Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. It’s the say-goodbye-to-summer B9:

  1. With her moody, reverb-y sound and lost-girl vibe, indie singer-songwriter Angel Olsen is something special.
  2. Corn dogs, funnel cakes, monster trucks … remind me again why we have the Santa Cruz County Fair only once a year.
  3. Celebrated Irish fantasy writer Sarah Rees Brennan knows that sometimes we all just want to know what makes the bad guy ticks.
  4. Well, it’s about time someone made up a tribute band devoted to Duran Duran. What took you so long?
  5. They are Jamaican reggae legend. Full stop. Duckie Simpson and Black Uhuru come to Moe’s Alley.
  6. Along with Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell, the unmistakable Judy Collins ranks as a grand dame of 1960s American folk music.
  7. Santa Cruz Shakespeare bids a fond end-of-summer farewell to Oscar Wilde, but …
  8. … gives a warm autumnal howdy-do to Tennessee Williams at The Grove.
  9. How can anyone warm-blooded jazz fan resist the timeless elegance of Kurt Elling?

Wallace reports and writes not only across his familiar areas of deep interest — including arts, entertainment and culture — but also is chronicling for Lookout the challenges the people of Santa Cruz...