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THIS MUST BE THE PLACE The best songs ever written about Santa Cruz P19

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EDITOR’S NOTE I’ve been collecting songs about Santa Cruz for years, not really doing anything with them besides putting them on mixes for friends who would get a kick out of them, and occasionally playing them on a radio show. It wasn’t research for anything, just a fun thing that always made me think about how interesting it is to see (or, in this case, hear) how one place can be viewed from so many different perspectives. To hear a song about your city can make you look at it in an entirely different way, or make you laugh at how much you can relate to the songwriter’s point of view.

Thanks to Jacob Pierce, this Santa Cruz song habit finally has a purpose.

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TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING Presidents use the National Antiquities Act to protect ecologically significant land by designating it a national monument. With few exceptions, environmentalists enthusiastically and unanimously welcome it.

Coast Dairies, the 5,800-acre property stretching up the coastal hills and canyons from Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz, is one of those exceptions. Two years ago San Mateo-based Sempervirens Fund launched a well-funded campaign to make Coast Dairies a national monument. The Santa Cruz community, with little detailed knowledge of the “facts on the ground,” responded eagerly to the campaign’s promises to save redwoods (actually, they were nearly all clear cut 100 years ago) and protect the property from development.

Local environmental activists, who fought for years to preserve Coast Dairies, were less enthusiastic.

Why? Because that battle has already

After talking about and sitting around listening to these songs, we started hashing out a “ranking” of which were best. Which we took very seriously, of course; in fact, arguing passionately over this totally ridiculous and arbitrary list was my favorite thing about the doing this story. That, and all of the Santa Cruz songs I discovered for the first time. Thanks to Devil Makes Three for giving us a (flimsy) excuse to write this story, and to you, the reader, for indulging it. Hope you have as much fun with it as we did.

And while I’m at it, thanks for reading every week; it’s been a pleasure and a privilege to bring you the news this year. And one more big thanks to those who donated to our Santa Cruz Gives nonprofits this holiday season.

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been won. Save-the-Redwoods League acquired Coast Dairies in 1998 and it was given to the federal Bureau of Land Management in 2014, accompanied by ironclad deed restrictions and a Coastal Development Permit that permanently prohibit development. Monument status will do little but greatly increase visitation to the property, without any guarantee of additional funds for stewardship, and local police, fire and rescue services, already stretched thin, will be overburdened.

The best way to ensure that Coast Dairies isn’t impacted by too many human users—cyclists, hikers, equestrians—is to let BLM quietly manage it, with local oversight. Monument status will just be too much of a good thing. Write or call the White House and tell the President that.

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IT’S TIME TO DE-ESCALATE I am a senior in high school who attends Aptos High, and I have found myself very concerned by the recent police shootings in my town. It seems like in our community, police are trained to confront all threatening situations by using force. This tactic does not work for every situation. Especially when dealing with people who are >8

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The holiday season isn’t over, and even if it were, it’s never too late to make a donation to Second Harvest Food Bank. Every $10 provides 40 healthy meals, and $25 fills an entire barrel with healthy food. Santa Cruz County Government employees raised enough money to provide 183,187 to needy individuals and families, $50,000 above the county’s goal. To donate to the food bank, go to santacruzgives.org.

One of the positive stories of 2016 was Santa Cruz County College Commitment, a collaboration between all local colleges and school districts, which has a lofty goal to prepare every student for college and a career. The group, also called S4C, offers programs for students countywide, including a fourth grade visit to Cabrillo College, a seventh grade summit at college campuses and a program to improve SAT scores and aid the application process.

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What are your hopes for 2017?

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I’m gonna be as epic as possible.

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That the United States wakes up from this horrible dream and does something about it.

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I just want what’s best for the people of this country, regardless of their denomination, regardless of their beliefs.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of December 28 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22

Donatello was a renowned Italian sculptor. His favorite piece was “Lo Zuccone,” a marble statue of the Biblical prophet Habakkuk. As Donatello carved his work-inprogress, he addressed it. “Speak, damn you! Talk to me,” he was heard to say on more than a few occasions.

Did the stone respond? Judging from the beauty of the final product, I’d have to say yes. One art critic testified that “Lo Zuccone” is a “sublimely harrowing” tour de force, a triumph of “forceful expression,” and “one of the most important marble sculptures of the 15th century.” I suspect you will have Donatello-like powers of conversation in 2017, Aries. If anyone can communicate creatively with stones—and rivers and trees and animals and spirits and complicated humans, for that matter—it’ll be you.

“The self in exile remains the self, as a bell unstruck for years is still a bell,” writes poet Jane Hirshfield. I suspect that these words are important for you to hear as you prepare for 2017. My sense is that in the past few months, your true self has been making its way back to the heart of life after a time of wandering on the outskirts. Any day now, a long-silent bell will start ringing to herald your full return. Welcome home!

TAURUS Apr20–May20 According to Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, “A certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect.” Let’s amend that thought so it’s exactly suitable for your use in 2017.

Here’s the new, Taurus-specific version: “A messy, practical, beautiful type of perfection can be realized through a patient, faithful, dogged accumulation of the imperfect.” To live up to the promise of this motto, make damn good use of every partial success.

GEMINI May21–June20 Gemini gymnast Marisa Dick has created a signature move that has never been used by any other gymnast.

To start her routine, she leaps up off a springboard and lands on the balance beam doing a full split. The technical term for this bold maneuver is “a change-leg leap to free-cross split sit,” although its informal name is “The Dick Move.” The International Federation of Gymnastics has certified it in its Code of Points, so it’s official. During the coming months, I expect that you will also produce one-of-a-kind innovations in your own sphere.

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I hope you will be as well-grounded in 2017 as you have ever been—maybe even since your past life as a farmer. I trust you will go a long way toward mastering the arts of being earthy, practical, and stable. To do this right, however, you should also work on a seemingly paradoxical task: cultivating a vigorous and daring imagination—as perhaps you did in one of your other past lives as an artist. In other words, your ability to succeed in the material world will thrive as you nurture your relationship with fantasy realms—and vice versa. If you want to be the boss of reality, dream big and wild—and vice versa.

LE0 Jul23–Aug22 Even if you don’t think of yourself as an artist, you are always working on a major art project: yourself. You may underestimate the creativity you call on as you shape the raw material of your experience into an epic story. Luckily, I’m here to impress upon you the power and the glory of this heroic effort. Is there anything more important? Not for you Leos. And I trust that in 2017 you will take your craftsmanship to the highest level ever. Keep this advice from author Nathan W. Morris in mind: “Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly.

It’s your masterpiece, after all.”

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French painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954) turned out to be one of the supremely influential artists of the 20th century. But he was still struggling to make a living well into his thirties. The public’s apathy toward his work demoralized him. At one point, he visited his dealer to reclaim one of his unsold paintings. It was time to give up on it, he felt, to take it off the market. But when he arrived at the gallery, his dealer informed him that it had finally been bought—and not by just any art collector, either. Its new owner was Pablo Picasso, an artist whom Matisse revered. I think it’s quite possible you will have comparable experiences in 2017, Virgo.

Therefore: Don’t give up on yourself!

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 In accordance with your astrological omens for 2017, I’ve taken a poem that Shel Silverstein wrote for kids and made it into your horoscope. It’ll serve as a light-hearted emblem of a challenging but fun task you should attend to in the coming months. Here it is: “I’ve never washed my shadow out in all the time I’ve had it. It was absolutely filthy I supposed, so I peeled it off the wall where it was leaning and stuck it in the washtub with the clothes.

I put in soap and bleach and stuff. I let it soak for hours.

I wrung it out and hung it out to dry. And whoever would have thunk that it would have gone and shrunk, for now it’s so much littler than I.”

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 Walk your wisdom walk in 2017, Sagittarius. Excite us with your wisdom songs and gaze out at our broken reality with your wisdom eyes. Play your wisdom tricks and crack your wisdom jokes and erupt with your wisdom cures. The world needs you to be a radiant swarm of lovable, unpredictable wisdom! Your future needs you to conjure up a steady stream of wisdom dreams and wisdom exploits! And please note: You don’t have to wait until the wisdom is perfect. You shouldn’t worry about whether it’s supremely practical. Your job is to trust your wisdom gut, to unleash your wisdom cry, to revel in your wisdom magic.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 As I was ruminating on your astrological omens for 2017, I came across a wildly relevant passage written by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. It conveys a message I encourage you to memorize and repeat at least once a day for the next 365 days. Here it is: “Nothing can hold you back—not your childhood, not the history of a lifetime, not even the very last moment before now. In a moment you can abandon your past. And once abandoned, you can redefine it. If the past was a ring of futility, let it become a wheel of yearning that drives you forward. If the past was a brick wall, let it become a dam to unleash your power.”

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 Naturalist John Muir regarded nature as his church. For weeks at a time he lived outdoors, communing with the wilderness. Of course he noticed that not many others shared his passion. “Most people are on the world, not in it,” he wrote, “having no conscious sympathy or relationship to anything about them—undiffused, separate, and rigidly alone like marbles of polished stone, touching but separate.” Is there anything about you that even partially fits that description, Aquarius? If so, I’m pleased to inform you that 2017 will be an excellent year to address the problem. You will have immense potential to become more intimate and tender with all of the component parts of the Great Mystery. What’s the opposite of loneliness?

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Seven Chilean poets were frustrated by their fellow citizens’ apathy toward the art of poetry. They sarcastically dramatized their chagrin by doing a performance for baboons. Authorities at the Santiago Zoo arranged for the poets’ safety, enclosing them in a protective cage within the baboons; habitat. The audience seemed to be entertained, at times listening in rapt silence and at other times shrieking raucously. I’m sure you can empathize with the poets’ drastic action, Pisces. How many times have you felt you don’t get the appreciation you deserve? But I bet that will change in 2017. You won’t have to resort to performing for baboons.

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A week later, Jackie contacted Angela about a resident in need of her services and healthy meals arrived within 48 hours.

“It touches me that Angela brings the generations together and helps teens develop a strong work ethic,” Jackie says.

“It instills a sense of service.”

Each year, Jackie generously supports organizations in the community that make a difference to people in need.

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I believe that the issue of police aggression is an issue that is pressing and needs immediate attention in our community. The two recent cases of police killing people who were in mental crisis are proof that the police need serious training to deal with these kinds of situations in non lethal ways. I believe that police are abusing their positions of power by becoming aggressive

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ricia Potts, a mother of three, knows how difficult it can be for children with physical disabilities to fit in at parks.

Oliver, her 6-year-old son, uses a wheelchair and has trouble navigating most playgrounds because they don’t offer many paths through and around them. Most jungle gyms have few options for anyone with limited mobility.

“The whole point of being able to play together is to build those bonds of friendships and reduce bias,” says Potts, who as founder of the nonprofit Santa Cruz Playground Project is working to design the first

totally inclusive playground in the county. “Children learn to see each other as valued individuals through the vehicle of play.”

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Oak. It takes its moniker from the first initials of Potts’ three children: Lauren, Evelyn, and Oliver. The design features two play areas, for both big and little kids. It features multiple ramps, a cushioned ground surface and a Wee-Saw—like a seesaw, but designed for kids of all abilities.

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Lance Linares’ minimalist office at the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County is a bright, sunlit room of concrete and glass. He sits at a small, simple table by the window, and contemplates his 21-year career as CEO at the foundation.

He took the job in 1995, tasked with growing the foundation’s $6 million in assets, to fund grants to local nonprofits. At the time, he was the executive director at the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County (now known as the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County), and prior to that, station manager at KUSP. Back then, he had a mop of curly brown hair, which is now white.

“I really only had three jobs in this county, and they’re all really pretty highprofile jobs. Which pretty much means for 40 years, all I’ve been is a boss, starting at age 26 or something,” says Linares. “That’s a long time in a small town to have that kind of presence and responsibility. You get tired after a while.”

When he became CEO, Linares says he didn’t know much about community foundations. Upon his hiring, the first person to call him was Cole Wilbur, thenpresident of the Los Altos-based David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

“He said, ‘Get in your car and go visit your colleagues,’” says Linares. “This is an incredibly collegial industry. Cole said, ‘The two most powerful words in the English language are ‘help me.’”

Wilbur advised him to “find what people value and honor that,” Linares says.

Behind Linares is a collection of curiosities, evidence of his inquisitive personality. On a shelf above his desk is a neatly arranged row of 18 spherical objects, like baseballs (Linares is a diehard San Francisco Giants fan) and round river rocks. Apparently when people hear that he collects round objects, they give them to him as gifts. For example, in 2009, when construction teams broke ground on the $9 million Community Foundation headquarters on Soquel Drive in >14

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Breaking down barriers on children’s playgrounds is just one of many youth issues that Santa Cruz Gives’ featured organizations are tackling.

Some groups are relatively new, like Youth N.O.W., which started in 2010 to provide after-school tutoring to South County students, as well as a safe place with positive mentors.

Other more storied organizations already have a long history here.

In 2017, Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children of Santa Cruz County (CASA) celebrates its 25th anniversary of assisting children in foster care who lack a constant adult figure in their life.

“There are a lot of nonprofit organizations in this county,” said Mary Kashmar, development director for CASA. “There are a good number of them that are doing real quality work.”

Santa Cruz County has 450 children in foster care, 300 of which need an advocate. More than speaking up for the child in court, CASA advocates serve as mentors and parental

figures for their appointed children.

Advocates could lend money to children who need to buy a dress for prom or nudge them into a special program that would encourage growth.

Each organization participating in Santa Cruz Gives this year has a “big idea” project in need of funds. CASA’s project is its Birth to 5 program, focusing on children in their early years, when stressors from the court system or a turbulent home could leave a major impact on someone’s identity for decades to come.

Kashmar, who also volunteers as an advocate, says the children in the courts experience emotional trauma that could otherwise start them down a frightening path. She recalls one boy who never had a male figure to look up to. “He tells me he had a lot of men in his life, but all those men have hurt him,” she says.

“His CASA advocate was his first [positive male role model].”

Kashmar credits that influence with stopping many children from joining gangs and living on the streets.

Positive influence is also what makes Youth N.O.W.’s tutoring program so powerful. In the heart of Watsonville, the program gives middle and high school students a place to focus after school each day.

The program’s latest push is providing one-on-one guidance to high school students, helping them to find their paths to college or a career.

Development and Marketing Director Jenna Rodriguez says the

organization is a social and academic hub for underserved youth.

“In the community of Watsonville and Santa Cruz County, many youths have family members who are working all the time or who haven’t gone to college or who don’t know the steps,” Rodriguez says. “With schools being overpopulated and teachers being overworked, we see ourselves in a vital role to make their dreams come true.”

BETTER PATH Among youth organizations, one term that comes up a lot is the word “risk”—along with ideas about how to manage or reduce it. Getting involved with at-risk youth, after all, can prevent drug use, crime, and being mixed up in any other number of bad influences down the road.

That’s why Theresa Marie Cariño started Salud y Cariño, which means “health and love” in Spanish.

When Cariño was 2 years old, she suffered burns all over her body, leaving her with major scars.

Although she survived, the scarring resulted in bullying that led to low self-esteem and questionable decision making, she says. She became a teen mom, and later watched her life transform when she found strong female role models and started knowing the feeling of having others believe in her.

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NEWS BRIEFS PLANNING STAGE In between Bernie Sanders’ plea for people to get involved in their communities and the fear over what Donald Trump’s election will bring, interest in local politics seems to be as strong as ever.

At an activist meeting earlier this month to brainstorm what to do during the Trump administration, there was enthusiastic participation, but

not a lot of details. One activist called for Santa Cruz to become a sanctuary city (although it already is one), and another called for a constitutional amendment requiring government employees to wear microphones whenever they discuss city business—which sounds like the most boring podcast ever.

Others at the Dec. 6 meeting called for better politics coverage on TV, stronger efforts

helping the homeless, stricter environmental regulations, and infrastructure improvements— one of the few expenditures Trump has (sometimes) actually supported.

The conference room at Louden Nelson Community Center was abuzz with conversation as more than 225 people crammed inside.

Coordinators feverishly passed out sign-up sheets and registrations for upcoming

events and gatherings, like Santa Cruz City Council meetings and get-togethers for Santa Cruz for Bernie, which still enjoys a huge amount of support more than five months after their candidate conceded.

On Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, Trump opponents have called for a nationwide strike, along with a Million Women March, both of which will have solidarity rallies in Santa Cruz.

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STRONGER FOUNDATION <11 Aptos—which undoubtedly will be part of Linares’s legacy—digging crews found a few perfectly-round granite rocks, which they gifted to Linares. Those were too big for his shelf, so he placed them by the window.

The same thing goes for Linares’s steel bottle cap collection, part of which he keeps on a magnetic board behind his desk. His other roughly 9,000 bottlecaps, he keeps at home. Some of the latest additions are from India, brought to him by a foundation board member who traveled there, he says.

Foundation board member Fred Keeley, a former state assemblymember, calls Linares “fun and funny,” and says that people gravitate to Linares, and want to work with him.

Several colleagues say Linares is charming and friendly, yet at the same time humble and private. A Good Times cover story on Linares from 1985, when he was a KUSP station manager, was headlined “A Reluctant Public Figure,” which is still pretty accurate, Linares says.

“You’ve got to know your weaknesses, and then you hire people who complement what you do,” Linares says. “I’ve been really lucky. I have had a really loyal staff.”

Another thing about Linares is that he’s always thinking ahead, says Keeley. For example, he announced his retirement more than a year before it takes effect, so the organization could prepare. Board members knew months earlier, since he met with each member individually to tell them the news and give them time

to envision the direction they’d like the foundation to go in.

Actually, a few years ago, Linares began annual routine discussions on a succession plan for his retirement in board meetings, so talks occurred when not in crisis mode.

Linares has presented the model to other community foundations and nonprofits, as an organizational approach to leadership change.

“He was probably doing succession planning about what happens after kindergarten when he was in utero,” says Keeley. “It’s in his nature to get ahead of things. It’s something he’s really, really good at.”

A big part of Linares’ legacy, says Keeley, is the growth of the foundation’s assets during his tenure—from roughly $6 million in 1995 to more than $108 million

today. Now more than 60 percent of the foundation’s assets are permanently endowed, which means they make an annual income. This year alone, the foundation has given away more than $6 million in grants.

Linares says he tells donors that endowed gifts to the foundation create a lasting local impact, for whatever purpose donors want.

“You want to save the red-legged frog? We can do that. You want to endow Pop Warner football? We can do that,” Linares says.

The Community Foundation has a list of more than 350 funds, some endowed for specific purposes, such as the Diversity Partnership Fund, which has raised $1 million for local nonprofits working on LGBTQ issues.

The foundation also recently unveiled its Fund for Women and Girls, a $2 million fund whose first project will be a threeyear program for middle school girls in the Pajaro Valley.

The foundation hosts 50 trainings a year for nonprofits, including grant writing, board management, and a roundtable for new executive directors. Also, more than half of the foundation’s 9,200-square-foot LEED-certified facility can be reserved as event space by local nonprofits, for a nominal fee. More than 9,000 people have used the building annually since it opened in 2010.

Linares says the nonprofit world has changed dramatically during his career.

“Everyone of a younger age has been affected by nonprofits. That was not the case in the 1970s,” Linares says.

In Santa Cruz County, wealth is unpretentious and philanthropists often fly under the radar, Linares says. Unlike in the Silicon Valley, Santa Cruz County doesn’t have big-money events. Donors are regular people who go to Shopper’s Corner and Gayle’s Bakery, he says.

Santa Cruz County has a reputation for having a high concentration of nonprofits per capita, but it’s simply not true, Linares says. It’s just that local nonprofits have had to be “scrappy and entrepreneurial” to get funding.

Linares says the Community Foundation’s next CEO will need to cultivate the “new era” of donors. The county needs a new Jack Baskin, Dick Solari and Diane Cooley.

“We have to grow our own philanthropy.

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“Especially now, given the times and going into 2017,” Cariño says, “girls really do need to be able to speak for themselves.”

The organization started out by helping 17 girls in 2013, and three years later boasts 150 enrollees, with more growth planned in the near future, Cariño says. Salud y Cariño runs yearlong programs for girls in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades and 10-week programs for fifth graders.

Despite her enthusiasm, Cariño admits there are rough patches.

“Anyone that works with youth can tell you that you have good days.

You have those days where you feel like you’re reaching a student and making a difference. Then you have those days where it’s just attitude and tears,” she says.

Other youth-focused organizations participating in Santa Cruz Gives include UnChained, which is working to pair kids with dogs; NAMI Santa Cruz County, which works with children and adults who deal with mental health issues; Jacob’s Heart, which fights pediatric cancer and supports families facing it; Big Brothers Big Sisters, which establishes mentor relationships; Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County, which is growing its Reading Buddies program; Farm Discovery at Live Earth, which teaches kids healthy gardening; and Senderos, an afterschool program that teaches the valuable cultural traditions in Latino heritage.

When it comes to helping children out, Cariño says she sees the need in the kids she works with, and that work never ends. With so many youth-focused groups working on causes from the environment to social justice, she feels that these organizations can make donors’ money go very far.

“From my point of view, I work hard and I feel like there’s never enough,” Cariño says. “I put my heart and soul into the work, and I never feel like it’s enough.”

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The 20 Best Songs About Santa Cruz Who knew we were worth singing about? At least 20 people! And actually even more, but in honor of Devil Makes Three—who wrote a great Santa Cruz song and return for New Year’s Eve this week—here are our favorites BY STEVE PALOPOLI AND JACOB PIERCE

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Near Truths and Hotel Rooms Live features the original debut of this clever song, recorded on air in the KPIG sty, complete with DJs “Sleepy” John Sandidge and Arden Eaton—as well as the rest of the “Please Stand By” crew—doubling over loudly in uncontrollable laughter. That’s why this one’s the best, Steve. JP

1. “BEER RUN” Todd Snider Todd Snider wrote “Beer Run” here in Santa Cruz during his friend Robert Earl Keen’s set at the Fat Fry—a festival put on by KPIG 107.5 FM, a.k.a. “the best radio station in world,” as Snider calls it in I Never Met a Story I Didn’t Like: Mostly True Tall Tales. In the book, Snider discusses the origins and meaning of “Beer Run,” explaining, “I sing it as a love song to Santa Cruz and KPIG and Robert, not as a song about beer.” The tune is, of course, the outrageous based-on-a-true-story tale of two underaged frat guys from

2. “I’M COMIN’ HOME” Robert Earl Keen Texas looking for some brews, as well as the Robert Earl show. And they end up having an adventure along the way. Snider’s 2003 album

Actually, Jake, first and second are virtually interchangeable on this list, thanks to the symbiotic relationship between this song and “Beer Run.” Unlike Snider’s song, “I’m Comin’

Home” may be only tangentially about Santa Cruz, but you couldn’t have had the “Beer Run” line “They met an old hippie named Sleepy John/ Who claimed to be the one from the Robert Earl song” without this. Keen’s verse about how “life is good out in Santa Cruz” has made us famous in a lot of unexpected places (especially in Texas) and similarly turned the lyric “Seems like everybody knows ol’ Sleepy John” into a self-fulfilling prophecy. But more importantly, its longingly emotional and yet still laidback vibe captures exactly what it’s like to listen to outlaw country on a hazy afternoon in Santa Cruz, or jam to the all-night blues. “Beer Run” is funny, but this is Santa Cruz’s spiritual anthem. SP

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ost major American cities have their own definitive anthems: “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “I Love L.A.,” “New York, New York,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?”

But smaller places like Santa Cruz rarely get one. However, we apparently make a big impression for a town of our size, because there are some three dozen songs floating around out there that mention, are set in, or were otherwise known to be inspired by Santa Cruz. Not long after we started working together, the two of us began talking about which of these Santa Cruz songs are best, and how we would rank them. And it only took us four years to pull it together! It’s all about the journey, people!

Anyway, for some reason motivated by Devil Makes Three’s return to Santa Cruz this week (because they have a song in the list, see? Look, just go with it, OK?), we have chosen the best 20 of these songs, along with some honorable mentions.

We were pretty lax with the standard of what constituted a “Santa Cruz song,” but we did feel there had to be some genuine intention. For instance, despite how often people here have tried to appropriate it, “Under the Boardwalk” was written by two guys from New York and never meant to be about Santa Cruz, so it’s not on our list.

Without further ado, we present the best songs about our city. We’re Santa Cruz, music world. Thanks for noticing!

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Pete Bernhard has no shame when he sings about drinking and popping pills on the steps by Santa Cruz High School, or the tiny dive he lived in on Lincoln Street: “It was low-level existence, that’s what you proper people would say/But I wrote songs in that attic that I now get paid to play/So, if you don’t like people who live in attics, now mightn’t be the time to say/’Cause everybody who’s anybody in my opinion at one time lived in somebody’s hallway.” This Devil Makes Three tune recalls a time when Santa Cruz was a little younger and a little wilder. Or maybe we were? JP

4. “SURFIN’ USA” Beach Boys Certainly this is the most famous namecheck of Santa Cruz in any song ever. We lucked out to get it in what is arguably the all-time greatest surf tune. (With lyrics, that is. Against instrumentals it might not make the top five.) But the best thing about this song is that anytime

that stupid debate about what town is really “Surf City, USA” comes up, people from Santa Cruz inevitably just point out that we’re in “Surfin’ USA,” and Huntington Beach isn’t.

Mic drop. Love it. For a completely different take on this song—imagine all surfers were also the vampires from Lost Boys—check out the Jesus & Mary Chain version. SP

5. “BANANA SLUGS! RACING DOWN THE FIELD (PROPOSED UC SANTA CRUZ FIGHT SONG)” Austin Lounge Lizards The only sad thing about this uproariously whimsical faux-fight song is that the 2003 track seems to have gone unnoticed up on the hill— both by the administration and the student body. We realize it sounds like the Austin Lounge Lizards might be making fun of UCSC’s slugs for having a slimy mascot... or for being more interested in drinking beer than in winning games. But the band put the track on a studio album, and it’s structured perfectly like a high-octane school song for

Two equally great songs from Santa Cruz legend David Lowery’s postCamper-Van-Beethoven alt-hits band. “Big Dipper” is more famous, mentions Café Zinho, and features the lines “From the top you can see Monterey/Or think about San Jose/Though I know it’s not that pleasant.” But “Miss Santa Cruz County” is more rockin,’ mentions local urban legends the Blue Ladies, and features the lines “So come on down, Miss Santa Cruz County/ Won’t you come on down from your daddy’s hydroponic farm.” SP

to tear up the Pacific Garden Mall after the Loma Prieta Earthquake devastated blocks of Santa Cruz, prompting demolition crews to level much of what was left. Now that’s an identity change. JP

8. “OXFORD WAY” Slow Gherkin If you know where Oxford Way is, between the circles and West Cliff Drive, the title of this song makes sense. If you ever had to struggle to just barely hold your life together in this town in your 20s, everything else about this song makes sense, too. The upbeat, hooky melody and A.J. Marquez’s wistful vocals mask some of the pain, but the underlying truth of this one gets you where it hurts. An unheralded late-period classic from the kings of Santa Cruz’s ska era. SP

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7. “WRECKING BALL” Gillian Welch In this piece off her 2003 album Soul Journey, the wrecking ball symbolizes a lot for Welch. It’s a force that rips down someone’s identity in their young adult years, when they move away to college and try to find themselves. To Welch, the wrecking ball is also a marijuana grow she tended in the Pogonip city park during her UCSC days, causing her grades to slide. In the final verse, the year is 1989, and a wrecking ball is coming downtown

The former American Idol contestant’s ode to his hometown is about as hokey and upbeat as they come. Durbin’s “Santa Cruz” is so loaded with extra cheese, it almost makes you feel guilty for secretly falling in love with its catchy chord progression—that is, until you remember that both the video and song so are jam-packed with local references to everything from Pizza My Heart’s Tuesday night specials to First Night celebrations on New Year’s Eve. Then you start feeling bad for ever feeling guilty. It’s literally about how Durbin likes Santa Cruz more than any other place in the world, and how, no matter how many times the big cities pull him away for work, this is always home for him. JP

10. “ALONE IN SANTA CRUZ” The Ataris If you’re wondering what a poppunk band from Indiana was doing singing about Santa Cruz, the fact

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Probably the most musically impressive creation we studied, “The Other Day (Near Santa Cruz)” brims with Kottke’s trademark acoustic guitar slides, hammers, bends and bizarre chords. In it, Kottke, who normally sticks to instrumentals, sings about a man on a search for “hippie chicks”—the kind of smart, meat-hating women who he assumes

12. “ROLLER COASTER

BY THE SEA” Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers When he released this song in 1977, Jonathan Richman was 26, looked 14 and acted like he was 7. And I mean all those things in the best way possible. If you don’t have fun listening to this song, you may (spoiler alert!) be dead. I mean, “Roller coaster by the water/Made me feel more as I otter?” That pun is so full of pure, blissful joie de vivre that one is actually legally exempt from pun jail for making it. (It’s known as Jonathan’s Law.) And yes, this is the second song about Boardwalk rides to make this list. SP

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that frontman Kristopher Roe relocated to Santa Barbara around the same time they released this on their debut album probably has something to do with it. It definitely has the outsider feel of someone who desperately wants to get out of Santa Cruz. But it’s also a very sweet love song, and its retro, almost doo-wop touches are a prime example of how the Ataris always seemed a little more musically adventurous and interesting than a lot of punk bands at the time. SP

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Lyrically, its title track is not explicitly Santa Cruz-focused. Actually, the song only has one line about even living at the house. Of course, that mention is also the only line in the three-minute song, a layered looping track that warmly captures the feeling of a cozy, rainy night. JP

16. “PADDLE OUT” Sublime This 75-second blast of noise was on Sublime’s third and final record, and is basically a list of beaches Bradley Nowell liked to surf at while he was going to UCSC (he transferred to CSULB, which is where he started Sublime). Big points for not only mentioning half a dozen beloved Santa Cruz surf spots in a song that’s just over a minute long, but also showing off some Locals Only expertise. “Natural Bridges on a clean west swell/Breaks over the reef like a bat out of hell.” That is some surf punk poetry. SP

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13. “SANTA CRUZIN’” Will Ray Like other tunes on the list, “Santa Cruzin’” is clearly written by an enchanted, wide-eyed passerby in what’s seen as a reefer-smoking, hippie-friendly, party-loving surfer town. Seriously, it’s hard not to get inspired by the upbeat blues beat and energetic licks and feel like it’s time to hit the dive bar circuit hard, Santa Cruz-style. JP

14. “SANTA CRUZ” Pearl Jam If you’re a little stunned right now to hear that Pearl Jam wrote a song about Santa Cruz, well, it wasn’t

on an album or anything—it was one of their holiday single releases a few years ago. And it’s not that surprising, since Pearl Jam worship at the altar of Neil Young, who has always had a special relationship with this town. I saw at least one

spontaneous secret Pearl Jam show at the Catalyst, following the Neil Young tradition. Indeed, Eddie Vedder invokes him in this song: “Got Neil Young on the stereo/He comes along everywhere I go.” But it’s actually the feeling of Vedder’s own connection to the Santa Cruz landscape that makes this song so powerful: “I need the beach to set me free/I need the wind to make me breathe/I need the water to wash my soul.” Eddie, we get what you’re saying, but they do have those things in Seattle, you know. SP

15. “CHESTNUT STREET” Kendra McKinley A few years ago, Aptos native Kendra

17. “I ALMOST STOLE SOME WEED FROM TODD SNIDER” John Craigie John Craigie was backstage at the Catalyst four years ago opening for his idol Todd Snider, but the two “didn’t really hit it off,” as Craigie mentions in this confessional and hilariously dorky song. “So with all of this clearly not meant to be,” continues Craigie, normally a straight-laced guy, “I figured, why not steal a little bit of his weed?” It’s a hilarious entry from a modern-day rambling, slightly self-conscious, folk-singing troubadour. JP

18. “SANTA CRUZ” J.J. Cale Bluesy rocker J.J. Cale, who passed away in 2013, had a great relationship with Santa Cruz—he

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19. “DRAG IT OUT” GLAT GLAT, a.k.a. songwriter Brett Hydeman, captures the sense of limbo felt by those few UCSC graduates who stick around after school for a few years—all by comparing this town to an eerie game of almost post-apocalyptic

Monopoly: “Around here, she says, every card has been pulled/Hotels on every corner, but the Boardwalk’s gone cold.” Hydeman’s tune begs the question: how do you know when the game’s over? JP

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One could say the song’s an exploration of loneliness, a theme that recurs in tunes about this town. The motif comes up again in San Francisco folk singer Avi Vinocur’s “Santa Cruz,” which focuses on the despair of a loved one skipping town, moving away to a beautiful new place. It also runs through the Mountain Goats’ “Someone Else’s Parking Lot in Santa Cruz,” which was eliminated from contention for the top 20 because it later became “Someone Else’s Parking Lot in Sebastopol” for John Darnielle’s side project the Extra Glenns.

The loneliness trend isn’t new, either. It also pops up in Eddie Callahan’s creepily melancholy “Santa Cruz Mountains,” released on 1975’s False Ego. There are more rock songs as well, like Tom Petty’s slow-rocking “The Trip to Pirate’s Cove,” which includes a verse about our motel and hospitality industry. Then there’s They Might Be Giants’ postmodern, perhaps lazily written “Santa Cruz,” off their album about venues they’ve played in. Add to that two Doobie Brother songs—the instrumental “Steamer Lane Breakdown” and the Prankster-esque “Neal’s Fandango.”

Lost Gonzo Band, a forgotten 1970s supergroup, gave us “Santa Cruz After the Nick of Time,” painting the laid-back feel of a coastal road trip.

Fred Eaglesmith has a lost track off Ralph’s Last Show about DJ “Sleepy” John Sandidge, who has become embedded in Americana song lore.

There are plenty of local artists with Santa Cruz songs, of course, including Lonely Kings with their own “Santa Cruz” tune, as well as Ukulele Dick, who has songs like “Capitola Serenade.”

Environmentalist Peter Scott and his former mayor wife wrote the adorable “Dancing on the Brink of the World” about the San Lorenzo River, although good luck finding a recording.

Outsiders have written about how Santa Cruz is so beautiful, it feels heartbreaking—somehow making people miss their loved ones more.

Locals, though, often prefer to write about the chaos, insecurity and difficulty of trying to make ends meet here—a theme that comes up again in James Rabbit’s “Ocean Street,” which songwriter Tyler Martin drafted one night during the year he spent in my living room closet, saving up money for his next tour. JACOB PIERCE

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Life Lab began as a school garden at Green Acres Elementary in Live Oak in 1979, and moved to its current site at UCSC in the mid-80s. What began as a space for science education soon expanded its curriculum to include a wider range of subjects, including nutrition education and how to form healthy eating habits. As word about their field-trip programs spread throughout the Central Coast, Life Lab’s popularity swelled. At one point

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Teachers who are inspired by Life Lab’s vision often come to them with a similar problem: They have access to a garden facility at their school, but they’re unsure how to effectively integrate it into their lesson plans. Burgett notes that without a champion or funding, these potentially powerful teaching tools can decline. Therefore, Life Lab created interdisciplinary curricula so that the Garden could be used to teach subjects beyond strictly gardening-based science. “We bring them curriculum to help teach math, science, language arts and other topics... so we can help them truly make it a classroom in the same way and at the same level as an indoor classroom or a laboratory,” says Burgett. “And that’s really what’s needed for a program to exist long term.”

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The garden now provides a space for science exploration, garden-enhanced nutrition education and a connection with nature for students at local highneed schools. “There really is nothing that compares to what happens when children get to have a fun experience outdoors,” says Burgett. “Seeing the plant grow that produces the food, pulling a carrot out of the ground and the wonder of that — they are much more open to trying new foods. That’s the first step.”

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Devil Makes Three’s Pete Bernhard on Santa Cruz and his fascination with Christianity BY JACOB PIERCE

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inger-songwriter Pete Bernhard and his Devil Makes Three bandmates came of age as artists about a decade ago, in Santa Cruz.

Bernhard, who’s since moved back to his hometown in Southern Vermont, is returning to Santa Cruz this weekend with the band for two sold-

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out shows at the Catalyst to close out the year. They’re touring in support of their new cover album, Redemption and Ruin, and Bernhard spoke to GT about their latest homecoming.

You said five years ago that the members of Devil Makes Three sort of see yourselves as a Santa Cruz

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band. Is that still true?

PETE BERNHARD: I feel a lot of connection to California. My mom lives in San Diego. I went to middle school in California when I left Vermont. I love Santa Cruz, and I miss California, even now. That’s still pretty much right on. I do feel like Santa Cruz is a second home. I

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did spend over 10 years there, and I really love it. It’s a great place.

The last show you did here was three New Year’s Eves ago. Have you been back in between?

Personally? Yeah, I’ve been back quite a bit, actually. I still have a good amount of friends out there.

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Why the three-year break?

Sometimes you have to choose between playing San Francisco and playing Santa Cruz. They’re too close together. The last few times we’ve come through, we’ve played the Fox in Oakland. So, we had to make the executive decision. But we love Santa Cruz. We’re still gonna come back. It just might be more time in between shows.

In the song “For Good Again,” you talk about an attic you lived in on Lincoln Street above a bathroom and paying your rent in illegal drugs.

It all seems too real to be made up.

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I was doing a lot of working and a lot of trying to save money. That’s why I was living in the attic. It was a lot of working regular jobs and touring and trying to get it together. I was having a lot of fun, but I wasn’t really doing a whole lot [laughs.] It belonged to a buddy of mine, and he had lived there for years. I had nowhere to live at the time, and me and him used to play music together. And he just kind of gave me a room. He was trying to help me out, and I stayed there for a while, actually. We worked together.

It was just a little place. It honestly was not big enough for the three of us who lived there at all. But he was cool and decided to help me out. We had a blast. We just spent a lot of time hanging out together and drinking. I wrote a lot of songs at his house.

Back in your California days, you had a lot of ups and downs as a band.

After so many years, I wonder if it can be difficult to stay together.

If you’re asking if we get along, yeah, we get along. Most definitely, we certainly do. You can’t be a band as long as we have and not get along. You go check out how many bands have been a band as long as us. I think you’ll find it’s very few. You can’t make it as a band if you’re not close friends.

We’re about as close as you can possibly get. I’d say we’re more like family than friends at this point. And that’s the only way you can make it work as a band. If we didn’t get along, we never could have made it work this long. If we were actively fighting with each other, we would have broken up 10 years ago. We operate like a team.

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wanting to do a gospel album.

Yeah, that’s kind of what this last album was, in a sense. More the idea behind the album was to show a lot of the influences of the Devil Makes Three, and a lot of the artists that have inspired us. We separated into redemption and ruin. Half of it was gospel songs, traditional songs. And half of it was songs about ruining your life, I guess. That’s what the gospel idea turned into. It was always the idea to show the stuff that we were into and the music that influenced our band and made us want to start doing what we’ve been doing for so many years.

You guys don’t rush putting out an album. One comes out every three years or so.

Honestly, we’re not not rushing on purpose. It’s just that I’m the main songwriter of the band. I don’t really come up with an album every year.

I probably could come out with an album every year, but I just don’t think it would be very good. The music industry really pushes artists to put out a lot of material. As soon as your album comes out, it’s like, “When’s your next album coming out?”

That’s great and all for people wanting to buy stuff. I don’t really think it’s great for artists. That’s not what it’s supposed to be. You’re not supposed to just hammer out an album to make money. It’s got to be at least somewhat inspired [laughs]. I don’t get inspired every year.

The album does a nice job balancing your two themes—the biblical and the, uh, wanting to get messed up.

It’s the two sides of the coin. It’s always a theme that I’ve loved and also a theme in all the music that I get inspired by, too.

How many times have you read the Bible? Your allusions feel like second nature.

I always read it in a very non-religious way to some degree. My mom was definitely raised Catholic. I went to a lot of different churches with my mom, actually. Honestly, most of the Bible that I’ve read, I’ve done it on my own, not through church.

Devil Makes Three plays the Catalyst at 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 31. Both shows are sold out.

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fter more than a decade of playing music, it’s hard to believe Santa Cruz soul act Harry and the Hitmen hasn’t made a studio album until now.

“We did a little bit of studio recording in the past, but that was a long time ago and it was more of a demo,” explains drummer Harry Murphy. “Up until the last couple of years, we were pretty much a cover band.”

The soulful sextet began in Santa Cruz roughly a decade ago—although Murphy can’t remember the exact year—while the musicians were all in college. Originally, Harry wasn’t their drummer. Rolf Sandmeyer, Nick Gyorkos, Ryan Morgan, Scott Makson and Jesse Toews “almost had a band,” before their original drummer moved. Murphy had been working with one of the guys’ girlfriends at the time, and

mentioned he played drums. Soon, Murphy would find his soul mates.

“We all grew up on [soul music] in one way or another, and we all agreed they were some of the best songs ever written,” he says. “Plus, we all wanted to make people dance.”

After years of exploring the original Motown sound—from Marvin Gaye to the Four Tops—the six-piece crew decided to branch out.

Through the years they mapped an

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expedition through the music of Stax and Chess Records, Al Green, Kool & the Gang, Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin and everything in between.

One of things that makes the group special is that the lineup has stayed together—most bands have a hard time keeping three or four members together for a couple years, let alone six people for a dozen years.

“The guys in the band are salt-ofthe-Earth kind of people,” Murphy says with sincerity in his voice.

“You can’t really find better people than that.”

As Harry and the Hitmen continued to play their souls out over the years, one goal eluded them: writing and recording an album of originals.

“We kept saying to ourselves, ‘We really need to buckle down and write our own stuff,’” Murphy remembers.

“So that’s what we did.”

The result is their 10-song debut, Deep In Your Soul, which features new music from the seasoned band.

While the CD release party was Dec. 9 in Big Sur at the Fernwood Resort, the Hitmen plan to celebrate it in Santa Cruz, too.

“We’re waiting for the vinyl for an official Santa Cruz release party,” says Murphy. “We’re hoping it will be sometime in March.”

While Deep In Your Soul features all original music written by Harry and the Hitmen, some of the songs may sound familiar to hardcore fans.

“We debuted some of the music on New Year’s Eves past,” he states.

Which brings us to their threenight New Year’s Eve Extravaganza at the Crepe Place. Beginning on Thursday, Dec. 29, HAHM will play the midtown spot with special guests the first two nights (the Vitamins and Ginger and Juice, respectively).

On Dec. 31, they will play a show that spans their past and future sounds, possibly with some special covers thrown in the mix, if past NYE shows are any indication.

“This might be the seventh, eighth or even 10th time we’ve played New Year’s Eve at the Crepe,” Murphy reminisces. “We try to make it better and bigger each time.”

Info: 9 p.m. at the Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10, $15, $20/door. 429-6994.

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WEDNESDAY 12/28 YOUNGER LAGOON RESERVE TOUR Younger Lagoon is part of the UC Natural Reserve System, and home to an array of coastal wildlife including birds of prey, migrating sea birds, bobcats, and more. Walk off those holiday cookie calories with a 90-minute stroll behind the scenes of the scientific side of tracking local mammals, restoring native habitats, and the workings of one of California’s rarest coastal lagoons. Tours are offered on select Thursdays and Sundays of each month.

Info: 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 1.

Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz. seymourcenter.ucsc.edu. Free.

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1980S NYE CHAMINADE There are plenty of reasons to want to forget 2016 and party like it’s 1985.

Ring in 2017 with the spandex and shoulder pads! Chaminade will offer appetizers, beer, wine, champagne, cocktails and a themed strolling dinner followed by a dance party until the clock strikes midnight. For the 21 and over crowd, of course.

Info: 7-11:59 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31.

Chaminade Resort & Spa, 1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz. 475-5600. $135.

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

ARGENTINE TANGO Argentine tango classes and practice every Wednesday with John and Nancy Lingemann. Beginners 7 p.m., Intermediate/Advanced 8:15 p.m., and all levels at 9:15 p.m. Calvary Episcopal Church, 532 Center St., Santa Cruz. 469-3288. $3.

SEMI-PRIVATE TRAINING This group exercise program has between two-to-five clients, so early scheduling is recommended. All sessions incorporate strength, cardio, stability, toning, cardio conditioning, and flexibility into an undulating periodization model. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

317 Potrero St., Santa Cruz. 425-9500.

HAS SMOKING POT STOPPED BEING FUN? Come join a fellowship of men and women inspired to live a life free from the possession of marijuana addiction. This group uses the 12 steps to achieve personal freedom and spiritual awakening. 7 p.m. 301 Center St., Santa Cruz.

420-6177. Free.

BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE Ballet for the beginning adult student with little or no ballet training. Learn ballet terminology and fine tune placement, posture and technique. Noon-1:15 p.m. 320 Encinal St., Santa Cruz. 466-0458. $10.

HOOP SKILLS Join hoop coach Good Golly Miss Molly Wednesdays at the Aerial Arts Studio. Each week we’ll learn new tricks, breaking them down to suit hoopers at all levels. 5-6 p.m. Aerial Arts Studio, 2801 Mission St. Extension, Santa Cruz. 246-1513. $10.

NEW YEAR PURIFICATION RETREAT The Vajrasattva practice purifies our mind from grasping so strongly onto the mistaken view. Utilizing time-tested visualization and meditation, deluded states—pain, sorrow, hatred, pride, jealousy, doubt—lose their power.

3 p.m. Vajrapani Institute, 19950 Kings Creek Road, Boulder Creek. 800-531-4001. $416.

SUNDAY 1/1 SPEEDRUN EVENT: SUPER MEAT BOY This one’s for the youngins (or anyone who’s cooler and more tech-savvy than we are): Level Up Video Games is hosting the first in a series of High Score and Speed Run monthly competitions, starting with Super Meat Boy. Fight to rescue Bandage Girl from Dr. Fetus anytime between Jan. 1 and Jan. 30 for 20 minutes on a station to log your best time on one specific level. Times will be posted daily on Facebook and at the end of the month the best player will be announced the reigning champ for $50 in store credit and an exclusive prize from developer Edmund McMillen.

Info: 6:30-8:30 p.m. 113 Locust St., Santa Cruz. levelupvideogames.com. Free.

FOOD & WINE TRIVIA NIGHT Trivia night at 99 bottles.

21 and up. 8 p.m. 110 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz. 459-9999.

DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ FARMERS MARKET In addition to a large variety of farm products, this market offers a great selection of local artisan foodstuffs, delicious baked goods, and lots of options for lunch and dinner. 1:30 p.m. Cedar and Lincoln streets, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

HEALTH B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 can treat fatigue,

anemia, anxiety, depression, PMS, heart disease, and more. 3-6 p.m. 736 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz. 477-1377. $29/$17.

MUSIC ‘COME SING WITH US’ EVERY WEDNESDAY Gold Standard Barbershop Chorus is a mixed (men and women) voice chorus that sings in four-part a cappella barbershop style. Come sing with us. 7 p.m. Kirby Prep School Music Room, 425 Encinal St., Santa Cruz. 218-1771.

WORLD HARMONY CHORUS Everyone is welcome, there are no auditions and no singing experience is necessary but is welcomed.

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SUNDAY 1/1 NEW YEAR’S DAY BEACH CLEAN UP Start the year with a fresh start and help take out last year’s garbage—literally. Break into the new year with a friendly lunch potluck near the Museum of Natural History and then grab your gloves and help safely remove litter from Seabright Beach, wooded trails, the forest areas, parking lot and property perimeter. Get the warm feels by connecting with other community members and making your backyard safer, cleaner, and more beautiful. Map available on Facebook.

Info: Noon-4 p.m. Seabright Beach, 1305 E Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. Free.

ANALOGUE TRIO PERFORMS AT PONO Come enjoy a traditional hawaiian meal and a drink, while listening to some funky jazz by local group Analogue Trio. 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Pono Hawaiian Grill, 120 Union St., Santa Cruz.

426-7666.

THURSDAY 12/29 ARTS STORYTIME 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.

THURSDAY ART MARKET Check out the new Thursday Art Market with live music, demonstrations from artists across mediums, featured loft artists, and food from Jonathan Parvis’ Dead Cow BBQ. New

features and performers every week. 4-7 p.m. The Tannery Arts Center, 1050 River St., Santa Cruz. 621-6226.

CLASSES SALSA DANCING CUBAN-STYLE This class is for intermediate dancers and features Cuban casino partnering, salsa suelta and great Cuban music. 7-8 p.m. Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz. salsagente.com or 426-4724. $9/$5.

SALSA RUEDA SERIES BEGINNER 2 A fun, four-week Rueda de Casino series for Beginner 2 and up. No partner required. Must know the basics in Rueda such as guapea, dame, enchufla doble, el uno, sombrero, and setenta.

8-9 p.m. Louden Nelson Community, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. 420-6177. $34.

BEGINNING BALLET WITH DIANA ROSE An introduction to ballet technique with a focus on posture, balance and strength building.

Noon-1:15 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@iadance.com. $10.

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All parts are taught by ear, and musical transcriptions are provided. 7 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. 420-6177.

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effective for those living with arthritis and other chronic diseases. Designed to improve balance, flexibility and posture, and to increase strength, range of motion and energy. Advanced 2-3 p.m.

Beginner 3-4 p.m. 1900 17th Ave., Santa Cruz.

475-478. $60.

“Never too late,Never too loud” WINTER/SPRING 2017 Sun, Jan 22

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7:30 pm $25 Gen. Adv. $32 Gold Circle

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Sun, Feb 5

1:00pm Laura Love

$20 Adv/ $20 Door

Sun, Feb 26

7:00pm

$18 Adv/ $20 Door

Roy Zimmerman

section (45 seats). Additional $4 for each ticket purchased at the door. Tax is included.

Tickets for all Snazzy shows are available online at: www.snazzyproductions.com or on the Snazzy tickets hotline (831)479-9421

RESTORE BALANCE YOGA Designed for the working person in mind, this class will help you make a smooth transition from being outwardly focused, to a balanced state of inner calm. 5:30 a.m. Ananda Scotts Valley Yoga, 221-A Mount Hermon Road, Scotts Valley. 818-2715. $15.

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Classes. These engaging and potent classes will heighten your vitality as they increase your self-awareness, flexibility, and overall well-being. 5:30 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 332-7347.

A COURSE IN MIRACLES MONTHLY MEETUP GROUP Miracles are natural. There is so much to see in this world that would lead us to fear. This Course changes all of that. It gives us a perspective that changes the way we think about what is happening to our lives personally and globally. 5-7 p.m. Mountain Spirit, 6299 State Route 9, Felton. 335-7700. $20.

FOOD & WINE TRIVIA NIGHT This festive event brings together trivia aficionados, boneheads and the chic geek for a night of boisterous fun. 8:30 p.m. Woodstock’s Pizza, 710 Front St., Santa Cruz. 427-4444.

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ARM-IN-ARM CANCER SUPPORT GROUP 2 For women with advanced, recurrent and metastatic cancers. Registration required.

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

KEN CONSTABLE IN THE ROCKROOM LOUNGE Ken Constable has been part of the Santa Cruz music scene since the late ’80s. He has performed in numerous legendary clubs on the West Coast such as Whiskey A Go Go, Slim’s, Bimbo’s 365 Club, and the Catalyst.

6:30-9:30 p.m. Shadowbrook Restaurant, 1750 Wharf Road, Capitola. 475-1222.

THE NYE TRIFECTA BALL Harry & the Hitmen are glad to announce the return of their three nights of a New Year Extravaganza. The Crepe

Place in Santa Cruz has once again graciously offered to host this unabashed series of footloose debauchery. Dec. 29 through Jan. 1. 9 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. 429-6994. $10.

FRIDAY 12/30 ARTS STORYTIME 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 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.

BAG OF BOOKS FOR $5 Grey Bears Book Store has a special price on books every Friday: Just $5 for a bag of books. Come and browse through all sorts of books, large and small, for all readers. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. California Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 479-1055. $5.

CLASSES ARGENTINE TANGO DANCING Tango open dancing. 8-11 p.m. Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center, 1060 River St., Santa Cruz.

For info on beginners classes please contact tangoalternativo@gmail.com. $10/$8/$5.

FREE TEEN YOGA Teens (13-17) welcome at the Santa Cruz Teen Center in the Louden Nelson Community Center for free yoga.

Stretch, strengthen, and relax. 4:30-5:30 p.m.

301 Center St., Santa Cruz. stephaniembain@ gmail.com. Free.

CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI Instructor Suzi Mahler, CMT NE will guide you through a series of gentle seated yoga postures that are performed slowly and with breath awareness.

This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength and range of motion. 9:30 a.m. California Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 234-6791. $5.

FOOD & WINE WATSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET This market is in the heart of the famously bountiful Pajaro Valley. Peaceful and family-oriented, the Hispanic heritage of this community gives this market a “mercado” feel. 2-7 p.m. 200 Main St., Watsonville.

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

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

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS 90-Day OA, Study of the AA 12 and 12 book. OA is a 12-step support group to stop eating compulsively.

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

CLUTTERERS ANONYMOUS SUPPORT GROUP Is clutter getting you down? Feeling discouraged about all your stuff? There is hope. Come to this weekly 12-step group for understanding and support. 5:30 p.m.

Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 477-2200. Free.

WATSONVILLE QUEER YOUTH MEET-UP Every Friday after school, youth ages 12-18 are invited to join our dynamic team of youth activists and leaders from the Santa Cruz County. This group will run in conjunction with the Saturday LGBTQ youth meet-ups. 3:30-6 p.m. First Christian Church, 15 Madison St., Watsonville. diversitycenter.org. Free.

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LIVE MUSIC SAMBASSA BRAZILIAN JAZZ TRIO Enjoy the music over dinner or drinks (or both!) at Little Owl Italian Kitchen in Aptos. A unique sounding trio that blends Brazilian jazz, with pop, jazz standards, calypso and salsa.

5 p.m. Little Owl Italian Kitchen, 8017 Soquel Drive, Aptos. littleowlitaliankitchen.com. Free.

SATURDAY 12/31 CLASSES SATURDAY MORNING YOGA AT YOGA WITHIN Class will focus on the fundamentals of basic poses, offering a well-rounded practice emphasizing safe alignment, breathing techniques, and the gradual development of greater flexibility, strength and balance. 10:15 a.m. 8035 Soquel Drive, Aptos. 251-3553. $15.

AHIMSA (UH-HIM-SAH): FREE YOGA IN THE PARK “Ahimsa” is Sanskrit for non-violence.

We will join together every week to cultivate inner peace through meditation and physical well-being through a gentle yoga practice in an inclusive atmosphere of kindness and mutual respect. 9:30-11 a.m. San Lorenzo Park, 137 Dakota St., Santa Cruz. 423-1626. Free.

PILLS ANONYMOUS OF SANTA CRUZ PILL ADDICTION—12 STEPS OF RECOVERY Our primary purpose is to carry the message to the addict who still suffers. 8 a.m. Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. pillsanonymous.org. Free.

RISE AND SHINE YOGA Set the tone for your weekend with a relaxed body, calm mind, and smile on your face. We’ll start with some standing asanas (postures/poses) to awaken energy and get it moving in an inward and upward direction. 8:30 a.m. Ananda Scotts Valley, 221-A Mount Hermon Road, Scotts Valley. Anandascottsvalley.org. $15.

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.

PARTNER YOGA AND WINE TASTING Share sacred energy the second and fourth Saturdays of each month at Poetic Cellars Winery. Wine tasting will follow the yoga class.

10 a.m.-Noon. Poetic Cellars, 5000 N. Rodeo Gulch Road, Soquel. 462-3478. $15.

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FOOD & WINE

JOE FERRARA San Jose native Joe Ferrara has been entertaining audiences from Santa Cruz to San Francisco since his first gig at the Grog and Sirloin in Los Gatos in 1968. Joe’s rich baritone voice and comfort with his audience

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 >36 offers an unmatched selection of

Register NOW for Spring Semester Classes start January 23. 2017

www.cabrillo.edu | 831.479.6100

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DROP-IN GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP Grief support group meets weekly to offer support to persons grieving the death of someone.

Noon. 5403 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley.

430-3000. Free.

have attracted fans of all ages. 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Shadowbrook Restaurant, 1750 Wharf Road, Capitola. 475-1511.

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FOOD BIN & HERB ROOM SUPPORTING LOCAL VENDORS

Great Gifts From: Many thanks to the loyal customers who have supported us this year.

We wish you health and happiness in the New Year.

Always Open Late

Food Bin Grocery Store 9am - 11pm Herb Room 9am - 10pm Every Day

1130 Mission St. Santa Cruz

Food Bin • 831.423.5526

Herb Room •831.429.8108

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STIMULATE YOUR BODY’S HEALING POWER FOOT & HAND REFLEXOLOGY

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Reflexology Workshops More Info: reflexologychart.info

<35 locally grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.-Noon, Saturdays, Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@ montereybayfarmers.org. Free.

WESTSIDE FARMERS MARKET The Westside Farmers Market takes place every week at the corner of Highway 1 and Western Drive, situated on the northern edge of Santa Cruz’s greenbelt. This market serves the communities of the west-end of Santa Cruz including Boony Doon, North Coast, UCSC Campus and is a short trip from downtown. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Mission Street and Western Drive, Santa Cruz. 454-0566.

SCOTTS VALLEY FARMERS MARKET Started in 2009 with the City of Scotts Valley, the market represents farmers and specialty food purveyors along with cookedto-order food. This local market is the place for the Scotts Valley community to get their fill of fresh, healthy, locally grown fruits and vegetables. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 360, Kings Valley Road, Scotts Valley. 454-0566.

STORRS HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSES Join us at our tasting room for a weekend of great wines, artisanal cheeses, and chocolates paired with our new releases plus specially selected library wines. Noon-6 p.m. Storrs Winery, 303 Potrero St. #35, Santa Cruz. 458-5030.

“1980’S ROCKIN’ NYE” PARTY Join the countdown to 2017 with us and experience an unforgettable “1980’s Rockin’ NYE” party. The flashback starts at 7 p.m. with appetizers and includes a complete NYE beverage package of beer, wine, champagne and select NYE cocktails. 7 p.m.-Midnight. Chaminade Resort and Spa, 1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz. 4755600. $135.

facials massage • waxing body treatment

JOANN TENNENT

Certified Reflexologist, CMP (831) 423-6495 Many blessings for the New Year to come.

WORLD PEACE, BLESSINGS AND MANY THANKS

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

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

Ocean Gate Zen Center, 920 41st Ave., Capitola.

8:30-10:30 a.m. 920 41st Ave., Suite B, Capitola. info@oceangatezen.org. Donation.

VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER TO FEED THE HUNGRY WITH FOOD NOT BOMBS We need help sharing vegan meals with the hungry every Saturday and Sunday in downtown Santa Cruz: Cooking from Noon-3 p.m, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz.

515-8234. Serving from 4-6 p.m. at the Post Office, 840 Front St., Santa Cruz.

SUNDAY 1/1 ARTS THE SANTA CRUZ OLDIES BUT GOODIES RADIO SHOW A new old radio show is debuting on KSCO. For those who remember Santa Cruz in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, the show will feature a variety of guests. 6 p.m. KSCO 1080 AM. 475-1080.

CLASSES TRIYOGA FREE THE HIPS AND SPINE WORKSHOP WITH PRIYA REGELSON Free the Hips and Spine develops strength and flexibility, as well as greater health and vitality with an emphasis on hip-opening and spine-strengthening sequences. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 310-589-0600. $20/$10.

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GROUPS

SANTA CRUZ LGBTQ YOUTH MEET-UP Are you an LGBTQ youth between the ages of 12-18 who wants to join a welcoming community?

Join our dynamic team of youth from the Santa Cruz County. Bring yourself or bring a friend. 1-3:30 p.m. 1117 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. diversitycenter.org. Free.

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

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

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OUTDOOR

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

462-8383. Donation.

YOUNGER LAGOON RESERVE TOUR Part of the UC Natural Reserve System, Younger Lagoon contains diverse coastal habitat and is home to birds of prey, migrating sea birds, bobcats, and other wildlife. 2-3:30 p.m.

Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz. 459-3800. $6.

CALENDAR SPIRITUAL SUNDAY CELEBRATION SERVICE This is a New Thought, Science of Mind event.

Our Sunday Service is an alternative to traditional worship in an atmosphere of joyful praise, conscious music, and inspirational teachings relevant to your life.

10:30 a.m. Center for Spiritual Living, 1818 Felt St., Santa Cruz. 462-9383. Free.

MONDAY 1/2 CLASSES JAZZ: BEGINNING JAZZ FOR ADULTS An introductory study in classic American jazz choreography and technique. This class begins with placement, strength and an emphasis on turns, kicks and jumps. 1:30-2:30 p.m.

International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@iadance.com. $10.

NICOTINE ANONYMOUS If you have a desire to stop using nicotine you are welcome. If you have stopped and want to share your experience, strength and hope, please come.

6 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. 420-6177. Free/ Donation.

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 1/3 ARTS

TRIYOGA LEVEL 1 YOGA CLASS Enjoy the wealth of TriYoga. Taught by Terri Richards. 9:30 a.m. 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 4648100. $15.

STORYTIME 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.

TRANSLOVE Support group for non-trans (cis) partners and close friends of transgender people. First and third Mondays. 7-9 p.m.

Sesnon House at Cabrillo, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. 479-6229. $25.

CLASSES

GROUPS

TRANS AA SUPPORT No matter where you are on the gender spectrum, the Diversity Center’s Trans Program has something for you.

Support groups for and by trans folks, referrals to trans-friendly providers, lively conversations about the specific ways being trans impacts us. 8-9 p.m. 1117 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. diversitycenter.org. Free.

SUPPORT GROUP FOR SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: WOMEN’S GROUP We provide a safe and supportive environment for healing from child sexual abuse. Together we break through isolation, develop healthy coping skills, reduce shame, and build healthy boundaries. Pre-registration required. 1 p.m.

104 Walnut St., Santa Cruz. 423-7601.

SEMI-PRIVATE TRAINING This group exercise program has between 2-5 clients. All sessions incorporate strength, cardio, stability, toning, cardio conditioning and flexibility into an undulating periodization model. This will build lean muscle, burn calories and fat, change your body shape and take your health and fitness to the next level. Days and times vary. Santa Cruz Core Fitness, 317 Potrero St., Santa cruz. 425-9500.

AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT Come explore Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Classes. These engaging and potent classes will heighten your vitality as they increase your self-awareness and overall well-being. Pre-registration required. 9:30 a.m.

Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 332-7347.

FOOD & WINE TRIVIA NIGHT Trivia Night at New Bohemia Brewing Company every Tuesday. 21 and up.

6 p.m. 1030 41st Ave., Santa Cruz. nubobrew. com/events. Free.

Free $100 Accessory with Purchase of Gown

Maggie Sottero Trunk Show in Capitola!

Featuring New Spring Collection!

January 13-15 10 am - 5pm

Seabreeze Bridal Boutique THE P E R F E CT B R I DAL E X P E R I E NC E

911 Capitola Avenue • Capitola • 831-588-4845 seabreezebridalboutique.com

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OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Overeaters Anonymous is a 12-Step support program for those who wish to stop compulsive eating, including anorexia and bulimia.

Multiple times and locations. 7-8 p.m. Soquel Congregational Church, Anne Hutchinson Room, 4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel. santacruzoa.org or 429-7906. 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.

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LOVE YOUR

LOCAL BAND

WHITE ALBUM ENSEMBLE

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The Beatles stopped touring in the mid-’60s, and many fans believe they released their best work after dropping anchor. Entire records were never performed live.

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Rick Mckee was driving from San Francisco to Santa Cruz 14 years ago thinking about this, and how great it would be to see the scattered, densely packed White Album live in concert. He assembled a who’s who of local players to pull this off. The group of eight musicians played four sold-out concerts—people camped out for tickets. After those four shows, he wanted to put the project to rest, but the other members didn’t.

He gave them the blessing to continue without him. Since then, the White Album Ensemble has expanded their repertoire to include everything from Revolver to Abbey Road. (They’ve done Rubber Soul and Let It Be, as well).

“It was something that was a fluke that was successful,” says multiinstrumentalist Dale Ockerman. “It’s amazing to me. It’s 14 years of covering a very narrow slice of the Beatles’ work.

We squeezed three years into 14 years of looking into it. It’s sort of absurd.”

The project has been a gradual experiment in what they can do, and how to best do it. Currently the core group is seven members. They also have a threepiece horn section, as well as a string quartet.

This go-around, the band will perform Revolver on Thursday and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on Friday.

AARON CARNES

INFO: 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Dec. 29 and 30. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $25/gen, $45/gold.

423-8209.

CHALI 2NA

WEDNESDAY 12/28 BLUES-ROCK-REGGAE

TROUBADOUR & FRIENDS What do Steve Miller, the Grateful Dead, Bob Marley and Santana have in common? Don’t think about it too long. The answer is simple: local ensemble Troubadour and Friends, who mix up tunes by these artists in their set. They also play tunes by other like-minded bands—if you can deem anything by this hodgepodge of sources “like-minded.” Troubadour and Friends have been at it for more than 20 years, and leave virtually no genre unturned. All proceeds from this show will go to support the Dakota Access Line cause, with the intent of making sure the government honors their end of the peace treaty. AARON CARNES INFO: 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $10. 335-2800.

JAZZ

HOT CLUB PACIFIC Remember when jazz was fun? This

isn’t to disparage anyone that likes crazy no-rules-apply free jazz. But there was a time when jazz was top 40 music.

The clarinet was the electric guitar, and people danced! Admit it, the second you hear some old-timey swing, you instantly crack a smile and tap your toes. Santa Cruz has an act that channels this era in the best way possible: Hot Club Pacific.

It’s a little bit swing, but also a bit of that equally good-time-evoking gypsy jazz sound that was popular in Europe. AC INFO: 7:30 p.m. Crow’s Nest, 2218 E. Cliff, Santa Cruz. $3. 476-4560.

THURSDAY 12/29 FINGERSTYLE GUITAR

PEPPINO D’AGOSTINO WITH JEFF CAMPITELLI Sicilian-born fingerstyle guitarist Peppino D’Agostino has spent decades honing a highly personal sound redolent of his Mediterranean roots, but also deeply informed by his love of European classical music, rock and jazz. While still unplugged, he’ll likely be drawing

more on his rock roots than usual in this duo show with drummer Jeff Campitelli, a trap set powerhouse best known for his three-decade musical relationship with hi-octane guitar wiz Joe Satriani. A gifted composer and arranger, D’Agostino has also become a muse for other composers, and his latest album, Penumbra, features two pieces written for him by celebrated Brazilian guitarist Sergio Assad. ANDREW GILBERT INFO: 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $15/adv, $17/door. 335-2526.

SOUL

ORGONE Orgone means “universal life force, a cosmic unit of energy”—a fitting name for L.A.’s resident powerhouse funk collective. The group’s organic blend of dirty soul combines funk and afro-disco with a rock edge.

Fearless lead singer Adryon de León lights up the stage with her magnetic presence and captivating energy.

Band members have collaborated and performed with the Roots, Al Green, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Thievery Corporation and more.

Orgone’s founding guitarist Sergio

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST PRIDE & JOY

ORGONE

INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $20/adv, $25/door. 479-1854.

HIP-HOP

SNOW SESSIONS Del the Funky Homosapien is best known as the founder of Oakland’s Hieroglyphics crew. But he’s done so much more it’s hard to know even where to begin. Personally, I like Deltron 3030, his collaboration with Dan the Automator and Kid Koala.

It’s a mind-warping, sci-fi hip-hop classic. Del is only one of the impressive names of the mostly West Coast rappers taking the stage at Snow Sessions. Others include Bay Area favorite Andre Nickatina, Jurassic 5’s Chali 2na, Yukmouth, and Hieroglyphics’ A-Plus. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $29/door. 429-4135.

FRI 12/30, SAT 12/31 REGGAE

DON CARLOS Reggae great Don Carlos grew up in a time and place—1970s Western Kingston, Jamaica—that birthed some of the finest reggae sounds and artists, including King Tubby, Junior Reid, King Jammy and Carlos’ own group, Black Uhuru. Now an elder statesman of the genre, Carlos is at it still, spreading his message of love, unity and justice around the world. On Friday and Saturday, he brings the show to Santa Cruz with back-to-back performances to ring in the new year. CJ INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $25-$40. 479-1854.

SATURDAY 12/31 FUNK

EXTRA LARGE Santa Cruz locals Extra Large will be ushering in the New Year at the Crow’s Nest; the six-piece collective blends funk, Latin, rap, reggae and rock with

contagious energy. Extra Large was founded in 1996 by frontman Russ Leal, with the remaining five members contributing keys, accordion, bass, guitar and percussion. The upbeat collective typically showcases a mix of covers and originals throughout their set. KS INFO: 9:30 p.m. Crow’s Nest, 2218 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. $15. 476-4560.

CAT JOHNSON

INFO: 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $17.

335-2800. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 9 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.

ROCK/TRIBUTE

CHINA CATS The Grateful Dead had a rich tradition of playing New Year’s Eve shows that ran well into the next day and ushered in the new with music, celebration, community, love and, yes, lots of twirly dancers. China Cats keeps the Dead tradition alive with outstanding tribute shows that blend the classic Dead sound with new grooves and a unique collective sound. Comprising veterans of the Bay Area jam band scene, the band is nicely situated to pull off an unforgettable performance to put 2016 behind us and move forward into the great unknown. CJ INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $30/adv, $35/door. 335-2800.

IN THE QUEUE THE MODERN LIFE

Alternative rock out of Salinas.

Thursday at Catalyst FOREVERLAND

High-energy Michael Jackson tribute.

Friday at Don Quixote’s PACIFIC ROOTS

Santa Cruz-based reggae, ska and punk band. Friday at Catalyst JUG BAND SINGALONG

Singalong with ukuleles, jugs, kazoos and more. Tuesday at Ugly Mug

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Rios says, “We intend our music to have an inhibition-canceling effect,” the goal is to entice listeners to the dance floor to “own the freakiness that lives inside them.” Santa Cruz locals 7 Come 11 open. KATIE SMALL

One of the Bay Area’s favorite party bands, Pride & Joy recreates the energy and irresistible groove of Motownera R&B on stage. With eight band members, four of whom take turns with vocal duties, the outfit has been filling theaters for over two decades, in part, because of its uncanny ability to get audiences moving as it tears through the jams that make the classic ’60s soul sound transcend space and time.

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LIVE MUSIC

Wednesday December 28th 7:30pm

$15/20, $10 w/ Student ID All Ages Benefit For Cystic Fibrosis Research

TESS DUNN AKA T3TRA

WED

Thursday December 29th 9pm $20/25

THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville

ORGONE

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

Soul & Funk Favorites

+ 7 COME 11 Friday December 30th 9pm $25/30 Saturday December 31st 9pm $35/40 Ring In The New Year with Reggae Great

DON CARLOS

12/28

12/29

Open Mic Free 7:30p Al Frisby 6-8p

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

THU

Preacher Boy 6-8p

12/30

FRI Banada Los Nuevos Miravelle $25 9p Hawk n Blues Mechanics 6-8p

Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p

12/31

Broken Shades 1p Lloyd Whitley 6-8p

Comedy Night/80s Night Free 8:30p

New Year’s Eve Party Free 9p

The Box (Goth Night) 9p Comedy

Karaoke

Karaoke

Wednesday January 4th 8:30pm $9/12

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

U Turn 9-11:45p

Charmas 9-11:45p

TALKING DREADS

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

ACOUSTICALLY SPEAKING + SCOTT COOPER DUO

CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas

Friday January 6th 9pm $10/15

Big Jon Atkinson 6-8p

90s Night Free 9p

Punk Night

Acoustic Arrangements Of Grateful Dead With Kat & Mik Of THE GARCIA PROJECT

MON

1/2

Aki Kumar & Little Jonny 6-8p

TUE

1/3

Rockin Johnny 6-8p

Tango Ecstasy 6-9:30p

THE BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Thursday January 5th 8:30pm $7/10

1/1

DJ

+ SOL HORIZON (FRI) & SOULWISE (SAT) Reggae Tribute To Talking Heads

SUN

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p

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

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

SAT

Karaoke Free 8p

NYE Rager w/Light the Band $10 9p Karaoke 9p

Karaoke Karaoke 8p-Close

Jazz Society Donation 3:30p

Karaoke 8p-Close Jan Buckley Free 8p

Karaoke 9p

DJ Luna 9p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Snow Sessions $25/$29 8p

The Devil Makes Three $30/$40 8p

The Devil Makes Three $30/$40 8p

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

The Modern Life $7 8p

Pacific Roots $7 8p

DJ Salatiel Free 8p

David Bowie Birthday Bash w/ Funk Favorites

KATDELIC

+ DJ LITTLE JOHN Saturday January 7th 9pm $9/12 Live Reggae Favorites Return

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SOUL MAJESTIC

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January 11th BRYAN SUTTON BAND January 12th THE HEAVY PETS + BROTHERS GOW January 13th DIEGO’S UMBRELLA + THE SAM CHASE January 14th SAMBADÁ January 15th KIM WILSON ALL-STARS January 17th THE Nth POWER + THE SEXTONES January 18th SANTA CRUZ REGGAE ALL STARS January 19th CELSO PIÑA January 20th POORMAN’S WHISKEY + NAKED BOOTLEGGERS January 21th PASTO SECO + FLOR DE CAÑA January 22nd HARMONICA BLOWOUT January 28th THE MERMEN January 29th RIVVRS + THE BREVET February 1th ALO February 2nd GREAT AMERICAN TAXI + GRANT FARM February 9th INNA VISION February 10th THE ENGLISH BEAT + Chris MurrayFebruary 11th JUNGLE FIRE February 12th ISRAEL VIBRATION February 14th SLIM CESSNA’S AUTO CLUB February 19th PACIFIC DUB

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! wednesday 12/28

BANANARCHY w / SPILLER w / LIAM AND RYAN

International Music Hall and Restaurant

FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFET M-F $7.95 Wed Dec 28

HARRY AND THE HITMEN

Foreverland An Electrifying 14-Piece

Sat Dec 31

New Years Eve Celebration The China Cats Grateful Dead Tribute

HARRY AND THE HITMEN w / GINGER AND JUICE

$30 adv./$35 door 21 + 8pm COME EARLY STARTING AT 6PM TO ENJOY THE SHAKEDOWN STREET BUFFET DINNER SPECIAL $15.95

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $10 Door

saturday 12/31

HARRY AND THE HITMEN Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $20 Door

TUESday 1/3

7 COME 11 Show 9pm $5 Door

1/4 RAINBOW GIRLS, KAT FACTOR, CAITLIN JEMMA 9P MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

429-6994

Tribute to Michael Jackson TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE NYE THRILLER BALL $25 adv./$25 door 21 + 8pm

Big Liquid Light Show, Champagne at Midnight, Party Favors

Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

NEW YEARS EVE EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

Acoustic Guitar & Percussion Giants

$15 adv./$17 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm

w / VITAMINS

FRIday 12/30

Peppino D’Agostino with Jeff Campitelli

Fri Dec 30

Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $10 Door

Blues, World Beat, Reggae Rockers $10 adv./$10 door 21 + 7:30pm

Thu Dec 29

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

thursday 12/29

Troubadour & Friends

Wed Jan 4

Muriel Anderson with new Wonderlust Visual Show plus Steve Palazzo & Charlie Rice World-renowned Guitar& Stunning Visual Images $17 adv./$20 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm

COMING RIGHT UP

Fri. Jan. 6

Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men plus Kingsborough Sat. Jan.7 Coffis Brothers & The Mountain Men plus McCoy Tyler Band Sun. Jan 8 Ronstadt Generations plus Ismay Mon. Jan 9 Jesse Daniel & The Slow Learners plus Country Lips Reservations Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am

LIVE MUSIC WED

12/28

THU

12/29

FRI

12/30

SAT

12/31

CAVA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

Steve’s Kitchen Jazz 6:30-9:30p

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Bananarchy, Spiller, Liam and Ryan $8 9p

Harry & the Hitmen, Vitamins $10 9p

Harry & the Hitmen, Harry & the Hitmen NYE Ginger and Juice $15 9p Extravaganza $20 9p

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

Hot Club Pacific $3 7:30p

Papiba & Friends $5 8:30p

Rachelle & HipShake $6 9p

Alex Lucero 6:30-9:30p

MON

1/2

1/3

New Year’s Party w/Extra Large $15 9p

7 Come 11 $5 9p Live Comedy $7 9p

Reggae Party Free 8p

Sherry Austin w/ Henhouse 6-9:30p Troubadour & Friends $10 7:30p

TUE

KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

Peppino D’Agostino w/ Jeff Campitelli $15/$17 7:30p

Foreverland $25 8p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

1/1

Dave Muldawer 6:30-9:30p

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

SUN

Daniel Thomas & Friends

Steve Gornall Blues Band 9p

HINDQUARTER BAR & GRILLE 303 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Bad Dog 9p

Back to Nowhere 9p

Karaoke 10p

Monday, January 9 • 7 pm

BARBARA DANE WITH TAMMY HALL CD RELEASE “THROW IT ALL AWAY” A vocal icon of American music reflecting jazz, blues and follk Thursday, January 12 • 7 pm

LIVE & LOCAL: JOHN HANRAHAN QUARTET Sounds from ‘67—Miles to McCoy, Jimi to The Beatles Monday, January 16 • 7 pm | No Comps

THE BAD PLUS

Thursday, January 19 • 7 pm | No Comps

China Cats $30/$35 8p

BRUBECK BROTHERS QUARTET Continuing their father’s legacy

Greyhound Flingo 7:30p

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Friday, January 20 • 7:30 pm Silverback 9p

JuannaJam 8p

Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p Carlos Martinez 6-9p

STICK MEN FEATURING TONY LEVIN, PAT MASTELOTTO AND MARKUS REUTER Prog-rock trio super group!

Sunday, January 22 • 7:30 pm

KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO

MALONE’S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

Live Music 5:30-9p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

TBD 7-10p

AT RIO THEATRE | No Comps GRAMMY NOMINEE BEST WORLD MUSIC ALBUM

Karaoke w/Ken 9p Acoustic Soul 7-10p

Blue Ocean Rockers 7-10p

Fairweather New Year’s Party 7-10p

Fill’er up!

Sunday, January 22 • 7:30 pm

CAFE MUSIQUE & DIRTY CELLO Tickets: SnazzyProductions.com

PONCHO SANCHEZ LATIN JAZZ BAND

Sat. January 28 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

LARRY CARLTON

Monday, January 30 • 7 pm

These are NO wimpy burgers!

Breakfast & Lunch Daily Steaks • Chicken • Pasta Beer & Wine Breakfast favorites and generous por tions All You Can Eat Brunch Buffet Sat & Sun 8-2

2119 F. Mt Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley

438-8313 Mon-Sat: 6am-3pm • Sun: 7am-3pm

TOMMY IGOE GROOVE CONSPIRACY: TRIBUTE TO STEELY DAN FEATURING DREW ZINGG 2/6 Branford Marsalis Quartet feat. special guest Kurt Elling 2/9 Theo Bleckmann 2/13 Donny McCaslin Quartet 2/14 Valentine’s Evening with Tuck & Patti 2/20 John Scofield’s “Country for Old Men” 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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Thurs. January 26 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

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BBQ BEER BLUES

BBQ

BEER

BLUES

Wed. December 28 Al Frisby 6-8 pm Thurs. December 29 Preacher Boy 6-8 pm Fri. December 30 Rob Vye 6-8 pm Sat. December 31 Lloyd Whitley 1-4 pm Broken Shades 6-8 pm Sun. January 1 Big Jon Atkinson 6-8 pm Mon. January 2 Aki Kumar & Little Jonny 6-8 pm Tues. January 3 Rockin’ Johnny 6-8 pm

LIVE MUSIC WED

12/28

12/29

FRI

12/30

SAT

12/31

Aki Kumar 6p

Al Frisby 6p

Lloyd Whitley 6p

Al Frisby 6p

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Tess Dun aka T3tra & Friends $15/$20 6:30p

Orgone, 7 Come 11 $20/$25 8p

Don Carlos $25/$30 8p

Don Carlos $35/$40 8p

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Depth 9:30p-2a

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

SUN

1/1

MON

Kid Andersen & John ‘Blues’ Boyd 6p

1/2

Rob Vye 6p

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

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Yuji Tojo & Gary Kehoe 7-9p

TUE

1/3

Slim Bawb 6p

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

Trivia 8p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

Claudio Melega 6p

THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz

Jam Session 7p

Db Walker 6p Fabulous Johnson $5 9p

TBA

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Isaiah Picket 6p Jazz Jam Santa Cruz 8p

Comedy 9p

Comedy Open Mic 8p

Open Mic 8-11:30p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p SC Jazz Collective 6p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

8059 APTOS ST, APTOS APTOSSTBBQ.COM | 662.1721

THU

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Acoustic Reggae Jams 6p

Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p

White Album Ensemble $25/$45 8p

White Album Ensemble $25/$45 8p

Brunch Grooves12:30p Featured Acoustic 6:30p

Brunch Grooves 1:30p Open Mic & Bluegrass Evening Krowd Karaoke 9p 6p

Trivia 8p

Musicians Showcase 6p

Open Mic 7:30p

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135 Thursday, December 29 • Ages 16+

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SNOW SESSIONS

Del the Funky Homosapien, Andre Nickatina, Chali 2na, Yukmouth, A-Plus, Deacon the Villain, Rappin 4Tay, Amp Live, Traxamillion, Domino, DJ Aspect Thursday, December 29 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

THE MODERN LIFE

plus Arrows, DZR

Friday, December 30 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

PACIFIC ROOTS

Saturday, December 31 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

DJ SALATIEL

NO COVER

Jan 7 Kingdom Of Giants Atrium (Ages 16+) Jan 13 & 14 Iration (Ages 16+) Jan 22 Switchfoot & Relient K (Ages 16+) Jan 24 & 25 Tribal Seeds (Ages 16+) Jan 27 Felly/ Gypps (Ages 16+) Jan 28 Y & T (Ages 21+) Feb 4 Sage The Gemini (Ages 16+) Feb 7 & 8 Rebelution/ Passafire (Ages 16+) Feb 9 The Revivalists (Ages 16+) Feb 15 Riff Raff (Ages 16+) Feb 17 The Growlers (Ages 16+) Feb 23 J Boog (Ages 16+) Feb 27 William Singe (All Ages) Mar 3 After The Burial (Ages 16+) Mar 13 Isaiah Rashad (Ages 16+) Mar 21 The Kills (Ages 16+) Mar 24 Fortunate Youth (Ages 16+) Mar 25 Chronixx (Ages 16+) Mar 28 Badfish A Tribute To Sublime (Ages 16+) Mar 30 STRFKR/ Psychic Twin (Ages 16+) Apr 13 Grouplove (Ages 16+) May 2 Dweezil Zappa (Ages 16+) May 24 Robin Trower (Ages 21+) Jun 20 Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque (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

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Jan 29 KPIG & (((folkYEAH!))) present Robert Earl Keen 7pm Feb 16 Live Nation Presents: Brian Regan 7:30pm

Mar 10 The Beach Boys 7:30pm Mar 25 In the Mood 1940s Big Band Music Review 2pm

Jun 2 Los Lonely Boys 8pm For Tickets www.GoldenStateTheatre.com 831-649-1070

Super Suds

Laundromat

NEW! USE YOUR DEBIT/ CREDIT CARD AT OUR MACHINES. Easy and Convenient.

Daily Hours: 6am -11pm Wi-Fi Available 2429 B Mission St. Santa Cruz

LIVE MUSIC WED

12/28

THU

12/29

FRI

12/30

SAT

12/31

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

Velvet Plum 8-Midnight

Touch’d Too Much 8-Midnight

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos

Ultrasonic 8-11p

Tammi Brown 8-11p

SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

Broken Shades

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

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-10p

Ten O’Clock Lunch Band 7:30-11:30p

Billy Martini Show 8-11:30p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 6:30-10p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

Thirsty Thursday 5p

IT’S WINE TYME 321 Capitola Ave., Capitola

Open Mic 7-10p

Silver Lining 7-10p

SUN

1/1

MON

Jesse Sabala Pro Jam 7-11p

1/2

TUE

1/3

Alex Lucero Acoustic 7-11p

Open Mic w/Mosephus 5:30p Lisa Marie 7-10p

Depot Dogs 7-10p

Puffball Dance Collective 5-7p

WHALE CITY 490 Highway 1, Davenport YOUR PLACE 1719 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Daniel Martins 9-11p

Daniel Martins 9-11p

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola ZIZZO’S COFFEEHOUSE & WINE BAR 3555 Clares St, Capitola

Steve Wilson Duo 7-9:30p

Daniel Martins 9-11p

Daniel Martins 9-11p

Spun 9:30p

NYE w/Nomalakadoja, Leftovers 9:30p

Al & Richard 7-9:30p

NYE Dance Party 7-10p

JAN 14

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

JAN 19

Lecture: Gary Griggs

JAN 20

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

JAN 21

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

JAN 22

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

JAN 28

Jim Messina Band

FEB 02

The Abba Show

FEB 04

The Comic Strippers

FEB 11

Frans Lanting

FEB 14

Sherry Austin & Henhouse by the Pound

FEB 23-26 Banff Mountain Film MAR 05

The Wood Brothers

MAR 10

Judy Collins

MAR 25

Greg Brown

APR 22

Zep Live

MAY 06

Pivot: The Art of Fashion

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Wood-fired pizza, ice cream, unique fine gifts.

DEAL WITH A VIEW

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Saturday December 31st NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY with SIR ELEGANCE, JOEY MARTINEZ, DJ LAW, & MIGUEL SANTA CRUZ 393 Salinas St, SALINAS (oldtown) 831.757.2720 // casasorrento.com

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JAN 13

w/John Craigie and Sugar

ltations u s n o c Our 7th Year

Same Great Location

Upcoming Shows

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FILM

THEY’RE, LIKE, SO WOKE Relationship trouble for starship travelers Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence after they come

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out of space sleep too early in ‘Passengers.’

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Deep Space Two Starship voyagers find love in ‘Passengers’ BY LISA JENSEN

T

hey don’t exactly “meet cute.” But as the only two people suddenly awake in the middle of a lengthy space voyage, their destiny is more inevitable than most romantic movie couples in Passengers, a rare, thoughtful sci-fi drama in which characters and human nature are far more important than immense CGI effects.

Directed by Norwegian filmmaker Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game), from a script by Jon Spaihts, the movie ponders essential questions of the human condition within the minimalist context of a two-character drama. The story begins in deep space

aboard the Starship Avalon, which has departed from Earth to colonize a planet designated as Homeworld II by the corporate entity in charge of colonization. The ship’s 258 crew members and 5,000 passengers are in hibernation chambers during the 120year voyage, as the ship purrs along on automatic.

But a malfunction in the system accidentally pops passenger Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) out of his sleep pod a mere 30 years into the voyage.

His awe at finding himself in deep space, and having the complete run of the ship (including access to a tethered space suit that allows him to float among the stars) soon gives

way to crushing loneliness. Unable to return to hibernation, with 90 years of the voyage left to go, he faces spending the rest of his life on the ship with no one for company but holograms, and an android bartender called Arthur (Michael Sheen), programmed to mix drinks, lend a sympathetic ear, and dispense cheerful platitudes.

After a year of despair, Jim makes a moral decision that will have repercussions throughout the rest of the story. He's soon joined by fellow passenger Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence), a journalist who joined the expedition to record the story of colonization for future generations.

Jim is eager to leave his possibly dodgy past. (When he first wakes up, he doesn’t even seem to know where he is, or why, suggesting he was recruited and signed up in haste.) Her motives are just the opposite: looking forward to a future she can’t even imagine.

Making use of all the high-tech recreational facilities the ship provides—jogging around the decks, swimming in the pool, taking part in a life-sized, hologrammatic danceoff game—they start to bond with each other.

Out of necessity, they begin warming up to the reality of spending the rest of their lives together. But there’s still plenty of room for romance, as Pratt’s tender-hearted Jim practices his old-fashioned wooing skills, and Lawrence's vibrant Aurora responds with passionate gusto. Their relationship is heartfelt and frisky, until a horrible secret between them threatens to shatter everything.

The movie has the cool, antiseptic look we expect in sci-fi stories where machines are running everything.

(Kudos to production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas.) Tiny robotic roombas skitter around the floors at the first trace of any disorder. The cold, empty corridors are unpopulated by any other signs of life or warmth, except for the burnished wood paneling and sparkling decanters in Arthur’s bar.

Jim and Aurora are dressed mostly in black, white, and grey tones—which is why her red sheath dress has such impact when they go on their first “date.” The turquoise-blue water in the swimming pool, and the twilight purple starfield beyond the bubble that encloses it, evoke the idea of serenity within unimaginable vastness.

There are thrills as the ship continues to malfunction (like getting stuck in the pool during an episode of zero-gravity), and other surprises in the plot. But Tyldum wisely sticks to the human story at the center of this epic-looking tale of the vast, unchartered terrain of the human heart.

PASSENGERS (***) With Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, and Michael Sheen.

Written by Jon Spaihts. Directed by Morten Tyldum. A Columbia Pictures release. Rated PG-13. 111 minutes.

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NOW PLAYING ALLIED OMG, Brangelina broke up because Angelina is a German spy. Of course! (This is their marriage memoir, right?). Robert Zemeckis directs.

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ARRIVAL Aliens are here, but no one can decipher what they’re saying. Thankfully, the military sends in a woman to help communicate. Denis Villeneuve directs. Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker co-star.

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ASSASSIN’S CREED Whether or not we’re fans of the video game, an assassin travelling back in time to jump off of buildings wearing nifty black robes with Jeremy Irons, Michael Kenneth Williams and Brendan Gleeson in the mix—now that looks like the dose of holiday cheer we needed (or escape, whatever). Justin Kurzel directs. Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard and Irons co-star.

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COLLATERAL BEAUTY He’s lost the hardest thing to lose and he doesn’t care about losing the rest.

Howard writes to Love, Time and Death for answers, and apparently Death is an elderly white woman played by Helen Mirren. David Frankel directs. Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet co-star. (PG13) 97 minutes.

DOCTOR STRANGE What if the material world was only one of many? In that case it’d probably be beneficial to have someone with a name like Dr. Strange to protect it.

Scott Derrickson directs. Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams co-star. (PG-13) 115 minutes.

THE EAGLE HUNTRESS Aisholpan is a 13-year-old eagle hunter. She’s the first female in 12 generations in her family to fill the coveted and time-honored Kazakh role—and she’s about to school them all. Otto Bell directs.

Aisholpan Nurgaiv, Daisy Ridley costar. (G) 87 minutes.

THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN While most of us surely would rather avoid revisiting the unbearable pain of being in high school, sometimes the awkward moments of youth just never get old—especially when Woody Harrelson plays the lovable, confidant high school teacher who’s writing his suicide note on his lunch break. Kelly Fremon Craig directs. Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner co-star.

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FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM Eddie Redmayne accidentally let a bunch of evil ghouls into our realm. It all makes sense now: how else could a cheeto-faced Voldemort have gotten in? David Yates directs.

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FENCES For a black man raising a son in the 1950s, keeping his family together and facing the daily reality of racist America, nothing comes easy. “Some people build fences to keep people out, and other people build fences to keep people in.” Denzel Washington directs. Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson co-star. (PG-13) 138 minutes.

HACKSAW RIDGE Desmond T. Doss enlisted at the height of WWII, but he refused to touch a gun. He became the first conscientious objector in American history to receive the Medal of Honor. Mel Gibson directs. Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey costar. (R) 171 minutes.

JACKIE The most watched, regal, and iconic woman in America’s modern history fighting to stay strong for her children, wade through her own trauma alongside the nation’s grief, and keep her

WHAT’S UP, SLUMDOG? Dev Patel of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ fame is getting Oscar buzz for ‘Lion.’

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LION Saroo is starting to remember losing his mother and brother on a train platform in Calcutta at the age of 5. Now, worlds away living a very different Australian life, he’s decided to find his family. Garth Davis directs. Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara co-star. (PG-13) 118 minutes.

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA What do you do when you’re suddenly faced with the responsibility of becoming a teenager’s legal guardian, but your own life is hard enough to handle? Kenneth Lonergan directs. Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler co-star. (R) 137 minutes.

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MOANA A great danger is coming but Moana will find the demigod Maui and they’ll save the world— he’s a little difficult, so she’ll need all the help she can get. Thankfully, she’s got the ocean on her side.

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Munn, Jennifer Aniston co-star. (R) 105 minutes.

PASSENGERS Reviewed this week. Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen co-star. (PG13) 116 minutes.

ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Ah, what a time to be a Star Wars fan. Gareth Edwards directs.

Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk co-star. (PG-13) 133 minutes.

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS “I did something horrible to him. I loved him in a brutal way,” says Amy Adams as Susan Morrow, looking bleakly into her past, haunted by her ex-husband’s novel and the threat she sees in it. Tom Ford directs.

Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon co-star. (R) 117 minutes.

SING An alligator rapping “The Humpty Dance,” a buffalo singing “Butterfly,” bunnies hollering “Oh my god, Becky, look at her butt,” a tracksuit-wearing pig belting Lady Gaga and a British gorilla who just wants out of the game. Best idea for a zoo ever. Christophe Lourdelet, Garth Jennings direct.

Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane costar. (PG) 108 minutes.

OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY This is exactly what last year’s GT office party looked like. Just kidding … sort of. Josh Gordon, Will Speck direct. Kate McKinnon, Olivia

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his was the year of the scallop, with no fewer than three fabulous dishes capturing my fancy that involved my favorite shellfish. A fabulous lunch at Cafe Sparrow was highlighted by a trio of plump moist day boat scallops, seared golden and topping a foundation of polenta with orange reduction sauce. Here was a lunch to linger over and to remind me all over again just how much I love this enduring Aptos Village landmark.

Fresh sea scallops wrapped in prosciutto in a chipotle sauce at Plantation, on Long Beach Island, New

Jersey also made a lasting impression.

Another scallop dish right here in Santa Cruz made my list, too. Seared sea scallops with parsnip puree and an addictive slaw of Brussels sprouts, studded with thin slices of grapefruit and tangerine made by chef Mark Denham at Soif. Curls of flash-fried parsnip topped the beautiful dish that was also surrounded with a reduction vinaigrette—dazzling flavors!

At La Posta, an evening’s special pasta—a dish of plump gnocchi that had been sauced with shreds of slow-cooked pork and those little orange tomatoes—knocked me out.

BY CHRISTINA WATERS The pork and pomodori formed a sauce synergy that bathed each little pillow of potato pasta. Sauce rich enough to act like a main course, yet subtle enough to flatter without overwhelming the pasta. I was impressed with an appetizer of roasted fresh Dungeness crab and infant greens at Chez Panisse last month. The white Bordeaux pairing didn’t hurt one bit.

A lunch entree of Idaho trout at Gabriella dazzled with delicious trout flavor flattered by a bed of inner leaves of baby romaine, arugula, cucumbers, and zest of carrots.

Perfumed with tarragon, the vibrant dressing added zing. Gabriella was also the site of the year’s showpiece dessert—pumpkin semifreddo topped with a dusting of ginger snaps and a snowy field of unsweetened whipped cream. Dazzling! An outdoor summer meal at the Homeless Garden Project’s Sustain Supper showed off chef Brad Briske’s superb treatment of roast whole snapper, brined with garlic, rosemary and jalapeños and stuffed with yet more herbs. The aroma was incredible, thanks to the fire pit cooking process.

A textbook-perfect dish of boeuf Bourguignon at Bo-Beau in La Mesa offered herb-fragrant baby carrots, mushrooms, long haricots verts, and fingerling potatoes, adorning the moist, tender beef and rich pancetta reduction. Exactly the way someone’s French grand-mère would have made. Nothing less than a housemade glazed donut at Bantam’s brunch forced me to revoke my gluten-free creed for a few minutes. The rich doughnut arrived with its hole (also glazed) on the side. Each bite was intense, light yet substantial. The Scotch olives at Assembly—Castelvetrano olives stuffed with garlic sausage and cheese and then deep fried.

Yeow! An order of Ahi Katsu Tacos from Hula’s sided with black beans and molten salsa, were worth revisiting. Laid across the two tacos were long slabs of pink pankocrusted ahi, topped with cilantro and underscored by fresh slaw. We cleaned our plate. The supple, nay tumescent almond orange cookie, dusted with powdered sugar from Cafe Ivéta has earned my love and respect over and over. The tension of flavors, intense almond pushing against the tangy citrus, is enough to make anyone’s afternoon (pair with jasmine green tea for a serious bliss event). Heavenly texture. Destined for Hall of Fame status are the always wonderful Red Oil Dumplings at O’mei. Tender, succulent, and brilliant in their incomparable spicy sauce (which I could eat for breakfast!). Diverse and wellseasoned, it was an unpredictable year. In food, as in other things.

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h, how lucky we are that the beautiful Pinot Noir grape fares so well in our Santa Cruz Mountains. Thanks to the cooling fog that rolls in and protects the fragile skins of this varietal, the Pinot Noir grape thrives. And at harvest time, expert winemakers like Mikael Wargin roll in and pluck these ripe beauties off the vines and turn them into superb crimson nectar. Yes, how lucky we are.

Wargin’s 2014 Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir ($34) is one of those grab-your-attention Pinots with its lovely light body and full-on flavors. I always have a glass of wine when I’m making dinner—and as the steaks were sizzling on the grill, I sipped on this gorgeous Pinot. What a pleasure! It’s packed with delicious red fruits—strawberry, cherry— and spicy qualities. I had another glass or two with dinner.

“Made entirely from 777 Dijon Pinot Noir grapes, this clonalspecific wine is terroir driven with subtle oak impact for a winning combination,” says Wargin on his label. It’s a winning wine, indeed.

Wargin and his wife Denise operate two tasting rooms—allowing plenty of opportunity to try their wines.

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Wednesday through Sunday; 18 Hangar Way, Watsonville, open noon to 5 p.m.

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SUMMIT STORE

Local wines can be found all over, but I’m always pleased to find a new reliable supply. The Summit Store carries an excellent selection, and as I was browsing the shelves recently, wine buyer Curtis Cooke offered some assistance. Cooke is really into wine

LUCKY SEVENS Wargin’s 2014 Pinot

is made from 777 Dijon Pinot Noir grapes. and is extremely helpful. He even carried my purchases to the car for me. I’ll be back! The Summit Store, 24197 Summit Road, Los Gatos, 408-353-2186.

NONNO’S

Ralph DiTullio, owner and chef at Nonno’s Italian Café, has always prided himself on carrying an abundance of local wines—so here’s another place to find some wellmade local elixirs. And the food there is terrific! Nonno’s Italian Café & Wine Bar, 21433 Broadway, Redwood Estates, 408-353-5633. nonnositalian.com.

H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES SAILING INTO THE NEW YEAR

Our new year begins with a Mercury retrograde in Capricorn and Mars in Pisces. On Jan. 3, Venus joins Mars in Pisces. All of us will be quite reflective, imaginative and dreamy the first part of the new year. Most of the time. Venus will retrograde (March 4 - April 15) during 2017, as it does every 18 months for 40-43 days. With Venus retrograde, intense love Instagrams are not sent.

And no weddings! Instead, assess self-esteem and how to save the world. The stock market shifts wildly during Venus retrograde. With Uranus in Aries, we understand liberty with more clarity, and the importance of freedom. Our world accelerates forward, unfolding the Aquarian Age. The year of the Fire Monkey ends, and the year of the Fire Rooster begins. We will continue to see activism, new arts awakening and new frontiers forged. “Put a little love in the heart (first)” is Jupiter in Libra’s theme. Before sex

happens (Jupiter in Scorpio). Soon everyone will return to the truth of what matters. Justice and equality, too.

And so the Noah’s Ark (humanity) is set to sail into a new year.

We sense excitement for what’s to come.

Each year an envelope of new experiences opens. We enter into a celestial boat, the Ark. We are transported, like seeds, into a new world, given another chance at purpose and the accomplishment of the Divine Plan on Earth. Each year, a profound wisdom is given to humanity in the present cycle of time. We travel in the ark in pairs, navigating the waters of a new world.

As we enter a new year, the months overseen by the zodiac, it’s good to learn the gifts (purpose, tasks, surprises, nature) of each sign, Aries to Pisces. Then we have understanding of each other.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Creates the beginnings of things, has a fiery, quick-thinking mind, does not exhibit patience (especially for slower signs Pisces, Taurus, Scorpio, Capricorn), is filled with enthusiasm (filled with God). Using the “I” word constantly, Aries is developing a sense of self-identity, amidst being decisive, competitive, aggressive, proving themselves as impulsive risk takers. The hierarchy looks on to see if you’re a good risk for them. Can you change the world?

Libra likes to play, have fun, be social and cooperate. With their sense of beauty and justice, Libras seek to bring balance to everyone’s life. Libras have many relationships. In each one, they are learning how to be in relationships, how to choose and discriminate how to share and love and extend themselves so they can learn and radiate Right Relations in all interactions.

Librans are mediators, servers and are always beautiful.

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TAURUS Apr21–May21 People often call Taurus stubborn, but that’s not the reality. Taurus people must think deeply before responding to questions. Their mind is based upon sensibility and practicality. Give them time to ponder on all aspects of a question before answering. Taurus loves gold and beauty (Venus). Gold is valuable, and like Taurus, a serious, long-lasting investment. Taurus illuminates the minds of humanity—beginning with themselves.

GEMINI May 22–June 20

CANCER Jun21–Jul20 Truly a crab, circling whatever interests them, never moving in a straight line. You’re circuitous in order to assess safety and well-being. When safety is assured, you nurture and nourish all beings—people, kingdoms, babies, animals, gardens, the broccoli deva, etc. Shy and evasive publicly, you’re lively and talkative with intimates. And very opinionated! Following moon cycles and ocean’s tides, you’re sensitive, moody, refined. Neptune summons you.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22 The world’s your jungle. Proud lions have strong will, great intelligence, a high forehead, often big hair, can be generous, intense, over- confident, and at times a pain to everyone.

You’re a leader, must be in charge, very creative, inspiring others and sensitive like Cancer. Your purpose is to awaken, cultivate your gifts, and then offer them to humanity. You are a “fire child.” That fire is God (Agni).

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Known as a perfectionist, you’re to bring order and organization into the world. However, before understanding this task, you’re often critical, judgmental, opinionated and silently unappreciative. But this is just a stage. Later, you become trustworthy, exploratory, appreciative. Your purpose is to gestate new realities and realize that “love underlies all the happenings of the times.” Archangel Gabriel is your protector.

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The sign of potent and emotional feelings and desires, Scorpios also have strong powerful wills. Serious, deep and extraordinary researchers, they’re always somewhat in a Halloween situation. Always facing death and rebirth, Scorpios ask others to walk with them. As everyone declines the invitation and withdraws, Scorpios never show weakness.

They can be harsh and undiplomatic. Often they suffer and we find them deeply and unequivocally admirable.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 The truth sign. Sags are like an arrow of light—straightforward, uncomplicated, undemanding, focused upon what’s ahead, eyes ever on the mountaintop, riding over the plains toward a goal almost unreachable. They’re adventurous, cultural, journeyers, publishers, filled with music, love of food, the need for freedom. Their companion is Jupiter, which suggests joy.

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CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 The sign of self-reliance; like Taurus, but different, Caps never ask for help, for they must prove to themselves they’re responsible, accountable, dependable and trustworthy. Often, no matter how much Caps accomplish, they feel unworthy and undeserving, judging themselves as not having done enough.

Caps need to know they are the “rising sun.”

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 Honest and sincere, understanding brotherhood and seeking freedom, bringing the future into the present, always different and slightly revolutionary, Aquarians are comforted by knowing everyone in town. They love parties and groups.

They’re loyal and sympathetic. These “waters of life” star children, quirky and eccentric, sometimes very determined, learn by being both alone and in groups and consider their work with deep seriousness. Aquarians are the “light that shines on Earth, across the sea.” They are the future.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Very sensitive (like Cancer), a delicate fish (actually two), most comfortable in water (ocean, pools, river, lakes, rain), Pisces can suffer tremendously, not understanding life in form and matter. Sometimes the fish find themselves in places and positions not quite right, sometimes with broken feet and bones. This is frightful for them. The Talmud says that “Every blade of grass has its angel bending over it, whispering, ‘Grow, grow.’” Pisces has their angel, bending over them, too. It’s just invisible to everyone else.

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Your eyes are special, different than the other signs except for Aquarius. They gather information in order to disperse that information to others. Gemini’s the messenger (Mercury), quite imaginative, sometimes a gossip, can be charming when it’s important and absent when it’s not. Your purpose, after dispensing information, is to love beyond everyone else’s capacity. Sirius is your guiding star. Become acquainted.

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THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner KAYLA G ROSE AKA MICHELA GERALDINE GONELLA has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: KAYLA G ROSE AKA MICHELA GERALDINE GONELLA to: KAYLA GARNET ROSE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted.

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the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ALEXANDER AIREY AND MALLORY AIREY has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: BOYD BURNS AIREY to: BOYD ALDOUS BURNS AIREY. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why

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“with Pepper”,4oz/ 6.69

■ HORNITOS TEQUILA, Reposado/ 17.99 ■ TANQUERAY GIN, London Dry/19.99 ■ JAMESON IRISH WHISKEY/ 19.99 Cheese “Best Selection in Santa Cruz” ■ NORWEGIAN JARLSBERG SWISS, “Whole Wheel ■ KETTLE ONE VODKA/ 19.99 ■ FERNET BRANCA/ 22.99 Cuts” Loaf Cuts/ 9.39 Lb, Average Cuts/ 9.99 Lb Best Buy Whites ■ SALME BLUE CHEESE, “Made with Raw Cow’s Milk”/ 6.99 ■ 2012 VOCA CORTESE (91WW, Reg 16.99)/ 8.99 ■ POET’S IRISH CHEDDAR. “A Customer ■ 2015 VILLA ANTINORI WHITE (Reg 12.99)/ 8.99 Favorite”/ 7.19 Lb ■ 2014 CHATEAU ST. MICHELLE, Chardonnay ■ DRY JACK, “Aged to Perfection”/ 8.39 Lb (Reg 14.99)/ 8.99 ■ DALMATIA BLACK OLIVE SPREAD, “Try with Crackers”, 6oz/ 5.49

Crackers

■ LA PANZANELLA, ‘”Artesian Crackers”, 6oz/ 3.79 ■ WISECRACKERS, “Non GMO”, 4oz/ 3.99 ■ CARR’S, “Since 1831”, 4.25oz/ 3.79 ■ URBAN OVEN, “Perfectly Crisp”, 7.5oz/ 4.59 ■ RAINCOAST CRISPS, “Gluten Free”, 6oz/ 6.99

Appetizers

■ ROMANOFF CAVIAR, Black and Vodka Lumpfish, 2oz/ 8.99

■ NORTHERN CHEF, Calamari and Cocoanut Shrimp,

9oz/ 8.49 ■ APPLEGATE CHICKEN STRIPS, “Organic”, 8oz/ 6.99 ■ ROMANOFF CAVIAR, Red Salmon, 2oz/ 16.99 ■ GAYLE’S CROSTINI, 8oz/ 7.95

■ 2013 BASILISK, Chardonnay (Reg 19.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2012 METZ ROAD, Chardonnay (92WE, Reg 29.99)/ 11.99

Italian Reds – Absolute Steals ■ 2008 ANIMA LIBERA Toscana (Reg 24.99)/ 11.99 ■ 2010 FELCIANO Bolgheri(90WE, Reg 34.99)/ 14.99 ■ 2011 DECUGNANO DEI BARBI, Il Rosso (Reg 26.99)/ 14.99 ■ 2008 BELVEDERE, Chianti Classico Riserva (Reg 37.99)/ 14.99

■ 2007 OLIVIERO TOSCANI, “OT” (Reg 45.99)/ 16.99

Celebration Sparklers

■ MICHELLE, Brut (90BTI, Reg 17.99)/ 9.99 ■ SHARFFENBERGER, Brut Excellence (91WE)/ 19.99 Gourmet Chocolate – ■ ROEDERER ESTATE, Brut (92WE)/ 19.99 Midnight Snacks ■ VALDO, Proseco, “#1 in Italy”/ 13.99 ■ DICK TAYLOR CRAFT CHOCOLATE, “Award Winning ■ LA MARCA , Proseco (90W&S)/ 16.99 from Humboldt”, 2oz/ 6.49

■ CHOCOLATE NAÏVE, Organic Chocolate, From

Connoisseur’s Corner – Champagne

Lithuania, 1.94oz/ 6.19 ■ CHOCOLATE AND LOVE, Organic Chocolate Bars, From Switzerland, 3.5oz/ 6.39 ■ ENDORFIN FOODS, Organic Chocolate Bars, No Dairy or Refined Sugar, 1.4oz/ 4.99 ■ L’AMOURETTE CHOCOLATIER, Chocolate Bars, Handmade in S.F, 3.5oz/ 4.69

■ G.H MUMM, Cordon Rouge (91WS, Reg 39.99)/ 29.99 ■ CANARD DUCHENE, Authentic Brut (Reg 44.99)/ 29.99 ■ TATTINGER, Brut La Francias (91WS)/ 49.99 ■ BOLLINGER, Special Cuvee (94WS)/ 59.99 ■ BILLICART – SALMON, Brut Reserve (93ST)/ 56.99

KARINA SCARBOROUGH SCHEIDT, 8-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Stay-at-home mom Hobbies: Ballroom dancing, planning kids’ stuff, cooking, reading Astrological Sign: Capricorn PAUL SCHEIDT, 20-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Semi-conductor engineer Hobbies: Bike riding, family activities/playing Legos with the kids, gardening, dancing, making German food Astrological Sign: Libra

What do you especially like about Shopper’s? PAUL: “I like that they provide European-style cuts of meat, just as I had growing up; you can get veal which is difficult to find. They have the best butcher shop in town! ” KARINA: “If I want a particular type of meat that they don’t carry, they will get it for me and cut it they way I want. The butchers are really nice.” PAUL: “The wine department is great, especially the sale wines in front of the meat display. I like their sauerkraut — the good stuff in jars — and other products that we German transplants especially appreciate.” KARINA: “I too like the wines, and the wine guy is really helpful with his recommendations.”

You plan on shopping here for holiday meals?

KARINA: “For Christmas, we’ll pick up a Diestel turkey, fresh produce for a salad and a red cabbage for special side dish; also numerous cheeses and fresh bread, plus brandy for cheese fondu. Got to get Limoncello as well.” PAUL: “We’ll also get a marinaded beef fillet, and the butchers will tie it up, which is great. It’s little things like that — it’s so friendly and relaxed — which make shopping here enjoyable and not a chore.” KARINA: I like that Shopper’s is family-owned and has contributed to the community for so many years, and its atmosphere makes it fun for our kids, Max and Katarina.”

Is Shopper’s one-stop shopping for you folks? KARINA: “Oh yes. And I love to cook! I don’t make a lot of Asian food, but when I do, I can find all the ingredients at Shopper’s. They have all the herbs I like and a lot of spices, from numerous brands offering different price points which is nice. I even found a particular German baking powder mix — it’s like a cream — that the big stores don’t carry.” PAUL: “The produce section is great, and has a good mix of organic and conventional selections. It’s nice to have a choice.” KARINA: “We rarely go to restaurants but we don’t mind paying for high-quality groceries. Shopper’s is not expensive, not for the quality you get.”

“We rarely go to restaurants but we don’t mind paying for high-quality groceries. Shopper’s isn’t expensive, not for the quality you get.”

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