What’s up this week: Glam swing music, interactive public art, a festival of new plays and more
Lizzy & The Triggermen bring swanky swing to Filoli, plus, get a sneak peek at new plays in development at TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival, contribute to a public art project or get your very own “customized compliments” and more.
Sacred scenes and infinite sounds: Mountain View’s Community School of Music and Arts hosts art reception and concert
Pragati Sharma Mohanty’s mixed-media work and a performance of Indian classical music and dance from renowned artists will be featured at free Aug. 8 event, which also kicks off CSMA’s fall concert series.
Title pages: Summer reads for everyone
Mysteries, fantasy tales and real-world explorations of writing, history and science are on this season’s reading list.
Stanford professor’s memoir captures hard work that makes history, including ‘saving baseball’
“Those Who Travail and Are Heavy Laden” offers insights into historic gains in labor law and civil rights — some of which may again be in peril.
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Performing arts
Review: The Pear’s annual new play festival puts twist on timely topics
The eight short plays featured in this year’s ‘Pear Slices’ include Shakespearean trad-wives, sleep-disordered fairytale…
Music
What’s up this weekend: Save Ferris, all-star festival finale, vintage computers, pianist Carmen Staaf and more
This weekend, Save Ferris brings ska punk to the Guild; plus jazz festival’s grand finale; a celebration of old-school tech, a youth theater cabaret and…
Visual arts & more
Los Altos school librarian’s new humorous mystery follows an octogenarian scam victim out for revenge
Palo Alto-raised author Gordon Jack says ‘Poppy Montgomery Gets Even’ celebrates the “joy of the amateur sleuth.” The book is Jack’s debut mystery novel, but…
