Foothill Music Theatre’s ‘The Prom’ features a doctor in the house
Stanford pediatric cardiologist Leo Lopez takes on a very different role in Foothill Music Theatre’s production of ‘The Prom,’ running Feb. 28-March 16.

Arts: Natalie Dessay, George Brooks, Mardi Gras with Jazz Mafia and more
This week features performances by soprano Natalie Dessay and saxophonist George Brooks; a Mardi Gras celebration with music collective Jazz Mafia; the debut of an original musical by Stanford students that delves into eating disorders; and a history-inspired scavenger hunt at Hidden Villa.
Little libraries, big ideas: How Little Free Library stewards on the Peninsula strive to strengthen their communities, one book at a time
For more than a decade now, Little Free Libraries have been popping up in neighborhoods across the country and the world.
How a San Mateo woman turned her home into a brunch and tea party microkitchen
A new Peninsula reservation-only brunch and tea party spot isn’t located downtown or in a strip mall – it’s inside owner Christina Wu’s home in the San Mateo Highlands.

Mother-son duo opens French bistro with prix fixe dinner and nonalcoholic beverage pairings
When Sohei Lappen graduated college with a degree in criminal justice in 2019, opening a restaurant wasn’t on his to-do list. But in January, he and his mother, Michiyo Lappen, opened Hapa Bistro, a small French restaurant in San Bruno offering a prix fixe dinner menu and à la carte lunch.
This new bakery specializes in roll cakes and burnt Basque cheesecakes in flavors like hojicha, matcha and Thai tea
Tucked behind a Japanese izakaya along El Camino Real is a small white building with a sign reading “Temp & Time.” And while visually it may be easy to glance over, the vanilla-perfumed scent of freshly baked cakes is an unmistakable clue that it’s a bakery.


Blues jam with the Volker Strifler Band March 5 at Club Fox
Comedian Aida Rodriguez March 6-9 at Rooster T. Feathers
“Fly By Night” March 6-23 at Hillbarn Theatre
Tony Lindsay March 7-8 at Meyhouse Palo Alto
Fantastic Negrito album release party March 8 at The Guild Theatre
Laila Lalami March 14 at Kepler’s Books
“A Musical Journey” March 16 presented by Foothill Symphonic Winds
TACO (Terrible Adult Chamber Orchestra) 15th anniversary celebration and tribute to Nancy Bloomer Deussen March 30 at De Anza College
Joshua Bell April 5 at Stanford Live
Don Quixote and three world premieres April 11-12 presented by Peninsula Ballet Theatre
BALTHVS’ BottleRock AfterDark show May 21 at The Guild Theatre
Matisyahu May 26 at The Guild Theatre (on sale Feb. 28)
Smuin’s Dance Series 2 May 29-June 1 at Mountain View Center for Performing Arts
Midnight North June 29 at The Guild Theatre (on sale Feb 28)
neil young and the chrome hearts Sept. 12 at Shoreline Amphitheatre (on sale Feb. 28)
Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks Oct. 4 at Levi Stadium (on sale March 7)
CODE:Art interactive media festival Oct. 12-14 in downtown Palo Alto
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