Get an early start to your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations by joining the Black Brothers Band on Sat, March 10th at 8pm at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA. Brothers Shay and Michael are acclaimed Irish singers, story-tellers and instrumentalists, covering a wide repertoire including ballads, music hall ditties, and sea shanties as well as the…
The Vagina Monologues at UCSC
By Program Review Committee | Published March 9th, 2012Each year the Vagina Monologues dedicates itself to raising awareness and empowering women. The Vagina Monologues will be performed this weekend at UCSC March 9-11th at 8pm inside the Stevenson Event Center. Proceeds from the show benefit women survivors in Haiti, The Survivors Healing Center in Santa Cruz as well as the Santa Cruz chapter…
Resource Center for Nonviolence Open Mic – Friday, March 9!
By Program Review Committee | Published March 7th, 2012Are you ready for people-powered poetry on a pedal-powered sound system? The Resource Center for Nonviolence (RCNV), located at 612 Ocean St. in Santa Cruz, is hosting an open mic and art show this Friday, March 9 at 7 PM. This open mic series is part of a larger effort by the RCNV’s Project ReGeneration to…
Hapa March 7th
By Lani | Published March 5th, 2012Hapa comes back to Santa Cruz for their annual spring show. This is a chance to see and hear Hapa founder Barry Flanagan with his distinctive chiming guitar sounds and newest band member Ron Kuala’au. A Honolulu native, Ron Kuala’au was one of Barry’s first teachers of Hawaiian music and an inspiration for the Hapa…
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Sun Mar 4th
By Folk Department | Published March 3rd, 2012The duo of Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas return to the Kuumbwa in Santa Cruz, CA for an evening of Scottish fiddle and cello music on Sunday, March 4th starting at 7pm. Alasdair is well known for his energetic fiddling as one of Scotland’s great ambassadors of traditional music over the past 30 years. Natalie…
Ruined at UCSC Feb 24th
By PSA Director | Published February 11th, 2012The African American Theater Arts Troupe in conjunction with UCSC’s Theater Arts Department presents “Ruined.” Directed by Don Williams and written by Lynn Nottage, the play is based on interviews she conducted in Africa with Congo refugees. Set in a rain forest bar and brothel in the brutally war-torn Congo, it’s an uncommonly human story…
Seabright Stringfest on Saturday
By Folk Department | Published February 10th, 2012The First Annual Seabright Stringfest will be held at the Seabright Brewery and Java Junction in the Seabright neighborhood of Santa Cruz on Saturday, February 11th from 11:30am-11:30pm. Yep, that’s right – 12 continuous hours of music (plus a square dance) starting with a kids show by Bob Reid and followed by a cavalcade of…
Special Consensus Tues, Jan 24th
By Folk Department | Published January 24th, 2012Special Consensus, the mighty four-person acoustic bluegrass band from the Chicago area, will be in concert Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 7:30pm at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA, performing songs from their CD “35,” named after the band’s 35th anniversary, and more. While band members have changed over the decades, they’re still led by ace banjo…
Jim Malcolm Wed Jan 25th
By Folk Department | Published January 24th, 2012Scottish singer-songwriter Jim Malcolm will be performing at Don Quixote’s in Felton, CA on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Former lead singer of the well-respected band Old Blind Dogs, Jim has been touring the world with his guitar and harmonicas, singing the traditional songs of Scotland along with his own originals. He’s a master interpreter of…
A Smorgasbord Of Ska
By Program Review Committee | Published January 20th, 2012There seems to be a surfeit of ska music in the coming months. This bounty of musical nourishment will satisfy the ska-starved and the dance-deprived. Some of the bands coming to town include: Friday, January 20th – DAN POTTHAST – The Catalyst Saturday, January 21st – VOODOO GLOW SKULLS – The Catalyst Thursday, January 26th…