Twenty-one year old jazz guitarist, Julian Lage started playing professionally in the SF Bay area at the age of seven, performing with the likes of Gary Burton, Herbie Hancock, Christian McBride and appeared on Grammy-nominated albums with Nnenna Freelon and his friend, pianist Taylor Eigsti. His debut album (Sounding Point) was Grammy nominated for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of 2009.  “I’ve been in a position where I could have recorded an album when I was younger but was never in a rush.”

Julian Lage – guitar, Jorge Roeder – bass  
 
Reservations: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/111925
 
August 1, 2010 – 4:30, $35
Douglas Beach House on Miramar Beach
307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay, CA  94019
650 726-4143, www.bachddsoc.org

This week, the San Mateo County Sheriff reported five auto burglaries in the Montara/Moss Beach are. All involved broken windows, and four of those featured visible valuables stolen from inside the car.

If you’re going to leave your purse in plain sight, you might as well leave the car unlocked so you don’t have to replace a window when it’s stolen.

Details on these and more petty crimes after the jump.

Come watch and learn about the spectacular birds that live in a green ribbon of lush riparian habitat called Pilarcitos Creek that runs through the City of Half Moon Bay.

Workshop and tour leader: Alvaro Jaramillo, HMB biologist, life-long birder, eco-tour guide to the Americas, and author of Field Guide to the Birds of Chile and New World Blackbirds.

3 to 5 pm; meet behind Safeway, 70 Cabrillo Hwy N, Half Moon Bay

Free

Bring binoculars; spotting scopes; cameras; and wear layers & sturdy, shoes.

For more information: 650-726-5056, [email protected]

The Coastside Film Society proudly presents Zazie dans le Métro.

"Are you in an agreeable mood to have your leg pulled right out of its socket by a practical joker with a movie camera? Then you may just be ready for "Zazie," an elaborate French exercise in cinematic Dadaism." Bosley Crowther. New York Times (1960) 92 mins.  French with English Subtitles

Zazie is a frenetic comedy & social satire by the great French director, Louis Malle. The film stars Catherine Demongeot as a sassy 11-year-old dumped for the weekend with her strange uncle Gabriele.  She takes off on a madcap adventure though the Paris her uncle loves.

Some reviewers see the film as little more than a zany comedy. Others see it as a indictment of the excesses of the 1960’s as viewed though the uncritical eyes of its young star.  At the time, some even found the film shocking because of Zazie’s potty mouth, obvious delight in causing the maximum amount of mayhem, and the fact that she was unloaded on an uncle who works as a female impersonator.

"The film is constantly one step ahead of the audience, always just a little bit smarter than we are. We expect a story about a child to be more fantastic and dare I say zany than a story about adults, and Zazie in the Metro exploits that expectation, leading us to first laugh at the film and only realize the implications of what we’re laughing at moments later."  Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

Friday, July 23 at 8:00 pm
Suggested adult donation, $6.00
United Methodist Sanctuary
777 Miramontes at Johnson, Half Moon Bay

More info: http://www.HMBFilm.org

The two suspects in the shooting of a Half Moon Bay man Sunday were arrested Monday night. Brandon Michael Sargentini, 29, of San Jose, and Samantha Nicole Warner, 19,  of San Leandro, were arrested in San Leandro after their car was spotted in the parking lot of a Hayward motel.

The suspects were turned over to the Half Moon Bay police, and admitted their involvement in the shooting. A handgun was recovered from the hotel room.

Following a countywide alert, a San Mateo police officer recognized the suspects as having been in a car he had stopped just two hours before the shooting. A witness to the shooting confirmed the identity of the suspect from a photograph of the car’s male passenger.

Vocalist Kendra Shank combines jazz originals, standards, world music, French songs, folk/pop tunes, and open improvisation in an adventurous, genre-bending style that inspired Gary Giddins to call her "one of New York’s most original performers." (Jazz Times). Pianist/composer/arranger Geoff Keezer is Shank’s trump card – his talent can be startling.
 
Kendra Shank – voice, Geoffrey Keezer – piano, Hamilton Price – bass, Zach Harmon – drums

July 25, 2010 – 4:30, $35  
Douglas Beach House on Miramar Beach
307 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay, CA  94019
650 726-4143, www.bachddsoc.org
Reservations: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/111924
 

Unrinetown, The Musical promises an evening of great entertainment!
Dear Coastal Rep Patron:
I have seen, appeared in or directed every play but two that Coastal Rep has produced over the past 18 years. In my humble opinion, URINETOWN, The Musical is this companies finest moment. Incredible singing, acting, choreography, set, lights, sound and costume design combined with Martin Rojas-Dietrich’s beautiful vision has equaled a show I guarantee you will adore. Do not miss this landmark production.
See you at the theatre,
Michael Lederman
Artistic Director
BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT: www.coastalrep.com or call 650.569.3266.
Inspired by the outrageous political theatre of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, URINETOWN, The Musical is a gloriously silly, irreverently truthful satire from which no target is safe, especially the American musical theatre. This is a show that catapults musical comedy into the new millennium with its rule-shattering tear through the traditions and conventions of musicals, leaving audiences with a fun-filled evening of theatre.
Don’t miss our opening night Gala this Friday July 23, with delicious treats, champagne toasts and celebration with the cast and crew following the show.  URINTETOWN, The Musical runs through August 21. 
With great appreciation for your patronage - Coastal Rep

A 26-year-old Half Moon Bay man was shot in the arm at the Alliance station at the corner of Highways 92 and 1, shortly before 8:20pm Sunday night, according to city police. The victim was transported to Stanford Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries to his right forearm.

According to police, the victim was talking to a woman in the driver’s seat of another car at the station.  A male passenger in her car confronted the victim for talking to the driver. After a brief physical altercation, the suspect drew a handgun and shot the victim. The suspect got back in the car—a light-colored Chrysler passenger car—which fled east on Highway 92.

The suspect was described as a white male in his twenties or thirties, about six feet tall and 175 lbs.  Anyone with information is asked to contact the Half Moon Bay Police Department at 650.726.8286

The Midcoast Community Council has been asked by County Counsels office to comment on an application to sell liquor by a local gas station that already sells beer and wine   We are seeking community input.. 

A special certificate, called “A Certificate of Public Convenience or Necessity” is required because the number of liquor licenses in the area exceeds the number allowed by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC).

I am welcoming community comments on the subject.  Please email to [email protected].  The item will be on the agenda at the July 28th meeting

Supervisor Gordon will be holding his Office Hours on Tuesday, July 20 at 10am at the Sheriff’s Moss Beach Substation instead of on Thursday, which is the usual date.