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The Crash of the Flying Cigar What does Le Cigare Volant’s closing mean for the future of fine dining in Santa Cruz?

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Re: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stacks of Troubleâ&#x20AC;? (Currents, Jan. 9): Having worked in the Central lobby bookstore for four years, I witnessed first hand the awkward scenarios involving library staff and troublesome â&#x20AC;&#x153;streetâ&#x20AC;? patrons. Library usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; attitudes toward the homeless range from heartfelt sympathy to disgust and anger. Perhaps those who use these daytime shelters might liken it to visiting someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s homeâ&#x20AC;Ś dozing off or eating food on the floor in this culture is not kosher; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disrespectful.

Contrary, unruly behavior salted with foul language creates a threatening, disruptive atmosphere unacceptable, if not illegal, in public arenas.

Re: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stacks of Troubleâ&#x20AC;?: A few times a month, I pop into the Santa Cruz Main Branch Library (downtown Santa Cruz) to browse and also to use my laptop to write in a (relatively) quiet place. I typically set up shop right near the library checkout desk for two reasons: 1. I feel safer in the library when I am stationed closer to a row of workers! Further back in the library, well, it can feel like being in a homeless shelter! 2. It is amazing people-watching to see the variety of folks who come through those doors. I would never want to work there, and admire those who do. I have long observed that the job of librarian, at least in that location, seems to now require advanced sociology skills to cope with the customers as well as traditional library skills.

Re: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Troubadourâ&#x20AC;? (Cover, Jan. 9).

I have had the honor to see John several times this year. He is a true talent and great entertainer. He has only landed on our sofa once, but is always welcome.

KATHY CHEER

KAREN KEFAUVER

MICHELLE ROGERS

Johnny, Be Good Re: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Last Troubadour.â&#x20AC;? Great article!

It has all the stuff that make a dad (who enjoys the gigs immensely) proud of what his son is doingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and a parent (who loves his son fiercely) worried about what his son is going to do.

JACK CRAIGIE â&#x20AC;&#x153;Proud Father of Johnâ&#x20AC;?

Control Issues Gun control...what a great idea, Mr. President. Why does it take a tragedy in Connecticut to instigate this action? Why did nothing happen after Columbine?

Surely it was just as tragic!

And will you extend this gun control onto our military industrial complex? I mean we are by far the biggest supplier of arms to the world as a whole; especially favoring certain countries with despot leaders bent on conquering anything that stands in the way of getting whatever it is they want!

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m quite certain that there are more than 20 children murdered daily around the world by guns which came from the good ole US of A. Children who were just trying to live their lives as normally as they possibly can, given their circumstances.

Just trying to learn how to read and write, like the kids in Connecticut.

Please tell me Mr. President, why are our childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives worth more than those from another country?

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BRIGHT LIGHTS, OUR CITY The difference between the brighter new streetlights and the older ones can clearly be seen in this shot from Laurel Street.

Glowing Pains From Live Oak to Santa Cruz, the spotlight is on public lighting BY GEORGIA PERRY

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n a wooden fence surrounding a Live Oak neighborhood, residents tacked up hand-written posters: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Move the Target sign. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too bright!â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have neighbors!â&#x20AC;?

Seventy residents signed an online petition calling for Target to turn off or dim its large bulls-eye sign, which faces a residential area. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Would LOVE to get to sleep at night without the BRIGHT RED LIGHT shining through my bedroom window. Really too old for a night light,â&#x20AC;? wrote resident Lynette Whaley on the petition. Another

resident, John Silva, boarded his bedroom window with plywood so the light wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shine in. At a community meeting held by Supervisor John Leopold last week, Silva played a 90-second video he had created with footage of the sign scored by Stingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Roxanne.â&#x20AC;? The 25 residents in attendance nodded in solidarity.

While 25 Live Oak residents seeing red may not seem like much, it is just one example of how light can affect a community.

The city of Santa Cruz has about 3,000 street lights, over half of

which have been converted to lightemitting diode (LED) since August of 2011. And it has been a long time in the making. Santa Cruz Director of Public Works Mark Dettle says the city began thinking about LED street lights two or three years ago, and watched other cities to see how the technology developed.

With a lifespan of 10 years compared to just two years on the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing bulbs, Dettle expects the LED lights will save Santa Cruz $260,000 in maintenance costs over that time. A longer lifespan also means less landfill waste. Plus,

LED lights donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t contain hazardous waste, so they can be completely recycled. Dettle says the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main impetus for switching to LED lights was a lower cost and a reduced carbon footprint.

Aesthetics and public safety were also taken into account, he says. LED lights emit a crisp white color compared to the previous streetlights, which appear more yellow. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more efficient light,â&#x20AC;? says Dettle, who believes brighter, whiter light makes pedestrians feel safer and provides a more accurate portrayal of surroundings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now, when you see the colors of cars and other things at night, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re truer to what they look like during the daytime,â&#x20AC;? he adds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you have to identify a vehicle you can tell the true color of the vehicle much easier now.â&#x20AC;?

Beyond just a feeling of safety, certain types of public lighting can actually save lives. For example, in 2000, the city of Glasgow, Scotland introduced blue street lighting in certain neighborhoods. Whether because blue is calming, or because it is a color commonly associated with the police, it was credited with a drop in crime in those areas. A few years later, a train station in Yokohama, Japan installed blue lighting on railroad platforms to curb the number of people committing suicide by jumping in front of trains.

Dark Side of Lights The effects of public lighting on humans arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all positive, though. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bright white light suppresses melatonin, the hormone that regulates tumors,â&#x20AC;? reported researchers from Carnegie Mellon Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Remaking Cities Institute in a recent report. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue light wavelengths are to blame, because they â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;resetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; the circadian clocks of humansâ&#x20AC;ŚThis might

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The tech revolution is finally changing the way Santa Cruz does business. Or at least thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what city leaders might call a best-case scenario.

The city launched its new OpenCounter software last week with the help of San Franciscobased Code for America. Economic development coordinator Peter Koht hopes it will make life easier on starry-eyed Santa Cruz entrepreneurs, who want to start businesses but might otherwise get bogged down in bureaucracy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re taking four yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; worth of people coming to me and saying, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m confused, and donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and we built a software application that tries to answer those questions for them,â&#x20AC;? Koht says. Koht was involved in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application to Code for America, which he affectionately dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Americorps for nerds.â&#x20AC;?

The new website, opencounter. cityofsantacruz.com, allows businesses to get their permits out of the way in one place online, instead of lurking around various city offices like the Planning Department and Finance Department.

The open source software asks users questions like what kind of business they want to start and what the address is of their prospective place. And after a series of steps similar to Amazon.com, applicants get their permits in and find out what exactly what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in forâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a large planning project requires a lot of staff time and a city hearing could run an applicant $1700.

Santa Cruz was the smallest city ever selected for a Code for America project, but the nonprofitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive director Jennifer Pahlka says the city â&#x20AC;&#x153;has so much innovation and so much energy.â&#x20AC;?

Koht hopes the site will help a wide range of local entrepreneurs streamline a process that used to take hours into a matter of minutes, but the economic development department doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet know how many applications to expect. 0

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account for the significantly higher rates (30-60%) of breast and colorectal cancer in night shift workers.â&#x20AC;?

Those wavelengths are also one reason not everyone is happy with the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s switch to LED. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The blue-white LED lights are too bright. If a less blue LED color could be used, the lights would be much easier on the eyes,â&#x20AC;? says Santa Cruz resident Mark Buxbaum, an environmentalist and amateur astronomer whose license plate frame reads, â&#x20AC;&#x153;For Starry Nights Dim Outside Lights!â&#x20AC;?

And the impact of public lighting reaches far beyond the lives of us mere mortals. Jack Sales, California chapter leader of the International Dark-Sky Association, says light disrupts nocturnal animals and can affect their foraging, mating and navigation, causing some species â&#x20AC;&#x153;not to be as robust as they might normally be.â&#x20AC;?

City lights also limit astronomy, both in the backyard and professional sense, says Sales. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Public lighting today is the biggest threat to astronomy and the dark night sky,â&#x20AC;? he says, adding that he has more hope for an LED-lit future since most LED street lights are more directional and efficient, while the alternative high-pressure sodium lights tend to let unnecessary amounts of light escape from the sides and tops of lamps.

Still, Sales says we waste thousands of gigawatts of light each year in California. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From an educational standpoint, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re destroying a free resource.â&#x20AC;? When it comes to astronomical exploration, astronomers are â&#x20AC;&#x153;restricted in the methods they can use for finding extraterrestrial planets and stars.

They canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do direct observing like they used to do.â&#x20AC;?

When asked if the extreme brightness of earth makes it easier for extraterrestrials to find us instead, Sales laughs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, that could be. The thing is, light travels essentially forever. That light that comes out of an outdoor lamp can travel foreverâ&#x20AC;Ś Photons keep going.â&#x20AC;?

However, our future alien overlords will have to look elsewhere for their beacon to the Capitola Mallâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s community meeting Target agreed to turn off its sign. 0

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Final Flight The high-profile closure of Le Cigare Volant raises the question: What will it take for high-end dining to survive in Santa Cruz?

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yan Shelton remembers the first weekend that Le Cigare Volant was packed three nights in a row while he was executive chef.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the first time that we were busy Friday, Saturday and Sunday. That Sunday, we did 70 people, but we turned away 100,â&#x20AC;? says Shelton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We expected to do a hundred, hundred, hundred, but we did 130, 150, and then by Sunday I was like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any more food left.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I think we had 10 orders of salmon at the end of Sunday. But all the beef was wiped, all the chicken was wiped. We were

down to two appetizers. I think I even sold out of all the salads. We wiped that place.â&#x20AC;?

Unfortunately, the place was already wiped. Its first busy weekend was also its last weekend in existence, as Randall Grahmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ambitious bid for a destination dining spot in Santa Cruz closed at the end of December.

Steeped in natural foods culture and surrounded by grazing lands, small farms, the Pacific Ocean, wine regions and Northern Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wealthiest county, Santa Cruz County would seem perfectly positioned to become the next Napa Valley. So why

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did the one restaurant that had attracted national attentionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;including a feature in the New York Timesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;struggle to find its footing?

After opening the restaurant three years before as the Cellar Door with superstar chef David Kinch as an advisorâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;part of a million-dollar-plus, ultramodern tasting space on the West Sideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bonny Doon Vineyardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s iconoclastic owner Grahm renamed it Le Cigare Volant last spring, shortly after bringing in Shelton. At the time, Grahm was famously quoted as saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;we want to have the best restaurant in Santa Cruz.â&#x20AC;?

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MIDDLE PERIOD Jarod Ottley (in background) was the second chef at Cellar Door, taking over from Charlie Parker in 2010. Ottley was replaced

by Ryan Shelton shortly before the name was changed to Le Cigare Volant.

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The reviews suggested that they were definitely in the running, as when the San Francisco Chronicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michael Bauer called Sheltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menu â&#x20AC;&#x153;fresh and sophisticatedâ&#x20AC;? (though he declared his favorite Santa Cruz spot to be Patrice Boyleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s La Posta).

And yet, something didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t click.

The initial rush from the media attention wore off, with occasional bumps when a new feature or review would come out. Graduation weekend briefly moved the needle, but things only got slower from there.

By October, the restaurant was barely doing half-capacity on a Saturday night. By the end of the year, just nine months after the re-launch, it was gone.

By that point, even Shelton, who came over from Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michelin-starred Baume to run his first signature kitchen, couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be surprised or even devastated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a relief, basically,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hated to see it struggle.â&#x20AC;?

Epic Fails So what happened, and what does it say about the outlook for destination dining in Santa Cruz? And, though they werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t on the same level, what about the recent closing of longtime fine dining spots Peachwoods and (at least temporarily) Casablanca, or Pacific Avenueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Aqua Bleu?

Before attempting to answer such questions about the local restaurant scene, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to address two

variables that are not unique to here. First, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the issue of the restaurant attrition rate in general: it is notoriously high. The National Restaurant Association, perhaps wisely, does not track the failure rate of restaurant start-ups. Nor, it seems, does anyone else. In the absence of hard facts, a lot of high numbers are regularly tossed out, but the most famous is probably the most ridiculous: in 2003, on his NBC reality-television show The Restaurant, chef Rocco DiSpirito declared that 90 percent of new restaurants fail in their first year.

In an articleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;â&#x20AC;&#x153;Restaurant Failure Rates Recounted: Where Do They Get Those Numbers?â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;author G. Sidney was able to calibrate the percentages more carefully, based on a 10-year academic study by Cornell and Michigan State universities: after one year, 27 percent of restaurant startups failed; after five years, 50 percent of the restaurants studied were no longer in business; after 10 years, 70 percent of them had shut their doors. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no denying it is a brutal business.

The second issue is what constitutes â&#x20AC;&#x153;destinationâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;highendâ&#x20AC;? dining in the first place. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a subjective notion, and ironically one with which several Santa Cruz restaurateurs told me they try to avoid being tagged, since it can lead to the perception that they are strictly for â&#x20AC;&#x153;special eventâ&#x20AC;? diningâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;

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San Francisco definitely plays a role in some of the issues faced by Santa Cruz restaurant owners. One is the matter of perception. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing about Santa Cruz is all our food costs are the same as San Francisco, or higher,â&#x20AC;? says Jozseph Schultz, owner of India Joze. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just as expensive to live here as it is in San Francisco, basically. But you go to San Francisco and you expect to payâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big city, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to pay for it.

Somehow people have this idea that, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Well, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in Santa Cruz, so I shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to pay so much for a dinner.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I know that all the high-end places that have ever been in Santa Cruz are always fighting that.â&#x20AC;?

Schultz revolutionized the dining scene here in the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s and â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s with the original India Joze, but gave up on the idea of high-end diningâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;partly for practical reasons, partly for political onesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;after he sold the restaurant in 1996. He opened a new India Joze on Front Street in 2010. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I sort of felt that I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t maintain the accoutrements of what

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fine diners expect. I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do that and still keep prices in a reasonable range. I mean, I still get everybody in India Joze, because I have that history,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But at this point, the market for restaurantsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and everything elseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is very stratified.

You have very niche marketing. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see this mixing of different socioeconomic groups that you used to see. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a breakdown of community. Right now, I have people who wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come into India Joze because the silverware doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t match, or whatever it is.â&#x20AC;?

Paul Cocking, who has run Gabriella CafĂŠ for 20 years, says Santa Cruz restaurant owners are also up against basic arithmetic. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;why is San Francisco so busy? Why do restaurants with much higher prices exist there, and they canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist here?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; But just look at the population they have to draw on,â&#x20AC;? says Cocking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a half-dozen decent restaurants within a couple of miles of downtown. But how many people are within driving distance? A couple hundred thousand? In San Francisco, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got millions of people within a half an hour, and maybe 12 restaurants that we talk about here.

Places like Delphina are busy every night. Saturday night is probably a three-week book. A16, same deal. â&#x20AC;?

Cocking remembers what Charlie Deal, who founded Oswald, told him about the local scene several years ago. Deal had moved on from the high-end Oswald at the time, and was about to go in a totally different direction with the Asian-street-food spot Charlie Hong Kong, despite many people telling him he should open another fine dining restaurant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charlie told me he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there were enough people in Santa Cruz to fill a large high-end restaurant. I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the biggest challenge for tablecloth restaurants: there are just so few people here that eat out often enough on Tuesday nights and Wednesday nights and Thursday nights. They go out on weekends. But to succeed in this business, you need to be busy every night.â&#x20AC;?

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the issue of the recession, which hit Santa Cruz

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the same way that even some affluent diners will only consider going to Los Gatosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Manresa once a year, or once a lifetime.

In Santa Cruz, a restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s customer base needs to be much broader. Patrice Boyle, owner of two of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most popular top-tier restaurants, Soif and La Posta, says the reason Soif celebrated its 10th anniversary last August has much to do with its diverse clientele of both locals and tourists. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need the entirety of the community,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need people who are passing by, people who go out once every six months and people who go out every night.

We have some clients who are here at least twice a week. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re their spot, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re their â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;regular,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; if you will. You need all of that to survive.â&#x20AC;?

The â&#x20AC;&#x153;destinationâ&#x20AC;? perception is one that may have hurt Le Cigare Volant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;special occasionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; thing, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that we shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been charging $100 per person for Cigare Volant, because people treated it like we were,â&#x20AC;? says Shelton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And if we were in San Francisco, we probably would have.â&#x20AC;?

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restaurants even harder than most people probably realize. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In â&#x20AC;&#x2122;07, when the stock market crashed, business fell off dramatically,â&#x20AC;? says Cocking. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I probably did half in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;07 what I was doing in â&#x20AC;&#x2122;05, almost. In restaurants, when youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re operating onâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I think the industry average is 10 percent profit margin, which is pretty hard to achieve, reallyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;you drop business in half and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty hard to survive.â&#x20AC;?

A Different Scene That was about the same time that Boyle started La Posta, which celebrated its sixth anniversary in December. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We struggled for a couple of years,â&#x20AC;? says Boyle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first three years, frankly, were a big struggle. But when Katherine [Stern, the current chef] moved in, it was smooth sailing.â&#x20AC;?

Perhaps the reason Boyle wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid of failure at her second location was that few people had faith in her first: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of people told me that I would fail miserably when we opened Soif. They said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;you are completely nuts.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Well, maybe we are. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see. I hope not.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

Instead, Soif was an instant success. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was definitely a gamble. But there was nothing like it. The food is great, the wine list has always been really, really good. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairly causal. We have a real mixed clientele. People who are off to the movies, people who want a snack, people who want to sit at the bar and geek out about wine, people who are here for a date and are dressed up and want the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;dining experience.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing else quite like that, so we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the same kind of competition,â&#x20AC;? says Boyle.

Perhaps no descriptor comes up in a conversation about what works in Santa Cruz dining as often as â&#x20AC;&#x153;casual.â&#x20AC;?

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big part of CafĂŠ Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s successful 18-year run, says Nikki Wilson, who co-owns it with her husband Steve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Santa Cruz is a pretty casual place. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part of our culture here.

There are still people who like all the nuances of high-end dining. But there are a lot of people here who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that important,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Wilson thinks thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a strong market for fine dining hereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as long it has that element of accessibility. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Santa Cruz is such an up and

coming place. People are coming to Santa Cruz for a lot of reasons, and that creates a lot of opportunities for restaurants,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s telling to note the biggest changes that Oswald manager Keet Beck-Brattin sees between the last incarnation of the restaurant (with which he was also involved) and the current one. He calls the new Oswald â&#x20AC;&#x153;surprisingly casual.â&#x20AC;?

Surrounded by grazing lands, small farms, the ocean, wine regions and Northern Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wealthiest county, Santa Cruz would seem perfectly positioned to become the next Napa Valley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not really trying to be fancy,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now a bar, which BeckBrattin says has boosted the energy level in the restaurant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our quality of food and beverage remains consistent, but I think in its most recent incarnation itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fun, lively place for people to go.â&#x20AC;?

Cindy Geise, who owns Ristorante Avanti with her husband Paul, says ultimately the key to making a restaurant work in Santa Cruz at any level may not be all that different from anywhere else. After 25 years in the same location on Mission Street, the Geises moved Ristorante Avanti just a couple of blocks to a new location last year, and opened the new Pizzeria Avanti in their old spot.

13 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely a secret to success: itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s called work hard every day, and improve your business every day,â&#x20AC;? says Cindy Geise.

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Crashed Cigare As to the whys behind the failure of Le Cigare Volant, everyone on the local scene seems to have a different opinion. Not enough time to succeed, lack of a consistent direction for the restaurant, poor locationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the list of speculative factors goes on and on. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Randall has a tendency to change focus a lot, and I think thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very hard on a restaurant,â&#x20AC;? says Boyle, who was general manager at Bonny Doon Vineyard for 12 years before she opened Soif. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard enough in any business.

But for a restaurant I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really, really hard. You can make little tweaks and changes, but I think making big changes is sometimes perilous.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;His intentions were very good,â&#x20AC;? says Charlie Parker, who was the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first executive chef, back when it was Cellar Door. Parker left in 2010, and is now chef at the gastropub Freddy Smalls in L.A., but he still sees huge potential here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Santa Cruz is the most amazing place to have a restaurant,â&#x20AC;? he says.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that high-end dining is not going to continue to succeed here without what Schultz calls â&#x20AC;&#x153;buy inâ&#x20AC;? on the part of the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; supporting what the restaurant owners and chefs they like are doing, even if it isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always perfect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The thing thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so sad about the upper-end places like Le Cigare Volant is it was a beautiful place to go, it felt great,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can argue about was the food worth it or not. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. But you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a space like that unless you support it.

Because a slight downturn, 10 percent off, and suddenly none of your numbers are working anymore. It could be a lot of thingsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the weatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bad, there was a power outage. What we need to do is think of the value of a restaurant not in the specific experiences, but the existence of the restaurant at all. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Taqueria Vallarta or whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Soif, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a part of your life.â&#x20AC;? 0

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If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true, as many restaurant owners claim, that the local scene is crowded, what makes so many people want to have a restaurant in Santa Cruz? â&#x20AC;&#x153;The people who have restaurants there must really want to be in the area,â&#x20AC;? says Shelton. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been no one even doing a second location in Los Gatos, or doing a second location in Half Moon Bay. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all still Santa Cruz. Clearly, those people want to be in Santa Cruz.â&#x20AC;?

But he prefaces all of his comments by saying that however difficult highend dining can be in Santa Cruz, he enjoyed working here and completely understands why chefs, owners and other restaurant types want to be here. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool, Santa Cruz itself. It has the reputation,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was using N-A Ranch Beef, people would say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using Tommyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beef?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I was like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;oh my god, you know the first name of my frigginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rancher? How do you know that?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; People get it there. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not on a soapbox shouting to no one. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re basically preaching to the choir.

Everyone there, they know. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how they shop at home, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only restaurants they go to. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the why of being a restaurateur there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s almost a fake utopia thing.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Michael Pollan Land, where everything is real.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has an extraordinary base of great food and great base materialsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; seafood, vegetables, fruitsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that is really amazing,â&#x20AC;? says Boyle of Santa Cruz. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fabulous place to live.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in this great little spot, so people want to be here. Where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re located is I think pretty good, even with the hill. We could definitely maybe use a few more higher-end hotels, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably a lot like the restaurant businessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;really hard.â&#x20AC;?

While working in Santa Cruz, Shelton says heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d go to other places in the Bay Area he likedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;places that are supposed to work really hard to source farmsâ&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x201D;and feel like, comparatively, none of it was good enough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was like, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;this is not local, this is not special! This is standard!â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re

trying, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so hard there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good enough for people in the East Bay or San Francisco, even the South Bay. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good enough to see standard stuff, as long as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not crap. But in Santa Cruz, when I say something is Dirty Girl shelling beans, people go â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see it at the market today.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;?

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CLASSIC HELL MUSIC Oakland string metal trio Judgement Day open for Pinback at the Catalyst Friday.

String Fellow UCSC grad Anton Patzner of Judgement Day talks string metal

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aklandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Judgement Day has been wreaking beautiful havoc on the music scene since 2002, creating a hybrid of classical and metal music dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;string metal.â&#x20AC;?

With three albums under their belt, the band has slowly transformed from metal into an experimental rock project.

With Judgement Day set to open for Pinback at the Catalyst Friday, we talked with violinist and UCSC graduate Anton Patzner about his thoughts on other string bands, the end of the world and his random musical encounter with Lou Reed.

SCW: Where did you grow up and when did you start playing music?

ANTON PATZNER: I grew up in Oakland.

I went to college at UC Santa Cruz and lived in LA for little over a year. It was cool, but I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like having to spend so much time in my car. I took private lessons growing up. I started on piano when I was five and took one lesson a week and practiced every day. When I was in fourth grade, I took to violin and went to Crowden middle school in Berkeley where they practice two hours of classical music daily. Since then, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been playing in bands.

Is it true that Cursive recruited you for a tour with Bright Eyes?

How did that happen?

We used to play outside of concerts when they were getting out. We did that

for Cursive, and the band came out and watched. That was exciting, because we were big fans. We kept in touch and their cello player was touring with Bright Eyes and she recommended me. The best part about touring with Bright Eyes was the musical lessons that I learned. One time we had Lou Reed join us as a special guest. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t practice, he just showed up for soundcheck, and we ran through his song twice. The first time he stopped us after about 20 seconds. One of the chords was wrong, so he showed us the right chord. The second time we played through the entire song and afterwards he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Well, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we want it to sound any better than that.â&#x20AC;? He

What does the name Judgment Day mean to you as a group and how does it reflect upon your goals as musicians?

Basically, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the end of the world. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most epic thing we could think of.

We started the band halfway as a joke.

Every song on our first album has joking references to the end of the world or hell. I never really realized we would make multiple records. I just thought weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be always making ridiculous metal albums as a novelty, but when time came to make the next record we wanted to escape that novelty. In some ways, I wonder if we should have created a new name, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who we are and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an upside to the name because whenever thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a predicted apocalypse we get thousands of new followers on Facebook. The downside is that one canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t find us on Google. And yes, we are huge Terminator 2 fans. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve busted into the theme song a few times at our shows.

Where do you see Judgement Day going from here?

We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have any plans for a new record. I just need to take a break from trying to make â&#x20AC;&#x153;strings-onlyâ&#x20AC;? records.

I really cannot stand some of the pop string stuff that has come out in the last few years, like 2Cellos, who do metal covers of pop songs and Linzi Stoppard, who dances a jig while she plays violin solos over techno beats. I just think that stuff is wrong, and I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be a part of it. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely a way to make good music with strings. Andrew Bird is an example of a good violin player who is also an artist. His records arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just violin all the time, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re legit and worth listening to. I even still think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible to make a great record with just violin, cello and percussion. But goddamn, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s difficult.

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Stage THEATER 42nd Street

Menopause The Musical

Short Play Festival â&#x20AC;&#x153;8 Tens @ Eightâ&#x20AC;? is an annual festival of tenminute plays. www.sccat. org. Thurs, Fri and Sat at 8pm; Sat and Sun matinees at 3pm. Thru Jan 27. $20 general. Center Stage, 1001 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7529.

CONCERTS Santa Cruz Chamber Players â&#x20AC;&#x153;Transcriptions and Transgressionsâ&#x20AC;? features music ranging from Baroque to contemporary by such composers as Mozart and Schubert, with the players changing the piecesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; original instrumentation. www. santacruztickets.com Sat, Jan 19, 8pm and Sun, Jan 20, 3pm. $25 general.

Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.420.5260.

Art MUSEUMS CONTINUING Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. Third Sat of every month, 11:30am12:30pm. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Resolutionsâ&#x20AC;? is a show where artists share their creative resolutions for the new year. Opening reception to meet the artists, plus refreshments. Fri, Jan 18, 68pm. 831.336.4ART. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

CONTINUING Felix Kulpa Gallery â&#x20AC;&#x153;Neon Artâ&#x20AC;?: A sculpture show by Brian Coleman with brightly colored pipes and more. Thru Jan 20.

Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

R. Blitzer Gallery A 100-piece retrospective of Fuzie Nutzleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s black inked drawings and paintings. Thru Jan 26. Gallery hours Tue-Sat, 11am-5pm. 831.458.1217.

Mission Extension and Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz County Bank â&#x20AC;&#x153;Painting Our Parks.â&#x20AC;? Plein air oil paintings of county state and national parks in California. Twenty percent of sales benefit Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks. Monâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Thu, 9amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;5pm & Fri, 9amâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;6pm, thru Jan 18. 831.457.5003.

720 Front St, Santa Cruz.

Events LITERARY EVENTS Author Event: Rebecca Thistlewaite The author of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Farms with a Future: Creating and Growing a Sustainable Farm Businessâ&#x20AC;? discusses the tools necessary to run an effective small to mid-scale farm. Tue, Jan 22, 7:30pm. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Book Discussion Group A discussion of a new book each month, with copies available at the branch circulation desk. Email harbisons@santacruzpl. org for more information.

Third Thu of every month, 1pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7700x7616.

Community Poetry Circle Poetry writing workshop led

by Magdalena Montague, local poet and teacher. Sat, Jan 19, 2-4pm. Scotts Valley Library, 230-D Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley, 831.427.7717.

Storytime Former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and

LECTURES Cooking with Herbs & Spices A lecture by Chef Zachary Mazi about what herbs and spices can help the body thrive during times of reduced heat and light.

Preregistration required.

Thu, Jan 17, 6-8pm. $25.

New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.426.1306x0.

Science Sunday: Humpback Whales A talk by marine ecologist Ari Friedlaender about the underwater behaviors of whales, a species that spends over 90 percent of its life underwater. Sun, Jan 20, 1pm.

Free with museum admission.

Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3800.

The Untold Story of Gluten Nutritionist and author Rebecca Rovay-Hazelton presents a lecture covering precautions to take when ingesting a gluten-free diet, plus how to get tested for gluten allergies.

Preregistration required by phone. Wed, Jan 16, 6-7:30pm. Free. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.426.1306x0.

NOTICES Beginners Bridge Class A beginnersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; class in the popular card game. Partners not required. Call or email nlmbridge@yahoo.com to reserve a spot. First class is free. Mon, 6:30-8:30pm. Thru Feb 25. Santa Cruz Bridge Center, 2450 17th Avenue, Suite 200, Santa Cruz, 831.465.1234.

Computer Class Led by Computer Dave, this beginner-friendly class lets group participants pick the topics themselves. Third Wed of every month, 4-5:30pm. free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7717.

A Course In Miracles Study Group A weekly meeting on learning how to forgive and live in peace. Drop-ins are welcome.

Thu, 7-9pm. The Barn Studio, 104b Park Way South, Santa Cruz, 831.272.2246.

Eating Disorders Resource Center Meeting Groups will be led by Kimberly Kuhn, LCSW and Carolyn Blackman, RN, LCSW. Third Fri of every month, 6-7:30pm. Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900

Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, 408.559.5593.

Freedom Forum: Government s 4th Branch â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Hidden 4th Branch: A Corrupt Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worst Nightmareâ&#x20AC;? is a talk by author Kelly Z. Mordecai about the legal avenues for using the Grand Jury for both defense and offense against a corrupt government. Wed, Jan 16, 7pm. Free/donation. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz.

Friday Shakespeare Club The club is seeking new members to join them in the study of the Bardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plays. www.fridayshakespeare.org.

Fri, Jan 18, 10am-12:30pm.

First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.421.0930.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Menopause the Musicalâ&#x20AC;? is a comedy set in a department store about women undergoing â&#x20AC;&#x153;the change.â&#x20AC;? With parodies of 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rock and roll songs, the show was reportedly â&#x20AC;&#x153;inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine.â&#x20AC;? www.santacruztickets. com $47-$120. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 888.686.8587x8.

OPENING Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center

Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories. Mon, 11am.

Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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All About Theatre presents this classic musical tale of Broadway dreaminâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; starring a bunch of 9 to 13-year-olds and a live orchestra. www. allabouttheatre.org. Fri, Jan 18, 7pm and Sat, Jan 19, 7pm. $16 general.

Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.345.6340.

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Insight Santa Cruz Meditation sits, talks and discussions every day of the week. Learn the formal practice of meditation and engage with a community dedicated to reducing suffering by cultivating compassion. Visit www. insightsantacruz.org for specific times and more information. Ongoing.

Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Avenue, Suite C, Santa Cruz, 831.425.3431.

Miracle Working Spiritual teacher Dominique Free leads a weekly class on cultivating the consciousness to heal, overcome, succeed and create miracles. Thu, 7-8pm. Conscious Lounge, 1651A El Dorado Av @ Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.359.0423.

Overeaters Anonymous Sundays 9-10:15am at 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz.

Wednesdays noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln #303, Watsonville and 6:30-7:30pm at 335 Spreckles Dr, Ste A, Aptos.

Thursdays 1-2pm at Louden Nelson Community Center, Room 5, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz. Fridays noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln, #303, Watsonville.

Wed-Fri-Sun. 831.429.7906.

Qigong Flow Led by Bonnie Eskie, MFT. Tue, 10-11am. $10-$12. Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.515.4144.

Santa Cruz Performing Arts Currently enrolling kids for 2013 classes in singing, acting and dancing, and holding auditions for the main stage production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Wizard of Oz.â&#x20AC;? www. santacruzperformingarts.org.

831.334.2121.

Serenity Firstâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Pagans in Recovery A 12-step meeting with a Pagan flair where guests are free to discuss their naturebased, goddess-centered

Film Screening: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Where Heaven Meets Hellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; In case you missed it at the Pacific Rim Film Festival, this showing is the last opportunity to see this moving film about the life-risking work of sulfur mining in Indonesia on the big screen. The screening is a benefit for the miners and their families. Saturday, Jan. 19 at 2pm at the Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. Tickets $10. spiritual paths. Sun, 7pm.

The Sacred Grove, 924 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1949.

Support and Recovery Groups Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s: Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Assn, 831.464.9982. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273.

Candida: 831.471.0737.

Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385. Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000.

Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962.

Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470.

Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422.

Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357).

Writing Contest Santa Cruz Reads is sponsoring a writing contest inspired by John Steinbeckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Grapes of Wrath.â&#x20AC;? Entries should involve issues prominent in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s political, cultural or social landscapes that parallel those from the past. Categories in fiction, poetry/song lyrics and essay/op-ed for adults, high school students and middle school students. www.santacruzreads.org.

Entries accepted thru Jan. 16. Santa Cruz High School, 415 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.3960.

Yoga Instruction Pacific Cultural Center: 35+ classes per week, 831.462.8893. SC Yoga: 45 classes per week, 831.227.2156. TriYoga: numerous weekly classes, 831.464.8100. Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900. Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.

Zen, Vipassana, Basic: Intro to Meditation Zen: SC Zen Center, Wed, 5:45pm, 831.457.0206.

Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm, 831.425.3431. Basic: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Wed, 5:30-6:30pm, 831.462.8383.

Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:30-7pm.

All are free.

AROUND TOWN Chocolate Festival A silent auction, wine testing and cupcake decorating plus chocolate of all types to taste. Put on by the UCSC Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club, proceeds support re-entry student scholarships. www. santacruzchocolatefestival. org. Sun, Jan 20, 1-4pm.

Cocoanut Grove Ballroom, 400 Beach St, Santa Cruz.

Families in Nature: Winter Adventure A winter field trip to Moore

Creek Preserve with hands-on activities. Register online at www.santacruzmuseums. org. Sat, Jan 19. $10 adults; $5 kids. Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, 1305 E Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6115.

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Weekend

and hip-hop concerts plus workshops and youth activities. Full schedule available online at www.rcnv. org. Fri, Jan 18, 7:30pm, Sat, Jan 19, 10am-9pm and Sun, Jan 20, 1-5pm. Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1626.

A weekend of folk, gospel

San Franciscoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s City Guide

The Budos Band Deep funk and double-crossing horn arrangements from Daptone heavyweights. Jan 19 at Mezzanine.

Yo La Tengo Sinatra left Hoboken for fame and fortune; they only leave to go to the record store. Free in-store Jan 19 at Amoeba SF.

Femi Kuti The most talented of the many, many offspring of the polygamist and musician Fela Kuti. Jan 19 at the Fillmore.

Quicksand Q. How long ago were Quicksand a thing? A. They headlined the very ďŹ rst Warped Tour. Jan 21 at Regency Ballroom.

Mistah F.A.B. & Talib Kweli Fabby hosts birthday celebration as Talib Kweli spins DJ set and Souls of Mischief wreck shop. Jan 21 at the More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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MICHAEL HURLEY Cat Power has done some of the most gorgeous cover songs ever recorded, and two of her most obscure are â&#x20AC;&#x153;Werewolfâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sweedeedee.â&#x20AC;?

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re both songs by Michael Hurley, one of the most entertainingly eccentric folk singers of the modern era. Those who only know the cover of what was originally titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Werewolf Songâ&#x20AC;? may be surprised to know it was originally recorded in 1964 for Hurleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first album. It still seems decades ahead of its time, looking forward to an era when outsider artists would be celebrated for their bizarre and often dark perspectives on the facts and fantasies that make up our collective culture. Almost 50 years later, Hurleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seem as unique as they ever did.

Don Quixoteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; $12; 8pm. (Steve Palopoli)

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local outfit, Boostive brings the party with them, fusing electronica, soul, rock and hiphop to create a high-energy sound that has solidified them as one of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most innovative and magnetic acts. Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $5; 8:30pm. (Cat Johnson)

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PINBACK San Diegoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rob Crow is known for doing pretty much whatever he wants. This includes bands that only the hippest of the hip have even heard of, and for all most of us know, may or may not have existed in our own space-time coordinates: Heavy Vegetable, Optiganally Yours, Physics Thingy, Other Men, Goblin Cock (okay, the last one actually plays some pretty entertaining doom metal). On his last tour through Norcal, Crow fronted the DevFits, a band that mashes up Misfits and Devo songs.

Basically, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a crazy man.

And how does he support his craziness habit? With his most popular band, Pinback, in which he

Boostive is one of those bands that has the capability to turn a sleepy room into a jumping party, complete with head-bobbers, dancers, appreciative music lovers and exhilarated onlookers. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen it happen. People are drawn, like children to the Pied Piper, to the deep and trippy grooves, tight horns, skillful delivery and positive lyrics of this band. A fast-rising

PINBACK IN BLACK Rob Crow and Armistead Smith perform at the Catalyst as Pinback.

forgoes all of the experimentalism to remind fans he can deliver tight, well-crafted indie rock.

Catalyst; $15/$18; 9pm. (SP)

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COCO MONTOYA I know heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s from L.A., but can we just go ahead and adopt Coco Montoya already? I know the guy wants to live here, because he is the unofficial hang-out king of the Santa Cruz Blues Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;comes early, stays late and acts as a kind of celebrity guest host in between. And really, could we ask for a better blues ambassador? From his days learning under legends Albert Collins and John Mayall through his years pioneering the blazing sound of West Coast new blues, Montoya has been, and continues to be, en fuego. Moeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Alley; $17/$20/9pm. (SP)

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DAVINA & THE VAGABONDS Hailing from Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Twin Cities by way of Key West, Florida, pianist/singer/songwriter Davina Sowers has earned her reputation as â&#x20AC;&#x153;the hardest working blueswoman in frigid Minnesotaâ&#x20AC;? the hard way: by hitting the road, playing an average of 300 dates a year with

her top-notch, horn-driven band, the Vagabonds.

Garnering comparisons to Etta James, Amy Winehouse, and even Louis Armstrong, the classically trained Sowers has serious piano chops, great American music sensibilities and a big, soulful voice that she wraps effortlessly and stylishly around jazz, Dixieland, the blues and ragtime. Kuumbwa; $15 adv/$18 door; 8pm.

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LEDWARD KAAPANA One of the most recognized of the contemporary slack key guitarists, Ledward Kaapana is also an ambassador of traditional Hawaiian music and culture. Growing up on the Big Island, Kaapana didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a television or radio, but he did have access to music, and lots of it. He tells stories of backyard family gatherings that consisted of so many hours of music that he would go to sleep and when he woke up in the morning, the music would still be going. A celebrated multi-instrumentalist, Kaapana has released dozens of albums, played with a diverse roster of musicians that includes Dolly Parton and Chet Atkins, and raked in numerous awards and Grammy nods along the way. Don Quixoteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s; $16 adv/$18 door; 7:30pm. (CJ)

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As if being Nat King Coleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough of a feather in jazz pianist and vocalist Freddy Coleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s musical cap, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the fact that as a youngster, he and his family played host to traveling musicians including a couple of guys named Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Apparently, the young Cole was paying attention and picked up a few things from the musical goldmine he found himself in. He has had a long, storied career and established himself as an international jazz sensation with impeccable timing, a fine sense of groove and a smooth, smoky voice. Kuumbwa; $25 adv/$28 door; 7pm.

(CJ)

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Pedro Silva sees chiptune music as the electronic punk rock. From his bedroom in San Juan Bautista, he started putting together songs inspired by the video game music he grew up with. But as his band has evolved into an actual bandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;driven in proper 8-bit style by guitars, drums and a Game Boyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s moved away from emulating the video-game style and into something new. He still likes the chip genre, but his music isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t about the typical chiptune gaming nostalgia, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about creating something entirely new. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be joined at the show by another evolving chip artist, Crashfaster. Crepe Place; $8; 9pm. (SP)

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VENGEANCE IS HERS Jessica Chastainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maya devotes herself, body and soul, to the capture of Osama bin Laden in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Zero Dark Thirty.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;

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OHN WAYNEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Genghis Khan once told Susan Haywardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pagan princess, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re beautiful in your wrath.â&#x20AC;? Kathryn Bigelowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lauded-to-the-stratosphere Zero Dark Thirty has a rage-crush on Jessica Chastainâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;she of flaming hair, sturdy cheekbones, huge wounded mouth and brimming eyes.

Maybe the people who thought Chastainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother in The Tree of Life was too symbolic to live will be happier this time; now she plays all three of the Furies at once.

If 9/11 was personal to anyone, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the spook known only as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mayaâ&#x20AC;? (if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really her name; when someone goes around named after the Veil of Illusion, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a symbol). Weaker men might have moved on and let a cornered Osama bin Laden die slowly by kidney

failureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but not Maya.

Zero Dark Thirty takes place over a decade, between 9/11 and the ďŹ nal killing of the madman in 2011. Maya has no personal life (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not the girl who fucks,â&#x20AC;? she says, as if meaningless sex or Christian warrior chastity were the only options). She has no backstory.

Maya is contrasted with the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only other woman, a much warmer CIA associate named Jessica (Jennifer Ehle). Jessica is shrewd enough, but she has a soft little chin made for the tickling, and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even planning to bake a cake as a treat for a key informant. Is it possible to ďŹ ght a war on terror without monomania? Zero Dark Thirty says no, and Jennifer goes out of the picture in an unsurprising way, to winch up Mayaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s need to soldier on.

Zero Dark Thirtyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opening torture

scenes have rustled up plenty of controversy. I, however, see no controversy: Zero Dark Thirty is clearly in favor of torture. The rough stuff is phased out because of Obama, and when Maya and her team get the news from 60 Minutes, you can detect the sinking feeling in the room. Later, there are lines about the impossibility of conďŹ rming the bin Laden location with the prisoners: Gitmo internees are allowed to lawyer up nowadays.

Until then, Zero Dark Thirty indulges Cheneyian fantasies about the effectiveness of enhanced methods, complete with the bad-movie scene of the prisonerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deďŹ ance: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just a garbage man in the corporation,â&#x20AC;? shouts the Arab who needs a lesson in manners from the Ph.D. (in torture?) who is racking him. Zero Dark Thirty

saves its own face by insisting on the cost of tortureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the cost to Maya, that is.

Bigelow keeps cutting to the shock and sadness on her actor-surrogateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face until you barely know whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s getting it worse: the suspect or the duty-bound woman.

Bigelow deserves her reputation as an action director in this very long ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s centerpiece: the helicopter mission into Pakistan on bin Ladenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compound. This is expert work. Cutting across from our expectations, the SEALS are as hairy as bears instead of the shaven-headed musclemen we expect from Michael Bay movies.

Bigelow alternates intense shots of the airborne ambush with night-vision footage, swirling with gold embers. The armored ďŹ ghters are crowned with rows of lenses; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an outer-space invasion, conducted around a maze of wailing children and wives. The pity and lunacy of war become clear; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ďŹ nest part of a movie that sprawls terribly.

This payoff is postponed, but various other terror attacks keep the ďŹ lm rolling.

Composer Alexandre Desplat arranges some John Barry horns to remind us weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re watching a spy movie instead of ordinary people tapping at keyboards and ignoring their lunches. New ďŹ gures emerge (such as Mark Strong and Mark Duplass), while the old cycles continue.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always a forlorn Christmas tree in the officerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club, and the muezzins in Pakistan seem to wail 24 hours a day.

The ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s numbskull side manifests itself when it implies that no one else remembers September 11 except for Maya and that the attackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s casualties (heard calling 911 during the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beginning) all wanted bloody revenge. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kill him for me,â&#x20AC;? Maya tells the SEALS. The last bathetic shot of Maya facing a world without her quarry could be scored to Peggy Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hit: Is that all there is to an assassination? Is that all there is?

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it was psycho thriller. Matthias Schoenaerts plays Ali, a street fighter who bonds with her after a shocking accident.

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Reviews ARGO (R; 120 min.) Actors play CIA agents all the time, but CIA agents playing actors? You know Hollywoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gonna love that. So now we have actors playing CIA agents playing actors in this new film based on an actual 1979 event (the

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Canadian caper,â&#x20AC;? as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now known) in which operatives pretended to be movie-biz types making a film called Argo, in order to rescue diplomats trapped in Iran. Ben Affleck directs and stars.

DJANGO UNCHAINED (R; 147 min.) Quentin Tarantino uses the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s version of the Columbia Lady in his pretitles, but Ride Lonesome was a mere 73 minutes long, while the unkempt sprawl of Django Unchained exceeds the bounds of the Western movie/slavesploitationers that

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Gangster Squad â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:20; 2; 4:45; 7:30; 10:15; Fri-Wed 11:45; 2:20; 4:55; 7:40; 10:15. (No Sat 11:45; 2:20)

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:45; 3:30; 6:30; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed 1:30; 9.

Rust and Boneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 2; 4:30; 7; 9:40 plus Sat-Mon 11:30am. (No Mon 7pm) Argo â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 12; 2:30; 7:15. (No Tue 7:15pm) Hyde Park on Hudson â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 12:20; 2:20; 4:40; 6:50; 9.

Lincoln â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 12:10; 3:20; 6:30; 9:30.

Not Fade Away â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 5; 9:40.

Silver Linings Playbook â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 1:20; 4; 6:40; 9:10.

The Hobbit 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 5:15pm.

The Impossible â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 11; 1:40; 4:20; 7; 9:45.

Jack Reacher â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1; 4; 7; 10; Fri-Wed 4; 7; 10.

Les Miserables â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 11:30; 3; 6:30; 9:55.

Life of Pi â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 4:40pm; Fri-Wed 6:45pm.

Monsters, Inc. 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:20; 1:45; Fri-Wed 11:10am.

Parental Guidance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:40; 2:10; 4:10; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed 11; 1:30; 4.

Promised Land â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 7:20; 9:55.

Silver Linings Playbook â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 12:45; 3:45; 6;45; 9:30.

Zero Dark Thirty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11:10; 1:15; 2:45; 4:45; 6:45; 8:15; 10:10; Fri-Wed

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN

Gone With the Wind â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Thu 7pm; Sat 11pm.

NICKELODEON Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

155 S River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com

This Is 40 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:45; 6:30; Fri-Wed 6:30; 9:20.

Wreck-It Ralph â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 3:45pm plus Fri-Sun 12:45pm.

Zero Dark Thirty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:30; 4; 8; 9:10; Fri-Wed 4; 8 plus Fri-Sun 12:30pm.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com

Broken City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1:10; 4; 7; 10.

The Last Stand â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 1:20; 4:20; 7:10; 9:45.

Mama â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 12; 2:30; 5; 7:45; 10:20.

Django Unchained â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:05; 3:35; 7:05; 10:35; Fri-Wed 1:30; 6; 9:30 plus Sat 2pm. (No Sat 1:30pm)

Gangster Squad â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12; 2:45; 3:20; 5:20; 7:55; 10; 10:30; Fri-Wed 12:10; 2:45; 5:20; 8; 10:40.

A Haunted House â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:50; 3; 5:10; 7:30; 9:50; Fri-Wed 12:20; 3; 5:10; 7:30; 9:50. (No Wed 5:10; 7:30; 9:50) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:30; 4:10; 8:15.

11:30; 6;30; 9:30; 10.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8 1125 S Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com

Broken City â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1:15; 3:45; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Mon 10:45am.

The Last Stand â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1:15; 4; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Mon 10:55am.

Mama â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1:05; 4; 7:15; 9:45 plus Sat-Mon 10:55am.

A Haunted House â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (Opens Fri) 1; 3; 5:05; 7:15; 9:45 plus Sat-Mon 11am.

Gangster Squad â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 1:15; 3:45; 7:15; 9:45 plus Sat-Sun 10:45am.

Les Miserables â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 12:20; 3:30; 6:45; 10; Fri-Wed 1; 9.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 2:45; 6:25; 10.

Parental Guidance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 4:10; 6:45.

Promised Land â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 1:15; 3:45; 7:10; 9:30.

Texas Chainsaw â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 5:05pm.

Texas Chainsaw 3D â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Wed-Thu 11; 1; 3; 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed 7:15; 9:30.

Wreck-It Ralph â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Fri-Wed 1:15; 4 plus Sat-Mon 10:55am.

Zero Dark Thirty â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Daily 12:15; 3:30; 6:45; 10.

Tarantino is raiding. Django Unchained sits solidly in Tarantinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comfort zone, with a combination of low-key speechifying and big payback. It is, however, Samuel L. Jackson who catalyzes everything Tarantino has to say about slavery.

GANGSTER SQUAD (R; 119 min.) Josh Brolin is the leader of a group of vigilante cops on the trail of 1940s LA thug Mickey Cohen (played by a minion-killing, roast peacockeating Sean Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;beaky, foreshortened and looking like a Rondo Hatton bobblehead). As Chief Parker, Nick Nolte sounds like a laryngectomy patient, though his Parker reminds us of what a racially harmonious place LA in the 1940s was by approving this mixed-race band (including a too-sensitive Ryan Gosling, Michael PeĂąa and Anthony Mackie) to get the goods on the megalomaniac Mickey. Ultimately, trick gunplay fit to make John Woo cry meets plotting to make James Ellroy cry, vow to quit and enter the priesthood. (RvB) THE GUILT TRIP (PG-13; 95 min) Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogan star in this comedy about a dysfunctional mother and son on a road trip.

A HAUNTED HOUSE (R; 95 min.) Co-writer and star Marlon Wayans is a long way from the glory days of the first, ingenious Scary Movie (a franchise which, despite never having had a watchable sequel, is also returning this year).

Apparently, he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even get his brothers on board for this similarly themed parody of current horror films (mainly Paranormal Activity). If Keenen and Shawn are okay with the atrocious Dance Flick, but not thisâ&#x20AC;Śthatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just scary. (SP) HITCHCOCK (PG-13; 98 min) Anthony Hopkins plays the master of suspense in this biopic based very loosely on the Stephen Rebello book about the making of Psycho. Helen Mirren plays his wife Alma, and Scarlett Johansson is Janet Leigh.

LIFE OF PI (PG; 127 min.)

Not content to be absolutely phantasmagorical, Life of Pi claims it will also make you believe in God. A little more modestly, the computer graphics represent a milestone of the technique, and although the film comes with a heavy wowfactor, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not lobotomized like Avatar. One can take it straight as a hell of a rousing open-boat adventure. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rime of the Ancient Marinerâ&#x20AC;? with a splendid tiger in it, a beast all the more splendid for being nothing but a figment of pixels.

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LINCOLN (PG-13; 158 min.)

After the huge outcry from undead moviegoers over Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Steven Spielberg attempts to bring audiences together for some healing with a Lincoln biopic that completely ignores the 16th presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unrepentant hate crimes against the living-impaired, instead focusing on his fight to free the slaves and hold the Union together as the nation is ravaged by civil war.

MONSTERS INC. (G; 98 min.) The most underrated Pixar flick? (Wall-E lovers are shaking their heads disapprovingly, but, hey, that was at least the first animated movie to get a Best Picture nom). Despite the fact that this was about monsters and featured an all-star cast, there was something low-key about its charm, making it less flashy than say, The Incredibles.

But its maybe the sweetest of the studioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stories, thanks to its bond between Sulley (voiced

by John Goodman) and the two-year-old Boo. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being re-released in 3D, and will get a prequel next year about Sulley and Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s college years NOT FADE AWAY (R; 112 min.) Sopranos creator David Chase sticks with New Jersey and Italian Americans, but this time goes for a flashback rock and roll story with this film (featuring his Sopranos leading man James Gandolfini) about friends trying to make it big as a band.

TEXAS CHAINSAW 3D (R; 92 min.) Hilariously halfthought out sequel manages to be that rare example of a film so bad itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entertaining. The main character was supposedly born shortly before the events of the first TCM film in 1973, and yet in the modern setting of the film (which features a character using an iPhone), she looks to be in her early 20s rather than almost 40. It also makes a big deal about subplot setups, like infidelity between characters, and then just completely drops them. What could have been interesting new plot elements like revenge are so overplayed they make the main character seem like an idiot sociopath, shifting her behavior radically despite everything weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen from her making us think sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d act exactly the opposite.

Leatherface (who I guess is supposed to be a senior citizen in thisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;we never see him without his mask) gets a couple of good scenes, but mostly he just runs around waving his chainsaw. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really terrible. And kind of a hoot. (SP) ZERO DARK THIRTY (R; 157 min.) See review, page 22.

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Super-creepy-looking horror flick from director Andres Muschetti (with a stamp of approval from producer Guillermo de Toro) tells the story of a young couple charged with raising two girls who were left alone in the woods for five years.

RUST AND BONE (R; 120 min.) Marion Cotillard plays Stephanie, a trainer of killer whales in this acclaimed romantic drama from director Jacques Audiardâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;although with so many people using the phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;killer whale trainerâ&#x20AC;? without a hyphen, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d think

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BROKEN CITY (R; 115 min.) Mark Wahlberg plays an ex-cop named Billy Taggart (duh!) out for revenge after heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s double-crossed and framed by Russell Crowe as a corrupt mayor. Just picture the exciting final confrontation: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hi, mayor, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the mayor! Howâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that working out for you? Say hi to your mother for me!â&#x20AC;?

(Opens Fri at SC 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley)

THE LAST STAND (R; 113 min.) Korean director Jee-woon Kim, who was responsible for the amazing I Saw the Devil, gets his first shot at a Hollywood film. Not just any Hollywood film, but a Hollywood action film, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. This time, Sheriff Arnie and his less-than-exemplary deputies are the only thing standing between an escaped drug lord and the Mexican border. (Opens Fri at Cinema 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley) MAMA (PG-13; 106 min.)

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CURRY UP Assistant chef Uttam Maharjan of Aptosâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Ambrosia India Bistro.

Spice Island in Aptos

BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been fans of the plush and well-seasoned Indian cookery at Ambrosia India Bistro in Aptos since it opened. On the site of the former Bleu Spoon (and before that a locally beloved pancake house), Ambrosia offers a long list of tandoori classics, a wide range of naans and plenty of curriesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;vegan and vegetarian as well as lamb, chicken and beef. But I had never sampled the popular lunch buffet until I met my lovely Capricorn buddy Meri for a joint birthday feast that ranged

from salads and exotic toppings to classic tandoori, curry and masala specialties. And all for $8 each!

The restaurant calls its fare â&#x20AC;&#x153;Indian Frontier Cuisine,â&#x20AC;? involving a blend of authentic regional dishes from the Mughal north to the southern Indian seacoast. Meri led the way to the long buffet table laden with copper dishes and incredible aromas. The salads are terrific, she assured me, as she helped herself to mixed baby greens and a minty vinaigrette. I loved mine with the tamarind sauce and especially an incredible relish of

pickled carrots. Meri told me I would love this carrot relish, and she was right. So bright and piquant, it made everything zing. And then it was on to the huge cauldron piled high with steaming tandoori potatoes tossed with slabs of bell pepper, cloves of garlic and broccoli. Along with the addition of fragrant basmati rice and some creamy Baigan masala eggplant, I could have stopped right there. But then I wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have sampled the rest of the dishes. A generous portion of warm soft naan arrived just as we sat down. After the

sandwich as much as the next ravenous lunchtime diner, and in my ongoing quest I have gathered a few favorites. Let me share: The Buttery Bakery on the Eastside makes many colossal sandwiches to order, but it also has a nice array of pre-made sandwiches you can just snap up without waiting.

Our favorite is the well-packed 8]S¸a 4Od]`WbS, loaded with black forest ham, pickled red onions, provolone and tomatoes on an onion roll. Another winner is the @cS AO\ReWQV at Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, composed of swiss cheese and ham on a very chewy, very slender, buttered baguette roll. The baguette, as every Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fan knows, offers an addictive exercise in chewiness, like singing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aidaâ&#x20AC;? with your jaws wired shut.

Also utterly wonderful is the bc\O aOZOR aO\ReWQV custom made by the team at New Leaf Market on Fair on the Westside. I love the tiny grated carrots, celery and miniscallions dotting the tuna, which is added along with heaps of sunflower sprouts, pepperoncini and anything else you can think of. We like ours on 9-grain bread. Of course, Gayleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s is practically a sandwich Valhalla unto itself, with its chicken tarragon croissant and its turkey on crunchy roll, and everything in between.

Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re devoted to the fabulous b`W bW^ `]abW filled with chive cream cheese and tomatoes. All of these great sandwiches run between $4.25 and $7. Living in Santa Cruz has its rewards.0

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first plates, which we joined with tall glass tumblers of hot black tea, we moved onto a fine chicken curry, and an even finer Tandoori chicken.

Glistening with red garam masala, ginger and garlic tandoori spices, the chicken was succulent and tender inside. And yes, I did add more of that incredible pickled carrot relish to this, too. We ate and talked and ate some more, and ended up happily full for $24 total. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s multiple trips to the buffet, plus mega-sized black tea, for $12 each, including tax. And Ambrosia is a perfect dining pitstop for a wet winter day. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s located at 207 Sea Ridge Road in Aptosâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a block away from Manuelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and just up the hill from Seacliff State Beach. For reservations, call (831) 685-0610.

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Dinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide Our selective list of area restaurants includes those that have been favorably reviewed in print by Santa Cruz Weekly food critics and others that have been sampled but not reviewed in print. All visits by our writers are made anonymously, and all expenses are paid by Metro Santa Cruz.

Symbols made simple: $ = Under $10 $$ = $11-$15 $$$ = $16-$20 $$$$ = $21 and up Price Ranges based on average cost of dinner entree and salad, excluding alcoholic beverages

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Ambrosia India Bistro Indian. Authentic Indian dishes and specialties served in a 207 Searidge Rd, 831.685.0610 comfortable dining room. Lunch buffet daily 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner daily 5pm to close. www.ambrosiaib.com

$$ Aptos

Britannia Arms

$ Aptos

Heatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Patisserie

$$$ Aptos

Severinoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Grill

$$ Aptos

Zameen Mediterranean

8017 Soquel Dr, 831.688.1233

7486 Soquel Dr, 831.662.3546

7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987

American and specialty dishes from the British and Emerald Isles. Full bar. Children welcome. Happy hour Mon-Fri 2-6pm.

Open daily 11am to 2am.

Bakery and deli. f. A wide variety of Parisian style pastries, breads and American baked goods baked fresh on site daily. Hot breakfast and lunch available daily. Enjoy with our organic coffee and espresso. Delicious, custom built wedding cakes available.

Open 6am Mon - Fri, 7am Sat - Sun. Continental California cuisine. Breakfast all week 6:30-11am, lunch all week 11am-2pm; dinner Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun-Thu 5-9pm. www.seacliffinn.com.

Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh, fast, flavorful. Gourmet 7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465 meat and vegetarian kebabs, gyros, falafel, healthy salads and Mediterranean flatbread pizzas. Beer and wine. Dine in or take out. Tue-Sun 11am-8pm.

CAPITOLA $$

Geisha Sushi

Capitola

Japanese. This pretty and welcoming sushi bar serves 200 Monterey Ave, 831.464.3328 superfresh fish in unusual but well-executed sushi combinations. Wed-Mon 11:30am-9pm.

$$$

Shadowbrook

Capitola

1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

$$$

Stockton Bridge Grille

Capitola

231 Esplanade, 831.464.1933

$$$ Capitola

Zeldaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

California Continental. Swordfish and other seafood specials.

Dinner Mon-Thu 5:30-9:30pm; Fri 5-10pm; Sat 4-10:30pm; Sun 4-9pm.

Mediterranean tapas. Innovative menu, full-service bar, international wine list and outdoor dining with terrific views in the heart of Capitola Village. Open daily.

California cuisine. Nightly specials include prime rib 203 Esplanade, 831.475.4900 and lobster. Daily 7am-2am.

SANTA CRUZ $$$ Le Cigare Volant Santa Cruz 328 Ingalls St, 831.425.6771

Featuring vibrant, seasonally driven cuisine that pairs effortlessly with Bonny Doon Vineyard wines. Menu changes weekly to spotlight the freshest, local, organic and biodynamic ingredients.

Bring friends, meet new ones, and dine ensemble, while embracing community and cuisine.

$ Charlie Hong Kong California organic meets Southeast Asian street food. Organic Santa Cruz 1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664 noodle & rice bowls, vegan menu, fish & meat options, Vietnamese style sandwiches, eat-in or to-go. Consistent winner â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Cheap Eats.â&#x20AC;? Open daily 11am-11pm $$ The Crepe Place Crepes and more. Featuring the spinach crepe and Tunisian Santa Cruz 1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994 donut. Full bar. Mon-Thu 11am-midnight, Fri 11am-1am, Sat 10am-1am, Sun 10am-midnight. $$

Crowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nest Seafood. Fresh seafood, shellfish, Midwestern aged beef, pasta Santa Cruz 2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560 specialties, abundant salad bar. Kids menu and nightly entertainment. Harbor & Bay views. Breakfast, lunch & dinner daily.

Gabriella Cafe $$ Santa Cruz 910 Cedar St., 831.457.1677

Califormia-Italian. Fresh from farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; markets organic vegetables, local seafood, grilled steaks, frequent duck and rabbit, famous CHICKEN GABRIELLA, legendary local wine list, romantic mission-style setting with patio, quiet side street.

Hindquarter Americana. Ribs, steaks and burgers are definitely the stars. $$ Santa Cruz 303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 Full bar. Lunch Mon-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm; dinner Sun-Thu 5:30-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 5:30-10pm. $$ Hoffmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s California/full-service bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Santa Cruz 1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135 Eggs Benedict in Town.â&#x20AC;? Happy Hour Mon-Fri 5-6pm. Halfprice appetizers; wines by the glass. Daily 8am-9pm. $$

Hulaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Island Grill â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s Vegas meets â&#x20AC;&#x2122;50s Waikiki. Amazing dining experience in Santa Cruz 221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852 kitchy yet swanky tropical setting. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian. Full-service tiki bar. Happy-hour tiki drinks. Aloha Fri, Sat lunch 11:30am-5pm. Dinner nightly 5pm-close.

India Joze

Santa Cruz 418 Front St, 831.325-3633

$$ Johnnyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Harborside Santa Cruz 493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430

Eclectic Pan Asian dishes. Vegetarian, seafood, lamb and chicken with a wok emphasis since 1972. Cafe, catering, culinary classes, food festivals, beer and wine. Open for lunch and dinner daily except Sunday 11:30-9pm. Special events most Sundays.

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Seafood/California. Fresh catch made your way! Plus many other wonderful menu items. Great view. Full bar. Happy hour Mon-Fri. Brunch Sat-Sun 10am-2pm. Open daily.

La Posta Italian. La Posta serves Italian food made in the old styleâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; $$$ Santa Cruz 538 Seabright Ave, 831.457.2782 simple and delicious. Wed-Thu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-9:30pm and Sun 5-8pm.

Silk road flavors. Fresh, nourishing and delectable Mediterranean cuisine with a unique Afghan twist. Patio dining. Open daily for lunch 11:30-3pm & dinner at 5pm.

Louieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cajun Kitchen $$ Santa Cruz 110 Church St., 831.429.2000

Laissez les bons temps rouler at this cool, funky Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;awlins-style celebration of food, libations and bluesy sounds. Start with a Hurricane as you peruse our menu of serious cajun goodness.

$$ Olitas Fine Mexican cuisine. Opening daily at noon.

Santa Cruz 49-B Municipal Wharf, 831.458.9393 $$ Pacific Thai Thai. Individually prepared with the freshest ingredients, Santa Cruz 1319 Pacific Ave, 831.420.1700 plus ambrosia bubble teas, shakes. Mon-Thu 11:30am-9:30pm, Fri 11:30am-10pm, Sat noon-10pm, Sun noon-9:30pm.

Ristorante Italiano

Santa Cruz 555 Soquel Ave, 831.458.2321

Authentic Hawaiian Island Cuisine! Featuring â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Reefâ&#x20AC;? tropical bar. Large outdoor patio. Variety of poke, wraps, salads, vegetarian, all entrees under $10! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aloha Fridays,â&#x20AC;? Hawaiian music and hula! Open 11-10pm Sun-Wed,11-11pm Thur-Sat!

Italian-American. Mouthwatering, generous portions, friendly service and the best patio in town. Full bar. Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am, dinner nightly at 5pm.

$$ Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing California / Brewpub. Enjoy a handcrafted organic ale in the Santa Cruz 402 Ingalls Street, Ste 27 taproom or the outdoor patio while you dine on Bavarian pretzels, 831.425.4900 a bowl of french fries, Santa Cruzâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best fish tacos and more.

Open everday noon until 10pm. Food served until 7pm.

Soif Wine bar with menu. Flawless plates of great character and $$ Santa Cruz 105 Walnut Ave, 831.423.2020 flavor; sexy menu listings and wines to match. Dinner MonThu 5-9pm, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, Sun 4-9pm; retail shop Mon 5pmclose, Tue-Sat noon-close, Sun 4pm-close. $$ Stagnaro Bros.

Seafood and more. Family owned since 1937. Fresh seafood, Santa Cruz 21 Municipal Wharf, 831.423.2180 pasta and steaks . Kid friendly. Panoramic ocean views from the main dining room and Upper Deck Lounge. Large outdoor fish market on site with 20+ types of fresh fish. Open daily at 11am. $$ Woodstockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza Santa Cruz 710 Front St, 831.427.4444

Pizza. Pizza, fresh salads, sandwiches, wings, desserts, beers on tap. Patio dining, sports on HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups and catering. Open and delivering Fri-Sat 11am-2am, Mon-Thu 11am-1am, Sun 11am-midnight.

SCOTTS VALLEY $ Heavenly Cafe American. Serving breakfast and lunch daily. Large parties Scotts Valley 1210 Mt. Hermon Rd, 831.335.7311 welcome. Mon-Fri 6:30am-2:15pm, Sat-Sun 7am-2:45pm.

Jia Tellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s $ Scotts Valley 5600 #D Scotts Valley Dr, 831.438.5005

Cambodian. Fresh kebabs, seafood dishes, soups and noodle bowls with a unique Southeast Asian flair. Beer and wine available. Patio dining. Sun-Thu 11am-9pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm.

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Pono Hawaiian Grill $ Santa Cruz 120 Union St, 831.426.pono

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Laili $$ Santa Cruz 101B Cooper St, 831.423.4545

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Free Will

Rob Brezsny

Astrology By

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Call the Classified department at 408.298.8000 Monday through Friday 9am to 5pm

Fax your ad to the Classified Department at 831.457.5828

Mail to Santa Cruz Classifieds, 877 Cedar St, Suite 147, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Visit our offices at 877 Cedar St, Suite 147, Santa Cruz Monday through Friday 10am to 4:30pm

classifieds@metronews.com.

Please include your Visa, MC, Discover or AmEx number and expiration date for payment.

For copy, playment, space reservation or cancellaion: Display ads: Friday 12 noon, Line ads: Friday 3pm

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EMPLOYMENT Admin Assistant Tax Firm In Santa Cruz, 8am-5pm M-F $12-15 per hour, Jan-April 2013 Greet customers, multiline phones MS Word and Excel Math/Accounting Background a Plus!

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Marketing Assistant In Santa Cruz 2-3 months, possible long term Real Estate license helpful KELLY SERVICES, 425-0653 e-mail: 1471@kellyservices. com *Never A Fee*

QC Inspector PCB In Scotts Valley 6am-2:30pm M-F $14-$17 per hour Temp-to-Hire IPC-A-610 or J-STD-001 required 1st Article inspections 5 years experience required

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$20-$22 per hour Full Time Long Term At Reputable Bank in Santa Cruz 4-5 Years Experience Preferred Disclosures, Credit Checks, Escrow KELLY SERVICES, 425-0653 e-mail: 1471@kellyservices.com *Never A Fee*

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Food production in Watsonville Day and Swing Shifts Available Must have a flexible schedule Fluent in English required Must have reliable transportation & pass a drug test Temp-To-Hire $8.50/hr. KELLY SERVICES, 425-0653 e-mail: 1471@kellyservices.com

Homes Hom mes REAL EST ESTATE AT E SALES S ALES Beautiful cr creek eek front front setting with a pretty pretty meadow y, happy meadow.. Sunny Sunny, place to gar den Bit of a den. garden. rrough ough road road getting there there and off the grid. Shown by appointment only. only. Broker Broker will help show. show. Offered Offered at $157 7,000. , Call Debbie @ $157,000.

Call Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408395-5754 408-395-5754 www .donnerland.com www.donnerland.com

GARDEN DELIGHT WITH AN OCEAN VIEW Permits appr Permits approved oved ffor or 2,500 SF house & work shop. p Create Create your y workshop. dr eam home in a good dream Peacefully neighborhood! Peacefully private, pretty pretty Meadowlike setting. Potential Potential horse property. property. Good well with solar pump. Close to Aptos Village. Good A ccess, Easy terrain. terrain.

Access, P ower at street. street. Private: Power LLocked ocked gate. Shown by appointment only. only. Broker Broker will help show. show. Offered Offered at $396,000.

Call Debbie @ $396,000. Call Donner Land & Homes, Inc. 408395-5754 408-395-5754 www .donnerland.com d l d www.donnerland.com

Ow Owner wner Financing on this Fu ully P ermitted, Log Log House Fully Permitted, on n 40 A cres. Private, Acres.

Su unny & Secluded. BackSunny upp pr opane gener atorr, propane generator, pr ropane heat & hot water, water, propane w ell w/electric pump & well w orking windmill pump. working In ternet ser vice available.

Internet service Co ompletely off the grid.

Completely Of ffered at $595,000.

Offered $595,000.

Sh hown by appointment Shown on nly. Br oker will help only.

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Do onner Land & Homes, Inc. Donner 40 08-395-5754 408-395-5754 w ww.donnerland.com www.donnerland.com

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