Around Town: Hi ho, radio: Actors re-enact broadcast past Around Town: Hi ho, radio: Actors re-enact broadcast past (April 06, 2005)

Still got your Lone Ranger Six-Shooter ring ... and a hankering for some old-time singing commercials?

Pieces of the not-so-distant past will come to life again on Friday, April 15, as actors recreate old radio episodes of "Origin of the Lone Ranger," "War of the Worlds," "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" and other programs.

The Broadcast Legends, a group of radio and television professionals who have been in the business for more than 20 years, will put on the "Golden Memories of Radio" show at Cubberley Auditorium at 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto at 7:30 p.m. The event is organized by the Museum of American Heritage in Palo Alto.

Large old-fashioned microphones and a sound effect table creating hoofbeats, clomping feet and other sounds will be on hand. The cast includes Dave Parker, who once acted on the "Lone Ranger" radio show; and Bay Area radio and TV personalities Fred LaCosse, Terry Lowry, Duncan Robertson and Ed Vasgersian.

Admission is $10 for members of the Museum of American Heritage and $15 for non-members. Seating is limited and reservations are strongly advised; call 321-1004.

For more information about the Broadcast Legends, go to www.broadcastlegends.com.
Tour of four private gardens in Woodside

Garden tour season is in full bloom. The Woodside-Atherton Garden Club is holding a tour of four private gardens, as well as a sale of rare plants at the Woodside Library's native plant garden, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 23.

A silent auction, a garden boutique and refreshments will be offered at one of the gardens, said Diane Schilling. Gardens on the tour range from an elegant Thomas Church-design perennial border garden to one featuring towering native oaks and native plants, she said.

Tickets are $40 with proceeds benefiting the garden club's conservation, education and civic projects. Send checks with a self-addressed stamped envelope to: WAGC Garden Tour, 8 Malory Court, Redwood City, CA 94061.

For information, call 366-4091 or send e-mail to wagcgardentour@yahoo.com.
Portola Valley seminar on native plants

Portola Valley's conservation committee will host a free seminar on landscaping with native plants from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 9, in the Historic Schoolhouse at Town Center.

The seminar will feature a panel of speakers, including committee chairman Paul Heiple, an expert on native plants; and landscape designers Danna Breen and Annaloy Nickum.

A brief field trip will follow. Refreshments will be provided.
Cioppino fundraiser

La Honda's all-volunteer Fire Brigade will hold its annual crab cioppino dinner and dance on Saturday, April 9, at the La Honda Fire Station on Highway 84 in La Honda.

Festivities will start with a happy hour at 6 p.m., followed by all-you-can-eat cioppino, served with wine, salad and garlic bread.

Dancing to the music of DJ Johnny Midnight will begin around 9 p.m. For ticket information, check lahondafire.org. Tickets are $45 for members and $55 for others. For information, call 747-9763.
Journalists talk on war-time reporting

Four journalists will speak at Stanford University on Thursday, April 7, on regional conflicts and their effects on emigration patterns, human rights and foreign policies of other countries.

On the panel will be Knight Journalism Fellows Colleen Barry, Associated Press news editor for Germany; Carlos Dada, world news editor for La Prensa Grafica in San Salvador; Charles Jackson, managing editor for Exile news magazine in Ghana, Liberia; and Frances Robles, Bogota bureau chief for the Miami Herald.

The free talk is sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Northern California and begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Bechtel International Center at 422 Lagunita Drive on the Stanford campus. Refreshments will be served at 7 p.m. For more information, go to itsyourworld.org.

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