Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (April 13, 2005)

THURSDAY

"Rhythm for Evolution: Concert and TaKeTiNa Experience" will take place tonight at 8 p.m. at the Women's Club of Palo Alto, Homer Ave. in Palo Alto. The event, an evening of rhythm, movement and chanting, will feature Reinhard and Cornelia Flatischler from Vienna, Austria. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information please call Zorina Wolf at (650) 493-8046 or visit www.villageheartbeat.com/registration.php to buy tickets online.

Author's Night and Poetry Slam For The Very Young will take place tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at ART21 Gallery and Framing, 539 Alma St. (corner of Hamilton Ave.) in Palo Alto. The backdrop of this performance is the annual high-school juried art show, entitled, "World Peace," which will be on display through April 17. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call (650) 566-1381 or visit www.art21.us.

"Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe" will be presented tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Walter Hays School, 1525 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Presented by the Palo Alto Children's Theatre's outreach program, the production will feature C. S. Lewis' classic story, as dramatized by Joseph Robinette. Additional show times are Friday at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 adults; $3 children and will be available through the Children's Theatre Box Office Tuesday through Saturday from 1:30 to 6 p.m. For more information please call (650) 463-4930.

"Crowns" will run through May 1 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Adapted from Michael Cunningham and Craig Marberry's book Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats," playwright/actress Regina Taylor's "Crowns" is an uplifting celebration of faith and family. Show times are Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. (no performance April 26); Wednesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m.; Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m. (8 p.m. only April 9, 30); Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m. (2 p.m. only April 17 and May 1). Tickets are $20-$50, with discounts available for youth, students, seniors and members. For tickets and information please call (650) 903-6000 or visit www.theatreworks.org.

"Picasso at the Lapin Agile" will run through April 16 at 8 p.m. at the Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave. in Los Altos. Written by Steve Martin, the play imagines Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein meeting in a Paris bar circa 1904. Performances will take place Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $18-$28. For information and reservations please call (650) 941-0551 or visit www.busbarn.org.

"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.

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.

Stanford Art Spaces presents construction/paintings and mixed-media collage by Gerald Huth, photographic art by Dennis Kohn and ethnographic photography by Dennis Lau through April 14. The Center for Integrated Systems Art Spaces is 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.

The Palo Alto Art Center presents three 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.

"Color and Light" is currently on display at the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo, 1451 Middlefield Road. Viewing hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, please call (650) 329-2111 or visit www.pajmzfriends.org/membership.htm.

FRIDAY

The Museum of American Heritage will present "Golden Memories of Radio" tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Cubberley Auditorium, Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. The "broadcast schedule" will include abstracts and episodes of "War of the Worlds," "Origin of the Lone Ranger," "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon," "Gangbusters," Groucho Marx, Jack Benny and others. The production will include the original music and recorded sound effects used for the broadcasts. Tickets are $15 general; $10 for MOAH members. Advance reservations are recommended. For more information please call (650) 321-1004 or visit www.moah.org.

Foothill Theater Conservatory's "Annual Student-Directed One-Act Play Festival" will take place tonight at 8 p.m. in the Playhouse Theater (Room 1301) at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills. Entitled "wanna play?" the production features five one-acts exploring life's game of pursuing happiness, includes "Medea" by Wendy Wasserstein, "The Maker of Dreams" by Oliphant Down, "Flyboy" by Yvonne Adrian, "The Goblins Plot to Murder God" by Mark O'Donnell and "Ravenswood" from Bad Habits by Terrence McNally. Additional performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 general; $12 students/seniors; $10 for children under age 12. Purchase tickets at the door or call (650) 949-7360.

"Human Exhibit" will run through May 5 at Modernbook Gallery, 494 University Ave. in Palo Alto. The exhibit features Rick Chapman's photographs of Cuba and India. Modernbook Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. For more information please call (650) 327-6325 or visit www.modernbook.com.

SATURDAY

Style 2005 will take place today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road. This first-time event will showcase distinctive works from 14 local, contemporary clothing designers and jewelers. Admission is free. For more information about the event, please visit http://www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter/documents/style2005.pdf.

Gallery House will feature glass work by Paul Armel and photographs by Pete Zivkov through April 30. Admission is free. Viewing hours are Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Gallery House is located at 320 California Ave. in Palo Alto. For more information please call (650) 326-1668 or visit www.galleryhouse2.com.

"Exotica" will be on display through April 27 at the Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St. in Palo Alto. The Elizabeth Norton Gallery (upstairs) will feature "Dragon Rising," an exploration of journeys in creativity, presented by the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. Admission is free. Viewing hours are 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.

Chanticleer and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra will present "Music from the Cathedral of Toledo" tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford's Memorial Church. Presented by Stanford Lively Arts, the program will feature recently discovered music from the largely neglected repertoire of 18th-century Spanish sacred music. The featured composers will be Jaime Casellas and Jose de San Juan. Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra conductor Nicholas McGegan, one of the world's leading authorities on Baroque and Classical repertoire, will direct the program. A pre-performance discussion will take place at 6:15 p.m.; it will be free and open to the public. Tickets are $50 adults. Half-price tickets are available for people age 15 and under and discounts are available for students. For tickets and more information, contact the Stanford Ticket Office, located at Tresidder Memorial Union, at (650) 725-ARTS (2787) or go online to http://livelyarts.stanford.edu.

The Woodside Library will feature Julie Newdoll's series on kimonos. Admission is free. The library is located at 3140 Woodside Road in Woodside. For more information please call (650) 851-0147.

Art works by St. Elizabeth Seton students will be on display through April 24 at the Palo Alto Main Library (1213 Newell Road) and Children's Library (1276 Harriet St.). The Main Library will showcase 4th-8th grade art inspired by Georgia O'Keefe, Andy Warhol and Wayne Thiebaud. The Children's Library will spotlight K-3rd grade students, who were inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Paul Cezanne. The exhibit is presented by Art in Action, which provides school programs, after-school enrichment programs and summer ARTcamp opportunities for students in San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Francisco counties. For more information please call (650) 566-8339 or visit www.artinaction.org.

SUNDAY

The Fortnightly Music Club will present a free concert tonight at 8 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road. The program will feature works by Ludwig Beethoven, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Prokofiev and Johannes Brahms. For more information please visit www.fortnighlymusicclub.org.

Art
A look at the art that is on display at the Ronald McDonald House.

Theater
A review of TheatreWorks' new production, "Crowns."

Movies
A review of "The Amityville Horror."

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