Sunday, April 22, 7:30pm. Percussion great Santos and his longstanding sextet return with a performance devoted to the Afro-Caribbean song styles born of the region’s colonial history of resistance against slavery and oppression. This show honors the legacy of the musicians who have defined their art through progressive movements of social change, whose timeless songs offered hope, courage, clarity and love in times of distress. Joe Henderson Festival. The Bay Area’s best honor the late saxophonist and composer with salutes his classic albums.
TheatreWorks’ Leading Ladies: A mix-and-mingle luncheon followed by a private performance of women's oxford shoes, ballet flats, leather ballet flats, handmade women's flats, pink shoes, mint shoes, blue shoes, ba “Silent Sky” and celebrating three Silicon Valley trailblazers: Dr, Natalie Batalha, science team lead for NASA’s Kepler Mission; Ann Bowers, Intel’s first director of personnel and Apple’s first vice president of human resources; and Randi Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, Feb, 8, noon, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, $150, 650-463-7159..
Jennie took home a $200 prize and second-place winner Caroline Fukawa of Presentation High School received $100. Leigh High School’s Caitlin Grimm, Branham High’s Kaeleigh Robitaille and Zoe Nilson from Prospect High were also recognized for their participation. The DAR contest also involves fifth- to eighth-grade students. They wrote about “The Lives of Children During the American Revolution.” Eighth-grader Hamza Qadeer from the Challenger School’s Almaden campus wrote a “journal” of the life of “William Smith” that begins March 15, 1777–the day William’s father dies as a Revolutionary War prisoner.
Over the course of the performance, the Druids construct a giant Trojan horse in the temple; with it, they hope to launch a surprise attack on the Roman occupiers, One question, though: Why do Norma’s children — said to be a secret; barely a soul knows about them — live in a little wooden shack in the middle of the often-busy temple?, Jessica Jahn’s costumes also are puzzling: the many male choristers look like proto-Stone Age women's oxford shoes, ballet flats, leather ballet flats, handmade women's flats, pink shoes, mint shoes, blue shoes, ba hunters in their rugged vests, while the women wear elegant gowns as if heading off to the ballroom, Norma, too, is something of a fashion plate in her golden gown with sequined top..
To keep it festive, there will be children’s activities and prize giveaways. If the Inflation Celebration and the Holiday Parade leave you wanting more, hang around for “Parade Fest @ Christmas in the Park” on Dec. 5 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.. In addition to the vintage animated displays that were the genesis and remain a highlight of Christmas in the Park—as do all the community-decorated trees—there will be special performances throughout the afternoon. Many celebrities and costumed characters from the parade will make personal appearances at Parade Fest, and there will be giveaways, free samples and other family activities.
