Recent A&E Features
Friday, November 9, 2018
Little House starts documentary film series
Little House in Menlo Park is starting two documentary film series that will be held the first and third Wednesday of each month.
Friday, 3:27 PM | No comments yet'Alter' boy
"Boy Erased" -- based on a true story of an American gay teen suffering through "gay conversion therapy" -- has plenty of important pieces in place, but never quite coalesces into the deeply moving and insightful film its pedigree seems to promise.
Friday, 3:07 PM | No comments yetThursday, November 8, 2018
Hey, hey, PA Play(ers)
"All the Way" takes a close look at Lyndon Johnson's first year in office, starting with the assassination of JFK and the Civil Rights Act.
Thursday, 3:57 PM | No comments yetFinding Juana
The moment visitors step into the Los Altos History Museum, they're greeted by a wooden awning, painted white and covered in vines. The message is clear: They're entering the home of Juana Briones.
Thursday, 3:50 PM | No comments yet'Hairspray' brings music, verve to the Menlo-Atherton stage
Students at Menlo-Atherton High School are staging a production of the Tony award-winning musical "Hairspray" the weekends of Nov. 9 and Nov. 16.
Thursday, 1:23 PM | No comments yetFriday, November 2, 2018
Menlo Grill closes for revamp
After about eight years of operating at the Stanford Park Hotel in Menlo Park, Menlo Grill has closed temporarily for a refresh.
Friday, 11:53 AM | No comments yet'Blackstar' at Bing
In the worlds of both cellist Maya Beiser and rockstar David Bowie, an instrumentalist revisiting of the final, modern-jazz-influenced album of a chameleonic music icon with a contemporary classical ensemble is special but not too unusual.
Friday, 11:26 AM | No comments yetSuburban safari
Richard Ford's 1990 novel "Wildlife" -- now a film directed and co-written by Paul Dano -- observes a family acting out of instinct as it weathers an existential crisis. Neither action nor introspection seems to help much, but the pull of nature persists.
Friday, 11:23 AM | No comments yetPortola Art Gallery marks a dozen years at Allied Arts Guild
The Portola Art Gallery is celebrating a dozen years of art at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park with an exhibition.
Friday, 10:08 AM | No comments yetThursday, November 1, 2018
A vocal leader
