@caption:Glass pumpkins by Bobby Bowes
The Great Glass Pumpkin Patch returns to the Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, on Oct. 17. More than 1,500 hand-blown glass pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and colors will be on display in the sculpture garden of the PACC. The exhibit runs through Oct. 25.
The public is invited to attend the opening reception of the exhibit on Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The pumpkins will go on sale Oct. 24 and 25. All proceeds benefit the Bay Area Glass Institute, the children's art programs at the PACC and Ohlone College.
The pumpkins, autumnal gourds and glass leaves are hand-crafted by glass artists of BAGI and Ohlone College. BAGI was founded to educate the public about glass art and the San Francisco Bay Area glass artists' community and to help young artists pursue careers in glass.
Pumpkin patch hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. For more information, call 329-2366.
For those who just can't wait until the exhibit opens, try the first ever Great Glass Pumpkin Patch Downtown Walk today from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Six BAGI artists will work their magic, creating beautiful hand-blown glass objects. The artists will work at six stores in downtown Palo Alto: Phyllis, 530 Emerson St.; Earthsake, 230 University Ave.; Tercera Gallery, 534 Ramona St.; Restoration Hardware, 281 University Ave.; Spirals, 367 University Ave.; and The Cotton Works, 500 University Ave.
@caption:Elena Dodd as Eleanor Roosevelt
Elena Dodd stars as perhaps the most famous First Lady of all time in "Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, 1140 Cowper St., Palo Alto.
The one-woman theater piece places Roosevelt on the lecture circuit in a personal, informal style. This performance focuses on Roosevelt's experience after her husband's death, when she was named a U.S. delegate to the United Nations and served as chair of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. Under her leadership, the commission drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first international document of its kind.
Palo Alto's Peninsula Peace and Justice Center is sponsoring the performance in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the General Assembly's adoption of the declaration on Dec. 10, 1948. Intended as a statement of principles only, the groundbreaking document has achieved the force of law throughout the world.
Tickets are $6-$12. After the performance, "Mrs. R" will be feted with a reception and birthday party (her birthday is Sunday). Admission to the reception is free to everyone attending the performance. For more information, call 326-8837.
@caption:Cinderella goes to The Edge on Wednesday.
The Edge continues its unofficial "You're kidding, those guys are still together?" series with Cinderella on Wednesday.
Yes, Cinderella is still together, and you can hear them for $12 (advance). These '80s rockers will get the hair-spray pop in full swing after opening acts Floodland and Worlds Apart do their respective things.
Cinderella made lots of money in the late 1980s with hit albums like "Night Songs" and "Long Cold Winter." They combined boogie-by-the-numbers hard rock and power ballads for a mix that was definitely right for the MTV youth of the day.
Doors open at 8 p.m. For more information, call 324-EDGE.
@caption:Gregory Wait, Schola Cantorum music director
Schola Cantorum, the acclaimed 120-voice community chorus based in Mountain View, joins forces with special guests the Rejoice Gospel Ensemble for two performances of "The Gospel Truth," a choral celebration of gospel music and traditional American sacred song. The performances take place Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Castro and Mercy streets, Mountain View. A pre-performance lecture will be given at 7:15 p.m. Saturday.
The concert program draws on the vast resources of 18th century American spirituals and folk hymns, featuring American masterpieces by composers William Dawson, Hall Johnson, John Work and gospel music master Jester Hairston. The concert also marks the premiere of a newly commissioned gospel medley by Joseph Jennings, music director of Chanticleer, the renowned a cappella group based in San Francisco.
Tickets are $18 adults; $13 seniors; $6 for children 18 and under and full-time students 21 and under. For more information, call 903-6000.
Suspense is in the air. The public is invited to a community block party in downtown Palo Alto on Wednesday, when a new look for the Senior Coordinating Council of the Palo Alto Area will be unveiled. Starting at 6 p.m., bands, balloons, gifts and refreshments will spill out into Cogswell Plaza park from the Senior Center, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. At 6:30 p.m., the council's chairman, Michael Traugott, will announce a new name and new avenues for the SCC as it prepares for its fourth decade of service to the Midpeninsula. The Ramona/Lytton/Bryant block will continue to hum with activity until 8 p.m. For more information, call 327-2811.
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