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Back when I was editor of Metro Santa Cruz in the early-tomid 2000s, we had a columnist called Nuz. No one outside of the office knew the real identity of Nuz— not even Nuz’s gender. (Which, weirdly enough, people used to ask me about fairly often. I’ll use the “they” pronoun here to avoid giving anything away.) No one was even totally sure how to pronounce Nuz’s name—when it started out, it was supposed to be pronounced “Nooz” (to rhyme with “Cruz,” obviously), and there was even a helpful little line over the “u” to make that clear.

But popular opinion that it was actually pronounced like “Nuhz” eventually won out. Nuz was known for sometimes sharp, sometimes extremely blunt insights into local politics, and they sunk their teeth into that watchdog role.

Nuz quit writing sometime after I left the paper, and I never did hear what happened. But recently our news editor Jacob Pierce heard through the

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LETTERS LEGALIZED SOLUTIONS I appreciated and celebrate your article on MAPS projects to use MDMA to treat PTSD via MDMA-assisted therapy (GT, Jan. 9). It seems an easy leap to imagine MDMA could be used for so many of what are now labeled as disorders or mental illnesses by the DSM. Many years back, I wrote an article (“Club Meds”) that described the experience of one older gentleman who had been depressed for years. But then he took LSD with therapeutic assistance as part of a program at Stanford. His depression lifted as he saw from a “higher” perspective the unjustified weight in thought he was giving to the past and to his domineering father.

I wrote that article for Metro and Metro Santa Cruz because of my own experience with depression in my 20s, and the tremendous amount of compassion it generated in me for those who cling to life on a day-by-day basis because of anxiety and depression.

grapevine that Nuz had had it up to here with the state of local politics and was chomping at the bit to come out of retirement. I thought it was probably like all those other rumors we’ve heard about Nuz—Nuz lurks in the shadows (what a drama queen), Nuz eats dirt for breakfast (no), Nuz has no friends (okay, probably true)—but what do you know? It was true. After a few phone calls, it was all arranged, and those oh-so Nuz emails I remember from back in the day started coming in again. So, ladies and gentlemen, I direct you to page 14 for the return of Nuz. In other news, it’s our Health and Fitness issue this week, and we welcome back our former managing editor Maria Grusauskas—who is still living it up in the sunny Baja California climes she ditched us for—with an article on the healing frontiers of biodynamic farming.

Meanwhile, Hugh McCormick slips and slides into the world of hot fitness, with entertaining results.

Finally, this is the last week to vote for your favorites in the Best of Santa Cruz 2019 Awards. So go to bestofsantacruz2019.com and do it today!

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Their internal realities are almost completely negative and past-fear or ego-based. In fact, writing the article changed my life, and I went quickly from journalism to studying and then teaching and sharing a spiritually based psychology in order to be of help.

What the MDMA article does not mention—no fault of Mr. Baine’s—is the tremendous psychiatric and spiritual/ psychological benefit of what I would describe as the most mild of psychedelics, marijuana.

Through speaking with Valerie Corral and a caring doctor at the Wo/Mens Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM— now with a new home at 815 Almar St., Ste. 2), I learned that since recreational legalization, the tremendous stampede to commodify pot has rushed blithely past the most important uses for THC—mental and physical health and well-being. While dispensaries are becoming increasingly well stocked, employees are not qualified to provide advice concerning >8

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The Santa Margarita Groundwater Agency has been organizing educational seminars about managing the groundwater below Scotts Valley and the San Lorenzo Valley. The next event, “Water Budgets: How Do We Balance All Needs?” will be Saturday, Feb. 9, at 1 p.m. at the Felton Community Hall. Assemblyman Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley) will speak. The series, which began in January, has been engaging those who rely on water from the Santa Margarita Groundwater Basin. For more information, visit https://smgwa.org.

The Santa Cruz and Golden State Warriors teams aren’t the only ones racking up big wins this season. The undefeated Mission Hill Mavericks 8th grade basketball team won the 2019 Ed Kelly Classic Tournament hosted at Notre Dame Middle School in Watsonville. The Mavericks prevailed in triple overtime against the New Brighton Vikings with a score of 49-47 behind Aden Cury’s 17 points. Preston Pillsbury clinched the game with two free throws.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of January 30 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: You’ll be invited to make a pivotal transition in the history of your relationship with your most important life goals. It should be both fun and daunting!

March: Don't waste time and energy trying to coax others to haul away the junk and the clutter. Do it yourself. April: The growing pains should feel pretty good. Enjoy the uncanny stretching sensations. May: It’ll be a favorable phase to upgrade your personal finances. Think richer thoughts.

Experiment with new ideas about money. June: Build two strong bridges for every rickety bridge you burn. Create two vital connections for every stale connection you leave behind.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: You have access to a semi-awkward magic that will serve you well if you don't complain about its semi-awkwardness. March: To increase your clout and influence, your crucial first step is to formulate a strong intention to do just that. The universe will then work on your behalf. April: Are you ready to clean messes and dispose of irrelevancies left over from the past? Yes! May:You can have almost anything you want if you resolve to use it for the greatest good. June: Maintain rigorous standards, but don't be a fanatic. Strive for excellence without getting bogged down in a counterproductive quest for perfection.

GEMINI May21–June20 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: Be alert for vivid glimpses of your best possible future. The power of self-fulfilling prophecy is even stronger than usual. March: High integrity and ethical rigor are crucial to your success — and so is a longing for sacred adventure. April: How can you make the best use of your likability?

May: Cheerfully dismantle an old system or structure to make way for a sparkling new system or structure. June: Beginner’s luck will be yours if you choose the right place to begin. What’s a bit intimidating but very exciting?

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Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: Your sensual magnetism peaks at the same time as your spiritual clarity. March: You want toasted ice? Succulent fire? Earthy marvels? Homey strangeness?

All of that is within reach. April: Sow the seeds of the most interesting success you can envision. Your fantasy of what’s possible should thrill your imagination, not merely satisfy your sense of duty. May: Deadline time. Be as decisive and forthright as an Aries, as bold as a Sagittarius, as systematic as a Capricorn. June: Go wading in the womb-temperature ocean of emotion, but be mindful of the undertow.

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LE0 Jul23–Aug22 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: There’s a general amnesty in all matters regarding your relationships. Cultivate truces and forgiveness. March: Drop fixed ideas you might have about what’s possible and what’s not. Be keenly open to unexpected healings. April: Wander out into the frontiers.

Pluck goodies that have been off-limits. Consider the value of ignoring certain taboos. May: Sacrifice a small comfort so as to energize your ambitions. June: Take a stand in behalf of your beautiful ideals and sacred truths.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: Master the zen of constructive anger. Express your complaints in a holy cause.

March: You finally get a message you’ve been waiting to receive for a long time. Hallelujah! April: Renew your most useful vows. Sign a better contract. Come to a more complete agreement. May: Don’t let your preconceptions inhibit you from having a wildly good time.

June: Start your own club, band, organization, or business. Or reinvent and reinvigorate your current one.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for

the next five months. February: Be open to romantic or erotic adventures that are different from how love has worked in the past. March: You’ll be offered interesting, productive problems. Welcome them! April: Can you explore what’s experimental and fraught with interesting uncertainty even as you stay well-grounded? Yes! May: You can increase your power by not hiding your weakness. People will trust you most if you show your vulnerability. A key to this season’s model of success is the ability to calmly express profound emotion. June: Wild cards and x-factors and loopholes will be more available than usual. Don’t be shy about using them.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: The world may finally be ready to respond favorably to the power you’ve been storing up. March: Everything you thought you knew about love and lust turns out to be too limited. So expand your expectations and capacities! April: Extremism and obsession can be useful in moderation. May: Invisible means of support will become visible. Be alert for half-hidden help. June: Good questions: What do other people find valuable about you? How can you enhance what’s valuable about you?

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: You’ll have the need and opportunity to accomplish some benevolent hocus-pocus. For best results, upgrade your magical powers.

March: Make sure the turning point happens in your power spot or on your home turf. April: You should be willing to go anywhere, ask any question, and even risk your pride if necessary to coax your most important relationships into living up to their potentials. May: If at first you don’t succeed, change the definition of success.

June: You can achieve more through negotiation and compromise than you could by pushing heedlessly ahead in service to your single-minded vision.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: A new phase of your education will begin when you acknowledge how much you have to learn. March: Initiate diplomatic discussions about the Things That Never Get Talked About. April: Revise your ideas about your dream home and your dream community. May: You have the power to find healing for your oldest lovesickness. If you do find it, intimacy will enter a new golden age. June: Solicit an ally’s ingenuity to help you improvise a partial solution to a complex problem.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: Start a new trend that will serve your noble goals for years to come. March: Passion comes back into fashion with a tickle and a shiver and a whoosh. April: As you expand and deepen your explorations, call on the metaphorical equivalents of both a telescope and a microscope. May: This is the beginning of the end of what you love to complain about. Hooray!

JUNE: You’ll have an abundance of good reasons to celebrate the fact that you are the least normal sign in the zodiac. Celebrate your idiosyncrasies!

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. February: You’ll have a knack for enhancing the way you express yourself and present yourself. The inner you and the outer you will become more unified. March: You’ll discover two original, new ways to get excited. April: Be bold as you make yourself available for a deeper commitment that will spawn more freedom. May: What are the gaps in your education?

Make plans to mitigate your most pressing area of ignorance. JUNE: Your body’s ready to tell you secrets that your mind has not yet figured out. Listen well.

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This is also an area that begs for increased exploration, research and funding.

With suicide on the rise in the U.S., and considering its continued epidemic proportions amongst veterans, the urgency of these matters cannot be overstated.

Many will die by their own hands— shattering families and friend groups—as we wait for federal regulators to loosen up, and for the medical community to take a serious look the benefits of MDMA, other plant-based psychedelics and marijuana.

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I have been to the original part of Purissima Cemetery numerous times. It is so nice to hear that it is being restored. My great-great uncle Henry Dobbel founded the town of Purissima. He also farmed potatoes on land he owned on the ocean side of Highway 1, later selling the land to Henry Cowell. My great-great grandfather John Dobbel (Henry’s brother) and his wife Gaschen Bruns owned a market in San Francisco after arriving in the U.S. They later settled in Hayward.

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t Felton’s Doctor Auto repair shop, Teena Flacco is wondering if and when her customers who work for the government will be back. In Watsonville, Second Harvest Food Bank is bracing for a rush of CalFresh food assistance recipients whose budgets have been thrown off schedule. In Santa Cruz, businesses from restaurants to beauty salons are offering running tabs or free services to locals among the estimated 800,000 workers who went unpaid during a record 35-day federal government shutdown.

Ripple effects are still being felt countywide after President Donald Trump on Friday announced a temporary end to the shutdown that started on Dec. 22, following

a budget impasse over his longpromised wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Dozens of local federal employees have been directly impacted by missed or delayed paychecks, while many more are feeling the effects of altered federal benefits or lost business.

Nationwide, reports from the Congressional Budget Office and S&P in recent days have put the cost of the shutdown at between $6-11 billion in lost productivity, some of which may be recouped if the government remains open after a looming Feb. 15 deadline for a longer-term funding deal.

Santa Cruz County is home to relatively small federal outposts for agencies including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Other local residents or businesses rely on income or customers over the hill in Silicon Valley, where there are more federal contractors and research labs for agencies like NASA. It was late last year when Flacco started to get nervous. Though she and her mechanic husband have steadily grown the Doctor Auto repair business they bought in Felton in 2009, Flacco—the bookkeeper and self-described “worrier” of the pair—was following news about a possible government shutdown. “Immediately I thought, ‘How can we prepare?’” she says.

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Before Jeff Horan closed the hissing doors of his charter bus filled with basketball fans, Santa Cruz Warriors employees began throwing out shiny blue-and-gold, Mardi Gras-inspired beads to passengers. Even 62-year-old Horan got in on the action, wearing his new bling proudly as he drove fans to a development league game in Stockton on Friday, Jan. 25.

The Santa Cruz Warriors, the development league (now called G League) team for reigning back-to-back NBA champions the Golden State Warriors, were getting ready to take on the Stockton Kings, an affiliate of the Sacramento Kings.

“I’m definitely a Warriors fan,” Horan said proudly, referring to both the Santa Cruz and Golden State teams. “I mean, who isn’t? I drive a lot of pro teams—the Sharks and Washington Wizards—on this bus, but the Warriors are definitely my favorite.

These trips are just plain fun.”

The Santa Cruz Warriors are clinging to the development league’s best record, while Golden State is widely favored to win another NBA championship. So the energy on the fan bus was palpable from the start—but it hit a whole new level when Santa Cruz Warriors President Chris Murphy climbed aboard carrying the team’s 2015-16 championship belt over his head.

Through snarling traffic, Santa Cruz basketball fanatics endured a three-anda-half-hour bus ride that was made more lively by games of trivia and bingo. Many of the traveling fans were early converts— season ticket holders obsessed since the moment the original squad arrived in Santa Cruz in 2012—and experts on the club’s ever-changing roster, as well as who might get called up to the NBA. Retired and in their late 60s, Gail and Robert Suhr have been to more Santa Cruz Warriors games than they can count. They chatted each other up on the trip back, dissecting the game and commenting on individual performances.

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TESTING THE SAFETY NET On Jan. 25, Trump signed a bill to fund the government through mid-

February, after a dive in approval ratings and weeks of back-and-forth about the border wall projected to cost at least $15 billion. Though the President has floated the possibility of declaring a national security emergency to fund the wall, Trump has more recently said that >14 he expects Congress to reach

NUZ LEATHER OR NOT Homophobia doesn’t always look like homophobia at first blush.

Sometimes, though, you don’t need to scratch far beneath the surface to see the flaming embers of bigotry. Outright misinformation and stubborn refusals to think critically often fuse together like buried coals, simmering away under an abandoned fire pit.

That’s what happened on Wednesday, Jan. 23, when a photo flashed across Take Back Santa Cruz’s Facebook page showing state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) in a skimpy black leather vest to match a black leather tie and skinny black jeans—none of which had much to do with the true content of the rambling post itself.

The inflammatory post, shared from a California home schooling advocate’s personal page, noted that Wiener recently authored some legislation known as Senate Bill 145. Particular cause for alarm, at least in Santa Cruz’s public safety-oriented crowd, was the fact that the bill’s own language offers certain sex offenders “relief” from registering under Megan’s Law. The post quickly garnered 35 reactions and more than 30 comments.

“Un-freaking-believable” the first commenter wrote.

“DISGUSTING!” wrote another.

Wiener is gay, and his outfit in the posted picture—worn at the 2016 Up Your Alley Fair in

San Francisco—did not go over well with the Take Back crowd.

The horrifying implication was that Weiner authored the bill to ease sex crime laws and take advantage of young boys, as if he were trying to build some bizarre, real-life Pizzagate cabal from the ground up. (Spoiler alert: He isn’t.)

“Wow, Wiener is a sicko!” one Facebooker wrote. Others made less-than-clever remarks about the names of Wiener and S.B. 145 co-author, Assemblymember Susan Eggman (D-Stockton).

The truth about the bill is that it extends protections to certain gay couples in consensual relationships, which their straight counterparts have had for years. A few users did try to point this out in the comments. Some public safety advocates, meanwhile, called for wider-ranging reforms to an entire system that they generally view as too lenient to start with.

But for the most part, those voices got drowned out in the bigger, angrier comment mob before Take Bake administrators froze the comments and then subsequently removed the post altogether.

Most of the Facebooking wingnuts probably never realized that Wiener is, in fact, drafting nothing more than a common-sense piece of civil rights legislation. The fact that it was totally lost on them is kinda the point here.

If nothing else, the short-lived, dumb saga is a reminder that when people are too lazy to do their homeworkbefore typing up an angry comment, they can create an ugly mess, leaving administrators no choice but to go back and put out the whole stupid fire.

PAVINGS ACCOUNT Starting Friday, Feb. 1, we’ll be adding an extra step to our preerrand routine before every trip we take driving into downtown Santa Cruz.

That’s right, you’ll find us sifting under the couch cushions for loose quarters. Or asking for spare change at the nearest gas station.

That’s because the city is upping the rates for hourly parking, monthly parking permits and most metered spots. It will also start phasing out parking deficiency fees.

Hourly lot rates are doubling from 50 cents an hour to $1.

To make sense of the changes, here’s a short list of folks who might actually support these changing parking rates: 1. The businesses who’ve been whining about burdensome deficiency fees for years, probably since the days of the horseless carriage 2. Environmentalists, who oppose plans for a brand new combined library and parking the structure on Cedar Street

3. Also, if you can believe it, many supporters of said parking structure.

That may all sound confusing and contradictory.

Supporters and opponents of a development agreeing on a financing structure?

Here’s the thing: If the garage gets built, it will need funding, which is partly why the city is re-structuring these rates. Many environmentalists, meanwhile, will back any disincentive to nudge commuters and shoppers away from driving—especially when it’s such a beautiful day for a bike ride! And hey, the bus isn’t bad, either.

(Activists are leaping for joy at the thought of Santa Cruz maybe implementing a robust alternative transportation program, including bus passes for downtown employees.) Not only that, but the anti-garage crowd is betting that steeper rates will cause demand for parking to drop, cutting out the need for a structure in the first place.

Ah, sweet compromise— when foes can agrees on the details of a would-be controversial plan, albeit for bizarre (and pretty much 100 percent opposing) reasons.

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ROAD WARRIORS <11 said. “We were like, ‘Let’s do it. Let’s go to all the games.’ We have great seats. It’s been such a great decision.”

This was the second time that the Suhrs travelled with their team to an away game.

They told me that the Santa Cruz Warriors’ charity, leadership and generosity makes them want to support the team that much more. “The players go to schools and talk to kids who need role models, and do

hundreds of hours volunteering and helping people,” Robert said.

Warriors games have become a family affair. Gail told me that her 37-year-old son Matt, who plays on a basketball team with the Special Olympics, is the biggest fan of them all. Matt, who was also on the trip, could hardly stop smiling or talking about the team.

He’s been able to get autographs and take pictures with all of his favorite athletes.

“I get high fives from all the players,” he said. “I see my friends at all the games. I have a lot of fun and feel like I’m part of a community.”

Arriving to Stockton just in time for warm-ups, Sea Dub nation, as it’s sometimes known, wasted no time doublefisting $1 Bud Lights, buckets of popcorn and $2 hotdogs strategically balanced under arms. When their team came out for warm ups, the four-row block of Santa Cruz fans—who were sporting bright yellow “Road Warriors” T-shirts—erupted, sending popcorn flying and drinks splattering.

The game was tense. In the match’s final minute, the 40-plus diehard fans rose as one, filling the cavernous Stockton Arena with their unmistakable fear-inducing chant: “Warrrriors ... Warrrriors.”

Despite a career night from guards Kendrick Nunn and Jacob Evans III, Santa Cruz fans watched their team fall just short in the final minutes, losing 105-104 to the resilient Kings. In the first half, the Kings went on a tear behind the arc, hitting half of their 18 three-point attempts. The Warriors kept it close until the final minute, when a three-point dagger from Kings guard Reggie Hearn with 53 seconds left gave Stockton the lead for good.

Even after the rare loss, Santa Cruz held a league-best record. The team got right back on track with a win Sunday over the South Bay Lakers in Santa Cruz during the Warriors’ first-ever Latinx Heritage Night.

After the home game, Digital Nest’s Jacob Martinez led a discussion with Warriors forward Juan Toscano about race and being a role model.

On Friday night, the drive home was quiet—the travelers feeling the effects of either the roller coaster loss or the $1 brewskies. Or perhaps it was the $4 buckets of bottomless popcorn. Every few minutes, though, a fan would to chirp up to remind the others on the bus that “We’re still in first place!”

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a deal on a wall or “steel barrier” to restore government operations longer term. Congressional Democratic leaders and an array of human rights groups say they still staunchly oppose a wall in any form, leaving open the possibility of another shutdown in the coming weeks.

While the political horse trading continues, Suzanne Willis of the county’s Second Harvest Food Bank says that the short-term deal to reopen the government was crucial.

Now that U.S. Department of Agriculture staff that oversee federal food distribution programs have returned to work, “We definitely have the food,” says Willis, who oversees development and marketing for Second Harvest. The food bank serves an average of 55,000 county residents per month, including many of the 25,000 low-income residents who receive CalFresh food assistance.

Already, CalFresh recipients have seen budgets altered by an early allocation of January funds, potentially leaving a longer-than-average gap before the next disbursement now scheduled for March 1.

“We anticipate a significantly larger need in February,” Willis says.

“We’re going to feel the effects of this for a long time.”

On social issues like food and housing assistance, the shutdown amplifies a trend toward heavier reliance on nonprofit groups for services once reliably provided by government. In August, an analysis by non-partisan think tank the Public Policy Institute of California reported that Santa Cruz County now has the second-highest poverty level in the state when factoring in high costs of living and reliance on safety net programs, with just shy of 24 percent of households living on less than $34,000 per year for a family of four.

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At Evolve Beauty Lounge in Capitola, salon Owner Evelyn Durant and her fellow stylists started offering free haircuts for government workers with a valid federal ID in mid-January. A few days after posting the offer on social media, Durant said she had received half-a-dozen calls from workers or their spouses.

“This is one of the first things people stop doing,” Durant says. “It’s a luxury at that point.”

For Flacco, the shutdown has meant making tough choices at the auto shop on Highway 9. While business is “abnormally slow,” she’s also concerned about potential delays for tax returns, permits and licenses currently pending with government agencies. Plans to expand the business and pursue her own car sales license—not to mention non-essential spending, like a rare planned family trip to Disneyland—have been shelved.

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opportunity to grow healthier genetic stock, as seeds from the strongest, most vital plants are saved. “It strengthens the immune system of the plant, so over generations you will eventually have a plant that is from the place, of the place,” Fortin says. “It’s like terroir in wine.”

“Do you have any CBD?” a man at the market asks Fortin.

Over the past few months, I’ve begun to linger here, because eavesdropping on Fortin means access to a world of medicinal plants long studied for their effects on the human system, yet largely unknown to the mainstream. It is here I learn about jiaogulan, for instance, “Herb of Immortality,” an adaptogen and powerful blood pressure control agent. And ashitaba, one of the most antioxidant-rich plants on the planet, which Blossom’s received a grant from the Raphael Medical Foundation to grow. Also known as “Tomorrow’s Leaf,” ashitaba has been shown to protect DNA from free-radical damage and increase nerve growth factor (NGF).

Blossom’s grows more than 75 different herbs, and cannabis isn’t one of them.

“It’s beautiful for epilepsy, it’s beautiful for pain,” Fortin tells the man. But, aside from the stigma she holds around growing a plant just for money, she sees the attention cannabis is enjoying post-prohibition as an indicator of society’s thirst for instant gratification. The idea that one drug, one superfood or one plant can be a cure-all is not realistic, she says.

“Healing is a process,” says Fortin. “It’s diet.

It’s what we are going through emotionally—as individuals and as a society. It’s how we move through the world. “It’s so many things that are all connected. And it’s always changing.”

Blossom’s is one of the only biodynamic operations at the market, and over the years there have only been a handful of others, says Nesh Dhillon, Director of Santa Cruz Community Farmers Markets. “I don’t think people really know what it is,” he says, “Or they have a funny, mystical perception of what it is.”

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ne morning at the Live Oak Farmers Market, Carin Fortin looks me in the bleary, coffee-sipping eyes and says, “Good things take time.”

Her eyes are a leveling gray blue; a lifeline, if you need it, to an oasis of calm. And like any village herbalist worth her salt (and that’s what I’ve come to think of her as), her slips of wisdom can always be traced back to a garden somewhere.

Fortin is a grower and producer of biodynamic herbal remedies out of Corralitos, and I’ve come to her Blossom’s Farm booth to blast myself in the face with vetiver molecules and hover. It’s how I like to get my bearings on the world.

Like many, I was attracted first by the hydrosols—plant distillates made on the farm in an alembic, or copper still, an alchemal method that dates back to the 1st century. The finished product is an atomized spritz of plant molecules small enough to enter the lungs and pores, along with each herb’s varied spectrum of beneficial properties, from antibacterial and antiinflammatory to aphrodisiac and stress-reducing, to name only a few.

Slowly, I discovered Blossom’s evolving line of bitters, tinctures, tonics, salves, and most recently, skin care products like the popular comfrey face creme.

“I call it skin food,” says Fortin. “Whatever you put on your skin you have to be able to eat, because the skin eats it and your body digests it.” Unlike drug store brands with long lists of ingredients that include questionable if not outright toxic fillers, Blossom’s ingredients stand out for their wholesome simplicity.

Good things do take time. Fortin and her husband Delmar McComb, a longtime biodynamic farmer, farmed for six years at two different locations in Bonny Doon before establishing their Corralitos farm seven years ago. They founded Blossom’s in 2010. But it wasn’t until two years ago that they deemed their products ready for market.

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On a crisp October morning, beehives come into view as I drive through the gates of Blossom’s Farm in Corralitos. The place is thrumming with birds singing in the oak and eucalyptus trees around its perimeter, and a distant rooster crows. It’s only upon visiting this 17-acre slice of paradise that I fully grasp the concept of a biodynamic farm as a living organism.

Its expansive herb garden— where medicinals embraced by various traditions, from Western to Chinese Medicine to Ayurvedic, reach toward the sun—includes blessed thistle, maca root, yakon, burdock, angelicas, elecampane (an expectorant and lung healer that also helps with grief), and tree kale, where companion-planted onions keep the aphids away. Prayer flags flutter in the breeze around a circle of hops, which Blossom’s turns into one of its most popular tinctures that promotes restful sleep and

eases tension, muscle spasms and painful menstrual symptoms. But there are also ducks, chickens, rabbits and several plump Scottish Highland Jersey cows.

“They are an essential part of a biodynamic farm,” says Fortin.

Manure is harvested from the cows every single day and added to the compost, which Fortin calls the “digestive system” of the farm.

“All waste that’s created is transformed and then used on the farm again,” she says.

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Not only is there more oil content in the plants at this hour, calling for a richer hydrosol, but the moon is waxing, which means it’s a perfect time to make a hydrosol, says Fortin.

“Part of biodynamic farming is consciously working with planetary rhythms. Depending on when we work with certain plants, we look at what the moon is in,” says Fortin.

“Biodynamics is very much about rhythm.”

The outdoor kitchen might just be the heart of Blossom’s. This is where the copper still lives, and it’s the gathering place for the farmhands to check in each morning with the day’s tasks, but also with how they are doing physically, emotionally and spiritually. This matters, says Fortin, because it helps them team up. “If somebody is feeling weak, they shouldn’t be hauling hay bales all day,” she says.

“In our Bonny Doon garden, we had a lot of helpers, and a lot of these young people had substance abuse problems. Gardening by itself is healing, because you work with all kingdoms—you work with the soil, you work with the plants, you work with animals, and you work with human beings, which is totally healing by itself.”

A mural in the outdoor kitchen depicts yarro, valerian, dandelion, chamomile, and nettles, and the planets that each herb corresponds to. In the middle is oak bark— an important component of a biodynamic preparation that involves a cow skull. And though my interest is piqued, it isn’t until I speak with McComb that I better grasp the biodynamic concept of working with “formative forces” to increase the health of the farm, and planet, as a whole.

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And the fat, happy cows that fuel Blossom’s ecosystem are different from what you’d typically see at a large-scale organic dairy operation: they all have horns.

“Horns are a cosmic antenna,” says Fortin. Most cows in America are dehorned, which Fortin likens to an amputation. “The horns are part of their metabolic system,” she says.

Fortin is a student of biodynamics and anthroposophy—a philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner in the 19th century concerned with human life, spirit and humanity’s future evolution and well-being.

She is an active member of the BDANC (Biodynamic Association of Northern California), as well as a planning committee representative for the International Biodynamic conference in Switzerland, where she grew up. Healing is in her blood: her grandmother founded a hydrocolonics spa in 1928 in the Swiss pre-Alps.

Standing near a row of lemongrass stalks, she explains that the herbs Blossom’s grows help on physical, metaphysical and spiritual levels.

It’s important to see plants, she says, as more than just a substance.

“As long as we stay on the scientific reductionist level of plants, we can only heal so far,” she says. “Every illness, disease, is an expression of a body out of balance.

We are more than a physical body, and if you only address the physical body when healing then you will not heal the whole human being.”

When I arrive, Fortin and her helpers are just finishing a harvest of tulsi, or holy basil, in the late morning sun. The sacred healing herb embraced by Ayurvedic medicine will be distilled into hydrosol that has immune-boosting properties and helps with adrenal fatigue.

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The tall, blue-eyed farmer commonly seen wearing a hat and hanging around Blossom’s Farm booth (he also loves to eavesdrop on Fortin, he admits), is fresh from the National Biodynamic Conference in Portland, where he gave a talk on his work transitioning Suncrest Nursery in Watsonville to biodynamic methods.

Demeter International, the world’s only certifier of biodynamic farms and products, defines biodynamics as a holistic regenerative approach to farming.

“Yeah, that’s true,” says McComb, “but what the hell does that mean?

What about the cosmos? It is really hard to distill biodynamics into a few bullet points, because you have to understand the big picture.”

For McCombs, that understanding began in his early 20s, when he was working as a horticulturist and a former apprentice of Alan Chadwick gave him a copy of the book Secrets

of the Soil by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird.

“If you’re trained like I was in science, you know you apply fertilizer, certain parts per million of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and then you control pests by spraying this or that,” says McComb.

“But then you’re reading this book about these guys around a circle of cow horns in the ground—it’s like ‘what?’”

The book that opened McComb’s eyes to anthroposophy and biodynamics presents holistic thinking around climate, health and various types of farming, “including Vedic farming, where you burn cow dung, rice and ghee in a certain ceremony, and it’s thought to enhance the energy of the land,” says McComb. “So there are all these systems out there, and science can laugh at it, but a lot of these are thousands of years old.’”

After 30 years, McComb says he’s seen these systems work. When the co-founder of Blossom’s, who sings opera in his spare time, became the director of horticulture at Suncrest Nursery, he decided to steer the then-fully conventional operation

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But the purpose of this alchemical processes is not actually to apply calcium or other substances physically to the land. It’s to enhance the natural, ethereal processes, says McComb. “Where does calcium come from?” I look into the sky, as if the answer is written in the clouds. “It streams from the universe somehow, and it’s also in our bones, it’s everywhere.

There’s a pathway that calcium comes into relationship to the Earth, and ourselves,” says McComb. “So you’re enhancing the pathway for calcium to come into being, so that the plant and the soil actually are able to get the calcium they need.”

It’s the homeopathic opposite of a chemical fertilizer, which McComb says makes plants explode in growth, but also makes them dumb to the cosmos. “Which is a problem,” he says, “especially over time, because seeds get weaker and weaker rather than stronger and stronger, so it’s just this whole different paradigm.”

But McComb admits he’s always been a skeptic, which may be why he looked at me sideways when I told him I felt the energy of the farm long after I’d left it. “When you’re working with energy, there are a lot of people that say, ‘Oh, I feel it.’ And I don’t feel anything, but when I see the results and then I can verify it

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away from chemicals toward a more holistic and biodynamic approach, which hadn’t really been done in a nursery setting. Slowly, he’s transitioned the nursery to more sustainable practices—they now make their own potting soil and compost, and treat plants with organic pesticides only as a last resort—and he established a whole new Demeter-certified division of the nursery, making it the only biodynamic nursery in the country.

“I think there was a lot of skepticism initially, especially at a nursery that had been pretty chemically orientated for 25 years,” says McComb. “But fortunately we’ve won some converts over, and a lot of support for the idea.”

But what about the cosmos? In biodynamics, “There are nine herbal preparations that have mineral, plant and animal components that are considered medicines for the land, or enhancers of certain processes,” says McComb.

This is my cue, finally, to ask about the cow skulls.

Oak bark is extremely rich in living calcium, says McComb, the best form of calcium according to Steiner. In one biodynamic preparation, oak bark is packed into the brain cavity of the skull, which represents a mini version of the cosmos.

“It sounds weird,” he says, “but you’re creating medicine. The rhythms of the cosmos are going into the skull, and back out, and back in, and each time it’s making

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It’s 2019, and the day of the village has arguably flown, but farmers markets may be the closest facsimile. These weekly gatherings are the lifeblood of local sustainable ag, and the source of the healthiest food on (and for) the planet. But when Blossom’s brought their tinctures, tonics and endless ethereal delights to market two years ago, they fit in like a missing puzzle piece. Now, it’s hard to imagine the market without them.

In July, when McComb suffered a heart attack followed by several days in the ICU, the farming community rallied to help. Ken Kines of New Natives organized a GoFundMe account, which is still active, to help pay for the couple’s astronomical medical costs. “People sent us food from the markets, and helped out, basically everyone was there for us. It was like all of the farmers stepped up to help,” says Fortin. “The biodynamic community seems to be hammered—we have a lot of farming friends who are either ill right now, or whose barns burned down—but it’s beautiful how we help each other.”

Blossom’s is also providing a unique service to the community— one, it turns out, that people have a real thirst for. Fortin acknowledges that climate change, fires, shootings, and political turmoil are inflammatory to our well-being, even if customers’ main complaints are physical in nature.

“I was really impressed with the vertical integration of their business, because it’s not common,” says Nesh Dhillon, Director of Santa Cruz Community Farmers Markets, recalling his first contact with Blossom’s a few years ago.

“They were totally committed to local agriculture and using local ag as the raw ingredients to create their tinctures. It’s such a highquality product, and there’s a lot of potential with that model … I’m excited to see what they do in the next five years.”

On the cutting edge of a growing biodynamic movement, which is spreading rapidly in India and other parts of the world, Blossom’s founders have reached a new chapter. In addition to quarterly CSH (Community Supported Herbalism) shares of herbal remedies, and five local markets, they’ve just begun selling wholesale. Pregnant cows aside, they look forward to just a little more downtime to pursue what comes next.

“Education is important to us, sharing it with people is important to us, transparency is important to us,” says Fortin. Blossom’s participated in the EcoFarm Conference Bus Tour on Jan. 23, and will host on-farm study groups on biodynamic farming and herbalism this summer. Workshops and other farm events for 2019 will be announced on their website and in their newsletter.

“At the end of the summer, and many times up in Bonny Doon, I was really close to burnout,” says Fortin.

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t’s 10:52 on a cold and blustery Sunday morning, and I’m seven minutes late for my first-ever hot Pilates class. I’ve arrived at Hot Yoga Aptos (HYA to the regulars) in my knock-off Lulu’s and Big 5 compression wear on a mission: to sweat and suffer and grit through the pain to understand what exactly is behind the scorching-hot trend of extreme-heat fitness. I get my first hint that it’s not just a fad when I realize that the 80-person class I planned to attend is already full.

What began with heated Bikram yoga just a few decades ago has morphed into a full-on, hightemperature movement. Hot spin, barre, boot camp, and Pilates workouts are popping up at studios across Santa Cruz and beyond. Nicole Duke, 42, is a yoga and Pilates teacher who has owned and operated HYA for

nine years. “Three years ago, I went from 1,000 members to over 3,000— and it’s growing every year,” says Duke, who charges $130 a month and up for unlimited classes, or $20 for drop ins. “I could schedule a class at 2 a.m. and people would come.”

I had no clue what Pilates was all about when I wandered in—let alone why you’d want to do it in a room heated to 100-something degrees. But here I was, staring into a sparkling, mirror-lined room the size of a high school gymnasium at four rows of 20 barely clothed, tanned, glistening bodies powering in unison through an elaborate core workout. It turns out that to get one of those coveted spots, you usually have to arrive at least 15 minutes early. Barnacles.

My Pilates dream thwarted, I decided to stick around for the noon

“Barefoot Boot Camp,” a combination of high-intensity aerobics, weights, stretches, and poses performed in sweltering heat. I got a preview of my fate when 36-year-old Jeff Hicky emerged from the hot Pilates class like an apparition, sweat dripping from every pore. “It’s like going to war,” Hicky says. “This is some of the hardest shit I’ve ever done. I’m using muscles that I never use.”

Most people associate hot exercise—yoga, specifically—with women. But there are plenty of men who flock to classes at HYA. “Guys should take these classes,” says Hicky. “There’s no better way to get in badass shape than in hot Pilates and hot boot camp workouts. It’s hard, but I feel so calm and peaceful when I get out of here.”

I certainly didn’t feel calm or peaceful as I laid down on my (borrowed) yoga mat for the next class. Like clockwork, men and women rushed in to get their favorite places 15 minutes before start time, marking their territory with water bottles, mats, towels, and articles of clothing. I looked around curiously at the tan, fit people filtering in, dreading the things to come and feeling a tad self-conscious about my non-beach-body. A merciful woman named Molly noticed that I didn’t have a water bottle (a huge no-no for any hot workout!) and rushed to the lobby for a dewy liter of Crystal Geyser—my first taste of the community at HYA.

THE DRILL SERGEANT The energy in the room was already frenetic when Carina Reid, our punky, beach-blond instructor covered neck to ankles in tattoos, skip-jumped to the front of the room and cranked the music up to 11. “What does it feel like to be a badass?” the 45-year-old fitness instructor yelled in her relentlessly peppy way. Even though there were 80 of us in the sticky-hot-mess of a workout space, Reid seemed able to personally reach every one of us with her booming voice.

And we were off—with stretching, aerobics, weight exercises, pushup-like-things, and oh yes, the dreaded squats. The soundtrack was an eclectic mix of hip-hop

(Nelly’s iconic “Hot in Herre”), ’90s alternative (Bush's "Adrenaline") and other block-rocking beats. The whole class doubled as an elaborate strip tease. I shed my Lulu’s after only 5 minutes, then my shirt, until I was in nothing but my skivvies.

The temperature Duke prefers for her off-the-charts-hot yoga, yoga fusion and hot Pilates classes is between 100-105 degrees, with added humidity and fresh air pumped throughout. Barefoot Boot Camp takes place at a slightly-morebearable 98 degrees. A sauna, by comparison, is usually set to around 160 degrees.

Proponents of hot exercise offer a long list of benefits, arguing that heated workouts allow you to burn more calories, lose more weight, detoxify your body, and reduce your risk of injury by increasing flexibility and loosening your muscles. Hot fitness evangelists call heat the perfect “accelerator” for workouts like Pilates, Barre, and yoga. They argue that elevated temperatures speed up your heart rate, thereby intensifying a workout and making it more challenging.

“The heat brings something out of you that you don’t normally have,” says Reid. “It’s a new beast you’ve never met before, and it challenges and changes you. You just drive harder.”

Super-hot classes aren’t without their potential drawbacks, though.

People with heart or lung problems, pregnant women, and people taking medications that affect body temperature are all advised to consult their doctors before taking a heated class. Jason Zaremski, an assistant professor in the University of Florida College of Medicine, has written that overheating and dehydration are the two major risks for anyone participating in strenuous physical activity in high heat: "The major concern is that your body's core temperature will begin to rise and you put your internal organs and central nervous system at risk.”

As for “detoxing,” the jury’s still out. Technically, you’re sweating out calcium, potassium, and sodium— nutrients your body actually needs.

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Ultra-marathoners Eisha Carroll and her husband Gavin Sanford are hot-fitness converts. They agree that the “heated workouts help you relax, sweat, detox, and strengthen your cardiovascular system”—an extension of the heat training that elite athletes have long employed to prepare for races in hot environments. The risk of dehydration gets lower because athletes will start to sweat sooner to cool down, losing less sodium.

Carroll and Sanford have been frequenting HYA for almost seven years to train for a long list of marathons in extremeheat environments. Carroll just finished the Marathon De Sables, a 240-kilometer race through the Sahara Desert. She says that the classes she takes at HYA are essential for her core strength and stamina—for “the center of your essence,” as she puts it.

If training for desert marathons sounds extreme, there’s really nothing “regular” about any of Duke’s offerings at HYA. That’s the point, she says, as the fitness industry expands: “People don’t just want a regular, run-of-the-mill workout. A huge part of our culture is people looking for something that’s not a pill to swallow.

They want an experience, and a connection.”

In my boot camp class, there were times during the near-constant barrage of aerobics, gyrations and squats—oh, those dreaded squats— that I didn’t think I could push on.

My puny, 3-pound weights morphed into almost-immovable watermelons around the halfway point, and my heart raced like a jackrabbit on steroids. What got me to the finish line were my fellow soldiers.

It seemed fitting that at the 52-minute mark, Aretha Franklin made an appearance. “R-E-S-P-EC-T/Find out what it means to me,” the soul queen belted. By that point, the mutual respect among the 80 of us in the room was palpable. We were doing something together.

Something special. Somehow, it even made me want to come back and do it all over again. Next time, I’ll be early.

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Motivated or comforted by the heat, some people also stretch deeper than they actually should, which can lead to ligament and tendon injuries. Anyone doing hot exercise for the first time needs to be cautious, letting instructors know of any existing injuries. Hydration is crucial.

Still, many hot fitness regulars contend that the mental benefits of hot exercise can outweigh the physical. They say that the connection you develop with your body during a hot exercise class is drastically different from nonheated classes. More spirituallyattuned enthusiasts say that heated workouts help tame fluctuations of the mind, strengthen the physical body and soften the emotional body.

It only took me a few minutes to forget that I was drenched and almost naked. I was overcome by a strange sense of oneness, comradery and mutual respect. It didn’t feel like anyone was judging me, or really even paying attention to me or my gyrating flab. Each of us seemed to be lost in our elemental selves, where it was okay to just … be.

The details of the never ending high-intensity drills quickly became as blurry as the notes I tried to scrawl in my damp, yellow notebook.

My hands slip-and-slided across my yoga mat as I tried to push through the mountain climbers and extremeyoga poses, weighted squats, and burpees. (If you are unfamiliar with burpees, you are blessed.)

“This is a safe place to get ugly!”

Reid yelled. By the end of the class we were ugly, but we felt beautiful.

The workout itself was one of the most challenging and rewarding things I’ve ever done. And the heat did add something real and intangible—magical, one might say.

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the festival tackles its 46th season with The Roots of Bach—a series of five concerts, beginning Feb. 9, that seeks to bring to life the world Bach came to know, love and draw upon to create music.

From the instruments widely used in performances during Bach’s youth to musical rituals of the age and the thriving coffeehouse culture that spawned Europe’s Enlightenment, this year’s Baroque Fest attempts to paint the color of the era that would inspire Bach to, for instance, walk almost 500 miles to see live music.

Bach has, of course, been a preoccupation for the SCBF before in its nearly half-century history.

But Burman-Hall, a celebrated harpsichordist and faculty member at UCSC, says that the festival has never focused exactly on this aspect of Bach’s career. She credits the idea to a recent interest in the Asian art of bonsai, cultivating tiny trees that mimic full-grown trees.

“I have not deliberately focused on the roots of Bach,” she says. “But, you might say, since I’ve been a bonsai-ist for three years now, I’ve looked closer at trees in general, looking at big trees and thinking about small ones, looking at leaves and thinking about roots.”

The season looks at many of the older composers that fired Bach’s imagination, including Italians Arcangelo Corelli and Giralamo Frescobaldi, and Frenchman Francois Couperin. The festival’s first concert (Feb. 9, UCSC Recital Hall) explores the lute, the dominant string instrument of the Baroque period, with lutenist John Schneiderman, whom BurmanHall unabashedly refers to as one of “the best lutenists in North America.”

In a later concert, the Baroque Festival will take on the organ music of Buxtehude to show audiences exactly what young J.S. Bach walked across Germany to hear. That concert focuses on the tradition of “Abendmusik,” popular in the 17th century, which featured evening performances of organ music. The March 23 concert at Santa Cruz’s Peace United Church will be lit, as it was in Bach’s day, by candle.

In May, the festival will dive into the coffeehouse culture of the era, specifically Zimmerman’s Coffeehouse in Leipzig, known for its free-wheeling informal concerts and its fertile literary scene. Among the pieces to be performed will be Bach’s Coffee Cantata, a comic operetta about a caffeine-addicted young woman and her battles with her father, who insists she give up coffee.

From fanboy obsession to coffee addiction, this year’s Baroque Festival is presenting a convincing illustration that the world in which J.S. Bach came of age 300 years ago is not so different from the one we all inhabit today.

“I saw something in an archaeology magazine just the other day,” says Burman-Hall, “where they were exploring the ruins of an old English coffeehouse and found all these mismatched cups and saucers. That caused them to realize that people were individuating themselves by their coffee drinks, just as we do today.”

‘The King of Instruments in the Age of Bach,’ the opening concert of the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival’s ‘The Roots of Bach,’ will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the UCSC Recital Hall. $25 general/$22 senior/$10 students. scbaroque.org.

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Larry and His Flask pour out joy on ‘The Remedy’ BY AARON CARNES

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arry and his Flask came up in a time when punk rockers were grabbing banjos to find the common ground between the sweat and fury of punk and the raw, heart-on-the-sleeve emotion of folk music.

They got lumped in with the folkpunk movement, but there’s much more to them than tattooed fiddle players and moshing hoedowns. It’s a manic hodgepodge of every style they can possibly cram into a song.

“We used to try to use all of our influences,” says mandolin and trumpet player Kirk Skatvold.

“Like a few of us love metal—just shreddy guitars, upside down beats, whatever. We would try to

incorporate that into our music.”

That’s what makes last year’s This Remedy, the band’s first album in five years, so unique. It’s a diverse album with probably as many influences as anything the group has ever put out. But not only do they try to keep each song to just a few styles, they have some downright sane-sounding tracks in there too, like the almost traditional rock ’n’ roll vibe of the title track.

“We were always trying to oneup what we did last, like, ‘Did we really need to squeeze that stompy section in there? Most of the time it didn’t come across well,” Skatvold says. “This time the thought was to push it more straightforward and get

something that’s easy listening.”

The members had some time to reflect on This Remedy before recording it. Most of the five years between the release of previous album By The Lamplight and recording This Remedy were spent on hiatus as the members dealt with other areas in their personal life that needed to be prioritized.

They originally came together 20 years ago as a straight-up punk band, but then reformed about a decade ago as a wild sort-of-bluegrass, sortof-Mr. Bungle 12-piece ensemble that would busk streets as though they were basement hardcore shows. In no time they became road dogs, playing 200 shows a year and

Larry and his Flask performs at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 31 at Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $15 adv/$20 door. 479-1854.

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releasing several albums. The energy never let up, and the music only got more out there.

“We jumped in and tried to play where we could play. We just kind of chased the party the whole time and went for it,” Skatvold says.

The goal with the records was always to try to capture the energy of their live show. This time around they approached it differently, and even took their time recording it, giving themselves as long as they needed.

“It gave everyone time to step back,” says Skatvold. “I think if we had tried to put out an album when we were in the depth of the grind, we might have taken the easy route, and made the songs that were kind of like the last one.”

While the band was on a hiatus, the group did play the occasional show, but nothing beyond that. It was an offer in 2016 to play on the Salty Dog Cruise (Flogging Molly’s annual cruise) that kickstarted the group again. While on that cruise, members started writing new material, which eventually led to writing this new record.

It came out sounding different in another way, too—like it’s busting at the seams with joy.

“Looking back on it [By the Lamplight], we thought it was kind of dark. We were hitting it so hard at the time, just kind of tired. You start to feel a grind. Maybe that’s a reflection of it,” Skatvold says. “The happy-joy stuff that we got out this time could just be a reflection of our attitudes coming into this time.”

It’s not a complete departure for the band. And at their shows, fans can expect a lot of spazzy folk-punk, genre-smashing chaos. But maybe a few of the slower songs will find their way into the set.

“We definitely try to hold ourselves back and make sure that our performance is on. Take it more serious than we used to,” Skatvold says. “But we felt the obligation to play the ones that have that energy, and we go for it. We still try to make our lives show come at it hard.”

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HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Charlie Hong Kong

Antonella Dewell, MS, RDN

Love your body, eat organic!

Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Specialized in the low FODMAP diet for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

FAST IBS RELIEF • Have you been diagnosed with IBS? • Are you tired of restricting your diet trying to guess which foods may trigger your symptoms?

• Are you frustrated with having to plan your life around your symptoms?

IBS is a disorder that disrupts people’s lives: in addition to the painful physical symptoms, it has an emotional and social burden. Nevertheless, with the right information and tools, people with IBS can greatly improve their quality of life.

Antonella is a registered dietitian specialized in the low FODMAP diet for IBS. This is a novel dietary approach proven by research to alleviate IBS symptoms. Working with Antonella, you will find a longterm solution to managing your symptoms while enjoying the widest variety of foods you can tolerate.

And you will have a trained professional at your side to guide you.

Antonella offers a free 30-minute phone consultation.

(408) 455-3710 • Fastibsrelief.com • antonella@antonelladewell.com

CAROLYN RUDOLPH & DARRYL “RUDY” RUDOLPH

Charlie Hong Kong is passionate about feeding people healthy food. We believe eating healthy, real food, is everyone’s birthright. Each day 500 pounds of organic greens are chopped to offer our version of Southeast Asian Street Food meets California Central Coast.

By 6:30 am, the stove is on and the chopping, sautéing, roasting, and simmering of bone broth begins. The morning kitchen is a flurry of activity and delicious aromas. Our cooks take this abundance and creates satisfying noodles and rice bowls.

Babies, kids, families, friends, singles, young and old, the entire rainbow of our community are welcome to share tables under the green awning. Charlie Hong Kong is passionate about feeding people healthy food.

We are committed to serving, locally-grown, organic, in-season produce. We offer a vegan, gluten-free menu, as well as free-range Petaluma raised chicken, antibiotic/hormone-free meats and organic/sustainable salmon.

Our commitment: to serve healthy, sustainable, affordable food to our community.

Charlie Hong Kong has deep respect and gratitude for the farmers, field workers, packers, truckers, cooks and restaurant staff. All are vital for the food we serve you. Eat-in or to-go.

Charlie Hong Kong 1141 Soquel Ave, SC | charliehongkong.com

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Aniela Iannarino,

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Tea Nguyen

RYT 500, Reiki II Holistic Ayurvedic Health Coach

Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, Owner of Pacific Point Podiatry

PRIVATE YOGA SANTA CRUZ

I offer In-home, Private Yoga Instruction for individuals looking to either begin a Yoga/Mindfulness practice or fine-tune and delve deeper into an existing practice at any level of experience.

Why Private Yoga?

Private Yoga Sessions give the gift of complete ease, comfort, and support while you do the important work of creating time for self-care and connection. In our sessions together, your specific wellness goals and interests are carefully considered, and will give shape and focus to what we practice. You receive undivided, compassionate, individual attention and instruction, so that each session fits your body and energy level of that day.

Sample of offerings: - Vinyasa Yoga (energizing, athletic) - Yin/Restorative Yoga (passive, stress-relieving) - Yoga for Couples - Guided Meditation - Reiki - Holistic Ayurvedic Health Coaching For a phone consultation and to set up a complimentary introductory session, call 614-477-6018, or email privateyogasantacruz@gmail.com

www.Privateyogasantacruz.com

After dedicating ten years of her life studying medicine and surgery, specializing in foot and ankle disorders, Dr. Tea Nguyen ventured out as a solo practitioner in Freedom, CA. She was inspired by her patients to form Pacific Point Podiatry as a medical practice focused on quality care and utilizing modern technology to help people walk without pain.

Dr. Nguyen has adopted a noninvasive procedure to effectively treat chronic heel pain with shockwave therapy, not offered in any other podiatry office in Santa Cruz County.

Shockwave therapy has been in use for 20-plus years showing tremendous results, without use of steroid injections and avoiding surgery. Having experience in both nonsurgical and surgical options, Dr. Nguyen is excited about helping people get back on their feet to complete wellness with the addition of this technology.

She is happily accepting new patients.

Tea Nguyen, DPM

Pacific Point Podiatry

243 Green Valley Rd Ste A, Freedom • 831-288-3400 • 831feet.com

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center

Cynthia Moger NE, PFT, Ramona Richard NC, Cindy Fuhrmann, Body Care

Established 2009

WAY OF LIFE

More than a store, we are a healthy “Way of Life” serving the community since 1971, we continue the legacy offering high quality supplements, bulk herbs and teas, natural body products, recycled clothing, locally crafted jewelry as well as unique gifts and cards.

Way of Life features Ramona Richards a B.A.M.S. NC Certified Nutritionist offering FREE consultations on a first come first serve basis. She is available Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 12:00pm to 5:00pm, Se Habla Espanol .

Way of Life is a certified GREEN BUSINESS & 2018 Good Times Best Vitamin Store with a friendly, professional and knowledgeable staff.

Way of Life offers free bi weekly Health & Wellness classes, fall through spring, featuring knowledgeable professionals and practitioners lecturing on a variety of topics.

Way of Life

1220 A 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.464.4113 • www.wayoflife.net

Drs. Fanning, Fleck & Bernardy Inspiring patients to achieve optimal health & vitality. Experts in the field of alternative & integrative medicine.

• Bio-Identitcal Hormone Replacement for Men & Women • Thyroid Health • Adrenal Fatigue

B12 shots & Nutritional IV Therapies

• Gastrointestinal Issues • Pediatric Care Winner of Best Alternative Health Services 2018

Call today to schedule your free 15 minute introduction with one of our Doctors.

2017

Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center 736 Chestnut St. Santa Cruz • 831.477.1377 • scnmc.com

Kelley Linn

Restore Pelvic Power

OWNER STEEL AND GRACE POLE STUDIO

HOLISTIC PELVIC CARE™

Are you tired of the same old workout? Try something bold and new to up your fitness game…pole dancing! Pole offers a unique, full body strength and flexibility training that is fun and empowering. Join the Steel & Grace community and see what your body is capable of! We are a fully dedicated pole and dance studio supporting and empowering students to find their inner and outer strength and beauty through the art of pole, dance and feminine movement. We support personal development and an awe of what our bodies are capable of in a safe, welcoming and beautiful space.

Steel and Grace offers a wide variety of weekly S Factor and Pole Fitness classes suitable for women with or without dance experience. Whether you want to pole dance, learn a wall routine, discover your flow with floor work or unearth your sexy, we are excited to dance with you!

Steel and Grace Pole Studio

www.steelandgracepole.com • 831-440-8964

WOMEN’S PELVIC CARE SPECIALIST, CMT ARVIGO MAYA ABDOMINAL THERAPY® I came to this work after years of struggling to recover from a difficult birth with my daughter.

I believe every woman should have access to these healing treatments that are designed to assess and restore balance to the pelvic space of the female body. I offer specially crafted programs that help women heal pelvic floor dysfunction, activate and circulate core pelvic energy and strengthen pelvic floor muscles.

These modalities have the potential to help many issues including: • Painful or irregular menses • Back pain and/or sacrum pain • Fertility challenges • Endometriosis • Difficult menopause • Painful intercourse • PMS • Prolapse • Urinary incontinence • Ovarian cysts • Postpartum & Cesarean recovery Re-write your life story and heal from old wounds so that sex is more enjoyable, periods are smoother, birth is easier, menopause is graceful and you have a greater sense of confidence in your body.

• Restore pelvic muscle balance & engagement • Clear pelvic congestion • Increase sexual health, libido and orgasm • Improve pelvic sensation • Establish clear energetic boundaries • Support organ health and alignment I also teach educational workshops and lead transformational retreats. Please call for your free consultation to see how I can be of service to you. Blessings and Aloha!

Kelleylinn.com 831-431-3826

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HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Barbara Imhoff RN MSN ACNP-BC

Lauren Labinger, MACP Therapy & Counseling

VP and Co-Founder of Therapeutic Healthcare Collective

Located in the heart of Soquel Village, Therapeutic Healthcare Collective, cannabis boutique dispensary has been operating since 2012. Barb has brought her 20 years experience in the healthcare field to her cannabis business journey.

Her primary goal is to improve the quality of life for our community by always promoting an effective alternative and holistic approach to our customers wellness needs. We provide up close and personal service, one customer at a time and make sure our staff are knowledgeable about the cannabis we offer.

Therapeutic Healthcare Collective prides itself on the positive relationships built within our Soquel business community, neighbors, local vendors, cultivators and Santa Cruz County Policy Makers. Barb is an active Board Member of both the Association of Standardized Cannabis (ASC) and the Responsible Cultivation Santa Cruz (RCSC), as well as, an active member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA) of California.

We treat our role in our community with a sense of responsibility, always staying up to date and in compliance with local and California state regulations.

Therapeutic Healthcare Collective

5011 Soquel Dr. Soquel • barb@bisupportiveservices.org • (831) 713-5641

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Psychedelics Integration Therapy

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Irene Dubin, M.A. Psychology Integrative Coach

A psychedelic journey can be one of the most insightful and life-changing experiences we may have. It can also be one of the most challenging experiences, evoking deep questions about the fundamental nature of who we are in this earthly life. Integrating these experiences in a way that brings meaning and value into our lives and relationships is often as important as the experiences themselves, yet it is often overlooked as part of the process of entheogenic exploration. A Psychedelic Integration session is therapeutic modality that serves as a safe place to share your experiences, ask questions, and reflect upon insights following having a psychedelic journey. If you had recent an altered state, psychedelic or mystical experience and would like to talk how you can integrate it into your daily life, please contact me to schedule a free initial 30-minute integration session or introductory phone consultation.

Psychedelic Integration & Harm Reduction Session psychedelicsintegration.com • 347.481.0564

Let this be the year you put yourself first.

It’s that time of year when we get motivated to achieve our goals. While we often include goals that are physical – like going to the gym – what about our mental and emotional health? Are you taking care of the inside, as well as the outside?

Is it, ‘One day…’ or ‘Day one?’ The decision is yours.

One of the most daunting journeys we face is discovering who we are, what we need, what we want, what we deserve –and how to get there. No matter how large or small your struggles may feel to you, you don’t have to face them alone.

I provide therapy and counseling services to individuals, adolescents, young adults, and couples in Santa Cruz, California. My therapeutic philosophy is trauma-focused and attachment-based, balancing our most profound experiences and meaningful relationships into a framework that we can work on together, one step at a time.

I am available for in-person sessions in Capitola or virtually from the comfort of your own home.

Change is always possible.

laurenlabinger.com 831.244.0394 lauren@laurenlabinger.com

5011 Soquel Dr. Professional Soquel •Clinical barb@bisupportiveservices.org 831-713-5641 Associate Counselor #4267 Associate Marriage•and Family Therapist #101475 Attachment Center of Monterey Bay - Craig Clark, LMFT | MFC34874

Dr. Liza Pomerantz, D.D.S. UCSC Graduate Returns!

General Dentist, Now Accepting New Patients

Dr. Pomerantz was born and raised in Pennsylvania, New York, and Southern California. Dr. Pomerantz received her BS in Human Biology from UC-Santa Cruz and graduated with Honors in the major.

During her time at UCSC she spent two years at Santa Cruz Dental Group learning from Dr. Robinson, initially as an intern, and ultimately as a dental assistant.

Dr. Pomerantz then attended the University of the Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry for her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree in San Francisco. Dr. Pomerantz received an award for the most volunteer hours in her class during her three years at the University of the Pacific dental school spending 75 hours doing outreach and community service projects through the San Francisco Dental Society, California Dentist Association, San Francisco Head Start programs, and several others. Upon graduating, Dr. Pomerantz completed a one-year Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency program at the Native American Health Centers in Oakland and San Francisco for further training and experience.

Dr. Pomerantz has now come full circle back to where her initial dental education began with Dr. Robinson and is now his new associate dentist.

In her free time, Dr. Pomerantz enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, being outdoors, and practicing yoga.

Santa Cruz Dental Group

1017 Mission St • (831) 426-6539 • drrobinson@santacruzdentalgroup.com

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Rock Hudson Personal Trainer Nutrition Coach Health Coach

Rock Hudson, owner of Mavericks Fitness, teaches body awareness and optimal movement patterns based on Anatomy Trains for improved quality of life. Mavericks Fitness offers a variety of services including fascial fitness, nutrition coaching, personal training, exercise classes, and life coaching. We teach the how and why of movement, while encouraging sustainable habits for long-term physical success. To encourage rest and recovery days we offer services like a half-body dry sauna and RedCharge (red and infrared light therapy).

Teens: Mentorships, Physical education credits Retirement Age: Learn enjoyable movement to sustain the life you’ve earned Transgender: Mentorships, Body development and understanding your changing body, Self-awareness and actualization

Limited mentorships available for 2019. Consultations are always free to ensure we’re a great fit because your success is our success.

Mavericks Fitness

www.MavFit.com • 831.777.8008 • 313 Soquel Ave B, Santa Cruz

Experiential sex and intimacy coaching is designed to help get you out of your head and into your body, to explore what connects you to your pleasure and allows you to step into your power.

Here are just a few examples of what we might work on in a session: • Discovering/exploring your desire • Reconnecting to your body and intuition • Integrating pleasure into your everyday life • Embracing boundaries • Releasing shame and old patterns • Creating new thoughts/behaviors/energy As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), I bring years of therapeutic experience to create a multidisciplinary approach. I have completed the Somatica Institute certification program on Sex, Intimacy and Relationship Coaching. As a social worker for the last 15 years, I’ve worked in fields including domestic violence, sexual assault, addiction, family and children’s services, and hospice.

Please contact me for a 15-minute intro call!

mypleasurepower.com

Amanda Edwards, LCSW 209.345.9116 amanda@mypleasurepower.com

Dr Karen Coslett’s reputation has been built upon dedicated service, a caring attitude, and the goodwill of her many satisfied patients. She brings a natural ease and gentle chair-side manner to her practice. Because of this, she has been voted “Best Dentist” by Good Times’ readers two years in a row.

Your positive experience begins when you walk in, are greeted and made to feel welcome. Dr Coslett takes time to listen to your concerns and will assess and provide treatment for your individual needs and circumstances. Your oral health can and does affect the entire body. Daily home care and regular check ups are important for early detection and prevention of dental disease and other health concerns.

Whether you are looking for general oral health maintenance or seeking to improve your smile, Dr Coslett is here to help. She loves what she does, and you will too!

2901 Park Ave, Ste C1 Soquel • 831.476.6900 • santacruzfamilydentistry.com

Lonna Larsh MD Amber Weiss, PA-C, LAc ROOTS OF HEALTH COMPREHENSIVE FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE

Struggling with fatigue, brain fog, or digestive issues? Are you dissatisfied with the results you’ve gotten from conventional medicine?

At Roots of Health, we focus on getting to the root of your medical condition. Our approach to health care is through the lens of Functional Medicine. This medical approach examines all the facets of your life and health to get you functioning at your optimum. Working collaboratively with our 40 years of experience, we create a tailored program to help you reach your health goals.

We are a family medicine practice with expertise in treating multiple chronic conditions and in helping people achieve and maintain optimal health.

Call now to attend a free class. Our next classes will be Friday 2/8, Monday 2/11, and Thursday 2/28.

Learn about how our programs are different and how we can work together to help you feel your best!

info@rootsofhealthsc.com • rootsofhealthsc.com 709 Frederick St, Santa Cruz • 831.421.0775

Miracle Method of Santa Clara

45 S. First St. Campbell | 408.866.4898 | miraclemethod.com

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Amanda Edwards, LCSW Pleasure Power Coaching

Karen Coslett, DDS

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HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Navigator Medical Consultancy

Dr. Marissa Castello, Naturopathic Doctor

WHERE ANCIENT MEDICINE + MODERN WISDOM MEET

My approach as a naturopathic doctor focuses on utilizing the body’s innate ability to heal. We all have an innate healing capacity, just think of the way a wound heals without much effort.

Our bodies are evolved and designed to self-heal.

Much like a detective, I approach your health comprehensively, acknowledging subtle information from the mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, and environmental domains. My holistic approach starts with understanding your goals for attaining optimal health. My work focuses on addressing the root the cause while alleviating symptoms. Each visit is unique and includes a personalized treatment plan, supplement recommendations, bodywork, and coaching to bring YOU back to optimal health.

My Expertise Includes: • Anti-Aging IV NAD Therapy • Lab Testing & Interpretation • DermaPen Microneedling • In-Home Naturopathic Care

• Counseling and Coaching • Holistic Treatment for Anxiety & Depression • Personalized Nutrition Plans • Corporate Wellness Programs

Dr. Marissa Castello, ND

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doctormarissa.com • hello@doctormarissa.com • 831.999.3040

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JAY PENNOCK, M.D.

“Dr. Jay” created Navigator Medical Consultancy in 2015 to create an environment where the functional medicine approach is all about the experience. Dr. Pennock meets his patients at the door, and commits hours of time providing very personal service, literally charting a course to better health. Everyone has the ability to alter their course. Empowering people to change their lives and make better decisions about their health is really what it’s all about. The Navigator approach has worked wonders for his clients: reducing their need for prescription medications, keeping them healthy and enriching their lives. Dr. Pennock focuses on sleep, nutrition, exercise and movement, and stress reduction along with hormone balancing. Clients also see Navigator for weight loss programs and Alzheimer’s’ prevention.

Dr. Pennock offers a free one-hour consultation to any potential client, so call the office to come in to see how Navigator can help you live a long, healthful life!

Navigator Medical Consultancy 831.226.2108 • navigatormedical.com • 304 Lincoln Street SC

Sonja U. Morgner

Dakota Health Center

CranioSacral Therapy (CST)

Charles Goodwin, DC, LAc The healing power of gentle touch!

Dr. Charles Goodwin, known as “Dr. Charly” to new and longtime patients alike, has been providing quality Chiropractic care, Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine to Santa Cruzans for over 30 years. Many of his patients have been with him since the beginning and wouldn’t think of going anywhere else.

Dakota Health Center is a one-stop shop for quality healthcare. In addition to Chiropractic and Acupuncture, there are onsite massage therapists providing various types of massage including Shiatsu, Therapeutic Swedish, Deep Tissue and more.

With all of the modalities available at Dakota, patients find relief from a variety of ailments including sciatica, chronic neck and back pain, sports injuries, insomnia, migraines, anxiety, digestive disorders, and more. Care for patients with Workers Comp and Disability claims is available on a case-by-case basis.

Set up an appointment today at (831) 429-1188 to see how Dr. Goodwin and Dakota Health Center can assist you in achieving ultimate health.

Dakota Health Center

111 Dakota Ave., Santa Cruz | 831.429.1188

CranioSacral Therapy works with the brain and the central nervous system.

It helps your whole body to: - self-correct - integrate - function with more ease CranioSacral Therapy is often felt as deeply calming and comforting.

Listening with my hands, I can help you access your inner healing powers through touch & dialogue.

Together we explore your very own path to pain-free, healthy living & integration of body, mind & soul.

Let me invite you to begin this powerful journey!

Sonja Morgner is a certified CranioSacral Therapist with the Upledger Institute and a German-trained Physical Therapist. She has over 25 years of hands-on professional experience in Germany and the USA. With CranioSacral Therapy, Sonja has found her true passion.

Sonja U. Morgner PT, CST-T, CMT 831-325-5003 • www.iahp.com/Sonja-Morgner

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Katherine M. Zwick, LPCC, CGP OWNER, RIDE THE WAVE RECOVERY Ride The Wave Recovery, the private practice of Katherine “Kat” Zwick, provides outpatient group and individual and family therapy to clients of all genders recovering from eating disorders, addictions, codependency, and trauma.

Kat is joined by her amazing team of clinicians and administrators to bring high quality and inclusive therapy to a wide variety of clients. Groups currently being offered are: Intuitive Eating: Journey to Attunement (a nutrition recovery group series led by a registered dietitian); DBT Mindfulness & Skills Series; Technology in Balance Multi-Family Group for Teens & Parents; and many process groups, such as Women in Recovery, Radical Recovery, Emotional Sobriety, and Together in Recovery.

Kat is particularly passionate about offering group psychotherapy to the Santa Cruz community, as she knows firsthand the positive power that connection through community can have on the recovery process. RtW is committed to inclusive, gender-affirming clinical practices as well as dedicated spots in groups and with all clinicians for sliding scale clients. Together, Kat believes recovery is truly possible.

Ride The Wave Recovery

104 Walnut Ave, Ste 200 • 831.275.5481 • ridethewaverecovery.com

Dr. Judy Force, DVM, FAVD, DAVDC

DENTISTRY FOR ANIMALS

Dr. Judy Force opened Dentistry for Animals, a practice devoted to dentistry and oral surgery, in 2002. She moved to the Aptos Village Station in 2011.

She first started practicing in general practice and emergency medicine and surgery before starting her journey into dentistry 15 years ago. She is board certified and practices the highest quality dentistry and customer service.

In her spare time, Dr. Force enjoys training and competing with her Dalmatian.

She enjoys riding her horses on the trail and in dressage competitions.

She also likes to play banjo and guitar and spend time with family and friends.

Dentistry for Animals

8035 Soquel Dr., #45, Aptos 831.768.7148 | dentistryforanimals.com

BALANCING HORMONES SINCE 2001

BEAUTY WITHIN

Are Your Hormones Making You Crazy?

Hormonal changes impact our mood, energy, sleep, weight and sexual function. There are many players involved including estrogen, progesterone, testosterone & DHEA, stress hormones like cortisol, and hormone/neurotransmitters like oxytocin, serotonin, and dopamine. And don’t forget the importance of thyroid function and blood sugar balance!

By looking at the rich interplay of these chemicals and the ways in which diet & digestion, lifestyle, supplements, herbs, and hormones can support their optimal balance, Dr. Shunney can help you feel like yourself again.

Specialties include: - bio-identical hormone balancing - menopause & menstrual issues - vulvar & pelvic pain - painful sex - libido & arousal disorders

Aimée Gould Shunney

- thyroid & adrenal health - persistent digestive issues - fatigue & sleep disturbance - anxiety & depression - heart disease & diabetes prevention

465.9088 | drshunney.com

Dr. Mummah moved from the SF Bay Area to Aptos to enjoy the coastal views and downsize her medical practice. She is a Stanford trained obstetrician/gynecologist who truly enjoyed also providing facial aesthetics procedures to the community, including customers in the healthcare field, since 2008 at her shop Caramia in San Mateo.

The move to the coast offered her the opportunity to continue helping women look younger faster by opening Beauty Within. The boutique medi-spa started in Santa Cruz in Dec 2015 and then relocated closer to home in Aptos Center a year later. She provides customized botox treatment, dermal fillers, and chemical peels to her clients who are interested in looking their best without resorting to surgery.

Preparing for the holiday season should ideally happen at least 3-4 weeks in advance. She has found chemical peels later in the year is a good way to reverse the fun in the sun damage from summer.

The doctor is available by appointment to help you for a special occasion or ongoing face rejuvenation treatments. Free consults are available to discuss your needs and answer any questions you may have about what’s available to help you feel more confident.

Beauty Within 7492 Soquel Dr. Suite D, Aptos, CA | 831.313.4844

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NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIAN

Dr. Ana Mummah, M.D.

Aimée Gould Shunney

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FIRST FRIDAY IN FEBRUARY

KRISTA POLLOCK

DIANE BAXTER, ANDREW DAVIS

Come see what everybody’s talking about: the spectacular outdoor nighttime exhibition!

BRUCE MUNRO

AT MONTALVO STORIES IN LIGHT

CLOSING MARCH 17, 2019

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I am a Connecticut raised self taught artist who has been a Santa Cruz local now for almost 20 years. I create hand painted fabric tapestries with the use of rubber-based resist, fabric dyes and textile paints. The inspirations for my designs are gathered by Ethnic-Tribal influences and Vintage fabric patterns from all around the world.

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Every night: craft cocktails & hot drinks

Free docent-led tours on Sundays, 6:30 & 7:30pm

Delicious Munro Suppers. Check munromontalvo.org for dates

Also showing work of LOST MINED JEWELRY

BY Cerridwyn McLaglen Hand Crafted Cast, fabricated, enameled jewelry

Presented by Cornucopia Real Estate & Red Dot Gallery

February 1, 5-8 PM SANTA CRUZ ART CENTER

1001 CENTER ST, STE 5, DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ

stART here.

Montalvo Arts Center

15400 Montalvo Road Saratoga, CA 95070 munromontalvo.org • 408-961-5858 (M-F, 10am-4pm)

THE VALLEY

George & F O U N DAT I O N Judy Marcus Alice Phelan Sullivan Corporation Jeff & Leann Sobrato Charmaine & Dan Warmenhoven

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ELKHORN SLOUGH DOCENT TRAININGS

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Calling all lifelong learners and explorers: the Elkhorn Slough Reserve is recruiting those who have a passion for sharing the natural world with others. Docents engage visitors on trail walks through the oak woodland and salt marsh habitats, sharing the natural history and modern conservation successes of the Elkhorn Slough. Docent trainings provide incoming volunteers with a background in natural history and strategies for engaging people in conversation around science and conservation. Over the course of five Saturdays, volunteers will build their knowledge through hands-on activities and guided walks, as well as presentations from the research team and local experts.

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.

Trainings run 9 a.m.-3 p.m. through Saturday, Feb. 23. Elkhorn Slough Reserve. 1700 Elkhorn Rd., Watsonville.

728-2822. Registration required online at elkhornslough.org/events/volunteer-docent-training. Free.

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reading for Palo Alto Players’ production of Shakespeare In Love. In 2017, Palo Alto Players launched a free series of five, onenight-only staged readings, taking relatively unknown theatrical pieces that match the tone, period and theme of our mainstage productions. 7 p.m. Lucie Stern Community Theater, 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. paplayers.org. Free.

‘LAND OF THE JAGUARS: WILD WETLANDS OF SOUTH AMERICA’

CLASSES ROBO SUMO @ BOULDER CREEK 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.

PEMA CHÖDRON CONVERSATIONS In this casual study group, we will start getting

In a celebration of two wilderness areas in South America—Brazil’s Pantanal and Argentina’s Ibera—Frans Lanting and Chris Eckstrom are hosting a unique presentation about their month of travel in these unique locations. They will show images and videos and tell stories about the natural and human history of the respective wetlands.

These areas are home to some of the giants of South America, including the giant anteater, giant otter, rhino-like tapirs, the world's largest parrots, and the largest cat in the Americas, the jaguar. Proceeds benefit science and conservation programs of the Seymour Marine Discovery Center at UCSC’s Long Marine Lab. 3 and 7 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. 423-8209. riotheatre.com. $25-$45.

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.

MISO MAKING WORKSHOP This delicious, probiotic, fermented seasoning used daily in the Japanese kitchen made with cooked soybeans, Koji and sea salt. You will take home ingredients to make 2 lbs. of organic miso. With Eriko Yokoyama >40

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‘VIBRATIONS IN PAPER & WIRE The UCSC Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery’s latest exhibit is a collection of paintings and sculptures by Brazil native Ronaldo L. Oliveira. More than 90 works are on display, ranging from abstract paintings in sumi-e ink and watercolor to meticulously detailed drawings on paper and threedimensional wire and paper sculptures.

Show runs through Saturday, March 16.

Conversation and book launch Friday, March 1, 4-7 p.m. Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, UCSC Cowell College, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. Free.

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CALENDAR by celebrating connection and community at our next Thursday meetup. This month’s program is all about Instagram. Food and drink provided. 6-7:30 p.m. Tannery Arts Center, 1050 River St., Santa Cruz. tanneryartscenter.org. $5 donation.

CRAFTERS, QUILTERS, SEWISTS, TEACHERS SUPPLIES EVENT Get designer fabrics, tiles, wallpaper, and more (e.g. carpet samples, patterns, notions) for a mere donation. Appointments are preferred.

Feel free to come to the event even if you haven't made an appointment as you will be able to peruse and shop as space allows.

11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Harvey West Park, 326 Evergreen St., Santa Cruz. fabmo.org. Free.

CLASSES REGIONAL SPANISH COOKING CLASS: PAELLA Join WSET-Certified

WEDNESDAY 1/30- SUNDAY 2/17 JEWEL THEATRE’S ‘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. His groundbreaking performance upends stage tradition and changes the lives of everyone involved.

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2 and 8 p.m. The Colligan Theater at the Tannery Arts Center, 1010 River St., Santa Cruz.

425-7506. jeweltheatre.net. $45/$50.

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<39 and Masumi Diaz, founders of the Hakouya Cooking School. 6-7:30 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleaf.com. $35.

NATURAL WAYS TO BOOST YOUR FERTILITY AND GET PREGNANT FASTER Trying to get pregnant and it’s not happening? Feeling your biological clock ticking? Come to this class to learn a clear path toward accessing your most fertile self. When we are done, you can leave more empowered and less stressed out. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine, 740 Front St. #130, Santa Cruz. 325-2943 or moraytis@me.com. $10 with RSVP.

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.

GROUPS REDWOOD RAMBLERS TOASTMASTERS OPEN HOUSE Find your treasure with public speaking.

Toastmasters is a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. Come join us and see how you can improve your communication skills and leadership skills. Noon-1 p.m. Scotts Valley Water District, 2 Civic Drive, Scotts Valley. Free.

THURSDAY 1/31 ARTS ARTIST MEETUP Bring in the next year

Kristen Valenza and take a culinary trip to Spain. Paella is a mix of Spanish rice, vegetables, meat, seafood, and aromatic spices. Learn to prepare paella and pair with Spanish red wine. Enjoy this delicious dish in class with paired wine. 6-8:30 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleaf. com. $45/$40.

JESSICA BAUMAN: “WHAT REFUGEES TAUGHT ME ABOUT SHAKESPEARE” New York City theater director Jessica Bauman and UCSC Professor Cat Ramirez will explore the ways that the stories we hear and tell about refugees shape our responses to the worldwide migration crisis. 5-6:30 p.m. Kresge Town Hall, 510 Porter Kresge Rd., Santa Cruz. thi.ucsc.edu. Free.

FRIDAY 2/1 ARTS DEER DANCE COMMUNITY CEREMONY Join world-renowned shaman and healer Brant Secunda for a special evening of sacred celebration. This special community event is an opportunity to participate in indigenous ceremony, listen to ancient song and chanting, drum and rattle together, purify your mind and find vision for your life. 6-9 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. shamanism.com. $25/$20.

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.

GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Ninetyday OA, study of the AA 12 and 12 book. OA is a 12-step support group to stop eating compulsively. Noon-1 p.m. Live Oak Family Resource Center, Community Conference Room, 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. Nate, 4297906. Free.

RELATIONSHIP ADDICTION AND AVOIDANCE WOMEN'S GROUP Women's 12-step group. Are you attracted to the wrong people? Are you stuck in a bad relationship? Weekly meeting. 7 p.m. Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter St., Soquel. santacruzslaa.org. Free.

MUSIC BENJAMIN VERDERY - VIRTUOSO CLASSICAL GUITAR & COMPOSER Internationally acclaimed classical guitarist and composer Benjamin Verdery performs music by Bach, Villa-Lobos and others. The concert features the UCSC Guitar Ensemble in a performance of "Scenes from Ellis Island" for 12 guitars, composed by Verdery, who will conduct the piece. 7:30 p.m. UCSC Music Center Recital Hall, Heller and Meyer Drive, Santa Cruz. arts.ucsc.edu. $5/Free.

OUTDOOR WINTER IS FOR EVERYONE Come gather around the campfire as our storytellers weave yarns of adventure, mystery and comedy. Bring warm clothes, blankets and the whole family. We’ll provide the Mexican hot chocolate. 7-8 p.m. Santa Cruz Mission Historic State Park, 144 School St., Santa Cruz. thatsmypark.org. Free.

SATURDAY 2/2 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. Noon.

San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free. >42

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JOIN US AS W E SHA RE THE EXCIT EMENT OF LE ARNING tragedy—from the racial segregation of the Jim Crow South to the promise of New York City. Screening followed by conversation between filmmaker Yance Ford and Professor B. Ruby Rich.

Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation with Melissa Harris-Perry FEBRUARY 11, 7PM SANTA CRUZ CIVIC AUDITORIUM FREE ADMISSION

Have Spacesuit, Will Travel

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.

Science on Tap JANUARY 30, 7PM THE CREPE PLACE, FREE ADMISSION

FEBRUARY 5, 4–6PM MCHENRY LIBRARY, DAVID KIRK DIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP COMMONS FREE ADMISSION

who will showcase inspiring conservation successes in Brazil’s Pantanal and Argentina’s Ibera areas.

An Evening with Madeleine Albright

Can acquired traits or experiences be passed on from one generation to the next?

Braden Larson explains.

FEBRUARY 5, 7PM KAISER PERMANENTE ARENA $23/PERSON

“What Refugees Taught Me About Shakespeare” JANUARY 31, 5PM KRESGE TOWN HALL, FREE ADMISSION

Benjamin Verdery— Virtuoso Classical Guitarist and Composer FEBRUARY 1, 7:30PM MUSIC CENTER RECITAL HALL FREE ADMISSION

Acclaimed classical guitarist and composer Benjamin Verdery performs Bach, Villa-Lobos, and others; the UCSC Guitar Ensemble performs Verdery’s “Scenes from Ellis Island” for 12 guitars.

Land of the Jaguars: Wild Wetlands of South America FEBRUARY 2, 3PM & 7PM RIO THEATRE $20–$45/PERSON

The Seymour Marine Discovery Center presents renowned photographer Frans Lanting and his partner Chris Eckstrom,

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Foundation Medal Honoring Janet Yellen FEBRUARY 2, 6:30PM HOTEL NIA, MENLO PARK $100/PERSON

Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. Secretary of State, will speak about her book, Fascism: A Warning, a personal and urgent examination of fascism in the 20th century and how its legacy shapes today’s world. Cosponsored by the Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz.

Janet Yellen, former chair of the Federal Reserve, receives the UC Santa Cruz Foundation Medal for distinguished achievement that exemplifies the ideals of UC Santa Cruz.

Starting a Successful Spring Garden FEBRUARY 3, 9:30AM–12:30PM COWELL RANCH HAY BARN $5–$40/PERSON

Laura Sasso shares best practices for sowing seeds, cultivating seedlings, and transplanting for a successful warm season garden.

STRONG ISLAND FEBRUARY 4, 7PM COMMUNICATIONS BLDG, ROOM 150 FREE ADMISSION

STRONG ISLAND chronicles the arc of a family across history, geography, and

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Winter Drop-In Figure Drawing WEDNESDAYS THROUGH MARCH 13, 7–9PM UCSC ART DEPARTMENT M-101 FREE ADMISSION

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.

Community Day Free Admission to the Arboretum & Botanic Garden FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH UC SANTA CRUZ ARBORETUM & BOTANIC GARDEN FREE ADMISSION

Free admission to the Arboretum & Botanic Garden on the first Tuesday of every month. Parking is limited, so we encourage visitors to carpool, bike, walk, or use public transportation.

UPCOMING EVENTS FEBRUARY 6

Women’s Club Meeting FEBRUARY 8

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World Film Screening FEBRUARY 9

Question Bridge: Black Males Exhibition Opening 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.

John Dizikes Memorial FEBRUARY 12

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism FEBRUARY 16

Growing Organic Blueberries in the Home Garden and Small Farm

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NY theater director Jessica Bauman explores how the stories we tell about refugees influence how we respond to the migration crisis in Arden/Everywhere, a retelling of As You Like It.

Join us as author M.G. Lord talks about her early work on the rocket-building program and how it relates to some of the current issues around climate change and how politics frames science.

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WEDNESDAY 2/6 ‘QUESTION BRIDGE: BLACK MALES’ This exhibit is a collaborative multimedia project in which over 150 black men of various ages, clases, professions and sexualities from across the U.S. explore some of the most troubling, poignant, personal, and sometimes-incongruous aspects of their lived experiences.

Shown as a five-screen installation, Question Bridge utilizes multiple platforms to facilitate a conversation between participants who ask and respond to each other’s questions. The result is a deeply insightful, emotionally layered conversation, which delves into the depths of the private lives and social concerns of black men across the country.

5-7 p.m. opening reception with remarks from artist Chris Johnson. Show runs through Saturday, April 6. Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, UCSC Porter College, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. 459-2314. art.ucsc.edu/sesnon. Free.

<40 LAURA HECOX DAY Join us for a celebration of Laura Hecox: lightkeeper, naturalist, citizen scientist, and founder of the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. As keeper of Santa Cruz’s original lighthouse on West Cliff Drive, Laura Hecox was responsible for ensuring the light never failed, but her work didn’t end there. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Lighthouse Point Park, West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. santacruzmuseum.org. Free.

WOMEN'S ADVENTURE FILM TOUR The Women's Adventure Film Tour, presented

by Patagonia Santa Cruz, has arrived in the U.S. for the first time ever and will be in Santa Cruz for one night only. This tour is a celebration of the fantastic women around us who are doing extraordinary things. The films are to be enjoyed by women and men of all ages. 7 p.m. Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. riotheatre.com. $19.

ARTSMART FAMILY FIRST SATURDAYS: LINDA TILLERY AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE CHOIR Tandy Beal and Company celebrates Black History Month with the fourth concert in the ArtSmart Family First Saturday Concert Series, Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir. The Cultural Heritage Choir is world renowned for their breathtaking performances of African American roots music with its West African and Caribbean origins. 11 a.m. Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz. veteranshall.org/ calendar/. $15/$10.

CLASSES INTERMEDIATE TRIYOGA CLASS TriYoga flows are presented with personalized, guided alignment assistance.

With Jamie Andres-Larsen. For levels 1 and 2.

CALENDAR 10:30 a.m. Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 310-589-0600. $15.

MYSTERIES OF WAX BATIK CLASSES 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.

SENIOR TECH SUPPORT Need help with your computer or phone? Drop in and receive free tech tutoring by local area youth.

As "digital natives," young people are the perfect candidates to help seniors enhance their technology skills. Seniors are invited to drop in for free workshops to gain the skills they desire to stay connected with family and friends online. Noon-3 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. scvolunteercenter.org. Free.

FAMILY YOGA FUN Luma Yoga and The Happy HeART Studio's present Family Yoga, an experience you won't want to miss.

This monthly event will combine a love and laughter-filled yoga class for families while also featuring arts and crafts, games, and more. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Luma Yoga and Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz. lumayoga.com. $25/Free.

ADULT ARTS & CRAFTS WORKSHOP: ETCHED GLASS Learn the simple but

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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.

Share sacred energy the second and fourth Saturdays of each month at Poetic Cellars Winery. Wine tasting will follow the class. 10 a.m.-noon. Poetic Cellars, 5000 N. Rodeo Gulch Rd., Soquel. 462-3478.

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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.

Come explore themes of inclusivity through the enchanting children’s book Wally the Wave. This book was co-created by Pastor Ryan Althaus and Noah. They will discuss the artistic process for creating and illustrating their new children’s book. We’ll end with an arts and craft project. 3-4 p.m. Live Oak Branch Library, 2380 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz. santacruzpl.libcal.com. Free.

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Janet Yellen, widely regarded as one of the most successful Federal Reserve chairs in history, will receive the UC Santa Cruz Foundation Medal. The evening will include a dynamic conversation with Professor Carl Walsh as they discuss monetary policy and its impacts.

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.

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 hands-on fun in the crafts room every Sunday. 1-3 p.m. Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz. seymourcenter.ucsc.edu.

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. Saturdays, 8 a.m.-noon, Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@montereybayfarmers.org. Free.

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elegant art of glass etching. Use tape and a knife for a free-hand design or use the silhouette vinyl cutter for a more intricate design. Bring your own glass or use one provided. Register online, limited availability.

Scotts Valley Branch Library, 251 Kings Village Rd., Scotts Valley. santacruzpl.libcal. com. Free.

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The purpose of nonviolent communication (NVC) is to speak and listen in a manner that creates an authentic connection and reduces defensiveness, blame and subtle demands.

The practice of NVC involves listening past another person’s criticism to hear the needs that they are trying to meet. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. nvcsantacruz.org. $30.

FAMILY SANGHA MONTHLY MEDITATION Come help create a family meditation cooperative community. Parents will meet in the main room for about 40 minutes of silent meditation, followed by 10-15 minutes of discussion about life and mindful parenting. Kids will be in a separate volunteer-led room, playing and exploring mindfulness through games and stories.

10:30 a.m.-noon. Insight Santa Cruz, 740 Front St. #240, Santa Cruz. facebook.com/ scfamilysangha. Free.

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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.

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PAINT NIGHT Come down to Solaire to relax, unwind and make a painting! Great for complete beginners and seasoned creatives alike, you will be creating a painting with the freedom to make it your own—tweak the colors or composition, or follow along with step-by-step instruction for our painting of the day. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Solaire Restaurant, 611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. eventbrite.com/e/ paint-night-tickets-53284265673. 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.

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GROUPS 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.

SANTA CRUZ BODYWORK COLLECTIVE Santa Cruz Bodywork Collective is a forum for bodyworkers from various disciplines to gather monthly to elevate their repertoire of touch and enhance their self-care tool kit. 7 p.m. Cypress Health Institute, 1119 Pacific Ave., Suite 300, Santa Cruz. 476-2115. Free.

TUESDAY 2/5 CLASSES 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 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.

FOOD & WINE ALL THINGS TEA Join Hidden Peak Tea House 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. Free.

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LOCAL BAND MICHAEL GAITHER

After 15 years of being a solo singersongwriter, releasing five CDs, and even gaining some attention with some locally focused songs about Highway 17 and the Starlite Drive-In, Michael Gaither decided it was time to find some “New Best Friends.” Initially, he just liked how fun this inclusive name was for a backing band, but after a year-and-a-half of being in his new group, Michael Gaither and His New Best Friends, he’s finding that the name is actually quite true.

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“We see each other every week and we trade Christmas gifts. We check in even when we're not playing,” Gaither says.

“It’s been a really nice experience to get to know these people better, and to have four new best friends.”

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The band is essentially playing the same material that Gaither played as a solo artist. Before, he would play alone, or with one or two musicians backing him to give a little bit of depth to the songs.

Now it’s transformed into a full-on, Americana-rock outfit.

“Now I can add a great lead guitar player and a full rhythm section and a female harmony singer. So it gives the songs a whole new sound and breath,” Gaither says.

One of the biggest unexpected benefits of the group is that it’s broadened where Gaither is able to perform his music. Even with the brewery scene, for instance, he could play some of the smaller ones before, but not the larger ones, like Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery. This year, he’s hoping to get out there as much as possible with his new best friends—and hopefully make some more. AARON CARNES 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, Jansen Music, 7960 Soquel Dr. #J, Aptos. $10-$20 (donation). 724-4798.

MARGO CILKER

WEDNESDAY 1/30 AMERICANA

AMIGO THE DEVIL After a hard day at the office, nothing beats uncorking a bottle of wine, lounging in the bathtub and listening to songs about serial killers, gruesome spousal abuse and necrophilia. If that sounds like you—particularly if you imagine banjo-plucking murder ballads— then Amigo the Devil is your new Elvis. Don’t get me wrong, Amigo doesn’t glorify the darkest of human impulses. He approaches his subjects with the kind of deep curiosity you might get from a gripping Netflix true-crime docuseries. AC 8:30 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $13 adv/$15 door. 423-1338.

BLUES

CATFISH KEITH & PREACHER BOY For a century, the blues has weaved its way in and out of pop culture, avoiding exact definition. So when we say Catfish Keith and Preacher Boy are the real deal, playing their time-honored and fine-tuned mix of

country and Delta acoustic blues, we aren’t messing around. Combined, Catfish and Preacher Boy have nearly 65 years of experience, endless stories and non-stop finger flying pickin’ that will knock the dust of any regular Wednesday. MAT WEIR 7:30 p.m. Michael’s on Main, 2591 Main St., Soquel. $12 adv/$15 door. 479-9777.

THURSDAY 1/31 AMERICANA

MARGO CILKER Margo Cilker’s soft and soulful country-acoustic meanderings portray a being craving the familiarity of comfort and a longing for change. Or maybe the longing for comfort and familiarity of change?

This tinge of grass-is-greener runs through all of her songs, as well as hues of regret and shades of sorrow.

All these conflicting aspects are wound up in her expert singing-vagabond hands. But does every hopeful homecoming inevitably include a fond farewell? AMY BEE 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

FRIDAY 2/1 R&B

JAMES HUNTER SIX In 2016, Mojo magazine declared James Hunter the UK’s “greatest soul singer.” The 56-year-old singer has been working hard in British clubs since the mid-’80s, even sparking a friendship (and collaborative relationship) with Van Morrison. But it wasn’t until Hunter’s incredible and high-energy R&B 2006 album People Gonna Talk that he broke through to a larger audience. In the tradition of a lot of Daptone artists, he’s a lost gem of old-soul purity that we were all lucky enough to have emerge in his later years and add a little sunshine to our lives. AC 8 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $25 adv/$30 door. 479-1854.

SAT 2/2 ELECTRONIC

RJD2 Swaggering and cool, RJD2’s production work has seeped into many cracks in the American conscious-

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST THE EXPENDABLES AND HULA’S

BLAME SALLY

FUNK

KATDELIC

9 p.m. The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $20 adv/$25 door. 429-4135.

San Francisco’s Katdelic is so much more than a funk band. Led by Grammy-winning artist Ronkat Spearman (ex-Parliament/Funkadelic), Katdelic is a musical experience with booty-shaking beats, choreography, interstellar jams and even some EDM mixed in. If Parliament brought us the funk on the Mothership Connection, then Katdelic opens the doors and guides us to explore their sensual sounds of interstellar bass. MW

AMERICANA

9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $10 adv/$15 door. 479-1854.

BLAME SALLY Hot take: Sally didn’t do anything wrong. I’m a Sally supporter. Why? Because if Sally did something to bring about SF Americana quartet Blame Sally, I say we should thank her, not blame her. Sally, thank you.

Thank you for almost 20 years of the transcendent and ruggedly femme rock of Blame Sally. Thank you for the effortless guitar playing of Renee Harcourt, and for the cajon-rocking rhythm of drummer Pam Delgado. MH 7 p.m. Kuumbwa, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $35 adv/$40 door. 427-2227.

SUNDAY 2/3 COUNTRY

BUCK MEEK Country music has always had an element of the rascally and mischievous, but is it capable of surprising with the unexpected? After listening to Buck Meek’s self-titled album, I’d say yes.

His pared-down melodies are an odd composition, his vocal notes willy-nilly with lyrics both absurd and poetic, with no easy-access hook in sight. One might completely miss the country part of Meek’s songs if it weren’t for

his unmistakably nasally Texas twang.

Meeks brings vivid, half-told stories and strange one-liners to life by refusing to decrypt whatever muse is keeping him up at night. AB 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

MONDAY 2/4 BEN WENDEL SEASONS BAND As a founding member of the influential and creatively fecund band Kneebody, tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel has earned a vaunted reputation as an improviser with a sleek, ingratiating sound and surfeit of ideas. Last October, he displayed both attributes on The Seasons, a remarkable series of 12 compositions inspired by Tchaikovsky’s compositions.

“The Seasons is not only a representation of the passage of time but a statement on how technology has changed the way artists communicate and share art,” Wendel writes. Wendel performs with pianist Aaron Parks, guitarist Gilad Hekselman, drummer Eric Harland, and bassist Matt Brewer. ANDREW GILBERT 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $31.50 adv/$36.75 door.

427-2227.

9 p.m. Thursday, Feb, 14, Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $22 adv/$25 door. Information: catalystclub.com.

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IN THE QUEUE FRONT COUNTRY

Silicon Valley-style country music.

Wednesday at Moe’s Alley MIRA GOTO

“Crazy Cat lady” country singer.

Thursday at Michael’s on Main LIL XAN

Face-tattooed rapper. Friday at Catalyst THE APOLLO ERA

Local wacked-out garage rockers.

Saturday at Crepe Place THE VAN BURDON PROJECT

A tribute to Van Morrison and Eric Burdon. Saturday at Flynn’s Cabaret & Steakhouse

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ness. Emerging on El-P’s Def Jux label in the early 2000s, his beats were forward-thinking with classic NY cool, mixing jazz, cinema scores and world music in ways that always found their leading edges. Since then, L.A. has become a more pronounced influence on his work, as on 2016’s Dame Fortune, which charts a journey across hip-hop, EDM, prog rock, and soundscape. Also, he wrote the theme for Mad Men. MIKE HUGUENOR

Welcome to a special date-night edition of Be Our guest, where we offer you not just free tickets to one of the hottest shows of the week, but also throw in dinner. That dinner will be at local favorite Hula’s, where you can sip on colorful drinks and scarf down fish tacos. After gorging yourself on Hawaiian-influenced food, you’ll be burning off mucho calories during an evening with local reggae-rockers the Expendables. They’ve been playing music for close to two decades now, and will cook up the best fusion of punk, ska, dub, hip-hop and reggae you can get in town.

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Wednesday January 30 – 8/8:30pm $15 American Roots Music Favorites

FRONT COUNTRY

LIVE MUSIC

Thursday January 31 – 8/8:30pm $15/20 Americana/Rock/Folk/Blues

LARRY & HIS FLASK + WILLIE TEA TAYLOR

WED

1/30

THU

1/31

FRI

ABBOTT SQUARE 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

2/1

SAT

2/2

AZA Free 6:30-9p

Echo Fabric Free 12-2:30p

Pete Madsen 6-8p

SUN

2/3

MON

2/4

TUE

2/5

APPLETON EVENT CENTER 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

Al Frisby 6-8p

Virgil Thrasher & Rick Stevens 6-8p

James Murray 6-8p

JAMES HUNTER

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Live Bands 9p

Comedy Night, ’80s Night Free 8:30p

Saturday February 2 – 8/9pm $10/15

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

KATDELIC

Andy Santana 6-8p

Broken Shades 6-8p

Mike Osborn 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

Kid Dynamite 9:30-12:45p

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke Free 8p

Swing Dance 5:30p Just Rese 8p

SC Jazz Society, Beat AfroBeats w/ DJs Dual Weekend w/ DJ Monk Citizen & Monk Earl 8p Earl Free 3:30p

Wednesday February 6 – 8/9pm $35/40

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

Alex Lucero & Friends 8p

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Karaoke 9-12:30a

KATCHAFIRE

CAPITOLA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

Spin Your Vinyl Free 6:30p

Mark Creech Free 7p

Kip Allert Free 7p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Tritonal $26/$30 8p

Lil Xan $29/$30 7p

RJD2 $20/$25 8p

Friday February 1 – 7/8pm $25/30 England’s R&B/Soul Sensation

Funk Favorites Led By P-Funk All-Star Ronkat

New Zealand Reggae Legends Return

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

HOT BUTTERED RUM + BLUE SUMMIT

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

LA MISA NEGRA

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Amigo The Devil $13/$15 8p

Game Night Free 8p

Prezi $20 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

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

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CREPE PLACE

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

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Y LA BAMBA + JUAN SON Feb 16 Feb 17 Feb 19 Feb 20 Feb 21 Feb 22 Feb 23 Feb 24

SPACE HEATER KABAKA PYRAMID DEAD MEADOW SCOTT PEMBERTON JERRY’S MIDDLE FINGER SLY & ROBBIE w/ BITTY MCLEAN ANTIBALAS DEAD FUNK SUMMIT w/ MELVIN SEALS Feb 27 TOMMY GUERRERO Feb 28 QIENSAVE + LA MERA CANDELARIA Mar 1 DIEGO’S UMBRELLA Mar 2 WAILING SOULS + ARISE ROOTS Mar 3 JETHRO TULL’S MARTIN BARRE BAND Mar 6 SATSANG + Mikey Pauker Mar 7 REBIRTH BRASS BAND Mar 8 PURE ROOTS + EARL ZERO

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OPEN LATE - EVERY NIGHT!

Catfish Keith Preacher Boy

Wed. Jan. 30 7:30pm plus $12 adv./$15 door seated <21 w/parent

Mira Goto

Thu. Jan. 31 7:30pm $12 adv./$15 door seated <21 w/parent

Harpin’ & Clark

Fri. Feb. 1 5:00pm HAPPY HOUR / NO COVER

Locomotive Breath

Fri. Feb. 1 8:30pm $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21 +

Joint Chiefs

Sat. Feb. 2 8pm $10 adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21 +

Grateful Sunday

Sun. Feb. 3 5:30pm GRATEFUL DEAD TUNES NO COVER

Outside Track

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

COMING UP Thu. Feb. 7 Fri. Feb. 8 Sat. Feb. 9

Backyard Birds Chasing Ophelia Cruz Patrol / Common People Brit Pop Band Wed. Feb. 13 Marley’s Ghost Fri. Feb. 15 Cosmic Pinball / Sol Nova Sat. Feb. 16 Golden State Lone Star Blues Band

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Ryley Walker (solo) Thursday, Jan 31

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MANORLADY

w/ BALMS & EVE’S PEACH 9PM - $8 DOOR

SATURDAY 2/2

THE APPOLO ERA

w/ REDWOOD SOUND & SLEEP IT OFF 9PM - $7 DOOR

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Cocoanut Grove Ballroom

STEVE GUNN BAND MOES 2/10 TIM BLUHM (solo) BIG SUR 2/16 DEAD MEADOW MOES 2/19

OM RIO THEATRE 2/27 SAM AMIDON

SANTA CRUZ 3/1

WOOD BROTHERS 3/5 RIO

SUNDAY 2/3

BUCK MEEK

w/ TWAIN & SOPHIA LEV 9PM - $8 DOOR

TUESDAY 2/5

7 COME 11

GREEN LEAF RUSTLERS

BIG SUR WEEKEND

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WEDNESDAY 2/6

GRIVO

w/ DREAMING GHOST & AURORA BEAM 9PM - $7 DOOR

FRIDAY 2/7

PARKER GISPERT

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w/ BRETT NEWSKI & DANIEL TALAMANTES 9PM - $10 DOOR

MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ

1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz 429-6994

FRI/SAT MARCH 15 & 16

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

LIVE MUSIC WED CORK AND FORK 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

1/30

THU

1/31

2/1

SAT

2/2

Open Mic 7-10p Margo Cilker w/ Whiskey West & Body Language $8 9p

THE CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

SUN

2/3

MON

2/4

TUE

2/5

Bonny June & Bonfire Free 7-10p

CORRALITOS CULTURAL CENTER 127 Hames Rd., Corralitos

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

FRI

Open Mic Night Free 7-10p

Thursday, January 31 • 7 PM

AfroWaWa $3 7:30p

Friday, February 1 • 7 PM

Manorlady w/ Balms & Eve Peach $8 9p

The Apollo Era w/ Buck Meek w/ Twain & Redwood Sound & Sleep Sophie Lev $8 9p It $7 9p

Funk Night ft. 7 Come 11 $6 9p-12a

SHIMSHAI TRIO & ASHEL SEASUNZ

Rob Ramo & Caligente $6 9p

Extra Large $7 9:30p

John Michael Free 8p

Saturday, February 2 • 7 PM

BLAME SALLY

Monday, February 4 • 7 PM

DaFunkus Free 6:30-8:30p

BEN WENDEL SEASONS BAND

A melding of jazz and chamber music, inspired by Tchaikovsky and the changing seasons.

FLYNN’S CABARET 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

Rusty Rock & Roll $10/$12 9p Linc Russin 7-9p

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

The Van Burdon Project $15/$18 9p

Thursday, February 7 • 7 PM

LEYLA MCCALLA

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

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

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

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

KUUMBWA JAZZ 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Tickets: brightstarevents.net

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THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

GABRIELLA CAFE 910 Cedar St., Santa Cruz

The Bay Area’s champians and guardians of swinging got jazz traditions.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

Acoustic Open Jam 3-5p

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

HOT CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO

Hot Club of San Francis- Shimshai Trio & Ashel co $28.35/$33.60 7p Seasunz $20 7p Catfish Keith & Preacher Boy $12/$15 7:30p

Mira Goto $12/$15 7:30p

Harpin & Clark Free 5p Locomotiv Breath $10/$12 8:30p

Blame Sally $35/$40 7p Joint Chiefs $10 8p

Ben Wendel Seasons Band $31.50/$36.75 7p

Saturday, February 9 • 8:30 PM

SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE Tickets: eventbrite.com

Grateful Sundays Free 5:30p

Monday, February 11 • 7 PM

THE RAD TRADS

Blending together Americana, soul, and indie rock.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

HAVE A LIFE… Your Way!

John Axel Hansen, MA, JCTC Career Counselor Job & Career Transition Coach careers@havealife.com

www.havealife.com (831)476-4078

TUCK & PATTI

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

Monday, February 18 • 7 PM

THE BAD PLUS

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

Thursday, February 21 • 7 PM

RALPH PETERSON & THE MESSENGER LEGACY

Commemorating the centennial of Art Blakey.

Friday, February 22 • 7 PM & 9 PM

HABIB KOITÉ & BASSEKOU KOUYATE

A collaboration between two leading figures in world music.

Tahloula Wishes You a Fantastic 2019!!

Monday, February 25 • 7 PM

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

Wednesday, February 27 • 7 PM

MASTER CLASS: RAY BROWN – BEGINNING JAZZ ARRANGING 2.0 Unless noted, advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wine & beer available.

All ages welcome.

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2/3

MON

Front Country $12/$15 8p

Larry & His Flask, Will Tea Taylor $15/$20 8p

James Hunter Six $25/$30 7p

James Hunter Six $25/$30 7p

Katdelic $10/$15 8p

A Tribute to The Music of Van Morrison and Eric Burdon $15 adv./$18 Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Area 52 w/Wredhorse

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY Board Game Night w/ Play The Bay 5:30p 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Pride and Joy

Steven Graves Band w/ Reckless Poets Girls’ Night Out, The Show Frankie Gavin

2/4

Rob Vye Free 6p

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party 9:30p

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Trivia 8p

Aliza Hava Free 7p

TUE

2/5

Virgil Thrasher & Rick Stevens Free 6p

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

Shotgun Suitor Free 7p

Taco Trivia Tuesday w/ Hive Mind 6:30p

Blind Rick Free 10p-12a

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

Alex Lucero 6-9p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Dart Tournament

Dennis Dove Band 2-5p

Isis & Friends 2-5p

Comedy Free 8p

Erin Avila 6-9p Comedy Free 8p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

Open Mic Free 8-11p ‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Variety Show w/ Toby Gray 6:30p

Acoustic Reggae Jam 6:30p

Aloha Friday 6:30p

Featured Acts 6:30p

The Human Juke Box 6p

Open Mic 6p

Tuesday Trivia Night 6:30p

Frans Lanting: Land of the Jaguars $25-$45 3&7p

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

Comedy Night 9p

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

The Joint Chiefs 7:30p

First & Third Celtic Jam

Live DJ

Live DJ Touch’d Too Much 8:30p-12a

Trivia 7:30p Dennis Dove Open Jam 7-11p

Alex Lucero 7-11p

Steelhorse

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135

John Craigie August Sun

Grampa’s Chili w/Southern Pacific Deadgrass

String band interpreting the music of Jerry Garcia $15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 8:30P Fri Mar 1

SUN

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Local Rock, Psychedelic, Americana and More… $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Wed Feb 27

2/2

The Van Burdon Project

Local Rock Favorites $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Sat Feb 23

SAT

Kyle Rowland Free 6p

Humorous Storytelling, Serious Folk $27 adv./$27 door seated - <21 w/parent 8:00PM Fri Feb 22

2/1

Blues Mechanics Free 6p

Bon Jovi Tribute $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Mon Feb 18

FRI

Lloyd Whitley Free 6p

Traditional Musician of the Year 2018 – Gradam Ceoil Award $18 adv./$20 door seated - ages 21+ 8:30PM Sat Feb 16

1/31

Rocking the Bay Area! $10 adv/$12 Dance – ages 21+ 9PM

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

THU

Quique Gómez 6-8p

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

1/30

Aki Kumar & Little Jonny Lawton Free 6p

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

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

Alex Lucero

Soulful Rock and Roll $10 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 9PM Sat Feb 23

Freestone Peaches

Wed Feb 27

Shawn & Lehua

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

Hawaiian and folk-inflected original songs $18 adv./$20 door seated - <21 w/parent 7:30PM COMIN G RIGH T U P

Fri, Mar 8 Sat, Mar 9 Fri, Mar 15

The Boys of Summer What the Funk!

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

Wednesday, Jan. 30 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

AMIGO THE DEVIL

plus Harley Poe

Thursday, January 31 • Ages 16+

TRITONAL

LIL XAN

Friday, February 1 Ages 16+ Friday, Feb. 1 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+ PREZI Saturday, February 2 • Ages 16+

RJD2

plus Memba

BADFISH

A TRIBUTE TO SUBLIME

Tuesday, February 5 • Ages 16+

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POLE POSITIONS Tomasz Kot and Joanna Kulig play lovers in Soviet-era Poland

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very shot is thrilling in Cold War, Pawel Pawlikowski’s follow up to Ida. Like Roma, Cold War is a testimony to the power of black and white cinema.

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.” It’s the perplexity summed up by that famous shot of the mile-long supermarket aisle in The Hurt Locker. Trauma makes it hard to appreciate bounty.

The protagonist, Joanna Kulig’s

lovely and infuriating Zula, is one of those Slavic types who can never really get comfortable with the frivolousness of the West. The easy morals of Paris disgust her; this movie is sort of an anti-Ninotchka.

Cold War is also a study of the problem of authenticity in art—whether something pure can survive when it’s touched, either as propaganda in the East, or as material to be bought and sold in the West.

Most of all, Cold War is a lustrous romance between a Michael Fassbinder-ish pianist, Wiktor (Tomasz Kot), and the younger singer Zula, whose life is clouded by a crime she committed when she was a girl.

In 1949 Poland, Wiktor and his team are out in a tin-sided van—

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song-hunting in the muddy snows, searching for authentic folkloric sounds. They put up a mic in front of a toothless shouter, a woman pumping a foot-powered accordion, and a grubby little girl in a patched sweater. (His driver grumbles, “In my village, every drunk sings like this.”)

After this, Wiktor’s newest job is turning a mansion the Communists seized into a music school. He decides to accept one potential rural student, a blonde girl with a big if aimless voice. It’s not the voice that interests him, it’s her look of self-amused sullenness.

Wiktor starts seeing Zula, but there’s trouble from the beginning.

On her back in the summer grass, she tells Wiktor, “I’ll be with you

until the end of the world.” Beat.

“I’m ratting on you.”

Zula’s forced tattling to the Communist higher-ups is the first sign of trouble in an affair that lasts more than a decade. There’s one missed chance for them after another, all over Europe. First, there’s an attempted defection in Berlin, and then, years later, an encounter in the walled medieval town of Split.

This seaside city is in the allegedly unaligned nation of Yugoslavia, but Wiktor finds out he’s still within the grasp of the political goons.

With every passing year, Zula is more worn away by vodka and the mediocrity of the music she has to perform, not to mention the company of the oaf infatuated with her—the commissar Kaczmarek (Borys Szyc). She’s not moving like a young girl anymore.

The true lovers get a bit of freedom in Paris, but there Zula seeks out hurt, proof of love and evidence of betrayal. It should be annoying to watch her acting out, but the excellent Kulig makes you understand Zula’s fury, and her loathing of any compromise.

As in Ida, Pawlikowski excels at summing up the Communist empire.

He shows us the way that “the lever of love”—to borrow a phrase from Nabokov—was used to manipulate rebels into compliance, as well as the Soviets’ kitschy diversions and vicious punishments. Cold War has the heart of an epic, a smart one, burrowing into its settings and describing the bitter flavor of two different brands of moral crumble.

It’s ironic that we perceive something romantic in that Iron Curtain—as romantic as the wall in the legend of Pyramus and Thisbe.

Here’s something that’s been making people tear up since Bowie’s Heroes or The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

In Cold War there’s everything the best spy films had of cynical distrust, and of love that’s a matter of life and death. On a level of entertainment alone, it’s the smart version of A Star is Born.

COLD WAR Written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. Starring Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot and Borys Szyc. R; 88 minutes.

FILM NEW RELEASES COLD WAR Reviewed this issue.

(R) 88 minutes.

DESTROYER Crime dramas aren’t necessarily the type of movies that get a lot of awards buzz. But this one is different, thanks to Nicole Kidman turning in one of those “you won’t even recognize this famous person”-type of performances. She plays an LAPD detective who gets wrapped up in a John Doe murder in unexpected ways. (Side note: Why are people always murdering the lead singer of X? He’s a really nice guy, leave him alone!) Directed by Karyn Kusama. Co-starring Bradley Whitford, Sebastian Stan and Tatiana Maslany. (R) 121 minutes.

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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

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) GREEN BOOK After earning a well-deserved Supporting Actor Oscar for Moonlight, the versatile Mahershala Ali tries something completely different in this seriousminded, yet entertaining view of racism in the American South, ca 1962, as experienced by a workingclass white guy from Brooklyn hired to drive a cultured black pianist on a concert tour through the Deep South. Directed by Peter

Farrelly and based on a true story, its portrait of century-old racist attitudes still so deeply ingrained in everyday life could be (and often is) chilling. But the movie succeeds on the chemistry between its excellent stars, Ali as the reserved, morally particular pianist, and Viggo Mortensen as his gregarious, tough-guy driver, forging a hard-won alliance against institutional racism and their own personal prejudices.

Co-starring Linda Cardellini, Mike Hatton and Sebastian Maniscalco.

(PG-13) 130 minutes. (LJ) 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-chair-at-theRNC 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)

ROMA Don't go to Roma expecting an action movie. The story builds slowly, its effects a gradual process of accumulated details. Events that might be huge crescendos in a more traditional narrative—birth, death, violence, heroism, heartbreak—roll in and out of this movie with the same steady rhythm as the wash water that ebbs and flows across a tiled hallway floor in the film’s lengthy opening shot.

Victories are small. Tragedies are muted. Life goes on. It’s another intriguing departure in tone and style for Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, a chameleon of a storyteller well known for the diversity of his films. In Roma, he explores his own roots in the suburban district of Mexico City where he grew up. Shot in pristine, almost sculptural black-and-white, and beautifully composed in terms of both visuals and sound, it’s a cinematic dose of deep yoga breathing, slowing down the heart rate while inviting us to observe and appreciate the small details that make up a life.

Starring Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira and Carlos Peralta. (R) 135 minutes. (LJ) 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) SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Spider-Man, Spider-Man/Doing whatever several alternative universes full of Spider-Men can/Are there a lot?/Listen bub/Even Nicholas Cage/Voices one/Look out!/Here comes a new animated Spider-Man movie! Featuring the voices of Jake Johnson, Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld and Mahershala Ali. (PG) 117 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) VICE Political dramas can be deathly dull, but one look at the trailer for Vice and it’s clear that this is not one of them. Christian Bale as Dick Cheney, somehow looking exactly like Dick Cheney?

Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush?

Are you kidding me? All in the service of writer-director Adam McKay’s funny-scary take on how one vice president usurped the White House and altered the course of history. Co-starring Amy Adams, Steve Carell and Jesse Plemons. (R) 132 minutes. (SP)

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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.

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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)

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FOOD & DRINK Somewhere into my third year of business, I was a crazed creative pastaman. I was coming up with some unusual ravioli fillings. There was the New Mex-style ravioli with goat cheese, black beans, chipotle, and mint. I had curried yam ravioli called “Yamosa,” and a Cajunseasoned filling with smoked tofu.

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NOODLE LANDMARK Mike Ruymen is celebrating 30 years of his Pasta Mike’s line. PHOTO: JULES HOLDSWORTH

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Look Back in Pasta A Q&A with Mike Ruymen, purveyor of pasta, pesto and other Italian delights BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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MIKE RUYMEN: I love food, which is why I became a cook at the age of 17. I left New York for California and missed my mom’s home cooking.

After the first few years the business was going good, and that gave me confidence. I had some obstacles along the way, but in my heart I knew this was my destiny. Now as I look back I’m just like, ‘Wow.’ I really accomplished my vision to bring an honest quality product to the community.

What products have worked best for you in terms of consumer demand?

I have definitely streamlined my products to what people like. My fresh fettuccine with my classic alfredo sauce is a classic combo. Raviolis such as portabella mushroom, eggplant parmesan, and the spinach, feta and olive also sell well, catering to the more eclectic taste buds. There is also a following for my vegan raviolis. One has cashew and roasted red peppers, and the other has pesto with almonds and tofu.

Were there some false starts? Some experiments that didn’t make the cut?

Well, where do I start (laughs)?

My seasonal raviolis are my most recent. The sweet potato ones spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg and a dash of cayenne are really good with browned butter and sage on a rainy winter day. The roasted asparagus with Jarlsberg cheese used to be seasonal. Now I can find organic asparagus throughout the year. I added my traditional cheese ravioli a few years back, which was my grandmother’s recipe told to me by my elderly aunt 25 years ago. She said so sweet and simply, ‘Ricotta, egg, parsley, and pepper. That’s all.’

Do you eat your own pasta? or do you find yourself fantasizing about other food, for example sushi?

I absolutely eat my own pasta, on average one or two times a week. How could I not after a long day of work and a fridge full of fresh pasta? So easy, so delicious. Having so many varieties keeps it fresh for me. I’ll crave cheese ravioli with marinara to satisfy my childhood memories of my mom’s cooking. Sometimes I need the comfort of carbs with cream and have a bowl of pappardelle with alfredo sauce. My personal favorite is my pesto tossed with al dente angel hair, boiled for one minute only. I’ll also add vegetables or Italian sausage to turn it up.

I’d like to thank all the Santa Cruz pasta lovers for their support. Thank you!

Congratulations Mike on 30 delicious years. And FYI—my personal favorite Pasta Mike’s product is the eggplant and cheese ravioli. Light, easy to fix and loaded with flavor!

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Tuesday, Feb. 5 - Santa Cruz Brew Cruz Hazed & Confused Tour at Burger in Aptos: Local craft brewery tour company Brew Cruz is hosting two public tours during SF Beer Week.

The Hazed & Confused Tour starts at Burger in Aptos and travels through South County, stopping at Corralitos Brewing, Elkhorn Slough Brewery and Ranch Milk to taste some truly dank IPAs. Wednesday, Feb. 6 - Good Time Lady Friends Tap Takeover at Aptos Street BBQ: Friends and brewery owners Fran Fitzharris of Brewery TwentyFive, Adair Paterno of Sante Adairius

Rustic Ales and Emily Thomas of Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing will bring beers from their respective breweries for a tap takeover at Aptos Street BBQ. Friday, Feb. 8 - Twisted Tasting 2019 at Santa Cruz Civic: The Grand Dame of local SF Beer Week events, this year’s Twisted Tasting promises to blast guests’ taste buds into outer space with a galactic theme.

Breweries, beverage businesses and local food purveyors bring their most twisted, creative brews and bites for an always-spectacular event that benefits the Arts Council.

Saturday, Feb. 9 - Lamb’s Wool Mulled Beer Release at Shanty Shack Brewing: If you’re still in the mood to expand your taste buds after Twisted Tasting, head over to Shanty Shack for their annual release of a mulled ale heated with butter and spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Yes, it’s served warm.

Sunday, Feb. 10 - Pucker Up Sunday at Lupulo Craft Beer House: For those who like a beer that bites back, you won’t want to miss this competitive lineup of funky, sour and tart beers.

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or those taking a break from alcohol during “Dry January,” there is a light at the end of the tunnel: San Francisco Beer Week returns on Feb. 1 with a week of craft beer events that spill down the Central Coast. There will be 14 distinct events at breweries and beer-centric businesses in Santa Cruz County to showcase special suds through Feb. 10. Here are a few highlights. The full list of events for the “coast” region can be seen at sfbeerweek.org.

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he label of Madson Winery’s 2016 Merlot-Cabernet Franc blend is stark white and etched in black ink, the outlines of four faces melding together in an abstract design.

It’s eye-catching in its artistic simplicity—though the blend of 73 percent Merlot and 27 percent Cab Franc is anything but basic.

Grapes for this wine were harvested in the Santa Cruz Mountains from the rich soils of Rene’s Vineyard in the Los Altos Hills, resulting in a vibrant blend awash with intense flavors of black cherries, anise and clove. Incorporating the Cab Franc, a perfect blending grape, adds nuanced notes of coffee, tobacco and spice. Pair it with meat, fish, cheese, and pasta. For the cherry on top, the bottle is topped with an attractive red-wax seal.

Madson Winery is a fairly new setup, started last year by winemaker Cole Thomas and viticulturist Ken Swegles after the pair met on a bottling line in 2013.

In 2016, after “traveling, tasting and working in wine,” they decided to make wine under their own label,

which they officially got off the ground in the spring of 2018.

In addition to the Merlot-Cab Franc ($28 at the Summit Store), they also make Chardonnay, Rose of Carignan, and Syrah. A former assistant winemaker at Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard, Thomas gained quality experience working with winery owner Jeff Emery. I’m sure we can look forward to many more fine wines from Madson.

Cole Thomas can be contacted at madsonwines@gmail.com. Ken Swegles can be contacted at ken@ rhizosviticulture.com.

TRINI BADILLA’S SALSA Annie and Nathon Daellenbach are turning out some deliciously zesty salsas under their Trini Badilla’s Salsa label.

Freshly made in Santa Cruz with non-GMO ingredients, these are salsas to be reckoned with. They can be found at many local food stores, including Staff of Life, Aptos Natural Foods and Shopper’s Corner.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES FEBRUARY FESTIVALS AND CHINESE NEW YEAR St. Brigid’s Day, Candlemas, Groundhog Day, Imbolc, Aquarius new moon—these are the beginning of February’s festivals. All of them have to do with uplifting humanity from the darkness of winter to the new light of spring. These are mid-winter festivals and rituals. Rituals build the rainbow bridge between heaven and earth. Rituals balance us. Monday is the new moon festival, 16 degrees Aquarius. At new moon times, we support and uphold all the unified endeavors (10 seed groups serving humanity) of the New Group of World Servers (NGWS).

Tuesday is Chinese Lunar New Year of the Yin Earth Pig (1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007, 2019), a scrupulous sort of character and the 12th (final) of the zodiac animals. Pig is a symbol of wealth and prosperity. Pigs enjoy themselves, while also being very practical and realistic. They work

hard and seek security, are energetic and very enthusiastic, and often in positions of power.

Earth pigs are friends with everyone. They are happy, fortunate, not very romantic, gentle, focused, trusting and optimistic. Though C very knowledgeable, they don’t talk much. Their homes are orderly and M organized. Pig loves healthy and harmonious living.

Children bring them great joy. So do those born in Y tiger, rabbit and goat years. Chinese Earth element CM years are like a pause in the seasons.

This Earth Yin Year of the Pig is an ending year, MY completing a 12-year cycle. It’s good this year to CY be yielding, soft and receptive, have fun and be playful, replenishing one’s energy. It is also a time CMY to complete things, finish projects. Look around, gather what is not needed and give it away. Next K year, a new cycle begins.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Are you dreaming more, feeling more intuitive, sensitive, perhaps hurting and remembering more? Are you inspired and insightful? Prayer, meditation, study, and retreats are good for you at this time, allowing more gentleness to emerge, providing you with compassionate care. These help you integrate when placed within an Aquarian group, when asked to be the leader and invited to visit the future. The world is reflected within you.

Think about what you want to be doing daily—what job, career, occupation, work, artistry and vocation your life truly needs to pursue. If you don’t know, ask yourself, and then the information subtly appears. Share with everyone your hopes, dreams and wishes. In the coming year, your health greatly improves, you become stronger and more resilient. For vitality, have a salad with each meal. And for companionship, have a bird, a cat or a fish for a pet.

TAURUS Apr21–May21

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

You have one important task: to focus on health, tend to your bones, take more calcium and magnesium, and not let yourself get cold. You must use your pragmatism to care for yourself with greater concern. As your life becomes more demanding, you will also have to discern and choose what’s best—to be out and about, leading everyone into the future, or remaining at home nurturing your physical body back to perfect health. Use homeopathic tinctures.

Don’t go down the road of regular investments thinking you’re lucky and the economy will improve soon. Don’t take risks with your money and resources. Instead begin serious preparation for a new economy to unfold looking much different than what we’re used to. Don’t speculate. Instead study books on greenhouses and bio shelters, gold and silver, and use your resources to create new era environments that sustain you. Scorpio knows these things. Follow them.

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GEMINI May 22–June 20

CANCER Jun21–Jul20 A new and different level of life has been given to you, and it’s quite fascinating. It makes you feel generous, and for the first time in a long time, you feel gratitude to be alive. There’s a new exploration into a time or a reality that was unknown to you. Now it’s presenting itself and you in turn want to participate fully. This changes your inner life. You are happy. You share revelations and understandings with others.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22

So many different ideas flow through your mind. Perhaps you’re thinking of moving again. Perhaps it’s to return home. It’s always good to live near a body of water. There is a benevolence occurring in your home and family life.

Interest in genealogy, family tree, relatives and loved ones, the place of early nurturance. These nourish you until the next phase of personal development appears. Things are happening quickly. Take heart. You’re at the center.

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 In the next months, your thinking becomes deep, serious and practical. Questions occur about previous lives regarding the behaviors of others. You shift from vague criticism and unknowingness to intentions for goodwill, which brings grace and goodness to all interactions. You realize you are always doing your best. And others are, too.

You help others who’ve lost their way. Begin writing what you do each day. You have many important things to say.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18

Observe yourself becoming more kind, perceptive and wise, more intuitive and enlightened in terms of others, especially those you work with and care for. Someone or something or some words will assist you in a shift into greater and deeper awareness of spiritual realities. This comes through intimacy, money, resources, art and/or dreams. Love is good. Bring it into the light. The animal kingdom calls.

This coming year you will seek to have abundant money and resources for the important things in your life. That means being more attentive to the well-being of your finances. Use resources to help others. Pay off all debts, including credit cards. There is something you really want and need—write it down daily. Talk to the angels and devas around you. Tell them of your needs. Ask them to help you. That’s their job.

Have faith that what you need will appear in right timing.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22

PISCES Feb19–Mar20

You will relate better and better with others—especially those close to you—if you allow your creativity to come forth. You will then bloom and flourish, increase, thrive and prosper. Then you will find yourself a greater support to others, giving true and clear guidance where needed. Challenge nothing and no one. Offer compassionate understanding instead. It nourishes your heart.

They say that good fortune, sunshine, blessings, grace and beauty will follow you this year. And that self-confidence and a new sense of self-identity will flourish. These are all good things. In the meantime, maintain and fulfill all responsibilities and obligations, tithe generously and consistently, and be careful with diet. Eat lightly, drink celery juice, raw beets with lemon, and make tea with lemongrass and nettles. This is Pisces preparing for springtime.

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Something beneficent, benevolent and bountiful happens between you and the world, you and your inner life, and those around you. If you allow it, your soul inspires, encourages and guides you from within. With careful study, years of preparation, and viewing the past in terms of your great and wonderful gifts, pathways open, choices and commitments are made, and abundance settles into your heart. Important times for you.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ.PETITION OF MAX DAVID MOORMAN CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.18CV03697. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner MAX DAVID MOORMAN has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: MAX DAVID MOORMAN to: MAX DAVID FERRERO. 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 February 11, 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: December 26, 2018. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan 9, 16, 23, & 30.

Santa Cruz. HEART OF CAREGIVING PETS, LLC. 114 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. AI# 12310305. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: HEART OF CAREGIVING. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 4/23/2018. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on December 26, 2018. Jan. 9, 16, 23, & 30.

above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 2, 2019. Jan. 16, 23, 30 & Feb. 6.

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

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.

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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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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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 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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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018-0002013 The following Individual is doing business as WISTERIA GATE. 2935 WILLOWBROOK LANE, APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. MICHAEL DIOSZEGI. 2935 WILLOWBROOK LANE, APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MICHAEL DIOSZEGI. 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 December 26, 2018. Jan. 9, 16, 23, & 30.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018-0001989 The following Corporation is doing business as CHRISTIE FAMILY DENTISTRY. 550 WATER STREET, E-1., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. MARK R. CHRISTIE, DDS, INC. 704 ESCOLONA DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. Al# 4092453. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: MARK R. CHRISTIE, DDS, INC. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/1/2014. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on December 17, 2018. Jan. 9, 16, 23, & 30.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018-0002014The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as HEART OF CAREGIVING PETS, HEART OF HOMES TO BUY. 114 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME. The following person (persons) have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: GUANG ZHO CHINESE RESTAURANT. 3150 PORTOLA DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on: 6/13/2017 GUANG ZHO CHINESE RESTAURANT. 3150 PORTOLA DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business was conducted by: INDIVIDUAL: MO QIXIN AND YUEE LI. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on the date indicated by the file stamp: Filed: December 27, 2018. File No.2017-0001018. Jan. 9, 16, 23, & 30.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018-0001983 The following Individual is doing business as AFRICAN NECTAR FARMING AND CONSULTING. 1641 ESCALONA DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. DARRIN PETZER. 1641 ESCALONA DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DARRIN PETZER. 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 December 17, 2018. Jan. 9, 16, 23, & 30.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2018-0002015 The following Individual is doing business as GUANG ZHO CHINESE RESTAURANT. 3150 PORTOLA DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz.

JIE HUI HE. 1606 HERITAGE LANE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JIE HUI HE. 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 December 26, 2018. Jan. 9, 16, 23, & 30.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 2019-0000001 The following Individual is doing business as URBAN GOLD. 122 HOLWAY DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. County of Santa Cruz.

JOHN FRANCIS DERUOSI. 122 HOLWAY DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JOHN FRANCIS DERUOSI. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed

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 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

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 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

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.

County of Santa Cruz. DARCY KATHERINE ROBERTSON. 3912 PORTOLA DRIVE #211, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DARCY KATHERINE 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 WITH CHANGE FILE NO. 2019-0000074. The following Individual is doing business as MARGINS WINE. 675 PINE FLAT RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz.

MARGINS WINE LLC. 675 PINE FLAT RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. AL#34710446 This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MEGAN BELL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 11/1/2015. Original FBN number: 2015-0001872. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 11, 2019.

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REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE WITH CHANGE NO. 2019-0000127 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. Original FBN number: 2016-0000682.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January

REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE WITH CHANGE NO. 2019-0000135 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. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on January 18, 2019. Jan. 30, Feb 6, 13, & 20.

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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 STARBOARD CT., SOQUEL, CA 95073. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JENNIFER DANU SCHOECK 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 Dec. 31, 2018. Jan. 30, Feb 6, 13, & 20.

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 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 23, 2019.

Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 30, Feb 6, 13, & 20.

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Provoking thought since 1990 Today’s question: In a market where everything sells quickly and for more money...how does the unthinkable happen? As in: Why are there still places that don’t sell quickly? Ones that languish on the market for a long time before reducing their price?

I’m thinking about a Westside listing that came on recently. The kind of place that checked all the boxes: four bedrooms, single level, large yard. Plenty of buyers were lined up for the first open house, pre-approval letters clutched in their hands. Warm and fuzzy “seller letters” already written in their heads.

This one was supposed to fly off the market!

But then? Nothing happened. Lots of showings. Tons of calls. Hundreds of hits online. But no offers. By the second week, the dynamic shifted. By the third it was completely different. Traffic dwindled to a motley collection of curiosity-seekers, looky-loos and low-ballers starting to smell blood in the water. Finally, a month later, the price came down $100,000 and it sold.

So what happened? Why didn’t it sell in a market where everything sells? What dark and mysterious forces conspired to create a less-than-hoped-for outcome for the unfortunate seller? More importantly, how can someone else avoid the same situation?

A wise Realtor once said the story of every listing could be written as a Greek play. Each, a real life drama embodying elements of irony, pathos, tragedy and humor. The fickle gods of fate testing the frailties of the human condition. Wait a minute...I said that. And it is still true!

Hubris is the tragic flaw responsible for the downfall of most listings that don’t sell. Too much ego and too much pride make some sellers think it’s possible to succeed without really trying. Doesn’t matter what the price is, they figure. Or how a house is prepared for sale. Why fix it up or stage it? All those buyers are lining up out there.

But everything sells only until it doesn’t. And that’s when it really costs you. Despite how it looks, those buyers aren’t really tripping over themselves to pay more for your house. They always want to pay less. And if you give them the chance, that’s what they’re going to do.

Think of it this way: everything sells. But not everything sells for the most money possible.

That’s why you should hire a good agent and resolve to take their advice. If your house doesn’t sell in this market, you can always blame it on the gods or bad timing or a bad agent. But in the end…it’s your own fault.

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6 medium cloves garlic Kosher salt 1-1/2 lb skirt steak, trimmed and cut into 4 pieces Freshly ground black pepper 2 Tbs. canola or vegetable oil 2 oz. (4 Tbs.) unsalted butter 1 Tbs. chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

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In an 8-inch skillet, melt the butter over low heat.

Add the garlic and cook, swirling the pan frequently, until lightly golden, about 4 minutes. Lightly salt to taste.

Slice the steak, if you like, and transfer to 4 plates.

Spoon the garlic butter over the steak, sprinkle with parsley, and serve.

Serve with something that would also benefit from a hit of garlic such as spinach or mashed potatoes.

WILD HORSE GSM 2013 Shopper’s Special 6.99!!

■ PERONI, Nastro Azzurro, 6Pk Btls, 11.2oz/ 8.99 +CRV ■ SIERRA NEVADA, Asst 12pks, 12oz/ 15.99 +CRV ■ OMNIPOLLO, Lustro Imperial IPA, 4Pk Cans, 12oz/ 9.99

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Local Bakeries “Fresh Daily” ■ BECKMANN’S Asiago Cheese – Petite Home Bake/ 4.99

■ MILD OR HOT ITALIAN SAUSAGE/ 5.98 Lb ■ PORK BREAKFAST LINKS/ 4.98 Lb ■ POLISH KIELBASA LINKS/ 6.98 Lb ■ SILVA LINGUICA LINKS/ 6.98 Lb ■ CAJUN ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE/ 6.98 Lb

Pat the steak dry and season generously on both sides with salt and pepper. In a heavy-duty 12-inch skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat until shimmering hot. Add the steak and brown well on both sides, 2 to 3 minutes per side for medium rare. Transfer the steak to a plate and let rest while you make the garlic butter.

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■ LACROIX Sparkling Water, 8Pk, 12oz Cans/ 3.99

■ BABY BACK PORK RIBS/ 4.69 Lb ■ PORK SHOULDER ROAST/ 3.29 Lb

Peel the garlic cloves and smash them with the side of a chef’s knife. Sprinkle the garlic lightly with salt and mince it.

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■ BAY SHRIMP MEAT, Fully Cooked/ 12.98 Lb ■ AHI TUNA STEAKS, Thick Cut/ 14.98 Lb

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■ 2015 PUERTO VIEJO Pinot Noir (Reg 12.99)/ 4.99

■ CARR VALLEY BREAD CHEESE, Cow’s Milk/ 3.89 ■ 2017 14 HANDS Washington (Reg 13.99)/ 7.99

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■ JAVA BOB’S COFFEE “The Connoisseur’s Choice” 12oz/ 9.99

■ 2016 CHALK HILL Rosé (Reg 28.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2015 WENTE Livermore Valley (Reg 20.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2017 CLOUD CHASER Côtes de Provence (Reg 24.99)/ 9.99

Connoisseur’s Corner- Absolute Steals ■ 2013 ZACA MESA Z Cuvée (91WE, Reg 24.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2015 MERCER ESTATE Merlot (Reg 26.99)/ 11.99 ■ 2013 FRANCIS COPPOLA Pitagora Red (Reg 31.99)/ 13.99

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■ GIZDICH JAMS 11oz/ 6.99

(93JS, Reg 34.99)/ 14.99

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Occupation: Retired landscape gardener Hobbies: Attending to 95 rose bushes/giving away free bouquets, family, cooking What was your first impression of Shopper’s? Aside from the beautiful hardwood floors, I recall the long-time checkers back then such as Dorothy, Shirley and Gloria.And the produce, which to this day, is so lovely with all the colors and how it’s arranged. Being a long-time landscape gardener, I’ll notice a store’s produce.

Shopper’s has the best, and it’s really fresh! And the variety… and oh my gosh the mushrooms…

You can’t find such great selections anywhere else.And everything is priced really well. Locallyowned makes a big difference. I know Jim and Andre, and I knew Bud, a real character!

What do you like to cook? I love chicken, I love fish. Shopper’s butchers take good care of me. If I’m making chicken parmesan, they’ll slice the breast in three pieces then pound it to tenderize it. I recently made beef bourguignon for friends following a Julia Childs’ recipe. I used a tri-tip from Shopper’s and it was fabulous!

I tend to cook simply but I do like some of Shopper’s specialty products such as their pinot noir vinegar, which I use on beets. So good!

Shopper’s cheeses prevent cheese boredom, and they carry my favorite salsa, Robert’s. Shopper’s is always a fun experience.

How so? Well, I almost always run into friends and neighbors when shopping here. Plus the wine selection is great — that’s fun — and it’s all over the store! Wine guys Paul and Jeff are very helpful if you ever need assistance. I also feel acknowledged and enjoy friendly conversations with the crew. Basically everything is quality at Shopper’s and the pricing is good for what you get. Fun story: My parents had separated and my mother moved from Gilroy to Santa Cruz.When my parents got back together, she said,’Oh, no!

Now I won’t be able to shop at Shopper’s Corner!’ My mother loved it here.

“Being a long-time landscape gardener, I notice a store’s produce. Shopper’s has the best, and it’s really fresh!”

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