Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (October 27, 2004)

THURSDAY

Tapestry will perform tonight from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, Tateuchi Hall, 230 San Antonio Circle in Mountain View. Admission is free. Limited seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. This event is part of the Informances series, a partnership between Stanford Lively Arts and CSMA. For more information please call (650) 917-6800 or visit www.arts4all.org.

"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. 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

"Au Cabaret D'Aristide" will take place tonight from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Cubberley Center Auditorium, 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. The special event will feature a gourmet dinner from Southern France prepared by Albi chefs, a dance performance and French cancan, inspired by the works of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Sponsored by Neighbors Abroad, the event commemorates the 10th anniversary of sisterhood between the cities of Palo Alto and Albi, France. Tickets are $60 per person. For more information please call (650) 328-8907.

Tapestry, a Boston-based ensemble of women's voices, will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford's Memorial Church. The program, entitled "Sapphire Night," will juxtapose works by medieval Christian mystic and abbess Hildegard von Bingen with those of the award-winning contemporary composer Patricia Van Ness. The concert will be presented by Stanford Lively Arts. Tickets are $38. 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

James Welch will present his 12th Annual Halloween Concert tonight at 8 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave. in Palo Alto. This year's program, entitled "Gothic Gargoyles," will feature entertaining music written for the large Gothic European cathedrals, notably Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris. A donation of $10 at the door is requested. For further information please call (650) 326-3800 or (650) 856-9700.

A chamber-music concert will take place tonight at 8 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto. . Performers are violinist Susan Brown; cellist Karen Andrie; mezzo-soprano Wendy Hillhouse and pianist Josephine Gandolfi. The program will include songs for voice and piano by Schubert and Joaquin Nin-Culmell. Brown, Andrie and Gandolfi will also perform trios by Buxtehude, Beethoven, Turina, and Germaine Tailleferre. Tickets are $14 general; $12 students and seniors and will be available at the door. For more information please call (650) 463-4940.

"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

Peninsula Open Studios will take place today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center. Participating artists will have exhibits and demonstrations. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 964-0494.

Sha Sha Higby will perform a new work of performance art and dance puppetry today at 2:45 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, 1313 Newell Road. Tickets are $20 adults, $10 age 17 and under, $16 age 65 and older. For more information please call (650) 964-0494 or e-mail info@PeninsulaOpenStudios.org.

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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