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Lucía
Hailing from Veracruz, Mexico, the acclaimed vocalist Lucía started singing and dancing in her parents’ band at age 2. Now with a flourishing career, she incorporates influences from jazz, Latin and pop music. In 2022, she was the first Mexican artist to enter the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, which she then won. She recently released her first full-length, self-titled album, which includes jazz standards, Spanish-language classics and current pop numbers. She’ll perform two shows for Stanford Live, in The Studio at Bing Concert Hall.
Oct. 3, 7 and 9 p.m., The Studio at Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford; $43.20-$54 general admission; live.stanford.edu/events/25-26season/studio/lucia/#performance-list.
‘The Art of Murder’
A successful, eccentric artist plots to kill the art dealer he believes has wronged him while his cunning wife and his housekeeper also get drawn into the intrigue in the suspenseful and darkly humorous “The Art of Murder” by Joe DiPietro, coming up from The Pear Theatre. “It’s a comedy, it’s a farce, it’s a thriller, and maybe the amalgamation of those three things makes it more than the sum of its parts,” according to the director’s note from Melissa Mei Jones.
Oct. 3-19, The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View; check online for specific showtimes and tickets; thepear.org/whats-playing.
‘Romantic Reverie: From Bohemia to Hollywood’
Violinist Stella Chen, joined by a chamber ensemble (Laura Liu on viola, Kevin Ahfat on piano, Nathan Meltzer on violin, and Haddon Kay on cello), performs a Music@Menlo concert featuring pieces by Antonín Leopold Dvořák, Fritz Kreisler, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The concert, titled, “Romantic Reverie: From Bohemia to Hollywood,” represents a musical journey from Central Europe to Hollywood’s golden age, according to Music@Menlo. Chen was named Young Artist of the Year title at the Gramophone Awards in 2023 and has performed across the U.S. and internationally.
Oct. 4, 4 p.m., The Spieker Center for the Arts, Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso Ave., Atherton; $35-$70; musicatmenlo.org/con/?evt=1850.
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears perform blues, soul and rock music, influenced by the likes of Howl’n Wolf and James Brown, and the group, which has been on the music scene for nearly two decades, brings its sound to the Guild Theatre this week. “Retroflavored” artist Shane Guerrette, who takes inspiration from classic soul and roots rock, is also on the bill.
Oct. 7, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $40-$307; guildtheatre.com/.
4th Annual Upscale Pub Crawl
Redwood City Library Foundation holds its 4th annual “Upscale Pub Crawl” fundraiser in conjunction with Banned Books Weeks. This year’s theme, announced by the Banned Books Week Coalition and the American Library Association, is “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.” At the event, participants stroll from the library through downtown Redwood City, where 16 establishments offer discounted libations and small bites, as well as information on censorship and banned books. RCLF volunteers will be on hand to answer questions and join in discussions. Oct. 8, 5-9 p.m., Redwood City Public Library, 1044 Middlefield Road, Redwood City; $44.52;.eventbrite.com/e/4th-annual-upscale-pub-crawl-tickets-1333359396849?aff=oddtdtcreator.
