Weekend Preview

The Bridge School Benefit, featuring acoustic performances by Neil Young, the Dave Matthews Band (pictured) and others, takes place Oct. 18 and 19 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View.

Friday, Oct. 17

Stanford String Quartet presents a Brahms celebration with pianist Frederick Weldy and George Barth at 8 p.m. at Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University. A pre-concert lecture begins at 7:15 p.m. Tickets are $12 general, $10 Music Guild members, $6 students, free for Stanford students. Call 725-ARTS.

T.S. Monk Jr.--composer, drummer, jazz musician and son of Thelonious Monk--and his all-star ensemble will pay tribute to the 80th anniversary birthday of Thelonious Monk in "Monk on Monk" at 8 p.m. at Stanford Memorial Auditorium. Tickets are $23-$28 adults, $20-$25 students, $11.50-$14 for ages 15 and under. Call 725-ARTS.

Second Annual Celtic New Year Celebration Concert, featuring Irish music, world class Irish dancers, popular songs, storytelling and Celtic harp, takes place at 8 p.m. at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Castro and Mercy streets. Tickets are $25 general, $18 seniors and students, $15 children 15 and under. Sponsored by Irish Cultural Society. Call 967-8850.

The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch, featuring more than 1,000 hand-blown glass pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colors, will be on display in the sculpture garden of the Palo Alto Cultural Center from Oct. 17 through 26. A reception will be held Oct. 17, 5 to 7 p.m. Sale of pumpkins will begin Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and continue Oct. 26, 1 to 5 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Bay Area Glass Institute (BAGI) and children's art programs at the Palo Alto Cultural Center. Call 329-2366.

West Bay Opera presents "Don Pasquale," a comical look at love and marriage, Oct. 17 to 19 at Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Tickets are $30. Call 424-9999

Peninsula Advertising Photographers Association (PAPA) will present its Annual PAPA Print Show through October at the Elizabeth Norton Gallery, Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto. Friday hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 321-3891.

"Passiflora Incarnata," featuring recent monotypes by Kathryn Kain, is on display through Oct. 31 at Smith Andersen Editions, 440 Pepper Ave., Palo Alto. Friday hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 328-7762.

"Stolen Glances," featuring black-and-white photography by Lucy Gray, Patricia D. Richards and Taylor Gabney, is on display through Oct. 31 at Anita Seipp Gallery, 1311 Emerson St., Palo Alto. Friday hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 328-3160.

The Desotas perform at 9:30 p.m. at British Bankers Club, 1090 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 327-8769.

The Boomers performs from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Los Altos Bar & Grill, 169 Main St., Los Altos. Call 941-3418.

Saturday, Oct. 18

Citywide garage sale, will feature more than 170 garage sales throughout Palo Alto in a city organized event from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 496-5910.

"Rodgers & Hart: A Celebration," an evening of romantic, wise and witty songs from those masters of musical theater, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, continues through Nov. 1 at Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Saturday show time is 8 p.m. Tickets are $15. Call 941-0551.

"The Story of Mayfield," paintings by Annie Fitz and artifacts from the Palo Alto Historical Association depict the early history of the town of Mayfield (now the California Avenue area of Palo Alto), continues through October at Los Altos History House, 51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Hours are Wednesdays, 1 to 5 p.m. and Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m. Call 948-9427.

Artist Sunny Beville will exhibit her gouache paintings through Nov. 11 at the Palo Alto Mission of the Church of Scientology, 410 Cambridge Ave., Suite C, Palo Alto. Saturday hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 853-0602.

Tumblin' Dice performs at 9:30 p.m. at British Bankers Club, 1090 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 327-8769.

The Hitmen performs from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Los Altos Bar & Grill, 169 Main St., Los Altos. Call 941-3418.

The Bridge School Benefit, featuring acoustic performances by Neil Young, Blues Traveler, the Dave Matthews Band, Lou Reed and others, takes place at 4 p.m. Oct. 18 and at 2 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View. Tickets are $30. Call (408) 998-BASS.

Sunday, Oct. 19

Mark O'Connor performs on violin, mandolin and guitar at 2:30 p.m. at Stanford University's Dinkelspiel Auditorium. Tickets are $25, $28 (students $3 off). Call 725-ARTS.

Gus Van Sant will read from "Pink" at 5 p.m. at Printers Inc., 310 California Ave., Palo Alto. Call 327-6500.

Watercolor and mixed media paintings by Marge Arnold are on display through Nov. 2 at Viewpoints Gallery, 315 State St., Los Altos. Sunday hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Menlo Art League 1997 Annual Exhibit runs through Oct. 30 at Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. Sunday hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Call 322-0148.

"Great Impressions: Selections From the Marmor Foundation and the Collection of Drs. Katherine and Judd Marmor" is on display through Dec. 14 at Stanford University Art Gallery, Serra Street near Hoover Tower, Stanford University. Sunday hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Call 723-3469. @wtease:For the family

Saturday's Palo Alto City-Wide Garage Sale will feature about 170 residences offering books, antiques, toys and other goodies. And it gives us a perfect opportunity to talk with some locals who are avid garage sale shoppers. Tune in Friday to learn more about this passionate lifestyle.

@wtease:Music

The Palo Alto Philharmonic will commemorate its 10-year anniversary on Saturday with a featured soloist barely older than the group itself. Read about violinist and child prodigy Paladio Garcia, 11, who will perform Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor, a rarely performed, treacherously challenging piece.

@wtease:Opera

Palo Alto's West Bay Opera opens its 42nd season with Donizetti's "Don Pasquale," a comedic look at domesticity and marriage. Read what opera reviewer Michael Vaughn thinks of this production, which runs through Oct. 19 at the Lucie Stern.

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