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:3B G=C@ 47<53@A 2= B63 1:7197<5 READING your intriguing cover story (“Unlisted,� March 16) about the demise of Yellow Pages books, I was surprised by the statistic “28 percent of teens said they would consult the Yellow Pages first when searching for a local business.� That’s far higher than I would have imagined—especially based on how many adults seem to be moving away from using phone books! In the past two years of teaching local business owners how to use Facebook and other types of social media to promote their businesses, time and again they have mentioned the exorbitant costs of Yellow Pages ads and how they’d

rather invest in social media marketing. From a 2010 study by the BIA/Kelsey, here’s a number that makes sense to me: “97 percent of consumers now use online media to shop locally.� So good luck, Yellow Pages! Karen Kefauver, Santa Cruz

:/EG3@A /<2 27<532 0=/BA I AM a semi-retired local lawyer who read your “Tsunami Watch� article (Currents, March 16) with great interest. An aspect of the situation is the human interest side of whether or not the boat owners and others will be compensated

for their losses by their insurance companies since all, or nearly all, will claim that the claimaints are not covered since the losses were a result of an Act of God and is excluded from coverage. However, I believe there are many theories of recovery that will avail both insured and uninsured persons, therefore it is important that all who have suffered losses obtain counsel as soon as possible. Since there are many defendants who many be liable for the losses, it is critically important that all claimants obtain representation without delay. Many of the insurance companies will deliberately stall the insureds because the companies know that their timely notice must be sent promptly. Also, FEMA has erroneously told the boat owners that it is the exclusive remedy and if they turn claims in to the insurance companies, they have waived all their rights to share in an eventual FEMA payout. Harvey Berman, Santa Cruz

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HE WAS kidnapped by an incense-burning hippie; hauled here from Los Angeles in the back of a Volkswagen van. At least that is how Jessica Sada, the last to take the stage of the Singer Songwriter Showcase, was introduced by the emcee. She fell in love with Santa Cruz and out of the love with the hippie, and here she was late on a rainy Tuesday night, performing her Aquabatsinspired songs to the small crowd gathered in the low light of Britannia Arms in Aptos. Before her had come the banjo-plucking Planet Cruz comedian, the bearded troubadour who holds a gospel sing-a-long called “Matthew, Mark, Uke and John� on Sundays in Frederick Park, the soft-spoken country singer, the Latino Kurt Cobain, the folk singer-slash-bodyworker, the guy

who was once in a band that toured with Hootie and the Blowfish in the ’90s. When his or her name was called each would alternately shuffle, stride or bound across the tartan carpet to the stage to sing their songs. The styles differed, but the substance remained constant—most were about love, either the thing itself or the lack thereof. One man managed to collapse an entire relationship into two songs: the first “A Woman Changes Everything,� and the second “When Did I Become the Other Man?� The show was held in a small space, and one that felt increasingly intimate as the night wore on (and on—it began at seven, and the time was almost eleven by the time everyone had sung their piece). By the end

it had taken on the atmosphere of a support group as, in addition to their music, people shared their relationship problems, jokes and insecurities. True to form, the audience offered the same enthusiastic applause for their favorite and least favorite acts. The fact that it was a competition was almost lost—but not quite. Joe Gibeault, Reis Woollen and Michael Shane Sigmon were sent on to the semi-finals, but if you missed the announcement you might not have been able to tell as the artists filed out of the bar as anonymously as they’d come in—that is, at least until the finals.—Tessa Stuart The Singer-Songwriter showcase is held every Tuesday at 7pm at Britannia Arms in Aptos through April 29, the night of the ďŹ nals.

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THROUGH THE Pacific Avenue doors of Santa Cruz’s computer repair and training co-op the Computer Kitchen, visitors find a modest, somewhat shabby space populated by gray Dell towers and clamshell iBooks, like an Island of Misfit Toys for discarded tech. But though these computers have been replaced in the market by sleeker, more powerful models, they’re far from useless. For Santa Cruz residents stuck on the wrong side of the digital divide, they present opportunity. Founded in 2009 by former UCSC students Robert Sese and Dan Devorkin, the Computer Kitchen takes a DIY approach to bridging the divide and saving operational equipment from the trash heap. Inspired in part by the bike

repair co-op the Bike Church, with which the Computer Kitchen shares a space, Sese, Devorkin and four volunteers train walk-ins in basic computer skills. During one-on-one sessions, the Computer Kitchen team teaches a wide range of skills, from Microsoft Office basics to swapping out hard drives. “It feels really good when people come in here and are like, ‘Listen, I’m going to lose my job if I can’t figure this out,’ or ‘I can’t get a job because I don’t know how to use a computer,’ and we can help them,� Devorkin says. “Some people come in wanting to learn how to install Angry Birds on their iPhone, and we’re happy to help people with that, but it’s definitely more rewarding when people want to empower themselves and learn new skills that are going to improve their lives.�

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The co-op’s newest initiative is to enter classrooms and educate students about the inner workings of computer hardware. During the first Build a Computer workshop in March, Sese and Devorkin went to the Leonard Herman School in San Jose and taught a high school class how to re-assemble and boot a desktop computer. “The students were able to assemble working desktop computers from the parts we brought with the help of our volunteers and the teacher,� Sese says. “We’re currently exploring the idea of holding similar workshops at other schools in the Santa Cruz area.� Community education is only half of the Computer Kitchen’s charter. With e-waste becoming an increasingly high-profile environmental issue, and cash-strapped nonprofits reeling from the recession, the Computer Kitchen also repairs donated computers and grants them to local nonprofits, including the Homeless Services Center, Positive Action Community Theater and the Homeless Garden Project. Irreparable donated equipment is recycled through Santa Clara’s ECS Refining. The education and donation initiatives complement each other. By repurposing old equipment and giving people the tools to operate and repair their own systems, the Computer Kitchen extends the life of hardware while educating the users. “When we walk people through the process, they may not know exactly what happened,� Devorkin says, “but they pressed all the keys and have made an inch of progress toward being less intimated by the computer.� “What we’re doing is all about reuse and extending the life of technology that’s perfectly good,� Sese adds.

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special election was a good idea; that number had dropped to 51 percent last week. The direct appeal to voters signals the severity of Brown’s predicament, as Republicans have refused to sign on to his meet-you-halfway, cut-someand-tax-some approach. Late on Friday, GOP leaders released a seven-page list of demands, among them changes to teacher tenure rules, reductions to public pensions, the elimination of certain environmental regulations and a cap on public spending—none of which Democrats are likely to accept. “I think this takes us clearly to a point where we will quickly have to decide whether or not to pursue solutions that do not require Republican votes,� Assembly Speaker ?d]c EZgZo told reporters after reviewing the document. That leaves two options for the Democrats. They can bypass their GOP colleagues by collecting voter signatures to get the referendum on the ballot, though they probably won’t be able to do it in time to hold the election in June, when the taxes are set to expire. (That would mean asking voters in November to reinstate taxes that have already expired—much tougher than just extending them.) Or they could change the election laws. State code requires an election measure be adopted by the legislature 131 days before going before the voters—a deadline that has already passed. Democrats could waive that law or write a new one and pass it by majority. But it wouldn’t be simple, says H]VccVc KZaVnVh with the California Secretary of State’s office. “They would need to do that to a lot of other laws that are on the books that relate to carrying out an election as well.� Timing is important, Velayas notes, because a huge effort goes into producing an election. Each of the ballot measures must be summarized, then translated into six languages. Fiscal impacts, arguments and rebuttals—all must be gathered and sent to the Secretary of State to be printed in time for the first ballots to be mailed 60 days before the election. The hastiest election in state history—in May 2009—was called 88 days before it was held. June 7 is 70 days away. Looks like we’re off to the races.

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them confused and morbid. Others were more humorous. “I never thought this is what the Mayans meant by the ‘End Days,’� one fan wrote. “See you at the real gateway,� he added. “We have learned so much from your shelves,� wrote another customer. “And again, I am learning, by this store’s closing, how to . . . accept change with peace and grace.� Jake Pierce

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How convenient, then, that this week we’re announcing the winners of our annual Gold Awards readers survey. Representing the collective wisdom on everything from the best bar food to the best yoga studio in the county, with opinions on dance clubs, lingerie stores, surf shops and much more, it’s the perfect guide to the Santa Cruz experience written by Santa Cruzans themselves.

Contributors: Paul M. Davis, Maria Grusauskas, Stett Holbrook, Traci Hukill, Cat Johnson, Eric Johnson, Stephen Kessler, Steve Palopoli, Pete Saporito, Chip Scheuer, Tessa Stuart, Christina Waters, Maya Weeks About the Illustrator: Celebrated graphic artist Jim Phillips, one of the fathers of skateboard graphics, is the man behind Santa Cruz Skateboards’ winged Road Rider wheel, the slanted “Santa Cruz� logo inside the famous red dot, the Independent Trucks iron cross and the blue Screaming Hand. The illustration above is a detail from a drawing of the Cooper House, a bastion of Santa Cruz hippie culture until it was damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and subsequently demolished by panicky city officials. Jim Phillips lives and works in Santa Cruz.

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Bagelry 320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8049 1636 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.8550 4763 Soquel Dr, Soquel. 831.462.9888

Best Bar Food

Noah’s Bagels

515 Kitchen and Cocktails

1411 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.454.9555

515 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5051

Main Street Bagel

The Parish Publick House

1475 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.477.9919

841 Almar Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.0507

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The Buttery

Gayle’s Bakery & Rosticceria

702 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.458.3020

504 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.462.1200

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Beckmann’s

504 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.462.1200

104 Bronson St #6, Santa Cruz. 831.423.9242

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Kelly’s French Bakery

402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.9059

402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.9059

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Walnut Avenue Cafe

2590 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.4424

106 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.457.2725

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Linda’s Seabreeze Cafe

10110 Soquel Dr, Aptos. 831.662.2227

542 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.9713

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CafĂŠ Brasil

Riva Fish House

1410 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1855

31 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1223

Best Burger Betty Burgers 505 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.8190 1000 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.475.5901

Stagnaro Bros. 59 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. 831.423.2180

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Charlie Hong Kong

1520 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5300

1141 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.5664

Jack’s

El Palomar Taco Bar

202 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4421

1336 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7575

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Taqueria Vallarta

Tacos Moreno

Best Chinese

1053 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.6095 1601 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.464.8810 UCSC, Merrill College. 831.459.5078

Taqueria Vallarta 608 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.457.8226 1101 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.471.2655 893 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.464.7022 6272 Hwy 9, Felton. 831.335.4264

Planet Fresh

Multiple locations

O’Mei 2316 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.8458

Little Shanghai 1010 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.2460

Panda Inn 738 Rio Del Mar Blvd #5, Aptos. 831.688.8620

1003 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.9799

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Best Calamari

Lulu Carpenter’s

Crow’s Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.4560

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O’Mei Best Chinese Cozy yet sophisticated, these interlocking dining rooms have hosted everybody in town and their cousin. Updated recipes from China’s many diverse culinary regions are given a fresh attitude, loaded with expert wok’ing and colorful fresh ingredients. The red oil dumplings are the stuff of dreams, the Ma Po Tofu could be the ultimate eastern comfort food, and any of the dishes prepared with black bean and garlic sauce coin anew the expression “Chinese cuisine.� With a fine wine list to match, the menu has charmed foodies all over California for 25 years, with a consistency that is almost unheard-of in restaurantland. The small plates that arrive the minute you sit down could be the secret weapon of this confident kitchen. 2316 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.4858

Malabar Best Exotic Cuisine, Best Vegetarian (3rd place) The cuisine at Malabar comes with a number of qualifiers—vegan, organic, live, Sri Lankan—that could frighten off the amateur eater. All apprehension dissolves on the spot, though, the moment a person walks into the open, candlelit dining room. The meal itself is almost a meditative experience; when a dish of Punjabi paneer or Rajasthan kofta or black pumpkin curry arrives, it begets a sense of wonder—so buttery, so hearty, so rich and so guilt free . . . yOm. 514 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.3023

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Coffeetopia 1723 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.6583 3701 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.477.1940 1443 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz. 831.476. 5488

Best Cookies Pacific Cookie Company 1203 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.6905

Nite Owl 216 Fern St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.6483

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Best Date Night Restaurant

702 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.458.3020

Shadowbrook

Chocolate

1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola. 831.475.1511

1522 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.9900

Gabriella Cafe

Best Donut Shop

910 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.457.1677

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Gayle’s Bakery & Rosticceria 504 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.462.1200

Ferrell’s

1534 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1711

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1664 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.462.1919 102 Rancho Del Mar, Aptos. 831.688.5656 1601 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.475.4646

1055 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1785

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1330 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.459.0100 19 Rancho del Mar Shopping Center, Aptos. 831.685.0100 920 Pacific Ave #2, Santa Cruz. 831.457.0100

113 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.459.9770

Verve 816 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.475.7776

Lulu Carpenter’s 1545 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.9804 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.5858 Kiosk, 911 Soquel Ave (Whole Foods parking lot), Santa Cruz.

Best Exotic Cuisine Malabar 514 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.3023

India Joze 418 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.325.3633

The Greek 435 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9990

Falafel of Santa Cruz 1501 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.459.0486

Falafel Hut 309 Beach St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0567

Best French Fries Betty Burgers 505 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.8190 1000 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.475.5901

Saturn CafĂŠ 145 Laurel St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8505

Jack’s 202 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4421

Best Ice Cream / Fro Yo Penny Ice Creamery 913 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.204.2523 ¨ 22

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Marianne’s

New Leaf

1020 Ocean St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.1447

Multiple locations

Mission Hill Creamery

Java Junction

Available at www.santacruzlocalfoods.com or 831.515.8799

580-A River St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.2128 519 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.5282

Best Indian

Best Kid-Friendly Eatery

Sitar 1133 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.3000

Kianti’s

Ambrosia

1100 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.469.4400

207 Searidge Rd, Aptos. 831.685.0610

Carpo’s

Royal Taj

2400 Porter St, Soquel. 831.476.6260

270 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.2400

The Greek

Best Italian

435 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9990

Lillian’s

Best Late Night Eatery

1116 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.2288

Saturn

Ristorante Avanti

145 Laurel St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8505

1711 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.0135

Santa Cruz Diner

Ristorante Italiano

909 Ocean St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7151

555 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.458.2321

Crepe Place

Best Juice Bar/ Smoothies

1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.6994

Jamba Juice

The Greek

1550 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.5262

435 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9990

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Penny Ice Creamery Best Ice Cream The creative minds behind the small-batch, high-concept creamery have a Willy Wonkan flair for the unconventional, crafting flavor profiles around foraged candy cap mushrooms or Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery beer. They make it all from scratch onsite, starting with a base of organic eggs, milk and sugar before adding the suggestion of Black Pepper Cheesecake or Olive Oil, Chocolate and Sea Salt. 913 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.204.2523

El Palomar Best Mexican, Best Margarita, Best Happy Hour (2nd place), Best Cheap Eats (Taco bar—2nd place) The thing about a meal at El Palomar is that it starts off delicious and gets better from there. Moments after you sit down, a bowl of light, salty tortilla chips arrives with its familiar plastic ramekin of easy-to-down salsa. Delicious. Next, perhaps, is an expertly made high-octane margarita with fresh-squeezed lime juice: superb! And just when it seems the flavor experience has peaked, the main event shows up, a steaming platter of perfectly spicy, healthfully prepared enchiladas, chile rellenos or artfully sauced seafood dishes along with a basket of warm homemade tortillas. No wonder there’s always a happy din in the perpetually crowded art deco dining room, cantina and taco bar of this beloved local institution. 1336 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7575

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1501 Mission St #A, Santa Cruz. 831.458.9808

1100 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.469.4400

Zameen

Best Pizza

7528 Soquel Dr, Aptos. 831.688.4465

Pizza My Heart

Best Mexican

1116 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.2511 209 Esplanade, Capitola. 831.475.5714

El Palomar

Woodstock

1336 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7575

710 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.4444

Manuel’s

Engfer’s Pizza Works

261 Center Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.688.4848

537 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1856

Tacos Moreno

Best Restaurant with a View

1053 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.6095 1601 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.464.8810 UCSC, Merrill College. 831.459.5078

Best Patio Dining Crepe Place 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.6994

Crow’s Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.4560

Crow’s Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.4560

Riva Fish House 31 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1223

Olita’s 650 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. 831.458.9393

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Best Taqueria

Crow’s Nest

Taqueria Vallarta

2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.4560

Multiple locations

Dharma’s

Tacos Moreno

4250 Capitola Rd, Capitola. 831.462.1717

1053 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.6095 1601 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.464.8810 UCSC, Merrill College. 831.459.5078

CafĂŠ Cruz 2621 41st Ave, Soquel. 831.476.3801

Best Seafood Riva Fish House 31 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1223

Stagnaro Bros. 59 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. 831.423.2180

Taqueria Santa Cruz 2215 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0606 1002 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.5193

Best Tea House Asana Teas 103 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.8327

Chaikhana Tea Culture

Crow’s Nest

317 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4200

2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.4560

Peet’s Coffee & Tea

Best Soup

1409 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.457.8170 819 Bay Ave, Ste A, Capitola. 831.316.5040

Erik’s DeliCafe

Best Thai

Multiple locations

The Greek 435 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9990

CafĂŠ Limelight 1016 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7873

Best Small Plates Soif 105 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.2020

515 Kitchen & Cocktails 515 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5051

Cellar Door (Bonny Doon Vineyard Tasting Room) 328 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.6771

Best Steak Hindquarter Bar & Grill 303 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7770

CafĂŠ Cruz 2621 41st Ave, Soquel. 831.476.3801

Crow’s Nest 2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.4560

Best Sushi/Japanese Mobo Sushi 105 S. River St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.1700

I Love Sushi 516 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.421.0706

Shogun 1123 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.469.4477

Sabieng 1218 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.1200

Sawasdee 5050 Soquel Dr, Soquel. 831.462.5051

Bangkok West 2505 Cabrillo College Dr #4, Aptos. 831.479.8297

Best Vegetarian Dharma’s 4250 Capitola Rd, Capitola. 831.462.1717

Saturn Cafe 145 Laurel St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8505

Malabar 514 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.3023

Best Wine List Soif 105 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.2020

Vinocruz 725 Front St #101, Santa Cruz. 831.426.VINO

Cava 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola. 831.476.2282

Best Winery Bonny Doon Vineyard 328 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.6771

Storrs Winery 303 Potrero St, Santa Cruz. 831.458. 5030

Bargetto Winery 3535 N. Main St, Soquel. 831.475.2258

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Best Addition to a Tasting Room Cellar Door CafÊ, Bonny Doon Vineyard Tasting Room When Randall Grahm and Manresa’s David Kinch teamed up to open the Cellar Door CafÊ, it instantly became one of Santa Cruz’s top restaurants. Even better for me is that it’s biking distance from my house. Now that’s local cuisine. When talented chef Charlie Parker left to take a job at Plum in Oakland, sous chef Jarod Ottley stepped up to the stove without missing a beat. Or a beet. (SH) 328 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.6771

Best Baristas Verve Coffee Along with all the national and regional barista titles they’ve won, the folks at Verve have probably earned the right to act superior about coffee. But in fact, one of the best things about the cafe is the utter lack of snobbery so often present at third wave coffeehouses. While you won’t find a dark roast here (over-roasting causes the beans to lose their flavor), you won’t get a stodgy lecture about it or a dismissive eye roll for asking, either. (TS) 816 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.475.7776

Best Crab Dinner Sandabs The opening of Dungeness crab season each November means party time at Sandabs, where the restaurant’s own fishing boat delivers each day’s catch in long white coolers

that you can’t miss as you walk in. In their wisdom, the chefs serve up entire crabs steamed and unadorned—all you can eat for $25—with a simple side of salad, bread and drawn lemon butter. More good news: crab season doesn’t end till July. (TH) 11 Camp Evers Lane, Scotts Valley. 831.430.0657

Best Hangover Breakfast CafÊ Brasil The early bird gets the worm, but the late riser can still get a killer breakfast at CafÊ Brasil, where hearty and tropical breakfast dishes as well as authentic Brazilian coffee and fresh-squeezed juices are served until 3pm seven days a week. The wait for a table may be long, but once seated on a bench on the sunny lawn outside the restaurant, one has to ask: what’s the hurry, anyway? (MW) 1410 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1855

Best Home-Cooked Meal Linda’s Seabreeze CafĂŠ On any given day the menu and specials board at Linda’s Seabreeze CafĂŠ are chock full of delicious treats: the orange poppy seed pancakes, the Tex Mex scramble and, of course, the cinnamon rolls, flaky on the outside and soft on the inside. Of everything on the menu, though, the item that might serve as the best indicator of the governing ethos at Linda’s is the Mickey Mouse pancake. It’s the tip-off that eating at this friendly neighborhood institution is less ¨ 30

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Best Last-Minute Carry-Out for Two Chicken Cacciatore from Ristorante Avanti You know the days when you can’t even deal with a drive-up window? When putting on the pasta water tests your mental health? When you can’t face another frozen meal but don’t want to dress up and order an unpronounceable wine? For those times, there’s the always (always!) reliable chicken cacciatore dinner from Avanti. For $16 you can pick up just enough chicken, creamy polenta and braised greens to put smiles on two faces. It’s a lifesaver without gastronomic compromise. (CW) 1711 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.0135

Best Mac ’n’ Cheese Oswald Of all the many things to love about the bar at Oswald—the convivial crowd, the nerdtastic mixologists, the bustling urban feel of the corner location—the food is king. And the prince of the bar menu is the macaroni and cheese. A pot of warm, creamy, noodley comfort topped with a dusting of garlicky bread crumbs and served

with mixed greens, this is a mac and cheese dish that, with apologies to chef Damani Thomas, surely qualifies as Damanically good. (TH) 121 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7427

Best Salsa Planet Fresh The burrito fillings at Planet Fresh are hardly limited to Mexican; flavors traverse the globe from Hawaiian to Thai to Mediterranean. But whatever the flavor, salsa is still key. To cater to every taste, Planet Fresh offers five distinct salsas, which, true to the joint’s name, are deliciously fresh. With choices ranging from Too Friggin’ Hot to downright sweet, Planet Fresh’s salsa bar, combined with a complimentary serving of chips, practically constitutes a meal in itself. (MW) 1003 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.9799

Best Virtuous Pizza Redwood Pizzeria At this laid-back neighborhood pizza joint, the eco-minded proprietors are walking the talk with organic pizza toppings, organic and local wines and beers, even organic soft drinks. But they’re also making killer pies loaded with fresh ingredients and a spicy sauce that keeps the San Lorenzo Valley virtuous coming back time and time again. (TH) 6205 Hwy 9, Felton. 831.335.1500

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Laurie King www.laurierking.com

Felix Kulpa Gallery 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz. 408.373.2854

Artisans Gallery 1368 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.8183

Museum of Art and History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1964

Best Artist/ Photographer Sylvia Valentine http://sylviavalentinedesigns.blogspot.com

Frans Lanting www.lanting.com

Shmuel Thaler www.santacruzphotogallery.com/gallery/ sthaler

Geoffrey Dunn

Best Dance Studio Motion Pacific 1001 Center St #10, Capitola. 831.457.1616

Dancenter 810 Bay Ave #A, Captiola. 831.475.5032

418 Project 418 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9770

Best Festival (Film/Art/Music) Santa Cruz Film Festival www.santacruzfilmfestival.com

Pacific Rim www.pacrimfilmfestival.org

Best Local Author

Capitola Art & Wine Festival

Jonathan Franzen

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Best Movie Theater

Prophet Elias Greek Festival

Del Mar

www.propheteliassantacruz.org

1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.469.3320

Cabrillo Art & Wine Festival

Nickelodeon

www.capitolachamber.com/artwine.html

210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7500

Gay Pride

Cinema 9

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1405 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.457.3505

Best Kids’ Art Program

1916 Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz.

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Seven Directions

622 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz.

303 Potrero St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.9500

Old School Shoes

Kids Art

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Felix Kulpa Gallery Best Art Gallery One of the best things about First Fridays is the outpouring of community support—seeing local art hanging the walls in hair salons, sex shops and olive oil purveyors. Among so many grassroots exhibits, though, it can be refreshing to see an expertly curated show set up in a space expressly designed for that purpose. The Felix Kulpa Gallery is a standout in that respect—every month director Robbie Shoen pulls together thoughtful, provocative shows with a consistently impressive quality of work. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz. 408.373.2854

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Best Museum Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.420.6115

Museum of Art & History

Best Radio Personality Sleepy John Sandidge KPIG-FM, 107.5 and KZSC-FM, 88.1

Santa Cruz Surfing Museum

Green Tea & Honey (AimĂŠe Gould Shunney and Jennifer Brewer)

701 W. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.420.6289

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Best Poet

Rosemary Chalmers

Lauren Eggert-Crowe www.galateaspants.com/about.htm

Best Theater Troupe

Gary Young

Shakespeare Santa Cruz

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www.shakespearesantacruz.org

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You Had to Be There Improv

www.myspace.com/lexisword

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Best Radio Station

All About Theatre

705 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1964

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www.allabouttheatre.org

KZSC-FM, 88.1 KPIG-FM, 107.5 KUSP-FM, 88.9

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Jonathan Franzen Best Local Author

The bestselling author of The Corrections has adopted Santa Cruz as his hometown, spending half the year living on the Westside and working from an office at UCSC. In turn we’ve adopted him as our hometown literary hero, packing bookstores and high school auditoriums to hear him speak. In his most recent book, Freedom, Jonathan Franzen paints Santa Cruz as the protagonist’s happy place in a description so sweet it made us blush.

The Del Mar

Best Movie Theatre Judging by its art deco neon sign, one might be able to guess that the historic Del Mar was once the pearl of Pacific Avenue—a 1,500-seat theater complete with 25-piece orchestra pit and a stage graced by the likes of Duke Ellington, Jerry Garcia and Tom Waits. These days the same team that operates the art house (and second place winner) Nickelodeon programs the four-screen theater with a mix of wide-release and independent films, plus awesome (and often topical) midnight movies on Fridays and Saturdays. 1124 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.469.3320

KZSC-FM, 88.1 Best Radio Station

It’s not called the Great 88 for nothing. Shows beamed from the UCSC station may run the genre gamut—from Hawaiian (“Wiki Wiki Wednesday�) or classic country (“Saddle Up Pardner�) to world (“Unfiltered Camels�), or our new favorite, the geekery-themed “No N00bs Allowed� (recent shows had Star Wars, zombies and Final Fantasy themes)—but at any hour of the day KZSC can be counted on for good grooves, entertaining banter and a blessed absence of commercials. It’s not just Santa Cruz Weekly readers giving it love, either: Radio-Locator ranked KZSC the most-listened-to college radio station in the country last year, and Huffington Post ranked it No. 5 among all college radio stations.

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changing exhibits feature an all-star array of the top local artists, from veterans like Ray Gwyn Smith, Mattie Leeds, Laurie Zeszut and Frank Galuszka to emerging stars like Andrew Purchin, Susana Arias and Ea Eckerman. It’s always a pleasure touring the gallery with manager/ bronze sculptor Steve Rudzinski—but that’s not all! Across the street is a view many have crossed the globe to see: endless expanses of blue Pacific embraced by rugged cliffs and gnarled cypresses. Soothing and stimulating, it’s a thrill every single time. Open Wednesday through Sunday. (CW)

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Talk of the Bay, which is especially interesting when Kleffel is again at the mic. The Sound of Young America, hosted by former Santa Cruzan Jesse Thorn, is always a delight. The Poetry Show is pure Santa Cruz and always worth listening to, and Howard Feldstein caps off the evening with jazz. Click & Clack—meh. This is what public radio is all about. (EJ) KUSP, 88.9-FM

Best New Music for Beginners Cabrillo Music Festival Open Rehearsals Contemporary classical music being what critics call “challenging,� or what you and I would call “dissonant,� not everyone’s ready to pony up the price of a ticket just to try it out. For the curious and the impecunious, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music’s free open rehearsals offer the chance to sample cutting-edge classical music without risk. And for aficionados, it’s an irresistible glimpse into the inner workings of one of the year’s most exciting cultural events. (TH) July 31-Aug. 14, 2011 www.cabrillomusic.org

Best Outdoor Art Fair Northern California 2011

Year-end Open Studio at UCSC So energy-packed it could charge batteries, this year-end art extravaganza showcases ingenious, inventive, illuminating and just plain off-the-wall visual, digital, sculptural and graphic experiments by the university’s vibrant population of art students. Pick up high-quality, low-cost lithographs and etchings or just feast on the expressive efforts by very excitable young artists, many on the verge of stardom, all on the edge of whatever trend is hottest. More fun than YouTube and just as immediate. (CW)

encounters, it also hosts within its many labyrinthean nooks and hallways an ever-changing exhibition of determined and provocative artwork by confident local artistes. You can sit outside and look like the second coming of Andy Warhol, or you can comb the corridors checking out earnest and surprisingly expert drawings, paintings and photographs by people who either don’t know any better or have decided to live their bohemian dreams just to spite their parents. Your call. Always an eyeful. (CW) 418 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1775

Best Place for Free Graphic Novels The Public Library Though they’re dismissed by some as remnants of a bygone era, this wordslinger considers our public libraries to be one of our community’s most valuable resources. And in addition to the usual informational, cultural and pleasurereading fare, our local libraries—the downtown branch in particular— house quite decent graphic novel collections. From the Watchmen and Persepolis to Funhouse, Maus, the DC and Marvel regulars and a pretty solid manga selection, the library is an irreplaceable resource for fans and appreciators of comic book culture. (CJ) Various locations throughout Santa Cruz County—for now.

Best Singing and Dancing Cabrillo Stage

Caffe Pergolesi

Year after year, Santa Cruz County’s professional musical theater company mounts one barn-burner of a production after another, marshalling casts of singing-acting-dancing triple threats onto elaborately constructed and beautifully lighted sets to tell stories the old-fashioned way: by entertaining the daylights out of the audience. Regular performing and directing talents like Trevor Little, Andrew Ceglio, Ariel Buck and too many others to list here keep the houses sold out and fans coming back for more. (TH)

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June 24-Aug. 14; Dec. 16-30 www.cabrillostage.org

June 3, noon-5pm. Baskin Visual Arts Center, UCSC.

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Best Bar The Red Restaurant and Bar 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.1913

Poet & Patriot 320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.8620

Motiv 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8070

Best Bartender Shannon Greathouse Motiv, 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8070

Patrick Johnson Motiv, 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8070

Sean Brookins

Parish Publick House 841 Almar Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.0507

burger. 1520 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5300

Best Dance Club Motiv 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8070

Blue Lagoon 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7117

Cypress Lounge 120 Union St, Santa Cruz. 831.459.9876

Best Dance Lessons El Palomar Ballroom 1344 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1221

Poet & Patriot, 320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.8620

Dancenter

Best Beer Selection

Motion Pacific

810 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.475.5032 1001 Center St, Santa Cruz. 831.457.1616

99 Bottles 110 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.459.9999

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Best Dive Bar

Best Karaoke

Brady’s

I Love Sushi

413 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz.

516 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.421.0706

Rush Inn

Boardwalk Bowl/Coasters

113 Knight St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.9673

115 Cliff St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.3324

Jury Room

Hindquarter Bar & Grill

712 Ocean St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7120

303 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7770

Best Fancy Cocktails

Best Live Music Club

515 Kitchen & Cocktails

Moe’s Alley

515 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5051

1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. 831.479.1854

Clouds 110 Church St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.2000

Catalyst

The Red Restaurant & Bar

1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1336

200 Locust St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.1913

Kuumbwa

Best Happy Hour

320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.2227

Crow’s Nest

Best Local Band

2218 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.4560

Extra Large

El Palomar

www.extra-large.net

1336 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7575

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The Red Restaurant & Bar

www.ribsysnickel.com

200 Locust St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.1913

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The Red Restaurant and Bar Best Bar, Best Bar Food, Best Fancy Cocktails (3rd place), Best Happy Hour (3rd place) On weeknight evenings, the Red is a place to artfully arrange oneself on a plush velvet couch—perhaps one near the fireplace—order a Jean Grey cocktail (made with organic house-infused Earl Grey gin), nibble on small plates and whisper in hushed tones or trade meaningful glances with someone. On Fridays and Saturdays past a particular hour, though, the Red transforms into a late-night revelers’ last stop, packed full of patrons bogging to thumping bass. 200 Locust St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.1913

Brady’s Yacht Club Best Dive Bar Brady’s is the living room for the Seabright neighborhood. Small and cozy, its lone pool table, passionately loved juke box and friendly bartenders make it a regular stop for what you could call a family of locals. Nautical-themed objects hang from the ceiling, and old blackand-white photographs of Brady’s in the good old days hang from the walls. “PB & J’s�—a shot of Jameson and a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon or Hamm’s—are $6.50, and the Sunday Bloody Marys have been rumored to be the “Best in town.� Frequent barbecues in the back parking lot keep this old bar that began as a speakeasy back around 1932 a favorite even today. 413 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz.

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Best Local Musician Joe Ferrara

Best Place to Play Pool

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Fast Eddy’s

Bryn Loosley

Surf City Billiards

http://brynloosley.com/

931 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7665

Nick Gallant

Catalyst

www.myspace.com/nickgallantmusic

1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1336

Best Margaritas

Best Place to Play Darts

El Palomar 1336 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7575

Olita’s 49B Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz. 831.458.9393

Little Tampico 2605 Main St, Soquel. 831.475.4700

Best Microbrewery Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery 402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.4900

Seabright Brewery 519 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.2739

Boulder Creek Brewery 13040 Hwy 9, Boulder Creek. 831.338.7882

4300 Capitola Rd, Capitola. 831.462.1882

Poet & Patriot 320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.8620

Surf City Billiards 931 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7665

One Double-Oh Seven 1007 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.9589

Best Pub Poet & Patriot 320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.8620

The Parish Publick House 841 Almar Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.0507

Britannia Arms 8017 Soquel Dr, Aptos. 831.688.1233

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Moe’s Alley Best Live Music Thanks to no small measure of hard work and owner Bill Welch’s thick Rolodex, Moe’s Alley consistently brings bands through town that might otherwise pass us by. From Big Easy jazz greats to eight-piece Latin fusion groups and from journeymen blues players to reggae icons, Moe’s Alley opens up a big tent to bands that cook hotter than steak on a cast iron skillet and get folks moving on the club’s sweaty dance floor. 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. 831.479.1854

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Best Microbrewery Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, where the dog- and bike-friendly atmosphere is as down-to-earth as the beers are organic, is best known for its famous IPA and a mean Amber Ale. This Westside institution’s happenin’ happy hour (5–6pm Monday–Thursday, 5–7pm Friday) boasts Chile Chocolate Stout, kombucha on tap and fish tacos and burgers from neighboring Kelly’s Bakery for patrons to enjoy inside at the cozy bar or outside on the heated patio. 402 Ingalls St, Ste 27, Santa Cruz. 831.425.4900

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DAY CAMP (Open from 7:30am – 5:30pm) and SPECIALTY CLASSES: Family Farm LegoŽ Robotics Hip Hop Dance

Chess Spanish Clay Workshop

Outdoor Science Acting on Camera Cartooning & Characters

Guitar Culinary Camp And more to come‌

We also offer Junior Guards and Little Guards Pick up (12pm) and Drop off (1pm) at Cowell’s Beach!

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Best Beer Garden Tyrolean Inn On cold nights its cozy Old World interior warms the soul every bit as nicely as the schnitzel and sauerbraten on the menu, but on warm summer evenings the place to be is the beer garden. An enclosed porch where accordion music reigns supreme and large groups gather for noisy celebrations, the beer garden is the perfect place to raise a glass of strong German pilsner and eins, zwei und trinken. (TH) 9600 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond. 831.336.5188

Best Free Shows The Abbey This spacious cafe’s free concert series showcases acoustic talent from here and abroad as well as hosting regular open-mic nights. We already said “free,� right? The music tends toward the folky side and includes jazz and rock; a bowl of soul (warm

soymilk with honey) or a cup of rich coffee or tea from the extensive beverage list enhances the intimate musical experience. (MW) 350 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1058

Best Gay Dance Party Thursday Rainbow Room at Madhouse Every Thursday since it opened—and likely every Thursday until the end of time—the Madhouse fills to capacity with people who love to dance. The crowd is as diverse as the rainbow flags that hang from the ceiling— singles and couples range in age from fresh 21-year-olds up to partiers in their 30s and 40s. “At least half of the people who come on Thursdays are here every single Thursday night. Some of them I know drive over the hill,� says bartender Molly McVeigh. DJ AD keeps the party hopping until the dance floor steams—literally. Dress for heat and dress to dance. (MG) 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.2900

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Best Adult Store Pure Pleasure

Beverly’s 100 Cotton Ln, Soquel. 831.475.2811

204 Church St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9870

Best Auto Repair

Camouflage

DMV Clinic

1329 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7613

Frenchy’s

2335 Soquel Dr #G, Santa Cruz. 831.462.4436

3960 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.475.9221

Specialized Auto Inc.

Best Antiques

2415 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.462.3458

Mr. Goodie’s

Water Star Motors

1541 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.9997

318-A River St, Santa Cruz. 831.457.0996

Stripe 107 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.9252

Best Barbershop

Crawford Antiques

Rick’s Barber Shop & Salon

4401 Soquel Dr, Soquel. 831.462.1528

808 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.477.7892

Best Arts & Crafts

Super Cuts

Palace 1407 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.1550 1501 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.464.2700

Lenz Arts 142 River St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1935

550 River St #C, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8713 266 Mt. Hermon Rd #5, Scotts Valley. 831.438.2786 1955 41st Ave B-4, Capitola. 831.476.1105

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Best Bookstore (new)

Best Butcher Shopper’s Corner 622 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1804

Bookshop Santa Cruz

New Leaf

1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0900

Multiple locations

Capitola Book CafĂŠ

El Salchichero

1475 41st Ave #G, Capitola. 831.462.4415

402 Ingalls St #5, Santa Cruz. 831.423.6328

Logos

Best Camera Shop

1117 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.5100

Best Bookstore (used)

Bay Photo

Logos

715 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.1100 2161 Delaware Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.475.6686 2959 Park Ave, Soquel. 831.475.6090

1117 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.5100

Monterey Bay Photo

Bookshop Santa Cruz

763 Lighthouse Ave, Monterey. 831.372.6337

1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0900

Best Buy

Literary Guillotine

2650 41st Ave, Soquel. 831.465.0956

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Rick’s Barbershop Best Barbershop

So it seems that Rick’s Barbershop has lived up to the “Epic Haircut— Guaranteed� it so confidently touts. Clipping away at men’s, women’s and children’s hair since August 2009, the barber shop is known for its affordable prices and, yes, guaranteed quality. No customer leaves without that feeling-so-hot mood that is validated by every reflective surface on the way home. Walk-ins are welcome, whether for a full-on Deluxe Barber Cut complete with massages and hot towels, an electric blue dye job or just a simple $5 “neck clean up.� 808 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.477.7892

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Best Car Wash

Best Dry Cleaners

Whaler’s

Pacific Dry Cleaners

2001 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0676

511 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0644

Master Car Wash

Classic Cleaners

2110 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.476.5033

609 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.2630 2220 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.475.5972 809 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.479.0650

Cruz Car Wash 2731 41st Ave, Soquel. 831.476.7246

Best Computer Repair Dave’s Computer Repair 740 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.1131

Click Away 303 Potrero St, Santa Cruz. 831.420.1200

Cruzio 903 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.459.6301

Vapor 285 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4646

Best Neighborhood DVD Rental Cedar Street Video 235 Cathcart St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4466

Westside Video 1226 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.0134

East Cliff Video 201511 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.462.0707

Caffe Pergolesi Best Free WiFi Caffe Pergolesi’s motto could be “give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to access the Internet for free�—it is a kind of WiFlopohouse. When you need shelter from inclement weather or need to kill time, study, work or look something up right quick, the Perg is there. It’s a place where you can go about your tasks without any pressure in a comfortable chair, enjoying a coffee or beer and, without question, the best people-watching in town. 418-A Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1775

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Best Eyewear

19765 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino. 408.446.4204

Eye Q 1101 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.466.3937

Best Flooring/Carpet

Spex

MMM Carpets Unlimited

124 Church St, Santa Cruz. 831.454.9999

415-A River St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9170

Plaza Lane Optometry

Floors Etc

1537 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.2020

2241 40th Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.462.5586

Best Fabric

Rainbow Carpet

Hart’s Fabric

Best Flower Shop

1620 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.5434

Beverly’s

6000 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.462.9721

Flower Shack

100 Cotton Lane, Soquel. 831.475.2811

614 S. Branciforte Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.3877

JoAnn Fabric and Craft

Ferrari Florist

4950 Almaden Expwy, Ste 10, San Jose. 408.265.5970

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Stripe Best Gift Shop, Best Antiques (2nd place), Best Men’s Clothing (2nd place), Best Women’s Clothing (2nd place), Best Home Furnishings (3rd place), Best Vintage Clothing (3rd place) While Stripe is an oft-recommended spot for gifts—the store houses everything from antique pocket trinkets and weathered frames to oneof-a-kind furnishings, housewares and clothing—it is much more than just another purveyor of vintage and retro goods. Equal parts design team, gallery, branding consultants and retail shop, Stripe is an entity unto itself—a celebrated and stylish part of the downtown fabric. And yes, if a gift is the goal, these guys have got it covered. 107 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.9252.

L’Atelier Best Hair Salon French for artist’s studio or workshop, L’Atelier really does resemble an artist’s space, with floor-to-ceiling windows and an open loft. But aside from the team of creative stylists who prefer hair to pencils and paint, it’s also a green space. The salon is on the forefront of eco-friendly beauty practices, using products that are safe for the environment, the clients and the stylists who apply them. Even the bamboo flooring was sustainably harvested. 114 Pearl Alley, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4247

Chefworks Best Kitchen Store We would wager that a visit to Chefworks can inspire as many, if not more, fantasies than the winner of the Best Adult Store category. For example, visions of pulling a pizza stone out of the oven to find a perfectly cooked tomato, basil and fresh mozzarella pie, or placing a set of candy-colored Le Creuset mini cocotte dishes filled with personal-sized mac-and-cheese casseroles or chocolate soufflÊs on the table. They’ve got professional grade knives, hot pads, dish towels and aprons a-plenty, plus a host of gadgets, like the cupcake carrier, that you never imagined, even in your wildest dreams. 1527 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1351

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Bonny Doon Garden Co. 1520 Pacific Ave (kiosk), Santa Cruz. 831.457. 2905 1101 Fair St, Santa Cruz (inside New Leaf). 831.421.0975

Best Gift Shop Stripe 107 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.9252

Artisans Gallery

Best Free WiFi

1368 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.8183

CaffĂŠ Pergolesi

219 Mt. Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley. 831.430.9466

418-A Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1775

Cruzio

Zinnias

903 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.459.6301

Best Green Business

Starbucks

Greenspace

1335 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.459.7681

1122 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7200

Best Garden Supply / Nursery

L’Atelier

Pro Build

1664 Soquel Dr #C, Santa Cruz. 831.464.8550

235 River St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0223 2435 41st Ave, Soquel. 831.475.6100 5843 Graham Hill Rd, Felton. 831.335.4423 1230 Thompson Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.475.7575

114 Pearl Alley, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4247

Oasis Hair & Skin

Best Grocery New Leaf Multiple locations

Garden Company

Shopper’s Corner

2218 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8424

622 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1804

Dig Gardens

Staff of Life

420 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.3444

1266 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.8632

Cedar Street Video Best Neighborhood DVD Rental For years, the twin titans of video rental in Santa Cruz were West Side Video and East Cliff Video, with an inexplicable void stretching across downtown. And yet when Sami Abed (who has owned East Cliff Video for almost 30 years and Video9 in Ben Lomond for 25) decided to open Cedar Street Video in 2005, a lot of people must have told him he was crazy. Video stores were already on the decline, and Netflix was hitting indie rental shops like a freight train. But with a quality selection that seemed smartly tailored to Santa Cruz tastes, Abed has turned Cedar Street into another success story. 235 Cathcart St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4466

Streetlight Records Best Record/CD Store Conveniently located across the street from the Metro on lower Pacific is a record store that actually sells records. In addition to vinyl, Streetlight also sells CDs, DVDs and video games and buys and trades LPs, 45s, CDs, DVDs and, for those of us who still have Walkmans, cassettes. Streetlight’s philosophy, which embraces music of all kinds, ensures a wide selection. It isn’t iTunes, but it has what iTunes still lacks: concert tickets, in-store concerts featuring local bands and a friendly, knowledgeable staff—in other words, soul. 939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.9200

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Modern Life Home Furnishings

L’Atelier

925 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.475.6802

Stripe

Oasis Hair & Skin

107 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.9252

1664 Soquel Dr #C, Santa Cruz. 831.464.8550

Best Hotel

Bliss Salon

Dream Inn

9051 Soquel Dr, Aptos. 831.662.1300

175 W. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.426.4330

Best Hardware Store

Chaminade

Orchard Supply Hardware

1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz. 831.475.5600

1601 41st Ave #T, Capitola. 831.475.7701

Pro Build Multiple locations

Ace Hardware 855 Almar Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7650 20 El Pueblo Rd, Scotts Valley. 831.438.0331 218 Mt. Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley. 831.438.0581 12990 Hwy 9, Boulder Creek. 831.338.6467 9470 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond. 831.336.5142 72 Rancho Del Mar, Aptos. 831.662.0222 1984 Freedom Blvd, Freedom. 831.724.4740 451 Main St, Watsonville. 831.724.4749

Best Headshop Pipeline 818 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7473

Graffix Pleasure 809 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.2940

Home Blown Glass

Seascape Resort 1 Seascape Resort Dr, Aptos. 800.929.7727

Best Internet Service Cruzio 903 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.459.6301

Comcast 123 Doyle St, Santa Cruz. 800.945.2288

Got.Net 303 Potrero St, Ste #40-E, Santa Cruz. 831.460.2000

Best Jewelry Dell Williams 1320 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4100

SC 41 2647 41st Ave, Soquel. 831.464.2228

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Artisans Gallery 1368 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.8183

The Vault 1339 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.3349

1010 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.460.0420

Best Home Furnishings

BRING US YOUR WOMEN’S & MEN’S CLOTHES :: CURRENT STYLES

Best Kid’s Clothing Baby Shoppe

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114 Pearl Alley, Santa Cruz. 831.423.4247

1101-B Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.600.8406 110-B Stockton Ave, Capitola. 831.479.9062 ¨ 56

Solar Technologies Best Solar Company Solar power has been around since the late 1970s, but it was mostly used in remote areas for telecommunication purposes until the late ’90s. Roger Denault has been known as a pioneer in the solar industry since 1977, and he founded Solar Technologies in Santa Cruz in 1998. They are experts in installing customized solar panels for residential and commercial buildings, a long-term investment that pays for itself within seven to nine years, according to the experts, by capping energy costs. A smart move, since energy costs are on the rise. Solar Technologies just finished installing solar panels on the Insurance Alliance of California building, right next to the Metro station.

Bring Your Fashion

619 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.0440 SANTA CRUZ: 811 pacific av. 831.458.0555 SAN JOSE: 1959 w. san carlos 408.292.6100 SAN JOSE: blossom hill rd. 408.269.1000 www.crossroadstrading.com

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Jelli Beanz

Dreamscape

2555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.462.6700

1916 Encina Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.476.6800

The Little People’s Store

Best Lawyers

2601 S. Main St, Soquel. 831.476.7244

Best Kitchen Store Chefworks

Ben Rice 331 Soquel Ave, Ste 203, Santa Cruz. 831.425.0555

1527 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1351

Caleb Baskin

Outside-In Home

730 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.8999

7568 Soquel Dr, Aptos. 831.684.0178

Eileen Hamilton

Bed Bath & Beyond

905 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1482

3555 Clares St, Santa Cruz. 831.462.9848

Best Lighting

Best Landscaper

Riverside Lighting

Terra Nova

300 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7411

815 Almar Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.3514

Illuminee

Paradise Landscape

402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1121

1514 Brommer St, Santa Cruz. 831.475.1714

Johnson Art Studio 1055 17th Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.464.0567

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Best Lingerie

Best Pet Store

Camouflage

Pet Pals

1329 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7613

3660 Soquel Dr, Soquel. 831.464.8775

Amoureuse

Pet Smart

1119 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7363

490 River St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.2780

Pure Pleasure

Trop Aquarium

204 Church St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9870

849 Almar Ave #B, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1242

Best Local Bank

Best Piercing Studio

Bay Federal Credit Union

Staircase

420 River St, Santa Cruz. 831.479.6000 105 Post Office Dr, Aptos. 831.479.6000 9440 Mill St, Ben Lomond. 831.479.6000 3333 Clares St, Capitola. 831.479.6000 2028 Freedom Blvd, Freedom. 831.479.6000 255 Mt. Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley. 831.479.6000 1481 Main St, Watsonville. 831.479.6000

628 Ocean St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7644 52 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.454.0344

Santa Cruz Community Credit Union 324 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7708 1428 Freedom Blvd, Watsonville. 831.786.1970

Lighthouse Bank 111 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.600.4000

Best Mani/Pedi Oasis Hair and Skin 1664 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.464.8550

Tracy’s Nails 1420 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.462.2292

Union Nail Salon 15541 Union Ave, Los Gatos. 408.371.3293

Best Men’s Clothing Macy’s 1865 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.621.3333

Stripe 107 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.9252

Ross 650 River St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0551 1955 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.479.4224

Best Musical Instruments Sylvan Music 1521 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.1917

The Starving Musician

Way Body Arts 1010 Fair Ave #D, Santa Cruz. 831.676.8048

True Art 1430 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.8783

Best Portrait Photographer Benjamin DiCaprio www.benjamindicaprio.com

Larry’s Photography 1612 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.2815

rr jones www.rrjones.com

Best Record/CD Store Streetlight Records 939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.9200

Logos 1117 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.5100

Metamusic 320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9027

Best Roofers Knox Roofing 46-A El Pueblo Rd, Scotts Valley. 831.706.2124

Turk the Roofer 3330 Gross Rd, Santa Cruz. 831.479.9653

Shelton Roofing 1245 Thompson Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.464.4120

Best Seamstress/ Tailor A Better Fit

1400 Ocean St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1975

1515 Capitola Rd #B, Santa Cruz. 831.479.9453

Union Grove

Sew Sew Maria

1003 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.0670

285 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.479.9534

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Porter Tailor & Cleaner 4630 W. Walnut St, #C, Soquel. 831.464.3910

Best Shoe Store Sockshop & Shoe Company

29 Bishop St #A, Watsonville. 831.724.0943 23 E. Lake Ave, Watsonville. 831.728.4712 112 Grant St, Watsonville. 831.724.3922

Best Toy Store (kids)

1515 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.6101

Kaleidoscope

Bunny’s

828 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.475.0210

1350 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.3824 7000 Soquel Dr #3, Aptos. 831.662.2730

Lolly Tree

Old School Shoes

Toys R Us

1017 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.2700

1660 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. 831.479.4296

Best Solar Company Solar Technologies

1101 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.713.5136

Best Veterinarian

619 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.0440

Westside Animal Hospital

Real Goods Solar

411 Laurel St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.2239

1115 Thompson Ave #1, Santa Cruz. 831.477.0943

Dr. Hannah Good

Suns Up Solar

All Pets

224 Dufour St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.0203

1226 Soquel Ave #B, Santa Cruz. 831.425.0945

Best Tanning Tanner’s Cove 245 Mt. Hermon Rd #D, Scotts Valley. 831.438.6501 1420 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.475.8267 1437 Main St, Watsonville. 831.761.8267

Paradise Tanning 3555 Clares St, Capitola. 831.426.7985

Tan Line

Housecalls only. 831.427.2077

Best Vintage Clothing Moon Zoom 813 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.8500

Cognito 821 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.5414

Stripe 107 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.9252

849 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.4040

Best Waxing

Best Tattoo Studio

European Wax

Staircase 628 Ocean St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7644 52 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.454.0344

O’Reilly’s Tattoo 1108 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.7690

Chimera Tattoo 1010 Fair Ave #D, Santa Cruz. 831.426.8876

1955 41st Ave #B7, Capitola. 831.477.9331

Bubble Lounge 110 Cooper St, Santa Cruz. 831.427.3600

Farmacy 1101 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.3276

Best Women’s Clothing

Best Thrift Store

Pacific Trading Co.

Goodwill

1224 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.3349 504 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.476.6109

204 Union St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1078 1550 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.462.1300 103 Whispering Pines Dr, Scotts Valley. 831.430.9029 470 Main St, Watsonville. 831.722.2376

Stripe 107 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.421.9252

The Daisy 1601 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.462.3686

Front Street Thrift 521 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.6975

Salvation Army 812 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8118 3100 Bean Creek Rd, Scotts Valley. 831.461.2000 Editors’ Picks ¨ 60

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Best Hybrid Food Store

MetaVinyl

Food Bin

Upon entering MetaVinyl, it’s immediately clear you’re in the connoisseur’s domain: the walls straight ahead are lined with an impeccably curated selection of new and used records. If you’re in the mood for a hunt, though, make a quarter turn to the right and rifle through the rack of dollar records. There you’ll find Eric Clapton next to Bill Cosby comedy albums, Oklahoma! performed by the original cast sidling up to Death Row records and Styx rubbing up against Baroque Harp. Legend has it the stash started as excessive inventory bought when the Krate on Pacific Avenue sold its vinyl inventory. At $1 a pop, it’s a low-risk way to try on some new musical tastes. (TS)

Sometimes I call the Food Bin an organic 7-Eleven. It’s small, convenient and open late. OK, it can be pricey, like a convenience store, too. But the Food Bin is so very Santa Cruz. Where else can you get raw milk, kombucha on tap and vegan chocolate while the eccentric staff spins Joni Mitchell on the stereo? (SH)

320 Cedar St, Santa Cruz.

Snap up those incredibly cheap little mini-champagnes clustered

1130 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.5526

Best Non– Independently Owned Bargain Shopping Cost Plus World Market

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around the checkout counters, or collect ridiculously gaudy and fun jewelry from the wall of cut-rate imports. Replace those kitchen throw rugs for under $14 and add to your decent, but not too decent, stemware from the well-stocked glassware section. Holiday special cookies, candies and tablewares practically slap your eyes senseless and hop into your shopping cart all by themselves. For holiday shopping that goes light years beyond Peeps and mere panettone, Cost Plus just plain excels. And while you’re there, yes, you really do need to check out some unknown New Zealand grenache for under $10. Why not? Everybody else does. (CW) 450 River St, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9188

Best Place for Boots, A Buckle and a Tee Idle Hands Dry Goods It’s been trickling for a while, but now it’s at full tilt: Americana in all its dusty glory is back in style. The kids are listening to Hank, wearing boots that were made for working and rocking belt buckles that would make an old school truck-driver proud. Keeping Santa Cruz in the mix, the fine folks at Idle Hands have created a roots-fabulous, one-stop Americana shop with choice vintage T-shirts, boots to make a hillbilly swoon and an atmosphere that oozes down-home charm. (CJ) 803 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.466.9305

Best Place to Get Off the Grid Mountain Feed and Farm Supply This award could just as easily be called Best Place to Ready Yourself for the Apocalypse and/or Find a Nice Gift for Your Motherin-Law. In the four buildings are selections of pet food, litter and leashes; bonemeal, seeds and saplings; gift soaps, letterpress cards and jewelry; and tucked in back, the homesteading shop, where the shelves are lined with guides to curing meats, culturing cheese, canning and keeping bees—everything you need to fill your scene with sweetness and light

come what may, be it the apocalypse or your sweetie’s mother. (TS) 9550 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond. 831.336.8876

Best Rock & Roll Gear For a Toddler Baby Shoppe Santa Cruz Some kids are made of sugar and spice and puppy dog tails and all that, but here in Santa Cruz, our kids are made of awesome swells, Santa Cruz pride and a premature appreciation of local culture. To get your youngster outfitted in the styles worthy of the hip and happening scenester he or she will surely become, there’s Baby Shoppe. From rock & roll onesies to the classic Santa Cruz red dot toddler tees, they’ve got the goods to gear up the littlest ones in style. (CJ) 1101-B Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.600.8406 110-B Stockton Ave, Capitola. 831.479.9062

Best Textile Treasures Rivendell A trip to Rivendell is an adventure in textiles, exotic jewelry and an extensive selection of Chinese teas. Tucked away on Squid Row, Rivendell beckons to the shopper who would rather adorn his or her living room with African batiks than whatever’s in store at the Pottery Barn. The $10 sale rack and the $2 sale basket, where I scored my silk paisley pants, are especially noteworthy. (MW) Squid Row Alley, Santa Cruz. 831.425.8522

Best Westside Gourmet Shopping Westside New Leaf Living on the Westside, I don’t like to leave my zip code, and that means I was willing to suffer through the too-narrow aisles of the old New Leaf on Mission. So when the bigger and better New Leaf opened on Fair Avenue, I felt like I’d earned it. The new New Leaf has it all: bigger aisles, more stuff, roast chickens, a bigger wine selection and seriously addictive coastal kale salad. (SH) 1101 Fair Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1306

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Come celebrate with us at our award-winning Sanderlings Restaurant & Lounge 831.662.7120 SanderlingsRestaurant.com One Seascape Resort Drive in Aptos • Across from Seascape Village

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Best Beach Seabright Twin Lakes Natural Bridges

Best Bike Ride West Cliff Drive Wilder Ranch State Park

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Best Boardwalk Ride Giant Dipper Fireball Carousel

Best Derby Girl Roxy Scarmichael Team: Boardwalk Bombshells www.santacruzderbygirls.org/teams

Candy Hooligan Team: Boardwalk Bombshells www.santacruzderbygirls.org/teams

Lulu Lockjaw Team: Boardwalk Bombshells www.santacruzderbygirls.org/teams

Best Farmers Market Downtown—Santa Cruz Community Farmers Market Wed, 2:30-6:30pm year-round Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz. 831.454.0566

Cabrillo/Aptos—Monterey Bay Certified Farmers Markets Sat, 8am-noon year-round Cabrillo College, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos. 831.728.5060

Westside—Santa Cruz Community Farmers Market Sat, 9am-1pm year-round Western Drive and Mission Street, Santa Cruz. 831.454.0566

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Best Place to Walk/ Jog/Hike

Dwight Lowery

West Cliff

Cornerback, New York Jets

Forest of Nisene Marks State Park

Josh Van Den Heuvel

Best Neighborhood

Pogonip

Seabright Westside Live Oak

Best Nonprofit Group Save Our Shores 345 Lake Ave, Ste A, Santa Cruz. 831.462.5660. www.saveourshores.org

Ecology Action 877 Cedar St, Ste 240, Santa Cruz. 831.426.5925. www.ecoact.org

Mariposa’s Art 150 Felker St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.5719

Best Place to Get Married Beach Kennolyn 8400 Glen Haven Rd, Soquel. 831.479.6700

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Best Place to Walk the Dog West Cliff Lighthouse Field East Cliff

Best Public Institution Worth Saving Libraries UCSC Schools

Best Public Institution Worth Ditching County Offices River Street Sign

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Seabright Although its limits are disputed by Craigslist posters, locals and real estate agents trying to get a Seabright premium for a Live Oak address, the heart of Seabright lies undeniably somewhere between Day’s Market (home of the $2 Wow Wow Tuna Sandwich) and the Brewery, also known as the Bro-ery because of all the Bros you’ll find there on Neighborhood Night. A few restaurant gems offer gourmet Italian, hearty breakfasts that will keep you full until 5pm and the best fish burrito in town. Oh, and then there is the halfmile expanse of beach it’s named after, where you can watch a wave break from one end to the other when the surf is just right. Yeah, Seabright really is the best.

Roxy Scarmichael Best Derby Girl As adept at securing sponsorships and making sure the Santa Cruz Derby Girls have appropriately kick-ass posters as she is at sending opponents flying with one of her bone-crushing blocks, Roxy Scarmichael—who also co-coaches the local Derby Groms—is a force of nature, both on and off the track. As one of the 40-something elder skateswomen of the derby world, Scarmichael shows that age is just a number and attitude really is everything. www.santacruzderbygirls.org

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Best Skate Park

Best Surf Spot

Derby

Steamer Lane

Auburn Avenue at Woodland Way, Santa Cruz.

Scotts Valley 361 Kings Village Dr, Scotts Valley.

Pleasure Point Cowell’s Beach

End of Jose Avenue Live Oak.

Most Unfortunate Trend

Best State Park

Skinny Jeans

Henry Cowell

Hipsters

Wilder Ranch

Texting

Jose Avenue

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Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park Best State Park

One of the many natural treasures of Santa Cruz County, Henry Cowell boasts 20 miles of hiking trails, an abundance of wildlife and old-growth redwood trees nearly 2,000 years old. Just minutes away from Santa Cruz, the park is a great place to walk, run or ride the daily grind away and impress out-of-town visitors with a hollowed-out and lived-in tree, a mindbending tree-ring timeline and some pristine, untouched beauty. 101 N. Big Trees Park Rd, Felton. 831.335.4598

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Most Unfortunate Trend The unfortunate thing about skinny jeans is that they became a trend. While skinny jeans have the potential to work with any outfit, it takes a certain look and—dare I say?—attitude to pull them off. In some cases, the amount of exertion necessary to remove the pants can far outweigh any benefits of wearing denim that clings to your calves. Let skinny jeans hang where they may; denim-lovers have plenty of other options. Everywhere you wish they weren’t.

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Best Capable-Human Training Classes at Quail Hollow Ranch County Park How did Grandma do it? She knew all about the insects, plants and animals on her farm, could garden like a fiend and made great bread to boot. At Quail Hollow Ranch, the original home of the Sunset magazine test kitchen and a natural marvel of 15 different ecosystems, approximately one gazillion classes and interpretive walks are offered throughout the year, many of them free or very cheap, thanks to a generous endowment by Bill and Jean Lane. Topics range from identifying bats to composting to making cheese. Our readers may find some county offices unnecessary (see “Best Public Institution Worth Ditching,� page 61), but this is one county endeavor we wouldn’t want to do without. (TH) 800 Quail Hollow Rd, Felton. 831.335.9348

Best Farmers Market Where Everybody Knows Your Name Westside Farmers Market The downtown farmers market is bigger, but I like the Westside market for its small size. It’s easy to park or, better yet, easy to bike to. It’s never very crowded, but crowded enough to make it a real community space for Westsiders and fans of H & H fish, Route 1 farm’s produce and the Everett Family Farms’ flowers, which also seem to be in bloom. (SH) Sat, 9am-1pm year-round Western Drive and Mission Street, Santa Cruz. 831.454.0566

Best Paddleboating Loch Lomond Reservoir While anglers reel in largemouth bass and bluegill and birders glass the redwoods for kingfishers and osprey, paddleboaters can ¨ 66

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cruise three-mile-long Loch Lomond at their own pace, visiting the tiny island of Clar Innis or chugging (using human power, thank you) out to an old pier for a picnic under the trees. From March to October, there’s no better way to while away a lazy Sunday afternoon—or better yet, a play-hookie Wednesday. (TH) 100 Loch Lomond Way, Lompico. 831.335.7424

Best Place to Appreciate Why We Live Here UCSC Music Building Terrace Architect Antoine Predock knew exactly what he was doing when he embedded his monumental neomodernist complex deep into the hillside and aimed it at the sloping hillside and ocean beyond. From the long terrace of the graceful Music Complex (the terrace is named for benefactor Bud Kretschmer), herds of deer graze undisturbed, students fall into nondigital meditations, and far beyond, the ocean mirrors whatever swift or languid changes might be occurring in the sky. Here sunsets can become life-changing and moonrise the stuff of lifelong memories. Yes, this is why we do not live in Buffalo. Enjoy it. (CW) Meyer Drive, UCSC

Best Place to Reenact ‘Wuthering Heights’ Pogonip Trail Before a Storm High atop the ridge overlooking the town, the county, the sweeping curve of the Monterey Bay, this slender path through the grasses and wild radishes is utterly romantic, especially in the atmospheric moments before a storm. Take your sweetheart up for an unforgettable, vista-splashed walk, where soft green meadows invite, well, sweet detours, and sweeping panoramas of foothills and gathering clouds offer nothing less than soul-stirring inspiration. Be Heathcliff! No, be Cathy! But in any case, be adventurous and watch for bobcats, coyotes and hawks. Gnarled and twisted oak trees form a romantic backdrop for a leisurely

walk that could easily lead to anything. The only limit to Pogonip’s magic is your own imagination. (CW) 333 Golf Club Dr, Santa Cruz.

Best Spot to Watch The World Go By CafÊ Delmarette Hanging plants, twinkling lights and a patio full of wooden tables and chairs lend CafÊ Delmarette a decidedly European feel, but listening to the conversations around me, it’s clear that I’m in the Wild West. Perched on a barstool in the window, I’m in the perfect position to watch the world— or at least Pacific Avenue—and all its denizens drift by on a spring afternoon in Santa Cruz. (MW) 1126 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.420.1025

Best Tree Eucalyptus Nonnative, known for choking out other flora, feared for dropping debris, famously flammable, redeemed only as lodging for transient butterflies, eucalyptus remains a blessing for the local landscape. Whether a lone specimen, a small cluster, a thick grove as at Natural Bridges or a garden of hundreds of species as at the UCSC arboretum, eucalypts rule. The redwood may be majestic, the oak noble, madrone superb for firewood, the black walnut dramatic in its towering glory, but for sheer gratuitous beauty, give me the eucalyptus. (SK)

Best View Coolidge Drive, UCSC It’s worth a drive through campus just to come down the hill along the eastern border beyond Stevenson College and feast your eyes on the mountains, the town, the bay and beyond that the Monterey Peninsula. Whatever the weather, even when fog or overcast obscures the spectacular landscape, you feel you are floating as you roll down slowly from the City on a Hill. It’s almost worth going to school there just to have the breathtaking pleasure of leaving campus and seeing before your eyes what lies beyond. (SK)

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Best Acupuncture Clinic Five Branches

Charles Goodwin 111 Dakota Ave #2, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1188

Best Dentist

200 Seventh Ave #115, Santa Cruz. 831.476.8211

Gavin McClure

Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine & Chi Center

Alan Heit

21511 E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.465.9088

Joanne Gramo 115 Maple St, Santa Cruz. 831.425.4691

Best Bike Shop Bicycle Trip 1001 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.2580

Spokesman 231 Cathcart St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.8357

Bike Church 703-B Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.BIKE

Best Chiropractor Marie Royer Santa Cruz Integrative Medicine 21511 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.465.9088

525 Center St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.1343 903 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.3364

Reed Kuratomi 3121-G Park Ave, Soquel. 831.475.0656

Best Disc Golf Course De Laveaga 401 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz

Aptos High 100 Mariner Way, Aptos. 831.688.6565

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Best Doctor Rachel Abrams 21511-B E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.465.9088

AimĂŠe Gould Shunney 21511-B E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.465.9088

Dr. Katie Griffin

Dawn Motyka

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Pamela Freitas Oasis Hair & Skin 1664 Soquel Dr #C, Santa Cruz. 831.464.8550

TraMi Skin Care 1414 Soquel Ave #202, Santa Cruz. 831.239.2795

Best Golf Course De Laveaga Golf and Lodge

Best Health Food/ Nutrition Store New Leaf Multiple locations

Staff of Life 1266 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.8632

Food Bin & Herb Room 1130 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.5526

Best Martial Arts Mantis Martial Arts 3040 Prather Lane #B, Santa Cruz. 831.251.1269

401 Upper Park Rd, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7212

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Pasatiempo Golf Club

2100 Delaware Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.2560

20 Clubhouse Rd, Santa Cruz. 831.459.9155

Seascape Golf Club 610 Clubhouse Dr, Aptos. 831.688.3214

Best Gym Toadal Fitness 113 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.3764 1200 17th Ave #108, Santa Cruz. 831.464.3764 816 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.475.1500 6200 Soquel Dr, Aptos. 831.475.5979 3004 Mission St Extension, Santa Cruz. 831.466.3764

24 Hour Fitness 1261 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.454.0333

Spa Fitness 1100 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.476.7373 25 Penny Lane, Watsonville. 831.722.3895 1200 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.462.2004

MinorSan 1320 Mission St, Ste 1, Santa Cruz. 831.458.0900

Best Medical Marijuana Club WAMM 309 Cedar St #79, Santa Cruz. 831.425.0580

Greenway 140 Dubois St, Santa Cruz. 831.420.1640

Granny Purps 2649 41st Ave, Soquel. 831.477.7500

Best Massage Therapist Tomek Walas Kiva Retreat House 702 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1142

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Santa Cruz Bodywork 526 Soquel Ave #D, Santa Cruz. 718.614.2774

Daniel Jahangard

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Crossfit and Santa Cruz Core Fitness 300 Technology Circle, Scotts Valley. 831.438.4388 317 Potrero St, Santa Cruz. 831.417.7500

Best Naturopath

Rocky Snyder

AimĂŠe Gould Shunney

Devotion to Motion 3910 Portola Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.479.0867

Flaura Coren

21511-B E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.465.9088

Tonya Fleck 736 Chestnut St, Santa Cruz. 831.477.1377

Natalie Metz 621 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.331.9881

Leta Jussila Optimal Health and Fitness 21511-B E. Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.427.1708

Best Pharmacy

Best Nutritionist

Westside Pharmacy

Jocelyn Dubin

Walgreens

Nourish 130 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.359.0675 www.nourishingnutrition.com

1718 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.425.3911 210 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley. 831.430.9113 1810 Freedom Blvd, Freedom. 831.768.0183

Jaimi Ellison

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Santa Cruz Core Fitness 317 Potrero St, Santa Cruz. 831.417.7500

1750 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.475.6400 600 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7676 809 Bay Ave, Capitola. 831.475.1555 1700 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.457.8039 257 Mt Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley. 831.438.4874 490 Rodriguez St, Watsonville. 831.722.454 1966 Main St, Watsonville. 831.722.4714

Jennifer Brewer

Best Outdoor Store Outdoor World 136 River St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.9555 1440 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.479.1501

Big 5 1600 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.464.3822 1083 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville. 831.763.1819

1401 Mission St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.7175

Best Plastic Surgeon Steve Garner 3311 Mission Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.475.3076

Patagonia 415 River St #C, Santa Cruz. 831.423.1776

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Skateworks

2950 Research Park Dr, Soquel. 831.458.6272

1125 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.427.4290

Alexis Lane

Best Spa (Pampering)

8055 Valencia, Aptos. 831.688.8333

Well Within

Best Running Store

417 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.9355

Running Revolution 1664-B Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.462.8228

1 Chaminade Lane, Santa Cruz. 831.475.5600

Fleet Feet

Caress

26 Rancho Del Mar, Aptos. 831.662.0886

911 Capitola Ave, Capitola. 831.462.4422

Jerry’s Sports

Best Spa (Soaking)

1148 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.465.1400

Chaminade

Best Skate Shop

Well Within

Bill’s Wheels

Tea House

1240 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.469.0904

112 Elm St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.9700

Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop

Kiva

417 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.458.9355

702 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.429.1142

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Five Branches Best Acupuncture Clinic Five Branches gets its name from the five branches of integrative Chinese medicine that the university teaches: acupuncture, Chinese medicinal herbs, energetics, dietetics and Tuina massage. Acupuncture treatments, which last between an hour and an hour and a half, are accompanied by herbal prescriptions and lifestyle recommendations and priced on a sliding scale determined by the level of practitioner, which ranges from interns who work in pairs to private senior practitioners. The clinic also offers massage. 200 Seventh Ave #15, Santa Cruz. 831.476.9424

Nat Young Best Local Athlete Considering he’s named after the Australian surfing legend who shares his name, it’s tempting to think Santa Cruz’s Nat Young is the product of an experiment to create a race of genetically engineered super-surfers. But the homegrown Young’s formidable talent is all his own. The 19-year-old was pegged by Jason “Ratboy� Collins as Santa Cruz’s best hope for a future world title, and if Young stays the course he’s been on over the past four years, the hometown hero could be a shoo-in.

Mantis Martial Arts Best Martial Arts Kung fu movies love to show their heroes as hardened loners, but Mantis Martial Arts has made itself a repeat Goldies winner by showing that real kung fu has its roots in community. It may be best known for its Kung Fu After School Program, in which Mantis’ kung fu masters actually pick your kids up from school and take them to their training. (Wait, kung fu masters drive?) This family-friendly approach continues into weekly summer camps from June to August. But if you insist on taking out some supervillain’s island fortress by yourself, they can get you started on that, too. 3040 Prather Lane #B, Santa Cruz. 831.251.1269

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Best Snowboard & Skiing

5800 Prescott Rd, Soquel. 831.462.8383

Helm

Mount Madonna Center

1408 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.462.6800

445 Summit Rd, Watsonville. 408.846.4064

Play It Again Sports

Nourish

4770 Soquel Dr, Soquel. 831.475.1988

130 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.359.0675

Pacific Wave

Best Sporting Goods

1502 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.458.9283

Best Spiritual Retreat

Jerry’s Sports

Best Surf School

1148 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.465.1400

Richard Schmidt Surf School

Play It Again Sports

236 San Jose Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0928

4770 Soquel Dr, Soquel. 831.475.1988

Santa Cruz Surf School

Outdoor World

322 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.426.7072

136 River St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.9555 1440 41st Ave, Capitola. 831.479.1501

Covewater Paddle Surf 726 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.600.7230

Running Revolution Best Running Store Apparently, being a successful runner has a lot to do with “pronation,� or, how much the ankle falls inward towards the arch. Some people are born over-pronators, and other lucky ones were born with stable ankles. Running Revolution knows this and goes to great lengths to match the right shoe with the right runner. Each customer gets a custom fitting that includes an interview, foot scan, gait analysis and even a slow-motion video playback of the runner’s motion. Plus, all of the employees have impressive running experience, so they’re good sources for training advice and running tips. 1664-B Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz. 831.462.8228

Land of Medicine Buddha Best Spiritual Retreat Tucked away in the Soquel woods, Land of Medicine Buddha has everything necessary for a mind-clearing, re-calibrating retreat: a welcoming, friendly staff; plenty of places to walk/pray/meditate/exist; homemade organic food; beautiful statues, structures and prayer areas; and a general feeling of deep and heartfelt peace. Whether there for a class, the day, a weekend or longer, this is a sweet spot for a spiritual tune-up. 5800 Prescott Rd, Soquel. 831.462.8383

Richard Schmidt Surf School Best Surf School It’s no secret that kooks and seasoned shredders alike flock to Santa Cruz from all over the world to surf. So for dudes who lean toward the wobbly side of gnarly, Richard Schmidt Surf School is the place to start. Proprietor Richard boasts dozens of years of experience as a lifeguard as well as a claim to fame as California’s top big wave rider in the late 1980s. And if Surf City isn’t exotic enough, Richard and his wife also offer top-notch camps in Costa Rica. 849 Almar Ave, Box 192, Santa Cruz. 831.423.0928

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Mark Stephens

O’Neill

Santa Cruz Yoga 402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.331.3955

400 Beach St, Santa Cruz. 831.459.9230 110 Cooper St #100D, Santa Cruz. 831.469.4377 1071 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.475.4151

Covewater Paddle Surf 726 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.600.7230

Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop 912 41st Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.462.3120

Paula Saraga Body Time 6233-D Soquel Dr, Aptos. 831.465.0160

Best Yoga Studio Nourish 130 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.359.0675

Santa Cruz Yoga 402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz. 831.331.3955

Best Yoga Instructor

Yoga Center of Santa Cruz

Victor Dubin

428 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.423.6719

Nourish 130 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.429.9355

Write-in Categories Best New Business Hero Designated Drivers www.herodd.com. 831.421.2429

Best Stand- Up Paddle Business Covewater Paddle Surf 726 Water St, Santa Cruz. 831.600.7230

Best Reception Staff Nourish

Best Comic Book Store Atlantis Fantasyworld 1020 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. 831.426.0158

Best Architect William Fisher Architecture 603 Front St, Santa Cruz. 831.246.0117. www.modern-architecture.com

130 Walnut Ave, Santa Cruz. 831.359.0675

Best Dog Boarding

Best CSA

Little Pup Lodge

Live Earth Farm

4602 Old San Jose Rd, Soquel. 831.476.1948

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2/<13 Family Fridays at Spector Dance Featuring Portraits, an original work created by Fran Spector Atkins for the SDYC with music by Chic Corea, Don’t Look Back with original music by Zoe Boekbinder and solo pieces by dancers from SDYC. Fri, Apr 1, 4pm. $3 adv/$5 door. Spector Dance, 3343 Paul Davis Drive, Marina, 831.384.1050.

First Friday Contra Dance Savor this lively Celtic derivative. Mary Wesley will call to the jigs and reels of The Newts. No partner is necessary. Wear comfortable clothes and soft-soled shoes. Fragrance free event: please, no perfumes, etc. Beginners workshop 7:40 PM. Fri, Apr 1, 8pm. $10-$6. Felton Community Hall, 6191 Hwy 9, Felton, 831.464.0877.

B63/B3@ Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web Clarissa, the second wife of Henry Hailsham-Brown, is adept at spinning tales of adventure for the delectation of their bored diplomatic circle, but when a murder takes place in her own drawing room, she finds live drama much harder with which to cope, especially as she suspects the murderer might be her young stepdaughter, Pippa. Fri-Sat, 7:30pm and Sun, Mar 27, 2pm. Thru Apr 2. $6-$15. Market Street Theater, 222 Market St, Santa Cruz.

A Clockwork Orange Alex is an ultra-violent youth in a futuristic One World Government society. As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he’s arrested and convicted of murder and rape. While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental program in which convicts are programmed to detest violence. If he goes through the program his sentence will be reduced and he will be back on the streets sooner than expected. But Alex’s ordeals are far from over once he hits the mean streets that he had a hand in creating. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Thru Apr 16. $20. Paper Wing Theater, 320 Hoffman Ave, Monterey, 831.905.5684.

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“Simply Mariaâ€? and “Food for the Deadâ€? Two shows, both written by Josefina LĂłpez, author of Real Women Have Curves. Simply Maria traces the sometimes awkward and often ironic path of a young woman immigrating from Mexico to the United States and her challenge to pursue her dreams in the face of her parents’ more traditional expectations. Food for the Dead finds a woman who is finally taking control of her life visited by the spirit of her overbearing, departed husband and his attempts to retain his authority over the family from beyond the grave. Thu-Sun, 8pm and Sun, 2pm. Thru Apr 3. $8-$15. El Teatro Campesino, 705 Fourth St, San Juan Bautista, 831.623.2444.

Six Wheel Drive Improv From drama to science fiction, romance to murder, anything might happen in a Six Wheel Drive performance. Long-form improv is different from short-form—it involves creating multiple scenes that are woven together to form one cohesive play. Troupe members must keep track of all characters and names, play multiple characters and create a plot and story arc for a 90minute show. Sat, Apr 2, 8pm. $10. Broadway Playhouse, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz.

The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion The Spencers have redefined the art of illusion and are shattering the stereotype of the traditional magician and assistant. They are the only artists in history to be named “Performing Arts Entertainers of the Year� for a recordbreaking six consecutive years and have twice been named “America’s Best Entertainers.� Sat, Apr 2, 8pm. $38-$58. Sunset Center, Mission and Eighth streets, Carmel-bythe-Sea, 831.620.2048.

1=<13@BA Compassionate Heart Cadenza performs the Beatitude Mass by Henry Mollicone featuring the Ariose Singers and soloists Rochelle Bard, soprano, and Jason Detwiler, baritone. Proceeds benefit to the Homeless Shelter of Santa Cruz County. Sat, Apr 2, 8pm. $30. Cabrillo Music Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 1.800.838.3006.

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The Liliana Moraru Santa Cruz Jewish Theatre presents Neil Simon’s classic comedy about 47-year-old Barney Cashman, a fish market owner who is on a quest for something beautiful to replace the hum-drum existence of his everyday life. Fri-Sat, 8pm. Thru Apr 9. $12-$15. Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.465.1411.

The Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra presents compositions for string quartet plus 1. Featuring the suite from Dmitri Shostakovich’s popular film score, The Gadfly, clarinetist Erica Horn solos in Mozart’s “Clarinet Quintet� and Jane Orzel solos in Gordon Jacob’s “Suite for Bassoon and String Quartet.� Sun,

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The Rolling Stones Concert Experience A tribute concert highlighting the greatest and most popular music of the Stones’ career, including “Satisfaction,� “Under My Thumb� and many more. Sat, Apr 2, 7:30pm. $22-$38. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel, Santa Cruz, 831.423.8209.

Three Centuries of Endangered Sounds Explore a gallery of high and low, winds and strings, from Renaissance to Baroque to Classic periods. A consort of keyless wooden flutes will offer an enchanting survey of renaissance nations with the works of Byrd, Morley, Dufay, Van Eyck and Ortiz. Featuring the Driftwood Consort Sat, Apr 2, 7:30pm. $6-$23. Holy Cross Church, 126 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.9693.

1=<B7<C7<5 Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Big Creek Pottery: Social History of a Visual Idea, 19671983. An exhibit featuring more than 70 vessels made at or brought to the Big Creek workshops by visiting master potters and the founders, plus a photo collection documenting the school at its beginnings along with workshop experiences and writings by workshop leaders and students at Big Creek. Thru Jul 17. $2-$5. Free First Friday. View the exhibits for free every first Friday of the month. Docent tours at noon. First Fri of every month, 11am6pm. Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artists’ voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. First Sat of every month, 11:30am-12:30pm. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

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photographs, paintings, prints, sculpture and pastels portraying the beauty of the California coast through the eyes of 12 local artists. Artists’ reception Saturday, April 9, 3-6pm. Apr 1-30. Free. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

& Kambui Olujimi, Don Weygandt, Dondi White and Jack Zajac. Reception Tue, April 5, 6-8pm. Apr 5-May 7. Free. UCSC, Porter College, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2273.

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John Maxon Within and Without. Oil landscapes depicting the spectacular topography of the Northern California Coast. Living close to the sea in Aptos, California, Maxon distills local natural vistas for viewers eager to follow his vivid interpretations. Apr 1-30. Free. Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm; weekdays by appointment. 1111 River St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5500.

Futzie Nutzle. Paintings by local treasure Futzie Nutzle. Thru Apr 22. Free. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.

Sesnon Gallery Time Lapse: 1971-2011. The Sesnon Gallery celebrates its 40th Anniversary by featuring selections from some of the provocative exhibits from the past four decades, featuring works by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Gaza Bowen, Eduardo Carrillo, Binh Danh, Richard Diebenkorn, Charles Griffin Farr, Fluxus Artists, Robert Frank, Rupert Garcia, Robert Heinecken, David Ireland, Komar & Melamid, Dinh Q. Le, Norman Locks, Hung Liu, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Douglas McClellan, Jennifer Parker & Tina Takemoto, Jennifer Pepper, Pablo Picasso, Jock Reynolds & Suzanne Hellmuth, Holly Roberts, Raymond Saunders, Hank Willis, Thomas

Cruzio Cruzioworks. A digital arts media collaboration featuring technology-based media installation from five artists affiliated with the UCSC Digital Arts and New Media MFA program. Thru Mar 31. Free. 877 Cedar St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.6301.

Davenport Gallery Our Oceans. Featuring more than a dozen painters, sculptors and underwater photographers capturing the beauty of the sea in a benefit for Save Our Shores. Thru Mar 31. Free. 450 Hwy 1, Davenport, 831.426.1199.

Felix Kulpa Gallery One’s Own Voice. Ceramic sculpture from the studio of Coeleen Kiebert. Kiebert’s interest in the effects of oriental philosophy on western art has taken her to Japan and China, experiences that have left a decided mark on

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She’s played Bloody Mary in major productions of South Pacific and portrayed Queen Lili’uokalani at the Folger Shakespeare Theatre before members of Congress, but Marlene Sai is best known for her classic Hawaiian singing. Since 1962, when her first album appeared on shelves, her clear, confident alto with its trademark vibrato as slow and relaxed as an island afternoon has been the sound of Hawaii to millions of mainland fans and islanders alike. With Kenneth Makuakane. Sunday, April 3 at 1pm. $15. Don Quixote’s, 6275 Hwy. 9, Felton. 831.603.2294. 1 %' her work. Thru May 1. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

Michaelangelo Gallery Robynn Smith: Works on Wood and Paper. Santa Cruz artist Smith uses contrasting images to create detailed print comparisons of the wretched and the sublime, life and death, light and dark. Thru Mar 31. Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm; weekdays by appointment. 1111 River St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5500.

Pajaro Valley Arts Council A Harvest of Images: Pajaro Valley Impressions. Using traditional and experimental processes, 48 Monterey Bay area printmakers have created over 100 images that speak to the geography, history, agriculture, labor, cultures and habitats of the Pajaro Valley region. Thru Apr 17. Free. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.

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Everyday People. Seven artists showcase the human condition at work, at home and at play, in

oil, acrylic, watercolor, encaustic, pen & ink and a range of mixed media. On display at all branches. Thru Apr 1. 720 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.5000.

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center In the Creative Spirit. Mountain Art Center artists share their work with the community “In the Creative Spirit.� Featuring pieces in a variety of mediums, from handmade scarves, jewelry, glass, ceramics, paintings, prints, baskets, sculpture, textiles. Thru Apr 26. Free, 831.336.3513. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios Monsters Never Die. Prints and paintings by artist and illustrator Kenny Srivijittak. His artwork is inspired by romantic failures, childhood nostalgia, the people that surround him and the imaginary. Thru Mar 31. 118 Coral St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7277.

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Backyard Beekeeping An experiential class to help you assess whether backyard beekeeping is for you. Learn basic honey bee ecology and hive culture; basic handling safety and hive management; the what, where and how of tools; where to get bees and easy installation and how to harvest honey inexpensively. Sat, Apr 2, 11am-4:30pm. $47. Maha Mandala Homestead, 2591 Mattison Lane, Santa Cruz, 831.464.9664.

Seed Starting Workshop Starting your own vegetables and flowers from seeds is a great way to save money and expand the range of crop varieties in your garden. Join the UCSC Farm to learn the best ways to select crops and get seeds started. Sat, Apr 2, 10am1pm. $5-$20. UCSC Farm and Garden, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3240.

Min will read from her newest work, Pearl of China, about two young girls and a friendship that endures military coups and the Red Revolution, bad marriages, broken dreams and an ocean of separation. Tue, Apr 5, 7:30pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

Friday Shakespeare Club Seeking new women and inviting you to join us in the study of the Bard’s plays. Every other Fri thru Jun 3. Free. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.421.0930.

Nadia Krilanovich Author and illustrator of Moon Child reads from her newest work, the interactive, read-aloud, laugh-out-loud picture book Chicken, Chicken, Duck! Sun, Apr 3, 5pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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World Affairs Book Club Join the discussion of Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak by Tarek Osman from Yale University Press. Thu, Mar 31, 7pm. Free. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

The Writer’s Journey Seven-time local author Laura Davis hosts an introductory evening of writing practice. Bring a notebook, a pen and the willingness to write; Laura will bring writing prompts that will open the channel from your heart to your head to your pen. Mon, Apr 4, 7:30pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

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UCSC Women’s Club Meeting Victoria Kastner, historian of Hearst Castle, will be the featured speaker. Victoria has worked at the Castle for over 30 years and has two published books: Hearst Castle: The Biography of Country House and Hearst’s San Simeon: The Gardens and the Land. Wed, Apr 6, 11:30am. Free. UCSC Arboretum, Horticulture Building, Santa Cruz.

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SC Diversity Center The Diversity Center provides services, support and socializing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning individuals and their allies. Diversity Center, 1117 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

0:3AA32 /@3 B63 ;CA71;/93@A THIS IS just a guess, but I suspect Henry Mollicone stole some ideas from Leonard Bernstein’s Mass when he composed his own Beatitude Mass. Both works combine sacred liturgy with vernacular texts. I believe Mollicone wrote the better piece. But decide for yourself. Mollicone’s Beatitude Mass, using texts written by homeless people, is part of “Compassionate Heart,� featuring Mickey McGushin’s Ariose Singers and Maya Barsacq’s Cadenza chamber orchestra, this Saturday at Cabrillo College. (Soprano Rochelle Bard and baritone Jason Detwiler are soloists.) As stipulated by the composer, proceeds from ticket sales must go to benefit homeless people, in this case through the Homeless Services Center on Coral Street in Santa Cruz. The secular texts spark the sacred ones with a compelling humanitarian message. But what haunts the piece on first hearing is its remarkable banquet of harmonies that result from Mollicone’s mastery of combining tonal and modal scales. The latter (Phrygian, Lydian and Dorian) impart an exotic, aromatic character that immediately takes the mind to another time and place. (Think of Miklos Rozsa’s scores for big Hollywood biblical epics, like Ben Hur.) Mollicone also employs the blues and octatonic scales. He says, “Like a lot of my music, this piece tends to be very chromatic, changing keys and tonalities a lot, but never losing a sense of a tonal center.� The program also includes four choral works by Paul Bowles, best known as author of the influential novel The Sheltering Sky. In his youth Bowles, whose centenary was celebrated at UCSC in February, studied haphazardly with Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson and produced a sizeable corpus of works for film, stage and concert hall. His charming and witty style is plainly influenced by the iconoclastic French Dada composers, American jazz and non-Western music. (Scott MacClelland)

COMPASSIONATE HEART is performed Saturday, April 2 at 8pm at Cabrillo Music Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Tickets $30 at 800.838.3006 or www.scmusic.org.

Sigma Alpha of Omega Nu Scholarships Applications are now available to seniors graduating from Aptos, Harbor, Santa Cruz, Soquel, San Lorenzo Valley, Scotts Valley, Pacific Collegiate, Delta and Cypress Charter High Schools, as well as Cabrillo and UCSC students. Students must plan to attend a public college or university in California. Contact your school’s counseling office or Omega Nu Scholarship Chairperson, Patty Locatelli. Thru Mar 31. 831.332.6431.

Support and Recovery Groups Alzheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Assn., 831.464.9982. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273. Candida: 831.471.0737. Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385. Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000. Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962. Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470. Trans Latina women: Mariposas,

831.425.5422. Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. Women’s Bipolar/Depression Peer Support: 831.345.7190. 12Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357).

School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900.

Yoga Instruction

Zen, Vipassana, Basic: Intro to Meditation

Pacific Cultural Center: 35+ classes per week, 831.462.8893. SC Yoga: 45 classes per week, 831.227.2156. TriYoga: numerous weekly classes, 831.464.8100. Also: Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room

Zen: SC Zen Center, Wed, 5:45pm, 831.457.0206. Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm, 831.425.3431. Basic: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Wed, 5:30-6:30pm, 831.462.8383. Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:30-7pm. All are free.

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Thursday, March 31 U 7 & 9 pm

ROBBEN FORD & JONATHAN McEUEN ACOUSTIC DUO WITH SPECIAL GUEST ANNE KERRY FORD OPENING $23/Adv $26/Dr, No Jazztix/Comps Sponsored by Tom Thacher and Sue Nerton

Monday, April 4 U 7 & 9 pm GRAMMY WINNER 2011

STANLEY CLARKE BAND

$28/Adv $31/Dr, No Jazztix/Comps Sponsored by High Notes

Monday, April 11U 7 & 9 pm

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND

$25/Adv $28/Dr, No Jazztix/Comps Pre-concert talk at 6:30 pm Sponsored by PaciďŹ c Sun Properties Susan and Alan Goldstein

Thursday, April 14 U 7 pm

BARBARA DENNERLEIN TRIO Barbara Dennerlein – Hammond B3 Barry Finnerty – guitar Akira Tana – drums $20/Adv $23/Door Monday, April 18 U 7 pm

PROVERB TRIO: DAFNIS PRIETO, KOKAYI, JASON LINDNER $20/Adv $23/Door

Sponsored by Beth Ostrowski

Wednesday, April 20 U 7:30 pm

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK At the Rio Theatre $40/Gold Circle, $30/General No Jazztix or Comps Concert ASL Interpreted

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Friday, May 6 U 8 pm MAESTROS IN CONCERT:

PANDIT SHIVKUMAR SHARMA & ZAKIR HUSSAIN At the Rio Theatre $35/Gold Circle, $25/General No Jazztix or Comps

Advance tickets at Logos Books & Records and online at kuumbwajazz.org. Tickets subject to service charge and 5% S.C. City Admissions Tax. All ages venue.

INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED EVENTS Friday, April 1 U 8 pm

ANTSY MCCLAIN AND THE TRAILER PARK TROUBADOURS $20/Adv $24/Day of show Tickets: Streetlight Records & www.brownpapertickets.com Thursday, April 7 U 7:30 pm

AN EVENING WITH MAKANA $20/Adv $25/Door Tickets: brownpapertickets.com or by phone (800) 838-3006

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Somebody call the Fun Police, because the amount of fun this Deputy is having with his sunny roots rock can’t be legal. Though his sound is utterly unique (think G. Love and Special Sauce combined with Sam Cooke and early Michael Jackson), his wants line up perfectly with those of Joe Average. Yet unlike the average man, he proclaims them loud and clear, shamelessly belting out “There ain’t no place that I’d rather be, girl/ than in your arms� in a heady dose of gospel ninja soul. He stops in Felton before heading back through the heartland, and I bet it won’t be long before he’s selling out bigger venues. Don Quixote’s; $10; 9pm. (Maya Weeks)

Dan Bern is a prankster for a notso-merry age, a wry satirist whose story-songs are as disarming as they are amusing. Which isn’t to say that Bern pulls any punches—his political ruminations during the Bush era stand as some of the most pointed political music of the time, and there’s a depth and empathy to his nonpolitical material that packs a wallop. Bern’s often been compared to the grand old men of folk music, from Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan, and while certain similarities are inescapable for a socially conscious folk musician playing music today, his wry and surreal sensibility is all his own. Crepe Place; $12 adv/$15 door; 9pm. (PMD)

Robben Ford is an unimpeachable player on his own, but his talents truly flourish given the right collaborator. The guitarist, who earned his wings at the age of 18 while backing up Charlie Musselwhite, is capable of considerable guitar pyrotechnics but is also comfortable reining things back in and complementing a larger ensemble. On this tour, Ford unplugs for an acoustic set with Jonathan McEuen of Hanna-McEuen, one of the most acclaimed young country-rock acts of the past decade. Despite the generational divide between the two players, their set of original compositions and blues classics demonstrates an uncanny musical simpatico. Kuumbwa; $23 adv/$26 door; 7pm and 9pm. (Paul M. Davis)

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Director Cary Fukunaga and star Mia Wasikowska talk about their superb new adaptation of Jane Eyre 0G RICHARD VON BUSACK

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WHAT is Jane Eyre? A story of a man being tamed? A tale of a woman’s trauma-induced pride? Does the novel persist because, at heart, it’s a variation of the Bluebeard story? Some 22 TV and film versions of Jane Eyre exist. There are also several adaptoids: the movie of Jean Rhys’ prequel Wide Sargasso Sea, the superb Val Lewton pastiche I Walked With a Zombie and even Andrea Martin’s “heart-renderingâ€? 1982 performance on SCTV as the half-witted “Jane Eyrehead.â€? What can a new version bring? The answer is all the freshness, intelligence and sensitivity of a major new director, as well as a shining performance by Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland). This Jane Eyre is atmospheric yet unself-conscious— maybe the best ďŹ lm version ever. It is directed by former Santa Cruzan Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre). Fukunaga says he hasn’t been to Santa Cruz in the 11 years since he graduated from UC–Santa Cruz, “but I could probably drive Highway 17 with my eyes closed.â€? I had interviewed Fukunaga right before the release of Sin Nombre. He

DON’T OPEN THE TOWER DOOR Mia Wasikowska’s Jane Eyre finds secrets she didn’t expect in Mr. Rochester’s gloomy mansion. had then had the air of someone cornered by both fame and the press. For our Jane Eyre interview, he was engaging and well dressed, with a tweed cap and with a small gold Hand of Fatima dangling at his throat; accompanying him on interviews was Wasikowska. Seeing her recalled the feeling I had when learning that she had been cast as Jane Eyre and worrying that she was too beautiful for the role. On camera, she turns out to be the perfect Jane: pale, her hair tightly braided and dyed a dull brick red, embodying the fine bones and honesty of the bravest Gothic heroine. Fukunaga said that he was a fan of just one movie version of the tale. He meant the 1943 version starring Los Gatos’ own Joan Fontaine. Fontaine is described as “a strange wild elfin

creature� despite being palpably frail, meek and in her mid-20s. However, the 1943 Jane Eyre is two-thirds film noir. And as the haunted Rochester, Orson Welles delivers his lines with a voice that indeed sounded as if it had rumbled out of a rocky chest. Fukunaga has for his Rochester Michael Fassbender. This compact, glowering actor reminded me of something David Thomson had suggested: was it at all possible that Peter O’Toole had been Welles’ illegitimate son? Fassbender is midway between the two actors, more harrowed and more hurt than either. Moira Buffini’s script makes the smart and unusual choice to circumvent Jane’s horrifying school years (the 1943 version adapted this section impeccably). Jane is first seen in transit between Thornfield

Hall and what is usually the slowest part of the tale: her time with the churchly St. John Rivers and his good sisters. It’s been said that some of the hardest kind of acting is acting in the rain. In the first scenes here, Jane is homeless, soaked and in anguish. “Yes, that’s pretty much where we started filming,â€? said Wasikowska. “I remember precisely because I got hypothermia. I thought that was something that was really great about the script, that it started with an instant mystery.â€? Fukunaga added, “I really like that the ďŹ rst few scenes are at the Rivers house. You don’t know if you can trust Jane, but you connect with her on an organic level.â€? Fukunaga establishes the loneliness of the moors immediately with lens are and the live sound of the winds

It’s about a solitary girl watching the people around her and guarding her feelings from them. Fukunaga wasn’t opposed to using narration—“I do like ďŹ lms with a lot of voice-over,â€? he says, as a fan of Terence Malick’s cinema. “In Malick ďŹ lms, the narration isn’t just there to deliver info,â€? he said. “It’s part of the music and the poetry of the ďŹ lm. It’s much more lyrical. It meanders.â€? Jane’s voice is unmistakable: the book is about a solitary girl watching the people around her, guarding her feelings from those who have the power to hurt her. Mia Wasikowska joked that Jane would be a blogger today. Wasikowska explained that “it’s very easy for period ďŹ lms to get melodramatic. There’s so much info about what’s happening in Jane’s head. That was the biggest challenge from start to ďŹ nish. You’re hearing every thought in her head—how do you transfer all that info?â€? Jane Eyre is a story of cruelty,

mostly. Sin Nombre was hard stuff to take, with extreme gangster violence. But this Gothic tale is in its way just as horrifying: a story of imprisonment, possession and young girls done to death in a wretched school for the poor. I told Fukunaga a story of Martin Scorsese selling his version of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence to the press: “This is the most violent movie I’ve made.â€? “DeďŹ nitely some emotional violence here,â€? Fukunaga said. “What I started to realize is that in every one of my ďŹ lms there are kids getting beaten. I don’t know what that says about me.â€? The book has a passage of Jane coolly summing up Adele, the 8-yearold child she is nannying, as a ashy, attention-craving mediocrity. The new Jane Eyre suggests some of this antipathy. Fukunaga, whose original version was 3 hours and 45 minutes, had to cut a scene amplifying these sentiments. Without seeing the longer version, it’s hard to say how the two compare. Sometimes, in adaptations of very well-known stories, such severe pruning can make a ďŹ lm all the more urgent. Mia addressed Jane’s working life: “She was really disgruntled. One thing dawned on me when I got to the set: Jane is 18 and has full responsibility for an 8-year-old child. That’s her job all day. She’s the same as any 18-yearold today, except her responsibilities are huge, and she’s been through stuff they can’t imagine.â€? Fukunaga added, “What I hope we’ve got here is the originality of Jane Eyre’s thought. There’s the line Rochester has about how ‘not one in 3,000 governesses would have answered as you do.’ She persists as a heroine because she’s such a good example to people. Quite often people just repeat what they’re told, still to this day.â€? A combination of popularity and rare talent is what you hope for in a ďŹ lm. This Jane Eyre couldn’t be better news. A young audience that associates Gothic lit with the collected works of Stephenie Meyer will be exposed to a story rich with depths and cross currents: dreamy, tragic, completely fulďŹ lling. Jane Eyre >5 !) [W\ =^S\a 4`WROg

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slamming the microphones. “The wind wasn’t deliberate,â€? Fukunaga said. “I don’t like rerecorded studio sound generally. I prefer to go with dirtier sound. It’s always a battle with everyone in the room: I’m saying, ‘I get it, I can hear what everyone’s saying,’ and they say they can’t hear. We have to balance it out between us.â€? These ďŹ rst scenes, shot in the Peak District of Derbyshire, aren’t too far from the novel’s locations. According to Fukunaga, “I wanted to make this Jane Eyre authentic, couched in reality. A lot of versions of Jane Eyre use voice-over. But there’s only one scene in our ďŹ lm where we actually hear Jane’s narration.â€?

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Film Capsules <3E BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is a normal teenager just trying to outwit a couple of bullies when he is transported back in time in a plutonium-powered DeLorean time machine invented by his friend, the slightly dotty Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd). McFly has a rough arrival in 1955, accidentally preventing his parents from meeting. He is forced to play Cupid, bringing the couple back together to ensure his own existence and return to the future. (Shows Fri and Sat midnight at Del Mar.) CERTIFIED COPY (Unrated; 106 min.) An English author

(British opera singer William Shimell) on tour promoting his new book and a French antiques dealer (Juliette Binoche) spend a single day together in a Tuscan village. Binoche won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for the role. (Opens Fri at the Nick.)

FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1988) When a gonzo journalist (Johnny Depp) is sent on assignment to cover a motorcycle race in Las Vegas, he sets out on the road amply supplied with psychedelics and accompanied by a deranged Samoan lawyer (Benicio del Toro) in a convertible christened the Red Shark. Together the pair go in search

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of the American dream and find bats—bats everywhere. (Shows Thu 8pm at Santa Cruz 9.)

JANE EYRE (PG-13; 121 min.) See review, page 86. (Opens Fri at the Nick.)

HOP (PG; 95 min.) A holidaythemed CGI/live action hybrid. E.B. (Russell Brand), teenage son of the Easter Bunny, shocks everyone when, instead of following his father (Hugh Laurie of TV’s House) into the family business, he lights out for Hollywood to fulfill his

SOURCE CODE (PG-13; 95 min.) Last time Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) checked, he was an American soldier deployed in Iraq, but somehow he wakes up on a Chicago commuter train with no recent memory just as a passing train blows up. Colter must ascertain

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the identity of the bomber, reconcile with his father and kindle a romance with a fellow commuter, all in a reality he doesn’t quite understand. (Opens Fri at Aptos, Santa Cruz 9 and Green Valley.)

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lifelong dream of becoming a rock & roll drummer. He is forced to return to Easter Island with his new roommate (James Marsden) in tow when an evil chick, Carlos (Hank Azaria), attempts to usurp the holiday. (Opens Fri at 41st Ave, Riverfront Twin, Scotts Valley and Green Valley.)

THE GENERAL (1926) Buster Keaton is Johnnie, a brilliant young Civil War engineer who must venture across enemy lines when Union spies steal his prized train, the General, and his lovely lady, Annabelle Lee. (Shows Sat and Sun 11am at Aptos.)

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THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (PG-13; 124 min.) Matt Damon plays a charismatic U.S. Senate candidate who falls in love with a ballet dancer (Emily Blunt) after a chance meeting in a public restroom. Damon’s character is never meant to meet the woman again, but to the chagrin of the Adjustment Bureau, a group of shadowy agents whose job it is to assure everything goes according to a set plan, the pair manage to run into each other once more. Together the couple must evade the agents if they have any hope of being together in spite of destiny’s official plan. Written by Phillip K. Dick. BARNEY’S VERSION (R; 132 min.) Director Richard J. Lewis’ version of Mordecai Richler’s 1997 novel skews melodramatic and inappropriately touching. Setting the novel aside, though, Lewis’ comedy is an unusually intelligent and sarcastic film. Paul Giamatti is the Barney in question, a harried but wealthy Montreal TV producer. Barney’s three marriages—to Rachelle Lefevre, Minnie Driver and Rosamund Pike—were catastrophes of different varieties. As this artist of the perfect squelch, Giamatti is bracingly cast, and one can’t imagine anyone else in the part. (RvB) BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (PG13; 116min.) When a meteor shower raining down on the City of Angels turns out to actually be an alien race bent on colonizing the earth, the only hope for humankind is a Marine platoon (comprised of Aaron Eckhart, Ne-Yo and Michelle Rodriguez, among others) with the moxie to mount a resistance. BEASTLY (PG-13; 95 min.) Reasonably amusing redo of Beauty and the Beast. Manhattan preppie Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) insults a goth girl witch and is transformed into a scarred creature until some other lady declares love for him. It starts out like a youngreaders version of American Psycho, complete with whiteon-white-on-white luxury furnishings, but then it turns into a nouveau fairy tale with too much time on its hands. As a blind tutor, Neil Patrick Harris lazes around like David Wayne in an old MGM musical. Former Disney pixie Vanessa Hudgens plays Lindy, the

neo-hippie beauty compelled to live with “Hunter� (Kyle’s beast name). Grossed by Bulgari jewels, she loves Hunter S. Thompson, Che and Machu Picchu—this makes for an agreeable sequence of building an urban greenhouse out of salvaged materials, as well as an equally charming scene at the school where a loudspeaker calls out, “Bus for Machu Picchu now leaving!� Lines like that make director/writer Daniel Barnz potentially someone to watch, but he’s got to cinch up and salt the slower material. The witch herself, Kendra, is played by Mary-Kate Olsen (!) in various guises, with a little crescent tattoo around one eye like a German dueling scar. She’s costumed as a ghoul Louise Brooks, a dead Faye Dunaway and an eldritch Stevie Nicks. The potential twist this material needs could have been Hunter/Kyle falling for her: once you’ve had the dark side you never go back. Kendra’s curtain call suggests Beastly’s sympathies for the devilish. (RvB)

CEDAR RAPIDS (R; 86 min.) Michael Areta’s comedy—his best—comes out in favor of the pleasures of the flesh. Based on a robust script by Phil Johnston, the film chronicles the transformative dirty weekend of a meek Wisconsin insurance executive, Tim Lippe (Ed Helms). The Best Westernish business hotel in Cedar Rapids looks like Xanadu to him, and there he meets a team of fun lovers: square but friendly Ronald (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), a playful mom who is comfy with her sexuality (Anne Heche, excellent) and the life of the convention, Dean Ziegler (John C. Reilly). Reilly, who seemed at first to be headed for Rod Steiger roles, did a 180degree turn to become one fantastically adept comedian (Walk Hard, Step Brothers). His Dean is beautifully obscene, a rare example of a coarse jackass who brings hilarity to every gesture, every unprintable under-the-breath comment. (RvB) DIARY OF A WIMPY KID 2 (PG; 96 min.) Sissy Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) triumphed over his tormentors in the first film but is forced to confront enemies closer to home in this sequel based on the popular young adult book series. Greg’s mother believes her two sons need some bonding time; the elder Heffley (Devon Bostick) seizes

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EVEN THE RAIN (Unrated; 103 min.) A filmmaker (Gael GarcĂ­a Bernal, Motorcycle Diaries) directing a movie about Christopher Columbus decides to cut costs by shooting on location in a small village in Bolivia. As he watches the locals struggle against the privatization of their water supply by corporate interests, he starts to realize how little has changed in the centuries since the colonization of the New World. I AM NUMBER FOUR (PG-13; 104 min.) This 4 on a scale of 10 kids’ sci-fi movie has a “based on the Scholastic Book Service novelâ€? vibe. Teen warriors from outer space live among us, tattooed for some reason with figures that look like graphics from an Asteroids video game; they’re hunted by pig-toothed villains with open sinuses, and meanwhile we pitiful earthlings are ignorant of it all. Way too much Gough and Miller in the script. Some signs of Marti Noxon’s hand on the script in the arrival of a female battler played by Teresa Palmer. The stiff, callow lead, Alex Pettyfer, and the strikingly pretty Dianna Agron (as the old-school Kodak-film fancying girl the alien meets) were an off-screen couple, but you’d never know it. Hard PG violence goes badly with the kid-safe tone. (RvB) THE KING’S SPEECH (R; 118 min.) Colin Firth gives a deeply affecting portrayal of a shame-wracked man born and bred to be a spokesman, yet who is handicapped with a crippling stammer. In the 1930s, Firth is the Duke of York, a family man with two daughters and a wife named Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter). The stammering Duke, known to his family as “Bertie,â€? is the official spare to the heir, next in line to the Prince of Wales. A superlatively cast Guy Pearce embodies this Edward’s upper-class shadiness and monstrous entitlement. The Prince is the love slave of a twice-married American named Simpson; his affair and his indifference to world troubles are pushing events to a constitutional crisis. The man tapped to solve it is Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), an Australian speech therapist tasked with helping the Duke find his voice on the

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LIMITLESS (PG-13; 105 min.) Bradley Cooper (The Hangover) plays an unemployed, recently dumped writer who stumbles upon a drug that will unlock the full potential of his brainpower—rather than just the 20 percent that most people use in their day-today lives. Wealth and power follow, but a whole new set of problems arises when his stash begins to run low and hit men looking to cash in on the drug close in around him. THE LINCOLN LAWYER (R; 119 min.) In lieu of an office, a handsome criminal defense attorney (Matthew McConaughey) operates out of a black 1980s Lincoln Towncar (license plate: NTGUILTY), and he’ll take on just about anyone’s case— for a price. When a Beverly Hills playboy (Ryan Phillipe), accused of assaulting and killing a young actress, appeals to the lawyer, he takes on the case and more risk than he has bargained for. Also starring William H. Macy and Marisa Tomei. MARS NEEDS MOMS (PG; 88min.) When his mother is kidnapped by extraterrestrials and taken to Mars to look after their alien brood, Milo must find a way to rescue her. The savvy 8-year-old stows away on a spaceship

and enlists the help of a Martian girl to get his mom home. Featuring the vocal talents of Seth Green and Joan Cusack.

NORA’S WILL (Unrated, 92 min.) Mariana Chenillo’s study of a woman’s wake has an unusual setting: the Jewish community in Mexico City. For years, the 60ish JosÊ (Fernando Lujån) lived across the street from his ex-wife, Nora, in a corridor of high-rise condos. During their marriage, she tried to commit suicide; after 14 attempts, she succeeded. She couldn’t have possibly timed her death to cause more inconvenience. Her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren have been on vacation and have to fly in for the emergency. JosÊ also learns that there is a double bind: Jewish burials must take place within 24 hours— yet no one is to be buried until Passover is complete. JosÊ might be a figure out of Roth or Bellow—a man who can deny religion easier than he can deny his Jewish roots. Nora’s Will is about the question of what these roots signify: ancestral wisdom, obligations—or something as simple as having a codified method to deal with pain. This comedy-drama has the reliable fascination of a story of cultural fault lines chafing, and it also has a constant tone of intelligence. It is literally unorthodox. (RvB) OF GODS AND MEN (R; 122 min.) A brotherhood of Trappist monks cloistered in Algeria during a civil war

must make a hard choice to either flee the Islamic fundamentalist guerilla forces or remain in solidarity with the locals. The film, which is based on a true story, won the Grand Prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

PAUL (104 min.) Two British extraterrestrial enthusiasts are on a road trip tour of the famous alien activity sites in the American Southwest when they have their own close encounter with a being named Paul (voiced by Seth Rogan). Fifty years ago, Paul crash-landed on Earth and was promptly taken into captivity at Area 51. He escapes and hitches a ride in the tourists’ trailer, embarking on a madcap race to elude the G-Men and return to his home planet. RANGO (PG; 107 min.) In an animated film about the perils of trying to fit in, a pet chameleon called Rango (voiced by Johnny Depp) is a little out of his depth when he escapes his terrarium home and ends up in the Wild West. Rango quickly becomes the sheriff of the town of Dirt, but struggles with the consequences that his new life has on his sense of self. Also featuring the vocal talents of Isla Fisher, Bill Nighy, Abigail Breslin and Alfred Molina. RED RIDING HOOD (PG-13; 109 min.) Amanda Seyfried (Mamma Mia!) plays Valerie, a young girl in a medieval village terrorized by a werewolf. As if matters

weren’t complicated enough, she is also torn between two potential suitors—one of whom is a dark stranger in possession of some mysterious, potentially supernatural abilities. If this all sounds a bit familiar that’s because the film is directed by Catherine Hardwicke of Twilight fame.

SUCKER PUNCH (PG-13; 141 min.) Director and geek demigod Zack Snyder (300 and Watchmen) tells the story of a young girl, Babydoll (Emily Browning), who waits in a 1950s psychiatric ward for a lobotomy. Babydoll refuses to go quietly into that dark night, though, instead marshalling a pack of her fellow female inmates (Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens and Jamie Chung) to explore alternate realities in an attempt to escape the asylum. THE TEMPEST (PG-13; 110 min.) An adaptation of the Shakespearean play with a gender-bending twist. Prospera (Helen Mirren), the Duchess of Milan—who also happens to be a sorceress—is exiled by her family. She sets out to sea with her 4-year-old daughter, only to be shipwrecked on a near-deserted island. After enslaving the island’s only inhabitant, Prospera conspires to lure the King of Naples to the island and restore her daughter to her rightful place by conjuring an epic storm. Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida, Titus), who gave Broadway audiences The Lion King.

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SSAGITTARIUS AGITT TA ARIU US (Nov. (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): It It’s ’s an ideal time for you to explor y. for exploree the intimate wonders of ecosexuality ecosexuality. Nature’s libidinou us pleasur es ar Nature’s libidinous pleasures aree calling to you. How som me erotic erotic experiments with trees trees and about trying some waterfalls? Or Or skinny-dipping skinny-dipping in in wetlands wetlands and and doing doing waterfalls? skyclad seductionn dances for for the clouds? Or making out skyclad with oyster oyster mushrooms mushrooms right right where where they they grow grow up up out out with allen log? A PRIL FOOL! It ’s true that this is a good of a ffallen APRIL It’s y sexual rrepertoire epertoire and seek out new time to expand your imate bliss, but it ’s quite possible to sensations of inti intimate it’s accomplish tthat hat bbyy cconďŹ ning onďŹ ning yyour our eerotic rotic ccommunion ommunion ttoo accomplish human beings.

CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): The astr astrological ological actically scr eaming ffor or you to go out and omens ar aree pr practically screaming n home in your ideal neighborhood. buy a luxurious new Preferably iitt sshould hould hhave ave eevery very ffeature eature yyou’ve ou’ve eever ver Preferably dreamed about, whether w that ’s a cinema-scale theater dreamed that’s room oorr a sspa pa w ith a ssauna auna aand nd hhot ot ttub. ub. IIff yyou ou hhave ave room with d to make this happen, that ’s ďŹ ne. to go deep into debt that’s d, sort of or APRIL FOOL! I lie lied, of.. It is an excellent time ffor ade your y domestic scene, either by making you to upgr upgrade comfortable and attr ractive a changes in the dĂŠcor of your comfortable attractive current home or by enhancing your rrelationships elationships with current family and roommates. roommates. But there’s there’s no need to make your family crraazyy expenditures expenditur p e that will cripple es pp you y ďŹ nancially. ďŹ nanciallyy. In fact, fact, crazy obablyy better ’s what the astrological astrological cheap is pr probably better.r. That That’s eeally suggesting. omens ar aree rreally AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (Jan. (Jan. 220–Feb. 0–Feb. 118): 8): IIt’s t’s absolutely absolutely critical critical

ffor or you to be con sistent and unif orm right now oou must consistent uniform now.. YYou bbee ppure, ure, homogeneous homogeneous and and regular. regular. Don’t Don’t yyou ou ddare are ddabble abble with anything tha at’s even vaguely miscellaneous. APRIL that’s FOOL! Everythingg I just said was a lie. In astr ological ffact, act, astrological the best way to tthrive hrive is by being a cr oss between a cross m ishmash aand nd a m edley . . . bbyy bbeing eing ppart art hhodgepodge odgepodge mishmash medley and part amalgam mation. YYour oour str ongest impact will come amalgamation. strongest ffrom rom bblending lending tthe he m ost ddiverse iverse iinuences. nuences. TThe he bbest est eelixir lixir most will rresult esult from from mixing m several different different potions. several

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advantage of thiss unusual moment in your astr ological astrological ccycle, ycle, P isces. A ccording ttoo m nterpretation ooff tthe he Pisces. According myy iinterpretation cosmic signs, signs it ’ss prime time to unleash an ocean of it’s ttears. ears. A nd nnot ot jjust ust tthe he kkind ind ooff m oisture tthat hat w ells uupp oout ut And moisture wells ooff ssadness, adness, eeither. ither. I hhope ope yyou ou w ill ggive ive eeven ven m ore ttime ime will more ttoo ccrying rying bbecause ecause ooff uunreasonable nreasonable jjoy, oy, ssobbing obbing ddue ue ttoo cathartic epiphan nies, weeping out of compassion ffor or the epiphanies, ssuffering uffering ooff oothers thers aand nd bblubbering lubbering aactivated ctivated bbyy vvisions isions conneectedness of all lif e. Let it ow! APRIL of the inter interconnectedness life. FOOL! I slightly overstated o the possibilities. YYes, ees, it will be a wonderful timee to ffeel eel pr ofound states of emotion and profound ssurrender urrender ttoo tthe he ttears ears tthey hey iinduce. nduce. B ut yyou ou nneed eed ttoo gget et a But ffew ew things done, too, so don’t don’t risk dr owning. drowning.

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