Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (July 28, 2004)

Blusion will perform on Thursday at the Brown Bag Concert Series.
Thursday

The Music@Menlo chamber-music festival will open tonight at 7:30 p.m. with "Encounter: The Music of Italy." Robert Winter will lead a discussion that will take place at Menlo School's Stent Family Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave. in Atherton. Tickets are $25; $15 students.. Tickets may be ordered from the Stanford ticket office at (650) 725-2787. For more information call (650) 330-2030 or visit www.musicatmenlo.org.

Blusion will perform at the Brown Bag Concert Series today at noon at Cogswell Plaza, located at the corner of Lytton Avenue and Ramona Street. Blusion is an amalgam of blues, jazz, hip-hop, Latin salsa, swing and funk. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 463-4940 or visit www.PaloAltoOnline.com.

Tango No. 9 will perform tonight from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Stanford Shopping Center, in the gardens of the Clock Tower Plaza (near Neiman Marcus), as part of Summer Jazz 18. The concert is co-sponsored by SFJAZZ. Admission is free. For more information please contact (415) 788-7353 or visit www.sfjazz.org.

Victor Lin's SJW Faculty Variety Show will take place tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Campbell Recital Hall, as part of the 2004 Stanford Jazz Festival. Guitarist Ray Scott and vocalist Liza Silva will merge the high-octane rhythms of Brazil with the splendors of jazz. Tickets are $16 general; $14 students/seniors/Palo Alto Jazz Alliance members.

"Is This Seat Taken?" will run through Aug. 15 at Stanford University's Eleanor Prosser Theatre. Presented by Stanford's Theatre Q, the play is a comic drama about an upper-class dysfunctional family who reunites one Thanksgiving weekend. Show times are Wednesdays through Sundays at 8 p.m., with additional Friday late shows at 11 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission; $10 for students, seniors and all late shows and matinees. For more information please visit www.stanfordtheater.org.

"Are We Almost There? will run through Aug. 7 at the Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave. in Los Altos. Presented by the Bus Barn Stage Company, the play features book, music and lyrics by Morris Bobrow. Show times are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. Admission is $25. For tickets please call the box office at (650) 941-0551 or visit www.busbarn.org.

"Red" will be presented by TheatreWorks though Aug. 8 at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Written by Chay Yew, the story follows a celebrated Chinese-American novelist as she absorbs inspiration for her next work in Beijing. Show times are Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. (8 p.m. only Aug. 7); Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m. (2 p.m. only Aug. 8). Tickets are $20-$50; discounts will be available for youth, students, seniors and members. For tickets and information, the public may call (650) 903-6000 or visit theatreworks.org.

"West Side Story" will be presented by Peninsula Youth Theatre today at 1 p.m. at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Additional show times are 1 and 7:30 p.m. on Friday; 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday; and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $16 adults; $13 for kids 12 and under and seniors 62 and over. Tickets for matinees on July 29-30 are $6. To order please call (650) 903-6000 or visit www.pytnet.org.
Friday

The Music@Menlo chamber-music festival will feature the music of Italy tonight at 8 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave. in Palo Alto. The concert will be repeated on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. at St. Mark's. Tickets are $42/$28 adults; $20/$10 students. For more information call (650) 330-2030 or visit www.musicatmenlo.org.

"Ragtime" will be presented through Aug. 15 at Foothill College's Smithwick Theatre, 12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills. The play features a book by Terrence McNally, score by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, in a story that intertwines the lives of a black family, upper-class Protestants and Jewish immigrants. Show times are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $24 general; $22 seniors; $18 students; $10 children under 12. For tickets, please call the box office at (650) 949-7360 (open Mon.-Sat. 5-9 p.m., Sun. 12-4 p.m.), 24-hour charge-by-phone hotline at (650) 949-7414, or visit http://www.foothill.edu/fa/ragtime/index.html.

"This American Life" will be on display through July at the Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St. in Palo Alto. See how artists interpret their thoughts of life in America. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information please call (650) 321-3891 or visit www.pacificartleague.org.

"Into the Woods" will be presented tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Palo Alto Children's Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road. A Sunday matinee will take place on Aug. 8 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 adults; $3 children and are available through the Children's Theatre box office by calling (650) 463-4970. The box office is open 1:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.

Modernbook Gallery will present new works by Austrian photographer Andreas H. Bitesnich through Sept. 1. Modernbook Gallery is located at 494 University Ave. in Palo Alto and is open daily from11 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information please call (650) 327-6325.
Saturday

The 54th Annual Obon and Cultural Festival will take place today from 5 to 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 9 p.m. at the Palo Alto Buddhist Temple, 2751 Louis Road in Palo Alto. The event will include food, games, crafts, books, a bake sale, displays and performances. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 856-0123.

Andrew Speight with the Harold Mabern Trio will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at Campbell Recital Hall, as part of the 2004 Stanford Jazz Festival. Saxophonist Speight, a straight-ahead jazz musician, will be joined by pianist Harold Mabern and emerging guitarist Peter Bernstein. Tickets are $26 general; $24 students, seniors and Palo Alto Jazz Alliance members. For tickets call (650) 725-ARTS (2787) or visit www.ticketweb.com. For information, call (650) 736-0324 or visit stanfordjazz.org.

"Question" will be on display through Jan. 2 at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. This experimental project is designed to provoke and address questions frequently asked by visitors about art and its presentation in museums. 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

The Music@Menlo chamber-music festival will feature "Encounter: The Music of Vienna" tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Menlo School's Stent Family Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave. in Atherton. Michael Steinberg will lead the discussion. Tickets are $25 adults; $15 students. Tickets may be ordered from the Stanford ticket office at (650) 725-2787. For more information call (650) 330-2030 or visit www.musicatmenlo.org.

"From Brazil: Palmo Quadrado & Indigenous Arts from the Amazon Basin" will run through Sept. 5 at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto. The exhibition includes works on paper and photographs created by 46 contemporary Brazilian artists. Admission is free. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday also from 7 to 9 p.m.; Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information please call (650) 329-2366.

Phineas Newborn Piano Tribute will be presented tonight at 8 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium (Law School Building), as part of the 2004 Stanford Jazz Festival. Pianists James Williams, Geoffrey Keezer and Harold Mabern will honor an unsung hero of jazz, Memphis pianist Phineas Newborn Jr. The concert will also feature bassist Ray Drummond and drummer Jimmy Cobb. Tickets are $28 general; $26 students/seniors/Palo Alto Jazz Alliance members. For tickets call (650) 725-ARTS (2787) or visit www.ticketweb.com. For information, call (650) 736-0324 or visit stanfordjazz.org.

"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.
Film

A preview of the Jewish Film Festival, which will screen locally at the Century 16 Theatres.
Theater

A review of "Ragtime," the latest production by Foothill Music Theatre.
Eating Out

A review of Amber India in Mountain View.

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