Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. It\u2019s the B9:<\/p>\n
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\u27a4 It\u2019s been a wild ride for Jon Scoville<\/strong>, and he\u2019s now ready to share that long ride with the rest of us. The longtime Santa Cruz composer, musician and teacher is the subject of a uniquely diverse evening of artistic expression Friday<\/a> at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center. In a show titled \u201cFuturespective,\u201d the body of work of the man behind the music at Tandy Beal & Co. will be celebrated with friends, fans and family. For decades, Scoville has been a musical adventurist. The son of a Presbyterian minister, his musical journey began with hymns, bled into jazz and then zoomed off into any number of directions from Balinese to ballroom. His close partnership with Tandy Beal has resulted in an explosion of music with a commitment to eclecticism, from composing for stage performances to making a dozen recordings over the years. \u201cFuturespective\u201d is the first of two shows celebrating Scoville\u2019s music; watch for the second one<\/a> at UC Santa Cruz on Valentine\u2019s Day. Together, they make for a fitting tribute of a fine local artist. A delicious piece of Scoville trivia? How long has Jon Scoville lived in Santa Cruz? He was, in fact, the first employee at Bookshop Santa Cruz.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u27a4 It\u2019s true, the Tom Ralston<\/strong> who dominates the county\u2019s decorative concrete<\/a> business is the same guy who fronts the Tom Ralston Band, a big and brash combo that blends soul, R&B and good, old-fashioned rock \u2019n\u2019 roll. On Saturday<\/a> night, Ralston and his bandmates are poised to rock the Kuumbwa Jazz Center with a show they\u2019re calling \u201cA Sonic Bouquet.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \u27a4 Santa Cruz Symphony conductor and music director Danny Stewart<\/strong> is doing something different this weekend. On Sunday<\/a>, at Samper Hall at Cabrillo College, Stewart is bringing together a seven-piece ensemble \u2014 with himself on viola \u2014 to perform a set of Dvorak and Brahms in a chamber setting. It\u2019s a performance tabbed \u201cDanny & Friends,\u201d<\/strong> and it\u2019s a peek into what makes the local symphony\u2019s maestro tick.<\/p>\n \u27a4 For years, Santa Cruz County has been home to one of the West Coast\u2019s finest Brazilian jazz interpreters. On Monday<\/a>, the magnificent Claudia Villela<\/strong> returns to her home club, the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, for a performance that embraces samba, jazz, blues and soul, alongside her collaborator, pianist Vitor Gon\u00e7alves. Go see her, but don\u2019t be surprised if you fall in love.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u27a4 Santa Cruz County has always had a rich legacy in poetry, but standing atop that pyramid these days is the widely admired and nationally significant poet and teacher Ellen Bass<\/strong>. Last year, just days after Election Day, Bass was slated to headline the annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading, but had to withdraw when she was diagnosed with COVID-19. The good news is that she\u2019s well past that, and ready to pick up the mantle again this year, as the headliner at the Marcus reading on Nov. 20<\/a> at Merrill College at UC Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n \u27a4 This weekend, perhaps no place on the planet outside of Seoul \u2014 maybe even including Seoul \u2014 will be more focused on Korean experimental music than the campus of UC Santa Cruz. The Korean Experimental Music Festival<\/strong> takes over the UCSC Recital Hall, blending traditional Korean musical practices and Western instrumentation, for three performances Friday and Saturday<\/a>. And they\u2019re all free.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u27a4 Visual artists and poets are kinda doing the same thing, if you think about it: portraying their unique perspective on the world. At \u201cBroadsides 2,\u201d<\/strong> painters and poets collaborate to inspire and be inspired by each other, and the results of these thrilling collaborations all come together in a show Saturday<\/a> at MK Contemporary Art. For all fans of words and pictures.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u27a4 One of Santa Cruz\u2019s finest newspaper journalists has made the turn into fiction. Peggy Townsend<\/strong> is poised to release her fourth novel on the world, this one titled \u201cThe Botanist\u2019s Assistant,\u201d an absorbing mystery<\/a> set in the world of plant science and research. On Tuesday<\/a>, she\u2019ll be on hand to welcome readers and fill in the spaces on her new book.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u27a4 Roll over, Ibsen, tell Chekhov the news. The UC Santa Cruz Department of Performance, Play & Design is diving deep into Bikini Bottom with a new adaptation of \u201cSpongeBob, the Musical.\u201d<\/strong> Based on the Nickelodeon cartoon that is buried deep in the DNA of millions of millennials, \u201cSpongeBob\u201d is a pop-culture-palooza<\/a>, full of color and music, guaranteed to make you laugh your squarepants off. It opens Friday<\/a>, with shows all weekend.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source lookout.co \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here they are, nine necessary know-abouts for the week ahead. 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