Thu, July 17

Bat Boy TheatreWorks presents the regional premiere of a new musical inspired by a tabloid story about a boy who is half-human, half-bat. Preview night, 8pm. Opens Sat, July 19, 8pm. Sun, July 20, 2pm, Tue, July 22, 7:30pm, Wed, July 23, 8pm. $20-$48.
Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, 650.903.6000 or www.theatreworks.org.

Lysistrata Stanford Summer Theatre presents the anicent Greek comedy by Aristophanes about women who keep their men from going to war by threatening to bar them from the bedroom. Starring renowned Bay Area actor Geoff Hoyle. Opening night, 8pm. Also plays Fri, July 18-Sat, July 19, 8pm, Sun, July 20, 7pm. Thru Aug 9. $17-$25. Pigott Theater, Stanford University campus. For more information, call 650.725.5838 or see www.stanfordtheater.org.

Music in the Park The annual free outdoor music series continues with a performance by Caribbean Pulse performing reggae. 5pm-8:15pm. Free. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, Market and San Fernando streets, San Jose, 408.279.1775 or www.sjdowntown.com.

Musical Images From Nature A concert featuring harpsichordist Elaine Thornburgh. Presented in conjunction with the exhibit "The Changing Garden." 7pm. Free. Cantor Center for the Arts, Stanford University Campus, 650.723.4177 or www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva.

The Rippingtons Smooth jazz supergroup the Rippingtons performs. 7:30pm. $30-$60. Garden Theatre, Villa Montalvo, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.961.5858.

Starmites Children's Musical Theatre of San Jose presents a rock & roll science-fiction adventure featuring a cast of local youth ages 6-13. A musical production for all ages. Opening night, 7pm. Also plays: Fri, July 18, 7pm, Sat, July 19, noon, 4pm and 8pm, Sun, July 20, 1pm and 5pm. $11-$15. Montgomery Theatre, Market and San Carlos streets, San Jose, 408.288.5437 or www.cmtsj.org.

Triton Museum of Art Reception and gallery walk for the new exhibit "New Works by California Artists: Ev Thomas." 6pm-8pm. 1505 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara, 408.247.3754 or www.tritonmuseum.org.

Fri, July 18

Guys and Dolls Foothill Music Theatre presents the classic 1950s musical about a romance that unexpectedly blooms between a tough-guy gambler and a well-intentioned missionary. Preview night, 8pm. Opens Sat, July 19, 8pm. Also plays Sun, July 20, 2:30pm. Thru Sun, Aug 10. $10-$24. Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills, 650.949.7360 or www.acteva.com/go/foothillboxoffice.

India.Arie The Grammy-winning R&B artist performs. 8pm. $50-$60. $115 ticket includes a dessert reception with India.Arie following the performance. Garden Theatre, Villa Montalvo, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.961.5858.

WORKS/San Jose Opening day for "Poker Face," a site-specific installation which includes sculpture, photography, electromechanics, projections and performance. 7pm-9pm. Thru Aug 15. 30 N. Third St, San Jose, 408.295.8378 or www.workssanjose.org.

Sat, July 19

Sunset Concerts The Brazilian Guitar Quartet performs in what will mark the last concert for quartet member Paul Galbraith. 7pm. $12-$20. St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 20 University Ave, Los Gatos, 408.354.4560.

Sun, July 20

Roseanne Cash The country-folk singer performs. Concert openers are Dar Williams and also the Waifs. 3pm. $22-$52. Garden Theatre, Villa Montalvo, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.961.5858.

Mon, July 21

Summer Sings Local choral group Schola Cantorum hosts a series of weekly choral sing-alongs. Scores provided. Thru Aug 18. Featured this week: "Handel's Messiah" with guest conductor Claire Giovannetti, director of Music Ministries at St. Charles Catholic Church. 7:30pm. $6. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St, Mountain View, 650.903.6000.

Tue, July 22

A Sweet Thing Bossa Nova and Brazilian jazz. 8pm. Inca Gardens Peruvian Restaurant, 87 E. San Fernando St, San Jose, 408.977.0816.

Wed, July 23

Eat the Runt Renegade Theatre Experiment presents a unique play in which during each performance the audience chooses which actor will play which role. Preview night, 8pm. Also previews Thu, July 24, 8pm. Opens Fri, July 25, 8pm. $10-$18. Benson Theatre, Bellarmine High School, Elm Street and Emory Avenue, San Jose, 408.351.4440.

The Pete Best Band A celebration of Beatles' music with original Beatles drummer Pete Best and his band. With special guests the Sub-Mersians. 6:30pm and 9pm. $20. King's Head Pub, 201 Orchard Drive, Campbell, 408.871.2499.

Ongoing

Art Museum of Los Gatos "Faces of Los Gatos," photography by SVCN photographer George Sakkestad and "Designs on Los Gatos," graphic work by Tharp Did It. Thru Sun, July 27. Open Wed-Sun, noon-4pm. Art Museum of Los Gatos, 4 Tait Ave, Los Gatos, 408.354.0071.

Children's Theatre in the Park "James and the Giant Peach," presented by Peninsula Youth Theatre and the city of Mountain View. Fri, July 18, 6:30pm. Free. ParkStage at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St, Mountain View, 650.903.6000.

Cookin' at the Cookery San Jose Repertory Theatre presents a musical about jazz legend Alberta Hunter. Thu, July 17-Fri, July 18, 8pm. Sat, July 19, 3pm and 8pm, Sun, July 20, 2pm and 7pm, Tue, July 22-Wed, July 23, 8pm. $26-$66. San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, 408.367.7255 or www.sjrep.com.

Concerts in the Mountains Harmonica virtuoso Buddy Greene. Sat, July 19, 8pm. Free. Optional pre-concert buffet dinner $15. Call for dinner reservations. Mt. Hermon Christian Conference Center, 37 Conference Drive, Mount Hermon (near Felton), 831.335.4466 or www.mounthermon.org.

CTC Summer Rep California Theatre Center presents its Summer Rep season of four plays. Alan Ayckbourn's TV satire "Comic Potential" plays Sat, July 19, 8pm. "ART," Yasmina Reza's witty examination of art and friendship, plays Wed, July 16, 8pm, Sun, July 20, 2pm and 7pm. "Lost in Hollywood," a comedy about early filmmaking by CTC artistic director Gayle Cornelison plays Thu, July 17, 8pm. Moliere's "The Miser" plays Fri, July 18, 8pm, Sat, July 19, 4pm. $18-$25. Sunnyvale Community Center, 550 E. Remington Dr, Sunnyvale, 408.720.0873 or www.ctcinc.org.

de Saisset Museum "Cut, Copy, Paste: The Art of Contemporary Collage," Thru Aug 3. Tue-Sun, 11am-4pm. 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, 408.554.4528

Upcoming

San Jose Museum of Art Opening day for "Keith Carter: Poet of the Ordinary," an exhibit of black-and-white photography. Sat, July 26. Exhibit runs thru Sep 14. 110 S. Market St, San Jose, 408.271.6840 or www.sjmusart.org.

Opera in the Park The San Jose Opera Guild co-sponsors this Music in the Park performance by Opera San Jose. Sun, July 27, 5pm-7pm. Free. Los Gatos Civic Center, 110 E. Main St, Los Gatos. Those who choose may attend a post-performance buffet dinner catered by Kuleto's. 7pm. $52 per person. Call for reservations. 408.356.3034.