From a trio of reveals by Bay Space faves Pablo Cruise to the world-famous Cabrillo pageant and the son of a surf-rock legend, there’s a lot to see and listen to within the Bay Space. Here’s a partial rundown.
Bay Space yacht rockers stage 3 reveals
Pablo Cruise may simply be the unique yacht rock band.
“Our headquarters was an 82-foot schooner in the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon,” says keyboardist Cory Lerios, who co-founded the band in 1973. “So, we were definitely yacht rockers back before yacht rock was a term.”
Maybe impressed by their views of the San Francisco Bay, the group would go on to ship a few of the best songs of what’s now referred to as the yacht rock style, which celebrates the sleek a.m. radio staples delivered by such artists as Toto, Kenny Loggins, Nicolette Larson, Poco, and extra.
Pablo Cruise’s quick checklist consists of such late-’70s soft-rock triumphs as “A Place in the Sun,” “Love Will Find a Way” and “Whatcha Gonna Do?” — with the latter two being high 10 pop hits for the band.
But, Pablo Cruise — which presently consists of founding members Lerios and David Jenkins on vocals and guitar in addition to bassist Larry Antonino, drummer Sergio Gonzalez and vocalist Robbie Wyckoff — has a lot extra to supply than simply that handful of yacht rock staples. It’s really a sensational dwell band that excels in a wide range of types — from CSN-style folk-rock tunes to jammed-out instrumental numbers.
Followers can expertise all of that — and a lot extra — throughout three upcoming reveals within the Bay Space.
Particulars: 8 p.m. July 25 at Guild Theatre in Menlo Park ($58 and up; guildtheatre.com); 8 p.m. July 26 at The Mystic Theatre in Petaluma ($48.46 and up; mystictheatre.com); and a pair of:30 p.m. July 27 on the Benicia Waterfront Competition (occasion runs Saturday and Sunday; beniciawaterfrontrocks.com).
— Jim Harrington, Workers
Let’s settle this as soon as and for all
The Beatles? Or the Rolling Stones? And earlier than you say each are good – no, you need to choose one facet on this “most legendary rivalry in rock history,” in keeping with a musical-theater manufacturing coming to the Bay Space for 2 reveals.
“Beatles vs. Stones — A Musical Showdown,” which pits two tribute acts towards one another in a battle of tunes, banter and jovial one-upmanship — will go to the the Campbell Heritage Theatre in addition to the Lesher Middle for the Arts in Walnut Creek; touring present’s newest stops in a 125-city North American tour. The manufacturing that’s been amusing traditional and pop-rock followers since 2011.
On the one facet is “Abbey Road,” a band representing our funny-haired gents from throughout the pond who like singing about diamonds within the sky and walruses. On the opposite is “Jumping Jack Flash,” mimicking the high-energy antics of the British Invasion’s unhealthy boys. Count on plenty of interval costumes and equipment, a gradual dose of all of your favourite songs and an encore that reportedly brings down the home.
Keep in mind to convey earplugs, in case you don’t like the quantity turned as much as 11.
Particulars: 7:30 p.m. July 26 at Campbell Heritage Theatre, $45-$65, heritagetheatre.com; 7:30 p.m. July 27 at Lesher Middle, Walnut Creek; $56-$76; www.lesherartscenter.org.
— John Metcalfe, Workers
Cabrillo Fest gives full slate
The Cabrillo Competition of Modern Music returns this week, and the annual Santa Cruz new-music bash has aficionados coming from far and vast to expertise an array of artists and their newest works.
There’s loads to expertise on this yr’s installment of the occasion; it’s the pageant’s 63rd season, and underneath music director Cristian Măcelaru, the calendar boasts a full roster of premieres, performances, talks, and particular occasions, together with:
Free open rehearsals can be found nearly every single day throughout the pageant; no reservations are wanted however guests are requested to enter and exit as quietly as potential; and a free live performance that includes new work by under-30 composers Leigha Amick, Ethan Gonzalez Soledad, and Sam Wu is out there July 29.
Hear works by Stacy Garrop, Julia Wolfe, Darian Donovan Thomas and plenty of others, in addition to tributes to Lou Harrison, John Corigliano, and Jennifer Higdon.
LGBTQIA Satisfaction in Santa Cruz celebrates 50 years with a fee by Jake Heggie on Aug. 10.
Particulars: July 26 via Aug. 10; Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium; tickets $24-up; some occasions free; 831-420-5260; Cabrillomusic.org.
— Georgia Rowe, Correspondent
Trip the wave of surf music
Richard Anthony Monsour, aka Dick Dale, was an enormous amongst early electrical guitar gamers, even when his sonic output has largely been decreased within the public’s thoughts to the surf-rock staple “Miserlou” (the tune you hear on “Pulp Fiction). He was known as “The King of the Surf Guitar” however his influence went additional and was felt by extra musicians that the title suggests.
He was credited with adapting such results as reverb and amplification in business guitar-playing and influenced artists starting from Jan and Dean and the Seaside Boys to Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townsend.
He additionally made a degree of education his son on guitar-playing, and now the proficient Jimmy Dale is carrying on his father’s surf-rock custom. He’s even backed by his father’s acclaimed rhythm part — Dusty Watson on drums and Sam Bolle on bass. You’ll be able to hear the Jimmy Dale Trio on Sunday once they carry out because the headliners of the eighth annual Worldwide Surf Guitar Basic at Artwork Boutiki Music Corridor, 44 Race St., in San Jose. Others on the invoice embrace Frankie and the Pool Boys, from San Francisco; The Frigidaires (Atlanta) The Useless Kampers (Santa Cruz).
Particulars: 3 p.m. Sunday; $30 advance/$35 day of present; artboutiki.com.
— Randy McMullen, Workers
Freebie(s) of the week
A few free live shows within the Bay Space this week promise a celebratory vibe and seemingly plenty of encouragement for individuals who wish to bust a transfer or two. In Cupertino, the Summer time Live performance Sequence serves up veteran Bay Space dance/get together outfit the Joint Chiefs. The Santa Cruz-based band has been serving up its tackle traditional R&B, soul and funk requirements for greater than 35 years, honing its sound via numerous festivals, company gigs and neighborhood live shows reminiscent of this one. The music runs 6:30 to eight p.m. July 24 on the Memorial Park Amphitheatre, 21163 Anton Approach, Cupertino. Blankets and garden chairs are allowed. The live performance sequence runs Thursday nights via Extra data is at www.cupertino.gov/Parks-Recreation/Occasions.
And in Walnut Creek, the Summer time Sounds free live performance sequence presents Michigan band VUP, which makes a speciality of inventive takes on traditional hits by Stevie Marvel, Michael Jackson, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan and extra, led by the powerhouse vocals of Arian Kertsman. The present begins 5:30 p.m. July 24 on the Rudney Plaza on the Lesher Middle for the Arts, 1601 Civic Drive. Extra data is at www.lesherartscenter.org/occasions.
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Fest comes with strings connected
The artwork of puppetry dates again to the fifth century B.C., the place Greek after which Indian practitioners developed the shape to entertain and create stylized portrayals of varied myths, legends and fables. And whereas the world of puppetry has developed and expanded since then, the artwork kind in lots of stays just about the identical. Whether or not operated by hand or arm actions, strings or mechanized preparations, puppetry stays a preferred type of storytelling, and one which has been practiced to nice success by San Francisco’s Fratello Marionettes since 1989. The corporate, solely utilizing puppets it creates, has staged performances world wide, and has a giant position on this weekend’s Napa Valley Puppetry Competition. The occasion, working July 25-26 at The White Barn theater in St. Helena, gives a wide range of performances, plus workshops, a Big Puppet Parade and even a spread present titled “Forbidden Puppet Cabaret.” Most occasions value $5. The White Barn, a 75-seat transformed 1872 carriage home, is at 2727 Sulphur Springs Ave. in St. Helena. Occasions and performances are each inside and out of doors.
Particulars: Extra data is at nvpuppfest.com.
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Ringing within the new
Since its debut in 1970, Palo Alto’s TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has earned a status as an organization devoted to presenting new productions. Actually the troupe is planning to kick off its fifty fifth season in September with a world premiere manufacturing of Bay Space playwright Lauren Gunderson’s new adaption of Louisa Might Alcott’s traditional “Little Women.” So it is sensible that the corporate’s twenty second annual New Works Competition, which kicks off this week, is a giant deal within the theater world. Working Friday via Aug. 17, the pageant presents performances and readings of greater than a half-dozen new reveals, most of which is able to get a couple of staging. Among the many highlights are “Vienna,” a musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein, who created “Come From Away”; “Alice, Formerly of Wonderland,” an a capella musical about the true lifetime of the famed youngsters’s novel protagonist; and “Bridges,” a brand new musical primarily based on the songs of Oakland musical duo The Kilbanes. Kicking off the pageant on July 25 is the provocatively titled comedy “Old Cock,” which facilities on the Rooster of Barcelos, who in keeping with legend is credited with coming again to life on the dinner desk to assist a wrongly accused man discover innocence. On this new re-imagining by Tony Award playwright Robert Schenkkan, the Rooster has quite a lot of pointed questions on his backstory.
Particulars: Performances happen on the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto. Tickets vary from $25-$40 for particular person reveals, $90 for a full-festival cross. Go to theatreworks.org
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The grande dames of opera
Mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, a latest San Francisco Opera Merola trainee and Adler Fellow whose triumphant Schwabacher Debut Recital in that capability garnered lavish reward, is a frequent performer on phases throughout the Bay Space and past. Hear her channel a few of the most excessive profile dramatic characters of the opera stage in a salon for Walnut Creek-based Competition Opera July 27 on the Piedmont Middle for the Arts. In a program dubbed “Baroque Queens,” Printz channels such luminous figures as Cleopatra, Alcina, Juno, Dido and Ottavia as envisioned by composers Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Strozzi, Handel and Purcell. Printz will probably be accompanied by Joshua Mikus-Mahoney on cello, Jon Mendle on theorbo and lute and Zachary Gordin on harpsichord, and there will probably be a possibility to mingle with the musicians at a post-concert reception.
Particulars: Tickets are $40; festivalopera.org.
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A vital musical mass
Duos, trios and quartets are time-honored ensembles of the chamber music custom, however it’s the completely agreeable grouping of 5 collaborative musicians that the Music@Menlo pageant will probably be placing underneath the highlight in a July 27 afternoon recital on the Spieker Middle for the Arts in Atherton. In varied assortments, violinists Chad Hoopes, Jessica Lee, Kristin Lee, Richard Lin, Julian Rhee and Arnaud Sussman; violists Lawrence Dutton and James Thompson; cellists Dmitri Atapine, Nicholas Canellakis and David Finckel; clarinetist Sebastian Manz and pianist Wu Han will assemble onstage to carry out string quartets by main composers from two centuries. Their program, referred to as “Quintessential Quintets,” consists of Mozart’s String Quintet in B-flat Main, Carl Maria von Weber’s Clarinet Quintet in B-flat Main, Luigi Boccherini’s String Quintet in C Main and Camille Saint-Saens’ Piano Quintet in A minor.
Particulars: Live performance time is 4 p.m., and there will probably be a repeat efficiency at 7 p.m. July 29 within the Stent Household Corridor. Discover tickets, $65-$87 (however $25 for these underneath 30), at [email protected].
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