The public is welcome to join 13 resident artists — Lynne Auld, Rebecca Bangs, Teresa Beyer, Shirley Bunger, Laurie Johnson Lepkowska, Sylvia Lichtenger, Kerith Lisi, Yucali Seki, Fleur Spolidor, Robin Stearns, Cindy Stokes, Donna Wocher, and Kari Zinser — as they open their studios to share the lovely art they have been creating since the art center opened at this location a year ago. Prior, the art center was located on Broadway Street in downtown Redwood City for 18 years. To see an image of each artist’s work and to learn more about each artist, go to www.theartctr.org.
Benefit performances, “Variations in Motion,” will be at 2:30 and 7 p.m, March 5 at the Bankhead Theater, The show will be directed by Schoendienst with silver dance shoe charms, 8 ballet shoes charms, irish dance soft shoe charms, ballet slippers charms a guest appearance by choreographer David Fonnegra of Diablo Ballet, Tickets are $18 to $24 and can be bought at www.livermoreperformingarts.org or 925-373-6800, For more on the Livermore School of Dance, go to www.livermoredance.com, For more on the Diabetes Youth Foundation, go to www.dyf.org, Until next time, be alert and be safe..
Holiday Festival ’10 will have a tree lighting, visits with Santa, a petting zoo, train rides, supper at the North Pole Kitchen and a holiday gift fair. It’s free from 5-9 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Pleasant Hill Community Center. Information: 925-676-5200 or www.pleasanthillrec.com. The Tracy Hometown Holiday Parade runs 6-8 p.m. Dec. 4 and will feature local businesses and schools on lit-up floats. It ends at the Tracy Transit Station downtown, site of the tree-lighting ceremony. Information: 209-597-0073, www.holidaysintracy.com.
In a biographical statement on Bay Area lifestyle and entertainment site SFStation, Ornelas outlined something like a mission statement for her championing of musicians and bands, “My record collection is deep with soul, disco, punk, various ’70s, ’80s and ’90s styles and a wide range of dance music, but hip-hop and rap from the early days to the present are its core,” she said, “Although you’ll see ‘Don’t book me, I’m retired’ here (if you look closely), don’t believe it, I’m happy to keep silver dance shoe charms, 8 ballet shoes charms, irish dance soft shoe charms, ballet slippers charms playing as long as people want to listen.”..
Now, if they can just locate the time capsule planted about 40 years ago, they’ll have an all-around great year. Maybe Councilman Dan Helix can help them — he was at the planting ceremony. The Arts at Meadow Homes Elementary School is an awesome program. It involves drama, dance and visual arts in a way that helps the students with math problems, reading comprehension, resiliency in relationships, and motivates them to appreciate the importance of subject matter learning. I’ve barely scratched the surface. It was a most profitable joint gathering. If anything presented here encourages you to become more involved in your local PTA programs, it was time well spent.
