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Wellness W ellnes elln s POWER CO COUPLE OUPLE Ramona and Bob Pursle Pursley ey at Aptos’ FIST Fitness; acronym Interval Strength Training. the acr onym m stands ffor o or Functional Interva al Str ength Tr aining.

Perfect Pe erfect Fit F Aptos’’ Bob Aptos’ Bob an and d Ram Ramona ona Purs Pursley ley sshare harre an un unorthodox orrtthodox approach a pproa ach tto o person personal all tr training aining BY MAR MARIA RIA GRUSAUSKAS S

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n 1980, 21 21-year-old 1-yyeear-old Bo Bob b Purs Pursley ley was w as a lean a lean n llong-distance ong-dis distance runner runner who w ho w weighed eeigghed 165 poun pounds. ds. His first first day thee jjob deputy thee San Santa d ay on th ob as a d epu utty ffor o or th nta Cr uz Sh errifff’s Dep arrtm t en nt ttook ook him tto o Cruz Sheriff’s Department Boulder Creek, where hee w was promptly Boul der Cr eek, kw here h a as p romptly called thee n n-word. didn’t’t gget any call ed th -w wo ord. It didn et an ny lless ess hostile thee secon second third day. h ostile on th d or thir rd d ay. was almost fight night,” “It w a as alm o t a fig os ght eevery ver e y nig ghtt,” Pursley, who May rremembers eemembers Pu ursleyy, w ho rretired etirred e in M ay after off ser service. that point, aft er 33 yyears eears o rvvice. “At th at poin ntt, I decided better do something want d ecided I bett e d er o som ething if I w a an nt survive. that’s when tto o sur rviv vive. So S th hatt’’s w hen I sstarted tarted d ggetting eettin i g into weight lifting and working out, in nto w eeigght lift ting an dw orking ou o ut,t wrestling self-defense.” wr estling and and se lf-d - effen e se.”

The effort paid off.

Hee en ended up T he ef ffo orrt p aid o ff. H ded u p having fight and when hee did, h avving tto o fig ght lless, ess, an dw hen h hee kn knew how protect himself. h ew h ow tto op rot o ecct himse lf. At 55, Pursley solid muscular presence Purs ley is a so l muscul lid ar p reesence wrapped smilee wr apped in a yyouthful ou outhful t gglow, low, a big smil

an and nd a h handshake andshake that that makes makes me me ffeel eeeel su uddenlly minia atturre. H ee’s w aiting ffor a o orr m suddenly miniature.

He’s waiting mee on n th d fl oor b alcon ny o ptos thee secon second floor balcony off th thee Ap Aptos gy ym he he owns ow wns and and operates operates along along wi t th gym with h wif his fe, Ram ona, 52, w ho is ssweating weea attin ng wife, Ramona, who ou ut a fin al mile mile on th readmill e out final thee tr treadmill al longside th eir 7-y yeear-old d augghter alongside their 7-year-old daughter w hen I arr rivve. when arrive.

It onl ly ttakes akes a ffew ew minutes minutes tto o rrealize ealiize only th hat Bo b an d Ram ona Purs leyy— —both h that Bob and Ramona Pursley—both rretired e ed d etir epu utties, an d person al tr ainers e deputies, and personal trainers ffor o over or ovveer seven seeven e years—are years—ar e e the the ultimate ullttimate p oweer couple; couple; a h armonious b lend o power harmonious blend off ttenacity e acity an en d al truism, wi th an inf feeccti t ous and altruism, with infectious m otivvattional effect. efffec ect.t motivational “At this poin nt in our lif fe, it’s it’s time time ffor o or us point life, tto o giv ve back, back, yyou ou know. o know. An d iitt w orrks, an o d give And works, and iitt m ak kees us ffeel eeel ggood,” o ood,” says sa ays Ram ona.. makes Ramona.

T he comm en nt lleaves ea aves e m tunn t ed d, The comment mee sstunned, b ecause in all h onestyy, it it sshould hould be because honesty,

the oth the other er w way ay ar around: ro ound: a aft after teer 17 yyears eears in llaw aw enf fo orcemen ntt, Ramona Ramon o aw as a fforced or o ced enforcement, was tto o rretire etire aft teer a fig ht ttore ore u ph er kn ee, after fight up her knee, spurr ing 17 surgeries surger eries an nd en ding in a spurring and ending full kn ee replacement. replacemen ntt. A competitive competitivve knee w eeigghttliftter e and and runner, runnerr, Ramona Ramona is weightlifter a rrole ole m odel tto o an ny cclient llien nt w ho sa ays “I model any who says can ’t”—she d oes all this d espite h avving can’t”—she does despite having llupus upus an d rrheumatoid heumato oid ar aarthritis. rtthrritis. and “I think because I move, mov ove, iitt allows allows me me tto od o a llot ot o gs beca ause I d on’t si do off thin things because don’t sitt th erre an d giv ve in tto o th ain an d th there and give thee p pain and thee discom fo orrt,” t sa ays Ram o a. “I h on ave d ays discomfort,” says Ramona. have days w here I d on’t w an a nt tto o gget eett u p, or I w a an nt where don’t want up, want tto oh ave m ttle pi ty p arrty t because have myy li little pity party eeverything ver e ythin t gh urts, bu ut I d on’t h ave th hurts, but don’t have thee lluxury uxury of of d oing th att.” doing that.”

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Training (FIST), encompassing mpassing car cardio, rd dio, sroom (th weights, a matted classroom (thee scen scenee o s’ an d ad ullt se lf--deffeense classes) classes) off kid kids’ and adult self-defense an dam asssage room. room. Bu ut cclients llien ntts ar en’t and massage But aren’t confin ed tto o th —vvar ariety is k eyy, an d confined thee gym gym—variety key, and w orrkou o utts o ften ttake ake p lace on th ch h, workouts often place thee beac beach, an d eeven veen in nk aya aks an d on bi cyycles. and kayaks and bicycles.

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Bu ut th P leys ar nvvinced th at But thee Purs Pursleys aree con convinced that w ellbeing is i a physical physsical and and mental men ntal state state wellbeing th at an nyb bod dy can achieve, achieve, and and helping helping that anybody oth ers do do th hat is what what th ey live livve for. for or. others that they “P ersonal a tr aining has has a sstigma tigma “Personal training th at it’s it’s only onlly for fo or rich rich peo ple,” sa ays Bob. Bob. that people,” says “W We sa aw th hat.t W a an nted tto om ake iitt “We saw that.

Wee w wanted make af ffor ordable, so th at an nybod b dy w ho w an a ntts iitt affordable, that anybody who wants can gget et iit.” t.”

T he m ajorrity o eir clients clien ntts ar re The majority off th their are eeveryday veerryday p eople—from hig h sc chool people—from high school a thl t etes see eking spor ts con ditioning athletes seeking sports conditioning an d seni orrs llooking ooking tto o sstay tay ac ctiv t ve, tto o and seniors active, com petitivvee a tthletes tr rainin a g ffor o or a competitive athletes training tr ia atthlon. (I If yyou o ou didn n’t alr reead dy gu uess, e triathlon.

(If didn’t already guess, th leyys are arre the the kin d of of trainers trainers that that thee Purs Pursleys kind will sign u p ffor or th o a ace an dd o iitt wi th up thee rrace and do with yyou.) ou.) o As llong on ng as someone someone h as a purpose has purpose,, th ey’ll w orrk on a ssliding o liding payment payymen nt scal they’ll work scalee appropr iattee to the thee ssituation. ituattion. appropriate O veer th ears, th wer cou ple Over thee yyears, thee po power couple h as id entiffied a cr ucial ffactor a actor in has identified crucial su ccess: m ental ou utl t ook. In cases success: mental outlook. w here a tr a ainin g program program has has failed fa ailed where training tto o be ef ffeectivve, th ey’vve ffound ound th o at effective, they’ve that th ere’s often often e some some sort sort of of mental mental there’s b lockage iin n th ay. blockage thee w way.

“T he fir st thing thing is ggetting etting your yo our “The first se lf esteem esteem mu p, an d sa ayin y g today today is self up, and saying a bett er d ay because today today you’re you’re better day ggoing oing to to change,” change,” says sa ays Bob, Bob, who who also also w orks cclosely lossely wi ith a cer tified d ffamily amil a ily works with certified th erapist w ho h as h elped cclients lients therapist who has helped w ork thr ou ugh th hallenges o fe work through thee cchallenges off lif life tr ansfo orm mattion. “W ell peo ple tto o transformation.

“Wee ttell people sstand tand up up tall, tall, a be p roud o ho yyou ou proud off w who ar d then then we’ll we’ll w ork from from th ere. If aree an and work there. yyou ou think o yourself in a bright bright lig ht, off yourself light, yyou’re ou’re ggonna on nna be in a b right light.” light.” 0 bright

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FLAME WAR Firefighters don’t want a repeat of the 2008 Trabing Fire that burned 600 acres and two dozen homes in South County.

Burning Up Hot weather and low humidity have firefighters on high alert during a particularly dangerous dry season BY JACOB PIERCE

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very year they say it’s going to be a bad fire season, but this year it’s been incredibly dry,” says Jason Hajduk, a Santa Cruz Fire Department captain.

Firefighters in Santa Cruz and across the state are in the middle of a season with a potential perfect storm for big fires—scorching heat and dry weather.

This past winter, Santa Cruz received 57 percent of its average seasonal rainfall.

“There’s no guarantee at this point that anything will happen, but we’ve had a couple fires this year,” Hajduk says.

“They’re burning more quickly than they normally do.”

During an average summer season, humidity picks up every day, as each afternoon drags on and gets hotter.

This year, though, Hajduk has seen temperatures in Santa Cruz stay high

and humidity stay low throughout the day.

As of last week, California had logged 3,700 fires since the start of the year, for a total of 63,000 acres burned, according to Cal Fire. That’s a 50 percent increase in fire activity over an average year, and a 43 percent increase over last year.

Firefighters from around the state spent the weekend fighting fires near Idyllwild in Southern California that burned over 27,000 acres, or 42.2 square miles, before some lucky rain sprinkled the San Jacinto Mountains.

In a typical year the state will have bad fire season in either Northern or Southern California. But this year, both regions have seen “explosive conditions,” says Cal Fire spokesperson Dennis Mathisen.

Thus far, the fire season in Santa Cruz

County has been mostly tame—save for a few small fires, including a blaze near the Fishhook on Highway 1 that claimed three acres. Police arrested the two suspected arsonists involved.

But firefighters from Ben Lomond and Scotts Valley have concerns about what will happen over the rest of the summer, the hottest part of the year.

“Usually August and September are our hottest months,” says Stacie Brownlee, chief of the Ben Lomond volunteer fire department on Highway 9.

“We’re not getting the fog we’re used to.

“I’m not that worried about it,” Brownlee adds, “but it is scary.”

The reason Brownlee and other firefighters aren’t more worried is that Cal Fire has done an impressive job statewide this season of getting to fires right away. Jim Delucchi, Scotts Valley

Fire Department battalion chief, says his department is committed to performing at the same level.

“Our mantra this year is get on it early and get out on the road,” Delucchi says.

“And get those fires put out on a smaller stage.”

California has a mutual aid system that pools departments’ resources, and firefighters will get deployments to other parts of the state. During years when the Santa Cruz Mountains do catch fire, reinforcements come in from Northern, Central and sometimes even Southern California.

“You take a rock and drop it in a pool, and that’s the ripple effect that happens throughout out the state,” says Pablo Barreto, chief of fire prevention for Watsonville Fire Department. “It’s an amazing system.”

Barreto says his department has put an emphasis on reminding locals to keep their yards trimmed. Brownlee adds that making sure people comply can be one of the trickier aspects of the job.

Cal Fire spokesperson Mathisen reminds people to be careful not to start any fires by letting chains drag on their cars, throwing cigarettes or doing anything else that would make Smokey the Bear cry—especially given the unusually dry season.

“All you need is a spark to ignite [something] and then it takes off,” Mathisen says.

Captain Hajduk told members of a public safety task force meeting that at least 15 percent of fires are caused by transients and illegal campsites, and that large fires take a huge toll on the department.

“Last year we had a fire in Pogonip. It started at 9 o’clock in the evening, and we were there until 10 o’clock the next night,” Hajduk said. “It was a 24-hour event that involved multiple agencies, multiple calls. And while those calls are occurring, those units aren’t available to do anything else. They can’t respond to any other calls. They can’t do any training. They can’t do outreach. They can’t do prevention.” 0

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DAYS OF THE NEW This year’s festival features international and national premieres of works from top composers.

Of Night and Noise Two composers bring their most ambitious works to the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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ne of the hottest new music venues in the world, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music marks this year’s offering with plenty of superstar excitement. Guest artists include wunderkind clarinetist Emil Jonasan, cellist Johannes Moser, flautist Adam Walker and the Kronos Quartet no less. Two world premiere festival commissions lead the bill, as well as U.S. premieres including Philip Glass’ Symphony no.

10. There will be an evening “in the Blue Room” devoted to the Kronos Quartet with guest artist Van-Anh Vanessa Vo. The intimate “Nestledown” in the Los Gatos hills showcases guest artists playing “outside the box.” And the Music at the

Mission finale showcases premieres, virtuosos and the third appearance of London-born composer Anna Clyne bringing her ambitious orchestral work Night Ferry.

The only thing missing from this rich picture is Marin Alsop. An injury to her conducting hand has sidelined the maestra—unthinkable to be sure—from this year’s festival. While she is “deeply disappointed” that she will not be with us this season, Alsop has confidence that “the adventurous program we've put together will delight and surprise in the way only Cabrillo can.” Stepping up to the podium will be Carolyn Kuan, Music Director for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, who will conduct the opening weekend, Aug. 2-3,

and composer/conductor Brad Lubman, former Assistant Conductor at Tanglewood Music Center, who will conduct the Festival’s closing weekend, Aug. 10-11. Derek Bermel will step in to conduct his own Dust Dances on opening night. In short, there is no shortage of talent at the baton for this year’s Festival, simply a heartbreaking absence of Marin Alsop’s inimitable company.

We spoke with two of the Festival’s precocious composers about the work they will be sharing 13 this season.

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Anna Clyne’s ‘Night Ferry’

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Painted Sound Taping seven large canvasses sideby-side onto her wall, Clyne painted from left to right, moving “forward through time. I painted a section then composed a section, and vice versa, intertwining the two in the creative process.” Onto her wall the composer layered paint, charcoal, ribbons, gauze, fragments of Gustav Doré’s illustrations for The Rime of the

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arely into her 30s, London-born Anna Clyne has collaborated with Icelandic phenom Björk, been premiered by Ricardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony and wrapped her music around choreography for the Houston Ballet.

Composing since the age of 11, Clyne comes to the Cabrillo Festival for the third year in a row with her most ambitious work to date, Night Ferry, an odyssey of contrasting orchestral moods in seven threeminute sections. Weaving a sinuous journey between chaos and lyricism, Night Ferry sails a sonic sea of moods and imagery.

“I'm a visual composer,” Clyne acknowledges when asked about the large-scale wall drawing she used as a graphic timeline of her Festival piece.

“Composing is a visual process for me. Night Ferry began with an image of a dark wave, and the drawings are how I expressed it visually.”

Dividing the proposed work into sections, Clyne worked through the piece using the material established in one section to create contrasting colors and atmospheres for the next.

“It was the longest piece I’ve done in one movement, and structurally it was hard to keep it all straight,” she explains. “I found I could develop the three-minute sections by breaking it down visually.” And she literally did just that, both visualizing the journey and then transforming it into music.

Ancient Mariner by Coleridge and other visual markers of her musical journey.

“It starts out turbulent, and then becomes delicate and expansive. I was aided by the painting process, even though I don’t by any means consider myself a painter.”

Clyne created the mood alterations with a variety of compositional elements, such as orchestral texture and tempo, moving from full orchestra to solo instruments.

Night Ferry is written for full orchestra and was commissioned last year by the Chicago Symphony, where Clyne is currently entering her second year of residence along with fellow composer Mason Bates.

“When I started thinking about the piece, Muti told me he would premiere it on a program that included Schubert. I really don't like listening to other music when I’m composing, but I did do some reading about Schubert. I found a fascinating article about his illness, a variation of manic depression. Then I found I had a new context for understanding his work.

I love the poems of Seamus Heaney,” she confesses. Clyne found the poem

by Nobel laureate Heaney “very evocative of a night out on the ocean.

And his Elegy, which deals with the manic depression of Robert Lowell, gave me the title—‘Night Ferry.’”

Now in her second year as composer-in-residence at Chicago, Clyne is engaged in curating a contemporary music series, and composing orchestral works which are performed by the orchestra.

“The orchestra also plays some of our existing orchestral and chamber works,” she explains. “I'm also very interested in outreach, and I’m helping to teach composition to incarcerated youth as well as people with Alzheimer’s—people who might not be able to express themselves in other ways.” Clyne, whose multimedia collaborations have taken her across the globe, believes that engagement with different social and artistic communities is “a vital part of being a composer. I was supported in my work, and couldn't have done what I am doing without that help. I want to pass on that support, to bring hope to others. Music really is a universal language.”

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Sonic Layers Clyne's composing career came about in what she calls an unplanned way.

“I’ve always loved music, and while my parents weren't musicians, I grew up around folk music, lots of Beatles music, that informed my work. I had a piano starting when I was seven, and I started writing little pieces on it, purely untrained. I played the cello—I did lots of things musically,” she recalls. “I’ve always tried to find new aspects of music, new projects to keep it fresh. I bring in other media—dance, film—to help push me in new directions. I don't want to ever get stale.”

Clyne works a lot in electro-acoustic sound, involving live instrumentation as well as pre-recorded work. “I guess the Beatles did a lot of that. Layered and distorted, then live musicians played along with that. One of the things I do in this work—and the Beatles did this—is panning, moving sound across from left to right. I have three percussionists—one stage left, one in the middle and one on the right

of the orchestra. They create the sound of a bass drum rolling from left to right. This sense of movement through time helps the audience to experience the journey.”

Clyne joins the Cabrillo Festival for the third time this summer.

“I can’t wait to get back,” she says. “There are so many unique things about Cabrillo. It’s incredibly welcoming for orchestras and musicians passionate about contemporary music. They’re all there because they really care, they’re totally engaged. Especially under Alsop’s leadership. We get to meet other musicians— to enjoy the experience and also the relationships we form with each other.”

Santa Cruzans are lucky, since most communities in this country lack exposure to new music. “This is a problem,” Anna Clyne laments, “but I believe, I hope, it is changing. Even though it’s moving slowly, events like the Cabrillo Festival show that it will change.”

Sean Friar’s ‘Noisegate’

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ased in Los Angeles, 28-yearold Sean Friar is one of the youngest in a long line of luminaries to win the coveted Prix de Rome. His new work Noisegate is the product of meditations on the spectacular contrasts of life in and around Los Angeles. Scored for full orchestra the piece takes its name from the computer software used to control the volume of a sound signal. In the course of the opening night performance Noisegate will gradually reduce the high sound threshold of urban reality in order to reveal the delicate textures of natural soundscapes.

Immersed in music since he began piano lessons at the age of four, Friar feels lucky to have been encouraged to improvise rather than simply swallow the classics. “I played 12-bar blues and did lots of improvisation and started taking composition lessons in middle school. It just went from there. I never had an existential

moment of decision—I was always a composer. It happened naturally and easily.” As an undergraduate at UCLA, Friar double-majored in music and psychology. “It was just a hedge, a safety net in case things didn't go well with music,” he laughs. “Now I'm almost finished with my Ph.D. in music composition at Princeton.”

With the 2011 Prix de Rome came a year of creative work in Rome.

Friar admits that the portfolio he submitted to the Prix committee was largely chamber music, “which is

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Noisegate, written for full orchestra, is 10 minutes long. “L.A. was my muse,� Friar notes. “I live here, it’s my home. When I got this commission I began thinking about what direction to go. I knew the piece was going to be an opener, and it should be something short and snappy.� The idea came to him while on a hike in Topanga Canyon, 10 minutes from his house. “It's incredible that you can go very quickly from the thickness of urban L.A. to a hiking trail with nothing man-made in sight. While hiking, the silence struck me. And then gradually my ears adjusted, and tiny sounds began to emerge. I heard the wind, then birds chirping, and then animal sounds. I sat still and there were more rustlings, and by the end of my rest there was this nice complex blend of interesting sounds.

That quick transition between the two environments is what gave me a clear idea of the form of the piece.� And the resulting sense of spontaneity in Noisegate is linked directly to that almost magical transition from the snarling metropolis to the idyllic canyon. “I started with the raucous urban noise which then gets peeled away to quietness. Then the development into a world of their own, the small emerging sounds of nature—and then suddenly back. The piece follows that journey. “I want [listeners] to come away with the experience itself—it contains a little flavor of what I was going through at the time. Then hopefully they can graft it onto their own life experience.�

Is it difficult bringing new orchestral music to the public’s attention? “Certainly our culture puts more focus on popular music. With contemporary recording techniques we’re on a much more level playing field, classical and new music. But we hear music more of the popular kind.

It’s about the money,� he chuckles.

And Friar agrees that it’s hard to be exposed to new music. “People are very excited about new music when they hear it. But they have to be able to hear it first. That’s the tough part—getting new music to the

people. Especially because concerts cost money. Unless you already know about newer music, you tend to listen to what’s already established.�

Friar looks forward to the Cabrillo experience. “It's an extremely impressive roster, a great group of composers—really unheard of. It’s also so diverse, not just one style of music being featured.�

Admitting that he now has gigs booked well in advance, Friar says he likes to be on hand when his work is being rehearsed. “I like to coach the ensembles whenever I can and be there for the first or second performances, so I can send notes to help fine-tune. One of the best parts of being a composer is you get to travel to so many wonderful places.

About his own music, Friar says, “I put myself on the medium to sort-of-hard part of the scale.� He gives his music a 7 on a scale of 10. “The music is visceral but it’s intricately put together. It’s intricate and things happen quickly. There’s a wide affectual range —musicians have to be able to turn on a dime. In general that makes my music hard, the affectual layers and the quick changes.� Most of his past work has been written for five to eight players. “That works well for my music because they can react quickly.� On the other hand, “music for orchestra offers a chance for sheer variety of sound. You can see how the colors relate to each other.�

Friar has been back in Los Angeles from Rome for one year, and sees plenty of momentum for new music, “even though the culture of L.A. is skewed toward the entertainment industry. We have fewer composers than New York. In Princeton I’m close enough to New York to go there every six weeks. You need to work with other musicians as much as possible. “Getting the Rome Prize has gotten me attention,� Friar admits. “I've been approached by more people than ever before since the Rome Prize.�

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[Joe and Chris] that sing well.

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Their harmonies

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831.426.8876. 1010 Fair Ave., Santa Cruz.

Derby Girls

$15. Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz, 585.278.0080.

A double header of the Sirens and the Groms. Sun, Jul 28, 7:30pm. $12-$28.

Kaiser Permanente Arena, 140 Front St, Santa Cruz.

Felix Kulpa Gallery

DANCE Different belly dancers each week on the garden stage.

Presented by Helene. www. thecrepeplace.com. Sat, 1:30pm. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6994.

THEATER Oklahoma!

The Rodgers & Hammerstein classic musical set in a Western Indian territory.

Runs July 26-Aug. 18. $16$44. Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

Seussical the Musical A show based on the books of Dr. Seuss, performed by All About Theatre. www. allabouttheatre.org. Fri, Jul 26, 7pm, Sat, Jul 27, 2 and 7pm and Sun, Jul 28, 2pm. $13 general, $10 students.

Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.6177.

Shakespeare Santa Cruz Preview “Taming of the Shrew”: The classic Shakespearean romantic comedy. Full schedule of dates at www. shakespearesantacruz. org. July 23-Aug. 31. $20$50. UCSC Festival Glen, UCSC campus, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2159.

Art CONCERTS Twilight Concerts Live music by a different group each week. Wed, 6-8pm. Thru Aug 29. Free.

Capitola Esplanade Park, Capitola Village, Capitola.

GALLERIES OPENING Various venues Bonny Doon Studio Tour.

“DoonArt”: Over 20 Bonny Doon artists open their studio doors for visitors. Map and information available at www.bonnydoonstudiotour. com. Sat, Jul 27, 11am-6pm and Sun, Jul 28, 11am-6pm.

Free. NA, San Francisco.

CONTINUING Chimera Tattoo Studio An exhibition of taxidermy and oddities by Emily Bones.

Gallery hours Mon-Sat, noon-8pm. Thru July 30.

Pajaro Valley Arts Council “Best of Show—Fur, Feathers, Flippers & Fuzz”: An exhibition celebrating the real pets in our lives that prove they are “Best in Show” every day. Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 11am-4pm. Thru Aug. 4.

37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.

Santa Cruz County Bank “Viva Santana”: A solo retrospective of the late painter, printmaker and sculptor Manuel Santana.

At Santa Cruz County Bank locations in Aptos, Capitola, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley and Watsonville. Mon–Thu, 9am– 5pm & Fri. 9am–6pm, Thru Aug. 23. Free, 831.457.5003.

720 Front St, Santa Cruz.

Events LITERARY EVENTS Andrew Sean Greer The author of “The Confessions of Max Tivoli” will read from his new time travel-inspired novel, “The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells.” Mon, Jul 29, 7:30pm.

Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.460.3232.

Local Authors Reading Independently published authors Michael Cooper, Anne Steinhardt, Michelle Anne Stewart and Nancy Wood will read their work.

Thu, Jul 25, 7pm. Free.

Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.460.3232.

Storytime Former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of children’s stories. Mon, 11am. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

NOTICES Beat Sanctuary A dance class for exploring authentic movement as connection, exercise, prayer and spiritual practice. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. A weekly class for exploring exercise and spirituality through dance. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm.

Clutterers Anonymous A free weekly 12-step meeting for those frustrated with too much clutter and not enough room. Fri, 5:30pm. Free.

Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.359.3008.

Human Resources Workshop

English Country Dance Second and fourth Thursdays of each month; beginners welcome. Fourth Thu of every month. $5-$7.

First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.8621.

Greenwood Arts

A workshop put on by the Northern California Human Resources Association: “Designing Strategic Initiatives - HR Business Partner Series.” www. nchra.org. Wed, Jul 24, 7:30-9:30am. $35 nonmembers, free for members.

Graniterock, 350 Technology Dr., Watsonville, 415.291.1992.

Wellness Workshop Weekly workshops on topics such as Mindfulness Parenting and Placenta as Medicine. Full schedule at www.lumayoga.com. Tue, Jul 30, 5:30-6:30pm. $12.

Luma Yoga & Family Center, 1010 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.325.2620.

A gathering of music, drawing, sharing and other creative activities. Tue, Jul 30, 11am-1pm. $10. Location in Nature (directions given upon reservation), n/a, Santa Cruz, 831.662.0186.

Wetlands Tours Wetlands Alive!

Informational tours offered

by Watsonville Wetlands Watch. Sat, Jul 27, 10am.

Fitz Educational Center, Pajaro Valley High School, Watsonville, 831.345.1226.

Film D TOUR

AROUND TOWN Comedy Showcase A new comedy showcase hosted by DNA featuring a different Bay Area headliner each week. Tue, 8:30pm.

Free. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.7117.

A screening of the movie about Rogue Wave’s Pat Spurgeon, chronicling the tour and Spurgeon’s search for a kidney donor. Thu, Jul 25, 8:30pm. Free. Felix Kulpa Gallery, 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 831.421.9200.

San Francisco’s City Guide

Courtney Love Last time she was in town, at the Fillmore, things did not go well. Jul 25 at the Independent.

Raul Midon Half-Argentinian and blind from birth, guitarist and composer sings with soul. Jul 25 at SFJAZZ Center.

The Uncluded Unlikely duo of Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson tour for new album, ‘Hokey Fright.’ Jul 26 at Slim’s.

The Cult Band whose singer once replaced Jim Morrison plays 1987 album ‘Electric’ in its entirety. Jul 27 at the Fillmore.

One Direction Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!

Jul 31 at the Oracle Arena.

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Bellydance Showcase

“Anteater to Zorilla: A Second Alphabet of Oddball Animals.”

A reprise of Peter Koronakos’ popular sculpture exhibit from last year. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sun, noon-6pm. July 5-25. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

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JAZZ WITH EVERYTHING Delicious-sounding guitarist John Pizzarelli brings his quartet and wife to Kuumbwa.

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Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

Wednesday, July 24 U 7:30 pm | No Comps

RAUL MIDON Thursday, July 25 U 7 pm

DMITRI MATHENY GROUP: JAZZ NOIR PROJECT 1/2 Price Night for Students

Monday, July 29 U 7 pm | No Comps

JOHN PIZZARELLI QUARTET WITH JESSICA MOLASKEY Wednesday, July 30 U 7 pm | FREE MASTER CLASS SERIES

DAVE EGAN: STANDARDS FOR THE UKULELE Thursday, August 1 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps OLIVER MTUKUDZI & Dance Space!

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WEDNESDAY | 7/31

RX BANDITS BA ANDITS The RX Bandits st started tarted out as a ska band, comfortably Orange riding comf ortablly atop Or ange County’s thirdd wav wave thriving thir ve and rubbing elbows with Reel the Aquabats, Re el Big Fish and the like. Then members the band membe rs took off in a much less predictable direction. pr edictable dir ecttion. They let go of the strictlyapproach, ska appr oach, andd rresigned esigned to let the music take wheree it wa wanted them wher anted to go. These days, after nearly 20 years, numer nnumerous ous lineup changes and scare, a we’re-doing-our-last-tour we’re-doing-ouur-last-tour scar e, the band is lively, back on the rroad, oad,, playing loud, lively y, rrocking ocking music that can’t can’t be b easily pinned down. Rio Theatre; $17.50 Th Theatr t e; $17 .50 50 aadv/$20 d /$20 door; dv/$20 d 7 30 7:30pm.

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MONDAY | 7/29

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Frank Sounding closer to Nat King Cole and Fr ank Sinatraa than anything on thee rradio Sinatr adio these Pizzarelli days, guitarist/vocalist Pizza arelli brings the swing and puts the Americann Songbook back in the spotlight. The son of jazz jaazz guitar legend Buckyy Pizzarelli, Pizzarelli Buck Pizzarelli, elli the youngerr Pizzar elli has proven also pr oven to be a capable iinterpreter nterpreter of rrock ock and pop songs, taking oon n tunes by Brothers, more. the Allman Br others, Neil YYoung ou oung and mor e.

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LLouis ouis Prima and KKeely eely Smith .”” Kuumbwa; Kuumbwa; $27 adv/$30 door;; 7pm. (CJ)

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FRUITVALE STATION (PG-13; 126 min) Hmm, wonder if anyone in the Bay Area’s heard about this Oscar Grant guy? Wait, something’s coming back now, like how his shooting by BART police in Oakland was one of the most shocking stories of 2008, sparked massive protests and

set police-community relations in NorCal back 20 years. Yeah, that Oscar Grant. This drama follows his story on the last day of his life. (Opens Fri at the Nick) THE HUNT (R; 115 min) Lots of actors with doubleconsonants in their names star in this Danish drama about a teacher whose life is ruined when he is falsely accused of

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exposing himself to a child.

(Opens Fri at the Nick) THE SMURFS 2 (PG; 109 min) The official plot summary for this movie is 600 words long. It contains the phrases “time-traveling Smurfs,” “using the Eiffel Tower as a conduit” and “the evil wizard puts them into his Smurfalator.” Who directed this, David Lynch?

(Opens Fri at Scotts Valley)

THE WOLVERINE (PG13; 126 min.) No, not that Wolverine movie from 2009, this is the new Wolverine movie from 2013, which is of course a sequel to the X-Men movie from 2006. This time, Hugh Jackson goes to Japan and has to fight samurai while not being immortal. I hate when that happens. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley and 41st Ave)

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BEFORE MIDNIGHT (R; 109 min) Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy bring their characters Jesse and Celine back for the third film in this series from Richard Linklater.

It’s two decades since they first met, and all is not well. Can they stick it out?

Showtimes are for Wednesday, July 24, through Wednesday, July 31, unless otherwise indicated.

Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS

122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.thenick.com

Despicable Me 2 — Wed-Thu 1:50; 4:20; 6:50; 9; Fri-Wed 1:50; 4:20; 6:50 plus Sat-Sun 9pm.

Red 2 — Wed-Thu 2:10; 4:40; 7:10; 9:35; Fri-Wed 2:10; 4:40; 7:10; plus Fri-Sat 9:35pm; Sat-Sun 11:40am.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA

1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com

The Conjuring — (Opens Fri) 11:10; 1:45; 1:45; 4:30; 7:30; 10:10.

The Wolverine — (Opens Fri) 11:20; 1:20; 4:20; 7:20.

The Wolverine 3D — (Opens Fri) 9:30pm.

Grown Ups 2 — Wed-Thu 11:40; 2:10; 4:45; 7:20; 9:55.

Pacific Rim — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:45; 7.

R.I.P.D. —Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:30; 4:55; 7:30; Fri-Wed 11; 2:15; 4:40; 7; 10:20. (no Wed 11am) R.I.P.D. 3D— Wed-Thu 9:55pm.

Alvin and the Chipmunks — Wed-Thu 10am.

Ice Age: Continental Drift — Wed 7/31 10am.

DEL MAR

1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

The Conjuring — Wed-Thu 2:15; 3:30; 4:45; 7:15; 8:15; 9:50; Fri-Wed 2:15; 3:30; 4:45; 7:15; 8:15; 9:30 plus Fri-Sat 10:45pm; Sat-Sun 11:45am.

The Way Way Back — Wed-Thu 1; 2; 4:30; 6; 7; 9:40; Fri-Wed 1; 2; 4:30; 6; 7; 9:40; Sat-Sun 11:30am.

NICKELODEON

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

Fruitvale Station — (Opens Fri) 2:40; 4:50; 7; 9; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 12:30; 1:20.

The Hunt — (Opens Fri) 4:20; 6:50; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 12:20pm.

20 Feet From Stardom — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 7:20; 9:30; Fri-Wed 3:20; 5:20; 7:30 plus Sat-Sun noon.

Before Midnight — Wed-Thu 5pm.

Girl Most Likely — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:50; 7:10; 9:40; Fri-Wed 2:50; 7:10. (no Wed 7/31 7:10pm)

I’m So Excited — Wed-Thu 1:20pm.

Monsters University — Wed-Thu 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:20; Fri-Wed 2pm.

Only God Forgives — Wed-Thu 3:20; 5:20; 7:30; 9:50; Fri-Wed 5:10; 9:30. (no Wed 7/31 5:10pm)

Licks — Wed 7/31 9pm.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN

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

The Heat — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:45; 6:45; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Grown Ups 2 — Wed-Thu 1; 4; 7; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9

1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com

Wolverine — (Opens 10pm Thu) call for showtimes.

Red 2 — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:15; 5; 7:40; 10:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Despicable Me 2 — Wed 7/31 11; 1:30; 4:30; 7; 9:40; Thu 10:45; 1:15; 3:45; 6:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack

Despicable Me 2 3D — Wed-Thu 10:50; 3:50; 6:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Lone Ranger—Wed-Thu 10:50; 2:40; 6:45; 10 Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (noThu 10:10pm) Man of Steel — Wed-Thu 10:20; 1:50; 5:30; 9; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Now You See Me — Wed-Thu 9:40pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Pacific Rim — Wed-Thu 10:40; 2:50; 6:10; 9:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Pacific Rim 3D —Wed-Thu 10:10; 1:05; 4:15; 7:15; 10:35; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

R.I.P.D. — Wed-Thu 12:30; 6; 10:40.

R.I.P.D. 3D — Wed-Thu 10; 3; 8:20.

This Is the End — Wed-Thu 11:10; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10:10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes Turbo — Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:30; 7:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Turbo 3D — Wed-Thu 5:10; 9:50; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

World War Z — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:45; 6:50; 10:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 7:50; 10:40) Roman Holiday — Thu 9pm.

CINELUX SCOTTS VALLEY CINEMA 226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com

The Smurfs 2 — (Opens Fri) 11; 1:30; 4:10; 6:45.

The Smurfs 2 3D — (Opens Fri) 9:45pm.

The Wolverine — (Opens Fri) 11:30; 2:30; 4; 5:30; 8:30; 10:15.

The Wolverine 3D — (Opens Fri) 1; 7:15.

The Conjuring — Wed-Thu 11:15; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10:10; Fri-Wed 11:15; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 9:45. (no Wed 7/31 11:15am) R.I.P.D. — Wed-Thu 12:15; 2:45; 4:30; 7:20; 10:15; Fri-Wed 12:15; 2:40; 5:15.

Despicable Me 2 —Wed-Thu 11:20; 1:20; 4; 6:30; 9; Fri-Wed 11:15; 1:45; 4:10; 6:45; 9:15.

Grown Ups 2—Wed-Thu 11:10; 2:15; 4:45; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed 11:30; 2:20; 4:55; 7; 9:30.

The Heat — Wed-Thu 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:20; 10:15; Fri-Wed 7:30; 10:15.

The Lone Ranger—Wed-Thu 11:30; 12:45; 3; 4:15; 6:30; 7:45; 9:50; Fri-Wed 1; 4:30; 8.

Monsters University — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:30; Fri-Wed 11; 1:30; 4:20.

Pacific Rim — Wed-Thu 3:45; 7; 10; Fri-Wed 12:45; 4; 7; 10.

Pacific Rim 3D — Daily 12:30pm.

Red 2 — Wed-Thu 11:30; 1:30; 4:20; 7:10; 10; Fri-Wed 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7; 9:30.

Turbo — Wed-Thu 1:45; 4:15; 6:45; 9:15; Fri-Wed 11:40; 2:10; 4:40; 7:20 plus Wed 7/31 9:45pm.

Turbo 3D — Wed-Thu 11am; Fri-Wed 9:45pm.

Alvin and the Chipmunks — Wed-Thu 10am.

Ice Age: Continental Drift — Wed 7/31 10am.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8

1125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com

The Conjuring — Wed-Thu 11; 1:40; 4:20; 7:15; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Despicable Me 2 — Wed-Thu 10:45; 12:55; 3:05; 5:15; 7:30; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 9:45pm)

Grown Ups 2—Wed-Thu 10:40; 12:55; 3:10; 5:25; 7:45; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Heat —Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4:05; 7; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 10:15pm) Pacific Rim — Wed-Thu 10:45; 1:30; 4:15; 7:15; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Red 2 — Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4:05; 7; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

R.I.P.D. — Wed-Thu 10:45; 12:55; 7:45; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

R.I.P.D. 3D — Wed-Thu 5:15pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Turbo — Wed-Thu 10:45; 12:55; 3:05; 5:15; 7:30; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Turbo 3D — Wed-Thu 3:05pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

THE CONJURING (R; 112 min.) Two ghost hunters investigate a house in Rhode Island and get very freaked out by what they find in this basedon-a-true-story tale from 1971.

DESPICABLE ME 2 (PG; 98 min.) How often is the most anticipated film of the summer an animated movie? That isn’t made by Pixar? Right, and yet the first movie was the movie that was more than just a big moneymaker. It also bubbled up from nowhere on the cultural radar, with fans watching it over and over with the same kind of passion normally reserved for a Nolan Batman flick. The main characters—Steve Carell as former supervillain Gru, Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario, etc.—are all back in this story of what happens when world leaders call upon Gru’s expertise to defeat a new villain.

GROWN UPS 2 (PG-13; 102 min.) Apparently, this is Adam Sandler’s first sequel. I guess we can be thankful it’s not Jack and Jill 2, but c’mon, a Wedding Singer sequel was out of the question? Even Happy Gilmore 2 seems like a better bet, but whatever. Kevin James, Chris Rock and David Spade return as the other grown ups, who have moved back to their hometown.

I’M SO EXCITED (R; 90 min) Almodovar’s latest reunites him with Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, this time in a comedy about a plane that seems doomed to go down, and how everyone aboard (and on the ground) attempts to deal with it.

THE KINGS OF SUMMER (R; 93 min) Quirky comedy has three teenage friends deciding to go off the grid and live for a summer in a house they build in the woods.

THE LONE RANGER (PG-13; 149 min.) Pirates of the Caribbean producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Gore Verbinski and star Johnny Depp reunite, because apparently that series just didn’t get pointless and stupid enough for them. Surely this adaptation featuring America’s most famous cowboy character, originally launched on 1930s radio, will take care of that.

Johnny Depp stars as Tonto, while little-known Armie Hammer has to play second fiddle even though his character’s name is the title of the movie. The plot is about stuff, which blows up.

MAN OF STEEL (PG13; 116 min.) Director Zack Snyder was accused by many of botching his Watchmen adaptation, but somehow he still managed to get himself put

in charge of reviving the most troubled superhero franchise this side of The Hulk. Can new cape star Henry Cavill lead a rebound from Superman Returns, with this story that vaguely combines the original Superman (origin story) with Superman II? Zod is back, baby!

MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (G; 110 min) When people talk about the greatest Pixar movies, Monsters Inc. never seems to get mentioned. And yet, it is awesome. Why Cars got a sequel before Sulley and Mike is anyone’s guess, but at least it’s here now. Technically, it’s a prequel, with John Goodman and Billy Crystal returning to tell the story of how the pair got into the scare business.

PACIFIC RIM (PG-13; 131 min) Guillermo Del Toro, best known for flipping easily between dark, personal films like Pan’s Labryinth and offbeat crowd-pleasers like Hellboy, goes for broke with his biggest film ever, a battlingrobot movie with more soul than Transformers. Actually, it combines the Japanese Kaiju genre (monster attack movies of which the Godzilla series is the most famous) and mecha (robot-centric) genres: this time, when the sea monsters (appropriately called “kaiju” here) come, humans beat them back with giant robots.

RED 2 (PG-13; 116 min.) Frank (Bruce Willis) hasn’t killed anyone in months, and Marvin (John Malkovich) convinces him to come out of retirement and chase down a nuclear device in this star-studded sequel with Catherine Zeta Jones, Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren.

R.I.P.D. (PG-13; 96 min.) Ryan Reynolds dies, gets hired by the Rest In Peace Department and starts chasing around and scaring monsters as Jeff Bridges’ sidekick. Think Men In Black with Ryan Reynolds as Will Smith.

THIS IS THE END (R; 112 min.) For this follow-up to Superbad and Pineapple Express (and Green Hornet?), Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen got their friends to star as themselves in a comedy about what people who party at James Franco’s house would do in the apocalypse.

TURBO (PG) It’s hard to imagine some executive at Dreamworks didn’t say “I want Ratatouille meets Cars!” when they came up with this story of a snail who dreams of competing in the Indy 500.

Guess if he does!

Send tips about food, wine and dining discoveries to Christina Waters at xtina@cruzio.com. Read her blog at christinawaters.com.

crowd. Enter “the Civilians.“ Three complete strangers with little or no serving experience provided a rogue element, and lots of funs, during the two rounds they completed.

Ultimately they were eliminated by the professionals, but they brought a rare brand of chutzpah to this year’s race. Ultimately it was neck and neck between the black-clad pros from Soif and the rad-clad boys of Bantam. I was charmed by the attitude, style and playfulness of the expert Bantam team—let me just say that I would have been happy to call it a draw. But in the end, Soif won fair and square. Lots of fun— thanks to Patrice, John and Soif fashionistas Alyssa Twelker and Julie Tesar who tied for top Marie Antoinette Look-Alike honors. Only in Santa Cruz....

ROOM TO RHONE When will we see Randall Grahm’s new Bonny Doon Vineyard tasting room open its doors?

Prophecy of Doon

BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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onny Doon Vineyard's New Tasting Room—The Prequel: Pace yourselves. No

need to rush. I know that craving for all things Doon is driving you crazy but winemaker Randall Grahm has revealed that things are moving, well, at a bit of an adagio as these things do when permits are involved.

Things are well underway, but lift-off is a month away. Plan to drive up to Davenport in late August and very likely the new Bonny Doon Winery Tasting Room will be open in the little white building that formerly held the Davenport Gallery. Meanwhile, stay thirsty my friends.

WAITERS RACE RECAP: Santa Cruz Fire Chief Jeff Trapp, Pim (of

Chez Pim) and I joined a hundred spectators and the entire combined cast and crew of Soif and La Posta for an afternoon of high stakes silliness on Bastille Day. Benefiting the Second Harvest food bank, the Waiters Race—apparently a celebratory tradition in France—is designed as a relay contest among teams of professional servers, who carry filled wine glasses, pick up napkins, roll napkins, and negotiate a slalom course littered with cafe tables. The point is to do all of the above swiftly, then pass the tray (so

to speak) to the next member of your team, who will then do all of the above while carrying two filled glasses. The third round involves three filled glasses. We, the judges, judged. And the crowd went wild over the skill, attitude, thrills and spills (yes, there were a few) and the poise of these terrific staffers from seven area restaurants—MacKenzie Bar & Grill, Hollins House, El Palomar, La Posta, 99 Bottles, Soif, Bantam. We expected one

more restaurant team, but when they didn't show up, MC John Locke of Soif hit on a brilliant plan. He called for volunteers from the

NEW AGE OF AQUARIUS: The new chef at Aquarius, in the Dream Inn, is Craig Mattox, a Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, NY, grad who has cheffed all over Las Vegas, at the Hollywood Roosevelt in LA, ACE Hotel in Palm Springs and now here. You can sample his handiwork at Aquarius’ Steak & Jazz Thursdays. Live jazz from 6:30-9:30pm in that lounge-witha-view is sweet indeed. . . .Got an email from Center Street Grill reminding me that this cozy restaurant in the landmark Art Center building has a few hot ideas going on. For example, Wednesday night is Girls Night Out involving a free Champagne cocktail with any entree, which sounds like instant fun to me. The Eggs Benedict on weekends are developing a cult following. And every Tuesday you can feast on a choice 1/3 lb. Angus Burger and a brew for $6. Can you say “deal”? That's Center Street Grill at 1001 Center St. (hence the name).0

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APTOS/SOQUEL $$$ Soquel

Cafe Cruz

$ Soquel

Discretion Brewing

2621 41st Ave, 831.476.3801 2703 41st Ave, 831.316.0662

Heather’s Patisserie

$ Aptos

7486 Soquel Dr, 831.662.3546

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5050 Soquel Dr, 831.462.5051

Sawasdee

$$ Severino’s Grill Aptos 7500 Old Dominion Ct, 831.688.8987 $$ Aptos

Rosticceria & Bar. Fresh, local, sustainable.

Lunch, dinner. Patio dining, happy hour menu.

Brewery/gastropub.. Handcrafted beers on tap. Tasty beerinspired tapas by Main Street Garden w/ local ingredients.

Bakery and deli. Pastries, breads, baked goods baked daily on site. Breakfast, lunch, wedding cakes.

Thai cuisine. Authentic flavors and preparation, fresh ingredients. Lunch & Dinner Sun-Thurs 11a-9:30p Continental California Cuisine.. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. www.seacliffinn.com

Zameen Mediterranean

Middle Eastern/Mediterranean. Fresh & flavorful. Beer and 7528 Soquel Dr, 831.688.4465 wine. Dine in or take out Tue-Sun 11a-8p.

CAPITOLA $$$$ Capitola

Shadowbrook 1750 Wharf Rd, 831.475.1511

California Continental. World-class service, fine food, wines, with Old-World charm. Open daily.

BITTER THINGS Thomas Vinolus has been running Bittersweet Bistro with his wife Elizabeth for two decades.

$$$ Aquarius Creative American cuisine. Oceanfront dining. Local Santa Cruz 175 West Cliff Dr, 831.460.5012 produce and sustainable seafood.

Thomas Vinolus

$ Charlie Hong Kong CA Organic meets Southeast Asian street food.

Santa Cruz 1141 Soquel Ave, 831. 426.5664 Consistent winner “Best Cheap Eats”. Open daily 11a-11p.

Co-owner, Bittersweet Bistro

SANTA CRUZ

$$ The Crepe Place Crepes and more. Full bar and beautiful outdoor patio.

Santa Cruz 1134 Soquel Ave, 831.429.6994 Live music. $$$ Crow’s Nest Seafood and American cuisine. Kids menu and nightly Santa Cruz 2218 East Cliff Dr, 831.476.4560 entertainment. Harbor and Bay views.

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

Califormia-Italian. Farmers market fresh and organic.

Local wine list, romantic setting with charming patio.

$$$ Hindquarter Grill Americana. Specializing in ribs, steaks and burgers.

Santa Cruz 303 Soquel Ave, 831.426.7770 Full bar.

Hoffman’s Bistro Calif. cuisine & Bakery. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, brunch. $$ Santa Cruz 1102 Pacific Ave, 837.420.0135 Full Bar w/ $3 Bar Bites/$4.50 Well Drinks. $$ Hula’s Island Grill Santa Cruz 221 Cathcart St, 831.426.4852

’60s Vegas meets ’50s Waikiki. Fresh fish, great steaks, vegetarian. Full-service tiki bar.

Johnny’s Harborside $$$ Santa Cruz 493 Lake Ave, 831.479.3430

Seafood/Calif. Fresh seafood made your way on the Harbor. Great views & full bar.

$$ Laili Santa Cruz 101 Cooper St, 831.423.4545

Silk road flavors. Fresh and flavorful Mediterranean cuisine with an Afghan twist. Patio dining.

$$ Louie’s Cajun Kitchen Santa Cruz 110 Church St., 831.429.2000

N’awlins-style dining. Cajun and southern flavors.

Full bar. Bluesy, cool, funky..

$ Pizza My Heart Pizza. Slices and whole pies. Original & award -winning Santa Cruz 1116 Pacific Ave/2180 41st Ave recipes. Daily specials. $ Pono Hawaiian Grill Santa Cruz 120 Union St, 831.426.7666

Authentic Hawaiian Cuisine. Large outdoor patio. Feat. “The Reef” tropical bar. and “Aloha Fridays”

$$ Red Restaurant and Bar Santa Cruz 200 Locust St, 831.425.1913

Restaurant and Lounge. Large, small and shared plates.

Extensive cocktail, beer, wine lists.

$ Samba Rock Acai Cafe Santa Cruz 291-B Water St, 831.458.2224

Brazilian. Fresh and authentic acai smoothies and bowls.

M-F 8a-5p, Sat/Sun 9a-5p.

$ Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing California / Brewpub. Handcrafted organic ales and large 402 Ingalls Street, 831.425.4900 outdoor patio.

$ Santa Cruz

Sawasdee By The Sea 101 Main St, 831.466.9009

$$$ Solaire Santa Cruz 611 Ocean St, 831.600.4545

Thai cuisine. Authentic flavors and preparation, fresh ingredients. Lunch & Dinner Sun-Thurs 11a-9:30p Seasonal cuisine. Farm-to-table American comfort food.

Gluten-free/vegetarian options.

$$$ Stagnaro Bros.

Seafood and more. Panoramic ocean views. Fresh seafood, Santa Cruz 21 Municipal Wharf, 831.423.2180 pasta and steaks . Kid friendly..

Woodstock’s Pizza $$ Santa Cruz 710 Front St, 831.427.4444

Pizza. Beers on tap, patio dining, HDTV and free WiFi. Large groups, catering, deliveries.

SCOTTS VALLEY/FELTON $$ Mollie’s Country Cafe American. Homemade meals in a comfortable, family Scotts Valley 219 Mt Hermon Rd, 831.438.8313 environment. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Outdoor patio. $$ Felton

Redwood Pizzeria 6205 Hwy 9, 831.335.1500

Pizza. Local and organic toppings, lasagna, salads. Beer & wine.

Gluten-free options.

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homas Vinolus and his wife Elizabeth first opened the Bittersweet Bistro 21 years ago on the Westside of Santa Cruz. Now in Aptos, the current location is 10 times the size of the original spot.

SCW: What are your favorite items? THOMAS VINOLUS: Strawberrychipotle-glazed wild king salmon with chili garlic sauce, a mélange of jasmine, wild and basmati rice, and then we do a stir fry of vegetables on it. The standout is the vanilla ricotta cheesecake. It’s a cross between cheesecake and crème brûlée. My philosophy is if you don’t like to eat it, don’t make it, because nine times out of 10 you can’t make it very well. We don’t do mussels. My wife loves them, but I don’t, so I don’t cook them.

Do you prefer the bigger business? It has its pros and cons. You don’t get to do as much of the cooking part, which I liked. It’s a lot more management. But then again, we had the old restaurant, and I took two nights off in four years, and those were two charity events. We were open six days, and I worked six days. I would work on the seventh day.

[Now] I get a lot more time off, there are a lot more headaches. We have 68 employees. We started with eight or nine. We’re going to add a couple more. We’re going to do a Japanese fusion in the café at nighttime.

How would you describe yourself as a boss? Some people have a

lot of problems with me. Some people say, “Wow, you’re a lot easier than I heard you would be.” If you can do your job, you really don’t have any problems with me. I tell people, “Think about what you’re doing, and have a reason.”

Did you have any reservations about the name Bittersweet Bistro? My wife did. We argued about it quite frequently. We put up

pictures of desserts in the windows, and everyone kept coming in and saying it was going to be another coffee shop. The metaphor is for the bittersweet of life, the bittersweet of business. You love the business, but it takes all your energy.

What’s your favorite salad? Hands-down, our roasted fig salad. With a hazelnut dressing, gorgonzola, and we’re using orange segments now.

We’re using pomegranates later on. It’s dynamite.—Jacob Pierce

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20):: “There “Thhere ar aree some things you learn best in calm, and some inn storm,” wr ote the wrote novelist Willa CCather. ather. A ccording to my m rreading eading of the According astr ological omens, TTaurus, aaurus, you’r n a phase of your cycle astrological you’ree iin when storm-learning isn ’t your prio orityy. The educational isn’t priority. experiences you need most will un fold when you’r unfold you’ree nd serenity. serenity. In ffact, act, I exploring the mysteries of peace an and suspect that the deeper you relax, relax, the t mor moree likely it is that you will attr act lif t e-changing teachings—lessons attract life-changing that can tr raansform your lif or the better and fuel you transform lifee ffor ffor or a long time.

GEMINI (May 2121-June 21 June 20):: Is the there ere a message you’ve you ve for a long time but buut haven’t haven’t been able wanted to deliver for Are you bursting with thoughtss or ffeelings eelings that you’ve to? Are express but can ’t find fi the right way to do been longing to express can’t carryinng around around a poignant so? Have you spent months carrying felt wasn’t wasn’t ripe enough to be truth that you have felt revealed? If your answer to any of those t revealed? questions is yes, I hannd to make a move. But believe the time will soon be at hand it’s important that you’re you’re not impulsive impulsive or melodramatic melodramatic it’s breakthrough communications. c as you initiate your breakthrough For results, be full of grace grace and balance. balance. best results, CANCER (June 21-July 21-July 22): Beess and other insects can trraaviolet light, which is invisible invisibble to humans. When see ul ultraviolet esigns on the petals they look at flowers,, they detect de designs ose that you and I cannot. For example example,, the evening primr primrose ut it calls seductively to appears completely yellow to us,, bu but ts center bees with a flashy star pattern at it its center.. Many of the secret signs that flowers off er the pollinators p ar secret offer aree meant e. Let ’s to guide them to wher wheree the pollen and nectar ar are.

Let’s eek,, CCancerian. ancerian. I am use this as our metaphor of the we week, edicting that you will be able to per ceive a br oader not pr predicting perceive broader y will discern cues spectrum of light. But I do believe you om mo st people and that and clues that ar aree hidden fr from most ceptible to you in the past. have been imper imperceptible LE LEO EO O (July 23-Aug. 23-Aug. 22): “I was six years y old when my par ents told me that there there was a small, sm mall, dark jewel inside parents my skull, learning to be me.”” So saidd the Leo science fiction writer Greg Greg Egan in his storyy “Learning to Be Me.” Let ’s pretend pretend that you, too,, have a small s Let’s dark jewel inside your skull that ’s learning to be you.. It’s It’s a good metaphor that’s ffor or what I believe has been happen ning all these years: happening YYou oou have been gr adually masteringg the art of being the gradually best Leo you can be. It hasn’t hasn’t been easy. easy. You You o weren’t weren’t born knowing how to be your beautiful, rradiant, adiant, a cour raageous courageous self a your potentials. self,f, but have had to work har hardd to activate Now you’r ally critical phase of the you’ree moving into an especia especially pr ocess: a time when you have the chance to learn how process: to love yourself with gr uity. eater ingenu greater ingenuity.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

23-Sept. 22): “Dear A Astrology strology Guy:: Please tell me why I have to work so hard—meditate, hard— —meditate, reflect, reflect, rread, ead, analyze, poke,, prod, prod, investigate—to investigatte—to discover truths about myself that must be obviouss to others. Why is it so har for me to see where where I need healing and where where hardd for I need to let go? Why is it such an ordeal o deal to grasp or grasp what is interf ering with my wholeness when w interfering I can quickly pinpoint what other people’s people’s issuess are? are? —Overworked —Overworked Vir go.”” Dear Overworked: Overworked: I’m happyy to report report that you Virgo.”

Vir gos will soon be offered offered a gush of o revelations revelations about Virgos who you are, are, how you can heal, andd what strategies strategies will best serve serrvve your quest to minimize your y anxiety. anxiety. Are Are you pr epared to absorb some intense teachings? teachings? For best prepared rresults, esults, make yourself extra extra receptive. receptiive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 23-Oct. -Oct. 22): One of the world’s best rrace ace car teams is McLar en.. It wins aboutt 25 per cent of the McLaren. percent events in which it competes.. Its ski lled drivers account skilled ffor or much of its success, but its tech hnicians ar etty technicians aree also pr pretty sensational.. During a pitstop in thee middle of a rrace, ace,, they can change all ffour our tir es on the car in less than thr ee tires three

seconds. Do you have helpers like that, Libr a? If you don ’t, Libra? don’t, it ’s time to intensify intenssify your efforts efforts to get them. And if you it’s do, it ’s time to call caall on them to give you an extra extrra boost. it’s

SCO SCORPIO OR RPIO (Oct (Oct.t. 23 23-Nov. -Nov. 21):: Let Let’s ’s try an experiment.

It’s you will do it with such flair that It ’s risky, risky, but I’m hoping h theree will be no karmic propose, ther k blowback. What I pr opose, Scorpio, expressing moree confidence than is that you have fun f expr essing mor swagger,r, as you usual. I invite youu to strut a bit,, even swagger demonstrate your circumstances. demonstr raate you ur command over your cir cumstances cumstances.

Enjoy acting as iff the world is your plaything . . . as if around secretly etly needs you to rise up and be everyone ar ound you secr bigger,r, bolder version yourself.. The trick, of course, will a bigger v of yourself getting puffed grandiose be to avoid gettin ng puff ed up with gr andiose delusions. moree wildly devoted to embodying YYour oour challenge is to be mor arrogance. your soul’s code without w lapsing into ar rogance.

SAGIT SAGITTARIUS TT TARIU US (Nov (Nov.. 22 22-Dec. -Dec. 21):: I suspect that you aree longing to tak take aree also ar ke a quantum leap of ffaith, aith, but ar afraid that afr aid to take tha at quantum leap of ffaith. aith. YYou ou o sense the experiencing potential of expe eriencing a very cool expansion, while at you comfort the same time yo ou hesitate to leave your comf ort zone and give up your ffamiliar amiliar pain.. In light of the conflict, entirely which may not bbee entir ely conscious, I suggest you hold off on makingg a ggigantic g quantum q leapp of ffaith. aith. Instead,, experiment with a ffew ew bunny hops of ffaith. aith. Build up your courage some cour raage with som me playful skips and skitters and bounces incrementally that incr ementally extend your possibilities.

CAPRICORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): Hoaxes exposed!

Secrets uncovered!

Bluffs called! Sec crets rrevealed! evealed! Whitewashes uncover ed! broken! aree the CCurses urses banished!! TTaboos aboos a br oken! Those ar expect headlines I expec ct to see emblazoned in your Book Lifee during thee coming week weeks. of Lif s. CCan an you handle that disruptions? many holy disrup ptions? Will you be able to deal with the stress from str ess that mightt come fr om having so much rraucous aucous a success? These ar aaree important questions, because if you’ree not up to the scaree away the you’r t challenge, you may scar transformations. tr ansformations. So steel your rresolve, esolve,, CCapricorn. apricorn. Mobilize what’s your will.. Do wha t’s necessary to harvest harvest the unruly blessings.

AQUARIUS (Jan. ( 20-Feb.. 18): The Fr French ench novelist declared Flaubert declar edd that if you hope to write a book, you books. should first read read 1,500 book s. A Roman author named Petronius believed P etronius believe ed that the imagination does not work eading at its peak powerr unless it is inundated with rreading suggest material. I sugges st you adopt their advice and apply it to Aquarius. your own field, A quarius. Whatever skill or subject you master,r, expose want to master e yourself lavishly to the efforts efforts of other people whoo have already already mastered mastered it. Flood yourself inspiration. with well-crafted well-craftedd inspir ation.

PISCES PISC ES S (Feb. 19-March 1 19-Mar ch 20):: Should you be worried worried that a venomous spider spider has crawled crraawled into your shoe while you were were sleeping? Just Just in case, case, should you flip your shoe upside-down before beffore putting it on each morning? My studied opinion: hell, h , no. The chances of you being bitten on the foot spider lurking in your shoe are foot by a venomous v are even less than the thhe possibility that you will be abducted by an alien who looks looks like Elvis Presley Presley and forced forced to sing a karaoke veersion of Beyonce’s karaoke version Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” Ladies” at an extraterrestrial extrraaterrestrial bar. baar. And if you are are going around around filled with delusional anxieties anxietties like that,, you will definitely interfere interfere with life’s current predilection, life’s cur rentt pr edilection, which is to give you a cleansing respite respitee from from your fears fears as well as immunity from from harm.

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ARIES (Mar (March ch 21-April 19): “I hav have ve tried in my way to free,”” sings Leonard Leonard Cohen in hi “Bird on a Wire.”

Wire.” be free,” hiss song “Bird words, he has done the best besst he can to liberate liberate In other words, from his unconscious patterns, patteerns, bad habits,, and himself from hasn’t been perf fect in his eff orts, but self-delusions. He hasn’t perfect efforts, h a measure measure of the work he has done has earned him deliverance from from his suffering. suffering. I recommend reccommend you follow follow deliverance more relief relief and his lead, Aries. Do your best to bringg more release into your life. life. Get rid of things thinngs that hold you back. release Overthrow a pinched p p a ignore ignor g e a so-called Overthrow expectation and limitation or two. By this time next week, I hope you will sincerelyy, “I have tried tried in my way to be be able to say sincerely, free.” free.”