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This weekend, catch a residency with jazz luminaries Steven Bernstein, Wayne Horvitz and James Singleton in Palo Alto, plus concerts with Nigerian musician Soji Odukogbe, performer and educator Chrysi Nanou and Cuban Jazz Quartet; lend a hand with habitat restoration at Cooley Landing, get a novella signed by author Dave Eggers and tour a cemetery where many locals of note are buried, including Steve Jobs and The Grateful Dead’s Pigpen.
Bernstein, Horvitz and Singleton’s Tricoastal Consortium
Three jazz luminaries come together for a trio of performances in Palo Alto, presented by Earthwise Productions. Composer and slide trumpet player Steven Bernstein, composer and pianist Wayne Horvitz and composer and upright bass player James Singleton together form the new group Tricoastal Consortium. Bernstein wrote on Instagram that he was excited for the project, collaborating with two “musicians who share love for the same things I do … groove, melody and mystery.”
Nov. 21-23, 8 p.m., Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto; $23.18; .eventbrite.com.
Soji Odukogbe
Funky Nigerian musician Soji Odukogbe and his West African highlife band return to Feldman’s for a lively, joyful concert that the books store and event space calls “the equivalent of our Thanksgiving celebration.” Odukogbe is the former guitarist for the legendary Afrobeat star Fela Kuti and is now based in the Bay Area, where he’s been associated with East Palo Alto’s Redtone Records.
Nov. 23, 6-8 p.m., Feldman’s Books, 1075 Curtis St., Menlo Park; $33.85; eventbrite.com.
Chrysi Nanou’s ‘The Known World’
Performer and educator Chrysi Nanou will offer a free community concert at Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA), where she is a faculty member. “The Known World – Music for Piano and Mixed Media for and from a Changing Climate,” features work by contemporary composers addressing environmental issues. Incorporating electronic sounds and video along with piano, “these pieces together create an instantly compelling palette, one that simultaneously combines current music technologies with ideas, materials, and traditions inspired by the natural world,” according to CSMA’s description. Originally from Greece, Nanou has trained, performed and lectured internationally.
Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m., Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View; free; arts4all.org.
Cuban Jazz Quartet
Cuban Jazz Quartet, including Einar “Tito” Leliebre Nuñez on percussion, Ernesto Mazar Kindelán on bass, guitarist Kai Lyons and Larry Vuckovich on piano, will perform for two nights (two shows each evening) at Meyhouse Palo Alto, which continues to serve as a local jazz hotspot. The first night will feature Charlie McCarthy on sax and flute, while the second includes John Calloway on flute, according to Meyhouse’s event listings.
Nov. 22 and 23, performances at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., Meyhouse Palo Alto 640 Emerson St., Palo Alto; $55; meyhouserestaurant.com/calendar.
Habitat Restoration at Cooley Landing
Local environmental nonprofits Grassroots Ecology and Peninsula Open Space Trust host a volunteer opportunity to install native plants and support biodiversity in tidal salt marsh habitat at the Bay, home to many wildlife species including the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and Ridgway’s rail. The planting and watering will be followed by a short guided walk. Gloves, tools and snacks will be provided. Bring a reusable water bottle, and dress suitably for outdoor work.
Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. to noon, Cooley Landing, 2100 Bay Road, East Palo Alto; volunteers must register and approve a waiver; eventbrite.com.
Walking Tour of Alta Mesa Memorial Park
The Ethical Culture Society of Silicon Valley hosts an easy, guided walk through Palo Alto’s Alta Mesa Memorial Park, the final resting place of many locals of note, including Steve Jobs, David Packard, Shirley Temple Black, William Shockley and many others. On this stroll, participants will learn about these historical figures and contemplate their legacies. Other famous folks at Alta Mesa include The Grateful Dead’s Pigpen (Ronald McKernan), architect Birge Clark and musician Tennessee Ernie Ford.
Nov. 24, 3 p.m., Alta Mesa Memorial Park, 695 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto; free; meetup.com/ethical-culture-society-of-silicon-valley/events.
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is a bestselling author, an editor and a publisher. His vast catalog of work even includes more than a dozen children’s books — he signed the most recent of those, a picture book called “The Eyes and the Impossible,” in a visit to Kepler’s Books in spring 2023. Eggers returns to the store to sign new novellas in his “The Forgetters” series, each capturing a stand-alone short story in a pocket-sized hardcover minibook. The short stories offer slices of life, from “The Keeper of the Ornaments,” about an older gentleman whose quiet life is interrupted by the arrival of a loud young family nextdoor that may shift his own self-image for the better and “The Comebacker,” about a beat reporter covering the San Francisco Giants, who finds a fascinating and thoughtful subject with the arrival of an unusual new pitcher from the minor leagues.
Nov. 24, 4:30 p.m., at Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real #100, Menlo Park. keplers.org.
