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TERRIFIC TRAFFIC. That plan of Craig French and Mark Primack to develop the 2120 Delaware acreage is looking more and more scary every day. We just read about the water problem in the Sentinel now there are the traffic figures to contend with. There are as many ways to finagle traffic figures as there are developers, but...according to official figures from 2004 there are now 28,578 cars per day on Mission Street. Longs Marine Lab development will bring in 3200 more trips per day. Safeway's new mega box store will add 2000 more per day. New Leaf's new store will add 1200. UCSC's additional students and staff will add 5000 more trips. Where are the public voices to tell us these truths about what's proposed for the Westside?
PRIMACK'S PARADISE. Please, please go to this link and see for yourself what French and Primack want this 2120 development to look like. Remember, it's the largest development in the history of Santa Cruz.
Sure it's boring, monotonous, and ugly and that's just in the drawings. Why do we have to put up with such cheap, warehouse construction...this is our city. This development will not bring in revenue it'll cost the city plenty in services...shouldn't we have a say in what gets built here? Shouldn't the new candidates running for City Council be saying what they think about such miserable looking construction?
STEVE WRIGHT FOR JUDGE. Steve's website is up and running and you can see some of the many endorsements he has received. Folks like Judges Paul Burdick, and Robert Yonts, Mike Rotkin, Terry Medina (police chief of Watsonville), 40 that's 40 local attorneys, such as Mitchell Page, Enda Brennan, Harold Cartwright, Nancy de la Pena, and Elizabeth Caballero. Educators and community leaders such as Eleanor Wasson, Judy Warner, Pat Arnold, Joyce Anderson, Gene Pini, Gail Page, Stanley Mock and Donna Mekis. There are hundreds more names and probably your neighbors are there too. Go to http://www.stevewrightforjudge.com and read all the names and the meetings and the parties that Steve's campaign has been working so diligently on.
CESAR CHAVEZ'S LEGACY REMEMBERED IN WATSONVILLE. For the last six years, the City of Watsonville has honored the legacy of civil rights and labor leader Cesar Chavez by recognizing outstanding young leaders who carry on his principles of non-violence and service to others at its annual Cesar E. Chavez Celebration. Chavez and Dolores Huerta first came to the Pajaro Valley in 1970 to organize local farm workers through the United Farm Workers of America union (UFW). Today, you only have to drive by local agricultural fields to see many of Chavez's accomplishments including portable toilets, potable water, individual drinking cups, rest breaks, and the absence of the short-handled hoe or "el cortito" for crop thinning that once permanently damaged the backs of local workers. Chavez also fought to allow farm workers to qualify for unemployment insurance, and for greater protection from pesticide exposure. Since 2001, the State of California has celebrated the Cesar Chavez Holiday near his birthday on March 31st. A few years ago, the United States Postal Service also honored Chavez with his own postage stamp that featured a photo taken by local activist and Watsonville resident Bob Fitch. This year's Cesar Chavez Celebration will be held the Watsonville Youth Center on Thursday, March 27 at 7pm and will feature Watsonville Mayor Kimberly Petersen, a keynote address, youth recognition awards, entertainment and a reception. Chavez would have been 81 years old this year. For more information about Cesar Chavez, click here: http://www.chavezfoundation.org/cesarechavez.html.
BILL MONNING WINS BIG ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S CLUB IN SANTA CRUZ! The news spread like wild fire. People were in shock. Some people even felt the ground shake when they got news that local attorney, mediator and law professor Bill Monning won a resounding victory by winning the much sought after endorsement by the Santa Cruz Democratic Women's Club for the 27th Assembly District race. With a reported 101 votes cast, Monning won 59 votes while Santa Cruz Mayor Emily Reilly only won 33 and former Felton school board member Barbara Sprenger won another 9. The win was so surprising since many had anticipated that Reilly would walk away with the endorsement being the mayor of Santa Cruz. The timing couldn't have been better considering Monning is a former attorney and organizer for the United Farm Workers in the 1970s, and worked closely with labor leader Cesar Chavez. His endorsement showed that "si se puede" or yes, it can be done. Chavez would be proud of this moment.
MORE ON MONNING. Below, read the official press release from Bill Monning's campaign about that important endorsement. Many supporters' names, and quotes and plans you may not know about. There's a big house party for Bill on Sunday, April 6 4 to 7:PM at the home of Pat Arnold, Ned Hearn and Linda Arnold, it's at 181 Branciforte Ridge Santa Cruz 95065 (Just below Vine Hill Dr. in the 5400 block of Branciforte Drive) Wine and hors d'oeuvres RSVP 425-7618.
Bill Monning for Assembly Press Release
For Immediate Release: March 24rd , 2008
Santa Cruz Democratic Women's Club Endorses Monning
Assembly candidate Bill Monning won a significant victory with endorsement votes from over 58% of the Democratic Women's Club members meeting in Santa Cruz March 22nd. The group gathered Saturday morning at the Santa Cruz City Police Community Room.
"This endorsement means a great deal to me." said Monning. "The Democratic Women's Club has some of our region's most effective Democratic activists, people who show up again and again for universal healthcare, reproductive rights, a clean environment, and sustainable job development."
101 votes were cast at the Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz for endorsement in the 27th Assembly District race. 52 votes were needed for any candidate to receive the DWC's endorsement. Monning received 59 votes, and gained the DWC/SC endorsement by a seven point margin.
Former Santa Cruz Mayor and City Councilmember Emily Reilly garnered 33 votes. Barbara Sprenger came in third with 9 votes. After the meeting, club members commented that they were impressed by Monning's ability to work with diverse people, and to present a practical approach to the state's serious problems. "You could just tell he'll be effective in Sacramento. He doesn't just speak platitudes -- he has clearly mastered the issues and knows how to get things done." said Madelyn McCaul, who was inspired to walk her precinct for Monning the same afternoon. The Democratic Women's Club of Santa Cruz has been in existence for more than fifty years and has a membership of more than 200. The club's president is former Capitola City Councilwoman Stephanie Harlan. Other members include former Santa Cruz mayor, Emily Reilly, County Supervisors Neal Coonerty and Mark Stone, and Democratic Party activists, Karen and Darrell Darling. Long-time member, Carol Fuller said,
"If you only listen to Bill talk, he's head and shoulders above other candidates. He's an intelligent, thorough person who thinks carefully, and listens, too. He's clearly going to be much more prepared to deal with complex issues." Monning's DWC endorsement comes on the heels of another victory at the Region 9 Democratic Party pre-endorsement caucus on March 13th. He received 42 votes, outpacing both Sprenger and Reilly, each of whom received 12 votes. The pre-endorsement caucus determines whether to recommend the candidate to the State Democratic Party at their convention on March 28th. Region 9 delegates are from Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties. Bill Monning is a lawyer and a Professor of Law at Monterey College of Law and the Monterey Institute of International Studies. He is also the founder and president of the non-profit group, Global Majority in Monterey.
LETTER TO THE DEPARTMENT ....Bob Coble from Seaside California asks a bit of a shocking question..."I heard a story that former Congressman Burt Talcott had apparently killed his wife, but that he was acquitted of any wrongdoing. Since you know so much of the history of this area perhaps you can shed light on the truth or falsity of this story. I would appreciate it if you would. Also, what was the story about former Congressman E.K. Bramblett of Pacific Grove? The story I heard was that the Congressman was kicked out by Congress for demanding kickbacks from his congressional office employees. Is this correct? Thank you for your enlightenment.
Bob Coble, Seaside, California".
Whew!!! I never heard anything like that about Burt Talcott other than he was a Republican. And I have no idea who Bramblett was, or wasn't. Can anyone shed some light on these political innuendos?
ANOTHER LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dan Dickmeyer writes to respond to the GLBT endorsement forum for the State Assembly race "You can bet Emily will get the endorsement. It's a shame but that's what happens when you focus on one issue. That's one reason why I won't join the gay alliance. The questions they sent to candidates were all on one issue--the gay one. I prefer to look at the whole candidate (unless he/she is a homophobe) and Monning probably carries the ball. And I won't attend the forum because it's at the church with the big cell tower on top and I have been boycotting it for a long time. Too bad they don't care about all the evidence being assembled about radiation. Dan. P.S. All my emails to homosexual agenda. whatever have bounced back!
ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES' AND A JUDGES FORUM. The Santa Cruz People's Democratic Club and People Power are co-sponsoring a forum for the 27th State Assembly District Democratic Party candidates, as well as Superior Court Judge. This event, with questions from the audience, is in preparation for the statewide Democratic primary election on June 3. After the November general election, the winner will replace Assembly member John Laird, who has reached his term limits. The four participating candidates for the Assembly seat are: Stephen Derek Barkalow, chiropractor, from Monterey County; Bill Monning, attorney and professor, from Monterey County; Emily Reilly, City Council Member and bakery owner, from Santa Cruz; and Barbara Sprenger, small business owner, from Santa Cruz County.
Two candidates vying for Superior Court Judge in the same election will also give short presentations and answer questions. These candidates are attorney Steve Wright and Santa Cruz County Assistant District Attorney Ari Symons. It'll be Wednesday April 2, 7 to 9 pm. At the Vet's hall 846 Front Street. Free admission. There will be a separate forum for County Supervisor candidates in the same June primary, to be held on April 16.
Courtesy valet parking for bicycles will be provided by People Power for the April 2nd forum at the Vets' Hall in downtown Santa Cruz.
ELERICK'S INPUT. Read all about Paul's support of Ari Symons for judge and why he's such an avid believer. Click here.
PATTON'S PROGRAM. Mr. Patton says that there are plans to remove the San Clemente Dam which would be earth shaking news!!! He says Monterey County's Transportation Agency is talking about taxes and traffic. Scotts Valley is dealing with the concept of sphere of influence. Pinnacles Park is revitalizing it's policies and it's hard to believe but Stanislaus County has passed a measure E that actually protects agricultural land from developers.
EAGAN'S DEEP COVER. Bailing and regulating according to Mr. Eagan...scroll down a bit.
LANDAU'S PROGRES. Saul has an article in Progreso titled "From Cuba, Fidel slew the Monroe Doctrine!" From Washington, viva the Monroe Doctrine!" He tells how the Latin Americas are creating a new path in this century. Click aqui
WATERS WEIGHS IN. This week Christina lunches at Au Midi, does appetizers at Gabriella, and recreates an authentic Nazarene Easter dinner, with Peeps of course - at http://christinawaters.com.
SHUTTER. IF (big if) you are a fan of Japanese ghost films you know that ghosts are just everywhere every day and everybody sees them all the time. This is the most faithful adaptation of a Japanese ghost film to American screens I've ever seen. It's way different than any other type ghost film. It's not scary as much as it is creepy. Try it you'll like it....IF.
UNDER THE SAME MOON. After much online searching I can say with only partial authority that is film es una pelicula lacrimogena. That means "tear jerker". This film could have been made about any nine year old immigrant and his mom trying to make it into the United States. Chinese, Italian, Irish, Portuguese, Jewish, you name it and this one is about a Mexican mom working in LA trying to save enough money to bring her son up here. It's forced, manipulative, cute, and predictable beyond belief but worth watching because it's well made...go for it.
SLEEPWALKING. Charlize Theron was a producer on this film and she's in it but not much. Dennis Hopper is getting worse at acting and he never was much good but so is Woody Harrelson and Woody has done some good films. This film is a mess. Plot is absolutely ridiculous and it should be removed from all theatres asap.
RUN FAT BOY RUN. The British seem to make two levels of comedy films there's the Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers smart and clever films then there's the Mr. Bean/ Jerry Lewis style stupid films. This is a Mr. Bean/Jerry Lewis stupid type film. Go only if you like that sort of thing, I don't.
SANTA CRUZ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. The concert theme is Reverence...The SC Chamber Orchestra and Ariose Singers present Fauré's choral masterpiece Requiem in its original chamber version. Juxtaposed with Mozart's stunning Ave Verum Corpus K618 and his brilliant motet for soprano and small ensemble Exsultate Jubilate K165. Also on the program Japanese composer Takemitsu's seldom performed Requiem for Strings - a piece that established Takemitsu as a world renowned composer. That includes stars from the San Jose Opera company Jason Detwiler – Baritone and Rochelle Bard – Soprano. April 5, 2008 @ 8pm Holy Cross Church. Ticket Info: By calling 1-800-838-3006 or at the door or at Alma Gifts and Streetlight Records in Santa Cruz. Go to http://www.scmusic.org:80/concerts.html
UNIVERSITY GRAPEVINE. Every Thursday from 4-5 pm I host a town gown interview program titled University Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. This week I'll be talking with Merrie Schaller co chair of GLBT Alliance about what's new. After that Maya Barsacq of the Santa Cruz Chamber Orchestra and I will discuss their next concert happening April 5th (see above paragraph).
QUOTES. "Friend.....GOOD." -Frankenstein's Monster. "The melody is in the eyes." Nicolas Ray. "Work makes you free." -Rudolph Hess. "There is a natural hootchy-kootchy to a goldfish." -Walt Disney
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MONNING NEWS. According to sources deep inside Bill Monnings campaign,"Bill swept the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council process." On the first vote, the MBCLC voted unanimously to recommend that the statewide California Labor Federation endorse Bill. Please note the word "recommend". This isn't final until the state federation ratifies it in the next few weeks. So all we can say is that the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council recommended endorsement of Bill Monning. What was sweet about the unanimous vote, besides its affirmation of Bill's many years of work for the rights of working people, was the breadth of unions represented at the endorsement meeting. Operating Engineers, Carpenters, Service Employees, Teachers, Laborers you name it, they were there.
SPECIAL NEWS...See South County Report below to learn how Monning trounced Sprenger and Reilly at our region's gathering to prepare for the Democratic Party's state convention in San Jose March 28-30.
LATE MONNING NEWS. 27th Assembly District Candidate Bill Monning will hold two open houses at his campaign offices this weekend in celebration of his newly launched run for the 27th Assembly. The events will include volunteer sign-ups, yard-sign giveaways and refreshments. The public is invited to attend, and meet the candidate. Volunteers can earn raffle tickets by walking precincts, working phones or hosting house parties. There will be a prize drawing in May. Bill Monning currently works as a professor at the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS) and at the Monterey College of Law (MCL) where he serves as Director of the Mandell-Gisnet Center for Conflict Management. The campaign parties are at both his campaign offices this weekend. On Sunday, March 2nd at 501 Mission St #4, in Santa Cruz from 1-3pm and in Monterey at 850 Munras Ave. #1from 3-5pm.
LUIS ALEJO JOINS CHICANO LATINO CAUCUS.Luis Alejo is an attorney in Watsonville, more than that he spearheaded the Cesar Chavez Democratic Club. He was just elected vice chair of the Chicano Latino Caucus for region 2. Luis is someone to watch and learn about. Read this press release it'll tell you more about Alejo.Click here XXxxXX
STEVE WRIGHT FOR JUDGE. Watch the Steve Wright's race against Ariadne Symons for Santa Cruz Superior Court closely. Watch and see how many judges come out and support Steve Wright, plenty. Listen to people who tell you about the way she alienates people who have to work with her. Ask her directly if she voted for Bush and supports him now. We've got more than ten weeks until that June election, and this campaign has just started.
JUDGES FORUM HAPPENING WEDNESDAY MARCH 26TH..
For the first time, Santa Cruz Neighbors is hosting a Judges Forum. The forum will take place at the monthly SCN meeting on March 26th, 7-8:30pm, 155 Center Street, Community Room. This is an informal setting which will provide an opportunity to have your questions answered directly by the judges. Information is available on the SCN website: www.santacruzneighbors.com. Please submit questions for the Judges in advance to Santa Cruz Neighbors at: email@santacruzneighbors.com. Deadline for submitting questions is Monday, March 24.
GLBT ALLIANCE TO HOLD ASSEMBLY ENDORSEMENT FORUM
The GLBT Alliance, Santa Cruz County's queer political organization, has invited candidates for the Democratic nomination for the 27th Assembly District meet with the glbt community and allies on Thursday, March 27 at 7 pm.
The endorsement forum, which will be held at First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, in the Lounge, will give candidates an opportunity to address issues of concern to the glbt community. Following the forum, GLBT Alliance members will consider endorsements. The GLBT Alliance has found, historically, that issues of concern specifically to the queer community are rarely raised in candidate forums unless we raise them, so forums facilitated by glbt organizations are especially important. All three candidates in the race – Bill Monning, Emily Reilly and Barbara Sprenger – have agreed to attend and have a conversation with the glbt community.
Members of the public are invited to attend and participate. For more information, call (831) 515-4101 or email info@homosexualagenda.org
PATTONS PROGRAM. The Santa Cruz County Board of Supes tackles a big list of issues such as taxes for roads, Davenport drinking water, new landfill-dump site. Then Gary talks about another threat to the California Coastal Commission, affordable housing in Monterey County, and how the Sierra Club is fighting regulations on new rural structures.
ELERICKS INPUT. Paul's back and talks about good old Earth Day celebrations on Pacific Avenue. He talks about China's Tibetan tossing at the Olympics, and relates how the Sierra Club is suing over HOV lanes in Sacramento while our RTC continues pushing for them here. Read it all here!
EAGANS DEEP COVER. Tim fuels the fires with his take on props and perps...scroll down if you please.
LANDAU'S PROGRES. Saul composes a letter to Hillary C and Barack O. and requests just a few things that would change the lives of everyone on the planet. Click here
WATERS WEIGHS IN. Christina discusses the new Bonny Doon wine labels, some adult chocolate, cheap dessert thrills and other highly opinionated stuff, all at www.christinawaters.com
"ECOPARK" DUMP SLATED FOR THE PAJARO VALLEY? This week, the County Board of Supervisors will be voting on whether to place the new county waste management center (aka "EcoPark") in South County, and move forward with conducting the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the proposed site(s). As history shows us, it would not surprise anyone if South County gets the raw deal once again of having to deal with the county's trash for decades more. This time their bright idea is to "supersize" the Buena Vista Landfill by taking over adjacent farmland for the use of county trash. Who is pushing such a move? You can point to County Public Works Department, which has been relentless in placing the new county waste management center in Watsonville. Most in the Pajaro Valley do not want it here, and dozens of locals announced opposition to it at the community meetings that were held on this issue. But those concerns have fallen on the deaf ears of the Public Works Department and their consultants. So far, they have failed to consider the alternatives proposed by South County residents. In addition, the cities of Watsonville and Capitola have not offered support for the dump, and the Watsonville City Council and the Planning Commission went as far as approving a moratorium and ordinance to halt any EcoPark from being placed within the city limits. The cities of Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz have only offered limited support. But that hasn't affected the county staff who insists that this should still be placed down here. The County Board of Supervisors will be taking a vote this Tuesday's, March 18 meeting. To view the staff report to the supervisors, see: http://sccounty01.co.santa.ca.us/bds/Govstream/BDSvData/non_legacy/agendas/2008/20080318/PDF/062.pdf
BILL MONNING WINS 58 PERCENT OF VOTES AT LOCAL DEMOCRATIC MEETING. Local attorney and State Assembly Candidate Bill Monning came close last Wednesday to walking away with a recommendation for an endorsement at the upcoming State Convention of the California Democratic Party on March 28-30 at the San Jose Convention Center. Although Monning won 58 percent of the votes (42 votes), he needed to obtain 70 percent of the votes at the 27th Assembly District Endorsement Meeting held at the Live Oak Senior Center on March 13th. Among the other candidates, Santa Cruz Mayor Emily Reilly obtained only 12 votes while former Felton School Board member Barbara Sprenger won another 12. Six others voted for "no endorsement." Since Monning won at least 50 percent of the vote, there will be a second vote at caucuses at the State Convention (on Sat, March 29th) where only credentialed state delegates of the 27th Assembly District will vote. At the caucuses, a candidate only needs to obtain 60 percent of the votes for an endorsement recommendation. Any recommendation for a candidate winning 60 percent of the vote will go on a consent calendar to be ratified by the full convention body. Although the 27th Assembly District does not cover the city of Watsonville, it does cover parts of the Pajaro Valley, including Las Lomas, Pajaro Dunes and parts of Pajaro and Freedom. To view more details of the endorsement process, see: http://www.cadem.org/site/c.jrLZK2PyHmF/b.3908075/k.6725/Regional_PreEndorsement_Procedures_for_June_2008_Primary.htm. To view a map of the 27th Assembly District, see: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a27/district.htm.
HBO'S JOHN ADAMS. Even after searching HBO's website I can't tell when and how many nights or parts this seven episode saga of John and Abigail Adams will be shown. It is definitely one of television's finest dramas. Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti play the devoted couple and they are magnificent. So is the drama of our Countries beginning years. Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, George Washington are all in it. Accoring to historians this series is thoroughly researched and historically accurate. If you can't sneak over to a friends house who has HBO, put in your request now to the library or Netflix or Cedar Street Video to watch it when it's released on dvd.
THE COUNTERFEITERS. This is a truly great film and certainly worthy of winning the Oscar for best Foreign Language Picture. It's the true story of life in a Nazi concentration camp up to the end of WWII. Jewish artists and printers are given very special treatment by the Nazis to counterfeit British and American currency and help Hitler win the war. Both inner and group moral and ethical conflicts arise constantly, and the film is nearly a Greek Tragedy while we watch the horrors of daily life unfold.
PENELOPE. Christina Ricci stars in this confusing comedy. It's confusing because you can't figure if this is supposed to be complete fantasy, fable, nutso dream, fairytale, or whatever. Reese Witherspoon is a producer of this film and she tries to save it, so does James McAvoy and Peter Dinklage in a short part but maybe you could rent it for a buck sometime then you wouldn't feel bad about being gypped.
BE KIND REWIND. Danny Glover can't save it , Jack Black tries hard and even music by Fats Waller is dumbed down by a plot that is insane and insulting. Mos Def is becoming a better and better actor with each role, but still stay away.
THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION. Little cute Brazilian boy (goy) with activist parents who have to into hiding is forced to stay with Orthodox Jews who love to watch soccer especially the 1970 World Cup matches. Meeting of cultures, Brazilian Dictator, and that kind of thing but ultimately it's all been done before and with more feeling. This could have been a contender, and it's close, but not quite.
DOOMSDAY. One of those "lock-up-the-citizen-the-virus-is-coming" films. It also has the return of Mad Max skinheads, and it doesn't matter at all but it contains scenes of rotters from the future fighting armored knights. Don't ask about the plot and don't see it either.
FUNNY GAMES 2. Like Hitchcock's Psycho shower scene there's not much on screen violence is this very odd film. But as you've heard... it's all about violence and Naomi Watts and Tim Roth do fine jobs as victims. The earlier foreign frame for frame original didn't get the directors point of this being a film across as clearly as this American version. It's supposed to be a serious statement about how film audiences love violence too much but it's just hype. Save your money.
THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL. This costume drama is much better than the critics have been telling us. Forget history just enjoy watching Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson play sisters in this gorgeous costume drama. It feels more like Joan Crawford and Jane Wyman should play the parts and of course Errol Flynn as Henry the Horney
DR. SEUSS: HORTON HEARS A WHO. Dr. Seuss who wasn't a doctor, never had children and said Seuss rhymed with "voice" never won a Caldicott Award...and so far has never had any really good film made from his books. Good children's films like good children's books should appeal to the child in all of us. Horton Hears a Who seemed to appeal to about a top age level of 5 at the screening I went to. The film is amazingly well animated, we only see a few seconds of Seuss's greatest inventions so send the kids don't go with them...it's boring.
HOSTETTERS HOT STUFF. Aria DiSalvio's CD release concert is this very Wednesday (3/19) at Kuumbwa. Later on we have the likes of Geoff Muldaur, Väsen, Athena Tergis and John Doyle, Mike Seeger, Rajeev Taranath, Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill, K. Sridhar, and Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar. Furthermore, Frans Lanting's Jungles show is still at the Museum, but not forever, so you better make plans. Just letting you know. Read about it all here
UNIVERSITY GRAPEVINE. I host the radio interview program University Grapevine every Thursday from 4-5 pm on KZSC 88.1 FM. This Thursday I'll talk with Morton Marcus about his new autobiography Striking Through The Masks.In the second half hour Manthri Srinath owner of the two Lulu Carpenters coffee houses will talk about coffees and teas.
QUOTES. "Chemistry is applied theology." -Augustus Stanley Owsley III. "I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I must have been changed several times since then." -Lewis Carroll. "I do not take drugs-I am drugs." -Salvador Dali. "Speed will turn you into your parents." -Frank Zappa
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TREE SITTERS NOT CONNECTED TO ANIMAL RIGHTS THUGS. It's hard to believe that anyone would confuse the UCSC Tree Sitters with the zealots who claim to believe in animal rights but obviously not human rights and broke in that house on the Westside. But in case that was a problem the tree sitters issued this email "To all those concerned, As you may have heard, on February 24th, some kind of protest took place at the home of a UCSC researcher who experiments on animals.
Hyped-up news articles and administrative messages on campus have led some people to associate this protest with the Tree-Sit on Science Hill. We wish to take this opportunity to make it clear that the tree-sit is NOT affiliated.
The tree-sit uses civil disobedience as a way of drawing attention to the issues of expansion, and physically preventing trees from being cut down. While many of us are concerned with the University's plan to replace animal habitats with animal testing facilities, we are focusing on the long term impacts that the university's planned construction will have on life in Santa Cruz and the forest in upper campus. Yours in resistance, Science Hill tree-sit organizers and supporters
So in answer to that-Campus heavy gun, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Kliger emails," Thank you for this clarification. I look forward to seeing a public condemnation of the events that took place on the 24th from you, preferably with a list of names of people for whom you are speaking. Dave Kliger.
It isn't over yet. In response to Kliger's request for that list Jennifer Charles, Tree Sit Media Support replies "Dave,
Thank you for your comment. I will pass on your gratitude to the people who wrote the statement, as well as your suggestion. In the mean time, I look forward to seeing the University administration publicly condemn the use of pepper spray, pressure point pain-compliance, and baton-beating used by the UC Police against non-violent campus protests since 2005, preferably with a list of the law enforcement officers involved in those events.LRDPaction.media@gmail.com
Don Rothman one among many on this email list then added minutes later," Dear Organizers, I welcome this email, and I hope that it discourages those who conflate these very different forms of protest. One hopes that by increasing dialogue around contentious issues we'll all achieve greater clarity about how to live together. The recent announcement from the UCSC administration about establishing a mediation center should be applauded, since it acknowledges the ubiquity of conflict and our collective responsibility to turn it into something positive.--Don Rothman
NEXT Paul Ortiz adds a piece of good advice, "Dear Friends, Thank you for this concise message of clarification. Why don't you publish this communication--or even a modified form of this note--as a "letter to the editor" or even as a guest editorial in local media? There is so much innuendo and rumor floating around right now, and it is important to present your cause to the public--or others will gladly do it for you as you well know. Peace, paul ortiz. All of the above took place online between 11:04 am and 1:15 pm on Sunday March 9th. So there is some communication...its progress we need.
WHAT SIN...A NAME!! Last week I noted that Geoffrey Dunn misspelled David Gharky as "Gharkey" in his article in the Santa Cruz Sentinel's glossy ad insert "Santa Cruz Magazine". I did much worse in the same column by confusing Jerry Kaufman with Jerry Hoffman. More than that, I've done it before!! For the record Jerry Kaufman died February 17 and was the guy who caught Mike Rotkin and Scott Kennedy ripping down Krohn-Sugar-Fitzmaurice for City Council signs. Jerry HOFFMAN on the other hand is very much alive and heads 12 Sports Promotions. He brought boxing to Santa Cruz in the '90s and then took it to Monterey. Very sorry about that, and thank all of you who brought it to my attention.
HISTORICAL RESPONSE number 1. Ben Trevor emails to say re my reference to his directing the Scotts Valley Cavalcade "That was Dorothy McPherson singing high atop her white Arabian mare, but I can't remember the mare's name'.
HISTORICAL RESPONSE number 2. Longtime history buff Len Klempnauer tells us," In reference to the picture of the five carhops at the Chicken Villa drive-in at Front and Laurel Streets, the name of the girl on the far left is Norine (nee Garvey) Azzaro. She lives in Aptos, is 75 and is a great-grandmother. She was 17 when the photo was taken. Norine, who later worked as a carhop at my parents' drive-in restaurant, the Cross Roads Drive-in at the foot of West Cliff Drive, told me she didn't think Chicken Villa was in business for many years. She couldn't remember the names of the other four girls in the picture. More information about Santa Cruz's teenage cruisin' the drag (Pacific Avenue), drive-in culture of the Fifties can be found at:
http://www.webspawner.com/users/crossroadsdrivein/index.html
Approval of School District Contracts in Closed Session Questioned. The contracts awarded to assistant superintendents that shocked and outraged Pajaro Valley teachers last month have triggered a probe into how much the oft-criticized district pays it's top-level managers, and the secrecy with which contract decisions are made. Two recent citizen-initiated records requests seek copies of contracts dating back to 2000 and full accounting of payments to these assistant superintendents during that time. Interestingly, some of the contracts cannot be found and for one two-year period, they may not even exist. As for how much they've been paid? That won't be ready for monthslong after Interim Superintendent Mary Anne Mays has retired for good. Consistent with the charges leveled against the district in last year's County Grand Jury Report, it seems the practice of discussing and approving these contracts in Closed Session, out of public view, is a clear violation of numerous Brown Act-related government codes. A review of board agendas and minutes reveals that during Mays's tenure, from 2002 to present, all discussions and approval of assistant superintendent contracts has occurred in Closed Session, with no public input. Here we go again.
Local Education Leader Rhea DeHart is Back as Chair of the Watsonville Planning Commission. Rhea DeHart has been a fighter for many years in the Pajaro Valley, and now she is back as the new chair of the Watsonville Planning Commission. She had previously served as the president of the Pajaro Valley Board of Trustees until she was targeted by the conservative Committee for Good School Governance led by Graniterock CEO Bruce Woolpert. She lost her seat by a narrow margin in November 2006, but shortly thereafter was appointed to the city's planning commission. Last Tuesday, her colleagues on the Planning Commission unanimously voted her the new chairwoman of the commission by a 7-0 vote. DeHart has dedicated over 40 years of her life as a teacher in the Pajaro Valley and as the president of the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO. She later served as a member of the Pajaro Valley school board and as its president. Many referred to DeHart as the "hardest working elected official in the Pajaro Valley" for her countless hours participating in community meetings and events, her vast experience and knowledge, and her many years of community service. This is something desperately lacking with the current school board that faces a plethora of problems and much discontent by its own workforce. Fortunately, the City of Watsonville has put DeHart's talents to work by leading its planning commission. At age 86, no one can keep this woman down.
Pajaro Valley Cesar Chavez Democratic Club to Hold its Endorsement Meeting on April 3rd. The Pajaro Valley Cesar Chavez Democratic Club announced that it will be holding its Endorsement Meeting on Thursday, April 3rd starting at 7pm at the SEIU Union Office in Watsonville. It will be considering endorsements for the 27th and 28th Assembly Districts, the County Board of Supervisors races (Districts 1, 2 and 5), Superior Court Judge Office 1, and Measure R (Countywide Library Improvement/Continuation Measure). All candidates who are registered Democrats can be considered for an endorsement in these races by submitting the questionnaire that will be sent to all Democratic candidates running for these seats. The Pajaro Valley Cesar Chavez Democratic Club is the only one in the country that has been authorized to use Cesar Chavez's name by the family of legendary civil rights leader, and promotes Democratic activism throughout the Pajaro Valley.
EAGAN'S DEEP COVER. The Demo Derby as Tim sees it...scroll down wards.
LANDAU'S PROGRES. Travels with Saul across the USA as he reflects on the state of our depression and adds his own ideas of Bush senior and junior looking at reality. He calls the article It's the Stupid Economy.
WATERS WEIGHS IN. Christina returns, once more, from a terrific lunch in La Jolla. Plus other stuff - at christinawaters.com Warning....Brussels sprouts are discussed.
CHICAGO 10. This documentary should become part of every high school class in American History. It's the story of the huge protest by the Yippies and other groups against the 1968 Democratic National Convention that was held in Chicago. It'll only play here a week or so and anyone who cares about today's Iraq war culture should see it. Vietnam was the focal point of the protest and Chicago 10 has protest footage and recreates and re-enacts the equally as important trial-circus of the protesters. When you have a cast consisting of Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Paul Krassner, Jerry Rubin, William Kunstler, Norman Mailer, and Bobby Seale you know it's going to be a bumpy, hilarious and radically political ride. You'll leave the theatre wondering where and why there aren't more protests like this one happening today. Don't miss this film, and go asap.
BANK JOB. Based half on truth and probably half on British tabloids Bank Job is a wild and erratic bank heist film with a very different twist. The twist is that the most interesting part is what happens after the heist. The intrigue, politics, power struggle, and what seems to be typical British sex-in- your-knickers scandal. Well worth your time go for it.
10,000 B.C. See this film only if you have the money and time to waste. It isn't even campy fun, the CGI effects are pretty good but there's not any other reason to bother with it. It's sort of like seeing the early Malibu tribe fight the South Central tribe over who's trained mastodons with metal harnesses can race up the pyramids faster and reach Lindsay Lohan or somebody like that....don't go for obvious reasons.
MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY. When you have Frances McDormond playing opposite Amy Adams you have a film that can't miss. These brilliant actresses have to work a bit too hard to pull this 1939 London comedy off but they do and there are plenty of laughs. Go for it.
DIARY OF THE DEAD. George Romero has now made 5 zombie movies. With this one he uses the Cloverfield let's make-a- movie for posterity theme. It's bloody of course and Romero tries to make some social commentary here. I think the moral of the story is don't kill anybody but if you do it's ok they'll come back from the dead. This would cause an even worse population problem than we have now. Zombie freaks excepted- avoid this film.
SANTA CRUZ BAROQUE FESTIVAL. This Friday night March 14 (at 7:30 p.m. Oleg Timofeyev and John Schneiderman will play "indulgent potpourris and languorous nocturnes" on Russian seven string guitars The music will be 19th century arrangements of arias by Mikhail Glinka. Go to www.scbaroque.org or call 831 457-9693 for deals and tickets. The concert will be in UCSC's Music Center Recital Hall.
SANTA CRUZ CHAMBER PLAYERS. Their next concert is titled, "SAINTS, SINNERS AND SASSING BACH: MUSIC FOR FLUTE, SAXOPHONES & PIANO". So far they haven't found many Bach compositions for piano or saxophone, and they probably aren't looking any more either. But the Wolford-Rosenblum Saxophone-Piano Duo with Flutist Kathleen Purcell will happen Saturday, Mar.15th at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m.at Christ Lutheran Church10707 Soquel Dr., Aptos, (Freedom Blvd. exit Highway 1) Information: 425-3149 or go to www.scchamberplayers.org
HOW TO USE THE MEDIA WORKSHOP 2. (A REPEAT FROM THE LAST TWO WEEKS) The first How to Use The Media workshop that I led in January sold out rapidly so we're doing another one, this time sponsored by The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County in collaboration with the Museum of Art & History. Once again we'll have an Electronic Media Panel with Terry Green (KUSP), Kathy Bisbee (Community Television of Santa Cruz County), Westi Haughey (Cruzio), and Amanda Paulson (Santa Cruz IndyMedia). We'll discuss press releases, PSA's, calendar listings and every other known way to reach people. Then we'll have a Print Media Panel with Wallace Baine (Santa Cruz Sentinel) Dave Carkhuff editor (Watsonville Register Pajaronian), Noel Smith editor (Aptos Times, Capitola Soquel Times) and Traci Huikill (Santa Cruz Metro). You'll hear about deadlines, media lists, and just how to get maximum media coverage. You'll make super contacts, get all your questions answered and have a good time. Reservations are going fast, trust me. It'll be at The Museum of Art & History (MAH) Saturday, March 29 9:30am-3:30 pm. It costs $20, and to reserve a place call Nabil Ghachem at 831(475-96000) ext 16 or Joyce Magallanes same phone extension 10.
UNIVERSITY GRAPEVINE. Every Thursday from 4-5pm I host University Grapevine on KZSC 88.1 fm. This week I'll be talking with Linda Burman-Hall artistic director of the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival about their 35th Anniversary season. In the second half hour my guest will be Paul Lee co-chair of the Penny University the unique Santa Cruz institution that meets every Monday afternoon at 5 pm in the Calvary Episcopal Church.
QUOTES. "If you live in New York, you need all the help you can get." advertisement, New York Magazine. "I'd rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth." -Steve McQueen. "Chicago has a strange metaphysical elegance of death about it." -Claes Oldenburg.
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FRED KEELEY "HONORING" BILL MONNING. I should have read closer... Fred Keeley didn't actually endorse ANYBODY in the Assembly race. He probably figures on staying friends and hanging out with whoever wins when they get to Sacramento. So Keeley is having an Honoring Emily Reilly party at his place and he's Honoring Bill Monning by saying something nice on Monnings website. It is unknown if Keeley will honor or maybe salute Barbara Springer or "recognizes"or honor Stephen Barkalow the candidate from down under (Carmel Valley) Check out Monnings website at www.billmonning.org . Debbie Bulger said when asked at the last Santa Cruzans For Responsible Planning (SCRP) that she was voting for and supporting Bill Monning instead of Reilly "because Monning is more environmental" and Debbie has been friends and business associates with Reilly for many years.
LA BAHIA PROBLEMS. What is the problem with putting up temporary "story poles" which mean temporary scaffolding to show the proposed silhouette of the La Bahia. San Jose, Carmel, Monterey all do it, and yet we have Barry Swenson Developers fighting it... why? Is it really going to be that high and Swenson knows we'll see how hideous and out of place it will be? How about just helium balloons?
SCIENTOLOGY ARTICLE IN CITY ON A HILL. One never knows about City On A Hill or Sydney Onahill as somebody called it. It varies by semester, which is understandable but frustrating. Be sure to see the February 21 issue. Jessica Parral and James Clark reported on a protest in front of the Scientology headquarters on Seabright. If you need more justification about your "clear" feelings about Scientology watch Tom Cruise on You Tube. England, Germany and other enlightened countries have labeled Scientology a cult and are pursuing the perpetrators.
PAINT LENZ ARTS. Now that the "luxurious" residences with a swimming pool in the middle are about to open at the corners of North Pacific and River Streets, isn't it about time that Lenz Arts at least paints its eyesore of a building? It may be representing some sort of faux decay or neo-modern neglect or a study in peeling textures imposed on ratty stucco but it should be a case of artists heal thyselves. I mean hopefully people are going to have to look at that Art supply store!
GOOD OLD SPAM. In the same tradition as making lemonade when life gives you lemons I found one, and only one half-way positive thing that comes out of online SPAM. Almost invoking the spirit of W.C. Fields and his collection of monikers I noticed that among the hundreds of names contained in the SPAM that I'm forced to look at (because my online filters don't work at 100% efficiency), there are some really funny names. For example in the last two days; Javier Chol, Bing Jutta, Gorge Kolina, Roosevelt Malone, Lionel Pitblado, Hillery Jenn, Rosanna Ashen, Angel Fink, Fidel Penn, Queen Pitts, Milagros Conley, Braddy Fink, Benoit Mahbuba and Farlie Joji.
SOUTH COUNTY REPORT.
Struggling Teachers Drop Knowledge on PV Board Members. The evening of Feb. 27th may be a date to remember for those struggling teachers employed in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District. Approximately 40, many with fire in their eyes, turned out for a board meeting to express a level of frustration and anger observers have not seen before. Nearly every member of the Pajaro Valley Federation of Teachers had become aware of new contracts protecting the jobs and bolstering the earnings of four assistant-level superintendents, at the same time Interim Superintendent Mary Anne Mays, was declaring a "spending freeze" and compiling a layoff list. News of the contracts came on the heals of a shocking decision made by Mays and her school board to contract with Energy Education Inc. to help the district turn down thermostats and remind employees to turn the lights out when they leave the building. The cost? $300,000 per year including a management-level administrator to ride shotgun over the project. EEI promises the money will be well spent and guarantees savings equal to the $1.2 million cost by the time 2012 rolls around. Not going to be much help this year, though.
Dropouts Have Enormous Costs to Taxpayers. There is a heavy price to pay by taxpayers when students dropout of school. A second report by the California Dropout Research Project of UC Santa Barbara released last week claims that each year 120,000 students fail to obtain a high school diploma by age 20. These students end up costing the state $46.4 billion dollars over their lifetimes, and are more likely to enter the criminal justice system, end up unemployed, be on public welfare, or fail to pay taxes. But the report not only points out the costs, it also proposes several ways to help deal with the problem, including creating a statewide tracking system to follow students from preschool through college, implementing proven prevention models, and mobilizing the local community to address the issue, among other things. These are ideas that the current PV school board should be focusing on considering that Watsonville High School recently received a ranking of 45th out of 2,462 California high schools for the highest number of dropouts. Whenever a students drops out, everyone pays a price. The latest report can be viewed here.
Watsonville Farmers' Market Adds Local Artistic Flavor. Every first Friday of the month is a special day at the Watsonville Farmers' Market where local musicians, speakers, artists and local school children display their talents as part of Viernes Cultural ("Cultural Fridays"). These first Friday events began about one year ago when local Latino artists and activists decided this would be a great way to promote the arts, music, dance, political awareness, and education. So far, local residents and city leaders have come to strongly support the event and the Farmer's Market with growing number of locals attending the events and buying local fresh produce. The Watsonville City Council also approved expanding the Farmers' Market last week by allowing the closure of another adjacent street (Union Street in front of the Watsonville Cabrillo College campus) to provide more space for vendors and local community groups during the summer months. This Friday's event (from 4-7pm) will feature poet Francisco X. Alarcon and the Rythmagics, salsa dancing with Grupo Candela, music by the Watsonville Charter School of the Arts Band, Mexican folkloric dance with Amistades de Amesti, and a visual art display. It's an event worth checking out.
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GHARKY NOT GHARKEY!! Geoffrey Dunn as usual wrote a fine article in the latest issue of Santa Cruz Magazine about our local California Powder Works and the stories of the many explosions that took place there. Like so many long time history hobbyists Geoffrey misspelled David Gharky's name as Gharkey. Our street signs have it wrong, and Gharky will probably go on being spelt wrong forever. Here's a copy of what I wrote a while back in this space." Deep thanks to Katherine Beiers and Stan Stevens for this story and the data to back it up. Just like Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho and London Nelson we have been spelling David Gharky's name wrong. Note all the "Gharkey" street signs over by West Cliff Drive, and Margaret Koch spells it wrong in the index to her Santa Cruz County Parade of the Past book too. David built the second wharf in Santa Cruz which later became the railroad wharf. When he died he owned a lot of property. He deeded half to his son BUT what is worth noting he gave 10 acres in the northern part of the city, plus about 50 acres in the southwestern addition, and 7 acres on the bluff adjoining Blackburn Lagoon to "the poor people of Santa Cruz County". His trustees Elihu Anthony (who built the first wharf in Santa Cruz) and G.M. Bockius and some others then spent nearly 20 years in litigation and spent nearly every cent of the estate on legal proceedings and left nothing to anybody. It's interesting to think that Gharky back in the 1890's had such a beneficent attitude toward the poor". Maybe the next time the city gets streets signs made they could spell it GHARKY. You'd care if they got your name wrong, right?
JERRY HOFFMAN'S GONE! Jerry Hoffman died a couple of weeks ago. He was a true believer of the best kind. He was an ardent fighter for what he believed in. He enjoyed hearing string quartets and we talked about them a lot. He was very involved in local politics and to honor his memory at least once during every political season I'll tell the true story of how Jerry Hoffman saw former mayors Mike Rotkin and Scott Kennedy go onto Louis Rittenhouse's private land at the corner of Almar and Younglove and tear down campaign signs supporting Christopher Krohn, Tim Fitzmaurice and Keith Sugar. That's not exactly fair or the kind of community politics that both Rotkin and Kennedy fume forth from the bench. What's even worse environmentally speaking, they tore up the signs and threw them in the street. Jerry would want me to run that as often as possible...I will. Everybody except Rotkin and Kennedy will miss Jerry
ELERICK'S INPUT. Paul has a lot to say about our County Supervisors race. We agree completely on supporting John Leopold in the first district. Paul then goes on to tell us about Dan Young who's running against Ellen Pirie. Dan has solid positions against widening highway one!! For some reason Paul is a lot more kind to Doug Deitch than I would be. Doug's got a lot more problems than just getting elected. Read it all here.
PATTONS PROGRAM. Read what Mr. Patton says about the city of Salinas discussing tearing down The Steinbeck Library not the Steinbeck Center!!! He then talks about Jerry Brown and his work on Global Warming. Santa Cruz County is creating a checklist for building green and Los Osos has many problems like hidden agendas hidden in their wastewater.
LANDAU'S PROGRES. Looks like Saul Landau didn't write any column for Progreso Weekly this week, but click here and read the rest of the issue
EAGAN'S DEEP COVER. Tim tackles Stagflation in its' most familiar state. Scroll downwardly somewhat.
WATERS WEIGHS IN. This week Christina gushes about a few choice bites at Soif and confesses a passion for a certain Washington State wine. All at christinawaters.com
8 OVER 80 IN '08 IN WATSONVILLE. I've seen many, many art exhibits in this county over the last three + decades. I have never seen a group show of artists as excellent as the current "Eight Over Eighty" exhibition at the Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery now through April 20. These eight artists Marta Gaines, Al Johnsen, Douglas McClellan, Manuel Santana, Helen Slater, Betty Smith, Carol Summers, and Don Weygandt's works are absolutely wonderful and you should get out to 37 Sudden Street in Watsonville and see this show. Mary Warshaw and Judy Stabile took two years to curate it and it shows. We should be proud of these artists and the quality of art they are making in our community.
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING. It's here for one week only and it has Frank Langella doing the most sensitive role he's ever done. It's sort of Venus (Peter O'Toole) part 2. An old man author about to write his last book falls for a young 27 year old but there's a lot missing in this film. You won't leave feeling like you know enough to put it on your top ten list, and it's worth seeing anyway.
THE BANDS VISIT. In this film a civic band from Alexandria, Egypt complete in regal uniforms gets sent to and stranded in the wrong town in the middle of nowhere, Israel. The restaurant owner sort of a Melina Mercouri, Anna Magnani type takes care of them for a night or two. Everybody's lives are changed, and yours will be too if you see this great film. Due to stupidity The Academy of Arts and Sciences wouldn't accept this film in Best Foreign Film category...their loss.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING COMPOSERS. New Music Works has been doing Night of The Living Whaddya Call-its for 29 years. Most are still living too. This Saturday night March 8, Phil Collins along with notables such as Audrey Stanley and Tom Graves will be performing works by the late Allen Strange (I know) Jon Scoville, Barry Phillips, Eli Pechman and Roscoe Mitchell. The concert will be at The Kuumbwa Jazz Center at 8P.M. Go to www.newmusicworks.org for details like tickets etc.
BLUEBIRDS CASTLE. March 9. There's a free live concert performance of Bela Bartok's one-act opera Bluebeards Castle at 2 p.m. in the Theatre Arts Second Stage Sunday, March 9th. Bluebeards Castle is a little Freud, Caligari, and some fairy story material all set to music. Don't miss it and get there early.
UTAH PHILLIPS BENEFIT CONCERT. Snazzy Productions is staging a benefit concert for old friend Utah Phillips. 100% of the take will go to paying Utah's medical expenses. He's not doing well John Sandidge tells me, and along with Keith Greeninger there will be plenty of guest stars for example; Laurie Lewis,Tom Rosum,
Sharon Allen, and Jim Lewin and still more. It'll happen Monday, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Don Quixote's Music Hall in Downtown Felton. Call 831- 603 2294 and give what you can, because tickets are $25.
Z.o.o. DUO MARCH 12. Guitarist Mesut Ozgen will direct the UCSC Guitar Ensemble and special guests the Z.o.o. Duo from the Netherlands in a vibrant program of music for solo guitar and guitar ensemble. Described by "Classical Guitar" magazine as "premier league quality," this truly international duo combines the virtuoso guitar talents of Peter Constant (Australian) and Marion Schaap (Dutch). The duo 'Z.o.o.' has been based in the Netherlands for the past eight years. The program features the premiere of "Snapshots by the Bay" by local composer Christopher Pratorius and works by Jack Vees, Phillip Houghton, Gerald Garcia, Peter Curtis, Richard Charlton, Mauro Giuliani, J. S. Bach, and Gioacchino Rossini. That's Wednesday, March 12, Music Center Recital Hall
UC Santa Cruz 7:30 pm (doors open at 7:00 pm) free admission (parking $2)
For information: 459-2787
ABOUT BEN TREVOR. Long timers have to remember local theatre director Ben Trevor. He's the one who directed the almost world famed Scotts Valley Cavalcade for a few years, when Scotts valley had spirit. One unforgettable year the Cavalcade had,( all in the same production), Ohlone Indians, an army tank with General Patton, Marilyn Liddicoat or was it Dorothy McPherson singing on horseback and ended with Martians waving from a spaceship. That's Ben Trevor. He just sent an email bragging about his poet daughter, and is more than alive and well in Texas.
HOW TO USE THE MEDIA WORKSHOP 2. (A REPEAT FROM LAST WEEK) The first How to Use The Media workshop that I led in January sold out rapidly so we're doing another one, this time sponsored by The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County in collaboration with the Museum of Art & History. Once again we'll have an Electronic Media Panel with Terry Green (KUSP), Kathy Bisbee (Community Television of Santa Cruz County), Westi Haughey (Cruzio), and Amanda Paulson (Santa Cruz IndyMedia). We'll discuss press releases, PSA's, calendar listings and every other known way to reach people. Then we'll have a Print Media Panel with Wallace Baine (Santa Cruz Sentinel) Dave Carkhuff editor (Watsonville Register Pajaronian), Noel Smith editor (Aptos Times, Capitola Soquel Times) and Traci Huikill (Santa Cruz Metro). You'll hear about deadlines, media lists, and just how to get maximum media coverage. You'll make super contacts, get all your questions answered and have a good time. Reservations are going fast, trust me. It'll be at The Museum of Art & History (MAH) Saturday, March 29 9:30am-3:30 pm. It costs $20, and to reserve a place call Nabil Ghachem at 831(475-96000) ext 16 or Joyce Magallanes same phone extension 10.
QUOTES. "If you lose a son you can always get another, but there's only one Maltese Falcon." -Gutman. "We don't know who discovered water, but we're certain it wasn't a fish." -John Culkin. "The faster we go the rounder we get," -The Grateful Dead. "Stay high and keep moving and give all of yourself away." -Neal Cassady.
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