A Mixed Market by Montecito Journal

FRIDAY, JULY 15 Hawaiian Happiness – Grammy-nominated singersongwriter Henry Kapono Ka’aihue is something of a Hawaii music icon. As a multiple Na Hoku Hanohano award-winner, Kapono, who is also known as “The Wild Hawaiian”, is also an actor (Waterworld, TV shows) and author (the award-winning children’s book A Beautiful Hawaiian Day), and has been making music since recording for major label Columbia Records as part of the popular duo Cecilio & Kapono. Among his many hit songs are “Friends”, “Sailing”, “Highway in the Sun”, “Stand in the Light”, “Home in the Islands”, “Dukes on Sunday”, which was not only also covered by Jimmy Buffett but sparked his well-known “Dukes on Sunday” afternoon concerts at the title-named venue on Waikiki Beach. Also on the bill: Sister Speak, the San Diego-based female-led collective whose 2014 debut, Rise Up For Love, featured two Grammy Award-winning engineers: Alan Sanderson (Fiona Apple, Rolling Stones) and Brian Lucey (Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys). WHEN: 7:30 pm WHERE: SOhO, 1221 State Street, upstairs in Victoria Court COST: $16 in advance, $20 at the door INFO: 962-7776 or www.sohosb.com

same line numbering, contents, and meaning. Ridland drops by Chaucer’s Books this evening to sign copies and to read selections from his version written in a familiar, modern meter pleasurable to ears that retains the

spirit of repetition and alliteration of the medieval original. WHEN: 7 pm WHERE: 3321 State St. in Loreto Plaza Shopping Center COST: free INFO: 682-6787 or www. chaucersbooks.com •MJ

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FRIDAY, JULY 15 Ventura Music Festival – It often seems like the classical music season comes to a complete halt in the summer in Santa Barbara, or at least during the eight weeks that the Music Academy of the West is in session. Yet Ventura celebrates its own mini-festival every year and has now found a comfortable home in the middle of July where the adventurous festival continues to broaden its musical horizons. The 22nd annual event has a stellar lineup over the next two weekends, including the opening concert tonight at Ventura College Performing Arts Center with piano duo Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe, who play works by Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Piazzolla, and Ligeti as well as pop purveyors John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Radiohead. The Festival Brass Quintet do their annual Tea & Trumpets thing at 3 pm today and next Friday at the Pierpont Inn, but also play for free in the mini-park at California and Santa Clara Streets in downtown Ventura this evening. Also coming are international star of stage, screen, and concert Ute Lemper, who specializes in Berlin Cabaret Songs, the works of Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht, and the songs of Edith Piaf and Astor Piazzolla, all of which she will touch upon in her program on Sunday at Ventura College Performing Arts Center. The 50-year anniversary celebration of producer, composer, keyboardist, vocalist, and three-time Grammy winner Sergio Mendes takes place next Friday, July 22, at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center, where the still adventurous musician (recent collaborations include Justin Timberlake, John Legend, and the Black Eyed Peas) will play a tune-up show before heading to Rio to perform at the Olympics. The festival’s artistic director Nuvi Mehta, who is also a violin virtuoso, teams up with colleagues Benjamin Jaber (horn), Egle Januleviciute (piano), and Monica Abrego (soprano) for an evening of song, piano, violin, and horn, next weekend. In a unique blend of symposium and concert, award-winning film composers Bruce Broughton and Larry Groupè draw on film clips and a sextet of live musicians to illustrate how they develop themes and scores for the movies, including Silverado, The Rescuers Down Under, Straw Dogs, and The Contender). And this year, VCF even offers one of MAW’s staples, a master class, this one featuring pianist Vadym Kholodenko, winner of the gold medal at the last Van Cliburn International Competition, who will coach four young artists as they perform a piece for public perusal tomorrow morning at Ventura College. INFO: Get tickets, program information, and more details online at www.venturamusicfestival.org or call 648-3146

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