Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (January 26, 2005)

THURSDAY

The Palo Alto Art Center will host a reception tonight from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to honor its three new exhibits: "The Gift: Surimono Prints from Bay Area Collections," "Spring Pool/Floating Sky: In Praise to Indigo" and "Moving Cabinetry: Tansu From the Zentner Collection." The Palo Alto Art Center is located at 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto. For more information please call (650) 329-2367.

"On the Edge: Contemporary Chinese Artists Encounter the West" will run through May 1 at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center. The exhibition explores the artists' position in the art world and China's position in the world. The Cantor Arts Center is located off Palm Drive, at Lomita Drive and Museum Way. It is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday until 8 p.m. Admission is free. Docents will give free tours of the exhibition on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

The Daedalus String Quartet will appear tonight at 6 p.m. at the Community School of Music and Arts' Tateuchi Hall, 230 San Antonio Circle in Mountain View. Violinists Kyu-Young Kim and Min-Young Kim, violist Jessica Thompson and cellist Raman Ramadrishnan will play musical excerpts and discuss their artistic lives. The free event is part of the Stanford Lively Arts Informance Series at CSMA. Limited seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of the event only. No advance seating. For more information please call (650) 917-6800 or www.arts4all.org.

"Shakespeare in Hollywood" will run through Feb. 13 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Presented by TheatreWorks, the play is a whimsical comedy in which Shakespeare's Puck and Oberon magically find themselves in Hollywood, appearing as themselves in the 1934 film version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Show times are Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. (no performance Feb. 8); Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. (8 p.m. only Feb. 12); Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m. (2 p.m. only Feb. 6 and 13). "Visual Voice" audio-described performances are available Feb. 11-12 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20-$50; discounts are available for youth, students, seniors, and members. For tickets and information, the public may call (650) 903-6000 or visit theatreworks.org.

Forever Plaid" will run through Feb. 12 at Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave. in Los Altos. Conceived by Stuart Ross, the musical revue centers on four male singers known as the Plaids, who are working their way to the top. The revue features 22 hit songs from the 1950s and early 1960s. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday on Jan. 30. Tickets are $28 for Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances; $22 for Sundays. For reservations please call the box office at (650) 941-0551. For more information please visit www.busbarn.org.

Stellar Somerset Gallery presents "The Art of the Glass Tea Bowl" through Jan. 30. The exhibition features the works of Jeremy Kirby and Jeremy Laros. The gallery is located at 539 Bryant St. in Palo Alto and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information please call (650) 328-6688 or visit www.stellarsomersetgallery.com.

The Hope Musical Theatre will present a musical revue featuring the music of Irving Berlin tonight at 7 p.m. at Hoover Elementary School, 445 E. Charleston Road in Palo Alto. Admission is free. For more information please visit http://HopeMusicalTheatre.com.

Wallace Stegner: Throwing a Long Shadow" will run through June 12 at the Los Altos History Museum. The retrospective covers the life and influence of Stegner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, teacher, environmentalist and Peninsula treasure. Regular viewing hours are Thursday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Admission is free. The museum is located at 51 South San Antonio Road in Los Altos. For more information, please call (650) 948-9427 or visit www.losaltoshistory.org.

FRIDAY

Artists in Action will present a Red Cross fundraiser today through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) at 1022 Webster St. (across from Addison Elementary School) in Palo Alto. The sale will include jewelry by Carina Rossner, glassware by Dean Bensen, sculpture by Fabienne Bismuth. Paintings, hand-knit scarves and Japanese embroidery will also be available. Proceeds will benefit Red Cross and the Pacific Autism Education Foundation. For more information call (650) 327-8434 or visit www.carinascreationsjewelry.com.

Magnificat will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, 600 Homer Ave. (corner of Webster) in Palo Alto. The early-music ensemble will perform Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "The Sacrifice of Abraham" and "The Prodigal Son." Tickets are $25 general admission, $18 seniors and $12 students. For tickets and information call (415) 979-4500 or visit www.magnificatbaroque.org.

"Wit" will run through Feb. 6 at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Presented by the Palo Alto Players, "Wit" centers on a professor of poetry who is losing her battle with ovarian cancer. Written by Margaret Edson, "Wit" won the Pulitzer Prize. Show times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sundays. Tickets are $22 for Sunday performances; $24 for Wednesday and Thursday performances; $25 for Friday evenings; $27 for Saturday evenings. Students and seniors receive a $3 discount for Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday performances. For tickets please call (650) 329-0891. For more information please visit www.paplayers.org.

"The Skin of Our Teeth" will run through Feb. 6 at the Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave. Unit K in Mountain View. Written by Thornton Wilder, the story focuses on the intrepid Antrobus family, who keep gamely saving the human race -- come hell or high water. Show times are Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 - $20. For more information please call (650) 254-1148 or visit www.thepear.org.

"Open Stories," featuring etchings by Daniel Krakauer, will be on display through Jan. 31 at the Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St. in Palo Alto. The exhibition will be on display at the League's Norton Studio. For more information please call (650) 321-3891 or visit www.pacificartleague.org.

"3 Artists," featuring paintings by Richard Godinez, and Stephen Osborn and drawings and paintings by Masako Miki, will run through Feb. 10 at the Center for Integrated Systems Art Spaces, located on the Stanford University campus. Admission is free. The center is open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information please call (650) 725-3622 or visit http://cis.stanford.edu/~marigros.

SATURDAY

"An Evening of Cole Porter" will take place tonight and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. at Menlo School's Stent Hall, 50 Valparaiso Ave. in Atherton. Menlo faculty member Steve Gill and his daughter, Anne Gill, along with six Menlo School students, will be featured. A donation of $10 is requested. Proceeds will benefit The Lighthouse for the Blind. For tickets, call (650) 330-2001, ext. 2256 or (650) 948-4648; ask for Steve Gill.

"The Collector," a collection of original etchings, engravings and lithographs, will be on display through Jan. 31 at Lyons Ltd. Antique Prints, 10 Town and Country Village in Palo Alto. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information please call (650) 325-9010 or visit www.LyonsLtd.com.

SUNDAY

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

Art
Profiles of Palo Alto's Public Art Commissioners.

Theater
Reviews of three current productions: Palo Alto Players' "Wit," TheatreWorks' "Shakespeare in Hollywood" and the Pear Avenue Theatre's "The Skin of Our Teeth."

Eating Out
A review of British Bankers Club in Menlo Park.

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