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This week: 

Alasdair Frasier’s Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School 32nd Annual Fiddle Extravaganza: Friday, September 4 at 8:00PM at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.  World-renowned and Indie Award-winning Scots fiddler Alasdair Fraser leads more than 150 musicians in a lively celebration of music, song, and dance.  Featuring fiddlers Anders Hall, and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, singers Moira Smiley and Laura Cortese, dancer Nic Gareiss, and cellist Natalie Haas. Tickets at or at .

Kuumbwa Jazz in downtown Santa Cruz presents the Grammy-nominated Cultural Heritage Choir with special guest Rhythm Addicts share the rich musical traditions of African American roots music. Tuesday, September 8 at 7:00 PM. Details at .

Willing Suspension Armchair Theater presents “A Cry of Wilderness” -- poetry and prose from the literature of many cultures, celebrating the spirit of land and earth, and our deepest connections to it. The readers include:  Robert Colter, Susan Forrest, Robert Strayer and Suzanne Sturn, who also compiled and directed. Performances are from 7–8 pm on September 10 at the Scotts Valley Library Branch and from 7–8 pm on September 16 at the Downtown Santa Cruz Library. Performances are free, but donations are most welcome and appreciated.

Coming up:

Paper Wing Theatre in Monterey sends summer out with a crazy, sexy, funny "Beach Blanket Burlesque". TWO SHOWS ONLY on Friday and Saturday, September 11 and 12 at 8PM. "Frankie" and "Annette" and their sexy friends ring out the summer with comedy, variety, live music, and dancing – and a few surprises along the way. Details at

Espressivo – “a small, intense orchestra" will play its inaugural concert at the new Performing Arts Center on the San Lorenzo Valley High School campus at 7105 Highway 9 in Felton on Sunday, September 13 at 4PM. Under the baton of Michel Singher [Mee-SHELL Sang-GAR (as in 'Gary')], the program features Mozart, Ibert, Wagner, and Hindemith. The concert benefits San Lorenzo Valley schools. For information call or visit

The World Theatre at Cal State Monterey Bay presents the National Circus and Acrobats of the People's Republic of China performing "Peking Dreams" was founded in 1953, making it one of the longest running and most distinguished circus troupes in China. "Peking Dreams" features many impressive circus and acrobatic acts such as hats' juggling, diving through rings, bicycles, feet juggling with umbrellas, unicycles, adagio of four and grand martial arts. The program also includes traditional circus acts like hula hoops, balance on high chairs, aerial silk, solo trapeze and rope tricks (lasso) commonly featured under the circus tent. This production was performed for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and has been performed for more than 600 shows in front of more than 400,000 people in China, Europe, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Tuesday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m.

Alash, Master Tuvan Throat Singers & Entertainers, come to Don Quixote's in Felton on Tuesday, September 15. Alash are masters of Tuvan throat singing (xöömei), a remarkable technique for singing multiple pitches at the same time. What distinguishes this gifted trio from earlier generations of Tuvan throat singers is the subtle infusion of modern influences into their traditional music. One can find complex harmonies, western instruments, and contemporary song forms in Alash’s music, but its overall sound and spirit is decidedly Tuvan. Trained in traditional Tuvan music since childhood, the Alash musicians studied at Kyzyl Arts College just as Tuva was beginning to open up to the West. 

The 58th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival takes place September 18–20 at the Monterey County Fair & Event Center. Tickets can be purchased online at montereyjazzfestival.org or by calling . The Festival features 500 artists, and nearly 100 performances from iconic and emerging jazz artists, educational events, conversations, and exhibits on eight stages, for 30 hours of live music spanning two days and three nights, accompanied by an array of 75 vendors selling international cuisine and merchandise on the oak-studded 20 acres of the Monterey County Fair & Event Center. The full lineup for the 58th Monterey Jazz Festival can be found on .

The Distinguished Artists Concert Series begins its 31st Season featuring concert pianist Thomas Pandolfi in a program entitled, "Classics with a Touch of Poetry: Music of Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven and Liszt. Sunday, September 27 at 4 pm. Tickets and information at

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