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Will Hoge and Southern Avenue
Americana and country singer-songwriter Will Hoge, along with blues and soul band Southern Avenue, come to the Guild Theatre for a concert this week. Hoge’s new record, “Sweet Misery,” was just released Aug. 22. “Following the re-recording and re-releases of ‘Carousel’ and ‘Blackbird On A Lonely Wire,’ I found myself really wanting to make a louder, hooky, rock-n-roll band record again,” Hoge wrote in a recent Instagram post. Southern Avenue is a Memphis-based family band that plays Memphis blues, modern soul and gospel-tinged roots music, known for inclusive, message-driven songs. The band’s lineup includes lead vocalist-songwriter Tierinii Jackson; her husband, guitarist-songwriter Ori Naftaly; and her sisters, drummer-vocalist-songwriter Tikyra “T.K.”Jackson and percussionist-violinist-vocalist Ava Jackson.
Aug. 27, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $40-$81; guildtheatre.com.
Feldman’s ‘Festival of Justice & Strength’
Feldman’s Books’ “Festival of Justice & Strength” is a series of events featuring poetry, music, film and storytelling. The four-part symposium is a “gathering of cultural offerings for our community to reflect on the meaning of authentic justice and strength,” store manager Aidan Stone told this news organization in an email. On Aug. 26, catch a a screening of the James Baldwin documentary “I Am Not Your Negro,” with an opening invocation poem by Mimi Tempestt and a Zoom conversation with author and activist Luisah “Yeye” Teish. On Aug. 28, Vecino Lemonade presents live jazz music by Burn Brigham & Smith and Nahima, followed by a dance party with Jack Feldman himself as the DJ. On Aug. 30, Soji Odukogbe and his band offer West African highlife music, with storytelling in person by Teish, moderated by Saeeda Hafiz. Closing out the series is “Poetic Justice” on Sept. 6. Hear San Mateo County Poet Laureate Antonio López, along with fellow poets b.anthony.shepperd, Trey Xavier Watkins and Pharoah Brooks plus local classical guitarist Abshir Miller, exploring the theme of justice through verse and music.
Aug. 26, 6-9 p.m.; Aug. 30 and Sept. 6, 6-8 p.m.; Aug. 28, 7-10 p.m., Feldman’s Books, 1075 Curtis St., Menlo Park; Aug. 26 and 28 and Sept. 6 free/donations accepted; Aug. 30 $25; feldmansbooks.net/events.
Pamela Gullard
Menlo Park author Pamela Gullard comes to Kepler’s to celebrate her latest book of short stories, “Lake Crescent and Other Spirits,” set in the Bay Area and Seattle. In addition to her fiction work, Gullard has published nonfiction histories of Palo Alto, Atherton and Portola Valley with Portola Valley historian Nancy Lund. She also teaches literature and humanities at Menlo College. A wine reception follows Gullard’s Kepler’s presentation.
Aug. 27, 6 p.m., Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $8.34-$27.24 depending on ticket option; keplers.org.
‘Whispers of Bloom’
This is the last week to catch “Whispers of Bloom,” an exhibition of unique floral paintings by Menlo Park-based artist Alice Weil, featured for the month of August at Portola Art Gallery. These pieces mark a departure from Weil’s landscape and still-life works, according to an event description, as she adopted a looser, more impressionistic brush work to give the flowers a light, airy look. Her landscapes capture California scenes, including rolling golden hills and vineyards, and are featured in private collections in North America and Europe.
Monday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., through Aug. 31 at Portola Art Gallery at Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park; portolaartgallery.com.
