Here they are, nine soaps necessary for the coming week. This is the sudden Summery B9:
➤ And now, just a moment of deep appreciation, for the incomparable Laurie R. King. During more than 30 years, the novelist of Santa Cruz built, Book by Book, one of the most durable literary careers of all writers in the Monterey Bay region. Next Tuesday, she officially publishes her latest book, “Knave of Diamonds” with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, with, An event at the Santa Cruz bookstore. And this is the right time to remember that she has always produced sophisticated and intriguing mysteries novels, full of depth and historical personality, many of them thanks to Her heroine live Mary RussellWho now occupies a place in our collective imagination as important as his mentor and husband, Sherlock Holmes. And, if you think that these are only thrown whodunits, you have not counted properly with the LRK universe, in which everything, from religious freedom to gender rights is part of the fabric of its construction of the world. Thank you, Laurie, for showing us all how it is.
➤ In the 1980s, he was known as “two-color” and, for a while, it was the hottest and most contagious sound out of the United Kingdom at the head of this renewal which slammed the Jamaican ska and the new British wave was singer and guitarist Dave Wakeling and his group The English rhythm. Over the past decade, Wakeling has made his group a regular part of the California Live Music Circuit, and it turns out that the unique pace has lost none of its punch. English Beat Game consecutive shows at the Felton Music Hall.
➤ It’s a big Saturday night For fans of the legendary film composer John Williams. THE Santa Cruz SymphonyThe Spring Pops concert at Civic Auditorium has many jewelry in the Williams catalog, including the music of “and”, “Indiana Jones”, “Jurassic Park” and, obviously, “Star Wars”. As a prelude to the show, the street in front of the Civic will come to life with food trucks, live entertainment and perhaps one or two cosplayers. Everything could happen.
➤ Perhaps high-level events have passed, but pride is still going to MK Contemporary Art in Santa Cruz. The latest MK exhibition, “Here in eternity”, is a real who’s who of santa cruz lgbtq + artists, all together A complete group show and myopic. MK is the ideal place for the first Friday Pride Party, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the gallery right next to the Mah.
➤ Cultural representations of neurodiversity are no more empathic than the well -known stage drama of Mark Haddon “The curious incident of the dog at night”, “ in which the 15 year old The protagonist investigates both a mystery in his hometown and its own neural condition. Mountain Community Theater by Ben Lomond presents his last weekend Performance, until Sunday.
➤ He has an emotional range as flat as a Panhandle Texas cow pasture, but the singer-songwriter James McMurtry Compare this with deep sources of irony cut, revealing details and literary plume. Son of one of the best novelists in the West, McMurtry continued the family business with a guitar and a spirit as clear as the woods of Longhorn. He visits the Rio next Thursday, June 12.
➤ Difficult to chat with the genius of Neil Young “Harvest” And Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young “Already seen”, Both considered among the biggest rock albums in Laurel Canyon late 1960s. Now you hear them play live and sequence by a local group at Kuumbwa Jazz Center on Sunday.
➤ Abraham VergheseThe epic novel of 2023 “The Covenant of Water” haunted readers since its release. And SundayFans of the saga of the generational family which serves as a portrait of faith and medicine in the modern world will meet to hear the author discuss the themes of the book with philosopher and theologian Rose Feerick at the Rio Theater. You see, the world is not all ridiculous and absurd.
➤ We tend to forget that the music of New Orleans is not static, that, as rich in its inheritance, it is a constantly evolving creature that always seeks to get rid of projections of the outside world. Take a look, for example, with DumpThe Nola group with Royal Bloodlines – It is the next generation of Nevilles, after all – creating a new direction with its elegant funk sound, both classic and up to date. The group plays live on Moe’s Alley on Tuesday.