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EDITOR’S NOTE “Just happy to be here” is one of those phrases that’s gone from profundity to parody. Most often people say it as a joke—but not, I suspect, Jesse Daniel. In his 25 years, he’s gone from one of the most promising musicians on the local scene—described by a former bandmate as “the most talented drummer I’ve ever played with”—to a “functioning addict” to an out-of-control heroin addict. How he made it back, and ended up as the NEXTies’ Musician of the Year is what Mat Weir explores in this week’s cover

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On Saturday, March 24,, people across the country will assemble, march and demand that our state and federal legislators shift their priorities from special interest groups and create meaningful laws to reduce gun violence and end mass shootings in our schools. It gives me great hope that our youth are taking measures into their own hands and demanding change. I encourage our local communities to get involved and peacefully assemble and make sure your voice and the collective voices of our communities are heard.

One school shooting is one too many, and it appalls me that since 2013 there have been more than 300 school shootings in our country. We must take effective actions to reduce gun violence in our country and elect courageous local, state and federal representatives who are willing to step outside the status quo to protect our children and our communities.

Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) authored Assembly Bill 3, which requires a person be at least 21 years old to purchase any firearm in California. Currently, it is legal for a person under the age of 21 to purchase a rifle or shotgun. AB 3 is making its way through the legislature, and I recently sent Assemblymember Bonta a letter of support for this bill. I encourage you to contact your legislators and let them know you support this bill as well.

story. I’m pretty sure that when Daniel says “just happy to be here,” he means it.

This week’s issue also profiles another NEXTies winner, John Felts, the inventor of an eco-friendly surfboard made out of shrimp … sort of. Actually, I’m not even going to try to explain, just read Wallace Baine’s story about him.

There’s also a full rundown of all of the NEXTies winners, in preparation for the awards ceremony on Friday.

Congratulations to all of them.

Next week, look for our biggest, most epic issue of the year: the Best of Santa Cruz County 2018. Until then, I’m just happy to be here.

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Now is the time to take action against gun violence. Get involved, let your voice be heard, and let’s do everything we can to keep our children and our communities safe.

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SCHOOL WITHOUT FEAR On Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day, yet another tragedy took place—this time, in Parkland, Florida, marking the 30th mass shooting and the 18th school shooting this year in the U.S. And yet our legislators seem to be utterly unable to take responsibility for gun control. If they will not, it’s time for the rest of us to rise out of our grief, depression and lethargy. It’s time for a teacher and student strike while we all storm our state capitols and demand action on gun control. As the grandmother of a seven-year-old student in the California public schools, I demand change so she can attend school without fear of being gunned down. All of us, together: we can get this done. It won’t happen any other way.

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Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Scotts Valley) has become a champion of criminal justice reform, so it doesn’t come as a huge surprise that the Chief Probation Officers of California awarded him their Legislator of the Year award during a meeting in Sacramento on Wednesday, March 14. Stone helped transform foster youth group homes, wrote laws to help newly released inmates reintegrate into society, and fought to get mental health services for juveniles in the justice system.

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ROB BREZSNY FREE WILL ASTROLOGY Week of March 21 ARIES Mar21–Apr19 The “School of Hard Knocks” is an old-fashioned idiom referring to the unofficial and accidental course of study available via life’s tough experiences. The wisdom one gains through this alternate approach to education may be equal or even superior to the knowledge that comes from a formal university or training program. I mention this, Aries, because in accordance with astrological omens, I want to confer upon you a diploma for your new advanced degree from the School of Hard Knocks. (P.S.: When Ph.D students get their degrees from Finland’s University of Helsinki, they are given top hats and swords as well as diplomas. I suggest you reward yourself with exotic props, too.)

TAURUS Apr20–May20 Europeans used to think that all swans were white. It was a reasonable certainty given the fact that all swans in Europe were that color. But in 1697, Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh and his sailors made a pioneering foray to the southwestern coast of the land we now call Australia. As they sailed up a river the indigenous tribe called Derbarl Yerrigan, they spied black swans. They were shocked. The anomalous creatures invalidated an assumption based on centuries of observations. Today, a “black swan” is a metaphor referring to an unexpected event that contravenes prevailing theories about the way the world works. I suspect you’ll soon experience such an incongruity yourself. It might be a good thing! Especially if you welcome it instead of resisting it.

GEMINI May21–June20 Crayola is one of the world’s foremost crayon manufacturers. The geniuses in charge of naming its crayon colors are playful and imaginative. Among the company’s standard offerings, for example, are Pink Sherbet, Carnation Pink, Tickle Me Pink, Piggy Pink, Pink Flamingo, and Shocking Pink. Oddly, however, there is no color that’s simply called “Pink.” I find that a bit disturbing. As much as I love extravagant creativity and poetic whimsy, I think it’s also important to cherish and nurture the basics. In accordance with the astrological omens, that’s my advice for you in the coming weeks. Experiment with fanciful fun, but not at the expense of the fundamentals.

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According to Vice magazine, Russian scientist Anatoli Brouchkov is pleased with the experiment he tried. He injected himself with 3.5-million-year-old bacteria that his colleagues had dug out of the permafrost in Siberia.

The infusion of this ancient life form, he says, enhanced his energy and strengthened his immune system. I can’t vouch for the veracity of his claim, but I do know this: It’s an apt metaphor for possibilities you could take advantage of in the near future: drawing on an old resource to boost your power, for example, or calling on a well-preserved part of the past to supercharge the present.

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LE0 Jul23–Aug22 Booze has played a crucial role in the development of civilization, says biomolecular archaeologist Patrick McGovern. The process of creating this mind-altering staple was independently discovered by many different cultures, usually before they invented writing. The buzz it provides has “fired our creativity and fostered the development of language, the arts, and religion.” On the downside, excessive consumption of alcohol has led to millions of bad decisions and has wrecked countless lives. Everything I just said is a preface to my main message, Leo: The coming weeks will be a favorable time to transform your habitual perspective, but only if you do so safely and constructively. Whether you choose to try intoxicants, wild adventures, exhilarating travel, or edgy experiments, know your limits.

VIRGO Aug23–Sep22 The astrological omens suggest that the coming weeks will be favorable for making agreements, pondering mergers, and strengthening bonds. You’ll be wise to deepen at least one of your commitments. You’ll stir up

interesting challenges if you consider the possibility of entering into more disciplined and dynamic unions with worthy partners. Do you trust your own perceptions and insights to guide you toward ever-healthier alliances? Do what you must to muster that trust.

LIBRA Sep23–Oct 22 If you want people to know who you really are and savor you for your unique beauty, you must be honest with those people. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy. There’s a similar principle at work if you want to know who you really are and savor yourself for your unique beauty: You must be honest with yourself. You must also develop enough skill to express your core truths with accuracy. The coming weeks will be a favorable time for you to practice these high arts.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Your journey in the coming weeks may be as weird as an R-rated telenovela, but with more class. Outlandish, unpredictable, and even surreal events could occur, but in such a way as to uplift and educate your soul.

Labyrinthine plot twists will be medicinal as well as entertaining. As the drama gets curiouser and curiouser, my dear Scorpio, I expect you will learn how to capitalize on the odd opportunities it brings. In the end, you will be grateful for this ennobling respite from mundane reality!

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec21 “Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence,” wrote philosopher Erich Fromm. I would add a corollary for your rigorous use during the last nine months of 2018: “Love is the only effective and practical way to graduate from your ragged, long-running dilemmas and start gathering a new crop of fresh, rousing challenges.” By the way, Fromm said love is more than a warm and fuzzy feeling in our hearts. It’s a creative force that fuels our willpower and unlocks hidden resources.

CAPRICORN Dec22–Jan19 My goal here is to convince you to embark on an orgy of self-care—to be as sweet and tender and nurturing to yourself as you dare to be. If that influences you to go too far in providing yourself with luxurious necessities, I’m OK with it. And if your solicitous efforts to focus on your own health and well-being make you appear a bit self-indulgent or narcissistic, I think it’s an acceptable price to pay. Here are more key themes for you in the coming weeks: basking in the glow of self-love; exulting in the perks of your sanctuary; honoring the vulnerabilities that make you interesting.

AQUARIUS Jan20–Feb18 One day, Beatles’ guitarist George Harrison decided to compose his next song’s lyrics “based on the first thing I saw upon opening any book.” He viewed this as a divinatory experiment, as a quest to incorporate the flow of coincidence into his creative process. The words he found in the first book were “gently weeps.” They became the seed for his tune “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Rolling Stone magazine ultimately named it one of “The Greatest Songs of All Time” and the 10th best Beatles song. In accordance with the astrological omens, I recommend you try some divinatory experiments of your own in the coming weeks.

Use life’s fun little synchronicities to generate playful clues and unexpected guidance.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 Millions of you Pisceans live in a fairy tale world. But I suspect that very few of you will be able to read this horoscope and remain completely ensconced in your fairy tale world. That’s because I have embedded subliminal codes in these words that will at least temporarily transform even the dreamiest among you into passionate pragmatists in service to your feistiest ideals.

If you’ve read this far, you are already feeling more disciplined and organized. Soon you’ll be coming up with new schemes about how to actually materialize a favorite fairy tale in the form of real-life experiences.

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traffickers, or “pimps,” span all demographics and levels of privilege, and often falsely present themselves initially as a boyfriend.

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itting in a dusty-red former brothel in downtown Santa Cruz a few weeks ago, Carmel Jud softly shatters my naive view of the world with a fact: sex trafficking of children happens in Santa Cruz County; and accessing it is as easy as typing a web page into a browser.

About two years ago, the founder of Rising International got a call about a local 13-year-old girl who’d been sold by her father. “I realized I was more connected to resources in India than on the Central Coast,” says Jud, who immediately began emailing other organizations and individuals who could help. Ultimately, her efforts resulted in the relaunch of a coalition begun years ago by two nuns in Santa Cruz that had lost its momentum. Today, the Coalition to End Human Trafficking in Santa

oldest profession, that the stigma belongs on the women, the young people, the vulnerable people who are ‘choosing’ to do this,” says Deborah Pembrook, who has chaired the coalition since it began in 2016.

We’re sitting in her sunny office in Salinas, at the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center—a key member of the coalition—where she works as an outreach advocate. She’s also on the executive committee of the National Survivor Network.

That all-too-common mentality, adds Pembrook, serves to treat human trafficking as a nuisance issue—something that has always happened, “just not in our neighborhood.” But what came to the fore first when looking into trafficking locally was commercial sexual exploitation of children, says Pembrook, and it’s more prevalent in our community than we see broadly.

Between January 1, 2015 and Dec. 31, 2016 a prevalence study within the tri-county region of Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey identified 91 children, youth and young adults as survivors of CSEC. During that same time period, 690 were identified as at-risk or vulnerable of experiencing CSEC. Released by the Human Services Department of County of Santa Cruz, Family and Children’s Services, the study also found that the age of survivors’ first commercial sex exploitation ranged from five to 18 years, with 17 percent having experienced the first exploitation at the age of 10 or younger. Almost half had been exploited in a home, and a quarter in a hotel or motel. Boyfriends and biological family members were the most frequently identified exploiters of CSEC survivors.

A recent local trend Pembrook sees is teens becoming vulnerable to trafficking after a deportation occurs in their extended family.

Now in her 40s, Pembrook left her tech job a couple of years ago to devote herself full time to education and outreach around human trafficking. From the mid-’70s to the late ’80s, and beginning when she was a young child in the midwest, Pembrook was brought by a trusted adult to both low-end roadside motel rooms and high end hotels in the neighborhood, and sold. She >12

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These are people who completely obliterate a person’s sense of self with tried and true tactics, she adds.

The coalition’s approach emphasizes trauma-informed language that removes the shame from the victim, and places it more accurately on the perpetrator.

“It was that shift in language, of understanding that my experience wasn’t just this language that was so stigmatizing to me—that it was human trafficking, that it was modern slavery, that really opened up the door for my own healing process,” says Pembrook, of a realization that came in 2007.

Trauma literacy will be addressed at the conference—and an understanding of how deeply a survivor may be traumatized, as well as the complexities of “trauma bonding,” which is a better way to describe what was once referred to as Stockholm Syndrome, is an important component of today’s outreach education and therapy for survivors.

“It could be someone who goes to middle school during the day and has a very different life at night,” says Pembrook. “It could be someone who in past times could be thought of just a regular runaway, or a delinquent.” Exploitation of a minor is a mandated report, she reminds, so if something just doesn’t seem right, it’s best to make a call.

While the prevalence study reported survivors as predominantly female U.S. natural-born citizens, Pembrook points out that while human trafficking is absolutely a women’s issue, it also impacts boys, men, and transgendered people, who are particularly vulnerable because of less access to other kinds of employment options, and high instances of homelessness.

Unlike drug dealers, human traffickers can profit over and over. It’s a billion-dollar industry, and an estimated seven out of 10 CSEC survivors are trafficked

on backpage.com, whose multimillion-dollar annual profits have continued to grow over the years (more information on this in the documentary I Am Jane Doe).

But Pembrook is careful to clarify that not all pornography, and not all commercial sex, involves modernday slavery—though they are deeply intertwined. That’s why the voices of commercial sex workers are important in the anti-trafficking movement, as are the voices of survivors. “We also know that women are becoming, more and more, buyers of pornography and other forms of commercial sex, so that is an important piece that we also look at,” says Pembrook. “That there would be no commercial sex if there weren’t buyers.”

Catie Hart, a human trafficking survivor and expert who now trains thousands in law enforcement, social work, juvenile halls and youth trainings across 33 California counties, says it’s impossible to empower women and girls without teaching them about the trafficker.

“Pimps almost always fraudulently present themselves as a boyfriend,” says Hart, who was 20 when she was lured that way into a seven-year nightmare of sleep deprivation, abuse and torture.

“Abusive relationships will not stop existing if operated from a standpoint that if we teach girls to be ‘smarter,’ then domestic violence and human trafficking will go away,” says Hart.

“This messaging puts all blame and assumes women are the ones who need to change. I have seen proof— men can ‘unlearn’ their violence.”

Hart will lead a Safe and Sound Human Trafficking Prevention workshop for youth at the conference.

“Most curriculums teach that you should ask for help when you are in trouble, and that ‘you have to be smart enough not to be a victim,’” says Hart.

“We must stop asking ‘why did she stay,’ and start asking ‘why does he abuse?’” says Hart.

Human Trafficking Happens Here: Understanding Child Sexual Exploitation is Noon-5 p.m. on Saturday, March 24 at Louden Nelson Center. More information on speakers, workshops, and free registration at coalitiontoendhumantrafficking.org.

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In the remake of The Graduate that will surely never be made, the movie’s most famous line is ripe for rewrite. In the original film, when a well-meaning older man puts his arms around young Dustin Hoffman’s shoulder to offer some unsolicited career advice, he says “I just want to say one word to you: Plastics!”

In the contemporary updating, one word wouldn’t be enough.

“I just want to say four words to you: Sustainable alternatives to plastics!”

If the salvation of humanity depends simply on the stuff we use (and then throw away), then the next planetary superhero is likely to be a materials engineer like John Felts, CEO of the start-up Cruz Foam, who will be honored as Innovator of the Year at the 2018 NEXTies at the Rio Theatre on Friday.

Felts and his business partners/ co-founders—UCSC engineering prof Marco Rolandi and fellow engineer Xiaolin Zhang—have put a distinctly Santa Cruz stamp on their effort to save the world: They’re working to create a new kind of surfboard, and in the process develop a sustainable substitute for polyurethane foam.

Polyurethane foam is everywhere in the contemporary world—in buildings, cars, shoes, furniture, bedding, medical devices, packing material and, indeed, surfboards.

It is a synthetic polymer related to traditional plastics, and the manufacture, use and disposal of polyurethane foam causes significant environmental hazards.

It is an uncomfortable irony for many surfers that their daily communing with Mother Ocean is only made possible by a giant slab of polyurethane foam covered in polyester resins. Surfboard shapers, who make the “blanks” from which surfboards are manufactured, are particularly aware of the toxic nature of these materials.

Enter Cruz Foam, with a novel idea to tackle this dilemma. Felts and his partners are looking to create an alternative to polyurethane foam through a material called chitin, a natural substance >18

OVER THE LINE Neighbors are upset about trees cut down by PG&E, and Santa Cruz may pursue legal action. PHOTO: KEANA PARKER

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ulie Thayer sits on the stump of a recently cut oak tree that one day earlier had overlooked a seasonal wetland in the Ocean Street Extension neighborhood, at the edge of Santa Cruz’s city limits. About 50 yards away, at the county line, her 8-yearold daughter Camila mounts a Tennessee Walking Horse for a ride down the road—horseback riding is allowed in the county, but not in the city of Santa Cruz.

We walk down to where Camila’s horse is standing; holding the reins is their neighbor, Chester Charleton, who’s lived on the street for 40 years. He points up the road to where Thayer had been sitting; that stump had once been a tree that formed half of a gateway over the road into their neighborhood. Now

it’s gone, along with 50 to 60 trees in nearby Memorial Park Cemetery.

“You’d drop out of Santa Cruz, and into paradise. They chopped half of it down. For what reason?” he asks.

That’s the question Thayer wants to have answered—as well as how PG&E was able to skirt local heritage tree ordinances in the name of its Pipeline Safety Initiative. Some neighbors have referred to Thayer as “the Lorax,” after the Dr. Seuss character who speaks for the trees.

Others call her “Erin Brockovich,” who successfully built and won a case against PG&E in 1993.

Thayer—a professional biologist who would rather not reveal where she works, out of fear of retribution from PG&E—worries that the gas and electric company has damaged the local ecology, avoided transparency

and ducked mitigations, all while providing insufficient notifications, and perhaps even endangering the community.

The tree cutting has hit a nerve for customers of PG&E—a company many already distrusted after its SmartMeter roll out, the battle over community choice energy and the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion, among other fiascos.

Less than a month ago, Thayer and her daughter detected two large nests in Ocean Street Extension’s oak trees, which PG&E cut down on March 8. Thayer says the oaks were homes to San Francisco dusky-footed woodrats, a California species of special concern, and that they served the vital function of absorbing the runoff that flows into the neighborhood, which >16

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Thayer says that after she realized PG&E would be cutting these oaks as part of its Pipeline Safety Initiative, which spans 6,750 miles of gas lines from Bakersfield to Eureka, she got upset and contacted the company in January with a list of questions that were never fully answered. So far, the utility company has continued with its project undeterred on the city side of the border.

But Santa Cruz County leaders have requested a halt to PG&E’s tree cutting outside city limits, pending a comprehensive study that assesses the combined scope of the removal of multiple trees from both public and private property on its side.

Matt Johnston, a Santa Cruz County planner, says this group of informed neighbors has brought the issue to the attention of local officials.

“I think they may be sidestepping a few requirements,” says the Ocean Street Extension Neighborhood Association’s Allen Hasty, who runs an organic farm with his wife Judy.

“We want to know all of the facts before trees start getting cut down.”

After the tree cutting began, Hasty held an ill-fated one-man protest on Wednesday, March 7, blocking access to the trees with his Ford Explorer. After he went home that night, PG&E erected a fence barricading the area and the following day, workers cut down eight oak and cedar trees, as well as a redwood tree in which Thayer says she had observed a grey horned owl during a nocturnal survey.

PG&E sent a biologist, who Hasty remembers spent a lot of time looking at the ground when she visited the site at 9 a.m. He says he asked her if she did a nocturnal study, and she responded by asking him why—since you can’t see anything at night.

“You never do bird surveys by sight,” Thayer says. “You do them by ear.”

OVERPOWERING PG&E initially approached the city of Santa Cruz this past October about

clearing trees the same way that it does with other municipalities, says City Manager Martín Bernal. After conversations between attorneys, the two parties came to an agreement, but before it went to the Santa Cruz City Council for public input, PG&E changed course.

“They just decided they didn’t want to take that approach,” Bernal says. The eight-page cooperative agreement between the city and PG&E identified a collaborative approach that addressed community needs and expectations, both for the environment and for maintaining the the safety and integrity of the pipeline. Then the company sent a letter addressed to him informing Bernal of its intent to proceed under the state’s California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) jurisdiction. Without an agreement to bring forward to the council for authorization, the issue was never discussed in a public forum.

PG&E argues that the California Public Utilities Commission’s jurisdiction trumps local regulations, giving the utility the right to bypass the tree removal permit process.

The utility company paid the city a one-time tree replacement fund mitigation fee of $10,000.

Councilmember Chris Krohn tells GT in an email that many community members have approached him in sadness and in anger. “This City Council must stand up to PG&E and demand environmental review for every tree,” he writes. “Our heritage tree ordinance covers trees on both public and private property.”

Bernal says that if the city decides that PG&E has broken the rules, the next course could be legal action. If the city disagrees that PG&E isn’t exempt under the CPUC, the council could direct the city attorney to file a lawsuit. Bernal says Krohn has made that request, and the City Council will consider whether or not to proceed with litigation.

In 2014, a coalition of cities in Contra Costa and Alameda counties was dealing with a similar situation, and hired the law firm Meyers Nave, the same group that served as special counsel to the city of San Bruno when a PG&E explosion there resulted in a record $1.6 billion in fines and criminal charges. $850 million of that

money was required to go toward gas transmission safety infrastructure improvements, hence the Pipeline Safety Initiative. The cities rejected PG&E’s legal rationale, insisting that the company obtain local permits before removing any trees.

The mayors raised awareness through television appearances.

Meyers Nave attorney John Bakker wrote a letter to PG&E’s counsel, which resulted in a much slower process of determining which trees should be cut. Not every tree in the pipeline, it turned out, needed to come down.

In a statement to GT, PG&E claims the tree cutting is necessary because “when trees and brush are located too close to the pipeline, they can delay access for safety crews in an emergency or for critical maintenance work, and cause potential damage to the pipe.”

A safety recommendation from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration specifies that for “high-consequence areas” like Santa Cruz County, the first response to a gas leak is to shut down the flow of gas. At that point, cutting a tree is a minor step in the process to repair the pipe, and residents agree that such a situation would warrant it.

As far as damage to the pipe, Thayer and other environmentalists note that PG&E’s own study demonstrated inconclusive evidence that tree roots pose a threat to the pipeline.

Paul Norcutt, a member of the San Lorenzo Valley Women’s Club Environmental Group and retired senior systems program manager, has extensively studied the matter and provided a 17-page document filled with scientific evidence that was instrumental in the county’s decision to request further review.

“I’m just flabbergasted,” he says, “because their own paper doesn’t say the roots affect the pipeline.

These pipelines have been in the ground for over 50 years, and they’ve been wrapped in roots for at least 40 probably 45 years, and there’s 300,000 miles of pipeline and millions of roots wrapping around them and there’s never been a mention of them in the corrosion journals.”

Norcutt says there’s a long history of industry-written research drafted to justify its actions. (He cites the recent New York Times article, “Ten >19

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Chitin, Felts says, is cheap, widely available, durable and without many of the hazards associated with polyurethane and polystyrene, more commonly known as styrofoam.

“It’s a material that back in the 1970s and ’80s was promised as this supermaterial that was going to solve the world’s problems,” says Felts in his office on Santa Cruz’s Westside. “But people found out pretty quickly that it wasn’t easy to process. It can be processed, but under extremely harsh conditions with some really nasty chemicals.”

Felts says his company has developed an eco-friendly, water-based process to turn chitin into an industrial foam. Once

the prototype surfboard is ready, he and his partners can get it in the hands of local surfers who will test it out in Santa Cruz’s surf breaks.

“Somebody will ride it, and they can tell us, ‘y’know, it was a little heavy, or it dragged here a bit, or didn’t feel right in the flex.’ Then we can take it back, do a little tweaking and get it back out there for more testing,” he explains.

Despite its drawbacks, polyurethane foam has many desirable qualities for surfboard manufacturing. It’s durable, affordable, dense, lightweight and “shapeable,” all of which sets a high standard for any material aiming to replace it.

“Shapers really want a different material,” says Felts. “Many have said to us, ‘Please, I would love to have a different product.’ But when it comes down to it, you

have to meet or beat what they’re used to. As much as they might like the idea of something, if it’s going to diminish or lessen the product they’re making, they’re not going to use it.”

Felts says that he is shooting to bring a product to market by the end of the year, at which point he hopes to explore potential partnerships with surfboard manufacturers. If all goes well on the surfing front, Cruz Foam may move into other realms where polyurethane foam is now the standard.

“As the tech becomes more refined, you have to look at how the economies of scale come into play. We have to be able to compete [on price],” he says. “That’s one of the reasons we’re starting with surfboards. Typically, they are a highmargin product, compared to, say, packing peanuts, which are so so cheap.”

Throughout it all, Cruz Foam will have to work to get the message out about its raw material. The chitin that the company plans to use for its surfboard blanks comes largely from seafood shell waste, which is a cheap by-product produced in fisheries and manufacturing plants in southeast Asia, among other places.

To be clear, “we are not grinding up shrimp to make surfboards,” says Felts with a laugh. “It’s an off-white powder.

You’d never know it came from a shrimp if you held it in your hand. And no, for the record, we don’t think it’s going to attract sharks, or anything like that. Hey, it’s a fair question. And we have to test it, obviously.

And it’s not going to have that nasty shrimp smell. That would be a hard sell.

It’ll be nothing like that.”

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Thayer and her Ocean Street Extension neighbors say PG&E is using the pipeline initiative to create an illusion that it’s doing something to increase public safety. They argue that, in reality, the opposite is true, and tree removal destabilizes the soil during earthquakes and landslides.

Additionally, it saves PG&E money to rely on direct assessment, which has been called into question.

Thayer says direct assessment was shown in the San Bruno trials to be ineffective to the point of being dangerous and possibly illegal.

“Not only was record keeping poor,” she says, “but in one instance, an inspector standing directly over a leak could not detect it.”

Costly federal requirements, via the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, call for a more accurate method of testing such as in-line inspections (ILI) or pressure testing. These more effective methods are also more time-consuming and expensive for the company. The approach demands shut-off of valves, as well as relighting all of the pilot lights in a community afterwards. In fact, a federal jury found PG&E guilty of not using the most accurate means for inspecting pipelines.

“Trees and their roots can act as a barrier to the accidental or illegal dig-in, which by far, is the greatest reason of pipeline failure, the figure is 75 percent, nothing else, is even close,” Thayer says. “Without trees, open exposure invites problems.”

Thayer believes there hasn’t been a bigger public outcry because the company piecemeals their projects, moving through communities. And once trees are cut, there isn’t anything else community members can do.

“They have been doing this again and again to different cities, not being straight about their intent or their understanding of regulations,” she says. “And just flat-out being misleading and lying.”

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itting at Firefly Coffee House on a cold March morning, Jesse Daniel looks deep in thought as he stares at his tattooed hands, trying to figure out how to describe his life.

“One phrase I use a lot is ‘hell and back,’” he says finally.

On the surface, it might seem dramatic coming from someone who is only 25 years old, but Daniel’s tale is one of youthful excess, years of struggle with drugs and alcohol, and—finally—redemption through his music.

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“I’ve always had an overflow of creative, nervous energy,” he says. “But I’ve always focused it in the wrong direction. Now I have it focused in a positive place.”

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“He’s always been a super-talented dude,” remembers Chadwick. “It’s funny, because I always knew him as a drummer, but looking back, he would pick up a guitar and make country songs as a joke. But they were good.”

“It’s cool to see Jesse come back to his musical roots with the country-western genre,” says Sage Wilkinson. “Growing up, our dad would play a lot of country along with the classic rock.”

As a young teen, Daniel played in several bands, but lasted for only a few shows— sometimes only a few practices. However, in 2006, he was asked to drum for My Stupid Brother, and he jumped at the opportunity.

Still dealing with anger over his parents’ divorce, and well into the throes of teen angst,

Daniel dove into the fast and furious sounds of punk rock, fueled by drugs and alcohol.

However, what began as simple youthful indiscretion slowly evolved into something darker, even if nobody really noticed at first.

“When you’re young, it’s hard to tell the difference between partying or having fun and something being a problem,” says Chadwick.

“Looking back, there were definitely signs he didn’t have the ‘off’ button we did. But it never seemed to affect his routine or life.”

“It started just as drinking, smoking weed and taking pills,” Daniel remembers. “I’m from the generation that got into pharmaceuticals because they were prescribed to us.”

Even though he had taken pills to party before, Daniel realized a “switch flipped” in his head, and opioids became his drug of choice after he was prescribed painkillers following wisdom teeth surgery.

By the time he was 16, in 2010, he had quit My Stupid Brother and was drumming in another prominent Santa Cruz punk band, 3UpFront.

“Jesse was the most talented drummer I’ve ever played with,” says 3UpFront singer Adam Pierce. “He’s just a phenomenal musician.”

However, Daniel was heavy into his addiction by this point, he now admits. Still, no one saw the warning signs, least of all Daniel himself.

“Once I got introduced to the punk scene at 14, I really started using a lot more regularly,” he says. “It wasn’t abnormal in the scene to do it heavily.”

“For a while there, Jesse was sort of a functioning addict,” states Wilkinson. “He had a job, was still able to play music, and had a normal life.”

But Daniel soon spiraled into depression and self-loathing. Supplied by friends and dealers, pills were the “most effective way not to feel.”

As his tolerance grew and buying became more expensive, Daniel turned to the most potent fix available: heroin. His first time using was at a friend’s house, and he never looked back.

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Daniel and his brother, Sage Wilkinson, were born and raised in the mountains of Ben Lomond. The son of a musician father and artist mother, they grew up in a home filled with songs and culture.

“The radio was always on, playing classic rock like Creedence Clearwater Revival” Daniel remembers. “And my dad was always playing guitar.”

Even from an early age, it seemed he was meant for country life. When he was five, his parents bought a barn and converted it to a home, complete with concrete floors.

“Whenever someone uses the phrase, ‘Where did you grow up? In a barn?’ I tell them I did!” Daniel says with a laugh.

But things changed at age nine, when his parents divorced. His father moved to Santa Cruz, giving Daniel access to downtown while he lived in Ben Lomond with his mother, a welder. To make ends meet, he and his brother would help her dig through

scrap yards and landfill to find pieces she could make into art they sold at weekend flea markets from Santa Cruz to Oakland.

He learned the meaning of hard work and sacrifice, he says, knowing his mother was trying her best to provide for them, but unsettled by the knowledge that “there was an underlying desperation out of necessity.”

It was also around this time that his mother enrolled Daniel in children’s summer theater at Ben Lomond’s Little People’s Repertory Theatre. As an artist, she always wanted to make sure her children had some form of creative outlet to express themselves. A shy child, Daniel says many of his roles were of a tree or car, but he still credits this time on the stage as a turning point where he’d learn performance lessons for his later career as a musician. It was also where he would meet his longtime friend and frequent collaborator Henry Chadwick.

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THE 2018 NEXTIES

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ow does one describe the NEXTies? “It’s kind of like if Event Santa Cruz and the Oscars had a baby,” explains Event Santa Cruz founder Matthew Swinnerton. Now in its ninth year, the NEXTies, presented by Event Santa Cruz, honor some of this area’s best and brightest. Out of 1,700 nominations this year, the NEXTies will honors 16 individuals, businesses and

Entrepreneur of the Year

JENNALEE DAHLEN As an esthetician and owner of Yoso Wellness Spa, Dahlen’s work focuses on holistic, healing treatment in a peaceful setting. Along with offering acupuncture, deep tissue massages, manicures, facials and more, Yoso uses ecofriendly products so clients don’t have to worry about leaving an environmental footprint. Beyond Yoso, Swinnerton says she was chosen because of all the active work she does in Santa Cruz County, like throwing fundraising benefits for various causes and organizations. “She’s just a good do-gooder in our community,” he says with a laugh.

Musician of the Year

JESSE DANIEL Artist of the Year

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As the director of the Radius Gallery at the Tannery Arts Center, Hazels provides a space for some of the county’s most interesting artists. Swinnerton tells GT she was chosen not only for her work at the gallery, but because she is a catalyst for other artists to gain the courage to continue to create and display.

Writer of the Year

SANTA CRUZ HERITAGE FOOD PROJECT Wait, the Santa Cruz Heritage Food Project won for Writer of the Year? That’s right. For three years, Sierra Ryan, Liz Birnbaum, Jody Biergiel Colclough and Katie Hansen pored over local archives researching how certain foods came to Santa Cruz, who used them, how or where they were

grown and what recipes they were used in. Last year, they released a cookbook tracking the agricultural history of Santa Cruz County along with 25 historical recipes.

Give Back Person of the Year

JUST CHIP As the executive director of Downtown Association of Santa Cruz and the co-director of First Friday events, Chip is immersed in the city of Santa Cruz. “Along with all the amazing work he does with the Downtown Association and helping out local businesses, he was also chosen because he was a big proponent and organizer of the Downtown Streets Team,” says Swinnerton.

Indeed, Chip was fundamental in raising the $48,000 initially needed to fund the program.

Foodie of the Year

BURN HOT SAUCE Owned and operated by chef Amanda Pargh and her partner, farmer Chase Atkins, Burn is an organic and fermented hot sauce fortified with probiotics. Made from locally grown peppers, flavors vary upon seasons and range in a wide variety from Habanero to Bulgarian Carrot and even Agave Spirit Habanero.

New Business of the Year

YADOGGIE YaDoggie’s nutritious, grain-free food comes in duck, lamb and turkey flavors with YaDoggie’s own delivery system that will bring the food right to pet owners’ doors. Their welcome kit even comes with biodegradable poop bags and a tennis ball for fetch, plus a Bluetooth-capable scoop that keeps track of usage and orders a new bag to your doorstep before you run out.

nonprofits that focus on progressive, community-building work. Last year’s hosts—actress and singer Danielle Crook and local comedian DNA—return to the Rio Theatre for the 2018 awards, with catering by Santa Cruz Food Lounge vendors and drinks provided by New Bohemia Brewing and Venus Spirits.

Here’s a look at this year’s winners:

Athlete of the Year

MIKE HOLT “He’s a world-class sailor, although you would never know it because he’s not a boaster,” Swinnerton says of Holt.

“However, he’s won several international sailing competitions.

It’s interesting to us because he’s not celebrated like other athletes—and sailing, in general, is not talked about enough as a sport in town. So we decided to honor a world-class athlete who highlights Santa Cruz.”

Under 18 Person of the Year

KIM GARCIA Volunteering at multiple various organizations throughout the county, Garcia has given hundreds of hours volunteering to many organizations, particularly Salud Y Cariño, a program that focuses on physical activity, harm prevention and education for kids and middle schoolers. “She’s overwhelmingly involved in the community and incredibly dedicated to her volunteer service,” Swinnerton says.

Nonprofit of the Year

GRAVITY WATER Founded in 2016 by Danny Wright, this nonprofit’s mission is to provide safe, clean drinking water to communities around the world. Their special threetiered tanks capture rain before 99.9 percent of contamination can occur. Gravity then filters the water through the tanks, providing a pure life source for some of the world’s hardest-hit areas. They’ve already provided clean water to 5,000 people in 10 different communities spread through Nepal and Vietnam, and have been featured in National Geographic. “It’s a 100 percent

new idea and I’m shocked, honored and grateful to have my hometown community behind this global work,” Wright says.

Mentor of the Year

RACHEL MITCHELL Mitchell is an Anthropology Instructor at Cabrillo College with a B.A. from UCSC and her Master’s from the University of Kentucky. Swinnerton tells GT that she was the most nominated person this year, and she had no idea. “Usually people or businesses know they are being nominated. However, all of her students, past and present, got together and said she had such an impact on their lives, both in and outside the classroom, that they submitted her name.”

Innovative Business of the Year

STEEPED COFFEE Launched to the public through a Kickstarter campaign, the brainchild of Josh Wilbur is a single-use coffee in a biodegradable steeping bag, much like tea. While it may sound simple, it actually took Wilbur years to develop a coffee steeping bag. The packaging is all recycled paper, and the coffee is ethically sourced—providing the purest and most Santa Cruz way of getting that warm cup of joe.

Innovator of the year

JOHN FELTS See story, page 14.

TECHie of the Year -

JEREMY ALMOND As CEO of Paystand, Almond is changing the way local companies do business.

Paystand is a new way for companies to pay and receive money in a digital, business-

to-business model. This allows companies to improve their bottom line by saving money with a flat rate for the service instead of a percentage for each transaction.

Green Business of the Year

UPCYCLED SKATE ART What’s more Santa Cruz than skateboards and art? What about art made out of skateboards?

When Alexander Michael Wong moved to town in 2015 to attend UCSC, he combined his love of skateboarding and art to relieve the stress of studying.

He now creates everything from picture frames to keychains and coasters out of old skateboards.

With nearly three million boards dumped in landfills yearly, Wong is able to give the wood a new life.

Wildcard

RYAN FOLEY “So many people don’t fit into the NEXTie categories, so the ‘Wildcard’ is a catch-all for everything else,” says Swinnerton. If that’s the guideline, then Ryan Foley falls perfectly into this category even if his work is out of this world. The assistant professor in Astrophysics at UCSC won the prestigious Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering in 2016 for his work in the mysterious realm of dark energy. First discovered in 1998, dark energy is the force causing the expansion of the universe to speed up, yet very little is known about it. Foley is currently leading two separate teams to more closely observe supernovae in an effort to better understand this force that makes up for 70 percent of our known universe.

2018 NEXTIES accessible,” he explains. “After the first time I did that, it was a wrap.

It was all I wanted, and all I wanted to do.”

Little did he know that first taste would take him down a road that would guide almost the next decade of his life. As the addiction grew, Daniel continued to maintain the life of a “normal” person, working and writing music with his friends.

However, the symptoms of abuse began to surface.

“Henry’s parents have always been like a second family to me,” he says. “And his dad would check in on me saying, ‘Hey, I see what you’re doing,’ and give me those talks.”

Pierce remembers when he started noticing a change as well.

“A lot of time he wouldn’t show up for practice,” he says.

“Unfortunately, the struggle was winning over life.”

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committed petty crimes for money to get his stash.

In total, he would be arrested four times, with six separate stints in rehab. Still, there were moments of clarity along the way reminding him of his true calling, sometimes in the most unlikely of places. Like the time he was standing outside the old Community Television building on Pacific Avenue, waiting to meet up for a fix. A group of older homeless individuals were standing around the window, watching the television, and commenting on how much they enjoyed the band that was broadcasted.

“I was out of it. When I looked, I realized I knew each person the camera was doing a close-up on,” he says taking a long, drawn-out pause. “And then they showed my dad. At first I was happy and proud to see him. But then it became soul crushing, because that was my dream from day one—to write and play songs. It was a moment of clarity because I realized I could be having a good life playing songs, or going back to a shitty dope motel.”

That night he chose the dope motel, returning for another score.

But another major moment of clarity came in 2013 when he checked into MPI Treatment Services in Oakland.

Strung out and in physical pain from the dope-sickness, Daniel knew he was coming to a fork in the road: either get clean, or die. “[Being dope-sick] feels like in your core there’s a burning sun of anxiety and discomfort,” explains Daniel. “It’s compelling, because when you feel like that, the solution is more drugs, which is clearly counterintuitive. But when you’re in it, it really does seem like that’s the only way to feel better.”

After several days of withdrawals, sleepless nights, horrific sweating and night terrors, he noticed someone had been playing oldfashioned country guitar throughout his stay. Broken and tired, he mustered up enough energy to approach the guitarist, who was covering the likes of Billie Joe Shavers, Hank Williams, Emmylou Harris and others Daniel grew up listening to.

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“However, I was really young,” he says. “I really didn’t have a fighting chance at being sober. I didn’t know enough about life to want sobriety for myself. [Drugs] still had an allure to me.”

This became apparent when he started getting high again shortly after, and landed his first arrest for possession.

“We were at a gig, waiting for him to show up so we could play,” Pierce remembers. “And then he called from jail, saying he wouldn’t make it. Unfortunately, that was the end of him playing with us.”

The next several years remain a hazy blur for Daniel. As he sunk deeper into the black tar, he bounced in and out of rehab, ultimately selling his drums for a quick fix. Like many addicts, he

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<23 “He was a volunteer who just came in to play country songs,” he says. “I told him I wanted to play like him, and his response was, ‘Why don’t you?’”

The simple but poignant question was the catalyst for Daniel’s recovery.

Sober and armed with a guitar, he began writing country tunes with his first band, The Slow Learners— originally with a punk rock twist similar to the music he grew up with as a teen. But after his first EP dropped in 2015, he decided to stick with the straight slide-guitar-driven and honky-tonk-fried country he remembered from childhood.

RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT In 2016, Daniel started dating local tattoo artist Jodi Lyford, and the two opened up True North Tattoo—where she tattoos and he manages—a year later. They also moved back into the converted barn house that Daniel had grown up in. Daniel started a new band with Lane Cunningham, Sean Mohoot and Connor Kelly, this time going by just his name. His self-titled debut full-length was recorded by Chadwick at Compound Studios and mixed at Chadwick’s father’s studio, Hale Kula. It comes out May 26, with a CD release party at Moe’s Alley the same night.

Famed country musician Conway Twitty once said, “A good country song takes a page out of someone's life, and puts it into music,” and Daniel’s songs are filled with chapters from his past. “SR22 Blues,” for instance, warns about the dangers of liquor through his experiences “being on Mugshot Santa Cruz,” and getting a DUI. And what country album would be complete without a song like “California Highway,” where he croons about hitting the open road after a break-up?

Not every song on the album is about bad times and heartache, but, after all, it is a country record.

And in a remarkable twist of fate, it features a special performance by Daniel’s father on one of the tracks.

“It was one of the most rewarding

parts about where I’m at in life,” says Daniel with smile.

The rewards continued when Daniel was shocked to hear he won a NEXTie for Musician of the Year. For the past nine years, the NEXTies—presented by Event Santa Cruz—have been Santa Cruz County’s premiere award ceremony for up-and-comers in the community who are not only making a name for themselves, but exemplify the values of Santa Cruz.

“When choosing winners we ask, ‘Are you really involved in the community?’” says Event Santa Cruz founder Matthew Swinnerton.

Nominated by members of the community, Swinnerton tells GT that winners are chosen by a majority vote from a committee of Event Santa Cruz participants and previous NEXTies honorees. So even though he doesn’t specifically choose who is awarded, Swinnerton was rooting for Daniel.

“He was the one person I wanted from seven months ago,” Swinnerton says. “Everyone in town knows him, he’s constantly playing shows, and he collaborates with a lot of other prominent musicians in the area.”

On stage, Daniel will be joined by his band and Chadwick as they play songs throughout the 2018 NEXTies award ceremony at the Rio Theatre on March 23. The awards also honors other local individuals and organizations who are being proactive in areas such as entrepreneurship, food, green businesses and innovation.

“We’re really focus on diversity,” explains Swinnerton. “It’s a fun time with people accepting awards for doing awesome things in our community.”

Reflecting on his life and upcoming achievements, Daniel summarizes his struggle, with country wit and a positive twist.

“Whenever people ask why I work so hard, I always tell them I put the hustle I learned on the street into my music,” he says.

“It’s a huge honor to be thought of for a NEXTie and I’m so grateful to be a positive influence in the community and to give back to Santa Cruz any way I can.”

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ans of the Jewel Theatre Company may fondly recall its last production of a new play by Santa Cruz author Kate Hawley back in 2015. That excellent play, Complications From a Fall, is a kind of companion piece to Hawley’s newest work, Coming of

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Ian doesn’t exactly drop in; they’ve been setting up his visit for weeks, although John is surprised to see him, and doesn’t seem too eager to have his son stick around.

Ian finds out why with the arrival of Deirdre (Martha Brigham), with her arms full of groceries, and an intimate knowledge of how to find her way around the house. Once a bedazzled student of John’s, nearly 40 years younger than he is, Deirdre has become a fixture in the household. As discreet as she is in person, her presence chips new fissures into the already tense father-son relationship.

The first act is a bit slow-going, setting up this plot, but director Paul Whitworth keeps the action unobtrusively fluid while the characters talk—tables are cleared, objects are stowed, drinks are poured (a lot of comic mileage is gotten out of a cocktail shaker), and served (finally). It’s in the dynamic second half that Hawley’s focus becomes sharper: all of these characters get their one-on-one encounters and their chance to make sense of their own feelings and motivations in Hawley’s simple, eloquent dialogue. This half also

features a lovely interlude in which John’s beloved late wife, Ian’s mother (played with tart, wistful aplomb by Nancy Carlin), returns for a few potent observations.

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The cast is terrific, especially Flynn: his portrait of John as a cranky oldster betrayed by time is tempered by flashes of the magnificent lion he must have once been. Ryan is entertaining as Ian, muscling through in a state of agitation in search of grace, and Brigham brings composed, savvy presence to Deirdre, persuasively resisting the perception that she’s some kind of golddigger.

Having once had her own literary aspirations, Deirdre refers to her first effort as “my coming-of-rage novel.” This might not be a bad title for the play, except that it’s not rage that fuels Hawley’s intriguing drama—it’s insight.

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ary Gauthier has a reputation for being a truth teller. The singersongwriter has built a career sharing deeply personal stories that dig into pain in order to excavate joy.

Now, she’s sharing the secrets of her talent—for a good cause. For the past five years, she’s helped soldiers transform their pain into song with SongwritingWith:Soldiers, an organization that pairs veterans and active-duty service members with professional songwriters to craft songs about their military experiences.

Co-founded by singer-songwriter Darden Smith and Mary Judd,

an expert in communications and educational programming, SongwritingWith:Soldiers hosts retreats with eight to 10 veterans, and four expert songwriters, at a time. Over the course of a weekend, each soldier co-writes a song with one of the artists. As Gauthier explains, they “create a safe container so the soldiers can speak.”

A chef, therapist and small staff make sure everyone is taken care of both when they’re writing and when they’re not. Songwriters sit with the veterans, listen to their stories, and at the end of the retreat, each vet has a song they’ve co-written.

“I can only tell you that what

happens is incredible,” says Gauthier. “There’s transformation there. There’s this grief and trauma that is being turned into something incredibly beautiful. We’re using songs to basically turn shit into gold. That’s kind of crude, but I can’t think of a better way to describe it.”

The job of the songwriters is to listen carefully and pay attention to the soldier’s body language, because there are things the soldiers just can’t say.

“Trauma has no language,” says Gauthier. “The language of trauma is a scream. There are no words to fully articulate what it is they’ve been through—even if they were

the most articulate people in the world. It can only really be gotten to through metaphor.”

Four years into her work with the organization, Gauthier found herself with more than 30 songs she had co-written. She asked if she could make a record of them, and was directed by SongwritingWith:Soldiers to ask the veterans. They agreed and she recorded Rifles & Rosary Beads, which was released in January.

The record is beautiful, devastating and gripping. The songs transport listeners into territory rarely seen—the horror of seeing friends killed, the dysfunctions of military culture, and the challenges of coming home. Response has been overwhelmingly positive.

“The stories are pretty heavy and the subject matter is challenging,” Gauthier says, “but people really are interested in the experiences of our veterans. Grief is something that's difficult to talk about—people care, but it’s hard to know what to say.

These stories help move the story in a way that hopefully will be useful.”

Gauthier says “pouring your vulnerability into a song” and then sharing it gives people an opportunity to say, ‘Me too.’

“The courage becomes contagious,” she says, pointing out that one person’s courage moves a group, which can move a community, which can move a town, which can move a state, which can move a country.

Gauthier sees SongwritingWith: Soldiers doing something that no other generation of veteran has done: tell the truth about their emotional experience after war. It’s proving to be a powerful tool.

“This is like a ladder being lowered down into the hole,” she says. “You can see a rung. You grab that rung and that can be the difference between life and death.”

She adds, “Of course you’re going to have to grab the next rung, and go find it if it’s not being lowered— you’ve got to keep working. But that first rung is a big damn deal.”

Mary Gauthier will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 22 at Flynn’s Cabaret, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $20/adv, $25/door. 335-2800.

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Global Oceans Gala MAR 24, 6PM UC SANTA CRUZ, UNIVERSITY CENTER $175/PERSON; $1,400/TABLE

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Honoring 2018 Oceans Hero Gary Griggs, professor of Earth & Planetary Science for 50 years, director of the Institute of Marine Sciences for 26 years. Enjoy fine wines and a sumptuous meal in the company of friends and ocean advocates.

Men’s Rugby Club vs. Stanford MAR 24, 11AM UC SANTA CRUZ, EAST REMOTE FIELD FREE ADMISSION

Celebrate 50 years on the pitch and join generations of players who return to support the Banana Slugs as they take on perennial rival Stanford.

UCSC Women’s Club Meeting APR 4, 11:30AM UC SANTA CRUZ, ARBORETUM & BOTANIC GARDEN FREE ADMISSION

April in Santa Cruz Festival of Contemporary Music Opening Night APR 6, 7:30PM UC SANTA CRUZ, MUSIC CENTER RECITAL HALL FREE ADMISSION

APR 6, 7–9PM UC SANTA CRUZ, DIGITAL ARTS RESEARCH CENTER (DARC) 108 FREE ADMISSION

Art Talk with Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, creators of FOREST (for a thousand years...), in a preview of the exhibition opening the following day.

FOREST (for a thousand years...)

Exhibition Opening

A beguiling audio installation by renowned artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, FOREST (for a thousand years...) is an immersive sensory experience located in a mysterious pocket of the Arboretum.

Presented by the Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and Botanic Garden, and the San José Museum of Art.

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THROUGH APRIL 29; DURING LIBRARY BUSINESS HOURS UC SANTA CRUZ, MCHENRY LIBRARY FREE ADMISSION

Turned Texts explores the unique stories, questions, and creative possibilities of altered texts changed through their encounters with both human and nonhuman actors.

APR 18, 5:30PM UC SANTA CRUZ, HUMANITIES 2, ROOM 259 FREE ADMISSION

A documentary about what happened behind the scenes while filming Terraferma on an isolated island, where Africans were brought to play the part of refugees—something most actually experienced.

APR 7, 3–5PM UC SANTA CRUZ, ARBORETUM & BOTANIC GARDEN FREE ADMISSION

Opening night! The festival will push boundaries with a historic work by Cesar Bolanos (Giacomo Fiore), the first piece known for electric guitar and computer, as well as an original work for multichannel electronics and oboe (Kyle Bruckmann).

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Turned Texts: Alterations by Artists, Readers, and Nature

Younger Lagoon Reserve Tours SELECTED THURSDAYS AND SUNDAYS OF EACH MONTH AT 10:30AM SEYMOUR MARINE DISCOVERY CENTER FREE WITH ADMISSION

Home to birds of prey, migrating sea birds, bobcats, and other wildlife, this 90-minute, behind-the-scenes hiking tour takes visitors into Younger Lagoon Reserve, adjacent to the Seymour Marine Discovery Center.

Original Thinkers: Earth Night APR 18, 3–5PM, 6:30–9PM THE INN AT PASATIEMPO $0–10/PERSON

A look at the impacts of light pollution on people, animals, and scientific observation. Presented by UC Santa Cruz, the International Dark-Sky Association Santa Cruz Chapter, and Lick Observatory.

UPCOMING EVENTS APRIL 27–29

Alumni Weekend APRIL 28

The Del Sol Quartet MAY 31–JUNE 3

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The UCSC Women’s Club is open to both the campus and town communities. The April speaker is UCSC alumna Susan True, CEO, Community Foundation, Santa Cruz County.

TRACTION: Art Talk

An exhibition celebrating the life of Mary Porter Sesnon and her influence on the arts in Santa Cruz County.

Featuring sketches and watercolors from the historic scrapbook made during the salons, and paintings by California artists.

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EIGHTH ANNUAL OPERATION SURF SANTA CRUZ This one-of-a-kind program offers personalized surfing lessons for wounded and post 9-11 active duty and veteran service members from the U.S. military. The event provides an environment where participants work to overcome perceived limitations connected to physical and psychological disabilities sustained while serving. There are also volunteer opportunities for those looking to get more involved.

INFO: Thursday, March 22-Tuesday March 27. See website for all locations and events. March 22: Welcoming at the Dream Inn. Capitola Opening Ceremony: March 23-25. 805-544SURF. amazingsurfadventures.org.

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WEDNESDAY 3/21 ARTS CASE ART CLUB CASE stands for Creative, Artistic, Scientific, Expressive. A new monthly class for kids ages 6-10. Come craft with Anna and learn about the relationship between art and science. The goal is to involve kids in art using their own creativity.

Parents are welcome to observe and learn but the art is for the kids. 2-4 p.m. Scotts Valley Library, 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. Santacruzpl.org. Free.

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

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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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BELLY DANCE CLASS That hot belly dancer at the Greek restaurant didn’t get her six-pack overnight, and neither did Shakira.

Great belly dancers make it look really easy, but beneath the facade of beauty and grace, belly dancing requires a tremendous amount of core strength and fluidity. Sure, her hips don’t lie, but they can be complicated—belly dancing is hard work. Learn the basics, build up your confidence, and you’ll be moving like a Colombian pop star in no time. All levels welcome.

INFO: 10:30 a.m. Watsonville Yoga, Dance and Healing Arts. 375 N. Main, Watsonville. 713-9843. watsonville. yoga. $10.

When life hands you beer specials … drink up! If you’re searching for the best sudsy social scene in Santa Cruz, look no further than Woodstock’s Pizza. 9 p.m.-Midnight.

Woodstock’s Pizza, 710 Front St., Santa Cruz. woodstockscruz.com/events. Free.

ALEHOUSE NARRATIVES Come join in the alehouse tradition of sharing your personal anecdotes, poems, short stories, creative nonfiction, essays and humor, accompanied by a jazz band and a pint of fine organic ale. Write Sober. Edit Drunk.

Read Buzzed. 7 p.m. Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, 402 Ingalls St. Suite 27, Santa Cruz.

425-4900 or scmbrew.com. Free.

GROUPS PRESCHOOL ADVENTURES AT THE MONTEREY BAY MARINE SANCTUARY EXPLORATION CENTER Come enjoy weekly preschool adventures at the Sanctuary Exploration Center with ocean-

It’s the Santa Cruz Symphony’s 60th anniversary this year, and symphony director Daniel Stewart has something very special in store. The unveiling of his newest composition, “Social Media,” is in celebration of the symphony’s success. And there’s more—the evening begins and ends with Mozart, with other historic works sprinkled in.

His joyful “Overture to the Marriage of Figaro” opera opens the evening, and the event concludes with “Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola K 364.”

INFO: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium. 307 Church St., Santa Cruz.2 p.m. Sunday, March 25. Henry J. Mello Center for the Performing Arts. 250 East Beach St., Watsonville. santacruzsymphony.org. $29-$85.

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 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. 3-6 p.m. Santa Cruz Naturopathic Medical Center, 736 Chestnut St., Santa Cruz. 477-1377 or scnmc.com. $29/$17.

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.

MUSIC 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

CALENDAR 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.

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.

THURSDAY 3/22 ARTS JEWEL THEATRE PRESENTS: ‘COMING OF AGE’ Ian is returning from a book tour to visit his elderly father John, a renowned Dickens scholar, and most recently, a grief stricken widower. Ian is alarmed to find John confused and disoriented. This serious comedy by Kate Hawley is an exploration of love and renewal. 7:30 p.m. The Colligan Theater, 1010 River St., Santa Cruz. jeweltheatre.net. $48/$42/$26.

COYOTE FESTIVAL OF SOUND & VISION A tribute event honoring to artist

CLASSES KIMCHI WORKSHOP Kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of fermented vegetables, is high in fiber, packed with vitamins, and is a powerful antioxidant and probiotic.

Join Masumi Diaz and Eriko Yokoyama of Hakouya Cooking School and learn how it is made, and take home a jar of Napa or Vegan Kimchi. 6-7:30 p.m. New Leaf Market, 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306 or newleaf. com. $35.

THE BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF LIGHT POLLUTION ON BIRD AND WETLAND ECOLOGY Lisa Heschong will describe the

INTRODUCING VILLAGE SANTA CRUZ Join us to learn more about this recently launched, member driven, nonprofit organization that helps seniors stay engaged, active, connected and able to remain in their homes as long as possible by providing social community events, inter-generational interaction, and practical assistance. 1-2 p.m. Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz, 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. 8242404 or villagesantacruz.org. Free.

SALSA INTERMEDIATE: PARTNER AND SUELTA No partner required. Drop-in class. Featuring Cuban-style Casino partner dancing, Salsa Suelta, and the latest and greatest in Cuban tunes. Age 16 and up.

Two fun and experienced instructors. 7 p.m.

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

FOOD & WINE TRIVIA NIGHT This festive event brings together trivia aficionados, boneheads and the chic geek for a night of boisterous fun.

8:30 p.m. Woodstock’s Pizza, 710 Front St., Santa Cruz. 427-4444.

DRINK BEER AND NOURISH OUR COMMUNITY Pajaro Valley Loaves and Fishes provides the much needed service of bringing nutritious food to community members in need. One of the largest groups that we serve is farm workers and their families. There are close to one million people working on farms in this state, many of them making close to or under minimum wage. 5 p.m. Lúpulo Craft Beer House, 233 Cathcart St., Santa Cruz. pvloavesandfishes. org. Free.

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Daniel Stople, featuring San Francisco jazz poet Avotcja and eight other local and Bay Area poets, plus the local spoken word musical group The Process. Many art works of Daniel Stolpe will be on display. 7 p.m.

Kamstra Sparchive, 5321 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley. 251-0225.

problem of “fatal light attraction” whereby artificial light at night (ALAN) interferes with nighttime migration and causes birds to collide with buildings. She will describe how light causes circadian disruption in humans, and the less well understood impacts on the lunar and seasonal cycles of wildlife and plants, and especially implications for local wetland ecology. 7:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 E Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. santacruzbirdclub.org.

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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.

MUSIC THE SANTA CRUZ TREMOLOS SINGING GROUP FOR PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON’S Singing is known to be a good voice-strengthening exercise for people with Parkinson’s disease. Santa Cruz County has an ongoing singing group for people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. 1-2:30 p.m.

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

VOLUNTEER VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION Village Santa Cruz is getting ready to welcome members who may need a little more help. Our Volunteers help in many ways, they provide direct practical support to seniors which includes calls, visits, and driving. As well as service coordination, and tech support. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Volunteer Center of Santa Cruz County, 1740 17th Ave., Santa Cruz.

824-2404 or villagesantacruz.org. Free.

FRIDAY 3/23 ARTS IN CELEBRATION OF THE MUSE The 36th Annual Celebration of Women Writers of Santa Cruz County. 19 readers, plus books for sale, refreshments. A benefit for The Womens’ Health Center of Santa Cruz. 7 p.m.

Center Stage Theater, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. jeweltheatre.net. Free.

DIY STAMP MAKING AND YOUTH ART SHOW Come to the MAH and MAKE your own stamps.This Friday, design cut and make your own stamps with the Boys and Girls Club. At this drop in, all ages art activity you will learn how to take simple materials and transform them into printmaking materials. 5-8 p.m. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. abbottsquare.org. Free.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY THEATER PRESENTS: “JULIUS CAESAR” BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DIRECTED

BY BILL PETERS LIVE ON STAGE Mountain Community Theater is proud to present Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare and directed by Bill Peters. 7:30 p.m. Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St., Ben Lomond. mctshows.org. $20.

CLASSES SANTA CRUZ LEARNING CENTER SCIENCE FESTIVAL Santa Cruz Learning

complementary swing dance lessons. 5-8 p.m. Skypark, 361 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. foodtrucksagogo.com. Free.

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.

SATURDAY 3/24 ARTS MARCH MADNESS: OPEN HOUSE Art studios will be open to the public on March 24 and 25. Visit some of the finest artists in Santa Cruz County and enjoy artwork. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 17th Avenue Studios, 980 17th Ave., Santa Cruz. 17thavenuestudios.com.

Free.

SANTA CRUZ BALLET THEATRE IN CONCERT Our annual mixed-repertory concert features a wide range of dance idioms, from classical to contemporary styles. This season features Tchaikovsky’s beautiful Swan Lake Act II, the romantic white act of the dramatic ballet. 2 p.m.

Cabrillo Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Drive., Aptos. scbt.org. $25/$13.

Center presents our fifth annual Science Festival. There will be food, experiments, hand on activities, 3-D printing, a bounce house and raffle prizes. Come check us out and please share this information with your friends and family and we will see you soon. 4 p.m. Santa Cruz Learning Center, 2560 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. santacruzlearningcenter.com. Free.

Documentarian Jeri Rice will join us to share her 2017 film Embargo as part of the Taste of Cuba event at the Vets Hall. Buy tickets in advance for the entire program. Q&A to follow. 6:30 p.m. Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial Building, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz.

426-5755 or embargofilm.com. $10.

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CRAFT YOUR OWN EARRINGS WORKSHOP Make a beautiful pair of

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.

FRIDAY NIGHT FOOD TRUCK PARTY: SWING INTO SPRING The Friday Night Food Truck Party returns with Swing Into Spring! Celebrate the first week of Spring with the professionals from Santa Cruz's Swing Set Lounge, who will offer

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earrings while learning basic jewelry making skills. 1-3 p.m. Flora and Fauna, 1050 River St. #127, Santa Cruz. 241-3182. $55/$45.

BELLIES, BIRTH & BABIES This family event offers new and expectant families an opportunity to learn from local birth and postpartum professionals such as midwives, doulas, lactation counselors, acupuncturist, baby wearing experts and more. There will be workshops, hands-on demos, free mini

CALENDAR prenatal and postpartum massages, prizes and a baby wearing fashion show. 2-5 p.m.

Pacific Cultural Center, 1307 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz. 423-8483. Free.

FOOD & WINE APTOS FARMERS MARKET AT CABRILLO COLLEGE Voted Good Times best farmers market in Santa Cruz County.

With more than 90 vendors, the Aptos Farmers Market offers an unmatched selection of locally grown produce and specialty foods. 8 a.m.-Noon, Saturdays, Cabrillo College. montereybayfarmers.org or akeller@montereybayfarmers.org. Free.

WESTSIDE FARMERS MARKET The Westside Farmers Market takes place every week at the corner of Highway 1 and Western Drive, situated on the northern edge of Santa Cruz’s greenbelt. This market serves the communities of the west-end of Santa Cruz including 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.

PUBLIC BREWERY TOUR OF SANTA CRUZ—WESTSIDE ROUTE Hop aboard a unique ride on the newest member to the Brew Cruz family, Slowboy. A 1964 splitwindow VW Bus offers vintage transport over the course of four hours. Passengers receive discounted beers at each location, the opportunity to meet the brew masters, and a knowledgeable driver who will guide you through the day with discussions of beer and local history. Noon. Dream Inn Santa Cruz, 175 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz. scbrewcruz. com. $75/$45.

GROUPS AUTHOR READING AND DISCUSSION

BY KATHLEEN ARCHAMBEAU Kathleen Archambeau, author of the book Pride & Joy: LGBTQ Artists, Icons and Everyday Heroes, will be leading an interactive discussion with the Santa Cruz LGBTQ and youth meetup.

1:30-3 p.m. Santa Cruz Diversity Center, 1110 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. diversitycenter.org.

Free.

BOOK SALE FEATURING CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT TITLES The Scotts Valley Friends of the Library will be holding a book sale featuring children's and young adult titles. All books are gently used and will be reasonably priced. Proceeds benefit the Scotts Valley Library. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 251 Kings Village Road, Scotts Valley. 427-7713.

FIRST DRAFT FREE WRITE CHILDREN’S BOOK VOICE WORKSHOP Use all three voices (first person, second person, and third person) to develop your story. Bring your laptop and your library card. Check out books in the genre you are writing for scenes to read and discuss before you free write your own scene in each voice.

1-2:30 p.m. Branciforte Library, 230 Gault St., Santa Cruz. santacruzpl.org. Free.

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

Thomas and Taylor Settanni will be pouring at the second annual #FemAleFest in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This year, they wanted to collaborate with the other women brewers and brewery owners from the Monterey Bay. The Amazon Zing is a Saison brewed with Lemon and Ginger. SCMB plans to release the cans on the same day that Emily and Taylor will be introducing it to the fine folks of Florida.

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a check-in at the Information Kiosk in Downtown Santa Cruz where participants will receive a wristband, a glass, and a passport card, which includes a map/list of participating bars and local breweries.

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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

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throughout Downtown Santa Cruz to each unique bar for delicious samples. 2-6 p.m.

Downtown Santa Cruz, Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. downtownsantacruzbeermarch2018. eventbrite.com $35/$30.

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CALENDAR previous experience necessary. Includes all art and writing materials. RSVP required. 2-4 p.m. Polo Grounds Park, 2255 Huntington Drive, Aptos. 662-0186 or shiningjoys@ gmail.com. $10.

MUSEUM OF CURIOUS PERCEPTIONS The story tellers. Their words reverberate throughout the galleries, unsounded whispers, mute cries, gagged laughter, thunderous unheard sighs—the splintering profundity of their unspoken words resound silently throughout each exhibit within this fictional museum. Be transported.

Enter their stories. 2-4 p.m. Pajaro Valley Arts Council, 37 Sudden St., Watsonville. pajarovalleyartscouncil.org. Free.

OUTDOORS WATSONVILLE NATURE WALKS

Sure, you can buy a jar of kimchi for $15 in your local grocery store, but it’s much more gratifying, cost-effective and generally better to make it at home. Kimchi is really just like ultra-fancy sauerkraut, and is rich in probiotics and antioxidants. Despite the recent popularity of fermented foods like kefir and kombucha, kimchi has been a Korean staple for more than 1,500 years. It’s meant to be enjoyed in moderate amounts, so if you are a new kimchi eater, maybe don’t eat the entire jar, or you will really regret it later. These are the kinds of things you can learn at this week’s kimchi workshop. Vegan options are available.

Come experience the incredible bird life that the Wetlands of Watsonville have to offer. Located along the globally important Pacific Flyway, the Wetlands of Watsonville provide a resting stop for birds on their migratory journey. The wetland system of sloughs and their uplands offer breeding and year-round habitat for more than 220 species of shorebirds, waterfowl, raptors and song birds. Bilingual walk every Sunday at 1:30 p.m. City of Watsonville-Nature Center, 30 Harkins Slough Road, Watsonville. cityofwatsonville.org. Free.

INFO: 6 p.m. New Leaf Community Market. 1101 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz. 426-1306. newleaf.com/events. $35.

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ARTS ADULT ARTS AND CRAFTS Come join us at the Felton Library every Sunday as we build community through art and supporting each other in our creative activities.

Attendants are encouraged to bring their own portable projects to work on, though something will be provided if you don’t bring something. Let’s have some fun while also helping each other learn and grow as artists and crafters. 2-4:30 p.m. Felton Library, 6299 Gushee St., Felton. santacruzpl.org.

Free.

SPRING EGG-STRAVAGANZA Did some bunny say EGG HUNT? Bring your baskets and come out to support this local community event. The event with a coin and book drive benefiting Leo’s Haven and

Live Like Coco. Admission includes, easter egg hunt, coloring contest, bunny hop and a DJ. Noon-4 p.m. Aptos Village Park, 100 Aptos Creek Road, Aptos. 222-2040 or teamhousehunter.lpages.co.

HARP STRINGS & HARMONY Do you love the harp, strings and music? Well, get creative with strings by making art and listening to harps. We will have a string art activity in the Secret Garden behind the Museum and we will have a Harp Concert in the Atrium. During intermission, musicians will allow you to see their instruments up close with a harp petting zoo. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

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

SPRINGTIME GREENWOOD ARTS Imbue yourself with springtime beauty through song, circle dance, music and freeform movement with colored materials, pastel drawing, writing and sharing circle. No

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.

READ & CRITIQUE WRITERS GROUP A group for published writers who continue to write for publication. We bring our current projects to read and get feedback. Call Dana for more information. 1:30 p.m. Downtown Santa Cruz, Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. 4255182. Free.

CLASSES 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. Her classes are a gentle yet dynamic blend of strength-building movement, breath awareness, with an emphasis on posture, alignment, flexibility and pain management. 9 a.m. Yoga Center Santa Cruz, 429 Front St., Santa Cruz. 4236719 or suzimahler.com.

UC CALIFORNIA NATURALIST PROGRAM 2018: ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS NOW The California Naturalist class will introduce you to the wonders of California’s unique ecology and engage you in the stewardship of our natural communities. This intensive certification program will utilize a combination of science curriculum, guest lecturers, field trips, and project-based learning to immerse you in the natural world of the Central Coast. UCSC Arboretum, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz. 5022998 or arboretum.ucsc.edu/education/ uccnp/index.html. $400.

TUESDAY 3/27 CLASSES GREEN BUSINESS LUNCH & LEARN Join fellow businesses at this brown bag lunch and learn about the environmental, cost-saving and marketing benefits of becoming a Certified Green Business. Noon1 p.m. Santa Cruz City Hall, 809 Center St., Santa Cruz. 420-5592 or greenbusinessca. org. Free.

TRIPLE P WORKSHOP: MINDFUL PARENTING Ever feel like you’re a parent on a hamster wheel? Learn how to avoid common parenting traps including putting into practice Triple P parenting strategies.

This class will help you identify some of the thoughts and patterns that keep you stuck and move you towards parenting from a place of love and acceptance. 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Dominican Hospital-Rehabilitation Services, 610 Frederick St., Santa Cruz. 457-7077 or dignityhealth.org.

ORDINARY LIFE, EXTRAORDINARY LIVING Through practicing Tantra, based on wisdom and compassion, we can swiftly free ourselves from all our ordinary, negative selfconceptions, and develop our imagination and bliss, using the most powerful tools for spiritual growth. 7 p.m. Wisdom Center of Santa Cruz, 740 Front St. #155, Santa Cruz.

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LOVE YOUR

LOCAL BAND

JAZZ THE DOG Jazz the Dog is the name of a new band in Santa Cruz. Jazz is also literally the name of a dog— guitarist Rick Zeek’s dog, in fact.

Unfortunately, she passed away. But he commemorated her by getting her stuffed, and now you can see her at every Jazz the Dog show, set up on stage while the band plays.

“She’s our mascot,” says band founder Rhan Wilson. “Half the people think it’s the coolest thing in the world, and they want to ask all kinds of questions.

And the other half of the people just think it’s the weirdest thing, and they’re horrified by it. So that’s kind of fun.”

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The band is new, but Wilson, Zeek, and Patti Maxine have been playing music together through various projects.

They played together for Wilson’s “Altered Christmas” shows, where he’d take popular Christmas tunes and play them in minor keys or other offbeat alterations.

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Jazz the Dog’s set features a combo of Zeke’s original tunes, which are in the realm of Americana, and covers that have been altered by Wilson, much like he does for the “Altered Christmas” shows.

Originally, the band would bill themselves as Rhan and Friends, or Patti and Friends, or whatever name they came up with.

“It gets confusing,” Wilson says. “Jazz the Dog is … well, you remember it.

Everybody has remembered this name.

It’s kind of hard to forget it, and then you have a dog there.” AARON CARNES INFO: 5 p.m. Friday, March 23.

Michael’s on Main, 2591 S Main St., Soquel. Free. 479-9777.

VALLEY QUEEN

THURSDAY 3/22 METAL

RUMBLE STEELSKIN Rumble Steelskin is here to “kick your ass,” as guitarist Jimmy Cardarelli likes to say. Since 2014, the band has delivered gimmick-free, straight-down-the-barrel heavy metal and hard rock ’n’ roll in the vein of AC/DC, Metallica, Black Sabbath and more. This Thursday, they join local metal peers Hammerdown and Bon-Scott-era AC/ DC tribute band Touch’d Too Much.

Just beware of the morning after bangover. MAT WEIR INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $7. 429-4135.

FRIDAY 3/23 FUNK

DUMPSTAPHUNK The New York Times called Dumpstaphunk “the best funk band from New Orleans right now.” That’s saying a lot, obviously, but whether or not anyone can make a definitive

statement about the top New Orleans funk band, you have to admit that Dumpstaphunk brings it in a way that will make you wonder if Doc Brown sent you back in time in his DeLorean. Conceived and led by Ivan Neville, son of Aaron Neville, you won’t regret dancing your ass off to this band. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $26/adv, $30/door. 479-1854.

SATURDAY 3/24 DISCO

LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES Los Amigos Invisibles’ high-energy live shows are the stuff of legend in countries all over the planet, from Australia to Zimbabwe. The Venezuelan group’s sound isn’t solely bouncy beats—with influences from acid jazz and psych-rock cluttering up the dance back beats, you’ll find yourself “tripping out” a little on the dance floor. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $30/adv, $35/door. 479-1854.

FOLK-ROCK

MARTIN SEXTON One of 12 kids, singer-songwriter Martin Sexton picked up the guitar at 14. Now, 30-plus years later, Sexton is an award-winning artist known for his down-to-earth demeanor and real-deal approach to life and music. With a smooth, soulful voice that blends rock and folk, a fiercely independent spirit, and a reputation for being a musician’s musician, Sexton has built a base of loyal fans who, like him, are in it for the long haul. CJ INFO: 9 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $28/door. 423-1338.

INDIE

VALLEY QUEEN Singer-songwriter Natalie Carol left the security and familiarity of Little Rock, Arkansas a decade ago for the Upside Down—or as it’s better known, Los Angeles. Once there, she formed Valley Queen, combining her earnest, sort of alt-country songwriting chops with her bandmates’ music to create a sound that takes elements of ’70s Laurel Canyon folk-rock and ’80s arena rock. AC INFO: 9 p.m. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. $10/adv, $12/door. 429-6994.

MUSIC

BE OUR GUEST DON CARLOS

PUSSY RIOT

SUNDAY 3/25 HAWAIIAN

KALANI PE’A

INFO: 7 p.m. Flynn’s Cabaret, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. $23/adv, $25/door. 335-2800.

CLASSICAL/FOLK

HARP FESTIVAL Ever wanted to play a harp? You’ll get your chance this Sunday at the 13th annual Santa Cruz Harp Festival. A collaboration between the Community Music School and the MAH, the festival is an exploration of “modern

and confirmed her status as a rising star. She hits California for a series of gigs with a blazing young band featuring drummer Henry Conerway III, bassist Barry Stephenson, and pianist Keith Brown (son of piano great Donald Brown). ANDREW GILBERT

INFO: 2 p.m. Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St., Santa Cruz. Free. 429-1964.

INFO: 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. $25/adv, $30/door. 427-2227.

MONDAY 3/26

TUESDAY 3/27

JAZZMEIA HORN

PUNK

Jazzmeia Horn may not have been destined to become a jazz singer, but she admits that her given name pointed her in that direction as a musically inspired young teen. At 26, the Dallas native has quickly earned a stellar reputation in New York City as a disarmingly confident young improviser with a big, gorgeous voice and surfeit of ideas.

She won a series of prestigious competitions, culminating in her 2015 triumph at the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition (with Veronica Swift and South Africa’s Vuyolwethu Sotashe taking second and third, respectively). Her debut album, 2017’s A Social Call, earned a Grammy nomination

For more than half of the last decade Russian punks Pussy Riot have taken the world by storm with their pro-women message of revolution.

Through music, performance art and progressive ideology Pussy Riot has challenged everything from gender norms to the Russian government and even Vladimir Putin himself. This year, they come to Santa Cruz with a punk rock show unlike any other in the midst of an international political climate that makes them seem more needed now than ever. MW

PUSSY RIOT

INFO: 8 p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $25. 429-4135.

INFO: 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 6 & 7. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $25-$35. 479-1854.

WANT TO GO? Go to santacruz.com/ giveaways before 11 a.m. on Friday, March 30 to find out how you could win a pair of tickets to the April 6 performance.

IN THE QUEUE SARAH ELIZABETH CHARLES

New York-based vocalist/composer.

Thursday at Kuumbwa CONTRIBUTION

Jamband supergroup.

Friday at Flynn’s Cabaret LUCY DACUS

Indie rocker out of Richmond, Virginia. Friday at Crepe Place LOST BOYS

James Durbin and company’s final show. Friday at Catalyst PATRICK MCGUIRE & RYE DAWN

Folk-blues duo. Saturday at Michael’s on Main

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When Kalani Pe’a was diagnosed with a speech disorder at the age of 4, his parents turned to music, teaching the youngster songs to help him pronounce his words. Apparently the strategy worked—and then some. Pe’a is now a Grammy-winning artist, considered one of Hawaii’s brightest new stars. The Hilo-born, Maui-based singer-songwriter draws from the rich traditions of Hawaiian music and adds his own flair and tastes to keep traditional songs and styles alive and relevant to new generations of listeners. CJ

and historic music from all over the world on harps of all kinds.” There will be featured artists and a harp “petting zoo.” Come early to catch the MAH’s free, interactive harp art project, “Harp Strings and Harmony,” which begins at 11 a.m. CJ

Jamaica’s Waterhouse district has produced a number of genre-defining dub and reggae artists, including King Tubby, Junior Reid, King Jammy and former Black Uhuru vocalist Don Carlos, who was part of the band’s classic reggae album Love Crisis (later retitled Black Sounds of Freedom).

Now an elder statesman, Carlos has had a successful career as a solo artist and bandleader and has a legion of fans around the world. Though his musical peak was during the ’80s, when he had five top 10 hits between 1982 and 1985, Carlos remains a giant of the genre. CAT JOHNSON

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Thursday March 22nd 8:30pm $8/12 Brooklyn Brass Meet California Funk

HIGH & MIGHTY BRASS BAND GROOVESESSION & HOOPTY

LIVE MUSIC WED

3/21

THU

3/22

FRI

3/23

SAT

3/24

ABBOTT SQUARE 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz

Green Dog Free 6:30-9p

Moshe Vilozney Free 6:30-9:30p

Friday March 23rd 9pm $26/30

THE APPLETON GRILL 410 Rodriguez St, Watsonville

Baile Sonidero 9p

Hip Hop Showcase E-Dawg 8p

DUMPSTAPHUNK

APTOS ST. BBQ 8059 Aptos St, Aptos

Broken Shades 6-8p

Scott Miller 6-8p

Lloyd Whitely 1p Jeffrey Halford 6-8p

Jazz Free 7p

Jazz Free 7p

Jazz Free 7p

New Orleans Funk Super-group

Saturday March 24th 9pm $30/25

Latin Grammy Winners From Venezuela

LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES

Al Frisby 6-8p

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

Steve Freund 6-8p

MON

3/26

TUE

3/27

Virgil Thrasher & Blind Rick 6-8p

Mojo Mix 6-8p

BLUE LAGOON 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz THE BLUE LOUNGE 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz

Live Bands 9p-2a

Power Dance 80s and 90s

Live Bands Club 2000

Live VJ Dancing

Goth Industrial

DELLA MAE

BOARDWALK BOWL 115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz

Karaoke 8p-Close

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Wish & the Wall 9-11:45p

Karaoke 6p-Close

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Karaoke Free 8p

Swing Dance $5 5:30p

SC Jazz Society Free 3:30p

Pool Free

Comedy w/ Shwa Free 8p

+ NELS ANDREW Wednesday March 28th 8:30pm $7/10 Americana/Roots CD Release Party

LAUREN WALL & SIMPLY PUT Thursday March 29th 8:30pm $9/12 Gypsy Rock Favorites Return

DIEGO’S UMBRELLA + MONKEY HANDS

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

Karaoke 9-12:30a

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

Pussy Riot $25 7p Futuristic: What More Could You Ask For? $15/$18 7p

Touched Too Much, Rumble Steelskin & more $7 8:30p

Lost Boys ft. James Durbin’s Farewell Show $15/$20 8:30p

Martin Sexton $25/$28 8:30p

Jamaican Reggae & Dancehall Great

TANYA STEPHENS Saturday March 31st 9pm $10/15 Latin/Cumbia Dance Party

LA MISA NEGRA Apr 5th THE MAIN SQUEEZE + MIDTOWN SOCIAL Apr 6th & 7th DON CARLOS Apr 8th KASH’D OUT, TUNNEL VISION, SERANATION Apr 12th CHUM - A Tribute to PHISH Apr 13th ROCK COLLECTION: MELVIN SEALS, STU ALLEN Apr 14th GHOST NOTE w/ members of SNARKY PUPPY Apr 15th REBIRTH BRASS BAND Apr 17th SENSAMOTION, PACIFIC ROOTS, ANIMO CRUZ Apr 19th TROPA MAGICA + QIENSAVE Apr 20th ALO - ANIMAL LIBERATION ORCHESTRA Apr 21st SOULWISE + Aloha Radio Apr 22nd RAY CHARLES PROJECT (afternoon) Apr 23rd MIKE & THE MOONPIES Apr 27th THE ENGLISH BEAT Apr 28th LYRICS BORN Apr 29th SUGARAY RAYFORD May 3rd KYLE HOLLINGSWORTH + HOT BUTTERED RUM May 4th SUNNY SWEENEY + WARD DAVIS May 5th SAMBADÁ + FLOR DE CAÑA

WWW.MOESALLEY.COM 1535 Commercial Way Santa Cruz 831.479.1854

Singer/Songwriter Showcase 9p-12:30a

Karaoke 9-12:30a

Friday March 30th 9pm $20/25

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Sunday March 25th 8:30pm $10/15

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SUN

OPEN LATE EVERY NIGHT! wednesday 3/21 practicing sincerity w/ half stack and heavenly bother Show 9pm $7 Door

thursday 3/22

the shoobies

w/ miranda and the beat Show 9pm $8 door

friday 3/23

(((folkyeah))) Presents:

lucy dacus

9PM - $12 adv @ticketweb / $15 door

saturday 3/24

valley queen

w/ sun maiden & margo cilker

9PM - $10 adv @ticketweb / $12 door

tuesday 3/27

7 come 11 Show 9pm $6 Door

WEDNESDAY 3/28

THE BAD LIGHT

w/ THE TERRIBLE & MARMALADE KNIVES Show 9pm $7 Door

thursday 3/29

titus andronicus w/ rick maguire from pile

9PM - $15 adv @ticketweb / $18 door MIDTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1134 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz

429-6994

Dumbfoundead $18/$20 8:30p

LIVE MUSIC WED

3/21

CAVA CAPITOLA WINE BAR 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola

THU

3/22

Kip Allert 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

Practicing Sincerity w/ Half Stack & Heavenly $7 9p

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

Yuji Tojo $3 7:30p

FRI

3/23

Alex Lucero 7-10p

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Wednesday, March 21 • 7 pm SAT

3/24

Frank Sorci 7-10p

SUN

3/25

MON

3/26

TUE

Thursday, March 22 • 7 pm KPIG Happy Hour 5:30-7:30p

Peter Feliciano Free 7-10p

WestxSouthwest Free 7-10p

The Shoobies, Miranda & The Best $8 9p

Lucy Dacus $12/$15 9p

Valley Queen, Sun Maiden & Margo Cilker $10/$12 9p

Hot Fuse $5 8:30p

Jive Machine $6 9p

Extra Large $7 9:30p

DAV. ROADHOUSE 1 Davenport Ave, Davenport

Karin Phoenix & Tomas Obomsawin Free 4-7p Funk Night ft.

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

Jenny & the Bets Free 6:30-8:30p

DON QUIXOTE’S 6275 Hwy 9, Felton

Mary Gauthier & Max Gomez $20/$25 7:30p

The Contribution $20/$25 9p

THE FISH HOUSE 972 Main St, Watsonville

Mabrak w/ Emmanuel Selassie $18/$20 9p

Coast Ridge Ramblers Free 6-9p

Flingo Free 7:30p

KUUMBWA JAZZ 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

John McEuen & the String Wizards $28 7p

Lencat Free 5:30-6:30p Sarah Elizabeth Charles YoniVerse Monologues $25/$30 7p $25 7:30p

Vinni Memorial Party 12-1p YoniVerse Monologues $25 7:30p

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Friday, March 23 & Saturday, March 24 • 8 pm

YONIVERSE MONOLOGUES Tickets: brownpapertickets.com

JAZZMEIA HORN Winner of the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition, Horn is a singer not to be missed.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Thursday, March 29 • 7 pm

Kalani Pe’a $23/$25 7p

Greyhound Free 8p

HENFLING’S 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

SARAH ELIZABETH CHARLES Since her 2012 debut, this vocalist has been making waves with her crystalline tone and elastic range.

Monday, March 26 • 7 pm

Blue, Geoff Alan Free 6-9p

DISCRETION BREWING 2703 41st Ave, Soquel

3/27

John Michael 3-6p

JOHN MCEUEN & THE STRING WIZARDS Tickets: pulseproductions.net

Roadhouse Karaoke Free 8p Jazzmeia Horn $25/$30 7p

DILLON BAIOCCHI & HERMANO A reeds and guitar duo, featuring Santa Cruz’s Baiocchi, born of a shared vision of creating an atmospheric soundscape.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Friday, March 30 • 8 pm

ALICE DIMICELE & FORCE OF NATURE Tickets: brownpapertickets.com Monday, April 2 • 7 pm

JOEY DEFRANCESCO + THE PEOPLE: “PROJECT FREEDOM” A true master of the Hammond B3 organ.

Thursday, April 5 • 7 pm

ANTÓNIO ZAMBUJO Internationally acclaimed Portuguese guitarist and fado singer.

BRITANNIA ARMS IN CAPITOLA 110 Monterey Avenue, Capitola Village

7-10pm Free and open to everyone registration starts at 6pm

To guarantee a time slot, please pre-register at

831.688.8435 mars-studios.com

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

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RECORDING STUDIO

Guitar Works

LEE RITENOUR WITH DAVE GRUSIN A longstanding collaboration between two masters of melody.

Monday, April 9 • 7 pm

HUNTERTONES High-energy and horn-driven, fusing jazz, funk, rock, and soul.

1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Wednesday, April 11 • 7 pm • FREE!

MASTER CLASS: SCOTT SORKIN IMPROVISATION WORKSHOP Approaching material through memorization and improvisation.

Thursday, April 12 • 7 pm

BOB & JOEY JACKSON MUSIC THERAPY PROGRAM BENEFIT Supporting Hospice of Santa Cruz County’s music therapy program.

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

All ages welcome.

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1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS! Sunday, April 8 • 7 & 9 pm

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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 Mar 22

Sat Mar 24

3/23

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3/24

SUN

3/25

MON

Mary Gauthier Release of new album co-written

Grateful Sundays Free 5:30p

$20 adv./$25 door seated <21 w/parent 7:30pm

MISSION ST. BBQ 1618 Mission St, Santa Cruz

Magpies Blues Band Free 6p

Al Frisby Free 6p

Lloyd Whitley Free 6p

Virgil Thrasher & Blind Rick 1p Steve Freund 6p

Kid Andersen & John “Blues” Boyd Free 6p

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

MOE’S ALLEY 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz

High & Mighty Brass Band & more $8/$12 8p

Dumpstaphunk $26/$30 8p

Los Amigos Invisibles $30/$35 8p

Della Mae & Nels Andrews $10/$15 8p

The Contribution All Star Jam Band

Mabrak w/Emmanuel Selassie Roots Reggae Legends, Live and Direct Kalani Pe’a Grammy Award-winning

The Joint Chiefs w/ Alex Lucero & Live Again Two exciting dance bands from California Aja Vu/Steelin’ Chicago SF-based band performs the music of Steely Dan and Chicago

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

MOTIV 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

99 BOTTLES 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz

Chris Slater 9:30p

Broken Shades Free 6p

Rasta Cruz Reggae Party 9:30p

Trivia 8p

POET & PATRIOT 320 E. Cedar St, Santa Cruz

Little Petey & the Mean Old Men

Blues Mechanics Free 6p

Hip-Hop w/ DJ Marc 9:30p

Live Again 2p Comedy Open Mic 8:30-11p

THE RED 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz

RIO THEATRE 1205 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

3/27

Bert Javier Free 10p-12a John Michael Band 2p

$25 adv./$25 door seated <21 w/parent 7pm

TUE

Tacos & Trivia Free 7p

PARADISE BEACH 215 Esplanade, Capitola

THE REEF 120 Union St, Santa Cruz

Jack Tempchin Legendary songwriter, artist and musician

Space Bass! By Andrew Libation Lab w/ Syntax the Pirate 9p 9:30p-1:30a

3/26

NEW BOHEMIA BREWERY 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz

R. Carlos Nakai The world’s premier performer of the Native American Flute

Thu Apr 5

FRI

Patrick Maguire & Rye Dawn $10/$12 8p

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

Wed Apr 4

3/22

Jazz The Dog Free 5p China Cats $15 8p

$23 adv./$25 door seated <21 w/parent 7pm

Sat Mar 31

THU

Acoustic Soul Free 7:30p

Singer/Songwriter from Hawaii Fri Mar 30

3/21

Sasha’s Money $7/$10 7:30p

$18 adv./$20 door Dance – ages 21+ 9pm Sun Mar 25

WED MICHAEL’S ON MAIN 2591 Main St, Soquel

with combat veterans Fri Mar 23

LIVE MUSIC

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

Toby Gray & Friends 6:30p

Moshe Vilozny & Friends 6:30p

Traditional Hawaiian Music 6:30p

Featured Acoustic Hits 12:30 & 6:30p

Featured Acoustic Hits 12:30 & 6:30p

Audition Night 6:30p

African Music Adama & Mabanza 6:30p

The 2018 NEXTies 6p $25

$20 adv./$25 door seated <21 w/parent 7:30pm Fri Apr 6

Grampa’s Chili w/ Jerry Brown & Friends Original California Jam Band

$15 adv./$20 door Dance – ages 21+ 8pm Sat Apr 7

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135

Carolyn Sills Combo Gourmet Country peels back the layers of Western roots

$15 adv./$20 door seated <21 w/parent 8pm Thu Apr 12

Wednesday, March 21 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

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WHATSIT TO YOU Reese Witherspoon as Mrs. Whatsit, Oprah Winfrey as Mrs. Which and Storm Reid as Meg in ‘A Wrinkle in Time.’

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An all-star cast with nothing interesting to say hijacks a fantasy classic in ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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our years ago, Dr. Alex Murry (Chris Pine) vanished in a bizarre physics accident—as the mighty blue Tick noted, "Science is not an exact science." The heroine of A Wrinkle in Time, Meg (Storm Reid, decked out with a pair of glasses and a flannel shirt meant to make her look plain), is consoled in her fatherlessness by her indifferently drawn mother (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and her brilliant little brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe).

Director Ava DuVernay shoots the early scenes of this adaptation in L.A.’s West Adams, a picturesque old neighborhood architecturally similar to Highland Park. The movie is getting on its feet when the supernatural emerges: first, a home invasion by Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon) to announce that news of Meg’s plight has been received by her space sisters. She is joined by the quiltcovered Mrs. Who (Mindy Kaling)— sadly, no relation to the Doctor. And then comes the arrival of the large-

and-in-charge Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey). The three teach Meg how to "tesser"—to fold space in search of her father. Dad is easily found, considering the size of universe; look for him on planet Camazotz, the home of a primal evil called, like our zany pal Pennywise, IT. Wrinkle's author, Madeleine L'Engle, was a devout Episcopalian, but her book is more Manichean. It was the house style of the Cold War, considering a battle of forces of light and darkness. The spiritual side was

up front, in its quote from John 1:5 in praise of the power of light. This has been removed to make the movie non-denominational. Inclusivity is never wrong, but what's replaced the religiousness is a rat's nest of slogans, and exhortations to positive thinking. Meg's boyfriend Calvin (Levi Miller, Disney's least threatening boy since the closure of the Mickey Mouse Club) all but tells Meg "I want to empower you." When the three women recite the names of those who fought darkness on earth, it’s a roster of secular saints— Madame Curie is in there. It’s a live reading of inspirational posters on the walls of a high school library.

Meg was the awkward heroine to many bright rejects, and Reid doesn’t let the character down.

But the trio of stars bulldoze the picture, and DuVernay can’t coordinate this bunch who barely seem to be in the same movie— there’s no serious affection or tension between the women. They pose and smile.

In the book, the three were perhaps the witches from Macbeth.

They had a shadowy side, like Rilkean angels. (Mrs. Who, a walking Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, recites “When shall we three meet again?”)

But it's hard to take even star women seriously in costumes apparently designed by Sid and Marty Krofft.

Of these three interstellar witchypoos, Oprah comes out the worst, in a starfish wig the color of oatmeal, eyes encrusted with glitter and blown up to Godzilla size by CG. Bad movies happen to good people. And reactions to the errant awfulness of A Wrinkle in Time may not represent the alt-right's slander or white backlash from Black Panther's wonderful world of color. DuVernay must go on—the intimacy in the scenes of father and daughter are touching. And even in this tempest of pixels, Reid is a presence; she's sharp, tough and funny. Ultimately, the multi-colored style of this movie will triumph. This film's failure won't even be a wrinkle in the progress to come.

A WRINKLE IN TIME Starring Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling. Directed by Ava DuVernay.

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FILM NEW THIS WEEK LEANING INTO THE WIND 2001’s Rivers and Tides was rightfully hailed as a compelling and fresh approach to making a documentary about an artist.

A decade-and-a-half later, the director of that film has reunited with its subject, Andy Goldsworthy, for a follow-up that seeks to reestablish that connection the first film made with the natural world as it is uniquely celebrated in Goldsworthy’s art. Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer. (PG) 93 minutes. (SP)

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PACIFIC RIM UPRISING Isn’t it kind of weird to think that, as of Guillermo Del Toro’s Oscar victory for The Shape of Water, the original Pacific Rim—a movie about giant robots that battle giant monsters—is officially the product of an Academy-Award-winning director? It’d be like if Michael Bay won an Oscar for directing, and we all started thinking about the Transformers movies differently … okay, that’s not going to happen.

For this sequel, the series lost Del Toro as director (he’s producing here) and Idris Elba as its marquee actor, but adds John Boyega as his robot-driving, monsterfighting son. Directed by Steven S. DeKnight. Co-starring Scott Eastwood and Jing Tian. (PG-13) 111 minutes. (SP) SHERLOCK GNOMES I don’t know how else to say this: he’s a garden gnome and he solves mysteries. That explains the name, but maybe not how this B-level animated children’s comedy got such a distinguished cast to sign on. Starring the voices of Johnny Depp, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Emily Blunt, James McAvoy, Maggie Smith and Michael Caine. Directed by John Stevenson. (PG) (SP) UNSANE Steven Soderbergh

follows up the bizarrely underappreciated Logan Lucky with this thriller about a woman committed to a mental institution against her will. Is she crazy or not? If this is even half as good as Soderbergh’s last twisty thriller, Side Effects, I’m there. Hey, that was bizarrely underappreciated, too. Is there a pattern here, or am I crazy? Starring Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard and Jay Pharoah. (R) 97 minutes. (SP) 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 ANNIHILATION Director Alex Garland of Ex Machina fame has been up front about the fact that his new film about an expedition to a dangerous place where the laws of nature have been altered isn’t for everyone. Studio execs agreed, calling it too complicated and intellectual, and in a panic signed most of the international rights away to Netflix. That’s too bad for Garland, but it does suggest that science fiction fans in this country can for once look forward to an adaptation that’s as smart and original as the book it’s based on.

The funny part is that the trailer makes it look like a fairly typical, bland sci-fi/action flick. I bet the studio execs loved it. Starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Oscar Isaac. (R) (SP) BLACK PANTHER After months of jaw-droppingly cool trailers and ever-more revealing clips, anticipation for this latest Marvel comic adaptation is at a fever pitch. The character at the center of this story, T’Challa (played here

by Chadwick Boseman), goes all the way back to 1966, and was the first character of African descent in a major American comic.

Incredibly, it took more than 25 years of development hell for this

adaptation to finally reach the big screen—but it’s finally here, primed to be one of the biggest movies of the year. Directed by Ryan Coogler. Co-starring Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, and Angela Bassett. (PG-13) 134 minutes. (SP) DEATH WISH Once upon a time, director Eli Roth made an interesting and fairly subversive horror film called Hostel. But a lot of people—most of whom never even saw it—wrongly wrote it off as “torture porn.” Roth seems to have never gotten over it, as he hasn’t made anything approaching a good movie since. Even worse, he increasingly whines about “social justice warriors” attacking his films, suggesting he’s taking that hard Michael Crichton/ Frank Miller/David Mamet fall into nonsensical right-wing paranoia.

Gee, wonder if that has anything to do with why he’s remaking 1974’s nonsensical right-wing paranoia film Death Wish. Bruce Willis on a vigilante shooting spree? Sending a message that murder is the only way to deal with criminals, at a time when crime is at historic lows, and gun mass-murder is at an alltime high? Can anyone say “worst idea ever?” Co-starring Elisabeth Shue, Dean Norris and Vincent D’Onofrio. (R) 107 minutes. (SP) A FANTASTIC WOMAN (LA MUJER FANTASTICO) Transgender actress Daniela Vega makes a triumphant debut playing a transgender woman fighting for respect in modern-day Chile.

Winner of this year’s Foreign Language Oscar, Sebastián Lelio’s engrossing film is a resonant and stylishly-told story about the basic human right to live with dignity and carve out one’s identity in the world. When her partner of several years dies suddenly, and his family closes ranks against her, she experiences the universal plight of an outsider forbidden the rights of the legal kinship group.

That not all of these issues are gender identity-based broadens the film’s scope, and in Vega’s fearless performance, we get a heroine worth cheering for. (R) 105 minutes. In Spanish with English

subtitles. (***1/2) (LJ) GRINGO David Oyelowo as you’ve never seen him before! Er, and maybe didn’t want to see him?

He’s certainly playing against type as a corporate drone who gets caught in the middle of a wacky black-comedy crime plot after the “weed pill” that his company has developed gets him kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel. Wait, we are talking about the David Oyelowo from Selma and Five Days, right?

Okay, just checking. Directed

by Nash Edgerton. Co-starring Charlize Theron and Joel Edgerton.

(R) 110 minutes. (SP) THE HURRICANE HEIST Imagine a movie that combined storms and robbery. Now, imagine that movie was thought up by Homer Simpson. Okay, now go 18 percent dumber. Congratulations, you’ve just arrived at The Hurricane Heist, in which some high-tech thieves decide to rob a U.S. mint using a category 5 hurricane as cover.

Directed by Rob Cohen. Starring Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace and Ryan Kwanten. (PG-13) 100 minutes. (SP) LOVE, SIMON The clever trailer for this film does a good job of building up the big secret that high schooler Simon is keeping: he’s gay. What happens when everyone finds out?

Well, it’s a romantic comedy, not, say, a horror film, so the outlook is good. Starring Nick Robinson, Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Garner.

Directed by Greg Berlanti. (PG-13) 109 minutes. (SP) THE PARTY This poison cocktail of cynicism, disillusion, backbiting and sexual skullduggery, as served up by filmmaker Sally Potter, offers a bleak, sarcastic worldview— and considering how bleak the world is at the moment, maybe bitter laughter is the only sane response. To Potter’s credit, her cast is mostly flawless, the movie is visually striking in black-andwhite, and she keeps the narrative humming along at an intense clip throughout its fleet 75-minute running time. Still, there’s an offputting artificiality to the whole enterprise. (R) 75 minutes. (LJ)

RED SPARROW Jennifer Lawrence is a one-woman killing force! I don’t know if that’s true, but that’s definitely the plot of this spy movie.

Raised by Russians to stick it to the Capitalist Running Dogs, she meets CIA agent Joel Edgerton and starts re-thinking her values. Joel Edgerton, really, comrade? Did you not see The Gift? That guy is totally creepy! (R) 139 minutes. (SP) THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT It was an entire decade ago that The Strangers came out, with its alternately intriguing and infuriating habit of pushing every horror cliche to the most unbelievable level—killers could move across entire rooms behind their victims without detection, while conversely even a fully loaded shotgun didn’t stand a chance against these otherwise completely normal-seeming bad guys. This long-suffering sequel seems bent on continuing in that direction, bringing back the original’s masked trio of maniacs to terrorize another family.

Directed by Johannes Roberts.

Starring the guy with the sack on his head and the two girls with weird masks. ® THOROUGHBREDS Twisty thriller about two childhood friends who re-connect as teenagers and bring out each other’s most destructive tendencies as they draw a would-be tough guy into their ultimate plan. Directed by Cory Finley. Starring Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy and Anton Yelchin. (R) 92 minutes. (SP) TOMB RAIDER When critics described her turn as a robot object of desire in Ex Machina as a “breakout role,” I doubt they had any idea how right they were. Now, here she is poised to be the next Angelina Jolie, taking over as Lara Croft in the Tomb Raider franchise. I know, I know, The Bourne Legacy didn’t exactly make Jeremy Renner the next Matt Damon, and the Carrie remake certainly didn’t make Chloe Grace Moretz the next Sissy Spacek. Geez, you people are cynical! (PG-13) 118 minutes. (SP)

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Celebrating women turning up the heat in the local restaurant industry BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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or the next 10 days, the media spotlight shines on women making history—in the boardrooms, on the streets, and at the stove. So think about putting your money where your mouths are this week and supporting one of our fine Santa Cruz area dining rooms led by a woman. Grubhub is supporting an initiative called RestaurantHer (restauranther.com), devoted to seasoning the restaurant industry with equality for women. You might be interested in checking out the site and perhaps helping out with a modest financial match. (I have Paul

Cocking to thank for this intel.)

When I think of local places that have been launched or strengthened by tough and talented women, I think of Patrice Boyle’s La Posta and Soif. Germaine Akin of Red, 515 and Splash. Of Gema Cruz, managing the kitchen and creating the aromatic plates at Gabriella. And Ella King, whose name and talent fuels two dining spots in Watsonville. The kitchen at Assembly, co-founded

by Kendra Baker, is finessed by chef Jessica Yarr. Oh, yes, and there are bakery cafes launched by Gayle Ortiz (Gayle’s), Kelly Sanchez (Kelly’s), and Erin Lampel (Companion Bakeshop).

There are others. But not enough.

Only 19 percent of the chefs in this country are women—and they earn 28 percent less in base pay than their male counterparts. Only 33 percent of restaurant businesses are majority-owned by women, according to the initiative. So now’s a good time to dine in solidarity with these local businesses founded and/ or run by women. March is Women’s History Month.

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I have enjoyed El Palomar since the early days. And who doesn’t love the idea of savoring authentic Mexican cuisine in the retro interior of the historic Palomar Hotel ballroom. The barrel vaulted ceiling with decorated beams, the tall fireplaces and vintage paintings. Definitely landmark. But the difficulty of being a landmark is that you need to maintain your track record. Last week, my order of pozole was aromatic with lemon, pico de gallo, and slow-simmered pork.

This classic Mexican stew is one of my favorite comfort dishes, and El Palomar’s version was quite good. Fat nuggets of white hominy interlaced with shredded cabbage, and a squeeze of lemon added welcome bite to the rich pork, cumin and tomato broth.

I ordered the house margarita, my companion a St. Pauli Girl beer. My margarita arrived, but not the beer.

I ordered the pozole, my companion ordered the tacos de mariscos and explained to the server that he would like whole pinto beans, not refried beans. Our server happily bobbed her head. But when his order arrived, it arrived with refried beans, and not the whole pintos that he’d ordered.

Our server happily whisked away his plate. So we sat there, one with an entree, the other without one, and the pace of dinner thrown way off.

Butter was requested for the warm flour tortillas, but no butter arrived.

The tacos themselves were curiously dry and spongy. Where were those insanely delicious house-made corn tortillas for which El Palomar had always been famous? My margarita, however, was expertly made. The smoky perfume of tequila always puts me squarely on the Playa la Ropa in Zihua. Just a hint of triple sec, lime and a crunchy salt rim.

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SHACK SHAKERS Women from the Santa Cruz County brewing industry gathered at Shanty Shack to brew a collaborative beer on International Women’s Day.

Hop Bombers Brewing industry women release hopheavy ‘Free the Triple’ IPA BY LILY STOICHEFF

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Rather than give a stylistic requirement, as in past years, Crass says that this year the teams were given a common ingredient: a Pink Boots Society hop blend created by Yakima Chief—Hopunion, which contains Palisade, Citra, Simcoe, Mosaic and Loral hops. Three dollars of every pound purchased was donated to PBS. These choice, fragrant hops drove this group’s recipe development, as well as a desire to step outside of a box they felt had been drawn around these types of brews.

“I feel like most women’s brew days that I’ve been to have brewed a beer that’s stereotypically ‘girly,’ with rosehips or hibiscus,” says Crass. “I love beers like that, but for this brew we wanted to go big and heavy.” Their “Free the Triple” Triple IPA will be a fruit-forward New England-style hop bomb with an added citrus boost of fresh grapefruit zest and juice. Shanty Shack Brewing is hosting a release party on Tuesday, March 27 and proceeds from pints, Crowlers and Growlers will benefit the Pink Boots Society.

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t’s a dreary afternoon at Shanty Shack Brewing, but Brittany Crass has sunshine in a bag. The bright, floral, cannabis-like scent of hops floats into the brewery as she weighs out two pounds to be added to a triple IPA already bubbling away in a fermenter. This latestage process, called “dry hopping,” will give the already hoppy brew a powerful aromatic punch.

The week before, Crass and a dozen other women in the local brewing community gathered to participate in a collaborative brew day on International Women’s Day as part of a national event organized by the Pink Boots Society, a nonprofit organization created to assist, inspire and encourage women in the beer industry. Crass, the Bay Area Chapter leader, says that more than 240 registered national and international teams participated— more than twice as many as the year before. The collaborative beers will be released throughout March to celebrate Women’s History Month, with a portion of sales benefiting the Pink Books Society.

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WAYPOINT AT QUAIL LODGE Carmel’s Quail Lodge has a new bar: Waypoint. Stopping by Quail Lodge recently for lunch at Edgar’s Restaurant, we also checked out Waypoint, which has been completely transformed from what was the Covey Bar & Grill. Waypoint’s grand opening in January revealed an impressively redesigned interior—complete with motorcycle artwork and a real motorcycle attached to a wall (from the Moto Talbott Motorcycle Museum in Carmel Valley), a homage to the signature motorsports events that take place at Quail Lodge. Waypoint Bar & Deck features wines of the Central Coast, as well as terrific cocktails, beers and a tasty menu. The next Quail Motorcycle Gathering is Saturday, May 5.

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friend of mine is mad about Gewurztraminer. To dinner parties and events that we attend together, she always brings a bottle of this white wine to drink— paying no attention to the wonderful reds of this world.

But the spicy Gewurztraminer is a solo star, and Thomas Fogarty Winery makes an exceptional one. The Germanic grape Gewurztraminer (gewurtz means “spice” in German) has lots of aromatics and an abundance of exotic fruits. And Fogarty’s well-made Gewurtz is awash with lychee, jasmine and candied ginger, for which we have winemaker Nathan Kandler to thank. Low in acidity, it pairs well with rich white meats like turkey—so it’s perfect for when Thanksgiving comes around.

But, if you’re like my friend, you will appreciate Gewurztraminer’s rich body, and drink it with anything— whether it pairs well or not.

This 2015 Gewurtz, made from 100-percent Gewurztraminer grapes from Monterey County, sells for $24 in Fogarty’s tasting room, but it can be found in many local stores for less—often on sale. Thomas Fogarty Winery is a member of the Santa Cruz

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Everything changed for you when Mars entered Capricorn. Your energy became more available. You also felt more impatient, wanting to move forward, engage in new enterprises, make new impressions in the world.

You might feel the need to assume leadership over everyone and everything. Careful. Be kind. Be a leader, but understand you move more quickly than others.

Life seems to be accelerating, moving faster each day.

Sometimes those around you move too quickly and you could feel left behind. Perhaps you’re working too hard and long. Even though you have abundant energy, tend to your health as a daily and practical practice.

Careful with inflammation and infections. Slow down on glutens, grains and all sweets. Handle others’ frustration, restlessness and anger calmly. Libra is always poised.

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Thursday, late afternoon/evening, Mercury becomes stationary retrograde (16 degrees Aries). Mercury retrogrades back to 4 degrees Aries. Where are these degrees (house, area

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Sunday is Palm Sunday, a week before Easter (Resurrection Festival). Christ ended His time in the desert and on Palm Sunday, rode into Jerusalem, palms waving above His head. It was a brief moment of triumph for the Christ, seated on the back of a donkey, symbol of patience and humility, the crown jewels of greatness (for Disciples), virtues we are to emulate. Christ’s three-year mission was almost complete. The road into Jerusalem is the Path toward the City of Peace. This is the road “less traveled”. The road disciples must also take.

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You tell everyone you’d rather remain at home and research and not go out and about for a long time. You want to catch up on tasks not tended to the past many years. Needing to maintain reserves of energy to get through each day, you need privacy and solitude. Many different behaviors may arise. Observe them. Consider if they are useful. You may dream more. Record your dreams. Over time they tell you a story about yourself.

GEMINI May 22–June 20 You need to participate in your group of friends a bit more, seeking their cooperation in either working on a project with you or listening to you with care and intention so you can clarify your thinking. If you lead a group, teach cooperation, organize them as a team to achieve a particular goal. Ask each member their hopes, wishes and desires for the future. You’re achieving Aquarian goals. The heart of Aquarius is love (Jupiter).

That’s Gemini’s goal, too.

CANCER Jun21–Jul20 You want to be recognized for your knowledge, abilities, and what you accomplish each day. It’s good to want this recognition for it stimulates your ability to share and provide information to others. Many are in need of real and true information. You always ask the question, “What is real and true?” When we ask, we are also given to. For those seeking new work, wait till after the retrograde. Research now.

LE0 Jul21–Aug22 You may feel a hunger for things far from your usual life and ways of living. Other cultures, people and places seem to be summoning you in subtle yet persistent ways. You’re restless for a new reality, a new adventure, new activities, conversations, different goals, interesting subjects to study. An outer fire blends with your Leo inner fire. Everything you seek will appear. Careful with legal matters.

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You may be called to be more cooperative and collaborative and you can do this. Relationships will be the challenge and perhaps you will need to consult with someone concerning how to be more dynamic and loving, how to settle differences, how to really listen with the heart. Careful with impatience and ending things too quickly. Reconcile with those you have separated from.

SCORPIO Oct23–Nov21 Intimacy is important for you at this time. There are many types of intimacy – between friends and lovers, intimacy of the mind, the heart, and physical intimacy. Things held in common with another is an intimacy. Knowing your values is an intimate level concerning the self. Intimacy beginnings and endings affect you deeply. Be aware of any subtle feelings. Realize what you truly need. Different than wants. When asking, there is always a response. In time.

SAGITTARIUS Nov22–Dec20 There’s so much energy flowing through your body and mind you simply can’t find any self-discipline. That’s OK if you use that unbounded energy for creative activities. You could also find children, or those who are child-like, to play with. Romantic things are good, too, and your love life may sense a deeper level of passion. Make sure you get enough sleep. Don’t risk anything by gambling. Just play (innocently) more. And be in the Sun more.

CAPRICORN Dec21–Jan20 Much of your energy is focused at home, where your domestic self resides. You’re highly intuitive at this time and protective. It’s important you feel secure especially when called to make important home and family decisions. When feeling unusually moody or out-of-sorts, garden, tend to home repairs and arrange family activities.

Step back if arguments begin. Old emotional issues may surface for review. Place them into your heart.

AQUARIUS Jan21–Feb18 So many ideas and plans in your head that you feel a bit overwhelmed and scattered and so you try to share these ideas with others but so many errands and tasks come in between you and sharing with others that you feel frustrated and can move into arguments if you’re not careful. Realizing you could feel impatient and impulsive be careful driving and when using machinery, scissors or knives (while cooking).

Your deep intelligent mind works overtime.

PISCES Feb19–Mar20 It’s a good time to create a journal of daily tasks, events and personal values—past, present and future. It’s good to begin each new season. Often, we can ascertain values by deciding what we need. Tend to monetary issues—savings accounts, taxes, insurance, inheritances.

In terms of savings, consider gold and silver. Refrain from impulse buying. Know that anything bought in the retro will never be used. Invest wisely.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0109 The following Individual is doing business as GABRIELS CHIPPING &TREE SERVICE. 686 SWANTON RD., DAVENPORT, CA 95017. County of Santa Cruz. GABRIEL F. SWITZER. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: GABRIEL F. SWITZER. 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. 18, 2018. Feb. 28, Mar 7, 14, 21.

NOAH CHAVEZ. 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 April 2, 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: Feb. 14, 2018. Paul P. Burdick, Judge of the

Superior Court. Feb. 28, Mar 7, 14 & 21.

This business is conducted by an Individual signed: EDISON BECKER BONJARDIM. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/20/2018.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on 2/20/2018. Feb 28, Mar 7, 14 & 21.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18- 0347.

The following General Partnership is doing business as ESH CLOTHING COMPANY. 222 JACKSON ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

County of Santa Cruz.

AMANDA CHRISTA RUDOLPH, & BRADLEY JAMES RUDOLPH. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: BRADLEY JAMES RUDOLPH. 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 Feb 20, 2018. Feb 28, Mar 7, 14, & 21.

Corporation is doing business as IKE'S LOVE AND SANDWICHES. 1318 OCEAN ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060.

County of Santa Cruz.

ISP2 SANTA CRUZ INC. 2384 SUNRISE DR, SAN JOSE, CA 95124. Al# 4045222.

This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: SANGAM PATEL. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb 20, 2018. Feb 28, Mar 7, 14 & 21..

business name listed above is 2/26/2018.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb 27, 2018. Mar 7, 14, 21, 28.

SARA HOMAN & SARA JESSEN. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: HEDWIG CRAFT. 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 Feb 27, 2018. Mar 7, 14, 21 & 28.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0346 The following Individual is doing business as ARCHIWATER COLLABORATIVE. 4241 SEA PINES COURT, CAPITOLA, CA 95010. County of Santa Cruz. EDISON BECKER BONJARDIM.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0150 The following Individual is doing business as KAPENA CLOTHING COMPANY. 4418 YARDARM CT. SOQUEL, CA 95073.

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CADE WRIGHT. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: CADE WRIGHT. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/20/2018.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Jan 23, 2018. Mar 7, 14, 21, & 28.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18- 0423.

The following General Partnership is doing business as HOLIDAY MUFFLER. 1671 CAPITOLA RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. MICHAEL LEE FOSTER & SHERRY TAYLOR FOSTER. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: SHERRY TAYLOR FOSTER. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is FEB 28, 2018.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0429 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as URBAN HIPPIE. 343 SOQUEL AVE. APT. # 95,SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz.

MANGATA, LLC. 343 SOQUEL AVE. APT. # 95,SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. AI# 5110562.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: ERIC COKE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb 28, 2018. Mar 7, 14, 21, & 28.

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THE COURT FINDS that the petitioner CRISANTA CHAVEZ has filed a Petition for Change of Name with the clerk of this court for an order changing the applicants name from: NOAH MAXIMILIANO to:

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0209 The following Individual is doing business as BABBLING BROOK INN. 1025 LAUREL ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. DILIP PATEL. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: DILIP PATEL. 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 Feb 20, 2018. Feb 28, Mar 7, 14 & 21.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0159 The following Individual is doing business as SANTA CRUZ FIGHT CLUB. 111 BEAN CREEK RD. #9, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95066. County of Santa Cruz. JORDAN DODGE. 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, 2018. Mar 7, 14, 21, & 28.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18- 0400.

The following General Partnership is doing business as SANTA CRUZ PEDICAB. 233 VAN NESS AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. CURTIS SWAIN, DEBORA WADE, & KARSTEN WADE. This business is conducted by a General Partnership signed: DEBORA WADE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 4/24/2012.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb 26, 2018. Mar 7, 14, 21, & 28.

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BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0440 The following Individual is doing business as FLYING LIZARD DESIGN. 2917 CENTER STREET, SOQUEL, CA 95073.

County of Santa Cruz.

VALERIE A SABOURIN. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: VALERIE A SABOURIN. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 1/17/2017.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar 2, 2018. Mar 14, 21, 28, & Apr. 4.

CANNABIS. 1075 ORMSBY CUTOFF, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. OCEAN VIEW CANNABIS, LLC. 1075 ORMSBY CUTOFF, WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. AI# 3410148.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: GARRETT HAND. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar 6, 2018. Mar 14, 21, 28 & Apr 4.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0336 The following Corporation is doing business as RESOURCE CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE. 612 OCEAN ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. THE ESCHATON FOUNDATION. 612 OCEAN ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. Al# 625931. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: THE ESCHATON FOUNDATION. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 6/11/1971.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb 16, 2018. Mar 14, 21, 28 & Apr 4.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0460 The following Individual is doing business as ALTERNATIVE PROPERTY SERVICES. 235 FOSSIL LN., BOULDER CREEK, CA 95006.

County of Santa Cruz.

ROBERT WALTER BEERS. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: ROBERT WALTER BEERS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is 1/2/2018.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 6, 2018. Mar 14, 21, 28 & Apr 4.

to above was filed in SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on: 2/13/2017 GARRET ROBERT EASTMAN KING. 413 GAY RD., APTOS, CA 95003.

This business was conducted by: INDIVIDUAL: GARRET ROBERT EASTMAN KING. This statement was filed with the County Clerk- Recorder of SANTA CRUZ COUNTY on the date indicated by the file stamp: Filed: Mar. 1, 2018. File No.20170000292. Mar. 14, 21, 28, & Apr. 4.

Individual signed: HANA ALYSSA O'BRIEN. 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 Feb 20, 2018. Mar 14, 21, 28, & Apr 4.

Apr 4, & 11.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0466 The following Corporation is doing business as TRANQUILITY BASE CAFE. 345 ENCINAL ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz.

SNOWMERCHANT, INC. 930 ROSEDALE AVE. #22, CAPITOLA, CA 95010. Al# 3899301. This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: SNOWMERCHANT, INC. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 1/12/2018.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar 7, 2018. Mar 21, 28, Apr 4, 11.

18-0501 The following Individual is doing business as MIMI'S TREES AND GARDENS. 111 BEAN CREEK RD. UNIT 146, SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066. County of Santa Cruz. MAUREEN SCOPPETTONE. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MAUREEN SCOPPETTONE. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 6/1/2017.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 14, 2018. Mar. 21, 28, Apr. 4, 11.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0459 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as OCEAN VIEW

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME. The following person (persons) have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name: SELLIT.G. 413 GAY RD., APTOS, CA 95003. The fictitious business name referred

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0301 The following Married Couple is doing business as BELLE VOUS SPA. 606 FREDERICK ST., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. ELISA LORRAINE RHOADES & WILLIAM RICHARD RHOADES II. 390 SEARIDGE RD APT B., APTOS, CA 95003 This business is conducted by a Married Couple signed: ELISA RHOADES. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb 13, 2018. Mar 14, 21, 28, & Apr 4.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0348 The following Individual is doing business as BLUE GREEN SOLEIL. 1101 MARTIN RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95060. County of Santa Cruz. HANA ALYSSA O'BRIEN .

This business is conducted by an

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0439 The following Individual is doing business as CELIA FIOROVICH. 40 ZILS RD., WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. CELIA FIOROVICH. 40 ZILS RD., WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: CELIA FIOROVICH. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 2/1/2018.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 2, 2018. Mar. 21, 28, & Apr. 4, 11.

The following Individual is doing business as EL BUEN TACO. 101 CIVIC CENTER DR.#314, SCOTTS VALLEY, CA 95066.

County of Santa Cruz.

GERADO VELASCO MORALES. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: GERADO VELASCO MORALES. 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 Feb. 21, 2018. Mar 21, 28,

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0496 The following Individual is doing business as SURF CITY PLANTSCAPES, SURF CITY LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE COMPANY. 2270 17TH AVE., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062. County of Santa Cruz. MATTHEW NOEL BJERK. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: MATTHEW NOEL BJERK. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above is NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar 13, 2018. Mar 21, 28, Apr 4, 11.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0504 The following Corporation is doing business as OUTSIDE THE BOX BUILDERS. 1601 JARVIS RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065. County of Santa Cruz. OUTSIDE ENTERPRISES, INC. 1601 JARVIS RD., SANTA CRUZ, CA 95065.. Al# 3973980.

This business is conducted by a Corporation Signed: RANDALL NEWKIRK. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 14, 2018. Mar. 21, 28, Apr. 4, 11.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0417 The following Limited Liability Company is doing business as FRUITION BREWING. 918 EAST LAKE AVE., WATSONVILLE, CA

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95076. County of Santa Cruz. ICARUS FERMENTATION, LLC. 743 B VOLZ LANE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062 AI# 24310092.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company signed: TALLULA PRESTON. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on NOT APPLICABLE. This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Feb. 27, 2018. Mar. 21, 28, Apr. 4, 11.

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STATEMENT FILE NO. 18-0505 The following Individual is doing business as FRG HANDYMAN. 522 MADISON ST., WATSONVILLE, CA 95076. County of Santa Cruz. RITA S LUIS. This business is conducted by an Individual signed: RITA S LUIS. The registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 3/5/2018.

This statement was filed with Gail L. Pellerin, County Clerk of Santa Cruz County, on Mar. 15, 2018. Mar. 21, 28, Apr. 4, 11.

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Anne Scott-Chambers, 60-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

cross-fit Astrological Sign: Aries Occupation: Retired high school teacher Hobbies: Botanical illustrations, gardening, reading, hanging out with grandkids; cooking Astrological Sign: Capricorn

Steve Chambers, 40-Year Customer, Santa Cruz

Occupation: Retired from PG&E Hobbies: Backpacking, building wooden and skin-on-frame rowboats, gardening, cooking Astrological Sign: Taurus What first got you shopping here? ANNE: “My dad.

I was the oldest of seven kids and I had to join him.

We’d bring a long list and shop for the entire week.

When I grew up, I shopped at Shopper’s because I wanted to.” Is Shopper’s your go-to store? ANNE: “Yes, I’m here every other day.” STEVE: “We like fresh food so we shop here often. I appreciate that Shopper’s is local.” ANNE: “I grew up with Jim (Beauregard), and everyone here knows me. They’re all so friendly. I sometimes feel more at home here that I do at my own home!”

What do you folks like to cook? ANNE: “I’m Sicilian so I mostly cook Italian dishes. Fresh, simple, lots of herbs.” STEVE: “I do a lot of barbecuing, so on any give day it could be a tri-tip, culotte steaks, a pork butt, burgers, chicken or seafood. I really like the quality and the variety of products the butcher shop has to offer. The guys will special-cut whatever you need.” ANNE: “I love the butchers, they’re great!

When ordering prosciutto, they’ll first show me the thickness and give me a little sample. When they slice it, they’ll lay it out all nice and beautiful for me.”

Is quality the reason you both have shopped here so many years?

STEVE: “It’s one of the reasons. The prices are competitive, and I have a feeling Shopper’s may outlive the chains.” ANNE: “I shop for quality and price, and Shopper’s has both. Take their produce: you’ll find local, organic and conventional, which is always fresh and beautiful. Shopper’s specialty products are pretty amazing; they have a vast array of rubs and seasonings — some packed in little plastic bags —that are super fresh, like roasted curry powder, chipotle powders, and so much more.

The tea selections are terrific, just like the wines. You’ll find all the good local wines at friendly prices.

“Shopper’s offers quality and their prices are competitive; I have a feeling Shopper’s Corner may outlive the chains.”

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