@caption:John Lee Hooker
The Edge, 260 California Ave., Palo Alto, has pulled in some big gigs in recent weeks--the Wallflowers, Chris Isaak, Cheap Trick--but none bigger than next week's show with John Lee Hooker. This Peninsula resident and legendary Mississippi Delta bluesman will make a rare in-concert appearance at The Edge on Thursday, April 24.
Now in his late 70s, the Boogie Man doesn't boogie as often as he used to. But when he does, he still sets the standard--as his recent release "Don't Look Back" affirms. His stinging guitar and gravelly vocals have inspired a list of performers that reads like a guide to rock 'n' roll history: Carlos Santana, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Burdon and Eric Clapton, to name a few.
It will be a true blues fest. Sharing the bill with Hooker are Little Charlie and the Nightcats and the Chris Cain Band. Music starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 advance. For more information, call 324-EDGE.
@caption:Sarah Maserati Violin and piano recital
Palo Alto violinist Sarah Maserati will perform in a recital with pianist Dmitry Kogan at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23, at the First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, 1985 Louis Road. The concert will feature music composed by Leclair, Franck, Dvorak, Kreisler and Ravel.
Maserati was a member of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra for seven years, and was the featured soloist with PACO during performances in Palo Alto, Asia and at the Ashland Shakespeare Festival. Kogan is a former prizewinner at a Chopin competition in New York. Tickets are $7 general admission and $4 students and seniors. Proceeds benefit the Gunn High School English Department. For more information, 494-0298.
@caption:Pierre Pincemaille Parisian touch
If you're a big organ music fan, you'll want to circle Saturday, April 19, on your calender. That's when Pierre Pincemaille, titular organist at the Church of St. Denis in Paris since 1987 will give his Bay Area debut recital at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto.
Pincemaille will perform a recital of works by French composers on the massive four-manual Cassavant/Whittier organ at St. Mark's. Also, Pincemaille is known for his improvisation work on the organ, so fans can expect to see some of that during the Palo Alto show. The performance, sponsored by the Palo Alto Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, starts at 8 p.m. Suggested donation is $8. For more information, call 548-9552.
@caption:Robert Mitchell, Lakesha Williams and Tumar Harris in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Teen-agers from East Palo Alto and Belle Haven who are associated with the Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula will take the stage this weekend at the Burgess Theatre in Menlo Park, 601 Laurel Ave., for a production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
The play is one of several productions designed to encourage young people to develop skills in the arts and find new ways of expressing themselves. Co-sponsored by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, the play features teens age 13-18 who come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" will be performed at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. It's free, although donations are suggested. For more information, call 422-5987.
@caption:Equal Voices, a San Francisco-based men's vocal ensemble, performs Saturday in Palo Alto
For the family
Show tunes
You don't have to visit the Big Apple to hear hit songs from such shows as "Sunset Boulevard," "Jekyll and Hyde," "The Wiz," "Les Miserables" and "Beauty and the Beast." All you have to do is make your way down to the Senior Center of Palo Alto, 450 Bryant St., at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19, for the Equal Voices concert. The San Francisco-based men's vocal ensemble will perform a free concert of Broadway show tunes. The event is for all ages and is open to the public. For more information, call 327-2811.
@caption:"Portrait of Vanessa Bell" by Roger Fry
In the early 1900s, a group of intellectuals and artists coalesced around the Bloomsbury area of London. The goal of these Bloomsbury buddies was to create a modern world; one far removed from what they considered to be rampant Victorian hypocrisy.
These artists, including Roger Fry and Clive Bell, emphasized the formal elements of paintings, which in effect meant turning attention toward the abstract shapes on the canvas itself and de-emphasizng the objects represented.
The art of the Bloomsbury Group is represented in 45 paintings, drawings, books and photographs now on display at the Stanford University Museum of Art. The exhibit continues through April 27 and then runs again May 20 to June 15. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.. Closed Mondays. Admission is free. Call 723-4177.
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