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EDITOR’S NOTE There is a long tradition of “anti-Valentine’sDay” Valentine’s Day issues at Santa Cruz altweeklies. Maybe it’s because journalists are naturally contrarians, or because the syrupy sweetness of the holiday is just so ripe for salting. But man, there have really been some great ones. Like the time we wrote about the ghosting phenomenon here at GT a couple of years ago. Or Georgia Perry’s “Take a Ride in the Junk Trunk” memoir back at Santa Cruz Weekly, which was the worst-date story to end all worst-date stories. And back at Metro Santa Cruz, we celebrated V-Day one year with a “No Sex” issue.

It’s not always doom and gloom with our love lines. Former GT staffer (and current Love at First Bite columnist) Lily Stoicheff wrote a truly heartfelt defense of Valentine’s Day one year after she got sick of all our cold

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Thank you so much, GT, for sharing the story about the Financial Times’ report on Netflix’s decision to, at the request of the Saudi government, pull an episode of The Patriot Act because host Hasan Minhaj criticized the Saudi government, which is responsible for the (still unpunished) murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi (GT, 1/9). It was important to hear again, loudly and clearly, how Reed Hastings of Santa Cruz, head of Netflix, downplayed his company’s stark act of complicity in censorship on behalf of a murderous regime by calling it “banal” and “benign.”

He further claims that Netflix supports “artistic freedom.” Really? Until when?

Until an authoritarian government with which you have business dealings requests you silence an artist for condemning that government?

Hastings is the multimillionaire head of a media empire, and his casual disregard for the effects and implications of his actions

prickling. And I thought last year’s V-Day issue with Maria Grusauskas’ story on two local sex podcasters was remarkably cuddle-positive.

But yeah, we’re back to our wetblanket ways this year—sorry, Lily!

Our V-Day issue cover story is about divorce, it’s true; specifically, a local photo project that involves jamming people into a cursed wedding dress and getting them talking about their failed marriages. But I think Georgia Johnson’s profile of Kay Hansen and Georgia Cantando, the two women behind this phenomenon, actually proves that our fascination with the dark side of Valentine’s Day isn’t really rooted in some kind of nasty cynicism.

It’s actually because the stories of our shortcomings and failures in love can sometimes be more revealing, moving and human than some idealized portrait of love triumphant—and are also super entertaining! Hansen and Cantando definitely understand this, and have taken it to a new level.

So slip into something formal and uncomfortable, and give it a read!

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on freedom of the press and intellectual freedom, and his willingness to cooperate with a violent, repressive government that wishes to continue to murder journalists unrestrained, is both supremely chilling and enormously revealing. With his words and actions, he shows himself, and his company, Netflix, as unfit to be one of the few mediums through which we may access brilliantly informative programs such as Minhaj’s. As a result, people of conscience will look for alternatives to Netflix. However, there are very few options for viewing media because U.S. antitrust laws have laid dormant for decades. Perhaps it’s time to dust them off, so that we have the choice to access media from companies that have respect for intellectual freedom and freedom of the press.

As citizens who do not want to support companies that engage in immoral actions and decisions that destabilize the democratic process, what are we supposed to do? How far will participation in censorship by media monopolies go?

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The Santa Cruz County Office of Education is coordinating the Santa Cruz County Mock Trial Competition. This year will be the 13th for the contest, which runs Feb. 6-27. Mock Trial gives students the chance to learn about their judicial system. Judges volunteer to preside over the hearings, and more than 40 local attorneys volunteer as scorers. The winning team will represent the county at the state finals in Sacramento in March.

Before southern California’s Carlsbad Desalination Plant opened in 2015, UCSC scientists saw an opportunity to study the effects that high-salinity brine might have on coastal waters. Their study’s results, published Jan. 25 in Water, included both good and bad news. There were no significant changes to nearby sea life from the discharge, they found.

But salinity levels exceeded the permitted level, and the salt plume extended much farther offshore than had been permitted.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of February 6 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22

Climbing mountains has been a popular adventure since the 19th century, but there are still many peaks around the world that no one has ever ascended. They include the 24,591-foot-high Muchu Chhish in Pakistan, 23,691foot Karjiang South in Tibet, and 12,600-foot Sauyr Zhotasy on the border of China and Kazakhstan. If there are any Aries mountaineers reading this horoscope who have been dreaming about conquering an unclimbed peak, 2019 will be a great time to do it, and now would be a perfect moment to plan or launch your quest. As for the rest of you Aries, what’s your personal equivalent of reaching the top of an unclimbed peak?

Multitalented Libran singer and actor Donald Glover uses the name Childish Gambino when he performs his music.

How did he select that alias? He used an online random name generator created by the rap group Wu-Tang Clan.

I tried the same generator and got “Fearless Warlock” as my new moniker. You might want to try it yourself, Libra.

The coming weeks will be an excellent time to add layers to your identity and expand your persona and mutate your self-image. The generator is here: tinyurl.com/ yournewname. (P.S.: If you don’t like the first one you’re offered, keep trying until you get one you like.)

TAURUS Apr20–May20 Eminem’s song “Lose Yourself” was a featured track in the movie 8 Mile, and it won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003. The creator himself was not present at the Oscar ceremony to accept his award, however.

He was so convinced his song would lose that he stayed home. At the moment that presenter Barbra Streisand announced Eminem’s triumph, he was asleep in front of the TV with his daughter, who was watching cartoons. In contrast to him, I hope you will be fully available and on the scene for the recognition or acknowledgment that should be coming your way sometime soon.

Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Salvator Mundi sold for $450 million in 2017. Just 12 years earlier, an art collector had bought it for $10,000. Why did its value increase so extravagantly? Because in 2005, no one was sure it was an authentic da Vinci painting. It was damaged and had been covered with other layers of paint that hid the original image. After extensive efforts at restoration, the truth about it emerged. I foresee the possibility of a comparable, if less dramatic, development in your life during the next 10 months, Scorpio. Your work to rehabilitate or renovate an underestimated resource could bring big dividends.

GEMINI May21–June20

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21

While enjoying its leisure time, the peregrine falcon glides around at 50 miles per hour. But when it’s motivated by the desire to eat, it may swoop and dart at a velocity of 220 miles per hour. Amazing! In accordance with your astrological omens, Gemini, I propose that we make the peregrine falcon your spirit creature for the next three weeks. I suspect you will have extraordinary speed and agility and focus whenever you’re hunting for exactly what you want. So here’s a crucial question: what exactly do you want?

We can behold colors because of specialized cells in our eyes called cones. Most of us have three types of cones, but a few rare people have four. This enables them to see far more hues than the rest of us. Are you a tetrachromat, a person with super-vision? Whether you are or not, I suspect you will have extra powerful perceptual capacities in the coming weeks. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you will be able to see more than you usually do. The world will seem brighter and deeper and more vivid. I urge you to deploy your temporary superpower to maximum advantage.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22 Now and then, the sun shines and rain falls at the same time. The meteorological name for the phenomenon is “sunshower,” but folklore provides other terms.

Hawaiians may call it “liquid sunshine” or “ghost rain.”

Speakers of the Tangkhul language in India imagine it as “the wedding of a human and spirit.” Some Russians refer to it as “mushroom rain,” since it’s thought to encourage the growth of mushrooms. Whatever you might prefer to call it, Cancerian, I suspect that the foreseeable future will bring you delightful paradoxes in a similar vein. And in my opinion, that will be very lucky for you, since you’ll be in the right frame of mind and spirit to thrive amid just such situations.

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SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

A study by the Fidelity financial services company revealed that in 43 percent of all couples, neither partner has an accurate knowledge of how much money the other partner earns. Meanwhile, research by the National Institute of Health concludes that among heterosexual couples, 36 percent of husbands misperceive how frequently their wives have orgasms. I bring this to your attention in order to sharpen your focus on how crucial it is to communicate clearly with your closest allies. I mean, it’s rarely a good idea to be ignorant about what’s going on with those close to you, but it’ll be an especially bad idea during the next six weeks.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 There are two kinds of minor, boring little tasks. One is when you're attending to a detail that’s not in service to a higher purpose; the other is when you're attending to a detail that is a crucial step in the process of fulfilling an important goal. An example of the first might be when you try in vain to scour a permanent stain on a part of the kitchen counter that no one ever sees. An example of the second is when you download an update for an existing piece of software so your computer works better and you can raise your efficiency levels as you pursue a pet project. The coming weeks will be an excellent time to keep this distinction in mind as you focus on the minor, boring little tasks that are crucial steps in the process of eventually fulfilling an important goal.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 Can you sit on your own head? Not many people can. It requires great flexibility. Before comedian Robin Williams was famous, he spontaneously did just that when he auditioned for the role of the extraterrestrial immigrant Mork, the hero of the TV sitcom Mork and Mindy. The casting director was impressed with Williams’ odd-but-amusing gesture, and hired him immediately. If you’re presented with an opportunity sometime soon, I encourage you to be inspired by the comedian’s ingenuity. What might you do to cinch your audition, to make a splashy first impression, to convince interested parties that you’re the right person?

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22

PISCES Feb19–Mar20

Torre Mayor is one of the tallest skyscrapers in Mexico City. When workers finished its construction in 2003, it was one of the world’s most earthquake-proof buildings, designed to hold steady during an 8.5-level temblor.

Over the course of 2019, Virgo, I’d love to see you erect the metaphorical equivalent of that unshakable structure in your own life. The astrological omens suggest that doing so is quite possible. And the coming weeks will be an excellent time to launch that project or intensify your efforts to manifest it.

Twitter wit Notorious Debi Hope advises us, “Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes.”

That’s wise counsel for you to keep in mind during the next three weeks. Let me add a few corollaries. First, stave off any temptation you might have to believe that others know what’s good for you better than you do. Second, figure out what everyone thinks of you and aggressively liberate yourself from their opinions. Third, if anyone even hints at not giving you the respect you deserve, banish them for at least three weeks.

Homework: What is the best gift you could give your best ally right now?

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discouraged men from opening up about mental health.

No Man’s Land It took the #MeToo movement to shine a light on men’s mental health BY ANDREW STEINGRUBE

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American Psychological Association (APA) recently issued guidelines—for the first time in its 127-year history— focused specifically on treatment of men and boys. The association had released similar reports for girls and women, LGBTQ+ people, racial and ethnic minorities and older adults, but never for men.

At the root of the paper is a fundamental mismatch: “Boys and men, as a group, tend to hold privilege and power based on gender,” the report explains. But they also have disproportionately high rates of negative health and social outcomes, such as suicide, heart problems, violence, substance abuse, and incarceration. Along with the pressures of daily life,

the psychological and emotional weight of these risk factors often go unaddressed. “Many men do not seek help when they need it, and many report distinctive barriers to receiving gender-sensitive psychological treatment,” the APA report notes.

That male emotional needs are often relegated to the backburner, or sometimes left off the stove entirely, is a familiar phenomenon to the leaders of the Central Coast nonprofit Breakthrough Men’s Community, which offers support groups and educational resources in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. “I was stunned that it has taken the APA 127 years to address this subject,” says Executive Director Chris Fitz.

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hat is this salty discharge?” a befuddled Jerry Seinfeld wonders aloud as he wipes the tears from his eyes in an iconic scene from his namesake sitcom—a comedic take on the much bigger idea of male emotion and vulnerability, which even a few decades later can still feel quite foreign to many men.

Now, a first-of-its-kind set of psychological guidelines and increasingly active local community groups hope to change that by questioning male stereotypes in an effort to improve access and quality for mental health care.

Ironically, it was in the thick of the #MeToo movement that the

Breakthrough was created in 1978 to help men end “non-productive, painful, or abusive aspects of their lives.” The group has since expanded to offer more local programs that cover everything from addiction to becoming an ally for other types of people. “The most powerful ingredient” in changing behavior, Fitz says, is still often first-hand stories from other men.

The APA’s own report echoes these sentiments, saying that research shows boys are taught from a young age to be “self-reliant, strong, and to minimize and manage their problems,” ultimately leading to “adult men who are less willing to seek mental health treatment.”

Attempting to behavioral constructs in any culture, let alone one as entrenched as mainstream masculinity, is certainly not an easy undertaking. Many of the APA’s new guidelines suggest that psychologists dig deeper into other facets of male identity—like race, sexuality or other variables—that in the past may have led to feelings of stigma. Breaking cycles of physical or emotional turmoil that can lead to violence— against women or otherwise—is another focus of guidelines that urge mental health providers to encourage healthy family and social relationships.

Santa Cruz and the Bay Area are among the many urban and suburban areas where non-traditional gender roles, co-parenting arrangements and stay-at-home dads have flourished thanks to legislation and some area companies’ more generous parental leave policies. Amid these broader cultural shifts, what groups like the APA and Breakthrough say is still missing are mental health services that acknowledge how times have changed.

For John Hain, a member of Breakthrough on the Central Coast for over 20 years, such change is often easier said than done. A former forensic pathologist, he says that seeing the results of “self-neglect”— suicide, substance abuse, other risky behavior—all motivated him to focus on the role of emotional imbalance.

“Challenges to these rigid mores are tremendously unsettling for many men,” says Hain.

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NEWS SLOWING PROGRESS UCSC associate professor’s parking model shows how self-driving cars could create downtown gridlock

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For UCSC’s Adam Millard-Ball, it all started with a thought experiment.

The associate environmental studies professor asked himself how self-driving cars might find parking within downtown areas in the coming decades, and he wondered how the resulting changes might affect traffic.

He believes the cars of the future will be programmed to find the cheapest parking options available, and will have no need to park near their destinations after dropping their owners off. So will an autonomous vehicle drop off its passenger in a busy downtown metropolis and then park somewhere on the city’s outskirts for free? Will it drive back home, only to return downtown to pick up its owner again later in the day? Or will it simply seek out a two-hour parking spot and then move just before the two hours is up?

Millard-Ball found that the answer to each of those questions is yes, after using game theory and a traffic simulation model to come up with his predictions. What surprised him, however, was the most common scenario the cars would choose, according to his experiment. Millard-Ball found that many cars will simply “cruise” around nearby until their owners finish with their downtown errands. The cars will coast around the streets, instead of looking for a spot, and create massive traffic jams in the process. His report argues the cars would “have the incentive to seek out and exacerbate congestion—even gridlock—in order to minimize costs to their owners.”

Unless mitigated by significant changes in transportation or urban planning policy, he says that traffic could be disastrous for the quality of life in cities, like San Francisco, as well as university campuses like UCSC. Millard-Ball’s experiment created quite a stir on the internet on Friday. Someone posted a UCSC press release about the news to Reddit, where it catapulted to one of the site’s top three posts, quickly earning more than 70,000 upvotes via the forum’s science tab. The top commenter >16

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Large internet service providers make deals with developers to squeeze out smaller competitors BY ALISHA GREEN

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he internet service arrangement for the 94 new apartments at Five55 Pacific caught the team at Cruzio by surprise, they say.

In late 2017, the Santa Cruz-based internet service provider paid the building developer, Swenson, to have a subcontractor build more than $15,000 worth of infrastructure and a telecommunications vault for the building, which would have allowed Cruzio to offer residents their services.

Swenson officials told Cruzio to work with the telecommunications consultant on next steps, says Cruzio

CEO Peggy Dolgenos. The consultant was RealtyCom Partners, a San Rafael-based telecommunications consulting firm that specializes in “identifying, negotiating and maximizing new telecom revenue opportunities for real estate owners,” according to its website. The company negotiated terms, but Swenson made the final decision on which proposals to move forward with.

Dolgenos says Cruzio never got to discuss or negotiate terms with RealtyCom. When the business received an update, Cruzio had been cut out of the deal, despite

Swenson’s assurances, Dolgenos says. AT&T and Comcast, which each agreed to pay for parts of their own infrastructure in the building, would be the two companies offering internet services to tenants. It rendered Cruzio’s $15,000 investment little more than a sunk cost, Dolgenos says.

“We wasted that money just planning to serve all the apartments in there,” she says.

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It’s just as important to walk cell free as it is to drive cell free. When walking and using a cell phone, you are too mentally distracted to fully focus on your surroundings.

You might trip or bump into something like a street sign or wall—not cool.

Even worse, looking at your phone instead of checking for traffic can lead to a serious collision. So can headphones that drown out the sound of approaching vehicles.

Cell phone distraction helps make pedestrian-vehicle injuries the fifth leading cause of death for youth ages 5 to 19; yet no age group is immune to the consequences of distracted walking.

Remember: put the phone down, earbuds out, and look before you cross.

It’s the Street Smarts thing to do.

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Cruzio would need building-owner approval to carry that out and introduce its service. (Huff couldn’t be reached for follow-up by deadline on whether or not Swenson would approve such an arrangement.)

These kinds of arrangements are not uncommon in the wider telecommunications landscape, experts say. San Francisco passed a law in 2016 that says building owners cannot prevent internet service providers from accessing existing wiring in a building or installing their own wiring so they can offer service to occupants who’ve requested it.

When large telecom players started offering deals to developers in Santa Cruz in recent years, Cruzio staff began a conversation about how something like San Francisco’s law could help ensure consumer choice and a more level playing field for internet service competition. It brought the topic to the attention of city officials including Bonnie Lipscomb, economic development director for the city of Santa Cruz, and Lee Butler, the city’s director of planning and community development. Both are recommending the City Council consider a policy discussion on internet service provider competition.

“When the City Council meets to develop priorities for a new work

plan, which should occur in the first half of this year, we expect such an ordinance will be one item that the Council may consider as part of that prioritization exercise,” Butler told Good Times in an emailed statement.

The arrangement at Five55 also prompted discussions between Cruzio and Swenson about how to work together going forward so Cruzio could offer service in new developments, like the one at Park Pacific downtown. In that building, Cruzio, AT&T and Comcast can all provide internet service, and they are each “providing some portion if not all of the infrastructure from the street to the units,” Huff says.

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Two weeks ago, hundreds of Santa Cruz residents gathered on Pacific Avenue for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march, united under the slogan “Justice.

Equality. Love.” It was just a few days later that a very different type of sign started to show up around town again—the ones saying “It’s Okay to Be White.”

If the phrase at first sounds truly bland, that’s on purpose.

Like grown adults flashing the “OK” hand symbol in photos and the online cult of “Pepe the Frog,” the “It’s OK to Be White” (IOTBY) meme was spawned by message board site 4chan last year as an alt-right dogwhistle campaign to convince people irritated by identity politics “that leftists and journalists hate white people, so they turn on them,” as 4chaners put it.

IOTBW signs were first reported on a Martin Luther King Jr. statue at Cabrillo College last year, after which the school sent a message to students saying the signs had been removed

to “tamp down this act of micro-aggression against our students... another disturbing example of the divisive climate that our culture faces right now.” Three months ago, Reddit commenters on a UCSC thread wrote that they had also received an email from the school after seeing “It’s OK to be White” drawn in chalk on campus, along with posters saying, “We Built This Country ... Don’t Apologize for Your Heritage” and “Be Proud of Who You Are.” In the meantime, similar IOTBW signs have been photographed at high schools and colleges in several other states across the country.

The slogan, which the AntiDefamation League reports has a long history of use among U.S. white supremacy groups, has also gained global political traction. Last fall, the Australian Senate almost passed a motion to affirm that “it’s OK to be white,” before quickly reversing course.

(Here’s where we pause to pour one out for the Internet-literate interns, upon which democracy’s institutions now somehow rest.)

In Santa Cruz, the late January re-emergence of IOTBW signs, which were photographed near the wharf and the downtown library, sent to GT and posted on social media, serve as a timely reminder.

Even in a place where pussy hats and “Resist” paraphernalia have become the post-Trump norm, you never know where the next front line will emerge in an increasingly bizarre culture war.

BIKE SAFETY FIRST News that Santa Cruz’s crime rate had dropped was not news to Nuz. Violent crime was down 4 percent last year, and property crime decreased 21 percent compared to 2017, which is great. Those numbers are from the Santa Cruz Police Department’s annual Unified Crime Report submitted to the FBI—though the data did include blemish: arson was up 77 percent. Still, overall crime in Santa Cruz dropped 5 percent.

It’s a start for our relatively high-crime area. But the original clue that crime was ticking down

came earlier last month. That’s when the Sentinel reported that safety-oriented advocacy group Santa Cruz Neighbors was setting off the alarm bells about the latest threat to our town: the wildly popular electric shared Jump bikes that are available for rent around the city, of course.

Um, OK. We have some questions for these “neighbors.”

First of all, you wheelie spoke out on this? What’s the cycleology behind this stance?

Seriously, though, let’s be clear: Nuz takes no pleasure in seeing helmet-less 17-year-olds ride against the flow of traffic with friends on the handlebars like second-rate bozos ready to flunk out of clown school. But lousy bike riding was already at pandemic proportions, regardless of what some kids with their first credit cards have started doing when they get out of class.

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wrote, “Instead of parking lots, there will just be a giant ‘lazy river’ of cars.”

Millard-Ball likes the analogy. “That’s a really great description of what I’m modeling,” he says. Although several publications have blogged about his findings, he says GT was the first to call him up for an interview.

He notes that, generally speaking, some urban planners have started to call for cities to start thinking about converting some downtown parking lots to higher uses, like housing, in light of autonomous cars and other expected transportation changes. But Millard-Ball believes it’s time to start thinking about how to mitigate the resulting traffic problems that he says are also coming.

To be sure, it’s still unclear just how quickly self-driving cars will hit the streets— or how, exactly, the future of cars will look.

A chart known as the Gartner Hype Cycle maps the level of enthusiasm that many tech trends tend to follow. According to that theory, interest spikes early, with a bump known as the “peak of inflated expectations,” and it’s followed by a cratering “trough of disillusionment.” Things pick up, the theory goes, after that, as innovations

then start trickling in, perhaps a little later than expected—ultimately leading to a slow, steady stream of breakthroughs before progress plateaus. Although many transportation experts are optimistic, selfdriving cars could follow a similar trajectory.

As the Washington Post reminded everyone recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that one of his cars would be able drive itself across the country by 2018. This past fall, one crashed backing out of a garage.

Millard-Ball has a solution for the downtown traffic jams that he’s predicting.

It’s called congestion pricing, the process of charging drivers per mile that their cars travel on busy metropolitan streets.

He foresees two challenges to doing that. The first is technological, although he believes barriers will go away once autonomous vehicles become widespread.

The second is political. That’s why he says that government officials should act now to implement new regulations, at least on self-driving cars before they start popping up everywhere at once. ”People don’t like paying for something that they’ve been used to getting for free,” he says, “and that’s just as true for roads as it is for anything else.”

and development for Swenson, says Swenson decided to ensure Cruzio is in the mix on future projects.

“We respect them,” he says. “We want them not to get hurt.”

The offers from internet service providers to cover costs in new developments are just what is happening in the marketplace right now, Nickell says.

“They are bringing a lot of sugar to the developers,” he says.

Though federal and state laws prohibit access agreements that are explicitly exclusive, as San Francisco noted in its legislation, the amount of money poured into setting up internet connectivity in buildings and stipulations around ownership can create essentially the same result.

“They are doing these package deals to try to get exclusives on the market, and they are giving a bunch of freebies away to get it,” Nickell says. “And by virtue of doing that you push out the small mom and pop like Cruzio.”

COMPETITION CRUNCH It wasn’t always like this. Typically— at least locally—developers would pay for the infrastructure that brings internet connections to each apartment, condo or office in a multi-unit building. Lately, though, large internet service providers like Comcast and AT&T have offered to pay for that infrastructure themselves. That can amount to tens of thousands of dollars in cost savings for developers trying to add housing stock at a time when there’s already a significant shortage.

When internet service providers pay for the internet connectivity in a building, they might then stipulate that they own the rights to it for a set period of time or in perpetuity. That means they don’t have to let another internet company use those connections even if a tenant would prefer another provider. It also means that smaller internet service providers find themselves competing with what can be highcost deals from the large players.

If they can’t or won’t pay upfront for the infrastructure that provides

internet throughout an entire building, they lose out on those potential customers.

“Some developers may get their palms greased in the middle, but we all lose in the end,” says Robert Singleton, executive director of the Santa Cruz County Business Council. Singleton was a marketing consultant for Cruzio and the company’s Santa Cruz Fiber project until early last year.

James Hackett, director of business operations and development at Cruzio, knows that developers feel a lot of financial pressures. Cruzio, he says, supports the growth that developers enable, because new residents and businesses could be future Cruzio customers.

“The last thing we want to do is put barriers in the way of our developer colleagues and friends and say, ‘We see this is something you can take advantage of and can help you with your projects, but here is why you shouldn’t do it,’” Hackett says. “But those are exactly the types of conversations we do have with them.”

Those conversations happen because he says he believes the costs are ultimately passed on to tenants.

“In so many areas affecting the internet, we think competition is critical and it all comes back to that, really,” Hackett says. “Anything that is going to negatively impact competition is going to ultimately lead to poorer service, higher prices and continued monopolies of those big, national incumbents.”

It’s nothing new for those incumbents to use their weight to try to edge smaller competitors out of a growing market, says Steve Blum, owner and president of Tellus Venture Associates, a Marina-based consultancy specializing in broadband. Blum consults on broadband topics for cities across the state, with local clients including Santa Cruz, Salinas and Watsonville.

Both AT&T and Comcast “have a history of focusing their firepower on small, competitive threats,” Blum says, and he’s “seen this in community after community.”

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My guests on the show included two residents of the nearby Tannery Arts Center; a family who owns a home on Felker Street, experiencing high levels of transient vehicular and foot traffic; Brent Adams, who is program director for the Warming Center Program; and homeless spokesman Michael, who is a current resident at the Ross encampment.

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AT&T and Comcast might be keeping a closer eye on their competitive edge and market share in Santa Cruz since Cruzio began building its own fiber network, on which the city has considered becoming a partner.

Lipscomb wrote in an emailed statement that “other providers began investing in builds and greater access as a result” of those talks.

Representatives for AT&T did not respond to multiple requests for comment about their approach to working with developers on service for new buildings in Santa Cruz.

Joan Hammel, senior director of external communications for the California Region at Comcast, wrote in an emailed statement that “Comcast is always pleased and proud to provide innovative products and services to property owners who choose to have us serve their tenants.”

WIRE TO WIRE For now, Santa Cruz offers a twopage document to developers with guidance on “broadband best practices for new construction.”

The document is not backed by an ordinance, so the city cannot require that developers follow it.

Hackett says the ideal situation for Cruzio is that developers would own the internet infrastructure inside a building and make it accessible to any provider who wants to use it. If that’s not a cost developers want to shoulder, the next-best scenario might be an arrangement where the infrastructure is jointly built by providers that want to offer internet service in a building, Hackett says. Then they could each serve any tenants who want their services.

He’s optimistic that there’s at least a conversation around internet competition.

“The local stakeholders all want the same thing,” Hackett says. “It’s just a question of how to get there.”

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On Jan. 21, KindPeoples began delivering a full menu of cannabis products to addresses within the City of Santa Cruz on non-publicly owned land.

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What started as a joke turned into a bigger project.

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Both women’s lives included some aspect of divorce long before the project started. Hansen’s first marriage ended in divorce, and Cantando’s parents were divorced when she was younger.

“We get more people laughing in the dress than crying in the dress, that’s for sure,” Cantando says.

The dress itself was originally a size 2, so it had to be modified with a corset-style lace back to fit all ages and sizes. Last week, the women came by the GT office and brought the dress with them. Though they didn’t make anyone try it on, they brought their images and plenty of crazy stories from divorcées,

including a possible murder, domestic abuse and stalking. People who have never been divorced have also worn the dress, and the pair also want to take it to places where divorce is frowned upon, like parts of the Middle East.

“We need to make this not taboo anymore. Everyone needs to be able to have a conversation about it and be themselves,” Hansen says.

“Divorce does not end with the paperwork,” Cantando adds. “It does not end when you move out of the house or everyone says, ‘Oh I’m sorry that happened.’ It continues to shape who you are.”

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“We get more people laughing in the dress than crying in the dress, that’s for sure.”

- GEORGIA CANTANDO <28 Afterword, they will often write haikus based on phrases and words that were particularly memorable.

“Usually Georgia will go up to people on the street and say we are working on an art project, or she will spark a conversation at a bar or restaurant and it happens pretty organically,” Hansen says.

So far, talking to people has been relatively easy and painless.

They say they expect a few more roadblocks and differing opinions on divorce when they travel outside of California.

“At first, we got an awful lot of 40-something white women in the dress, but it’s always been important for us to include people from all ages, ethnicities, sexual and religious orientations,” Cantando says. “That’s why we want to travel around and meet people who have different views and experiences around divorce.”

With the debut of their book coming just in time for Valentine’s Day next year, Hansen and Cantando hope to raise enough money through their GoFundMe to travel to Europe next month. On May 4, their exhibit at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History will likely include confessional-style anonymous storytelling in the spirit of conversations around breakups.

“If anyone wants to share their story we take written stories and are around locally,” the women say.

“We keep the dress in a suitcase. It lives there, so she’s ready to go at all times.” thedivorcedress.com.

VALENTINE’S DAY EVENTS Abbott Square Valentine’s Day Market Featuring local gifts from redwood candles and local jewelry to artisan chocolates and baked goods.

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Annieglass Valentine Making Decorate a heart-shaped glass hanging ornament with gold and silver ink.

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Laura Love and Terry Hunt Longtime folk-funk favorite Laura Love returns to Santa Cruz with guitarist Terry Hunt. This show also features the reunited Henhouse with Sherry Austin, which broke local Americana fans’ hearts when it broke up.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. snazzyproductions.com. $25 general, $40 gold circle. 479-9421.

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folkloric repertoire. Experience has produced the effortless harmonies of Dan Landry, Heidi Rentería and Jim MacKenzie—Landry singing with the Ariose Singers, and Rentería in countless singing camps and the UCSC Concert Choir. MacKenzie, who

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Over 150 black men from across the U.S. — and across age, class, profession, and sexuality — explore troubling, poignant, personal, and sometimes incongruous aspects of their lived experiences in this deeply insightful multimedia project.

OPENING RECEPTION February 6, 5:00–7:00 p.m.

Remarks by Chris Johnson at 6:00 p.m.

Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, UC Santa Cruz Exhibition runs February 6–April 6, 2019 FREE and open to the public.

Question Bridge: Black Males was created by Chris Johnson, Hank Willis Thomas, Bayeté Ross Smith, and Kamal Sinclair, and is presented by the Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery in collaboration with the Institute of Arts and Sciences.

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“There’s such real emotion, because it’s about universal feelings. It’s about feeling lonesome and blue and hearing a train at midnight. But some of the songs we sing are lighthearted, witty, even funny. I am really amazed that as different as our individual voices are, we have found that we can blend beautifully.” -HEIDI RENTERÍA <32 “We invited Jim to come over and sing the following year,” Rentería recalls. “The trio format, supported

by Jim’s guitar, quickly clicked, and the Sister Brothers were born.”

The three singers focus on music rooted in backcountry traditions where close, three-part harmonies are key—and, as Landry puts it, “full of memories of the singing of friends and family.” They work arrangements out collaboratively by ear. “Each of us takes turns at singing lead, and who sings which harmony part, above or below the melody line, changes from song to song,” says Rentería, who says she loves this music “most of all for the fabulous lyrics.”

“There’s such real emotion, because it’s about universal feelings,” she says. “It’s about feeling lonesome and blue and hearing a train at midnight. But some of the songs we sing are lighthearted, witty, even funny. I am really amazed that as different as our individual voices are, we have found that we can blend beautifully.”

MacKenzie, who plays guitar with the group, explains the vocal range spanned by the trio. “Dan sings the really high vocals. My range is bass through baritone to middle tenor. It’s a pretty broad range, but I can’t really reach that super-high vocal range that bluegrass singing especially calls for.” As for the versatile Rentería, “sometimes I’m singing the lowest part, sometimes the middle, more frequently the top line. We think that including solo and duet parts, passing around the lead and the harmony parts, and

varying the accompaniment keeps our audience from getting bored.”

The music they make together is undeniably powerful. “I think the appeal of our music stems both from the emotional content of the songs we select to sing and from our close vocal harmonizing,” MacKenzie says, “As an adolescent and well into my 20s, I sang in duos and trios and loved it. Being able to do that again now has been an extremely gratifying and fulfilling experience,” he adds.

“Giving close attention to these songs and discovering new ways to use the voice,” says Landry, “reveals how flexible and expressive it can be.” Renteria sums up the joy of singing harmonies as "the physical breathing together, the intense being in the moment, listening to each other and to ourselves, trying different ways of treating a line or a word or a note, constantly influencing each other. Singing harmonies, you know you’re alive!"

All three singers bring fierce discipline, energy and miles of insight to this music that burrows deep into the heart of the American experience.

And each agrees that it is the emotional depth of even the simplest tunes and plainest lyrics that casts Sister Brothers’ lingering spell.

Sister Brothers will perform a sit-down concert of American songs from the mid-1800s through the first half of the 20th century from songwriting masters like the Delmore Brothers, Bill Monroe, the Everly Brothers and more. Feb. 9, 3 p.m. r.blitzer Gallery, 2801 Mission St., Santa Cruz. Free. rblitzergallery.com.

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‘VELVET’ GLOVES Jeremy Kahn (left) and Aldo Billingslea spar in ‘Red Velvet.’ PHOTO: STEVE DIBARTOLOMEO

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ondon was the center of the theater world in the 19th century, and Edmund Kean was one of its most celebrated Shakespeareans. So when Kean collapsed during an 1833 performance of Othello, the part was offered to another celebrated actor, Ira Aldridge. What could go wrong?

Well, for one thing, Aldridge was an American. And for another, he was black. Such is the tantalizing setup for the Jewel Theater’s new production of Red Velvet by British playwright Lolita Chakrabarti.

Using the past to explore the present cultural conversation,

Chakrabarti probes a suite of issues and situations, from acting styles and gender roles to the lingering racism that dogged England even after the country abolished slavery in 1831.

If that sounds like a full plate for a single play, it is. But the consummate cast, stylish set and ingenious ensemble direction power Red Velvet to an absorbing two hours of theater. The drama begins and ends in Poland, but we also travel to London with Aldridge (played here by Aldo Billingslea).

The play plunges directly into the heart of the action, where Kean’s acting company learns of the new Othello. There is much storming by

Kean’s son Charles (Jeremy Kahn) when he’s told by company manager Pierre Laporte (Jeffrey Fiorito) that Aldridge will play Othello.

The ensemble—celebrated actress Ellen Tree (Jennifer LeBlanc), young Henry Forrester (Teddy Spenser), veteran actor Bernard Warde (Jesse Caldwell), and a histrionic Betty Lovell (Shannon Warrick)—have all heard of Aldridge, but no one has actually seen him. So when the actor strides into rehearsal full of energy and ideas, they are stunned.

The linchpin of Chakrabarti’s plot—a black man daring to play a black man—unleashes melodrama aplenty.

‘Red Velvet’ by Lolita Chakrabarti runs at the Jewel Theater through Feb. 17. jeweltheatre.net.

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“This isn’t a circus,” snarls Charles Kean, who refuses to step on the same stage as Aldridge. Oh, the irony.

It’s a sense of irony that reverberates throughout the play.

If Aldridge is worthy of playing the Moor merely because he is in fact a black man, argues Kean, then any fat drunk could be scooped up from the alleys and cast as Falstaff. Not only is a black man unwelcome on the London stage—as scathing reviews from that first night prove—but as an American, Aldridge is deemed unskilled, unprofessional and unworthy to perform Shakespeare.

Theater exists to reflect who we are, says one character in Red Velvet.

It’s always political. Yet another character insists, “actors should never ask questions—just play.”

Given sophisticated dialogue about theatrical styles and the intent of Shakespeare's characters, the Jewel production’s actors polish each line into gem-like precision.

So much is surprising, crisp and even illuminating about Red Velvet that a few false steps at the end feel all the more disappointing. As Aldridge’s career in London ends, the stalwart Billingslea is required to burst into histrionics. The play is largely at fault here, and Chakrabarti feels compelled to take on women’s rights, health care injustice and educational disparities in addition to the weighty issues already explored.

That’s too much to ask a two-hour drama to juggle. But Red Velvet is so inventive and so well acted that one can squint at the playwright’s fervor.

When the actors are all together on stage, this production moves beautifully. And while each performance shines, Jennifer LeBlanc’s vocal clarity and physical presence stand out. When she and Billingslea enact one key, hairraising scene from Othello, the stage becomes electric.

Briskly entertaining, Red Velvet invites the audience to think about some complex issues. I was hooked throughout and occasionally transported. Not much can surpass live theater in delivering so much.

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HAVE GUNN, WILL TRAVEL Steve Gunn performs on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Moe’s Alley.

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Kurt Vile collaborator Steve Gunn looks to Dylan and Neil Young for new dimensions of his sound BY MIKE HUGUENOR

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ong before recording began, guitarist-songwriter Steve Gunn knew he wanted his new album The Unseen in Between to have a vibe similar to early Dylan and Neil Young records.

“They all have that feeling like you’re in the room with them. It’s loose, spontaneous and it gives the music a kind of heightened energy,” Gunn says by phone from his Brooklyn home.

But there was a problem. Neil Young had Crazy Horse. Dylan had the Band. When Gunn and his producer started talking through the album, he didn’t even know who was going to play on it. It’s one thing to want a “loose, live” energy for an album, and another entirely to have the band to pull it off.

Though he rose to attention as the guitarist for Kurt Vile’s band the Violators, Gunn’s solo work (now a staggering 15 albums deep) has long been in the tradition of artists like Dylan and Young, a breed of folk music that is pensive, kaleidoscopic, full of soft psychedelia and a subtle, unfurling melodicism. And while 2016’s Eyes on the Lines had a certain breezy looseness to it, what Gunn was looking for this time was something more visceral.

That’s when an unlikely encounter with a guy named Tony Garnier, who was hanging around the studio, led to what is arguably Gunn’s strongest work to date.

“There was another session happening before we started

working on the record, kind of like a ‘who’s who’ of folk music doing this compilation of songs,” Gunn says.

“And Tony, one of the bass players, was in there for a few of the days.”

Garnier, though far from a household name, has an impressive resume. In 1989, after a stint in the Saturday Night Live band, he joined Dylan’s band as bass player. As of 2018, he is now the longest-running collaborator of Dylan’s career, having become the band’s unofficial musical director.

“We just started shooting the shit, and he was just like, ‘Hey man, if you need a bass player, I’m around. I would love to come in.’”

Recorded over a few isolated sessions in 2018, The Unseen in

Between—which was released last month—is calm, confident and made up of Gunn’s best songs thus far, the whole thing buoyed by the assured performances of Garnier and drummer TJ Maiani.

“We didn’t want to overthink it— it’s not this complicated thing. It’s all about the feel,” Gunn says.

Adding to it all is Gunn’s own performance, which was captured entirely live.

“The way I made albums before, it was always like adding other guitar parts after the fact, doing vocals after all the tracking was done,” he says, describing the normal process for most contemporary musicians.

This time, however, Gunn sang and played the songs in a single take with his band, putting on tape the song exactly as it was played.

“We did overdubs, of course, but the core of the songs, it’s like a performative approach. Before the sessions, I was going to my little studio and sitting for a full day and playing. Playing and playing and playing. Getting them up to speed, and getting them ready.”

As a result of that preparation, the playing on The Unseen in Between is close to impeccable. Diverse in mood and feel (and, at times, spare), there is a vitality to the performances on the album that lifts Gunn’s already distinctive songwriting, in a live, loose sort of way. On songs like opener “New Moon,” Gunn’s pendulous baritone emerges from within the performance, bobbing to the top of the mix like another instrument. “New Moon” is followed by “Vagabond,” which plays like a New York folk version of the Smiths’ “There is a Light That Never Goes Out.” A descending lick Gunn plays on the acoustic at the end of each phrase of the verse is worth the price of admission alone.

“All releases adhere to kind of a schedule now,” Gunn says, before we hang up. “It’s been a lot of waiting, but now I’m ready. It’s exciting for me and the band to get out there and play.”

Steve Gunn performs at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Drive, Santa Cruz. $15 adv/$20 door. 479-1854.

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WEDNESDAY 2/6 ARTS MIGRATION FESTIVAL Pack a picnic and migrate on over to Natural Bridges State Beach for a full day of activities to celebrate the migration of whales, butterflies, birds and other travelling species. The park will host migratory animal talks, active kids’ games, crafts, skits, live music, educational booths and displays, plus a celebratory habitat cake served at the end of the event. Picnic lunches are available for purchase for those who don’t bring their own.

11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. Natural Bridges State Beach, 2531 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. 423-4609, thatsmypark.org. Free/$10 parking.

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FRIENDS OF THE SCPL BOOKSTORE SALE EVERY DAY The Friends of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries Bookstore sells books used and nearly new at a fraction of the cost you’d usually pay for them. We have all types of books, including classics, fiction, mysteries, biographies, local interest, art books, science books, nature, cookbooks, some reference books, children’s and young adult books, holiday books and more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Santa Cruz Public Library, 240 Church St., Santa Cruz. fscpl.org.

PATHWAYS THROUGH OUR PARKS EXHIBITION On exhibition will be a selection of artwork from artist Ann Thiermann’s series of pastel and acrylic paintings. This series invites the viewer to linger visually over the flora and fauna along the pathways of our local parks. Noon-4 p.m.

San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

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HIVE AND HUM STORE CLOSING SALE It’s never easy to say goodbye to local stores we know and love, but we can at least help them go out with a bang. Hive and Hum is having a liquidation sale with 50-60 percent off the whole store. That fancy leather ottoman you’ve been eying for years and the wall decor are both 50 percent off, so why not treat yourself on Valentine’s Day? 50 percent off Feb. 7-14, 60 percent off Feb. 15-22. Hive and Hum, 415 B River St., Santa Cruz. 421-9028. hiveandhum.com. Free.

Try your hand at the not-so-ancient-art of building Sumo wrestling robots using Lego Mindstorms. Will work in groups to build a competition robot to battle on the last day of class. Prerequisite of previous participation in a Robo series program or previous Lego robotic experience. Pre registration required.

2:30-4 p.m. Boulder Creek Library, 13390 West Park Ave., Boulder Creek. Santacruzpl. libcal.com. Free.

SUNDAY 2/10 DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ ANTIQUE FAIRE Your uncle’s political views may be antiquated, but some of these treasures aren’t. The antique fair brings hundreds of knick-knacks—Victorian lace doilies to vintage AC/DC shirts—from over 40 vendors. Maybe you’ll find those cowboy boots or that turquoise ring you’ve been searching for everywhere. Either way, you’re also guaranteed to find something you weren’t looking for. Dog friendly and near everything downtown for your weekend adventuring. The show happens every second Sunday of each month, from 9-5.

Rainy weather means it’s rescheduled to the third Sunday.

9 a.m.-5 p.m. Intersection of Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz. Free.

PEMA CHÖDRON CONVERSATIONS In this casual study group, we will start getting our meditational feet wet by following a series of renowned Tibetan Buddhist teacher and writer Pema Chodrön’s user-friendlyyet-revealing videos and meditations, all designed to help us break free of old habits and negative patterns. Join Denice Everham, a long-time meditation teacher and brain fitness coach for teachings and discussion.

6 p.m. Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz, 740 Front St. #155, Santa Cruz. wisdomcentersc. org. $10.

INFANT MASSAGE WITH KYMM ANN WALLIN Learn the amazing art of infant

UCSC WOMEN’S CLUB SPEAKER PROGRAM Carrie Partch, UCSC associate

massage in a small group setting with your little one. Appropriate for babies age 4 weeks to crawling, this class takes an interactive approach, emphasizing communication with babies and awareness to their cues. 1:30 p.m. Luma Yoga and Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz. lumayoga.com. $105.

professor of chemistry and biochemistry, will speak on the topic: “Morning Larks and Night Owls: How Circadian Timing Influences Your Life.” UCSC Women’s Club monthly meetings are open to members and guests. 11:30 a.m. Santa Cruz Arboretum, 85 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz. womensclub.ucsc.edu. Free. >40

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The annual convocation celebrates the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through speakers who discuss civil rights issues of equality, freedom, justice, and opportunity.

Featuring Melissa Harris-Perry, American writer and political commentator.

Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble discusses her best-selling book on racist and sexist algorithmic bias in commercial search engines.

WEDNESDAYS THROUGH MARCH 13, 7–9PM UCSC ART DEPARTMENT M-101 FREE ADMISSION

Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation with Melissa Harris-Perry

Women’s Club Meeting FEBRUARY 6, 11:30AM UCSC ARBORETUM, HORTICULTURE BUILDING FREE ADMISSION

Learn how circadian timing influences your life in “Morning Larks and Night Owls,” presented by Associate Professor Carrie Partch.

The UCSC Women’s Club is open to all.

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around the United States showing people relating to the art and each other.

Astronomy on Tap FEBRUARY 7, 6:30PM NEW BOHEMIA BREWING COMPANY FREE ADMISSION

Come hear amazing discoveries about planets, galaxies, stars, and our own universe.

A documentary screening highlighting the contributions of American Indians to American music.

FEBRUARY 6, 5–7PM PORTER FACULTY GALLERY FREE ADMISSION

Professor Emeritus Eli Hollander has collected digital photographs from museums

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Farm & Garden Manager Christof Bernau teaches about varietal selection, site selection, planting, pruning, and general care of blueberries in the home garden and on the small farm.

Reyna Grande: Telling My Truth

John Dizikes Memorial FEBRUARY 9, 2PM STEVENSON EVENT CENTER FREE ADMISSION

A memorial service celebrating the life of John Dizikes, professor emeritus of American Studies and a founding faculty member of UC Santa Cruz.

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Reyna Grande (Kresge ‘99), winner of the American Book Award and the International Latino Book Award, and author of A Dream Called Home, discusses how creative writing helped her find her voice and a sense of purpose. Part of Kresge’s Media and Society lecture series.

“The Right to Be Heard—Jews, Human Rights, and Global Democracy in Historical Perspective” FEBRUARY 20, 6PM COWELL RANCH HAY BARN FREE ADMISSION

James Loeffler revisits the moment in 1948 when the modern human rights movement was born. He’ll address the challenges and opportunities for minorities and stateless peoples by focusing on Jewish human rights pioneers who saw the Jewish state as an expression of global democracy.

Drop-In Figure Drawing provides a live model and a room monitor. There is no formal lesson; the sessions are free and open to the public. ONLY DRY MEDIA ALLOWED.

Writing the Space Age THROUGH FEBRUARY 10. OPEN DURING REGULAR LIBRARY HOURS UC SANTA CRUZ MCHENRY LIBRARY THIRD-FLOOR GALLERY FREE ADMISSION

Writing the Space Age ponders worlds and futures beyond our own in an exhibition that explores books, magazines, and comics created during the rise of the Space Age, with a special focus on Robert Heinlein.

UPCOMING EVENTS FEBRUARY 20

Pictures at an Exhibition Artist Walk-Through FEBRUARY 21

Community Studies Annual Field Study Poster Session FEBRUARY 21–24

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour FEBRUARY 26

Faculty Research Lecture: Responsible Data Science

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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Film Screening FEBRUARY 8, 7PM MEDIA THEATER, ROOM M110 FREE ADMISSION

Pictures at an Exhibition Opening Reception

FEBRUARY 16, 9:30AM–12:30PM COWELL RANCH HAY BARN $5–$40/PERSON

FEBRUARY 19, 7PM KRESGE TOWN HALL FREE ADMISSION

FEBRUARY 6, 5-7PM MARY PORTER SESNON ART GALLERY, PORTER COLLEGE FREE ADMISSION

Question Bridge: Black Males is an innovative, widely exhibited multimedia project that uses video to facilitate conversations among black men from 12 cities across the United States. With remarks by artist Chris Johnson.

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CALENDAR APRES SKI MENU FROM THE ALPS TO APTOS COOKING CLASS Let us transport you to the Italian Alps with this fun, hands-on cooking class, followed by a sit-down dinner. Learn how to make this fun, free-form pasta, along with a lesson in useful Italian vocabulary. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Food Lounge, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. scfoodlounge.com. $65.

GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Come join us 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.

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.

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The seven-member ReSisters group is hosting a fashion boutique featuring over 500 articles of gently used clothing, plus shoes, handbags, jewelry, and scarves. People from all over Santa Cruz County have donated for the cause. All proceeds benefit the Maia Foundation, which helps low-income students go onto higher education. ReSisters formed as a support and advocacy group shortly after the election with the intention of countering negative, divisive rhetoric by taking positive action at a local level. Come for the deals, stay for beer, wine and live music by American Idol hopeful Lindsey Wall.

1-4 p.m. Cantine Winepub, 8050 Soquel Drive, Aptos. $25 suggested donation.

<38 WRITE THROUGH IT: CREATIVE WRITING CLASS In a safe and fun setting, seniors will utilize journaling as the mode for self-discovery leading to poetry, personal essays and other writing useful in creating memoirs. Facilitated by published poet and author Ellen Hart. 9:30-11 a.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. cityofsantacruz.com or 4206180. Donation/$4.

FOOD & WINE 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. 1-6 p.m. Cedar and Lincoln streets, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

FOOD PANTRY Need food? Visit the Red Church Pantry. Second and Fourth Wednesdays of each month. Free fresh produce and canned goods. Arrive early for best selection. Bring your own bag. 10 a.m.noon. Food Pantry, Lincoln Street between Cedar and Center.

THURSDAY 2/7 ARTS RED VELVET This stirring drama transports audiences to the turbulent backstage world of London’s Theatre Royal in the early 1800s. Edmund Kean, the greatest actor of his generation, has taken ill and can’t go on tonight as Othello, leaving his company in disarray. A young American actor named Ira Aldridge arrives to step into the role, but no black man has ever played Othello on the English stage.

7:30 p.m. The Colligan Theater, 1010 River St., Santa Cruz. jeweltheatre.net. $27.

DICKENS AND THE DISASTER OF MARRIAGE On the occasion of Charles

Dickens’s 207th birthday, please join us a festive evening of birthday cake, discussion about Victorian marriage with Dickens Project Co-Director Renee Fox, and a film screening. 6:30-9 p.m. UCSC Humanities 1, 1 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz. dickens.ucsc. edu. Free.

CLASSES COMMUNITY PILATES CLASS Community Pilates class led by Pilates instructor Jennifer Balboni. Drop-in any Tuesday or Thursday for a fun and challenging 60-minute, core-based flowing strength class. Bring your own mat. 10 a.m. Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd., Aptos. tbeaptos.org. Free.

POWER VINYASA FLOW YOGA Surf your edge in this energetic, inspired yoga flow designed to help you dive deep into your personal power. Instructor Tim Brattan will lead you through a fun sequence to move, sweat, smile, detox, discover, focus and play on the mat. Designed for all levels, you’ll build strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and concentration. 5-6:15 p.m. DiviniTree Yoga and Arts Studio, 1043-B Water St., Santa Cruz. oneyoga.org.

MAD COW DISEASE, PRIONS AND WHY THERE’S NO CURE FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Glenn Millhauser is a distinguished professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UCSC. He uses biophysical methods to study neurological proteins, their cofactors and how misregulation contributes to disease.

He will discuss the medical implications of this research on prion protein (PrP).

6:30-8 p.m. Santa Cruz Public Library, 240 Church St., Santa Cruz. santacruzpl. org. Free.

FILM PRESENTATION Marine biology and environmental science instructor Nicole Crane will present a documentary about her work with indigenous people in the Western Pacific. The film, produced and directed by Kelsey Doyle, focuses on cool reef management and sustainable ocean practices in these remote locations.

Refreshments will be provided. 7 p.m.

Cabrillo College of Horticulture, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. friendsofaptoslibrary.org. Free.

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professional facilitator. Workshops will be provided in Spanish and held in our Watsonville office. Childcare is provided. 6-8 p.m. Monarch Services, 1509 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. monarchscc.org. Free.

GIRLS WHO CODE: SESSION A Girls Who Code (GWC) is a program meant to bridge the gender gap in the field of tech.

In Session A, 3-5th grade girls will build sisterhood, read and reflect on the Girls Who Code book, and complete various challenges over a 10-week course. Participants must attend all classes. Space is limited and attendees must register. 3-4 p.m. Scotts Valley Library, 251 Kings Village Rd., Scotts Valley. santacruzpl.libcal.com. Free.

FOOD & WINE EMERGING LEADERS CIRCLE: LOVEFEST Join the Emerging Leaders Circle at our first event of 2019. This Valentine's Day themed networking mixer will not only connect you with other young professionals, but there will also be a raffle with amazing prizes benefiting the United Way. Bring your friends, co-workers and business cards. 5 p.m. New Bohemia Brewing Co., 1030 41st Ave., Santa Cruz. facebook.com/events/229121398024835/.

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MONDAY 2/11 35TH MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. MEMORIAL CONVOCATION Martin Luther King Jr. Day might be over, but February is Black History Month. In recognition of Dr. King’s legacy, the Martin Luther King convocation presents speakers to talk about equality, justice and opportunity. Previous years’ speakers include Angela Davis, Benjamin Jealous and Alicia Garza. This year’s speaker is writer, professor and political commentator Melissa Harris-Perry, the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, where she is founding director of the Anna Julia Cooper Center and co-director of Wake the Vote. She is also editor-at-large of Elle.com and a contributing editor at the Nation. She continues to create and direct programs with the goal of creating diverse, quality American media.

7 p.m. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz. 459-5003, specialevents.ucsc.edu. Free.

B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 helps support energy, mood, sleep, immunity, metabolism and stress resilience. Since B12 is not absorbed well during digestion, and all B vitamins are depleted by stress, most Americans are deficient. Having B12 in the form of an injection bypasses the malabsorption problem, and people often feel an immediate difference. Every Thursday morning, we offer discounted vitamin B12 by walk-in or appointment. 9 a.m.-noon. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com, 5158699. $15.

MUSIC BACKYARD BIRDS Backyard Birds performs a fresh blend of vocal harmonies in a wide range of music, from Americana, rock and roll, alt-country and R&B to jazz standards and surprising songs you'll be singing all the way home. 7:30 p.m.

Michael’s On Main, 2591 S Main St., Soquel. backyardbirdseb7.brownpapertickets.com. $10.

SPIRITUAL EXPLORING SPIRITUALITY A discussion group focusing on spirituality and ways to incorporate it into our daily lives. This group is not affiliated with any religion, nor is it a therapy group. Will meet Thursday evenings in the music room. Peace United Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. peaceunited.org. $10 donation.

FRIDAY 2/8 ARTS ONCE UPON A MATTRESS The search is on for a true princess to wed Prince Dauntless the Drab! Join us on the Theatre in the Mountains Main Stage Feb. 8-10 and see if Queen Aggravain will finally approve of a princess for her son to marry and if the curse that keeps the King silent will be broken. 7 p.m. Loma Prieta Community Center, 23800 Summit Rd., Los Gatos. theatreinthemountains.org. $12.

CLASSES 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.

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.

MUSIC MANFRED WERDER: 20160 AND 20170 Swiss composer Manfred Werder, with musicians Teodora Stepancic, Assaf Gidron and Mustafa Walker, will engage in performances of his ongoing works "20160" and "20170". Werder’s project gathers language in the form of quotations, found nouns, and other elements, as he transcribes fragments onto a 10cm by 22m scroll with a pocket typewriter. 8 p.m. Radius Gallery, 1050 River St., Santa Cruz. indexical.org. $15/$10.

CALENDAR TAHITIAN DANCE: ALL LEVELS Learn the exciting, aerobic ori Tahiti with Yola and Siaosi. Build a solid foundation in Tahitian dance. This grounded form emphasizes strong, fast hip circles and accents. Learn to dance solo and with a group. Original choreography by Yola. 5:15 p.m. Te Hau Nui Dance Studio, 924 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. tehaunuidance.com.

ART OF BELLYDANCE WITH YOLA Embrace your inner Goddess through this sensuous, sacred, divinely feminine dance form. Original choreography by Yola. Learn body isolation, taxim undulations, belly rolls, floor work, drum solo, veil technique, finger cymbal rhythms and sword work.

Bring a scarf to tie around your hips. 6:307:45 p.m. Te Hau Nui Dance Studio, 924 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. tehaunuidance. com.

SATURDAY 2/9 ARTS PATHWAYS THROUGH OUR PARKS EXHIBITION On exhibition will be a

SAN FRANCISCO: STILL WILD AT HEART Native Animal Rescue of Santa Cruz County is showing San Francisco: Still Wild at Heart, a documentary film about the return of coyotes to San Francisco in 2002 after a 60-year absence. Scientists provide insights into how coyotes adapt to and impact city ecosystems, how we can coexist with them safely and why it's important to do so. 7 p.m. Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. nativeanimalrescue.org. nativeanimalrescue.org. $25/$10.

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SANTA MARGARITA GROUNDWATER AGENCY ANNOUNCES THREE-PART EDUCATIONAL SERIES The Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency, formed in 2017 to comply with California’s new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, today announced it will host a threepart educational series beginning in January to engage and inform all people who rely on the water supply from the Santa Margarita Groundwater Basin. 9 a.m. Felton Community Hall, 6191 Hwy. 9, Felton. smgwa.org. Free.

FOOD & WINE APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE Voted Good Times best farmers market in Santa Cruz County.

With more than 90 vendors, the Aptos Farmers Market offers an unmatched selection of locally-grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.-noon, Saturdays, Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@montereybayfarmers.org. Free.

MUSIC (Dan Landry, Jim MacKenzie, and Heidi Rentería) will perform a sit-down concert of American songs from the mid-1800s through the first half of the 20th century, along with some from more recent times.

3-4:30 p.m. R. Blitzer Gallery, 2801 Mission St., Santa Cruz. rblitzergallery. com. Donation/$20/$10.

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VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER TO FEED THE HUNGRY WITH FOOD NOT BOMBS We need your help preparing and sharing vegan meals every Saturday and Sunday. We cook at 418 Front St. at 12:30 p.m. We share food from 4 -6 p.m. at the Post Office, 850 Front St. Santa Cruz. 1-800-884-1136.

BEACH CLEAN UP Please join us for a beach clean up at Rio del Mar State Beach. This event is co-sponsored by Save Our Shores and the Aptos Library “Our Community Reads” (OCR) program.

The clean up is part of a series of events celebrating OCR's selected book for 2019, The Death and Life of Monterey Bay, A Story of Survival by Stephen R. Palumbi and Carolyn Sotka. 10 a.m. Rio Del Mar State Beach, 201 State Park Drive, Aptos. friendsofaptoslibrary.org

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I am the Italian instructor at Cabrillo Community College teaching Italian 1 and Italian 2 this semester.

We meet for 2 hours twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Registrations are still open. Contact me directly to get an add code. Or just show up can still in class on Thursday this week!

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Italian 1 Tue-Thu 8:55am-11am Rm 352 Italian 2 Tue-Thu 12:45pm-2:50pm Rm 314

Registration is still open!

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Join Open Studios Artist, Alexandra Sanders aka LadyWhoLovesBirds, for a series of BATIK classes using the SERTI Method of wax application (outline resist technique) on cotton and silk. Take one class or take many. At each class, students will complete one BATIK suitable for framing. 11 a.m. LadyWhoLovesBirds Studio, 637 Columbia St., Santa Cruz. ladywholovesbirds.com. $260/$75.

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GROUPS evening of poetry readings, live music, storytelling, and connection with others in your community. This community event will feature the poet laureate of Santa Cruz, Danusha Lameris and special guests. 6:30 p.m. Nourish, 130 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz. nourishsantacruz.com. $12.

Gold Rush wasn’t all-Zorro all the time, but it did have its share of romantic charm and excitement. Step into the Pájaro Valley’s past with this sneak peek into our future state park. 11 a.m. Castro Adobe State Historic Park, 184 Old Adobe Rd., Watsonville. thatsmypark.org. Free.

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Westside Farmers Market takes place every week at the corner of Highway 1 and Western Drive, situated on the northern edge of Santa Cruz’s greenbelt. This market serves the communities of the west-end of Santa Cruz, including Bonny Doon, North Coast, UCSC Campus and is a short trip from downtown. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Mission Street and Western Drive, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

Beautiful women, you deserve to have symptom-free menopause, feel fabulous and thrive. Many of us have been led to believe that symptoms such as hot flashes, fatigue, insomnia, depression, weight gain, no libido, and aches and pains are inevitable as we age. 10 a.m.-noon Chaminade Resort & Spa, 1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz. support@togrowyoung. com. Free.

selection of artwork from artist Ann Thiermann’s series of pastel and acrylic paintings. This series invites the viewer to linger visually over the flora and fauna along the pathways of our local parks. Noon.

San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

Join us for a reception for this exhibition featuring the work of Natalya Burd and Kirk Maxson, who use images of nature to comment on the shifting conditions of humans. Burd paints on tinted Plexiglas panels, her images amplified by mirrored backgrounds. 4-6 p.m. Cabrillo College Gallery, 6599 Soquel Drive, Aptos. cabrillo. edu/services/artgallery/. Free.

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ARTS PATHWAYS THROUGH OUR PARKS EXHIBITION On exhibition will be a selection of artwork from artist Ann Thiermann’s series of pastel and acrylic paintings. This series invites the viewer to linger visually over the flora and fauna along the pathways of our local parks. 2 p.m.

San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

SUNDAY SEASIDE CRAFTS Make it and take it! Come create and take home a fun souvenir, an activity for the whole family to share. Join the handson fun in the crafts room every Sunday.

1-3 p.m. Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz. seymourcenter.ucsc.edu.

CLASSES DEPRESSION ANXIETY RECOVERY PROGRAM Free, eight-week Seminar aims to lift negative symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression. Health Education Center below SDA Church. Using natural methods including nutrition, this program provides information, tools and lifestyle techniques for increasing brain function. 3 p.m.

Watsonville SDA Church, 700 S Green Valley Rd., Watsonville. 325-7993.

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VALENTINE'S TANTRA SPEED DATE SANTA CRUZ - FIND YOUR VALENTINE Now in 20 cities, this yoga-inspired workshop is more than dating, it’s “Yoga for your Love Life!” Combination relationship skills class and speed date, you’ll share a moment of guided connection with up to 24 dates in a traditional Puja circle. Exercises are fun, PG-rated and are infused with positiverelating skills. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz.

426-8893. $80/$40.

MUSIC ART OF SOUND: SEEKING A HOME Building on the theme of homelessness, The Choral Project (TCP), the award-winning, Silicon Valley-based choir, will partner with three homeless advocacy groups, The Social Ministry Program at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, Winter Faith Collaborative at

Grace Baptist Church (San Jose) and The Homeless Garden Project (Santa Cruz). 5 p.m. Holy Cross Church, 126 High St., Santa Cruz. choralproject.org. $25/$20/$10.

CONTRA CRUZ Come to our annual Contra Cruz event with an extra hour of contra dancing. Dance to the music of the Backwater Boys (Rodney Miller, Chris Knepper, and Charlie Hancock)! Caller is Susan Petrick. This dance will feature traditional dance roles (gents/ladies). 5-9 p.m. Santa Cruz County Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz. santacruzdance.org. $20/$16/$10.

MONDAY 2/11 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.

CLASSES THICH NHAT HANH MEDITATION Santa Cruz Heart Sangha is a meditation group in the Thich Nhat Hanh tradition that meets every Monday. We welcome all to spend with us an hour in silent sitting and walking meditation followed by Dharma sharing.

7-8:45 p.m. Santa Cruz Zen Center, 113 School St., Santa Cruz. Free.

LIVING TO TELL THE TALES: MEMOIR WRITING CLASS Write and share memoirs taught by Kathryn Cowan, formerly memoirs instructor at Cabrillo College.

This is a drop-in class. 1-2:30 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. cityofsantacruz.com. 420-6180.

Donation $4.

GRATITUDE FORUM In these challenging times, how do we find and maintain gratitude? Join us for an uplifting evening about being grateful, emphasizing different perspectives. A diverse group of panelists will share how their cultural, personal practices, and spiritual traditions have shaped and deepened their understanding of gratitude. 7:30 p.m. Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz, 740 Front St. #155, Santa Cruz. centerforworldnetworking.org. Free.

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CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP A weekly drop-in support group for anyone caring for, or managing the care for, a loved one with a serious illness, including those whose loved ones reside in a facility.

The group is a collaboration of Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Katz Cancer Resource Center, and Hospice of Santa Cruz County. Noon-1 p.m. Hospice of Santa Cruz County, 940 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley. hospicesantacruz.org. Free.

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TUESDAY 2/12 ARTS FIRE AND RAIN READING Join anthology contributors Dane Cervine, Lucille Lang Day, Jennifer Lagier, Ellaraine Lockie, and Erin Redfern as they read poems from Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Fire and Rain is an anthology containing more than 250 poems about California ecosystems. 4 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. bookshopsantacruz.com. Free.

CLASSES CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI Instructor Suzi Mahler 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.

HOMEWORK HELP Drop-in homework help for students through grade 12. 3-5 p.m.

Various locations throughout the county. santacruzpl.org. Free.

COMMUNITY PILATES CLASS Community Pilates class led by Pilates nstructor Jennifer Balboni. Drop in any Tuesday or Thursday for a fun and challenging 60-minute, core-based flowing strength class. Bring your own mat. 10 a.m.

Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Rd., Aptos. tbeaptos.org. Free.

THE RETURN OF ELKHORN SLOUGH Mark Silberstein, director of the Elkhorn Slough Foundation, will recap 50 years of conservation that brought the slough to its present day condition, and outline the challenges ahead. 7-8:30 p.m. Rio Sands Hotel, 116 Aptos Beach Drive, Aptos.

Laughter yoga for women with cancer meets the second and fourth Tuesdays. Pre registration required. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel.

457-2273 or fsa-cc.org/womencare/. Free.

FOOD & WINE ALL THINGS TEA Join Hidden Peak Teahouse founder David Wright for a free tea tasting and discussion on the topic of "All Things Tea". This is an opportunity to pass through the gate of the Hidden Peak, explore the tastes offered and ask questions about tea history, tradition, health benefits, rituals, and more. 6-8 p.m.

Hidden Peak Teahouse, 1541-C Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. hiddenpeakteahouse.com.

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GROUPS MONARCH OPEN HOUSE Monarch is a free, public elementary school serving 150 kindergarten through 5th grade students in six mixed-age classes. Come to a 2019 Monarch Community School Open House.

6:30-8 p.m. Monarch Community School, 840 N Branciforte Ave., Santa Cruz. 4293898 x 208 or monarchcoordinator@ gmail.com. Free.

TRANSGENDER SUPPORT GROUP Our moderated, open group allows everyone to share their experiences and meet others in friendly surroundings. All transgender folks are welcome to attend.

We meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. 7:30-9:30 p.m. The Diversity Center, 1117 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. diversitycenter.org.

MUSIC MONTHLY CHANTEY SING Free community sailor-singalong. Each month, local chantey singer Aaron Clegg co-hosts this event with a different featured guest, leading old traditional songs used by sailing crews to performing rhythmical hard labor. Everyone is encouraged for lead chanteys, sing along with the easyto-learn choruses, or just listen while enjoying delicious microbrews on tap and great food. 6:30 p.m. Pour Taproom, 110 Cooper St. Suite B, Santa Cruz. charmasband.com.

SANTA CRUZ VETERINARY HOSPITAL IS MERGING WITH PACIFIC VETERINARY SPECIALISTS & EMERGENCY SERVICES We are excited to announce the merging of Pacific Veterinary Specialists with the specialty and emergency services of Santa Cruz Veterinary Hospital as of February 1st.

We will be offering comprehensive specialty and emergency services at our newly renovated hospital at 2585 Soquel Drive to meet all of your pet’s needs.

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12 DECEMBERS Melody Egbert was writing dubstep songs when they met Myles Stevens, who was also doing their own dubstep music. The two together decided to collaborate, and went in a different direction, creating highly emotional, shoegaze-influenced pop music.

“I always felt that my life was the end of some sort of teen movie, and I wanted to write those songs because it was what I was feeling,” Egbert says. “I'm glad I moved away from it (dubstep) because it was a little unrewarding to listen back to.”

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The progressions in the songs are all at their core pretty basic song structures, but with the layers of instruments and vocals, it creates an ethereal sound that is immediately stirring, setting an intense mood that transcends any single part.

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“Everyone involved with the project has been going through some shit in our lives that we wanted to get out,” Egbert says.

Other local players will accompany the group at their shows, depending on who’s available. So it makes sense that most of the band’s album covers and images have been blurry—though it also fits the band’s sound.

RAD TRADS

WEDNESDAY 2/6 HIP HOP

J. LATELY There are so many things to love about rapper, J. Lately. His laid back flow that hides years of writing and practice, his 10-year hip-hop career, culminating in last year’s Be Fucking Happy, his 15th album. Then there is his name, a take on his belief that humans should be constantly seeking change for the better. But far be it for us to tell anyone how to think. Go see this Sebastopol artist upfront and personal at the Blue Lagoon and start your own list of reasons to love him.

sical flights of fancy without having to check in with bandmates. Gispert as captain and pilot means songs less grounded in southern garage rock and more atmospheric, with introspective meanderings, acoustic elaborations and a voluminous vocal range. He wrote Sunlight Tonight completely outside, while living on a plot of farmland. His songs dizzy with self-determination and giddy with the realization of a never-ending horizon, Gispert may never return to the world of collaborators and compromise. AMY BEE 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-6994.

MAT WEIR

JAZZ

“We like to make very dreamy music, A little shoegaze-y. We want the imagery to reflect that,” Egberts says. “I think over time if our sound matures we might change the art style. But for the foreseeable future it is going to be blurry images and the rip-off My Bloody Valentine font.”

8:30 p.m. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $5 adv/$10 door. 423-7117.

LEYLA McCALLA

AARON CARNES

Whigs frontman Parker Gispert is stretching his wings as a solo artist.

After 20 years in a band, he’s enjoying the freedom of following his mu-

9 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10. Crepe Place, Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

THURSDAY 2/7 INDIE

PARKER GISPERT

Watching the evolution of Leyla McCalla has been one of American music’s great pleasures in recent years. The Haitian-American singer-songwriter has come into her own as a band leader who soaks up all the vibrations around her, transmuting sounds and experiences into strikingly beautiful music. Since moving to New Orleans in 2010, she’s had two children, and both experiences

shape the music on her gorgeous new album The Capitalist Blues. She’s touring with a band plucked from the New Orleans jazz scene. At 33, she continues to explore the Creole cultural currents running between Port-au-Prince and New Orleans while extending her purview to the horizons. ANDREW GILBERT 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $31.50 adv/$36.75 door. 427-2227.

FRIDAY 2/8 BLUEGRASS

HOT BUTTERED RUM Hot Buttered Rum will get you drunk with just a couple quick listens to their sweet and smooth tunes. The band returns to Santa Cruz for another night of no-holdsbarred debauchery. This five-piece bluegrass band has been quenching their audiences’ thirst for music for 17 years, with their sixth studio full-length album, Lonesome Panoramic, released last year. Their traditional style of mountain music is so addicting it will have you

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST SHADOWBROOK

LEYLA MCCALLA

LATIN

9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $15 adv/$20 door. 479-1854.

If you want to dance—and I know you do—but don’t want to commit to any one dance genre, La Misa Negra, a seven-piece cumbia band from Oakland, is calling your name. Driven by fierce horn riffs and kick-ass accordion antics, Afro-Latin music has never sounded so punk. Or heavy metal. Or hip-hop. Or disco. Okay, maybe not disco for more than a second or two.

La Misa Negra combines the traditional, like currulao, tambora and salsa, with whatever contemporary inspiration tickles their fancy, creating a sound they call, “retro-future cumbia.” AB

SATURDAY 2/9 ELECTRO-FUNK

SUNSQUABI Is there a place where jam bands collide with EDM? The answer is yes, and apparently that place is Colorado, the state where electro-funk trio Sunsquabi lay their gyrating heads at night. It’s nothing new for electronic groups to incorporate non-electronic instruments in their music these days, but Sunsquabi takes it a step further and gives the music the meandering, low-key groove that has made stoners follow Phish and the Dead around for decades. And yet somehow it fits entirely in the electronic pill-popping realm. Ponder that contradiction while you are lost in the funk. AC 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $14 adv/$16 door. 423-1338.

LA MISA NEGRA

9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $15 adv/$20 door. 479-1854.

MONDAY 2/11 ART-ROCK

ON DRUGS Weirdly psychedelic (and also just plain weird), Portland’s On Drugs promises a set of songs that will “make grandma cry” and “leave dad sweating like a hooker in church.”

So in case you were planning on bringing three generations of family to this Monday’s show, be warned.

Playful and assaulting in equal measure, On Drugs have a bit of the Unicorns in their DNA, blended up with the hard-partying trash rock of FIDLAR. Before you know it, they’ll have you singing in a falsetto about slamming 40s and smoking out your cat. MIKE HUGUENOR 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. $7. 429-6994.

ROCK

THE RAD TRADS Traditionalism isn’t exactly Santa Cruz’s main squeeze. Luckily, the Rad Trads aren’t exactly traditional in a Leviticus sense. It’s more of a “get down and dance to rock ’n’ roll” traditionalism, a la the Rolling Stones. The Stones themselves get a name drop on 2016’s “Keith Richards & I,” a song with the same tightly wound energy and loose morals of it’s title hero. Call it traditional, call it a classic. It’s all rock ’n’ roll to me. MH 7 p.m. Kuumbwa, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $26.25 adv/$31.50 door. 427-2227.

1750 Wharf Rd., Capitola. $50 per person. 475-1511. Information: www. shadowbrook-capitola.com. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7 to find out how you can win.

IN THE QUEUE OUTSIDE TRACK

Celtic music for the new millenium.

Wednesday at Michael’s on Main PRIDE AND JOY

Party band for party times! Friday at Flynn’s Cabaret & Steakhouse CHASING OPHELIA

Grateful Dead tribute band from The Voice’s Anthony Arya. Friday at Michael’s on Main STEVEN GRAVES BAND

Homegrown rock ‘n’ roll hero.

Saturday at Flynn’s Cabaret & Steakhouse GRMLN

Vowel-free power-pop. Sunday at Crepe Place

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moving and shaking long past last call and begging for more when the lights go out. MW

If you grew up in Santa Cruz, you are certainly aware of the Shadowbrook restaurant, located in beautiful Capitola by the Sea. There’s the infamous cable car, the gorgeous views of Soquel Creek, and the food— some of the best “California cuisine” in the area. But maybe you’ve never had the budget to afford a romantic date night at Shadowbrook. Now is your chance! Impress your date with a night out at this historic local institution. If you live within 3 miles, you can even book a complimentary shuttle to escort you on your big night out. AC

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Wednesday February 6 – 8/9pm $40

New Zealand Reggae Legends Return

KATCHAFIRE

LIVE MUSIC

+ JORDAN T & SWELLS Friday February 8 – 8/9pm $15/20 Bluegrass & Americana With

HOT BUTTERED RUM + BLUE SUMMIT

WED

2/6

THU

2/7

FRI

2/8

SAT

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

Al Frisby 6-8p

AC Myles 6-8p

Kid Andersen & John “Blues” Boyd 6-8p

LA MISA NEGRA

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Live Bands 9p

Comedy Night, ’80s Night Free 8:30p

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Local Vocals Music Open Mic 8p

Sunday February 10 – 8/9pm $15/20 (((folkYEAH!!!))) Presents

STEVE GUNN Thursday February 14 – 7:30/8pm $20/25 Ike Willis Of The Frank Zappa Band

IKE WILLIS PROJECT Friday February 15 – 8/9pm $15/20 A Special Double Bill With

Y LA BAMBA + JUAN SON Saturday February 16 – 8/9pm $10/15 Funk Favorites Return

SPACE HEATER Sunday February 17 – 8/9pm $20/25

SUN

2/10

MON

2/11

TUE

2/12

APPLETON EVENT CENTER 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville

Saturday February 9 – 8/9pm $15/20 Latin/Cumbia Dance Party

2/9

Chicken Bass & Waffles Myles Morgan Free 6:30-9p Free 12-2:30p

ABBOTT SQUARE 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

Steve Freund 6-8p

Broken Shades 6-8p

Mojo Mix 6-8p

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

The Box (Goth Night) 9p

Post Punk Dance Floor 9p

Funk Night w/ DJ Ed 9p

Karaoke 8p-Close

Sky Park 9:30-12:45p

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke Free 8p

Swing Dance 5:30p Coastal Greeting, The Ajimas 8p

People’s Disco 8p

Beat Weekend 8p

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

Rich the Trivia Guy Free 6:30p

Kip Allert Free 7p

Dave “Nomad” Miller Free 7p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Groundation $20/$22 8p

The Amity Affliction & Senses Fail $25/$28 6:30p

The Green $25/$30 7p

The Movement $14/$16 8:30p

Sunsquabi $14/$16 8:30p

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Blues Mechanics 6-8p

Game Night Free 8p

John Michael Free 3p J Boog $32/$35 7p Kid Trunks, Craig Xen $18/$22 7:30p

Hunny, Hockey Dad $15/$18 8:30p

Rev. Horton Heat $25 8:30p

CHAMINADE RESORT 1 Chaminade Ln, Santa Cruz CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

Jamaican Reggae Favorites Return

KABAKA PYRAMID + DUB NATION Feb 19 Feb 20 Feb 21 Feb 22 Feb 23 Feb 24

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Mar 1 Mar 2 Mar 3 Mar 6 Mar 7 Mar 8 Mar 9 Mar 10 Mar 14 Mar 15 Mar 16 Mar 17 Mar 22 Mar 24

DEAD MEADOW SCOTT PEMBERTON JERRY’S MIDDLE FINGER SLY & ROBBIE w/ BITTY MCLEAN ANTIBALAS DEAD FUNK SUMMIT w/ MELVIN SEALS TOMMY GUERRERO QIENSAVE + LA MERA CANDELARIA DIEGO’S UMBRELLA WAILING SOULS + ARISE ROOTS JETHRO TULL’S MARTIN BARRE BAND SATSANG + Mikey Pauker REBIRTH BRASS BAND PURE ROOTS + EARL ZERO, JR TOOTS, ROCKER T SISTER SPARROW & THE DIRTY BIRDS CHRIS CAIN BLACK UHURU + King Schascha JESSE DANIEL, JAY LINGO, JAKE HOUSTON BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL WEBB WILDER POORMAN’S WHISKEY LYDIA PENSE & COLD BLOOD

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

THE

CREPE PLACE

OPEN LATE - EVERY NIGHT ADVANCE TICKETS ON TICKETWEB

WED. 2/6

GRIVO

This THURSDAY! STEVE GUNN BAND MOES 2/10 TIM BLUHM (solo Mother Hips) DANCEFLOOR SHOW SEATING IN THE BACK

BIG SUR Henry Miller Library Sat. 2/16

DEAD MEADOW

OM

W/ DREAMING GHOST, AURORA BEAM 9PM $8

RIO THEATRE FEBRUARY 27

THUR. 2/7

PARKER GISPERT (FRONTMAN FOR THE WHIGS) W/ IDLE JOY 9PM $10

FRI. 2/8

LIVE AGAIN BAND

MOES 2/19

SAM AMIDON SANTA CRUZ 3/1 WOOD BROTHERS 3/5 RIO

W/ ZACH FREITAS, DRIFTING COMPASS 9PM $8

SUN. 2/10

GRMLN

W/ 12 DECEMBERS, BB SINCLAIR 9PM $8

GREEN LEAF RUSTLERS BIG SUR

FRI / SAT MARCH 15 & 16

TUES. 2/12 9PM $8

MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 SOqUEL AVE., SANTA CRUZ 429-6994

Jazz The Dog

Fri. Feb. 8 HAPPY HOUR / NO COVER 5pm

Chasing Ophelia

Fri. Feb. 8 8:30pm $10 adv./$10 door Dance <21 w/parent Sat. Feb. 9 8:30pm

Cruz Patrol plus Common People Brit Pop Band Grateful Sunday

Sun. Feb. 10 5:30pm GRATEFUL DEAD TUNES / NO COVER Wed. Feb. 13 7:30pm $15 adv./$15 door seated <21 w/parent

Marley’s Ghost

ON DRUGS

7 COME 11

Backyard Birds

Thu. Feb. 7 7:30pm SOLD OUT

$8 adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21 +

MON. 2/11

W/ THE GRINNS, PRACTICING SINCERITY, THE CURFEWS 9PM $7

Outside Track

Wed. Feb. 6 7:30pm $20 adv./$23 door seated <21 w/parent

COMING UP

ST PATTY’S DAY WEEKEND!!!

FERNWOOD TAVERN!

RYAN BINGHAM

3/26 RIO CASS McCOMBS BAND MOES 4/5

THE CHURCH 5/10 RIO MAC DeMARCO

BIG SUR 5/20-21

Fri. Feb. 15 Cosmic Pinball plus Sol Nova Sat. Feb. 16 Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue feat. Mark Hummel & Anson Funderburgh Wed. Feb. 20 Cruz Control w/ Patti Maxine Thu. Feb. 21 Moshe Vilozny plus Amy Obenski

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Full Concert Calendar : MichaelsonMainMusic.com 2591 Main St, Soquel, CA 95073

LIVE MUSIC

Thursday, February 7 • 7 PM

LEYLA MCCALLA WED CORK AND FORK 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

2/6

Open Mic Night Free 7-10p

THU

2/7

FRI

2/8

Steve’s Jazz Kitchen Free 7:30p

CORRALITOS CULTURAL CENTER 127 Hames Rd., Corralitos

SUN

2/10

MON

Grmln w/ 12 Decembers & BB Sinclair $8 9p

Live Again & more $8 9p

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

Yuji Tojo $3 8p

Papiba & Friends $5 8p

Tsunami $6 9p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

Hall Pass $7 9:30p

TUE

2/12

Friday, February 8 • 7:30 PM On Drugs w/ The Grinns, Funk Night ft. 7 Come 11 Practicing Sincerity & $6 9p-12a more $7 9p

John Michael Band w/ Area 52 $10/$12 8:30p

Outside Track $20/$23 7:30p

Monday, February 11 • 7 PM

THE RAD TRADS

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

Benton St. Blues Pride & Joy $20 8:30p

Thursday, February 14 • 7:30 PM

TUCK & PATTI

Steven Graves Band $12/$15 9p

Valentine’s Day with a beloved duo and a love-inspired set-list.

Jeannine Bonstelle & Sweeney Schragg 6:30-9:30p

Monday, February 18 • 7 PM

THE BAD PLUS

JACK O’NEILL LOUNGE Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr. Santa Cruz

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Saturday, February 9 • 8:30 PM

Blending together Americana, soul, and indie rock.

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

KUUMBWA JAZZ 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Tickets: brownpapertickets.com

Tickets: eventbrite.com Coast Ridge Ramblers Free 6-9p

Gary Blackburn Free 6:30-8:30p

Linc Russin 7-9p

JAMES ROBINSON: NEW BEGINNINGS ALBUM RELEASE SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE

Live Comedy $7 9p

Samba Cruz Free 6-9p

FLYNN’S CABARET 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

American- and Caribbean-influenced folk melodies, imbued with history.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

Acoustic Open Jam 3-5p

Parker Gispert & more $10 9p

2/11

Girls w/ Guitars Free 2-5p

Open Mic 7-10p Grivo w/ Dreaming Ghost & Aurora Beam $7 9p

GABRIELLA CAFE 910 Cedar St., Santa Cruz

2/9

The Beach Cowboys Free 7-10p

THE CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

DISCRETION BREWING 2703 41st Ave, Soquel

SAT

Leyla McCalla $31.50/$36.75 7p

James Robinson Album Sin Sisters Burlesque Release $20/$30 7p $20-$40 7:30p

Background Birds $10 7:30p

Jazz the Dog Free 5p Chasing Ophelia $10 8:30p

Cruz Patrol & Common People Brit Pop Band $8/$10 8:30p

With Orrin Evans on piano, the start of a new chapter for this boldly creative trio.

The Rad Trads $26.25/$31.50 6p

Thursday, February 21 • 7 PM

RALPH PETERSON & THE MESSENGER LEGACY

Grateful Sundays Free 5:30p

Commemorating the centennial of Art Blakey.

Friday, February 22 • 7 PM & 9 PM

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135 Thursday, February 7 • Ages 16+

GROUNDATION Friday, February 8 • A 16+ THE AMITY AFFLICTION SENSES FAIL ges

Friday, February 8 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

THE MOVEMENT

plus Mike Pinto

Saturday, February 9 • Ages 16+

SUNSQUABI

plus Michal Menert

Sunday, February 10 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

KID TRUNKS • CRAIG XEN

Monday, February 11 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

HUNNY • HOCKEY DAD

plus Pllush

J BOOG

Tuesday, February 12 Ages 16+ Tuesday, February 12 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

REVEREND HORTON HEAT

Feb 13 The Record Company (Ages 16+) Feb 14 The Expendables/ Ballyhoo! (Ages 16+) Feb 23 Lil Mosey/ PARKE (Ages 16+) Feb 26 Bad Suns/ Vista Kicks (Ages 16+) Mar 3 Getter presents Visceral (Ages 18+) Mar 8 Twiddle/ Iya Terra (Ages 16+) Mar 9 Big Wild/ Robotaki (Ages 16+) Mar 12 Atmosphere/ deM atlaS (Ages 16+) Mar 14 Liquid Stranger (Ages 16+) Mar 16 Stephen Marley (Ages 16+) Mar 21 Eli Young Band (Ages 16+) Mar 28 Voz De Mando (Ages 21+) Mar 29 House Of Floyd (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 877-987-6487 & online

www.catalystclub.com

A collaboration between two leading figures in world music.

Monday, February 25 • 7 PM

VERONICA SWIFT WITH THE BENNY GREEN TRIO A rising-star vocalist accompanied by a venerable piano trio.

Tuesday, February 26 • 7:30 PM

MAKANA

Tickets: snazzyproductions.com Wednesday, February 27 • 7 PM

MASTER CLASS: RAY BROWN – BEGINNING JAZZ ARRANGING 2.0

A comprehensive and enlightening view of arranging techniques.

FREE

Thursday, February 28 • 7 PM

ETIENNE CHARLES & CREOLE SOUL

A celebratory fusing of jazz and Afro-Caribbean musical heritage.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Friday, March 1 • 7 PM

MATTHEW WHITAKER TRIO

A wunderkind pianist/organist/arranger.

Unless noted, advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wine & beer available.

All ages welcome.

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

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THE GREEN

Saturday, February 9 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

HABIB KOITÉ & BASSEKOU KOUYATE

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We are now open Tuesday-Sunday for dinner.

Stop by for an amazing farm to table dining experience!

Thur Feb 7

John Michael Band w/Area 52

Sat Feb 9

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Katchafire $35/$40 8p

The name says it all… $20 adv./$20 Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Hi Ya! By Little John 9:30p

Steven Graves Band w/ Reckless Poets

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Girls’ Night Out, The Show

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

Pride and Joy

Best of Las Vegas Gold Winner, Best Male Review $22 adv./$28 door seated - ages 21+ 8:30PM Fri Feb 15

Sat Feb 16

Frankie Gavin

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

John Craigie

Fri Feb 22

August Sun w/ Jive Machine

Humorous Storytelling, Serious Folk $27 adv./$27 door seated - <21 w/parent 8:00PM

2/7

FRI

Broken Shades 6-8p

2/8

SAT

2/9

Hot Buttered Rum & Blue Summit $15/$20 8p

La Misa Negra $15/$20 8p

Steve Gunn $15/$20 8p

Libation Lab w/ King Wizard & Chief Transcend 9:30p

Adam Cova 9:30p

D-ROC 9:30p

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party 9:30p

UCSC Astronomy on Tap 6:30p

Matt Masih Free 7p

Manny Swan Free 7p

Alex Lucero 6-9p

ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

The Joint Chiefs 2-5p

Open Mic Free 4-7p Midnight Mojo, Thanks Buddy Free 9p

Queer Bingo $5/card 4p

Variety Show w/ Toby Gray 6:30p

Acoustic Reggae Jam 6:30p

Aloha Friday 6:30p

Featured Acts 6:30p

Thur Mar 7

Comedy Night 9p

First & Third Celtic Jam

Live DJ

Live DJ

Hawaiian and folk-inflected original songs $18 adv./$20 door seated - <21 w/parent 7:30PM Fri Mar 8

The Boys of Summer

Sat Mar 9

What the Funk!

The top touring Eagles Tribute band in America $18 adv./$20 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

Puffball Collective w/Dead Slug Society Sat, Mar 16 Fleetwood Macrame Sat, Mar 23 Foreverland – Michael Jackson Tribute Sun, Mar 24 An Evening with Steve Poltz Sat, Apr 6 Scott Capurro Tickets Now Online at flynnscabaret.com

Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am

Comedy Free 8p

Open Mic Free 8-11p

The Human Juke Box 6p

Open Mic 6p

Tuesday Trivia Night 6:30p

Trivia 7:30p

110 Monterey Avenue, Capitola Village

7-10pm Starting February 12th Free and open to everyone Show starts at 7pm

For advance signup and info, contact Bob Carter at 831.462.9373 or crtcom@pacbell.net Raffling off an acoustic guitar Raffle proceeds go to Guitars Not Guns

Call now for Valentine’s reservations.

LOCATED ON THE BEACH

Amazing waterfront deck views.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

See live music grid for this week’s bands.

STAND-UP COMEDY

Three live comedians every Sunday night.

HAPPY HOUR

Mon–Fri from 3:00pm. Wednesday all night!

VISIT OUR BEACH MARKET

11-piece band from the San Francisco Bay Area $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM COMIN G RIGH T U P

Fri, Mar 15

Erin Avila 6-9p

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

Alex Lucero

Shawn & Lehua

The Takeover, Turn Up Tuesday w/ Cali 9:30p

Film: Still Wild At Heart $15 7p

BRITANNIA ARMS IN CAPITOLA

Local Rock, Psychedelic, Americana and More… $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

2/12

Blues Mechanics Free 6p

‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p

Deadgrass

Grampa’s Chili w/Southern Pacific

TUE

Taco Trivia Tuesday w/ Hive Mind 6:30p

Vinny Johnson 2-5p

Wed Feb 27

Sat Mar 2

2/11

Rob Vye Free 6p

TBA Free 10p-12a

Singer Songwriter Showcase

Soulful Rock and Roll $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

MON

AC Myles Free 6p

Freestone Peaches

String band interpreting the music of Jerry Garcia $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 8:30P

2/10

Steve Freund Free 6p

Sat Feb 23

Allman Brothers Tribute $12 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

SUN

Lloyd Whitley Free 6p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

Steelhorse

Bon Jovi Tribute $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

Trivia 8p

THU

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Mon Feb 18

Fri Mar 1

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99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Traditional Musician of the Year 2018 – Gradam Ceoil Award $18 adv./$20 door seated - ages 21+ 8:30PM

Local Rock Favorites $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

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2/6

Aki Kumar & Little Jonny Lawton Free 6p

An evening of Americana Roots Music $12 adv./$15 Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Thu Feb 14

WED MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Rock, Americana and more $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 8:30PM Fri Feb 8

LIVE MUSIC

Wood-fired pizza, ice cream, unique fine gifts.

DEAL WITH A VIEW

MUSIC ARTS

$10.95 Dinners Mon.-Fri. from 6:00pm

RECORDING STUDIO

Guitar Works

NOW SERVING BREAKFAST

Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily

(831) 476-4560

crowsnest-santacruz.com

LIVE MUSIC WED

2/6

THU

2/7

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

FRI

2/8

SAT

Golden Shred 7:30-10:30p

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

2/9

2/10

MON

2/11

TUE

2/12

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

Phoenix Rising 8-11:30p

Live Again 8-11:30p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 6:30-9:30p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

Mikey Bilello 6-9p

Soul Bloom Collective 6-9p

Judo No 6-9p

Kage O’Malley 6-9p

Zack Freitas 6-9p

SID’S SMOKEHOUSE 10110 Soquel Dr, Aptos STEEL BONNET 20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley

Blind Rick Stevens

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

Scott Slaughter Free 5:30p

Dave Muldawer Free 5:30p

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CONTROVERSIAL PIC The family of James Bulger has railed against Vincent Lambe’s Detainment, the short film based on the story of the 2-year-old’s murder, but it was nominated for an Oscar this year nonetheless.

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ll you have to do to know there’s something rotten in the state of the world is look at this year’s slate of Oscar-nominated short films. Endangered children, old age and regret, racism, irresponsible parenting, and random homicide all figure in the five live-action shorts nominated for a 2019 Academy Award.

The companion program of animated short films is not all that more upbeat, touching on themes of dysfunctional psychiatry, dementia, divorce, and death, among other things.

Call it a sign of these dire times, but grim seems to be the pervading tone among this year's crop of fledgling filmmakers singled out by Academy voters.

As in recent years past, once the Academy nominations are announced, the contending short films are packaged for theatrical release. There are two separate programs (with two separate admissions), one for the five liveaction shorts, and one for the five animated shorts (with a couple of bonus films thrown in to stretch out the animated program to featurelength).

But unlike years past, there's only one overt comedy in all 10 nominated shorts, the animated psychiatry satire Animal Behavior.

Funny animals (including a timid leech and an ape with angermanagement issues) attempt to sort out their problems with

an avuncular, bespectacled dog therapist in this cheeky effort by Alison Snowden and David Fine.

The gag wears a little thin, but crisp dialogue keeps it amusing.

In the live-action program, Marguerite, by French filmmaker Marianne Farley, is a beautifully acted tale of the bond between an elderly woman and the younger woman who is her visiting caregiver.

It’s an oasis of tenderness and compassion amid a bunch of films devoted to violence and perversity.

The program begins with Vincent Lambe's harrowing Detainment.

Written largely from police transcripts, this true story follows the events that led two 10-year-old Liverpool schoolboys to become the

youngest defendants ever convicted of murder in the UK. Marvelously wellacted (especially by its young stars) and discreet about how much of the crime it chooses to show onscreen, it nevertheless drags viewers along in an atmosphere of non-stop dread.

This is followed immediately

by Jeremy Comte’s Fauve, another tale of two boys (French Canadian, this time) running amok out in the countryside that comes to an abrupt and horrifying conclusion. (After that double-whammy, distressed viewers might be forgiven for going out for popcorn and never coming back.)

Films are presented alphabetically, and yet it’s questionable to lead off this program with two films so similar in their bleak nihilism.

Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Madre is a taut mini-thriller about a woman grappling with a cell phone call from her 6-year-old son in jeopardy. The filmmaking is crisp and intense, but Sorogoyen has no exit strategy; the story just stops. And the final live-action entry, Skin—set in America’s pick-up-driving, shotguntoting yahoo country—explores deeply ingrained racism and its consequences in a manner better suited to The Twilight Zone.

The animation program is more user-friendly. Louise Bagnall’s lyrical, emotionally stirring Irish entry Late Afternoon, beautifully rendered in fluid pastel watercolors, features an older woman diving deep into the well of memory to piece together fragments of a life she’s forgotten. One Small Step, from Andrew Chesworth and Bobby Pontillas, charms with its tale of a plucky Asian girl in San Francisco and her cobbler single dad who does everything he can to support her dream of becoming an astronaut. The annual Pixar/ Disney entry, Bao, by Domee Shi, is a metaphorical fable about a a Chinese woman who forms a maternal attachment to a dumpling.

There are many lovely and intriguing moments in both programs— especially the animated offerings—but there’s not one E-Ticket item here that just grabs you by the lapels and leaves you awestruck. Maybe next year.

OSCAR-NOMINATED SHORT FILMS: LIVE-ACTION (Not rated) 109 minutes. (**) ANIMATION (Not rated) 80 minutes. (***)

FILM NEW RELEASES CAPERNAUM This Lebanese drama won the jury prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, and is nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. It’s about a 12-year-old boy who sues his parents after he’s sentenced to jail for a violent crime. When the judge asks him why, he says “For giving me life!” Wow, that’s like the Mel Gibson Braveheart speech of teen angst. Directed by Nadine Labaki.

Starring Zain Al Rafeea, Yordanos Shiferaw and Boluwatife Treasure.

(R) 126 minutes. (SP) COLD PURSUIT When I have to describe these revenge thrillers where some parent has to go after the criminals who wronged his or her family, I always say, “It’s like Taken, except with Jennifer Garner” or “It’s like Taken, except with Mel Gibson.”

So what am I supposed to say about this one, where Liam Neeson plays a snowplow driver who goes after the criminals who wronged his family?

“It’s like Taken, except with … Liam Neeson?” Maybe just, “It’s like Taken, except really stupid.” Directed by Hans Petter Moland. Co-starring Emmy Rossum and Laura Dern. (R) 118 minutes. (SP)

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CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesdaynights 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 COLD WAR Every shot is thrilling in Cold War, Pawel Pawlikowski’s follow up to Ida. This lean, fast film concerns the paradox of mid-20th century discontentment. Example: At great cost to yourself, you escape the workers’ paradise of the Soviet empire, an Eden where they tie your hands. You then arrive in capitalist heaven to face what Joni Mitchell termed “the crazy you get from too much choice.” Most of all, Cold War is a lustrous romance between a Michael Fassbinder-ish pianist, Wiktor, and the younger singer Zula, whose life is clouded by a crime she committed when she was a girl. Starring Joanna Kulig and Tomasz Kot. (R) 88 minutes. (RvB) A DOG’S WAY HOME Good lord, just one week into 2019 and we already have a damn dog movie? Forget global warming and government shutdowns—this, my friends, is proof of impending apocalypse. And Bryce Dallas Howard as the voice of the dog that has to travel hundreds of miles to find its home, are you kidding me?

I don’t know what hope is even left for new dog movies to take away.

Like, what’s next, a Benjiverse of interconnected dog films? Wait,

why did I just bring that idea into the world? Directed by Charles Martin Smith. Starring Jonah Hauer-King, Ashley Judd and Alexandra Shipp. (PG) 96 minutes.

(SP) THE FAVOURITE Rachel Weisz, Emma Stone and especially Olivia Colman as a cranky, insecure Queen Anne are all excellent as women jockeying for power in the man’s world of early 18th-century England. But the narrative often goes awry in Yorgos Lanthimos’ witches’ brew of sex, politics and intrigue—if not historically, in terms of its weirdly comic tone.

Lanthimos may be taking satirical aim at human folly—greed, ambition, depravity, especially among the oh-so-idle rich—but that’s a broad target. Too often, his contrived setups and deliberately provocative images don’t add up to anything. And as the fortunes of these women rise and fall, and viewer sympathies are meant to keep shifting, they remain little more than pawns in an exercise of mannered absurdity. (R) 131 minutes. (LJ) GLASS Let’s trace the decline of director M. Night Shyamalan through what we said over the years when we discovered the twists of his various movies: The Sixth Sense: “Whoa, he was dead this whole time?” Unbreakable: “No way, it was a comic book movie in disguise?” Signs: “Huh, so the aliens are hurt by water, but they invaded a planet that’s mostly water?” The Village: “Uh, so it’s basically just a Renaissance Faire?”

The Happening: “Did I just watch the worst movie ever made?” He’s been having a career resurgence, though, with The Visit and the surprise sequel to Unbreakable, Split. Now he winds up the “comic book movie in disguise” trilogy (it’s not really much of a disguise at this point, but I’m sure there will be a twist in there) with this film that brings back Bruce Willis as David Dunn, James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb (from Split) and, of course, Samuel L. Jackson as Mr. Glass. (PG-13) 129 minutes. (SP)

THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING I hope you’re not all King Arthur-ed out by that last Guy Ritchie version and Aquaman (which, let’s face it, was just an undersea take on the legend), because here’s yet another retelling—this time a modern-day, family-friendly fantasy with kiddos as the stars and Joe Cornish at the helm. I’m certainly not opposed to the return of the writer-director of Attack the Block, but I kind of wish that just once Hollywood would say, “On second thought, let’s not go to Camelot. It is a silly place.” Starring Rebecca Ferguson, Tom Taylor and Patrick Stewart. (PG) THE MULE Clint Eastwood apparently is a mule in this movie, which kind of makes sense, since we already know from his interviewing-a-chairat-the-RNC debacle that he can be a jackass. According to the publicity materials, it’s a true story based on the New York Times Magazine article “The Sinaloa Cartel’s 90-Year-Old Drug Mule.”

Ohhhh, a drug mule. I get it now.

Directed by Eastwood. Co-starring Bradley Cooper, Taissa Farmiga and Laurence Fishburne. (R) 116 minutes. (SP) ON THE BASIS OF SEX If you loved RBG in RBG, you might enjoy … more RBG! This time it’s a fictionalized version of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s early career, depicting her crusade for gender equality.

Directed by Mimi Leder. Starring Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer and Justin Theroux. (PG-13) 120 minutes. (SP) SERENITY Sorry, Browncoats, this has nothing at all to do with Firefly. Instead, it’s the latest in the recent trend of throwback, ’90s-style thrillers. The poster for this one even has a rip between the faces of the two stars, Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway!

McConaughey plays a fishing boat captain (I love this movie already) with a mysterious past (oh my god, yes) who is approached by his exwife (of course) to murder her new husband (bingo!) Give me all the tickets! Directed by Steven Knight.

Co-starring Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou and Jason Clarke. (R) 106 minutes. (SP) SHOPLIFTERS This drama from director Hirokazu Kore-eda about a family that turns to shoplifting when they fall on hard times is about so much more than that premise suggests. I suspect it’d be cleaning up in foreign-language categories this awards season if it wasn’t for Roma. Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando and Miyu Matsuoka. (R) 103 minutes. (SP) STAN AND OLLIE Jon S. Baird’s biopic Stan and Ollie has a certain inflationary quality, regarding the appeal of a comedy team in their sunset years. But in lovingly recreating Laurel and Hardy’s mid-1950s tour of the UK, it’s a film with lots of charm. It doesn’t break new ground, but it has its stinging moments. When the two get into a fight about an old rift, this time Ollie’s slow burn is real, and so is Stan’s hesitant peacemaking.

John Paul Kelly’s lavish production design drips with nostalgia; it can be a tad too sweet and rich for the times, but it’s more evidence that this film was a labor of love.

Starring John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan and Shirley Henderson.

(PG) 97 minutes. (RvB) THE UPSIDE Do you really want to watch Kevin Hart in a movie right now, after all of his exhausting apologizing/non-apologizing for his past anti-LGBTQ jokes?

I know, me neither. What’s that, you didn’t really want to watch Kevin Hart in a movie anyway?

Oh, you! You’re so funny. What?

The Upside? Oh right, I was going to tell you about it! Your joke was so clever that I forgot all about it.

Anyway, in this comedy from the director of Divergent, Hart plays an ex-con who becomes friends with a quadriplegic billionaire played

by Bryan Cranston. Oh, I get it, the hands are your pillow, like you were falling asleep before I even got to the end of that sentence. You are hilarious today! Directed by Neil Burger. Starring Nicole Kidman, Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart.

(PG-13) 125 minutes. (SP)

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THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART If you didn’t have very small children at the time, you were probably surprised at how much you were delighted by the first Lego Movie’s irresistible charm and wit. If you did have very small children, you were probably unsurprised at how much you were delighted by the first Lego Movie’s ability to hold your kid’s attention so you could close your goddamn eyes for one goddamn minute. Well, now the sequel is here to provide the same tender mercies for a new generation of new parents about to lose their shit. Everything is awesome! Directed by Mike Mitchell. Featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett. But not Mel Gibson.

(PG) 106 minutes. (SP)

WHAT MEN WANT Yes, this is a remake of the Mel Gibson movie What Women Want from 19 years ago. Yes, they flipped the gender roles, so that this time Taraji P. Henson can hear men’s thoughts.

I think that’s great, as long as we don’t have to find out what Mel Gibson secretly wants, because I guarantee you it is terrifying.

Directed by Adam Shankman. Costarring Tracy Morgan, Aldis Hodge and Richard Roundtree. (R) 117 minutes. (SP)

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FOOD & DRINK home behind the eclectic front counter. Posters still cover the cabinet wall beside the condiment table. And regulars still stash their favorite mugs on a high shelf.

In the larger room, mismatched couches offer old-school coziness for interviews, meetings and just hunkering down for a morning coffee. Not designer, but not generic, the old footprint—brick floors, wainscotted walls—provides a funky elegance that is pure, 100 percent Santa Cruz.

A large assortment of bagels and toppings, plus an array of inviting quiches and soups, make it a great lunch option, as well as a morning caffeine mainstay. A good Wi-Fi connection, too.

Tabby Cat Cafe, 1101 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. Soft opening hours 7 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. weekends.

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JUST YOU AND MEOW Lisa Curran and Jeb Purucker have reinvented the Cafe Bene space as Tabby Cat Cafe. PHOTO: JULES HOLDSWORTH

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Tabby Cat Cafe curls up in downtown Santa Cruz’s former Cafe Bene BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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f you felt at home in the retro living room ambience of Cafe Bene for all those years, then you’ll love the coffee house’s reincarnation as Tabby Cat Cafe, which was opened a few weeks ago by former Bene barista Lisa Curran and Jeb Purucker.

The ambience is matchless, the coffee is exceptional, and I might even be willing to say that the macchiato I had at T-Cat this week was the best I’ve had in Santa Cruz.

Strong, smooth, without bitterness, and served in a beautiful miniature coffee mug.

Light floods the vintage space,

lending the front alcoves and main reading room a welcoming vibe. I once wrote film reviews in an office above Tabby Cat, and have fond memories of this location, close to downtown yet tucked away from the crowds.

We ordered a macchiato and a regular house blend coffee, plus one of those cranberry scones from Black China Bakery that I always loved when I visited in the past, then took a seat at a corner table marked “Reserved” for the Santa Cruz French club. We would be gone before their meeting time.

We glanced at the newspapers and

watched the large-scale industrial action across the street while awaiting our coffees. As regulars came in—and it seems that Tabby has inherited a full roster of fans from the previous administration— they were personally greeted. It feels like you’ve entered the front parlor of a private home, calm and mellow. The atmosphere is a welcome alternative to the hipster frenzy of many other downtown coffee spots. Conversations are possible, and so is reading and writing—those arts from the preiPhone era.

The new owners are clearly at

I met new Ristorante Avanti co-owner Jonathan Glass last week at my first lunch since a change in the ownership lineup.

Now we can look forward to a special sandwich and a burger added to the lunch menu. Last week, it was a robust version of the East Coast Italian meatball sandwich. Rita and I loved our beautiful plate (new plates, too!) of seared scallops with crisp roast potatoes and arugula salad. The lunch scene looks, and tastes, familiar. Updates are already underway, with ergonomic new chairs and patio dining enhancements. Wishing Jonathan and Tatiana Glass good luck with their Westside venture.

Ristorante Avanti, 1917 Mission St., Santa Cruz, ristoranteavanti.com.

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hen Chad Glassley moved to town in 2013 with ambitions of opening a Cajun restaurant, he originally set his sights on one of the kiosks along downtown Santa Cruz’s Pacific Avenue.

When that didn’t work out, he and wife Aurelia, an Aptos High School grad, simply opened a fastcasual restaurant called Roux Dat in Capitola instead. Then, last year, their original plan came to fruition, when they signed the lease on a kiosk outside Bookshop Santa Cruz for Roux Dat’s second location.

But running a small-scale version of the joint is trickier than Glassley had originally imagined, partially because he has to keep it stocked by trucking over stews from the Capitola location. He figures the logistics will get easier once the restaurant opens a third branch in a couple of months at Abbott Square, just off of Pacific.

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Fried pickles or fried green tomatoes?

I like fried green tomatoes better, because there’s a little more substance, and I like the tartness.

It’s almost like a green apple.

Why is it so hard to find places that serve alligator?

There was a ban for a while in the state of California, and then it got lifted. But it was mainly just for clothing, for boots and belts and things like that. We get our alligator from Louisiana, so we are pretty far away, and the price can get high, so maybe people don’t stock it. But we always find it’s a nice little surprise: “Really, you have gator on your menu?”

Mardi Gras is March 5. Any plans?

We might do a couple Mardi Gras beer specials. We’ve got the Mardi Gras Bock on tap from Abita. We always look into doing a crawfish boil, but everyone wants crawfish at that time, and again, like alligator, the West Coast gets left out because it takes a while to ship out here. rouxdatcajuncreole.com, 295-6372.

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Sip from a stemless glass, both at home and at the movies. Serve a Chardonnay with a steak and a Pinot Noir with fish. Open a special bottle of Pelican Ranch this Tuesday.”

Pelican Ranch Winery, 102 Kennedy Drive, Capitola. 426-6911, pelicanranch.com.

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Two seating times are available: a 5:30 p.m. sunset seating in the intimate tasting room overlooking the vineyard, or a 7 p.m. slot in the historic schoolhouse. Each ticket ($190) includes dinner for two, wine pairings and tax. Gratuity not included. Can’t make it on the holiday? Burrell is doing it all again on Feb. 16.

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ith Valentine’s Day just around the corner, a sensuous Zin is a perfect pick to share with your sweetie— or keep for yourself. Either way, Pelican Ranch Winery’s Capitola tasting room is the place to go.

Their 2015 Zinfandel ($24) is made with fruit from the Rinaldi Family Vineyard in Fiddletown, Amador County, and loaded with pepper, spice, herbs, and smoke. “It’s good alone and wonderful with fullbodied foods,” likely a hearty pizza packed with meat toppings, says winemaker Phil Crews, who co-owns Pelican Ranch Winery with his wife, Peggy. And Crews should know; the tasting room has a pizza oven that he often fires up for customers.

A professor of chemistry at UCSC, Crews says Pelican’s classic, bigstyle Zin has a powerful structure of berry and jam, which unite in a symphony of sustained flavors (a 2016 batch was also just released).

Another hot buy for your Valentine would be Pelican Ranch’s Raspberry Dessert Wine. “Its incredible structure and jammy wild berries demand chocolate accompaniment,” Crews says.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES THE FESTIVAL OF LOSAR Losar (the Tibetan word for “new year”) is an ancient new year’s festival predating Buddhism and celebrated in Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, and India. It begins on the first day of the lunisolar Tibetan calendar (Feb. 5) and lasts for 15 days.

Like Chinese New Year, 2019 is the year of the yin (female) earth pig or boar. Losar is a fragment of the winter-incense-burning custom of the ancient Bon religion (8th century), when the people of Tibet gathered at a spring and made offerings to Naga (water spirits), a ritual of gratitude to the water element/spirits.

At Dharamshala (Dalai Lama’s palace in India) during Losar, the Dalai Lama consults the Oracle, a trained medium able to communicate with spirits and see the past, present and future.

The Oracle is responsible for the health, healing

and protection of the Dalai Lama. The rite of the Oracle is ancient, and involves detailed preparation of evocative invocations (responses), fanfare, dance, sounds, drums, horns, mudras and mantras.

In Tibetan homes during Losar, flowers decorate the rooms, walls are painted with sun, moon and the wheel of life symbols. Cedar and juniper branches burn for incense. Debts are settled, quarrels resolved, new clothes acquired, and special foods (kapse—sweet bread, shaped into twists) and drink (chang—barley beer) are offered.

In the fields, peach trees are beginning to bloom.

Before the measurement of time, the people knew it was Losar when the peach trees budded. Tashi Delek (Tibetan for happy new year) everyone.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Recognizing the vital and initiating work you are to bring forth, it’s time to learn how to participate in groups with intelligent and heartfelt cooperation. You are to help fashion part of the new era, culture and civilization. Are you aware of this? Are you conscious of the needs of humanity? You’re called to awaken again for the time when those who plan and lead boldly, take risks and see into the future. Working with both heart and mind, you will be summoned. Prepare.

Although, under the veil of Libra’s charm, you are a strong and powerful force, a greater level of love/wisdom must begin expressing itself through you. It begins with acceptance and gratitude for everyone and everything (small and great, childhood to present) that has occurred in your life. Here is your new mantra to recite unceasingly: “Love expresses itself through me always, and wisdom follows.” Then your life and relationships proceed with protective love and healing care.

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TAURUS Apr21–May21 The architecture of your participation in life is changing.

Previously you dreamed big dreams and pondered many realities, not concerned if anything took shape.

Now you’re competently leading boards and groups, preparing the components of the new world era. Taurus has an enlightened mind that can see humanity’s present/future needs. You know that in a breakdown phase, seeds of the new must be sowed. You’re synthesizing all realities so others can understand.

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Many forces are at work in your life. As a Gemini, you always attempt to resolve polarities—higher/lower, here/ there, light/dark, self/others, soul/personality. This is a vital and difficult task accomplished by the proper cultivation of the mind principle (calming the emotions) and the right course of study that allows no illusions, distortions, confusions or maya. So you can walk the Path with others. Aquarius calls you to develop all seven levels of your mind. The Soul is on the mental plane.

You should have a very good year. Especially if you blend two realities—your personality and soul. This produces harmony for a time. Then the soul leaves and divine will enters, and your personality harmonizes with will.

Not easy. Will is a fire. Your career rises and falls and sometimes makes a big splash. In these ups and downs, always be thoughtful, or you will lose much. Remember each day that “wisdom is knowledge gained through experience and implemented by love.”

Always we feel some form of conflict. Know that conflict and chaos are useful. They give us the ability to observe tensions and to express hurts, needs and fears. For some, there is a great battle going on between the soul and personality. The soul calls us to right relations, right action and right service. Many times, we don’t know what these words mean. Ask the soul. The answers will be released into your mind. When asking, we always receive.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22 Relationships are vitally important at this time, so often you feel disconnected to anything or anyone. You’re in a place of balancing and choosing, an interlude state. Your inner beliefs about relationships and how you function in them are being modified so that you can display right relationships while still expressing your unique creativity.

Allow opposing forces to flow through you. A greater awareness then emerges. Love flows unobstructed once more. Love is your gift.

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Notice times of solitude when you think things great and small. Create an environment that nurtures in all ways the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual aspects of yourself. Be in touch with the kingdoms—mineral, plant, animal, human, Soul. Love must be combined with your great intelligence. This will form a foundation for the new life emerging all around you. It begins where you live.

Later you’ll be asked to explain this time to others.

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CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 Whatever it is you hope for, radiate it with love from your Ajna (third eye) center. This is where a diamond light of direction streams forth. Then new life takes root expressed as harmony, beauty and peace (a process).

Your love eases any disharmony and conflict whenever it arises. You remember that harmony always attempts to emerge through conflict and chaos, yes? Harmony is the shadow of the object.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 This year, you have great energy and potential. As new sources of income and ways of living are sought, be sure to control impatience. If you’re not aware, you could be thought of as thoughtless toward others. Remember to be courteous and kind, and show sympathy to those who have less than you. A new self-identity continues to emerge. Be sure it includes goodness, generosity and love. We experience that which we offer others.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22

PISCES Feb19–Mar20

New revelations stream into your mind concerning how to order and organize daily life. How we function in daily life prepares us for the new dimensions and structures slowly emerging in the new Aquarian era. Receive with devotion and acceptance all new ideas impressed upon your mind. Be aware if pain or remembrances or weariness occur. As you ponder upon these things, your perspectives shift, change and are uplifted.

You have begun the arduous task of observing, noting and understanding feelings, thoughts, aspirations, actions, and vulnerabilities. Much of your life has been treading the pathway of service and sacrifice. A new beneficent cycle has begun, expanding your courage and strength of character. This may not be acceptable to some. Maintain privacy, walk away from disharmony, don’t believe criticism. The stars protect you.

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court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING February 19, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated: Jan. 4, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 16, 23, 30, & Feb. 6.

be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Feb 25, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated: Jan 9, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 16, 23, 30, & Feb 6.

CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV00108. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner MILDRED ANN ENOCKSON has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: MILDRED ANN ENOCKSON to: ANN MILDRED LANE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Feb 25, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated: Jan 10, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 23, 30, Feb 6, & 13.

be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING March 1, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated: Jan 15, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 23, 30, Feb 6, & 13.

ROBERTSON 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 Jan 10, 2019. Jan. 23, 30, Feb 6, & 13.

REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE WITH CHANGE NO. 20190000127 The following Corporation is doing business as SANTA CRUZ ABA. 221 MAR VISTA DRIVE #D, APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. PALMER BEHAVIORAL CONSULTING, INC. 221 MAR VISTA DRIVE #D, APTOS, CA 95003. AI# 4226760. This business is conducted by a Corporation signed: DAVID AARON PALMER, PRESIDENT. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/2019.

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of Santa Cruz. NUZ, INC. 107 DAKOTA AVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. Al# 3646164. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: LEE MAY. 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 Jan. 18, 2019. Jan. 30, FEB. 6, 13, & 20.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF MELISSA MOORE CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV00033. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner MELISSA MOORE has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: ISABELLA MAY ROBINSON to: ISABELLA MAY MOORE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF MICHELLE KATHERINE SUTTON CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV00082. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner MICHELLE KATHERINE SUTTON has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: MICHELLE KATHERINE SUTTON to: MICHELLE KALANIT GUTMANN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF CAITLIN V. MULDER AND KYLE A. CONDE CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV00092. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioners CAITLIN V. MULDER AND KYLE A. CONDE have filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: NOELLE LOUISE ROSE CARR to: NOELLE LOUISE CONDE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted.

Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Feb 25, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated: Jan 10, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 16, 23, 30, & Feb 6.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF JENNIFER J. GRAY

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF LUZ FALCON-TOLEDO CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV00082. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner LUZ FALCONTOLEDO has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: JESUS CAMAXTLI CARDENAS TOLEDO to: JESUS CAMAXTLI FALCON-TOLEDO. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000066 The following Individual is doing business as ROBERTSON JANITORIAL. 3912 PORTOLA DRIVE #211, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000136 The following Corporation is doing business as FIRST FRIDAY SANTA CRUZ. 107 DAKOTA AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County

REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE WITH CHANGE NO. 20190000135 The following Corporation is doing business as GOOD TIMES. 107 DAKOTA AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. NUZ, INC. 107 DAKOTA AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. AI# 3646164. This business is conducted by a Corporation signed: LEE MAY, VICE PRESIDENT. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 3/31/2014. Original FBN number: 2016-0000682.

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BY POSTING (ORDINANCE NO. 2019-03) The City Council of the City of Santa Cruz having authorized the city clerk administrator, that the ordinance hereafter entitled and described, be published by posting copies thereof in three (3) prominent places in the City, to wit: The City of Santa Cruz Website www.cityofsantacruz.com City Hall–809 Center Street Central Branch Library–224 Church Street NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that copies of said ordinance were posted according to said order.

(Original on file with city clerk.) Said ordinance was introduced on January 22nd, 2019, and is entitled and described as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 2019-03 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO LOCATIONS PERMITTING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND PARKING STANDARDS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS This ordinance amends sections of the municipal code pertaining to locations permitting ADUs and parking standards.

PASSED FOR PUBLICATION on this 22nd day of January, 2019, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Krohn, Glover, Meyers, Brown, Mathews; Vice Mayor Cummings; Mayor Watkins. NOES: None.

ABSENT: None. DISQUALIFIED: None.

APPROVED: ss/Mayor Watkins. ATTEST: ss/Bonnie Bush, City Clerk Administrator.

This ordinance is scheduled for further consideration and final adoption at the Council meeting of February 12, 2019.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018-0002011 The following Individual is doing business as APPENRODT COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. 4375 CAPITOLA ROAD, STE. C, CAPITOLA, CA 95010.

County of Santa Cruz.

JOSEPH WILLIAM APPENRODT. 3140 WALLACE DR., APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JOSEPH WILLIAM APPENRODT. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/12/2009.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Devember 21, 2018. Jan. 16, 23, 30, & Feb. 6.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME.The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: DEJAVU VIDEO SERVICES. 339 ALTA VISTA DR., SANTA CRUZ, CA, 95060. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on: 12/07/2017. DEJAVU VIDEO SERVICES. 339 ALTA VISTA DR., SANTA CRUZ, CA, 95060. This business was conducted by a MARRIED COUPLE ALLISON KAY CLARK & JAMES STEVEN CLARK. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on the date indicated by the file stamp: Filed: Jan 8, 2019. File No.2017-0001985. Jan. 16, 23, 30, & Feb. 6.

REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT WITH CHANGE FILE NO. 2019-0000074. The following Individual is doing business as MARGINS WINE. 675 PINE FLAT RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000133 The following Individual is doing business as PRIMA CLEAN. 2030 KINSLEY ST. #A, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

County of Santa Cruz. JULIA PRIMAVERA. 2030 KINSLEY ST. #A, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JULIA PRIMAVERA 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 Jan 18, 2019. Jan. 30, Feb 6, 13, & 20.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000161 The following Individual is doing business as TISHA BRADY CONSULTING. 521 BETHANY CURVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. PATRICIA M. BRADY. 521 BETHANY CURVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: PATRICIA M. BRADY The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 1/22/2019. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan 23, 2019. Jan. 30, Feb 6, 13, & 20.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018-0002034 The following Individual is doing business as STUDIO HEARTBEAT. 4414 STARBOARD CT., SOQUEL, CA 95073. County of Santa Cruz. JENNIFER DANU SCHOECK. 4414

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF PATRICIA REAP CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.19CV00237. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner PATRICIA REAP has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: PATRICIA REAP to: PATRICIA TOWNSEND REAP. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING March 11, 2019 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000016 The following Individual is doing business as WAXING BY KAITLYN. 2345 MISSION ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. KAITLYN MONTANA LOTZ. 360 HILLSIDE DRIVE, BOULDER CREEK, CA 95006. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: KAITLYN MONTANA LOTZ. 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 Jan 3, 2019. Jan. 30, Feb 6, 13, & 20.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000168. The following Copartnership is doing business as SANTA CRUZ TATTOO. 52 FRONT ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. ABBEY ZUNINO, 760 SENCA CT, DANVILLE, CA 94526 & SHANNON CULLEN, 3014 UNION AVE., SAN JOSE, CA 95124.

This business is conducted by a Copartnership signed: ABBEY ZUNINO. 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 Jan. 23, 2019. Jan. 30, Feb. 6, 13, & 20.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000178. The following Business Trust is doing business as FASHION ART SANTA CRUZ and MICHAELANGELO STUDIOS GALLERY. 1111 RIVER ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. ANGELO GROVA, TRUSTEE OF GROVA FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST & BEVERLY GROVA, TRUSTEE OF GROVA FAMILY REVOCABLE TRUST. 542 HIGHLAND AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Business Trust signed: ANGELO GROVA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 8/1/1989. This statement

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018- 0000134. The following Copartnership is doing business as MID COAST REALTY. 110 SEA TERRACE WAY, APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. GUY BERNARD CHANDA. 110 SEA TERRACE WAY, APTOS, CA 95003. & DARYL DAVID KENYON. 7523 FAWN, CARMEL, CA 93923. This business is conducted by a Copartnership signed: DARYL DAVID KENYON. 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 Jan. 18, 2019. Feb. 6, 13, 20, & 27.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000137 The following Individual is doing business as HAULIN' ASTEROIDS. 1601 JARVIS RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. County of Santa Cruz. RANDALL RAY NEWKIRK. 1601 JARVIS RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: RANDALL RAY NEWKIRK The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 1/18/2019. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan 18, 2019. Feb 6, 13, 20, & 27.

REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT WITH CHANGE FILE NO. 2018-0002016. The following Individual is doing business as APPLIANCE REPAIR BY STEVE. 408 CLUBHOUSE DR., APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. STEVE NICHOLSON. 408 CLUBHOUSE DR., APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: STEVE NICHOLSON. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. Original FBN number: 2014-0000015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 26, 2018. Feb. 6, 13, 20, 27.

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BY POSTING (ORDINANCE NO. 2019-04) The City Council of the City of Santa Cruz having authorized the city clerk administrator, that the ordinance hereafter entitled and described, be published by posting copies thereof in three (3) prominent places in the City, to wit: The City of Santa Cruz Website www.cityofsantacruz.com City Hall–809 Center Street Central Branch Library–224 Church Street NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that copies of said ordinance were posted according to said order.

(Original on file with city clerk.) Said ordinance was introduced on January 22nd, 2019, and is entitled and described as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 2019-04 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO PERMIT PROCEDURES, OCCUPANCY REQUIREMENTS AND DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS This ordinance amends sections of the municipal code pertaining to ADU permit procedures, occupancy requirements, and definitions. PASSED FOR PUBLICATION on this 22nd day of January, 2019, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Krohn, Glover, Meyers, Brown, Mathews; Vice Mayor Cummings; Mayor Watkins. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.

DISQUALIFIED: None. APPROVED: ss/ Mayor Watkins. ATTEST: ss/Bonnie Bush, City Clerk Administrator. This ordinance is scheduled for further consideration and final adoption at the Council meeting of February 12, 2019.

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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE

BY POSTING (ORDINANCE NO. 2019-05) The City Council of the City of Santa Cruz having authorized the city clerk administrator, that the ordinance hereafter entitled and described, be published by posting copies thereof in three (3) prominent places in the City, to wit: The City of Santa Cruz Website www.cityofsantacruz.com City Hall–809 Center Street Central Branch Library–224 Church Street NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that copies of said ordinance were posted according to said order. (Original on file with city clerk.) Said ordinance was introduced on January 22nd, 2019, and is entitled and described as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 2019-05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ AMENDING SECTIONS OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO SITE STANDARDS AND BUILDING REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS This ordinance amends sections of the municipal code pertaining ADU site standards and building requirements.

PASSED FOR PUBLICATION on this 22nd day of January, 2019, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Krohn, Glover, Brown; Vice Mayor Cummings. NOES: Councilmembers Meyers, Mathews; Mayor Watkins. ABSENT: None. DISQUALIFIED: None. APPROVED: ss/Mayor Watkins.

ATTEST: ss/Bonnie Bush, City Clerk Administrator. This ordinance is scheduled for further consideration and final adoption at the Council meeting of February 12, 2019.

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The good news? California seems to be dedicated to the “proposition” that all people should try to avoid more taxes when possible. Here are some of those propositions: Prop 13 (1978): The original granddaddy proposition reducing existing property taxes and significantly limiting increases in the future.

Prop 58 (1986): Allows parents to pass homes on to their children without a reassessment of property taxes. (See the fine print, folks.)

Prop 60 (1986): Offers homeowners the opportunity to sell and buy a new home (of lesser value) in the same County, while transferring a lower property tax base. (Not to be confused with the other, more recent Prop 60 having to do with condom use in the porn industry!!!)

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Occupation: Retired graphic designer Hobbies: Graphics/illustration; art/ceramics/jewelry; playing music; director of metal art; volunteer teaching kids ukulele-building; cooking

RON BALDWIN, 33-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

Occupation: College publications Hobbies: Small-scale metal arts volunteer, Cabrillo College; glass-making; art; music; gardening; cooking Who or what first got you shopping here? RON: The realtor who sold us our house recommended Shopper’s.We’re still shopping here.” MARGIE:“My first impression was that Shopper’s reminded me of these markets we’d seen in New York: compact, wellorganized and with wooden floors, and they all had a butcher department.” RON:“Shopper’s is important to the community because it’s local and just a great store.” MARGIE:“And it’s family-oriented.The Beauregards care about what goes on in the market and it shows. It’s so well run.” RON:“Family-run makes a big difference in the products Shopper’s carries and how customers are treated.”

What do you folks like to cook? RON:“Mostly Italian and Mexican dishes. I do a lot of enchiladas with anything, and that includes a wide variety of vegetables.” MARGIE:“I consider myself adventurous in the kitchen and I like to cook in season. I may do Japanese, Chinese, Indian — you name it. I really appreciate Shopper’s specialty products, as well as their quality baking flours and other ingredients.”

RON:“We really like that so much of Shopper’s produce is local.” MARGIE:“And so much is organic.

Shopper’s carries a lot of organic foods these days.”

RON:“The produce is priced well, actually everything is for what you get.” MARGIE:“That’s saying a lot!”

What do you mean? MARGIE:“He’s known as ‘Mr Frugal!’” RON:“I don’t really shop price but I know that everything here is quality.” MARGIE:“Shopper’s carries a lot of unusual specialty products. I’m not afraid to experiment because I can trust Shopper’s.”

RON:“I like spending my money here, and the customer service —butchers, checkers — is very good.” MARGIE:“There are always so many checkers available and baggers to carry out your groceries.The butchers are great with suggestions.And they remember what we ordered and may ask how it turned out.” RON:“Don’t forget you get free pens and notepads.” MARGIE:“We have so many!”

“There are always so many checkers available and baggers to carry out your groceries. And the butchers are great with suggestions!”

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