, less protection under your shell. Reach out and touch the heart of everything.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 Here are the areas of life that may be affected in some ways.

Observe them. And go on your way. Creativity, recreation, pleasure, children, hobbies, love affairs, enthusiasm, creative projects, leisure. Or perhaps ideas, thoughts, self-expression, social interactions, communication, money making and security. In all these things, one after another, something may occur that makes you rethink past actions. You will revise some things, eliminate many others. In between times use mantras to reorganize your thinking.

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 Is the issue of money or resources up for discussion? Do you feel that you are a resource for your family and friends? Things may come quite up-close and personal. Emotions may be volatile. Are you responding or reacting? What needs refining, reorganizing, rethinking and/or repaired? What is creating frustration? What are you concerned about and need answers for? Is there a need to redo or coordinate something? What initiatives do you want to put into place after the retrogrades?

LE0 Jul21–Aug22

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18

You may be looking deep within the self, assessing communications in past relationships. Nothing is clear or direct. There is such a focus upon the past that the present doesn’t seem to exist. Assessing one’s behavior within relationships is important at this time.

Relationships with everything, not just lovers. This is very important inner work. Daily schedules and agendas may change. Notice setbacks, hindrances. Work around them with agility and poise. You’re always the leader.

It’s important to realize that everything you have done has been perfect. And according to plan. Aquarians are sometimes hard on themselves, thinking they don’t do enough, aren’t enough of something. They worry a lot, too.

However, it’s important to know that Aquarians are quite different than most of humanity. Aquarians come from another star system, from the future. They don’t perform or accomplish things like the rest of humanity. They have different tasks altogether. Aquarius, you’re perfect.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22

PISCES Feb19–Mar20

You may feel less than enthused about your present daily life. Projects and routines may have lost their luster. Work may seem difficult, unexciting. Expressing the self may be frustrating. It’s a good time to reorganize all levels of everyday life. Experiment with different time schedules, ways of eating, exercise, walks and chats in the garden. Notice any anxieties, confusion, preoccupations or changes of heart.

You’re hidden away for a while, Pisces. As it should be. It’s time for resting more, contemplating the future, reaffirming dreams or letting them go. Something has changed in your work. A new level of study has appeared after many months of preparation. It’s important to tend to health now, to assess what’s needed for your well-being. Focus on the little things that make up each day. Accomplish each task with order and strive to do your very best. One’s best is better than perfect.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018-0001067 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as SHAMPOOCHEZ. 1380 SOQUEL AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA, 95062. County of Santa Cruz.

SHAMPOOCHEZ SANTA CRUZ, LLC. 1380 SOQUEL AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA, 95062. AI# 17010081. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: ELLEN TORRY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on June 27, 2018. July 4, 11, 18, & 25.

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Santa Cruz. ROBERTA DEE SOUDER. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: ROBERTA DEE SOUDER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 9, 2018. July 18, 25, Aug. 1, & 8.

Santa Cruz. WILFREDO MONTANO JR.. 32 WHITEMAN AVE., CORRALITOS, CA 95076. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: WILFREDO MONTANO JR.. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on June 15, 2018. July 18, 25, Aug 1, & 8.

HOUSE CANDY STAGING. 333 ARTHUR DRIVE, APTOS, CA 95003.

County of Santa Cruz.

ASHLEY MICHELLE TAPLEY. 333 ARTHUR DRIVE, APTOS, CA 95003.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: ASHLEY TAPLEY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is July 6, 2018.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 9, 2018. July 25, Aug 1, 8, & 15.

The following Individual is doing business as FLORENCE & FENN WOODWORKS. 400 SUNDANCE HILLL, SOQUEL, CA 95073.

County of Santa Cruz. ROSEMARY FLORENCE WIDMANN. 400 SUNDANCE HILLL, SOQUEL, CA 95073.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: ROSEMARY FLORENCE WIDMANN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on July 19, 2018. July 25, Aug 1, 8, & 15.

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Ingredients 2 ½ lbs medium prawns ¼ cup fresh parsley sprigs ¼ cup olive oil 2 tablespoons barbecue sauce 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 tablespoon honey 3 garlic cloves, crushed 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

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Finely chop parsley. Place in a bowl and combine with oil, sauce, juice, honey, garlic and chives.

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Lisa Neil, 16-Year Customer,Aptos Occupation: Hospital administration Hobbies: Playing with with my two sweet children, yoga, wine, cooking, bike riding in Forest of Nisene Marks Sergio Neil, 15-Year Customer,Aptos

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Occupation: IT Hobbies: Photography, bike riding, the family, barbecuing

What first got you shopping here? LISA:“I was What do you like to cook? LISA:“It’s pretty diverse, You like Shopper’s family environment? LISA: “Yes, I feel like a friend when I’m here because the living in Watsonville and called Shopper’s asking if including Peruvian dishes for my beloved husband. staff is so engaging.” SERGIO:“Our daughters, they carried veal.They said:‘We’ve got that — how One of his favorites is Lomo Saltado, stir-fried sirloin Karalina and Olivia, get excited about coming to would you like it sliced?’ I was instantly hooked or fillets, with onions, peppers, and tomatoes served Shopper’s.The checkers really dote on them.They and didn’t mind driving all the way from over French fries.And rice. I think there’s a law that love it!” LISA:“As local owners, the Beauregards have Watsonville!” SERGIO:“I was looking for good meat says you must serve rice with all Peruvian food.” a connection to their customers and staff, also their for Peruvian dishes; I was immediately impressed SERGIO:“We tend to get a fair amount of meat, products: they know what’s selling and what’s not. by the quality of the meat and the knowledgeable chicken, and seafood from the butcher shop.We That’s big.” SERGIO:“I applaud Shopper’s for staff in all departments.” LISA:“Shopper’s is our ordered a turducken one Thanksgiving — it was supporting many local suppliers and for sponsoring main grocery store, although we now live in Aptos. amazing!” LISA:“I’m a big fan of Shopper’s bountiful non-profits and school fundraisers.” LISA:“I’ll tell The service always exceeds my expectations, and spice section. I’ve found Moroccan,Asian, even hardpeople new to the area,‘Put Shopper’s on your list I’m always finding new ‘treasures.’ It blows my to-find Peruvian spices. It’s impressive, as is the wine to try. It’s an experience you won’t regret.Their mind!” SERGIO:“I prefer shopping Shopper’s over department. Outstanding price points. Superb specialty products are unparalleled.’” the chains as we’re helping our local economy.”

Argentinian wines and Malbecs.”

“Shopper’s is our main grocery store, although we now live in Aptos. The service always exceeds my expectations.”

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