Here are nine things you need to know for the week ahead. MLK Day Weekend B9:
- If you’re a fan of Django, Frenchman Stéphane Lembel is ready to conjure up ghosts in Kumbwa.
- You can’t spell “fungi” if it’s not fun. Yes, it’s mushroom season. The Mushroom Fair, a local tradition, is returning for the first time in four years.
- How many times has Coco Montoya, the great left-handed bluesman, thrilled local audiences with his guitar over the years? I can’t count that many.
- Talk about an event that sells itself – Santa Cruz Chocolate Festival? When and where?
- Are you interested in seaweed? Yeah, me too.
- Does she run an interesting research institute and write cool mystery novels? What can’t Clifford Henderson do?
- Balinese-born jazz pianist Joey Alexander has released seven albums…oh, and he’s only 20 years old. He is a true child prodigy.
- The outstanding performers of the Shin Sisters burlesque and drag show set their sights on the world of Disney. Your sweet image of a mermaid from your childhood may not survive now.
- Santa Cruz is home to many elite visual artists, and MAH features four of them in its illustrious Rydell Fellows show.
