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Film, Times & Events: Week of Dec. 5
The Ladies at Eighty
As its 80th anniversary approaches, the esteemed Walnut Avenue Women’s Center turns some of its focus toward families. How the directors hope to broaden conversations about safety and more.
Despite the organization’s name, the enterprising individuals who run the Walnut Avenue Women’s Center are shifting the focus to families as the organization prepares to celebrate its 80th anniversary this month. Jennifer O’Brien-Rojo, co-executive director of the nonprofit organization, says it has been turning toward the community and letting those needs dictate what they do.
Wild, Wild West
Geoff Hargrave of West End Tap & Kitchen adds intrigue to Santa Cruz’s Westside
The Swift Street Courtyard complex has evolved into a bustling scene where people go to enjoy good food, wine and beer and have a good time, especially on the weekends. Along with about a dozen tasting rooms, a brewery and high-end bakery/eatery can be found as well.
When West End Tap & Kitchen opened in July, this casual “gastropub” added greatly to the vibrant culinary scene. And, along with former University of Colorado friend, co-owner Quinn Cormier, we have executive chef Geoff Hargrave to thank. Hargrave’s menu features the kind of comfort food people are looking for on a casual night out.
Flying Solo
Aoife O’Donovan breaks away with debut solo release
Aoife O’Donovan is best known for her work with the bluegrass band Crooked Still and the folk trio Sometymes Why. She’s also performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra and appeared on Yo-Yo Ma’s 2011 record The Goat Rodeo Sessions. But this past summer, she went in a new direction and released her first solo record, Fossils. For O’Donovan, the move was all about timing.
Amy Obenski
Amy Obenski is used to doing things out of order. She went to music school as a child, only to get a 9-to-5 job as an adult, which made her realize she wanted to forsake a steady paycheck in favor of making music. She’s been doing that for 12 years now. But instead of working from her longtime home of Santa Cruz, she decided to fly to France three years ago and then work her way back. Since then, Obenski has built a transatlantic following devoted to her emotive, contemplative, folk-rock sound with the help of her new group, The Carbone Band, whom she met in France.
Guglielmo Winery Sangiovese 2010
A short drive over Hecker Pass takes us to the rather warmer climes of Morgan Hill, San Martin and Gilroy—and to where many wonderful wineries lie, including the splendid Guglielmo Winery in Morgan Hill. A family-run business for close to 90 years, it continues producing fine wine with brothers George, Gene and Gary Guglielmo at the helm.
Guglielmo makes many different wines, but I absolutely love their Sangiovese Private Reserve 2010, Santa Clara County. With aromatic notes of apricot, peach, nectarine and strawberry, and mouth-pleasing flavors of ripe strawberries and vanilla—and with its balanced acidity—it’s a delicious wine to savor on the tongue. At $18 a bottle, it’s a steal, as they say.
H2O in Limbo
After postponing vote on desal, Santa Cruz moves forward in water supply discussions
While the City of Santa Cruz has hit pause on a proposed desalination plant, many are still wondering what that will mean for the city’s involvement with CalDesal.
CalDesal is a pro-desalination advocacy board comprised of numerous water agencies, with a mission of advancing the use of desalination in California. Bill Kocher, the city’s long-time Water Department director, was a founding member. But Kocher retired earlier this year, raising questions as to whether the city would continue its membership with the organization.
Ocean and Sea Creatures Alerting Humanity
Sagittarius is the sign of “seeing the goal/task, reaching the goal, and recognizing the next goal”—until all goals for the good of humanity are reached. Sag, Knights of the Round Table, is concerned with the Truth. And the truth is our present world is in a state of emergency.
The ocean and sea creatures, migrating and gathering at the U.S. West Coast (Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay) are alerting us to the truth of an immediate crisis (Fukushima and irradiated waters). While the media has been silent, at the U.N., the world’s indigenous leaders have clearly signaled humanity to the realities of our world in destruction.
Bent Out of Shape
Local aerial artists take dance, fitness and empowerment to new heights
For Allie Cooper, hanging upside down from a rope 20 feet in the air is therapeutic. Relying solely on her ability to carry her own weight, she can twist, flip, and pose in ways that for many people seem unfathomable. But for an aerial artist, it’s just another day on the job.
“I enjoy the puzzle that’s involved with it,” explains Cooper, an eight-year veteran in the local aerial arts scene. “Once you have a foundation of moves, it’s really a logic game where the object is to find patterns and pathways, and it’s incredibly rewarding when you do.”
If you could make one immediate change to the U.S. Government what would it be?
I think what would be most important is to have complete and total transparency of government, and then obviously to get government out of the pockets of big corporations.
Ariel Churchill
Santa Cruz | Caregiver
Film, Times & Events: Week of Dec. 5
Films This WeekCheck out the movies playing around town.With: Reviews, Movie Times click here.Santa Cruz area movie theaters > ....... New This Week OUT OF THE FURNACE Christian Bale stars in this dark urban thriller as a rough-hewn steelworker searching for his missing brother (Casey Affleck), an Iraq War veteran who's been sucked into the dangerous...
The Ladies at Eighty
As its 80th anniversary approaches, the esteemed Walnut Avenue Women's Center turns some of its focus toward families. How the directors hope to broaden conversations about safety and more. Despite the organization’s name, the enterprising individuals who run the Walnut Avenue Women’s Center are shifting the focus to families as the organization prepares to celebrate its 80th anniversary this...
Wild, Wild West
Geoff Hargrave of West End Tap & Kitchen adds intrigue to Santa Cruz’s Westside The Swift Street Courtyard complex has evolved into a bustling scene where people go to enjoy good food, wine and beer and have a good time, especially on the weekends. Along with about a dozen tasting rooms, a brewery and high-end bakery/eatery can be found...
Flying Solo
Aoife O’Donovan breaks away with debut solo release Aoife O’Donovan is best known for her work with the bluegrass band Crooked Still and the folk trio Sometymes Why. She’s also performed with the Boston Pops Orchestra and appeared on Yo-Yo Ma’s 2011 record The Goat Rodeo Sessions. But this past summer, she went in a new direction and released...
Amy Obenski
Amy Obenski is used to doing things out of order. She went to music school as a child, only to get a 9-to-5 job as an adult, which made her realize she wanted to forsake a steady paycheck in favor of making music. She's been doing that for 12 years now. But instead of working from her longtime home...
Guglielmo Winery Sangiovese 2010
A short drive over Hecker Pass takes us to the rather warmer climes of Morgan Hill, San Martin and Gilroy—and to where many wonderful wineries lie, including the splendid Guglielmo Winery in Morgan Hill. A family-run business for close to 90 years, it continues producing fine wine with brothers George, Gene and Gary Guglielmo at the helm. Guglielmo makes...
H2O in Limbo
After postponing vote on desal, Santa Cruz moves forward in water supply discussions While the City of Santa Cruz has hit pause on a proposed desalination plant, many are still wondering what that will mean for the city’s involvement with CalDesal. CalDesal is a pro-desalination advocacy board comprised of numerous water agencies, with a mission of advancing the use...
Ocean and Sea Creatures Alerting Humanity
Sagittarius is the sign of “seeing the goal/task, reaching the goal, and recognizing the next goal”—until all goals for the good of humanity are reached. Sag, Knights of the Round Table, is concerned with the Truth. And the truth is our present world is in a state of emergency. The ocean and sea creatures, migrating and gathering at the...
Bent Out of Shape
Local aerial artists take dance, fitness and empowerment to new heights For Allie Cooper, hanging upside down from a rope 20 feet in the air is therapeutic. Relying solely on her ability to carry her own weight, she can twist, flip, and pose in ways that for many people seem unfathomable. But for an aerial artist, it’s just another...
If you could make one immediate change to the U.S. Government what would it be?
I think what would be most important is to have complete and total transparency of government, and then obviously to get government out of the pockets of big corporations. Ariel Churchill Santa Cruz | Caregiver Get rid of corporate funding for political campaigns. Make it all public contribution...