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This weekend, Los Altos Stage Company gets existential with the classic “Waiting for Godot;” singer-songwriter David Luning celebrates a record release at Sound Union; the Stanford Theatre welcomes fall with a film noir festival; the well-loved Mountain View Art & Wine Festival highlights artists, entertainment and hands-on activities; the Palo Alto Philharmonic presents a baroque concert and jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn performs in Half Moon Bay.
‘Waiting for Godot’
Los Altos Stage Company’s production of Samuel Beckett’s modern classic, the tragicomedy “Waiting for Godot,” opens this week. The show tells the story of Vladimir and Estragon, waiting in vain for their appointment with the titular and mysterious Godot and pondering existentially all the while. Directed by the company’s Executive Artistic Director Gary Landis, the cast includes David Scott, Evan Winet, John Stephen King, Marc Berman, Kuba Adams and James Rose.
Sept. 5-29 (see website for complete show schedule); 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos; $28-$51; losaltosstage.org/waiting-for-godot.
David Luning
Americana singer-songwriter David Luning celebrates the Sept. 6 release of his latest record, “Lessons,” with a performance at Sound Union in Redwood City. The California musician has played at festivals including Bottlerock, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and the Strawberry Music Festival and shared the stage with Tedeschi Trucks, John Hiatt, Chris Isaak and more over the course of his career thus far. He has also released the albums “Just Drop On By” and “Restless.”
Sept. 6, 8 p.m., Sound Union, 2625 Broadway St., Redwood City; $38.65;.eventbrite.com.
Film Noir festival
The Stanford Theatre has a fitting way to welcome the cooler, darker days of fall, celebrating the film noir genre with a festival of gritty, moody mysteries and thrillers, full of shadows and dramatic atmosphere. Through early November, the Stanford’s screen will play host to gangsters, cops, femme fatales and unsuspecting average Joes getting caught up in shady schemes in films such as “The Woman in the Window” (Sept. 12-13); “Double Indemnity” (Sept 14-15); “Sunset Boulevard” (Sept. 28-29); “Key Largo” (Oct. 5-6); “Laura” (Oct. 19-20); and “The Postman Always Rings Twice” (Nov. 9-10). And for the spookiest time of year, there’s also some classic horror on the schedule, including “Curse of the Cat People” (Oct. 24-25) and “I Walked With a Zombie” (Oct. 31-Nov. 1). The theater kicks off its fall lineup Sept. 6-8 with a pair of film-noir classics: “The Big Sleep” and “The Maltese Falcon,” both starring Humphrey Bogart, one of the giants of the genre.
The Stanford’s film noir festival runs Thursdays-Sundays, Sept. 6-Nov. 10, at the Stanford Theatre, 221 University Ave., Palo Alto. $5-$7 admission. For a full schedule, visit stanfordtheatre.org.
Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
At this time of year there is no shortage of festive street fair fun, including the annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, held for the 52nd (!) time this year. Tons of artists and crafts makers will be displaying their wares, plus live entertainment on the main stage, on the community talent stage and along the street; art-making activities; fun for kids; a sports lounge; a variety of food and, of course, wine (other drinks, too).
Sept. 7 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Castro Street from El Camino Real to Evelyn Avenue in downtown Mountain View; free; mvartwine.com.
Palo Alto Philharmonic
The Palo Alto Philharmonic launches its season with a baroque concert highlighting music from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The performance features soloists and small ensembles playing works by George Philipp Telemann, John Adson, Anthony Holborne, Claudio Monteverdi, Bach — both Johann Sebastian and his son, Carl Philip Emanuel — and Arcangelo Correlli. According to the orchestra’s website, the baroque concert is a recent and well-received addition to Philharmonic’s regular season, which features a mix of orchestra and chamber concerts throughout the year.
Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m., at First Lutheran Church Palo Alto, 600 Homer Ave., Palo Alto, $10-$25, paphil.org.
Jazzmeia Horn
Grammy-nominated and NAACP Image Award-winning jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn will be joined by pianist Miles Lennox, bassist Destiny Diggs and drummer Jaz Sawyer for a performance on the Coastside this week. Horn has released three acclaimed albums – “A Social Call,” “Love & Liberation” and “Dear Love” (with the 15-piece Her Noble Force) – and in 2015 won the Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition.
Sept. 8, 4:30 p.m., Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, 311 Mirada Road, Half Moon Bay (livestream admission also available); $55-$65 ($10 for livestream access); bachddsoc.org/calendar.
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