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Terao Tetsuya and Kevin Wang
Author Terao Tetsuya and translator Kevin Wang discuss Tetsuya’s collection of linked short stories “Spent Bullets,” set in Taiwan and Silicon Valley, at an event hosted by Fireside Books and More. The book, which won Taiwan Literature Awards’ Golden Book Award and the New Bud Award, is described by Harper Collins Publishers as exploring “the meaning of success and the purpose of existence, centered on the short life and long shadow of an engineering genius who descends deeper into despair while rising higher on the professional ladder.” Tetsuya graduated from National Taiwan University, earned a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon and worked as an engineer for Google before shifting to full-time writing, according to Harper Collins.Â
March 27 at 6:30 p.m., Fireside Books and More, 2421 Broadway, Redwood City; free; firesiderwc.com/events.
Kenny Washington
Jazz vocalist Kenny Washington takes the Meyhouse stage, joined by pianist David Udolph, bassist Gary Brown, drummer Deszon Claiborne and saxophonist Michael O’Neill. The program, titled “Celebrating the Masters,” is not a fixed set list but rather a “living conversation” that blends jazz tradition and real-time improvisation and ensemble dialogue, according to Meyhouse. Bay Area fans get the chance to experience Washington in an intimate setting ahead of his upcoming engagement with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Meyhouse notes.Â
March 28 at 5 and 8 p.m., Meyhouse Jazz, 640 Emerson St., Palo Alto; $48; meyhousejazz.com.
‘Sounds of Latin America: A Violin and Piano Journey’
Community School of Music and Arts faculty member and pianist Gabriela Calderón and violinist Catalina Barraza join together and honor Latin America’s musical heritage with a free community concert. The program includes works by both renowned and lesser-known Latin American composers, offering both folkloric rhythms and contemporary expression, according to the school.Â
March 27, 7:30 p.m.,Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View; arts4all.org.Â
TechFest: Happy Birthday, Apple
The Computer History Museum celebrates Apple’s 50th birthday with a multimedia presentation and vintage Apple computers from The Retro Roadshow (a pop-up museum of vintage technology); early Apple employee Daniel Kottke showing off a replica Apple I that can run ChatGPT; an Apple-themed party hat craft; a “pin the iPod game” and more. Admission to TechFest’s activities is included with general museum admission.Â
March 28, museum open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Computer History Museum, 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View; $21.50 adult admission; $16.50 for seniors/students age 11+/military/educators; $8.50 for youth 8-10; kids 7 and under free; connect.computerhistory.org.Â
Notos Quartett
Local nonprofit Arts/SV offers a chance to catch a performance by an acclaimed chamber group that’s more frequently seen on European stages. Founded in Berlin in 2007, the Notos Quartett features violinist Sindri Lederer, violist Andrea Berger, pianist Antononia Köster and cellist Benjamin Lai, who grew up in the Bay Area. Their recordings include works by masters such as Bartók and Brahms, but the quartet also commissions contemporary compositions. The group performs a concert March 29 and audiences can also catch the group working with young up-and-coming musicians at a master class in Saratoga on March 28.
March 29, 2 p.m., at De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino; $45-$100; artssv.org.
Donavon Frankenreiter
Southern California-born singer-songwriter and guitarist Donavon Frankenreiter is a former professional surfer and longtime musician. He’s known for his laid-back grooves, soulful delivery and philosophical lyrics, according to the Guild Theatre, where he’ll make a tour stop April 1 – no foolin’.Â
April 1, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $46-$353; tixr.com/groups/guildtheatre.
‘1,000 Ways to Hold’
Stanford Arts’ 2025-2026 Visiting Artist Erika Chong Shuch‘s exhibit “1,000 Ways to Hold,” on view at the Anderson Collection starting April 2, is the culmination of a yearlong collaborative project created on Stanford’s campus. The concept: encounters between two people sitting and shaping ceramic bowls together, reflecting on the question “What have you held, and what has held you?” In the exhibition, “the bowls are gathered and activated, inviting visitors to listen, touch, and engage with a living archive of connection,” Anderson’s Collection’s website states. “Together, they form both an artwork and a collective portrait – evidence of how small acts of making and listening can hold memory, care, and community.”
April 2-Aug. 17, Thursday-Monday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Anderson Collection at Stanford University, 314 Lomita Drive; free; anderson.stanford.edu.Â
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