No need for “happy dust” within or without Catfish Row. It’s a classic story of love conquering all obstacles – set to great music – George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, 7 – 10 p.m., Monday, November 24, 2025, on KSQD Santa Cruz, KSQT Prunedale, coming to you at 90.7 Santa Cruz, 89.7 Monterey Salinas Watsonville, and 89.5 Salinas Valley.

Enjoy beautiful renditions of Summertime, I Got Plenty of Nuthin’, Bess, You Is My Woman, and There’s a Boat Dat’s Leavin’ for New York. Program features the 1989 recording with Willard White as Porgy, Cynthia Haymon as Bess, Damon Evans as Sportin’ Life with Simon Rattle conducting the London Philharmonic and the Glynedbourne Chorus. The opera is based on the stage play of the same name by Dubose and Dorothy Heyward.