MUSIC

Grand

Theatre Center for the Arts

Friday:

Just Beyond the Junkyard; Sunday: Berlin Piano Quartet; March 19: SFJazz

Collective; March 22: The Alley Cats

715

Central Ave.

Tracy

Tickets:

831-6858

West

Ninth St. House Concert: Stephanie Corby

March

15, 8 p.m.

435

W. Ninth St.

Tracy

Tickets:

$15

Information:

830-9531, or folksally@comcast.net.

Expressions:

the rhyme and reason

March

15, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Musashi

Restaurant

2203

N. Tracy Blvd.

Tracy

Tickets:

$5

Information:

Dermick Vaughn, 346-9120

Main

Street Inn

Tonight:

About Face; Friday: Tongue and Groove; March 15: Suicide Shift; March 21-22:

Slacken Loader; March 28-29: Emerson Biggins

130

E. Main St.

Ripon

Information:

599-0095

Brubeck

Festival

March

31 to April 5

Faye

Spanos Concert Hall

University

of the Pacific

3601

Pacific Ave.

Stockton

Information:

946-7635

Yoshi’s Jazz House and Restaurant

Tonight: Lizz Wright Rubalcaba; Saturday: Lizz Wright; Sunday:

Khalil Shaheed; Gary Brown, Glen Pearson; Monday: Skyline High Jazz Band;

Tuesday: John Worley and Worlview; Wednesday: Dave Hollister; Thursday through

March 16: Gonzalo Rubalcaba; March 17: Terrence Brewer; March 18: Dmitri

Matheny

510 Embarcadero West

Oakland

Tickets: 510-238-1350

Gallo Center for the Arts

Tonight: The Chieftans; Friday: State Symphony of Mexico; March

15: David Munnelly Band; March 16: Blind Boys of Alabama; March 29: Pablo

Ziegler Quintet for New Tango; Zunyi Acrobats of China

1000 I St.

Modesto

Tickets: 338-2100, www.galloarts.org

Bill Harley, singer and storyteller

March 20, 7:30 p.m.

Amador Theater

1155 Santa Rite Road

Pleasanton

Tickets: $14-$20

Information: 925-931-3444

THEATER

Bizet’s

Carmen

March

14-23

Bankhead

Theatre

2400

First Street

Livermore

Tickets:

$35-$55

Information:

925-373-6800, or livermorevalleyopera.org.

The King and I

Through April 6

East Sonora Theatre

12891 Hwy 108

Sonora

Tickets: $18-$28

Information: 532-3120

Steel Magnolias

April 25 to May 4

Grand Theatre Center for the Arts

715 Central Ave.

Tracy

Information: 629-2506

FESTIVALS   

The Celtic Faire

Saturday

Mother Lode Fairgrounds

220 Southgate Drive

Sonora

Tickets: $24

Information: www.sonoracelticfaire.com.

Murphy’s Irish Day

March 15

Downtown Murphy’s

Information: 728-9012

ART/MUSEUMS

Grand

Theatre Center for the Arts

Through

March 22: Unfinished works by Andy Vogt, Krishna Khalsa and Scott Oliver; Feb.

16 to March 22: The Engineered Landscape: Paintings by Dale Laitinen

715

Central Ave.

Tracy

Tickets:

831-6278

Mario

Moreno: Vanishing Landscapes of California

LH

Horton Gallery

San

Joaquin Delta College

5151

Pacific Ave.

Stockton

Information:

954-5507

LECTURES

Science

on Saturday

Saturday:

Protecting the Nation’s Livestock

The

Bankhead Theater

2400

First St.

Livermore

Infornmation:

http//education.llnl.gov/sos

Dale

Laitinen, painter

Saturday,

1 p.m.

Grand

Theatre Centre for the Arts

715

Central Ave.

Tracy

Information:

831-6858

COMEDY

Laugh

Track Live@ The Matinee

March

15: Tom McClain and PHAT Joe

The

Matinee

1825

Pacific Ave.

Stockton

Tickets:

$15

Information:

800-838-3006

Mark

Pitta, Clinton Jackson, Arthur Haus

Saturday,

8 p.m.

The

Grand Theatre Center for the Arts

715

Central Ave.

Tracy

Tickets:

$60-$135

Information:

831-6858.

FILM

San

Francisco Opera performances

Through

Tuesday: La Rondine; Samson and Delilah: March 29 to April 1; April 12-15: Don

Giovanni; April 19-22: Madama Butterfly

Cinemas

13

Livermore

Information:

sfopera.com

CONCERTS

Living Legends

Friday

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Immortal Technique

Sunday

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Matchbox 20, Alanis Morissette

Wednesday

HP Pavilion, San Jose

Lisa Lampanelli

Saturday, March 15

Fox Theatre, Redwood City

The Boredoms

Tuesday, March 18

The Fillmore, San Francisco

The Black Crowes

Wednesday, March 19

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Gary Louris

Thursday, March 20

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Steve Earle

Friday, March 21

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

Nada Surf

Saturday, March 22

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Steve Earle

Saturday, March 22

Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco

Katt Williams

Wednesday, March 26

The Warfield, San Francisco

Jose Gonzalez

Thursday, March 27

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Saves the Day

Sunday, March 30

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Ministry

Tuesday and Wednesday, April 1-2

The Fillmore, San Francisco

The Black Keys

Wednesday, April 2

The Warfield, San Francisco

My Chemical Romance

Thursday, April 3

The Warfield, San Francisco

Louis XIV

Thursday, April 3

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

Saturday, April 5

HP Pavilion, San Jose

Anti-Flag

Monday, April 7

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Ani DiFranco

Tuesday, April 8

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Big Head Todd and The Monsters

Wednesday, April 9

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Rascal Flats

Friday, April 11

HP Pavilion, San Jose

Dimmu Borgir

Monday, April 14

The Warfield, San Francisco

Hot Buttered Rum

Saturday, April 15

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Seether, Flyleaf

Wednesday, April 16

The Warfield, San Francisco

Hot Chip

Thursday, April 24

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Colin Meloy

Wednesday, April 30

The Fillmore, San Francisco

Rush

Sunday, May 4

Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord, Concord

Avril Lavigne

Wednesday, May 7

HP Pavilion, San Jose

Kate Nash

Tuesday, May 13

The Fillmore, San Francisco

The Police, Elvis Costello and the Imposters

Monday, July 14

Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View

Tuesday, July 15

Sleep Train Pavilion, Concord