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Village Briefs
SHS band gives March 4 concert
The Saratoga High School Symphonic Band, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra perform a free concert, Music for a New Millennium, on March 4 at 8 p.m. at West Valley College, 14000 Fruitvale Ave in Saratoga. The program features guest artist Charlotte McManus on clarinet and Naoki Taniguchi on alto sax.
A reception follows. Call 408.867.3411 ext. 227.
AAUW fundraiser benefits homeless
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Branch of the American Association of University Women holds its 12th annual English Tea on March 4 at Sacred Heart Church, 13724 Saratoga Ave. Doors open at 12:45 p.m. for a silent auction. The cast of the West Valley Light Opera Group's upcoming musical, The Boyfriend, provide the entertainment. Tea and refreshments commence at 2 p.m.
The event is a benefit for the Georgia Travis Center, InnVision and the San Jose Family Shelter, which serve homeless women and their children. Cost is $20 per person. For reservations, call 408.867.0108.
Four past artist residents exhibit at Montalvo Gallery
The Gallery at Montalvo's new exhibit, Four Montalvo Artists Reflect on Organic Forms, features mixed media by former Montalvo artists-in-residence Claire Beaulieu of Canada, Nicole Lenzi of Baltimore, Glen Rogers of Oakland and Kerry Vander Meer of Oakland. The exhibit runs March 5 through April 2.
Beaulieu has devised a symbolic visual language involving leaves, embryos and other references to gestation and fertility. Lenzi explores the rose, a longtime symbol of love, in large charcoal and pastel drawings. Rogers, while staying at Montalvo, collected a variety of leaves and seed pods that now show up in canvases that delve into topics of nature, spirit and the interconnectedness of things. Vander Meer's emphasis is on the beauty and ecological fragility of frogs.
The public is invited to an artists' reception on March 5 from 2 to 4 p.m. Regular gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m. The Gallery at Montalvo is at 15400 Montalvo Road in Saratoga. For information, call 408.961.5813 or visit www.villamontalvo.org.
Willys Peck will speak at Friends meeting
The Friends of the Saratoga Libraries will feature Willys Peck as the speaker at their meeting March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the community room at the Saratoga Community Library, located on the corner of Saratoga and Fruitvale avenues.
Peck, who is Saratoga's best historian by many accounts of people in the community, will be speaking on the background of the Saratoga library. Peck writes the Stereopticon column for the Saratoga News.
The meeting is open to the public. Call Ruth Gipstein for more information at 408.867.4461.
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