Around the world in a weekend: Dance festival celebrates ‘mosaic of cultures’
The Peninsula International Dance Festival, taking place July 19-20, brings together 21 companies and 250 dancers, representing cultures on five continents.
Woodside artist’s works turn over a new leaf
Gold leaf illuminates Amy Rattner’s portraits of local wildlife in her ‘Simplicity & Elegance in Nature’ show at Los Altos’ Viewpoints Gallery.
What’s up this weekend: John Santos & Yilian Cañizares, Music@Menlo, Djerassi open studios, IMUA Hawaii Festival and more
This weekend, Yilian Cañizares teams up with John Santos Sextet for a concert of Afro-Cuban rhythms with jazz and classical influences; art and science inspire each other at Leonardo@Djerassi open studios; ukulele master Jake Shimabukuro headlines the IMUA Hawaii Festival; Music@Menlo launches a three-week program celebrating chamber ensembles; Portola Art Gallery celebrates California’s natural beauty and visitors can enjoy hands-on art at Community School of Music and Arts’ Community Day.
Sushi Sam’s is reborn with familiar hands in a new San Mateo location
For 36 years, Sushi Sam’s Edomata served as the cultural epicenter for sushi on the Peninsula. When eponymous chef-owner Sam Sugiyama retired and closed the restaurant in December, there was a fear that perhaps another Bay Area culinary institution had been lost.
‘The best damn party in Palo Alto’: Cedar & Sage to bring robust wine program, live music to Stanford Shopping Center
Stanford Shopping Center is getting a swanky debut concept created by the team behind The Winery Restaurant & Wine Bar, an upscale fine dining restaurant that has been in Orange County since 2007.
Comedian Sabrina Wu July 17-19 at Rooster T. Feathers
Sibling creator duo Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm present their latest installment in the “SUNNY” series July 19 at Kepler’s Books
Reception for “California Sanctuaries,” with works by artist Robin Dosskey July 26 at Environmental Volunteers’ EcoCenter
Comedian Elena Gabrielle July 27 at RWC Hub
Grammy-winning trumpeter Randy Brecker Aug. 1 at Meyhouse Palo Alto
Singer-songwriter Haley Reinhart Aug. 2 at the Fox Theatre
Jazz violinist Mads Tolling with improv guitarist Bruce Forman Aug. 8 at Meyhouse Palo Alto
10 Years of Upstage Theater celebration Aug. 9 at Mountain View Center for Performing Arts
Neil Simon’s comedy “Plaza Suite” Aug. 21-Sept. 14 at Hillbarn Theatre
Caribbean garage blues rock with Moonlight Benjamin Sept. 11 at Club Fox
Palo Alto Philharmonic performs a baroque concert, with select soloists and small ensembles performing music from the 16th-18th centuries Sept. 13 at First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto
Khachapuri Trio plays arrangements of music by Chick Corea, Julius Hemphill and Kurt Weill Sept. 21 presented by Earthwise Productions at the Palo Alto Art Center
’80s favorites with Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey Sept. 25 at The Guild Theatre (on sale July 18)
Amanda Uhle, publisher and executive director of McSweeney’s, shares her memoir, “Destroy This House,” in conversation with author Dave Eggers Sept. 30 at Kepler’s Books
Center of the Universe LLC presents “Silicon Valley Twelfth Night,” a retelling of Shakespeare’s comedy set in a future where artificial intelligence thrives, Oct. 17-18 at the Mountain View Center for Performing Arts
Bennewitz Quartet performs works by Haydn, Janáček and Dvořák Oct. 19 at Music at Kohl Mansion
Uyghur restaurant Kusan Bazaar expands to Mountain View
A second Uyghur restaurant has opened in Mountain View. Kusan Bazaar, founded in December in Milpitas as a sister restaurant to Kusan Uyghur Cuisine in San Jose, soft opened at the former location of Jersey Mike’s Subs at the end of June.
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