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Shovels & Rope
Rock and folk duo Shovels & Rope (Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst) have released numerous records since the project’s 2008 debut, including 2024’s “Something Is Working Up Above My Head.” The two-person powerhouse band makes a tour stop at the Guild, with country-rock singer-songwriter Nolan Taylor as the opening act. Taylor’s self-titled full-length debut was released last year, following several EPs.
Oct. 16, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $40.77 and up; guildtheatre.com/shows/shovels-rope-17-oct.
Meraki Vol. 2
The intricate ceramics and high-fired tableware of artist Misako Kambe are on view this month at Portola Art Gallery. The exhibition, titled “Meraki Vol. 2,” is named for the Greek word “meaning to do something with passion, pride, and care; or a labor of love,” according to the gallery’s website. Kambe was born and raised in Tokyo and moved to the U.S. in 1997. She spent time apprenticing with a traditional kimono studio in Kyoto, Japan, which helped her develop her artistic skills and style. In recent years, she’s focused on using atmospheric ceramic firing techniques, such as wood firing and soda firing, which create distinctive results. An artist’s reception will be held at the gallery Oct. 17, 1-4 p.m.
Through Oct. 31, open Mondays-Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Portola Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park; free; portolaartgallery.com/event/230452/misako-kambe.
Wobbly World Unplugged
Long-running collaboration Wobbly World, which brings together accomplished musicians from a variety of cultural traditions and musical styles, comes to Feldman’s Books for a performance, featuring Charles Moselle on saxophone, Ze Manel on vocals and percussion, Yeny Valdes on vocals, Erick Barberia on percussion, David Phillips on pedal steel guitar, Isabella Goze on vocals, and Freddy Clarke on guitar. “My goal with this band is to showcase an all-inclusive America that includes people of different colors, races, and nationalities,” Clarke told this news organization in a 2022 interview.Â
Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m., Feldman’s Books, 1075 Curtis St., Menlo Park; $20 at the door; https://www.eventbrite.com.Â
‘Broadway Sings: The stories we share’
Schola Cantorum, the community choral arts organization, launches its latest season with a celebration of the Broadway musical songbook, including performances by the full Schola choir and the new chamber choir, plus sing-alongs of Broadway favorites led by Dawn Reyen at the keyboard.Â
Oct. 17, Los Altos United Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos; $35/$30 seniors/free for minors and students under 25; scholacantorum.org/concerts/broadway-sings.Â
MUNA
Los Angeles-based indie-pop trio MUNA has gone from its formation at USC’s Thornton School of Music in 2013 to opening for the likes of Taylor Swift and Harry Styles and earning “Band of the Year” honors from Consequence of Sound. “A touchstone for LGBTQ+ audiences, they build hook-driven, emotionally candid worlds,” Stanford Live’s website states about the group. MUNA performs at Stanford as part of the Gets So Hot Tour along with indie-pop singer-songwriter hemlocke springs, whose song “girlfriend” went viral in 2022. Her debut album “The Apple Tree Under the Sea” came out earlier this year.Â
Oct. 18, 7 p.m., Frost Amphitheater, 351 Lasuen St., Stanford; $80.10; live.stanford.edu/events/26-frost/muna/.
Nathaniel Philbrick
National Book Award winner (“In the Heart of the Sea”) and Pulitzer Prize finalist (“Mayflower”) Nathaniel Philbrick discusses his new book, “The Rush: California Gold, the Civil War and the Making of the Modern World,” with author John Markoff at an event at Kepler’s Books. The book traces how the discovery of gold triggered the largest voluntary migration in U.S. history and how debates over slavery in the West impacted Washington in the run up to the Civil War. “The result is a clear, human story of how a scramble for wealth reshaped ideas of freedom, labor, and belonging—and how California’s rise helped push a fractured nation toward war,” Kepler’s website states.Â
Oct. 18, 4 p.m., Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $21.99 general admission, $11.49 student/low income, $53.49 admission plus book. $69.24 admission for two plus a book; keplers.org/upcoming-events-internal/philbrick.
