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GO TO CHURCH? Santa Cruz Councilmember Micah Posner believes the city’s bike distribution should go back to a nonprofit like the Bike Church, rather than to auction.

Spoke Out

The council’s bike-for-kids breakdown gets ludicrous

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asey Monahan, last year’s Santa Cruz youth mayor, owes his job in part to the Bike Church and the free bicycle distribution program, which the nonprofit operated though the spring of 2012.

“Every day I got to work and school and here on a bike that I got through the bicycle distribution program for youth,” Monahan said in the Santa Cruz City Council chambers last month, as councilmembers weighed the future of the program. “It was a tremendous resource for me. My bike was stolen, and I went to the Bike Church and got a bike, and I rode it everyday.”

The Bike Church started distributing unclaimed lost and stolen bikes in 2008 through a program set up by a 1996 ordinance. But Santa Cruz Police stopped bringing the bikes in 2008, without notifying volunteers, and the

nonprofit—which donated 415 bikes to kids in four years—has spent much of the last year and a half trying to get the distribution back to its shop on Spruce at Cedar Street.

SCPD officials gave varied reasons for why they moved the bike distribution.

Deputy Chief Rick Martinez said Bike Church volunteers weren’t doing enough to register bikes, and fellow Deputy Chief Steve Clark said they were rude to officers.

For nine months, the Bike Dojo, a private business, handled the distribution, but under city law, the organization distributing lost and stolen bikes was supposed to be a nonprofit. Finally, the city manager’s office ended the bike distribution last summer, proceeding to auction off the bikes instead through a company based in Arizona, which keeps 52

percent of the profits. The next step, Bernal said, would be for city staff to issue requests for proposals that would allow the Bike Church and other organizations to apply to participate in a new distribution plan.

That never happened. The city manager’s office floated three different options to the city council at their Jan. 28 meeting, one of which would have allowed organizations like the Bike Church to apply to be a part of the program. Another proposal would have auctioned off all the bikes. A compromise solution suggested the staff give some of the bikes to the Teen Center and auction off the rest, using those bike sales to fund the program. Assistant city manager Scott Collins explained that the auctions would offset costs of staff time. Councilmember Cynthia Mathews said the third option accommodated

decreased staffing levels at SCPD. “We have to look for a way that minimizes the demand on their time, so they can focus on their core activities,” Mathews said.

Vice Mayor Don Lane said the Teen Center would do a decent job getting bikes to kids, but still wouldn’t distribute like the Bike Church—which, when it ran the distribution, used to share its bikes with the Teen Center.

“Suddenly the staff decided, ‘Oh, my gosh, this is such a political hot potato, we need to think of a new way to deal with this,’ and it’s not a bad solution,” Lane said. “The problem is the process: we have really treated an organization unfairly, and I don’t understand why, and I still would like to ask councilmembers what the Bike Church has done wrong that they were not afforded an opportunity to submit a request for proposals.”

No explanations were forthcoming, but the council promptly voted 5-2 to approve a plan to give the distribution to the Santa Cruz Teen Center, with Lane and Posner dissenting.

Later that week, staff realized city code would require them post a notice in a city newspaper each time they hold an auction, something they hadn’t been doing, but they say plan to start now.

Some insiders, most of them off the record, have suggested the rift between the SCPD and the Bike Church originates with tensions between police and the anarchist crowd that sometimes frequents the Church and the café next door. “I suspect police have some distrust for this group, because it’s next to SubRosa Café, which is full of anarchists, and they may have some fears that somehow they’re stealing the bikes,” says former Mayor Mike Rotkin. “But the fact of the matter is it’s a nonprofit. I don’t see how it could happen.”

“The question that keeps occurring is why not give all the bikes back to the community instead of giving them to a private auction house and have them make half the money off of it,” Posner says. 0

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R.I.P. Book Café It was the Capitola Book Café’s party last week, and we’ll cry if we want to now that the news is official: the 41st Ave. institution is closing at the end of the month, after 34 years. Last Tuesday, co-owners Wendy MayerLochtefeld and Melinda Powers wore their bravest faces, former owners of the store gathered, and a long line of Book Café regulars and others who had just heard the news came in for a sort of impromptu thank-you shindig/wake. It’s not hard to sum up what finally put the Capitola Book Café under—a law of diminishing returns as fewer sales led to fewer books, which led to fewer sales and so on—but it’s worth reading the goodbye letter posted on the store’s website to understand the lengths the owners went to in trying to keep it open. And as you might guess, they did far more than one missive could possibly explain, but that’s a story for another time. The point right now is: yes, it might be easy to think “oh boo hoo, we should have supported them, now it’s too late.” But guess what? IT’S NOT. The more books they sell before the end of the month, the less debt the current owners will be saddled with, so let’s all shop ’til we drop there for the next two weeks.

Back from Camp When Brent Adams drove north last November to see sanctuary camps in Oregon and Washington, he got a firsthand look at the models he’s been advocating for almost a year. The activist learned a few things, too—for instance, just how much work it is to make a sanctioned encampment with community support.

Adams now realizes he will probably have to create an organization with a board of directors and use that to raise funds for the project going forward.

“I don’t think I knew I was designing a nonprofit to begin with,” Adams says.

A new 27-minute documentary posted to YouTube chronicles Adams’ trip with a friend. Adams went to camps in Eugene, Portland, Olympia and Seattle to see the way they work.

Adams, who’s working on a separate video that will break down the nuts and bolts of how a camp could work, is

using his trip as a guidebook for what’s next.

“I was a little bit naïve thinking we could just put on a show and get everyone on board. We have to create more of a business plan,” Adams says.

“We do have support. A year ago, no one was talking about this thing.”

‘May’ Be, Maybe Not In 2011, the Green Business Certification Program that began in California cities and counties in the 1990s got a boost from AB 913. A line item in the bill instructed the California Department of Toxic Substances Control to fund the program, including a database allowing the separate municipalities to standardize criteria for certification, and metrics to track success in areas such as water conservation, waste reduction and greenhouse gas emission reduction.

The programs flourished—today there are nearly 3,000 certified green businesses, and a whopping almost-500 of those are in Santa Cruz County.

But in 2012, the word “shall” was changed to “may” in AB 913, granting the DTSC the option to fund it. The funding disappeared and growth fizzled, leaving programs in existing communities to subsist on the barest maintenance.

Agnes Topp and Ana Maria Rebelo, program coordinators for the City of Santa Cruz and the county, respectively, are on a mission to reinstate the state funding. "Many requirements of certification make economic sense and can help conserve water during the drought," Topp says. "One low-flow aerator can save 3.8 gallons of water per day per employee. Replacing light bulbs reduces energy consumption, and provides more light."

Topp and Rebelo met with Assemblyman Mark Stone, who sits on the Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials committee.

Stone has some ideas that could be well-timed with a bill he's working on around cap and trade, and also agreed that an increasing show of support for the program is important to support his efforts in Sacramento.

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Santa Cruz author Liza Monroy tells her unusual story—and asks some timely questions about the institution of marriage—in her new memoir

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getting caught, and just having our plan work out. Basically, I was 22. It was something rash that we did for immigration purposes.”

Throughout the book, Monroy maintains that what they were doing was likely not even illegal.

“I think it’s all a grey area. I know it’s illegal to marry someone to keep them in the country if they’re paying you, and you don’t know them. It’s hard to say for a couple like us who are close friends, who live together, who share everything,” Monroy says.

“I feel like when it comes down to it, it would be a really difficult thing to prove because—and I ask that in the book over and over again—how do you prove love?”

The book describes the details of their marriage, which also brings up a lot of questions about marriage.

Is there such a thing as a “real” marriage, and if so, how is that defined? They may have not had sexual intimacy, but they had every other form of intimacy, and in fact got closer through being married.

The wedding vows really meant something to them, and so did the commitment they made to each other.

In fact, they stayed married longer than was even required. It’s only required that a couple stay married for two years for a person to gain citizenship. They were married for three years before divorcing.

“We liked it. It was a good marriage.

We were good for each other. We were there for each other. We still shared our apartment. We were still best friends—we were even better friends than we were before,” Monroy says.

It wasn’t just because Monroy wanted to keep her best friend in the country that she suggested marriage—there were other motivations driving her, as well. She came into adulthood with a strong need for family and stability because of her lack of it growing up.

“I was an only child. My parents are divorced and I don’t really have a relationship with my father. I always wanted to be married and have a family. I didn’t have a traditional nuclear family unit. I think that led me to idealize it a little bit, and see it as my ultimate dream to build what I didn’t have growing up,” Monroy says.

They might have stayed married longer had a few things not happened. One was that Monroy was starting to get serious with someone else who didn’t like the fact that Monroy was already married. More importantly, Monroy’s mother found out about it and insisted that they get a divorce right away.

Monroy’s mother worked in immigration, specifically investigating cases of immigration fraud. She was exactly the kind of person they didn’t want finding out what they were doing.

“She was really angry. Like, ‘why would you do this?’ It was going against her career and everything she has worked for her entire life,” Monroy says. “Then over time, it was mostly in the writing of the book, when I would go back and interview her and I asked her more about the process and the legal aspects of it, she started to come around and see my point.”

Monroy’s mother has since become supportive. She jokes that if Monroy gets arrested, “it’ll be great publicity for the book,” and she’s even agreed to read her dialogue from the book at readings whenever she’s available.

There is some discussion in the book of the other methods Emir attempted to gain citizen status before they got married—none of which panned out, in part because of how reactionary a lot of people had become toward people from the Muslim world in the aftermath of 9/11.

“People were upset and acting irrationally. At the time, Emir was in the process of looking for a job, and he said, ‘Now they’re going to see my name on the resume and throw it away,’” Monroy says.

That kind of prejudice still exists today, but the intensity of it has calmed down in recent years, says Monroy. She argues that the same can be said of gay rights—while homophobia is in no way gone, there have been incredible strides since Newsom offered marriage to gay couples in 2004.

“You can see the difference that a matter of a decade makes. We’re still in the battle, but I thought it was going to be a much longer, more drawn out kind of thing before we got to the place before we had any equality in gender-neutral marriage. The speed of it is a welcome and happy surprise.

I can almost look at this book as a time capsule, and how we learned

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WALK AN AISLE IN THEIR SHOES The couple at their wedding in Vegas.

His face is blurred to protect his identity.

from history,” Monroy says.Another odd surprise that Monroy had while writing the book was discovering that there are actually other people just like them out there that have done the same thing.

“It’s definitely something that’s out there, but I don’t think we talk about it that much. I hadn’t heard about that many couples that did the same thing until really recently, when I started talking about the story,” Monroy says.

Since their divorce, the two have stayed close friends. She still considers him family. In fact, he gave her away at her wedding last year to her current husband. It was an emotional moment for Monroy because she often reflected on her lack of a relationship with her father as a driving force behind just how close she and Emir became—and then he played that very role for her on one of the most

important days of her life.

Monroy doesn’t at all regret her marriage to Emir because only good things came from it. Emir got to stay in the country, and she gained a new family member.

“The larger effect of the marriage on our friendship was that it brought us closer,” Monroy says. “One thing that my mother said when she first found out was that I’d taken the concept of marriage lightly,” she says.

“But I think it was quite the opposite.

Every marriage takes work and effort, which was true for us. Either a fake marriage requires those things too, or my marriage to Emir wasn’t fake.”

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An Excerpt from ‘The Marriage Act’

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BY LIZA MONROY

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n Los Angeles, homemade banners around town declared “We Are All Americans Now.” Sun pounded down through the smog, refracting off windshields.

Cloudless sky, temperature in the seventies. Traffic crept along palm tree–lined streets.

September was a beautiful month in Southern California, heat of summer fading, sunlight soft as if a cinematographer were lighting a scene that called for an ethereal mood. Nothing looked any different, yet everything had changed. Recent history would now be divided into before and after.

On the day that flights resumed, I stood in the chaos of the Remote Cell Phone Waiting Lot at LAX. No one was allowed near the terminals. All of us gawked at the seemingly banal sight of aircraft circling overhead. For two days, the skies had been empty. Emir’s return reservation was moved to one of the first flights to leave New York City. I worried that he could have been taken aside for questioning at the airport based on his looks or the nationality listed on his passport. Middle Eastern men were being detained without grounds.

Relief washed over me as Emir climbed out of one of the vans. He waved, pulling his rolling suitcase through the crowd. I pushed forward until we reached each other. We hugged for what felt like a very long time, his familiar smell of CK One and cigarette smoke a relief. When he removed his aviator sunglasses, I saw the dark circles that rimmed his eyes. Emir typically had a goatee or five o’clock shadow, but that day his coffee-colored skin was clean-shaven, making him appear teenaged.

“People were looking at me weird on the plane.”

“People aren’t that prejudiced.”

“They will be now.”

“Emir,” I said. “No one would ever mistake you for a terrorist.”

“Yeah, terrorists wouldn’t let me join up with them even if I wanted to. They would go all Red Queen on me, off with his head.”

We walked across the lot and got into my little red Golf. I merged into traffic on strip-club-and-car-rental-companylined Airport Boulevard. From the driver’s seat I saw him in my peripheral vision. He stared out the window into the distance as traffic rushed by. The freeway still made him nervous but now so did a host of other things.

Emir rolled down the window, lit two cigarettes, and passed me one. I took it even though I was quitting. Warm air and smoke whipped through the car. Complaining that his lips were dry from stale cabin air, he reached into his backpack for his ChapStick but pulled out a thin metal tube instead.

“Shit. I completely forgot I had this.”

“What is that?” I asked.

“Mace.”

“Mace? What are you doing with mace in your bag?”

“I forgot. I always carried it, an old habit from fearing gaybashers back home.”

It surprised us both that two days after terrorists used mace to hijack aircraft, no screener caught the canister in Emir’s backpack; but more frightening was what might have happened if they had.

He found the ChapStick and slicked a glossy layer onto his full lips. I sped up and merged on the 405, the little red car dwarfed by a swarm of SUVs. I remember the citrus salads and late-afternoon Cosmopolitans in the sunny outdoor courtyard of the Abbey, our favorite West Hollywood gay bar. I remember how strange it felt to walk to his apartment rather than drive even though he lived only three blocks away from me. I can’t remember the precise instance when Emir first brought up the verging-on-problematic visa situation. It might have been at a sushi restaurant, or over lunches at the Abbey, or while in line at what the boys around the neighborhood called

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Reprinted by permission.

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“People aren’t that prejudiced,” I repeated.

I wanted to believe it.

“If I go back I’ll be enlisted in the mandatory military service. Can you imagine what they’ll do to me in there?”

Emir had been trying for almost a year to find a means by which to stay, and September 11th marked the end of the expectation that anything would come from that trying. A feeling of anxiety permeated the air, the impact of the hijacked aircraft on the Twin Towers reverberating all the way to California, sinking us into a collective state of mourning. Who could focus on searching for clerical positions on Showbizdata.com when there were new images constantly flooding in of the attacks, the cleanup, the conspiracies? Going about our daily lives seemed self-indulgent.

It started long before this conversation, well before Emir’s visa situation became an actual problem.

It started out as more of a concern and spiraled down from there. My outlook in my early twenties was that whatever was meant to happen would happen, that we have little capacity to exert control over the events in our lives.

Believing that we were powerless to really change anything was an easy way to avoid responsibility. But something shifted when Emir talked to me about his visa. I tried to think of solutions for my friend, and then, suddenly, what we ought to do about it struck me with such a force that I knew I had hit on the answer, only it felt more as if it hit me, a bolt of lightning. For a brief moment, something made sense.

“I know!” I said. “I’ll marry you!”

I couldn’t save my father. I couldn’t marry Julian. For Emir, I could do both.

Save him by marrying him.

“Don’t joke around with me about that, sweetie,” he said.

But I already knew I wasn’t kidding.

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Emir wanted to stay in the United States past this year to avoid going back into the closet in Emiristan and living with his father. In order to stay, he had to find a job before his visa expired in December, a year after graduation. I told him I was sure he’d find something and I believed it; Emir was creative, intelligent, outgoing, and capable. The possibility that he might not find a way to stay did not cross my mind during those early conversations.

Emir talked with me about his visa situation because doing so was like asking a mechanic’s daughter about engines. I grew up around visas because of my mother’s job: Visa Chief. Chief of All Visas. Immigration Superhero Spy Extraordinaire. I learned so much from her during the years I tagged along. The immigration process was part of my early education.

This made me the ideal friend with whom to discuss concerns about finding employer sponsorship for his H-1B work visa at the end of his OPT, the Optional Practical Training visa that followed the F-1 student visa.

The OPT allowed Emir to stay in the country and seek work in his field for one year following graduation.

September 11th happened at the ninemonth mark. Emir still hadn’t found an employer willing to sponsor him.

In the film industry, where entry-level positions were clerical and required no special skill, sponsorship was not worth the hassle of dealing with lawyers, documents, and filing fees.

For a corporation, it was a bureaucratic annoyance. For a jobless Emir, December meant either deportation or trying to fly under the radar as an illegal immigrant. And this was before the attacks raised the stakes. Fewer jobs plus sudden suspicion of young men from Muslim countries meant finding sponsorship would be that much more difficult.

To be sponsored for a visa, a foreigner has to have an in demand skill—a surgeon or engineer had far more of a chance than a young filmmaker, and after 9/11 even the best of the special skills set ran into visa troubles. One, for instance, was an infant cardiologist who developed groundbreaking procedures for operating on baby hearts. This man could not get back into the country because of bureaucratic red tape. So what chance did Emir stand?

In my living room, Emir sat on the

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Are We There Yet? A one-man live comedy show

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The Beaux' Stratagem A late restoration comedy by George Farquhar about two young travelers who travel through small towns trying to entrap rich young women and steal their fortunes. Fri, Feb 14, 8pm, Sat, Feb 15, 8pm and Sun, Feb 16, 2pm. $20 general; $17 students & seniors. Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.

Jeremy Spencer A live in-store performance by the original Fleetwood Mac member. Tue, Feb 18, 6pm. Streetlight Records Santa Cruz, 939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.421.9200.

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Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center Prime Time: The "best of the best" submitted by local artists.

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Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History The Cradle Project. An exhibition of hand-crafted cradles honoring the numbers of African children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic. Thru March 23. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

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Felix Kulpa Gallery Urns, Shrines, and Reliquaries: A collection of ceramic vessels and sculptures for honoring special people, presented

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Cecile McLorin Salvant Already a European sensation, Salvant sounds amazing in any language she sings. Feb 13 at SF Jazz Center.

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Thao & the Get Down Stay Down Funky folk and fun pop songs fronted by the magnetic Thao Nguyen. Feb 14 at the Fillmore.

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Ecology, Ethics & Interdependence A round table panel discussion about planetary boundaries and ecological interdependence. Sun, Feb 16, 2-6pm. $10-$25 donation.

Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1626.

Figure Drawing Weekly drawing from a live model, facilitated by Open Studio artist Richard Bennett.

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ADHD Support A talk by child neurologist Dr. William Zinnanti about the impact of ADHD on the brian.

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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.

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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 12:15-1:15pm 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 10:30-11:30am at 1335 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz; noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln #303, Watsonville; and 6:30-7:30pm at 335 Spreckles Dr, Ste. A, Aptos. Thursdays 1-2pm at 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. Fridays noon1pm 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. 831.429.7906.

Postpartum Health Circle A weekly community circle offering support and information about postpartum changes for mothers. Wed, 1:30-2:30pm. $5-$10 donation. Luma Yoga & Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz, 831.325.2620.

Qigong Flow Led by Bonnie Eskie, MFT. Tue, 10-11am. $10-$12.

Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.515.4144.

Science Sunday: Carnivores Carnivores and the Fabric of Nature: A talk about the loss of large-bodied carnivores, why it matters, and humankind's influence on nature. Sun, Feb 16, 1pm. Free with admission.

Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3799.

Stitchers-by-the-Sea Meeting The local chapter of Embroiderers' Guild of America meets and weaves yarns; public welcome.

This meeting will feature stitching a lacy canvas scissors case. Second Wed of every month, 7pm. Free.

Dominican Hospital Rehab Center, 610 Frederick St, Santa Cruz, 831.475.1853.

Support and Recovery Groups ADHD: 831.818.9691; Alzheimer's: Alzheimer's Assn., 831.464.9982. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273.

Candida: 831.471.0737.

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

Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962.

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

Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422.

Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.

HELP (4357). Pagans in Recovery: 831.428.3024.

Narcotics Anonymous: saveyoursanity@aol.com.

Clutterers Anonymous: 831.359.3008.

Surveillance Discussion A community dialogue facilitated by the ACLU around the increasing surveillance of American citizens by the federal and local government. Wed, Feb 12, 7pm. Free. Louden Nelson Community Center,

SATURDAY 2/15 & SUNDAY 2/16

Santa Cruz Chamber Players Scottish comic book artist/occultist Grant Morrison asserts that all life is an outgrowth of one single “hyper-entity” and that, while we can’t see it, our past literally trails us like the body of a worm. Will the Santa Cruz Chamber Players’ upcoming concert, commissioned by Grammy winning composer Barry Phillips and titled, “A Thread of Time: The Old Becomes New,” address these themes? Only the future you, currently existing in that future space and attending the concert RIGHT NOW(?), can say for sure. Saturday, Feb. 15 at 8pm & Sunday, Feb. 16 at 3pm at Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Tickets $25 general; $20 senior; $10 youth. www.scchamberplayers.org.

301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.234.3211.

The Speaker's Gym Instructor Noel Murphy provides leadership coaching and public speaking skills every week. www.thespeakersgym.com.

Wed, 7-9:30pm. Discovery Gym, 75 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley, 831.238.1234.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Monthly Meeting VFW Tres Pueblos Post 7263. Second Thu of every month, 6:30pm.

831.475.9804. Veterans Hall, 2259 7th Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.345.3925.

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

You & Me - Gluten Free A talk about gluten

sensitivity protecting your health by health educator Sandi Rechenmacher. Tue, Feb 18, 6-7:30pm. Free.

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

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

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

Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:307pm. All are free.

AROUND TOWN Comedy Open Mic A rotation of the best up-and-coming stand-up comedy acts from the Bay Area. Thu, 8:30pm.

Free. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.7717.

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

Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.8621.

Family Storytelling Hour Storytelling hour for all ages with Sirena Andrea of the Santa Cruz Storytelling Festival. Sat, Feb 15, 2:30pm. $10 adult; $4 child. Luma Yoga & Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz.

Marine Mammal Research Tour A behind-the-scenes look at the work of marine scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions and whales. Advance reservations required.

Thu, Feb 13, 2-3:30pm.

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

Pop-Up Museum: Missed Connections Drink specials, Craigslist missed connections poetry, and an invitation to bring missed connection stories and objects from failed relationships. Thu, Feb 13, 4-7pm. Free. 515 Kitchen and Cocktails, 515 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

Wharf Wildlife Tours Free eco-tours of the wharf by the Seymour Discovery Center. Sat-Sun, 1 and 3pm.

Thru Dec 31. Free. Santa Cruz Wharf, Beach Street, Santa Cruz.

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Songwriter’s Showcase

BY CAT JOHNSON

N

ot every musician wants to play for people. Music can be immensely fulfilling even if no one else is around. But, if dreams of bringing down the house with your songwriting prowess abound, you’ll need to leave the living room, because daydreaming about being a performing musician is not going to get it done. So dust off the guitar/piano/dulcimer/whatever, flex your songwriting muscles and head down to the Songwriter’s Showcase, which kicks off Tue., Feb. 18, at Britannia Arms in Capitola.

An annual affair, the showcase is an opportunity for local, unsigned songwriters to get in front of an audience and perform for a panel of music industry professionals who judge the songs on musical content, lyrical content and composition.

Through eight preliminary rounds, two semifinals and a final round, songwriters will be narrowed down to one. The winner receives free studio time to record at MARS Studio.

In advance of the showcase, MARS Studios president Ken Capitanich, who has been overseeing the competition for more than a decade, detailed some of the elements that go into making a good song. Whether taking part in the showcase or just picking out a tune at home, here are five things he suggests keeping in mind as you craft your next (or first) tune: 1. Think of your song as a short movie. “They are real life stories, arranged into a threeminute song,” writes Capitanich.

“The verse is the story and the repeating chorus is the theme of the song.”

2. Know your audience.

Following your artistic whims and connecting with a wide audience do not necessarily go hand-in-hand.

While Capitanich acknowledges that artists always have the freedom to follow their creative inclinations, if you’re writing to reach the masses, stick with proven song styles.

3. Have a consistent song structure. “Structure means having lyrics and melody that are consistent,” Capitanich explains. “If you have 16 syllables in the first line of your first verse, and 9 in the first line of your second verse, how can your melody be at all consistent?”

He adds, “We might like the chorus, but if you only sing it once, how can we sing it with you by the end of the song?”

4. Keep the pity party in check. “I have heard the judges don’t like writers that write too much about themselves. Nobody wants to hear the ‘poor pitiful me’ over and over.” He advises songwriters that making the song into a story involving other people will make it more interesting.

5. Bring it all together.

Structure, consistency, originality and an interesting story combine to create a good song, says Capitanich.

Get these elements all working together and you’re on your way.

Songwriter’s Showcase Tuesday nights, Feb. 18-Apr. 8 Britannia Arms, Capitola.

Register at mars-studios.com

FEBRUARY 12-18, 2014

Returns to Capitola 5 songwriting tips to give you an edge

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Beatscap WEDNESDAY

2/12

JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE

Imagine your father is Steve Earle. Are you freaking out right now? You should be, cause your dad is probably naming you after a junkie poet, leaving your mom when you’re two years old and saddling you with some seriously messed up genetic flaws.

You just might also turn out to be a brilliant songwriter, and as anyone who’s heard “Harlem River Blues” knows, Earle Jr. has that in him, too. Ironically, he does in some ways sound like his other namesake Townes Van Zandt, but with a bigger, more-rockinfluenced sound. Don Quixote’s; 9pm; $22.

(Steve Palopoli)

THURSDAY

2/13

THURSDAY

2/13

MOTHER FALCON

CITIZEN COPE

Many a jam session has led to the creation of a band. Sometimes things just work. I can’t say, however, that I’ve heard of an orchestra being formed out of a jam session.

But, such is the case with Mother Falcon.

An “organic collective of classically trained young musicians,” the Austin-based outfit was formed as a platform for a group of high school cellists to stretch their stylistic wings beyond classical music. Now boasting a piano, banjo, vocals, bassoon, accordion, horns and more, Mother Falcon creates an extraordinary, future-leaning sound that sweeps through styles and moods with grace and panache. Don Quixote’s; $10 adv/$12 door; 9pm. (Cat Johnson)

It’s fitting that Citizen Cope—real name: Clarence Greenwood—would ditch the roots group sound every now and then for an acoustic guitar. There’s an aura of independence to the often activist-minded songwriter. And messages of Greenwood’s emotional vulnerability reverberate like heartbeats over his steady strumming and the occasional dissonant chords, which provide tension and climax in all the right places to otherwise simple progressions. “These feelings won’t go away,” he sings on his 2004 song “Sideways.” “They been knocking me sideways. They been knocking me out whenever you come around me.” Rio Theatre; $28 gen/$38 gold; 8pm. (Jacob Pierce)

FRIDAY

2/14

MONDO GENERATOR

In the Coachella Valley, amidst scorpions and kangaroo rats, two exciting musical experiences rose out of the Palm Desert sands when massive music festivals were still just a twinkle in Goldenvoice’s metaphorical eye. After heavy metal band Kyuss broke up in 1995, some of the southern California rockers began collaborating in Queens of the Stone Age and Mondo Generator with members jumping from one to the next. Eventually, Queens won Grammy nominations as guitarist Josh Homme emerged as that band’s leader—and Mondo gained a following all its own behind long-bearded bassist Nick Oliveri for its passionate, riff-heavy punk sound. Catalyst; $5 adv/$7 door; 9pm. (JP)

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pe TOWNES WITHOUT PITY Justin Townes Earle plays Don Quixote’s.

SATURDAY

2/15

WARRIOR KING

Touring on his third album Tell Me How Me Sound, Jah messenger Warrior King jumps around the stage with the enthusiasm of someone just stoked to have an audience.

We’re not saying he isn’t an experienced performer: he just looks like he’s having more fun than a toddler on Sesame Street.

He originally drew influence from fellow Jamaican reggae singer Bounty Killer, who sang electronic reggae songs like “War Is Not a Nice Ting” in the dancehall genre popularized

by Shaggy. Warrior King eventually morphed, discovering the more holistic and melodic “singjay” sound—a better fit for his free love sound, positive vibes and all that energy. Moe’s Alley; $15 adv/$20 door; 9pm. (JP)

TUCK & PATTI: VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT Jazz & Dinner Packages Available! (includes reserved seats) Sat. February 15

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CECILE McLORIN SALVANT Sunday, February 16

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BUMMER NIGHT: A TRIBUTE TO SARAH ELIZABETH CAMPBELL (1963 – 2013) Tickets: snazzyproductions.com

JAZZ ORGAN FANS! Mon. February 17 U 7 pm | No Comps

JAKE SHIMABUKURO Feb. 14 at Rio Theatre

DR. LONNIE SMITH TRIO

BIG BANG BEAT Feb. 14 at Don Quixote’s

MASTER CLASS SERIES ASHWIN BATISH: Application of Indian Music Concepts to Jazz and World Music

SUNDAY

2/16

PIMPS OF JOYTIME Led by a magnetic frontman/guitarist named Brian J who has called New Orleans, New York City and Los Angeles home, the Pimps of Joytime have a solid musical foundation to launch their particular brand of old-school funk from. Hailing from Brooklyn, this well-traveled outfit—the band played 100-plus dates last year alone—is all about movin’ and groovin’.

As J sings in the tight and catchy little ditty called “Janxta Funk”: “Show me what you can do, when the needle hits the groove / I don’t like it too clean, I don’t like it too mean / It’s got to have that janxta funk.” Moe’s Alley; $15 adv/$18 door; 9pm. (CJ)

MONDAY

2/17

DR. LONNIE SMITH TRIO Last summer I had the chance to talk with Hammond B-3 master Dr. Lonnie Smith after his performance at the San Jose Jazz Summerfest.

We chatted about the importance of staying away from people with bad energy and creating a life of your own design. When I asked him if he meditated, he smiled and said, “Yes, before I play.”

His comment encapsulates the vibe surrounding him: that music is a bridge to a beautiful place and that he takes his role as musical channel very seriously. A guru of groove, Smith has 30-plus albums to his name and knows a little something about getting us to that beautiful place.

Kuumbwa; $25 adv/$30 door; 7pm. (CJ)

Tues. February 18

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SCOTT HAMILTON & HARRY ALLEN QUINTET FEATURING ROSSANO SPORTIELLO Friday, February 21

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FRED EAGLESMITH

Tickets: snazzyproductions.com Monday, February 24

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KENNY WERNER TRIO Monday, March 3

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CYRILLE AIMEE & DIEGO FIGUEIREDO Thursday, March 6

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ANTON SCHWARTZ QUINTET FEATURING TAYLOR EIGSTI Sat. March 8, 7:30 pm at SC Civic

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WITH WYNTON MARSALIS Tickets: SantaCruzTickets.com or Civic Box Office, 831-420-5260 No Comps or Gift Certificates

Saturday, March 15

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TIERNEY SUTTON GOLD CIRCLE “AFTER BLUE” SOLD OUT! THE JONI MITCHELL PROJECT

ON SALE NOW!

Friday, May 17, 8 pm | Rio Theatre

BELA FLECK & ABIGAIL WASHBURN

| No Comps

Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer.

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

kuumbwajazz.org

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this drama about obsessive love can’t be any worse than that god-awful 1981 version with Brooke Shields, right?

Right? (Opens Fri at Scotts Valley and Green Valley)

GLORIA (R; 110 min) Pauline Garcia is getting rave reviews for her portrayal of a freespirited older woman in a new relationship in Santiago. (Opens Fri at the Nick) THE PAST (PG-13; 130 min) In this French mysterydrama, an Iranian in Paris leaves his wife and children

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to return to his homeland, but must return when his wife wants a divorce. Original title: Nice Going, Dumbass. (Opens Fri at the Nick) ROBOCOP (R; 102 min) What a coincidence, this is also low on my list of movies Hollywood should remake!

But for a different reason. Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 original was so unique in its mix of comicbook brightness and gritty crime action that it seems silly to try to recreate that magic.

They couldn’t just make a whole different movie about a

cyborg cop? Hells to the no! So now we have what appears to be a Christopher-Nolaned-up version from Brazilian director Jose Padilha, who would like to thank you for your cooperation.

(Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley) THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) The Slugs in Fishnets group are doing a live-cast version of the camp classic at this screening.

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Showtimes are for Wednesday, Feb. 12, through Wednesday, Feb. 19, unless otherwise indicated.

Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS

122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831-426-7500 www.thenick.com

Winter’s Tale — (Opens Fri) 2; 4:30; 7; 9:25 plus Sat-Mon 11:30am.

The Monuments Men — Daily 1:40; 4:15; 6:45; 9:10 plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.

Frozen — Wed-Thu 1:50; 4:15.

Nebraska — Wed-Thu 7; 9:20.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA

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

Robocop — (Opens Wed 2/12) 11; 1:30; 4:30; 7:20; 10:15.

Labor Day — Wed-Thu 11; 2; 4:45; 7:30; 10:10.

The LEGO Movie —Wed-Thu 11:15; 1:45; 4:20; 7; Fri-Wed 11; 12:30; 1:45; 3:15; 4:20; 7; 9:30.

The LEGO Movie 3D — Wed-Thu 9:30pm.

DEL MAR

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

Her — Daily 1:50; 4:30; 7:10; 9:45 plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.

The Monuments Men — Daily 1:40; 4:20; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

The Wolf of Wall Street — Daily 12:20; 3:50; 7:30. (no Thu 7:30pm) Rome & Juliet on Broadway — Thu 7:30pm; Sun 11am.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show — Fri-Sat midnight.

NICKELODEON

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

Gloria — (Opens Fri) 1:45; 4:15; 7; 9:30. (no Thu 7pm) The Past — (Opens Fri) 1:30; 3:20; 8:30.

12 Years a Slave — Wed-Thu 2:10; 8:50; Fri-Wed 8:50pm.

August: Osage County — Wed-Thu 1:50; 4:40; 7:10; 9:40; Fri-Wed 11:20; 6.

American Hustle — Fri-Wed 4; 9:20.

Dallas Buyer’s Club — Wed-Thu 4:50; Fri-Wed 11:10am.

The Invisible Woman — Wed-Thu 3:40; 8:10; Fri-Wed 11am.

Nebraska — Wed-Thu 1:20; 6:30; Fri-Wed 12:15; 6:30.

Oscar Shorts: Animated — Wed-Thu 2; 7; Fri-Wed 2:40; 7:20.

Oscar Shorts: Live Action — Wed-Thu 4:10; 9:30; Fri-Wed 4:50pm.

Philomena — Wed-Thu 6pm; Fri-Wed 1:15pm.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN

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

American Hustle — Wed-Thu 3:15; 6:30; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Wed 12:15pm)

Labor Day—Wed-Thu 3:30; 6:45; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Wed 12:30pm)

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9

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

Robocop — (Opens Wed 2/12) 11:30; 12:15; 2:15; 3; 5; 6; 7:35; 8:35; 10:15; 11:05; About Last Night — (Opens Thu 7pm) call for showtimes.

The LEGO Movie — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:35; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The LEGO Movie 3D—Wed-Thu 12:10; 2:40; 5:05; 7:35; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Frozen — Wed 2/12 12:05; 3; 9:30; Thu 12:05; 3; 6; 8:40 Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Ride Along — Wed-Thu 12:20; 3;05; 7:10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Lone Survivor — Wed-Thu 11:40; 2:50; 6:45; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

That Awkward Moment —Wed-Thu 11:35; 3:45; 7:05; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Vampire Academy — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:35; 5:15; 7:45; 10:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Rusaluka — Wed 2/12 6:30pm.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Thu 9pm.

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

Endless Love — (Opens Fri) 11:45; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 10.

Winter’s Tale — (Opens Fri) 11:55; 1; 4; 7; 9:45.

American Hustle — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:45; 6:45; 10; Fri-Wed 3:30; 6:45; 9:55. (no Thu 6:45pm)

Frozen — Wed-Thu 11:20; 2; 4:40; Fri-Wed 11:15; 1:55.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit — Wed-Thu 4:30; 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed 7:15; 9:55.

Labor Day — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:15; 4:55; 7:30; 10:10.

The LEGO Movie —Wed-Thu 11; 11:40; 12:30; 1:30; 2:15; 3; 4:10; 7:15; 7:45; 9:45; 10:15; Fri-Wed 11; 11:40; 1:30; 2:15; 4:10; 6:45; 7:30; 9:20; 10.

The LEGO Movie 3D — Wed-Thu 5:30pm; Fri-Wed 4:55pm.

The Monuments Men — Wed-Thu 11:55; 12:30; 3:45; 4:45; 7; 8; 10; Fri-Wed 11:30; 12:30; 3:45; 4:55; 7; 8; 10. (no Thu 11:30am) Nebraska — Wed-Thu 7pm; Fri-Wed 1:30; 4:30; 9:15.

The Nut Job — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; Fri-Wed 11:15am.

Philomena — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:15; 6:45.

Ride Along — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:15; 4:55; 7:40; 10:10; Fri-Wed 9:45pm.

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

Saving Mr. Banks — Daily 7:45pm.

That Awkward Moment — Wed-Thu 4; 9:45.

An Affair to Remember — Thu 7pm; Sat 11am.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8

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

Robocop — (Opens Wed 2/12) 1:25; 4:15; 7:15; 10 plus Sat-Mon 11am.

About Last Night — (Opens Thu 7pm) 1:45; 4:30; 7:30; 10.

Endless Love — (Opens Thu 8pm) 1:45; 4:30; 7:30; 9:45 plus 11:15am.

Winter’s Tale — (Opens Thu 8pm) 1:40; 4:20; 7; 9:40 plus Sat-Mon 11am.

American Hustle — Wed 2/12 6:45; 9:35.

Labor Day — Wed-Thu 1:35; 4:15; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed 1:35; 4; 7:20; 9:45 plus SatMon 11am. (no Thu 1:35; 7:20) The LEGO Movie — Daily 1:05; 2:05; 3:25; 4:30; 7; 8; 9:30 plus Sat-Mon 11:45am.

The LEGO Movie 3D — Daily 5:40pm plus Sat-Mon 10:45am.

Lone Survivor — Fri-Wed 4; 9:45 plus Sat-Mon 10:45am.

The Monuments Men — Wed-Thu 1:25; 4; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed 1:25; 4:15; 7:15; 9:50 plus Sat-Mon 10:45am.

The Nut Job — Wed-Thu 1; 3; 5:10; 7:25; 9:30; Fri-Tue 1:15; 4 plus Sat-Mon 11am.

Ride Along — Daily 1:20; 4; 7:30; 10 plus Sat-Mon 11am. (no Thu 4; 10) That Awkward Moment — Wed-Thu 1:05; 3:15; 5:20; 7:30; 10:00.

Vampire Academy — Wed-Thu 1:35; 4:15; 7:20; 9:45; Fri-Wed 1:25; 7:15.

Loaf again?” God, the ad-libs are funnier than the movie at this point! (Plays Fri and Sat at midnight at the Del Mar) WINTER'S TALE (PG-113; 118 min) Colin Farrell stars in this fantasy as a burglar who discovers he has the gift of re-incarnation. Bet he doesn’t do that Total Recall remake again! (Opens Fri at Aptos, Scotts Valley and Green Valley)

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12 YEARS A SLAVE (R; 133 min) Based on an 1853 memoir, this story of a free African American kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South is easily the bestreviewed film of the year.

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY (R; 121 min) It’s this year’s Acting Olympics, as Meryl Streep, Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper…oh come on!

You saw the preview! You know you’re gonna go! They got the people everybody loves to be in an adaptation of a play everybody loves, with a plot about family dysfunction, which everybody loves! (The plot, not the dysfunction). Face it, you’re going! I’m already there! In my mind!

I, FRANKENSTEIN (PG13; 92 min) Aaron Eckhart plays a weary, centuries-old man caught up in a battle of immortals. Can it possibly be a coincidence that the last cross-eyed movie star before Eckhart, Christopher Lambert, also played a weary, centuries-old man caught up in a battle of immortals—in 1986’s Highlander? I think not! What the hell is going on with these immortals?

How do they live so long when they can’t see straight?

JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT (PG-13; 105 min) A bunch of people have played Tom Clancy’s CIA-analyst hero at this point, but for some reason it seems like Harrison Ford just is Jack Ryan. Now the character is back in the form of Chris Pine (best known for re-booting Captain Kirk), with an over-the-top action approach that basically makes Ryan into a superhero.

Couldn’t you just hear millions of Clancy fans groan when Kevin Costner tells him in the trailer “You’re not just an analyst now”? Uh, wasn’t the whole point of the character that he was an analyst?

THE LEGO MOVIE (PG; 100 min) Everybody from Morgan Freeman to Will Ferrell to Shaq gets to voice

something in this animated movie, which (spoiler alert) is not actually made out of Legos. In other news, it’s official: everything gets to have a movie. What’s next, Battleship? Oh wait…

THAT AWKWARD MOMENT (R; 94 min) Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan star as three best friends whose dating lives start to come between them because rom-com.

THE MONUMENTS MEN (PG-13; 118 min) There’s something creepy about the fact that this movie is flying so under the radar. It’s written and directed by George Clooney, with a great premise (a World War II platoon rescues art from the Nazis), and an all-star cast featuring Clooney, Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Bill Murray and more. It’s based on a true story, the trailer looks great. Why isn’t anyone talking about this?

THE NUT JOB (PG; 86 min) I can’t even imagine what the pitch sessions are like for these animated quirky-animal movies. Is there a lightning round? “OK, there’s a bear…” “No.” “OK, there’s a duck…” “No.” “OK, there’s a platypus…” “Hell no.” Somehow, somebody sold the idea of a squirrel, and so in this movie little Surly the Squirrel (voiced by Will Arnett) gets kicked out of his home in a park and has to survive in the city.

RIDE ALONG (PG-13; 100 min) We know Ice Cube can act, but for the last decade his career has been pretty much reduced to finding different ways to contort his face for a wide spectrum of annoyed looks. Make no mistake about it: if there were Oscars for facial tics, Ice Cube would add to his collection with this latest comedy in which he plays a cop who keeps getting annoyed by Kevin Hart. How is that a movie? We’re all annoyed by Kevin Hart.

VAMPIRE ACADEMY (PG-13; 114 min) If I even started to tell you the over-complicated plot of this movie about “dhampir guradians,” half-vampires and blah blah blah, you would go comatose in seconds.

Here’s all you need to know to decide if this is the movie for you: hot young vampires wear schoolgirl outfits, crack cheeky double entendres, bite each other, fight and say stupid stuff like, “Let’s make tonight our bitch.”

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ABOUT LAST NIGHT (R; 100 min) Say you gave me a list of 1000 movies, and asked me to rank them by likelihood that Hollywood would remake them. Say, for some reason, 1986’s About Last Night… was one of those films. I can guarantee you that astoundingly forgettable postBrat-Pack dramedy—based on a play by David Mamet, but now remembered almost exclusively for featuring

Demi Moore’s breasts, if it’s remembered at all—would be somewhere near the very bottom. And yet, here’s the remake, featuring flavor-ofthe-month comedian Kevin Hart and once again following a new couple as they go from one-night-stand to full-blown relationship. No word on whether Moore’s breasts return for a cameo. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley) ENDLESS LOVE (PG-13; 103 min) Wait, let me check the bottom of my list again. Yup, this one’s there, too. But hey,

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FURTHER FOOD DOCUMENTARIES: Becoming yet more famous

by the day is our own former surfer David Kinch, whose Michelin-starred dream dining room Manresa is

featured in a new documentary The Farmer and the Chef. The film by Michael Whelan explores the mutually productive relationships between Kinch and his eclectic menu needs and Cynthia Sandberg's Love Apple Farm in the mountains near Los Gatos. If, like me, you're a fan of just how delicious this grower-chef alliance has become, you might want to check out the world premiere of The Farmer and the Chef on March 9, as part of the Cinequest Film Festival in the San Jose Repertory Theater.

TIME FOR WINE: At the Tenth Annual Pinot Paradise, showcas-

ASSEMBLY REQUIRED Carlo Espinas, chef for the soon-to-open Assembly, at the Del Mar screening of ‘Spinning Plates.’

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n a scene straight from the heyday of Studio 54 openings, what looked like half of Santa Cruz waited patiently in front of the Del Mar for a turn at sampling the handiwork of Carlo Espinas, chef of the restaurant-in-progress Assembly. I took advantage of my press status to pop in for an advance look-see, grabbing a glass of excellent River Run Zinfandel from the VinoCruz table before heading up to the movie palace mezzanine for some appetizers. Espinas walked me through some of the pretty platters filled with crisp lavosh with yogurt and smoked onion, pork and Meyer

lemon sliders as well as outrageous yam, goat cheese and olive tapenade baguette slices. Espinas admitted happily that Santa Cruz “has such high standards for organic and local ingredients—I'll have to catch up!”

My favorite of the lovely Assembly preview foods was a skewer of pickled quail egg, roasted beet and Brussels sprout, delicately fiery with horseradish. Fellow noshers went wild over a combo of seared steak with sesame-spiced carrot. Sexy food for sure. Greeting the crowds who poured up the staircases was Assembly entrepreneuse Kendra Baker, calmly assuring me that

the large-scale new dining room a few doors down from the theater would indeed be ready by "the end of February." After the schmoozing, wine and food—something we've all missed in this town for quite a while—the crowd spilled into the main screening theater for a lively documentary about restaurants, Spinning Plates. The terrifically interactive evening was the brainchild of new Nick marketing guy, Ike Jablon, who as far as I'm concerned can just keep those ideas coming. All eyes are now firmly on the next big thing— Assembly—about to launch from the Penny Ice Creamery folks.

ing the top pinots of the Santa Cruz Mountains. And I mean top! This tasty event involves three days of tasting, learning and meeting legendary winemakers—the men and women finessing some of our very best wines, those loaded with terroir. Day 1 is filled with winespeak and technical sessions, followed by a VIP Wine Reception from 4:30-6pm. Day 2 ($25) offers mega-sampling as well as tours through facilities of pinot noir participants including Alfaro, Bargetto, Beauregard, Big Basin, Byington, La Honda, Savannah-Chanelle, Silver Mountain, Thomas Fogarty and others. Day 3 is all about the

Pinot Noir Grand Tasting from 2-5pm ($100), abundant with artisan foods, wines and silent auction.

This year's Pinot Paradise—and this event truly is the big kahuna of pinot tastings in our region—happens April 11, 12 and 13 at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga. Visit the SCMWA website for details and advance tix.

RAINY DAY QUICKIE: The turkey chili at New Leaf Markets. Always delicious, fresh and absolutely perfect for a quick winter dinner. (Or lunch, or—with an egg on top—for breakfast). 0

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manda Franks started at Rocky’s Café on Highway 9 as a server at age 15. Seven years later, she’s managing the Felton restaurant in the mornings before going to class at Cabrillo College, where she studies business.

SANTA CRUZ WEEKLY: Was this place always a Rocky’s? AMANDA

FRANKS: It was originally a house. It was built in 1927. The owner actually lived here as a little girl. It’s been other restaurants. It’s been Dale’s Diner—lots of history. The owner always tells me that her mom built these walls herself because she owned a wood shop.

With a small kitchen, does everyone do a little bit of everything?

We work as a family. I’m willing to do anything. I’ll do dishes. I control the register.

The only thing I normally don’t do is cook. We all pitch in here and there.

What do you like to eat here? I skip around everywhere. I really like our

tofu scramble option. Being in Santa Cruz and in this day and age, vegetarian options are not everywhere actually. It’s one of the things I take advantage of here. I love our pancakes, too. They’re nice and fluffy. We have a secret of coconut pancakes. It’s not on our menu, so it’s shredded coconut flakes, and it adds a whole new texture to the pancakes. A lot of people make combinations of blueberry coconut or banana coconut.

I usually take advantage of our specials, too. If someone asks “have you had that?” I like to be able to say a reflection of how it really tastes. Thanksgiving, we’ll do a roasted turkey omelet with cranberry sauce and cream cheese. I can say “it is strange, but it is really good.” Right now we have a goat cheese and broccoli omelet.

My friend says your breakfast burrito is the best ever. A lot of people

have been saying it’s the best in town, which is a compliment because we have a taqueria down the road.

He was really hungry. It’s $7.95. It’s really good. It primarily comes with bacon as the main meat option, but again we do have a lot of vegetarians around the area, so we always offer a substitute of spinach instead or mushrooms. It has salsa fresca we make here ourselves, nice ripe avocado.

Are you vegetarian? I’m a bacontarian. The only meat I eat is bacon. I’m not vegetarian, but I prefer vegetarian options. Except for bacon, because that’s my weakness.

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ARIES (March (March 21-April 19): In her TTED ED talk, science writer Mary Roach madee it clear that human beings don’t don’t need genital stimul lation to experience stimulation or gasms. She spoke of a woman who rroutinely outinely orgasms. rreaches eaches ecstatic climax by havin ows havingg her eyebr eyebrows car essed, and another woman who w rreaches eaches the big caressed, O simply by brushing her teeth. Then T there’s the there’s woman who can simply think he erself into coming, herself no physical touch necessary. necessary. I can’t caan’t guar antee that guarantee a similar aptitude p will suddenlyy turn t on in yyou, Aries, but the coming days could bringg you as close as you have ever been. Right now you’r you’ree a connoisseur of deep pleasur e—a blessed bliss master pleasure—a master..

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “The “TThe fact fact that someone doesn’t rrescue escue you from from the project project of else loves you doesn’t yourself,” writes blogger Sahaj Sahhaj Kohli.

Kohli. Nothing else loving yourself,” rescues you from from that quest, either, eitheerr, I would add. Sooner rescues ’s now or 20 years yeaars in the future, future, or later later,r, whether it it’s rt. It ’s not enough to you will have to master this fine aart.

It’s merely ffeel eel aff ection ffor or yourself; not n enough to seek merely affection pleasure and avoid pain. YYou’ve oou’ve go ot to make extensive pleasure got investigations to discover what it means to love rous plans ffor or how to yourself; you have to develop rigor rigorous accomplish it;; and you must fir firee uupp a deep commitment ans. By the way y, the ry out those pla as you actually car carry plans. way, comingg week weekss will be an excellentt time to work on mastering this fine art.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21-June 20): “Drunk “Drrunk with my madness, I shouted at him furiou slyy, ‘Make lif furiously, lifee beautiful! Make lif S says a char acter in lifee beautiful!’”” So character a pr ose poem by Charles Baudela aire. And now prose Baudelaire. now,, even though I am neither drunk nor fu rious nor consumed furious with madness, I am whispering th he same command to the you. I hope you will rrespond espond by em mbarking on a her oic embarking heroic eff ort to make lif ywhere you go. The effort lifee beautiful every everywhere astr ological omens suggest that if you do, you will be astrological inundated with pr actical blessing gs that ar practical blessings aree as valuable as money cellent way to drum money.. This will also be an exc excellent up the kind of love you cr ave. crave.

CANCER (June 21-July 21-July 22): Here’s Here’s what I wish ffor or you during the V son: to be happily Valentine alentine sea season: i love in l with ith an iintimate ti t partner t who h lloves you bback. k If that ’s not feasible, feasible, here’s here’s whatt I hope: that you that’s ar ovocative lessons about yourself aree learning pr provocative thr ough your gr owth-inducing rrelationship e elationship with a through growth-inducing close ally sed with either of ally.. And if you’r you’ree not bless blessed those experiences, her e’s a thir ternative: that you here’s thirdd al alternative: cherish your ffathomless athomless longing ffor or its own sake, ffeeling eeling wonder and rreverence everence ffor o its wild power even or if it ’s unfulfilled. it’s LEO (July 23-Aug. 23-Aug. 22): Making ey eye ye contact is essential ffor or building potent links links with people peopple you care care about.

It bypasses rational rational thought, stimulating stimuulating chemical rreactions eactions in your bodies that enhance enhaance empathy and intimacy acticing the art of lo ove, it ’s one of the intimacy.. In pr practicing love, it’s most potent moves you can make alentine season make.. This V Valentine would be an excellent time ffor or youu Leos to explor exploree the ffrontiers fr ontiers ti off what h t’s ’ possible ibl through th througghh prolonged prolonged l d eye what’s contact. SStart tart her e: CCultivate ultivate a sincere sinccere desire desire to know here: what ’s simmering inside the soulss of your dearest dearest allies. what’s With that as your driving force, force, your youur gaze won’t won’t be clouded by shyness or self-consciousness. self-conscioousness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

23-Sept. 22): “I pprefer refer an ecstatic orgasm to a lot of angst,” says FFilipino orgasm ilipino artist David king that your battle Medalla. I hope you consider ma making alentine season apt cry during this V Valentine season.. It would be in rrapt rent cosmi eally harmony with the cur current cosmicc omens. Ther Theree rreally for you to get sideline ed by anxiety or is no need for sidelined distracted by stress stress when the na atural rremedy emedy is so distracted natural go, easily available. In every way youu can imagine, Vir Virgo, fight off sourness and dourness by engaging in acts pleasure. of joy and pleasure.

LIBRA (Sept.

(Sept 23-Oct. 23-Oct Oct. 22): In he her er poem “Implications Implications Marge Piercy Piercy mar m vels at the way of One Plus One,”” Marge marvels k she and her long-term partner keep finding new Ten e years of fitting nuances in their love-making. “T “Ten thhey sing wild songs our bodies together / and still they ’s their secr et? It ’s in new keys,”” she writes. What What’s secret?

It’s chemistry, magic and wi ill and luck.” What “timing, chemistry, will for you this V alentine season, seasson, Libra, Libra, is that I wish for Valentine ingredients you will have access to all five off those ingredients reinvigorate your rrelationship elationnship to love. as you reinvigorate More importantly—based on the the current current cosmic More predict redict e you will have access to them. omens—I pr

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