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Friday,
January 19th , 2007
Film screening : THE QUALITY
OF LIFE
Homecoming screening for Santa Cruz Filmmakers
Ben Morgan and Brant Smith
"A powerful and emotionally satisfying film"
- San Francisco Chronicle
"Well-acted, sharply observed and authentically gritty"
- New York Magazine
Directed by self-taught filmmaker and Santa Cruz native, Benjamin
Morgan, and co-written with childhood friend, Santa Cruz High
grad, and lead actor of the film, Brian Burnam, Quality of Life
tells the story of two San Francisco graffiti writers grappling
between the passion for their craft and the consequences that
come with it.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $8
www.qualityoflife-themovie.com
Quality of Life has played film festivals around the world (won
awards in Berlin, Oxnard, and Stockholm) and is coming off of
a very successful limited North American theatrical release. This
will be the film’s Santa Cruz premiere.
Director Benjamin Morgan, Producer Brant Smith, and co-star/co-screenwriter
Brian Burnam will be present for Q after the screening. Please
join the filmmakers for the after party at Cardiff Lounge (529
Seabright Avenue).
Saturday,
January 27th , 2007
LUNAFEST:
Films
By, For and About Women
Co-Sponsored by UCSC Women’s Center
LUNAFEST, a fundraising film festival dedicated to promoting
awareness about women's issues, highlighting women filmmakers,
and bringing women together in their communities, is holding its
6th annual premiere event.
Illustrated through nine films by women filmmakers this unique
film festival will highlight women as leaders in society. The
films range from animated shorts to fictional drama, and cover
topics such as women’s health, body image, spirituality,
relationships, cultural diversity, and breaking barriers.
All proceeds from the LUNAFEST premiere will go to WomenCARE,
the UCSC Women’s Center and the Breast Cancer Fund. Thus
far, LUNAFEST, which is sponsored by LUNA, the Whole Nutrition
Bar for Women, has raised over $100,000 for Breast Cancer Fund
and over $250,000 for other women’s nonprofits.
Local Gold Circle Sponsors of the 2007 LUNAFEST include:
Seagate, New Leaf Community Markets, Visual INK, Buttery, Crepe
Place, UCSC Women’s Center
Show time: Doors
6:30, 7:00 - 9:00 – Showing of films
Tickets: $5.00 students / $10 general
Available at the UCSC Ticket Office at the Performing Arts
Phone: (831) 459-2159 Tuesday–Saturday 12-4pm
Or by calling the UCSC Women’s Center (831) 459-2072
Saturday,
Feburary 3rd, 2007
AMERICA : FREEDOM TO FASCISM
Determined to find the law that requires Americans to pay income
tax, Aaron Russo (THE ROSE, TRADING PLACES) sets out on a journey.
Neither left- nor right-wing, this startling examination exposes
the systematic erosion of civil liberties in America. Through
interviews with US Congressmen, a former IRS Commissioner, former
IRS and FBI
agents, tax attorneys and authors, Russo connects the dots between
money creation, federal income tax, voter fraud, the national
identity card (becoming law in May 2008) and the implementation
of
radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track citizens.
A striking case about the evolving police state in America.
Show time: 6:30pm
doors 7:00pm show
Tickets: $6 advance $7 door. Advance
tickets for purchase at Streetlight Records 831-421-9200.
Movie website: www.freedomtofascism.com
Saturday,
Feburary 10th, 2007
"The Vagina Monologues"
ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY!
The
cast is women of Santa Cruz ..your friends, neighbors, relatives
andlovers.
Who: Santa Cruz Women's Health Center
V-Day Santa Cruz 2007, a benefit production of Eve Ensler's "The
Vagina Monologues"
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $25 general, $18 student/senior
with ID
Contact: Ticket Hot Line: 831-425-4480
for credit card purchases; also at Westside Stories, 847 Almar,
Santa Cruz, for credit card, check and cash sales, open every
day, 10:30 to 6:30.
Goal: To raise awareness to stop violence against women and girls
and funds for our beneficiary - Santa Cruz Women's Health Center
What is V-Day? V-Day is a global movement to stop violence
against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes
creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize
the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. Through
benefit performances of "The Vagina Monologues," unique
documentary film projects and innovative gatherings designed to
change social attitudes toward violence, V-Day generates broader
attention for the fight to stop worldwide violence against women
and girls including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation
(FGM), and sexual slavery. In its first six years, the V-Day movement
has raised over $20 million. The V' in V-Day stands for
Victory, Valentine and Vagina. For more information, please
visit www.vday.org
Proceeds Benefit The SANTA CRUZ WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER, a feminist,
non-profit, primary healthcare center, serving the Santa Cruz
community for over 32 years. With a strong commitment to
prevention, education, affordability, and cultural sensitivity,
The Santa Cruz Women's Health Center provides quality health care
for women and girls of all ages, and boys through age 18.
Downtown at 250 Locust Street. Hablamos Espanol.
Friday,
Feburary 16th, 2007
NEKO CASE
There is the basic, by now familiar biographical arc: Case’s
childhood in Washington State, art school in Vancouver, her early
baptism into the world of country and gospel music, and contemporary
gigs in distaff punk trios Maow and Cub, as well as a longer (and
ongoing) stint in powerhouse Canadian pop group the New Pornographers.
Since the late ‘90s, however, the bulk of Case’s energies
have been devoted to a thriving solo career. Following three critically
lauded studio albums, 1997’s The Virginian, 2000’s Furnace
Room Lullaby, and 2002’s masterful Blacklisted; a quietly
potent kitchen- recorded EP, Canadian Amp; and last year’s
brilliantly conceived concert collection The Tigers Have Spoken,
Case reemerges with her latest, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.
Eric Bachmann will open evening
Show time:8:00PM
Tickets: advance tickets $20 Streetlight
records 831-421-9200 and ONLINE
HERE
Wednesday,
Feburary 21st, 2007
Hapa
"Hawaii's Supergroup"
—Elle Magazine
Contemporary Innovations of Traditional Hawaiian Music
Featuring Nathan Aweau, Barry Flanagan, Hawaiian Chanter Charles
Ka'upu and Hula by Merry Monarch winner Malia Kawailanamalie Petersen
and dancers from Hula School of Santa Cruz
The award-winning duo Hapa embraces the wider cultures of the pan-Polynesian South Pacific
in their always engaging live performance. Part traditional, part
contemporary, part musical genius, part stunning vocals, Hapa's
Barry Flanagan and Nathan Aweau create a soundtrack for twenty-first
century Hawaii – native art, history and music pulled together
by the powerful force of Mäui. Add their signature stylings
of American acoustic folk/rock, Celtic and world influences and
you have music that is "beautiful, fragile, spiritual, powerful"
(Los Angeles Times).
At the 2006 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards (Hawaii's Grammys), HAPA’s
CD release "Maui" won four awards including “Album
of the Year.” In addition, Nathan Aweau won two individual
awards including “Male Vocalist of the Year.”
Show
time: 7:30
pm
Tickets: $24 General , $32 Gold Circle
Reserved available online at ticketweb.com General admission tickets also available at Streetlight Records,
941 Pacific Ave, downtown Santa Cruz.
Thursday,
Feburary 22nd, 2007
Universes:
Live from the Edge
Show
time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: Adult: $28/$24* Students
& Seniors with ID: $24
UCSC Students with ID: $14
Gold Circle: $40/$35*
*subscriber discount price
All Tickets subject to service charges.
Artist link HERE
“The
poetry of the city, minted in the urban furnace where the flint
of real life strikes the sparks of creation.”
–The New York Times
"These performers are fierce, funny and bitingly intelligent."
– The Los Angeles Times
Fusing poetry, theater, jazz, hip-hop, politics, down home blues,
and Spanish boleros, this ensemble company of multidisciplined
writers and performers creates moving, entertaining theatrical
works. Breaking the bounds of traditional theater, the group creates
their own brand, inviting old and new generations of theater crafters
and theatergoers to reshape the face of American Theater. The
group has performed in such diverse places as the Mark Taper Forum,
the Andy Warhol Museum, Joe's Pub, P.S. 122, and Sing Sing Prison.
Friday,
Feburary 23rd - 25th, 2007
Banff Mountain Film Festival
World Tour
This year's tour features a collection of the most inspiring and
thought-provoking action, environmental, and adventure mountain
films. Traveling from remote landscapes and cultures to up close
and personal with adrenaline-packed action sports, the 2006/2007
World Tour is an exhilarating and provocative exploration of the
mountain world.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is produced by Mountain
Culture at The Banff Centre, and features award-winning films
and audience favorites from approximately 300 films entered in
the annual festival in Banff.
Join UC Santa Cruz Recreation when the Banff Mountain Film Festival
World Tour brings the spirit of outdoor adventure Feb. 23 &
24 at 7 pm and Feb. 25 at 2 pm for a Family matinee.
Locally Sponsored by Seagate, Pacific Edge, Bugaboo and Good Times
and UCSC Recreation....
For tickets and information contact
UCSC Recreation at (831)459-2807 or visit our website at www.ucscrecreation.com
Ticket also available at Bugaboo, Pacific Edge & UCSC Ticket
office
Saturday,
March 10th, 2007
QUEER QUEENS OF COMEDY
" The all lesbian stand-up comedy revue features four of
the hottest top reigning queens of comedy working the circuit
today."
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $20 in advance $25 at
the door
Advance tickets at Streetlight
Records 831-421-9200
More info : mtnrosie@comcast.net - or call 408-202-5564
Saturday,
March 17th, 2007
Frans Lanting:
The Making of Life: A Journey Through Time
A benefit for the Friends of Long Marine Lab to establish the
Ken Norris Memorial Lecture Series at Long Marine Lab’s
Seymour Center.
Frans Lanting, acclaimed as one of the great nature photographers
of our time, will lead us on a personal journey through the
history of life on Earth. In this new presentation, Frans will
share images and stories about this groundbreaking project,
along with video footage by Christine Eckstrom, co-producer
of Life: A Journey Through Time. Frans’ show will also
include behind-the-scenes glimpses of the making of LIFE as
a multimedia orchestral performance, which premiered in July
2006 at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa
Cruz.
In 2000, Frans set off on a journey of photographic discovery
that parallels new scientific insights about the story of life
on Earth. His search has been wide-ranging and provocative,
leading him from microscopic worlds to primordial landscapes
that preserve time capsules of life’s history. From prehistoric
trilobites to giant tortoises, delicate jellies to spiny octopus
trees, this presentation is a testament to the enduring miracle
of our living planet.
Frans brings his support to the Seymour Center to celebrate
the naming of an annual fall lecture series in memory of his
friend, neighbor, and kindred spirit –– scientist/naturalist,
Ken Norris.
Show times: 2 PM & 7 PM
Tickets: advance tickets at Logos
Books & Records downtown, and at the Seymour Center (831)
459-3800. General admission: $20; Friends of Long Marine Lab
members: $15.
March 23rd, 2007
CHORES, a horror film
Prescreening of brand new HORROR FILM to be released Nationally
Halloween 2007
Free passes available
Show time: 8:00 pm
call 831-684-9999 or 831-475-1080
March 24th & 25th, 2007
Santa Cruz Documentary Premiere : CHINA
BLUE
CHINA BLUE is a powerful and poignant journey into the harsh
world of sweatshop workers in China. Shot clandestinely in Chinese
sweatshops, this is a deep-access account of what both China
and the international retailers don't want us to see: how the
clothes we buy are actually made.
CHINA BLUE takes us inside a blue-jeans factory, where the working
conditions teenage girlworkers must endure are harsh beyond
imagination. They are also unlawful by international standards,
and tensions in the factory are running high. So when the factory
owner strikes a deal
with a Western client and demands around-the-clock production
to meet the deadline, a confrontation becomes inevitable.
Show
times: 24th at 8:00PM, 25th at 5:00PM
Tickets $5 at the door
Often the girl workers in these sweatshops, many of them under
the age of 15, work through the day and the night with no overtime
pay and a base salary of $.06 per hour. They live 12 to a room
in cement dormitories with one squat toilet serving also as
a sink. Their meals and rent are deducted from their wages.
The jeans they produce are shipped to the U.S. and other Western
countries, and workers get a fraction of what they charge consumers.
CHINA BLUE has hit a nerve with audiences all over the world.
It has screened in 37 film festivals in 24 countries, has DVD
editions in six languages and theatrical release in four countries.
It has generated intense reactions: a woman in Scotland went
home and ripped all her Made in China clothes; a teacher in
Poland wanted to send the girls in China money so they can buy
a train ticket home; and in New Zealand parliament members have
organized public screenings; and in China...the film is banned.
During production, the filmmakers were arrested and their tapes
confiscated byChinese police.
CHINA BLUE brings a whole new perspective to shopping for clothes.
As producer Micha Peledsays: “People don’t want
to feel guilty when they buy clothing, but once they see the
film, shopping may never be the same.”
“Sixteen-year-old Jasmine is a thread-cutter at the Lifeng
Factory, one of dozens of denim manufacturers in Shaxi, South
China. As she puts it, she makes the ‘big and fat’
jeans we wear. Like her new friends at the factory – Liping,
a seamstress, and Orchid, a zipper installer – Jasmine
is one of hundreds of millions of people, mostly young women,
who make up the largest pool of cheap labor in the world.
“Contrary to the notion that these girls offer a pliant,
obedient work force, the film reveals glimpses of an emerging
activism: a bold willingness, as Jasmine asserts, ‘to
pull the Tiger’s whiskers. ’Coming into a sense
of self-worth, Jasmine sends a gentle message to the West in
the pocket of a pair of jeans. Tempering the giddy, greedy imperatives
of the market, CHINA BLUE offersremarkable access into the other
new China.”–Sean Farnel, TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL
Saturday,
March 31st, 2007
ANOUSHKA
SHANKAR
Anoushka Shankar has shown herself to be a unique artist with
tremendous talent and understanding of the great musical tradition
of India. Anoushka is the only artist in the world to be trained
completely by her father and legendary sitar virtuoso and composer,
Ravi Shankar. She has been playing and studying the sitar with
him since she was nine, and at age thirteen she made her performing
debut in New Delhi, India. That same year, Anoushka entered
the recording studio for the first time to play on her father’s
recording, In Celebration. Two years later she helped as conductor
with her father and dear friend, George Harrison, on the 1997
Angel release, Chants of India. Shortly thereafter she signed
an exclusive contract with Angel/EMI Classics. In the Fall of
1998 her first solo recording, Anoushka, was released to tremendous
critical acclaim. Two albums followed, Anourag in 2000 and Live
at Carnegie Hall in 2001. The latter was nominated for a Grammy
Award in the Best World Music Album category, making her the
youngest ever nominee in that category. She also played sitar
on her father’s Grammy Award-winning album Full Circle:
Carnegie Hall 2000, and has appeared as a sitarist on several
other CD’s, including Sting’s Sacred Love.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $25 @ Streetlight
Records 831-421-9200 and at www.ticketweb.com
Thursday,
April 5th, 2007
WHITEY
advanceTouring his new album : The Light At The End of The
Tunnel WHITEY is a sort-of solo project by N.J. Whitey. He
is a misanthrope who spends most of his time skulking in dark
corners. When he plays live, he is accompanied by the followin
friends and associates - Wildcat (drums/sequencers), Scott
X. Fairbrother (guitar/bass) and Shah (guitar/keys).
Over the past two years Whitey and his live sidekicks have
played over 200 shows alongside (amongst others) Undertones,
Buzzcocks, LCD Soundsystem, New Order and Iggy Pop. There
have been sessions for XFM and BBC Radio 1. Previously released
in the UK via 1234 Recordings, Whitey's debut album, The Light
At The End Of The Tunnel Is a Train has already made waves
in Europe and is now set to turn more ears on in the states.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets $7 advance at Streetlight
records and ONLINE
HERE
www.dimmak.com/whitey
Opening support band is : WOVEN
"gothy electronics and trip-hop squiggle...sounding like
Marilyn Manson moonlighting as a moody software engineer."
- Spin
"verges on heady Kid-A territory without stepping
foot in traditional rock waters." - Mean Streets
"Woven sound like Massive Attack and Squarepusher
writing pop songs." - Lollipop.com
Friday,
April 6th, 2007
DR.
MARSHALL ROSENBERG
International peacemaker and Conflict Resolution expert Dr.
Rosenberg is the author and founder of Nonviolent Communication.
NVC has been described as a language of compassion, a tool
for positive social change, and a way to promote peace in
the world. His talk is entitled “Speaking Peace: The
Basics of Nonviolent Communication.”
Show
time: 7:00
PM
Tickets are $12 or $10 students
and seniors and are available at Capitola Book Café,
and Gateways Books and Gifts.
Dr. Rosenberg will also be presenting four all day workshops
on April 6-7 at First Congregational Church and April 9-10
at Inner Light Ministries. These workshops are designed for
parents, teachers, therapists, helping professionals, and
anyone wishing to improve their communication skills. To learn
more about the daylong workshops, go to www.nvcsantacruz.org
For further information, call 831.459.6919
Sunday,
April 8th, 2007
FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH
Easter Celebration 10:30am to Noon
Free and open to all!
We invite you to bring the whole family celebrate the resurrection
of Jesus Christ through music and a fresh look at the ancient
scriptures. Come share this special Easter holiday with your
community.
There will be additional programs for preschool and elementary
aged children.
Contact: For more information
go to: www.santacruzfaith.org or call (831)429-9000”
Saturday,
April 14th, 2007
COWBOY
JUNKIES
Show
time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $30 at Streetlight records 831-421-9200 and www.ticketweb.com
www.cowboyjunkies.com
Thursday,
April 19th, 2007
OMAR
FARUK TEKBILEK
World
Famous Sufi Musician
Omar Faruk Tekbilek & his Ensemble Perform ‘Tree
of Patience’ CD Release Concert
traditional Sufi, folk and contemporary music from the Middle
East.
Omar Faruk Tekbilek has since established himself as one of
the world's foremost exponents of Middle Eastern music. A
multi-instrumentalist par excellence, he has collaborated
with a number of leading musicians of international repute
such as jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, keyboard player Karl Berger,
ex-Cream rock drummer Ginger Baker, Ofra Haza, Simon Shaheen,
Hossam Ramzy, Glen Velez, Bill Laswell, Mike Mainieri, Peter
Erskine, Trilok Gurtu, Jai Uttal and Steve Shehan among others.
He has contributed to numerous film and TV scores and to many
recordings including world sacred music albums, and has been
touring extensively throughout the Middle East, Europe, Australia,
North and South America.
Omar Faruk’s music is rooted in tradition, but has been
influenced by contemporary sounds. He views his approach as
“cosmic” and his commitment to music runs deep.
The four corners of his creativity emanates mysticism, folklore,
romance, and imagination. Like Omar Faruk himself, his music
symbolizes diversity-in-unity.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $15 at Streetlight
Records 831-421-9200 and www.ticketleap.com
Friday,
April 20th, 2007
Making
Tracks
The UCSC Recreation Department is pleased to present a very
special evening with adventure-naturalists and photographers
Kennan and Karen Ward who will be premiering their new documentary
film "Making Tracks", a true story of grizzly bear
cubs growing up in the wild. This event is their third
annual celebration of Earth Day in collaboration with the
UCSC Recreation Department. In 2005 Kennan and Karen gave
a slide show and lecture that focused on their journey to
Antarctica and the effects of global warming. In 2006 we were
given an extraordinary view into the world of wolves through
a multi-media presentation of slides and video. This year,
Kennan and Karen are bringing us their first feature-length
documentary film. "Making Tracks" takes us into
the domain of the grizzly bear and explores the balance between
survival, beauty and gentility that is their lives. You can
see a video teaser of the film at ucscrecreation.com or kennanward.com.
The soundtrack features music by singer and acoustic guitarist
David Grimes, and he will be there in person to play music
before the show.
Show time: 7:30 pm
Tickets: $16.00 day of show
Sponsored by KUSP 88.9 Central Coast Radio, Metro Santa Cruz,
Jeff Traugott Guitars, Laserlight and Harbor Press, this event
will benefit the Conservation Alliance and the UCSC Recreation
Department.
Advance tickets are $11.00 for
students and seniors (65+), and $14.00 for general public.
Advance tickets will be sold through the UCSC Box Office 459-2159,
Palace Arts in Downtown Santa Cruz 427-1550 and on 41st Ave.
in Capitola, 464-2700, Laser Light in Aptos 685-1366, online
at www.kennanward.com and in the UCSC Recreation Office 459-2806.
Saturday,
April 21st, 2007
Lura
Show
time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: Adult: $28/$24* Students
& Seniors with ID: $24
UCSC Students with ID: $14
Gold Circle: $40/$35*
*subscriber discount price
All Tickets subject to service charges.
“Powerhouse vocals.”
– Rolling Stone
Born in Lisbon, this rising young star of Cape Verdean music
speaks in Portuguese but sings mostly in Kriolu, the language
of her father’s birthplace, Santiago, the most African
of the Cape Verde islands. Lura burst onto the scene in 1996
performing with Brazilian superstar Caetano Veloso and has
also performed with her former mentor Cesaria Evora. Sensual
and stirring, her music is rooted in the accordion-driven
funana and the rhythmic batuku styles of Santiago. “Lura's
vivid, infectious 2004 album, Di Korpu Ku Alma (Of Body and
Soul), is quickened by the rolling beats of Congolese and
Senegalese pop.” – The Seattle Times
Friday,
April 27th & Saturday, April 28th, 2007
THE SANTA CRUZ FILM
FESTIVAL VI
• 6:30
PM
High and Dry Michael Toubassi 1:40 USA
• 8:30 PM
Illymanya: A Story of Guinea
Music Nicholas Incorvaia and Joshua Batchelder
1:00 Guinea
CALIFORNIA PREMIERE co-presented by www.drumskull.com
Live performance to follow after screening by LIKE WATER DRUM
AND DANCE
Like Water Drum & Dance, a Washtenaw County, Michigan
based percussion and dance troupe, showcasing traditional
West African drumming and dancing and original compositions.
For complete listings of films, details and events go to www.santacruzfilmfestival.com
Sunday, April 28th
• 11 AM
Visionary Arts and Media
www.visartsmedia.org
local shorts: The Truth About
Habits: Addiction • Little Things Make a Big Difference
• Passionately Caring for the Earth: Time for Young
People to Take a Stand • Straight Edge • Teenage
Love & Pregnancy: Blindly Giving Life • What Does
Our Culture Mean To You?
• 1PM
The Unwilling Shawn Flanagan 1:40 USA www.almadenfilms.com
• 3PM
A Benefit for The Burmese Migrants
Education Project
Distorted Propaganda Jeff Lodas 67:00 mn USA/Tibet
www.distortedpropaganda.com
With
Evocation Jaeyoon Park 4:00 mn
Korea
An ode to the cycle of life and the growth of the soul beautifully
told through animation.
Special Burma Film—Untitled
Director Unknown 27:00 mn Burma
WORLD PREMIERE
• 5PM
Far Off Town - Dunedin to Nashville Bridget Sutherland 1:40 New Zealand/ USA
This documentary is about New Zealand underground rock legend
David Kilgour and his journey from the small NZ town of Dunedin
to Nashville to record with his friends in the alternative
country band Lambchop.
For No One Jeff
Mizushima 12:00 mn USA
A girl in her quarter-life crisis discovers new hobbies after
a breakup with her boyfriend.
• 7:30 pm
Closing Night
Ten Inch Hero David Mackay 98:00 minutes USA N. CALIFORNIA PREMIERE
The sign out front says it all: Normal People Need Not Apply.
Are we at The Saturn? DUH! Four friends deal with their love
lives and learn about themselves while working in a funky
sandwich shop in Santa Cruz.
Michigan Sky Aaron Smith 7:00
mn USA
Friends, & Love Austin Hartman
4:30 mn USA
Sponsored by KPIG
PERFORMANCE BY SUPERIOR OLIVE
www.superiorolive.com
Superior Olive blends pop rock with classical and world music
influences using a traditional guitar-bass-keyboards-drums
lineup.
For complete event listings and film descriptions please visit www.santacruzfilmfestival.com
Monday,
April 30th, 2007
COCOROSIE
Busdriver opens
Busdriver
Indie psych-rock sisters Sierra and Bianca Casady are touring
their new album ,
" THE ADVENTURES OF GHOSTHORSE AND STILLBORN "
and will stop in Santa Cruz on their way from Coachella.
Birthed
through an intricate process of prank phone calls and clairvoyant
documentation, The Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn
follows CocoRosie and their crew of miscreants through the
Mechanical Forest of Feelings.
“It was there we first confronted the Warlock, Laughing
Crow, and buried the Black Dove.”
This album is a departure from the obscured blur of stained
glass rêve to a more self-exploitive memoir. Parts are
dreamy and parts are savage, but, as with an opera where death
represents a secret heaven, the whole record feels like a
black diamond in the snow. From her humble beginnings in the
South of France, the saga sailed the Seven Seas all the way
to that icy crack in the Earth’s crust just outside
of Reykjavik. Upon her return to her Parisian homeland, she
shared a mystical rendezvous with beautiful sailors Pierre
et Gilles, the album cover being the consequence of that affair.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $13 +tax/service
fee at Streetlight records 421-9200 and
ONLINE
HERE
Thursday,
May 3rd, 2007
“Absolute
Mexico”
Film screening“Absolute Mexico” was produced
and directed by Josh Pomer (The Kill Series, Wow, Destination
Point), alongside executive producer Tim Hoover and editor
David Parsa. The film features top surf athletes —
Toby Martin, Cory Lopez, Chris Ward, Bruce Irons, Bobby
Martinez, Joel Parkinson, the Hobgoods, Danny Wills, Kenny “Skindog”
Collins, Andy Irons, Kelly Slater, Kalle Carranza, Oscar
Moncada, “Coco” Nogales, Chuck Paterson and
Danielo Couto as they descend on a small coastal Mexican
community during a perfect swell.
Show time: 8:00 pm
For tickets, contact Arrow
Surfshop, M10, Haut, Pacific Wave Surfshop,
Santa Cruz Surfshop
more info www.thesurflab.com
Saturday,
May 5th, 2007
"For the Kids
- Part ll"
Ride A Wave's second full length movie "For
the Kids - Part ll" is a surfer's eye view of a day
in the life of the RAW 2006 summer camp series. All
12 of our local and out of town camps will be reviewed in
this 2006 summer camp compilation. The focus for this
year's movie will be on our dauntless RAW volunteers. The
audience will feel so close to the action that beach towels
are required. Watching the movie without a wetsuit
may cause dampness. Sunscreen with a minimum SPF 30 is recommended.
Our surfers enjoyed their 100' Wednesday as they Stepped
into Liquid at central coast venues such as Cowell's
Beach in Santa Cruz, Leo Carillo in Malibu and Leadbetter
Beach in Santa Barbara. The Point Break provided an
Endless Summer of Blue Crush waves. Watch our kids while
they are Riding Giants at Leo Carillo. Experience
up close the Drive Thru effect as our 16' tandem board burns
up the surf.
Show time: 6:00 pm - Doors
at 5:30
Tickets: The movie
is FREE. Donations will be gladly accepted
Friday,
May 11th, 2007
Angelique Kidjo
"Gutsy
and powerful.” – BBC Radio
"Kidjo has the vocal chops of a diva and the jauntiness
of a young child.” – Rolling StoneKidjo
cross-pollinates the West African music of Benin with American
R&B, funk, jazz, and European and Latin American influences.
Recipient of three Grammy nominations, she has collaborated
with diverse artists including Santana, Gilberto Gil, and
Dave Matthews. Kidjo’s latest album Oyaya! draws upon
musical traditions of the Caribbean Diaspora – salsa,
calypso,meringue, and ska. “Her varied cultural influences
come together in a beautiful ethnic tapestry.”
– New York Post
Show
time: 8:00 pm
Tickets:Adult: $35/$30* Students
& Seniors with ID: $30
UCSC Students with ID: $17
Gold Circle: $50/$40*
*subscriber discount price
All Tickets subject to service charges.
Tickets
available at UCSC Ticket Office: 1156 High St ,Santa Cruz
Email: tickets@ucsc.edu
Phone:831-459-2159
Office Hours Tues-Sat Noon-4pm
Artists Website HERE
Saturday,
May 12th, 2007
WomenCARE
celebrates its 15th Birthday with comedienne
Paula Poundstone
Show time: 7:30PM
Tickets: $30 general, $50
Gold Circle (front rows), $150 Gold Circle + post-show private
home reception, $20
seniors & students - (with I.D.) at the door only, if
available.
Available NOW at Streetlight Records or at WomenCARE, 617-B
Water St., (MWF 9-12)
After April 1st at Bookshop Santa Cruz, Gateways Books,
Bookworks, Paradise Surf
Available at WomenCARE
www.womencaresantacruz.org
All tickets available online.
Friday,
May 18th, 2007
"
VAYA CON GRINGOS "
film world premiere
Vaya con Gringos is a story about a traveler’s dream
to go top to bottom in the Americas, exploring the coast
of two continents for waves to surf and rocks to climb.
It’s a story about two friends and the highs and lows
of a 20,000 mile road trip, but most important of all, it’s
the stories of the people that they met along the way.
In 2003 after two years of preparation, Scott Cherry and
Zack Hill set out the make their dream a reality and flew
to the Aleutian Islands, making their way by plane, ferry
and automobile for 8 months to the final destination of
the Tierra del Fuego, in search of an America without borders
and a good adventure.
Vaya con Gringos is a narrative of the journey made up of
interviews, journal entries, and beautiful imagery from
Alaska to Argentina. You will meet artists, activists, environmentalists,
musicians, surfers, rock climbers, fisherman, travelers
and dreamers that live along the longest continual stretch
road in the world, and proudly call themselves Americans.
Filmed with miniDV, super 8mm and 35mm stills
Show
time: 8:00PM -Doors at 7:00pm
Tickets: $6 available night
of show
www.vayacongringos.com
Saturday,
May 19th, 2007
Benefit Concert for THE SANTA CRUZ
WOMEN"S HEALTH CENTER featuring BLAME
SALLY
The Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center is a community
family health clinic providing quality and affordable health
care to women and children since 1974. The Santa Cruz Women’s
Health Center offers both western medicine and alternative
health care including acupuncture, chiropractic care, and
naturopathy.
The Santa Cruz Women’s Health Center provided almost
Four Hundred Thousand Dollars of subsidized medical care
in 2006. 20% of their operating budget comes from donations,
fundraising, and grants. This year they strive to increase
that amount as well as to provide medicine for no and low
cost to uninsured and underinsured patients.Blame Sally
plays an eclectic blend of pop-motivated folk - intelligent,
emotional, and alive with syncopation and melody.
Lush, inventive arrangements and compelling songs.
2006 brings a new album and a video that has reached #2
on Neil Young's Living With War site as of 9/11/06.
also playing, will be GREAT DAMES ... A DUO OF LONG TIME
FRIENDS PATTI MAXINE AND CAROLE MAYEDO. PATTI PLAYS LAP
STEEL AND GUITAR AND PERFORMS LOCALLY IN THE BANDS WORD
OF MOUTH, ISLAND BREEZE, AND UKENASIA. CAROLE PLAYS ELECTRIC
VIOLIN
Blame
Sally Website
Show time: 7:30PM
For information, or to charge
tickets on your credit card, phone 425-4480. Or, you can
go to Gelato Mania on Pacific Avenue to purchase tickets
with cash. Sliding scale of $20 to $30
Saturday,
June 2nd, 2007
We Just Work Here
a film about the employees of Santa Cruz
Bicycles
By Brian Vernor
Local filmmaker Brian Vernor follows up Pure Sweet Hell, a cyclocross
film, with a documentation of the bike culture and riding scene
which exists in Santa Cruz. Shot entirely on Super 8, We Just
Work Here exudes love of the bicycle and of the people who ride
them. WJWH premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
in January, and screened this May in New York City at the Bicycle
Film Festival. WJWH includes dirt jumps, track sprints, off-road
biathalons, and an inside look at the artists and individualists
behind locally based Santa Cruz Bicycles.
Show time: 7:30
Tickets: $5.00
View the trailer: HERE
Monday,
June 4th, 2007
LAURA VEIRS
touring her new album " Saltbreakers
"
On her third Nonesuch release, Saltbreakers, singer-songwriter
Laura Veirs remains tantalized by the mysteries and marvels
of the natural world, filling her work with images, both precise
and poetic, of the ocean and the stars. But she digs even
deeper this time into the vagaries of human nature, transforming the
turbulence of her own life, as well as her concerns about the
hair-trigger state of the world at large, into a collection
of songs distinguished as much by their emotional urgency as by
their often astonishing musical inventiveness.
"Lyrically I drew more from my personal life on this record
than with anything I've done in the past," says Veirs.
She aims to convey the feeling, if not the specific circumstances,
of an intense period in her per- sonal life: the end of a
long-term relationship, and the unexpected start of a new one,
coupled with a move from Seattle to Portland. She recalls
this recent time as "a real emotional pendulum. I was swing- ing
from joy to despair and back again. I was bouncing off the walls."
She channeled her restless energy into writing material that
mirrors those dramatically swinging moods; it shifts from brooding
to euphoric to the hauntingly contemplative. Veirs recorded
the album in Seattle, with band-mate Tucker Martine (The Decemberists,
Bill Frisell) once again producing and mixing. Though she
now calls her group Saltbreakers, it's actually comprised of her longtime
compatriots, formerly known as the Tortured Souls -- guitarist/bassist
Karl Blau, keyboardist Steve Moore and drummer Martine. The
name change was a practical decision: "I didn't want to talk about
that Tortured Souls thing anymore. It just got old," Veirs,
who also plays guitar, explains with a laugh, remembering
lots of bad jokes about the moniker.
Over the last three years, the band has traveled the world in
support of Veirs' previous Nonesuch albums, Carbon Glacier
(2004) and Year of Meteors (2005), assiduously cultivating an
international fan base. Veirs continues to praise the musicians'
strong interrelationship: "The band has gotten really close.
We've become like a real family. It's felt like that for a long
time, but it's even more so now. Before we made this record,
I demo-ed the tracks at home using Garageband. Then we went on
a short west coast tour and played the new material. One
of the big pay-offs of the way we work was then being able to
go into the studio and just play the songs."
Show time: 8:00
Advance tickets $11 Streetlight records
831-421-9200 and www.ticketleap.com
New
review on Harp Magazine
June
9th, 2007
2007 Santa Cruz Bodybuilding
& Figure Championships
Thursday,
June 14th, 2007
" PSYCHIATRY : an
Industry of Death "
documentary premiere
Using rare historical and contemporary footage and interviews
with more than 160 doctors, attorneys, educators, survivors and
experts on the mental health industry and its abuses, the film
tracks the history of psychiatry from it's macabre18th century
origins to today, where 100,000 patients die each year in psychiatric
institutions and 20 million children have been put on potentially
lethal, mind-altering drugs
Presented by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (408-605-1570)
Tickets: admission is free
Show time: 7:00 pm
Saturday,
June 16th, 2007
Liquid Blue Aloha and
Rhythm
Featuring John Cruz , Makana
and Todd Hannigan
A place where aloha eclipses the Sea
John Cruz "Grammy Award winning Hawaiian Island rhythms,
drenched in powerful prose and warm embrace."
Makana “Ground Breaking instrumental brilliance”
Todd Hannigan “Soulfull, Majestic Original Liquid rythms”
Show time: 8:00PM
Tickets: $16 Adv, $18 at the door
Tickets available at the Aloha Island Grill (13th and Portola),
Streetlight Records (Pacific Avenue) Capitola Book Café,
(41st Ave) and ONLINE
HERE
www.makanalive.com
Wednesday,
June 20th, 2007
SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE
ALL STARS
A Film by Zach Niles and Banker White
free screening in recognition of World Refugee
Day
This feature length documentary film tells the remarkable and
ultimately life-affirming story of Sierra Leone’s Refugee
All Stars, a group of six Sierra Leonean musicians who come together
to form a band while living as refugees in the Republic of Guinea.
Forced from their homes by a brutal, decade long civil war (1991-2002)
in Sierra Leone, the members of the band represent the thousands
of untold stories that exist amongst the survivors of the civil
war. It took the lives of many of their loved ones and left them
with physical and emotional scars that may never heal.
But it could never take away their music. Through music Sierra
Leone’s Refugee All Stars have found a place of refuge,
a sense of purpose and a source of power. Filmed in a genuine
climate of fear pervading the West African refugee camps on the
Guinea-Sierra Leone border, the film provides a unique and intimate
perspective on war and conflict in the developing world. SIERRA
LEONE’S REFUGEE ALL STARS is a character driven film that
chronicles the band over three years, from Guinean refugee camps
back to war-ravaged Sierra Leone. Amidst the tragedies of their
incredible losses the band triumphs by realizing the dream of
recording their first studio album. SIERRA LEONE’S REFUGEE
ALL STARS reveals unique and inspiring personal stories of survival
and rebirth through the universal language of music. As violent
conflicts multiply around the globe the worldwide refugee crisis
deepens, this film is a humanizing tribute to all the innocent
survivors of war. Through the uplifting music and emotional stories
of these six musicians, we begin to understand the brutal realities
of a war so often dismissed by the mass media and are witness
to the ability of individuals to sustain hope and create art in
a landscape dominated by rage and loss.
Show time: 7:30 pm
Tickets: FREE
www.refugeeallstars.org
Thursday,
June 21st, 2007
SIERRA
LEONE'S REFUGEE ALL STARS
FROM A REFUGEE CAMP IN REMOTE AFRICA, WRITING SONGS FOR THE WORLD
TO HEARWEST AFRICAN GROOVES, REGGAE RHYTHMS AND RHYTHMIC TRADITIONAL
FOLK TESTIFY TO TRANSCENDENT POWER OF MUSIC
TOURING THEIR NEW ALBUM 'Living Like A Refugee'
. The album follows the film 'The Refugee All Stars' - one of
the most acclaimed documentaries of the past year - which traces
the incredible journey of a group of musicians who fled their
native Sierra Leone in West Africa during that country's brutal
ten year civil war, eventually journeying back to be reunited
with family and friends, and realize their dream of recording
in a proper studio.
THE DOCUMENTARY WILL BE SHOWN DAY BEFORE
CONCERT JUNE 20TH AT 8PM
Recorded over a three-year period, from August 2002 to October
2005, the songs on the album serve as bookends to the absorbing
story told in the film. After fleeing Sierra Leone, the members
of the RAS came together in the Sembayounya Refugee Camp deep
in the remote countryside of neighboring Guinea. They made their
earliest recordings there, some of which are included on this
album. Imagine the scene: by the light of an oil lamp, the RAS
provide soul-searing harmonies accompanied by impossibly worn
acoustic guitars and makeshift percussion on songs that address
suffering and hope in equal measure. Elsewhere on the album this
spirit is amplified, literally and figuratively, on tracks recorded
at Island Studios in Freetown, Sierra Leone, after the members
of the RAS returned to their homeland.
Lyrically, the RAS' songs decry the insanity of war, the corruption
that surrounds them, and the living conditions they endure, all
in poetic, at times wry, fashion (“When two elephants are
fighting/The grass them a suffer.”). As the RAS combine
elements of West African music, reggae, rhythmic traditional folk
and hip-hop, the results are earthy, emotionally charged, and
indomitable.
Show time: 8:00PM
ADVANCE TICKETS $20 + TAX STREETLIGHT
RECORDS 831-421-9200 AND WWW.TICKETLEAP.COM
Wednesday,
June 27th, 2007
XAVIER
RUDD
A one-man-band/multi-instrumentalist who plays guitars, Yidaki’s
(didgeridoos), Weissenborn slide guitars, stomp boxes, djembes,
harmonica, and a bunch of different percussion and drums, Xavier
Rudd is touring his new album " WHITE MOTH "
Show time: 8:00 pm Doors 7:00
Advance tickets $20 S24 day of show
The Attic Cafe 831-460-1800
TICKETWEB
Friday,
July 27th, 2007
CIRCUS
CONTRAPTION
" A bracing curative for the afflictions of our times "
Founded in 1998, Circus Contraption, the Northwest’s premiere
one-ring traveling circus began with performances two years in
a row at the Seattle Fringe Theater Festival. Circus Contraption
mixes traditional circus skills such as trapeze and aerial dance,
acrobatics, juggling and clowning with elements of cabaret, vaudeville
and physical comedy. The troupe also creates its own fantastical
masks, costumes, puppetry, props, sets and banners. Created with
a leaning toward the surreal, Circus Contraption juxtaposes the
dangerous with the whimsical, the exotic with the absurd. This
evening show will have some mature content material.
A Six-foot Amazonian Beetle, Giant Puppets, Aerial Artistry, Jugglers,
Stiltwalkers and Acrobats are just a few of the elements this
sideshow from the Twilight Zone might conjure up as part of any
given performance. In classic circus fashion, Circus Contraption
performances feature live, original music. Circus Contraption
plays quirky-jerky, loony-croony, gypsy-carnival-opera music to
accompany the physical acts and to aurally ambush audiences and
get them on their feet dancing. The Circus Contraption sound features,
at any given moment: vocals, accordion, banjo, guitar, bass, clarinet,
violin, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, tuba, theremin, washboard,
drums, rusty junk and elbow grease and more. Circus Contraption
puts a contemporary spin on circus music traditions with an aesthetic
described by The Stranger as "a cross between Tom Waits and
Wings of Desire."
The circus sold out both shows at the Rio several years ago..
Show time: 8:00PM
Advance tickets $15 at Streetlight
Records 831-421-9200 and www.ticketweb.com
Saturday,
July 28th, 2007
Unraveling Thread
Show
time: 7:00 pm
Tickets: $10.00 at the door
Presented by Ride-a-Wave and Santa Cruz SPCA
Thursday,
September 6th, 2007
Devendra Banhart
Support Opener Noah Georgeson
Show time: 7pm Doors 8pm Show
Tickets: $28 Advance Tickets, $30
Day of Show General Admission
presented by Totem Music and (((folkYEAH!)))
Advance tickets at Streetlight records
831-421-9200 and Ticketweb
Friday, September 7th, 2007
The 2007 REEL ROCK Film Tour
presents Chris Sharma in person
THE REEL ROCK Film Tour brings high-octane climbing and adventure films to enthusiastic audiences across the world.
REEL ROCK 2007 will feature King Lines, Chris Sharma’s search for the planet’s greatest climbs -- the groundbreaking new movie from Sender Films and BigUp Productions. King Lines documents Chris Sharma’s quest to be the first to climb the most difficult and outrageous rock formations around the world. Sharma is the strongest and most famous rock climber. For the past decade he has dominated his sport, and at 25 years old, the Santa Cruz, CA native is just hitting his stride. A segment from King Lines recently won an EMMY award in the category of Outstanding Photography. Chris Sharma will appear in person at the Santa Cruz REEL ROCK Event.
Show time: 7:30 pm
Tickets $10 advance at Pacific Edge , 104 Bronson St, Santa Cruz, CA, (831)454-9254
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
On the 6th anniversary of 9/11
FILM : TERRORSTORM
Throughout history, criminal elements inside governments have carried out terror attacks against their own populations as a pretext to enslave them. TERRORSTORM reveals how, in the last hundred years, Western leaders have repeatedly murdered their own citizens while posing as their saviors.
In TERRORSTORM you will discover that September 11th, the attacks of 7/7 in London, and many other terrorist events were self-inflicted wounds. You will witness British Special Forces troops caught in the act of staging terror attacks in Iraq and see official US government documents laying out plans to hijack passenger planes by remote control. You will learn how the Reichstag fire, the Gulf of Tonkin, and the US-backed Iranian coup of 1953 are all interconnected false-flag terror events.
This UPDATED AND EXPANDED edition has more than 17 minutes of explosive new documentation. This final cut of TERRORSTORM is the definitive work exposing the history of government-sponsored terrorism.
Show time: 7:00pm
Tickets: $6.00
Advanced tickets available at Streetlight Records. 939 Pacific Ave Santa Cruz (831) 421-9200
Presented by Santa Cruz 9/11 truth www.santacruz911@yahoo.com
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
PINK MARTINI
Somewhere between a 1930s Cuban dance orchestra, a classical chamber music ensemble, a Brasilian marching street band and Japanese film noir is the 12-piece Pink Martini. Part language lesson, part Hollywood musical, the Portland, Oregon-based ‘little orchestra’ was created in 1994 by Harvard graduate and classically trained pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale to play at political fundraisers for progressive causes such as civil rights, affordable housing and public broadcasting. Equally at home performing its romantic, multi-lingual repertoire on concert stages and in smoky bars, Pink Martini draws a wildly diverse crowd.
Touring their new album , HEY EUGENE! , The album shines throughout -- from the golden-era Hollywood melody of “Everywhere” to the French cabaret of “Ojala.” Other collaborations anchor the set as well: Forbes’ sister Maya co-authored the pan-world “Dosvedanya Mio Bombino” with its globetrotting latin-meets-Russian beat supplied by the March Fourth Marching Band plus the Forbes-Lauderdale penned sexy sway of "City of Night." Bassist Phil Baker adds the quiet beauty of “Cante e Dance,” and Peruvian percussionist Martin Zarzar debuts the romantically complex “Mar Desconocido.” “It’s like a song from a Pedro Almodovar film,” says Lauderdale, “with an excerpt of a Chopin waltz in the middle of it.”
Show time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $35 General and $47 Gold Section
www.ticketweb.com
and Streetlight Records 831-421-9200
www.pinkmartini.com
Saturday,
September 15th, 2007
TODD SNIDER
This a benefit for Jacobs Heart in memory of Laura Ellen Hopper
Show time: 7:30 pm
Tickets are $30.00 in advance and
are only on line snazzyproductions.com or by phone (831-479-9421)
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
Sri Kaleshwar
Parameshwari Yoga ………….Channels to Mother Divine & Shiva
Considered one of India's most highly regarded living saints, Sri Kaleshwar is from the Divine Lineage of ancient Indian Spirituality, a lineage which includes such remarkable saints such as Shirdi Sai Baba, Jesus, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi. Sri Kaleshwar’s mission is to create many spiritual and master healers dedicated to helping
society during these tumultuous times. He says everyone must awaken to their unique duty and help relieve the suffering around them. To do this, he teaches ancient practices that the greatest spiritual figures, including Jesus, used to develop miraculous healing abilities. Sri Kaleshwar says that with the correct guidance every person has the ability to become like a Jesus using these techniques.
Kaleswar’s new book Parameshwari Yoga, Channels to Mother Divine & Shiva, is a remarkable book that reveals knowledge hidden for more than 3,000 years in an ancient palm leaf manuscript—knowledge that cannot be found anywhere else. The techniques revealed in this ground-breaking book:
• Give the remedy for healing the deepest heart pain
• Describe how to create powerful protection circles
• Lead to reaching the highest spiritual abilities
• And show how to use union energies between a man and woman in a high divine way.
The mantras and yantras contain the ‘PIN codes’ to accessing the Infinite Reality of the Divine Mother and Father, and how to use their energies to gain remarkable spiritual abilities, healing and enlightenment. A channel to their energy is the most direct way to understand who you truly are, where you came from, and why you came to this planet.
Show time: 7:30 pm
Advance tickets $20 at Gateways 831-429-9600 1126 Soquel Avenue across from the Rio Theatre and from www.devagroupenterprises.com
Thursday,
September 20th, 2007
Dave
Brubeck Quartet
“A legend in seven different decades…” –
Jazziz
Dave Brubeck, designated a “Living Legend” by the
Library of Congress, continues to be at the top of his game well
into his 80s. Brubeck became a household name following the success
of the gold-selling Time Out recording in 1959 that featured “Take
Five” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” songs that
he still plays in his sets today. In a career that has spanned
more than six decades, he is considered one of the great and important
figures in jazz for his well-crafted poly-rhythmic West Coast
Cool style. His quartet includes Bobby Militello, saxophone &
flute; Michael Moore, bass and Randy Jones, drums.
Show
time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $75/Gold Circle $40/General
No Jazztix or Comps
Sponsored by All About Properties,Brubeck-Wong Realtors
Advance tickets www.ticketweb or by phone at 866-468-3399 or at Logos Books and Records, 1117
Pacific Ave Santa Cruz 831-427-5100
Thursday, September 27th, 2007
One California Day
Follow the lives of eight California surfers in this newly released film.
Show time: 7:30 pm
Tickets: $10.00
More information and trailer HERE
Saturday,
September 29th, 2007
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
Alternative rock legends and Grammy winners They Might Be Giants
return to the stage with their five piece band to celebrate the
release of their new album "The Else" produced by the
Dust Brothers and Pat Dillett.
Formed as a duo in 1982, They Might Be Giants has had a singular
career. Their Dial-A-Song service predated much of today's DIY
internet activity. The band enjoyed an amazing run of breakthrough
videos on MTV in the late 80s and early 90s. Their album "Flood"
went platinum. The band expanded to a more tradiional line-up,
and developed a reputation as a "must see" live show.
In the late 90s the band began expanding their horizons into television,
movies, and the internet, notably contributing the opening theme
to "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me," "The
Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and the Grammy winning song
"Boss of Me" for "Malcom in the Middle."
ABOUT "THE ELSE"
While The Else finally captures their notoriously talented live
band in all their barnstorming glory, the complete effort is actually
an electrifying mix of homebrewed sonic madness and studio mastery.
Over a year and a half in the making and recorded on both coasts,
the album was created in collaboration with LA producers the Dust
Bros. (Beck, Beastie Boys, Hanson) and NYC engineer/producer Patrick
Dillett (Mary J. Blige, David Byrne, Soul Coughing). The album
is being release on the band's own imprint Idlewild thru Zoe/Universal.
Ages 14+ Opener to be announced
Show
time: 9:00 pm
Advance tickets $25 @ Streetlight
records 831-421-9200 and TICKETWEB
Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Faith To Action
Join us for a multimedia presentation including clips from the rockumentary film “Concert to End Slavery,” live performances of redemption songs, a clip from the Lion’s Gate film TRADE, and teaching about a faithful response to human trafficking.
Admission is Free
Show time: 7:00 pm
Sunday, October 7th, 2007
THE ORCHESTRA OF PIAZZA VITTORIO
"Make orchestras, not war" -- Corriere della Sera
This award-winning Italian film chronicles the realization of an ambitious dream -- to create a unique, multi-ethnic orchestra that would fuse cultures, tradition and sounds from around the world. Artists and musicians residing in the dominantly immigrant neighborhood "Piazza Vittorio" in Rome, sought to save the historic Apollo Theater with a proposal to create a multi-media, multi-cultural theater with a resident orchestra. Launching their quest soon after 9/11, in a climate of government disdain for immigrants, the community organization "Apollo 11," is flanked by filmmaker Agostino Ferrente, who captures the entire incredible, 5-year journey that finally yields twenty-some musicians from 11 countries on 4 continents, who speak 8 different languages – all who, more or less live in Rome!
THE ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM LIVE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE FILM!
"…contagiously upbeat… a rousing call to arms for world-music aficionados…"
-- Deborah Young, Variety
Show time: 6:30pm
Tickets: $8, available at Ticketweb.com
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
PACIFIC RIM FILM FESTIVAL
FREE ADMISSION
1:00 pm
On The Road With The Red God: Machhendranath (Nepal, 2004, 72 min)
Sponsored by Chris Haltom Hardwood Floors
3:00 pm
The Color of Fear (USA, 1995, 90 min)
5:00 pm
A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil
(USA/Brazil, 2006, 52 min)
* Screenwriter Maria Terezhina Vaz in person
Sponsored by Arnoldo Gil-Osorio, Century 21 - Showcase
7:00 pm
Accidental Hero: Room 408 (USA, 2001, 56 min) and My Name Is Belle (USA, 2007, 32 min)
Sponsored by Porter College, UCSC
* Writer/painter Belle Yang, and filmmakers Terri DeBono & Steve Rosen in person
Information at www.pacrimfilmfestival.org
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
This year’s closing night PRFF benefit presents a multilevel treat: the award-winning documentary
Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula,
plus legendary hula kumu (teacher) Robert Cozimero, male hula dancing and live music by Ho’omana Hawaiian Band.
Directed by Lisette Marie Flanary, Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula follows Cozimero as he coaxes, bullies and inspires his group of dancers as they rigorously train for the 2005 Merrie Monarch Hula Competition on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Winner of the 2007 San Francisco International Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary, Na Kamalei: The Men of Hula gives the viewer ringside seats for the classes and also the thrilling final competition. Humorous, informative and sometimes surprising, this film demonstrates the challenge and rewards of the often-misunderstood art of male hula.
The primary focus of the film, besides the ancient dance form of hula itself, is Robert Cazimero: teacher, coach, choreographer and renowned musician. His ability – his talent, experience and energy – is the driving force behind the group, impelling them to achieve as individuals as well as a team.
Show time: 7:00 pm
Tickets are $15 in advance and at the door (proceeds benefit PRFF).
Tickets are available at: Westside Stories, 847 Almar Ave., Santa Cruz; Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave., Downtown Santa Cruz; Logos Books & Records, 1117 Pacific Ave., Downtown Santa Cruz; Aloha Island Grille,1700 Portola Dr., Santa Cruz; and online through Ticketweb at wwwticketweb.com
For more information about the 2007 Pacific Rim Film Festival, contact PRFF, P.O. Box 8220, Santa Cruz, CA 95061 or visit the festival web site: www.pacrimfilmfestival.org.
Saturday, October 13th, 2007
ROGUE WAVE and PORT O"BRIEN
Sorry, this show has been cancelled.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Solid Blues
featuring :
Charlie Musselwhite
Mavis Staples
North Mississippi Allstars
Joe Krown
Solid Blues brings together Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, North Mississippi Allstars and Joe Krown in their first-ever tour together. From early days sharing lead vocals with her groundbreaking gospel group The Staple Singers -- with hits including "Respect Yourself" and "I'll Take You There" -- to acclaimed solo recordings, Mavis Staples has become an inspirational force in modern popular culture and music. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, she received three Grammy nominations in 2004, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, 3 W.C. Handy Awards in 2005 and the NEA's National Heritage Fellowship Award in 2006.Charlie Musselwhite has been called "The world's greatest living blues harmonica player" by the New York Press. Eight-time Grammy-nominee and eighteen-time W. C. Handy Award-winner, Musselwhite also has won Lifetime Achievement Awards from The Monterey Blues Festival and the San Javier Jazz Festival in Spain, and the Mississippi Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts. His latest CD, Delta Hardware, was called "an early candidate for blues record of the year" by All Music Guide.
North Mississippi Allstars won three Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary Blues Album for their debut recording, Shake Hands with Shorty in 2001, Phantom 51 in 2003 and their latest recording, Electric Blue Watermelon, in 2005. Electric Blue Watermelon also reached No. 1 on the 2005 Billboard Top Blues Album Chart.
New Orleans styled piano and Hammond B-3 player, Joe Krown is a favorite of the Crescent City and has won numerous awards there for his recordings and performances. He held the keyboard chair with Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown & Gate's Express from 1992 until Gatemouth's passing in 2005 and has performed and recorded with innumerable other artists including: Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Dr. John and B.B. King.
Show time: 8 p.m.
Advance tickets $30/ $35 reserved general admission
available at Ticketweb.com and at Streetlight Records 831-421-9200
Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Smack Down
Free ride video premiere
Proceeds go to Bike Smart & Bike Shop @ School
Show time: 7:00 pm
Tidkets: $5.00
www.bicycletrip.com
Sunday, October 21st, 2007
WILD CAT ADVENTURE
Our Wild Cat Adventure presentation features 5 live wild cats from Leopards, Etc.(www.leopardsetc.com) 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 and to provide funding for worldwide wild cat conservation projects.
You may see a cougar, African leopard, cheetah, king cheetah, snow leopard, ocelot, Siberian lynx, Canada lynx, serval 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 18 years, with over 600,000 guests in attendance.
Show time: 3:00 pm
Tickets: Adults $10 children under 12 $5
You can reserve by calling 707-874-3176 or email : leopards@leopardsetc.com
Space permitting, tickets will also be sold at the door
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Music From the Crooked Road
The Crooked Road (Hwy 58) passes through some of the most musical places on Earth. Music from the Crooked Road is a nationwide tour of old-time, bluegrass, mountain, and gospel music combined with traditional flatfoot dance. The group celebrates the vibrant living culture of southwest Virginia, where making music is, and always has been, an integral part of life. The outstanding artists appearing on this tour link the past, present, and future of deeply rooted American traditions. The tour features NEA National Heritage Award Fellow and Appalachian guitar master Wayne Henderson; banjo virtuoso and Lonesome River Band leader Sammy Shelor; old-time string band the White Top Mountain Band featuring the Spencer family of Grayson County; Kirk Sutphin, master of the Round Peak style of banjo; and award–winning fiddler and singer Eddie Bond. Representing the next generation of Blue Ridge musicians are the up-and-coming five-piece bluegrass band No Speed Limit, and a young keeper of ancient mountain traditions Elizabeth LaPrelle, performing some a cappella ballads.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: Adult: $35 Gold Circle: $40 Students & Seniors with ID: $25 UCSC Students with ID: $20
Tickets Online HERE
Members receive $5 discount per ticket
Artist home page: HERE
All tickets subject to service charges
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
ROCKY HORROR
Last year Mountain Community Theater expanded beyond its traditional family-friendly fare by presenting Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show. The play follows a recently-engaged couple who stumble upon a remote castle while seeking sanctuary, instead being thrust into a world of forbidden sensuality. Their descent into a world of absolute pleasure is overseen by the master of the castle, Dr. Frank N. Furter, a scientific mastermind whose "lifestyle's too extreme." Rocky Horror shattered expectations by selling out all five performances.
Last year's audiences left raving about the weird and quirky characters, the high energy music and dance, and the outrageous humor—all elements that appear in the cult classic film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show. But the audiences were also treated to performances rich with meaning not present in the film version.
Show Time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets are $15, tickets are available at the door for $20. For reservations or further information connect to www.mctshows.org. Tickets are also available at Streetlight Records in Santa Cruz 831-421-9200 and www.ticketweb.com
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI
Architecture in Helsinki is an Australian musical collective based in the suburb of Northcote in Melbourne. The group consists of Cameron Bird, James Cecil, Gus Franklin, Jamie Mildren, Buster Sandhu, Sam Perry, and Kellie Sutherland.
Most of the band members can play multiple instruments. Their music makes use of a wide range of instruments, from more unique instruments such as analog synthesizers, samplers, the glockenspiel and handclaps; to concert band instruments like the trumpet, tuba, trombone, clarinet and recorder; and the more standard guitars, bass and drums.
The band has been on multiple national and international tours. They have toured the United States with acts such as Death Cab for Cutie and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and opened for David Byrne, The Polyphonic Spree, Yo La Tengo and Belle & Sebastian.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $15 at Streetlight Records and Ticketweb
Monday, November 5th, 2007
HENRY ROLLINS : PROVOCKED
An evening of quintessentially American opinionated editorializing and storytelling. All Ages
Show time:7:30
Advance tickets $22 at Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 and Ticketweb.com
Thursday, November 8th, 2007
TOM BROKAW
Touring his new book BOOM !
One of America’s premier journalists, the 20-year anchor of NBC’s Nightly News, and bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, Tom Brokaw now gives us an epic portrait of a fault line in American history: the tumultuous sixties. Through the voices of famous people and ordinary citizens, Boom! explores how both individuals and the nation were affected by a controversial era and how the aftershocks of the sixties continue to resound in our lives today.
Show time: 7:30 pm
TICKET INFORMATION
• With the purchase of one copy of Boom, up to two event tickets can be bought at the reduced price of $12.00 each.
• Event tickets without book purchase are $25.00 each.
• Prepaid books available for in-store pickup by November 6.
Please Note: Picking up prepaid copies of Boom from the store prior to the November 8 event is strongly recommended. Those prepaid copies remaining at Book Café after 3pm on November 8 will be brought to Rio Theatre.
Books and tickets available ONLY at Capitola Book Café:
1475 41st Ave, Capitola CA 95010
Phone Orders:
(831) 462-4415
Online:
www.capitolabookcafe.com
Saturday, November 10th, 2007
THE GEORGES LAMMAM ENSEMBLE and AZA
Mediterraneo Productions presents an evening of exquisite music and dance, featuring the Georges Lammam Ensemble, noted for its awe-inspiring presentations of a panoramic range of the Arab musical repertoire. The Georges Lammam Ensemble will present the Santa Cruz premiere of its latest CD, "Dreaming the Diaspora". Blending artful Eastern improvisation with Western harmonic and melodic styling, this original music will sing to people of all cultures - songs for love, songs for dance, and songs to heal. As artistic director of the Ensemble, Georges is devoted to bringing the rich diversity and passion of Arabic music to listeners everywhere. He performs throughout the United States as a featured artist and with global fusion groups. For more about the Ensemble see: www.amorfiaproductions.com.
The Georges Lammam Ensemble will be joined by talented oriental-style dancers performing to the Ensemble's original compositions and their renditions of classic Arabic dance tunes, featuring Tina Enheduanna of Orange County, in her first Santa Cruz appearance, as well as Amina Goodyear of San Francisco, and local dancers Sahar, Janette Brenner, Hala, and Janelle Rodriguez,
AZA, local favorite and rising star on the international world music scene, will open the show with their delightful music and spontaneous traditional dancing. Recently returned from their second concert tour to Morocco and France, AZA combines traditional Tamazight (Berber) music indigenous to the Atlas mountains of Morocco with the global influences of its diverse members, featuring deep danceable grooves with infectious vocals and melodic style. See www.azamusic.com for their latest CD release, photos and more.
Showtime: 7:30 PM
Tickets: $18 Advance or $24 Door
Advance tickets at Streetlight Records, Santa Cruz (831) 421-9200 and at Dance Odyssey Studio, 4641 Soquel Dr., Soquel (831) 462-4590 or online at www.TicketWeb.com
Contact Mediterraneo Productions at 831-227-9514
Friday, November 16th, 2007
ANTHONY BOURDAIN
Want to know where to get good fatty crab in Rangoon?
How to order your reindeer medium rare?
How to tell a Frenchman that his baguette is invading your personal space?
Anthony Bourdain is your man and this is your book.
Anthony Bourdain is the bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential, the executive chef at Les Halles in Manhattan, the host of the Travel Channel’s No Reservations, and an undaunted global culinary ambassador. No Reservations is a behind-the-scenes world travel journal of his hell-for-leather world tour of food, travel and mayhem. Tracing his trips from New Zealand to New Jersey and everywhere in between, this entirely new work mixes beautiful photos with Bourdain’s outrageous commentary on what really happens when you give a bad-boy chef an open ticket to the world.
Show time: 7:30 pm
TICKET INFORMATION
• With the purchase of one copy of No Reservations, up to two event tickets can be bought at the reduced price of $12.00 each.
• Event tickets without book purchase are $25.00 each.
• Prepaid books available for in-store pickup by October 30.
Please Note: Picking up prepaid copies of No Reservations from the store prior to the November 16 event is strongly recommended. Those prepaid copies remaining at Book Café after 3pm on November 16 will be brought to Rio Theatre.
Books and tickets available ONLY at Capitola Book Café:
1475 41st Ave, Capitola CA 95010
Phone Orders:
(831) 462-4415
Online:www.capitolabookcafe.com
Capitola Book Café is not responsible for lost tickets.
Saturday, November 17th, 2007
RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT FILM EVENT
Featuring Aaron Russo's AMERICA: FREEDOM TO FASCISM
This outstanding film documents the journey of the late Hollywood Producer (THE ROSE, TRADING PLACES)to find any law requiring average Americans to pay "income" tax. In the process, Russo connects the dots between money creation by our private central bank, federal income tax, voter fraud, the coming national identity card, and plans to track us with RFID technology. The Film will be followed by selected video of Ron Paul from the campaign, interviews and debates, offering his visionary solutions.
Show time: 6:30pm doors 7:00pm show
Tickets: $5 advance $8 door Children Free w/Adult ticket purchase (ask for Child's ticket).
Advance tickets for purchase at Streetlight Records 831-421-9200.
Presented by Santa Cruz Ron Paul Meetup: www.RonPaul.meetup.com/87
Movie website: www.freedomtofascism.com
Ron Paul Campaign: www.RonPaul2008.com
Tuesday & Wednesday, November 20th & 21st, 2007
Warren Miller's
PLAYGROUND
Prepare to charge into winter as Warren Miller’s PLAYGROUND, the world’s largest action sports film, hits theaters on a nationwide tour. This year’s invigorating action display includes: a rare and insightful segment on ski racing king and perceived industry bad boy, Bode Miller; a trip to Alaska’s untouched Chugach Range with X-Games Gold Medalists, and brothers, Zach and Reggie Crist; unbelievably deep powder in Utah and British Columbia; and astonishing aerial acrobatics from Sweden, and so much more. PLAYGROUND also highlights the future of snowboarding in a segment featuring the youth-infused Burton Smalls Team in which these young prodigies teach us that size truly isn’t everything. Check out warrenmiller.com for all tour information, videos, photos and more .
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets $18, or $17 for groups of 12 or more (purchased in advance).
Tickets available at Helm of Sun Valley, Ticketmaster and the Rio Theatre box office night of show only.
Saturday, November 24th, 2007
LACY J. DALTON AND THE DALTON GANG
with special guest William Strickland
Ever wondered what would happen if you could combine Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt and Joan Baez into one performer? Ever wondered what equal parts “Country” and “UFO” would create? Look no further than Lacy J. Dalton.
Her latest album “The Last Wild Place Anthology” adds another 5 million-hour airplay hits in addition to the songs from her “The Last Wild Place”, the CD that was Lacy’s first move back to her singer-songwriter roots since leaving Nashville, and showcases Lacy’s remarkable voice and writing talents at their finest. The music is heartfelt, acoustic-based, Americana/Folk and ranges from the quiet introspective to the rollicking good time.
Show time: 7:30 pm
Advance tickets $21 831-479-9421
www.snazzyproductions.com
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
YOUSSOU N'DOUR
Modern Senegalese popular music, known in the Wolof language as mbalax, is an enchanting blend of Senegal's traditional percussion and griot singing with Afro-Cuban dance flavors. In Youssou N'Dour, mbalax has found its most enduring symbol and innovator. A vocal artist with incredible range and poise, N'Dour was dubbed "the West African Sinatra" by New York Newsday after one stirring concert in Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom. N'Dour has toured throughout the world for more than 20 years with his band, Super Etoile. He is admired by the likes of Peter Gabriel, Sting, and Wyclef Jean, each of whom has collaborated with N'Dour. He creates a world blend that encourages audiences to think globally while dancing locally. An astonishing international career has made him nothing less than a cultural icon in his country and far beyond.
Show time: 8:00 pm
Tickets: Adult: $25, Gold Circle: $30, Students & Seniors with ID: $25, UCSC Students with ID: $20,
TICKETS ONLINE
Members receive $5 discount per ticket.
All tickets subject to service charges.
Artists Web site
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
SPHERE OF INFLUENCE FILM TOUR presents : OPTIMISTIC?
Show time: 8PM Doors 7:30pm
Tickets:
$5 day of show
In the first season where Global Warming's effects hit a majority of snowboarders worldwide, Absinthe Films somehow still manages to deliver another Full Spectrum Snowboarding experience in their new film : Optimistic?.
www.sphereofinfluencetour.com
www.myspace.com/sphereofinfluencetour
Friday, December 7th, 2007
TEA LEAF GREEN
Busting out of a revitalized San Francisco music scene, the group has honed their strength as both songwriters and improvisers to catapult to the next level, keeping audiences screaming for more. Their latest release, Rock 'n' Roll Band (released October 31, 2006, on SCI Fidelity Records), captures lightning in a bottle. For those new to Tea Leaf Green, Rock 'n' Roll Band, serves as the perfect introduction to a group capable of producing beautiful, timeless works like “One Reason” and “Faced with Love” that show off their versatile songwriting abilities. Longtime fans will appreciate the band's mastery of inspired, transcendent improvisation, as evidenced by the triumphant versions of “Jezebel” and “Devil's Pay”.
Support bands are Blue Turtle Seduction and Asher’s Satori
Show time: 8:00 pm
Advance tickets $15 at Streetlight Records 831-421-9200 and Ticketweb
Monday, December 24th, 2007
Faith Community Church Christmas Eve Candlelight Experience
You're invited to join Faith Community church of Santa Cruz for a special Christmas Eve candlelight experience where people from all walks of life come to rediscover the beauty of faith.
Show time: 7:00 pm
FREE and open to everyone
www.santacruzfaith.org
Friday & Satureday, December 28th & 29th, 2007
The White Album Ensemble performs:
"Sgt. Pepper’s Mystery Tour"!A Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the “Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band”, and “Magical Mystery Tour “album’s release (1967- 2007).
In a special holiday show, in the “White Christmas” annual tradition, the White Album Ensemble presents a return engagement of a live recreation of what Rolling Stone magazine said is " the most important rock & roll album ever made, an unsurpassed adventure in concept, sound, songwriting, cover art and studio technology by the greatest rock & roll group of all time", the Beatles’ “Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band”, and its companion piece- the full length version of the LP "Magical Mystery Tour”.
60's attire highly encouraged-
The White Album Ensemble:
Tiran Porter (Bass, Vocals)
Dale Ockerman (Keyboards, Trumpet, electric Sitar, Vocals)
Ken Kraft (Guitar and Vocals,)
Stephen Krilanovich (Guitar, Keyboard and Vocals)
Alan Heit, (Vocals, and Guitar)
Peter Booras (Drums)
Bob Bliss (Keyboards, Guitar and Vocals)
Richard Bryant (Vocals, and Percussion)
Plus-
Barry Phillips (Cello, Dilrhuba)
Shelley Phillips (Flute, Saxophone, Svardmandel, Tamboura, Piccolo, Recorder, Clarinet)
Steve Robertson (Tablas, Percussion, Recorder)
timb harris (Trumpet, Violin)
Aria Di Salvio ( Cello)
Esther Centers (Viola)
Curtis Nash (Trumpet)
Show tine: 8:00 pm Doors at 7:00 pm
Tickets are $25 general admission, and $40 “Mystery Circle”, plus the Santa Cruz City's dreaded entertainment 5% tax
Advance Tickets Available at Streetlight records, Santa Cruz, 939 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 95060 - (831) 421-9200 and online at Ticketleap.com
For more info on the White Album Ensemble--www.whitealbumlive.com






