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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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Ad Libs: Up there on the air
Hey, the California Pops Orchestra is doing a radio-style show. Perfect for the entire family -- since it's a radio format, you don't have to look up, so the kids can text the... |
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on Jan 26, 2010 at 12:15 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: So much rhythm
The four musicians walked on stage one by one, striking pieces of wood with mallets. Each built upon the last, starting with a single bright "tong!" sound and then layering hi... |
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on Jan 7, 2010 at 4:02 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Calling all outdoorsy artists
You could whine about turning 40, or you could celebrate by publishing a coffee-table book about yourself. Well played, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.
The distr... |
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on Dec 16, 2009 at 2:33 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Still a party in the pressroom
Last night I went to my only party of the season that features fudge made by the district attorney. It was the annual holiday fete in the pressroom in the county Hall of Justi... |
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on Dec 9, 2009 at 4:50 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: A photographer's vision in oil
About four years ago, Edward Burtynsky's titanic and disturbingly beautiful photos made up the most powerful exhibition I've seen at the Cantor Arts Center. Mining and refinin... |
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 9:28 am by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Sing me a cimbalom
It wasn't your everyday orchestra moment at the Palo Alto Philharmonic on Saturday: In the middle of a concert, somebody brings out a cimbalom.
But, hey. If you're playing ... |
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on Oct 27, 2009 at 6:02 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Variety shows
Kudos to producers at our Media Center, who picked up six Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) Awards last weekend. A good reminder of the zings of variety you can find on l... |
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on Oct 22, 2009 at 3:48 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: 'Art without inhibitions'
To find the new home of Art For Well Beings, you have to wander a bit. The little art center is, as director Judy Gittelsohn says, "tucked in behind" a cluster of buildings of... |
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on Oct 13, 2009 at 5:23 pm by Cynthia Handy, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Ad Libs: New M-A theater: It sure beats J Building
Which is worse: sweltering in a stifling theater, or having a key moment in a play ruined because an old air-conditioning system came roaring on at the wrong moment and drowne... |
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on Sep 27, 2009 at 1:45 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Ad Libs: Fridays at the Cantor Center: 'Metaphysics'
Every Friday, a different musician climbs the stairs to the Cantor Center balcony to play Mark Applebaum's experimental work "The Metaphysics of Notation." I had previously w... |
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on Aug 15, 2009 at 8:00 pm by Barbara Haas, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Ad Libs: Au revoir, Arthur
So saddened to hear about the passing of Arthur Krakower, the 88-year-old wunderkind Peninsula artist. A call or email from Arthur was like a small gem, bright in the palm. He... |
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on Jul 31, 2009 at 10:16 am by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Where's our downtown theater festival?
You can't complain about an evening of Balkan-Yiddish-gospel-postmodern music, really. World Music Day sounds pretty cool (except that you can't call it WMD without thinking o... |
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on Jun 12, 2009 at 2:10 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Being outside inside at CSMA
Yesterday a.m.: a morning for growing ant strength and carrying my desk into an open field. In June it can be physically painful to be stuck inside.
Since desk wouldn't bal... |
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on Jun 9, 2009 at 3:13 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: 'What would Matt do?'
A new San Francisco exhibit calls him "Artist and Educator," but Matt Kahn is just as often thought of as "Mentor." You can't read about him without seeing that word. It's per... |
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on May 20, 2009 at 3:18 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Photographer wins global honor
Another well-deserved honor for Menlo Park photographer Mark Tuschman, whose sensitive and beautifully lit photos let us peer into worlds we otherwise might never see. He won ... |
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on May 13, 2009 at 6:03 pm by sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Ad Libs: On the beach
I didn't expect to feel serene in an exhibit about beach trash. But when you've picked up nearly two tons of discarded plastic at your favorite oceanside spot over the last de... |
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on Apr 14, 2009 at 9:32 am by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: An evening with Adams
It was a true pleasure to hear the composer John Adams speak last night at the Cantor Arts Center. Kronos Quartet violinist David Harrington conducted a free-flowing interview... |
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on Apr 7, 2009 at 10:25 am by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Ad Libs: Lend me a tenor
There was a great story this week in the Vancouver Sun about hapless singers from a Canadian choir standing out on a freezing bridge in their tuxes, trying to recruit more ten... |
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on Apr 3, 2009 at 2:18 pm by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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