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Reader Survey Winners

Arts Best Art Gallery Gold: Mudzimu 1013 River St., SC (457-2057) Silver: Art League of Santa Cruz 526 Broadway, SC (426-5787) Bronze: Stiles and Strong Gallery by the Sea 411 Capitola Ave., Capitola (462-6151) Best Artist Gold: James Aschbacher Silver: Shawn Thompson Bronze: Anna Oneglia Best Festival Gold: First Night Silver: Capitola Art & Wine Festival Bronze: Santa Cruz Annual October Fireworks Best Free Event Gold: First Night Silver: Santa Cruz Annual October Fireworks Bronze: Capitola Begonia Festival Best Local Poet Gold: Maude Meehan Silver: Adrienne Rich Bronze: Morton Marcus Best Movie of 1996 Gold: The English Patient Silver: Fargo Bronze: Shine Best Movie Theater Gold: Nickelodeon 210 Lincoln St., SC (426-7500) Silver: Santa Cruz Cinema 9 1405 Pacific Ave., SC (457-3500) Bronze: Rio 1205 Soquel Ave., SC (423-2000) Best Museum Gold: Octagon/Museum of Art and History 705 Front St., SC (454-0697) Silver: SC Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Dr., SC (429-3773) Bronze: Santa Cruz Surfing Museum West Cliff Drive, SC (429-3429) Best Radio Personality Gold: Greg Kihn of KFOX (5-10pm Mon.-Fri.) Silver: Eric Schoeck of KOMY (2:30-4pm Mon.-Fri.) Bronze: Howard Stern of KOME (6-10am Mon.-Fri.) Best Radio Program Gold: KUSP's Two Steps From the Blues with Charlie Lange (3-5pm Sat.) Silver: KUSP's Morning Edition with Johnny Simmons (5-9am Mon -Fri.) Bronze: KZSC's Technophobic Planet with Matt Peake (8:30-10:30pm Mon.) Best AM Radio Station Gold: KGO (810) Silver: KSCO (1080) Bronze: KNBR (740) Best FM Station Gold: KUSP (88.9) Silver: KPIG (107.1) Bronze: KZSC (88.1) Best TV News Station Gold: KSBW (Channel 8) Silver: KTVU (Channel 2) Bronze: CNN (TCI Cable Channel 24) Best Theater Troupe Gold: Mountain Community Theater Silver: Um ... Gee ... Um Bronze: Shakespeare/Santa Cruz Worst Movie of 1996 Gold: Independence Day Silver: The English Patient Bronze: Jerry Maguire [ Metro Santa Cruz | MetroActive Central | Archives ]