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Community Briefs
Sunnyvale presents Evening of Cultural Arts Series
Wesla Whitfield will perform on April 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. as part of the Evening of Cultural Art Series 2002, which is sponsored by the city of Sunnyvale. Whitfield is a gifted performer who was trained in classical music and opera.
Whitfield performs in New York's Algonquin Hotel, Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall and was invited by Hillary Rodham Clinton to sing at the White House. Accompanied by jazz great Mike Greensill on the piano, Whitfield's 10 recordings and worldwide performances have garnered numerous national television, radio and written media credits.
Tickets are $20 general admission, $18 seniors and students. The performance will be held at the Sunnyvale Community Center Theatre, located at 550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale. For more information, call 408.733.6611.
Senior center holds weekly ceramics classes
The Sunnyvale Senior Center will hold ceramics classes for beginners on Mondays 8:30-11:30 a.m. from April 1 until May 20. The beginning class will teach how to cast liquid into molds and clean and decorate ceramic pieces. An intermediate and advanced class will be held during the same dates, but from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. This class will teach advanced decorating techniques, new glazes, staining, airbrush, decals and more.
The classes will be held in the Sunnyvale Senior Center room 505, and the instructor is Helen Jurado. The fee for the class is $33 or a resident fee of $27.
The Sunnyvale Senior Center is located at 820 W. McKinley Ave. For more information, call 408.730.7360.
Acclaimed Choraliers host concert for Our Daily Bread
The internationally acclaimed Choraliers of San Jose State University will give a benefit concert for Our Daily Bread on April 7 at 3 p.m. at St. Thomas Episcopal Church. The concert will be a tribute to the program's volunteers and will mark its 19th anniversary.
The Choraliers will perform a range of sacred music for Easter and popular songs from their recent tour of the Hawaiian Islands. The group is making an encore appearance in Sunnyvale, having sung a short program for the program's anniversary dinner last year. The concert will take place in the church sanctuary.
The church is located at Sunset and McKinley avenues (four blocks west of Town Center) in Sunnyvale. A $10 donation is requested per ticket. Everyone is invited and ordering tickets early is encouraged, as seating is limited, and the concert is expected to sell out. Tickets are available from the church office at 408.736.4155.
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