Where to celebrate Pride on the Peninsula
Communities are celebrating LGBTQIA+ Pride Month with everything from crafts, storytimes and talks to parades, festivals and flag-raisings. Here’s a sampling of how the Peninsula is celebrating Pride.
What’s up this weekend: New Acoustic Collective, Miranda Liu at Redwood Symphony, ‘Twelfth Night’ and more
Weekend fun includes jazz fusion band New Acoustic Collective at the 2nd Story music series; Los Altos Stage Company opening “Twelfth Night” staged with a “soulful shake-up;” violinist Miranda Liu guesting with the Redwood Symphony; Music on the Square kicking off a summer of free outdoor fun at Courthouse Square; Portola Art Gallery’s Meet the Artist day with photographer Frances Freyberg and a free local music fest in Portola Valley. Plus, Stanford hosts two sold-out nights with Coldplay (resale tickets are still out there for last-minute concertgoers).
Review: Villain takes center stage in West Bay Opera’s ‘Otello’
In presenting one of the more daunting operas in the canon, the company has exceeded all expectations, creating a riveting production of Verdi’s late-life masterpiece.
A Japanese marketplace and full-service restaurant concept is coming to Palo Alto
Grab a bento box and matcha latte to go, peruse a marketplace with Japanese ceramics and fresh vegetables or even enjoy a full-service, Japanese-inspired brunch at a new culinary destination slated to open in Palo Alto by the end of the year.
Brisbane’s award-winning Little Green Cyclo hosts weekend pop-ups and introduces new Vietnamese coffee flavors
For fans of the bold flavor and caffeine buzz of Vietnamese iced coffee who don’t have time to linger in a cafe or prepare the beverage at home, Little Green Cyclo’s ready-to-drink canned coffees offer a convenient – and award-winning – solution.
Redwood City kicks off summer with free concerts and movies
Redwood City is gearing up for another lively summer season packed with free, family-friendly entertainment, kicking off its 19th annual slate of events on May 30.
Author and illustrator Jon Agee presents his new picture book, “George & Lenny Are Always Together” May 30 at Kepler’s Books
Love Flamenco Tour 2025 May 31 at the Fox Theatre
Poets Brandel France de Bravo and Weijia Pan are on hand for a reading and discussion of their new collections, “Locomotive Cathedral” and “Motherlands” June 5 at Books Inc. Palo Alto
“Rhinoceros” through June 8 at Foothill Theatre Arts
“AI Decodes Ancient History:The Herculaneum Scrolls” discussion, in-person and virtual, June 10 at the Computer History Museum
A Taste of Mountain View food, wine and beer walk June 11 on Castro Street, downtown Mountain View
“5 & Dime” June 18-July 13 at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Both Sides Now: The Music & Lives of Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen featuring Robbie Schaefer & Danielle Wertz June 22 at The Guild Theatre
Indian Jazz Journey with Mahesh Kale and George Brooks June 22 at Stanford Jazz Festival
Wobbly World June 25 at The Guild Theatre
Yoko Kubrick: “This Fleeting World” June 28-Aug. 9 at Pamela Walsh Gallery
Guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli, celebrating the 40th anniversary of his debut album July 12 at Stanford Jazz Festival
The Movie Music of Hans Zimmer, with the San Francisco Symphony, part of the Summer@Live festival July 17 at Frost Amphitheater
Folk rockers Dawes takes a stripped-down approach with their (Duo) tour, with the lineup now featuring just brothers Taylor and Griffin Goldsmith Sept. 26 at The Guild Theatre (on sale May 30)
Artful Harvest fundraising gala and auction Sept. 28 at Djerassi Resident Artists Program
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass kickoff paying tribute to Emmylou Harris and marking 25 years of the festival, Oct. 2 at The Masonic, San Francisco
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