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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
For the Next 7 Generations
13 Indigenous Grandmothers Weaving a World That Works
Opening: Local Native American Drummers, Gentle Thunder
FOR THE NEXT 7 GENERATIONS documents the momentous journey of thirteen indigenous grandmothers. Originating from all four corners of the world, these thirteen wise women elders, shamans and medicine women first came together in 2004 at a historic gathering. Moved by their concern for our planet, they formed an alliance: The International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers. Through their teachings, they are lighting a way to a peaceful, sustainable planet. For the Next 7 Generations is directed and produced by Emmy and Peabody Award winning filmmaker, Carole Hart, narrated by renowned actress and activist, Ashley Judd, and includes a moving musical score by Emmy Award-winning composer Peter Buffett.
Artist's Bio: www.grandmotherscouncil.com, www.1gentlethunder.com
Show Time: 7:00 pm
Tickets: $15.00
Advance Tickets: $10.00 plus fee
Ticket Physical Point of Sale Location: Gateways Book Store, 1126 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz
Online Ticket Point of Sale: www.brownpapertickets.com
Event/Artist's Website: www.samadhilife.com, www.forthenext7generations.com
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Saturday, February 6th, 2010
LUNAFEST® UC Santa Cruz Women's Center 2010
Supporting WomenCARE and ABC/African-American Community Health Group
LUNAFEST was established in 2000 by LUNA, the makers of the Whole Nutrition Bar for Women, to simultaneously promote women filmmakers, raise awareness for women’s issues, and support worthy women’s nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada. 100 percent of all film festival proceeds are donated to charity – 15 percent to the Breast Cancer Fund and the remaining 85 percent of proceeds go directly back to hosting community organizations. This year, the ABC/African-American Community Health Group of Santa Cruz and WomenCARE are the local recipients.
Show Time: 7:00 pm
Tickets: $13 Gen/$7 Srs & Stud
Advance Tickets: $13 Gen/$7 Srs & Stud
Ticket Physical Point of Sale Location: UCSC Box Office
Online Ticket Point of Sale: www.santacruztickets.com
Event/Artist's Web site: www.lunafest.org
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Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Wild Cat Adventure
Our Wild Cat Adventure presentation features 5 live wild cats. The program is sponsored by the Wild Cat Education and Conservation Fund which is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization (68-0481714). The goal of the Wild Cat Education and Conservation Fund is to educate the public about the decreasing population of wild cat species around the world, to provide funding for worldwide wild cat conservation projects and to provide safe refuge for captive born wild cats.
You may see a cougar, king cheetah, Canada lynx, serval, Geoffroy’s cat or caracal.
Each cat is shown on the stage as information about its habits, habitat and survival issues is shared with the audience. Individuals will learn what they can do to help save these magnificent animals from extinction.
Rob and Barbara Dicely are educators with over 25 years of teaching experience. They have been presenting wild cat educational programs throughout the Bay Area for over 19 years, with over 600,000 guests in attendance.
Show time: 3:00 pm
Admission: adults - $10 • children under 12 - $5
To reserve tickets call 707.874.3176 or email leopards@leopardsetc.com
Space permitting, tickets will be available at the door
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Nouvelle Vague
Nouvelle Vague, the French band that conquered the world with bossa nova covers of punk and new wave classics, return in time for summer with their third album, NV3.
Led by producer/arrangers Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux and sung by a revolving cast of chanteuses, the group's first two albums, Nouvelle Vague (2004) and Bande A Part (2006) have sold well over half-a-million copies. Not wishing to tinker with this winning formula, but evolving all the same, NV3 picks up where Bande A Part left off, and this time they're joined by some famous names.
Show Time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $18.90 advance
Advance Tickets: Streetlight Records 421-9200 and www.ticketweb.com
Artist Web Site
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
2nd Annual 3 Cups of Tea Santa Cruz
3 Cups of Tea Santa Cruz is a fundraiser for the Central Asia Institute. It was founded by Greg Mortenson to promote and support community based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan. “When you educate a girl through the 5th grade you reduce infant mortality, reduce the population explosion and improve the basic qualities of life.”
Over 50 artists from Santa Cruz County have created a theme-related art piece, which will be auctioned both online and at the event. Check the website to see a list of participating artists: www.3-cups-of-tea-santacruz.com. View the artwork starting December 15th, 2009. The online auction will begin January 25th, 2010.
Guest Speakers: Julia Bergman, President of the Board of the Central Asia Institute and
Lou Renner, International Mountain Guide/Instructor
Show Time: 5:30pm – 6:45pm Art Preview
7:00pm – 8:30pm Speakers Program
8:30pm – 9:00pm Conclude Silent Auction
Tickets: $10 advance, $15 at door
Advance Tickets: Book Shop Santa Cruz, Capitola Book Café, and online at: www.ticketweb.com
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Friday, February 12th, 2010
Huun Huur Tu
Performing with Carmen Rizzo
Huun Huur Tu with Carmen Rizzo: The songs that echo in boreal forests and bounce off primordial peaks have a blind date in the Hollywood hills. There, carefully crafted electronica meets the horse-hair spike fiddle, and stone images of the ancestors are praised to the sound of lush strings. This is no remix - it is a sonic meeting of minds between musicians on two continents.
This is the new sound of the world's best loved re-inventors of Tuva's musical treasures, Huun Huur Tu, and their latest album, Eternal. Hungry for a fresh approach, the group recruited electronic musician/producer Carmen Rizzo (Niyaz, Seal, Paul Oakenfold) and composer/arranger Mark Governor, who has scored dozens of major films.
What began as a blind date has become a real-life collaboration: Huun Huur Tu with Carmen Rizzo and Mark Governor in live performance, beginning September 2009.
Huun Huur Tu was nominated for a 2008 BBC World Music Award. They continue to be available alone as well as in collaboration.
Show time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $21 advance
Advance Tickets: Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 • www.ticketweb.com
Artist's Web Site: www.huunhuurtu.com
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
A Memorial to Phil Matthews
Everyone is invited to join family and friends in a memorial tribute to local surfer, photographer and community activist Phil Matthews. Phil’s photographs include many local surfers, surf events, sunrises and sunsets. His never ending passion and love for Santa Cruz and the ocean made him a familiar figure in the community. Slides of Phil and his works will be displayed, stories will be told and the Santa of Santa Cruz will be fondly remembered.
Event Time: 9:30 am - 12 noon
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Sunday, February 14th, 2010
Valentines day show with Rickie Lee Jones
From the moment she first appeared in front of us on Saturday Night Live in 1979, Rickie Lee Jones has challenged her listeners and the establishment with an absorbing musical vision that defies border and classification. She rocked the culture of singer-song writerdom with her refusal to conform to the stayed and careful eloquence of the folk rock generation that came before her. Neither punk nor pop, she tottered on a thread of her own devise, jazz - the old musical kind, and R&B - the Motown thread that permeates her work. Her sense of humor, musical dexterity and song craft is all evident on her exquisite new album Balm in Gilead. Celebrating her 30th anniversary making music, Rickie Lee returns to Santa Cruz for this special valentines day show
Door Ticket Prices: $32
Advance Ticket Prices: $28
Ticket Physical Point of Sale Location: Streetlight records
Online Ticket Point of Sale: www.pulseproductions.net
Artist's Web site: www.rickieleejones.com
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Yard Dogs Road Show
The Yard Dogs Road Show is a hobo cabaret, a living patchwork of vaudeville and rock and roll. In the enchanting land of stage show entertainment theirs is both pleasant and formidable terrain. They require a sensitivity to the subtle and the absurd. They lead the modern hobohemian on a visual and sonic journey through part of history that may or may not have existed – followed by an ambitious return to the emotional challenges of our punch-drunk contemporary world. It’s a true story on stage: sword swallowers, dancing dolls, fire eaters and sunset hobo poetry - all animated by the live sounds of the Yard Dogs cartoon heavy band. Yard Dogs Road Show is pure visual and sonic voodoo.
Show time: 8 pm
Tidkets: $20 advance at Streetlight Records 831-421-9200
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Medeski Martin and Wood
Somewhere, someplace, someone is debating the future of live and recorded music, speaking in somber tones of changes that have made it difficult to reach consumers, of technologies that have changed society, and of the lack of creativity found in the arts. But in a small but impressive microcosm of the universe known as Medeski Martin & Wood, creativity is alive, flourishing, and filled with outlets for growth and expansion. And somewhere, whatever gods of music there might be are smiling.
Show time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $26.25 Advance Tickets, $30 At The Door
Advance Tickets:: Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 www.ticketweb.com 866-468-3399
Artist web site : www.mmw.net
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Tuesday , February 23rd, 2010
Jorma Kaukonen & G.E Smith
Show Time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $22 at Streetlight Records 421-9200
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February 26th & 27th, 2010
Banff Mountain Film Festival WOrld Tour
Different Shows Each Screening
Ignite your passion for adventure, action, and travel! The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will exhilarate you with amazing big-screen stories when it comes to the Rio Theatre at 7 pm on February 26 & 27. Journey to exotic locations, paddle the wildest waters, and climb the highest peaks. Get your tickets today and be taken away to the most captivating places on earth. The 2009/2010 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour brings films from the 34th annual Banff Mountain Film Festival to about 285 communities around the world. From an exploration of remote landscapes and mountain cultures to adrenaline-fueled action sports, films in this year's world tour are sure to captivate and amaze the explorer within you. Be moved. Be inspired. Don't miss out. Reserve your tickets today. For more information visit ucscrecreation.com or call (831)459-2806. This stop on the world tour is hosted by UCSC Recreation and locally sponsored by Pacific Edge, Bugaboo, Seahorse Swim School, Sprockets, Kayak Connection. Solar Technologies, Whole Foods Market, Adventure Sports Journal and SC Weekly
Benefits UCSC Wilderness Orientation Scholarship Fund & the UCSC Recreation Program
Web site www.ucscrecreation.com
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Sunday Feb 28th, 2010
Awesome Land: Women of Dirt
A Celebration of the Women in Gravity Mountain Biking
The film Awesome Land: Women Of Dirt looks through the eyes of the wondrous women that have helped grow the sports of gravity mountain biking, downhill racing, dirt jumping and free riding. Featured riders Lisa Myklak, Emily Johnston, and Tammy Donahugh will present at the premier, along with the filmmaker Mark Brent. There will be a Q&A session with the guests moderated by freelance adventure and traveling journalist Karen Kefauver. Proceeds will benefit Soquel Demonstration Forest.
Mark Brent is the man behind "Bones over Metal" a popular mountain biking video blog. "Awesome Land: Women of Dirt" is his first feature presentation.
Show Time: Doors 6:30 pm, Film 7 pm
Ticket: $10
Event Web site: womenofdirt.com
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
Edward Sharpe
and the Magnetic Zeros
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an ensemble led by Alex Ebert (also the lead vocalist for IMA Robot). The 10-piece folk-rock ensemble will be fresh off of Coachella and Noise Pop when they visit the Rio . They are touring their debut album " Up From Below ".. There isn't an Edward Sharpe in the group, and Ebert named the band after the characters in a novel he was writing about a boy who transcended his dismal world by tapping into some sort of universal music.
Show time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $18 advance tickets, $22 at the door
Advance Tickets: Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 • www.ticketweb.com
Artist web site: www.edwardsharpeandthemagneticzeros.com
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
QUEER QUEENS of COMEDY
Poppy Champlin and her coterie of laughing lesbians return to The Rio Theatre for a fun night of comical cacophony. Champlin is one of the quickest witted comics around and will be featured on a SHOWTIME Special to air in April called "The LOL Comedy Festival." The next Queen to hold court is Sandra Valls a hot and spicy Latina lesbian comic from LA who has been featured on SHOWTIME'S "Latin Divas of Comedy" and Curve Magazine voted her one of the top ten lesbian comedians in the country. The third queen in this triple threat lineup is the multitalented Roxanna Ward who bills herself as the secret love child of Steve Martin and Bette Midler. She is a favorite on Olivia cruises and plays the piano and sings song parodies til you pee with laughter. If you want to spend a night laughing - come to the Queer Queens of Qomedy.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $30 general, $40 Gold Circle
Advance tickets available at Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 and Ticketweb
Artist's website: QueerQueensoQomedy.com
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
JOE BONAMASSA
Guitar Virtuoso
As Joe Bonamassa grows his reputation as one of the world's greatest guitar players, he is also evolving into a charismatic blues-rock star and singer-songwriter of stylistic depth and emotional resonance. His ability to connect with live concert audiences is transformational, and his new album The Ballad Of John Henry (Premier Artists/2009) brings that energy to his recorded music more powerfully than ever before. The ninth solo album and seventh studio release of his career - as well as his fourth consecutive with producer Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Black Crowes, etc.) - the disc adds a heavy dose of "swamp" to Bonamassa's virtuoso mix of '60s-era British blues-rock (à la Beck and Clapton) and roots-influenced Delta sounds. It shows off Bonamassa's vocal range as much as his instrumental voodoo, and the artist says, "I feel this is my strongest work to date ".
Show time: 8pm
Tickets: $33.50 General admission - $44.50 Gold circle
Advance tickets at Streetlight Records in Santa Cruz 831-421-9200 and www.ticketweb.com
Email: RrazzProductions@GMail.com
Rrazz Entertainment, Inc. SupremeConcerts.Com Presents
www.TheRrazzRoom.com
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Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Gilberto Gil: The String Concert
Featuring Jacques Morelenbaum & Bem Gil
"One of the world's great songwriters." –New York Times
Brazil's internationally acclaimed singer, songwriter and guitarist Gilberto Gil brings his powerful rhythms and rich melodies to the Santa Cruz for one night only! In a career that now spans four decades and nearly 40 albums-six of them gold, alongside four platinum singles, Gil has become a legend, one of the most relevant and renowned performers in world and pop music. Gil was key among the leaders of the Tropicalia movement, fusing bossa nova, samba and salsa with rock and folk music-and securing his fame both abroad and at home in Brazil. He went on to become the Brazilian Minister of Culture, playing a key role in the constant modernization of Brazilian popular music and culture throughout the world. This seven-time Grammy winner promises to surprise, entertain and, not least, inspire.
Line-up: Gilberto Gil - Vocals, Guitar • Jaques Morelenbaum - Cello • Bem Gil - Guitars, Percussion
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $50/Gold Circle $35/General *
Advance Tickets: available at Logos Books & Records, 1117 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
Online at: www.kuumbwajazz.org
Info: (831) 427-2227 No Jazztix or Comps
* Ticket price does not include service charge & city tax
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Friday, March 19th , 2010
BASSEKOU KOUYATE and NGONI BA
"To all the rock 'n' rollers of the USA, I'm coming in February, 2010!"
That's Malian maestro Bassekou Kouyate with a heads-up well worth heeding. A virtuoso picker and musical visionary whose work blurs the lines between West African and American roots music, Bassekou has jammed with Bonnie Raitt and Bono, won praise from Eric Clapton. He's also dug into blues and country music with Taj Mahal and created freewheeling improvisations with banjo maverick Bela Fleck. Bassekou's instrument, thengoni, is a "spike lute" and an ancestor of the banjo, sharing its taut-skinned drum body, percussive attack, and varied picking techniques. Since 2005, Bassekou has led Ngoni Ba, the first-ever group built around not one but fourngonis-all played by members of his family. The group's second CD I Speak Fula comes out on Sub Pop in February of 2010 (preceeded by a digital release via iTunes in December '09) on the occasion of Bassekou's first U.S. tour as a headliner.
Show time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $18 advance, $22 door
Advance Tickets: Streetlight Records831-421-9200 and www.ticketweb.com
Artists Web Site: HERE
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Saturday, March 27th, 2010
House of Floyd
Tribute to Pink Floyd
In darkened rooms, smokey concert halls or hazy laseriums, fans continue to discover the music of Pink Floyd. From the hypnotic psychedelia of Syd Barrett to the first heartbeats of Dark Side of the Moon to the dramatic fall of the Wall, Pink Floyd has continued to mesmerize its audiences for over four decades.
HOUSE OF FLOYD, a reverent tribute to Pink Floyd, captures the intoxicating sights and sounds of the original for even the most discriminating fan. HOUSE OF FLOYD pays the highest tribute to the original by accurately recreating all of the nuanced musical complexity and powerful visual imagery of Pink Floyd. The result of this obsessive attention to detail is a total Floyd production...music, lights, lasers and video. HOUSE OF FLOYD will transport you back to that mystical moment when you first discovered the enthralling world of Pink Floyd.
Artist's Bio: S.F. Bay Area based "House of Floyd" has been packing California Theatres for the past 5 years
Show Time: 8:00PM
Day of Event Ticket Prices: $26
Door Ticket Prices: $26
Advance Ticket Prices: $22
Ticket Physical Point of Sale Location: Streetlight Records
Online Ticket Point of Sale: Ticketweb
Event/Artist's Web site: www.houseoffloyd.com
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Rogue Wave
"Now we're born again," sings Zach Rogue on the closing track of Rogue Wave's fourth studio album, Permalight. The dreamy acoustic lament lasts just over a minute but in sound and spirit it neatly sums up everything that comes before it. A punchy, deceptively effervescent set of multi-instrumental pop tunes, the Northern California band's latest set represents a giant breakthrough for Rogue and his longtime musical partner, drummer-keyboardist-vocalist Pat Spurgeon.
Show time:8:00 PM
Tickets: $18.90 advance
Advance Tickets: Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 • www.ticketweb.com
Artist's Web Site: www.roguewavemusic.com
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Friday, April 9th, 2010
Patty Griffin with special guest Buddy Miller
A natural songbird that can hush an audience with her performances, her power is in her passionate storytelling and that voice… that sad and lonely voice.
Show Time: 8 pm
Door Ticket Prices: $35
Advance Ticket Prices: $32
Special Ticket Prices: $47 Gold Circle
Advance Tickets Available: Streetlight Records
Online Ticket Point of Sale: www.pulseproductions.net
Event/Artist's Web site: www.pattygriffin.net
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen was born in Brest in Brittany and now lives in Paris. Many composers work alone during the composition process, though Tiersen has taken this a step further by recording many of his albums himself. On the soundtrack to Amélie for example, he is credited with playing the following instruments: toy piano, carillon, banjo, mandolins, guitar, harpsichord, vibraphone, accordian, piano, bass guitar and melodica. When working on those albums, one can only assume that he lays down the parts one by one to build up the track in layers. Tiersen is not a recluse however. There have been many concerts of his music, performed using a substantial number of musicians. Tiersen himself frequently plays the piano or accordian during such live performances.
Show time: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $18.90 advance
Advance Tickets: Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 • www.ticketweb.com
Artist's Web Site: www.yanntiersen.com
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Sunday, April 18th, 2010
BRUCE COCKBURN
Show time: 7:30 pm
Advance tickets $25 General Admission and $40 Gold Circle available at www.snazzyproductions.com
There is a $2.00 per ticket service charge with a minimum of $3.00 service charge per order
Tickets are NOT sold online on the day of the show, but may be available over the phone from Patty the ticket master at (831)479-9421!
Tickets bought at the door will be $4.00 more than tickets bought in advance
This show is presented by The Rio Theatre, Pulse Productions and Snazzy Productions
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Saturday, May 1st, 2010
Jean-Michel Cousteau
The Great Ocean Adventure
For more than four decades, explorer, environmentalist, educator, and film producer Jean-Michel Cousteau has used his vast experience to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet.
Since first being “thrown overboard” by his father at the age of seven with newly invented Scuba gear on his back, Cousteau has been exploring the ocean realm. The son of ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau, Cousteau spent much of his life with his family exploring the world's oceans aboard Calypso and Alcyone. After his mother's death in 1990, and his father's death in 1997, Cousteau founded Ocean Futures Society in 1999 to carry on this pioneering work.
A response to his father's call to “carry forward the flame of his faith,” Cousteau's Ocean Futures Society, a non-profit marine conservation and education organization, serves as a “Voice for the Ocean” by fostering a conservation ethic, conducting research, and developing marine education programs. Cousteau serves as an impassioned spokesman and diplomat for the environment, reaching out to the public through a variety of media. He has produced over 70 films, and been awarded the Emmy, the Peabody Award, the 7 d'Or - the French equivalent of the Emmy, and the Cable ACE Award.
The specific matter and content of Mr. Cousteau's multimedia presentation will be provided a few weeks prior to the event
Show time: 7:00 pm
Advance Tickets: $21.50 adults and $10.50 kids under 12 , available at Streetlight records 831-421-9200 and Ticketweb