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- Santa Cruz Derby Girls Vs. Central Coast Roller Derby
The Santa Cruz Derby Girls return to the Civic Auditorium after their sold out season in 2009! The Santa Cruz Derby Girls have achieved another longstanding goal - being invited to join the WFTDA Apprentice Program. The WFTDA (the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association) sets standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determines guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. Visit wftda.com to learn more.
For more information, visit www.santacruzderbygirls.org.
Cost: Adults: $20.50 (Prices increase day of bout) Students 17-: $13.50, Children 12-: $7.50, Babies under 2 free if on lap.
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- Downtown Spring Clean Up
The Santa Cruz Rotary Club is planning a Downtown Spring Clean Up on March 19 and March 20 from 8-noon, and your help could really make a difference!
Most of Friday's jobs will only take an hour or two of time, and starting times are flexible.
Also, Santa Cruz Rotary Club has purchased new uniforms for HOPE services, a job training program that provides cleaning services downtown. The HOPE Services crew will be sporting the new uniforms at the Downtown Spring Clean Up!
For more info, contact Peter Prindle, Community Services Chair at ritap@cruzio.com. |
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- Santa Cruz Derby Girls vs. SINtral Valley Derby Girls
The Santa Cruz Derby Girls return to the Civic Auditorium after their sold out season in 2009! The Santa Cruz Derby Girls have achieved another longstanding goal - being invited to join the WFTDA Apprentice Program. The WFTDA (the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association) sets standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determines guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. Visit wftda.com to learn more.
For more information, visit www.santacruzderbygirls.org.
Cost: Adults: $20.50 (Prices increase day of bout) Students 17-: $13.50, Children 12-: $7.50, Babies under 2 free if on lap. |
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- Santa Cruz Derby Girls vs. Bay Area Derby Girls Oakland Outlaws
The Santa Cruz Derby Girls return to the Civic Auditorium after their sold out season in 2009! The Santa Cruz Derby Girls have achieved another longstanding goal - being invited to join the WFTDA Apprentice Program. The WFTDA (the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association) sets standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determines guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. Visit wftda.com to learn more.
For more information, visit www.santacruzderbygirls.org.
Cost: Adults: $20.50 (Prices increase day of bout) Students 17-: $13.50, Children 12-: $7.50, Babies under 2 free if on lap.
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- Santa Cruz Derby Girls vs. Mission City Brawlin' Betties
The Santa Cruz Derby Girls return to the Civic Auditorium after their sold out season in 2009! The Santa Cruz Derby Girls have achieved another longstanding goal - being invited to join the WFTDA Apprentice Program. The WFTDA (the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association) sets standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determines guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. Visit wftda.com to learn more.
For more information, visit www.santacruzderbygirls.org.
Cost: Adults: $20.50 (Prices increase day of bout) Students 17-: $13.50, Children 12-: $7.50, Babies under 2 free if on lap. |
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- Santa Cruz Derby Girls vs. Tuscon Roller Derby Iron Curtain
The Santa Cruz Derby Girls return to the Civic Auditorium after their sold out season in 2009! The Santa Cruz Derby Girls have achieved another longstanding goal - being invited to join the WFTDA Apprentice Program. The WFTDA (the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association) sets standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determines guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. Visit wftda.com to learn more.
For more information, visit www.santacruzderbygirls.org.
Cost: Adults: $20.50 (Prices increase day of bout) Students 17-: $13.50, Children 12-: $7.50, Babies under 2 free if on lap.
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- Santa Cruz Derby Girls vs. Eastern Contra Costa County Undead Bettys
The Santa Cruz Derby Girls return to the Civic Auditorium after their sold out season in 2009! The Santa Cruz Derby Girls have achieved another longstanding goal - being invited to join the WFTDA Apprentice Program. The WFTDA (the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association) sets standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determines guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. Visit wftda.com to learn more.
For more information, visit www.santacruzderbygirls.org.
Cost: Adults: $20.50 (Prices increase day of bout) Students 17-: $13.50, Children 12-: $7.50, Babies under 2 free if on lap. |
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- Santa Cruz Derby Girls vs. Orange County Roller Girls
The Santa Cruz Derby Girls return to the Civic Auditorium after their sold out season in 2009! The Santa Cruz Derby Girls have achieved another longstanding goal - being invited to join the WFTDA Apprentice Program. The WFTDA (the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association) sets standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determines guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. Visit wftda.com to learn more.
For more information, visit www.santacruzderbygirls.org.
Cost: Adults: $20.50 (Prices increase day of bout) Students 17-: $13.50, Children 12-: $7.50, Babies under 2 free if on lap. |
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- Santa Cruz Derby Girls vs. Silicon Valley Roller Girls
The Santa Cruz Derby Girls return to the Civic Auditorium after their sold out season in 2009! The Santa Cruz Derby Girls have achieved another longstanding goal - being invited to join the WFTDA Apprentice Program. The WFTDA (the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association) sets standards for rules, seasons, and safety, and determines guidelines for the national and international athletic competitions of member leagues. Visit wftda.com to learn more.
For more information, visit www.santacruzderbygirls.org.
Cost: Adults: $20.50 (Prices increase day of bout) Students 17-: $13.50, Children 12-: $7.50, Babies under 2 free if on lap. |
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- Art Alm at Soif on Tuesdays
Art Alm plays piano – standards and jazz, 6:30pm to 9pm – free
423-2020, www.soifwine.com |
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- Downtown Tuesdays Pacific Cookie Company Discounts
$1 off every 1/2 dozen cookies after 5pm.
www.pacificcookie.com, 429-6905 |
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- Downtown Tuesdays Specials
Join your friends and neighbors this Tuesday and rediscover Downtown!
Downtown Tuesday specials include discounts, gifts with purchase, 2-for-1 offers and much more!
Explore Downtown Santa Cruz - It's All Right Here! |
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- Downtown Tuesday Specials at Stripe
Say "I heart Santa Cruz" at checkout and receive 20% off purchase on Tuesday.
421-9252
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- Dell Williams Jewelers' "Tax-free Tuesdays"
Dell Williams will pay the sales tax on all merchandise every Tuesday.
Just mention "I love Downtown Santa Cruz," and your purchase will be TAX-FREE!
(some restrictions apply -- not valid on services or repairs)
423-4100 |
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- Graphfix Downtown Tuesdays Specials
20% off all posters!
425-8086, www.graphfixgallery.com |
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- L'Atelier Salon Downtown Tuesday Specials
10% off all products and 20% off services for all new clients with mention of the promotion.
423-4247, www.lateliersalon.com |
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- Rouge Downtown Tuesdays Discounts
15% off all Denim and Dresses
454-0675, www.rougegirl.com |
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- Fortier's Downtown Tuesdays Promotion
20% DISCOUNT OFF THE PURCHASE OF A COMPLETE PAIR OF EYEGLASSES.
(831) 423-7512, www.fortiersopticians.com |
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- Kurios' Downtown Tuesdays Special
An additional 10% off to anyone who presents a Santa Cruz county ID
426-2434 |
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- Old School's Downtown Tuesday Special
$5 off a regularly priced pair of shoes between 4-6pm! 1017 Pacific Ave.
831.423.2700, www.oldschool-shoes.com |
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- Downtown Tuesday Specials at Vinocruz
Every Tuesday evening, from 4:00pm until 6:30pm, we will be offering two wines for $5.00 a glass as part of Downtown Tuesday!!
This evening features:
2008 Kathryn Kennedy Sauvignon Blanc
2002 Silver Mountain Alloy
426-8466, www.vinocruz.com |
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- Tuesday is Locals' Night at Center Street Grill
Tuesday Dinner specials at Center Street Grill
A 3 course meal for only $19.95 (soup or salad, entree, dessert)
423-4745, www.thecenterstreetgrill.com
Now with a FULL Bar! |
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- Artisans Downtown Tuesday Discounts
10% off everything in stock! No special orders. All sales are final.
423-8183, artisanssantacruz.com |
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- Motion Pacific Dance Studio's Tuesday Specials
This Week Free Classes to New Students!
Pilates, Tap, Jazz, Ballet, Hip-Hop, Contemporary
All adult classes open free of charge to new students the week of February 8th-12th. Just come in and mention this email.
Check out our full schedule at:
www.motionpacific.com or call (831) 457-1616
Motion Pacific Studios
1001 Center St (In the Art Center)
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- Spex's Downtown Tuesday Special
Spex is proud to offer 10% off all of our eyewear and prescription lenses on Tuesdays.
454-9999, www.santacruzoptometriccenter.com |
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- 99 Bottles Downtown Tuesday Specials
Starting at 7:30 pm, 99 Bottles features a popular beer or Brewery at happy hour prices, with free raffles throughout the evening for Beer Gear (T-shirts, hats, logo glassware, openers etc.) until 10 p.m.
Followed by happy hour prices on all draft beers.
www.99bottles.com |
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- Bookshop's Tuesday special
10% off children’s books all day Tuesday
the promotion does not combine with other discounts and promotions.
423-0900 www.bookshopsantacruz.com |
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- Baby Shoppe Downtown Tuesdays Discount
$5.00 discount with a “Santa Cruz” I.D.
www.babyshoppesc.com, 600-8406 |
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- All night Tuesday happy hour at Hoffman's
All night happy hour:$3.50 house wine and $2.50 premium beer.
Plus, Two For One Burgers: Angus Beef, Black Bean or Salmon Burger with Fries, Buy one get the second of equal or lesser value FREE.
420-0135; www.hoffmansbakery.net |
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- Pacific Thai Tuesday Discounts
Tuesday All Day
Thai Tea Tuesdays - $1 OFF
Thai Titled Tuesdays – All ‘Thai’ Titled Entrees - $1-$2 OFF (Dine In Only)
Not combinable with other special offers, coupons, or discounts cards.
420-1700, www.pacificthaisantacruz.net |
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- Comicopolis' Downtown Tuesday Special
Tuesdays. 15% off all Manga!
(831)427-1929 www.comicopolisonline.com |
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- Pure Pleasure Downtown Tuesdays Specials
Free Mini-Vibrator with next purchase of $25 or more
*While supplies last. Must present coupon at time of purchase. Not combinable with any other offer. One coupon/gift per person.
(831)466-9870
www.purepleasureshop.com |
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- 2-for-1 admission Tuesdays at the Museum of Art and History
2-for-1 admission at the Museum of Art and History.
MAH's admission prices are $5 general; $3 students 18+ and seniors 62+; $2 Students 12-17; free to Museum members, Children under 12.
For information on current exhibitions, please visit www.santacruzmah.org. |
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- Tuesday specials at Clouds
1/2 price small plates and happy hour bar prices all day and night
429-2000, www.cloudsdowntown.com |
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- Motiv Downtown Tuesdays Specials
2 for 1 appetizers and $1 off draft beer, well drinks, house wines and specialty drinks from 4pm until closing.
429-8070 |
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- Camouflage Downtown Tuesday Special and Benefit
Come support an important local organization on Tuesdays this March. Women's Crisis Support~Defensa de Mujeres provides the ONLY rape crisis center and domestic violence emergency shelter in the county!
When you come in to Camouflage and make a $10 donation (cash or check only) Camouflage will offer you 10% OFF any regularly priced item of your choice!
Sharing is easy when you shop with a purpose!
423-7613 x 103 ~ www.shopcamouflage.com |
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- Redroom Cocktail Lounge's Downtown Tuesday Specials
Happy hour all night featuring well drinks and draft beers for $3, and PBR in the bottle for $2. |
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- Tonic's Downtown Tuesday Specials
15% off all products
20% off all hair services
10% off all spa services and waxing
Discount is redeemable by new and existing clients. Must mention promotion when booking.
831-426-4311, www.tonic-salon.com |
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- Acapulco Downtown Tuesday Special
$2.00 Taco Tuesdays on Baja fish tacos, Garlic fish tacos, Steak tacos, Carnitas tacos, Grilled Chicken tacos with fresh sliced avocado and salsa fresca.
We also have 1/2 price appetizers and drink specials from 4pm to 6pm.
426-7588 ~ www.acapulcosantacruz.com |
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- Santa Cruz Glass and Gifts' Downtown Tuesday Special
10% Off any item in the store on Tuesdays!!
423-2311 |
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- Kianti's Downtown Tuesday Special
All day: $4 Kianti's "Bargetto" wine (Rosso or Bianca) and 1/2 price appetizers.
www.kiantis.com / 831-469-4400 |
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- Kids Eat Free on Tuesdays
Kids eat free all night long at Hula's, and parents can enjoy $3 Longboards. Bring the whole family!
www.hulastiki.com |
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- Rosie McCann's Tuesday music and menu specials
Food and drink specials, along with Bay Area jazz bands every other Tuesday!
visit www.rosiemccanns.com for more info |
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- Two Dollar Tuesdays at Saturn Cafe
Two dollar Tuesday specials on:
Side of Mac & Cheese
Side of Fries
Half Stack of Buttermilk Pancakes
Kids Nachos
Hot Fudge Sundaes
www.saturncafe.com |
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- Downtown Tuesdays Discount at Bubble Lounge
Bubble Lounge is offering Ten Percent Tuesdays each week as part of the Downtown Tuesdays promtion. Just say, "I got the Bubble Alert", and recieve 10% off anything in the store INCLUDING SALE MERCHANDISE!
*Cannot be combined with any other coupons and not valid for services.
427-3600, www.bubbleloungesc.com |
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- Chocolate Downtown Tuesdays Special
Every Tuesday evening, when purchasing an item from our "Main Courses" menu page, Chocolate will be offering a free truffle or Sofia hot chocolate, to anyone who mentions "Downtown Tuesdays"
427-9900, www.chocolatesantacruz.com |
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- Atlantis Fantasyworld Downtown Tuesday Special
10% off all toys!
426-0158, www.atlantisfantasyworld.com
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- Marini's Downtown Tuesdays Special
Kids Ice Cream Social - $1 kids ice cream cone from 1-4pm
423-3299 |
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- Scout's Downtown Tuesday Special
10% off on Tuesdays to Santa Cruz locals who offer the secret handshake.
427-3425 |
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- Bugaboo's Downtown Tuesday Special
10% off on Tuesdays to Santa Cruz locals who offer the secret handshake.
429-6300 |
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- Well Within Downtown Tuesday Specials
An hour and half of tub or tub and sauna room use for the price of an hour and $5.00 off massage all day.
(After 5:00, tub rooms must be for two or more people.)
458-WELL(9355), www.wellwithinspa.com |
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- Trombone Shorty
The list of names Trombone Shorty has performed with - U2, Lenny Kravitz, and Green Day - is impressive, but that;s far from the most notable aspect of Troy Andrews. As Trombone Shorty he's been playing trombone and trumpet since childhood and has been a band leader since age 6, coming from New Orleans' hardboiled jazz scene. In 2007 the city's top music mag, Offbeat, anamed him the best contemporary jazz artist; high honors for the 24-year-old brass aficionado.
9p.m. Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $15/adv. $19/door. 423-1338 |
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- TROMBONE SHORTY
plus THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS, also SALVADORE SANTANA
Ages 21+
$15 in advance/ $19 at the door
Doors open 8PM
Show starts 9PM
www.catalystclub.com
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- Roy Zimmerman
Under bleak Midwest skies, comedi singer-songwriter Roy Zimmerman pulls over by the side of the highway to talk about his place in the musical history books. With an impressive five million hits on YouTube, and performing alongside everyone from Lewis Black and Dennis Miller to george Carlin, you would think Zimmerman would be gracing the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and playing illustrious festivals - but he remains decidedly a do-it-yourselfer.
Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar Street at 7:30pm. Tickets are $18 in advance, $22 at the door. For more information, call 479-9421 or go to snazzyproductions.com |
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- Wake the Dead
As a Santa Cruz music writer, you can find yourself spending a lot of words on world music, as well as the Grateful Dead. Well, if you're a fan of both, Wake the Dead offers traditional Celtic interpretations of songs by the world-famous jam band. Covering an impressive array of instrumentation - uilleann pipes, pennywhistle, Celtic harp, and jaw harp, to name a few - the septet will have Deadheads dancing like Michael Flatley.
8.p.m. Kuumba Jaz Center, 320-2 Cedar St, Santa Cruz. $18/adv, $22/door. 427-2227 |
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- John Scofield New Jazz Quaret
While his set-up this week with Mulgrew Miller (piano), Ben Street bass) and Kendrick Scott (drums) comes to us under the moniker of "New Jazz Quartet," preeminent guitarist John Scofield trades in his affinity for cutting-edge electro-fusion and funk for some good old swinging bop finesse. After decades of dipping his jazz guitar into an assortment of genres with head-turning results, Scofield and his current crew revisit the style he explored during his first days at Blue Note when he recorded with Joe Lovano and his original quartet. Following a four-night run at Yoshi's, Scofield's visit - regardless of accompaniment - is a workshop for any guitarist.
7 and 9p.m., Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz. $25/28 early show, $20/23 late show. 427-2227 |
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- John Scofield New Jazz Quartet Featuring Mulgrew Miller, Ben Street, & Kendrick Scott
LATE NIGHT PRICING!
7:00pm: $25.00/Adv $28.00 Door
9:00pm: $20/ Adv $23/Door
No Jazztix or Comps
“sharp, rhythmic angles and tangles of slight distortion” – Jazz Times
Over the course of a career that has featured thrilling endeavors into every nook and cranny of the jazz vernacular, John Scofield has cultivated trademark sound effects and huge tone, accompanied a veritable "who's who" of leaders and sidemen, and pushed the envelopes of funk and even electronica. Nevertheless, he’s always been the quintessential “guitarist’s guitarist.” And for those who long for his seemingly bygone days of soaring over a hard-hitting bop rhythm section, lament no longer. Thanks to the able accompaniment of Mulgrew Miller, Ben Street and Kendrick Scott, Scofield’s New Jazz Quartet swings with authority.
Joining Miles Davis in 1982, Scofield deeply influenced the trumpet legend’s pop-tinged take on the genre. His most acclaimed work has surfaced in the years hence, with more than a few heavy-hitting post-bop combos serving as favorite foils. This one is no exception.
Mulgrew Miller was very young when he took to the piano; as a boy, he came up playing gospel at church and R&B at local dances. While he dabbled in jazz as a teenager, it was a television program featuring Oscar Peterson that set his mind to genuinely learning the idiom. Miller’s sideman efforts have ranged from Art Blakey, Ron Carter and Freddie Hubbard to Joe Lovano and Stefon Harris. Lately, he leads a stellar trio with a number of acclaimed releases on the Maximum Jazz label.
The son of a jazz saxophonist and mouthpiece engineer, bassist Ben Street likewise got an early start. He studied extensively with Dave Holland and Miroslav Vitous at the New England Conservatory before working as a sideman with Sam Rivers, Ben Monder, Mark Turner and Kurt Rosenwinkel.
Houston born and raised, drummer Kendrick Scott broke into music at his parent’s church. He attended the city’s famed High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, where he earned a Clifford Brown/Stan Getz Fellowship and a full scholarship to Berklee College. Not surprisingly, Scott has since become a hot commodity, performing with the likes of Joe Lovano, Lizz Wright and Pat Metheny. He currently leads his own ensemble (Kendrick Scott Oracle) and was recently nominated for two Grammys for his contributions to Terence Blanchard’s A Tale of God’s Will (Blue Note, 2007.)
ADVANCE TICKETS at Logos Books & Records, 1117 Pacific Ave., 427-5100; On-line at www.kuumbwajazz.org or by phone (866) 55-TICKETS.
MORE INFO: (831) 427-2227, http://www.kuumbwajazz.org |
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- Tim Barry
Sometimes a lot of space is a good thing. When fronting a strident rock outfit gets old, there are those who move on to become milder folk troubadours. such is the case for Tim Barry. Long hailed as the frontman of Virginia's favorite harbingers of hardcore, Avail, Barry now takes the minimalist approach; he just released his third solo effort, 28th and Stonewll. Substituting the electric crunch with an acoustic axe and country proch musings, Barry eschews the rock mayhem for a milder temperament and twang - much liek his friends and occasional tourmates Kevin Seconds (7 Seconds) and Chuck Ragan ( Hot Water Music). Seconds rounds out the show lineup this week with added bonus Fire Whiskey, who also supplied opening duties for Ragan when he hit up the Blue in 2008.
9p.m. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, $8. 423-7117 |
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- NEW FOUND GLORY SAVES THE DAY
plus HELLOGOODBYE
also FIREWORKS
Ages 16+
$20 in advance/ $24 at the door
Doors open 6:30PM/ Music starts 7:30PM
www.catalystclub.com
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- Munching with Mozart
Popular and FREE noon-time concert. In March: Pianist Lynn Kidder and violinist Sumaia Jackson-Martins will play Haydn, Brahms, and Bach
www.santacruzpl.org |
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- The New Choir in concert with the Santa Cruz Chorale
The New Choir, a 30-voice chamber choir rooted in the Bay Area's Korean community, will present a unique program of music showcasing a wide range of repertoire from the Renaissance to our own time.
The concert, at Holy Cross Church, 170 High Street in Santa Cruz, on Saturday March 20 at 8:00 p.m., is presented by the Santa Cruz Chorale.
Tickets are available at the door, by calling (831) 427-8023, or at the Chorale's website www.santacruzchorale.org. Ticket prices are $20 for general admission, $18 for seniors, and $5 for students with valid ID.
Join New Choir director Eileen Chang and the choir for anthems and madrigals by Renaissance masters Monteverdi, Des Prez, Guerrero and Sweelinck, Romantic pieces by Delius, Stanford, Grieg, Rhienberger and Brahms, and Hebrew Love Songs by contemporary California composer, Eric Whitacre.
Rounding out the program will be Spirituals and folk songs from Haiti, the Phillipines, India and Korea, including the dramatic story of valiant Koreans defending their homeland from invasion in a powerful setting by California Korean composer, Nah-kum Paik.
The New Choir will be joined by the Santa Cruz Chorale under their director, Christian Grube, for a performance of Heinrich Schütz Psalm 100 for double choir.
The New Choir is preparing for their tour of Korea in June and this program will preview their tour offerings. Come, celebrate the Spring Equinox with the delightful, fresh sound of the New Choir. |
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- Watsonville Community Band Concert
The Watsonville Community Band will perform their 62nd Spring Concert Series. The theme of this year's concert is "Silverado". The music will include a slice of Americana as well as a tribute to 100 years of California Rodeo.
Cost: Free admission
www.watsonville-band.org
www.cityofsantacruz.com/index.aspx?page=638
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- JOE LOVANO US FIVE
Tickets:
$25.00/Adv $28.00/Door
No Jazztix or Comps
It’s fair to say he is one of the greatest musicians in jazz history.” –The New York Times
What greater tribute? When jazz-giant Steve Kuhn, who was one of the first piano players for John Coltrane, put together a reverential Coltrane-tribute album, Mostly Coltrane, in 2009, he selected Joe Lovano as front sax player on that album. No greater honor could befall this man whom The New York Times has called, “One of the greatest musicians in jazz history.” Lovano, with his pork pie hat, bushy goatee, and rounded glasses personifies the renaissance bebop sax man. His style of play synthesizes the classic jazz art form while at the same time releasing shocking overhead brassy alto kite flying, soaring, diving, and challenging thrills and shrills. Often using two percussionists simultaneously, Lovano’s groups demand what one reviewer has called, “Big Ears.” Using exactly this same group of players, Joe Lovano Us Five is the same group that recorded the much-heralded Folk Art album in early 2009.
Appearing with Joe Lovano Us Five that night will be one of his most accomplished students—not a sideman, but a side-woman who, through her dynamic stage presence and stylistic playing, is reason enough to come to this show: bassist Esperanza Spalding. Spalding is a hypnotic and naturally beautiful person who would not seem at first large enough to “man”-handle a stand-up bass, but the bass, like the audience, is putty in her hands. She sings harmonics and dances while she plays, creating the illusion that a choir is backing Lovano. Also on stage will be the venerable pianist-composer James Weidman, a 20 year stage veteran who has toured with Abbey Lincoln and Kevin Mahogany, among others. The quintet is rounded-out via the unorthodox stroke of adding not one, but two percussionist, Francisco Mela and Otis Brown III.
The hot-handed Cuban drummer Francesco Mela is on the faculty at Berklee School of Music, and his album “Melao” was named “Best Debut Album of ‘06” by All About Jazz New York. Second drummer, Otis Brown III, is a key spiritual as well as musical ingredient in the successful formula of Joe Lovano Us Five. Brown, though revered for his musical talents has a divine ace up his sleeve: “I’m a man of God,” Brown says. “I live for God, my family, and music.” Brown’s inspiration comes across in the form of unmitigated joy, an infectious joy that first lights up his stage family, then quickly spreads to the audience until beaming faces abound.
ADVANCE TICKETS at Logos Books & Records, 1117 Pacific Ave., 427-5100; On-line at www.kuumbwajazz.org or by phone (866) 55-TICKETS.
MORE INFO: (831) 427-2227, http://www.kuumbwajazz.org |
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- Antonio Sanchez & Migration, Featuring David Binney, Donny McCaslin & Scott Colley
Tickets: $20/Adv $23/Door
Three-time Grammy winner Antonio Sanchez left his home in Mexico City to attend Boston’s Berklee College. He soon took the New York scene by storm, working with a cast of greats including Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera and Danilo Perez. Sanchez’s innovative approach to both modern jazz and contemporary Latin percussion make him a coveted commodity in both camps. He’s in finest form at the helm of this group, which features long-time collaborator bassist Scott Colley backing the unparalleled saxophone front-line of David Binney and (Santa Cruz native) Donny McCaslin.
Sanchez started playing drums at the age of five, and was performing professionally by the time he was a teenager. A tremendous inborn affinity for music prompted him to pursue formal training after high school; he enrolled and was accepted at the National Conservatory in Mexico City’s Polanco Section. Here he earned a degree in classical piano, before relocating to Boston in 1993. Upon graduating from Berklee’s Jazz Studies program, magna cum laude, Antonio was awarded a scholarship to the New England Conservatory, where he was fortunate enough to study with Danilo Perez.
Besides the obvious benefits of apprenticing with a certified jazz master, Sanchez got a glowing recommendation when Paquito D’Rivera asked Perez about a potential drummer to accompany him in Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra. And this illustrious entry into the American professional scene was only the beginning; Danilo later invited Antonio to join his own trio, which garnered a Grammy nomination for the record Motherland (Polygram, 2000.) Around the same time, Sanchez caught the ear of Pat Metheny, who would eventually subject him to a grueling series of auditions prior to hiring him on for a particularly successful run. In fact, the group’s first release, Speaking of Now (Warner Brothers, 2002) took the 2003 Grammy Award for “Best Contemporary Jazz Album.” Sanchez remains Metheny’s first-call percussionist to this day.
California-born bassist Scott Colley relocated to New York in the late 1980’s. He got his foot in the jazz door backing Carmen McRae, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Jordan and Roy Hargrove. Colley has since recorded half a dozen titles as leader and collaborated with a laundry list of legends including Jim Hall and Joe Henderson. Saxophonist David Binney can be heard on groundbreaking records by the likes of Bobby Previte, Uri Caine and Medeski, Martin and Wood. Jazz Times has credited him with “adventurous, original music” and he’s even been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, which financed a bandleader debut entitled Point Game (Owl Records, 1989.) Santa Cruz’s very own Donny McCaslin took his jazz cues from his father, an accomplished pianist / vibraphonist. He’s gained renown for more recent work with Dave Douglas, John Patitucci, Pat Metheny and Brian Blade, and is regarded by critics and fans alike as a peerless tenor-man at the top of his game. This appearance presents compositions from Antonio Sanchez’s brand new CD.
ADVANCE TICKETS at Logos Books & Records, 1117 Pacific Ave., 427-5100; On-line at www.kuumbwajazz.org or by phone (866) 55-TICKETS.
ARTIST INFO: http://www.antoniosanchez.net
MORE INFO: (831) 427-2227; http://www.kuumbwajazz.org |
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- Live Jazz Seven Nights a week!
Enjoy Live Jazz Seven nights a week at Hoffmanns Bakery.
For more information visit www.hoffmansbakery.net or call 420-0135. |
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- KISS
hip hop, soul, funk, bailefunk, disco
with DJs eko, sparkle, and m.l.e. wax
www.redsantacruz.com |
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- Bob Burnett and Jeannine Bonstelle
Weekly jazz with the famous Bob Burnett on guitar and the soon to be famous Jeannine Bonstelle vocalist
457-1677 gabriellacafe.com |
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- Music on the Patio
MUSIC on the PATIO: Latin, Jazz etc.
Special discounted prices on Cocktails & Appetizer Menu.
We now have a FULL BAR !!! Happy Hour Bar Specials 4:30 ~ 6:60
Center Street Grill 1001 Center St. |
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- Swing Dance Party
Come Swing dance every Wednesday night at the Palomar Ballroom!
7:30pm – Intermediate Swing Lesson
8:15pm – Beginning Swing Lesson
9:00-10:30 Swing Dance Party!
$10 per person for classes & party, $3 for dance party only!
www.palomarballroom.com |
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- Salsa Dance Party
Friday night is Salsa Night at the Palomar Ballroom! Enjoy just the dance party, or come brush up your skills before in a class.
7:30pm – Intermediate Salsa Lesson
8:15pm – Beginning Salsa Lesson
9:00-11:30 Salsa Dance Party!
$10 per person for classes & party, $3 for dance party only!
www.palomarballroom.com |
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- Ballroom & Latin Dance Party!
Enjoy Ballroom dance lessons and a Ballroom & Latin Dance Party every Sunday night!
7:30pm – Beginning Ballroom Lesson
8:15pm – Intermediate Ballroom Lesson
9-10:30pm – Ballroom & Latin Dance Party!
$10 per person for classes & party, $3 for dance party only!
www.palomarballroom.com |
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- Senior Ballroom Classes
Seniors Ballroom Classes
When: Mondays from 10:30am-11:15am. Ongoing
Where: Palomar Ballroom (1344 Pacific Ave.)
What Dances: Foxtrot, Swing, Waltz, or Rumba
Cost: $8 per person
Info: Call 831-426-1221 or check online at www.palomarballroom.com to see what class is being offered each Monday!
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- Flashback Flix at Cinema 9
Come Down to Cinema 9 and jump back in time for classic films on the big screen. All Seats $5
3/11 – Rosemary’s Baby
3/18 – Gladiator
3/25 – The Usual Suspects
4/01 – Mary Poppins
4/08 – Spaceballs
4/15 – Dr. Strangelove
4/22 – Galaxy Quest
www.REGmovies.com
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- Midnights at the Del Mar
Eclectic movies for wild and crazy tastes, plus prizes and buckets of fun! All Seats $6.50. Come Stay up late with us!
www.thenick.com
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- Support Women's Crisis Support~Defensa de Mujeres at Camouflage this March!
This March, whenever you buy a mini-massage oil for $2.50 (+ tax) Camouflage will donate $2.00 to Women's Crisis Support~Defensa de Mujeres.
423-7613 x 103 ~ www.shopcamouflage.com |
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- Family Art Saturday: Studio Still Life Photography with Claire Lerner
Watch simple bouquets and portraits turn into beautiful still life photographs. For the beginner or experienced photographer, an introduction to digital photography will prepare the workshop participant for work in studio photography. Students will be guided through placement of props and people, lighting, photography angles, composition, colors, and lens. Participants must bring own digital camera.
Ages 10 and up. Space is limited.
Location: MAH Classroom, 10am-2pm, cost: $25 per person.
Lunch is not provided.
Registration is required by calling (831) 429-1964 x20 or e-mail education@santacruzmah.org.
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- Tiny Ties Workshop
Binding your partner is HOT! We invite you to explore the utilization of the hands, feet, toes, fingers, face, and hair in bondage for your sex-capades and titillation. This class is for beginning to advanced rope lovers alike. We will utilize materials beyond the standard types of bondage rope, introduce predicament ties and more. Learn how to easily immobilize your partner and each enjoy the freedom found within those bonds. No rope required. We will provide all the supplies for your practice, and introduce you to viewing everyday items in absolutely perverse ways.
Instructor: Donald Rush
$20 Advance/ $25 Walk-in
(831)466-9870, www.purepleasureshop.com |
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- Baby Shoppe Santa Cruz's Second Birthday Party
Baby Shoppe Santa Cruz is having a birthday party - we're turning 2!!!
Join us on Saturday March 20th with face painting, balloons, discounts, and cupcakes from 11-12:30.
www.babyshoppesc.com, 600-8406
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- Awakening the Goddess and Freeing the Female Orgasm
$20 Advance/$25 Walk-in
Learn how to open your sexual center to experience more sexual joy while raising creativity and life-force energy. In this workshop you will learn methods of bringing wholeness, aliveness and full potential to the psycho/energetic sexual center (2nd chakra) through hands-on and energetic touch (Mudra). You will learn the difference between the g-spot and the sacred spot; two modalities to add to g-spot massage that makes it more powerful and effective; and how to free unlimited female orgasmic potential. The instructors will present this class from a "hetero" perspective and it is open to couples and singles.
*You will receive one of two of Charles' $15 CDs, Intro to Tantra Practices and Principles or Beyond Beginners Tantra, as our gift for attending!*
Instructors: Charles Muir and Leah Alchin, Tantra Masters
www.purepleasureshop.com |
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- Antique Street Faire
"Original" Downtown antique faire is back. Vendors offer an eclectic blend of antiques and unique items, so come and check it out! Weather permitting. Every 2nd Sunday of every month, from 9am-4pm. For more info, please contact (831) 476-6940 |
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- Genealogy Society of Santa Cruz
The organization's mission is to serve the community with the knowledge and tools to make family researching more fulfilling. Stop by the "Californiana Room" at the Central Branch, or call 420-5794 |
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- Crafts & Stories at Lolly Tree Toys
Join in the free festivities at the newest toy store in the county. Come in and play, read and create!
Lolly Tree Toys invites you to visit! We have special projects for you during February Craft and Story Days!
Sundays
All of our crafts are free and designed to be engaging for all ages.
Thursdays, 11am
Every Thursday morning we choose some of our favorite books to read as a group in the tent or under the reading loft. Most of the story time books are best for ages 3-5, but we will always adjust as needed.
713-5136, http://lollytreetoys.com |
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- Shoe Painting Workshops
Buy a pair of canvas shoes or bring your own
and create walking works of art.
Art materials will be supplied and there will be an artist on hand to assist you.
All Ages. Cost: $10
Call the Old-School Shoes to reserve your spot!
831-423-2700 |
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- Rouge closing sale
Rouge is sad to say that after 9 years here in Santa Cruz, they will be closing their doors.
Starting Saturday March 6, everything in the store will be 30% off or more!!
454-9727, www.rougegirl.com |
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- Spring Sale at Atlantis Fantasyworld
Mark your calendars! Atlantis Fantasyworld's Spring Sale is Saturday, March 13 (10am - 7pm) and Sunday, March 14 (11am - 6pm)! Our entire inventory will be on sale!
60% off any comic from the back issue bin
50% off Atlantis Classics by using Atlantis Dollars (Atlantis Dollars are worth double on all sale days)
20% - 50% off on ALL other merchandise when we Spin the WHEEL OF FORTUNE!
www.atlantisfantasyworld.com, 426-0158 |
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- Ecogoods 16th Anniversary Sale
Help EcoGoods celebrate 16 years in business at their special sale! 16% off the entire store, including sale items!
429-5758 ~ ecogoods.com |
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- BEYOND THERAPY
SANTA CRUZ ACTORS’ THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENTS…..
BEYOND THERAPY
By Christopher Durang
Directed by Gerry Gerringer
Friday February 26th through March19
Fewer things are funnier than watching other people’s desperate deeds and Durang’s wild play is, first and foremost, an uproarious comedy. The play revolves around Prudence (Julia Cunningham), an attractive yet insecure writer for People magazine and Bruce (Nathan Caracter), a ridiculously self-absorbed bi-sexual lawyer given to hilarious crying jags. They meet through a personals ad and the madly unstable Bruce proclaims on their first date that he wants to marry and procreate with Prudence and that his live-in gay lover, Bob (Jacob Cribbs), will “live over the garage and it will be wonderful. Throw into the mix Prudence’s lecherous, libidinous therapist Dr. Stewart Framington (Christopher Palermo), who suffers from a massive Marlboro man complex, and Bruce’s equally nutty, Snoopy - loving, space cadet of a therapist (Suzanne Schrag) and the ensuing dysfunction pounces from the stage with hysterical inspiration.
Tickets may be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling (831) 425-PLAY. They will also be available one hour before curtain at the theater boxoffice 1001 Center Street, Santa Cruz.
Other shows in the Actors’ Theatre’s 25th anniversary season include the Eight Tens @ 8:00 ten-minute play festival (Jan. 15 - Feb. 14) Festival Director Brian Spencer; Rabbit Hole (May 14 - June 6) written b>y David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by Victoria Hue.
http://www.santacruzactorstheatre.org |
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- Poet/Speak Open Reading
Poet/Speak Open Reading with featured reader Lisa Allen Ortiz.
Free.
www.baymoon.com/~poetrysantacruz/ |
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- GENEEN ROTH: Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
Bookshop Santa Cruz is honored to welcome best-selling writer and teacher Geneen Roth to discuss her newest book. The way you eat is inseparable from your core beliefs about being alive. No matter how sophisticated or wise or enlightened you believe you are, how you eat tells all. The world is on your plate. When you begin to understand what prompts you to use food as a way to numb or distract yourself, the process takes you deeper into realms of spirit and to the bright center of your own life. Rather than getting rid of or instantly changing your conflicted relationship with food, Women Food and God is about welcoming what is already here, and contacting the part of yourself that is already whole-- divinity itself.
Please join us for this reading, signing, discussion and Q&A. This is sure to be a night that will be informative, moving, and insightful; not one to miss!
423-0900 www.bookshopsantacruz.com |
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- Children's Story Times
Bring your children to the Downtown library for Story Time. Begin your child's lifetime love of reading and learning!
Tuesdays at 11:15am - newborns through 13 months
Thursdays at 11:15am - 18-36 months
www.santacruzpl.org |
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- Jim Scoppettone and Family
James Scoppettone's contribution to contemporary American Impressionism has been recognized by collectors and curators throughout the world. Prestigious public and private art collections including American Pharmaceuticals, Nissin Foods of Japan, Pepsi Cola, the collections of numerous entertainers and CEOs, and the St Louis Museum in St. Paul, Minnesota, feature Scoppettone's unique interpretations of traditional themes and subject matter.
Inspired by the work and writings of nineteenth-century French and American painters, Scoppettone has devoted his career to expanding the artistic exploration of light. Scoppettone combines concepts developed by the impressionist masters with his own talents and vision to create paintings that are distinguished by brilliant color and vibrant brushwork. Capturing the poetry of sunlight's subtle nuances, Scoppettone's work radiates with the energy and joy of light.
429-1964, www.santacruzmah.org |
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- Man's Best Friend
Santa Cruz County Bank Arts Collaborative celebrates the installation of its 25th show, Man's Best Friend, which showcases 13 area artists' depictions of the playful nature of dogs. Man's Best Friend is an artistic sequel to the popular Unleashed show installed as a tribute to the Year of the Dog in 2007.
Exhibiting Artists: James Aschbacher, Wendy Ballen, Penny Brozda, Constance Chandlee, Michael Eckerman, Janet Fine, Jan Gregorius, Qui-ming Hay, Robley Levy, Roberta Loach, Marvin Plummer, Stephanie Schriver, Elizabeth Williams
Curated by Joan Blackmer
Special Events:
Opening Art Reception: Wednesday, January 27th 5:30pm - 7pm at Santa Cruz County Bank, 720 Front Street, Santa Cruz
Exhibition Viewing Hours
Monday through Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday 9am – 6pm excluding Holidays. |
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- Sockshop Strutters' Ball
Show to open with a reception on First Friday Art Tour, March 1, ending March 31st, Strutters' Ball features the work of Kathy Cheer, exhibiting her cuurrent efforts in dollmaking, 3-D soft sculpture and paintings of "with it" women.
5-8pm 151 PAcific Ave., Santa Cruz Ricky- 429-6181 No charge. |
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- Beth Allison Gripenstraw
Water Colors by Beth Allison Gripenstraw
420-1700 ~ www.pacificthaisantacruz.net |
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- Shimmering Wolf - Painting/Photography
Shimmering Wolf - Painting/Photography
www.serpents-kiss.com
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- Elise Mahoney
"Here and there" Photographs by Elise Mahoney
831-423-8183
www.artisanssantacruz.com |
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- Kathy Cheer
“Kathy Cheer”. Sock Shop Strutter's Ball.
831-429-6101 - www.sockshopandshoeco.com |
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- John Maxon
"Flights of Fancy" by John Maxon.
831-423-3349 |
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- As the Crow Flies
As the Crow Flies: new works by Scott Rasmann + Elephant Self-Portraits by “Santa Cruz Arts Movement.”
www.scica.org |
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- Tom Maderos
Tom Maderos. “Coastal Abstracts” mixed media on canvas and paper |
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- Taylor. “Standing Still”
Taylor. “Standing Still”
423-4745, www.thecenterstreetgrill.com |
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- Roberta Lee Woods
“Roberta Lee Woods” Reclaimed Books.
www.stripedesigngroup.com |
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- Rand Launer
"Rand Launer" Wave Paintings.
831-426-4852 - www.hulastiki.com |
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- Lauralea Adkins
Lauralea Adkins Painting/Sculpture
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- Cheryl Betzina
“Cheryl Betzina” The Fine Line.
831-427-3425 |
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- D. Hooker
“D. Hooker” New works.
www.myspace.com/motivsc |
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- A Family Affair
“A Family Affair” Norman Locks and Lisa Kairos.
408-373-2854 - www.felixkulpa.com |
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- Sasha Neese
Sasha Neese, photography, “Dreams”
831-466-9870 - www.purepleasureshop.com |
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- Katie Rummel
Katie Rummel "La Femme Libré"-- free woman,
831-423-1129 - www.shopcamouflage.com |
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- Sylvia Valentine
Sylvia Valentine, Nature Photography, "Maiden of the Woods"
831.425.TEAS www.Asanateas.com |
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- Boxed Fantasies, Dreams and Memories
Boxed Fantasies, Dreams and Memories: Mission Hill Middle School Student Show.
112 students from Mission Hill Middle School respond to the theme in the style of Joseph Cornell.
831-420-6177 |
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- Hilary Scardino
“Hilary Scardino” Path Series
www.nourishsantacruz.com |
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