WEEK OF Apr 21–Apr 30
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CLASSICAL, NEW & OPERA
Apr 24, 7:30pm: “COMINGS AND GOINGS” Mezzo-soprano Magda Travis senior recital. Music Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 25, noon: CABRILLO STRINGS ENSEMBLES Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Click HERE
Apr 26 & 27, 7:30pm: APRIL IN SANTA CRUZ Final two season concerts. Music Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 27 & 28, 7pm: “THE KING SHALL REJOICE” Cantiamo & Ensemble Monterey. Apr 27: First Presbyterian Church, 501 El Dorado, Monterey. Apr 28: Peace United, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 27, 7:30pm; Apr 28, 3pm: “MADNESS AND MUSIC” From concert to cabaret. Santa Cruz Chamber Players, Christ Lutheran, 10707 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Click HERE or on ad, left
Apr 27, 8pm; Apr 28, 4pm: SANTA CRUZ CHORALE Music by Haydn, Mendelssohn. Holy Cross, 123 High St., Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 28, 2pm: VIOLINIST NIGEL ARMSTRONG Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Click HERE
Apr 28, 3pm: CELLIST JULIAN SOMMER Senior recital. Music Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 28, 3pm: Giuseppe Verdi’s AÏDA In Italian w English supertitles. Bay Shore Lyric Opera. Veterans Memorial, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz. Click HERE
JAZZ & BLUES
Apr 27, 3pm: DICK WHITTINGTON & FRIENDS Cherry Center, Guadalupe & 4th, Carmel. Click HERE
Apr 28, 1pm: SWEET JAZZ @ EMBASSY Embassy Suites, 1441 Canyon del Rey, Seaside.
R&B, GOSPEL, ROCK, POP, WORLD
Apr 25, 7pm: DARYL STUERMER DUO Kuumbwa Jazz, 320 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 26, 7pm; Apr 27, 1am: A FEW GOOD FRIENDS Fox Theater, 241 S Main, Salinas. Click HERE
Apr 26 & 27, 7:30pm: PILIPINO CULTURAL CELEBRATION Mainstage Theater, UC Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 26, 7:30pm: SHARON KNIGHT & WINTER Kuumbwa Jazz, 320 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 27, 6:30pm: COWBOYS, COCKTAILS, RHYTHM & RHYMES Dinner earlier. Fox Theater, 241 S Main, Salinas. Click HERE
Apr 28, 7pm: LA SEMESIENTA Fox Theater, 241 S Main, Salinas. Click HERE
Apr 28, 7:30pm: AN EVENING OF HINDUSTANI MUSIC Aashish Khan, sarod. Music Recital Hall, UC Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 29, 7pm: CLAUDIA VILLELA: MUSIC OF JOBIM Kuumbwa Jazz, 320 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. Click HERE
DANCE
Apr 25, 7pm: SPECTORDANCE OCEAN TRILOGY Plus Baba Brinkman’s Rap Guide to Climate Chaos. Sunset Center, San Carlos & 9th, Carmel. Click HERE
Apr 27, 4pm: TANNERY WORLD DANCE SHOWCASE Cabrillo Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Click HERE
Apr 28, 4:30pm: INTERNATIONAL DANCE DAY CELEBRATION Cabrillo Crocker Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Click HERE
THEATER & COMEDY
Apr 21, 3pm; Apr 27, 8pm; Apr 28, 3pm: Jane Anderson’s LOOKING FOR NORMAL Directed by Tandy Beal. Center Stage, 1001 Center St., Santa Cruz. Click HERE
Apr 25-27, 8pm: THE EMPIRE STROKES BACK A Starwars parody burlesque. Paper Wing, 320 Hoffman, Monterey. Click HERE
Apr 25-28, 7:30pm: Tyler Dwiggins’ SUBTEXT Studio Theatre, Monterey Peninsula College, 980 Fremont, Monterey. Click HERE
Apr 26 & 27, 7:30pm; Apr 28, 2pm: William Saroyan’s THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE Cabrillo Black Box Theater, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos. Click HERE
Apr 26, 7:30pm; Apr 27 & 28, 2 & 6pm: Molly Newman & Barbara Damashek’s musical QUILTERS Mainstage Theater, Western Stage, 411 Central Ave., Salinas. Click HERE
Apr 26, 8pm: FRIENDS! The Musical Parody. Sunset Center, San Carlos & 9th, Carmel. Click HERE
Apr 27, 2pm; Apr 28, 1:30pm: Hume Cronyn’s FOXFIRE Apr 27: National Steinbeck Center, 1 Main St., Salinas. Apr 28: Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific St., Monterey. Click HERE
Apr 27, 8pm: HOW DO YOU MEASURE LOVE? A musical revue featuring Edith Dowd from New York City Opera. World Theater, 6th Avenue, CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside. Click HERE
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