Weekend Preview Weekend Preview (November 17, 2004)

Thursday

The Peninsula Symphony and Stanford Symphonic Chorus will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford's Memorial Church. The concert, entitled "In Remembrance," will feature great works inspired by hope. The program will include Takeo Kudo's "Interlude" and Eric Zeisl's "Requiem Ebraico," as well as psalm settings by Bloch, Mendelssohn and Bruckner. The concert will be repeated on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be ordered on-line at www.peninsulasymphony.org or by calling (650) 941-5291.

Jacob Marley's "Christmas Carol" will preview tonight at 8 p.m. at the Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave. in Los Altos. It will open on Friday and run through Dec. 18. Show times are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. on Nov. 28 and Dec. 5; Sunday evening at 7 p.m. on Dec. 12. Tickets are $20-$30. For more information please call (650) 941-0551 or visit www.busbarn.org.

"The Odd Couple" will be presented through Nov. 20 at Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto. Gunn Theatre will present both the original male and female versions of Neil Simon's classic tale of domestic culture shock. The female version be presented Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. The male version be presented Nov. 18 and 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8; matinees cost $4. For more information please call (650) 354-8258.

"Picnic" will be presented by the Palo Alto Players through Nov. 21 at the Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Written by William Inge, the play profiles a handsome drifter who wanders into the lives of six seemingly ordinary women. Show times are 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. on Sundays. Ticket prices are $24 for Wednesday and Thursday performances; $25 for Friday evenings; $27 for Saturday evenings; $22 for Sunday matinees. For more information please call (650) 329-0891 or visit www.paplayers.org.

"The Children's Hour" will be presented through Nov. 21 at Foothill College's Playhouse Theatre (Room 1301), 12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills. Evening show times are Nov. 18, 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. A Sunday matinee will be performed Nov. 21 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 general; $12 for students and seniors, and include free parking in Lots 1 or 6 only. To purchase tickets, access www.foothill.edu/fa/drama or www.ticketweb.com, or call (650) 949-7360.

Peninsula Youth Theatre will present "Seussical the Musical" today at 9:30 a.m. at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Additional show times are Friday at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 7:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets are $17 for adults; $14 for kids 12 and under and seniors 62 and over, except for the 9:30 a.m. weekdays matinees, when all tickets cost $7. To order please call (650) 903-6000 or visit www.pytnet.org.

Friday

Maria del Mar Bonet will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford University's Dinkelspiel Auditorium. Bonet is a Majorcan singer/songwriter who performs in her native Catalan. The concert will be presented by Stanford Lively Arts. World-music expert Sandy Miranda will give a talk and slide show about Maria del Mar Bonet and Mediterranean music at 6:45 p.m., which will be free and open to the public. Tickets are $38/$34. Half-price tickets are available for people age 15 and under, and discounts are available for students. For tickets and more information, contact the Stanford Ticket Office at Tresidder Memorial Union or call (650) 725-ARTS (2787) or go online to http://livelyarts.stanford.edu.

"The Laramie Project" will be performed tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Castilleja Theater, 1310 Bryant St. in Palo Alto. The production will feature actors from Castilleja School, Mountain View High School, St. Francis and Sacred Heart. Additional show times are Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 for students and will be available at the door from 20 minutes before the show. For more information please call director Bear Capron at (650) 328-3373, ext 401.

The Stanford University Singers will perform Robert D. Levin's edition of the Mozart "Requiem," tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford's Memorial Church. The program will also include a setting of a 17th-century dirge by conductor and University Organist Robert Huw Morgan. Tickets are $10 general; $5 students (with ID). For more information please visit http://music.Stanford.edu.

Professor Marilyn Wyman will lecture about native North American artistic traditions tonight at the Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, Tateuchi Hall, 230 San Antonio Circle in Mountain View. Wyman is an instructor in art history and American Studies at San Jose State University. Tickets are $10 general admission; $8 students/seniors (with ID). Seating is open and limited. To purchase tickets in advance please call 650-917-6800, ext. 335 or visit www.arts4all.org/tickets. Tickets will also be available at the door one hour prior to the event.

Paintings by Linda Montalto and paintings and prints by Andrea Fono and Sarah Ratchye will be on display through Dec. 2 at the Center for Integrated Systems Art Spaces, located on the Stanford campus. The center is open weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 725-3622 or visit http://cis.stanford.edu/~marigros.

The Stellar Somerset Gallery presents monoprints by James Lapiss through Dec. 30. The gallery is located at 539 Bryant St. in Palo Alto. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 328-6688 or visit www.stellarsomersetgallery.com.

"Pacific Prints" will be on display through Nov. 30 at the Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St. in Palo Alto. The exhibition, which draws from over 200 seasoned printmakers, brings together new and traditional print-making techniques. Viewing hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information please call (650) 321-3891 or visit www.pacificartleague.org.

"Myth and the Natural World," featuring painted photographs by Brigitte Carnochan, will be on display through Nov. 5 at Modernbook Gallery, 494 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Modernbook is open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. For more information please call (650) 327-6325 or visit www.modernbook.com.

Saturday

The Palo Alto Junior Chamber Orchestra will perform tonight at 8 p.m. at Spangenberg Theatre, 780 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto. The program will feature works by Mozart, Mendelssohn and Danny Seidenberg. Tickets are $8 general, $5 students and will be available at the door or through PACO. For more information please call (650) 856-3848 or visit www.pacomusic.org.

The Sinfonietta Orchestra will perform tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. The program will feature works by Haydn, Weber, Dvorak and Reinecke. Special guests The Galbraith Honor Strings will perform works by Vivaldi, Brahms and Massanet. Tickets are $10/$5. For more information please call (650) 327-2611 or visit www.ecys.org.

"Question" will be on display through Jan. 2 at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University. This experimental project is designed to provoke and address questions frequently asked by visitors about art and its presentation in museums. 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 Palo Alto Art Center presents three fall exhibitions: "Revisit the Mirror: Self-Portraits through Time"; "To Mirror History: Ian Everard & Hanna Hannah" and "Dominic Di Mare: Other Selves." The Palo Alto Art Center is located at 1313 Newell Road in Palo Alto. For more information call (650) 329-2366 or visit www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter/exhibitions.html.

"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.

Books
A profile of Harold McGee, author of "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen."

Theater
A review of "The Children's Hour," the latest production at Foothill College.

Movies
Reviews of "National Treasure," "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" and "Finding Neverland."

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