Metro Santa Cruz
June 11-18, 2008

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News

Bye Bye, Biofuels
If an alternative fuel station can't make it in Santa Cruz, we're in big trouble.

News

Hotel Capitola
The curse of the Rispin Mansion is about to be lifted.

Nūz: Santa Cruz County News Briefs
Blumenthal is crowned UCSC's nerd in chief, the state shakes loose a few million for small but important local water projects and Nuz learns the importance of phthalate-free sex toys.

Movies

Diamonds in the Rough
UCSC students struggle to redefine the social documentary in a showing of the year's work.

Tangled Web of Life
The Israeli film 'Jellyfish' drifts along with the tossing and tumbling residents of Tel Aviv

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Music & Clubs

In The Key of Sea
Ocean Revolution IV gathers Santa Cruz surfers, environmentalists and rock bands in support of marine conservation.

Notes from A Bluestocking
Jazz vocalist Patricia Barber, whose literary sensibility has won her a following and a Guggenheim, heads to Kuumbwa.

Steel Thyself
Hang on to your hippie hats, Santa Cruz--the Campbell Brothers are putting the 'fun' back in fundamentalism.

Mūz
Garrett Wheeler gets a taste of the Vets Hall's Thursday night Sugar rush.

Music and Nightlife Calendar Picks
Our critics pick this week's most interesting gigs.

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Restaurants

French Accent
Ma Maison's ambience and a memorable dessert work their magic.

Dish
Glory Hallelujah! Original Sin Desserts finally opens its doors in Pleasure Point.

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The Arts

Enchanted by Extravagance
Salman Rushdie makes a rare stop in Santa Cruz to stump for his new book, 'The Enchantress of Florence.'

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
June 11-18, 2008