Rio Theatre Past Events 2006
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Friday,
January 13th, 2006
RICHIE HAVENS
Richie Havens is gifted with one of the most recognizable voices
in popular music. His fiery, poignant, always soulful singing
style has remained unique and ageless since he first emerged from
the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960's. For three
decades, Havens has used his music to convey messages of brotherhood
and personal freedom. With over twenty albums released and a rigorous
touring schedule, he continues to view his calling as a high one.
As he told The Denver Post, "I really sing songs that move
me. I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business.
That's what it's about for me."
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $22 advance/ $25 door Streetlight
Records in Santa Cruz 831-421-9200 and ticketweb.com
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Friday,
January 20th, 2006
THE INDIGO GIRLS
THIS
SHOW IS SOLD OUT
All ages
www.indigogirls.com
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Friday,
January 27th, 2006
Indigo Evolution
The Documentary You've Been Waiting For
Featuring Doreen Virtue, Masaru Emoto, Don Miguel Ruiz and Neil
Donald Walsch.
Whatever you call them, (Indigo's or something else) our children
are coming into the world with their eyes wide open, ready to
play their role in creating a world of compassion and peace. Are
we witnessing a major leap in human evolution, what Jean Houston
calls "Jump Time?" Many people believe that we are on
the brink of a global awakening, and that the Indigo Children
are here to show us our highest potential.
Show time: 7:00
Tickets: $10, available at Gateways.
In "The INDIGO Evolution," you will hear from leading
experts from around the world that this is much more than an imaginary
fancy. The Children are real, and they are changing the world.
Director James Twyman takes us on a journey into one of the most
important questions of our day: "Has the human race finally
evolved to a higher reality?"
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Saturday,
January 28th, 2006
The Bobs AND The Austin
Lounge Lizards
Show time: 7:30 pm
Tickets: $21.00 advance @ 831-479-9421
or www.snazzyproductions.com
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Sunday,
January 29th, 2006
The Gypsy Caravan with
DAVID GRISMAN
The Robin Nolan Trio from Amsterdam and acclaimed San Francisco
singer Brandi Shearer will perform selections from Amoeba’s
first release Rendezvous at the Nightery, (already called “remarkable”
by LA Times journalist Michael Hiltzik) including the Nolan/Shearer
composition, Sao Miguel, featuring special guest David Grisman.
French gypsy guitar maestro Stephane Wrembel then joins with Grisman
for a tour de force romp through some of Django Reinhardt’s
trickier territory. Be amazed as they perform selections from
their new Amoeba Music release, Gypsy Rumble. Opening each show
with a dazzling display of youthful virtuosity are Sammo and the
Gypsy Kids, featuring Sam Miltich, Sam Grisman, Tom Davy and Annie
Staninec
Show time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $30 general and $
36 Gold Circle at Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 and at www.ticketleap.com
General Admission: ONLINE
HERE
Gold Circle: ONLINE
HERE
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
JZ KNIGHT, RAMTHA CHANNELER
from " what the bleep do we know "
Who Is Ramtha?
Ramtha is an ancient warrior, conqueror, and ascended Master who
lived 35,000 years ago. Remnants of his life and teachings exist
in various archaeological artifacts from India and Egypt, as well
as ancient Hindu literature. The fact that he is no longer limited
by his physical body allows him to interact with the physical
world in other forms. He chose this time to return because the
human race is ready to understand what he discovered about our
true identity as the Observer, responsible for collapsing the
quantum field and molding time and space.
JZ Knight, the Channel
JZ Knight was born March 16, 1946 in Roswell, New Mexico to a
family of migrant farmworkers. She was the eighth child in the
family and spent her early childhood in the cotton fields while
her mother worked picking cotton.
JZ Knight became a very successful businesswoman. Her professional
work was interrupted by Ramtha, who started her on a journey of
self-discovery and mastership. JZ was part of Ramtha's life historically
as one of his beloved adopted children, Ramaya. One of the more
controversial aspects of Ramtha's teachings is the form in which
he chose to deliver his message. The form in which he communicates
his teachings is through the phenomenon called channeling. In
fact, it was Ramtha who made the term known in the late 1970s.
Ramtha chose JZ Knight and prepared her to channel him, using
her body to teach his message in person. A channel is different
from a medium in that the channel is not the intermediary between
the consciousness coming through her and the audience. The channel
does not remain in a transfixed altered state while channeling;
rather she leaves her body completely and allows the consciousness
coming through to have full faculty over all her bodily movements
and functions. Ramtha, while being channeled through JZ Knight,
has the ability to open his eyes, walk, dance, eat and drink,
laugh, speak, converse, and teach his students personally. JZ
Knight is the only channel he has chosen and uses to deliver his
message.
Show
time: 7:00 pm
Tickets $ 20 advance and $25 at the
door
Available at Gateways Books 1126 Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz
831-429-9600
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Friday, February 3rd, 2006
KATE CLINTON
Kate Clinton is a faith-based, tax-paying, America-loving political
humorist and family entertainer. She has worked through economic
booms and busts, Disneyfication and Walmartization, gay movements
and gay markets, lesbian chic and queer eyes, and ten presidential
inaugurals. She still believes that humor gets us through peacetime,
wartime and scoundrel time.
Show time: 8:00 pm, doors 7:00
Tickets: $27
day of show
Advance tickets: $25.00 at www.ticketmaster.com
much
more at www.kateclinton.com
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Thursday, February 9th, 2006
THE
DEREK TRUCKS BAND
"Papa Mali
is the opener "
The Derek Trucks Band takes a progressive approach to roots
music, blending rock, blues, jazz, and world music into the
sound that now defines the DTB. The chemistry between the band
members in this quintet is undeniable, a result of heavy touring
and fearless improvisation. The Derek Trucks Band is known
for their amazing live performances, led by Trucks' soaring
guitar work, and backed by the impressive individual talents
of this band. Just 26 years old, Derek has forged a name
for himself over the years as an innovative guitar virtuoso,
the youngest musician named in Rolling Stone's List of "The
Top 100 Guitarists of All Time".
Show time: 9:00 pm
Tickets: Streetlight Records. $22
adv. $27 d.o.s. all GA
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2006
An evening with HAPA
"If Maui were music, it would sound like these guys."
--Wallace Baine, Santa Cruz Sentinel
Spend Valentine's Day with "Hawaii's hottest group!"
(Billboard), HAPA. With the release of their 6th album, Maui,
Hapa's Barry Flanagan and Nathan Aweau embrace the wider cultures
of the pan-Polynesian South Pacific in this wide-ranging performance.
Charles Ka'upu’s stirring chants and stories mesh with dramatic
hula by Hapa’s Malia Kawailanamalie Petersen and dancer’s
from the Hula School of Santa Cruz.
With a pulse and energy that make it entirely of today, Hapa's
groundbreaking music connects firmly to the Polynesian past, featuring
poetic ballads about the sea, the lushness of the land, and favorite
chiefs all told through melodies rich in harmony and backed by
virtuoso guitar. Add their signature dose of American acoustic
folk/rock, Celtic and world influences and you have the essence
of what Hawaii and Hapa music is: "beautiful, fragile, spiritual,
powerful" (Los Angeles Times).
“Hapa’s Maui is an instant classic and solidifies
the group’s standing as a titan of the genre. They haven’t
missed a beat.” -- KCSN-FM, Los Angeles
Show time: 7:30 pm
Tickets: $22 General, $30 reserved available at www.ticketweb.com and Streetlight Records, 939 Pacific Ave in downtown Santa Cruz.
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Thursday,
February 16, 2006,
Friday, February 17, 2006
Noche Flamenca
"Capable of incinerating all objects in its path." -
San Francisco Examiner
Noche Flamenca has become one of Spain's most successful flamenco
companies by maintaining the essence, purity, and integrity of
one of the most complex and mysterious of all art forms. Lauded
for their gritty and passionate performances of Spain's traditional
gypsy music and dancing, the performers are stunning virtuosos
- from the dancers' intricate, rapid-fire footwork to the singers'
soaring, mournful vocals and guitarists' filigree fingering.
Show time: both shows 8:00 pm
Tickets: Night of show: Rio Theatre,
beginning at 7:00pm
Adult: $28, Students & Seniors with ID: $24, UCSC Students
with ID: $14, Gold Circle: $40
Advance: UCSC Ticket Office, (831) 459-2159 or ONLINE
HERE
Info on A web site: artslectures.ucsc.edu
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Wednesday,
February 22nd, 2006
Peru Negro
"A carnival celebration of culture...colorful costumes, sensual
dances and historic verses."
- The Los Angeles Times
When slave masters in colonial Peru banned drums, the slaves found
new ways to create their outlawed rhythms. They used almost anything
that made noise when struck by a bamboo stick or slapped with
the palm of a hand. With the addition of melodic guitar and passionate
singing and dancing, Peru Negro keeps the tradition of Afro-Peruvian
music alive. Appointed as "Ambassadors of Peruvian Culture"
by their government, this Lima-based ensemble has helped bring
major international attention to Peru's African legacy.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: Night of show: Rio Theatre,
beginning at 7:00pm
Adult: $28, Students & Seniors with ID: $24, UCSC Students
with ID: $14, Gold Circle: $40
Advance: UCSC Ticket Office, (831) 459-2159 or ONLINE
HERE
Info on A web site: artslectures.ucsc.edu
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Friday,
February 24th, 2006 - 7pm
Saturday, February 25th, 2006 - 7pm
Sunday, February 26th, 2006 -
2pm (family matinee)
BANFF
MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour begins immediately
after the Banff Mountain Film Festival, held every November in
Banff, Alberta, Canada. The tour spans the globe bringing a variety
of mountain films to a wide audience from mountain guides to weekend
warriors to armchair adventurers. Be moved. Be inspired. Don't
miss out. Get your tickets now.
Show times: 24th & 25th 7:00
pm, 26th 2:00 pm matinee
Tickets: $10 Students & Seniors/$12
General.
This is a benefit for UCSC Wilderness Orientation Scholarship
Fund and UCSC Recreation. This year we will also benefit
local youth programs. Call (831)459-2806 for more information.
This stop on the world tour is hosted by UC Santa Cruz Recreation,
Adventure Sports, Bugaboo, Good Times, Family Cycling Center,
Pacific Edge Climbing Gym, Seagate
Tickets available at sponsors and the UCSC Box Office (831)459-2159
also online@ www.ucsc.edu.
Different films shown at each viewing
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Friday,
March 10th, 2006
“DESTINATION POINT”
A film by Josh Pomer.
SURF MOVIE WORLD PREMIERE TOUR
Filmed on location in Tavarua, Hawaii, California, Indonesia and
Mexico.
Starring Bobby Martinez, Tom Curren, Mick Fanning, Ratboy, Flea,
Barney, Kelly Slater, Taj Burrow, Taylor Knox, Dane Reynolds,
The Malloy Brothers, Andy & Bruce Irons and many more!
Presented by One Drop Entertainment & Helios Productions.
Show Time: 8 pm
Tickets: $8
Sponsored by: Surfer Magazine, Surfline.com,
Sector 9, PlanetX TV & Surfrider Foundation
FREE GIVEAWAYS!
For more information visit www.onedropentertainment.com
To purchase advanced tickets online go to: http://www.southcoast.com or call One Drop toll free 1.877.636.6566
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Saturday,
March 18th, 2006
FLYING SAUCER ROCK AND
ROLL
new film by Eric and Joe Callero
A 50's tale of love, beatniks, Martians, Zombies , Roswell and
a
government cover up...
Original soundtrack by The Chop Tops, Keen Kousins, Koffin Kats,
The
Customatics, Merry Widows and Stigma 13 ..
Show time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets at Streetlight records
$8 831-421-9200
more info 831-212-6284
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Wednesday,
March 22nd,
2006
CESARIA
EVORA
Show time:8:00 PM, doors 7:30
Tickets: $
32 ADVANCE, $35 DOOR
ALL AGES
Advance Tickets: STREETLIGHT RECORDS 421-9200 AND WWW.TICKETWEB.COM
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Friday,
March 24th, 2006
TURNING ECSTATIC!
THE SANTA CRUZ FILM FESTIVAL AND THE THRESHOLD
SOCIETY AND VISIONARY MEDIA INC. PRESENT AN EVENING FILLED WITH
RUMI MUSIC, FILM, POETRY AND DANCE
The event will include Canadian writer/director Tina Petrova and
and Stephen Roloff’s life-changing film Turning Ecstatic,
the music of Baraka, a world-class Sufi music ensemble, and readings
of Rumi’s poetry by the esteemed Kabir and Camille Helminski.
The night will be spun away by a special presentation of the Whirling
Dervishes of the Threshold Society.
Petrova’s film, Turning Ecstatic, was inspired six years
ago when Tina drove off a cliff - both literally and figuratively.
On her way to spend the morning chanting at a Buddhist monastery
high in the mountains of Southern California’s desert, Petrova
gave a ride to a hitchhiker, an enigmatic woman standing beside
a deserted stretch of road. When Tina dropped the hitchhiker off
at her destination, she had offered a prophetic warning. Driving
up the mountain, the words echoed in Tina’s mind as her
car hit a patch of black ice and started to skid: “don’t
drive off the cliff today…” This life-changing
event launched Tina on the journey that was to become the basis
for her docudrama Turning Ecstatic. In the midst of an ongoing
struggle with pain and despair, she was visited by a phenomenal
encounter with Rumi, a 13th century Sufi mystic. The incident
opened up a path of healing and transformation that lead Tina
to a remarkable array of individuals whose lives and work have
been influenced by Rumi’s philosophy, teachings and poetry.
Rumi’s exquisite metaphors of ecstatic divine love
resonate all the more powerfully in today’s troubled times,
and all the more ironically- for his birthplace was Afghanistan
and his final resting place Turkey. Join us on one woman’s
magical journey of passion, bliss and surrender that offers a
perspective of renewed hope for all humankind.
Show Time: 7:00 pm
Tickets: $18.00 in advance, $20 at
the door, Student/Seniors 15.00 in advance 18.00 at the door -
A service charge may be added
Advance Tickets: Available at - Metro
Santa Cruz Offices - 130 Cooper St., Downtown Santa Cruz, CA 95060
- Gateways Bookstore 1126 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, CA 95062
More Info: Call the Film Festival
at (831) 459-7676.
On the web at: www.santacruzfilmfestival.com
This event is generously sponsored by Zamzam Books.
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Saturday,
March 25th,
2006
FRANS
LANTING’S OUT OF AFRICA
For more than twenty years Frans Lanting has traveled in and out
of Africa to chronicle its wildlife, people, and environmental
issues for National Geographic and many other publications. This
year he takes us on a grand tour that covers the continent as
he has experienced it.
In this new presentation Frans will lead us on a personal journey
from the savannas of East Africa into the forests of the Congo
Basin, through the arid lands of Namibia, along the Mediterranean
coast of South Africa, and into the interior of the Kalahari desert.
Our journey will culminate in a remote part of Zambia where Frans
has been working this past year on a new project that profiles
a spectacular wildlife sanctuary few people have heard of yet.
Join us for an evening of African discoveries and insights from
one of the worldís great photographers and storytellers.
Show times: 3:00PM AND 7:00PM
Tickets: $20 general admission, $15
for seniors, and $10 for Santa Cruz Museum Association members.
Advance Tickets are available by
phone charge or in person at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium Box
Office, 307 Church Street, 420-5260. Be sure to buy your tickets
early for this popular event. Proceeds benefit the Santa Cruz
Museum of Natural History.
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Saturday,
April 15th, 2006
Dr. Masaru Emoto
from the movie " What the bleep do we know "
The hypothesis that water circulates through the universe .
Metempsychosis (reincarnation) and Past life memories. Earthquake
prediction (e.g. Shimane earthquake) and more topics to be discussed
...
Show time: 7:00 pm
Advance tickets $20 @ Gateways
Books 831-429-9600 www.gatewaysbooks.com
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Tuesday,
April 18th, 2006
Tinariwen
"Desert blues, the wandering, smoky lines of the music
summon up a nomadic sense of a land without boundaries."
- The Guardian (UK)
If ever there were a band of true rebel rockers, these veiled
and robed exiled nomads from the southern Sahara are it. Their
sound is powerful and original, tied to Touareg music from their
home in northern Mali. But traditional instruments such as the
derbouka, calebass, and flute have been augmented with electric
guitars and the influences of American blues, rock and rap,
Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix, and other Western and Middle Eastern
influences. "They rock." - Time Out (UK)
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: Night of show: Rio Theatre,
beginning at 7:00pm
Adult: $28, Students & Seniors with ID: $24, UCSC Students
with ID: $14, Gold Circle: $40
Advance: UCSC Ticket Office, (831) 459-2159 or ONLINE
HERE
Info on A web site: artslectures.ucsc.edu
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Thursday,
April 20th, 2006
BEHEMOTH, LLC
PRESENTS:
THE 2005 NELSCOTT REEF TOW IN CLASSIC
Innaugural Nelscott Reef Tow Classic 2005 from Lincoln City,
Oregon
Show time: 8 p.m.
Tickets: $7.00
(Fundraiser for 2006 contest)
AFTERPARTY AT THE CROWS NEST - SANTA CRUZ HARBOR
FILM AND AFTERPARTY ARE PRESENTED BY BEHEMOTH, LLC, LINCOLN
CITY, OR
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Friday,
April 21st, 2006
"The Bizarro
Baloney Show: Comedy for a Cause"
Created and performed by nationally syndicated, award-winning
cartoonist Dan Piraro, this show is a one-man variety act that
appeals to college students, cartoon fans, animal lovers, and
those politically to the left. In the comedy arena, there's
simply nothing else out there like it. The New York Times
called "The Bizarro Baloney Show" a "shrewd tour
of an artist's imagination".
The Bizarro Baloney Show is on tour in conjunction with the
release of Piraro's 14th book, Bizarro and Other Strange Manifestations
of the Art of Dan Piraro, from Abrams Books.
Show
time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $10
advance $13 day of show
For more information on tour dates, cities, and times, visit www.bizarro.com
Advance tickets available at Streetlight
Records 831-421-9200 or online at ticketleap.com
Piraro
is funding the tour himself and anything after travel expenses
will benefit Dan's favorite animal welfare organizations.
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Saturday,
April 22nd, 2006
Kennan
Ward Photography and the UCSC Recreation Program are proud to
present
WOLVES: Running with the Pack a multimedia celebration of Earth Day 2006.
WOLVES: Running with the Pack features Kennan and Karen Ward,
local adventure-naturalists, photographers and videographers
whose contagious excitement and passion for wildlife and wilderness
is inspiring, beautiful and fun!
Magnificent still photography, brand new video clips from adventures
in Yellowstone and Denali National Parks, and a live presentation
featuring friendly natural history & warmly told anecdotes
will make this a night to remember.
Unique new video footage of never-before-seen animal behaviors
will delight, shock and excite you and your friends and family.
Learn more about the secret lives of wild wolves, and the adventure
of getting to know Yellowstone's wild packs. Wolves are often
called the voice of the wilderness, their haunting musical howls
an unforgettable and defining part of any time spent in the
great outdoors.
For all you bear enthusiasts, never fear! The presentation will
also include bears playing, fighting, and stealing food from
wolves, plus a broad range of other wildlife at work and play
including foxes, coyotes, otters, swans, geese, badgers and
more.
Part of the proceeds from this event will benefit The Conservation
Alliance, a non-profit organization of outdoor businesses whose
annual membership dues support grassroots citizen-action groups
and their efforts to protect wild and natural areas. Learn more
at conservationalliance.com
Show time: 7:00 pm
Tickets: Students
& Seniors $10.00, General Admission $14.00, Day of the Show
$16.00
Advance tickets are available online
at kennanward.com Tickets will be available April 1st at the following locations:
Palace Art, 1407 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 427-1550 and 1501
- 41st Ave, Capitola, 464-2700, and at Laser Light, 7960
Soquel Drive, Aptos, 685-1366.
For more information or to order
your tickets by phone, contact the UCSC Recreation Program at
(831) 459-2800 or 459-2668; visit them online at www.ucscrecreation.com
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Thursday,
April 27th, 2006
ROAM
a mountain bike film premiere
A new film from the Collective hosted by The Bicycle Trip
Benefiting the Bike Smart & the new Bicycle Shop @ School
program
Training youth in bicycle safety and street skills
Show time: 7:00 pm
Tickets: $5.00 at the door
If you would like to give & or participate please email
or call Aaron at the Bicycle trip - 1127 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz,
Ca 95062
831.427.2580
10-6 Mon – Sat., Sunday 10-6
(Aaron: Tues. – Sat., aaron@bicycletrip.com)
www.bicycletrip.com
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Friday,
April 28th, 2006
REVEREND BILLY
and The Church of Stop Shopping
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir return to
Santa Cruz for a blistering revival show : singing, dancing
and fiery preaching will get you in the spirit!
Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir believe that
Consumerism is overwhelming our lives. The corporations want
us to have experiences only through their products. Our neighborhoods,
"commons" places like stoops and parks and streets
and libraries, are disappearing into the corporatized world
of big boxes and chain stores. But if we "back away from
the product" - even a little bit, well then we Put The
Odd Back In God! The supermodels fly away and we're left with
our original sensuality. So we are singing and preaching for
local economies and real - not mediated through products --
experience. We like independent shops where you know the person
behind the counter or at least - you like them enough to share
a story.We ask that local activists who are defending themselves
against supermalls, nuke plants, gentrification -- call us and
we'll come and put on our "Fabulous Worship!" Remember
children... Love is a Gift Economy! -- The Rev
Show time: 7:30
PM - 9:30 PM
Tickets: $12
and $10 students/seniors
Make
Your Reservations
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Saturday,
April 29th, 2006
BAL ANAT TRIBAL KARNIVALE
The Bal Anat Tribal Karnivale promises to be a theatrical belly
dance extravaganza featuring exciting pre-show entertainment,
the historic Bal Anat film, In the Beginning, and fabulous performances
by a village of belly dance artists. Performers include
Suhaila Salimpour, Rashid, Tiffany Bisconer, Vashti, and Honored
Guest Dancer, Margaret Cho! With beautiful costumes and
authentic Middle Eastern music and dancing, this show will thrill
the senses and nourish the heart and soul.
Show times: Preshow: 6:00pm / Film:
7:00pm / Performances: 7:30pm
Tickets: $25 in advance /
$30 at the door
Advance Tickets available online
at www.bellydanceodyssey.com or
at Masala Imports, 911-41st Avenue, Capitola
Mail order information available at www.bellydanceodyssey.com or call 831-621-1968
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Sunday,
April 30th, 2006
Baile Juventude
The largest cast in Rio history :
Baile Juventud features dance and song from youth dance companies
in Santa Cruz county. Though young, these are seasoned performers.
Azteca
White Hawk Dancers
Break Dancing
Santa Cruz Breakers
Greek
Eleftheria of Prophet Elias
Greek Orthodox Church
Mexican Folklorico
Centeotl - Santa Cruz / Seaside
Corazon en Flor - Watsonville
El Grupo Folklorico de Davenport
Nanahuatzin - Santa Cruz
Semillas de Esperanza - Watsonville
Praise Dance
Word Of Life Youth Choir
Word Of Life Praise Dancers
Salsa
Salsa Juventud
Show time: 5:00 pm
Advance tickets $5 at Streetlight
records and ONLINE
HERE
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Tuesday,
May 2nd, 2006
Benefit Surf Movie!
FIN
a new movie by Ira Opper
Help Mike Wasch, master laminator and fiberglass artist, who has
been diagnosed and operated on for a brain tumor...and he needs
our help.....
Surfboard door prizes, surfboard auction, raffle for wetsuits,
and tons more stuff...
Advanced raffle tickets available
at Paradise Surfshop, and Haut Surfshop. Winners don’t need
to be present!
Show time: 7:30 pm
Advanced admission tickets available
at Paradise Surfshop and Haut Surfshop or $10 at the door
Hosted by: The Rio Theatre, Pleasure
Point Night Fighters, and the Aloha Riders
For as long as there have been surfers, there has been an accepted
standard of what was normal--finless redwood planks in the '20's,
longboards in the '60's, single-fins in the '70's, thrusters in
the '80's and '90's. But today, there is no standard; there is
no norm. There is only a group of surfers that are going their
own way.
FIN is an examination of the current state of the art, a time
in surfing culture when surfers are compelled to ride whatever
they want in order to facilitate a style that suits them best.
FIN is a study of the end of one mentality, a look at the current
epoch of surfing history, and a celebration of a time in surf
culture when what you ride means nothing, but how you ride it
means everything.
Starring: Alex Knost, Andrew Logreco,
Andy Irons, Chris Bredesen, Colin McPhillips, Dan Thompson, Dane
Petersen, Dodger Kremel, Flea, Herbie Fletcher, Jalian, Joel Parkinson,
Joel Tudor, Kekoa Uemura, Kelly Slater, Lucas Proudfoot, Mick
Fanning, Pickle, Ratboy, Steven Thomas, Tanner Beckett, Titus
Kinimaka, Tom Wegener, Wingnut, Wayne Dean.
Sponsored by: Haut Surfboards, Rainbow
Fins, O'Neill, M-10, Freeline Design, Michel Junod Surfboards,
Strive Surfboards, Stretch Surfboards, Indicator Surfboards, Noe
Surfboards, Ward Coffee Surfboards, Paradise Surfshop, Newman's
Own, Cobalt Surfboards, Johnny Rice Surfboards, Performance Surf
Products, Zog Industries, FCS, and Opper Sports Productions
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Friday,
May 5th, 2006
About Productions: L.A.
Real
This show has been canceled.
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Saturday,
May 6th, 2006
MARK OLSON and GARY
LOURIS form THE JAYHAWKS
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $20 advance
Streetlight records 831-421-9200
and Ticketleap.com
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Sunday,
May 7th, 2006
BILLABONG
JACK McCOY SURF FILM FESTIVAL
The festival line-up also includes The Billabong XXL Big Wave
Awards 2006, with some monster footage from famous US breaks Ghost
Tree, Monterey and Mavericks, San Francisco. The festival opens
each night with the winning entry from the Panasonic Surfshorts
Competition 2006.
Free as a Dog — McCoy’s 24th film in a long line of
classics, including Tubular Swells, Storm Riders, Blue Horizon
and many more — showcases the remarkable surfing talent
of Joel ‘Parko’ Parkinson (Australia) like never before.
Narrated by Parko’s faithful hound Trey, the film follows
the duo on a mission to help get a couple of lovesick grommets
(played by Australian, surfers James "Woody" Wood and
Ellis Ericson) back on track after they've fallen for a beautiful
dark-haired beach beauty (Ashley Cheadle, Australia).
For the past year, Jack, Parko, Woody and Ellis have been chasing
waves all over the Australian coastline and beyond, capturing
some never-before-filmed breaks. The film also has a look at Joel’s
home turf — Coolangatta, Queensland, also home to what is
affectionately known as “The Superbank”, a man-made
stretch of perfect beach that creates perfect, long, peeling waves.
The 2006 Panasonic Surfshorts winner was ‘131.9 Cents’
by Tony Mason (Melbourne, Australia). Panasonic Surfshorts is
a short-film competition that aims to encourage and support filmmakers
of all levels. ‘131.9 cents’ is based on true events
of Tony Mason. A guy born and raised in the city, over an hour
from the coast, Tony manages to discover the beauty of surfing regardless
of the cost to keep riding waves.
The final item on the festival program will be some astonishing
footage from The 2006 XXL Big Wave Awards. The film will showcase
the biggest waves ridden during the 2005/06 season.
Six years after its debut, the Billabong Jack McCoy Surf Film
Festival has grown to become the WORLD’S LARGEST of its
kind, screening to over 40,000 people in 13 countries.
Show time: 7:00 pm
Tickets ($10) on sale through
from April 10th, at selected surf shops or at the venue on the
night. For more information please visit www.Billabong.com or www.JackMcCoy.com
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Friday,
May 12th, 2006
Saturday, May 13th, 2006
Let Abbey Road Be
by the White Album Ensemble
In 2003, the White Album Ensemble began a tradition at the Rio
center for the performing... by presenting the Beatles' "White
Album" live in concert, performed by an 8 piece band comprised
of some of the area's top musicians who'd rehearsed and researched
for months to ensure a tight show with musical authenticity. They
continued the following spring '04 by debuting "Rubber Revolver",
(Rubber Soul, Revolver and the singles that were released at the
same time), then the next spring '05, the worlds' most popular
album and its companion piece - Sgt. Peppers' Mystery Tour.
In completing this cycle for '06, the group offers the Beatles'
final two records, Abbey Road and Let It Be with the singles released
during that period, such as "Lady Madonna".
While being wildly different records in sound quality, recording
techniques and attitude, they make a fitting final installment
of the White Album Ensemble's two- album concert series.
The Ensemble has made it their mission to recreate the landmark
albums (that were released after the Beatles stopped touring,
or contained material that had instrumentation that they could
not use in concert at that time), in their original song sequence,
and with exact instrumentation whenever possible.
While "Let It Be" has been called the sound of the most
popular entertainment group in history breaking up and growing
apart with all the chaos, drugs, personal differences and business
pressures taking their toll, "Abbey Road" is a fitting,
tasteful "let's bury the hatchet- and go out in style with
a great record" sentiment.
Let It Be was recorded rather crudely- without overdubs, much
of it loose and out of tune, but still the Beatles! The songs
are as great as ever, from "The Long and Winding Road"
to "Get Back".
George Martin, the brilliant arranger/ producer/ sonic architect
who had produced all of their previous records, had bowed out
of "Let It Be". It was recorded by Glyn Johns and shelved
as substandard, then re-mixed by famed "Wall Of Sound"
U.S. Producer Phil Spector (Ronettes, Righteous Bros., Tina Turner's
"River Deep Mountain High") .
But on "Abbey Road", the winning formula of beautifully
crafted songs, multi tracked vocals, meticulous arrangements,
musical guests like Billy Preston and Eric Clapton and George
Martin's tasteful production were all back in full force. Many
people feel it is the crowning of the Beatles' artistry.
Replicating the Fab Four's many overdubbed parts on these albums
requires 8 top Santa Cruz and Monterey, Ca. based musicians and
vocalists -
Jason Schimmel (Guitar, Keyboard and Vocals)
Tiran Porter (Bass, Vocals),
Dale Ockerman (Keyboards, Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals),
Ken Kraft (Guitar and Vocals,),
Alan Heit, (Vocals, and Guitar),
Michael Daugherty (Drums, vocals),
Bob Bliss (Keyboards, Guitar and Vocals),
Richard Bryant (Vocals, and Percussion).
As is the tradition, Mark Thornton will create an era video accompaniment
for the Rio's movie screen, as a backdrop to the group.
Show times: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets general admission $26
GA ONLINE
HERE • Gold circle $ 42 ONLINE
HERE and at Streetlight records 831-421-9200
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Sunday,
May 14th, 2006
RICHARD THOMPSON
1000 YEARS of Popular Music
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $24.50
advance tickets Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 and at ticketweb.com
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Thursday,
May 18th, 2006
WE JAM ECONO
THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN
is a feature length documentary chronicling
this ground breaking, early 80’s punk rock band from their
humble beginnings in the harbor town of San Pedro, CA to
their untimely demise when lead singer and guitarist D. Boon was
killed in a van accident in December of 1985. Told by those
who were there, WE JAM ECONO - THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN weaves
together footage from over fifty newly shot interviews with archival
interviews and live performances to capture the dynamic energy
and do-it-yourself spirit of these punk rock pioneers.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets will be $5 at the door day
of show.
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Friday,
May 19th, 2006
JAKE SHIMABUKURO
Jake just won Rock Album of the Year with his new album "Dragon"
at this year's Hawaiian Music Awards....
Known for lightning-fast fingers and revolutionary playing techniques,
Jake Shimabukuro is a master of the ukulele. The 28-year-old virtuoso
shatters musical boundaries. Not only does he play styles previously
"taboo" on the four-string, two-octave instrument, but
also he is creating music never before thought possible. While
Jake has great respect and love for traditional Hawaiian ukulele
music, his mission is to show everyone that the ukulele is capable
of so much more.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $20
Available @ Streetlight records 831-421-9200
and ONLINE
HERE
www.jakeshimabukuro.com
* city tax and box office service fee will be added
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Saturday,
May 20th, 2006
WomenCARE presents it's 5th Annual Benefit
Concert
WOMEN"S VOICES
A night with Cappella trio MAYIM
and
DESTINY, "Harpist from the Hood"
with A Band Of Angels jazz ensemble
M.C. and comedienne Diane Grunes and friends anchor another smashing
event for a cause dear to many of us .... WomenCare ..
Show time: 7:30 pm
Tickets: $22 door $ 50 Gold Circle $12 students at door
only
Advance tickets: $20
Available at Bookshop Santa Cruz, Bookworks in Aptos, Gateways
book, Paradise Surf shop and Arrow Surf on Mission street...
more information @ WomenCare 831-457-2273 or Diane at 831-426-6387
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