Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (May 12, 2004)

Mark Twain will be the subject of a conference on Friday at Stanford University.

The 8th Annual A La Carte & Art Festival will take place this weekend in downtown Mountain View.
Thursday

"Hello Dolly" will open tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1105 Valparaiso Ave. in Menlo Park. The show is presented by the Stanford Wards. Additional show times are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. A donation of $3 is requested. Tickets can be reserved online at www.stanfordwardmusical.org.

Youth Art will be on display through May 30 at the Palo Alto Art Center. The exhibition features featuring works by K-12 students from the Palo Alto Unified School District. A reception will take place May 12 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday also from 7 to 9 p.m.; Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information please call (650) 329-2366.

"The Phantom Tollbooth, Jr." will be presented today at 4:30 p.m. at the Palo Alto Children's Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Additional show times are Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and May 19 at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $6 for adults; $3 for children. They may be ordered by calling (650) 463-4970 or through the Palo Alto Children's Theatre Box Office, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1:30 to 6 p.m.

"The American Landscape" will run through June 30 at the Lyons Ltd. Antique Print Gallery, located in the Town and Country Village in Palo Alto. The exhibition draws from a 300-year history of English and American printmakers depicting America the Beautiful. The gallery is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. For more information please call 1-800-LyonsLtd or e-mail info@LyonsLtd.com
Friday

Stanford University will host a conference today on the subject of "Mark Twain at the Turn-of-the-Century, 1890-1914." The event will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in the Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall, Bldg. 460, and from 2 to 4 p.m. in Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center. National and international Twain scholars will give presentations. The conference is free and open to the public. The symposium will also take place on Saturday at UC Santa Cruz. For more information please call (650) 723-3413.

"Coppelia" will be presented by Western Ballet tonight at 8 p.m. at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, located at 500 Castro Street (corner of Castro and Mercy streets), in downtown Mountain View. Additional performances of this ballet classic will take place on Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 adults; $17 for seniors, students and children(12 & under). For tickets please call 650-903-6000. For more information please visit www.westernballet.org or call 650-968-4455.

Gallery House will exhibit photographs by Marina Brodskaya and monotypes by Madeline Ettin through May 29. A reception will take place tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. Gallery House is located at 320 California Ave. in Palo Alto. Gallery hours are Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information please call (650) 326-1668 or visit www.galleryhouse2.com.

Modernbook Gallery will present an exhibition of photographs by Parisian Xavier Damon May 14 through June 10. A reception for the artist will take place tonight from 7 to 10 p.m. In addition, installation Artist, Sieglinde Van Damme will combine her visual "lightscapes" with a dance performance by the Shipp Dance Theatre troupe. Modernbook Gallery is located at 494 University Ave. in Palo Alto. For more information please call 650-327-6325.

"Streets of Palo Alto" will be on display through May 19 at the Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St. in Palo Alto. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 650-321-3891 or visit www.pacificartleague.org.

Peninsula Youth Theatre will present "Holes," Louis Sachar's dramatization of his children's book, through May 16 at the Cubberley Community Center Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Fridays; 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $16 for adults; $13 for kids 12 and under and seniors 62 and over. Tickets to discounted weekday matinees at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. May 11 and 12 cost $6. To order, please call (650) 988-8798 or visit www.pytnet.org.

"Euro Rising," featuring a new exhibition of works by Gregory Burns, will be on display through May at Torrefazione Italia Cafe, 819 University Ave., Palo Alto. The exhibition reflects the artist's five month journey through Europe. The cafe is open Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. For more information call (408) 266-9941.

"3 Artists," featuring paintings by Kayomi Harai and Lucy Liew and carved cardboard by Judy Johnson-Williams, will be on view through May 20 at the Center for Integrated Systems Art Spaces, located on the Stanford University campus. Gallery hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. For more information please call (650) 725-3622 or visit http://cis.Stanford.edu/~marigros.
Saturday

Keeble & Scuchat Photography will host a presentation on pictorialism and alternative processes today at 3:30 p.m. The talk will be held in conjunction with a current exhibition of photographs that depict contemporary pictorialism. Keeble & Shuchat is located at 290 California Ave. in Palo Alto. For more information please call (650) 327-8996.

The 8th Annual A La Carte & Art Festival will take place today and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Castro Street between Church Street and Evelyn Avenue in downtown Mountain View The festival will feature live music, a juried arts and crafts show with 200 exhibitors, savory ethnic and classic American cuisine, premium wines and microbrews, a farmers' market, cooking demonstrations, street performers and amusements for kids. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 964-3395 or www.miramarevents.com.

Kepler's Books will celebrate its 49th anniversary today from 2 to 4 p.m. on the Kepler's plaza, located at 1010 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. The party will feature renowned local authors Firoozeh Dumas, Barry Eisler, Andrew Sean Greer, Geoff Nunberg and Tobias Wolff, who will share their personal memories about Kepler's. Music, children's activities, food and raffle prizes are also planned. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 324-4321 or visit www.keplers.com
Smith Andersen Editions presents recent paintings and works on paper by Kathryn Kain through June 9. There will be a reception for the artist tonight from 6 to p.m. at the gallery, which is located at 440 Pepper Ave. in Palo Alto. For more information please call (650) 327-7762 or visit www.smithandersen.com

The Peninsula Women's Chorus will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at Grace Lutheran Church, 3149 Waverley St. in Palo Alto. Tickets are $20 general admission; $15 students and seniors. Tickets will be available at the door or by calling the Stanford ticket office at (650) 725-ARTS.

The Memorial Glass Orchard will be presented today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto. The event will showcase 20 handcrafted steel "memorial trees," adorned with images of artists who have served their country. Glass fruits and vegetables will also be adorned on the trees. Prices for the glass fruits range from $40 to $200. The trees will be on sale for $2,250. For more information, please call (408) 297-0110.

The Pleiades International Film Festival will take place today at 10 a.m. at the Aquarius Theatre, 430 Emerson St. in Palo Alto. The festival will showcase 15 short films. Tickets are $20 for the screening; $50 for the screening plus luncheon reception and silent auction at Café Niebaum Coppola in Palo Alto. For advance tickets or more information, please call (650) 207-6412 or visit www.pleiadesfestival.com/paloalto.

"Save Your Brain for Glass" a sale of hundreds of glass-art fruits, vegetables and flowers, will take place through May 17 at the Future Brain Cancer Institute, 325 Forest Ave. in Palo Alto. The institute is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the institute. For more information please call (650) 328-7900.

"Picasso to Thiebaud:Modern Contemporary Art from the Collections of Stanford University Alumni and Friends" will be on display through June 20 at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. The exhibition features more than 70 prints, drawings and photographs from the early 17th century to the present, featuring artists as subjects. The center is open Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday until 8 p.m. Admission is free. Please call (650) 723-4177 or visit www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva
Sunday

The Fortnightly Music Club will present a concert tonight at 8 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art center, 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto. The program will feature works by Wolfgand Amadeus Mozart, Mozart Vincenzo Bellini, Hector Berlioz, HonRyul Lee, Bohuslav Martinu, Astor Piazolla, Mack McCray. For more information, please visit www.fortnightlymusicclub.org.

"Repetitions and Inflections," featuring digital photographs by Ade Adekola, will be on display through June 6 at Café Borrone, 1010 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. For more information please visit www.adekola.com.

"Gizmos & Gadgets," is currently on display at the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo, 1451 Middlefield Road. This new exhibition demonstrates how work can be made easier with simple machines such as levers and incline planes. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. For more information, please call (650) 329-2111 or visit www.pajmzfriends.org/membership.htm.

"When Radio Was King," featuring classic radio receivers and radio memorabilia, will be on display through May 23 at the Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave. in Palo Alto. Regular exhibit hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday. For more information please call (650) 321-1004 or visit www.moah.org.

"Narrating Time," in conjunction with works by Jim Campbell, will be featured through April 25 at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road. The exhibition features 19th and 21st-century photographs in which the specific exploration of time is central to the artist's body of work. Exhibitions can be viewed Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday 1-5 p.m.; Thursday also 7-9 p.m. Call (650) 329-2366 or visit www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter/index.html.
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