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For the Week of October 12-15, 2009.

PICKS OF THE WEEK: The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later on Monday.

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Monday

EDITOR’S PICK: The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later. Pisces Moon Productions is among more than 150 theaters worldwide premiering the groundbreaking epilogue to The Laramie Project, the highly acclaimed play about the repercussions from a gay hate crime — the murder of University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard — on a community and ultimately, the world. 8 p.m. Music Recital Hall, 1156 High Street, UCSC Campus, Santa Cruz. $25 in advance; $30 at the door. Advance tickets at www.piscesmoon.org.

Regina Carter’s Reverse Thread at Kuumbwa. Ugandan, Malian and Senegalese folk songs get a jazz violin twist. Virtuoso violinist Regina Carter gives a sneak peek at music from her upcoming album Reverse Thread, while also performing more familiar material. 7 & 9 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz. $25 in advance, $28 at the door for the 7 p.m. show. $20 in advance, $23 at the door for the 9 p.m. show. Dinner available one hour before the 7 p.m. show. First come, first served. 1-866-55-TICKETS or (831) 427-2227 for information.

David Allen Sibley at Bookshop Santa Cruz. David Allen Sibley applies his formidable skills of identification and illustration to the trees of North America in his latest book, The Sibley Guide to Trees. Sibley talks about and signs his tome at Bookshop Santa Cruz. 10% of all books sold that night will go to help support the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum. 7:30 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz. Free. (831) 423-0900.

Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue at Moe’s Alley. It’s a smorgasbord of blues. Tommy Castro, Janiva Magness, Kenny Neal, John Németh and The Tommy Castro Band cruise into Moe’s Alley. Each artist will perform a 30 minute set with The Tommy Castro Band. 8 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $25 in advance. (831) 479-1854.

Kid Congo Powers and The Pink Monkey Birds & The Groggs at The Crepe Place. Primal music finds its guitarist with Kid Congo Powers and The Pink Monkey Birds. The Washington D.C. band is joined by Santa Cruz grunge band The Groggs. 9 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz. $10 in advance. $12 at the door. (831) 429-6994.

The Princess Bride at Movie Nite at The Crepe Place. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Rob Reiner’s fantasy about revenge, a princess and the Dread Pirate Roberts appears in The Crepe Place’s Garden. 9 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz. Free. (831) 429-6994.

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Tuesday

EDITOR’S PICK: Ani DiFranco at The Rio. Fiercely independent. Folksinger Ani DiFranco comes to Santa Cruz’s Rio Theatre. 8 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz. $37. (831) 423-8209.

Cafe Canine at The Crepe Place. Music for the dogs! Rhan Wilson & Friends perform in a dog-friendly environment. The event is put together by Woofers and Walkers, a collective of responsible dog owners. 6 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz. www.woofersandwalkers.com.

Jane Mead and Brian Teare at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Prize-winning poet Jane Mead and NEA fellow Brian Teare read from their poetry at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Poetry Santa Cruz sponsors. 7:30 p.m. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz. $3 donation suggested. (831) 423-0900.

Jennifer Laskin talks Freedom Writers at Capitola Book Cafe. Local teacher Jennifer Laskin, who has worked with Erin Gruwell of Freedom Writers fame, talks about Teaching Hope: Stories from the Freedom Writing Teachers and Erin Gruwell, to which she is a contributer. 7:30 p.m. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Avenue, Capitola. Free. (831) 462-4415.

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Wednesday

EDITOR’S PICK: We All We Got at Moe’s Alley. Independent Hip Hop gets a Santa Cruz showcase. Poet Sellassie hosts We All We Got, a platform for emerging indy Hip Hop artists to be seen by industry creatives. 9 p.m. Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $8 in advance, $10 at the door. (831) 479-1854.

Les Etrangers at Cypress Lounge. Celebrate the difficulty and beauty of being strange. Airborne acrobatics, aerial dance and cabaret theater combine in Lunacy Production’s Les Etrangers. Ticket price includes a three-course dinner. 7:30 p.m. October 9, 11, 14, 16 & 18. Cypress Lounge, 120 Union Street, Santa Cruz. $55 – $60. (831) 706-2210.

Faith Ako & The Island Breeze Band at Don Quixote’s. It’s island time. Faith Ako brings the sounds of Hawaii to the mainland. Santa Cruz’s The Island Breeze Band joins. 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s International Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton. $10. Under 21 allowed with parent. (831) 603-2294.

Bowery Boy Blue & Tether Horse at The Crepe Place. New York indy rockers Bowery Blue Boy stalk their own myth with a show at the front room of The Crepe Place. Local band Tether Horse also plays. 9 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz. $8. (831) 429-6994.

Floater in The Catalyst’s Atrium. Wholly original. Portland’s Floater joins elements of rock, psychedelia, reggae, pop and even jazz. 9 p.m. The Catalyst, 1011 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Ages 21+. (831) 423-1338.

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Thursday

Tar Baby at Kuumbwa. They exist to “swing with reckless abandon.” Tar Baby joins Stacy Dillard (tenor saxophone), Orrin Evans (piano), Eric Revis (bass) and Nasheet Waits (drums) in a leaderless group finding common ground in their love of the jazz sound. 7 p.m. Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz. $20 in advance, $23 at the door. Dinner begins an hour prior to show. 1-866-55-TICKETS or (831) 427-2227 for information.

Rita Hosking and Cousin Jack & The Sherry Austin Band at Don Quixote’s. Her bluegrass-tinged songs convey mountain life in the West with a voice that evokes the power of people and place. Singer-songwriter Rita Hosking and her band Cousin Jack play Don Quixote’s. Also on the bill, local talent The Sherry Austin Band. 7:30 p.m. Don Quixote’s International Music Hall, 6275 Highway 9, Felton. $10 in advance, $12 at the door. (831) 603-2294.

Supercharged at The Rio. A documentary, Supercharged celebrates the life and skateboarding career of the late/great Tim ‘Beans’ Brauch — from the legacy he left behind, to his induction into the Smithsonian Institute. 7:30 p.m. Rio Theatre, 1205 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz. $10 adults, $6 kids and seniors. (831) 423-8209.

All The President’s Men at Regal Cinema. Watergate seems so innocent compared to modern times. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman bring down a president as journalists Woodward and Bernstein. Part of Flashback Flix at Regal Cinema. 8 p.m. Regal Cinema 9, 1405 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz. $5. (831) 457-3505.

The subdudes at Moe’s Alley. Celebrate Flower Petals. New Orleans-rooted harmony band the subdudes return to Moe’s Alley for a duo of shows in honor of their latest CD. 8 p.m. October 15 & 16 Moe’s Alley, 1535 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz. $20 in advance, $25 at the door for the October 15 show. $25 in advance, $30 at the door for the October 16 show. (831) 479-1854.

Clean House at Actor’s Theater. Directed by Gerry Gerringer, Sara Ruhl’s The Clean House was inspired by a chance remark overheard at a party. “My cleaning lady is depressed and won’t clean my house,” a doctor said. “So I took her to the hospital and had her medicated. And she still won’t clean!” From that singular moment, Ruhl spun a tightly written play about laughter and death, which opens Actor’s Theater’s season. 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Through October 18. Actors’ Theatre, 1001 Center Street, Santa Cruz. $12.50 – $20. (831) 425-7529.

The Underskore Orchestra at The Crepe Place. “Even zee orkestra…. is beautiful.” Portland acoustic jazz group The Underskore Orchestra plays the front room. 9 p.m. The Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz. $8. (831) 429-6994.

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