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Do you think you are addicted to technology?
No, I definitely wouldn’t say that. I visit a tea house where they don’t allow digital devices.
Alexander Fossgreen
Santa Cruz | Unemployed
Moo!
Local rockers Moo! are about to make some noise. After forming last year and receiving a $2,000 grant from UCSC’s Alumni Association, the band has been hard at work preparing to release material. They plan to make their debut EP—Songs for All Seas, All Ships—available via their website before they play the Crepe Place on October 2. But that’s only the beginning.
Americana Girl
Carlene Carter dives back into her family’s old country roots
New Jim Crow?
- A number of high-profile figures have come out against the War on Drugs in recent years, including former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, and former Secretary of State George Shultz.
Drug prohibition, these leaders argue, leads to greater violence and crime, while failing to curb drug use and abuse.
Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander goes even further, arguing that law enforcement’s disproportionate targeting of people of color for drug crimes—and the associated explosion in the prison population—has created a new form of racial caste.
On Thursday, Oct. 2, the Santa Cruz County Community Coalition to Overcome Racism (SCCCCOR) will screen a lecture by Alexander—based on her best-selling book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness—at the Resource Center For Nonviolence.
SCCCCOR member Steve Pleich says this topic is essential to understanding how racism operates today, noting that African-Americans make up 12 percent of the US population, but 40 percent of prisoners.
“Are we going to keep pouring resources into failed strategies of filling prison beds?” Pleich asks. “Or are we going to fund strategies that support people and help them reintegrate?”
Alexander, a legal scholar who has worked for the ACLU and clerked at the Supreme Court, shows that although people of color are no more likely to use or sell drugs than whites, the war on drugs is waged almost exclusively in their communities. Even after being released from jail, she says, convicts are then subject to a lifetime of second-class status, where they may be denied the right to vote, excluded from juries, and legally discriminated against in employment, housing, and public benefits.
Michelle Alexander’s lecture will screen at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, at the Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz.
Apricot Wine for Dessert
Thomas Kruse Winery, a participant in the new Santa Clara Wine Trail, has been around for a long time—since 1971, to be exact. When our little group arrived to try some wine at the Kruses’ low-key tasting room, Thomas Kruse and his wife Karen were there to greet us. Theirs is a small operation, and they’re proud to offer quality wine at affordable prices. “Because we are small and low-tech, it’s easy to relate to the whole winemaking process,” says Karen—and the Kruses take pride in making wine “just like it has been made for centuries.”
Rosh Hashanah
Under the shadow of the Libra new moon, the Jewish High Holy Days (ten days) begin Thursday with Rosh Hashanah. On this day of rest God judges us for the coming year. We gather with family, recite penitential prayers next to natural flowing waters, ask for forgiveness, listen for the shofar (rams horn trumpet), and eat sweet apples and honey so the New Year is sweet. We wish each other L’Shana Tova – May you have a good year. As we celebrate different religious festivals throughout the year, it’s important to understand them. They form the foundation of the new world religion in the Aquarian Age.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, occurs this year during Libra, the sign of creating right relations with all aspects life and with earth’s kingdoms. We contemplate (the Libra meditation) forgiveness, which means, “to give for another.” Forgiveness is not pardon. It’s a sacrifice (fire in the heart, giving from the heart). Forgiveness is giving up for the good of the other. This is the law of evolution (the path of return).
Film, Times & Events: Week of September 26
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Working in Harmony
Santa Cruz’s Coffis Brothers channel the Everly Brothers
Café Carbonero
Scotts Valley gem serves healthy, wholesome food day after day
All the Lonely People
Weak story strands terrific cast in relationship drama ‘The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby’ Freud once famously asked, “What do women want?” It’s a question that continues to confound some people, especially Ned Benson, writer and director of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby. In a film that purports to examine the anatomy of a marital breakup, and...
Do you think you are addicted to technology?
No, I definitely wouldn’t say that. I visit a tea house where they don’t allow digital devices.Alexander FossgreenSanta Cruz | Unemployed Yes. It’s kind of like TV when TV was first introduced and people would get really cracked out on TV.Jamie KirschSanta Cruz | Dental Lab ...
Moo!
Local rockers Moo! are about to make some noise. After forming last year and receiving a $2,000 grant from UCSC’s Alumni Association, the band has been hard at work preparing to release material. They plan to make their debut EP—Songs for All Seas, All Ships—available via their website before they play the Crepe Place on October 2. But that’s...
Americana Girl
Carlene Carter dives back into her family’s old country roots Born the daughter of June Carter and her country-singing first husband Carl Smith, Carlene Carter learned all about old-fashioned country and folk music when she could barely talk. She is descended from a Carter family lineage of legendary musicians that dates back to her great-uncle A.P....
New Jim Crow?
A number of high-profile figures have come out against the War on Drugs in recent years, including former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, and former Secretary of State George Shultz.
Apricot Wine for Dessert
Thomas Kruse Winery, a participant in the new Santa Clara Wine Trail, has been around for a long time—since 1971, to be exact. When our little group arrived to try some wine at the Kruses’ low-key tasting room, Thomas Kruse and his wife Karen were there to greet us. Theirs is a small operation, and they’re proud to offer...
Rosh Hashanah
Under the shadow of the Libra new moon, the Jewish High Holy Days (ten days) begin Thursday with Rosh Hashanah. On this day of rest God judges us for the coming year. We gather with family, recite penitential prayers next to natural flowing waters, ask for forgiveness, listen for the shofar (rams horn trumpet), and eat sweet apples and...
Film, Times & Events: Week of September 26
Films This WeekCheck out the movies playing around town.With: Reviews, Movie Times click here.Santa Cruz area movie theaters > ....... New This WeekTHE BOXTROLLS Alan Snow's children's book Here Be Monsters is the basis for this animated family film about quirky creatures who live beneath the streets of a quaint English town, and the human boy...
Working in Harmony
Santa Cruz’s Coffis Brothers channel the Everly Brothers Two years ago, if you had said the Everly Brothers were as influential as the Beatles, Bob Dylan or Neil Young, you’d have been mercilessly mocked. In 2014, though, you’d get a surprising number of knowing nods. Part of that has to do with the sudden slew of...
Café Carbonero
Scotts Valley gem serves healthy, wholesome food day after day Tucked away near the Redwoods in Scotts Valley, lies Café Carbonero, a small cafeteria-style restaurant that has gained a loyal following—with locals as well as people from all over the county willing to make the trek. The options are simple: burgers, sandwiches, soups and salads, but...