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EDITOR’S NOTE There are some things that seem like they must always have been true about Santa Cruz, but some of GT’s cover stories lately have taken a closer look at our assumptions. For instance, Mat Weir’s piece a few weeks back about the police raid on a birthing center in the 1970s let the air out of the simplistic notion that Santa Cruz has always been a bastion of reproductive rights and women’s liberation. This week’s cover story by Geoff Drake is startling in a similar way— doesn’t it seem like a progressive
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In Mr. Kettmann’s article (GT, 3/1) comparing George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 to the arrival of the Trump presidency, he paints Mr. Trump as the new “Big Brother,” and as a petty, petulant, totalitarian bigot, woman-hating, life-hating (that’s a new one), reality TV curiosity (not as someone who worked his ass off for decades to build a multi-billion dollar business empire), and a liar (despite keeping all his campaign promises) whose presidency is an “assault on decency.” Of course, in his very emotional and slanderous picture of the president, he brings absolutely zero quotations or documentary evidence to back up his assertions of blind hatred for a man he has never met. He implies that we all woke up on Nov. 9 to the reality of a full-surveillance-style police state; however, that has been a reality for Americans and others around the world for quite some time now. The Edward Snowden revelations about unchecked NSA surveillance of everybody occurred during the “Big Brother” Obama administration. He also seems to have overlooked the historical fact that in 1948, Orwell was warning us about the dystopian world of left-wing communist-Marxist totalitarianism (INGSOC), i.e. he was warning us about the
mountain bike advocacy group must have existed in Santa Cruz before 1997? And yet, as Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz celebrates its 20th anniversary, Drake’s story lays out all the ways that the group was indeed revolutionary in its vision for promoting both the sport and the local trail system. The MBoSC battle to reclaim Heroin Hill is one of those Santa Cruz stories that should be widely known. As usual, behind the popular notion that Santa Cruz is a biker’s paradise is a more interesting real story of cyclist activists in Santa Cruz—lovers of the sport and the local landscape who have dedicated themselves to building and increasing access to trails—who made it that way. STEVE PALOPOLI | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
modern intolerant, totalitarian, and violent “regressive left.” Kettman writes of the two closely related phenomena of “thought control” and “the distortions of language,” which in fact we now find in the “cultural Marxist” world of the modern “newspeak” movement, i.e. the modern cult of political correctness championed by the New Left. Regarding the Orwellian news “memory hole” and “doublethink,” does he remember back in 2014 when the people of Crimea held a peaceful national referendum on whether or not to rejoin the Republic of Russia (the “Yes” vote was 95.5 percent) after the Obama administration orchestrated a Neo-Nazi-led coup d’état against the democratically elected government of Ukraine, costing U.S. taxpayers $6 billion for the whole operation? I’ll bet that he is completely unaware of this historical fact and actually believes that Crimea is now part of Russia due to “Russian military aggression,” a thoroughly debunked myth which the corporate fake news media still refuses to admit was a total lie. They dropped the facts down the “memory hole” to prop up their false narrative of “Russian aggression” in order to support the warmongering neoconservatives’ plan for World War III against Russia, which the current president is trying to avoid by peacefully normalizing U.S.-Russia >8
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The Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) has taken a step that it hopes will increase transparency and community trust: Deputy Chief Rick Martinez announced last week that the agency is reinstating its Santa Cruz Police Chief’s Advisory Committee. The group will give input into the department’s policies, strategies, and priorities. The 14-member body has members representing a variety of perspectives, including public safety, diversity, homelessness, mental health, education, faith communities, and social services.
Construction on the Branciforte Creek bicycle and pedestrian bridge project finally began earlier this week. The last piece in Santa Cruz’s five-mile river walk, the linkage will go under the Soquel Avenue Bridge and over Branciforte Creek. City leaders first conceived the plan 30 years ago, but continued to put it off while they looked for funds. A Caltrans Active Transportation Program grant is funding $1.8 million in construction, with another $600,000 coming from local gas taxes.
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Is taller, high-density development a good thing for Santa Cruz? BY MATTHEW COLE SCOTT
It’s going to make our traffic situation worse than it already is. ART SHIELDS CAPITOLA | GRAPHIC DESIGNER
It’s necessary to house more people. Portland is a good example of expanding to give people places to live and affordable housing. TERRY BOYD GENERAL CONTRACTOR | SANTA CRUZ
It would attract more yuppies and take away what Santa Cruz is all about. CAYENNE HERON SANTA CRUZ | MOM/VOLUNTEER
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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of March 29 ARIES Mar21–Apr19
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The dragon that stole your treasure will return it. Tulips and snapdragons will blossom in a field you thought was a wasteland. Gargoyles from the abyss will crawl into view, but then meekly lick your hand and reveal secrets you can really use. The dour troll that guards the bridge to the Next Big Thing will let you pass even though you don’t have the password. APRIL FOOL! Everything I just described is only metaphorically true, not literally.
Research shows that a typical working couple devotes an average of four minutes per day in meaningful conversations. I suggest you boost that output by at least ten percent. Try to engage your best companion in four minutes and 24 seconds of intimate talk per day. APRIL FOOL! I lied. A ten-percent increase isn’t nearly enough. Given the current astrological indicators, you must seek out longer and deeper exchanges with the people you love. Can you manage 20 minutes per day?
TAURUS Apr20–May20 According to legend, Buddha had to face daunting tests to achieve enlightenment. A diabolical adversary tempted him with sensual excesses and assailed him with vortexes of blistering mud, flaming ice, and howling rocks. Happily, Buddha glided into a state of wise calm and triumphed over the mayhem. He converted his nemesis’s vortexes into bouquets of flowers and celestial ointments. What does this have to do with you? In accordance with current astrological omens, I hope you will emulate Buddha as you deal with your own initiatory tests. APRIL FOOL! I wasn’t completely honest. It’s true you’ll face initiatory tests that could prod you to a higher level of wisdom. But they’ll most likely come from allies and inner prompts rather than a diabolical adversary.
GEMINI May21–June20 Since I expect you’ll soon be tempted to indulge in too much debauched fun and riotous release, I’ll offer you a good hangover remedy. Throw these ingredients into a blender, then drink up: a thousand-year-old quail egg from China, seaweed from Antarctica, milk from an Iraqi donkey, lemon juice imported from Kazakhstan, and a dab of Argentinian toothpaste on which the moon has shone for an hour. APRIL FOOL! I deceived you. You won’t have to get crazy drunk or stoned to enjoy extreme pleasure and cathartic abandon. It will come to you quite naturally—especially if you expand your mind through travel, big ideas, or healthy experiments.
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Hire a promoter to create gold plaques listing your accomplishments and hang them up in public places. Or pay someone to make a thousand bobble-head dolls in your likeness, each wearing a royal crown, and give them away to everyone you know. Or enlist a pilot to fly a small plane over a sporting event while trailing a banner that reads, “[Your name] is a gorgeous genius worthy of worshipful reverence.” APRIL FOOL! What I just advised was a distorted interpretation of the cosmic omens. Here’s the truth: The best way to celebrate your surging power is not by reveling in frivolous displays of pride, but rather by making a bold move that will render a fantastic dream ten percent more possible for you to accomplish.
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LE0 Jul23–Aug22 Endangered species: black rhino, Bornean orangutan, hawksbill turtle, South China tiger, Sumatran elephant, and the Leo messiah complex. You may not be able to do much to preserve the first five on that list, but please get to work on saving the last. It’s time for a massive eruption of your megalomania. APRIL FOOL! I was exaggerating for effect. There’s no need to go overboard in reclaiming your messiah complex. But please do take strong action to stoke your self-respect, self-esteem, and confidence.
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VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Race through your yoga routine so you have more time to surf the Internet. Inhale doughnuts and vodka in the car as you race to the health food store. Get into a screaming fight with a loved one about how you desperately need more peace and tenderness. APRIL FOOL! A little bit of self-contradiction would be cute, but not THAT much. And yet I do worry that you are close to expressing THAT much. The problem may be that you haven’t been giving your inner rebel any high-quality mischief to attend to. As a result, it’s bogged down in trivial insurrections. So please give your inner rebel more important work to do.
SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 In a way, it’s too bad you’re about to lose your mind. The chaos that ensues will be a big chore to clean up. But in another sense, losing your mind may be a lucky development. The process of reassembling it will be entertaining and informative. And as a result, your problems will become more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. APRIL FOOL! I lied, sort of. You won’t really lose your mind. But this much is true: Your problems will be more fascinating than usual, and your sins will be especially original. That’s a good thing! It may even help you recover a rogue part of your mind that you lost a while back.
SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 You say that some of the healthiest foods don’t taste good? And that some of your pleasurable diversions seem to bother people you care about? You say it’s too much hassle to arrange for a certain adventure that you know would be exciting and meaningful? Here’s what I have to say about all that: Stop whining. APRIL FOOL! I lied. The truth is, there will soon be far fewer reasons for you to whine. The discrepancies between what you have to do and what you want to do will, at least partially, dissolve. So will the gaps between what’s good for you and what feels good, and between what pleases others and what pleases you.
CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 You should begin work on a book with one of the following titles, and you should finish writing it no later than April 28: “The Totally Intense Four Weeks of My Life When I Came All the Way Home” . . . “The Wildly Productive Four Weeks of My Life when I Discovered the Ultimate Secrets of Domestic Bliss” . . . “The Crazily Meaningful Four Weeks When I Permanently Anchored Myself in the Nourishing Depths.” APRIL FOOL! I lied. There’s no need to actually write a book like that. But I do hope you seek out and generate experiences that would enable you to write books with those titles.
AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 If you were a passenger on a plane full of your favorite celebrities, and the pilot had to make an emergency landing on a remote snowbound mountain, and you had to eat one of the celebrities in order to stay alive until rescuers found you, which celebrity would you want to eat first? APRIL FOOL! That was a really stupid and pointless question. I can’t believe I asked it. I hope you didn’t waste a nanosecond thinking about what your reply might be. Here’s the truth, Aquarius: You’re in a phase of your astrological cycle when the single most important thing you can do is ask and answer really good questions.
PISCES Feb19–Mar20 You now have an elevated chance of finding a crumpled one-dollar bill on a sidewalk. There’s also an increased likelihood you’ll get a coupon for a 5-percent discount from a carpet shampoo company, or win enough money in the lottery to buy a new sweatshirt. To enhance these possibilities, all you have to do is sit on your ass and wish really hard that good economic luck will come your way. APRIL FOOL! What I just said was kind of true, but also useless. Here’s more interesting news: The odds are better than average that you’ll score tips on how to improve your finances. You may also be invited to collaborate on a potentially lucrative project, or receive an offer of practical help for a bread-and-butter dilemma. To encourage these outcomes, all you have to do is develop a long-term plan for improved money management.
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As the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake violently shook Santa Cruz County with magnitude-6.9 force, a Champagne bottle in Mr. Goodie’s Antiques and Collectibles on Pacific Avenue rattled alongside dozens of fragile relics, each dancing inside their glass enclosures. While many buildings crumbled or faced such irreparable harm that they would later be torn down, the one-story Mr. Goodie’s building—a newer and stronger design than surrounding structures—did not fail. “We were saving that bottle to celebrate our opening,” remembers co-owner Kurt Haveman, also known as “Mr. Goodie,” who runs the shop with his wife and business partner, Kit. “It survived!” he happily shouts from behind the shop counter, where tribal masks and vintage clocks surround him. “We still have it in the back.” At the end of March, the Havemans will close up their one-of-a-kind antique shop after 28 years of business in downtown Santa Cruz. “I’m happy for Kit and Kurt, because it’s time for them to retire and move on,” says Richard Hoffman, a longtime customer and friend of the Havemans who often visits the shop in search of Native American memorabilia. “But the thought of moving all this stuff,” says Hoffman, his voice quieting as his eyes widen and scan the store’s many glass cases. “It’s a little overwhelming.” When customers walk through Mr. Goodie’s doors, they find items from just about any era—from Napoleonic helmets to 1950s potato mashers. The Havemans have a long history in dealing antiques. Before becoming “Mr. and Mrs. Goodie,” they ran a business designing and implementing themes for restaurants with old-fashioned decor. But hauling antiques and five children across the country proved exhausting, so, in 1974, the family settled in Santa Cruz, where they moved into and began revamping their downtown Victorian. A decade later, they began a 27-person collective of antique dealers, called Moderne Life, just five doors down from their current storefront. But the couple wanted to sell items that were older than Moderne Life’s scope, which >12
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and, of course, more antiques. Meanwhile, many antique stores around the world have closed in recent years for financial reasons. “Antique stores can’t just rely on people walking in the door,” says pop culture memorabilia appraiser Leila Dunbar, who has appraised items for the Antique Roadshow. “They have to be aggressive in marketing through the internet,” she adds. Some observers think the antique industry faces other obstacles, as well. An article in the Economist from 2015 offered that buyers are simply less interested in the sometimes fickle world of antiques than they were even a decade ago. The magazine also suggested—as some experts also have—that, while higher-end antiques continue to perform well, everyday vintage goods generally have not.
Haveman says that the real value in an antique lies in a sense of nostalgia. “People want things from their childhood they couldn’t afford,” he says. That’s certainly what Bonnie Belcher, promoter of the Downtown Antique Faire, was trying to tap into when she first began collecting more than 35 years ago. “It all started when I wanted to replace things I remembered from my childhood,” she says. “To find something from that time or something my grandmother had owned, it’s a great feeling.” Beyond reliving the past, collectors like the Havemans can use their love of old items to share something with the people they meet every day. Haveman loves to tell stories, and when a young woman brings a cast-iron pot to the counter and asks the price, he recounts how
cross-country truckers would leave these same pots—uncooked meals enclosed—in their hot engine bays. At the end of their shift, says Haveman, a warm meal waited under the hood. Across the nation, as an uncertain future looms for antiques, enthusiasts in Santa Cruz see reason to remain optimistic. “I don’t see the love or want of antiques going anywhere for a long time,” says Belcher. Attendance at the Downtown Antique Faire is strong, she notes, and Santa Cruz is one of few California cities to host such a monthly fair—on the second Sunday of each month. “I really hope we continue having people who enjoy antiques and collectibles here,” she says, “people who keep things for another generation that, hopefully, they can enjoy.”
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meeting, while looking at the city’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Transportation Manager Jim Burr suggested the commission give the City Council direction on how to spend CIP money, especially when it came to a possible $2.3 million allotment city staff would use to design the garage if the project moves forward. That’s a chunk of change the commission declined to either endorse or oppose for the council. Or, as Singleton put it, “It’s your bed, you have to make it.” If the council stays the course, the combination parking structure and library would come back for more robust public hearings, with more notices going out to people
who live and work nearby. By then, a downtown parking study will have come out, and the commission should have a better sense of how they would fund the garage, and the city manager’s office should have an idea of how to preserve the downtown farmers market, which currently calls that lot home. Library leaders, who are spending money from the June 2016 election, might then have a clearer sense of what their timeline is—as well as how well it lines up with the garage. Singleton suggests this may also give the city more time to study the transportation demand alternatives that many activists are clamoring for. The plan could also shift in shape
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promoting it for two days, so I’m curious how big that’s going to get,” he says. This year’s NEXTies received 1,000 nominations, says Matthew Swinnerton, founder of Event Santa Cruz. A committee of eight—including past honorees—voted on winners for the 17 categories, which stretched from mentors to businesses that are involved in the community. This was the most winners the event has had in its eight years, and it was the second year that the awards were divided into separate categories. “We’ll keep it at that number,” Swinnerton says. “We can’t do anymore, or we’ll be there all night.” The awards went 45 minutes over schedule anyway, and next year, he plans to have the house band cut off speakers who go on too long.
PRESSING GAUZE In what quickly turned into a crummy pre-dawn morning, veteran Paul Damon got stabbed after getting robbed
in his home in January, as GT reported last month (“Will to Heal,” 2/17). He and his friend Adam Binckley chased down the guy who had ripped the two men off. But what Damon and Binckley, a fellow vet, didn’t realize until later was that the knife that went deep into Damon’s thigh didn’t actually belong to the criminal. Rather, it turns out that when Damon attempted to hip-throw the alleged thief, he accidentally thrust his own body into a knife that Binckley was running with. “A friendly stabbing,” says Damon, who heads the nonprofit Holistic Veterans. Damon has fully recovered, and says he cut his recovery time by using Eastern healing practices and focusing on a healthy diet. Since the incident, he has spotted more of his veteran friends out in the neighborhood, keeping an eye on their streets. “I noticed everyone walking with their chests out,” he explains. “I think it inspired everyone.” Alternate moral of this story: Don’t run with a knife. JACOB PIERCE
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Onstage in front of a few hundred people at the NEXTies on Friday night, Event Santa Cruz honored one of the greats. Taking home the NEXTie—an engraved glass mug—for “best athlete” at the Rio Theatre on Friday, March 24 was Ryan Navaroli, a nationally ranked rising star in a little-known sport called Spikeball. “It’s like beach volleyball, except it’s a 360-degree game with no boundaries, so basically you can imagine you’re diving all over the place,” Navaroli said at the NEXTies podium, award mug in front of him. “When I first started playing, I was having body parts sore that I didn’t even know existed.” So either Spikeball is extremely competitive, or Navaroli is just lousy at anatomy. Either way, after quickly getting the hang of it, Navaroli—who played baseball at Santa Cruz High School and Cal State University San Bernardino— found it both a surprisingly rigorous workout and a lot of fun. Two teams of two surround a
circular, trampoline-like surface, bouncing the ball off of the net below, and players lunge into the sand, trying to keep the play alive. As he finishes up his master’s program at San Jose State University, Navaroli, 25, has been noticing that many kids have also taken to the sport. He even helped convince Shoreline Middle School to add Spikeball— also known by its generic name, roundnet—to its physical education curriculum. “Everything has just spiraled into Spikeball and roundnet going crazy, and it’s awesome that it’s picking up,” he tells GT. In competitions around the state, Navaroli plays alongside teammate and fellow Santa Cruz native Will Potter, and the Santa Cruz Roundnet club that he started has 4,000 followers on Instagram. Navaroli has also held three local tournaments, the last one in December. He’s currently rallying to create the fourth—the second annual Santa Cruz Summer Showdown, scheduled for July 8 at Seabright Beach. “I’ve already got 13 teams for that, and I’ve only been
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Over the last 20 years, Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz has changed the very definition of a ‘cycling group,’ building trails, forging alliances and advocating for access in Santa Cruz County BY GEOFF DRAKE
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oday is a “Dig Day,” in the parlance of the Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz group, but there is no digging just yet. Just coffee, and pastries, and a curious assemblage of people that look a little like local skateboard groms, and a lot like aging surfers. This is Santa Cruz, after all. To one side, the hardcore are discussing the day’s suspension settings and the latest bling for their megabuck ’niners. Before the day is over, there will be seven hours of
sweat, dirt, laughter, sore muscles, and maybe even blood. And, this being Santa Cruz, there will be local microbrews at the end, to celebrate a job well done. Welcome to a typical day of trail work with the Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz (MBoSC). It’s one of the hallmarks of the pioneering advocacy group, which is celebrating its 20th year as a fixture in this fat-tire-infatuated community. Over the years, the group has
done what no one ever expected a cycling group to do, helping build trails in the hyper-regulated California State Park system, and linking to the UC Santa Cruz campus. They’ve made successful diplomatic forays to equestrian and hiking groups, marshaled hundreds of people to attend city council meetings and engage in letter-writing campaigns, conducted mountain bike festivals, and even hosted a race, called the Old Cabin Classic, in a local state park.
In 2013, they earned the respect of local law enforcement for helping to eradicate a problematic drug hangout deep in the forest—by building a mountain bike trail straight through the middle of it. Earlier this year, they marshaled their considerable resources to begin construction of a pedestrianonly trail in a local park, purely as a goodwill gesture. When it comes to mountain bike advocacy, says Geoffrey Smith, one of the group’s first presidents, the
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Mark Davidson, MBoSC president from 2003 until 2015, on his favorite bike trail, which runs from upper campus to Bay Avenue. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER
MAKING A CONNECTION With its redwood forests that reach nearly unimpeded to the sea, Santa Cruz County was a magnet for mountain bikers from the sport’s earliest days. When the MBoSC was formed in ’97, “there were no legal trails at all” in the county,
remembers Smith. For mountain bikers, it was a pleasing kind of anarchy— ride anywhere, obey no one, have fun. But it couldn’t last. In ’99, the opportunity to get on the right side of history presented itself: plans were developed to create the U-Con (short for University Connector) trail, bridging bucolic Highway 9 and the lush expanses of UCSC. In an emerging model of cooperation, MBoSC partnered with local landowners Bud and Emma
McCrary, the Santa Cruz County Horseman’s Association, and the Association of Concerned Trailriders to construct the short, multi-use trail. For Smith and MBoSC, the U-Con trail was a major milestone. “It was the first legal singletrack in Santa Cruz,” he says. “And it was a good model for what was to come.” Having attained a level of political legitimacy, the group’s next opportunity came from an unexpected place. For years, the city of Santa Cruz had grappled with
a seemingly intractable problem: a scenic and remote hillside above Highway 9 had been taken over by drug users and traffickers. Nicknamed “Heroin Hill,” the spot was within the former golf club and polo grounds of the Pogonip. In one famous photograph, a heroin needle is shown unceremoniously jabbed into a redwood tree. “People were coming from all over the state to score cheap heroin,” says Mark Davidson, MBoSC president from 2003 until 2015.
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DIY RIDE Geoffrey Smith, one of MBoSC's first presidents, on his favorite of Pogonip's many trails, which he helped to build. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER
<17 “What the city of Santa Cruz really wanted was to take it off the map.” MBoSC, working with the parks department, came up with a solution that would benefit not only the city, but also local mountain bikers hungry for new singletrack. What drug users hate most is for the full light of day to shine on their clandestine activities, and that’s exactly what MBoSC proposed, in the form of an undulating trail right through the middle of Heroin Hill. The trail, completed in 2013, exposed the infamous area, and its drug trade, to the unrelenting glare of dozens of people, every day. To ride it now, you wouldn’t know it was ever Heroin Hill. If ever there was redeeming
social value to the sport of mountain biking, the Emma McCrary Trail was it. “We didn’t have an answer” for the blight of Heroin Hill, remembers Santa Cruz Police Deputy Chief Dan Flippo. “But through the Emma McCrary Trail, we pushed the illegal activities out.” The “EMT,” as it became known, was also a turning point for the engine that members say will drive future MBoSC projects: trail work. In creating the trail, MBoSC marshaled more than 300 volunteers, who devoted more than 3,500 hours of work. “I will always be proud of the Emma McCrary trail,” says Davidson. “It changed everything for mountain biking in Santa Cruz.”
is everywhere, and works with passion. Perhaps that’s why the EMT is no mere trail—it’s art. “People think the ‘government’ does this,” says De Young. “They don’t always realize that volunteers are out there working every weekend.” In the group’s worldview, caring for trails is an integral part of procuring trails. Once you’re invested—through sweat, blood, and perhaps a few days of feverous itching from the ubiquitous Northern California poison oak—you begin to feel differently about the places you ride every day. You may even go so far as to write a letter to a local politician, attend a city council meeting, or convert a renegade, illegal-trail-building friend into a responsible trail user. In other words, Dig Days are where trails and trail advocates are built, one shovelful at a time.
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I’m riding the EMT with MBoSC’s Matt De Young, but his mind is elsewhere. De Young, a geography major in college, knows these trails as well as the shifters on his ’niner. It’s been a historically wet winter in California, and while he seems to be enjoying the day, he’s immediately and irrevocably distracted— thinking about work crews, French drains, shoring up berms, and trail rerouting. As the MBoSC’s sole paid employee, the indefatigable 30-yearold can be variously found riding the trails, attending meetings, leading Dig Days or training trail workers and crew leaders. The guy
After establishing the Emma McCrary trail, a new challenge emerged: to accommodate riders seeking a more intense riding experience. The Soquel Demonstration Forest, a yawning 3,000-acre plot of land on the spine of the Santa Cruz Mountains, was the perfect candidate. The area, adjacent to Silicon Valley, was already a popular destination for avid mountain bikers from the likes of Google, Apple, and Facebook, eager to bust out of their dull cubicles. These riders, taking advantage of the new breed of long-travel suspension bikes, tended to like their riding like their coffee—in strong doses. “We didn’t have enough legal trails to satisfy that user group,” says Davidson. “And we knew the Soquel Demonstration Forest could supply a more aggressive riding experience.” The MBoSc found an ally in Angela Bernheisel, Calfire Forest Supervisor. The proposed route, to be known as the “Flow Trail,” would be “unlike anything else in the Calfire system,” Bernheisel says. Nonetheless, she remembers encountering a lot of skepticism about the project.
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“It was a huge undertaking for our small staff. It took a lot of money and work, and MBoSC brought that to the table. The Flow Trail never would have been possible without them,” she says. Davidson, De Young, and trail builder extraordinaire Drew Perkins, threw themselves into the project. Environmental statements were produced, and trail designs underwent numerous iterations. Ibis Cycles raffled off a new mountain bike to help raise funds. Then, in a stroke of good fortune, a wealthy Facebook employee riding in the forest with his family saw signs soliciting donations for the project. He matched the current fundraising amount—about $45,000—out of his own pocket. Suddenly, the club had $90,000 in hand for the Flow Trail construction. Over the course of two years, thanks to De Young, Perkins, and more than 10,000 hours of volunteer time, the four-mile project became reality. When it opened in 2015, the trail immediately exceeded anyone’s expectations. By unanimous consent, the elusive “feel” had been achieved. It also exceeded anyone’s expectations for popularity. “After the trail first opened, you would see 150 cars parked at the Demo Forest,” says Perkins. “It was a good feeling, that people were enjoying our work.” A counter was installed on the trail that recorded up to 600 trips per weekend.
BATTLES OVER BIKING Santa Cruz City Council meetings are a place where you are as likely to discuss LGBTQ issues as water quality and low-income housing. But on Feb. 7, the meeting is mostly about one thing: a new, downhillonly mountain bike trail being proposed for the Pogonip. MBoSC has mobilized the brethren, and the room is so full it needs to be partially evacuated by fire marshals. But while speaker after speaker advocates for the trail, some groups are less sanguine. A few hikers and dog walkers raise legal technicalities in an attempt to have
the idea scuttled. Others argue from a more visceral point of view: they simply don’t want to see mountain bikers on trails, ever. It’s a debate that’s played out in hundreds of similar venues across the country. But here, there’s a difference: MBoSC has embedded itself in every step of the process: from letter-writing campaigns, to trail building efforts, to fundraising and scientific studies. Ultimately, the group’s purpose is not to battle with other user groups, members say, but to win them over with logic and calm. It’s what past president Smith calls the “steady drip-drip” of progress for mountain bikers. Debbie Boscoe, board member of the Santa Cruz County Horsemen’s Association, considers herself a onetime detractor who was won over by the MBoSC. The equestrian group regularly uses the Santa Cruz trail system, to the tune of hundreds of miles per year. It also conducts the Fireworks Endurance Ride, a 30-50mile event that traverses Henry Cowell, Pogonip, UCSC, and Wilder Ranch parks. In other words, they use the same trails that are beloved by every mountain biker within 100 miles. Early on, trouble between the two groups was practically inevitable. “Things were not good,” says Boscoe. “Mountain bikers would rip trail markers off trees during the big ride. Relations were at such a low, I thought we couldn’t do it anymore.” In a remarkable gesture of détente, the two groups created the “Carrot Fest” where mountain bikers were enlisted to carefully encircle a group of horses, and gently proffer carrots. The diplomatic foray was a revelation to both sides. “Now,” says Debbie, “horses will go over to mountain bikers, expecting a reward.” It was the beginning of a kind of armistice between the groups, which continues to this day. MBoSC has reached out to other groups, too. It recently marshaled its resources to help build a pedestrian-only trail leading to a new outdoor Shakespeare theater in the Pogonip. Though a bike will never
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users—hikers and people walking with children—get displaced by mountain bikers on singletrack trails,” she says. “I love bicycles, but that is not the issue. The issue is how to take care of open space lands that we are very blessed to have.” However its political fortunes may shift, the mountain biking community in Santa Cruz—like almost everywhere in the country— is also battling a problem from within: there are more riders than there are resources to accommodate them. And as many successes as they have had expanding access for cyclists, there are future challenges. The 10,000-acre Nisene Marks remains problematic for mountain bikers, thanks to a highly restrictive family deed and a host of user groups vying for access. Other land access opportunities are on the horizon, too, including the newly designated Coast Dairy National Monument, and the San Vicente Redwoods. No one knows where the discussions on these properties will go, but thanks to their track record on these issues, the MBoSC will have a “seat at the table,” as Smith likes to say. The way forward won’t be easy. At times, it may even be ugly, in the way that all political battles inevitably are. But, thanks to the MBoSC, it’s likely to reach peaceful conclusions. They won’t get everything they want. But they won’t come up empty-handed, either. “Our biggest challenge is bringing mountain biking into the mainstream, in the eyes of land managers and other users,” says De Young. “Mountain biking developed as an outlaw sport, and that shaped the culture. Now we’re seeing things change.”
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WITCH HUNT Game designer Elizabeth Swensen is currently working on an update to her acclaimed RPG ‘The Witch.’ PHOTO: KEANA PARKER
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interested in interactive gaming beyond the world of competitive violence. “Oh, I love the violent video games, too,” she chuckles. “I grew up with them.” But her current projects are distinctly educational and interactive. “I’m interested
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<22 the ocean beyond. “I’m sort of a jack of all trades as far as games go,” Swensen admits. But she clearly favors physical games— they often begin as cards before they’re translated into more costly digital form—games that offer choices, that send the players to dictionaries, which in turn generate new role options. “My underlying interest is self-expression, absolutely,” she says. “Absolutely” is a frequent Swensenism. “I define games as expressive art pieces that someone is engaged in with another participant.” So games for her aren’t necessarily rule-governed. In Swensen’s game world, winning and losing might not be as important as emotional outcomes. Growing up in Sonoma, Swensen played “a lot of video games. But we played outdoors too, and made up our own games. All children are game designers,” she believes, making up rules to make-believe games. After studying Classics at Willamette University—“I loved Latin poetry”—chance conversation with a colleague on a visit to Prague led to her consider video games seriously. She applied to the Interactive Media MFA program at USC. “I got accepted and just jumped at it,” she says. Like most game designers, Swensen can program. “I can do basic scripting tasks, but my real expertise is in narrative and experience design,” she says. Her process can begin with a series of experiments and prototypes. Sometimes just simple shapes, figures, or cards out of paper. “Then we ask what the player can do in the game. We need a playable idea. We might practice a roleplaying situation. Here we begin to get into the aesthetics of play. The games are competitive yet with an emotional outcome,” she explains. Once the game has been tested, “you begin digitizing. That takes the most people—animators, artists, engineers. And depending upon the game, you might need a sound designer, or a composer, user interface design, character design.”
And for all that you need graduate student assistants and money. “In my work I’m targeting different expressive outcomes, not just violence. There’s already market saturation in that area,” she laughs. “The ecosystem of games is broad, but not as broad as it could be. I’m interested in how we can use games for social outcomes. I tend to make games for readers. Think visual novels that invite moral decisions, rather than games about racing and shooting.” Her Master’s project was a celebrated iPad creation called “The Witch,” a role-playing game in which players take the role of a girl who has been labeled as a witch. Identity construction in an interactive context. Swensen’s interest in learning games led to “Application Crunch,” which helps introduce underserved middle school students to strategies for college planning. The cards offer opportunities, but they can also specify disasters. The player has to learn to make choices in order to juggle time and opportunities. Like life. After five years as a researcher with the Game Innovation Lab at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, Swensen left that dream job last year to come to UCSC, partly because the game design program was not in Engineering, but in the Arts. “That’s unusual,” she observes. “And I wanted to be surrounded by artists and expressive media, not just engineers.” What’s next? “Well, ‘The Witch’ still haunts me. Right now I’m working on an update to that game,” she says, one that will expand the conversations she’s having about women’s involvement in the sciences and mathematics. Swensen believes she’s good at her work “because I’m comfortable being a dabbler rather than an expert. I ask questions, I still love the Classics, and I engage in other forms of art, like music. And I love to cook—which is another kind of creative, expressive project,” says the willowy game designer. “I have no private life right now.”
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SWING SET The Carolyn Sills Combo performs on Saturday, April 1 at Kuumbwa.
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n the late 1920s, Western swing hit the Texas music scene. By the 1930s, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys were a household name and Western swing was a staple of radio stations and dance halls across the Great Plains. The style offered the danceability and fun of the jazz big bands, but with a twist. “I always joke that it’s jazz with a cowboy hat,” says Gerard Egan, guitarist for local outfit the Carolyn Sills Combo. “Those guys were as sophisticated as anybody else playing in Benny Goodman’s band or Duke Ellington’s band, but they grew up in Texas or Arkansas and wore cowboy shirts and cowboy boots.”
Western swing, which pulls together elements of country, jazz, blues, polkas and Hawaiian steel guitar, represents an American melting pot. But it remains something of a throwback genre; bands like Asleep at the Wheel and the Hot Club of Cowtown are top-ofmind among contemporary Western swing bands, but the list is short. Egan believes that the reason the style hasn’t been widely adopted is because it’s hard to play well. Bandleader Carolyn Sills points out that Western swing doesn’t fit into the singer-songwriter focus of folk and country. “A lot of today’s country is focused
on one person singing a song with a guitar,” says Sills. “Western swing is much more of a group dynamic.” Sills and her combo—Egan, Charlie Joe Wallace on steel guitar, Jim Norris on drums, and Sunshine Jackson on harmony vocals and percussion—isn’t strictly a Western swing band. But the band was recently nominated for Best Western Swing Group and Best Western Swing Female at the Ameripolitan Awards in Austin for its new album, Dime Stories Vol. 2, which was recorded at Gadgetbox Studios in Santa Cruz. They didn’t win, but the band members had an unforgettable experience in Austin. They opened for
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West Texas honkytonk legend James Hand and were called onto the stage at the Continental Club by country icon Dale Watson, who coined the phrase “Ameripolitan” and is the mastermind behind the awards. Sills and Egan have been making music together since 1999, when they met at college in Connecticut. As the three of us sit out on the Crepe Place patio, they share stories of bonding over Stevie Ray Vaughan bootlegs and old music. When Egan wanted to attend the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix, he proposed to Sills, and the two moved from New York City for the six-month program. Egan was offered a job at the Santa Cruz Guitar Company and, three weeks later, Sills was hired to help run the office. As newcomers to Santa Cruz, the two played small gigs until local promoter Tom Miller took a chance on them, and booked them to play a Patsy Cline tribute show. One hundred or so people attended, and a rising star of the Santa Cruz music scene was born. When asked about being a bassplaying, singing frontwoman in a country band, Sills laughs and admits it’s “like a squirrel wearing clothes.” “You don’t meet a ton of female bass players, and there are definitely some that can kick my ass,” she says. “But it’s fun. I get respect from people—dudes, as well.” As Egan sees it, Sills has the hardest role in the band. “If someone misses a note in a solo, it’s not big deal,” he says. “But bass is rhythm and melody at the same time. If you miss that one note, it’s so obvious. For Carolyn to do that, and sing, and lead the band, she’s taking on many roles at once.” Even though the Carolyn Sills Combo isn’t strictly Western swing, the members take their role as torchbearers for the genre seriously. “We’ve gotten that Western swing tag and we love it,” says Egan. “It’s an honor to represent that form of music, the musicians that made it well-known, and how it shaped so much that came after it.”
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CLEANUP COWELLS All rains lead to the ocean, which is why it’s especially important to clean our Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary beaches during and following rain storms. Join Save Our Shores in its bi-monthly Cleanup Cowells Project, the brainchild of Sanctuary Steward extraordinaire Haley Mander. Volunteers must be over 18 years of age or be accompanied by an adult. Wear layers and sun protection, bring a reusable water bottle, and start your Sunday off right by helping to protect marine life from plastic debris, cigarette butts and whatever else may have been flushed down the pipes. INFO: 9-11 a.m., Sunday, April 2. 21 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. (In front of public bathrooms at Cowell Beach. Questions, contact cleanup@saveourshores.org. Free.
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JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Celebrating Jewish history and culture in film, the Santa Cruz Jewish Film Festival opens on Saturday, April 1. A catered opening reception will include a raffle, mouth-watering bites, and a Q&A with writer/director Aaron Wolf in-house. Saturday’s films, beginning at 7 p.m., include Wolf’s Restoring Tomorrow, which tells the story of a treasured local temple near demise in Los Angeles, and rediscovered faith. INFO: 6 p.m. Saturday, April 1, Jewish Community Center, Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos. Continues Monday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 5 at the Del Mar. santacruzjewishfilmfestival.
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WEDNESDAY 3/29 ARTS STEAM IN NATURE Create STEAM-based nature art while learning about the science of our natural environment in this weekly class with educator Sue Creswell. Sue Creswell has been a primary teacher, with an emphasis on environmental education, for 26 years. 3 p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, 1855 41st Ave., Capitola. 888-424-8035.
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. 4693288. $3. 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. BLOOM OF THE PRESENT WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MEDITATION Insight Meditation teacher Carla Brennan leads a drop-in meditation group every Wednesday at Noon at the Pacific Cultural Center in Santa Cruz. These groups are open to both experienced and beginning meditators. Noon-1:15 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-8893. Free.
SATURDAY 4/1 FIRST SATURDAY ARBORETUM TOURS On this and every first-Saturday of the month, UCSC’s Arboretum offers a chance to circumnavigate the world through the amazing plant life of its Mediterranean climates. Bask in the sunshine of our own Mediterranean-temperate spring, as you follow a docent from New Zealand to South Africa to Australia and back to California—all in less than 90 minutes. You’ll learn about rare and endangered plant species, as well as about bees, butterflies, aromas and succulents in the arboretum’s specialty gardens, and check in on which trees are blooming in the Rare Fruit Garden, and what’s new at the developing World Conifer Collection. Bring a camera, and/or notebook for garden notes. INFO: Tour leaves at 11 a.m. from Norrie’s Gift Shop, UCSC Arboretum, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. 502-2998. Tour is free with admission; $5/adults, $2/Children ages 6-18, and free for members.
CRYSTAL SOUND INFUSION Sacred sound raises your vibrational level, increases spiritual awareness, releases energy blocks and increases flow. 8:15 p.m. Divine Tree Yoga, 1043-B Water St., Santa Cruz. 3336736. $10. TANGO LESSONS AND PRACTICE Tango in the original Argentine style, with music
provided to match. Come with or without a partner. All are welcome. 7-9 p.m. Calvary Episcopal Church, 532 Center St., Santa Cruz. 423-8787. $3. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY CLASSES FOR AGES 7-12 Science for kids in New Leaf’s classroom while you shop. Active learning with hands-on activities from our school
CALENDAR programs. Sign up at OSEFUN.com. 3:304:30 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. info@osefun.com. $119. CYPRESS HIGH OPEN SCHOOL NIGHT Cypress is a public charter High School in the Live Oak School District. We are recruiting students for the incoming 9th grade class. Our charter prioritizes the enrollment of Live Oak residents, but all students are welcome to visit. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Cypress Charter High School, 2039 Merrill St., Santa Cruz. chs.losd.ca. Free. VILLAGE SANTA CRUZ MEET & GREET/ AUTHOR EVENT Join Village Santa Cruz and learn about a new nonprofit organization that helps seniors remain in their homes for as long as possible. Author Arlene Gotshalk will talk about the CareGiving Toolkit, a practical guide for people who care for others. 2:30 p.m. Simpkins Family Swim Center, 979 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. 824-2404.
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.
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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 4264724. $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. 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. 5:30-7 p.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 >28
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NAR-ANON FAMILY GROUPS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA—APTOS/SANTA CRUZ A 12-step group for those who have been affected by the addiction or drug problem of another. Nar-Anon’s program is adapted from Narcotics Anonymous and uses Nar-Anon’s 12 Steps. 7-8:30 p.m. Freedom Roads Church, 7200 Freedom Boulevard, Aptos. saveyoursanity@aol.com. Free/donations.
of BNI is to help members increase their business through a structured, positive and professional “word-of-mouth” program that enables them to develop long-term, meaningful relationships with quality business professionals. We meet weekly. 8-9:30 a.m. The Abbey Coffee Shop, 350 Mission St., Santa Cruz. bni.com. Free.
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CALENDAR Heritage Food Project was launched in 2012 to research and share some of the interesting stories behind the county we love, and the foods we love to eat. Come hear the adventures of amateur historians as they navigate local archives and discover fascinating histories and delicious recipes along the way. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 E. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. 420-6115. $10. HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR ALLERGY SEASON: BEAT HAY FEVER Do you dread the allergens in winter and spring? Homeopathy may have the answer for you. Learn which remedies can reduce/eliminate annoying hay fever symptoms. With Certified Classical Homeopath Cynthia Kingsbury. 6-7 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306. $5.
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.
TUESDAY 4/4 NATIONWIDE SCREENING OF ‘1984’
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Does art imitate life or life imitate art? Or, do some artists and thinkers simply possess an uncanny capacity for prophetic works? George Orwell’s book 1984 has undergone a resurgence in post-election popularity, and remains a rich platform for community conversations around our society under the new administration. On Tuesday, April 4, independent movie theaters in more than 80 cities across 35 states will be showing the film based on Orwell’s novel, in a stand for free speech, respect for human rights and promulgation of factual news. In solidarity with these fundamental rights, Scotts Valley Library joins the nation-wide screening, choosing 1984 as the first film in a five-month series called Movies that Matter. Come watch, talk and learn. Rated R.
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<27 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. TRIYOGA BASICS/THERAPEUTIC YOGA WITH KIM TriYoga taught by Kim Beecher, DC (chiropractor) includes sustained postures with prop support. Everyone is welcome. Suitable for those with chronic conditions. 7:30-9 p.m. Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 310-589-0600. $15. KOREAN BEGINNING CLASS Join us and explore your Korean language skills as
we cover fundamentals of the language, including Hangul (Korean alphabet). Also, K-pop, drama and food will be introduced. 6 p.m. Santa Cruz High School, 415 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz. 408-507-5454. $23. CAPITOLA SOCCER CLUB INDOOR SOCCER SCHOOL Classes are one day per week for 60 minutes. Learn technical skills in game-related challenging activities. Develop coordination and awareness in exciting competitions. 5-7 p.m. Shorelife Community Church, 875 Monterey Ave., Capitola. 4407885. $60. HARVESTING OUR HERITAGE: TELLING BITE-SIZED STORIES FROM SANTA CRUZ COUNTY HISTORY The Santa Cruz
LIVE MUSIC AT ZIZZO’S COFFEEHOUSE AND WINE BAR Enjoy live music at the area’s only built in piano bar with the biggest mirror ball on the Central Coast! Our bar serves a variety of wines and local craft beer along with tasty small-plate appetizers and desserts. 7-9:30 p.m. Zizzo’s Coffeehouse & Wine Bar, 3555 Clares St., Capitola. 4770680 or zizzoscoffee.com. $5. PUBSMASH: CALLAHAN’S WEEKLY GAME DAY Every week Santa Cruz Gamers expands the back room game bar at Callahan’s for everyone to enjoy by adding extra consoles, games, screens, and board games. Noon-Midnight. Callahan’s, 507 Water St., Santa Cruz. 427-3119. Free.
GROUPS SLV CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP Connect with others, find out about services to help you, plus get valuable information and support. There have been presentations on Alzheimer’s, dementia and veterans issues. 2 p.m. Highlands Park, 8500 Hwy. 9, Ben Lomond. facebook.com/ valleywomensclub. Free. BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY YOUTH OF THE YEAR AWARDS BANQUET Youth of the Year is Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County’s premier recognition program. Club Members are selected to receive awards for their
achievement in academics, athletics, arts, and character & leadership. 6-8 p.m. Holy Cross Parish Hall, 170 High St., Santa Cruz. 423-3138. $50. WORK WITH US JOB FAIR Sixteen employers will be doing their spring hiring. All jobseekers 16 and over are invited to attend. Bring your resume and dress to impress. 1 p.m. Workforce Santa Cruz County, 18 W. Beach St., Watsonville. 763-8700.
MUSIC DJ A.D. Come out every Thursday evening to dance, drink, and play some pool. 21 and up. 9 p.m. The Castaways, 3623 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz. thecastawaysbar.com. Free.
FRIDAY 3/31 ARTS 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. Good prices also available the other 6 days per week. Sales help support the weekly delivery of food bags to seniors. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. California Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 479-1055. $5. ‘PETER PAN’ Peter Pan is one of the most beloved and frequently performed family favorites of all time. This high-flying Tony award-winning musical has been performed around the world and delighted audiences for 60 years. 2 p.m. Cabrillo Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. cytsantacruz.org. $16.
CLASSES 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. CIRCLE TIME Join us in the MOD Toddler Area at 10:45 a.m. for rhythm and song, in both English and Spanish. Let your littles explore musical instruments and finger puppets while everyone sings. Developmentally designed for ages 0-3. 11-11:30 a.m. Santa Cruz Children’s >30
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CALENDAR Museum of Discovery, 1855 41st Ave., Capitola. 888-424-8035. BABY SIGN LANGUAGE (ADULT WITH CHILD) Weekly American Sign Language class for adults with children, taught by expert native language instructor with more than 40 years experience using ASL. 10 a.m. 3025 Porter St., Soquel. 435-0512. $15.
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BEGINNING ADULT FLAMENCO This class will focus on the dance form called clásico español, a form of Spanish dance based on the principles of classical ballet. Students will begin to learn the classical version of the Sevillanas, a dance which is traditionally performed each year at the spring fairs in Andalucía. 6:30-7:30 p.m. International Academy of Dance, 320 Encinal St., Santa Cruz. 466-0458. $10. 9 ENERGIES NATURAL ENERGY IDENTIFICATION Our Identification evenings begin with an overview of 9 Energies and the skills and gifts of each of the 9 Natural Energies. Then we work with each person who would like to have their Natural Energy identified. 7-9 p.m. Three Ravens Center, 1651 El Dorado Ave., Santa Cruz. 415-827-2968.
FOOD & WINE
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WATSONVILLE FARMERS MARKET This market is in the heart of the famously bountiful Pajaro Valley. Peaceful and familyoriented, the Hispanic heritage of this community gives this market a “mercado” feel. 2-7 p.m. 200 Main St., Watsonville.
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ST. JOSEPH’S CAPITOLA FISH FRY The “world famous” Lenten Fish Fry Dinners are back for another year. 5 p.m. St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 435 Monterey Ave., Capitola. 475-8211. $5.
HEALTH VITAMIN B12 FRIDAY Receiving B12 via injection means that people can increase their energy. B12 Fridays are a fun time for people to meet and mingle. 3-6 p.m. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. 515-8699.
SATURDAY 4/01 ARTS OPEN ART AND TINKER TIME HOUR Join us for this open art and tinker experience where imaginations are without limits. 1-2
p.m. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, 1855 41st Ave., Capitola. sccmod. org/events.
FOOD & WINE APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE Voted Good Times best farmers market in Santa Cruz County. With more than 90 vendors, the Aptos Farmers Market offers an unmatched selection of locally grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.-Noon, Saturdays, Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@ montereybayfarmers.org. Free. 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 cooked-to-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. 4540566.
MUSIC UGLY BEAUTY: BEAUTIFUL JAZZ A piano trio with tenor saxophonist who doubles on clarinet. Their repertoire ranges from Bebop and ballads to the music of Thelonious Sphere Monk, Gershwin, Porter, Ellington, Dameron, Strayhorn, and other jazz greats. 6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. 426-8801. Free.
OUTDOOR BOARDWALK SPRING BREAK Boardwalk rides are open daily during the Boardwalk's family-friendly Spring Break. Two weeks of rides and entertainment including free magic shows with the Surfing Magician, plus get a selfie with Cartoon Network's Scooby-Doo and Shaggy or Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. 11 a.m. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, 400 Beach St., Santa Cruz. 423-5590. $37.
CALENDAR 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 4/2 CLASSES DESSERTS IN THE RAW: VEGAN CULINARY CLASS Chef Beth Love, author of the cookbook series Tastes Like Love, will share her original recipes and preparation techniques in this hands-on workshop. The desserts will include an assortment of delightful guilt-free taste sensations. Pre-registration required. 2-6 p.m. The Love House. 607-1374. $75/Free.
FOOD & WINE LIVE COMEDY AT THE CROW’S NEST Crow’s Nest features live comedy, with talent from the national circuit, every Sunday night year-round. 21 and up. 2218 E. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. 476-4560. $7.
MONDAY 4/3 CLASSES SPRING INTO HEALTH: FOUR WEEKS TO HEALTHIER EATING This inspiring, information-packed series with Nutrition Consultant Madia Jamgochian will jumpstart a healthier you this year. 1-2 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306. Free.
GROUPS SPRING CAMP Kids grades 3-5 are welcome to join us as we explore the watershed, following the water’s path down the mountainside and into the depths of
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. THE BUDDHA’S MINDFULNESS—A SIX-WEEK CLASS This class will include instructions, meditations sessions, group discussion and Q&A. You will receive a guided audio and readings weekly and be expected to meditate daily. Preregistration required. 7-9 p.m. Satellite Teleworks, 6265 Hwy. 9, Felton. 2222100 or gardenblessings@gmail.com. $250/$80.
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OUTDOORS COMMUNITY DAY AT THE ARBORETUM Come explore the rare, endangered and extraordinary plants at the Arboretum and see why you should become a member and visit everyday. California, Australian, New Zealand, and South African collections as wells as aroma, bee, butterfly and succulent gardens. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Arboretum, High St., and Western Drive, Santa Cruz. arboretum.ucsc.edu. Free.
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RADIANT HEALTH FAIRE Meet and experience practitioners in Tarot, Reiki, massage, essential oils, Vedic hand analysis, naturopathy, energy and intuitive medicine. Local organic honey and handmade lotions and creams will be available. 1-7 p.m. Ananda Scotts Valley Yoga, 221-A Mount Hermon Road, Scotts Valley. 338-964 or anandascottsvalley.org. Free.
the ocean. 9:30 a.m. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 E. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. 420-6115. $265/$240.
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LOVE YOUR
LOCAL BAND
MANORLADY
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Manorlady formed in Virginia in 2009, then relocated to Santa Cruz in 2013. But it wasn’t until the group released the Barely Not Dead EP last fall that the band popped up on people’s radars. Live, fans can hear a lean, mean trio—Melissa Bailey on bass/ vocals, Aaron Bailey on guitar/vocals and Conor Kelly on drums—ripping through the fuzzed-out, moody, multilayered post-punk tunes. But the EP was recorded prior to Kelly joining the group, using a drum machine.
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“Everyone thinks it’s an actual drummer, but my brother-in-law actually programmed those,” Melissa says.
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Drum machines are nothing new for the group, as Kelly is the first live drummer to play in Manorlady. Previously, Aaron had programmed the drum machine while playing the guitar. While in Virginia, they had a third member who provided keys.
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The first couple years in Santa Cruz, Manorlady wasn’t that active. Kelly joined the band last summer, shortly after Barely Not Dead was recorded, but before it was released. Not only has he made these songs work live, but the trio has also written an entire fulllength album, which is already demoed and ready to be properly recorded. They hope to release it later this year. “We love having a drummer. Aaron can just focus on his guitars, and not have to do all that drum machine stuff,” Melissa says. “I feel like we have more range. We’re experimenting a little bit more.” AARON CARNES INFO: 9 p.m. Thursday, March 30. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8/adv, $10/door. 429-6994.
INDIE-FOLK If there’s a band that fully embodies Austin, Texas’ eclectic ethos, it’s Deer, who are touring on their transcendent third album, Tempest & Rapture. Austin, as we all know, is where all the southern weirdos go to make crazy music and eat breakfast tacos. Deer uses roots-folk-country as its jumping-off point, but mixes elements of star-gazing psychedelic rock and spiritual dream-pop. Somehow the group never loses its boot-stomping edge while drifting out in the nether-regions of the universe, creating beautifully strange music. AARON CARNES
INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-6994.
THURSDAY 3/30 REGGAE
KING SCHASCHA Whether it’s reggae artists like UB40 and Sister Nancy, or ska bands like the English Beat, or punkier groups like the Interrupters, King
Schascha can share a bill with them. Hailing from San Diego, he crosses genres with his blend of reggae, jazz, soul and calypso, and is known for authentic songs about real-life trials and tribulations. His live shows are known for the booty-shaking beats dropped by his seven-piece Irusalem Band, and a One Love vibe. MAT WEIR
(and ears) on this rising star of the folk scene. CAT JOHNSON
INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $8/adv, $12/door. 479-1854.
CON BRIO
ROOTS
MANDOLIN ORANGE From the first licks of the opening song on the new Mandolin Orange album, Blindfaller, it’s clear that the duo is something special. Hailing from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Orange Mandolin plays the kind of acoustic music that sets your heart leaping and your mind opening. Rooted in folk and bluegrass, the duo, comprising Andrew Marlin on vocals, mandolin, guitar and banjo, and Emily Frantz on vocals, violin and guitar, weaves intricate melody lines, understated harmonies, contemplative storytelling and sweet, back-porch grooves to create a sound that grabs you and doesn’t let go. Keep your eyes
INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $20/adv, $25/door. 335-2800.
FRIDAY 3/31 SOUL Con Brio started out from a dream that lead singer Ziek McCarter describes as “one of the most spiritual moments of his life.” McCarter was left with a powerful urge: to make music that was uplifting, and bring compassion and serenity to whomever the group played for. Con Brio has done that with infectious, funky, psychedelic grooves. At times, the band rocks out pretty hard, but everything is toe-tappingly soulful and feel goods in your heart. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $15/door. 479-1854.
INSTRUMENTAL ROCK
TAUK An instrumental group that seamlessly incorporates hip-hop, funk, prog rock and jazz, TAUK is a beacon of collective
MUSIC
BE OUR GUEST JUAN DE MARCOS GONZALEZ
EILEN JEWELL
INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $15/door. 423-1338.
SATURDAY 4/1 COUNTRY
ANTSY MCCLAIN & THE TRAILER PARK TROUBADOURS Antsy McClain regales crowds with homespun stories and humorous tunes about growing up in a trailer park in small-town rural America. Part of the appeal is that he doesn’t take himself all that seriously, yet his music is a sincere love letter to the best rural American living has to offer. AC INFO: 8 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $$20/adv, $25/door. 335-2800.
SUNDAY 4/2 FOLK/COUNTRY
EILEN JEWELL Idaho, at first blush, does not strike one as a musical hotbed. But the gem state, as it’s affectionately known, has produced its fair share of musical treasures, and is the home of Eilen Jewell, one of the most extraordinary artists on the contemporary roots scene. With her clear, stunning voice and easy stroll through country-noir, folk, alt-country and Americana, Jewell brings listeners into a quiet, thoughtful, era-transcending world that encompasses much of what’s great about American roots music. CJ INFO: 7:30 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $25/gen, $40/gold. 427-2227.
MONDAY 4/3 JAZZ
ROBERT TURNER & EDDIE GUTIERREZ Los Angeles pianist Robert Turner is a soul-steeped improviser who can summon the deep blues of Gene Harris, the ebullient two-handed swing
of Erroll Garner, and the rhapsodic flights of Keith Jarrett. His gospel roots in the Baptist church remain close to the surface, and he’s worked with some an array of artists, including Chico Debarge, Stevie Wonder, and Ronnie Laws. Sharing the double bill is Monterey guitarist Eddie Gutierrez, a formidable player and singer/ songwriter. ANDREW GILBERT
INFO: 7 & 9 p.m. Monday, April 17. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $35/adv, $45/door. 4272227. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz. com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Monday, April 10 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the show.
INFO: 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $10. 335-2526.
IN THE QUEUE
TUESDAY 4/4
STRFKR
BLUES
Indie rock out of Portland. Thursday at Catalyst
SCOTT H. BIRAM
SANTA CRUZ WOMEN OF JAZZ
What do you get when you cross a Texan ex-truck driver with a distorted guitar, Biblical guilt and a love for punk and Motorhead? The one and only Scott H. Biram. Once known as a one-man band, Biram has slowly integrated other artists into his work, but remains a Catalyst favorite. Touring on his most recent release, The Bad Testament, Biram is a wrecking ball of sound for fans of Waylon Jennings, punk rock, fuzzed-out blues guitar riffs and a hell of a lot of whiskey. MW INFO: 8:30 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $12/adv, $14/door. 429-4135.
Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. Thursday at Kuumbwa RED
Nashville-based American rock band. Saturday at Catalyst ROY ROGERS
Contemporary blues master. Sunday at Moe’s Alley BLACK BROTHERS
Siblings from Ireland’s renowned musical group, the Black Family. Sunday at Don Quixote’s
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chemistry and creativity. Hailing from Oyster Bay, New York, the four-piece creates musical soundscapes that transport listeners with rich textures, unexpected melodic meanderings, and consuming jams. From its hypnotic, ambient grooves to mind-bending improvisations, TAUK is one of the most innovative and exciting bands around. If you love a tripped-out groove, but don’t want to watch someone twiddle a laptop all night, check these guys out. CJ
In 1997, the wildly popular Buena Vista Social Club album was released to global acclaim. Featuring legendary Cuban musicians like Rubén González, Omara Portuondo, Orlando “Cachaíto” López and Ibrahim Ferrer, the project was spearheaded by bandleader and artist Juan de Marcos Gonzalez and American guitarist Ry Cooder. The album, which was part of a series of Buena Vista Social Club recordings, launched a resurgence of interest in Afro-Cuban music driven, in large part, by Gonzalez. On April 17, Gonzalez brings his Afro-Cuban All-Stars to the Kuumbwa for what promises to be an unforgettable evening. CAT JOHNSON
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LIVE MUSIC
Wednesday March 29th 8:30pm $7/10
Americana & Outlaw Country Double Bill
MIKE STINSON + JAY LINGO Thursday March 30th 9pm $8/12
International Reggae Party w/ 2 Live Bands
KING SCHASCHA + ABBABA SOUL Friday March 31st 9pm $12/15
APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos
Al Frisby 6-8p
AQUARIUS RESTAURANT Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz
+ 7 COME 11
BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Sunday April 2nd 4pm $20/25
THE BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz
Punk Night
ROY ROGERS
BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz
Karaoke 8p-Close
Thursday April 6th 9pm $15/20
An Electronic Blend Of Soulful Rock & Blues
BOOMBOX + MiHKAL
THU
3/30
FRI
3/31
Live Jazz & Wine Tasting 6-9p
SAT
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Little Jonny Lawton 6-8p
Reverend Stephan Sams 6-8p
Salsa Bahia 6-9p
Lord Whitley 1p Coyote Slim 5p
4/2
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4/3
A.C. Myles 6-8p
Broken Shades 6-8p
The Box (Goth Night) 9p
Post Punk Night 9p
Karaoke
Karaoke
Comedy
Karaoke
Karaoke 8p-Close
Billy Martini Show 9-12:15p
Karaoke 6p-Close
Karaoke 6p-Close
Robin Anderson Big Band 7:30-10:30p
Karaoke Free 8p
Swing Dance $5 5:30p Light the Band $5 9p
Keep Vince Flying benefit $12 8p
Jazz Society Donation 3:30p
Karaoke 9p
BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola
CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
April 8th SHLUMP + ShermGerm & Pilz April 9th WEBB WILDER April 12th SCOTT PEMBERTON April 13th MCCOY TYLER, DAN TOO, PAT HULL April 14th SPAWNBREEZIE + GONZO April 15th MELVIN SEALS & JGB April 16th INDIGENOUS April 20th REDLIGHT DISTRICT + THE BLIND SPOTS April 21st MARC FORD (The Black Crowes) April 22nd PABLO MOSES + PREZIDENT BROWN April 23rd REVEREND HORTON HEAT + DALE WATSON April 27th GHOST NOTE (Members Of Snarky Puppy) April 28th DILATED PEOPLES April 29th HARRISON STAFFORD May 3rd SUNNY SWEENEY May 5th DON CARLOS May 7th JAMES MCCARTNEY (Paul McCartney’s Son)
CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
May 12th MICHAEL ROSE May 13th POORMAN’S WHISKEY + DAVID LUNING
Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 adv $10 door
Robert Turner plus Eddie Gutierrez
saturday 4/1
Stunning Piano and Guitar
1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854
Karaoke 8p-Close
Karaoke 9p
DUMPSTAPHUNK
WWW.MOESALLEY.COM
Rob Vye 6-8p
Comedy w/Shwa Free 8:30p
CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas
May 18th VETIVERR May 20th SAMBADÁ May 28th DOOBIE DECIBEL SYSTEM w/ Members Of ALO June 11th TOMMY CASTRO August 3rd THE SUBDUDES
4/4
Tango Ecstasy 6-9:30p
DJ
Friday April 7th 9pm $26/30
New Orleans Funk Supergroup
TUE
Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p
Comedy Night/80s Night Free 8:30p
BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz
SUN
Open Mic 7-10p
Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p
BAYVIEW HOTEL 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos
Afternoon Blues Series
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Lucha Libre 5:30-8p
Funk & Psychedelic Soul Dance Party
CON BRIO
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WED THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville
DJ Joey Martinez & DJ Kaos 9p
Ganja White Night $15/$20 9p
OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! wednesday 3/29
THE DEER w / HOD AND THE HELPERS
Hotel Garuda $14/$16 8:30p
TAUK $12/$15 9p
Red $17/$20 9p
STRFKR $20/$25 9p
Dack Janiels $20/$22 9p
Antdog Da Beast$10/$14 9p
International Music Hall and Restaurant
Thu Mar 30
Mandolin Orange
Fri Mar 31
China Cats
ALEX CAMERON w / MANORLADY
Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 adv $10 door
FRIday 3/31
MEGA BOG w / HAND HABITS
MENDONESIA w / DAN JUAN
Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door
SUNday 4/2
BAND OF LOVERS w / BROTHER GRAND
Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door
monday 4/3
THE JOLLY LLAMAS w / BRIGHTENER
Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 Door 4/4 FUNK NIGHT WITH 7 COME 11 9PM MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
429-6994
$20 adv./$25 door 21 + 8pm Grateful Dead Tribute
$12 adv./ $15 door 21 + 8:30pm
Doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $10 Door
Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com
Scott H. Biram $12/$14 8:30p
FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD ALL YOU CAN EAT LUNCH BUFFET M-F $7.95
Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com
thursday 3/30
I See Stars $14/$18 8p
Sat Apr 1
Antsy McClain & The Trailer Park Troubadours $25 adv./$25 door <21 w/parent 8pm
Sun Apr 2
The Black Brothers 2pm Matinee Irish, English & Scottish Traditions
$17 adv./$20 door <21 w/parent 2pm Mon Apr 3
$10 adv./$10 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm Thu Apr 6
David Murray / Kahil El’Zabar Duo
Grammy-winning saxophonist David Murray and multi-percussionist Sir Kahil El’Zabar $20 adv. / $25 door <21 w/parent 7:30pm COMING RIGHT UP
Fri. April 7 Sat. April 8
Moonalice Front Country plus Flypaper Blues Americana, Newgrass, Countrygrass
Mon. April 10 Pegi Young & The Survivors featuring Spooner Oldham, Kelvin Holly, Phil Jones & Shonna Tucker
Thu. April 13 Soohan, KR3TURE, Noetik Reservations Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am
LIVE MUSIC WED
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FRI
3/31
CAVA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville
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Dave Muldawer 6:30-9:30p
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4/3
TUE
4/4
Alex Lucero 5-8p KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p
CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
The Deer $10 9p
Grampa’s Chilli $10 9p
Mega Bog $8/$10 9p
Mendoneisa $8 9p
Band of Lovers $8 9p
7 Come 11 $5 9p
CROW’S NEST 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz
Echo Fabric $3 7:30p
Papiba & Friends $5 8:30p
The Messiahs $6 9p
FishHook $7 9:30p
Live Comedy $7 9p
Reggae Party 8p
Samba Cruz 6-9p
DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton
Mandolin Orange $20/$25 8p
China Cats $10/$15 8:30p
THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville
Antsy McClain & the Trailer Park Troubadours $25 8p
Martha Groves Perry 6-9p The Black Brothers $17/$0 2p
Robert Turner & Eddie Gutierrez $10 7:30p
Standing Wave 8p
HINDQUARTER BAR & GRILLE 303 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
Jessie Daniel & the Slow Learners 9p
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Lil’ Pea and the Third Degree 4p
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ZAKIR HUSSAIN & RAHUL SHARMA
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FILM
GLAM GAME Kristen Stewart plays an American adrift in Paris in Olivier Assayas’s ‘Personal Shopper.’
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Unhappy Medium
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Mystery, psychology don’t gel in ‘Personal Shopper’ BY LISA JENSEN
T
he new drama from French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, Personal Shopper, has an identity crisis. It seems to be going in a lot of interesting directions, scrupulously building up elements of mystery, horror, philosophical pondering, character study, and psychological thriller. But like so many modern multi-taskers, in its zeal to be and do everything, it never quite does any one thing well. Assayas has a reputation for thoughtful, nuanced contemporary stories. His Summer Hours, about three siblings deciding how to disperse their late mother’s art collection, dealt with family and cultural heritage. More recently,
his femme-centric Clouds of Sils Maria, involving three women at various stages of life in the theatrical community, explored female issues of aging and image. The milieu is still upscale in Personal Shopper, although the eponymous protagonist does not exactly belong to that rarefied world. Maureen (Kristen Stewart) is an American adrift in Paris. She works as a personal shopper for a wealthy socialite/philanthropist who is constantly in the papers at charity events and has to look fabulous, but is too busy to shop on her own. It’s Maureen’s job to bomb around Paris on her motorbike, pop into Chanel, Dior, and Cartier to select items, and
deliver them to her client. Maureen is not a fashionista herself, in her grungy sweaters and jeans. She’s also coping with the recent death of her twin brother, Lewis, due to an abnormality of the heart, a condition she also shares. As Maureen matter-of-factly tells everyone, she’s a medium, and so was Lewis; they once made a pact that whichever one of them died first would contact the other twin from the other side. She doesn’t do anything overt, like hold a seance; she just wanders around in the dark “waiting”—not only to hear from Lewis, we soon realize, but to figure out a way to escape “a job I hate,” and move on with her life.
There are lots of interesting themes and possibilities here—the colliding worlds of glitz and glam with spirituality, the process of grief, the nature of identity, and the human need for connection in an increasingly alienating world. This last comes to the forefront when the midsection of the movie becomes a kind of stalker melodrama, as Maureen starts receiving a series of insinuating texts. Freaked out at first, she turns to these messages from an unknown texter, and her own responses, as a kind of therapy. It’s not that these elements never add up (they do, sort of, depending on how you choose to perceive them). The problem is the accumulation of intrigues never quite gains the resonance it should. Whether or not you think you “get” a story, a viewer wants to embrace something about a movie—its cleverness or its profundity or its jazzy style. But this one rarely elicits a strong or satisfying reaction. Stewart’s angsty face fills just about every frame, but neither she nor the script can make us understand her character’s profound sense of disconnection from life. There are a couple of intensely spooky and eerie paranormal visuals, but also a lot of screen time frittered away in endless shots of Maureen racing through traffic on her bike, or with the camera peering over her shoulder at her tiny phone display screen. One interesting factoid Assayas tosses into the mix is the story of real-life Swedish artist Hilma af Klint, whose geometric, abstract work at the beginning of the 20th Century anticipated better-known work by artists like Kandinsky by some 20 years. Hilma af Klint claimed spirits were guiding her hand when she painted, so we see snippets of a documentary about her Maureen watches on her phone. But the artist’s story doesn’t really have anything to do with Maureen’s story. It’s just another potentially interesting ingredient that doesn’t help gel the movie into a meaningful whole. PERSONAL SHOPPER **1/2 (out of four) With Kristen Stewart. Written and directed by Olivier Assayas. An IFC Films release. Rated R. 105 minutes.
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Chocolate Chocolate has become an integral part of American life. Where there once were a few brands of chocolate bars on market shelves, there are now dozens. One local restaurateur, David Jackman, was ahead of the curve when he opened the restaurant Chocolate in 1999 in Santa Cruz.
“Returning to this part of the world, I decided to make it about chocolate,” says Jackman. It is important for Jackman that everyone who comes to dine, whether for a
The patio is a luxuriant oasis on the sidewalk of Pacific Avenue adjacent to Bookshop Santa Cruz, with plants cared for by Jackman. Even on a chilly night, heaters make the patio a great place to explore the ways chocolate is brought into savory dishes, such as in their BBQ sauce with pulled pork. Jackman’s goal with that sauce is to combine salty, sweet, sour, and spicy flavors in one dish. “Chocolate brings an earthy backdrop to the sauce, a depth that is not out of place. Barbecue is the American umami,” he says. Relationships are central to Jackman. “Having a neighbor like Bookshop Santa Cruz is really special because they have been here 50 years, and it is an honor to have that relationship,” says Jackman. Nesh Dhillon, director of Santa Cruz Community Farmers Markets, helped connect him to area farmers, aligning with Jackman’s Slow
Food roots. Two years ago Jackman and Patricia Rain started the Vanilla Festival, a five-course dinner that focuses on the use of vanilla in savory dishes, and gives customers an opportunity to enjoy a tasty ingredient that many consider chocolate’s opposite. If Jackman was ahead of the curve, so were the folks at Santa Cruz Community Credit Union, who made all of this possible by providing Jackman with his first line of credit 21 years ago. Jackman says that the interactive relationship makes the experience of banking easy. If a customer has trouble understanding something, Santa Cruz Community Credit Union takes it as an opportunity to examine the issue for potential improvements, and Jackman points out that that isn’t true of every bank. “Without their help, I don’t know if we could have done this,” says Jackman.
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Jackman has never walked away from his formative years as a pastry chef at a restaurant in the mountain village of Medelana during the height of the Slow Food movement in Italy in the late 1980’s and 1990’s. Near Bologna (Italy’s culinary capital, in the region of Emiglia-Romagna), Jackman and his co-creators embodied the spirit of “think local first” long before that food trend hit the states. They sourced wine from neighbors, produce came from nearby farms and orchards, and animals were from area producers. The eatery’s waitresses made cheese as side work. The only pastry chef in the group, Jackman often catered events in Bologna and developed a love affair with chocolate that would eventually land here in Santa Cruz.
cup of hot chocolate (an entire page of the menu is devoted to chocolate drinks), or to enjoy a leisurely dinner, feel welcomed and not rushed exploring the chocolate-saturated menu. The service is not slow, however. Jackman learned the importance of that at his first Santa Cruz restaurant, the latenight So Say We (closed in 1999).
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FILM NEW THIS WEEK THE BOSS BABY I want to hate this animated kid’s movie about a talking baby, because all movies about talking babies should be hated. But I’ve seen the trailer a zillion times now (give or take), and I have to admit Alec Baldwin doing his Jack Donaghy character from 30 Rock (basically) in baby form is pretty funny. (PG) 97 minutes. GHOST IN THE SHELL All the talk about this Japanese manga adaptation has been about the casting of Scarlett Johansson and the growing backlash over Hollywood’s “whitewashing” of Asian roles with non-Asian actors. But let’s also acknowledge what the casting director for this sci-fi/ crime flick about cyborgs chasing cyberterrorists did right: a rare blockbuster role for one of Japan’s most incredible actors (and filmmakers), Takeshi Kitano as Chief Daisuke Aramaki. (PG-13) 106 minutes.
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THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE It seems like Jessica Chastain has been in pretty much every movie for years now, but this time she tackles something very different in this true story of a zookeeper in 1939 Poland who puts herself and her family at risk to save lives in the Nazi-ruled Warsaw ghetto. (PG-13) 124 minutes.
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SPECIAL SCREENINGS: A Clockwork Orange, Midnight, Friday, March 31 & Saturday, April 1, Del Mar Theatre, 1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. CONTINUING EVENT: LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MOVIES Film buffs are invited Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. to downtown Santa Cruz, where each week the group discusses a different current release. For location and discussion topic, go to https:// groups.google.com/group/LTATM.
NOW PLAYING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST This live-action adaptation of the fairytale classic might sound pointless
to you, but to Disney it sounds like “ka-ching!”. Bill Condon directs. Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans co-star. (PG) 129 minutes. CHIPS Since demand for a film adaptation of a crappy 40-year-old TV show (look, I had the lunchbox too, but let’s not kid ourselves) was no doubt sky-high, who can blame Hollywood execs for trying to repeat the tongue-in-cheek comedy-action success of the 21 Jump Street movies? Dax Shepard directs. Michael Pena and Dax Shepard star. (R) 100 minutes. COLLIDE In order to save the love of his life, Casey has to return to his criminal past—much to the utter delight of a bejewelled, faux Russian (?) Ben Kingsley. Eran Creevy directs. Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins costar. (PG-13) 99 minutes. FIFTY SHADES DARKER Anyone seen The Fall? Because that show makes Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey such a creepy casting choice … Oh, and this soundtrack sounds pretty cool. James Foley directs. Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, and Eric Johnson co-star. (R) 115 minutes. GET OUT White suburbs: the real hell. Jordan Peele directs. Allison Williams, Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield co-star. (R) 103 minutes. THE GREAT WALL Matt Damon with a ponytail. The Great Wall, but with zombie hell monsters trying to break through it. White dudes swooping in like they know better. So many conflicted feelings right now. Yimou Zhang directs. Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe costar. (PG-13) 103 minutes. HIDDEN FIGURES Finally, the untold story of the AfricanAmerican women who calculated how to shoot a man into space (something they were probably hoping to do for a long time). Theodore Melfi directs. Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe. (PG) 127 minutes. KEDI If you’ve been to Istanbul, you’ve seen the cats that own the streets. This is their city, through their eyes. Ceyda Torun directs.
Bülent Üstün co-stars. (Unrated) 80 minutes. KONG: SKULL ISLAND King Kong, a dangerous island, and an overly ambitious crew of explorers played by a cast of gorgeously recognizable faces. Is it a prequel or sequel? Are we still keeping track? Jordan Vogt-Roberts directs. Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson co-star. (PG13) 120 minutes. LA LA LAND Old Hollywood whimsy, musical magic à la Rogers and Astaire that’s getting Emma Stone early Oscar buzz—it’s just the kind of la la land we needed during a post-Nov. 8 season. Damien Chazelle directs. Ryan Gosling, Stone, Amiée Conn costar. (PG-13) 128 minutes. LAND OF MINE At what age is a soldier still a child, forced into a bitter, unavoidable nightmare, and at what age is a soldier an adult, responsible for the crimes they commit? Land of Mine is based on the true story of around 2,000 German POWs, many of them still teenagers, who were sent to Denmark to clear the beaches riddled with thousands of landmines. Nearly half of them lost limbs or their lives. German and Danish with English subtitles. Martin Zandvliet directs. Roland Møller, Louis Hofmann, Joel Basman co-star. (R) 100 minutes. THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE Batman is revelling in his stardom … except, he has no one to share it with! Very sad. In order to soften his hardened heart, he has to take responsibility for the orphan he adopted and build his own family, Lego style. Chris McKay directs. Jenny Slate, Ralph Fiennes, and Channing Tatum co-star. (PG) 104 minutes. LIFE An international space station crew discovers life on Mars, but because they’ve never seen any movie ever they don’t realize they are totally screwed. Daniel Espinosa directs. Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson start. (R) 103 minutes.
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.
SONG TO SONG Rooney Mara and Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender and Natalie Portman chase success and each other in the new Terrence Malick film set against the backdrop of the Austin music scene and featuring cameos from musicians like Patti Smith and Iggy Pop. (R) 129 minutes.
PATERSON One week in Paterson’s life as a bus driver in a city of the same name—his name is really Paterson—through his quiet and triumphant daily poems. Jim Jarmusch directs. Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Nellie co-star. (R) 118 minutes.
T2 TRAINSPOTTING For those of who will never get over the scene with the baby in the first Trainspotting, the dawn of an older, hopefully more mature Trainspotting will be more than enough reason to go see something cheerful like Beauty and the Beast. However, for the rest of the film’s massive cult, following the reunion of Mark Renton, Sick, Boy, Spud and Begbie will undoubtedly be cause for a 1996style celebration. Danny Boyle directs. Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller co-star. (R) 117 minutes.
PERSONAL SHOPPERReviewed this issue Lars Eidinger co-stars. (R) 105 minutes. POWER RANGERS I never watched the Power Rangers shows, but for some reason this week I did read a detailed ranking of all the Power Rangers outfits through the history of the franchise. Man, there have been a lot, and most all of them look pretty cool, in their cheesy jumpsuit way. This film adaptation attempts to keep the cheese to a minimum, putting a Chronicle-style teen-superheroesare-just-like-us spin on it. If I didn’t know better, I’d think it was kind of embarrassed to be a Power Rangers movie. Bill Israelite directs. Naomi Scott, Dacre Montgomery co-star. (PG-13) 124 minutes. THE SENSE OF AN ENDING Sometimes our memories have a funny way of distorting reality, as one man learns when the past re-enters his life after the death of an old flame. Ritesh Batra directs. Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter costar. (PG-13) 108 minutes. THE SHACK After grieving the loss of his daughter, a man learns how to run on water, meets people who don’t leave tracks in the snow, and finds God (who’s a black woman, thank you very much) in a Shake Shack—I mean shack, just a normal shack. Stuart Hazeldine directs. Sam Worthington, Octavia Spencer, Tim McGraw co-star. (PG13) 132 minutes.
TABLE 19 Ah, the humiliation of being relegated to the farthest table from the bridal couple at a wedding— left only for those who should have known to send their regrets before sending something nice off the registry. You know, the table that could disappear in the middle of the wedding and nobody would notice. This is the story of that table. Jeffrey Blitz directs. Anna Kendrick, Lisa Kudrow, Craig Robinson co-star. (PG13) 87 minutes. A UNITED KINGDOM Against the decree of a kingdom and the will of a nation, Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana and his white British bride, Ruth Williams, fought against everything for their love. Keep the tissue box near, the film trailer is enough to inspire sobs. Amma Asante directs. David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport co-star. (PG-13) 111 minutes. WILSON Woody Harrelson stars as a middle-aged grump who meets a daughter he didn’t know he had. But what nerds will love is that this is written by Ghost World’s Daniel Clowes, adapting his own graphic novel. Craig Johnson directs. Laura Dern, Isabella Amara and Cheryl Hines co-star.
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olaire, an elegant landscape of dove-grey upholstery unfurled between the swimming pool and lobby of Hotel Paradox, is graced with more than its share of mood. Especially at the magic hour when the sun begins to lower just enough to splash low light across the sparkling bar. Such a great spot to unwind, either at the bar or on couches in front of the fireplace, as we did last week. I had my palate set for one of the house signature cocktails and found just the thing in
a “Santa Cruz 75,” a generous martini glass full of chilled Venus small batch gin inflected with Prosecco, the haunting nuance of elderflower and the bite of fresh lime. A great rendezvous with a friend, and given the quantity of stylish liquor, a bargain at $12. Partnering the striking botanicals of this cocktail, we chose the Coconut Prawns with sweet chile sauce ($8) from the “Bar Bites” menu. And what arrived proved to be a luscious, crunchy quartet of fat prawns enfolded in an expert deep-fry of coconut cream batter. The slightly bitter perfume of
the gin made a brilliant counterpoint to the slightly sweet coating on the prawns. Haven’t had a fried appetizer this wonderful—served hot from the kitchen—in many years. My companion found her “Equinox” cocktail of vodka, Aperol, elderflower and lemon juice a bit on the sweet side. Beautiful, pale pink in its sugar-rimmed cocktail glass, but I had to admit that my gin-intensive adult beverage was much more refreshing and palatesparkling. The low light raking across the attractive dining room made for sophisticated eye candy
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Yay! Humble Sea Brewing Co. opened its Westside taproom last week to the wild acclaim of as many thirsty fans as could fit into the patio/corral that borders Swift Street (a half block up from El Salchichero). The brainchild of Taylor West, Nick Pavlina, and Frank Scott Krueger, the newest house of fresh libations—in an already wellpopulated saloon neighborhood—will offer tasty matching brew bites and loads of ambience in the Stripe Design Group-finessed taproom. Grand opening coming this summer. Also, chef Brad Briske and his Home team plan a first-ever beer dinner with Corralitos Brewing Co. on Sunday, April 2. Four courses paired with fresh brew. Limited seating—expect astonishing flavors—email info@ homesoquel.com or call 334-2134. Home is where the heart is. It’s also at 3101 N. Main St., Soquel.
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What inspired you to open Jaguar? DINA TORRES: I made the decision to open the Jaguar restaurant because people were always asking me to open my own restaurant to eat inside, because many times of the year it’s rainy or windy. I started working on the project for years and years to reach this goal. At Café Campesino, I only serve chicken. It’s a very small place. Here, I’ve added pork, fish, beef and shrimp to expand the menu. I decided to make a new menu here with more choices. I use the menu at Café Campesino for specials.
What’s a new item you have on the menu for Jaguar? I have entomatado. It’s made with pork chops and a special chunky tomatillo sauce with herbs and chile morita peppers on top. That’s one of my favorites. We serve with Spanish rice, homemade tortilla.
Are you preparing food from any particular region in Mexico? My menu is all over from different states in Mexico: Oaxaca, Querétaro. Puebla, Mexico City. Yucatán. Nayarit. I’m changing the dishes of the specials. For example, for Valentine’s Day, I served rabbit. It’s from Nayarit, the recipe. It’s rabbit in spicy sauce with spices and herbs and potatoes. My mom made family dinners with amazing dishes. She was very exotic, cooking. She can do whatever. I drove with my parents across my country; that’s why we have different regions’ dishes. In my family, we have a lot of chefs. One of my nephews has a culinary school. My other nephews have bakeries or restaurants. 1116 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. 600-7428. jaguarrestaurantinc.com.
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DARE TO PAIR Cabrillo College Culinary Arts students are teaming up once more with Surf City Vintners (including Silver Mountain) for the eighth annual Dare to Pair food and wine challenge. The competition will take place from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 23 in the Surf City Vintners’ tasting rooms in the Swift Street Courtyard complex in Santa Cruz. Enjoy enticing appetizers prepared by Cabrillo’s culinary students, paired with fine wines from participating wineries, and then vote on your favorites. Then have yet more fun at the Awards Ceremony and After Party until 5 p.m.—featuring live music by West X Southwest. Tickets are $75. Visit daretopair.org for more info.
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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES THREE SPRING FESTIVALS— ARIES, TAURUS, GEMINI Esoteric Astrology as news for week of March 29
Since winter solstice, the New Group of World Servers has been preparing for the Three Spring festivals (Aries, Taurus, Gemini solar festivals at the time of the full moon), and especially for Wesak, the Buddha Full Moon Festival in Taurus. The purpose for the Three Spring Festivals is to assist humanity in “Restoring the Plan for the Earth.” Helping humanity to cooperate with, anchor and further the Plan of spiritual unity. The Three Spring Festivals are the first three full moons in the new spiritual year (begun at Spring Equinox, as the Sun entered Aries). The dates of these festivals are Tuesday April 11 (Aries festival), Wednesday May 10 (Taurus, Wesak) and Friday, June 9 (Gemini festival). Everyone can join in the festivals. Preparation begins with knowledge of them. The Three Spring Festivals form a template
ARIES Mar21–Apr20 The sign and time of Aries demands that things not come too easily. We need challenges, a contest, a test. We need to be dared and to feel that life is an experiment where only the brave need participate. There needs to be a bit of opposition, something to defy, something to call forth one’s courage. If these aren’t in the air, then there’s no reason to be in the game. The game of life. Aries understands the “chase.”
TAURUS Apr21–May21 There may be difficulty expressing yourself at this time, especially with Venus, your ruler, retrograde. It isn’t easy to share your inner thoughts. What we know about you is this: you’re subtle, hidden, compassionate, complex. You need comfort, and you’re interested in psychology and helping others. Showing your feelings in public never happens. Only with those you trust. They’re the lucky ones.
GEMINI May 22–June 20
for the new spiritual year. Along with the following nine new and full moons (festivals) the Three Spring Festivals direct humanity toward the Path of Return via the sacred knowledge of astrology. What is this astrology? Astrology is a “unified field theory” that directs us in our search for spiritual truth. Astrology allows one to “Know the self” (words inscribed over the Mystery Temples) and cultivates within each of us the knowledge that we are each of great value (to self, to others and to the world). Astrology helps us have an accurate understanding and appreciation of the Divine Plan. Astrology helps in the synthesis of universal, human and divine values. Astrology (the science and art of) is the foundation of the Ageless Wisdom Teachings. intimates to bring them out into the world, to be friends, to partner, to play and to share with them. “Other” is always Libra’s basic need. It is only with the “other” that Libra can reflect upon and understand the self. Libra is intelligent, has a loving nature, attracts love, and creates harmony out of all of life’s conflicts and chaos.
SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 You have very artistic abilities, deep and refined. However, many are unable to see them. You keep your abilities quite protected. It’s important to have a peaceful, harmonious and beautiful environment. You’re both an old soul yet very young at heart. Be clear, direct and truthful when communicating. Relationships are really about communication. Begin to be the peacemaker. Warriors are able to be peaceful too.
SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20
Are friends around these days, more than usual? Are you assessing the groups you belong to and the friends you have? With Venus retrograde it’s important to evaluate if what you value is true and real. There are many ideas presented in our world. But there is only one truth. Are you following what others believe? Geminis have a responsibility to gather the truth and disperse it. They can’t be followers.
There will be lots of dramatic goings on in your life or in lives around you. Drama, not a judgment, is simply lots of intense expression. There are also things attractive, sensual and romantic, the arts and music around you. All of these you need to match your creative self-expression. Your heart’s desires are often apparent along with your feelings. What you’re really displaying is kindness, compassion and warm-heartedness. A colorful blend.
CANCER Jun21–Jul20
CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20
You can wonder how you contribute to the world at large and if you have authority or even if anyone listens to you, honors you, and if you are a guide to anyone. These are important questions for everyone, but especially for Cancers, who can hide away but really hope someday they are seen as strong in character, recognized as important and able to communicate successfully. Are these questions you’re asking?
Perhaps you’re thinking of your heritage, ancestry and lineages. And childhood times. The planets in the sky seem to have precipitated down into wherever you are presently. Perhaps in your home and garden. Trying to secure themselves, and offer their seeds of wisdom directly into your heart. Creating within you a stable sense of spirituality. They are calling you to rest more, to relax, to know all’s well. In all areas of life, past, present and future. Their sound is Ohm.
LE0 Jul21–Aug22 The essence of all of your past experiences and learnings is how you formed your philosophy of life. As you review the past, including what you valued then and what you value now (people, events, lovers, etc.,) you see how life educated you, offered you vision, long journeys and spiritual realities. You have these days the mind of a priest, a judge, a journeyer, a professor and a mystery.
VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 There is a sense of losing one’s direction or boundaries, a sense of self-sacrifice in order to blend with others forming contact and connection. There’s a sense of something disappearing or dying. Not physical death but perhaps the death of limitations that leads to growth, transformation, regeneration, rebirth of the self or of a relationship. The changes may be creating a crisis. This will pass. You’re the phoenix.
LIBRA Sep23–Oct22 All Libras need people, social things, relationships,
AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 You have many ideas, many talents, are curious with a very intelligent mind. You seek community—through family, siblings, friends, short journeys, writing and communication. There is a need to assess what your values are (people, events, resources, things, etc.). And to communicate your gratitude with those who love and care for you. There will be a lot of moving about in your life. Stabilize each day with prayer.
PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Your environments must begin to reflect calmness, beauty, order and organization. There may be memories of early childhood experiences. We realize that families and relationships are given to us so that we may learn more together—learning how to help and care for each other, develop compassion and recognize forgiveness. All of our relationships have this as a purpose. We remember our family, our early lives. We are grateful. Always and forever.
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SYSTEMS. 1220-A WEST BEACH STREET, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. RONALD FRYN. 1220-A WEST BEACH STREET, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: RONALD FRYN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/1/1997. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 28, 2017. Mar. 22, 29 & April. 5. 12.
Company signed: ABBOTT SQUARE CAFE LLC. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 7, 2017. Mar. 15, 22, 28, & Apr. 5.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0395 The following Individual is doing business as JULIE'S DELECTABLES. 331 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. JULIE CONWAY. 331 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JULIE CONWAY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/28/2017. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 28, 2017. Mar. 22, 29 & Apr. 5, 11.
95073. The fictitious business name statement for the partnership was filed on 8/11/2015 in the County of Santa Cruz. The full name and residence of the person(s) withdrawing as a partner(s): AMY ERIN MC NISH. 651 SUNSET RD, SOQUEL, CA 95073. This statement was filed with the County Clerk- Recorder of SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on the date indicated by the file stamp: Filed: Mar. 9, 2017. File No.2015-0001428. Mar. 22, 29 & Apr. 5, 12.
The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 3/20/17. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 20, 2017. Mar. 29 & Apr. 5, 12, 19.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0472 The following Individual is doing business as EMERALD OCEAN PAINTING. 211 BERKELEY WAY, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. SEAN SCHULTZ. 211 BERKELEY WAY, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: SEAN SCHULTZ. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 9, 2017. Mar. 22, 29 & Apr. 5, 12.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0495 The following Individual is doing business as NAILS-2-ENVY. 1622 SEABRIGHT AVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. SHAKIRA MEDEN. 1622 SEABRIGHT AVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: SHAKIRA MEDEN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 13, 2017. Mar. 22, 29 & Apr. 5, 12. STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM PARTNERSHIP OPERATNG UNDER FICTITIUS BUSINESS NAME The following person(s) has/have withdrawn as a general partner(s) from the partnership operating under the fictitious business name of HARMONY WITHIN COUNSELING. 4401 HILLTOP RD., SOQUEL, CA
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17- 0535. The following General Partnership is doing business as THE SANCTUARY FOR LIVING CULTURES. 24764 SOQUEL SAN JOSE RD., LOS GATOS, CA 95033. County of Santa Cruz. JOAN FEDENCIA COLEMAN & JOSHUA ROY MCKEE. 2464 SOQUEL SAN JOSE RD., LOS GATOS, CA 95033. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: JOAN FEDENCIA COLEMAN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 17, 2017. Mar. 29 & Apr. 5, 12, 19. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0543 The following Individual is doing business as SPACE BUNS. 610 ORD STREET, APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. KATHRYN ELIZABETH MULENBURG. 610 ORD STREET, APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: KATHRYN ELIZABETH MULENBURG.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0377 The following Individual is doing business as XTENSION. 320 RIVER ST. SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. TIFFANIE ROMERO. 320 RIVER ST. SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: TIFFANIE ROMERO. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/24/2013. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 24, 2017. Mar. 29 & Apr. 5, 12, 19.
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REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT WITH CHANGE FILE NO. 17-0428 The following Corporation is doing business as DWELL LANDSCAPE. 190 ATHERLY LANE, BONNY DOON, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. I.M.S. MARINE CORPORATION. 23800 MORRELL CUT OFF RD., LOS GATOS, CA 95033. AI# 1506970 This business is conducted by a Corporation signed: DJANGO R. DAWSON. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/1992. Original FBN number: 2009-0000215. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 2, 2017. Mar. 8, 15, 22, 29.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0468 The following Corporation is doing business as SHERRI'S COOKIES. 1855 41ST AVENUE #E4, CAPITOLA, CA 95010. County of Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ YOGURT DISTRIBUTERS, INC. 1855 41ST AVENUE #E4, CAPITOLA, CA 95010. Al# 1825290. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: SANTA CRUZ YOGURT DISTRIBUTERS, INC. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/13/1997. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 8, 2017. Mar. 15, 22, 28 & Apr. 5
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0407 The following Individual is doing business as THE THINNING VEIL. 632 MIDDLEFORD DR., APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. JENNIFER MARIE KALEY. 632 MIDDLEFORD DR., APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JENNIFER MARIE KALEY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 28, 2017. Mar. 15, 22, 29 & Apr. 5.
REFILING OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT WITH CHANGE FILE NO. 17-0521 The following Married Couple is doing business as DIGGER'S PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. 2282 MATTISON LANE, UNIT C. County of Santa Cruz. LAURI MORGAN, WAYNE MORGAN. 2282 MATTISON LANE, UNIT C, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. This business is conducted by a Married Couple signed: LAURI MORGAN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 4/29/1988. Original FBN number: 2012-0000761. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 16, 2017. Mar. 29 & Apr. 5, 12, 19.
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140 Dubois, Suite C Santa Cruz, CA (831) 824 - 6200
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Where the locals shop since 1938. VOTED BEST BUTCHER SHOP BEST WINE SELECTION BEST CHEESE SELECTION BEST LOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORE BEST MURAL /PUBLIC ART
Family owned & operated 78 years. 622 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz
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BUTCHER SHOP
A WINE & FOOD PAIRING Pan-Roasted Swordfish Steaks with Mixed Peppercorn Butter YIELD Makes 4 servings TOTAL TIME 25 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature - 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley - 1 garlic clove, minced - 1/2 teaspoon ground mixed peppercorns, plus more for sprinkling - 1/2 teaspoon (packed) grated lemon peel - 1 tablespoon olive oil - 4 1-inch-thick swordfish fillets (about 6 ounces each)
Preparations
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Mash butter, parsley, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon ground mixed peppercorns, and lemon peel in small bowl. Season to taste with salt. - Heat oil in heavy large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle swordfish with salt and ground mixed peppercorns. Add swordfish to skillet. Cook until browned, about 3 minutes. Turn swordfish over and transfer to oven. Roast until just cooked through, about 8-10 minutes longer. Transfer swordfish to plates. Add seasoned butter to same skillet. Cook over medium-high heat, scraping up browned bits, until melted and bubbling. Pour butter sauce over swordfish and serve. Reg 24.99
Wine Pairing
Now 16.99
Saint Cosme Cotes du Rhone Blanc 2015 90 Point Wine Spectator
Juicy, with good weight to the core of heather, peach, nectarine and tangerine notes, laced with piecrust and almond details. Stays fresh and racy through the finish, revealing a buried quinine accent.
SHOP PER SPOTLIG HTS
LL NATURAL USDA Choice beef & lamb only corn-fed Midwest pork, Rocky free-range chickens, Mary’s air-chilled chickens, wild-caught seafood, Boar’s Head products.
MEAT
BEEF ■ FLAT IRON STEAK, Choice Natural/ 5.98 LB ■ LONDON BROIL/ 4.98 LB ■ BEEF STIR FRY/ 6.49 LB ■ SKIRT STEAK, Plain or Teriyaki/ 12.98 LB LUNCH MEAT ■ HONEY HAM, Sweet Slice/ 8.49 LB ■ BLACK FOREST HAM/ 8.49 LB ■ DANISH HAM/ 8.49 LB MARINATED TUMBLED MEATS ■ BLACK PEPPER LONDON BROIL/ 5.98 LB ■ SANTA MARIA LONDON BROIL/ 5.98 LB ■ ITALIAN STYLE SKIRT STEAK/ 10.98 LB ■ BAY SHRIMP MEAT/12.98 LB FISH ■ CREATIVE SALMON FILLETS, Fresh, Organically Fed/ 16.98 LB ■ FRESH SWORDFISH STEAKS/ 15.98 LB
PRODUCE
CALIFORNIA-FRESH, Blemish–free, Local/
Organic: Arrow Citrus Co., Lakeside Organic
■ NAVEL ORANGES, Sweet and Seedless/ 1.29 LB ■ TANGELOS, Top Quality/ 1.29 LB ■ BANANAS, Ripe and Ready to Eat/ .89 LB ■ GREEN BEANS, Fresh and Tender/ 1.79 LB ■ EGGPLANT, Always Firm/ 1.29 EA ■ BROCCOLI CROWNS, Delivered Fresh Daily / 2.59 LB ■ POTATOES, Red and Yukon/ .89 LB ■ AVOCADOS, Table Ripe Ready/ 1.99 EA ■ ROMA TOMATOES, Firm and Ripe/ 1.19 LB ■ ORGANIC BANANAS, A Healthy Snack/ .99 LB ■ MANDARINS, Sweet and Juicy/ 1.99 LB ■ APPLES, Fujis, Granny Smith, Gala, Braeburn and Pink Lady / 1.89 LB
■ BABY LOOSE SPINACH, Organically Grown/ 4.99 LB ■ LEAF LETTUCE, Red, Green, Romaine, Butter & Iceberg/ 1.79 EA
■ LOOSE CARROTS, Peak Quality/ .59 LB ■ CLUSTER TOMATOES, Ripe on the Vine/ 2.69 LB ■ YELLOW ONIONS, Premium Quality/ .49 LB ■ RUSSET POTATOES, Great for Mashed Potatoes/ .59 LB ■ GRAPEFRUIT, Pink Flesh/ .89 EA ■ LEMONS, Blemish Free Lemons/ .69 EA ■ PINEAPPLE, Sweet and Juicy/ 1.09 LB ■ CELERY, Always Fresh/ 1.49 EA.
GROCERY
Local, Organic, Natural, Specialty, Gourmet
Seasonings & Dry Rubs
■ CHAR CRUST, “Seals in the Juices”/ 5.49 ■ RUB WITH LOVE, “Gluten Free”, 3.5oz/ 6.49 ■ URBAN ACCENTS, “Standout Sides”, 1.25oz/ 1.99 ■ CHEF PAUL’S, Magic Seasoning Blends, 2oz/ 4.19 ■ PAPPY’S CHOICE, “MSG Free”, 5oz/ 4.29
Local Bakeries- Fresh Daily
■ BECKMANN’S, California Sour Loaf, 24oz/ 3.89 ■ WHOLE GRAIN, Whole Wheat, 30oz/ 4.19 ■ GAYLE’S, Herb Cheese, 4 Pack Rolls, 14oz/ 5.99 ■ KELLY’S, Sour Baguette, 16oz/ 2.59 ■ SUMANO’S, Sourdough Loaf, 24oz/ 3.99
BEER/WINE/SPIRITS Best Buys, Local, Regional, International
Beers
■ KONA BREWING, “All kinds”, 6 Pack, 12 oz bottles/ 8.49 +CRV
■ STELLA ARTOIS, “Pilsner”, 6 Pack, 11.2 oz bottles/ 8.99 + CRV Stone,
■ ENJOY BY, 22 oz bottle/ 7.99 +CRV ■ MOTHER EARTH, “Boo Koo IPA”, 6 Pack, 12 oz cans/ 10.29 + CRV
■ LAGUNITAS, “IPA”, 6 pack, 12 oz bottles/ 8.99 +CRV
Tequila
■ HORNITOS, Reposado/ 17.99 ■ EL JIMADOR, Silver & Reposado/ 18.99 ■ ALTOS, Plata & Reposado/ 19.99 ■ BUSSETO SLICED MEAT, “Pancetta & Prosciutto”, 3oz/ 3.99 ■ CAZADORES, Reposado/ 25.99 ■ CYPRESS GROVE CHEVRE, “All Varieties”, 4oz/ 5.59 ■ PATRON, Silver/ 39.99 ■ BOAR’S HEAD SAUERKRAUT, “The Best”, Best Buy Whites 16oz/ 2.09 ■ 2014 DUCKPOND, Chardonnay, (Reg 14.99)/ 7.99 ■ DON FRANCISCO QUESO, “All Varieties”, 8oz/ 3.29 ■ 2012 VOCA, Cortese, (91WW, Reg 16.99)/ 8.99 ■ SUNNY VALLEY BACON, “Uncured, All Natural”/ 6.49 Cheese - “Best Selection in Santa Cruz” ■ 2013 BENZIGER, Chardonnay, (90WE, Reg 14.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2015 VILLA ANTINORI, Bianco, (Reg 13.99)/ 8.99 ■ WISCONSIN SHARP CHEDDAR, “A Customer Favorite”Loaf Cuts/ 5.09 Lb, Average Cuts/ 5.49 Lb ■ 2015 VILLA MARIA, Sauvignon Blanc, (90WS, Reg 15.99)/ 9.99 ■ NORWEGIAN JARLSBERG, “Imported Swiss”
Delicatessen
Bargain Wine- Absolute Steals
/ 10.09 Lb
■ DANISH BLUE CHEESE, “Pairs well with Ports & Stouts”/ 7.99 Lb
■ STELLA PARMESAN, “Domestic Wheel Cuts” / 8.19 Lb
■ 2014 MOTTO, Cabernet Sauvignon, (Reg 14.99)/ 4.99 ■ NV RAVENSWOOD MUCKRAKER, Red Blend, (Reg 13.99)/ 4.99
■ 2013 RED DIAMOND, Mysterious Red, (Reg 12.99)/ 4.99 ■ 2010 CLOS LA CHANCE, Zinfandel, (Reg 17.99)/ 5.99 ■ FARMER FREED, Culinary Salts, 3.5oz/ 10.49 ■ TWINS KITCHEN JAMS, “Made in a Home Kitchen”, ■ 2014 CRAFTWORK, Chardonnay, (Reg 19.99)/ 4.99
Shop Local First- Locally Made
9oz/ 5.99 ■ PACIFIC COOKIE CO., “Gourmet Cookies”, 12oz/ 6.89 ■ VERVE COFFEE, “Seabright House Blend”, 12oz/ 11.99 ■ COLLINE di SANTA CRUZ, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 8.45oz/ 11.99
Crackers
Chilean Red Wines
■ 2015 LOS VASCOS, Cabernet Sauvignon, (92JS)/ 9.99 ■ 2012 SANTA EMA, Cabernet Sauvignon, (92JS)/ 13.99 ■ 2012 MONTES ALPHA, Syrah, (92WS)/ 17.99 ■ 2013 RITUAL, Pinot Noir, (94JS)/ 19.99 ■ 2011 KOYLE ROYALE, Carmenere, (91WS)/ 22.99
Connoisseur’s Corner- Bourgogne Rouge
■ 2014 FREDERIC ESMONIN, Gevrey-Chambertin/ 41.99 ■ 2013 JOSEPH DROUIN, Cote de Beaune, (91JS)/ 47.99 ■ 2011 DOMAINE JEAN-MARC MOREY, Beaune Greves,
■ LA PANZANELLA, “Artisan”, 6oz/ 3.79 ■ WISECRACKERS, “Low Fat”, 4oz/ 3.99 ■ URBAN OVEN ,”Perfectly Crisp”, 7.5oz/ 4.59 ■ LE PAIN DES FLEURS, “Quinoa Crispbread”,
(91BH)/ 44.99
4.4oz/ 4.99 ■ RAINCOAST CRISPS, “Gluten Free”, 6oz/ 6.99
■ 2009 LOUIS JADOT, Beaune Boucherottes, (92WA)/ 58.99
■ 2014 DOMAINE GROS FRERE ET SOEUR, Vosne-Romanee/ 74.99
IRENE LOGAN, 30-Year Customer Santa Cruz Occupation: Housewife Hobbies: Bridge, gardening, reading, cooking Astrological Sign: Leo DEAN LOGAN, 30-Year Customer, Santa Cruz Occupation: Retired auto sales/manager Hobbies: Bridge, gardening, reading Astrological Sign: Aquarius
How often do you folks shop here? IRENE: “Almost daily. Shopper’s is a pleasure to shop because everyone is so pleasant, and I like their wooden floors!” DEAN: “Shopper’s ambiance reminds me of years past because of their courtesy and service. I like how the produce is displayed, and the meat counter always looks immaculate.” IRENE: “The different cuts of meat are beautiful, and the butchers provide helpful recipes and cooking tips.” DEAN: “Their seafood is always fresh. I can’t say that about every market in town.” IRENE: “I appreciate the organic produce more and more, like the crisp and tasty lettuce and the sweet, delicious fruits.”
What do you folks like to cook? IRENE: “We do mostly simple healthy cooking, including different pasta dishes. I make spaghetti sauce from scratch using lots of vegetables, and he’ll chop them up. I’ll make cookies and he’ll mix the dough for me. He’s my sous chef.” DEAN: “I like to say we’re connected at the hip. March 24 will mark our 71st anniversary.” IRENE: “He’s very kind and affectionate, and still opens doors for me. He treats me like a lady.” DEAN: “We were both given great advice before we were married: ‘Don’t ever go to bed mad; never forget to kiss each other goodnight and say I love you; and if you’re wrong admit it and say you’re sorry.’”
Wow! Ok, what would you say to a new community resident about Shopper’s? IRENE: “It’s a great store and they’ll have everything you’ll want. They have wonderful products at fair prices in every department.” DEAN: “When you walk in you’re going to feel like you’re at home. Great food and you’ll have 6 to 8 butchers waiting to serve you the finest product you’ll ever see! It’s service personified. If you have a wine question, they’ll ask, ‘Red, white, strong or smooth?’” IRENE: “It seems like they care about you. It’s as if you’re the boss. You feel like they’re here to please you and are happy to see you.” DEAN: “They really go all out to assist you. Just excellent…!”
“We were both given great advice before we were married: ‘Don’t ever go to bed mad; and never forget to kiss each other goodnight and say I love you.’”
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