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Mondavi Center: “Evolve” by The Red Door Project

Evolve is a new performance experience that explores the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. Combining pre-recorded videos and live monologues from The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments, a show written by African American men and women about their experience with racial profiling, and Cop Out: Beyond Black, White & Blue, based on interviews with

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Mondavi Center: “Evolve” by The Red Door Project

Evolve is a new performance experience that explores the relationship between law enforcement and communities of color. Combining pre-recorded videos and live monologues from The New Black Fest’s Hands Up: 7 Playwrights, 7 Testaments, a show written by African American men and women about their experience with racial profiling, and Cop Out: Beyond Black, White & Blue, based on interviews with

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Mondavi Center: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85 Mieczysław Weinberg: Jewish Rhapsody, Op. 36 No 2 Claude Debussy: La Mer  One of the world’s great orchestras led by celebrated conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla in a program of enduring favorites and new discoveries. From the churning impressionism of Debussy’s La Mer to

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San Francisco Symphony 20th Anniversary Performance at Mondavi Center

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Director and Conductor Golda Schultz, Soprano Daniel Kidane: Sun Poem Jean Sibelius: Luonnotar, Op. 70 Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird  The San Francisco Symphony performed their first concert in the Mondavi Center in Oct. 2002. Now, they return to celebrate a 20-year partnership, currently under the guidance of music director Esa-Pekka Salonen. This celebratory evening features

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Nella Rojas at the Mondavi Center

Nella Rojas, voice Gilad Barakan, guitar Parker McAllister, bass Jaylen Petinaud, drums Nella’s music is a meeting place for her Venezuelan folklore roots, the influence of her contemporaries, and the music of the Andalusian region. Nella was born in Isla Margarita, an island off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. She has performed with artists such

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Connie Han Trio at the Mondavi Center Oct. 20, 21, and 22

Weaving in and out of the jazz piano tradition, Connie Han pays tribute to legends like McCoy Tyner, Mulgrew Miller, and Kenny Kirkland with her own unique edge at the piano. The New York Times describes her as “the rare musician with fearsome technical chops, a breadth of historical knowledge, and enough originality to write tunes that

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UC Davis Symphony Orchestra: “Italian Journey”

Christian Baldini, director and conductor Program Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy with Wendy Richman, viola Harold in Italy was brought about by a commission by the famous 19th century violinist Nicolo Paganini in 1834. Berlioz was commissioned by Paganini not for a violin concerto but for a work that would feature Paganini and his new

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Mondavi Center: “Weird Al” Yankovic

“Weird Al” Yankovic presents The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour—with special guest Emo Philips. Lower your expectations—again. About the Show Almost four years after his first foray into unfamiliar concert territory with his highly-acclaimed Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, “Weird Al” Yankovic is pressing his luck again, this time with The Unfortunate Return

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Mondavi Center: SAYS and SHAPE Showcase Hip Hop, Spoken Word, & Poetry

Using poetry for healing, community building, and bringing people together.   Headlining Performers: Alexandra Huynh – 2021 National Youth Poet Laureate and SAYS Alumni Sunni Patterson – Internationally acclaimed Poet and Spoken Word Artist Zyah Belle – Singer and Songwriter Karega Bailey + Sol Development   Also Performing: Takarra Johnson – Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Hip-Hop MC and SAYS

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