Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (October 06, 2004)

star in TheatreWorks' "Living Out," which previews this week and opens on Saturday at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

Linda Montalto's "Still Life in Purple" is currently on display at Stanford Art Spaces.
Thursday

"Living Out" will preview tonight and Friday at 8 p.m. at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. It will officially open (California premiere) on Saturday at 8 p.m. and run through Oct. 31. The production will be presented by TheatreWorks. Written by Lisa Loomer, the play chronicles a Latin-American immigrant mother who signs on as a nanny for a power lawyer. 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 Oct. 9 and 30); Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m. (2 p.m. only Oct. 24 and 31). "Visual Voice" audio-described performances will be available Oct. 29-30 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20-$50; savings available for youth, students, seniors, and members. For tickets and information, please call (650) 903-6000 or visit theatreworks.org.

"Veracruz" will run through Oct. 10 at the Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Avenue, Unit K (off Shoreline Boulevard, across from Century 16 Theatres) in Mountain View. Written by John Levin, the play centers on famed author Jack London and the young Douglas MacArthur and deals with a little-remembered American incursion into Mexican territory that occurred in 1914. Show times are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 general; $15 students and seniors for Friday and Saturday shows; $15 general; $10 students and seniors for Thursday and Sunday shows. Call (650) 254-1148 or visit www.thepear.org.

"Wit" will run through Oct. 9 at Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave. in Los Altos. Presented by Bus Barn Stage Company, the Pulitzer Prize winner chronicles a brilliant scholar hospitalized for terminal cancer. Show times are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinee will take place at 3 p.m. on Oct. 3. A 7 p.m. Sunday performance will take place on Sept. 26. Tickets are $25 for Thursday, Friday and Saturday shows; $20 for Sundays. For more information please call (650) 941-0551 or visit www.busbarn.org.
Friday

The Ives Quartet will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave. (near Middlefield Road) in Palo Alto. The program will include "An Andean Walkabout" by Gabriela Lena Frank, Mozart's "Quartet in Eb Major, K.428" and Ravel's "Quartet in F." Tickets are $25 general; $20 seniors; $15 students. For more information please call (650) 328-0990.

Paintings by Linda Montalto and paintings and prints by Andrea Fono and Sarah Ratchye will be on display through Dec. 2 at the Center for Integrated Systems Art Spaces, located on the Stanford campus. The center is open weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 725-3622 or visit http://cis.stanford.edu/~marigros.

The Stellar Somerset Gallery presents its inaugural exhibition, new paintings by Teresa Stanley, through Oct. 30. The gallery is located at 539 Bryant St. in Palo Alto. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 328-6688 or visit www.stellarsomersetgallery.com.

"Pacific Prints" will be on display through Nov. 30 at the Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St. in Palo Alto. The exhibition, which draws from over 200 seasoned printmakers, brings together new and traditional print-making techniques. Viewing hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 321-3891 or visit www.pacificartleague.org.

Modernbook Gallery will present works by photographer Kimberly Gremillion through Nov. 4. Gremillion is also the author of "Circus," a book of circus photographs. A book signing will take place tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. The gallery is located at 494 University Ave. in Palo Alto and is open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information please call (650) 327-6325 or visit www.modernbook.com.
Saturday

Downtown Art Day will take place today from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at City Hall Plaza, 250 Hamilton Ave. in Palo Alto. Eleven new works of public art will be unveiled. In addition, several new projects will be previewed, including "Digital DNA," a sculpture by Adriana Varella and Nilton Maltz. A new sculpture by Marta Thoma called "Rrrun," will also be shown. Guest speakers will include Public Art Commission Council-liaison Vic Ojakian. The public is invited to attend.

"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

Art21 will present visual art by the late Jerry Garcia through Oct. 29. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information please call (650) 566-1381 or visit www.art21.us.

The Palo Alto Art Center presents three fall exhibitions: "Revisit the Mirror: Self-Portraits through Time"; "To Mirror History: Ian Everard & Hanna Hannah" and "Dominic Di Mare: Other Selves." The Palo Alto Art Center is located at 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto. For more information call (650) 329-2366 or visit www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter/exhibitions.html.

"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.
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