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Friday, May 17, 2019
Stanford looks forward to a Frost-y summer
Tucked away in the northeast end of the Stanford University campus and sequestered behind construction fencing for the past several years, the 82-year-old Frost Amphitheater is reopening on May 18, with the 2019 Frost Music & Arts Fest
Friday, 2:36 PM | No comments yetShakespeare: Endgame
Shakespeare nerds -- and here I include myself -- will drink deeply from "All is True," a new work of historical fiction about the great playwright's "retirement" years.
Friday, 2:31 PM | No comments yetFriday, May 10, 2019
Library nonprofit turns to rare and vintage vinyl for latest fundraiser
Henry Yu and Frank McConnell have spent the last two months sorting through boxes and crates filled with vinyl records.
Friday, 6:18 PM | No comments yetHippies, Hells Angels and the Grateful Dead
Some of photographer Irving Penn's best work from the Summer of Love era is on display at Pace Gallery in Palo Alto.
Friday, 6:17 PM | No comments yetPear's 'Slices' delights in Mountain View
Pear Theatre has outdone itself, overall, with "Pear Slices 2019," its annual adventure into new one-act plays.
Friday, 6:15 PM | No comments yetThe thriving spirit of food technology
The Los Altos History Museum last weekend debuted a new exhibit to educate visitors about Silicon Valley's rich food and farming culture, both past and present.
Friday, 6:14 PM | No comments yetElementary, my dear Pokémon
"Pokémon: Detective Pikachu" brings the gigantic global video and card game/anime/comic-book franchise to the big screen in a big way, but it feels more like a sales pitch than a fully realized story.
Friday, 6:12 PM | No comments yetNothing to be blu about
Porta Blu did win me over for the most part: It's a restrained, classy and calm sanctuary with a modern Mediterranean-California sensibility.
Friday, 12:05 PM | 1 comment
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