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M Modern Politics Politic cs Re:: “Deep W Web”: eb”: T The he rrecent ecent ““scandal,” scandal,” a if iitt can be called called that, that, in involving nvolving ci city ty coun council cill candidate candidate

Tim Goncharoff Goncharoff an a and d th thee all alleged eged campaign campaign endorsements en dorsements by by m manufactured anuffa actured p profiles rofiles on F Facebook acebook is m most ost certainly certainly a h harsh arsh introduction in troduction in into to m modern odern po politics litics ffor o or a firs firstttimee can tim candidate. didate. H However, owever er, iitt al also so ser serves vees tto o illustrate ill ustrate ttwo wo sali salient e t poin en points ts about abou ut modern modern political po litical cam campaigns. paiggns. First, First, although although no no onee ov on over er th thee ag agee o off 15 con considers siders F Facebook acebook a serious ser ious news news medium, med dium, candidates candidates ffor or city o city council coun cil ar aree pub public lic person personss w who ho mus mustt rrespect espect thee po th power wer e o off an anyy eelectronic lectronic fforum o orum tto o af affect ffeect their th eir can candidacies didaciess for for o good good or ill. Secon Second, d, it it sadlyy rreflects sadl eflects a n need e tto eed o rreduce educe an anyy pot potential ential public pub lic ser servant vant tto o th tthee llowest owest comm common on denominator. d enominatorr. As a seemingly seemingly per perennial ennial candidate can didate for fo or elected eleccted o office, ffi f ce, I accep acceptt th thee ffact act th a that at th thee vvoters oterrs eexpect xpect bett better er fr from om th those ose who w ho aspir aspiree tto o pub public blic o office. fffice. Bu Butt th that at d does oes n not ot mean m ean th that at th they ey sshouldn’t houldn’t also also expect expect better better off th o themselves. emselves.

Steve Pleich Santa Cruz

Counciil Is Council Off T Track ra rack OK, so let OK, let m mee gget et this t straight: straight: T The he S SC C City City Council Coun cil & the the SCPD SCP PD have have chosen chosen to to send send 2000+ bik bikes es a yyear ea ar tto o an au auction ction company company in Arizona, Arizona, an and d th this his ffor-profit or-profit com o company pany will k keep eep 52% of of the the proceeds. proceeds. All this in instead stead o off d donating onating th thee bi bikes ikes tto o llocal ocal yyouth ou utth in n need, eed, thee Bik Bikee via the the long-time long-time local local nonprofit nonprofit th Church.

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Apparently thee Ch urch. R eally? Ap A parently because th Bikee Ch Church next SubRosa, Bik urch is llocated occated n ext tto o SubR osa, an Collective Café”—and wee all know ““Anarchist “An archis h t Co llecctivve Caf féé”—an é” dw ll kn k ow about those Anarchists att lleast thee po police abou ut th ose An arrchists (or a east th lice they do; hint-hint, nudge-nudge). think th ey d o; hin nt-hint, n udge-nudge).

O Oh, h, th then, en, th thee S SC C Ci City ty Coun Council cil p pass ass su such ch con convoluted voluted llaws, aws, rregulations egulattions an and d or ordinances dinances th that at th thee Gr Great ea at M Morgani, o gani, accor or accordion dion p player layer an and d cos costume tume cr creator eator eextraordinaire, xtraordinaire, h has as tto o thr throw ow in his ca cape pe an and dp play lay eelsewhere? lseewhere? W Wow! ow! Isn't this th thee ttown own th that at en enshrined shrined a po politically litically ac active tive an and d eccen eccentric t ic sstreet tr treet musi musician? cian? Lon Longgtim timee po political litical ac activist tiivist (W (Wobblie), obblie), musi musical cal sa saw aw p player layer an and d sstreet treet musi musician cian T Tom o om Scr Scribner. ibnerr.

T The he p present resent S SC C Ci City ty Coun Council cil n needs eeds tto o gget et b back ack tto o a tr truly uly rrepresentative ep presentativ t ve d democracy, emocracyy, an and d rrepresent epresent th thee full, rrich, ich, cr creative eative an and d div diverse veerse commun community nity o off San Santa ta Cr Cruz. uz.

Grant Wilson Santa Cruz

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NOT PICTU PICTURED: URED: FRIES Santa Cruz nutr nutritionist ritionist Jocelyn Dubin says div diversity versity in the diet way more. is the best wa ay to give our bodies the ffat at a they y need—and not mor e.

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emon emonized nized d during urring the the 1980s and an d 19 1990s, 990s, fat fat has has slowly slowly m made ade a com comeback meback in th thee h healthy ealltth hy modern diet.

There no m odern di et. T herre seems tto o be n o llack ack off ffats encouraged current diet trends, o ats t en courag aged e in curr en nt di et tr ends, and thee tterm now off an d th erm ""good good ffat" at" t n ow rrolls olls o ff our without tinge off ir irony. ttongues ongues wi thou ut a tin ge o on ny.

Fat crucial; energy, Fa at is cr ucia al; iitt sstores torres e en ergyy, insulates organs, and helps in sulates e our vi vvital tal or ga ans, an dh elps us absorb nutrients likee vi vitamins absor rb n utr t ien ntts lik tamins A, D, E and which aree sstored thee liv liver and an d K, w hi h ch ar a tored in th veer an d tissues.

Acting messengers, ffatty attty tissu es. Ac ctting as m essengeers, ffats atts also which al so sstart tarrt cchemical hem mical rreactions eaccttions w h hich control growth, promote immunee con nttrol gr rowtth hp h, romote immun function proteins do their fun cti t on and and help help p ro ottein e sd o th eir jjob. ob.

But acceptance off ffat grows, Bu ut as our ac cceptance o at gr rows, thee ffact much and th a acct rremains: emain ns: ttoo oo mu ch ffat at an d disease.. So how, ccholesterol holessterrol lleads ea ads tto o disease how, do wee cchoose between eexactly, xa accttlly, d ow hoose bet tweeen ffat's at's t multitude off fforms—and how much do mul lttitude o o orms—an dh ow mu uch d o wee ac actually need? w ctu t allly n eeed?

Myy qu M quest est for fo or an easy answer answeer w was as a sshattered hatttered b y Santa Santa Cr uz nutritionist nutr t itionist by Cruz JJocelyn o lyn Dubin, w oce ho confirm ed th who confirmed thee vvaried a arried an d eever-changing veer-changing th eorries and theories ar round ffat: att: "There "Therre is no no con sensus around consensus am mong healthcare heallth t carre professionals profeessionals among rregarding eeggar ard ding the the amount amoun nt of of good go ood ffats atts h u ans sshould um hould con sume," sa ays Dub bin. humans consume," says Dubin.

R eecommended ttotal otal ffat at consumption consumption o Recommended rranges a anges widely, widely, fr om 10 tto o 30 per rccen nt from percent o otal calories, calories, with with di etitians off ttotal dietitians rrecommending eecommending the the vast vas a t majority majorrity be m ade up up of of unsaturated unsa atturated ffats. ats. t made "M an ny peo ple are are un der th "Many people under thee im mpression that that sa atturrated ffats atts are are impression saturated al ll h armful ffor o or the the body. bod dy. This This is a all harmful ggeneralization," eenerra aliza attion," sa ays Dubin. "T herre a ar says "There aree m an ny dif ffeeren nt types of of saturated sa atturated ffat. at.t many different Ea acch type has has a different difffeeren nt effect efffeecct on the th he Each bo od dy.." body."

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Fats such essential ffatty attty acid a ed essen nttial because acidss ar aree call called essential w onlly obtain obtain them them by by eating ea atin t g ffoods ood o s wee can only th at contain con ntain n th ese ffats." atts." that these T he bes rcces ffor o or essen nttial The bestt sour sources essential ffatty attty acid ar utts, seed s, a vo ocados acidss a aree n nuts, seeds, avocados an d fis fi h says h, sa ays Dr. Drr. Ran dy Baker, Bak kerr, w ho and fish, Randy who n otes th at m ost Am ericans h ave an notes that most Americans have imb alance o tial ffatty attty acid imbalance off th thee essen essential acidss om egga 6 an nd om egga 3. Fl ax an dh emp omega and omega Flax and hemp seed re gr rea at sour rcces ffor o or both, h seedss ar are great sources hee sa ayss, an d rrecommends e ecomm ends using using olive olivve says, and oil —high in n om egga 9, h emp an d fl ax oil—high omega hemp and flax oil aw. "Co ooking m ak kes e thin gs m orre oilss rraw.

"Cooking makes things more com plica ated," e sa ays Bak err. "M ost oil complicated," says Baker.

"Most oilss th at may may bee h ealth hy becom eallth thy that healthy becomee unh unhealthy w hen h ea ated e vvery er e y mu ch, in cluding o livve when heated much, including olive oil, vvegetable eegetable an d seed oil s." and oils."

Thee ssomewhat omew m wh hatt re cent revelation reeveelattion that that recent h ea atting oil yo ond th eir sm oke poin nt heating oilss bey beyond their smoke point con nveerrtts an nti t oxidan ntts in nto fr ee rradicals, adicals, converts antioxidants into free h as p aved e th tthee w ay ffor or sa o atturrated oil has paved way saturated oilss tto o en nter th king scene, scene, and and Baker Bak keer enter thee coo cooking rrecommends eecommen nds coo king wi th cocon ut cooking with coconut oil or gghee, hee, w hich h h ave hig her sm oke which have higher smoke poin ntts. points.

T here is,, h owever er, on at th at There however, onee type o off ffat that ffalls alls un a anim mously on th lacklist: unanimously thee b blacklist: tr ans ffats, atts, or o p artially hydrogenated hydr dro og geenated trans partially oil s, w hich ar h dussttrrially p rocessed oils, which aree in industrially processed tto o in crease sshelf helf lif fe and and giv ve foods fo oods increase life give a desirable desirra able ttaste. aste. "T rans ffats atts are are "Trans al lways h arm mful," sa ays Dubin. "T hese always harmful," says "These ffats atts thr reea aten e th ealltth o threaten thee h health off our car diovva ascu ular system syystem by by accumul atting cardiovascular accumulating in th lood dstream, rraising a aising LD DL thee b bloodstream, LDL chole steroll le evels e ,a n nd d causing causing damage da am ma age cholesterol levels, and tto o our ar terries." arteries."

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TECH TONIC Doug Erickson’s New Tech Meetup has become a hotspot for Santa Cruz’s top tech minds.

Silicon Beach Party

New Tech Meetup seeks to bring local innovators together

BY CAT JOHNSON

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hen Doug Erickson started the Santa Cruz New Tech Meetup in 2008, attendance was generally less than 20 people. Erickson, who lives in Santa Cruz but worked in Silicon Valley, says he had to beg his friends to attend. But he kept at it, driven by the desire to connect with tech people locally.

“I had thousands of network friends,” he says, “but I didn’t know anybody in Santa Cruz. There are 20,000 to 30,000 tech people driving the hill every day. I wanted to get to know some of them.”

Six years later, the local New Tech Meetup is a hub for the thriving community of technologists, entrepreneurs and tech-curious people in Santa Cruz. At last month’s event at Cruzio, there were well over 200 people.

Another 33 were on the waitlist. Inside, it was standing room only.

The evening kicked off with an hour of networking accompanied by drinks, pizza and the UCSC a capella group Cloud 9. Then came introductions, a welcome by Santa Cruz Tech Beat founder Sara Isenberg, two company presentations which involved descriptions of genome sequencing projects—complete with terms like “genetic information economy”—and an introduction to a product created by Kimono Labs that enables users to pull data off of websites.

Next up were three teams from UCSC’s Impact Designs: Engineering and Sustainability through Student Service (IDEASS) program to pitch their projects. These included dyesensitized advanced solar cells, which have the potential to transform the solar industry; a new method for monitoring (and thus reducing) energy

usage in commercial buildings, which is far more efficient than building new “green” buildings; and mobile, solar recharging stations that can be “iteratively reorganized and redesigned.”

Three mentors from the community then provided feedback on the pitches.

Their advice included creating stronger team identity and keeping presentations simple.

If it all sounds a little cerebral, it is—“I got lost in the science,” was one mentor’s comment. The brainpower here was impressive, yet at the same time, there was a very human, warm and welcoming vibe at the Meetup. With the emergence of Santa Cruz as a tech town, the buzz in the air is palpable.

Originally formed around a group of tech workers, the Meetup now boasts developers, IP lawyers, venture capitalists, startup founders, angel

investors and people who, according to Erickson, are “looking to invest in Santa Cruz and the whole entrepreneurial scene.”

Equally important to the growing tech community, he explains, are the local infrastructure components including incubators Cruzio and NextSpace, the City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Department, legal, accounting and real estate aspects, and more.

“It’s grown into a more complete ecosystem,” he says. “To grow entrepreneurship in any community you need all of these components: the city, incubators, low-cost housing, developers, a university that fuels and seeds new ideas and connects students to the existing tech community—you need all those gears meshing together and that’s what I think is really going to fuel the growth.”

The objective of the Meetup’s all-volunteer team is to spark entrepreneurism by showcasing new technologies that members can use in their current businesses to give them a cutting edge, boost their careers or, as Erickson says, “simply to make them jealous wondering ‘Why didn’t I do this?’”

Looking forward, the team plans to host larger events featuring more guest speakers. On May 7, the New Tech team is bringing advisor/author/ evangelist Guy Kawasaki to town to talk about his book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds and Actions. The idea is to keep the juices of innovation, inspiration and connection flowing locally.

“Instead of sending them somewhere else, we need to get people to create opportunities here,” Erickson says.

“The talent is here, the infrastructure is here, the money is here, everything is here. People want to work where they live, and they want to be a part of that community. The big picture is, let’s work where we like to live.”

For more information visit www. meetup.com/santacruznewtech.

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NDAA Nada Santa Cruz lawyer Danny Sheehan is making noise about an imminent threat he says faces the country: The National Defense Authorization Act. Signed by President Barack Obama on New Years Eve 2011, it authorizes the president to detain American citizens on U.S. soil without trial.

“You have to realize immediately that here is one of the caustic kinds of authority that if you give it to them, they’re going to use it, and they’re going to use it on people who disagree with them,” says Sheehan, who presents his “Constitution Under Water” speech and discussion on Thursday, April 3 at the Peace United Church Thursday on High Street.

Sheehan, a prominent constitutional lawyer, wants Santa Cruz City Council to make the town a Constitutional Protection Zone, meaning local officials wouldn’t support anyone getting snatched up. Sheehan is famous for working on the U.S. v Liddy trial that followed the Watergate burglary, the “Pentagon Papers” case and the Iran-Contra investigation.

Santa Cruz does have a history of sticking its neck out on national issues.

It is, for instance, a sanctuary city, meaning it doesn’t support federal raids of undocumented immigrants.

In the 1990s, Sheehan helped lead a push to make Santa Cruz a “nuclearfree zone.” Later, amidst federal crackdowns on marijuana in 2002, then-Mayor Chris Krohn handed out medical pot on the steps of city hall. And after the Patriot Act passed, Santa Cruz libraries started shredding library records, so they wouldn’t have to hand them over to the feds.

But those might have been different political climates. Councilmember Pamela Comstock wants “to see the Council do a better job of managing things locally before we start telling the federal government how to manage national security.” City councilmember Micah Posner wants to hear Sheehan and more community members weigh in before jumping into action.

Two community members did speak at a city council meeting last month asking the council to create a Constitutional Protection Zone.

Afterwards, Vice-mayor Don Lane noted the council passed a resolution

supporting the repeal of the NDAA in 2012, citing which parts of the NDAA it did not agree with. “It’s not that we’re unaware of this issue,” he said.

Tickets for the “Constitution Under Water” discussion are $15 and $7 for students.

Tanks A Lot As Santa Cruz water officials implement rationing for a drought that could have frightening implications for the State of California, longtime resident Eric Grodberg has noticed another way the department could tighten its belt.

Grodberg has been trying to bring attention to a bulk water program that allows tanker trucks to fill up on the Westside. The program certainly isn’t the biggest drain on the city’s water supply, at only 3 million gallons per year (which is roughly the amount of water the city aims to save daily this season). Still, most locals don’t even know it exists.

And although Water Department spokesperson Eileen Cross says companies can’t take the water outside the service area, city code never states that explicitly.

Grodberg, who says he has seen trucks from Aromas filling up, would like to see that made clear. “It’s outrageous that there’s no prohibition on taking water outside the service area, when all other customers are under all these restrictions,” he says.

Cross says the program is mostly used for street sweeping and dust control. A June 2013 email from a now-retired water official to Grodberg said the tankers are sometimes used for construction and filling pools, too.

Users track their usage by filling out forms.

The program costs companies a $30 fee and $4 per 100 cubic feet after that— the same as other water customers in the city (after a readiness to serve fee).

After Grodberg spoke at a February meeting, city officials posted a sign at the fill-up stations and also contacted permit-holders reminding them about rules for the program.

“I just came across it by chance,” Grodberg says of the program. “And people who are way more involved in water issues don’t know about it. It’s not on the city’s website.” 0

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What the Hack UCSC’s first hackathon is part of a phenomenon out to fix the world, one energy drink at a time BY GEORGIA PERRY

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BOYS SCOUT Robert Singleton (left) and Manu Koenig, co-founders of Civinomics, say they are sponsoring HACK UCSC in part as a way to get ‘first dibs’ on talented programmers who may be interested in working for a startup.

Student Code Hackathons work like this: a few hundred computer programmers, designers and business-minded techies come together to form teams that develop new projects from scratch. They work toward a deadline—sometimes several days and sometimes just 24 hours—and at the end there are usually cash prizes awarded for the most innovative projects. While working, energy drinks and pizza consumption are rampant, and sleep is very optional.

HACK UCSC organizers insist that, food-wise, there will at least be sandwich wraps at their event, and expect students won’t work all night or camp out at the event, though they are welcome to bring their sleeping bags into the workspace if they feel so compelled.

These types of events have been put on by tech companies since the mid- to late-2000s. They’re meant to quickly develop new technologies and encourage innovation. (“Hacking” in the context of these events has nothing to do with the word’s alternate meaning, a reference to computer crime.) But according to Jon Gottfried, the co-founder of

Major League Hacking, an NCAA-like network of collegiate hackathons, the events have only taken off on college campuses in the last year and a half.

“There typically used to be six or seven events a year, and now we’re seeing 60 or 70,” he says.

Collegiate hackathons are both a fun challenge for tech-minded students, and a way to get the word out to companies in need of talent—a need for which there is seemingly no end. Says Lila Tretikov, chief product officer at Silicon Valley software company SugarCRM, in an email to the Weekly, “We are importing about 85,000 technical people on H-1B visas a year because we cannot fill the needs with local talent. Finding and hiring good programmers is about the hardest thing a startup must do. Startups must compete with Google, Facebook, Apple and other technology giants when it comes to talent. And it is not easy.”

Tretikov will kick off HACK UCSC by giving a talk to the participants about the latest trends in tech.

Whereas most collegiate hackathons have only student participants, the structure of HACK UCSC is unique in that it will be a

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WHAT, ME WORRY? UCSC senior Mark Adams, one of HACK UCSC’S founders, says talented student programmers have no trouble finding jobs after graduation. chance for college students and local tech professionals to work together. Each student team will work in collaboration with one mentor, a member of the Santa Cruz tech community. Doug Erickson, founder of the Santa Cruz New Tech MeetUp (see story, page 6) and one of HACK UCSC’s organizers, says the reason for this is that the main objective of the hackathon is to connect the existing tech community in town with the one at UCSC. “There are fresh new ideas that start at the school and we just want to keep them here. We want to make sure they don't leave Santa Cruz,” he says. “Continue to grow our economy and community rather than have that constant brain trust leakage.”

To go along with the event’s mission to keep tech talent in town, the projects will be themed “Santa Cruz.” The apps and programs designed are expected to tackle problems with a local focus. “What would you build for Dominican or Sutter hospital? For the surfers, kitesurfers, mountain bike riders or

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Projects will also be judged on the technical skill they demonstrate, as well as their novelty and creativity.

Teams will have a total of 30 hours to create something.

Tretikov says it takes a certain type of techie to opt to stay in Santa Cruz.

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They tend to be the ones who like to experiment and to bring their personality to the technologies they build,” she says.

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H ACKAT HON Adams and his team didn’t win at Launch (there were over 800 participants), but he says it doesn’t matter. He came away inspired. “I was actually fine with [losing],” he says. “The people who were up on stage to get the prizes, their ideas were just very cool. One team created a program called Watch Tower. It’s a website that tracks changes to competitor sites. Like, ‘I want to look at the changes on Facebook’s website but only the upper left hand corner’ or, ‘only in the Terms of Service in one specific paragraph.’ That idea, you look at it and think, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’”

He says that at a hackathon, you’re very likely to end up in a room with people who might be smarter than you. “Up until that, I never really encountered a situation where I was in a room full of people who could build something amazing in less than a weekend,” he says. “Not to put down the people I hang out with.”

Similarly, Erickson remembers a hackathon he went to in Sydney, Australia, where by the end of it a team had created “this very cool skeleton app” that links up restaurants that have surplus food to the food organizations working to feed hungry people. “It was brilliant.

It was beautiful,” he says. “Instead of wasting just unbelievable tons of food every year—every single year, every city—it goes to somebody who actually appreciates it.”

Thinking about this app, I remember my first job in high school—at a catering company that provided buffets of chicken and roasted potatoes for weddings. At the end of the night, we would sit on overturned milk-crates and cram as much as we could into our mouths before heading home, shaking our heads about how much food was left, which would no doubt be thrown away. We all thought of this—that there should be a way to get this food to charity organizations. But we didn’t do anything about it. At a hackathon, people do.

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Koenig leans back casually in a desk chair. He has sandy brown hair and wears a flannel. A Stanford graduate, he co-founded Civinomics with thenUCSC junior Robert Singleton in 2011.

Just as Tretikov indicated, Civinomics’ offices are in the downtown Santa Cruz coworking space Cruzioworks.

Koenig is upfront about the limitations of a hackathon event.

When I ask him what I think is a neutral question about what kinds of cool projects can be created at one, he responds, “If you’re asking me why Civinomics wasn’t built in a weekend, that’s not quite the way it works. Not by any means.” He says any true-tolife tech company needs constant maintenance and de-bugging, likening it to a wind-up toy that falls over if no one is there to keep winding it.

But what a hackathon can do, he says, is help its participants understand what’s possible when they put their minds to it. “It shows you how much you can accomplish just by creating some focused time.”

And they’re not just for tech whizzes. Singleton, who has a social science background, says hackathons are “really about problem-solving in a classical sense.” The initial step is typically to design something that can address a real-world problem.

From there, “it’s like a blitzkrieg of trying to figure out if your idea is going to work,” he says. “Testing hypotheses—can we actually build what we expect to build; if not, what are the barriers what are the bottlenecks? What’s it going to take to overcome those bottlenecks? And understanding all this conceptually through rapid-fire testing. In one weekend.”

While it’s true the world isn’t going to be saved in one weekend, the frenetic structure of hackathons is not without purpose. There is magic in this hard push towards creation.

“You either move fast or you die,” says Adams, who went to San Francisco’s Launch Hackathon in 2013 and got hooked on the experience. “It was one of those crazy like, ‘Did we just do that?’ sort of experiences. Did we really just stay up all night working on this thing and run into all these crazy problems that we solved last minute?”

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Stage DANCE Bellydance Showcase

Santa Cruz Ballet Theater A live concert of classical to modern ballet styles accompanied by the Kuumbwa Jazz Honor Band. Sat, Apr 5, 1 and 4:30pm. $12-$24. Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6154.

The Printed Mark: Printmaking from the Monterey Peninsula Printmakers Club - over 60 artists. Gallery hours: ThursSun, noon-6pm. Thru April 27.

Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

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: WedSun, 11am-4pm. Thru April 19.

Free. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.

Santa Cruz Art League

Art

Santa Cruz Watercolor Society.

The Best of the 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.

MUSEUMS

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center

CONTINUING

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 Museum of Art and History Free First Friday. View the exhibits for free every first Friday of the month. Docent tours at noon. First Fri of every month, 11am-6pm. Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artists' voices directly to visitors.

Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions.

First Sat of every month, 11:30am-12:30pm. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

GALLERIES OPENING Garimo's Real Soap Studio & Gallery Diana Moll. Mixed media printmaking and paintings by local artist Diana Moll as part of Felton's First Friday Art Walk. Fri, Apr 4, 6-9pm.

Free, 831.335.1767. 6225 Hwy. 9, Felton.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Museum of Art & History.

Planet Ord: A multi-media exhibition about the murals and traces of lives left behind when the former military base Fort Ord was decommissioned. Gallery hours: Tues-Sun, 11am-5pm.

Thru July 20. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

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

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Nikki McClure. Cutting 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.

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.

VinoCruz Pulse of Nature. Oil paintings

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

Events LITERARY EVENTS 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.

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

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

Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz, 585.278.0080.

Cleansing Foods Talk A talk on healing food options for a spring cleanse by Talya Lutzker, certified Ayurvedic practitioner. Tue, Apr 8, 2-3pm.

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

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

Fatherhood Class A monthly dads' class supporting men in taking an active hand in parenting babies and children. First Mon of every month, 7-8pm. $5-$10 suggested donation.

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

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.

Free Swim Lessons Swim lessons for all ages and abilities hosted by Seahorse Swim School and Make a Splash. First Sat of every month, noon-2pm.

Free. Lifestyle Fitness, 25 Penny Lane, Watsonville, 831.476.7946.

Friday Shakespeare Club A group of diverse women engaging in stimulating discussions of Shakespeare's plays. www. fridayshakespeare.org. Fri, Apr 4, 10:30am-12:30pm.

Free. Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.438.3615.

Grief Support

NOTICES

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.

Adult Education

Insight Santa Cruz

The Five Stages of Transformation: An adult education class by the

Meditation sits, talks and discussions every day of the week. Learn the formal

practice of meditation and engage with a community dedicated to reducing suffering by cultivating compassion. Visit www. insightsantacruz.org for specific times and more information. Ongoing.

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

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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.

Felix Kulpa Gallery

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

NAACP Santa Cruz Membership and Leadership Outreach Effort Members of the community are invited and encouraged to attend meetings of the NAACP Santa Cruz County Branch #1071. First Mon of every month, 7:30pm. Progressive Missionary Baptist Church, 517 Center St, Santa Cruz..

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.

Race, Power & Economics Shakti Butler, PhD will facilitate a peaceful discussion following a screening of the film, Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequality.

Mon, Apr 7, 7-9pm. Free.

Stevenson Event Center, 101 McLaughlin Drive, Santa Cruz.

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.

Women's Club Book Discussion A book talk hosted by Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge Ariadne Symons about the biography of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotmayor, hosted by the Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz County. Thu, Apr 3, 7pm.

Free. Santa Cruz Democratic Headquarters, 740 Front St., Santa Cruz, 831.457.8098.

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

TriYoga: numerous weekly

WEDNESDAY 4/2—TUESDAY 4/8

Operation Surf Throughout the week, active duty service members being treated for various kinds of trauma, including amputations and PTSD, will come to Santa Cruz to experience surf therapy. Former Maverick’s champions will be among their instructors, and the entire community is invited to come out and support the wounded soldiers.

Surfing will take place at Cowell’s Beach April 3, 4 and 7, and in Capitola on April 5 and 6. www.operationsurf.com. classes, 831.464.8100. Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900.

Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.

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

Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm, 831.425.3431.

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

AROUND TOWN April in Santa Cruz Festival A series of concerts by faculty and guest performers and composers, April 4-18.

Fri, Apr 4, 7:30pm and Sun, Apr 6, 7:30pm. Free. UCSC Music Center, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz.

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.

Hides & Tallow A demonstration of how Mission Santa Cruz participated in the world economy of the 1800's with

its major products: leather and tallow. Sat, Apr 5, 1-2pm.

Free. Santa Cruz Mission State Park, 144 School St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5849.

Johnny Winter A meet-and-greet with fans before the band's show at Moe's Alley. Fri, Apr 4, 5-6pm.

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

Film

Garden, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3240.

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.

The Last Unicorn A screening of the beloved sleeper hit followed by a Q&A with creator Peter S. Beagle. Sun, Apr 6, 11am. $15. Del Mar Theatre, 1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.469.3220.

Operation Surf A week-long surf camp for wounded soldiers to heal their bodies, souls and minds. April 2-8. Cowell Beach, NA, Santa Cruz.

Queer Movie Night A monthly event featuring an LGBTQ-themed film plus snacks and socializing.

First Fri of every month, 6pm. Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

The Comedy Cooperative A weekly night of stand-up comedy run as a cooperative by a group of comics. Wed, 8:30-10pm. $1-$10 donation.

Art Bar & Cafe, 1060 River St., Santa Cruz.

UCSC Farm Tours Learn about organic farming while visiting greenhouses, orchards, and row crops.

First Sun of every month, 2-3:30pm. Free. A guided tour of the 30-acre organic farm open to the public.

The first Sunday of the month. Sun, Apr 6, 2-3:30pm.

Free. UCSC Farm and

San Francisco’s City Guide

The Cult Influential and controversial, UK post punks the Cult are still electric. Apr 3 at Regency Ballroom.

Delta Rae Rock band from Durham, NC play a fiery show in support of their new EP. Apr 3 at Great American Music Hall.

Kindred the Family Soul R&B duo Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon capture a neo soul sound. Apr 4 and 5 at Yoshi’s SF.

Emmylou Harris The longtime roots and country superstar remains an steadfast force in music. Apr 5 at the Warfield.

Soft Metals Electro-pop outfit from Portland, OR share a love of synths and experimental, improvisational sets. Apr 6 at Rickshaw Stop.

More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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Kendra Shank/John Stowell Duo Regina Carter’s Southern Comfort Claudia Villela & Heloisa An Evening w/Branford Marsalis David Grisman Sextet Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn

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320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

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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.

BAD WORDS (R; 89 min)

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli

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.

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.

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.

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

Showtimes are for Wednesday, April 2, through Wednesday, April 9, 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

Sabotage —Wed 4/2 12:15; 3; 5:30; 8:10; 10:45;Thu 12:15; 3; 6; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Son of God — Wed-Thu 12:25; 3:30; 6:45; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no

Muppets Most Wanted — Daily 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:30 plus Fri-Sat 9:30pm;

Thu 6:45pm) Backdraft — Thu 9pm.

Sat-Sun 11:45am.

Divergent — Daily 2; 5; 8 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

CINELUX SCOTTS VALLEY CINEMA

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226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com

Captain America: The Winter Soldier — (Opens Fri) 11:55; 1:15; 3:45; 4:30; 7:45; 10.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier 3D— (Opens Fri) 7pm.

Noah — Wed-Thu 11; 12:30; 2:15; 3:45; 5:30; 7; 8:45; 9:30; Fri-Wed 11:55; 3:30; 6:45; 10.

5:30; 7:30; 8:45; 9:45.

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9:45 (no Sat 12:45pm).

God’s Not Dead — Fri-Wed 11:15; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10.

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

Mr. Peabody & Sherman — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30.

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

Noah — Wed-Thu 11; 11:55; 1:15; 2:15; 3:30; 4:30; 5:30; 6:45; 7:45; 8:45; 10; FriWed 11:15; 12:30; 2:30; 3:45; 5:45; 7; 9; 9:30.

To Have and Have Not—Thu 7pm Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — Sat 11am.

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

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Bad Words — Daily 2:30; 5; 7:30; 9:50 plus Sat noon Cesar Chavez — Daily 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 11:45am.

Muppets Most Wanted — Daily 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

Spirited Away — Fri-Sat midnight.

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Le Week-End — (Opens Fri) 2; 4; 6; 8.

On the Other Side of the Tracks — (Opens Fri) noon.

The Players — (Opens Fri) 10pm.

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

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

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

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

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier — (Opens Fri) 11; 11:55; 1; 2:15; 4:15; Captain America: The Winter Soldier 3D — (Opens Fri) 3:30; 6:45.

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier — (Opens 8pm Thu) 1:30; 2:45; 4:15; 7:15; 8:30; 10 plus Sat-Sun 10:45am.

Captain America:The Winter Soldier 3D—(Opens Fri) 5:30pm plus Sat-Sun noon.

300: Rise of an Empire — Wed-Thu 7:25; 9:45.

Cesar Chavez — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4:15; 7:20; 9:45; Fri-Wed 1:45; 4:30; 7:30 plus

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

Sat-Sun 11:15am.

Noah — Wed-Thu 12; 1; 3; 4; 6; 7; 9; 9:55; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Cesar Chavez in Spanish — Wed-Thu 2; 7:40; Fri-Wed 9:45pm.

Dallas Buyers Club — Wed-Thu 4:30pm.

Divergent — Daily 1; 4; 7; 10.

God’s Not Dead — Fri-Wed 1:45; 4:30; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

The Grand Budapest Hotel — Fri-Wed 1:45; 4:30; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:15am.

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

Need for Speed — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4:15; 7:15 10; Fri-Wed 9:45pm.

Noah — Daily 1; 4; 7; 10.

Noah in Spanish — Wed-Thu 4:30; 10.

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 1:45; 4:30;

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier — (Opens 8pm Thu) call for showtimes.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier 3D — (Opens 8pm Thu) call for showtimes.

300: Rise of an Empire — Wed 4/2 1; 3:35; 6:15; 9; Thu 1; 3:35; 6:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. (no Thu 9pm) Divergent — Wed 4/2 12; 12:35; 3:05; 3:45; 6:10; 7:10; 9:15; 10:15; Thu 12; 12:35; 3:05; 3:45; 6:10; 8:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The LEGO Movie —Wed-Thu 12:05; 2:35; 5; 7:30; 10:05; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Need for Speed — Wed-Thu 12:40; 3:40; 7; 9:55; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Non-Stop — Wed-Thu 12:20; 2:50; 5:20; 7:50; 10:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Mr. Peabody & Sherman — Wed 4/2 12:10; 2:45; 5:15; 7:40; 10; Thu 12:10; 2:45; 5:15; 6:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

7:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:15.

Philomena — Wed-Thu 1:45.

Sabotage — Daily 1:30; 4; 7:30; 10 plus Sat-Sun 11am.

“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.

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

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!

SABOTAGE (R; 109 min) 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.

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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CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (PG-13; 136 min) Sequel to Marvel Universe spawn adds a twist of oldschool paranoia thriller, sort of like if The Parallax View had superheroes. OK, not quite like that. That would be awesome.

(Opens Fri at Cinelux Scotts Valley, Cinelux 41st Ave, Santa Cruz 9, Green Valley).

LE WEEK-END (R; 93 min) British couple looking to rekindle their relationship returns to Paris, the site of their honeymoon.

(Opens Fri at the Nick)

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS (PG-13; 92 min) French crime comedy has two cops on their biggest case ever. Guess if they bicker?

But then learn to appreciate each other, and work together to solve the case? I’m just throwing out ideas here.

(Opens Fri at the Nick) SPIRITED AWAY (2001) Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s epic masterpiece of fantasy animation is the coolest combination of gods, spirits, monsters and bathhouses ever. (Plays Fri and Sat at midnight at Del Mar)

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A MODEST PROPOSAL Assembly’s executive chef Carlo Espinas lets diners choose between ‘Modest’ and ‘Substantial’ dishes on the lunch menu.

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ita and I made our IPO (initial public outing) to Assembly last week for a late lunch, joined by an inquiring crowd of fellow foodies. In addition to those antler chandeliers (shades of True Detective!), and an inviting front bar, the uncluttered interior is equipped with urban sleek and plenty of light. Banquettes line the front and side walls, while two and four-tops populate the spacious central dining area. A sextet was being seated in the front power nook overlooking the street action when we took our table, ordered San Pellegrino and checked out the "rustic California" menu.

Immediately the user-friendly pricing

jumped out at us—entrees were priced between $8.50 and $11 and proved generous enough to require to-go packaging.

Executive chef Carlo Espinas has put together a likable menu that is refreshingly free of tricky, conceptdriven items. The lunch menu organizes dishes into “Modest”— inventive soups and small salads— and “Substantial,” which can include a mammoth burger with homemade brioche bun, fried chicken, crispy duck leg with kumquats, radicchio and much more, and a slow-cooked beef with various root veggies.

The Cubano press immediately appealed to me. What's not to like in

a robust sandwich filled with roasted pork and smoked ham, adorned with pickled onions, Swiss cheese and sweet-hot mustard ($9.50)? The sandwich, toasted a la panini, arrived with a bouquet of house-made potato chips and a little green field of infant arugula—seriously delicious microgreens—bathed in an excellent tart vinaigrette.

Rita's slow-cooked beef was served in a deep bowl and was very very tender in a broth with sunchokes, celery root, carrots and fresh horseradish cream ($11). Major burgers were served at tables around us, a slab of beef riding high on a homemade brioche bun topped with

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cheddar, lettuce, pickled onions and served with fries so beautiful they looked Photoshopped.

Desserts at Assembly feature Penny Ice Creamery specialties, and both of the menu items we sampled showcased ice cream. Salted caramel ice cream filled a beautiful tumbler. A bed of whipped cream supported the creation, which was topped with chocolate sauce and toasted almonds—an enlightened, yet decadent sundae ($8).

Another visually opulent item paired up a small Bearss lime tart with tiny, micro pyramids of meringue dotting an undulant arrangement of quivering lime gelées, and a creamy oval of white chocolate ice cream ($7). This was a showpiece salvo from house pastry chef Anna St. John. I would love to see even more pastries added to the otherwise ice cream intensive dessert list. In keeping with the community gathering spot concept, partners Kendra Baker and Zachary Davis (Penny Ice Creamery, Picnic Basket) were very hands-on owners, working the crowd throughout lunch, stopping to talk, explain decor and make sure every patron felt welcome. Next time I'll stop by for dinner and sample the wine list offerings.

Assembly, located at 1108 Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz, is open Tuesday through Sunday for lunch and dinner, 11am-10pm (11pm on Friday and Saturday nights). A snack menu is served from 3-5pm.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 23-Aug. 22): The Indian spiritual teacher Nisargadatta Nisar gadatta Maharaj Maharaj offered offered a three-stage thrree-stage fable fable to progression toward symbolize one’s one’s pr ogression towar rd enlightenment. In the first stage, you are are inside a cage cage located in a forest forest wheree a tiger wher g prowls. pprowls. You’re Yoou’re protected pprotectted byy the cage, g so the tiger can’t can’t hurt you. On the other hand, haand, you’re you’re trapped. trapped.

In the second stage, the tiger is inside inside the cage and you rroam oam freely freely through through the forest. forest. Thee beautiful animal is trapped. tr apped. In the third third stage,, the tigerr is out of the cage and It’s you have tamed it. It ’s your ally andd you are are riding around around on its back. I believe this sequence has rresemblances esemblances to coming the story you’ll be living in the com ing months. Right now you’ree inside the cage and the tige tigerr is outside. By midyou’r and May the tiger will be in the cage an nd you’ll be outside. By birthday, riding tiger.. your birthday y, I expect you to be rid ding the tiger VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

23-Sept. 22): Wh What at is ““soul soul work,” It’s anyway? It ’s like when you makee an unpredictable unpredictable gift ffor or someone you love. Or when whhen you bravely bravely qualities and resolve resolve to identify one of your unripe qualities use all your willpower and ingenuity ingennuity to ripen it. Soul workk iis when h you wade d into i t a party paarty t full f ll off rowdy rowdy d drunkss and put your meditation skills to the acid drunk It’s test. It ’s like when you teach yourself youurself not merely merely to tolerate toler ate smoldering ambiguity, ambiguity, but b to be amused by it and even thrive on it. Can Can you yoou think of other It’s examples? It ’s Soul Work Work Week Week for for you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 23-Oct. -Oct. 22):: Ar Aree yo you ou close to anyone who theree a per person is a catalytic listener? Is ther rson who tunes in to what you say with such ffervent ervent rreceptivity ecceptivity that you get inspired inspir ed to reveal reveal truths you didn’t didn’t rrealize ealize you knew? If so, invite this superstar out to a free free lunch or two in the

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coming days. If not, not, see if you can find one. Of course, it is always a blessing blessiing to have a heart-to-heart talk with a soul friend,, but it is even more more crucial than usual for for you to treat treat yourself yoursself to this luxury now. now. Hints of lost magic are are near the th he surface surface of your awareness. awareness. They’re They’re emerge into full view during still unconscious,, but could emerge pr provocative ovocative conversations convversations with an empathetic ally. allyy.

SCORPIO (O (Oct. ct. 23-Nov. 23-Nov. 21): On my blog, I quoted Braddbury: y “You “YYoou must stayy drunk on writingg author Rayy Bradbury: reality cannot cannot destroy destroy you.”” I asked my readers readers what so reality word they wouldd use in place of “writing” to describe word avoideed being destroyed destroyed by reality. reality. Popular Popular how they avoided responses were were love, music, whiskey, whiskeyy, prayer, prayerr, dreams, dreams, responses gratitude, and yoga. yooga. One woman testified that she gratitude, “collecting stayed drunk onn sexting, while another said “collecting gargoyles from from medieval m cathedrals,”” and a third third gargoyles cathedrals,” secrret was “jumping over hurdles hurdles while claimed her secret T e was even a rebel Ther rebel who declared declared riding a horse.” There drunk on writing so she could destr destroy oy she stayed drunk reality. My question questtion is important for for you to meditate reality.

Righht now you must do whatever’s whatever ’s on, Scorpio. Right keeep from from being messed with by reality reality necessary to keep SAGITTAR SAGITTARIUS RIUS (Nov (Nov.. 22 22-Dec. -Dec. 21): Does your mother know what whhat you are are up to these days? Let’s Let’s hope not. I doub bt if she would fully appr ove, and that doubt approve, might inhibit your your enthusiasm for for the experiments you ar It’s probably probably best to keep your father father out aree exploring. It’s of the loop as w ell, along with other honchos, cynics, or well, loved ones who might be upset if you wander outside oundaries. And as ffor of your usual bo or those clucking boundaries. voices in your head: heead: Give them milk and cookies, but don ’t pay attent tion to their cautious advice. YYou oou need don’t attention to be fr ee of thee past, fr ee of ffearful earful influences, and free free fr ee of the self you’re y e in the pr you’r ocess of outgr owing free process outgrowing CAPRICORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): For the foreseeable future, futuure, I urge urge you not to spend much foreseeable wrangling with bureaucrats bureaucrats and know-ittime wrangling Avoid v frustrating frustrrating projects projects that would require require alls. Avoid discipline. Don’t Don’t even think about meticulous discipline. paperwork or organizing organizing your junk catching up on paperwork drawer or planning plannning the next five years of your career. career. drawer focus on on taking long meandering walks walks to Instead, focus nowhere in particular. partticular. Daydream Daydream about an epic movie nowhere liife story. story. Flirt with being a lazy bum. based on your life noncompettitive games with unambitious people.

Play noncompetitive Here’s why: Goo od ideas and wise decisions ar Here’s Good aree most percolate as you are are lounging around around doing likely to percolate eeling no guil for doing nothing. nothing—and ffeeling guiltt for AQUARIUS S (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Ar Aree you waiting?

Are you wondering wonderiing and hoping? Are Are you calculating Are are needed, and if so, how much? Do you whether you are w e clear wer er about how deeply you wish the signs were clearer y Are you on edge as you try should commit yourself?

Are y exact role role is in the grand grand scheme to gauge what your I m here heere to deliver a message from from the of things? I’m h you should proceed. proceed. It’s It’s a poem by universe about how Emily Dickinson:: “They might not need me but—they might—/ I’ll lett my Heart be just in sight—/ A smile Precisely their necessity.” necessity.” so small as minee might be / Precisely PISCES (Feb.. 19-March 19-March 20): YYou oou will soon get a A opportunity you failed failed to capitalize second chance. An wiill re-emerge re-emerge in an even more more on in the past will guisee, and you will snag it this time. You You o welcoming guise, weren’t rready eady ffor or it the first time it came ar ound, but weren’t around, are ready ready now! noow! It’s It’s probably probably a good thing the you are didn’t ’ happen earlier connection didn’t earlier,r, because at that time wasn’t fully ripe. But the magic is ripe now! the magic wasn’t

Homework: Choose Homework: C one ar area ea of your lif lifee wheree you’re wher you’r you re going to stop pr pretending. etending.

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ARIES (Mar (March ch 21-April 19): In his novel The Unbearable Unbearrable a Lightness of Being, Milan M KKundera undera says that the brain area brain has ““aa special ar eaa which we might call poetic memory and which records records d everything that charms or touches us, that makes makees our lives beautiful.”

In the coming days, it will be especially esppecially important for for you to tap into this power spot spot in your own grey grey matter, matterr, Aries. You Yoou need to activate activate and stir up the feelings stored there. feelings of enchantment that are are stor ed ther e. Doing so will make you for y fullyy alert and available a for the new delights that will be swirling in your vicinity.. The y vicinity operative operative principle is like attr attracts raactts like.

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