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BUTT SERIOUSLY UCSC’s ban on smoking includes not only cigarettes, but also e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco, part of a shift toward limiting the health-care costs created by primary users.

Tobacco's Culture War The local movement to ban it isn’t just about secondhand smoke BY GEORGIA PERRY

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econdhand smoke kills.” We’ve all heard it, and it’s been used as justification for smoking bans great and small—in bars, on campuses and throughout cities. At this point, most can agree that it is not fair for nonsmokers to have to suffer the negative health effects caused by cigarette smoke.

But new rounds of smoking bans, including the UC-wide smoking ban, which took effect on January 1, are increasingly banning the use of e-cigarettes and chewing tobacco along with traditional cigarettes, signifying that there’s more at stake than just secondhand smoke these days.

“It’s a culture change,” says Saladin Sale, co-chair of the campus Smoke- and Tobacco-Free Policy

Implementation Committee. “We want UCSC to be a leader in advocating for a healthier society.”

Sale compares it to laws requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets when riding.

“When it comes to those who make certain lifestyle choices that are demonstrated to lead to disease processes that lead to higher healthcare costs, society is making a decision that it wants those users to either pay a premium for their behavior or to just stop doing it. We see downstream that health-care costs of smokers drive up health-care costs for everyone.”

Chewing tobacco has been linked to mouth and tongue cancers, but there exist few studies about the health risks of e-cigarettes.

“I think it’s good they ban cigarettes,” says Omeed Ahrary, a sales associate at Green Vapors in downtown Santa Cruz, of the UCSC smoking ban. “But I think it’s kind of dumb how they have to deem e-cigarettes the same as cigarettes.

Because they aren’t. They’re completely different.”

In the small shop, lined with vials of “e-liquid” in a variety of flavors, Ahrary demonstrates how a cloud of vapor from certain high-tech types of e-cigarettes can fill the entire room. Seeing who can create the biggest cloud is a growing trend among e-cigarette users, he says.

Trends aside, however, Ahrary says that a majority of the store’s customers are former cigarette smokers who are trying to quit.

The UCSC Smoke- and Tobacco-Free

Policy Implementation Committee offers students information about using patches and gum for quitting cigarettes, but Saladin says he doesn’t consider e-cigarettes in league with these other quitting tools.

“Nicotine gum, nicotine patches and lozenges are all cessation resources that are acknowledged and regulated by the FDA. There are requirements about disclosing ingredients and disclosing how much nicotine is present. They’re considered safe. They’ve been studied.

The e-cigarettes and vaporizers and all this—at the present time it’s the Wild West. It is totally unregulated,” Sale says.

Studies of e-cigarettes are pretty few and far between, but some claim to show that they contain carcinogens— though fewer than traditional cigarettes.

Regulating e-cigarettes isn’t just happening on college campuses. Nearly 50 California cities and counties have revised their smoke-free policies to address e-cigarette use. On Tuesday, Santa Cruz’s city council discussed a proposed amendment to the city’s smoking ordinance that would, among other things, prohibit the use of e-cigarettes in all areas where smoking is prohibited.

Sale says that if keeping tobacco products away from young people results in a generation of non-smokers, it is the right move. “If a generation of leaders comes to maturity in a smokefree environment, they’re much more likely to just assume, well, that’s what it is. That’s how I think we can get to the goal of a tobacco-free society,” he says.

As far as a certain other popular smoking trend on the UCSC campus goes, the smoking ban literature doesn’t really address it, aside from saying it is regulated by the federal government. “The smoking ban is really focused on tobacco and nicotine addiction,” says Sale .

But will the smoking ban affect the campus’ infamous 4-20 celebration?

Most likely not. “I’ve not heard anything to say that there’s going to be a revolutionary change this year. Fourtwenty is an anomaly,” says Sale. “It is this strangely Santa Cruz event.” 0

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TOE TO TOE The McCoy Tyler Band, left to right: bassist Chad Bowen, guitarist-vocalist McCoy Tyler and drummer Clinton Brown.

As the McCoy Tyler Band rises in the thriving local roots-music scene, they take their music seriously. But that’s about it. BY JACOB PIERCE

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he McCoy Tyler Band has dressed up to play the Freedom Rotary Club’s 30th anniversary party.

Drummer Clinton Brown threw on a dress shirt, and upright bassist Chad Bowen, the trio’s self-described “recovering jam band fanatic,” put his long hair in a ponytail with a rubber band he borrowed from the raffle table. The Santa Cruz guys—known in the local Americana scene for their serious songwriting and goofy senses of humor—have been trading glances, grinning sheepishly most of the night as they play under the fluorescent lighting of the convention

center-like Harvest Room at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. And it’s going okay, at least until an organizer steps up to the microphone after their second set.

“Let’s hear it for the Colt McCoy Band!” he says.

Colt McCoy is a former backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers. This is a perfect example of a frustrating, though not uncommon, moment for any band trying to make it. But as the three men jog down the metal steps off the makeshift stage for their second intermission, they can’t stop laughing.

“Well, I guess we’re changing our name,” quips McCoy Tyler, the group’s guitarist and frontman.

Tyler didn’t know what to expect tonight.

Accustomed to playing shows at Don Quixote’s, he and his two band mates know occasional gigs like these do come with the territory, and for good reason: they pay well and don’t run past 10pm.

But the club members and volunteers below them chowing down on enchiladas probably would prefer to hear “Brown-Eyed Girl” and “Sweet Caroline,” not some eclectic blend of clever country ditties and moving ballads with the occasional John Prine song tossed in. “This is a well-lit room, and that’s a little weird,” Tyler admits, waiting in line for a cold intermission Budweiser. “I don’t like to see people’s disinterest.”

The band’s policy is clear, however: no more covers, no way.

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HIS STORY OF ROOTS There’s a bit of a throwback vibe to frontman McCoy Tyler’s style.

“It’s a dark road. You know what I mean?” Tyler adds.

I really don’t, but the 28-year-old Brown is quick to elaborate.

“The shows I enjoy most are when everyone isn’t there to hear old covers, but is there to dance and check out new music,” Brown explains in a sincere moment for a band that doesn’t get very serious too often.

“You should just leave these chops,” bassist Bowen says, suddenly interrupting with shaving advice as he points to Brown’s face. (Bowen is also the band’s “beard coach.”) “This right here is ready to be chopped!

When you’re ready to cut it, you need to spend at least a day with lamb chops, dude.”

Mixing Time It’s a Wednesday evening, and Tyler has invited me up to the property where he grew up in the Soquel Hills—and where he now lives in a back house with his girlfriend—as the band puts finishing touches on an

album they’re calling Time Machine.

It could be the foundation of a new identity.

“The first one was more of folk record. We have a bluegrass-y edge,” Tyler says in the mixing room. “This album will give us more of a sound.”

Barefoot and wearing a striped V-neck shirt with a redwood tree tattoo showing on his right arm, Tyler is sitting at a desktop MacBook Pro with Logic recording software on the screen. A busted classical guitar and two extension cords hang on the wall.

Bowen, 36, is standing a few feet away cradling a mandolin. He’s also barefoot, revealing a matching-friend foot tattoo he shares with fellow Ohio native and local bassist Jeff Kissell.

It’s a tattoo of the Buckeye State with bass notes on top of it, and it was administered by the guitarist from Miss Lonely Hearts, a local honky tonk band.

Tyler’s songwriting falls somewhere between folk, rock and country. The song themes are serious

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and their craft, creative—bringing in occasional jazz elements. And when he plays “To the Bone,” a new song, live, Tyler works the first four bars of “Stairway to Heaven” into the middle of an instrumental break. When he solos, he moves quickly up and down the neck, wailing and plucking his instrument like it’s a banjo.

Tyler played more electric guitar on this new album, which features several guest appearances, including members of Steep Ravine and rambling songwriter John Craigie, a UCSC grad, on harmonica.

When he plays ‘To the Bone’ live, Tyler works the first four bars of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ into the middle of an instrumental break. When he solos, he moves quickly up and down the neck, wailing and plucking his instrument like it’s a banjo.

All three musicians sing, harmonizing on most songs, and their voices blend nicely. Brown— without any fancy fills—finds interesting rhythms and keeps a fun interplay with Tyler.

McCoy Tyler Band, which averaged more than a show per week last year, plays Don Quixote’s this Friday

and will also be playing the Do It Ourselves Festival at Camp Krem in Boulder Creek next month. In live concerts, the group prides itself on getting a lot of sound out of three people, speeding up and slowing tempo seamlessly while playing complex arrangements.

New fans sometimes compare the group to Crosby, Stills and Nash or Paul Simon, but a specific genre is difficult to pin down.

“Chad and I have talked a lot about whether or not to pigeonhole ourselves. We call ourselves a folk band, but a lot of people would hear this and get pissed off because there’s electric guitars,” Tyler says, pointing to the tracks on the screen.

“That’s why I say we come up with our own: prog folk,” Bowen chimes in.

“We’re trying to come up with terms that encompass what we do,” Tyler says. “Like ‘California country.’”

Brown is in the next room, visible through a large glass window, laying down rhythm tracks— shakers, tambourine and a couple vibraslaps—as Tyler toys with the levels and Bowen tries to make Brown laugh. “It gets weird in here as it gets late,” Bowen says, noodling on the mandolin. “There’s a witching hour when things get silly.”

Internet Mating The band’s antics began almost three years ago, and it’s a coincidence, in a way, that the three members get along as well as they do, since they met on the Internet.

Tyler graduated from San Francisco State with a creative writing degree in May 2011, moved home and devoted his time to writing songs. He placed a Craigslist post in the “musicians” category saying he was looking for people to play music and who wanted to sing. Brown and Bowen are the only two from the ad he ever met up with to practice.

The three of them, musically speaking, got here from different places. Brown played drums in his middle school band and later joined a Sacramento funk band with guitarist Daniel Talamantes, now a member of Santa Cruz’s Mark Twang, a country rock group. Bowen has been playing various instruments since he

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HYBRID MOMENTS Employing both electric guitars and a Led Zeppelin obsession in their folk music, the group doesn’t want to let their sound be pigeonholed. was eight, and upright bass for the past four years.

Tyler got an acoustic guitar from his older brother when he was 13 years old, but it didn’t see much action while he stayed busy following his true passion—dirt bike racing. But his teenage career came to an end when he broke his leg and got airlifted via helicopter from Hollister to San Jose. The injury left plenty of time to play guitar and listen to the guitar solo from “Whole Lotta Love” off Led Zeppelin II on repeat. Soon he was shredding lead guitar in a local metal band called Trigger Renegade, which played the 418 Project and the Blue Lagoon. He enjoyed climbing on top of the speakers during the encores.

“And wasn’t there a big show when you ripped your shirt off?” Bowen asks.

“Yeah, that was my big moment: playing with my shirt off with my 17-year-old chest exposed, standing on a speaker at the Blue Lagoon,” Tyler says. “I’ve always accepted I will

never be more of a rock star than I was at that moment.”

What’s Next?

One way to learn more about any band is to ask members who they would tour with. It shows not just who the group emulates, but where they think they stand in terms of their readiness. In this case the three musicians cover all the bases.

Tyler mentions The Wood Brothers, his biggest songwriting inspiration—a folk duo not yet famous enough to be totally out of reach. He and Bowen also suggest Willie Nelson, whose wide-ranging career they admire—including his jazz period. They even like his 2005 reggae album.

But Tyler says, even in a perfect world, he’d probably prefer touring with local bands like Ben Lomond’s Coffis Brothers and Mountain Men— friends of his, with whom the band often shares billing.

“I would rather tour with people

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who care about our music,” Tyler says. “I would rather tour with people I really like. If we could just tour with Marty O’Reilly, Steep Ravine, Coffis Brothers and Miss Lonely Hearts, that would be the ultimate experience.”

Touring is a big step, though. And while Brown would love to go on a three-month tour, he says the band has more legwork and promotions left to do before everyone’s ready to put it all on the line. “If there were a way for me to pay all my bills and do this, I’d be down, but I don’t think we’re there yet,” he says.

‘That was my big moment: playing with my shirt off with my 17-year-old chest exposed, standing on a speaker at the Blue Lagoon.

I’ve always accepted I will never be more of a rock star than I was at that moment.’

—MCCOY TYLER

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All three musicians have day jobs— Brown for a semiconductor company in San Jose, Tyler for Sylvan Music and Bowen for Trader Joe’s. But they do have one idea for how to get out.

“We’ve been trying to court John Craigie a long time,” Tyler says. “My argument is: Bob Dylan took The Band on tour with him. We could be your band, John.”

Tyler’s band opened for Craigie

twice at Kuumbwa Jazz Center and even backed him up for a few songs, filling out the solo singer/songwriter’s sound.

Craigie, who tours year-round, says he’d be up for the adventure.

“I’ve had some secret wishes to do an album with them as a backing band. They’re really cool, and they match with my sound. So yeah, anytime, man,” Craigie says. “If we haven’t already talked about that, we’ve definitely been courting each other.”

Still Tyler, who’s becoming more of a “homebody,” says he might miss sitting in the mountains and building new songs. He says long, successful tours aren’t necessarily the end goal anyway.

“I want to play quality shows, and I want to have fun doing that, and I never want it to feel like work. I don’t want it to feel like a nine-tofive,” Tyler says. “The moment that happens, what’s the point? That’s the goal: play quality shows and enjoy doing it. If the money comes, that’s good.”

In the meantime, they’re working to get better. As the band prepares to release Time Machine in May, Tyler, Brown and Bowen have been focusing on their new songs— many of which they’ve only played live once. The recording process allowed the band to listen, track by track, and figure out what worked best for each song.

Now they’re sitting down and listening to the tracks trying to remember what they did— arranging their new works for the road and their CD release.

That leaves the door open for possibilities and more changes.

“Going back to what I said earlier, this album will define us, but yeah—actually that’s bullshit what I told you,” Tyler says. “We’re still in flux.”

There’s always time to expand your sound after all.

“We’re going to do a reggae album next,” Bowen adds. “Willie style.”

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Leo K Leo Kottke o e ottk Fri, March, Marrch, 28, $35; $35; 8pm Rio Theatre, The eatre, Santa Cruz

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Central Coast: Watercolor paintings. Gallery hours: Wed-Sat, noon-5pm; Sun, noon-4pm. Thru April 19..

Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, Sun noon-4pm. 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.

Bellydance Showcase VinoCruz Pulse of Nature. Oil paintings

by Maggie Renner Hellmann: Seascapes, landscapes and flowers. TuesdaysSundays, thru April 30. 725 Front St #101, Santa Cruz, 831.426.8466.

CONCERTS

CONTINUING

Santa Cruz Chamber Players

Cabrillo College Gallery

From Weed to Reed: Music from the Renaissance through the modern age, played on woodwind instruments. www. scchamberplayers.org.

Sat, Mar 29, 8pm and Sun, Mar 30, 3pm. $25 general; $20 senior: $10 youth.

Christ Lutheran Church, 10707 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.425.3149.

The Soft White Sixties San Francisco-based indie rock. Sat, Mar 29, 5pm.

Streetlight Records Santa Cruz, 939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.421.9200.

Art

Cabrillo Gallery. Bridging Santa Cruz: A survey show spanning 50 years of printmaking in Santa Cruz County. Gallery hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm & MonTues, 7-9pm. Thru April 11. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.

Pajaro Valley Arts Council The MPC Printmakers.

Printmaking On and Off the Wall: An exhibit of contemporary fine art prints, sculptures, handmade books and more. Gallery hours: Wed-Sun, 11am-4pm. Thru April 19. Free. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center

OPENING

Prime Time: The "best of the best" submitted by local artists. Judged by George Rivera. Thru April 5. Free, 831.336.3513. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

Santa Cruz Art League

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History

GALLERIES

Santa Cruz Watercolor Society. The Best of the

Nikki McClure. Cutting

education class by the City of Capitola Recreation Department. Begins April 10. $84-$98. Capitola Community Center, 4400 Jade Street, Capitola, 831.475.6115.

Beat Sanctuary Various Santa Cruz County Bank Locations SC County Bank Arts. Off the Wall: Local artists create works exploring the beauty and space of our 3-dimenstional world.

Mon-Thurs, 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-6pm. Thru May 2. Free. n/a, Santa Cruz.

Events LITERARY EVENTS Poetry Santa Cruz Poetry reading by George Bilgere and Diana Hartog. www.poetrysantacruz. org. Tue, Apr 1, 7:30pm. $3 suggested donation.

Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.464.8983.

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

NOTICES Adult Education The Five Stages of Transformation: An adult

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.

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.

Diversity Center Professionals Mixer Ocean views, appetizers, beverages and opportunities for networking with other businesses and professionals. Wed, Mar 26, 6-7:30pm. $10. Santa Cruz Dream Inn, 175 West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

Energy Workshop Empowerment training for identifying and clearing the people and events from the past that limit growth. Fri, Mar 28, 6:30-8:30pm. Body & Soul, 738 Chestnut St, Santa Cruz, 831.264.7000.

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.

Grief Support A lunchtime drop-in support group for adults grieving the death of a family member or friend. Tues. 6-7pm at 125 Heather Terrace, Aptos; Fri. noon-1pm at 5403 Scotts Valley Dr. Ste. D, Scotts Valley. free. Various sites, NA, Santa Cruz, 831.430.3000.

Postpartum Health Circle

FRIDAY 3/28—SUNDAY 3/30

Santa Cruz PaddleFest The 28th annual PaddleFest welcomes elite paddle surfers and beginners alike for a full weekend of races, surfing contests and parties stretching from Cowell’s to Steamer Lane. Friday, March 28 through Sunday, March 30 at Lighthouse Point/Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz. Free to watch.

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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.

Her Own Path 1996-2013: McClure transforms black construction paper into graphic stories of daily life.

Thru May 25. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

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.

Support and Recovery Groups

SATURDAY 3/29

Conversations with Creative Heroes: James Durbin The Santa Cruz Sentinel’s Wallace Baine, in what is intended to be a recurring interview series, will have a one-on-one dialogue with American Idol’s James Durbin—a native Santa Cruz singer. Come for the creative insights, stay for the Durbin promotional door prizes. Saturday, March 29 at 7:30pm at the Cabrillo College Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos. Tickets $15 general; $12 students & seniors.

Ongoing groups and weekly meetings. ADHD: 831.818.9691. Alzheimer's: 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. Recovering Couples Anonymous: 408.592.6377. Female Survivor Support: 831.425.4030.

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.

Touched By Adoption Group Adoptive families, adult adoptees, families waiting to adopt and birth parents

meet monthly to connect in a safe, confidential setting. Last Sat of every month, 10am-12pm. Free.

Live Oak Family Resource Center, 1438 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 1.866.219.1155.

831.425.3431. Basic: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Wed, 5:30-6:30pm, 831.462.8383. Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:30-7pm. All are free.

Women's Commission Reception

AROUND TOWN

A reception for more than 100 "Women Who Care," who have raised over $100,00 for nonprofits in Santa Cruz County.

Thu, Mar 27, 6-7:30pm.

Santa Cruz County Office Building, 701 Ocean St, Santa Cruz.

Yoga Instruction Pacific Cultural Center: 35+ classes per week, 831.462.8893. SC Yoga: 45 classes per week, 831.227.2156. TriYoga: numerous weekly classes, 831.464.8100.

Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900. Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.

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

Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm,

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. Fourth Thu of every month. $5-$7.

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

Holi Festival A Hindu tradition celebrating the arrival of Spring by throwing gulual—holy colored powder. Sat, Mar 29, 12:30-2pm. $8 general; $5 members, students & seniors. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

Sanctuary Camp Gala A multi-course meal catered by India Joze plus live music and a

tour of a 2.5 acre jungle garden. Fundraiser for the proposed Santa Cruz Sanctuary Homeless Camp.

Sun, Mar 30, 4:30-10pm. $40-$45. The Jungle House, 535 Spring St., Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Paddlefest A surfing contest for kayaks, stand-up paddle boards and wave skis. Fri, Mar 28, Sat, Mar 29 and Sun, Mar 30. Lighthouse Point, West Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, 831.458.3648.

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.

Film Cesar Chavez Q&A An opening night screening of Chavez's new biopic followed by a Q&A with some of his local friends and colleagues. Fri, Mar 28, 7:15pm. $10.50. Del Mar Theatre, 1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.469.3224.

Beatscape

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Mentioninng the name John Fahey Mentioning in circles cles iss like having the n certain cir password secret society.. The assword to a secr ret society late ate ffingerpicking ingerrpicking gguitar uitar master is surrounded mythology urroundeed by a m ythology and discipleship speaks iscipleship that sp peaks of his music in n hushed,, rreverential everential tones. One off today’s standou standoutt ffingerpickers ingerpickers is William TTyler yler of thee bands Lambchop and Silver Jews. nd the Si lver Jews s. Furthering the Fahey legacy simultaneously ahey lega acy whilee simul taneously creating reating hhis is own haunting and beautiful instrumental universe, nstrumenntal unive erse, the Nashvillebased possesses ased TTyler yyleer posses ses a talent that ffeels eels att once tim timeless and progressive. meless an nd pr ogressive. Also on Baird n the bill: bill: Meg Ba ird from from Espers and Matt Baldwin.

Baldw win. Crepe Creppe Place; $8; 9pm.

(Cat Cat Johnson) Johnsson)

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JEF JEFFREY FFREY HAL LFO ORD & THE HALFORD HEA ALERS HEALERS

I’ve ve alway always ys though thought ht it would be tough too be a sin singer-songwriter Richardd nger-sonngwriter like Richar Thompson hompsonn or Davee Alvin—one known ass much ffor wizardry or guitarr wizar dry as lyrical songcraft. even ongcraft.. Alvin ev ven told me one time that hat there there have been beeen plenty of nights he’s he’ss been pouring een pour ring out hhis is soul on an acoustic guitar bar uitar in a noisy ba ar and ffinally inally given up and switched electric nd switc hed to el lectric ripping when hee got dr drowned out.

Jeffrey Halford o owned ou ut. Jeffr ey Half ord is another nother ooff those guys g who can excite the guitar geeks uitar gee eks with his h skill, but has the soul It’s oul of a poet. p It ’s nice to see the latter latest win out onn his late est and deepest rrelease, elease, Rainmaker Rainmake er. Moe’s Moe’s Alley; $9/$12; 8:30pm.

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CORE GROUP Snowapple plays Don Quixote’s Sunday.

Fusing using thee music of o Mali with American roots styles, North oots style es, the No orth CCarolina-based arolina-based instrumental Krewe circles nstrumen ntal bandd TToubab oubab o Kr ewe cir cles back the ack on th he musical intersection that paved aved thee way ffor or rrock ock & rroll, oll, by way of the Wheree some he blues. Wher s fusion acts ffall all into nto the musical m ppit it of being pleasant, yet watered-down, Krewe water ed-ddown, TToubab ou oubab Kr ewe goes right for heart both emerges or the he art of bo oth styles y and emer gges something that with some ething th hat is rrough, ough, rraw aw and extraordinary.

Having significant xtraordinnary. Hav ing spent signif icant time studying me livingg and stu udying in Africa, the band’s knowledge and’s kn owledge of Malian music is as legit down-home gritty, egit as itss down-h home take on gritty y, Southern Think outhern blues. Th hink TToumani oumani o Diabate sitting itting in with w the Black Keys.

Keys. Moe’s Moe’s Alley; $12 12 adv/$15 adv/$ $15 door; 9pm. (CJ)

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SATURDAY 3/29

Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

SOFT WHITE SIXTIES

SUNDAY 3/30

BLUE OCTOBER An alt-rock band that hit the scene in the the mid-1990s, Blue October was grinding through the major record label game: hustling up label attention, playing shows, getting picked up by a record label, recording, getting dropped by said record label—round and round.

They finally hit it big in 2003 with the song “Calling You,� and again in 2006 with the charmingly-titled “Hate Me.�

Perpetually residing in a post-grunge, pre-emo niche full of brooding and emotional confessions, the band has flirted with superstardom but always stayed just on this side of widespread recognition. Catalyst; $24 adv/$28 door; 8:30pm. (CJ)

SUNDAY 3/30

ALL THINGS MUST PASS George Harrison would have turned 71 this past week. In celebration, Bay Area musicians are getting together to honor one of his crowning achievements— the 1970 post-Beatles masterpiece All Things Must Pass. The album’s singles, “My Sweet Lord" and "What Is Life?"— as well as the title track—were rejects and leftovers that John Lennon and Paul McCartney had passed on in the 1960s. On this album they became classics for all time. Steve Pile and his band, Lazyman, will give them new life in this Sunday matinee. Don Quixote's; $10; 2pm. (Jacob Pierce)

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Gypsy singers & dancers from Spain!

Monday, March 31 U 7 pm | No Comps World-Class Guitarist!

Greg Brown

STANLEY JORDAN

Sunday, March 30 U 7 pm

Concerts

KIMBERLY GORDON WITH MARSHALL OTWELL TRIO

BRYN LOOSELY AND THE BACK PAGES Mar. 28 at Crepe Place

Friday, April 4

KIMBERLY GORDON WITH MARSHALL OTWELL TRIO Mar. 30 at Kuumbwa

Monday, April 7

PARTICLE Mar. 30 at Moe’s Alley

Friday, April 11

CARLOS NAKAI Mar. 31 at Don Quixote’s

Sunday, April 13 U 7 pm

GREG BROWN Apr. 23 at Rio Theatre

SUNDAY 3/30

SNOWAPPLE Sparse guitar and mandolin playing accompany the smooth three-part harmonies and gentle, sometimes beautifully aimless lyrics of Snowapple.

Also playing violin, accordion and glockenspiel, these three Dutch girls are reminiscent of the 1960s American folk scene that gave us Peter Paul & Mary and Joan Baez. “I might be mistaken, but the way I been awakening with a smile that lasted for a while now,� they sing on one song. “I may be mistaken, but the way my heart is shaking—all of the aching has faded now.� Don Quixote's; $10; 7pm. (JP)

MONDAY 3/31

STANLEY JORDAN It takes two guitars, a ton of talent and a lot of tapping to make Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven� an even more moving experience. Guitarist Jordan, in one of his most popular videos, taps on one guitar suspended in air with his right hand while playing chords with his left on another axe strapped over his shoulder. Now 54, Jordan is an innovator in jazz and fusion guitar. This is billed as a “solo� show, but no one gets a more complete full-band sound with their own two hands. Kuumbwa; $25 adv/$30 door; 7pm. (JP)

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BRAD MEHLDAU TRIO

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RENE MARIE “I Wanna Be Evil - With Love to Eartha Kitt�

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CHIHIRO YAMANAKA TRIO

LIVING LEGENDS OF GYPSY FLAMENCO: MIGUEL FUNI & JUAN DEL GASTOR Tickets: funi.eventbrite..com

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.

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Purveyors of what they call “working class soul,� the Soft White Sixties have a rough-around-the-edges sound that hits in all the right ways. Hailing from San Francisco, the band (which just dropped its debut full-length) is one part fuzzy garage rock, one part toocool-for-radio R&B and one part roomrocking, ass-kicking groove-ery. Need more? Paste magazine named the Soft White Sixties one of the best shows at last year’s SXSW. Catalyst; $12 adv/$15 door; 9pm. (CJ)

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11205 205 Soquel A Avenue, venue, Santa Cruz

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with blueblooded fascists, including Adrien Brody, the Black Michael of this Zenda and his leather-wrapped thug Jopling (a snarling Willem Dafoe).

Jailbreaks, alpine assassination, harrowing castles and political discord make this an unusually ripsnorting Anderson film.

THEY WANT TO BE ALONE Zero (Tony Revolori) and Agatha (Saoirse Ronan) find love among the bakery boxes in ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel.’

Hotel Row ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ is one of Anderson’s best

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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PPROACHING Wes Anderson’s mostly delightful The Grand Budapest Hotel can give you the foreboding you feel when encountering the word “artisanal.”

It’s seriously under-femaled, and it pauses to congratulate itself for its cleverness. At worst, Anderson is a director of ducky films, but this nested story of Central European skullduggery seems to have more of a spine than anything he’s made since Fantastic Mr. Fox. Anderson claims to have

been influenced by the writer of Austrian decline, Stefan Zweig.

I thought there was a different influence, though, by the Czech author Bohumil Hrabal’s I Served the King of England. It’s a tale told by the proprietor of a declining luxury hotel during the 1960s in the Slovenia-like nation of Zubrowka.

F. Murray Abraham is the turtlenecked proprietor Moustafa, a man who looks as haunted as Solzhenitsyn. In a conversation over dinner, this elder tells a young writer (Jude Law) about the life

Moustafa had between the wars. He was a lad (played by Tony Revolori) back when the carpets were a sumptuous imperial crimson and not a repulsive Intourist burntorange. In those days Moustafa was mentored by the suave concierge M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes, terrifically louche), a heavily scented, indifferently heterosexual squire to wealthy elderly women. His oldest client (Tilda Swinton, grotesque in old-age makeup) bequeaths Gustave a valuable painting. Thus the upstart hotelier becomes involved

Jailbreaks, alpine assassination, harrowing castles and political discord make this an unusually ripsnorting Anderson film. Far more like him are his asides: mentions of a far-off land called “Dutch Tanganyika,” rides on the trams of the gloomy capital city, Lutz, and a visit to the Bureau of Labor and Servitude. It doesn’t seem to be all about the art direction. Anderson styles his productions American Empirical, and he finally seems to have a fully running studio: a script department, a tabletop special effects lab, a first-rate music department and a stable of actors, including an artistically disfigured Saoirse Ronan, Harvey Keitel as a bald convict and Jeff Goldblum, in spectacles that make him look like Sartre.

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL R; 99 min.

Now playing at the Nick

Film Capsules New

NOAH (PG-13; 138 min) The plot of this DarrenAronofsky-directed Biblical epic can best be summed up thusly: God said to Noah, there’s gonna be a floody, floody/God said to Noah,

SH O WT I ME S

there’s gonna be a floody, floody/Get those animals out of the muddy, muddy!

(Opens Thu at 41st Avenue, Scotts Valley, Green Valley) PRINCESS MONONOKE (1997) Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s breakthrough film (in America, at least) is basically Star Wars, but set in a forest, and even more awesome. (Plays Fri and Sat at midnight at the Del Mar) SABOTAGE (R; 109 min)

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli

A squad of DEA agents led

by Arnie rob a drug cartel, because they are really stupid. To the surprise of no one ever, retribution is forthcoming. (Opens Fri at Santa Cruz 9)

Reviews 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE (R; 102 min) As hotly anticipated as a commemorative plate, this sequel to Frank Miller’s

horrendous mangling of world history comes long after anyone cared, and without original director Zach Snyder or star Gerard Butler. Mainly what it promises is a lot more men in skirts screaming, and untold gigabytes of CGI blood as Greeks and Persians clank, slice and hack their way through comic-book-style battles.

12 YEARS A SLAVE (R; 133 min) Based on an 1853 memoir, this story of a free African American kidnapped

Showtimes are for Wednesday, March 26, through Wednesday, April 2, 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

Muppets Most Wanted —Daily 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:45am. (no Sat 7:15pm) Divergent — Daily 2; 5; 8 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

The LEGO Movie — Wed-Thu 2:45; 5; 7:15.

Mr. Peabody & Sherman — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:40; 7.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA

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

Noah — (Opens Thu 7pm) 11; 12:30; 2:15; 3:45; 5:30; 7; 8:45; 9:30.

Need for Speed — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:30; 5:30; 8:30. (no Thu 5:30 or 8:30) Mr. Peabody & Sherman—Wed-Thu 11:20; 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 10:15; Fri-Wed 11:30; 2; 4:30.

Veronica Mars— Wed-Thu 11:30; 1:45; 4:40; 7:30; 9:40; Fri-Wed

DEL MAR

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

Bad Words —(Opens 10pmThu) 2:30; 5; 7:30; 9:50 plus Fri-Sat 11:45pm and Sat-Sun 12pm.

Cesar Chavez —(Opens Fri) 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11:45am. (no Fri 9:40pm) Muppets Most Wanted — Wed-Thu 11:45; 1:30; 2:15; 4; 4:45; 6:30; 7:15; 9; 9:45; Fri-Wed 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

Particle Fever — Wed-Thu 11:30; 9:30. (no Thu 9:30pm) The Wind Rises — Wed-Thu 1:40; 4:15; 6:50.

Princess Mononoke — Fri-Sat midnight.

NICKELODEON

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

Blood Ties — Wed-Thu 12; 9.

Enemy — Fri-Wed 4:30; 8:20 plus Fri-Sat 10:20pm.

The Grand Budapest Hotel — Wed-Thu 12:15; 1; 2:30; 3:15; 4:45; 5:30, 7; 7:45; 9:15; 10; Fri-Wed 1; 2:30; 3:15; 4:45; 5:30; 7; 7:45; 9:15; 10 plus Fri-Sun 12:15pm; Sat-Sun 10:45am.

The Lunchbox — Fri-Wed 2:45; 5; 7:15; 9:30 plus Fri-Sun 12:30pm.

Tim’s Vermeer —Wed-Thu 1:40; 3:30; 5:15; 7:10; Fri-Wed 2:15; 6:30 plus Fri-Sat noon.

Veronica Mars — Wed-Thu 2:45; 5; 7:30; 9:45.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN

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

Son of God — Wed-Thu 3:30; 6:30; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Frozen — Wed-Thu 4; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9

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

Sabotage (Opens 8pm Thu) — call for showtimes.

300: Rise of an Empire — Wed-Thu 12:25; 1; 3; 3:35; 6:15; 8; 9; 10:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 9pm) 300: Rise of an Empire 3D — Wed-Thu 5:25pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Divergent — Wed 3/26 12; 12:35; 3:15; 3:45; 6; 6:30; 7:10; 9:20; 9:45; 10:15; Thu 3/27 12; 12:35; 3:15; 3:45; 6; 7:10; 8:45; 9:20; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The LEGO Movie — Wed-Thu 12:05; 2:35; 5; 7:30; 10:05; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 10:05pm)

Need for Speed —Wed 3/19 12:10; 7;Thu 12; 6; 6:30; 9:25 Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Need for Speed 3D — Wed 3:10; 10; Thu 3:05pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Non-Stop — Wed 3/26 12:20; 2:50; 5:20; 7:50; 10:20; Thu 12:20; 2:50; 10:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 7:45 or 10:20)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman — Wed 3/26 12:15; 2:40; 9:45; Thu 12:15; 12:40; 6:45; 9:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Mr. Peabody & Sherman 3D — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:25; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Elton John: The Million Dollar Piano — Wed 3/26 7pm.

Cape Fear — Thu 9pm.

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

Noah — (Opens Thu 7pm) 11; 11:55; 1:15; 2:15; 3:30; 4:30; 5:30; 6:45; 7:45; 8:45; 10.

300: Rise of an Empire — Wed-Thu 7:30; 10:10. (no Thu 7:30pm) Divergent — Wed 11; 11:55; 1; 2:15; 3:45; 4:30; 5:30; 7:20; 9:15; Thu 11; 11:55; 1; 2:15; 3:45; 4:30; 7; 7:45; 8:45; 10:15; Fri-Wed 11:55; 1:30; 3:45; 4:45; 7; 8; 10.

Grand Budapest Hotel —Fri-Wed 11:15; 12:15; 1:45; 2:45; 4:15; 5:15; 7; 7:45; 9:30; 10:15.

The LEGO Movie —Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:40.

The Monuments Men — Wed-Thu 8:15pm.

Mr. Peabody & Sherman — Wed-Thu 11; 11:40; 2; 4:20; 6:45; 10; Fri-Wed 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30.

Muppets Most Wanted—Wed-Thu 11; 11:45; 1:45; 2:45; 4:30; 5:30; 7:20; 9:15; Fri-Wed 11:20; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10:15.

Need for Speed — Wed-Thu 11:10; 2:15: 5:15; 8:30. (no Thu 8:30) Non-Stop — Wed-Thu 2; 4:45; 7:30; 10:15.

Veronica Mars— Wed-Thu 11:20; 1:30; 4:20; 7:10; 9:45.

To Have and Have Not—Thu 7pm; Sat 11am.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8

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

Noah — (Opens 7pm Thu) call for showtimes.

Cesar Chavez — (Opens 8pm Thu) call for showtimes.

Cesar Chavez in Spanish — (Opens 8pm Thu) call for showtimes.

Sabotage — (Opens 8pm Thu) call for showtimes.

Muppets Most Wanted—Wed-Thu 1:45; 4:30; 7:15; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

300: Rise of an Empire—Wed-Thu 1:45; 4:30; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Dallas Buyers Club — Wed-Thu 4:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

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

Gravity — Wed 3/26 7:25; 9:35.

Need for Speed — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4:15; 7:15 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes Non-Stop —Wed 1:25; 4:15; 7:20; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes (no Thu 7:20; 9:45) Mr. Peabody and Sherman—Wed-Thu 1:15; 4; 7; 9:30 Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Philomena — Wed-Thu 1:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Son of God—Wed-Thu 1; 6:50; 9:45 Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 6:50; 9:45) Son of God in Spanish — Wed-Thu 3:55pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Tyler Perry’s Single Mom’s Club — 1:30; 4; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes (no Thu 7:30 or 10).

and sold into slavery in the South is easily the bestreviewed film of the year.

BLOOD TIES (R; 144 min) Clive Owen, Marion Cotillard, Mila Kunis and Billy Crudup star in this ’70s-era NewYork-gangs flick that plays off the classic brother dynamic: older one tries to get younger one away from a life of crime, younger one can’t resist the pull, James Caan is their dad.

Wait, James Caan is their dad? They are screwed.

DIVERGENT (PG-13; 109 min) If you’re a YA author, do you even want your books adapted into films anymore?

What is Veronica Roth, who wrote this series about a teen in a rigidly divided world who is branded as part of the “Divergent” class of outcasts, going to get out of this except everyone complaining once again about how no youngadult books or films can measure up to The Hunger Games? Oh, right, millions of dollars.

GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (R; 100 min) If there’s a more anticipated film among real movie lovers than this latest film by Wes Anderson, I haven’t heard about it.

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…

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?

MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (PG; 90 min) I loved Rocky & Bullwinkle as a kid, it was basically The Simpsons before The Simpsons.

But the movies based on it so far—The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle and Dudley Do-Right, were pretty bad. I have higher hopes for this animated spin-off, since time-travelling dog scientist Mr. Peabody and his pet boy Sherman were pretty much my favorites, anyway.

MUPPETS MOST WANTED (PG; 112 min) I

was surprised the Muppets reboot headed up by Jason Segal didn’t make more of a splash. It was really pretty good. But perhaps the intrigue of a jewel-heist angle, which this sequel has the Muppets drawn into while on a world tour—will spark more interest.

Not, by the way, a remake of The Great Muppet Caper, which was definitely the best Muppets movie.

NEED FOR SPEED (PG13; 130 min) Aaron Paul plays a street racer sentenced to prison for making meth, who reunites with Heisenberg… oh wait, scratch that last part.

Wishful thinking. Okay, he was actually framed, and when he gets out, he crafts a plan for revenge that involves driving really fast.

NON-STOP (PG-13; 110 min) The flight is non-stop!

The danger is non-stop! The feeling that Liam Neeson is in a hell of a lot of B-level thrillers lately is non-stop!

SON OF GOD (PG-13; 138 min) Jesus gets a reboot! As with most franchises, this epic Biblical drama starts at the beginning with an origin story, but apparently the producers didn’t get the memo about how hot trilogies are these days, because this one goes all the way through to the end of the story. If only someone had put them in charge of The Hobbit.

THE ART OF THE STEAL (R; 90 min) Kurt Russell plays a motorcycle daredevil and thief named Crunch Calhoun, because that’s awesome. Matt Dillon and Terence Stamp co-star in this crime comedy about a book heist.

THE SINGLE MOM’S CLUB (PG-13; 111min) Tyler Perry wrote, directed, and starred in this Tyler Perry movie about Tyler-Perryconceived characters who find joy and friendship doing Tyler Perry things. Tyler Perry!

VERONICA MARS (PG13; 107 min) Don’t even get me started on how annoying it is that Kickstarter is being used by the Hollywood super-rich to fund their projects. But hey, the fans paid for this crowdfunded big-screen version of the cult TV show. So at least if it sucks they have nobody else to blame.

THE WIND RISES (PG13; 126 min) Will this really be Hayao Miyazaki’s last animated film? That’s what he says, and the guy is 73. But he will leave a hole in the art of cinema that can’t be filled. At least this is a hell of a sendoff, if advance word is any indication.

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BAD WORDS (R; 89 min) Jason Bateman plays a big jerk who uses a technicality in the rules to enter a gradeschool spelling bee. But it’s Jason Bateman, so you know he has to be a hilarious big jerk with a heart of gold.

(Opens Fri at the Del Mar) CESAR CHAVEZ (PG-13; 101 min) Michael Pena plays the United Farm Workers legend in this, the only major

release from any studio this year to feature a Latino cast. Rosario Dawson plays Dolores Huerta (!!!) and Mexican director Diego Luna oversees what seems like a long-overdue biopic. (Opens Fri at Del Mar, Green Valley)

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Movie package. For $50, you get a

special menu for two, including shared appetizer and choice of entrees. You dine, and then you head over to The Nick, Del Mar or Aptos Twin theaters. You buy popcorn, sit in the dark and hold hands (etc.) and enjoy a film worth watching. Classic all-American date night fun, for such bargain prices that you and your sweetie decide to do it again the next week. Next time you might opt for Gabriella, where your package gets you $50 toward whatever you want on the menu. See? That way you have the fun of designing your own package.

Or at Chocolate, where there's a prix fixe menu for two specially created for this promotion. And now—drum roll please—nine more restaurants have joined the existing stable, which now includes Cafe Sparrow, 515 Kitchen, Hoffman's, Laili, Louie's Cajun Grill, Soif, Au Midi, Kauboi, Cafe Rio, Hindquarter and Assembly. Yes, this is the smartest

MOUNTAIN BREWING GOES TO THE MOUNTAINS Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing’s Emily Thomas will bring craft brews to the historic Cremer House.

New Brew Spot in Felton

BY CHRISTINA WATERS

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vintage 19th-century hotel in Felton will soon find a new batch of patrons thanks to Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing's Emily Thomas, who is teaming with SLV New Leaf entrepreneur Bob Locatelli on The Cremer House project. The partners plan to transform the former 1880s lumberjack boardinghouse into a purveyor of craft brews wrapped around a restaurant featuring seasonal, local, organic wares. My Aunt Virlyne, a lifelong Feltonian, remembers that space as a once-upon-a-time beauty parlor and then Heavenly Hamburgers

lunch spot in the 1950s. Thomas is deep into menu development for recipes designed to pair brilliantly with some of the inventive new brews Cremer House will offer. For many San Lorenzo Valley residents and visitors, the autumn opening date can't come too soon. Stay tuned for more details, and congratulations to Thomas and Locatelli (didn't I go to first grade with your sister Judy?) for this welcome revival of Felton's rustic past.

DATE NIGHT HEATS UP AND EXPANDS: The Nickelodeon Theatres Director of Marketing Ike

Jablon knows how to hustle up some date night excitement. In fact his "dinner and a movie" special concept has proven so successful that it has grown beyond its initial downtown Santa Cruz arena. Collaborating with the Downtown Association, the Nick has rounded up even more delicious partners for filmgoers who want to maximize their evening options. The concept is effortless. You choose a dining spot, let's say Hula's. And a date night, for example Wednesday night. Then you purchase the Date Night Santa Cruz Dinner & a

gift idea on the planet. You can stop by any one of the three box offices or any of the partner restaurants to purchase your package tix, and make your reservations!

ANOTHER EXCUSE FOR ART NOSHING: Painter Tom Maderos

will replay his gala opening reception at Iveta with, you guessed it, a closing reception at Iveta on March 30 from 2-4pm. Don't miss this celebratory send-off for Maderos' figurative, neoDiebenkornesque oil paintings. And for those of you who either missed the First Friday opening a few weeks ago, or have yet to make your first visit to the new Westside cafe hot spot, you're in for a treat. Arm yourself with a bracing espresso drink, one of the sumptuous scones for which the house is famous or even something more substantial from Iveta's daily special sandwich creations. Feeling reckless, you might just grab a glass of wine and head upstairs for some serious schmoozing before this prolific artist's show comes down on April 1. Iveta @ 2125 Delaware Ave., Ste. F; (831) 713-0320. 0

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Sentinel Café Lauren Bates-Rodriguez, barista

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auren Bates-Rodriguez likes shopping at the farmers market to buy salad and soup ingredients for the Sentinel Café, where she’s worked for over a year. Located in the Cruzioworks building, the coffee shop also has pastries from Kelly’s Bakery, bagels from the Bagelry and coffee from Verve.

SCW: What kinds of people come by here? LAUREN BATESRODRIGUEZ: At least 80 percent of our customer base are regulars, and

they work in the building. But we have such a range. Our tea list used to be five—a green, a white, a red, a couple black teas, a mint. Now we have probably 20 on our list, purely from customer feedback and people being able to say, “Hey, I really like this tea. Could you carry something like it?”

When I first started, we just had mainly pastries, and we had the salad menu, but it wasn’t very extensive. We’ve implemented a happy hour—2pm to close, which we write on the board is 3:30-ish. Espressos are just a dollar, and cappuccinos are just two dollars.

What time is 3:30-ish? If it’s a slow day, these walls will be closed by 3:35.

If it’s a busy day, I’ve stayed open almost until 4:30. I don’t like turning away people. I don’t like saying no unless we’re sold out of something, and then I have to. If someone comes by at 4, and I’m just about to close, and all they want is an iced tea or a cappuccino, I’m happy to do it. We used to close at 2, and I found we were turning away a lot of customers.

Do people from other parts of town ever stumble on this place?

Word of mouth is what we rely on, and it’s worked really well. We sell out of things now. Before we were having to put things out for a dollar or 50 cents just to not throw it away, or I would walk out with a bag of bagels and try to hand one to people on the streets.

I miss the $1 leftover treats days. There were a few today. And they were

swiped up as soon as I put them out there! We don’t want our food to go to waste at all, and our prices are pretty darn reasonable for the fact that you’re getting a salad of fresh greens that were grown not too far away. There’s a lot of love that goes into everything here. A lot of nerdy energy, too.

—Jacob Pierce

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SECRET’S OUT ‘There’s a lot of love that goes into everything here,’ says Lauren Bates-Rodriguez of the Sentinel Café, the increasingly popular spot inside the Cruzioworks building.

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