What’s up this week: Violent Femmes, comedy, jazz and more
Coming up this week: Violent Femmes’ 45th anniversary tour at The Guild; comedian Marsha Warfield at Stanford Live; Edward Simon Trio in Palo Alto; author Drew Daywalt at Kepler’s and more.
No ‘strangers’ here: Menlo Park author publishes collection of short stories about meeting of cultures
Margaret Kahn draws on a wide-ranging career in linguistics and living abroad to craft the stories in her book “Familiar Strangers: Stories from America and the Middle East.” She’ll discuss the collection March 10 in Redwood City.
Arts news: Film festival call for entries, Music@Menlo season unveiling and more
United Nations Association Film Festival seeks documentary film submissions; Music@Menlo holds Feb. 28 event unveiling its 2026 season and more.
Chinese tea chain plans Bay Area debut in downtown Palo Alto
A Chinese tea chain with more than 10,000 stores globally is making its Bay Area debut – in downtown Palo Alto. Auntea Jenny, specializing in fresh fruit teas and other tea-centric drinks, expects to open this summer along University Avenue.
Bay Area writer pens biography on legendary Stanford women’s basketball coach VanDerveer
Dublin’s Michelle Smith has released her new biography of legendary Stanford University women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer, a book that brought together the two Hall of Famers whose professional relationship dates back some 30 years.
An Atherton resident’s new yogurt brand takes inspiration from her childhood in Korea
Diana Lee is a self-proclaimed yogurt freak. The Atherton resident and Gunn High School alum is so passionate about the gut-friendly, high-protein snack that she quit her tech job to start her own yogurt company – and she’s documenting the entire journey on social media.
“Heated Rivalry” party collaboration between Team Fitness and Books Inc. with trivia, a costume contest and more Feb. 28 at Books Inc. Mountain View
Bay Area blues master Tommy Castro & the Painkillers Feb. 28 at Club Fox
“Primary Trust” March 4-29 at TheatreWorks
Jazz vocalist Paula West: From Dylan to Cole Porter March 6-7 at Meyhouse Palo Alto
“Cathy Lu and Yulia Pinkusevich: Emergence” and “Stella Zhang: Tidal Traces” March 7-May 2 at Qualia Gallery
Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” with Schola Cantorum March 14 at First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto
Edu Ribeiro Trio March 17 presented by Earthwise Productions at Mitchell Park Community Center
Author Maya Shankar shares her book “The Other Side of Change” March 17 at Books Inc. Mountain View
Electronic Frontier Foundation Executive Director Cindy Cohn shares her book “Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance” March 18 at Kepler’s Books
TechFest celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apple March 28 at the Computer History Museum
Nigerian American indie folk musician Uwade April 4 at Stanford Live
Rinconada Book Fair features authors, editors, publishers and writing associations discussing their work April 4 at the Palo Alto Art Center
Country singer-songwriter Brandy Clark May 13 at The Guild Theatre (on sale Feb. 27)
Indie pop with BØRNS, a Bottlerock AfterDark show May 19 at The Guild Theatre (on sale Feb. 27)
“The Toxic Avenger, The Musical” June 4-28 at Los Altos Stage Company
An Evening with Goose Aug. 15 at Frost Amphitheater
San Francisco bone broth cafe is expanding to the Peninsula
A new Peninsula cafe won’t be brewing coffee or steeping tea – it’ll serve bone broth. Trad Bone Broth turned heads with its San Francisco debut in 2022, and now it’s in the process of expanding to downtown Burlingame, with an expected opening in March.
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