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Ad Libs: More trucks and cheese, please
This is one of those Fridays when I'm left with several interesting tidbits that I wish could've made it into the print edition this week. Paper stretches only so far, especia... |
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on Mar 25, 2011 at 4:37 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Modern-day music at M-A
It's not just high school students taking advantage of that spiffy semi-new theater at Menlo-Atherton High. Now two Stanford graduates, Jason Federmeyer and Alexander Sigman, ... |
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on Mar 11, 2011 at 5:34 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: The story behind the face
"Eddie Currents was a dreamer. The men at the bank where he worked called him crazy Eddie, and told him to straighten his hat. Serious guys wear their hats directly across the... |
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on Mar 3, 2011 at 4:13 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: New art takes shape on Newell Road
Curious people are already peering into artist Patrick Dougherty's new environmental sculpture on the Palo Alto Art Center grounds, and it's not scheduled to be finished for a... |
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on Feb 26, 2011 at 11:06 am by FutonSandwich, a resident of Stanford |
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Ad Libs: Finally, a use for the yogurt maker
What key does an eggbeater play in?
Inventor, composer and "sound sculptor" Trimpin, who is in residence at Stanford Lively Arts this spring, is hosting his own particular ... |
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on Feb 14, 2011 at 5:15 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: My top arts events from 2010
Every year I sew together a patchwork of my 10 favorite local arts moments and happenings from the past 12 months. A little bit of this, a little bit of that from the mix of s... |
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on Dec 30, 2010 at 12:09 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Mighty sculptures from little saplings grow
I am already looking forward to an interview that's five weeks away. Wouldn't you, if the artist made giant fanciful sculptures from tree saplings?
Environmental sculptor P... |
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on Dec 19, 2010 at 9:17 pm by Art Lover, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Ad Libs: Starmade shadows and ash groves
Don't get me wrong. I love holiday music. I arrive ridiculously early for sing-along Messiahs so I can sit up front. I once sang "O Holy Night" at a vocal recital. In the summ... |
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on Nov 23, 2010 at 5:33 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Bits and tidbits
Some notes from the arts editor's desk on this fine Monday:
* This Wednesday, Foothill College hosts a free screening of the film "Food, Inc." at noon. I can't stop gigglin... |
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on Nov 8, 2010 at 4:31 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Menlo woman opens new art gallery
If I have to write about another art gallery in this area closing, I might dump a bucket of paint on my keyboard. And I wouldn't even get anything artistic out of the splashes... |
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on Nov 1, 2010 at 12:47 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Ad Libs: Powerful profiles
Doug Fort fell into the gang life at age 13, after, he says, "crack came into our community." Today he works in violence prevention.
His is one of five stories told in vide... |
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on Oct 22, 2010 at 4:28 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Ad Libs: Classically trained folk
Been enjoying listening to the modern folk music of Boise musician Audra Connolly, who's set to perform this Saturday night at Red Rock Coffee in Mountain View. Especially in ... |
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on Sep 28, 2010 at 4:01 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: But will she shave her head?
Los Altos actor and TheatreWorks regular Molly Bell has quite the cast of characters on her resume: the girl who romanced "Bat Boy," a Victorian-era teacher and the young spel... |
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on Sep 22, 2010 at 3:56 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Brave new work
Yesterday, I caught the last performance of the in-development indie-rock musical "Fly By Night" at TheatreWorks, and you'd have to consult the program to believe the show was... |
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on Aug 24, 2010 at 11:57 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Ad Libs: Summer in the studio
An intriguing note in the Foothill College newsletter about music instructor Paul Davies. As if teaching today's sprightly youths about music theory, composition and the Beatl... |
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on Aug 12, 2010 at 5:42 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: BBB coming to RWC
Funny, I was just making a snarky remark about the Park Theatre still being a yawning hole in downtown Menlo Park. It's lovely to hear that the neighboring theater to the nort... |
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on Jul 22, 2010 at 11:24 am by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: A requiem for summer (but in a good way)
I am now officially a proud choral-music geek, because I have not one but two favorite requiems. Very pleased to get to sing both the Durufle and the Faure last night with the... |
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on Jul 15, 2010 at 3:23 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Imagining arias on El Camino
Here's what downtown Menlo Park should do with all those gaping spaces on El Camino Real that used to hold car dealerships. Opera.
An enterprising company called Overtone I... |
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on Jul 8, 2010 at 1:34 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: The art of buttercream
We theater people have plenty of superstitions. Just because I'm a Wallace doesn't mean I'm brave enough to speak the name of the Scottish play. But I don't think there's any ... |
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on Jun 9, 2010 at 12:47 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Pop go the props if the actors don't stop
For my story this week about TheatreWorks' play "Opus," about life in a string quartet, I chatted with writer Michael Hollinger and cellist/advisor Kris Yenney. It's illuminat... |
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on May 28, 2010 at 10:22 am by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Worth another look
After visiting the Palo Alto Art Center the other week for a story about kids' art education, I went back today. I had been too busy scribbling quotes and keeping pace with do... |
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on May 27, 2010 at 10:04 am by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Have cello, will travel
He bills himself as "the wildest beatboxing cellist in the West." Now Cello Joe (aka Joey Chang) is perhaps aiming for a broader geographic title. He's about to embark with a ... |
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on May 6, 2010 at 8:07 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Ad Libs: 'Let's Build a Squadron of Dirigibles in Lenin's Name'
No, I'm not running for office. (And I'm not sure what kind of office one runs for with dirigibles.) In fact, the above slogan was one of the catchiest ones in an exhibit I sa... |
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on Apr 29, 2010 at 4:26 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Ad Libs: Yep, this makes 200 postings
Today's posting feels like a landmark: Mazel tov to me on my 200th Ad Libs post! Should I buy myself an anniversary present? I always forget. Is it paper this year, or pyrite?... |
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on Mar 31, 2010 at 12:19 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Prize-winning Peninsula Photos
When I was in college, I bought Sierra Club engagement calendars every year, because of their remarkable photos. In between my scribbled, highly crucial appointments ("Meet Ed... |
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on Feb 26, 2010 at 10:05 am by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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