Thu, Sep 19

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20th anniversary season opens with British playwright Alan Ayckbourn's comedy about a future where actors have been replaced by robots. 8pm.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 21, 8pm, Sun, Sep 22, 7pm, and Wed, Sep 25, 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.

Etta James 7:30pm. $42-$70. Montalvo, Garden Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

George Strait 7pm. $49.50-$59.50. Compaq Center, 525 W. Santa Clara St, San Jose, 408.998.TIXS or www.compaqcenteratsanjose.com.

Camelot

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.

Wynonna Also: Heath Hyche. 7:30pm. $35-$65. Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, 408.998.TIXS or www.mountainwinery.com.

Fri, Sep 20

Cornelius Eady and Meg Kearny Poetry Center San Jose presents poetry readings by Cornelius Eady, the author of Brutal Imagination and The Gathering of My Name, and Meg Kearny, the associate director of the National Book Foundation. 7:30pm. Free. (On Sat, Sep 21, Eady and Kearny will give a poetry workshop at 10am.) Le Petit Trianon, 72 N. Fifth St, San Jose. For more information, call 408.292.3254.

Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson 8pm. $43-$68. Montalvo, Garden Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

Sat, Sep 21

Celia Cruz 4pm. $42-$52. Montalvo, Front Lawn, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

Sun, Sep 22

Ali Akbar Khan 7:30pm. $30-$50. Montalvo, Garden Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

Womyn's Intuition The artists' lecture series continues with a lecture by Chinese-American artist Hung Liu. 3pm. $10. San Jose Museum of Art, 110 S. Market St, San Jose, 408.271.6840 or www.sjmusart.org.

Tue, Sep 24

Hall & Oates 7:30pm. $45-$55. Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, 408.998.TIXS or www.mountainwinery.com.

Wed, Sep 25

Brad Paisley 7:30pm. $36-$56. Montalvo, Garden Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

Ongoing

Blast! American Musical Theatre of San Jose presents the Bay Area premiere of the 2001 Tony winner for Best Theatrical Event. Tue-Fri, 8pm. Sat, 2pm and 8pm. Sun, 1pm and 6:30pm. Ongoing until Sun, Sep 22. $40-$65. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd, San Jose, 888.455.SHOW (7469).

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 20-Sat, Sep 21, 8pm, and Sun, Sep 22, 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 19-Fri, Sep 20, 8pm. Sat, Sep 21, 3pm and 8pm. Sun, Sep 22, 2pm and 7pm. Tue, Sep 17-Fri, Sep 20, 8pm. Ongoing until Sun, Sep 29. $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 19, 8pm, Sat, Sep 21, 8pm, and Sun, Sep 22, 3pm. Ongoing until Sun, Sep 29. $40!=$58. Montgomery Theater, Market and San Carlos St, San Jose. For more information, call 408.437.4450 or visit www.operasj.org.

Opera SJ

Much Ado About Nothing Presented by the Shady Shakespeare Company. Fri-Sun (Sep 20-22), 7pm. Free. Sanborn-Skyline County Park, 16055 Sanborn Rd, Saratoga, 408.298.0649 or www.shadyshakes.org.

Once on This Island Presented by Sunnyvale Community Players. Fri, Sep 20, 8pm, Sat, Sep 21, 8pm, and Sun, Sep 22, 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.

Ragtime TheatreWorks presents the Tony-winning musical version of the E.L. Doctorow novel. Ongoing until Sun, Sep 29. $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 Venetian glass vessels from the collection of 19th-century glassware given to Stanford University in 1903 by the celebrated Venetian firm Salviati & Company, including all the techniques, styles and colors that have made the Venetian island of Murano famous since the Renaissance. Guest curator: Carol Osborne. Ends Dec 29. "Contemporary Reflections of Venetian Glass." This small exhibition, selected by guest curator Patrick Maveety, includes work by the Italian maestro Lino Tagliapietra and his American contemporaries, such as Dale Chihuly. Ends Dec 29. Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Museum Way (off Palm Dr), Stanford, 650.723.4177 or www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva.

Upcoming

BÈla Fleck and the Flecktones Fri, Sep 27, 8pm. $32-$52. Montalvo, Garden Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

Chava Alberstein Sun, Sep 29, 8pm. $37-$42. Montalvo, Carriage House Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.

Huey Lewis and the News Thu, Sep 26-Sun, Sep 29, 7:30pm. $50-$65. Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce Rd, Saratoga, 408.998.TIXS or www.mountainwinery.com.

San Francisco Comedy Competition Semi-Finals Tue, Oct 1-Wed, Oct 2, 7:30pm. $25-$30. Montalvo, Carriage House Theatre, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.867.4311 or www.villamontalvo.org.