Downtown Palo Alto’s NODE is dedicated to digital art
Do android dogs bark at electric sheep? Find out when you meet artist Beeple’s pack of robot dogs bearing the faces of tech leaders and artists — and experience more digital art in the latest show at NODE in downtown Palo Alto.
Review: Foothill Theatre Arts’ ‘Oliver Twist’ embraces Victorian camp and grit
Charles Dickens was clever, pointed in his social commentary — and not subtle. Neil Bartlett’s quirky, dark adaptation of “Oliver Twist” has fun living up to that, even without singing and dancing. The show runs through June 7.
Review: Politics, lust and religion bring topical high drama in ‘Tosca’
West Bay Opera is presenting Puccini’s notorious potboiler with excellent voices in primary roles through May 31.
EPACENTER throws a party with the Queen of Percussion
Grammy-winning percussionist headlines a bash on May 30 at nonprofit arts center, joined by aerial dancers BANDALOOP.
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Performing Arts
‘Vertical dance’ troupe shows young artists the ropes
Ahead of their May 30 show at EPACENTER, Oakland’s BANDALOOP taught the center’s dance team…
Music
What’s up this week: Larkin Poe, ‘Oliver Twist,’ ‘Steve Jobs in Exile’ and more
This holiday week, hear from Grammy-winning Americana duo Larkin Poe; visit Victorian London with a gritty adaptation of “Oliver Twist”; find out what Steve Jobs…
Visual arts & more
Stanford journalist’s new book explores dark side of university’s relationship with Silicon Valley
Theo Baker, whose reporting led to the resignation of the university’s president, looks at how Silicon Valley has shaped Stanford in his new book, “How…
