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‘Sarah Cahill: ‘The Woods So Wild’
Pianist Sarah Cahill, who serves on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory Music and hosts the classical and contemporary music show “Revolutions Per Minute” on Sunday evenings on KALW radio, returns to the Community School of Music and Arts to present “The Woods So Wild,” a concert of music celebrating nature. Cahill will perform works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Byrd, Amy Beach, Vitezslava Kapralova, Leo Ornstein, Mamoru Fujieda and others.Â
Sept. 19, 7:30 p.m., Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View; free; arts4all.org/concerts/sarah-cahill-the-woods-so-wild.
Art Battle
Speed and cutthroat competition probably aren’t the first things that spring to mind when you think of an artist creating a painting, but Springline Menlo Park is holding an event where artists will face off to create new works of art — very quickly. This live painting competition features 10 artists going head-to-head in three rounds to create original artworks with just 20 minutes in each round.Â
Sept. 19, doors at 6 p.m., at Springline Menlo Park, 1300 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $12.50-$25; tinyurl.com/SpringlineArtBattle.Â
Ray Obiedo
Composer and guitarist and Ray Obiedo brings his own spin — or maybe it’s a twist? — to classic Latin jazz. Obiedo, who grew up in the East Bay, counts not only jazz greats like Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Antonio Carlos Jobin and Henry Mancini among his influences, but also James Brown. His latest album, 2024’s “Twist,” highlights his versatility on the guitar, which is at turns breezy, funky, pensive — and always expressive. The album ranges from high-energy, brassy tunes that would be at home at Carnaval to chilled-out samba. He performs at Meyhouse with an all-star ensemble that includes vocalist Lilan Kane, trombonist Jeff Cressman and percussionist Phil Hawkins.
Sept. 19, doors at 5 and 8 p.m., at Meyhouse Palo Alto, 640 Emerson St., Palo Alto; $38-$48; .meyhousejazz.com.
‘American Werewolves’
Spooky season is around the corner, but in her new novel, “American Werewolves,” author Emily Jane writes about a kind of voracious creature that lurks year round. When Natasha’s roommate is murdered, she ends up living in her car, unable to afford the rent by herself on their apartment in their pricey city. In need of funds, and trying to find the answer to her friend’s death, Natasha goes to work in the same role that her roommate had. Meanwhile, in the same city, venture capitalist Shane is on the brink of a partnership when he begins to realize that his colleagues are not only ruthless in business, but might also be literally bloodthirsty. Jane is at Books Inc. Mountain View to celebrate the novel’s release earlier this week.
Sept. 20, 6 p.m., at Books Inc. Mountain View, 317 Castro St., Mountain View; free; booksinc.net.
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