Thanks for your votes!
2 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
I
INSIDE
Volume 41, No. 4 May 1–7, 2014
Money Talks Does Santa Cruz need campaign finance reform? | 8
Worlds Apart Science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin on the spirituality and politics of her intergalatic visions. | 14
In Step Christina Waters profiles Dmitri Zurita in her new column showcasing local artists. | 28
features Opinion 4 News 8 A&E 24 Music 30 Dining 42 Film 46
Events 54 Real Estate 75 Classifieds 76 Mind, Body, Soul 76 Risa’s Stars 78
NOW PLAYING ON GTv: Behind the scenes at Cirque du Soleil. Visit gtweekly.com. Email gtv@gtweekly.com for details about music guest spots, sponsorship, video submissions and more.
3 MAY
01 _
MAY
Cover illustration and design by Joshua Becker.
Scan right now to get GOOD TIMES mobile or visit our website at gtweekly.com.
gtweekly.com
On the Cover
07 20 14
O
OPINION
EDITOR’S NOTE
Though I grew up on Star Wars, I didn’t discover the true potential of science fiction until I read the mind-bending work of Philip K. Dick and J.G. Ballard in high school. These authors wrote about ideas in a way that ultimately had very little to do with “speculative fiction,” and everything to do with the questions that are at the core of our existence: What does it mean to be human? What is the true nature of reality? Is the Buddha in the park? (OK, that last one was just for VALIS fans.) In college, someone gave me a copy of Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Dispossessed,
which turned me on to a whole different set of possibilities for what science fiction could be. Her work was neither paranoid nor cynical, as Dick and Ballard so often were, and it asked revolutionary questions about society that I’d never seen any science fiction writer take on in the way that she did. The influences that led Le Guin to these themes are a big part of what GT contributor John Malkin discusses with her in our cover story this week. Now in her 80s, Le Guin is fascinating both as an intellectual thinker and a creative person, and I have no doubt she’ll bring a unique perspective to the new Anthropocene Conference this week. (Don’t worry, Malkin explains what that is, too.) Also recalling a time when science fiction seemed like a blueprint for revolution is the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune, which Lisa Jensen reviews this week. Would Alejandro Jodorowsky have done any better with Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking epic than David Lynch did? Well, sure, but my 4-year-old would have, too. (Although her casting of the well-worn stuffed animal Favorite Kitty as Paul Atreides would no doubt be controversial.) Jensen asks a more interesting question: is watching a movie about the unmade movie perhaps better than the actual movie would have been? Steve Palopoli | Editor-in--Chief
LETTERS
4 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
Return of RvB
MSG Memories
I wish to register my disagreement, in the strongest possible terms, with Veronica Garrett's vicious slander of Richard Von Busack ("Review of Reviewers," Letters, 04/10/14), the finest film critic the Santa Cruz area has ever known. Not only did he describe David Lynch's Inland Empire as playing the viewer's spine like a xylophone, he also accurately conveys the atmosphere and style of each film, letting the reader decide if he or she would enjoy the movie in question. I always found a Von Busack recommendation reliable; he also writes vividly and with insight. The gaping void left in these pages where Von Busack's words once shone is the gravest tragedy to strike Santa Cruz since Tuesday, 5:04 p.m., October 17, 1989.
Reading Jeff Dunn and Christina Waters on Buz Bezore brought back many memories of those heady days of Santa Cruz journalism at its yeastiest (although I don't really remember being a "golden boy," even for a week). I'd like to add shout-outs for two major figures in that halycon scene: Sundaz! editor maudit Patrick Fox; and cartoonist, Santa Cruz Independent stalwart, commissioner of the Media Softball league, DA candidate and colleague Tim Eagan. Michael S. Gant | Aptos
Graham McGrew | Santa Cruz
Not to worry, Graham, Richard’s first review in these pages can be found in the Film section this week. — Editor
PHOTO CONTEST THE GOLDEN HOUR The view at Twin Lakes Beach offers example #43252 of why it’s great to live in Santa Cruz. PHOTO//AMY SPENCER. Submit photos@gtweekly.com. Include information (location, etc.) and your name. Photos may be cropped. Preferably, photos should be 4 inches by 4 inches and minimum 250 dpi.
Corrections There were 857 Winners in Best Of 2014, and we regret there were a few errors in our listings. We present the following winners with their correct information, and corrected runners-up: Best Dive Bar: The Red Room Cocktail Lounge, 1003 Cedar St., 426-2994 Best General Practitioner: Tie: Dr. Rachel Abrams, MD 740 Front St., Santa Cruz, 465-9088; Dr. Juli Mazi, N.D., 2840 Park Ave., Soquel; 731-5882 Best Personal Chef: Zachary Mazi, Food is Medicine, yourfoodismedicine.net, 888-643-7941 Best Pilates: Body in Motion, 783 Rio del Mar Blvd. #55, Aptos; 685-1779 Best Real Estate e Team: Mulhern & Gomes, 1414 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz; 457-5555
Best Waxing Studio: Smooth Body Lounge, 2345 Mission St., Santa Cruz; 420-3262 Runners-up, Best General Practitioner: Tie: Michelle Massie, MD; Lonna Larsh, MD; Adame Yarme, MD; Robert Chen, MD Runner-up, Best Movie Theater: Aptos Cinema Runner-up, Best Restaurant (Aptos): Cafe Rio Runner-up, Best Winery: Hunter Hill Vineyard & Winery Runner-up, Best Yoga: DiviniTree Yoga & Arts Studio Runner-up, Best Hot Dog: Best in Dogs
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“The core of science fiction—its essence —has become crucial to our salvation, if we are to be saved at all.”
—Isaac Asimov
Blast from the Pasta Geoffrey Dunn's tribute to Buz Bezore was spot-on. My mother (Mary Barnett, now in her ’90s) wrote for Buz's various ventures many times, and unlike other small-paper editors of the day Buz always paid as promised, even if the paper itself was failing. He loved "the story," loved Santa Cruz, and was all about accountability. He was never a tool of the left or other political group. His last few years were a tough journey and unfairly so, for someone who gave so much to this community. It was
letters: letters@gtweekly.com advertising: sales@gtweekly.com web: gtweekly.com news: jake@gtweekly.com entertainment: georgia@gtweekly.com
letters 12>
GoodTimesSantaCruz
CONNECT
masthead 12> calendar/events: events@gtweekly.com dining: steve@gtweekly.com production: art@gtweekly.com circulation: ppollard@gtweekly.com
@GoodTimesSC
GTVSC
LOCAL TALK
O
What do you think about the Good Times/Santa Cruz Weekly merger? by Matthew Cole Scott
The announcement came out on April Fools’, and I laughed. P.J. Grube Santa Cruz | Real Estate Broker
Well, if it means better readership then I think it's a good idea. As long as it doesn’t become so big that it loses its community feeling. Sharron Harris Corralitos | Educator
I'm looking forward to the Weekly Good Times! Carlos Becerra Santa Cruz | Entrepreneur
It's not very surprising given that most of journalism is in a shrinking state on a fast decline. I think that if people are willing to pay for content, that’s where the better journalism is going to happen anyways. Brooke Wright Santa Cruz | Writer
5 MAY
Reeve Fuse Santa Cruz | Retired
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
I dropped out of high school in the ninth grade, I don’t even know what merger means. It sounds good though! Go Giants!
A ASTROLOGY
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week of May 1
A Fire Inside by Rob Brezsny © Copyright 2014 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 LE0 Jul23–Aug22
Be ready for
Retirement Q
Retirement savings and estate planning
Q
401(k), 403(b) and 457 plan rollovers
Q
Post-retirement income options
Call us today to schedule a complimentary review of your retirement plans and options. 831.479.6000, option 7.
Investment Services
at Bay Federal Credit Union Available through CUSO Financial Services, L.P.*
* Non-deposit investment products and services are offered through CUSO Financial Services, L.P. (“CFS”), a registered broker-dealer (Member FINRA/SIPC) and SEC Registered Investment Advisor. Products offered through CFS: are not NCUA/NCUSIF or otherwise federally insured, are not guarantees or obligations of the credit union, and may involve investment risk including possible loss of principal. Investment Representatives are registered through CFS. Bay Federal Credit Union has contracted with CFS to make non-deposit investment products and services available to credit union members.
FREE Health Lecture
Used & Vintage Instruments BUY • SELL TRADE CONSIGN
with Carol Shwery DC, CCN Prevent, Control or Eliminate
6 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DIABETES – NATURALLY Wednesday May7th 7:30 - 9:00 pm Held at: Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz 95062
1220 A 41st Avenue, in the Begonia Plaza, Capitola 95010 (831) 464-4113 • Open Daily
www.wayoflife.net
Top Dollar Paid... for your used electric, acoustic or bass guitar, drum set, amplifier, wind instrument, keyboard and equipment.
Union Grove Music 1003 Pacific Ave Downtown Santa Cruz
427-0670
"Dear Astrologer: We Aries people have an intense fire burning inside us. It's an honor and a privilege. We're lucky to be animated with such a generous share of the big energy that gives life to all of nature. But sometimes the fire gets too wild and strong for us. We can't manage it. It gets out of our control. That's how I'm feeling lately. These beloved flames that normally move me and excite me are now the very thing that's making me crazy. What to do? - Aries." Dear Aries: Learn from what firefighters do to fight forest fires. They use digging tools to create wide strips of dirt around the fire, removing all the flammable brush and wood debris. When the fire reaches this path, it's deprived of fuel. Close your eyes and visualize that scene.
TAURUS Apr20–May20 "My personal philosophy is not to undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible." So said Taurus-born Edwin Land, the man who invented the Polaroid camera. I have a feeling these might be useful words for you to live by between your birthday in 2014 and your birthday in 2015. In the coming 12 months, you will have the potential of homing in on a dream that will fuel your passions for years. It may seem to be nearly impossible, but that's exactly what will excite you about it so much— and keep you going for as long as it takes to actually accomplish.
GEMINI May21–June20 I wish there was a way you could play around with construction equipment for a few hours. I'd love it if you could get behind the wheel of a bulldozer and flatten a small hill. It would be good for you to use an excavator to destroy a decrepit old shed or clear some land of stumps and dead trees. Metaphorically speaking, that's the kind of work you need to do in your inner landscape: move around big, heavy stuff; demolish outworn structures; reshape the real estate to make way for new building projects.
CANCER Jun21–Jul22 In the Transformers movies, Optimus Prime is a giant extraterrestrial warrior robot. His body contains an array of weapons that he uses for righteous causes, like protecting Earth's creatures. His character is voiced by actor Peter Cullen. Cullen has also worked extensively for another entertainment franchise, Winnie the Pooh. He does the vocals for Eeyore, a gloomy donkey who writes poetry and has a pink ribbon tied in a bow on his tail. Let's make Cullen your role model for now. I'm hoping this will inspire you to get the Eeyore side of your personality to work together with the Optimus Prime part of you. What's that you say? You don't have an Optimus Prime part of you? Well, that's what Eeyore might say, but I say different.
SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21
Do you finally understand that you don't have to imitate the stress-addled workaholics and self-wounding overachievers in order to be as proficient as they are? Are you coming to see that if you want to fix, heal, and change the world around you, you have to fix, heal, and change yourself? Is it becoming clear that if you hope to gain more power to shape the institutions you're part of, you've got to strengthen your power over yourself? Are you ready to see that if you'd like to reach the next level of success, you must dissolve some of your fears of success?
Actor Matthew McConaughey prides himself on his willingness to learn from his mistakes and failures. A few years ago, he collected and read all the negative reviews that critics had ever written about his work in films. It was "an interesting kind of experiment," he told Yahoo News. "There was some really good constructive criticism." According to my reading of the astrological omens, Sagittarius, now would be an excellent time for you to try an experiment comparable to McConaughey's. Be brave!
VIRGO Aug23–Sep22
"Dear Oracle: I might be hallucinating, but recently I swear my pet iguana has been getting turned on whenever I disrobe in front of it. My naked body seems to incite it to strut around and make guttural hissing sounds and basically act like it's doing a mating dance. Is it me, or is the planets? I think my iguana is a Capricorn like me. — Captivating Capricorn." Dear Capricorn: Only on rare occasions have I seen you Capricorns exude such high levels of animal magnetism as you are now. Be careful where you point that stuff! I won't be shocked if a wide variety of creatures finds you extra alluring.
"Beauty is the purgation of superfluities," said Michelangelo. Do you agree? Could you make your life more marvelous by giving up some of your trivial pursuits? Would you become more attractive if you got rid of one of your unimportant desires? Is it possible you'd experience more lyrical grace if you sloughed off your irrelevant worries? I suggest you meditate on questions like these, Virgo. According to my interpretation of the astrological omens, experiencing beauty is not a luxury right now, but rather a necessity. For the sake of your mental, physical, and spiritual health, you need to be in its presence as much as possible.
LIBRA Sep23–Oct22 I'm pretty sure God wants you to be rich. Or, at least, richer. And I know for a fact that I want you to be richer. What about you? Do you want to be wealthier? Or at least a bit more flush? Or would you rather dodge the spiritual tests you'd have to face if you became a money magnet? Would you prefer to go about your daily affairs without having to deal with the increased responsibilities and obligations that would come with a bigger income? I suspect you will soon receive fresh evidence about these matters. How you respond will determine whether or not you'll be able to take advantage of new financial opportunities that are becoming available.
SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 The U.S. military budget this year is $633 billion. In comparison, the United Nations' peacekeeping budget is $7.8 billion. So my country will spend 81 times more to wage war than the U.N. will spend to make peace. I would prefer it if the ratio were reversed, but my opinion carries no weight. It's possible, though, that I might be able to convince you Scorpios, at least in the short run, to place a greater emphasis on cultivating cooperation and harmony than on being swept up in aggression and conflict. You might be tempted to get riled up over and over again in the coming weeks, but I think that would lead you astray from living the good life.
CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19
AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 "Eat like you love yourself," advises author Tara Stiles. "Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself." Those four prescriptions should be top priorities for you, Aquarius. Right now, you can't afford to treat your beautiful organism with even a hint of carelessness. You need to upgrade the respect and compassion and reverence you give yourself. So please breathe like you love yourself. Sleep and dream like you love yourself. Think like you love yourself. Make love like you love yourself.
PISCES Feb19–Mar20 If blindfolded, most people can't tell the difference between Pepsi and CocaCola. But I bet you could, at least this week. Odds are good that you will also be adept at distinguishing between genuine promises and fakes ones. And you will always know when people are fooling themselves. No one will be able to trick you into believing in hype, lies, or nonsense. Why? Because these days you are unusually perceptive and sensitive and discerning. This might on occasion be a problem, of course, since you won't be able to enjoy the comfort and consolation that illusions can offer. But mostly it will be an asset, providing you with a huge tactical advantage and lots of good material for jokes.
Homework: Think of the last person you cursed, if only with a hateful thought if not an actual spell. Now send them a free-hearted blessing.
#edgeofeden re UA P
nd S
The
n of
Dea
ts a den
: sent
Stu
UC Santa Cruz May 10 th 2014 Saturday
2 P M -10 P M
www2.ucsc.edu/edgeofeden
7 MAY
01 _
MAY
Tickets available at
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
N
NEWS
Auto Immune
8 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
page 11
KEANA PARKER
BY CAT JOHNSON Over tea at the new Midtown Cafe, Saskia Lucas and I are chatting about Open Streets. The founder and director of Open Streets Santa Cruz County, Lucas playfully calls the event a gateway drug. “At Open Streets,” she says, “the inexperienced, infrequent, new bicyclist, who wouldn’t normally want to take a bicycle ride on the road because of traffic, gets out there and they have a positive experience.” With two Open Streets events on West Cliff Drive under its belt, Open Streets Santa Cruz County (OSSCC) expands to Capitola this weekend with an event on the Capitola Village Esplanade on Sunday. In addition to seed funding from a Regional Transportation Commission grant and the California Coastal Conservancy, the City of Capitola has come on board as an Open Streets partner. This is, according to Lucas, a big step in the right direction. For the last two years, Lucas and her team have bootstrapped the West Cliff Drive event with tenacity, volunteer labor, and hustle, paying for everything with private sponsorships and donations. But that’s an anomaly in the broader Open Streets community: more than 80 percent of over 100 Open Streets events across the country are funded with a combination of public and private dollars. A goal of Open Streets Santa Cruz is to establish a strong foundation of public/private partnership. According to Lucas, doing so is necessary to make Open Streets sustainable. For Open Streets Capitola, the city is providing staff time, permitting, police time, barricading, parking, free shuttles, T-shirts and banners. OSSCC is responsible for program coordination, volunteer coordination and outreach. Capitola City Councilmember Dennis Norton has been championing Open Streets to experiment with car-free days on the Esplanade. “There’s no more room for cars in the Village,” he explains. “We have maxed every square foot for the parking of autos at the expense of people space. Everyone has experienced what a nightmare the Village becomes on a car-congested summer day.” The concept, says Norton, is to see what it’s like to remove cars from the picture for one day. “We have plenty of room for more people if the auto is eliminated,” he says. “More people on the street is certainly
<
Open Streets takes over Capitola this weekend
MONEY CHANGES EVERYTHING From left to right: Elise Zareie, former Santa Cruz mayor Bruce Van Allen, Justin Burke and Margret Esguerra break down money’s impact in Santa Cruz City Council elections.
Pushing the Limits Does Santa Cruz need campaign finance reform? BY JACOB PIERCE Every competitor knows the importance of setting clear rules before the start of a game, tournament or season— whether it’s a pick-up game in the park or the NBA. Should an election be any different? Of course not. That helps explain why the next few weeks are important for Santa Cruz’s 2014 November election season, which will get into full swing soon. With changes afoot in Santa Cruz’s campaign finance landscape and more possible ones coming, the way city council candidates run could be about to shift. Even if the rules don’t change, the norms might. City councilman Micah Posner, who ran partly on campaign finance reform in 2012, is helping lead the charge on a few levels. Most notably, he’s proposing a plan, along with Councilman Don Lane, to provide matching city funds for council candidates. Posner says good politicians and candidates don’t always make great fund raisers. He hopes his proposal would give a boost to people working toward an honest shot, while
providing a few safeguards. “You don’t get any money until you raise $5,000,” Posner says of the plan. “If you look at the history of candidates in Santa Cruz, we’ve had lots of not-serious candidates, but they haven’t raised $5,000.” So, if you raise $5,000, you’d get $5,000. There would be another threshold at $10,000—if a candidate reached that point, they’d get another matching $5,000 public contribution A third and final threshold around $13,000 would bring a candidate to more than $26,000 in possible funds. The plan would cost up to an estimated $50,000 annually—less than .03 percent of the city’s budget. Santa Cruz would join the dozens of cities, including Seattle, that have public campaign finance. Four states, including Arizona, also have public campaign finance. “I want Santa Cruz to be seen as a city that’s part of the solution, not part of the problem,” Posner says. To glance at extreme examples of money in politics gone wrong, we need not look past San Francisco,
where FBI agents arrested Secretary of State candidate Leland Yee, a state senator, in March for bribery and illegal gun trafficking. Nationally, campaign finance reform activists have criticized a 2010 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows corporations and labor unions to make contributions as large as they’d like. “It’s just damn important. It’s the most important political issue in the entire country, because if you have a rigged game, then you don’t get good results,” Posner says of the national and state issues. “It’s amazing we have as good of politicians as we do, given that the playing field is so corrupt nationally. Imagine the pressure someone like Leland Yee is under. He has to raise $3-5 million to win a secretary of state race. Are we surprised that he cracks and is unscrupulous?” Discussions about campaign finance reform aren’t just showing up for the first time in Santa Cruz now; city races have had voluntary contribution and expenditure limits for years. This year’s voluntary limits, which adjust each cycle for inflation,
page 9
NEWS
N
ELECTIONS CONT. FROM P.8
page 10
9 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14 gtweekly.com
stand at $325 for individuals, $780 for groups and a little under $27,000 for total campaign expenditures. Those limits are in the spotlight this year, because the new plan would make the voluntary individual limits mandatory. People’s Democratic Club of Santa Cruz and the College Democrats at UC Santa Cruz have both agreed to endorse only candidates who accept both voluntary limits. With only two candidates in the race so far, it’s hard to say how much the proposed plan would change the landscape. Candidate Richelle Noroyan plans to follow the individual contribution limits, but not the overall limits, which she doesn’t see as necessary. “I’m all for campaign finance reform, but I don’t think it’s a problem if a candidate receives a lot of money, and it comes from a bunch of different sources. It isn’t negative,” she says. “It shows support from many different people. The biggest problem in campaign finance reform is when [a lot of] money comes from a certain source.” Noroyan also argues that overall limits favor incumbents, who have more name recognition: they have run before, and voters are used to hearing about them. Posner counters that incumbents are also better at raising money. Former councilman Ryan Coonerty, now running for county supervisor, has mentioned the incumbent problem as a main reason he opted out of the limits during his first campaign in 2004—although he did opt out again for re-election in 2008. Current city council members Lynn Robinson, Pamela Comstock, David Terrazas, Cynthia Mathews and Hilary Bryant all spent more than the overall limit in recent elections, too, with Bryant topping the list at $43,000. Noroyan opted out in 2012, but still didn’t reach the limit when it came time to raise the dough—something she plans to improve on this time. Noroyan notes that the two highest fundraisers in the past two elections were women, and thinks gender comes into play for voters. She adds that Comstock finished behind fellow newcomer Posner despite outspending him, and former mayor Mathews finished behind then-incumbent Lane, despite outspending him. While there are many factors that go into elections, Noroyan believes women candidates need to spend more to succeed. “I look at that trend, and it’s troublesome to me. It’s a double whammy—being a non-incumbent and a woman. I want to win. I don’t want to do anything that would put myself at a disadvantage,” she says. She’s not the only one looking at the numbers. Posner has a volunteer and two interns working with former mayor Bruce Van Allen to research whether or not campaign spending impacts how well candidates do in city elections in advance of a discussion at the Santa Cruz Police Community Room on May 4. “We want to show that it can work on the local level before moving up to the national one,” intern Margret Esguerra says. No other city council member wanted to speak in detail about Posner and Lane’s campaign finance proposal. Bryant said she’d rather take a look at the staff report first, once the issue comes before council on June 10. She and Terrazas, who are both considering runs in this year’s election, might become part of the discussion on campaign finance as both council members and as candidates. Posner says he’s open to amendments from other council members on the draft and acknowledges Santa Cruz doesn’t have big problems with money and corruption. That’s why he’d like to get started on solutions now. “You see a problem that is likely to develop, that has developed everywhere else in the country. And you have a
THANK YOU for voting us Best Festival! 32nd Annual
Capitola Art & Wine Festival September 13th - 14th 2014
N NEWS CAMPAIGN FINANCE CONT. FROM P.9 place where it’s not that bad yet, and you say, ‘Hey, here’s a chance proactively to set some rules where we’re not in that much of a disagreement,’” he explains. “If you’re going to set rules about your poker game, you set them before you start playing. You’re not going to wait until someone is cheating or abusing their chips. Then it’s too late.” Noroyan says there are a lot of other things to consider when it comes to public financing, including the influence of large groups, which can’t always be factored into the expenditures. She notes the SEIU endorsed Posner in 2012 and sent out a few mailers for him in an election season and that some organizations sent out mailers for her too. She says clamping down on expenditures can give certain organizations a lot of power. “No matter what you do, there’s nothing you can do it to make it perfect,” she says.
“If you’re going to set rules about your poker game, you set them before you start playing. You’re not going to wait until someone is cheating or abusing their chips. Then it’s too late.” –Micah Posner
NEWS BRIEFS
Over 150 Fine Artists, Wine Tasting from 22 Santa Cruz Mountains Wineries, Gourmet Cuisine from Local Restaurants, Dance Groups, Street Performers & Music Featuring The Sun Kings, Extra Large & SambaDá Beachside in Capitola Village… a weekend in paradise! 10
Free Admission • Free Shuttles
MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
Hosted by Capitola-Soquel Chamber of Commerce www.capitolachamber.com/events 831.475.6522
Work It
Big Fat F
They say hard work pays off. It stands to reason that a festival about hard work would, too. “Sometimes we lead our lives with blinders on, just to deal with the day and the immediate obstacles, and forget about some of the working struggles that got us the things we have today, such as the weekend—brought to you by the labor movements. Healthcare. These things mostly didn’t come to people by the generosity of their bosses,” says Jeffrey Smedberg, who’s organizing this year’s ReelWork May Labor Day Film Festival, which kicked off last weekend and runs through Tuesday, May 6. Centered around the May 1 international labor holiday May Day, the 13th annual festival does more than mope about the plight of laborers. It celebrates their accomplishments too, as well as all aspects of working life. On May 1, “The Interviewer,” a look into the meaningful employment of people with learning disabilities, plays at the Del Mar—followed by Fixed: The Science Fiction of Human Enhancement. Two educational films play at the Watsonville Cabrillo College campus on Friday. And Wisconsin Rising, one of Smedberg’s festival favorites, plays 2 p.m. Saturday at the Live Oak Grange. The film follows Gov. Scott Walker’s crackdown on unions, but, Smedberg adds, there’s a silver lining to the end—Walker’s recall election—so the flick’s not as grim as it sounds. “It shows all the organizers and the networks working together, showing this was the beginning of a much bigger struggle. This filmmaker sees the people of Wisconsin are organizing to build for the future,” Smedberg says. “We don’t just choose films about how bad stuff is—there are plenty of those, though. We want to show films about how people are dealing with the hand they’re dealt. That’s the rallying message we’re trying to promote: the power is in the people.” For more info visit reelwork.org. | Jacob Pierce
Some residents in the unincorporated areas of Santa Cruz County will vote on a parcel tax measure in the June 3 election, with funds generated to go toward county park maintenance and improvements. If passed by two-thirds of the voters, Measure F would impose an $8.50 parks parcel tax on all improved lots within County Service Area 11, which includes all unincorporated areas of the county, except the independent recreation districts of Boulder Creek, La Selva, Alba (near Ben Lomond) and Opal Cliffs. An annual service charge of $6.58 currently provides $280,000 in yearly funding for county parks, but it sunsets on June 30, at the end of the county’s fiscal year. Measure F funds, estimated at $355,000 annually, would replace the expiring service charge and go into effect July 1. If passed, the monies raised would support recreation activities, and help address a growing list of deferred maintenance issues at the 59 county parks, recreational facilities and beach access points within the service area. The 1,400 acres, just under 300 of which is developed (the remainder is open space), serves approximately 130,000 residents in the unincorporated areas of the county. The new funding stream would not solve all deferred maintenance issues for county parks, says Friends of Santa Cruz County Parks president, Kate Minott, but it would be a good start, and get some of the infrastructure improvements that have stalled due to budget cuts moving again. In her home district of Aptos, the largest unincorporated area of the county, she calls the 11 county parks and five coastal access points, covering 307 acres of parkland and community buildings, vital to families—especially those living in small parcels typical of the area. “They are tiny houses with not a lot of play area, leaving children to play in the street,” she says. A new park in the Seacliff neighborhood of Aptos is expected to break ground later this year, and the project could benefit from some extra funds. | Roseann Hernandez
N NEWS Caring People... Caring for Pets
25 EXAM
$
Offer expires 5/29/14 Must Present coupon at time of visit
(831)476-1515 Jason Miller, DVM 1stt runner up Best Vet 2013 1st runner up Best Vet 2012 Bestt Veterinarian n 2011
FREE heartworm test
with purchase of a year supply of preventative
* Daytime Emergency Services*
SOQUEL CREEK ANIMAL HOSPITAL CAT JOHNSON
2505 5 S.. Main n St.,, Soquell • 476-1515 5 • www.soquelcreekanimalhospital.com
DUE SOUTH Cyclists at Open Street Santa Cruz County’s last Westside event. This weekend, Capitola opens the Esplanade to the event.
OPEN STREETS CONT. FROM P.8 parking and a community table. The theme of the event is ocean access and protection. In keeping with the theme, the California Coastal Conservancy provided seed funding, Save Our Shores is doing a street cleanup, O’Neill Sea Odyssey will demonstrate how pollution affects our bay, and the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Foundation is hosting beach bingo. People who arrive by foot, bicycle or bus can enter a raffle to win a $500 gift certificate from Family Cycling Center. Parking is free at the Pacific Cove lot and the newly opened Lower Pacific Cove lot, with shuttles to the event. Expanding into Capitola signals a growing up for OSSCC and reflects the community’s enthusiasm for Open Streets. “It’s a really great situation,” says Lucas. “We’ve got something that’s a demonstrated success and it has a lot of community excitement. How to translate that community excitement into active support,” she adds, “is what we need to work on.” INFO: Open Streets Capitola takes place Sunday, May 4 on the Capitola Esplanade from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information visit www.scopenstreets.org.
11 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
a benefit to local business.” For the uninitiated, Open Streets events temporarily close roads to motorized vehicles and open them to the public. The result is an enormous public space full of bicyclists, pedestrians, kids playing and friends gathering. Originating in Bogota, Columbia in 1976, Open Streets now takes place in hundreds of cities around the world. In Santa Cruz, we have our own brand of Open Streets that includes people on stilts and in costumes, all varieties of customized bicycles, a bike pulling a couch, music, workshops, resources, classes and more. Recently, Lucas spoke in front of the Santa Cruz City Council and asked them to recognize the unique nature of Open Streets and consider a partnership. The sentiment she expressed was that the event is broad-based and open to all. Unlike other road closures, which require participants to sign up for a race, or street fairs with vendors, Open Streets is a free event that celebrates the community and beauty of Santa Cruz. “West Cliff Drive is a precious resource,” Lucas says. “For the city to get to enjoy that space without automobiles for a day a year is something, I think, worth investing in.” On Sunday, there will be a demonstration green lane, parklets, a bike corral, bike valet
O m
LETTERS
LETTERS <4 letters
great to read and remember the salad days of independent newspapers in Santa Cruz. Yes, kids, there really was a publication called Free Spaghetti Dinner. Michael Fitzgerald | Ben Lomond
Online Comments Re: PVUSD Traffic So glad I moved away from there when I did (in 2004). The ensuing traffic was easily foreseeable when that school was being built, long before it opened. —Jack
Re: Best Local Issue Thanks, Good Times: It was quite surprising to find my photo once again in a public publication. It's a very good image of me so I can't complain. The one thing that worries me though is I'm quickly becoming the poster boy for homelessness in Santa Cruz and with that comes responsibility both good and bad. I've been an activist most of my life fighting for what I believe in including taking a deeper look at homelessness and finding ways to stop blaming and start thinking of people, all people as our community, and how we can
bring value out of everyone. I don't believe in handouts, but also I don't think anyone should starve. What I do believe is having a way for people to find value in themselves. The only way that's going to happen is there needs to be opportunity for everyone. Many are willing to volunteer in exchange for food, housing and support. It takes work from everyone, and there's much to do that government aren't willing or capable of doing. It's really up to all of us to come together and find out. —Daniel Madison
Letters Policy Letters should not exceed 300 words and may be edited for length, clarity, grammar and spelling. They should include city of residence to be considered for publication. Please direct letters to the editor, query letters and employment queries to letters@gtweekly.com. All classified and display advertising queries should be directed to sales@gtweekly.com. All website-related queries, including corrections, should be directed to webmaster@gtweekly.com.
g
THE CREW Publisher Jeanne Howard x205
rEDITORIAL Editor & Editorial Director Steve Palopoli x206 News Editor Jacob Pierce x223 Features Editor Georgia Perry Web Editor Roseann Hernandez x210 Proofreader Josie Cowden Senior Contributing Editor Geoffrey Dunn Contributing Editor Christina Waters Contributors Josie Cowden Risa D’Angeles Lisa Jensen Cat Johnson
Brian Palmer Keana Parker Matthew Cole Scott Jennifer Simeone Aric Sleeper DNA
$SALES Advertising Director Stephanie Lutz x204 Senior Account Executive Kate Kauffman x208 Account Executives Chelsey Mosgrove x218 Julia Cunningham x213 Rose Frates-Castiglione x219 Ilana Rauch Packer x211 Administrative Assistant Kelli Edwards x217
(OPERATIONS Office Manager
Circulation Manager Mick Freeman x203 Drivers Frederick Cannon Harold Dick Guy Gosset Carole Sanchez Carolyn Stallings
CART & PRODUCTION Art Director Joshua Becker ext 201 Senior Designer Carly Gunther Designers Julie Rovegno DiAnna VanEycke
CEO Dan Pulcrano
Vice President Lee May
John Bland x200
Accounting Alix Crimbchin x202
is published weekly at 1205 Pacific Ave., Suite 301 | Santa Cruz, CA 95060 | 831.458.1100 | fax 831.458.1295
12 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
The purpose of GOOD TIMES is to be Santa Cruz County’s guide to entertainment and events, to present news of ongoing local interest, and to reflect the voice, character and spirit of our unique community. GOOD TIMES is available free of charge, limited to one copy per reader. Only inserts listed above are authorized by GOOD TIMES. Anyone inserting, tampering with or diverting circulation will be prosecuted. The entire content of GOOD TIMES is copyright © 2014 by Mainstreet Media. No part may be reproduced in any fashion without written consent of the publisher. First-class subscriptions available at $100/year, or $3 per issue. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. Adjudicated a legal newspaper of general circulation by Municipal Court of Santa Cruz County, 1979, Decree 68833. This newspaper is printed almost entirely on recycled newsprint. Founded by Jay Shore in 1975.
13 MAY
WWW.CLUB-ED.COM 464-0177 (Reservations) 459-6664 (Beach Trailer/BIke Rentals)
01 _
MAY
07 20 14 gtweekly.com
Lessonss and d Rentals Beach h Trailerr Located d on n Cowelll Beach h rightt sidee off SC C Wharff in n frontt off Dream m Inn.
OUT OF CONTROL
14 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Control Issues As she comes to Santa Cruz to speak at this week’s Anthropocene Conference, science fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin tells GT how her life and work have been affected by Taoism and anarchism
////////////////////////////////////////////// BY JOHN MALKIN ////////////////////////////////////////////////
“
To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness
M
Many readers know Ursula K. Le Guin for her science-fiction stories that explore culture, feminism and power dynamics. Others discovered this prolific storyteller when they were young readers through magical fantasy fiction like “The Tombs of Atuan” and “Powers.” Then there’s her poems, and her exquisite rendition of the ancient Taoist text, the Tao Te Ching. Indeed, there are myriad doorways into the worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin. On May 8, Santa Cruz fans will have another, when Le Guin comes to the Rio Theatre, as part of a three-day Anthropocene Conference titled “The Arts of
– The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Living on a Damaged Planet,” organized by Anna Tsing and presented by AARHUS University Research on the Anthropocene (AURA) and UC Santa Cruz Emerging Worlds. The conference, May 8-10, will explore the question of how humans and other species can co-exist on the planet. Le Guin’s reading is the opening event Thursday night, and panels on such topics as damaged landscapes and “rewilding” continue through Friday and Saturday. The 84-year-old Le Guin has published 21 novels, including science fiction classics such as “The Left Hand of Darkness” and “The Dispossessed,” two books which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards (in 1970 and 1974). It was the first time two books by the same author had received both honors. She has also written eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, thirteen books of imagined lands and peoples for children including “Tales From Earthsea,” six volumes of poetry and four works of translation. One early influence on Le Guin’s thinking was her father, the influential anthropologist Alfred L. Kroeber, who in 1911 brought the last
”
surviving member of California’s indigenous Yahi people from Oroville to Le Guin’s birth place of Berkeley and gave him the name Ishi, meaning “man” in the Yana language. Though Le Guin hasn’t written directly about Ishi, as a child her family’s Napa Valley home was often visited by indigenous people, and young Ursula was exposed to native languages and ideas, which later found voice in her writings. Her father also introduced Le Guin to the Tao Te Ching, the Chinese spiritual-philosophical prose written by Lao Tzu some twenty-five hundred years ago. The book has had a major influence on her life and in 1997 Le Guin wrote a rendition of the Tao Te Ching: “A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way.” The influence of Taoism on Le Guin’s work was recently highlighted in Sandra J. Lindow’s 2012 book “Dancing The Tao: Le Guin and Moral Development.” “Ursula integrates enormous amounts of stuff in a very deft and often implicit way,” says UCSC History of Consciousness Emeritus Professor James Clifford, who will be part of the discussion with Le Guin on Thursday. “She
15 MAY
01 _
MAY
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 16>
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
OUT OF CONTROL <15
“
Within the frameworks of our established religions, spiritual movements tend to be kind of subversive. They rock the apple cart a bit.
”
has three main components in her thinking: Taoism, secondwave feminism and California Indians. There may be Anarchistic elements in all of these.” “Her stories are about ongoingness,” says Donna Haraway, another UCSC History of Consciousness emeritus professor who will also be part of the discussion. “She is again and again telling stories that don’t end in apocalypse.” Le Guin’s novel “The Dispossessed” is about a group of people called Odonians who thrive within an anarchist social structure. Her 1975 story “The Day Before The Revolution” followed up on “The Dispossessed,” and was dedicated to anarchist Paul Goodman. “The target of anarchism is the end of the authoritarian state, and the methods used are cooperation, mutual aid and solidarity,” Le Guin told GT. “The Day Before the Revolution” received both the
Nebula and Jupiter awards, and Le Guin also won the 1973 Hugo Award for “The Word for World is Forest” and the 1972 National Book Award for “Children’s Books for The Farthest Shore.” Her novel “The Lathe of Heaven” was made into a film in 1979, the very first movie produced by PBS, with such a small budget that Le Guin has noted that frisbees were used for alien spaceships. Her most recent books are “Finding My Elegy (New and Selected Poems, 1960-2010)” and “The Unreal and The Real (Selected Short Stories), 2012.” Le Guin, who supported the Occupy movement, has also been active in the Free Internet movement, and in 2009 she resigned from the Authors Guild because of copyright agreements that gave Google control of outof–print books, “You decided to deal with the devil, as it were, and have presented your arguments for doing so. I wish I could accept them. I can’t,” wrote Le Guin in a
letter to the Guild. “There are principles involved, above all the whole concept of copyright; and these you have seen fit to abandon to a corporation, on their terms, without a struggle.” Le Guin spoke to GT about this week’s conference, writing, Taoism and technology. GOOD TIMES: Your translation of the Tao Te Ching is infused with anarchist ideas, and your notes in that book include the comment, “Anarchists and Taoists make good friends.” How have you combined anarchism with spirituality in your life? URSULA K. LE GUIN: Within the frameworks of our established religions, spiritual movements tend to be kind of subversive. They rock the apple cart a bit. That has a temperamental kinship with anarchism. A spiritual movement tends to be radical, as it wants to get down to the root. That’s the same with anarchism as a political
18>
16 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
17 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
OUT OF CONTROL
“
If it's really satisfying to you to have a thousand friends on Facebook, that's great. But I just don't get it.
”
<16
movement, in my experience. I discovered the Tao Te Ching as a teenager, and it was just sort of ‘bingo!,’ you know? I thought, ‘OK, this makes sense.’ I’ve been reading Lao Tzu all my life. And then I made this translation, which is essentially a comparison of other translations. The Tao Te Ching has been a ground-base to me for most of my life. What I readily discovered about anarchism is that temperamentally there is a fit with Taoism. One of the things Lao Tzu said, which is pretty much the same thing pacifist anarchists have said is, ‘Don’t try to control everything.’ Perhaps a concise way to talk about the root of suffering that humans are causing is that we’re trying to control each other, the environment and everything else. My brother the psychologist calls it, ‘The big C.’ That sort of became a total slogan in my mind. Yeah, look out for that stuff. At this conference at UCSC, I imagine that control will be one of the subjects
we’ll discuss. What do you envision speaking about at the conference, with its theme “The arts of living on a damaged planet?” Right. So, it sounds a little postapocalyptic. Or it could refer to the possibility that we are quietly living through an apocalypse right now. Maybe we’ll be taking that into study. I don’t know what kind of quicksand they’re going to set me in. One thing I know is that they’ve asked me to read some of my poetry, which sort of fits with some of the things that James Clifford and Donna Haraway are thinking about. Goodness knows what will actually happen. Do you think we are indeed quietly living through an apocalypse right now? Well, we’re at a point where how many species go extinct everyday due to human interference? How many oil spills are we going to have? How many people are
running around shooting school children with repeater guns? Things are not going well. You could say that people have always said this, and that old people like me tend to say it more loudly and often, but I would say that things are not on a really hopeful footing just at the moment. We continue doing all of the things that we know are destroying the world the way we need it to be. We have, as they say, already passed peak oil. I think we have passed quite a few peaks. We certainly passed a comfortable population peak quite a while ago. Nine months ago Edward Snowden began releasing some of the 1.5 million files he took from the National Security Agency, revealing a mass surveillance program of practically everyone on the planet. How do you think this use of technology is affecting people? This is part of the whole reaction to what the Internet has done to privacy and to human relations;
20>
Huge S P R L A I N U G N s N DIAMOND SALE g A n i v a S on ALL ings Diamond nRg
18 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
includi nt and Engageme g Weddin Rings.
% 50
SAVE UP TO
On All Diamond Stud Earrings, Necklaces, & Bracelets.
Broker pr ices on all loose diamonds . Expert mo unting service. Trade in y our old jewelry.
102 Walnut Avenue at Pacific • Downtown Santa Cruz • 831.458.9950 • stephansjewelry.com • Open Tues–Sat 10–5:30, Sun 11–5
19 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
OUT OF CONTROL
“
One of the things Lao Tzu said, which is pretty much the same thing pacifist anarchists have said, is “Don't try to control everything.
”
<18
there’s now a desperate scramble to keep control over what seems to be essentially an uncontrollable technology—the Internet. I know the government spying is different than that, but isn’t that related to the whole thing? There’s this movement on the Internet that says, “Information wants to be free.” Therefore there should be no copyright, there should be no secrecy; everybody shares everything. This is supposed to be the wave of the future. Maybe it is. And it is against the way that governments run themselves, which is through secrecy.” Digital technologies seem to be changing our ideas about what communication and connection mean. Has this influenced your writing? I have to remind you that you’re speaking with someone who is 84 years old and grew up before television. So that all of this technology, which is second nature to people under 30 or 40, is
something I had to learn as an adult. It’s never going to seem natural to me. Living virtually is always going to seem grotesque to me. OK, if it’s really satisfying to you to have a thousand friends on Facebook, that’s great. But I just don’t get it You wrote, “No anarchist can be a pessimist.” Are you an optimist? I’m not a pessimist. I can’t imagine how people stay alive who are pessimists. But I’m also not an optimist in the sense that I believe anymore, as I believed when I was quite young, that we really can make things better. Really better. At this point, I’m just hoping that we can stay afloat. Though I’m not an optimist, I do live on hope. I think that most of us do. What is your concern about Google and online books? Google is violating copyright— massively and continually—in the digitalization project, in which it
persuaded many great academic libraries to let Google copy everything they own, without distinction of material in the public domain from material under copyright. The libraries had no authority to do this. They apparently swallowed Google's assertions of acting in the public interest. Google's denials of responsibility, claims of seeking no profit from this hugely costly project, and obfuscatory claims such as that they copy only "orphan works" or release only "snippets" of copied material, have confused not only librarians, but [also] judges unfamiliar with the concept and purpose of copyright. With Vonda McIntyre, I organized a petition submitted to Judge Denny Chin's judgment on the Authors Guild case a couple of years ago. I am now a signer of an amicus curiae brief in a renewed attempt to get Google under the control of law. Wish us luck. If the current Supreme Court gets in on this one, guess whose side five of them will be on?
22>
20 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
21 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
<20
OUT OF CONTROL
Looking into the future, how do you think humans will be different due to digital technology? I never look into the future! (Laughs) Just because I write science fiction, I don’t know what the future is going to be!” Are you writing anything new? I’ve written a couple of stories, but I don’t have the energy for writing novels and big stuff anymore. It’s a physical thing, getting old. Mostly I’m writing poems. That’s how I started in my writing, so I’m happy to be doing that. I know some of my readers would rather that I write them a new novel. I would if I could. But I don’t think I can. What is different and important to you about writing for young readers? Well, like, you know, they're young? They're curious, they're bright, they're learning. And they're going to, you know, be around when we're not. I
What is the Anthropocene Conference?
T
he Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet is the title of the conference Thursday, May 8 through Saturday, May 10 at UC Santa Cruz, including a special reading by Ursula K. Le Guin on May 8 at the Rio Theatre. The conference will grapple with ideas such as whether humans and other species can continue to inhabit the earth together. A multitude of presentations are scheduled including “Gardens and Graves” with Lesley Stern and “Caring For Country/Rewilding”
with Jens-Christian Svenning and Jessica Weir. Donna Haraway, author of the provocative 1985 “Cyborg Manifesto,” will offer a “speculative fabulation” entitled “Inhabiting Multispecies Bodies.” “‘Anthropocene’ is a new term,” says James Clifford, a conference presenter and UCSC History of Consciousness emeritus professor. “I see it as some recognition of the powerful effect of human intervention in the physical, ecological and natural history of the planet. I see this conference recognizing those effects and their damage—global
warming the most obvious—but a whole range of poisonings and alterations of the environment that one needs to recognize and try to combat, on the one hand. And, on the other, to grapple with the dark vision of a damaged planet. We will be living in damaged environments, so how will we do that? Tickets are available at anthropocene.brownpapertickets.c om and discussions are at College 9/10 Multipurpose Room. For more information: anthropo@ucsc.edu —John Malkin
* For new clients only
22 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
MCCARTY’S WINDOW FASHIONS
Sales • Service • Repairs • 1224 SOQUEL AVE, SANTA CRUZ • (831) 475-4321
Simply Skin Esthetics
Facials • waxing • bath & body care Susan Bell Skincare • jewelry • cosmetics 500 Soquel Ave. Suite B, Santa Cruz (831) 429.9400 I simplyskinesthetics.com
Sustainable Seafood Specials nightly • Heated Patio dining & full bar • Fresh, local & organic produce • Natural source-verified meats •
23 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
A&E
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
MARCH IF YOU WANT TO Now in its fourth year, UnScruz finds a new home at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds this weekend.
School of Black Rock UnScruz returns to bring Burning Man home | he spirit of self-expression and inclusiveness is the prevailing culture of the Burning Man community, and with tens of thousands of people flocking to Black Rock City, Nev., every year, its influence has spread around the globe. Santa Cruz has its own subculture of people dedicated to abiding by Burner values, and this weekend’s two-day celebration of music, dancing and art known as UnScruz puts it front and center. “In a nutshell, UnScruz is a Burning Man regional event that abides by the 10 principles of Burning Man,” say Mandy Whiting, Regional Contact for Burning Man in Santa Cruz. These 10 principles, which include radical self-expression, radical self-reliance, communal effort and decommodification, are what make Burning Man events the
T 24 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
BY LESLIE PATRICK
peaceful, anything-goes gatherings they are. Whiting explains that the UnScruz event, now in its fourth year, is a showcase of what Burning Man is all about for people who may not be able to make it out to the Nevada desert for the main event. In essence a mini-Burning Man, the UnScruz weekend at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds will include many things that Black Rock City has become famous for including music, dance, creative costumes, art—and of course, lots and lots of fire. “We want people to experience that same feeling of community and open mindedness, friendliness and peacefulness,” Whiting says. “Our events are extraordinarily peaceful and whimsical and creative. They have a really unique vibe.” At Burning Man, “you’re not the weirdest kid
in the classroom,” as one Burner memorably put it, and that spirit of individuality and inclusiveness is what defines UnScruz, as well. “There are so many factors to the Burning Man community,” Whiting explains. “There are people who like to build large-scale art, people who like to do dance performances, people who like to play music and people who just like to camp and hang out by a fire. The UnScruz event really has all of that,” she says. This is the first year the event has been held at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, which will allow even more people to participate in the festivities. Samba Stilt Circus and Nocturnal Sunshine Fire Conclave are among the groups that will be performing, mutant vehicles will be on display,
CULTURE
A&E
“The whole ethos of UnScruz and Burning Man in general, is that we provide a canvas, a big blank space, and then say ‘okay guys, come fill it with who you are and what you want to contribute.”
and music and art from many members of the Burner community will be present in one creative way or another throughout. If you’ve never attended a Burning Man event, be prepared for some surprises. “The whole ethos of UnScruz and Burning Man in general, is that we provide a canvas, a big blank space, and then say ‘OK guys, come fill it with who you are and what you want to contribute,’” Whiting explains. In addition to UnScruz, the local chapter is doing its part to keep the Burning Man spirit alive and well in Santa Cruz all year round. “The goal is to involve the community in many different ways,” Whiting says. “UnScruz is one of those events, but we also do beach bonfires, Burner happy hour once a month, and last year we did a screening of a Burning Man documentary called Spark at the Del Mar Theater. The cool part about Santa Cruz is how the Burner spirit is already engrained. There’s a lot of art, a lot of creativity and a lot of whimsy,” she says. While Whiting knows some people perceive Burning Man and its related events as a hedonistic free for all, she says UnScruz is really about art and community and being precisely who you want to be. “There are crazy things that happen, but that’s not necessarily your journey. Your journey is to go and see what you want to contribute,” she says.
<akblmbg^ E^mb\bZ% P^lmlb]^ ;^Znmr Lniier LZehg
The fourth annual UnScruz Burning Man regional event, Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds, Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4. Tickets are $35 per person in advance, or $45 at the door. Visit unscruz.com for more information.
I I HOT TICKET I I COMEDY
Colin Quinn’s oneman show at Rio. p26 25
ART Christina Waters profiles
MAY
Dmitri Zurita. p28
MAY
Jarmusch’s vampire flick. p45
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
FILM Richard von Busack on Jim
01 _
A&E COMEDY
Laugh Riot Colin Quinn holds nothing back in his one-man show | BY DNA n his new one-man show, Unconstitutional— which comes to The Rio Friday—Colin Quinn is the everyman, trying to help others gain perspective on a planet experiencing daily sea change. From serial killers to the finer points of the evolution of our species, Quinn’s inquisitive mind knows no bounds. “I was just talking about Edmund Kemper today with friends,” he tells me on the phone, having popped out of a New York City subway. In conversation, Quinn is both amiable and engagingly weird. With a gruff, no-nonsense Brooklyn attitude, Quinn was one of several stand-up comics who broke through the club circuit in New York City during the 1980s, and became a national star. It was a golden era for comics, when, unlike today, stage time was ample and was often accompanied by a large paycheck. Back then, according to Quinn, “Crowds were like, ‘You’re a comedian. You’re going to do comedy, wow!’ Now people are like, ‘You should meet my cousin, he does comedy too.’” After hitting the comedy clubs for only three years, he was offered the role of the cantankerous sidekick on the very popular MTV game show, Remote Control. But the legion of under-20-year-old fans that flooded to see Quinn live, after his MTV catapult to fame, were not his favorite audience. Drunk, rowdy and yelling during punch lines, Quinn reflects, “It was good, but it was a problem, too. It diverted me—or I let it divert me—from stand-up comedy.” Picked up by Saturday Night Live in 1995, Quinn was perfectly positioned to take over as the SNL Weekend Update anchor after Norm McDonald left unceremoniously. It wasn’t a perfect match, and, after two seasons, Quinn went on to host his own show in 2002. As the rough and tumble anything goes host of the talk show Tough Crowd, Quinn shared thoughts on subjects both political and social with comedy friends
I
ALLERGIES WHAT’S BUGGING YOU?
Mold Ragweed Pollen Food Pet Dander Acacia & Pine Trees
GO ASK JACK 26 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
VITAMIN CENTER 1955-B6 41st Ave., Capitola (across from Kohl's, next to Ross)
462-4697
like Denis Leary, Patrice O’Neal and Greg Giraldo. Quinn was in his element, espousing on world events, like a less mature and more-likelyto-punch-you-in-the-face version of Bill Maher. Tough Crowd couldn’t find its footing in the ratings, and was cancelled in 2004. By 2010, Quinn had hit pay dirt with his first one-man show, Long Story Short. It premiered on Broadway in 2010, and told the history of the world in 75 minutes. Being directed by Jerry Seinfeld didn’t hurt. Suddenly the clamor-filled chaos of playing clubs was replaced with a theatre audience who were trained to hang on to every word. When he comes to The Rio Friday, Quinn will be delving into how we got into the mess we’re in by tracing America’s history from past to present. While the show doesn’t just feature thoughts on the Constitution, Quinn assures me it is our most important document. “It acknowledges the fact that once people are in power they will fuck around. Give somebody power and they will immediately start telling other people what to do,” he says. With a returning role on the hit TV show Girls, the hard-hustling comic still works the microphone at the Comedy Cellar in Manhattan, as he has done for the last 30 years—Quinn is on top of his game. “I’m working on some new concept stuff about America, the Ukraine, and our relationship with Russia—what that means and what it’s always meant,” he says. “I’m working on people’s personal perceptions of what it all means. It’s hard. There’s a thing about stand-up where, if your heart is in it, you do better.” Unconstitutional will play one night only, Friday, May 2 at The Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are $27/general, $42/gold circle.
$
10 off 5 off
$ Thursday, May 8th at 7PM Del Mar Theatre, Santa Cruz Tickets $20
Dinner orders of $50 or more
Lunch orders of $30 or more
(With this ad when presented with order, cannot be combined with other offers. 1 offer per table, per visit. Dine in only. See store for more details. Good through May 30, 2014.)
Available at lunafestsc.brownpapertickets.com 5% REWARD
10% OFF
Earn 5% of every dollar GIFT CARDS you spend on your when you buy rewards card $100 or more
CAPITOLA WATSONVILLE 1441 Main St. 820 Bay Ave. (Across from Nob Hill Center)
831-464-9192
(Target Shopping Center)
831-728-9192
www.sushi-garden.com • Open 7 days Lunch 11:30–2:30, Dinner 5–9:30
27 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
A&E ARTFILES
Complete
Pair
30
%
off
2nd Pair Free*‡
Capitola
Brown Ranch Marketplace 3555 H Clares Street, 831-477-4900 SiteforSoreEyes.com THE EYECARE STORE NEXT DOOR. *Complete pair includes purchase of frames and standard lenses. Lens enhancements at additional cost. 2nd pair includes frames from select group and single vision lenses. ‡Valid at participating locations. See store for details. Not combinable with insurance or other offers. Some restrictions apply. Offer expires 6/30/14.
59 COMPREHENSIVE EYE EXAM
$
Eye Exams available by Sterling VisionCare Optometrist, a CA-licensed Vision Health Care service plan, conveniently located next to Site for Sore Eyes. Site for Sore Eyes does not employ the optometrist nor do they provide eye exams.
28 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
Dmitri Zurita: Altered Perspective hotographer-turned-conceptual artist Dmitri Zurita is as much a work-inprogress as any of his provocative installation pieces. Born in Tijuana and educated in California, the bi-cultural artist has probed corners and pushed boundaries of art practice throughout his four years at UC Santa Cruz. "I began with photography because it was ubiquitous," says Zurita whose striking black hair and eyes echo Frida Kahlo self-portraits. "It is second nature for my generation—in fact, for our entire culture." Soon he was interweaving his photographs with found work, and re-imagining the results through unexpected manipulations. Approaching his mid-20s, Zurita currently spends his time between research in collaboration with environmental art pioneers Helen and Newton Harrison, and renovating a 1968 Karmann Ghia near his family home on the Mexican border. "The big point about making art for me was that it had to answer the 'so what?' question—I wanted to do something important, something that focused on contemporary dialogue," Zurita says. He believes contemporary art acts as a filter through which we understand life around us. "So it has to operate in a way that contributes to conversations," he explains. "It also has to serve a social function, some form of engagement." What does a conceptual artist actually do? "My work involves a lot of sitting and thinking. Or laying down and thinking," he says with a grin. "Concepts continuously come and go, and when something clicks, I write it down and put it up on my wall. Then I like to live with it." Photos, texts, other artists’ images—it all serves as a graphic muse to stimulate or evolve ideas that end up as a bit of conceptual art. In 2012, Zurita filled an entire windowfront of Santa Cruz's Rittenhouse Building with surplus clothing. "I'm interested in interventions into the ideological circuit," he says. Surplus filled 90 square feet of window with clothing gathered from friends, local
P
BY CHRISTINA WATERS
thrift stores and Goodwill, and was intended "to reveal the invisible structures within capitalist systems." As an Irwin Scholar during his senior year as an art major, Zurita created an installation of text referencing child labor practices, on 8 x 16-foot screens. "The text was invisible unless you walked past and looked at a certain angle." The border is a concept—and reality—permeating Zurita's most recent work, including a one-person show at the IMAC and an artist-inresidence project, both in Tijuana. "The border is more and more present in my work," he says scrolling through staged "tourist" photos of himself in full mariachi sombrero and saddle blanket, astride a burro. "I like to work on lots of projects at once," he confesses. Some are photographic pieces, such as an ongoing "cut-out image" series in which he literally removes the specific information from iconic photographic images. Others combine image and concept, such as the photos of himself posing on the painted, decorated burros. "I was re-creating an image that goes back many generations to turnof-the century tourist photos. Thinking about the continuation of this tourist photo practice as an allegory for Tijuana itself, is stimulating." Born two blocks from the U.S./Mexico border, Zurita went to community college in San Diego before transferring to UCSC on full scholarship. "There's no reason to leave Santa Cruz just yet," he says, adding that he will probably be attending an MFA program next year. Eclectic in his personal life as in his artistic one, Zurita's ongoing music practice includes guitar, violin, piano. And he's a passionate foodie. "I'm all about fusion cooking," he grins, citing India Joze and Malabar as two of his favorite local eateries. Part of a young generation of unbordered, boundary-less art practitioners, Zurita restlessly tracks what he calls the "ideological curators" of the 21st century. His mission: to "jar our consciousness into seeing exactly where all the seams are."
Music Gear Headquarters New & Used. Buy, Sell, Trade, Consign
3939 Stevens Creek Blvd Santa Clara (408)
554-9041
1400 Ocean St.
Santa Cruz
426-1975
2474 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley (510)
841-2648
M–F 11–7 Sat 11–6 Sun 12–5
Your pet needs, made affordable!
ALL OF THE BELOW FOR JUST $22.00 EACH OR COMBINE ANY TWO AND GET
A FREE WELLNESS EXAMINATION (does not apply to pets with any medical problems)
DOGS: DHLPP (Parvo) Rabies Vaccine Heartworm Test
CATS: FVRCP Vaccine Rabies Vaccine Leukemia Vaccine
ALL PETS: Nail Trim Dewormer Microchip Anal Gland Expressions Bordetella Vaccine
You now have an affordable option for after hours EMERGENCY services.
East Lake Animal Clinic www.dvmdrdave.net
29 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14 gtweekly.com
(831) 724–6391
7AM TO 740 East Lake Ave • Watsonville MIDNIGHT
M MUSIC
Unslammed Even spoken-word poet Buddy Wakefield gets tired of talking BY GEORGIA PERRY
any Santa Cruzans are at least peripherally familiar with the technique of Vipassana meditation. Those who haven’t been to the popular (and free) 10-day silent retreats surely know somebody who went to one and came back changed—and likely hasn’t shut up about it since. Spoken word poet Buddy Wakefield is basically that friend. It’s working for him, though. The two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champion appeared at Santa Cruz Music Festival last year, based in large part on his ability to “make crowds of grown men cry,” as SCMF organizer and GT digital marketing specialist Thomas Dawson put it. Now he’s coming back to town for a show at the Tannery’s Institute of Contemporary Art, in which he’ll likely shake everyone up by beautifully expounding on his favorite topic du jour—staying present through diligent focus on the breath. So take a big one— in through your nose and out through your mouth—and read on.
M
30 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
GT: So I know a Vipassana meditation course is a 10-day retreat where you meditate all day in silence for all 10 days, right? That seems like such a big commitment. What got you to the point where you decided, ‘I’m doing this. This is for me?’ BUDDY WAKEFIELD: Just the compounding stress of being human. Nobody’s immune to it. People have different starting points and experience this life to varying degrees, but nobody’s immune to the threat of agitation and misery that runs through all of us. I was in a place where I needed to address mine. I wanted to go somewhere where I didn’t have to hear myself talk. It was 11 hours of meditation a day for 10 days. No reading, no writing no exercising. No eye contact. No thing. Basically the life of a monk. Also, no rites or rituals or idol worship. Just scientific observation of breath. For the first time, it was just this pure noble silence that I was getting to experience, with no BS. From there the rest was history. It's the one thing I’ve found in this world that really works to break habit patterns.
Wow, that’s amazing. I’ve heard that every evening you watch a video dialogue from the guy who started Vipassana. How were those? I’ve heard mixed reviews about them. They’re fantastic. They’re wholesome They’re on point. They’re honest. Saying “mixed reviews” is kind of like people who make fun of Oprah. Why has Oprah become a target to make fun of when she’s just trying to do something to help the world? A bunch of cynical skeptical people can sit around on their do-nothing asses and make fun of her. It just baffles me. When something’s 100 percent, it’s 100 percent. Still, there’s always going to be somebody making it look less than 100 percent, as their own reflection. If I’m telling you that the law of nature is change and that’s the truth, but you’re not able to wrap your head around the truth that the law of nature is change, then you’re going say that I don’t understand this world. That’s where I think you’re probably coming from with that question. Damn, sorry. OK. Well, it seems like Vipassana is a lot about letting go of the story we tell ourselves about ourselves. How would you describe yourself to yourself? Well, while I'm giving this answer, I’m peeing on a bush in Black Canyon, Arizona and I view myself as honest, as striving toward honesty. I view myself as hit or miss, trying to be more hit than miss. I view myself as approaching my ideal self. Certainly a ways from it. I view myself as having clean teeth, because I had dental work done yesterday. Cool. So are you afraid of dying? Absolutely not. I actually welcome the event. Of course, I don’t want my head to get crushed in a train accident. I don’t want ridiculous volumes of pain. But the reality is being born isn’t a tragedy, and neither is death, and neither is anything in between. Buddy Wakefield performs Saturday, May 3, at 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Cruz Contemporary Institute of Art, 1050 River St. in Santa Cruz. Tickets are $10.
BARGETTO WINERY
3535 N. Main Street, Soquel
Famou s BBQ
izza rust P er crust C n i h T l butt mea on corn
on a B un
31 MAY
01 _
Chicag Deep o Style Dish P izza
(831) 476-4366
07 20 14
509 Bay Ave, Capitola
gtweekly.com
Dine In Or Call Ahead for Pickup
MAY
M
MUSIC CALENDAR
LOVE YOUR
LOCALBAND ii TREE
32 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
When we met up with Oliver Tree Nickell last year, the 20-year old producer and sometimes DJ was riding high from the release of his three-song EP, Demons. Nickell— who performs under his middle name—had earned the blessing of Thom Yorke to remix and record his own version of Radiohead’s “Karma Police,” was flown to England to record, and started to work on his first music video, for the song “Rabbit Hole.” “I took a break from music and did only film for about six months,” explains Tree with a jovial flicker in his eye. “But I kept making music for myself, to evolve my skill set and learn the roots.” Wise words from someone who can’t legally drink at his own shows, and it seems to have energized him creatively. This Saturday, Tree will be playing his original work in a live, debut, four-piece, audio-visual experience called— well—Tree. “I don’t feel like people, especially electronic musicians, are raising the bar creatively,” he says. “A DJ set is so boring, compared to four or five people performing. Maybe it’s not comparable, maybe it’s just different.” The live Tree experience will feature local musicians Haven Dlott on cello, Dane Ostrander on drums/scratching/samples, Finn Stobbe on bass and Nickell performing a variety of instruments. To complete the visual experience of the show, Nickell contacted visual artists from around the world and compiled their work into an hour-long movie to be played with the live music. Tree will be performing on a custom stage, built by Nickell and his father. “I want to get my audience involved on another level. The ultimate goal is to inspire people to live up to their potential,” he says. “If you want to do something, get your hands dirty.” | MAT WEIR
i INFO: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Kuumbwa Jazz. 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $12 adv/$15 door. 427-2227
CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS
fri/2 iiHUXTABLES If there were a genre for “Santa Cruz classic rock,” it’d sound a lot like the Huxtables—not quite punk, but not straight alt-rock either. They bring scattered, wild energy, a DIY aesthetic and some strong harmonies. The trouble was bringing everyone together. It took the band, which partly started as a side project for Slow Gherkin, 16 years to release its first full-length album, which came out in 2011. After two decades together, the Huxtables are as fun as ever and no smoother around the edges. | JACOB PIERCE
i INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-6994.
fri/2-sat/3 iiREBEL
SOULJAHZ + ANUHEA
Two of Hawaii’s biggest rising talents are coming to town for two nights, and it should be a groovy party. Rebel SoulJahz has a penchant for making soulful reggae that will either put you in a good mood, or just put you in the mood, so there is much to like here. Their third album, SoulJahz for Life, came out last month. Anuhea is a singer-songwriter who brings pop,
soul, R&B, jazz, hip-hop and reggae into the mix. The multiple Na Hoku Hanohano (Hawaii’s version of the Grammys) award-winning performer’s most recent album of new material is 2012’s For Love. | BRIAN PALMER
i INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $30. 479-1854.
sun/4 iiGZA An artist like Gary Grice—known professionally as GZA—needs very little introduction. Chances are good that even if you don’t know much about his significant solo career— which spans more than two decades, includes almost ten albums and two gold records—then you likely know him from his work with the WuTang Clan. In addition to his musical prowess, GZA also has an affinity for science, having recently dropped a Big Bang Theory-related rap on an audience at a University of Toronto lecture last fall. Why does that matter? Because GZA’s long-in-theworks concept album is appropriately titled Dark Matter, and he actually knows a thing or two about the subject. | BP
i INFO: 8 p.m. The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $24/door. 423-1338.
iiBUBBELEH A Bubbeleh concert is like a favorite smoothie that tastes a little different each day. All right, I’ll explain. The Los Angeles-based seven-piece band sticks with their go-to much-loved ingredient, traditional Jewish folk and klezmer music, and mixes it with something a little different every time—jazz, funk, metal—in wacky and fun instrumentals. It’s all so metropolitan, the group practically walked out of a Woody Allen movie. Bubbeleh sometimes calls itself the Jewish Shark Attack. A little Yiddish humor? | JP
i INFO: 7 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy 9, Felton. $15. 603-2294.
mon/5 iiDAVID
GRISMAN
OK, we know that David Grisman, with his flowing long gray hair and bushy beard, used to collaborate with his old friend Jerry Garcia and others. But the alleged mandolin player looks more the part of a soft-eyed soul-searching shaman, who will tell you the meaning of life and then disappear behind an oak tree never to be seen again, so actually we’re not convinced. I first fell in love with Grisman’s tender but fast legendary mandolin-playing when I heard a ’93 recording of him playing with Garcia
MUSIC
M
BEOURGUEST ii GIFT
on Late Night with David Letterman that left me moved, relaxed and curious to hear more. But then again, shamans can do that, too. | JP
i INFO: 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $35/adv, $40 door. 427-2227.
tues/6 iiWE
ARE SCIENTISTS
Fifteen years after they formed in Berkeley, this indie rock group is still going strong. In addition to releasing five EPs and five albums—including their newest, March’s TV en Français—the band has toured with the likes of Kings of Leon, and become such a huge hit over in the U.K. that they have played big festivals like Leeds, Glastonbury and Reading multiple times, and have seen much press in NME. Not a bad run, to be sure. This indie rock trio’s danceable alternative rock is beyond infectious, and it is easy to see why so many people dig their music. | BP
i INFO: 9 p.m. The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $13/adv, $16/door. 423-1338.
wed/7 iiHORDE
& THE HAREM
The Horde and the Harem simply exudes Pacific Northwest indie music scene charm. A collective of musicians from all over the country who now call Seattle home, this pop-folk, well-traveled outfit creates shimmering, thoughtful music that technically is more pop than folk. But from the stretches of layered, orchestral, and at times garage-fuzz territory, they always seem to circle around to stripped down, earthy songs that reflect the downhome nature of life up North. | CAT JOHNSON
i INFO: 9 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.
thu/8 iiIAIN
MATTHEWS
The go-to line for singer-songwriter Iain Matthews is that he was a founding member of legendary English folk-rock band Fairport Convention. But, aside from his time in Fairport, which only lasted a couple of years in the late1960s, Matthews has been steadily releasing albums as a bandleader and solo artist. His big hit came in 1971 with a reworking of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock,” which made both the U.S. and U.K. charts, but Matthews’ strength lies in his ability to craft intimate, plaintive songs without regard to genre boundaries. His latest release, The Art of Obscurity, is, Matthews has said, his last as a solo artist, as he wants to focus on collaborations. | CJ
i INFO: 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15. 603-2294.
iiCALIFORNIA
HONEYDROPS
The journey from busking in Oakland BART stations to being a regular at the New Orleans Jazz Fest is not an easy one. It takes mountains of groove, oodles of soul and a certain je ne sais quoi; all of which the California Honeydrops have in ready supply. Putting a funky touch on blues, R&B, New Orleans music and jazz, the Honeydrops strike a sweet balance between being a super-tight group of top-notch musicians and being a loose bunch of fun-loving, playwhat-you-feel improvisers who know how to hold down a corner ... and a BART station. | CJ
i INFO: 8:30 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $15/adv, $20/door. 479-1854.
i INFO: 9 p.m. Friday, May 16. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $10/adv, $15/door. 479-1854. WANT TO GO? Visit the Good Times’ Facebook page before 11 a.m. on Friday, May 2, to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.
INTHEQUEUE TOAD THE WET SPROCKET The alt-rockers that brought us the song “Walk on the Ocean” are back, with a new album to boot. Thursday at the Catalyst
MIKE & RUTHY Vintage Americana duo that’s been called one of the finest of their generation. Saturday at the Crepe Place
FOREVERLAND A 14-piece, horn- and rhythm-driven tribute to Michael Jackson. Saturday at Don Quixote’s
JEFF COFFIN & THE MU’TET FEATURING “FUTUREMAN” WOOTEN & FELIX PASTORIUS Members of the Dave Matthews Band and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, plus the son of bass legend Jaco Pastorius, create a lively musical stew. Thursday at Kuumbwa
STEPHEN STILLS Rock and Roll Hall of Famer whose work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills and Nash established him as a giant of 20th century pop-rock. Thursday at the Catalyst
33 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14 gtweekly.com
WE ARE SCIENTISTS
OF GAB
There are some really great rap names out there—Mos Def, Immortal Technique, Chali 2na, KRS-ONE, MF Doom and perhaps my all-time favorite, Gift of Gab. Besides nailing the whole I’m-a-wordsmith thing, Gift of Gab’s name is a nod to the MC’s better-than-most battle skills. As more and more MCs get used to doing their best work in front of a computer, being able to stand up and flow—on the spot, with all eyes on you— is a skill that only those in touch with hiphop’s street corner roots ever truly master. As one half of the (somewhat) underground rap group Blackalicious, Gift of Gab long ago established himself as a standout in the rap game, and in recent years he’s had to overcome health and substance-abuse problems to keep his spot. | CJ
PRESENTS THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Al Frisby 6-8p
SUNDAY Live Music 8:30p
Jewl Sandoval 6-8p
Al Frisby 6-8p
Hawk & the Blues Mechanics 6-8p
Gothic Industrial Dancing
350 Mission St. SC 429-1058
8059 Aptos St., Aptos 662-1721
SATURDAY Live Music 8p
ABBEY APTOS ST. BBQ
LIVEMUSIC MONDAY
5/1–5/7
TUESDAY
Jewl Sandoval & Friends Rand Rueter 6-8p 6-8p
WEDNESDAY
Bleu 6-8p
AQUARIUS
Minor Thirds Jazz Trio 175 West Cliff Drive, SC 460-5012 6:30-9:30p No cover
923 Pacific Ave., SC 423-7117
Stand Up Comedy 8:30p 80s Dance Party 10p
Live Rock Show
Live DJ Dancing
BLUE LOUNGE
Gay Night
Live Party and Ladies Night
Live Acoustic Rock
Karaoke 8p-Close
Aftershock 9-11:45p No cover
Karaoke 6p-Close
Tommy & the Wet Sprocket 8p $25/$30
50 Carrot 8p $12/$20
Predator Flagship 9p $7
Lionheart 8p No Cover
Fortunate Youth 9p $14/$17
KDON DJ Dancing 9p The OTS Trio 9p No Cover AnimoJams 8p $5
BLUE LAGOON
529 Seabright Ave., SC 423-7771
BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St., SC 426-3324
Live DJ Dancing, Funk , Live Rock Show Soul, Rap Karaoke 9p
Karaoke 6p-Close
Live Acoustic Rock Karaoke 8p-Close
Karaoke 8p-Close
BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St., SC 427-1795
CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave., SC 423-1336
CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave., SC 423-1336
CILANTRO’S 1934 Main St., Wat 761-2161
CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel, SC 429-6994
CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr., SC 476-4560
Thick As Blood 7p $10/$12
DJ 9p
KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p
Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p
The Huxtables 9p $10
Mike & Ruthy 9p $10
7 Come 11 9p $5
The Horde & The Harem 9p $8
Lenny’s Basement 9pm $6
Room 9 9:30p $7
Reggae Beach Jam 8p No Cover
Yuji Tojo 8p $3
DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton 603-2294
Meridian Band 7:30p $18/$15
FOG BANK 211 Esplanade, Cap 462-1881
1011 PACIFIC AVE. 3!.4! #25: s
Thursday, May 1 s AGES 21+
TOADTommy THE &WET SPROCKET The High Pilots plus
!DV $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M
50 CARROT Soloman also
3PEC !DV !DV $RS s $RS 3HOW P M &RIDAY -AY s In the Atrium s AGES 16+
LIONHEART plus Leaders
./ #/6%2 s $RS 3HOW P M
3ATURDAY -AY s In the Atrium s AGES 16+
FORTUNATE YOUTH/ LOS RAKAS plus True
Press s P M P M
GZA
Sunday, -AY AGES 16+ plus Casual !DV $RS s P M P M -ONDAY -AY s In the Atrium s AGES 16+ BEING AS AN OCEAN plus Capsize
also State
Faults, Eidola s P M
4UESDAY -AY s In the Atrium s AGES 16+
WE ARE SCIENTISTS plus PAWS !DV $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M Wednesday, -AY s AGES 16+
DANNY BROWN A$ton Mattthews ZelooperZ plus
also
!DV $RS s $RS P M 3HOW P M
34 MAY
7EDNESDAY -AY s In the Atrium s AGES 16+
THICK AS BLOOD plus Betrayel
01 _
also Kublai
MAY
-AY Stephen Stills (Ages 21+) -AY Bizarre Ride Live (Ages 16+) May 10 The Expendables (Ages 16+) -AY Stephen Marley/ Jo Mersa (Ages 16+) -AY Devin The Dude (Ages 16+) -AY People Under The Stairs (Ages 16+) -AY YG (Ages 16+) -AY Alborosie (Ages 16+)
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
Being As An Ocean 7p $10/$14
Live Comedy 9p $7
Bleu & Virgil Thrasher 6-9p No Cover
1 Davenport Ave. 426-8801
also Bad Times Crew
Danny Brown 8p $20/$25 We Are Scientists 9p $13/$16
DAV. ROADHOUSE
Friday, -AY AGES 18+ plus *VMĂ„
Gza 8p $20/$24
Khan s $RS 3HOW P M
Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.
4ICKETS SUBJECT TO CITY TAX SERVICE CHARGE BY PHONE ONLINE
www.catalystclub.com
Danjuma Adamu 6-9p No Cover
Spirit of ‘76 8:30p $10
Foreverland 8p $15
Bubbeleh 7p $15
John Michael
Touch’d Too Much
Dennis Dove
Brooks Robertson 7:30p $12/$10 Inside Job
Jack of All Trades
PRESENTS THURSDAY HENFLING’S
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Thursday, May 1 U 7 pm WEDNESDAY
303 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz 426-7770
Preston Brahm Trio
Mark Korzep’s Trio Mapa Nova
FIRST FRIDAY ART TOUR CAROL BOWIE: “MILES TO MINGUS” with DJ VINNIE Gary Montrezza’s Isoceles
Jazz By Five
Barry Scott & Associates
Woodtones 2.0 8a-5p
106 Beach St., SC 423-5271
KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St., SC 427-2227
MALONE’S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr 438-2244
Thurs. May 8 U 7 & 9 pm| No Comps
Kevin McDowell 6-8p Dan Robbins 7p $15/$20 Chris Kelly 7-10p
MANGIAMO’S
Tree 7:30p $12/$15 Chris Kelly 8p-12a
Ben Jammin 5:30p $18/$20
JEFF COFFIN & THE MU’TET with ROY “FUTUREMAN” WOOTEN & FELIX PASTORIUS
David Grisman Sextet 7p $35/$40
9pm: 1/2 Price Night for Students
Karaoke with Ken 9p
Friday, May 9
Tues. May 13 U 7 & 9 pm| No Comps
221 Esplanade, Cap 476-2263
MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, SC 479-1854
MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave., SC 429-8070
CASSANDRA WILSON Bourbon Brothers 7p
Do’oh Bros 8p
Famdamily 8p
The Tilt 8:30p $9/$12
Anuhea 9p $30
Rebel SoulJahs 9p $30
Libation Lab with Syntax 9:30p-1:30a
Tone Sol 9:30p-2a
Tech Minds 9:30p-2a
Jay Alvarez 12p
Jay Alvarez 6:30p
Rasta Cruz Reggae 9p-close
Eclectic by Primal Productions 9:30p-2a
Hip Hop with DJ Marc 9:30p-2a
THE POCKET 3102 Portola Drive, SC 475-9819
Hi Ya! by Little John 9:30p-2a The Olitas All Stars 6:30-9p
49B Municipal Wharf, SC 458-9393
215 Esplanade, Cap 476-4900
Seriously Twisted Mojo 7p General Smiley 9p $7/$10
OLITAS PARADISE BEACH
7:30 pm
Tickets: snazzyproductions.com
MARGARITAVILLE
2591 Main St., Soquel 479-9777
U
SYNDICATE OF SOUND
George Christos 6-9p
783 Rio Del Mar Blvd., Aptos 688-1477
MICHAEL’S ON MAIN
DAVID GRISMAN SEXTET
Dennis Dove 2p
Lisa Taylor
Chris Kelly 6-9p
“Blue Light to a New Dawn” Tour
Friday, May 16 U 7 pm
yMUSIC
“...shaping the future of classical music.” – NPR 5/17 6/19
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn Angélique Kidjo
Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer. All ages.
320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227
kuumbwajazz.org
h e S an t a C r uz Ha rbo r At T
A Tasteful Place!
35 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
116 Stockton Ave., Cap. 477-4455
Mon. May 5 U 7 & 9 pm| No Comps A mix bluegrass, jazz, funk & bossa nova “dawg” style
IDEAL BAR & GRILL IT’S WINE TYME
Local & Live: AN EVENING WITH DAN ROBBINS Friday, May 2 U 6 - 9 pm; FREE
Karaoke 9:30p-1:30a
HINDQUARTER
1102 Pacific Ave., SC 420-0135
SATURDAY
Celebrating Creativity Since 1975
5/1–5/7
Otto’s Monkey
9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond 336-9318
HOFFMAN’S
FRIDAY
LIVEMUSIC
PRESENTS THURSDAY
FRIDAY
LIVEMUSIC
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Celtic Sessions 3:30-6:45p Trivia Night 8-10p
POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St. SC 426-8620
5/1–5/7
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Open Mic 7:30-11p (sign up at 6:30p)
Sound Supreme 10p
The Get Down with DJ Noah Styles 8p
Movie Mondays
Comedy Night
The Alex Raymond Band 8p
Open Reggae Jam 7-10p
Traditional Live Hawaiian Music 6-9p
Style Acoustic Acoustic Showcase and Island Brunch and Jazzy Featured Events Evenings
Open Blues Jam 6-9p
Open Jazz Jam 6:30-9:30p
Open Mic 7-10p
1205 Soquel, SC 423-8209
Sarah Jarosz 7:30p $22/$30
Colin Quinn’s Unconstitutional 8p $27/$42
ROSIE MCCANN’S
Student Night
Trivia Night
Open Mic Night
THE RED 200 Locust St., SC 425-1913
THE REEF 120 Union St., SC 459-9876
RIO THEATRE
1220 Pacific Ave., SC 426-9930
SANDERLINGS
Tassajara Trio
1 Seascape Resort 662-7120
AC Miles 6:30-10:30p
SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, SC 426-2739
SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 7500 Old Dominion 688-8987
SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd., Cap 475-1222
In Three
Don McCaslin & The Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-10p
Wally’s Cocktail Combo Breeze Babes 8p-12a 7:30-11:30p
Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p
Joe Ferrara 6:30-10p
BeBop 7-10p
SIR FROGGY’S PUB 4771 Soquel Drive, Soquel 4769802
SOIF
HAPPY HOUR EVERY DAY $3 Select drafts App specials 4–6 &11pm–Midnight, all day Sunday
Hot Club Pacific 7-9p
105 Walnut Ave, SC 423-2020
TROUT FARM INN
Singer/Songwriter 7701 E. Zayante Road, Felton 335- Showcase 7:30p 4317
Broken English Salsa The Tailgaters Dance Night 5p $10 Open Mic with Mosephus 5:30p
UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel, Soq 477-1341
WINDJAMMER 1 Rancho Del Mar, Aptos 685-1587
ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola 475-4900
Bad Behavior Blues Band
Spigot
Full Bar Kitchen Open til Midnight
Mother’s Day Brunch 8:30 - 2pm
Reservations Recommended
Smoked Salmon Benedict $14
421-0507
841 Almar Ave, Santa Cruz, CA (located on the corner of Mission St. Safeway Complex)
smoked salmon . poached eggs . spinach . bacon . tomato . hollandaise . hash browns
Blueberry Pancakes $8
organic blueberries . fresh whipped cream
Prosciutto Fritatta $12
prosciutto . asparagus . wild mushrooms . brie . hash browns
36 MAY
01 _
Serving breakfast & lunch, Saturday & Sun beginning at 8:30. Dinner starts daily at 5pm No Coupons please
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
831.476.2733 www.thepointchophouse.com 3326 PORTOLA DR. SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062
37 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
F&D FOODIE FILE Visual & Performing
CHIP SCHEUER
Arts Events
MY OTHER CUP IS A BATHTUB Caffe Bene owner Ken Botelho.
Ken Botelho BY JACOB PIERCE
Ken Botelho, owner of Caffe Bene, says his coffee shop on Cedar Street has had plenty of ups and downs since it opened in 1988. But he doesn’t mind when it gets slow: in between regular customers, Botelho just picks up a book or newspaper and reads. At this point, Caffe Bene is a local institution. “I still see cars going by—the years change. The models change,” he says. “I’m still serving coffee.”
GOOD TIMES: How have things evolved in 25 years? KEN BOTELHO: I was much more successful here when I had two schools flanking me, and now they’re gone. The [Santa Cruz] Sentinel’s gone. I think the Sentinel at that time had around 150 employees. There were 100 kids at each school or more. Teachers used to hold their classes in here. When the city went on furlough, that took a bit out of Fridays. It’s been up and downs.
Did this building survive the 1989 earthquake? Yeah, they came by and looked at it and said, ‘We’re going to have to yellow tag the building.’ I said, ‘What does that mean’ He said, ‘No unauthorized personnel in the building.’ ‘Okay, am I authorized?’ He says, ‘Oh yeah.’ ‘Are my employees authorized?” He says, ‘Oh, yeah.’ ‘Are my customers authorized?’ He says, ‘No.’ ‘Okay, so my employees can come in, but nobody else—I can live with that.’ I moved the entire operation to one counter, put a table up to the door, set up my pastries in the window and had people coming up to the door. I sold like that for two weeks.
What are we listening to? Mozart? Pandora. Yeah, Thursday is classical day for the mornings. Some people really enjoy it and say, ‘This is the only place in town where you can hear classical music to drink your coffee.’ Monday’s Rat Pack, basically—Frank Sinatra and friends. On Tuesdays it’s French café music because I have a French club that meets here, and they speak conversational French for an hour.
Why do you and former Sentinel editor Tom Honig play dice here at the counter?
38 MAY
01 _
For many years, Tom and I roll for the coffee. If he wins, he gets it free. If he loses, he pays me twice.
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
And how does the house do? See all our events and nfo at:
www.cabrillovapa.com 831. 479 . 6154
He contends that he wins more than he loses, but I’m thinking it’s probably even. I’m not keeping track. INFO: 1101 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, 425-0441
ARTSPOT OF THE MONTH
R. Blitzer Gallery. ors, the One of the Westside’s arts anch to be the R. Blitzer is once again poised nobbing this epicenter of the cultural hobk n awardweek. 7 at Blitzer features seve reads like winning Santa Cruz artists and a who’s who of artistic achievement: stone sculptors
; Jeff Arnett and Michael Bashista painters metal sculptor Marilyn Kuksht; dress; Charles Prentiss and Taz Chil and , stein Bern Eva ker tma prin Draper. photographer/painter Virginia
R. Blitzer 2801 Mission Street Extension
FEATURED
MAY 2ND
ARTIST
Ready... Engage
santacruz.com
FARRT TOUR
FIRSTFRIDAY
FIRIDSATY
Carol Bowie (Kuumbwa Jazz Center) l Bowie presents South County visual artist, Caro essed, inspired expr tings pain us” “Miles to Ming living with this and fueled by listening to and ribes her work music dubbed “jazz.” Bowie desc me a conduit as, “guided by her desire to beco d.” An Open for what wants to be expresse decades, two than e mor for t artis ios Stud private and in d foun be also can work Bowie’s and nally natio lly, loca s ction colle corporate
Kuumbwa Jazz Center 320 Cedar Street
revelries by abroad. DJ Vinnie will add to the artists on display, spinning classic vinyl from the and Impulse plus hip music from Blue Note . The KJ café and ’70s and ’60s the from rds Reco join Kuumbwa for beverage bar will be open, so Friday! First ve festi and y funk another
GALLERIES
39 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
SPONSORED BY
07 20 14
FIRST FRIDAY
Galleries/MAY 2
Annieglass
Salon on the Square
Fran Battendieri
Westlake Elementary School
110 Cooper Street Suite 100F annieglass.com 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Artisans Gallery Doug Ross 1368 Pacific Avenue artisanssantacruz.com 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
3-Camouflage
215 River Street relatinggym.org 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
110 Cooper Street Suite 100E salononthesquare-sc.com 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The True Olive Connection Tom Kennedy
Santa Cruz County Bank Off the Wall 720 Front Street santacruzcountybank.com 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
106 Lincoln Street trueoliveconnection.com 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Santa Cruz County Government Center
Vinocruz
1329 Pacific Avenue hopcamouflage.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Student Art Exhibit
In Abbott Square off Cooper Street vinocruz.com 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Felix Kulpa Gallery & Sculpture Garden
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Luminous Color
Summer Rhee-Pizano
107 Elm Street felixkulpa.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
144 School Street thatsmypark.org/projects/ santa-cruz-mission 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Jade
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History
Aleksandra Zee 107 Locust Street 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Kuumbwa Jazz Carol Bowie 320 Cedar Street kuumbwajazz.org 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
705 Front Street santacruzmah.org 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Sockshop and Shoe Company Vaughn Visnius 1515 Pacific Avenue sockshopandshoeco.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
1209 Pacific Avenue motivsc.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
107 Walnut Avenue stripedesigngroup.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Stripe MEN Tyler Speas
131 Front Street #C notoriousteaze.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
117 Walnut Avenue stripedesigngroup.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Om Gallery
The Happy Herb Shop
August Duurvoort
Abi Mustapha
1201 Pacific Avenue omgallery.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
1125 Pacific Avenue facebook.com/HappyHerb ShopSantaCruz 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
07 20 14
Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church
The Nook
Tatiana Romanova Grant
gtweekly.com
Shirt Printing
223 Church Street propheteliaschurchsc.org 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
1543 Pacific Ave Suite 215 thenook.us 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
40
First Friday Felton Art Walk Katie Fitzgerald, Tony Cockrell, Jean McCormick, Erica Wintrode, Melanie Gendron Shops along Hwy. 9 facebook.com/FirstFridayFelton 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Santa Cruz is in the Heart
Kate Daly
Notorious Teaze
FELTON
701 Ocean Street 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Stripe Chris Crossen
Motiv
Will Marino
MAY
01 _
Briya Serrano
HARVEY WEST
David Steinberg
MAY
The Relating Gym
MIDTOWN
SOUTH OF WATER STREET
DOWNTOWN
ART TOUR
MichaelAngelo Studios Ellen Bepp1 111a River Street michaelangelogallery.net 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Tannery Arts Center 1050 River Street tanneryartscenter.org 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Chaminade Resort and Spa Alissa B. Custom Jewelry, Vince Broglio, Neil Simmons, Ea Eckerman, Mark Yanowsky, Rosalind San Felipe, Keith Kelsen 1 Chaminade Lane chaminade.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Miss Mae's House of Beauty Sarah Jane 527 Seabright Avenue missmaes.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
1156 High Street at Porter College 2nd Floor art.ucsc.edu/galleries/ sesnon/current 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Made In Santa Cruz
Smooth Body Lounge
Local Artists
Lauren Glick
57 Municipal Wharf madeinsantacruz.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
2345 Mission Street smoothsantacruz.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmleries/ sesnon/current 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
ODONATA WINES
The Loft Salon and Spa
John Crawford
Ron Meadow
2343 Mission Street odonatawines.com 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
7 at Blitzer 2801 Mission Street rblitzergallery.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
ART TOUR
Robert Dawson,Joel Leivick,David Pace
Far Westside- 2125 Delaware Ave info.iveta.com/cafe 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm
R. Blitzer Gallery
FRIDAY
Sesnon Gallery at UCSC
Iveta Cafe Elijah Pfotenhauer & Zeya Schindler
402 Ingalls Street Suite #8 theloftsantacruz.tumblr.com 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
CAPITOLA
Click Click Bang Michael Roman
First Friday Artist Registry. Visit the First Friday Artist Registry created by First Friday Santa Cruz in partnership with the Arts Council of Santa Cruz. Find an amazing collection of local artists and get to know the wealth of creativity that surrounds us. Artists.FirstFridaySantaCruz.com
808 41st Avenue clickclick-bang.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Thank you santa cruz! 41 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
175 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 TEL 831.426.4330 jdvhotels.com/dreaminn Santa Cruz Dream Inn is a Joie de Vivre Hotel.
gtweekly.com
WESTSIDE
Galleries/MAY 2
FIRST
CHIP SCHEUER
F&D
FOOD & DRINK
A DIFFERENT FRAME Richard Alfaro plans to release the first vintage of his newest grape obsession this summer.
Richard Alfaro’s Exotic Expansion How white wines are getting him through a mid-life crisis | BY CHRISTINA WATERS riving with Richard Alfaro through his extensive vineyards in full spring green, I get a quick snapshot of what his ever-expanding winery is up to. I'm following up on the visit I made to the site five years ago when he first planted Grüner Veltliner vines on his Corralitos property. The leading grape of Austria and the Czech Republic, GV is potentially perfect for growing in the warm days and cool evenings of Alfaro's Corralitos vineyards. Last year, he bottled 70 cases of the initial vintage. "I'll do 200 cases this year—the 2013s will be released in June or July," he roars as we bounce over what can barely be called a road. In addition to an experimental acre of GV, Alfaro admits he's recently planted an acre each of grenache blanc and albariño. "I think the whites are a mid-life crisis for me," he laughs. "Instead of buying a sports car." The sweeping vineyards sloping toward the horizon on either side of the
D
42 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
dirt road indicate that Alfaro is still plenty interested in making Pinot Noir, Syrah and Chardonnay—much of it on certified organic vines, among only 40 CCOF acres in Santa Cruz County. The new experimental plantings mark a turn in his intense, yet playful approach to viticulture. And so does his new bottling of estate Grüner Veltliner, an innovation in California winemaking. Now in its second vintage, the GV is showing so well that last year's bottling sold out before leaving the tasting room. Alfaro admits that he found his first Grüner "a bit too acidic." Nonetheless, "it flew out the tasting room doors." Sampling the as-yet-unreleased 2013 GV, I admire its bright acidity and very low alcohol. A half hour later, the pale yellow wine opens to reveal a lychee nose and a salt finish. Much of Alfaro's increasing success comes from the grapes themselves. "I farm 56 acres, and I'm selling a lot of grapes to other winemakers," he says.
He also makes "lots of Pinot Noir— we're doing great with Pinot," he points out, "5,000 cases in 2012." The cellar yard at Alfaro Family Vineyards bulges with computer-controlled cooling tanks and state-of-theart presses. With his masses of long hair, huge tan legs barely contained by surfer shorts, Alfaro is still every inch the wild man winemaker and barbecue host. He claims he is slowing down a bit, but still having fun. "In 2013 we made 26 wines," he informs me. "Twelve Pinots, five Chards, a Carignon, Grüner, two Zins, a Merlot, two Syrahs, a Sangiovese— yeah I'm having a good time." Many wines and lots to enjoy. Outstanding Availability: Yes there are a few Outstanding in the Field al fresco dinners in the Santa Cruz area still open for reservations. Can you believe it's been 15 years since chef Jim Deneven started up this phenomenon? If you'd like to
savor the experience of field-prepared dinners in enchanting farm settings, complete with wines, winemakers, and chefs, pencil in these dates. May 18 at Swanton Berry Farm in Davenport. June 11 at the Bonny Doon estate vineyard in San Juan Bautista, and June 15 at Soquel's Everett Family Farm. For details, pricing, and reservations, go immediately to the www.outstandinginthefield.com website. Product of the Week: Friend in Cheeses Fig & Fennel jam! At the top of the OMG category, bright with the earthy bite of fennel, sensuous figs and top notes of orange, vanilla and Chardonnay. Almost like enlightened fig butter. Locally created and my idea of a great souvenir gift for somebody special ($8). A visiting relative, your girlfriend on the east coast, a hostess gift when you sleep over in the city. Yes. Think ahead! Who doesn't adore artisanal confiture? You know where to look.
DINING
D
Silver Mountain Vineyards Chardonnay 2011
VINE & DINE
BY JOSIE COWDEN Silver Mountain Vineyards owner and winemaker Jerold O’Brien has been in the business a long time, and the expertise he has garnered over the years shows in every bottle he produces. His 2011 Chardonnay is a refreshing easy-drinking wine made from grapes harvested from Tondre’s Grapefield in the prestigious Santa Lucia Highlands. Delicious fruity flavors of lychee, papaya and lemon greet the palate, with some cardamom, almond and vanilla adding additional pizzazz. Food friendly and uncomplicated, it’s easy to pair with just about anything. The Chardonnay sells for $28 a bottle, but there’s a discount of 15 percent if you buy a whole case. Silver Mountain Vineyards participates in dozens of events, including the upscale Cooking for Solutions from May 16-18 at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and the fun Dare to Pair on May 18 (see below for information). Silver Mountain Vineyards, 402 Ingalls St., Santa Cruz, 466-0559. Open Thursday through Sunday. The winery off of Old San Jose Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains is open every Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Visit silvermtn.com.
tasting rooms in the area of the Swift Street Courtyard complex in Santa Cruz. The event will feature enticing appetizers prepared by Cabrillo’s culinary students, paired with fine wines from around a dozen wineries, and an After Party at Equinox Wines from 3-5 p.m. Advance tickets are $60 or $70 day of event. Visit pinoaltorestaurant.org, or call 435-3000 for more information.
Dare to Pair
Denis Hoey, owner and winemaker at Odonata Wines, has purchased Marilyn Remark Winery on River Road in Salinas, and will now be making his wonderful wines there. He will be moving to River Road with his wife and two young children, but will keep his tasting room in Santa Cruz. Odonatawines.com.
Cabrillo College Culinary Arts students are teaming up once more with Surf City Vintners for the annual Dare to Pair food and wine challenge. The competition will take place from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 18 in the Surf City Vintners’
Cabrillo College Farm-to-Table Dinner Students in the culinary program at Cabrillo College will be preparing a four-course feast featuring Fiesta Farms organic chickens and Watsonville-based Belle Farms, makers of superb olive oil. 37th Parallel Winery, out of Scotts Valley, will be pouring their wines. The event begins at 6 p.m. with passed hors d’oeuvres, and dinner will be served at 7 p.m. $65 per person includes wine, dinner and meet and greet with farmer and winemaker. Call 479-6524 for reservations, and visit Facebook to see the menu. The dinner will be held on Friday, May 9 in the Sesnon House, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos.
Odonata Wines
THANK YOU
FOR VOTING US BEST CHINESE!
HAPPY HOUR EVERYDAY 3–6PM +WEDNESDAYS HAPPY HOUR ALL DAY!
$3 DRINKS All Draft Beer House Wine All Well Drinks Sake
$3 APPS
Edamame Chicken Salad Seaweed Salad Vietnamese Spring Rolls Egg Rolls
Hot Pot Stickers Crispy Won Tons Cream Cheese Won Tons Fried Shrimp Cantonese Chicken Wings and more!!
43 MAY
01 _
MAY
www.cantonsantacruz.com
gtweekly.com
475-8751 | 900 41st Ave. | Santa Cruz Sun–Thur: 11:30am–9:30pm | Fri & Sat: 11:30am–10:00pm
07 20 14
44 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
FILM
F
IF THE LOST BOYS GREW UP Tilda Swinton and vampire friends in Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Only Lovers Left Alive.’
Love is the Drug Jarmusch’s vampire flick is ironically his warmest film | BY RICHARD VON BUSACK im Jarmusch’s first film in three years taps a commercial vein—vampires always sell, even given an all-mood, little-plot film, however lambently shot by Yorick Le Saux. Only Lovers Left Alive is an ultimately enrapturing love story, set on the border of gentility and decadence. The lovers are introduced in a matched set of circling shots from the ceiling: one black-clad male Adam (Tom Hiddleston) with black peekaboo hair; the other, Eve, a nighalbino (Tilda Swinton) laid out pale and fair in a Slavic caftan. Fascinated with idlers and ramblers throughout his career, Jarmusch finds a pair too inert even to die. The two have been missing each other. Eve leaves her home in Tangier and comes to Detroit where Adam is a nocturnal, reclusive musician, dwelling in a shuttered house, pestered by fans who ring his doorbell. Adam has an intermediary with the world of "zombies," as he calls humans. Only Lovers is a romanticized version of the drug life, overlaid on a vampire romance; the relationship between Adam and his human assistant, Ian (Anton Yelchin), is like the relationship between a dealer and his best customer. It's friendly enough, but it's a friendship that doesn't go that thick or deep. Adam requires the finest vintage guitars and old vinyl. One evening, he pays Ian to find a bullet tipped with the densest hardwood: "It's for an, er, project. An art project." The need for a weapon signals the arrival of the film's serious trouble-maker: Eve's Lilithian sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska). Even before the fangs show in the half-smiles, the movie luxuriates in the charm of good-looking actors doing very little. Wasikowska's previously undemonstrated capacity for mischief and wiggliness enlivens the movie when it begins to get static, in the same way that the unwanted Hungarian niece upended the characters' lives in Stranger Than Paradise. This is Jarmusch's warmest work. United, our lovers drive, without fear, all night in Detroit, looking at the wanton destruction. They see the cars parked in the Michigan Theater's shell, which is right up there with stabling horses in the Vatican. Yet Adam prophesizes the city's resurrection, since it is rich with water in a world ever-poorer of it. Strange to see a vampire movie arguing that the sun also rises.
J
Opens May 9 at the Nick. Starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska. Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. (R) 123 minutes.
MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
45
F
FILM
THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Alejandro Jodorowsky says his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s ‘Dune’ would have been this big.
Lost in the Desert 'Jodorowsky's Dune' reveals what could be the best sci-fi movie never made | BY LISA JENSEN hey call it "the greatest science fiction movie never made." The source material is one of the most iconic, influential and beloved of modern sci-fi novels. The production would have teamed up an extraordinary brain trust of creative young geniuses—designers, graphic artists, and special effects wizards destined to become cinema A-listers in subsequent projects like Star Wars, Alien, and Blade Runner—along with a couple of maverick old-school geniuses. And it would have cemented the reputation of one of the most engaging nut-ball visionaries ever to emerge in the annals of cinema. If only Alejandro Jodorowsky's dazzling adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune had been made. But now we get the next best thing in Jodorowksky's Dune, an irresistible documentary by Frank Pavich that celebrates the movie that might have been. Pavich structures his film around a series of interviews with Jodorowsky himself, the Chilean-born iconoclast with roots in avant garde theater in Mexico City and Paris, whose trippy 1970 experimental film El Topo became the godfather of the midnight movie. Now a dapper 84, the cosmopolitan Jodorowsky ("Jodo" to his friends) recounts his vision for Dune with exuberant relish, and a passion undimmed by time. As charming as Jodo is, however, Pavich's film is more than talking heads. During two years of pre-production on Dune, the director amassed a vast archive of images—paintings, sketches, costume designs, storyboards—eventually bound into an enormous volume the size of several metropolitan phone books. This
T
46 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
treasure trove of visual material, its images occasionally animated onscreen, is the centerpiece of Pavich's doc. The saga began in the early 1970s, after the release of El Topo, when French producer Michel Seydoux gave Jodo one million dollars for his next film—which turned out to be the equally bizarro The Holy Mountain (1973). When Seydoux asked Jodo what he wanted to do next, the director seized on Dune, a novel he had not read, but whose story of oppression, revolution, ecology, and the coming of a messiah appealed to him thematically. He might as easily have chosen Don Quixote, or Hamlet, Jodo recalls with a chuckle and a shrug. But, "I said Dune." Determined to make a film with the visual impact of a drug trip, a mind-altering epic that would be "the most important picture in the history of humanity," Jodo holed up in Paris to write his script, then set about finding his team of "spiritual warriors" to help him realize his vision. His first recruit was comic book artist Jean Giraud, known as "Moebius," who not only sketched all of Jodo's elaborate costume ideas, he also drew a massive storyboard for the entire script, shot by shot. Jodo approached special effects maestro Douglas Trumbull (2001: A Space Odyssey), but found him too much of a "technician," and not spiritual enough. Instead, he recruited Dan O'Bannon, whose low-budget Dark Star had the personality Jodo wanted. Jodo also brought in sci-fi pulp magazine cover artist Chris Foss to do character paintings of various spacecraft, and Swiss artist H. R. Giger (of Alien fame) for creepy robo-organic designs of armor and fortresses for the evil house of
Harkonnen. Jodo lined up Pink Floyd and a French Goth band of the era, Magma, for the soundtrack. In front of the camera, Jodo wanted Orson Welles for the bloated villian Baron Harkonnen, and legendary surrealist painter Salvador Dali as the "Emperor of the Galaxy," and he recounts the unorthodox methods by which he persuaded them to agree. Alongside David Carradine, and Mick Jagger, Jodo cast his son, Brontis, as Messiah-hero Paul Atreides, whose fate ultimately departed somewhat from Herbert's original. "I changed the end of the book—evidently," Jodo laughs. These days, the projected budget of $15 million would barely cover car fare to get Kristen Stewart to the set on time. But it was enough to scare off potential backers in 1975—especially with wild man Jodorowsky at the helm. And indeed, there's a disconnect between actual snippets of Jodo's early films (static and surreal in a sort of quaint Dadaistic way) and his grandiose plans for Dune. Maybe Jodo could never have translated his passion for Dune to the screen intact, given the primitive tools of the day, in which case, Pavich's film may be the greatest version of Jodorowsky's Dune that could ever possibly be.
JODOROWSKY'S DUNE
#### (out of four) Documentary by Frank Pavich. With Alejandro Jodorowsky. A Sony Classics release. Rated PG-13. 90 minutes.
F FILM New This Week THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
REEL WORK LABOR FILM FEST Admission: Voluntary donation @ the door
2014 SANTA CRUZ COUNTY EVENTS THURSDAY, MAY 1 INT’L WORKERS’ DAY
7 pm r Del Mar Theatre
1124 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz
# THE INTERVIEWER -Obstacles to meaningful employment faced by people with intellectual disabilities.
Andrew Garfield returns for another outing as Peter Parker, college studentturned-web-slinging crime fighter, in this second installment of the rebooted franchise. Jamie Foxx is on board as powerful villain, Electro, with shady ties to OsCorp, the monolithic empire founded by the father of Peter's best friend, Harry Osborne (Dane DeHaan). Emma Stone is back as love interest Gwen, and Sally Field returns as Aunt May for returning director Marc Webb. (PG-13) 140 minutes. Starts Friday.
BLUE RUIN A throwback to the age of true indie sleeper hits like the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple, this thriller tells the story of a mysterious misfit who returns to his hometown seeking revenge, and gets a lot more than he bargained for. (R) 92 minutes. Starts Friday.
DANCING IN JAFFA Filmmaker Hilla Medalia (To Die In Jerusalem) directs this documentary about famed ballroom
dancer Pierre Dulaine taking his Dancing Classrooms project back to the city of his birth, Jaffa, where he teaches a mixed class of 10-year-old Jewish and Palestinian children to dance and compete together, in hopes of breaking down the political ideologies that separate them. Not rated. 100 minutes. In English, Arab and Hebrew. Starts Friday.
THE FACE OF LOVE Annette Bening and Ed Harris star in this psychological drama about a long-married woman and recent widow who becomes obsessed with a man who looks exactly like her late husband. Robin Williams and Amy Brenneman co-star for director Arie Posin. (PG-13) 92 minutes. Starts Friday.
WALK OF SHAME Elizabeth Banks stars in this comedy as an aspiring TV news anchorwoman who finds herself stranded in L.A. the morning after a one-night stand without a phone, car, ID or money with only hours to get to the interview that will launch her career. James Marsden and Gillian Jacobs co-star for director Steven Brill (Little Nicky; Drillbit Taylor). (R) 95 minutes. Starts Friday.
SPECIAL EVENT THIS WEEK: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE It's a new season for Britain's acclaimed National Theatre of London, broadcasting highlights from its Spring 2014 Season digitally, in HD, to movie theaters worldwide. Live performances will be broadcast one Thursday evening a month, in the Grand Auditorium of the Del Mar, with encore performances the following Sunday morning. This week: KING LEAR Simon Russell Beale stars in Shakespeare's enduring tragedy as an aging king driven mad by the malevolent greed and ambition of two of his three daughters and heirs. Filmmaker Sam Mendes (American Beauty; Skyfall) returns to the stage to direct. At the Del Mar, Thursday only (May 1), 7:30 p.m. Encore performance Sunday only (May 4), 11 a.m. Also screens Thursday, May 15, 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 18, 11 a.m. Admission: $15. Seniors, students, and Santa Cruz Shakespeare subscribers: $13.
OF HUMAN ENHANCEMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 2
7 PM - Cabrillo College Watsonville Forum Room 4350, 318 Union Street Watsonville
# JUNIOR COLLEGE San Francisco City College accreditation fight. # SCHOOLIDARITY: READING. WRITING. REVOLUTION. - Lessons of Madison & Chicago teachers.
SATURDAY, MAY 3
2 PM - Live Oak Grange
1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz
# WISCONSIN RISING - Madison was the testing ground as big money tried to push back people’s rights. # WE WERE THERE - Labor song with Brooklyn Women’s Chorus and historical slide show. MUSIC: Santa Cruz Peace Chorale
SUNDAY, MAY 4
6 PM - Springfield Community Grange
10 Werner Road, Pajaro (Corner of Elkhorn Road & Werner Road)
# SHIFT CHANGE -Secure, dignified jobs in employee-owned workplaces in the U.S. and Spain help stabilize the local economy. 48 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
TUESDAY, MAY 6
7 PM - Kresge College Seminar Room 159, UCSC # THE INVISIBLE WAR The prevalence of sexual assault in the United States military. SEE THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE OF FILMS, SPEAKERS & SPONSORS AT
WWW.REELWORK.ORG
movie discussion group meets at the Del Mar mezzanine in downtown Santa Cruz. Movie junkies are invited to join in on Wednesday nights to pursue the elusive and ineffable meanings of cinema. Discussion begins at 7 pm and admission is free. For more information visit groups.google.com/group/LTATM.
OFFICIAL SELECTION
WINNER
FILM FESTIVAL
FILM FESTIVAL
FIPRESCI PRIZE
SUNDANCE
NICKELODEON T H E AT R E S SANTA CRUZ
CONTINUING EVENT: LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES This informal
CONTINUING SERIES: MIDNIGHTS @ THE DEL MAR Eclectic movies for
# FIXED: THE SCIENCE/FICTION Radical human enhancement technologies. MUSIC: David Winters
wild & crazy tastes plus great prizes and buckets of fun for only $6.50. This week: AMERICAN BEAUTY Kevin Spacey is fun as a hapless corporate drone liberating himself from the mundane in Sam Mendes' absurdist 1999 satire of suburban life. But the movie is never profound, merely sarcastic, cartoony, facile, and overly smug about the pathetic lives onscreen. (R) 122 minutes. (##1/2) —Lisa Jensen. Fri-Sat midnight only. At the Del Mar.
CANNES
2014
OFFICIAL SELECTION
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
2013
“ EASILY THE
2013
MOST SUSPENSEFUL ”
AMERICAN FILM OF THE YEAR . -Gabe Toro, INDIEWIRE
THANKS FOR VOTING US
BEST THEATRES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY! - GOOD TIMES READERS POLL
THE NICK
210 LINCOLN ST
DEL MAR
T H E AT R E 1124 PACIFIC AVE
THRILLING, SPARE AND HEARTBREAKING.” “
-William Goss, MSN MOVIES
APTOS
CINEMAS 122 RANCHO DEL MAR SANTA CRUZ’S ONLY LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED MOVIE THEATRES FOR 45 YEARS!
WWW.THENICK.COM
EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT
STARTS FRIDAY, MAY 2
CHECK DIRECTORIES FOR SHOWTIMES NO PASSES ACCEPTED
IN THEATERS, ON ITUNES & ON DEMAND NOW
FILM
BEARS The folks at Disneynature chime in with their annual Earth Day wildlife doc (after Chimpanzee, African Cats, etc.), which follows a year in the life of two Alaskan grizzly bear mothers shepherding their cubs through the changing seasons. Narrated by John C. Reilly. Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey direct. (G) BRICK MANSIONS The late Paul Walker stars in this action/crime drama as a Detroit cop who teams up with an excon in a notorious neighborhood to stop a crime lord from taking over the city. David Belle and RZA co-star for director Camille Delamarre (longtime editor for Luc Besson). (PG-13) DRAFT DAY Kevin Costner stars as the general manager of a Cleve-land football team facing major professional and personal decisions during the fateful day of the NFL Draft. Jennifer Garner, Denis Leary, Frank Langella, Sam Elliot, and Chadwick Boseman co-star. Ivan Re-itman directs. (PG-13) 110 minutes.
DIVERGENT It's back to the dystopian future in this adaptation of the bestselling Veronica Roth YA trilogy. Shailene Woodley stars as Tris Prior, a young woman categorized as Divergent—unaligned with any group—in a society that maintains control by dividing people into distinct factions based on their personality traits. Theo James, Ashley Judd, Zofi Kravitz, Miles Teller, and Kate Winslet co-star for director Neil Burger (The Illusionist). (PG-13)
DOM HEMINGWAY Jude Law stars as a scruffy, rude-boy safecracker on the loose in London, looking to collect what's owed him after keeping his mouth shut during 12 years in prison, in this black crime comedy from Richard Shepard (The Matador). The ever-entertaining Richard E. Grant co-stars as his wisecracking partner-in-crime. Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) is on hand as his estranged daughter. (R) 93 minutes.
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER In 2007, John Maloof, a real estate agent in the Chicago area, bought some miscellaneous boxes at an estate auction—and stumbled into one of the greatest discoveries in 20th Century photography: the previously unknown, but amazingly prolific work of amateur street photographer Vivian Maier. In this fascinating doc, Maloof exposes her work to the light of day at last, along with the mystery shrouding the artist herself. The portrait of that emerges of Maier
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL There’s plenty of fun and whimsy to be had here in Wed Anderson’s delightful new comedy. Much like Moonrise Kingdom unraveled in a quirky splendor, so, too, does The Grand Budapest Hotel, which chronicles the unlikely friendship between a revered European hotel concierge, Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes) and his lobby boy. Everything from the era—between two menacing wars—to the fictional setting of the Republic of Zubrowka pepper the tale, which unfolds, layer by layer (a story within a story within a story) much like a Russian doll. Owen Wilson, Tilda Swinton, Jeff Goldblum, Willem Dafoe and other Anderson grads join the fun. R) 100 minutes. (###1/2)—Greg Archer.
A HAUNTED HOUSE 2 Marlon Wayans is back in this sequel to the 2013 horror spoof about a guy who keeps picking women with paranormal demons to exorcise. Jaime Pressly and Cedric the Entertainer co-star for returning director Michael Tiddes. (R).
HEAVEN IS FOR REAL Just in time for Easter comes this screen adaptation of the non-fiction book by Todd Burpo about his 4-year-old son who survived a near-death experience and came back full of detailed stories about the other side. Greg Kinnear, Kelly Reilly, and newcomer Connor Corum star for director Randall Wallace. (PG) 100 minutes.
JODOROWSKY'S DUNE Reviewed this issue. (PG-13) 90 minutes. (####) —Lisa Jensen. JOE Nicolas Cage stars in this gritty contemporary drama as a tough ex-con trying to get by who enters into a protective relationship with hard-luck teenager Tye Sheridan (Mud). David Gordon Green directs, from the novel by Larry Brown. (R) 117 minutes. (Saved FGB)
THE LUNCHBOX In this award-winning debut feature from Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra, a young Mumbai housewife hoping to spice up her stale marriage, and a middle-aged widower about to retire strike up a correspondence and unexpected friendship when the boxed lunch she prepares for her indifferent husband at
work is mistakenly delivered to the wrong man. Nimrat Kaur is poised and affecting as the lonely wife. The always great Irffan Khan combines the wry world-weariness of vintage William Powelll with the banked sensuality of a Raul Julia.This is an interactive bittersweet romance; how it ends depends on if you see the glass as half full or half empty. (PG) 104 minutes. (###)—Lisa Jensen.
NOAH Darren Aronofsky's massive drama is sort of a philosophical disaster movie. There are passing references to Eden, but no specific geography or time frame, while the mostly ravaged and desolate pre- or post-industrial landscape could be the ancient past or the distant future. This is the Bible as dystopian sci-fi epic. And most of the time that works pretty well, especially in the first hour or so, as Aronofsky sets up his eco-parable about human folly and violence vs. the wonders of nature. It isn't until much later—in the endless battle to defend the ark against an army of marauders, or in the oddly flat, almost silly coda—that the narrative drive springs a leak and the movie starts to flounder. Still, Russell Crowe delivers his usual, reliable mix of dynamic screen presence and robust physicality in the title role. (PG-13) 138 minutes. (##1/2) —Lisa Jensen.
OCULUS A sinister antique mirror leads to mayhem and murder in this horror thriller from director Mike Flanagan. Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Rory Cochrane and Katee Sackhoff star. (R) 104 minutes.
THE OTHER WOMAN Nikolaj CosterWaldau (aka Jamie Lannister) gets up to more shenanigans in this revenge comedy about a woman who discovers that her boyfriend is not only married, but seeing yet another woman on the side. Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton are the wronged women who become allies in retribution. Nick Cassavetes directs. (R) 109 minutes. THE QUIET ONES In this horror thriller, a university professor and his students conducting experiments on a young woman at a secluded estate outside of London uncover something dark and sinister. Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, and Olivia Cooke star for director John Pogue. (PG-13) 98 minutes.
F
up a double-sting of both the crime syndicate and corrupt officials within his own police department. Iko Uwais stars for returning director Ga-reth
THE RAILWAY MAN Is revenge really sweet? This is the central question in Jonathan Teplitzky's handsome, quietly moving drama adapted from the 1995 memoir by Eric Lomax, who, as a young British army officer, survived brutal conditions in a Japanese POW camp during World War II. Jeremy Irvine and Colin Firth deliver self-effacing complexity playing Lomax as a youthful POW and a damaged middle-aged man who decides to confront his Japanese tormentor decades after the war. This film doesn't pack a wallop; instead, it invites its audience to consider our own notions of justice, morality and forgiveness. (R) 116 minutes. (###)—Lisa Jensen. RIO 2 The parrots from the first film are relocated from the simmering samba of Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon jungle in this family-friendly animated sequel. Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, will.i.am, Jermaine Clement, Rodrigo Santoro, and Jamie Foxx are back in the voice cast, joined by Andy Garcia, Rita Moreno and Bruno Mars. Carlos Saldanha is back in the director's chair. (G) 101 minutes. TRANSCENDENCE Johnny Depp stars in this original sci-fi thriller as a scientist with a terminal illness who hooks his brain up to a computer to preserve his mind and gains unexpected powers. Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, and Morgan Freeman co-star. Acclaimed cinematographer Wally Pfister (he won an Oscar for Inception) makes his directing debut. (PG-13) 119 minutes.
Starring Oscar-Winners Colin Firth & Nicole Kidman “An Impressively Crafted, Skillfully Acted, Highly Absorbing Journey.” –LA Times R
Daily (2:00pm), (4:30), 7:00, 9:30* + Sat, Sun (11:30am) *No 9:30pm show on 5/6, 5/7 & 5/8 “Staggeringly Well-Conceived Revenge Saga.” –FILM.com
R
Daily (3:15pm), 7:30*, 9:40 + Sat, Sun (11:15am), (1:15pm) *No 7:30pm show on 5/ 6, 5/7 & 5/8 From Oscar-Winning Director Sam Mendes National Theatre Live presents
NR
TWO SHOWS ONLY! Thurs 5/1 @ 7:30pm & Sun 5/4 @ 11am Advance Screening! Starring Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson & Robert Downey Jr. Live Simulcast Q&A w/ Star & Director Jon Favreau
R
Tues 5/6 @ 7:30pm DisneyNature’s G
Daily (2:30pm), (4:20), 6:15, 8:00 + Sat, Sun (12:40pm) R
Daily (5:15pm*), 9:45 *No 5:15pm show on 5/6, 5/7 & 5/8
MIDNIGHTS @ the Del
Mar!
FRI & SAT Night Midnight Show
R
Wes Anderson’s R
Daily (2:50pm), (5:10), 7:30, 9:40 + Sat, Sun (12:30pm) NR
Daily (3pm), (5:00), 7:00, 9:00 + Sat, Sun (1pm) “Heartwarming … Illustrates the Power of Dance.” –Hollywood Reporter
NR
Daily (2:40pm), 6:40 Starring Annette Bening & Ed Harris
THE RAID 2: BERANDAL This sequel to the 2011 action thriller The Raid: Redemption finds the young Indonesian SWAT team member going undercover into Jakarta's criminal underground to set
PG-13
PG-13
Daily (4:40pm), 8:40 + Sat, Sun (12:40pm)
Once Daily 9:10 PG
Daily (2:15pm), (4:30pm), 6:50 + Sat, Sun (12pm)
49 Starring Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann & Kate Upton PG-13
MAY
01 _
MAY
Daily (2pm), (4:30), 7:00, 9:20 + Sat, Sun (11:30am) Wes Anderson’s R
Daily (2:15pm), (4:45), 7:15, 9:25 + Sat, Sun (11:45am)
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
Now Playing
(who made her living as a nanny/housekeeper) is compelling in its oddity. That so much of her work was never even developed (much less exhibited) suggests it was the process, not the outcome, that was important to her. And isn't that what art is all about? (Not rated.) 83 minutes. (###1/2)—Lisa Jensen.
Showtimes for Fri 5/2 – Thurs 5/8/14
D DINING EAT & DRINK
Restaurant listings are paid advertisements provided as a service to our readers. Listings are in alphabetical order in cuisine categories. Price Guide (Average Entrée) $=UNDER $10 $$=$10-15 $$$=$15-20 $$$$=$20+
AMERICAN Hula's Island Grill & Tiki Room 221 CATHCART ST., SANTA CRUZ. (831) 426-4852. $$$ 1960's Vegas meets 1950's Waikiki. An Amazing dining experience in a kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. We have a passion for fun and friendly service, the freshest fish, great steaks, and seafood, all with Hawaiian fusion inspiration. A full service Tiki Bar with tropical cocktails that will knock your flip flops off!
SOLAIRE RESTAURANT + BAR LOCATED IN HOTEL PARADOX., 611 OCEAN ST, SANTA CRUZ. 425-7100 Sink your teeth into fresh farm-to-table American comfort food. Using only the finest sustainable ingredients to create a small-plate oriented casual approach to dining, featuring local growers and farmers, freshcaught seafood and local vintners and brewers. Or come enjoy a premium beverage in the comfort of our chic indoor-outdoor bar & lounge.
The Parish Publick House 841 ALMAR AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ. 421-0507, $–$$$ Their playlist is an anthology of American roots music, strings, swings, progressives, tuba, banjo, washboard, soul and punk. The food: chef-crafted pub fare, untraditional in the sense that it is both delicious and fairly priced. Add to that a well thought out beer list crafted with someting to intrigue even the most sagacious of beer geeks. Full Bar. Live Music.
The Point Chophouse & Lounge 3326 PORTOLA DR. SANTA CRUZ. 476-2733. $–$$$ A casual neighborhood restauarnt in Pleasure Point. Whether enjoying our intimate dinning room or relaxing in our lounge, our fresh American food features prime steaks and chops, seafood, pasta and daily specials. Sample a cocktail from our full bar. Open 7 days a week for dinner starting at 5pm, breakfast served Saturday and Sunday. Happy Hour Mon-Fri 4-6 p.m.
CALIFORNIA CUISINE Café Cruz 2621 41ST AVE. SOQUEL. 476-3801.. $$-$$$ Pairing Chef Steve Wilson’s “Best California Cuisine” with an open, festive and casual ambience since 1995. Offering lunch, afternoon and dinner menus featuring the freshest local produce, freshly caught fish from sustainable sources, natural California poultry, pork and Harris Ranch beef. Guests enjoy an extensive wine list highlighting outstanding Santa Cruz Mountain Region wineries and varietals. www.cafecruz.com
Linwood’s Bar & Grill at Chaminade Resort 1 CHAMINADE LANE SANTA CRUZ 831-475-5600 $$$-$$$$ Chaminade Resort & Spa’s signature restaurant, Linwood’s Bar & Grill, is an eclectic dining experience featuring contemporary California cuisine. Chef Kirsten Ponza and her team capture the rich flavors of the Central Coast, emphasizing local production and sourcing. Linwood’s Bar & Grill features a full-bar serving an array of artisanal spirits and extensive wine list, which highlights award winning Central Coast vintners. Indoor and outdoor seating available with expansive views of the Monterey Bay. Open daily for lunch 11am-5pm and dinner 5pm-11pm.
Paradise Beach Grille 50 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
215 ESPLANADE, CAPITOLA. 476-4900. $$$–$$$$ Winner of “Best Restaurant” 5 years in a row, 2007 thru 2011! Endeavor in exceptional appetizers, aged filets and fresh fish daily. With an indoor/outdoor bar as a great feature that maximizes the beach feel. Lunch and dinner served on the patio or in the mural painted dining room. Later, “cozy-up” and sip fine wine by the outside fireplace. Open daily for lunch and dinner at 11:30am, with happy hour weekdays from 4-6pm.
Shadowbrook Restaurant 1750 WHARF RD., CAPITOLA. 475-1511. $$–$$$$ Best reached by its quaint hillside cable car, Shadowbrook offers award-winning food, wine and service. A destination since 1947, dinner is served
DINING
D
nightly, Monday-Friday from 5pm and Saturday-Sunday from 4:30pm. Enjoy the Rock Room Lounge menu Monday-Saturday from 4pm-10pm and Sunday 2:30-10pm. Children’s menu available.
Soif Wine Bar And Merchants 105 WALNUT AVE., SANTA CRUZ. 423-2020. $$$ Chef Santo Majano's menu changes almost daily, though every dish emphasizes seasonal, sustainably grown, and intensely flavored ingredients. Soif offers 50 wines by the glass from small, artisanal producers, as well as some400 selections by the bottle available to diners for $10 over retail price.
INTERNATIONAL Canton 900 41ST AVE., SANTA CRUZ. 475-8751 $-$$ Specializes in Cantonese and Szechuan cuisine with Mandarin, Thai, Vietnamese, and Japanese offerings. Vegetarian-friendly. Full bar with signature cocktails, choice beer, wine, and sake selections. Happy Hour 3-6pm with $3 drinks and appetizers. Free WiFi. Sunday-Thursday 11:30am-9pm, Friday and Saturday 11:30am-10pm.
Charlie Hong Kong 1141 SOQUEL AVE SANTA CRUZ 426-5664. $ Open from 11am to 11pm daily, it’s hard not to get a bit addicted by this curious culinary portal, perfectly located on Soquel Avenue near the Rio Theatre. Featuring “organic Asian street food,� you get quite a bit for your buck—organic veggies and savory meats. Take note: all noodle and rice bowls are vegan-based.
Laili Restaurant 101 B COOPER ST., SANTA CRUZ, 423-4545 $$ - $$$ With its Afghan influence and flavors of the Silk Road, Laili offers a unique dining experience in Santa Cruz. The menu abounds with scrumptious Middle Eastern offerings and vegetarian options galore. With a stunning open kitchen and charming patio courtyard Laili offers an atmosphere rich in taste and ambiance. Visit lailirestaurant.com
Mayflower Chinese
Santa Cruz
3555 CLARES STREET, CAPITOLA 831.476.4688 $$ Mayflower Chinese is the place to go when you want fresh, healthy, great tasting Chinese food with no MSG. The service is friendly and they are very accommodating to vegetarians. Mayflower Chinese is across from the Capitola Mall in Brown Ranch Center, seven doors down from Bed, Bath & Beyond.
ART LEAGUE
Pacific Thai 1319 PACIFIC AVE., SANTA CRUZ. 420-1700. $$ The only Thai Restaurant downtown, Pacific Thai offers authentic Thai cuisine with the added flavors of our delicious bubble teas, shakes and smoothies. Come in for our boba drinks such as the "Macha Cha Cha," or for lunch specials Monday-Friday. You can even order to go!
Rosie McCann’s 1220 PACIFIC AVE., SANTA CRUZ. 426-9930. $$ Treat your self to great organic dishes and house-made everything from soups, Angus premium steaks, and seafood to the traditional Irish pub food we all love. A full bar is at your fancy with 24 beers on draft and a great after-hours scene. Don’t miss out on dancing, Thursday-Saturday.
“59th Annual High School Show�
Sawasdee Thai Cuisine
Representing Santa Cruz County High School Students
5050 SOQUEL DR., SOQUEL. 462-5051. $$ With the exceptional quality and authenticity of the food, Sawasdee delivers what customers want, amazing food in a cheerful, relaxing and exciting environment. Local favorites not to be missed include the pumpkin red curry, fresh spring rolls and house dumplings or try a unique rendition of Pad Thai with crab meat.
May 3-25, 2014 Reception: Sat. May 10th, 3-5pm “In a Golden State�
ITALIAN
84th Annual Statewide Landscape Exhibit $POUFNQPSBSZ -BOETDBQF t +VOF +VMZ
Kianti’s Pizza & Pasta Bar
MAY
538 SEABRIGHT AVE., SANTA CRUZ. 457-2782. $$$ La Posta stretches and bends traditional Italian cucina to accommodate the finest sustainably grown, local foodstuffs [and the occasion-
>52
New Ongoing Classes and Weekend Workshops www.scal.org
Only 15 minutes from Santa Cruz
526 Broadway Santa Cruz, CA (831) 426-5787 Wed-Sat. 12-5/Sun 12-4 1st Fri. 12-9
Find us on Facebook “santa cruz art league�
Artist: Dominique deLeon
95 Years of Imagination
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
1100 PACIFIC AVE., SANTA CRUZ. 469-4400. $$ A lively downtown destination restaurant, this hot spot has something for everyone. Choose your pasta or pizza with the sauce and toppings of your choice. Watch for the Italian dances performed by the wait staff and a pizza spinning performance on Friday & Saturday nights.
La Posta
51
D DINING <51 al Tunisia branzino]. Tuesday is locals night with specials for $15. The all-Italian wine list is eclectic and delicious. Closed Monday.
Ristorante Avanti 1711 MISSION ST., SANTA CRUZ. 427-0135. $$$ Fine dining for twenty five years as the farm to table restaurant for Santa Cruz county. We buy the produce, seafood and animals from the people who grew them, caught them or raised them. Local cuisine with a European bent. The finest wines from Europe and local wines in that tradition. Full bar and patio seating available.
JAPANESE Sushi Garden (Capitola) 820 BAY AVE. CAPITOLA 464-9192 $$ Tranquil “Japanese garden”, colorful “Koi pond”, friendly staff and cozy ambience.The largest & the best selections of fusion rolls in town. Freshly sliced sashimi & sushi for serious sushi eaters. Deliciously prepared and generously portioned teriyaki & crispy tempura. Come and check out this long time local favorite spot. Free parking. Open 7 days for lunch & dinner.
Sushi Garden (Watsonville) 1441 MAIN ST. WATSONVILLE 728-9192 $$ Sushi Garden’s second location is in the heart of Watsonville’s TARGET Shopping Center. The largest & the best selections of fusion rolls. Freshly sliced sashimi & sushi for serious sushi eaters. Deliciously prepared and generously portioned teriyaki and crispy tempura. Open 7 days.
52 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
MEXICAN Cafe El Palomar 2222 EAST CLIFF DR., SANTA CRUZ HARBOR 477-0371. $-$$ With fine Mexican dining, premium margaritas and one of the best views in town Cafe El Palomar is inexpensive beachside dining at its finest. Beloved by locals try the chicken Mole or one of many of Leo Espinosa’s spectacular shrimp dishes, don’t forget to order up the homemade corn tortillas.
El Jardin 655 CAPITOLA RD. SANTA CRUZ 11AM-9PM 477-9384 Many convenient and beautiful features await you at El Jardín Restaurant, like the dining area complete with a fireplace, outdoor heated patio, dog-friendly patio section, private banquet room and full bar happy hour everyday from 3-7p.m. Come to our kitchen and let us cook for you. Mi Casa es su Casa.
El Palomar 1336 PACIFIC AVE., SANTA CRUZ. 425-7575. $$-$$$ Enjoy authentic, homemade Mexican recipes from the sunny state of Michoacan in Southern Mexico combined with the unique abundance of local produce and freshly caught seafood. Many of the recipes have been handed down, generation to generation, within the Espinoza family and reflect the pride of genuine family-style home cooking.
Olitas Cantina & Grille 49 MUNICIPAL WHARF #B, SANTA CRUZ. 458-9393. $$ What used to be the Sea Cloud is now Olitas. Same spectacular view, with Lou and Steve still in
charge. Now serving fine Mexican cuisine every day starting at noon. Featuring a wide range of appetizers and entrees (try the lobster quesadilla!) Check out the cool bar and specials, Tuesday-Thursday.
Palapas Restaurant y Cantina
Ideal Bar & Grill 106 BEACH ST., SANTA CRUZ. 423-5271. $$$ Featuring a wide variety of entrees, fromassortment steaks and pastas. Enjoy your meal inside or outside on the large deck, overlooking Monterey Bay.
21 SEASCAPE VILLAGE, APTOS. 831-662-9000 $$ Palapas’ menu focuses on specialties from the sea served with the sauces of coastal Mexico, as well as traditional Mexican cuisine with gorgeous views of the Monterey Bay. The full bar proudly serves its trademark mango margarita and offers 45 different tequilas. Open daily at 11am. Happy Hour from 3-6pm
Johnny’s Harborside
STEAKS & SEAFOOD
Severino’s Grill
Crow’s Nest Restaurant 2218 EAST CLIFF DR., SANTA CRUZ. 476-4560. $$$ On the beach at the Santa Cruz Harbor with magnificent views of the Monterey Bay. Featuring fresh seafood, aged mid-western beef, salads, pasta specialties and a children’s menu. Casual dining in the upstairs grill from 11:30am. Don’t miss out on live music, comedy and dancing, daily. Handicap access.
The Hindquarter Bar & Grille 303 SOQUEL AVE., SANTA CRUZ. 426-7770. $$$ The Hindquarter is where they find the best regional American dining. That includes perfectly grilled sirloins, huge Texas T-bones, eye-opening Jack's pepper steaks, slow-roasted prime rib, hickory-smoked Chicago baby back ribs, half-pound burgers, and other meaty delights.
493 LAKE AVE., SANTA CRUZ. 479-3430. $$$ Come and enjoy a combination of the freshest seafood and world-class views. With a menu that offers “Fresh Catch Made Your Way” as well as steaks, pasta, salads, sandwiches, a children’s menu and more. Enjoy the wonderful wine list or specialty drinks from the full bar. Open daily with continuous service.
7500 OLD DOMINION CT., APTOS. 688-8987. $$$ Severino’s Bar & Grill is the perfect place for every mood. Stop in after work to enjoy a hand-shaken martini or bring the entire family to sample our mouth-watering choice steaks, fresh seafood, and small bites. Enjoy live entertainment, top-notch service, beautiful patio & Koi pond and happy hour every day!
Stagnaro Bros. 59 MUNICIPAL WHARF, SANTA CRUZ. 423-2180. $$$ Stagnaro Bros. proudly presents the freshest and widest selection of seafood possible. From Appetizers to Charbroiled fresh fish, Stagnaro Bros. offers a wide variety of menu items. Located at the end of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf with spectacular ocean views. Open daily from 11:00.
THE SANTA CRUZ COUNT Y
SYMPHONY 2013/14 SEASON • DANIEL STEWART, MUSIC DIRECTOR
SANTA CRUZ CIVIC AUDITORIUM • MELLO CENTER, WATSONVILLE
Renewal
Featuring the Cabrillo Symphonic Chorus and vocal soloists from the Metropolitan Opera
dance prisms
SATURDAY, MAY 17
8 PM
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Sponsored by Peter Cartwright
SUNDAY, MAY 18
2 PM
Mello Center, Watsonville Sponsored by David E. Davis Fund at Community Foundation Santa Cruz County
Ave Verum Corpus
Cheryl Anderson choral director
Lei Xu, soprano
BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms
Reneé Tatum mezzo-soprano
Tickets $22-67 Call 420-5260 or www.SantaCruzTickets.com www.SantaCruzSymphony.org Season Media Sponsors:
MOZART Requiem
Mario Chang, tenor
Ryan Speedo Green, baritone
Season Sponsors:
53
SYMPHONY LEAGUE OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
MAY
DOROTHY WISE ROWLAND & PAT REBELE
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
MOZART
GET YOUR
GREEN FIX
E
EVENTS CALENDAR
CALENDAR
iiSANTA
CRUZ COUNTY BIKE WEEK
This full week of fun cycling-related events encourages bike commuters of all levels to keep on riding. With workshops, discounts on food for bikers, and a bike-themed First Friday event at the Museum of Art and History, this week provides an opportunity for bike riders to celebrate. The MAH’s First Friday event will include a bike themed art fair and meet-andgreet with local bike makers. Additionally, May 8 is official Bike to Work and School Day. On that day there will be 15 public breakfast sites throughout the county where bike riders can enjoy a free breakfast and basic bike maintenance.
THURSDAY | 01
See Hundreds more events at gtweekly.com. Free calendar listings in print and online are available for community events. Listings show up online within 24 hours. Submissions of free events and those $10 or less received by Friday at noon, six days prior to the Good Times publication date, will be considered for print (space available). All listings must specify a day, start time, location and price (or ‘free’ if applicable). Listings can be set to repeat every week or month, and can be edited by the poster as needed. Ongoing events must be updated quarterly. It is the responsibility of the person submitting an event to cancel or modify the listing. Register at our website at gtweekly.com in order to SUBMIT EVENTS ONLINE. E-mail events@gtweekly.com or call 458-1100 for questions.
Arts REEL WORK LABOR FILM FESTIVAL International Workers' Day - "The Interviewer" a humorous short film that highlights the strengths of disabled workers and the obstacles they face. "Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement" explores the effects of technology on our bodies and minds. Event includes filmmaker Regan Brashear and music by David Winters. 7:00 pm 10:00 pm Del Mar Theatre 1124 Pacific Ave. info@reelwork.org Free - donations accepted FOOTLOOSE - THE MUSICAL San Lorenzo Valley High School and Mountain Community Theater proudly present FOOTLOOSE - The Musical. Screenplay written by Dean Pitchford,
music and lyrics by Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow. The exuberant cast of thirty-four talented teenagers will have you dancing in your seats to the Oscar and Tony-nominated top 40 score. Directed and choreographed by Amber Walker, with musical dirction by Arindam Krishna Das. Tickets available at the box office 60 minutes before showtime or in advance online at mctshows.org 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm Park Hall, 9400 Mill Street, Ben Lomond slvdrama@gmail.com $15general admission, $10students/seniors, $9-ASB/SLV Staff, MCT season subscribers UNDERCURRENTS PUBLIC RECEPTION UCSC's Digital Arts and New Media MFA program presents Undercurrents, the work of eleven artists questioning prevailing ideas of digital art. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Digital Arts Research Center, UCSC Felicia Rice Free
CABRILLO IN DIALOGUE: A FORUM TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES Recent regulations that were passed in the context of rationing education bar community college students from repeating classes, a huge blow to students in the visual and performing arts and kinesiology as well as to lifelong learners and those in areas with changing technology or curriculum Campus experts will provide an overview of recent changes and students, faculty and community members will share stories of how recent changes have affected them. Finally, we will discuss what we can do to resist these changes and reclaim full access to quality public education. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Cabrillo College Horticulture Center, Room 5005 (831) 464-2238, ccft@ccftcabrillo.org Free
i INFO: May 2-9. Free to participate. For more information visit www.bike2work.com.
ART SEEN iiWHAT
54 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
THE BUTLER SAW
This classic comic farce by Joe Orton is directed by Shakespeare Santa Cruz’s Art Manke. Audience members can expect to see slapstick comedy, mistaken identities, plot twists, and rapid-fire dialogue that will leave them rolling on the ground in front of their seats in fits of uncontrollable laughter. Or, at least, it will make them laugh once or twice while sitting comfortably in their theater seats. Either way, it’s about a mental health practitioner who tries to seduce his secretary without realizing his wife is on to him. This production does contain some adult subject matter and may not be appropriate for younger audiences.
i INFO: Thursday, May 1 – May 25. Center Stage, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. Showtimes and tickets available at www.jeweltheatre.net. 425.7506
fri/2 & sat/3 iiGERALD
CASEL DANCE
Visiter is an evening-length dance presented by Bay Area native Gerald Casel. In this world premiere performance during National Dance Week Santa Cruz, seven dancers will showcase Casel’s innovative use of random number generators to create original movement. The themes of this show involve searching for community, purpose and home in the midst of a disoriented life, moving from place to place. Does the mind allow the body to adapt to its environment? Through use of collaborative dance-making and
randomly drawn sequences, this piece challenges the very nature of composition. It promises to be as thought-provoking as it will be beautiful.
i INFO: Friday, May 2 at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 3 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. General admission $18/advance, $20/door, Senior citizens and students $16/advance, $18/door. Motion Pacific, 131 Front St., Santa Cruz. 457.1616.
CALENDAR
SALSA RUEDA DANCE DOWNTOWN FOR BEGINNER AND UP Every Thursdays: drop-in class. No partner required. Cool moves to hot Tunes! Meet people, have fun, and move-it! Two levels at the same time: Intro/Beginner and Beginner 2/Intermediate. Enjoy two skilled instructors with over 13 years experience who study regularly in Cuba. Friendly and non-intimidating. Check website in case of schedule changes. 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz www.SalsaGente.com, 831-295-6107 $8/$4 students INTU-FLOW CLASS Intu-Flow class with Matt Harris. (google Intu-Flow !) Ongoing class focusing on joint mobility through a unique portal - gain grace and effortless carriage. Initially for those suffering from PTSD and other related traumas. 10:00 am - 11:30 am Resoure Center for Nonviolence 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz Karen Egan 831-425-1944 donations
SQUARE DANCING Family friendly fun, freindship put to music. 6:30 pm 8:00 pm German American Hall 230 Plymouth St. Sue or Don 726-7053 Free AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement速 Classes. These engaging and potent classes will heighten your self-awareness as they increase your vitality, flexibility, and overall well-being. Classes are ongoing. First class free for new students. Pre-registration required. 5:30 pm - 6:45 pm Pacific Cultural Center 1307 Seabright suzie@suzielundgren.com or call 332-7347 First class free for new students
ourselves as divine which in turn changes our biochemistry to support healing. We also explore the benefits of self-love, selfacceptance, self-forgiveness and surrender. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Center for Spiritual Living Santa Cruz sleona@earthlink.net call for info
Groups A COURSE IN MIRACLES STUDY GROUP A Course In Miracles is a book on enlightenment that might be called a psychological journey to a spiritual
MIND-BODY CONNECTION CLASS This course explores the relationship between thoughts and our experience of well-being and includes exercises to increase our sensory awareness of our wholeness so we can experience it as the truth. Resting in this sensation we can experience
55 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
Classes
E
E MAY 01–MAY 07 awakening. It contains the highest wisdom of most spiritual paths. We informally study this great book, taking a few paragraphs each week. Many laughs and smiles occur as we expose the ego and share happiness. Books provided, regular attendance not required, drop in, drop out as you wish! 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Barn Studio at 102 Park Way South Andrew 831-272-2246 www.spiritualear.org/acim (map) Free
Health ENTRE NOSOTRAS GRUPO DE APOYO Open to Spanish speaking women with all types of cancer from diagnosis through treatment and the healing process. Meets every first and third Thursday of the month. Call to register. 6:00 pm 8:00 pm Entre Nosotras, Watsonville 761-3973 free PRENATAL YOGA CLASS Join Hannah Muse for a sweet, soothing prenatal yoga class suitable for any stage of pregnancy and open to any level of yoga experience. Beginners strongly welcomed! Take this opportunity to gently build strength, stretch your body, soothe any discomforts that come with your changing body, breathe deeply, connect with other mamas on this same journey, while connecting deeper with your baby and your Self. You deserve it mama. 7:15 pm - 8:45 pm Pacific Cultural Center (Broadway & Seabright in Santa Cruz) hannah-
museyoga.com or pacificcultural.org $12 drop in (or discount passes available for 5 or 10 classes) FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a program based on the 12 steps of Alchoholics Anonymous. There are no dues, fees, or weigh-ins at FA meetings. FA is a fellowship of individuals who, through shared experience and mutual support, are recovering from the disease of food addiction. 7:00 pm 8:30 pm Trinity Presbyterian Church, in the library. 420 Melrose Ave Santa Cruz, CA 95062 Jennifer K (831) 428-3498 Free
Spiritual BINGO Have dinner, and play Bingo at Holy Cross Church Parish Hall. Dinner concession opens at 5:30 p.m. and game starts at 6:30. $15.00 for ten games and five dollars for each additional set of ten games. BINGO is on the FIRST Thursday of every month. 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Holy Cross Church Parish Hall 126 High Street 423-4182 FREE
Friday | 02 Arts WHAT’S HAPPENING DOWNTOWN? Check the DowntownSantaCruz.com for
an up to dated calendar of everything going on in Downtown Santa Cruz. DowntownSantaCruz.com. 9:00 am 10:00 pm Downtown Santa Cruz downtownsantacruz@gmail.com Free LIVE ARTIST DEMONSTRATIONS How do you capture a moving bird? See local exhibit artists demonstrate their impressive techniques and enjoy light refreshments while viewing the exhibit. Part of Santa Cruz's monthly First Free Art Tour. 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm 1305 East Cliff Drive Santa Cruz, CA 95062 (831) 420-6115 Free "AS YOU LIKE IT" Cabrillo Theatre Arts Department celebrates springtime with a journey to the wilds of the Arden Forest of Arden, in this intimate staging of Shakespeare's comedy in the Black Box Theater. Directed by Sarah Albertson. Sunday Matinees at 2:00 p.m. Youth Matinee April 25th at 10:00 p.m.7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Cabrillo Black Box Theater - 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos (831) 479-6154 cabrillovapa.com$19 General - $17 Seniors & Students - $9 with Cabrillo SAC ZIZZO'S COFFEEHOUSE & WINE BAR: JEWELRY ARTIST Zizzo's newest jewelry artist is retired local school teacher/principal Priscilla Smart. Priscilla enjoys working with old jewelry, watches, buttons, keys, etc., and then creates whimsical pieces to wear. Recently, she has been "playing" around with playing card royalty and glass marbles to create earrings and necklaces. Come in and get
Breakthroughs happen here™
36th Annual Mother’s Day Weekend
Plant Sale May 9, 10 & 11
Pre-Sale Fri. 3-7 Friends of the Garden pre-sale, silent auction and refreshments. $25 memberships available at the gate.
56
Public Sale Sat. 9-5 Sun. 10-2
May 16 & 17, 2014
All proceeds directly benefit the Horticulture Program.
Tickets: 800.838.3006, Soif Wine Bar WWW.BROWNPAPERTICKETS.COM
WWW.MUSICMAY.ORG
MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
7th Anniversary
FRIDAY, MAY 16 First Congregational Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz 6:30 LECTURE / 7:30 CONCERT $20 ADVANCE/$25 AT DOOR Works by MOZART, RACHMAINOFF and GRANERO - WORLD PREMIERE
SATURDAY, MAY 17 First Congregational Church 900 High Street, Santa Cruz 6:30 LECTURE / 7:30 CONCERT $20 ADVANCE/$25 AT DOOR
”Top of Campus” Cabrillo College 6500 Soquel Dr. Aptos Plant Inventory: http://www.cabrillo.edu/academics/horticulture/plantsale.html
Works by CLARA SCHUMANN, BRAHMS, and ROBERT SCHUMANN
57 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
E MAY 01–MAY 07 tue/6 iiTHE
INVISIBLE WAR SCREENING
It is a terrible truth that military sex crimes happen frequently, and they often go unreported. However, this moving documentary hopes to change the situation by breaking what its creators call “one of the most under reported stories of our generation.” Through interviews with rape survivors themselves as well as high-ranking officials and members of Congress who reveal the history and prevalence of rape in the military, viewers will gain an understanding of this very difficult issue. The film, which premiered at Sundance and has since been seen by several military and government leaders, opens a dialogue about what can be done to bring about change.
i INFO: 7-9pm. Kresge College Seminar Room #159, UCSC, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. Free and open to the public. or more information email commonground@ucsc.edu.
May is
Awareness Month
"All Decked Out!" 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Zizzo's Coffeehouse & Wine Bar, Brown Ranch Marketplace,3555 Clares St, Capitola Zizzo's 477-0680 zizzoscoffee.com FREE "LADY OF THE DEAD" - ART SHOW Artwork by Sarah Jane depicts the ancient Aztec Goddess Mictecacihuatl, also known as Lady of the dead. She is celebrated still in Dia de Los Muertos festivities as the Queen of the underworld who resides over the bones of loved ones who have passed on. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Miss Maes House of Beauty kautone@yahoo.com free ART EXHIBIT 7 at Blitzer celebrate the joy of making art with diverse media: stone sculptors Jeff Arnett and Michael Bashista; metal sculptor Marilyn Kuksht; painters Charles Prentiss and Taz Childress; printmaker Eva Bernstein; photographer Virginia Draper. Gallery Hours: Tu-Sat., 11-5. 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm R. Blitzer Gallery 2801 Mission St. Santa Cruz M. Bashista, 831-426-7316 Free LUMINOUS COLOR Longtime friends, Heidi Hybl and Kathleen Crocetti, inspired by each others work, are mounting a joint exhibition titled Luminous Color. Oil Paintings by Hybl, and sculptures by Crocetti will be on display at the Felix Kulpa Gallery through the month of May. As the title suggests, both artists are working with light and color. Radically simplified abstract shapes serve as the
foundation for the exploration of color relationships and the pivotal role light has in revealing both form and the mysterious nature of color. Each piece created for this show was both an intellectual and aesthetic puzzle for the artists. Together the 20+ paintings and sculptures create a contemplative environment for viewers to consider their own personal and emotional relationship with color. 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm 107 Elm Streeet Robbie Schoen 408-373-2854 free COMM: IN PRAISE OF THE SACRED EARTH Poetry reading, music, and book launch celebration, in honor of Carolyn Brigit Flynn's new book of poems. With Music by Shelley Phillips. 7:30 pm 9:30 pm Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz Carolyn Brigit Flynn carolynbrigitflynn.com Open to public 1ST FRIDAY EVENTS IN BOULDER CREEK At two Locations! Boulder Creek Antiques & Art, 13164 Highway 9, in 'MAC's Place' Sgt Penguins Lively Arts, 12599 Hwy 9 Featuring Live Bluegrass by the Brookdale Bluegrass Band Featured Artists: Paintings from the Estates of Ede Locatelli-Giocosa and Anne Locatelli Spirit Dolls created by Chris Flynn Art work of Lauri & Dan Hennig, Jennifer Henning, Stephanie Allison & Donna Stewman. 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 13164 Highway 9, in 'MAC'S PLACE', Boulder Creek Chris Flynn Free
Mayo es el mes de concientizar CalFresh
www.mybenefitscalwin.org 1.888.421.8080
Apply Now! Solicíte hoy! !
58
1.831.662.0991
Language Travel
Host an international high school student for a few weeks over the summer and receive up to $2100! Contact Pati today! pati.murray@ef.com (831) 428-3310
MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
www.ef.com/host/santacruz
Classes CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI Chair Yoga is for all ages! This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength, range of motion, stamina, memory and mental awareness, improve circulation and relax the body all while seated on a chair. Instructor Suzi Mahler, CMT, NE will guide you through a series of gentle seated yoga postures that are performed slowly and with breath awareness. Come and stretch your body and relax your mind! Every Tuesday and Friday 9:30am at Grey Bears and every Wednesday at 10:30am at Yoga Center Santa Cruz on Front St. downtown. 9:30 am - 10:30 am 2710 Chanticleer Ave. Santa Cruz at Grey Bears in the computer room Suzi Mahler, (831) 234-6791 suzimahler@gmail.com $5.00
Groups DROP-IN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Hospice of Santa Cruz County is now offering a lunch time drop-in grief support group in Scotts Valley on Fridays for adults grieving the death of a family member or friend. This group is a place where you can share stories, learn tools for coping, and receive support from people who care. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Hospice of Santa Cruz County Annex 5403 Scotts Valley Drive, Suite D 430-3000 Free NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Nar-Anon is a 12-Step program designed to help
MON-FRI 4-6pm, TUES & WED: 10pm–Midnight THURSDAY: All Day Long! $3 OFF Pitchers $1 OFF Pints $1.50 OFF 25oz. Mugs $1 OFF Wine by the Glass $2 OFF Appetizers over $8
Featuring 45 draft beers & over 150 bottled beers 1/2 lb Burgers • Fresh Pastas & Salads Fish & Chips • Vegetarian Dishes Kids Meals Family Friendly Pub • Pet Friendly Patio
Full menu served until midnight Friday & Saturday
Voted Santa Cruz’s Best Carpenter
59 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14 gtweekly.com
Happy Hour
Thank you Santa Cruz!
60 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
"Thank You!" Lloyd's Tire & Auto Care is proud to be a GT Best winner, and we want to sincerely thank all of our faithful customers for selecting us as the Best Tire Shop.
We Service Hybrids Trust Lloyd's for the Best Prices on the Best Tires Everyday plus Complete Auto Care and Honest Advice.
426-4363
303 River Street, Santa Cruz
lloydstire.com SAT. 8:00 - 12:00 PM
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS
61 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14 gtweekly.com
MON. - FRI. 7:30-5:00 PM
E MAY 01–MAY 07 relatives and friends of addicts recover from the effects of living with an addicted loved one. Nar-Anon's program of recovery is adapted from Narcotics Anonymous and uses Nar-Anon's 12Steps, 12-Traditions and 12-Concepts. Members share their experience, strength and hope at weekly meetings. See Tuesdays for meeting in Aptos and Sundays for meeting in Santa Cruz. 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm Camp Recovery Center, 3192 Glen Canyon Rd, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 scottsvalleynaranon@gmail.com Free
Health WHAT IS A NON 12-STEP REHAB? Have you ever wondered if there were other drug and alcohol treatment options besides the traditional 12-Steps? There is, and Narconon Redwood Cliffs is just that. We have been treating addiction holistically since 1992, and have saved over 2,000 lives. You are invited to tour our
beautiful facility, which sits upon 32 acres overlooking the Monterey Bay. You will meet counselors, get a detailed description of how the program works, and you will also be given the opportunity to see a live graduation. Even if you yourself are not struggling with addiction still need to witness the miracles Narconon Redwood Cliffs is producing. You can visit our website at RedwoodCliffs.com. Please RSVP to Joe. 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Narconon Redwood Cliffs Joe Guernaccini 740-4634 Free TRIYOGA LEVEL 1 YOGA CLASS WITH CYNTHIA GOTTLIEB Relax and enjoy TriYoga, combining breath and movement to stretch and strengthen. 8:30 am 10:00 am TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz office@triyoga.com $10 drop in YOGA OF 12-STEP RECOVERY Yoga of 12-Step Recovery is an addiction recovery and relapse prevention program that blends the best of yoga and the 12 steps.
Each class is a 1 hour all addiction discussion followed by a 1 hour recovery themed yoga class. 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Yoga Within, 8035 Soquel Drive, Aptos Henry Cleveland Donations
SATURDAY | 03 Arts ZIZZO'S COFFEE & WINE BAR: LOCAL ART EXHIBIT Zizzo's presents the work of "Fairy Odd Mother" Cindy Jo Rose aka "Rowan Sizzorwitch". Cindy Jo has created magical mystical shadowboxes that inspire positivity, love & spirituality. 7:00 am 5:00 pm Zizzo's Coffeehouse & Wine Bar, Brown Ranch Marketplace, 3555 Clares St., Capitola Zizzo's Coffeehouse & Wine Bar 477-0680, zizzoscoffee.com Free 13TH ANNUAL REEL WORKS LABOR FILM FESTIVAL "We Were There," a short film featuring singer and songwriter Bev Grant and the Brooklyn Women's Chorus singing Bev's song along side photographs showing women's role in historical events. Also showing is "Wisconsin Rising." The filmmaker, Sam Mayfield, will be there to discuss the 2011 battle where big money and power tried to push to erode workers' hard fought gains and the right to form s. 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave. info@reelwork.org Free donations accepted 30TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA INDIAN MARKET May 3-4, 2014 Award-winning Native American, Cowboy, Western and Wildlife Arts/Crafts/Food (Fry Bread & Indian Tacos) Performances: Ama ka Tura Ohlone Dancers, Zipe Totec Aztec Drum & Dancers 10:00 am - 7:00 pm San Juan School Soccer Field, San Juan Bautista Laynee Reyna 623-4771 $1 MAY DAY ART FAIRE Local artists show their unique wares in a beautiful garden. Fine jewelry, textiles, jams, gourds, mosaics and more! Join us for browsing, music and refreshments. 10:00 am - 5:00 pm 421 Gharkey St., Santa Cruz paintedchairstudio.com/425.1602 free
MAY
01 _
MAY
H LT A IO N ATE
H
E
ow ! ll N
Hanya Barth, M.D.
Monterey |
W etcW meatch ma any anloychlo al cal p prricice!e!
www.GREEN215.com
Led by
Ca
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
SS
Wellness Counseling
• Real Doctors–Real Doctors - RealCare Care Real Ikh_^llbhgZe Zg]Affordable :__hk]Z[e^ • Professional and ThmZeer <hg_b]^gmbZe • Totally Confidential JnZebmr B= <Zk]l • Quality ID Cards +-(0 LZ_^ V^kb_b\Zmbhg • 24/7 Safe Verification
62
PA
M
ealth Options
CO
CH
ompassionate
1 (877) PROP-215 1 (877) 776-7215
Santa Cruz | San Jose (501 Mission St, Suite 10)
MAH PRESENTS: FIRST FRIDAY- BIKE NIGHT Free Admission! Tonight from 5-9 PM, we are presenting a bike filled evening with crafts, activities, and exhibits related to cycling. This program is presented in partnership with Ecology Action and People Power as the kickoff to Bike to Work week. From 6:30-9 enjoy live music from Sherry Austin and the Henhouse. 11:00 am - 9:00 pm Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History: 705 Front Street Santa Cruz, 95060 (831) 429-1964 Free SANTA CRUZ CLAY 2014 27 local clay artists show and sell their work at Bargetto Winery. 11:00 am - 5:00 pm Bargetto Winery, 3535 N. Main St. Soquel jeannine@jcniehauspottery.com free
Classes ZEN MEDITATION AND DISCUSSION “Come As You Are� Zen meditation and discussion. See website for topic schedule. 8:30 am - 10:00 am Ocean Gate Zen Center 920-B 41st Ave., Capitola. Hollye Hurst www.oceangatezen.org Donation
Laugh longer. Your heart belongs in Santa Cruz. Each year, heart disease affects millions of women. Nine out of ten have at least one risk factor, but most wait too long to get help. Take our heart health assessment today at dignityhealth.org/heart. Give your heart the care it deserves, because healthy hearts love longer.
Thank you Good Times Readers! Thanks for voting us BEST BANK in Santa Cruz County once again. It’s been a very successful 10 years for Santa Cruz County Bank because of your support. We look forward to many more decades of serving you and providing Santa Cruz County with the absolute best in financial services.
COME IN TODAY AND DISCOVER WHY WE’VE BEEN VOTED BEST BANK IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.
63 MAY
01 _
Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz
MAY
Aptos | Capitola | Santa Cruz | Scotts Valley | Watsonville
Member FDIC, www.sccountybank.com, 457-5000
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
HAPPY HOUR! 3-6pm MON-FRI! + All Night On Thursdays!
$3 Beer!
e $4 Hous aritas Marg $3-$5 Appetizers
Open all day for Lunch and Dinner 231 Esplanade, Capitola Village
(831)476-2263
64
Attention all Capitola BIA members!
MAY
01 _
A Contemporary Resale Boutique
Now Accepting Spring Appointments
Cashmere All Year! • We have Eileen Fisher • Jewelry • Gifts
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
Mon–Sat
Be a part of this collaborative Capitola Village page by calling calling pageby Chelsey Mosgrove at x218
831.475.8339
Consignment by Appointment 911C Capitola Ave. Capitola Between Soquel Dr. & Hill Street
CALENDAR
E
Tide Chart May 2014
Food & Wine APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE With over 90 vendors, this market offers a bountiful selection of local, sustainably grown produce and specialty items including farm fresh eggs, organic raw honey, fresh seafood, grass fed beef, sauerkraut, locally produced olive oil, artisan cheeses, cut flowers, potted plants, seedlings, fresh baked good, fair trade coffee, tea and chai. 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003 akeller@montereybayfarmers.org FREE ANNUAL MONTEREY BAY RHODODENDRON SOCIETY PLANT SALE The Monterey Bay Rhododendron Society is holding their annual plant sale at the Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College. Many varieties will be available in 1 and 5 gallon pots. Arrive early for best selection. Easy access, free parking. 8:00 am 12:00 pm Aptos Farmers Market at Cabrillo College akeller@montereybayfarmers.org Free
TODDLER CENTER BAGEL BRUNCH AND SILENT AUCTION A toddler friendly festive fundraiser which is great fun for the whole family. Eat Bagelry bagels, delicious spreads, fresh fruit, sweet treats, juice, tea and gourmet coffee. Play in an African drum circle led by Mbore Faye. Get your face painted. Drink coffee and relax while your kids play in toddler play areas. Bid on certificates for Cafe Sparrow, Shadowbrook, Cafe Cruz, many other restaurants, businesses, services and attractions. All proceeds benefit the Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center, a RIE inspired, award winning childcare center that has provided care for 1 and 2 year olds for over 35 years. 10:00 am - 12:30 pm Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center 1738 16th Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95062 Sandy Davie Kids 3 and under - free; Kids 4 - 12 $6; Adults $10
Health QIGONG FOR WOMEN LIVING WITH CANCER In this class you will learn simple exercises, meditations, and acupressure points to address side-effects of surgery, chemo, and radiation. You will gain a deeper understanding on how Qigong practice can empower healing on the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. Registration required. Call 457-2273 11:00 am - 12:30 pm 1729 Seabright Avenue, Suite E WomenCARE free INTERMEDIATE TRIYOGA CLASS WITH JAMIE ANDRES-LARSEN TriYoga flows
are presented with personalized guided alignment assistance. 10:30 am 12:00 pm TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz office@triyoga.com $10 drop in WOMENCARE SPANISH SUPPORT GROUP WomenCARE offers a support group in Spanish for women with cancer on the first and third Saturday of the month. Call to sign up. 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Santa Cruz 457-2273 or 336-8662 free WALK A MILE IN HER SHOES Join fellow community members as we put on our fanciest high heels to speak out against sexual violence in our community. Men, women and kids will be teetering on high heels down West Cliff to raise awareness and create a safer Santa Cruz County. Walk as an individual or gather a team. All proceeds raised will support sexual assault survivors and their families through counseling, legal advocacy and medical assistance, as well as teen dating violence prevention programs in local Jr. high and high schools. Monarch Services (formerly Women's Crisis Support - Defensa de Mujeres) has been assisting sexual assault and domestic violence survivors for the past 36 years. We serve over 1,500 survivors each year. REGISTER at wam2014.wcs-ddm.org 9:30 am 12:00 pm Lighthouse Park West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz Kalyne Foster kalyne@wcs-ddm.org or 831-722-4989 No cost
O’Neill Surf Shop 24 Hour daily surf report call (831) 475-BARL
(2275)
Average Water Temperature for Santa Cruz is 53 The ideal wetsuit for these conditions is the
O'NEILL Psycho1 4/3 FSW Wetsuit THIS WEEK’S TIDE CHART SPONSORED BY:
65 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
FREE SWIM LESSONS: SEAHORSE SWIM SCHOOL Free introductory swim lessons offered to all ages, levels & abilities. Offered in conjunction with the Make a Splash initiative, aimed at reducing accidental drownings. No appointment needed, no swimming experience required. 12:00 pm 2:00 pm Lifestyle Fitness 25 Penny Lane Watsonville, CA. 95076 Tiffany Harmon Free
E MAY 01–MAY 07 Music CABRILLO JAZZ SERIES PRESENTS A NIGHT OF VOCAL JAZZ Featuring the Cabrillo Jazz Singers, JAZZ@2:00, JAZZ@3:00, West Coast Voices and special guests. The evening features ensemble and solo vocal jazz performances of traditional vocal jazz literature, such as Manhattan Transfer, Lambert Hendrix and Ross, and New York Voices. Directed by Mark Bidelman. 7:30 pm 9:30 pm Cabrillo Crocker Theater 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos
(831) 479-6154 - cabrillovapa.com $10 General - $9 Students - $7 with Cabrillo SAC ENTOURAGE AT BOCCIS CELLAR Entourage, with lead singer Suellen McClutchen will be playing at Boccis Cellar. Dance band, rocken blues. 9:00 pm 11:59 pm Bocci's Cellar, 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz Under $5 ROCK N ROLL AT HENFLINGS WITH ZEBRA 3 Z3 brings a rockin' good time to Ben Lomond classic roadside tavern, Henflings. Dance to your favorite 90's and
beyond alternative tunes! No Cover - no limits, just songs you know and love. 9:00 pm - 11:59 pm Henflings, 9450 Hwy 9 Ben Lomond 831.336.9318 Free
Outdoors MOSS LANDING MARINE LABS OPEN HOUSE 2014 Behind-the-scenes look at our labs. Tours of our research vessel. Live invertebrate touch tank. Marine science puppet show. Sea lion show. Activities for all ages. & much more! 9:00 am - 5:00 pm 8272 Moss Landing Rd, Moss Landing
SATU R DAY, MAY 24
GREGG ALLMAN
TROMBONE SHORTY & O R LE A N S AVE
TAB BENOIT DAVE & PHIL ALVIN S U N DAY, M AY 2 5
CHRIS ISAAK
with THE GUILTY ONES
VINTAGE TROUBLE JACKIE GREENE RICH ROBINSON ANA POPOVIC
66 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
NIKKI HILL
openhouse.mlml.calstate.edu Free SNAPSHOT DAY 2014 The Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) is seeking volunteers to collect water samples and field measurements at sites in watersheds during a one-day event- Snapshot Day on May 3rd 2014. Snapshot Day is the oldest and largest single- day annual water quality monitoring event of its kind in California. It is designed to provide a "snapshot" of regional water quality conditions and to provide resource managers with valuable information for reducing pollution. On Snapshot Day, hundreds of volunteers collect water quality samples from rivers and streams in California's coastal watersheds that drain into the MBNMS. Volunteers are needed in Monterey, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo and Santa Cruz Counties. Training is not required but highly recommended. Training is 2 hours long and will be offered in Santa Cruz County from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm on April 27th at 365 Lake Avenue, Suite A in the Santa Cruz Harbor. For more information please
contact Lisa Emanuelson at 647-4227 or Lisa.Emanuelson@noaa.gov 9:00 am 12:00 pm 365 Lake Avenue, Suite A, Santa Cruz, CA Lisa Emanuelson Free
Spiritual SPIRITUAL ACTIVISM TO SAVE OUR PLANET Avatars, Sharing & People Power. Humanity today stands at a crossroads. Events now under way will transform our lives in the most radical fashion. Be ready for the new. 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm SC Public Library (downtown) 224 Church St https://sites.google.com/site/shareandsavetheworld/ Free YOGA DHARMA: MINDFULNESS YOGA & MEDITATION WORKSHOP Workshop on mindful yoga and meditation practice. 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Ave., #C, Santa Cruz info@insightsantacruz.org Free/Donation
CALENDAR
SANTA CRUZ 32ND BIANNUAL COASTAL CLEANUP Hosted by Cabrillo College's Oceanography Division Event includes all local coastal waterways followed by Post-Cleanup Party! Live Music! Free food & drinks! Raffle! BYO-Mug 9:00 am 1:00 pm KSCO Radio Station @ 2300 Portola Drive Facebook.com/ cabrillobeachcleanup FREE!
SUNDAY | 04 Arts THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS MAKERS' MARKET Join us at the first Santa Cruz Mountains Makers' Market in Felton on May 4, 2014. Featuring awesome arts, crafts, food, and live music of the makers in SC County. Support local makers and the local non-profit, Mountain Community Resources at this family friendly, free event. For more information please visit our website, www.scmmakersmarket.com and like us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/santacruzmountainsmakersmarket 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Mountain Community Resources Lot, 6134 Highway 9, Felton, Ca. 95018 bree.scmmakersmarket@gmail.com Free
13TH ANNUAL REEL WORK LABOR FILM FESTIVAL This film, "Shift Change," shows how secure, dignified jobs in employee-owned workplaces in the US and Spain help stabilize the local economy. Speakers include, Ross Newport of Community Printers, Ken Dickerson of EcoFarm and Meche Sansores of WAGES. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Springfield Grange, 10 Werner Road, Pájaro info@reelwork.org Free - donations accepted 30TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA INDIAN MARKET Award-winning Native American, Cowboy, Western, and Wildlife Arts/Crafts/Food (Fry Bread & Indian Tacos) Performances: Ama Ka Tura Ohlone Dancers, Zipe Totec Aztec Drum & Dancers 10:00 am - 7:00 pm San Juan School Soccer Field, San Juan Bautista Laynee Reyna 623-4771 $1 POTTERY & GLASS SECONDS SALE Over 55 professional potters, glass artists, jewelers, and other craftspeople sell seconds and overstock at bargain prices. For more
information, go to www.seconds-sale.com or Facebook at Pottery & Glass Seconds Sale. 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos Ann Schwartz free RUSSELL BRUTSCHé: CLIMATE CHANGE IN PAINTINGS AND SONGS How will rising sea levels from global warming affect Santa Cruz? Brutsché's water paintings look to the future with humor and concern. Also music and refreshments. 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz Art League 426-4825 free
Circle Dance, Music, Free-Form Movement with Colored Materials, Pastel Drawing, Creative Writing and Sharing Circle. No previous experience necessary. Last Sunday of the month-by pre-registration. 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Aptos, beautiful indoor or outdoor location (directions will be sent with registration) Greenwood Arts 831-662-0186 $10.
Classes
BEGINNER SALSA RUEDA We love to dance; we love to socialize and meet people. Even shy ones feel comfortable in our friendly environment. Our goal is to get you moving in rhythm and to have FUN. Before you know it, you'll become a better leader or follower. Come check us out. Drop-ins are welcome. No experience or partners needed. Wear comfortable clothes. Only clean shoes on the dance floor. 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm the Tannery 1060 River St. #111 Kirsten 818-1834 BailamosSalsaRueda.com $7 general /$5 full time students
SUNDAY GREENWOOD ARTS Let's uplift ourselves and our World through Song,
BRAZILIAN PERCUSSION & THE SAMBA BATERIA Come be part of Brazil's
SANTA CRUZ CLAY 2014 27 local clay artists show and their work. View great art while sipping a glass of wine at the 11th year for this unique local event. 11:00am-5:00pm Bargetto Winery, 3535 N. Main St. Soquel Jeannine Niehaus, santacruzclay.com free
drum and percussion powerhouse: the bateria! As an ensemble we explore Rio style samba, samba-afro, samba-reggae, and more. All levels welcome. Some instruments provided. 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm 207 Mcpherson St. (West-Side) Joe 831.435.6813 $8 INTRODUCTION TO FLY FISHING Learn techniques of fly-casting, fly-tying and more at this fun-filled, fly fishing workshop. Bring any gear you have (although some will be available to borrow) and let the members of the Santa Cruz Fly Fishing Club open your eyes to the conservation practices and the joys of fly fishing. A variety of crafts, food, and practical, handson activities will make for an enjoyable and informative day. 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Quail Hollow Ranch County Park - 800 Quail Hollow Rd., Felton Lee Summers, 831-335-9348, prc120@scparks.com $3 MOTHER'S DAY FUN Looking for something special for Mom on Mother's Day? Come out to Quail Hollow Ranch to
67 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14 gtweekly.com
Volunteer
E
Cinco de Mayo
SALE Fri., Sat., Sun. May 2, 3, 4
Wetsuits
50% off
up to O’Neill, Xcel, Hotline & Quiksilver
All Clothing 25%-75% off
E MAY 01–MAY 07 create a living gift that Mom will love. Dads and kids will team up with Master Gardeners, Simon Stapleton and Karina Gaille to make a succulent garden as well as a Mother's Day card. Materials are provided. Sign up by calling 831-335-9348, Sat & Sun. 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm Quail Hollow Ranch County Park - 800 Quail Hollow Rd., Felton Lee Summers, 831-335-9348, prc120@scparks.com $5 TEMPLE BETH EL KINDERGARTEN OPEN HOUSE You are invited to experience an hour at our Temple School Kindergarten. It is a once a week learning experience with Jewish friends, arts and crafts, music, introduction to Hebrew, Jewish concepts, holidays and a whole lot more. For more information and to RSVP please contact Sarah Clarkson. You don't have to be a Temple member to be a part of our Temple school Kindergarten family. Interfaith families welcome; we are open and affirming. Temple Beth El wishes to make these programs accessible to people
with disabilities. If you have disability realted needs please let us know. 11:00 am - 12:00 pm 3055 Porter Gulch Road Sarah Clarkson 479-3444 x218 or sclarkson@tbeaptos.org Free
Food & Wine BOY SCOUTS TROOP 633 PANCAKE BREAKFAST & SILENT AUCTION Boy Scouts Troop 633 will be having their annual Pancake Breakfast & Silent Auction on May 4th 2014 from 8 am to noon. The fundraiser will be held at the VFW Post 7263, 2259 7th Ave., Santa Cruz, CA. Everyone is invited to attend and support our local Boy Scout troop. Tickets are $5 and children under 10 are free with a paid adult. 8:00am-12:00pm 2259 7th Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA www.troop633.com $5
Groups HOW TAO NOW? DISCUSSION GROUP Come share your insights or discover more
All Sunglasses 25% off Electric, Von Zipper, Oakley, Spy, Arnette, Smith
New Surfboards up to $100 off Stand Up Paddleboards up to $400 off Skateboards & Equipment 25%-50% off
Smoked Salmon Scramble
three eggs scrambled with sauteed spinach, smoked salmon, green onions and cream cheese
$14.95
Arrow Surf & Sport 2324 Mission Street 9am–8pm 831-423-8286
California Chicken Club
grilled chicken marinated in garlic, olive oil, fresh herbs on a healthy whole wheat ciabatta with jack cheese, bacon, avocado, lettuce, tomato and red onion, served with french fries
$13.95
Grilled Scallop Salad
baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, candied walnuts tossed with a mango chutney dressing & marinated grilled scallops
$20.95 We will also offer a limited menu with additional egg items, appetizers & seafood entrees from 8am-5pm 68 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
Reservations are recommended
IDEAL OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK 8AM-CLOSE 106 Beach st. at the Santa Cruz Wharf 423-5271 • idealbarandgrill.com
Thursday, May 8th at 7PM Del Mar Theatre, Santa Cruz Tickets $20 Available at lunafestsc.brownpapertickets.com
69 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
E MAY 01–MAY 07 about the Tao Te Ching, the ancient book of wisdom central to Buddhism. 1st Sunday of each month we will discuss how to apply one of the 84 short teachings to modern life. “When I let go of what I am, I become
what I might be.” ~Lao Tzu 10:00 am 11:00 am 1st. Sun/Mo:406 Lincoln St. one4tao@gmail.com 916-601-1396 www.centertao.org/about-us/ Free
sat/3 iiSANTA
CRUZ BLUEGRASS FAIR
There’s not much better than sitting outside on a nice day and listening to good music. And when it’s an event for the whole community, that means there is much more fun to go around. Extremely talented local bands don’t hurt, either. Cue the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Festival—a daylong concert featuring performances by The Harmony Grits, The Naked Bootleggers, Bean Creek, and the Lampel Brothers. This family-friendly event promises to entertain and inspire. While all humans are welcome to attend this event, organizers ask that dogs be left at home.
i INFO: noon-6pm. San Lorenzo Park, Santa Cruz. Free admission.
COUPLES RECOVERY RCA couples group provides support and a safe environment for couples to restore love and intimacy to a relationship experiencing troubled times. You will learn tools and steps that will offer you both a path to a loving satisfying coupleship. There are no problems you are experiencing that we have not already shared. Relationship recovery happens here. Join us for hope and renewal. 10:30 am - 12:00 pm Sutter Hosp. 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz Sharon 234 5409 free
Music CABRILLO YOUTH STRINGS/CHAMBER ENSEMBLE CONCERT An evening of classical and modern music for string orchestras featuring the Cabrillo Youth Strings, Festival Strings and Contemporary Ensembles. Directed by Susan C. Brown. 3:00 am - 5:00 pm Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall - 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos (831) 479-6154 - cabrillovapa.com $10 General - $4 Seniors and or with Cabrillo SAC - Free 15 Years and Under SPRING FESTIVAL OF BANDS FEATURING THE CABRILLO SYMPHONIC WINDS The Cabrillo College Bands perform a concert of wind Band music for all styles. Directed by Jon Nordgren, with appearance by guest conductor John Graulty, Dean of the VAPA Division at Cabrillo College. 3:00 pm 5:00 pm Cabrillo Crocker Theater 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos
(831) 479-6154 - cabrillovapa.com $10 General - $9 Seniors & Students $4 with Cabrillo SAC
Outdoors MOSS LANDING MARINE LABS OPEN HOUSE 2014 Behind-the-scenes look at our labs, tours of our research vessel Point Sur, live invertebrate touch tank, marine science puppet show, sea lion show, activities for all ages & much more! 9:00 am 5:00 pm 8272 Moss Landing Rd, Moss Landing openhouse.mlml.calstate.edu Free GUIDED TOUR OF THE UCSC FARM Take a free guided tour of the 30-acre organic farm on the UC Santa Cruz campus. Enjoy beautiful views of Monterey Bay as you learn about organic farming, gardening and water conservation practices, and about the UCSC Farm's research and education programs. Guided tours are offered the first Sunday of the month from April through November. 2:00pm-3:30pm UCSC Farm, UC Santa Cruz. Park at the corner of Coolidge and Carriage House roads. Amy Bolton, casfs@ucsc.edu, 459-3240 Free HANDICAPPED VAN FUNDRAISER The fundraiser is for Sacha DeFoy who is a local quadriplegic woman who needs to buy a handicapped accessible van to be able to tutor people in their homes. This event is on Sunday May 4th from 1pm 5pm includes music, food, auction, prizes and kids will enjoy a donkey ride. 1:00 pm-
5:00 pm The Bay View Hotel in the garden in Aptos Sacha DeFoy (831) 216 – 8993 Tickets are $10 for kids under 12 and $20 for adults that includes one $5 drink ticket.
Spiritual SUNDAY MORNING MEDITATION First session, mindfulness; learning to get control of our thoughts by practicing meditating on our breath. Second session, analytical meditation; contemplating various topics taught by the Buddha and past Buddhist masters in order to improve the quality of our lives. Doors close at 9:35am. 9:30 am - 10:15 am Land of Medicine Buddha - Wish Fulfilling Temple at top of the hill office@landofmedicnebuddha - 831-462-8383 donation SUNDAY MORNING GROUP MEDITATION Join us for a non-sectarian group meditation every Sunday. Energization exercises, devotional chanting and 45-minute meditation provide balance, peace and joy. 9:00 am 10:15 am Ananda Scotts Valley, 75 Mount Hermon Road, Scotts Valley, CA 95066 Doug Andrews 831-338-9642 (YOGA) No Cost INSPIRATIONAL MEDITATION SERVICE Join the Santa Cruz SRF Meditation Group for Sunday morning Inspirational Service. This service includess inspirational readings from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, the founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and the author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. 11:00 am - 11:59 am call for location 334-2088 Donation
MONDAY | 05 Classes SALSA CUBANA DANCE Experience the Cuban style of Salsa dancing! Featuring a great variety from Casino partner moves and styling to Rueda de Casino and enjoy latest musica Cubana.. Drop-in class. Entry level intermediate dancers. No partner required. Two skilled teachers with over 14 years experience. Check out SalsaGente.com in case of holidays. 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center Street, Santa Cruz 831-295-6107, www.SalsaGente.com $8/$4 students
Food & Wine
70 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
MEATLESS MONDAY DINNER - EAT TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT Join us at Santa Cruz restaurant to celebrate Meatless Monday the first Monday of each month! Eating with friends is fun, and even more fun if you're helping the environment at the same time. Reducing animal product consumption helps to reduce your personal contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide, methane, black carbon, nitrous oxide, and tropospheric ozone. Plus, eating more veggies is good for you! RSVP with one of the meetup groups listed on our Facebook page: http://facebook.com/SCruzMM 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Santa Cruz, CA Meatless Monday Santa Cruz County You pay for your meal/tax/tip
CALENDAR
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Voices of Recovery book study. OA is a 12-step support group for those who wish to stop eating compulsively. Also for anorexia and bulimia. Meetings daily see santacruzoa.org for schedule. 12:15 pm 1:15 pm Trinity Prespretarian 420 Melrose Ave. Nanette 429-7906 Free EVENING TOASTMASTERS Strengthen public speaking and leadership skills! Supportive and fun club! All levels welcome! Guests free! 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Live Oak Senior Center, 1777 Capitola Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 email us: vppr3802@toastmastersclubs.org Guests Free
Health ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers. Registration required. 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm WomenCARE 457-2273 free
TUESDAY | 06 Arts READ AND CRITIQUE WRITERS' GROUP Open to new members, writers focused getting feedback for publication.
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Downtown Santa Cruz Dana Bagshaw, 831-425-5182 free
Classes SPCA TRAINING DISCUSSION GROUP The Santa Cruz SPCA offers a FREE training discussion group once a month with a local reputable trainer to help dog owners with behavioral issues or training questions. This small-group setting is perfect for people who have newly adopted their first animal, or people who have adopted and are experiencing
problems they've never dealt with before. Please RSVP by calling the Santa Cruz SPCA at (831) 465-5000. 6:30 pm 7:30 pm 2601 Chanticleer Avenue, Santa Cruz CA 95065 Santa Cruz SPCA at (831) 465-5000 Free MEDITATION AND DISCUSSION Meditation and discussion every Tues. 7pm. First Tues. of month meditation instruction at 6:40pm. 7:00 pm 8:30 pm Ocean Gate Zen Center 920-B 41st Ave., Capitola. Hollye Hurst hhurst@cruzio.com www.oceangatezen.org Donation
sun/4 iiOPEN
STREETS CAPITOLA
With the success of Santa Cruz Open Streets on West Cliff Drive, organizers have launched a Capitola version that they’re referring to as a “pop-up park.” In this car-free area, people can happily frolic in the streets either on foot, on bike, or even on Moonshoe. A variety of familyfriendly activities, music and educational outreach booths will be available to everyone who attends. One of the event’s highlights is sure to be a bicycle obstacle course for toddlers, put on by Trips for Kids. Look out for bike-powered spin art and salsa dancing as well.
i INFO: 11am-4pm. Cruz’n: The Capitola Esplanade, Capitola Village. www.scOpenStreets.org.
71 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
Groups
E
E MAY 01–MAY 07 AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness Through MovementŽ Classes. These engaging and potent classes will heighten your self-awareness as they increase your vitality, flexibility, and overall well-being. Classes are on-going. First class free for new students. Pre-registration required. 9:30 am - 10:45 am Pacific Cultural Center 1307 Seabright suzie@suzielundgren.com or call 332-7347 WEST COAST SWING Improve your West Coast Swing by using "Extensions" and "Blends." A simple way to spice up your dancing. 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm DanceSynergy, 9055 Soquel Drive, Aptos Chuck 479-4826, chuck@gonnadance.com $8 RAISING RESILIENT CHILDREN This free parenting seminar from Triple P offers strategies on how to teach children healthy ways to deal with their emotions. 5:30pm8:00pm Santa Cruz Gardens Elementary, 8005 Winkle Ave, Santa Cruz http://first5scc.org/seminar-raising-
resilient-children-18 Free
Food & Wine TUESDAY NIGHT LIVE Join us for good food, lively socializing and dancing. Stick around for Mexican Train Dominoes after dinner. Bring your friends and family. Public Welcome. Proceeds benefit MCSC. 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm Mid-County Senior Center, 829 Bay Ave., Capitola 476-4711 www.mid-countyseniorcenter.com Donation: $8
Groups NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS - APTOS Nar-Anon is a 12-Step program for the friends and families who have been affected by the addiction or drug problem of another. Nar-Anon's program of recovery is adapted from Narcotics Anonymous and uses Nar-Anon's 12-Steps, 12 Traditions and 12-Concepts. Nar-Anon members share their experiences, strengths and hopes at weekly meetings. See Fridays for
Scotts Valley meeting (6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.) See Sundays for Santa Cruz meeting (6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.) 7:00 pm 8:30 pm Aptos Christian Fellowship, 7200 Freedom Blvd., Aptos. "Lighting the Way," a candlelight meeting. saveyoursanity@aol.com Free / please park in the back and enter the bldg in the back. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Join with other adults who are grieving the death of a family member or friend. Share stories, learn tools for coping, and receive support from caring people. Please call 430-3000 and ask for grief support to pre-register for this group or for information about grief support services offered by Hospice of Santa Cruz County. 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Aegis, 125 Heather Terrace in Aptos. Please call 430-3000 Grief Support Program at Hospice of Santa Cruz County No cost. Donations gratefully accepted. THE INVISIBLE WAR FILM SCREENING The Invisible War is an investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape within the US military 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Kresge college Seminar Room #159 David Shaw http://kresge.ucsc.edu/commonground Free
Health
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Open to women with all types of cancer from diagnosis through treatment and the healing process. 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm WomenCARE Call 457-2273 to register free
! " ! "
$$ ( $ # " # "& " #$ % " ' $ " # !% $( " $# $ # & # $ "# " " % $ ' " # ' ( % $ %" ( %#$ "# " $ " " " $ #$ "% " #$ %" $ " & ´:H ORYH EDQNLQJ ZLWK $ " ( % $( ( & $ " $ " %" # " %#$ " # "& # $ $ # $ & "( $ $ # "$ RI 0RQWHUH\ &RXQW\ %DQN ¾
"( $$ ""# 72 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
&%* ( - " " ( , ,
, #$ # ! ! ! #$ ) !
6%$ /RDQ /LPLW
# " # # ! # # ! #
# '+'# '+ + + #
FRIENDS AND FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Open to all friends and loved ones of people with cancer. Meets every first and third Tuesday of the month. Call to register.5:30 pm - 7:00 pm WomenCARE 457-2273 free
Music DANJUMA ADAMU, MASTER OF AFROBEAT Danjuma Adamu, co-founder of two Bay Area Afrobeat bands, was born into a family tradition of music in Lagos, Nigeria. Danjuma has played and recorded with Hugh Masakela, King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti Anikulapo, Babatunde Olatunji, ZuluSpear and other greats, and toured with the Nigerian All Stars. Afrobeat is a combination of traditional West African Youruba music, jazz, funk, chanted vocals, percussion, and vocal styles. Familyfriendly venue. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn, 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport www.davenportroadhouse.com free
WEDNESDAY | 07 Arts UNDRESSED: AN EXPOSĂŠ OF CONCEPTUAL GARMENTS AND ACCESSORIES Undressed explores the realm of apparel beyond the conventional limitations of fabric, needle and thread. Expect the unexpected in this exhibit of curious, intriguing, narrative garments and accessories that utilize traditional methods, as well as experimentation with unusual materails, tools and techniques to create surprising, witty and thought provoking conceptual pieces and installations. The exhibition, curated by Rose Sellery, will be
750 bulk items
We ARE Local!
73 MAY
01 _
MAY
07 20 14
gtweekly.com
more than
E MAY 01–MAY 07 held simultaneously in two galleries, Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery (PVAC) and the Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Art (SCICA). 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Pajaro Valley Arts Council, 37 Sudden Street, Watsonville rose@rosesellery.com free
Business BUSINESS WOMEN'S NETWORKING GROUP OPEN HOUSE Are you a professional woman looking for new clients? Learn more about the S.C. Leads Group by attending our open house. 7:45 am - 9:00 am Downtown Santa Cruz Call Terry at 601-6952 for more info Free GUY KAWASAKI DISCUSSING "ENCHANTMENT" Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup in partnership with Bookshop Santa Cruz present an evening live with
Guy Kawasaki at the Del Mar. He will discuss his book "Enchantment". Doors open 6pm for networking. Guy will speak at 7pm followed by book signing. 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Del Mar Theater, 1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 http://www.meetup.com/santacruznewtech/ events/146561832/ $25
Classes SALSA DANCING SOCIAL HOUR Salsa social at Portuguese Hall. Everyone is welcome! 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm Portuguese (CPDES) Hall by Costco and Harvey West Park Kirsten 818-1834 BailamosSalsaRueda.com donations accepted SALSA RUEDA CLASSES Learn how to dance and get fit at the same time... Come and find the level that is right for you. Salsa
RAISING RESPONSIBLE TEENS This free parenting seminar from Triple P offers strategies on how to encourage your teen to become independent and responsible 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Mountain Community Resources, 6134 Highway 9, Felton http://first5scc.org/seminar-raising-responsible-teens-5 Free
Rueda offers you great fun and a chance to meet new people. You'll learn style and technique in a welcoming environment-no partners needed. We invite you to join us. Drop-ins are welcome. 8:00 pm 9:00 pm Portuguese (CPDES) Hall by Costco and Harvey West Park Kirsten 818-1834 BailamosSalsaRueda.com $7/$5 student (discount cards available)
Groups
HEALTH & FITNESS QiGong with Mark Bernhard, D.C. - ongoing, all levels welcome. Come and enjoy. 10:00 am 11:00 am 612 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA Karen Egan 831-425-1944 donation ARGENTINE TANGO Ongoing Wednesday tango with John & Nancy Lingemann. Beginners 7PM, Int class: 8:45-9:15. Practice till 10. 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Parish Hall Calv.Episc. Lincoln & Cedar njlingemann@gmail.com, 469-3288 $3
MARIJUANA ANONYMOUS Has smoking pot stopped being fun? There is a solution. Wed. meeting. Call for Fri. & Sun. meeting details. 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Louden Nelson, Room 1 (408) 450-0796 Marijuana-Anonymous.org free FEMALE SURVIVOR SUPPORT GROUP Is your partner violent or controlling? Have you survived a sexual assault? Monarch
Services-Servicios Monarca offers a safe, supportive space. Childcare activities provided. 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm 1685 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz 425-4030 24hr: 888 900-4232 wcs-ddm.org Free APTOS TOASTMASTERS Ready to speak up? Become comfortable speaking in front of people in a fun, supportive atmosphere. Learn public speaking, leadership and effective feedback skills. Find out how to make a Toastmaster sandwich. 12:00 pm 1:00 pm Rio Sands Motel 116 Aptos Beach Drive, Aptos, CA Mike Young 234-1545 Free
Post and see hundreds more events at gtweekly.com
Drive-Thru Oil-Change
24
$
95 Most Cars
Includes:
• 10 point inspection
• Lube chassis
• Oil Change up to 5 qts., 5-30 conventional oil
• Check all fluid levels
• Oil filter
$5 Off with this coupon
74 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
Ancient Chinese Full Body Deep Tissue Table Massage Pack (1) $25/hr. ~ Pack (2) $45/hr. Locally owned business serving local people living healthy lives.
China Foot Massage & Reflexology Call for appointment 831-464-0168 4140 Ste. T Capitola Rd (By Big 5, Near D.M.V.) Open 7 days a week 10am—10pm
• Check air filter, belts & hoses
Coupons work. Our readers want great deals... Tell them about yours. Call 831-458-1100 ext 200
*With coupon. All other oils additional. Excludes other offers. Exp 5/31/14
R EAL E STATE R
P. 831-458-1100 ext. 217, 219 I F . 831-458-1295 I Display Deadline-Friday 3pm Line Ad Deadline-Monday 10am I qe Income Property
All Real Estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. Good Times newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.
5-Unit Property: Classic House Plus Turn-Key 4-Plex with great cash flow and opportunity to expand up to 8 units. $1,095,000. Datta, Broker 831-818-0181.
REAL ESTATE Commercial Space OFFICE / R & D Near Airport: Flex-building located among some of the leading businesses in South Santa Cruz County. Extensive renovations. Wonderful owner/user opportunity with easy access to Hwy 1 and Watsonville Airport. $1,495,000 Datta, Broker (831)818-0181 and Joel, REALTOR (831)234-3379 ZONED PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE! First time for sale in 40 years. Frontage on Park Ave. 6447sf lot, 1056sf building. Possible seller financing! $449,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
Commercial Space Rental Prime Classic Victorian Offices on high-visibility location directly across from Gateway Plaza shopping center. 3 private suites available individually for $495-$695, high ceilings, 850 SF. $1,495 total. Datta Broker 831-818-0181 Retail/Office/Studio on the Westside of Santa Cruz in modern center. 12’ ceilings, open floor plan and street frontage. 983 SF Leasable. Datta Broker 831-818-0181
Homes for Sale BEAUTIFUL 2BR/1.5BA, NEARLY 1,300sf w/private deck & patio in desirable complex. Stroll Neary's Lagoon floating boardwalks! Walk to downtown, beach, Boardwalk & Wharf. $489,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400 BERNADETTE'S BEAUTY 1 bedroom, 1 bath home with a loft on 5 acres. Off Grid, sunny and with southern exposure. Solar panels and a well complete this retreat. Beautiful views, Owner financing available. Offered at $375,000. Call Debbie at 408.395.5754 or www.donnerland.com BIG BASIN BECKONS Multi-level 2320 sq. ft. home on 12+ acres with 4 bedrooms, 3 baths and an office. French doors, skylights,hardwood flooring and custom tile throughout. Redwood decks, a gazebo, a spa and manicured hiking trails surround the home. An artist studio above full 2 car garage with workshop. Stroll to adjacent Big Basin State Park and an easy, private, gated commute location. $829,000 Call Debbie at 408.395.5754 or visit www.donnerland.com BREATHTAKING ESTATE WITH “FOREVER” VIEWS! 6BR/4.5BA, 6900sf on 11 acres. Marble & hardwood floors, hugh recreation room, expansive views! $1,488,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400 CUSTOM 3BR/2.5BA. MAIN living and master bedroom on ground level. Open floor plan, new irrigation, RDM schools. Drought resistant landscaping, $849,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
EXTRAORDINARY opportunity to own a private oasis in Happy Valley! 3/3 Main House, 1/1 Guest House, Au Pair Studio, plus1680 SF Boat House & Office. $1,295,000. Call Wendy 234-9174 or Datta 818-0181 GORGEOUS RIDGE TOP 75 ACRES! Minutes to Aptos Village. 3BR farmhouse, ocean/bay views, spring, matrix with possible 13 acre split. Many outbuildings, full sun!. $1,999,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400 OWN YOUR OWN 12 ACRE PARK! Total privacy, 2 separate cabins, 16 GPM well, solar off grid, propane, fenced garden, generator. Borders year round creek & Cal-Poly lands. $540,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400 PARTIALLY COMPLETED CREEKSIDE chalet in quiet Felton neighborhood. Multiple new components, awaiting final permits and completion. Close to restaurants shopping and school. 2BR/3Bth, 1,167sf living space, 7,754 sf Lot. $275K. Datta, broker 831-818-0181
Seabright Victorian W/Development Potential Turn of the century Victorian on large developable parcel. Possibility of two homes plus an ADU on one lot! $775,000. Datta, Broker 831-818-0181
LARGE FLAT BUILDING SITE on 10 acres with sun, Oaks & some Redwoods. PG&E, water, close-by. Owner finance available with 25% down. $235,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
SINGLE LEVEL RANCH STYLE HOME on flat 1/2 acre lot. 3BR/2BA, fenced yard plus separate entrance to large truck garage & workshop! Sunny parcel w/roses, fruit trees, large deck & RV parking. Walk to market, park & tennis. $599,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
RUGGED 20 ACRES with “camping cabin” perched high above Swanton Hills. Dramatic ocean views. Peace, quiet, stars! Locked gate, not a drive by. $275,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
TOP OF THE WORLD SETTING! 3BR/2BA on 7 acres. Separate family room, full basement, fireplace, patio, deck, barn. Reports available, solid foundation, full basement. Enjoy fantastic views! $791,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400 TWO MASTER SUITES IN THIS END UNIT! 2BR/2.5BA in small private complex. Largest yard in this group. Totally redone, open living area w/fireplace & slider to outdoors, detached garage. $479,900. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
PRIVATE RETREAT IN THE REDWOODS! 80 acres of land with small 2BR cabin. Use as carrier or guest house and build your dream home. Room for horses! Easy commuting distance to Los Gatos. $985,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
TWO SEPARATE 3BR HOMES on one parcel. Good rentals in downtown location, with individual meters, & great separation. Wood floors, high ceilings, beautiful deck, yard & parking. $1,085,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
RANCH HOME ON 9.5 flat acres. 4BR/3.5BA, 3200sf. Partial HW, fireplace, 1880sf barn w/mezzanine. Possible crops, vineyard, horses, etc. $1,399,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
Lots/Acreage
RIDGE TOP PROPERTY , 1000' elevation w/300 degree views. Possible 14 acres for vineyard. 3 bedroom house, built in 1923, guest unit, cold storage, new paved road. $1,294,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
60 PARK LINE ACRES with water, PG&E, telephone, paved road, private ridge top sites. TPZ zoned for hiking and riding, also low taxes. $695,000. . Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400 ESTATE ACREAGE! 40 acres with multiple building sites. Water from big basin water, forever views! TPZ zoned, parcel connects golf course area to Spring Creek area. $549,000. Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400. FOREST HILLS SUNNY lot on a cul-de-sac in an established neighborhood in Boulder Creek. This sunny hillside parcel has power, water and sewer hook-up. Geo-tech Report has been completed and a building permit with house plans approved by the County (expired). Great commute location. Possible owner financing. Offered at $225,000. Call Debbie at 408.395.5754 or www.donnerland.com GREAT COMMUTE LOCATION! Knoll top has 180 deg views from 36 acres. PG&E, well to be drilled by seller. Room for horses/vineyard? Total privacy! .Thunderbird Real Estate, 475-8400
Commercial Sales & Leasing
Business Opportunity Sales
Multi-Residential Sales & Management
LITTLE BUCK CABIN 10 acres, off grid with a small sleeping cabin, another unfinished sleeping cabin, and an outhouse. Several garden spots with storage. Spring fed with multiple water tanks on both the upper and lower areas of the property. Offered at $375,000. Call Debbie at 408.395.5754 or www.donnerland.com LITTLE BUCK MEADOW 34+ acres on a private road. Sunny and off grid with a cleared pad. Zoned for timber production (reduced taxes). Acreage extends from the year round creek up to the ridge. $269,000. Owner may carry with 20% down. Call Debbie at 408.395.5754 or visit www.donnerland.com MOUNTAIN OF TAO 9+ acres adjacent to Castle Rock State Park! This property offers off-grid accommodations with a 24 ft yurt, a separate bathroom structure and fire pit. A 450 sq. ft. sky deck with panoramic views from Monterey Bay to Big Basin State Park. $395,000. Call Debbie at 408.395.5754 or visit www.donnerland.com POINT OF VIEW Almost 9 sunny acres and stellar views. Seasonal creek and spring with 2500 gallon tank. 2 bed/2 bath double wide with new roof, doors and windows. Lower area gated and fenced with large sunny clearings. Owner financing available. $330,000 Call Debbie at 408.395.5754 or visit www.donnerland.com TRANQUILITY PEAK 19+ acres in the Los Gatos Mountains. Beautiful ridge top with great views (long windy paved driveway). Two 5000 gallon water tanks, geologic and soils testing completed for building site. Shared well. 15 minutes to downtown Los Gatos. $575,000. Possible owner financing. Call Debbie at 408.395.5754 or visit www.donnerland.com
BULLETIN BOARD Classes "THE MARTIAL ART of Change" Traditional Bagua Zhang for strength & health practice. Sun, May 18, 11am - 1 pm For much more info, visit reelingsilk.com/academy or call 475-1429
FREE INTERNAL ARTS Sampler Bagua, Tai Chi, Qigong. Traditional martial practice for mind and body health. Friday, May 9, 6:30 8:30 pm For much more info: reelingsilk.com/academy or 475-1429 TAI CHI CHUAN for Health Core Movements, Energies & Principles for practice. June 8, 10:30 12:30. For much more info, reelingsilk.com/academy or call 475-1429
Dance & Movement CONTINUUM & JUNGLE GYM Innerdance & Moving On. Movement classes with Val Leoffler. M/ T/ W & F Westside & Downtown. Call Val at 831-426-2063 www.innerdance.com
Happenings MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND ART & GIFT SHOW! A fundraiser featuring locally-made art and crafts and the opportunity for kids to make their own gifts for mom. Saturday, May 10th from 10am to 5pm. Gault Elementary School, 1320 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. Facebook: "Mother's Day Weekend Art & Gift Show".
Employment Services JOB & CAREER Transition Coach! John Axel Hansen, MA, JCTC! ARE you a vet who needs career coaching? WHY not call John, a VET like you. At 831-476-4078? Or visit him online careers@havealife.com. Welcome Home! WILD ROSE NESTLED above Pleasant Way in Boulder Creek, this 18+ acre wooded parcel is both close to town and private. Surrounded by towering Redwoods and majestic Oaks, a 24x20 shed sits perched on a sunny clearing. Paved road access, power at the lot line and possible water from private water company. Owner financing available. Offered at $249,000. Call Debbie at 408.395.5754 or visit www.donnerland.com
Help Wanted !!ATTENTION!! Any advertisement requiring you to send money or call long-distance phone numbers should be researched thoroughly.
Business Opportunity Beach Retail For Sale! Historic Grocery/Deli for sale: $259,000 w/full liquor license. Real estate including upstairs 1BR ocean view apartment for sale for an additional $771,000. Datta, Broker (831)818-0181 or Henry, REALTOR (831) 535-2286
Established Paper and Janitorial Sales and Distribution Company Turn key Profitable turnkey business with over 700 active accounts, generating annual sales in excess of $2 Million. A solid value for $1.2 Million. Datta, Broker 831-818-0181 ESTABLISHED TAXI SERVICE Fleet of 7 cars, licensed operation in multiple municipalities with preferred and exclusive status with of the many prominent establishments in the area. Listed for $125,000, Datta, Broker 831-818-0181 Popular Soquel Village Restaurant Space Combined 3247 SF facility with hood, grease trap, 125 seat capacity, and recently expired beer & wine license in 2 legal suites of 1300 SF and 1747 SF. Available for $1.75/NN plus $30K Facility buy-in cost. Datta, Broker 831-818-0181
MUSICIANS NETWORK Music Instruction GUITAR LESSONS IN YOUR HOME Learn guitar from a Musicians Institute graduate with more than 25 years of playing experience. I specialize in rock, blues, classical, metal, folk, country and many other styles. My lessons are tailored to your specific needs and goals, whether your focus is theory, note reading, improvisation, technique, ear training or just learning your favorite songs. Have fun while becoming the musician you've always wanted to be! Beginners are welcome. Email me at damonorion@yahoo.com mailto:damonorion@yahoo.com or call Damon at (831) 469-3110.
MIND BODY & SOUL Body Work ROLFING, Practiced with Care. Experience greater freedom of movement at any age with any physical abilities. Kids always 1/2 price. Over 20 years bodywork exp. Jan Labate, Adv. Rolfer 831-476-9505 Gift Certificates Available.
Counseling CAREER CONSULTANT, David Thiermann, Career Services: Self Assessment, Exploring Career Options, Determining Your Focus, Marketing Yourself, Ongoing Career Management, Since 1987, No Charge for Initial Consultation. guru@cruzio.com 831-427-2677 or 1-800-682-8859. www.santacruzuniversity.com COUNSELING FOR ALL. Shine a Light Counseling Center offers 75 affordable counseling for individu- MAY als, couples, and families. Fees 01 _ are based on a sliding scale. Call MAY for info at 246-0069. www.shi07 nealightcounseling.com
20 14
HAVE A LIFE YOUR WAY! John Axel Hansen, M.A., JCTC Career Counselor, Certified Job and Career Transition Coach! Why not call John today at 831-476-4078. or visit him online, www.havealife.com.
gtweekly.com
Disclaimer
P L A C E Y O U R L E G A L A D H E R E . 4 5 8 . 1 1 0 0
A ASTROLOGY RISA’S STARS ★ ★ ★ Esoteric Astrology Bright & Shining Fire Esoteric Astrology as News for the week of May 1–7, 2014 For Sun and Rising Signs ing. There was a Maypole (tree or oday is May Day, an ancient bush decorated with flowers, ribSpring festival. May Day, always bons, shells, garlands, summoning under the sustaining light of the blessings of the tree-spirit) to Taurus, is the Celtic (Gaelic) festival of dance around. And a young woman Beltane, a Sun festival. May Day is also was chosen to be May Queen, crownInternational Worker’s Day and a cross ing Mary with wreaths of flowers. quarter day—halfway between spring Beltane was also a fire festival. and summer. Bonfires on mountains and hills were Within our microcosm, there are kindled, the smoke and wood ash immeasurable cycles within cycles. thought to have protective powers, These cyclic series, composing our especially for crops. Rituals included universe, are centered around the lifevisiting “holy wells” (drawing the first cycle of the Sun. Beltane, in premorning waters), walking “sun-wise” Christian times, was celebrated as a by Risa D’Angeles (east to west), rolling in morning dew. fertility festival following the waxing Morning waters were thought to contain special potencies powers of the Sun. It was also the festival of Flora, the from the Sun. Roman goddess of flowers. Beltane is a Celtic word signifying “bright and shining As Beltane marked summer’s beginning, cattle were fire from the Sun.” These festivals continue today. A next driven to summer pastures (this still occurs), doorways major (esoteric) Spring festival is Wesak, the and windows were strewn with yellow May flowers (primBuddha/Taurus solar festival (at the full moon). The New rose, rowan, hawthorn, gorse, hazel, marigold, nasturGroup of World Servers is preparing for the Buddha’s tiums, etc), ribbons and crosses. Flowers were also yearly visit. It occurs Wednesday, May 14, in two weeks. placed around cows for better milking and butter-mak-
T
|
ARIES Mar21–Apr20 Although considered rather unpredictable, you also have traditional, stable, responsible and detailed aspects and these help you maneuver the outer world. Few, except astrologers, may know this about Aries. Those qualities are being internally recognized so you can recognize your value and worth. You know it’s not how much money you have. It’s more about perseverance, reliability and being steadfast in adversity and challenges.
TAURUS Apr21–May21 Patience and deliberateness help you assess anything new, thinking everything through with step-by-step care. You’re also visionary, continually developing an illumined mind, influenced by the Pleiades, Aldebaran and Alcyone (stars in the Pleiades) to bring forth the wisdom of the Buddha. When faced with a monetary situation you instinctively choose the right path. These are your gifts. Recognize them with gratitude.
GEMINI May 22–June 20 It’s most important that your work in the world aligns with your sense of values. Gemini is a complex, dual sign. You have a fluid mind. Much information must be filtered through your emotions. Therefore that field (astral, emotional) must be clear, pure, no judgments or opinions. This must be developed. You’re the sign of hidden treasures. Security for you isn’t wealth. It’s who and what you love.
CANCER Jun21–Jul20 78 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
There’s a challenge now for you to emerge from under your Cancer shell, have a sense of adventure, step beyond comfort and focus upon things more cultural. What would that be for you? Build your greater sense of love, heart to heart, with others. It will expand self-expression and creativity, what you really seek. Then you must also have a sense of fun. What is fun for you?
|
LE0 Jul21–Aug22 Most Leos are charming. Some are hidden. But all are magnetic—an important quality to understand because it attracts others to you. When aware of this you’re either kind and compassionate or you misuse your power if your power doesn’t include Love. What are people seeking when encountering you? Light, intelligence, playfulness, vitality, discipline, direction and the willingness to Love. Do you have (and understand) these qualities?
VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 While you display order, discipline and lists of new ideas, you must add diplomacy. All Virgos are also learning tact, refinement, and how to relate with ease, compassion, right timing and Right Relations. It’s good to know these are deliberate seeds planted within all Virgos leading later to the art of cooperation and conciliation through negotiation. You’re learning the arts of Libra.
LIBRA Sep23–Oct22 Your smile invites others to talk about themselves, share joys and sorrows, be friends with you. Libra when directed by the Soul brings Right Relations, fairness, justice, openness and kindness to all interactions. Visualize yourself stepping into the Soul’s light. The results will strengthen all resources and the ability to be more loving, which attracts more love and resources to you.
SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 As your life ceaselessly challenges you to transform and regenerate, you also ask (quietly demand) this of others. Because your life has such intensity, you must schedule consistent times for rest and retreat— times to gather strength, rediscover inner meaning and purpose. That time is now. Vision is here, too. Only a few know that as you die each day to the past, you’re also a visionary.
SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 Although you usually view life with optimism and a broad hopeful vision and because you’re an imaginative thinker who sees signs and reads oracles in every situation, you also have a sense of being duty bound, responsible, traditional and conservative. This hides behind constant enthusiasm. Therefore, working under rules and regulations, you have a very serious side. Value this, as it’s your discipline and your wisdom.
CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 You exhibit great control, discipline, structure and reserve, often playing the role of the eldest child or wise parent. Traditions, following or creating them, are therefore most important. But there’s another valuable part to you—being progressive and inventive. Aware of the future, you’re quite different than most. Often people can’t quite figure out who you are with your abilities to change quickly and to offer everyone freedom to be (you and me).
AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 It’s important to acknowledge that, ruled by Uranus, you’re different than most. Why? Aquarius streams through Uranus, which is tipped on its side, its atmosphere arranged in layers of clouds, its magnetic-tail twisted into a long corkscrew, the source of its magnetic field unknown. Uranus is blue/green, has a moon, many rings and satellites, seventh planet from the Sun and third largest planet in the solar system.
PISCES Feb19–Mar20 The two signs most misunderstood are Scorpio and Pisces. Often the fish is seen as wandering about, too idealistic and sensitive. Pisces can seem lost, dreamy and confused. But there’s more to Pisces. They’re brave and courageous when someone’s in danger. They’re seers, rewarding others for their innate gifts, which other signs cannot see. Pisces must always take action. It brings forth freedom.
79 MAY
01 _
MAY
gtweekly.com
07 20 14
Where the locals shop since 1938.
VOTED BEST GROCERY STORE BEST BUTCHER SHOP BEST WINE SELECTION
cSpecials Check List Family owned & operated 76 years.
For more weekly specials visit www.shopperscorner.com Local Bakeries • Fresh Daily
I I I I I
GAYLE’S WHOLE GRAIN/ 5.09 KELLY’S SOUR LOAF, 24 oz/ 3.29 BECKMANN’S WHOLE WHEAT SOUR ROUND, 24 oz/ 3.69 SUMANO’S SEEDED SWEET LOAF, 24 oz/ 3.59 GOLDEN SHEAF CIABATTA, 16 oz/ 2.99
Tortillas & Cornchips
Butcher Shop: All Natural USDA Choice Beef & Lamb only, Corn-Fed Midwest Pork, Rocky Free Range Chickens, Air Chilled Mary’s Chicken, Wild-Caught Seafood, Boar’s Head Brand, Saags Sausages I I I I I I I I I
CARNE ASADA, U.S.D.A. Choice, All Natural / 5.98 Lb PORK CHOPS, Center-Cut/ 3.98 Lb BLACK PEPPER PORK CHOPS, Boneless/ 3.98 Lb SANTA MARIA PORK CHOPS, Boneless/ 3.98 Lb BLOODY MARY PORK CHOPS, Boneless/ 3.98 Lb TERIYAKI CHICKEN BREAST, Boneless/ 3.98 Lb FRESH TILAPIA FILLETS/ 9.98 Lb SALMON LOX TRIMMINGS/ 8.98 Lb BAY SHRIMP MEAT, Fully Cooked/ 11.98 Lb
I I I I I
SANTITAS, White & Yellow 11 oz/ 2.00 NATIVE, “Artisian - Crafted” 9 oz/ 2.99 TRACES OF LIFE CASEROS, “Gluten Free” 14 oz/ 3.49 CASA CHICAS, “100% Natural” 14 KELLY’S SOUR LOAF, 24 oz/ 3.29
Cheese • Best Gourmet Selection in Santa Cruz
I WISCONSIN SHARP CHEDDAR, “RBST Free” 1/3 Lb Cuts/
3.99 Lb, Average Cuts/ 4.29 Lb I COCONUT CREAM GOUDA, “Try our Samples”/ 8.99 Lb I SAINT ANGEL BRIE, “Try our Samples”/ 9.69 Lb I LE ROULE GARLIC & HERB, “French Import”/ 10.69 Lb
Fresh Salsa & Guacamole
I I I I I
TERESA’S SALSA, ‚“Totally Fresh” 8 oz/16 oz/ 2.49/4.29 HAPPY JACKLE, “Organic Salsa” 14 oz/ 4.29 MRS. A’S FAMOUS SALSA BUENA, 12 oz/ 4.49 CASA CHICAS GUACAMOLE, Mild 12 oz/ 4.49 ROBERTOS GUACAMOLE, Mild, “All Natural” 13.5 oz/ 5.99
Hispanic Foods
Produce: California-Fresh, Blemish-Free, 30% Local /
I I I I
EMBASA JALAPENOS, Whole & Sliced 12 oz/ 1.69 LAS PALMAS ENCHILADA SAUCE, Red & Green 28 oz/ 3.39 ORTEGA, Fire Roasted: CHILES, Whole & Diced 7 oz/ 2.29 EMBASA CHIPOTLE PEPPERS, 12 oz/ 3.69
I I I I
ROSARITA REFRIED, All Kinds 16 oz/ 1.89 AMY’S REFRIED, “Organic” All Kinds 15.4 oz/ 2.49 GOYA BLACK BEANS, Prime Premium‚ 15.5 oz/ 1.39 WESTBRAE, “Organic” Black Beans 15 oz/ 1.99
Organic Arrow Citrus Co., Coast Produce, Happy Boy Farms, Canned Beans Route 1 Farms I BEARITOS REFRIED, “Organic” All Kinds 16 oz/ 1.99
I I I I I I I I I
AVOCADOS, Ripe and Ready to Eat/ 1.39 Ea CLUSTER TOMATOES, Fresh on the Vine/ 1.99 Lb STRAWBERRIES, Locally Grown/ 1.69 BSKT BANANAS, Premium Quality/ .89 Lb GREEN BEANS, Fresh and Tender/ 1.99 Lb BROCCOLI CROWNS, Delivered Fresh Daily/ 1.49 Lb WHITE LARGE MUSHROOMS, Premium Quality/ 2.49 Lb Navel Oranges, Large Size and Seedless/ 1.09 Lb PINEAPPLE, Sweet and Juicy/ 1.09 Lb
SHOPPER SPOTLIGHTS
Hot Sauce
I I I I I
PICO PICA, “Real Mexican Style‚” 7 oz/ 1.99 GARLIC SURVIVAL CO., Tomatillo Sauce 12 oz/ 5.79 LA VICTORIA TACO SAUCE, Red & Cream‚“Since 1917,” 8 oz/ 2.19 CHOLULA, “Imported from Mexico,” 5 oz/ 3.29 MARIE SHARP HABANERO, All Kinds 5 oz/ 4.99
Beer/Wine/Spirits: Select Releases:
Caymus, Stags Leap, Duck Horn, Chalone, Ridge, Beauregard, Sea Smoke, Montelena, Rosenblum, Frogs Leap, Silver Oak, Rombauer, Heitz, Pisoni, Roar, Mount Eden
Cervezas
I DOS EQUIS, Amber & Lager 12 oz, 6 Pack/ 7.49 + CRV I CORONA, Extra & Light 12 oz, 6 Pack/ 7.99 + CRV I PACIFICO, Clara 12 oz, 6 Pack/ 6.99 + CRV I MODELO, Especial & Negra 12 oz, 6 Pack/ 7.99 + CRV I TECATE, 12 oz Cans, 12 Pack/ 9.99 + CRV
Tequilla
I EL JIMADOR, “Hand Harvested, 100% Blue Agave”/ 16.99 I HORNITOS, Reposado/ 14.99 I MILAGRO, Silver/ 19.99 I CAZADORES, Reposado/ 25.99 I PATRON, Silver & Reposado/ 39.99 I MAESTRO DOBEL, Clear Reposado (Reg. 42.99)/ 29.99 I CENTENARIO, Anejo/ 29.99 I TRES GENERATIONS, Anejo/ 34.99 I CHAMUCOS, Reposad/ 47.99 I DON JULIO, Anejo/ 49.99 I FORTALEZA, Anejo/ 83.99 I CLASE AZUL, Reposado/ 89.99 I DON JULIO 1942, Anejo/ 119.99
Best Buy Reds
I 2010 GUARDIAN PEAK MERLOT, (Reg. 16.99)/ 8.99 I 2010 CASA LAPOSTOLLE CARMENERE (Reg. 13.99)/ 7.99 I 2012 CUSUMANO NERO D’AVOLA (Reg. 15.99)/ 9.99 I 2012 LOST ANGWL PINOT NOIR (Reg. 14.99)/ 8.99 I 2012 SOQUEL TRINITY ROSSO (Reg. 16.99)/ 12.99
Connoisseurs Corner- Great Values Pinots I 2012 SEBASTIANI, Sonoma Coast/ 17.99 I 2012 SCHUG, Sonoma Coast/ 19.99 I 2012 ARMITAGE, Santa Cruz Mountains/ 23.99 I 2011 BYRON, Santa Maria Valley/ 23.99 I 2008 SILVERTIP, Santa Cruz Mountains/ 35.99
1938
PEG GUERRIERI, 34-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Retired educator
OUR 76 TH YEAR
Hobbies: walking the dog, gardening, entertaining/cooking, socializing, big SF Giants’ fan Astrological Sign: Aquarius
MATT GUERRIERI, 34-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Retired ‘business guy’ Hobbies: walking the dog, active volunteering, gardening, cooking, big SF Giants’ fan Astrological Sign: Aries As longtime customers, what would you say to new residents about Shoppers? PEG: “Go to Shopper’s — it’s your best choice! It has the best variety, the friendliest people, and it’s close by to everything.” MATT: “We shop here because Shopper’s is the best market in town, flat-out! The prices are good and the quality is great. It’s the only real butcher shop in town; you can speak with the butchers and tell them how you would like your meat cut. The fish is as good as what could I get from the wharf.” PEG: “I’m Italian by marriage, and we love to cook Italian dishes. We also like to experiment by making up our own recipes. We can get everything we need here.”
Such as? MATT: “We use a lot of Asian ingredients, other ethnic products too. Shopper’s is the only store in town that carries white miso paste and certain products we cannot get elsewhere.” PEG: “We like to eat well — fresh foods — and appreciate Shopper’s many local products such as Kelly’s and Gayle’s breads, Glaum eggs, Gizdich pies, and the ice cream bars from Donnelly Chocolates — they’re outrageous! MATT: “Shopper’s carries the best selections of local wines; it’s the only place I know of where I can get wines from Burrell School Vineyard. Shopper’s is a special market.”
How so? MATT: “It’s a very friendly environment and the people in every department are always willing to help you out.” PEG: “I love talking Giants’ baseball with the butchers. This is a fun place where you can meet and run into your neighbors and friends — possibly your future spouse as I did. The first time I had seen Matt, he was in my front yard checking out a property for sale next door. We did not exchange names or numbers. Coincidently, six weeks later we were in Shopper’s ice cream department at the same time. Our eyes locked, ‘Hey I know you.’ So here we are, 28 years later.”
“We shop here because Shopper’s is the best market in town, flat-out! The prices are good and the quality is great.” Corner: Soquel & Branciforte Avenues | 7 Days: 6am-9pm | Meat: 423-1696 | Produce: 429-1499 | Grocery: 423-1398 | Wine: 429-1804
Superb Products of Value: Local, Natural, Gourmet I Neighborhood Service for 76 Years