What’s up this weekend: Sheila E., Coast Live Music, gallery’s afternoon of music and dance and more
This weekend, Queen of Percussion Sheila E. drops by an early Super Bowl party hosted by a local NFL luminary; Portola Valley chamber music series starts new season; Palo Alto gallery hosts an afternoon of dance and music, and more.
Welcome to his world: ‘David Yazbek: My Broadway’ comes to Mountain View
Fresh off a second Grammy win this week, composer David Yazbek shares his life in show business in a one-night only performance at TheatreWorks Feb. 8.
The joy of Jane: Jane Austen Reader’s Theatre group offers free performances in Redwood City
The pleasure of hearing – and sharing – Jane Austen’s singular voice aloud is one of the reasons Peninsula actor Kristin Hall founded Jane Austen Reader’s Theatre, which presents free readings of Austen’s work by local actors at The Yard Coffee in Redwood City.
What’s up this weekend: Corey Harris, The Sklar Brothers, Gary Clark Jr. and more
This weekend brings shows by eclectic acoustic guitarist Corey Harris, Grammy-winning blues artist Gary Clark Jr., a concert highlighting African American composers living and historic, a book of letters written by Stanford students throughout the university’s history and identical-twin comedy team Jason and Randy Sklar.
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Performing Arts
Review: ‘Yoga Play’ sorts the poses from the posers
Dipika Guha’s “Yoga Play” is a hoot, a sendup of culture clashes and stereotypes about…
Music
Longstanding band builds a musical fellowship in Menlo Park
Traditional jazz band Cafe Borrone All-Stars celebrates its 35th anniversary on Jan. 23.
Visual arts & more
Palo Alto author writes his own ‘ticket’
This fall saw the publication of a book collecting the first two years of Keith Raffel’s nationally syndicated column.
