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park at times seems like the final resting

place of all the extras from the Mad Max/

Road Warrior movies. It’s not pretty out there,

and crank-fueled sentiment permeates.

Santa Cruz today could be described like

New York was in the ’70s by the fictional

movie character Travis Bickle: “All the

animals come out at night ... The city is like

an open sewer... One day a real rain will come

and wash all the scum off the streets.” Travis

was half right. They are also out during the

day.

Charles BirimisaWatsonville

FROM THE WEB

The Unfriending

Re: “Pulling No Punches”: I had liked [Take

Back Santa Cruz] on Facebook and followed

their posts. I realize that the page can’t be

monitored daily, but that didn’t make the

hateful posts any more palatable. A very

personal attack against me, during the

discussion about the Warriors arena, made

me unfriend them. Good luck to her in all

that she is trying to do. We are vigilant in our

own neighborhood, and for some of us, that’s

the most we can do. You can’t help everyone,

but everyone can help someone.

JC

Inspired to Act

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article

about local hero Analicia Cube. She is

changing the narrative in Santa Cruz, and

it is about time. My family and I feel all the

more safe knowing that such a caring woman

is attempting to address the level of crime

and cleanliness in the city. Santa Cruz is

a wonderful place, but to ignore these two

problems and to stand up for family safety

without a political agenda and as a woman

inspires me to do what I can, too. Keep up the

good work, Analicia—the citizens of our town

owe you a debt of gratitude for your service.

Maria Gomez

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group and is not the Council, County or SCPD,

but it is starting this desperately needed

conversation and hopefully change will

result.

Jim LevySanta Cruz

DeNiro’s Waiting

Re: “Pulling No Punches”: Although I've

never been technically “harassed” in Santa

Cruz, I have been followed alongside the San

Lorenzo levee and have been given the “Heil

Hitler” sign as I walked on North Pacific.

Recently, during the day while walking

over the internal San Lorenzo Park bridge, I

heard beneath me, “Watch out, there’s a pig

over there.” For those who don’t know, “pig”

was a ’60s term for police. Anyway, these days

there is a law enforcement/security guard

presence in the park, and thank god. For the

Chance for Change

Re: “Pulling No Punches” (Cover, Sept. 25):

Thank you for the insightful article about

Take Back's Analicia Cube. The hardworking

majority stands behind both her and

the efforts of TBSC. We are comprised of

all victims of theft and witnesses of the

deterioration of common sense decisions

made by leadership in Santa Cruz. As an avid

cyclist, how is it possible that bike theft is so

rampant? How about the prevalence of meth

and heroin and needles given away at a ratio

of 30 to 1? How about the catch-and-release

mentality of the judges in our local judicial

system? I participate in community cleanups

and I find that after revisiting the same area

six months later, it looks exactly the same way

it did six months [before]. How come Santa

Cruz ranks first in theft and larceny in the

entire state of California for cities of similar

size? I can go on and on. TBSC is a community

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junction—or the synapses that connect

the nervous system to the muscular

system. Derived from the Greek word

for “glue,” these cells outnumber

neurons in higher functioning animals

(i.e., humans) and, you may have

guessed, are a huge mystery. Until very

recently, they were believed to exist

solely to “glue” neurons together in the

nervous system.

“It was generally believed that most

neurological diseases come from the

abnormal function of neurons,” says

Zuo. “But recently, it has been found

that glial cells in the brain play a very

important role in the development

and progression of many neurological

diseases.”

Zuo thinks that glial cells, as

important as they are for protecting

neurons (and who knows what

The human brain is riddled

with enigmas. Despite

incredible advancements in

technology and medicine, for instance,

we still haven't pinpointed the cause

of neurodegenerative diseases like

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

And while the growing “brain

training” industry (e.g., Lumosity)

offers solace to our collective fear of

lost memory and intelligence, the

effectiveness of such programs to

enhance memory, learning and even

mood are hotly debated. Not to mention

a bit expensive.

And so it was that I found myself

in the office of Yi Zuo, Ph.D., nestled in

the redwoods of UCSC. An associate

professor of molecular, cellular and

developmental biology, Dr. Zuo’s work

runs along the cutting edge of the

nervous system's unknowns, reaching

into possible causes for neurological

disorders and degenerative disease,

as well as studying the way the brain

rewires itself when learning something

new.

Lumosity? Like everyone, Zuo had

given it a whirl, ending it promptly

when asked for her credit card

information. “I definitely firmly believe

that exercise, or activating the neurons

constantly is good for your brain,” says

Zuo. “And not only brain activities,

like reading or puzzles, but actually

working out is good for the brain too,

because it brings oxygen into the

brain.”

But Zuo is not an expert on Lumosity.

She has more important things to do

with her time; among them, studying

glial cells in the neuromuscular

Train of ThoughtUCSC’s Dr. Yi Zuo goes mapmaking in the human brainBY MARIA GRUSAUSKAS

WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? Dr. Yi Zuo at UCSC, where she is doing cutting-edge work on the biggest questions in neuroscience.

else), could be disrupting synapse

connections—a process that

occurs in both normal aging and

neurodegenerative diseases. “The hope

is that if we can understand the rules

in the neuromuscular junction, we can

apply similar rules in the brain,” says

Zuo.

Offering up a rotation of beautiful

drawings of neurons by the late

Santiago Ramón y Cajal, "the Godfather

of neuroscience," and even sketching

out the tree-like structures herself, Zuo

passionately explains her latest study of

synapse plasticity in the brain, which

has shed light on the way we learn. By

mapping out the formation and loss of

new “spines” on the dendrites of mice

as they learn a new motor skill, she's

able to track the creation and loss of

new synapse connections in the brain.

“What we’ve found is a huge spine

increase in connections during the

initial learning phase,” says Zuo.

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during the consolidation phase, the

amount of synapse loss also increases.

“So that means that during the period

of time we are learning, we are not

actually making more connections in

the brain, we are rerouting the brain. So

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The mystery of what we are losing

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people say that the brain has a capacity

well beyond what we are using,” she

says.

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French, then should I learn English

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one day—which is better? I still don’t

know, but that is the hope behind the

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communities like Santa Cruz will be

able to use in the future. “We’re doing

interviews of all stakeholders,” she says.

“We’re not just looking for cheerleaders.”

Financial cost-benefit analyses aside,

the study will look at how effectively

organizers are reducing homelessness

and what, exactly, it’s been like for people

who spent years on the streets—some of

them, decades—to adjust to permanent

housing. Bullock and MacGillivray will

interview people that project organizers

have moved into housing and their

case managers. They’ll be analyzing

data, including that from the Homeless

Information Management Systems, to

see what services the county’s transients

have been using and look for any trend

changes. They will also compare costs to

the community before and after people

receive housing.

MacGillivray doesn’t want to

assume public costs will go way down

immediately under Project 180. She

predicts, if nothing else, they won’t

go up. This comes from research

communities, like Philadelphia,

Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Denver

and New York City, which have done

similar studies, so there’s already some

literature available—the most notable

being “Million-Dollar Murray,” a story

by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker

that famously depicted how Reno, Nev.

saved itself money and a man’s life by

giving him a place to live and alcohol

treatment.

Not many places the size of Santa

Cruz have launched programs with such

ambitious goals and followed up with

evaluations. Bullock and MacGillivray

hope to come forward next year with a

model of best practices for how to get the

chronically homeless off the streets that

will serve not only Santa Cruz, but other

small towns looking to remedy the same

problems.

“Obviously we’re going to have

more to say in the coming months,”

Bullock says. “The research is crucially

important. We can’t have informed

programs and initiatives without

information about how well they’re

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Do Homeless Programs Help?New study into Project 180/180 will evaluate if—and how much—the program is working BY JACOB PIERCE

university is going ahead and building

a research project,” project manager

Kramer told Santa Cruz Weekly after

the meeting.

Heather Bullock, chair of UCSC’s

psychology department, is collaborating

with Lois MacGillivray, a Catholic nun,

to study how Project 180/180 works—

and how well. “We really want to dig

deeper,” Bullock says, gripping both

hands around her tea cup. The women

are sitting next to an ocean view of 21st

Avenue Beach in the dining commons

of the retreat center where MacGillivray

lives—a common study place for the two

researchers. “We want to understand

what combination of services along with

housing really helps support people.”

Bullock and MacGillivray’s research

will weigh the costs of this approach

to homeless issues that Kramer and

Homeless Services director Monica

Martinez projected would save the

county money—by spending a little

more on housing and treatment, but at

the same time much less on expensive

emergency services.

Martinez and Claudia Brown,

president of the HSC board, are also

enthusiastic about the research, which

they believe will validate the program.

But it will also be a test. No doubt the

critics who questioned the effectiveness

of the program when it launched in the

summer will look to the study to see how

many benchmarks have been met.

MacGillivray, who studied sociology

at the University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill, says she wants to create

an honest evaluation that other

Phil Kramer stood in front of

some 20 tables and a rainbow

of pastel tablecloths, dotted

with flowers from the Homeless

Garden Project, at Simpkins Family

Swim Center earlier this month. It

was a party for Project 180/180, the

collaborative program designed to

house 180 people in the county most

in need of shelter—the chronically

homeless, the sick and the mentally

ill. The project hit a milestone this fall

when it reached a halfway point with

90 people housed.

But within the party was a quieter

celebration, as activists, politicians and

bureaucrats chattered about a new study

into Project 180/180, and a partnership

with UCSC.

“We were excited to hear the

HOME INSPECTION Heather Bullock, chair of UCSC’s psychology department (right), is collaborating with Lois MacGillivray (left) on the study of Project 180/180’s effectiveness.

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EVENTS •NEWS •MUSIC •RESTAURANTS BEACHES •GIVEAWAYS

Banks Holiday

Just a stone’s throw from downtown,

50 people went canoeing and stand-

up paddleboarding last Saturday.

Okay, but how many reported

queasiness from the muddy muck

we call the San Lorenzo River?

Wait, zero?

Huh. Well, Santa Cruzans really

dodged a hypodermic needle

there—amiright?

“People had lots of fun, saw lots

of wildlife. People on the levee were

excited,” says Laurie Egan of the

Coastal Watershed Council, which

organized Saturday’s event.

Santa Cruz City Council waived

rules that prohibit boating on the

river for last weekend’s River Paddle

Tour. City councilmember Don Lane

showed up—as did councilmember

Micah Posner and Mayor Hilary

Bryant, who both paddled a couple

laps. County Resources Director

John Ricker came and said studies

have shown the water, while not as

healthy as Brita-filtered drinking

water, is not dangerous.

Greg Pepping, executive director

of the Coastal Watershed Council,

says the event was just one step

toward getting the council to

approve recreation on the river all

the time. “Other people love having

a river by their downtown,” he says.

“We can have that too, and we have

way too many creative people for it to

continue this way.”

Briefs

Gimme Some Sugar With microphone in hand, Chris

Rene explained last Friday how

he came to have a cupcake created

in his honor at Starz Cupcakes in

Capitola. “I went to school with

Connie, who owns this place,”

said Rene. “She said, ‘We want

some more promotions over here.

We’re tryin’ to get some people to

eat these cupcakes.’ And I’m like,

let’s DO THIS!” The last two words

were said with a deep bellow, like

a sportscaster announcing a slam

dunk. “God bless, love life, let’s eat

some cupcakes,” he said, bringing

his index and middle fingers to his

mouth, kissing them and throwing

them into a peace sign in the air

before heading inside. There,

he signed photos of himself for

the 20 or so devotees (also called

“Renelians” or “Love Life Soljas”)

who followed him there.

Outside, Rene fans, mostly

young women who watched his

performances on the television

show The X Factor in 2011, eagerly

awaited their chance to see him

and purchase a four-pack of Rene

cupcakes, which are cotton candy

flavored and feature a photo of his

face on the icing.

“He is so inspiring,” said Krystalle

Campos, who pulled down her

sleeve to reveal a tattoo of Rene’s face

on her shoulder. She drove from

Merced to see him, but is thinking

of relocating to Santa Cruz “because

he’s so awesome.” She called him

“the greatest, most beautiful soul

ever made, God’s light on earth.”

She has a history of drug use and

incarceration in her family, and

said he has helped so many people

get off drugs, which is just one of

the reasons she loves him. “He’s not

about money or fame, he’s about

love. He really is.”

Connie Brighton, who co-owns

Starz with her mother Debbie,

recalled the birth of the idea for

Chris Rene’s Cotton Candy Cupcake:

“He was in here for about 30

seconds. He said, ‘I want a cotton

candy cupcake’. I said, ‘You got it.’

He picked everything. He picked the

colors, the name.”

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'She said... 'We're tryin' to get some people to eat these cup-cakes.' And I'm like, let's DO THIS!' - CHRIS RENE

Secrets: History as FictionThe author of ‘Santa Cruz

Is In the Heart’ tells a story

about a story about

his family

BY GEOFFREY DUNN

For Tess, Cameryn, Sierra & Stevie Rae

This story is one that can never be

published. At least not here, in Santa

Cruz, not now, while certain members

of my family are still alive. I suppose I

could publish it someday, a different

version of it perhaps, with a few details carefully

omitted, a name changed here and there, a feeling or

impression silenced.

But for now we have this story, my Aunt Francesca’s

story, or, more accurately, my story about my Aunt

Francesca’s life. And about my mother’s life. And my life.

Life stories have a way of being woven together.

This story is also about secrets, and about with

whom they can be shared. We keep secrets to survive,

to move on with our lives. We construct stories—or

reconstruct events—as a way of smoothing out the

rough spots, the ragged potholes, in our journeys.

The long and winding road becomes an impossible

passage without them.

This story, then, is our secret—yours, mine, my

mother’s and my Aunt Francesca’s. And so, I ask, that it

remain.

The author John Berger once wrote that an individual’s

life is like an onion. Peel one layer of it away, and it

reveals yet another layer, then another and then another,

until there is nothing left of it, save the aroma.

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Excerpted from ‘Santa Cruz Is

In the Heart, Volume II: Further

Writings on Local History,

Culture, Politics and Ghosts,’

published by Capitola Book

Company.

All images from the scrapbook

of Lindy Stagnaro Dunn.

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I see my Aunt Francesca’s life more

like a silver rose—more precisely,

the Sterling Silver hybrid that my

father planted in our garden in the

late 1950s. Peel one petal off, and it

reveals another—fresher, even more

beautiful than the first, until there are

only small, tightly-wrapped petals,

each one darker, more difficult to

behold. Then the wind blows the

petals away.

My cousin says that this metaphor

of a rose is something of a cliché,

and perhaps he is right. But when the

bush first bloomed in our garden,

more than 50 years ago, I began

taking roses to my Aunt Francesca,

wrapped in wet newspaper, and she

always loved them.

I will begin this story in the

spring of 1984, nearly three decades

ago. It will end six months later, in

November of the same year, but in

truth, the story is as long as my Aunt

Francesca’s life, as long as mine, and,

perhaps, as long as yours.

It’s a myth that stories have

beginnings and endings. They wind

still standing, not far from where she

was raised. It was located only a block

from my childhood home, and so I was a

frequent visitor there.

She had a pond with goldfish and

water lilies in her front yard, and a

large, dark living room with an upright

piano, on which, for a short time, I was

forced to take lessons. She placed the

roses I brought her in a crystal vase she

kept in the living room.

My aunt had two daughters, both

married when I was born, and since

they were nearly a generation older,

I called them my aunts, even though

they were my first cousins. Who their

father was I didn’t know, nor was it

ever explained to me, until I was in

junior high school.

This is what I was told by my

mother: that my Aunt Francesca had

been married to my Uncle Pete, that

he had contracted a “social disease,”

that he had gone crazy, and that he

had been sent away to an asylum in

the early 1940s, where he had died.

For many years, that was all I knew

of my Uncle Pete, and, really, of my

backwards and forwards, like a

clock without a spring. Time is an

illusion. We create endings as a way

to wrap them up, to present them like

a birthday present, neatly packaged

and contained with a bow on top.

Thirty years ago my life was

in ruins, or so it seemed. My

world had grown ugly, my

despair deep and persistent. I was

leaving town to live in Europe for six

months—specifically, my family’s

home village in Italy on the Ligurian

coast. I was going there to heal, to find

myself again.

It is somewhat embarrassing to

note that those six months are the

longest I have ever been away from

Santa Cruz, but so it is. In my once

close-knit family, this impending

departure was thus something of an

occasion. I made my rounds, saying

good-bye to various aunts and uncles

and cousins, until finally, the very last

stop I made was to the wharf to say

good-bye to Francesca.

Europe, as I shall note in due passing,

had a special meaning to my aunt,

especially Rome and the Vatican,

where she had visited late in her life.

When I went down to the wharf to bid

her farewell, she held me by the hand,

looked at me deeply with her sparkling

dark eyes, and said, “Geoffrey, send me

a postcard from Roma.”

She kissed me, and I was gone.

Arrivederci.This is what I know about my

Aunt Francesca. She was born in

Santa Cruz shortly after the 1906

Earthquake, the eldest daughter in

an Italian immigrant family. Much

of the mothering of her nine younger

siblings would fall on her.

My earliest memories of my aunt

are of her driving in a fish truck

with my Uncle Batista. They would

drive off the wharf together every

night after work. I thought they were

married. In fact, they were brother

and sister, both, as I would later

come to understand, the survivors of

shattered marriages.

My aunt then lived alone on the West

Side, in a white, wood-framed house,

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Aunt Francesca, save for the fact that

she was sweet and fun with me, if

always a little, well, ethereal.

As I grew older, I heard bits and

pieces from my mother about my

Uncle Pete: that he was a great guy,

that he had been a good father until

he took ill. Little more was ever said.

What happened between him and my

aunt, my mother asserted, was their

business, certainly none of mine. Their

story was their secret. My aunt was part

of my life; he was not. It was simple.

There was nothing more to say.

I am sitting in a sidewalk café

outside the Vatican. I have bought

my aunt a postcard of Rome and

the Sistine Chapel and am writing her

a note. “Dear Aunt Francesca,” I write,

“I am having a glass of wine in your

honor and am toasting you here. In a

few days I will toast you in Venice. Love,

your nephew…”

I have been in Italy now for many

months, and am feeling better, on the

road to recovery. Time is truly a great

healer. I sit back, take a sip of my

wine, a hearty Italian red, and think

about my Aunt Francesca.

During my early twenties, following

the break-up of my own world, my

aunt and I developed a personal

bond. We were both working at the

wharf then, I cutting fish, she as

a hostess in a restaurant, and she

would visit with me daily at the

cutting tables on her way to work.

I felt very special that she did that,

going out of her way each day to

come see me, always with a smile on

her face. Often, after she was done, I

would drive her home at night.

By then I had learned a few more

bits about her life: that she had

moved out of the family home when

she was only 18; that she had worked

her way through a small business

college then located in Santa Cruz

and had taken a job as a secretary

with a local doctor—all this in the

1920s, when young women her

age and the daughters of Italian

immigrants did not do such things.

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My mother showed me some old

photos of her. Francesca was a classic,

dark beauty in her youth, and she

loved to dress up in the style of her

era. She was a so-called “flapper girl,”

strong, independent, bold, and, given

her ethnic background, certainly an

anomaly. I think it’s fair to say there was

something devilish about her smile.

In her later years, she was still an

immaculate dresser. She had her

hair done regularly, and she had

taken to wearing false eye-lashes. I

must confess that they seemed to me

a bit much, given my own personal

aesthetic at the time, but she wore

them proudly, with dignity.

Sometimes, for a brief break on late

Friday afternoons before the evening

rush hit at the wharf, I would take my

aunt to the Catalyst Club for Happy

Hour, to listen to the Dixieland jazz,

which she loved. She always ordered a

single glass of champagne. Afterwards,

I would drive her back to work.

When she was 62, she made a

six-week journey to Europe. It was a

dream come to fruition and turned

back into a dream. She had saved up

her money for a dozen years to pay

for the vacation. She spoke about it

daily for the rest of her life.

“You’ll love it there,” she would say

to me in her trademark sing-song,

upbeat fashion. “You just have to go!”

I can hear those words as if she is

sitting next to me. I finish my wine

and, later, mail the postcard.

When I return from Rome

to my family’s village in

Liguria, I sit down at yet

another sidewalk café, this time with

a cousin of roughly the same age as

my mother and a few years younger

than my aunt. He had lived in Santa

Cruz most of his life, but in later years

returned to Italy, where he retired and

assumed the role of the ex-officio town

mayor. He had more money than our

cousins in Italy on pensiones and he

could afford to buy them coffee and

small bottles of Austrian beer.

I told him of my visit to Rome

and about toasting a glass of wine in

honor of my Aunt Francesca.

“Your poor aunt,” he says to me.

“What that girl went through.”

Perhaps because we were no longer

in our hometown, with all of its

hidden walls and social conventions

that keep secrets boxed in and

welded to their place, my cousin felt

free to reveal what he did.

This is what he told me: that

during the 1920s, when my aunt

had first moved out of the family

home, that she had been virtually

excommunicated by her family for

years, in particular by her father—my

grandfather—who forbade anyone in

the family to mention her name. She

had met the man who would become

my Uncle Pete while dancing at the

Coconut Grove ballroom.

“She went through hell,” my cousin

continued. “Even after Pete left, and

she was broke and had to move back

home with the kids, the old man was

hard as hell on her. But she never gave

in to him. She always took care of

those kids and carried her head high.

She’s a tough gal, your aunt…”

I felt a heavy weight in my chest,

the silence of my grandfather bearing

in on me. “One thing I’ll say about

your mother,” he added. “She always

stuck by her sister. She used to visit

her when no one else would, bring

her clothes and food for the kids. She

was always good to her.”

And then he added an interesting

caveat: “They did the same thing to your

mother when she ran away with your

father,” he said. This, too, was news.

The story weighed on me through the

rest of my stay in Italy. I thought about it

on the train through France, on the ferry

across the English Channel, on my way

to London, on my return flight home.

My poor Aunt Francesca, I thought.

My poor mother. All that pain and

hurt welled up inside. I had known

my Aunt Francesca all my life, of

course, but like the inner petals

of that metaphorical rose, I felt as

though I was actually discovering

My poor Aunt Francesca, I thought. My poor mother. All that pain and hurt welled up inside.

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her for the first time. I wanted to take

her for a glass of champagne at the

Catalyst upon my return.

At Heathrow Airport in London, I

discovered a telephone where, if you

pressed the receiver down ten times

quickly enough, you could make a

free call to the states.

I called my mother. She sounded

thrilled to hear from me. I asked her

how everyone was. “Fine, fine,” she

said. “Everyone’s fine.”

“And how’s Aunt Francesca?”

“Oh, she’s been a little down with the

weather,” she said. “But she’s fine, too.”

The following midnight, less

than 24 hours after that phone

conversation with my mother, my

plane touched down at San Francisco

International. My friend Mark picked

me up. I spent the night on his couch.

The next morning, Mark, my friend

John and I drove down to the wharf,

where I expected a grand family

welcome upon my return.

It was a brisk, clear autumn

morning. Santa Cruz looked fresh

and clean again, and I eagerly

anticipated beginning my life anew

here. We turned onto the wharf. I saw

the familiar faces of my old Filipino

friends fishing for anchovies. Great

grey pelicans dove violently into the

bay. It felt good to be home.

About half way out I began looking

for members of my family. I didn’t

see any, though I noticed that above

one of the businesses, a flag was

flying at half-mast.

Finally, I saw my mother’s distant

cousin Aldo, just ready to retire from

his job as a cook. He was excited to

see me.

“There’s my boy!” he yelled with a

big smile. “We missed you down here.

The knives are all dull…”

“What’s up with the flag at half-

mast?” I asked him.

His smile froze. “That’s for your

Aunt Francesca,” he said. “Didn’t

anybody tell ya? She died last

Thursday…That’s why there’s no one

down here… Her funeral was this

morning.”

Thirty years later, I have finally

recovered from that moment. So

many things I wanted to say. So many

questions I wanted to ask.

I have forgiven my mother for

her lie, but I have an anger that still

simmers over it from time to time. In

a family wallowed in a sea of denial, I

suppose this was but another bucket

of water. “I didn’t want to ruin your

trip,” my mother would later explain.

“I didn’t want you to worry.”

In the weeks after I returned, I

learned bits and pieces about what

had happened. It seems that my aunt

Francesca had another secret.

My aunt had died from

complications due to breast cancer.

Apparently she had suspected she

had it for quite some time, perhaps as

long as several years, but she had not

told anyone, including her doctor. A

few months after I had left for Europe,

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she collapsed one evening at work,

shortly after which her condition was

finally discovered.

The cancer had spread so thoroughly

throughout her body, that there was little

hope for recovery. During an exploratory

surgery, her heart gave out. I imagined

the doctor cutting her open and finding

both the faces of my Uncle Pete and of

my grandfather on her tumor.

She was 75 years old.

Later, I learned from my sister that

my postcard from Rome was at her

bedside when she died.

Over the past three decades I

have discovered a few more

bits and pieces about my Aunt

Francesca, and a little more about my

Uncle Pete as well.

The first story came from one

of her daughters. When she and

her sister had gone through their

mother’s belongings, they had found

their father’s wallet, neatly saved,

untouched for 50 years, along with

several family documents.

As for Uncle Pete, it turned out that

he hadn’t died in the 1940s.

Shortly after returning to Santa

Cruz, I had lunch with an old family

friend. She was getting up in years at

the time, and said she had a story she

wanted to tell. She was a little worried

about it, but no, she said, she was

going to tell me anyway.

My Uncle Pete, she said, had

recently died in San Jose, where

he had been living for decades.

Moreover, she claimed, my Aunt

Francesca had visited him there

before he died.

A light flickered inside my head.

Perhaps three or four times I had

driven my Aunt Francesca to the train

station in San Jose, where, I believed,

she took the commuter run to Palo

Alto or San Francisco for shopping

and visiting with friends.

Then I remembered one occasion

driving over Highway 17 with her, when

she brought up the subject of my Uncle

Pete. “Oh, he was a handsome man,”

she said. “And very talented. I wish you

could have met him.”

She said it happily, without any

trace of bitterness.

To this day I think about that often:

Not the slightest trace of bitterness.

It was the only time she ever

mentioned him to me.

I left her off at the train station. She

seemed excited, lost in thought. She

waved good-bye, then turned, and

disappeared into the depot.

With her, she carried all of her

secrets—a lifetime of them—a bag

weighted and full, though I did not

know then how heavy it was.

Now her secrets are our secrets.

Yours and mine.

Please don’t tell anyone else.

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“Ray Charles has always been

my favorite male voice, and it just

happened that a year ago or so Zach

Deputy, who’s a good friend, came to

San Diego and I sat in with him. He

started out his show with a whole Ray

Charles thing, and I was like, ‘I didn’t

know you could sing like Ray Charles!’”

says Denson.

“He’s from Georgia, like Ray Charles,

so he has an affinity for him, too. We’ve

been talking about doing something

like this for a while, and we pulled it

together at the last Jazz Fest [in New

Orleans], and it was really insane—

with Zach playing guitar and sitting in

with Tiny Universe, it brought it to a

whole other level, it was really a blast, so

we decided to continue it.”

For those who have seen the show

(or video of it), it’s uncanny how

Deputy can at times sound and feel

like Charles, but as Denson points out,

he’s not simply trying to copy him.

“He’s not mimicking, and from

performance to performance he

doesn’t do it exactly the same, it’s

really pretty amazing.”

Denson looks at these special

shows as a way to not only pay

tribute to an artist that influenced

and inspired him, but also as a way

to keep things fresh and fun as a

musician who is constantly out on the

road performing night after night.

“We tour so much that it’s nice

to just change it up every once in a

while, for ourselves and for the fans,

Through nearly 30 years of

playing across a wide swath of

musical genres with a host of

bands and musicians, saxophonist Karl

Denson has earned a well-deserved

reputation as an iconic performer.

He’s played alongside the likes

of Lenny Kravitz, the Blind Boys of

Alabama and Dave Holland, and has

electrified dance floors with his own

groups the Greyboy Allstars and Tiny

Universe.

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, Denson brings

his “Soul Spectacular: A Ray Charles

Boogaloo Dance Party” to Moe’s Alley,

part of a tour that was born out of a

random gig with a friend, after the two

found they had a mutual love for the

legendary piano player and singer.

SAX AGAINST THE WALL Karl Denson blows on some of the greatest soul songs of all time as part of the ‘Ray Charles Boogaloo’ he brings to Moe’s on Tuesday.

it’s kind of an in-between records trick. It’s a good thing to do when you’re not promoting a record, you’re just out there and trying to play good music, and it’s fun to just do something off the wall.”

Zach Deputy and The Cosmic Horns will be joining Denson onstage here in Santa Cruz for a concert that promises to feature about half Ray Charles music—favorites such as “Unchain My Heart” and “Busted”—with the other half showcasing Tiny Universe’s material.

While he enjoys tipping his cap to the past—he’s also paid homage to the Rolling Stones and the Beastie Boys on previous tours—Denson also takes inspiration from his contemporaries and up and coming artists that are making waves in the music world today.

“My big crush right now is Corinne Bailey Rae; I would love to do something with her one of these days, I just love her music and her vibe. And I’ve been trying to work with Warren Haynes for years on a record—he’s just so freaking busy I can never get our schedules to match when we’re recording. We play together all the time live, but I’ve yet to get him on one of my records.”

Tiny Universe recently completed recording their next album, which is due out this coming January on Stoopid Records—the label owned by jam band Slightly Stoopid, of which Denson is also now a member.

After almost three decades in the business, Denson still gets excited about new projects and new collaborations.

“We have a new drummer who’s awesome—so we have a lot of new ideas and some new life going on right now.”

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deflated. Between 2002 and 2011, he says

working musicians declined about 45

percent (although with the government

shutdown, we weren’t able to check that

number—thanks, Congress!). McCrea’s

future financial security weighs heavily

on his mind—almost as much as the

state of music as a whole, and he isn’t

interested in discussing much else.

McCrea started a band with his

friends, including trumpet player

Vince DiFiore, in 1991. They named the

group Cake, not after the foodstuff, but

instead after gummy things that stick

to people’s shoes and then won’t come

off. They established themselves five

years later with their second album

Fashion Nugget, which included “The

Distance,” one of their biggest all-time

hits. Known for tunes like “Never There”

and “Sheep Go to Heaven,” Cake has a

sound somewhere between Camper

Van Beethoven and the Beastie Boys,

and intriguing trademarks—fun

lyrics, McCrea’s baritone voice and his

vibraslap, the percussive piece of wood

and metal that rattles more like a kid’s

toy than a musical instrument.

Cake became a symbol for the

freefalling music industry in 2011 when

their album Showroom for Compassion

debuted at number one on the Billboard

charts with 44,000 copies in its first

week—roughly the same number of

seats as a major league baseball game. It

was the lowest sales figure for a number-

one album in 20 years. McCrea calls it

a “salutary experience,” because it was

the same sales debut as their previous

album, seven years earlier in a rosier

economic climate.

“That’s perfect for Cake. We’re not

supposed to be number one,” McCrea

says. “It’s not part of our culture.”

Alternative rockers Cake will

play their last show ever

next week in Santa Cruz.

Okay, maybe. To be more accurate,

lead singer John McCrea simply doesn’t

know when or if he’ll ever play again

after this tour wraps up at the Santa

Cruz Civic Auditorium Friday Oct. 25. If

retirement is looking better than ever, it’s

because McCrea hates flying, being away

from his home in Sacramento, selling

T-shirts and living in transit.

“I think about it all the time. I don’t

like to travel very much,” McCrea tells

Santa Cruz Weekly. “It’s a huge honor

to be able to play music, but I’ve been

traveling for most of the past 20 years,

so after a while, I feel like a pirate or a

traveling car salesman.”

McCrea doesn’t know when—or

if—he’ll record another album, either.

Exhausted from touring, McCrea sounds

MEOW MIXED FEELINGS Cake lead singer John McCrea (center) is fed up with the music business, and unsure of his band’s future after they end their tour at the Civic Friday.

It’s perfect too because McCrea

has become an increasingly cynical

spokesperson for frustrated artists

getting screwed—whether by tech

corporations pocketing big profits, or

by their own record labels. He wants

musicians to form a union to protect

themselves. “Music is being monetized

by a new set of corporations,” McCrea

says with a sigh. “I hate the music

industry as much as anybody, and I

enjoy watching people who cheated

along the way suffer.”

From the rubble of tanking record

companies, McCrea says tech industry

moguls and bloggers have crafted a

convenient myth that musicians never

“made any money from recording

anyway”—only off T-shirts and ticket

sales. And meanwhile, if someone does

a Google search for “Free Cake,” they’ll

be directed to ways to listen McCrea’s

music illegally (or perhaps to some

gluten-free baking recipes). And of

course Google makes advertising money

off each search. “There’s been a huge

transference of wealth from people who

make stuff to people who distribute

stuff,” McCrea says.

Two years ago, McCrea stood

behind the enemy’s gates when Cake

played a show at Google headquarters.

Everywhere the band looked they saw

free restaurants, free cappuccinos,

people bringing their dogs into work,

a Hollywood makeup crew to make

employees look like zombies and people

who told them it was like this every

week. “I never felt so much like I was

visiting Ancient Rome at the height of

their glory and power,” McCrea says.

“I would be fine with free music as

long as no one was getting paid,” he

adds, “but as soon as there’s a Levi’s ad

and my band is getting paid nothing, it’s

fundamentally different.”

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THEATER

Mountain Community TheaterAn Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein: Ten short sketch taking on everything from the current economic state to social dysfunction. www.mctshows.org. Fri, Oct 18, 8pm and Sat, Oct 19, 8pm. $17-$20. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.429.2339.

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Santa Cruz Museum of Art and HistorySpotlight Tours. Bringing the artists’ voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. Third Sat of every month, 11:30am-12:30pm. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

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Santa Cruz Museum of Art and HistoryDia de los Muerto Ofrenda. An altar in the MAH atrium where community members can place photographs or special objects to remember loved ones who have passed away. Oct. 22-Nov. 3. Free. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

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Cabrillo College GalleryCabrillo Gallery. 12 x 12 (x12): An open invitational statewide exhibition featuring ceramics, photography, mixed media and more. Gallery hours: Mon-Fr, 9am-4pm. Thru Nov. 11. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.

Santa Cruz Central Branch LibraryLibraries Inside Out. HOME: A large-scale woodblock printmaking exhibition by

Bridget Henry. Aug. 2 through the winter months. Free, 831.427.7700. 224 Church St, Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art and HistoryMuseum of Art & History. Journey Forth: An exhibition that explores our complex relationships with nature in the digital age, juxtaposing the natural and artificial. Gallery Hours: Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; Fri 11am-9pm. Thru Dec. 1. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

The Cosmo FactoryCosmo Factory. Kelly Fuenning: Abstract painting and collage. Hours: Wed-Sat, 10am-4pm. Thru October. Free. 131-B Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.621.6161.

Various Santa Cruz County Bank LocationsBank Arts Collaborative. Down on the Farm: Seven local artists whose work represents the beauty of simple life on the farm. Mon-Thurs, 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-6pm. Thru Jan. 3. Free. n/a, Santa Cruz.

EventsLITERARY EVENTS

Author Event: John BargettoThe author of Vintage Bargetto shares his personal account of the Bargetto winemaking family of Soquel. Tue, Oct 22, 7pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Author Event: Lodro RinzlerThe best-selling author of Buddha Walks into a Bar will read from and discuss his new advice book, Walk Like a Buddha. Thu, Oct 17, 7:45pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Book Discussion GroupA discussion of a new book each month, with copies available at the branch circulation desk. Email harbisons@santacruzpl.org for more information. Third Thu of every month, 1pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7700x7616.

Poet/Speak ReadingLive reading with featured poet Stanley Winder. Sun, Oct 20, 2pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.464.8983.

StorytimeFormer Shakespeare Santa

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

NOTICES

Beat SanctuaryA 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.

Computer ClassLed by Computer Dave, this beginner-friendly class lets group participants pick the topics themselves. Third Wed of every month, 4-5:30pm. free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7717.

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

Dog HikesSanta 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.

Greenwood Arts CampSong, circle dance and drawing. Call for directions to the outdoor, ocean view location. Sun, Oct 20, 2-4pm. $10. Private home, N/A, Santa Cruz, 831.662.0186.

Insight Santa CruzMeditation 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.

Loss of Spouse SupportAn 8-week support group for seniors who have lost a partner or spouse. Thru Dec. 6. Fri, Oct 18, 10-11:30am. Aegis, 125 Heather Terrace, Aptos, 831.430.3058.

Low Cost Health ScreeningsAffordable screenings for cholesterol, diabetes, allergies and more by Heart Watch. Fri, Oct 18, 9am-12pm. Prices vary. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 800.549.0431.

Narcotics Anonymous12-Step support for families affected by drug addiction. Sundays 6:30-8pm at 2900 Chanticler Ave., Santa Cruz; Tuesdays 7-8:30pm at 7200 Freedom Blvd., Aptos; Fridays 6:30-7:45pm at 3190 Glen Canyon Rd., Scotts Valley. Email saveyoursanity@aol.com for more information. Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz.

Non-GMO ShoppingInformation about shopping for GMO-free food including a store tour. Sun, Oct 20, 10:30-11:30am. Free. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.426.1306x0.

Postpartum Health CircleA 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.

Senior Gay Men’s SocialA social gathering for gay men aged 60 and over. For directions or more information, contact the Diversity Center by phone. Sat, Oct 19, 2-4:30pm. Private home, N/A, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422x108.

Serenity First—Pagans in RecoveryA 12-step meeting with a Pagan flair where guests are free to discuss their nature-based, goddess-centered spiritual paths. Sun, 7pm. The Sacred Grove, 701 Front St., Santa Cruz, 831.428.3024.

Support and Recovery GroupsAlzheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Assn., 831.464.9982. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273. Candida: 831.471.0737. Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385. Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000. Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962. Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470. Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422. Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357).

Teenage HomeopathyA lecture by author and

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homeopath Shelley Keneipp about homeopathic remedies for the teen years, such as menstrual cramping and stress. Preregistration required. Sat, Oct 19, 2-3:30pm. Free. New Leaf Market Westside, 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.426.1306x0.

Yoga InstructionPacific 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 MeditationZen: 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

Comedy ShowcaseA new comedy showcase hosted by DNA featuring a different Bay Area headliner each week. Tue, 8:30pm. Free. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz,

831.423.7117.

Egyptian Human Rights DinnerEgyptian activist Gihan Abou Zeid will give a presentation on women’s right sin the Arab world. Dinner preceding program at 6pm. Sun, Oct 20, 7pm. $7-25 for program; $35-100 for dinner and program. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.423.1626.

Event Santa CruzA monthly speaker series showcasing thriving Santa Cruz businesses and the people behind them. www.eventsantacruz.com. Wed, Oct 16, 7pm. $10. Nickelodeon Theatre, 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.7500.

GLOW Fire FestivalFire dancing, Burning Man sculptures, aerial performances and music illuminating the museum, Cooper St. and Abboot Square. Fri, Oct 18, 7-10pm and Sat, Oct 19, 7-10pm. $10 general. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

Jiu Jitsu TournamentMartial arts competition featuring all belt ranks and divisions. Longest running tournament on the West Coast. Sat, Oct 19, 9am-6pm and Sun, Oct 20, 9am-6pm. Kaiser Permanente Arena, 140 Front St., Santa Cruz.

Masquerade Mystery Dinner TheatreA fundraiser for

construction of a new Performing Arts Center in Scotts Valley with a four course dinner, entertainment, and costume contest. Tickets at svpaa.org. Sat, Oct 19, 6-10pm. $75. Scotts Valley Community Center, 361 Kings Rd, Scotts Valley.

Seymour CenterScience Sunday with Michael Sutton, Vice President of the Pacific Flyway for a talk, “Sharks in Danger: Impacts of the Global Shark Fin Trade.” Sun, Oct 20, 1pm. Free with admission. Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3800.

FRIDAY, 10/18 & SATURDAY, 10/19

GLOW: A Festival of Fire & LightLast year at the first annual GLOW fire dance/LED sculpture/best thing ever festival at

the MAH, no one got hurt. So this year they’ve upped the ante and are sending a flaming

dragon sculpture down Cooper Street on Friday, proclaiming their reign to anyone who

may be unaware. But unlike a typical parade, no beauty queens will be riding on this

dragon (because they would get burned to death). No, this dragon is the beauty queen.

Treat her accordingly. Friday, Oct. 18 and Saturday, Oct. 19 from 7-10pm, plus workshops

Saturday from noon-4pm at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St.,

Santa Cruz. Tickets are $10 for the festival, $40 plus material costs for the workshops.

Robert Glasper Experiment Forward-thinking pianist teams with stars of rap and R&B on newest, ‘Black Radio II.’ Oct 18 at SFJAZZ Center.

Treasure Island Music Festival Atoms for Peace, Beck, Animal Collective, Haim, Danny Brown and many, many others . Oct 19-20 at Treasure Island.

Passion Pit After their frontman went public with mental illness, band’s pop carries dark shadows. Oct 21 at the Fox Theater.

Okkervil River Will Sheff is indie rock’s literary troubadour, penning clever lines with a limber twang. Oct 22 at the Fillmore.

Kanye West He who needs no introduction tours behind ‘Yeezus,’ his most fearless, experimental album yet. Oct 23 at Oracle Arena.

San Francisco’s City Guide

More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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QUINTRONWhen he fused New Orleans garage R&B with techno, Quintron not only created a name for himself, but also a new genre he’s calling “Swamp-Tech.” Quintron—accompanied by singing, tambourine-shaking sidekick Miss Pussycat—creates a sound that is at once melodic, dance-y and raw as he plays his Hammond B3 organ and a slew of electronic instruments. His patented “Drum Buddy” machine has been used by Fred Armisen, Laurie Anderson and Nels Cline of Wilco. Crepe Place; $10; 9pm. (Jacob Pierce)

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ZION IThis hip-hop duo came up in the Bay Area in the late '90s, firmly in the mold of earlier alt-hop acts like A Tribe Called Quest. Clearly rapper Zumbi got his ears cleaned out by Q-Tip back in the day, because he carries on the message of positivism, while his partner AmpLive is a genre-bending DJ who did the famous "Rainydayz Remixes" of Radiohead. Catalyst; $14/$19; 9pm. (Steve Palopoli)

JOHN MEDESKIBest known as one third of the jazz-meets-jamband outfit Medeski, Martin and Wood, keyboardist John Medeski has come full circle on his latest project. A lifelong pianist, Medeski stepped away from the organ and returned to his musical beginnings: solo piano. A big sidestep from the funky, experimental leanings of MMW, Medeski’s piano work reveals a complex and delicate side of the artist. Even for a guy known for being unpredictable, the vulnerability he’s playing with comes as a nice, unexpected surprise. Kuumbwa; $20 adv/$23 door; 7:30pm. (Cat Johnson)

I LOVE MY DRUM BUDDY Quintron comes to the Crepe Place.

THE USEDLed by passionate singer/songwriter Bert McCracken, The Used switch between gentle verses and screamo verses in many songs. But the band, which is currently touring on its fifth studio album, prefers to be called simply a “rock band.” Fair enough. With an arsenal of punk, pop and even ska rhythms, these guys keep their songs of heartbreak and frustration fresh and interesting. Though no longer victims of poverty or capitalism, The Used still live up to the name as four rather angry but very creative punks. Catalyst; $25 adv/$27.50 door; 8pm (JP)

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MOON CADILLACOct. 19 at Crepe Place DRUHA TRAVAOct. 21 at Don Quixote’s LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DE TWANGOct. 25 at Catalyst CAKEOct. 25 at Civic Auditorium PATRICIA BARBER TRIOOct. 28 at Kuumbwa

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PETER MULVEYSinger-songwriter Peter Mulvey's latest album, The Good Stuff, was recorded in just three days. In music-making land, that's barely a blink. But rather than implying that it was a rush job, the speedy recording session speaks to Mulvey's ability to let go of control and let the music take over. A gifted guitarist whose repertoire ranges from Thelonious Monk to Willie Nelson and Tom Waits, Mulvey kept his band fresh by having them arrange and record songs on the spot to capture the spontaneous beauty and vitality of the musicians' respective talents. "When everything isn’t planned ahead of time," Mulvey said, "it can be magical how each musician finds a way into the song." Don Quixote's; $12 adv/$15 door; 7pm. (CJ)

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SEAN HAYESNot to be confused with the fabulous friend on Will & Grace (I bet he hates that by now), Sean Hayes is the songwriter you kind of wish was singing for you. He's simple and melodic, with that soulful something that you’d want to hear while laying on the grass and feeling the wind on your face. You might have heard his “Powerful Stuff” or “When We Fall In” on the radio round these here parts, but the scruffy-bearded San Franciscan is just as mellow about his success (his music has been featured on Parenthood, Bored to Death and a compilation headed by Natalie Portman for FINCA) as he is about his rootsy lyrics. He’s a little shaggy and a lot of charming; he’s lovely, ‘nuff said. Don Quixote’s; $20adv/$23door; 9pm. (Anne-Marie Harrison)

SISTER SPARROW & THE DIRTY BIRDSTake a super-funky horn line, mix it with some driving electric guitar leads, a drummer and bass player who know how to hold the groove down, bluesy harmonica flourishes and a lead vocalist who garners comparisons to Amy Winehouse and Tina Turner, and you have Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds. Hailing from New York, these guys play dancefloor-packing, sweat-the-blues-away music that rolls rock, blues, funk and soul into one sweet, high-energy concoction. Word is, last time they were in town they tore the roof off of Moe’s Alley. I believe it. Moe’s Alley; $10 adv/$13 door; 8:30pm. (CJ)

TALKING YOU OFF THE LEDGE Peter Mulvey says to get

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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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Thursday, October 17 7 pmSTEVE LEHMAN TRIO FEATURING MATT BREWER AND DAMION REID1/2 PRICE NIGHT FOR STUDENTS

Friday, October 18 7:30 pmJOHN MEDESKI, IN CONCERT, SOLO PIANO

Monday, October 21 7 pmJAIMEO BROWN TRANSCENDENCEAn amalgam of modern jazz, southern black spirituals and Indian music

Thursday, October 24 7 pmSTEVE WILSON OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING CD RELEASE PARTY

Monday, October 28 7 pm | No CompsPATRICIA BARBER TRIOThursday, October 31 7 pm

Sunday, October 27 7:30 pmTOM RUSSELLTickets: snazzyproductions.com

Monday, November 4 7 pm | No CompsOMAR SOSA AFRI-LECTRIC SEXTETThursday, November 7 7 & 9 pm | No CompsBILL FRISELL’S BIG SUR QUINTET FEATURING EYVIND KANG, HANK ROBERTS, RUDY ROYSTON AND JENNY SCHEINMAN

11/18 Diane Schuur11/21 Randy Weston & Billy Harper Duo12/5 Joey DeFrancesco & the Vibe

Sunday, October 20 7 pmSTEVEN GRAVES ALL–STAR BANDTickets: brownpapertickets.com

Monday, November 11 7 pm | No CompsKIM NALLEY WITH THE MAR-CUS SHELBY ORCHESTRA “THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK”

Friday, Nov. 15 7 & 9 pm pm | No CompsJOSHUA REDMAN QUARTET with Aaron Goldberg, Joe Sanders and Gregory Hutchinson

Thursday, November 14 7 pm PETER BRÖTZMANN AND PAAL NILSSEN – LOVE DUO

“TRANSYLVANIAN CONCERT”LUCIAN BAN & MAT MANERI“...as close as it gets to goth jazz.” – JazzTimes

HALLOWEEN NIGHT! COME IN COSTUME FOR SPECIAL TREATS!

SANTA CRUZ BLUE LAGOON Live Rock Live Comedy Live DJ 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz + 80’s dance party

BLUE LOUNGE Live Music Rainbow Lounge Live DJ 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz DJ A.D

BOCCI’S CELLAR 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz

THE CATALYST ATRIUM Scarlet Harlot Los Shakas Sound Remedy 1101 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz

THE CATALYST Steve Vai Zion I The Used 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz

CREPE PLACE Tim Kasher Quintron Sensations Moon Cadillac 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz

CROW’S NEST Yuji Tojo Out of the Blue Diego’s Umbrella Stormin’ Norman & 2218 East Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz the Cyclones

DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE Esoteric Collective 1 Davenport Ave, Santa Cruz

HOFFMAN’S BAKERY CAFE Preston Brahm Trio Mapanova Isoceles 1102 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz with Gary Montrezza

KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER Steve Lehman Trio John Medeski 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz

MOE’S ALLEY Jerry Joseph & the Tracorum Drag the River Broken English 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz Jackmormons

MOTIV SpaceBass! Libation Lab D-ROC 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz Andrew the Pirate with Curtis Murphy

THE REEF Open Mic Cali Style Reggae Brian Pi’ikea The Spell 120 Union St, Santa Cruz Vazquez

RIO THEATRE Filmage Pacific Rim 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz Descendent/All doc Film Fest

SEABRIGHT BREWERY Lara Price & 519 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz Velvet Plum

THE POCKET Dennis Dove Seth Augustus Blues Crews 3102 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz Jam Session

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BOCCI’S CELLAR 831.427.1795

Cherub THE CATALYST ATRIUM 831.423.1338

THE CATALYST 831.423.1336

Lonesome Shack 7 Come 11 CREPE PLACE 831.429.6994

Live Comedy CROW’S NEST 831.476.4560

Sherry Austin & DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE Henhouse 831.426.8801

Dana Scruggs Trio Jazz by Five Barry Scott HOFFMAN’S BAKERY CAFE & Associates 831.420.0135

Steven Graves Jaimeo Brown KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTERBand Transcendence 831.427.2227

Run Boy Run Karl Denson’s MOE’S ALLEY Tiny Universe 831.479.1854

Rasta Cruz Reggae Eclectic by Hip-Hop by MOTIV Primal Productions DJ AD 831.479.5572

Jazzy Evening Open Jazz Jam Pro Blues Jam THE REEF 831.459.9876

Pacific Rim Pacific Rim Pacific Rim RIO THEATREFilm Fest Film Fest Film Fest 831.423.8209

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www.catalystclub.com

Saturday, October 19 In the Atrium AGES 18+SOUND REMEDY

Friday, October 18 AGES 16+

ZION I plus Clyde Carson

Friday, October 18 In the Atrium AGES 21+LOS SHAKAS plus Fiera Nortena

Thursday, October 17 In the Atrium AGES 21+SCARLET HARLOT

plus Ghost Town Hangmen also Murphy’s Wagonand The Sea Wolves

Saturday, October 19 AGES 16+

THE USED plus William Control

Wednesday, October 16 AGES 21+ Pulse Productions presents

STEVE VAI

Oct 25 Les Claypool’s Duo De Twang (Ages 21+)Oct 26 Rap Artist Riff Raff (Ages 16+)Oct 27 Earl Sweatshirt (Ages 16+)Oct 28 AFI (A Fire Inside) (Ages 16+)

Paul Oakenfold (Ages 18+)Nov 1 The Story So Far (Ages 16+)Nov 2 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+)Nov 7 Dev/ Drop City Yacht Club (Ages 16+)Nov 8 Macy Gray (Ages 21+)Nov 9 Soja/ Common Kings (Ages 16+)Nov 10 Crizzly/ Figure (Ages 18+)

Sunday, October 20 In the Atrium AGES16+CHERUB plus Mansions on the Moon

APTOS / RIO DEL MAR / SOQUEL BRITANNIA ARMS Live Music Karaoke 110 Monterey Ave., Capitola with Eve

THE FOG BANK Who Does That John Michael 211 Esplanade, Capitola

MANGIAMO’S PIZZA AND WINE BAR David Paul Campbell David Paul Campbell George Christos Roberto-Howell 783 Rio del Mar Blvd, Aptos

MICHAEL’S ON MAIN Broken Shades Extra Lounge West Coast Soul Beat Street 2591 Main St, Soquel

PARADISE BEACH GRILLE 215 Esplanade, Capitola

SANDERLINGS Sambasa In Three 1 Seascape Resort Dr, Rio del Mar

SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL Don McCaslin & Phoenix Rising Kaye Bohler Band 7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos The Amazing Jazz Geezers

SHADOWBROOK Joe Ferrara BeBop 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola

THE UGLY MUG Those Guys 4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel

ZELDA’S Rod Velvet Plum 203 Esplanade, Capitola ft. Lara Price

SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY DON QUIXOTE’S Kavanaugh Brothers Foreverland Sean Hayes 6275 Hwy 9, Felton Celtic Experience

HENFLING’S TAVERN DJ Koko Loko Fishhook Reagle Beagle 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond

WATSONVILLE / MONTEREY / CARMEL CILANTRO’S Hippo Happy Hour Mariachi Ensemble KDON DJ Showbiz 1934 Main St, Watsonville & KDON DJ SolRock

MOSS LANDING INN Open Jam Hwy 1, Moss Landing

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SANDERLINGS 831.662.7120

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Captain CourageousTom Hanks discusses his portrayal of a real-life captain who faced hijacking in ‘Captain Phillips’ BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

crime. The desperate kidnappers

are led by Muse (pronounced

Musay), played by impressive

newcomer Barkhad Abdi. The

tragedy of Muse’s situation balances

Phillips’ ordeal with a sense of grief

and waste. Vulgar-auteur fans,

beware: there’s less Steven Seagal

than Joseph Conrad here. Odd that there haven’t been any

movies about the life aboard these

cargo ships.

“The pressures are relentless,”

Hanks said. “Richard Phillips told

me, ‘I’ve got to deal with three unions

as a captain. There are constant

emails and texts from the shipping

company: Why are you burning so much fuel? Why aren’t you there yet?

And when you get to, say, the port of

Mombasa, there’s people who have

to be bribed with everything from

ballpoint pens to $1500 in cash.’”

Captain Phillips was filmed

aboard a sister ship of the Maersk Alabama as it cruised off the coast

of Malta. It was an unusually fast

shoot. “I got hip to it quick,” Hanks

said. “Most movies are done shot by

shot, master shots and coverages.

Here, we had one scene that was 16

script pages long. Before I saw the

movie screened with the subtitles, I

didn’t know what the guys playing

my captors were saying in Somali.

Paul Greengrass uses three cameras

that he moves around. The only thing

that really had to happen was that

the sun always had to always be on

the right side of the ship. We’d turn

around every ten miles and loop back

to make sure. A lot of filmmakers are

NO NEWS: Tom Hanks is the

walking image of America

as it wants to see itself, brave,

boyish, modest, loyal, sometimes

bewildered. Here is the news: in

Captain Phillips, just like Jimmy

Stewart in his later roles, Hanks gets

seriously interesting as an actor.

Hanks arrived for our interview

dressed head to toe in Johnny Cash

black. Black sports coat, black

shirt, a pencil-thin leather bracelet

studded with small blue gems

on one wrist. Captain Phillips is

director Paul Greengrass’ account of

the real-life hijacking of the cargo

ship Maersk Alabama in 2009. For

several days, Phillips (Hanks) and

his captors bobbed off the coast of

Somalia. No one has ever described

kidnapping as the thinking-man’s

STAYING CONTAINED As the title character in ‘Captain Phillips,’ Tom Hanks must face off with Somali pirates who have hijacked the cargo ship in his charge.

really not interested in that truthful

element at all. I disagree. When you

can find the real life procedures, you

can react to them. This is the only

stuff I know as an actor. Lawyer, cab

driver, alien from Mars: you’ve got

to figure out what the procedures in

their lives are, and then you react to

that.”

The scene of Hanks’ Phillips being

examined by Navy corpsmen, in a

highly credible state of shock, is likely

the finest acting he’s ever done on

screen. “While we were aboard the

Navy ship,” Hanks said, “we learned

Phillips had been in the infirmary.

We decided to have a look at it, and

brought the cameras. The poor

people in there didn’t know they were

going to be in a movie that day. If the

scene had been on the schedule, it

might not have ended up as free-form

as it did.”

Once, Hanks told a reporter he’d

done 20 movies and that only five

were any good. It’s some 70 movies

now. Does he think his acting has

improved as he’s aged? “I’ve learned

how to manage the distractions. Being

older is a help, you become less vain.

We did The Green Mile (1999) and we

had these prison uniforms. They’re

cool and fascistic. We’re trying them

on. Frank [Darabont, the director]

is worried the hats look silly. I said,

‘Frank, we need the hats. When they

first bring in the prisoner, we’ve gotta

say, “OK, you’re on Death Row now.

You’re on the Green Mile. You know

how you can tell that? Because we’re

wearing our hats.” Then we’ll take off

the hats, and we’ll become regular

guys. But when I first saw myself, I

realized I look goofy in a hat, and

I have to accept that. I think in the

old days, I would have said, ‘I’m not

wearing that fucking hat. It’s stupid.’

Now I don’t care.”

Film

NewBIG ASS SPIDER (PG-13; 80 min) Let us sum up this movie in three words: Big Ass Spider. Do you need to know it’s a giant spider that escapes from a military lab to ravage LA? No, you just need to know: Big Ass Spider. (Plays Fri and Sat at 11:50pm at the Del Mar)CARRIE (R; 99 min.) Have you heard of this new thing called “remaking classic horror films?” Apparently, it always goes great, and makes all the fans of the original movies super happy! (Opens Fri at Green Valley, Scotts Valley, Cinema 9 and 41st avenue)ESCAPE PLAN (R; 116 min.) Sly and Arnie team up, exactly the way people wished they would three decades ago, when they were actual big movie stars. This has Stallone as the world’s number-one

expert on structural security, who gets framed and put in a maximum security prison, and he has to escape with help from Schwarzenegger…just stop us when this starts sounding far-fetched. (Opens Fri at Green Valley, Scotts Valley and Cinema 9)THE FIFTH ESTATE (R; 128 min.) We’re not sure how many people out there want to see a movie dramatizing the Wikileaks saga, but Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange? That’s pretty damn awesome. (Opens Fri at Aptos, Del Mar and Scotts Valley)THE SHINING (1980) Is there any better time to go see Kubrick’s cult masterpiece than now, after the Room 237 documentary revealed every crazy theory about the secret meanings of the movie? Find out for true if the moon landing was fake! (Plays Friday

and Saturday at midnight at the Del Mar)

ReviewsBATTLE OF THE YEAR (PG-13; 109 min) Josh Holloway and Laz Alonso star in this music pic about how Americans can’t stand not winning stuff, specifically in this case an international battle between dance teams.

BLUE JASMINE (PG-13; 98 min) If Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K. and Andrew Dice Clay are in a movie together, you know either the apocalypse is going down, or there’s a new Woody Allen film. His never-ending movie tour of the world’s great cities has finally stopped in San Francisco, to which Blanchett’s character Jasmine escapes after her life gets a seismic shake up.

THE BUTLER (Pg-13; 132 min) Forrest Whitaker stars as a butler in the White House who gets to meet Oprah.

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS (PG-13; 134 min) Oscar buzz is already a-buzzin’ for Tom Hanks, who plays the titular caption in this true story of the first U.S. cargo ship to be hijacked in 200 years.

DON JON (R; 90 min) Don Jon is a confident debut film from writer-director-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who has obviously picked up a lot of style tips from his friend Rian Johnson, who directed him in the cult favorites Brick and Looper. (Working for Christopher Nolan in the last Batman flick didn’t hurt either, I’m sure). The question is: will anyone see this? The story of a misogynist, narcissistic lunkhead (played by a significantly beefed-up

JGL) who begins to wonder if there might be more to life and love, it’s sharply written and great-looking, with excellent performances from all the leads. But guys may be scared off by the rom-com elements, while the chick-flick crowd could be turned off by the grittier touches (the main character’s porn addiction is a central theme). Tirso de Molina and Mozart, two of the most famous shapers of the Don Juan myth, are lucky they never had to worry about niche marketing.

EUROPA REPORT (PG-13; 90 min) Sort of a Gravity alternative for the indie set, director Sebastian Cordero’s sci-fi thriller has a group of astronauts on a mission to Jupiter’s moon.

THE FAMILY (R) French director Luc Besson directed and co-wrote this dark crime

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

The Fifth Estate — (Opens Fri) Wed-Thu 1:15; 4; 6:45; 9:20pm.Gravity — Wed-Thu 12:50pm.Gravity 3D — Wed-Thu 3; 5:10; 7:15; 9:30pm.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA 1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com

Carrie — (Opens Fri) Wed-Thu 11:30; 2; 4:30; 7:15; 9:45pm. Captain Phillips — Wed-Thu 12:30; 3:45; 7; 9:15pm.Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 — Wed-Thu; 11:20; 1:45; 4:10; 6:45; 10pm.

DEL MAR1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

Big Ass Spider — (Opens Fri) Fri-Sat 11:50pm. The Fifth Estate — (Opens Fri) Wed-Thu 1:15; 4; 6:45; 9:20pm.Macbeth — Sun 11am.Pulling Strings — Wed-Thu 2:20; 4:50; 7:15; 9:40pm. Rush — Wed-Thu 1:45; 4:20; 7; 9:30pm. The Shining — Fri-Sat Midnight.

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

A.C.O.D. — Wed-Thu 3:10; 5:10; 9:10; plus Sat-Sun 1:10pm. Concussion — Daily 5; 9:20pm. Enough Said — Wed-Thu 2:40; 4:50; 7; 9; plus Sat-Sun 12:30pm. Inequality for All — Wed-Thu 3; 7:20; plus Sat-Sun 1pm. The Summit — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:40; 6:50; 8:50; plus Sat-Sun 12:20pm.

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

Prisoners — Wed-Thu 3:15; 6:30; 9:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes. Runner Runner — Wed-Thu 3:30; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9 1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com

Carrie — (Opens Fri) Thu 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Escape Plan — (Opens Fri) Thu 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Battle of the Year 3D — Wed-Thu 1:15; 4; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Captain Phillips — Wed-Thu 11:15; 2:15; 6; 7; 9:30; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:30; 4:45; 7; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Don Jon — Wed-Thu 12:15; 2:25; 4:35; 6:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Gravity — Wed-Thu 12; 3:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Gravity 3D — Wed-Thu 12:30; 3; 5:15; 6; 7:40; 8:15; 10; 10:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Insidious: Chapter 2 — Wed-Thu 2:05; 7:05; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Instructions Not Included — Wed-Thu 1; 4; 6:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Machete Kills — Wed-Thu 11; 2; 5; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.We’re the Millers — Wed-Thu 11:25; 4:35; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.Psycho — Thu 9pm.

CINELUX SCOTTS VALLEY CINEMA226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com

Carrie — (Opens Fri) Fri-Thu 12:15; 2:45; 5:15; 7:45; 10:10pm.Escape Plan — (Opens Fri) 11:20; 1:45; 4:30; 7:30; 9:45pm.The Fifth Estate — (Opens Fri) Fri-Thu 12:15; 3:30; 6:45; 9:45pm.Captain Phillips — Wed-Thu 11:15; 12:30; 2:20; 3:45; 5:30; 7; 8:45; 9:30pm.Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 — Wed-Thu 11:20; 2; 4:30; 7; 9:45pm.Enough Said — Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:15; 4:40; 7:10; 9:30pm.Gravity — Wed-Thu 11:40; 12:45; 2:10; 3:15; 4:45; 7:20; 10:15pm.Gravity 3D — Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4; 6:30; 9pm.Machete Kills — Fri-Thu 10:15pm.Goonies — Thu 7pm.The Shining — Sat 11am.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 81125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com

Carrie — (Opens Fri) Fri-Thu 12:55; 3:05; 5:15; 7:35; 10:15; plus Sat-Sun 10:45am.Escape Plan — (Opens Fri) Fri-Thu 1:35; 4:20; 7:15; 10; plus Sat-Sun 11am.Captain Phillips — Wed-Thu 1:35; 4:25; 7:25; 10:15; plus Sat-Sun 10:45am.Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 — Wed-Thu 1:05; 3:10; 5:15; 7:20; 9:30; plus Sat-Sun 11am. Gravity — Wed-Thu 12:55; 7:35; 10:15pm.Gravity 3D — Wed-Thu 3:10; 5:20; plus Sat-Sun 10:45am. Instructions Not Included — Wed-Thu 1:25; 4:10; 7; 9:45; plus Sat-Sun 10:45am.Pulling Strings — Wed-Thu 1:25; 4:10; 7; 10; plus Sat-Sun 11am.

SHOWTIMESShowtimes are for Wednesday, Oct. 16, through Wednesday, Oct. 23, unless otherwise indicated. Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

comedy that stars Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfeiffer as the heads of a mafia family that gets re-located to France as part of the Witness Protection Program, but have trouble giving up their old ways. “Are vous talking to moi? Zer is no one else he-uh!” THE GETAWAY (PG-13) Wait, Ethan Hawke gets a comeback? And now he’s playing a race-car driver named Brent Magna? Okay, that makes sense. In this thriller, Brent Magna’s wife is kidnapped, and then he has to drive around places for reasons, and Selena Gomez plays some girl whose car he steals who just happens to be a whiz-kid computer hacker. This is all true, except the part about it making sense. GRAVITY (PG-13; 90 min) In director Alfonso Cuaron’s much-anticipated space-disaster flick, an accident on a space shuttle mission threatens to make Sandra Bullock and George Clooney astro-nots. INSIDIOUS: CHAPTER 2 (PG-13; 105 min) When we last saw the Lambert family, they were pretty screwed (spoiler alert!). The original Saw team of director James Wan and writer Leigh Whannell returns for a second installment of their surprise horror hit that was pretty much the anti-Saw—all mood and psychological heebie-jeebies, with none of the Jigsaw grisliness. MACHETE KILLS (R; 107 min) Director Robert Rodriguez brings back Danny Trejo as Machete, the Mexican double, triple or maybe even quadruple-agent who first appeared in one of the fake trailers buried in the middle of Grindhouse. This time, he’s battling an arms dealer trying to blow up space. More or less. METALLICA: THROUGH THE NEVER (R; 94 min) Concert film blends in a fictional storyline involving Metallica-type things, like a roadie on a mission for the band who finds himself pursued by horsemen of death. THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (PG-13; 130 min) Cassandra Clare’s popular young adult series gets a film adaptation, with a young emo cast straight out of Twilight central casting. But this is nothing like Twilight, we swear, because see it’s about demons, not vampires. And yes, there are magical people who fight the demons, but it’s nothing like Harry Potter, we swear. For instance, in Harry Potter people

who don’t know about the supernatural world are called Muggles, but here they’re called Mundanes.ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US (PG; 92 min) Boy band music documentary may very likely be mistaken for an instructional driving film by anyone over 15. THE PATIENCE STONE (R; 102 min) In an occurrence roughly as likely as seeing a unicorn, Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi gets to actually direct the adaptation of his own novel, based on a Persian fable about a magic stone in which one can confide all problems. The stone, this time, is a man in war-torn Afghanistan. When a bullet in the neck reduces him to a vegetative state, his wife begins to confide in him all the things that would otherwise go unsaid. PLANES (G; 92 min.) This spin-off of Cars was originally supposed to go direct-to-video, but apparently theatrical audiences can’t get enough of kids’ movies about things that long to do other things, but can’t because of reasons, but then do. So here you go. PRISONERS (R; 153 min) Hugh Jackman stars in this crime drama about a father who begins considering extreme options as police fail to find his missing daughter and time could very well be running out. RUNNER RUNNER (R; 91 min) Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake star in this crime thriller about one man who must go up against a syndicate when he tries to bring sexy back—to online poker. RUNNING WILD: THE LIFE OF DAYTON O. HYDE (NR; 93 min) Documentary follows the cowboy conservationist as he tries to preserve home-on-the-range culture while at the same time protecting natural resources and rescuing horses. RUSH (R; 123 min) Ron Howard’s epic re-telling of the real-life rivalry between Formula 1 racers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (James Bruhl). WE’RE THE MILLERS (R; 110 min.) Filling the no-doubt massive audience demand to see the last vestiges of their ’90s innocence ruined by seeing Jennifer Aniston play a stripper, this comedy stars Jason Sudeikis as a pot dealer who enlists a random group of weirdos to be his fake family so he can smuggle drugs in from Mexico.

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Epicure Send tips about food, wine and dining

discoveries to Christina Waters at

xtina@cruzio.com. Read her blog

at christinawaters.com.

DOON AND DOONER: While

Randall Grahm’s new Bonny Doon Vineyard tasting room is busy

pouring new releases at its recently

unveiled Davenport tasting room

(open Thurs-Mon 11am-5pm), just

up the hill in the former Bonny Doon

Vineyard tasting room (think of it

as a scene from Memento), Ryan

Beauregard and company rolled

out some sexy new wines under the

Beauregard Vineyards label last

weekend. Specifically, the winemakers

showed off the new 2012 Coast Grade

Pinot Noir, one of the many reasons

why Wine & Spirits Magazine named

Beauregard Vineyards one of the

"best new American wineries in the

and local craft beers, including

brews from Seabright Brewery, Santa

Cruz Aleworks, Discretion Brewing,

West End Tap & Kitchen and Santa

Cruz Mountain Brewing, to name

just a few. Accompanying the festive

brews will be assorted sausages,

including, of course, bratwurst,

plus traditional (if you're Bavarian)

trimmings such as sauerkraut,

mustards, pan-fried potatoes, hot

soft pretzels, German potato salad,

homemade coleslaw, cucumber dill

salad and Black Forest tarts. Jawohl!

That does sound seriously festive.

Make that reservation now by calling Chaminade at 831.475.5600. Guten appetit!

Beers, Brats and Blues BY CHRISTINA WATERS

Sounds like a good idea,

doesn't it? Even before you

hear the details. Well, here

they are. Come on up to beautiful

Chaminade Resort & Spa on

Sunday, Oct. 20, to celebrate

Oktoberfest—the only German

holiday regularly celebrated the

world over. Chaminade’s spin on

the robust harvest time festival is

to provide plenty of luscious blues

thanks to Gregory Henderson and the Greyhound Blues Band.

Plan to come up to the hilltop

resort’s Courtyard Terrace on

Sunday, 3-6pm, where your $30 (all-

inclusive) entry gets you access to

some outstanding seasonal brews

past 10 years." The new Coast Grade

Vineyard Pinot, grown on the newest

estate vines in Bonny Doon, is a light

alcohol balance of cherries, spices and

blackberry, all showing noticeable and

highly drinkable minerality. You can

check it out for yourself—the tasting

room is located at 10 Pine Flat Road,

Bonny Doon, and is open for tastings

daily 11am -5pm. 831.425.7777.

READING MANRESA: David Kinch—chef, surfer, perfectionist—is

about to unveil his first ever cookbook,

Manresa: An Edible Reflection, which

details the super chef’s trajectory

through apprenticeships all over

the world, to his alliance with Love

Apple Farms and creation of cuisine

that is almost biochemically aligned

with the local terroir and revolving

seasons. The beautiful tome illustrates

his farm-to-table philosophy and

looks to be one of the first, obvious

gift items for the cooking aficionados

on your holiday list. Kinch will be at

Bookshop Santa Cruz later this month

to sign books and to discuss his love

affair with the Santa Cruz Mountains

bounty, his two-star Michelin restau-

rant and his many sources of flavor

inspiration. Bookshop Santa Cruz Tuesday, Oct. 29, 7pm.

RANDOM NOTES: Make sure you are

aware that Pizzeria Avanti now serves

lunch daily from 11-2pm. Those

who remember how convenient this

location is for lunch meetings, are very

happy about this expanded availability.

Pizzeria Avanti is located a few doors

from the dynamic Totoro Sushi, at 1711

Mission St. . . . Fall is time to enjoy the

very last of the late tomatoes, squashes,

brussel sprouts, peppers and, of course,

pumpkins. And whenever you can spot

a Mutsu apple at your favorite farmers

market, don’t hesitate to try one. Ultra

crisp, sweet and yet tart, bursting with

juiciness, the Mutsu is a cross between

a Crispin and a Golden Delicious and is

blatantly awesome (with apologies to

all of the other varieties grown by apple

maestro Orin Martin).

THE GREAT HENDU Greg “Hendu” Henderson of Santa Cruz’s Hip Shake brings his blues band to Chaminade for Oktoberfest.

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When I arrive at Geisha’s sushi bar, executive chef David Graham

greets me with a fist bump and a smile. “I never did that

before, but it’s what I have to do now to shake hands when I’m

working with fish,” he says.

Geisha, which sits above Souza’s Ice Cream and overlooks the ocean in

Capitola, has built a reputation as Santa Cruz’s sustainable sushi bar and

possibly its tastiest.

SCW: How did you learn your craft? DAVID GRAHAM: The traditional way, and that is to apprentice yourself. I

learned from my sensei, who was born on the island of Hokkaido. One time

somebody asked my sensei when he had about 30 years of training under

his belt, and he answered without dropping a beat, “still learning,” and

that’s the real answer.

How do you make a Coco Loco? You lay out what’s called a six-way,

which is a roll with rice on the outside like a California roll. Lay out some

cream cheese with some spiced pineapple and spicy tuna. Take it to the

kitchen—they tempura it. Bring it back. Pour some homemade teriyaki

sauce over the top and some homemade toasted coconut over the top, and

that is a Coco Loco.

What’s the point of sustainable sushi? To ensure the future of the

oceans and the fisheries that we’re exploiting at this point in time. The idea

is to change from exploiting to having a more in-tune relationship with

nature—probably more in key with what sushi was like over 100 years ago

when they harvested what locally was available and then they had to move

onto what was available the next season.

This ginger tastes really good. I’m glad you noticed that. The ginger we

use is not sweetened with saccharine—it’s sweetened with sugar, and it has

no MSG in it, and there’s no food coloring to give it that pink color.

Do you think about sushi on your days off? It’s an all-encompassing

job, yes. When you have your day off, you have the opportunity to think of

something new.

—Jacob Pierce

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): This is an indelicate oracle. If you’re offended by the mention of bodily functions in a prophetic context you should STOP READING NOW. Still here? OK. I was walking through my neighborhood when I spied an older woman standing over her aged Yorkshire Terrier next to a bush. The dog was in discomfort, squatting and shivering but unable to relieve himself. “He’s having trouble getting his business done,” his owner confided in me. “He’s been struggling for ten minutes.” I felt a rush of sympathy for the distressed creature. With a flourish of my hand, I said, “More power to you, little one. May you purge your burden.” The dog instantly defecated. Shrieking her approval, the woman exclaimed, “It’s like you waved a magic wand!” Now I am invoking my wizardry in your behalf, Aries, although in a less literal way: More power to you. May you purge your psychological burden.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “You won’t do it at the right time,” warns writer Kate Moller. “You’ll be late. You’ll be early. You’ll get re-routed. You’ll get delayed. You’ll change your mind. You’ll change your heart. It’s not going to turn out the way you thought it would.” And yet, Moller concludes—are you ready for the punch line?—”it will be better.” In describing your future, Taurus, I couldn’t have said it better myself. Fate may be comical in the way it plays with your expectations and plans, but I predict you will ultimately be glad about the outcome.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In the coming weeks, you Geminis could be skillful and even spectacular liars. You will have the potential to deceive more people, bend more truths, and even fool yourself better than anyone else. On the other hand, you will also have the knack to channel this same slipperiness in a different direction. You could tell imaginative stories that rouse people from their ruts. You might explore the positive aspects of Kurt Vonnegut’s theory that we tend to become what we pretend to be. Or you could simply be so creative and playful and improvisational in everything you do that you catalyze a lot of inspirational fun. Which way will you go?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I’m all in favor of you indulging your instinct for self-protection. As a Cancerian myself, I understand that one of the ways you take good care of yourself is by making sure that you feel reasonably safe. Having said that, I also want to remind you that your mental and emotional health requires you to leave your comfort zone on a regular basis. Now is one of those times. The call to adventure will arrive soon. If you make yourself ready and eager for changes, the changes that come will kick your ass in mostly educational and pleasurable ways.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Who exactly do you want to be when you grow up, and what is the single most important experience you need in order to make that happen? What riches do you want to possess when you are finally wise enough to make enlightened use of them, and how can you boost your eligibility for those riches? Which one of your glorious dreams is not quite ripe enough for you to fulfill it, but is primed to be dramatically ripened in the coming weeks? If I were you, Leo, I would meditate on these questions. Answers will be forthcoming.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): At an elementary school festival some years ago, I performed the role of the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. One of my tasks was to ask kids to make a wish, whereupon I sprinkled their heads with magic fairy dust. Some of the kids were skeptical about the whole business. They questioned the proposition that the fairy dust would make their wishes come true. A few were so suspicious that they walked away without making a wish or accepting the fairy dust. Yet every single one of those distrustful kids came back later to tell me they had changed their minds, and every single one asked me to bestow more than the usual amount of fairy dust. They are your role models, Virgo. Like them, you should return to the scene of your doubts and demand extra fairy dust.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The door to the invisible must be visible,” wrote the surrealist spiritual author Rene Daumal. This describes an opportunity that is on the verge of becoming available to you. The opportunity

is still invisible simply because it has no precedents in your life; you can’t imagine what it is. But just recently a door to that unknown realm has become visible to you. I suggest you open it, even though you have almost no idea what’s on the other side.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): In Tim Burton’s film Alice in Wonderland, Alice asks the White Rabbit, “How long is forever?” The talking rabbit replies, “Sometimes, just one second.” That’s an important piece of information for you to keep in mind, Scorpio. It implies that “forever” may not necessarily, in all cases, last until the universe dies out five billion years from now. “Forever” might actually turn out to be one second or 90 minutes or a month or a year or who knows? So how does this apply to your life right now? Well, a situation you assumed was permanent could ultimately change—perhaps much faster than you have imagined. An apparently everlasting decree or perpetual feeling could unexpectedly shift, as if by magic.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): “I need a little language such as lovers use,” wrote Virginia Woolf in her novel The Waves. “I need no words. Nothing neat . . . I need a howl; a cry.” If I’m reading the astrological omens correctly, Sagittarius, Woolf is speaking for you right now. You should be willing to get guttural and primal . . . to trust the teachings of silence and the crazy wisdom of your body . . . to exult in the inarticulate mysteries and bask in the dumbfounding brilliance of the Eternal Wow. Are you brave enough to love what can’t be put into words?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I get bored with the idea of becoming a better listener,” writes business blogger Penelope Trunk. “Why would I do that when interrupting people is so much faster?” If your main goal is to impose your will on people and get things over with as soon as possible, Capricorn, by all means follow Trunk’s advice this week. But if you have other goals—like building consensus, finding out important information you don’t know yet, and winning help from people who feel affection for you—I suggest that you find out how to have maximum fun by being an excellent listener.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The last time meteorologists officially added a new type of cloud formation to the International Cloud Atlas was 1951. But they’re considering another one now. It’s called “asperatus,” which is derived from the Latin term undulatus asperatus, meaning “turbulent undulation.” According to the Cloud Appreciation Society, it resembles “the surface of a choppy sea from below.” But although it looks rough and agitated, it almost never brings a storm. Let’s make asperatus your mascot for the next few weeks. Aquarius. I suspect that you, too, will soon discover something new under the sun. It may at first look turbulent, but I bet it will mostly just be interesting.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Should you try private experiments that might generate intimate miracles? Yes! Should you dream up extravagant proposals and schedule midnight rendezvous! By all means! Should you pick up where your fantasies left off the last time you got too timid to explore further? Naturally! Should you find out what “as raw as the law allows” actually means? I encourage you! Should you question taboos that are no longer relevant? Most assuredly! Should you burn away the rotting pain with a show of liberated strength? Beyond a doubt! Should you tap into the open secret at the core of your wild beauty! Of course!

Homework: What would be the title of your autobiography? What’s the name of the rock band you’d be in? Testify at Freewillastrology.com.

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