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Meet me at midnight: 36 New Year’s Eve festivities on the Peninsula
Whether your ideal New Year’s Eve celebration is a family-friendly affair at an earlier house, a multicourse meal with bubbly or a rousing party where you can dance the night away, the Peninsula has you covered. Here’s what’s happening around the region.
Menlo Park Fire will be the first in the U.S. to use new AR tool
Menlo Park Fire Protection District will become the first in the nation to use a hands-free augmented reality tool that will make navigating through smoke, darkness and high heat easier.
Woman arrested in San Mateo in connection to theft of $1,000 in merch from Macy’s
A woman was arrested for allegedly stealing over $1,000 worth of merchandise from a Macy’s store in San Mateo on Monday, according to the San Mateo Police Department.
Legislature gets used to special sessions: 2024 California year in review
On the final night of the session, Aug. 31, Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special session so the Legislature could pass bills intended to lower gas prices for Californians by requiring oil companies to increase their reserves. It was, at that point, the second special session in as many years, […]
Exploring the Grateful Dead’s early stomping grounds: Bookstores, music shops — and the reopening of the pizza parlor site where it all started
To celebrate the anniversary of the initial jam session between Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir on New Year’s Eve 1963 that led to the founding of the Grateful Dead in Palo Alto, we’ve decided to explore the band’s early stomping grounds in Menlo Park and Palo Alto that are considered significant places of importance in the group’s history.
Macarena to serve tapas, paella in Palo Alto’s former Bird Dog space
An upscale Spanish restaurant is coming to the former Bird Dog space. Macarena, a traditional Spanish restaurant serving tapas and paella, is scheduled to open in downtown Palo Alto in February.
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Holiday Light Show
Dancers in the Park in collaboration with Redwood City Parks, Recreation & Community Services present a 20-minute light show, featuring holiday tunes, thousands of blinking lights and a laser-lit sky at Red Morton Park.
Art: ‘Life is a Joy – Works Inspired by Tomorrow and Yesterday’
Portola Art Gallery presents oil paintings by Marsha Heimbecker. Meet the artist at the gallery Jan. 4 and 6, or by appointment.
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Stage: ‘Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley’
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents a “Pride and Prejudice” sequel, a romantic comedy focused on a different Bennet sister: bookish Mary, who is tired of being in the middle of her sisters’ romantic mishaps.
Art: ‘Spirit House’ Tour
The Cantor Arts Center hosts a free public tour of its “Spirit House” exhibition, which investigates how contemporary artists of Asian descent challenge the boundary between life and death through art.
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