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EDITOR’S EDITOR R’S NOTE Probably my Probably my favorite interview interview I’ve ever done was with the lead singer singer of Tap. Spinal T aap. Now, Now, Spinal Tap, Tap, of course, cour se, does not really really exist, being the fictional ficti i ional band dreamed dreamed up for the heavy heavy metal mockumentary mockumentary This is Spinal Tap—one Ta ap—one of the most quotable movies mov vies of all time. So, more more accurately, accurra ately, I was w interviewing interviewing actor Michael McKean McK Keeaan in character character as Spinal Tap’s Tap’s lead singer, sin nger, David David St. St. Hubbins. Hubbins. The was DVD, Th movie i wa as coming i outt on D V VD VD, and in honor of o that I asked him some ludicr ludicrous DVD ou us questions about D V VD technology, technology, such su uch as whether the band had tried rrecording backward eco ording backwar d Satanic messages messages on them. t I hadn’t sent him the questionss in advance, so ther there’s e’s no way wa ay he could cou uld have prepared prepared for them. But the e stuff he was coming up with was so s funny funny it could have been in the movie itself. I had been m told he would d respond respond only to “David,” “David David,” not “Michael,” “Michael,” for the course course of the
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What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done to celebrate the holidays? BY MATTHEW COLE SCOTT
I went up to a Santa and asked what he wanted for Christmas, and it turned out that he was a hired homeless man. It was really crazy, but really rewarding in the end. HANI ESENGIO
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I did a scavenger hunt for my fully grown-up sisters, and they acted like children. It was adorable. DEVONNE JOHNSON SANTA CRUZ | COACH
We just took off and went to Argentina for 12 days a few years ago. THERESA MIGLER
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Even if you are not formally enrolled in a course of study or a training program, you are nevertheless being schooled. Maybe you're not fully conscious of what you have been learning. Maybe your teachers are disguised or unwitting. But I assure you that the universe has been dropping some intense new knowledge on you. The coming week will be an excellent time to become more conscious of the lessons you have been absorbing. If you have intuitions about where this educational drama should go next, be proactive about making that happen.
TAURUS Apr20â&#x20AC;&#x201C;May20 Whenever I lost one of my baby teeth as a kid, I put it under my pillow before I went to sleep. During the night, the Tooth Fairy sneaked into my room to snatch the tooth, and in its place left me 25 cents. The same crazy thing happened to every kid I knew, although for unknown reasons my friend John always got five dollars for each of his teethâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;far more than the rest of us. I see a metaphorically comparable development in your life, Taurus. It probably won't involve teeth or a visit from the Tooth Fairy. Rather, you will finally be compensated for a loss or deprivation or disappearance that you experienced in the past. I expect the restitution will be generous, tooâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;more like John's than mine.
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SAGITTARIUS Nov22â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Dec21 Harper Lee was born and raised in Alabama. At the age of 23, she relocated to New York City with hopes of becoming a writer. It was a struggle. To support herself, she worked as a ticket agent for airline companies. Finding the time to develop her craft was difficult. Seven years went by. Then one Christmas, two friends gave her a remarkable gift: enough money to quit her job and work on her writing for a year. During that grace period, Lee created the basics for a book that won her a Pulitzer Prize: To Kill a Mockingbird. I don't foresee anything quite as dramatic for you in the coming months, Sagittarius. But I do suspect you will receive unexpected help that provides you with the slack and spaciousness you need to lay the foundations for a future creation.
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No other structure on the planet is longer than the Great Wall of China, which stretches 3,945 miles. It's not actually one unbroken span, though. Some sections aren't connected, and there are redundant branches that are roughly parallel to the main structure. It reminds me of your own personal Great Wall, which is monumental yet permeable, strong in some ways but weak in others, daunting to the casual observer but less so to those who take the time to study it. Now is an excellent time to take inventory of that wall of yours. Is it serving you well? Is it keeping out the influences you don't want but allowing in the influences you do want? Could it use some renovation? Are you willing to reimagine what its purpose is and how you want it to work for you in the future?
In the ancient Greek epic poem the Odyssey, Odysseus's wife Penelope describes two kinds of dreams. "Those that that pass through the gate of ivory," she says, are deceptive. But dreams that "come forth through the gate of polished horn" tell the truth. Another ancient text echoes these ideas. In his poem â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Aeneid,â&#x20AC;? Virgil says that "true visions" arrive here from the land of dreams through the gate of horn, whereas "deluding lies" cross over through the gate of ivory. Judging from the current astrological omens, Capricorn, I expect you will have interesting and intense dreams flowing through both the gate of ivory and the gate of horn. Will you be able to tell the difference? Trust love.
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The Arctic Monkeys are British rockers who have produced five studio albums, which together have sold almost five million copies. Rolling Stone magazine called their first album, released in 2003, the 30th greatest debut of all time. Yet when they first formed in 2002, none of them could play a musical instrument. I see the current era of your life, Leo, as having a similar potential. How might you start from scratch to create something great?
Your chances of going viral are better than usual. It's a perfect moment to upload a YouTube video of yourself wearing a crown of black roses and a V for Vendetta mask as you ride a unicycle inside a church and sing an uptempo parody version of "O Come All Ye Faithful." It's also a favorable time for you to create a buzz for you and your pet causes through less spectacular measures. Promote yourself imaginatively.
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Alan Turing (1912-1954) was a British mathematician and pioneering computer scientist. After World War II broke out, he got worried that the German army might invade and occupy England, as it had done to France. To protect his financial assets, he converted everything he owned into bars of silver, then buried them underground in the countryside north of London. When the war ended, he decided it was safe to dig up his fortune. Unfortunately, he couldn't recall where he had put it, and never did find it. Let's draw a lesson from his experience, Virgo. It's fine if you want to stash a treasure or protect a secret or safeguard a resource. That's probably a sensible thing to do right now. But make sure you remember every detail about why and how you're doing it.
At age 80, author Joan Didion has published five novels, 10 works of nonfiction, and five screenplays. When she was 27, she wrote, "I have already lost touch with a couple of people I used to be." That wasn't a good thing, she added: "We are well-advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends." I recommend her counsel to you in the coming months, Pisces. Get reacquainted with the old selves you have outgrown and abandoned.
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RE: LOCAL TALK [In the answers to] “What charities would you like to see people support this season?,” I see value and thoughtfulness in all the comments, but was particularly intrigued by the comment from the Santa Cruz student. Something seems to be missing in our lives, and even if we are wellfed and healthy, happiness and satisfaction often do not follow.
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NEWS CUFFS OFF Resentencing to begin for some of the state’s non-violent offenders BY MAT WEIR
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he 20th annual Community Assessment Project (CAP) report was released on Monday, Nov. 24, offering insight into the county’s social and economic trends over the past year. The organization behind the report hopes it will inspire local groups and individuals alike to enact change. “We hope that the Community Assessment Project, in its acknowledgment of the actions of the community of heroes, of the disparities, and by setting the community goals, becomes a way for people to get involved, and to celebrate the good things, and keep their eye on the things that aren’t working,” says Susan Brutschy,
president of Applied Survey Research (ASR). ASR, a nonprofit social-research firm based in Watsonville, collects and aggregates the data in the CAP report. The group works in conjunction with United Way of Santa Cruz County, Dominican Hospital, and other organizations to give the public a snapshot of life in Santa Cruz County using six categories—from the social environment to the natural.
HOUSING WOES In two years, the cost of housing in the county has increased dramatically. The median sale price for homes in the Santa CruzWatsonville Metro area was $535,000 in 2014, up from $376,000 in 2012.
Renters haven’t fared much better. The number of affordable housing units available to medianincome families in the Santa Cruz-Watsonville area decreased to 21 percent in 2014, from about 54 percent in 2012. For reference, the average percentage of homes affordable to median-income families in the United States is 65.5 percent. The Department of Housing and Urban Development recommends people do not spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing, and calculates affordability based on that criteria. The average rent for two bedrooms was $1,750 per month in 2014.
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Daniel “Nane” Alejandrez, founder of local nonprofit Barrios Unidos, hopes a new state measure will help nonviolent offenders across California—some of whom he has known personally—leave incarceration and get on with their lives. “Whether it’s 10 or thousands, we scratched at the surface,” says Alejandrez, a Vietnam veteran and activist of 30 years. Proposition 47 reduces the severity of certain crimes, and will allow many convicts to have their sentences reduced. Also called the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, the measure passed with 59 percent voter support at the polls on Nov. 5. It reduces sentence time for many crimes involving drug possession, forgery, fraud, shoplifting, and theft—from felonies to misdemeanors. But many police officials wonder how the measure will affect low-level crime. “The idea behind this is not to have overcrowded prisons, and to allow people to seek rehabilitation,” says Scotts Valley Police Chief John Weiss. “Our only concern is it’s such a departure from the way it was in the past. There are many violations that have been moved from a felony to a misdemeanor. What will this mean in terms of criminality? Are we going to see more crimes, now that the penalties are less?” Local law enforcement officials from the cities of Santa Cruz, Capitola, and Watsonville have expressed concerns in the past month about the impact of Proposition 47—concern, for example, that the possession of a stolen handgun valued at less than $950 will no longer be considered a felony. Statewide, reception from public officials has been mixed. Over the hill, for instance, Proposition 47 garnered opposition from the San Jose City Council, while Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen endorsed it. To some extent, Proposition 47 was actually developed from a law enforcement perspective. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón drafted it with Bill Lansdowne, a retired San Diego police chief, in an attempt to prioritize violent crimes over nonviolent ones. Jeffrey Callison, press secretary for the California Department of Corrections >16
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NEWS REPORT CARD <13 SEEKING SAFETY The overall crime rates in the county are down from 34.3 reported crimes per 1,000 residents in 2013 to 37.7 in 2011. The city of Watsonville experienced the largest drop in crime, with a decrease of 24 percent since 2007. The total number of crimes reported in Watsonville decreased 42 percent from 2007 to 2013. The city of Santa Cruz also experienced a sharp decrease in crime rates. In 2011, the crime rate for Santa Cruz was 92 crimes per 1,000 residents. That dropped to 57 in 2013. Despite the fact that crime rates are down, the percentage of CAP survey respondents who felt “very concerned” about crime in Santa Cruz County increased from 36 percent in 2011 to 47 percent in 2013. Crimes reported among the younger generation also declined substantially. Juvenile arrests in the county dropped from a total of 1,722
in 2007 to 686 in 2013—a decrease of 60 percent. The total number of juvenile drug arrests decreased from 277 in 2008 to 58 in 2013.
HIGHS AND LOWS The consumption of alcohol and drugs has also gone down in county youths. Since 2008, self-reported marijuana consumption by 11th grade students declined from 30 percent in 2008/2009 to 26 percent in 2012/2014, and alcohol consumption dropped from 41 percent in the 2008/2009 school year to 34 percent in 2012/2014. An overall average of 16 percent of respondents surveyed felt that it was acceptable to give a minor alcohol in the home, which leads to another disparity between whites and Latinos in the county. Of the white respondents, 20 percent felt that it was acceptable to provide alcohol to a minor in the home, while only 5 percent of Latinos felt that it was acceptable. Concerning marijuana use, 60 percent of white survey respondents felt that it was acceptable
to consume marijuana for recreational use, and only 21 percent of Latinos felt the same.
GROWING PAINS The economy of Santa Cruz County has been steadily improving since the recession. The county’s unemployment rate has decreased from its height of 13 percent in 2010 to 7 percent in June 2014. Job growth is on the rise from a low in 2010 of 94,800 jobs in the county to 101,500 in 2013. Per capita personal income and median family income also increased from 2010, with the average family income at $82,904. Of those surveyed in 2013, one third of respondents stated that they were better off financially in 2013 than in 2012 overall, but there was a high disparity between the answers given by white and Latino respondents. Of the white respondents, about 36 percent stated they were better off in 2013 than the previous year, but only 25 percent of Latino respondents felt they were better off >18
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the equator to start celebrating a full-blown El Niño. Also, a new study shows California’s drought might be worst than just about anyone could have imagined. Based on tree-ring data, this might be the region’s worst drought in 1,200 years, according to a Dec. 5 report from the University of Minnesota and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Cross remains hopeful, though it is unclear what will happen. “Unfortunately, there’s no crystal ball to tell us what the weather will do in the next few months,” Cross writes. “In 2012, you may remember, it rained most of December, then barely rained again. So at the water department, we’re planning for the worst and hoping for the best.” BRENDAN D. BANE
GUARD CHANGING There will be shifts in Watsonville government’s leadership. Carlos Palacios, Watsonville city manager of 18 years, has announced he will take a job as deputy county administrative officer in CAO Susan Mauriello’s office. After a national search, county staff said that Palacios, who has a master’s degree from Princeton University, was the strongest out of 64 applicants. In the South County, the change will prompt a search for Palacios’ replacement. And now that the final election results are in, it’s official that City Council candidates Jimmy Dutra and Rebecca Garcia have unseated incumbents Eduardo Montesino and Daniel Dodge, respectively. They were sworn in this past week. JACOB PIERCE
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The San Lorenzo River is flowing, and awnings dripped rainwater onto Pacific Avenue last week. While 55 percent of California is in exceptional drought, last week’s long-overdue showers were a welcome relief. Nearly every portion of the state is in some degree of water deprivation. So, did the recent rains quelch the drought? Not exactly. Experts, both local and statewide, say we still have a way to go before we can declare ourselves free from drought. “We are getting a lot of water in our watershed,” Santa Cruz Water Department spokesperson Eileen Cross writes via email, “and we still have a very long way to go to be ‘out of drought.’” But it’s a start. The watershed that drains the many waterways of the Santa Cruz Mountains has gained 12 inches from the recent rains. It
will need another 4 feet to reach drought-free status. Experts do predict abovenormal precipitation throughout December, according to meteorologist Richard Tinker’s recent post in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Seasonal Drought Outlook. Good news, of course. Still, Tinker warns, “Most areas of extreme-to-exceptional drought likely will still be in the grip of a serious drought as winter ends, despite any improvement.” El Niño weather conditions could deliver some relief—the International Research Institute for Climate and Society and NOAA announced an El Niño watch in March last spring. Though they’ve observed most of the criteria needed to reach El Niño status, we still need increased rainfall over the central Pacific and weakened winds along
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and Rehabilitation (CDCR), says the basic framework of resentencing should prevent an onslaught of criminals who aren’t yet ready for the streets. “Inmates are eligible to petition the court for resentencing,” Callison explains. “It is up to the inmate to petition the court for a request for resentencing, and then it is up to the court whether or not to see the case.” Callison says there are approximately 5,350 people within the CDCR who could potentially be eligible for resentencing through Proposition 47—150 of whom are locked up in Santa Cruz County Jail. If an individual has prior convictions of a violent or sexual nature, that person is denied eligibility for resentencing. Marijuana was left untouched by Proposition 47, and cultivating the plant remains a felony. “It’s much like the prison realignment of 2011,” says Santa Cruz County Sheriff-elect Jim Hart. “We’re trying to get the lower-level
offenders out of the prison system.” But unlike realignment, Proposition 47—which took effect immediately—is retroactive. That might mean easier access to jobs for millions upon release. “I think there will be a lot going on in the courts behind Prop 47,” Hart says. “There could be a huge backlog.” Although some inmates have been released under Proposition 47 already, none have been released locally so far. The California Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan group, estimates 40,000 convictions will be affected annually by Proposition 47, resulting in some inmates moving from state to county prisons, reducing the overcrowded state prison rate, and potentially saving taxpayers anywhere from $100 to $300 million yearly. That money saved will go back into California schools, along with mental health programs, rehabilitation for drug users, and programs to integrate inmates and previously incarcerated individuals back
into society. Such programs have not yet been created. When it comes to the future of those services, even some local prison reformers are only cautiously optimistic. Tash Nguyen of the local prison abolitionist group Sin Barras will be watching closely to see how the programs pan out. “The thing that stands out for us,” Nguyen says, “is that 65 percent of this money will go to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), which was created out of realignment. This group, which is currently dominated by law enforcement, is responsible for doling out grants to public agencies for mental health, and is the same group responsible for jail expansions.” The BSCC will meet for the first time concerning its responsibilities under Proposition 47 in February 2015. Local attorney John W. Thornton says the board will need to prioritize drug treatment. “In order for 47 to work, there needs to be funding for drug programs,” Thornton says. With 15 years of private practice following
seven years as a local public defender, Thornton remains optimistic that the new law is a step in the right direction. “We’ve had some wonderful success stories with people who’ve gone into programs, funded by the government, and have done remarkably well,” he says. “Our criminal courts have been overcrowded for years. It would be nice to spend some time on real crimes.” Alejandrez of Barrios Unidos also wants to be optimistic about Proposition 47. But he says that in order for it to be a success, there will need to be buy-in throughout the community, not just in the courtroom. “How the communities respond to the individuals will make a big difference,” Alejandrez says. “[The released] also have to take responsibility to make this work. If law enforcement carries this out [exclusively], then it probably won’t work. I think it needs to be more community-based: more treatment, more jobs, more housing and more spiritual work to help transition these people back into the community.”
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For the respondents who felt that they were worse off financially in 2013 than in 2012, the main overall reason given was the high cost of living in the county. Latino respondents cited less income as the reason they felt worse off, but the economic differences between the two populations don’t end there. Although the overall unemployment rates are down in the county, among the Latino respondents surveyed, 15.7 percent were unemployed in 2013 compared with the 6 percent of white respondents. Of those surveyed, 67 percent of Latino respondents claimed to spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing costs compared to the approximately 41 percent of whites, which parallels the figures regarding self-sufficiency income standards. A self-sufficiency income standard for California is the amount of money a household requires to meet basic needs without requiring public assistance, and varies by region. Currently, the hourly self-sufficiency wage in Santa Cruz County is just above $14 an hour. Among the Latino survey respondents, 63 percent of households did not meet the self-sufficiency income standards compared to about 26 percent of white respondents. Lifestyle discrepancies transcend simple economics too. Fifteen percent of Latino CAP survey respondents reported feeling so sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities, compared to 10 percent of white respondents. Half of Latino respondents reported being “very satisfied” with their quality of life, compared with 72 percent of whites. The report does give cause for optimism—giving out community hero awards to 18 hard-working county denizens, many of them in healthcare, education and various charities. The winners, from groups like GOKIDS and Dientes, helped the county reach various goals in areas like economic growth. To view the report, visit www. appliedsurveyresearch.org.
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You began your show business career with ham and cheese, and a fateful encounter with a piano. Can you tell me a bit about that? That’s when I first realized that I had musical talents, when that piano fell on me. It wasn’t long before I met the other Kinsey Sicks—they were passing through the hospital and singing to all the people to make them feel better, and I just started singing with them from my hospital bed. They said, “Hey, you should join our group,” and I said, “Well, can I recover first?” I’m still taking the painkillers for the leg. It was probably about 20 years ago. The girls let me take them because they keep me calm during the show. Your bio on the Kinsey Sicks website says you may or may not have a bastard child conceived in Cancun? If its mine, that’s some good exposure because I’ve always wanted to be on Maury. He’s the one that says “You are the father, you are the mother of this child!” He’s kind of like Santa Claus, but he brings all the babies instead of toys. Would you be happy if Maury called and said you had a baby somewhere? Babies make for good props.
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What’s your role in the Kinsey Sicks? I am a singer, and I also get to iron the dresses. That’s really the only thing that the girls feel comfortable with me doing. They feel that it’s the safest, least risky thing for me to do, which is surprising because there’s a lot of heat involved. There was this one time that I was entrusted with the sound equipment, and then I forgot to bring it.
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What’s your earliest memory? I remember doctors, nurses, bright light, swaddling blankets. Wait … they’re wrinkled. Does no one in this damn hospital own an iron? Being abandoned at an Amway Convention as a young child must’ve been truly scarring, how did that affect you? It left me with a life-long irrational fear of Christian-oriented multi-level marketing. So the radical lesbian Tupperware ladies took you in as their own after finding you at the convention. Was that difficult in the beginning, adjusting to all those leftovers? Pish tosh. It was a growthful experience. I now know a thousand ways to prepare and store millet. Did the Tupperware affect you later in life? It made me appreciate things that are airtight and watertight. In fact, “tight” has become one of my greatest personal values. You worked as a governess when you were young, what were some of your favorite experiences? I have no favorite experiences as a governess. Being a governess requires seriousness and focus. Appreciation is merely a distraction. I would say that the worst part of being a governess is that they expect you to spend time with children.
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as I watch her demo a plump “tiger print” bead. Building glass beads is all about temperature, twisting and twirling, and of course, having a trained aesthetic eye doesn’t hurt one bit. “The glass teaches you,” she says. She doesn’t stockpile beads, or sell them as individual items. “I’m not a bead maker, I’m a jewelry maker,” she explains. “I already have the entire piece in mind before I make it.” After a decade of working with glass, Wasserman has turned her focus to silver. “It’s more exciting,” she claims, “I’m a restless person. I have so many ideas coiled up, waiting to come into existence. I wanted to master silver.” Inside her home studio—where the elements made in her fabrication
lab are transformed into gleaming collections of necklaces, earrings, and bracelets—she shows me work featuring her glass beads and gemstone beads of amazonite and aquamarine. Many include her handcrafted elements—long, textured dangles or gold-leafed silver elements—in combination with freshwater pearls or antique glass elements. Combining gold and silver in a single piece of jewelry is her signature. Wasserman keeps a collection of rubber molds she’s made from reptile skins, leaf patterns, and tracings of ancient scrolls. “I’m inspired by patterns, especially patterns with texture.” The work has a timeless, even ancient appearance, but in fact
Wasserman uses many innovations, like atomized pure silver that has been powdered and mixed with a clay binder. “It’s called precious metal clay,” she says. After the piece is shaped, “the small amount of clay binder is burned out in the kiln, leaving a silver object with more silver content than even sterling.” The metals are almost infinitely malleable, and can change their appearance with polishing, burnishing, hammering, the addition of chemical patinas, or the overlay of 24-karat gold bonded onto the silver. Wasserman keeps track of what works and what doesn’t in spiral bound notebooks filled with details, dimensions and sketches of major pieces and collections. “So I don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time,” she says. Wasserman admits that the Open Studios Art Tour is her big venue. “And it is a great deadline motivator. I’m as busy as I want to be,” she says. Having made jewelry “almost every day for 15 years,” Wasserman should have no time for a real life. But she does. Somehow the co-founder and owner of the original India Joze, mother of two grown sons, and graduate of Washington University with a double degree in psychology and education, manages to tutor private students in math, whip up mega-batches of seasonal marmalades—a huge bowl of sliced kumquats await her touch—and look terrific wearing her own creations. Like many of us, Wasserman came out to Santa Cruz on a road trip after college and never left. That was in the ’70s. You may recall her as the first woman behind the bar at the old Tea Cup, or the teacher of preschool and childbirth classes for two decades. The restless Wasserman kept growing and experimenting, and today her original jewelry designs can be found in fine galleries from Dallas to Seattle, as well as Capitola’s own Many Hands Gallery. Stingray skin translated into an opulent silver ring, old texts etched in gold leaf. Ann Wasserman’s work is at once timeless and fresh. “I make new designs all the time—I always like to explore further.” See more of Ann Wasserman’s work at annwassermanjewelry.com
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The highs and lows of Tess Dunn’s life as Santa Cruz’s most inspiring musician BY ANNE-MARIE HARRISON
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kicking old ladies in her free time. No dice. Calling me from the parking lot of the Stanford Medical Center, Dunn quickly broke down all conventional interview barriers and showed that she is, indeed, the inspiring, no-nonsense go-getter that so many past articles about her have glowingly heralded. But what isn’t often explored are the many layers of the person who has become a champion for her diseases. Guess what, she also gets lazy and doesn’t get out of her car when it’s too cold outside (hurrah!). And despite her incredibly positive attitude, of course the illnesses do weigh on her sometimes.
“Sometimes it does get tiring,” Dunn says. “It is a lot to handle, having these three illnesses, but my only options are to either sit around and wonder ‘why me?’ and throw pity-parties—or I can use this to empower me and push me to do great things.” Dunn is so full of fight that it’s impossible to not get swept up in her energy—even over a phone call on a wet and dreary Tuesday night. It takes tenacity to take a small boatload of pills at every meal, wear a respiratory therapy vest for a few hours a day to shake up the mucus in her lungs, breathe in three nebulizers, and then add some other fun IVs and hospital visits every so often. And
then drive over Hwy. 17 from San Jose to band practice and drive back the same night to make it to class at Ex’Pression College. This past June, Dunn released her third album, the Daydreamers EP, which she will debut at her birthday bash at Moe’s—the proceeds for which will all go to Cystic Fibrosis Research Inc. and organ donation awareness. She began writing songs at age 1, has played at six Vans Warped Tour shows, recorded with award-winning artists and producers, and performed across the golden coast. Making music for almost half her life, Dunn says her song-writing and artistry has developed greatly in a short time. “I look back through the albums, and my perspective on things has changed so much. I feel like I’ve grown up a bit,” she says. “I’m really proud of where I am, and Daydreamers is a perfect representation of that.” Then again, growing up with a lifethreatening disease for which the median life expectancy is 41—well, that tends to put some things into perspective quickly. “I joke with my mom that I’m middle aged,” she says. “I’ve had to make decisions for myself that will affect me later on, learn faster how to take care of myself and give up so much of my time. That forces you to look at life differently.” In response to my mock-takedown of her image as shining hero she laughs, her retort dripping with sarcasm—“Congratulations, you’re the first interviewer that's heard me say it gets hard for me sometimes. I’ve never said that before so, hey, feel free to put that in your article, eh?” Even with low moments, Dunn says that being able to reach other people and raise awareness is really, truly fulfilling. “Cystic fibrosis is a part of me,” she says, “And, while I’m not my disease, it still affects me and I feel like the only way I can negate the negative aspect of it is to be open about it and reach other people who are going through the same thing.” Info: Tess Dunn & Band 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. 479-1854. $15/20.
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when the visuals take over, and there is even a time when the guitar starts talking to the audience directly. All of the visuals tell a story of creation, travel, and the relationship between player and instrument.” King’s upcoming release, The Neck is a Bridge to the Body, is full of her trademark adventurous playing, with songs ranging from ominous Americana (King’s sparse notes make “Opening” feel like the soundtrack to an unknown gunslinger’s arrival in a post-Apocalyptic desert town) to ambient folktronica (“Oobleck”’s simultaneously hypnotic chords and progressive rhythms are not unlike the more subdued moments from Euphoria’s Beautiful My Child). “I still look at the guitar like I'm a student,” King says. “The beauty of the guitar is that it always teaches me. I will always be learning how to play it, to play something different, to combine this pedal with this amp to get a new sound. It is endless. In many ways, The Neck is my homage to the power of this instrument.” Kaki King will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. Tickets are $25/advance, $30/door. For more information, call 423-1338.
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FILM SCREENING: ‘MONUMENTAL’ Publisher, artist, filmmaker, and environmental crusader David Brower has been called a true American legend. The Emmy-award nominated Monumental documents Brower’s fight to preserve the American wilderness through historic hand-held shots of the great outdoors, from as far back as the 1930s, as well as Brower’s own journey of taking the Sierra Club from a small hiking group to a national political entity. The film explores the 1964 Wilderness Act, which he helped push through Congress. The film screening is sponsored by a local group of the Ventana Chapter of the Sierra Club. A discussion will follow. Info: 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 17. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 812 Ocean St., Santa Cruz.
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WEDNESDAY 12/10 ARTS NOCHES DE INVIERNO FLAMENCO CONCIERTO An evening of Spanish Flamenco music and dance featuring special guest artist singer Jose Anillo (direct from Spain), dancer Savannah Fuentes, and guitarist Bobby de Sofia. www.savannahflamenko.com. 8 - 9:30 p.m. West Performing Arts, 335 Spreckels Drive, Suite F, Aptos. $8/$22/$10/$35 www. brownpapertickets.com. 5 PERCENT DAY COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER In support “Of the Sea,” a documentary film about fishermen, seafood and sustainability, filmed at the Santa Cruz harbor. There will be a one-day sale on local Dungeness crab. Enter to win tickets to the film premiere and Monterey Bay Aquarium. Learn more and RSVP: http:// bit.ly/5percentforofthesea. Whole Foods Market - Capitola, 1710 41st Ave, Capitola. Free. FILM SCREENING Stolen Childhoods shows the crisis faced by more than 240 million child laborers in the world and the actions taken by Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and others to counter it. Film followed by discussion and a reception. Rev. Pharis Harvey and his family, now with Aptos church, worked directly with Kailash Satyarthi for many years and initiated the film to document and alert the global public to this crisis and the efforts being made in many countries to eliminate it. Starts at 6 p.m. Aptos Community United Methodist Church, 221 Thunderbird Drive, Aptos. Free.
BUSINESS A WALK THROUGH THE GRADES A guided tour around our beautiful campus. Briefly observe each class in session— kindergarten through to 8th grade, followed by 30-minute Q&A. Light refreshments served. Adults only. Space is limited; RSVP at info@scwaldorf.org or 425-0519. 8:30 10:30 a.m. Santa Cruz Waldorf School.
THURSDAY 12/11 NEW LEAF COOKIE EXCHANGE We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: the best part about the holidays, any holiday, is most certainly the cookies. For fellow cookie fans—be it fans of the baking or the eating, or both! New Leaf is putting on a classic exchange event where they will be baking every kind of cookie that the heart could desire: oatmeal, snickerdoodle, coconut macaroons, and fudge. And here’s the kicker; they’ll all be gluten-free, dairy-free, low glycemic, and nutritionally dense, with raw, vegan, and paleo options available. Perfect for the health-conscious family, each can take home a plateful of them and are invited to sample along the way. Info: 5:30 – 8:30 p.m, New Leaf Community Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. $10-$25. 426-1306.
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The holiday season can often lead to the question of how to show loved ones that we care with meaningful gifts. Jacob’s Heart offers the community to take part in an intimate conversation with Melissa Gilbert, known for her role as Laura Ingalls on “Little House on the Prairie,” as she explores where and how people can make a difference. Aside from her illustrious career on the stage and screen, Gilbert has worked to brighten the lives of children who are living with cancer. Supported by Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford Children’s Health, Jacob’s Heart presents this opportunity to get an inside look at Gilbert’s philanthropy and life as an actress. Tickets include breakfast, and 100 percent of the proceeds go directly to supporting children with cancer within the local community.
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HEALTH SOUND PLAY FOR THE HEALING JOURNEY Come play with sound in a variety of forms, Tibetan bowls, sound games, and more. For women with cancer. Call to register WomenCARE 457-2273. 1:30 - 3 p.m. Free. FREE INTRO & OVERVIEW OF CHANGING YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH SUGAR Learn about an amazing way to Reset your Pancreas and your Relationship with Sugar. For those that want to lose weight, fat mass specifically, this 41 year old program (run only by licensed practitioners) is highly successful. 7 - 8 p.m. Five Branches University, 200 7th Ave, Santa Cruz. Free.
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POETS' CIRCLE POETRY READING SERIES Featured poet Lisa Allen Ortiz, open mic and refreshments. Hosted by Magdalena Montagne. 6 - 8 p.m. Watsonville Public Library, 275 Main Street, Suite 100, Watsonville. Free.
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BUSINESS DECEMBER BREAKFAST MEETING With special guest Cabrillo College President, Dr. Laurel Jones. Network with other community and chamber members, hand out promotional material, and hear important safety and government reports. RSVP 688-1467. 7 - 9 a.m. Best Western Seacliff Inn, Aptos. $20/$25.
CLASSES SAMBA: ALL LEVELS DANCE CLASS High-energy Brazilian dance fitness classes infused with Samba Rio, Samba Reggae, Samba de Roda, plus movements from Africa, Cuba, Trinidad, Tobago, and more. Live drumming. 6- 7:25 p.m. 418 Front St, Santa Cruz. DanceOfBrazil.com $15.
FOOD & DRINK GOURMET MARSHMALLOW SNOWMEN MAKING FOR KIDS Stop by with an adult and make snowmen using locally made, preservative-free, hand-crafted Guimauve Confections gourmet marshmallows. Kids 12 and under. Event also on Friday, 5-7 p.m., Dec. 12, 5-7p.m. at Capitola New Leaf and Dec. 19, 5-7p.m. at Westside New Leaf. 5 - 7 p.m. New Leaf Community Markets, 1134 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. www.newleaf.com. Free.
GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS No weighins, dues, or fees. All are welcome. Call for a meeting in your neighborhood. 1 - 2 p.m. Trinity Presbyterian Church Library, 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz. 429-7906. Free. NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS SCOTTS VALLEY Newcomers, please come 15 min. early to get acquainted. www. naranoncalifornia.org/norcal. 7 - 8:30 p.m. St. Philip's Church, 5271 Scotts Valley Drive, Room #1, Scotts Valley. saveyoursanity@ aol.com. Free, donations accepted. THE SANTA CRUZ ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY SPEAKER MEETING "The Ancient Maya and their Forest: A Co-Creative Landscape" by Drive. Anabel Ford. Dr. Ford will speak about research on the lives of Maya civilization and the relationship with their tropical landscape. 7:30 - 9 p.m. Cabrillo College, Sesnon House, Aptos. patsunicorn@sbcglobal. net. Free.
MUSIC BIG BAND DANCE Swing to the great sounds of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;40s with The 10th Avenue Band on the largest hardwood dance floor in the area. Refreshments available. Partner not required. Proceeds benefit MCSC. 7:30 - 10 p.m. Mid-County Senior Center, 829 Bay Ave., Capitola. 476-4711. $6. CABRILLO ORCHESTRA PLAYS SHAKESPEARE A concert of music inspired by Shakespeare, including the Romeo and Juliet overture by Tchaikovsky. Directed by Don Adkins. 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. 479-6154. vapa.cabrillo.edu. $7/$5/$4.
FRIDAY 12/12 RIDERS IN THE SKY Two-time Grammy-winners Riders in the Sky sing their unique brand of buccaneering Christmas favorites with their own flavor of western. Thirty years in the making, this group is known far and wide for keeping the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cowboy Wayâ&#x20AC;? alive and well, with more than 6,100 concert appearances in all 50 states and 10 countries. From Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl, their undeniable cowboy charisma and comedic flair has landed them on numerous television shows and made possible more than 30 albums on their mantels. The wild west gentlemen bring their holiday cheer to the Rio this Friday for one night of howling, campfire fun. Info: 7 p.m., Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $40.
CLASSES SANTA CRUZ DOWNTOWN TOASTMASTERS Meet great people, learn new skills, and become a part of a dynamic group. 7 - 8:30 a.m. Live Oak Senior Center, 1777 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz. www. santacruzdowntowntoastmasters.org. Free coffee for first-time participants. CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI Instructor Suzi Mahler, CMT, NE guides you through a series of gentle seated yoga postures that are performed slowly and with breath awareness. Every Tuesday and Friday 9:30am at Grey Bears and every Wednesday 10:30am at Yoga Center Santa Cruz on Front St. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. suzimahler@gmail.com. $5.
GROUPS SCOTTS VALLEY NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP Meets every Friday night. 6:30 7:45 p.m. Bison Center, The Camp Recovery Center, 3192 Glen Canyon Road. Free. WOMENCARE: CONNECT WITH NATURE A potent way for women with cancer to nurture their body, mind, and spirit. RSVP WomenCARE 457-2273. 10:30 a.m. - Noon. Free. YOGA OF 12-STEP RECOVERY Each weekly two-hour class includes an hour of recovery discussions and an hour of gentle recovery-oriented yoga practice. Come for either or both hours. 7- 9 p.m. Yoga Within, 8035 Soquel Drive, Aptos. Donation. TRIYOGA THERAPEUTICS TriYoga with Kim and Cynthia, includes sustained postures with prop support. Everyone >48
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SOQUEL HOLIDAY CRAFT AND GIFT FAIR Second Saturday Soquel is an evening of art, including photography, jewelry, mixed media, and more, all made by local artists. Wine tasting, food, and music. 5 - 8 p.m. Soquel Village. 234-4250. Free.
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CABRILLO CHAMBER ENSEMBLES & STRINGS RECITAL For large and small ensembles featuring strings, winds, percussion and piano. Groups include Cabrillo Strings Sinfonia and Kammermusiki Ensemble. Directed by Susan Brown. 7:30- 9:30 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. 479-6154. vapa.cabrillo.edu. $10/$9/$4.
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FREE NUTCRACKER Our gift to the community, Agape Dance Academy presents free Nutcracker performances at The Henry Mello Center in Watsonville. Bring your family and friends and join us for this classic, timeless ballet performed by local talented adults and children. Beautiful sets and costumes, a must-see ballet. Also on Sunday at 3 p.m. 7 - 9 p.m. Henry Mello Center, 250 East Beach St., Watsonville. Free. CHRISTMAS ON THE FARM Agricultural History Project's 2nd Saturday on the Farm celebrates Christmas with crafts, caroling, hay wagon rides (weather permitting), and holiday fun for all ages. 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. AHP Codiga Center & Museum, 2601 East Lake Ave., Watsonville. 724-5898. Free. "12-13-14 ALIGNMENT" Loose Cannon's last show of the year. Count on the Loosies for kooky characters, thrilling adventures, crazy sound effects and spontaneous songs, all combined to make an original and hilarious full-length play. http://www. brownpapertickets.com/925459. 8 - 9:30 p.m. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz. $15.
CLAY CREATION ANNUAL POTTERY SALE Offers a broad array of high-quality pottery produced by some of the most creative ceramists in the Santa Cruz area. 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Abbott Square, next to the Octagon Building, behind Santa Cruz MAH.
CLASSES PARTNER YOGA AND KIRTAN Ongoing Saturdays at Poetic Cellars Winery. Drop-ins welcome. Donations welcome, not required. Bring yoga mat and water. Building community through practice together. RSVP 530-828-4422 or 462-3478. 10 a.m. Noon. 5000 Rodeo Gulch Road, Soquel.
OUTDOORS DUNE RESTORATION AT MOSS LANDING SB Plant native seedlings at Moss Landing State Beach. This free event is family-friendly and open to the public. No experience necessary. 9 a.m. - Noon. Moss Landing State Beach, Highway 1 and Jetty Road, Moss Landing. www.elkhornslough. org. Free. PACIFIC POLAR PLUNGE BENEFIT Join Surf-fur this holiday season and plunge the Main Beach to benefit Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society. Raise awareness of the conditions of our oceans and encourage living a more sustainable lifestyle. www.surf-fur.com, www.facebook. com/surffur. 8 a.m. - Noon. Main Beach at Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. 431-6824. $15-$20 donation.
SUNDAY 12/14 ARTS SANTA CRUZ LOCAL ARTISAN GIFT BOUTIQUE Arts, crafts, books, clothing, jewelry, and more. What you need for the holidays. 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. 2259 7th Ave., Santa Cruz.
SATURDAY 12/13 FREE NUTCRACKER BALLET PERFORMANCE Every holiday season, advertisements start popping up on televisions around the Bay Area, showing the beauty and elegance of the Nutcracker Ballet. But a great deal of those performances might just break the bank. Thankfully, for those of us whose favorite fourletter word is “free,” the Agape Dace Academy offers all the grace of the classic holiday performance with their own Nutcracker show entirely free to the public. Experience the magic of dancers moving in ways that you might’ve forgot are possible. Performances are Saturday and Sunday and free of charge, although donations are encouraged.
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time party or borrow from our wardrobe. For ages 6 and up. Sign up online at www. scparks.com or 454-7941. 12:30 - 4 p.m. Quail Hollow Ranch County Park, 800 Quail Hollow Rd., Felton. $25/$28.
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NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS: SANTA CRUZ Members share their experiences, strengths and hopes at weekly meetings. www.naranoncalifornia.org/norcal. 6:30 - 8 p.m. Santa Cruz Sutter Hospital, Sutter Room, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. Saveyoursanity@aol.com. Free.
CLASSES A CHILD'S VICTORIAN TEA PARTY Enjoy games like blind man's bluff and charades and tea and cookies, too. Dress for an old-
COUPLES RECOVERY RCA couples group provides support and a safe environment for couples to restore love and intimacy to a relationship experiencing troubled times. Join us for hope and renewal. 10:30
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LOOK ART SHOW Fun farmhouse art show, 5 miles north of Western Drive. Affordable and unique art for friends and family. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. 5221 Coast Rd, Santa Cruz. Free.
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This Saturday, the American women’s vocal arts ensemble Kitka presents their annual holiday concert, with songs rooted in Balkan, Slavic, and Caucasian traditions. Founded in 1979, Kitka began as a group for amateur singers with a diverse array of backgrounds to express their passion for rhythms outside the norm—asymmetry, dissonance, and intricate ornamentation are a staple of their Wintersongs show which features songs celebrating Christmas, New Year, and Chanukah. In their 35th anniversary tour and through their harmonious explorations of winter tales, new and old, these women bridge the gap between contemporary traditions and classics of a different age. Info: 8 p.m., Holy Cross Church, 126 High St., Santa Cruz. $15-40. (800) 838-3006.
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SERENITY FIRST -- PAGANS IN RECOVERY A weekly meeting with a Pagan flair, where guests are free to discuss their spiritual paths, including those which are nature-based and goddess-centered. Those from all 12-step programs are welcome. 7 - 8 p.m. Epic Adventure Games, 222 Mt. Hermon Road, Suite A, Scotts Valley. 3368591. Free (donations accepted).
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SPIRITUAL INSPIRATIONAL MEDITATION SERVICE Join the Santa Cruz SRF Meditation Group for Sunday morning Inspirational Service. Includes inspirational readings from the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, the founder of Self-Realization Fellowship and the author of Autobiography of a Yogi. 11 a.m. - Noon. Call for location 334-2088. GUIDED MEDITATION Led by Venerable Drimay, an excellent way to learn how to set up a daily meditation practice. Stabilizing meditation followed by guided contemplation on various Dharma topics. Doors close at 9:35 a.m. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Rd., Soquel. 462-8383. Donation.
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CABRILLO THEATER ARTS DEPARTMENT PRESENTS ACTOR'S SHOWCASE Theatre Arts students perform scenes and monologues. Warning: may contain adult situations, content and language - parental discretion advised. 7 - 9 p.m. Cabrillo Black Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. 4796154. vapa.cabrillo.edu. Donation.
CLASSES SALSA DANCING CUBAN-STYLE Drop-in class, no partner required. Intermediate class features variety of Cuban-style dancing - Salsa Casino partnering, Salsa Suelta and Styling, Rueda de Casino. Check website for schedule changes and holidays. 7 - 8:15 p.m. Louden Nelson Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. www.SalsaGente.com. $9/$5. ZUMBA GOLD: LOW-IMPACT DANCE PARTY Same Latin rhythms (salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggaeton) as Zumba but pacing and moves are modified for a lower-impact and easy-to-follow workout. Designed for all-levels and abilities. 5 5:55 p.m. The 418 Project, 418 Front St.,
Santa Cruz. $10 class / $9 first class with mention of Good Times.
MUSIC WESTSIDE COMMUNITY FOLK SONG/ GOSPEL CHOIR Choral music in the gospel and folk music traditions. Directed by Michael J. McGushin. 8 - 10 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. 479-6154. vapa.cabrillo.edu. Donation.
TUESDAY 12/16 ARTS BELOVED CHRISTMAS STORIES READ BY WILLING SUSPENSION ARMCHAIR THEATER Funny and heartfelt seasonal presentation of poetry and prose. Included poems by Robert Frost and Ogden Nash, and a letter to Santa from Mark Twain. Show directed by Susan Forrest. 7 - 8 p.m. Scotts Valley Branch Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. 427-7700. Free.
GROUPS NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS: APTOS "Lighting the Way," a candlelight meeting. 7 - 8:30 p.m. Aptos Christian Fellowship, 7200 Freedom Blvd., Aptos. saveyoursanity@aol. com. Free / park in the back and enter the bldg in the back. BINGO Ongoing every Tuesday. Bingo payoffs from $15 to $85. Must be 18 to play. Public Welcome. Proceeds benefit MCSC. 1 - 3:30 p.m. Mid-County Senior Center, 829 Bay Ave., Capitola. 476-4711. www.midcountyseniorcenter.com. Donation: $8 per pad of Bingo cards. TURNON SANTA CRUZ Come get Turned On with fun, edgy communication games, real connection and deeper intimacy. Meet new people, explore community and connect through vulnerability. 7:30 - 9 p.m. 215 River St., Santa Cruz. 239-8215. $10.
MUSIC "MESSIAH SING-A-LONG" Sponsored by Cabrillo Choirs, with guest conductors from throughout the community, Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra as the accompaniment and a celebratory reception following the event. Some scores will be available for purchase or rental at the door. 7 - 9:30 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. 4796154. vapa.cabrillo.edu. $20/$16.
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FORMALDEBRIDES Formed in 2004, Santa Cruz’s Formaldebrides were the brainchild of Fiona Walker and Sandi Feddema. Alisha Barker would shop at the store Walker worked at, catching the drummer’s eye with her underground style. “She asked me if I sang, so I lied and said, ‘yes,’” Barker remembers with a laugh. From there, Barker found guitarist Mercy Vasseur on Myspace, and the four began playing in one of the Bay Area’s— indeed, the entire country’s—only allfemale psychobilly bands. But they quickly began blending their various influences from punk, horror, doo-wop, surf and straight-up rock ’n’ roll into a sound that was familiar, but unlike anything else in the subculture. They embodied the Bride of Frankenstein and Vampira on a Thelma & Louise bender cranked to 11.
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Despite the changes, the band managed to release a self-titled demo and the EP Till Death Do Us Part, and even appeared in the 2010 local film The Jesus Factor. Fast-forward to this Saturday, Dec. 20, in the Catalyst Atrium. The Second Annual “Christmas With the Misfits”— an eight-band extravaganza featuring local acts all performing Misfits covers, with proceeds going to Grind Out Hunger—features the return of the Formaldebrides. “This time around, we’re here to have a good time,” declares Barker. “And that’s really it.” MAT WEIR INFO: 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20. Catalyst Atrium, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $10/door. Benefits Grind Out Hunger. 429-4135.
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There’s a tradition at the New Orleans Jazz Festival called “superjam.” As you might guess, it’s where a bunch of musicians who don’t normally play together have, well, a super jam. It’s spontaneous, fun for both the players and the audience, and, best of all, unpredictable. Dragon Smoke is a product of this tradition. The four musicians—Eric Lindell, Ivan Neville and Galactic’s rhythm section (Stanton Moore and Robert Mercurio)—liked their 2003 superjam session so much, they made a band out of it. It’s a blend of ’70s funk, R&B and New Orleans Blues. The group doesn’t get out of town much—it’s a fun project more than anything. They make a point to play the New Orleans Jazz Fest every year, but every once in a great while, they pack up their van and hit the road. This is one of those times. AARON CARNES
INFO: 8:30 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $25/door. 479-1854.
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In much the same way that Brazilian singer-songwriter Bebel Gilberto lives in two places, dividing her time between Rio de Janeiro and New York City, she also inhabits two musical spaces. One is the traditional Brazilian music and bossa nova that her parents, Miúcha and João Gilberto helped popularize in the 1950s, and the other is a 21st century realm where languages overlap, cultures weave together, and music is created and shared on a global scale. Her latest album, Tudo, which translates to “everything” in English, showcases Gilberto’s ethereal and romantic vocal style and is her first studio album in five years. CAT JOHNSON
through his music, and people are listening. With well over 100,000 likes on Facebook, a generally positive outlook embedded within his songs, and a couple of well-received releases— last year’s debut, Walk the Night, and this year’s On the Verge—Nahko’s sound combines roots music with hip-hop, folk and reggae. BRIAN PALMER INFO: 9 p.m. The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $17/adv, $21/door. 423-1338.
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What does a well-traveled, muchcelebrated veteran dobro player do when he meets an enthusiastic, wildly talented young upstart singersongwriter? Collaborate, of course. Such was the case with bluegrass and roots dobro player Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, a relatively fresh face on the roots scene who first played the Opry at age 11. The two met in 2013, recorded an album that’s due out in early 2015, and are now out on the road showing folks what they can do. On Thursday, they hit Don Quixote’s. CJ
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INFO: 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $12/adv, $15/door. 603-2294.
INFO: 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $30/adv, $35/ door. 427-2227.
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INFO: 9 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-6994.
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RIDERS IN THE SKY It’s hard to know where to begin with Riders in the Sky. The nutshell is that it’s a comedy/country group that has performed over 6,000 times since the mid-1970s. Dig a little deeper, though, and it becomes clear that this outfit is keeping lit a
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ITALS For lovers of roots reggae, there aren’t a lot of legends in the genre left. The Itals, who formed in 1976, are amongst the true reggae heavyweights like Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. They were in fact one of the first “harmony groups” focusing on the group vocals rather than a solitary lead singer/frontman. The members were all around in some form or another since the late ’60s when reggae was first coming out, but they did their best work once they got together. Their debut single “In A Dis Ya Time” is a classic ’70s reggae tune.
INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $15/adv, $20/door. 479-1854.
SUNDAY 12/14 SOUL
Eric Parson, aka Skinny Ricky, is an avid record collector. He formed the eight-piece Skinny Ricky and the Casual Encounters in 2010, as a way to shine a light on the lesser-known soul groups from the ’60s and the ’70s. Parson and his team of musicians play a bunch of these more obscure, should-have-been hits, but they also write originals, generally the more down-tempo, laid-back classic soul tunes (with some up-tempo tracks as well.) The group just released their self-produced, self-titled EP on Nov. 8, and it shows off their excellent songwriting chops. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.
INFO: 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $25/ door. 423-1338. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.
IN THE QUEUE BARR BROTHERS
Folk outfit from Quebec featuring Andrew and Brad Barr of the Slip. Thursday at Moe’s Alley BIG SANDY & HIS FLY-RITE BOYS
Throwback band with a penchant for rockabilly, honky-tonk, doo-wop and the blues. Sunday at Don Quixote’s CHARLIE HUNTER & SCOTT AMENDOLA
Celebrated improv-based guitar and drums duo. Monday at Kuumbwa
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Seven years is a long time, especially when that’s how long it takes for your band to release their debut album. But along the way, everything from lineup changes to a near-death experience helped galvanize the L.A. band Francisco the Man, and the result is a critically acclaimed debut album, Loose Ends, that sounds as though it was concocted by rock and roll geniuses. Elements of shoegaze, punk and even synth-pop dance along the edges of this electric debut, and the album’s energy is the stuff stadium tours are made of. BP
classic country torch that has been handed down through giants of the genre including Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. Mixing silly, Western and cowboy humor with ace musicianship and great respect for the roots of country music, the Riders bridge generations and keep a tributary of country music flowing. Friday, they celebrate Christmas the cowboy way. CJ
After an eight-year hiatus, Dilated Peoples, one of the biggest names in underground hip-hop, is back. Hailing from Los Angeles, this trio comprising Evidence, DJ Babu and Rakaa Iriscience helped pioneer West Coast independent hip-hop in the 1990s, and has remained a well-respected act in the genre despite never finding widespread commercial success. The group's re-emergence in 2014 was marked by a new album, Directors of Photography, which garnered critical acclaim for its minimalist aesthetic and return to the classic Dilated Peoples sound. CAT JOHNSON
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Wednesday December 10th 8:30pm $20/25
ERIC LINDELL, IVAN NEVILLE, STANTON MOORE & ROBERT MERCURIO (of GALACTIC)
DRAGON SMOKE Thursday December 11th 8:30pm $10/13 Album Release Celebration With THE
BARR BROTHERS Featuring Brad & Andrew Of THE SLIP
Friday December 12th 9pm $9/12
P-Funk All Star w/ 10 Piece Band
KATDELIC
+ PAMELA PARKER Saturday December 13th 9pm $15/20 Jamaican Roots Reggae Party With
THE ITALS
+ UPFUL PURPOSE & DJ SPLEECE Sunday December 14th 7pm $15/20 $10 w/ Student ID Cystic Fibrosis Benefit
TESS DUNN
+ THE UNENDING THREAD Thursday December 18th 8:30pm $10/13 Album Release Celebration With THE
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ONE A CHORD, ANIMO Friday December 19th 8:30pm $25/30 Surf Guitar Legend
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Evening with Kaki Kaki An Evening Emily Elbert King, Emily $25/$30 7p
To Your Your o Guns, Guns, Stick To As An Ocean, Ocean, T Being As Too Wind $12/$14 $12/$14 8p the Wind
Sisters Burle sque Sin Sisters Burlesque $15/$20 8p $15/$20
Kat D ahlia, D Cadillac, Stereo Stereo Kat Dahlia, DJJ Moon Cadillac, Aspect, Craig Craig Strickland Strickland Stereo, Stereo, Casting Casting Circles Circles Aspect, $14/$19 8:30p $7 8:30p $14/$19 $7
Karaoke Karaoke 8p-Close 8p-Close
Potluck, Johnn er, Potluck, Johnnyy Richt Richter, Assassins, & Liquid Assassins, More $13/$16 $13/$16 8p More
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Cosmonauts, The Cosmonauts, Waterrgate Sandals Sandalss Watergate $8 9p
Francisco the Man, Francisco Arrows, Dead Dead Recipe Recipe Arrows, $10 9p $10
Lady, Ground Ground Score Scorre The Lady, Pawn Shop Soul Soul Pawn Willie, Courtney Courtney Wachtel Wachttel Willie, $10 9p $10 $10 9p $10
Phoenix Rising 7:30p $3 7:30p
Cruzah Cruzah $5 8:30p
Corduroy Jim $6 Corduroy
Refugees The Refugees $7 9:30p $7
Skinny Ricky Ricky and the Skinny Encounters, Casual Encounters, Lower $8 9p Lower
Come 11 7 Come $5 9p
Live Comedy Comedy Live $7 9p $7
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December 27th B-SIDE PLAYERS December 31st New Years Eve w/ SAMBADÁ January 2nd LUJAN, MILITIA OF LOVE, ONE-A-CHORD January 3rd ZONGO JUNCTION January 7th KATCHAFIRE January 8th BROTHERS KEEPER w/ JOHN POPPER January 10th MELVIN SEALS & JGB January 14th WHITEY MORGAN January 15th TURKUAZ January 16th THE MOTHER HIPS January 18th GLEN DAVID ANDREWS January 20th BEN MILLER BAND January 22nd & 23rd DAVE & PHIL ALVIN January 24th THE COUP January 25th KIM SIMMONDS & SAVOY BROWN January 31st ROYAL SOUTHERN BROTHERHOOD February 4th THE MOTET February 5th CAROLYN WONDERLAND
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Saturday December 20th 9pm $25/30
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International Music Hall and Restaurant
FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFET M-F $7.95 Wed Dec 10
The Kim Wilson Blues All-Stars plus Alabama Mike
$17 adv./$20 door 21 + 7:30pm Thu Dec 11
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
Fri Dec 12
A Winter Gift
Dobro Great & Singer Phenom $12 adv./$15 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm
THE LEGENDS OF THE CELTIC HARP: Patrick Ball, Lisa Lynne & Aryeh Frankfurter $15 adv./$17 door <21 w/parent 8pm
Sat Dec 13
Wed Dec 17
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Jim “Kimo” West Holiday Slack Key Show w/ Ken Emerson + Hula Dancers $15 adv./$15 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm
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plus DJ Aspect Strickland $14/ $19 • Drs. 8:30 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.
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MOON CADILLAC
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LiL B
Friday, Dec. 12 AGES 16+ $30/ $35 Drs. 8 p.m./ Show 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12 • In the Atrium • AGES 16+
STICK TO YOUR GUNS also To The Wind
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Saturday Dec. 13 • AGES 21+ • An Evening with
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$25 Adv./ $30 Drs. • Drs. 7 p.m./ Show 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13 • In the Atrium • AGES 21+
saQi, Feral Fauna, Aliza Hava
Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys
KAT DAHLIA
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Seated Show - Limited Capacity All ages admitted with parent or guardian
The Human Experience $15 adv. / $15 door 21 + 8pm
Sun Dec 14
Wednesday, Dec. 10 • In the Atrium • ALL AGES
Santa is Real: A 1950’s Christmas Spectacular The Carolyn Sills Combo $15 adv./$15 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm
COMING RIGHT UP
SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE
$15 Adv./ $20 Drs. • Drs. open 9 p.m./ Show 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 16 • In the Atrium • AGES 16+
POTLUCK
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and Mr. Grey, Proper Nonscense
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Dec 18 Trollphace/ Jphelpz (Ages 18+) Dec 19 Dilated Peoples (Ages 16+) Dec 20 K00L John/ P-Lo (Ages 16+) Dec 27 Keak da Sneak/ The Jacka/ Husalah Traxamillion/ DJ Nima Fadavi (Ages 16+) Dec 31 Iration New Year’s Eve (Ages 16+) Jan 3 E-40 (Ages 16+) Jan 5 Aesop Rock w/ Rob Sonic (Ages 16+) Jan 9 James Durbin (All Ages) Jan 10 Martyparty/ Ill-Esha/ Amp Live (Ages 18+) Jan 16 & 17 Tribal Seeds/ Hirie (Ages 16+) Jan 18 Geographer (Ages 16+) Jan 21 G. Love & Special Sauce (Ages 21+)
Fri. Dec. 19 Moonalice Sat. Dec. 20 House of Floyd Pink Floyd Concert Experience Fri. Dec. 26 The Killer Queens - Queen Tribute + The Jean Genies - David Bowie Tribute Sat. Dec. 27 Foreverland Michael Jackson Tribute Sun. Dec. 28 Peppino D’Agostino Mon. Dec. 29 Le Boeuf + Ferber Brothers Wed. Dec. 31 New Years Eve Celebration The Sun Kings
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Opeen Mic Open 7p
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Toouch’d Too Tooo Much Touch’d
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Geeorrge O rwell The George Orwell Experieence 9p Experience
East Bay Bay Lives Lives East 9p
Next Blues B s Band Blue The Next 4p
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Kevin McD owell Kevin McDowell 6-8p
Live Music Muusic Live 7p
Live Music Live 7p
Gilberto Bebel Gilberto $30/$35 9p
Dan Hicks Hiccks & the Hot Dan Licks $30/$35 $ Licks 9p
Trribute ttoo Jerry Gar cia A Tribute Garcia $20/$25 8p $20/$25
Kelly Chris Kelly 7-10p 7-10p
Karaoke w en Karaoke w// K Ken 9p Acoustic t Clas sic R ock Acoustic Classic Rock 5-8p
Thurs. December 11 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps
BEBEL GILBERTO
Brazilian Bossa Nova Royalty!
Friday, December 12 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps
DAN HICKS & THE HOT LICKS: HOLIDAZE IN HICKSVILLE Saturday, December 13 U 8 pm
A TRIBUTE TO JERRY GARCIA Tickets: TheWheelCompany.com 10 Foot Foot Faces Faces 10
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Urzua Flamenc Matias Urzua Flamencoo 6-9p
CHARLIE HUNTER AND SCOTT AMENDOLA
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Hunter & Scott Scott Charlie Hunter 7, 9p Amendola $25/30 7, Sunday Brunch Brrunch Live Live Sunday 11a-1p p Jazz 11a-1p
Live Music Live 5:30 0-9p 5:30-9p
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Vinnie Johns on Vinnie Johnson 6:30-10:30p 6:30 0 6:30-10:30p
Unccharted Jazz Uncharted 6-9 9p 6-9p
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Celebrating Creativity Since 1975
9pm: 1/2 Price Night for Students
THE WYNDHAM HILL WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION FEATURING WILL ACKERMAN, BARBARA HIGBIE AND LIZ STORY
Saturday, December 20 U 7:30 pm | No Comps
THE KLEZMATICS “...one of the greatest klezmer groups in the world...” – NPR
Sunday, February 8 U 7:30 pm | No Comps At the Rio Theate Grammy Winning Australian Fingerpicker
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young Japanese Coast Guard cook on a year-long assignment in Antarctica cooking for a research team. But New Zealander Anthony Powell’s new doc, Antarctica: A Year On Ice, captures an insider’s perspective like no other. An electronics engineer who services essential communication devices all year long at the various research bases, Powell knows the area on and around Ross Island, its residents, and their lifestyle. Powell met his future wife, Christine, and married her on Ross Island (it was so cold that all the flowers had to be handmade). It took him 10 years to make the film, including the time he spent building a camera that could withstand extreme cold for long periods so he could shoot time-lapse photography.
And the vistas he captures are extraordinary—gigantic ice formations in the vast, white nothing, frozen and/or melting oceans, skies ablaze with color, immense starfields that look like a million glittering diamonds. Along the way, interview snippets— with rangers, firefighters, cooks, researchers, technicians—provide insight into life on McMurdo Station (U.S.) and Scott Base (NZ), across a bay from each other, and other even more remote outposts. No pets or children are allowed on McMurdo Station, we’re told; life is too extreme. And tolerance is crucial. As a result, one woman tells us, “Nations get along better in Antarctica than anywhere else in the world.” If Powell would only relax and let us bask in the strangeness and the
beauty of it all, his film would be so effective. But his fondness for timelapse photography literally runs away with the movie. Shadows and sunlight race across the ice, the sun skips to the edge of the horizon, and then pops back out. Over, and over, and over again, armies of penguins bounce across the snowfield in double-time, and residents swarm in and out of the mess hall with the amped-up jerkiness of characters in a silent movie comedy. There are almost no scenes where viewers are allowed to simply sit and ponder the wonder of the place. And this is nearly fatal to Powell’s grand design, since he’s trying to show us what’s unique about the Antarctica experience—the stillness, for one thing. And the profound silence. Several of the residents cite the absence of familiar things—the sound of rainfall and animals (wildlife disappears as soon as the sea freezes over every year); the smell of flowers and even dirt. But for a movie that wants us to appreciate stillness and silence, Powell’s busy filmmaking is too frenetic. Powell also assumes a certain level of viewer familiarity with aspects of his story that he neglects to explain. When an awed researcher describes “green waves of fairy dust across the sky,” duly captured by Powell’s camera, we suppose it’s the Aurora Borealis, although we’re never told. At the Midwinter Holiday, which breaks up the dark months, residents “celebrate the goals that brought us all here,” but nobody tells us what they are. Powell sets out in a lumbering land vehicle for a six-hour journey that normally takes 10 minutes by air (helicopters can’t fly in the intensely cold winter months), but the thread is completely abandoned as the film marches on. It’s a marvelous-looking film with images you won’t see anywhere else. But Powell should have gotten a grip on his storytelling, provided context when necessary, and trusted the grandeur of his subject without the tricks. ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE **1/2 (out of four). A documentary by Anthony Powell. A Music Box Films release. Rated PG. 92 minutes.
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FILM NEW THIS WEEK ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE Reviewed this issue. (PG) 92 minutes. (**1/2)—Lisa Jensen. Starts Friday. COMET The passionate love affair of a modern young couple is tracked over six years, a slew of locations (New York, Paris, Hollywood), and infinite emotions in this time-jumping debut from filmmaker Sam Esmail. Emmy Rossum and Justin Long star. (R) 107 minutes. Starts Friday. EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS Ridley Scott gets biblical with this 2 1/2-hour epic retelling of the tale of Moses rebelling against the Pharaoh to lead his enslaved people out of Egypt. Christian Bale is Moses and Joel Edgerton is Ramses. Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, and Ben Kingsley co-star. (PG-13) 150 minutes. Starts Friday.
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TOP FIVE Chris Rock wrote and directed this pop culture satire in which he stars as a stand-up comedian-turned-movie star who, in a moment of madness, agrees to his fiancée’s idea to document their wedding plans for her reality TV show. Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union, Cedric the Entertainer, and Tracy Morgan co-star. (R) Starts Friday.
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WILD Based on the best-selling memoir by Cheryl Strayed, this wilderness drama stars Reese Witherspoon as Strayed. Grieving after her mother’s death, she decides to pull her life out of a downward spiral of drugs and sex by hiking the 1,000-mile Pacific Crest Trail—alone. Laura Dern co-stars. Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club) directs. (R) 115 minutes. Starts Friday. SPECIAL EVENT THIS WEEK: THE LAST UNICORN This lyrical animated fairy tale based on Peter S. Beagle’s beloved fantasy novel was co-directed in 1982 by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. In the story of a lonely young unicorn trying to find out what happened to the rest of her species, Beagle’s beautifully handled juxtaposition of myth and pop culture creates a sense of popular mythology constantly updating and recreating itself. Jeff Bridges, Mia Farrow and
Alan Arkin (as Schmendrick, the Magician) provide voices. (G) 94 minutes. (***)—Lisa Jensen. Former Santa Cruzan Peter S. Beagle will be on hand for Q & A and book-signing after the show. At the Del Mar, tonight only (Wednesday, Dec. 10). 7 p.m. SPECIAL EVENT THIS WEEK: NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE Highlights from the current season of Britain’s acclaimed National Theatre of London, broadcast digitally, in HD, to movie theaters worldwide, play locally in the Grand Auditorium of the Del Mar. This week: JOHN Conceived and directed by Lloyd Newson of the DV8 Physical Theatre company, this adult-themed drama in words and movement tells the true story of an outcast who survives drugs, prison, and homelessness to find sanctuary in the world of gay saunas. Hannes Langolf stars. (NC-17) 90 minutes. At the Del Mar, Sunday only (Dec. 14), 11 a.m. Encore performance Thursday (Dec. 18), 7:30 p.m. Admission: $15. Seniors, students, and Santa Cruz Shakespeare subscribers: $13. (FGB/NT) CONTINUING SERIES: MIDNIGHTS @ THE DEL MAR Eclectic movies for wild & crazy tastes plus great prizes and buckets of fun for only $6.50. This week: SNOWPIERCER In the postapocalyptic future, the surviving members of humanity are trapped together in a giant, high-speed train endlessly circling the globe on the ultimate fast-track to nowhere. Cult Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s brooding cautionary tale of social dynamics and environmental suicide comes dressed in the trappings of a bloody, brawling action thriller. The plot is not exactly airtight, but the director's energy and humor, and entertaining performances from Chris Evans, Jamie Bell, Kang-ho Song, and Tilda Swinton make it worth the ride. (R) 126 minutes. (***) Fri-Sat midnight only. At the Del Mar. CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES This informal 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. This week (Dec.
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NOW PLAYING BIG HERO 6 The folks at Disney adapt the Marvel comic book series into an animated family adventure about a child prodigy, his giant, inflatable robot pal, and the eccentric friends he transforms into a band of high-tech superheroes to save their city. Scott Adsit and Ryan Potter head the voice cast, with guest voices provided by Damon Wayans Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, James Cromwell, and Maya Rudolph. Don Hall and Chris Williams co-direct. (PG) 108 minutes. BIRDMAN or THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE Michael Keaton is inspired casting for this black comedy about a movie actor, once famed for playing an onscreen superhero called Birdman, trying to reinvent his career and himself by mounting a serious Broadway play. Filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu delivers dark, but often scathingly funny observations on pop culture, celebrity, and priorities, but with plenty of nifty style. Fine performances, especially from Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, and Keaton himself. (R) 119 minutes. (***)—Lisa Jensen. CITIZENFOUR While researching a project about government surveillance in the post-9/11 world, documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras began receiving encrypted emails from “citizen four” about skullduggery in the NSA. Her informant was Edward Snowden, and this real-life thriller of a doc is built around Poitras’ interviews with Snowden in Hong Kong as the NSA scandal broke. (R) 114 minutes. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE Four black students at an Ivy League college find themselves in the middle of a controversy when a white fraternity stages an African-American theme party in this cross-cultural satire written and directed by Justin Simien. Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, and Brandon P Bell head the cast. (R) 100 minutes. DUMB AND DUMBER TO You didn’t ask for it, but here it comes anyway, a
20-years-later sequel to the comedy starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels as champion dim bulbs. Now one of them is trying to find his long-lost daughter. Laurie Holden and Kathleen Turner co-star for returning directors Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. (PG-13) THE HOMESMAN Tommy Lee Jones directs this western drama in which he co-stars as a bedraggled drifter roped into helping a toughminded frontierswoman (Hilary Swank) transport three half-addled pioneer women across the brutal, dangerous Nebraska Territories to sanctuary in the east. Mamie Gummer, Miranda Otto, and Meryl Streep co-star. (R) 122 minutes. HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 In these dangerous times, when we all need our wits about us, this movie not only celebrates stupidity, it causes it. In this sequel, the working stiffs of the first film try to become bosses themselves, but wind up embroiled in a kidnapping plot that is by turns inane, vulgar, tedious and squirm-inducing. The only adjective that doesn’t spring immediately to mind is “funny.” Still, one-half star for incoming Chris Pine, who proves to be an impressively goofy physical clown. (R) 108 minutes. (*1/2)—Lisa Jensen. THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 Jennifer Lawrence returns again as Katniss Everdeen—along with most of the original cast—in this first installment of the third and last book in Suzanne Collins’ dystopian futurist sci-fi series. (Part 2 comes out next year.) Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, and Julianne Moore head the cast. Francis Lawrence directs. (PG-13) 123 minutes. INTERSTELLAR Christopher Nolan’s speculative fiction epic begins in a too-near future where climate change is eroding Earth’s resources. Matthew McConaughey plays an engineer/exastronaut who joins a team of explorers flying through a wormhole on a quest to find another habitable planet for the human race. Lengthy sequences of hardware lumbering through space slow things down, but the prickly human element keeps us involved. The science of space/time travel may be more trouble than its worth, but it’s still
a voyage worth taking. Rated R. 169 minutes. (***)—Lisa Jensen. PELICAN DREAMS San Franciscobased filmmaker Judy Irving has pretty much cornered the market on avian documentaries. Her last film was the irresistible The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, about an improbable flock of tropical birds in the canyons of the city and the singular man who made it his life’s work to care for them. Pelican Dreams does not have quite the same Shakespearean range of high drama, low comedy, romance and heartache as the earlier film, but, as a glimpse into the private lives of these wild shorebirds and the challenges they face, it’s often fascinating. (Not rated) 80 minutes. (***)—Lisa Jensen. THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR In this animated family comedy, the lovable goofball penguins from the Madagascar franchise get their own movie, in which they are recruited as international spies. Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, and Christopher Knight provide the main voices; Benedict Cumberbatch voices their mysterious spymaster. Eric Darnell and Simon J. Smith direct. (PG) 92 minutes. ROSEWATER Jon Stewart makes his screenwriting/directing debut with this real-life thriller based on the bestselling memoir by BBC journalist Maziar Bahari, about his lengthy imprisonment in Iran and the family who refused to let his story die. Gael García Bernal and Shohreh Aghdashloo star. (R) 103 minutes. THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING The image of science icon Stephen Hawking slouched in his motorized wheelchair, communicating through his robotic voice synthesizer, is so well-known, it’s difficult to imagine him any other way. But that changes with this smart, funny, and tender biographical drama from director James Marsh. Beginning with Hawking as a vigorous young grad student at Cambridge, it tells the enduring love story of Hawking and his first wife, Jane. Oscars may loom for the exceptional performances by Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones in a film that celebrates tenacity—in life, love, and ideas. (PG-13) 123 minutes. (****)—Lisa Jensen.
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o celebrate the arrival of rain, I popped over to last Wednesday’s PopUp (next door to Assembly) for something fresh-baked from the Manresa Bread Project. Baker and Project entrepreneuse Avery Ruzicka was there, explaining ingredients to awaiting throngs, while I made an end-run toward a sensuous tart of Pear Frangipane ($6) and a heavy square of fresh moist pumpernickel ($8). Whoa! this is serious bread, I found out, as I rushed the pumpernickel home and sliced it for ham sandwiches. If you’re very skillful you can retrieve 10 thin slices from the aromatic
dark bread. The pumpernickel uses Manresa’s sourdough base—the secret that perfumes each of the Project’s loaves—as well as rye, and is studded with pumpkin, sunflower and flax seeds. Like a savory, sour cake it tasted like a rainy day in Heidelberg. Or Sausalito. Each earthy mouthful delivered the ham and mustard in what amounted to textural perfection. After a few bites of the stupendous bread it became clear that this pumpernickel needed absolutely nothing. It has enough presence and intricate sweet-sour flavor that it can stand on its own. It’s almost too good to be made into a sandwich. But with the ham and a glass of champagne
(not our usual lunchtime libation) ... congratulations to Manresa’s Ruzicka. Her pumpernickel is a complete creation—unusual, delicious, and substantial. One could live by this bread alone. The pear tart, encrusted with toasted almonds, was a textbook pastry. Feather-light, barely sweet, it was sophisticated in every way. Academically strong, it was to our taste expressively weak. Made with a sensitive touch, the pastry was flawless—polite, correct—yet not exciting. To each her own. I can’t wait to sample more of Manresa’s sensuous breads, Wednesdays at the 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Pop Up. heypopup.com
BROTHERHOOD OF FRUITCAKE If you didn’t begin your own fruitcake a few months ago, relax. The busy brothers of the New Camaldoli Hermitage in Big Sur have got it going on. Their flagship, threepound fruit and nut-laced, brandydipped cake runs $43. Online, at hermitagebigsur.com, or at the Hermitage Gift shop on Hwy. 1 in Big Sur. Heavenly fruitcake.
WINE OF THE WEEK Check out Storrs Sauvignon Blanc Monterey 2012 ($16.99 at Shopper’s Corner). At 13.8 percent it has both delicacy and clout. Minerals in the middle and then a soft, full finish. Laced with hints of chamomile, sea salt, lychee and pear. Perfect with seafoods.
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Wargin says the Monte is “a talented varietal native to central Italy, late ripening and bold in character.” Now for a word about Wargin’s eye-catching labels—not the least of which is the Montepulciano label which depicts two musicians clad in yesteryear’s clothing with a glass of wine. Wargin was a label series winner in the San Francisco Chronicle’s 2014 wine competition, and I urge you to visit his website to check out his current releases and see awards he has won over the years with his whimsical labels. His popular 2011 Big & Beautiful is a blend of wines, one of which is Montepulciano, and sells for $18. Wargin, who I saw a couple of times recently when he and I were part of judging teams for local wine competitions, and his wife Denise Wargin are co-founders of their wine business, and the couple has a daughter, Zena. A quote from their website says, “In November 2011, Zena was born into this wine family and will someday have more bottles than she knows what to do with.” We all aspire to that end! The Wargins have a tasting room in Watsonville called the Watsonville Winemakers Studios, part of a cooperative with other wineries. You can visit them from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, and from 4-8 p.m. on the first Friday of the month as part of First Friday Santa Cruz. Wargin Wines, 18 Hangar Way, Watsonville, 531-8108. Warginwines.com.
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Navy with no diploma, so I found a job in a restaurant supply business in Brisbane, California. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how I got into it. Now Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m 63. So, I worked for many companies before I became self-employed in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;79.
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Come in here and place orders. Get in my car, and drive over the hill, and sell in the Santa Clara Valley. (Pointing to Isaiah) This guy sells around here. (Pointing toward another worker.) This guyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s our excellent delivery guy whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quittinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. Two more weeks, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out of here. Look at that smileâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;see? So â&#x20AC;Ś you want a job, delivery? Build your muscles.
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To open a store. Before, we were just a warehouse. Now, anyone can come, you know. Before, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to put up with anyone. Excuse me, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the pleasure. Do you get much foot traffic?
Not a lot. Most of our sales are outside sales. So, I go out. (Pointing) My son Isaiah goes out. My son Tom goes out. My wife sits in here and does the books.
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3 RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES Sagittarius is the sign of direction. The arrows of Sag are sharp, and pointed in a specific direction. The archer guides the arrows toward a specific goal. The goal is truth and justice—the virtues of Sagittarius. The sun transmitting Sagittarius light to Earth has a specific goal—that of justice, truth and right judgment. The sun is the father aspect. Each of us, son/daughter of the father, is to follow the father’s (sun’s) direction each month (different tasks provided in each sign). In Sag we set goals through our imagination (mind). We gather all energies and previous experiences (the food of life) and aim the arrows of our imagination toward our goals. Our imagination releases a light from our head center. In meditation, Jupiter, the lord (ruler) of Sag, provides direction, guidance and expansion. When a sense of direction is rightly developed, purpose comes forth and the personality aligns
with the divine plan (God’s thoughts). We are not to look hither and thither for direction. We follow the direction (arrows) set for us by the Soul. Thought has power. When the imaginative mind releases (like arrows) such power in a given direction, the goal is reached. Arjuna, a Sagittarius student, was given right direction by Lord Krishna (the Teacher). Consequently Arjuna fulfilled the plan. In the Bhagavad-Gita, Krishna (the Teacher) of warrior-student Arjuna, says “I am the month of Sagittarius. I am the Teacher and the Teaching.” Artemis/Diana are the female Sagittarius deities. Sag is the photographer. Sag’s focus brings forth expanded awareness and consciousness through Jupiter, the planet of great generosity and love (Ray 2) leading to wisdom. We focus on what presents itself. Sunday, Uranus squares Pluto again (sixth time). It’s the revolutionary transformative agent initiating us into the Aquarian Age.
ARIES Mar21–Apr20
LIBRA Sep23–Oct22
Will you be traveling? Are you considering new professorial ideas, cultures and studies? Do you feel pressured to step up onto the next rung of the ladder? Do you seek justice, the law, religious or spiritual realities, not quite knowing what to choose? Much of you remains out and about in the world. You’re discovering discernment, discipline, structure, right use of resources and a new direction for relationships. Tend to all of these carefully.
Are you considering short distance travel this holiday? A deep transformative change penetrates your heart/mind this season. Many previous beliefs begin to disappear. Disconcerting at first, you’re actually being led to truths previously not understood. As beliefs break down, a greater capacity to understand, give, love and receive appears. You will then “be of love a little more careful than of everything” (e.e. cummings).
UNDERSTANDING SAGITTARIUS AND ITS SYMBOLS Esoteric Astrology as news for week Dec. 10 – 16, 2014
TAURUS Apr21–May21
SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21
You’re storing resources that last a long time. You need the feeling of safety and security while continuing important future work. Research to choose the best prices. Resources lying about for years now must be dealt with. They’re hiding in closets and drawers, storage units and garages. Bringing them out into the fresh air is productive, to assess their value. You are actually quite rich.
It’s time to ponder upon goals concerning money and resources. This makes your future more safe and practical. You don’t want to be wounded by not preparing adequately. Your mind, moving equally between myth/hopes and the real world, needs to concentrate on building adequate resources for times to come. Slowly. These resources will not be only for yourself but for others who join you. You have the stamina to face great challenges.
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On your mind are relationships; one in particular. Also money and resources held in common, their practical use, and whether to travel or not (careful). Your relationship is good if tended to a bit more. Money needs a practical reference point, a local credit union, invested in precious metals and land. What are your (partner’s, friends’) thoughts about the present monetary situation? How are you preparing?
SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 The entire introduction is about your life. Read it many times so its esoteric significances are absorbed and a new identity can emerge about who you truly spiritually are. As you seek truth and the symphony of the universe, as you seek justice along with joy, it’s most important to acknowledge that you are always seeking the goals ahead. What goals can you add? What would you like them to be? Look for swans.
CANCER Jun21–Jul20
CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20
You’ll find yourself in daily life creating new goals, meeting those goals and discovering others. Share your goals with others, communicating about them in plain language the practicality of defining goals and future planning. You’re very concerned about resources and money. After tithing, save money for future goals. What you save will be useful, practical and transformed when you’re ready to step forward.
Inner spiritual realities, not in your control, are affecting your life. You’re aware of many realities, things deeply personal and yet out in the world. Standing in both, you accomplish a great amount of work morning till night. At day’s end you, exhausted, fall into bed, hoping sleep will bring physical, emotional and mental balance. It does. Eat a bit of protein before sleep so your sleep cycle isn’t interrupted. Drink more water. Dreams inform your creativity.
LE0 Jul21–Aug22 Your energy’s unlimited, your color red, and your identity is focused on far-reaching goals. Nothing deters you. However you’ll be restrained if physical imbalances or family disharmony occur. Choose travel as a creative art form. Take camera, art supplies, and a horse along. Several dog companions will do if a horse is unavailable. There’s something you’ve wished to do for a long time. Returning to a place and person your heart remembers.
AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 Our outer reality is connected with our inner reality. What occurs in our outer life is based on what we believe, envision, have intentions for and where we place our focus. You’re aware that humanity, which you represent, is to bring forth the new culture and civilization under the new Aquarian Laws & Principles. The new culture will emerge from our visions. What are your visions for the new world?
VIRGO Aug23–Sep22
PISCES Feb19–Mar20
Create new plans and goals for the home. Are you feeling restrained by lack of something? You might be spending time and energy on things unseen, unspoken, in the heart and longed for. It would be good instead to concentrate on the season’s festivities, making your home cheerful, bright, warm and welcoming, full of lights and nature. Do things differently this year. Joy then settles in.
Each day a new experience and then understanding occurs leading to revelation. That’s actually an esoteric rule – revelation emerges from understanding. How does understanding come forth? From suffering, chaos, conflict, loss, grief and despair. From all of these, Pisces learns compassion, heals world wounds, finds their way. Keep walking, keep listening.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-1851 The following Individual is doing business as ADVANCED BUSINESS CONSULTING & i2i CAFE. 364 EVERSON DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz. AKINDELE BANKOLE. 109 BEACHGATE WAY, APTOS CA 95003. This business is conducted by a Individual AKINDELE BANKOLE.. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on September 23, 2014. October22. 29 & November 5, 12. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF CHRISTIAN SAMUEL MOORE CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV180434. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner CHRISTIAN SAMUEL MOORE has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Christain Samuel Moore to: Dmitri Zurita THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be
granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING January 6, 2014 at 8:30am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times , a newspaper of General Circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Novenber 14, 2014. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior Court. November 26 & December 3, 10, 17. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2182. The following Individual is doing business as HAPPY HORSES SOUND AND ENERGY HEALING. 301 REDWOOD HEIGHRS ROAD, APTOS CA 95003 County of Santa Cruz.CYNTHIA LEE AMBAR. 301 REDWOOD HEIGHRS ROAD, APTOS CA 95003. This business is conducted by a Individual CYNTHIA LEE AMBAR. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/27/2014 This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on October 28, 2014. November 12, 19, 26 & December 3. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2203 The following Individual is doing business as AMBERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LIFE COACHING BY THE SEA. 415 13TH AVE. SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. AMBER JONES. 415 13TH AVE. SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual AMBER JONES. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 17, 2014. November 26 & December 3, 10, 17. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2204 The following Individual is doing business as SANTACRUZNANNIES AND DOMESTIC STAFFING.
415County of Santa Cruz. AMBER JONES. 415 13TH AVE. SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual AMBER JONES & MICHELLE TURNER. 415 13TH AVE. SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 6/23/2009. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 17, 2014. November 26 & December 3, 10, 17. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 142137 The following General Partnership is doing business as SANTA CRUZ MOVING SERVICES. 908 OCEAN ST. BLDG. A, SANTA CRUZ CA95060 County of Santa Cruz. NICOLETTE KLUS & MARIANO KUK. 421 MARTINELLI ST., WATSONVILLE CA 95076. This business is conducted by a General Partnership Signed:MARIANO KUK The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 3/12/2010. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 4, 2014. November 26 & December 3, 10, 17. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2193 The following Individual is doing business as LUMINOUS, LUMINOUS BODYCARE & LUMINOUS PURE BODYCARE. 115 AVERITT STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. AMBER GREWER. 115 AVERITT STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Individual AMBER GREWER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 13, 2014. November 26 & December 3, 10, 17. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2223 The following Individual is doing business as LUMINOUS BABYCARE & LUMINOUS PURE BABY CARE 115 AVERITT STREET, SANTA
CRUZ CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. AMBER GREWER. 115 AVERITT STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Individual AMBER GREWER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 21 2014. November 26 & December 3, 10, 17. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF LAURA HAGEN CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV180522. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner LAURA HAGEN has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Conner Cruz Thixton to: Conner Thixton Hagen. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING January 13, 2014 at 8:30am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street, Room. 110. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times , a newspaper of General Circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Novenber 25, 2014. John S Salazar, Judge of the Superior Court. December 3, 10, 17, 24.
ARELI LOPEZ GARCIA CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. CV180529. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ARELI LOPEZ GARCIA has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing Applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Daiana Diaz to: Daiana DiazLopez. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection
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business as MENNAVIGATE. 1214 BROADWAY, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062 County of Santa Cruz. K.A. FREIWALD. 1214 BROADWAY, SANTA CRUZ CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Individual K.A. FREIWALD. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 7, 2014. November 12, 19, 26 & December 3.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINE ESS NAME BUSINESS STATEMENT FILE N No. 14-2235 Individdual is doing The following Individual business as SANTA A CRUZ CARPET CLEANING. CLEANING G. 4259 SEA PINES COURT, CAPITOLA CA 95010 County of o Santa ENRIQUEZ. Cruz. SANDRO ENR RIQUEZ. COURT, 4259 SEA PINES CO OURT, 950100 This CAPITOLA CA 9501 conducted business is conduct ted by a Individual SANDRO ENRIQUEZ The registrant commenced comm menced to under transact business un nder the listed fictitious business name n 11/24/2014. above on 11/24/201 14. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk Clerrk of Santa November Cruz County, on Nov vember 24, 2014. December 3,, 10, 17, 24. BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINE ESS NAME
STATEMENT FILE NO. 14-2214 14-2214 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as BRAIDWOOD CO., COAST ROAD FORGE & GS5. 551 COAST RD., SANTA CRUZ CA 95060 County of Santa Cruz Cruz.. PACIFIC BAY MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN, LLC. 849 ALMAR AVE. #C181, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. Al# 16710372. This business is conducted by a Limited Liabilityy Company. Signed JESSE KATZ KATZ. Z. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPICABLE. Thiss statement was filed with Gail L. L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 18,, 2014. December 3, 10, 17, 24. 244. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-21588 The following Individual is doingg business as WATSONVILLE VACUUM & SEWING CENTER. 757 FREEDOM BLVD, WATSONVILLE CA 95076 County of Santa Cruz. JOE RICHARD GONZALES. 1207 DAZZLE LANE, CAPITOLA CA 95010. This business is conducted by a Individual GONZALES. JOE RICHARD GONZALES The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed This above is NOT APPLICABLE. Th is statement was filed with Gail LL.. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 6, 24. 2014. December 3, 10, 17, 24 4. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-22855 The following Individual is doingg business as BLACK LABEL JARS. 2909 BRANCIFORTE DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95065 95065
County of Santa Cruz. ALIX HYDOCK. 2909 BRANCIFORTE DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ CA 95065. This business is conducted by a Individual ALIX HYDOCK The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on December 4, 2014. December 10, 17, 24, 31. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE No. 14-2234 The following Individual is doing business as LOAMSTEAD EDIBLE LANDSCAPING. 506 B PINE ST., CAPITOLA CA 95010 County of Santa Cruz. PHILLIP WAYNE GATCHELL. 506 B PINE ST., CAPITOLA CA 95010. This business is conducted by a Individual PHILLIP WAYNE GATCHELL The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on November 10, 17 17, 24 2014. 24, 2014 December 10 24, 31. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 14-2273 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as PURISIMA RIDGE- 207 REDWOOD ROAD, WATSONVILLE CA 95076 County of Santa Cruz.. 207 REDWOOD, LLC. Cruz 120 RULOFSON STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060. Al# 19110066. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability
Company. Signed DANIEL Company. ORANGE. ORAN NGE. The registrant commenced comm menced to transact business busine ess under the fictitious business busine ess name listed above on 10/30/2014 10/30 0/2014 This statement was filed with w Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County County, on December Decem mber 3, 2014. December 10, 17 17, 7, 24, 31. FICTITTIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS STATEMENT STATE EMENT FILE NO. 14-2269 The fo following ollowing Corporation is doin doing ng business as EPIC WINES S & SPIRITS 2160 41ST AVEN UE, SUITE B CAPITOLA AVENUE, 950100 County of Santa Cruz. Cruz. EPIC VENTURES. V 2160 41ST AVEN UE, SUITE B CAPITOLA AVENUE, 95010 0. Al# 1946508. This 95010.
business is condu conducted ucted by a Corporation Signed: Signeed: ANDREA MONDRAGON. The T registrant transact commenced to tr ansact business under the thhe fictitious business name listed lissted above on was 10/1/2014 This statement s filed with Gail LL. PPellerin, Pellerin County Clerk of Santa Cruz Cruz County, on December 2, 201 2014. 4. December 10, 17, 24, 31.
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Is supporting a local market important to t you? JOSH: “Yes, “Y Yes, e we don’t don’t have many left in America. Our country has been transformed transforrmed by huge corporations. Plus Shopper’’s pr promotes omotes quality quality.” y.” . HANNAH: “We “W We like shopping her here heree because the money stayss here and helps p our local economy y. It’’s a friendly frien ndlyy economy. and cozy store store — you don’ don’tt have to navigate navvigate aisles upon aisles — where where our kids Luca Luca and Sol enjoy shopping with us and interact ting interacting with the cashiers.” JOSH: “They can ea at a eat bagel or some fruit while in the stor an nd it’’s storee and never a pr oblem.” HANNAHA: “Our kids kids problem.” enjoy selecting their food.”
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