Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (February 25, 2004)

(l-r) Audrey Davis, Paige Morkner, Kevin Gao and Adam Young will appear in the Children's Theatre Outreach production of "The Pied Piper."

"Grids and Motifs," featuring new works on paper by Kim Frohsin, will be on display as of Sunday at Café Borrone in Menlo Park.
Thursday

The Stanford Department of Drama will present the US premiere production of Isaac Babel's "Maria" tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford's Pigott Theater, located in Memorial Auditorium. Additional show times are Friday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 5 p.m. Tickets are $12 general; $10 Stanford faculty and staff; $8 students. For reservations, please call (650) 725-5838 or visit www.stanford.edu/dept/drama.

Avenidas will celebrate the official opening of its Fire House Gallery tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition will feature paintings, sculpture, fiber art and other works by senior artists and craftspersons. Artists from Palo Alto will include Myra Chang, "Edie" Gilbertson and Alice Brown. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 326-5362.

"The Pied Piper," based on the poem "The Pied Piper of Hamlin," and dramatized by Melvin Bernhardt, will open tonight at 7:30 p.m. at El Carmelo School, 3024 Bryant St. in Palo Alto. Additional show times will be Friday at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 p.m. The play is the third in the Palo Alto Children's Theatre outreach season. Tickets are $6 adults; $3 for children and can be ordered by phone at (650) 463-4970 through the Children's Theatre Box Office, Tuesdays through Saturdays 1:30 to 6 p.m. They may also be purchased in person.

"Candide" will be presented by Foothill Music Theatre tonight at 8 p.m. at Foothill College's Playhouse, 12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills. The play, featuring a score by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler, follows the globe-trotting adventures of a displaced lad separated from his one true love. Show times are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Saturday, March 13 at 2 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. "Candide" will run through March 14. Tickets are $22 general; $20 seniors; $16 students; $10 children under 12. For tickets, call the box office at (650) 949-7360 (open Wednesday through Sunday, noon-3 p.m.), 24-hour charge-by-phone hotline at (650) 949-7414 or visit www.acteva.com/go/foothillboxoffice.
Friday

The Takacs Quartet will perform a sold-out concert tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford University's Dinkelspiel Auditorium. A pre-performance discussion will take place at 6:45 p.m. and will be free and open to the public. For more information please visit http://livelyarts.stanford.edu.

Mixed-media painter Robert Haemmerling and computer artist Jeehee Lee will have their works exhibited through March 25 at Stanford Art Spaces, located on campus at the Paul Allen Center for Integrated Systems. Admission is free. The gallery is open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call (650) 725-3622 or visit http://cis.stanford.edu/~marigros.
Saturday

The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at Spangenberg Theatre, 780 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto. The award-winning Jupiter Trio will also perform. The program will include works by Beethoven, Geord Friderich Handel, Aaron Kernis and Hubert Parry. Tickets are $10 adults; $8 seniors; $5 students. For more information please call (650) 856-3848 or visit www.pacomusic.org.

The Augustana College Choir will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St. in Palo Alto. For more information please visit http://www.augustana.edu/academ/music/choral/aug_choir.php.

Palo Alto Philharmonic will present "A Tribute to Great Russian Composers" tonight at 8 p.m. at Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. The concert will showcase acclaimed pianist Rueibin Chen, who will perform Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor." Camilla Kolchinsky will be the guest conduct for this piece. The program will also include the "Lieutenant Kijé Suite" by Prokofiev and the "Swan Lake Suite" by Tchaikovsky, both of which will be conducted by Assistant Conductor Lee Actor. Tickets are $12 general, $10 seniors, $5 students if bought on the website (www.paphil.org) before 5 p.m. on Friday. Tickets are $14 general; $12 seniors; $7 students at the door on the evening of the performance. For more information please visit www.paphil.org or call (650) 857-0737.

"Gizmos & Gadgets," is currently on display at the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo, 1451 Middlefield Road. This new exhibition demonstrates how work can be made easier with simple machines such as levers and incline planes. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. For more information, please call (650) 329-2111 or visit www.pajmzfriends.org/membership.htm.

"Picasso to Thiebaud:Modern Contemporary Art from the Collections of Stanford University Alumni and Friends" will be on display through June 20 at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. The exhibition will feature more than 70 prints, drawings and photographs from the early 17th century to the present, featuring artists as subjects. The center is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday until 8 p.m. Admission is free. Please call (650) 723-4177 or visit www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva
Sunday

Peninsula Symphony will present its Family Concert today at 3 p.m. at Spangenberg Theatre, 780 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto. Selections will include Williams' "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Symphonic Suite," Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" and Stravinsky's "The Firebird." The event will feature magician Kevin Madden and theremin player Robby Virus. Tickets are $10 adults, $5 students and can be ordered online at www.peninsulasymphony.org. For more information please call (650) 941-5291.

"When Radio Was King," featuring classic radio receivers and radio memorabilia, will be on display through May 23 at the Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave. in Palo Alto. Regular exhibit hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. For more information please call (650) 321-1004 or visit www.moah.org.

"Narrating Time," in conjunction with works by Jim Campbell, will be featured through April 25 at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road. The exhibition features 19th and 21st-century photographs in which the specific exploration of time is central to the artist's body of work. Exhibitions can be viewed Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.; Thursday also 7-9 p.m. Call (650) 329-2366 or visit www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter/index.html.

"Faces and Places," an exhibition of recent works by San Jose artist Sonya Paz, will be on display through Feb. 29 at Torrefazione Italia Cafe, 819 University Ave., Palo Alto. The cafe is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information call (408) 266-9941.

"Grids and Motifs," featuring new works on paper by Kim Frohsin, will be on display beginning today at Café Borrone, 1010 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. The exhibition will run through April 18. An artist's reception will take place on March 10 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Art

A profile of Palo Alto's First Friday Art Walk.
Theater

A review of "Candide," the new production by Foothill Music Theatre.
Eating Out

A review of Oakville Grocery at the Stanford Shopping Center.

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