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Ad Libs: Hail to the hydrangeasSometimes, in the clutter and spam of the email inbox, you just want a cushion of lush hydrangeas to rest your eyes on. I have the best job in the world. Kudos...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on May. 11, 2011There are no comments yet. 2972 Views
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Ad Libs: A whole new worldIf you're a local theater-goer, you might think of James Monroe Iglehart as The Big Bad Wolf from TheatreWorks' 2005 production of "Into the Woods," or you might...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Jun. 2, 2011There are no comments yet. 24204 Views
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Ad Libs: A muse to Matisse, a patron of artThe Almanac, one of our sister papers, published a nice arts story this week about Sarah Stein: art collector, art-school patron and leader of art salons in her...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Jul. 6, 2011There are no comments yet. 2724 Views
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Ad Libs: A swinging eve on the aveWe tried out our best East Coast Swing moves last Saturday eve on the ave (California). One of the best swing bands around, Steve Lucky and the Rhumba Bums, played...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Jul. 11, 2011There are no comments yet. 3079 Views
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Ad Libs: Art on footTo take a truly informed science-art-nature walk on the Stanford campus, it's nice to have a museum docent, an earth-sciences dean, a curator and a bunch of professors...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Jul. 20, 2011There are no comments yet. 3040 Views
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Ad Libs: Music@Menlo: Lovely, lilting LiederEveryone in theater knows this old saw: "Bad dress rehearsal, good opening night." Maybe the Music@Menlo folks should have worried when the last rehearsal for the...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Aug. 4, 2011There are no comments yet. 2962 Views
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Keith Raffel: Doubling the odds in book publishingIt's not an easy thing to find lasting, lucrative success as a novelist. So this year Palo Alto mystery/thriller author Keith Raffel is trying to double the odds. After...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Aug. 12, 2011There are no comments yet. 5358 Views
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Ad Libs: Woodsider at the War MemorialAlmanac reporter Dave Boyce wrote a nice story this week about young Henry Phipps, a 12-year-old Woodside resident who's spending his September singing in the San...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Sep. 20, 2011There are no comments yet. 2437 Views
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Ad Libs: From Emily to GeorgiaBusy Palo Alto playwright Sharmon J. Hilfinger is having her seventh full-length play produced in the Bay Area. It seems like we just wrote about "Tell It Slant,"...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Sep. 23, 2011There are no comments yet. 2298 Views
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Ad Libs: Mr. Congeniality at the CantorI have a confession: I get in trouble a lot at the Cantor Arts Center. I know, arts editors should be setting a good example. But I go into exhibits with my little...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Oct. 19, 2011There are no comments yet. 2475 Views
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Ad Libs: Music in MenloIs it a scene at the newly renamed Menlo Hub? Looks that way in a story coming this Friday written by my star intern, Maytal Mark. ... To read the rest of this...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Jul. 18, 2012There are no comments yet. 2998 Views
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Ad Libs: Last one standingWhat's all this I hear about arts being in trouble in the schools? Why, this mural was doing just fine at Hillview Middle School in Menlo Park the other day. At...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Jul. 19, 2012There are no comments yet. 1551 Views
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Ad Libs: 'Double Take' photo contestThere's another opportunity to get your eagle eye recognized at the spiffed-up Palo Alto Art Center: Submit your best photo of Patrick Dougherty's whimsical tree...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Jul. 30, 2012There are no comments yet. 1296 Views
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Ad Libs: 'Illumination'My up-close photo of "Illumination," a 2006 mixed-media work by Menlo Park artist Marianne Lettieri. It's on display at the Triton Museum, which has truly wonderful...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Aug. 13, 2012There are no comments yet. 3716 Views
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Ad Libs: Play in progressSo there wasn't a stunning set to take a photo of. But with a staged reading of a musical that's still being written, you expect to see the seams. This weekend we...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Aug. 21, 2012There are no comments yet. 1436 Views
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Ad Libs: Why black and white?Why black and white? Why not, if you can make a ceiling lamp look like a marvelous stained-glass fractal without any color? Fine-art photographer Cole Thompson,...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Oct. 16, 2012There are no comments yet. 2225 Views
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Ad Libs: The floating worldA striking image waiting for me in my inbox upon my return from vacation. San Jose artist Kyoko Fischer won first place in the current juried print exhibition at...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Nov. 15, 2012There are no comments yet. 1023 Views
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Ad Libs: A farewell showSorry to hear that South Bay painter Terri Hill is leaving Viewpoints Gallery in Los Altos, where she's been showing her watercolors for several years. In this uber-cycling-friendly...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Jan. 17, 2013There are no comments yet. 865 Views
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Ad Libs: Harp flash mob!On this past day of St. Pat, green-wearing, harp-playing musicians suddenly swarmed audience members heading for a show by the California Pops Orchestra at Foothill...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Mar. 19, 2013There are no comments yet. 695 Views
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'Palo Alto Forest? seeks new digsWanted: a new home for a Palo Alto forest. That is, the collection of photos on glass, hung with wood, wire and acrylic, known as the art installation "The Palo...
Original post made by Rebecca Wallace on Apr. 3, 2013There are no comments yet. 765 Views
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