Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. It’s the B9:
- It’s been a minute since I’ve really unwound with a good heavy metal/throat-singing band. Good thing The HU, straight outta Mongolia, are occupying The Catalyst.
- Sadly, only one of the great jazz duo the Brecker Brothers is still with us. Fortunately, Randy Brecker comes to Kuumbwa to honor his late brother Michael.
- We’ve all been keeping an eye out for the annual monarch butterfly nestings in the area. Natural Bridges rolls out the welcome mat for the monarchs with a family-oriented festival Sunday.
- The story of the mighty coast redwood, so deeply rooted in Santa Cruz ecology, is told in thrilling detail in the new documentary “Giants Rising.”
- If the turn of the millennium was the good ol’ days for you, there’s a good chance Less Than Jake was part of your good-times soundtrack. You can relive that magic next week.
- UCSC historian Dana Frank has some lessons for today drawn from the Great Depression, and she’ll share them to launch her new book at Bookshop Santa Cruz.
- The Open Studios tour unleashes its second weekend with hundreds of artists opening their home/studios Saturday and Sunday, this time for all artists south of the yacht harbor.
- It’s October, so why not check out “Dawn of the Dead” at the Cocoanut Grove ballroom?
- Gotta say, I just love the charisma and authenticity of singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton, who mixes American roots music with American defiance.
