Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (November 09, 2005)

Thursday

"King Tut Returns" is the theme of the latest lecture in the Community School for Music and Arts' "Classes w/o Quizzes Art Lecture Series." Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff, curator and resident Egyptian archaeologist at the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose, will speak at 7 p.m. at the school at 230 San Antonio Circle in Mountain View. Admission is $10 general and $8 for students and seniors. Call (650) 917-6800, extension 335, or go to www.arts4all.org.

"Metamorphoses" by Ovid has its opening night this evening at 7 p.m. at Gunn High School at 780 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto and then runs through Nov. 19. Gunn's theater department presents the show. Tickets are $15 for opening night and $8 thereafter. Call (650) 354-8258.

"Revolutionary Crowds," a video installation by Pamela Davis Kivelson examining behavior in multitudes, will have an opening reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Stanford Center for Innovation in Learning in Wallenberg Hall at Stanford University. The installation, which includes historic footage of the Berlin Wall and Tiananmen Square protests, will be part of the "Revolutionary Tides" exhibit of political posters at the Cantor Arts Center on the Stanford campus. Call (650) 838-9647 for more about the reception.

Antique prints of English roses, black-and-white lithographs of California shells and other prints are on display at Lyons Ltd. Antique Prints at 10 Town & Country Village in Palo Alto through Jan. 31. Call (650) 325-9010 or go to www.lyonsltd.com.

"Theory," a steel sphere created by artist Haakon Faste as a public commission for the city of Mountain View, will be inaugurated at 6 p.m. at the Shoreline Golf Links Pro Shop and Cart Storage Facility, 2940 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. The sculpture is 10 feet in diameter and weighs some 1,300 pounds, Faste said. Call (650) 796-2757 or go to www.haakonfaste.com.

"The Importance of Being Earnest" opens at the Little Theater at Saint Francis High School at 1885 Miramonte Ave. in Mountain View at 7:30 p.m. this evening. The show runs for two weekends before closing Nov. 19. Tickets are $10; call (650) 968-1213, extension 224.

"The Drawer Boy" is on stage at the Lucie Stern Theatre at 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto through Nov. 16, with 8 p.m. shows Wednesday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. performances on Sundays. Presented by the Palo Alto Players, the play is by Canadian playwright Michael Healey. Tickets range from $22 to $27. Call (650) 329-0891 or go to www.paplayers.org.

"A Penny for a Song," a comedy by John Whiting about an absurd plan to defeat Napoleon's army, will be staged through Nov. 19 by the Foothill Drama Department in the Playhouse Theater at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Tickets are $16 general and $12 for students and seniors. Call (650) 949-7360 or go to www.ticketweb.com.

Friday

A documentary film on the use and impact of radioactive weapons in the current Iraq war will be shown at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church at 505 E. Charleston Road in Palo Alto. "The Doctor, the Depleted Uranium and the Dying Children" is 52 minutes and will be followed by a discussion. Suggested donation is $5-$10. Call (650) 326-8837.

The Stanford Chamber Chorale will "speak with the tongues of angels" Friday, presenting two settings of Ave regina caelorum in addition to Philips' Surgens Jesu , Marshall's A Voice From Heaven , and more. The concert starts at 8 p.m. in Stanford University's Memorial Church. Tickets are $10 general, $9 seniors and $5 students. Call (650) 725-2787.

Saturday

Joan Baez headlines a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina families living in East Palo Alto. The event takes place from 1 to 5 p.m. at Costano Elementary School at 2649 Fordham St., East Palo Alto. Other guests include Isaac Stevenson, Potential, the Menlo-Atherton High School Jazz Combo, Bobby Martin and more. Tickets are $25 and are available at California Bank & Trust at 1235 East Bayshore and Ecumenical Hunger Program at 2411 Pulgas Ave., both in East Palo Alto. For information, call (650) 290-0702.

An evening of improv will take audience members "Down the Rabbit Hole," as performers Deanna Anderson, Joya Cory and Peter Giordano create theater on the spot. The performance begins at 7 p.m. at St. Mark's Church, 600 Colorado Ave. Admission is $12. Call 969-2345 to save a seat.

Sunday

Pan Caribe kicks off an afternoon of percussion, playing Caribbean rhythms, steel pans, keyboards and other instruments and styles at the Community School of Music and Arts at 230 San Antonio Circle in Mountain View. Concerts will be at 2 p.m. (intended for very young children) and 4 p.m. (for school-aged children). Call (650) 917-6800, ext. 335, or go to www.arts4all.org.

COMING UP IN FRIDAY'S WEEKEND EDITION:

Comedy

Got laughs? Local comedians think they do. The Weekly takes a look at the stand-up scene.

Theater

The scoop on Palo Alto Players' production of "The Drawer Boy."

Dining

A review of Cafe Bombay and its inviting Indian buffet.
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