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The Arts | Concerts & Dances | Health | Literature
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The Arts


 • Mello Center - Cultural performance arts events.


 • Check our Theatre Listings Theatre listings for plays in your area.



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Concerts & Dance Events

•"Piano Madness"
Capitola Theater for the Performing Arts
For more info: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/news/bay/stories/2bay.htm
•Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz • 427-2227
www.kuumbwajazz.com
•Henfling's International Folk Series
9450 Highway 9 in Ben Lomond • 336-8811
For more info www.henflings.com
• Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Burns, featuring Miss Carmen Getit
Swing Dance Concert
February 16 • 9pm at the Veterans Memorial Building
$12 available in advance at Streetlight Records or at the Vets Hall vetshall.org

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Health
   • Zen Meditation
Community of Mindful Living offers an ongoing Zen meditation class
113 School St., Santa Cruz • 475-3580. FREE

   • Reach to Recovery
The American Cancer Society offers a free, limited-term, one-on-one visitation program
for local women affected by cancer. Call to schedule a visit 423-4231.


   • Kali Ray TriYoga
Voted Good Times "Best of Santa Cruz" 5 years running.
$45 a month for unlimited classes.
2 Santa Cruz locations, 150 classes per month.
Daily classes - basic - advanced.
464-8100.



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Literature
   • Borders
1200 Pacific Ave • 466-9644
February 10 • 2pm
Mary Lewis
Dancing in the Wind
   • Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue Capitola • 462-4415
All events start at 7:30pm, unless otherwise noted
February 7
Deborah Copaken Kogan
Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War
February 8
Tony Cohan
On Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel
   • Gateways Books & Gifts
1018 Pacific Ave • 429-9600
All Events start at 7:00pm, unless otherwise noted
   • Bookshop Santa Cruz
1520 Pacific Ave • 423-0900
All Events start at 7:30pm, unless otherwise noted
February 7
Jerry Busch
Watching the Watsonville Wetlands - An armchair guide to the Watsonville Slough System
February 14
Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Hot Johnny and the women who loved him
   • Bookworks
36 Rancho Del Mar Shopping Center • 688-4554
Saturday morning story hour
A weekly story telling session in Pooh Corner particularly geared for children
   • Seeds of Change
417 Capitola Ave, Capitola • 464-1601
Every week:
Tuesdays, 10:30-11:00 am
Toddler Time
Our weekly b.y.o.b (bring your own baby) event is especially geared for our youngest clientele.
Saturdays, 11:30 - noon
Saturday Stories
Stories on different themes each week

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Outdoor Activities
   • Monarch Tours
Join a docent naturalist for a tour under the butterflies
11am and 2pm • Saturday and Sunday
Ongoing • Free
Meet at the Natural Bridges State Beach visitor center
For more information call 423-4609
   • Wilder Ranch
Join others on a two-hour natural history excursion along the coastal bluffs
11am • Saturdays • Ongoing
2 miles north on Highway 1
For more information call 426-0505
   • Redwoods Tours
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park has guided tours through the redwoods
11:30 am • Saturdays
Meet at the park
   • Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Experience the Santa Cruz Mission, the oldest building in Santa Cruz.
Learn about the Native Amercians who originally lived here and others.
Ongoing • Saturdays • 2pm
For more information call 425-5849
   • Capitola Art & Wine Festival
Celebrate the Art & Wine Festival


   • Capitola Begonia Festival
Visit Traditional celebration to unite the community of Capitola.

   • Santa Cruz County Fair
Come enjoy this year's fair!

   • Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
Lighthouse Point • 420-6289
Surfing Memorabilia; Boards, historical displays and multimedia views of surf
culture at the first-in-the-nation surfing museum.
www.santacruzmuseums.org

   • The Museum of Art & History
750 Front Street • 429-1964
The Museum of Art and History (MAH) is all about visual culture and open all year long
with four galleries on three floors with exhibits, family activities, tours, education programs,
historical archives, film series and lectures.
www.santacruzmah.org

   • Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History
1305 E. Cliff Drive • 420-6115
The Museum welcomes all aged people to view its exhibits, including a fossil sand-dollar dig
and a tide-pooltouch tank.
www.santacruzmuseums.org

   • Whale Watching!
Gray Whales and Dolphins
3 Hour Trips led by Marine Biologist
Monterey Bay Whale Watch (831) 375-4658
www.gowhales.com

   • Fossil Walk
An underwater, back in time excursion completely on land.
Seacliff State Beach • Noon • Sunday
For more information call 685-6444

   • Junior Ranger
Kids will enjoy these entertaining and educational programs teaching about plants,
animals, ecology, geology and more
For ages 7 - 12 • Thu-Mon • 2pm
New Brighton State Beach, meet at campfire center.
Also at Manresa Uplands State Beach
10am - 11am • Thu & Tues
For more information call 464-6329 or 761-1795



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Other Events
   • SUPERCADE
Casino Fun Center and Neptune's Kingdom
$10.00 per person gets you $10.00 of arcade tokens, 1 game of laser tag,
1 round of 18 hole mini golf & 1 cybercoaster experience
Fridays 3pm til closing

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UPDATED 2/6/01


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