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EDITOR’S NOTE When GT put out its Home & Garden magazine earlier this year, in the middle of storms that were dumping buckets on Santa Cruz County, it felt like some kind of illicit thrill to be able to run stories about things like rainwater collection. Last year’s Home & Garden cover featured an assortment of arid cacti; this year’s cover captured rain drops bursting on the sidewalk next to a pair of rubber boots and a watering can. Lord almighty, people, we were wet at last!

The last couple of months, though, have been like waking from

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WHY BUILD?

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Statements in your recent cover story about future development in Santa Cruz (“Expansion Pack,” GT, 4/13) have raised some questions. In the editor’s note, Steve Palopoli states that, “we are an urban center, and one that’s only going to get bigger.” And just why exactly is that?

Did I miss some proclamation from a higher authority that decreed this to be an undisputable fact? Is it because the residents here are clamoring to jam even more people into our already overcrowded city, or could it be that local merchants and developers are hungry for more profits, and refuse to acknowledge the decline in quality of life that will result from over-building?

In the main article, Peter Kennedy is quoted as saying, “the city is bound to grow no matter what.” Again, why? Could it be because Santa Cruz is determined to issue permits for more and more highdensity housing projects, despite protests from neighborhoods that’ll be negatively affected by these developments? Kennedy goes on to say, “We need more businesses for economic growth, and more housing so that younger people can afford to live in this town.” Mr. Kennedy needs to get out more. Whenever I’m out and about, I see plenty of young adults who are going about their business around town.

a rain-drenched dream. Did we really get as much rainfall as it felt like we did? And, most importantly, was it enough to end the drought that’s been hanging over our heads for years now?

Kara Guzman has some eyeopening answers in this week’s cover story. It’s a must-read not only because it resolves the immediate questions about the state of our water supply that we’ve all been thinking about as summer looms, but also because it digs into our water issues to explain why we’re going to keep getting the same answers—no matter how much rainfall we get, or how many glistening rubber boots we put on our covers—without some fundamental changes.

ME WANT COOKIE This log at LaRaza Disc Golf Course does a good impersonation of

Cookie Monster, but, oh man, you should see his Christopher Walken. Photo by Mark Schleicher.

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It seems that they were all able to find a place to live here somehow. And with the relative scarcity of good-paying jobs in Santa Cruz, how will these new arrivals be able to afford all this new market-priced housing anyway?

It looks like the city planner’s pipe-dream of everyone riding their bike or taking public transit to work will quickly be replaced by the reality of even more cars on our roads as these new residents commute to their better-paying jobs over the hill.

One partial solution to Santa Cruz’s housing shortage always seems to be overlooked in these discussions. That would be to encourage UCSC to build more student housing on their sprawling campus.

And as long as the city is willing to grant the additional water hook-ups anyway, why not provide some to the college for new dormitories? Removing a substantial number of students from the local rental market would free up existing housing units without having to impact established neighborhoods with new high-density developments. It might also reduce traffic congestion to have more students living right where they need to be.

Yes, it’s very true that Santa Cruz is no longer the cozy beach town that many would like it to be, but there’s also no reason for city planners to turn it into a San Jose-by-the-Sea either.

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Water stakeholders are getting together for the second annual State of the San Lorenzo River Symposium. Organizers are looking for applicants to present on the river’s history at the May 21 event, which will be hosted at the Louden Nelson Community Center by the Coastal Watershed Council and Santa Cruz Water Department. Applications will be accepted through Friday, April 22. For more information, contact Jessica Missaghian at jmissaghian@ cityofsantacruz.com or 420-5475.

Cannabis activist Jason Porter Collinsworth, a UCSC grad, has released the first-ever edition of The Doobieous Dictionary: The A-Z Guide to All Things Cannabis, just in time for 4/20. According to his bio, Collinsworth’s drive to document every aspect of Santa Cruz’s favorite plant began in 2011, after he contracted a rare gastrointestinal disorder that nearly took his life.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of April 20 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22

“The writer should never be ashamed of staring,” said Aries writer Flannery O’Connor. “There is nothing that does not require his attention.” This is also true for all of you Aries folks, not just the writers among you. And the coming weeks will be an especially important time for you to cultivate a piercing gaze that sees deeply and shrewdly. You will thrive to the degree that you notice details you might normally miss or regard as unimportant. What you believe and what you think won’t be as important as what you perceive. Trust your eyes.

In many cultures, the butterfly is a symbol of transformation and rebirth. In its original state as a caterpillar, it is homely and slow-moving. After its resurrection time in the chrysalis, it becomes a lithe and lovely creature capable of flight. The mythic meaning of the moth is quite different, however. Enchanted by the flame, it's driven so strongly toward the light that it risks burning its wings. So it’s a symbol of intense longing that may go too far. In the coming weeks, Libra, your life could turn either way. You may even vacillate between being mothlike and butterfly-like. For best results, set an intention.

What exactly do you want?

TAURUS Apr20–May20 The ancient Greek geographer Pausanias told a story about how the famous poet Pindar got his start. One summer day, young Pindar decided to walk from his home in Thebes to a city 20 miles away. During his trek, he got tired and lay down to take a nap by the side of the road. As he slept, bees swarmed around him and coated his lips with wax. He didn’t wake up until one of the bees stung him. For anyone else, this might have been a bother. But Pindar took it as an omen that he should become a lyric poet, a composer of honeyed verses. And that's exactly what he did in the ensuing years. I foresee you having an experience comparable to Pindar’s sometime soon, Taurus. How you interpret it will be crucial.

GEMINI May21–June20 “I measure the strength of a spirit by how much truth it can take,” said philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

Measured by that standard, your strength of spirit has been growing—and may be poised to reach an all-time high. In my estimation, you now have an unusually expansive capacity to hold surprising, effervescent, catalytic truths. Do you dare invite all these insights and revelations to come pouring toward you? I hope so. I’ll be cheering you on, praying for you to be brave enough to ask for as much as you can possibly accommodate.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22

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Göbekli Tepe was a monumental religious sanctuary built 11,600 years ago in the place we now call Turkey.

Modern archaeologists are confounded by the skill and artistry with which its massive stone pillars were arranged and carved. According to conventional wisdom, humans of that era were primitive nomads who hunted animals and foraged for plants. So it’s hard to understand how they could have constructed such an impressive structure 7,000 years before the Great Pyramid of Giza. Writing in National Geographic, science journalist Charles C. Mann said, “Discovering that hunter-gatherers had constructed Göbekli Tepe was like finding that someone had built a 747 in a basement with an X-Acto knife.” In that spirit, Cancerian, I make the following prediction: In the coming months, you can accomplish a marvel that may have seemed beyond your capacity.

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“I gladly abandon dreary tasks, rational scruples, reactive undertakings imposed by the world,” wrote Scorpio philosopher Roland Barthes. Why did he do this? For the sake of love, he said—even though he knew it might cause him to act like a lunatic as it freed up tremendous energy. Would you consider pursuing a course like that in the coming weeks, Scorpio? In my astrological opinion, you have earned some time off from the grind. You need a break from the numbing procession of the usual daily rhythms. Is there any captivating person, animal, adventure, or idea that might so thoroughly incite your imagination that you’d be open to acting like a lunatic lover with boundless vigor?

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 “Difficulties illuminate existence,” says novelist Tom Robbins, “but they must be fresh and of high quality.”

Your assignment, Sagittarius, is to go out in search of the freshest and highest-quality difficulties you can track down. You’re slipping into a magical phase of your astrological cycle when you will have exceptional skill at rounding up useful dilemmas and exciting riddles. Please take full advantage! Welcome this rich opportunity to outgrow and escape boring old problems.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 “When I grow up, I want to be a little boy,” wrote novelist Joseph Heller in his book Something Happened.

You have cosmic permission to make a comparable declaration in the coming days. In fact, you have a poetic license and a spiritual mandate to utter battle cries like that as often as the mood strikes. Feel free to embellish and improvise, as well: “When I grow up, I want to be a riot girl with a big brash attitude,” for example, or “When I grow up, I want to be a beautiful playful monster with lots of toys and fascinating friends who constantly amaze me.”

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18

In myths and folklore, the ember is a symbol of coiled-up power. The fire within it is controlled. It provides warmth and glow even as its raw force is contained. There are no unruly flames. How much energy is stored within?

It’s a reservoir of untapped light, a promise of verve and radiance. Now please ruminate further about the ember, Leo. According to my reading of the astrological omens, it’s your core motif right now.

In one of his diaries, author Franz Kafka made this declaration: “Life’s splendor forever lies in wait around each one of us in all of its fullness—but veiled from view, deep down, invisible, far off. It is there, though, not hostile, not reluctant, not deaf. If you summon it by the right word, by its right name, it will come.” I’m bringing this promise to your attention, Aquarius, because you have more power than usual to call forth a command performance of life’s hidden splendor. You can coax it to the surface and bid it to spill over into your daily rhythm. For best results, be magnificent as you invoke the magnificence.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22

PISCES Feb19–Mar20

Uh-oh. Or maybe I should instead say “Hooray!” You are slipping into the Raw Hearty Vivid Untamed Phase of your astrological cycle. The universe is nudging you in the direction of high adventure, sweet intensity, and rigorous stimulation. If you choose to resist the nudges, odds are that you'll have more of an “uh-oh” experience. If you decide to play along, “hooray!” is the likely outcome. To help you get in the proper mood, make the following declaration: “I like to think that my bones are made from oak, my blood from a waterfall, and my heart from wild daisies.” (That’s a quote from the poet McKenzie Stauffer.)

I’ve got a controversial message for you, Pisces. If you’re addicted to your problems or if you’re convinced that cynicism is a supreme mark of intelligence, what I’ll say may be offensive. Nevertheless, it’s my duty as your oracle to inform you of the cosmic tendencies, and so I will proceed. For the sake of your mental health and the future of your relationship with love, consider the possibility that the following counsel from French author André Gide is just what you need to hear right now: “Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.”

LE0 Jul23–Aug22

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The same sentiment forms the heart of shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, a practice recognized in Japan’s health care system for

more than 30 years. Though its name evokes images of hot tubs under redwood canopies, a forest bath is simply a leisurely walk amongst the trees. In other words, the stroll shouldn’t take a toll, and studies have shown that even 20-30 minute forest baths are enough to reap health benefits.

Over the past decade, the practice has begun to take root in the U.S. with techies and professionals from the likes of Microsoft and Amazon. com unplugging and shedding their

devices to sit beneath the trees outside Seattle.

Although the concept of forest bathing may sound like it was conceived by a hippie on an acid trip, the scientific evidence supporting its health benefits is quite strong.

Many studies, including one published in Environmental Health and Preventative Medicine in 2010, have shown that forest bathing leads to not only lower blood pressure and heart rate, but also lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

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Japan’s tradition of ‘forest bathing’ for health may be catching on in the U.S. BY ANDREW STEINGRUBE

As American adults—who are among the most overworked and under-rested of the developed nations—we are conditioned to be results-oriented, destinationdriven machines. Forest bathers, in refreshing contrast, are encouraged to be present and languid throughout the experience, pausing often, perhaps to dip one’s toes into a babbling brook, observe a passing banana slug, or find a sunny clearing and sit there in the quiet, taking in the great outdoors. Many of shinrin-yoku’s benefits actually come from the forest air that “bathers” breathe in.

Trees give off phytoncides, such as alpha-pinene and d-limonene, which are volatile organic compounds, or aerosols.

These compounds protect the trees and plants from insects and disease, but they can also benefit humans: A 2009 study published in the International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology identified a direct link between inhaling phytoncides and an increase in the body’s natural killer, or NK cells. NK cells are a major force in our immune systems, helping to identify and destroy infected, damaged, or otherwise harmful cells, and are thought to be particularly important in the pathology of cancer. A 2007 study published in the International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology was one of several studies that found that soaking in the forest significantly increased the activity of NK cells by an average of about 50 percent.

From a color theory perspective, the benefits of forest bathing may have much to do with the color green. A 2004 study at the University of Georgia published in the College Student Journal found that green elicited more positive responses from participants than any other color. “The majority of emotional responses for the color green indicated the feelings of relaxation and calmness, followed by happiness, comfort, peace, hope, and excitement,” said the study’s authors. “Green was associated with nature and trees, and thus creating feelings of comfort and soothing emotions.”

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NEWS DON’T BOGART THAT HISTORY The missing link in the story of how ‘420’ began

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Eyeing a Change Former mayor Gayle Ortiz looks to the future with Vision Capitola BY MAT WEIR

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o sit down with Gayle Ortiz is to sit down with a chapter in Capitola history.

Born in San Jose, Ortiz and her family would vacation on the sandy shores of Capitola every year when she was young. In 1978, Ortiz opened Gayle’s Bakery—which has since become a mid-county

staple—and moved to the city two years later, never looking back. In 2000 she was elected to the Capitola City Council, where she became vice mayor and moved into the mayor’s seat the following year.

“To this day, I can go out in the foggy morning and smell the ocean, but I also smell hash browns cooking

in the village,” Ortiz says. “And that combination of scents brings me right back to when I was 7 years old.”

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Waldo Dave has just settled into a corner table at Mill Valley’s Depot Bookstore & Café, his back to the windows that separate the indoor tables from the outdoor patio, when a loud thud behind his left shoulder startles him. He whips around to see Waldo Steve’s face smooshed up against the glass. The two men—in their early 60s and friends for more than 45 years—laugh as Waldo Steve peels his face away and heads inside, leaving behind a contorted imprint over the drizzly April morning.

He grabs a chair, sits down and pats an envelope that contains 167 pages of officially embossed United States Coast Guard records. “This was the ultimate goal,” he says of the highly anticipated mail that arrived three weeks ago, but took years of searching to obtain.

“This is what slams the door shut on everyone who says that our story is a bunch of bull,” Waldo Dave says.

As the story goes, in the fall of 1971, five wise-cracking friends—Steve, Dave, Mark, Larry and Jeff, who called themselves “the Waldos” after a wall they hung out at between classes at Marin County’s San Rafael High School—were given a handdrawn map to a secret patch of cannabis in Point Reyes. The crop had been planted— and the map leading to it drawn—by a U.S. coastguardsman named Gary Newman.

Newman, brother-in-law of Bill McNulty, a friend of the Waldos who gave them the map, was said to have been paranoid about getting busted for planting the cannabis on federal property.

The Waldos were determined to find the patch. Week after week, they planned to meet at 4:20 p.m. at a campus statue of Louis Pasteur. They’d get high, jump in Waldo Steve’s 1966 Chevy Impala, listen to its “killer” eight-track stereo and head to the Point Reyes coast in search of the treasure. “It was always like cub scout field trips,” Waldo Steve says of the group’s Waldo Safaris. “Except we were stoned.”

The Waldos never found the patch. But “420 Louis,” and later, simply “420,” became their secret code for pot. Today, the Waldos’ three-digit code has become >16 mainstream universal slang for all

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Earth Day in the People’s Republic of Santa Cruz

By Datta Khalsa, Broker Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970. Originally a statement of intent by a relatively small group seeking to save the planet from environmental collapse, it has steadily grown since then to be observed today by over 193 countries, including the People’s Republic of Santa Cruz.

Since the original Earth Day some 46 years ago, remarkable progress has been made in protecting the environment through changes in how we treat housing. Amidst growing costs and dwindling resources, things are increasingly geared towards water and energy conservation, such that LEEDS compliance and solar powered homes are quickly becoming more the norm than the exception.

Ironically enough, much of this change been achieved in ways that unexpectedly made allies of environmentalists and big industry, once (a) big industry figured out that there was money to be made (and saved) by doing things in an environmentally responsible way, and (b) environmentalists figured out that their vision could be implemented and spread in ways that were still socially responsible yet also profitable for them.

When it comes to housing, government still tends to have the largest impact in our interaction with the environment through its policies and laws, and regardless of which way the pendulum swings, each approach taken has not been without its share of controversy.

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Santa Cruz County was an early adopter of protectionist efforts that pervaded much of the 1970s and 1980s with a growth management philosophy that was led by politicians like former Supervisor Gary Patton. Their interpretation of “smart growth” was embodied in bills like Measure J, designed to prevent urban sprawl and to provide affordable housing through quotas on builders.

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Since then, in the midst of the spiraling housing prices and the increasing sea of red tape plus costs like drainage remediation, traffic and environmental impact fees, the interpretation of “smart growth” by developers in cooperation with entities such as the Santa Cruz Planning Commission has evolved towards taller and denser buildings, particularly along the city’s main traffic corridors. And not surprisingly, there has been a widespread mixture of both support and opposition to this latest trend as well.

Time will tell if the environment, along with the character and quality of the community we love, will be able to be preserved while we continue to add housing to meet the growing population while trying to balance the escalating cost of what it takes to afford a place here. Whatever your political leanings may be on the housing issues, if you are one of the lucky few who live in Santa Cruz County, I hope you will be able to make the time to celebrate Earth Day by taking a walk, a ride or a paddle out to enjoy the simple pleasure of being here in one of the most wonderful places on Earth.

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group she’s calling Vision Capitola.

For two consecutive Wednesdays this month, beginning April 20, residents are invited to the Jade Street Community Center to voice where they would like to see Capitola in five to 15 years. She encourages residents to speak their minds, whether it’s about a pothole fix in the village, a noise ordinance in their neighborhood, or feedback for the Capitola police.

Participants can sign up to speak on the day of, or send in their ideas via mail or email.

The group of organizers has already printed and passed out more than 5,000 fliers throughout the various city sections, handdelivering them in a neighborly gesture.

“Communities don’t really get a chance to be with their neighbors and talk about their values,” explains Ortiz, who also serves on the Capitola Planning Commission. “Having it be a grassroots movement, and not part of the city government, will hopefully draw more people.”

Capitola is only about two square miles, with a population of roughly 10,000, and yet it is split between three economically disparate areas: 41st Avenue, Capitola Village, and the Bay and Capitola avenues area.

For the last several years, Ortiz says, residents and city officials have tried to figure out a way for these three areas to work in a more symbiotic fashion. Some areas have received harsher criticism than others, like the Capitola Mall, which has been the focus of complaints that range from it being antiquated to it being an eyesore, although the mall was just sold to a new group.

Capitola residents and leaders are optimistic about its future.

“They are all extremely unique sections and I want to make sure we focus on that,” says Ortiz, “because that’s what makes Capitola strong financially.”

Economic development aside, Ortiz, whose husband Joe Ortiz is a well-known local musician, artist and playwright, hopes to hear people voice their concerns for the architectural preservation of their

distinct region.

“I feel very strongly about historic preservation, and very much want to make sure our architectural history stays intact,” she says. “My other major goal is to make sure we get our new library.”

The idea for Vision Capitola originally came to Ortiz last year when she attended a meeting for Capitola’s recently ratified general plan that got her inspired. This next step will allow organizers to crowdsource specific suggestions for the city.

“The General Plan is a broad document,” says Capitola City Mayor Ed Bottorff. “I think Vision Capitola is trying to be more specific.”

Originally adopted in 1989, the Capitola General Plan, in its own words, “establishes goals, policies and actions that will guide conservation, growth and enhancement in Capitola over the next 20 to 30 years.” The plan expresses policy decisions in land use, zoning, business permitting and more while considering noise pollution, mobility use and the character of neighborhoods and residents. In 2014, the City >17

NEWS BRIEFS STORY BOOK SENDING Pam Randall is wheeling a cart of 350 books into Live Oak’s newly opened Boys & Girls Club. It’s Wednesday, April 13, a milestone day for Randall, a board member for local nonprofit Free Books For Kids, which is about to hand out book number 25,000.

“I’ve got classics. I’ve got Hardy Boys. I’ve got the Little House on the Prairie series.

For our 25,000th book, I chose this one,” she says holding up a copy of Beezus and Ramona.

“Beverly Cleary just turned 100 years old. She’s still alive.

She wrote this book when I was a little girl, and she lives near Monterey.”

The tradition of passing out

books began in 2009 when Malcolm Kushner, a former teacher, started a group called Free Books for Teachers, which eventually distributed about 20,000 books throughout the county. The effort paved the way for Free Books for Kids, the all-volunteer group that started in 2014.

Randall, a retired principal for Del Mar Elementary School, estimates that she has 1,000 more books scattered around her garage.

“They’re along the back wall. They’re on the washer and dryer. They’re on [my husband’s] workbench,” Randall says, as children scurry around her, thumbing through novels.

“We can still get the car and motorcycle in, but all the way around are books. I have to be

diligent about distributing our books so that we can still park our vehicles in there.”

Randall goes to the Bargain Barn, Goodwill’s Harvey West outlet, to buy books by the bag, with each bag coming out to $6. “You want to get as many books as you can in there, so it’s like a little game of Tetris to get all the books in the bag,” Randall says.

Meanwhile, Kushner, who now lives in Sacramento, buys books by the palette from a Salvation Army in Northern California, where he has expanded distribution, and drives extra books down to Santa Cruz. The group spends almost all the money they raise on books, which come out to 4 cents a pop, on average, Randall says. They donate the

books to kids at after-school programs via the Beach Flats Community Center and through groups representing farm workers.

Jennifer Sherry, the unit director for the Live Oak Boys & Girls Club, says she loves when the club gets several copies of the same book, and they’re able to launch a book club.

“They can each read, they can each interpret, and they can discuss,” Sherry says, sitting across the table from Randall. “Without her, we wouldn’t be able to do that.”

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The Waldos, who describe their highschool selves as intelligent, fit guys who were “seekers” rather than “stupid, slacker stoners,” live throughout Marin and Sonoma and work in fields ranging from financial services to independent filmmaking to the wine industry. Waldo Steve and Waldo Dave, the “talking heads” of the group, have agreed to meet me prior to the April 20 worldwide pot holiday to share their story. It’s a busy time of year for them.

“By the way, the Huffington Post just called,” Waldo Steve tells Waldo Dave as he flips through a heavy-duty blue binder that contains hundreds of references to 420 culture in newspaper and magazine articles from the New York Times, the L.A. Times, National Geographic, Time, Esquire, and dozens more; records of dissertations on the sociological aspects of 420 and documented proof of conversations; handwritten

eyewitness accounts; references to the marijuana map and copies of letters from the early ’70s—all supporting the Waldos’ claims that they were the very first people to use the term 420.

The Waldos don’t know what became of the map that revealed the Point Reyes cannabis patch. But “everything else,” they say, is preserved in a high-security bank safety deposit vault in San Francisco’s Financial District.

“It was an original little joke that turned into a worldwide phenomenon,” Waldo Dave says. “In about 1995 or so we started seeing 420 carved into benches and spray painted on signs, and we said, ‘Hey, what’s happening here? This is starting to evolve.

We’ve gotta start looking into this thing,' you know?”

A late ’90s phone call to High Times magazine resulted in the publication’s editor immediately flying to California to meet the Waldos and verify their claims.

Following the original 1998 article in High Times, the story of the origin of 420 spread to other publications, one by one. “I think after the Internet became big around 2000, then it started snowballing,” Waldo Dave says.

Ever since, the Waldos have fiercely defended their story, agreeing to meet

journalists at their vault, get on camera and trek out to Point Reyes.

When asked how many hours they’ve devoted to documenting their story, Waldo Steve answers quickly and assuredly: “Thousands.”

“People keep trying to twist the story,” Waldo Steve says, noting the naysayers “come out of the woodwork” each year to attack and discredit the Waldos’ story, or claim to have coined the term themselves.

“We’ve had people saying they thought our story was a fairy tale,” Waldo Dave says, noting their latest search for the Point Reyes coastguardsman. “So we said, ‘Hey— we’ll go find this guy. We may not be able to find him, but we’re gonna try.’”

THE MISSING LINK The search for Gary Newman, the planter of the elusive crop that started it all, began six years ago. It was never easy. There were false starts, dead-ends, unanswered phone calls, unanswered letters and “no-show” meetings in San Jose, where the Waldos had leads that the coastguardsman could be living.

“I was getting worried,” Waldo Steve says.

“I was thinking, ‘God, this guy could die, and

I’ll never get his side of the story.”

Months later, Waldo Steve was traveling in a Texas “ghost town” near Big Bend National Park. “Big thunderstorms,” he says. “Cracks of lightning.”

He and his brother Norm were the only people in a little emptied-out Mexican restaurant and saloon. “And between cracks of thunder, I get a phone call,” says Waldo Steve.

Who could be calling me in the middle of nowhere, he thought to himself.

“This is Carol, I’m Gary’s caretaker,” the woman on the line said.

“Major breakthrough,” Waldo Dave says.

“He’s aliiive!”

What seemed to be a hot trail led to months of more unreturned phone calls, unanswered letters and no-show meetings.

And then, suddenly, everything changed.

There was a date, a meeting spot and a time. Gary showed up.

“Gary, we’ve been looking for you for so long!” Waldo Dave yelled when he first saw him.

As it turned out, the coastguardsman who had played such a large role in the Waldos’ past, and in what developed in following years, was homeless and living on the streets of San Jose. The Waldos paid for their new friend to stay in a San Jose hotel during the Super Bowl so that he could watch the game. There, they interviewed him to make sure that all records and accounts matched up.

“Gary had no idea what he started,” Waldo Steve says, referring to 420. “I thought it’d be better for him to show us everything.”

The official Coast Guard records that the Waldos sent away for and received three weeks before we meet in Mill Valley, describe a decorated, life-saving coastguardsman. Finally meeting him after 45 years, the Waldos say, was like a reunion with a relative they never knew.

And through the kindness of someone who Waldo Dave describes as “having a heart of gold” who heard of Gary’s 420 connection and offered him a place to live on his property, Gary is no longer homeless.

“And now we’re like some big, happy family,” Waldo Steve says.

Waldo Steve says that with Gary Newman’s official Coast Guard records in hand, and an eyewitness account of his time at Point Reyes, the 420 naysayers of the Internet will hopefully be silenced.

“I don’t think it’ll be finished,” Waldo Dave says. “There’ll still be people saying, ‘Oh, that’s not true.’ But you know, they’re entitled to their own opinions; we have the facts.”

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Council decided to renew the General Plan and adopted the latest version last year.

That library is the first goal in the general plan’s grand scheme.

Projected to break ground in June 2018, the new library looks to at least double the current space—from 4,320 square feet to at least 7,000, if not 10,000, square feet. “The new library will be huge compared to what it is now,” Ortiz says.

So far, Capitola has saved $2.7 million toward the new project and hopes to secure an additional $8 million through the Library Property Tax Initiative, which Ortiz supports, up for a county-wide vote in June.

“Educating people with what’s happening in our General Plan is very important,” says Ortiz, “because they’ll see where their values fit into this long-range plan for the city.”

Anyone who chooses to participate in the workshops is free to share any concern, idea for the future, or quality that they love about the city. After the first meeting, Vision Capitola volunteers will personally count and categorize every response, in all their various mediums, as a comprehensive list. At the second meeting, this list will be presented to the public, and residents are invited to listen and amend. Organizers will present the final version to the City Council in May. “A lot of people keep asking, ‘What will come of this? What will happen?’” Ortiz says. “I hope it will spark people to be more involved in the city, run for office and build more community. In a city of 10,000 people, we can achieve a lot.”

Bottorff says the community’s input won’t go unnoticed.

“Whether people come to a council meeting and voice their opinion, or they get together in a grassroots effort like this, the Capitola City Council is always open to hearing from people about their city,” Bottorff says. “It’s actually their city, we just monitor it for them.”

Vision Capitola will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20 and April 27 at the Jade Community Center, 4400 Jade St., Capitola. Visit visioncapitola.com for more information.

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wo dozen rented rowboats floated all Saturday on Loch Lomond, captained by weekend fishermen hoping to surprise some largemouth bass.

For three years, nobody fished the Felton reservoir, due to closure from drought, until it reopened in March, following a stormy El Niño winter.

The creeks are flowing again and the reservoir—an important water source for Santa Cruz—is brimming.

Santa Cruz’s water department

has lifted its mandatory rationing, and many locals, who have grown accustomed to leaving lawns unwatered and toilets unflushed, are sighing with relief, believing that El Niño has ended the unprecedented drought.

But what many don’t realize is that a danger lurks underground, and Santa Cruz County’s water problem is bigger than the four-year drought. A favorite analogy local water experts use to describe the

county’s water problem is that of an “overdrafted bank account.”

The county’s main water source is underground basins, water-bearing rock and soil from which wells draw. In the winter, rains deposit water back into the basin by seeping through layers of soil, rock and clay to reach the water table below.

For decades, starting in the 1950s and accelerating with population booms in the 1980s, the county has drawn from its underground

basins faster than the rains can replenish them. In January, two of the county’s three main basins were designated by the state as “critically overdrafted,” the most dire classification.

As of mid-April, the El Niño winter brought 31.8 inches of rain to the county, 110 percent of normal for the season to date, according to the National Weather Service.

That was enough to get rivers and streams flowing again, but nowhere

one of the first districts in the state to begin rationing, says Rosemary Menard, the department’s director.

Now Loch Lomond is full for the first time in three years, and the San Lorenzo River, another main source for Santa Cruz’s water, is gushing.

Earlier this month, Santa Cruz’s water department announced that it will not restrict customer water use this year. For the last two years, Santa Cruz had the strictest rationing mandates in the county.

Of the few local districts with mandatory rationing, Santa Cruz’s is the first to lift restrictions.

LONG-TERM DROUGHT LOOK The state water board has the final say on whether the state’s drought is officially over, a decision it will make by the end of the month.

The state’s drought outlook is more complex this year, since El

Niño rains hit the state unevenly.

Parts of Northern California are no longer considered in drought, whereas Southern California has seen almost no change.

As of April 13, Santa Cruz County was classified as “abnormally dry,” the lowest of five levels of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly map of drought conditions produced in part by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Unlike the rest of the county, Santa Cruz has quickly recovered, since it relies almost entirely on rivers, streams and its main reservoir, Loch Lomond. Only five percent of the city’s water comes from underground sources.

That means that when rains stop, Santa Cruz is the first to feel the effects, and when rains return, it is the first to recover. In 2014, the City of Santa Cruz Water Department was

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Heavy rains in January and March have improved the local drought outlook for the meantime, but researchers predict greater weather extremes for California— hotter, drier and longer droughts, punctuated by colossal storms.

A Stanford University study published this month predicts a “feast or famine” weather pattern for California, a warmer future with large swings between huge storms and severe droughts, similar to the current unprecedented drought.

Also, on April 14, NOAA reported an increasing likelihood of a La Niña season this November. La Niña is the atmospheric counterpart to El Niño—meaning a drier winter is likely ahead, especially in Southern California.

So for Santa Cruz, that means this winter’s rains are just a temporary fix.

“We don’t have a supply problem,” says Menard. “We have a storage problem. What that means is there’s plenty of water in the system in the winter. We just don’t have a place

to put it. So if we solve the storage problem, we won’t have a supply problem.”

“But until we solve this storage problem … we are extremely vulnerable to shortages in years that we don’t have adequate precipitation.”

‘AN ALMOST INSIGNIFICANT DENT’ By the end of the month, the state may also set water use reduction goals for each district, like it did last year.

Menard said she is confident that Santa Cruz will meet any goals set by the state, even without mandatory rationing, since many customers now have droughtfriendly landscaping and low-flow appliances.

However, the rest of the county, which accounts for 80 percent of the county’s water use, has a more dismal outlook.

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In the Pajaro Valley, seawater has already crept 3 miles inland in some places, according to Mary Bannister, the agency’s manager.

She refers to a map of where the basin’s water is below sea level, year by year. Like a tumor’s growth, it shows the area of depleted aquifers stretching outward each year.

“The ‘scary map’ is what I call it,” she says. “In red, it shows that groundwater levels, all the way back to the San Andreas Fault, were below sea level [in 2013].”

“That’s terrifying to us. Seawater is more dense than freshwater. Not only do we need groundwater levels to be at sea level, we need it to be above sea level by 10 or 20 feet,” says Bannister. “If we’ve got groundwater levels at or below sea level all the way back to the fault [10 miles inland], we’re inviting that seawater front to move inland.”

Agriculture uses 85 percent of Pajaro Valley’s water. Over the past few decades, farmers have shifted from apples to more waterintensive crops such as berries and lettuce—which is part of the reason the valley’s basin is overdrawn, Bannister says.

She adds that while growers use most of the water, they also drive a $616 million local crop industry, which helps pay for big-ticket water conservation and water supply projects.

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“One way we could fill the aquifers back up is to stop pumping for eight years,” Duncan says. “We can’t do that, but that tells you the magnitude of the problem.”

Complicating the issue is saltwater intrusion, which happens when the coastal basins are drawn below sea level and pressure sucks seawater inland into the underground basin. Once seawater creeps inland, it’s tough to stop.

Further south, in Monterey County, seawater has nearly reached Salinas, roughly 10 miles inland, according to 2013 data.

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One acre-foot of water is 326,000 gallons, enough to supply two families of four in the Pajaro Valley for a year.

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SAVING THE BASINS In 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which requires the formation of local groundwater agencies to draft and enact plans to save their basins within 20 years.

In March, the Santa Cruz MidCounty Groundwater Agency was formed, which includes elected officials, water district staff and private well owners. A plan has yet to be made.

However, districts have already started collaborating and creative solutions are being tested.

Soquel Creek Water District recently completed a feasibility study for a recycled water facility that would purify wastewater otherwise destined for the ocean.

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Last month, Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency’s board approved a project with the Resource Conservation District of Santa Cruz County that would pay landowners to build recharge basins on their property. The project is modeled after solar panel systems that pay owners who return electricity to the grid. Landowners would be rewarded based on how much rainwater they can return underground.

Another possible project: Santa Cruz’s water district is considering sharing the water it pulls from the San Lorenzo River with the Soquel Creek Water District. That would allow Soquel Creek customers to let their basin rest and recharge a bit when the river is running strong.

Santa Cruz County already has among the lowest per capita water use in the state.

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We’ve been having this umbrella conversation about consent in the culture for a while now. I wanted to look at what happens after consent, because consent is a really low bar to set for a satisfying sexual experience. What is it after consent that feeds into these ideas of sexuality being mainly for male pleasure? It’s a social justice issue.

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n almost 50 years of working together, Andy and Cynthia Lenz have put their personal touch on every inch of their Lenz Arts business. Of their recent Lifetime Achievement award at the International Art Materials Trade Association convention in Houston, Texas Cynthia Lenz is fairly pragmatic. “Well, it’s a big deal in the little art world,” she says with a grin. The international award went to Andy and Cynthia Lenz for the dedication and arts expertise that helped build Lenz Arts into a beacon for Central Coast artists, educators and designers.

“There wasn’t a real art store at all in this area, none that carried a

variety of products from multiple product lines,” Andy recalls. “You would have to go to many stores to find what you needed.” So the couple filled in the gap.

It all began with Andy doing outside sales. “We had a number of ad agencies and architectural firms as clients who would need drafting supplies. I’d take orders in the morning, drive to San Francisco, and make deliveries in the afternoon,” he says, beaming.

Born in Minnesota, Andy Lenz was raised in Idaho and Northern California. “Since the age of 12, I was always an artist,” he nods. After San Francisco Art Institute he took courses at Chico State. “There was

a young woman in my ceramics class who looked like Lauren Bacall.

I just had to meet her,” he says. A rendezvous in the school’s dining hall led to a date, then graduation—and marriage. Deciding against MFA enrollment in UC Davis’ art program, the couple pursued graduate studies at San Jose State. “I was into art history and I wanted to teach,” Cynthia recalls. “But we couldn’t find a decent place to live in San Jose,” Andy adds. So they settled in Santa Cruz, which Cynthia’s deeply rooted Santa Cruz family—the Pennimans— called home.

Frustrated by the lack of materials for his master’s degree artworks, Andy went home and told his wife,

“This town needs an art store.”

Founded in 1969, the Lenz’ first location was across the street from Zoccoli’s on Pacific Avenue. Son Andrew, now the store’s manager and vice president, recalls his parents “borrowing against gas credit cards to get enough money together to buy their first batch of materials for sale,” he says. “It was a true leap of faith.”

In 1972 they bought the former El Dorado Meat Company at the corner of North Pacific Avenue and River Street. “We did a lot of scraping the walls, cleaning and painting,” Cynthia says, rolling her eyes. The store’s thick walls and irregular doorways are evidence of the frozen meat lockers of yore.

As the buyer for Lenz Arts, Cynthia had a vision. “I wanted the store to be like my ideal studio. It had to have everything I would want for any art project,” she says. Andy, armed with a deep background in no fewer than five artistic genres, also realized that “you either teach, or do an art store.

Well, teaching didn’t suit me,” he confesses, “and we needed money.”

Cynthia—a specialist in paper—did the buying, kept the books, and Andy did sales. “I’m a good salesperson. I sold popcorn and Cracker Jacks in the fourth grade,” he grins. “We learned early on to listen to our customers.

We wanted to fulfill their needs.”

The Internet? “They’re just another competitor to us,” he says. “Before that, it was catalog sales.”

The couple’s son Andrew—the eldest of five children—has managed Lenz for many years now, working with graphic artist Louise Leong as assistant manager and Lily Bloomberg as buyer.

“Andrew’s great—he’s a people person and used his UCSC degree in computer science to bring us into the computer era,” says Andy, who officially retired in January, just in time to go to the Houston conference.

“I’m thrilled about the award,” says Andrew. “They’ve worked really hard to create this thing known as ‘Lenz Arts’ to meet the needs and desires of local artists.”

I ask Andy what he thinks the best part of his work is, and, without hesitation, he looks at his wife and says, “Cynthia!” lenzarts.com.

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MONDAY, APRIL 25TH 8:00am Beg./Int Barre Workout (SDS) 9:00am Int. Cardio Dance (SDC) 9:00am NIA (MP) 9:30am Ballroom Basics (PBSC) 10:30am Intermediate Daytime Ballroom (PBSC) 6:30pm Hoop Dance (Spin Jam) All levels (LH) 7:15pm Adv./Beg Ballet (ADA-SV) 8:00pm Ecstatic Dance (418) TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH 8:00am Beg. Tai Chi (SDS) 9:00am Core Sculpt and Stretch (SDS) 9:00am Rhythm & Motion Dance Workout (MP) 10:00pm Beg/Int Zumba

(SDS) 10:15am Worldanz -all levels (KDS) 11:30am Adv. Beg. Ballet (ADA-A) 5:00pm S Factor Fluid Feminine Movement (418) 5:15pm Bellydance - Egyptian Style ALL Levels (DD) 5:30pm SynergyMOVES (SDS) 6:15pm Level 1 Belly Dance (DD) 6:30pm Beg Tai Chi (SDS) 7:00pm Jazz Basics (MP) 7:00pm Samba Basics for Beginners (TWDCC) 7:30pm Beg. Tango (GAH) 7:35pm Level 1 Classic Belly Steps (DD) 8:30pm Dance Tribe (418)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH 8:00am Ballroom Basics (PBRSC) 9:00am Int Cardio Dance (SDS) 9:45am Worldanz -all levels (WAMA) 4:50pm Worldanz- all levels (SCPF) 5:30pm Beg. Ballet for Adults (SDS) 5:30pm Contemporary Basics (MP)) 6:15pm Bungee Moon Dancing for Adults (418) 6:30pm Ballet Basics (MP) 6:45pm Mixed Level Hip Hop (MP) 7:00pm Beg. Tango (CEC) 7:10pm Worldanz - all levels (KDS) 7:15pm Adv. Beg. Ballet (ADA-SV) 7:30pm Senegalese West African Dance- All Levels (418) 7:30pm Adult Capoeira Basics (RDB) 7:30pm Int. East Coast Swing (PBRSC) 8:15pm Beg. East Coast Swing (PBRSC) 9:00pm Swing Dance Party (PBRSC)

THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH 8:00am Beg. Tai Chi (SDS) 9:00am Core Sculpt and Stretch (SDS) 10:00am Beg./Int. Zumba (SDS) 1:30pm Beg. Ballet for Adults (SDS) 5:00pm Hoop Fit (418) 5:30pm SynergyMOVES (SDS) 5:45pm Rhythm & Motion Dance Workout (MP) 6:00pm Worldanz - all levels (SCPF) 6:15pm Beg. Hula (THN) 6:30pm Beg. Tai Chi (SDS) 6:00pm Brazilian Dance- all levels (418) 6:30pm American Tribal Style Belly Dance, level 1 (TWDCC) 7:00pm Adult Mixed Level Hip Hop (DPP) FRIDAY, APRIL 29 9:45am Worldanz -all levels (WAMA) 10:30am S Factor Fluid Feminine Movement / Introduction to Pole (HS) 11:00am Latin Dance (SDS) 12:00pm Axis Syllabus (MP) 4:00pm Beg. Adult Hip Hop (SDS) 6:00pm Worldanz - all levels (SCPF) 7:30pm Beg. Tango (TWDCC) 7:30pm Int. Salsa (PBRSC) 8:15pm Beg. Salsa (PBRSC) 9:00pm Salsa Dance Party (PBRSC)

YOUTH/TEEN CLASSES SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD 9:00am Ballet 1 (5+ yrs) (TWDCC) 10:00am Modern 1 (5-7yrs.)

(TWDCC) 11:00am Modern 2 (7+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 12:00pm Contemporary 2 (9+ yrs) (TWDCC) 1:00pm Modern 3 (9+yrs)

(TWDCC) 1:00pm Hip Hop 3 (11+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 2:15pm Hip Hop 2 (9+yrs.)

(TWDCC)

MONDAY, APRIL 25TH 3:30pm Pre-Ballet (3-5yrs) (TWDCC) 4:15pm Ballet 1 (5-7yrs) (TWDCC) 4:15pm Jazz 2 (8-10yrs) (TWDCC) 5:15pm Jazz 1 (5-7yrs) (TWDCC) 6:15pm Contemporary 1/2 (10+yrs) (TWDCC) TUESDAY, APRIL 26TH 4:00pm Modern 3 (9+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 5:00pm Modern 2/3 (8+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 5:00pm Jazz 4 (11+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 5:00pm Capoeira for Kids (5-12 yrs) (RDB)

6:00pm Modern 4 (11+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 6:00pm Jazz 3 (10+yrs.)

(TWDCC)

5:30pm Modern 4 (11+) (TWDCC) 6:30pm Contemporary 3/4 (TWDCC)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27TH 3:00pm Beg. Tap 2 (7-9yrs) (TWDCC) 4:00pm Capoeira for kids (5-7 yrs) (RDB) 4:00pm Beg. Hip Hop (5+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 4:00pm Girls Hip Hop (7+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 5:00pm Beg. Boys Hip Hop 1 (7+yrs.) (TWDCC) 5:00pm Hip Hop Skills (8+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 5:15pm Bungee (Aerial) Moon Dancing for kids (418)

FRIDAY, APRIL 29TH 2:30pm Beginning Tap 1 (46yrs.) (TWDCC) 3:30pm Beginning Tap 3 (10+) (TWDCC) 3:30pm Capoeira (8+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 4:30pm Teen Ballet (13+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 5:00pm Boys Hip Hop Gym (6+yrs.) (TWDCC)

THURSDAY, APRIL 28TH 3:30pm Ballet 1/2 (7+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 4:30pm Ballet 3 (11+yrs.)

(TWDCC) 5:30pm Ballet 2/3 (10+) (TWDCC)

*To Participate in OPEN classes, please purchase an “All-Class” pass for $10 at SCDanceWeek. com. All proceeds benefit Santa Cruz Dance Week. This pass can be used for unlimited classes during the week. Please have paper or mobile copy of your proof of purchase with you when you attend class.

LOCATION KEY (AASC) Aerial Arts Santa Cruz 2801 Mission St Ext, Santa Cruz (ADA-SV) Agape Dance Academy Scotts Valley 2183 Mt. Hermon Rd. Scotts Valley (ADA-A) Agape dance Academy Aptos 783 Rio Del Mar Blvd. 53 Aptos (CE) Capitola Esplanade Lawn (DD) Desert Dream Dance Studio 1025 Water Street Santa Cruz (Upstairs) (DPP) Deer Park Plaza Dance Studio, Suite 53 upstairs Aptos (CEC) Calvary Episcopal Church Parish Hall, Lincoln and Cedar St. Santa Cruz (KDS) Kristy's Dance Studio 7970 Soquel Dr. Aptos (GAH) German American Hall 230 Plymouth St, Santa Cruz (HS) Home Studio- Email to register (ellicealove@gmail.com) (LH) Light House- Westcliff Drive (MP) Motion Pacific 131 Front St. Downtown, Santa Cruz (PAC) Pacific Arts Complex 1122 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz (PBSC) Palomar Ballroom 1344 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz (RDB) Raizes Do Brasil 207 McPherson, Santa Cruz (SCPF) Santa Cruz Power Fitness 620 Water St. Santa Cruz (SDS) Synergy Dance Sudio 9055 Soquel Dr. Aptos (TWDCC) Tannery World Dance 1060 River st. #111, Santa Cruz (VMB) Veteran’s Memorial Building 846 Front Street, Santa Cruz (418) 418 Project 418 Front St. , Santa Cruz (WAMA) Westside Aerobics & Martial Arts 509 Swift Street, Santa Cruz

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DANCE IN UNLIKELY PLACES APRIL 22ND-APRIL 24TH DANCE REALLY CAN POP-UP ANYWHERE! FRIDAY, APRIL 22ND Brynne Flidais/ Moveintuit Film Screening Plaza Ln off Pacific Ave 8:30pm and 9:00pm

SATURDAY, APRIL 23RD Vargas Academy of Gymnastic Arts & Parkour Pacific and Cooper Street (In Front of O'Neill's)- Downtown 1:00pm Raizes Do Brasil Sidewalk of Verve Coffee- Downtown 2:00pm Santa Cruz Tango Breezeway between Pacific Avenue and Abbott Square- Downtown 6:00pm Straight Arrow Women’s Lodge Lawn of Episcopal Church, Center Street, Downtown Sunset Aerial Arts Santa Cruz, Two performances Beach Street at the wharf entrance 10:00am & Pacific and Cooper streets Downtown 12:00pm

SUMMER CAMPS & INTENSIVES

SUNDAY, APRIL 24TH Dance of Brazil Santa Cruz Harbor Beach Noon

DANCE FOR PARKINSON’S

“Strangels in Paradise" Collaboration between Melody Lucian and Darren Miller Pacific at Front Street (In Front of Jamba Juice)- Downtown 4:00pm

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CLIFFHANGER Mikey Maramag, who started Blackbird Blackbird in Santa Cruz six years ago and now lives in L.A.,

plays the Catalyst on Friday, April 22.

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ix years ago, Mikey Maramag didn’t know anything about making electronic music. Nor did he have any professional gear. Yet music blogs like Pitchfork started raving about the dreamy lo-fi electropop tunes they found on his MySpace page, which he initially created under the moniker Bye Bye Blackbird, then later Blackbird Blackbird.

Part of what made Maramag’s music so compelling was the vocals, which were mixed low and treated like an additional synthesizer, adding another spacey layer of chill vibes. It’s reminiscent of other

bands circa 2010, like Washed Out and Beach House.

But far from attempting to start a movement, Maramag’s sound was more a product of his technical limitations than anything else.

“I didn’t have any cool equipment.

I was literally trying to pay rent. I didn’t have the means to get a nice microphone,” he explains. “I was just singing into a MacBook microphone, and put AutoTune on that shit, and then sampled it and put it in the background. It turned out cool. I want to go back to it, but not really.”

That initial batch of tunes were made in Santa Cruz while Maramag

was a student at UCSC. He currently resides in L.A., but at the time he lived on River Street, and stayed up all night making music on his computer.

“You can see the house from the highway. It’s literally about to crumble apart. People might die there, so someone should probably get them out of the house,” he says.

As Blackbird Blackbird gained more attention, Maramag was able to finally get some better gear. His more recent music doesn’t have the same laptop-chillwave feel; instead, he’s evolved into blending live and analog instruments with computer sounds and samples. He incorporates

INFO: 8:30 p.m., Friday, April 22. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Av.e, Santa Cruz, $12/Adv, $15/ Door. 429-4135.

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guitar and drums (instruments he’s been playing longer than he’s been programming electronic music), which results in a thicker, more genre-bending sound. He’s also stopped mixing the vocals so low.

But the dreamy vibe present in his early work is still all over his newer records, like 2014’s brilliant Tangerine Sky. The songs strike a balance between moody indie-rock and laid-back synth-pop.

“I’ve always really loved pop music.

A lot of my first stuff was really experimental. I was just figuring out what I was doing. Now I’m taking more of an arrangement-based approach when I write music,” Maramag says.

“I definitely keep pop music in mind when I make music. I wouldn’t say it’s necessarily pop music. I definitely kept the catchiness in mind.”

Maramag hasn’t gone in one single direction. Some of his music is more in the realm of pop, while some of it is more experimental. He’s generally attempting to mix ingredients of electronic and live instrumentation to create something new and exciting, but sometimes tunes will be exclusively electronic or only include live instruments.

“All in all, it doesn’t matter which one you use, as long as you know how to get what you’re going for. It doesn’t matter if it’s analog or digital, as long as you can create a sound that you want. It shouldn’t matter. That’s just how I see it. Back then I was like, ‘I want to get sick analog sounds and get really good warmth with synths and stuff,’” Maramag says.

Currently Blackbird Blackbird is touring as a solo act. At his shows, Maramag plays guitar and sings while the synths and beats play as backing tracks. But he’s considering ways to tweak his live performance, like adding other people.

“Depending on what I’m writing next, I could be needing some help from other musicians. Preferably a multi-instrumentalist like myself, someone that can play guitar, drums, bass, keyboards—do everything I do, like a clone of me,” Maramag says. “I might just clone myself.”

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UCSC BIONEERS CONFERENCE Pioneers of the future, those forging ahead to make a difference in cultural, environmental and social fields—they’re called bioneers. This weekend, Santa Cruz’s leading bioneers come together to spread the seed of changemaking and provide the opportunity to immerse oneself in pure inspiration with a twoday conference with visionary speakers, performances, artwork, dancing, food, music, and educational workshops.

Info: April 23-24, Kresge College Town Hall, UCSC, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. commonground.ning.com/ ucscbioneers. Free.

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It’s important to spend time outdoors— be it for your mental, physical or emotional health—but it’s all the more important for growing children to be outside as often as possible. That’s why the Every Child Outdoors Foundation was founded, with the guiding principle that all students should have the opportunity to experience environmental and outdoor education regardless of financial circumstances. Sunday, April 24, the foundation will host Speakeasy 3, Will Fourt & Sheila Golden, and the Painted Horses playing the grooves, plus puppet shows, juggling, and more with a familyfriendly fundraiser event.

Info: 2-6 p.m. Sunday, April 24. Harvey West Scout House, Santa Cruz. brownpapertickets.com. $10-$40.

Free calendar listings in print and online are available for community events. Listings show up online within 24 hours. Submissions of free events and those $15 or less received by Thursday at noon, six days prior to the Good Times publication date, will be prioritized for print (space available). All listings must specify a day, start time, location and price (or ‘free’ if applicable). Listings can be set to repeat every week or month, and can be edited by the poster as needed. Ongoing events must be updated quarterly. It is the responsibility of the person submitting an event to cancel or modify the listing. Register at our website at santacruz.com in order to SUBMIT EVENTS ONLINE. E-mail calendar@goodtimes.sc or call 458.1100 with any questions.

WEDNESDAY 4/20 ARTS STORY TIME Join us for Storytime. Free with Museum admission and for MOD Members.

10:30-11 a.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free.

STEAM IN NATURE Create STEAM-based nature art while learning about the the science of our natural environment in this weekly class with educator Sue Creswell. 3-3:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-4248035. Free with admission.

FOOD & WINE MAKE SUPERFOOD ENERGY BALLS Join New Leaf Wellness Specialist Sundari Lauren for a hands-on cooking class and learn to make a variety of flavor-packed treats. Ingredients include goji berries, lecithin, bee pollen, lacuma, chocolate. Take home a box full of snacks. Pre registration required. 6-7:30 p.m. New Leaf Community Market, 1011 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleaf.com/events. $25/$20.

GROUPS OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Young person’s focus. All ages welcome. Overeaters Anonymous is a 12-Step program for those who wish to stop eating compulsively, including anorexia and bulimia. 7-8 p.m. “The Cove” at UCSC, Kresge College, Building 393, Room 153. Nate, 4297906 or santacruzoa.org. Free.

NATURAL HEALERS NETWORK Come enjoy a like-minded group of dedicated Holistic Practitioners who meet the third Wednesday of each month to inform, inspire and share. Our goal is to build powerful relationships and depth of resources. 9:30-11 a.m. Well Being Center, 5905 Soquel Drive, Suite 150, Soquel. info@ lyona.info or naturalhealersnetwork.wordpress. com/santa-cruz-nhn. $5 donation.

NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA—APTOS/SANTA CRUZ A 12-step group for those who have been affected by the addiction or drug problem of another. Nar-Anon’s program is adapted from Narcotics Anonymous and uses Nar-Anon’s

THURSDAY 4/21 - SATURDAY 4/30 SANTA CRUZ DANCE WEEK Maybe you’ve got a desk job, and the most activity you get is stomping to and from the coffee machine. Maybe your back hurts and your eyes are glazed out—well, then, get outside and dance! What better opportunity to shake off the trials of your work week with a quick dance in the streets of downtown Santa Cruz? This year’s Santa Cruz Dance Week is bringing it bigger than ever with “Dance in Unlikely Places” featuring flash mobs popping out at any odd moment and random location (so keep your eyes peeled from April 22 to 24.) Additionally you can take in some hip-bopping grooves before hitting happy hour with “Dancing in the Streets” events taking place at the corner of Cooper Street and Pacific Avenue on Thursday, April 21, featuring three stages and hundreds of dancers from near and far covering every possible genre, including a David Bowieinspired flash mob. Throughout the entire week local studios are also offering open classes to anyone who wants to take them for a pass of just $10. Get your boogie down, Santa Cruz, the dance is coming to you.

Info: Various locations. scdanceweek.com.

12 Steps. 6:30-8 p.m. Santa Cruz and Aptos. saveyoursanity@aol.com or helpline or 2915099. Free/donations.

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STORY TIME Join us for Storytime. Free with Museum admission and for MOD Members.

10:30-11 a.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free.

WEEKLY MEDITATION GROUP Vipassanastyle meditation group for all experience levels. Beginners welcome. 7-8 p.m.

Branciforte Plaza, 555 Soquel Ave., Room 245, Santa Cruz. Russ, 246-0443 or russ@ holeyboy.com. Free/Donations.

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On Friday, April 22, two-dozen presenters will offer seminars throughout the first annual all-day event for small business owners and entrepreneurs. “We will be offering businesses practical, real-world skills that they can apply the minute they walk out the door,” said Barbara Mason, economic development coordinator for the County of Santa Cruz. “Our local businesses are the fiber of our economy and our community, and we’re pleased to be able to offer this event on their behalf.” Price of attendance includes a continental breakfast, access to all sessions, lunch, reception, and a goodie bag.

Speakers include Andrew Van Valer from Slingshot SV and Regional Monterey Bay, Kim Kaselionis from Breakaway Funding, and many more.

Info: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Cabrillo College Visual, Applied and Performing Arts Complex, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. microbusinesssummit.com.

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3-3:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free with admission.

COMMUNITY POETRY CIRCLE Join the circle and write a poem in a creative and supportive environment. Open to all ages and levels of poets. Led by poet-teacher, Magdalena Montagne. 1-3 p.m. Aptos Public Library, 7695 Soquel Drive, Aptos. magdarose@hughes.net. Free.

CLASSES LIFESTYLE GROUP: IMPROVING CHILDREN’S NUTRITION & PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH POSITIVE PARENTING This is a free parenting support group to provide parents strategies to increase children's health eating and physical activity. 6-8 p.m. Dominican Rehabilitation Center, 1st Floor Conference Room, 610 Frederick St., Santa Cruz. 227-4145 or first5scc.org. Free.

MCSHANE’S ANNUAL EARTH DAY MIXER We will feature live music, wood fired pizza, local wine, a silent auction and much more. Donations and silent auction will benefit The Lincoln School Healthy Kids Program. 5-7:30 p.m. McShane's Nursery & Landscape Supply, 115 Monterey, Salinas Hwy., Salinas. mcshanenursery.com or sp@mcshanesnursery.com. Free.

TRIPLE P SEMINAR: RAISING RESPONSIBLE TEENS This is the first in a series of three parenting seminars to encourage your teen to become responsible. This seminar will be in Spanish. 5:30-7 p.m. Mission Hill Middle School, 425 King St., Santa Cruz. 465-2217 or first5scc.org. Free.

FOOD & WINE DATE NIGHT: TROPICAL TAPAS Sign up with your sweetheart and enjoy a hands-on, tropical cooking experience inspired by the flavors of the Caribbean and Pacific Islands. Includes full meal, beer and wine. With Nutrition Consultant Madia

CALENDAR 15th Annual Jamgochian and Michael Belli. 6-8:30 p.m. New Leaf Community Market, 1011 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleaf.com/events. $42.

NEW LEAF COMMUNITY DAY Five percent of sales at New Leaf stores today will be donated to local nonprofits: Westside New Leaf: Life Lab, Downtown New Leaf: Walnut Avenue Women’s Center, Capitola New Leaf: Jay Moriarity Foundation. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. New Leaf Community Markets. newleaf.com/events.

THIRSTY THURSDAY: BEER AND CIDER TASTING Uncommon Brewers is a Santa Cruz community-oriented organic microbrewery that uses traditional Belgian brewing techniques.

Reef Points Hard Cider craft their ciders at a custom crush facility in Paso Robles. 5-7 p.m.

New Leaf Community Market, 1011 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. newleaf.com/events. Free.

GROUPS VOTE FOR NEW LEAF ENVIROTOKEN BENEFICIARIES Help decide which local nonprofits will be beneficiaries of New Leaf’s Envirotoken program for a year. Whenever you reuse a grocery bag at New Leaf, you receive a 10¢ Envirotoken to donate to the nonprofit of your choice. Vote online until May 31 at newleaf. com/community/envirotokens. New Leaf Community Markets. Free.

FRIDAY 4/22 ARTS

PALO ALTO PLAYERS PRESENTS ‘INTO THE WOODS’ Into the Woods builds on the magic of classic fairy tales, creating a beautiful story of what’s right, what’s good, and the tales we tell our children. April 23-May 8, 2016 (preview April 22). 8-10:30 p.m. Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. 650-329-0891 or info@paplayers.org. $49/$35.

STORY TIME Free with Museum admission and for MOD Members. 10:30-11 a.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888424-8035. Free.

SENSORY PLAY Join us in the MOD Workshop for this new weekly class exploring sensory play activities. Messy sensory play gives young

EIGHTH ANNUAL UC SANTA CRUZ JUGGLING CONVENTION The Eighth Annual UC Santa Cruz Juggling Convention is an all-ages, all-levels, weekend-long festival of workshops, jam sessions, and shows. This event also runs Saturday and Sunday. 1-9 p.m. West Field House, UCSC/Veterans Memorial Hall, downtown. Richard Hartnell. $10/$5/Free.

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FOOD & WINE SLV MUSEUM'S ANNUAL DINNER & AUCTION Join us for a fun and festive evening of fine food and fun auction bidding! Dinner will consist of an Italian buffet including wine and dessert. All proceeds benefit the San Lorenzo Valley Museum and its programs. 6-9 p.m.

Scopazzi's Restaurant, Big Basin Way, Boulder Creek. Lynda Phillips, 338-8382. $50/$45.

SURFAID CUP BENEFIT NIGHT SurfAid’s core mission is to save the lives of women and children in remote areas of Indonesia, areas connected to us by surfing. Pupus will be provided by Pono Hawaiian Grill and beverages poured compliments of Uncommon Brewers.

Enjoy music, raffle and a presentation by SurfAid Founder, Dr. Dave Jenkins. Visit surfaid. org/surfaidcupsantacruz for tickets and more information. 6-10 p.m. Surftech Santa Cruz, 912 41st Ave., Santa Cruz. surfaid.org. $25.

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GROUPS VOTE FOR NEW LEAF ENVIROTOKEN BENEFICIARIES Help decide which local nonprofits will be beneficiaries of New Leaf’s Envirotoken program for a year. Whenever you reuse a grocery bag at New Leaf, you receive a 10¢ Envirotoken to donate to the nonprofit of your choice. Vote online until May 31 at newleaf. com/community/envirotokens. New Leaf Community Markets. Free.

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

MUSIC FOURTH FRIDAY FAMILY MUSIC JAM It’s time to Jam with your Fam. Drop in anytime,

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CIRCORCHARD—CHILDREN’S CIRCUS FROM ORCHARD SCHOOL The show includes clown antics, juggling, acrobatics, unicycling, stilt-walking, hi-jinks, roustabouts and circus spoofs. Tickets available through the school's website. 7-8:30 p.m. New Brighton Middle School Theatre. Orchardschoolaptos.org or 6881074. $10/$6/Free.

children endless ways to develop and learn, while using all their senses for creative thinking.

3-3:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free with admission.

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10th Annual

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9:00am – 2:00pm Walk-a-thon & Eco-Carnival

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5K and 10K walk-a-thon

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Kids games

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Learning booths and demonstrations

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Trash Fashion Show

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Food and entertainment

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS: • SunRidge Farms • Michael Lee Environmental Foundation Register-Pajaronian • Mount Madonna School • SantaCruzParent.com • KAZU • Morgan Hill Times/Free Lance/Gilroy Dispatch • Aptos/Capitola/Soquel Life • Santa Cruz Sentinel • KUSP • Growing Up in Santa Cruz • Good Times • Morgan Hill Life • Out & About • Mt. Madonna Stables

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Hosted by Mount Madonna School | 491 Summit Road, Mount Madonna www.SummitforthePlanet.org

The 65th Annual Santa Cruz Mineral & Gem Society

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$5 Adults - Children Under 12 Free more info at www.scrockngem.org

‘BLIND SPOT’ DIGITAL ARTS AND NEW MEDIA EXHIBIT Step outside the world of conventional art with 13 artists from UCSC’s Digital Arts and New Media MFA program. Each artist has worked within the critical spaces of performance, post cinematic space, economic systems, interactive media, and game design. “Blind Spot” refers to the area of the eye where photoreceptors do not exist, leaving the eye unable to render or detect an image. In order to see beyond that spot, we must shift and alternate our gaze—this exhibit focuses on seeing that which we cannot yet see, though it may exist. On April 22 the artists will host a symposium at the MAH to kick off their exhibit.

Info: 7:30-9 p.m., Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. 4291964. Free.

<39 leave anytime. We’ll supply all of our

instruments and music-making fun know-how. 4:30-6:30 p.m. 239 High St., Santa Cruz. Tammy at 438 3514 or musicalme.com. $20 donation.

CIRCLE TIME Join us in the MOD Lounge for rhythm and song, in both English and Spanish.

Let your little one explore musical instruments and finger puppets while everyone sings.

Developmentally designed for ages 0-3. 10:1511:15 a.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035 Free with admission.

Mineral Specimens Fossils Lapidary Supplies Gemstones & Crystals Treasure Wheel of Fortune

April 23-24 - Saturday & Sunday 10am - 5pm Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium 307 Church Street, Santa Cruz

FRIDAY 4/22

SATURDAY 4/23 ARTS Bring This Ad for $1 Off Admission

COMMUNITY WRITERS SERIES OPEN MIC Come join us for our open mic gathering of local authors and poets. Sign-ups are 2:152:30 p.m. Readers will get to read five-eight minutes, depending on the number of sign-ups.

Parking is behind the library, entering through the Bagelry parking lot via Soquel Drive. All

are welcome. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Porter Memorial Library, 3050 Porter Road, Soquel. 479-4800.

Free.

TINKER TIME Come join us for Tinker Time, an open-art hour for kids to learn and explore through art. 1-2 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free with admission.

EIGHTH ANNUAL UC SANTA CRUZ JUGGLING CONVENTION The Eighth Annual UC Santa Cruz Juggling Convention is an all-ages, all-levels, weekend-long festival of workshops, jam sessions, and shows. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. West Field House, UCSC/Veterans Memorial Hall, downtown. Richard Hartnell, 360-820-2306 or richard@gravitydefiance.net. $10/$5/Free.

REMEMBERING SHAKESPEARE, 1564-1616 Readings from the works and about the man. A memorial service, commemorating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death in 1616. This event takes place before Experimental Baroque, a concert by Santa Cruz Baroque

CALENDAR theorbo 7:30-9:30 p.m. UCSC Recital Hall, 402 McHenry Road., Santa Cruz. info@scbaroque. org. $30/$20/$16/$5.

MUSIC TOGETHER WITH MUSICAL ME Lizz Hodgins teaches the essential Music Together class for all ages. Music Together is hosted

by Musical Me in the MOD Workshop. 10-11 a.m. and 11 a.m.-Noon. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. Register at musicalme. com or 438-3514.

SAMBA CRUZ Take a musical ride to colorful Brazil with Santa Cruz-based Vivian Simon on flute, sax and percussion and Pablo Riviere on guitar and vocals. Their repertoire includes bossa nova, samba, baiao, choro and other jazzinflected Brazilian music. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. davenportroadhouse.com. Free.

SATURDAY 4/23 ‘BEYOND MARRIAGE EQUALITY’ 2015 was an important year for marriage equality and for the LGBTQ community, but there’s still so much to be done. That’s why Sacramento-based legislative strategist Alice Kessler and Linda Cisneros, program director for the California Rural Legal Assistance LGBTQ program, will be speaking Saturday, April 23. Kessler and Cisneros will shed light on the pressing issues facing the LGBTQ community in California and nationwide, including the upcoming elections and vacant Supreme Court Justice seat. Lesley Harrison of the local Diversity Center, and Adam Spickler of the GLBT Alliance will speak on the local efforts to support LGBTQ residents.

Info: 10 a.m.-Noon. Santa Cruz Police Department Community Room 155, Center St., Santa Cruz. RSVP at event Facebook page. Free.

Festival. Concert info/tickets available at scbaroque.org. 6-6:45 p.m. UCSC Music Recital Hall. ihr@ucsc.edu or 459-5655. Free.

CIRCORCHARD—CHILDREN’S CIRCUS FROM ORCHARD SCHOOL The show includes clown antics, juggling, acrobatics, unicycling, stilt-walking, hi-jinks, roustabouts and circus spoofs. Tickets available through the school's website. 2-3:30 p.m. New Brighton Middle School Theatre. Orchardschoolaptos.org or 6881074. $10/$6/Free.

APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE Voted Good Times best farmers market in Santa Cruz County. With more than 90 vendors, the Aptos Farmers Market offers an unmatched selection of locally grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.-Noon, Saturdays, Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@montereybayfarmers.org. Free.

LESBIAN HAPPY HOUR Join us at Tampico Kitchen & Lounge for liter margaritas, $17, and full nachos con todo $9 special. Everyone welcome. 3-6 p.m. Tampico’s Kitchen & Lounge, 822 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz.

MUSIC EXPERIMENTAL BAROQUE Cutting-edge music from the 17th-18th centuries when baroque-style music was controversial and new. Elizabeth Hunderford, soprano Linda Burman-Hall, harpsichord Nina Treadwell,

LIVE PIANO BAR MUSIC AT ZIZZO’S COFFEE, WINE & PIANO BAR Al & Richard sing and play your classic favorites. Come sing along with some of the best voices you’ve ever heard. Enjoy beer and wine, or coffee and tea drinks, and delectable small-plate appetizers.

7-9:30 p.m. Brown Ranch Marketplace,3555 Clares St., Capitola. 477-0680 or zizzoscoffee. com. 1 drink minimum.

OUTDOORS TAKE A TOUR OF A RHODODENDRON NURSERY The Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Rhododendron Society presents a tour of Bay Laurel Nursery, a wholesale nursery where many of our rhododendrons come from. 10 a.m.-Noon. Bay Laurel Nursery, 1554 Bean Creek Road, Scotts Valley. American Rhododendron Society mcculloughm@ earthlink.net. Free.

SPRING WILDFLOWER WALKS The wildflowers are blooming! Join entertainer and wildflower expert/photographer Al Frisby on a leisurely 2-3 mile hike at Waddell Creek, and learn how to identify and photograph several types of California wildflowers. Meet at Kelly’s Bakery on the Westside at 9 a.m. for coffee and a chat, then head north to see what’s in bloom.

Optional: Bring a notebook for identification notes and camera/phone to take photographs.

Details and RSVP to aljfrisby@yahoo.com. $15.

ARTS TINKER TIME Come join us for Tinker Time, an open-art hour for kids to learn and explore through art. 1-2 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free admission with membership.

43RD ANNUAL BONSAI EXHIBITION The Watsonville Bonsai Club is presenting their annual bonsai exhibit. Many ancient trees large and small will be on display. Door prizes and raffle of bonsai material, including demonstration tree. Sales of plants and pots. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Watsonville Buddhist Temple, 423 Bridge St., Watsonville. Don White 831-840-7545 or whiteslib@aol.com. Free/Donation.

EIGHTH ANNUAL UC SANTA CRUZ JUGGLING CONVENTION The Eighth Annual UC Santa Cruz Juggling Convention is an all-ages, all-levels, weekend-long festival of workshops, jam sessions, and shows. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. West Field House, UCSC/Veterans Memorial Hall, downtown. Richard Hartnell, 360-820-2306 or richard@gravitydefiance. net. $10/$5/Free.

FOOD & WINE THIRD ANNUAL SIP & NIBBLE 41ST YEAR CELEBRATION AND SILENT AUCTION Enjoy local wine, delicious finger foods, fantastic silent auction items, and live music by The Crooked Branches Band on the beautiful outdoor patio at Bargetto Winery. Proceeds benefit beloved Santa Cruz Parent Education Nursery School (SCPENS), a nonprofit parent participation preschool serving the Santa Cruz community for more than 40 years. 2-5 p.m. Bargetto Winery, 3535 N. Main St., Soquel. 425-4495. $20/$15.

HEALTH CYPRESS HEALTH INSTITUTE, UPCOMING MASSAGE CLINIC April Massages at Cypress Health Clinic are offered every Sunday and Tuesday. To book a healing, one-hour massage from a Cypress Health Institute student practitioner, please call the office. 1-5 p.m. 1119 Pacific Ave., Suite 300, Santa Cruz. admin@ cypresshealthinstitute.com or 476 2115. $25.

MUSIC EVERY CHILD OUTDOORS FESTIVAL Hosted by the Every Child Outdoors Foundation, all proceeds will benefit fifth- and sixth-grade students attending Santa Cruz County Outdoor Science School. Featuring hot jazz >42

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BOOK READING AND DISCUSSION: ‘THE ALOHA SHIRT: SPIRIT OF THE ISLANDS’ WITH AUTHOR DALE HOPE Join Patagonia Santa Cruz for their Pataloha Party, celebrating the release of The Aloha Shirt: Spirit of the Islands by Dale Hope. Hear from Dale, as he recounts the colorful stories behind these iconic shirts. 7:30-9 p.m. Patagonia, 415 River St., Santa Cruz. patagonia.com or 423-1776. Free.

FOOD & WINE

HOMEGROWN @ THE HAYLOFT The Coffis Brothers and Sugar By The Pound will play a special benefit concert. Proceeds from the event will benefit Laurel Hillerson-Spear, a local resident and mother, who at the age of 32 was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. 7 p.m.-Midnight.

Oddfellows Hall, 13119 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek.

Blackbird Presents at 295-0852. $15/$10.

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band Speakeasy 3, acoustic duo Will Fourt and Sheila Golden, folk band The Painted Horses, and juggling puppeteer Aaron Drake. 2-6 p.m. Harvey West Clubhouse, 326 Evergreen St., Santa Cruz. Hannah, 435-9999 or everychildoutdoors.bpt.me. $40/$10.

OUTDOORS MOTORCYCLE WILDFLOWER TOUR Group motorcycle ride led by Al Frisby, who will share his vast knowledge of California wildflowers, which are totally popping off right now! Take in the back roads and learn how to identify and photograph several types of wildflowers on this leisurely paced joyride with frequent stops in places you will never forget. 8 a.m.

For details and RSVP, email aljfrisby@yahoo. com. $25 per rider.

SPIRITUAL GUIDED MEDITATION Led by Venerable Drimay, an excellent way to learn how to set up a daily meditation practice. Stabilizing meditation followed by guided contemplation on various Dharma topics. 9:30 am - 10:30 am Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Rd., Soquel.

462-8383. Donation.

EVERY HUMAN RACE TEAM HAS A CAUSE THAT MATTERS

THEY NEED YOU

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BE A CHAMPION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND GO FOR THE GOLD WITH THEM.

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MEDICINE BUDDHA PUJA Medicine Buddha Puja is a prayer ceremony that is performed daily at Land of Medicine Buddha. One Sunday a month it is done in English. The other three Sundays it is done in Tibetan. 2-3 p.m. Land of Medicine Buddha, 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel. 462-8383 or landofmedicinebuddha.org. Free/donation.

SUBUD INTRODUCTION Subud is a worldwide association of people who follow the spiritual practice known as the Latihan Kejiwaan, an exercise of surrender to the divine force within each one of us. Reservation required. 11 a.m.-Noon. Subud Center, 3800 Old San Jose Road, Soquel. 588-3013 or santacruz.subudcalifornia.org. Free.

MONDAY 4/25 ARTS

Body Balance • Good Old Fashion Fun • Polse Family • Rod Caborn- First Class Fundraising • Suhr Risk Insurance

Ad Funds Provided by the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County

and science. 3-3:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free with admission or membership.

MUSIC CREATIVE MOVEMENT Join Sylvia in the MOD Lab to start your little ones’ day with stretching, dancing, singing, and lots of creative moving. Creative Movement was designed for ages 0-3 and incorporates the use of musical instruments, scarves, colorful play tunnels, and more. 11:30 a.m.-Noon. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free with admission.

MUSIC TOGETHER WITH MUSICAL ME Lizz Hodgins teaches the essential Music Together class for all ages. Music Together is hosted by Musical Me in the MOD Workshop. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery.

438-3514. Register through musicalme.com.

SPIRITUAL MONDAY DROP-IN MEDITATION Led by Venerable Yangchen and Venerable Gyalten Basic meditation instruction and practice. One session of mindfulness meditation, followed by guided reflection meditation. 5:30-6:30 p.m.

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

TUESDAY 4/26 ARTS STORY TIME Join us for Storytime. Free with Museum admission and for MOD Members.

10:30-11 a.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free with admission.

ARTE CON SYLVIA Join bilingual and bicultural staff member Bryan as you create art with a variety of mediums, all while you learn key art-related words and phrases in Spanish. 11:30 a.m.-Noon. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free with admission.

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STORY TIME Join us for Story Time! Free with Museum admission and for MOD Members.

10:30-11 a.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035. Free.

GUIDED MEDITATION FOR STRESS REDUCTION Guided meditation to reduce your stress with Renee Rowe. Every Tuesday evening.

7-7:45 p.m. The Barn Studio, 104 S. Park Way, Santa Cruz. awakentoyourpath.com. Donation.

MAKE ART MONDAY Explore the creative human expression of objects through the use of varied artistic mediums. Children will paint, sketch, sculpt, design, and assemble as they make new discoveries and are delighted by art

SUPER SCIENCE Join Liam in the MOD Lab for this new STEAM-based class that explores the world of science. 3-3:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery. 888-424-8035 Free with admission.

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04/27/16

shopping for a cause • Women’s fashion

SATURDAY 4/23

• Top brands and labels

SHAKESPEARE & EXPERIMENTAL BAROQUE Doesn’t it feel like just yesterday that, in the good ol’ courts of Elizabeth I, a young William Shakespeare was scribbling down his early dramas for an overfilled Globe Theatre to enjoy? Sort of—as this year marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. But hey, it’s never too late to celebrate in memoriam which is why the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival is honoring Shakespeare’s legacy with a program that features songs from his plays and the high Renaissance time period. Before the concert takes off, the UCSC Literature department will put the “fun” back in “funeral” with a memorial service reading Shakespeare’s works.

• Gently used/high quality • Tax-deductible donations welcome Located in the King’s Plaza Shopping Center

1601 41st Ave. Capitola

831-462-3686 www.the-daisy.org

Proceeds benefit programs provided

by Family Service Agency of the Central Coast | www.fsa-cc.org

Info: 6 p.m., UCSC Music Recital Hall, 402 McHenry Road, Santa Cruz. scbaroque.org. $5-$30.

HEALTH CANCER SUPPORT GROUP WomenCARE support group for women newly diagnosed or undergoing treatment for cancer. Registration required. 12:30-2 p.m. WomenCARE. 4572273. Free.

MUSIC SHERRY AUSTIN WITH HENHOUSE Gritty folk with a bit of twang, Henhouse delights fans with a blend of folk, country and rock. Familyfriendly venue. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. davenportroadhouse.com. Free.

CHARMAS Santa Cruz Celtic band plays traditional and modern Celtic music featuring fiddle, flute, pennywhistle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, bodhran, bagpipe, and vocal music.

Family-friendly venue. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. Free.

International Jazz Day

Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Saturday, April 30th, 12 pm - 3pm International Artists Live Music Performances Free - Open to the Public Lifeforce Jazz JZZline Institute Starving Musicians Mayor of Santa Cruz

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TRIPLE P WORKSHOP: HOW TO HANDLE FIGHTING AND AGGRESSION Attend this free workshop to learn common reasons why children fight or become aggressive, and how to teach the child to cooperate and solve problems.

This class will be in English. 6-7:30 p.m. La Manzana Community Resources, 521 Main St., Room E, Watsonville. 465-2217 or first5scc.org/ calendar. Free.

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LOVE YOUR

LOCAL BAND WILD IRIS

Kate Mullikin describes her partnership with Brian Shelton as “musical kismet.” In other words, they were destined to play together. And indeed, the circumstances surrounding the formation of their duo Wild Iris do seem like fate played a role.

They met through mutual friends, and before sharing more than a couple of sentences, they started writing music. Shelton strummed his guitar, while Mullikin sang. Since then, music has continued to pour out of their partnership.

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“We never sat down to write a song.

We’d do our thing. I’d be playing guitar.

She’d write some poems. She’d start singing them over while I was playing.

We do that for three hours, and eventually something sticks and is really good,” Shelton says.

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All that hanging out produced a gorgeous and emotive Americana EP in 2014, and now they are releasing their debut full-length at their upcoming Kuumbwa show. But these songs are much more dynamic and unhinged in their execution than those on the EP, punctuated by Mullikin’s smoky, soulful voice. Andy Zenczak’s production is warm, and Mullikin’s lyrics are contemplative while expressing a greater range of pain and joy than ever before.

“Brian and I both believe that music can be a healing force. It was for me, for sure. I’ve been going through a lot of tough times in my life. It’s been a great journey for me,” Mullikin says. “I think we really developed as a duo throughout this process. “ AARON CARNES INFO: 8 p.m. Friday, April 22.

Kuumbwa Jazz, 320 Cedar St #2, Santa Cruz. $15. 427-2227

CRYSTAL FIGHTERS

WEDNESDAY 4/20 INDIE

CRYSTAL FIGHTERS UK’s Crystal Fighters have a wild backstory. Original singer Laure Stockley found an unfinished opera manuscript her grandfather wrote while going insane in his Basque home. The band name is taken from the opera, and she and her friends attempted to write the music to it. Needless to say, it was pretty experimental. One element they were trying to tap into was the dance music of Basque, fusing it with traditional folk, electronic dance elements and a lot of pop. Stockley isn’t even in the band anymore, but they’ve made something incredible from her initial idea. AARON CARNES INFO: 8:30 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $16/adv, $18/door, 479-1854

HIP HOP

PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS Consisting of Double K and Thes One— or Michael Turner and Christopher

Portugal respectively—the dynamic duo People Under the Stairs is one of the most influential rap groups in the underground scene. From their start in L.A. in 1997 to their latest album, 2015’s The Gettin’ Off Stage, Step 1, PUTS have earned California love and respect from their hometown to the Bay Area. This Wednesday, get there early to check out wordsmith Melina Jones and Santa Cruz’s own Sultan of Slang, Eliquate.

MAT WEIR

INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $22/adv, $25/door. 429-4135.

THURSDAY 4/21 REGGAE

CHRONIXX As far as new reggae artists go, you can’t do much better than Chronixx. His father is Chronicle, a veteran dancehall performer), and he’s emerging as one of a handful of young Jamaicans that are revitalizing the genre, and gaining some much needed international attention for the music in the process. Chronixx mixes roots grooves, dancehall flow, and infectious pop hooks. He also brings deeply spiritual and thoughtful lyrics to his song, something all but missing the

past couple of decades. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $25. 429-4135.

FRIDAY 4/22 ROCK

MOONALICE In 2007, producer extraordinaire T-Bone Burnett put together Moonalice because he wanted a band with that sweet old psychedelic ’60s sound. The band, which plays both covers and original tunes, has been a runaway success and proven to be a pioneering, media-savvy act. It has its own radio station on Moonalice.com; it has free, custom posters for every gig; all concerts are broadcast live and made available for download; and they have a massive social media audience that numbers in the hundreds of thousands.

Comprising veteran rock and jam band musicians Roger McNamee, Pete Sears, Barry Sless, and John Molo, Moonalice is doing its own thing and revitalizing the ’60s sound along the way. CJ INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $10. 335-2800.

MUSIC

ROONEY

CHRONIXX

Way back in 2004, Los Angeles-based power-pop band Rooney dropped its sophomore album, Calling the World.

The result of a three-year recording process that saw more than 50 tracks laid down, the album exploded the band into the pop mainstream with the runaway hit song “When Did Your Heart Go Missing.” With their pop standing solidified, the band, led by guitarist and vocalist Robert Schwartzman, continues to deliver catchy, sing-along tunes that fall somewhere between the Strokes, Weezer, Jellyfish and OK Go. Rooney’s forthcoming album, Washed Away, is slated for release in mid-May. CAT JOHNSON

SATURDAY 4/23 BLUES

LISA MANN

INFO: 9 p.m. The Pocket, 3102 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz, $7. 475-9819.

ROCK

JOHN KADLECIK BAND For those who can never get enough of the Grateful Dead, the John Kadlecik Band is here for you. Then again, Deadheads and jam band connoisseurs probably already know this, consider-

INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $15/adv, $20/door. 479-1854.

SUNDAY, 4/24 INDIE-FOLK

DONNA AMINI Donna Amini has dabbled with a lot of styles, and played a lot of shows. Until recently, she put a halt to playing live so she could hone her sound a bit more, and craft a full-length record. That album, Night Underground, was released on April 1, and it’s quite haunting. All her years tinkering with everything from acoustic to experimental music to punk have led her to a sound that combines some chilling indie-folk music with subtle Persian undertones. The music is emotive and mysterious enough to satisfy any fan of moody indie rock. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

MONDAY 4/25 JAZZ

KENNY BARRON TRIO After a five-night SFJAZZ engagement performing with an array of fellow jazz stars and master Brazilian musicians, piano legend Kenny Barron heads south for a date with his sleek and smart trio featuring stellar Japanese bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and captivating drummer Johnathan Blake (the group featured on his gorgeous new Impulse album Book of Intuition). Since gaining international attention as a teenager anchoring Dizzy Gillespie’s quartet in the early 1960s, the NEA Jazz Master has exemplified jazz’s urbane sensibility, whether performing as a sideman (with the likes of Stan Getz, Ron Carter, and Yusef Lateef), exploring the music of Thelonious Monk (in the collective quartet Sphere), leading his own bands, or nurturing jazz’s next generation (now as a professor at Juilliard).

ANDREW GILBERT

INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $35/adv, $40/door. 427-2227.

INFO: 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 3. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $14/adv, $16/ door. 423-1338. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, April 22 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

IN THE QUEUE BADFISH

New England-based Sublime tribute band. Wednesday at Catalyst KRIS DELMHORST

Celebrated singer-songwriter from Western Massachusetts. Wednesday at Don Quixote’s AN AMERICAN FORREST

Western Americana out of Enterprise, Oregon. Wednesday at Crepe Place RED ELVISES

Genre-defying Russian-American party band. Thursday at Moe’s Alley BOMBINO

Desert blues singer-songwriter out of Agadez, Niger. Sunday at Kuumbwa

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An ace bass player with a deep sense of the blues, Lisa Mann is a rising star of the electric blues scene. Raking in numerous awards, including a Muddy Waters Award from the Cascade Blues Association for Contemporary Blues Act of the Year, the West Virginia native brings a strength and soulfulness to her music as she shares tales of love gone wrong, love gone right, and life’s struggles and joys. Drawing inspiration from blues greats Etta James, Koko Taylor and Bonnie Raitt, Mann is an exciting, stereotype-shattering artist with a bright future. CJ

ing Kadlecik was a founding member of the Dark Star Orchestra. In 2009, he left DSO to join the remaining members of the Grateful Dead when they started up their latest evolution in Further. MW

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THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville

Thursday April 21st 8:30pm $12/15

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

THE RED ELVISES

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

Friday April 22nd 9pm $12/15

BAYVIEW HOTEL 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos

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

DJ

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Beat Night 420 Showcase $5 9p

Comedy Night/80s Night Free 8:30p

The Frogman Experience, Light the Band $5 9p

Light the Band $5 9p

The Box (Goth Night) 9p

Miss Massive Snowflake, Verbal Abuse, Catacomb My Satellite & more Creeps, Drain $5 9p $5 9p

Pride Night 9p

Party w/Raina 9p

Incidental Live Music Revue w/Alisha

Comedy Night 9p

Karaoke

Locals Night, Music w/Lil Billy

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Free Pool Free 8p

Eric Winders Free 8p

Russian Rock N Roll

Psychedelic Surf Rock

THE MERMEN Saturday April 23rd 9pm $15/20

Featuring John of Dark Star & Further

THE JOHN KADLECIK BAND Sunday April 24th 8:30pm $15/20 Songwriter & Multi Instrumentalist

CASEY ABRAMS Wednesday April 27th 9pm $12/15 Reggae From Hawaii

NATURAL VIBRATIONS April 28th

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NIKI J CRAWFORD + AFROFUNK EXPERIENCE April 29th DIEGO’S UMBRELLA + ZACH DEPUTY April 30th DEAD WINTER CARPENTERS + THE SAM CHASE May 1st PETER HARPER + Asher May 3rd SWEETWATER STRING BAND 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 14th 7 COME 11- cd release party May 15th CURTIS SALGADO (afternoon) May 15th MATT ANDERSON (eve) May 18th MIPSO + STEEP RAVINE May 19th KING JAMMY May 20th NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE May 21st SAMBADÁ May 24th KING GIZZARD May 27th, 28th THE ENGLISH BEAT May 30th GONDWANA June 4th THE DAVID NELSON BAND June 23rd DAVE & PHIL ALVIN June 25th ISRAEL VIBRATION July 7th SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

Al Frisby 6-8p

Jam Sessions Free 7p

Reggae Dub Club $8 8p

Preacher Boy 6-8p

Kim Wilson 6-8p

Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p

BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Funk Night w/Light Free 9p

Ukelele Club Free 5p Roadhouse Karaoke Free 8p

DJ Luna 9p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Badfish $15/$19 7p

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Chronixx & the People Under the Stairs Zincfence Redemption $22/$25 8p $20/$25 8p

Wed Apr 20

Thu Apr 21

Kris Delmhorst CD Release

plus Annie Lynch $15 adv./$15 door 21 + 7:30pm

The Naked Bootleggers, Little Fuller Band, Willy Tea Taylor Indie-Americana Folk, Bluegrass

$10 adv./$10 door 21 + 7:30pm Fri Apr 22

Moonalice Roots Rock n’

Sat Apr 23

Coffee Zombie Collective plus Dave Holodiloff Band

$10 adv./$10 door 21 + 8pm

Fun multi-genre music

$12 adv./$15 door 21 + 8pm Sun Apr 24 Wed Apr 27

Noctambule Celtic & World

$14 adv./$16 door <21 w/parent 7pm

Dan Frechette & Laurel Thomsen CD Release Alt-folk

$10 adv./$10 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm Thu Apr 28

David Nelson & Eric Thompson David of David Nelson Band

$20 adv./$20 door 21 + 8pm COMING RIGHT UP

Fri. April 29 Pride & Joy Premier Motown & Soul Review Sat. April 30 Spirit of ’76 Music Of The Grateful Dead Sun May 1 Drake White and The Big Fire “an electric performer with a gospel howl” by Rolling Stone Country Thu. May 5 Sisters Morales Cinco de Mayo Concert Reservations Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am

Broken Shades 6-8p

Rand Rueter 6-8p

Tango Ecstasy 6-9:30p

The Billy Martini Show 9-11:45p

CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas

International Music Hall and Restaurant

Coyote Slim 6-8p

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFET M-F $7.95

Lloyd Whitney 1-5p Al Frisby 6-8p

Aer, The Holdup $16/$18 8p

Swing Dance $5 5:30p Bromagnon Free 9p

Sound Off Saturdays Reggae Party Free 9p

Karaoke 9p

Karaoke 9p

La Ley $35/$40 8p

M83 Sold Out 7p

Blackbird Blackbird $12/$15 8:30p

Shook Ones $10/$13 8p

OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! wednesday 4/20

sponsored by Tomboy and tourMore Booking:

western wednesday

AMERICAN FORREST w / ELLA & HENRY WARDE

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door ($7 with boots on!)

thursday 4/21

swing night

THE DUNCAN SHIPTON QUINTET Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door

friday 4/22

WATERGATE SANDALS w / CRUSH w / OUR DAD LOVES BIKES

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

saturday 4/23

NOVAROSE w/

ALEX ABREU

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

sunday 4/24

FLYPAPER BLUES w/

DONNA AMINI

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

monday 4/25

mix tape monday w / BLUE SUMMIT AND PACIFIC DRIVE Show 9pm $3 Door

MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

429-6994

Jazz Club Donation 3:30p Joey Hoduklin Free 8p

Songwriter Showcase 7-10p

Flatbush Zombies $20/$25 7p Shamans Dubstep Collective Take Over $10/$40 8p

LIVE MUSIC WED

4/20

THU

4/21

FRI

4/22

SAT

4/23

SUN

4/24

MON

4/25

TUE

4/26

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Western Wednesday $7/$10 9p

Swing Night: The Duncan Shipton Quintet $8 8p

Watergate Sandals, Crush, Our Dad Loves Bikes $8 9p

Novarose, Alex Abreu $5 9p

Flypaper Blues, Donna Amini $8 9p

Mix Tape Mondays $3 9p

7 Come 11 $5 9p

Yuji Tojo $3 8p

Tan of Dreams $5 8:30p

Olde Blue $6 9p

The Piecs $7 9:30p

Live Comedy $7 9p

Open Funk Jam Free 8p

Reggae Party Free 8p

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

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

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

Sherry Austin w/ Henhouse

Samba Cruz Kris Delmhorst $15 7:30p

The Naked Bootleggers, Moonalice Little Fuller Band & more $10 8p $10 8p

Coffee Zombie Collective, Noctambule Dave Holodiloff Band $14/$16 7p $12/$15 8p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

Flingo 7:30p

IT’S WINE TYME 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic 7p

KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Master Class: Bruce Forman Free 7p

MALONE’S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

Live Music 5:30-9p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Kip Allert 7-10p

Next Blues Band 7-10p

Joint Chiefs 8-11p

Tsunami 8-11p

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Kid Andersen 6p

Al Frisby 6p

Lloyd Whitley 6p

Preacher Boy 6p

The Fintztones Free 8p

The Mile 9p

Jon Mulvey 9p

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 Friday, April 22 • 8 pm

WILD IRIS ALBUM RELEASE PARTY WITH THE PAINTED HORSES AND BIG BEAR Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com Sunday, April 24 • 8 pm

The 10 O’Clock Lunch

HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

The Crew 4p

Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p

BOMBINO

Tickets: PulseProductions.net

Monday, April 25 • 7 pm| No Comps Stephane Wrembel Band $22 7p

KENNY BARRON TRIO

The Painted Horses & Big Bear $15 8p

Bombino $30 8p

KIYOSHI KITAGAWA – BASS JOHNATHAN BLAKE – DRUMS

Kenny Barron Trio $30 8p

Thursday, April 28 • 7 pm

Karaoke w/Ken 9p

LIVE & LOCAL: WASABI Funk-Rock Power Trio 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Al Frisby 6p

Rand Rueter 6p

Rob Vye 6p

Friday, April 29 • 8 pm

AN EVENING WITH KEITH GREENINGER AND DAVID JACOB STRAIN Tickets: BrownPaperTickets.com

INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY! Saturday, April 30 • 7 pm

RACE, CLASS, AND CULTURE THROUGH THE LENS OF JAZZ: FEATURING VOCALIST KIM NALLEY Panel discussion Tickets: ihr.ucsc.edu

7 years in a row

Apr. 28 Todd Rundgren 8pm

Sailors: Hoist one with us.

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.

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Apr. 29 Paula Poundstone 8pm Sponsored by KAZU 90.3

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 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

AVISHAI COHEN QUARTET Avishai Cohen - trumpet, Jason Lindner - piano, Tal Mashiah bass, Nasheet Waits - drums 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Wednesday, May 4 • 7 pm

DAKHA BRAKHA Everything from punk-pop to traditional Ukrainian songs 5/9 5/12 5/16 5/19 5/23 5/4 5/26

Bill Charlap Trio Bruce Forman Trio: Formanism Alfredo Rodriguez Trio Chris Cain, Mighty Mike Schermer & Daniel Castro Jack DeJohnette Trio Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band Santa Cruz Women of Jazz

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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BEST DANCE CLUB

Apr. 21 Clint Black 8pm

+ concert

Monday, May 2 • 7 pm

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1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135

LIVE MUSIC

Wednesday, April 20 • Ages 16+

BADFISH

A Tribute To Sublime

Wednesday, April 20 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS Thursday, April 21 • All Ages

AER • THE HOLDUP Thursday, April 21 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

CHRONIXX & ZINCFENCE REDEMPTION Friday, April 22 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD

Friday, April 22 Ages 21+

La Ley

Saturday, April 23 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

SHOOK ONES plus Stickup Kid

also Pure

Sunday, April 24 • In the Atrium • Ages 18+

SHAMANS DUBSTEP COLLECTIVE TAKE OVER 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 12 KDON’s Major Rager (Ages 18+) May 13 Memphis May Fire/ We Came As Romans (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+) Jun 2 Jon Pardi (Ages 16+) Jun 5 Prong (Ages 21+)

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

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

www.catalystclub.com

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THU

4/21

FRI

4/22

SAT

4/23

SUN

4/24

Crystal Fighters $16/$18 8p

The Red Elvises $12/$15 8p

The Mermen $12/$15 8p

The John Kadlecik Band Casey Abrams $15/$20 8p $15/$20 8p

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

SpaceBass! By AndrewThePirate 9:30p-2a

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

Chris Slater 9:30p-1:30a

Brandon Fox 9:30p-1:30a

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

Pint and Paint 7-9p

Nomalakadoja 7-9p

Santa Cruz Mountain String Trio 5-9p

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

David Jeremy Band 10p

Trivia 8p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

Yuji Jam Session w/ Jazz Jam Santa Cruz 7p

THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

Groove Service 8p

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Bert “Animo” Javier 6p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Joel Salatin $25/$35 7-9p

Mick Overman & the Maniacs $5 9p

Lisa Mann $7 9p

Fly Paper Blues 4-7p

Carrie & the Soul Shakers 4-7p

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

Bad Dog 7-11p

MON

4/25

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

TUE

4/26

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

Lara Price Comedy 9p Comedy Open Mic 8p

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

Johnny Hazard 6p

Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p

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

Toby Gray 1:30p Chas Cmusic 6p

ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

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MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Sol Nova 7-11p

Live Again 8-12p

The John Michael Band 8-12p

Jesse Sabala Pro Jam 7-11p

Coastal Connection 6p

Kenny of Water Tower 6p

Trivia 8p

Open Mic 7:30p

Ten Foot Faces 7-11p

LIVE MUSIC WED

4/20

THU

4/21

FRI

4/22

SAT

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

Swingtime Trio w/ Grover Coe and Eddie Mendenhall

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

Jimmy Dewrance

4/23

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-10p

Spun 7:30-11:30p

Stormin Norman 8-11:30p

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 Chas & Friends 6-9p Thirsty Thursday 5-7p

WHALE CITY 490 Highway 1, Davenport

Flora de Cana 5-7p

MON

4/25

TUE

4/26

Silverback 6p

de nadie

Yuji Tojo & Mike Santella 7-9p

MAY 05 Kathleen Madigan Taco Tuesday

MAY 06 Tommy Emmanuel MAY 07 Warren Miller Ocean Films

Girls and Company Free 3p

Dirk Hamilton $15 7:30p

MAY 10 Mandell Lecture: The Search Open Mic w/Mosephus 5:30p

for Life in the Universe

MAY 18 Lecture: Chris Wilmers

Black Eyed Susies 5-7p

WHARF HOUSE RESTAURANT 1400 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Upcoming Shows APR 20 Joel Salatin

Trivia Night Heathen Hill Free 6p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

4/24

APR 28 Film: Maria en tierra

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

TROUT FARM INN 7701 E Zayante Rd, Felton

SUN

Frank Buchanan, Kurt Stockdale, Steve Robertson

Otilia & the Back Alley Boys

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

Matt Masi & the Messengers 9:30p

B4Dawn 9:30p

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

Live Music 7-9:30p

John David 7-9:30p

Al & Richard 7-9:30p

MAY 20 Billy Elliott the Musical MAY 21 Billy Elliott the Musical

Tsunami

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AUG 13 The Beggar Kings

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ALTERNTIVE ANIMATION Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci’s animated ‘April and the Extraordinary World’

takes us into an alternative history where science is compromised and the world is stuck in an Age of Perpetual Steam.

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Science denied in alt-fantasy ‘Extraordinary World’ BY LISA JENSEN

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magine an early 20th-Century world in which scientific progress has stopped. There are no trains or airplanes, no internal combustion engine, no electricity or telephones. Scientific innovation ended with steam and coal in the Victorian era, and scientists themselves are becoming an endangered species; they disappear with alarming frequency across the globe, leaving the world in a perpetual Age of Steam.

This is the steampunk fan’s paradise envisioned by filmmakers Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci in their fanciful animated feature April and the Extraordinary World. Adapted from a popular graphic novel by French artist Jacques Tardi, the story combines

the imaginative energy of old Twilight Zone episodes about an alternative Earth with a cautionary vision of eco-disaster, ingenious steampunk devices, and a tale of a plucky teenage girl who saves the day. Also: giant lizards from outer space. But the hand-drawn animation is lovely, and, somehow, it all works.

The movie radiates quaint period charm from the start, with opening credits displayed amid the accoutrements of a science lab: on the labels of glass specimen jars and old-fashioned card catalogs, on the pages of notebooks and the spines of three-ring binders, scrawled across a chalkboard. In a flashback to 1870, on the eve of the Franco-Prussian War, an unfortunate encounter between

Emperor Napoleon III and the scientist he’s charged with creating an “Invulnerability Serum” to make his troops invincible ends in disaster.

The good news is that the war never happens. The bad news is that scientific exploration ends, and the world is “stuck in the Steam Age.” The story proper begins in 1931.

Prosper, son of the original scientist, now a grandfather himself, his adult son, Paul, and his wife, Annette, are still trying to create the serum, in secret. Their experiments have had some interesting results—like investing the pet cat, Darwin (voice of Tony Hale), of their little daughter, April, with the power of speech. But just when they’re on the verge of discovery, police led by the officious Pizoni (Paul Giamatti)

break up their secret lab. Her grandfather is chased off into the night, while April sees her parents disappear into a sinister black cloud of lightning.

Ten years later, in a time-warp Paris of 1941, April (Angela Galuppo) occupies a secret lair inside an enormous statue, scavenging the materials she needs to continue her parents’ work. Darwin the cat, her only companion, is now elderly, and she’s desperate to succeed—and she does. Soon enough, she and the revitalized Darwin are on the run, accompanied by street kid Julius, with his own agenda, pursued again by the vengeful Pizoni, and once again attracting the notice of the forces behind the black cloud— determined to eliminate scientific discovery from the human world.

This retro-Paris is charmingly depicted, with its dirigibles, air cable-cars, steam-powered autos, and twin Eiffel Towers. But the constant burning of coal for heat coats everything with a toxic layer of soot and grime; gas masks are required to venture outside, and there’s only one tree left in the city.

No wonder mysterious forces are dead-set against allowing humans access to any more technology.

The story drags a bit in the third quarter. (A fleet 90-minute running time would have been about perfect.) But wry humor permeates everything. There’s playfulness in the juxtaposition of the cold, gear-driven world outside and the comfy, hidden Victorian house with overstuffed furniture and Victrola where April reunites with her grandfather. (And look for the Metropolis reference at the steamgenerating center!)

Darwin, the cat, is a fun character.

Besides, you know, the talking thing, Darwin behaves exactly like any other feline, drawn and animated to replicate slinky, nonchalant cat moves in every frame. For all its other charmingly outré marvels, he’s the furry little engine that drives the movie.

APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD *** (out of four) A film by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci. Based on the graphic novel by Jacques Tardi. A Gkids release. Rated PG. 105 minutes.

MOVIE TIMES April 22-28

SANTA CRUZ SHOW TIMES FOR FRI. 4/22/16 – THURS. 4/28/16

All times are PM unless otherwise noted.

DEL MAR THEATRE

Tom Hanks in R

831.469.3220

A BARBER OF SEVILLE Tue 7:00 A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING Fri-Tue 2:20, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 + Sat-Sun 11:50am CRIMINAL Daily 2:00, 4:30, 7:00* + Wed-Thu 9:30 + Fri-Tue 9:40 + Sat-Sun 11:30am *No Tues show

(2:20, 4:40), 7:10, 9:30 + Sat, Sun (11:50am)

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME Wed-Thu 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:45 SPIRITED AWAY Fri-Sat 11:59pm

NICKELODEON

831.426.7500

APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD Wed-Thu 2:10, 4:40, 7:10, 9:40 DEMOLITION Wed-Thu 4:50, 9:45 ELVIS & NIXON Fri-Tue 2:50, 5:00, 7:10, 9:10 + Sat-Sun 12:40 EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT Daily 9:35 + Wed-Thu 1:45, 4:20, 7:00 + Fri-Tue 2:00

STARTS FRIDAY!

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!! Fri-Tue 4:35, 7:05, 9:30 HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS Daily 7:20 + Wed-Thu 2:50, 5:00, 9:30 + Fri-Tue 3:00, 5:10 + Sat-Sun 12:50

Daily: (2:20, 4:40) 7:10, 9:30 Plus Sat-Sun (11:50am) • ( ) at discount

I SAW THE LIGHT Wed-Thu 2:00, 7:05 MILES AHEAD Fri-Tue 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 + Sat-Sun 11:50am ROYAL OPERA HOUSE PRESENTS ‘BORIS GODUNOV’ Sun 11:00am

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8

Kevin Costner & Ryan Reynolds in

the

EYE IN THE SKY Daily 2:30, 4:50, 7:20*, 9:35** + Sat-Sun 12:00 * No Thu show **No Tues show

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D E L M A R

(2:00, 4:30), 7:00*, 9:40 + Sat, Sun (11:30am) * no show Tuesday 4/26 and Thurs 4/28 Helen Mirren & Alan Rickman in R

(2:30, 4:50*), 7:20, 9:35 **+ Sat, Sun (12 noon) *no show Thurs 4/28 **no show Tuesday 4/26 and Thurs 4/28 All’Opera presents NR

831.761.8200

BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT Daily 1:55, 4:35, 7:20, 10:00 + Sat-Sun 11:15 BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Daily 12:45, 4:15, 7:45

Tuesday April 26 at 7:00pm

THE BOSS Daily 1:45, 4:45, 7:15, 10:00 + Sat-Sun 11:15am

MIDNIGHTS @ THE DEL MAR presents

COMPADRES Thu 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Tue 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 9:45 + Sat-Sun 10:45

NR

CRIMINAL Daily 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:45

In Japanese w/English subtitles Fri & Sat @ MIDNIGHT

GOD’S NOT DEAD 2 Wed 7:15, 10:00

1124 PACIFIC AVENUE | 426-7500

HARDCORE HENRY Wed-Thu 9:30 HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS Wed-Thu 1:15, 4:00, 6:45 THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR Thu 7:00, 9:45 Fri-Tue 1:45, 4:30, 5:30, 7:15, 10:00 + Sat-Sun 11:00, 12:10

Kevin Spacey & Michael Shannon in

THE JUNGLE BOOK Wed-Thu 1:30, 4:15, 7:00, 8:20*, 9:45 Fri-Tue 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 8:15, 9:30 + Sat-Sun

R

10:40 *No Thu show

THE JUNGLE BOOK 3D Wed-Thu 2:50, 5:35* Fri-Tue 2:55 *No Thu show (2:50, 5:00), 7:10, 9:10 + Sat, Sun (12:40)

MIRACLES FROM HEAVEN Wed-Thu 1:45, 4:30 ZOOTOPIA Daily 1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 + Sat-Sun 10:40

Don Cheadle in R

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FILM NEW THIS WEEK COMPADRES Garza is a Mexican cop who, when his girlfriend is kidnapped by a drug cartel, turns not to his own unit, but instead to a pale, red-haired, vaguely Trump-reminiscent American teenager. Enrique Begne directs.

Omar Chaparro, Joey Morgan, Eric Roberts co-star. 102 minutes.

THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR Everyone is super fierce, excellently CGI’d and wearing the best in fairy-tale attire (especially Emily Blunt as the Freya and Jessica Chastain as badass huntswoman Sara). Charlize Theron’s faux English accent is still a little hard to swallow, but we’ll let it go because—ahem— Chris Hemsworth may be getting shirtless in this one. Plus, no Kristen Stewart in this pre-Snow White rendering. Cedric NicolasTroyan directs. (PG-13) 114 minutes.

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

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BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT Calvin’s Barbershop is threatened when the surrounding community takes a turn for the worse, but the hair-cutting heroes band together to make a permanent change. And with Ice Cube, Nicki Minaj, Common, Eve, Cedric the Entertainer, Sean Patrick Thomas, Anthony Anderson, Regina Hall, and Lamorne Morris (only the best character on New Girl, hey Winston!) at the helm, they’ll surely be able to make their neighborhood safe again.

Malcolm D. Lee directs. (PG-13) 112 minutes.

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.

THE BOSS Melissa McCarthy in the snazziest selection of turtlenecks you ever did see. Ben Falcone directs. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage costar. (R) 99 minutes.

CRIMINAL Kevin Costner as a convict who has no feelings?

How strange, he’s generally so emotive. Ariel Vromen directs.

Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Gal Gardot co-star. (R) 113 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 costar. (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.

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.

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.

I SAW THE LIGHT Hank Williams contributed a revolutionary body of musical work during his short life. The country music’s legend had, like so many musical geniuses before and after, a messy

private life that wasn’t nearly as successful as his public one. Marc Abraham directs. Tom Hiddleston, Elizabeth Olsen, Maddie Hasson.

(R) 123 minutes.

THE JUNGLE BOOK Did anyone think just how terrifying a liveaction version of The Jungle Book would be when they saw the 1967 Disney classic (and no, the 1994 version doesn’t count even if Westley from The Princess Bride was in it)? All adults are invited to be equally excited for this fantastic reinterpretation brought to life with newcomer Neel Sethi as Mowgli and the various jungle animals voiced by Hollywood heavy-hitters Billy Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Christopher Walken, and Scarlett Johansson. Jon Favreau directs. (PG) 105 minutes.

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.

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 co-star.

(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. (PG-13) 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, brownhaired 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.

Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba co-star. (PG) 108 minutes.

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BEAUTY CHOP The intensely flavorful petite marinated lamb chops at East End Gastropub. PHOTO: CHIP SCHEUER

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East End Gastropub springs to life with killer dishes and impressive ambiance BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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ow very San Francisco, we thought as we slid into a banquette seat at the chic new East End Gastropub.

Busy adding luster to the otherwise predictable ambience of the spacious shopping complex on 41st Avenue, the not-so-twin sister of West End Tap & Kitchen has already found its audience. Multi-generational diners and a bar filled with craft beer lovers were busy enjoying chef Geoffrey Hargrave’s inventive menu when we arrived for an early dinner.

From the retro wall sconces to open kitchen energy, East End looks terrific. It was impossible not to

be impressed with the large-scale vertical plantings placed out front and on the entry wall—the eyecatching work of Rebecca Paiss’ Sweet Lime container gardens. After a sample of the current sour ale—a complex creation of sour cherries and barrel aging from Hermitage Brewing—we settled on a pint of West End Gold blonde ale ($5.50) and an elegant Pinot Noir from Windy Oaks ($15).

We split two gorgeously presented starters. The petite marinated lamb chops striding a pool of roasted bell pepper coulis, with spicy green harissa and a few infant beet greens

on top, were intensely flavorful ($12). A splendid appetizer—perfect with beer— I would order it again in a heartbeat. The very plump beet arancini ($10) were a bit overwhelming. Adorned with a delicious salad of lemony arugula and sitting on an herb pistou, the deliciously chewy rice and cheese balls overplayed their hand. We’re thinking that perhaps, in their case, less would be more; smaller beet balls may be more approachable.

Our other starter, Chef Hargrave’s honey-cured pork belly concept worked brilliantly. Two substantial wedges of crispy, succulent pork

belly—designer bacon—arrived topped with a luscious fried farm egg whose unctuous yolk oozed onto the bed of farro and crisp sauteed brussel sprouts ($19). I could have eaten this dish all day long. “Bacon and eggs for dinner,” quipped my dinner partner.

For my money, this is a destination dish, although the tables on either side of us were busy with orders of the obviously popular roast heritage chicken with green beans and grilled buttermilk biscuit. OK, I’ll try that on my next visit. Another entree might need re-thinking: the handmade rye pappardelle—who could resist the idea?—proved both soft and indistinct in flavor ($17).

The large ricotta and green garlic pesto topping didn’t quite amp up the interest, although the lemon zest and toasted hazelnuts were delicious. Throughout our meal, East End filled up with a lively group of patrons. We admired the outstanding wait staff—helpful, attentive, never hovering—and the generous portions. Serious value for one’s dollar in every dish.

We couldn’t resist sampling a dessert of Meyer lemon panna cotta.

Our spoons descended through a thick band of berry sauce that covered the creamy pudding ($8).

Bits of spiced polenta lay waiting unexpectedly at the bottom of the pudding. Great flavor combinations, though we found the abundant blueberry sauce quite sweet. All in all, less than a month old, East End Gastropub already sports lots of polish and some enticing dishes.

Looking forward to my next visit!

East End Gastropub is at 1501 41st Ave., next to Palace Arts in Capitola.

Open daily from 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m, except for Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 p.m.-10 p.m.

WESTSIDE EXPANSION A new space-sharing adventure is starting up between cozy neighbors, Companion Bakeshop and Odonata Wine Tasting Room. Shared patio seating and more space for the busy Bakeshop ovens are being planned for the expansion that will occur over the next few months. Bread in the morning and wine at night. Heaven.

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THE WHEEL THING Seven food trucks came out for the last Go Go Dinner Event in Scotts Valley’s Skypark. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER

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Skypark events strike a blow for food truck freedom BY LILY STOICHEFF

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anta Cruz definitely wants more food trucks, if the few hundred people who showed up at Skypark in Scotts Valley last Friday evening are anything to go by.

The event was orchestrated by Food Trucks A Go Go, a local company dedicated to organizing these gatherings. There were at least a couple of hundred fans for only seven trucks, so the lines were long, but no one really seemed to mind. The evening was mild, and tantalizing smells filled the air, drawing kids and families in from soccer practice.

Carmona’s BBQ, Ate3One, Zameen Mediterranean Cuisine, The Choke Coach, Zocalo Tamales, G’s Tacos and Aunt LaLi’s Mobile Cafe formed a semicircle around a network of interwoven lines and hustled through the hungry crowd. My friends and I decided to skip the snaking line for wine and beer, and grabbed sweet, tangy lemonades from Aunt LaLi’s.

We sampled a steaming chicken and artichoke tamale from Zocalo while we waited patiently in line for Ate3One’s infamous Naughty Fries with roasted garlic, bacon, aioli and

Parmesan cheese, and Ahi Poke Nachos, wonton “chips” smothered in raw ahi, green onions and wasabi mayo.

With our excellent weather and beautiful parks and beaches, the food truck trend that took root in other cities should have blossomed in Santa Cruz as well. Unfortunately, Santa Cruz city ordinances forbid food trucks from stopping in any commercial area or along West Cliff Drive, Beach Street, anywhere near the Boardwalk, or within 300 feet of a school or park—citing traffic obstruction and unsafe roadways as the main concern. Currently, Scotts Valley has the most welcoming policy environment for these al fresco food courts, which is why the vast majority of Food Truck A Go Go’s events are scheduled there.

Hopefully local laws, brick-andmortar business and food trucks will arrive at new compromises, because it’s pretty hard to beat spontaneously picnicking on the grass with street tacos, roasted vegetable gyros, and your friends and family. foodtrucksagogo.com.

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Sandy soil gives way to crisp spring Pinot Blanc BY JOSIE COWDEN

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orking in wine production since 1994, winemaker at Cima Collina Winery Annette Hoff Danzer is no stranger to the ins and outs of turning out good quality wine. She produced Cima Collina’s first vintage in 2005 from the winery’s Hilltop Vineyard in Carmel Valley—and the delightful 2013 Pinot Blanc ($24)is a testament to her skills.

A refreshing wine with good acidity, this crisp Pinot Blanc has characteristic aromas of pears, apples, and a touch of almond extract and quince, as well. A delightful spring wine—just perfect to take on a picnic—Cima Collina suggests pairing it with chicken cordon bleu or spring vegetable stew.

Grapes were grown in the Antle Vineyard, also known as “Pinnacalitos Chalone,” and an ideal spot for Pinot Blanc grapes with its granite-gravelly sandy loam.

The hand-picked grapes were then pressed whole-cluster and fermented in both old oak barrels and a stainless steel tank. Fortunately for us, Hoff Danzer made 402 cases of this delicious Pinot Blanc, which you can try in their Carmel Valley tasting room. They also do a Picnic on the Patio every Thursday from

1-5 p.m. It is $25 for two people and includes a cheese platter with four kinds of cheese, salami, bread, fruit, and chocolate along with two glasses of Cima Collina wine. Orders must be placed and paid for in advance by 10 a.m. Thursday.

Also, mark your calendars for Cima Collina’s Summer Solstice Founders Dinner to be held at the winery’s historic tasting room on Friday, June 17. Cost: $72, club members $56.

Cima Collina Winery, 19 E Carmel Valley Road, Ste. A, Carmel Valley, 620-0645. cimacollina.com.

MOUNTAIN WINE CLUB Eric Kennedy has taken over the operation of the Wine Club of the Santa Cruz Mountains from Shannon Torres. This wine club represents every winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains appellation and ships hard-to-find premium wines directly to you. Quality wines from this region are from boutique, family-owned vineyards that have been producing since the late 1800s. I met Kennedy at a recent wine event, and he’s simply thrilled to be more involved in the vino biz. For more info, visit wineclubsantacruzmountains.com.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES THE WESAK FESTIVAL, BUDDHA FULL MOON Many years ago in the early 1970s, I encountered an article in an alternative paper with symbols and shapes used for a festival called Wesak. I lost the article, but I remember being deeply drawn to the geometrical shapes. Later, I found a pamphlet from Lucis Trust about the Wesak Festival and inside were the very same shapes—points, lines, crosses, interlocking circles, and triangles, ending with a five-pointed star. Today I know those shapes signify sacred movements (evocations, a “calling”) performed in front of a flat rock altar next to a stream in a valley in the Himalayas during a full moon of April or May, the Buddha Full Moon, also known as the Wesak Festival. The shapes are accompanied by sacred mantrams and these “call down” and assist the Buddha in his yearly visit and appearance to Earth from Heaven (Shamballa).

This year, the Wesak Festival is Thursday night/ Friday morning, April 21 and 22, around midnight.

People from all around the world travel to the Wesak Valley for the festival. There’s a legend that Holy Ones

appear in the valley, too.

Buddha’s brother, the Christ, and the Hierarchy, the New Group of World Servers, preparing since Winter Solstice, all participate in Wesak.

It’s part of the Ageless Wisdom teachings.

Each year the Buddha returns to Earth to bless humanity with the Father’s Love and Will-to-Good, which, when received by humanity becomes Goodwill. The Forces of Enlightenment accompany the Buddha, inaugurating an era of Right Thinking and strengthening the Will to Good in all lovers of humanity.

We place crystal bowls of water outside prior to the festival. The water, absorbing the Father’s blessings, becomes sacred water under the Taurus Light. Everyone everywhere is invited to participate. At the moment of the full moon we say together, “We are ready, Buddha. Come Forth,” and recite together the Great Invocation, the Mantram of Direction for Humanity.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Something (everything about you) is exalted, there’s an abundance of physical and emotional energy, your moods swing into a rhythm following the stars. You seek to understand, then protect your values and possessions, becoming steadfast, like a Taurus. Although fluctuating financially, you’re always prosperous.

You look to others, seeing how they live a life of values.

You contemplate aspects of death and regeneration, the phoenix-like qualities found in those with great courage.

You seek a deeper level of intimacy. Some Librans will enter into detective work, diagnosing difficulties (health, forensics, etc). Whenever you engage in conflict you are seeking to find the way to greater harmony.

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TAURUS Apr21–May21 Watching you these days, we see activity, forcefulness, courage, and leadership. You’re free and independent, led by imagination and vision. Your feelings assert themselves everywhere. Enlightenment is your purpose.

Nothing obstructs this—not even relationships. You pioneer new enterprises, teach new ways of thinking.

You’ve found your Path. Careful.

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SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Enlightenment comes through seeing those close to you with new eyes—eyes not judgmental but through an unconditional state filled with love and understanding. You will find harmony through cooperation, balance through diplomacy, and peace through negotiation. This sounds like the United Nations, which is also Scorpio. The Great One is always knocking on the U.N.’s (and your) door.

You settle into a quiet place, alert and sensitive to the needs of others. At times you’re into the mysterious or mystical through prayer, meditation or imagination.

It’s good to stay behind the scenes. Study things like forgiveness, apokatastasis (Greek for “being restored”, returning to an original dream), a new word from St. Gregory of Nyssa. The Earth this week is being sanctified. Is your crystal bowl ready?

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20

CANCER Jun21–Jul20

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20

A sense of being enlightened this week and this month come through communication with social groups, friends, organizations and/or communities seeking to reform and revolutionize society. You will ask what the collective objectives are. These help define your future hopes and wishes. If they are not practical you will make them so. Your values and ideals illumine.

You’re often very dignified, and more so this month as the Buddha’s blessings shower upon your home and garden and creativity. Your dignity allows others to see you as self-expressive, entertaining (yes, very funny sometimes), dramatic, inventive, imaginative, romantic, and playful. If anyone acts proud of themselves, praise them even more—an interesting and kind response.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18

You seek enlightenment through interaction with and great achievement in the world. Concerned with reputation, honor, or fame, you learn how to be an authority and influence others with kindness. As you take on more responsibilities you also learn how to lead with both power and love. When one is without the other, leadership is hollow. Every leader learns this through suffering.

Enlightenment occurs this month through family, acknowledging the foundation of your life and how you’ve adapted to and embraced early learnings. As you grew, you sought new sources of happiness, love and vitality.

Nurture and shelter all that you have been given. Give thanks for your early years. They honed the goodness within yourself now. Do you need a new home?

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 You have high ideals that seek justice and equality.

Your actions attempt to remove the blindfold from the eyes of Mother Justice. You aspire for more education, deeper consciousness and true wisdom. You expand your mind through travel, religion or philosophical endeavors. You try to spread new ideas. Few see your spirit of adventure. Begin to carve a sacred staff.

You will enlighten and illumine others, just like the Buddha would, by blessing everything, being dispassionate, tending to necessities, both personal and professional, and by assisting and serving others, which creates a holy order of things by tending to details particular to your health. All with a neutral attitude.

Then you walk your usual razor’s edge with grace.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 You seek to improve upon your environments. A creativity moves within you to clean and enlighten, clear, brighten, order, and beautify. This provides you with tasks and purpose, two things needed to feel comfort and to fit in. It would be good to contact siblings, walk through neighborhoods, take short trips and learn a new language, maybe Sanskrit, draw the Diamond Sutra, study the Tibetan Sand Mandala. Reach for the Light.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0684 The following Individual is doing business as SEABRIGHT EQUIPMENT COMPANY. 104 BRONSON ST., #17E, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. IAN DAVIS. 104 BRONSON ST., #17E, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: IAN DAVIS. 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. 4, 2016.

Apr. 13, 20, 27, & May 4.

MAR VISTA DR. #D, APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DAVID AARON PALMER. 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. 4, 2016.

Apr. 13, 20, 27, & May 4.

statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Apr. 1, 2016.

Apr. 13, 20, 27, & May 4.

PARTNERSHIP OPERATNG UNDER FICTITIUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) has/have withdrawn as a general partner(s) from the partnership operating under the fictitious business name of CAFÉ CAMPESINO. 1130 K1 PACIFIC AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. The fictitious business name statement for the partnership was filed on 11/1/2012 in the County of Santa Cruz. The full name and residence of the person(s) withdrawing as a partner(s): DAVID SCOTT LEVIN. 1410 JOSE AVE., #206, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This statement was filed with the County Clerk- Recorder of SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on the date indicated by the file stamp: Filed: Mar. 23, 2016. File No.2012-0002172. Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27.

TREASURE CHEST PUBLICATIONS. 119 PASTURE ROAD, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. SCOTT MORLEY. 119 PASTURE ROAD, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: SCOTT MORLEY. 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 March. 30, 2016. Apr. 13, 20, 27, & May 4.

by an Individual signed: DAVID PECK. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 4/13/2011. Original FBN number: 2011-0000862.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 28, 2016.

Apr. 20, 27, & May 4, 11.

Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Apr. 8, 2016.

Apr. 13, 20, 27, & May. 4.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0746 The following Individual is doing business as BLUE ROOSTER FARM. 555 MUIR DR., SOQUEL, CA 95073. County of Santa Cruz. LORRAINE J. JACOBS. 555 MUIR DR., SOQUEL, CA 95073. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: LORRAINE J. JACOBS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 4/11/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Apr. 11, 2016.

Apr. 20, 27, & May. 4, 11.

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 business name listed above on 1/1/1992. Original FBN number: 2011-0000885.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 30, 2016.

Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-068 The following Individual is doing business as SANTA CRUZ ABA. 221 MAR VISTA DR. #D, APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. DAVID AARON PALMER. 221

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0680 The following Individual is doing business as DIRTY DOG PIZZA. 112 HAMMOND AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. JOSEPH DANIEL DIGIROLAMO. 112 HAMMOND AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JOSEPH DANIEL DIGIROLAMO. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0671 The following Corporation is doing business as POUR TAPROOM - SANTA CRUZ. 110 COOPER STREET, SUITE 100-B, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

County of Santa Cruz.

CAEDMON HALL CORPORATION. 331 COMMERCIAL STREET, SAN JOSE, CA 95112. Al# 3812018. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: CHRISTOPHER J. RENO. 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 Apr. 1, 2016.

Apr. 13, 20, 27, & May 4.

STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0659 The following Individual is doing business as

REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT WITH CHANGE FILE NO. 16-0648 The following Individual is doing business as DAVID PECK CONSTRUCTION. 940 BEAR MOUNTAIN ROAD, LOS GATOS, CA 95033. County of Santa Cruz. DAVID PECK. 940 BEAR MOUNTAIN ROAD, LOS GATOS, CA 95033.

This business is conducted

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0735 The following Individual is doing business as TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT RESEARCH CENTER. 185 FREDERICK STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. BEAT NAEF. 185 FREDERICK STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: BEAT NAEF. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 4/8/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County

REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT WITH CHANGE FILE NO. 16-0653 The following Individual is doing business as SEAVIEW GUEST HOME.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0738 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as PRINTMAKERS AT THE TANNERY. 1060 RIVER STREET #107, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz.

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Liability Company signed: GEORGE NEWELL. 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 Apr. 8, 2016.

Apr. 13, 20, 27, & May. 4.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0652 The following Individual is doing business as DIVA NAILS & SPA. 813 SOQUEL AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. VAN TRAN. 813 SOQUEL AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062.

This business is conducted

by an Individual signed: VAN TRAN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 3/29/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 29, 2016.

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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.

Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0672 The following Individual is doing business as LIL MILKERS VALLEY. 161 PIONEER ROAD, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. 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. Apr. 6, 13, 20, 27.

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.

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

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

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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.

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0764 The following Married Couple is doing business as RIVERSIDE DRIVE APARTMENTS. 139 RIVERSIDE DRIVE. WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. ANNA MARIE PONCE & ROGELIO Q. PONCE. 139 RIVERSIDE DRIVE. WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. This business is conducted by a Married Couple signed: ANNA MARIE PONCE. 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 Apr. 12, 2016.

Apr. 20, 27, & May. 4, 11.

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The following Joint Venture is doing business as VILLAFANAMONTESINOS ASSOCIATES. 1285 N. MAIN STREET, SUITE 101, SALINAS, CA 93906.

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REBECA VILLAFANA & FRANCISCO MONTESINOS. 1285 N. MAIN STREET, SUITE 101, SALINAS, CA 93906. This business is conducted by a Joint Venture signed: REBECA VILLAFANA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 12/22/2015. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz

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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.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0620 The following Individual is doing business as HOBBS MOTORS. 1850 47TH AVE., CAPITOLA, CA 95010. County of Santa Cruz. DAVID HOBBS. 1850 47TH AVE., CAPITOLA, CA 95010.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DAVID HOBBS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 3/23/2016. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 23, 2016.

Apr. 20, 27, & May 4, 11.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 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.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16-0678 The following Individual is doing business as GYM REPAIR TECHNICIANS. 2939 RENWICK WAY,

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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

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The City Council of the City of Santa Cruz having authorized the city clerk administrator, that the ordinance hereafter entitled and described, be published by posting copies thereof in three (3) prominent places in the City, to wit: The City of Santa Cruz Website www.cityofsantacruz.com City Hall–809 Center Street Central Branch Library–224 Church Street NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that copies of said ordinance were posted according to said order. (Original on file with city clerk.)

Said ordinance was introduced on April 12, 2016 and is entitled and described as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 2016-05 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 2013-18 AND REINSTATING CHAPTER 9.56 IN EFFECT PRIOR TO ITS ENACTMENT (AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 94-01) PERTAINING TO THE PRESERVATION OF HERITAGE TREES This ordinance repeals Ordinance No. 2013-18 and reinstates Chapter 9.56 in effect prior to its enactment (as amended

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PASSED FOR PUBLICATION on this 12th day of April, 2016, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Noroyan, Lane, Terrazas, Posner, Comstock; Vice Mayor Chase; Mayor Mathews. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. DISQUALIFIED: None. APPROVED: ss/Cynthia Mathews, Mayor. ATTEST: ss/Bren Lehr, City Clerk Administrator. This Ordinance is scheduled for further consideration and final adoption at the Council meeting of April 26, 2016.

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

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 16 - 0628 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 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.

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. 16-0527 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.

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. This business is conducted by 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

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

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

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Great decks overlooking lots of greenery.

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ESTATE SALE

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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

GROCERY

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.

■ PORK CHOPS, Center-Cut/ 3.98 Lb ■ SIRLOIN PORK CHOPS/ 2.98 Lb ■ THICK-CUT PORK CHOPS/ 3.98 Lb ■ COUNTRY STYLE PORK CHOPS/ 2.98 Lb ■ DIESTEL TURKEY BREAST, Oven Roasted/ 8.98 Lb ■ DIESTEL SMOKED TURKEY BREAST/ 8.98 Lb ■ DIESTEL HERB TURKEY BREAST/ 8.98 Lb ■ BLOODY MARY CROSSRIB STEAK/ 5.98 Lb ■ SANTA MARIA CROSSRIB STEAK/ 5.98 Lb ■ TERIYAKI CHICKEN THIGH MEAT, Boneless/3.49 Lb ■ PACIFIC RED SNAPPER, Fillets/ 6.98 Lb ■ FRESH PETROLE SOLE/ 14.98 Lb ■ FISH TILAPIA FILLETS/ 9.98 LB

BEER/WINE/SPIRITS

Bakery “Fresh Daily”

Domestic Beer

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& MONTEREY JACK”/ 5.29 ■ WILDWOOD TACO CRUMBLE, “GLUTEN & MEAT FREE”/ 5.09 ■ BUBBIES SAUERKRAUT, “OLD WORLD RECIPE”/ 7.09 ■ APPLEGATE ORGANIC CHICKEN HOT DOGS/ 6.29 ■ BOURSIN CHEESE DIP, “SPINACH & ARTICHOKE” 5.6OZ/ 4.29

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WINE & FOOD PAIRING Old-Fashioned Pan-Fried Center-Cut Pork Chops Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon garlic powder • 1⁄2 teaspoon paprika • 1⁄2 teaspoon salt • 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper • 1⁄4 teaspoon cayenne pepper (ground red pepper) • 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour • 4 bone-in-rib pork chops (chops between 3/4 and 1 inch are best for this recipe) or 4 center-cut pork chops, about 3/4-inch thick (chops between 3/4 and 1 inch are best for this recipe) • 3 slices bacon, chopped 2011 GIFFT RED BLEND • 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil 91 points wine enthusiasts Reg 19.99, Now 9.99 DIRECTIONS -Combine the garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper, and cayenne in a bowl. Place the flour in a shallow dish. Pat the chops dry with paper towels. Cut 2 slits about 2 inches apart through the fat on the edges of each chop (Since pork chops have a tendency to curl when cooked at high heat, cutting the slits will prevent this from happening). Season both sides of the chops with the spice mixture, then dredge the chops lightly in the flour (do NOT discard the flour). Transfer to a plate and let rest for 10 minutes.

-Meanwhile, cook the chopped bacon in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat until the fat renders and the bacon is crisp, about 8 minutes. using a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate and reserve for another use. (if having baked potatoes with the pork chops, serve with sour cream, chopped chives, and sprinkle on the cooked, chopped bacon -- YUM!) Do NOT wipe out the pan!

-Add the oil to the fat in the pan and heat over medium-high heat until just smoking. Return the chops to the flour dish and turn to coat. Cook the chops until well browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side.

-Serve and enjoy

SHOP PER SPOTLIG HT

PRODUCE

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

■ AVOCADOS, RIPE AND READY TO EAT/ 1.09 EA ■ BROCCOLI CROWNS, DELIVERED FRESH

DAILY/ 1.49 LB ■ APPLES, FUJI, GALA, GRANNY SMITH, BRAEBURN & PINK LADY/ 1.89 LB ■ BANANAS, ALWAYS RIPE/ .89 LB ■ RUSSET POTATOES, PREMIUM QUALITY/ .59 LB ■ ZUCCHINI SQUASH, EXTRA FANCY SQUASH/ 1.19 LB ■ CLUSTER TOMATOES, RIPE ON THE VINE/ 2.29 LB ■ ORGANIC BANANAS, THE PERFECT SNACK/ .99 LB ■ POTATOES, YUKON AND RED/ 1.19 LB ■ NAVEL ORANGES, SWEET AND JUICY/ 1.09 LB ■ ROMA TOMATOES, RIPE AND FIRM/ 1.49 LB ■ GREEN BEANS, FRESH AND TENDER/ 2.49 LB ■ SEEDLESS GRAPES, RED AND GREEN/ 3.29 LB ■ GRAPE CHERRY TOMATOES, 1 PINT CLAMSHELL/ 2.99 EA ■ LEAF LETTUCE, ROMAINE, RED, GREEN, BUTTER, ICEBERG/ 1.19 EA ■ CUCUMBERS, ALWAYS FRESH/ .69 EA ■ CELERY, PREMIUM QUALITY/ .99 EA ■ YELLOW ONIONS, A KITCHEN FAVORITE/ .49 LB ■ GRAPEFRUIT, PINK FLESH GRAPEFRUIT/ .79 EA ■ LOOSE CARROTS, TOP QUALITY/ .59 LB

■ BECKMANN’S, California Sour Loaf 24oz/ 3.89 ■ WHOLE GRAIN, Nine Grain 30oz/ 4.19 ■ KELLY’S, Compagnon 24oz/ 3.59 ■ GAYLE’S, Olive Capitola Sourdough/ 5.29 ■ SUMANO’S, Healthy Grain 24oz/ 3.99

Cheese

■ PEPPER JACK, “RBST FREE”

LOAF CUTS/ 6.49 LB, AVERAGE CUTS/ 6.99 LB

■ ROSEMARY MANCHEGO, “ROSEMARY COATED”/ 12.09 LB ■ FROMAGER D’ AFFINOS BRIE, “TRIPLE CREAM”/ 10.99 LB ■ RUMANO DRY JACK, “PEPPER COATED & AGED 1 YEAR”/ 8.09 LB

Delicatessen

■ DAIYA DAIRY FREE CHEESE, “SMOKED GOUDA

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

Pasta

■ BARILLA, “ITALY’S #1 BRAND” 16OZ/ 1.79 ■ DECELLO, “FIRST CERTIFIED PASTA” 16OZ/ 2.79 ■ MALTAGLIATI, “ORGANIC” 16OZ/ 1.89 ■ RUSTICHELLA D’ABRUZZO 17.5OZ/ 5.99 ■ MONTEBELLO, “ESTABLISHED 1308” 16OZ/ 4.49

Pasta Sauce

■ DEPALO & SONS, “GLUTEN FREE” 20OZ/ 8.29 ■ STONEWALL KITCHEN, “ALL NATURAL” 18.5OZ/ 8.99 ■ MARIO BATALI, “NO PRESERVATIVES” 24OZ/ 10.79 ■ DAVE’S GOURMET, “ALL VARIETIES” 25.5OZ/ 8.79 ■ RAO’S HOMEMADE, “ALL NATURAL, PREMIUM QUALITY” 24OZ/ 10.99

■ 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

Tequila

■ HORNITOS, Reposado/ 17.99 ■ EL JIMADOR, Silver & Reposado/ 18.99 ■ ALTOS, Silver & Reposado/ 19.99 ■ CAZADORES, Reposado/ 25.99 ■ CENTENARIO Anejo/ 29.99

Best Buy Whites

■ 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 (90WE, Reg 17.99)/ 9.99

■ 2012 COLUMBIA CREST, Chardonnay (92 WE, 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

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

Bordeaux Rouge

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

■ 2012 CHATEAU LA CROIX DU CASSE, Pomerol (90WA)/ 34.99

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

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

RICHARD RUE, 26-Year Customer, Scotts Valley

Occupation: Self-employed recruiter, Volare Group Hobbies: Tennis, reading, cooking, wine, traveling, riding motorcycles Astrological Sign: Scorpio Is Shopper’s your go-to market? Absolutely. I shop here twice a week. It’s a fun place to come to as you see all the locals. Shopper’s is a community market that is locallyowned and supports our countywide vendors.You can get everything in one store, not just the national brands which so many of the other stores are limited to. I don’t shop the big box stores because, well, they’re ’big box stores’; their main focus is profitability — definitely not quality. Shopper’s is very special; it’s as if every single item they’ve picked out was first tasted before it was put on the shelf. I come all the way from Scotts Valley for that very reason. For me, it doesn’t feel like I’m going out of my way to come here. I’m familiar with many of the smiling ’faces’ who work here. They’re all very nice and helpful.

What do you like to cook? Mostly roasts, steaks — flat iron and beef-hanging tenders — chicken, and wild-caught fresh fish: you won’t find any fresher seafood than what Shopper’s carries. The meat department is the most experienced in all of Santa Cruz County.

The butchers are experts — not only in cutting meats but also in advising how to cook them. You definitely get what you pay for in top-notch quality. I do a lot of steamed veggies and appreciate the always-fresh locally sourced organic produce. Some may not know this but Shopper’s offers a very good selection of spices. And you can’t beat the store size.

How so? I don’t have to walk 20 aisles in order to find what I’m looking for, such as a ton of terrific pasta and pasta sauces, cheeses, and the many gourmet/specialty items. I know my wines. I’ve been drinking good wine for 45 years, and have a glass or two with dinner every night. I understand the nuances of all the varietals. Shopper’s probably has the biggest and broadest selection in the entire area ranging from local/Santa Cruz Mountains wineries to Italy, France, and all the other important international regions. Shopper’s has lots of specials buys where you can get phenomenal wines for under $10! It’s amazing that you can get everything here, and I do mean everything!

Shopper's has lots of specials buys where you can get phenomenal wines for under $10! You can get everything here, and I do mean everything!

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| Meat: (831)423-1696 | Produce: (831)429-1499 | Grocery: (831)423-1398 | Wine: (831)429-1804

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