Although many people recognize Taylor Negron from films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Last Boy Scout, Easy Money, Punch Line, Young Doctors in Love, etc., it’s the comedy stage where he first began in his native Los Angeles. After working virtually every comedy club in the country and with hundreds of movie and television credits to his name, he has turned his attention to storytelling, or what he terms “stand up for the new millenium” with his new show “I Am Satellite, the unbearable lightness of being Taylor Negron.” In actuality “Satellite” is a fusion of storytelling, comedy and music. An intimate experience in a purging kind of way, hilarious yet very introspective. Mr. Negron will present “Satellite” at the Tralf Music Hall on Friday (June 27), with guitar accompaniment from Logan Heftel. Doors open at 7pm.

There’s no one who incorporated hardcore flute playing into the rock genre like the epic British musical group Jethro Tull, who’d be commemorating their 40th anniversary this year. Still going strong is Tull’s famous tribute band, Living with the Past, performing at Club Infinity on Saturday (June 28). Joining them will be the Grammy Award-winning bassist from Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention, Dave Pegg, and flying in from England with him will be fellow musician and talented solo guitarist, PJ Wright. The set list will include songs from the Broadsword and Crest of Knave Era, when Pegg and Tull won their Grammy, as well as a few surprises along the way. Pegg and Wright will be opening the show with a set of their own material, much of it from their new CD, Galileo’s Apology. Doors open at 7pm. —emmalie vance

An all-day music benefit for Hope Refugee Center will take place at Soundlab on Saturday (June 28), beginning at 12pm. Scheduled are upwards of 20 bands and solo acts, including (roughly in order of appearance here) Bygone Halcyon, Zach Ward, Patrons of Sweet, Eddie Kern, The Viva Noir, Sonny Baker, Mom and Dad Parade, Tulip Juncos, Nick Gordon, Alex Berkley, Bernice Marie, A Hotel Nourishing, Rebecca Ryskalzyck, London vs. New York, Mark Nosowicz, The Rabies, Timber Timbre, The Exit Strategy, Sleeping Kings of Iona, and Besnyo. DJ outfit Shock & Awe (pictured) will be spinning from 11:30pm until close.

West African drummer and dancer Alassane Sarr comes from a griot family in Dakar. The griot tradition combines music with storytelling to communicate cultural history. Alassane trained at the School of Art in Dakar before going on to become a principal dancer in Senegal’s Silimbo Dance Company. When the company travelled to the States in 1991, Sarr remained in the US to perform and teach throughout the country. He currently teaches West African dance and drumming, Senegalese history, drum-making, leather jewelry making, and costume design. He will perform in the Mix with Emile Latimer at Nietzsche’s next Thursday (July 3), at 10pm, featuring Royal African drumming and Tooba ballet. Ramforinkus opens the show at 9pm.

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