Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (October 13, 2004)

"Cooler With Stripes," an oil on linen by painter Mitchell Johnson. Johnson will lecture on Thursday at the Palo Alto Art Center.

The St. Lawrence String Quartet will perform on Thursday at the third annual Daniel Pearl Music Day.
Thursday

The 3rd annual Daniel Pearl Music Day will take place tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford's Memorial Church. The concert will honor the late Pearl, who was a Stanford alumnus and Wall Street Journal reporter killed in Pakistan. Performers will include the St. Lawrence String Quartet; pianists Mark Applebaum and George Barth; organist Robert Huw Morgan; violinist Barry Shiffman; mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lane; vocalist Roopa Meena Mahadevan; soprano Adrian Coburn. Works by Jonathan Berger, Tom Johnson, Judith Weir, Ernest Bloch and Adrian Coburn will be performed. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.

The 9th Annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch will be on display today from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road (corner of Embarcadero Road). A sale of the works will take place on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 329-2366.

Glass Pumpkin Patch will take place today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Palo Alto High School, 50 Embarcadero Road. There will be glass-blowing demonstrations and a sale. Proceeds will benefit Paly High Glass and the artists. For more information please call (650) 329-3918.

"Figurative Abstraction and Poetic Light: Painter's Lessons From Corot to Morandi," a slide lecture by painter Mitchell Johnson, will take place tonight from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Art Center, under its program, "Surviving and Thriving as an Artist." Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 329-2366 or visit www.mitchelljohnson.com.

"Living Out" will be presented through Oct. 31 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. 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. 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.
Friday

Grupo Corpo, will present Brazilian dance-theater perform tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m. at Stanford's Memorial Auditorium. The performance is a presentation of Stanford Lively Arts. A moderated post-performance discussion will take place tonight and will be free and open to the public. Tickets are $44/$38/$26. Half-price tickets are available for people aged 15 and under, and discounts are available for students. For tickets and more information, contact the Stanford Ticket Office at Tresidder Memorial Union, or call (650) 725-ARTS (2787) or visit http://livelyarts.stanford.edu.

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. 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

The Friends of Palo Alto Children's Theatre presents its costume sale today from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will feature children's costumes from age 8 through high school. Vintage clothing will also be available. The Children's Theatre is located at 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. For more information please call (650) 463-4930.

"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

Masters of Mexican Music will perform today at 2:30 p.m. at Stanford's Memorial Auditorium. The performance is a presentation of Stanford Lively Arts. Tickets are $48/$42/$30. Half-price tickets are available for people aged 15 and under, and discounts are available for students. For tickets and more information, contact the Stanford Ticket Office at Tresidder Memorial Union, or call (650) 725-ARTS (2787) or visit http://livelyarts.stanford.edu.

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.
Film

A preview of the upcoming United Nations Association Film Festival, which will betaking place at Stanford University.
Theater

A review of the new TheatreWorks' production, "Living Out."
Eating Out

Review of Café del Sol in Menlo Park.

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