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Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Ave
Capitola CA 95010
At the corner of 41st Ave & Capitola Rd, next to the 41st Ave Cinema
(831) 462-4415
Open Mon-Sat 9am-10pm
Sun 9am-8pm |
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Beer & Books.
Wine & Writers.
What could be better?
Lunch and dinner served every day--so come early to an author event or wander in anytime of day for a relaxing meal in a unique, cultural spot.
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Dear Readers & Writers,
Keep your intellect booming even in a bust economy by keeping up the reading and joining us at an author event. An evening of conversation, community, and great ideas awaits you at Capitola Book Cafe!
See full MAY 2009 event listing below. Highlights include: LAURIE KING, ROBERT WINGNUT WEAVER, THE MILLER BROTHERS & a tickets-on-sale date for DAVID SEDARIS.
And, if you join as a FRIEND OF CAPITOLA BOOK CAFE, you can receive discounts on books & gifts, plus free items from the cafe and even tickets to special events--a good deal for all readers and a meaningful partnership for the bookstore that strives to keep your town unique and you well read.
Sincerely,
All of us here at Capitola Book Cafe
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Jill Wolfson
Cold Hands, Warm Heart (Henry Holt)
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A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL THAT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE
 Dani was born with her heart on the wrong side of her body. In her fifteen years of life, she's had more doctor's appointments, X-rays, and tests than she cares to think about. Fourteen-year-old Amanda is a competitive gymnast, her body in perfect health. The two girls don't know each other, don't even have any friends in common, but their lives are about to collide. At once a romance, a medical thriller, and a meditation on hope, this life-affirming young adult (and young of spirit) novel grapples with illness, love, death, joy and friendship.
Santa Cruz author and editor of Bay Area Parent Magazine Jill Wolfson will be joined by representatives from the California Transplant Donor Network to share first-hand stories of those who have saved lives by becoming organ donors. And, since a new chance at life is a reason to celebrate, tonight's audience gets to share cake, too! |
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STORYTIME
EVERY MONDAY at 11am |
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WITH READERS BILLIE HARRIS & JILL ROSE
Kids & adults will enjoy animated readings by former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and the fun-loving, boisterous Book Cafe manager Jill Rose. All ages are welcome as the readers enjoy making sure all listeners are engaged in the stories.
Everyone may enjoy hot chocolate, a snack or even lunch from our cafe before or after Storytime. |
Alva Noë
Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness
(Hill & Wang)
Tuesday, May 5 at 7:30pm |
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PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTIST TACKLES CONSCIOUSNESS
Our culture is obsessed with the brain-how it perceives; how it remembers; how it determines our intelligence and our morality. It's widely believed that consciousness itself, that Holy Grail of science and philosophy, will soon be given a neural explanation. Yet, frankly, we still don't have a clue about how and even if the brain makes us conscious. Alva Noë, a former UCSC professor of philosophy, is thinker of a new breed-part philosopher, part cognitive scientist, part neuroscientist. In this inventive work, he suggests that rather than being something that happens inside us, consciousness is something we do.
"A provocative and insightful book that will force experts and students alike to reconsider their grasp of current orthodoxy."--Daniel C. Dennett, Professor of Philosophy, Tufts University |
GROW A FARMER: UCSC'S Farm & Garden Apprentice Program Extravaganza!
Wednesday, May 6 at 7:30pm
*Bluegrass band STRUNGOVER begins at 7:00pm!* |
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 LIKE TO EAT? HELP GROW A FARMER.
Help cultivate the next generation of organic farmers & gardeners by learning about the renowned UCSC Farm and Garden Apprentice Program.
There is a revolution underway, a real demand for organic food grown in sustainable ways, and yet our local fields that produce tomorrow's best farmers are under threat due to severe budget constraints. Thus, the Grow a Farmer Campaign: a nationwide effort to raise $250,000 to secure the future of the UCSC Apprenticeship farmer training program and on-site housing, begun by Alan Chadwick over 40 years ago.
Tonight, listen to the Bluegrass band STRUNGOVER and then be wowed by poetry greats Gary Young, Amber Sumrall, Barbara Bloom, Rosie King and Joe Stroud, who will all be previewing the forth coming Chadwick Garden Anthology of Poets. Kurt Christiansen, president of Friends of the Farm and Garden and owner of Oso Velloso Farm will host the event. |
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Mark Arax
West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State (Public Affairs)
Thursday, May 7 at 7:30pm |
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A PORTRAIT OF MODERN CALIFORNIA
California is the nation's richest and most confounding state. Arax's California is ominous and tragic, yet captivating and full of promise. Each region, by virtue of geography, psychology, and history gives rise to its own drama: an immigrant family from Oaxaca faces border crossings then the brutal raisin harvest; Lamont, the inspiration for the town featured in The Grapes of Wrath, has only one Okie left; and the local Humboldt bank sees a sizeable daily deposit of cash, most of which reeks of marijuana. Combining hard-hitting reporting and stellar writing, Arax (The King of California) captures both the atmosphere of social upheaval and the sense of being rooted in a community. |
Laurie R. King
The Language of Bees (Bantam)
Monday, May 11 at 7:30pm |
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 LOCAL FEMME FATALES OF MYSTERY, LAURIE KING & MARY RUSSELL, RETURN!
For Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, returning to the Sussex coast after seven months abroad was especially sweet. There was even a mystery to solve: the unexplained disappearance of an entire colony of bees from one of Holmes's beloved hives. Yet, another, darker mystery emerges from Sherlock's own past and from his greatest failure. From suicides at Stonehenge to the secrets of a woman on the streets of Shanghai, Russell will find herself on the trail of a killer more dangerous than any she's ever faced--a killer Sherlock Holmes himself may be protecting for reasons near and dear to his heart.
Laurie King is a radiant and witty speaker, local celebrity, bestselling author of over 17 novels and one of only two novelists to win the Best First Crime Novel awards on both sides of the Atlantic. Check our Laurie's amazing reader contests & blog at her website www.laurierking.com. |
Shawna Yang Ryan
Water Ghosts (Penguin)
Wednesday, May 13 at 7:30pm |
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FACT & FICTION MINGLE IN A REAL CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT TOWN
Locke, CA, 1928. Three bedraggled Chinese women suddenly appear out of the mist one afternoon in a small Chinese farming town on the Sacramento River, and their arrival throws the community into confusion. Two of the women are unknown to the townspeople, while the third is the long-lost wife of Richard Fong, the handsome manager of the local gambling parlor, who had left her behind in China many years earlier. Shawna Yang Ryan's melodic first novel is a passionate, sophisticated intertwining of fact and fiction that examines mingling cultures, modern myths, and forgotten history. Water Ghosts beautifully chronicles separation and betrayal, loneliness and longing, and what happens when a Chinese ghost story begins to come true. |
Logan Miller & Noah Miller
Either You're In or You're In the Way: Two Brothers, Twelve Months, and One Filmmaking Hell-Ride to Keep a Promise to Their Father (HarperCollins)
Thursday, May 14 at 7:30pm |
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THE IMPOSSIBLE IS POSSIBLE
When the father of identical twin brothers Logan and Noah Miller died homeless and alone in a jail cell, they vowed, come hell or high water, that their film, Touching Home, would be made as a dedication to their love for him. Either You're in or You're in the Way is the hilarious, implausible and touching story of how--without a dime to their names nor a single meaningful contact in Hollywood--they managed to write, produce, direct, and act in a feature film alongside a cast and crew who have 11 Academy Awards and 26 nominations among them, including actors Ed Harris, Brad Dourif and Robert Forster. The film has won film festival awards from Calgary to Melbourne to San Francisco-yet it is the story of how the film came to be that truly captivates and inspires. Tonight, watch clips from Touching Home and hear from the inspiring brothers themselves. When you buy a book, save your receipt! The receipt earns two adults entrance to the June 6 BOOKSTOCK event at SF AT&T Park: art, music, a screening of Touching Home-a huge party that benefits the Giants Community Fund. (Kids are free.) |
Friday, May 15: TICKETS ON SALE 
DAVID SEDARIS
Author of
WHEN YOU ARE ENGULFED IN FLAMES
Event Date: Sunday, June 14 at 2:30pm
Preferred Admission Begins at 1:30pm
Location: Capitola Book Café
Preferred Admission Information:
Earn ONE preferred admission by purchasing one of the following paperbacks:
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (Released 6/2. Prepay to assure preferred admission!)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim OR
Naked
Earn ONE preferred admission by purchasing this audio CD:
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (unabridged audio CD)
Earn TWO preferred admissions by purchasing this audio CD boxed set:
The Ultimate David Sedaris (unabridged audio CD) (Includes 20 CDs: Naked, Holidays on Ice, Barrel Fever and Other Stories, Me Talk Pretty One Day, his single-disc Live concert at Carnegie Hall and Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim)
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who choose not to purchase a book/audio-preferred admission will be
admitted into the store before the event begins if capacity has not
been met. Everyone is invited to join the signing line at the end of
the event!
David Sedaris LOVES his audience and will stay until he has met everyone!
The previously released preferred
admission information has changed. The information listed here is
accurate--and is even a BETTER DEAL for all our readers. Woohoo! |
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Shakespeare Santa Cruz 2009 Summer Season Preview
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HERE COMES SHAKESPEARE! 
Artistic Director Marco Barricelli gives an overview of Shakespeare Santa Cruz's 2009 season. The world-renowned cast and crew pours its undaunted spirits and talents into A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, and, sure to be a hit with families, Shipwrecked! An Entertainment - The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself). Get excited for SSC's 28th year! |
| "Books for a Better Life" Book Club
Tuesday, May 19 at 6:30pm |
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READ IT & JOIN US!
Even in a down economy, hope still springs eternal, thus our new book group modeled after the annual "Books for a Better Life" award. Led by Capitola Book Café co-owner Wendy Mayer-Lochtefeld, we'll focus on the best writers in the crowded field of creative nonfiction, from memoir to travel, wellness, food, psychology, and spirit.
This month's selection is Here If You Need Me: A True Story by Kate Braestrup. Read the book and join us upstairs for the discussion. Note Time
Here If You Need Me is the story Braestrup's remarkable journey from grief to faith to happiness - as she holds her family together in the wake of her husband's death, pursues his dream of becoming a minister, and ultimately finds her calling as a chaplain to search-and-rescue workers. It is dramatic, funny, deeply moving, and simply unforgettable--an uplifting account of the small miracles that happen every day when a heart is grateful and love is restored. |
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Robert Wingnut Weaver
Wingnut's Complete Surfing (McGraw Hill)
Tuesday, May 19 at 7:30pm |
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LEGENDARY SURFER'S HOW-TO
Getting good in the surf requires knowledge of the crucial basics such as wave dynamics, board design and performance, and strategies for paddling out through the wave breaks. Wingnut shares a lifetime of experience-plus his legendary style. Robert Wingnut Weaver is a surfing legend, a Santa Cruz man, and one of the most talented surfers in the world, with millions of dedicated fans and students. Famed especially for his longboard mastery, he was the star of the surfing movie classic Endless Summer II. |
| Book Club
Wednesday, May 20 at 6:30pm |
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NEW READERS ALWAYS WELCOME
This month's selection is Indecision by Benjamin Kunkel.
Read the book and join us upstairs for the discussion. Note Time. |
| World Affairs Book Club
Thursday, May 21 at 7:00pm |
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JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This month's selection is Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is
a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo. Read the book and join us upstairs for the discussion. Note Time.
Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries. "Dambisa Moyo makes a compelling case for a new approach in Africa...The determination of Africans, and genuine partnership between Africa and the rest of the world, is the basis for growth and development." --Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations
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Mark Obmascik
Halfway to Heaven: My White-Knuckled--And Knuckleheaded--Quest for the Rocky Mountain High (Bloomsbury)
Thursday, May 21 at 7:30pm |
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MIDDLE-AGED STAY-AT-HOME DAD vs THE FOURTEENERS
Fat, forty-four, father of three sons, and facing a vasectomy, Obmascik, inspired by his teenaged son, decides to climb all 54 of Colorado's 14,000-foot mountains in one year.The author of The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Obmascik brings us inside the quirky, colorful subculture of mountaineering obsessives who summit these mountains year after year. Hilarious and occasionally harrowing, Halfway to Heaven is about midlife, male bonding and mountains as well as the aches, pains and unmatched joys of summitting. |
Simon Majumdar
Eat My Globe: One Year to Go Everywhere and Eat Everything (Free Press)
Thursday, May 28 at 7:30pm |
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 OBSESSED EATER STALKS MEALS THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
At 40, lifelong food-lover Simon Majumdar had an epiphany: a big wide world of food lay outside his hometown of London and he'd hardly eaten any of it. So he quit his desk job and used his entire life savings to fund a whirlwind quest fueled by hunger and wanderlust. Passionate, knowledgeable, and hilarious, Eat My Globe tours the cultures and dining experiences of thirty countries: from rotten shark meat of Iceland to Scotland's whiskey to Kansas City BBQ.
"The dangerously obsessive, staggeringly knowledgeable, provocative and opinionated Simon Majumdar knows his shit. No question about it...Many would kill to have eaten the meals in their lifetimes that Majumdar has consumed in a single year and he has an endearingly soft spot for the grimiest of lowlife pubs. Plus, the bastard can write." -- Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential |
| WINE LECTURE & TASTING:
SILVER MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS
Sunday, May 31 at 3:00pm |
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Wine Lecture & Tasting Series:
one Sunday per month, we highlight a local winery in an event that gives them a venue through which to share their history, their unique wines, and their views on what makes our area a blissful spot for vineyards and for the crafting of wines. A chance for wine lovers & readers to come together for enjoyment and education.  Hidden high in the Santa Cruz Mountains lies the unique winery and vineyard Silver Mountain, named so because founder/winemaker Jerold O'Brien is a firm believer that the mountain philosophy of independence and challenge is pivotal to producing strong character, both in people and in grapes. Silver Mountain is known for its Pinot Noir, its Chardonnay produced from its organically-farmed estate vineyard, and its Bordeaux blend Alloy. They are strong proponents of sustainability and use winegrapes from sustainable and organic vineyards. Handcrafted with a passion for quality, Silver Mountain's wines possess exquisite, complex flavors that are delicious now and also benefit from aging. Let Jerold himself tell his story while you taste his wines. *A cheese & bread selection is included in the $8 participation fee. Please assure your spot by purchasing your ticket in advance. Note Time. | |
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We buy and sell USED BOOKS!
If you wish for us to consider your stack, come into the store Monday-Friday after 3:30pm or call 462-4415 for an appointment. |
Friends of Capitola Book Café
Annual Membership Program
Friends of the Capitola Book Cafe get great perks, such as discounts on books & gifts, free café items, reserved event seating and even complimentary tickets to special ticketed events.
Memberships last for one year from date of purchase.
All Friends of Capitola Book Café receive both a Membership Card and a Café
Rewards Card. Benefits will differ according to your membership level (see below).
ALL membership cards include:
- 10% discount on all non-discounted books, cards, and gifts.
- Access to special membership sales both in the cafe and in the store.
- Members-only email specials.
In addition, each level of membership also receives the benefits listed below:
Entry ($25):
ˇ 12 free cups of coffee or six specialty drinks per year.
Basic ($50):
ˇ One 15% discounted shopping spree.
ˇ 12 free specialty drinks per year.
Plus ($100):
ˇ Preferred seating for member & one guest for any Capitola Book Café event.
ˇ One 20% discounted shopping spree.
ˇ 12 free desserts or other bakery products per year.
ˇ One additional gift membership card for a friend or family member that includes a single 20% discounted shopping spree.
Gold ($150):
ˇ Preferred seating for member and one guest for any Capitola Book Café event.
ˇ Two tickets to one ticketed event per year.
ˇ One 25% discounted shopping spree.
ˇ 12 free café entreés per year
ˇ One additional gift membership card for a friend or family member that includes a single 25% discounted shopping spree.
Platinum ($250):
ˇ Preferred seating for member and one guest for any Capitola Book Café event.
ˇTwo tickets and a signed book for one ticketed event per year.
ˇ One 30% discounted shopping spree.
ˇ 12 free café entreés per year.
ˇ One additional gift membership card for a friend or family member that includes a single 30% discounted shopping spree.
ˇ Capitola Book Café will also donate a $50.00 Gift Certificate to Platinum members' chosen charity.
Help build the Capitola Book Café of the future.
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