Thu, Aug 7
Music in the Park The annual free outdoor music series continues with a performance by Chico DeBarge performing R&B. 5pm-8:15pm. Free. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, Market and San Fernando streets, San Jose, 408.279.1775 or www.sjdowntown.com.
Peter Max Gallery A special exhibit of works from the Jazz Masters Series by BRUNI to be held in conjunction with the San Jose Jazz Festival. The reclusive BRUNI will be on hand to meet the public at a champagne reception, 9pm-11pm. Exhibit runs thru Sun, Aug 10. Santana Row, Winchester and Stevens Creek boulevards, San Jose, 408.370.4700.
A Pocketful of Rhymes Children's Musical Theatre of San Jose presents a musical revue of favorite nursery rhymes, featuring the company's younger students. 7pm. Also, Fri, Aug 8, 7pm, Sat, Aug 9, noon, 4pm and 8pm, Sun, Aug 10, 1pm. Closes Sun, Aug 10, 5pm. $12-$20. Montgomery Theatre, Market and San Carlos streets, San Jose, 408.288.5437 or www.amtsj.org.
San Jose Jazz Festival The San Jose Jazz Festival takes place Aug 710 at various venues in downtown San Jose. Featured Aug. 7 will be a special gala kickoff with Nnenna Freelon and the Count Basie Orchestra at Santana Row. 7pm (pre-concert reception 5:30pm) $100$125 for table seating, which also includes a pre-concert reception; general admission tickets are $40$50. For gala tickets, call 408.288.7557 ext. 2328. The festival continues Aug 8 with evening concerts and Aug 9 and 10 with music all day on seven stages, jazz jams, jazz church services, arts and crafts, children's activities and an outdoor movie screening (Aug 9). arts To see a full schedule of performers and events, visit www.sanjosejazz.org
Fri, Aug 8
Manhattan Transfer The popular jazz-fusion quartet performs. 8pm. $30-$55. Garden Theatre, Villa Montalvo, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.961.5858.
Sat, Aug 9
Four Shillings Short Traditional folk and Celtic music. 8pm-10:30pm. $10. Espresso Garden and Cafe, 814 S. Bascom Ave, San Jose, 408.298.0808.
Shakespeare in the Park The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival presents Shakespeare's comedy "Love's Labour's Lost," about a group of young men who try to swear off love in order to concentrate on their studies. 7:30pm. Also Sun, Aug 10, 7:30pm. Thru Sun, Aug 24. Free. Memorial Park, Cupertino, 415.865.4434 or see www.sfshakes.org.
Voices of the Valley This mixed-voice choir celebrates its fifth anniversary with a concert of classical and contemporary music. 7:30pm. Also Sun, Aug 10, 3pm. $6-$10. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St, Mountain View, 650.903.6000.
Sun, Aug 10
Summer Arts Festival The Italian American Heritage Foundation hosts this event featuring Louise Canapa, composer of "The Sicilians of Monterey," and Drue Kataoka, flutist, as well as arts and crafts by local artists, dinner and a raffle. 1pm. $6-$12. Italian American Heritage Cultural Center, 425 N. Fourth St, San Jose, 408.293.7122.
Mon, Aug 11
Summer Sings Local choral group Schola Cantorum hosts a series of weekly choral sing-alongs. Scores provided. Thru Aug 18. Featured this week: Mozart's "Requiem" with guest conductor Douglas Lawrence, Minister of Worship at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church. 7:30pm. $6. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St, Mountain View, 650.903.6000.
Wed, Aug 13
Cinema San Pedro A weekly outdoor film event hosted by Cinequest in conjunction with POPULUS Presents. This week's film is "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" 1962, PG. The classic starring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. A Cinequest short film will also be featured. 8pm. Free. San Pedro Street between Santa Clara and St. John streets.
Ongoing
Aida American Musical Theatre of San Jose presents Elton John's and Tim Rice's adaptation of Verdi's epic opera. Thu, Aug 7, 2pm and 8pm, Fri, Aug 8, 8pm, Sat, Aug 9, 2pm. Closes Sat, Aug 9, 8pm. $44.50-$68.50. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd, San Jose, 888.455.SHOW or www.amtsj.org.
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. Thu, Aug 7-Fri, Aug 8, 8pm, Sat, Aug 9, 8pm, Sun, Aug 10, 2pm, Tue, Aug 12, 7:30pm, Wed, Aug 13, 8pm. Extended thru Aug 16. $20-$48. Lucie Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, 650.903.6000 or www.theatreworks.org.
Children's Theatre in the Park "The Dancing Spider," presented by Peninsula Youth Theatre and the city of Mountain View. Fri, Aug 8, 6:30pm. Free. ParkStage at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St, Mountain View, 650.903.6000.
Concerts in the Mountains Singer, pianist and composer Ken Medema performs. Sun, Aug 9, 8pm. Free. Optional pre-concert barbecue dinner $10. Call for barbecue reservations. Mt. Hermon Christian Conference Center, 37 Conference Drive, Mount Hermon (near Felton), 831.335.4466 or www.mounthermon.org.
d.p. Fong Galleries "N-Style Fashion" blown glass artworks by Todd Kobashi. Thru Sep 30. 371 S. First St, San Jose, 408.298.8877.
Eat the Runt Renegade Theatre Experiment presents a unique play in which during each performance the audience chooses which actor will play which role. Thu, Aug 7-Fri, Aug 8, 8pm. Closes Sat, Aug 9, 8pm. $10-$18. Benson Theatre, Bellarmine High School, Elm Street and Emory Avenue, San Jose, 408.351.4440.
Gaslighter Theater Cheer the hero and boo the villain in the original melodrama "The Orphans of Campbell." The melodrama is followed by the Gaslighter's Nearly World Famous Vaudeville Review. Fri-Sat, 8pm. thru Aug 30. $12-$15. Dinner shows available for parties of 20 or more. Also: "Hot Off the Presses" or "A Good Newspaperman Is Hard to Find," a children's vaudeville show. Every Sat, 2pm. Thru Aug 30. Gaslighter Theater, 400 E. Campbell Ave, Campbell, 408.866.1408 or www.thegaslighter.com.
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. Thu, Aug 7-Fri, Aug 8, 8pm, Sat, Aug 9, 2:30pm and 8pm. Closes Sun, Aug 10, 2:30pm. $10-$24. Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Rd, Los Altos Hills, 650.949.7360 or www.acteva.com/go/foothillboxoffice.
Japanese American Museum "1942: Luggage From Home to Camp." Thru June 2004. Tue-Fri, 11am-3pm, Sun, 11am-2pm. 535 N. Fifth St, San Jose, 408.294.3138 or www.jamsj.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. Thu, Aug 7-Fri, Aug 8, 8pm, Sat, Aug 9, 2pm and 8pm. Closes Aug 9. $17-$25. Pigott Theater, Stanford University campus. For more information, call 650.725.5838 or see www.stanfordtheater.org.
Montalvo Gallery "Margaret Wharton: Slicing It Thin," an exhibition of sculptures by leading Chicago artist Margaret Wharton. Thru Aug 27. Regular gallery hours are Wed-Sun, 1pm-4pm. Montalvo Gallery, Villa Montalvo, 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, 408.961.5813.
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art "Introductions South," a group show of works by emerging artists. Thru Sep 20. Also: "I'm the Pretty One," a nighttime installation by Kerry Loewen, thru Oct 25, and "Dwellings," a nighttime installation by Tracy Snelling. Thru Sep 20. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. Closed Sun and Mon. 451 S. First St, San Jose, 408.283.8155 or www.sjica.org.
San Jose Museum of Art "Keith Carter: Poet of the Ordinary," an exhibit of black-and-white photography. Thru Sep 14. "Bean Finnerean Installation," sculptures of thousands of hanmade clay cylinders (thru Oct) and "Hidden Lives: Eleanor Prager and Don Martin," works from the museum's permanent collection (thru Jan 2004). "Collection Highlights," an exhibit of works from the museum's permanent collection. Thru Fri, Sept 12. Walking tours of public art in downtown San Jose. Docents lead four different 45-minute tours, which alternate weeks. Rain cancels tours. Every Mon thru Sep 29, noon. Meet at the museum. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, Fri, 11am-10pm, closed Mon. 110 S. Market St, San Jose, 408.271.6840 or www.sjmusart.org.
San Jose Museum of Quilts "Stories Untold: Jewish Pioneer Women 1850-1910." Mixed-media textiles that tell the story of Jewish pioneer women by artist Andrea Kalinowski. Tue-Wed, Fri-Sun, 10am-5pm, Thu, 10am-8pm. San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, 110 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, 408.971.0323 or www.sjquiltmuseum.org.
Stanford's Cantor Arts Center "Print Matters: Explorations With Paper in Contemporary Prints." Ongoing thru Oct. "The Ideal Figure," an exhibit which examines social ideals and the human figure. Thru Aug 17. "The Changing Garden: Four Centuries of European and American Art." Thru May 2004. The center also features free docent-led tours of the Stanford campus' outdoor art collection. Two different tours are offered, one on the first Sun of the month, the other on the third Sun of the month. Both tours begin at 2pm. Tours are held rain or shine on an ongoing basis. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Museum Way (off Palm Dr), Stanford, 650.723.4177 or www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva.
Triton Museum of Art "Patterns: Selections From the Permanent Collection." Thru Sun, Aug 24. "New Works by California Artists: Ev Thomas." Thru Sep. Works by Theodore Wores. Thru Sun, Nov 2. Mon-Wed, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm, Fri-Sun, 11 am-5pm. 1505 Warburton Ave, Santa Clara, 408.247.3754 or www.tritonmuseum.org.
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.
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