Thu, Sep 26

Comic Potential Opening night. City Lights Theater Company's 20th anniversary season opens with British playwright Alan Ayckbourn's comedy about a future where actors have been replaced by robots. 8pm. Also Sat, Sep 28, 8pm, Sun, Sep 29, 7pm, and Wed, Oct 2, 8pm. Ongoing until Sat, Oct 19. $15-$20. City Lights Theater Company of San Jose, 529 S. Second St, San Jose. For more information, call 408.295.4200 or visit www.cltc.org.

Huey Lewis and the News 7:30pm. Also Fri, Sep 27-Sun, Sep 29, 7:30pm. $50-$65. Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, 408.998.TIXS or www.mountainwinery.com.

Jazz at Hakone Gardens Presented by the San Jose Jazz Society. Third Thu of each month. 5-9pm. Free. Hakone Gardens, 21000 Big Basin Way, Saratoga. For more information, call 888.726.5673.

Fri, Sep 27

BÈla Fleck and the Flecktones 8pm. $32-$52. Montalvo, Garden Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

Sat, Sep 28

Joy Harjo Poetry Center San Jose presents poetry by Joy Harjo. Time TBA. San Jose State University, Engineering Auditorium, Seventh and San Fernando Sts, San Jose. For more information, call 408.292.3254.

Sun, Sep 29

Chava Alberstein 8pm. $37-$42. Montalvo, Carriage House Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

Kids ArtSunday Japanese-American storyteller Megumi will perform. 11am-3pm. Free. San Jose Museum of Art, 110 S. Market St, San Jose, 408.271.6840 or www.sjmusart.org.

Pip Clarke For its season opener, the Mission Chamber Orchestra presents virtuoso violinist Pip Clarke. 7pm. $5-$15. Le Petit Trianon Theatre, 72 N. Fifth St, San Jose, 408.286.5111. For more information, call 408.293.6060 or www.missionchamber.org.

Tue, Oct 1

San Francisco Comedy Competition Semi-Finals 7:30pm. Also Wed, Oct 2, 7:30pm. $25-$30. Montalvo, Carriage House Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

Wed, Oct 2

A Skull in Connemara Written by Martin McDonagh. Directed by James Reese. Preview night. 8pm. Also to be previewed Thu, Oct 3-Fri, Oct 4, 8pm. Regular performances begin Sat, Oct 5, 8pm. Ongoing until Sun, Oct 27. $16-$36. San Jose Stage Company, 490 S. First St, San Jose, 408.283.7142 or www.sanjosestage.com.

Ongoing

Brand New Beats Roadshow This exhibition, which features letters, posters, signed books, other printed ephemera and never-before-seen photographs of Beat figures Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The exhibition continues until Oct 25 and is courtesy of Jasmine Stockett, daughter of William Arthur Stockett, who was friends with Cassady and Ferlinghetti. Art Museum of Los Gatos, 4 Tait Ave (corner of Main and Tait), Los Gatos, 408.354.2646.

Camelot Saratoga Drama Group presents Lerner and Loewe's musical version of the King Arthur legend. Fri, Sep 27-Sat, Sep 28, 8pm, and Sun, Sep 29, 2:30pm. Ongoing until Sat, Oct 12. $16-$20. Saratoga Civic Theater, Fruitvale and Allendale Ave, Saratoga. For more information, call 408.264.3110 or visit www.sdg.to/page.html.

The Drawer Boy San Jose Repertory Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of playwright Michael Healey's The Drawer Boy. Directed by John McCluggage. Thu, Sep 26-Fri, Sep 27, 8pm. Sat, Sep 28, 3pm and 8pm. Sun, Sep 29, 2pm and 7pm. $20-$48. San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose. For more information, call 408.367.7255 or visit www.sjrep.com.

La Cenerentola Opera San Jose presents Rossini's 1817 take on the Cinderella story. The opera will be performed in Italian, with English translations. Thu, Sep 26, 8pm, Sat, Sep 28, 8pm, and Sun, Sep 29, 3pm. $40!=$58. Montgomery Theater, Market and San Carlos St, San Jose. For more information, call 408.437.4450 or visit www.operasj.org.

Once on This Island Presented by Sunnyvale Community Players. Fri, Sep 27, 8pm, Sat, Sep 28, 8pm, and Sun, Sep 29, 2:30pm. Ongoing until Sun, Oct 6. $13-$18. Sunnyvale Community Center Theatre, 550 E. Remington Dr, Sunnyvale. For more information, call 408.732.2311 or visit www.sunnyvaleplayers.org.

Playwriting Workshop This six-week workshop for beginning to intermediate writers will focus on various aspects of writing for the stage, including dialogue, plot structure, format, symbolism and character development. Students will analyze and discuss published plays, as well as their own works. Instructor: Marc David Pinate. Thu, until Oct 24, 6-8:45pm. $20. MACLA, 510 S. First St, San Jose, 408.938.3402.

Ragtime TheatreWorks presents the Tony-winning musical version of the E.L. Doctorow novel. Ongoing until Wed, Oct 2. $20-$45. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, Castro St, Mountain View, 650.903.6000 or www.theatreworks.org.

San Jose Museum of Art "Beaware: Teens Aware." An exhibition of artwork created by San Jose teens. Ends Sep 29. "Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950-2000--Part I." Ends Oct 13. This exhibition will present works by California's most inventive and adventurous women artists. "Parallels and Intersections: Art/Women/California, 1950-2000--Part I." Ends Nov 3. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, Fri, 11am-10pm, closed Mon. 110 S. Market St, San Jose, 408.294.2787.

Stanford's Cantor Arts Center "Salviati at Stanford: Venetian Glass of the 1890s." 120 19th-century Venetian glass vessels by the Venetian firm Salviati & Company, including all the techniques, styles and colors that have made the Venetian island of Murano famous. Guest curator: Carol Osborne. Ends Dec 29. "Contemporary Reflections of Venetian Glass." This small exhibition, includes work by the Italian maestro Lino Tagliapietra and his American contemporaries, ends Dec 29. Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Museum Way (off Palm Dr), 650.723.4177 or www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva.