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INSIDE Volume 41, No.39 Dec 30, 2015-Jan 5, 2016

THE YEAR IN SCIENCE 2015’s top five breakthroughs to come out of Santa Cruz P13

WHAT’S UP, PLAYA? Burner culture meets New Year’s Eve when Beats Antique comes to town P20

Local writer Thad Nodine on his new novel’s guns and drugs P28

FEATURES Opinion 4 News 13 Cover Story 20 A&E 28 Music 30 Events 32

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OPINION

EDITOR’S NOTE

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The last week of the year is always a great time for music around here. This year’s premier New Year’s show is a two-night stand by Bay Area electro-cabaret weirdos Beats Antique, who Cat Johnson profiles in our cover story this issue. If the cover didn’t give you a clue about how far out these guys can get, her story about the group’s aesthetic and their new ‘Creature Caravan’ show will make everything clear.

There’s much more happening this week on and around New Year’s Eve, too, so check out our previews of

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local Americana fave Marty O’Reilly, soulsters Harry & the Hitmen, official Moe’s Alley New Year’s In-Ringers the B-Side Players, and more. I also wrote about my recent encounter with Patti Smith, who plays the Rio Theatre this week, and how she just might blow your mind. (Full disclosure: Horses is my favorite album of all time.)

It’s our last issue of the year, so thanks to everyone who made it great: the GT staff and extended families, everyone who took the time to talk to us and help deliver the news about our community, and everyone in our community who read what we wrote about it, week after week. You are why we do this.

See you in 2016.

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RE: ‘SCENES FROM A MOVIEHOUSE’

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I was very glad to read that the staff will be retained and that these theaters will still represent local culture. I moved here from L.A. around eight years ago after retiring, so I am familiar with Landmark Theatres. I was a little concerned at first, just because change is often not for the best, but this article has reassured me. Please keep Santa Cruz weird. There’s literally nowhere else to go ...

HOLIDAY MESSAGE

YOU OTTER KNOW

Shortly before Christmas, Santa Cruz County Sheriff officials teamed up with Rountree Detention inmates to make a video of five holiday safety tips. With each prisoner saying a different tip, the video suggests that people keep newly purchased items in the trunk, instead of in view of a car window.

It suggested people avoid posting holiday travel plans on social media, and also make sure the area around an ATM is safe before withdrawing money.

A sea otter gave birth in the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Great Tide Pool on Sunday, Dec. 20. The mom and pup were discovered that morning floating around with the umbilical cord still attached. Visitors flocked from all over to see the otters clinging to each other, as the mother fluffed her baby’s fur.

California residents can check off a box on their income taxes to support sea otters, which are listed as endangered.

Re: “Roof to Power” (GT, 11/18): Don Lane is pushing his pet projects. This, even though Santa Cruz has one of the highest homeless populations in the country due to his past pet projects. Even though 50 percent of the homeless in Santa Cruz arrive homeless.

And, they’ll keep coming.

The top three reasons the homeless say they come to Santa Cruz: The climate, the perceived social services available, the tolerant, accommodating community.

As for the “All In” program, Deb Elston had issues with it and Don Lane scolded her publicly. He apologized after the fact. Don Lane does a lot of apologizing “after the fact” for his condescending, sanctimonious, despotic behavior. If it’s not done his way, then it’s the highway for you. No discussion and no compromise.

He definitely doesn’t have his eye on the bigger picture: safety and the concerns of the community at large.

As for allowing “camps” for the homeless, this has been tried before with disastrous results. This goes the same for the “warming centers.” It was only needed three days last year, as we don’t have much freezing temperature during our winter. He wants to propose 30 days.

This calls for abuse of the situation, as has been seen before.

DON HONDA | SANTA CRUZ

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Thank you for an interesting history of our local theaters. I still miss the Sash Mill.

— EM

RE: ‘TESTING GROUND’ What a wondrous tale, filled with histories of Santa Cruz and beyond. Down deep, ping, it hits a note. Such a great choice of words, pieced together to make me go hmmm.

This I love: “I do believe the birds. Stories do not end. Narratives do. Endings are the conceit of storytellers and morticians.”

Yes, more.

Thank you Good Times for publishing this piece.

— K-MAN

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“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes.”

— GILBERT K. CHESTERTON

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LOCAL TALK

How are you going to rock 2016?

BY MATTHEW COLE SCOTT

I’m going to travel the world and floss every day.

ANN STADLER SANTA CRUZ | REGISTERED NURSE

I’m going to be happy, healthy and wise.

JILL SIMMONS SANTA CRUZ | STYLIST

Exercise. I’ve got my Fitbit. And start my MBA. SANTA CRUZ | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

I’m going to set aside my fears and go with my gut.

NOAH GOULD SANTA CRUZ | AMERICAN PAINTER

I don’t believe in resolutions, but I’m going to happily have a good year, and hope that everyone else has a good year.

TOMMY BRISLEY SANTA CRUZ | JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES, MASTER OF NONE

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of December 30 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22

John Koenig is an artist who invents words. Here’s one that’s applicable to your journey in 2016: “keyframe.”

Koenig defines it as being a seemingly mundane phase of your life that is in fact a turning point. Major plot twists in your big story arrive half-hidden amidst a stream of innocuous events. They don’t come about through “a series of jolting epiphanies,” Koenig says, but rather “by tiny imperceptible differences between one ordinary day and the next.” In revealing this secret, I hope I’ve alerted you to the importance of acting with maximum integrity and excellence in your everyday routine.

In the 19th century, horses were a primary mode of personal transportation. Some people rode them, and others sat in carriages and wagons that horses pulled. But as cities grew larger, a problem emerged: the manure left behind on the roads. It became an ever-increasing challenge to clear away the equine “pollution.” In 1894, a British newspaper predicted that the streets of London would be covered with 9 feet of the stuff by 1950. But then something unexpected happened: cars. Gradually, the threat of an excremental apocalypse waned. I present this story as an example of what I expect for you in 2016: a pressing dilemma that will gradually dissolve because of the arrival of a factor you can’t imagine yet.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 The coming months look like one of the best times ever for your love life. Old romantic wounds are finally ready to be healed. You’ll know what you have to do to shed tired traditions and bad habits that have limited your ability to get the spicy sweetness you deserve. Are you up for the fun challenge? Be horny for deep feelings. Be exuberantly aggressive in honoring your primal yearnings. Use your imagination to dream up new approaches to getting what you want. The innovations in intimacy that you initiate in the coming months will keep bringing you gifts and teachings for years to come.

GEMINI May21–June20 In ancient times, observers of the sky knew the difference between stars and planets. The stars remained fixed in their places. The planets wandered around, always shifting positions in relationship to the stars. But now and then, at irregular intervals, a very bright star would suddenly materialize out of nowhere, stay in the same place for a while, and then disappear. Chinese astronomers called these “guest stars.” We refer to them as supernovae. They are previously dim or invisible stars that explode, releasing tremendous energy for a short time. I suspect that in 2016, you may experience the metaphorical equivalent of a guest star. Learn all you can from it. It’ll provide teachings and blessings that could feed you for years.

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CANCER Jun21–Jul22

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Be alert for an abundance of interesting lessons in 2016.

You will be offered teachings about a variety of practical subjects, including how to take care of yourself really well, how to live the life you want to live, and how to build the connections that serve your dreams. If you are even moderately responsive to the prompts and nudges that come your way, you will become smarter than you thought possible. So just imagine how savvy you’ll be if you ardently embrace your educational opportunities.

(Please note that some of these opportunities may be partially in disguise.)

LE0 Jul23–Aug22

Wishing You A Happy Holiday Season!

The silkworm grows fast. Once it hatches, it eats constantly for three weeks. By the time it spins its cocoon, it’s 10,000 times heavier than it was in the beginning.

On the other hand, a mature, 60-foot-tall saguaro cactus may take 30 years to fully grow a new side arm. It’s in no hurry. From what I can tell, Leo, 2015 was more like a silkworm year for you, whereas 2016 will more closely resemble a saguaro. Keep in mind that while the saguaro phase is different from your silkworm time, it’s just as important.

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“The sky calls me,” wrote Virgo teacher and poet Sri Chinmoy. “The wind calls me. The moon and stars call me. The dense groves call me. The dance of the fountain calls me. Smiles call me, tears call me. A faint melody calls me. The morn, noon and eve call me. Everyone is searching for a playmate. Everyone is calling me, ‘Come, come!’” In 2016, Virgo, I suspect you will have a lot of firsthand experience with feelings like these. Sometimes life’s seductiveness may overwhelm you, activating confused desires to go everywhere and do everything. On other occasions, you will be enchanted by the lush invitations, and will know exactly how to respond and reciprocate.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 The longest river in the world flows through eastern Africa: the Nile. It originates below the equator and empties into the Mediterranean Sea. Although its current flows north, its prevailing winds blow south. That’s why sailors have found it easily navigable for thousands of years. They can either go with the flow of the water or use sails to harness the power of the breeze. I propose that we make the Nile your official metaphor in 2016, Scorpio. You need versatile resources that enable you to come and go as you please—that are flexible in supporting your efforts to go where you want and when you want.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 In many cases, steel isn’t fully useful if it’s too hard.

Manufacturers often have to soften it a bit. This process, which is called tempering, makes the steel springier and more malleable. Car parts, for example, can’t be too rigid. If they were, they’d break too easily. I invite you to use “tempering” as one of your main metaphors in 2016, Sagittarius. You’re going to be strong and vigorous, and those qualities will serve you best if you keep them flexible. Do you know the word “ductile”? If not, look it up.

It’ll be a word of power for you.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 In his essay “The Etiquette of Freedom,” poet Gary Snyder says that wildness “is perennially within us, dormant as a hard-shelled seed, awaiting the fire or flood that awakes it again.” The fact that it’s a “hard-shelled” seed is a crucial detail. The vital stuff inside the stiff outer coating may not be able to break out and start growing without the help of a ruckus. A fire or flood?

They might do the job. But I propose, Capricorn, that in 2016 you find an equally vigorous but less disruptive prod to liberate your dormant wildness. Like what? You could embark on a brave pilgrimage or quest. You could dare yourself to escape your comfort zone. Are there any undomesticated fantasies you’ve been suppressing?

Unsuppress them!

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 Frederick the Great was King of Prussia between 1740 and 1786. He was also an Aquarius who sometimes experimented with eccentric ideas. When he brewed his coffee, for example, he used champagne instead of water. Once the hot elixir was ready to drink, he mixed in a dash of powdered mustard. In light of the astrological omens, I suspect that Frederick’s exotic blend might be an apt symbol for your life in 2016: a vigorous, rich, complex synthesis of champagne, coffee and mustard. (P.S. Frederick testified that “champagne carries happiness to the brain.”)

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 My Piscean acquaintance Arturo plays the piano as well as anyone I’ve heard. He tells me that he can produce 150 different sounds from any single key. Using the foot pedals accounts for some of the variations. How he touches a key is an even more important factor. It can be percussive, fluidic, staccato, relaxed, lively, and many other moods. I invite you to cultivate a similar approach to your unique skills in 2016. Expand and deepen your ability to draw out the best in them. Learn how to be even more expressive with the powers you already possess.

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LOCAL FUND HITS HOME RUN

By Datta Khalsa, Broker A local investment fund for which I sit on the Board of Directors has been getting returns over the past 2½ years that we would not have believed possible when we started it, and with the impact of a transaction currently in progress, it appears likely to see even greater returns over the course of the next few years: Just 4 months after acquiring an under-developed property in Fresno for $900,000 with strong existing tenant cash ow, we have accepted an offer of $1.8M for the investment – twice what we paid for it. We knew this asset was going to perform well, but seeing our pro forma calculations validated with a signed contract is gratifying, to say the least.

The purchase contract gives our buyer a period of time to conduct their due diligence, after which, in order to stay in the deal, they must make regular payments of $5,000 per month until close of escrow, set for July of 2017. These payments will be in addition to the $10,000 or so per month in scheduled rents we already collect on the property, effectively increasing its Cap rate from 9% to an estimated 15% during the period of time funds are passed through, in the event that the sale doesn’t close.

As it is, our current ďŹ nancials show that shares in the fund have been yielding 27.1% in annualized returns over the course of the past year, of which nearly 3/4 has come as appreciation, and over 1/4 as positive cash ow that can either be paid out in monthly draws or rolled back into the fund and compounded. And now with the impact of the Fresno transaction, our little fund appears to have hit its biggest home run yet - one that will pay major dividends when and if it comes to full fruition.

Of course, current and past performance is never a guarantee of future returns, but with investments like this one helping to drive our portfolio, the future for the fund is looking very bright indeed.

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RE: ‘RAIL OF A TRAIL’

Outstanding! The folks with the UCSC Puma Project are doing some some great work, I am always amazed at their findings.

— DAVID THARP

Why a trail to Davenport? It seems to me to make more sense to build the first part of the trail where it will be used by the most people— like towards Capitola, not towards Davenport.

Please explain why Davenport first! Thanks.

— PAT EMARD

I can’t make the connection as to how the mercury-laden fog enters the pumas. Is it breathed in? Or is it absorbed through their skin and fur, or, as the article suggests, from eating smaller prey that are mercuryladen. If the latter, then how do the prey consume the mercury?

Wow! This is such a great gift to our community and will be used for generations to come. We have used the Monterey and Pacific Coast trails and can attest to the popularity of such trails. Thanks to all who are working on this project!

— CYNTHIA BERG

— ANNE SHERWOOD

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PLATE CHANGER A couple large nutritious meals may be healthier than small frequent meals. Oh, and fasting is good for you.

It’s more complicated than you think BY ANDREW STEINGRUBE

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ne bit of commonly dispensed dietary advice is to eat small, frequent meals throughout the day.

Or, in other words, be a grazer not a glutton. While most of us probably did a little bit of both this December (no judgment, holidays are hell on one’s diet), does a healthier, gluttonfree 2016 really mean eating small, frequent meals?

Perhaps not, according to a 2014 study published in the research journal Diabetologia, which examined patients with Type 2 diabetes. For 12 weeks, 54 participants followed both a “grazer’s” diet regimen of six small meals a day, and a “glutton” regimen of two large meals a day—each with the same amount of calories.

The study results showed that the

two-large-meals diet was better for health, leading to more weight loss, lower fasting blood sugar and better oral glucose insulin sensitivity.

Although small, frequent meals may benefit some, there are some logical reasons why larger, less frequent meals may be a healthy option. From a psychological perspective, eating fewer meals decreases a person’s chances of falling off the wagon and overeating during a given meal. And even when we think we’re eating less, researchers have found that when people selfreport, they drastically underestimate the amount of calories they actually consume. Large, nutritious and satiating meals also keep us from getting hungry and craving a snack again in an hour or two.

Biologically, another factor to

consider when weighing portion size is the thermic effect of feeding, or the calories that the body burns in order to digest and metabolize a meal.

Thermic effect of feeding accounts for roughly 10 percent of a person’s total energy expenditure, although this number varies. Interestingly, the larger the meal the body has to digest, the larger the burn. A 1991 American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study even found that multiple small meals containing the same amount of calories will not create as much of a thermic effect as the same amount of calories consumed in one larger meal. And a 2004 review published in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition concluded that higher protein meals create a larger thermic effect—about 25 percent, compared

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How to Eat: A Guide

to both fat and carbohydrates, which give back 5 percent and 5-15 percent respectively.

So what about the growing trend of intermittent fasting? While most diets are about what you eat, intermittent fasting is all about when you eat. Though it’s executed in many different ways, it usually involves eating little or nothing during multiple 12-plus hour periods per week. A mounting body of evidence suggests it may benefit health in several ways.

When a person eats frequently, insulin (an anabolic growthencouraging hormone), which promotes fat storage, is more often present in the blood stream.

But during fasting, the body’s hormones change in a way that increases metabolism and fat burning—especially the dreaded and dangerous belly variety of fat—and may accelerate weight loss.

A 2009 study in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that intermittent fasting may also improve cholesterol, blood pressure, and triglyceride levels, and a 2007 study in Free Radical Biology & Medicine found it may reduce inflammation and help prevent oxidative damage from free radicals. Short-term fasting has also been shown to increase autophagy, a sort of cellular waste-removal process that may have positive effects with respect to many aspects of health.

And many studies, including one published in 1982 in Gerontology, show that intermittently fasted rats age much slower and live much longer than their non-fasted counterparts.

Perhaps the easiest and most popular method of fasting is known as 16/8. Followers of this diet eat only within an eight-hour period (usually skipping breakfast and eating only between, say, noon and 8 p.m.), and fasting the other 16 hours. There is also the 5:2 method, where fasters restrict their calorie intake to approximately 500 or fewer calories on two nonconsecutive days per week, and then eat normally on the other five days.

Another simple method is known as alternate day fasting, or ADF, and involves fasting and normal eating every other day.

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NEWS DROPPING SCIENCE A look at the year in scientific research around Santa Cruz

BY JACOB PIERCE

From the faraway icy surface of Pluto to the depths of Antarctica’s frozen tundra, Santa Cruz scientists had their fingerprints all over this year’s most interesting findings. There were possible breakthroughs at UCSC in the search for an AIDS vaccine and better ways to test for Ebola, and important research into bat fungi and the sounds of elephant seals. Here are five key takeaways from Santa Cruz’s year in science.

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2. PLASTIC FANTASTIC Jim “Homer” Holm, executive director for Clean Oceans International in Santa Cruz, has long been a supporter of cleaning up the Pacific and getting plastics out of the sea. >16

CHOSEN SON Jimmy Panetta, whose father Leon Panetta represented Santa Cruz 20 years ago, is now running for the

same spot in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Hot Seat A look at the race to replace Sam Farr in 2016 BY MATTHEW RENDA

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n the United States Congress, people have come to accept sharply partisan politics—as talking heads more interested in battle than compromise, occasionally even threatening a government shutdown. But these days, reasonable discussions do sometimes prevail. That’s what is refreshing about the race so far to replace retiring Congressman Sam Farr, (D-Carmel), of District 20 of the U.S. House of Representatives, which has yet to show those laughable contrasts people see in Washington.

Two candidates from Monterey County, both of them Navy veterans,

have emerged in the quest to represent the Monterey Bay. And although they come from different parties, their political views are more remarkable for what they share than for what they don’t.

Jimmy Panetta, a Democratic deputy district attorney for Monterey County, talks about the need to compromise and aggressively seek common ground, even if it means traveling across the aisle. His opponent Casey Lucius, a Pacific Grove city councilmember, positions herself as an avowedly temperate Republican. Lucius embraces certain conservative

tenets like fiscal responsibility in an era of enormous deficits and a more muscular approach to foreign policy.

At the same time, she balks at the mention of construction projects at the border, and she asserts the need for work visas for undocumented workers. Lucius is pro-choice, promarriage equality, acknowledges climate-change science, and wants to bring more affordable housing to the tri-county area. “I think I’ve thrown the Republican Party for a loop,” Lucius says. “My husband and I are vegetarians, animal advocates and

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First came reports from UCSC researchers like Peter Weiss-Penzias, an atmospheric chemist, that the elemental compound consistently shows up in fog. Next was the revelation from UCSC biologists that methylmercury was showing up in the molted top-layer fur of elephant seals. Researchers estimate that each individual seal sheds about half a pound of methylmercury each year.

More alarming yet was a report this month from the Puma Project on campus, which has been consistently testing and finding mercury in the whiskers of pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains. More than one-third of Santa Cruz-area mountain lions had mercury levels above the human-health threshold, and fog seems to be the culprit, as it disrupts the food chain. Experts also found higher-thanexpected mercury levels in pine needles and some spiders. Generally speaking, mercury is a toxin that can cause problems for children and pregnant women, even stopping brain growth in fetuses. It’s too early to say, though, if and how mercury is affecting the animals that the researchers are testing.

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Panetta, out of Carmel Valley, touts interpersonal skills and the experience of growing up in a political household, as opposed to any strict adherence to party dogma. He learned from watching his father Leon Panetta serve the region as a congressman from 1977 to 1993 and later as director of the CIA and Secretary of Defense under President Barack Obama. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Policy is important. But this game is about people,â&#x20AC;? Panetta says.

When it comes to foreign affairs, Panetta diverges from Democratic Party, at least as it relates to Democratic President Barack Obamaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current approach to ISIS and unrest in the Middle East. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The U.S. Government and U.S. Military can be doing more to confront the terror this country faces every day,â&#x20AC;? Panetta says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;More determination needs to be shown to tackle this issue.â&#x20AC;?

Panetta says the government should work more closely with allies in the region and increase special operation tactics. He stops short, however, of wanting to put boots on the ground, saying there should be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;lighter footprint to tackle and solve that problem.â&#x20AC;?

In what amounts to one of the

few points of departure between the two candidates, Lucius called for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;multilateral strategy with a coalitionâ&#x20AC;? made up of U.S. allies. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it has to be on the ground because air strikes are not cutting it,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Immigration reform is another national issue with significant implications for local economic policy. Although they differ on the scope of reforms, both Panetta and Lucius say the current visa program is in need of an overhaul. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This area relies on immigrant labor and there has to be a road map for undocumented workers,â&#x20AC;? Panetta says, adding that the United States is a nation of immigrants, and, as such, must realize that it needs to tackle comprehensive immigration reform.

Lucius called a comprehensive approach a cop-out, saying it will only sow division and delay progress in areas ripe for compromise, like agriculture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You end up doing nothing due to a lack of agreement,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The agriculture industry needs about 3.2 million workers. Nationwide we distribute 140,000 visas.â&#x20AC;?

Both Panetta and Lucius served in the U.S. Navy, and the two use their service to burnish their foreign policy credentials.

Lucius served as a Naval Intelligence officer for seven

years, during some of which she was stationed outside of Iraq helping to ensure cargo ships were abiding by global sanctions on the embattled country.

Panetta also served as an intelligence officer for a special operations task force after being deployed to Afghanistan in 2007, earning a Bronze Star for his work tracking top Al-Qaeda targets.

Lucius says the No. 1 local issue for Monterey Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s representative will be water supply. The congressional candidate says she would try to remove bureaucratic burdens that get in the way of permitting for water infrastructure projects. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I were elected congresswoman, I would pursue funding for water projects so such projects would not be totally dependent on ratepayers,â&#x20AC;?

Lucius says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Santa Cruz County needs to address its aging water infrastructure, and I know this is true in Monterey and San Benito counties as well.â&#x20AC;?

Panetta wants the country to put more federal money into research and development of water projects.

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NEWS BRIEFS INFECTIOUS TREND Cases of gonorrhea are up, having quadrupled between the year 2010 and 2014, when 178 cases were reported in Santa Cruz County.

The numbers dropped briefly in January, but there were 29 cases this past November, the highest monthly total on record.

The increase has been across all genders, age groups and ethnicities, but the greatest increase has been

among men ages 18-35 who are having sex with other men.

Some infected people show no signs, but symptoms can include pain while urinating, pain in the genitals and discharge. Men may experience swollen testicles, while women may experience bleeding between periods.

Jessica Randolph, county healthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s administrative services manager, recommends anyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sexually active use a condom, get tested regularly and make sure their partner does the same.

STATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S IMPRESSIVE Elliot Williams, a guard for the Santa Cruz Warriors, was named the D-Leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s League Performer of the Week on Monday, Dec. 21. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an impressive feat for a man who was also the leagueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Player of the Month just weeks earlier.

During the week ending on Sunday, Dec. 20, Williams averaged 31 points on an astounding 83 percent field goal percentage to go with an average of six assists.

Not bad for a guy who has kept getting bounced from NBA teams over the past couple of years.

Santa Cruz had better enjoy his big performances while they can, because at this rate, Williams will get another shot in the big leagues before long.

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UPWARD-FACING SEAL It was a big year at UCSC for elephant seals. Some researchers learned about the sea mammals’ ability to recognize the

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“What’s in it for me?” Holm told the Santa Cruz Sentinel. “Clean oceans are in it for me.”

3. TOXINS IN BLOOM UCSC scientists were warning about the massive toxic algae bloom coming to the West Coast back in early June. It has all been part of the the trending warmer El Niño waters in the past year that has venomous, tropical sea snakes washing ashore in Huntington Beach and young sea lion pups starving. On top of

that, local biologists announced this month that domoic acid, an algal toxin, is leaving some sea lions brain damaged, with impaired spatial memory. That deficit, biologists say, would probably make it harder for the sea mammals to find food and avoid getting lost at sea.

4. MAP MAKING One of the most exciting things happening up on the hill is not necessarily a discovery that happened this year—but rather a series of developments that might lead to something over the next several years.

Over the past decade and a half, UCSC researchers have done pioneering work mapping the human genome to better understand the blueprints our bodies are built with.

But like people, all genomes are different, creating an overwhelming body of information—

each human genome has over 3 billion base pairs. This past year, the UCSC Genomics Institute received a $1 million grant from the Simons Foundation, a charitable group supporting research, to map this genetic variation to get a better sense of what different individuals have and don’t have in common, and where that variation is. This past September, the institute announced a partnership with Microsoft that will allow for faster calculations. It also received a couple of big grants, including $2 billion from the Keck Foundation.

5. LIGHT FIXTURE UCSC’s astronomy department is regarded as one of the nation’s best, and this year astronomer Francis Nimmo was part of a mission to send the first-ever satellite 3 billion miles to Pluto, while Professor Garth Illingworth was part of a project that

examined light from billions of years ago.

Illingworth has long been an expert in the early days of the universe. Using the Hubble Telescope, he has studied light that is 13 billion years old and looked at galaxies in the early days of the universe, literally peering across space and time. This year, he teamed up with Yale University astronomers to look at 13-billion-year-old light from the 10-meter telescope at University of California’s Keck Observatory in Hawaii. Combined with images from Hubble and the Spitzer Telescope, these new images reveal secrets of the universe’s toddler years. “One of the most dramatic discoveries from Hubble and Spitzer in recent years is the unexpected number of these very bright galaxies at early times close to when the first galaxies formed,” Illingworth said in May. “We still don’t fully understand what they are and how they relate to the very numerous fainter galaxies.”

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Panetta says the main area requiring federal representation, though, is the system of new flight paths that have airplanes flying over the Central Coast into San Francisco International Airport. The noise pollution is rankling many Monterey Bay residents.

“This is a demonstration of why people rely on federal reps to intercede on their behalf,” Panetta says, adding that outgoing Congressman Sam Farr was able to serve as a conduit between outraged citizens and the Federal Aviation Administration in attempting to address community concerns.

So far, Panetta and Lucius are the only two candidates to announce. However, potential candidates have until March 11, 2016, according to the Santa Cruz County Elections Department.

Should other candidates enter the fray as either a Democrat or Republican, a Primary Election would be held on June 7. The general election is slated for Tuesday, Nov. 8.

Lucius says the biggest difference between the two candidates is nothing policy related, but is deeply ingrained in their personal histories.

“My personal experience growing up in Ohio, we moved around a lot, lived in apartments, survived paycheck to paycheck,” Lucius says. “Because of this, I appreciate affordable housing, what the American Dream means to the people I want to represent. That is the biggest difference between Jimmy and I.” Panetta does not shy away from his upbringing as the son of a successful politician, saying his firsthand experience of Washington, D.C. will help him seamlessly transition into the role of U.S. representative for the Central Coast, a task he already understands well.

“You serve as the bridge from our home to the federal government and back,” he says. “I saw this growing up, and I see it as a prosecutor.

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Bay Area’s Beats Antique set to bend minds with their new electronic freak show ‘Creature Caravan’ at the Catalyst on Dec. 30 and New Year’s Eve By CAT JOHNSON

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and they are. They’re performing for us.

We’re on stage performing our music, but we’re looking at them.”

In fact, says Cappel, their audience is the reason they do what they do.

“We could sit here and make music in our studio all day,” he says. “But if there’s no one supporting it and listening to it, we have to do it on our time off from doing other jobs.”

Multi-instrumentalist David Satori, dancer/choreographer Zoe Jakes, and Cappel, the trio that makes up Beats Antique, believe that the more they can involve a crowd in the performance, the better. Far from being simple concerts, Beats Antique shows are full-sensory affairs that are as much performance art as they are musical events. The group blends lights, stage sets and elaborate props with electronic beats, world fusion grooves, samples, strings, tribal-inspired percussion, Afro-beat sounds, experimental composition, hiphop, and Middle Eastern belly-danceinspired styles to create something truly extraordinary.

The group members design a world where past, future and fantasy drift like wisps of smoke around, and through, each other. Jakes choreographs transfixing stage shows—which include, among other skills, balancing a brass vase on her head while belly dancing—Satori pulls other-worldly sounds out of his violin, and Cappel drops rhythms that align hundreds of strangers into a common movement.

Together, they aim to create an

experience with “crazies everywhere.”

A great audience, says Cappel, is one where people scream when it’s time to scream, they put their hands up when it’s time to put their hands up, and they pay attention when it’s time to pay attention.

BURNING FROM THE INSIDE The group’s collaborative, all-in ethos may spring from its roots in Burning Man. Cappel has been 17 times. For him, Burning Man is pure expression—a “vehicle for human expression through many, many, many different ways— almost unlimited ways.”

The members of Beats Antique go to the annual event to see how other artists are expressing themselves, which Cappel says feeds their own creativity.

It also gives them a chance to share new music. Where a Beats Antique production may generally take 10 or 11 people to pull off, with sounds and setup and production duties, at Burning Man the group has an opportunity to get back to its roots as a DJ project. When he’s at Burning Man, Cappel puts his DJ gear in his backpack and just takes off exploring, embracing opportunities to play and share his music.

“Our home audience is there,” he says, “so it’s a great time to show a lot of people what we’re up to. Sure, you’re spending a lot of money to go, but it’s a fun way to just give back. That’s how we look at it.”

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s the lights dim, a gypsystyle violin plays a slow mournful tune. From out of the darkness emerges a woman wearing a full, eight-point buck rack. As she makes mysterious, elegant gestures, reaching out her arms and swirling her hands under the black light, the energy of the audience builds.

Holding off the inevitable ecstatic release, she seduces the crowd for a painfully long time until, finally, the beat drops and a cross-cultural musical frenzy ensues. We’ve just entered the world of Beats Antique.

A glance around the crowd finds that the audience is not as much spectating as they are participating—swirling their own hands, moving to the rhythm, and embracing the role of collaborator.

One audience member is wearing a unicorn head mask, another is dressed like a vaudeville ringleader with a long handlebar moustache, a vest with no shirt and a top hat. The woman next to him twirls circles in her long skirt while a wild display of lights dances across the stage and audience. And that’s just one number—the night is still young, and it may include giant inflatable creatures, a cape-wearing bicyclist suspended high overhead, cabaret-style costumes, and carnival-esque theatrics from the performers and audience alike.

“It’s very commonplace for people to decide that they’re a performer as well,” says the Bay Area group’s drummer and beatmaker Tommy Cappel. “They show up like they’re getting ready to perform,

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When Jakes approached her manager, Miles Copeland, brother of Stewart Copeland (of the rock band the Police) about making a record, Copeland agreed and released the group’s debut album, Tribal Derivations, on his CIA record label. “[Copeland] wanted tribal belly dance music,” says Cappel. “We tried to figure out what that was and then just kept going after that.”

From there, the group started DJing around, aware that they couldn’t pull off live what they had created in the studio. With dozens of instruments and artists, electronic

textures, cut and remixed samples, and intertwining melodies and grooves, it’s far more than three people can handle performing live.

“We thought there was no way to do that,” says Cappel “We cut [the songs] up so much that a human can’t really play those parts the way they sound.”

Because of this, the group was forced to make a distinction between its electronic side and its live band side. Eventually, however, they knew they had to see if they could find a way to combine the two—and they did.

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a “combination of all of our music from all of the years.” There’s a particular emphasis on crowd participation and creating a fun atmosphere. Keeping true to form, Beats Antique promises to wow new fans with the elaborate show, and reconnect longtime fans with some of the old favorite songs and styles.

On Dec. 30 and 31, they bring Creature Caravan to the Catalyst, where they’ll perform two different sets on back-to-back nights. The band members are looking forward to coming down to Santa Cruz to take a break and enjoy a couple of days in a “nice city that’s close to home.” As Cappel puts it, “We know that the people of Santa Cruz love us.”

The last time Beats Antique was in town was several years ago for a Halloween show at the Cocoanut Grove. The trio is looking forward to revisiting older material that people haven’t heard in a while, as well as sharing new songs.

“We’re going to celebrate all of the things that we need to remember about this year, and that we need to bring forward for next year,” says Cappel. “It will be a good time for people to come and keep that on their minds.”

To encourage a participatory, collaborative event, the group has masks available to download and print out at choose.creaturecarnival. net/choose. When asked who makes up the Beats Antique audience, who it is that dons costumes and takes up the role of unofficial performer, Cappel describes it as a crowd of people of all ages, sizes, shapes, and styles.

“It’s just people who are living their life the way they want,” he says. “We celebrate that.”

Beats Antique will perform at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 30 and Thursday, Dec. 31 at the Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $25-$95.

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and rework the tracks, giving them the Beats Antique treatment. For performances, the group members decide which instruments they’ll play on each track, and pull them out of the recording. Then, when they perform, they fill those parts back in live. They also add additional parts that aren’t on the recordings.

What they end up with are choreographed performance art pieces with a foundation of electronic textures and musical samples that are accompanied and enhanced with live music. It’s a truly 21st century musical experience that bridges the past and the future, and celebrates what it is to be human.

Rooted in world music styles and one-love sensibilities, Beats Antique takes a global perspective to making music, pulling in sounds and influences from a variety of eras and cultures—including blending traditions and styles from cultures that “maybe don’t appreciate each other too much.”

“As people, and as individuals, we’re concerned and aware of the global problems,” says Cappel. “And, on the other hand, we’re aware of the global beauty that’s out there.

We have a lot of respect and love for pretty much everything.”

Cappel adds that here in the U.S., cultural issues can be divisive, but at the same time we have freedoms that we sometimes take for granted.

He’s also acutely aware of all the extraordinary and diverse creative people there are in the world. The group’s aim is to harness both domestic and imported creative energy for the good of everyone.

“When it comes down to it,” he says, “you look around the world and realize that there are a lot of different people that we should pay attention to and celebrate. There’s the global view from America’s eyes, and then just the global view of how do we get to the love, how do we get to the sweetness with each other?”

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FACT MEETS FICTION Though Thad Nodine’s ‘Grow’ is a novel, it addresses real policy issues that have been incredibly divisive in the U.S. PHOTO: CHIP SCHEUER

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who finds a second life growing medical marijuana. “Guns and dope play a central role in this book,” the lanky writer says with a grin. “And it’s a toxic mix.” Sounds perfect, given the 21st century context and West Coast political ecology.

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of writing projects, from novels to educational policy reports—seems to thrive on a steady diet of words.

Born and raised in Florida, he started writing speeches for a senator in Washington, D.C. after graduating from Oberlin College. Turning his back on a law career, he came West

and took up journalism. Santa Cruz suited Nodine, who raised two sons here with his photographer wife Shelby Graham. Completing a Ph.D. in American literature at UCSC, he started technical writing for several agencies in education policy, and now coordinates field research

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to think art was self-indulgent and that it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t address the public good,â&#x20AC;? he says. But Nodine has reconsidered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Humans need that different depth that art provides. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we empathize with each other.â&#x20AC;?

have to know their stories,â&#x20AC;? says the author. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The characters contain a bit of me. With the book Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m writing now the plot structure involves 50 years of one family. And a marijuana harvest.â&#x20AC;?

Nodine begins working from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;little detailsâ&#x20AC;? to the big ones. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then I think of the characters in relation to each other, conflict, resolutionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why I think my best attribute as a writer is showing how characters interact with each other, and how they change over time,â&#x20AC;? he says. The novelist picks up a pile of yellow legal padsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;I write lots of notes,â&#x20AC;? he says with a grin. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I have a chunk of it done, I give it to a colleague to read.â&#x20AC;?

And he points to a neat shelf of folders. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do a lot of researchâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;on cannabis, guns, the Salinas River location, and, of course, online. The Internet is great for research,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Nodine even talks his book ideas into a tape recorder during commutes to education policy gigs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I ask questions about what should happen at a certain point in the story, or what a character was doing.

Often I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even listen to them again, but verbalizing is important.

It focuses the work,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Still interested in politics, such as the high-tech skills analysis he conducts with students in the Central Valleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ag industry, Nodine long ago decided that a writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was for him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are good days and bad days. There are days when the writing process is frustrating, slow, tedious, isolating, overwhelming, confusing, and full of distractions,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Writing a novel is like nothing else. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incredibly difficult to do well. In the challenge is the love.â&#x20AC;?

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in competency-based education. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It involves a lot of interviews with teachers, students, and administrators,â&#x20AC;? he says.

The policy wonk in Nodine finds that â&#x20AC;&#x153;American policy in general is engaged in three hypocritical areas; education, drug policyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;specifically marijuanaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and firearms.â&#x20AC;? His novel-in-progress cross-pollinates those political strands.

Working daily on two computer screens, Nodine is close to the finish of his second book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I used to think art was self-indulgent and that it didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t address the public good,â&#x20AC;? he says. But Nodine has reconsidered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Humans need that different depth that art provides. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how we empathize with each other,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Manuscript development requires tenacityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and patience. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grow has five parts,â&#x20AC;? Nodine explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I spent a year on the first part. Several people read it, it went through multiple drafts. Once I felt it was on the right track I kept writing through the rest of it. First I sketch it through completely, so I have a sense of where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going. I write out complete bios of each character. I hope to finish the second draft in January. My agent is waiting for it!â&#x20AC;?

Process? â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the morning I work on what I wrote the day before, then in the afternoon I do original writing, figure out dialogue, timing, that kind of thing. Edit, then write.

Edit then write,â&#x20AC;? says Nodine.

Nodineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s award-winning first book, Touch and Go, involves an unlikely road trip through the hurricane Katrina landscape. The protagonist is a young blind man with a sketchy past and a colorful cast of companions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I enter the book through the charactersâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I

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ROCK’S POET LAUREATE Patti Smith performs on Saturday, Jan. 2 at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz.

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Shake it Up, Baby Patti Smith and the ecstasy of the unexpected BY STEVE PALOPOLI

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few years ago, Patti Smith did one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen at a rock show. It was Oct. 20, 2008, at the Fillmore in San Francisco, on the tour for her covers record, Twelve. She was in-between songs, and doing that thing that most musicians do at least once at every gig when they’re in-between songs: talking about how much they like the city, how great it is to be back, etc. As I’d seen hundreds of musicians do before at hundreds of shows, she started talking about the sightseeing she’d done that day. But then, in an instant, she turned the decades-old rock ’n’ roll cliché into something mind-blowing, as she described returning from her walk through Union Square or Fisherman’s

Wharf or wherever it was, back into her hotel, and how as she climbed to her room, the stairs started sticking to her shoes, attaching to her feet, stretching up with each step she took.

She didn’t change her nonchalant tone at all, but now people in the audience were looking at each other in disbelief, like one huge collective “What?” In the 30 feet or so of physical space she had left to describe, from the stairway to her hotel room, the story turned increasingly hallucinatory, until the bottom dropped out entirely, the band came in, and without missing a beat she launched into her cover of Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit.”

When I got the chance to meet Smith a couple of weeks ago at the

Rio in Santa Cruz, before her book reading, I finally got to tell her how much that small, unexpected moment had stuck with me. And to my surprise, she not only remembered it, she also got a chuckle out of the fact that it had made such an impression on me.

“I’m glad you liked that,” she said, smiling. “That San Francisco show was the first time I did that. I didn’t tell the band I was going to do it.”

Wait, I said, the band didn’t even know? How could they possibly have realized they were supposed to come in with that song? She’d dropped a couple of key phrases from the lyrics as hints, she said, but mostly it was because “they’re used to me doing stuff like that.”

The rest of us are used to it too, because Smith has been doing the unexpected for her entire career, starting with her very first single in 1974. The A-side, “Hey Joe,” remains one of the most bizarre and powerful cover songs in the history of rock ’n’ roll. Somehow, it weaves the song of lust, jealousy and murderous intent that Jimi Hendrix had famously recorded eight years earlier into a spokenword poem about the revolutionary and possibly sexual misadventures of Stockholm syndrome poster girl Patty Hearst. Her voice jumps instantly out of nowhere, against stark silence: “Honey, the way you play guitar makes me feel so, makes me feel so … masochistic.” She’s been on record for a total of seven seconds and she’s already praying to the rock gods, though Hendrix goes unnamed. Then it’s straight into a Hearst fantasy that is still startling now—I can’t even imagine what it was like to hear it 40 years ago. “I was wondering were you gettin’ it every night from a black revolutionary man and his women, or were you really dead?” she asks an imaginary Hearst, before slipping in a second rock tribute in the form of a Velvet Underground lyric: “Now that you’re on the run, what goes on in your mind?”

The single’s flip side, “Piss Factory,” was the first original song she recorded, and just as loaded with the unexpected and the taboo.

Another example of poetry mixed with rock music as only she has ever really been able to mix them, it tells a story of the ultimate hostile work environment, drawing from her own time on an assembly line. But it also reaches back into rock history again, imagining a boss telling her “get off your mustang, Sally … shake it up, baby. Twist and shout.” In the next few lines, she also manages to namecheck James Brown, the doo-wop group the Jesters, and the Jamaican ska band the Paragons— whose song “The Tide is High” Smith’s CBGBs contemporary Blondie would take to the top of the charts six years later.

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DOWN FOR YOU IS UP When I found out Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be meeting Smith before her Rio reading, I assumed itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d just be for a couple of minutes. But when we went up to the green room, she was sitting and signing booksâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and as cool and down to earth as anyone could hope. Not wanting to intrude or be otherwise obnoxious, I suggested, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tell me how many questions I can ask before it will get annoying.â&#x20AC;? She simply gestured to a spot on the couch next to her and said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sit down. Ask them all.â&#x20AC;?

She wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t kidding. For half an hour or so, I got the chance to ask every nerdy question I could think of, mostly about her cover songs and what inspired her to re-invent them the way she did. Maybe she enjoyed the insane specificity of the questions, or maybe signing books is just really boring, but we got so into it that when I lagged on questions she said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Come on, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to have more.â&#x20AC;?

I did. But of all her answers to the overly self-indulgent questions I got to ask, one in particular has stuck with me, to the point that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve thought about it every day since. One of my favorites of her covers is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pale Blue Eyes,â&#x20AC;? a song that originally featured some of Lou Reedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most passive-aggressive lyrics, opening with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sometimes I feel so happy/Sometimes I feel so sad/Sometimes I feel just about everything/But mostly you just make me mad.â&#x20AC;? Smith changed the latter line (to â&#x20AC;&#x153;lately Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just feeling badâ&#x20AC;?) and some other lyrics that soured the sweet heart of the song. In terms of rock history, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s significant because when Michael Stipe covered â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pale Blue Eyesâ&#x20AC;? with R.E.M., turning a lot of 1980s kids on to it for the first time, he used her version instead of Reedâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original words. But on a personal level, I always liked that she snatched a gorgeous love song from the jaws of cynicism. So I asked her what inspired that. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fred had pale blue eyes,â&#x20AC;? she said, referring to her late husband Fred â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sonicâ&#x20AC;? Smith of the MC5, whom she married in 1980, and who died in 1994. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I sang it like that for him.â&#x20AC;?

As Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music and poetry continue to endure and inspire (as the Horses 40th anniversary tribute show that Courtney Barnett and others performed in Melbourne in October proved once again), that answer reminded me that they do so not just because of the way they surprise, but also because their surprises are grounded in real emotion and a delivery that comes straight from her soul. Not unlike the end of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land,â&#x20AC;? at the core of Patti Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art there is just a woman dancing around to a simple rock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; roll song.

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touchstones of rock music via poetry solidified her blending of the art forms. Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do it again a year later to even greater effect on her debut album, Horses, which Smith and her band will perform in its entirety at their show on Saturday at the Rio. On the nine-minuteplus â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land,â&#x20AC;? she swirls â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land of a Thousand Dancesâ&#x20AC;? (written by Chris Kenner, but made iconic by Wilson Pickettâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recording) into her story of how the boy looked at Johnny, or maybe it was only Johnny alone in the hallway the whole time.

Cutting his own throat? Longing for someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s touch?

At the Rio, I asked Smith about whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really happening in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Land,â&#x20AC;? and all she could tell me was itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about how hard it is to grow up, and that she was reading a lot of William Burroughsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cut-up stuff at the time she wrote it. Fair enough; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unlikely that any close reading could account for the power of that song.

Smithâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cover songs are some of the best ever done, often because of the way she tangles a rock classic in her own poetry, and completely transforms it in the process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus died for somebodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sins but not mine,â&#x20AC;? a line from her poem â&#x20AC;&#x153;Oathâ&#x20AC;? that she used to open her cover of Van Morrisonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gloria,â&#x20AC;? is only the most famous example. With the same poetic subterfuge, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turned Nirvanaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smells Like Teen Spiritâ&#x20AC;? into a battle hymn for the exploited children of the third world, the Rolling Stonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Time is on My Sideâ&#x20AC;? into an angry protest against the very existence of time, and the Velvet Undergroundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mindless â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Togetherâ&#x20AC;? into a song about heroin in Harlem.

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Founder of The Kind Planet website, Eva Pollard, leads a workshop Tuesday, Jan. 5, on how to stop creating trash, not use plastic, and work toward a zero-waste life.

By zero-waste, Pollard means diverting as much trash away from the landfill as possible. She’ll teach skills that are plenty useful in this new year, like voting with our pocketbooks, saving money, being kind to the planet, and paving the way for a less wasteful future.

Info: 5-7 p.m., Jan. 5. New Leaf Community Markets, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. thekindplanet.com. $5.

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WEDNESDAY 12/30 CLASSES SALSA RUEDA CLASSES Cuban-style dance at the Tannery. Introductory and beginning classes 7-8 p.m. Intermediate and advanced classes 8-9 p.m. 7-9 p.m. Tannery, 1060 River St., Suite #111, Santa Cruz. Cesario, Danny, Gilberto. $7/$5.

BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE An introduction to ballet technique with a focus on posture, balance and strength building. Noon1:15 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@iadance.com. $10.

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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS OA is a 12-step support group for those who wish to stop compulsive eating. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Trinity Presbyterian Church, Youth Room, 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz. Nate at santacruzoa.org/ meetings or 429-7906. Free.

EMERSON MURRAY RECEPTION AT SANTA CRUZ REHEARSAL STUDIOS For Emerson Murray, painting is an emotional endeavor. His pieces are a story coming to life through figures, abstracted form, colors and landscapes. For the very first First Friday event of 2016, Murray will display his exhibit “Shadows on the Wall”—a colorful medley of oils and acrylics, dripped, dropped and thrown—at Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios. Murray is a self-taught artist who focuses on exploring color and depth in his work.

Info: 6-8 p.m., Jan. 1. Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios, 118 Coral St., Santa Cruz. firstfridaysantacruz.com. Free.

FINAL OPTIONS DISCUSSION GROUP We meet once a month to discuss our end-of-life options and choices. 2-3:30 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos.

688-8672 or finaloptions@outlook.com. Free.

HEALTH QI GONG FOR ENERGY BALANCE & HEALTH BY BREIGE WALBRIDGE Qi Gong is a fantastic and easy practice that brings physical happiness and mental calm. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383. Donation.

FRIDAY 1/1 MAH FIRST FRIDAY ‘STRENGTH & STRUGGLE’ Santa Cruz is home to a whole bunch of pretty badass women, and Friday, the Museum of Art & History is celebrating some of this county’s toughest with their new exhibition “Strength & Struggle.” Kick off 2016 with a mega dose of inspiration from stories of struggle and selfrealization through photography and video installations. These works challenge traditional gender norms and explore race, gender and sexual empowerment. Artists showing work in the exhibit include the Santa Cruz Derby Girls, skateboard videographer Tiffany Campbell, transgender artist Heather Cassils, four-time world boxing champion Carina Moreno and many more. This First Friday event will include a pop-up skate park in the museum lobby, derby demos and skate tricks.

Info: 5-9 p.m. Exhibit runs through Feb. 7. Museum of Art & History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. santacruzmah.org. Free.

with a surprise set of new music at midnight.

Advance tickets available on ticketweb.com. All ages welcome. 9 p.m-1 a.m. The Crepe Place. thecrepeplace.com. $20.

MUSIC MARTY O’REILLY + HARRY & THE HITMEN The New Year’s Eve show will go down in a typical dance-party fashion, culminating

SPIRITUAL ZEN MEDITATION & LIFE How do you practice

equanimity, kindness and compassion? Four classes on “The Awakened Mind & Heart.”

Meditation 8:30 a.m. Class and tea: 9-10:30 a.m.

Ocean Gate Zen Center, 920 41st Ave., Santa Cruz. 8:30-10:30 a.m. 920 41st Ave., Suite B, Capitola. info@oceangatezen.org. Donation.

WEEKLY MEDITATION CLASS Vipassana style mindfulness meditation focusing on

CALENDAR being present with what is in the moment.

Some chairs and floor cushions provided.

7-8 p.m. Branciforte Plaza, 555 Soquel Ave., Room 245. Russ 246-0443 or holeyboy.com.

Free/donations.

THURSDAY 12/31 ARTS THURSDAY ART MARKET Held rain or shine in the Tannery Courtyard, features live music, artist demonstrations, loft artists, and guest chefs with rotating menus. The adjacent Working Studios at the Tannery Arts Center will be open to visitors. 3-6 p.m. Tannery Arts Center, Santa Cruz.

FOOD & WINE ZIZZO’S COFFEE WINE & PIANO BAR Thursday, Friday and Saturday we offer $5 wine and $4 draft beer to go with our smallplates menu which includes a selection of yummy flatbreads. 4-9:30 p.m. Zizzo’s Coffee Wine & Piano Bar, Brown Ranch Marketplace, 3555 Clares St., Capitola. 477-0680 or zizzoscoffee.com.

GROUPS

ACA SERENITY SEEKERS ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and/or Dysfunctional Families) is a Twelve Step program for women and men who grew up in any type of dysfunctional home. 7-8 p.m. Calvary Episcopal Church, Fireside Room, 532 Center St., Santa Cruz. Pat 566-2865 or allone.com.

HEALTH FOOD ADDICTS IN RECOVERY ANONYMOUS Obsessed with food, weight or dieting? FA is a program based on the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. There are no dues, fees, or weighins at FA meetings. 9-10:30 a.m. 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz. Elana, 435-0680. Free.

ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP2 For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers. Registration required.

12:30-2 p.m. WomenCARE, 457-2273. Free.

HARRY & THE HITMEN’S NYE EXTRAVAGANZA Harry & the Hitmen are thrilled to announce the return of their threeNight New Year’s Eve Extravaganza. The NYE show will go down in typical dance-party fashion. 9 p.m.-Midnight. The Crepe Place. ticketweb.com or thecrepeplace.com. $20.

THE 11TH ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S EVE ORGANIST’S KALEIDOPHONE On New Year's Eve, seven local organists will play musical styles highlighting the art of organ playing. A reception of Champagne, Sparkling Cider and Chocolates follows. 4 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. Free.

SHERRY AUSTIN WITH HENHOUSE Sherry Austin with Henhouse is a magical combination of music woven from folk, country and rock.

Enjoy the music in a comfortable, attractive, family-friendly venue. 6-10 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant & Inn. Free.

SPIRITUAL NEW YEAR’S MANTRA-THON Join us for our Ksitigarbha Mantra-Thon being done to benefit or reduce harm from natural disasters in 2016.

We will do one session an hour for 24 hours.

Brunch will be served, registration required.

10-10 a.m. 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. landofmedicinebuddha.org. Free/donation.

TRIYOGA FOR ALL LEVELS Develop strength and flexibility, as well as greater health and vitality. Experience the inner flow of prana as the movement of body, breath and focus harmonize.

For all levels. 9:30 a.m. Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 464-8100. $5.

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ARTS ARGENTINE DANCE Welcoming place to learn and dance Argentine tango. Beginners welcome.

Ongoing Fridays. 8-11 p.m. Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center 160 River St., Santa Cruz. tangoalternativo@gmail.com. $8/$5/Free.

EMERSON MURRAY: SHADOWS ON THE WALL Emerson Murray is an emotional painter.

Each of his pieces is a distillation of a story, theme or a myth boiled down to an emotional experience. 6-8 p.m. Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios. emersonmurray.com or jenn@ santacruzrehearsalstudios.com. Free.

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ACA WOMEN IN RECOVERY Women only.

ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and/ or Dysfunctional Families) is a twelve-step program for women who grew up in any type of dysfunctional home. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Quaker Meeting House, 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz.

Jaden, 359-2932, jerilams@gmail.com or allone.com.

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CALENDAR Yoga Center Santa Cruz, 234-6791. $5.

SATURDAY 1/2 BUSINESS ANIMAL SHELTER RELIEF RESCUE ADOPTION FAIR Animal Shelter Relief rescues cats and dogs from high-risk situations. Our ultimate goal is to reduce euthanasia numbers at local shelters. All of our adoptable animals can also be found online. Noon. PetSmart, 490 River St., Santa Cruz. animalshelterrelief.org.

CLASSES BEGINNING YOGA Taught by Korrine. 10:1511:30 a.m. Yoga Within, Aptos. $15.

FRIDAY 1/1 FIRST DAY HIKES How to begin 2016 with your best foot forward? Try stepping out with the California Department of Parks and Recreation on their annual First Day Hikes. There will be hikes near and far—taking place at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Burleigh H.Murray Ranch State Park, Pescadero State Beach, Año Nuevo State Park, and Wilder Ranch State Park, with multiple hikes at all locations. The First Day Hikes initiative originated 20 years ago to promote healthy lifestyles and year-round recreation at state parks.

Info: Various, parks.ca.gov.

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featuring local Santa Cruz comics as well as Bay Area favorites. 8-11 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. George Kane, 227-1500. $5.

GROUPS

HEALTH VITAMIN B12 FRIDAY Receiving B12 via injection means that people can increase their energy. B12 Fridays are a fun time for people to meet and mingle. 3-6 p.m. Thrive Natural Medicine 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. 515-8699.

SCOTTS VALLEY NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUP Nar-Anon is a 12-step program/ support group for friends and families who have been affected by the addiction or drug problem of another. 6:30-7:45 p.m. Bison Center, The Camp Recovery Center, 3192 Glen Canyon Road, Santa Cruz. Free.

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NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS—GREATER BAY AREA SANTA CRUZ Nar-Anon GBA Santa Cruz offers three meetings in support of friends and families of addicts. naranoncalifornia.org/ norcal or helpline, 291-5099. 9-10 a.m. Santa Cruz, Aptos and Scotts Valley. saveyoursanity@ aol.com. Free/donations.

TRIYOGA FREE THE HIPS AND SPINE WORKSHOP Develop strength and flexibility, as well as greater health and vitality. Experience the inner flow of prana as the movements of body, breath and focus harmonize. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. $20/$10.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Ninety-day OA, study of the AA 12 and 12 book. OA is a 12-step support group to stop eating compulsively.

Noon-1 p.m. Live Oak Family Resource Center, Community Conference Room, 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. Nate, 429-7906. Free.

CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength, range of motion and stamina.

It is easy for everyone. Each class is informative and creative. Learn self care and stress reduction in a safe and supportive environment. Grey Bears, 9:30-10:30 a.m.

SHABBAT SERVICES WITH CHADEISH YAMEINU All are welcome. Potluck and refreshments follow; bring a vegetarian item to share. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Peace United Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. cysantacruz.com. Free.

RHYTHM AND MOTION DANCE WORKOUT Rhythm and Motion is a high-energy dance workout. For almost 40 years dancers and nondancers have gathered to learn routines made up of various dance styles. 9:30-10:45 a.m. 131 Front St., Santa Cruz. 457-1616. $14/Free.

GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS OA Steps/ Traditions Meeting. OA is a 12-Step support group to stop eating compulsively, including anorexia and bulimia. 11 a.m.-Noon. Watsonville Hospital, Sequoia Room, 75 Nielson St., Watsonville. 429-7906 or santacruzoa.org. Free.

WINTER COAT DRIVE Drop off clean, gently used and new jackets, coats, scarves and gloves for donation to our local Homeless Services Center. Jan. 3-10. New Leaf stores in Capitola, Westside and Downtown Santa Cruz. newleaf. com/events.

HEALTH WOMENCARE SPANISH SUPPORT GROUP WomenCARE offers a support group in Spanish for women with cancer on the first and third Saturday of the month. Call to sign up. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Santa Cruz. 457-2273 or 336-8662. Free.

MUSIC WEST COAST SWING DANCE PARTY WITH CHUCK AND PAT Come join us for West Coast swing dancing at the “Best Little Dance House” in Santa Cruz. We play traditional swing beat music for all styles of swing dancing. 7-11 p.m. 222 Market St., Santa Cruz. 479-4826 or gonnadance.com $10/free.

GEOFF ALLEN Guitarist Geoff Allen has

been rocking since the 1970s. He performs many musical genres and enjoys requests.

Take a musical trip through the last 40 years. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant & Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. davenportroadhouse.com. Free.

SPIRITUAL MEDICINE BUDDHA PRACTICE GUIDED MEDITATION Sessions include recitation of traditional Tibetan Buddhist prayers and the Medicine Buddha mantra, as well as some quiet meditation. 9:30-10:45 a.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 4628383. Donation.

OUTDOORS BEGINNERS MUSHROOM WALK Learn the rudiments of fungus foraging, identification, photographing, and taking spore prints with mycology expert and photographer Al Frisby. Meet at 11 a.m. at Aptos Coffee Roasting in Aptos, then enjoy a 2-3 mile hike in Nisene Marks State Park, where a variety of mushrooms can be found. Specimens will not be collected (State Park rules). Dress in layers. Optional: bring a snack/water, a camera/ phone and notebook to take notes. $15. RSVP aljfrisby@yahoo.com. Rain cancels.

ZEN MEDITATION & LIFE How do you practice equanimity, kindness and compassion? Four classes on “The Awakened Mind & Heart.”

Meditation 8:30 a.m. Class and tea: 9-10:30 a.m. Ocean Gate Zen Center, 920 41st Ave., Suite B, Capitola. info@oceangatezen.org.

Donation.

TRIYOGA NATURAL ALIGNMENT CLASS Join Kim Beecher for this Natural Alignment yoga class. Includes an in-depth understanding of alignment, anatomy, and the benefits of the postures. All are welcome. 8:30-10:30 a.m.

TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz.

464-8100. $15.

INTERMEDIATE TRIYOGA CLASS WITH JAMIE ANDRES-LARSEN TriYoga flows are presented with personalized guided alignment assistance. For Levels 1 and 2. Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 464-8100. $15.

SUNDAY 1/3 CLASSES GOOD MORNING WORKOUT Get your juices flowing. Enjoy the music and get fit at the same time. You’ll learn movement, patterns, style, and technique in a welcoming environment. No

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Info: Noon, PetSmart, 490 River St., Santa Cruz. animalshelterrelief.org. Free.

GROUPS SERENITY FIRSTâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;PAGANS IN RECOVERY A 12-step meeting with a Pagan flair, where people from all 12-step programs are free to discuss their spiritual paths. 7:15-8:15 p.m. MHCAN, 1051 Cayuga St., Room 12, Santa Cruz. 925895-3424. Free/Donations.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Speaker/ Discussion meeting. Have a problem with food? OA is a 12-Step support group to stop compulsive eating behaviors. 9:05-10:15 a.m.

Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center, Sutter Rm, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruzoa.org or 429-7906. Free.

WINTER COAT DRIVE Drop off clean, gently used and new jackets, coats, scarves and gloves

for donation to our local Homeless Services Center. Jan. 3-10. New Leaf stores in Capitola, Westside and Downtown Santa Cruz. newleaf. com/events.

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SPIRITUAL 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. 9:30-10:30 a.m.

Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383. Donation.

MEDICINE BUDDHA PUJA Medicine Buddha Puja is a prayer ceremony that is performed daily at Land of Medicine Buddha. On Sundays it is done at 2 p.m. One Sunday a month it is done in English. The other three Sundays it is done in Tibetan. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383 or landofmedicinebuddha.org. Free/donation.

INSPIRATIONAL MEDITATION SERVICE Join the Santa Cruz SRF Meditation Group for Sunday morning Inspirational Service. This service includes inspirational readings

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BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE An Introduction to ballet technique with a focus on posture, balance and strength building. Noon1:15 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@iadance.com $10.

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partners needed. 9-10 a.m. The Tannery 1060 River St., Suite #111, Santa Cruz. Cesario. $7/$5.

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CHANUKAH HOSTED BY CHADEISH YAMEINU Celebrate with Santa Cruz’s Jewish Renewal congregation. Join with entire congregation and Munchkin Minyan lighting candles, singing and snacking. 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Peace United Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. cysantacruz.com. Free.

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FIRST SUNDAY SOUND MEDITATION Join us on the first Sunday of every month for our free meditation series with Bruce Manaka. For more information go to manakastudios.com.

10:30-11:45 a.m. 6299 Hwy. 9, Felton. 335-7700.

Free/Donation.

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MONDAY 1/4 CLASSES BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE An Introduction to ballet technique with a focus on posture, balance, and strength building. Noon1:15 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@iadance.com. $10.

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BEGINNING HIP-HOP FOR ADULTS HipHop is a great way to build strength, stamina and flexibility, while having fun and learning to dance. No prior dance experience required. 7-8 p.m. 320 Encinal St., Santa Cruz. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. $10.

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those who wish to stop compulsive eating, including anorexia and bulimia. 7-8 p.m. Soquel Congregational Church, Anne Hutchinson Room, 4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel. santacruzoa. org or 429-7906. Free.

BEGINNING WEST COAST SWING West Coast Swing is a smooth form of swing that can be danced to blues, R&B, country, big band, rock ’n’ roll, and contemporary music. No dropins. Must pre-register at Capitola Community Center. 7-8:30 p.m. 4400 Jade St., Santa Cruz.

Chuck 479-4826, chuck@gonnadance.com or gonnadance.com.

BEYOND AUTOIMMUNE THREE-COURSE SERIES Are you ready to reclaim your health and get back to enjoying what you love? Learn how to break through the emotional and spiritual roots of illness, reduce pain and fatigue and increase pleasure and energy. 7-8:30 p.m.

1509 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 345-2233. Free.

GROUPS TRANSLOVE GROUP For non-trans (cis) partners and close friends of transgender people. First and third Mondays. 7-8:30 p.m.

Address in Soquel. Email debabbott.lmft@ gmail.com for location information. $25.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Overeaters Anonymous is a 12-Step support program for

ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers. Registration required. 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. WomenCARE 457-2273. Free.

MONDAY DROP-IN MEDITATION Led by Venerable Yangchen and Venerable Gyalten basic meditation instruction and practice. One session of mindfulness meditation, followed by guided reflection meditation.

5:30-6:30 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383. Donation.

TRIYOGA PRANA VIDYA Includes breathing practices, concentration and meditation. 7:308:30 p.m. Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 464-8100. $15.

TRIYOGA BASICS YOGA CLASS A relaxing and strengthening class to benefit your backs and hips. With Dr. Kim Beecher. For beginners and all levels. 5:30 p.m. TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 464-8100. $15.

TRIYOGA LEVEL 1 YOGA CLASS Enjoy the wealth of TriYoga. Taught by Terri Richards. 9:30 a.m Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 464-8100. $15.

BLOOM OF THE PRESENT WEEKLY MONDAY EVENING MEDITATION Please join us for this weekly drop-in meditation group.

The meeting will include a silent mindfulness meditation and Dharma talk on Buddhist teachings. 7-8:30 p.m. 6265 Hwy. 9, Felton. 2222100. Donation.

TUESDAY 1/5 ARTS SOULCOLLAGE Come and try this wonderful and easy art-based collage method to build and create your own tarot collage deck of cards. 7-9 p.m. Elemental Art Studio Gallery-128. Tannery Arts Center, 1050 River St., Santa Cruz. Register by 2 p.m. of each Tuesday at 212-1398. $20/$10.

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SUNDAY 1/3 FREE FIRST SUNDAY SOUND MEDITATION The holidays are a crazy time. There are way too many people out and about and far too little time to get gifts (did the Grinch write this?), which is why Bruce Manaka, author of Flights of a Runaway Monk and Alchemy of Bliss, is offering a sound healing session on Sunday, Jan. 3.

Manaka will play crystal bowls and spiritual instruments to create a safe, relaxing and healing environment to leave the stress of the holidays behind.

Info: 10:30-11:45 a.m., Mountain Spirit, 6299 Hwy. 9, Felton. manakastudios.com. Free.

Donations accepted and go to the Dalai Lama Trust Foundation.

introduction to ballet technique with a focus on posture, balance and strength building. Noon1:15 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. Info@iadance.com. $10.

ZERO WASTE LIFESTYLE: REDUCE YOUR ECO FOOTPRINT Join New Leaf’s Eva Pollard and learn ways to reduce your trash footprint. Bring your own cup. Pre registration suggested. 6-7 p.m. New Leaf Community Market classroom, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleafwestside.eventbrite.com. $5.

BATERIA SANTA CRUZ Bateria Samba Cruz is a hands-on class dedicated to learning and performing samba traditions of Brazil. We will build repertoire through exercises, growing as an ensemble each class. 6-7 p.m. The Tannery, 1060 River St., #111, Santa Cruz. 227-6770.

GROUPS NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS: APTOS A 12-Step program for the friends and families who have been affected by the addiction or drug problem of another. 7-8:30 p.m.

Freedom Roads Church, 7200 Freedom Blvd., Aptos. saveyoursanity@aol.com or helpline 291-5099. Free.

BUSINESS DEBTORS ANONYMOUS Living in chaos and drama around money? You are not alone. In Business Debtors Anonymous, all are welcome, and we specifically focus on recovering from debting in one’s business. 5:156:30 p.m. Calvary Episcopal Church, Parish Hall 532 Center St., Santa Cruz. 425-3272. Free.

HEALTH CANCER SUPPORT GROUP WomenCARE support group for women newly diagnosed or undergoing treatment for cancer.

Registration required. 12:30-2 p.m.

WomenCARE 457-2273. Free.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP Open to all friends and loved ones of people with cancer. Meets every first and third Tuesday of the month. Call to register. 5:30-7 p.m.

WomenCARE 457-2273. Free.

SPIRITUAL FOCUSING YOUR MIND AND OPENING YOUR HEART MEDITATION COURSE Start the new year with this four-week introductory meditation course. 7-8:45 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road,

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Info: 5-7 p.m., Mountain Spirit, 6299 Hwy. 9, Felton. 335-7700. $15.

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HEALTH CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength, range of motion and stamina. It is easy for everyone. Each class is informative and creative. Learn self care and stress reduction in a safe and supportive environment. Grey Bears 9:30-10:30 a.m. Yoga Center Santa Cruz 234-6791. $5.

LEVEL 1 TRIYOGA CLASS Terri Richards presents TriYoga for Level 1. Strengthen the whole body and free the hips and spine. 5:30 p.m. TriYoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 464-8100. $15.

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness through

movement classes. These engaging classes will heighten your vitality as they increase your self-awareness and overall well-being. Pre registration required. 9:30 a.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 4268893. Free.

VOLUNTEER VETS4VETS There are new volunteer opportunities in our community to support veterans in a multitude of ways. Volunteer to help veterans with: employment services, housing search assistance and obtaining benefits. 6-8 p.m. Veterans Memorial Building basement, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz. 420-7348.

Each class is informative and creative. Learn self care and stress reduction in a safe and supportive environment. Grey Bears 9:30-10:30 a.m. Yoga Center Santa Cruz, 234-6791. $5.

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MUSIC CALENDAR

LOVE YOUR

LOCAL BAND

EVE OF EDEN Natural State, Eve of Eden’s forthcoming album, is a polished Americana-pop record that seems way beyond anything you’d expect from a band at the local level. In fact, leader Aliza Hava has been working on this record for a couple of years with three Grammy-winning producers (Toby Wright, Stephen George, Ron Zabrocki), a feat she managed after having released a solid solo record a decade ago, and getting to know folks in the industry ever since.

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“I put the team together from relationships that I built over the years, people who’ve really enjoyed my voice, my songs, believing in what I have to offer,” Hava says.

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The bulk of the record was recorded before she formed the band Eve of Eden, and the process began right after she moved to Santa Cruz (she’s originally from New York). During the process of working on this album, she decided that she didn’t want to put out another solo record.

“Being in a band is more fun than being a solo singer-songwriter,” Hava says. “I had been performing as myself for a long time. I just had this epiphany that that was only what I was doing because of circumstance, not necessarily because that’s what’s in my heart.”

The name Eve of Eden came to her while meditating. The people that she met for the group clicked perfectly, and now feel like family to her, she says.

The group officially formed in July, and is preparing for the release of Natural State sometime in 2016.

“I wanted to approach this project in a way that the music would have the capacity to reach the widest possible audience,” says Hava. AARON CARNES INFO: 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994

BEN AHN

WEDNESDAY 12/30 UKULELE

BEN AHN Anyone can play the ukulele. But there’s a difference between running through a mediocre rendition of “Tonight, You Belong to Me” and being a virtuoso—and Ben Ahn is the latter.

He grew up on the island of Kauai, but lives in the Bay Area now. He has an unbelievably large catalog at his disposal, in a range of genres—reggae, country, classic rock, hip-hop—and they all sound incredible. He will also entertain you with his silly stories in between songs. AARON CARNES INFO: 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $10/adv, $12/door. 335-2800.

AMERICANA

MARTY O’REILLY Ring in the new year early with two iconic Santa Cruz bands in one joyous night. For the past three years, Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra have risen from crashing on friends’ couches and working day jobs around town to international exposure via NPR and a tour through England. Their

spirit-infused country-blues is as uplifting as it is poignant, and it’s easy see why they are the perfect Santa Cruz ambassadors to the larger Americana scene. They’ll be joined by Harry & the Hitmen, the long-running soul act with the Motown sound. MAT WEIR INFO: 9 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $15. 429-6994.

THURSDAY 12/31 LATIN REGGAE

B-SIDE PLAYERS No New Year’s Eve is complete without a B-Side Players extravaganza at Moe’s Alley. The kings of Latin reggae return to Surf City to drop knowledge and good times. As they roll into their 19th year, the eight-piece act from San Diego continues to write true reggae tunes, incorporating socially conscious and political messages into infectious grooves. Since the show begins at 9 p.m. and there are no openers on the bill, one can only assume the B-Side Players will be bringing their A game to carry the audience into a new year with blessed beginnings. MW INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $30/door. 479-1854.

SOUL

HARRY & THE HITMEN Santa Cruz’s favorite purveyors of psychedelic, Motown-inspired soul, Harry & the Hitmen play a version of Jackie Wilson’s “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher” that captures the pure, heartfelt energy of the original and spotlights the raw talent of this local outfit. A hornbased, dance-floor-packing band with an obvious respect for those who’ve gone before, they blur the line between ’60s rock and soul, and specialize in getting the party started. On New Year’s Eve, they play three sets at the Crepe Place. CAT JOHNSON INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $20. 429-6994.

FRIDAY 1/1 ROCK

JOHN MICHAEL BAND Composing a who’s-who of Santa Cruz lore and music history are (of course) John Michael on vocals, Dylan Rose

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST MINNESOTA & G JONES

HARRY & THE HITMEN

INFO: 9 p.m. The Crow’s Nest, 2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. $6. 476-4560.

ROOTS ROCK

THE WEIGHT The Band remains one of the great rock groups of all time. With loads of hits, including “The Weight,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down,” “Up On Cripple Creek,” and “Across The Great Divide,” it was a pioneering act in the country rock movement, which is still going strong. On Friday, the Weight, featuring two longtime members of the legendary group— Jim Weider and Randy Ciarlante— along with Marty Grebb, Byron Isaacs and Brian Mitchell, celebrate the legacy of the Band, playing the hits as well as some of the lesser-known but equally brilliant deep album cuts. CJ INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $30/adv, $35/door. 423-1338.

COUNTRY/JAM

EDGE OF THE WEST Their name makes them sound like a country band—and they are, kind of, but they’re also a jam band. They also play soul, reggae—OK, they play everything. But at heart, they are a Johnny Cash-loving, Grateful Dead-admiring roots rock band, and they jam and improv with the best of them. Their set is a mixture of everything-you-can-imagine covers and originals. Whatever these local cats put their stamp on, they truly make their own. Whatever you want to call it, it’s really just good ol’ fashioned rock ’n’ roll dance music. AC INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $10. 335-2800.

NEW ORLEANS

GLEN DAVID ANDREWS Kick off the new year with some soul-stirring funk and jazz from one of New Orleans’ emerging stars. Glen David Andrews is a standout trombonist from a city rich with horn players and horn tradition. Hailing from the Tremé neighborhood, An-

drews was born into a musical family that includes Trombone Shorty and Derrick Tabb of the Rebirth Brass Band. Legend has it that Anthony “Tuba Fats” Lacen, a legend of modern New Orleans music, directed his horn at Andrews’ mother’s belly as a way to induce labor. As Andrews puts it, “I was born in a second line.” CJ

INFO: 9 p.m. Jan. 22. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $19/adv, $24/ door. 423-1338. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 1 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

IN THE QUEUE

INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $15/door. 479-1854.

REDLIGHT DISTRICT

SATURDAY 1/2

Santa Cruz-based band that blends rock, soul and blues. Wednesday at Catalyst

FUNK

DUMPSTAPHUNK Honestly, I can’t think of a better name for this group than Dumpstaphunk. It is exactly what it sounds like: funkalicious dirty grooves.

There’s a little bit of Sly & the Family Stone with the upbeat vibe and wall of vocal harmonies. Their latest record is called Dirty Word, which is exactly what I would imagine Dumpstaphunk to name one of their albums. This will be the funkiest funkfest you’ll get funked up at, if you get your funky ass off the couch. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $30/door. 479-1854.

WHITE ALBUM ENSEMBLE

Local favorites cover the Beatles’ Rubber Soul and Revolver. Wednesday at Rio Theatre SUN KINGS

Celebrated Fab Four tribute band rings in the New Year. Thursday at Don Quixote’s CHINA CATS

Bay Area tribute to the Grateful Dead.

Saturday at Don Quixote’s WASABI

Experimental funk and jazz. Sunday at Crepe Place

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(Archer) on guitar, Keith Graves (Ribsy’s Nickel) on drums, Tiran Porter (Doobie Brothers) on bass and Craig Bentley on guitar, JMB covers the best in rock from the Foo Fighters and Rolling Stones to Ozzy Osbourne and more. MW

One of the standouts of the West Coast bass music movement, producer Minnesota focuses on the melodic side of dubstep. As he has said, “My goal is to make bass-heavy dubstep/glitchhop music that’ll get you dancing, but it is not the same old three-note transformer step.” On Jan. 22, he’s collaborating with celebrated Santa Cruz producer G Jones, who crafts experimental hip-hop-inspired brokenbeat dance music. The two will perform a B2B (back-to-back) show, taking turns doing their thing. CAT JOHNSON

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LIVE MUSIC

Thursday December 31st 9pm $25/30 NEW YEARS EVE DANCE PARTY WITH

B-SIDE PLAYERS Friday January 1st 9pm $12/15 New Orleans Favorites

GLEN DAVID ANDREWS + SWEET PLOT

Saturday January 2nd 9pm $25/30 New Orleans Funk Supergroup

DUMPSTAPHUNK 7 COME 11

Sunday January 3rd 8:30pm $9/12 Afrobeat From Brooklyn

WED APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

12/30

Al Frisby 6-8p

AQUARIUS RESTAURANT Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz BAYVIEW HOTEL 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos

THU

12/31

FRI

1/1

Preacher Boy 6-8p Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p

Live Jazz & Wine Tasting Salsa Bahia 6-9p 6-9p

DJ Chilango 9p

The Box (Goth Night) 9p

BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Pride Night 9p

Party w/Raina 9p

Incidental Live Music Revue w/Alisha

Comedy Night 9p

Karaoke 8p-Close

HammerDown 9p-12:15am

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

Karaoke 9p

BROKEN ENGLISH Friday January 8th 9pm $15/20

CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas

DJ Luna 9p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Beats Antique $25/$30 8p

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

The Redlight District $10 8:30p

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

TUE

1/5

Lara and Laura 6-8p

Tango Ecstasy 6-9:30p

New Year’s Day Party 9p

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

1/4

Broken Shades 6-8p

New Year’s Eve Party 9p

Wednesday January 6th 9pm $7/10

Salsa & Latin Dance Party

MON

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Swing Night $5 5:30p

Thursday January 7th 8:30pm $7/10

1/3

Al Frisby 6-8p

DJ

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

7TH ST REGGAE SHOWCASE

SUN

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p

ZONGO JUNCTION Live Reggae Music

1/2

SAT Lloyd Whitney 1-5p Hawk n Blues Mechanics 6-8p

Mountain Tamer, Stone Sloth, Drain, Thunder Snow Cone $7 9p Karaoke

Locals Night, Music w/ Lil Billy

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Jazz Society Free 3:30p

Hamburger’s Comedy Show Free 8p

Karaoke 9p

Songwriter Showcase 7-10p

Beats Antique $55/$95 8p The Weight $30/$35 8p KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

Bay Area Hip Hop Great w/ Live Band

LYRICS BORN +

PARADISE SOUL SAVERS Saturday January 9th 8:30pm $20/25 2 Sets With Blues Slide Guitar Sensation

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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 30

Sunday January 10th 4pm $20/25 Afternoon Blues Series With

WALTER TROUT January 14th THE LIL’ SMOKIES + GRATEFUL BLUEGRASS BOYS January 15th HARRISON STAFFORD (OF GROUNDATION) January 16th THE METERS EXPERIENCE w/ LEO NOCINTELLI & BERNIE WORRELL January 17th REBIRTH BRASS BAND January 20th SOPHISTAFUNK + TUBALUBA January 21st MALI, BURNSIDE & J January 22nd SAMBADÁ January 23rd HOT BUTTERED RUM + MIDNIGHT NORTH January 25th ANTSY MCCLAIN + NELL ROBINSON & JIM NUNALLY January 28th NEW ORLEANS SUSPECTS January 29th COCO MONTOYA January 30th WARRIOR KING

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

Ben Ahn Multi-Genre Ukulele Virtuoso & Vocalist from Kauai $10 adv./$12 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm

Thu Dec 31

New Years Eve Celebration

The Sun Kings A musically remarkable tribute to the Beatles Complimentary Champagne At Midnight and Party Favors

$40 adv./ $45 door 21 + 9pm Fri Jan 1

Edge Of The West plus David Holodiloff Sextet

2 Band Multi-Genre Dance-Fest $10 adv./$10 door dance 21+ 8pm Sat Jan 2

China Cats Grateful Dead Tribute

Wed Jan 6

Dead Meadow with Liquid Lights by

$12 adv./$15 door 21 + 8:30pm Mad Alchemy Tonight

$15 adv./$15 door 21+ 8pm Thu Jan 7

Christian Martin (Dirtybird), Grensta, DeLuxen Get Schwifty Deep House Party

$15 adv./$15 door 21+ 8:30pm COMING RIGHT UP

Fri. Jan. 8 Sat. Jan. 9 Sun. Jan. 10 Sun. Jan. 10

Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men plus T-Sisters Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men plus McCoy Tyler Band Elisabeth Carlisle plus Haley Johnsen 2pm Tony McManus 7pm From Scotland, world’s leading Celtic guitarist

Reservations Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am

New Year’s festivities with Extra Large!

LOCATED ON THE BEACH Amazing waterfront deck views.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT See live music grid for this week’s bands.

STAND-UP COMEDY

Three live comedians every Sunday night.

HAPPY HOUR Mon–Fri from 3:30pm. Wednesday all night!

VISIT OUR BEACH MARKET Wood-fired pizza, ice cream, unique fine gifts.

SPECIAL DEALS Weekdays, upstairs and down.

NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily

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LIVE MUSIC 12/30

CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

WED Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra & more $15 9p

Joint Chiefs $3 8:30p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

Ben Ahn $10/$12 7:30p

12/31

THU Harry and the Hitmen New Years Eve Extravaganza $20 9p

FRI

1/1

Comedy Night $5 9p

SAT

1/2

New Year’s Party w/Extra The John Michael Band Large $15 9:30p $6 9p

The Messiahs $7 9:30p

Sherry Austin w/Henhouse 6-10p

Geoff Alan

The Sun Kings $40/$45 9p

Edge of the West, David Holodiloff Sextet $10 8p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

1/3

SUN Wasabi, Isak Eve of Eden, Moonshine Gaines Group Jelly $8 9p $8 9p

MON

1/4

Mix Tape Mondays $3 9p

Live Comedy $7 9p

TUE

1/5

7 Come 11 $5 9p Reggae Party Free 8p

Flingo 7p

Zebra 3 9p

IT’S WINE TYME 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic 7p

New Years Bash w/ the Breeze Babes 7p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Dave Muldawer 7-10p

Madrigal and Strange 6:30p

Mystery Guest 4p

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Tomas Gomez 6p

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Karaoke w/Ken 9p Beat Street New Year’s Dance Party 7-10p

Glen David Andrews, Sweet Plot $12/$15 8p

Dumpstaphunk $25/$30 8p

Monday, January 25 • 7 and 9 pm

MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TOUR FEATURING RAUL MIDÓN, RAVI COLTRANE, NICHOLAS PAYTON, GERALD CLAYTON, JOE SANDERS, GREGORY HUTCHINSON | No Comp Tix Monday, February 1 • 7 pm

DAVE WECKL ACOUSTIC BAND | No Comp Tix

B-Movie Kings 8-11p Rand Rueter 6p

New Years Eve w/B-Side Players $25/$30 8p

TONY LINDSAY PRESENTS: THE MUSIC OF MARVIN GAYE, LOU RAWLS & BILL WITHERS

WALLACE RONEY GROUP

Zongo Junction $9/$12 8p

Friday, February 5 • 7 and 9 pm BOOKER T. JONES | No Comp Tix Monday, February 8 • 7:30 pm At the Rio Theatre | No Comp Tix

AARON NEVILLE QUINTET FEATURING CHARLES NEVILLE Tuesday, February 16 • 7:30 pm At the Rio Theatre | No Comp Tix

the

Arts Center

> SEE > DANCE > CREATE > LEARN > SHOP

1050 RIVER STREET SANTA CRUZ, CA

LISA FISCHER & GRAND BATON Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer.

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

kuumbwajazz.org

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W W W. TA N N E R YA R T S C E N T E R . O R G

Live Music 5:30-9p

Thursday, January 14 • 7 pm

Friday, January 22 • 7 pm

KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz MALONE’S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

ERIC HARLAND VOYAGER

NIR FELDER QUARTET

Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p Steve Walters 6:30p

Monday, January 11 • 7 pm

Monday, January 18 • 7 pm China Cats $12/$15 8:30p The Next Blues Band

HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

Celebrating Forty Years of Creativity

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1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135

LIVE MUSIC

Wednesday, December 30 • AGES 18+ Thursday, Dec. 31 New Year’s • AGES 21+

BEATS ANTIQUE

Wednesday, Dec. 30 • In the Atrium • AGES 21+

THE REDLIGHT DISTRICT

Friday, January 1 • In the Atrium • AGES 21+

WED

12/30

THU

12/31

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Libation Lab w/Syntax 9:30p-1:30a

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Old Blue 7-9p

FRI

1/1

Tone Sol 9:30p-1:30a

SAT

1/2

Tech Minds 9:30p-2a

SUN

1/3

MON

1/4

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party Eclectic Bass Event 9:30p-close 9:30p-2a

TUE

1/5

Hip-hop with DJ Marc 9:30p-2a

THE WEIGHT

featuring former members of: THE BAND • LEVON HELM BAND • RICK DANKO GROUP

Jan 7 Baeza/ Lil Debbie Atrium (Ages 16+) Jan 8 & 9 Tribal Seeds (Ages 16+) Jan 15 Stick Figure (Ages 16+) Jan 17 2 Chainz (Ages 16+) Jan 20 Boombox/ Ryan Bauer (Ages 16+) Jan 22 Minnesota b2b G Jones (Ages 18+) Jan 23 Roach Gigz/ Ezale/ Los Rakas (Ages 16+) Jan 29 Steel Pulse (Ages 16+) Jan 30 Y & T/ Archer (Ages 21+) Jan 31 Dr. Dog (Ages 16+) Feb 6 The White Buffalo (Ages 21+) Feb 9 Mardi Gras Party: Lettuce (Ages 16+) Feb 10 & 11 Iration/ Seedless (Ages 16+) Feb 12 Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime (Ages 21+) Feb 13 The Growlers/ Jonathan Richman (Ages 16+) Feb 14 Brillz/ Party Favor (Ages 18+) Feb 15 Matisyahu (Ages 16+) Feb 19 Keys N Krates (Ages 18+) Feb 20 blessthefall (Ages 16+) Feb 23 Reel Big Fish (Ages 16+) Mar 4 Skizzy Mars/ Gnash (Ages 16+) Mar 9 & 10 Rebelution/ Protoje (Ages 16+) Mar 11 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Mar 23 Yonder Mountain String Band (Ages 21+) Mar 30 The Floozies (Ages 16+) Apr 18 SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque (Ages 18+) May 28 Rodrigo Y Gabriela (Ages 21+)

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Trivia 6-8p

Trivia 8p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

Vinny Johnson Band

THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz

New Years Eve w/The Jon Dryden Experience $5 9p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Trivia

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

The Alex Raymond Band 8p

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Jazz Jam

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

White Album Ensemble $25/$40 8-11p

Dennis Dove

Breeze Babes

Chris Ellis

Slim Bawb 8p Open Mic 4-7p DJ Shea Butter 8p

Acoustic Jam w/Toby Gray and Friends

Natural Revolution 7-11p

Tuesday Night Comedy Smackdown 9p

Comedy Open Mic 8p

Open Mic 7:30-11:30p

DJ Jahi 8p

Aloha Fridays Traditional Great Acoustic Covers Hawaiian Music Brunch and Dinner

‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p Chas and Friends 6-9p

Santa Cruz Musicians Only Weekly Showcase 6-9p

The Lenny and Kenny Show

Trivia 8p

Open Mic 7:30p

Patti Smith Sold Out

ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

The Robin Anderson Big Band feat. Ruby Rudman 7p

FishHook 8-12p

The Joint Chiefs 8-Midnight

Jesse Sabala Pro Jam 7-11p

Ten Foot Faces 7-11p

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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

www.catalystclub.com

Make a Difference

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“My Advocate provides me with ƚŚĞ ƵŶĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶĂů ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĨĞĞĚƐ ŵLJ ƐƉŝƌŝƚ ŝŶ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ƟŵĞƐ͘ “ ~Former foster youth h ĞƌŬĞůĞLJ ůĂƐƐ ŽĨ ϮϬϭϯ

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LIVE MUSIC WED

12/30

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

THU

12/31

1/1

1/2

FRI SAT New Years Eve “In Four” In Three w/Steven Sambassa w/Jeff Buenz w/Tammi Brown, Bob Walters, Bob Burnett and Timo Guttierez Burnett & More 8:15p and Steve Robertson

SUN

1/3

MON

1/4

TUE

1/5

DEC 30 White Album Ensemble

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos

Billy Martini Show 8p-Midnight

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Claudio Melega 7-10p

SIR FROGGY’S PUB 4771 Soquel Dr, Soquel TROUT FARM INN 7701 E Zayante Rd, Felton

Karaoke w/Eve

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

Taco Tuesday

Open Mic w/Mosephus 5:30p

Jug Band Sing Along 6p

Davenport Beach Cleanup 9-11a

YOUR PLACE 1719 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Danny Lawrence 6-9p

Daniel Martins 6-9p

Danny Lawrence 6-9pm

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

DJ Beebo NYE Winter Wonderland Dance Party 9:30p

DJ Papa Midnite 9:30p

B4DAWN 9:30p

ZIZZO’S COFFEEHOUSE & WINE BAR 3555 Clares St, Capitola

Trivia Night

Chas and Friends 6-9p

WHALE CITY 490 Highway 1, Davenport

Kylan deGhetaldi & Rachael Williams 6:30-9:30p

Upcoming Shows

Jazz Brunch w/ Robert Ridder 11am-2pm

JAN 02 JAN 15 JAN 16 JAN 23 JAN 24 JAN 27 JAN 29 JAN 30

Patti Smith SOLD OUT Devotchka JD McPherson Paul Thorn Band Cowboy Junkies Gail Rich Awards Cirque Ziva Tim Flannery

FEB 04 FEB 08 FEB 11 FEB 13 FEB 16

Keola Beamer Aaron Neville Quintet Rufus Wainwright The Comic Strippers Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton Banff Mountain Film Banff Mountain Film Banff Mountain Film Shawn Mullins

FEB 19 FEB 20 FEB 21 FEB 24

MAR 19 Greg Brown

NEW YEARS EVE DINNER $27.95 | 3-9pm

Leftover Salmon

MAY 05 Kathleen Madigan MAY 22 Mac DeMarco Follow the Rio Theatre on Facebook & Twitter!

831.423.8209 www.riotheatre.com

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30TH SOCIAL WEDNESDAYS WITH DJ WILL AN OPEN MINDED FUN NIGHT FOR ALL! THURSDAY DECEMBER 31ST NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION WITH DJS SIR ELEGANCE, ANGEL AND MADONNA

TYROLEAN INN

SATURDAY JANUARY 2ND DJ SHOWBIZ & MC HOST VISA (KDON)

9600 Highway 9 Ben Lomond

336-5188 Tues-Thurs 5pm-9pm Fri & Sat 4pm-10pm Sun 12-9pm

393 Salinas St, SALINAS (oldtown) 831.757.2720 // casasorrento.com

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Boneless pork loin chops Orange duck Lobster Thermidor & other Bavarian specialties

APR 1

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FILM film. John Cusack is effective as the ’80s-model Brian, and it’s all connected by a fabulous, gluttonous feast of Wilson music, from surf tunes to Smile.

INSIDE OUT: In the mission control

center of the brain, where five key emotions constantly jockey for position, a foul-up in the control booth temporarily disconnects an 11-year-old from her personality. A trek through the adolescent brain is needed to set things right—a journey both hilarious and moving in Pete Docter’s smart, animated Pixar movie.

THE DANISH GIRL: In the 1920s,

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NO EXPIRATION DATE Iris Apfel in Albert Maysles’ documentary ‘Iris,’ one of 2015’s best movies we don’t want you to forget.

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For Reel Fact-based tales top fave films of 2015 BY LISA JENSEN

F

act trumped fiction at the movies in 2015—at least in the majority of my favorite films. There’s often more truth than strict historical fact in anything calling itself a “true story” onscreen, but a lot of entries in my Top Ten had at least a nodding acquaintance with historical reality.

Stream these for a happy New Year!

SONG OF THE SEA: Anyone who

TRUMBO: Bryan Cranston plays

roil beneath the surface in Zhang Yimou’s spare, resonant story whose characters will break your heart.

At the end of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a schoolteacher and her teenage daughter await the return of her husband from a labor camp, but when he arrives, his amnesiac wife no longer recognizes him. A chamber piece for three voices, full of small exquisite notes to be savored.

blacklisted real-life Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo with edgy, raging wit in Jay Roach’s entertaining plunge into the dark heart of anti-Communist witch-hunting in Hollywood during the 1940s and ’50s. A movie for anyone interested in backstage Hollywood stories, the craft and business of screenwriting, or the (belated) triumph of reason over fear-mongering.

loves seals, ancient Celtic folklore, or mythology will be charmed by Tomm Moore’s ravishing, handdrawn Irish animated feature, combining traditional selkie tales with a stunning visual palette, and an endearing tale of a young girl and her destiny.

COMING HOME: Oceans of feeling

IRIS: A fixture on the New York City

design scene for more than 60 years, 93-year-old Iris Apfel proves that fashion has no expiration date. With her wry wit and easy laugh, she’s a beguiling subject for this lively doc by legendary Albert Maysles.

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15-year-old girl navigates the tightrope between child and adult in Marielle Heller’s adaptation of Phoebe Gloeckner’s graphic novel. It’s a fresh, poignant female coming-of-age drama set in 1976 San Francisco—a liberating, yet dangerous world of almost no taboos. Star Bel Powley makes an impressive debut.

LOVE & MERCY: Paul Dano is terrific as Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson in the 1960s, at the height of his creative genius, in Bill Pohlad’s generally absorbing fiction

real-life Danish painter Einar Wegener was one of the first people to have sexual reassignment surgery, transitioning into a woman, Lili Elbe. Tom Hooper tells the larger story of the evolving relationship between Wegener and his wife.

Nuanced performances from Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander highlight this compassionate portrait of love and identity.

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH: Vera Brittain’s WWI memoir inspires James Kent’s searing, heartfelt drama. Maintaining Brittain’s focus on the minutiae of women’s daily lives, and the encroachment of war that leaves no aspect of those lives unscathed, the film paints a broad canvas in delicate strokes of all that is lost in the brutality of war.

STEVE JOBS: Leave it to scriptwriter Aaron Sorkin to come up with a punchy way to distill the complex story of the visionary who invented Apple computers.

Sorkin’s sharp script, and the propulsive energy of Danny Boyle’s direction make for an entertaining biographical drama.

MISCELLANEOUS Most Egregious Misfire: Pan. Oh, please. Guilty pleasure: A Little Chaos. Harry Potter’s Snape (Alan Rickman, who also directs) as Louis XIV. Kate Winslet as a female landscape designer at Versailles.

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THE BIG SHORT Based on the book by the same name, The Big Short follows the players and profiteers of the 2007-2010 financial crisis who bet against collateralized debt obligation and sent the system reeling. Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt represent the real-life men and women who called out the bubble burst before it happened. We’re sure audiences will feel the satisfaction of “We’re going to make the big banks hurt” in the theater that we never got in reality. Adam McKay directs. (R) 130 minutes.

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BROOKLYN From far across the cavernous pond, Eilis is an Irish immigrant who lands in 1950s Brooklyn, New York, only to face crippling homesickness, glaring cultural differences, prejudice, and hardship. When Eilis falls in love with a young Italian boy from a totally different world, she’s forced to choose between her old home and her new life.

John Crowley directs. Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson costar. (PG-13) 111 minutes.

CAROL Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara in an illicit love affair against the conventions, expectations and rules of the 1950s? Hello, yes, all the feels.

Todd Haynes directs. Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson co-star.

(R) 118 minutes.

CONCUSSION Based on the 2009 GQ article, Game Brain, the film follows Dr. Bennet Omalu as he tries to tell the world that repeatedly using your head as a weapon can lead to a lifetime of pain. Peter Landesman directs. Will Smith, Luke Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw co-star. (PG-13) 123 minutes.

CREED Well, Michael B. Jordan has sure changed since his days in The Wire—as in he looks like he ate the other Michael Jordan and gained double the body weight. Not that it’s a bad look, mind you, and it makes

his appearance as prodigy boxer Adonis Johnson believable at least.

Rocky Balboa is back but this time he’s training the young Adonis (really, with that name?) as he strives to fill his father’s shoes. Ryan Coogler directs.

Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, and Tessa Thompson co-star. (PG-13) 132 minutes.

DADDY’S HOME Will Ferrell is the step-dad competing again Mark Wahlberg for the affections of his stepchildren with weird bedtime stories full of innuendo. At least we get to see Ferrell fall a lot. Ugh. Sean Anders directs. Linda Cardellini co-stars. (PG13) 96 minutes.

THE DANISH GIRL Eddie Redmayne looks positively transcendent as Lily Elbe, one of the first transgender women known to have received sexual reassignment surgery. Based on the true story of the artist during her revolutionary transition, and the love of her wife, Gerda, who fought hard to stay by her side, The Danish Girl opens a beautifully haunting window into a previously unknown story. Tom Hooper directs. (R) 120 minutes.

IN THE HEART OF THE SEA A bunch of beautiful burly men on a boat fighting to survive the unimaginable enemy of the deep blue sea—based on Nathaniel Philbrick’s 2000 National Book Award-winner, this tale picks up where Melville’s Moby Dick left off. Ron Howard directs. Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Gleeson costar. (PG-13) 121 minutes.

JOY Joy shares her house with her divorced parents, her grandmother and her ex, and then she invents something—does anyone actually know what this movie is about?

Not that it matters, all we want for Christmas is JLaw. And apparently David O. Russell really loves Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence in movies together—like really. Robert De Niro co-stars. (PG-13) 124 minutes.

KRAMPUS You know what happens when you tell your kids Santa Claus isn’t real? A giant, hooved Christmas demon ends up haunting your home.

Probably some sort of moral about bad parenting, Krampus looks so bad it might actually be good—in that sort of “Yes, Adam Scott and Toni Collette in a Christmas horror film, this makes

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett in ‘Carol.’

sense” (more eggnog, please) kind of way. Michael Dougherty directs. Adam Scott Toni Collette, David Koechner costar. (PG-13) 98 minutes.

MACBETH Epic cinematic renditions of classic literature seem to be seeing a resurgence this year, with Shakespeare’s Scottish tragedy being born anew in Justin Kurzel’s most ambitious work to date. Ambitious, of course, because how could you refashion the beloved play for the screen without pissing off at least a few hundred dramaturgs? The rest of us will simply nod and smile at the sweeping slo-mo shots, gripping music and oh-so pretty cast—because, let’s be honest, we still don’t have a friggin’ clue what they’re saying. Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jack Madigan co-star. (R) 113 minutes.

POINT BREAK Wow, FBI agents are so pretty and that Bureau life is so glamorous—inspired by the 1991 film (really, we’re calling it a classic now?), it’s just art imitating life, obviously.

Ericson Core directs. Édgar Ramírez, Luke Bracey, Ray Winstone co-star.

113 minutes.

SISTERS Playing sisters who celebrate one final night in their childhood home, it’s Tina Fey and Amy Poehler together, taking their rightful places as as the queens of comedy. There are no words—except,

maybe, yes. Jason Moore directs. Maya Rudolph co-stars. (R) 118 minutes.

SPOTLIGHT In Boston, the church ran everything. When the Spotlight investigative reporting team from the Boston Globe began unpacking the decades-long cover-up of child molestation, they found themselves up against a web of religious, legal, and government cronies. The cover-up was linked to the city’s highest levels and the wave of revelations that followed in its wake rocked not only the Catholic world, but also the entire international community. Tom McCarthy directs.

Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams co-star. (R) 128 minutes.

STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS Ooh, what a neat looking indie flick! Lots of pew-pew and bang-bang somewhere in the desert, maybe Nevada? And some grumpy old man mumbling about the Dark Side.

At least the really tall lady from Game of Thrones is in it, otherwise it’d so be a total flop, right? J.J. Abrams directs.

Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher co-star. (PG-13) 135 minutes.

TRUMBO He was on his way to becoming a legend, but when Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted as a member of the Communist party and brought in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, his entire career screeched to a halt. The

famous screenwriter was forced out of Hollywood, so he did the unthinkable— he continued to work. Based on the true story of the man behind many of Hollywood’s greatest works, including Roman Holiday which he did not receive credit for until 2011. Jay Roach directs. Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren co-star. (R) 124 minutes.

TRUTH A group of journalists stumble upon the “holy grail” of documents— proof that President George W. Bush lied about his military service.

Only, once the story goes national, it turns out the memos haven’t been confirmed and some of them can easily be forged on Microsoft Word.

Truth is the story of the 2004 CBS “60 Minutes” report which sank anchor Dan Rather and producer Mary Mapes’ career. James Vanderbilt directs. Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid co-star. (R) 121 minutes.

YOUTH Michael Caine plays a retired composer and orchestra conductor on vacation in the Alps with his still-active film director buddy, played by Harvey Keitel. They sit, they muse, they don’t elaborate on the worlds existing in their minds; “Music is all I understand because you don’t need words or experience to understand it, it just is,” sighs Fred (Caine). They’re contentedly peaceful until Fred is invited by Queen Elizabeth herself to perform for Prince Philip’s birthday. (R) 124 minutes.

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dined in the 2014 spring equinox with the sensory opulence of India Joze’s incomparable Persian New Year banquet.

The seasoned brilliance of Jozseph Schultz was on full display at this multi-course feast, liberally spiced with the shimmer of belly dancing and finger cymbals. From the mango and red pepper chutney to tiny thimbles of cool green pea soup to finales of various baklavas, cookies and tea, the chef’s flavor sorcery ruled. My central memory involved Schultz’s rich duck in pomegranate sauce. A hard act to follow!

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Avanti hit the sweet spot. Every time. A shared special salad of pungent arugula and frisée, bits of fresh orange, pink and red beets, cured onions, avocados, Armenian cucumbers, and a tart vinaigrette that gathered up elements of flavor and sweetness from the oranges and beets—simply wonderful. We finished up with the evening’s pizza—four mushrooms accented with mozzarella and a light glaze of pesto was made exceptional thanks to the thin, delicious crust turned out by the Avanti kitchen. Crust worth chewing right down to the edges.

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salad at Maison Aussoulline in London also lingers long in my memory. The opulent flavors of ripe tomatoes, milky buffalo mozzarella and thumbnail basil—all conjoined by intense olive oil—were such a welcome contrast to the gray day. A slender ficelle was at once crisp, chewy, and toothsome.

Bread worthy of Paris. A pampering lunch in an elegant room.

In Paso Robles, Artisan offered me two equally satisfying dinners. One began with a cast-iron dish of tiny meatballs, ricotta gnocchi, Piave cheese and guanciale. Dazzling, rich, delicious. Another starter involved pickled beets tossed with

chèvre, candied walnuts and a fluff of arugula. The main dish of wild boar tenderloin—succulent and fullflavored—came with fennel risotto inflected with the salty bite of feta, pomegranate seeds and hot mustard.

We stop here four times a year and have never had anything that’s less than remarkable.

At the North Square in Greenwich Village we split a classic hamburger, with sides of seasonal green salad and crisp french fries. Everything about this burger was right on, from the pink interior loaded with flavorful juices, to the slick of cheddar and the pliant brioche bun.

Equally memorable was the Niman Ranch organic grass-fed beef burger from Soif. With aioli, local cheddar cheese, sweet pickles—I especially loved the pale yellow zucchini ones—plus a Wild West herd of addictively tasty hand-cut french fries. A mega-burger, and a lot closer than Manhattan.

The avocado toast from Bantam.

Just the thought of those fat slabs of ripe avocado, drizzled with cilantro pesto, then sprinkled with sesame seeds and coriander blossoms has me salivating. So, so good. In May we bowed in wonder over the sublime fresh-picked strawberries from Swanton Berry Farms. Simply the best, with that sweet/tart intensity that borders on the sexual. Strawberries that Ingmar Bergman would have loved. Speaking of tart, we joined most of the Westside in craving Iveta’s Beet Kvass tonic. So bright, salty, and mysteriously pungent that you know it’s doing something great for your body. The lamb kabobs at Laili, served with those tingling, hot, spicy, fragrant chutneys, yoghurts, and sauces. From Buttercup Cakes comes my favorite miniature carrot and ginger gluten-free creation, topped with a buttery frosting studded with tiny gem-like shards of crystallized ginger. Oh, and the Salted Butterscotch Budino at Ristorante Avanti, over which I moaned more than once. Topped with a float of warm caramel sauce and freshly whipped cream, this dessert was sin on steroids.

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Her chocolates are available at New Leaf and through her website. Owner and one-woman-operation Potter reveals all.

What’s your cacao percentage?

I haven’t done the math, per se, but it’s in the 90s. It’s mostly cacao powder and cacao butter. And I just add the slightest amount of sweetener to that. The main ingredient is cacao. I’m getting my cacao powder and butter from Ecuador. It’s organic and [employs] sustainable farming methods.

How many varieties do you have?

Do they taste different?

I’ve got seasonal flavors that I’m working with. I have a couple of standbys: The Bittersweet Triple Chocolate, and the Verve Espresso.

Those I can make year-round. There’s the Rose Cardamom, which I’m still working on. There’s a Strawberry Pink Peppercorn, that’s more of a summer flavor. It’s a cashew butter base, super creamy on the inside, and I use fresh whole strawberries. So it’s a very familiar flavor. It’s sweet, but not too sweet. The Pink Peppercorn is just a little bit of perfect spice.

It’s one of my favorite flavors. A lot of people were asking for it this last event. They’re going to have to wait for summer.

You can really taste the cacao. They’re not too sweet, which is different.

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The new year of 2016 begins Friday. Adding the numbers 2+1+6 equals nine. Nine signifies endings, completion, fulfillment and a major initiation (all year) into a new cycle of learning.

Mercury enters Aquarius on New Year’s Day. We step, for a moment, into Aquarius with its new laws and principles. All planets are in direct motion on Jan. 1. Planets-in-direction-motion means we move into the future more easily.

This moment of moving forward (planets direct), however, ends Tuesday, Jan. 5, with Mercury turning stationary retrograde. Two days later, Thursday, Jan. 7, Jupiter also stationary retrogrades.

Two major retrogrades in a week at the beginning of the year overshadow the events of New Year’s.

Retrogrades are important, surprising, magical times for humanity, offering a rest from usual ways of being. Mercury retrograde influences thinking and communication. Jupiter retro reminds us, “Love

more, for love underlies all happenings in our world.”

Retrogrades (inner assessments) at the beginning of our new year set the tone for 2016, an election year.

The retrogrades help us review, reassess, reevaluate, reexamine, and reanalyze which candidate is best to lead our country and the world. Which candidate is not involved with Monsanto, places humanity’s welfare ahead of business as usual, can be trusted, and speaks the truth?

The planets work primarily in mutable signs (Gemini, Sag, Virgo, Pisces) during 2016.

Mutable signs offer specific experiences that build a vital and integrated personality, strong enough to follow the disciplines of the soul. In 2016, the themes for humanity are building a strong integrated personality, encountering the soul, reviewing the past, stepping into the future and experiencing a new cycle of learning.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

You become more and more aware of others as the year progresses. You begin to say, “I see, I understand, I know more now.” This comes from Mercury, helping you develop new thinking, communicate with kindness, and connecting your past, present and future. You interact and move about with speed and a new state of happiness. Breathe rhythmically. Swim. Care for yourself.

Take extra special care of yourself this year. Everything that happens, all that you encounter, will have an expansive, larger-than-usual quality to it. Read T.S. Eliot.

Memorize a few lines from his “Love Song.” Follow your intuition to the letter this year, especially in terms of health. If seeing doctors, find the very best ones. Seek meaning and have faith in those who love you.

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SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

It’s important to remain focused upon health and healing. Research what is most nourishing for your body and blood types. What is your dosha? Find a “functional doctor,” a new type of doctor that investigates the sources of illness. Find a natural-wellness dentist. Do all things needed and necessary to remain healthy. You will need to manage daily affairs with more efficiency. A change comes soon.

Think about truth this New Year. All levels of truth, all dimensions, patterns, and relationships to the truth.

Then speak the truth. This may not be easy for you and/ or for others to hear. The truth sets us free. Truth holds us in its care. The truth has variety in its simplicity.

Truth steadies us. Truth has a deep connection to intuition. Truth offers us a foundation to stand upon.

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You will remember deaths, too. From these memories, you will organize your future life. With sunbeams.

CANCER Jun21–Jul20 You begin to learn new things, new ways of communicating and interacting with others. Negotiation becomes a skill you seek to acquire. Notice the ideals flowing through your mind. Record, journal, ponder upon, draw, and share them. Use your knowledge. If we don’t use a gift it disappears. Analysis, instinct and intuition are gifts offering you purpose and help to achieve goals. What are your goals?

LE0 Jul21–Aug22

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 Venus and Saturn are in Sag as the new year begins. You may feel resources are no longer available. They seem to have walked away. This is partially the situation. It’s the no-longer-useful that is gone. When we feel that nothing’s left, it’s because new realities are pulsating like stars directly toward us, creating new structures and ways of being, new resources, plans, and agendas.

Have patience, be as routinely as possible. A bit more wild is good.

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 Considered practical, you’re also imaginative and a bit unusual. You’re curious, too, and generous with information, sharing all that you know. For some reason I sense it’s time to create a journal of daily life, one that you draw, paint and color in. A deep sense of the creative is permeating your life. It’s from Neptune. There’s wisdom in creating this journal. Take time from your busy schedule for this creative art. It will have meaning later.

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You are an artist. Many recognize this. You may or may not. In some lifetime you will be aware that art and creativity are ways to learn about yourself. Daily life remains an in-depth process of regeneration. You will experience new foundations and new beginnings this year with finances, home, and in the continued shifting of all daily life endeavors. All that you do and encounter will be fruitful.

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PISCES Feb19–Mar20

New self-identity meets with old self-identity and you will have a choice as to which identity you want to be, how you want to identify yourself, and what self you will project into the world. Even though Virgo talks a lot and is out and about in the world, Virgo keeps part of the self hidden from view. Virgo is concerned always with communication, health and well-being. Do not toil or be troubled this year.

Everything in your life is in a state of preparation for what will come forth in the coming times. Pisces talents become more recognized through the years. At first Pisces is hidden by Neptune’s waters. Then Pluto takes over and Pisces becomes potent and powerful. What happened to the confused fish, people ask? Pisces all of a sudden becomes a leader (and savior) for a world in need.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-2045 The following Married Couple is doing business as MEDITERRANEAN GRILL & GO. 1024 WATER ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-2035 The following Individual is doing business as SANTA CRUZ HAIR DESIGN. 711 CARMEL ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. KAMRYN CLARKE. 711 CARMEL ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: KAMRYN CLARKE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 1, 2015. Dec. 9, 16, 23, 30.

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The following General Partnership is doing business as Z'S PROPERTIES. 338 ISBEL DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. GERALDINE ZABALLOS, EVELYN ZABALLOS & LUCAS ZABALLOS. 338 ISBEL DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: GERALDINE ZABALLOS.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF SUSAN PATRICIA HARNISH CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.15CV00435. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner SUSAN PATRICIA HARNISH has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: SUSAN PATRICIA HARNISH to: SUZAN SEQUOIA. 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 20, 2016 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive

weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition.

Dated: Dec. 2, 2015. Paul M. Marigonda, Judge of the Superior Court. Dec. 9, 16, 23, 30.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-2042 The following Individual is doing business as CRUZPETS. 1841 ALICE STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. JEFFREY COOPER. 1841 ALICE STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JEFFREY COOPER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 12/2/2015.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 2, 2015. Dec. 9, 16, 23, 30.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 15-2056 The following Individual is doing business as DANZANTE COFFEE ROASTING, DANZANTE EVENTS, & DESIGNS BY DANZANTE. 1240 BAY ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

County of Santa Cruz.

REBECCA ANNE ZAVALETA. 1240 BAY ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: REBECCA ZAVALETA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 3, 2015. Dec. 9, 16, 23, 30.

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JAIME SHAFFER, 34-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Admin assistant, Plantronics Hobbies: West Cliff walks/checking out the ocean, playing with dog, hanging out with friends, family time/movies, camping, cooking Astrological Sign: Scorpio JARROD SHAFFER, 20-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Electrician, Cupertino Electric

Hobbies: Camping, cooking, baking, family time/movies/visiting Pier 39/snacking at Mariniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Astrological Sign: Virgo What do you folks like to cook? JAIME: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This time of year we make lot of meals using the crock pot. Overall we eat pretty healthy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; lots of salads and veggies, and a variety of meat.â&#x20AC;? JARROD: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like to barbecue but I make a lot other dishes such as homemade tomato sauce, which we freeze. I also like to bake pies during the holidays. Give me a glass of wine and I start cooking. We usually make two separate meals for dinner: one for the boys and another for us using similar ingredients.â&#x20AC;? JAIME: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The boys love chicken, sausages, and bacon is really big. Shopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has the best quality meat is town!

You think so? JAMIE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;We live on the Westside. Once in a while Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll stop in at another market for a few items â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the meat is almost double Shopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s price!â&#x20AC;? JARROD: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been on a ďŹ rst-name basis with the butchers for years which is nice. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done cooking for fundraisers, and theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll help us out with special cuts, marinades, and more. The overall customer service is awesome. The checkers let our sons, Tyler and Lucas, participate by letting them scan our groceries.â&#x20AC;?

JAIME: â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can ask anyone a question and get answers. You never get, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sorry, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not my department.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Local makes a big difference.â&#x20AC;?

How so? JAIME: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to spend money, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d rather keep it in the community. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice that they employee so many locals, and not just at Shopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s but the Chardonnay 2.â&#x20AC;? JARROD: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is just a friendly place to be â&#x20AC;&#x201D; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the meeting place for everyone. Good thing itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a bar because people would never leave! I like Shopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s environment during the holidays; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll run into friends you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seen in years.â&#x20AC;? JAIME: â&#x20AC;&#x153;My entire family shops here for holidays meals. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always really busy but the lines move quickly. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m always recommending Shopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to Facebook groups for their great wine selections, their local organic produce, the butcher shop, and much more.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Shopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Corner is the meeting place for everyone. Good thing it not a bar because people would never leave!â&#x20AC;?

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