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EDITOR’S NOTE We were saddened here at GT to hear of the passing of longtime friend of the paper Angelo Grova in July. With his groundbreaking FashionArt shows, Angelo obviously had a huge impact on Santa Cruz culture. But he changed how we wrote about fashion here in the alternative press here, too. Back in the day, the annual “fashion issue” was a joke.

We always seemed to end up writing some variation on the tired cliché about how Santa Cruz had no fashion.

I’m sure it was as much of a drag for readers as it was for us.

But Angelo changed all that with FashionArt. Suddenly, there was something exciting to write about in

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Re: “Click Work” (GT, 9/4): Louie, Louie, Louie, thank you so much for going where no one has gone before (with such LGBT glamour) in the history of the Ville. YouTube!

Some may question the need for a video on how to dance at quinceañeras, but you filled a need long empty in our social knowledge. As a retired teacher who has been invited to many quinceañeras, I often struggled to decide how I should dance at this occasion. Do I bust a move, or behave as society deems appropriate in the role of teacher?

Best wishes to you from a 66-year-old gay Latino admirer from the Ville. I do believe you were at Pajaro Pride in August at the YWCA. We look forward to your comedy routines on YouTube and elsewhere.

Thank you for your courage and the ganas to be who you are. You are helping to end homophobia in Watsonville.

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COMPROMISED BY ANONYMITY Name Withheld By Request’s letter (GT, 9/4) makes some interesting points about

the world of Santa Cruz fashion. There were bold, eye-grabbing photos of pieces by local designers and artists.

That talent may always have been here, but Angelo gave it a showcase.

You can see Angelo’s legacy in this week’s cover story by Susan Landry on Pivot: The Art of Fashion.

Rose Sellery and Tina Brown, who both worked with Angelo on FashionArt before starting Pivot, have long been two of the most innovative fashion mavens in this area. And they are fostering new talent, like 18-year-old designer Josie Harris, whose “American Gothic” in this year’s show is both a wearable art piece and a political statement on gun violence. That Santa Cruz can now have something as edgy and challenging as her work in its largest fashion show is a testament to what Angelo started here, and this fashion issue is dedicated to his memory.

PHOTO CONTEST KICKING IT A martial arts class at Seacliff Beach last Saturday. Photograph by Eric Olsen.

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local government, but their argument, complete with apocalyptic sign-off, is fatally compromised by their anonymity. Good Times should require public identification of such writers or not publish their letters. Democratic discourse depends on accountability, and Name Withheld, like Antifa vandals and Klansmen under their hoods, should come out and make their case openly, not hide behind a cowardly disguise. The same goes for any replies.

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COURAGE, NOT COWARDICE No wonder the anonymous letter writer from last week refused to be identified. I too would be embarrassed to put my name to such a letter. This person obviously feels passion for the cause, whatever it is, but is too cowardly to let others know that they subscribe to these beliefs.

As someone who has received hate mail and lost business because of the letters I have written, I understand why someone might not want to publicize their beliefs, but I have never asked for a newspaper to publish my letters without attribution. I believe that this newspaper erred in publishing a letter without disclosing the author. I think that we

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Ah, at long last, how we have waited for this moment! We now bid adieu to the days when readers of the Santa Cruz Sentinel’s online edition used to lose their voices screaming at their computer screens. That’s because the local daily announced on Thursday, Sept. 5, that it was finally doing away with its online comment section, at least for now. In an editorial, the paper argued that it did not have the resources to make a staffer sit on the page full-time to “babysit” forums rife with bigotry and name-calling.

Speaking of local media, the new upstart media company Santa Cruz Local finished its first-ever membership drive on Wednesday, Sept. 4. Launched by two Sentinel alumni this year, the group has been releasing free podcasts, with extra perks available to those who join. Santa Cruz Local has now reached 150 members, and the company hopes to reach 350 members by Dec. 31.

Memberships range from $9 per month to $1,000 a year. For more information, visit santacruzlocal.org.

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If you could take one thing from Santa Cruz back to your country, what would it be?

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I would take the beach with me, because it’s lovely.

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The energy of the people, the vibes from Santa Cruz. It’s the best thing here, apart from the landscape.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of September 11 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 Hi, I’m your sales representative for UnTherapy, a free program designed to provide healing strategies for people who are trying too hard. Forgive me for being blunt, but I think you could benefit from our services. I don’t have space here to reveal all the secrets of UnTherapy, but here;s an essential hint: every now and then, the smartest way to outwit a problem is to stop worrying, let it alone and allow it to solve itself.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 People in Northeast India weave long, strong suspension bridges out of the living roots of fig trees. The structures can measure up to 150 feet and bear the weight of hundreds of people. In accordance with astrological omens, let’s make these marvels your metaphors of power for the coming weeks. To stimulate your meditations, ask yourself the following questions: 1. How can you harness nature to help you get where you need to go? 2. How might you transform instinctual energy so that it better serves your practical needs? 3. How could you channel wildness so that it becomes eminently useful to you?

GEMINI May21–June20 If you climb to the top of Mt. Everest, you’re standing on land that was once on the floor of a shallow tropical sea; 400-million-year-old fossils of marine life still abide there in the rock. Over the course of eons, through the magic of plate tectonics, that low, flat land got folded and pushed upwards more than 5 miles. I suspect you Geminis will have the power to accomplish a less spectacular but still amazing transformation during the next 10 months. To get started, identify what you would like that transformation to be.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22 In 1996, when Gary Kasparov was rated the world’s best chess player, he engaged in a series of matches with a chess-playing computer named Deep Blue. Early on in the first game, Deep Blue tried a move that confused Kasparov. Rattled, he began to wonder if the machine was smarter than him. Ultimately, his play suffered, and he lost the game. Later, it was revealed that Deep Blue’s puzzling move was the result of a bug in its code. I’ll encourage you to cultivate a benevolent bug in your own code during the coming weeks, Cancerian. I bet it will be the key to you scoring a tricky victory.

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American hero Harriet Tubman escaped slavery as a young woman. She ran away from the wealthy “master” who claimed to “own” her, and reached sanctuary. But rather than simply enjoy her freedom, she dedicated herself to liberating other slaves. Nineteen times she returned to enemy territory and risked her life, ultimately leading 300 people out of hellish captivity. Later she served as a scout, spy and nurse in the Union Army during the Civil War, where her actions saved another 700 people. In 1874, the U.S. Congress considered, but then ultimately rejected, a bill to pay her $2,000 for her numerous courageous acts. Don’t you dare be like Congress in the coming weeks, Leo. It’s crucial that you give tangible acknowledgment and practical rewards to those who have helped, guided and supported you.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Novelist Wallace Stegner wrote, “Some are born in their place, some find it, some realize after long searching that the place they left is the one they have been searching for.” I hope that in the last nine months, Virgo, you have resolved which of those three options is true for you. I also trust that you have been taking the necessary actions to claim and own that special place—to acknowledge it and treasure it as the power spot where you feel most at home in the world. If you have not yet fully finished what I’m describing here, do it now.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22 Earth’s species are going extinct at a rate unmatched

since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago. Among the creatures on the verge of being lost forever are birds like the cryptic treehunter and spix’s macaw, as well as the northern white rhino and the vaquita, a type of porpoise. So why don’t we clone the last few individuals of those beleaguered species? Here are the answers: 1.

Cloned animals typically aren’t healthy. 2. A species needs a sizable population to retain genetic diversity; a few individuals aren’t sufficient. 3. Humans have decimated the homes of the threatened species, making it hard for them to thrive. Conclusion: Cloning is an inadequate stopgap action. Is there a better way to address the problem? Yes, by preserving the habitats of wild creatures. Inspired by this principle, Libra, I ask you to avoid trying halfway fixes for the dilemmas in your personal sphere. Summon full measures that can really work.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Though patched together and incomplete, the 2,200-year-old marble sculpture known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace is prominently displayed at Paris’s Louvre Museum. It’s a glorious depiction of Nike, the winged goddess of victory, and is regarded as one of ancient Greece’s great masterpieces. For hundreds of years it was missing. Then, in 1863, an archaeologist discovered it, although it was broken into more than a hundred pieces. Eventually, it was rebuilt, and much of its beauty was resurrected. I see the coming weeks as a time when you, too, could recover the fragments of an old treasure and begin reassembling it to make a pretty good restoration.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 “I’ve learned that I must find positive outlets for anger or it will destroy me,” said actor Sidney Poitier. That can be a dynamic meditation for you during the next three weeks. I think you will derive substantial power from putting it into action. If you’re ingenious and diligent about finding those positive outlets, your anger will generate constructive and transformative results.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 In 1905, at the age of 30, Lucy Maud Montgomery wrote the novel Anne of Green Gables. It was a tale about an orphan girl growing up on Prince Edward Island. She sent the manuscript to several publishers, all of whom rejected it. Discouraged, she put it away in a hatbox and stored it in a closet. But two years later, her ambitions reignited when she re-read the story. Again she mailed it to prospective publishers, and this time one liked it enough to turn it into a book. It soon became a bestseller. Since then it has sold over 50 million copies and been translated into 36 languages. I figure you Capricorns are at a point in your own unfolding that’s equivalent to where Anne was shortly before she rediscovered the manuscript she’d put away in the hatbox.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 The Toxorhynchites are species of large mosquitoes that don’t buzz around our heads while we’re trying to sleep and will never bite our skin or suck our blood. In fact, they’re our benefactors. Their larvae feast on the larvae of the mosquitoes that are bothersome to us. In accordance with astrological omens, I propose that you be alert for a metaphorically comparable influence in your own life: a helper or ally that might be in disguise, or may just superficially seem to be like an adversary.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Audre Lord identified herself as a black writer, lesbian, librarian, mother, feminist, civil rights activist, and many other descriptors. But as ardent as she was in working for the political causes she was passionate about, she didn’t want to be pigeonholed into a single identity. One of her central teachings was to celebrate all the different parts of herself. “Only by learning to live in harmony with your contradictions can you keep it all afloat,” she testified. These approaches should be especially fun and extra meaningful for you in the coming weeks, Pisces.

I encourage you to throw a big Unity Party for all the different people you are.

Homework: “We have been raised to fear the yes within ourselves, our deepest © Copyright 2019 cravings,” wrote Audre Lourde. True for you? freewillastrology.com.

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As far as the content of the letter, it is hard for me to comment without knowing the expertise and knowledge of the writer. On it’s face, it seems to be an off-the-wall ranting of someone who has some knowledge of democracy and

city government and a lot of anger that they are not getting their way, but maybe there is something to the allegations.

Context would help.

Democracy needs people of courage who are not afraid to take a stand. Someone who criticizes public officials anonymously falls far short of this.

I strongly urge the Good Times not to publish letters without identifying the writer. The phrase “Consider the source” is appropriate here.

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HERBAL ANXIETY With changing weather, local producers like Copper Moon Apothecary

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Strange Seasons Copper Moon Apothecary keeps it crunchy BY GEORGIA JOHNSON

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t’s been a year of unpredictable weather. We saw record levels of snow in the Sierras—nearly double the annual average in some places—while peaches in Georgia froze and tornadoes touched down in Massachusetts.

Climate change and this year’s unusual weather are making things a bit more unpredictable for growers everywhere, including those in south Santa Cruz County.

“Everything this year is late,” says Katy Thompson, owner of Copper Moon Apothecary. “I’m seeing a lot of green growth, but not a lot of fruit or blooms. Things are really taking their

time. I’m seeing some changes with the herbs this year. Everything is a little smaller.”

Since starting Copper Moon more than 10 years ago, Thompson has grown most of the herbs she needs, including comfrey, calendula, plantain, and elder, on her 9-acre property in the Larkin Valley. She makes lotions, soaps, bath soaks, cleansers, and live face masks and scrubs by hand using homegrown herbs and locally sourced products.

“At first, I tested everything on my poor friends. I remember selling my first bar of soap at the farmers market. I was so excited,” Thompson

says. “The business grew, and that’s all I wanted to talk about and do. I was collecting seeds and growing herbs and wildcrafting, and I created this big, beautiful monster.”

As we move into citrus season, Thompson says she will start looking to fall’s citrus to make fresh products, like bath and shower scrub. Because she sources everything from her fields and nearby areas, Thompson says the late bloom will affect how she operates this year. “I’m fine for now, but it’s really going to hit me in December and January when I may not have the backstock of dried herbs.”

Other community members have

expressed similar concerns about weird weather patterns this year.

“We are all buzzing around and talking about it in the ag community,” Thompson says. In her case, she may need to buy herbs from other suppliers.

Depending on the farmers market, website and wholesale orders, Thompson will figure out how much to make per week. This week, she’s making all of the products for markets and incorporating herbs that are prime for use, like calendula.

“If you buy a bar of soap from me this weekend at the farmers market, you are going to have big, green flecks of lemongrass because it’s in season right now,” she says. “So fresh lemongrass will go into the soap. But come December or January, there is no fresh lemongrass, so I’ll have to rely on everything I have harvested and dried months ago. The appearance will change dramatically.”

Thompson already ships in sandalwood oil and ylang ylang (a tropical flower), since they don’t grow here, and she tries to use them sparingly.

Lately, Thompson has been weighing the prospect of getting extra help. She doesn’t want to outsource anything. “If I do that, it’s no longer handcrafted by me, and I don’t necessarily know what’s going into the product,” she says. “I want to keep it small and keep it crunchy.”

Copper Moon Apothecary currently sells to markets all over Santa Cruz, including Staff of Life and The Herb Room, and runs weekly Santa Cruz Farmers Market booths. She’s also working on a “skin salvation” face serum and wants to experiment with frankincense and a new oil, called Kuss, originating from India. Between managing orders, saving up stock for the winter months and experimenting with new products, Thompson has her hands full.

“There are limitations. People want their product to smell like bubblegum, but it doesn’t,” Thompson says.

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NEWS VANITY FAIR Four Volkswagen-loving dads parlay their hobby into environmental fundraising with second-annual event

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Jeremy Leonard says with a laugh that his own personal story with Volkswagens goes “all the way back.”

In 1973, Leonard’s mom was standing in her driveway, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, when she realized she’d forgotten to set the emergency break on her VW Bus, which started rolling down the hill. When she jumped in to stop it, she started feeling contractions immediately. Leonard was born the next day.

Now the 46-year-old entrepreneur is combining his love for all things VW with his flair for Santa Cruz surf style to put on the second-annual Santa Cruz Dub’n festival this Saturday. The free event transforms the county government building’s Ocean Street parking lot into a street-fair-style celebration, featuring almost 200 vibrantly painted and restored VW Buses, Bugs and Ghias. This year’s festival is a fundraiser for the Coastal Watershed Council.

For Leonard, the festival is a chance to celebrate Santa Cruz’s counterculture and surf-town roots. “Although it’s totally changed now, Santa Cruz has this aura of being a VW place,” he says. “You think of Santa Cruz, and you think of hippies; you think of Volkswagen Buses cruising around. It lends itself naturally to a Volkswagen show.”

He sees the shifting culture here in Santa Cruz as similar to what’s happening in VW bus culture. In the realm of Volkswagens, new money has created less opportunity for ordinary enthusiasts to buy an old van and get involved in the fix-it-up hobby of making a car their own.

“Now, they’re this rare vehicle, commodity sort of thing. Not every hippie can drive one around anymore,” Leonard says, “I was kind of dumbfounded—this car I bought for a hundred bucks is now worth $20,000. I honestly thought people were joking.”

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DISPLAY OF COMPASSION Under former Executive Director Nina Simon, the Museum of Art and History made a point of showcasing social justice-oriented exhibits, including one about the trials of foster youth. PHOTO: MAH

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After Nina Simon’s departure, a letter from community members highlights struggle for MAH’s future BY JACOB PIERCE

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t’s never easy for an organization to move on from its leader of eight years, says Bella Babot, a trustee for the Museum of Art and History (MAH).

But it is especially difficult, Babot explains, when a nonprofit’s leader is a visionary who’s as dynamic as Nina Simon, the former executive director of the Santa Cruz MAH, who announced in November that she would be moving on from her post.

“Every organization has got to push reset and understand exactly what the role is, because under Nina, it’s one role,” she says. “But maybe there’s an evolution around there. Maybe we want to tweak that role a little bit.”

Those “tweaks” have apparently proven tricky to master to everyone’s liking. That’s evidenced by the fact that the museum still hasn’t hired a full-time executive director 10 months after Simon told the board she was leaving.

The museum, no doubt, has weathered more challenging storms in the past. It was in financial turmoil when Simon was hired in 2011. She quickly righted the ship, and under her leadership, the budget grew to $2.5 million from $700,000 in 2011, says Interim Executive Director Antonia Franco, who served on the board for three years before she was appointed to the temporary

post in July. Attendance grew exponentially over Simon’s eightyear run, Franco adds.

In addition to the overall positive trends, there were several noteworthy moments in Simon’s tenure at the MAH. The museum brought back to Santa Cruz the first surfboards ever surfed outside of Hawaii. Those boards were shaped locally and ridden by three Hawaiian princes at Santa Cruz’s San Lorenzo Rivermouth in 1885. The museum also has hosted social justice-oriented exhibits, including one about the challenges of foster youth and another about seniors in isolation that’s on currently on display. Among her many >14

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I have some clients who recently fell in love with a place that was billed as a “3 bedroom, 3 bath, 1759 SF home with detached 2nd unit.” But the home felt smaller than 1759 SF and only had 2 bathrooms, so it appeared that some liberties had been taken in its description on the MLS. A cursory review of the County Electronic Record for the property listed the home at 1399 SF, with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, which told us that that the extra 360 SF and bathroom was likely attributed to the 2nd unit, but it didn’t tell us whether the unit was legal. After all, the County doesn’t distinguish whether the structures they tax are permitted—this is only determined by comparing the property’s private historic records at the Assessor’s Office with the permit history at the Building Department.

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A trip to the records room at the Building Department revealed none of the various permits were actually for living space, and there was no record of any permit for the attic conversion to a second story master bedroom. We also saw that, while a permit had been pulled for an “art studio,” it specifically excluded the building from being connected to plumbing. And a look at the actual permit card revealed that the permit had never been signed off and was eventually voided—so the “2nd unit” referenced in the MLS was, in fact, completely unpermitted.

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other successes, Simon spearheaded the reinvention of Abbott Square— from a quiet, mostly forgotten concrete slab into a food court and bustling community space.

Simon’s departure, though, left a vacuum in an organization known for thinking big. Now, a new letter from influential county residents is attempting to push the MAH in a different direction. With no fulltime director at the helm, the MAH’s leaders, donors and fans have begun asking big-picture questions—about management, transparency, what constitutes art, and the balance between honoring the past and looking into the future.

CURATING SYSTEM On Sept. 3, Former MAH Board President Wayne Palmer emailed a letter to the museum’s current Board of Trustees.

He included a statement with 101 signatures from former board members, donors and community members, including former Redevelopment Director Ceil Cerillo, former Capitola Mayor Gayle Ortiz, and philanthropists Pat and Rowland Rebele.

The statement argues that the museum has strayed from its art and history focus.

Palmer admits that, in a way, he and his long list of acquaintances are “stirring the pot” with this letter.

He assumes that current staffers and ardent supporters of the MAH have scoffed at it, and are snickering about how he doesn’t understand the changing world of art.

Since early April, the exhibit We’re Still Here: Stories of Seniors and Social Isolation has been on display in the second-floor Solari Gallery, offering an examination of how an aging population experiences loneliness. Artists took input from 186 senior citizens for interactive features, including rotary phones that guests can hold up to their ears to listen to pre-recorded words of wisdom from local seniors. If I’m being honest, I found it hard to walk through the exhibit without getting a little choked up.

But critics like Palmer believe that type of exhibit would be better suited for a community forum like Louden Nelson Community Center, not an art museum.

In recent years, the museum also overhauled its history gallery to diversify and incorporate more voices from more people of color.

However, some community members, like the History Forum’s Cynthia Rees—a longtime donor— say they are frustrated by how the transition was handled. Rees says the History Forum should have been asked for more input. “It’s unrecognizable compared to what it used to be,” she says.

Simon has not read the letter. She glanced briefly at it and decided

that she has heard similar criticisms for years about the changes at the museum. She says she always focused on bringing in high-quality exhibits, even if some of them are different than shows that may have come through in the past.

“Our commitment to great art and history hasn’t wavered, but many of the great shows we showcased were by people who were not white, who were not men, and people who had radical new ways of looking at things,” Simon says. “I don’t see this as an issue about art and history. I see this as an issue of elitism and gatekeeping.”

The MAH, she notes, has become renowned worldwide as a vibrant, multicultural venue that gives a platform to new voices and welcomes those who may have never set foot in a museum before. The British Arts Marketing Association released a case study of the MAH’s business and engagement strategies in 2015, deeming its approach “future-proof” in a changing world.

Simon has continued evangelizing her vision for museums with a new nonprofit she’s started called Of/By/ For All, a movement she’s working on to help make public institutions “more relevant, resilient, and inclusive,” according to its website.

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has confirmed that Vaidehi Campbell, a communications specialist for the district, was one of nearly three dozen victims in a predawn fire aboard the dive boat Conception off the coast of Santa Cruz Island on Monday, Sept. 2. The sudden eruption of flames, which is under investigation, claimed the lives of 34 people onboard for a

three-day diving expedition just off the coast of Santa Barbara.

Campbell worked in several departments during her 18 years with the district.

She launched a geographic information system platform and became an expert in many technology tools, according to a press release from Melanie Mow Schumacher, Soquel Creek Water’s manager of special projects and communications.

On the boat early that morning, five crew members who were upstairs and awake managed to escape the 75-foot

vessel alive. But downstairs in the sleeping quarters, all 33 passengers and one crewmember died.

Among those killed were two students of Pacific Collegiate School. The Santa Cruz charter school has identified students Berenice Felipe and Tia Salika as two of the passengers. The tragedy also claimed the lives of Salika’s parents, Steve Salika, an Apple employee, and Dianna Adamic, who worked at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter. Another local, Kristy Finstad, co-owned Worldwide Diving Adventures, the

company that chartered the dive. She was another victim of the fire over Labor Day weekend on the recreational scuba-diving trip around Channel Islands National Park.

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KIND OF CAMPY Mike Krakowiak, a Navy veteran, owns a 1964 Volkswagen Bus, shown here, parked next to Ocean Beach in San Francisco. He and three other dads are putting on the Santa Cruz Dub’n festival as a fundraiser for the Coastal Watershed Council on Sept. 14.

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and enjoy the quirky VW culture.

“Unique and creative people are all around, and it’s a way to share that and to hear people’s stories,” says Widera.

Burgueno says they do it “for the love, for the passion and for the kids.”

In addition to the VWs, the event will feature gear swaps, vendors, raffle ticket sales, and food stands—including from Burgueno, whose family will serve up tacos at their cart Tacos Freestyle. A live music stage will feature local bands, including the headlining Hoopty Funk, which plays a mix of dance and modern jazz music.

JUST COASTING Santa Cruz’s Coastal Watershed Council, the beneficiary of this year’s event, is a nonprofit aimed at restoring the San Lorenzo River watershed, which provides drinking water to nearly 100,000 Santa Cruzans.

The Watershed Council does water quality monitoring and habitat enhancement for endangered and threatened species, and community events.

The Watershed Rangers, the nonprofit’s

youth environmental education program, also works with 2,500 elementary and middle-school students each year. The project shows kids how to help to take care of the river through field trips, after-school programs, summer camps, spring-break programs, and in-class lessons.

“Ultimately, we’re helping to empower kids to learn that, no matter their age, no matter if they’re in kindergarten or 7th grade, they can make a difference for their river today,” says the nonprofit’s Programs Director Laurie Egan.

Since Watershed Rangers is completely free for schools and students, Egan says the Santa Cruz Dub’n funds will help the program reach more students and lead to more field trips to the river.

Widera worked in outdoor education for years, even founding his own outdoor school, the Web of Life Field School, out of his VW Bus at age 25. That kind of longstanding passion for empowering youth made donating to the Coastal Watershed Council a natural choice.

“The river is a place we’ve kind of been turning our backs on, and their passion and leadership has really transformed the river,” says Widera. “I know we’re supporting a

great organization; we’re supporting great stuff, and we’re supporting great leaders. To me, it’s just everything I could want.”

Leonard, who has a background in outdoor education himself, likes to joke that donating to an environmental organization helps offset the carbon footprint of his hobby of working on Volkswagen Buses, which have notoriously low gas mileage.

Leonard adds, though, that there are several ways to increase the efficiency of a VW Bus, including a popular movement among VW owners to convert their vehicles to run on electricity. This year, car show participants can enter to win a rebuilt, zeromileage engine.

Last year, with around 700 attendees, the group raised $3,000 for the O’Neill Sea Odyssey, a Santa Cruz non-profit dedicated to ocean education. This year, they’re hoping to raise more for the Coastal Watershed Council.

Krakowiak, a U.S. Navy veteran and 911 dispatcher, says that the logistics of the event can be challenging, but that it’s worth it.

“When it all comes together,” he says, “it’s magic.”

Santa Cruz Dub’N is Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9-5 p.m. at 701 Ocean St. Free.

One issue raised by Palmer and donors like Rees is financial transparency. Although some figures are available on the museum website, the MAH hasn’t released an annual report in recent years.

Franco is working on a “State of the MAH” report, which will come out in the next couple of weeks. She says that the museum will release a full report in June 2020.

The statement from Palmer also discusses plaques with donor names that are no longer hanging in the museum. MAH Trustees Peter Orr and Ken Doctor both say the donor names came down, and that, however that decision transpired, it was wrong. Franco says she is “doing the research right now” to determine how many names came down.

Simon insists that if any names did come down, it wasn’t during her tenure. The one exception, she says, is that, in the transition to build Abbott Square, staff did mistakenly take down a sign honoring Santa Cruz County Supervisor Bruce McPherson’s family, whose generous gift helped make the whole museum possible in the first place. When she realized what had happened, Simon worked with McPherson to put a new sign up. She says that she’s found no record of any of the other donor names coming down at the MAH during her tenure.

When reached for comment, McPherson reviewed his own records and sent GT a list of names that he says did come down from the walls. “I would like to see them recognized,” McPherson says. “What happened or when it happened—I don’t know,” Historian Geoffrey Dunn, who has supported Simon, thinks the criticisms have been overblown and unfair.

“The complaints sound somewhere between bullshit and imbecilic to me,” Dunn, a GT contributor, writes in an email. “I could ask why organizations like the History Forum and the Santa Cruz Symphony aren’t more inclusive and reflective of the diversity of Santa Cruz County, but I don’t, because what's the point? I’m intolerant of pettiness. If any >18

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Late last year, the MAH formed a recruitment committee—made up primarily of board members, but also with a couple of community members—to search for the museum’s next executive director.

Before they got started, the museum hired a recruitment firm.

Committee members took input from the rest of the board, from donors and from staff on what they would all like to see in the next director and where they think the museum should go.

The committee did a few rounds of interviews, bringing in community members to help with interviews, and some staffers came to meet the candidates, says Trustee Ken Doctor, who led the recruitment committee. Committee members winnowed down the field from dozens of applicants, he says, to just two finalists, both of them women. But when the staff found out who the two finalists were, some administrators expressed dismay, and threatened to shut down the museum in protest, Doctor says.

Both applicants withdrew their names from consideration.

“That pretty well chilled the process,” Doctor says. “As you can imagine, there was a lot of consternation about it.”

That is when the museum pushed the “reset” button, as Babot puts it.

She adds that one of the two finalists was unsure if she was really ready to move to Santa Cruz, anyway— which was another reason to put everything on hold.

Going forward, Babot and fellow Trustee Peter Orr say that with the MAH under Franco’s careful guidance, trustees have the opportunity to take their time in finding its next leader— with a healthy dose of community involvement and discussions about what’s next.

“Everyone’s heart’s in the right place,” Orr says, “and we’re gonna restart the process when we’re ready, when we’re comfortable, and we have all our ducks in alignment.”

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For people on a tight schedule, the studio will offer 40 minute classes, in addition to longer sessions. Every yoga class will be candlelit, to give visitors an especially calming experience.

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In addition to candlelight yoga, Barretini is planning to do, “cozy” barre and yoga classes, heated to 85 degrees with specialized, energy-efficient infrared heaters. Unlike forced air heat, which heats the air surrounding your skin, “Infrared heat directly heats muscle fibers,” says Spencer Cook, “It actually allows you to stretch deeper because it loosens

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Because of their dedication to environmental friendliness, Barretini will have specific days designated to these “cozy” classes, to avoid wasting energy on repeatedly heating and cooling rooms. “It’s locked into my brain to be as efficient and eco-friendly as possible,” says Spencer Cook, who studied environmental science in college, adding that they’ve also selected eco-friendly cleaning products, flooring, mats, and even insulation for the walls. “It’s required us to do a lot of research but we know it’s important and it’s fun,” says Kiabeth Cook.

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The Santa Cruz High graduate hopes her work will spark a conversation about the reality of gun violence. “I want to bring attention to how scary it is to be in school, and how scary it is to go to church, or a nightclub, or a garlic festival, or anything like that, because you’re not safe,” she says.

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“American Gothic” will be one of the pieces showcased in this year’s Pivot: The Art of Fashion show on Saturday, Sept. 21, at the Rio Theater. It’s her second time at Pivot, but the young designer has participated in Santa Cruz’s FashionTEENS since the sixth grade.

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Harris will join three other youth artists at Pivot this year. For Sellery and Brown, who will be taking over FashionTEENS this year, working with youth is how they give back to the community. “It is fantastic to see these young people who have created something wear it on the runway,” says Sellery. “They just beam.”

While not always known for its fashion-forward thinking, Brown says Santa Cruz’s will to be weird and embrace the unexpected make it the perfect location for their avantgarde event.

“It’s not a typical runway show,” says Sellery. “We like to mix it up and make it as dramatic as we can.”

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“The audience isn’t going to know when any of that is going to happen,” says Brown.

Sellery and Brown revel in keeping the audience on its toes and making the element of surprise a central tenet of the show—even for themselves. “There’s like 100 people backstage, and you’re trying to wrangle them all in, but you just have to let it all go when the show starts,” says Brown. “What happens out there happens.”

The two say it helps to expect the unexpected when dealing with wearable art, which is often so ornate that it can present real logistical challenges, like, “It’s gonna take four people to lift that up and get it on her—do you think she’ll be able to walk?” says Sellery.

Brown says that’s what keeps the show exciting. “We love the ones that are like, ‘So you think you could manage stairs in that? How are we gonna get that on stage?’ That’s the kind of problem solving we like to do.”

Practicality is what helps distinguish this year’s 16 artists from 12 featured designers. While art pieces in their own right, the designers’ work represents things people can wear on the street, or in day-to-day life. “You can actually sit in them and relax,” says Brown.

“That’s sort of the line in my head. But really, we do like to blur those lines.”

Helping to blur them is Pivot veteran Ellen Brook, who says her line of hand-painted silks is an attempt to mix elegance and ease.

“I’m creating very wearable pieces,” says the 55-year-old designer.

“My line is under this tagline of luxuriously down to earth.” This year, Brook’s six-piece collection, dubbed “Super Californialicious,” will pair her hand-painted silks with leathers, linen and denim to emphasize wearability and honor the laid-back California lifestyle.

“I believe what we wear can be a

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vital form of personal and soulful expression,” says Brook. “If it takes one piece that’s a killer, unusual, exciting statement that helps people step out in the world with a little more flair and confidence, I just love that.”

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Executive Director Kathan Griffins says the purpose is to “educate people about sustainability in a fun manner.” The collective will feature 12 designs this year in an ode to “slow fashion,” which Sellery and

Brown say is “pivotal” to their event.

“It’s different than going to a department store and buying a T-shirt for $6, where a week later the threads come out,” says Sellery. “The nuances are professional and elegant, not mass-produced and slammed out the door and then into the dump.”

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“Without Angelo, we wouldn’t have gotten started, and I wouldn’t have had an avenue to continue to explore wearable garments,” says Sellery.

“He had this great, upbeat, ‘Let’s do it’ energy. He was a wonderful man.”

Inspired by his memory, the two say they hope to keep pushing forward, supporting their

community of artists and having a great time while doing it.

“We’re thinking about what’s going to be fun, what are they going to enjoy?” says Sellery. “Damn, we love it.”

Now, with the artists finalized, venue booked, and show only weeks away, only one question remains: “What are you going to wear?”

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Eugene O’Neill’s final play is packed with psychodrama in Jewel production BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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is what we believe it to be. This is Eugene O’Neill, not Walt Disney.

And the playwright is hell-bent on taking the viewer into dark basements of buried memories and destroyed dreams. As James Tyrone tells Josie, “there is no present or future—only the past, happening over and over again—now.”

To make all this Sophoclean psychodrama work, the actors must construct characters whose joys and sorrows the audience can embrace. The play’s structural problems can be overcome only if we care enough to squint at plot weaknesses and dated dialogue.

The opening night performance stood squarely on the confident performance of Koss, who convinced us of Josie’s vulnerability embedded within haughty self-sufficiency, the equal of any man in the poor Connecticut landscape where she works as farmhand, cook, foreman, and housekeeper to her bad-tempered drunken father.

More chemistry is needed between Koss and Saxon in order for the long night of moonlight confessions to approach full conviction. Their timing can be tuned as the performances develop.

Everything in the compelling last half-hour depends on our believing that alcohol has permeated James Tyrone’s heart, soul and voice. Yet somehow, the urban suit and the moustache muffled his character’s bourbon-soaked agony.

Full of moonshine, sly social criticism, and some brooding, poetic lines, A Moon for the Misbegotten reveals an underbelly of American class conflict—an ambitious play that asks much of its players and much of the audience. Opening night’s crowd was on board, and gave the players a well-earned ovation. personal angst still echoing through today’s social fabric—a well-turned lesson in theater history.

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O’Neill’s unflinching dialogue and the visceral interactions between tenant farmer Phil Hogan (Howard Swain) and his sharp-tongued daughter Josie (Diana Torres Koss), as they enter into a delusional pact to trick their Connecticut landlord James Tyrone (Rolf Saxon), who’s returned to the countryside to settle his mother’s estate.

An effective farmhouse set— kudos to scenic and lighting designer Kent Dorsey—serves as the central hearth around which the characters will warm their needs, anger and self-deceptive recollections.

This play is a marathon of frisky dialogue, hence a feast for actors. Everything occurs in a single evening, one in which moonlight offers the excuse for romantic dalliance between Josie and Tyrone, the man she’s always fancied. They are the play’s “misbegotten” figures—a large, unlovely yokel, and a hopeless alcoholic.

Koss uses her physical power and vocal ingenuity to create a convincing portrait of the town’s reputed trollop. Her Josie is strong, clever and tough. The relentless fighting between the father and daughter quickly leads to the hatching of a wild plan to keep their rented land.

Broad Irish accents of the father and daughter are written into the play, and however disconcerting they are at the onset, it pays off for the audience to ride out the vocal work until it settles down.

Through a complex negotiation of lies and blarney, Josie and epic boozer Tyrone agree to a midnight date. The evening under the moon is to be a romantic tryst between the rough young woman and a man in deep existential drift, drinking his way to oblivion with only a few stops left before the end. He wants it to be a “night different than any other” with Josie.

What he means by that is misinterpreted by each character, but results in the unnerving plot twist designed to give the play a redemptive close.

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AROUND THE BEN The Ben Morrison band performs at Moe’s Alley on Friday, Sept. 13.

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Ben Morrison comes out of Brothers Comatose for his new record ‘Old Technology’ BY AARON CARNES

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n 2016, Ben Morrison’s five-piece San Francisco bluegrass band Brothers Comatose sold out the Fillmore. Last year, it nearly happened again. It was a culmination of the 120-day-a-year touring schedule the members had maintained for over a decade in their push to carve out sustained indie success.

Then, early last year, two of the members—the mandolin player and the bassist—told Morrison they were quitting the band. He didn’t know what was going to happen next.

“I put all of my energy into that band. It’s like, ‘My dreams are coming true.’ It was shocking to have two guys leave the band, and all of

the sudden not know the future. It was heartbreaking,” Morrison says.

“I’m not mad at those guys. You’ve got to choose your own path in life.”

The remaining members of the group decided to take time off to reassess everything, and to see if they even wanted to continue as a touring band. But Morrison didn’t slow down. He had been toying with the idea of recording a solo album for a while, and it suddenly seemed like the opportune moment.

“As much as I love that band, there’s a few songs I wrote that didn’t work for Brothers Comatose.

It needs drums. It needs electric guitar,” Morrison says. “That’s

the good thing about music. It doesn’t have to be a monogamous relationship. You can do something on the side, and then you can come back and probably be a stronger musician because of it.”

The new record, Old Technology, shows a whole different side of Morrison. There are no fingerpicking string jamborees. These are bittersweet, singer-songwriter-style Americana tunes in the vein of Kris Kristofferson and the Band.

“It was pretty trying for me. I put my head down and focused on this project,” Morrison says. “I'm going to funnel it into this thing.”

He first recorded “25 Miles” late in

2018. It’s an older song he’d written for Brothers a few years back. He tried, but could never make it work.

As a solo artist, he was able to give it the country-rock feel it needed, with hand-picked musician friends to bring it to life. It’s a fitting anthem for this time in his life; he sings about the joy and sadness of being on the road with friends, about to run out of gas.

The song has racked up more than 350,000 Spotify plays so far, which shocked him. He’s watched other friends in successful bands put out overlooked side projects.

“Whatever you’re trying to do, there are no shortcuts. If you’re super famous, that can help. But I’m not super famous,” Morrison says.

“It was awesome. Something can exist outside of the band scenario.”

The success of the song gave him confidence to pursue a full-length in the same Americana style. The tone of the record expressed the upheaval in his life.

None of the songs directly deal with band dynamics, but they do express Morrison’s complex emotional state.

Some of the specific back stories of the songs are odd, like the country weeper “I Hope You’re Not Sorry.”

In it, he sings about a woman who stalked him for a while. It got so bad he filed a restraining order. Then, one day, she disappeared, and he kind of missed her.

“Things got really strange for a while. Then she stopped coming to shows. I was bummed,” Morrison says.

Morrison has already done some touring as the Ben Morrison Band, which has gone well. Brothers Comatose found new members, and they’ve been up and running as of March this year.

“I want to have these projects coexist, and be able to record an album with Brothers, and tour behind that. Go record an album with my band, too, and then tour on that,” Morrison says. “I want to get out there and play music for people.

It’s the best job I could ever have. I’m trying to do it before I get old and bust my hip. Might as well go for it.”

The Ben Morrison Band performs at 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 13, at Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $15 adv/$20 door. 479-1854.

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SHOP ON YOUR BIKE WORKSHOP It’s a true luxury that here in Santa Cruz, many of us can do our grocery shopping on bikes. In anticipation of bike to work day on Oct. 3 (mark your calendar for free breakfast on the way to work at Aptos and Westside New Leaf locations), the new Aptos New Leaf Community Market is hosting a free workshop with Matt Miller, program specialist at Ecology Action and cycling enthusiast, that will cover all of the basics of how to efficiently grocery shop on a bike. Basket or panniers? How do you pack supplies and distribute weight? How much is too much? Meet in the parking lot.

6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17. Aptos New Leaf Community Market, 161 Aptos Village Way, Aptos. 685-8500, newleaf.com. Free, online registration recommended.

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WEDNESDAY 9/11 ARTS BIG TREES EXHIBITION Enjoy the history, in images, of Welch’s Big Trees, now the Redwood Loop Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. See images of features no longer in the park and learn about others that have unusual stories to tell. Noon-4 p.m. San Lorenzo Valley Museum, 12547 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. slvmuseum.com. Free.

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Ages 10-18. 2-3:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Public Libraries—downtown, 240 Church St., Santa Cruz. 427-7717.

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NANCY LYNN JARVIS READING Pumpkins and Halloween decor are starting to pop up around town, and nights are also getting longer, which means it’s a great time to settle in with a new mystery novel. Santa Cruz’s queen of mystery Nancy Lynn Jarvis will be reading and signing her latest book The Glass House, a haunted mystery story about a librarian who gets a lot more than she bargained for at a glassforming class. Who knew glass forming and murder go hand-in-hand?

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Artist reception 6-9 p.m on Friday, Sept. 13. Hotel Paradox, 611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. Free.

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A two-day excursion in the Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz’s north coast with students, faculty, and alumni experts from UC Santa Cruz.

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An Introduction to Seed Saving SEPTEMBER 14, 9:30AM–12:30PM UCSC FARM $0–$40/PERSON

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Fruit Trees for Every Garden Book Launch SEPTEMBER 15, 4–6PM HAY BARN FREE ADMISSION

Community Day at the Seymour Center SEPTEMBER 17, 10AM–5PM SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER FREE ADMISSION

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SEPTEMBER 19, 7PM PEACE UNITED CHURCH, 900 HIGH ST., SANTA CRUZ $30/PERSON (INCLUDES EVENT ENTRY + BOOK)

Bookshop Santa Cruz and the Humanities Institute at UC Santa Cruz present Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award–winning author Colson Whitehead for a reading of The Nickel Boys, his highly anticipated follow-up and companion to The Underground Railroad.

An Evening with The Nature Conservancy’s Chief Scientist SEPTEMBER 19, 7PM HUMANITIES LECTURE HALL $0–$10/PERSON

Learn about The Nature Conservancy’s innovative research with Chief Scientist Dr. Hugh Possingham. A Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Possingham leads more than 500 scientists engaged in conservation around the world.

Cancer in the Crosshairs SEPTEMBER 21, 9:30–11AM DNA’S COMEDY LAB, 155 RIVER ST. SO., SANTA CRUZ FREE ADMISSION

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An Evening with Malcolm Gladwell: Talking to Strangers

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SEPTEMBER 21, 7PM SAN MATEO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER $40/PERSON (INCLUDES EVENT ENTRY + BOOK)

Malcolm Gladwell’s books have become cultural touchstones. In his first new book in six years, Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know, Gladwell offers an incisive and powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go so terribly wrong.

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Sketching in the Garden SEPTEMBER 21, 9:30–11:30AM ALAN CHADWICK GARDEN $5–$40/PERSON

Cultivate your observational skills and artistic talent with inspiration from the Alan Chadwick Garden. Instructor will guide artists when needed. Bring your own materials. Instructor will provide sample materials to experiment with.

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Orin Martin shares his wisdom, experience, and advice in his new book, FruitTrees for Every Garden. Enjoy a book reading and signing by Orin and artwork by Stephanie Martin, available for purchase. Potluck pie tasting—bring your favorite fruit pie!

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THURSDAY 9/19 GRAVITY WATER PRESENTATION Danny Wright grew up in Santa Cruz living the outdoor life surfing, hiking and fishing, all while gaining a deep appreciation for water in all its forms. After receiving a B.A. in environmental studies and a master’s degree in international water management, he created a nonprofit that has since won recognition from National Geographic and MIT. His organization Gravity Water aims to bring clean drinking water to over 25 communities in Nepal, Vietnam, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica. Folks from Gravity Water will be explaining and presenting their efforts in providing EPA-rated safe water to over 10,000 children every day with a system that can be built, managed and maintained 100% by local community members.

7 p.m. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. 476-6424. Free.

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Every Wednesday, in a six week seminar, nutritionist, author and speaker Maria Jose Hummel, MPH, MS, will present the latest exciting evidence linking lifestyle methods with the reversing and prevention of type 2 diabetic symptoms. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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

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p.m. New Leaf Community Markets, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz.

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FREE, open to all. 7:15-8:30 p.m.. Santa Cruz Chi Center, 1119 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz.

MUSIC TOBY GRAY VARIETY ACOUSTIC MUSIC Featuring artist showcases and a variety of musical styles and guests. Great food and drinks, a Santa Cruz downtown oasis. Family fun. Toby Gray—cool, mellow and smooth with a repertoire of several hundred of your favorite songs and fun,

CALENDAR heartfelt originals. 6:30 p.m. The Reef Bar, 120 Union St., Santa Cruz. 459-9876. Free.

UKULELE PARTY—SING ALONG— OPEN MIC Monthly second Wednesday ukulele party at the Pono Hawaiian Grill / The Reef Bar & Restaurant. Our first Ukulele Party was a lot of fun! Monthly we feature noted Ukulele performers. Bring your Ukes, Community and Family Friendly. Music starts at 6:30, featured artist 7:00, sheet music selections from the Santa Cruz Ukulele Book provided for sing along. Open Mic follows. Come early for a good seat. The Pono serves very affordable Best of Santa Cruz Hawaiian food as well as a fine tropical bar. 6:30 p.m. Pono Hawaiian Grill, 120 Union St., Santa Cruz.

THURSDAY 9/12 ARTS ‘A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN’ Directed by Joy Carlin, this soaring and poignant play by four-time Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright and Nobel Laureate Eugene O’Neill, a barren patch of land on a Connecticut farm in 1923 sets the stage for two lost souls to find hope under a lover’s moon. The boisterous and sharp-tongued Josie Hogan seems destined to live her life alone working a rented farm with her bullying father. When the weary but charming Jamie Tyrone returns to settle the farm’s estate, which was owned by his late mother, sparks fly, hearts open, and desire just might make dreams come true—a moving exploration of the Power of our humanity. 7:30 p.m. The Colligan Theater, 1010 River St., Santa Cruz.

ASIAN STREET FOOD Join Chef Eric Adema and help make fresh shrimp spring rolls with mint, greens, and mung bean sprouts, Pho’ noodle bowls with homemade star anise bone broth with rare beef, herbs, and fresh lime. Enjoy Vietnamese crepes and beer or Sake. First in a four-class series.

6-8:30 p.m. New Leaf Community Markets, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz.

VEG OUT SANTA CRUZ—SATURN CAFE VEG OUT Santa Cruz recognizes Saturn Cafe for serving earth-friendly, plant forward menu options. Sign up for the celebration, and invite family and friends to join you. Show up, order a vegan meal, and support with your fork! VEG OUT Santa Cruz is a project of Eat for the Earth and Santa Cruz VegFest. We are honoring up to

GROUPS APTOS CHAMBER COMMUNITY BREAKFAST MEETING Join us for our breakfast meeting with: Community Reports, Guest Speakers, Networking, and a lovely breakfast buffet provided by Severino's Bar & Grill. Different Guest Speaker each month, please visit website or facebook page for speaker of the month! 7:30-9 a.m. Best Western Seacliff Inn, 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos. $30.

MUSIC REGGAE THURSDAYS MI DEH YAH Reality Sound International and The Catalyst present Reggae Thursdays with DJ Spleece and friends. Dancehall reggae remix. 7 p.m.

The Catalyst Club, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruzreggae.com. Free.

FRIDAY 9/13 ARTS ‘LOOK MOM I’M ON TV’ One-hour live music show on Community TV every second and fourth Friday of the month. Tune into channel 27 or 73 at 7 p.m. The Satellite Flexible Workspace & Digital Media Studio, 325 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz.

FOOD & WINE ANTHONY ARYA: BACK AT THE FOOD LOUNGE Hey guys, we’re back at the Food Lounge with the band and it’s my birthday!

Come hang and say hi! We’re gonna have cake, a music jam as always, and it’s Night Market, so there will be lots of food vendors!

6-10 p.m. Santa Cruz Food Lounge, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz.

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GROUPS 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. 3050 Porter St., Soquel. santacruzslaa.org. Free.

MUSIC CATHERINE PROVENZANO: PITCH CORRECTION SOFTWARE AND VOCAL ECOLOGY Musicologist Catherine Provenzano examines how pitch correction software Auto-Tune and Melodyne reify racial and gender stereotypes, including their development and use in U.S. Top 40 and hip-hop music. Provenzano draws from interviews she conducted with software developers, audio engineers, music producers, and artists in Los Angeles, New York, Silicon Valley, and Germany. 6-8 p.m.

Design by Cosmic, 115 Cooper St., Santa Cruz.

GROUP KARAOKE FUN WITH GINA Sing along in an environment that is completely accepting of all diverse voices with the goal of having a good time. No experience necessary, just sing-along and have fun. 1 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. cityofsantacruz.com. $2/donation.

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ARTS WRITERS IN THE REDWOODS Everyone has a story to tell, whether it’s inspiring, tragic, funny or sad. Memoir is one of the most popular and compelling kinds of writing today, focusing on times in your life where you bring all that you feel and have learned to your recollection. With innovative exercises for eliciting memories and writing memoirs, you’ll discover stories that intrigue and even surprise you with their power for self-discovery. If this is something you’ve been wanting to do for a while, maybe it’s time to seize the day and do it. There’s no time like the present to enjoy writing about your past, and having a blast doing it. This day long workshop is geared to all levels of writing and open to everyone. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Rd., Soquel.

CALENDAR CLASSES FREE YOGA AND OPEN HOUSE Experience the beautiful Mount Madonna Institute campus by joining us for a free open house, Saturday September 14. There will be an optional free yoga class for early risers at 7:30 a.m. followed by brunch at 10 a.m.. Free time from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. to enjoy our surroundings including our bookshop and cafe. An informational presentation featuring our Ayurveda and Yoga Programs begins at 1 p.m. Mount Madonna Institute, 445 Summit Rd., Watsonville.

HEALTH ART OF COMMUNICATION FESTIVAL Join us for a day or half-day to explore compassionate communication with family members, friends, co-workers, community members---and with yourself. In the morning, we will demonstrate Nonviolent Communication (NVC) with Conflict Improv, where the teachers act out suggestions from the audience. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz.

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MUSIC AN EVENING WITH KEITH GREENINGER AND BAND Tiny Winery Concerts & Armitage Wines present An Evening With Keith Greeninger and Band. See renowned Americana singer-songwriter Keith Greeninger at Armitage Winery on the historic Alfred Hitchcock estate in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Keith's authentic tunes and powerful stage presence have earned him numerous songwriting awards at top festivals across the country. He has garnered a legion of devoted fans and the respect and admiration of music critics far and wide. 5 p.m. Armitage Winery, 705 Canham Rd., Scotts Valley.

Backyard Birds performs its fresh blend of vocal harmonies in a wide range of music, from Americana, rock and roll, country and soul to jazz standards and great, overlooked songs. Linda Baker (vocals and electric guitar), Jean Catino (vocals and ukulele), June Coha (vocals and ukulele), Larry Prather (bass) and Linc Russin (mandolin) are based in Santa Cruz. 7:30 p.m. Felton Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton.

CD RELEASE CONCERT: ‘THE IMPLICATE ORDER’ CD release concert and dance party Per Haaland’s new album The Implicate Order, performed live by local musicians Per Haaland, Jeff Adams, Zack Olsen, Bobby Ransom, Jon Kennedy, and Stu Wilson. Also featuring Haaland’s music video “TrumpNation” (Selected for this year’s SC Film Festival) and his mockumentary A Conversation with Ubud Adha. Followed by a dance party with DJ Daniel Mollner. 7:30 p.m.

The 418 Project, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz.

JOIN US FOR DANCING, DJS & DRINK SPECIALS @MOTIVSC SATURDAYS. IT’S TIME FOR HOMO HAPPY HOUR, GIRL Spend the early evening with the friendliest LGBTQ crowd in town. Gay, straight, trans or just plain kinky? All LGBTQ allies and orientations are welcome. Make that move. 3-7 p.m. Motiv, 1209 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. motivsc.com.

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WEDNESDAY 9/11- SATURDAY 9/14 SANTA CRUZ FOLLIES’ ‘FASCINATIN’ RHYTHMS’ Similar to the Ziegfeld Follies, the Santa Cruz Follies are a group of seniors who combine the Broadway show with a more elaborate, high-class Vaudeville show. Like the Ziegfeld Follies, they have their own beautiful dancing girls and fantastic singers, with everyone decked out in fancy-dancy costumes. Celebrating their 64th birthday this year, the Follies presents Fascinatin’ Rhythms, a collection of American popular music through the ages as directed by Jo Luttringer.

1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11- Saturday, Sept. 14. 7:30 p.m. show on Friday, Sept. 13.

Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz. 423-6640, santacruztickets.com. $22 general.

BECOME GREEN CERTIFIED! Are you interested in becoming a Green Certified Business? Not sure what that means?

Join us on Sept. 14 from 9:30-10:30 at the Satellite to learn more! Enjoy coffee and cookies while learning how your business can have a positive impact on the environment. 9:30 a.m. Satellite Telework Centers, 6265 Hwy. 9, Felton.

RIVER HEALTH DAY Volunteer and make a difference in the San Lorenzo River ecosystem! Every second Saturday of the month you can join the Coastal Watershed Council in improving habitat conditions along the lower San Lorenzo River. During the summer River Health Days, we will be watering beneficial native seedlings and removing invasive plants along the banks of the San Lorenzo River to improve biodiversity and habitat complexity. 9:30 a.m. Coastal Watershed Council, 107 Dakota Ave., Santa Cruz. 464 9200 x104

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quarters, events and workshops. Receive 10% off program classes when you sign up at our Open House! 11 a.m. Elizabeth Van Buren, Inc., 303 Potrero St. #33, Santa Cruz.

TEDXMERITACADEMY TEDxMeritAcademy will feature students sharing their projects and ideas worth spreading. Come support teens who are actively finding solutions to wildland fires, aviation crashes, ballot box corruption, ecotourism, politicians who lie, and more. 1 p.m.

DNA's Comedy Lab, 155 River St. S, Santa Cruz.

HEALTH LAVENDER OPEN HOUSE Take this opportunity to learn more about COBHA, while enjoying essential oil-infused treats.

You will also have an opportunity to meet some of the instructors for the upcoming Fall

MUSIC SPOTLIGHT ON THE SYMPHONY— SOUVENIR DE FLORENCE The opening recital of our Spotlight on the Symphony Recital Series will feature six of the Symphony’s string musicians, including concertmaster Nigel Armstrong, Rebecca Jackson on violin, Daniel Stewart on viola, principal viola Chad Kaltinger, principal cello Jonah Kim, and assistant principal cello Saul Richmond-Rakerd. The highlight of the program will be Tchaikovsky’s beautiful sextet, Souvenir de Florence. Though named because he wrote it while in Florence, the last two movements are distinctly reminiscent of Russian folk-like melodies and >42

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Clutter has a profound effect on our health and well-being and the quality of our life. Clearing your clutter will reduce your stress, increase your energy, uplift your mood, save you time and money and give you peace of mind. After clearing your clutter you’ll find it’s easier to make decisions, stay organized, be successful, and achieve your dreams! 1-5 p.m. Wind & Water Blessings, 515 Woodrow Ave., Santa Cruz. 588-5424. $150.

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Join Joshua Smith as he disentangles the mechanisms that underpin kelp forest resiliency. Come learn what drives this changing ecosystem. 1:30pm-2:30 p.m.

Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz.

THE PAJARO VALLEY IN THE MEXICAN ERA Our local ranching way of life fueled the beginnings of the global industrial society we live in today. 11a.m.-3 p.m. Castro Adobe State Historic Park, 184 Old Adobe Rd., Watsonville.

MONDAY 9/16 CLASSES instructors Marilu Shinn and Angela Rocchio for a class that will challenge, invigorate, and open you deeply. Strong Vinyasa is equivalent to a level 2/3 practice and is recommended for experienced practitioners.

5:30 p.m. Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts, 375 N. Main St., Watsonville.

713-9843.

TRIYOGA BASICS YOGA CLASS A relaxing, stretching, strengthening Basics TriYoga class to benefit your backs and hips.

With Dr. Kim Beecher (chiropractor). For beginners and all levels. 6-7:30 p.m. TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. $15.

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TACO TUESDAY On Tuesdays we eat tacos! Two delicious tacos and a locally crafted beer for $10. If the mood suits you, add a side of guacamole or a single order of tacos! 6-9 p.m. Hotel Paradox, 611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz.

VEG OUT SANTA CRUZ—CAFE EL PALOMAR VEG OUT Santa Cruz recognizes El Palomar for serving earth-friendly, plant forward menu options. Sign up for the celebration, and invite family and friends to join you. Show up, order a vegan meal, and support with your fork! VEG OUT Santa Cruz is a project of Eat for the Earth and Santa Cruz VegFest. We are honoring up to ten restaurants in September. To see the complete list of restaurants and dates and to register, go to http://eatfortheearth.eventbrite.com and select “VEG OUT Santa Cruz—Cafe El Palomar” or any of the other VEG OUT Santa Cruz events.

Cafe El Palomar, 2222 E Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz.

325-3811.

HEALTH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SUPPLEMENTING WITH CBD Join Magda Hjalmarsson, Founder of Balance and Bliss and learn about the benefits of CBD for anxiety relief and overall wellness. Magda will share dosage and product guidelines to ensure you are properly absorbing your CBD supplements for maximum benefit. 1-2 p.m.

New Leaf Community Markets, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz.

OUTDOOR COMMUNITY FREE DAY AT THE SEYMOUR CENTER The Seymour Marine Discovery Center is open to the community free of charge all day. Come touch a friendly shark, see how marine scientists work, and take in the spectacular Monterey Bay. Our exhibit hall offers a deeper dive into the adventure of ocean research here in Santa Cruz and around the world. Visit us and explore the fascinating world of marine science and conservation. We look forward to meeting you! 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz. Free.

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Heavy-blues stoner rockers Birdo play loud. So loud, in fact, that they provide ear plugs at their shows for the audience. This ear plug generosity isn’t just a show of mind-bending volume intensity; the band cares about the audience’s health and well-being.

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“We like to play loud, but we’re not Sunn O))). We’re not trying to split your ear drums. We want people to be protected,” says bassist Ben Carter. “We go to a lot of metal shows, and wear ear plugs all the time. I want to be very cognizant. I see people at concerts not protecting their ears. They should be.”

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The group might have been even louder (and thus needed more ear plugs), had it stuck to an initial vision of being a no-holds-barred death metal band.

When Carter and guitarist Stephen Foster first started jamming in late 2015, that was the idea. But the songs came out more like dynamic doom-metal jams, with more nuance and melody than expected. The following year, the duo enlisted drummer Jon Auman, who worships at the altar of Led Zeppelin.

That sort of sealed the deal. They would forgo their death-metal fantasies.

“We wanted to be more on the extreme side,” says Carter. “John is absolutely not a metalhead. He grounded us and brought us back to reality.”

The group has one EP on Bandcamp called Admittance. They currently have enough material for a full length, and hope to get that recorded this fall.

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9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18, Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $5. 423-7117.

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WEDNESDAY 9/11 HONKY TONK

BREA BURNS Drunken nights, wasted tears and lying lovers. When it comes to the Big Moods of country music, Brea Burns and the Boleros has them in spades. The Arizona honky-tonk foursome come to Santa Cruz this Wednesday as part of the Crepe Place’s ongoing “Western Wednesdays” series, and it’s sure to get the dance floor moving. Led by the fiery Burns—a melodious crooner with just enough twang to make a cowboy weep—the Boleros have been described as a mix of Hank Williams and Wanda Jackson. So, if the cheatin’, lyin’ and cryin’s got you down, welcome in, cowboy/girl/nb. MIKE HUGUENOR 8 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. $10 ($7 w/ cowboy boots). 429-6994.

THURSDAY 9/12 PUNK

GOGOL BORDELLO Gogol Bordello, a merry band of folkpunk misfits, scrawled its mission

statement in ballpoint, promising to bring chaos, spectacle and optimism to the masses drowning in the sludge of irony and cynicism. They swore to use trans-global music to inform their energetic, spontaneous cabaret tunes, with the intent to provoke, alarm, engage, and incite a multi-cultural mosh-skank pit on the dance floor.

They cast their lot with the immigrants, the unseen, the wanderers, and the creatives who’ve yet to succumb to ennui. They wrote it all down on a piece of paper, then crumpled that paper up. AMY BEE

The fact that he’s firmly grounded in jazz’s deep roots—his grandfather was the legendary trumpeter Doc Cheatham—provides Croker’s music with considerable heft. His tough working band features keyboardist Michael King, bassist Eric Wheeler and drummer Michael Ode. ANDREW GILBERT

9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $35. 429-4135.

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Reggie Steele has dabbled in the world of acting during his comedic career, even playing a basketball referee on Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why. The role came easy for him, considering he spent the first part of his life as an athlete. Now, Steele is a mainstay of the Bay Area comedy scene and tours the country with his profanity-free act, showcasing charming, relatable stories and situational humor, all told with playful, engaging enthusiasm. AB

THEO CROKER Not content to maintain his status as one of jazz’s most prodigious trumpeters under 40, Theo Croker has revealed himself in recent years as a producer, vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist with his own vision for fusing jazz, hip hop and R&B. His latest album Star People Nation is the work of an ambitious artist brimming with melodic hooks and tasty grooves.

7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $31.50 adv/$36.75 door. 427-2227.

FRIDAY 9/13 REGGIE STEELE

7 & 9:30 p.m. DNA’s Comedy Lab, 155 S. River St., Santa Cruz. $20 adv/$25 door. 900-5123.

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SATURDAY 9/14 FOLK

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7:30 p.m. Felton Music Hall, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $9 adv/$11 door. 704-7113.

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9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $6. 429-6994

MONDAY 9/16 ROCK

DEAD FEATHERS Calling all heshers, stoners, longhaireds, witches, wanderers, and mystic rockers! Dead Feathers is coming to the Blue Lagoon. With so many wanna-be vintage bands out there, Dead Feathers is a refreshing breath of smoke-filled air carried over a sonic river of groove.

Black Sabbath and Roky Erickson are clear influences, but the group’s ability

to mimic the stoned-out rock sound of the ’70s is so authentic and heartfelt, you have to wonder if they were born in the ’50s and came to us in a beaten-up time machine. MW 8 p.m. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $5. 423-7117.

TUESDAY 9/17

Tuesday, Sept. 24, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz. $40.50-$61.50. Information: cityofsantacruz.com. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

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Nietzsche-loving post-punkers from Portland. Wednesday at Blue Lagoon

Those who prefer their dance music a little on the brooding side would be wise to check out Elder Island. Theirs is a moody, soulful dance music drenched in fog and stray beams of neon light. After two critically acclaimed EPs, the Bristol trio finally decided to drop a full length this year with The Omnitone Collection, an album whose imagery is like the missing link between ‘60s space-age design, and the home shopping networks of the ‘80s. They’re like the missing link between Amy Winehouse and Burial—dark, soulful, and weirdly hypnotic. MH 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. $15. 429-4135.

ARMY

Reggae from the Virgin Islands.

Thursday at Moe’s Alley MONKEYHANDS

Zany local genre misfits. Friday at Felton Music Hall TOM AND STEPH CLARK

Married comedians who joke about marriage. Saturday at DNA’s Comedy Lab KEVIN NEALON

It’s that dude from Weeds, and Hanz and Franz! Sunday at Rio Theatre

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Locals Jean Catino, Linda Baker and June Coha met in the Santa Cruz ukulele scene (a vibrant scene here in town). They enjoyed playing their instruments and hanging out, but mostly they loved to harmonize together. Just like that, the Backyard Birds was born. The group expanded to a five piece with Larry Prather and Linc Russin, and soon they were able to perform gorgeous folksy renditions of all their favorite obscure pop, soul, jazz, rock, and folk tunes. The harmonies have only gotten better the more they’ve played—a local treat. AC

group there called the Secret Nudist Friends. But this isn’t a mysterious cult of birthday suit enthusiasts; rather, it’s a fun-loving, queer psychedelic/garage-rock band out to make the world dance its problems away. For fans of King Gizzard, Burger Records or anyone proudly waving their freak flag, SNF will be booty shaking in Santa Cruz like it’s 1978. Check out their “Something on Your Mind” video if you want to get a sampling of their swaying-hip action. MAT WEIR

The future of live concerts is holograms.

I know, you’re probably skeptical. How can a projection of light replicate the experience of actual human beings on stage, pouring their hearts out to the audience? The technology is interesting because the audio is very much real recordings of the artists, which makes all the difference. Plus, the great news is you can experience legends that have crossed over to the other side, and squint your eyes and pretend it’s real! And now, look, you can even see Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly in hologram form, from their heyday, sharing the same bill. It’s like something from the future!

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LIVE MUSIC

Thursday September 12 –8/9pm $10/15 VI Roots Reggae Showcase With

ARMY, BINGHI

GHOST, 7TH ST BAND Friday September 13 –8/9pm $15/20

WED

9/11

THU

9/12

FRI

9/13

SAT

9/14

MON

9/16

TUE

9/17

(OF BROTHERS COMATOSE)

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

Al Frisby Free 6-8p

Lloyd Whitley Free 6-8p

James Murray Free 6-8p

Steve Freund Free 6-8p

Jimmy Dewrance Free 6-8p

Saturday September 14 –8/9pm $10/15

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Manorlady, Souvenir Driver & Sollomon Hollow $5 9p

Comedy Night w/ Chree, Retro Dance Party Free 9p

.:R3V!v@L:.

Free 9p

The Big Video Dance Party 9p

Dead Feathers & the The Box: Gothic/ PFringe Class, Max Virtuals w/ Sabine Silver Industrial Night Free 9p Borax $5 9p & the Cohesion $5 9p

BOOSTIVE

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Sasha’s Money 9:15p-12:45a

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Alex Lucero & Friends 8p

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Dave’s Songwriter Jam Free7-10p

Kid Dynamite, Mark Creech, Blind Rick & more Free 11a-10p

+ RON ARTIS II Funk Rock & Hip-Hop With

GENE EVARO JR DRFTR Sunday September 15 –3/4pm $15/20 Afternoon Blues Series With

RICK ESTRIN

Wednesday September 18 –8/8:30pm $10/15 Folk, Reggae & World Music With

TUBBY LOVE AMBER LILLY PETER HARPER

Thursday September 19 –8/8:30pm $25/30 Presented By (((FolkYEAH!!!)))

MIKE WATT + THE MISSINGMEN

Friday September 20 –7:30/8:30pm $15/20

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola CAPITOLA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola THE CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Night of the Living Prog Gogol Bordello $35 9p $15/$25 8p

Iya Terra w/ Thrive, For Peace Band $15 7p

Random Rab w/ Lapa $15 9p

Thrive & Tribal Theory $10/$13 7p

THE CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CORK AND FORK 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic Night Free 7-10p

CORRALITOS CULTURAL CENTER 127 Hames Rd., Corralitos

Bonny June Free 7-10p Open Mic 7-10p

Saturday September 21 –8/9pm $20/25 20 Year Anniversary Tour

THE

Sunday September 22 –3/4pm $20/25

CREPE PLACE

Afternoon Blues Series With

LYDIA PENSE & COLD BLOOD

Sep 25 PAUL CAUTHEN + Anna Rose Sep 26 THE CHINA CATS Sep 27 HENRY CHADWICK + Talkie & August Sun Sep 28 HILLSTOMP + Caitlin Jemma Oct 3 MIDTOWN SOCIAL + WALK TALK Oct 4 LITTLE HURRICANE + Bobcat Rob Oct 5 LA MISA NEGRA Oct 6 JIMBO MATHUS of SQUIRREL NUT ZIPPERS Oct 9 ZACK DEPUTY Oct 10 SWEET PLOT + YAK ATTACK Oct 11 GYPTIAN Oct 12 B-SIDE PLAYERS Oct 13 AKI GOES TO BOLLYWOOD Oct 16 JOE MARCINEK w/ GROOVESESSION Oct 17 FRONT COUNTRY Oct 18 DIEGO’S UMBRELLA + VANDOLIERS Oct 20 CHRIS CAIN Oct 25 SOULWISE + HARBOR PATROL Oct 26 WOOSTER Oct 27 WHITEY JOHNSON w/ GARY NICHOLSON Oct 31 SAMBADÁ Nov 1 BODEANS

OPEN LATE - EVERY NIGHT!

Southern Pacific plus The Puffball Collective $10 adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21 + Thur.

Sept. 12 Rusty Stringfield plus 7:30pm The Overextended $10 adv./$10 door seated <21 w/parent Fri. Sept. 13 Harpin’ & Clark 5pm HAPPY HOUR / NO COVER Fri. Sept. 13 Grand Larson, Eric 8:30pm Morrison & The Mysteries, Wed. Sept. 11 7:30pm

Lindsey Wall

$10 adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21 +

Ten O’clock Lunch Band w/Tammi Brown $10 adv./$10 door Dance – ages 21 + Sun. Sept. 15 Grateful Sunday GRATEFUL DEAD TUNES / NO COVER

Sat. Sept. 14 8pm

5:30pm

Tony Furtado Band

Tue. Sept. 17 7:30pm $17 adv./$20 door seated <21 w/parent Wed. Sept. 18 7:30pm $18 adv./$20 door seated <21 w/parent Thu. Sept. 19 7:30pm w/Nina Gerber $30 adv./$33 door seated <21 w/parent

The Tannahill Weavers Eliza Gilkyson COMING UP

AZA THE LOUISIANA PICNIC & 2pm DANCE Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic 2pm Sat. Sept. 21 Petty Theft Tue. Sept. 24 Cripple Creek Open Acoustic Jam Fri. Sept. 20 Sat. Sept. 21

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

Karaoke 8p-Close

Mojo Mix Free 6-8p

Karaoke 8p-Close

The Palms & Bay Ledges w/ Kruel Summer $12 8:30p KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO BLACKALICIOUS

Broken Shades Free 6-8p

Ted Welty & Ryan Price 11a-6p

Passafire w/ Kash’d Out $14 9p

Soul, Jazz, R&B Great Debuts Santa Cruz

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9/15

ABBOTT SQUARE 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

BEN MORRISON

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SUN

Full Band CD Release Celebration With

ADVANCE TICKETS ON TICKETWEB WEDNESDAY 9/11

WESTERN WEDNESDAY w/ BREA BURNS AND THE BOLEROS

8PM - $10 DOOR. $7 W/ COWBOY BOOTS THURSDAY 9/12

WILLY TEA TAYLOR w/ JORDAN SMART & MARIA CARRELLI

9PM - $10 DOOR FRIDAY 9/13

MONK EARL & GENERAL PHLINT 9PM - $5 DOOR SATURDAY 9/14

SHOOBIES

w/ THE MUTILATIONS & PANCHO AND THE WIZARDS

9PM - $6 DOOR

SUNDAY 9/15

BLUEGRASS JAM IN THE GARDEN. 5PM - FREE

MONDAY 9/16

LONG GONE JOHN

W/ JOE KAPLOW, SOPHIE LEV & BAD MARTY 9PM - $5 DOOR

TUESDAY 9/17

FUNK NIGHT w/ SPACE HEATER

9:30 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT

WEEKEND BRUNCH FULL BAR MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ

1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz 429-6994

Bad Dog Unplugged Free 2-6p Acoustic Open Jam 3-5p

LIVE MUSIC

Thursday, September 12 • 7 PM

THEO CROKER

WED

9/11

THE CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Western Wednesday: Brea $10 8p

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

Phoenix Rising $3 7:30p

9/12

THU Willy Tea Taylor w/ Jordan Smart & Maria $10 9p

Papiba & Friends $3 7:30p

FRI

9/13

SAT

9/14

Shoobies w/ Tomb Weaver $6 9p The Eldorados $6 9p

9/15

SUN Open Bluegrass Jam Free 5p Future Twin & more $6 9p

Jive Machine $7 9p

MON

9/16

TUE

Long Gone John w/ TBD $5 9p

9/17

Funk Night w/ Space Heater $6 9p-12a

Elie & Enah Free 2p Live Comedy $10 9p

AfroWaWa $5 7:30p

DISCRETION BREWING 2703 41st Ave, Soquel

A brooding and eloquent approach to the trumpet.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Saturday, September 14 • 8:30 PM

SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE Tickets: eventbrite.com

Sunday, September 15 • 6:30 PM

WAIPUNA – A FUNDRAISER FOR KUHAI SANTA CRUZ

Blind Tiger Open Mic Night 8p

DNA’S COMEDY LAB 155 River St, Santa Cruz

Monkeyhands w/ Zumba Glow w/ What’s Good & Thiq Monique & Celia $12 6p $9/$11 7p

FELTON MUSIC HALL 6275 Hwy 9, Felton THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

Event info: kuumbwajazz.org

Backyard Birds w/ Dan Frechette & Laurel Thompson $9/$11 7p

Monday, September 16 • 7 PM

TIERNEY SUTTON BAND

Benton St. Blues Band 8p

GABRIELLA CAFE 910 Cedar St., Santa Cruz

Linc Russin 7-9p

A long-running ensemble and true collaborative unit, led by Sutton’s crystalline vocals.

Bob Basa 6:30-9:30p

Thursday, September 19 • 7 PM

JACK O’NEILL RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 175 W Cliff Dr. Santa Cruz

Mark Creech 6:30-9:30p

KUUMBWA JAZZ 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Theo Croker $31.50/$36.75 6p

Scott Slaughter 6:30-9:30p

STEVE LEHMAN TRIO WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOSHUA WHITE

Firefly 6:30-9:30p Sin Sisters Burlesque $20-$40 7:30p

Tierney Sutton Band $36.75/$42 5:30p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Southern Pacfic & the Puffball Collective $10 7:30p

Rusty Stringfield & the Overextended $10 7:30p

Harpin’ & Clark Free 5p Grand Larson & more $10 8:30p

Ten O’Clock Lunchband & more $10 8:p

Grateful Sunday Concert Series Free 5:30p

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Blind Rick Free 6p

Al Frisby Free 6p

Lloyd Whitley Free 6p

Jeffrey Halford Free 6p

Steve Freund Free 6p

Tony Furtado Band $17/$20 7:30p Pete Madsen Free 6p

T-Bone Mojo Free 6p

A dazzling display of musicianship – fearless and bold.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS Friday, September 20 • 7:30 PM

SHARON ALLEN & DUSTY BOOTS WITH CAROLYN SILLS COMBO Tickets: snazzyproductions.com

Monday, September 23 • 7:30 PM

BOBBY McFERRIN

PULSE PRODUCTIONS WELCOMES

JAKE SHIMABUKURO

Kevin Nealon

THE GREATEST DAY TOUR

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135 Wednesday, September 11 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

NIGHT OF THE LIVING PROG 3.2 Thursday, September 12 • Ages 16+

GOGOL BORDELLO

Thursday, September 12 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

RANDOM RAB

plus Lapa

Friday, September 13 • Ages 16+

IYA TERRA THRIVE

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 15TH RIO THEATRE

RICHARD THOMPSON

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23rd

KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER

plus Tribal Theory

Saturday, September 14 • Ages 16+

The California Honeydrops

Saturday, September 14 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

RICK N JIMMI’S ALL STAR JAM Sunday, September 15 • Ages 16+

with special guest

Lisa Males

An Evening of Kirtan

LIL KEED

plus Jasiah

Sunday, September 15 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

L.A. WITCH

plus Spirit Mother

Tuesday, September 17 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

ELDER ISLAND

FRIDAY WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 8TH NOVEMBER 13TH RIO THEATRE RIO THEATRE

Monday November 25th Rio Theatre

WWW.PULSEPRODUCTIONS.NET

plus Dirty Nice

Sep 24 Hot Chip/ Holy Fuck (Ages 16+) Sep 26 Loud Luxury/ CID (Ages 16+) Sep 28 & 29 Durand Jones & The Indications (Ages 16+) Oct 3 PNB Rock/ NoCap (Ages 16+) Oct 4 & 5 Steel Pulse (Ages 16+) Oct 10 Collie Buddz/ Keznamdi (Ages 16+) Oct 11 Riot Ten/ Al Ross (Ages 18+) Oct 12 Manila Killa/ Myrne (Ages 16+) Oct 14 Yung Gravy (Ages 16+) Oct 17 Common Kings (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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

www.catalystclub.com

AT THE RIO THEATRE

Friday, September 27 • 7:30 PM

CAFE MUSIQUE

Tickets: snazzyproductions.com Tuesday, October 1 • 7:30 PM

MADELEINE PEYROUX

An extraordinary vocalist and songsmith, celebrating the release of her new album.

AT THE RIO THEATRE

Thursday, October 3 • 7 PM

CIRCUS – KNIFE, BLOOD & FIRE Music from a new one-act theater production created by Joe Ortiz and Greg Fritsch, featuring Lori Rivera.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS

Monday, October 7 • 7 PM & 9 PM

AN EVENING WITH THE JULIAN LAGE TRIO

Hailed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation.

1/2 PRICE STUDENT TICKETS (9 PM) Thursday, October 10 • 7 PM & 9 PM

BILLY COBHAM CROSSWINDS PROJECT WITH RANDY BRECKER – 75th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TOUR Unless noted, advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wine & beer available.

All ages welcome.

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

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Friday, September 13 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

Riveting vocals – musically adventurous and thoroughly celebratory.

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SHOWS

LIVE MUSIC

SEP 13TH WED

9/11

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

MONKEYHANDS SEP 14TH

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

The Program, Euphoric 9:30p

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

BACKYARD BIRDS

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

SEP 19TH

BRANDON & BRENT PIERCE SEP 20TH

MATTHEW & THE ATLAS

Trivia 8p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

THU

9/12

CON BRIO

9/13

SAT

9/14

SUN

9/15

MON

9/16

Adam Cova 9:30p

D-Roc 9:30p

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

Reggae Night Free 7p

Nick Isham Free 7p

Dusty Mustards Mystical Blues Band Free 7p

Tacos & Trivia Free 6:30p

Cement Ship Free 10p-12a Kit Bragg 2-5p

Vinny Johnson 2-5p

Johnny Neri 2-5p

Erin Avila 6-9p Comedy Free 8p

Open Mic Free 4-7p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

9/17

Boostive, Gene Evaro Jr. Rick Estrin & the drftr $10/$15 8p Nightcats $15/$20 3p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

TUE

Ben Morrison Band, Ron Artis & the Truth $15/$20 8p

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

Variety Show w/ Toby Gray 6:30p

Acoustic Reggae Jam 6:30p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

SEP 21ST

FRI

Army, Binghi Ghost, Roots Natty & more $10/$15 8p Libation Lab w/ King Wizard & Chief Transcend 9:30p

Aloha Friday 6:30p

Featured Acts 6:30p

Film: And Two If By Sea $15 7:30p Comedy Night 9p

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

The Human Juke Box 6p

Open Mic 6p

Tuesday Trivia Night 6:30p

Kevin Nealon $27-$40 7p

First & Third Celtic Jam

Live DJ

Live DJ

The Joint Chiefs 8p

Headshine 9p

Boom Draw 9p

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

Alex Lucero & Friends 8p

SEP 22ND

TITUS ANDRONICUS SEP 25TH

ANDERSON EAST RESTAURANT NOW OPEN

WED-SUN 4-9PM

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831-588-3238 alderwoodsantacruz.com 155 Walnut Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95060

4140 Ste. “T” Capitola Rd (By Big 5, Near D.M.V.) Open 7 days a week 10am–10pm

Radio Station

LIVE MUSIC WED

9/11

THU

9/12

FRI

9/13

SAT

9/14

SUN

9/15

MON

9/16

TUE

9/17

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

Joint Chiefs 6:30p

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

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-9p

Fishhook 8-11:30p

Patio Acoustics 1-4p Snarky Cats 8-11:30p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 6:30-9:30p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

Rory Lynch Free 6-9p

Droolpigs Free 6-9p

Live Oak Jam Free 6-9p

STEEL BONNET 20 Victor Square, Scotts Valley

Soul Doubt Free 5p

The Josh Mann Trio Free 5p

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

Dan Frechette Free 5:30p

Erin Avila Free 5:30p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

Sherry Austin & Patti Maxine $18/$20 7:30p

Paul Damon & the Healing Free 6-9p

SHANTY SHACK BREWING 138 Fern St, Santa Cruz

VINOCRUZ 4901 Soquel Drive, Soquel

Patio Acoustics 1-4p

DC Trio 6-9p

DJ Monk Earl Free 6-9p

Open Mic w/ Steven David 5:30p

Myhaylo K 5-8p

VINO LOCALE 55 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz

Joe Leonard 6-8p

Hannah Cooper 6-8p

Shady Characters 5-7p

WHARF HOUSE 1400 Wharf Road, Capitola

B Movie Kings 1p

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

Ricky Torres Band 1p

DJ Yosemite & Spicy Boys 9:30p

Wasted Noise 9:30p

Follow the Rio Theatre on Facebook & Twitter! info@riotheatre.com www.riotheatre.com

Sep-Nov 2019 Kuumbwa

Fri, Sept 27 7:30 pm $25 Gen. Adv. $32 Gold Circle

Kuumbwa

Tues, Oct 15 7:30 pm $25 Gen. Adv. $40 Gold Circle

Kuumbwa

Monday – Thursday, lunch and dinner.

LOCATED ON THE BEACH

Amazing waterfront deck views.

Kuumbwa

Fri, Oct 18 7:30 pm $27 Gen. Adv. $40 Gold Circle

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

See live music grid for this week’s bands.

STAND-UP COMEDY

Three live comedians every Sunday night.

Kuumbwa

Thurs, Nov 7 7:30 pm $30 Gen. Adv. $40 Gold Circle

HAPPY HOUR

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

VISIT OUR BEACH MARKET

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

Snazzy at Michael’s On Main Tue, Sept 17 Wed, Sept 25 Wed, Oct 3 Thurs, Oct 31 Thurs, Nov 7

50th Anniversary dining room specials are here.

7:30 pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

Tony Furtado Band Way Out West Mira Goto The Sam Chase”The Halloween Event “ Costume Dance Party Del Rey

$17 Adv/ $20 Door $15 Adv/$15 Door $15 Adv/$20 Door $20 Adv/$25 Door $15 Adv/ $20 Door

each side (40 seats). Additional $4 for each ticket purchased at the door. Tax is included.

DINING ROOM SPECIALS MON-THURS

Celebrating 50 Years of Fun - New low prices!

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SINCE 1992 LUNCH DINNER DAILY WEEKEND BRUNCH Oaxaca Tuesdays Mandolin Wednesdays Thursdays soft Jazz standards With David O’Connor 2$ Oyster Fridays Breakfast Saturdays at Scotts Valley Farmers Market

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Fri, Sept 20 7:30 pm $25 Gen. Adv. $40 Gold Circle

Upcoming Shows

SEP 13 Film: And Two if By Sea SEP 15 Kevin Nealon SEP 19 Lecture: California on Fire SEP 20 Banff Centre Mountain Film SEP 21 Pivot: The Art of Fashion SEP 23 Bobby McFerrin SEP 28 Jim Messina OCT 01 Madeleine Peyroux OCT 04 Film: Fantastic Fungi OCT 05 Dave Mason OCT 08 Namibia: Land of the Cheetah OCT 09 Snatam Kaur OCT 11-12 Santa Cruz Surf Film Festival OCT 24 Todd Snider and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott NOV 01 Film: Trail Vision Awards NOV 08 Richard Thompson NOV 09 Mountainfilm on Tour NOV 13 Los Lonely Boys NOV 17 Jesse Cook NOV 19 Lecture: Flea (Chili Peppers) NOV 20 A Tuba to Cuba NOV 21 Built To Spill NOV 23 Warren Miller’s “Timeless” NOV 25 Kirtan with Krishna Das

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FILM

SECRETS AND LIES Keira Knightley plays Katharine Gun, the real-life British translator who leaked a

sensitive memo related to the impending post-9/11 war on Iraq, in ‘Official Secrets.’

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Whistleblower exposes political skullduggery in taut ‘Official Secrets’ BY LISA JENSEN

A

s irony would have it, the day this review is published marks the 18th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. This was the pretext the George W. Bush administration claimed for launching the U.S. war on Iraq—a pretext that soon proved to be entirely erroneous. The dogged U.S. insistence that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction that put lives at risk was the only tenuous thread by which the invasion of Iraq might be legitimized on the world stage. Of course, no WMDs were ever discovered, but by then, one of the most devastating and entirely illegal wars in which U.S. troops (among

many others) have ever bled and died was well underway.

All of which provides background for Official Secrets. There’s nothing slick or flashy about Gavin Hood’s tightly constructed and efficient suspense drama. Less a conventional thriller than what you might call an investigative procedural, it zeroes in on a few intrepid individuals facing tough moral choices when they begin to uncover the campaign of misinformation and manipulation the U.S. is using to sell the war.

The movie tells the story of Katharine Gun, an unassuming translator with Britain’s informationgathering GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters),

whose decision to leak a sensitive memo to the press got her hauled up on charges of violating the Official Secrets Act. Katharine is played with stoic determination

by Keira Knightley. Fearful of the consequences, yet outraged at how the public is being misled, she delivers a couple of potent speeches on loyalty to one’s country over one’s government provided by Hood and co-scriptwriters Sara Bernstein and Gregory Bernstein.

Katharine works at transcribing and filing documents in a large office of similarly anonymous drones toiling away in their glass cubicles. It’s 2003; Tony Blair, George W. Bush, and Colin Powell

are all over TV advocating for war against Iraq in the wake of 9/11.

The issue is about to come up for a vote at the United Nations Security Council, without whose approval the U.S. cannot lawfully invade Iraq. Then one day, a memo crosses Katharine’s virtual desk from U.S. intelligence to their UK counterparts urging surveillance of Security Council members from swing vote nations in order to convince (read: blackmail) them to vote for the war.

Katharine is no radical peacenik, but she’s appalled at the idea of unleashing a war that’s justification has to be coerced by stealth. Especially as politicians continue to spread lies about phantom WMDs. She plucks up the nerve to burn a CD of the memo, print it out and hand it over to a friend with contacts in the press.

Katharine risks not only her own liberty and livelihood, but the safety of her Muslim-Turkish husband, Yasar (Adam Bakri). And while The Observer officially supports the BlairBush war effort, the editorial staff can’t resist so timely a story just days before the U.N. Security Council votes. Sadly, the leaked memo doesn’t stop the war, but Katharine stands by her actions and her principles all the way to the Queen’s Bench.

Ralph Fiennes is terrific, as usual, as Katharine’s lawyer, Ben Emmerson. Other familiar faces doing a stand-up job are Matthew Goode as Bright’s newsroom colleague; Conleth Hill (Lord Varys from Game Of Thrones), unrecognizable as Bright’s feisty, foul-mouthed editor; and Jack Farthing (the odious villain in Poldark) as Katharine’s chipper cubicle-mate at GCHQ. In a way, the movie almost makes one nostalgic for the Bush era, when the revelation of such bald-faced lies and corruption still had the power to incite outrage and moral courage.

Those were the days.

OFFICIAL SECRETS *** (out of four) With Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Ralph Fiennes, and Matthew Goode. Written by Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein and Gavin Hood. From the book ‘The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War: Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion’ by Marcia Mitchell and Thomas Mitchell. Directed by Gavin Hood. Rated R. 112 minutes.

MOVIE TIMES

September 11-17

All times are PM unless otherwise noted.

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FILM NEW RELEASES BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON Can a movie be a comedy and an inspirational drama and not suck?

That’s the question this new film from first-time writer-director Paul Downs Colaizzo seeks to answer with a “yes.” Based on the real-life story of Colaizzo’s roommate Brittany O’Neill (whose photos are shown at the end), the film features Jillian Bell (getting her first starring role after impressing in Workaholics and Eastbound and Down) as a woman who takes up running to lose weight and ends up training for the New York City Marathon. Co-starring Michaela Watkins, Micah Stock and Alice Lee. (R) 104 minutes. (SP)

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HUSTLERS Remember that New York magazine article about strippers embezzling money from their Wall Street patrons? No? Well, your failure to get around to that stack of magazines you said you were going to read back in 2015 apparently didn’t faze studio execs, because they made a movie about it. But don’t worry, they probably didn’t read it, either. Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria.

Starring Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez and Julia Stiles. (R) 109 minutes. (SP)

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LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE In a hilariously stupid negative review of this documentary, the slobberingly conservative National Review tried to argue that considering Ronstadt’s career through a political lens is an egregious distortion of cultural history.

Ultimately, the only thing they proved is that they know next to nothing about Ronstadt, whose political activism is legendary even in a music industry known for its earnest do-gooding. As always, you can count on this time-tested rule: if the National Review doesn’t like a movie, it’s great. Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. (PG13) 95 minutes. (SP) OFFICIAL SECRETS Reviewed this issue. (R) 112 minutes. (SP) CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S

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

NOW PLAYING BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Just when it looked like Yesterday had the Academy Award for Quirkiest Spin On Our Insatiable Nostalgia For Classic Rock all sewn up (it’s one of those Oscars they pass out during the commercials), along comes Blinded By the Light, about a British-Pakistani Muslim whose teen angst can only be cured by his obsession with the music of Bruce Springsteen. Based on the memoir of journalist Sarfraz Mandoor, this is actually a true story. I mean, so was Yesterday, obviously … Directed by Gurinder Chadha. Starring Viveik Kalra and Hayley Atwell. (PG-13) 117 minutes. (SP) DON’T LET GO In this supernatural thriller from Blumhouse (of Get Out and Us fame), a man who has lost his family receives a phone call from one of the dead. As he is pulled into the mystery of what really happened, he sees a possibility of reversing it. Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes. Starring David Oyelowo, Storm Reid and Byron Mann. (R) 103 minutes. (SP) DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD I guess it’s been a long time since I checked in on Dora the Explorer, ’cause now she’s turned into Tomb Raider Jr. and is played by 18-year-old Isabela Moner in this live-action adventure adaptation. What happened to, “I’m the map! The map! The map, the map, the map?” Directed by James Bobin. Co-starring Benicio Del Toro, Danny Trejo and Eva Longoria. (PG) 102 minutes.

GOOD BOYS Little kids swearing—it never gets old, right? In fact, the makers of

Superbad, Sausage Party and other raunchfests have apparently decided that the littler they are, the funnier it is. And so we have Good Boys, a comedy about 6th graders saying bad words, being wrong about sex, and unknowingly using sex toys. And you thought high-concept comedy was dead.

Directed by Gene Stupnitsky.

Starring Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams and Will Forte. (R) 89 minutes. (SP) IT: CHAPTER TWO It used to be that if there was particularly epic source material for something, people would say, “You could never fit that in a movie! It’s more like a TV show or a miniseries.”

In fact, the first adaptation of Stephen King’s 1,138-page novel It was a 1990 TV miniseries that is mostly remembered now for Tim Curry playing Pennywise the Clown. It was shown over two nights, cost $12 million, and ran just over three hours, not counting commercials.

Times have changed: at 169 minutes, this second part of the $100-million-plus film adaptation alone nearly matches the running time of the entire miniseries (the first installment from 2017 ran a comparatively brisk 135 minutes). This adaptation is also packed with stars: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy and Bill Hader headline the adult Loser’s Club, which battled the murderous Pennywise as children in the first movie. But does anyone else feel like Curry’s kooky, low-budget Pennywise is still better than Bill Skarsgard’s intense but somehow bland take?

Directed by Andy Muschietti. (R) 169 minutes. (SP) THE LION KING To anyone who thought there were no more trees for Disney to shake money out of, I give you what’s being sold as the latest in the company’s series of live-action remakes of hit cartoons.

But the thing is, despite the fact that the computer-generated images of its animal cast are photo-realistic, there’s nothing here that’s actually live action, is there? Nope, it’s literally a

cartoon remake of a cartoon. Who knew “hakuna matata” actually translates to “milk it for all it’s worth?” Directed by Jon Favreau.

Featuring the voices of Donald Glover, John Oliver and James Earl Jones. (PG) 118 minutes. (SP) ONCE UPON A TIME … IN HOLLYWOOD There was a lot of outrage when Quention Tarantino announced his next movie would include the story of the Manson murders. Apparently, people thought it might glorify Manson, a concern that the casting of beadyeyed Damon “Let Me Be Your Creepy Guy” Herriman in the role should have allayed. Also, this is the filmmaker who killed off Hitler and gave Southern slave owners their comeuppance—fulfilling revenge fantasies is kinda his thing.

It’ll be interesting to see how he works this true-crime angle into a fictional story of over-the-hill TV actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) in the fading days of 1960s Hollywood. Co-starring Margot Robbie, Kurt Russell and Al Pacino. (R) 161 minutes. (SP) THE NIGHTINGALE As with an indifferent Western, something just keeps you watching this rape-revenge film, which The Nightingale often pretends it isn’t. It’s 1825 in Van Diemen’s Land, today’s Tasmania, during the closing of a war of extermination against the local aborigines. The 20-ish Claire is an Irish criminal sent to the penal colony for some unspecified misdeed; she’s subjected to a cabin invasion in which she loses everything. Claire gets her husband’s rifle and his pony and tracks her rapists. The Nightingale might have increased its appeal by going full True Grit, cutting the assault time and amping the frontier menace.

Director Jennifer Kent insists on real-life consequences to this horror—that Claire’s thirst for vengeance is shallower than she thinks, and she sickens from the taste. Starring Aisling Fraciosi, Baykali Ganambarr and Harry Weaving. (R) 138 minutes. (RvB)

THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON Someday you’ll meet someone quirky who considers Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s audience-pleasing The Peanut Butter Falcon their favorite movie of all time. That choice wouldn’t be disgraceful; like the star Zack Gottsagen, this movie is on its own wavelength. Gottsagen’s character Zak introduces himself: “I am a Down’s Syndrome person.” He’s stubby, stubborn, and he wins you over fast with the strength of his own agenda and his willingness to carry it out. Zak is a fan of professional wrestling and one vintage wrestler in particular, the SaltWater Redneck (Thomas Haden Church), who he watches repeatedly on a VHS tape. This obsession spurs his plan to flee the coastal North Carolina old folks’ home where he’s being kept. He stows away in the boat of another fugitive, Tyler (Shia LaBoeuf). As a road trip movie, it’s like The Last Detail done watery. The two southwardbound runners are at last joined

by Eleanor (Dakota Johnson), who tended to Zak at the nursing home and who is responsible for tracking him down. (PG-13) 93 minutes. (SP) WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE It’s weird to see patrician Cate Blanchett in full-on ditz mode, rattling around the house like Lucy Ricardo in Richard Linklater’s adaptation of the bestselling Maria Semple novel. But Blanchett is terrific in her instant transitions from icy and imperious to flirty to sardonic. While the book was a comic odyssey about the search for a woman in flight from 20 years of domesticity, Linklater keeps the protagonist front and center throughout, caught in the throes of suburban life in Seattle, so the mystery here is not where she’s gone away to but how she got here in the first place. Which gives us more time to watch Blanchett at work, making up for the movie’s sitcom elements and less-than-subtle messages. (PG13) 104 minutes. (LJ)

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Foxx will hold forth at this classroom-style tasting in the restaurant. Admission—$50 general, or $35 for Soif wine club members— includes cheese and charcuterie, along with the following wines: I. Brand Bates Ranch Cabernet Franc 2016; Lester Estate Rose Syrah 2018; Lester Estate Pinot Noir 2016; Beauregard Winery Bald Mountain Chardonnay 2017; Sante Arcangeli “Integrato” Chardonnay 2017; and Margins Wine Zayante Barbera 2018. What Prudy Foxx doesn’t know about grapes, wine and winemaking probably isn’t worth knowing. Come to this tasting and find out.

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Bad Animal debuts a new Sunday menu BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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The brunch menu will be on offer from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. every Sunday at the enlightened home of louche literature, seasoned philosophy and soul-changing poetry. The emphasis will still be on CaliforniaFrench cuisine, says co-host Andrew Sivak, which means we can look for dishes like duck rillette hash, soufflé omelette, Croque Madame (can you say “Cafe de Flore?”), plus house-made yogurt and granola.

With brunch comes a new wine list;

I’m guessing something chilled with bubbles.

On Sunday evenings, chef Todd Parker will inflect Bad Animal’s dinner menu with a Southern accent.

Sunday supper will include Southern culinary staples like red beans and rice (Andouille sausage, ham hocks, bacon), and even boiled peanuts (with creole spice). I’ve learned to expect delicious surprises from Bad Animal, and the new Sunday brunch should put a definite “voila” in your attitude.

Bad Animal, 1011 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. badanimalbooks.com.

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Queen of the vineyards and local viticulturist Prudy Foxx coaxes

agricultural miracles and flavor complexity out of grapes with names like Syrah, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Grown men (and women) genuflect when she comes around their vineyards to check bud break, shading, pruning, sugar numbers, and readiness for harvest. A celebrated genius with regional grape planting, growing and management, Foxx never met a vineyard she couldn’t improve, and chances are if you’ve ever tasted a wine from the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation, you’ve tasted Foxx’s handiwork. Since the mid-80s, Foxx has helped winemakers express the finest from their vines. She’s also a lot of fun to talk to and taste wines

You know about this legendary gardner’s new book, Fruit Trees for Every Garden, don’t you?

Well now you do. And to help Orin Martin of UCSC’s Alan Chadwick Garden celebrate, there’s a book launch party at the UCSC Hay Barn on Sunday, Sept. 15 from 4-6 p.m. This free event is open to the public, and Orin will be reading and signing his books, which will be on display and for sale, beautifully illustrated with color etchings by Stephanie Martin.

Refreshments will be available, plus a pie potluck! Bring your favorite fruit pie to wow the public and impress Orin. casfs.ucsc.edu.

WINE OF THE WEEK Stirm Wine Co. Riesling 2017, made

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very time I taste an interesting Tannat wine from Uruguay, I am so glad it’s available locally at Soif.

The Santa Cruz restaurant and wine bar is not just about good food and enjoying a glass of wine to go with your dinner. This well-stocked establishment also carries a select inventory of wines from all over the world, including the Tannat 2015 ($24) from Uruguay. Blended with 30% Merlot and 15% Zinfandel, these two robust wines add an abundance of flavor and depth.

Considered the “national grape” of Uruguay, Tannat is less familiar in the U.S., and many people haven’t even heard of it. Grown historically in southwest France, it is now one of the most prominent grapes in Uruguay. Deeply aromatic, this delicious Tannat blend is suffused with black raspberry, cedar and spice—coalescing in a velvety mouthfeel. It is handcrafted by award-winning women winemakers.

Artesana is a small-production estate winery in the acclaimed Canelones region of Uruguay specializing in Tannat, Tannat blends and Zinfandel (the only Zinfandel

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FARMHOUSE CULTURE Kathryn Lukas is the guru of sauerkraut. Her Central Coast company Farmhouse Culture is extremely successful, and her products sell far and wide. The organic “gut shot” health drinks are superb. I especially love the Classic Caraway and the Ginger Beet.

Lukas has now co-authored a book with her son, master fermenter Shane Peterson, titled The Farmhouse Culture Guide to Fermenting: Crafting Live-Cultured Foods and Drinks with 100 Recipes from Kimchi to Kombucha.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES BENEFICIAL AND DREAMY Jupiter (in Sagittarius–the Archer) is moving towards a square with Neptune (in Pisces–the Savior). The two, Jupiter and Neptune, are in their home signs. The last time this occurred was the mid-19th century (1852-53)—a time of rapid expansion, spiritualism, and tension over slavery and the abolitionist movement. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published, and limiting ideas and beliefs were being transcended. We are experiencing this same influence again (’til Sept. 21).

Jupiter is always beneficial and Neptune’s dreamy. With Neptune, there’s a sense of things hidden, veiled and dissolving. We could find ourselves and others in a trance. With squares, challenges arise. We must move in a different direction while anchoring something new. Squares snap us to attention—especially if Neptune is involved.

Neptune can make us feel quite confused, even deluded. Illusions are common. Jupiter, on the other hand, is always bountiful. Sometimes too much to handle. With Neptune, we can experience

disorganization and disillusion. With Jupiter, we experience extravagance and exaggeration. It’s best to follow routines at this time.

On a higher level with Jupiter/Neptune, we can have spiritual impressions, intuitions, guidance. The Virgo planets (Sun, Mercury and Mars) will square Jupiter and Neptune (creating a potent T-square). Virgo and Pisces are the two signs of health. And Sagittarius is the sign of sometimes overeating. This week, it’s best to eat lightly, not consume heavy foods.

The full moon/Virgo solar festival occurs Friday and Saturday. We align personality, soul and spirit (a triangle) within ourselves. We contemplate both practical matters and matters of Spirit, seek new ways of thinking and feel at times the need to escape, all the while dreaming big and contemplating a prolonged spiritual journey.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Those who are around you seek your mentorship and direction. You’re the structure and light needed that lights their way. This is not a compliment. It’s a responsibility of leadership, direction and love. It’s important to maintain health and a simple diet. Possibly you need more calcium/magnesium for calmness. With all relationships and interactions, be kind.

You seek a sense of belonging. Assessing your talents and gifts, you wonder when the feeling of belonging will appear, and when there will be less stress and fewer limitations. Eventually, a new story will appear, a new life narrative. Then a change of appearance, along with new confidence and a desire for more harmony. You are a bit mysterious now. Careful with too much exercise. Careful with bones and ligaments. Ponder upon forgiveness.

Esoteric Astrology as news for the week of Sept. 11, 2019

TAURUS Apr21–May21 The work and responsibilities continue to arrive. Health issues, too. You tend to everything needed, forging ahead with the help of Vulcan (soul ruler). Vulcan fashions gold out of iron, creates a forward momentum, allows for hope and optimism, and drives you toward future goals. On your mind is always how to create, build and sustain community. It takes more than a village. It takes a new dawn.

GEMINI May 22–June 20 Home continues to matter more and more. How to live with comfort and ease, tending all the while to perfect health and fitness. Daily life rhythms will sustain you.

Is movement forward still an issue? Continue to ask for what you need, always speak with compassion and humor. You’re to live and serve with a wise heart. Venus is your companion. She greets you with a pale golden light. Soon she’ll be the evening star.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Notice your concern with how others see, and assess you and your skills. Notice a change of values occurring, too. It’s the right time for making new friends, contacting with old ones, creating professional opportunities with groups and on social media. A community or group needs your writing and research abilities. The present work situation may shift about. This will pass. Maintain composure.

Work should be pretty good, especially as you’re well-liked.

At times you may feel restricted, constrained and controlled by someone in one or more groups of people. It will be important to make yourself more productive in terms of creating harmony. Go against all limitations; create a happy, positive, light-filled aura. The outcome will be more than expected. Work on the honor system—your honor.

CIAL I F F O S ’ SC LER I A T E R RED EYE

Your communication always creates harmony and happiness. It’s good to dream a bit about big impossible things, be in the forest, consider God and the heavens, devas and stars. It’s good to consider what magic would allow all problems to disappear. Spread your wings a bit more, and seriously consider any visions you may have.

Something lets you soar above the world and everyday life.

You’ll return to Earth when your questions are answered.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 Your focus on money is correct in terms of the future.

Assess it, gather it, safeguard it, and put it away for later use. Offer your gifts in exchange for what you need, and realize the value of your potential. Daily routines will change and be rearranged. Your vitality (life force) is in fast-forward. A bit of slowdown is needed for equilibrium.

You’re a good-to-excellent sport! Ask the devas for all that you need.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22

PISCES Feb19–Mar20

In your daily life, have the intention to focus on facts and not on fictions, fantasies, or wishful thinking. Facts are the foundation of a clear, focused thinker and later, a good leader. Facts help uplift emotional disturbances, disappointments, changes, and confusions. Saturn, asking that you consider what is of value to you, provides both emotional and intellectual inspiration. Relax into a moving transformation.

Walking along the precipice of reality, not remembering yesterday, not seeing tomorrow, you summon the faith that there is indeed a path to walk upon, although you know it’s invisible. Some Pisces may receive spiritual messages. Some will enter a business partnership.

There will be a need to move forward soon (after years of un-knowing). The forest becomes the trees of opportunity. Keep dreaming, Pisces.

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CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20

Home and family become increasingly filled with responsibilities and work. You attempt to pass on family traditions. However, so many tasks interfere.

Be practical with how much you’re doing for others, or exhaustion arises. An acupuncture treatment is most likely needed, and chiropractic, too. You’re the one at home needing tender loving care. Sit a while.

Are you finding yourself going out and about, creating deeper relationships with neighbors, siblings and close friends? Leos often tend only to themselves, and this creates loneliness. Wherever there’s a sense of imbalance with others, ask questions, listen, assess, and speak from the heart. Saturn, the Dweller on the Threshold (of divinity), is asking everyone to review past beliefs before a new mental attitude can form. The Angel of the Presence is watching.

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refiliNg of fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file With chaNge No. 2019-0001404 The following Corporation is doing business as VaNguard realtors.

1142 soQuel aVe., saNta cruZ, ca 95062. County of santa Cruz. saNta cruZ VaNguard realtors, iNc. 1142 soQuel aVe., saNta cruZ, ca 95062. ai# 1627291. This business is conducted by a Corporation signed: saNta cruZ VaNguard realtors, iNc. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/30/1989. original FBn number: 20090002503. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on august 8, 2019. august 21, 28, sept. 4, & 11.

individual is doing business as Vidah moBile. 1099 WaNda aVeNue, seaside, ca 93955. County of monTeRey. aNdrea arroyo-flores. 1099 WaNda aVeNue, seaside, ca 93955. This business is conducted by an individual signed: aNdrea arroyo-flores. 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 august 12, 2019. august 21, 28 & september 4, 11.

of saNta cruZ.petitioN of eriN VaNessa reNee castaNeda chaNge of Name case No.19cV02453. the court fiNds that the petitioner eriN VaNessa reNee castaNeda has filed a Petition for Change of name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: eriN VaNessa reNee castaNeda to: eleNa VaNessa reNee castaNeda. 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 sept. 30, 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: aug. 15, 2019. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the superior Court. aug. 21, 28, sept. 4, & 11.

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fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001442 The following individual is doing business as astrology 101 press, autheNtic freedom puBlicatioNs, piXy daNce press, speech fairy press. 1540 leila court, saNta cruZ, ca 95062. County of santa Cruz. oralea starr. 1540 leila court, saNta cruZ, ca 95062. This business is conducted by an individual signed: oralea starr. 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 august 14, 2019. august 21, 28, september 4, & 11. fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001431 The following

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This business is conducted by an individual signed: aylaNa ZaNVille. 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 august 12, 2019. august 21, 28, september 4, & 11.

fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001474 The following individual is doing business as pearl of the oceaN. 736 Water st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. County of santa Cruz. ayoma NishaNthi WileN. 2725 Via coyote, saNta cruZ, ca 95065. This business is conducted by an individual signed: ayoma NishaNthi WileN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 3/9/2009. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on august 19, 2019. august 28, september 4, 11, & 18.

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fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001456 The following individual is doing business as lopeZ maiNteNaNce. 235 poNderosa aVe., WatsoNVille, ca 95076. County of santa Cruz. miguel lopeZ. 235 poNderosa aVe., WatsoNVille, ca 95076. This business is conducted by an individual signed: miguel lopeZ. 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 august 16, 2019. august 21, 28, september 4, & 11. fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001467 The following individual is doing business as fraNK's coNstructioN. 114 BarsoN st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. County of santa Cruz. fraNK melViN riVera aValos. 114 BarsoN st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060.

This business is conducted by an individual signed: fraNK melViN riVera aValos.

The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 7/1/2019. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on august 19, 2019. august 28, september 4, 11, & 18. fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001408 The following individual is doing business as operatioN feed the people. 155 madroNa rd., Boulder creeK, ca 95006. County of santa Cruz. eric JaN adema. 155 madroNa rd., Boulder creeK, ca 95006. This business is conducted by an individual signed: eric JaN adema. 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 august 8, 2019. august 28, september 4, 11, & 18.

fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001477 The following individual is doing business as cosmic geography. 711 B cayuga st., saNta cruZ, ca 95062. County of santa Cruz. aNJoli marie Kumra. 711 B cayuga st., saNta cruZ, ca 95062. This business is conducted by an individual signed: aNJoli marie Kumra. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 8/20/2019.

This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on august 20, 2019. august 28, september 4, 11, & 18. fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001486 The following Corporation is doing business as homeless serVices ceNter. 115 coral st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. County of santa Cruz. housiNg matters. 115 coral st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. al# 1526216.

This business is conducted by a Corporation signed: housiNg matters. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/31/2019. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on august 22, 2019. sept. 4, 11, 18, & 25. fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001496 The following individual is doing business as seaQuoia Wild seaWeeds. 254 potrero st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. County of santa Cruz. iaN taylor o'hollareN. 1191 church st., VeNtura, ca 93001. This business is conducted by an individual signed: iaN taylor o'hollareN. The

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fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001495 The following individual is doing business as coWgirl cateriNg saNta cruZ. 1255 high st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. County of santa Cruz. daNielle ashley pearl. 1255 high st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. This business is conducted by an individual signed: daNielle ashley pearl. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 9/1/2018. This statement was filed with Gail l. Pellerin, County Clerk of santa Cruz County, on august 26, 2019. september 4, 11, 18, & 25.

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fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001503 The following individual is doing business as smooth at the NooK, smooth Body louNge. 1543 pacific aVe., saNta cruZ, ca 95060.

County of santa Cruz. cheri chase. 429 WiNdham st., saNta cruZ, ca 95062.

This business is conducted by an individual signed: cheri chase. 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 august 26, 2019. september 11, 18, 25 & oct. 2.

fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001549 The following individual is doing business as rm plumBiNg. 246 JacKsoN st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. County of santa Cruz.

Jose fraNcisco rocha. 246 JacKsoN st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. This business is conducted by an individual signed: Jose fraNcisco rocha. 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 september 5, 2019.

september 11, 18, 25 & oct. 2. fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001506 The following individual is doing business as lashed By Kris. 1515 capitola rd., saNta cruZ, ca 95062. County of santa Cruz. JeNNifer Kristal moreira. 4411 corteZ dr., soQuel, ca 95073. This business is conducted by an individual signed: JeNNifer Kristal moreira. 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 august 27, 2019. september 11, 18, 25 & oct. 2. fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001528 The following individual is doing business as couNseliNg through creatiVity. 3050 elda laNe, saNta cruZ, ca 95062. County of santa Cruz. meliNda marie martiNdale. 3050 elda laNe, saNta cruZ, ca 95062. This business is conducted by an individual signed: meliNda marie martiNdale.

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 august 29, 2019. september 11, 18, 25 & oct. 2.

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fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001493 The following individual is doing business as WaVe guardiaN records. 115 storey st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060. County of santa Cruz. samuel NelsoN Boodt. 115 storey st., saNta cruZ, ca 95060.

This business is conducted by an individual signed: samuel NelsoN Boodt. 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 august 26, 2019. september 11, 18, 25 & oct. 2.

fictitious BusiNess Name statemeNt file No. 2019-0001521 The following married Couple is doing business as staNtoN sQuared. 23644 mouNtaiN charlie road, los gatos, ca 95033.

County of santa Clara. Julie elaiNe staNtoN & richard aaroN staNtoN. 23644 mouNtaiN charlie road, los gatos, ca 95033. This business is conducted by a married Couple signed: Julie elaiNe staNtoN. 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 august 29, 2019. sept. 11, 18, 25, & oct. 2.

There was a time, ten or fifteen years ago, when I became convinced traditional open houses were a thing of the past. Turnouts were diminishing. Traffic was becoming a motley collection of looky-loos, nosy neighbors, tire kickers and random passersby, drawn like moths to the corner signs and a chance to peek behind the scenes of someone else’s home and life.

I was almost ready to mothball my open house signs. Ditch the cookies. And hold the presses on all those glossy flyers I was printing at the expense of all those trees.

At best, open houses seemed more like tools for younger agents to meet occasional living, breathing buyers. Or to humor sellers into thinking their listings were attracting the right audience (not just looky-loos and tire kickers!). At worst, they were a way to pitch future listing services to all those nosy neighbors.

None of it was really about selling the actual houses.

But I take it all back now. The advent of the low inventory market has changed everything.

Open houses have once again become a crucial part of the home selling process. Anyone who doesn’t do them hurts their chances to get the best results.

Here’s my thinking: • Every new listing is digitized and instantly downloaded to a waiting marketplace these days. A shotgun approach to marketing is no longer necessary. The right audience is already waiting for the details.

• In the old days, marketing a house took two or three months to unfold. These days: two or three days.

• Most buyers come from outside the county.

Traditional move-up buyers who fueled past markets are missing from the equation.

• People from elsewhere don’t drive over to Santa Cruz during the week to see new listings.

Given daily traffic congestion on both sides of the hill - they can’t.

• Most buyers reserve weekends to see new listings as they come on. They prefer to schedule their own time, drive their own cars and see things at their own pace.

• In a multiple-offer marketplace, the goal for sellers is: generate the most showings in the shortest period of time after their house goes on the market.

• Open houses act as effective funnels to collect, concentrate and clarify market interest incredibly quickly. Usually the first weekend after a listing goes on.

• For sellers, there’s nothing better than having swarms of buyers all eyeballing each other at the same time, trying to size up all the competition. That’s what motivates buyers to write offers quickly and competitively.

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46 Sears Cl, Soquel Clean, comfortable, move in ready 3BR/2.5BA home in super convenient Soquel location. This lovingly maintained home is located on a quiet street close to beaches, Capitola Village & Cabrillo College. New carpet & paint, versatile open floorplan with fenced back yard & attached 2-car garage. $799,000 Host: Sherri Barcus DRE# 01902402 4410 Diamond St #4, Capitola Popular Capitola Shores! Upstairs 2BR/1BA single level unit gives you privacy at your door. Close to 41st Ave shops, Capitola’s village & also, Pleasure Point! Affordable first home, vacation property or rental. Upstairs units are the largest homes in this community. $495,000 Host: Jim E Charlton-Furlong DRE# 01897214 4425 Clares #82, Capitola Loma Vista Estates! Quiet, centrally located 55+ co-op community.

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Walk to Capitola Mall & the Village. $375,000 Host: Jill Lindsay DRE# 01797789

375 Beach Dr, Rio Del Mar Beach living at it’s best! Charming 3BR/2BA ocean front home.

Panoramic views from upstairs deck. Coveted location at one of the most desirable area beaches. Make your own fun & memories at this beach front paradise. $2,250,000 Host: Candie Noel DRE# 01339841 208 Burnham Ct, Aptos Spectacular 4BR/3BA, 2,194sf home nestled in the Rio Del Mar hills with ocean views from all decks & most rooms. Two remote controlled retractable awnings. This unassuming looking cottage will surprise you. Updated kitchen, remodeled 1/2 bath.

Tiered & ultra private back yard. $1,699,000 Host: Marilyn Johnson DRE# 01095691 203 Ranchitos Del Sol, Aptos Mediterranean, light filled 3BR/2.

5BA, 1,904sf home in desirable Day Valley features beamed ceilings, hardwood & tile floors, new carpet & paint. Chef’s kitchen, stainless appliances, wine coolers, Wolf range. All BR’s feature private decks. Nearly half an acre of flat landscaped grounds. Hot Tub. $1,078,078 Host: Joe Wright DRE# 00865000 250 Beachgate Way, Seacliff Life is good when you live at Seacliff Beach. 2-story Mediterranean, with reverse floor plan. The Beachgate Trail is 5 homes away delivering miles of beach enjoyment. Seacliff Village is down the block, home to Marianne’s Ice Cream & Manuel’s Restaurant. $1,025,000 Host: Curt Abramson DRE# 01454446

APTOS/RIO DEL MAR 151 Camino Pacifico, Aptos Beautiful contemporary 3BR/2.5BA, 1,584 sq ft home tucked away in coveted Seascape neighborhood.

Location can’t be beat! Vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, fireplace in living area. Dining room slider opens to wood deck & lush landscaping.

Enjoy the Beach Lifestyle! $919,000 Host: Angela Heredia DRE# 02066033 9019 Rhodes Ave, Aptos It’s so cute & charming! This 2BR/1BA, 1,200 square foot home is located near to the Polo fields.

Close to some of the best walking beaches, shopping and restaurants. $699,000 Host: David Long DRE# 01153320 220 Mar Vista Dr #75, Aptos Very clean, sweet older unit in geat family park. 2 blocks to beach. 2 bedrooms & 2 full baths. Close to shopping, dining, Cabrillo College.

New laminate flooring, dual pane windows. Small back yard. Large carport & shed for storage. $270,000 Host: Deann Kinerson DRE# 01879228 146 Hainline Rd, Aptos Classic Beach Living! Single level duplex only a short walk to the sand & miles of beach. Front unit is 2BR/1BA with a cottage-like front yard patio & white picket fence. The cozy side unit is 1BR/1BA. Both units have back patios. Perfect opportunity to live in one unit & rent out the other. $937,000 Host: Robin Bar DRE# 02009368 151 Camino Pacifico, Aptos Beautiful contemporary 3BR/2.5BA, 1,584 sq ft home tucked away in coveted Seascape neighborhood.

Location can’t be beat! Vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, fireplace in living area. Dining room slider opens to wood deck & lush landscaping. Enjoy the Beach Lifestyle! $919,000 Host: Angela Heredia DRE# 02066033

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104 Willet Cl, Pajaro Dunes Unique 3BR/3BA, 2,049 sq ft beach house on the coveted front row perched on the dunes. Ideal ocean front location. Open floor plan, mid-century style with inside/outside California living flair. Excellent separation of space, several special nooks to explore. Ideal for multi-generational families. $1,995,000 Host: Liza Morell DRE# 01891765

730 Tanner Ct, Santa Cruz 1st time on the market. This contractor-owner built home is located on a quiet cul-desac street and features 3BR/2.5 BA, 2,043 sq ft, near the Upper Harbor. Open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, hardwood and tile floors throughout, wood plantation shutters. $1,269,000 Host: Winslow Burke DRE# 02044541

Welcome to the Team, Jenn Palesano!

Jenn Palesano, Realtor®, has joined the team in our Scotts Valley office. Jenn was born and raised in Santa Cruz and attended both Cabrillo College and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Having graduated from UCSC in 2005 with a degree in Languages she began her career in commercial finance in San Francisco and then San Jose. Jenn now lives in Scotts Valley with her husband and three children.

Her interests include playing music, both guitar and piano, supporting her son’s love of music and spending time with family and friends. Time at the beach and yoga help create the balance in Jenn’s life.

“Home ownership is key to both family and community. I believe deeply in the role as the trusted advisor in helping my clients make the largest financial decision of their lives. Bailey Properties gives me the support, technology and brand to make that belief a reality.”

Jenn Palesano DRE# 02092843

81 La Jolla St, Watsonville Seaview Ranch! Premium corner lot next to a private park.

Gorgeous open concept 3BR/2.

5BA, 1,871sf, 2-story home updated with new flooring throughout, custom interior paint. Enjoy wild life & walking paths. Extra deep driveway + 2-car garage. Easy commute location. $629,000 Host: Rick Danna DRE# 01431385

PAJARO DUNES 104 Willet Cl, Pajaro Dunes

PRUNEDALE 15665 Plaza Serena, Prunedale Very private updated 5BR/4BA, 2,726 sf home in Prunedale. Main home connected to guest unit by enclosed hallway. 2 full garages & separate bkyds. Deck area in back. Fruit trees in front. New furnace in main home, new stove & fridge in guest unit. All on 3.08 acres. 15 minutes to beach. $998,000 Host: Gloria Behman DRE# 01483481

16 Westwood Rd, Santa Cruz Exceptional 4BR/2BA, 2,636 sq ft home in the heart of Pasatiempo on large corner lot with a huge back yard. Natural light fills every room. Each room has access or views to the outdoors & gardens. Chef’s kitchen features Viking gas range and a Wolf electric oven. Garage wired for EV charging. $1,497,000

Host: Dave Dawson DRE# 01491117

2395 Delaware Ave #79, Santa Cruz California beach living at a fraction of the cost! Newer 2BR/2BA, 1,344sf mfg home, vaulted ceilings & luxury plank vinyl flooring throughout. Spectacular lagoon views from bkyd & deck. Space rent includes prop tax, maintenance, access to resort-like clubhouse. $149,000 Host: Gabriel Drumm DRE# 02047482

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Unique 3BR/3BA, 2,049 sq ft beach house on the coveted front row perched on the dunes. Ideal ocean front location. Open floor plan, mid-century style with inside/outside California living flair. Excellent separation of space, several special nooks to explore. Ideal for multi-generational families. $1,995,000 Host: Gloria Behman DRE# 01483481

323 Broadway #E1, Santa Cruz First level, corner end unit in great community. Gated entry & ground level secure parking, elevator access. 2BR/2BA, 1,180sf condo. Birch kitchen cabinets, tile counters, recessed ceiling & under cabinet lighting. Solid doors. New carpet in bedrooms. Pool & spa. $529,000 Host: Tarah Fyock DRE# 02095120

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Panoramic Monterey Bay View!!! Estate sized property situated on approx 6 Acres, overlooking the coastline of Santa Cruz, Salinas & the Monterey Bay. Perched on a hilltop this private estate has 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths and approx 6095 square feet, formal living and dining rooms, two family rooms, country size kitchen, 2 pellet stoves and one wood burning fireplace. You will love the large size of every room in this home. There is an Eagles nest/ Bar room perfect for getting away by yourself. So many amenities, two ovens, two dishwashers, trash compactor, two refrigerators, stainless steel railing around patio to relax and enjoy the view and privacy with family and friends.

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Abundant natural light throughout. Gated entry, location is central to Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey & San Benito Counties. 1248 sq feet Shop/Garage with grease pit and one tall door for a motorhome.

Sell the darling 2 bedroom home on 2.5 acres for approximately $650,000 +-. Build on each lot and sell off or create family compound. 4 total parcels. 3 vacant with NO homes on them ranging from 2.5 to 3.49 acres each. 12 total acres. Water and road agreements in place. Gorgeous views and gentle rolling hills with green meadows and some older apple trees, perhaps plant more trees, gardens, vineyard, horses etc. Lots of possibilities. Sold as a package all 4 lots.

INCREDIBLE PROPERTY! BRIGHT & OPEN FLOOR PLAN, BRINGS OUTDOORS IN! VIEWS FROM EVERY ROOM! OCEAN, COAST, VALLEY & MOUNTAINS! SPECTACULAR SUNSETS AND CITY LIGHTS! L#4005 $1,795,000

Located off Green Valley Rd, Santa Cruz County. Beautiful area.

L#4001 $1,259,000

Thank you Becky for making the sale of our home so easy. You were helping us before, during and after it was over. Your knowledge of the market gave us the confidence to be sure that our house was priced right, and would sell quickly. You took the time to explain the paperwork that goes with the process and made Marilyn and I comfortable with a lot of things that were new to us.

I especially liked the fact that you kept track of how the house was showing and let us know what the people going though it liked and disliked. I tend to worry, but when we had questions you always called us back with answers. Thank you for the secure feeling that we had knowing that you were really looking out for us. It really was a pleasure having you work for us.

Thanks Becky!

Pat & Marilyn Edwards Becky is an outstanding realtor. We have used Becky three times buying and selling our homes. She gets you top dollar for your home and helps you get into your new home quick and easy. Becky is a one stop REALTOR, she is with you from the beginning to the end, every step. I would recommend Becky Campos to all my friends and to anyone who is selling or buying a home.

William & Virgie Neighbors Hiring Becky Campos was the best decision we could have made.

She worked so hard to sell our property on West Bel Mar. It took some time but she always kept us posted on how things were going. It was acreage that needed a special buyer for that property.

She made the process way easy for us and we would definitely use her again. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing to work with.

Thanks Becky!

Stella Romo

GROUND LEASE

Downtown Watsonville lot available for GROUND LEASE. Many zoning options, list available. Across the street from the Historic City Plaza, seasonal Farmers market, Cabrillo College, bank, retail stores, restaurants, courthouse and parking garage half a block away. $12,000 p/month

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196 ZANZIBAR DR, APTOS 4 Beds | 4 Baths | 2,850 sq. ft. | $2,695,000

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312 OCEANVIEW DR, LA SELVA BEACH 3 Beds | 2.5 Baths | 1,340 sq. ft. | $1,649,000

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This 1932 Estate has been beautifully updated. In one of Watsonville’s most established and desired areas, rarely does a home like this come onto the market. From crystal chandeliers and light fixtures, designer tile, paint, carpet, solid mahogany doors and built-ins, to the Master Bedrooms private balcony patio, every corner of this home has been lovely taken care of. Over 3000 sq. ft. in the Main House with 4 Bedrooms and 3.5 Baths, Formal Living Room, Formal Dining, Family Room and Wet Bar. The Studio Apartment above the Garage has a Separate Entrance, Kitchen, Bath and Laundry.

As you walk through the Beautiful Gardens with Extensive Patios with mature landscaping you’ll find an Outdoor Kitchen that’s perfect for a quiet dinner or a large family gathering. This is truly a Special Property. Please call for your private showing.

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Where the locals shop since 1938.

VOTED BEST BUTCHER SHOP BEST WINE SELECTION BEST CHEESE SELECTION BEST LOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORE BEST MURAL /PUBLIC ART

Family owned & operated 80 years.

622 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz

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BUTCHER SHOP

ALL NATURAL USDA Choice beef & lamb, only corn-fed Midwest pork, Rocky free-range chickens, Mary’s air-chilled chickens, wild-caught seafood, Boar’s Head products.

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SAUTÉED SOLE IN WINE & PETRALE FOOD PAIRING HERB BUTTER SAUCE Ingredients

1-1/2 pounds fresh Petrale sole fillets Salt, to taste 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 3 tablespoons minced shallots ¼ cup dry white wine 2 tablespoons cold, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces Fresh thyme leaves (or any herb for flavor) Minced fresh chives Lemon wedges (use Meyer lemons if available)

Fish is cooked when it flakes easily and is no longer translucent. Sole fillets will cook up very quickly, no more than a few minutes on each side, so don’t walk way from the pan while cooking. Once done, remove the fillets from the pan and place on a warm plate.

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2) Heat oil in a large, stick-free skillet on medium-high heat.

Once the oil is hot, carefully add the fillets to the pan. Brown the fillets gently on both sides.

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■ LEG OF LAMB, USA Grown/ 6.98 Lb ■ LAMB CUBES, Boneless/ 8.49 Lb ■ SILVA LINGUICA LINKS/ 5.98 Lb ■ SILVA ANDOUILLE LINKS/ 5.98 Lb

1) Pat the sole fillets dry with paper towels. There is a lot of moisture in Petrale sole, so you might have to dry them twice.

Lightly salt the fillets on both sides.

4) Add white wine to the pan with the shallots to deglaze the pan, and scrape up the browned bits at the bottom of the pan. Add butter and gently swirl to make a sauce. Add herbs and squeeze a little lemon juice into the sauce. Spoon over the sole.

Serve immediately.

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3) Add shallots to the pan and sauté until soft.

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JOANNE PIEPMEYER, 48-Year Customer, Davenport

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Occupation: Retired R.N. Hobbies: Cooking, flower arranging, reading/book club, Filoli volunteering Who or what first got you shopping here?

My mother, when I was a toddler.When I first started shopping at Shopper’s, Bud Beauregard, Jim’s father, used to bring groceries out to the cars. He’d have an apron on and a big smile — some people didn’t know he was the owner.

In those days the butchers gave kids a hot dog to munch on.They had great customer service, just like they do today.The checkers are great, the butchers are so friendly and helpful.

Shopper’s is fun and inspires: most gourmet cooks in the area shop here. My sister once said,‘Shopper’s carries real food, not TV dinners.’

Well, what do you like to cook? I like to experiment with recipes and flavors from all over the globe, and I can always get everything I need at Shopper’s.The butcher shop is fabulous: I love their meatloaf mix — I make zucchini boats with it — the fajita mix, the rolled flanks steaks with spinach, all of their sausages, their super-fresh fish and Mary’s airchilled chickens. I know people who’ve called Shopper’s from Europe to order their holiday turkeys; the quality is that good and they don’t want to miss out… I’m a fourth-generation Santa Cruz County native. I’m impressed that Shopper’s continues to flourish!

You think locally owned makes a difference in how Shopper’s is run? Yes. Look at all the great local products they carry: wines, pies, breads, ice creams, salsas, produce and more. Shopper’s is convenient and it’s run efficiently.You can get in and out quickly because of the store’s layout and you never wait in long checkout lines. I think management has a really good rapport with its staff as they all seem so happy at work.A lot of teens’ first jobs were either at Shopper’s or at the Boardwalk. If you’re new to the area, you’ve got my fourth-generation guarantee that you’ll enjoy Shopper’s Corner!

“If you’re new to the area, you’ve got my fourth-generation guarantee that you’ll enjoy Shopper’s Corner!”

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