Friday, Dec. 20
A Holiday Concert will take place at 8 p.m. at the Palo Alto Unitarian Church, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto. Tickets are $10 adults; $6 seniors and children under 12. Call 493-2131.
The Peninsula Youth Theatre presents "A Children's Christmas Carol," through Dec. 29 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Castro and Mercy streets. Show times are Fridays, 7:30 p.m.; Saturdays 2 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sundays, 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 general; $8 seniors and children 12 and under. Call 903-6000.
"The Art of Food," a visual feast of paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, photographs and jewelry, continues through Jan. 5 at the Koret Gallery at the Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center, 655 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. Fridays hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 493-0563, ext. 252.
"Brauhaus West," an exhibit that includes the work of 30 artists who have done pieces using the bra as their theme, shows Friday, Dec. 20, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Anita Seipp Gallery of Castilleja School, 1311 Emerson St., Palo Alto. Call Deborah Trilling at 328-3160.
"Body Language: The Human Form in Art," featuring sculpture, paintings, textiles, coins, vessels, prints, drawings and photographs, continues through April 27, 1997, at Stanford University Art Gallery, Serra Street near Hoover Tower. Friday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 723-4177 or 723-2842.
Saturday, Dec. 21
"Dreams of Steam: The History of Steam Power" is on display at the Museum of American Heritage, 3401 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Saturday hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 321-1004.
Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra performs works by J.S. Bach, Mendelssohn and Beethoven, at 8 p.m. at Spangenberg Theatre, Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. Tickets are $8 general; $5 seniors and students. Call 856-3848.
"Art for Holiday Gift Giving," featuring paintings, works on paper and ceramics by well-known artists of the 20th century, shows Saturday, Dec. 21, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Robert Aichele Fine Arts, 1618 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 462-9030.
A.R. Gurnery's "What I Did Last Summer," performed by Bus Barn Stage Company, runs through Jan. 11 at Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Saturday show time is 8 p.m. Tickets for Saturday's performance are $15. Call 941-0551.
The Palo Alto Cultural Center hosts three exhibits--"The Mythic Narrative," "Interior Lines," and "Spirit Objects"--through Jan. 12 at 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 329-2366.
Sunday, Dec. 22
San Francisco's Theatre of Yugen presents the colorful Noh Christmas Carol at 3 and 7 p.m. at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Castro and Mercy streets, Mountain View. This adaptation of the Charles Dickens' holiday classic blends traditional Japanese dance and theater forms with folk dances, puppetry and masks. Tickets are $17 adults; $12 children under 12; free for children under 6. Call 903-6000.
El Camino Youth Symphony presents a holiday concert featuring the United States premiere of Fabrizio Castania's "Metropolitan Suite" and violinist Angelu Xu at 2 p.m. at Spangenberg Theatre, Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. Tickets are $6 general; $4 seniors and students. Tickets available at the door. Call 327-2611.
Celebrate the Winter Solstice with Musica Curiosa Trio at 7 p.m. at the Palo Alto Unitarian Church, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto. The trio will play violin, flute and rare vintage instruments in music for the season. Tickets are $12 general; $8 seniors and students. Call 321-9727.
The Mountain View Academy of Ballet presents "Procession of Angels" at 7:30 p.m. in Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College. The ballet is set to the music of Verdi's "Requiem." Tickets are $15 general; $10 seniors and children. Call Mountain View Academy of Ballet at 965-2840 or Foothill Box Office at 948-4444.
"Holiday Miniatures," fine art work of watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel and Oriental brush paintings, etchings, monoprints, woodcuts, drawings, jewelry, ceramics and cards, continues through Jan. 4 at Viewpoints Art Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. Sunday hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Call 941-5789. @wtease:For the family The Peninsula Youth Theatre will present a new twist on an old tale. On Friday, we'll talk with the author of "A Children's Christmas Carol," a work that modernizes and Americanizes Charles Dickens' classic. @wtease:Technology A new museum is coming to the Peninsula, possibly the Palo Alto area. The Computer History Museum boasts that it has the largest collection of computer artifacts in the world. Learn more about this new cultural addition to the area. @wtease:Theater We'll review "Noh Christmas Carol," the holiday production of Dickens' classic story with a Japanese twist. The play runs at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts through Sunday, Dec. 22.
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