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Soquel High graduate Gianna Altano died of cystic fibrosis at age 23— but gave others life BY GEOFFREY DUNN
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STAGE/ART/EVENTS 20
BEATSCAPE 22
CLUB GRID 24
FILM 28
EPICURE 29
FOODIE FILE 30
ASTROLOGY 31
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EDITORIAL
EDITOR STEVE PALOPOLI
STAFF WRITERSGEORGIA PERRY
JACOB [email protected]
RICHARD VON [email protected]
CONTRIBUTING EDITORCHRISTINA WATERS
PHOTOGRAPHERCHIP SCHEUER
CONTRIBUTORS ROB BREZSNY, PAUL M. DAVIS,
MICHAEL S. GANT, JOE GARZA,
ANDREW GILBERT, MARIA GRUSAUSKAS,
JORY JOHN, CAT JOHNSON,
KELLY LUKER, SCOTT MACCLELLAND,
AVERY MONSEN, PAUL WAGNER
ART & PRODUCTION
DESIGN DIRECTOR KARA BROWN
PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
COORDINATORMERCY PEREZ
GRAPHIC DESIGNER TABI ZARRINNAAL
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION
SEAN GEORGE
AD DESIGNER DIANNA VANEYCKE
DISPLAY ADVERTISING
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ACCOUNT EXECUTIVEDENISE TOTO
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PUBLISHER JEANNE HOWARD
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How to Brand
Re: “Re-Branding Santa Cruz” (Currents,
Nov. 20): Although I have not been a resident
of our city for generations as some have, I
nevertheless entertain fond memories of
a community that was rich both culturally
and artistically. As we consider the question
of a brand name, we must be very careful
not to focus overmuch on identifiers that
cater solely to the business and lodging
industries at the expense of the welcoming
and generous vibe that has served us for
so long and so well. I understand that
economic vitality is in everyone’s best
interests, but rather than “rebranding” our
city solely with an eye toward increased
revenue, perhaps reminding visitors and
prospective economic partners of the
richness, diversity and vibrancy of Santa
Cruz is the better approach.
Steve PleichSanta Cruz
What Are They Hiding?
Re: “In the Eye of the Storm” (Currents, Nov.
27): How does Monica Martinez respond
to allegations that the 100,000 Homes
Campaign which the 180/180 Project
participates in is an illegal enterprise
operated by a fake charity—which is not
a legal entity—calling itself “Community
Solutions”?
Why did Christine Sippl of the County’s
Homeless Persons’ Health Project, County
Housing Programs Manager Julie Conway
and Santa Cruz Housing Authority
Executive Director Ken Cole all lie to me that
their agencies were not formally involved in
the 180/180 project?
What are they and Ms. Martinez hiding
about the 180/180 Project’s relationship
to the illegal 100,000 Homes Campaign
and the fake charity called “Community
Solutions”?
John Colby
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feasibility of this project. Ahem, phoot, belch,
cough, we clearly need a…um…what was that
we needed again?”
And it gets colder every day. Ah, a guest
advisor from Happy Valley School—second
grade student Billy! Go ahead, kid. “I’m only
seven, but I know that to have a bunch of
people be together you put in the good ones
and keep out the bad.”
In other words, the camp would have a gate
and table to screen applicants: only legitimate
homeless in the traditional sense. People who
lost homes and jobs and have the IDs and
paperwork to prove it. Perpetual transients,
muggers, whacked out druggers and drunks,
twentysomethings who are able but too busy
panhandling to work: no admittance.
Screw a study, build a camp for the
legitimately homeless, with a big sign
overhead: “Local Legitimate Homeless Only—
Proof Required.”
Theodore F. Meyer IIISanta Cruz
It’s a Drag
Re: “Cowboy Up” (Film, Nov. 20): Could
somebody please explain to Richard von
Busack the difference between drag queen
and transgender?
Antonio R. GamboaSanta Cruz
Real Homeless Only, Please
It’s cooler outside these November days,
going to get cold, and there are people living
outside who await the proposed homeless
camp. Waiting while the City Council in
their warm chambers on their soft seats
bounce the vocal volleyball around instead
of taking action. Let’s listen in: “Um, well
(chair squeak), we need to hire a study
team to study the team which studies the
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Outside the BoxWhy everyone’s ignoring the new downtown ordinanceBY GEORGIA PERRY
by the city to file for permits from the
Department of Parks and Recreation;
they are free and must be obtained 36
hours before the desired performance
date. However, since the ordinance took
effect on Oct. 24, only four permits have
been filed, according to the Parks and
Recreation Department’s files. This
means that the vast majority of larger
acts aren’t following the directive laid
out by the new law, they’re just playing
downtown like they always have.
While street musicians and
supporters of local culture consider this
a good thing, it raises the question of
why councilmembers created a law they
had no intention of seeing enforced in
the first place. The police department
has to date issued zero citations for
violations of the ordinance, and SCPD
officers have clearly been put in an
awkward position trying to balance
Pacific Avenue’s performance-friendly
tradition with the seemingly arbitrary
new rules.
Across the street from the string
band, SCPD officer David Albert looked
on. When asked if he was going to tell
the group they were breaking the law,
he said no, adding that he uses his own
judgment and only asks such groups
to move if they have “a whole bunch of
stuff lying around.
“That’s not something we’re going
to enforce,” he said, “unless we get a
complaint. Then we kind of have to play
by the rules.”
A homeless street artist selling her
scarves around the corner from the
string band, Kate Wenzell, said she was
On a Tuesday afternoon in
late November, a three-piece
string band played on the
sidewalk in front of the O’Neill’s store
downtown. With three members and
two open guitar cases on the ground,
the band was breaking the law.
In October, the Santa Cruz City
Council hastily passed extreme
restrictions on the ways in which
street performers, artists and political
demonstrators may express themselves:
They must be 14 feet from a handful of
downtown features such as sidewalks
and lamp posts, and they must
keep themselves contained within a
12-square-foot area. For reference, 12
square feet is about the size of a card
table, plus a couple of inches.
Larger musical acts are now required
GO BIG AND GO HOME Left to right: Jobydiah Hudson, Pandi Raccoon and Ben Fox of the touring Louisana band the Gin Jars speak to a downtown host while playing on Pacific Avenue last week, in violation of an ordinance passed in October.
“probably breaking” the 12-square-foot
law, but hadn’t heard anything about
it from law enforcement or downtown
hosts. However, she had been told a few
times that she needed to move to be 14
feet from certain features downtown.
“They use their discretion,” Wenzell
said. “They decide what laws are a little
over the top.”
Santa Cruz criminal defense
attorney Jonathan Gettleman has
spent several years battling what he
calls “anti-vagrancy type ordinances
targeted to keep homeless people from
the downtown area,” and he considers
the new ordinance to be just one more
attempt.
“If you look at the ordinances that
have passed in the last four to five years,
they’re all related to the same thing: the
fact that there are certain elements of
people that usually are associated with
homelessness that are not aesthetically
pleasing, and the desire is for them to
not be able to linger in any one place
in a manner that’s not desirable to the
Downtown Business Association. If you
look closely at these ordinances you’ll
see that’s who’s behind them,” he says.
The downtown hosts, who as a
practice do not make comments to the
press, are employed by the Downtown
Management Corporation, a collection
of business owners who collectively
pay $150,000 in fees to fund the host
program. When a musical act is too
loud, taking up too much space or is
otherwise undesirable, business owners
call the downtown hosts, and the hosts,
who don’t have the power to write tickets,
either tell performers to move along or
get police officers to do so.
“If everything has to be completely
planned out to the square foot and
exact decibel level and you can’t be
14 feet from an ATM, it becomes
this matrix of laws that you just can
never be in compliance with,” says
Gettleman. “So then what happens is
you’re always out of compliance with
some law. It’s impossible to comply.
What happens—and this is the real
danger in all of this—is that artists will
just stop showing up.”
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Country Jams
Somewhere between the apple
orchards and the city of Watsonville
is a new music hangout. Specifically,
on the corner of Freedom Boulevard
and Corralitos Road, near the
Cadillac Café and Alladin Nursery.
Inside the Treasure Roadhouse,
beyond a small lobby, awaits a large
stage, a large black skull with blue
eyes and state-of-the-art acoustics.
“People come in here and say, ‘ooh,
it’s really nice,’ as if—I don’t know
what they were expecting,” says
musician Rhan Wilson, who helped
design the space with owner Bourn
Archer, who used to own the Aptos
Burger Company.
Archer and Wilson will hold a
rummage sale at the Roadhouse on
Sunday, Dec. 15, as a fundraiser to
help the newly opened Roadhouse
get through the slow season to the
summer. The venue already hosted
Rick Walker’s looping festival. And
last month a New Zealand performer
stopped mid-song to say, “It sounds
really good in here.”
At 100 seats, the venue could be
considered the South County’s half-
sized Kuumbwa. Wilson and Archer
painted the theater all black and
built a spacious green room that’s
actually green. “We’re musicians,
so when we were putting this room
together, we asked each other, ‘what
do you want as a musician?’ ‘Well, I
want to have big stage so we’re not
all crowded,’” Wilson says. “‘And
we need a nice room to hang out
backstage.’”
Wilson hopes the Treasure
Roadhouse will draw more people
to a neighborhood that, in addition
to the nursery and Cadillac Café,
already has a coffee house and a
computer repair shop—plus a meat
market up the road and a tap room
on the way.
“It’s not that far from Santa Cruz,”
Wilson says. “When people hear
Corralitos, they say, ‘It’s so far away.’
People drive up to Don Quixote’s all
the time, even to Henfling’s, up to
Davenport Roadhouse. This is about
equidistant for most people.”
Cry Me a River
And you thought water issues
couldn’t be any fun! They kind of
were for a moment last week, thanks
to Laurie Egan, who got her friends
at the Coastal Watershed Council
to dress up in life jackets when the
Santa Cruz City Council discussed
the future of the San Lorenzo
River—not to debate alternatives to a
desalination plant, which would have
been instant buzzkill. No, in front of
the council at the Tuesday Nov. 26
meeting was a go-ahead allowing
staff to study kayaking and stand-up
paddleboarding on the river.
Hence the jackets. Even city
councilmember Micah Posner
sported a jacket, although that might
have just been extra safety padding
for his bike ride home. So did
former Mayor Mike Rotkin, Kayak
Connection’s Dave Grigsby and Greg
Pepping, also from the Watershed
Council. “I’m not a politician, and I’m
in the deep end tonight,” Pepping said
during his presentation.
There was a little opposition from
two environmentalists, who worried
over the recommendations of some
biologists about impacts on wildlife,
but most speakers were generous in
their support.
Assistant city manager Tina
Shull said she didn’t know why
the current law banning stand-up
paddleboarding was on the books.
Pepping noted Denver, Paso Robles,
Redding, Sacramento, Los Angeles,
Kansas City and San Antonio all have
active riverways where fun is allowed.
Council unanimously approved the
item, which will allow staff to move
forward with an environmental
review.
With that out of the way, council
tackled the not-so-fun stuff, voting
to create a Drought Solutions Citizen
Advisory Committee. Activists and
city critics—some of whom might
eventually serve on the committee
to look for fixes to Santa Cruz’s
water shortages—came to weigh in
during a 90-minute public comment
period that at times got heated. Many
activists criticized the committee’s
makeup and pressured the city to halt
its $7 million-plus spending to date
on studying desalination. While Desal
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Living OnSoquel High graduate Gianna Altano died of cystic fibrosis this past spring at the age of 23, awaiting a lung transplant that never came. But even in death, she gave others the gift of life. BY GEOFFREY DUNN
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The ominous grey clouds forming
over the Pacific on the morning of
Saturday, March 30, of this year—
just beyond the coastal bluffs
of the Seascape Beach Resort in
Aptos—forced the gathering scheduled there
that afternoon inside. It was an ephemeral
disappointment, for the impending rains could
not—and did not—dampen the spirits of those who
were assembling to celebrate the life of Gianna
Rose Altano, who had died two weeks earlier from
the wretched genetic disease known as cystic
fibrosis. She was one day beyond her 23rd birthday.
For all the impending darkness, it was a glorious
afternoon. Those who loved, cherished and admired
Gianna—and they were legion—crowded first into
the resort’s large banquet hall, and then into various
overflow rooms required for the several hundred friends
and family members who arrived to share the beauty
and love of this amazing young woman.
The word “moving” only hints at what was in
store for those of us blessed to be in attendance that
afternoon. It was a truly transcendent event—one that
I shall never forget, with images and feelings that are
indelibly forged into my soul.
If ever there were something about which I wanted to
write truly, with a clear and crystalline honesty, it’s about
this day, and about what it meant to those of us who
assembled to celebrate—and that is the precise word I
want to use—Gianna’s life and her indelible spirit.
Words will never adequately describe her presence
on this earth. In the arc of her short lifespan, she was
a profoundly loving daughter, sister, granddaughter,
friend and cousin. She did many of the things that
kids growing up in the region do, but she did so with
a purpose and appreciation rare in a child of her age.
She rode horses and vaulted, played on a soccer team
called the Flaming Snowballs, participated in Junior
Life Guards and gymnastics, earned a brown belt in a
martial arts program.
As a teenager, she swam on the Soquel High swim
team, took up surfing and developed an absolute
passion for all things related to the ocean. So much so
that at the age of 20—only three short years ago—she
moved to Hawaii, where she reveled in the powerful
swells that pounded the North Shore of Oahu,
and found a certain inner peace in their
INDELIBLE IMPRESSIONS Left: Gianna Altano with her sister, Marissa. Upper right: With her mother, Sydney. Lower right: her family shows off the ‘g’ tattoos done in Gianna’s memory.
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force and grandeur. She engaged her
maritime surroundings with infinite
zeal on a daily basis, swimming with
dolphins, turtles, fish and once, even,
with sharks.
She loved music, played the
piano, took up the ukulele and wrote
constantly—poems and stories and
small snippets that seemed always
to capture the magic around her. In a
special, handcrafted Christmas card
she made for a young man dealing,
like her, with the challenges posed
by cystic fibrosis (CF), she wrote:
“Sometimes I think that people with
CF are lucky because we get the
opportunity to learn how to love more
deeply than most people.”
Following her nine-month sojourn
in Hawaii, she returned home and
found her calling in American Sign
Language, and was working toward
getting her credential to become an
interpreter at the time of her death.
Perhaps most importantly, Gianna
was also a warrior in raising cystic
fibrosis awareness. For many years
her family has hosted a massive
fundraising gala in her honor at the
Seacliff Inn. A deeply committed
network of friends joins their efforts
to put on the Friends Cure CF Dinner
and Auction, which benefits both
Cystic Fibrosis Research, Inc. and The
Living Breath Foundation. The event—
which started as a hot dog stand at the
World’s Shortest Fourth of July Parade
in Aptos—has raised nearly a quarter-
million dollars since its inception.
Gianna’s family had asked us
to wear “happy clothes” to
her services—Gianna loved
the vibrant hues of the tropics—and
so amidst the grey backdrop that
afternoon of the memorial there was a
sea of vivid colors, with attendees of all
ages wearing island shirts and dresses,
leis and beads. For all the darkness
and gloom—it could not be entirely
escaped—there was an underlying joy
always present, a triumph of the spirit.
Pictures of Gianna were
everywhere, visual memories of a life
lived with love and passion. But the
one that struck me most was one that
I had not seen before: Gianna on a
beach in Hawaii, her back arched, her
face to the sky, her arms reaching up
to the heavens. The image was poster-
sized, near the front podium. I stared
at it throughout the afternoon. She
seemed so present in the photograph,
so full of gratitude for every moment
of her life.
Gianna was someone who
cherished what we often refer to as
the “little things,” those moments that
we may take for granted, but upon
reflection are what shape, define
and give deeper meaning to our
lives. She loved “point drives,” as she
called them, cruising along Pleasure
Point, taking life’s small detours that
BETTER TIMES Gianna with Sydney, Marissa and Danny Altano. Since her death, her family has sought to raise awareness about cystic fibrosis and organ donation. There will be a benefit held in Gianna’s honor at Moe’s Alley on Sunday, Dec. 8.
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we often rush by in the bustle of
21st-century life.
Gianna loved baking and home
crafts, which she often undertook
with her sister Marissa, and in the
final months of her life she had made
a “good things jar,” which would
hold written notes describing each
good thing that happened to her
throughout the year, to be read on
New Year’s Eve.
I recalled running into her several
years ago, when she was a teenager,
walking along the beach in Rio Del Mar.
I had been through my own health
battles by then and was sensitized to
the issue of mortality. To me, Gianna
seemed almost other-worldly in her
movements, as though she lived in a
state of higher consciousness than I
could ever imagine. I watched how she
stared at the ocean, moving slowly to its
rhythms, dancing back and forth with
the waves. She seemed to be in touch
with the music of the universe. An
earth angel, I thought—a lovely, perfect
earth angel.
Live in Santa Cruz for nearly six
decades, and you’ll realize how
small the town can seem. So it
was at Gianna’s memorial service. I saw
friends and loved ones from different
passages of my life dating back to
childhood. I made sure to surround
myself with love: on one side, I sat
next to my lifelong friend Michelle
Poen, who had worked for years
with Gianna’s mother, Sydney, and
Michelle’s companion Hope Teasdale.
On my other side I had my wife Siri,
who had stayed close to Gianna and the
Altanos for the final difficult days, and
my daughter, Tess, who also has cystic
fibrosis.
I was duly fortified.
It was a tough day. We laughed, we
cried, then we wept some more. There
is no escaping that reality of loss, no
sugar-coating it. All of the speakers
that afternoon were powerful and
moving. Everyone who spoke—
nurses, caregivers, doctors, friends,
family—did so from a place of grace,
directly from the heart. It was a
symphony of love.
My daughter Tess sang a song,
entitled “Breathe,” written by Matt
Scales, who died from cystic fibrosis
several years ago at the age of 27. She
sang it with an emotional intensity
that pierced me to the darkest depths.
I succumbed to a steady weeping,
shoulders hunched. I didn’t try to
hold anything back anymore.
Near the end of the services—as
Gianna’s mother Sydney, her father
Danny and sister Marissa made their
way to the podium to address the
overflowing crowd—I noticed that the
clouds had parted on the horizon and
that wide, bright swaths of sunshine
were now bouncing off the waters.
Danny stepped to the microphone,
possessed of a fortitude that was truly
commanding, and began reading a
poem that he had written in Gianna’s
honor:
In shock, strange as it seems.I spent 23 years watching CFever so slowly take my
daughter’s life.Never her spirit.Never her love.Never her gratitude.Never her lust for life.Never her kindness.Never her beauty.Never the light in her eyes.Never her concern for others.Never her creativity.Never ever her smile.
It goes without saying that Gianna’s
death struck close to the marrow.
I have known Gianna’s father
Danny (I call him Dante, in honor of
our shared Italian heritage) for nearly
30 years, and when my own daughter
was first diagnosed at the age of five
months (Gianna was four years old
at the time), he was the first person I
thought about. I would often watch him
through the years in full admiration of
his humor and strength in the face of
such a horrific challenge. I did so again
the day of the memorial.
For the uninitiated, cystic fibrosis—
often referred to by young children as
“sixty-five roses”—is a genetic illness,
usually associated with incurable,
advancing lung disease. More than
30,000 people in the United States
have been diagnosed with CF, and
perhaps most remarkably, more
than 10 million Americans are silent
carriers of the CF gene.
It was only in the 1930s that
researchers first identified the
illness. Prior to that, most children
with the more-deadly mutations of
the illness didn’t live beyond the
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age of two. In certain respects, it
is an invisible disease. Those who
saw Gianna at play in the fields
and seas of the universe would
never have realized that she was so
afflicted.
Because the lungs of someone
with cystic fibrosis serve as an ideal
host for a variety of infections, those
with CF spend hours each day doing
respiratory therapy to help clear
their airways. They take scores of
pills and other medications. But the
cycle of inflammation and infection
inevitably leads to permanent and
irreparable lung damage. As my wife
has noted, it feels as though “there is
always a wolf outside the door.” Today,
while advances in CF research have
extended the median life expectancy
for those with CF to 37, it remains a
capricious and pernicious disease,
all too often claiming the lives of
children and young adults.
Most of those attending Gianna’s
service were familiar with CF and
the varied challenges it imposed on
her life. They had lived through it all
with her. For those in her immediate
family—her mother, father and
sister—those impositions had been
woven into their daily lives in such
a way that had become familiar
and routine. But her departure had
not. The vacuum was immense,
unfathomable.
It had come so suddenly. Little
more than five months earlier, in
November of 2012, Gianna was
still healthy enough to be riding a
bike on Thanksgiving weekend. The
following month, however, her health
made a severe—and as it turned out—
irreversible turn for the worse. Her
father likened it to a runaway “freight
train out of control.” The “best medical
care in the world,” he noted, “could not
stop it or even slow it down.”
Gianna experienced a
pneumothorax—a terrifying
situation in which a hole developed
in her lung—causing air to escape
and fill her chest cavity, and
requiring a pump to alleviate the
pressure while the perforation
healed. A month later, it happened
again. It became clear that a lung
transplant would now be her only
option for survival. Over the next
several weeks, she was in and out of
the hospital. In early February, the
blood vessels in her airways became
so inflamed that they ruptured,
filling her lungs with blood.
She was moved to the top of the
lung transplant list at Stanford. The
waiting became an excruciating
ordeal for her family and loved ones,
in which every day was met with both
hope and despair.
By early March, Gianna was no
longer able to breathe on her own.
The wait for lungs dragged on, while
Gianna’s health became a moving
target. Her struggle became an hourly
race with time. The word spread, and
Gianna’s friends and family members
flocked to the hospital to support one
another, and share their love.
Nurses and doctors commented
that they had never seen such a
drought of organs available for
transplant. Bad news begat bad
news. As each day passed, hope for a
successful transplant diminished, as
Gianna became too weak to survive the
surgery. On the eve of Gianna's 23rd
birthday, her family still had hope
that lungs would suddenly appear,
but as her birthday arrived, so too did
the team of doctors who shared the
heartbreaking news that Gianna could
no longer survive a transplant.
According to the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, individuals
in need of a donor are added to the
transplant list in this country every 10
minutes. Each day, while an average of
79 people receive a transplant, 18 people
die waiting, due to a shortage of organs.
Donate Life America (whose vision
is “a nation that embraces organ, eye
and tissue donation as a fundamental
human responsibility”) notes that
there are nearly 120,000 individuals
in this country—from infants to
grandparents—waiting for organ
transplants.
Contrary to conventional wisdom,
it is extraordinarily easy to become
an organ donor. Most people are able
to register when they are renewing
their driver’s licenses, and every state
has an online registry. It’s that simple.
Most importantly, people can express
their wish to be a donor to their
families, friends and physicians and
include their wishes in an advance
directive or will.
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happens at critical moments in
someone’s life. They give no weight
to the emotional rollercoaster ridden
by loved ones when hope turns into
mourning, when possibility becomes
a dead-end street. Gianna Rose Altano
died waiting. She died waiting in
Stanford Hospital for the lungs that
never came.
There was no donor.
This could be where Gianna’s
story ends—but it is not.
In a supreme act of
selflessness and generosity, Gianna’s
family honored her personal
commitment to organ donation.
Shortly after she died, one of her
kidneys was successfully transplanted,
along with her corneas, heart valves,
vertebrae and various tissues. Several
of her organs were donated for
research, including her ravaged lungs,
which were sent to the Cystic Fibrosis
Research Laboratory at Stanford. Even
her beautiful hair was donated to
children through Locks of Love.
Gianna was everywhere.
During a time of unspeakable grief,
the Altanos honored their daughter
by giving the gift of life to others—the
very gift that had been denied their
daughter. “Organ donation was the
right—and only—thing to do,” said her
mother Sydney. “Gianna would love
knowing that she saved someone else
with her kidneys, or that she helped
someone to see with her corneas. It
has been quite an experience being on
both sides of transplant—waiting in
vain as a recipient, and then as a donor
family. I hope Gianna will inspire
people to do the right thing and sign
up as donors.
“It’s amazing how many people
were helped by Gianna,” her mother
concluded. “And that matters.
For people in this situation, going
through such a loss, it’s kind of all
you've got."
At Gianna’s memorial service, I
saw a young man who could have
been me 30 years ago—long hair,
passionate, fit, full of life, a young
father. I watched him looking out one
of the windows across the Pacific into
the horizon, crying, overwhelmed by
sadness and loss.
I introduced myself. He was
Gianna’s cousin, Paul Karo. He talked
about his love for Gianna, about
growing up with her, of the great loss
and vacuum he was experiencing.
The overwhelming pain. I told him
that in my own health battles I had
experienced a sense of the eternal.
We looked each other in the eyes,
hugged, and moved on.
In Gianna’s case, that sense of
eternity is both figurative and literal.
I looked around the banquet hall.
People were now up, moving, greeting
each other, hugging, crying some
more, laughing, smiling, recovering.
It was a room full of raw emotions.
Outside, the sun was now shining
in full force. I walked down to the
ocean. I imagined Gianna there,
dancing with the waves. Earlier I had
folded the memorial handout and
placed it in my pocket. I mindlessly
rubbed the paper between my
fingers, and then pulled it out.
On it was the iconic image of
Gianna, her arms outstretched
toward the heavens, and a poem she
had written, entitled “Paradise.” It was
almost as if she were speaking to me:
Hear the waves crashing inSee the beauty that surrounds youLook where we liveEnjoy every momentAnd try to understandwhat a miracle this all is.
I read it over a few times. That she
herself was the miracle probably
never occurred to her. She was too
giving, too humble, to ever think that.
What a miracle, indeed.
A Benefit for Cystic Fibrosis and Organ Donor Awareness On Sunday, Dec. 8, at 7pm, Moe’s Alley will host a special all-ages benefit featuring performances from Tess Dunn and Urban Theory. Tickets are $15/$20 adults; $10 for children/students. For more information about organ donation, go to http://donatelife.net/. For more information about Friends Cure CF, go to www.friendscurecf.com/
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StageDANCE
Bellydance ShowcaseDifferent belly dancers each week on the garden stage. Presented by Helene. www.thecrepeplace.com. Sat, 1:30pm. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6994.
Stockings: A Holiday CabaretAn avant-cabaret bringing together dancers, musicians and other performers to benefit Motion Pacific's scholarship program. Thu, Dec 5, 8pm, Fri, Dec 6, 8pm and Sat, Dec 7, 8pm. $25. Motion Pacific, 408 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.457.1616.
Winter Dance ConcertAnnual winter concert by the Cabrillo College Dance Department featuring new choreography by faculty, guests and student artists. Fri, Dec 6, 7:30pm, Sat, Dec 7, 7:30pm and Sun, Dec 8, 2pm. $6-$14. Cabrillo College Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6154.
THEATER
Armchair TheaterA live reading by local actors of selected passages from Charles Dickens' “Bleak House.” Tue, Dec 10, 7pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library Gallery, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.420.5700.
It's A Wonderful LifeA live theater production in the style of a 1940s radio broadest. www.
shakespearesantacruz.org. Nov. 15-Dec. 8. $10-$40. UCSC Mainstage Theater, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.2159.
Mountain Community Theater“It's A Wonderful Life”: A fully staged production of the Frank Capra classic. www.mctshows.org. Fri, Dec 6, 8pm, Sat, Dec 7, 8pm and Sun, Dec 8, 2pm. $10-$20. Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.
CONCERTS
The Choral ProjectA benefit concert for the Interfaith Satellite Shelter Program. Sun, Dec 8, 7pm. $20 general; free for students and children. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 408.279.0161.
ArtMUSEUMSCONTINUING
Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History“Free First Friday.” View the exhibits for free every first Friday of the month. Docent tours at noon. First Fri of every month, 11am-6pm. Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artists' voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. First Sat of every month, 11:30am-12:30pm. Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.
GALLERIESOPENING
Felix Kulpa GalleryNeon art by Brian Coleman featuring glass tubes filled with multicolored glowing gases. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sun, noon-6pm. Thru Jan. 26. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.
R. Blitzer GalleryThe Masters Series continues with an exhibit by Howard Ikemoto and Ron Milhoan. Gallery hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Thru Dec. 28. Free, 831.458.1217. Mission Extension and Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios“A Very Vinyl Christmas” is an exhibit of holiday LP covers. Open Mon-Sun, 10am-midnight. Thru December. Free. 118 Coral St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7277.
The GalleriaChildren's Rights Art Show. Art show from school children grades 6-12 about their concept of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Sat, Dec 7, noon-4pm. Free, 831.425.7618. 740 Front St., Santa Cruz.
CONTINUING
Cabrillo College GalleryCabrillo Gallery. David Fleming & Diane R. Ritch: To award-winning artists selected from a juried exhibition. Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm & Mon-Tues 7-9pm. Thru Dec. 13. Free. 6500 Soquel Dr, Aptos, 831.479.6308.
Pajaro Valley Arts Council“Mi Casa es Tu Casa”: An exhibit of installations paying tribute to Dia de Los Muertos with the theme of "Passages." Gallery hours: Wed-Sun 11am-4pm. Thru Dec. 8. Free. 37 Sudden St, Watsonville, 831.722.3062.
Various Santa Cruz County Bank LocationsBank Arts Collaborative. “Down on the Farm”: Seven local artists whose work represents the beauty of simple life on the farm. Mon-Thurs, 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-6pm. Thru Jan. 3. Free. n/a, Santa Cruz.
EventsLITERARY EVENTS
StorytimeFormer Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of children's stories. Mon, 11am. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.
NOTICES
Beat SanctuaryA dance class for exploring authentic movement as connection, exercise, prayer and spiritual practice. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. A weekly class for exploring exercise and spirituality through dance. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz, 585.278.0080.
A Course In Miracles Study GroupA weekly meeting on learning how to forgive and live in peace. Drop-ins are welcome. Thu, 7-9pm. The Barn Studio, 104b Park Way South, Santa Cruz, 831.272.2246.
Eating Disorders Resource Center MeetingGroups will be led by Kimberly Kuhn, LCSW and Carolyn Blackman, RN, LCSW. First Fri of every month, 6-7:30pm. Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, 408.559.5593.
Figure DrawingWeekly drawing from a live model, facilitated by Open Studio artist Richard Bennett. Mon, 7-10pm. $16. Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.
Grey Bears Holiday MealA home-cooked meal and lineup of local entertainment. Sun, Dec 8, 11:30am-1:30pm. Free for ages 55 and up. Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, 307 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.479.1055.
Grief SupportA lunchtime drop-in support group for adults grieving the death of a family member or friend. Tues. 6-7pm at 125 Heather Terrace, Aptos; Fri. noon-1pm at 5403 Scotts Valley Dr Ste D, Scotts Valley. Free. Various sites, NA, Santa Cruz, 831.430.3000.
Holiday SaleA selection of unique and affordable gifts for the holidays. www.homelessgardenproject.org. Open 10am-8pm daily thru Dec. 24. Homeless Garden Project Store, 110 Cooper St., Santa Cruz.
Insight Santa CruzMeditation sits, talks and discussions every day of the week. Learn the formal practice of meditation and engage with a community dedicated to reducing suffering by cultivating compassion. Visit www.insightsantacruz.org for specific times and more information. Ongoing. Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Avenue, Suite C, Santa Cruz, 831.425.3431.
Light Up A LifeA luminary bag-lighting memorial to honor loved ones. Sat, Dec 7, 3:30-5:30pm. Free.
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Giulia Valle Wach out, Esperanza Spalding—this Barcelona-based female jazz bassist is on the rise. Dec 6 at SFJAZZ Center.
Dwight Yoakam Tucked under that hat are some fine movie roles and thirty times as many good songs. Dec 7 at the Warfield.
Pomplamoose WebsterÕs definition of ‘Internet whimsy’ brings uber-twee covers in small show. Dec 7 at Swedish American Music Hall.
Mike Stern & Randy Brecker Readers of Guitar Player magazine pull at their goatees while musicians noodle. Dec 7-8 at Yoshi’s SF.
Dismemberment Plan Beware the reunion album, but ‘Emergency & I’ should still bring out the diehards. Dec 10 at the Fillmore.
More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.
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Overeaters AnonymousA 12-step support group for those who wish to recover from compulsive eating. Sundays 9-10:15am at 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz and 4-5:15pm at 115 South Morrissey, Santa Cruz. Mondays 12:15-1:15pm at 420 Melrose Ave, Santa Cruz and 7-8pm at 4951 Soquel Drive, Soquel. Tuesdays 12:15-1:15pm at 420 Melrose Ave, Santa Cruz. Wednesdays 10:30-11:30am at 1335 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz; noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln #303, Watsonville; and 6:30-7:30pm at 335 Spreckles Dr, Ste. A, Aptos. Thursdays 1-2pm at 301 Center St., Santa Cruz. Fridays noon-1pm at 49 Blanca Ln, #303, Watsonville and 12:15-1:15pm at 225 Rooney St., Santa Cruz. Saturdays 9-10am at 532 Center St, Santa Cruz and 11am-noon at 75 Nelson St, Watsonville. 831.429.7906.
Support and Recovery GroupsAlzheimer's: Alzheimer's Assn, 831.464.9982. Bipolar: 707.747.1989. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273. Candida: 831.471.0737. Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385. Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000. Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962. Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470.
Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422. Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357). Pagans in Recovery: 831.428.3024. Narcotics Anonymous: [email protected]. Clutterers Anonymous: 831.359.3008.
Yoga InstructionPacific Cultural Center: 35+ classes per week, 831.462.8893. SC Yoga: 45 classes per week, 831.227.2156. TriYoga: numerous weekly classes, 831.464.8100. Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900. Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.
Zen, Vipassana, Basic: Intro to MeditationZen: SC Zen Center, Wed, 5:45pm, 831.457.0206. Vipassana: Vipassana SC, Wed 6:30-8pm, 831.425.3431. Basic: Land of the Medicine Buddha, Wed, 5:30-6:30pm, 831.462.8383. Zen: Ocean Gate Zendo, first Tue each month 6:30-7pm. All are free.
AROUND TOWN
Angelina Ballerina Cast VisitThe cast of “Angelina Ballerina, The Musical” will share stories and fun celebrating the
beloved picture book's main character. Friday's appearance will be at the Capitola Branch library. Thu, Dec 5, 10am and Fri, Dec 6, 11am. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.427.7717.
Auction & Holiday CelebrationMusic, dancing, food and activities for all ages plus an auction to raise funds for social justice nonprofits. Sat, Dec 7, 6-10pm. Inner Light Ministries, 5630 Soquel Dr, Soquel, 831.465.9090.
Bingo Benefit for Soquel High SportsSoquel High Knights football program gets the bucks from this weekly bingo night. Buy-in $15; doors open 5pm; early birds 6:15pm, games 6:30pm. Tue, Dec 10, 6:30pm. $15. Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell St, Santa Cruz.
Comedy ShowcaseA new comedy showcase hosted by DNA featuring a different Bay Area headliner each week. Tue, 8:30pm. Free. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.7117.
Jingle ShellsAn arts and crafts festival featuring ocean- and nature-inspired gifts plus a lighting celebration of a blue whale skeleton. Sun, Dec 8, 12-5:30pm. Free with admission. Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3799.
Lighted Boat ParadeThe 28th annual parade
of over 30 colorful lighted boats. Sat, Dec 7, 5:30pm. Free. Santa Cruz Harbor, NA, Santa Cruz, 831.818.2271.
MAH GalaSTARS: A live auction plus dinner and cocktails, followed by the Supernova afterparty. Proceeds benefit the MAH's exhibits and educational programs. Sat, Dec 7, 6pm. $50-$150. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.
MHCAN Arts/Crafts FairA silent auction, raffle, food, music and chance to purchase one-of-a-kind gifts. Sat, Dec 7, noon-4pm. Free. Mental Health Client Action Network, 1051 Cayuga St, Santa Cruz, 831.469.0462.
Tannery Holiday FaireHandmade gifts from 30 artists' studios including painting, ceramics, glassblowing, jewelry and more, plus refreshments and a performance by the Santa Cruz Chorale. Sat, Dec 7, noon-5pm and Sun, Dec 8, noon-5pm. Free admission. Tannery Arts Center, 1040 River St, Santa Cruz.
Younger Lagoon Reserve TourA tour of the lagoon's diverse coastal habitat, featuring birds, mammals and other wildlife. Advance registration required. Thu, Dec 5, 2-3:30pm. Free. Younger Lagoon Reserve, 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3800.
FRIDAY | 12/6 — SUNDAY 12/8
Cabrillo Winter Dance ConcertCabrillo College’s tradition of cutting-edge dance will be on full display at its
annual winter concert, which pushes boundaries by showcasing a wide range of
contemporary techniques, from postmodern physical theater to popping-and-
locking. Choreographed by students, faculty and guest artists. Friday, Dec. 6 and
Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7:30pm, and again Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2pm. The Cabrillo Crocker
Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Tickets $12-$14.
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JOEY DEFRANCESCO & THE VIBEKeyboardist Joey DeFrancesco started playing the keys at a young age and took to them right away. By the time he was 10 he was gigging with professional jazzmen including the legendary Hank Mobley. A pro with a contract at the age of 16, DeFrancesco orbited into the jazz-o-sphere and hasn't looked back. Now a celebrated artist who played a role in revitalizing interest in the Hammond B3 organ, DeFrancesco plays a fusion of Latin rhythms, jazz and R&B. His band, the Vibe, features brothers Ramon and Tony Banda holding down rhythm duties, Steve Wilkerson on saxophone, Steve Cotter on guitar and Jose "Papo" Rodriguez on percussion. Kuumbwa; $25 adv/$28 door; 7pm & 9pm. (Cat Johnson)
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BLACK UHURUOld-time reggae singer Derrick “Duckie” Simpson helped found Black Uhuru, which released its first album more than 35 years ago. The band, which won the first ever Grammy award for Best Reggae Album in 1985, has grown more adventurous as they’ve gotten older and cycled through new members under lead singer Simpson. The most recent direction is dub—a trippier sub-genre of the upbeat-heavy music that made them famous. The latest album In Dub features dance, hip-hop and Latin rhythms. Moe’s Alley; $25 adv/$30 door; 9pm. (JP)
PETER ROWANPeter Rowan started his musical career with an electric guitar in his hands, playing Elvis Presley-inspired rock and roll. But as the 1960s folk scene in Boston took off, he gravitated to the acoustic guitar and started playing country, gospel, bluegrass and the blues. This new direction eventually led to a gig playing with bluegrass legend Bill Monroe and a spot in the Grisman/Garcia-led all-star group Old and in the Way. Now an internationally-celebrated artist who continues to span several acoustic styles, Rowan still keeps bluegrass near and dear. His latest album, titled The Old School, is a nod to traditional bluegrass stylings. Don Quixote’s; $20 adv/$25 door; 8pm. (CJ)
PHENOMENAUTSIf I had to pick one band to go into space with, it would be the Phenomenauts. They know so much about space, it’s crazy. In fact, a great Phenomenauts drinking game is to take a drink every time they mention space, Earth or robots. If you are still on your feet after one song, you have a problem. Another reason to pick the Phenomenauts for space duty is that they have space uniforms already, which totally saves you on up-front costs of the mission! (P.S. I hope the mission is to defeat Aladin Sane-era David Bowie, who has become a space villain, and can only be defeated by space-themed, slightly rockabilly-influenced new wave. ‘Cause we would so win.) Crepe Place; $12/$14; 9pm. (SP)
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KAKI KINGOne of the many reasons I try to see the Mountain Goats every chance I get is that they have the best opening acts in rock ‘n’ roll. I have seriously discovered so many cool acts because they opened for those guys, but my favorite by far is Kaki King. It’s hard to describe what she plays, not just because I refuse to use the term “post-rock” (I know, I know, you see what I did there), but also because every phase of her career is so different. She started off known for her incredible, freakish acoustic instrumentals, and she’ll probably always be most acclaimed for her guitar playing, but I prefer the even weirder way she’s added layers and layers to her sound over time—vocals, lyrics, strings, electronics, everything. Rio; $16; 8pm.
PATTERSON HOODThe Drive-by Truckers are one of the great Southern rock bands of all time. They capture the joys and challenges of life in the South by telling stories with life-ain’t-always-pretty honesty. While the band members share songwriting duties and take turns on the mic, the leader of the band is undeniably Patterson Hood. With songwriting skills that can make your heart soar or leave you a broken mess on the floor, Hood delves into the nitty-gritty of life and comes out with striking insights as death, sickness and adultery stand side-by-side with love, triumph and redemption. This is a rare chance to see this Southern songwriting master on the West Coast. Don Quixote’s; $18 adv/$20 door; 9pm. (CJ)
GROUNDATIONIt all started at Sonoma State University’s jazz program, where in 1998 Harrison Stafford, who would later teach a history of reggae class, met Marcus Urani and Ryan Newman. Today the super group boasts a whopping nine members with a horn section and songs about revolution to boot. On stage Groundation switch tempos seamlessly as lead singer Stafford spits his vocals so precisely and quickly he sounds like a human synthesizer. Catalyst; $18 adv/ $22 door; 8pm. (JP)
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Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before
Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer. All ages welcome.
GOLD CIRCLE SOLD OUT!
Thurs. December 5 7 & 9 pm | No CompsJOEY DEFRANCESCO AND THE VIBESignature B3 sound with Latin rhythms!
Monday, December 9 7 pm | No CompsPEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP“...a new chapter in Cuban music history.” – NPR
Wednesday, December 11 7 pm AOIFE O’DONOVAN Award Winning Crooked Still Vocalist!
Monday, December 16 7 and 9 pm CHARLIE HUNTER & SCOTT AMENDOLA DUOThursday, December 19 7 pm JESSE SCHEININ AND FOREVER CD RELEASE CONCERT
Saturday, December 7 7 pmDECEMBERCHILD BENEFIT FEATURING SUPERIOR OLIVE, AYNSLEY DUNBAR, LINDA & DAVID LAFLAMME (IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY)Tickets: decemberchild.orgSunday, December 8 6 pmZAMBOMBA GITANA!A Traditional Flamenco Holiday Celebration Direct from SpainTickets: zambomba.eventbrite.com
Friday, December 20 7 pm | No CompsWindham Hill Winter Solstice BARBARA HIGBIE, LIZ STORY, LISA LYNNE, GEORGE TORTORELLI, ARYEH FRANKFURTER
Fri. December 6 7:30 pmPATT CASION AND IOC FEATURING TAMMI BROWNTickets: inticketing.com
Saturday, December 14 8 pm A TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG Tickets: thewheelcompany.com
1/6 Pharoah Sanders Quartet1/9 The Hanrahan Quartet performing John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme1/10 Robben Ford1/20 Booker T. Jones
ON SALE FRIDAY @ KUUMBWAJAZZ.ORG
Holiday Gifts for your Jazz Fan:Gift Certificates, Gift Memberships, T-shirts & Hats. Call for more info.
Thursday, December 12 7 pmTHE KALAE MILE–DAVIS PROJECTTickets: brownpapertickets.com
Friday, December 13 8 pm BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE Tickets: thewheelcompany.com
SANTA CRUZ BLUE LAGOON Live Rock Live Comedy Live DJ 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz + 80’s dance party
BLUE LOUNGE Live Music Rainbow Lounge Wicked Lounge 529 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz DJ A.D Goth Industrial Night
BOCCI’S CELLAR Banshee Bones The Intangibillies First Friday Fest Red Light District 140 Encinal St, Santa Cruz
THE CATALYST ATRIUM Waxahatchee Metalachi R.A. Dishwalla 1101 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz The Rugged Man
THE CATALYST The Mother Hips The Holdup 1011 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
CREPE PLACE 7 Come 11 OTS Trio The Phenomenauts Rusty Stringfield 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz
CROW’S NEST Yuji Tojo AnimoJams Hip Shake Extra Large 2218 East Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz
DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE Bleu & 1 Davenport Ave, Santa Cruz Virgil Thrasher
HOFFMAN’S BAKERY CAFE Preston Brahm Trio Mapanova Isoceles 1102 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz with Gary Montrezza
KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER Joey DeFrancesco Patt Casion DecemberChild 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz & the Vibe Benefit
MOE’S ALLEY Dragon Smoke Alika Black Uhuru 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz
MOTIV Hi Ya! Libation Lab KAOS Tech Minds 1209 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz by Little John w/ Curtis Murphy
THE REEF Open Mic Live Reggae Live Hawaiian Live Rock & Reggae 120 Union St, Santa Cruz
RIO THEATRE Angelina Ballerina 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz The Musical
SEABRIGHT BREWERY 519 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz
THE POCKET 3102 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz
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THE MOTHER HIPSKELLER WILLIAMS
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RJD2/ Helicopter Showdown (Ages 18+)Dec 14 Too Short (Ages 16+)Dec 18 Suicidal Tendencies (Ages 16+)
Good Riddance (Ages 16+)Dec 21 Mos Def (Ages 16+)Dec 27 & 28 Rebelution (Ages 16+)Dec 29 DJ Quik (Ages 16+)
The Devil Makes Three (Ages 21+)Jan 4 E-40/ A-1 (Ages 16+)Jan 11 Tribal Seeds (Ages 16+)
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SANTA CRUZGoth/Industrial Karaoke Live DJ BLUE LAGOON Soul/funk/rap 831.423.7117
Karaoke DJ Jahi BLUE LOUNGE Neighborhood Night 831.425.2900
Pat Hull F. Dupp Snake Skin Boots BOCCI’S CELLAR 831.427.1795
Shy Girls THE CATALYST ATRIUM 831.423.1338
Groundation THE CATALYST 831.423.1336
7 Come 11 CREPE PLACE 831.429.6994
Live Comedy CROW’S NEST 831.476.4560
Sherry Austin & DAVENPORT ROADHOUSE Henhouse 831.426.8801
Dana Scruggs Trio Jazz by Five Barry Scott HOFFMAN’S BAKERY CAFE & Associates 831.420.0135
Zambomba Gitana Pedrito Martinez KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER Group 831.427.2227
Tess Dunn MOE’S ALLEY 831.479.1854
Rasta Cruz Reggae Eclectic by Hip-Hop by MOTIV Primal Productions DJ AD 831.479.5572
Jazzy Evening Open Blues Jam THE REEF 831.459.9876
Kaki King RIO THEATRE 831.423.8209
SEABRIGHT BREWERY 831.426.2739
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APTOS / RIO DEL MAR / SOQUEL BRITANNIA ARMS Live Music Karaoke 110 Monterey Ave., Capitola with Eve
THE FOG BANK Jack of All Trades Steve Throop & Bonedrivers 211 Esplanade, Capitola West Coast Groove
MANGIAMO’S PIZZA AND WINE BAR David Paul Campbell David Paul Campbell George Christos Roberto-Howell 783 Rio del Mar Blvd, Aptos
MICHAEL’S ON MAIN Broken Shades Extra Lounge Road Hogs 2591 Main St, Soquel
PARADISE BEACH GRILLE Johnny Fabulous Dennis Dove 215 Esplanade, Capitola
SANDERLINGS Dizzy Grover In Three 1 Seascape Resort Dr, Rio del Mar
SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL Don McCaslin & Wally’s Cocktail West Coast Soul 7500 Old Dominion Ct, Aptos The Amazing Jazz Geezers Combo
SHADOWBROOK Hunter Hill Joe Ferrara BeBop 1750 Wharf Rd, Capitola
THE UGLY MUG Kenny Butterill Karen Waterman 4640 Soquel Dr, Soquel
ZELDA’S Spigot Nora Cruz Band 203 Esplanade, Capitola
SCOTTS VALLEY / SAN LORENZO VALLEY DON QUIXOTE’S The Shapes Peter Rowan Patterson Hood 6275 Hwy 9, Felton
HENFLING’S TAVERN Live Music & 9450 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond Free Food
WATSONVILLE / MONTEREY / CARMEL CILANTRO’S Hippo Happy Hour Mariachi Ensemble KDON DJ Showbiz 1934 Main St, Watsonville & KDON DJ SolRock
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NewOLDBOY (2003) The original South Korean film from director Chan-wook Park is one of the best films of the 21st century, a perfectly crafted revenge tale that’s raw and shocking as a viewing experience (with one of the most disturbing endings ever), but absolutely poetic in its delivery. (Plays Fri and Sat at midnight at the Del Mar)OUT OF THE FURNACE (R; 116 min) Christian Bale plays Casey Affleck’s brother (they couldn’t get Ben?), who must save him after Casey falls in a crime ring. (Opens Wed at Scotts Valley)
Reviews12 YEARS A SLAVE (R; 133 min) Based on an 1853 memoir, this story of a free
African American kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South is easily the best-reviewed film of the year. THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (R) Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall and Terrence Howard star in this story of college friends who reunite at Christmastime after 15 years. BLACK NATIVITY (PG; 93 min) Incredibly, not a metal band, but in fact a heartwarming holiday musical starring Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett and Jennifer Hudson. DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (R; 117 min.) Matthew McConaughey continues his bizarre transformation into one of the best actors of our generation in this true story about a Texas electrician named Ron Woodroof, who took on the medical establishment after being diagnosed with HIV in the
’80s—in his attempt to get alternative treatments for himself and others, he became a drug smuggler. What has gotten into McConaughey, anyway? Remember when he was the acting equivalent of lumber back in the Contact days? Jared Leto is making a different kind of comeback, after not making films for a while—here he plays a transvestite who forms an unlikely partnership with Woodroof.
DELIVERY MAN (PG-13; 103 min) If you feel like the premise for this Vince Vaughn comedy—slacker finds out his sperm-bank donation accidentally fathered hundreds of children, and 142 of them are suing him—sounds familiar, it might be because it sounds exactly like the kind of comedy Vince Vaughn would have made by now. He actually didn’t, but New Zealander
Ken Scott did in 2011, a movie called Starbuck on which it is based. I know some of those Kiwis have thick accents, but really, they’re remaking New Zealand films now?
ENDER’S GAME (PG-13; 104 min) There’s been a lot of LGBT supporters protesting this movie because of the despicable anti-gay views of Orson Scott Card, the author of the
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book it’s based on (and a producer of the film). I don’t know if the film itself should be judged on the basis of that—maybe more on the fact that Ender’s Game wasn’t a great book to begin with, certainly inferior even to Card’s short story of the same name on which it was based. (Philip K. Dick’s Time Out of Joint is a far superior take on a very similar idea.) But whether or not you think the political issues should affect whether or not you see the film, at least we can all agree the guy’s a total douche. FREE BIRDS (PG; 91 min) Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson star in this animated movie that is seriously about turkeys traveling through time. They go back to try to stop JFK’s assassination. Just kidding, of course they try to get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu. FROZEN (PG; 108 min) Disney animated film has the kingdom of Arendelle trapped in perpetual winter, with young Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) teaming with a rugged outdoorsman (Jonathan Groff) to journey across the frozen wasteland and lift the spell. Blizzards, trolls and a comic-relief snowman (Josh Gad) stand in their way. HOMEFRONT (R; 100 min) Jason Statham gets as close as he ever will to a dramatic role in this story of a former DEA agent who moves his family to a sleepy little town. Oh, don’t worry though, there’s a druglord there! Do they fight? Are you kidding me? It’s Statham! Plus, Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay, so yes, that’s happening. James Franco and Winona Ryder co-star.
HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG-13; 146 min) Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth return in the further adventures of Katniss Everdeen and friends. This time, it’s personal! Just kidding. It’s not that personal.
KILL YOUR DARLINGS (R; 104 min) The beat writers get tangled in a 1944 murder in this hip drama, man! Daniel Radcliffe plays Allen Ginsberg, with Kerouac and Burroughs represented as well.
LAST VEGAS (PG-13; 105 min) The trailer for this comedy just makes you involuntarily smile. Is it getting to watch Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro and Kevin Kline being goofy? Yeah, and also that this old-fart version of The Hangover actually looks hilarious, when it could have been just a cash-in on its all-star cast.
RUNNING WILD: THE LIFE OF DAYTON O. HYDE (NR; 93 min) Documentary follows the cowboy conservationist as he tries to preserve home-on-the-range culture while at the same time protecting natural resources and rescuing horses. THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG-13; 122 min) If he had a hammer, he’d hammer in the morning. He’d hammer in the evening, all over the nine realms. Anyway, Thor is back in a plot that’s basically what you’d expect: blah blah Dark Elves, blah blah wormhole, blah blah anomaly. Thank god for the Loki comic relief.
Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von BusackFilm Capsules
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IF ONLY I WAS STILL BATMAN Christian Bale tries to save Casey Affleck in ‘Out of the Furnace.’
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Epicure Send tips about food, wine and dining
discoveries to Christina Waters at
[email protected]. Read her blog
at christinawaters.com.
my own cookie specialties involves
a cranberry, orange and almond
variation on an old Sunset Magazine
award-winning cookie recipe. It
is simply brilliant. The other is an
aggressively spiced (lots of white
pepper and coriander) version of ice
box shortbread, laced with candied
citron and pecans. But enough about
me. If you want to treat yourself to the
ultimate local cookie—any time of
the year, but Christmas does provide
an extra excuse—you'll roll on over
to The Buttery and stock up on
the stupendous Pecan Sandie, its
broad buttery expanse bordered
with crushed pecans (lots of them)
the cookie became not only a direct
pipeline to sugar and butter, but
also the bearer of the incomparably
fragrant cinnamon, cloves, allspice,
ginger and nutmeg. What's not to love?
Spending many childhood
Christmases in Germany gave me a
chance to sample seasonal specialties
like Lebkuchen and anisette kuchen.
Once tasted, never forgotten. My
mother carried on, and embellished
the tradition of holiday cookies by
baking and baking for months in
advance. Brown sugar brownies were her specialty and I can still taste
the first bite of the season of those
chewy, dense bits of heaven. One of
C Is for Cookie and Claret BY CHRISTINA WATERS
T HE COOKIE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: If ever a
culinary charmer deserved
our attention during the Yuletide,
it's the cookie. Consider its history:
a portable snack, satisfaction in
two bites, comfort food that can be
consumed completely without a
knife or fork—I mean, how easy is it to
adore? The sweet cousin of the savory
biscuit, the cookie was designed to
offer easily transportable sustenance,
as in the Middle Ages when riding
from town to town required food that
didn't need refrigeration or fuss. Once
those old patriarchal marauders had
finished raiding the Spice Islands,
and topped with a huge rosette of
chocolate ganache. OMG.
WINES OF THE SEASON: PART 2: My recent visit to the charming Bonny Doon Vineyard Tasting Room in the
hamlet of Davenport resulted in many
discoveries:
1. The tasting room itself, awash
with atmospheric light in the late
afternoon, is still a work in progress.
The customized tasting bar has yet
to be finished, and in the meantime
the capable tasting room team led by
manager Casey Zarnes works amidst
the sleek decor designed by Suna Lock
of Stripe. The sage green walls, low-
slung couches and witty retro shelving
are punctuated with bold graphic
prints by Santa Cruz artist Louise
Leong, who also designed the custom
label for last year's Roussanne.
2. There's much wine here that
belongs on one or the other of your
holiday tables—as well as under the
tree, given the "highly incentivized case
specials," as Zarnes noted. A $16 bottle
of the new Cabernet Sauvignon-driven
Claret is one righteous bottle of red,
guaranteed to go well with everything
but Dungeness crab. A Sparkling
Moscato frizzante with a sensuous faux
Mucha label sounds like a New Year's
plan in a bottle ($32), and the flagship
2009 Le Cigare Volant seems poised to
appear prominently at cool-weather
gatherings. Boasting more syrah
(36%) than in any previous Cigare,
this elegant 13.3% alcohol creation
offers fine balance of tannins and
silk thanks to 25% grenache and 19%
cinsault, some masculine angularity
(probably aided by 20% mourvedre),
and plenty of licorice and black pepper
notes to satisfy intellectual palates. For
that special connoisseur on your gift
list, consider the Cigare Reserve ($75),
whose extended aging in glass carboys
has given it a softer, mellower elegance
far exceeding its actual years. The new
tasting room sits next to the Davenport
Roadhouse, on Hwy. 1, in an old-
fashioned white frame structure. Open
Thurs-Mon, 11am-5pm. 888.819-6789.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF DELICIOUSNESS Pecan sandies (especially from the Buttery) are part of a holiday culinary tradition.
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Linda’s Seabreeze CaféClaire Hintze, co-owner
Claire Hintze has enjoyed the breakfast business since 1990—because
she likes getting evenings off. She and her husband Tex Hintze
co-owned Linda’s Seabreeze Café with Linda Hopper until Hopper left
to buy the Silver Spur eight years later and left the business to Claire and Tex.
SCW: What’s your favorite thing to put on waffles? Claire Hintze: Well,
we have a waffle we put on the board that has strawberries and bananas and
kiwi. And in the summertime, when berries are cheaper and abundant, we like
to put raspberries and blueberries and anything else we can pretty it up with.
How do you like your eggs? Over medium, because the whites are cooked and the yolks are still a little
runny.
Tell me about your Mickey Mouse-shaped pancakes. There are two ears and a big round head, and we doctor it up with grapes for
eyes and an orange slice for a mouth, and we use a scoop of butter for the
nose. And then sometimes if a little girl wants some Minnie Mouse cakes,
we pretty it up with strawberries for bows on the ears.
What’s your favorite thing to eat off the menu? I go through phases. Right now, I’m sharing a sandwich with my
daughter, and we’re having a stuffed cheese sandwich. We added sautéed
mushrooms and pesto on a Beckman’s Three Seed Bread. It’s delicious.
What are you best sellers? Most of the things on our specials board go pretty quickly, especially on
the weekends. We do eggs benedict and a huevos rancheros of some sort,
and different pancakes. The specials board is where I immediately direct
people as they sit down, as I give them menus.
Do you put a lot of work into those specials? —Absolutely. We’ve
had some of the specials for a long, long time. The pancakes are sometimes
seasonal. Now people are asking for pumpkin pancakes, so those will be
on the board. And different soups also like butternut squash soup—a fall,
winter ingredient. It’s sometimes seasonal. And sometimes it’s just, “wow,
we haven’t had that in a really long time.” We’ll run that special like it’s
brand new, but really it’s 20 years old.
Jacob Pierce
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Sometimes I think too fast and too much. My logic gets sterile. My ideas become jagged and tangled. When this happens, I head off to Turtle Back Hill for a hike through the saltwater marsh. The trail loops around on itself, and I arrive back where I started in about 15 minutes. Sometimes I keep walking, circumambulating four or five times. Going in circles like this seems to help me knit together my fragmented thoughts. Often, by the time I’m finished, my mind feels unified. I recommend you find your own version of this ritual, Aries. From what I can tell, you need to get rounder and softer.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In the mid-19th century, French art was dominated by the government-sponsored Salon, whose conservative policies thwarted upcoming new trends like Impressionism. One anti-authoritarian painter who rebelled was Camille Pissarro. “What is the best way to further the evolution of French art?” he was asked. “Burn down the Louvre,” he replied. The Louvre, as you may know, was and still is a major art museum in Paris. Judging from your current astrological omens, I surmise that you might want to make a symbolic statement equivalent to Pissarro’s. It’s time for you to graduate from traditions that no longer feed you so you can freely seek out new teachers and influences.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “Lead us not into temptation, and deliver us from evil,” is a request that Christians make of God when they say the Lord’s Prayer. If we define “temptation” as an attraction to things that feel good even though they’re bad for you, this part of the prayer is perfectly reasonable. But what if “temptation” is given a different interpretation? What if it means an attraction to something that feels pleasurable and will ultimately be healthy for you even though it initially causes disruptions? I suggest you consider experimenting with this alternative definition, Gemini. For now, whatever leads you into temptation could possibly deliver you from evil.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): “You get tragedy where the tree, instead of bending, breaks,” said the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. But you don’t have to worry about that outcome, Cancerian. The storm might howl and surge, but it will ultimately pass. And although your tree may bend pretty far, it will not break. Two weeks from now, you won’t be mourning your losses, but rather celebrating your flexibility and resilience. Congratulations in advance!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s a perfect time to start reclaiming some of the superpowers you had when you were a child. What’s that you say? You didn’t have any superpowers? That’s not true. Before you entered adolescence, you could see things and know things and feel things that were off-limits, even unknown, to most adults. You possessed a capacity to love the world with wild purity. Your innocence allowed you to be in close touch with the intelligence of animals and the spirits of the ancestors. Nature was so vividly alive to you that you could hear its songs. Smells were more intense. The dreams you had at night were exciting and consoling. Your ability to read people’s real energy—and not be fooled by their social masks—was strong. Remember?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Not all darkness is bad. You know that. Sometimes you need to escape from the bright lights. It can be restorative to sit quietly in the pitch blackness and drink in the mystery of the Great Unknown. The same is true for silence and stillness and aloneness. Now and then you’ve got to retreat into their protective sanctuary. Dreaming big empty thoughts in the tranquil depths can heal you and recharge you. The magic moment has arrived for this kind of rejuvenation, Virgo.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the movie Clueless, the character played by Alicia Silverstone describes someone as a “full-on Monet.” What she means is that the person in question is like a painting by the French Impressionist artist Claude Monet. “From far away, it’s OK,” says Silverstone. “But up close, it’s a big old mess.” You may still be at the far-away point in your evaluation of a certain situation in your own life,
Libra. It appears interesting, even attractive, from a distance. When you draw nearer, though, you may find problems. That doesn’t necessarily mean you should abandon it altogether. Maybe you can fix the mess so it’s as engaging up-close as it is from far away.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your power animal for the coming months is the Bateleur eagle of Africa. In the course of searching for its meals, it covers about 250 square miles every day. It thinks big. It has a spacious scope. I hope you get inspired by its example, Scorpio. In 2014, I’d love to see you enlarge the territory where you go hunting for what you want. Fate will respond favorably if you expand your ideas about how to gather the best allies and resources. As for this week, I suggest you get very specific as you identify the goals you will pursue in the coming months by exploring farther and wider.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The standard dictionary says that “righteous” is a word that means virtuous and highly moral. The slang dictionary says that “righteous” describes someone or something that’s absolutely genuine and wonderful. Urbandictionary.com suggests that “righteous” refers to the ultimate version of any type of experience, especially “sins of pleasure” like lust and greed. According to my analysis, the coming week will be jampacked with righteousness for you. Which of the three definitions will predominate? It’s possible you will embody and attract all three types.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): In the dreams you’re having at night, Capricorn, I bet you’re traveling through remote landscapes in all kinds of weather. Maybe you’re re-creating the voyage of the Polynesian sailors who crossed hundreds of miles of Pacific Ocean to find Hawaii 1,500 years ago. Or maybe you’re hiking through the Darkhad Valley, where the Mongolian steppe meets Siberia’s vast forests. It’s possible you’re visiting places where your ancestors lived or you’re migrating to the first human settlement on Mars in the 22nd century. What do dreams like this mean? I think you’re trying to blow your own mind. Your deep self and your higher wisdom are conspiring to flood you with new ways of seeing reality.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It wouldn’t be too extreme for you to kiss the ground that has been walked on by people you care about deeply. And it wouldn’t be too crazy to give your special allies the best gifts ever, or compose love letters to them, or demonstrate in dramatic fashion how amazed you are by the beautiful truths about who they really are. This is a unique moment in your cycle, Aquarius—a time when it is crucial for you to express gratitude, devotion, and even reverence for those who have helped you see what it means to be fully alive.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In a letter to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway described his vision of paradise. It would have a trout stream that no one but him was permitted to fish in. He’d own two houses, one for his wife and children and one for his nine beautiful mistresses. There’d be a church where he could regularly confess his sins, and he’d have great seats at an arena where bullfights took place. From my perspective, this is a pretty vulgar version of paradise, but who am I to judge? I suggest you draw inspiration from Hemingway as you come up with your own earthy, gritty, funky fantasy of paradise. It’s an excellent time for you to get down to earth about your high ideals and dreamy hopes.
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