Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (September 07, 2005)

THURSDAY

"Monotypes," an exhibit by Gustavo Ramos Rivera, is on display through Sept. 29 at the Smith Andersen Editions gallery at 440 Pepper Ave. in Palo Alto. For more information, call (650) 327-7762 or go to www.smithandersen.com.

Pastel paintings by Kim Fancher Lordier depicting California sunlight on landscapes are being shown along with pottery by Jean Prophet at the Portola Valley Art Gallery through Sept. 25. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Call (650) 851-1563 for more information.

"Splash," an exhibit of artwork following the theme of water from a droplet to a deluge, flows through the Pacific Art League gallery through Sept. 28. Located at 668 Ramona St. in Palo Alto, the gallery is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays. Call (650) 321-3891 or go to www.pacificartleague.org.

"Aida," a musical of ancient Egypt, has its preview performance tonight at 97 Hillview Ave. in Los Altos, staged by the Bus Barn Stage Company. The show runs Thursday through Sunday, with one Wednesday performance on Sept. 21, through Oct. 1. Tickets are $20 for the preview night and $32 for the Sept. 9 opening night and then range from $22 to $28. Call (650) 941-0551 or go to www.busbarn.org.

"Intimate Apparel" tells the story of a lonely African-American seamstress in turn-of-the-century New York, courtesy of TheatreWorks. The play has performances from Tuesday through Sunday through Sept. 18 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts at 500 Castro St. Tickets range from $28 to $50, with $20 tickets for students and $30 tickets for seniors. Call (650) 903-6000 or go to www.theatreworks.org.

"Lieder in Color" has Franz Schubert as its muse; painters Midori McCabe and Gloria Takla have created abstract scenes, landscapes and figures inspired by the great classical composer. The exhibit is on at the Gallery House at 320 California Ave. in Palo Alto through Sept. 17, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Call (650) 326-1668 or go to www.galleryhouse2.com.

Binh Danh's chlorophyll prints of photos and documents collected on a Malaysian island are on display through Sept. 28 at the Mohr Gallery at the Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Call (650) 917-6800 or go to www.arts4all.org.

Woven wall hangings by Ulla de Larios, mixed media works by Peter Foley, photography by Bill Atkinson and paintings by Marguerite Olson Fletcher and by Mitchell Johnson bring color to the Center for Integrated Systems Arts Spaces on the Stanford University campus through Oct. 27. The art can be viewed weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (650) 725-3622 or go to cis.Stanford.edu/~marigros.

FRIDAY

Sylvie Blum will be coming from Germany to sign books and inaugurate an exhibit of her photography from 7 to 10 p.m. tonight at Modernbook Gallery, 494 University Ave. in Palo Alto. The exhibit runs through Oct. 6. Call (650) 327-6325 or email info@modernbook.com for more information.

The Fraggle Jazz Orchestra from Enschede in the Netherlands performs at 7:30 p.m. at the Cubberley multi-purpose room at 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, thanks to the Neighbors Abroad jazz club. Suggested donation is $25 per person, with refreshments included. The orchestra will also perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the Lucie Stern ballroom at 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Suggested donation is $5 per person. Call (650) 322-1378 to RSVP.

"Una Nocha en Andalucia," in which singers and dancers celebrate the traditional style of flamenco puro, will fill Dinkelspiel Auditorium at Stanford University tonight starting at 8 p.m. The cast will "travel" among different cities in the Spanish province of Andalucia, all the while symbolizing the passage of one night. Tickets are $30 general and $24 for students and seniors; call (650) 725-2787.

Free screenings of films made by local youth begin at 4 p.m. at the Midpeninsula Community Media Center, with a reception and chance to meet some of the filmmakers from 6 to 7 p.m. The Media Center is at 900 San Antonio Road in Palo Alto; call (650) 494-8686, extension 11, or go to www.communitymediacenter.net.

SATURDAY

James Hall, a gospel singer, performs tonight at 5 p.m. at Mt. Olive A.O.H. Church of God, 605 Hamilton Ave., Menlo Park. Tickets are $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Hall is also conducting a gospel workshop at the church on Sept. 9 and 10. Call (650) 853-0357 or email singrie1@aol.com for more information.

The Mountain View Arts & Wine Festival gathers musicians, food booths, children's entertainers and works of art in ceramics, leather, glass, wood, textiles and other materials on Castro Street in downtown Mountain View today and Sunday. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call (650) 968-8378 or go to www.miramarevents.com.

"The Ives of March (in August?)" brings a collection of one-act comedies to the forests of Woodside on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. The Theatre in the Woods production runs through Sept. 18 and is located at 2170 Bear Gulch Road West. Tickets are $15-$20, with $10 tickets for students and seniors. Call (415) 668-2879 or go to www.theatreinthewoods.com.

Public tours of the B. Gerald Cantor Rodin Sculpture Garden at Stanford University are Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m., rain or shine. Tours meet in the main lobby of the Cantor Arts Center. More information is at http://ccva.stanford.edu//.

Photography
Fine art photographers capture everything from a "frightened" tree to a Russian train station in the "Monochrome" show at the Pacific Art League.

Theater
A review of TheatreWorks' production of "Intimate Apparel."

Movies
Reviews of "The Exorcism of Emily Rose," "The Man," and "An Unfinished Life."

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