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EDITOR’S NOTE Here’s my question for you, Santa Cruz County reader: How often do you think about Monterey? My guess is not a lot.

Nice place, great Aquarium, might want to drive down for a day trip sooner or later—for a lot of people here, that’s probably about the extent of it.

But I think they have a bit of a complex down there about us. I first realized this when the editors of the Monterey County Weekly inquired as to whether our staff would want to collaborate on a cover story about which was better, Santa Cruz County or Monterey County, with our respective writers making arguments

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A big thanks to cities and counties around California who are preventing the sales and licensing of cannabis. Thanks for your attempt to return us to the 1950s.

Watsonville City Council recently voted to ban retail stores. Ditto Calaveras County’s vote to ban both sales and growing. And Siskiyou County, where Tea Party Sheriff Jon Lopey is pushing his “war against pot.” The Central Valley and other counties are also passing restrictive laws.

Medical cannabis brought in $2 billion last year, and authorities estimate recreational use will bring an additional $5 billion a year. Without a legal business, people will continue to grow illegally.

Restrictive laws will increase environmental damage, increase enforcement and prevent some areas from cashing in on a new crop.

Thanks to Santa Cruz Supervisors for restricting illegal grows, preventing environmental damage, and positioning Santa Cruz to benefit from this new business.

DON MONKERUD | SANTA CRUZ

MISINFORMED As a fourth-generation Santa Cruz native African American, I was excited to see this

for their home turf across a number of categories. There was no glove slap or anything, but it was definitely a demand for some kind of satisfaction.

We kind of thought they might call us up at some point and say, “J/k, of course we know Santa Cruz County is better,” but no, they were definitely serious about claiming superiority.

We’re not ones to turn down an opportunity to extol the virtues of this area, and they were good sports, so it all worked out. I hope it’s fun for you, and if you think of any points we should have made, leave us a comment or send us a letter.

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cover story about being Black in Santa Cruz (GT, 1/10) ... until reading the first section.

I was not impressed and quite offended.

Your editor’s note regarding the use of terms Black and African American was very disturbing to say the least. We are American.

As for the writer, she carelessly places outdated stereotypes that make her look as misinformed as the editor. Her mentioning of Ms. Brenda meeting her at the back table was her choice—the key word being choice.

Next time, please let a qualified writer take on such subject matter. Mr. Dunn represents the Blacks in Santa Cruz. I’d like to hear real stories from the Black community here—not stereotypes irresponsibly placed.

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ONLINE COMMENTS RE: BLACK IN SANTA CRUZ I love that Georgia wrote this article. The fact that the title of this article is something to talk about itself is sad. “Being Black in Santa Cruz,” it’s sad that this is even a thing. I know Anita Pedford and I am proud that she had the opportunity to speak up in this article and everyone who participated and or contributed. Being Black in America or any society should not be a thing but since it is I feel it is our duty to shed >8

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The coalition with the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, the city of Watsonville and Digital Nest lines up with Cruzio’s goal to expand service in South County. Cruzio has also begun construction of its own independent high-speed Santa Cruz Fiber network in downtown Santa Cruz.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of January 31 ARIES Mar21–Apr19

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22

In all of history, humans have mined about 182,000 tons of gold. Best estimates suggest there are still 35 billion tons of gold buried in the Earth, but the remaining riches will be more difficult to find and collect than what we’ve already gotten. We need better technology. If I had to say who would be the entrepreneurs and inventors best qualified to lead the quest, my choice would be members of the Aries tribe. For the foreseeable future, you people will have extra skill at excavating hidden treasure and gathering resources that are hard to access.

Knullrufs is a Swedish word that refers to what your hair looks like after sex: tousled, rumpled, disordered. If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, you should experience more knullrufs than usual in the coming weeks. You’re in a phase when you need and deserve extra pleasure and delight, especially the kind that rearranges your attitudes as well as your coiffure. You have license to exceed your normal quotas of ravenousness and rowdiness.

TAURUS Apr20–May20

In his “Crazy Lake Experiment” documented on YouTube, Harvard physicist Greg Kestin takes a raft out on a lake. He drops a tablespoon of olive oil into the water, and a few minutes later, the half-acre around his boat is still and smooth. All the small waves have disappeared. He proceeds to explain the science behind the calming effect produced by a tiny amount of oil. I suspect that you will have a metaphorically comparable power in the next two weeks, Scorpio. What’s your version of the olive oil? Your poise? Your graciousness?

Your tolerance? Your insight into human nature?

Stories have the power to either dampen or mobilize your life energy. I hope that in the coming weeks, you will make heroic efforts to seek out the latter and avoid the former. Now is a crucial time to treat yourself to stories that will jolt you out of your habitual responses and inspire you to take long-postponed actions and awaken the sleeping parts of your soul. And that’s just half of your assignment, dear Taurus. Here’s the rest: Tell stories that help you remember the totality of who you are, and that inspire your listeners to remember the totality of who they are.

GEMINI May21–June20 Author Anaïs Nin said, “There are two ways to reach me: by way of kisses or by way of the imagination. But there is a hierarchy: the kisses alone don’t work.” For two reasons, Anaïs’s formulation is especially apropos for you right now. First, you should not allow yourself to be seduced, tempted, or won over by sweet gestures alone.

You must insist on sweet gestures that are synergized by a sense of wonder and an appreciation of your unique beauty. Second, you should adopt the same approach for those you want to seduce, tempt, or win over: sweet gestures seasoned with wonder and an appreciation of their unique beauty.

CANCER Jun21–Jul22

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Are you more inclined right now to favor temporary involvements and short-term promises? Or would you consider making brave commitments that lead you deeper into the Great Mystery? Given the upcoming astrological omens, I vote for the latter. Here’s another pair of questions for you, Cancerian. Are you inclined to meander from commotion to commotion without any game plan? Or might you invoke the magic necessary to get involved with high-quality collaborations? I’m hoping you’ll opt for the latter. (P.S. The near future will be prime time for you to swear a sacred oath or two.)

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LE0 Jul23–Aug22 In March 1996, a man burst into the studio of radio station Star FM in Wanganui, New Zealand. He took the manager hostage and issued a single demand: that the dj play a recording of the Muppet song “The Rainbow Connection,” as sung by the puppet Kermit the Frog.

Fortunately, police intervened quickly, no one was hurt, and the kidnapper was jailed. In bringing this to your attention, Leo, I am certainly not suggesting that you imitate the kidnapper. Please don’t break the law or threaten anyone with harm. On the other hand, I do urge you to take dramatic, innovative action to fulfill one of your very specific desires.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 Many varieties of the nettle plant will sting you if you touch the leaves and stems. Their hairs are like hypodermic needles that inject your skin with a blend of irritant chemicals. And yet nettle is also an herb with numerous medicinal properties. It can provide relief for allergies, arthritis, joint pain, and urinary problems. That’s why Shakespeare invoked the nettle as a metaphor in his play Henry IV, Part 1: “Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety,” says the character named Hotspur. In accordance with the astrological omens, Virgo, I choose the nettle as your power metaphor for the first three weeks of February.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 In 1989, a man spent four dollars on a painting at a flea market in Adamstown, Pennsylvania. He didn’t care much for the actual image, which was a boring country scene, but he thought he could use the frame. Upon returning home, he found a document concealed behind the painting. It turned out to be a rare old copy of America’s Declaration of Independence, originally created in 1776. He eventually sold it for $2.42 million. I doubt that you will experience anything quite as spectacular in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. But I do suspect you will find something valuable where you don’t expect it, or develop a connection with something that’s better than you imagined it would be.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 In the 1740s, a teenage Capricorn girl named Eliza Lucas almost single-handedly introduced a new crop into American agriculture: indigo, a plant used as a dye for textiles. In South Carolina, where she managed her father’s farm, indigo ultimately became the second-most-important cash crop over the next 30 years. I have astrological reasons to believe that you are now in a phase when you could likewise make innovations that will have long-range economic repercussions. Be alert for good intuitions and promising opportunities to increase your wealth.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 When I was in my early 20s, I smoked marijuana now and then. I liked it. It made me feel good and inspired my creativity and roused spiritual visions. But I reconsidered my use after encountering pagan magician Isaac Bonewits.

He didn’t have a moral objection to cannabis use, but believed it withered one’s willpower and diminished one’s determination to transform one’s life for the better. For a year, I meditated on and experimented with his hypothesis. I found it to be true, at least for me. I haven’t smoked since. My purpose in bringing this up is not to advise you about your relationship to drugs, but rather to urge you to question whether there are influences in your life that wither your willpower and diminish your determination to transform your life for the better. Now is an excellent time to examine this issue.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Would you like to shed unwieldy baggage before moving on to your next big challenge? I hope so. It will purge your soul of karmic sludge. It will prime you for a fresh start. One way to accomplish this bravery is to confess your sins and ask for forgiveness in front of a mirror.

Here are data to consider. Is there anyone you know who would not give you a good character reference? Have you ever committed a seriously unethical act? Have you revealed information that was told to you in confidence?

While under the influence of intoxicants or bad ideas, have you done things you’re ashamed of? I’m not saying you’re more guilty of these things than the rest of us; it’s just that now is your special time to seek redemption.

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as much light as possible on the truth. #blackandproud — BRITTANY KENNEDY

This article was sent to me by one of my close colleagues. I had many emotions reading it, but I am mostly grateful that someone has put this in writing.

I lived in Santa Cruz for 10 months and as an Afro-Latina, I was not safe because I was Black. I felt invisible and knew that this “diverse and liberal” town was not all it describes itself to be.

From being physically attacked by white men, to having Santa Cruz police tell me that “I

assume the attack was racial,” I did not sense that I was a member of the “community.” If it was not for my colleagues and having the support and people to help me, I probably would not have lasted that long. There are folks in Santa Cruz who get it and support Black Lives, but more needs to be done. It’s systematic. It’s deeply rooted. I really hope that this article truly brings to light the issues.

And thank you to the family I made in Santa Cruz and UC Santa Cruz Police Department who supported me, validated, and gave me back my sense of safety.

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The rule is: Look left, right, and left again, before crossing.

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STREET CRED These days, tiny home owners don’t even need a proper foundation, as an assembled house can fit on a trailer.

But getting the right permits can be a headache.

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ayne Marr, the county’s homeless services coordinator, says several people have approached her with similar versions of the same big idea—how tiny homes could work as a transitional “bridge” that house Santa Cruz’s most needy.

But Marr describes a pushback from local planning and building officials, who insist that state requirements prevent them from approving any such project, even though other California cities and counties have found ways to do it.

“Every time I even mentioned tiny homes or a tiny home village, I was told it can’t be done due to state law,” Marr says. Nonetheless, back in November, the Santa Cruz County

Board of Supervisors received a homelessness report from Marr that touched on a successful tiny home village for the homeless in Yuba County called 14 Forward. That prompted the board to direct that staff to develop a plan, in concept, for tiny home villages along those same lines, with one village planned per supervisorial district.

Cities in both California and Oregon have been getting creative with sheltering their homeless in relatively low-cost individualized shelters and villages of tiny homes, also called tiny houses or microshelters. But in spite of the board’s recent direction, local officials have generally shown a slow-moving reluctance to outline serious plans

for a tiny home community.

Carol Berg, the housing and community development manager for the city of Santa Cruz, says that the city doesn’t have much available land for new projects. “The concept you are exploring [tiny home village] might offer a better fit in communities that are not so built out,” Berg says, via email.

Julie Conway, the housing manager for the county, says officials have focused on streamlining the permit process for accessory dwelling units, also known as in-law units, in backyards. She’s also skeptical of a tiny home village, saying that “the county is also land-constrained, and finding a site for such a thing would no doubt be problematic.” >12

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“It was the most exciting New Year’s Eve I’ve had in years,” says Kate Pavao, co-founder of local nonprofit Live Like Coco. She spent it glued to a screen, but unlike most people, she wasn’t watching the ball drop in Times Square. She was watching the running total of donations to her group on the Santa Cruz Gives (SCG) website, as Good Times’ holiday giving drive rolled into its final hours.

Specifically, she was watching how many people were giving. Each year, SCG awards a $1,000 bonus to the participating nonprofit that gets the most donors. In 2016, that bonus was won by the Warming Center. (There are also awards for Most Donors Under 35 Years Old, and Most Innovative Program, with all three sponsored by the restaurant Oswald.)

In 2017, Pavao and her husband Aaron Lazenby, who founded Live Like Coco together the year before, saw a chance to compete in that category. With a simple, accessible project called Birthday Books From Coco that brings new books to county students—many of them lowincome—on their birthdays, their idea was inspiring a flood of donations. But as SCG reached its close—midnight on New Year’s Eve—the Warming Center was closing the gap, fueled by founder Brent Adams’ gift for networking and a project that was also clearly connecting with local donors: providing shelter to those living on the streets with physical mobility challenges.

As the two groups began to leapfrog over each other in the final stretch, they developed a friendly rivalry, using the competition to inspire new donors.

Because the leaderboards on the SCG website show running totals, both groups were able to watch the race to the finish play out.

“We were excited to get into that thing with the Warming Center,” says Pavao. “It activated our base like crazy. To watch it happen in real time was super exciting.”

“We just watched it go up, up, up,” says Adams. “For the last few days, it was a dead heat. That was really awesome.

Without that competition, we would have had far fewer donors.” >14

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After the financial collapse of 2008, tiny homes emerged as a way to downsize and enter the world of affordable entry-level home ownership. A tiny home qualifies as what developers, planners and architects often call “affordable by design,” as each unit is only a few hundred square feet at most, and therefore requires less labor and fewer raw materials to build—not to mention the fact that it takes up less real estate. For many who bought in, the move into a tiny home also let them relinquish the need for a permanent foundation, as many tiny homes are put on trailers, like mobile homes, to allow for flexibility. But that leaves regulators scratching their heads, trying to figure out how to permit something that isn’t quite a house and yet doesn’t meet health and safety certifications for factory-built housing like camp trailers, either.

Back in 2016, the Santa Cruz City Council expressed interest in tiny home villages and asked staff to research the issues. A staff report on tiny homes presented on Oct. 11, 2016, included a three-page memo from city planner Ron Powers detailing the legal difficulties of permitting tiny homes. Certain state agencies certify mobile homes and RVs for compliance with health and safety codes, Powers explained, each with different codes and standards. And local building officials are responsible, per state law, for ensuring that tiny homes on trailers meet those certifications.

“It just seems to me it’s really a shame we can’t get this together,” says Todd Clayton, a construction contractor-turned-entrepreneur who started a business two years ago in Scotts Valley called Boxed Haus, which converts shipping containers into tiny homes.

“My homes are energy-efficient,”

he says, “with sustainable, nontoxic materials and state-of-the-art finishes. I’m not trying to skirt the building codes at all, and I’m meeting and exceeding most the performance specs for heating and ventilation, but I still can’t get permits. I feel like an outlaw by trying to make a better world with a very decent product, a product people need, but can’t afford.”

Clayton says he submitted a proposal to Los Angeles County for homeless shelters made out of partitioned shipping containers that can be put on temporary foundations and still remain movable in the long-run. Clayton proposed four eight-by-10-foot bedrooms within 40-foot containers, and two bedrooms in every 20-foot container, with common bathrooms and kitchens in separate buildings, all of which, he thinks, combine into a winning emergency housing strategy. “And I’m still waiting to hear back,” he says.

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POLLING WEIGHT

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California political analyst Dan Schnur posed a question to the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at the group’s annual member breakfast. Unemployment is at 4 percent nationally, and yet most Americans’ optimism these days remains in the gutter, defying all conventional wisdom.

“So here we are in this time of remarkable economic growth and job creation, but there’s still—according to public opinion polling, and just the conversations we have in our lives—a sense of disquiet.

So how could that be?” asked Schnur, who teaches at USC and UC Berkeley. “Why do we have, by most traditional measures, such a sordid economic outlook, and why are people so unsettled?”

Before politics, the 8 a.m. event began with breakfast. The chamber’s new Chair Mark

Mesiti-Miller introduced the board’s new members in front of a coastal backdrop at the Dream Inn’s Aquarius restaurant.

In his talk, Schnur painted Santa Cruz as a fortunate town—lucky to have the beach, Schnur’s favorite tortilla chips at El Palomar, and what he calls a “community spirit very rarely seen.” It seems fitting that the chamber would bring in a political analyst at a time when no one seems willing to talk about anything besides elections, even when the midterm races are more than 10 months away.

More than looking ahead, Schnur wanted to examine lessons from the recent past.

“In the 2016 election, not even two years ago, we heard a lot about the angry American voter: Americans are furious, Americans are livid. Underneath every angry person is a frightened person,” said Schnur, explaining that he was speaking as much as a

father and a teacher as he was a political expert. “And so let us talk for just a moment about the frightened American voter.”

In 2016, older and lesseducated frightened voters, mostly on the right, went for Donald Trump, Schnur said.

They didn’t attend college because they were told, in their day, that they didn’t have to in order to make a living. They worked their fingers to the bone, with the goal of retiring comfortably with a reliable pension—something that, for many Americans, looks less reliable than ever.

Younger and more-educated voters, meanwhile, mostly on the left, broke for Bernie Sanders, Schnur said. Many of them went to college and graduated into the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Both groups, Schnur explained, have done everything asked of them, and with little to show for it.

“The factory worker and the barista really have a great deal in common,” Schnur said.

“They’re motivated by the same fears, because we are going through a time of economic and social change, and our political leaders haven’t told them how to navigate that change.”

Frightened voters, he explained, run from the things that scare them, just as all frightened people do. Leaders, he said, do something else, entirely—pointedly dropping a not-so-subtle hint to a room filled with leaders.

“Leaders walk toward those scary things,” Schnur said. “And before leaders like you walk toward those scary things, they turn to the frightened people on both sides of them—real leaders turn to people on the left and their right—and they reassure them, and they remind them that if we walk toward those scary things together, that’s how we win.” JACOB PIERCE

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Locally, there are other basic requirements that pertain to tiny homes; for example, minimum square-footage requirements. Both the city and the county rules say that the minimum size for any kind of house is 220 square feet, which is bigger than some tiny homes.

And every home—tiny or otherwise—must have a bathroom, a sleeping area of at least 70 feet and a closet. Each home in the city of Santa Cruz must have a kitchen as well. Also, current zoning rules limit how many homes a property owner can shove onto one parcel.

In a neighborhood of single-family residences, for example, someone would not be able to put more than one or two tiny homes on a property.

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A LITTLE MOVEMENT

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PAGE TURNERS Students at Del Mar Elementary School receive books from Live Like Coco.

GIVE AND LET GIVE <11 In the end, Live Like Coco won with 182 donors (raising a total of $8,525— which will allow them to distribute 1,705 new books to schoolkids) and Warming Center came in second with 158 donors (who gave $9,917). In total fundraising, the environmental nonprofit Coastal Watershed Council came in first, with $13,425 raised; the award for Most Innovative Program went to the Homeless Service Center’s Smart Path to Housing and Health.

“It’s funny to be in competition with someone doing amazing things,” says Pavao. “Hopefully we brought some dollars

and attention to what the Warming Center is doing, as well.”

In fact, that’s exactly what the results of this year’s Gives program suggest.

With a total of $197,459 donated to the 33 local nonprofits selected for this year’s program, donations were 9 percent above last year, even as giving nationwide grew only 2.7 percent on average. More importantly, there was a 55 percent increase in number of donors who gave through SCG. And more than half of the total donations were from people who made donations to more than one nonprofit while they were on the SCG website. In fact, 17 of the 20 largest donors to this year’s program gave to

multiple nonprofits. It’s clear that a rising tide of charitable giving is lifting all of the nonprofits in Santa Cruz Gives.

Adams thinks that’s partly because of the design of the SCG website—someone may come to it planning to donate to only one nonprofit, but once there, they see all of the innovative work that other nonprofits are doing in the community, as well.

“The platform is the really helpful thing in that regard,” says Adams. “You’re visually aware that there are other things there when you’re making a donation.”

To see all the results of this year’s Santa Cruz Gives campaign, go to santacruzgives.org.

Other jurisdictions have moved forward. Former Assemblymember Nora Campos (D-San Jose) went so far as to get a state law passed that suspended the normal staterequired permitting in order to foster “emergency housing” for the homeless in San Jose. The law allows for micro-shelters without plumbing and sewage disposal, which would otherwise violate many building codes, including minimum square footage requirements.

The San Jose City Council designated Habitat for Humanity as the project’s developer and general contractor. The units will cost San Jose between $18,000 and $30,000 per unit, with an overall cost of $2.3 million for the entire project.

Oakland and Yuba County have approved villages as well, both opting for an austere toolshed-like structure that does not include any insulation, plumbing or electricity, but comfortably accommodates two single beds. In both projects, portable restrooms and wash stations are provided. In Yuba City, a nearby Christian charity has agreed to make its shower facilities available, offer two daily meals to village residents and provide office space for case management.

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Oakland’s tiny house village has opened in what was once an empty downtown lot. It features 20 units designed to house 40 people for up to six months at a time. The city has contracted a nonprofit to bring mobile shower facilities to the village once a week. The encampment will offer a variety of services and case management aimed at getting people into more permanent housing.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said at a December news conference that she’s very excited about the project, adding, “Let’s be clear, this is not a permanent solution—this is a rightnow intervention.”

Several miles east, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg announced last week that he wants to build 1,000 tiny homes in his city over the next two years.

In Santa Cruz, Steve Pleich, a longtime homeless advocate and member of the Emergency Shelter Working Group, is a proponent of tiny homes, both on trailers and in villages.

He says there are three major obstacles to them becoming a reality, either in the city or the county, “and those three problems are location, location, and location.

It’s not about funding or homeless programing or about sanitation and building codes or even political will—it’s about where to locate them. Nobody is coming forward on where they should go.”

Pleich has worked for years on a safe-parking program for otherwise homeless individuals and families who live in cars and RVs. He supported rule changes that allowed certain public and private parking lots to be designated as safe spaces where the “vehicularly housed,” as they’re called, could park safely at night in spots monitored by a nonprofit service provider.

Pleich—who lived out of an RV for years himself—says that whether such spaces could also accommodate tiny houses on trailers “remains to be seen.” It would depend, in part, he says, on the site, because tiny homes on trailers are less mobile than RVs. Despite the obstacles, Marr plans to keep exploring the possibility of a tiny home village for Santa Cruz County.

“Until we don’t have homelessness anymore,” Marr says, “we need to keep all options on the table.”

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Defending Champions With Americans’ favorite competition coming, we go head to head closer to home

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anta Cruz County’s Good Times and Monterey County Weekly have a friendly rivalry brewing, and decided to get in on the spirit of the most classic of traditions by making it into a contact sport. Here, we each make the case for the superior virtues of our respective territory. From the arts and culture scene to food and booze, there’s a lot to love about each place—and reason to knock our competition across the county line.

Our readers are the real referees; tell us who you think is #winning in these categories by tweeting using #mocovsc or sending us letters to the editor.

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LITERARY LEGACY MONTEREY COUNTY: We could end this conversation with two words: John Steinbeck. The Salinas author has created a world-revered body of work—a lot of it inspired by and set in Monterey County—that few people in history can approach, including The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row, Of Mice and Men and East of Eden. But to continue, there’s Henry Miller, Robinson Jeffers, George Sterling and the Carmel Bohemians crowd, Jane Smiley, Riane Eisler. And that’s not counting people who stayed for a time and got inspired by Monterey County’s landscape, including Jack Kerouac, Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Bly. In screenwriting, there’s Dustin Lance Black (Milk, Edgar). Do comic

books count? Then count Greg Rucka (Wonder Woman, DC’s 52). River House Books and Old Capitol Books keep us in touch with all of these folks and more. We could go on, but just to reiterate: John Steinbeck. WR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: We’ll give you Steinbeck, as we’re sure you’re aware that his 1936 novel In Dubious Battle may have been set here, and he visited his sister and nieces in Watsonville often—their house is now on display at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. Our well-read county (which can boast 10 public libraries and where book groups are a way of life), is also home to the first Acid Test, which took place in late 1965 in Soquel and nurtured a literary counterculture.

The gathering included novelist Ken Kesey (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s

Nest); Beat poet Allen Ginsberg (Howl, Kaddish) and his lover, poet Peter Orlovsky; and Beat poet Neal Cassady (of On the Road fame).

Robert Heinlein lived in Bonny Doon, and Thomas Pynchon, despite his perpetual stealth mode, is widely

known to have lived in Aptos. This county has also given the world the late, great James D. Houston (Bird of Another Heaven, and 1973’s best-selling Farewell to Manzanar, co-authored with his wife Jeanne Wakatsuki), philosophy and science

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FOOD MC: Carmel has nearly 50 restaurants, including Michelin-star worthy Aubergine, chef favorite la Balena and breakout new star Seventh & Dolores—and it’s the

smallest city in the county. Big Sur has only a handful of restaurants, but they include one of the best bakeries (Big Sur Bakery), most iconic eateries (Nepenthe) and some of the best fine dining (Sierra Mar, Sur House) in the state. Add

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writer Ralph Abraham, as well as award winning and critically acclaimed poet Ellen Bass and bestselling novelist Elizabeth Mckenzie.

We’re also home part-time to novelist Jonathan Franzen and number-one sexpert Susie Bright. MG

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Some of the most creative food can be found at pop ups, food trucks, breweries and taquerias. That being said, star chefs at places like Gabriella Cafe, Home, Soif, Oswald and Bantam are deliciously inventive and playful with our plentiful local produce and agriculture products. LS

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SC: Is there any mascot in America more iconoclastic, more antiestablishment, more suited to the university it represents than UC Santa Cruz’s Banana Slug? It’s so famous and beloved that legendary folk-country group the Austin Lounge Lizards even gave it its own (appropriately alternative) fight song, “Banana Slugs! Racing Down the Field,” with lyrics like “Slasla-sla-sla-slather you with slime/ We we we we win another time.”

You see, UCSC was conceived not just as an educational experiment, but as a cultural experiment, and though it has evolved over the years (farewell, narrative evaluations instead of grades), it has continued

to attract the country’s most powerfully innovative thinkers, from instructors like Angela Davis, Adrienne Rich and Art Spiegelman to alumni like artist Miranda July, comedians Maya Rudolph and Andy Samberg, former Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra, Serial podcast co-creator Julie Snyder, and salon. com founder David Talbot. SP MC: When it comes to mascots, you might think of fierce and proud animals (the Philadelphia Eagles, perhaps?), with attributes like wings or arms, enabling their athletic prowess to be easily replicated by costumed humans. UC Santa Cruz’s Sammy the Slug offers none of these. The native banana slug is slow, solitary and is the prey, not the predator. Comparatively, CSU Monterey Bay’s number-one cheerleader, Monte Rey Otter, checks all of the boxes: besides possessing teeth and claws, it’s fighting its way back from nearextinction, accesses its food source through brute force and is a team player. Plus, he’s cute! And when it comes to real hometown spirit, Santa Cruz residents and UCSC students have been brewing bad blood for a while when it comes to straining housing and water. MA

TECHNOLOGY MC: Tech in Monterey County is not people at computers writing code, like the overflow of tech bros you may see populating Santa Cruz.

There’s a growing ag tech industry happening in the field, deployed by tractor and by drone. Meanwhile, cutting-edge oceanographic research is happening offshore (one recent Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute study, for example, revealed the significance of deep-sea jellies as predators). Some of the most futuristic tech is happening at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, where on Feb. 2, the Aerodynamic Technology Branch of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory presents on the latest efforts to reduce drag and make planes faster—specifically, “the upswept fuselage aft body of C-130

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS and C-17 aircraft.” Outpace that if you can, Santa Cruz. SR SC: They don’t call us Silicon Beach for nothing. Santa Cruz is the beach town that NorCal techies want to live in. It’s close enough to Silicon Valley to commute, yet far away enough that they can leave their misery at work and eventually retire young to Santa Cruz. We have Google buses, new Amazon offices and over 150 new and old startups from sustainable shrimpshell surfboards to sleep-tracking beds. Like Netflix, Santa Cruz-based data analytics company Looker, grew up in Santa Cruz. After partnering with Sony, Amazon, Spotify, and Lyft, Looker has expanded overseas, but is still based here. Santa Cruz is also a biotech hub of companies working on genomic cancer cures and bacteria-identifying software. Make already fast planes faster? Let’s cure cancer first. To support all of this city-wide innovation, Cruznet has begun installing a fiber-optic network to provide high-speed, net-neutral, independent internet access across downtown Santa Cruz—talk about nerd necessities. GJ

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MC: When it comes to leisure destinations, Santa Cruz doesn’t stand a chance against Monterey County, which attracts visitors from all over the world to play on some of the best golf courses on the globe at Pebble Beach, and stay at some of the most stunning hotels in the country—think Hyatt Carmel Highlands, Ventana Big Sur and Post Ranch Inn. And scenic drives?

Forget about it. Highway 1 in Big Sur takes drivers through the most breathtaking coastline in America, where the sheer slope of Santa Lucia Mountains make it feel like the edge of the earth. As far as beaches go, there are few more lovely (and dogfriendly) than Carmel Beach, but perhaps the most magical are tucked away in Big Sur, where beachgoers in the know can get a slice of paradise to themselves. DS

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AGRICULTURE MC: Santa Cruz County farmers might grow strawberries as big as footballs, but so do Monterey County farmers—and more of them. Our 2016 strawberry harvest alone (and leaf lettuce) exceeded the entire Santa Cruz County agricultural product value. Consider the numbers: a $4.3 billion in ag sales ($725 million of that was strawberries) compared to $637 million in Santa Cruz. That’s not even a close enough margin to summon a referee, but why not: Organic production has been steadily climbing, with 179 certified producers and 32,947 acres (more than 5 times as much as Santa Cruz County). Not to mention the great diversity of crops, from berries and lettuce to lemons and wine

grapes, earning the Salinas Valley the moniker The Salad Bowl of the World. SR SC: No matter the time of year, strolling through a farmers market in Santa Cruz County is a feast for the senses. Tables struggle to maintain their structural integrity under the weight of so much local bounty, from deep-hued greens and fiery root vegetables in the winter to a rainbow of tree fruit and tomatoes in the summer. Chefs literally move here—sometimes from Monterey County (see: Brad Briske of la balena)—because of the incredible produce and products available to them. Our coastal climate is perfect for berries, making Watsonville the Strawberry Capital of the World and home to Driscoll’s, one of the world’s largest berry suppliers. But bigger isn’t always better, and unlike surrounding counties, many of our farmers would rather grow without pesticides than compromise health for profit. Thanks to numerous organizations pioneering sustainable farming practices, including USDArecognized organic certifier CCOF,

SC: Santa Cruz’s San Lorenzo River mouth was the first break ever surfed anywhere in the Americas, waaaaay back in 1885, when three Hawaiian princes hopped on 17-foot olo boards that were custom built out of redwood. By the end of the century, the town was already known as “Surf City,” which still rings true today, as there are hardly any bad surf days here. Each beach is unique, and from Aptos to Davenport, it’s always breaking somewhere. The hiking, too, is in endless supply—with stunning trails at UCSC, local reserves and redwoodrich state parks. Our county is also the place to be for kiteboarding, windsurfing, ziplining through the redwoods, mountain biking, and so much more. We even have worldclass disc golf courses, namely at Delaveaga Park and Pinto Lake. JP MC: Recreation opportunities are not only superior, they are the main reason many of the county residents live here. Sure, Santa Cruz has a reputation for its surf, but Monterey County shores have excellent breaks too—with less of crowd on the waves. Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is among the most popular state parks in California, but you’ll find local hikers at Garland Ranch, Jacks Peak, Toro Park, Pinnacles National Park and of course, Big Sur, which has so many trail miles it would take years to hike them all. Mountain biking on the Fort Ord National Monument offers the chance to race through coast live oaks for hours, and the waters off the Monterey Peninsula are one of the best scuba spots in the world, where kelp forests support a rich array of awe-inspiring marine life.

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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS MC: The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a seamless merger of architecture and

rocky seashore, science and wonder, tourist attraction and conservation hub. Big Sur is one of the Top 10 most visited places in California— period. Anyone who has ever had a deep appreciation for wine knows Carmel Valley and Salinas Valley (aka the Salad Bowl of the World, aka Steinbeck Country). Speaking of whom, “Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light …”

Fisherman’s Wharf is quaint. And the Monterey Fairgrounds is home to a piece of rock ’n’ roll history in the Monterey International Pop Festival.

Add Pinnacles National Park, all things natural and outdoorsy and festival, and you’ve got a place with a magnetic attraction as powerful as any in the state. WR SC: Hello, no-brainer. Santa Cruz’s Beach Boardwalk has been around for more than 110 years—more than three times as long as the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The boardwalk is the Central Coast's most loved vacation spot, ideal for classic rides and deepfried everything. Not a beach person?

The Mystery Spot has you covered, and is sand-free. Many believe the gravitational anomaly to be a magma vortex—when’s the last time you saw that? Others believe that underneath the landmark is an underground spaceship left by intergalactic aliens thousands of years ago. That explains the puzzling variations of gravity, perspective, and height. Even the aliens decided to come to Santa Cruz over Monterey. GJ

TRANSPORTATION MC: With or without the statewide gas tax, Monterey County is investing in its transportation future with countywide Measure X. There are 38 projects set for 2018 and 2040. This includes the paving of the 30-mile Fort Ord Rec Trail and Greenway between Monterey and Marina, an inland alternative to the existing (and stunning) coastal Rec Trail.

Meanwhile, pedestrian- and cyclistforward efforts are improving with better sidewalks and bike paths, especially near schools. Other proposed improvements include widening Highway 101 in Salinas from

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DEFENDING CHAMPIONS While Carmel was choosing Dirty Harry in the ’80s, Santa Cruz was electing one of the first openly gay mayors in the U.S., John Laird. Gary Patton, who served as a Santa Cruz County supervisor from 1975-1995, was a pioneer of environmental advocacy and green policy. Fred Keeley, who served as a county supervisor before being elected to the state assembly, authored the two largest environmental protection bonds in U.S. history. SP

MOVIES AND CELEBRITY SIGHTINGS

SORRY NOT SORRY The Boardwalk is obviously more fun than anything in Monterey County.

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four to six lanes and roundabouts on Highway 68 between Monterey and Salinas—all stuff that will make traffic flow more smoothly, so driving at rush hour doesn’t make you feel like tackling someone. CM SC: Santa Cruz entered elite transportation status in late 2015, when it became gold-certified for cycling, according to the League of American Bicyclists, making it one of only 24 communities in the country holding that honor. The city recently installed a new bike/pedestrian bridge near the San Lorenzo River, completing a four-mile levee system loop, and it’s been painting bike boxes at major intersections. Planners are getting ready to break ground on a segment of the Coastal Rail Trail for

walking and riding. A network of buses spans the far reaches of Santa Cruz County, and for $7, anyone can hop on the Highway 17 Express to get over the hill to San Jose. JP

POWER BROKERS MC: A partial list of Leon Panetta’s accomplishments is enough to make even the toughest linebackers shiver: lifting a ban on women in combat; helping engineer the killing of Osama Bin Laden; designating the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

When Panetta retired in 2013, he returned home to his Carmel Valley walnut farm, and leaves behind a formidable legacy of public service.

When he started his 50-year career in public service, he was expecting

it to be just a two-year stint as a congressional aide in Washington.

Instead he went on to serve as a member of Congress, President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff, and both CIA director and Secretary of Defense under President Barack Obama.

What he’s accomplished (either good or bad) has effects that reverberate far beyond either county. SR SC: It’s all fine and good to claim Leon Panetta because he lived in Monterey County, but also a bit odd since he represented Santa Cruz County, as well. In any case, besides the massive nexus of cultural influence that has come out of UCSC thanks to luminaries like Angela Davis, Santa Cruz has also been a hub of progressive politics for decades.

SC: Two words: Lost Boys. OK, it’s officially called The Lost Boys, so that’s three words. But the 1980s vampire classic—which seems even cooler than it did when it came out 30 years ago—is so closely identified with Santa Cruz that the boardwalk is on the freaking poster. And who can forget other Santa Cruz cult films like Killer Klowns from Outer Space and Andy Kaufman’s Heartbeeps? OK, lots of people! But Santa Cruz County is where Alfred Hitchcock escaped to when he needed to get away from Hollywood, and where the great director found inspiration for films like The Birds (based, it’s said, on a real-life incident in Capitola). We’ve been home to historical Hollywood greats like Beverly Garland and Zasu Pitts, and continue to produce talents like actor Adam Scott and Pixar great Elissa Knight. SP MC: Sorry, Santa Cruz, Monterey County has you beat when it comes to a long history of filmmaking and big stars illuminating the scenery.

The earliest known filming took place in Monterey in 1897, compared to Santa Cruz’s first foray into film in 1915. More than 200 films have been shot in Monterey County, and it’s now home to HBO’s acclaimed Big Little Lies. (And mega-stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern and Shailene Woodley are coming back to film Season 2 in April.) Monterey County has so much rich film history ranging from classics like National Velvet, to thrillers like Play Misty for Me and fun romps like Turner and Hooch, it sustains a small tourism business in

DEFENDING CHAMPIONS Monterey Movie Tours. It’s no Super Bowl, but those movies have had millions of viewers over the years.

Oh, and did we mention that Clint Eastwood—recently observed at the Monterey Jazz Festival and at Whole Foods—was mayor? PM

CANNABIS MC: Recreational marijuana has come to California as of Jan.1, and Monterey County has made its move to supply the region with reefer. Though Santa Cruz enjoys an abundance of dispensaries, we’re catching up faster than a running back can make it down the field. New dispensaries (with medical and recreational offerings) include Emerald Skyways in Salinas and Big Sur Canna+Botanicals—which cultivates its own strains like Key Lime Cookies—in Carmel. But the real green isn’t at the retail level, it’s in greenhouses throughout the Salinas Valley where they’re growing weed in bulk to distribute throughout the state. It’s not impossible to envision the Salinas Valley becoming the kush capital of California in addition to the Salad Bowl of the World. IG

MC: While Santa Cruz staples like The Catalyst, Rio Theatre, Kuumbwa Jazz Center and Moe’s Alley attract and accommodate music that Monterey County can’t, consider something Lou Adler said after Jimi and Janis helped immortalize the Monterey County Fairgrounds after the Monterey Pop Fest in 1967: “Monterey Pop will always belong to Monterey.” The Fairgrounds is also ground zero for the world’s longest continuously running jazz fest and now Cali Roots, the world’s largest reggae-rock festival. The festival scene is like the Superbowl of Monterey County music—the big events that everyone watches. But we also have smaller off-the-beaten path offerings. Big Sur, it turns out, is just as alluring to the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arcade Fire and the Flaming Lips—who’ve all performed there in recent years—as it is to all of the other roadtrippers. AJ SC: The question is never what show to catch this week; the question is what show to go to tonight. Santa Cruz County has music venues for just about every size and niche— with venues like Moe’s Alley, the Catalyst, the Civic, the Crepe Place, the Rio and Kuumbwa Jazz representing only a small sliver of what nightlife has to offer. Over the years, the music scene has produced names like Bassnectar, Devil Makes Three and Camper Van Beethoven. There’s a burgeoning local comedy scene as well, buoyed by free weekly comedy nights on Thursdays at the Blue Lagoon. And before the show, there may be time to catch a D-League game, played by a local Warriors team that boasts four winning records over its five seasons in Santa Cruz. JP Written by: Mark C. Anderson, Marielle Argueza, Ivan Garcia, Pam Marino, Charles Montesa, Sara Rubin, Walter Ryce and David Schmalz for Monterey County Weekly; Maria Grusauskas, Georgia Johnson, Steve Palopoli, Jacob Pierce and Lily Stoicheff for Good Times.

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SC: Evolutionary biologist Mowgli Holmes, Ph.D., recently confirmed something we already knew: that when it comes to cannabis, “Santa Cruz has some of the best breeders in the world.” With a long history of advocacy and as the home of the groundbreaking collective WAMM (Wo/Men’s Alliance for Medical Marijuana), Santa Cruz has been an incubator for cannabis culture, and the compassionate, conscious use and appreciation of the plant.

During the not-so-distant years of the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting, when the DEA was burning huge piles of cannabis up north, the Santa Cruz Mountains provided a safe hiding place for certain prized strains, and a genetic stock that can today be traced in virtually every cannabis cup winner in California. So while your county fills its greenhouses with dollar signs (and subpar product), Santa Cruz is working hard to preserve its values for high quality, boutique cannabis, in the face of greed-fueled commercial monocrops. MG

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SILENT ALL THESE YEARS Marcia Pizzo (left) and Michelle Drexler in Jewel Theatre Company’s production of ‘Silent Sky.’ PHOTO: STEVE DIBARTOLOMEO

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First produced in 2011, Silent Sky was written by prolific American playwright Lauren Gunderson. She structures her play around reallife astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, who had a knack for mathematics and a deep hunger to know the vastness of the world, and the place

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The story begins in Wisconsin, circa 1900, where the Leavitt family resides. Supported by her minister father, Henrietta (a vivid performance by Michelle Drexler) has graduated from Radcliffe. She accepts an offer from Harvard to work as a “computer” (filing and recording data) at the school’s famed observatory—even though it means leaving behind her beloved (if often disapproving) sister, Margaret (Marissa Keltie). “You know I’m just going to get more annoying unless I go,” Henrietta reasons with her.

But her dream job comes with some caveats. The female computers working for observatory director Edward Pickering, called his “harem,” are like glorified secretaries, cataloging the photographic glass plate images from the telescope they are never allowed to touch. Working on their own research projects is forbidden, yet Henrietta loves the camaraderie of her colleagues, the at-first daunting, but fiercely supportive Annie Cannon (played with authority by Marcia Pizzo), and droll Scotswoman Williamina Fleming (Diana Torres Koss, in another entertaining turn).

Despite a hearing disability, Henrietta pioneers a theory in star luminosity as a way to measure its distance from Earth and find out how vast the universe really is. The joy of her discovery (which influenced Edwin Hubble, among others) is weighed against her tentative romance with male colleague, Peter Shaw (an eager Aaron Wilton). Shaw, like sister Margaret—who stays home to marry and raise a family—are the

play’s only fictional characters, introduced to illustrate what these groundbreaking women stand to lose in pursuit of their work.

The production looks terrific.

Scenic and Media Designer Steven Gerlach uses projected images and multiple revolving scrims to great effect, whether suggesting snowfall or ocean waves, and especially when he bathes the stage in revolving star fields. The right side of the stage represents Henrietta’s roots, with its images of family life and Margaret’s piano; the left side is the observatory, decorated with charts and graphs, where the women at their adjoining desks share the excitement of their work, the enormous telescope ever looming in the background.

The elevated upstage bridge between the two is used to highlight key moments in the drama. This is where Henrietta first appears, goddess-like, floating in a vast sea of stars in the play’s breathtaking opening moments.

B. Modern contributes handsome period costumes, the women in suits and skirts as functional as corsets and petticoats will allow. And since all of the women scientists in the play are historical personages, it’s a nice touch that the video playing in the lobby features photographs of the real Henrietta, Annie, and Williamina.

Check it out while pondering this inspiring story of mapping out a life by charting the stars.

The Jewel Theatre Company production of ‘Silent Sky’ plays through Feb. 18 at the Colligan Theater in the Tannery Arts Center. Call 425-7506, or visit jeweltheatre.net.

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EDGE OF MADNESS Local singer-songwriter Taylor Rae performs on Saturday, Feb. 10, at Michael’s on Main, as she prepares to release her new album ‘Mad Twenties.’

After leaving Santa Cruz to make it in L.A., Taylor Rae finds success back in her hometown BY AARON CARNES

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ast year, Taylor Raw was surprised to learn that she’d won a NEXTie. The native Santa Cruz singersongwriter didn’t even know what the NEXTies were. Although she grew up here, she’d been living in L.A. from 2012 to 2016, so she was a little out of the loop.

The most surprising thing about her win was that when she got the call, she was informed she’d won Foodie of the Year, which just confused her. She remembers thinking: “I have no idea what kind of speech I’m going to make.”

A second phone call affirmed she’d actually won Musician of the Year.

It was a clear acknowledgement of the hard work she’d put in to the live music scene in Santa Cruz since moving back from L.A. Some weeks, she was playing five to six nights a week. In 2017, she played more than 150 shows.

All this gigging has been a nice change for her. In the almost four years she was in L.A., she didn’t play a whole lot of shows. She first went to school to study music, then worked with people in the music industry to try to launch a career.

Once she returned home in early 2016, she set that aside and opted to organically build a fanbase in her hometown.

“It was very clear that [L.A.] wasn’t the place for me. I just had a really hard time being a broke musician,” Rae says. “I was like ‘OK, I’m not feeling L.A. I’m going to go back up to Santa Cruz and just become a full-time live player and just focus on my acoustic stuff.’”

Since making that decision, she’s been able to support herself playing music full-time. She plays mostly solo acoustic shows, sometimes as a duo with a keyboardist, and on occasion her band from L.A. will come up to Santa Cruz for bigger gigs. She will perform with the band at Michael’s on Main on Feb. 10.

On the same date, Rae will be

INFO: 8 p.m. Michael’s on Main, 2591 Main St., Soquel. $10/adv, $12/door. 479-9777.

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releasing her new single, the soulful-acoustic “Liquify,” which is off her upcoming album, Mad Twenties. She released the first single off the record, “Morning Fade,” at the beginning of the year.

The song was a departure from her last record, 2014’s Gettin’ High to Stay Low, an Americana-meetsSouthern-country-rock record. For “Morning Fade,” she collaborated with engineer/friend Parker Miller to create a jazzy, ’70s AM pop radio track. According to Rae, it’s got a “Steely Dan vibe.”

The projected release date for the record is early summer. It’s a project three years in the making, with the tracks recorded in Colorado, L.A. and Santa Cruz.

“A lot of musicians are involved,” Rae says. “The way we recorded, it’ll sound a little different stylistically. In a way, they’ll be cohesive. The writing style is similar, which will bring it together.” The title of the new record references the fact that she wrote and recorded the album in the first three years of her 20s, and it reflects “all the highs and lows of them … how they were crazy,” Rae says.

Before she left Santa Cruz in 2012, people knew her around town as a gifted teenage singersongwriter, calling her an “old soul” and wondering how she had insight into the emotional depths she was singing about.

“I feel like I understood that they were deep because other people were reacting that way,” she says of the songs she wrote then, “but I had not experienced any event I was talking about.”

That’s all different now. She sees these songs on her forthcoming album as a clear reflection of her life, and a way for her to process all of the experiences and emotions that she’s been going through, and to try to understand them.

“All of them have meaning to my life. They’re just genuine,” Rae says. “I think once the record is out and done, I can come to a sense of closure and start working on a whole new batch of songs, let my mind open up to next wave.”

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GUIDED ELEPHANT SEAL WALKS Overflowing in their own floppy blubber, elephant seals have a rather unfortunate-looking nose and are quite territorial. After migrating as far as 13,000 miles, they relax at the beach and make farting noises to make sure everyone knows they are there.

Is it a 5,000-pound mammal, or an annoying 5-year-old? Like both, they aren’t as docile as you’d think and are best observed from a distance. Guided walks are around three miles and about 2.5 hours long, with frequent stops.

INFO: Walks begin daily at 8:45 a.m. and continue every 15 minutes through 2:45 p.m. Available through Saturday, March 31. Año Nuevo State Park, 1 New Years Creek Road, Pescadero. 650-8792025. reservecalifornia.com. Vehicle fee is $10, $7 per person. Reservations are also available for a $3.99 reservation fee.

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WEDNESDAY 1/31 ARTS 8 TENS @ 8 SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL The 23rd annual 10-minute play festival is one of the most anticipated and popular events of the theater season in Santa Cruz. Always a sell-out, so get your tickets early. Sixteen awarded short plays, from Actors’ Theatre’s annual international playwriting contest, are performed and directed by some of the best the Santa Cruz theater community has to offer. 8-10 p.m. Center Stage Theater, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. $45/$26.

21ST CENTURY LEARNING: DIALOGUE AND FILM SCREENING Learn about 21st century Learning from Expedition Academy Santa Cruz, enjoy a screening of Most Likely to Succeed followed by a discussion with academy founders Daniel Sommer and Scott Kley Contini. 6 p.m. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. santacruzmah.org. Free.

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Scott Wells is a Santa Cruz favorite. A contact improvisation specialist, he is a two-time winner of the Isadora Duncan Award for Outstanding Choreography and former Santa Cruz native. On Saturday, his company Scott Wells & Dancers presents a 30-minute quartet “Was That Good for You?” with Kathleen Hermsdorf.

The piece is inspired by the 25th anniversary of Wells and Hermesdorf dance partnership, and is an ode to the struggle to make a career out of dance in light of his company’s recent eviction. Wells will be spending a week in residency at Motion Pacific developing an additional two pieces.

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

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Composers are people too—just ask these living, breathing, tax-paying ones! Better yet, check out Cabrillo College’s panel featuring seven local composers, including Susan Alexjander and Philip Collins, who will talk about their pieces and livelihood, and take questions from the audience. The composers will then perform, assisted by the liikes of soprano Sheila Willey (pictured)—which is a way better finale than the one at the less-popular event “Night of the Living Dead Composers,” where the panelists just eat the audience.

INFO: 6 p.m. discussion, 7:30 p.m. show. Cabrillo College Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. 425-3526. newmusicworks.org. General admission $25/$28, senior admission $20/$23, students $10/$13. Tickets at cabrillovapa.com/tickets.

and bulimia. Meets in the church Youth Room, two doors down from the corner of Poplar and Melrose. 10:30-11:30 a.m. Trinity Presbyterian Church, 420 Melrose Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruzoa.org. Free.

BNI NETWORKING MEETING The mission of BNI is to help members increase their business through a structured, positive and professional referral marketing program that enables them to develop meaningful, long-term relationships

with quality business professionals? 8-9:30 a.m. The Abbey Coffee Shop;, 350 Mission St., Santa Cruz. bni.com. $10.

GEEZER GOLFERS OF VALLEY GARDENS You’re invited to join our affable group of senior citizens on Wednesdays. Valley Gardens is a beautiful nine hole, par 31 course. Club membership is optional. 9 a.m. Valley Gardens, 263 Mt. Hermon Road, >33 Scotts Valley. 685- 3829. $20.

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Mandala is celebrating their first year anniversary with a First Friday festivity not to be missed. The lyrical gestures and controlled intoxication of Anika Canton’s work provide the perfect setting for a celebration and the proper inspiration with which to enter a new year. In conjunction with the display of Anika’s artwork, there will be live music, a drum circle, qi gong, tea service and a kava or cacao ceremony!

SCRAP – R. Blitzer Gallery 2801 Mission Street 5–9 pm

The Santa Cruz Recycled Art Program (SCRAP) offers selected artists access to the waste stream at the City’s Resource Recovery Facility on Dimeo Lane with the mission of highlighting our growing landfill problem and culture of waste. After four months of gleaning metal, wood, paper, and just about everything imaginable to make art, the work of the 2018 Artists is exhibited at the Blitzer. Prepare to be inspired and to rethink what you throw away. Ann Allstat, Vicki Assegued, Lucas Elmer & Chris Cravey, Cheryl Moreno, Lynne Todaro, Melody Overstreet and writers, Dina El Dessouky, Lisa Ortiz.

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David Dennis is a freelance photographer, co-founder of Ventana Surfboards & Supplies and a product management director at Microsoft. He has more than 25 years of experience shooting street portraits around the world and uses his photography to raise money for Santa Cruz-based non-profit organizations.

David also manages sales, marketing and business development for Ventana, which strives to be the most environmentally responsible surfboard and surf apparel company on the planet. daviddennisphotos.com ventansurfboards.com

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Allison Garcia’s photography and interview exhibit reveals the realities and experiences of race and racism in Santa Cruz, a county in which only 1.5% of residents are black. A diverse group of community members share their individual perceptions of being black in Santa Cruz and what matters to them. Also showing will be work of printmaker, Melissa West and a powerful mixed-media interactive exhibit by Sara Friedlander entitled Stonewalled at Jerusalem.

Wargin Wines will host 18 of the finest local artists working in oil, pastel and watercolor, offering works in celebration of Valentines Day with special regard to the romance of wine. Come enjoy Wargin’s delicious wine while considering a painting for your special someone or yourself.

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ART TOUR

GALLERIES / February 2nd Agency Blackbirddagger and Ivy Chew 1519 Pacific Ave. shopagencyhome.com 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Mutari Chocolate House & Factory Thom Golia 504A Front St. Mutarichocolate.com 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Ann Baldwin May Art Quilts Ann Baldwin May 1001 Center St. #4 annbaldwinmayartquilts.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Pacific Wave Surf Shop Ethan Powers 1502 Pacific Ave. Pacwave.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Artisans Gallery Hearts for the Arts 1368 Pacific Ave. artisanssantacruz.com 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Pure Pleasure Jen Raynes 111 Cooper St. Purepleasureshop.com 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Bhody Lee Fratto 1526 Pacific Ave. bhody.com 6:00 pm - 8 pm

Resource Center for Nonviolence Black Lives in Santa Cruz: What Matters, Allison Garcia, Melissa West, Sara Friedlander 612 Ocean St. Rcnv.org 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Santa Cruz County Government Center County Government Center Art Exhibit 701 Ocean St. 1st and 5th floors artscouncilsc.org 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Botanic and Luxe F.J. Anderson 701A Front St. botanicandluxe.com 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz Club Members of Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Cruz County 543 Center St. boysandgirlsclub.info 5:00 pm -8:00 pm

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History First Friday 705 Front St. Santacruzmah.org 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Downtown Branch Library Spoken/Unspoken 224 Church St. Santacruzpl.org 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Stripe MEN Akiva Levi 117 Walnut Ave. Stripedesigngroup.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Food Lounge DK Collection 1001 Center St. Suite 1 Scfoodlounge.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Stripe Ellis Hepburn 107 Walnut Ave. Stripedesigngroup.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Luma Yoga and Family Center Courtney Kalinowski 1010 Center St. Lumayoga.com 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The Homeless Garden Project Downtown Store First Friday: Love & Chocolate 110 Cooper St. Suite 100G Homelessgardenproject.org 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Lúpulo Craft Beer House Todd LeJeune 233 Cathcart St. Lupulosc.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Nook Emma Schrank and Bella Everson 1543 Pacific Ave. Suite 215 Thenook.us 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Mandala Holistic Hair and Wellness Studio Anika Canton 107 River St. Mandalastudio107.com 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Village Yoga Sage Marin 1106 Pacific Ave. villageyogasantacruz.com/our-studio 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

WESTSIDE Allterra Solar Russell Powell 207 McPherson St. Suite B Allterrasolar.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm MJA Vineyards Sally Vaughn 328 Ingalls St. Ste. A mjavineyards.com 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Nectar & Be Heart Now Christopher Allen 330 Ingalls St. BeHeartNow.com 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

R. Blitzer Gallery SCRAP-Santa Cruz Recycled Art Project 2801 Mission St. Rblitzergallery.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Stockwell Cellars Anne Green 1100 Fair Ave.. (across the St. from New Leaf Market) Stockwellcellars.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Art Cave Lovebirds 2801 Mission St. Studio #2883 University Business Park facebook.com/TheArtCAve.SC/ 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Loft Salon & Spa Lacey Collins 402 Ingalls St Suite #8 Theloftsantacruz.tumblr.com 5:00 pm - 8:30 pm

MIDTOWN Santa Cruz Art League Spoken & Unspoken 526 Broadway scal.org 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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KSCO TIMES KSCO Celebrates 27 Years Under Zwerling Ownership

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n January 4, 1967, a 15-year-old nerdy Santa Cruz High School student, Michael Zwerling “MZ,” was fired from his weekly half-hour high school radio show on KSCO for making a fart noise on the air. He vowed he would own the station someday.

That day came just over 24 years later on January 31, 1991 when MZ officially became the owner of KSCO AM 1080, and he announced it in an ad in Good Times published that same day.

Here is an excerpt from that ad:

AM 1080 TALK RADIO

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An Open Letter To All Residents Of Santa Cruz County From Michael Zwerling Today, Thursday, January 31, 1991 is a very special day. Today, my life-long dream of becoming the owner of KSCO Radio AM 1080 came true.

KSCO AM 1080 is that radio station in the art deco-style building on Portola Drive. Itís three towers project skyward from Corcoran Lagoon, creating a whopping 10,000-watt signal which can be heard clearly from Santa Rosa to Sacramento and throughout the central valley, as well as the entire Monterey Bay Area. (The station has also been heard from as far away as Canada, Hawaii, and Japan!). It is the only radio station which can be heard clearly and without breakup during the daytime commute over Highway 17.

KSCO AM 1080 was built in 1947 by an extremely talented, dedicated, selftaught local engineer, Vernon Berlin, with the support of the McPherson family, owners of the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper.

Over the years residents of Santa Cruz County have depended on KSCO AM 1080 for vital news and information during local emergencies. If you experienced the floods of 1955 and 1982, or, more recently, the devastating earthquake of October 17, 1989, you know KSCO AM 1080 as a good friend.

Over the years KSCO took advantage of its Monterey Bay Area location, where MZ says there are “more characters per square inch than anywhere else on the planet,” by introducing more and more local hosts with locally-originated, interactive talkback radio programs on virtually any topic you can imagine.

At last count, there were more than 85 local voices who regularly present long- and short-form programming on KSCO, and this number will only grow.

Probably the most popular local personality on KSCO from 1999 through 2014 was MZ’s mother, Kay Zwerling, from whom MZ inherited his love for talk radio.

Kay wrote and delivered 3-5 minute commentaries that would air multiple times throughout the day and night on KSCO. Many but not all of Kay’s commentaries were political and controversial in nature; others shared her experiences and philosophies from her long life, which lasted nine-plus decades and ended on January 3, 2017, more than five years after she published her book, “For KSCO I’m Kay Zwerling” at the age of 90.

THE PRESENT How does one fill a 24-hour, round-the-clock, seven-days-a-week, 365-days-a-year program schedule for a talk radio station with content of interest to the local communities of the Monterey Bay Area?

We started by affiliating with the undisputed worldwide king of talk radio, Rush Limbaugh, whom we carry live each weekday from 9am to 12 noon. Having Rush exclusively in your market in the radio business is like having a McDonald’s franchise in the fast food business; i.e., you are GUARANTEED to have a large audience.

Once Rush was set, it made sense to introduce hosts and topics that would best ADVERTISING

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serve our local communities. Over the last 27 years we have done just that, many times over.

How does one get to be a talk host on KSCO? One of three ways: 1) Purchase the time (This works best if you have a business or profession to promote in a long, interactive form); 2) Arrange for businesses to sponsor you and your show on KSCO; or 3) Make a detailed proposal for a program to our programming department.

Make sure the proposal includes a logical, methodical business plan for both you and the station to generate revenue.

KSCO hosts & programs BROADCAST LIVE AT TIMES LISTED AND AVAILABLE ON DEMAND 24/7 ONLINE

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SPECIAL INTEREST

GOOD MORNING MONTEREY BAY with Rosemary Chalmers & Rick O’Shea

THE CANNABIS CONNECTION with Christopher Carr

Monday - Friday 6-9 AM

Stimulating conversation with professionals, activists, researchers and experts striving to demystify common misconceptions about cannabis. “Our goal is to educate and open a dialogue surrounding the potential that this plant provides to treat ailments but also heal our society from a social and economic standpoint,” explains host Christopher Carr. “ We hope to remedy the negative social stigma surrounding Cannabis.”

Friday 8-9 PM

Rosie and Rick discuss current events as well as local happenings on this upbeat, fun and beloved talk radio show with local news, traffic reports, and weather updates, plus regular segments from a host of local newsmakers and appropriate experts on topics of the day.

FLIGHT 1080 with Pilot Dave Michaels & Various Co-Pilots Monday - Friday 4-7 PM

The flight mission of Dave and his trusty co-pilot Brad is to search the headlines and bring up issues that matter to you. Traffic and weather updates can help avoid dreaded traffic jams from Monterey to San Jose and west of Gilroy. Audience participation is key. Listen online at KSCO.com, download the app on your phone, and tune your radio to 1080 am. In Santa Cruz the FM signal is 104.1, in San Jose it’s 107.9 and in Watsonville, 95.7.

THE DOCTOR FUTURE SHOW with Dr. & Mrs. Future Tuesday 2-4 PM

The always informative and entertaining Doctor and Mrs. Future discuss science, technology, the Internet and THE FUTURE.

THE FOOD CHAIN with Michael Olson

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Saturday 9-10 AM

WHAT’S LEFT with Billy Sunshine & Brad Kava Thursday 2-4 PM

“We are anti-Rush, unabashed liberals who take on local and national issues from the left side of the dial, the side that keeps Santa Cruz weird and thoughtful. We are living proof of freedom of speech on KSCO. We take calls from all sides and try to treat everyone with respect, even if we do melt down on occasion.”

Named California’s Ag News Show of the Year, this what’s-eating-what Food Chain Radio Show brings the people, politics and technologies of food to an audience hungry to know who is putting what in their food. The Food Chain is broadcast from KSCO to a national audience on the GCN Radio Network.

Local host Michael Olson is the author of Ben Franklin Book of the Year “MetroFarm,” a guide to profitable metropolitan agriculture.

FROM THE BOOKSHELF with Gary Shapiro

THE CHARLES FREEDMAN SHOW with Charles Freedman

Monday 7-8 PM

Monday - Friday Noon-2 PM

The finest in thoughtful, conservative talk radio. Charles and his callers discuss serious issues in a lively, literate, and respectful manner. And the best theme music on radio! Be entertained and informed.

Host Gary Shapiro brings you interviews with best-selling authors of fiction and nonfiction, graphic novelists, actors, photographers, and singersongwriters discussing their works. His author/guests are nearly always impressed that he has actually READ their books entirely and thereby tends to ask better questions than most interviewers.

KSCO PRESENTS GEORGIA with Georgia Peach Wednesday & Friday 2 -4 PM

“I believe political correctness is the moral condemnation of anyone who accurately observes reality. I expose information others are afraid to talk about. I am a strong supporter of our Constitution which guarantees all of us Freedom of Speech. I try to sprinkle in a spoonful full of humor.”

KSCO PRESENTS ALEX DARNELL with Alex Darnell

HEALTH AND HAPPINESS with Health Coach Tara Wednesday 1-2 PM

Health Coach Tara shares tips and tools on how to eat and live better.

Topics surround nutrition, preventative care, self care, gratitude, increasing happiness and more! Tara is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and Certified Massage Therapist and her passion is creating wellness through education and inspiration.

Monday 2-4 PM

Some words about my show. It’s eclectic and original with a liberal bent but far from being idealogical, more about what is logical.

IT’S A QUESTION OF BALANCE with Ruth Copland

HUMBLE BRIAN THE GREAT, KSCO RESIDENT GURU with Humble Brian

Ruth Copland balances the intellectual with the creative, exploring whether we have more in common than divides us through thought-provoking conversations. She is out and about with people on the street on different topics, and in the studio with inspiring guests from the arts.

Saturday 8-9 PM

Time varies

Everything around you, including your mind and your body, is constantly changing, and all of life, all forms, all movement, all sound and all silence, are constantly changing, but what you are never changes. You are Eternal.

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VETERANS TAKE CHARGE with Dave Ramos & Justin Baker

KSCO PET RADIO with David Coursey Sunday Noon-2 PM

This new Sunday afternoon program about pets and their people explores pet care, animal rescue, nutrition, products, controversies, and all things pets. Focused on dogs and cats, the show doesn’t ignore birds, reptiles, fish, and other companion animals. Each week, noted veterinarian and naturopath Dr. Joel Wallach joins in to answer listener questions about nutrition’s role in preventing and curing pet ailments.

Sunday 4-6 PM

Dedicated to bringing our country’s warfighters, past, present, and future to you. We share strong stories and tell hard truths while exploring local, national, and international issues that affect our military and civilian families. Two US Army Veterans, a Ranger and a Medic #TakeChargeNow navigate Battlefield America in this high speed, low-drag radio show.

Justin Baker deployed twice to Afghanistan with the 75th Rangers and Dave Ramos deployed twice to Iraq with the 520th Area Support Medical Company.

OFF THE LIP RADIO SHOW with Neil Pearlberg Tuesday 7-8 PM

Just celebrating its 250th show, this program was originally dedicated to surfing and skateboarding in Santa Cruz and beyond. Though hosts Neil Pearlberg and Terry Campion have tried to stick to that theme, the popularity of this laid-back show has seen them joined in the KSCO studio by other fascinating people including world renowned musicians, athletes, and public figures.

HOUR LOCAL SHOW with Neil Pearlberg Wednesday 7-8 PM

There is an abundance of remarkable, interesting people from all walks of life who reside on the Central Coast, and Neil brings them to you. This show provides in-depth interviews of many of these fascinating residents, and the opportunity to call in and join the conversation.

OUT IN SANTA CRUZ with Rob Watson & Bash DeEldon Saturday 7-8 PM

DEAD DOCTORS DON’T LIE with Dr. Joel Wallach & Doug Winfrey

An entertaining romp through the hottest LGBT topics and guests of the week, Rob and Bash engage the audience with what they call “rob and bash— a radio mugging, robbing you of homophobia.” Whether it’s a fascinating guest, a ghost hunt for LGBT spirits, a debate on a controversial issue, or intriguing human interest—they’ll take you there every Saturday night.

Live Broadcast KOMY AM 1340 Monday through Friday 12 Noon to 1 PM; replay on KSCO AM 1080 Monday through Friday 4 AM to 5 AM

PLANET WATCH with Joe Jordan & Rachel Anne Goodman

In his 50-year career, bio-medical pioneer Dr. Joel D. Wallach has researched the effects of individual nutrients on animal health, before becoming a Naturopathic Physician in 1982. He is renowned for groundbreaking research on the health benefits of selenium and other minerals, lectures throughout the world on the therapeutic benefits of vitamins and minerals, and lobbies the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on behalf of the dietary supplement industry.

Sunday 2-3 PM

A new exploration of what’s going down in our part of the universe and what we can do about it: Solutions to big problems facing humanity.

Plus fun tidbits on astronomy, weather, earth and sky phenomena, and “cosmic relief!”

WALK THE TALK with Tavia Avila Thursday 1-2 PM

Walk the Talk is all about people’s dreams and goals and what is holding them back from achieving what they want in life.

SATURDAY SPECIAL with Michael Zwerling Saturday 10 AM-Noon, plus replay Sat Night 10pm to midnight

RAISING THE STANDARDS with Mike Jacobi

The Saturday Special with KSCO owner Michael Zwerling is the driving reason behind the existence of KSCO, which has been called “The Free-est Radio Station In The World.”

Saturday 5-6 PM

MZ realized, after being kicked out of KSCO three or four times over a 24-year period of time, that a) he was unemployable; and b) if he wanted to stop being kicked out of or off of the station he loved, he had better OWN IT—and be in the position HIMSELF to secure his own show for as long as he cares to do it.

For you see, MZ has a terrible singing voice and is not particularly intelligent, so it’s only logical that if he wants to have his own radio show where he can do whatever he wants, and NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOME STUFFY, HUMORLESS SOREHEAD taking his precious ego-trip show away, he MUST CONTINUE TO BE THE OWNER OF KSCO. Translation: You never know what’s going to happen on the Saturday Special with MZ.

THINK LOCAL FIRST Radio Hosts Shaz Roth, Danny Reber, Barbara Mason, Andrea Konrad, Michael Olson

Radio’s finest hour; anywhere. We talk to some of the most talented and interesting people in the WORLD.

PERSPECTIVES with Dr. David Biles Saturday Noon -1 PM

Dr. David Biles and occasional guest host Tom Quinn present local issues, health related topics and awareness raising.

THE MIKE YOUNG REAL ESTATE SHOW with Mike Young Friday 7-8 PM

Discussion of various types of real estate investment.

Saturday 2-3 PM

Interviews of local business owners. Shop the businesses that feature the Think Local First Logo. More of the money you spend there will stay here so you can spend it again, and again, and again. Join our hosts with the owners, managers and employees of the locally-owned business community of Santa Cruz County.

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(Left) Soquel High School Jazz Band At KSCO Studios . (Right) MZ with fifth Beatle Billy Preston circa 1994.

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s wonderful, stimulating, and engaging the last 27 years have been, we believe KSCO’s best years are still ahead!

We have already embraced the amazing new technologies (that we consider “johnny-come-latelies” because we are the ORIGINAL social medium) and will do our best to keep up, and CONTINUE to bring our KSCO brand of independent, INTERACTIVE service to our communities (and hopefully OTHERS).

All of our locally-produced programs will continue to be available on demand through our websites, social media pages, and free mobile apps.

We believe that true, INDEPENDENT, HONEST, interactive media can be harnessed to become a powerful force to reverse the unfortunate, UNPRECEDENTED, and increasingly DIVISIVE political climate that grips our country.

The only things most of us can agree on these days is that healthcare in the U.S. is now ridiculously expensive and ridiculously bad—and that public education in the U.S. is absurdly expensive and absurdly bad.

Government-based public education has FAILED us and corporate-based healthcare and media has FAILED US MISERABLY. It’s up to LOCAL independent media like KSCO, Good Times, and Monterey County Weekly to reverse the disturbing trends that are destroying our country—by NOT losing our journalistic integrity, as most, if not all, of the failing and failed corporate media have done.

Rather than pitting people against each other to “divide and conquer” let’s all work together

using today’s tools of technology, coupled with INTEGRITY to engage in civil discussion to solve our problems and move our country forward.

In the months and years ahead, KSCO plans to launch POSITIVE talk radio programs designed to work out SOLUTIONS to our most pressing societal problems, including but not limited to public education; quality, affordable healthcare; and FINALLY implementing long overdue PROPER CARE FOR OUR VETERANS who gave us the freedoms we enjoy today.

We also plan to implement programs and partner with other independent media to raise revenue for those less fortunate in our communities.

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KSCO welcomes your participation in our live talk radio programs.

Call our Shows Live at 831-479-1080.

Email your comments, suggestions, and inquiries to mz@ksco.com Call our Business Line at 831-475-1080 Visit our unique studios at 2300 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz, CA 95062 Listen to all KSCO shows live or on demand online at KSCO.COM, or ZBSRADIO.COM, or via our free mobile apps (search KSCO in your app store) for all platforms.

Michael L. Zwerling Owner, KSCO NewsTalk AM 1080 Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz-San Jose

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RIVER STREET Michaelangelo Studios Tony Cockrell, S. Fuess, Nina Koocher, Maggie Yee 1111-A River St. Michaelangelogallery.net 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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FREE expert-led walks.

Learn about the birds and bugs, fishes and fungi of the San Lorenzo River.

Apricity Gallery Nuala Leather & Sarah Bianco 1060 River St studio #104 Apricitygallery.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Cosmo Chic Sonia Le 1050 River St Unit 117 Cosmochicsc.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Sponsored by San Lorenzo Valley Water District

Gallery 125 at the Tannery Stilson Snow, Adrienne Momi, Lynne Todaro, Joan Hellenthal, Chris Miroyan, Chela Zabin, Beth Shields 1050 River St. Space #125 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Printmakers at the Tannery PATT 1010 River St Studio 107 pattpress.org/ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Seabreeze Bridal Boutique

Tannery Arts Center Artists of the Tannery 1050 /1060 River St. Tanneryartscenter.org 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

WATSONVILLE Wargin Wines Central Coast Plein Air Painters 11 Hangar Way Warginwines.com 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Dresses for All Sizes, Shapes and Ages of Women Large selection under $1,500 Maggie Sottero, Sottero and Midgley, Stella York, Pronovias and More!

Seabreeze Bridal Boutique THE PERFECT BRIDAL EXPERIENCE

911 Capitola Avenue â&#x20AC;¢ Capitola 831-588-4845 | seabreezebridalboutique.com

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Studio114 Gallery / Shalom Clothing Emma Formato & Ezzie Degiovanni 1050 River St. #114 Shalomclothing.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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Stephanie Schriver Gallery Stephanie Schriver 1050 River St. #122 Stephanieschriver.com 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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interpret dissent FIRST FRIDAY IN FEBRUARY whisper INFORM incite TERRY GROVE secrets voice feelings question express conceal ORATE declare Spoken/Unspoken is a countywide collaboration that brings together eleven art venues across Santa Cruz County under a unifying theme. Find out more at

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R. BLITZER GALLERY SCRAP—Santa Cruz Recycled Art Project • February 2 – February 24 RECEPTION with spoken word event: February 2, 5:00–9:00 pm SANTA CRUZ PUBLIC LIBRARY DOWNTOWN Spoken/Unspoken: Unfinished Business • January 7 – April 8 RECEPTION: February 2, 5:30-8:00 pm SANTA CRUZ ART LEAGUE Spoken/Unspoken: Visual Politics • January 5 – February 4 RECEPTION: February 2, 6:00–8:00 pm MARY PORTER SESNON GALLERY Spoken/Unspoken: Forms of Resistance • February 8 – March 17 RECEPTION: February 8, 5:00–7:00 pm with speakers at 6:00 pm JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 6, 2018 | GOODTIMES.SC | SANTACRUZ.COM

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Spoken/Unspoken: ART AS RESPONSE/ARTIST AS CATALYST February 8 – March 17 RECEPTION: February 8, 5:00–7:00 pm MUSEO EDUARDO CARRILLO Unseen/Seen: Stories into Creativity • February 8 – March 17 ONLINE RECEPTION: February 8, 5:00–7:00 pm RADIUS GALLERY

Terry has recently been revisiting her old passions: Silk Painting and Pique Assiette Mosaic. No matter the medium, Encaustic Painting, Silk Painting or Mosaic, she seeks the same vibrant colors and whimsical images to express herself.

BIT by BIT: Bean Finneran • February 7 – April 8 RECEPTION: February 9, 6:00–8:00 pm

Hosted by Cornucopia Real Estate

SANTA CRUZ MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY Spoken/Unspoken: Stories on Living and Dying December 1, 2017 – March 25

February 2, 5-8 PM

Look for upcoming shows at Cabrillo Gallery, Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center and Pajaro Valley Arts!

This project was made possible through the generosity of a donor-advised grant from the Roy and Frances Rydell Visual Arts Fund at Community Foundation Santa Cruz County.

www.cfscc.org

SANTA CRUZ ART CENTER 1001 CENTER ST, STE 5, DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ

CALENDAR WORLD HARMONY CHORUS The World Harmony Chorus is a community chorus that welcomes participants of all ages and ability levels. There are no auditions nor entrance requirements. 7:15-9:15 p.m.

Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. instantharmony.com.

TOBY GRAY AT REEF/PONO Toby’s music is cool, mellow and smooth, with a repertoire of classic favorites and heartfelt originals.

6:30-9:30 p.m. The Reef Bar and Restaurant, 120 Union St., Santa Cruz. reefbarsantacruz. com. Free.

SATURDAY 2/3-TUESDAY 3/1 OUR COMMUNITY READS Trevor Noah’s New York Times bestseller Born a Crime tells a harrowing story of South African life under apartheid and follows Noah’s journey to “The Daily Show.” The Aptos Library’s “Our Community Reads” program features more than 15 events from film series’ to art shows and book discussions around Noah’s recollection, while including a larger scope of diversity and racial biases in Santa Cruz. If you are interested in talking more about the book, Judy McNeely leads an Aptos Library group discussion on Feb. 8 at 1 p.m. All of the events are free and open to the public.

INFO: Event times, dates and locations vary, check friendsofaptoslibrary.org for listings, email friendsoftheaptoslibrary@fscpl.org, or call 427-7702.

AT THE MONTEREY BAY MARINE SANCTUARY EXPLORATION CENTER Come enjoy weekly preschool adventures at the Sanctuary Exploration Center with ocean-themed book readings, show-and-tell, and crafts. Perfect for kids ages 2-5. 10-11 a.m. Monterey Bay Sanctuary Exploration Center, 35 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. montereybay.noaa.gov. Free.

HEALTH

B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 deficiencies are common, as the vitamin is used up by stress, causing fatigue, depression, anxiety, insomnia and more. Not well absorbed in the gut, B12 injections can be effective in helping to support energy, mood, sleep, immunity, metabolism and stress resilience. Come get a discounted shot from 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com/b12-injections or 515-8699. $15.

B12 HAPPY HOUR Come and get your

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Happy Hour B12 shot. Your body needs B12 to create energy and is not well absorbed from the diet or in capsule form. Everyone can benefit from a B12 shot. After B12 injections many patients feel a natural boost in energy. 3-6 p.m. Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center, 736 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz. 477-1377 or scnmc.com. $29/$17.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Open Mic Night every Wednesday in Capitola Village. Join us at the new Cork and Fork Capitola. All are welcome.

Always free, always fun. Awesome wines by the glass or bottle, Discretion beer on tap, handmade pizzas and great small-plate dishes. 7 p.m. Cork and Fork, 312 Capitola Ave., Capitola. corkandforkcapitola.com. Free.

OPEN WERBECK SINGING EVENT This is Werbeck Singing Workshop, open for beginners and experienced singers alike.

Werbeck singing is an incredibly healing, renewing and confidence building form of singing, often referred to as “Yoga For the Voice.” The meditative exercises help singers at any level to restore and develop your natural resonance, range, and unique sound in a gentle way. 12:30-9 p.m. Center for Spiritual Living, 1818 Felt St., Santa Cruz. 359-1281.

VOLUNTEER SANCTUARY STEWARDS VOLUNTEER TRAINING Want to join our dedicated team of ocean lovers? Become a Sanctuary Steward. Sign up below and attend all four training sessions to volunteer with us.

Whether it’s beach cleanups, community outreach, data entry, or educational programming, the Save Our Shores Stewards program has something for you. 5:30-7 p.m.

The Coastal Watershed Council, 345 Lake Ave., Santa Cruz. saveourshores.org. Free.

DESIGNER TEXTILES FOR CHEAP Come to the Harvey West Park Club House to pick up designer fabric, trims, wallpaper, tiles, carpet and more. It’s yours for a mere donation in support of FabMo. Appointments suggested. 11:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Harvey West Park, 326 Evergreen St., Santa Cruz. 650282-6548. Donation.

POETRY OUT LOUD COUNTY COMPETITIONS Join students from several local high schools as they perform poems to find out who will advance to the state competitions for the National Poetry Out Loud program. POL encourages youth to learn about great poetry through memorization and recitation. This dynamic program helps high school students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, learn about their literary heritage. 6-8 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 423-0900 or poetryoutloud.org. Free.

HEARTS FOR THE ARTS Stop by Artisans Gallery between February 1st and 13th, to view and bid on love inspired art created by local artists, and support arts education in Santa Cruz County. All of the proceeds from the silent auction go to the Arts Council's Arts Education programs. 11 a.m. Artisans Gallery, 1368 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 4238183. Free/Donation.

CLASSES TRIYOGA BASICS/THERAPEUTIC YOGA TriYoga flows are presented with personalized guided alignment assistance.

Everyone is welcome. 7:30-9 p.m. Triyoga Center, 708 Washington St., Santa Cruz. 310589-0600. $15.

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MOM & BABY CONNECTION Nursing Mothers Counsel and Luma Yoga host a weekly Mom & Baby Connection support group. Every family presents their own unique situations and challenges. This is a time to get together with other moms in a group setting to explore and discuss the tips and tricks of successful breastfeeding, and much more. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Luma Yoga and Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz. lumayoga.com. Free.

PHREN-Z LITERARY MAGAZINE READING Join phren-z literary magazine as we present our Winter 2018, Issue 22 live reading at Bookshop Santa Cruz, featuring Jenny Kurzweil, Irene Reti and Sarah Rabkin. Come early for a good seat!

WEEKLY MEDITATION DRUMMING SESSIONS WITH JIM GREINER ON THURSDAYS IN CAPITOLA Percussionist/ Educator Jim Greiner is conducting >34 weekly Meditation Drumming

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LATE FOR THE TRAIN AT DISCRETION BREWING Late for the Train is the folk duo of David Pascoe and Laura Benson, two songwriters and multi-instrumentalists sharing traditional and original music. The pair will carry you on a journey through joyful fiddle tunes and bluegrass riffs to melancholic folk songs, true to the tradition of narrative songwriting and storytelling. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Discretion Brewing, 2703 41st Ave., Suite A, Soquel. discretionbrewing.com. Free.

Refreshments will be served. 7 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. phren-z.org. Free.

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CALENDAR <33 sessions on Thursdays. Join us for tranquil rhythms to calm your inner rules, release stress, ground yourself, and to reinforce positive life rhythms—uplifting patterns of attitude and action. 5-6 p.m.

Breath+Oneness, 708 Capitola Ave., Capitola. 462-3786 or breathandoneness. com. Sliding Scale.

HEALTH B12 HAPPY HOUR B12 helps support energy, mood, sleep, immunity, metabolism and stress resilience. Since B12 is not absorbed well during digestion, and all B vitamins are depleted by stress, most Americans are deficient. Having B12 in the form of an injection bypasses the malabsorption problem, and people often feel an immediate difference. Every Thursday morning, we offer discounted vitamin B12 by walk-in or appointment. 9 a.m.-Noon. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com or 515-8699. $15.

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THE SANTA CRUZ TREMOLOS SINGING GROUP FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S Singing is known to be a good voicestrengthening 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.

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THE PROCESS The Process will be offering original poetry read live over an improvised musical soundscape created with both electronic and acoustic instruments. We live in a metaphor, a world of stories and symbols. Together, in public, let us use our magic to create and open the portal into a new Mythos. Join us in creating The Process.

7-9 p.m. The Ugly Mug, 4640 Soquel Drive, Soquel. cafeugly.com. Free.

OUTDOOR YOUNGER LAGOON RESERVE TOUR Part of the UC Natural Reserve System, Younger Lagoon contains diverse coastal habitat and is home to birds of prey, migrating sea birds, bobcats, and other wildlife. Come learn about the workings of one of California’s rare coastal lagoons. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Seymour Marine Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz. 459-3800 or seymourcenter. ucsc.edu. $6.

SPIRITUAL THURSDAY EVENING MEDITATION Weekly meditation practice in a supportive group setting at the beautiful Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz. We practice Natural Mind meditation, which is the central practice of Dzogchen. Natural Mind assumes that the base of our consciousness is already awake and luminous; meditation allows that awakened state to arise. 6 p.m. Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz, 740 Front St. #155, Santa Cruz. kunsanggarcenter.org. Free.

FRIDAY 2/2 ARTS 8 TENS @ 8 SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL The 23rd annual 10-minute play festival is one of the most anticipated and popular events of the theater season in Santa Cruz. Always a sell-out, so get your tickets early. Sixteen awarded short plays, from Actors’ Theatre’s annual international playwriting contest, are performed and directed by some of the best the Santa Cruz theater community has to offer. 8-10 p.m. Center Stage Theater, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. $45/$26.

AAT PRESENTS ‘FOOTLOOSE THE MUSICAL’ All About Theatres presents Footloose the Musical performed by their youth group ages 10-16. One of the most explosive movie musicals in recent memory bursts onto the live stage with exhilarating results. 7 p.m. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. 3456340 or allabouttheatre.org. $20/$16/$13.

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

LOCAL BY LOCALS Every Friday we’re filling our halls and hearts with live music as well as creating craft cocktails and pouring local wines and beers. All made locally. Come celebrate the goodness created in Santa Cruz. 3-6 p.m. Hotel Paradox, 611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. 425-7100 or hotelparadox.com.

HEALTH VITAMIN B12 FRIDAY Every Friday is B12 Happy Hour at Thrive Natural Medicine. B12 improves energy, memory, mood, immunity,

sleep, metabolism and stress resilience.

Come on down for a discounted shot and start your weekend off right! Walk-ins only.

3-6 p.m. Thrive Natural Medicine, 2840 Park Ave., Soquel. thrivenatmed.com/b12injections or 515-8699. $15.

SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY DEER DANCE CEREMONY Join world-renowned shaman and ceremonial leader Brant Secunda for an evening ceremony and sacred dance. Learn about the Huichol Tribe of Mexico, listen to ancient indigenous chanting, enter the visionary world of Huichol art, and dance your prayers into the altar of Mother Earth.

7-9 p.m. Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 475-9560 or shamanism.com. $15.

SATURDAY 2/3 ARTS SCRUBALL: FIRE & ICE Fire & Ice is the inaugural Winter SCruBall: A benefit gala for The Arts Council Santa Cruz County and The Milo Foundation Animal Sanctuary.

The event will have six stellar local DJs, live art paintings to be made and auctioned during the event and a Ramen Bar! Attire is festive or themed. Event is 21 and up.

8 p.m. Santa Cruz Moose Lodge, 2470 El Rancho Drive, Santa Cruz. facebook.com/ events/192828847964168/. $25.

SCOTT WELLS & DANCERS IN ‘WAS THAT GOOD FOR YOU?’ “Was That Good For You?”, a 30-minute quartet inspired by 25 years in collaboration with dance colleague Kathleen Hermsdorf. Two additional pieces will be shared, created through work Scott will do during a short residency at Motion Pacific with Teen and Adult dancers the week of show. 8 p.m. Motion Pacific, 131 Front St., Santa Cruz.

457-1616 or motionpacific.com. $25.

OUR COMMUNITY READS PRESENTS A CHILDREN’S STORY HOUR The Friends of the Aptos Library hosts a children storytime as part of Our Community Reads, their program designed to bring members of the Santa Cruz County community together around one book. 10-11 a.m. Aptos Branch Library, 7695 Soquel Drive, Aptos. santacruzpl.org. Free.

CLASSES ZEN MEDITATION & DISCUSSION Ocean

Gate Zen Center. Meditation and talk on Zen Buddhism. Every Saturday. All are welcome.

9 a.m. Ocean Gate Zen Center, 920 41st Ave., Suite B, Santa Cruz. 824-7900 or oceangatezen.org. Free.

INTRODUCTORY BELLY DANCE SERIES WITH JANELLE Join Janelle for a six-week introductory series. This series is perfect for those new to belly dance, for dancers new to Salimpour technique and vocabulary, or dancers looking for review of L1 material at a more indepth and slower pace. Each week we will break down a new basic movement as well as introduce dance movement and basic finger cymbal technique and exercises. 10-11:30 a.m.

Desert Dream Dance Company, 1025 Water St., Santa Cruz. janelledance.com. $70/$15.

WORKSHOP: GROWING TOMATOES, PEPPERS AND EGGPLANTS FROM SEED Break into our seed bank and sow a flat of up to 48 different varieties of tomatoes, peppers and eggplants. But first, learn all about how to take these babies from seed to transplant size. Figure out which varieties will grow best in your micro-climate along with all sorts of other tips for successfully growing from seed. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Love Apple Farm, 2317 Vine Hill Road, Santa Cruz.

588-3801 or growbetterveggies.com. $89.

LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX We invite you to join Gina Lepore and Amy Baldwin for a radical approach to sex education. Become an ally for your teenagers as they learn about their sexuality. In this two-class intensive for parents and young teens (ages 11-14, open to all genders + orientations), we will break through the intimidating conversations around sexual health and pleasure. 2 p.m. Luma Yoga and Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz. 3252620, downtownsantacruz.com/event/letstalk-about-sex. $120.

OIL-FREE AND FLAVOR-FULL: DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS PLANT-BASED CUISINE In this class, you will learn the many health advantages of consuming fat in the form of whole, natural, plant-based foods and reducing or eliminating extracted oils from your diet. You will learn a variety of techniques for creating amazingly flavorful foods without relying on unhealthy fats, salt and sugar. Location given upon registration. 1-5 p.m. The Love House.

607-1374 ext. 1. $45.

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FEBRUARY 8 / 7PM SANTA CRUZ CIVIC AUDITORIUM FREE ADMISSION

Celebrate the life and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Kimberlé Crenshaw, professor of law, speaking on “Harriet’s Legacy: Navigating Intersectionality in the Age of Trump.”

UCSC Women’s Club Meeting FEBRUARY 7 / 11:30AM UC SANTA CRUZ ARBORETUM, HORTICULTURE BUILDING II FREE ADMISSION

Astronomy on Tap FEBRUARY 1 / 6:30PM NEW BOHEMIA BREWING CO. FREE ADMISSION

With Daniel Press, executive director of the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS). The UCSC Women’s Club is open to campus and town communities.

Learn about “Planets, Inside and Out” at a happy hour with games, quizzes, and swag! Bring your curiosity, questions, and love for space.

One Night Only Faculty Recital FEBRUARY 5 / 7:30PM UC SANTA CRUZ MUSIC CENTER RECITAL HALL $4–$8/PERSON

Featuring Music Department faculty: Richard Roper and Susan Vollmer with the Monteverdi Brass perform works from the Renaissance; Roy Malan, Vanessa Ruotolo, Emily Sinclair, and Chia-Lin Yang present works by Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich.

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Spoken/Unspoken: Forms of Resistance EXHIBITION OPENING FEBRUARY 8 UC SANTA CRUZ / SESNON GALLERY FREE ADMISSION

A collection of artists and activists engaged with forms of resistance.

Artists include Self Help Graphics, Ruth-Marion Baruch, Laura Kina, the Guerrilla Girls, Hung Liu, Yolanda Lopez, Yoko Ono, Jo Hanson, and others. Through March 17.

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Citrus Workshop for the Home Gardener and Small-Scale Grower FEBRUARY 11 / 9:30AM UC SANTA CRUZ HAY BARN $15-$40/PERSON

ONGOING EVENTS

Community Day FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH UC SANTA CRUZ ARBORETUM & BOTANIC GARDEN FREE ADMISSION

On the first Tuesday of every month, admission is free to the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden.

Learn about the best varieties of citrus for the Monterey Bay region; how to select and prepare a planting site; how to plant; and how to irrigate, fertilize, prune, and control pests and diseases.

Martha Mendoza: Human Trafficking and the Seafood Industry FEBRUARY 13 / 5:30PM KRESGE COLLEGE SEMINAR / ROOM 159 FREE ADMISSION

Pulitzer Prize–winning AP reporter Martha Mendoza (Kresge ‘88) takes you behind the scenes of ongoing investigations of human trafficking—from the discovery of a slave island to tracking boats at sea. Presented by Kresge Media and Society Lecture Series.

Film Screening and TRACTION: Art Talk FEBRUARY 13 / 5:30PM UC SANTA CRUZ / DARC 108 FREE ADMISSION

An Opera of the World by filmmaker Manthia Diawara revolves around a performance of Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera. Interweaving interviews with archival footage, this film is a meditation on the relationship between Europe and Africa. A talk

by Manthia Diawara follows.

Ever Curious: Maryjo Koch and the Art of Scientific Illustration THROUGH MARCH 16 UC SANTA CRUZ ELOISE PICKARD SMITH GALLERY FREE ADMISSION

Local artist Maryjo Koch combines a precise rendering of detail with elements of whimsy, speaking to a reverence and wonder for the natural world.

UPCOMING EVENTS FEBRUARY 23

Maitra Lecture: Nirupama Menon Rao on “Diplomacy and the Feminist Voice” MARCH 7

Climate Policy Lecture MARCH 2–11 / 7:30PM / SUN 3PM

A Raisin in the Sun APRIL 27–29

Alumni Weekend

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34th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation

UC Santa Cruz Disc Golf Tournament

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CALENDAR Naturopathic Medical Center, 736 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz. 477-1377 or scnmc.com. $29/$17.

MUSIC NEW MUSIC WORKS NIGHT OF THE LIVING COMPOSERS “Night of the Living Composers” is the popular annual auditory anthology featuring new works by seven composers of Santa Cruz vintage (both past and present). 7:30 p.m. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Drive., Aptos. 4253526 or newmusicworks.org. $25.

OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY 1/31, THURSDAY 2/1, MONDAY 2/5 INFORMATIONAL LEGAL CANNABIS MEETINGS Want to know more about how the new cannabis laws affect you, and Santa Cruz more largely? Santa Cruz County is hosting three public meetings to discuss legalized cannabis cultivation and manufacturing in Santa Cruz County. The first two meetings are informational presentations with opportunity for questions. The Board meeting, in which County staff will present its suggestions for the county’s new cultivation and manufacturing ordinance, will have a formal public comment section.

INFO: 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 31. Governmental Building, 701 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, 5th Floor Board Chambers. 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1. Felton Community Hall, 6191 Hwy. 9, Felton. 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5. The Board of Supervisors, 701 Ocean St., Room 500, Santa Cruz.

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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 Bonny 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.

GROUPS SATURDAY SHAKESPEARE CLUB The Saturday Shakespeare Club begins a fiveweek examination of “Antony and Cleopatra.”

Sessions last two hours each Saturday and

feature guest speakers and readings of the play. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Drive, Aptos. 462-5767 $10/$2.

PROTECT OUR COAST PROTEST MARCH AND RALLY Join Save Our Shores to fight this proposal by attending the Protect Our Coast Protest March and Rally. The march will leave from Lighthouse Point Park, walk along West Cliff Drive, and arrive at Cowell Beach where the rally will begin. 10 a.m. Lighthouse Point Park, west Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. facebook.com/ events/770251593162505/.

EXPLORING THE SAN LORENZO RIVER The San Lorenzo River watershed is home to birds and bugs, fish and funghi, you and me! Explore the river ecosystem during the second annual Exploring the San Lorenzo River series hosted by the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History and the Coastal Watershed Council. 10 a.m.-Noon.

8500 Hwy. 9, Ben Lomond. 420-6115 or santacruzmuseum.org. Free.

VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER TO FEED THE HUNGRY WITH FOOD NOT BOMBS We need help sharing vegan meals with the hungry every Saturday and Sunday in downtown Santa Cruz: Cooking from Noon-3 p.m, 418 Front St., Santa Cruz. 515-8234. Serving from 4-6 p.m. at the Post Office, 840 Front St., Santa Cruz.

SUNDAY 2/4 ARTS DANCE PARTY NAACP FUNDRAISER We are having a fun night filled with art, a live DJ, live music, great adult beverages. Ages 21 and up. 6-8 p.m. Santa Cruz Food Lounge, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. 400-9463 or facebook.com/events/174531156612708/. $10.

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B12 HAPPY HOUR Come and get your Happy Hour B12 shot. Your body needs B12 to create energy and is not well absorbed from the diet or in capsule form. Everyone can benefit from a B12 shot! After B12 injections many patients feel a natural boost in energy. 10 a.m.-Noon. Santa Cruz

WORKSHOP: BEGINNING CHEESEMAKING Come learn how to make mozzarella, feta and chevre from our master cheese maker. Hands-on class and takeaways too. Noon-4 p.m. Love Apple Farm, 2317 Vine Hill Road, Santa Cruz. 588-3801 or growbetterveggies.com. $99.

TEXTILE ART WORKSHOP In this threehour workshop you will create a unique textile and learn weaving techniques that can be applied to bigger projects. You can create wearable art or make a mini wall hanging, supplies for both options will be available. Relax, chat and have fun while you make something special that will add a pop of color and texture to your space.

No experience required. 1 p.m. Wallflower Boutique, 103 Locust St., Santa Cruz. 3342801 or eventbrite.ca. $50.

INTRODUCTORY SESSION IN THE ART OF COMMUNICATION The purpose of nonviolent communication is to speak and listen in a manner that reduces defensiveness, blame, and subtle demands.

The practice of NVC involves listening past another person’s criticism to hear the needs that they are trying to meet. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Arts Council of Santa Cruz, 1070 River St., Santa Cruz. nvcsantacruz.org. $30/$15.

FAMILY SANGHA MONTHLY MEDITATION Come help create a family meditation cooperative community! Parents will meet in the main room for about 40 minutes of silent meditation, followed by 10-15 minutes of discussion about life and mindful parenting.

Kids will be in a separate volunteer-led room, playing and exploring mindfulness through games and stories. 10:30 a.m.-Noon. Insight Santa Cruz, 740 Front St. #240, Santa Cruz. facebook.com/scfamilysangha. Free.

WORKSHOP SERIES WITH THOMAS FAHEY New Year Mindfulness Workshop Series with Thomas Fahey will meet three consecutive Sundays. This Sunday will cover self defense techniques. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Synergy Dance, 9055 Soquel Drive, Aptos.

661-0235 or synergymoves.com. $50.

FOOD & WINE SUPER BOWL PARTY SCMB is closing early for a private Super Bowl Party. Join us in front of the outdoor big screen or the indoor little screen for football/commercials/ halftime shows. We’ll be playing games, watching games, eating food and drinking beers. 3 p.m. Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery, 402 Ingalls St., Suite 27, Santa Cruz. 4254900 or scmbrew.com. $25.

MUSIC STEADY SUNDAZE REGGAE All -ages reggae in Santa Cruz outside on the patio at the Jerk House with DJ Daddy Spleece and DJ Ay Que Linda plus guest DJs in the mix.

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

Weather permitting. 1:30 p.m. City of Watsonville Nature Center, 30 Harkins SLough Road, Watsonville. santacruz.org. Free.

SCENES FROM A PLAY “Descendants of the Imagination,” a TV series on Santa Cruz Community TV, will hold filmed auditions for a staged reading of two scenes from a play, for a documentary with fiction elements. The play is an absurd coming of age story and characters needed range between the ages of 18 and 40. 5:30-8:30 p.m. The Satellite Flexible Workspace, 325 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruz.thesatellitecenters.com. Free.

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CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI Instructor Suzi Mahler, CMT, NE will guide you through a series of gentle seated yoga postures that are performed slowly and with breath awareness. This wonderfully therapeutic practice will help you increase strength and range of motion. 9:30 a.m. California Grey Bears, 2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz. 234-6791. $5.

1-5 p.m. The Jerk House, 2525 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz. 316-7575. Free.

OUTDOOR

POETRY OPEN MIC A project of the Legendary Collective, the weekly Santa Cruz Word Church poetry open mic is a community of local writers who recognize the power of spoken word. They gather every Monday for a community writing workshop, then host a 15-slot open mic followed by a different featured poet each week. 4 p.m.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. santacruzmah.org.

Free.

CLASSES ADVANCED/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. 6 p.m. International Academy of Dance Santa Cruz. info@ iadance.com. $10.

BOOSTING BEHAVIOR CHANGE: BOREDOM BUSTERS It’s a new year, you’re ready to make positive behavior change.

In this interactive session you’ll learn easy steps to get motivated, and learn about and celebrate Non-Scale Victories. 1-2 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 4261306 or newleaf.com. Free.

TUESDAY 2/6 ARTS FILMING A STAGED READING OF

four-week lecture series is chock-full of ideas and inspiration. Topics include protein-healthy breakfasts, seasonal smart carbohydrates, healthy fats, and nutrientdense vegetables. With Certified Nutrition Consultant Madia Jamgochian. 1-2 p.m.

New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306 or newleaf.com. Free.

LIFE TOOLS FOR MEN

Would you like to be a: • Better partner • Better father • Better friend • Better man

Breakthrough can help!

Many men struggle with relationship issues, loss, self-worth, anger, addictions and isolation. Breakthrough works on the causes behind the challenges that affect all men.

INTRODUCTORY EVENINGS

February 22 • March 8 • March 22 • March 29 • 7-9pm

Breakthrough Men’s Community At the Monterey Coast Preparatory School 125 Bethany Drive, Scotts Valley 831.375.5441 | breakthroughformen.org

FOOD & WINE TACOS AND TRIVIA TUESDAY Did you know we make our own tacos now on Tuesdays? They are seriously bomb. They won’t break the bank and neither will the 20-ounce beer. Don’t be afraid to join us for some trivia. 4-8 p.m. New Bohemia Brewing Company, 1030 41st Ave., Santa Cruz. 350-0253 or nubobrew.com.

GROUPS TRIVIA NIGHT, OUR COMMUNITY READS Our Community Reads, a project of the Friends of the Aptos Library continues its celebration of Born a Crime

by Trevor Noah. Trivia Night is going to be a fun evening for book club buddies and friends to show off their knowledge of facts and trivia from Born a Crime. The emcee for the evening will be Supervisor Zach Friend. RSVP required. 6-8 p.m.

Seascape Golf Club, 610 Clubhouse Drive, Aptos. friendsoftheaptoslibrary@fscpl. org. Free.

Spoken/Unspoken Feb 2 - 28

Opening Reception First Friday–Feb 2, 5-9 pm Artists’ Talk Saturday Feb 17, 12 - 2 pm

Please join us for a special musical event: Fri., Feb 9, 6-8pm A rare opportunity to enjoy Stan Poplin, bass and Cary Nickles, guitar

R. Blitzer Gallery

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CHAIR YOGA Suzi Mahler has been teaching chair yoga to all ages and abilities for more than six years. She has developed a unique style that allows each person to access the benefits of yoga without getting on the floor. 9 a.m. Yoga Center Santa Cruz, 429 Front St., Santa Cruz. 423-6719 or suzimahler.com.

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FULMINANTE Sudden. Tremendous. Explosive. These are the rough English translations for the word fulminante, and the best descriptions for the powerful music behind the local three-piece act that bears the name. They are a melting pot of sound, marinating rock ’n’ roll with a cabinet of flavors from jazz and Latin to surf and even a dash of reggae.

“We don’t want to be pigeonholed,” says bassist Paul “Wolfman” Grimm.

“People always say, ‘Oh, you play upright bass? You must play rockabilly or jazz.’ No, I play music.”

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“It’s important to us because we all grew up with different kinds of music,” agrees drummer Josue Monroy. “I think it’s especially important in our current political culture with so many minority populations feeling ostracized.”

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The result is a bold mix of catchy songs that range from headbangers to romantic melodies that leave you dancing under the moon’s soft glow.

I’ve personally witnessed strangers to the band see them once and leave as their biggest fan. But for those hardcore doubters, the magic can be heard on their debut, 2016 self-titled EP—or wait another week or two for the first single off their debut full-length.

“We’re going to do it in a series of singles first,” explains guitarist Brenda Martinez.

“And then release the whole album.”

While there is no exact date as of yet, Fulminante does have shows at the Appleton Grill on Feb. 1 and at the Crepe Place on Feb. 9. They are also planning their first video, for their single “Torn.” MAT WEIR INFO: 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1. Appleton Grill, 410 Rodriguez St., Watsonville. $10/adv, $15/door. 724-5555.

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LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO Little was known about Ladysmith Black Mambazo in the U.S. prior to 1984, when Paul Simon tapped the South African a cappella group to record with him on his Graceland album, merging his unique storytelling style with world-beat influences. The group was already famous in South Africa, having formed in the ’60s. Their stirring call-and-response vocal style is known as isicathamiya, and was developed by coal miners in South Africa. Since Graceland brought attention to this group, everyone from Stevie Wonder to Sarah McLachlan has asked to work with them. AARON CARNES

trends. Their latest endeavor, Defy, shows the band at full power, changing the music they originally capitalized on while driving it forward to new heights and still remaining solid in the rock scene, covering tracks such as Pink Floyd’s “Money.” MW INFO: 6:30 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $19.50/adv, $23/door. 429-4135.

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ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLE

time folk music enthusiast. As the story goes, her New Jersey childhood home was a hostel for musicians and dancers traveling through the East Coast area during the folk revival of the early 1970s. Ladin picked up her skills from what she described as “constant contact with traditional artists.” As an adult, she has performed solo and with numerous groups, including San Francisco favorite the Stairwell Sisters. On Friday, Ladin and her band, comprising multi-instrumentalists Keith Terry and Erik Pearson, hit the Ugly Mug.

The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble’s bandleader Sir Kahil El Zabar, who has toured with Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, Nina Simone and others, rejoins with Corey Wilkes and Alex Harding for a night of improvised soul straight from the heart. MW

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INFO: 7:30 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $35/gen, $55/gold. 423-8209.

INFO: 7:30 p.m. Michael’s on Main, 2591 Main St., Soquel. $25/adv, $30/door. 479-9777.

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FRIDAY 2/2

Harnessing the spirit of a throwback soul band and the energy of a contemporary, woke Bay Area band, Royal Jelly Jive brings the swing, the funk, the groove and the jive to Moe’s this Friday night. In “Stand Up,” one of the band’s signature tunes, frontwoman Lauren Bjelde urges listeners to stand up for what they believe in and to not “lose sight of the love.”

Backing up the magnetic Bjelde is an ace band featuring horns, accordion, keys and upright bass. The result is

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EVIE LADIN

Since 2009, Orange County’s Of Mice and Men has been on the forefront of the metalcore scene, continuing to mold and change ahead of current

It’s no surprise that Evie Ladin grew up to be a singer-songwriter, banjo player and dancer. Ladin’s parents were a folk dance teacher and an old-

INFO: 7:30 p.m. Ugly Mug, 4640 Soquel Drive, Soquel, $20. 477-1341.

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ROYAL JELLY JIVE

MUSIC

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PAULA WEST

tight, old-school soul steeped in fresh perspectives. Also on the bill: Midtown Social, a California soul, funk, and rock nine-piece. CJ INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $9/adv, $12/door. 479-1854.

SATURDAY 2/3 NAKED BOOTLEGGERS The list of “Band Interests” on local old-timey bluegrass/country ensemble Naked Bootleggers’s Facebook page is exactly what you’d imagine: “Writing music while drinking whiskey,” “choppin’ wood,” “driving trucks,” “making sweet love.” The list goes on. If anything, this speaks to the group’s attachment to not only old school mountain music, but to the simple lifestyle the music celebrates.

And why not—they’re from the Santa Cruz mountains, after all. But while these songs will make you think of the American acoustic music of yesteryear, they have a little bit of a modern spin in the way they filter this through a Santa Cruz lens. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10. 429-6994.

HOOT & HOLLER Hoot and Holler is a roots duo out of Boston that draws inspiration from Roscoe Holcomb, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Townes Van Zandt and the like. Comprising guitarist Mark Kilianski and fiddler Amy Alvey—both singer-songwriters in their own right—the outfit performs traditional American music, including bluegrass and country. Graduates of the Berklee College of Music, Kilianski and Alvey are skillful songsmiths and respectful interpreters of roots songs and styles. Also on the bill: Santa Cruz old-time duo Scythe and Spade. CJ INFO: 8 p.m. Lille Aeske, 13160 Hwy. 9, Boulder Creek. $10-$20. 703-4183.

MONDAY 2/5 JAZZ

PAULA WEST Ranging freely through a century of songs, Paula West is a jazz singer who can transform just about any tune into an incisive investigation of love, loneliness, lust, loss and the rest of the human condition. With her pleasingly dry velvet contralto, she’s honed an uncommonly catholic repertoire that encompasses David Bowie and Irving

Berlin, Bob Dylan and Cole Porter, Oscar Brown Jr., Bobbie Gentry, John Lennon and Rodgers and Hart. Her band features some of the Bay Area’s top accompanists, with drummer Greg Wyser-Pratte, veteran bass master John Wiitala, and pianist Adam Shulman, a UC Santa Cruz grad who’s also worked extensively with bass/composer Marcus Shelby. ANDREW GILBERT INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $28/adv, $33/door. 427-2227.

HIP-HOP

J.I.D. & EARTHGANG Atlanta has been a critical source for hip-hop since the mid-’90s, when Outkast and the Goodie Mob hit an international audience. Rapper J.I.D. and duo EarthGang are two new Atlanta acts you should keep your eyes on. J.I.D. met the members of EarthGang back in 2012, and clicked right away; they’ve contributed to each other’s projects ever since. J.I.D. and EarthGang both carry on the tradition of the classic “dirty South” hip-hop style, with elements of the newer trap sound. But they also bring a little New York-style boom-bap, and weird offbeat flows to the mix. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $15/adv, $18/door. 429-4135.

INFO: 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St., Santa Cruz. $85. 426-6966. WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 9 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the event.

IN THE QUEUE STEVE SMITH & VITAL INFORMATION

Longrunning jazz outfit led by drummer Steve Smith.

Thursday at Kuumbwa PURE ROOTS & EARL ZERO

Santa Cruz reggae favorites.

Friday at Catalyst INCITERS

Local northern soul outfit.

Friday at Crepe Place FLOR DE CAÑA

Santa Cruz-based Latin music septet.

Saturday at Moe’s Alley LEO KOTTKE

Renowned guitarist.

Sunday at Rio Theatre

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AMERICANA

ROOTS

A celebration of the “craziest, flavor bending, once-in-a-lifetime creations from your local brewers, cider makers, distillers, and food artisans,” Twisted Tasting is a not-to-be-missed event for local foodies, craft beverage enthusiasts and fans of Santa Cruz’s thriving artisanal culture. A benefit for the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County, this annual event that runs in conjunction with SF Beer Week promises taste delights and one-ofa-kind creations. This year’s event has a 1970s theme and attendees are encouraged to “think Studio 54 and dress to impress.” Dig?

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Thursday February 1st 8pm $12/15 Grateful Dead Dance Party

CRYPTICAL

w/ Dave Hebert (JGB) & Sunshine Becker (Furthur)

LIVE MUSIC WED

Friday February 2nd 9pm $9/12

ABBOTT SQUARE MARKET 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

ROYAL JELLY JIVE

THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville

Soul & Funk Dance Party

+ MIDTOWN SOCIAL

Saturday February 3rd 9pm $9/12

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

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FRI

2/2

SAT

2/3

SUN

2/4

MON

2/5

TUE

2/6

DJ Monk Earl Free 6:30-9:30p Elis Paprika & the Black Pilgrims 8p Al Frisby 6-8p

A.C. Myles 6-8p

Scott Miller 6-8p

Lloyd Whitely 1p Coyote Slim 6-8p

Dennis Herrera 6-8p

Virgil Thrasher & Aki Kumar & Little Blind Rick Jonny Lawton Duo 6-8p 6-8p

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

Tuesday February 6th 8pm $10/15

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Eliquate, TruthCity & more $15 9p

Comedy Night, 80s Night, Safety Dance Free 8:30p

Mortuous, Fetid, Mortiferum, Dipygus $5 9p

Pan Dulce, Echo the Natives & more $5 9p

The Box (Goth Night) 9p

THE BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

The Eldorado Blues Band Free 8:30p-2a

Little Billy & the Boys 6:30p

Creature Tour Video 9p

Karaoke with Ed Greene 9p

Comedy Night 9p

Free Pool

Hank & Ella & the Fine Country Band Free 8p

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Cruz Patrol 9p-12:15a

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 6p-Close

Karaoke 8p-Close

Thursday February 8th 8:30pm $8/12

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

Shawn Yanez & Company Free 8p

Karaoke Free 8p

Swing Dance $5 5:30p The Get Down Free 8p

Fyre Reggae Free 8p

Expresso, The Crudes Free 8p

Comedy w/ Shwa Free 8p

FAYUCA

SC Jazz Society Free 3:30p Saint Tizdale Free 8p

BRITANNIA ARMS 110 Monterey Ave, Capitola

Alex Lucero & friends 8-11p

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Pure Roots & Earl Zero $8/$10 8:30p

Flamingosis $15/$17 8:30p

J.I.D. & Earthgang $15/$18 8:30p

Dent May $10/$12 8p

Grammy Nominated Group From Nicaragua

LA CUNETA SON MACHIN + SALT PETAL Reggae/Rock & Cumbia With

+ QUIENSAVE Friday February 9th 8:30pm $9/12 Salsa & Latin Dance Party With

BROKEN ENGLISH

Minor Thirds Trio 6:30-9:30p

CATALYST 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Fetty Wap $24/75-$49.50 8p

Of Mice & Men $19.50/$23 6p

CATALYST ATRIUM 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

New Kingston $13/$15 8:30p

Lil Xan $15-$89 8:30p

+ DJ CHILANGO

Saturday February 10th 9pm $25/30 Jamaican Reggae Legend

JUNIOR REID Sunday February 11th 4pm $15/20 Afternoon Blues Series

CHRIS CAIN Sunday February 11th 9pm $10/15 Portland Roots Rocker Returns

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Feb 15th DAVID LUNING BAND Feb 16th THE BLASTERS Feb 17th BRAZILIAN CARNAVAL Feb 18th NORRISMAN + Kava Jah Feb 21st 1 GRASS 2 GRASS, CASCADE CRESCENDO, BLUE SUMMIT Feb 23rd NOMALAKADOJA, SOULWISE, BURNT Feb 24th B-SIDE PLAYERS Feb 25th MELVIN SEALS & JGB Feb 27th WHITNEY ROSE + WHISKEY WEST Mar 1st WATER TOWER + AUSTIN SHAW Mar 2nd ZACH DEPUTY Mar 3rd WARRIOR KING Mar 4th CURTIS SALGADO Mar 9th POORMAN’S WHISKEY Mar 16th JON CLEARY Mar 17th PREZIDENT BROWN + CHEZIDEK Mar 23rd DUMPSTAPHUNK Mar 24th LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES Mar 25th DELLA MAE Apr 5th THE MAIN SQUEEZE Apr 6 th & 7th DON CARLOS

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! thursday 2/1

PRETTIEST EYES w / MANORLADY w / RETURN TO NAGOYA

doors 8:30pm/Show 9pm $8 door

friday 2/2

THE INCITERS w / THE HELLFLOWERS

Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

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

saturday 2/3

THE NAKED BOOTLEGGERS w / HASHKNIFE OUTFIT

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

tuesday 2/6

7 COME 11 Show 9pm $6 Door

wednesday 2/7

KUUMBWA JAZZ HONOR BAND show 7pm $5 door

friday 2/9

van goat w / FULMINANTE

Advance Tickets at www.ticketweb.com

Show 9pm $10 door MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

429-6994

Minor Thirds Trio 7-10p House Night 9p

LIVE MUSIC WED

1/31

CAVA CAPITOLA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

THU

2/1

Mabanza Groove Free 6:30-9:30p

CILANTROS 1934 Main St, Watsonville

Hippo Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

CORK AND FORK 312 Capitola Ave, Capitola

Open Mic Free 7-10p

CREPE PLACE 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Sciene on Tap 7p

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

Highway Buddha $3 7:30p

FRI

2/2

Dave D’Oh Free 7-10p

Wednesday, January 31 • 7:30 pm SAT

2/3

SUN

2/4

MON

2/5

TUE

2/6

The Beach Cowboys Free 7-10p

Bonny June & Bonfire Free 7-10p

Prettiest Eyes, Manorlady, Return to Nagoya $8 9p

The Inciters, The Hellflowers $8/$10 9p

The Naked Bootleggers, Hashknife Outfit $8 9p

Papiba & Friends $5 8:30p

The Messiahs $7 9:30p

Sasha’s Money $7 9:30p

Funk Night ft.

7 Come 11 $6 9p Live Comedy $7 9p

Blue w/ Geoff Alan Free 6-9p

Green Dog Free 6-9p

2703 Late For The Train Free 6:30-8:30p

STEVE SMITH AND VITAL INFORMATION NYC EDITION Led by a legendary drummer and featuring a who’s who of collaborators from his career.

Saturday, February 3 • 7:30 pm

BOOMER HUMOR - “MAKE AMERICA IRATE AGAIN” Tickets: brownpapertickets.com Sunday, February 4 • 7 pm

MYSTIC FOLK & WORLD MUSIC WITH SHIMSHAI & ELIYAHU SILLS Tickets: eventbrite.com Monday, February 5 • 7 pm

DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO South Africa’s beloved a cappella vocal group; spellbinding and uplifting.

AT THE RIO THEATRE Thursday, February 1 • 7 pm

JP The Band Free 7-10p KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

DISCRETION BREWING 41st Ave, Soquel

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Sasha’s Money Free 8p

PAULA WEST One of the Bay Area’s favorite jazz vocalists.

Steve Throop Group Free 8p

Flingo Free 7:30p

KUUMBWA JAZZ 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Roadhouse Karaoke Free 8p Steve Smith & Vital Information $30/$35 7p

Make America Irate Again $25/$35 7:30p

Mystic Folk & World Music w/ Shimshai & Eliyahu Sills $20/24 7p

Paula West $28/$33 7p

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Thursday, February 8 • 7 pm

PAT BIANCHI ORGAN TRIO FEAT. PAUL BOLLENBACK Hammond organ trio with guitarist Bollenback.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Saturday, February 10 • 8 pm

COME FLY WITH ME - THE SONGS OF FRANK SINATRA Tickets: brownpapertickets.com Wednesday, February 14 • 7:30 pm

W W W. TA N N E R YA R T S C E N T E R . O R G

the

Arts Center

Thursday, February 15 • 7 pm

OAKLAND > NOLA All-star ensemble pays homage to two of America’s musical cities: Oakland & New Orleans 1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Friday, February 16 • 7:30 pm

FRED EAGLESMITH DUO Tickets: snazzyproductions.com Saturday, February 17 • 8:30 pm

SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE Tickets: eventbrite.com Sunday, February 18 • 7:30 pm

> SEE > DANCE > CREATE > LEARN > SHOP

JIMMIE DALE GILMORE & DAVE ALVIN Tickets: snazzyproductions.com Monday, February 19 • 7 pm

JULIAN LAGE TRIO Guitar-led trio inspired by the pre-bop era melding of jazz, country and swing..

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Thursday, February 22 • 7 pm

KNOWER Blending contemporary electronic music with jazz and funk sensibility.

Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org Dinner served one hour before Kuumbwa prsented concerts. Premium wines & beer available.

All ages welcome.

1050 RIVER STREET SANTA CRUZ, CA

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

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visit Tannery

TUCK & PATTI A Valentine’s Day tradition with a beloved guitar/vocal duo.

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International Music Hall and Restaurant FINE MEXICAN AND AMERICAN FOOD

FLYNN’S CABARET AND STEAKHOUSE will be presenting its Grand Opening soon!

Farm-to-table, non-GMO with 40% Vegan, Vegetarian menu.

Thu Feb 8

AC/DC Tribute to The Young Brothers $15 adv./$15 door ages 21+ 7:30pm

Sun Feb 11

Ed Gerhard Grammy Award-Winning Acoustic Guitarist

$20 adv./$25 door seated <21 w/parent 7pm Tues Feb 13

Hot Roux Louisiana Swamp Rock

Thu Feb 15

Front Country

Fri Feb 16

$15 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 7:30pm

Forging a sound hell bent on merging the musical past with the future

Thu Feb 22

WED

Sat Feb 24

The China Cats

Presented by (((folkYEAH!))) $15 adv./$18 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm

Lloyd Whitley Free 6p

Al Frisby 1p Mark Hummel Free 6p

Andy Santana w/ Greg Roberts Free 6p

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

Cryptical $12/$15 8p

Royal Jelly Jive & Midtown Social $9/$12 8p

Flor de Caña $9/$12 8p

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

Libation Lab 9:30p-1:30a

Tone Sol 9:30p

Tech Minds 9:30p

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

Astronomy on Tap 6:30p

Luckless Pedestrians Free 7p

Apple City Slough Free 7p

Trivia 8p

Alex Lucero 6p

Dennis Dove 2p

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Toby Gray & Friends 6:30p

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

Ladysmith Black Mambazo $35/$55 7:30p

Moshe Vilozny & Friends 6:30p

Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p

Featured Acoustic Hits 12:30 & 6:30p

Roots Reggae Sensation, Live and Direct

Foreverland Electrifying 14-Piece

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135

Tribute to Michael Jackson

The Mammals – Carrying on

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Fri Mar 9

Zeppelin Live

Presented with Snazzy Productions $30 adv./$30 door seated <21 w/parent 8pm

The Led Zeppelin Concert Experience

$20 adv./$20 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm Thu Mar 15

California Kind

Monster Jam Band Featuring Katie Skene, Pete Sears & Barry Sless

$15 adv./$18 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm Fri Mar 16

Wednesday, January 31 • Ages 16+

FETTY WAP

the work of Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie

Altan - Traditional Irish Band

Locomotive Breath w/Spun Classic Rock and then some!

$20 adv./$20 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm COMIN G RIGH T U P

Sat. Mar. 17 Molly’s Revenge Thu. Mar. 22 Mary Gauthier Fri. Mar. 30 The Joint Chiefs w/Alex Lucero & Live Again Sat. Mar. 31 Aja Vu/Steelin’ Chicago Wed. Apr. 4 R. Carlos Nakai Thu. Apr. 5 Jack Tempchin Fri. Apr. 6 Grampa’s Chili Sat. Apr. 7 Carolyn Sills Combo Wed. Apr. 18 The Do Rights Burlesque Tues. Apr. 24 Black Uhuru Wed. Apr. 25 The Nordic Fiddlers Bloc Thu. Apr. 26 Zepparella Fri. Apr. 27 Mustache Harbor Sat. Apr. 28 The China Cats Sun. Apr. 29 Ken Campbell & Linsey Aitken Tickets Now Online at www.donquixotesmusic.com Rockin'Church Service Every Sunday ELEVATION at 10am-11:15am

2/6

Jonny Fabulous Free 6p La Cuneta Son Machin & Salt Petal $10/$15 8p

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party 9:30p

Hip-Hop w/ DJ Marc 9:30p

Dolce Musica 2p Open Mic 8-11p

Feb 16

Dave Davies of The Kinks 8pm

Wednesday, January 31 • Ages 16+

NEW KINGSTON

plus The Late Ones

Thursday, February 1 • Ages 16+

Mar 3

Of Mice & Men

World Tour 2018 7pm

PURE ROOTS & EARL ZERO

Banff Mountain Film Festival Mar 9

Friday, February 2 • Ages 16+

Saturday, February 3 • Ages 16+

FLAMINGOSIS

plus DJ Taye

Chris Botti 8pm

Monday, February 5 • Ages 16+

Mar 10

Tuesday, February 6 • Ages 16+

Whose Live Anyway? 8pm Apr 7

Jonny Lang 8pm Apr 8

Arlo Guthrie 8pm Apr 20

Art Garfunkel: In Close-Up 2018 8pm Apr 27

The Wailers 8pm May 11

Rufus Wainwright 8pm May 17

“Weird Al” Yankovic with Special Guest Emo Philips 8pm

For Tickets www.GoldenStateTheatre.com 831-649-1070

Featured Acoustic Hits 12:30 & 6:30p Leo Kottke $28.75/$39.25 8p

Big Youth

Thu Mar 8

Broken Shades Free 6p

TUE

‘Geeks Who Drink’ Trivia Night 8p

Powerhouse Grateful Dead Tribute

Presented with Snazzy Productions $15 adv./$15 door seated <21 w/parent 7:30pm

2/5

Open Mic 4 -7p

$25 adv./$25 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm Tue Mar 6

MON

Cement Ship Free 10p-12a

$20 adv./$25 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm Sat Mar 3

2/4

Rob Vye Free 6p

$15 adv./$18 door Dance – ages 21+ 9pm Thu Mar 1

SUN

Virgil Thrasher & Blind Rick Free 6p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

Langhorne Slim

2/3

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

$20 adv./$25 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm

Fri Feb 23

SAT

Grateful Sundays Free 5:30p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

$35 adv./$35 door seated <21 w/parent 7:30pm

2/2

The Puffball Collective $10 8p

Pride & Joy

CD Release “Folk Hotel”

FRI

Green Dog Free 5p Locomotive Breath $10/$12 8p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

Tom Russell

2/1

The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble $25/$30 7:30p

Live Acoustic + Electronic Dance Music Featuring Live Horns, Guitar and MCs Legendary Bay Area R&B Band

THU

Lauren Wahl & Simply Put $7/$10 7:30p

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Saqi + KR3TURE + Driftr

1/31

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

$12 adv./$12 door Dance – ages 21+ 7:30pm

$12 adv./$15 door Dance – ages 21+ 9:00pm Sat Feb 17

LIVE MUSIC

J.I.D. & EARTHGANG

DENT MAY

plus Moon King

Feb 8 The Expendables (Ages 16+) Feb 9 & 10 Tribal Seeds (Ages 16+) Feb 11 J Boog/ Jesse Royal (Ages 16+) Feb 12 Mike Gordon (Ages 16+) Feb 17 Dr. Octagon (Ages 16+) Feb 18 Mø & Cashmere Cat (Ages 16+) Feb 20 Datsik/ Space Jesus (Ages 18+) Feb 22 Shooter Jennings (Ages 16+) Feb 23 The Frights (Ages 16+) Feb 24 Hari Kondabolu (Ages 16+) Feb 25 Ty Dolla $ign (Ages 16+) Feb 26 Gogol Bordello (Ages 16+) Mar 2 Yung Pinch (Ages 16+) Mar 4 Molotov (Ages 21+) Mar 9 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Mar 10 Shoreline Mafia (Ages 16+) Mar 11 The Psychedlic Furs (Ages 16+) Mar 20 Flogging Molly (Ages 21+) Mar 30 Minnesota (Ages 18+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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

www.catalystclub.com

Audition Night 6:30p

African Music Adama & Mabanza 6:30p

LIVE MUSIC WED ROSIE MCCANN’S 1220 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

1/31

THU

2/1

FRI

2/2

SAT

2/3

SUN

2/4

MON

2/5

Comedy Night 9p

TUE

2/6

Open Mic 7:30p

THE SAND BAR 211 Esplanade, Capitola

Live Again 8p-12a

Touchd’ Too Much 8p-12a

Dennis Dove Open Jam 7-11p

Alex Lucero 7-11p

Chuck Brodsky $20/$23

Open Mic w/ Steven David 5:30p

Craft Night w/ DJ Springtime 6-9p

SANDERLINGS 1 Seascape Resort, Aptos SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright, Santa Cruz

Evan Thomas Blues Band 6:30p

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

Don McCaslin & the Amazing Jazz Geezers 6-9:30p

Harpin Johnny & the Groovehounds 7:30-11:30p

Kaye Bohler Band 8-11:30p

SHADOWBROOK 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

Ken Constable 6:30-9:30p

Joe Ferrara 6:30-10p

Claudio Melega 7-10p

SUSHI GARDEN S.V. 5600 Scotts Valley Dr. Scotts Valley

AJ Lee & Jesse Fichman 5:30p

Toby Gray 5:30p

Dave Muldawer 5:30p

UGLY MUG 4640 Soquel Ave, Soquel

Evie Ladin Band $20 7:30p

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

Steve Abrams 6-9p Ziggy Tarr 6-8p

Willy Bacon 7:30-8:30p

ZELDA’S 203 Esplanade, Capitola

Ziggy Tarr 7-9p

Ziggy Tarr 7-9p

Fire Peach 9:30p

The Joint Chiefs 9:30p

BRITANNIA ARMS IN CAPITOLA 110 Monterey Avenue, Capitola Village

Valentine’s Day reservations open tomorrow morning!

Free and open to everyone registration starts at 6pm

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

LOCATED ON THE BEACH

Amazing waterfront deck views.

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

See live music grid for this week’s bands.

To guarantee a time slot, please pre-register at

STAND-UP COMEDY

831.688.8435 mars-studios.com

Three live comedians every Sunday night.

HAPPY HOUR

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

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

MUSIC ARTS

RECORDING STUDIO

Guitar Works

Wed. Lauren Wahl & Simply Put Jan 31 7:30 Lauren of Flypaper Blues & Bluetail Flies $7 adv./$10 door seated <21 w/parent Thu The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble Feb 1 Chicago Improvised Soul Greats 7:30 $25 adv./$30 door seated <21 w/parent Fri Green Dog Feb 2 HAPPY HOUR 5:00 NO COVER Fri Locomotive Breath Feb 2 Songs of Tull, Floyd, Who, Cream, 8:00 Zeppelin, Stones, Doors $10 adv./$12 door dance ages 21 + Sat The Puffball Collective Feb 3 8:00 Non-stop, spirit raising dance $10 adv./$10 dance ages 21 + Sun Grateful Sunday Feb 4 Grateful Dead Tunes 5:30 NO COVER

COMING UP Ménage Scott Cooper & The Barrelmakers Jazz The Dog HAPPY HOUR Grampa’s Chili plus Levi Jack KPIG Valenswine Lovefest Taylor Rae plus Jesse Daniel Thu Feb 15 Open the Door for Three High-octane Irish Trio Wed Feb 7 Thu Feb 8 Fri Feb 9 Fri Feb 9 Sat Feb 10

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Full Concert Calendar : MichaelsonMainMusic.com

2591 Main St, Soquel, CA 95073

FEB 04 Leo Kottke FEB 09 Bruce Cockburn FEB 10 A Valentine for Wallace Baine FEB 14 Laura Love Duo FEB 17 Caravan of Glam FEB 20 Beatles vs Stones FEB 22-25 Banff Mountain Film Festival FEB 26 Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton FEB 27 David Rawlings FEB 28 Miles Electric Band MAR 03 MAR 05 MAR 09 MAR 10 MAR 13

Journey Unauthorized Squirrel Nut Zippers Film: Dirtbag Rob Bell 2018 Gail Rich Awards

APR 06 APR 07 APR 12 APR 14 APR 17 APR 18 APR 20

Anthony Jeselnik Al Jardine Jon Foreman Postmodern Jukebox Dixie Dregs Los Lonely Boys House of Floyd

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7-10pm Starting February 13th

Ziggy Tarr 11a-1p

Upcoming Shows

JAN 31 Ladysmith Black Mambazo

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FILM excellent documentary shows how engagement, activism and a keen sense of moral outrage can foil the best-laid plans of rats and politicians. In 1950s New York City, the Utopian, post-war urban planning of neighborhood-killing high-rises is opposed by Jane Jacobs, journalist and architectural critic, who believes life lived out on the streets and the stoops of old buildings creates community. Their showdown becomes a fascinating “battle for the soul of the city.”

WIND RIVER The consequences of violence—on victims, families and friends—is rarely portrayed with this much somber eloquence.

Thoughtful, infuriating and heartbreaking, this searing, expertly-told tale of crime and punishment on a Wyoming Indian reservation leaves you breathless. In his second feature, director Taylor Sheridan combines swift and cogent storytelling with an impressive sense of visual composition.

FLYING COLORS Saoirse Ronan plays a Sacramento high-school senior in Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird.’

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(inter-species) and the solidarity of the oppressed against the oppressor.

For my money, it’s the onscreen love story of the year.

THE SHAPE OF WATER OK, I’m right in step with the Academy on this one, Guillermo del Toro’s perverse fantasia on forbidden romance

THEIR FINEST Set in 1940 London, during the Blitz, Lone Scherfig’s smart, entertaining, femme-centric movie follows a film crew trying to

FRANTZ French filmmaker Francois Ozon revisits the complex aftermath of WWI in this moody, engrossing tone-poem on love, loss, and absolution. With a disturbingly timely theme about the wages of nationalism, this haunting, immersive movie features the compelling Pierre Niney as a mysterious young Frenchman who shows up in a small German town grieving for its war dead.

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complete a morale-boosting epic to help the war effort. The mood is witty, urbane, and irreverent.

Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy head a marvelous cast in a movie that consistently engages with its wit, skill and heartfelt emotion.

THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS Dan Stevens is great as Charles Dickens, who, beset by financial worries, sets out to write and publish A Christmas Carol in only six weeks. Dry facts are transformed into delicious fiction by scriptwriter Susan Coyne, who combines Dickens’ real life with the volatility of his imagination, as his impudent characters haunt him like ghosts.

Hugely entertaining.

CITIZEN JANE Matt Tyrnauer’s

LADY BIRD Writer-director Greta Gerwig delivers a wry, warmhearted portrait of family, home, and dreams in modern America.

The family is not dysfunctional in any clichéd movie comedy way, but Gerwig captures the gulf of potential calamity in the fractious relationship between a Sacramento high-school senior (Saoirse Ronan) and her loving but harried mom (Laurie Metcalf).

BATTLE OF THE SEXES Emma Stone is terrific as Billie Jean King, and Steve Carell plays Bobby Riggs with gleeful gusto. The media frenzy around their 1973 match becomes this thoughtful, entertaining movie about gender, identity, politics, and celebrity, at a pivotal cultural moment in American history. Directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton (Little Miss Sunshine).

LADY MACBETH As a woman so completely warped by a monstrous society that she becomes a monster herself, Florence Pugh delivers a chilling gemstone of a performance in this Victorian-era tale of female suppression, sexual awakening, and revenge. Not a movie to love, but a grueling and profound psychological thriller.

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WINCHESTER I’m kind of obsessed with the Winchester Mystery House, but what’s great about it is that it’s got this spooky reputation … and then you go there, and it’s pretty much the least scary house you’ve ever been in. A staircase leads to a wall! Oh no, what terrifying crappy design!

I know I’m making it sound like a waste of time, but it’s not at all—as a historical artifact, it is endlessly fascinating. The story of how Sarah Winchester had people literally working day and night to build it that way, in the hopes of keeping out the angry spirits of people killed by the guns on which her family fortune was made, is the stuff of Great American Myth. I don’t know if I’m crazy about the direction the writer-directors took it in (judging from the trailers, the ghosts are real), but the fact that they got Helen Mirren to play the Winchester heiress means I am definitely on board. Written and directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig. Co-starring Jason Clarke and Sarah Snook. (PG-13) 99 minutes. (SP)

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

NOW PLAYING 12 STRONG Based on Dough Stanton’s nonfiction book Horse Soldiers, this war drama follows a group of soldiers sent to Afghanistan to destabilize the Taliban after 9/11. Guess how many soldiers there are? Wrong!

12. Directed by Nicolai Fuglsig.

Starring Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Pena, and nine other guys. (R) 130 minutes.

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Scripted by the great James Ivory (veteran director of classics like A Room With a View and

Howard’s End), from a 2007 novel by Italian-American writer André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name follows the relationship between the 17-year-old son of a globe-trotting academic, and the 24-year-old American grad student hired as his father’s research assistant. Evolving over six weeks of a hot, lazy, Italian summer in 1983, the story explores physical attraction, yearning, and romantic attachment in ways viewers of all sexual orientations can understand. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, and Michael Stuhlbarg. (R) 132 minutes. (LJ) THE COMMUTER Liam Neeson drives too fast on Highway 17, except when it rains and he drives three miles an hour and makes everybody crazy. Well, that’s what he would do if he were a real commuter, but apparently he just plays one in this action movie about a businessman who gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy on his drive home. Don’t forget to check your phone a lot to see how the conspiracy’s going, Liam!

Other drivers love that! Jaume Collet-Serra directs. Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson co-star. (PG-13) 104 minutes.

DARKEST HOUR Just a few years ago, Hollywood trade mags were asking “What’s wrong with Gary Oldman?” after he gave a rambling, profanity-laced interview to Playboy magazine in which he defended Mel Gibson’s anti-semitism and whined about Obama’s supposedly terrible presidency. He then went on the expected apology tour, and here he is playing Winston Churchill in an Oscar-bit World War II movie. Take note, crazy-saying Matt Damon! Luckily, perhaps, avowed libertarian Oldman is unrecognizable in makeup as celebrated reformist Churchill, as director Joe Wright traces the critical decisions Churchill made immediately upon becoming prime minister, ending Britain’s strategy of Nazi appeasement and taking a stand against Hitler. Kristin Scott

Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn and Lily James co-star. (PG-13) 127 minutes.

DEN OF THIEVES Are there enough C-level action movies in the world to keep Gerard Butler working in Hollywood until he can collect Social Security? Yes, says the new film Den of Thieves! In this one, the best bank robbers in L.A. have to fight the best cops in L.A. That is seriously the plot. I totally thought of this movie when I was 6 years old; the only difference is that I phrased it something like “and then the super-duperpowerful bad men fight the superduper strongest good guys.” Oh, and no one gave me millions of dollars to make it. Directed by Christian Gudegast. Co-starring Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackon, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Dawn Olivieri. (R) 140 minutes. (SP) HOSTILES Christian Bale plays a U.S. Cavalry captain who escorts a Cheyenne war chief and his family from New Mexico to Montana.

Directed by Scott Cooper. Costarring Rosamund Pike and Wes Studi. (R) 134 minutes. (SP) I, TONYA Craig Gillespie directs this often raucously entertaining fact-based fiction film that purports to be a documentary detailing the tragi-comic incidents of Tonya Harding's early life and public career. The story is told from a variety of perspectives as the plucky competitor who was the first American woman ever to stick a triple axel in competition evolves into the most reviled woman in the world. Along the way, they generate a surprising amount of sympathy for the human being at the center of all that notoriety. Co-starring Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, and Caitlin Carver. (R) 119 minutes. (LJ) LADY BIRD With Lady Bird, writerdirector Greta Gerwig delivers a wry but warm-hearted portrait of family, home, and dreams in modern America. The family in question is not dysfunctional in any clichéd movie comedy way, but Gerwig captures the gulf of potential calamity in the fractious relationship between a high-school

senior (Saoirse Ronan) and her loving, but harried mom (Laurie Metcalf). As in most motherdaughter relationships, one false move or the wrong word might set either one of them off as they try to navigate the minefield of what they think or feel, and their ability (or not) to express it. Odeya Rush and Jake McDorman co-star. (R) 93 minutes.

MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE I know you’ve been spending an unhealthy amount of time every day wondering “When in the actual hell is that third Maze Runner movie gonna get here? I can’t take all this waiting! Aaaaaaahhhhhhh!”

What, you haven’t? Huh. That’s weird. Anyway, it’s here. Directed

by Wes Ball. Starring Rosa Salazar, Dylan O’Brien, and Thomas BrodieSangster. (PG-13) 142 minutes.

(SP) PADDINGTON 2 People seemed to like the 2014 adaptation of the popular children’s book, so you better believe there’s a sequel! At the center of the story once again is the (mostly) CGI bear, who can talk and live with humans. This time, he gets to solve a mystery— finally, something realistic! I was beginning to feel like bears were being misrepresented by this series. Directed by Paul King.

Starring Ben Whishaw, Hugh Grant and Hugh Bonneville. (PG) 103 minutes.

PHANTOM THREAD Paul Thomas Anderson presents a look at the ritzy, exclusive world of international haute couture, grafted onto a battle-of-the-sexes melodrama about a cranky artiste and his stubborn muse struggling for control of their fractious relationship. There are moments of intrigue and interest — mostly in the pleasure of watching star Daniel Day-Lewis act — but Anderson never stitches all the pieces into a seamless whole.

Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Brian Gleeson and Vicky Krieps. (R) 130 minutes. (LJ) PITCH PERFECT 3 Considering they won the a capella world championship in Pitch Perfect 2,

what is there left for the Bellas to do? According to this movie, go on a USO tour. Trish Sie directs.

Rebel Wilson, Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp and JOhn Lithgow co-star. (PG-13) 93 minutes.

THE SHAPE OF WATER You could call it Beauty and the Beast meets The Creature From the Black Lagoon, but that doesn't suggest the profound emotional pull and dramatic resonance of this bewitching new movie from Guillermo del Toro. Sally Hawkins is marvelous as a mute, spinsterish woman mopping floors at a secret, Cold War-era government research facility, who bonds with a captive amphibious man (soulful Doug Jones) — a sentient being capable of intelligence and compassion. In small deft strokes, theirs becomes one of the most compelling, fanciful, and satisfying love stories of the year — in the name of diversity, tolerance, and the right to fall in love with whoever you choose. Del Toro's sheer joy of filmmaking is contagious in this evocative modern fairy-tale. Michael Shannon and Richard Jenkins costar. (R) 123 minutes. (LJ) THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Frances McDormand is superb as a middleaged mother with a spectacularly vulgar mouth, a fearless takeno-prisoners attitude, and a relentless drive to see justice done after the unsolved murder of her teenage daughter. Another actress might chomp on the scenery with extra relish and hot sauce, but McDormand plays her small and close, with her volatility —and vulnerability—boiling at the surface. Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell are also great in this layered and complex morality play from playwright-filmmaker Martin McDonagh (In Bruges) — once again mixing raucously funny dialogue and irreverent observation of human nature with an uncompromising sense of morality. Directed by McDonagh.

Co-starring Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish and Peter Dinklage. (R) 115 minutes. (LJ)

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Belize—you get the picture. Think Anthony Bourdain perpetually attached to a shot glass. For nearly two decades Vogler worked at top Bay Area venues before opening his own trendsetting restaurants.

Why am I telling you about this double-distilled fortune hunter?

(Poetically speaking). Because global spirit chaser Vogler is coming to town next Thursday, Feb. 8 for an event sponsored by Bookshop Santa Cruz and held offsite at Venus Spirits Distillery. That got your attention, didn’t it?

Vogler is nothing if not passionate about tracking down

spirits—mezcal, rum, single malt—to their agricultural roots, and stocks his restaurant bars exclusively with little-known, small-batch selections drenched with a strong sense of history and place. For example at Trou Normand, patrons can sample myriad artisanal cognacs and calvados—many made from named and handpicked barrels in France, paired with a menu of exotic craft meats. Bar Agricole, the contemporary tavern long on industrial chic and farmhouse distilling, was the south-of-Market venture that launched Vogler’s

rapidly expanding reputation.

Essentially he has taken the small, local, handmade concepts and fused them with authentic liquors of far-flung regions. If you shun box store products and industrial labels such as Seagrams, Smirnoff and Bacardi, and if you’re devoted to local and seasonal, then Thad Vogler is speaking to you. He’s doing for booze what Alice Waters did for food. So what he’ll be doing at our very own handmade artisanal distillery (thank you Sean Venus!) is sharing his many drinking tales from years of road trips, as well as sipping and analyzing some of Venus’ greatest hits—with you, the intrigued mixophiliac—perhaps? But here’s the real reason Vogler will be with us on Feb. 8: By the Smoke and the Smell: My Search for the Rare & Sublime on the Spirits Trail. That’s the name of Vogler’s new book that takes readers on the road to meet the fantastic and obsessed artisans who produce handmade spirits, from the mountains of Mexico to the wilds of Scotland. Join me next Thursday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. at this free event at Venus Spirits, 427 Swift St., Ste. A. Plan to get there early, and stay for the reading and discussion which will end at 7 p.m.

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It’s more dynamic. You can taste the origin. I compare it to winemaking.

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ork and Fork is a new-ish wine bar located smack in the center of the action in Capitola Village. Owner Cathy Bentley says she couldn’t be happier.

“It’s a dream come true,” she says, of setting up shop in a prime spot that is nonstop busy.

My husband and I spent a pleasant evening tasting several wines and munching on tasty bites that Bentley prepares, such as cheese and crackers, handmade pizzas, and mozzarella-stuffed turkey meatballs (Wednesdays only). Bentley also runs specials during the week; including the very popular Bubbles and Babes Girls Night Out on Thursdays.

We enjoyed a bottle of Red-on-Red wine made by Drytown Cellars (about $25). Based in Plymouth in beautiful Amador County, Drytown Cellars is known for its good wines at reasonable prices. If you visit the winery, you can buy this Red-on-Red Zinfandel blend for about $10, and, given the price, you won’t be disappointed. It’s a hefty mouthful of red table wine that’s better than most. It won Best of Class of Region (95 points) at the California State Fair last year.

Bentley is constantly changing her wine list—and although the focus

is not entirely on local wines, she carries several. An outdoor patio is an opportune place for watching the world go by, and you can cozy up under blankets that Bentley keeps for cool days. It’s also a dog-friendly place— very important for those who want to take Fido on a wine-tasting trip.

If you happen to be in Amador on March 3 and 4, a county-wide wine event will be held, called Behind the Cellar Door. Might be worth going for the weekend.

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H RISA’S STARS BY RISA D’ANGELES CANDLEMAS, A FIRE FESTIVAL

February has a rhythm of festivals, with the purpose of uplifting humanity from the darkness of winter, to the hope for Spring.

Feb. 1 and 2 (Thursday and Friday) are St. Brigid’s Days (Imbolc, Gaelic festival). We bake multigrain breads and weave crosses of wheat or oat stalks. The crosses, hung in our homes, protect from fires and lightning. We make corn dollies from dried (soaked in water) corn sheaves, offering the dollies as gifts.

Friday is Candlemas Day and Groundhog Day (does the groundhog return to his burrow or see his “shadow”? Candlemas is significant astronomically and spiritually. As a crossquarter day, Candlemas marks the moment in time (day and night) between winter solstice and spring equinox. Like a spring festival of preparation, we turn over the soil, prepare it bio-dynamically, sort seeds and bless their lifeforce, thus securing our future food supply. The Light is returning. We feel hope. It is also called

Imbolc (Celtic festival).

In the Catholic Church, Candlemas, 40 days after Christmas, marks the end of Epiphany.

On this day, the holy child and Mary are presented in the Temple. Mary is bathed (purified in a ritual‚ mikvah, bath of sea/salt water) and the holy child (Jesus) is recognized as the promised and long awaited One—the “Light of the world.” We, too, bathe ourselves in salt and sea water. Dedicating ourselves to also be the “Light of the world” for thirsty humanity (Aquarian task).

Candlemas, a fire festival, celebrating the Sun’s rising light, the sap rising (fires) in the plant kingdom. At Mass, beeswax candles are blessed, to be used throughout the year for light and protection. These rituals anchor into our thoughts and our world the “Light of Life itself.”

Rituals connect us to Earth and to the Heavens.

We come into balance during these days.

ARIES Mar21–Apr20

LIBRA Sep23–Oct22

Slowly over the next many years, so much that is within you, often unknown and unheeded, will surface. So much has been forgotten. When remembered they become “found objects” of self, awaiting the right time and season to emerge. Memories will surface in dreams, symbols, amulets and talismans. As the mystery of yourself is revealed, unseen worlds will be seen. Faith and trust and hope are your guides.

A new authenticity will come forth from within and your lifestyle will change. Forgiveness will begin, then continue. Forgiving the self first, is good. What (whom) do you think needs forgiving? Commune with all with one heart. Then the cosmic magnet will breathe through you.

Let your daily routines focus on creating and sustaining vibrant health. Become very careful and caring with health. Let direct communion in the heart lead the way.

Then you distribute the holy fragrance of life itself.

Esoteric Astrology as news for week of Jan. 31, 2018

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TAURUS Apr21–May21 In the coming times, you will be needed by a wider group of like-minded, socially conscious, and spiritually aware people. You will all be artistic, creative and quite unusual.

You will be create, build and form a community that is the template for the new culture and civilization. You have sought to create this. Continue to imagine it. First the storm, then thunder, then the Voice of the Silence.

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Should you feel uncertain about your work in the world, know that this is part of the fire’s function, attempting to refine you into the new ways of being, centering you in the heart. The heart needs stillness and silence. Fiery ways slowly undermine the idea that you can act like everyone else. You can’t. What you’re left with is your imagination. What do you imagine your future to be?

CANCER Jun21–Jul20 Inspired and immersed in the chambers of the subtle heart … you touch a cosmic magnet and the fire of space.

You will enter deeper into mystical and/or esoteric teachings. It will be good to read Rumi. You learn new ways, enter into new places of knowledge, gather ancient wisdoms. You are called to share all that you know.

Humanity is thirsty for real knowledge. You love humanity.

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The fires of space restore the equilibrium of humanity.

You are that fire. There may be explorations, deep and profound, into issues concerning life, death, sex, rock and roll, and everything else transformative. Taxes, too.

And freedom and money. Questions like what is death and what is the function of sex? Am I sexy? What’s sexy to me? And how do we want our money to be used to create the new paradigm shift?

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 You are the master of illusion. You will meet others who also have your gift, protecting themselves against all emotional intrusions. You will come to a point when feelings of aloneness must give way to making true contact. Romance may find you. You can be “romanced” by ideas, by a rare coin or flower, by an angel, a stone or one of the kingdoms. You will become intimate in knowledge with what humanity needs.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 There might be an inner return (memories) to family of origin, family history; its successes, disappointments, strengths and yearnings. Learning what sacrifices the family made. Realizing you hold these for your family (family karma, the carrier). You yearn for clarity, for release, for freedom, for a new reality of home. Also for authentic closeness and care. Let’s pray for it together.

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 Gradually you notice the many forms of nonverbal communication and expression surrounding you. It’s as if you can hear (and see) the angels (devas) building form out of the air. Read again the Findhorn Garden. Your intuition senses all subtle signals unknown by most others. This stimulates your imagination. Community, gardens, fields of flowers are your keywords. If allergies arise, turn to homeopathics.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 Make sure to be careful with money. It may feel that the outflow is greater than the inflow. And perhaps it is.

Eventually your ideas about money will change. New values will replace previously accepted values about money and how it’s made. A new spiritual reality comes forth and you enter gladly into the new sharing society. Watch for this. In the meantime, be prudent with all resources.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22

PISCES Feb19–Mar20

You will see everything through the lens of the spiritual. You will see and recognize the life force, a fire within all cells.

Some Virgos may see the actual angels (devas) building the kingdoms. You will discover what unconditional love means.

First by seeking it. Then by providing it. A sacred contract.

You will make new connections. Love will be released.

Everything’s different than before.

You become more subtle, refined, changeable, whimsical and elusive. You may feel the need for more rest, reflection and contemplation. You may experience Oneness, the Love of God. Your identity may shift and lines blur around boundaries. You become mysterious and reflect upon the needs of others. You “save” others by inspiring compassion. You then need to rest more.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF ELIAS LOPEZ JR. CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.17CV03298. THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner ELIAS LOPEZ JR. has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: ELIAS LOPEZ JR. to: NICOLAS SANTIAGO LOPEZ. 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 February 13, 2018 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 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: Dec. 28, 2017.

Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31.

CRAFT. 1085 SUMMIT RD., WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. TEO BROMA GROUP. 1085 SUMMIT RD., WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. Al# 3957319.

This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: RON LION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 5/1/2017.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 27, 2017. Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31.

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 February 26, 2018 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 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: Jan. 10, 2018.

Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 17, 24, 31 & Feb. 7.

STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: LOUIE HUMPHREY. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 12, 2018. Jan. 24, 31 & Feb. 7, 14.

FILE NO. 18-1998 The following Individual is doing business as ERGOVERA. 34 GRANDVIEW AVE, FELTON, CA 95018.

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DEIDRE ROGERS. 34 GRANDVIEW AVE, FELTON, CA 95018.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DEIDRE ROGERS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 10/14/1998.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 12, 2018. Jan. 24, 31 & Feb. 7, 14.

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 March 2, 2018 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: Jan. 16, 2018. Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 24, 31, & Feb. 7, 14.

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This business is conducted by an Individual signed: ANNE MARIE RIOLO. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Dec. 18, 2017. Jan. 31 & Feb. 7, 14, 21.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0079 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as THE CALIFORNIA CURE. 363 OCEAN STREET, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. LICKY LOU'S, LLC. 363 OCEAN

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 17-2039 The following Individual is doing business as SWIMVERSE. 114 LAWN WAY, CAPITOLA, CA 95010.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0124 The following Corporation is doing business as SAGE ESSENTIALS. 1395 41ST AVENUE, UNIT A CAPITOLA, CA 95010.

County of Santa Cruz.

PARTNERS IN WELL-BEING. 1395 41ST AVENUE, UNIT A CAPITOLA, CA 95010.

Al# 3889018. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: PARTNERS IN WELL-BEING. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/1/2018.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 22, 2018. Jan. 31 & Feb. 7, 14, 21.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0075 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as NOMAD AUDIO. 125 BETHANY DRIVE, SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066. County of Santa Cruz. NOMAD AUDIO, LLC. 125 BETHANY DRIVE, SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066.

AI# 15310324. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: NOMAD AUDIO, LLC. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 5/30/2014. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 11, 2018. Jan. 24, 31 & Feb. 7, 14.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0019 The following Individual is doing business as HARBOR DENTAL. 2112 SOQUEL AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. MARK EBRAHIMIAN.DMD. 2112 SOQUEL AVENUE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MARK EBRAHIMIAN. DMD. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 9/1/1997. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 3, 2018. Jan. 10, 17, 24, 31.

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The following Individual is doing business as FOSSIL+FERN. 2715 SPARROW VALLEY ROAD, APTOS, CA 95003. County of Santa Cruz. TANIA ROSABELLE VARGA. 2715 SPARROW VALLEY ROAD, APTOS, CA 95003.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: TANIA ROSABELLE VARGA. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 12/2/2017. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 22, 2018. Jan. 31 & Feb. 7, 14, 21.

is conducted by an Individual signed: NGIMA CHIRING. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 5/2/2005.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 9, 2018. Jan. 31 & Feb. 7, 14, 21.

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: Jan. 24, 2018.

Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 31 & Feb. 7, 14, 21.

CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF SIJU CHANG AMELIA LORINE HANCOCK CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.18CV00216.

THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner SIJU CHANG AMELIA LORINE HANCOCK has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: SIJU CHANG AMELIA LORINE HANCOCK to: SUJI CHANG AMELIA LORINE HANCOCK. 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 March 12, 2018 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 located at Superior Court of California, 701 Ocean Street.

Santa Cruz, CA 95060.

A copy of this order to

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0094 The following Individual is doing business as MVR TRANSPORT. 183 MANFRE RD, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. JOSE MARCELINO MARTINEZ REYES. 183 MANFRE RD, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JOSE MARCELINO MARTINEZ REYES. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 16, 2018. Jan. 31 & Feb. 7, 14, 21.

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CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. CHANGE OF NAME IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. PETITION OF JESUS LOPEZ PEREZ CHANGE OF NAME CASE NO.18CV00235.

THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner JESUS LOPEZ PEREZ has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: JESUS LOPEZ

PEREZ to: JESUS LOPEZ-PEREZ. 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 March 12, 2018 at 8:30 am, in Department 10 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: Jan. 25, 2018. Denine J. Guy, Judge of the Superior Court. Jan. 31 & Feb. 7, 14, 21.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18- 0092.

The following General Partnership is doing business as CALASHA. 160 HILLCREST AVENUE, BEN LOMOND, CA 95005.

County of Santa Cruz.

BRETT TRAYNOR & WANG KHO. 160 HILLCREST AVENUE, BEN LOMOND, CA 95005. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: BRETT TRAYNOR. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 16, 2018. Jan. 31 & Feb. 7, 14, 21.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0055 The following Individual is doing business as SAMAYA'S ECO FLOORING. 317 POTRERO ST UNIT B, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. NGIMA CHIRING. 317 POTRERO ST UNIT B, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. This business

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0159 The following Individual is doing business as JORDAN DODGE. 111 BEAN CREEK RD #9, SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066. County of Santa Cruz. JORDAN DODGE. 111 BEAN CREEK RD #9, SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: JORDAN DODGE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan. 25,

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Where the locals shop since 1938.

VOTED BEST BUTCHER SHOP BEST WINE SELECTION BEST CHEESE SELECTION BEST LOCALLY OWNED GROCERY STORE BEST MURAL /PUBLIC ART

Family owned & operated 78 years.

622 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz

OUR 80 TH YEAR

WEEKLY SPECIALS Good th r u 2/6/18

GROCERY

BUTCHER SHOP

WINE & FOOD PAIRING BAKED BABY BACK RIBS INGREDIENTS - 2 1/2 racks Baby Back Ribs - Andy’s Rub or your favorite dry rub - 1 Jar of your favorite BBQ sauce

Local, Organic, Natural, Specialty, Gourmet ALL NATURAL USDA Choice beef & lamb only corn-fed Midwest pork, Rocky free-range Compare & Save chickens, Mary’s air-chilled chickens, wild-caught seafood, Boar’s Head products. ■ ZEVIA, “Zero Calorie Soda”, 6 Pack, 12oz Cans/ 3.49+CRV BEEF ■ NEW YORK STEAKS, U.S.D.A CHOICE/ 12.98 LB ■ TOP SIRLOIN STEAKS, U.S.D.A CHOICE/ 5.98 LB ■ TRI TIPS, U.S.D.A CHOICE/ 6.98 LB

■ SPINDRIFT, Sparkling Water, 4 Pack, 12oz Cans/

■ PORK BABY BACK RIBS/ 4.89 LB ■ PORK SPARERIBS/ 2.98 LB

Bakery

MARINATED TUMBLED MEATS

■ WHOLE GRAIN, Nine Grain, 30oz/ 4.19

SAUSAGE

Delicatessen

2.99+CRV

■ ANNIE’S MAC & CHEESE, “Classic & Shells with Cheddar”, 6oz/ 1.29

■ HIGH BREW, Cold Brew, 8oz/ 2.49 ■ LUKES POTATO CHIPS, 4oz/ 2.59

PORK

PREPARATION Preheat oven to 250 degrees F

■ BECKMANN’S, Nine Grain Sour Round, 16oz/ 3.49 ■ GAYLE’S, Jewish Rye/ 2.99

■ BLACK PEPPER LONDON BROIL/ 5.98 LB ■ SANTA MARIA LONDON BROIL/ 5.98 LB

Generously apply coating of Andy’s dry rub to all sides of rib rack.

■ KELLY’S, Four Seed, 16oz/ 4.09

■ PHILIDELPHIA CREAM CHEESE, “In Tubs”, 8oz/ 2.99

■ POLISH KIELBASA LINKS/ 6.98 LB ■ LOUISIANA HOT LINKS/ 6.98 LB

With meat-side down, fold foil around it to create a tight seal. Transfer to sheet pan and bake about 2 hours.

Remove and cool 15 minutes.

■ FINLANDIA SLICED SWISS, “great for Sandwiches”, 7oz/ 4.99

■ LINGUICA LINKS/ 6.98 LB

FISH

■ IRISH DUBLINER WEDGES, “”Imported”, 7oz/ 4.49

■ BAY SHRIMP MEAT, FULLY COOKED/ 12.98 LB ■ NIMAN RANCH SAUSAGES, “All Flavors”, 12oz/ 6.19 ■ COOKING PRAWNS, PEELED AND DEVEINED/ ■ BOAR’S HEAD BACON, “High Quality”, 16oz/ 7.99 12.98 LB Cheese - Best Selection in Santa Cruz ■ TIGER PRAWNS, LARGE, SHELL ON/ 13.98 LB ■ MONTEREY JACK CHEESE, “A Customer Favorite”

Increase oven temperature to 350 degrees F. Open foil & drain. Brush barbeque sauce on all sides of rack.

WINE & SPIRITS

Best Buys, Local, Regional, International

Brews

■ HOPEWORKS URBAN BREWERY, Assorted, 6 Pack Cans, 120z/ 8.99 + CRV ■ ANCHOR STEAM, “Seasonal” Magnum/ 11.99 +CRV ■ SIERRA NEVADA, Assorted 6 Pack, 12oz/ 8.99 + CRV ■ LOST COAST BREWERY, Assorted, 6 Pack Cans, 12oz/ 7.99 +CRV ■ WYDER’S CIDER, Pear and Raspberry, 220z/ 3.49 +CRV

Whiskey

■ WILD TURKEY 101/ 14.99 ■ MAKERS MARK/ 24.99 ■ BASIL HAYDEN, Kentucky Straight/ 29.99 ■ EAGLE RARE, Kentucky Straight/ 29.99 ■ ANGELS ENVY/ 45.99

Red Wine-Big & Bold

■ 2013 TRUVEE RED, (Reg 20.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2014 PEPPERJACK, Barossa Red, (Reg 26.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2013 WILD HORSE GSM, (Reg 23.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2012 MONTES ALPHA, Syrah, (92WS, Reg 25.99)/ 9.99 ■ 2012 FELCIANO, Bolgheri, (Reg 34.99)/ 9.99

Chardonnay Deals

■ 2014 PARDUCCI, Mendocino, (90WE)/ 4.99 ■ 2014 CHATEAU ST MICHELLE, ■ AVOCADOS, RIPE AND READY TO EAT/ 1.49 EA ■ DANISH BLUE CHEESE, “Imported”/ 7.49 Lb (89WS, Reg 14.99)/ 7.99 ■ BANANAS, RIPE AND READY TO EAT/ .89 LB ■ DOMESTIC FONTINA, “A Great Melting Cheese”/ 5.99 ■ 2016 CHATEAU ST JEAN, Crisp, (Reg 14.99)/ 8.99 ■ 2015 OYSTER BAY, New Zealand, (Reg 13.99)/ 7.99 ■ BROCCOLI CROWNS, FRESH FROM THE ■ STELLA PARMESAN, “Domestic”/ 7.99 Lb ■ 2012 METZ ROAD, (92WE, Reg 29.99)/ 9.99 FIELD/ 1.49 LB

PRODUCE

Place Ribs meat-side up and return to oven, leaving foil open. Bake for 10 minutes, remove from oven, and brush another layer of sauce for 15 more minutes.

Average Cuts/ 3.49 Lb Loaf Cuts/ 3.09 Lb

■ NAVEL ORANGES, SWEET AND JUICY/ 1.09 LB ■ TOMATOES, ROMA AND LARGE/ 1.49 LB ■ YELLOW ONIONS, PREMIUM QUALITY/ .49 LB ■ ORGANIC BANANAS, GREAT AS A SNACK / .99 LB ■ RUSSET POTATOES, TOP QUALITY/ .59 LB ■ POTATOES, RED AND YUKON/ .99 LB ■ CLUSTER TOMATOES, RIPE ON THE VINE/ 2.69 LB

WINE PAIRING

TRUVEE RED BLEND 2013 Reg 20.99 Great Wine for 8.99

Brews

■ HOPEWORKS URBAN BREWERY, Assorted, 6 Pack Cans, 120z/ 8.99 + CRV

Connoisseur’s Corner Wines from Down Under

■ 2012 PENFOLDS BIN, 138 GSM, (94JH, Reg 38.99)/ 19.99 ■ SIERRA NEVADA, Assorted 6 Pack, 12oz/ 8.99 + CRV ■ 2009 FRANKLAND ESTATE, Syrah, ■ LOST COAST BREWERY, Assorted, 6 Pack Cans, (94W&S, Reg 43.99)/ 29.99 12oz/ 7.99 +CRV ■ 2013 YANGARRA GSM, (95JH)/ 24.99 ■ 2010 GLAETZER WALLACE, (91RP)/ 25.99 ■ WYDER’S CIDER, Pear and Raspberry, ■ 2010 TWO HANDS, Bella’s Garden, (95WS)/ 79.99 220z/ 3.49 +CRV ■ ANCHOR STEAM, “Seasonal” Magnum/ 11.99 +CRV

DEENA PAIS, 20-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

SHOP PER SPOTLIG HT

Occupation: Administrator, UCSC Hobbies: Reading, Traveling Astrological Sign: Pisces Is Shopper’s your go-to-store? Yes. And it’s my preference to support local businesses. I think it’s part of our responsibility — plus Shopper’s is also a great store! Shopper’s is family-owned and they have a stake in the community. Definitely not a corporate feeling here. If there’s a product you want and they don’t carry it, they will try and order it. At the big stores, they either have it or they don’t. I like the size as I can easily navigate the entire market exploring my options. My father had lived in Scotland and I wanted to make him a mincemeat pie. Then one day I spotted mincemeat filling here. I think, ‘Who carries that?’ I was so happy! Shopper’s is fun!

How so? I know it sounds cliche to say but I like the hardwood floors. Shopper’s feel nice and warm and cozy. I know the people, the checkers and baggers — my daughter, Zoe is a bagger, and maybe one day my other daughter, Hannah, here with me, might work at Shopper’s too. It’s great that Shopper’s provides jobs for high-schoolers as they can learn about working and customer service. And you run into so many people and friends here from different circles. My husband has been known to spend more than an hour here shopping and chatting because of the people he knows! They also let local groups do charity drives out front which certainly adds credibility.

What do you like to cook? Ethiopian, Mexican, and a lot of fresh, California-style dishes with minimally processed ingredients. I really love the butcher counter: I feel comfortable buying my meats here.

The butchers are great with the cooking tips, and they’re willing and happy to special cut what you need, like lamb for my lamb stew. Shopper’s spice and cheese selections are excellent, and the alcohol and wine choices are quite impressive, especially for a grocery store. The quality is high while the pricing is very reasonable. Shopper’s has somehow figured out how to carry the best variety of products in a small-ish amount of space.

“The quality is high while the pricing is very reasonable. Shopper’s has figured out how to carry the best variety in a small-ish amount of space.”

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