Los Gatos Weekly-Times The Prowler While prowling around the Santa Cruz Mountains, this cat heard of an event that combines fundraising, art, music and food in one place--the Loma Prieta Community Center. On Feb. 6 and 7 from 2 to 6 p.m., Australian artist Allan Duffy--who prefers his last name as his only moniker--exhibits several dozen colorful, framed, numbered and signed editions of his artwork, which depicts Australian landscapes, plants, animals and Aboriginal sites. Among the titles that piqued the curiosity of this cat are "Morning at the Billabong," "White Light on the Darling River," "Initiation Site: Mootwingee," "Ghost Gum Saplings" and "Cave of the Old People." This exhibition, Outback and Beyond, is Duffy's first California showing. It's also a fundraiser for the Loma Prieta Community Foundation through the $5 donation for admission. Traditional didgeridoo music will play at the LPCC, with refreshments by Webster Catering of Los Gatos. For directions, call 353-4407. The epitome of "local girl makes good," Nona Mock Wyman, will be in town Feb. 4 from 11 a.m. to noon to talk about her life and her 1997 book, Chopstick Childhood in a Town of Silver Spoons. The narrative tells of Wyman's life from a orphaned toddler at Los Gatos' old Ming Quong home for Chinese girls to a successful Bay Area businesswoman, author, artist, wife and mother. The Prowler thinks Wyman has truly come full circle, as the venue for her presentation, the Presbyterian Church of Los Gatos, is where little Nona received her first Bible. Additionally, the Ming Quong operation was originally an outgrowth of a San Francisco branch of the Presbyterian Church. [ Back to Contents Page | Los Gatos Weekly-Times Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, February 3, 1999. ©1999 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.