The Eureka Symphony ends its season tonight and tomorrow night at the Arkley Center for the Performing Arts with a program called A Requiem for Humanity, which is hopefully a more wistful than prophetic title. Either way, it’s a performance of Brahms’ A German Requiem, which is lovely and chock full of choral beauty. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. both nights, and tickets will run you from $21-$54.
Meanwhile, a half hour later at Synapsis, there is a perhaps livelier event that is
nonetheless informed by the encircling chaos of the times. Kommuna Lux is a
Ukrainian folk act that brings a high energy hybrid of the former plus Balkan dance and
horny klezmer sounds to every gig. The group is currently on a barnstorming U.S. tour
to spread the tunes around and raise money for humanitarian relief and aid for Ukraine. If you’d like to support the Ukrainian people in a way that doesn’t involve treating their suffering as a necessary tragedy in a proxy state to further the geopolitical whims of the blood demons and Nyarlathoteps lording over the fall of humanity, this is an excellent opportunity for such. Tickets are only $20 for a rare treat.