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DANCERS CARRY ON THE LITTLE-KNOWN LEGACY OF SANTA CRUZ HIP-HOP THAT BROUGHT THE WORLD THE JABBAWOCKEEZ P20

THE NEXTIES RETURN TO THE RIO THEATRE ON APRIL 8 P36

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INSIDE Volume 42, No.1 April 6-12, 2016

PILING ON SAND Environmentalists back cease-and-desist order for Monterey sand mining P13

TROUPE DEPLOYMENT Hip-hop showcase carries on a Santa Cruz dance legacy P20

THE CULT OF TOM Artists celebrate the songs of Tom Lehrer on his 88th birthday P30

Opinion 4 News 13 Cover Story 20 A&E 30 Music 33 Events 36

Film 52 Dining 56 Risa’s Stars 60 Classifieds 62 Real Estate 62

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EDITOR’S NOTE I came to love the Jabbawockeez after getting to know the guys in the Bangerz, which is the South Bay production crew that composes the beats for the world-famous hiphop dance team. The Bangerz are a grounded, happy-go-lucky bunch of guys, but the Jabbawockeez— with their trademark masks and emphasis on anonymity as a way to eliminate individual ego and elevate collective movement—are an enigma. I certainly didn’t know that one of the central figures in the creation of the group, Gary Kendell, was from Santa Cruz. That’s just one of the things I learned reading Anne-Marie Harrison’s cover story this week, and understanding how the style and philosophy of Kendell and his fellow Jabbawockeez

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ROUTE OF THE PROBLEM

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I am writing in response to your article “Way To Go” (3/30/2016). Business owners have valid issues and a significant stake in how customers access our stores.

While I have a fairly new downtown store, I have lived here a long time because I like the “feel” of the town and the people immensely. I was quoted out of context in the article, so want to be very clear.

When issues arise there are meetings, studies, and sometimes consultants are hired. Recommendations or proposals are made, followed by more discussions, meetings, etc., and decisions are made.

It is how the process “works.” That some ideas which are not even feasible are proposed, discussed, or studied, and some proposals are made with personal, political or business agendas, are the aspects of the process I find immature and counterproductive.

At the same time, chronic problems are not addressed. Changing the direction of the traffic flow on Pacific Avenue is not worth it unless the discussion includes

changed hip-hop culture forever is key to unlocking this almost secret history of dance culture in Santa Cruz. Harrison lays out the history, and explains how the En Route Urban Dance Showcase this weekend is a continuation of what Kendell started.

I’m also thinking this week about a conversation I had a year ago with Matthew Swinnerton, who organizes Event Santa Cruz and the NEXTies. (You may have seen Swinnerton in these pages last week, when he was named “Best Santa Cruz Cheerleader” in an Editor’s Pick.) At that time, Swinnerton told me that his three-year plan for the NEXTies would come to full fruition in 2016: “Next year is my full vision,” he said then. Well, that time has come, as the celebration of Santa Cruz’s entrepreneurial spirit returns April 8 with an awards extravaganza at the Rio Theatre.

Check out page 36 for the details.

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other relevant and pending issues: sidewalk vending, parking, bike lanes, and loitering, among others. We need to address these issues forthrightly. I am sure they can be solved creatively, making downtown even more vibrant, positive and successful.

The future is not anywhere we are going, it is something we are building.

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BEST OF THE BEST Re: “Best of Santa Cruz County”: Congratulations on such a beautiful issue. Each page is a feast for the eyes! I’m still looking through it—all 172 pages! Keep up the great work— Wednesday is not Wednesday without getting my copy of GT, such a fitting tribute to an incredible place to live for the past 40 years!

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James Durbin’s 2011 elimination from American Idol was the biggest upset in reality TV show history. Not just because it was a surprise—it was really upsetting! The Santa Cruz native came in fourth in season 10. He has both Asperger’s and Tourette syndrome and was one of the greatest people ever to grace Idol’s stage. You can see Durbin perform with other contestants on the show’s finale at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 7 on Fox.

Jim Hightower, a longtime opinion contributor to KPIG radio, said in a recent dispatch that he has been “radioactive” for 25 years. The insightful political commentator—who sounds off brilliantly on corrupt politicians, selfish corporations and lobbyists alike—appears on about 200 stations.

He announced on Monday, April 4 that the “Jim Hightower Report” will be reduced to just two days a week. It wasn’t our all-time favorite report from him, but we salute all his hard work.

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What’s the highest you’ve ever been?

BY MATTHEW COLE SCOTT

The highest I’ve ever been was at the top of the Giant Dipper on April 20th.

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Aside from climbing Mount Whitney, which is over 14,000 feet, the highest I’ve been was witnessing my first mother give birth to her baby.

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Literally in a stargate above our planet going at the speed of light during a third eye meditation.

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I had a toothache, went to the dentist, put a Sony Walkman on my head and he gave me nitrous oxide. I was having a ball.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of April 6 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22

French artist Henri Matisse (1869-1954) is regarded as one of the greats, in the same league as Picasso and Kandinsky.

Even in his 80s, he was still creating marvels that one critic said seemed “to come from the springtime of the world.”

As unique as his work was, he was happy to acknowledge the fact that he thrived on the influence of other artists. And yet he also treasured the primal power of his innocence. He trusted his childlike wonder. “You study, you learn, but you guard the original naiveté,” he said. “It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.” These are good, sweet thoughts for you to keep in mind right now, Aries.

In his book Strange Medicine, Nathan Belofsky tells us about unusual healing practices of the past. In ancient Egypt, for example, the solution for a toothache was to have a dead mouse shoved down one’s throat. If someone had cataracts, the physician might dribble hot broken glass into their eyes. I think these strategies qualify as being antidotes that were worse than the conditions they were supposed to treat. I caution you against getting sucked into “cures” like those in the coming days. The near future will be a favorable time for you to seek healing, but you must be very discerning as you evaluate the healing agents.

TAURUS Apr20–May20

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

Taurus-born Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) was among history’s greatest logicians. His mastery of rational thought enabled him to exert a major influence on scientific thinking in the 20th century. Yet he also had an irrational fear of being poisoned, which made him avoid food unless his wife cooked it. One of the morals of his story is that reason and delusion may get all mixed up in the same location. Sound analysis and crazy superstition can get so tangled they’re hard to unravel. The coming week will be an excellent time to meditate on how this phenomenon might be at work in you. You now have an extraordinary power to figure out which is which, and then take steps to banish the crazy, superstitious, fearful stuff.

In his poem “The Snowmass Cycle,” Stephen Dunn declares that everyone “should experience the double fire, of what he wants and shouldn’t have.” I foresee a rich opportunity coming up for you to do just that, Scorpio. And yes, I do regard it as rich, even marvelous, despite the fact that it may initially evoke some intense poignance. Be glad for this crisp revelation about a strong longing whose fulfillment would be no damn good for you!

GEMINI May21–June20 For a time, pioneer physicist Albert Einstein served as a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. On one occasion, a student complained to him, “The questions on this year’s exam are the same as last year’s.” Einstein agreed that they were, then added, “but this year all the answers are different.”

I’m seeing a similar situation in your life, Gemini. For you, too, the questions on this year’s final exam are virtually identical to last year’s final exam—and yet every one of the answers has changed. Enjoy the riddle.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22

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Your personal oracle for the coming weeks is a fable from 2,600 years ago. It was originally written by the Greek storyteller Aesop, and later translated by Joseph Jacobs. As the tale begins, a dog has discovered a hunk of raw meat lying on the ground. He’s clenching his treasure in his mouth as he scurries home to enjoy it in peace. On the way, he trots along a wooden plank that crosses a rapidly flowing stream. Gazing down, he sees his reflection in the water below. What? He imagines it’s another dog with another slab of meat. He tries to snatch away this bonus treat, but in doing so, drops his own meat. It falls into the stream and is whisked away. The moral of the fable: “Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

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LE0 Jul23–Aug22 “I never get lost because I don’t know where I am going,” said the Japanese poet known as Ikkyu. I stop short of endorsing this perspective for full-time, long-term use, but I think it suits you fine for right now. According to my astrological projections, you can gather the exact lessons you need simply by wandering around playfully, driven by cheerful curiosity about the sparkly sights— and not too concerned with what they mean. P.S. Don’t worry if the map you’re consulting doesn’t seem to match the territory you’re exploring.

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“If literally every action a human can perform was an Olympic sport,” Reddit.com asked its users, “which events would you win medals in?” A man named Hajimotto said his champion-level skill was daydreaming. “I can zone out and fantasize for hours at a time,” he testified. “This is helpful when I am waiting in line.” You Virgos are not typically Olympic-class daydreamers, but I encourage you to increase your skills in the coming weeks. It’ll be a favorable time for your imagination to run wild and free.

How exuberantly can you fantasize? Find out!

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 “When I look at my life I realize that the mistakes I have made, the things I really regret, were not errors of judgment but failures of feeling.” Writer Jeanette Winterson said that, and I’m passing it on to you at the exact moment you need to hear it. Right now, you are brave enough and strong enough to deal with the possibility that maybe you’re not doing all you can to cultivate maximum emotional intelligence. You are primed to take action and make big changes if you discover that you’re not feeling as much as you can about the important things in your life.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 Psychotherapist Jennifer Welwood says that sadness is often at the root of anger. Feelings of loss and disappointment and heartache are the more primary emotions, and rage is a reflexive response to them.

But sadness often makes us feel vulnerable, while rage gives us at least the illusion of being strong, and so most of us prefer the latter. But Welwood suggests that tuning in to the sadness almost always leads to a more expansive understanding of your predicament; and it often provides the opportunity for a more profound self-transformation. I invite you to apply these meditations to your own life, Capricorn. The time is right.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 “The causes of human actions are usually immeasurably more complex and varied than our subsequent explanations of them.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky said that in his novel The Idiot, and now I’m passing it on to you just in the nick of time. In the coming weeks, it’s especially important for you to not oversimplify your assessments of what motivates people—both those you respect and those you don’t fully trust. For your own sake, you can’t afford to naively assume either the best or the worst about anyone. If you hope to further your own agendas, your nuanced empathy must be turned up all the way.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 “Believing love is work is certainly better than believing it’s effortless, ceaseless bliss,” says author Eric LeMay. That’s advice I hope you’ll keep close at hand in the coming weeks, Pisces. The time will be right for you to exert tremendous effort in behalf of everything you love dearly—to sweat and struggle and strain as you create higher, deeper versions of your most essential relationships. Please remember this, though: The hard labor you engage in should be fueled by your ingenuity and your creative imagination. Play and experiment and enjoy yourself as you sweat and struggle and strain!

Homework: Comment on Bertrand Russell’s statement, “The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”

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NATURE’S PHARMACY Glenn Kazmierski, a licensed acupuncturist, says spring is the season to eat leafy greens.

He teaches locals about edible plants growing in the area on his tea walks. PHOTO: JACOB PIERCE

Healthy Paths

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ifteen minutes into a hike led by licensed acupuncturist Glenn Kazmierski, our group has already made its second stop, a break to chew on some yarrow leaves, a shrub that sprouted to life surprisingly early this year near a bridge at Wilder Ranch State Park.

Its minty, bitter taste lingers in our mouths as Kazmierski explains, with a grin, that he plans to take us into an open field for exercise. Along the way, we’ll snack on plants like miner’s lettuce and sour grass. We’ll drink two kinds of hot tea, including

a brew made from a stinging nettle plant that we’ll harvest ourselves.

“I want to make friends with the plants, so that we can say, ‘Hello, yarrow. Hello, nettle!’” Kazmierski says, waving his arms, one by one, in a circular motion. “‘I know you. Do you know me?’”

Soon, we come to a running creek.

As we take off our shoes to cross, Kazmierski pauses to shine a light on this moment as an opportunity to let go of all worries.

“This is what I call an experiential gateway crossing from the everyday world to the more-than-human

world, where we can be more in touch with reality,” he says, standing beside the stream. “It’s a message to my psyche that I’ve left the world of normal cares and reestablished a connection with the world in a way that restores my sense of wellbeing.”

In traditional Chinese medicine, which Kazmierski practices, the spring is a season that activates the qi, or energy, in the liver. If that liver energy stagnates, it can create other health problems all over the body. A brisk walk with swinging arms can stimulate healthy lungs,

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which support a better liver. Sour or green foods like the ones he has us enjoying are supposed to cleanse the blood and clear the liver.

“Nature’s pharmacy is amazing, and all we need to know is a few plants, and we can get along in a way we couldn’t before,” says Kazmierski, who—in the interest of full disclosure—happens to be my acupuncturist.

Kazmierski used to enjoy checking in with nature for days at a time, going on little retreats by himself. But after starting his private practice, he began finding it harder to get away.

He began going on shorter trips, just a few hours at a time. At that point, he figured it was time to start bringing other people in, so they could connect with the natural world, too, and learn a new sense of how to live a healthy existence.

“Without this kind of sense, we just keep doing the same things over and over again. It’s my opinion that it’s really important to disconnect,” Kazmierski says. “And where are you going to disconnect to—the TV? Why not disconnect and reconnect to something that’s alive and real and brings aliveness back to one’s being? I want to generate a sense of empowerment through selfcultivation in nature as a way of restoring one’s health and sanity.

And also, by connecting to nature, we’ll have more of a sensitivity to life and other people.”

Kazmierski wants to start leading nature walks like this each season, four times a year, including tea hikes like this one in the spring and fall, each for about $70 per person.

A portion will be donated to a local outdoor program educating youth.

He has a vision of people all over the county getting outside and experiencing nature together.

On a grassy hill overlooking the ocean, Kazmierski leads us all in some qi gong and stretches to activate the lung channel and further heal the liver.

“We may feel silly moving our limbs out in the open, but we’ll all be doing it,” Kazmierski says, as he warms up, his limbs flailing around.

“And also, it’s OK to be weird!”

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NEWS WAVES OF RELIEF Operation Surf celebrates five years in Santa Cruz

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SAND PLAN Environmentalists have been calling for an end to a Monterey County sand mine,

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Coastal Commission calls for sand mining shutdown BY ARDY RAGHIAN

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rom electronic chips in computers and cellphones to glass, highways, and buildings, sand is a central ingredient of modern life. No other resource in the world, except for water, is used in such vast quantities.

It comes from quarries, like the ones in Wilder Ranch and Felton, and dry river beds. It’s also dredged from the waters off our coastline.

In fact, sand is California’s biggest mineral commodity, and the state led the U.S. in the production of

construction sand in 2012, producing 84.9 million tons valued at $843 million, according to the California Department of Conservation.

There’s only one active coastal sand mining operation left in the U.S. Located in Marina, 15 miles south of Watsonville, its owners received a cease-and-desist letter from the California Coastal Commission on March 17, just days before local environmentalists planned launch of a campaign to pressure the plant into closing down.

Ryan Kallabis, communications manager at local marine conservation nonprofit Save Our Shores, says it would be impossible to know how much impact, if any, environmentalists had on the commission’s decision to act now on an issue that’s been well documented for years. “We’re not trying to take credit, absolutely not,” Kallabis says, “but we did bring it to the forefront.”

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Helping someone who’s come back from fighting overseas can be a life-changing experience. In that spirit, for the fifth year in a row, Operation Surf Santa Cruz is bringing wounded vets and active duty servicemembers to Santa Cruz for six days of healing fun in the ocean.

Sponsored by the nonprofit Amazing Surf Adventures (ASA), the group’s mission is to help current and past soldiers overcome challenges through surfing and ocean education, and they’ll be in Santa Cruz April 12 through 18.

“We talk to guys who have seen their friends blown up and die in their arms,” says Robert Oliveros with a somber tone, adding that veterans and active duty soldiers “have made huge sacrifices, so it’s just a way of giving back.”

There are many ways of “giving back,” but the one Oliveros has chosen to volunteer for comes with more sun than most, and some awesome waves. And those involved with Operation Surf Santa Cruz say they can see its impact immediately.

“The difference between when they arrive and when they leave is night and day,” says Brent Edwards, who has spent the last year and a half as a board member for ASA, and has participated in Operation Surf since it arrived in Santa Cruz.

Edwards served as a Marine for six years himself, even doing one tour of the Middle East during the Gulf War. “They find parts of themselves they didn’t think existed anymore. It’s really amazing,” he says.

Instructors paddle alongside the new surfers—some who have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or are missing limbs—helping them to pick up speed on the wave and then steadying them as they stand.

“Operation Surf helped me realize that I was limited in my capabilities,” one injured vet says in a promotional video. “Surfing definitely changed my perception of my injuries. I realized that my injuries aren’t going to hold me down anymore, and I can do just as much as I did before I got hurt.”

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the mine comes as deposits of surface sand are slowly being exhausted globally. The mining and removal process is contributing to dangerously high erosion rates. Dunes and beaches, which serve as a buffer against flooding and storms, are shrinking around the globe as a result of the sand mining, and scientific experts are calling the current situation an ecological time bomb.

The plant, owned by Cemex, is extracting sand using a floating dredge from a man-made pond on the back beach two miles south of the Salinas River mouth—right along the shoreline of the southern Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Since Cemex purchased the operation in 2005, they’ve been extracting about 235,000 cubic yards of sand, or three million tons, annually, making Cemex directly responsible for up to 75 percent of the annual shoreline erosion along the Southern Monterey Bay, according to a 2008 study by the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments.

That is the highest level of coastal erosion in California, according to the U.S Geological Survey.

“My conclusion continues to be that this [erosion] is more than a coincidence, and that the sand mining is responsible for the bulk of the shoreline erosion of southern Monterey Bay,” says Gary Griggs, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences and professor of earth sciences at UCSC. Cemex, a Mexican company known as one of the world’s largest building materials suppliers, could not be reached for comment. The company has until Wednesday, April 6, to respond to the Coastal Commission’s letter.

To raise awareness about the issue, Save Our Shores held a film screening of Sand Wars on March 10 at Patagonia on River Street. About 200 people attended, including Griggs and Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley). Save Our Shores brought a petition calling for the Cemex plant to shut down.

“Santa Cruz County wasn’t

paying attention,” says Katherine O’Dea, executive director of Save Our Shores. “Even though the erosion isn’t eroding the north coast of the sanctuary, it is still affecting the sanctuary and we need to care.”

The Monterey Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation has also been raising awareness on this issue and held two of its own screenings of Sand Wars.

The 400-acre area comprising the Cemex plant includes some of the best preserved dune habitats in the state. Removing this sand not only threatens the structures on the coastlines, but also the sensitive ecological habitats that exist there, says Griggs. Numerous animals and plants residing in the beaches and dunes of southern Monterey Bay are at risk, including Smith’s blue butterfly, listed as an endangered species, and the Western snowy plover, which is listed as threatened.

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Averill, a diagnostic radiologist at the Dominican Breast Center, is scanning X-ray images of a woman’s breast, one by one, and examining strands of tissue, which show up white on his large computer monitor. Near the nipple of one of the breasts, those lines get closer and appear almost woven together.

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Getting checked for breast cancer, however, is not high on some local women’s priority list, according to a new survey commissioned by Dignity Health, which owns Dominican Hospital. The survey found that 53 percent of women over the age of 40 do not plan to have a mammogram in the near future, citing cost and fear of pain as the top two

reasons. Women who have had mammograms did not report much discomfort, and 84 percent said they would encourage a friend or family member to get an exam.

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Dignity Health suggests getting a mammogram every year starting at age 40, and every other year starting at age 50, which is also the recommendation from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Other recommendations are slightly more lax. For instance, the American Cancer Society says women should get mammograms every year from age 44 to 54, and every other

year starting at age 55. Experts attribute discrepancies largely to the stress and problems associated with false positives.

In the recent survey, 38 percent of respondents mentioned that they are unsure if mammograms are covered by their insurance. Dignity Health spokesperson Felicity Simmons says mammograms are covered under most health insurances plans as “routine procedures.”

Averill notes that the cost of catching cancer early is much cheaper than trying to treat it later. It is true, he adds, that the pain from a mammogram can be “significant” in some patients, although that is uncommon.

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n the dance world, the Jabbawockeez are iconic: the men in the white masks who revolutionized hip-hop. They made performance about the body, about the beauty of the whole, and about the power of one small isolated movement that, when it ripples through an entire migrating bird formation, knocks the breath right out of you.

“If you ask any mainstream

choreographers under the age of 35, the Jabbawockeez were a huge influence to all of them,” says Pacific Arts Complex (PAC) co-founder David Bortnick. “One of the members, Steve, said they can ‘kill it without killing it,’ meaning you can be really soft and together and that synchronization takes the place of the power of the move.”

Their name is synonymous with a kind of egalitarian hip-hop

that negated the need for a “lead dancer” and elevated the art form to new heights.

What most people don’t know, even locally, is that at the core of the Jabbawockeez revolution was a Santa Cruz dance legend, the late Gary Kendell.

“Gary Kendell is who I would credit with bringing real street dance, hip-hop and hip-hop culture into Santa Cruz, into the studio and

onto the stage scene,” says Carmela Woll, a local employment law attorney who co-founded the dance studio Motion Pacific in 1998. “I won’t say no one else came to Santa Cruz and did hip-hop, but he seeded a generation of kids who grew up to be teachers and performers.”

He was magnetic, says Woll.

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small but powerful hip-hop scene, says Woll. It was around 1990, when Woll was a math teacher at Santa Cruz High School with no formal dance training, that she took one of Kendell’s dance classes at the local studio All the Right Moves.

“He was hip-hop, one hundred percent,” Woll remembers, adding that he was born to an AfricanAmerican father and Korean mother.

“It wasn’t something he put on for

class, it was how he dressed, the music he listened to, the people he hung out with, it was the whole culture. It wasn’t just a dance form.”

When All the Right Moves closed, Woll and a handful of Kendell’s other dedicated followers decided a space was needed to continue his work.

Woll left her teaching job to become Motion Pacific’s director, opening the studio with fellow dancers Greg Favor and Molly Heaster.

Kendell began teaching at Motion Pacific, amassing a following and cultivating new talent while he continued to perform around the Bay Area.

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Kendell died at the age of 37 in December 2007. In March 2008, the Jabbawockeez won the $100,000 grand prize on the MTV show, “America’s Best Dance Crew” with six members instead of the intended seven.

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LIVING THE LEGACY There’s a moment in their dance piece when the UCSC competitive hip-hop dance team Haluan drops into a V-formation: the outside line sinks to a crouch, the inside group stays upright. They bend in the knees, shoulders follow their heads to the left, with their right arms straight in front of them, ridin’.

This is the moment when you see the music, it’s the moment you see the power of the whole and how innovators like Kendell made this kind of dance possible.

The kind of hip-hop network that thrived here during Kendell’s day doesn’t exist anymore. That’s why Haluan’s members are rehearsing at midday on the top floor of the only real parking structure on campus, in preparation for the En Route Urban Dance Showcase on April 30. Sweating in the first sunlight of spring, and with all 40-something bodies moving in unison to 50 Cent’s “Disco Inferno,” it’s a fierce kind of energy.

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the Santa Cruz hip-hop dance culture changed after Kendell died.

There are plenty of classes for kids, she says, and people like Harold McCord and Bortnick are inspiring young dancers today, but it’s sparser for adults.

“Even those he taught as kids who’ve gone on to teach—and I’m so grateful that they’re keeping it alive and teaching what they learned—but to me, he was the heart and soul of hip-hop dance in this community,” Woll says. “I’m obviously biased, people might debate with me.”

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Bortnick was 8 years old when Kendell did a lunchtime show in the cafeteria of Branciforte Elementary School. Kendell took Bortnick on as a mentee and toured with him and another student.

“I was the only white person in the room in a huge majority of the classes I took—not in Santa Cruz, but when I would follow Gary around the Bay. For a long time, the Asian presence was underrepresented in the media, but they were a huge driving force in hip-hop in the Bay,” says Bortnick of the period when he’d perform with Kendell as a child in the ’90s. “But what was really awesome is that [ethnicity] really doesn’t matter. If you have it, you have it.

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Hip-hop in the early ’90s was an altogether different art form from what it is now, says Bortnick, who toured with Kendell in his early 20s with a patchwork of dancers who would later form the Jabbawockeez.

“At the time there was a tendency to not ignore the music, but to ignore the subtleties in the music—so the music might go boom, boom, kah, but the choreography would go boom, boom, boom—it would be on beat, but not exactly match,” Bortnick says.

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Showcasing 16 groups from up and down the Golden State’s coast— some collegiate, some medleys of teenagers and adults—strutting their finest moves, En Route returns to Santa Cruz on April 30 for its second coming. It was an effort of labor and love, says Lauren Korth, 21, a senior at UCSC and a Haluan director, and although the dance team operates under the umbrella of the Filipino Student Association, it requires not only self-motivation, but also a lot of self-funding.

“Something that people don’t always realize is that people are paying to perform for you,” says Korth. “There are very few ways that dancers make money now unless you’re in a professional ballet company or want to do it commercially in Los Angeles, or by chance are good enough to be in Jabbawockeez and win ‘America’s Best Dance Crew.’”

Haluan creates choreography as a collective, with all of its members pitching moves that may or may not make it into the final piece.

It’s fitting, says Korth, because Haluan translates into “mixed” in Tagalog, and every dancer brings a little of their own flavor to the final production.

“It’s just passion and drive to be better dancers and make your dance group better, being the best you can—there’s nothing else behind it,” Korth says. “We do it because we love it and we want to put on a good show.”

Being geographically cut off from the Bay Area makes it difficult to connect to the thriving scene over the hill, says Chung.

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“[Kendell] was a breaker, and he had tricks, but what he was really known for was the ability to make you see the music in visuals,” says Bortnick. “You listen to this music and you would hear it once but you would never hear the little cowbell in the background, but then you’d see the dance to it and he would accent it and you would see the things you’d never heard.”

Bortnick doesn’t claim that Kendell was necessarily the only one doing that kind of movement, because hip-hop was destined to go in that direction. But at the time, he says, it was mind-blowing.

Those kind of small, subtle isolations of the body gave rise to a new kind of competition style, one focused on musicality and nuance rather than keeping things at a maximum energy level throughout an entire performance, says Haluan’s Korth.

Korth grew up doing competition dance in various genres, where the goal was ultimately to make it to Los Angeles. She says that since she competed as a child and teenager, hip-hop has moved away from the individual to the group.

“It’s less about how much fun you look like you’re having, and more

about the movement itself,” Korth says.

There’s been a rapid transformation over the past decade, Korth and Bortnick agree.

Groups like Haluan aren’t competing to be on MTV, says Korth—although Justin Bieber featuring YouTube breakouts Keone and Mariel Madrid in his music videos was a huge thing for the community—in general, they just want to be YouTube famous.

“YouTube is a game changer because someone can put something that is really emotional and raw and it’ll get 20 million views and suddenly it’s not a fringe thing anymore,” says Bortnick. “When I was growing up, you compared your crew to the crew down the street or the studio down the road. Now everybody is compared to the best dancers in the world because it’s all

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GETTING SCHOOLED It’s the rapid dissemination that has new styles popping up almost every day and academia hasn’t caught up.

“I dont think there’s a rubric for it,” says Micha Hogan, 27, who was born and raised in Santa Cruz and remembers the days of local hip-hop troupes like BoomSquad in the early 2000s. “There are styles to teach, but with ballet it’s a style and there are critiques and techniques that have been handed down for hundreds of years since it started. If you want to do hip-hop, it’s now in gyms.”

Hogan went all over to pursue a dance education, including to Columbia College in Chicago, but no matter where he went, he would only see hip-hop outside of the curriculum—unless it was a “dance appreciation” day in class, he says.

Hogan is now a dance teacher at PAC and Motion Pacific, but like Bortnick he didn’t finish school because it just didn’t make sense to.

“One of the problems is that there is a lack of affluent, well-educated degreed people in the [hip-hop] community. And you can’t teach at a college unless you have a master’s or a Ph.D. You’re really not going to find a hip-hop choreographer with a Ph.D.,” says Bortnick. “There’s no justification for spending all that

money, be spat out of school, and be behind all the people who didn’t go to school and spent all that time auditioning.”

It’s weirder still, because hip-hop is everywhere, says Hogan: “Hip-hop is pop culture.”

“Everyone wants to learn hiphop, few people are like ‘I want to be a ballerina for the clubs, I want to go to clubs in San Francisco and kick people in the face!’ What do you do at the club? Hip-hop,” says Hogan.

It’s the perfect time, then, says Bortnick, for an event like En Route to bring Santa Cruz back to its roots.

“Hip-hop classes on college campuses now leave much to be desired, but hip-hop crews on campuses, like Haluan, are flourishing. They’re phenomenal,” he says. “It’s something that Santa Cruz really needs right now.”

Hip-hop is chipping away at the walls of academia, says Hogan, and it’ll get there because at its core, it’s a dance form that allows redefinition.

“It’s body rolls, it’s isolations, it’s hip movements. When you’re by yourself and you’re grooving, you’re moving to the beat—that can be classified as hip-hop,” says Hogan.

‘It’s hard, it’s edgy, it’s emotionally driven. Hip-hop is embedded in you, it’s an attitude, it’s a style, it’s a sense of being.”

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TOM TOM CLUB Tom Lehrer performing in 1960. The ‘Viva La Lehrer’ show at Kuumbwa on April 9 will pay tribute to him on his 88th birthday.

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Kuumbwa show celebrates Santa Cruz’s cult icon Tom Lehrer BY SVEN DAVIS

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eople throw around the term “underground artist” a lot. It gets confusing, because sometimes it’s slyly used to put an upbeat spin on a struggling artist. If you’re a starving Taylor Swift wannabe, sorry, you’re not an underground artist. But if you

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do something original and amazing that’s resistant to going mainstream, your name may be worthy of being listed alongside Frank Zappa. I hereby nominate Tom Lehrer.

Lehrer’s songs are saturated with humor, intelligence and a willingness to both revere and

abuse the musical styles of the day.

They range from silly to sardonic to downright dark, and never really fit in with traditional radio, then or now. Most of his work was produced just before rock ’n’ roll took off, and he has enjoyed a steady and somewhat cultish fan base ever

since. His first record was sold primarily to college students, who then as now appreciated songs that questioned the status quo and ignored the boundaries of taste.

Most fans became aware of Lehrer via mix tapes, the record collections of hip older siblings,

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Lehrer’s songs are saturated with humor, intelligence and a willingness to both revere and abuse the musical styles of the day. at various ivy-covered universities back east before coming to poisonoak-covered UCSC, where he taught a liberal-arts friendly math class he described as “Math for Tenors,” as well as a very interactive musical theater class requiring an audition to attend. I tried out, but was rejected; I suspect that he could tell I was there more as a fanboy of his earlier work than as a musical theater enthusiast.

It was well known that he was the opposite: a walking encyclopedia of musical theater who was dismissive of his own work.

I’m still a fan, and as such I’m emceeing Viva La Lehrer. I’m also a fan of the artists in the show, so I’m going to make an extra effort to pronounce their names right. We don’t expect Lehrer to show up. There’s always a seat for him, but let’s face it, he’s just too CHICKEN to show up.

You hear me Tom? Buck-uck! Chicken.

Yeah, that probably won’t work.

Peter Nichols invites him to these shows, but so far, nothing. It might have something to do with the fact that he’s 88, or because he’s no longer living in Santa Cruz full time.

Or maybe it’s his bright yellow feet and feathers and a tendency to cross the street for philosophical reasons.

Lehrer did once write to Nichols, however, in reply to a polite letter asking for permission to use his songs: “Dear Mr. Nichols, in reply to your letter of June 20th, I grant you permission to perform any or all of my songs in public anywhere you like. No fee will be required, but if you ever make a lot of money from this endeavor, please send me some.”

The show is also a fundraiser for the Homeless Services Center, so not much chance of that. But the show gets bigger every year, so someday, who knows?

There will be two shows for ‘Viva La Lehrer,’ at 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 9 at the Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz; $22/$25.

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or the syndicated radio program The Dr. Demento Show, which for decades spun songs and comedy from the fringe. Typically late-night fare, the show dredged up old funny bits from the likes of Stan Freberg and Spike Jones, and nurtured up-and-comer Weird Al Yankovic to stardom. It introduced us to Monty Python and Shel Silverstein and The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Mel Brooks and National Lampoon and, yes, even Zappa. Everything on the show was clever and unique, but Tom Lehrer always seemed to come across as smarter, more musically informed and more complex.

On April 9, in celebration of Lehrer’s 88th birthday, his songs will be performed in a show called Viva La Lehrer at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center by a variety of notable Santa Cruz musicians including smooth Joe Ferrara, wily Ukulele Dick, enchanting Jayme Kelly Curtis, a capella heartthrobs Constellation, glamorous Lizz Hodgin, versatile Steve Wilson, and tireless Peter Nichols, who years ago arranged a number of Lehrer songs for guitar to perform as a one-man show called Me and Tom. This is the third year Nichols has pulled together such a dynamic ensemble of players, Lehrer fans all.

Many of the song titles broadcast their content, like “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,” “Smut,” “The Vatican Rag,” and “The Masochism Tango.” On the other hand, you might have to hear “I Got It From Agnes” to know it’s a lighthearted song about the transmission of STDs. If these song titles make you uncomfortable, you probably shouldn’t come.

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n amazing group of singers based in Silicon Valley, the Choral Project, is celebrating its 20th anniversary season, and one of their performances will be held at Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz on Saturday, April 9.

The Art of Sound: Inspiration includes world premieres by Eric William Barnum and Joshua Shank, which were commissioned by the Choral Project in celebration of its anniversary. The concert will also include favorite selections from the past 20 seasons, such as Rene Clausen’s sublime “In Pace” and Latvian composer Juris Karlsons’ virtuosic masterpiece “Neslegtais Gredzens” (the Unclosed Ring).

Music by Vaclovas Augustinas and Eriks Esenvalds round out this very special concert.

If you have never experienced the Choral Project, then you are in for a treat. The choir sings mostly a cappella, but sometimes uses piano or percussion for, say, an Africanrhythm song. Songs are diverse, captivating and masterfully sung.

I have attended many of the Choral Project’s concerts, including

a recent performance featuring the King’s Singers from England, which took place in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in San Jose, and two last year where the Canadian Brass were guest artists, and American jazz pianist Taylor Eigsti played in a Christmas concert in the Mission Santa Clara de Asis in Santa Clara.

The Choral Project’s performances are sublime experiences, and all superbly conducted by artistic director Daniel Hughes.

“I am very excited for our midseason concert,” says Hughes.

“Audiences will love the world premiere commissions by Eric William Barnum and Joshua Shank— featuring memorable melodies that will resonate with music lovers of all ages for years to come.”

The Choral Project has been invited to perform in this summer’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, so we can look forward to hearing them again in August.

The Choral Project will perform at 8 p.m. April 9 at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 126 High St., Santa Cruz. For more information and to purchase tickets (which range from $10 to $23) visit choralproject.org.

MUSIC Jazz is well-known for improvisation, but many forget that improvisation was an important realm for classical musicians like Bach, Haydn and Mozart.

How important is improvisation for you?

Improvisation for me is 95 percent.

I was close to telling you that it’s 100 percent. What makes me happy is to translate through music what I hear inside of me. It may not be jazz and may not be classical—it is what it is. What happened with classical music actually happened with jazz, too. A lot of music today is really calculated; ‘OK, we need to play this and tomorrow we’ll play the same thing.’ It’s not a problem, it’s another way to look at the picture. But the philosophy of jazz was freedom to create and express what you feel in the moment. And the moment is just the moment.

One of the fundamentals of music is improvising. For me, the first jazz player was Mozart.

CATCHING THE GROOVE Omar Sosa and his Quarteto AfroCubano plays Kuumbwa on Monday, April 11. PHOTO: ATTILA KLEB

Joyful Noises Omar Sosa finds inspiration everywhere BY JOHN MALKIN

What do you love most about Africa and African music?

OMAR SOSA: What I love in Africa

first is how the people are grooving every single second. I discover new music just by talking to people in the street or in a restaurant.

I discovered really amazing jazz musicians and percussion players.

The rhythm and groove is part of their day-by-day life. We brought traditional [South African] musicians to the recording studio and one of the ladies was singing traditional songs. In the session she said, ‘Can I dance a little bit?’ I said, ‘Well, you can dance. It is not a problem.’ When she began dancing I told the sound engineer, ‘Please put some microphones on the floor!’ We have a song on the record that’s based on what she danced.

Everything is rhythm in Africa. If we listen to our body, it’s rhythm. Our heart is rhythm. Our blood. What I

try to do through music is bring out the groove I feel inside of myself.

Your performances feel like a joyful ceremony to me. What’s the connection between music and spirituality for you?

You are already connected with your spiritual world. The voice you hear inside is the voice of your spirit.

The point is; how are you going to translate this? And how honest are you going to be with yourself to pass this message on without having some conflict with the market or media? I make music because it is the only way I can translate what comes through me. I wish I can do another thing; painting or writing books. The only way I can translate the voice of my spirit and ancestors is through music. If I stop this I feel some pain inside, physically. If I get the opportunity to say it, I say it!

Your music is sensitive at times, so delicately soft and sweet. At other moments it’s dynamic and bold.

Last year I was in the sacred forest of Limpopo [South Africa] and you feel a lot you’re never going to feel in big cities. When you commune with nature you feel it and incorporate elements of subtlety. I try to reproduce this through the piano.

When I play songs, what I hear is the breeze or the birds. I’m really happy when this happens. We are part of nature. Sometimes we think we have power over nature but nature is always going to win. Music is my humble way to say ‘thank you’ to nature and for the opportunity to be alive on the planet at this moment in human history. This moment on Earth is an interesting moment!

Every moment is an interesting moment.

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mar Sosa was born in Camagüey, Cuba in 1965 and began a relationship with rhythm at an early age. At 8, he began studying percussion and marimba, and later focused on piano at the Escuela Nacional de Música. He now performs worldwide—often 100 concerts a year—and is playing at Kuumbwa Jazz Center on Monday, April 11. He’ll be joined by the rest of his Quarteto AfroCubano, featuring Ernesto Simpson on drums, Childo Tomas on electric bass and Leandro Saint-Hill on saxophone and flute. Sosa spoke to GT from Paris, where he was working on one of many new recording projects. His latest album is JOG.

What do you think about the changes that are developing between Cuba and the United States, after a trade and travel embargo of more than 50 years?

We’re really close to the United States—less than one hour. Yet we cannot go to the U.S. and the American people cannot come to Cuba. I’ve waited for this opening and now we have a little bit. The embargo was really long, and, believe it or not, a lot of mentalities are not ready for this change. But it’s important to have this change.

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LIGHT IT UP Dogon Lights performs on Wednesday, April 13, at Don Quixote’s.

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Close encounters with the Afro galactic hip-hop of Dogon Lights BY CAT JOHNSON

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t a 2012 show, Dogon Lights opened up for Tinariwen, the desert blues band from northern Mali that’s known for its fantastic blend of traditional styles and modern instruments. As the Bay Area world fusion band played, Dogon Lights multi-instrumentalist Vir McCoy looked out into the audience and saw one of the members of Tinariwen dancing to their music. It was a moment he won’t forget.

“They were a little bit surprised by us,” McCoy says. “They set down their

traditional instruments to pick up our instruments, but we were like, ‘wait, what are you putting down? That’s pretty cool, let me try that thing.’ We picked up their instruments and they picked up ours.”

The members of Tinariwen may have been surprised to see a Bay Area band playing the instruments of their Sahara Desert homeland, but Dogon Lights was just doing what it does—blending cultures, styles and sounds into a genre-defying celebration of life and music.

On any given song, you might hear

the camel-skinned sintir, a traditional instrument of the Gnawa of Morocco; the kamale ngoni, a small, stringed instrument from West Africa; the thumb piano; the berimbau, a percussion instrument used in capoeira music; the djembe drum; and more, blended with electric bass and guitar, electronics, a drum kit, and whatever else the band is feeling.

Add to that the rapping of Ashel Seazuns, and Dogon Lights is creating something truly extraordinary that they call Afro galactic hip-hop.

The name Dogon Lights refers to

the Dogon people of West Africa who believe that they were seeded here from the star Sirius. The name was given to the group by its founder, Yacouba Diarra, who has since returned to his home in Africa. The name has both an earthiness as well as a galactic feel to it—perfect for the Dogon Lights.

Comprising Seazuns, McCoy, Evan Fraser, Alpha “Bongo” Sidibe from Guinea, and Ian “Inkx” Herman from South Africa, Dogon Lights has a musical pedigree that includes work with Beats Antique, Mickey Hart, Rising Appalachia, Hamsa Lila, Dirtwire, Sting, Paul Simon, and Hugh Masekela. The band draws from many styles and cultures, and doesn’t follow convention when it comes to making music. At one point, the members considered adding a full-time bass player, but they realized that if they just run the kamale ngoni through a bass amp and turn up the low end, Fraser could hold down bass duties.

The consistent thread through the music of Dogon Lights is its superhigh energy. When asked what it’s like to play such fast, high-intensity music night after night, McCoy has one word: “Sweat.”

“It’s a workout,” he says, “it’s just a sweat bath. But everybody gets to sweat together so it’s like a prayer.”

When newcomers stumble into a Dogon Lights performance, they’re often left wondering what it is they’re experiencing. But that doesn’t last long.

“It takes people a moment to figure out what’s happening,” says McCoy. “Then they just start dancing and it doesn’t matter. There’s that shared commonality where it’s like, well, this is really cool, whatever it is.”

On the band’s forthcoming album, expected to drop this month, there’s more emphasis on the rapping of Seazuns. The resulting sound has been described as West Africa meets West Oakland.

“It’s what happens if West African instruments came to the Bay and they met West Oakland, with this rap and electronic feel,” says McCoy. “Boom—Dogon Lights.”

Dogon Lights will perform at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13 at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $12/adv, $15/door. 335-2800.

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FIRST ANNUAL SANTA CRUZ COUNTY CATIO TOUR A catio is an outdoor enclosure for cats that keeps pet felines safe from predators and birds safe from cats. They come in all shapes and sizes, and on Saturday, April 9, 11 Santa Cruz County residents open up their homes to show off their varied and ingenious enclosures, which range in size from a simple window box to entire backyards. Come get inspired and do your part to instill harmony between our wild ecosystems and our pets. Donation jars set up at each catio stop benefit Native Animal Rescue and Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter.

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Weird, wacky science becomes wonderfully wild, while art and science are brought together. 11:30 a.m.-Noon. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-4248035. Free with admission.

FOOD & WINE AYURVEDA 101 FOR PERFECT HEALTH Join Ayurveda Practitioner Emily Rosenberger in this interactive wellness class and discover 5,000-year-old healing secrets for spiritual and physical vitality, and which foods and herbs are best for you. Pre registration suggested. 6-7 p.m. New Leaf Community Market, 1011 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleaf.com/events. $5.

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Under the direction of their new choir director, Kath Robinson, the Inner Light Choir presents “From the Heart” with bassist Etienne Franc, musical friends Gina Rene, Heather Houston, Tammi Brown, Dandha da Hora, and members of SambaDá. Local spoken-word artist Lex Beatty will serve as master of ceremonies with Annie Stafford on saxophone, Michael Levy on piano, Kevin DiNoto on drums, Papiba Godinho on guitar and percussion, choir soloists, and ASL interpretation by Cate Munch. Join Inner Light Ministries for an evening of traditional and new gospel, conscious hip-hop, and spiritual soul.

Info: 7 p.m. Saturday, April 9. Inner Light Center, 5630 Soquel Drive, Soquel. innerlightministries.com/fromtheheart. $20.

‘A DELICATE BALANCE’ BY EDWARD ALBEE A wealthy couple, Agnes and Tobias, have their complacency shattered when longtime friends appear at their doorstep, claiming that an encroaching, nameless “fear” has forced them from their own home. Tickets at brownpapertickets.com. 7:30-11 p.m. Center Stage, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. Joan Van Antwerp, 475-2854. $10.

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FRIDAY 4/8 THE 2016 NEXTIES Who are the change-makers in the Santa Cruz community? Who are the thinkers, the dreamers, the tireless entrepreneurs seeking to make this city the best it can be? The NEXTies awards return to the Rio Theatre on Friday, April 8, to toast musicians, activists, entrepreneurs, mentors, athletes, and innovators who have brought something special to the effort to push Santa Cruz into the future. This is the year that Matthew Swinnerton’s three-year plan for the awards show will be fully realized, with the number of honorees jumping from 6 to 14. “My vision for what I wanted the NEXTies to be is finally coming together this year,” says Swinnerton, who also organizes Event Santa Cruz. “I feel it has grown up and is now a real awards show. Now that we have 14 categories, it gives us a chance to shine a light on even more inspiring people in town.” It’s not just a tip of the hat or pat on the back, it’s a full-on party, with Kim Luke and DNA as the hosts (meaning it’s going to be a wild ride), Nick Gallant playing tunes, brews from Humble Sea Brewery, small bites from the Green Waffle and Sparkle Cloud, and an afterparty with Coffee Zombie Collective. So raise a glass to the people making Santa Cruz great again … for their hard work and unflappable courage—cheers to the 2016 NEXTies.

This year’s honorees are: Cesario Ruiz of My Mom’s Mole, Entrepreneur of the Year; Nick Gallant, Musician of the Year; Marty O’Reilly and the Old School Orchestra, Band of the Year; Jaime Sanchez, Artist of the Year; David Dennis of Ventana Surfboards & Supplies/ David Dennis Photos, Give Back Person of the Year; Sean Venus of Venus Spirits, Foodie of the Year; Brew Cruz, owned by Annie Pautsch, New Business of the Year; Kyle Thiermann of Surfing for Change, Athlete of the Year; Shadja Correia of Subjects to Change, Under 18 of the Year; Teen Kitchen Project, Nonprofit Organization of the Year; Keith Holtaway and Leta B. Jussila, Mentor of the Year; One Wheel, Innovative Business of the Year; Keri Waters of Calliope Waterworks, Inc., Innovator of the Year; Michael Berman, Principal at H.A. Hyde Elementary, Wild Card of the Year.

Info: 7 p.m., Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $40-$50. eventsantacruz.com/ event/the-2016-nexties.

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MEET & MOVE: A WALKING BUDDY PROGRAM JUST FOR FAMILY CAREGIVERS Santa Cruz Public Libraries, El Camino Hospital and Palo Alto Medical Foundation created MEET & MOVE, a “walk and talk” program designed for adult family caregivers. Attend this orientation session. 11 a.m.-Noon. Santa Cruz Public Library, Aptos Branch. Cyndi Mariner 650-934-3556 or meetandmove@linkages.org. Free.

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OUTDOORS WALK TO STOP THE SILENCE Survivors Healing Center Presents 10th Annual Walk to Stop the Silence. Help us end child sexual abuse in our community. Registrations starts at 9:30 a.m. Walk starts at 11 a.m. Face painting/raffle/entertainment. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

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Steve Palazzo has been involved with music his entire life. A couple of decades ago he was making instruments. And since the early ’90s, he’s been a full-time guitar teacher. However, a lot of folks might know Palazzo for the bluegrass band Homefire, which was together for a quarter-century before calling it quits just a few years ago.

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“Part of it was I wanted to do some different stuff besides straight-ahead traditional bluegrass. I wanted to do smaller ensemble stuff,” Palazzo says. “It’s been fun working on these tunes with a smaller group. There’s certain things we couldn’t do with a bigger ensemble. We put a little more emphasis on the vocals.”

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There’s also an album in the works, one that Palazzo has been working on for the better part of a year. He hopes to have it out this spring. Part of the reason it’s taken so long is that he’s been bringing in different local and touring musician friends to record on various tracks.

“I’m attracted to those roots styles.

There’s traditional fiddle tunes. One track is a Johnny Cash tune, but we arranged it with fiddle and mandolin, and two guitars. It’s traditional stuff,” Palazzo says. “I’ve played this music long enough where my versions of these tunes are never exactly like anybody else’s at this point.” AARON CARNES INFO: 7 p.m. Sunday, April 10. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15.

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After more than two decades of hardcore punk with intelligent messages, the boys in Bane are finally hanging it up. Originally intended to only be a side project for Converge’s Aaron Dalbec in 1994, the band quickly gained a life of its own, earning love and respect from fans and fellow musicians alike. While never quite being a “straight edge” band, Bane has never been one to cower away from a message of sober positivity while keeping their tough as $#!% attitude. Anyone who was a teenager in the 1980s and 1990s will be there, but even for those who never got into punk, this is one show that will leave everyone asking, “Can we start again? Go back to what it meant back then?” MAT WEIR

The U.K.’s the Darkness were a surprising hit in 2003 with five hit singles off their debut record, most notably the hard-rocking earworm “I Believe in a Thing Called Love.”

The band rode a weird line of homage and ’70s rock parody. They had all the ingredients: the sweet licks, feathered hair, flamboyant clothes, and operatic falsetto.

They’re not quite the hitmakers they were 13 years ago, but their newest album is packed with just as much power-rocking riffage, and singer Justin Hawkins belts out all of those unbelievably high notes that old-school Darkness fans will be sure to love. AARON CARNES

INFO: 8:30 p.m. Catalyst Club, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $18/adv, $20/door. 429-4315.

INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $30/door, 429-4135.

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JUNGLE FIRE The loose, genre-tinkering grooves that define the 11-piece Jungle Fire really begins to make sense once you learn that the L.A.-based group started out as a single jam session in 2011. They’ve kept that feel alive five years later, and produce some of the most innovative, infectious, high-energy dance music going. It’s got elements of funk, Latin, African, hip-hop, and soul, but doesn’t focus too much on any one style. It’s highly percussive (they have five percussionists) and horn-driven (four horn players!) and are currently signed to Nacional—arguably the hippest, most cutting-edge Latin music record label around. Jungle Fire should please anyone itching to dance to some fresh beats. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $9/adv, $12/door. 479-1854.

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BE OUR GUEST STEPHANE WREMBEL A French-born gypsy jazz guitarist, Stephane Wrembel is a standout in the contemporary jazz scene, with his brilliant musicianship and lively, soulful style. Well-known among gypsy jazz enthusiasts, Wrembel is a veteran of the spotlight, including a performance at the 2012 Academy Awards and work on the scores for the Woody Allen films Midnight In Paris and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. A student of tradition, Wrembel also thrives on moving sounds and styles forward and is influenced by world music of all styles. CAT JOHNSON INFO: 7 p.m. Thursday, April 21.

Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $22/adv, $27/door. 427-2227.

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INFO: 8 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $25/gen, $40/gold. 423-8209.

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of being just another tribute band, with blistering performances driven by the ace musicians and a return to the epic nature of ’70s rock concerts.

Described by one reviewer as “badass rockchick authority that stands the test of time,” Lynette Skynyrd drags the spirit and power of rock ’n’ roll back to its rightful place: the stage. CJ INFO: 2 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $10/adv, $12/door. 335-2800.

Psychedelic/Afro/Cumbia/Rock out of Santiago, Panama by way of Kansas City. Thursday at Moe’s Alley

INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

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TRIBUTE

LYNETTE SKYNYRD Hailed as the world's only all-female Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band, Lynette Skynyrd may be one of the few bands that doesn’t mind requests for “Freebird” hollered out during their shows. But this Southern California-based outfit stomps on the notion

RICHARD SMITH

INFO: 7 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15. 335-2800.

BOLIVIA CLÁSICA

World-renowned classical pianist Ana-Maria Vera and friends.

Wednesday at Kuumbwa MAKING MOVES

Veteran reggae group from Monterey County. Thursday at Don Quixote’s BROTHERS COMATOSE

Americana back-to-back with Painted Horses and the McCoy Tyler Band.

Thursday and Friday at Crepe Place UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA

Celebrated group comprising American and New Zealand pop-rockers. Tuesday at Cocoanut Grove

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For years, House of Floyd has been the Bay Area’s premiere Pink Floyd tribute band, covering their namesake’s entire discography from the early Syd Barrett years through Division Bell. Unlike other Pink cover bands, House of Floyd not only carries the sound, but also the style and atmosphere of the original, evolving long jams and spaced-out silences to their trippiest completion. MW

IN THE QUEUE

piece formed here in Santa Cruz in 2011, and since relocating has earned an even bigger audience. Their latest CD, Ultra Ego, is a superbly produced collection of songs that uses jazz as the glue that connects their mathrock and indie-pop leanings. The blend creates a lot of haunting and gorgeous sections—they never stick around on any one for too long, but still keep the songs progressing in a logical and emotionally satisfying manor. AC

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LIVE MUSIC

Thank you for voTing us 1sT Place BesT live Music Thursday April 7th 8:30pm $7/10 Psychedelic/Afro/Cumbia/Rock

MAKING MOVIES + SALT PETAL Friday April 8th 9pm $9/12

All Star 10 Piece Funk/Soul/Latin

JUNGLE FIRE + 7 COME 11 Saturday April 9th 4pm $10/15

Partially Seated Early Show w/ Hawaii’s

PAULA FUGA Saturday April 9th 9pm $12/15

Bluegrass/Honky Tonk/Southern Rock/Jam

POORMAN’S WHISKEY +EDGE OF THE WEST Wednesday April 13th 8:30pm $10/12 Presented By (((folkYEAH!)))

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

Al Frisby 6-8p

AQUARIUS RESTAURANT Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

4/1

Banda Dos Caminos, Alto Calibre $20 8p

Preacher Boy 6-8p

Jewl Sandoval 6-8p

SAT

4/2

Lloyd Whitney 1-5p

SUN

4/3

MON

Kid Andersen 6-8p

Mountain Tamer, Sugar Comedy Night/80s Candy Mountain & more Night Free 8:30p $5 9p

Solar Glory, Moonbeau $5 9p

Get Dead, The Sea Wolves, The Gutz $7 9p

The Box (Goth Night) 9p

Party w/Raina 9p

Incidental Live Music Revue w/Alisha

Comedy Night 9p

Pride Night 9p

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Funk Night w/Light Free 9p

CELSO PIÑA + CANDELARIA

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Bag Raiders $18/$20 8p

International Music Hall and Restaurant

Fine Mexican and aMerican Food All you cAn eAt lunch buffet m-f $7.95

Thu “Spring into Love Reggae Tour” Apr 7

Militia of Love & Lujan w/ Donovan Banzana $15 adv./$15 door 21 + 8pm Fri Apr 8 Locomotive Breath plus Tsunami

Band Zeppelin, Tull, Floyd, Who, Cream,

Stones, Doors to Beatles, Clapton, Eagles

$10 adv./$10 door 21 + 8pm Sat petty Theft Apr 9

San Francisco Tribute to Tom Petty plus Tribe of The Red Horse Neil Young & Crazy Horse Tribute

$15 adv./$15 door 21 + 8pm

Sun Lynette Skynyrd Apr 10

2pm Matinee All-Gyrl Lynyrd Skynyrd Trybute

$10 adv. /$12 door 21 + 2pm

Sun Apr 10 Richard Smith plus Steve palazzo 7pm

Concert Guitar Super Pickers

$15 adv./$15 door <21 w/parent 7pm Sun Apr 12 Mouths of Babes

– Members of Girlyman & Coyote Grace

$12 adv./$15 door 21+ 7:30pm Wed The Dogon Lights, KR3TuRE, Apr 13 feral fauna, Sirens of Soul, HeartBass

$12 adv./$15 door 21 + 8:30pm Thu Ellis paul Apr 14

A singular song storyteller

$15 adv./$15 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm

CoMIng RIgHT up

Fri. April 15 Antsy McClain & The Trailer park Troubadours Sat. April 16 EXTRA LARgE Sun.April 17 Swing That uke - uke Ellington, ukulele Dick & Jayme Kelly Curtis, Dave Eagan Wed. April 20 Kris Delmhorst, Annie Lynch Thu. April 21 The naked Bootleggers, Little Fuller Band, Willy Tea Taylor Reservations Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ElEvation at 10am-11:15am

4/5

Lara Price 6-8p

Tango Ecstasy 6-9:30p

HammerDown 9-11:45p Roadhouse Karaoke Free 8p

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

The Floozies $14/$16 7p

TUE

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

4/4

Aki Kumar 6-8p

DJ

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

FRI

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

Thursday April 14th 8:30pm $25/30

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM

3/31

Open Mic Night Free 7p

BAYVIEW HOTEL 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos

DJ Luna 9p

MONOPHONICS PATRICK SWEANY + LIVE AGAIN ROGER CLYNE & THE PEACEMAKERS CRYSTAL FIGHTERS THE RED ELVISES THE MERMEN JOHN KADLECIK BAND CASEY ABRAMS NATURAL VIBRATIONS NIKI J CRAWFORD + AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE April 29th DIEGO’S UMBRELLA + ZACH DEPUTY April 30th DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS + THE SAM CHASE May 1st PETER HARPER + THE SHAPES May 5th DUMPSTAPHUNK May 6th KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE May 7th EDGE OF THE WEST + LACY J. DALTON May 8th HENRY CHADWICK May 12th RODDY RADIATION + TINGLY May 13th THE RECORD COMPANY May 15th CURTIS SALGADO (afternoon) May 15th MATT ANDERSON (eve) May 18th MIPSO + STEEP RAVINE May 19th KING JAMMY

THU

Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p

CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas

April 15th April 16th April 19th April 20th April 21st April 22nd April 23rd April 24th April 27th April 28th

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THE MATTSON 2 Mexico’s Cumbia King Returns w/ New CD

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WED THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville

Elephant Revival $15/$17 8:30p

Swing Dance $5 5:30p Crooked Weather Free 9p

Sound Off Saturdays Reggae Party Free 9p

Karaoke 9p

Karaoke 9p

Metalachi $8/$12 8:30p

SWMRS, The Frights $12/$14 8p

Absu, Gloam & more $5 9p Karaoke

Locals Night, Music w/Lil Billy

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Jazz Society Free 3:30p Free Pool 7p T Nile Free 8p

Disiac Free 8p Songwriter Showcase 7-10p

Girls, Guns and Glory $14/$18 8:30p

Sick of It All $16/$18 7p

Yung Lean $18/$20 7:30p

OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! wednesday 4/6

ISKA DHAAF w / JACKIE ZEALOUS w / PYROMIDS

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door

thursday 4/7

THE BROTHERS COMATOSE w / PAINTED HORSES

Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $15 Door

friday 4/8

THE BROTHERS COMATOSE w/

MCCOY TYLER BAND

Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $15 Door

saturday 4/9

FEED ME JACK w / THE JOLLY LLAMAS w / NIGHT DIVE

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door

monday 4/11

mix tape monday w / SHOT GUN SUITOR Show 9pm $3 Door

TUESday 4/12

7 COME 11 Show 9pm $5 Door

MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

429-6994

Real people.

Not actors.

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.

DEAL WITH A VIEW

$8.95 dinners Mon.-Fri. from 6:00pm.

NOW SERVING BREAKFAST Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily

(831) 476-4560

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LIVE MUSIC WED CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz

3/30

THU

3/31

FRI

4/1

SAT

SUN

4/3

MON

4/4

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p Science on Tap Free Eve of Eden, Paintbox 7:30p Comedy Night 9p $8 9p

The Fighting Murrays, Coper $8 9p

Steep Ravine, Eli West, Rainy Eyes $10 9p

Jazz with a Twist $3 7:30p

Extra Large $7 9:30p

Billy Martini Show $7 9:30p

4/5

Shotgun Suitor $5 8:30p

Car Seat Headrest, Plush $10 9p

Mix Tape Mondays $3 9p

7 Come 11 $5 9p

Live Comedy $7 9p

Open Funk Jam Free 8p

Free Reggae Party Free 8p

The Band Blue: Geoff Alan & Friends Mouths of Babes $12/$15 7:30p

TUE

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

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

4/2

Sap Laughter, Taylor Rae Slugs N’Roses $7/$10 7:30p $12 8:30p

Heartless Heart Tribute, Joyride Cars Tribute $10 8p

Daniel S. Thomas Night Beats $12/$15 8p

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Wednesday, April 6 • 7 pm

BOLIVIA CLÁSICA FEATURING CLASSICAL PIANIST ANA-MARIA VERA & FRIENDS Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com

Thursday, April 7 • 7 pm

New Super Group From The Big Easy!

NOLATET FEATURIING JOHNNY VIDACOVICH, JAMES SINGLETON, MIKE DILLON, BRIAN HASS 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Saturday, April 9 • 6:30 & 8:45 pm

VIVA LA LEHRER III

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com

HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

Flingo 7:30p

Back to Nowhere Free 8p

IT’S WINE TYME 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic 7p

JP the Band 6:30p

KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Soquel High School Jazz Band, Jazz Honor Band $10 7p

MALONE’S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

Live Music 5:30-9p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Paul Logan 7-10p

Phoenix Rising 7-10p

Breeze Babes 8-11p

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Broken Shades 6p

Al Frisby 6p

Lloyd Whitley 6p

Ricky Torrez 9p

Ten O’Clock Lunch Band 4p

Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p

Monday, April 11 • 7 & 9 pm| No Comps

OMAR SOSA QUARTETO AFROCUBANO Thursday, April 14 • 7 pm

ALLISON MILLER BOOM TIC BOOM FEATURING MYRA MELFORD, JENNY SCHEINMAN, KIRK KNUFFKE, BEN GOLDBERG, TODD SICKAFOOSE 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS

Christian McBride & more $30 7p

Songhoy Blues $15/$20 7p Karaoke w/Ken 9p Hall Pass 8-11p Big Jon Atkinson 6p

Rand Rueter 6p

Preacher Boy 6p

Friday, April 15 • 9 pm

CLUB KUUMBWA: $5 @ door JESSE DANIEL & THE SLOW LEARNERS + ONE COUNTRY Saturday, April 16 • 8 pm

LIZZ WRIGHT PRESENTS

At the Rio Theatre | No Comps/Gift Cert One of the most beautiful voices in any genre combining folk, blues, jazz, r&b and even gospel!

AT THE RIO THEATRE

Monday, April 18 • 7 pm

Apr. 21 Clint Black 8pm Apr. 28 Todd Rundgren 8pm Apr. 29 Paula Poundstone 8pm May 5 The Marshall Tucker Band with Moonalice 8pm May 7 Big Bad Voodoo Daddy 8pm May 11 Jewel 8pm Jun. 4 The Biggest Game in Town 7pm

Lizz Wright Sat Apr 16 7:30 pm One of the most beautiful voices in any genre

TICKETS KuumbwaJazz.org / Logos Books & Records, downtown Santa Cruz INFO KuumbwaJazz.org / 831.427. 2227

Jun. 25 Al DiMeola 8pm Jul. 2 Judy Collins 8pm Sep. 22 Iris Dement and Loudon Wainwright III 8pm For Tickets www.GoldenStateTheatre.com 831-649-1070

Wednesday, April 20 • 7 pm | Free!

MASTER CLASS: BRUCE FORMAN THREE THINGS - Demystifying and getting to the heart of playing and improvising Thursday, April 21 • 7 pm

STEPHANE WREMBEL

One of the most lauded guitarists and composers in contemporary gypsy jazz!

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Monday, April 25 • 7 pm| No Comps

KENNY BARRON TRIO

Kiyoshi Kitagawa – bass Johnathan Blake – drums

Thursday, April 28 • 7 pm

LIVE & LOCAL: WASABI 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records.

Dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer.

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St x Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

kuumbwajazz.org

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LIVE MUSIC

Wednesday, April 6 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

FREDDIE GIBBS

plus Chaz French

Thursday, April 7 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

BANE THE FINAL TOUR

plus Burn also Axis

Friday, April 8 • Ages 21+

THE DARKNESS Friday, April 8 • In the Atrium • Ages 18+

CANDYLAND

plus Labrat also U4Euh

Saturday, April 9 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE

Sunday, April 10 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

SLAVES

plus Capture The Clown

Apr 15 Blackberry Smoke (Ages 16+) Apr 18 The Last Shadow Puppets (Ages 16+) Apr 20 Badfish A Tribute To Sublime (Ages 16+) Apr 21 AER/ The Holdup (All Ages) Apr 22 La Ley (Ages 21+) Apr 25 Flatbush Zombies (Ages 16+) Apr 29 Kottonmouth Kings (Ages 16+) Apr 30 Justin Martin (Dirty Bird) (Ages 18+) May 5 Jadakiss/ DJ Aspect (Ages 16+) May 7 Lucius/ Margaret Glaspy (Ages 16+) May 10 Aesop Rock (Ages 16+) May 11 Luca Turilli’s Rhapsody/ Primal Fear (Ages 16+) May 13 Memphis May Fire/ We Came As Romans (Ages 16+) May 14 Tech N9ne/ Krizz Kaliko (Ages 16+) May 15 Illenium/ Said The Sky (Ages 18+) May 16 Charles Bradley (Ages 16+) May 17 Somo/ Quinn XCII (Ages 16+) May 18 B.o.B./ Scotty ATL (Ages 16+) May 19 Katchafire/ Mystic Roots (Ages 16+) May 20 Leon Russell (Ages 21+) May 27 Stephen “Ragga” Marley (Ages 16+) May 28 Rodrigo Y Gabriela (Ages 21+) Jun 2 Jon Pardi (Ages 16+) Jun 5 Prong (Ages 21+)

WED

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Bounce 9:30p-2a

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

Tone Sol 9:30p-1:30a

Tech Minds 9:30p-1:30a

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY Trivia Night 4p 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Neighborhood Night 4p

Yuji Tojo & Gary Kehoe 5-9p

Rola-J 5-9p

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Asher Stern 10p

THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz

Jam Session w/ Burnin’Vernon Davis 7p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Dennis Dove Reverend Love Jones & the Sinners $5 9p

Trivia

Bert “Animo” Javier 6p

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

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

www.catalystclub.com

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SUN Marco Benevento, B-Side Players $16/$20 Mikaela Davis 8p $14/$18 8p

Claudio Melega

SAT

4/2

The Coffis Brothers, T Sisters $9/$12 8p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

FRI

4/1

Scott Cooper, The Barrelmakers & more $7/$10 8p

Trivia 8p

THU

3/31

Pimps of Joytime $15/$20 8p

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

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MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Fried Chicken Night 8p

DJ Shea Butter 9p

Johnny Hazard 6p

Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p

MON

4/4

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party Eclectic Bass Event 9:30p-Close 9:30p-Close

TUE

4/5

Hip-Hop w/DJ Marc 9:30p-Close Trivia 6-8p

Isaiah Picket

Psychedelic Freak Out Costume Party & more $5 9p

Robin Anderson Big Band Comedy w/Ruby Rudman 7p 9p

Open Mic 4-7p

Comedy Open Mic 8p

Open Mic 7:30-11:30p ‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p

Asher Satori 12:30p Featured Acoustic 6:30p

Toby Gray 1:30p Chas Cmusic 6p

Coastal Connection 6p

Kenny of Water Tower 6p

Trivia 8p

Open Mic 7:30p

Leftover Salmon $28/$42 8-11p

LIVE MUSIC WED THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

3/30

THU

3/31

Bad Dog 7-11p

FRI

4/1

Touch’d Too Much 8-12p

SAT

4/2

Kid Dynamite 8-12p

SUN

4/3

MON

Dennis Dove Pro Jam 7-11p

4/4

TUE

4/5

Jedi Jam 7-11p

APR 08 The NEXTIES Awards

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

APR 09 House of Floyd

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

Hot Fuse

APR 13 Amy Goodman

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

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-10p

Olde Blue Band 7:30-11:30p

Nora Cruz 8-12p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 6:30-10p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

SIR FROGGY’S PUB 4771 Soquel Dr, Soquel

Karaoke w/Eve

TROUT FARM INN 7701 E Zayante Rd, Felton

Chas & Friends 6-9p

The Reactors Free 9p

Aardvark $7 9p

Jon Bonnet & Anglelei Star 5p

WHALE CITY 490 Highway 1, Davenport

The Parafins 6-9p

Robert Elmond Stone 5-7p

YOUR PLACE 1719 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Danny Lawrence 6-9p

Daniel Martins 6-9p

Danny Lawrence 6-9pm

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

Kurt Stockdale Jazz Trio 6p

Soulwise 9:30p

Block Party 9:30p

Rudy Rudman & Laury Mac 7-9:30p

Ariel Thiermann & Yuji Tojo 7-9:30p

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

Front Porch Blues Band 7-9p

APR 20 Joel Salatin Taco Tuesday

Open Mic w/Mosephus 5:30p

Jug Band Sing Along 6p

MAY 07 Warren Miller Ocean Films MAY 10 Mandell Lecture: The Search for Life in the Universe

MAY 18 Lecture: Chris Wilmers MAY 22 Mac DeMarco S O L D

AUG 13 The Beggar Kings

110 Monterey Avenue, Capitola Village

7-10pm

831.423.8209 www.riotheatre.com

Free and open to everyone registration starts at 6pm

For contest rules, raffle tickets, information & registration, contact Mars Studio.

Sat. April 9 Lloyd Whitney 1-5 pm Al Frisby 6-8 pm Sun. April 10 Blues Mechanics 6-8 pm

To guarantee a time slot, please pre-register at

831.688.8435 mars-studios.com

Mon. April 11 Broken Shades 6-8 pm

Raffling off Boulder Creek Guitar Raffle proceeds go to Guitars Not Guns

Tues. April 12 Rand Rueter 6-8 pm MUSIC ARTS

RECORDING STUDIO

Guitar Works

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Friday april 8th

KhdC dJ’S MadONNa, KaZZEO, aNd MOi and at the hacienda BUNNy WailEr, pUrE rOOtS, Earl ZErO, yEShUa & thE hiGhtONES, dJ SUGarBEar SatUrday april 9th

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Fri. April 8 Al Frisby 6-8 pm

OUT

JUN 25 David Bromberg

BRITANNIA ARMS IN CAPITOLA

Thurs. April 7 Preacher Boy 6-8 pm

MAY 05 Kathleen Madigan MAY 06 Tommy Emmanuel

BLUES

Wed. April 6 Al Frisby 6-8 pm

APR 28 Film: Maria en tierra de nadie

Eric Smith Free 3p

BBQ BEER BLUES

BEER

APR 15 Pete Yorn APR 16 Lizz Wright

Trivia Night

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

BBQ

Upcoming Shows

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FILM

HONKY-TONK DREAMS Elizabeth Olsen and Tom Hiddleston play Audrey and Hank Williams in the

biographical drama about the singer’s life.

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I

t’s tough to get a movie biography right, to find a way to make the messy facts of someone’s life as compelling as fiction. Last year, Steve Jobs did it, condensing the material into three key moments in its subject’s career that charted his personal and professional evolution.

Then there’s I Saw The Light, the biographical drama about legendary country singer-songwriter Hank Williams. Writer-director Marc Abraham doggedly trots out the facts of Williams’ astonishingly short and productive life (36 hit songs before his death at age 29). But the material is presented without much insight, and the storytelling feels flat. It’s

like watching somebody else’s home movies—interesting for awhile, but not personally involving.

Fortunately, the film stars the highly watchable Tom Hiddleston, the accomplished British thesp best known to movie audiences as Loki in the Thor franchise. He may not be the first person you’d think of to play Alabama-born proto-rockabilly crooner Williams, but Hiddleston has presence to burn, and he looks great in a cowboy hat. He even does his own singing. With a fresh, honest approach that doesn’t try to imitate Williams, Hiddleston sells the music with his laid-back demeanor and killer grin.

Early on, we see Hiddleston’s

Hank perched on a stool in the spotlight, singing, his face shaded by the brim of his hat. It’s a great, iconic image, but it soon proves to be a metaphor for a movie that never quite gets beneath the surface to the man under the hat. Then, we cut to 1944, with Hank getting married to his sweetheart, Audrey (Elizabeth Olsen) by a justice of the peace at a gas station in rural Alabama.

Hank and his band sing in honkytonk bars and appear weekly on a local radio program. He dreams of Nashville, and appearing on the Grand Ole Opry, but he’s shy about singing at auditions. He gets a music publishing deal as a songwriter, which leads

eventually to his band making their first studio recording. At home, tensions mount between Audrey and Hank’s manager/mom, Lillie (Cherry Jones), while Audrey pressures Hank to let her perform with the band— even though her singing is so strident that the radio station engineers discreetly turn off her mic when they’re broadcasting live.

But Abraham never builds these scenes into a compelling narrative; it’s just a series of vignettes that all start to feel the same. Hank drinks way too much. He fights with Audrey, who says he’s squelching her dreams. He flirts with random women, many of whom end up in his bed. He takes pills on the road, and morphine injections for back pain, and makes promises to do better by his loved ones that he never keeps.

But despite the accumulation of these details we never really understand who Hank is, or what private demons drive him. Abraham never uncovers the person behind the image; he’s content to stick with the persona of the raw talent living the self-destructive honky-tonk life.

Meanwhile, connections between scenes are often vague. Hank is strumming his guitar on the porch when an unknown woman materializes on the step beside him; they lob some sexy banter back and forth until Audrey appears in the doorway and the mystery woman melts out of the scene—and the movie.

Later, with no prelude, we suddenly see Hank shaking with the DTs in a hospital bed, trying to dry out.

Still, the music can jolt the movie to life. That Hiddleston does his own singing lends authenticity to these scenes, whether he’s onstage with the band, or strumming a bittersweet “Your Cheatin’ Heart” for his producer, accompanied only by his own guitar, or singing a lullaby to his infant son.

Singing “Lovesick” for his debut at the Grand Ole Opry is a highlight early on, and a wry, saucy onstage version of “Why Don’t You Love Me Like You Used To Do” wakes things up with a bang. If only Abraham had been able to infuse the rest of the movie with that kind of energy.

I SAW THE LIGHT **1/2 (out of four) With Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Olsen. Written and directed by Marc Abraham. A Sony Classics release. Rated R. 123 minutes.

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A Richard Linklater film

831.469.3220

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EVERYBODY WANTS SOME Fri-Tue 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 + Sat-Sun 11:00am EYE IN THE SKY Daily 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:35 + Sat-Sun 12:00 (1:40, 4:20), 7:10, 9:45 + Sat, Sun (11:00am)

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT Wed-Thu 2:10 + Thu 4:40, 7:10 + Fri-Tue 4:30, 9:30 WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Daily 2:00, 7:00 + Wed-Thu 4:30, 9:30 + Sat-Sun 11:30am

Helen Mirren & Alan Rickman in

THE WITCH Wed-Thu 9:40

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FILM NEW THIS WEEK THE BOSS Melissa McCarthy in the snazziest selection of turtlenecks you ever did see. Ben Falcone directs.

Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage co-star. (R) 99 minutes.

DEMOLITION Jake Gyllenhaal is brooding after the tragic death of his wife in a car crash—so he smashes a bunch of things and makes it look like all good, beautiful, bittersweet fun. Jean-Marc Vallée directs. Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper co-star. (R) 100 minutes.

HARDCORE HENRY You, yes you, are Henry—a crazy superhuman who has been resurrected from the dead without memory of your former life.

Now you have to have your wife from a warlord who wants to bio-engineer soldiers. It’s a first-person action film from Henry’s point of view. Pro-tip: to avoid freaking out, it’s probably best to not do any drugs before watching this film. Ilya Naishuller directs.

Sharlto Copley, Tim Roth, Haley Bennett co-star. (R) 96 minutes.

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BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE It’s the ultimate battle of chiseled jawlines. And Jesse Eisenberg is the villain! But who is the real villain here? Who are the real heroes? Who’s the beauty playing Wonder Woman?

What’s Holly Hunter doing here? Who wore the spandex better? But, most importantly, is Ben Affleck’s back tat real? So many questions, and only 153 minutes of Marvel to find answers.

Zack Snyder directs. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams co-star. (PG13) 153 minutes.

DEADPOOL He’s a special ops dude who’s transformed into a super-human in a rogue experiment, left with an indestructible body and the face of chopped liver. How many almost-funny superheroes with the voice of a Disney prince has Ryan Reynolds played now?

Tom Miller directs. Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller co-star. (R) 108 minutes.

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! Who decided that April would be the month to release all the sequels to semi-OK films that came out entire lifetimes ago? If you find this person, we have words for them. Even if it is Richard Linklater directing, c’mon, who has been eagerly awaiting another Dazed and Confused—that movie came out in 1993! Even if it is only the “spiritual sequel,” we hope anyone who’s been dying to see just as many tight pants and floppy hair-dos for the last 23 years gets just what they’ve been waiting for. It’s got not one, but two (!!) exclamation marks in the title, so you know it’s got to be good. Zoey Deutch, Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin co-star.

(R) 116 minutes.

EYE IN THE SKY “If they kill 80 people, we win the propaganda war. If we kill one child, they do.”Would you be willing to risk the collateral damage of one innocent girl to save uncounted thousands in the future? Putting a face to a faceless killing machine, Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, and the late Alan Rickman take on the implications of modern drone warfare. Gavin Hood directs. (R) 102 minutes.

GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 It’s Sabrina the teenage witch! Except she’s a high school teacher who, when asked a question about Jesus in class, says something that lands her in court, arguing the existence of God. Remember the hot gardener from Desperate Housewives? He’s in it, too. Yes, they made two of these films.

Harold Cronk directs. Jesse Metcalfe, David A.R. White, Ray Wise co-star.

(PG) 121 minutes.

HELLO MY NAME IS DORIS In what is being called possibly her best performance ever, Sally Field plays a 60-something woman who pursues her younger coworker in this coming-of-a-certain-age tale. Michael Showalter directs. Sally Field, Max Greenfield, Tyne Daly co-star. (R) 95 minutes.

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: ALLEGIANT Finally, finally Tris’ hair has grown past that awful awkward short phase. The rest is—well, she’s still divergent, but hey, Harry from Dumb

and Dumber thinks she’s worth saving.

Is Shailene Woodley the new Anne Hathaway, or is it just us? Ansel Elgort is still the most annoying person in Hollywood, but if the cast doesn’t make your teeth bleed, by all means, enjoy the next installment of this trying-hardto-be-Hunger Games tween series.

Robert Schwentke directs. Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Zoë Kravitz costar. (PG-13) 121 minutes.

EDDIE THE EAGLE Whether it’s the forced underbite, the shaggy overcut, the awful ’70s glasses, or all three, there’s something so adorable about Taron Egerton as Olympic ski jumper Eddie Edwards that we’re willing to overlook the fact that Hugh Jackman is in the film. Even better is that it’s based on the true story of the real Eddie Edwards, who was also really farsighted and equally as huggable.

We love all Eddies. Dexter Fletcher directs. Taron Egerton, Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken co-star. (PG-13) 105 minutes.

EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT The first Colombian film nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, Embrace of the Serpent is the beautifully constructed story based on the diaries of Theodor Koch-Grunberg and Richard Evan Schultes which follows an Amazonian shaman and two scientists searching for a sacred healing plant. Ciro Guerra directs.

Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar co-star. (NR) 125 minutes.

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KNIGHT OF CUPS Christian Bale gets to party through Hollywood with six different women, all perfectly proportioned and with a zero-percent BMI, including Natalie Portman and Cate Blanchett—and he’s all lost and tortured about it. But it’s “experimental drama,” so, it’s really meaningful and zeitgeisty. Terrence Malick directs. (R) 118 minutes.

LONDON HAS FALLEN Oh gee, thanks Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt for playing on the current state of chaos of the world and exploiting our deepest fears—kind of like that earthquake movie that no one saw because, hello, too close to home. At least Aaron Eckhart’s chin dimple can keep us distracted. Babak

Najafi directs. Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Charlotte Riley co-star. (R) 99 minutes.

MEET THE BLACKS President El Bama warns the nation that the Purge is coming and the Black family has to quickly learn what 12 hours of sanctioned crime of every variety means for a black family in Beverly Hills. It’s a parody of the 2013 horror film The Purge, and it’s about as un-PC as one could imagine with black KKK members and Mike Epps telling Mike Tyson (with what can only be described as his fiercest ‘do to date) “I’ve never seen a pitbull with a perm.” Brace yourself. Deon Taylor directs. Mike Tyson, Zulay Henao, Mike Epps co-star.

(R) 93 minutes.

MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN Jennifer Garner’s comeback, or at least a very eventful story for the kid who plays her daughter: first she gets an incurable disease, which no one can diagnose, and then she falls out of a tree and sees God. And then her incurable disease is healed.

It’s a miracle from heaven! Patricia Riggen directs. Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson costar. (PG) 109 minutes.

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 Right, because we’ve all been on the edge of our seats in anticipation of a sequel to the Greek family comedy … for 14 years. Kirk Jones directs.

Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine co-star. (PG-13) 94 minutes.

10 CLOVERFIELD LANE The Internet is driving itself crazy trying to figure out if this is a proper sequel to the 2008 monster movie Cloverfield. Producer J.J. Abrams is indeed the mastermind behind it once again, and he keeps dropping hints that are infuriatingly vague about how the two films are connected. What we know is that Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and the pale guy from The Newsroom are hiding underground from something, and though Abrams claims the Cloverfield monster doesn’t make an appearance … would you really be surprised if it did? Dan Trachtenberg directs. Bradley Cooper co-stars. (PG13) 105 minutes.

THE WAVE You’d never guess that amongst the towering, beautiful

fjords of Norway lurks the danger of a tsunami decimating an entire town.

But that’s exactly what happened in 1934 in Tafjord, Norway—and it’s only a matter of time before it happens again. There’s a crack in the real-life Norwegian mountain, Åkneset, which is expanding two to 15 centimeters each year. Geologists predict it will one day fall into the fjord and cause a massive tsunami.

Possibly the most stomachlurching, anxiety-inducing natural disaster thriller (and Norway’s very first) to ever have not come out of Hollywood, The Wave is a breathlessly captivating story of one geologist’s desperate attempts to save his home. Warning: should be viewed with something in which to dig fingernails and/or bite into. Roar Uthaug directs. Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Ane Dahl Torp.

(R) 105 minutes.

WHERE TO INVADE NEXT Oddly beardless and slightly thinner, Michael Moore returns as angry and ferocious as ever, investigating the absurdities of modern politics across the entire globe. From public school cafeterias to Wall Street, Moore’s latest documentary takes on the American Dream. Michael Moore directs. Michael Moore, Krista Kiuru, Tim Walker co-star.

(R) 110 minutes.

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT For certain glasses-wearing, brown-haired female journalists with a penchant for sarcasm and dreams of a foreign correspondence post, this film may or may not be their future life story (omg we are the same person, Tina Fey!). For the rest, it’s Fey with Margot Robbie and Martin Freeman, plus laughs, some bang-bang and war stories.

Glenn Ficarra and John Requa direct.

Margot Robbie, Nicholas Braun, Tina Fey co-star. (R) 111 minutes.

ZOOTOPIA Thank goodness it’s become OK for adults to watch kids’ movies (it has, right?). We’d gladly take a cunning bunny cop with her fox informant trying to uncover a conspiracy in a city of adorable animated animals than watch Gerard Butler do … well, anything, really. Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush direct.

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t was a terrific 10-year alliance between Love Apple Farm and Manresa Restaurant, but now lycopene queen Cynthia Sandberg and three-star Michelin chef David Kinch have “mutually decided to end a very long relationship,” Sandberg told me last week. During their time together, the duo inspired countless farm/restaurant collaborations— one of the best, and most delicious artisanal examples of “going viral.”

But now Sandberg is having a great time re-inventing herself. It seems to happen every 10 years, she confesses.

“First I was a purchasing manager in Silicon Valley, then a trial attorney, then a farmer for a Michelin restaurant, now

an educator and organizer for tomato freaks worldwide,” she says. Yes, Sandberg is taking Love Apple in new, global directions.

“We’ll continue our tomato plant sale, making it even bigger and better. I’m proud to say that it’s the largest tomato plant sale in California.

We will also continue our full roster of expanded gardening classes,” she says.

“And I’ve started a venture focusing on all things tomato,” Sandberg reveals. “It’s called the World Tomato Society, and basically it’s a global organization that celebrates the world’s most popular fruit. I will be growing lots of tomato plants here at Love Apple in order to focus on seed-saving,

trialing new tomato varieties, and preserving old heirloom varieties of tomatoes.” Sounds luscious.

Sandberg, ace grower and tomatoista anticipates “a fabulous year of change” for herself, both personally and professionally. We’ll be watching to check out Sandberg’s next move.

And wishing her the best of luck!

Check worldtomatosociety.com for the juicy details.

SPEAKING OF TOMATOES We are addicted to tomato chutney.

Seriously. We go through about a jar a week of the sensational and sweet/tart Tomato Chutney from Sukhi’s Gourmet Indian Foods (available for around $5 at New Leaf, Shopper’s Corner, etc.)

That would be the incredible expanding Lillian’s Italian Kitchen, still putting the finishing touches on its updated corner of Seabright and Soquel. Housed in the historic Ebert’s building, complete with the signature art deco clock, Lillian’s is being detailed as we speak. Keep your appetite revved up for a May opening. Also being fine-tuned is the new Westside Verve. Joined at the hip with Bantam at 1010 Fair Ave., the newest Verve has a smart little front patio all set to host caffeine lovers.

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WINE OF THE WEEK Byington Alliage 2012 is one of those welcoming red Bordeaux blends that makes friends with almost everything.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES ARIES NEW MOON

The appearances of a full moon or the pale crescent moon inform us that a full or new moon festival is about to occur. These are special times when a great inflow of light streams into the Earth, affecting humanity and the kingdoms. There is a new moon on the early morning of Thursday, April 7 (18 degrees Aries). Around the world, the New Group of World Servers (NGWS, esotericists) meditate during new and full moon times (festivals).

At new moon times the meditation is to strengthen and support the work and endeavors of the NGWS everywhere. The NGWS is dedicated to the establishment of goodwill in all of humanity. As the new light streams into the Earth, the NGWS receive and distribute the light to humanity. We concentrate and ponder upon how the Plan of Betterment and of Goodwill can anchor and manifest in the world.

Aries is especially good at this anchoring and manifesting. Aries distributes Rays 1 & 7. Ray 1, the Will, Plan & Purpose of God. This Aries light is

a searchlight seeking to anchor itself in the world. Ray 7, anchoring a new rhythm, new archetypes for a new world. As the Will to Good (God) streams into the world, it becomes Goodwill within humanity.

There is an ancient esoteric equation: “Intentions for Goodwill become Right Human Relations which establish the first processes of Peace in the world”. And so we begin at this Aries new moon time, strengthening the hands and arms of the NGWS. We join them. We recognize world need. We become devoted to enriching the quality of life, in all the kingdoms, everywhere. Often the NGWS are unrecognized. Their (our) keynotes are the welfare of all living things, understanding the planetary and cosmic relationships (astrology) and the power of Goodwill which brings about real change. Join us, everyone.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

It’s most important to think about manners, being tactful and intentions for Right Relations instead of what we are taught—the usual competitiveness, lack of kindness, judgments, headstrongness, and aggressiveness. Have conscious intentions to bring forth diplomacy. Allow your endeavors and daily activities to create spiritual resources that serve others. As you make all things new, make them harmonious, too.

Although not quite aware of this, you’re quite brave in your daily life. Others recognize this. You recognize bravery in others because it rests within you like a shadow. You have a great sense of justice and seek, most of the time, peace and harmony. However, there are times when anger takes hold and you lose your way.

For a long time. Like a rainstorm cleansing and clearing the air. Love more, no matter what.

TAURUS Apr21–May21

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

Your subconscious comes to life and all your assertive abilities go into hiding. In the deepest parts of yourself you become brave. You may remember things from the past that creates worry or anxiety. Tend to your body and nervous system with care, choosing foods that calm and lessen inflammation (warm turmeric milk at night). A spiritual presence enters your life. You are asked to be kinder.

Scorpio is about discipleship all the time. Discipleship is about service, serving others, after knowing how to serve the self. Ask yourself, “What is my service and what and whom do I serve?” Am I tending to my health and duties with care? Do I practice Right Relations with all my relationships, with all kingdoms? Do I hold myself and others in high regard? Am I non-judgmental? We ponder upon these things.

GEMINI May 22–June 20

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20

You might find groups of people seeking to visit, chat and discuss ideas, inviting you to a group. You might meet new people, join a group or organization that attracts the sociable part of yourself. Some relationships may fall away, to later reform themselves into better and closer friendships. Or the relationships have completed their purpose. Whatever your goals, the stars support you moving from here to there. Friends help you recognize and value yourself more.

Most important at this time is your creative selfexpression, creative aspiration, the supreme effort of distinguishing yourself from all others. Are you seeking something romantic, attempting to have children or pursuing entertainment, fun, pleasure, well-being and happiness? You can be fun these days. Sometimes you’re dreamy with romantic ideals. Call upon Venus for help.

CANCER Jun21–Jul20

There is focus of light and an anchoring at the foundation of your life. Thoughts of childhood, psychological roots, how you were nurtured, and how you learned to nurture come into focus. You’re fiercely protective of your family. Kindness, love, nurturing of self and others heal all wounds from the past. Tend to all things within the home but especially within the garden. The devas want to speak with you.

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You wonder about how you present yourself in public. You want to be remembered. If you’re usually a bit shy, this will eventually disappear. The world is your stage for a while and there’s a push to establish yourself, work hard and be the best you can be. You become the very best with determination and drive. Be impulsive, trust yourself, and shed your shell so others can know you better. Share more.

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You find yourself setting deep goals, considering distant travels. Your interests in philosophy, religion, education, and expanding your horizons appear in dreams and visions. This is a good time for Leos. You’re optimistic and vitalized because you know in the days ahead you’ll be blazing a trail into the wide adventurous unknown.

Visualization and aspiration are your guides.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Find and read Jung’s Memories, Dreams and Reflections and Red Book. One or the other during this month. To look at, study and even draw symbols in the books that attract you, so that you can anchor new archetypes that energize your life. They release the most positive dimensions of your personality and soul. There will be a seeking for redemption and the way will be revealed in dreams.

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 Notice if thinking accelerates and ideas race through your mind. Writing, communication, speech, connections, making contacts—all become very important to you. Try not to lose patience with those slower than you. You’re as quick as lightning. Hardly anyone can keep up. Be grateful for everything in your life. Even for what you feel you don’t have yet.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 A new sense of self-identity is forming along with a new state of values. You become more consciousness of daily life. There’s a need to dispose of, give away, sell, and generally release much of what you have.

You will find yourself with a suitcase or two, a laptop, phone, books, some things from mother. Within the year you’ll be on your way. So this present time is significant. Guard everything. Go where needed.

Prayer heals and directs.

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This business was conducted by an INDIVIDUAL named SONYA JEAN SOKOLOW. This statement was filed with the County Clerk- Recorder of SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on the date indicated by the file stamp: Filed: Mar. 3, 2016. File No.2015-0000600. Mar. 16, 23, 30 & Apr. 6.

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SALVADOR MCBENTTEZ. 934 30TH AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: SALVADOR MCBENTTEZ. 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 Mar. 9, 2016.

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County of Santa Cruz. DAWN STERNADEL. 161 PIONEER ROAD, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DAWN STERNADEL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 4/1/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Apr. 1, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0540 The following Individual is doing business as 38TH & CO. 605 38TH AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. ALI V. CLIFFORD. 38TH & CO. 605 38TH AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: ALI CLIFFORD. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 11, 2016. Mar. 23, 30, & Apr. 6, 13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0384 The following Individual is doing business as SANTA CRUZ FAMILY GARDEN COMPANY. 2909 BRANCIFORTE DR., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. County of Santa Cruz. SHAWN SMOLINKSI. 2909 BRANCIFORTE DR., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: SHAWN SMOLINKSI. 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 Feb. 19, 2016.

Mar. 16, 23, 30, & Apr. 6.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0678 The following Individual is doing business as GYM REPAIR TECHNICIANS. 2939 RENWICK WAY, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. GUILLERMO MARTINEZ. 2939 RENWICK WAY, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: GUILLERMO MARTINEZ. 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 Apr. 1, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0618 The following Individual is doing business as HOLLYHOCK CAKES. 2901 RESEARCH PARK DR. (SUITE B), SOQUEL, CA 95073.

County of Santa Cruz. AIMEE PAGE. 2901 RESEARCH PARK DR. (SUITE B), SOQUEL, CA

95073. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: AIMEE PAGE. 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 Mar. 23, 2016. Mar. 30, & Apr. 6, 13, 20.

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File No.2012-0002172. Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0658 The following Corporation is doing business as JAGUAR. 1116 SOQUEL AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. JAGUAR RESTAURANT, INC. 1116 SOQUEL AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. Al# 3878034.

This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: DINA TORRES. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above: NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 30, 2016. Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27.

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME. The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: SOKOLOW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 301 HIGHVIEW COURT, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed in SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on:

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0562 The following Individual is doing business as LOAVES OF LOVE. 401 HILL AVE., WATSONVILLE, CA 95076.

County of Santa Cruz. LORENA L. ROLON. 401 HILL AVE., WATSONVILLE, CA 95076.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: LORENA L. ROLON. 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 Mar. 14, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0479 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as SOKOLOW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. 301 HIGHVIEW COURT, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. SHADRACK FARMS, LLC. 301 HIGHVIEW COURT, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. AI# 810107. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: SONYA SOKOLOW. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on: NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 3, 2016. Mar. 16, 23, 30, & Apr. 6.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0528 The following Individual is doing business as LASER

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0541 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as MME. 177 MISSION STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

County of Santa Cruz. MME. STYLE, LLC.. 177 MISSION STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. AI# 6310195. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: ELISE HERRERA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above: NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 11, 2016.

Mar. 23, 30, & Apr. 6, 13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0672 The following Individual is

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0554 The following Individual is doing business as ER CONSTRUCTION. 501 S. GREEN VALLEY RD. #101, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076.

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ENRIQUE ROCHA. 501 S. GREEN VALLEY RD. #101, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: ENRIQUE ROCHA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 7/1/2010. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 14, 2016. Mar. 23, 30, & Apr. 6, 13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0544 The following Married Couple is doing business as TINY HOUSE CHOCOLATE, AMADA BRIGADEIRO. 410 LINCOLN STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. MAIANA LASEVICIUS & GUSTAVO HILSDORF. 410 LINCOLN STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

This business is conducted by a Married Couple signed: MAIANA LASEVICIUS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above: NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 11, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0488 The following Individual is doing business as HIGHWALKER STUDIOS. 6955 ROSE ACRES LN., FELTON, CA 95018. County of Santa Cruz. LUC BOETTNER. 6955 ROSE ACRES LN., FELTON, CA 95018. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: LUC BOETTNER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L.

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We encourage you to abate your own weeds and rubbish; however, if the work has not been completed by the May 15th deadline, the City contractor will perform the abatement work. You will be charged for the contractors’ work, plus a $100.00 administrative fee on your property tax bill.

If you have already abated the weeds and/or rubbish, please disregard this notice. Be advised, however, that your property is required to be maintained free of weeds and rubbish throughout the year and the City contractor is authorized to perform additional work should a hazard reoccur.

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REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT WITH CHANGE FILE NO. 16-0653 The following Individual is doing business as SEAVIEW GUEST HOME. 7231 MESA DR., APTOS, CA 95003.

County of Santa Cruz. CECILIA SULLIVAN. 7231 MESA DR., APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: CECILIA SULLIVAN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0378 The following Corporation is doing business as MUTARI CHOCOLATE. 219 ELM ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

County of Santa Cruz.

CULTIVATED CULINARY. 219 ELM ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. Al# 3871895. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: KATY OURSLER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/1/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 18, 2016. Mar. 16, 23, 30, & Apr.6.

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16-0624 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as MB COSMETICS. 210 16TH AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz.

MB COSMETICS, LLC. 210 16TH AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. AI# 6410038. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: DAVID SMITH. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above: NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 23, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0427 The following Married Couple is doing business as SANTA CRUZ FARMACEUTICALS, SANTA CRUZ PHARMACEUTICALS. 2-1647 EAST CLIFF DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. ANNA MCGUIRE & ZACHARY MITCHELL. 2-1647 EAST CLIFF DRIVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by a Married Couple signed: ANNA MCGUIRE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above: NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 24, 2016.

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The following General Partnership is doing business as COMFORT INN SANTA CRUZ. 110 PLYMOUTH ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

County of Santa Cruz. RAMAN B. PATEL & PRAMOD R. PATEL. 110 PLYMOUTH ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This

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business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: RAMAN PATEL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above: 1/1/1988. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 24, 2016.

Mar. 30, & Apr. 6, 13, 20.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0551 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as BROOKDALE SCOTTS VALLEY. 100 LOCKWOOD LANE, SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066. County of Santa Cruz.

BROOKDALE VEHICLE HOLDING, LLC. 111 WESTWOOD PLACE (SUITE 400), BRENTWOOD, TN 37027. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: ERIC HOAGLUND. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/1/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 14, 2016.

Mar. 30, & Apr. 6, 13, 20.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0527 The following Corporation is doing business as DENTISTRY FOR ANIMALS. 8035 SOQUEL DRIVE #45, APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz.

DENTISTRY FOR ANIMALS, INC. 8035 SOQUEL DRIVE #45, APTOS, CA 95003. Al# 3725526. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: JUDY FORCE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/26/2011. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 9, 2016.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0586 The following Individual is doing business as GARDEN TO LIFE. 650 DAY VALLEY RD., APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. SUELYNN ESTBY. 650 DAY VALLEY RD., APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: SUELYNN ESTBY. 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 Mar. 18, 2016.

Mar. 30, & Apr. 6, 13, 20.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0608 The following Individual is doing business as BOARDWALK MAGIC. 400 BEACH ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz.

DOUG HOFKINS. 400 BEACH ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

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an Individual signed: DOUG HOFKINS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 3/15/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 22, 2016.

Mar. 30, & Apr. 6, 13, 20.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0422 The following Individual is doing business as OUROBOROS ENERGY + SUSTAINABILITY. 101 COOPER ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. DUSTIN JOLLEY. 101 COOPER ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DUSTIN JOLLEY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/1/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 23, 2016.

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Where the locals shop since 1938.

VOTED BEST BUTCHER SHOP BEST WINE STORE BEST CHEESE SELECTIONS BEST LOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORE BEST MURAL

Family owned & operated 78 years.

622 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz

OUR 78 TH YEAR

WEEKLY SPECIALS

BUTCHER SHOP

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WINE & FOOD PAIRING Grilled Flank Steak Marinade:

2/3 cup dry red wine 2/3 cup soy sauce 6 large cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed 1/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley Coarsely ground black pepper, to taste 2 flank steaks (about 1 1/2 pounds each)

LL NATURAL USDA Choice beef & lamb only, corn-fed midwest pork, Rocky freerange chickens, Mary’s air-chilled chickens, wild-caught seafood, Boar’s Head products.

■ TRI TIPS, USDA Choice/ 6.98 Lb ■ COULOTTE STEAKS, USDA Choice/ 6.98 Lb ■ FLANK STEAK, USDA Choice/ 8.98 Lb ■ CROSSRIB ROAST, USDA Choice/ 4.98 Lb ■ BOARDS HEAD BOLOGNA/ 6.49 Lb ■ BOARS HEAD CHICKEN BREAST/ 8.98 Lb ■ BOARS HEAD MORTADELLA/ 6.49 Lb ■ LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN BREAST, Boneless, Skinless/ 5.98 Lb

■ CAJUN STYLE CHICKEN BREAST, Boneless, Skinless/ 5.98 Lb

■ LEMON DIJON CHICKEN BREAST, Boneless, Skinless/ 5.98 Lb

PREPARATION

1. Combine the marinade ingredients in a nonreactive bowl.

Add the flank steaks and coat well with the marinade.

Position an oven rack about 6 inches from the broiler element and heat the broiler on high.

Aresti, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2011 Reg 17.99, Absolute steal for 7.99 Ripe blackberry, cherry, spice and smoke on the nose. The palate is dry, medium-full bodied and deliciously spicy, with consistent fruit flavours and a lovely, lip-smacking, peppery finish. An excellent value and it will pair remarkably with this steak!

S HOPPER SPOTLIG HT

Cheese “Best Selection in Santa Cruz”

Domestic Beer

■ OUT OF BOUNDS, Grapefruit Double IPA, 22oz Bottle/ 7.99 + CRV

■ FIRESTONE IPA Series, 12oz Bottles, 6 Pack/ 8.99 +CRV ■ WEIHENSTEPHANER German Lager, 11.2 oz Bottles, 6 Pack/ 8.99 + CRV

■ MAD RIVER Pale Ale, 12 oz Bottles, 12 Pack/ 15.99 +CRV ■ LAGUNITAS Pale Ale, 12 oz Bottles, 12 Pack/ 18.49 +CRV

■ WISCONSIN SHARP CHEDDAR, “rBST Free” Loaf Cuts/ 5.09, Average Cuts/ 5.49 Tequila ■ NORWEGIAN JARLSBERG, “Imported Swiss”/ 9.79 Lb ■ HORNITOS, Reposado/ 17.99 ■ CAMBOZOLA BLACK LABEL BLUE BRIE, ■ EL JIMADOR, Silver & Reposado/ 18.99 “Creamy and Delicious”/ 15.89 Lb ■ ALTOS, Silver & Reposado/ 19.99 ■ ITALIAN FONTINA, “Excellent Melting Cheese”/ 7.99 Lb ■ CAZADORES, Reposado/ 25.99 Delicatessen ■ CENTENARIO Anejo/ 29.99 ■ TILLAMOOK SHEDDED CHEESE, “All Varieties” 8oz/ 5.09 Ea

Best Buy Whites

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■ 2012 COLUMBIA CREST, Chardonnay (92 WE,

■ LEAF LETTUCE, Red, Green, Romaine, Butter

4. To serve, slice thinly on the diagonal and arrange on a board or platter.

■ BECKMANN’S, Whole Wheat Sour Round 24oz/ 3.89 ■ WHOLE GRAIN, Nine Grain 30oz/ 4.19 ■ KELLY’S, Sweet Baguette 8oz/ 1.99 ■ GAYLE’S, Francese Buns, 4 Pack/ 3.99 ■ SUMANO’S, Seeded Mini 16oz/ 3.49

BEER/WINE/SPIRITS

■ 2012 ABRAS, Torrontes (Reg 16.99)/ 7.99 ■ 2012 VERUM, Chardonnay (Reg 16.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2012 VO CA, Cortese (91WW, Reg 16.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2012 LINCOURT, Sauvignon Blanc

ALIFORNIA-FRESH, blemish free, 30% local/ organic: Arrow Citrus Co., Lakeside Organic, Happy Boy Farms, Route 1 Farms.

3. Broil or grill the steaks over high heat, 3 inches from the heat source, for 4 minutes per side for medium-rare meat. Remove to a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes.

Bakery “Fresh Daily”

■ OLLI SALUMERIA, Sliced Salami “100% Vegetarian ■ BAY SHRIMP MEAT, Fully Cooked/ 12.98 Lb ■ COOKED PRAWNS, Large, Peeled & Deveined/ 12.98 Lb Fed Pork”/ 4.99 ■ VICOLO PIZZAS, “All Varieties”/ 7.59 Ea ■ LARGE PRAWNS, Peeled & Deveined/ 14.98 Lb ■ KINGS KIMCHI, “Korean Marinated Cabbage 14oz/

PRODUCE

2. Marinate the steaks, covered, in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or overnight, turning once. Remove from the marinade and pat dry.

GROCERY

Iceberg/ 1.19 Ea ■ BROCCOLI CROWNS, Fresh from the Field/ 1.49 Lb ■ ZUCCHINI SQUASH, Extra Fancy Squash/ 1.19 Lb ■ AVOCADOS, Ripe and Ready to Eat/ 1.19 Ea ■ CLUSTER TOMATOES, Ripe on the Vine/ 2.29 Lb ■ ROMA TOMATOES, Great for Stews/ 1.49 Lb ■ BANANAS, Always Ripe/ .89 Lb ■ APPLES, Fujis, Galas, Granny, Braeburn, Pink Lady/ 1.89 Lb ■ SEEDLESS GRAPES, Red and Green/ 3.29 Lb ■ GREEN BEANS, Fresh and Tender/ 2.49 Lb ■ RADISHES AND GREEN ONIONS, Super Fresh Bunches/ .59 Ea ■ LOOSE CARROTS, Premium Quality/ .59 Lb ■ POTATOES, Red and Yukon/ 1.19 Lb ■ RUSSET POTATOES, Top Quality/ .59 Lb ■ LARGE TOMATOES, Great for Slicing/ 1.89 Lb ■ NAVEL ORANGES, Sweet and Juicy/ 1.09 Lb ■ PINEAPPLE, Ripe and Juicy/ 1.09 Lb ■ ORGANIC BANANAS, The Perfect Snack/ .99 Lb ■ BABY CELLO CARROTS, 1 Lb. Bags/ 1.19 Ea

6.09 Ea

■ SABRA HUMMUS, “All Flavors” 3.29 Ea

Clover Stornetta

■ ORGANIC GREEK NONFAT YOGURT 5.3oz/ 1.59 ■ WHIPPING CREAM, Pint/ 2.79 ■ ORGANIC WHIPPING CREAM, Pint/ 3.79 ■ ORGANIC MILK, Half Gallon/ 4.19 ■ BUTTER, Original or Unsalted, Lb/ 4.99

Gourmet Ice Cream

(90WE, Reg 17.99)/ 9.99 Reg 21.99)/ 11.99

Best Buy Red

■ 2012 ABRAS, Malbec (Reg 18.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2014 L’ARDI DOLCETTO (Reg 16.99)/ 7.99 ■ 2011 ARESTI CARMENERE RESERVA (Reg 17.99)/ 7.99 ■ 2011 FROG HAVEN PINOT NOIR (90WW, Reg 16.99)/ 9.99

■ MARIANNE'S, All Kinds, Qt/ 4.59 ■ GELATO MASSIMO, “Low-Fat, Gluten Free”, Pint/ 4.99 ■ STRAUS “Super Premium”, Pint/ 4.69 ■ THREE TWINS, “Organic”, Pint/ 4.99 ■ BREYERS NATURAL ICE CREAM, 1.5 Qt

■ 2011 GIFFT RED BLEND (91WE, Reg 19.99)/ 9.99

Shop Local First

■ 2012 CHATEAU LA CROIX DU CASSE, Pomerol

16oz/ 8.49 ■ MEEKS WILDFLOWER HONEY, 24oz/ 11.99 ■ JAVA BOB’S COFFEE, The Connoisseurs Choice”, 12oz/ 9.99 ■ DONNELLY CHOCOLATES, “Dipped Handmade Ice Cream Bars”/ 4.99 ■ CAROLYN’S “Hand-Scooped Frozen Cookie Dough”, 21oz/ 9.99

■ 2009 CHATEAU DE PEZ, Saint Estephe (93ST)/ 44.99

(Reg 5.99)/ 4.99

■ EDDISON & MELROSE, “Karen Anne’s Granola”,

Bordeaux Rouge

■ 2010 CHATEAU VILLARS, Fronsac (90WA)/ 26.99 ■ 2010 SAINTAYME, Saint Emillion (90V)/ 27.99 ■ 2011 CHATEAU TOUR PIBRAN Pauillac (90WS)/ 34.99 (90WA)/ 34.99

Connoisseurs Corner - Chardonnay

■ 2012 STORRS, Wildcat Ridge (95 CA State Fair)/ 35.99 ■ 2013 BEAUREGARD, “The Ranch” (93WE)/ 54.99 ■ 2014 NEWTON “UNFILTERED”, Napa Valley (95WA)/ 47.99 ■ 2010 MOUNT EDEN, Santa Cruz Mtns (95V)/ 59.99 ■ 2011 ROCHOLI, Russian River (95WA)/ 65.99

ADRIENNE HARRELL, 20-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

Occupation: Director of Services School of Engineering UCSC; Zumba fitness instructor; Soulful Ceremonies officiant (weddings/memorials ) Hobbies: Dancing, singing, reading, traveling, cooking Astrological Sign: Virgo What do you enjoy cooking? I don’t stick to any particular style of cooking. ’Fresh’ and ’healthy’ dominates what I do in the kitchen; I roast and steam a lot of vegetables — Shopper’s has great produce, especially the local organic. I love picking up fish here. Last year they they brought in organically farmed salmon (slow wild-salmon season). My dinner guests said it was the best ever!

I’m a big fan of their marinated tri-tips and pork loins. I appreciate the friendliness of the butchers: I don’t cook a lot of meat so I value their advise about different cuts, along with their cooking instructions.

Shopper’s is a very convenient market.

How so? For one, the early hours: it’s not uncommon for me to shop here at 6 am. The size of Shopper’s is manageable and it has an ample supply of everything I need, from common to obscure ingredients. They have an excellent spice section. I love cheeses — my husband doesn’t — and it’s nice to be able to buy them in small quantities. I prefer to shop local as I know my money supports the community. Plus here, I can find many good local products: Beckmann breads, Glaum eggs, Donnelly chocolates, Pasta Mike’s pasta and sauces, Fuji apples, fresh salsas, coffees, and much more. And the wines!

What about the wines? Whether I go lower budget or pull out all the stops, Shopper’s has it all. This is my go-to market. The quality of my food is important to me; getting the best price doesn’t motivate me so much, but Shopper’s offers both fair pricing and quality Being treated well matters to me. If I walk into a store and I’m not greeted, and there’s a product there that I love, I won’t buy it. Here, people are always friendly and helpful. I find the checkers — everyone — to be just lovely people, and that makes me feel good about spending my money at Shopper’s. I feel very comfortable shopping here. I feel like I’m home.

“I find the checkers — everyone — to be just lovely people, and that makes me feel good about spending my money at Shopper’s.”

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