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Fall 2005 Arts Guide:
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Clutch Players: Stanford Lively Arts hosts Tango Flamenco on Oct. 7 at Dinkelspiel Auditorium.
World-Class Series
Groves of Academia
Stanford Lively Arts
Memorial Auditorium, Memorial Church and Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University; 650.725.ARTS
Eroica TrioOct. 2 at 2;30pm at Dinkelspiel
Tango Flamenco with Compania Talent Danza Ballet EspañolOct. 7 at 8pm at Memorial Auditorium
St. Lawrence String Quartet, with pianist Jeremy DenkOct. 16 at 2:30pm
Aygre, a new work by Osvaldo Golijov, based on 15th-century Spanish folk tunes, with Dawn Upshaw and Eighth BlackbirdOct. 23 at 2:30pm at Memorial Auditorium
Choir of Westminster AbbeyOct. 26 at 8pm at Memorial Church
Van Cliburn Gold Medal winner on pianoOct. 30 at 2:30pm at Dinkelspiel
Fado with Dulce PontesNov. 4 at 8pm at Dinkelspiel
The Ying Quartet with Mike Seeger
Nov. 30 at 8pm at Dinkelspiel
What Makes It Great? an evening with
Rob Kapilow and Michael WintherDec. 7 at 8pm at Dinkelspiel
A Chanticleer ChristmasDec. 13-14 at 8pm at Memorial Church
2006 Highlight: Martha Graham Dance CompanyJan. 25 at 8pm at Memorial Auditorium
Santa Clara University
Various campus locations; 408.554.4015
Hans Boepple, classical pianistOct. 1 at 8pm at Recital Hall
A Fall Evening of Chamber MusicOct. 14 at 8pm at the Recital Hall
Fall Dance FestivalOct. 15 at 1 and 8pm, Oct. 16 at 2pm at Fess Parker Theatre
An Evening of German SongOct. 29 at 8pm at the Recital Hall
Fall Orchestra Concert, conducted by Emily RayNov. 11 at 8pm at the Mission Church
Faculty Recital, organ and sopranoNov. 13 at 2pm at the Mission Church
Festival of Lights with SCU Choral EnsemblesDec. 2-3 at 8pm at the Mission Church
Cal Performances
At various venues at UC-Berkeley; see www.calpers.berkeley.edu for complete schedule; 510.642.9988
National Ballet of ChinaSept. 16-18 at Zellerbach
Mark Morris Dance GroupSept. 22-24, Sept. 29-Oct. 1 at Zellerbach
Bulgarian Be-BopOct. 14 at Wheeler Auditorium
Anne Sofie von OtterOct. 19 at Zellerbach
Arlo GuthrieOct. 30 at Zellerbach
Ira Glass and Chris WareNov. 12 at Zellerbach
UC-Santa Cruz Arts & Lectures
Various Santa Cruz locations; 831.459.2159
Llan de Cube!Sept. 22 at 8pm at UCSC Recital Hall
Christopher O'Riley, Shostakovich preludes and Radiohead transcriptionsSept. 25 at 7pm at UCSC Recital Hall
Talich QuartetOct. 14 at 8pm at UCSC Recital Hall
So PercussionNov. 10 at 8pm at UCSC Recital Hall
Tandy Beal's Mixed Nutz!Dec 2-4 at Henry J. Mello Center in Watsonville
Artful Moves
Evenings of Cultural Arts
Sunnyvale Parks & Recreation; Saturdays at 8pm; Sunnyvale Theatre; $20/$25; 408.733.6611
Wesla WhitfieldSept. 10
Songs in Spanish with Lichi Fuentes
Oct. 22
Holiday Jazz with Michael Wolff and Impure ThoughtsDec. 3
Montalvo Arts
Montalvo Arts Center, Saratagoa, and Fox Theatre Redwood City; see www.montalvoarts.org for complete schedule
The Tommy Castro BandOct. 7 at 8pm at the Carriage House
SF Comedy CompetitionOct. 8 at 2pm at the Fox
Blues Guitar Extravaganza with Rene Solis, Laura Chavez, JC Smith
and John WedemeyerOct. 28 at 8pm at the Carriage House
Darol Anger's Republic of Strings
Oct. 30 at 7:30pm at the Carriage House
Judy CollinsNov. 4 at 7 and 9:30pm at Carriage House
Peter YarrowNov. 6 at 6 and 8:30pm at Carriage House
Guitar Night with Brian Gore, Peppino D'Agostino and Jake ShimabukuroNov. 11 at 8pm at the Carriage House
Bill CosbyNov. 13 at 3 and 7pm at the Fox
Orion String QuartetNov. 13 at 2pm at the Carriage House
Richard ThompsonNov. 29-30 and Dec. 1 at 7:30pm at the Carriage House
Joan BaezDec. 3 at 8pm at the Fox
South Bay Guitar Society
Guest artists from around the world; Le Petit Trianon and other venues; $15-$25; 408.292.0704
Outdoor Classical Guitar Stage, part of Tapestry Arts FestivalSept. 3-5, 11am-5pm, at Park Avenue and Almaden Boulevard, San Jose
Berta Rojas, from ParaguaySept. 17 at 8pm at Le Petit Trianon
Ana Vidovic, from CroatiaOct. 15 at 8pm at Le Petit Trianon
2006 Highlight: SBGS Guitar Festival, with middle and high school students of the guitar presenting recitals, plus lectures and demonstrationsMarch 11 at the Historic Hoover Theatre
Word Up
California Writers Club
Lookout Bar and Grill, 605 Macara Ave, Sunnyvale; 408.979.1209
Firoozhe Dumas, author of Funny in FarsiSept. 14, 6-9pm, $15/$18
Center for Literary Arts
Various locations; some events co-sponsored by Poetry Center San Jose; 408.924.4600
Nahid Nozaffari and Ahmad Karimi-HakkakSept. 8 at Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose, free
Wajahat Ali, presenting a play about Muslim Pakistani-AmericansSept. 10 at 8pm and Sept. 11 at 2pm at University Theater
Ma JianOct. 12 at 7:30pm at a location tba.
Father Ernestro CardenalOct. 25-26 at various locations
Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in TehranNov. 9-10 at SJSU
Daniel Mason, author of The Piano Tuner, with performance by Gwendolyn Mok, Kay Stern Liz Runnicles and Thalia MooreNov. 15 at 12:30pm at College of Music and Dance Recital Hall, free.
2006 Highlight: James D. Houstonspring
Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley
A regular series of guest speakers at various locations; see www.commonwealthclub.org/sv.html for details
Bud Selig talks about Inside BaseballSept. 7 at 7pm at the San Jose Convention Center
John O'Conner, the man who outed Deep Throat, speaksSept. 7 at 7pm at Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose
Strange Times, My Dear, Nahid Mozaffari and Ahmad Karimi-HakkakSept. 8 at 3pm at King Library
Chocolate and beer tasting with Pete SlosbergSept. 15 at Bella Mia Restaurant, San Jose
The Minutemen, the controversy of citizen border patrols, a panel with
Art Torees and Chris SimcoxSept. 16 at noon at the Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater
Jennifer Miller, author of Inheriting the Holy Land: An American's Search for Hope in the Middle EastSept. 20 at 1pm at King Library
Caroline KennedySept. 22 at 7pm at Fourth Street Summit Center, San Jose
Tom Campbell talks about Schwarzenegger's agendaOct. 3 at noon at Altera Corp. Headquarters, Building 3, 101 Innovation Dr., San Jose
James Dalessandro, local author and screenwriter, talks about the 1906 earthquakeOct. 6 at 7pm at King Library
Khaled Abou El Fadl, author of The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam From the ExtremistsOct. 14 at 2pm at King Library
Bill PressNov. 1, call for location
Barbara BoxerNov. 4, call for location
Montalvo Literary Series
Montalvo, Saratoga; $15-$50; montalvoarts.org
Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night LightsOct. 21 at 8pm at Carriage House
Sarah Vowell, of This American Life
Oct. 28 at 8pm at Fox Theater
Tellebration! A storytelling event
Nov. 5 at 7pm at Carriage House, $15
Alexander McCall Smith, author of
The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Nov. 6 at 7pm at the Fox, $20-$50
MACLA
The Latino arts center presents open-mic sessions and featured performances by local poets and visiting artist, 510 s. first st, San Jose; 408.938.3594
The Delivery Room, open mic and readingsSecond Sunday of every month at 7pm, $3
Kate Rigg in Birth of an Asian, comedyOct. 16
Paul Flores in The RainOct. 29
Sexile, book reading and discussion with Jamie Cortez and Adela VazquezNov. 10
Luis Irrea, author of The Hummingbird's DaughterDec. 2
Lourdes Portillo screens 'El Diablo Nunca Duerme'Dec. 14
Poetry Center San Jose
A fall season of readings and workshops at various locations; 408.292.3254
Opal Palmer AdisaSept. 19 at 7:30pm at Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Rooms 225 and 229 in San Jose
Rafael Jesús GonzálezOct. 1 at 4pm at King Library, workshop on Oct. 2, 10am-5pm, $75/$100
Galway KinellNov. 3 at 7pm at Le Petit Trianon, $10
Nils Peterson and Sally Ashton, workshopNov. 12 and 19 at History Park San Jose, $150/$120
Plan Ahead
Cirque du Soleil
The famed art circus returns, and tickets will probably go fast; call 1.866.6-CIRQUE for details.
CorteoOpens Jan. 19 at the Taylor Street Bridge, San Jose.
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