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EDITOR’S NOTE Santa Cruz has long been a big fanbase for underground hip-hop artists, and many rappers who are famous now— Del the Funky Homosapien, E-40, the entire Living Legends crew—packed clubs here back when they were up and comers. Those are touring acts, though—hometown rappers haven’t had as much luck breaking big around here.

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Elliot Wright’s smart lyrics and his band’s high-energy sound was a potent combination that could affect your mind and body at the same time. And then, as quickly as he had arrived, Wright was gone, after a fateful show at the Santa Cruz Music Festival in 2015.

In our cover story this week, Aaron Carnes explains what happened at that show, and why Wright disappeared. Eliquate the band is now Eliquate the solo rapper, and this is the story of that journey—one of addiction and recovery, losing and rediscovering the creative spirit.

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Your article on dog policy in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (“When in Roam,” GT, 3/8) is a disservice to your readers. It serves simply to give adulatory publicity to what is merely one perspective—albeit the loudest and bestconnected—on what I know as a reader of the San Francisco Chronicle is a complex issue. Of course, the National Park Service cannot comment once it is in litigation.

But with a little research, your reporter could have included the voices of others— not only environmental groups, but also other recreational users of the GGNRA. Even (maybe especially) in a time when individual activism is so crucial, it’s an important journalistic value to provide light as well as heat.

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The new book Santa Cruz’s Seabright goes on sale Saturday, April 29 at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History. The book, written by Randall Brown and Traci Bliss, benefits the museum. It documents some of the neighborhood’s luminaries and milestones, including the fabled history of Scholl-Mar Castle on Seabright Beach and creation of the harbor at Woods Lagoon.

The Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) announced last week that it was giving an award to Scotts Valley. The PublicPrivate Partnership Award recognizes the city of 12,000 people, as well as the 1440 Multiversity project for working together to create a new learning center that offers teachable skills. MBEP believes the project will create local jobs, while creating peaceful, healthy living.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of April 26 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 I have misgivings when I witness bears riding bicycles or tigers dancing on their hind legs or Aries people wielding diplomatic phrases and making careful compromises at committee meetings. While I am impressed by the disciplined expression of primal power, I worry for the soul of the creature that is behaving with such civilized restraint. So here’s my advice for you in the coming weeks: Take advantage of opportunities to make deals and forge win-win situations. But also keep a part of your fiery heart untamed. Don’t let people think they’ve got you all figured out.

TAURUS Apr20–May20 “One of the advantages of being disorderly,” said author A. A. Milne, “is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” I wouldn’t normally offer this idea as advice to a methodical dynamo like you. But my interpretation of the astrological omens compels me to override my personal theories about what you need. I must suggest that you consider experimenting with jaunty, rambunctious behavior in the coming days, even if it generates some disorder.

The potential reward? Exciting discoveries, of course.

GEMINI May21–June20 According to my reading of the astrological omens, it’s time for you to take a break from the magic you have been weaving since your birthday in 2016. That’s why I’m suggesting that you go on a brief sabbatical. Allow your deep mind to fully integrate the lessons you’ve been learning and the transformations you have undergone over the past eleven months. In a few weeks, you’ll be ready to resume where you left off. For now, though, you require breathing room. Your spiritual batteries need time to recharge. The hard work you’ve done should be balanced by an extended regimen of relaxed playtime.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22 Apparently, a lot of kids in the UK don’t like to eat vegetables. In response, food researchers in that country marketed a variety of exotic variations designed to appeal to their palate. The new dishes included chocolate-flavored carrots, pizza-flavored corn, and cheeseand-onion-flavored cauliflower. I don’t recommend that you get quite so extreme in trying to broaden your own appeal, Cancerian. But see if you can at least reach out to your potential constituency with a new wrinkle or fresh twist. Be imaginative as you expand the range of what your colleagues and clientele have to choose from.

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In speaking about the arduous quest to become one’s authentic self, writer Thomas Merton used the example of poets who aspire to be original but end up being imitative. “Many poets never succeed in being themselves,” he said. “They never get around to being the particular poet they are intended to be by God. They never become the person or artist who is called for by all of the circumstances of their individual lives. They waste their years in vain efforts to be some other poet. They wear out their minds and bodies in a hopeless endeavor to have somebody else’s experiences or write somebody else’s poems.” I happen to believe that this is a problem for non-poets, as well. Many of us never succeed in becoming ourselves. Luckily for you, Leo, in the coming weeks and months you will have an unprecedented chance to become more of who you really are. To expedite the process, work on dissolving any attraction you might have to acting like someone other than yourself.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 On numerous occasions, French acrobat Charles Blondin walked across a tightrope that spanned the gorge near Niagara Falls. His cable was three and a quarter inches in diameter, 1,100 feet long, and 160 feet above the Niagara River. Once he made the entire crossing by doing back flips and somersaults. Another time he carried a small stove on his back, stopped midway to cook an omelet, and ate the meal before finishing. Now would be an excellent time for you to carry out your personal equiv-

alent of his feats, Virgo. What daring actions have you never tried before even though you’ve been sufficiently trained or educated to perform them well?

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22 Ready for some subterranean journeys? They may not involve literal explorations of deep caverns and ancient tunnels and underground streams. You may not stumble upon lost treasure and forgotten artifacts and valuable ruins. But then again, you might. At the very least, you will encounter metaphorical versions of some of the above. What mysteries would you love to solve? What secrets would be fun to uncover? What shadows would you be excited to illuminate?

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Why would you guzzle mind-clouding moonshine when you will eventually get a chance to sip a heart-reviving tonic?

Why spoil your appetite by loading up on non-nutritious hors d’oeuvres when a healthy feast will be available sooner than you imagine? I advise you to suppress your compulsion for immediate gratification. It may seem impossible for you to summon such heroic patience, but I know you can.

And in the long run, you’ll be happy if you do.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 “You’ll always be my favorite what-if.” Many years ago, I heard that phrase whispered in my ear. It came from the mouth of a wonderful-but-impossible woman. We had just decided that it was not a good plan, as we had previously fantasized, to run away and get married at Angkor Wat in Cambodia and then spend the next decade being tour guides who led travelers on exotic getaways to the world’s sacred sites. “You’ll always be my favorite whatif” was a poignant but liberating moment. It allowed us to move on with our lives and pursue other dreams that were more realistic and productive. I invite you to consider triggering a liberation like that sometime soon.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 I’d love to see you increase the number of people, places, and experiences you love, as well as the wise intensity with which you love them. From an astrological perspective, now is an excellent time to upgrade your appreciation and adoration for the whole world and everything in it. To get you in the mood, I’ll call your attention to some unfamiliar forms of ardor you may want to pursue: eraunophilia, an attraction to thunder and lightning; cymophilia, a fascination with waves and waviness; chorophilia, a passion for dancing; asymmetrophilia, a zeal for asymmetrical things; sapiophilia, an erotic enchantment with intelligence.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 You could go online and buy an antique Gothic throne or a psychedelic hippie couch to spruce up your living room. For your bathroom, you could get a Japanese “wonder toilet,” complete with a heated seat, automated bidet, and white noise generator. Here’s another good idea: You could build a sacred crazy altar in your bedroom where you will conduct rituals of playful liberation.

Or how about this? Acquire a kit that enables you to create spontaneous poetry on your refrigerator door using tiny magnets with evocative words written on them. Can you think of other ideas to revitalize your home environment? It’s high time you did so.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Among America’s 50 states, Texas has the third-highest rate of teenage pregnancies. Uncoincidentally, sex education in Texas is steeped in ignorance. Most of its high schools offer no teaching about contraception other than to advise students to avoid sex. In the coming weeks, Pisces, you can’t afford to be as deprived of the truth as those kids. Even more than usual, you need accurate information that’s tailored to your precise needs, not fake news or ideological delusions or self-serving propaganda. Make sure you gather insight and wisdom from the very best sources. That’s how you’ll avoid behavior that’s irrelevant to your life goals. That’s how you’ll attract experiences that serve your highest good.

Homework: What’s the most beautiful thing you’ve ever done? Testify! Go to Realastrology.com and click on “Email Rob.”

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HIGHWAY SHUTDOWN I chanced to ride my bicycle from Felton to Santa Cruz on Highway 9 the other weekend. What a joy to ride without all the frantic and insane gas-guzzling trucks, motorcyclists, cars and monster SUVs almost running me down.

The peace and tranquility of passing children on tricycles, old folks with their dogs and other bicyclists just enjoying nature and the redwood forest while passing through was absolutely thrilling!

So, let’s just keep Highway 9 shut down to all internal combustion vehicles and turn

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POWER TO THE PATIENT Dr. Wells Shoemaker, founding co-chair of Santa Cruz County’s Health Improvement Partnership (HIP).

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r. Wells Shoemaker, a local physician you may remember from a recent Wellness column about the relationship between alcohol and health, says he was feeling glum about the potential Obamacare repeal.

“But now that it’s here to stay, we’ve dodged a near-Earth asteroid,” says Shoemaker.

In the wake of last month’s failed repeal, Shoemaker is relieved that the Affordable Care Act will remain—at least for the foreseeable future. “Prior to Obamacare, 40 percent of personal

bankruptcies in this country related to an inability to pay medical bills,” he says. “Many people lived in fear that the other shoe would drop, and all it would take is one minor health care problem to create a disaster.”

But even though Obamacare survived legislative death row, the Trump administration might try to deal it a crippling blow by withholding billions of dollars in federal subsidies known as costsharing reductions, which help make health care affordable to the masses. “It’s very important money,”

says Shoemaker. “It’s not just poor people. Many middle-class people were unable to afford or even qualify for health insurance because of preexisting conditions.”

Even though the future of health care seems murky at best, and terrifying at worst, the good news is that, “Santa Cruz County already has high-quality medical care, and is one of the top three or four counties in the nation in terms of health care efficiency,” says Shoemaker.

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a nonprofit organization called HIP (Health Improvement Partnership), which founding co-chair Shoemaker calls “a consortium of a wide variety of health care entities that tries to make health care reform live up to its promises. The fundamental thing is to take organizations that either compete or operate in different silos and get them to work together to gang-tackle problems that are unsolvable by any one organization.”

The group is dealing with several “knotty” problems, he says, including behavioral health. “It’s silly to think that physical and mental health is treated differently, so it’s a perfect softball for HIP,” he says. Another issue he says is ripe for HIP intervention is homelessness. “It involves law enforcement, public health, housing and nutrition. No one agency can deal with all of it. HIP creates an environment where it’s safe to bring everybody that has a role in it together,” he says.

But even with strong local health care and Obamacare staying afloat federally, a haunting sense of uncertainty is pervasive both locally and nationally.

“It affects everyone involved,” says Shoemaker. “It stymies our country from making health care changes that would bring us into the top 20 in the world … If cuts are made—and there will be cuts— corpses won’t line the streets, but people’s lives will be shortened. It’s not like a nuclear bomb, but it will poison our children.”

One way to channel health care anxiety into positive action is to take personal responsibility for individual health care, something Shoemaker says many local residents are already adept at.

“If you’re unhappy with the care you receive, let the doctor know. There are many accountability channels, and agencies that advocate for the individual health care consumer.”

He also notes an evolution in the way doctors and patients interact.

“I’ve seen a half century of changes,” he says. “Doctors used to be the boss and ‘doctor’s orders’ was the postWorld War II attitude. But now the doctor/patient relationship is looked at like a partnership.”

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NEWS SEEKING CLEARANCE Clean Slate Program offers ex-offenders a second chance

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Three years ago, when Nicole Keadle faced two drug-related felonies, she was released from Santa Cruz Main Jail into a drug rehab program. Keadle took her probation and sobriety seriously, getting and staying clean. With the help of attorney Cassie Licker from the Santa Cruz County Public Defender’s Office, Keadle was able to get one of the felonies reduced to a misdemeanor—and then, last June, got her entire criminal record cleared.

“I can’t tell you how great a burden was lifted when the judge decided my entire record was to be cleared,” says Keadle, now 28. “I felt I was finally being judged for how my life is now, rather than the mistakes I made in the past.”

The Public Defender’s Office is rolling out the Clean Slate Program to help ex-offenders like Keadle clear or reduce the severity of their criminal records. The program aims to give qualified ex-offenders a second chance at building productive lives after successfully completing all terms of probation and showing evidence of getting their lives on track—by legally allowing less damning answers to questions about criminal background on applications for employment, housing, financial aid for school, and many public services.

Licker emphasizes that criminal records must be looked at on a case-by-case basis.

Different regulations apply to different sentences, making the process like “putting together a puzzle.” When a judge has signed off to clear or reduce someone’s criminal history, some clearances are mandatory if the filing is done properly, while others allow judicial discretion to decide if the proposed changes are appropriate. The law, for example, does not allow anyone to clear their record of most sex offenses.

Licker says that once all convictions are dismissed or expunged from a record, an ex-offender can legally report they have no criminal history, but there are a few catches. For careers involving a state Department of Justice, where jobs usually require fingerprinting, the background check report comes back with the conviction record, along with notation of judicial dismissal. The ex-offender is then usually rejected because it >16

HOW ’BOUT DENIM CHIEFS? When former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper is in town this week, he’ll talk with both the Santa Cruz Police Department and the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office.

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n the news and in the papers, the hum has been impossible to ignore.

Whether because of cell phone cameras, new technology for cops or increased interest, talk of law enforcement tactics has been on the rise, with every person who has a Twitter account sharing their perspective. One man who knows what it’s like to walk a beat, former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper, says that when it comes to law enforcement, it’s time to put communities in the driver’s seat.

“Policing is the public’s business, and the public has the full right and responsibility to

work collaboratively with local law enforcement,” says Stamper, who will be speaking this weekend at both the Resource Center for Nonviolence and the Nickelodeon.

Stamper will discuss community policing and what he sees as the increasing militarization of law enforcement in America. In the days after, he will meet both the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office and the Santa Cruz Police Department (SCPD) on Monday, with the same topics in mind.

Stamper says that too often in the U.S., civilians are treated as enemy combatants. Less than three years ago, officers were

patrolling the streets of Ferguson, Missouri with sniper rifles behind ambush-resistant vehicles, sending snarling police dogs after crowds of nonviolent protesters marching in response to the shooting of Michael Brown. This past fall, law enforcement at Standing Rock, North Dakota tear gassed and sprayed freezing water on protesters during sub-zero temperatures.

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Stamper himself resigned from the Seattle force in early 2000, after his department’s swift and powerful response to the massive World Trade Organization protests a few months earlier that yielded more than 100 protests and prompted international outcry.

Critics of police militarization often argue that the trend began under President Bill Clinton, who signed into law a program allowing for excess military equipment to be transferred to civilian law enforcement agencies.

Four months into 2017, there have been 308 people fatally shot by police in the United States. More than half of the victims are either black or Hispanic, and about 20 percent of the people killed had a mental illness, according to the Washington Post. Last year, the number was 963, including two deaths in Santa Cruz County—15-year-old Luke Smith was shot by a sheriff’s deputy in

November, and mentally ill 32-yearold Sean Arlt by a Santa Cruz police officer in October.

Both deaths could have been prevented, says Lee Brokaw, who put together Stamper’s Santa Cruz visit and sits on the board of directors for the local branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The Santa Cruz County District Attorney’s Office has already investigated both incidents, announcing that it would not be charging either of the involved officers, although Arlt’s family announced this month that it was filing suit against SCPD. Citizen review boards are the most effective way to shift from the aggressive policing culture to one that is more in-line with community values, says Stamper.

“All instances of force should be reviewed by the citizens who are being protected and served by their police department,” says Stamper.

“Americans have to demand a seat at the table if an invitation isn’t sent. Police in America belong to the

people, not the other way around.”

Police leaders should hear community voices on recruitment efforts, supervision, leadership, program development, crisis management and dealing with protests, he argues.

SCPD had a seven-member citizen review board for nearly a decade starting in 1994, but the Santa Cruz City Council opted to disband it after determining it to be ineffective and costly, says SCPD Chief Kevin Vogel. A police auditor model has been in place since the early 2000s, where an auditor reviews all internal affairs investigations and inquiries made by the public, and then reports to the city manager and city council’s public safety committee.

Outside of the auditor and the public safety committee, made up of three councilmembers, all other levels of review are done internally.

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NEWS BRIEFS ALT MIGHT Hamoon “Moony” Mehran, who’s finishing up his economics degree at UCSC, will never forget the first time he tried taking a computer science class.

Instead of starting small and working his way up, he began with an advanced upper-division course called “assembly language and computer architecture.” He would end up learning actual computer languages—not programming ones like Python—where everything’s written in ones and zeros. Mehran, who’s now in the process of launching a social media app, can’t really remember why such a leap seemed like a good idea, but he vividly recalls walking up to a teacher’s assistant after the

first day of class to ask a simple question.

“Listen,” the TA, an Apple employee, responded. “If you ever want to be an engineer, you can’t ask me anything. You have to figure it out by yourself.”

At the time, Mehran thought the guy was just a jerk, but he has since heeded the advice of his non-mentor. “It turns out he was just trying to be an encouraging asshole,” Mehran says.

Mehran planned to call his new social media app—now in its beta stage, although customers can already download it—“Alt Cult.” But he says that a certain presidential candidate ruined the word “alt” by cozying up to the alt-right movement while his chief counselor spews about “alternative facts.”

“I don’t want to be associated with that shit,” he says.

Mehran, a self-described nerd, has renamed his project Happy Medium, and wants the app to be a space for subcultures to congregate online—and maybe intermingle a little, too. Chatting on the University Town Center’s patio overlooking downtown, Mehran wears a Star Wars shirt with a stormtrooper writing, “These are not the droids we’re looking for” over and over on a chalkboard. Mehran says he’s not partial to any particular subculture, although he thinks of himself as “very new-agey.”

He likes meditation, yoga and thinking about energy fields.

Mehran pulls his phone out of his pocket and opens the app—its logo a yellow-andorange icon with an ancient Chinese symbol. “This guy’s head is like a yin-yang symbol,

just some positive energy, or something like that,” explains Mehran, who comes from a family of mechanical engineers, most of whom teasingly look down on his software hobby.

The app, he says, will be imageheavy, with lots of discussion forums, and he wants to infuse it with a “human feel” that he says is missing from similar apps. He also wants to prioritize events on Happy Medium to encourage users to be more social. “I have a final point in mind that I’m trying to get to,” he says.

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appears false statements were made on the application, Licker says, although the applicant was legally entitled to report no criminal history.

Licker says many ex-offenders throughout the county do not know they may qualify for a judicial review of their rap sheet that could clear or reduce prior convictions. The program does have some key qualifiers: successful completion of probation, as well as no new charges pending and letters of support from employers, counselors and probation officers.

The local Community Corrections Partnership (CCP)—created by the state legislature a few years ago in every county in California—has hosted workshops to spread the word about Clean Slate. Sarah

Emmert, director of Community Organizing for the United Way of Santa Cruz County, coordinates the CCP and its Community Education and Engagement Workgroup.

This group—including staff from the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, Probation Department and Watsonville Law Center—is doing outreach.

“If we fail to address the barriers that prevent a certain segment of our community from having a true second chance and a shot at success,” says Emmert, “that impacts every other member of the community. We are trying to fill the gaps and reduce the barriers to productive lives, which ultimately benefits the entire community and helps it thrive.”

Emmert says the legal process of clearing criminal records is complicated, and has changed with newly approved state propositions, including Prop 64, which

legalized the commercial sale of marijuana in California. Prop 64 includes provisions for “retroactivity” in clearing some convictions for marijuana possession that are now no longer considered criminal. “It’s a complex process, and we are still figuring out how new regulations for clearance of some offenses are to be implemented,” says Emmert.

The law also doesn’t allow convicts to have most rulings that result in state prison time dismissed or expunged. But with positive letters of support showing the ex-offender has turned things around, the court can award a Certificate of Rehabilitation, Licker explains, which goes a long way toward putting a criminal history in the past.

The Community Corrections Partnership originally began as a local coordinating committee for the implementation of AB

109—the Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011—which required county jails and probation departments to shoulder the burden of reducing the inmate population of state prisons. AB 109 included funding for county programs to improve probation practices and reduce recidivism.

The “collateral consequences” of a criminal record are often overwhelming, says Licker, and can be a major barrier to leaving a criminal background in the past.

“There’s a lot of fear around it. Once you get a record, there’s this fear that you will be defined by your rap sheet for the rest of your life,” Licker says. “That you are your rap sheet, and a fresh start seems impossible.”

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Within the next month, the department’s newly established Chief’s Advisory Committee— which is different from a citizen’s review board—will start meeting for the first time to provide input and comments to the department on city law enforcement policies.

The committee of 15 includes representatives from groups like the Homeless Services Center, Take Back Santa Cruz, National Alliance on Mental Illness and the ACLU. Its first major focus will be on policies surrounding the use of body cameras, which the SCPD plans to start using by the end of the year.

The sheriff’s department has already begun using body cameras, and has had a community advisory team providing input for three years now, but similarly doesn’t have a permanent review board.

After the shooting of Smith, Sheriff Jim Hart announced the formation of a Serious Incident Review Board to determine if the department could improve its response to critical incidents. This group, made up of three community members and three use-of-force instructors, submitted its findings and recommendations in February.

In response, Hart directed his staff to implement all of the recommendations, including one that says the use of a patrol rifle should be monitored by a supervisor.

“We’re trying to break down the walls between police and the community,” says Santa Cruz Chief Deputy Craig Wilson. “Policing is something you do with a community, not to a community.”

Stamper will speak at the at the Resource Center for Nonviolence on Ocean Street from 1:30-3:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 for an event called ‘Forum on Community Police Relations.’

Other panelists include attorney Samara Marion from the San Francisco Department of Police Accountability, Santa Cruz City Councilmember Sandy Brown and journalist John Malkin.

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lliot Wright felt a serious pain in his neck before his group Eliquate hit the stage at the Catalyst during the Santa Cruz Music Festival in October of 2015. But he wasn’t going to let it stop him from going out to perform for the nearly packed club.

After all, this was it. After tonight, Eliquate, the high-energy Santa Cruz alt-hip-hop band would be no more. In its place, Wright

would return to his roots as Eliquate, the thoughtful, indie solo rapper—a move that both excited and terrified him.

The pain didn’t start at Eliquate’s final show. Wright had been living with chronic neck pain since he was 18, when he suffered a hockey injury. But regardless of how much it hurt before any given performance, the showman in him took over once the music started. He

dominated the stage with a rapidfire and brainy flow, like an Aesop Rock who’s borderline shouting.

He’d dance with total abandon, head-bang like a metalhead and mosh in the crowd with rowdy kids five to 10 years younger than him.

Adrenaline was his best friend, and his worst enemy. He paid for it when he wasn’t on stage.

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his final farewells to a band he’d spent the past six years putting his all into, a thought crossed his mind: This pain is different.

It took a little while before the full extent of the injury revealed itself.

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He’s been trying to recover, while simultaneously rebuilding his music career as a solo artist. Last week,

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SIGN OF THINGS TO COME Wright sits with me at a Starbucks in Novato, just a quick drive from his parents’ house. He’s dressed casually, sports a bushy beard and seems at peace, though at one point he tells me that he’s still in chronic pain, even right now.

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sentences. He spends the duration of the interview fiddling with a small gadget he tells me is specifically designed for people to focus excess energy on. (“It keeps this half of the brain busy, while the other half of the brain tries to think of cool shit to say.”). Going back to his injury, he explains the gadget’s other purpose: to help rehabilitate his muscles.

Few Eliquate fans are familiar with Wright’s roots as a solo artist.

By the time he’d recorded his first album, Eliquate was already a duo with Jamie Schnetzler. By the following album, Eliquate was a full band, regularly packing Santa Cruz clubs, and touring the West Coast, and eventually the entire country.

He tells me a story to explain the kind of person he was when he first moved to Santa Cruz in 2009, still relatively new to the identity of Eliquate, the rapper. He would stand

on Pacific Avenue holding a sign that read “World’s Best Rapper” along with a stack of CDs he’d sell for a buck a piece. People got the irony; they’d laugh, but sometimes they’d buy a CD, too.

His approach to gigging back then was similarly cocky. He would show up to parties uninvited, with an iPod and an amp, and tell whoever was in charge that he’d do a live hip-hop show if they wanted one. Many took him up on the offer.

“I was just an arrogant 19-year-old.

I’m so glad I did that then, because there’s no way I’d be arrogant enough to do that now. It’s like, ‘I’m young, so this is ok,’” Wright says.

He is much more self-conscious now, as he presents the new solo Eliquate to the world. The album’s been mostly finished for a while, but since it’s so personal, he’d been procrastinating putting the final

LEARNING THE GAME sometimes you can’t tell. You can’t smell it on them. Sometimes you see them nodding out—I never saw Elliot doing that. He was usually in good spirits. It’s definitively going to take some people by surprise,” Powers says.

These days, Wright feels like he’s adjusting to life in Novato. He has a desk job in San Francisco, which he enjoys, and he works on music and plays shows when he can. He’s getting ready to move, but Santa Cruz is not likely going to be his new home.

“Santa Cruz does have a way of sucking people in, and not letting them out,” Wright says. “I needed something major to happen to wake me up and get me out of that destructive routine.

Next thing I would have known, I would have been 40 and living in a borderline flophouse, working at a restaurant, and just feeling like I let myself down.”

LIVING LIVE The biggest adjustment for Wright now is in his live performance. He’s no longer backed by a band, and he is doing his best to take the health of his neck into consideration when on stage. So far, he feels happy with the somewhat more low-key version of Eliquate.

His performances back in Santa Cruz were infamous for being off the hook. Wright’s manager Thomas Dawson tells a story about one young fan who wrote them a letter saying that he was so amazed by Wright’s performance, he vowed to start working out.

“There’s nobody that performs like Elliot. He is one of the best performers I’ve ever seen. It doesn’t matter how big the show is, or the crowd,” says Dawson. “He’s a punk rock kid. He knows what it’s like to be a viewer of music. He knows what he likes to see from an artist.”

Before Eliquate’s dominance as a local live act, it was just—much like this past year—Wright spitting rhymes in his room. Music to him was therapy, and lyrics were everything.

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“I didn’t know if it was going to be worth it or not. I wasn’t sure, ’cause I’m a pretty insecure dude underneath it all. I just thought it’s going to be shit, and all it’s going to do is disappoint people,” Wright says.

The album expresses not only a whole new level of vulnerability for Wright, but also self-examination.

The injury wasn’t his low point— that came later as he spent months in his parents’ house, doing little besides taking opioids and reflecting on all the mistakes he’d made with his band, and how he’d let his drug addiction escalate.

“I was just so disappointed in myself. I failed all my fans. I failed the band. I failed my family. I failed my 13-year-old self that was really counting on me doing this.

I didn’t care, and I would rather escape into the oblivion of an opiate high than deal with that pain and disappointment,” Wright says.

The injury and subsequent surgery certainly warranted that Wright take painkillers. The problem was that Wright had a long, mostly secretive history with pills that he hadn’t properly addressed. Leading up to the injury, it had gotten worse. When his neck pain flared up, he’d get a pill prescription and go on a “neck vacation,” as he puts it, for a while.

His routine also included a regular weed habit—and near the end of his time in Santa Cruz, cocaine.

He never drank much alcohol, which became his biggest justification. How could he be an addict if he didn’t drink? Now he laughs at this thought, which he says is typical addict thinking.

One of the people that helped him get sober was friend Brendan Powers, the rapper known as Pure Powers, who is himself six and a half years sober. He’d support Wright, check in with him, and let him vent or just talk whenever he needed. Before Wright confessed his addiction to Powers, Powers was unaware of what was going on.

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He obsessively listened to music as a means of coping with a home life that included a mom with an extreme case of bipolar disorder.

“She would have these fits of rage.

And it was terrifying. I wouldn’t know what to do. I’d run into my room and grab my headphones and push them into my ears. It sounds corny, but I’d just escape into music,” Wright says.

Wright grew up listening to punk rock and hip-hop, elements clearly found in his own music. But more than any specific genre, it was the way music made him feel safe and less weird that inspired him as an artist. He would dream about being that for someone else.

“There was a vulnerability there that I connected to. It was almost like this Trojan horse effect where you’d get people to listen to your music because it’s fun, it’s got this beat and there’s this energy to it.

While they’re not paying attention, they’re actually being exposed to someone’s inner demons. All of a sudden, whether they know it or not, they got to know a complete stranger through the way they expressed themselves,” Wright says.

His raps were mostly something he did in secrecy as a high schooler.

As a senior, Wright turned in a history assignment in which he created a rap about Abraham Lincoln and slavery. His teacher loved it, and told him she would play it to all her subsequent classes. Her positive response shocked him.

BUILDING THE BAND He went to Santa Rosa Junior College the following year, and started to play live at parties. By the time he transferred to UCSC as a junior, he felt confident showing off his rap skills, even though he wasn’t wild about his own beats, which he flippantly calls “trash.”

Eliquate, the band, evolved quickly. He first teamed up with guitarist/beat maker Jamie Schnetzler. As a duo, Schnetzler produced the music, and Wright wrote all of the words. (“It was like peanut butter and jelly,” Wright says.) The duo released the

philosophical hip-hop record Arc Rhythm in 2009, Eliquate’s debut.

Soon more members joined: drums, bass, guitar, keys. It was unwieldy at first, with the band improvising jams while Wright rapped over it. The group eventually settled on more solid, pre-written beats. The next album, the genre-hopping, funky-indie-rockinfluenced Chalkboard’s War Against Erasers was released in 2013. It featured the whole band.

The group did several small tours, but it was on a three-month tour they did in 2014 that everything felt like it was really coming together, and that they were set to explode on a national scale. All the responses they were getting were overwhelmingly positive. Wright says with mixed emotions that had Eliquate returned to these same towns a year later, they would have drawn twice the people.

“I assume I’m pretty bad at everything, and nobody likes me.

But I couldn’t deny the reactions we were getting. People were coming up, like ‘What the hell. I thought you guys were going to suck. That was awesome,’” Wright says.

But after that tour, things just stalled. On one hand, Wright felt conflicted about taking the leadership role to get them where they needed to be. But on a much deeper level, Wright was conflicted about the presence of the live band.

On the web bio written during this time, Schnetzler is quoted as saying that Eliquate plays “party music with a purpose.” But the party element to Wright felt like it was overshadowing the purpose.

“That was blood, sweat and tears for me, writing those lyrics. For people to be just shit-faced dancing, and not know that there’s something actually going on there, it hurt and it was kind of discouraging,” Wright says. “Now they come up and they’re like, ‘Hey I wanted to ask you about that one song.’ I’m like, ‘You guys are actually catching that now. Weird.’”

He sat the band down and told them that in order to go forward as an artist, he needed to be solo again. The band understood. Everyone agreed to

LEARNING THE GAME make the SCMF show their last.

In retrospect, Wright wonders if that show really would have been the final band performance had he not injured himself. He wanted to get away from playing party music, but he wasn’t quite ready to stop partying.

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Despite his initial reservations, Wright recently started to feel excited about releasing his new album. Once he’d finished his parts a few months ago, and he handed the tracks over to a producer to fine tune and master everything, he felt liberated. He was able to take a step back from his own expectations, his perceived expectations from fans, and feel proud for creating something so honest and self-reflective.

“It’s not about me looking at the world,” he says. “It’s about me looking at me. The other ones were my opinions on things, and this is more about me in direct situations, relationships, getting sober, dealing with my demons.”

The title Me and My TV is a reference to being alone in his room, away from everything this past year.

It’s about escaping, not fighting yourself, and just facing it all headon, he explains.

The record documents directly and indirectly many of the challenges he’s faced since the accident, which include being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. (“I was feeling so anxious and terrified, like I was about to go fight a grizzly bear, but I was just sitting there. Or the depression, which wasn’t ‘I feel bad,’ it was ‘I don’t feel anything,’” he says.)

His quest for sobriety isn’t dealt with much on the record. The next one, he says will be about that. The album is about self-acceptance, and taking an honest inventory of who he is. He talks about dealing with his bipolar disorder (“David Cronenberg”), trying to not give up on himself (“Not Be So Sure”), realizing that he’s not as good or bad as he thought he was (“Man-Wolf”), and dealing with the uncomfortable feeling of liking a girl, then realizing she has a boyfriend (“Not Subtle”).

The beats are surreal, more left-of-

center than anything he’d released before. When he raps, it sounds less like shouting, more conversational.

He even occasionally goes into a singsong style of rapping.

As Wright talks about his sobriety, he speaks very tentatively.

It’s all new to him, and he’s still learning the full impact of making this decision to change his life. He tells me at one point that had we interviewed last year, he probably would have lied about everything.

“Being sober is about being accountable for your life. That’s where I’m still struggling. You can be not doing drugs and still not be recovering,” Wright says. “I’ve got a long road ahead of me as far as getting clean and staying clean. It’s going to be something I deal with the rest of my life.”

Underneath everything—the new record, playing live as a solo artist, examining himself so closely—it all brings him back to the essence of why he wanted to make music in the first place, and likewise the reason he chose to break up the band in 2015. He wanted to affect other people in the same way that he’s been—still is—affected by music.

He says he used to hold this romantic notion that being a real artist meant being a self-hating, drugged-up mess. Now he realized that he can do more to help others, and can dig deeper into himself if he stays clean and loves himself.

It surprises him, the level of satisfaction he feels, considering that he’s working full-time at a desk job and working his music in around this work schedule. Drugs, he says, used to give him a cheat to feel like he’d accomplished something, when he hadn’t. Removing that from his life motivates him to find happiness through creating music and expressing himself.

“I’m being who I am now, and being OK with that,” Wright says.

“It’s hearing from people that feel weird and displaced and uncomfortable, and they can listen to my music and it makes them feel not so bad. Fuck everything else.

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close quarters that when Harmon gets onstage, he’ll sometimes find himself skirting around microphones and cozying up to Koval, as if trying to replicate that comfort of Hawks’ home.

The fifth annual DIO Fest starts Friday night at Camp Krem in Boulder Creek. The event raises money for the camp, a summer destination for kids with disabilities, supporting the nonprofit’s music therapy program.

This year, the festival brings in some bigger names, too, including Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Possessed by Paul James, and Y La Bamba.

In concert, Hawks’ cello provides a mournful sway, as it has in other bands like the Spurs that she’s played with. Harmon’s plucking and strumming—known best from the band Matador—move songs forward.

Meanwhile Kissell, formerly of Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra, punctuates tunes with bass lines that keep everything together. At times, he’ll pick a bow creating an additional drone, complementing the cello, and Hawks will occasionally switch to banjo.

Koval, who was in Audiafauna a few years ago with Hawks, soars over the top of it all with her powerfully smooth, yet gentle, vocals.

Members of MAJK struggle to define their sound—reluctant to be lumped in with genres like “Americana” that are so allencompassing as categories that they come off as unwieldy, maybe even a little lazy. When pressed, Hawks calls their style “pop-folk-chamber,” and band members sometimes joke among themselves that they are “mellow-comma-dramatic.”

Although it first formed more than a year ago, the band has been a little slow to play shows, putting a premium instead on writing and recording—

although that hasn’t moved ahead at a rapid pace, either. A lot of times when the group gets together, they don’t even end up playing any music. The talent-packed quartet is “more than a band, but it’s also less than a band,” Kissell says.

“There’s always an expectation that if you’re in a band, you do band things,” he explains. “We don’t really feel that drive, necessarily, to do that. Maybe that will happen if we get a record deal. I really just enjoy this as a musical project.”

On a recent Saturday night, Koval, Kissell and Hawks are all at the Crepe Place, listening to DIO Fest booker Jeff Wilson spin an old-school vinyl blend of country, bluegrass and funk, as friends and fans discuss the upcoming festival.

Hawks and Kissell played earlier in the night, backing up singer/ songwriter Stevee Stubblefield, one of the event’s founders. His back to the rear wall, Kissell is mulling over MAJK’s uniquely laid-back style— different from bands he’s been in before—as Koval periodically chimes in. All of the members write songs, Kissell notes, and they are all direct with their feedback and receptive to input—a combination that can push tunes in new directions.

“Do you think we’ll ever get another band name?” Koval asks, referencing a moniker that comes from the first letter of all four first names, kind of like NSYNC. Kissell shrugs.

“I was the one who was most against it, and the way I feel about it now is that if I start to care about something, I just decide to let it go.”

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n music, there’s something called a ghost note—a nearly silent note that’s felt more than it is heard. Legendary funk and rock drummer Bernard Purdie helped popularize the technique, but the James Brown drummers really brought it into popularity. A classic example of the technique is drummer Clyde Stubblefield’s beat in Brown’s “Cold Sweat.” If you listen carefully, you can hear barely audible drum hits that give the song a tight, rhythmic complexity.

Admittedly, a ghost note is a bit of an abstract concept. Drummer Robert “Sput” Searight describes them as the things you hear subtly that don’t stand out.

“It’s the thing that makes you dance, but you don’t realize it,” he says. “It’s the subtlety and finesse of drumming and music.”

Searight would know. The longtime drummer for jazz outfit Snarky Puppy, he named his percussion-based side project GhostNote after the phenomenon. In Ghost-Note, he and Snarky Puppy percussionist Nate Werth create rhythm-driven, textured music rooted in jazz, funk, hip-hop and international styles. The two have a strong commitment to musical innovation and to prioritizing music over personality.

“We both consider ourselves percussionists and drummers that

play from a musical standpoint,” says Searight. “We don’t always consider ourselves having to be featured on songs. The music comes first.”

In Snarky Puppy, the two frequently take solos together and are so familiar with each other’s style that they can, according to Searight, finish each other’s sentences. Their ability to sync up musically has established them as one of the great rhythmic teams in contemporary jazz.

“Over the years, we just developed this ability to play together in a way that’s unique,” he says. “We sound like one drummer at times.”

After years of collaborating this way in Snarky Puppy, Searight and

Werth decided to create a concept album showcasing their deep sense of groove and musical connection.

They recorded Fortified in 2015, thinking Ghost-Note would just be a one-album project. The two spent a lot of time in the studio, overdubbing tracks over their live playing to create a full band sound.

When it came time to tour, however, they found they couldn’t recreate live what they had created in the studio. They enlisted the help of friends, and Ghost-Note the band was born.

Now a seven-piece, with horns, bass, keyboard, percussion and drums, Ghost-Note draws inspiration from James Brown, J Dilla, West African music, Afro-Cuban folklorico and Brazilian samba. As with Snarky Puppy, the members all have other projects they work on and other people they play with. They perform with Ghost-Note when schedules allow. This works well to keep members engaged and the GhostNote sound fresh.

“I wouldn’t call it a collective,” says Searight, “but we do have a roster of guys that come in and out that we consider band members.”

These days, the band is heavy on funk. With the makings of a grooveheavy horn band, and roots in the classic funk era, the evolution from percussion concept album to funk band feels organic and true to its early inspiration: ghost notes that make you dance without knowing why.

The band recently recorded a new album—due out in October—in New Orleans at the Parlor Recording Studios, which Searight describes as “one of the baddest studios on this side of the Earth—a thing of beauty.”

The recording experience strengthened the strong, musicfirst ethos between Searight and Werth, and furthered the members’ appreciation of making music together.

“It’s been cool to be a part of music making,” Searight says, “and not just rhythms, not just making up beats.”

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WEDNESDAY 4/26 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.

MOVIES THAT MATTER Every month we will screen a film from a different decade and discuss its historical context and significance. For April, we will be watching a series of shorter films including A Trip to the Moon (1902), The Great Train Robbery (1903), The Haunted House (1908), The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908). 5-7 p.m. Scotts Valley Branch Winery, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. 427-7700. Free.

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Are you a secret artiste, an artisanal applicateur or hobbyist painter?

Applications for the 2017 Open Studios Art Tour are available on Zapplication through the Arts Council Santa Cruz website until midnight April 30. Open Studios is an opportunity to explore creativity in Santa Cruz County, connecting artists with art lovers. To encourage emerging artists, this year the application fee will be waived for artists 18 to 25 years old; and artists without studios that can be made open to the public may be accommodated by other selected artists. This year’s North County and South County events will take place between Oct. 7 and Oct. 22. Guidelines to apply are at artscouncilsc.org.

Info: Sunday, April 30. artscouncilsc.org.

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.

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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.

A month after Melissa Bangs gave birth to her daughter, Adelaide, she was admitted to the Providence Psychiatric Facilities in a manic state, hormone-depleted and sleep deprived. She left a month later with a bipolar diagnosis and a lithium prescription. Now, Bangs does comedy. Over the past two years, she has been telling her story across the nation, and now she’s on tour with her four-year-old daughter, husband, and 130-pound dog.

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

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Info: 6:30 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320 Cedar St. #2, Santa Cruz. $21-$24.

Encinal St., Santa Cruz. 466-0458. $10.

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.

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FRIDAY 4/28 INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY Beginning in Japan and travelling around the world, International Jazz Day is an annual event held each year with UNESCO Paris, Monk Institute and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. Working closely with the Santa Cruz County Office of Education to bring music, math and science to students, Jazz Day presents concerts, educational seminars, lectures and films to jazz audiences. This year’s international artists are violinist Terese Lien and pianist Anna Gretta from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm; other performers include bassist James Leary, trumpeter Oscar Williams, the Grammynominated John Santos Latin Jazz Band, and Tammi Brown.

Info: Noon-5 p.m. Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Bandstand, 21 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. Free.

and being active. Class will be taught in Spanish. 6-7:30 p.m. La Manzana Community Resources, 18 W. Lake Ave., Watsonville. 465-2217.

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MASTER PERUVIAN SHAMAN FREE TALK/CEREMONY Please join us to find out more about Peruvian Shamans who have mastered practical ways to intentionally move energy for healing and to transform the world through honoring nature and connecting to Earth’s enormous power. 7 p.m. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. 426-2010. Free.

FOOD & WINE TRIVIA NIGHT Trivia night at 99 bottles. 21 and up. 8 p.m. 110 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz.

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GROUPS 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.

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62nd Annual High School Show Exhibition: April 28 to May 21, 2017 Reception: May 6, Saturday, 3-5pm

Since 1955 the Santa Cruz Art League’s High School Show has been providing one of the only professional gallery exhibitions for high school age artists in our county. Students from local public, private, charter, home and at-risk schools are invited to benefit from the Art League’s state-of-the-art space and gives the audience a preview of the next generation of local artists.

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MONDAY 5/1 BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK Every year during the first week of May, the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter and local Yogurtland franchises partner to celebrate “Be Kind to Animals Week.” Yogurtland will offer free yogurt to any adopters of Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter animals for one week—one 16-ounce cup per day. Twenty percent of proceeds will go to the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter, and during the entire month customers can donate $1 to the shelter at Yogurtland.

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Info: May 1-7, Yogurtland locations in Capitola, Santa Cruz, and Watsonville. scanimalshelter.org.

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8-9:30 a.m. The Abbey Coffee Shop, 350 Mission St., Santa Cruz. bni.com. Free.

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THURSDAY 4/27 ARTS STORYTIME Join us for storytime. Free with museum admission and for MOD Members.

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

CLASSES SALSA DANCING CUBAN-STYLE This class is for intermediate dancers and features Cuban casino partnering, salsa suelta and great Cuban music. 7-8 p.m. Louden Nelson Center, Santa Cruz. salsagente.com or 4264724. $9/$5.

SALSA RUEDA SERIES BEGINNER 2 A fun, four-week Rueda de Casino series for Beginner 2 and up. No partner required.

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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 heighten your vitality as they increase your self-awareness, flexibility and overall well-being. 5:30 p.m.

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FLY FISHING AND OUR WATERS Learn about the role of anglers and fish enthusiasts in preserving and protecting local streams and ongoing work to restore habitat and flow for salmonid populations in the central coast. 6:30-9 p.m. Patagonia, 415 River St. Suite C, Santa Cruz. coastal-watershed.org/ event/fly-fishing-angling-waters. Free. >40

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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.

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! 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.

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strengthening exercise for people with Parkinson’s Disease. Santa Cruz County has an ongoing singing group for people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. 1-2:30 p.m.

The Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos. easepd.org/singing. Free.

story of excitement, of glory, even of danger.

Join us for a night of Santa Cruz’s finest fish fables, with stories from local writers, poets, scientists and comedians. 6:30-10 p.m.

Santa Cruz Food Lounge, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. 212-5399. Free.

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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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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.

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Laughter yoga for women with cancer meets the first and third Thursdays. Call WomenCARE to register. 12:30-1:30 p.m.

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SUPPORT GROUP FOR SURVIVORS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: WOMEN’S GROUP We provide a safe and supportive environment for healing from child sexual abuse. Together we break through isolation, develop healthy coping skills, reduce shame, and build healthy boundaries. 6 p.m. Family Service Agency of the Central Coast, 2901 Park Ave., Suite A3, Soquel. 423-7601.

Nether takes place in a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. One only needs to log in, choose an identity, and indulge in every desire. 8 p.m. Center Street Theater, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. 4257506. $20.

SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Walnut Avenue Family & Women’s Center offers free drop-in socio-educational support groups open to those who have or are currently experiencing domestic violence and that identify as female. 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Walnut Avenue Women’s Center, 303 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-3062.

SLV CAREGIVERS SUPPORT GROUP Connect with others, find out about services to help you, plus get valuable information and support. 2 p.m. Highlands Park, 8500 Hwy. 9, Ben Lomond. facebook.com/ valleywomensclub. Free.

THE SANTA CRUZ TREMOLOS SINGING GROUP FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S Many people with Parkinson’s Disease suffer from weak (quiet) speech. Singing is known to be a good voice

ARTS ‘THE NETHER’ Jennifer Haley’s The

‘ … BACK TO THE GARDEN’ CONCERT This will be an immersive art experience focusing on the birth of human consciousness. We will retell the story of the Garden of Eden through song, sacred and literary text, paintings, sound therapy, snake dance, and more. 7 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 818644-1056. $15.

AN EVENING OF COMEDY: DNA PRESENTS JESSICA MICHELLE SINGLETON Internationally touring comedy phenom, Jessica Michelle Singleton has gained worldwide fans with her live headlining performances and debut comedy album Please. Don’t. Leave. Me., which reached No. 1 on iTunes ahead of veteran comedians such as Brian Regan and Jim Gaffigan. 7:30 p.m. Lille Aeske, 13160 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. 703-4183. $10.

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SURF CITY SANDWICH 2ND ANNIVERSARY PARTY Come join us to celebrate our 2 year anniversary party. Local band SPUN will be performing. We will be offering $5 PINTS and free beer barnacles and Pacific Cookie Company cookies. 5-9 p.m. Surf City Sandwich, 4101 Soquel Drive, Soquel.

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.

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OUTDOOR AÑO NUEVO DOCENT RECRUITMENT Año Nuevo State Park is currently looking for outdoor enthusiasts to join our volunteer family. Accepted applicants receive comprehensive training as docent naturalists; then lead guided walks through the rookery during the breeding season and act as “roving” naturalist interpreters for the rest of the year. 9 a.m. Ano Nuevo State Park, New Years Creek Rd., Pescadero. 650-8792032. Free.

B40 SPRING FEST Outdoor Spring Festival with food, dance performances, a DJ, climbing wall, giant slide, silent auction, raffle and so much more. Money raised supports various arts and STEM programs and so much more. 4-8 p.m. Branciforte Middle School, 315 Poplar Ave., Santa Cruz.

239-9550. $1.

WILDFLOWER BACKPACKING TRIP Starting in Castle Rock State Park, this twonight, three-day trip takes you through oak woodland ridgelines and dips into towering ancient redwoods accompanied by California

State Park Backcountry Naturalists. 3 p.m. Castle Rock State Park, 1500 Skyline Boulevard, Los Gatos. 291-8273. $225.

SATURDAY 4/29 ARTS GEM & MINERAL SHOW 2017 Since 1953, features exhibitor displaying and selling their wares. Come to the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium in April 2017 for a terrific rock, mineral, gem, lapidary, and jewelry show.

10 a.m. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz. 420-5260. $5.

CLASSES MOSS LANDING MARINE LABS OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND There will be fun activities such as live animal touch tanks, a fish printing craft corner, a puppet show, and exploration of the facility. Students and faculty will also give educational presentations on their research. This is an incredible learning opportunity for all ages.

9 a.m. Moss Landing Marine Lab, 8272 Moss Landing Road, Moss Landing. 771-4400.

MOMMY/DADDY AND ME: GLUTENFREE BAKING WORKSHOP This fun, hands-on class led by Chef Rosa Dixon will encourage your kids to start cooking with you. You’ll make an array of gourmet, glutenfree baked goods using fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables. For kids ages four and up with an adult. 2-4 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306. $35.

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.

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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.

EFI’S DUTCH-INDO @ THE SHANTY SHACK Join Efi’s at the Shanty Shack on Fern Street, near Costco. At this event, we plan on taking that old school Dutch-Indo ingredients that you love and appreciate and giving them a modern twist. 1-5:30 p.m.

Shanty Shack Brewing Co., 138 Fern St., Santa Cruz. 425-1833. $5.

OUTDOOR CITY OF WATSONVILLE NATURE WALKS Guided exploration walk in the wetlands. Meet at the Nature Center.

Binoculars provided. Great for all ages.

Weather permitting. 1:30 p.m. City of Watsonville Nature Center, 30 Harkins Slough Road, Watsonville. 768-1622. Free.

CAMP JOY PLANT SALE Plant sale at Camp Joy Gardens. Come get some beautiful little plants to add to your garden from a local, organic, nonprofit, teaching farm. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Camp Joy Gardens, 131 Camp Joy Road, Boulder Creek. campjoygardens. org. Free.

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KRAUTSHOP: LEARN TO MAKE PROBIOTIC-RICH FERMENTED SAUERKRAUT Learn techniques, tips, and recipes for creating your own healthy fermented sauerkraut for a fraction of the cost of store-bought. Chef Beth Love, author of the upcoming cookbook series Tastes Like Love, will share secrets for creating superb tasting sauerkraut that will make your microbiome happy. Address given upon registration. 6-10 p.m. The Love House. 607-1374. $75.

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 5/1

TRIPLE P GROUP FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: MANAGING DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR Attend this free workshop for families raising children with special needs to learn how to react calmly and consistently when your children refuse to follow directions; what to do if your child is aggressive with other children; and how to teach children with special needs to get care positively and appropriately.

6-8 p.m. Head Start, 225 Westridge Drive, Watsonville. 465-2217. Free.

MONDAY DROP-IN MEDITATION Led by Venerable Yangchen and Venerable Gyalten.

Basic meditation instruction and practice.

One session of mindfulness meditation, followed by guided reflection meditation.

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

Donation.

TUESDAY 5/2

MUSIC TOGETHER—MUSICAL ME

FOOD & WINE

POETRY OPEN-MIC CELEBRATES NEW VENUE What started as a small group of

CLASSES 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. 1:30-2:30 p.m.

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

TRIYOGA LEVEL 1 YOGA CLASS Enjoy the wealth of TriYoga. Taught by Terri Richards.

9:30 a.m. 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz.

464-8100. $15.

501 River St, Santa Cruz • 831-466-9551

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

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

MUSIC SHERRY AUSTIN WITH HENHOUSE A local Americana icon, and story teller with an exquisite voice, Sherry Austin reminds us in silky, smooth tones about life’s simple pleasures. Austin on guitar, and a stellar lineup of local talent perform classic folk, country-folk, folk-rock, and standard ballads.

6-9 p.m. Davenport Roadhouse Restaurant and Inn, 1 Davenport Ave., Davenport. 4268801. Free.

OUTDOOR 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.

Bring a picnic lunch. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. UC Santa Cruz Arboretum, High St. and Western Drive, Santa Cruz. arboretum. ucsc.edu. Free.

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poets performing at the Tannery Arts Center four years ago has quickly evolved into an entire collective of Santa Cruzans and UCSC students that hosts weekly poetry events. 4 p.m. Tannery Arts Center, 1010 River St. Suite Suite 112, Santa Cruz. 621-6226. Free.

Same Great Location • Same Great Reputation

SPIRITUAL

ARTS MusicalMe brings the essential Music Together Early Childhood Music & Movement class (for ages birth to 5 years, and the adults who love them) to the MOD Workshop. Pre Registration required. 10 a.m.

438-3514 or musicalme.com. Santa Cruz Children’s Museum of Discovery, 1855 41st Ave., Capitola.

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LOVE YOUR

LOCAL BAND

JOLLY LLAMAS “‘Surf Rider’ seems like it’s going to be a happy song,” says Roby Behrens with a straight face and a mischievous glint. “It’s about a guy who kills his wife then gets eaten by sharks.”

Happy or not, it certainly fits in nicely with the rest of the Jolly Llamas catalogue. Since 2009, guitarists Behrens and Marc Cavigli have written tales of terror, sorrow and ghoulish delight set to addictive, pop melodies with a folk flair. This is the music Weezer would be writing if Rivers Cuomo was raised on Americana and H.P. Lovecraft.

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The Jolly Llamas began as a duo when they were in college studying filmmaking, and they both now run local studio Lucid Sound and Picture. As their video production has expanded, the band has grown into a quartet, with Jordan Jones on bass and Lucas Aton on drums.

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SLINGSHOT ON MARS

WEDNESDAY 4/26 HAWAIIAN

JOHN CRUZ

“But she’s in medical school,” interjects Cavigli.

As a youngster in Palolo Valley on Oahu, Hawaii, John Cruz grew up surrounded by music. His grandma sang in church, his mom had Motown records on regular rotation, his dad got him onstage early, and his extended family of aunties, uncles, cousins, siblings and neighbors all brought music into the young Cruz’s life. This immersion technique seemed to work—Cruz is now one of the most beloved and celebrated contemporary Hawaiian musicians. With a warm, sweet voice, soulful and passionate delivery and melodies that bring aloha to any moment, the award-winning Cruz is well-respected by fellow musicians, fans and Hawaiian locals, alike. CJ

“She’s in medical school, but she also loves doing it,” replies Behrens.

INFO: 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $20. 335-2800.

The Jolly Llamas will be playing the Crepe Place this Saturday with local act Bananarchy and San Franciscan rockers, We Arsons. MAT WEIR

THURSDAY 4/27

In 2015, the Llamas released a fivetrack EP, Story Rock, and they’re currently working on a music video for the album’s first track, “Llama Sun.” The guys have also been hard at work writing new material for another EP, to be announced later this year. Of course, they’re doing it in true Llama fashion.

“One of our newer songs is about a girl who cuts people up,” Behrens says with a laugh.

INFO: 9 p.m. Saturday, April 29. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $8. 429-6994.

FOLK

BARBARA DANE There aren’t many 90-year-old singer-songwriters still touring, but Barbara Dane is no ordinary sing-

er-songwriter. Born in Detroit in 1927, Dane has spent a lifetime singing and speaking out for social justice.

Mentored by Pete Seeger, Dane sang at demonstrations around the country in the 1960s and ’70s, from small towns and the Freedom Schools of rural Mississippi to gatherings in Washington, D.C. and military bases in Europe and Japan. In l966, Dane became the first American performing artist to tour post-revolutionary Cuba. Blending folk and blues with what’s described as an indomitable and outspoken spirit, Dane continues to work for peace, social justice and civil rights. Don’t miss this opportunity to see a living legend of American folk music. CJ INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $30/door. 427-2227.

FRIDAY 4/28 HIP-HOP

DILATED PEOPLES Since 1992, Evidence, DJ Baabu and Rakaa—also known as Dilated Peoples—have rocked the underground hip-hop scene with their catchy beats and multifaceted lyrics. In 2014, they released their sixth album, Directors of Photography, which debuted on Rhymesayers Entertainment—a label

that seems an appropriate fit for the conscious rappers. This Friday they make their Moe’s Alley debut with DJ Zeph, an artist who keeps old school hip-hop alive with James Brown-like sampled beats. This is one night hiphop heads can’t miss—but make sure to be there early, chances are this line-up will sell out quickly. MW INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $26/adv, $30/door. 479-1854.

DESERT-BLUES

VIEUX FARKA TOURÉ Ali Farka Touré is known as the guy that introduced “desert blues” to the world in the late ’80s. It’s a cool-sounding phrase, but what does it mean? Listeners will hear elements of traditional American smoky blues, mixed with the West African music where Touré comes from. But honestly, it’s more seamless than that. His son Vieux Farka Touré has carried on his father’s legacy. Initially, he did so in secrecy. (His dad wanted him to be a soldier.) Vieux started releasing albums a decade ago. AC INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $28.50/gen, $40/gold. 427-2227.

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST SANTA CRUZ AMERICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

ZAKIR HUSSAIN

SATURDAY 4/29

SUNDAY 4/30

PSYCHEDELIC JAM DANCE PARTY

INDIAN

SLINGSHOT ON MARS

ZAKIR HUSSAIN & RAHUL SHARMA

INFO: 8:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $12/adv, $25/door. 335-2800.

Two of the world’s premier classical Indian musicians, Zakir Hussain (on the tabla) and Rahul Sharma (on the santoor) have been teaming up since their 2010 album, Rhythm of Love, fusing traditional Indian styles with a contemporary approach. Which makes sense, since both are sons of traditional players and have collaborated with such musicians like Kenny G, Mickey Hart, Van Morrison and others. This will be the duo’s only Northern California performance, marking a very unique and special night of raga and roll. MW INFO: 7:30 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $35/gen, $55/gold. 427-2227.

MONDAY 5/1 JAZZ

BILL CHARLAP TRIO Bill Charlap is a pianist who combines restless curiosity with rhythmic poise and harmonic derring-do. He brings an adventurous sensibility to

ANDREW GILBERT

INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $30/adv, $35/door. 427-2227.

TUESDAY 5/2 ROCK

DWEEZIL ZAPPA Right now, the Zappa family is in turmoil. If you haven’t read the articles detailing the ongoing drama between the siblings, let’s just say that it’s a touchy subject who gets to carry on Frank’s legacy, and how. Dweezil feels he’s the man to best pay tribute to his dad’s mind-boggling, genre-crossing, nearly-impossible-to-play catalog.

The thing is: he’s got a point. He plays his dad’s tunes with the skill and grace few others have ever been able to. On this tour, Dweezil celebrates 50 years of Frank’s music. AC INFO: 8 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $30-$70. 429-4135.

INFO: 11 a.m. Saturday & Sunday May 27 & 28. Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Rd. Aptos, $65-$190. 454-7900.

WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/ giveaways before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 17 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the festival.

IN THE QUEUE ALAN REID & ROB VAN SANTE

Scottish music house concert.

Wednesday. Information: celticsociety.org SERA CAHOONE

Seattle-based singer-songwriter.

Thursday at Catalyst E-40

Bay Area hip-hop legend. Friday at Catalyst ELVIN BISHOP

Long-running blues favorite.

Saturday at Rio Theatre YOUTH ROCK CONCERT

Toast, Slime, the Twerps, 3-Hole Punch and Not My Fault. Sunday at Pono Grill

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Leading Santa Cruz exporter of guitar craziness Henry Kaiser is very concerned that in all of the spaciness surrounding Grateful Dead tribute bands, people have forgotten that Garcia and company originally started out as a dance band. Now, this doesn’t mean that Kaiser has something against spaciness—far from it. So at this one-time-only event, Kaiser and friends will let Dead fans have it both ways—revisiting early songs from the band with both the trippy and dance-y dials turned to 11. He’s wisely enlisted the help of longtime collaborator Bob Bralove, perhaps best known for producing the Grateful Dead album Infrared Roses, as well as Matt Hartle, Ezra Lipp and Roger Sideman. If you still have any doubt about Kaiser and Bralove’s freak credentials, check out their mind-bending new CD, Positively Space Music. STEVE PALOPOLI

his investigations of standards and obscure pop tunes, combining polished lyricism with irresistible swing.

His trio with San Francisco-reared bassist Peter Washington and drum maestro Kenny Washington (no relation), is one of jazz’s most dependably smart and entertaining ensembles.

Attention live music fans: the Santa Cruz American Music Festival is back with a stellar lineup for 2017. Building on the foundation of the Santa Cruz Blues Festival, this Memorial Day Weekend fest is one of the musical treasures of the area, attracting top blues, rock, country and soul artists from around the country. This year’s lineup includes the Rides, comprising Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg, the mighty Mavis Staples (above), rocker Melissa Etheridge doing a Memphis rock and soul review, Santa Cruz favorite the Devil Makes Three, and more. CAT JOHNSON

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LIVE MUSIC

Thursday April 27th 8:30pm $10/15 All Star Jazz/Funk/Jam With

GHOST NOTE (MEMBERS

OF SNARKY PUPPY & PRINCE) Friday April 28th 9pm $26/30

Hip Hop Legends Debut Moe’s

DILATED PEOPLES Saturday April 29th 9pm $20/25

Roots Reggae With Groundation’s Lead Singer

HARRISON STAFFORD (OF GROUNDATION) Wednesday May 3rd 8:30pm $10/15

Honky Tonk & Alt Country From Texas

SUNNY SWEENEY Thursday May 4th 9pm $10/15

Members Of DIRTWIRE, HAMSA LILA & HEAVYWEIGHT DUB

LIBERATION MOVEMENT + DOGON LIGHTS & HEATHER CHRISTIE Friday May 5th 9pm $30/35

Jamaican Reggae Icon Returns

DON CARLOS

+ NOMALAKADOJA Saturday May 6th 9pm $8/12

CD Release For Judo No’s Debut Album

KOOL A.D., JUDO NO & OLRIGHT Sunday May 7th 8pm $15/20

Paul McCartney’s Son Debuts Santa Cruz

JAMES MCCARTNEY

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May 11th JOE MARCINEK w/ MEMBERS OF THE MOTET & DUMPSTAPHUNK May 12th MICHAEL ROSE May 13th POORMAN’S WHISKEY + DAVID LUNING May 14th ANDY SANTANA & WEST COAST PLAYBOYS May 17th ANUHEA May 18th VETIVER May 19th BLACKALICIOUS May 20th SAMBADÁ May 21st SOLTRON + CHANGUI MAJADERO May 24th STRAY BIRDS + MICHAELA ANNE May 26th BROKEN ENGLISH + FLOR DE CAÑA May 27th DOOBIE DECIBEL SYSTEM featuring MELVIN SEALS & Members of ALO May 28th PETER HARPER June 3rd THE ITALS + Ancestree June 9th PIMPS OF JOYTIME

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

WED

4/26

THU

4/27

THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

Tomi Leino w/Aki Kumar 6-8p

AQUARIUS RESTAURANT Santa Cruz Dream Inn 175 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz BELLA VISTA ITALIAN KITCHEN AND BAR 8041 Soquel Dr, Aptos

Kid Andersen & John ‘Blues’ Boyd 6-8p

FRI

4/28

SAT

4/29

Dorados de la Banda $20 9p

Lucha Libre, Fist Combat 5:30-8p

James Murray 6-8p

Shane Dwight 1p Lloyd Whitley 5p

Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p

SUN

4/30

Little Jonny Lawton 6-8p

Dave Maldawer 6:30-9:30p

Highway Buddha 7-10p

Madrigal & Strange 7-10p

7th Wave 6-9p

500th Comedy Night/80s Night Free 8:30p

90s/Top 40 Music Videos Free 9p

A-Plus, Knobody, J. Lately & More $12 9p

The Box (Goth Night) 9p

Karaoke

Karaoke

Comedy

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Adult School, Tender Gents, Walking Dudes $5 9p

THE BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Punk Night

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Drifting Compass 9-12:15p

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Essence Free 8p

Karaoke Free 8p

Swing Dance $5 5:30p Jazz Society Donation Do-Rights Burlesque $8 Maximum RBS Free 9p 3:30p 9:30p & More 9p

Scott Kail’s Tupperware Party Band 8-11p

CASA SORRENTO 393 Salinas St, Salinas

Aki Kumar & Little Jonny Lawton 6-8p

TUE

5/2

Johnny Azari 6-8p

Karaoke 9p

Taco Tuesday Square Dance Free 9p Karaoke Karaoke 8p-Close Bernardus Free 8p

Comedy w/Shwa Free 8:30p

Karaoke 9p

Songwriter Showcase 7-10p

Dweezil Zappa $30/$70 7p

DJ Joey Martinez & DJ Kaos 9p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

5/1

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

MON

Magic Beans $10/$12 8:30p

Gregory Alan Isakov $25/$30 8p

E-40 $40/$150 8p

Minnesota $20/$30 8p

Christopher Martin $20 8:30p

The Unlikely Candidates $12/$15 8:30p

Antdog Da Beast $10/$14 8:30p

Traitors $12/$15 7p

Com Truise Clark $17 8:30p

LIVE MUSIC WED

4/26

THU

4/27

FRI

4/28

SAT

4/29

SUN

4/30

MON

5/1

TUE

5/2

CAVA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

Steve’s Kitchen Jazz 6:30-9:30p

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Michigan Rattlers $10 9p

St. Cinder, Speakeasy 3 $8 9p

Danger Bang $8 9p

Jolly Llamas, We Arson $8 9p

Pieces, The Saxophones $8 9p

7 Come 11 $5 9p

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

Hot Club Pacific $3 7:30p

Sasha’s Money $5 8:30p

FishHook $6 9p

Uturn $7 9:30p

Live Comedy $7 9p

Reggae Party 8p

Alex Lucero 6:30-9:30p

Aquacats 6:30-9:30p

Samba Cruz 6-9p John Cruz $20 7:30p

August Sun, Money for Helicopters $10 7:30p

Fleetword Mask $15 8p

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

Shawn Yanez 6:30-9:30p KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

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

Frank Sorci 6:30-9:30p

Slingshot on Mars $12/$15 8:30p

Dan Frechette 6-9p Dan Frechette & the Eclectics $10 7p

The Lab Rats 8p

HINDQUARTER BAR & GRILLE 303 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Ricky Torres Group 9p

The Nightdriver 9p

‘Playing Monopoly with God and Other True Stories’ $21/$24 6:30p

MALONE’S 4402 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley

Live Music 5:30-9p

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

Silver Lining with Paul Logan 7:30-10:30p

Tammy Hall, Pablo ‘Mezcla’ Menendez $25/$30 6p

Vieux Farka Toure $28/$40 6:30p

Stormin’ Norman and the Cyclones 8-11p

Tickets: playingmonopolywithgod.com Thursday, April 27 • 7 pm Legendary Jazz/Blues/Folk Singer/Activist BARBARA DANE WITH

PIANIST TAMMY HALL AND SPECIAL GUEST FROM CUBA PABLO “MEZCLA” MENENDEZ Friday, April 28 • 7 pm

VIEUX FARKA TOURE

Tickets: PulseProductions.net Saturday, April 29 • 7:30 pm

Sunday, April 30 • 7:30 pm The Fog 4p

Roadhouse Karaoke 7:30p

ZAKIR HUSSAIN & RAHUL SHARMA

at the Rio Theatre | No Comps

tabla and santoor virtuosos!

Monday, May 1 • 7 pm | No Comps The Bills $25/$35 7p

Bill Charlap Trio $30/$35 6p

Karaoke w/Ken 9p Acoustic Soul 7:30-10:30p

PLAYING MONOPOLY WITH GOD & OTHER TRUE STORIES

Tickets: SnazzyProductions.com

Karaoke 10p

KUUMBWA 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Wednesday, April 26 • 7 pm

THE BILLS

Roadhouse Ramblers Flingo 8p

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

BILL CHARLAP TRIO Thursday, May 4 • 7 pm

KUUMBWA JAZZ HONOR BAND 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Friday, May 5 • 7 pm

Tsunami 8-11p

WOLFF-CLARK EXPEDITION

Soulful and funky!

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Saturday, May 6 • 8 pm 18 + over THE WILEY MINX Burlesque!

Comedy!

EXTRAVAGANZA! Live Singing!

Tickets: eventbrite.com Monday, May 8 • 7 pm

OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! wednesday 4/26

MICHIGAN RATTLERS w / BIRDMAN (JEFF WILSON)

Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

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

thursday 4/27

w / SPEAKEASY 3

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

FRIday 4/28

DANGER BANG w / MINC

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

saturday 4/29

THE JOLLY LLAMAS w / WE ARSON

doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 door ($5 with ucsc student i.d.)

sunday 4/30

PIECES w / THE SAXOPHONES

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

TUESday 5/2

7 COME 11 Show 9pm $5 Door

MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

429-6994

“One of the most significant young jazz artists… “ –Los Angeles Times Tuesday, May 9 • 7 pm

CRIS WILLIAMSON, BARBARA HIGBIE, TERESA TRULL: THE REUNION TOUR Tickets: Brownpapertickets.com Thursday, May 11 • 7 pm

ANAT COHEN & TRIO BRASILEIRO Bebop tinged Brazilian choro & samba 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS Monday, May 15 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

STEPS AHEAD REUNION TOUR: MIKE MAINIERI, ELIANE ELIAS, BOB SHEPPARD, MARC JOHNSON, PETER ERSKINE Monday, May 23 • 7 pm and Tuesday, May 24 • 7 pm | No Comps

CHUCHO VALDES: SOLO @ Rio 6/5 JEAN-LUC PONTY ELECTRIC FUSION Theatre “THE ATLANTIC YEARS”

Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer.

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St | Santa Cruz 831.427.2227 kuumbwajazz.org

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LIVE MUSIC

Wednesday, April 26 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

THE MAGIC BEANS

plus Yak Attack

Thursday, April 27 • Ages 21+

GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV Thursday, April 27 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

WED MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

4/27

FRI

4/28

SAT

4/29

Lloyd Whitley 6p

Westside Sheiks 1p Al Frisby 5p

Ghost-Note $10/$15 8p

Dilated Peoples $26/$30 8p

Harrison Stafford & The Professor Crew $20/$25 8p

Libation Lab w/ Syntax 9:30p-2a

Chris Slater 9:30p-2a

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY Pint & Pottery 6-8p 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Pints w/ a Purpose 5-9p

Apple City Slough Band 7-9p

Sunday, April 30 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Bleu 10p

Tuesday, May 2 • Ages 16+

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

E-40

Friday, April 28 • Ages 16+ plus

Kool John

Friday, April 28 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

THE UNLIKELY CANDIDATES

MINNESOTA

Saturday, April 29 Ages 18+ Saturday, April 29 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

ANTDOG DA BEAST

plus Ceeza

TRAITORS

DWEEZIL ZAPPA Tuesday, May 2 • In the Atrium • Ages 18+

COM TRUISE • CLARK

May 6 Good Times and Pono Hawaiian Grill Presents

An Evening Honoring a Santa Cruz Founding Citizen Antoinette Akoni Marin Swan (Ages 21+) May 12 Tuxedo (Ages 16+) May 13 The Expendables (Ages 16+) May 16 Enanitos Verdes (Ages 21+) May 24 Robin Trower (Ages 21+) May 27 Jurassic 5 (Ages 16+) May 28 Alborosie/ Yellowman (Ages 16+) Jun 1 T.I. (Ages 16+) Jun 16 Corey Feldman (Ages 16+) Jun 20 Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque (Ages 21+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Depth 9:30p-2a

Trivia 8p

Alex Lucero 6p

Amazing waterfront deck views.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

See live music grid for this week’s bands.

STAND-UP COMEDY

Three live comedians every Sunday night.

HAPPY HOUR

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

VISIT OUR BEACH MARKET

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

DEAL WITH A VIEW

$9.95 dinners Mon.-Fri. from 6:00pm.

NOW SERVING BREAKFAST

Open for Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Daily

(831) 476-4560

crowsnest-santacruz.com

MON

5/1

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

5/2

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party 9:30p-Close

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

Alex Lucero 2-5p Comedy Open Mic 8p

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

Toby Gray Acoustic Classics 6:30p

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

TUE

Preacher Boy 6p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

Wednesday Comedy Night 9p

Good Times Ad, Wed. 04/26

LOCATED ON THE BEACH

4/30

Gary Smith & Sid Morris Rob Vye 6p 6p

Saturday What Rough Beast w/Midnight Mojo 9p

www.catalystclub.com

Real people. Real food.

Unreal view!

SUN

McHugh and Devine 7-9p

Yuji 2-5p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

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

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THU

Blues Mechanics 6p

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Preacher Boy & Jon Dryden Duo 6p

Moshe Vilozny Acoustic/World 6:30p

Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p

Brunch Grooves 12:30p Featured Acoustic 6:30p

White Buffalo $28 8:30p

Elvin Bishop $45 8p

Brunch Grooves 1:30p Chas Cmusic Krowd Karaoke 6p Zakir Hussain & Rahul Sharma $35/$55 8p

Acoustic Classics 6:30p

James Murray Soulful Acoustic 6:30p

Open Mic 7:30p

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LOVE TRIANGLE Charlotte Le Bon plays an Armenian-born tutor raised in Paris, and Christian Bale plays a foreign

correspondent in Terry George’s ‘The Promise.’

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t’s complicated to review a movie like The Promise, straddling as it does the separate worlds of fact and fiction. On one hand, there’s the heartbreaking factual story it tells about the war of extermination waged by the Turks against the entire race of Armenians within its borders as the mighty Ottoman-Turk Empire crumbled to an end circa 1915.

But then there’s the fictional story that director Terry George and co-screenwriter Robin Swicord concoct to center the movie while the tragedy of the Armenian Genocide plays out. It’s not a bad story, in an old-timey Hollywood way, a love triangle between a poor Armenian medical student, a sophisticated Armenian girl raised in Paris, and a

dashing American photojournalist.

But shifting focus away from history to follow the exploits of these fictive characters has the effect of reducing the Armenian tragedy to background material for a less compelling, more conventional romantic drama.

In 1914, Mikael Boghosian (Oscar Isaac), is a young apothecary in a small Armenian village with a talent for healing. His father arranges a marriage for Mikael and Maral (Angela Sarafyan), a local girl whose wealthy father dowries her with a sack of gold coins to send Mikael to medical school in Constantinople.

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born tutor, Ana (Charlotte Le Bon), was raised in Paris with her ballerina mother. Mikael falls for Ana, but she has a boyfriend: American Chris Myers (Christian Bale), a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press, based in Constantinople. Chris is also an old pal of Mikael’s friend and fellow student, Emre (Marwan Kenzari), whose wealthy Turkish father gave him the option of going to med school or joining the army.

Emre invites the others to a party at his family estate, where hard-drinking Chris mouths off to some German brass who are in the area to persuade the Turks to join them against the Allies as World War I ramps up. Chris soon becomes persona non grata among the Turks when he uncovers

and starts reporting the story of how the Turkish government is carrying out a covert campaign to destroy entire Armenian villages within its borders and marching the survivors into the Syrian desert without resources to die.

Filmmaker George (who dramatized another story of violent cultural purging in Hotel Rwanda) makes an admirable attempt to tell this shameful story from many perspectives: poor but culturally rich Armenians facing extermination, apolitical young Turk dragged into the conflict by his nationalist father, investigative reporter determined to reveal the truth. Various characters’ experiences include a forced labor camp, a Turkish prison, an orphanage, a refugee march, an ad hoc bastion of guerrilla resistance in the mountains, and a firing squad.

And it’s a story worth telling, particularly since (according to the film’s epilogue) the Turkish government continues to insist to this day that the Armenian Genocide never happened. But in another scene, a Turkish official points out to an outraged U.S. ambassador (a cameo by James Cromwell) that insurance premiums secured by Armenians from overseas companies revert to the Turkish state if the policyholders and their heirs and families all die.

But while all this is going on in the background, the fictional drama up front never earns our investment.

Isaac’s ever-earnest Mikael evolves from dutiful son to passionate lover to dismayed witness to horror. Le Bon is poised and lovely, but not taxed to do much else. Bale, stuck with a hopeless thatch of chin fur, plays Chris as a gruff malcontent, with a deep, dissonant Yank accent, and a beadyeyed stare. His calculating demeanor feels off in scenes when Chris’ emotions are supposed to be genuine.

Their fictional drama, imposed on the template of history, distracts from more than enhances the story the filmmakers want to tell.

THE PROMISE **1/2 (out of four) With Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon, and Angela Sarafyan. Written by Terry George and Robin Swicord. Directed by Terry George. An Open Road Films release. Rated PG-13. 132 minutes.

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FILM NEW THIS WEEK COLOSSAL Oh no, there’s a giant monster and its hugely destructive behavior is related to Anne Hathaway’s mental breakdown.

Help us. Nacho Vigalondo directs.

Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell co-star. (R) 110 minutes.

THE CIRCLE The Circle tech company is saving humanity, curing every disease and solving every problem. But the Circle is also watching you at every moment. Everything you do is recorded, seen, broadcast, stored and analyzed. Hearts be still, Dave Eggers fans. James Ponsoldt directs. Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega co-star. (PG-13) 110 minutes.

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THEIR FINEST When bombs are dropping from above, how do you escape reality? It’s 1940 England at the height of the Blitz, and Catrin needs a story to capture the nation—so, doggone it, she and the rest of the Ministry of Information will find one. Lone Scherfig directs.

Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy co-star. (R) 117 minutes.

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HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER Maximo used to be quite the stud, seducing women left and right. But when his wife of 25 years dumps him and leaves him penniless, he has to figure out a new game plan.

Here’s to hoping this Casanova tale isn’t a super problematic reinforcement of women as mindless conquests. Ken Marino directs. Eugenio Derbez, Salma Hayek, Rob Lowe co-star. (PG-13) 115 minutes.

SPECIAL SCREENINGS: Royal Opera House “Madama Butterfly,” Tuesday, May 2, The Nickelodeon, 210 Lincoln St., Santa Cruz. The Big Lebowski, Midnight, Friday, April 29 & Saturday, April 30, 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

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NOW PLAYING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST This live-action adaptation of the fairy-tale 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.

BORN IN CHINA Disneynature tracks China’s incredible wildlife from the Qinghai Plateau to the Sichuan Mountains and offers a rare glimpse into the lives of pandas, monkeys, and snow leopards—oh my! Chuan Lu directs. John Krasinski, Xun Zhou co-star. (G) 76 minutes.

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.

CHIPS Since demand for a film adaptation of a crappy 40-yearold 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-incheek comedy-action success of the 21 Jump Street movies? Dax Shepard directs. Michael Pena and Dax Shepard star. (R) 100 minutes.

Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner. (PG-13) 193 minutes.

GET OUT White suburbs: the real hell. Jordan Peele directs. Allison Williams, Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield co-star. (R) 103 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.

GIFTED Mary’s a precocious, sassy, seven-year-old with a college-level brain. She’s already doing advanced calculus, but her uncle promised her late mother that he’d give Mary a normal life.

When he’s drawn into a custody battle with Mary’s grandmother, the question of nurturing Mary’s genius instead of her happiness becomes the dividing line. Marc Webb directs. Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Lindsay Duncan co-star. (PG-13) 101 minutes.

GOING IN STYLE Their bank accounts are dwindling, their pensions are frozen, the banks screwed them over and Jojo chose Chase. What else is there for a trio of octogenarians to do but become vigilante bank robbers? Zach Braff directs. Joey King, Morgan Freeman, Ann-Margret co-star.

(PG-13) 96 minutes.

THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Every muscular bald action star ever, and Charlize Theron with some twist dreads y’all. F. Gary Gray directs.

Dwayne Johnson, Scott Eastwood co-star. (PG-13) 136 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.

FRANTZ Germany, 1919. Frantz’s grave is visited every day by an unknown Frenchman and what he brings with him reopens fresh wounds. Francois Ozon directs.

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.

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.

LOGAN The X-Men franchise gets gritty for this supposedly last time out for Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and Patrick Stewart as Xavier. The long-awaited story about Logan’s badass prodigy already has a 9.5 out of 10 rating on IMDB. James Mangold directs. Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart co-star. (R) 137 minutes.

THE LOST CITY OF Z A hidden civilization thought not to exist, and one British explorer crazy enough to go looking for it. James Gray directs. Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller costar. (PG-13) 141 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 Chroniclestyle teen-superheroes-arejust-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 PROMISE Reviewed this issue. (PG-13) 172 minutes.

RAW A young vegetarian suffers through a carnivorous hazing ritual, but what happens afterward is far more disturbing. Probably

like Santa Clarita Diet, only artsier.

Julia Ducournau directs. Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella co-star. (R) 99 minutes.

SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE This is what happens when you have a colony full of dudes in tight white pants and only one female. Kelly Asbury directs. Ariel Winter, Michelle Rodriguez, Joe Manganiello co-star. (PG) 89 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.

UNFORGETTABLE A jealous exwife goes nutso and decides to ruin her ex’s new wife’s life. Haven’t we seen this “bitches be crazy” trope played out like a million times since Fatal Attraction? Denise Di Novi directs. Rosario Dawson, Katherine Heigl, Geoff Stults co-star. (R) 100 minutes.

YOUR NAME When two strangers witness a star falling worlds apart from each other, they begin to swap bodies. The Japanese animated version of Freaky Friday? Makoto Shinkai directs. Ryûnosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Ryô Narita co-star.

(PG) 106 minutes.

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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FOOD & DRINK from this Coombsville, Napa Valley vineyard. With good grapes, you’re halfway there. But the winemakers’ skill helped to finesse the big wine’s notes of tobacco, blackberries and pepper. At 14.5 percent alcohol, this award-winning creation delivers all of the complex flavors with style. Set aside a few bucks (!) for this double gold beauty, or perhaps visit the scenic tasting room in the Soquel Hills and attempt a diplomatic agreement. Special occasion wine with a regional accent.

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ver at Au Midi in Aptos, chef Muriel Loubiere is busy whipping up a playful prix fixe menu on May 3 in honor of “May Fool Day,” a whimsical faux holiday filled with playful ideas.

Her menu is breathtaking—especially for the price of $58 per person.

The meal begins with seared spot prawns in cauliflower cream and kobu sukiyaki jelly topped with sliced almonds. Then comes your choice of either lamb tajine with artichoke, apricots, potatoes and Moroccan spices … or … an authentic bourride

Provençale with monkfish, mussels and squid, with baby leeks, potatoes and fennel in a light aioli emulsion.

Dessert is a spring tart of almond cream, basil and lime mousse, with strawberries confit in currant syrup that should remind you why you got up in the morning. How surprising, and wonderful, is it that this tiny slice of Southern France continues to create culinary miracles in a quiet corner of Aptos Village? The May 3rd special dinner is by reservation only.

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SOQUEL’S DOUBLE GOLD What did Goldfinger love in the eponymous James Bond film classic?

“Only gold!” And so do winemakers.

Well, the savvy artisans over at Soquel Vineyards have earned not only Gold at the 2017 California State Fair Commercial Wine Competition, they’ve earn a Double Gold! In the category of the best red wine of California, taking a whopping 98 points is SV’s 2014 Consonante Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine, made

by Jon Morgan and Peter and Paul Bargetto, is the winery’s first vintage

A few months ago my longtime friend Melody and I dined, drank, and met new friends at one of the debut Sala Soiree private home events. We loved it, and so I’m letting you know about two more of these non-generic food salons coming up in May. Saturday, May 13, a ‘Surf’s Up!’ benefit dinner party unfolds in a West Cliff beach house. Chef Gonzo Sanchez will start you off with oysters and grilled ono from H&H Fresh Fish, followed by teriyaki chicken, mac salad and Hapa rice. Hosted by realtor Gretchen Bach, with a 75 person max.

The following Saturday, May 20 is Meet the Winemaker: Keegan Mayo of Assiduous Wines, at the amazing Soquel Hills home of artist Sally Bookman. Keegan’s favorite mojitos pair with ahi sashimi wontons and chicken and beef skewers during the cocktail hour. The three-course pairing dinner will be a sit-down event for 22 max! Both evenings are $60/person and run from 6:30-10 p.m. For any inquiring bon vivant interested in something a bit different, but absolutely welcoming.

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CARPANO UPDATE

Thanks to sophisticated readers for responding to my query about the luscious red vermouth Carpano Antica.

Many of you found it on menus at Soif and Oswald, or brought it home from Shopper’s Corner, Bevmo, and 41st Avenue Liquors. Informant N.D. says she serves Carpano on the rocks with an orange peel or an anise star. Mmm, sounds wonderful. If you have an unusual digestif, please send me your favorites. As a longtime Fernet Branca devotee, I love these suggestions!

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iss Catering has successfully served the Santa Cruz area for 18 years. Last year, they were even awarded the Business of the Year award in Aptos by the Aptos Chamber of Commerce. But husband-and-wife owners Scott and Sandy Dexel did something else of note last year: they opened Kiss Café. It’s actually a cafeteria for Fox Shox in Scotts Valley, but it’s open to the public. Scott talked to us about their new spot.

Does this change the catering business?

You’ve been doing catering for 18 years. Why’d you open the café?

Right now we offer five different sandwiches. We do a tri-tip sandwich, which is a grilled tritip with caper mayo and roasted red peppers. It’s the number one [item] we’ve used for the catering for a long time. We also do a grilled eggplant sandwich, which is grilled eggplant with roasted red peppers, caramelized onions, a white basil aioli and provolone cheese ... We also have the gourmet peanut brittle that we sell out of here. We do Italian chili, sea salt, curry, bacon. We need a way to make it in larger quantity.

We’re trying to find a process that doesn’t blow my shoulders out.

SCOTT DEXEL: It wasn’t originally going to be open to the public— we just needed a much larger kitchen for the catering. Fox Shox approached us to open a cafeteria for them. Being that it’s a cafeteria, it’s a strange animal. It’s completely different than running a restaurant.

We have a really killer salad bar, burgers, stuff like that. There are a lot of pastries, desserts. When I went to the city to find out about zoning, I was required to pay all the dues as though it was a restaurant.

So that’s why the café. The previous owner of the business had opened it to the public, and that’s sort of how the café started.

No. We just outgrew our old kitchen.

The dish room here is two feet larger than our old kitchen was. It’s made it so we don’t have to work so much.

We’d still do large events out of our old kitchen, but they’d be hauled in with ice chests to keep fresh. Now I have a walk-in freezer.

What kind of food do you serve at the café?

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ortino Winery’s well-made wine is the main reason to head to their welcoming tasting room, but they also have lots of fun stuff to buy. As you’re enjoying one of their flights, take a gander around the gift shop at nifty corkscrews, bottle openers, and Fortino’s delicious spreads, such as the Garlic Sauvignon Blanc Mayonnaise.

Fortino makes close to two dozen different wines, including their newly released 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon ($30), which is a good enough reason alone to head to their winery. Talented winemaker Gino Fortino says that their estate-grown Cab is the last to ripen and the last to be harvested, resulting in a voluptuous and bursting-with-flavor wine that’s laden with deliciously ripe fruit. Aromas of blackcurrant and flavors of spice, bell pepper and a hint of vanilla—with just the right amount of char and smoke from its aging in French oak—round out this well-crafted Cab. Do not miss tasting Fortino’s estate-grown Charbono, one of the rarest varietals grown in California, and their tasty fruit wines such as

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Cathy Bentley has taken over It’s Wine Tyme in Capitola Village and renamed it Cork and Fork Capitola.

The grand opening will be held on Saturday, April 29—with a ribboncutting ceremony on Thursday, April 27. Bentley has been involved in the wine industry for years, so she is now happy to have her own place to showcase her knowledge and serve up some good wine. Cork and Fork is a cozy spot, and it also comes with a lovely outdoor patio area.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES NEW MOON, BELTANE, MERCURY DIRECT The week begins with the Taurus new moon. At new moon times the New Group of World Servers supports the endeavors of the women and men of Goodwill everywhere. New moon times, having an Aries/Uranus flavor, are “all things new” times.

However, with all of the retrogrades—Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto (Thursday, Pluto stations)—especially Mercury retrograde, we only consider (not act upon) plans and ideas, assessing and re-assessing them until Mercury retrograde is over. Mercury remains retrograde until next Wednesday, May 3, remaining in its retrograde shadow until May 21. Then we can move forward more easily. Maybe!

Friday, Venus enters Aries and Mercury joins Uranus. It’s a changeable unexpected day. Sunday with Chiron, we are careful not to hurt one another.

We practice “Ahimsa” (doing no harm). Monday is the festival of Beltane. An ancient Celtic festival,

Beltane is celebrated on May 1 (May Day).

Beltane informs us that we are now between spring equinox and summer solstice. In the Catholic Church, Mary, Queen of the May, is crowned. When my mother was a young girl she was May Queen.

She crowned Mary with May flowers. When I was a young girl, I, too, was May Queen. I crowned Mary with May flowers, too.

In earlier times, in 19th century Ireland and Scotland, yellow flowers (primrose, rowan, hawthorn, gorse, hazel, marigold) were gathered, made into bouquets, placed at doorways and windows and offered as spring gifts. Sometimes loose flowers were strewn about dairy floors or made into garlands, placed around cows and milking and butter-making equipment. The yellow flowers evoked the golden fire of the Sun. This festival tells us summer’s almost here!

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Be careful that you don’t become exhausted from ceaseless work. It’s best to create your own schedule, have your own business, independently working at your own pace and not be disoriented by those with a different pace. Only one twelfth of the population is Aries. Everything you do has your own Aries signature and enthusiasm. Gain the respect of others working with you. Be generous, kind and compassionate. Soul virtues.

Have you felt a bit discouraged, convinced your efforts won’t be seen, heard or understood. You have wanted to cease certain ways of living, acting or being but this too felt difficult. That time will come. You have not felt your usual sense of self. Often these days you’re overtired. You work well on your own, your values and principles are strong, yet one aspect of your life feels incomplete, not quite right and empty. What is it?

TAURUS Apr21–May21

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

Usually you’re placid and quiet, seek comfort, pleasure and fine food. However, another side of you loves risk-taking and speculation. It’s a sense of play for others but, to you, very serious. Often (silently) you’re competitive. You respect the fiercely independent, sports enthusiasts and good talkers.

Somehow you always get what you want and everyone admires you. People wonder often about you. You never tell.

Certain people in your life actually help you to achieve your many hopes, wishes, goals and dreams. Most of these people are acquaintances, few are close friends.

This is how you like it. You choose only a few trustworthy people to support your aims in life. You have the warrior sensibility. Whatever your goals, you achieve them. Often under cover and in the dark of night. For protection. We can learn from you.

Esoteric Astrology as news for week of April 26, 2017

GEMINI May 22–June 20 Sometimes you feel anger or confusions or protection concerning your early childhood years. Sometimes you realize there are childhood realities you can’t quite remember. You sense that present behaviors have roots in childhood. Your instincts tell you beliefs, thoughts and ideas must change. First, every life experience must be accepted and embraced. Wounds begin to heal when we realize all family, friend and relationship choices and experiences were made by us before birth.

You’re one of the signs that seeks freedom above all, so you can accomplish independent, original work. The stars have endowed you with courage to pursue your own endeavors, choices and decisions, allowing you autonomy. Ambition carries you to the heights and to the depths and always to the “razor’s edge.” When you add charm, care of others, a bit of music and good food to the mix, you’re without limit.

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20

You’re learning to speak truthfully. Sometimes what you say hurts others. You’re also learning discrimination—how to communicate with both truth and kindness. This takes many lives for everyone. You want to be direct and clear. But sometimes our communication is tinged with judgment and/ or provocation. You can be informative and you can be kind, too. It takes lots of learning. We are all learning this together.

You love different ideas, constant learning, challenges and humor. You don’t like self-righteousness in others, especially when others don’t understand your character. You’re playful yet serious, energetic within limits. You like to laugh, have a quirky sense of humor. Right now, you’re pondering upon and seeking new endeavors, a new path in life and a new identity. It’s in a garden with mulberry, lilac, lime and fig trees. Chickens all around. And a greenhouse.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18

You ask often how is something made and what are the steps and methods to creating it yourself. You love things practical. But they must also be beautiful, make money, have value, be challenging and keep you independent. This sounds like the type of relationships you seek. It’s good to be slow and steady in all endeavors. Soon the pace will pick up. Careful to spend money only on things of value. Nothing bearing any resemblance to the past.

When you know deeply what you want to pursue, the opportunity finally appears. Sometimes you feel no one loves you, or there’s no relationship ahead. You are uncomfortable with anything or anyone that projects illusions. You discover and uncover things. You live in the future, in a place not yet realized by most of humanity.

You can be lonely. There are others, magical like you.

Call to them.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22

PISCES Feb19–Mar20

Sometimes we react immediately and with force to new situations and events, like firecrackers ready to ignite. It’s good at these times to take Aconite (homeopath) when nerves seem stressed and over reactive. This is the activity of Mars in Gemini working with Mercury (your ruler).

Sometimes you begin things and then can’t complete them. This will pass. Don’t stir up any discontent or trouble anywhere. It returns with a powerful lightning-like force.

Cooperation, kindness and forethought are the qualities needed while relating to those close to you. Often it’s best to work one-on-one. Compromise isn’t easy unless there’s deep respect for one another. You’re learning how to lead, counsel and be a leader. A difficult task. Let others think they are your heroes and heroines. This is the way diplomats work. Diplomacy, compromise, negotiations are art forms.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0577 The following Individual is doing business as NORTH STAR ALLIED. 21 STEVENS PLACE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. County of Marin.

DAVID ANDREW WOOD. 21 STEVENS PLACE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DAVID ANDREW WOOD. 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. 28, 2017. Apr. 5, 19, 12, & 26.

statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 23, 2017. Apr. 5, 12, 19, 26.

SOUTH, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, 55344. AI# 2890457. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: NORTHLAND HEARING CENTERS, INC.. 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. 10, 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0480 The following Individual is doing business as BRASILIA BIKINIS. 3431 PORTOLA DRIVE UNIT B, CAPITOLA, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. SAVANNAH SCHNAPS ARDEN. 3431 PORTOLA DRIVE UNIT B, CAPITOLA, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: SAVANNAH SCHNAPS ARDEN. 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. Apr. 19, 26 & May. 3, 10.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0707 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as BDAKOTA. 333 DAKOTA AVENUE #B, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. BDAKOTA LLC. 333 DAKOTA AVENUE #B, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0498 The following Individual is doing business as WINDFALL FARM. 10 OLD WOMAN CREEK RD., DAVENPORT, CA 95017. County of Santa Cruz. JANA FRESTON MENDENHALL. 10 OLD WOMAN CREEK RD., DAVENPORT, CA 95017.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JANA FRESTON MENDENHALL. 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.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0557 The following Individual is doing business as VINEGIRL PRODUCTS. 498 WHITE ROAD, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. MARY BANNISTER. 498 WHITE ROAD, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0510 The following Corporation is doing business as FREELINE SURF SHOP. 821 41ST AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. MEL ENTERPRISES. 821 41ST AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. Al# 3485226. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: MEL ENTERPRISES. 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. 15, 2017.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0620 The following Corporation is doing business as LIVING WELL 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. Al# 1506970. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: DJANGO DAWSON. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/30/1989.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-0641 The following Individual is doing business as FAUST SALON AND SPA (DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ). 110 COOPER ST. #100 F, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. VERNON D. TIBBITTS, III. 18 SEACLIFF DRIVE, APTOS, CA 95003. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: VERNON TIBBITTS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Apr. 4, 2017. Apr. 12, 19, 26, & May 3.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF VERNON DE ELDON TIBBITTS, III CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. 17CV00932. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner VERNON DE ELDON TIBBITTS, III has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: VERNON DE ELDON TIBBITTS, III to: SEBASTIAN DE ELDON. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF SHANE TAEO HACKMAN CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.17CV00887.

THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner SHANE TAEO HACKMAN has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: SHANE TAEO HACKMAN to: SHANE TAEO KNIGHT. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING May 15, 2017 at 8:30 am, in Department 5 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition. Dated: Mar. 30, 2017. Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Apr. 19, 26 & May 3, 10.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF LAUREN BELGIN TIMUCIN CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO. 17CV00960. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner DOGAN TIMUCIN has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: LAUREN BELGIN TIMUCIN to: TAYLOR BELGIN TIMUCIN. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing.

NOTICE OF HEARING May 26, 2017 at 8:30 am, in Department 4 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the

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Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING JUNE 1, 2017 at 8:30 am, in Department 4 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street. Santa Cruz, CA 95060. A copy of this order to show cause must be published in the Good Times, a newspaper of general circulation printed in Santa Cruz County, California, once a week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for

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We encourage you to abate your own weeds and rubbish; however, if the work has not been completed by the May 15th deadline, the City contractor will perform the abatement work.

You will be charged for the contractors’ work, plus a $100.00 administrative fee on your property tax bill.

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

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT, as of March 22, 2017, A VACANCY EXISTS ON THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. The vacancy is that seat representing the constituency in County Board of Education Trustee Area 4, which encompasses portions of the geographic areas of Capitola, Soquel, Twin Lakes State Beach and Pleasure Point, all within Santa Cruz County. For specific information as to Area 4 boundaries, contact the Elections Department, Santa Cruz County Government Center, 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, phone number 454-2060.

THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOLDING OFFICE are as follows: a nominee for a vacancy on the County Board of Education shall be a registered voter in the trustee area in which the vacancy exists. Any registered voter of the trustee area in which the vacancy exists is eligible to fill such vacancy except the County Superintendent of Schools, any employee of the County Superintendent of Schools, or any employee of a school or community college district in the County.

THE NOMINATION PROCEDURE is as follows: Nominations shall be made in writing and may be made by (1) local school district boards serving all or part of the trustee area in which the vacancy exists; (2) any member of the County Board of Education; (3) the County Superintendent of Schools; and (4) any registered voter of the trustee area including the proposed nominee himself/herself.

THE SELECTION PROCEDURE is as follows: Each nominee shall submit a letter of interest (not to exceed two hundred words) and a resume. At a regular or special meeting called with the purpose of selecting a member of the Board on its agenda, the Board shall review the letters of interest and resumes of all applicants and eligible nominees. Interviews of prospective candidates and the selection of a person to fill the vacancy shall be in open session. Selection shall be by an affirmative action roll call vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board. In the event that no candidate receives the vote of a majority of the remaining members of the Board, the Board may interview other nominees or establish a period during which additional nominations may be received. Each new nominee shall be screened pursuant to the procedure given above.

THE TIMELINE FOR THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS is as follows: March 22, 2017 May 5, 2017

May 12, 2017 May 18, 2017

Vacancy occurs Letters of Interest (not to exceed 200 words) and resumes must be postmarked and mailed or personally delivered, no later than midnight on the 5th of May 2017 to: Michael Watkins Santa Cruz County Office of Education 400 Encinal St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060 The County Office of Education will contact the Elections Department of Santa Cruz County no later than the 12th of May 2017 to verify eligibility of candidates.

The County Board of Education will meet in a special session to interview nominees and to select the successful candidate who will assume office effective June 15, 2017

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ELIZABETH TORRES, 16-Year Customer, Scotts Valley Occupation: Music teacher, Musical Me School Hobbies: Aza (band) saxophone player, baking, meal prepper, dinner parties, hiking, reading, video games Astrological Sign: Sagittarius You live in Scotts Valley and shop at Shopper’s? I do. I have been to every market in the county and this is the best one for me. In many stores I don’t always feel welcome for one reason or another. I can’t support those stores. I feel at home at Shopper’s.

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What is a meal prepper? I put together meals for me and my partner, Don, a hard-core cyclist, 4-5 days at a time. I need fresh food at good prices and consistency in quality. Shopper’s provides me with all that in one store. Shopper’s has lots of international foods which I like trying, too. Their produce is big on my list. It’s consistently top notch, both the organic and conventional. I do cook quite a bit, mostly from scratch, and we have a lot of dinner parties. My friends and family think I’m a great cook; they’ve told me I could sell my food. Most restaurants don’t cook any better than my friends or I do. That’s why we have fun dinner parties. We definitely know good food!

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