SHAKESPEARE ENDS, CORRIDOS! BEGINS
SANTA CRUZ SEASON ends this weekend. Luis Valdez’ Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution opens in Salinas. Click our CALENDAR for details.

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM

LAST WEEK’S Performing Arts People person was Dawn Walker, principal flute of the Monterey Symphony and a member of the Carmel Bach Festival orchestra. This week it’s Forrest Byram, principal tuba for the Monterey, Santa Cruz and Cabrillo Festival orchestras (among others.) To read both, click HERE  (Byram photo by rr jones)

VOCAL CORD INJURIES

WHY ARE SO MANY SINGERS suffering? Steven M. Zeitels, surgeon and director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Voice Center, explains the causes and treatment to Vulture’s Lauretta Charlton. Click HERE

TWYLA THARP CELEBRATES HER 50TH

BRILLIANT CHEEKY dancer/choreographer reflects on her legacy. From the New York Times. Click HERE

HISTORY-MAKING MOMENTS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL RHETORIC

HOW THE 1968 WILLIAM F BUCKLEY/GORE VIDAL on-air confrontation changed the buzz game forever. Richard Brody writes if for The New Yorker. Click HERE

CLASSICAL MUSIC TAKES A VACATION

FOLLOWING the Cabrillo Festival, classical musicians get a well-deserved holiday before the regular fall-winter-spring seasons start up in October. An exception is Philip Glass’ Days & Nights Festival in Big Sur and Monterey in late September. Stay tuned.

Scott MacClelland, editor

‘MICROAGRESSIONS’ CHANGING CAMPUS CULTURE

WHY COMEDIANS no longer take their standup to college campuses. Blame the PC vigilantes. Click HERE

LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE MAKES COMEBACK

THAT ‘USELESS’ Liberal Arts Degree has become Tech’s hottest ticket. George Anders writes for Forbes. Click HERE

KUSP’S TERRY GREEN TO SPEAK

BELEAGURED KUSP’S future is anything but clear. KUSP manager Green speaks Wednesday morning, 9 am, at Monterey Museum of Art’s La Mirada, 720 Via Mirada. The Future Audience Development event, sponsored by Arts Council Monterey County, runs from 8:30 to 10am. Green’s topic is “How to adapt—and win—in an era of rapid technological change.”

TWO NEW PLAY READINGS

THIS WEEKEND in Ben Lomond and Carmel Valley. Find the last two entries under Theater on our CALENDAR. Also, the first entry is Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s Fringe offering.

WEST END FEST RETURNS TO SAND CITY

FIND FESTIVAL days and times on our CALENDAR.

FRESH REVIEWS

CABRILLO FEST’S last two orchestra concerts. Click HERE

Scott MacClelland, editor