Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. It’s the election-hangover B9:
- The great former Monty Python comic actor John Cleese puts a particularly fine point on his appearance Saturday at the Civic, calling it the “last chance to see me before I die.”
- Remember “acid jazz,” that movement from the 1990s slamming together jazz and hip-hop? One of the genre’s definitive acts, Greyboy Allstars, are back in business and lighting it up at Moe’s Alley.
- Maybe it’s exactly the right time for the uplifting, mellow, dopamine-friendly sound of Trevor Hall.
- Santa Cruz musician Tom Ralston leads his eye-popping 15-piece band together to make magic happen at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center.
- Is he a dude? Or a bro? Or a dude-bro? Maybe chill stand-up comic Nick Colletti is all three?
- Clean energy’s future, which just became a bit more uncertain, is on the minds of authors Manuel Pastor and Chris Benner next week at Bookshop.
- The singer-songwriter Jake Smith conjures his soul through the persona of The White Buffalo, performing back-to-back shows at Moe’s.
- The Colligan Theater is back in business, bringing to the stage the Disney classic “The Little Mermaid.”
- Lots of folks are looking for solace and inspiration these days. It arrives Monday with the amazing Sweet Honey in the Rock at the Rio Theatre.
