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BIG PEDALS TO FILL Amelia Conlen took over as director of People Power in Santa Cruz County after Micah Posner was elected to the Santa Cruz City Council.

Pushing Forward New leader of People Power pledges to keep the group a political powerhouse BY MAT WEIR

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few years ago, People Power was making headlines, and Santa Cruz was taking notice.

Led by then-director Micah Posner, the bicycle advocacy group rose to prominence as a leader in making Santa Cruz County safer for its many riding residents.

Armed with their stated mission to “improve the quality of life in Santa Cruz County by promoting bicycling and other forms of sustainable transportation,” People Power had an active role in building the San Lorenzo pedestrian bridge and lengthening the Soquel Street bike lanes from Pacific Avenue to Freedom Blvd. in Aptos. It was one of several local organizations to form the Climate Action Coalition in response to the City’s Climate Action Plan of 2011.

“About 12 years ago, when they

widened Mission St., they didn’t make any amenities for extra bicycles,” explains Posner. “It was outrageous, and I thought it was partly because People Power had become pretty weak at that point…The bike movement needed more oompf. That’s when I joined.”

When Posner stepped down in July 2012 to run for (and win later that November) a seat on the Santa Cruz City Council, many were unsure whether People Power could keep their momentum as the forerunners of sustainable transportation.

Not to worry, says current director Amelia Conlen. She has a vision of her own for the group.

“What we can do now is bring the perspective on what’s happening in bike planning across the state, the country and the world,” she says.

A University of Washington graduate with a degree in urban planning, specifically focusing on pedestrian and bike planning. Before taking over the director’s chair at People Power, Conlen worked on community programs for the nonprofit Ecology Action, and has studied urban planning firsthand in major cycling areas like the Netherlands and Portland, Ore. “It gave me a chance to see what world class bike cities are up to,” she explains. “And what a difference good infrastructure makes in making cycling a safe, comfortable part of the transportation system.”

“Amelia is doing a great job,” proclaims Posner. “She’s taking [People Power] in directions which are different and positive…She’s building coalitions in ways that really weren’t

possible for me anymore.”

One of the campaigns the group is currently working on is the Arana Gulch Multi-Use Trail project, linking Capitola and downtown Santa Cruz.

Last April, the project took another step forward with the unanimous approval of the final revisions by the City Council, in a motion made by Posner.

“The path will give people a route from Capitola to downtown Santa Cruz that’s safer than Soquel, but more direct than East Cliff, making it easier to get across town by bike,” Conlen says.

The trail, which was first proposed in 2006, has seen constant revision to meet the Coastal Commission requirements, but finally is set to begin construction in October this year. “[Public Works received] final approvals from CalTrans and the FHWA, and will be out to bid for construction this month,” Conlen says.

“The bid estimate for the main trail is about $5 million, with more needed for the Agnes St. connector trail.”

Still, Councilmember Posner expects the trail to be completed by the end of next summer.

“I’m really proud and appreciative of the city for that,” he exclaims. “I’m happy to be the person on the City Council that I was always trying to get as an advocate, to keep issues alive.”

Another major upcoming project is the Coastal Rail Trail. The 32-mile, multipurpose route will connect Davenport to Watsonville, forming a crucial part in the broader Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail Network.

After 10 years, the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission finally was able to buy the Santa Cruz Branch Line last May, moving the project one step closer to completion.

Conlen says People Power will fight hard to expand Santa Cruz cycling, and keep it easy and safe.

“Santa Cruz has a lot of great biking infrastructure,” she says. “What we need to do now is look at the overall experience of biking in Santa Cruz, and fill in the gaps.” 0

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ECO INNOVATOR Maria Yee started her environmentally conscious furniture company in Scotts Valley in 1988, then took it nationwide.

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Designs on Life Maria Yee had nearly everything taken from her as a child in China, but the hopes she held onto inspired her revolutionary career BY AARON CARNES

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hen Maria Yee was a child, the idea of making furniture was a bit of a fantastic dream. She grew up in the Southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, during the Cultural Revolution. Her parents—and most of their belongings— were taken away by the Communists, leaving her and her brother with little more than one little square table, two chairs and two beds.

“Because I didn’t have the money to pay for electricity, me and my younger brothers sat in the dark. I sat in the corner and always imagined that I would have a house, and also what kind of furniture I would have,” Yee says.

One of the items she imagined was a small, basic table that would later become the “harvest table,” the first piece of furniture she would ever design.

“I think the harvest table is kind of a reflection of my personality. It is well proportioned, and detail-oriented, but simple and using all natural materials. That was how I wanted to do the harvest table. It was on my mind for so many years,” Yee says.

It was in 1988 that she finally realized the harvest table, when she moved to Scotts Valley and started her company Maria Yee, Inc. People seemed to respond immediately to the elegant design. She called it “California contemporary” because it incorporates elements of different traditional cultures’ styles, but is also modern in look and feel. As she’s expanded the company to include pretty much every kind of furniture, her California contemporary approach has remained the same.

Michael Baetge, founder and owner of SC41, discovered Yee’s furniture a few years back and loved it. He started selling her furniture in his store immediately.

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EARLY ADAPTER When Yee started, few furniture companies were environmentally conscious. A pioneer in the field, she has continued to refine her approach to green design.

It’s elegant and sophisticated. It’s simple,” he says. “When you get closer to truth, the simpler something is, the more beauty there is in it. And her style, her presentation is just eloquently gorgeous in the way that she displays and creates and designs her furniture. You don’t get tired of it, that’s why it lasts so long. It really is timeless.”

When she started, she used reclaimed woods for her raw materials, which was inspired by her desire to make furniture that was also environmentally conscious.

As her company expanded, and she was producing more furniture than she could find wood to make, she switched to commercially produced wood, but chose to do so in an environmentally conscious way.

Though she was living in Scotts Valley, her manufacturing plant was in China. In those days, few furniture design companies were thinking seriously about how their products were impacting the environment. Yee did

so without a second thought. Now it’s become a lot more commonplace to do so in all things related to home design.

“She’s always been a leader in what she does. When she decided to go into furniture production, she was taking care of the planet by being green.

She was socially conscious by taking care of her employees and doing it in a real, equitable way. Then, more than anything as a manufacturer, she chose to do it in, of all places, the place least aware and the place with least focus on the rights of employees and taking care of the planet. That was China,” Baetge says.

In 2002, Yee’s husband, Peter, who is also the CEO of Maria Yee, Inc., challenged Maria to find a new material that would create furniture as high in quality as the hardwood they were using, but was better for the environment.

On a trip to China, Maria was looking at the bamboo fields when it dawned on her: Why not use bamboo?

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“If you touch the bamboo and it’s winter time, you’ll feel warm. In the summer time, you’ll feel cold. This is why so many south Asian people use bamboo,” Yee says.

A big environmental advantage for Yee, though, was that bamboo wasn’t a tree, but rather a grass, and therefore only takes about 5-6 years to grow before it can be harvested, as opposed to 50-60 years like the hardwood they’d been using.

Materials with shorter life cycles are more sustainable environmentally when used in continuous commercial operations.

In 2006, Maria Yee, Inc. designed 100 percent bamboo-made furniture.

They were one of the first companies to do so on a national scale. Crate & Barrel took an interest in what she was doing, and started to sell her products in their chain.

“Crate & Barrel are also very

environmentally conscious for using the right materials, the recycled materials or the materials that would be sustainable. Even though this was so new, they were so supportive to carry our first furniture collection with 100 percent bamboo,” Yee says.

Today Maria Yee, Inc. owns a bamboo factory in China (her second factory), right in the heart of one of the largest bamboo forests in the world. Approximately 50 percent of their furniture is now made with bamboo.

Yee also has a showroom, which just recently moved to 1939 Monterey Road in San Jose. People can come and look at her products in the showroom, but she doesn’t sell to consumers there. It’s more for vendors and companies to come look at her different available products.

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PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE Chie Kawahara and husband Kurt Hurley turned their almost-century-old bungalow into Santa Cruz’s first Passive House.

House Warming How a 91-year-old Santa Cruz bungalow became Santa Cruz’s first Passive House—and a model of energy efficiency BY JESSICA LYONS HARDCASTLE

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he secret to completing a 13month green remodel that transforms a 91-year-old California bungalow into a model of energy efficiency: Mrs. Hurley’s cookies.

The cookies, a modified Mrs. Fields chocolate chip recipe with added orange zest and oatmeal left whole, were a hit with the builders, says Chie

Kawahara, who with husband Kurt Hurley owns the Van Ness Avenue home—Santa Cruz’s first Passive House.

“They’ve been my key ingredient to ensure project success, whether it be construction, business system implementation or nonprofit governance,” she says.

Today, a plate piled high with said

cookies sits on the Amish-made brown maple dining table. Natural light streams through the large, triple-glaze windows. The home is well lit and airy—a ventilation system supplies constant fresh air—and the temperature remains constant and comfortable.

It feels and looks like a luxury bed-and-breakfast, complete with

a Japanese soaking tub on the back deck—but minus the pricey heat and energy bills. Passive Houses require so little energy that conventional heating and cooling systems aren’t needed.

Hurley and Kawahara, along with Santa Cruz Green Builders, remodeled the home to meet the rigorous efficiency standards through an extremely insulated roof, floor slab and exterior walls, as well as special windows and tight sealing. This helps the house maintain a comfortable, constant temperature, even when it’s extremely hot or cold outside.

Passive Houses use 90 percent less energy than typical existing homes and 75 percent less energy than most new homes, according to the Passive House Institute, which sets the PH Standard. They rely on the sun, internal heat sources (such as shower steam) and heat recovery, making active heating systems unnecessary, even on the coldest winter nights.

Strategic shading, window glazing and ventilation keep Passive Houses cool on warmer days without air conditioning.

Kawahara, a retired IT manager, and Hurley, a clean-tech investor, call it the Midori Haus. “Midori” means green in Japanese, which she speaks; “Haus” is because he speaks German.

Hurley and Kawahara, who are active members of Passive House California (PHCA), bought the house in August 2010, and moved in this March. In addition to achieving Passive House certification, the home received 288 points with the City of Santa Cruz Green Building Program and a California Advanced Homes Program (CAHP) rebate, an incentive program intended to encourage energy efficiency and sustainable development.

The couple is also participating in the Thousand Home Challenge, a program that aims to reduce the total annual energy consumption of existing North American homes by 70 percent to 90 percent. Participants have to show energy consumption for a year, and achieve reductions through a combination of energy efficiency, renewable resources and behavioral choices.

In addition to being resourceefficient, sustainable homes can and should be comfortable, too, Hurley and Kawahara say.

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In addition to its energy- and waterefficient appliances, the house includes LED lights, a solar thermal system and a paperstone kitchen countertop made from FSC-certified, post-consumer paper product held together with petroleum-free resin.

The couple hang-dries laundry in the house instead of using a clothes dryer, and they installed a Murphy bed in the office rather than constructing an additional guest room, thus reducing the home’s footprint. Builders re-used existing materials whenever possible, including interior doors, fir floors, baseboards and trims, and even salvaged the original 1922 built-in buffet, keeping the piece covered during construction before refinishing it.

Future plans include a rainwater catchment system that supplies water to flush toilets, and a solar photovoltaic system to generate electricity.

A heat-recovery ventilator (HRV) in the house moves exhaust air out and brings fresh air in, using the heat in the outgoing household air to warm up the fresh air. Plus the unit’s filters keep dust and pollen from entering the house. So in addition to being extremely efficient—HRVs can recover up to 85 percent of the heat in the outgoing air—the system provides excellent air quality without drafts.

This passive heating and cooling is also more comfortable and affordable. The couple says their average PG&E bill over the last five months is $55. The tightly sealed building envelope keeps heat loss at a minimum. On a cold March morning, for example, where the outside temperature measured 43 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature in the house varied only 2.5 degrees

from the design temperature of 68 F. “We are saving lots of energy without having to throw on lots of sweaters,” Kawahara says.

Gaining Steam The Passive House concept originated in Germany in the 1990s.

Since then, the movement has taken off in Europe—of the 40,000 to 50,000 passive houses worldwide, about half are in Germany, although not all of these are certified—and is gradually growing in the U.S. According to Bronwyn Barry, founding member of PHCA, there are about 40 Passive Houses in California, both certified and non-certified but designed and built using the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP), a design tool that calculates a building’s heating, cooling and primary energy demand based on climate zones and other data.

Barry says she’s seeing more homeowners and builders build to the Passive House Standard: homeowners appreciate the advanced comfort and indoor air quality, while builders and architects want to achieve the performance benchmarks associated with the standard, she says.

“If we’re going to take carbon reduction seriously, this is the cheapest, most effective way to ensure that we're building some great structures for the next generation,” Barry adds. “Plus, in California, with our mild climate, building a Passive House is so easy compared to most other places in the U.S. It requires a small amount of additional insulation and some real attention to the details—something we expect from every other consumer item we purchase except our buildings.”

Santa Cruz Green Builders co-owner Taylor Darling says interest in Passive Houses is growing rapidly.

“There are a lot of benefits to it: energy-efficiency, indoor air quality and a much more comfortable home,” he says. “Those things alone will drive growth, but as energy prices continue to go up, it’s going to make more and more sense financially to build to Passive House standards as well.”

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Building Green The Midori Haus was Santa Cruz Green Builders’ first certified Passive House. But all of its construction projects—including the Penny Ice Creamery and the Picnic Basket— reflect the 5-year-old company’s commitment to using sustainable materials and building efficient structures. Darling and co-founder Spencer Keenan are both certified green builders through Build It Green, a nonprofit green building program in California.

“The Midori Haus is a really great example of what can be done,” Darling says. “If you don’t have the money to go all out and do everything they did, that’s OK. Take some examples from that house and use them—there’s a lot of takeaway.”

Barry calls it “hacking down the dense brush for anyone to follow safely behind.”

As most of the existing building stock is in need of upgrades, Hurley

and Kawahara have shown how retrofitting a home presents an opportunity to build to a level of efficiency “that means something,” she says. “By demonstrating that Passive House is possible, this home has seized the opportunity to make significant comfort and performance improvements and will likely not require any additional retrofitting for the next 100 years.”

The idea of taking an old house and applying forward-looking efficiency technologies and building practices while maintaining the home’s soul was crucial to Hurley and Kawahara throughout the remodel process.

They’re hoping it resonates with other homeowners, too, and they’re eager to share their green-building lessons learned. They open their home to tours and sit on panel discussions about Passive Houses. Says Hurley, “Looking to the past and the future— that’s a unique and beautiful thing.” 0

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19 HOME AND GARDEN ISSUE | GROWING UP Popularized by a 1997 NASA experiment to grow plants in zerogravity environments, aeroponic gardens can produce enormous yields—such as the 300-600 pounds Harrison’s vertical systems produce per month—without depending on weather, seasonal changes, or even soil.

As the name suggests, aeroponics allow the plant’s roots to be exposed directly to open air. This means that roots receive maximum exposure to carbon dioxide, aiding photosynthesis. Plus, without pesticides or herbicides, these systems can turn out more plants in 45 percent less time with 99 percent less water and 50 percent less nutrients, and aren’t prone to diseases that spread through large soil crops, according to NASA’s findings.

Yet, here in Santa Cruz, it is still unfamiliar—several professors and horticulturists at UCSC and Cabrillo College admitted they had never heard of it.

If it’s not yet popular in scholarly circles, what about Santa Cruz’s backyard farmers? Not so much. But with food prices soaring globally, and water resources plunging locally, aeroponics may catch on as a gardening method of the future.

Jake Kelly thinks so. Although her crop is small compared to Harrison’s greenhouse yield, Kelly’s downtown Santa Barbara Chapala Gardens thrives on just a 700 sq. ft. rooftop.

Chapala even manages to grow about 400 plants a week to sell to local farmer’s markets and individuals.

“Anyone can open a farm this size.

My vision is to create a model for other people to be able to open farms in the city where they want to be and make a living at it,” she says.

Kelly, who started the vertical aeroponic garden with her parents in 2012 without prior farming experience, says that not only can people now easily grow their own veggies, but pretty soon, they might have to.

California is a desert state that has always faced major water shortages, and the cost of trucking in produce from miles away is going to add up, she says.

“Why not use all the rooftops?

If we turned every rooftop into a garden within the city we could be

completely self-sustained,” she says.

Whether on Santa Barbara rooftops or Florida greenhouses, the variety of plants that can be grown aeroponically is impressive.

Harrison’s Gardens on Air farm in Indiantown, Florida, cultivates everything from Swiss chard to lettuces, eggplants to cucumbers; the only thing they can’t grow right now is potatoes. Gardens on Air even manages to sell to local markets, restaurants, and individuals at a lower price.

‘If we turned every rooftop into a garden within the city, we could be completely self-sustained.’

- JAKE KELLY “People are paying four to five dollars for a pint of tomatoes. We sell it for almost a dollar cheaper than Wal-Mart sells it and people know that they can come out to our farm and see how we grow,” he says.

Harrison has a vision for aeroponics beyond better bargains, moving toward niche markets that can provide opportunities for returning veterans. A veteran himself, Harrison wants to train others to give back to their communities, as Gardens on Air will at their future Alabama location, by giving 50 percent of their yield to a local food bank.

From small backyard farms to large corporate endeavors, aeroponic farms have sprung up not only in California and Florida, but also in Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Illinois — most notably at Chicago O’Hare airport — and even all the way across the globe in Saudi Arabia.

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FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROK Roky Erickson plays Don Quixote’s on Wednesday, Aug. 21.

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just finished The Roky Erickson Story, Jack Ortman’s three-volume, 1000-page collection of clippings of probably everything ever written about Roky Erickson from the ’60s into the ’90s. Admittedly, no one wants to read this, unless they are Erickson’s mom, or totally obsessed with the former frontman of the 13th Floor Elevators.

The craziest thing is that enough people fall into one of those two categories—and no, I am not going to tell you which one I am in—that a limitededition box set of this project (featuring Erickson’s pyramid-meets-the-eye emblem on the cover, with his signature and those of his Elevator bandmates) still sells on eBay, for a lot of money.

One thing I learned from Ortman’s collage-a-thon is that most people who wrote about Erickson were big fans of the Elevators, who came out of Texas in the mid- ’60s and can legitimately claim to be the first psychedelic band. Others were obsessed with the lurid details of Roky’s life—his time in an institution for the criminally insane after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity to a drug bust, his one-time claim that he was from Mars, his mental-health struggles in the ’80s, his ridiculous bust on mail-theft charges, etc. (for a complete rundown of tragedy and surprising salvation in Roky’s life, proceed directly to You’re Gonna Miss Me, one of the best music documentaries ever made).

I’ll admit, I’m not a big fan of the Elevators. The only song from that band that was really Erickson’s was their unforgettable hit “You’re Gonna Miss

Me.” Nearly everything else suffered from god-awful lyrics by jug player/guru Tommy Hall, who brought more LSD to the band than talent. (The Elevators’ two other truly great songs, “I Had to Tell You” and “Splash 1,” were written by Hall’s wife and Erickson.)

To most of the writers in Ortman’s collections, most of Erickson’s solo work is no more than a footnote. It’s written off as “horror rock” and “B movie stuff.”

But to me, it’s simply incredible. Other than Danzig’s songs for the Misfits, I can’t think of any songwriter who’s delivered such an intricate, fascinating and powerful mythology to rock music. Much like Danzig mixed epic, gory visions of pop-culture monsters with an almost doo-wop air of teen romance, Erickson brought lyric poetry to slashing-guitar assaults on subjects like the Bermuda Triangle, demons, zombies and two-headed dogs. He also wrote some beautiful love songs, especially “Starry Eyes” and “Nothing in Return.”

Like fellow musical cult figure R.L. Burnside, Roky’s body of songs is fairly small, and some of them have several versions circulating. After his long absence from music, it’s surprising how good they still sound live. We’re lucky to have him back, delivering the unique Gospel of Rok.—Steve Palopoli

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HANK’S FOR THE MEMORIES The Duke of Exeter (Mike Ryan) and King Henry (Charles Pasternak) in Shakespeare Santa Cruz’s ‘Henry V.’

Long Live the King ‘Henry V’ is one of SSC’s best ever

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on't let the word "history" fool you. Shakespeare Santa Cruz' Henry V is everything you expect, nay crave from the pen of William Shakespeare—and more.

Relentlessly exciting, surprisingly swift, emotionally complex and richly enjoyable, this finale to the fortunes of Henry Plantagenet, King of England is a rousing dramatic feast. Modernday audiences would sell themselves short if they expected any less from this Renaissance masterpiece about a 15th century prince transformed into the stuff of legend. Here is exceptional theater as relevant as today's headlines.

Directed with insight by Paul Mullins, Henry V is easily one of the most enjoyable and full-bodied productions this festival has ever seen. Led by the astonishing Charles Pasternak as Henry, a cast of nimble professionals brings this absorbing drama to crystal clarity. Every word, every motive—be it courageous or duplicitous—is concise and intelligible. Scenes maneuver deftly throughout the newly expanded stage in the Festival Glen. No wasted movement, no long-winded, drawnout soliloquizing. The drama moves at a brisk, believable pace. And this season's cast is up to filling the very tall boots of generations of

actors and companies who took on Henry V as one of the high points of Shakespeare's oeuvre.

Pasternak, whose physical skill and commanding stage presence have gained precision in the years he's appeared with Shakespeare Santa Cruz, utterly inhabits the mercurial young king—cajoling his supporters, dispatching his enemies and cleverly wooing the young princess of France.

Flawlessly intelligible, Pasternak's Henry is a lightning quick study in rising to the demands of history, all the while reminding us how far he has come from his wastrel days as Prince Hal, John Falstaff's partner in drink.

The entire audience would have followed Pasternak into bloody battle, even as the final words spoken by the play's narrator Chorus (a superb Marco Barricelli) remind us that conquest rarely heals the woes of the world.

Bravo to all! Henry V is everything that's best about this festival Christina Waters Read the full review on santacuz.com.

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Capitola Esplanade Park, Capitola Village, Capitola.

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Bellydance Showcase 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 All About Theatre “Guys & Dolls Jr”: A production of the classic 1950s musical about high-rolling New Yorkers, performed by kids. www.allabouttheatre.org. Fri, Aug 16, 7pm, Sat, Aug 17, 2 and 7pm and Sun, Aug 18, 2pm.

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

Henry V Shakespeare Santa Cruz: Artistic Director Marco Barricelli presents this classic tale of civil war. Wed, Aug 14, 7:30pm, Thu, Aug 15, 7:30pm and Sat, Aug 17, 8pm. $20-$50. UCSC Festival Glen, UCSC campus, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2159.

Live Comedy Weekly standup comedy showcases featuring rotating Bay Area comics held Tuesdays at the Red Room, 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz and Wednesdays at The Mediterranean, 265 Center Ave, Aptos. Both shows 810pm. Free. The Red Room, 1003 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz, 831.227.1500.

Mountain Community Theater “The Last Croissant”: A play

by UCSC grad Veronica Tjioe about “that time when you were saving something, and you didn’t enjoy it soon enough.” One performance only. Sat, Aug 17, 8pm. $7.

Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.

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.

Shakespeare Santa Cruz Preview “Taming of the Shrew”: The classic Shakespearian 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.

CONCERTS Twilight Concerts Live music by a different

Events LITERARY EVENTS

Art MUSEUMS CONTINUING Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artists’ voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. Third Sat of every month, 11:30am-12:30pm.

Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

GALLERIES OPENING Tannery Arts Center

Author Event: Brandon Bird The artist behind the “Law & Order” coloring book, the Nicholas Cage color form adventure set and more will be on hand to celebrate his new book, “Brandon Bird’s Astonishing World of Art.” Mon, Aug 19, 7:30pm.

Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

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.

Printmaking Pop-Up Museum.

Hands-on instruction from experts at the Tannery’s printmaking studio, who will share the techniques they use to create art. Sat, Aug 17, 13pm. Free, 831.429.1964. 1040 River St, Santa Cruz.

Poets’ Circle

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Felix Kulpa Gallery “Kiss My Bronze”: Bronze castings by Sheila HalliganWaltz and Eike Waltz. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sun, noon-6pm.

Aug. 2-31. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Lulu’s at the Octagon Art by Mary Karlton. Paintings

by Mary Karlton. www. marykarlton.com. Thru Sept.

22. Free. 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz.

R. Blitzer Gallery dimensions + six: An exhibition of work by six artists from the Monterey Peninsula including sculpture, book arts and printmaking. Gallery hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Thru Aug. 31. 831.458.1217. Mission Extension and Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Central Branch Library Libraries Inside Out. HOME: A large-scale woodblock printmaking exhibition by Bridget Henry. Aug. 2 through the winter months. Free, 831.427.7700. 224 Church St, Santa Cruz.

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.

This month’s featured reader: Kate Hitt, local poet and owner of Many Names Press.

Thu, Aug 15, 6-8pm. Free.

Watsonville Public Library, 275 Main Street, Watsonville, 831.768.3419.

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.

Visitors always welcome.

Sun, Aug 18, 12:30pm. Free.

VFW Hall Santa Cruz, 1960 Freedom Blvd., Watsonville, 831.247.4382.

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.

Computer Coaching Basic computer help for adults: Emailing, searching the internet, creating passwords and more. Sign up for 30-minute sessions at the front desk. Third Sun of every month, 1-4:30pm. Free.

Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7700x7635.

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.

Depression Support Group Peer-to-peer group for women with depression, anxiety and/or bipolar disorder. Email dyane@ baymoon.com for information. Third Sat of every month, 3-5pm. Boulder Creek United Methodist Church, Boulder and Mountain streets, Boulder Creek.

Writing for the Youth Market

Dog Hikes

A panel discussion with YA author Jill Wolfson, middlegrade writer Anne Ylvisaker and picture book author Paul Fleischman. Wed, Aug 14, 7pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Santa Cruz International Dog Owner’s Community hosts a weekly one-hour, easy hike along the beach for dog lovers and their pets. www. newdogsintown.com Mon, 8:45-9:45am. Free. Aptos Beach staircase, 1049 Via Palo Alto, Aptos.

NOTICES Baby Feeding Circle A chance to relax, feed your baby and chat with other new mothers. Open to all mothers and babies. Mon, 10:3011:30am. free. Luma Yoga & Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz, 831.325.2620.

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

Cactus & Succulent Society Potluck luncheon and regular meeting followed by a talk by John Traegar about Huntington Gardens.

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.

Ecology Action A workshop with information on our regional Electric Vehicle Readiness Plan.

Thu, Aug 15, 6-7:30pm. Free.

Ecology Action, 877 Cedar Street, Suite 240, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5925.

Figure Drawing Weekly drawing from a live model, facilitated by Open Studio artist Richard Bennett. Mon, 7-10pm. $16.

Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.

Foster Parent Orientation Above the Line-Homes for Kids offers monthly informational meetings for potential foster parents. To register and get directions, please call Gail Lewis at 831.662.9081 x212 Second Wed of every month.

831.662.9081 x212.

Full Moon Madness An all-ages moonlit guided tour of the coast redwoods plus moon gazing through telescopes and a talk by NASA moon researcher Brian Day. Fri, Aug 16, 6:30-9pm. $10 for parking.

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Hwy 9, Felton, 831.335.7077.

Gay Men s Social Light refreshments and socializing for gay men aged 60-plus. Sat, Aug 17, 2-4:30pm. $5 donation.

Private home, N/A, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422x108.

Grief Support A lunchtime drop-in support group for adults grieving the death of a family member or friend. Fri, noon6pm. free831.430.3000.

Hospice of Santa Cruz County, 940 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley.

Health Screenings Low-cost screenings for cholesterol, diabetes, liver function, allergies and more.

Fri, Aug 16, 9am-12pm. $15-$64. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 1.800.549.0431.

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 A 12-step support group for those who wish to recover from compulsive eating. Sundays 9-10:15am at 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz and 4-5:15pm at 115 South Morrissey, Santa Cruz. Mondays 12:151:15pm at 420 Melrose Ave, Santa Cruz and 7-8pm at 4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel.

Tuesdays 12:15-1:15pm at 420 Melrose Ave, Santa Cruz. Wednesdays 10:3011:30am at 1335 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz; noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln #303, Watsonville; and 6:307:30pm at 335 Spreckles Dr, Ste. A, Aptos. Thursdays 1-2pm at 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. Fridays

SATURDAY 8/17

Aloha Outrigger Races & Polynesian Festival Joy pretty much permeates everything at the annual Polynesian Festival: From smiling hula dancers, to smiling arts and crafts vendors, to smiling racers fueling their canoes with PURE JOY, this is one of the happiest things you could do for yourself this week. Go soak up the serotonin on Saturday, August 18 at the Santa Cruz Wharf. Races from 9am-1:30pm, Polynesian festival from 11am-5pm. Free. noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln, #303, Watsonville and 12:15-1:15pm at 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz. Saturdays 9-10am at 532 Center St, Santa Cruz and 11am-noon at 75 Nelson St, Watsonville.

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Summer Fair

705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

A weekly concert series and art fair put on by the team behind the Santa Cruz Rejuvenation Festival. Sun, Aug 18, noon-6pm. Free.

San Lorenzo Park, between Water St and Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz.

SF Mime Troupe A performance by the Tony Award-winning musical/ comedy troupe. Sat, Aug 17, 2:30pm and Sun, Aug 18, 2:30pm. Free. San Lorenzo Park, between Water St and Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz.

Art & Music Local artists’ work on display in the park, with live music on the Esplanade Stage overlooking Monterey Bay. Sun, Aug 18, 2-4pm.

Free. Capitola Esplanade Park, Capitola Village, Capitola, 831.475.7300.

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.

Community Drumming A drum circle for all experience levels plus a raffle benefiting Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services. Sat, Aug 17, 1-3pm. Free. Union Grove parking lot, corner of Pacific Ave and Elm St, Santa Cruz, 831.462.3786.

Santa Cruz Music Night Performances and workshops from a variety of music genres including Brazilian samba, jazz and indie rock. Fri, Aug 16, 48pm. $5 general. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History,

San Francisco’s City Guide

The Cookers Hard bop supergroup features Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart and others. Aug 14-15 at Yoshi’s Oakland.

Best Coast If Nirvana learned to surf and featured a female lead singer, this would be it. Aug 15 at the Fillmore.

James Murphy The meticulous music guru and former leader of LCD Sound System spins a DJ set. Aug 15 at Public Works.

Polyphonic Spree Blips, bleeps and songs that are deep for free. Aug 18 at Amoeba Records SF.

Queensrÿche Progressive metal at its most excellent. Aug 19 at the Independent.

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Film BLANCHED OMENS The pampered Jasmine (Cate Blanchett), prone to mixing booze and pills, recalls Tennessee Williams’ Blanche Dubois.

Strayed Cate Strut

‘Blue Jasmine’ transplants a fragile flower to San Francisco

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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ike a venerable old musician on a world tour, Woody Allen returns, and it doesn’t matter that the original excitement of his art has long fled—the old professionalism makes up for the lack of new notes.

Blue Jasmine is more ambitious than his recent rom-com travelogues, a tragicomic rephrase of Streetcar Named Desire set in San Francisco. The play means a lot to Allen. Forty years ago, Allen personally burlesqued Blanche Dubois in Sleeper. The references to Tennessee Williams are doubled in the title—“Blue Roses” was the nickname of Laura in The Glass Menagerie.

Cate Blanchett, who recently toured as Blanche in revivals of Streetcar from Sydney to NYC, is the penniless Jasmine. Without choices left, she descends into the flat of her all-

forgiving sister Ginger (Sally Hawkins of Happy-Go-Lucky), a friendly grocery store clerk in the Mission. Allen shuttles in time so we can see Jasmine when she was riding high a few years previously—when she was the pampered, bubble-bath soaked wife of a Wall Street baron called Hal (Alec Baldwin). Jasmine trusted him utterly, even as an Alec Baldwin character is never to be trusted.

Jasmine works her way back from this plummet, finding a last chance at love with a gentleman caller: the new man is a Tiburon princeling with political ambitions. In the role, Peter Sarsgaard has never been worse, and it’s because the part gives him nothing to grasp, the way that it’s written. But it’s not that Ginger’s low-rent life is fleshed out convincingly, either.

The Spanish cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe tries to visualize the dull compliments Allen’s characters pay the city: “It’s so Mediterranean,” they exclaim. “If you can’t fall in love here, you can’t fall in love anywhere.” When on the Marin bayshore, Allen has the sense to turn the camera for a long appreciative view of the water. But he gets no excitement from the Mission: it’s as if Allen envisioned the Mission as Queens, and once he did, he couldn’t unsee that vision.

Any director of a Streetcaresque story faces a problem: the potential of an unevenly matched Blanche and Stanley. One actor can consume the other if they’re not of equal fighting weight; some say that’s what happened in the 1951 film, that Brando

overpowered Vivian Leigh. Perhaps to highlight his female star, Allen splits the apish Stanley into two separate men. Ginger’s first husband is played in a comeback role by Andrew Dice Clay: improved, but he’s still Andrew Dice Clay. A later beau, Chili (Bobby Cannavale with an Italian version of a Human League haircut) is a garage mechanic who sees through Jasmine’s fancy airs, French perfume and vodkaswilling. The characterization of Chili and his buddies are antique: it’s like watching The Honeymooners.

Coming out of Blue Jasmine, I imagined teaching Streetcar to a group of young students and hearing “Why didn’t Mitch just Google Blanche and find out about her past?” This stupid question is unanswerable in a modern-day version. And still, Jasmine is rich material for Blanchett.

She doesn’t have Tennessee Williams’ language, or the throbbing accent, or the iridescent cobwebs on her— though, as in Leigh’s Blanche, the lowness in Jasmine’s voice comes out when she’s mixing the pills and the booze. She confides that when she was under psychiatric observation, she had a taste of “Edison’s Medicine.”

She gets to seethe with craziness—to mutter with it, to sweat through her Chanel suits. If Jasmine isn’t crushed, she gets mauled a little by a drippy pawing dentist, played richly by Michael Stuhlbarg of A Serious Man: “You can learn an awful lot about people by looking at their mouths.”

Such gags work—they’re what Allen does best. And Blanchett’s acting will be aptly described as forceful when awards season comes. Yet maybe the word “forceful” isn’t analyzed like it ought to be: doesn’t it define a performer taking something unworkable and trying to beat it into submission?

BLUE JASMINE PG-13; 98 min.

Plays at the Nick and Del Mar.

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PARANOIA (PG-13; 106 min) Another unfortunate entry in the If You’ve Seen the Trailer, You’ve Seen the Whole Damn Movie sweepstakes, this thriller

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stars Liam Hemsworth as a corporate spy who gets caught up in a Harrison Ford-Gary Oldman double-cross. Maybe even a triple or quadruple cross! There’s lots of crossing, promise. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley)

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2 GUNS (R; 109 min) Denzel Washington plays a DEA agent, because of course he does.

Mark Wahlberg plays a Navy SEAL, because whatever. They think they’re stealing money from the mob, but it all turns out to be a double-cross by the CIA. Written by Homer Simpson.

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack

BLACKFISH (NR; 83 min.)

After the SeaWorld killer whale Tilikum was involved in a third trainer death in 2010, writerdirector-producer Gabriela Cowperthwaite undertook this documentary in attempt to get at what might really be happening (she might have sensed something fishy when SeaWorld claimed Tilikum had attacked trainer Dawn Brancheau because her hair was in a ponytail). In a larger sense, Cowperthwaite examines whether it’s really true, as water parks claim, that animals like Tilikum are better off living in captivity.

BLUE JASMINE (PG-13; 98 min) If Cate Blanchett, Alec

Baldwin, Louis C.K. and Andrew Dice Clay are in a movie together, you know either the apocalypse is going down, or there’s a new Woody Allen film.

His never-ending movie tour of the world’s great cities has finally stopped in San Francisco, to which Blanchett’s character Jasmine escapes after her life gets a seismic shake up.

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

Showtimes are for Wednesday, Aug. 14, through Wednesday, Aug. 21, 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

The Butler — (Opens Fri) Daily 1:15; 4; 6:45; 9:30pm.

The Smurfs 2 — Daily 2:10; 4:40; 7:10; 9:40pm.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA

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

Elysium — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:45pm.

Kick-Ass 2 — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:55; 7:40; 10:15pm.

Planes — Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:30; 4:30; 7; 9:30pm.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs — Wed-Thu 10am.

DEL MAR

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

Blue Jasmine — Wed-Thu 2:45; 5; 7:15; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 12:30pm.

Planes — Wed-Thu 2; 4:20; 6:30; 8:30 plus Sat-Sun 12pm.

The Conjuring — Wed-Thu 2:10; 4:30; 7; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:50am.

NICKELODEON

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

In a World — (Opens Fri) 2:45; 5; 7:10; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 12:30pm.

20 Feet From Stardom — Daily 3:30; 9:30pm.

Blackfish — Daily 5:30pm.

Blue Jasmine — Wed-Thu 1:45; 4; 6:15; 8:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

Still Mine — Daily 11:15am.

The Way Way Back — Wed-Thu 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:10pm plus Sat-Sun 12pm.

The Attack — Daily 1:20; 7:20pm.

Pacific Rim — Wed-Th 7:10; 10:10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Red 2 — Wed- Thu 2;10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Turbo — Wed-Thu 10:20; 1:10; 3:40; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Smurfs 2 — Wed-Thu 10:30; 1:15; 6:35; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Smurfs 2 3D — Wed-Thu 4; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Wolverine — Wed-Thu 10:40; 1:40; 4:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

We’re the Millers —Wed-Thu 11; 11:30; 2:20; 4:40; 5:15; 7:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers — Thu 8pm.

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

Elysium — (Opens Wed) Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 9:20; 10pm.

Kick-Ass 2 — (Opens Fri) Wed-Thu 11:20; 2; 4:40; 7:40; 10:15pm.

Paranoia — (Opens Fri) Wed-Thu 11:15; 1:45; 4:30; 7:15; 9:55pm.

The Butler — (Opens Fri) Wed-Thu 12:30; 3:45; 7; 9:20pm.

2 Guns — Wed-Tue 7:30; 10:10pm.

Elysium — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 10pm.

Jobs — Wed-Thu 12:15; 3:30; 6:45; 9:45pm.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters — Wed-Thu 11; 1:40; 4:20; 7; 9:45pm.

Planes — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 10pm.

The Smurfs 2 — Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4pm.

The Way, Way Back — Wed-Thu 4:45pm.

The Wolverine — Wed-Thu 6:30; 9:30pm.

Turbo — Wed-Tue 11:45; 2:10pm.

We’re The Millers — Wed-Thu 11:15; 1:45; 4:20; 7:20; 10pm.

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs — Wed-Thu 10am.

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2 Guns — Wed-Thu 1; 4; 7; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Jobs — Wed-Thu 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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

Kick-Ass 2 — (Opens Fri) Fri-Wed call for showtimes Paranoia — (Opens Fri) Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Butler — (Opens Fri) Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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

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

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

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters — Wed-Thu 11:15; 1:45; 7:15; 9:45pm; Fri-

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SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9

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Kick-Ass 2 — (Opens Fri) Thu 8; 10:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Paranoia — (Opens Fri) Thu 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Butler — (Opens Fri) Thu 8; 10:50; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Elysium — Wed- Thu 10; 1; 3:50; 7:50; 10:30; 10:40; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Despicable Me 2 — Wed-Thu 10:50; 1:35; 4:10; 6:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters — Wed-Thu 11:10; 11:40; 1:50; 2:15; 4:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 3D —Wed-Thu 4:50; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Wed call for showtimes.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 3D —Wed-Thu 4:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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

Planes 3D — Wed-Thu 3:05pm.

The Smurfs 2 — Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Conjuring — Wed-Thu 7:45; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Wolverine — Wed-Thu 10:45; 1:30; 4:15; 7; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

We’re the Millers — Wed-Thu 11; 1:25; 4; 7; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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.

ELYSIUM Neill Blomkamp, director of the refreshingly smart sci-fi flick District 9, goes full-on big-budget Hollywood action for this story set in 2154 about Matt Damon doomed to a bleak life on a broken-down Earth overrun by crime and disease. (I kinda feel like Ben Affleck deserved it more, but whatever.) When he needs a miracle cure, he infiltrates Elysium, a giant space-station to which the elite have escaped.

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.

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.

PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS (PG; 106 min) Oh, it’s on! Nerds everywhere are already filling

Internet message boards with fabulously uninteresting debates about whether Percy Jackson is better than Harry Potter. This is the second PJ adaptation, featuring Percy and company on a quest to find the Golden Fleece.

PLANES (G; 92 min.) This spin-off of Cars was originally supposed to go direct-to-video, but apparently theatrical audiences can’t get enough of kid’s movies about things that long to do other things, but can’t because of reasons, but then do. So here you go.

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.

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?

STILL MINE (PG-13; 102 min.) James Cromwell and Genevieve Bujold play a couple who have to fight city hall to build the home in which they want to live out the rest of their years together.

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!

WE’RE THE MILLERS (R; 110 min.) Filling the no-doubt massive audience demand to see the last vestiges of their ’90s innocence ruined by seeing Jennifer Aniston play a stripper, this comedy stars Jason Sudeikis as a pot dealer who enlists a random group of weirdos to be his fake family so he can smuggle drugs in from Mexico.

THE WOLVERINE (PG-13; 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.

AUGUST 14-20, 2013

THE BUTLER (Pg-13; 132 min) Forrest Whitaker stars as a butler in the White House who gets to meet Oprah. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley, Green Valley and Aptos) IN A WORLD (R; 93 min) Writer-director Lake Bell also stars in this comedy as a woman living in the shadow of her father, the greatest movietrailer voice-over legend of all time. Can she find comingattraction stardom of her own?

Probably! After all, her father is only…one man. (Opens Fri at the Nick) KICK-ASS 2 (R; 103 min)

Jim Carrey filmed a guest role for this sequel to the film adaption of Mark Miller’s comic book about high-schoolers who start dressing up in costumes and fighting crime. Now Carrey says that he can’t support the film because of the violence.

You gotta respect Carrey’s principles and all, but this is a comic book movie about characters in brightly colored jumpsuits named Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl. Dude might wanna chill. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9, Scotts Valley and Green Valley)

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needn’t have bothered. Why, just last week the SF Chronicle's Jon Bonné included Bonny Doon Vineyard's 2010 Clos de Gilroy Central Coast Grenache (which I’ve already told you is one of my reigning house reds) in his list of top 100 Best of the West FARM FRESH NEWS: UCSC FARM & GARDEN CART features succulent

TAP WAITER Annie Simpson with dishes from the newly opened West End Tap & Kitchen.

West End Tap Opens

BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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ongratulations to Quinn Cormier and her co-owner/ chef Geoff Hargrave, whose

hard work—and lots of creative contracting—has paid off handsomely.

West End Tap & Kitchen, the giant new palace of two dozen beers on tap and local food whipped up into tempting small plates is officially open. Definitely spruced up, yet retaining the vibrant footprint of its former life as Le Cigare Volant and Bonny Doon Vineyard tasting room, the inviting new eatery is making itself welcome by serving daily and continuously from 11:30am. Check out the new menu for yourself, but I'm liking

the looks of Salchichero pastrami bites with red cabbage puree and rye crisp.

Or a flatbread appetizer with peaches, fromage blanc and basil. Entrees range from stout braised Angus short ribs and wild salmon to the house ground burger done with a variety of cheeses. “Yes” is a good response to the new West End Tap & Kitchen dining possibilities. Right next door to the delightful Vino Tabi winery and tasting room, in the funfilled Ingalls & Swift complex of extreme tasting.

BONNY DOON AMONG BEST:

The ever-articulate Randall Grahm

shoots out another of his priceless newsletters into the ether today. And while the lights are not yet on in the new Davenport tasting room, there is much action afoot chez Bonny Doon Vineyard. We learn that the Mourvèdre harvest is looking smartly, “crop size seems normal to bountiful, if not quite the Biblical level that it was last year,” says Randall. And there are oodles of charming nerdocentric details that needn’t be repeated here. While the winemaker shows no false modesty (and when did he ever?) about urging us to re-visit the current releases of his much-renowned handiwork, he

strawberries, tender young kale and ultra-slender filet beans of all colors.

We like to steam the tiny new green beans, then douse them with white balsamic vinegar, garlic, sea salt and a splash of olive oil. Once all these flavors come together, the beans make a sexy topping for a salad of tossed greens and the early crop of dry-farmed tomatoes. I’m thinkin’ you can’t do much better than Joe Schirmer’s Dirty Girl pomodori. But once the Farm & Garden tomatoes are ready, don’t miss ‘em! . . . Rush on down to the Downtown Farmer's Market today (Aug. 14) and check out Basil Bonanza, the 4th FoodShed Project edu-tasting event that will fill your mind and mouth with the heady perfume of basil, as well as amazing flavor experiences like basil-yogurt sorbet and raspberry-lemon basil popsicles. It all kicks off at 3pm with Jeff Larkey spinning farm yarns about the local growing empire. Jeff grew basil especially for this event, and chef Kevin Koebel will be spinning flavor gold out of the six varieties grown at Route 1 Farms. Kids will also love this chance to try their hands at making seasonal smoothies with bicycle-powered blenders. Plus there will be basil-inspired art, live music and all the voluptuous sensory bombardment of the only-in-Santa Cruz farmers market scene. Don't miss it. The peaches, nectarines and early dry-farmed heirlooms are out in dazzling shades of pink, orange, yellow and red. . . .Don't miss the warm squid salad with transparent fried eggplant, micro mustard flowers and heirloom tomatoes @ Soif. TDF! 0

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F O O D IE FIL E Chip Scheuer

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SILK SCARF Ali Amin is general manager of Laili, which has brought the flavors of the ‘Silk Road’ to Santa Cruz.

Ali Amin General Manager, Laili

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ver since opening in 2010, Laili has brought something unique to Santa Cruz’s culinary scene. The heart of the restaurant is Afghani cuisine, but the restaurant’s “Silk Road” concept references the famous historic trade route of the same name. Afghanistan is at the center of the Silk Road, as are all the neighboring countries from which Laili also draws influences. We talked with Ali Amin, son of owner Wafi Amin and general manager of Laili.

SCW: You are known for having a pretty luxurious ambience. Tell me about that.

ALI AMIN: It’s specifically the patio. People call it the “secret garden.” It’s a beautiful, nice oasis. I think people come for the backdrop as much as they come for the food. We kind of tried to create something beautiful and special. Or at least my dad did. That was his intention. He dressed up the patio. It adds to the whole dining experience. We don’t like to call ourselves “fine dining.” We try and keep it casual, not scare people away.

We want it to be an experience. It’s more than having food.

What’s the one thing you recommend a first timer try? Pumpkin boranee. That’s the easy answer that all the servers would tell you. It’s the most distinct and flavorful thing we have. It’s like butternut squash and you eat it with naan. It’s kind of like our take on the traditional pumpkin boranee. We do a sweeter take on it compared to the traditional version.

It’s very unique.

What item do guests most commonly mispronounce? Probably the aushak [pronounced “ow-shake”]. Everything else is pretty easy to pronounce.

Laili is at 101 B. Cooper Street, Santa Cruz Aaron Carnes

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Astrology As A sttrrro ology g Free F Fr r e Will ree Will

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Rob Brezsny Breezsny

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For F or the the week week o off Augus Augustt 14 1

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): William Willliam Turner Tuurner was a 19th-century English landscape painter painter born under capturee scenes the sign of TTaurus. aaurus. His aim was not to captur convey in rrealistic ealistic detail but rrather ather to conv vey the emotional testified impact they made on him. He testifi fied that on one occasion he had himself tied to thee mast of a ship during experience a snowstorm so that he could expe erience its full effects effects firsthand. The rresult esult was “Snow Storm—Steam-Boat Stoorm—Steam-Boat Harbor’s composed off a Harbor ’s Mouth,”” a painting co omposed mostly of tempestuous swirls. What would bee the equivalent for for you, TTaurus? aaurus? I’m trying to think of a way you could be perfectly safee as you tr treated yourself eated yourse perf ectly saf elf to an up-close energies. encounter with elemental ener giess.

GEMINI (May (M 21-June 21 21-June J 20) 20):: Some S e years back, b k the th Greek Gr G eekk anti--smoking campaign. government launched a huge anti-smoking response,, cigarette cigarette sales spiked dramatically. dramaticallyy. When In response, my daughter was 6 years old, I initiated initiated a crusade to ban Barbie dolls from from our home forever. foreverr. Soon she was ripping out pictures icon from pictures of the accursed anti-feminist anti-feminist e from toy catalogs and leaving them on my desk. d With these events in mind, I’m feeling feeling cautious about trying to talk you into formulating formulating a five-year master master plan. Maybe instead I should encourage encourage you to think small sm mall and obsess on transitory transitory wishes.

CANCER (June 21-July 21-July 22):: “Wings “Winngs are are a constraint constraint that makes it possible to fly,” poet Robert flyy,,”” the Canadian Canadian a Bringhurst reminds reminds us. That will be a good principle for for you to keep in mind during your own ow wn adventures adventures during the coming weeks. weeks. s I suspect that any any liberation liberation you are are able to achieve will come as thee result result of intense discipline. To To the degree degree that you cultivate cuultivate the very finest limitations, you will earn the right and a the power to transcend transcend inhibitions that have been beeen holding you down.

LEO (July 23 23-Aug. -Aug. 22): “The secr secret ett of change is to ffocus ocus all of your ener gyy, not on figh hting the old,, but on energy, fighting building the new new.” .” When I came acr across ross that quote while Web, surfing the W eb, I felt felt that it jibed perfectly p ectly with the perf astrological astr ological omens that are are currently currenttly in play for for you.

Every website I consulted consulted agreed agreed that thhat the speaker of this wisdom was Socrates, Socrates,, but I thought thoought the language contemporary sounded too contempor ary to havee been uttered uttered by a Greek Gr eek philosopher who died 2,400 years ago. After a bit of rresearch, esearch, I found found the real real source: source:: a character character named Socrates Socr ates in W Way ay ay of the Peaceful Peeaceful Warrior, War arrriorr, a New Age g selfhelp book by Dan Millman.. I hope this thhis doesn’t doesn’t dilute the impact of the quote for for you, Leo. For Foor now, now w, it is crucial that you not get bogged down in quarreling quarreling e and brawling. brawling. You Yoou need to devote all your energy energy to creating creating the future. future.

VIRGO (Aug.. 23-Sept.

23-Sept. 22): Do youu know that you are are a host for for more more than 10,000 different diffferent species of microorganisms? microorganisms? Many of them are are bacteria that perform perform functions essential to your heal health. th. So S the stunning fact fact of the matter is that a lar large number lifee fforms sharee ge numbe er of lif orms shar your body and constantly help you in ways about which you have no conscious awar awareness. theree be other eness.. Might ther examples of you collecting benefitss fr from om unknown sources?

Well, sources? W ell, do you know who is rresponsible esponsible ffor or providing providing you with the water and electricity e you use?

Who sewed your clothes and madee your medicine? Who built b ilt the buil th roads roads d andd buildings b ildi you use? use?? This Thi is i an excellent ll t time to take inventory of all the ass assistance, sistance, much of it anonymous, that you ar aree so ffortunate ortunaate to rreceive. eceive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 23-Oct. -Oct. 22): Mor Moree ooften ften than not, your problems fine mind does a competent job of defining the pr oblems that need solving. It comes up with concise questions direction that lead you in the right dir ection to find useful and clues. It gathers evidence crisply an nd it makes smart evolves. adjustments as the situation evolve es.. But after studying astrological currently the astr ological ffactors actors cur rently att work, I’m a little mind might tempor temporarily concerned that your usually fine m arily

prone suffering from dreaded be pr one to suff e ering fr om the dr eaded malady known as paralysis par raalysis thr through rooughh over-analysis. TToo steer yourself away from possibility, from that possibi ilityy, keep checking in with your body and your feelings feelings to see s what alternate alternate truths they may have to tell you

SCORPIO O (Oc (Oct.t.. 23 23-Nov. -Nov. 21): By the standar standards ds of people don’t who don ’t know you y well, the triumph you achieve in the coming days might seem modest. But I think it will pretty dramatic.

Here’s ettyy dr actuallyy be ppr raamatic. Her e’s myy onlyy concern: There’s grandiose Ther e’s a slight danger d you will get gr andiose or even a arrogant thee aftermath of your victory victory.. YYou bit ar rogant in th oou could don’t or the major also get peeved at a those who don ’t see it ffor is. achievement it is s. Now that I’ve given you this warning, hoping though, I’m hopin ng you will avoid that ffate. ate. Instead celebrate grace, eeling you will celebr atee your win with humble gr ace, ffeeling gratitude way.. or all tthe gr raatitude ffor he help you got long the way SAGITTARIU SAGITTARIUS US (Nov (Nov.. 22-Dec. 22-Dec. 21):: “All “A All my life, life, my yearned heart has yearne ed ffor or a thing I cannot name.”” So said French André Breton.

Fr ench writer And dré Br eton. I suspect that many of us ffeel eel way, which depressing. the same way y, wh hich is kind of depr essing. But the good Sagittarius, theree will be times in the news ffor or you,, Sag gittarius, is that ther coming months when w you will get as close to naming that moree than mysterious thingg as you have ever gotten. On mor a ffew ew occasions, you may be able to get a clear glimpse nature. of its true natur e. Now and then you might even be fully One united with it. On ne of those moments could come soon.

CAPRICORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): The P Paris aris a Review w did novelist interviewer a story on novelis st William Gass. The inter viewer asked wrote books. him why he wr ote his book s. That was ““aa very dumb sneered. answered question,”” he sne eered. Nevertheless,, he answer ed it, because Hard.” words, saying, “I write be ecause I hate. A lot. Har d.”” In other wor ds, motivations expressing creatively his primary motiv vations ffor or expr essing himself cr eatively weree loathing, m malice, hostility. wer alice, and hostility y. I beg you not to use now.. Not ever ever.. But him as your rrole ole model, m CCapricorn. apricorn. Not now now.. It is essential to your long-term heal health especially now th wealth and weal th that you y not be driven by hate in the coming weeks. moree you ar aree driven week s.. Just the opposite, o in ffact: act: The mor generosity, by love and gene erosityy, the better chance you will have of luckyy str streak launching a luck eak that will last quite a while.

AQUARIUS S (Jan. ( 20-Feb. 18):: “Until we have seen someone’s darkness, don’t are,” someone ’s darkn ness, we don ’t rreally eally know who they ar e,” Marianne said author Maria anne Williamson. “Until we have fforgiven orgiven someone’s darkness, don’t someone ’s darkn ness, we don ’t rreally eally know what love is.” assignment,, Aquarius, is to seek out the deepest YYour oour assignment understanding possible understa anding of these truths. TToo do that, you identify will have to ident tify the unripe, shadowy qualities of the aree most people who ar m important to you.. And then you will have to find it in your smart heart to love them for for their unripe, shadowy qualities almost as much as you do for for shiny, beautiful their shiny y, beaut tiful qualities.

PISCES (Feb. 19-Mar 119-March ch 20):: Aldous Huxley was the renowned renowned 20th-century 20th-ccentury intellectual who wrote wrote the book Brave Br raave New W World oorldd, a dystopian vision of the futur future. e Later in e. his life life he came to t regret regret one thing:: how “preposterously “preposterously serious” serious” he had been b when he was younger. youngerr. “There “There are are quicksands quicksands all all about you, sucking at your feet,” feet,”” he ruminated, “trying “tryinng to suck you down into fear fear and selfpity and despair. despairr. That TThat’s ’s why you must walk so lightly. lightly.

Lightly, Lightlyy, my darling darling . . . Learn to do everything lightly. lightlyy. Yes, Yees, feel you’re feel lightly even though t you’re feeling feeling deeply.” deeply.”” I would love for for you to put puut this counsel at the top of your priority list for for the next ten teen months, darling Pisces.. Maybe even write it out on a piece of paper and tape it to your p bathroom bathroom mirror. mirror.

Homework:: Is there there an ar area ea of your lif lifee where where effects ects are your eff arre different different from from your intentions?

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ARIES (Mar (March ch 21-April 19): Normally, Norm mallyy, International CAPS CAPS LOCK LOCK DAY DAY happens only oncee a year, yearr, on June 28.. But in alignment with your current current astrological astrrological omens, you have been granted granted the right to observe observe the next seven days as your own personal International Internattional CAPS CAPS LOCK LOCK DAYS. DAYS. Y That means you will probably probably be forgiven for o given and tolerated tolerated if use OVERHEATED OVERHEA ATED ORATORY ORA ATO ORY and leap l to THUNDEROUS THUNDEROUS CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS and engage in MELODRAMATIC MELODRAMA O ATTIC GESTURES. GESTURES. You thanked—although it’s You o may even be thanked—al thouugh it ’s important to note that the gratitude ggratitude you y receive receivee mayy onlyy come later, laterr, AFTER HASS SETTLED. AFTER TTHE HE DUST HA SETTLED.

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