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Page 2 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis cil members asked the full council Kleinberg, Vice Mayor Yoriko ing position. The three denied that PALO ALTO to authorize an update of Palo Alto’s Kishimoto and Councilwoman La- claim, saying they had no hidden Comprehensive Plan, which guides Doris Cordell — expressed concern agenda. the city’s long-term development about the “alarming trend” of retail “There is absolutely no inten- A council rift on housing? for the years 1998 to 2010. shops being converted into housing tion — zero — to put the brakes on After much talk, the council vot- projects. This trend, they argued, is housing,” Kleinberg said. Instead, City will review Comp Plan in coming months ed 6-3 to begin that process, with leading to “a serious imbalance be- she hoped a full analysis of all of the to address ‘growing imbalance’ Council members John Barton, tween housing and the retail needed city’s upcoming housing projects by Bill D’Agostino and Lauren McSherry Bern Beecham and Jack Morton op- to service residents’ daily needs” would ease residents’ fears about posed. The update will also include and a “growing imbalance between their potential impacts. an environmental analysis. housing and public services such as “Without that, my concern is that he Palo Alto City Council units are exceeding expectations Monday’s debate, while civil, parks, libraries and schools.” people will not let us vote for more spent more than an hour Mon- and could outstrip the city’s ability highlighted a philosophical rift Barton, who advocated for more housing,” Kleinberg said. T day night discussing a local to provide services. among council members. affordable housing when he ran for The memo’s authors noted the city housing trend some members find Hoping for a big-picture look at a The memo that prompted the council last fall, questioned whether was on track to have more housing alarming — the number of housing politically loaded issue, three coun- discussion — from Mayor Judy the memo reflected an anti-hous- (continued on page 7)

SCHOOLS Crowded campuses in district’s future Higher caps would be at middle and high schools, but only three of 12 elementary schools by Alexandria Rocha fter a lengthy and contentious discussion earlier this week, A the Palo Alto school board proposed increasing the population caps at all district middle and high schools and three of the elementary schools. No one was truly satisfied with the solution. Board members did not approve the proposal, but asked district ad- ministrators to return to them later this month with a policy to raise the middle schools’ population cap from Nicholas Wright 900 to 950; the high schools’ from 1,800 to 1,950; and only three el- ementary schools’ from 450 to 520. Those sites are Duveneck, Escon- dido and Walter Hays elementary Ringing in the new schools. The other nine primary Riley Griner, 6, of Mountain View swings on the monkey bars at Juana Briones Park, which officially reopened Wednesday with new play campuses will remain at the current equipment, an herb garden and native plants. The park also features historical information about Briones’ life as a local businesswoman, humanitarian 450-student limit. and landowner in the mid-late 1800s. On Tuesday night, the board spent five hours debating the pros and cons of increasing the caps at the elemen- the school district about burglar- younger ones — say, ‘I’m going to tary schools, squeezing in a 10-min- POLICE ies because they are on the rise,” get the phone and call the police be- ute discussion about the middle and he said. cause it’s illegal for you to be here.’ high schools around midnight. At Parents get lesson Most parents at a meeting And then follow through on the times, board members argued and Wednesday morning had experi- threat,” said Kate Hill, Gunn High were visibly frustrated. Some said ences with sketchy door-to-door School’s PTA president. “It’s OK to they simply did not have enough in- in crime prevention salesmen and were concerned about call; it’s OK to report. Sometimes formation to make a decision. Palo Alto police advise residents the recent crimes. One parent said you hear: ‘I’ll close my door and for- “This could be the never-ending a salesman tried to open her front get about it.’ But, follow through.” agenda item,” board member Dana on protecting homes against burglars door after he was turned away, and All of the recent burglaries have Tom said. by Alexandria Rocha others said they have been getting occurred during the week in broad An initial school-population pro- phone calls from people who said daylight between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. posal, which the board has continu- hile police continue to in- Eric Jensen, a Palo Alto police they were police officers wanting Jensen said the burglars, or burglar, ously tabled since it was introduced vestigate a spate of residen- officer and El Carmelo Elementary personal information. have taken small expensive items in December, called for raising the W tial burglaries that recently School parent, detailed the recent Jensen and other parents made it such as laptops, Game Boys and caps at all 12 elementary schools hit Palo Alto, one veteran officer burglaries for a crowd of about 50 clear how important it is to notify iPods. For the most part, the bur- from 450 to 520, in addition to made the rounds to PTA meetings parents who gathered at the Palo police of any suspicious activity. glars have left heavier items, such the increases at middle and high this week to give parents tips on Alto Unified School District office. “If they come to your door — es- as desktop computers and television schools. how to better protect their homes. “I really wanted to reach out to pecially the high school kids, the (continued on page 5) (continued on page 7) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 3 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson ReaderReaderWire comments via e-mail, voice mail and U.S. mail EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Marc Burkhardt, Managing Editor Divisive director? A matter of honor Jocelyn Dong, Associate Editor The Bowman program builds Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Assistant Editors Palo Alto’s departing library We have seen so much unbelievable Keith Peters, Sports Editor Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor director, Paula Simpson, was not and despicable behavior from the confidence, creativity and Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor driven from office. She dug her own Bush Administration. Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer academic excellence. Bill D’Agostino, Alexandria Rocha, Staff Writers hole with a style marked by a woeful Lying about weapons of mass Norbert von der Groeben, Chief Photographer Nicholas Wright, Staff Photographer insensitivity to the diverse currents destruction, tax breaks for the Marjan Sadoughi, Photo Intern of highly combustible community rich, secrets kept from the people Lower School - Grades K - 5 Tyler Hanley, Assistant to the Editor & Online Editor opinions. of America and now the incredible Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Cammie Farmer, Calendar Editor Where she might have cobbled domestic spying program when the MiddleSchool-Grades6-8 Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Benson, Lynn workable solutions through com- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Comeskey, Tim Goode, Jill Slater, Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Contributors promises and negotiation, she was available. Cyrus Hedayati, Adena DeMonte, Rachel Hill, Individualized, self-directed program Editorial Interns polarized and divided the town with Of course we know that this “spy- pronouncements, always without ing program” is not just for al-Qaeda DESIGN Rich international and cultural studies Carol Hubenthal, Design Director appeal. but possibly Americans who do not Judith Alderman, Assistant Design Director Call it steamrolling. support the Bush Administration. Diane Haas, Lynda Lumish, Sue Peck, Senior It didn’t work. Look what this administration has Proven, Montessori approach Designers; Dana James, Sarah McAleer, Scott Peterson, Vic Befera done to the reputation of America. Designers Bryant Street, Palo Alto Will it ever be an honorable country State-of-the-art facility PRODUCTION again, sans torture, sans lies? Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager Dorothy Hassett, Brooke Fox, Palo Alto trivia Margot Johnston Low student-teacher ratio Sales & Production Coordinators Here’s a bit of Palo Alto trivia I’ll Allen Court, Palo Alto ADVERTISING bet a lot of readers don’t know: In Michael Howard, Advertising Manager the late 1950s there was a “Curling Reflections of the 1930s www.bowmanschool.org Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Assistant 4000 Terman Drive z Palo Alto, CA z Tel: 650-813-9131 Jasbir Gill, Janice Hoogner, Sandra Rink” on the corner of Charleston President Bush’s wiretapping is Valdiosera, Display Advertising Sales Road and Alma Street (if not the illegal. But he intends to continue to Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. corner then very close) in South Palo do it anyway. Why? Linda Franks, Classified Advertising Manager Alto. He intends to demonstrate that Justin Davisson, Evie Marquez, Irene Schwartz, Classified Advertising Sales I went there many times while in presidential power trumps Con- Blanca Yoc, Classified Administrative Assistant high school, at Cubberley. gressional power. It’s not a matter ONLINE SERVICES Vicki Cooper of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil- Lisa Van Dusen, Director of Palo Alto Online Madrone Drive, Lodi lance Act. It’s a matter of executive Shannon White, Assistant to Webmaster control. BUSINESS The same thing happened in Ger- Iryna Buynytska, Business Manager Breaking the law Miriam Quehl, Manager of Payroll & Benefits It’s clear: President Bush’s many in the 1930s. Paula Mulugeta, Senior Accountant wiretapping is illegal. That’s serious With small steps, inch by inch, the Valentina Georgieva, Judy Tran, Business Associates stuff. executive gets more control until the Tina Karabats, Cathy Stringari, Doris Taylor, The president of the country is congress and judiciary have none. Business Associates breaking its laws. If it were merely How long will we just wait and ADMINISTRATION that he drove 70 mph in a 55 zone see? War, big lies, corruption, bully- Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher & Promotions Director; it’s still illegal and it would still be ing of enemies, continuous expan- Rachel Palmer, Promotions & Online Assistant incumbent upon us to take him to sion of power, making friends with Janice Covolo, Receptionist; Ruben Espinoza, big business, etc. Jorge Vera, Couriers task for it. But his violation of the law is not Does this sound familiar to any- EMBARCADERO PUBLISHING CO. William S. Johnson, President so minor. On the contrary — it’s body? Does anybody remember the Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO; Robert D. extremely harmful. It’s a violation of results of this pattern in the 1930s? Thomas, Vice President, Corporate Development; We are starting to fall into another Walter Kupiec, Vice President, Sales & Marketing; privacy, something we Americans Frank A. Bravo, Director, Computer Operations hold very dear. It’s an attack on our world war. & Webmaster And it’s time to pull the plug on an Connie Jo Cotton, Major Accounts Sales basic rights. THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH Manager; Bob Lampkin, Director, Circulation For this it is incumbent upon us executive who is not making deci- & Mailing Services; Alicia Santillan, Circulation not merely to take him to task, but sions that support the long-term Assistant; Chris Planessi, Joel Pratt, Chip BEGINS WITH A WELLSPRING OF HEALTH. Poedjosoedarmo, Computer System Associates perhaps even to jail. interests of this country. 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Afterward, all 50 students attended a Chinese Compost: food luncheon at Su Hong restaurant, where they practiced math skills FORFOR YYOUROUR by computing the tips and dividing up the bill. · Helps plants absorb nutrients already in your soil Police to talk to the woman’s husband. GARGARDEDEN?N? · Allows plants to develop The woman was recently widowed, (continued from page 3) so she immediately became suspi- better root structure sets, but in one incident a safe was cious. dragged across a hardwood floor and Jensen said these types of phone helping them grow removed. The burglars are getting calls have been occurring about healthier into homes through back entrances, twice a day for the past week. He · Holds onto water and and in half of the cases through un- said most of the victims are wid- locked doors. ows. Anyone who receives such a nutrients that are applied Making a home look as if some- call should use common sense: Po- and slowly releases one is present is critical, Jensen said. lice officers are typically not going There are several simple deterrent to call a law-abiding citizen and de- them when plants need measures residents can do to achieve mand personal information. He said them this, including: the impersonators are calling with ■ Leave talk radio on identity theft in mind, and residents · “Feeds” the soil, ■ Pick up newspapers should notify police. allowing the natural soil ■ Attach a “Beware of dog” sign to Jensen said there may be a con- a side gate, but also leave a dog bone, nection between the burglaries and ecosystem to revive – chew toy or water bowl in a visible recent complaints about magazine and your plants to thrive area salesmen. ■ Leave lights on On Jan. 30, salesman Michael Wil- ■ Install an alarm that is loud liams, 19, was arrested for prowling enough for neighbors to hear, or if in the back yard of a home on Uni- COMPOST you cannot afford an alarm, buy a versity Avenue. 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2005-06 A mixed-use building proposed next to Palo Alto’s oldest African FIFTIETH SEASON American church is one step away from being constructed after the WEST Classical and Planning and Transportation Commission unanimously voted last week BAY Popular Music for in favor of the project. The project must go before the City Council for Opera final approval. HENRY AND MARIA HOLT, Founders Special Occasions The proposed three-story 35,542-square-foot building facing Homer Avenue will contain office space on the ground and second floors and EXTRAORDINARY four condominium units on the third floor. An underground parking PERFORMERS ADDING garage with 144 parking spaces is also planned. DIVERSE AND ELEGANT MUSIC The project’s approval hinges on an agreement with the developer to BY GIACOMO PUCCINI rehabilitate a 1931 Laundromat, the French Laundry, and restore the (IN ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH TITLES) African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church on Ramona Avenue. “It has a great deal of history. It was the first African American church on the West Coast between San Francisco and L.A.,” Commissioner Patrick Burt said. “The structure itself is simple structurally, but it had an important historical role. That section of Ramona pre-World War II was the multicultural center of Palo Alto.” The commission also unanimously approved rezoning a parcel of sur- plus land on High Street. The new zoning allows housing to be built on the property, once designated for public facilities only. The finance committee has recommended the city sell the surplus land, which it purchased during the construction of Oregon Expressway. The city used half of the property for the Alma interchange. No development proposals have been submitted for the parcel. N —Lauren McSherry Escondido School goes solar Earlier this week, teachers, parents and students of Escondido El-

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Enrollment Hays are mostly four-strand schools, said. (continued from page 3) which account for their higher pop- District officials took on the is- ulations. sue of school size as part of a much The board decided to raise only Board members are concerned larger project of reviewing attendance three elementary schools’ caps be- that larger elementary schools boundaries, which was approved be- cause those sites are already operat- would negatively affect students’ cause the 12 elementary schools have ing above 450 and administrators say educational experiences and over- severely unbalanced populations. For there is enough space for additional load faculty and staff. Matranga, example, Barron Park and Juana Bri- kids. however, said increasing the popu- ones elementary schools are serving The district’s business manager, lations would not change the quality 296 and 282 students, respectively, Jerry Matranga — who proposed of education. while Escondido and Walter Hays are the schools can hold more students “There is no significant difference pushing 500 students. — fielded questions from board from a three-strand school and a This year, Gunn and Palo Alto high members Tuesday and defended the four-strand school,” Matranga said. schools are also nearing their current proposal to raise the population caps Board members sharply dis- caps of 1,800. The middle schools are at all three levels. agreed. also nearing their limits. “We have to live into some of these “There is absolutely a difference When the board decided in Decem- answers. We’re not going to know all in campuses with 500 kids and one ber to launch a boundaries review, the answers,” he said. of 350 kids,” Mitchell said. the plan was to convene a group of Members Tom, Barb Mitchell, Gail Aside from board President Man- administrators, teachers, parents and Price and Camille Townsend said dy Lowell, all board members said students by this month to begin ana- they would agree to such a revised their biggest concern with increas- lyzing data. Administrators decided proposal, but were not happy with it. ing elementary-school populations to review the school sizes so the com- “I am not comfortable in changing had to do with staffing. While the mittee would know exactly how many any policy in this rudimentary fashion student-to-teacher ratio is set by con- students can fit at each site. The com- without evaluating what other options tract at 20 to 1, there is no guarantee mittee was to give the board recom- we have,” Townsend said. that the number of support staff will mendations in time for changes in the Price added: “In terms of the teach- increase with the student population. 2007-2008 school year. ing and learning environment that we And no matter what the size, each With the debate over school size are providing, I am much more com- school only gets one principal. lingering, the committee’s recom- fortable with the current policy. For “I’m concerned about the notion mendations, if any, would not be us to keep moving the (population) of moving the goal post. The issue implemented until the 2008-2009 range up is not really addressing the of school size is really about time school year. problem” of having more students in and principal load. It’s about adults The committee’s work could take the district but not having the funds having the time in their day to do even longer, however, as the board to open a new school. what we expect them to,” Mitchell also decided Tuesday night to have Much of the debate over increas- said. “We’re a district that has 10- the members analyze various enroll- ing elementary-school sizes has fo- gallon ambitions, and we need to ment scenarios and the trigger points cused on adding “strands” — class- staff at a 10-gallon level.” for when the board should begin plan- es of students in a particular grade. While Lowell said she is confident ning for a new school. For example, most primary schools the schools’ staff members and fac- The school board will reconsider in Palo Alto currently have three ulty would continue to provide stellar the school-population proposal Feb. “strands” per grade, or three first- educations to the children, Price was 28. N grade classrooms, three second- not so sure. Staff writer Alexandria Ro- grade classrooms, and so on. “I don’t think we’re doing well cha can be e-mailed at arocha@ Duveneck, Escondido and Walter enough for our students now,” Price paweekly.com.

Housing 11,000-square-feet of commercial Mossar added. (continued from page 3) space. “It’s really about money,” she The city has an ordinance pre- said. “We’re not going to identify units than originally anticipated serving ground-floor retail, Bee- new places for parks or new places in the Comprehensive Plan, which cham added. for schools without money.” was adopted in 1998. They cited the Plus, he said, the city would have Neighborhood leaders have been “THE BUSINESS OF HEALTHY FAMILIES” loss of Rickey’s Hyatt hotel on El a hard time finding locations for among those advising the council to March 4, 2006, 10am – 2pm Camino Real, which was recently new shops. take a big-picture look at the issue. )5(($'0,66,21 23(17238%/,& Cubberley Community Center demolished to make way for 181 “I don’t think we’re going into a Some argue the city has been ap- 0LGGOHÀHOG5G3DOR$OWR housing units. neighborhood and take out a couple proving projects on a “piecemeal” City planners, however, only ex- of houses and put in a 7-Eleven,” Bee- basis without examining how they $&7,9,7,(6)25&+,/'5(1$1'$'8/7635,=('5$:,1*6 pect a marginal increase over the cham added. “Not going to happen.” will impact surrounding neighbor- Helmet Fitting • Bike Licensing (bike must be present) • Spinning Bikes • Child number of housing units projected Councilwoman Dena Mossar, hoods. 6DIHW\6WDWLRQ‡6WURNH5LVN$VVHVVPHQW‡$VWKPD6FUHHQLQJ‡(PHUJHQF\3UH- in the Comprehensive Plan, accord- who argued the situation was not Smita Joshi, president of Palo SDUHGQHVV.LW‡3XWWLQJ*UHHQ‡3HUVRQDO7UDLQLQJ(TXLSPHQW‡6NLQ&DUH'HPRQ- ing to Planning and Community En- urgent, worried the memo’s stated Verde Neighborhood Association VWUDWLRQ‡6SLQDO6FUHHQLQJ([DP‡0DUWLDO$UW'HPRQVWUDWLRQ‡6XPPHU&DPS  vironment Director Steve Emslie. policies would impose a barrier to in South Palo Alto, said on Mon- $TXDWLF3URJUDP,QIRUPDWLRQ The Comprehensive Plan pro- change. day night: “These housing develop- 3DOR$OWR0D\RU-XG\.OHLQEHUJ SPSP ‡6WDQIRUG)RRWEDOO3OD\HUV jected 2,400 new dwelling units to “I don’t buy into the notion that ments are going in one by one. It )LUH7UXFN DP ‡3ROLFH&DU SP ‡7R\RWD·V+\EULG&DUV be developed by 2010. as we add housing we can only do makes a lot more sense to plan it all Planners now expect 2,790 units it if we identify and find means to out in advance.” +($/7+(;32·,6)($785,1*7+5(('<1$0,&',6&866,216 will be built by the end of the de- pay for additional parkland, or we Her neighbors, she said, are “psy- “Breast Health Awareness” cade, a sum exceeding the original can only do it if we can find ways chologically feeling trapped with “LifeSkills” projection by 390 units. to increase neighborhood-serving three developments going on.” N ´+HDOWK\/LIH6W\OH%DODQFHLQD)DVW3DFH:RUOGµ So far, Emslie explained, 1,980 of retail,” she said. Staff writer Bill D’Agostino can be reached at bdagostino@ those units have been approved with The city’s ability to provide ad- *LIWEDJVSRQVRU &RVSRQVRUV 809 additional units anticipated by ditional services for new residents, paweekly.com. Staff writer Lau- the end of the decade. such as new parkland, is not ham- ren McSherry can be reached at (QGRUVHGE\3DOR$OWR8QLÀHG6FKRRO'LVWULFW37$&RXQFLO3DOR$OWR$GXOW6FKRRO “We are not a developing com- pered by the Comprehensive Plan, [email protected]. /HDJXHRI:RPHQ9RWHUVRI3DOR$OWR$PHULFDQ$VVRFLDWLRQRI8QLYHUVLW\:RPHQ 3DOR$OWR munity,” he told the council Mon- EUDQFK $YHQLGDV day night. Beecham said the memo “jumps MEMORIAL SERVICES 0HGLD6SRQVRUV the gun and, in some ways, confus- es the issue.” The city is not losing much neigh- borhood-serving retail, Beecham James Ray Peterson, a 50-year resident of Palo Alto and charter argued. The exception, he said, member of the Stanford Research Institute, died Jan. 28. A memorial was Alma Plaza where Albertson’s service will be held Sunday, Feb. 19, at 3 p.m. at the Unitarian Univer- grocery store closed and a row of salist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto. The fam- retail shops could be demolished. A ily requests memorial donations be made to the Unitarian Universalist developer is hoping to build about Church of Palo Alto or Peninsula Interfaith Action (PIA). For more information on this event please call Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 50 housing on the site, with about at 650-324-3121 or visit www.paloaltochamber.com Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 7 A Guide to the Spiritual Community

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by Elliot Margolies Palo Alto man’s Internet search Robert Galbra Robert bout three years ago, opens up the Bernard Coley, sit- world of his Ating at his laptop in the comfort of his Palo Alto grandmother, a i living room, did an Internet black midwife in th search that transformed his LINK the South life. It led him back to Albany, to the Ga., where his grandmother had lived. It led to a friend- ship with an 89-year-old re- nowned documentary film- maker. Above all, it shed light on Coley’s lifeline, where shadows cast by family si- PAST lence and misgivings had obscured the treasures wait- Robert Galbra Robert ing like a trunk in the attic to be discovered by their rightful heirs. Coley had wanted to find i out more about his grand- th mother, a midwife and mother of 11 children. He’d Above: These 1952 black-and-white pho- heard that a film had been tos by Robert Galbraith show Miss Mary made about her, but only a Coley at work as a sought-after midwife in couple of aunts and uncles Albany, Ga. She was said to have helped had ever seen it. bring 3,700 infants into the world. When he searched for the Left: With an Internet search, Miss 1953 film, “All My Babies,” Mary’s Palo Alto grandson, Bernard it came up right away. Un- Coley, began to learn how influential his N i beknownst to the Coleys, cholas Wr grandmother — and the film made about the Library of Congress had her — had been. declared it a film of histori- i cal significance and one of ght 25 selected in 2002 for the (continued on next page)

Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 9 Arts & Entertainment Beauty Links to the past (continued from previous page) Editor’s note National Registry of Films. esides making “All My Nails Coley’s research has given him Babies” and more than new insight, not only into his fam- B 50 other films since Complete Professional Nail Care ily but also the rich world of black 1949, George Stoney is also for Ladies & Men midwives — powerful women who known as the “father” of public • Manicures • Pedicures • Air Brush Design were part social worker, missionary access television in the United • Design By Hand • Acrylic • Silk • Gel and town crier. States. With the aid of a Ford Last November, he and his Foundation grant in the early $ parents were VIP guests at the 1970s, he established the first FULL SET 15 media centers for the produc- Zipcode______• With this Offer • Good Thru Feb 28th, 2006 Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American tion of community TV. When writer Elliot Margo- $ History and Culture in Washing- MANICURE 8 ton, D.C., where “All My Babies” Ell lies served as executive direc- i Zipcode______• With this Offer • Good Thru Feb 28th, 2006 is currently part of an exhibit on ot Margol tor of the Media Center in Palo Alto (then known as MPAC), $ black midwives. The path from Albany, a small he participated on panels with

FILL 10 i Zipcode______• With this Offer • Good Thru Feb 28th, 2006 town about the size of Palo Alto in es Stoney at various conferences. In 2003, he made a short rural southern Georgia, to Coley’s Besides making the 1953 film “All $ Mitchell Park-area Eichler is long. video about the connection SPA PEDICURE 12 My Babies” about Miss Mary between Stoney and Bernard Zipcode______• With this Offer • Good Thru Feb 28th, 2006 From his grandmother’s sharecrop- Coley and many others, George Coley for a local cable show. Gift per background to Coley’s life as a You’re Invited To Our All New Shop! Stoney is also known as the “fa- Last October the Smithsonian Certificates management consultant with Har- ther” of public access television in Open Mon-Sat 9:30am-7:30pm • Sun 10am-6pm Anacostia Museum and Center Available! vard degrees in law and business, the United States. it’s a vast distance bridged by a few for African American History (650) Walk-ins 941-2365 clicks on the Internet. follow the most experienced mid- and Culture contacted him on Welcome! 225 San Antonio Drive, #6, Mountain View When Coley found the film, his wife and capture her skills and Stoney’s recommendation and (San Antonio Dr. & California Rd. In The Safeway Center) incorporated that video into the We Clean & Sterilize Our Equipment For Each Customer first thoughts were: “The film is experiences for new midwives to about delivering babies. What’s so emulate. He spent several months exhibit. historically important about that?” accompanying Miss Mary as she “Like many others in the He contacted the filmmaker, worked her magic. field, I consider him a per- George Stoney, who was in his late “I was conscious of the possi- sonal hero,” Margolies said 80s and still teaching documentary bility of danger from whites who of Stoney. “What an honor to production at New York University. might resent a white filmmaker have a small byline in such a When Coley viewed the film copy making a film about a black,” he profound American story.” ■ Stoney sent him, it was like holding said. “I made sure everyone knew a kaleidoscope up to a familiar old what the film was for, including the picture on the wall. newspaper, the police and even the al nursing schools in the United His grandmother Mary Coley, taxi drivers.” States. known as “Miss Mary,” had little As part of the process, a nurse One might imagine that if a film — if any — formal schooling. She from Atlanta had to come down to were made about your family ma- learned her craft in the traditional see if Miss Mary was “acceptable” triarch that it would be a perennial way from an elder midwife in the for the film, Stoney recalled. Miss highlight at family reunions and re- mid-1930s. She became the most Mary, though, was reluctant to have quired viewing for each successive sought-after midwife of Dougherty Nurse Mitchell see the “sorry state generation. Not so for the Coleys. County, helping bring about 3,700 of some of the shack-like houses Some of Miss Mary’s relatives new white and black infants into she went to,” Stoney said. thought the film would translate the world. “All My Babies” spread Finally, Stoney convinced Miss into money. They assumed that Miss Mary’s earthly expertise to Mary to have the nurse come along, any product of the film industry midwives and nursing schools all and the pregnant woman turned out involved big bucks, even if it was across the world. to be a developmentally disabled an educational film. “I can visualize that black medi- teenager giving birth for the sec- They could use the financial cal bag sitting on a nightstand in ond time. boost. Miss Mary’s fees were $10 the house, always ready to go,” “When we got there she was per birth (after she raised her fee Coley said. “My brother and I got a hiding in a coal bin,” Stoney said. from $5). Frequently she was paid stern warning not to touch the bag. “Miss Mary coaxed her out, calmly with vegetables. When the film- At the time I didn’t realize it was got the bed ready, and got coop- maker departed and no money fol- significant. Now I know exactly eration of the (woman’s) aunt and lowed in his wake, some relatives what it was and what it meant.” uncle. The whole mood changed felt she had been exploited. The reenactment-style documen- in the house as she went about her Miss Mary died in 1966 and there tary film had its roots in Stoney’s preparations. At one point, the old- was very little mention of “All My work with the Southern Education- er baby pooped on the floor, and Babies” until Bernard’s fortuitous al Film Production Service, where to everyone’s surprise Miss Mitch- Internet search nearly 40 years lat- he worked from 1946 to 1950. One ell cleaned it up. Miss Mary had er. The Coleys knew nothing of the of his projects had been directing passed the test.” film’s worldwide travels and uses. a film for the Georgia Health De- In the end, “All My Babies” In general, Bernard’s dad, uncles partment’s Mental Health division nearly didn’t make it to the screen. and aunts did not rehash a lot of about parenting — a movie target- It cost twice as much as its origi- memories from the Albany years. ing black families. nal $20,000 budget (Stoney had One after another, Miss Mary’s Health department officials, cog- to sell some property to complete children left Albany far behind. It nizant of Georgia’s poor record of the piece), and officials at an early had been oppressive and frequently infant mortality, also wanted to screening balked, telling him it dangerous for blacks in segregated require more standard procedures could not be released. Albany. and certification of midwives. The “They said it was wonderful but it “They didn’t want blacks moving irony was that black midwives had went beyond a training film. (They around after dark, for example,” to come to training clinics to re- said) it will be criticized for cel- Coley said. “I can remember that ceive training from white nurses ebrating midwifery,” Stoney said. when I was little: traveling in a who had never delivered a baby, But one doctor from Georgia’s caravan with my grandmother to Stoney said. health department was more ame- a revival. Being a kid I thought it Stoney had observed at such clin- nable. He said, as Stoney recalled: was cool traveling with 50 cars. I ics, and ended up making a film “Georgia gets so much blame had no idea we were traveling in a quite different from what the de- for things, I guess we can absorb caravan in the middle of the night Share a part of your life – partment expected. some more. Go finish the film, Mr. for safety reasons. ... You traveled Give blood “I suspect they had an image of Stoney.” His words prevailed. in packs.” a simple training film such as oth- Fifty-three years later, “All My Coley’s father moved to Phila- 1-888-723-7831 ers in their library: ‘This is the way Babies” is still used to train mid- delphia at age 16. Like some of his http://BloodCenter.Stanford.edu you put on a bandage,’ and so on,” wives in developing countries and other brothers, he found the army Stoney said. Instead, he decided to has been used at many profession- provided mobility and enough Page 10 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Arts & Entertainment training to jump-start a career. He role. “When I went through school, Info: ”Reclaiming Midwives: Pillars the history of black America was of Community Support” is at the About the cover: then got a job with NASA in Wash- “So who could move around af- The day after helping a woman simply the history of slaves, with Smithsonian Anacostia Museum ington D.C., building instruments ter dark? Ministers and midwives. give birth, Miss Mary Coley a few sprinklings of inventors and and Center for African American to test the atmosphere. While there People recognized that they were cares for the little one in this orators,” he said. “For me the story History and Culture in Washington, were summer visits to Miss Mary on duty,” Coley said. “So it dawned 1952 image. Photograph by of the midwife is the story of how D.C. through Aug. 6. For more in- in Albany, for the most part the on me...whoa, another reason mid- Robert Galbraith. family members looked forward wives were so important. They communities hung together.” ■ formation, go to anacostia.si.edu. and not back. could carry news when others The discovery of “All My Babies” couldn’t. The midwife was like the opened a new chapter in Bernard newspaper editor, the local psychia- Coley’s life. He scoured the Inter- trist, and the missionary bringing Be among the first to discover elegant senior net for information about midwives, people into the church. When you and his path crossed with that of think about it, (the midwives) were living by Sunrise coming soon to Palo Alto Linda Holmes, the author of “Listen the non-profit organizations of their to Me Good,” a 1995 oral history day. She’d stay at the family’s home of a black midwife from Alabama. several days helping run the house- Join Us for Our Information Center Open House: Holmes was in discussions with the hold. She could then tell so-and-so Smithsonian Institute, planning to that a family needed something, Saturday, Feb. 25 & Sunday, Feb. 26 • noon-4pm include photographs taken from the like clothes.” film stock of “All My Babies” in an Curator Linda Holmes added: Information Center located at 450 Sheridan Avenue exhibit on the lives of five African- “Midwives were often leaders in (nearest cross street is El Camino Real) American midwives. their communities, special women You’re invited to meet our staff and enjoy delightful meals a day and snacks help to make the Sunrise care The exhibit, called, “Reclaiming who could be counted on for ad- refreshments as we introduce Sunrise Assisted Living experience outstanding. Midwives, Pillars of Community vice. There weren’t many (public) of Palo Alto…a place where families will discover ele- Support,” ultimately opened at the opportunities for black women in gance in senior care. Here, we’ll provide a full spectrum Call our Information Center at Sunrise Assisted Living Smithsonian-Anacostia last fall, the South, so this was a role that a of assisted living services that are tailored to individual of Palo Alto today! Let us know how we can help you in the same neighborhood where woman with a powerful personality Coley attended high school. could undertake.” needs and preferences in the warmth and comfort of a meet the care needs of a senior in your life. Ask about One historical aspect shown in As Coley has studied the exhibit, gracious home. Life-enriching activities, compassionate our innovative Reminiscence Program for those with the exhibit is that delivering babies he has brought his present and his staff, beautiful interiors and a delicious selection of three memory impairment. was only one facet of a midwife’s past together.

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Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 11 Arts & Entertainment Stylus and palette Still seeking widespread acceptance, digital paintings and sculpture are focus of new exhibit by Rebecca Wallace ou leave your shoes behind sional sculptural renderings with at the doorstep of Corinne abstract, curving shapes. Some YWhitaker’s 100-year-old have been put into solid form Palo Alto house, slipping in through a computer-to-computer socks over a bamboo floor and process called “rapid prototyp- then into the warmth of a suede ing.” One work, “My Translucent rug from India that looks like a Self,” is in silky polyurethane pile of leaves. that looks like glass. Visitors from a century ago The blobs are her visions of would surely be agape by this what the human race could be- point. In the large rooms are come through a futuristic evolu- works of art as modern as tomor- tion. “I didn’t want to get trapped row: digital paintings of twists in the human species and our way and undulations printed on panels of looking at things,” she said. of crisp aluminum, a crystal blob The way of looking at digital that lights up inside, and white art is still in flux. Despite grow- sculptures made from the same ing acceptance, the medium is polyurethane used by NASA in still coming into its own. Whita- its space program. ker’s exhibition later this month Whitaker designed them all on at the Pacific Art League in Palo a computer, her artistic tool of Alto will be the league’s first all- Corinne Whitaker finds creating art on a computer monitor “magical,” but also takes an added step: she has choice and a source of constant digital art show. Many people many of her sculptures made into solid form through a process called “rapid prototyping.” They fill the large, fascination. It’s all about, as she still debate whether digital tools sunny rooms of her 100-year-old Palo Alto house. once wrote, “taking control of are as valid as paintbrushes and the vocabulary of the computer chisels. and turning it into a vehicle of “I think it’s going to be a long feeling.” time before it’s mainstream,” More simply, Whitaker just Whitaker said. “Fifteen years ago loves working on a machine, there was an exhibit called ‘Is it painting with a stylus on an elec- art?’ Maybe we’re not past that.” trostatic tablet, using technology Even among artists themselves, that is always growing. debates continue. Recently on “It’s magical,” she says, her Conceptart.org, a network of con- pale blue eyes merry. “The thing cept artists who create ideas for that people forget is that comput- video games, movies and comic ers are fun. They’re for play.” books, one artist recalled talking Even in Silicon Valley, where to a sculpture teacher about 3-D high-tech is old news, something modeling. The teacher objected still feels fresh about digital art. to calling the modeling digital There’s the vast palette of colors sculpture, saying, “it isn’t really (“You have 24 million, and the sculpture.” human eye can see 7 million,” This sparked a lively conver- “Jamfollies” is the whimsical name of this 2006 digital painting by Whitaker. Whitaker points out), and the sation. Some artists said the objected, saying digital work vast range of software. keyboard and played,” she re- otherworldliness of the images. only difference between digital “CAN NOT BE TRUE SCULP- Helen Golden, another Palo called. In some of her artistic ex- For example, there are what she sculpting and physical sculpting TURE” because it’s not carved Alto digital artist, is also a fan of periments, she created images by calls her “blobs,” three-dimen- is the choice of tools. Another by a sculptor in real space. Photoshop, as well as of Painter feeding irrational numbers into Finally, one artist concluded, and Genuine Fractals. She also science programs. When the first “We’re in need of more words.” throws in such traditional tools as scanners became available, she At the Pacific Art League, gal- photography and etching, creat- scanned her own driver’s license lery director Deb Killeen said the ing fusions she calls “tradigital.” photo and manipulated it. Lose 15-20 lbs response to digital pieces there She works in the former family These days, technology makes by visitors and member artists room of her house, with space to it much easier to make her sculp- has been mixed. spread out and paint and glue. tures solid. In the old days, she Seth and Loriin lost 8 79 lbs.Weeks together at Lite for Life. “They’ll say ‘ooh’ and ‘aah,’ or “I can jump back and forth had to painstakingly recreate her “Lite for Life was the ideal they’ll turn their noses up at it,” from one tool to another when I computer-generated blobs with choice for us. For the fi rst time, FREE she said. “It’s kind of an evolution am creating a piece; why should clay. “Lip Service,” a large white my husband was making salads consultation of experience that people have to I be limited?” she said. sculpture, took a year and a half to and going to the grocery store. We • Learn the most have and then validate it.” Golden believes improvements make solid. became closer and more involved in powerful secret to As for Killeen, she’s looking in technology may be helping Is what she does art? Of course, creating a healthy lifestyle.” attaining and main- forward to Whitaker’s show. The digital art become more widely she says: “I’m painting and draw- – Seth & Lori taining your ideal Feb. 24-27 show will be the first accepted. For example, more ing. Each one is unique.” weight in a series of short shows where companies are improving inks If digital art takes time to get • See what you’re doing artists rent the downstairs gallery and paper. mainstream recognition, so be it. now that defeats your for a few days. This way, more “As the colors and media are “It took people 150 years to recog- efforts artists can use the more-visible now so refined and quite archi- nize photography,” she said. ■ • Nutritionist Supervised space, as opposed to the upstairs val, more folks are willing to gallery, she said. show and sell the work for us,” SAVE • All Natural Killeen, herself an artist, ad- she said. What: An exhibit of digital paintings and sculpture by Palo • No Required Food mits she doesn’t know much Still, she notes that some gal- Alto artist Corinne Whitaker $ 7 5 Purchases about digital art, but says it’s a lery and museum officials still Where: Pacific Art League, OFF ANY PROGRAM • Private Counseling perfectly valid medium. “sternly advise artists that digi- *8 week minimum 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto Expires 2/28/2006 “It’s another tool. It’s anoth- tal work will not be accepted for er brush,” she said. “If the end their exhibition.” When: Friday, Feb. 24, through product is creative and original Whitaker seems unfazed by Monday, Feb. 27. A public re- and shows good technique and the ongoing debate. At 71, she’s ception is planned from 6 to 9 talent there, it’s art.” a veteran of the digital art world, p.m. on Friday. For digital artists, the tools are having caught the bug in 1981, Cost: Free Info: Information on Whitaker’s Serving the Peninsula for 27 Years part of the excitement, be they when she bought her first Apple software, styluses or 30-inch IIE. There were no menus, no work is at www.giraffe.com. PERSONAL WEIGHT LOSS CONSULTING & LITE FOOD MARKET monitors. Whitaker uses four mouse, no paint programs. For more about Helen Golden’s Call or book your appointment online! www.lifeforlife.com computers and often works on “There was no one to tell you work, go to www.helengolden. PALO ALTO 650.323.5483 • LOS ALTOS 650.941.5433 Adobe Photoshop as part of her what to do, so we just sat at the com. Page 12 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Arts & Entertainment Real Estate Matters formance that gently uncovers the TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES! that start “By Owner” are eventu- insecurity and self-deception of a There’s a whole generation now ally sold by licensed real estate naive American at a tarot reading that has grown up using computers professionals. That’s because a in Italy. and surfing the Internet. For them, professional can sell the home for Terry Boero’s performance as communicating, browsing and more money in less time, with profit shopping online are really second outdistancing commission. Yes, the nature, so it seems natural that more Internet is a powerful tool for A harmonica riff are searching for homes on the web. buyers and sellers, especially when actually gets its own Of course the World Wide Web placed in the knowledgeable hands laugh. is a powerful tool for both buyers of a realty pro. and sellers, and that’s why so many Jackie Schoelerman is a Broker real estate professionals market Associate with Alain Pinel Realtors. the Italian fortune teller is nicely their services and listings online. She has degrees in both Architec- understated. In two later pieces Take special care not to eliminate ture and Business Finance, with — as the Yeats-spewing therapist in the “middle man” from your next extensive experience in Real Estate, “Transference” and as an unstable real estate transaction. Architecture, and Construction. woman trapped in an elevator in Buying a home is not as simple Call Jackie for real estate advice. “Storm Warning” — she is allowed as browsing eBay and clicking to experiment with broader comic “Buy It Now!” Selling a home can personas. be complicated. Even the most tech- In Deborah Dutton’s play, “The nically savvy computer user can list Goddess,” a professional New York their home online at a number of woman and her allegedly Native “For Sale By Owner” websites, but American lover mix negotiation and will run into real “technical diffi- foreplay, haggling over cross-cultur- culty” when it comes time to set a al differences while preparing for an fair asking price, target and screen earth-shattering sexual encounter. qualified buyers, and handle the Susannah Greenwood and Manuel legalities of negotiations and Jackie Schoelerman Sarah Eismann and Elizabeth Lowenstein are among the strong actors Caneri inhabit these roles with aban- don; their crack comic timing allows contracts. www.schoelerman.com bringing energy, inventiveness and sensitivity to their multiple roles in A good percentage of listings 650-855-9700 the “Pear Slices” short plays. them to wring a laugh from almost any moment. Josh Sigal produces tears on cue in “Broken Things,” then delivers Fruitful mix one of the evening’s most delight- Palo Alto Children’s Theatre fully eccentric performances (and Presents Eight eclectic short plays add up to a satisfying whole there are many) as the smoldering stranger with the eye patch in “The at Pear Avenue Theatre Cockatiel.” by Kevin Kirby In “Broken Things” and “The Cockatiel,” Sarah Eismann hits just the right notes. John Baldwin juggles icture this scenario: two di- parinetti has suspended a screen Dramatized by dialects with charm and finesse in Albert O. Mitchell rectors stage eight plays by onto which a series of slides is pro- “Transference” and “La Fortuna.” P seven local playwrights, in jected, adding color and dimension Based on the Novel And John Watson’s split-second hesi- which eight actors portray 24 char- to what could otherwise be a drab tations in “In Memory of...” add as MR. POPPER’S PENGUINS by acters in two hours’ time. It may stage. much to our understanding of the play Richard and Florence Atwater sound like the start of a sadistic The screen serves a number of as do any of the spoken lines. algebra problem, but it is in fact purposes. It can be a traditional sce- “Pear Slices 2006” may not ap- the formula for one very enjoyable nic backdrop — a view of a park, peal to everyone. Some of the pieces ADDED PERFORMANCE ! evening of theater. for instance — but it can also be a feel more like writing exercises than FriFeb17at4:30pm For its third annual “Pear Slices,” collage of Italian postcards, a Native fully fleshed plays, and two of them the Pear Avenue Theatre has assem- American blanket on a cabin wall, rely too heavily on specific literary Six Weeks of Intensive Theatre Training and Participation in a Production bled a talented group of performers, or the eye of an impending storm. references. But anyone who appreci- directors and designers to bring to In Bill D’Agostino’s play, “Broken ates the thrill of seeing a brand new Summer life eight new plays — some comic Things,” in which a brother and sis- play will applaud the Pear’s moxie for and some dramatic — by members ter face their mutual alienation on producing this collection of unknown of the Pear Playwrights Guild. the way to their mother’s funeral, it COONSERVATORYNSERVATORY — yet delightful — works. ■ The resulting entertainment is even provides a roadmap of the char- 6 nothing if not diverse. An antiso- acters’ travels. (D’Agostino is a staff 2200600 cial crank finds his personal space writer with the Weekly.) JUNE 20 – JULY 28 invaded by a Vietnam vet and an ex- Ian Nelson Hargrave’s sound de- What: “Pear Slices 2006,” eight LEVEL 1 : 9:30am - 3pm, Tue - Fri LEVELS 2, 3, 3+ : Noon - 5:30pm, Tue - Fri nun in “Nobody’s Bench” by Wil- sign also helps compensate for the new short plays presented by Pear Avenue Theatre Some Mondays and Saturdays required. Some mornings required for Levels 2, 3, 3+. liam Kenney. Siblings gather for the sparseness of the sets. The sound ACCEPTANCE BY AUDITION ONLY. reading of their absentee father’s effects are always appropriate and Where: Pear Avenue Theatre, will in Paul Braverman’s “In Mem- supportive, from the whoosh of 1220 Pear Avenue, Unit K, Mountain View AUDITIONS: AGES 10 YRS THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL ory of Roderick Hollingsworth.” passing cars in “Broken Things” Sat Feb 25 at 10:30 am, Sat Mar 4 at 10:30 am, A psychologist is possessed by the to a harmonica riff in Neva Marie’s When: Thursday, Friday and collected works of William Butler wonderfully surreal “The Cockatiel” Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday Thu Mar 9 at 3:45 pm, Sat Mar 25 at 10:30 am Yeats in Elyce Melmon’s “Transfer- that actually gets its own laugh. Par- at 2 p.m., through Feb. 26 ence.” And so forth. ticularly effective is the sound that Cost: Tickets are $15 for Thurs. PLEASE CALL FOR TICKETS OR INFORMATION Some of these plays aim for a sort occurs when a character in one of & Sun. performances, $20 for Palo Alto Children's Theatre Box Office of limited realism. Others are magi- the plays pours water over hot rocks; Fri. & Sat. ($5 less for students cal, stylized, absurd. Directors Troy soundboard operator Alan Heiple and seniors). (650) 463-4970 – Tue-Sat 1:30-6pm Child $4 - Adult $8 Johnson and Shannon Stowe nur- deserves credit for the spot-on tim- Info: Call the box office at (650) 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA. 94301 ture the artistic impulse at the core ing that makes this effect work. 254-1148. For more information, of each play, allowing each to find But what really bring these plays or for ticketing online, go to "Mr. Popper's Penguins" is produced by special arrangement with Anchorage Press Players, Inc., Louisville, KY. its own voice. Their even-handed- to life are the generous contributions www.thepear.org. AD FUNDED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE PALO ALTO CHILDREN'S THEATRE. FEBRUARY 2006. ness is a gift to the playwrights with of the actors. Each performer seems whose work they are entrusted. to appreciate the freedom and re-

Yet despite the diversity, there is sponsibility involved in performing PALO ALTO WEEKLY enough similarity in spirit and ex- new works, and each brings a mix of 15th Annual Photo Contest ecution that the slices ultimately do energy, inventiveness, and sensitiv- add up to a whole pear. ity to his or her multiple roles. PHOTOCONTEST This is due in part to Ron Gas- As the ex-nun in “Nobody’s Go to Palo Alto Online for contest parinetti’s scenic design. A small Bench,” Elizabeth Lowenstein has number of geometric objects serve a fixed smile that is almost spooky. rules and information as furnishings (chairs, countertops, Later, in Ross Peter Nelson’s “La www.PaloAltoOnline.com Deadline etc.) for all the plays. Meanwhile, Fortuna,” the smile is an involun- above and behind the actors, Gas- tary defense, part of a physical per- April 7, 2006

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Call (650) Goulash and Fine wines, banjo player Béla Fleck -- and 321-7721, extension 227, or go to www.eastpalo- expresso, even Champagne! also take a spin around poles on the stage. altolibrary.org for more This new piece comes to information. the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts next week, along with “The Eyes That Opera Gently Touch,” which is set to music by Philip Glass and ‘Manon Lescaut’ Menlo Park Pizzza-2-Go Los Altos choreographed by American Rather than going to 1001 El Camino Real 989 El Camino Real 227 First St. Ballet Theatre’s Kirk Peterson. Venus and Mars, perhaps 650 324-3486 650 328-1556 650 941-9222 Other scheduled pieces are you prefer your love stories “To the Beatles, Revisited” and tragic and set in 18th-cen- “Romanze.” tury Paris and Louisiana. The first performance in the Along those lines, Gia- center at 500 Castro St. is Feb. como Puccini’s “Manon 22 at 8 p.m., followed by later Lescaut,” based on Abbé shows on Feb. 23, 24, 25 and Erin Yarbrough and Aaron Thayer go for Prévost’s novel “Histoire 26. Tickets are $18-$50; call aspininSmuinBallet’s“Bluegrass/Slyde,” de Manon Lescaut,” opens (650) 903-6000. More informa- which comes to Mountain View next this weekend at West Bay tion is at www.smuinballet.org. Wednesday. Opera. The five performances, The Children of Uganda held over two weekends through Taking place at the First Baptist Feb. 26, take place at the Lucie Those of a tender age are by Church at 1100 Middle Ave., the Stern Theatre at 1305 Middlefield no means safe from the ravages concert is also a benefit for the Road in Palo Alto. Opening night of AIDS. But the young dancers, church’s disaster relief fund. It all is at 8 p.m. drummers and singers of The happens Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $46-$50; call Children of Uganda group seek to Tickets are $20 general, $15 for (650) 424-9999 or go to bring an uplifting message. seniors and free for those ages 16 www.wbopera.org. The children, all orphans who and under. Call (650) 323-8544 or lost their parents to AIDS, are go to www.mimiblais.com. performing in Palo Alto and other American cities to show off their A & E digest traditional songs and dances and Theater to raise money for their orphan- ages in Uganda, which are run ‘The Heidi Chronicles’ by the Dallas-based Uganda After six years on the move, NOT TAKEN FOR GRANTED... Children’s Charity Foundation. the Dragon Productions Theatre Three local arts groups serv- The Palo Alto performance Company finally has a permanent ing young children recently takes place tonight at 7:30 p.m. at home in downtown Palo Alto. received grants through Arts Council Silicon Valley and the First United Methodist Church Next Thursday, there will be a FIRST 5 Santa Clara County. of Palo Alto at 625 Hamilton Ave. grand opening reception, followed The Oriki Theatre in Moun- Tickets are $20; by opening night of “The Heidi tain View, which explores the call (650) 323-2557. Chronicles” by Wendy Wasser- stein. arts of Africa, got two grants Opening night seats are sold totaling $20,000 to present out, but “Heidi,” a play following a music and dance program art historian Heidi Holland and for 4- and 5-year-olds at two other women through the turbu- Palo Alto child care centers, lent 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, runs while the Community School through March 19. for Music and Arts in Moun- Tickets are $15/$10; call (650) tain View received two grants 493-2006 or go to www. totaling the same amount to dragonproductions.net. expand its visual arts and mu- sic education programs Ragtime pianist Mimi Blais plays for youngsters in the city. a benefit concert in Menlo Park The Zohar Dance Company next Wednesday. in Palo Alto received $5,000 Book talk to support its programs with John Gray autistic children. Valentine’s Day may be over, Two other arts groups also but it’s never too late to get some recently got grants from Arts Music insight into the opposite sex. If Mimi Blais relationship books are your bag, Council Silicon Valley: The you may want to catch John Gray, Palo Alto Art Center received On tour in California, Montreal $3,000 to develop a member- ragtime pianist Mimi Blais will author of “Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus,” speak- ship program for kids and be stopping by Menlo Park next families, and the Palo Alto week to show off her new solo ing at the East Palo Alto library next week. music ensemble TOPAZ got program, “A Garden of Ragtime.” $2,500 to create a three-year She bills it as a mix of classic The family therapist and syn- dicated newspaper columnist strategic plan. rags by Scott Joplin and other will speak about his most recent For more, go to www. composers, her own works, and book, “The Mars & Venus Diet & artscouncil.org. Haitian classical music from the Exercise Solution,” which posits ragtime era. Page 14 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly MoviesMovie reviews by Jeanne Aufmuth, Tyler Hanley and Susan Tavernetti

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Brokeback Mountain ✭✭✭✭ (Aquarius, Century 12) Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Ennis Del Mar (Heath Led- ger) meet in the summer of 1963 as em- ployees of surly ranch manager Joe Agu- irre (Randy Quaid). They spend a number of months in the wild wrangling sheep, battling fractious weather, and consuming endless tins of baked beans warmed by a campfire. The ranch hand and rodeo cow- boy go about their work with a singular dedication that grows into an easy cama- raderie. That friendship ultimately turns into a provocative intimacy that taps deep into both men’s psyches. As summer draws to a close Jack and Ennis part ways and get swallowed up by life. Four years later Texas-based Jack finds himself en route to Wyoming and the pair arranges to meet, discovering that time has intensified their eloquent bond. The incessant tag of “the gay Western” offends; groundbreak- ing is more like it. Nuanced sentiment and genuine affection brand this as one of the most memorable films of the year. Rated R for adult themes and sexuality. 2 hours, 14 Paul Walker gives his best performance by far, but the dogs of “Eight minutes. -- J.A. (Reviewed Dec. 16, 2005) Below,” who include Old Jack, steal the show with their distinct per- sonalities. Caché ✭✭✭ ✭✭✭1/2 Eight Below 1/2 Samuel Jackson plays it street smart, but “Freedomland” never finds (Century 16) Television talk-show host (Century 16, Century 12) Rabid applause for a touching tale of its footing. George Laurent (Daniel Auteuil) and his survival and friendship -- an exceptional addition to Hollywood’s wife Anne (Juliette Binoche) are living the somewhat lackluster collection of canine cinema. Paul Walker Freedomland ✭✭ cushy upper-middle-class life of comfort and security until a strange videotape ap- proves he’s more than just a pretty face with an emotional and (Century 16, Century 12) Julianne Moore intermittently lights pears on their doorstep. The tape clearly committed performance, but eight inspiring sled dogs are the true up the screen in this herky-jerky thriller that never finds its foot- shows that they are being watched from stars of this rousing crowd-pleaser. ing. across the street and documented by And Disney finally gets to shed the shame of 2002’s “Snow Samuel L. Jackson plays it street-smart as hipper-than-thou beat hidden cameras. As more surveillance tapes arrive, followed by crude and violent Dogs.” cop Lorenzo Council, patrolling the gritty New Jersey Armstrong drawings, the foundation of the couple’s Gerry Shepherd (Walker) is a passionate expedition guide in the Project like his life depended on it. All is status quo until Loren- tranquil existence begins to buckle. The icy wilds of Antarctica. Against his better judgment, Shepherd zo happens upon a bloody, hysterical female (Moore as Brenda police are of little or no help, so George agrees to escort a brilliant geologist (Bruce Greenwood as Davis Martin) who has staggered into the ER of the Dempsey Medical determines to launch an investigation of his own, shutting Anne out of his clandes- McLaren) to one of the region’s more dangerous areas despite Center, babbling about a dark night, a surprise car-jacking, and tine search. Director Michael Haneke’s the threat of a nearing storm. Shepherd and McLaren form a an unknown black assailant. creepy cat-and-mouse tale kicks off with friendship as they cross the frigid landscape with Shepherd’s eight Only after hours of interrogation does Brenda confess that her a voyeuristic twist and doesn’t let go fierce sled dogs leading the way. precious 4-year-old son Cody was asleep in the back of the stolen until the final frame. Rated: R for brief but strong violence. 2 hours, 1 minute. -- J.A. Disaster strikes when McLaren takes a nasty spill and winds car. A red flag for Lorenzo as Brenda seems terribly confused and (Reviewed Jan. 27, 2006) up in glacial waters with a broken leg. Only Shepherd’s top dog, the pieces just don’t fit. Maya, can rescue the traumatized scientist just as the snow storm Enter Friends of Kent, a group of activist moms (led by a humor- Capote ✭✭✭✭ begins its ominous approach. But Shepherd’s courage and the less Edie Falco) who search for missing children. Their involve- (Century 16) The Best Actor Oscar race speed of his dogs get the group back safely — only to discover ment lends a gratuitous yet potentially intriguing tangent as they promises to be smoking hot, courtesy of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s delirious turn as camp must be evacuated and that the dogs must stay behind due dig for clues as to Cody’s whereabouts. A natural assumption that the shrill and effeminate Truman Capote. to space constraints. the kidnapper is a local from the projects pushes the racial ten- “Capote” focuses its lens on 1959, when Shepherd, naturally, is distraught as red tape and weather turn sion to its limits. the author happens upon a New York what was supposed to be a temporary delay of the dogs’ rescue Sounds like the stuff of a chewy mystery, and with Moore in the Times article about the brutal murders of the simple, upstanding Clutter family of into a drawn-out catastrophe. One day becomes four; four become driver’s seat as a fringe lunatic, it’s narrative tension at its best. Holcomb, Kansas. This is just the opening 15; 15 become 60; 60 become 113.... The only chance for the dogs’ She walks a fine line between sanity and madness, offering up Capote needs to prove his untested theory survival is to pack together and hope Shepherd returns before a wickedly artful question mark that could and should be played that in gifted hands nonfiction can be as starvation or the elements overtake them. out till the bitter end. scintillating as fiction. With the support of “researcher and bodyguard” Harper Lee Director Frank Marshall (“Alive”), whose producer credits read But shady stereotypes, conventional images and a surplus of (the superb Catherine Keener as the “To like a laundry list of top-draw films (“The Sixth Sense,” “Sea- dangling tangents stall the action while the film hastily tries to Kill a Mockingbird” author) and the bless- biscuit,” etc.), does a marvelous job spotlighting the animals as redeem itself with a tenuous connection to a shifty area known as ing of his editor, Capote sets out for Kan- inspirational heroes. Each has its own personality and its own Freedomland, where generations of neglected, abused and forgot- sas and an obsession that will ultimately consume his intricate life. Debut director traits, and their plight draws a thoroughly emotional response. ten children have left their ghostly mark. (!) Bennett Miller crafts a marvelously rich Walker serves up his best role and performance to date by far. The climactic lecture on child-rearing (courtesy of Jackson’s and absorbing biopic of man and mystery Funnyman Jason Biggs (“American Pie”) is well cast as Shep- relentless over-play) and the plot’s stubborn insistence on preach- and the subtle nuances that make twisted herd’s jovial friend and Greenwood supplies a healthy helping ing racial inequity are the final straws. brilliance tick. Rated: R for violent images and strong language. 1 hour, 50 minutes. of maturity. A handful of perilous scenarios might stun young -- J.A. (Reviewed Oct. 7, 2005) viewers, such as when a vicious leopard seal makes a shocking Rated: R for strong language and violence. 1 hour, 53 min- appearance, but the powerhouse storytelling and triumphant tone utes. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The make for otherwise excellent family fare. Witch and the Wardrobe ✭✭✭ Eager dog owners may find themselves hounding for a husky (Century 16) If “The Lord of the Rings” is — Jeanne Aufmuth a shot of whiskey, then “The Chronicles after nibbling on this cinematic treat. of Narnia” is a glass of milk. Four British children -- Peter (William Moseley), Susan Rated: PG for some peril and brief mild language. 1 hour, 52 (Anna Popplewell), Edmund (Skandar minutes. Keynes) and Lucy (Georgie Henley) -- are sent to live in an oddball professor’s enor- To view the trailers for “Eight Below” and "Freedomland" mous mansion during World War II. Bored go to Palo Alto Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ and a bit curious, the children play a game — Tyler Hanley of hide-and-seek -- which leads Lucy (and

(continued on next page) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 15 THE MOST OSCAR ®-NOMINATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR! ® Movies ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS INCLUDING 8BEST PICTURE STANFORD MOVIE TIMES “ONE OF THEATRE THE GREAT The Stanford Theatre is located at LOVE STORIES Note: Screenings are for Friday through Tuesday only. EVER FILMED!” 221 University Ave. in Palo Alto. EVER FILMED! Screenings are for Friday through –LARRY KING Big Momma’s House 2 Century 12: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. Sunday only. For more information, (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) WINNER 4 call (650) 324-3700. GOLDEN GLOBE ® AWARDS INCLUDING Brokeback Mountain Century 12: 1:05, 4, 7 & 9:55 p.m. Aquarius: Fri.-Mon. at BEST Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (R) ✭✭✭✭ 4, 7 & 10 p.m.; Sat.-Mon. also at 1 p.m.; Tue. at 4:45 & (1954) A bachelor farmer gets hitched, PICTURE DRAMA 8 p.m. BEST DIRECTOR inspiring his six brothers to get wives ANG LEE ® HFPA ✭✭✭1/2 of their own. Starring Howard Keel and Caché (R) Century 16: 7:05 & 9:50 p.m. Jane Powell. Fri.-Sun. at 7:30 p.m.; Sun. Capote (R) ✭✭✭✭ Century 16: 2:25 & 7:20 p.m. also at 3:50 p.m. The Chronicles of Narnia: Century 16: 1:30 & 4:15 p.m. The Lion, The Witch and Calamity Jane (1953) This fictitious ✭✭✭ film gives an account of the romance the Wardrobe (PG) between Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Curious George (G) ✭✭ Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 12:25, 1:35, 2:35, 3:40, 4:45, ARTWORK: ©2005 FOCUS FEATURES LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Hickock. Starring Doris Day and How- 5:40, 6:50, 7:40 & 9:35 p.m. Century 12: 12:30, 2:50, SEE THE MOVIE THAT ALL AMERICA IS CELEBRATING! ard Keel. Fri.-Sun. at 5:40 & 9:20 p.m. 5:05, 7:25 & 9:40 p.m. Landmark Theatres Century Theatres Century Theatres Century Theatres Date Movie (PG-13) Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:25 & 9:25 PALO ALTO AQUARIUS CENTURY PARK 12 CENTURY 12 DOWNTOWN CENTURY PLAZA 10 430 Emerson St 650/266-9260 Redwood City 650/365-9000 San Mateo 650/558-0123 So San Francisco 650/742-9200 (Not Reviewed) p.m. Century 12: 1:15, 3:20, 5:25, 7:30 & 9:35 p.m. CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORIES OR CALL FOR SOUND INFORMATION AND SHOWTIMES SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT COUPONS ACCEPTED (continued from previous page) Eight Below (PG) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 12:50, 2:15, 3:30, 5, 6:30, 7:45, 9:15 & 10:30 p.m. Century 12: 11:30 a.m.; 2:15, 5, 7:45 “precisely eventually her siblings) into an enchanted & 10:30 p.m. wardrobe and the mystical realm of Nar- Final Destination 3 (R) Century 16: 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:50 & 10:25 p.m. nia, a vast world littered with magical (Not Reviewed) Century 12: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:40, 7:10 & 9:25 p.m. what creatures and talking beasts. The land is enveloped in a frigid cold, courtesy of the Firewall (PG-13) ✭1/2 Century 16: 12:35, 3:10, 5:35, 8 & 10:20 p.m. horror sinister White Witch (Tilda Swinton). Soon Century 12: 11:35 a.m.; 2, 4:25, 7:05 & 9:30 p.m. should be.” the children find themselves in the middle Freedomland (R) ✭✭ Century 16: 11:55 a.m.; 2:30, 5:05, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m. of a bitter war between the Witch and Century 12: 11:40 a.m.; 2:25, 5:10, 7:55 & 10:25 p.m. JOSHUA ROTHKOPF, TIME OUT NY Aslan (voice of Liam Neeson), a majestic lion and the rightful ruler of Narnia. “Nar- Good Night, and Good Luck Aquarius: Fri.-Mon. at 4:30, 7:30 & 9:40 p.m.; Sat.-Mon. nia” may not tower above Tolkien’s fantasy (PG) ✭✭✭✭ also at 1:30 p.m.; Tue. at 5:15 & 8:30 p.m. phenomenon, but it’s a wonderful way for The Matador (R) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 9 p.m. kids to ring in the holiday season. Rated: ✭✭✭✭ PG for battle sequences and frightening Match Point (R) Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 2, 4:40, 7:15 & 9:55 p.m. moments. 2 hours, 10 minutes. -- T.H. Mrs. Henderson Presents Guild: Fri.-Mon. at 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.; Sat.-Mon. also (Reviewed Dec. 9, 2005) (R) ✭✭ at 11:30 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Tue. at 5:15 & 7:45 p.m. Munich (R) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 12:05, 3:20, 6:45 & 10:05 p.m. ✭✭ Curious George Century 12: 4:30 & 10:10 p.m.; Tue. also at 3:45 & 7 (Century 16, Century 12) Fans curious about George should explore the inquisi- p.m. tive simian’s literary exploits rather than Nanny McPhee (PG) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 1:55, 4:20, 7 & 9:25 p.m. this big-screen banana. George is the Bart Century 12: 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50 & 10:20 p.m. Simpson of his quiet African expanse -- he ©MMVI NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Neil Young: Heart of Gold CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:40, 7:15 & 9:50 p.m.; slaps muddy paint on animals’ backsides OWN THE FINAL DESTINATION “SCARED 2 DEATH” DVD 2-PACK TODAY! (PG) (Not Reviewed) INCLUDES and unknowingly irritates slumbering lions. Sat.-Mon. also at 11:30 a.m. Final Destination And Final Destination 2 Movies • Free Movie Ticket To Final Destination 3 • Sneak Peek Of Final Destination 3 Basically, George is in need of a grander The Pink Panther Century 16: 11:45 a.m.; 12:45, 2:20, 3, 4:30, 5:15, 6:40, Century Theatres Century Theatres Century Theatres Century Theatres stage to investigate. Enter Ted, a.k.a. The ✭✭1/2 CENTURY CINEMAS 16 CENTURY PARK 12 CENTURY 12 DOWNTOWN CENTURY PLAZA 10 (PG) 7:30, 8:55 & 9:45 p.m. Century 12: 12:25, 2:45, 5:20, Mountain View Redwood City San Mateo So San Francisco Man in the Yellow Hat (voice of Will Fer- 650/960-0970 650/365-9000 650/558-0123 650/742-9200 7:40 & 10:05 p.m. NO PASSES ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT CHECK DIRECTORY OR CALL THEATRE FOR SHOWTIMES rell). When the New York museum Ted Syriana (R) ✭✭✭ Century 12: 1:55 & 7:35 p.m. www.fd3movie.com Moviefone.com works for is in danger of being turned into a parking lot, he ventures off to Africa in Three Burials of Century 16: Noon, 4:50 & 9:40 p.m. search of the massive Lost Shrine of Za- Melquiades Estrada gawa. What he finds is George. Although (R) ✭✭1/2 ® this cinematic adventure boasts plenty ® ✭✭✭1/2 “ ” of heart and a tremendous soundtrack Transamerica (R) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 2:30, 5, 7:40 & 10:10 p.m.; THUMBS UP. ATHRILLER THAT WORKS. (thanks to Hawaii rocker Jack Johnson), Sat.-Mon. also at 11:45 a.m. Roger Ebert, EBERTEBERT && ROEPERROEPER the lackluster animation is a decade When a Stranger Calls Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 1:40, 3:45, 5:50, 7:55 & 10 p.m. outdated and the lullaby storyline will (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Century 12: Fri.-Mon. at 12:45, 2:55, 5:10, 7:15 & 9:45 “HARRISON FORD IS BACK WITH A BANG!” put even the biggest little ones to sleep. p.m. LarryLarry KingKing Rated G. 1 hour, 22 minutes. -- T.H. (Re- viewed Feb. 10, 2006) “ROYALLY ENTERTAINING!‘FIREWALLIREWALL’S’SEIZES AND ★ Skip it ★★ Some redeeming qualities ★★★ A good bet ★★★★ Outstanding HOLDS YOUR ATTENTION.”.” Firewall ✭1/2 RexRex Reed,Reed, THETHE NEWNEW YORKYORK OBSERVEROBSERVER (Century 16, Century 12) Harrison Ford Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) looks every inch his 63 years as he plods “A BLAZING SUSPENSE THRILLER! A GREAT TIMEIME AT THE MOVIES!” his way through his masquerade as Jack Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (960-0970) Mose Persico, ENTERTAINMENT SPOTLIGHT Stanfield, head of network security for Century Park 12: 557 E. Bayshore Blvd., Redwood City (365-9000) “SUSPENSEFUL,B,BREATHTAKING Seattle-based Landrock Pacific Bank, a high-yield lender that protects its cli- Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) ACTION AND CONSISTENTLY ents from unnecessary risk through a ENTERTAINING.”.” series of sophisticated security systems CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456) DanDan Jewel,Jewel, LIFELIFE && STYLESTYLE WEEKLYWEEKLY designed by the man himself. Jack’s got the requisite two kids and a swanky Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) waterfront dream home designed by Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more information architect wife Beth (Virginia Madsen). He meets Bill Cox (Paul Bettany) at a about films playing, go to Palo Alto Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ routine client meeting -- routine, that is, until Cox reveals himself as a ruthless swindler bent on cracking Jack’s system. The wily Cox’s own insurance policy is a ON THE WEB: The most up-to-date movie listings at www.PaloAltoOnline.com methodical study of the Stanfields that ends with him taking the wife and kids hostage. In exchange for their life Jack that Murrow (David Strathairn) turns into former tennis pro Chris Wilton (Jonathan is asked to breach his own program and a platform to muse about the media. Rhys Meyers) gives lessons at a tony siphon funds from his 10,000 wealthiest Concerned that television “is being used club, where he hits it off with Tom Hewett customers into Cox’s offshore account. to distract, delude, amuse and insulate (Matthew Goode). Chris soon meets the The concept of identity theft lends a us,” the newsman adamantly insists that rest of the wealthy family, and finds his whiff of genuine fear and vulnerability but it “can teach, it can illuminate, it can even life changing rapidly when Tom’s sister it all goes south in the end. Rated PG-13 inspire.” All the actors deliver spot-on (Emily Mortimer) falls in love with him and for violence. 1 hour, 44 minutes. -- J.A. performances, from Frank Langella as encourages her father (Brian Cox) to fast (Reviewed Feb. 10, 2006) William S. Paley to Clooney as producer track him in the family business. But Chris Fred Friendly and Robert Downey, Jr. and can’t keep his eyes, or hands, off Tom’s Good Night, and Good Luck ✭✭✭✭ Patricia Clarkson as clandestinely married sexy American fiancee (Scarlett Johans- (Aquarius) Director George Clooney staffers. Rated: PG for mild thematic ele- son). And despite the financial rewards of makes a bold move and raises tough ments and brief language. 1 hour, 33 min- climbing the ladder in the Hewett empire, issues in the meticulously recreation of utes. -- S.T. (Reviewed Oct. 14, 2005) he’s not too keen on the office job. His a seminal chapter in television history, choices have shocking consequences. when broadcast journalist Edward R. Match Point ✭✭✭✭ From the intricate script to the elegant Murrow dared to challenge Sen. Joseph (Century 16) Native New Yorker Woody visuals, this film shows Allen is a con- Century Theatres CENTURY CINEMAS 16 Century Theatres CENTURY PARK 12 Century Theatres CENTURY 12 DOWNTOWN McCarthy and his Red Scare fear-mon- Allen sets his latest feature in London, summate pro with a philosopher’s bent. Mountain View 650/960-0970 Redwood City 650/365-9000 San Mateo 650/558-0123 gering on his CBS “See It Now” program. CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORY OR CALL FOR SOUND INFORMATION AND SHOWTIMES SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT COUPONS ACCEPTED where he pairs Dostoevsky’s “Crime and “Match Point” is a masterwork. Rated: R Spare and austere, the black-and-white Punishment” with Hitchcockian suspense for some sexuality. 2 hours, 4 minutes. -- film opens at a 1958 awards banquet and dark humor. Likeable, ambitious S.T. (Reviewed Jan. 6, 2006) Page 16 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Movies

Nanny McPhee ✭✭✭ away leaving the befuddled Mr. Brown (Century 16, Century 12) Emma Thomp- (Colin Firth) with seven clever but very son headlines and highlights this enchant- naughty children to care for. Just as ing crowd-pleaser based on the popular the umpteenth consecutive nanny runs “Nurse Mathilda” books by Christianna screaming from the house the unsettling Brand. It’s “Sound of Music” redux at the and startlingly homely Nanny McPhee Brown household deep in the English (Thompson) appears, cool as tepid tea countryside. Mom has recently passed and ready to tame Brown’s exceedingly (continued on page 19) “FLAT OUT HILARIOUS. STEVE MARTIN IS INCREDIBLE." LARRY KING “AWONDERFULLY FUNNY COMIC GEM." Paul Fischer, DARK HORIZONS

The cast of too-many characters in “Syriana” includes Matt Damon as an energy analyst, here with Alexan- der Siddig and a feathered friend. Avner (Eric Bana) is the field operative maintain the artistic edge of compelling The Matador ✭✭✭ selected to head up the risky operation in cinema. Rated: R for extreme violence NOW PLAYING this “inspired by real events” melodrama. and language. 2 hours, 45 minutes. -- J.A. (Century 16) Director Richard Shepard’s 3 Swinging wildly between ruminative and (Reviewed Dec. 23, 2005) CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES Sorry, No Passes Accepted For This Engagement. comic thriller is an edgy hybrid, a refresh- CENTURY 12 DOWNTOWN CENTURY PARK 12 CENTURY PLAZA 10 For Additional Information, ingly tetchy indie wrapped in mainstream manipulative, “Munich” still manages to SAN MATEO 650-558-0123 REDWOOD CITY 650-365-9000 SO. SAN FRANCISCO 650-742-9200 Call Theaters Or Check Directory. clothing. Pierce Brosnan sheds his James Bond image once and for all as washed- up hitman Julian Noble, cleaning up one last job to seal the deal. Years of booze WINNER WINNER LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION and broads and plain old age have given EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS Julian the shakes; he’s lost his edge and INCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE he knows it. That niggling fear causes 5 BEST PICTURE • BEST DIRECTOR • BEST SCREENPLAY BEST FOREIGN FILM “DEEPLY EMOTIONAL! Julian to develop a social conscience, “ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR! AN UNNERVINGLY not to mention a desire for the kind of PROVOCATIVE NEW MOVIE! BRILLIANTLY DISTURBING!” Neil Young reaffirms his position close relationship he hasn’t had the time or inclination for. The unwitting target of -David Ansen, NEWSWEEK as a master singer-songwriter, Julian’s novel warm-and-fuzziness is mild- DANIEL AUTEUIL JULIETTE BINOCHE mannered salesman Danny Wright (Greg and Jonathan Demme shows no one Kinnear), on business in Mexico City to and Jonathan Demme shows no one land a major account for a fledging start- up. “Matador” is blessed with a delightful isis betterbetter atat puttingputting musicmusic onon screenscreen..” sense of style and a vivid color palette -Kenneth-Kenneth Turan,Turan, LOSLOS ANGELESANGELES TIMESTIMES that threatens to overwhelm the narrative but ultimately serves as an intense visual FESTIVAL DE CANNES distraction. Rated: R for violence and BEST DIRECTOR ( HIDDEN ) language. 1 hour, 37 minutes. -- J.A. (Re- MICHAEL HANEKE “####! viewed Jan. 27, 2006) CLOSING NIGHT SELECTION (highest rating) ! (highest rating) NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL 2005 Mrs. Henderson Presents ✭✭ Mesmerizing and heart-tugging!” A FILM BY WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM (Guild) Dame Judi Dench headlines this -Claudia-Claudia Puig,Puig, USAUSA TODAYTODAY English World War II-era comedy that MICHAEL HANEKE FOR BRIEF STRONG VIOLENCE. can’t or won’t settle on a consistent theme. Laura Henderson (Dench) is a EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT CENTURY CINEMA 16 newly widowed matron with plenty of 1500 N Shoreline Blvd., “A gorgeous, touching slice money and nothing but time on her hands. NOW PLAYING! Mountain View (650) 960-0970 Determined to find a dazzling hobby, Mrs. CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORIES OR CALL FOR SHOWTIMES ...” Henderson impulsively purchases an old VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.CACHEMOVIE.COM of Americana...” theater with the intention of mounting an -Shawn-Shawn Levy,Levy, OREGONIANOREGONIAN old-fashioned revue. Mrs. Henderson hires bon vivant theater manager Vivian ® Van Damm (Bob Hoskins) to take the reins ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS “####1/2 of the Windmill Theater and they’re off to ! the races. The revue is an instant success 5 BEST PICTURE but the thrill is short-lived as the turbulent BEST DIRECTOR • BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY • BEST ACTOR • BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS This is more than a movie, political situation takes its toll on ticket sales. Henderson and Van Damm need BAFTA AWARD NOMINEE itit’’s a privilege.”.” more than vigor and enthusiasm to fill the BEST PICTURE -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE Windmill. When all else fails...take your -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE clothes off. Unfortunately, as the story’s OF THE YEAR disjointed perspective widens the energy NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS AWARD dwindles and the film loses focus. Rated: R for frontal nudity and mild sexuality. 1 capote hour, 42 minutes. -- J.A. (Reviewed Jan. 13, 2006)

Munich ✭✭✭ (Century 16, Century 12) The 1972 Olym- pics were billed as the “serene Olympics,” ON OVER a chance to set social differences aside 200N TOP TE and wallow in the spirit of international LISTS! 5TH BASED ON THE BOOK BY GERALD CLARKE camaraderie. That cooperation did not SMASH SCREENPLAY BY DAN FUTTERMAN • DIRECTED BY BENNETT MILLER extend to a group of Palestinian militants MONTH! who took Israeli athletes hostage in return for the release of 200-plus Palestinians WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM jailed in Israel. Shortly after a botched ©2005 SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC. rescue attempt and stunning loss of lives, NOW CENTURY 12 SAN MATEO CENTURY 16 MTN VIEW CINÉARTS@HYATT 3 STARTS FRIDAY ONLY IN THEATRES a secret squad of Israeli Mossad agents PLAYING! 320 East 2nd Ave., 1500 N Shoreline Blvd., 1304 Old Bayshore Hwy., Cinearts CINEARTS @ PALO ALTO SQ 3000 El Camino 650/493-FILM x3456 was assigned to assassinate the Palestin- CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORIES San Mateo (650) 558-0123 Mountain View (650) 960-0970 Burlingame (650) 340-1516 OR CALL FOR SHOWTIMES SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT COUPONS ACCEPTED CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORY OR CALL FOR SOUND INFORMATION AND SHOWTIMES ians believed to have masterminded what VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.CAPOTEFILM.COM ultimately became a bloody massacre. www.heartofgoldmovie.com Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 17 FROM TWO OF THE SIX WRITERS OF SCARY MOVIE!

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(continued from page 17) (Century 16) Tommy Lee Jones estab- Golden Globe (not to mention her Oscar lishes his indie credentials directing a nomination) for her portrayal of a trans- “ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR!” Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES • A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES • Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES unruly lot. Chaos ensues from every angle contemporary Western that’s as ornery gendered male getting up close and as Nanny works her curious sorcery to as the main character. Here, the bad guys personal with his feminine side. Bree bring the Brown clan around. Quirky, wear border patrol uniforms, and Mike Osborne (Huffman) is a pre-operative INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS sweet and charming. Rated: PG for magi- Norton (Barry Pepper) shows no remorse transsexual impatiently waiting for the day BEST PICTURE • BEST SUPPORTING MALE • BEST SCREENPLAY • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY when he accidentally kills illegal immigrant when her new physical self can join her 4 cal intensity. 1 hour, 37 minutes. -- J.A. (Reviewed Jan. 27, 2006) Melquiades Estrada (Julio Cedillo), refus- psyche in spiritual harmony. Fate deals “AS AN ACTOR TOMMY LEE JONES RARELY MAKES A FALSE MOVE. ing to investigate the shooting or send the Bree a nasty hand when a caller informs THE SAME COULD BE SAID OF HIS FIRST FEATURE AS A DIRECTOR.” body home. Embodying the cowboy code her that an old love affair resulted in a son The Pink Panther ✭✭1/2 -David Ansen, NEWSWEEK of honor, ranch hand Pete Perkins (Jones) (Kevin Segers as Toby), who is holed up in (Century 16, Century 12) Steve Martin takes justice into his own hands. Much of a New York City jail for turning tricks. Bree tongue-twists and pratfalls into the role of BEST ACTOR • BEST SCREENPLAY the film consists of a long, slow horseback chooses to ignore the information but her FESTIVAL DE CANNES clueless Inspector Jacques Clouseau with trek across the desert. Action-packed? therapist (Elizabeth Peña) will not, insisting joie de vivre. In between running gags, The operative words are “long” and “slow.” that Bree tie up her emotional loose ends Martin and co-screenwriter Len Blum Rated: R for language, violence and sexu- before she will sign off on her sex re-as- (“Private Parts”) have crafted an amusing ality. 2 hours, 1 minute. -- S.T. (Reviewed signment surgery. The film circumvents missing diamond-murder mystery with Feb. 3, 2006) treacly lessons in tolerance and rewards a twist. It’s sudden death on the soccer itself with the resonance of re-birth and WRITTEN BY GUILLERMO ARRIAGA field. A miracle kick gives France the win second chances. Rated: R for intense DIRECTED BY TOMMY LEE JONES over the Chinese team, but the flashy Transamerica ✭✭✭1/2 adult situations. 1 hour, 43 minutes. -- French coach dies from a poisoned dart. (Cinearts) Felicity Huffman earns every J.A. (Reviewed Jan. 27, 2006) Mon Dieu! The Pink Panther diamond ring gilded inch of her recently acquired SOUNDTRACK is missing from his finger. Chief Inspector AVAILABLE ON: WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) has an agenda that involves promoting a small-town police NOW CINEARTS HYATT CENTURY CINEMA 16 officer -- the village idiot -- to investigate 1304 Old Bayshore Hwy., 1500 North Shoreline Blvd., the case. Enter Clouseau. The pain-and- PLAYING! Burlingame (650) 340-1516 Mountain View (650) 960-0970 destruction humor won’t tickle everyone VISIT WWW.THREEBURIALSFILM.COM TO ENTER TO WIN A SONY ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM as pink as the cartoon character but still AS WELL AS OTHER PRIZES FROM . SEE SITE FOR DETAILS AND RULES. provides some good escapist fare. Rated VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.THREEBURIALSFILM.COM PG for occasional crude and suggestive humor and language. 1 hour, 32 minutes. -- S.T. (Reviewed Feb. 10, 2006) “An incredible, heartwarming and 100% thrilling Syriana ✭✭✭ (Century 12) “Syriana” writer-director action/adventure you won’t forget.” Stephen Gaghan’s scorching take on the PETE HAMMOND, MAXIM oil-fueled politics of the Persian Gulf joins the recent cinematic insurgency criticizing “HEARTWARMING AND “A MUST-SEE FILM American policies at home and abroad. But the messenger, not the message, INSPIRATIONAL.” FOR ALL AGES!” created a problem: Gaghan shocks and LISA STANLEY, ROSEANN ROGERS, INFINITY BROADCASTING NBC-TV/HOUSTON awes the viewer with a relentless barrage “A Wonderful Adventure.” of fast-developing, multiple storylines that makes the content difficult to process. Gaghan advances the cast-of-too-many- characters (including George Clooney as a CIA spook and Matt Damon as an energy analyst) in Stratego fashion, methodically moving them across a board riddled with oil-industry intrigues until they finally con- CURIOUS GEORGE © & TM verge in the drama’s explosive climax. Un- HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY © 2005 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

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Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 19 JAPANESE & SUSHI Fuki Sushi 494-9383 Restaurant 4119 El Camino Real, Palo Alto of the week Open 7 days a Week MEXICAN Announcing Grand Fiesta Del Mar 965-9354 1006 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View Opening Celebration! Mexican Cuisine & Cantina Debanese Mediterranean Fusion Fiesta Del Mar Too 967-3525 735 Villa Street, Mountain View Open Week- Restaurant and Night Club AFGHAN & PERSIAN CUISINE CHINESE (continued) nites to 11pm, Weekends to 12pm

Paradise (650) 968-5949 Hunan Garden 565-8868 1350 Grant Rd. #15B, Mt. View 3345 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Palo Alto Sol 328-8840 Now serving Halal meat, charcoal grilled ka- Incredible Seafood, Vegetables • 7 days 408 California Ave, Palo Alto bobs and daily vegetarian specials Huge menu • Homestyle Recipes Ming’s 856-7700 1700 Embarcadero East, Palo Alto AMERICAN www.mings.com PIZZA New Tung Kee Noodle House Armadillo Willy’s 941-2922 520 Showers Dr., MV in San Antonio Ctr. Fandango Pizza 494-2928 1031 N. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos Voted MV Voice Best ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 & ‘04 3407 Alma, Palo Alto Range: $5.00-13.00 Prices start at $3.75 See Coupon Live Bluegrass Music 947-8888 www.fandangopizza.com The Duck Club 322-1234 Peking Duck 856-3338 Pizza My Heart 327-9400 100 El Camino Real in the Stanford Park 2310 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 220 University Ave., Palo Alto is now open featuring a classic Hotel, Menlo Park. American Regional cuisine We also deliver. Range: $1.50-16.50 menu with an assortment Pizza Chicago 424-9400 Henry’s Prime Steakhouse 323-7600 Su Hong—Menlo Park 4115 El Camino Real, Palo Alto of mezzas (appetizers), 888 El Camino Real, Menlo Park Dining Phone: 323–6852 This IS the best pizza in town Great Steaks New Menu To Go: 322–4631 fresh fish, meat kebabs Prime and Niman Ranch Steaks Winner, Palo Alto Weekly “Best Of” 8 years in a row! Ramona’s Pizza 322-2181 2313 Birch St., Palo Alto and vegetarian selections. Hobee’s 856-6124 Windy’s (Chinese) 325-3188 Free Delivery • N.Y. Hand-Spun Pizza 4224 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 168 University Ave., Palo Alto Nightly entertainment. Also at Town & Country Village, Award-winning food. Catering/To Go POLYNESIAN Palo Alto 327-4111 Illusions Superclub FRENCH Trader Vic's 849-9800 BURMESE/CHINESE 4269 El Camino Real, Palo Alto & Fayrouz Dining Chez TJ 964-7466 Try our Sunday á la Carte Brunch! 938 Villa St., Mountain View Lunch Tue-Fri 11:30am - 2pm Rangoon 325-8146 Tues-Sat Dinners only 5:30-9:00pm 565 Bryant Street, Palo Alto Brunch Sun 10:30am - 2pm 260 S. California Ave., Palo Alto “Outrageously good” New French-American Dinner Mon-Thurs 5-10pm; Fri-Sat 5-11pm; Wonderfully exotic & inexpensive fare —Zagat 2003 11:30-2 Mon-Sat, Sun 4:30 - 9:30pm 650.321.6464 5-9:30 Mon-Thurs Lounge open nightly 5-10 Fri & Sat INDIAN www.illusionssuperclub.com SEAFOOD Cafe Bombay 948-9463 CAFES 4546 El Camino, Los Altos Cook’s Seafood 325-0604 at San Antonio 751 El Camino Real, Menlo Park Crepes Cafe 473-0506 Lunch, Dinner, Buffets every day Seafood Dinners from 1195 Merril St., Menlo Park Darbar Indian Cuisine 321-6688 $5.95 to $9.95 Corner Oak Grove Ave. 129 Lytton, Downtown Palo Alto Mon-Sat 8am-9pm Lunch Buffet M-F; Open 7 days VEGETARIAN Sunday 8am-4pm S www.crepescafe.com Janta Indian Restaurant 462-5903 369 Lytton Ave., Downtown Palo Alto Joy Meadow 780-9978 Lunch Buffet M-F; Organic Veggies 701 El Camino, Redwood City CHINESE Enjoy our relaxing garden setting www.joymeadow.com ITALIAN Search a complete Chef Chu’s (650) 948-2696 THAI listing of local 1067 N. San Antonio Road Oregano’s 941-3600 on the corner of El Camino, Los Altos restaurant 4546 El Camino, Los Altos Krung Siam 322-5900 2002 Zagat: “Gold Standard in reviews by location Gourmet Pasta, Pizza. Banquet Rooms 423 University Ave., Palo Alto Fresh Chinese Cuisine.” King of Krung Siam 960-7077 or type of food on Spalti Ristorante 327-9390 194 Castro St., Mtn. View 417 California Ave, Palo Alto PaloAltoOnline.com Jing Jing 328-6885 Exquisite Food • Outdoor Dining 443 Emerson St., Palo Alto Thaiphoon 323-7700 Authentic Szechwan, Hunan Trattoria Buon Gusto 328-2778 543 Emerson Ave., Palo Alto Palo Alto Food To Go, Delivery 651 Maloney Lane, Menlo Park Great taste of Thai & Asian cuisine online www.jingjinggourmet.com Sicilian Menu • Family owned Outside patio seating

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fresh spinach, arugula, gorgonzola, (they don’t call it rococo for noth- caramelized walnuts, some radic- ing) chocolate cream, cherries, and chio for color, and a stalk of bitter chocolate sauce. It’s over-the-top endive, ($6.95) which added a won- sweet, but my main complaint was derfully pungent counterpoint to the the dry cake. sweet nuts. The tiramisu ($4.95), layered The restaurant’s near-eponymous espresso-soaked sponge cake fin- dish, fettuccini Azzurro, is pasta gers with mascarpone cheese, was tossed with shellfish in a creamy good, but sweeter than usual and white wine-saffron sauce. It’s a heavy on the cream. good-sized dish, with al dente pas- In addition to the wine list of most- ta, firm scallops and fresh mussels. ly Italian and Californian wines, The only downsides were the small, Vaso Azzurro mixes up a few spe- slightly overcooked shrimp and the cialty drinks ($6.50). The “Aperi- oil that pooled at the bottom. A glass tivo” blends Seagram’s gin, Romana of Esperto 2004 pinot grigio ($8), Sambuca, and angostura bitters into much fuller-bodied than the usual what may sound like an alarming PG, was a good complement. mix, but if you like licorice, I rec- I quite liked the pollo pala piemon- ommend it. Of course there’s also tese ($18.95), chicken “tender loin” juice ($2), Italian coffees such as with artichoke hearts sauteed with espresso ($2), and American ($2) French Brie and sherry. ($13.95). I and Italian ($2.50) sodas. N i cholas Wr cholas don’t know where the tenderloin is Dining at Vaso Azzurro was a on a chicken (I suspect it’s breast very pleasant experience and a good meat), but it’s not very large, so if value for the money. There were no i

ght you have a big appetite, this entrée mix-ups in orders; the staff was with its small dollop of whipped friendly and prompt, and if you just Save room for the frutti di bosco zabaglione, a bowl of strawberries and blueberries swimming in a lush potatoes and julienned vegetables can’t wait for someone to check on cream sauce. might leave you hungry. you, you can use the tabletop paging The veal shank special was the system to call for help. used a very strongly flavored olive manly choice of the evening: a large Though the restaurant makes a Favorites from the oil. The paper-thin slices of raw fi- cut of veal slow-cooked until tender nice place for a romantic evening let mignon and arugula were over- and very flavorful. If you’re used to out, the staff also gave an equally provinces powered by it, and only the Dijon veal cooked with strong spices or in warm welcome to parents with ba- mustard and diced onion seemed to a heavy tomato sauce, you should bies and children (instead of recoil- Setting is familiar, but food sets Vaso Azzurro apart cut through it. know that despite the long cook- ing in horror). ■ ing time and mellowing of flavors, by Elaine M. Rowland The calamari fritti ($7.95) ap- petizer was more subtle. Lightly osso bucco still has a strong taste. Vaso Azzurro 108 Castro nother Valentine’s Day has walls, blue vases (the restaurant’s breaded and fried, these springy If you’re not accustomed to veal (or Street, Mountain View come and gone — did you do namesake) and flickering lanterns squid rings were served with a spicy don’t like it), it may taste gamey to (650) 940-1717 Aright by your sweetums? Take and votives. marinara. The sauce was runnier you. www.vasoazzurro.com him or her to a nice place for din- Some restaurants have great than my compatriot liked, but the My husband and I loved the ravioli Hours: Monday-Friday, 11 ner? Well, if you fumbled that big bread; others, great dip. This one of- flavor was delicious. con spinaci ($10.95), medium-sized a.m. to 2 p.m.; Monday-Sun- romantic evening, here’s a tip for fers a delicious, warm, hearty focac- When I dined at Vaso Azzurro, pillows of spinach pasta stuffed next year: Vaso Azzurro. cia with a nicely blended accompa- the soups of the day included min- with ricotta. They were served with day 4:30 to 10 p.m. In fact, don’t wait for next year, niment. While Vaso Azzurro’s dip estrone and lentil, and the daily spe- a creamy marinara that didn’t over- because it sounds like you have hasn’t the fiery abundance of garlic cial frequently involved a halibut. I power the spinach or cheese. ✔ Reservations Catering some making up to do. featured at Don Giovanni’s else- didn’t try the halibut, but the lentil If you saved room for one of the ✔ Credit cards ✔ Outdoor While Vaso Azzurro may not where on Castro, this one is more zuppa ($4.50) was very good. A sa- desserts, I recommend the frutti seating Lot Parking be the only terra cotta-washed, complex, blending a mild olive oil vory purée, it went down so quickly di bosco zabaglione ($4.50), of Noise level: sponged-textured Italian/Mediter- with a splash of balsamic, a dab of I forgot to offer a taste to my friend the three I tried. A bowl of straw- ✔ Alcohol Moderate ranean restaurant on Castro Street crushed garlic, and a blend of herby until I got to the bottom of the bowl. berries and smallish blueberries Takeout Bathroom in Mountain View, it has the inti- bits that add just the right je ne sais And damned if he didn’t take that swimming in a lush cream sauce Cleanliness: mate, cozy ambience that, together quoi (which is French for “I don’t very last spoonful. that (also) uses Marsala, a fortified ✔ Highchairs Fine with friendly, helpful service, makes know what all is in it”). I would definitely recommend the Italian wine. I liked it better than ✔ Wheelchair you feel welcome and appreciated. Expecting a continuation of the insalata trevisana, a sprightly mix of the rococo frozen cake ($4.95) with access It’s easy to relax and enjoy din- mild olive oil, I was surprised when ner here among the warm-colored the carpaccio di manzo ($6.95) ON THE WEB: Hundreds of restaurant reviews at www.PaloAltoOnline.com Banquet

NOW SERVING able service and an excellent wine cellar. St. Michael’s Alley, 806 Emerson St., Real, Menlo Park (650) 323-6852 Following are condensed versions, in alpha- Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-10 p.m.; Palo Alto (650) 326-2530 Straits Cafe, 3295 El Camino Real, Palo Mandarin and Szechwan dishes. Takeout betical order, of longer restaurant reviews Sun. 4:30-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed December Saint Michael’s Alley offers an appealing Alto (650) 494-7168 available. Almost always busy. Reserva- published in the Weekly over the past several 19, 2003) combination of Mediterranean and Asian- This stylish outpost of Singaporean tions recommended. Lunch Mon.-Sat. years. This week’s reviews begin where the inspired fare. Intriguing starters include cuisine serves up generous dishes that 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dinner Sun.-Thu. list ended one week ago. Spot - A Pizza Place, Town and Country roasted red beet tart, five-spice butternut are meant to be shared. The menu com- 4:30-9:30 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 4:30-10 p.m. $$ Price Guide: (Beverages not included in Village, No. 107, Palo Alto (650) 324- squash wontons and goat cheese souffle. prehensively represents the four ethnic (Reviewed April 30, 1999) average meal prices) $ - Average meal per 3131 Generously portioned entrees include elements of Singapore’s national cuisine: person less than $10 $$ - Average meal Pizza Sorento, pizza California and pizza stuffed chicken breast, risotto, braised Chinese, Indian, Malay-Indonesian and Sue’s Indian Cuisine, 216 Castro St., $10-$15 $$$ - $15-$20 $$$$ - Above $20 Parisiene all on excellent sourdough crust. lamb shank and pork tenderloin. Desserts Nonya (Chinese-Malay) cooking. Mon.- Mountain View (650) 969-1112 Also serves pasta, homemade soup and are uniformly excellent. Well-thought out Thu. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-9:30 p.m., Generous with portions, Sue’s serves Spalti Ristorante, 417 California Ave., salads. No reservations. Local free deliv- wine list with fair prices. Inviting upscale Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-10 p.m., Sat. southern Indian cuisine that’s rich and Palo Alto (650) 327-9390 ery available; offers many discount cou- bistro ambiance. Lunch Tuesday-Friday 5-10:30 p.m., Sun. 5-9:30 p.m. $$$ (Re- spicy in a casual atmosphere. Diners This fine restaurant offers an extensive pons. Daily 10 a.m.-9 p.m. $ (Reviewed 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dinner Tuesday-Sat- viewed August 28, 1998) are surrounded by paintings by the res- dinner menu featuring a broad cross July 12, 2001) urday 5:30-9:30 p.m.; Brunch Saturday- section of classic and unusual dishes. Sunday 10:00 a.m.-2 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed Su Hong Restaurant, 1039 El Camino Above-average food, fair pricing, person- March 11, 2005) (continued on next page) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 21 Eating Out MANDARIN GOURMET Tea Era, 271 Castro St., Mountain View descent and boasts a four-page cocktail RESTAURANT (continued from previous page) (650) 969-2899 menu with drinks of every shape and size, Tiny shop with some seating offers a solid served in tiki mugs. Try a Mai Tai -- Trader Classy Dining Experience & Fine Healthy Food taurant’s owner. Daily lunch buffet 11:30 selection of pearl tea drinks and other Vic supposedly invented them. Lunch T O a.m.-2:30 p.m; Sun.-Wed. dinner 5-9:30 Taiwanese specialty beverages. Tea Era is Tue.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Dinner E p.m. Thu.-Sat. 5-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed K one of few shops that offers white tapioca Mon.-Thu. 5-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5 p.m.- L L December 29, 1995) A Y pearls, in addition to black. Mon.-Wed. midnight; Sun. 4:30-10 p.m. $$$-$$$$

Winner of Best Chinese Food P and Fri.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. $ (Re- (Reviewed February 8, 2002) viewed August 23, 2002) Sundance Steakhouse, 1921 El Camino 2 0 0 5 Trattoria Buon Gusto, 651 Maloney Curbside pick-up • Valet parking Real, Palo Alto (650) 321-6798 Tea Time, 542 Ramona St., Palo Alto Lane, Menlo Park (650) 328-2778 Sundance offers excellent cuts of beef (650) 328-2877 Trattoria Buon Gusto is little, cute, homey 420 Ramona, Palo Alto prepared in a variety of ways: slow-roast- For the aesthete who can tell an oolong and off the beaten path. Sicilian menu, ed prime rib, grilled steaks, teriyaki-skew- from a Darjeeling with just one whiff, Tea family-owned and operated. Delicious (between University & Lytton) ered filet. Seafood is especially good, Time in Palo Alto is the place to visit. All food, charming atmosphere. Tue.-Fri. with salmon and swordfish excelling. of the teas are offered in a mini pot, a 4- 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sun., Tue.-Thu. 5-9 650-328-8898 Appetizers and desserts are interesting cup pot or a 6-cupper, and a variety of tea p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5-10 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed and tasty. Portions are large. Broad wine sandwiches, scones, crumpets and cook- April 21, 2000) www.MandarinGourmet-PaloAlto.com list , full bar, outstanding selection of ies round out the menu. Mon.-Fri. 10:30 dessert wines. Mahogany-paneled walls, a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. (Serving Trellis, 1077 El Camino Real, Menlo masculine decor. Excellent service. Lunch: until 5:30 p.m.) $ (Reviewed May 1, 2002) Park (650) 326-9028 Delivery Available Monday - Friday 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.; Din- Bellissimo Italian fare with a California ner Monday - Thursday 5 - 10 p.m.; Friday Thai City, 3691 El Camino Real, Palo twist, served up at Kurt Ugur’s second - Saturday 5 - 10:30 p.m.; Sunday 5 - 9 Alto (650) 493-0643 restaurant. Dine on fresh, big salads and p.m. $$$ (Reviewed December 10, 2004) Fresh chilis, coconut milk, sour lemon creative pastas in a sleek, hip dining room grass and pungent cilantro are flavors that -- small and sunny in the front room, Sundeck Restaurant, 3000 Sand Hill intermingle beautifully in the dishes served comfy and cozy in the back room. Full bar. Road, Menlo Park (650) 854-2119 at Thai City. Curry and stir-fry specialties. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Mon.-Sat. 5- Come & Play with Ciya A room with a view. There’s a world of Large, cavernous dining room, families 10 p.m. $$-$$$ (Reviewed May 4, 2001) civility inside The Sundeck’s dining room, welcome. Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Undiscovered Foods & Wines where Silicon Valley movers and shakers 5-10 p.m., Sun. 5-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed Tu Casa Salvadorena, 909 Main St., Red- meet to breakfast and lunch. Mon.-Fri. May 1, 2002) wood City (650) 367-7105 of Puglia and the Amalfi Coast 7:30-9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Casual, cheerful, family-friendly restau- $$-$$ (Reviewed June 15, 2001) Thaiphoon, 543 Emerson St., Palo Alto rant featuring some of the most authentic April 23-May 6, 2006 (650) 323-7700 Salvadoran food to be found on the Pen- Suraj Indian Cuisine, 2550 El Camino Formerly known as The New Bamboo, insula. Pupusas -- a plump corn tortilla Join Ciya Martorana on this culinary odyssey Real, Redwood City (650) 369-8899 this restaurant offers freshly prepared stuffed with cheese, pork, beans or loroco The six page menu features specialties Vietnamese, Chinese, and Thai food. Its (edible Salvadoran flower) -- are the spe- with a small, select group to southern Italy. It from the vegetable- and spice-loving coconut-milk soups and curries radi- cialty here. Mon.-Thu. 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri. will be the perfect time of year, when wildflowers regions of southern India. The portions ate flavor, while stir-fries, noodles and 10 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 9 a.m.-11 p.m. are large and the restaurant is spacious. clear-broth soups, were also quite good. $ (Reviewed July 25, 2002) abound and the countryside is at its most Mon.-Fri. lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Thaiphoon’s dinner dishes were better beautiful. Explore yet-relatively-undiscovered Sat.-Sun. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; dinner daily than its lunch offerings, and main courses Tu Casa Taqueria, 875 Hamilton Ave., Puglia and the renowned Sorrentine Peninsula 5:30-10 p.m. $$-$$$ (Reviewed August outshone humdrum appetizers. Try the Menlo Park (650) 321-5188 8, 1997) refreshing coconut juice beverage and de- The food at this family-owned, hole-in-the- led by your delightful hostess, Ciya Martorana. lectable coconut desserts. Lunch 11 a.m. wall taqueria is simple, tasty and authen- Tour limited in size, so book early. Tacqueria La Bamba, 2058 Old Middle- to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday; Dinner: tic. This restaurant is airy, bright, clean field Way, Mountain View (650) 965- 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5 and friendly, but lacks character. Still, it’s a 2755 to 9:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday $ good place to stop in for a quick bite. The No-frills to the extreme, Taqueria La (Reviewed February 25, 2005) menu offers standard taqueria fare. Daily Trip Highlights Include: Bamba has no tables; just a counter. Most 9 a.m.-10 p.m. $ (Reviewed November 9, people order their food to go. The menu Tied House Cafe and Brewery, 954 Villa 2001) • Begin in Rome, exploring the is a wonderful mixture of Mexican and Sal- St., Mountain View (650) 965-2739 open-air market at Campo di vadoran dishes, offering a variety of bur- The generous selection of award-winning Uncle Frank’s, 2135 Old Middlefield ritos, tacos, tostadas and daily specials. beers is reason enough to pay this bus- Way, Mountain View (650) 964-4476 Fiori, sample the very best Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 10 Roman cuisine tling “beer hall” a visit. This cavernous mi- Proprietor Frank Bell takes his time with a.m.-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed May 1, 2002) crobrewery also offers big-screen TV, bar his ‘cue, creating wonderfully tender slow- food, pizza, pasta, sausage, garlic onion • Continue on to Puglia, in Italy’s smoked meat. Delicious sides include Tapioca Express, 740 Villa St., Mountain rings and cheese plates. Mon.-Thu., Sat. baked beans, thick-cut French fries and heel—a fascinating, completely View (650) 965-3093 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; collard greens. Another highlight is the different, less crowded corner of Trendy pearl tea shop with 150 exotic Sun. 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Bar is open at sweet potato pie. Lunch: Mon.-Fri. 11:30 Italy. Picturesque villages, drink choices. Milk teas, fresh juices, least 1 hour after the kitchen closes. $$ a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Sat. noon to 2 p.m. Din- mighty cathedrals, castles and smoothies, slushies, and coffee drinks are (Reviewed January 27, 1995) ner: Mon.-Sat. 5-8 p.m. $$ (Reviewed lovely coastline available at your command. Taiwanese December 23, 2005) snacks, such as peanut butter toast or Tony & Alba’s Pizza & Pasta, 619 Es- • Move on to the spectacularly spicy, crispy chicken poppers, are also cuela Ave., Mountain View (650) 968- Verde Tea & Espresso Bar, 852 Villa St., beautiful Sorrentine Peninsula. offered. Mon.-Thu., Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; 5089 Mountain View (650) 210-9986 Visit ancient Pompeii and the Friday till midnight; Sunday till 10 p.m. $ A true pizza parlor that hand tosses pies Verde is a Taiwanese tea house, offering romantic Isle of Capri (Reviewed August 23, 2002) and tops them with creative, hearty top- typical American-style deli sandwiches pings. Large pizzas here are 20 inches, alongside a menu of Taiwanese thick toast BRYAN INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, INC. Taxi’s, 403 University Ave., Palo Alto and the pizza dough is sweet and chewy and pearl green milk tea, the latest Asian 37 E. 4th Avenue • San Mateo, CA 94401-4004 (650) 322-TAXI and resists sogginess -- a bonus for take- delicacy to cross the Pacific. Mon.-Thu. Taxi’s has thrown together all the classic out or delivery. Sun.-Thu. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; 11:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11:30 kitschy elements of a diner. The menu is Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed a.m.-12:30 a.m.; Sun. 12:30-11:30 p.m. $ Call Zoe or Harry. basic Americana with a twist: burgers, January 26, 2001) (Reviewed February 4, 2000) Space is limited. Call today! fries, onion rings, chili dogs, tuna melts, as well as low-fat alternatives. Great place for Trader Vic’s, 4269 El Camino Real, Palo Village Pub, The, 2967 Woodside Road, (650) 579-0455 x123/ (800) 234-6432 x123 kids. Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. Alto (650) 849-9800 Woodside (650) 851-9888 Fax (650) 579-0811 11 a.m.-midnight; Sun. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $ Part of a worldwide network of restau- Village Pub serves some of the best dish- (Reviewed January 5, 1996) rants, this Palo Alto outpost is a play- es we’ve had since visits to New York’s email: [email protected] ground for grown-ups on the Peninsula. top restaurants. Save room for a deca- Serves exotic dishes of French-Polynesian dent dessert souffl or end on a lighter note with homemade sorbets. Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dinner Sun.-Thu. 5-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5-11 p.m. $$$$ (Re- 1st Pizzeria Frankie,Frankie, JohnnieJohnnie viewed September 21, 2001) Vive Sol, 2020 West El Camino Real, on Mountain View (650) 938-2020 && LuigiLuigi Too!Too!™ “Now Owners Helena and Hector Sol have El Camino Real brought the seductive appeal of California Established 1947 you’re talkin’ ITALIAN FOOD Avenue’s Palo Alto Sol to Mountain View. Italian” Menu boasts cuisine from Puebla, a dis- & PIZZERIA tinctive region in Mexico. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Family Owned & Operated 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; dinner Sun.-Thu. 5-9 p.m. and Fri.-Sat. 5-9:30 p.m. $$-$$$ (Re- viewed December 14, 2001) www.fjlmountainview.com ™ 15%15% DiscountDiscount withwith SUIDSUID Wang’s Chinese Restaurant, 2209 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (650) 327-2888 Voted Stanford University’s ALL FOOD AVAILABLE TO GO! Basic, neighborhood restaurant with all the standard dishes Americans have come GOLD MEDAL WINNER Open Late 7 Days a Week 15 to expect from stateside Chinese restau- rants: appetizers such as the po po tray, “BEST PIZZA” (650)967-5384 MINUTES egg rolls and pot stickers; and entrees FROM such as Mongolian beef and Szechuan Mon. - Thur.: 11am - Midnight ◆ Friday: 11am - 1:00am chicken. Mon.-Thu. and Sun., 11:30 939 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View CAMPUS! a.m.-3 p.m. and 4:30-9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., Saturday: 11:30am - 1:00am ◆ Sunday: 11:30 - 11:00 Between Shoreline and Castro 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. and 4:30-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed September 27, 2002)

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July 19, 2001) While it certainly can qualify as a fast-food, a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. and Westin Restaurant Soleil, 675 El Camino Amelia’s Restaurant, 2042 Broadway, take-out place, it’s in a different league. Sun. 8 a.m.-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed May Real, Palo Alto (650) 321-4422, ext. Redwood City (650) 368-1390 Bangkok Cuisine, 407 Lytton Ave., Palo Chicken and turkey are the restaurant’s 22, 1998) 7122 The family-run Amelia’s Restaurant is a Alto (650) 322-6533 specialty, but it also serves ham and meat Soleil is creative Mediterranean cuisine at great place to start experimenting with tra- An unassuming retreat into a world of loaf--good comfort food. Daily 10:30 Café Borrone, 1010 El Camino Real, its finest. Salads, soups and grilled prawns ditional dishes from El Salvador, and they wonderful Thai food, where flavors are a.m.-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed September Menlo Park (650) 327-0830 shine at lunch, while salmon, lamb and also offer a wide variety of tried and true perfectly balanced in nearly every dish in 19, 1997) Bustling European-style caf with indoor pastas glow at night. Daily breakfast 6:30- Mexican specialties. No credit cards. Daily the restaurant’s creative -- and lengthy and outdoor seating. Salads, quiches, 11 a.m.; Lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dinner 5-10 9 a.m.-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed July 10, 1998) -- menu. A complete vegetarian and vegan Brasserie Gigi, 223 Twin Dolphin Drive, sandwiches, soups, desserts and coffee. p.m. $$$-$$$$ (Reviewed May 9, 2002) menu echoes the style and flavors of many Redwood City (650) 598-9000 Mon.-Thu. 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri. 7 a.m.- Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria, 790 Castro regular menu offerings. Monday-Saturday A first-rate restaurant in a fine hotel, Bras- midnight; Sat 8 a.m- midnight, Sun. 8 Woodside Bakery and Cafe, 3052 Wood- St., Mountain View (650) 961-6666 lunch 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Monday-Saturday serie Gigi, lodged in the Hotel Sofitel in a.m.-11 p.m. $$ (Reviewed January 19, side Road, Woodside (650) 851-0812 This incarnation of an East Coast pizza dinner 5 - 10 p.m.; Sunday, 5 - 10 p.m. $$ Redwood City, serves some of the finest 2001) The bakery side turns out serviceable joint may ring true with some or as an (Reviewed April 22, 2005) cuisine on the Midpeninsula. Breakfast sticky buns and cakes with gooey butter- imposter with others. Signature-style brick 6-11 a.m.; Lunch 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Din- Cafe Brioche, 445 California Ave., Palo cream roses, but the cafe side has refined oven charred crust is paper thin, crisp and Bangkok Spoon, 702 Villa St., Mountain ner 5-11 p.m. Open daily. $$$ (Reviewed Alto (650) 326-8640 and distilled its hip Cal-Ital menu. Bakery: somewhat dry. Good place for groups. View (650) 968-2038 November 22, 2002) Provenal cuisine in small charming, Daily 7 a.m.-6 p.m.; Cafe: Daily 11:30 a.m.- Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.-11 Affordable Thai food in a comfortable South-of-France atmosphere. Casual 9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed April 9, 1999) p.m.; Sat. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 11:30 setting with excellent, friendly service. Bravo Fono, 99 Stanford Shopping Cen- enough for a bite with friends, but ro- a.m.-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed March 23, Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-10 p.m.; ter, Palo Alto (650) 322-4664 mantic enough for a date. Mon.-Fri. 11 Zao Noodle Bar, 261 University Ave., 2001) Sat.-Sun. 5-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed May European cuisine with a Palo Alto price a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. brunch 9 a.m.-3 Palo Alto (650) 328-1988 26, 2000) tag. Mostly Mediterranean fare with a hint p.m.; Dinner daily 5:30-9:30 p.m. $$-$$$ Small, trendy, good noodle house. Heavy Andale Mexican Restaurant, 209 Univer- of Hungary (excellent, hearty gulyas soup) (Reviewed January 19, 2001) emphasis on the history and spiritual sity Ave., Palo Alto (650) 323-2939 Bella Luna, 233 University Ave., Palo and an afternoon tea menu. Other high- meaning of the noodle. Huge bowls of This Cal-Mex eatery offers burritos, Alto (650) 322-1846 lights are the creamy polenta con verdure Café Fino, 544 Emerson St., Palo Alto aromatic, savory noodle soups. Sun.-Thu. taquitos, flautas, tamales, quesadillas, A gorgeous, high-design interior makes and the flavorful pear almond tart. Mon.- (650) 326-6082 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. $ tortas, crisp tacos and daily specials. The Bella Luna one of University Avenue’s Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Cafe Fino serves wonderful Northern (Reviewed January 19, 2001) assortment will satisfy most cravings for most bella restaurants. On a warm day, $$$ (Reviewed October 28, 2005) Italian standards -- pastas, pizzas (at Mexican food, without all of the lard and ask to be seated near the open front win- lunch only), risotto and and grill dishes in Zibibbo, 430 Kipling St., Palo Alto (650) saturated fat. Highlights include the rotis- dow to maximize people-watching poten- Bravo Taqueria, 980 Woodside Road, a romantic, 1920’s-era atmosphere. The 328-6722 serie chicken marinated in achiote, chile tial. Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-10 p.m.; Redwood City (650) 364-3511 best seats in the house are at the bar; The menu spans the cuisines of the relleno and Baja-style fish. Aqua frescas Fri.11 a.m.-3 p.m.,5-11 p.m., Sat. noon-11 Bravo Taqueria boasts “healthy home- live piano or jazz most evenings. Tue.- Mediterranean, including dishes from the are made fresh daily, along with sangrias p.m., Sun. noon-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed made Mexican food.” Lots of vegetarian Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Mon.-Sat. 5:30-11 south of France, Italy, Greece, Morocco and margaritas. Casual, family-friendly April 23, 1999) options are offered, but there’s plenty for p.m. $$ (Reviewed February 12, 1999) and Spain. Iron skillet mussels, seasonal atmosphere. Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; meat-lovers, too. The chicken mole plat- salads, antipasti, rotisserie and wood- Sat. 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-9 Bistro Elan, 448 California Ave., Palo ter, quesadilla con carne and nachos are Café Pro Bono, 2437 Birch St., Palo burning oven items are first-rate. Desserts p.m. $$ (Reviewed January 16, 2004) Alto (650) 327-0284 standouts. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat. Alto (650) 326-1626 excel. Magnificent wine list, full bar. Lunch Bistro Elan offers elegant dining in a bistro 11 a.m.-8 p.m. $ (Reviewed April 12, 2002) Inventive Northern Italian cuisine, soft and Dinner: Monday--Thursday 11:30 a.m.- Angelo Mio, 820 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo setting. Chef/owner Ambjorn Lindskog’s lighting, perfect for a date or a business 10 pm; Friday 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Saturday Park (650) 323-3665 ever-changing menu melds a French Brix B.B.Q. and Grill, 1246 El Camino dinner. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; 5-10 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Angelo Mio serves a variety of reasonably sensibility with a California emphasis on Real, Menlo Park (650) 321-3300 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 5-10 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed $$$ (Reviewed June 3, 2005) priced, Italian-based appetizers, a broad light foods. Main courses consist of duck, This is a burger joint with a quirky per- December 31, 1999) array of pastas and other entrees. The po- lamb, beef and seafood. Desserts are sonality. You’ll do just fine as long as you Zucca, 186 Castro St., Mountain View lenta is excellent. Veal and chicken dishes interesting and uniformly good. Handsome stick to the basics here -- plain old ham- Cafe Renaissance, 321 Hamilton Ave., (650) 864-9940 are good. Chocolate tart is an excellent yet relaxed dcor. Reservations advised. burgers and cheeseburgers, virgin fries Palo Alto (650) 321-6222 “Zucca,” meaning squash in Italian, serves dessert. Good service, festive decor. Full Lunch Tue.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dinner and shakes. Screened-in patio seating. Cafe Renaissance specializes in tasty up the flavors of the sunny Mediterra- bar with an affordable, thoughtful wine Tue.-Sat. 5:30-10:30 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed Sun.-Wed. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Thu.-Sat. 11 Persian platters. Don’t miss the khoresh- nean, focusing on Italy, Turkey, Greece list. Lunch Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-2:30 February 20, 2004) a.m.-10 p.m. $$-$$ (Reviewed June 1, e fesenjan (only available at dinner) , in and southern France. Casually elegant, p.m.; Lunch Sunday 12-2:30 p.m.; Dinner 2001) which pomegranate paste is cooked the dining room and bar are comfortable Monday-Sunday 4:30-9 p.m. $$-$$$ (Re- Bistro Vida, 641 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo with ground walnuts and tender pieces and perfect for enjoying convivial meals viewed February 11, 2005) Park (650) 462-1686 Buca di Beppo, 643 Emerson St., Palo of butternut squash, creating a rustic with friends and family. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Traditional dishes with mixed results at this Alto (650) 329-0665 stew that is then simmered with chicken. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Dinner Mon.-Sat. Applewood Inn, 1001 El Camino Real, Parisian-style cafe. Professional, knowl- Noisy, entertaining, family-oriented. The cafe’s kabobs are also tender and 5 -11 p.m., Weekend brunch Sat.-Sun. Menlo Park (650) 324-3486 edgeable service and a cozy ambience, A barrage of photographs and visual savory. Mon 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tue-Fri 12:30-3:30 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed February Creative gourmet pizzas (toppings in- but many dishes need attention. Mon.-Fri. flotsam celebrating Italy and all things 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Sat 11:30 1, 2002) clude sun-dried tomatoes, caviar, exotic 11:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m.; 5-10 p.m., Sat.-Sun. Italian. Huge family-style portions. a.m.-10 p.m. $$-$$ (Reviewed January cheeses), salads, soups, sandwiches and 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-10 p.m. $$$ (Re- Mon.-Thu. 5-10 p.m.; Fri. 5-11 p.m.; Sat. 7, 20 0 5) pastas available at lunch. Take-out avail- viewed May 6, 2005) noon-11 p.m.; Sun. noon-10 p.m. $$-$$$ A.G. Ferrari Foods, 200 Hamilton Ave., able. Mon-Fri. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Mon.-Sat. (Reviewed September 13, 1996) Café Silan, 867 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Palo Alto (650) 752-0900 5-10 p.m.; Sun. 5-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed Blue Chalk Cafe, 630 Ramona St., Palo Park (650) 326-5404 Shopping the beautifully laid-out shelves, September 1, 2000) Alto (650) 326-1020 Buck’s of Woodside, 3062 Woodside A tiny yet charming cafe serving au- rife with all things Italian, is the real draw of As much a bar and pool hall as a restau- Road, Woodside (650) 851-8010 thentic Kurdish food. That means lamb this local chain. Select from reliable, high- Applewood Pizza 2 Go, 989 El Camino rant. “Nouveau” Southern cuisine with Far-ranging menu includes omelets, kabobs and stews, flat breads topped quality imported goods. Order from the Real, Menlo Park (650) 328-1556 a California twist. Homemade biscuits, chicken piccata and burgers. Funky with veal and lamb, and bulgur dishes, deli for lunch or purchase take-out foods. Applewood Inn’s creative gourmet pizzas soups, salads, sandwiches and seafood. Western atmosphere, with cowboy-hat made from a cracked wheat grain. Daily Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-6 (toppings include sun-dried tomatoes, Banquet facilities. Kitchen open 11 a.m.- lampshades and eclectic wall decora- 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed December p.m. $$-$$ (Reviewed , ) caviar, exotic cheeses) to go. Daily 5-9 10 p.m.; bar until 1:30 a.m. $$$ (Reviewed tions. Mon.-Thu. 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri. 7 15, 2000) p.m. $$ (Reviewed October 1, 2002) August 9, 2001) Akane, 250 Third St., Los Altos (650) 941-8150 Armadillo Willy’s, 1031 N. San Antonio Boardwalk, The, 4940 El Camino Real, Japanese Food to Go. Delivery This full service restaurant and sushi bar in Road, Los Altos (650) 941-2922 Los Altos (650) 964-7500 • Lunch Obento &6.25 • Dinner Obento $9.25 Los Altos will go a long way to fulfilling any This Texas-style restaurant serves up big The Boardwalk is a no-frills burger and Beef Teriyaki cravings for Japanese food you may have. plates of barbecue, ribs and pizza joint brought to you by the folks that Tempura • Vegetable Sushi Daily 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. $$-$$$ steaks. Try any of the barbecue sandwich- blessed Menlo Park with the like-minded Salmon Teriyaki es or platters with a side of fries or the Oasis. The decadent double cheeseburg- • Combo Sushi Rice & Salad Alice’s Restaurant, 17288 Skyline Blvd., spicy peanut slaw. You won’t go home er makes the calories count. Mon.-Thu. 8 • Sushi Woodside (650) 851-0303 hungry. Sun.-Thu., 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.; Fri.- a.m.-1 a.m.; Fri. 8 a.m.-2 a.m.; Sat.-Sun. 9 Alice’s serves a basic breakfast and lunch Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $$ (Reviewed March a.m.-1 a.m. $$ (Reviewed June 12, 1998) menu. Evening fare includes a surprising 12, 2004) 650-323-9449 MIYAKE menu of dishes, such as risotto, prawns, Boston Market, 3375 El Camino Real, We accept Visa & Mastercard www.miyake-usa.com pork chops. Daily 8:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m. $$ Babbo’s, 717 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto (650) 843-0288 Min. Order $20 140 University Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 (Reviewed August 22, 2003) Palo Alto (650) 321-1488 Serving pizzas and Mediterranean special- Allied Arts Guild Restaurant, 75 Arbor ties, such as paella. The outdoor patio Road, Menlo Park (650) 324-2588 is one of the best things about Babbo’s; This restaurant offers three-course lunch- homemade desserts are the other. Mon.- es in a Spanish garden setting. Credit Sun. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; 5-10 p.m. $$$ (Re- cards accepted. Reservations recom- viewed November 2, 2001) mended. Proceeds benefit the Lucile Salt- er Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Baja Fresh, 3990 El Camino Real, Palo Noon to 2 p.m. Monday through Saturday Alto (650) 424-8599 $$ (Reviewed July 15, 2005) This is more than a hip, cool burrito and From the land of the Dalai taco joint. You’ll get some of the freshest Lama, we bring you the Amarin, 156 Castro St., Mountain View fast food you’ve ever had here. Cal-Mex (650) 988-9323 dishes, such as Baja fish tacos and over- flavors of the Himalayas. Fresh and contemporary with traditional stuffed burritos are favorites. Mon.-Thu. %JOJOH

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Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.- Daily 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-10 p.m. $$- 3 p.m.; Mon.-Thu. 5-9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. www.Rajmantra.com yelp www.illusionssuperclub.com $$$ (Reviewed July 30, 2004) 5-10 p.m.; Sun. 5-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed — "I received the best service out of all the restaurants I've been to in Palo Alto." Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 23 GoingsThe best ofOn what’s happening on the Midpeninsula priccio, Mozart’s Quartet for Oboe and cert talk 7 p.m. Tickets available online Of Note Strings, The Flowerclock by Francaix, or at the door. Cubberley Theatre, 4000 Local Holidays No school for Palo Alto CALENDAR LISTINGS and other works. Free. Campbell Recital Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. Call (408) 395- Unified School District Feb. 21-24. Hall, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call 723- 2911. www.paphil.org. President’s Day No school for the Palo CALENDAR. Information for Weekly and Master Community Calendar 2720. music.stanford.edu/events/calen Solo Handbell Concert Michele Sharik Alto Unified School District Feb. 20. dar.html. Feb. 18, 7:30 p.m. A program of Baroque, listings must now be submitted online. Please go to www.PaloAltoOnline. Special Events El Camino Youth Symphony Baroque Classical and Impressionist favorites com, click on “Master Community Calendar,” and then click on “Submit Call for Artists Gallery 9, an artist owned and Classical music by the El Camino transcribed for solo handbells. Dr. Valerie a listing.” Listings are published in the papers on a space-available Youth Symphony. Feb. 18, 1 p.m. Free. Sterk will be accompanying on organ and and operated gallery in downtown Los Al- basis. tos, is accepting new member applica- Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo harpsichord. $15/$10 students/seniors/ tions. Applications need to be submitted Park. Call 326-2025. www.peninsulavol $5 under for ages under 18. St. Bede’s by March 10. 2D and 3D artists welcome. unteers.org. Episcopal Church, 2650 Sand Hill Rd., NEWS. The online form is for Calendar listings only. Visit gallery for application and details. Hal Stein Quartet Fri., Feb. 22, 8 p.m. Menlo Park. Call 854-6555. stbedes To submit information for possible use elsewhere Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Gallery 9, 143 Celebrate the release of the Hal Stein menlopark.org. Main St., Los Altos. Call 941-7969. Quartet’s new CD, “Spirit,” with an eve- Stanford South Asian Music Festival in the paper, send it the usual way: e-mail editor@ “Cardiovascular Disease and Aging” ning of music from the foursome. $10 Concerts, talks, films, featuring A. R. paweekly.com; fax (650) 326-3928, Attn: Editor; or Learn more about the heart, blood ves- general/ $5 student. Campbell Recital Rahman, qawwali, Sufi rock, Carnatic mail to Editor, Palo Alto Weekly, 703 High St., Palo sels and circulation changes with age. Hall, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call vocal, sitar, and Stanford Symphony Or- Wed., Feb. 22, 2 p.m. Avenidas, 450 Bry- 723-2720. music.stanford.edu/events/ chestra playing “Songs of Five Rivers” Alto, CA 94301. ant St., Palo Alto. Call 289-5423. calendar.html. and “La Mer.” Feb. 17-18. $5-$42. Festi- Meet the Winemaker JP Polowski of Kartik Seshadri Seshadri performs an val pass $85/$50. Dinkelspiel Auditorium QUESTIONS? If you have questions, call the reception desk at the River Run Winery, February 18, 6-9 p.m. evening of Indian classical music with tab- and Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford. Call Palo Alto Weekly between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. weekdays, (650) la player Swapan Chaudhuri. Fri., Feb. 17, 725-2787. panasianmusicfestival.stan Vino Locale, 431 Kipling St., Palo Alto. 326-8210. After hours, you may press zero and leave a message in Call 328-0450. www.vinolocale.com. 8 p.m. Tickets $42/$38/ half-price tickets ford.edu. Pan-Asian Music Festival: Kartik Se- available for ages 15 and under/discounts Stanford Wind Ensemble: Giancarlo Aq- the general mailbox. shadri, sitar and Swapan Chaudhuri, are available for students and groups. uilanti, conductor Sat., Feb. 25, 8 p.m. tabla Feb. 17-18, 8 p.m. Pre-concert Presented by Stanford Lively Arts. Dinkel- The ensemble prepares for their summer For complete Calendar listings, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com discussion, 6:45 p.m. $42-$38 general/ spiel Auditorium, Stanford University, 471 tour of the Iberian Peninsula with Cham- and click on “Master Community Calendar.” $21-19 student. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Lagunita Drive, Stanford. Call 725-2787. inade’s Concertino for Flute featuring 471 Lagunita Ave., Stanford. Call 723- livelyarts.stanford.edu. soloist Tiffany Liu, Bernstein’s Overture 2720. music.stanford.edu/events/calen Mimi Blais Ragtime Concert Wed., Feb. to Candide, Schumann’s George Wash- dar.html. 22, 7 p.m. Mimi Blais performs a benefit ington Bridge, and Jenkins’ American “Garden of Ragtime” concert in support Overture. $10 general/ $5 student. Din- Benefits of the First Baptist Church of Menlo Park’s kelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Ave., www.PaloAltoOnline.com “Hungarian Rhapsody” Benefiting The Disaster Relief Fund. Suggested dona- Stanford. Call 723-2720. music.stanford. If it’s useful and local, it’s on Palo Alto Online! Peninsula Women’s Chorus. Feb. 25, tions are $20 at the door/$15 for seniors, edu/events/calendar.html. 6:30-10:30 p.m. Benefit drawing, silent and free for youth 16 and under. Doors Wet Ink: Stanford Undergraduate Com- auction, Hungarian-themed dinner buffet, open at 6:30 p.m. First Baptist Church position Concert Sat., Feb. 25, 2:30 p.m. Directed by Shannon Stowe and Troy portrait work. Through March 31. Stan- complimentary wine, and dessert. En- of Menlo Park, 1100 Middle Ave., Menlo A presentation of new music composi- Johnson. The Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 ford Law School, 555 Nathan Abbott Wy., tertainment by PWC, strolling musicians, Park. Call 323-8544. www.firstbaptist. tions by Stanford Undergraduate Com- Pear Ave., Mountain View. www.thepear. Stanford. www.mwangmd.com. and folk dancers. Tickets $50. Cubberly com. posers. The compositions span a variety org. “Fired at Davis” Figurative ceramic Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra Presents of styles and techniques from Pop to Ex- “The Castle” A soldier’s return from sculpture by Robert Arneson, visiting Palo Alto. Call (408) 252-6448. www.pw- Sinfonia in concert Feb. 18, 8 p.m. A per- perimental. Featured composers Peter the Crusades is received bitterly by his professors, and students at the University chorus.org. formance of Bach’s Brandenberg Con- Deutsch, Spartacus Locus and others. wife and the other women left behind. of California at Davis. On display through Mountain View Mardi Gras 2006 Fea- certo No. 3 and Dag Waren’s Serenade. Free. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lasuen Through Feb. 18, 8 p.m.; Feb. 17, 11:30 Feb. 26. Open Wednesdays-Sundays, 11 turing Cajun Cuisine Dinner and danc- The program also includes chamber mu- Mall, Stanford. Call 723-2720. music. p.m. Tickets $8 students/$10 seniors/$15 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. ing. Music by Spang-a-lang featuring sic ensembles. Guest conductor is Doris stanford.edu/events/calendar.html. general. Group rates available. Memorial Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Tony Lindsay and the Cole Hamlin Trio. Fukawa, a frequent performer with the Auditorium, 511 Serra Mall, Stanford. Call Drive, Stanford. Call 723-4177. Silent auction. Sat., Feb. 25, 7:30-11:30 San Francisco Symphony and San Fran- Live Music 723-2576. drama.stanford.edu. Flaming Red Cloth: Color and Design p.m. $60 advanced/$70 at door. Benefit- cisco Opera orchestra. St. Mark’s Episco- Lydia Pense and Cold Blood plus Good Auditions in the Weavings of the Iban of Borneo. ing Mountain View Library Foundation. pal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto. Medicine Fri., Feb. 17, 8 p.m. $14 ad- Small selection of textiles from the Iban vance/$16 at the door. Little Fox, 2209 Auditions for Summer Conservatory people of Borneo. Illustrates the skill of Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin St., Call 856-3848. www.pacomusic.org. Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m.; March 4, 10:30 a.m.; Mountain View. Call 526-7014. http://li- Palo Alto Philharmonic Orchestra Con- Broadway, Redwood City. Call 369-4119. the weavers in creating textiles that the www.foxdream.com. March 9, 3:45 p.m.; March 25, 10:30 a.m..; Iban people considered effective and brary.ci.mtnview.ca.us/. cert World Premiere of Lee Actor’s Con- April 1, 10:30 a.m.; April 4, 3:45 p.m.; April certo for Timpani and Orchestra; works Redwood City Blues Jam Wednesdays, powerful ceremonial art forms. Wednes- Concerts Feb. 22 and March 8, 7 p.m. Free. Host- 21, 3:45 p.m.; May 2, 3:45 p.m.; May 6, days-Sundays, Through March 26, 11 by Mary Watkins, Milhaud, Shostakovich 10:30 a.m.; May 25, 3:45 p.m.; June 3, Catherine Ho, Oboe Fri., Feb. 24, 8 p.m. and Ellington. Feb. 18, 8 p.m.; pre-con- ed by Kenny “Blue” Ray. Little Fox, 2209 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursdays, 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; A student recital including Murgier’s Ca- Broadway, Redwood City. Call 369-4119. 10:30 a.m.; June 7, 3:45 p.m.; June 16, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Cantor www.foxdream.com. 3:45 p.m. Open to ages 10 through High Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. School. Program runs Tuesdays-Fridays, Safari Sat., Feb. 18, 9 p.m. $14 advance/ Call 723-4177. www.stanford.edu/dept/ OF NOTE June 20-July 28. Participants learn about $16 at the door. Safari fuses 1970s rock ccva. OF NOTE acting, music, dance, costume and set with the flavors of New York City salsa. “I Remember It Well” A Photo-Story design, and act in a play. Call for more Little Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City. Show A show celebrating memory. Eight audition dates. Palo Alto Children’s The- Call 369-4119. www.foxdream.com. residents tell a story from their lives. Sto- atre, 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. Call ries are accompanied by a photo-portrait On Stage 463-4930. of each resident. On display through Feb “Inherit the Wind” By Jerome Lawrence Harmony Singing Lessons Men inter- 28. Stevenson House, 455 East Charles- and Robert Lee, director Roxane Ashe. ested in learning how to sing in the Bar- ton Road, Palo Alto. Call 493-1478. www. Through Feb. 25. Fridays and Saturdays, bershop Harmony style are invited to au- stevensonhouse.org. 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Tickets $15-$20. dition for singing lessons and rehearsal PACT Arts Focus Exhibition The PACT Produced by Coastal Repertory The- with the Penisulaires Chorus. Tuesdays School will be displaying artwork created atre. Inspired by the real-life drama when through February, 7:30 p.m. Guests are by its K-5 students. The exhibit will be John Scopes broke state law by teach- welcome to observe prior to auditioning. open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Through March ing Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Coastal Free. Cubberley Community Center, 4000 1. Mountain View City Hall Rotunda, 500 Repertory Theatre, 1167 Main St., Half Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. Call (408) 867- Castro St., Mountain View. www.pactpro Moon Bay. 3798. www.barbershop-harmony.org. gram.net. “Manon Lescaut” West Bay Opera con- Exhibits “Seeing Red” Watercolor paintings by tinues its 50th Season Celebration with a American ABC: Childhood in 19th Cen- members of the Santa Clara Valley Water- premiere production of “Manon Lescaut” tury America The exhibit explores the color Society. Through Feb. 27. Mon.-Sat., by Giacomo Puccini. Feb. 18, 24, and 25, subject of childhood and its relation- 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 8 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 8p.m.; Feb. 19 and 26, 2 p.m. $50, except ship to the American quest for national Main Street Cafe, 134 Main St., Los Altos. Fri., Feb. 24. $46. Youth and students identity during the 19th century. Works Call (408) 923-3927. www.mainstreetcafe with ID are half price. Lucie Stern The- by Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Eas- andbooks.com and www.scvws.org . atre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. man Johnson and others. Through May Spring Art Show Watercolors on paper Call 424-9999. www.wbopera.org. 7. Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, and oils on canvas by Alexandr Rapoport. “Mr. Popper’s Penguins” Presented by Stanford. Call 723-4177. www.stanford. Feb. 18, 3-7 p.m. Free. To schedule an the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. Feb. 17, edu/dept/ccva. alternative viewing time, contact the art- Face to face 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 18, 2:30 p.m. A Midwest Art Exhibit Exhibit of California Plein ist. Sheridan Apartments, 360 Sheridan family inherits a troupe of penguins which “Cover Page of a Portrait,” an oil painting on canvas by Riyas Air Landscape paintings. Through Feb. Ave., Palo Alto. Call 330-1623. www.de threatens to eat them out of house and Komu, is part of an exhibit of contemporary Bombay and Baroda 28. By Bay Area Contemporary Plein Air signart.cc. home. Tickets: PACT Box Office, Tue.- artists at the ArtsIndia West gallery at 535 Bryant St. in Palo Alto. Circle. Mike’s Cafe, 150 Middlefield Rd., Stanford Art Spaces “3 Artists” Paint- Sat., 1:30-6 p.m. $4 children/$8 adults. Menlo Park. Call 906-2045. www.bayar ings by Charles Beck, and by Mark Keller, The show runs through March 12 and also has works by other art- Palo Alto Children’s Theatre, 1305 Mid- ea-pleinair.com. and by Francois Miglio will be on exhibit ists including Anandajit Ray, Anant Joshi and Baiju Parthan. Call dlefield Rd., Palo Alto. Call 463-4970. Art Exhibit “Life on Edge” Recent paint- Mon.-Fri., through March 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. “Pear Slices” Eight short new works by (650) 321-4900 or go to www.artsindia.com. ings by Ming Jing Wang, featuring oil Center for Integrated Systems, 420 Via members of the Pear Playwrights Guild. paintings of his travels to Tibet and lives of Palou, Stanford. Call 725-3622. cis.stan Through Feb 26. See website for details. Tibetan people. Also showing his recent ford.edu/~marigros. Page 24 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Goings On

The Beauty in Landscape and Water By of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charleston Rd., Palo Nancy Garrison. Topics include special 4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. www. ant St., Palo Alto. Call 326-6686. www. photographer Meggi Raeder. Mon.-Thu., Alto. Call 494-0541. www.uucpa.org. soil preparations, best varieties for the paloaltotennis.com. cbhp.org. 9 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. 10th Annual Juana Run A set of races Peninsula and South Bay, and raspberry Breast Cancer DCIS Support Group For 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., noon-6 p.m. Free. for the whole family and runners. Runs trellising techniques. Pre-registration re- Environment women diagnosed with Ductal Carci- Through March 13. Institute of Transper- for Pre-K-5th grade. Klutz prizes in each quested. Common Ground, 559 College In Search of Lemonade Springs Sat., noma In Situ. Facilitated by Merry Astor. sonal Psychology, 1069 E. Meadow Cir- age group. Certified 8K and 1-mile. Entry Ave., Palo Alto. Call 493-6072. www. Feb. 18, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. With docents Free admission. Every other Thursday, cle, Palo Alto. Call 493-4430, ext. 254. fees $12 kids/$22 8K/$18 1-mile by Feb. commongroundinpaloalto.org. Tommi and Strether Smith. A moderately- noon-1:15 p.m. Through February. Com- www.itp.edu. 25; includes t-shirt. Race is March 4. For Classes at Little House 4-week classes: paced, 5.5-mile hike. Meet at the Grizzly munity Breast Health Project, 545 Bry- “The Displaced Past” Presented by The more information see website or call race “Having Fun with Language:” Fridays, Flat trailhead. Bring a lunch. Long Ridge ant St., Palo Alto. Call 326-6686. www. Canada College Art Department. An art hotline at 599-3434. Juana Briones El- Feb. 24-March 17, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Call Open Space Preserve. Call 691-1200. cbhp.org. exhibit featuring local artist and Canada ementary , 4100 Orme St., Palo Alto. Call (800) 660-8639 for fees. Little House, www.openspace.org. Metastatic Breast Cancer Support College alumni Miriam Hitchcock. The 856-6778. www.juanarun.org. 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 326- Mountain Biking Fremont Older Sun., Group Therapist-led group addresses drawings in the exhibit address issues of 2025. www.peninsulavolunteers.org. Feb. 19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Docent Strether the concerns of women dealing with ad- memory, the interruption of life, and the Family and Kids Composting Sat., Feb. 18, 10:30 a.m.- Smith will lead a moderately-paced, 7- vanced breast cancer, including: treat- resulting aftermath. Through March 10. Baby Storytime For babies 6-18 months noon. $20. With Carol Cox. Methods of mile mountain bike ride that will include ment decisions, side effects of treatment, Canada College Main Theater, 4200 Farm and their caregivers. Through March 7, 11 bio-intensive composting will be taught. about 700 feet of climbing. Appropriate work-related issues, end-of-life concerns, Hill Blvd., Redwood City. Call 306-3343. a.m. Main Library, 1213 Newell Rd., Palo Bring a 5-gallon bucket of green material, for all riders who are comfortable with changing relationships with children, www.canadacollege.edu. Alto. Call 329-2436. www.cityofpaloalto. non-meat scraps okay. Pre-registration moderately-steep, single-track trails. spouses/partners, family and friends. Unbecoming: First Year MFA Exhibition org/library/kids-teens. requested. Common Ground, 559 Col- Reservations are required. Fremont Old- Free admission. Mondays through March, Unbecoming features the art work of first Drama Camp Children ages 8-14 can lege Ave., Palo Alto. Call 493-6072. www. er Open Space Preserve. Call 691-1200. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Community Breast Health year Stanford MFA students, Binta Ayofe- spend their winter break acting, creating commongroundinpaloalto.org. www.openspace.org. Project, 545 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Call mi, Chris Bell, Julie Chang, Kamau Patton skits, playing theater games, and mak- Flamenco Dance Class Beginner class Obscene Hour Owling Sun., Feb. 26, 4:15 326-6686. www.cbhp.org. and Heather Sparks. Through March 4, ing props and costumes. Feb. 20-24, for all ages. Ongoing Mondays, 7:45-9 a.m.-9:30 a.m. With docents Karen De- Ongoing Breast Cancer Support Group opening reception Tue., March 21, 5:30- 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. $225. Peninsula p.m. Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Mello, Jan Hintermeister, Debbi Brusco, For anyone who has completed breast 7:30 p.m. Thomas Welton Stanford Art Youth Theatre, 2500 Old Middlefield Wy., Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. Call (415) 468- and Katherine Greene. A look for owls cancer treatment and is focusing on con- Gallery, 419 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call Mountain View. Call 988-8798. www. 6734. www.flamenco-academy.com. on this moderate 4-mile hike. Wear quiet tinued physical, emotional, and spiritual 723-3404. art.stanford.edu. pytnet.org. Free Home Buyers Seminar Ten steps to clothing and bring a flashlight with a red well-being. Facilitated by a therapist or a Under The Surface A group of six pho- Preschool Storytime For children ages buying a home will be taught. Dinner will filter or cellophane covering if you have guest speaker to discuss issues. Free ad- tographers, who collaborate through the 3-5. Fridays, 11 a.m. Mitchell Park Li- be served. Call to reserve a seat. Cashin it. Reservations are required Monte Bello mission. 2nd and 4th Mondays monthly, web, are now showing images created brary, 3700 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. Company, 400 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. Open Space Preserve. Call 691-1200. 5-6:30 p.m. CBHP or Stanford Cancer using alternative camera techniques, Call 329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto.org/ Call 330-6235. www.cristinapage.com. www.openspace.org. Center, Call for address, Palo Alto. Call pinhole and toy cameras or lens babies library/kids-teens. Introduction to the Woodland Garden Rising Tide at the Bay Sat., Feb. 18, 1-4 326-6686. www.cbhp.org. used with a digital camera. On display Preschool Storytime For children ages Topics covered will include plant selec- p.m. Leisurely 2-mile walk with docents Young Women’s Breast Cancer Support through Feb. 27, Mon.-Sat., 9 a.m.-5:30 3-5. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Main Library, 1213 tion, layout and design. Plants in bloom Bill and Marilyn Bauriedel. Stevens Creek Group To discuss issues such as: con- p.m. Keeble & Shuchat Photography, 290 Newell Rd., Palo Alto. Call 329-2436. www. will include hellebores, creeping forget- Shoreline Nature Study Area. Call 691- necting with other young women, cop- California Ave., Palo Alto. cityofpaloalto.org/library/kids-teens. me-knots, and many camellias. $25 for 1200. www.openspace.org. ing with aggressive treatments, fertility, Preschool Storytime For children ages members/$35 for non-members. Call or Salt Pond Restoration Tours During a children, dating, and long term health Talks/Authors 3-5. Wednesdays, 11 a.m. College Ter- see website for tickets. Sat., Feb 25, 9:30- two-hour, docent-led walking tour, learn concerns. Free admission. 1st, 3rd and Ambassador Nabil Fahmy, Egyptian race Library, 2300 Wellesley St., Palo 11:30 a.m. Filoli, 86 Canada Rd., Wood- about the South Bay Salt Pond Resto- 5th Tuesdays monthly through March, Ambassador to the US Abbasi Program Alto. Call 329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto. side. Call 364-8300, ext. 508. www.filoli. ration Project. Tours begin at 1 p.m. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Community Breast Health in Islamic Studies and the World Affairs org/library/kids-teens. org. Suitable for adults and youth 12 and Project, 545 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Call Council, SF present: “Opportunities and Toddler Storytime For children ages Seed Propagation Sat., Feb. 18, 2-3:30 over. Bad weather cancels. Good walk- 326-6686. www.cbhp.org. Predicaments in the Middle East” talk by 18 months to 3 years. Fridays, 10 a.m. ing shoes recommended. Reservations Egyptian Ambassador to the US, Ambas- p.m. $20. With Carol Cox. Class cov- Mitchell Park Library, 3700 Middlefield ers soil mix, transplanting, pricking out are required, tours limited to 15 people. Community Events sador Nabil Fahmy. Feb. 21, 4:30-6 p.m.; Afternoon Tea at Filoli Rd., Palo Alto. Call 329-2436. www. seedlings from flats, proper watering, Call to register and for information. Feb. Tea includes an question and answer session to follow. cityofpaloalto.org/library/kids-teens. 18 and 26. Bayfront Park, End of Marsh array of specialty sandwiches, seasonal Bechtel Conference Center, 616 Serra and planting by the phases of the moon. Toddler Storytime For children ages 18 Road, Menlo Park. Call (510) 792-0222 fresh fruit, pastries and aromatic tea. St., Stanford. Pre-registration requested. Common months to 3 years, Mondays, 10 and 11 Ground, 559 College Ave., Palo Alto. Call ext. 43. The cost includes general admission to Book Reading: “The Beheading Game” a.m. Main Library, 1213 Newell Rd., Palo 493-6072. www.commongroundinpalo Scenic Aerobic Hike Wed., Feb. 22, 10 the estate as well. Wed., Feb. 22, 1 p.m. Thu., Feb. 23, 6 p.m. Brenda Webster, Alto. Call 329-2436. www.cityofpaloalto. alto.org. a.m.-noon. With docents Bernie Larkin See website for details. Filoli, 86 Canada author will read from her new novel. org/library/kids-teens. and Stella Yang. 4- to 5-mile aerobic out- Rd., Woodside. Call 364-8300, ext. 288. www.filoli.org. Stanford Bookstore, 519 Lasuen Mall, “Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Film ing. Meet at the Little League Field park- Stanford. Call (212) 614-7892. Ears” Peninsula Youth Theatre’s Stories “Holy Lola” The story of a young couple, ing area. St. Joseph’s Hill Open Space Filoli Now Open on Sunday Sundays, Community Forums 11 a.m. Feb. 22: “A on Stage production is based on the Pierre and Geraldine, and their desire for Preserve. Call 691-1200. www.open 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Now part of the nor- Lifesaving Message about Stroke.” Little Caldecott Medal-winning book by Verna a child. Wed., Feb. 22, 8 p.m. $6-$8. Palo space.org. mal operating season for self-guided House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call Aardema. Feb. 17, 9:30 and 11 a.m.; Feb. Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Rd., Palo Signs of Spring Sun., Feb. 26, 10 a.m.- tours. Through Oct. Filoli, 86 Canada 326-2025. www.peninsulavolunteers. 18. 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tickets cost Alto. Call (408 )281-4771. www.french noon. With docents Paul Vadopalas and Rd., Woodside. Call 364-8300, ext. 509. org. $5-$7. Mountain View Center for the Per- cineclub.com. Kandis Scott. Leisurely-paced, 4-mile www.filoli.org. Humanist Forum “Critical Thinking as forming Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain Jewish History in the Movies Ancient Is- hike and search for hound’s tongue, milk- Gourmet Vegetarian Dinners Mondays, Personal Growth,” a talk by Ben Wade. View. Call 903-6000. www.pytnet.org. rael movies and discussions with Rabbi, maids, and fetid adder’s tongue. Pulgas 6:30 p.m. $13. Call to reserve by 9:30 Sun., Feb. 19, 11 a.m. Mitchell Park Cen- Winter Tracking Sun., Feb. 26, 1-3:30 Ari Cartun. Wednesdays through March Ridge Open Space Preserve. Call 691- a.m. Lecture each month. Peninsula Mac- ter, 3800 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. Call p.m. With docents Keith Johnsgard and 15, 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. Congregation Etz 1200. www.openspace.org. robiotic Community. First Baptist Church, 328-6659. www.humanists.org. Jack Zirker. Learn to identify and differ- Chayim, 4161 Alma, Palo Alto. Call 813- Winter at Long Ridge Sun., Feb. 19, 10 305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto. Call 599- Reader’s Theater Actress/director Bar- entiate mammal tracks. The hike is about 9094. www.etzchayim.org. a.m.-2:30 p.m. With docents Kevin Kilm- 3320. www.peninsulamacro.org. bara Bentkowsky reads works by August 2 fairly flat miles that may include muddy Monday Movies 1 p.m. Feb. 27: “Mil- er and Susan Peterson. A moderately- Mountain View-Whisman School Dis- Wilson and Arthur Miller. Thursdays, areas. Bring kids for their merit badges in lions.” $1 members/$2 non-members. paced, 4.5-mile loop. Meet at the Grizzly trict Registration MVWSD offers choice through March 23, 2 p.m. Jewish Com- tracking. Meet at the Caltrans vista point. Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Flat trailhead. Bring a lunch. Long Ridge programs to Mountain View residents and munity Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve. Park. Call 326-2025. www.peninsulavol Open Space Preserve. Call 691-1200. to other district residents. Site tours and Palo Alto. Call 493-9400. www.paloal Call 691-1200. www.openspace.org. unteers.org. www.openspace.org. presentations throughout Feb. Mountain tojcc.org. Stanford Theatre Guide Feb. 19: “Sev- View District Office, 750-A San Pierre “Sexual Harassment: What you always Seniors en Brides for Seven Brothers” 3:50 and Volunteers Way, Mountain View. Call 526-3500. Gamble Garden Tour Volunteers wanted to know” Panel of experts from Games and Fun “Duplicate Bridge” Mon- 7:30 p.m.; “Calamity Jane” 5:40 and 9:20 Gamble www.mvwsd.k12.ca.us. law and industry will discuss this con- days, 2:45-4 p.m. $2 members/$5 non- p.m.; Feb. 20-23: “Inherit the Wind” 7:30 Garden needs volunteers for its Spring 7 Things Every Woman Should Know troversial issue. Thu., Feb. 23, 6-9 p.m. members; “Pinochle” Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m.; “East of Eden” 5:25 and 9:45 p.m.; Garden Tour April 28-29. More than 250 About Love With speaker Dr. Wade. Feb. $30. SAP Labs, 3410 Hillview Ave., p.m. $.50 cents; “Mah Jong” Thursdays, Feb. 26: “Inherit the Wind” 3:10 and 7:30 volunteers are needed to serve as ticket 21. 6:30 p.m. Sponsored by Silicon Valley Palo Alto. Call 504-2834. www.gaba- 2-4 p.m. $1 non-members; “Bingo” Fri- p.m.; “East of Eden “ 5:25 and 9:45 p.m.; takers or hosts in 5 private Palo Alto gar- Women in Business, Stanford Park Ho- network.org/index.php?option=com_ days, 1:30-4 p.m. $.50 cents/card. Little Feb. 27-March 2: “Treasure of the Sierra dens or to help with activities at Gamble tel, 100 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call events&task=view_detail&agid=96. House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call Madre” 7:30 p.m.; “To Have and Have Garden, including a plant sale, boutique, 960-1431. www.svwb.org/events.html. “Sowing the Seeds for a More Creative” 326-2025. www.peninsulavolunteers. Not” 5:40 and 9:45 p.m.; March 5: “Trea- luncheon, and raffle. Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverly, Palo Alto. Call Mitchel Resnick, Media Arts and Scienc- org. sure of the Sierra Madre” 3:25 and 7:30 Dance 329-1356, ext 23. www.gamblegarden. es at MIT, speaks on today’s “Creative p.m.; “To Have and Have Not” 5:40 and Ballroom Dancing Salsa will be taught org. Society,” where success will be based Health 9:45 p.m. Stanford Theatre, 221 Univer- Fri., Feb. 17, 8 p.m. Lessons for beginning not on what we know, but on our ability to Breast Cancer Session A physician sity Ave., Palo Alto. Call 324-3700. www. Hospice Volunteer Training Pathways and intermediate levels, no experience think & act creatively. He discusses new and a therapist address medical ques- stanfordtheatre.org. Home Health and Hospice seeks volun- or partner necessary. Stanford dance tions and concerns of breast cancer technologies and educational initiatives Winter Documentary Film Series On teers to serve families on the Peninsula. group “Decadance” to perform. General to help children learn to design, invent, patients, family, and friends. Free admis- Activities include companionship, listen- dance party 9 p.m.-midnight. $7. Cub- sion. Thursdays, through March, 5:30-7 Economic Justice and Environmental and express themselves. Wallenberg Sustainability. Feb. 24, March 10 and 24, ing, errands, or respite. Volunteers with berley Community Center Pavilion, 4000 Hall, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. Call 924- p.m. Community Breast Health Project, interest in grief and loss are also needed. Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto. Call 856-9930. 545 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Call 326-6686. April 7 and 28, May 12 and 26, 7:30 p.m. 0139. scil.stanford.edu. A donation of $5-$10 is suggested, but A 3-part training begins Feb. 25; follow- www.geocities.com/fridaynightdance. www.cbhp.org. up sessions Feb. 28 and March 6. Se- Stanford-Berkeley Lecture Series To not required. Discussions and socializing Thursday Night Dancing Thursdays, 7- quoia Hospital, 170 Alameda de las Pul- commemorate 100th anniversary of the Cesarean Awareness with Pam England will take place after the films. Unitarian 9:30 p.m. Music by Mike Johnson and gas, Redwood City. Call 808-4604. www. Great San Francisco Earthquake. Lec- Thu., Feb. 23, 1-5 p.m. $60. Blossom Universalist Church of Palo Alto , 505 E. the Sound Wizards. $7 per person. Little pathwayshealth.org. tures on Historical and Social Perspec- Birth Services, 1000 Elwell Court, Palo Charleston Rd., Palo Alto. Call 283-3797. House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call tives of the 1906 Earthquake, beginning Alto. Call (505) 254-4884. www.birthing www.worldcentric.com. Midpeninsual Regional Open Space Dis- 326-2025. www.peninsulavolunteers. at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28: Kathleen Tierney, fromwithin.com. trict Seeks volunteers for the Daniels Na- org. professor of sociology, University of Colo- Healthy Bones for Life Instructor, Joyce Sports ture Center at Skyline Ridge Open Space Art Galleries rado. Kresge Auditorium, 559 Nathan Ab- Hanna, will help develop a prevention/ Drop-in Tennis Sun., Feb. 19, 10 a.m.-1 Preserve. Nature Center Host volunteers maintenance program based on a diet p.m. Social mixed doubles. All levels and work weekends, greeting visitors, an- Art In Plein Air Solo art exhibit featuring bot Way, Stanford. Call 723-9296. the plein air oil paintings of Los Altos artist “The Negro Baseball League: An Ameri- and exercise plan. Feb. 22, noon-1:15 non-members are welcome. Light re- swering questions and encouraging ex- ploration. Trainings March 23 and April 1. and native plant expert, Jean Struthers. can Legacy” Education one-man show p.m. $15. Hoover Pavilion, 211 Quarry freshments provided. Rinconada Tennis Rd, Stanford. Call 725-4416. hip.stan Courts, Hopkins Ave. between Harriett Call for details. Call 691-1200. The show includes Northern California by entertainer Byron Motley. Part of the landscapes and native plant scenes. Black History month celebration. Thu., ford.edu. and Newell, Palo Alto. www.paloaltoten Reduce Back Pain Class Free. Feb. 17, nis.com. Support Groups Exhibit on display through Feb.25. Gal- Feb. 23, noon-1 p.m. Main Theater, 4200 Breast Cancer Couples Support Group 2-4 p.m.; Feb. 18, 10 a.m.-noon. Reser- Palo Alto Junior Tennis Learn to play lery Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Farm Hill Blvd., Woodside. Call 306-3373. Explores issues that arise for couples Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. Call www.canadacollege.edu. vations suggested. Balance Center, 560 tennis with the Palo Alto Junior Tennis Oxford Ave., Palo Alto. Call 856-2000. League during their spring season. Ages dealing with breast cancer. Spouses/ 941-7969. The Story of Olympia Brown Rev. Dar- partners of breast cancer patients are “Best of British” Features work by con- cey Laine talks about the first woman www.balancecenter.com. 9-15. Beginner and intermediate leagues available. Saturdays, April 22-June 10. welcome to come alone. Facilitated by temporary artists in the United Kingdom. ordained to the Universalist ministry. Classes/Workshops Deborah Rosenberg. Free. 2nd and 4th Sun., Feb. 19, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Public See website for registration and more Blueberries and Raspberries Sat., Feb. information. Cubberley Tennis Courts, Tuesdays monthly, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Com- (continued on next page) welcome. Unitarian Universalist Church 25, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $23. 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(continued from previous page) Nightscapes by London painters Andrew OF NOTE Gifford, a portrait by Dean Marsh and still lives by Scottish colorist David Mar- tin. Exhibit on display through Feb. 26. Chelsea Art Gallery, 440 Kipling St., Palo Alto. Call 324-4450. www.chelseaartgal lery.com. “Double Take” An exhibit of sculpture by Rob Browne and paintings by Fred Holle. Thu.-Sun., through March 12, 1-5 p.m. Free. 1870 Art Center, 1870 Ralston Ave., Belmont. Call 261-1086. www.1870artcenter.org. “Figure and Form” Art Show By local artists Laura Klein and Lois Takaoka. Through Feb. 28. Hours: Tuesdays-Sat- urdays, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sundays, noon-5 p.m. Vino Locale, 431 Kipling St., Palo Alto. Call 328-0450. www.vinolocale. com. Here Comes The Big Parade A parade of over twenty doll sculptures works by James Lagiss. Through March 31. Stellar Somerset Gallery, 539 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Call 328-6688. www.stellarsomer setgallery.com. “Hot Off the Press: Exploring the Boundaries of Printmaking” On display through March 19. With Cindy Blain, Be- Start the presses linda Chlouber, Linda Fillhardt, Barbara Colorful and intricate prints such as “Waterways/Sunset Waters” Kirst, Kate Orrange, and Judith Serebrin. by Cindy Blain are part of the “Hot Off the Press: Exploring the The Main Gallery, 1018 Main St., Red- Boundaries of Printmaking” exhibit at The Main Gallery at 1018 wood City. Call 701-1018. www.themain gallery.org. Main St. in Redwood City. The artists in the show, who also include “Metalwork” Presented by master jew- Linda Fillhardt, Judith Serebrin and Kate Orrange, use such differ- eler Edith Schneider and photographer ent printmaking techniques as etching, monotype and hand-color- Pete Zivkov. A show of contemporary ing. The exhibit runs through March 19. Call (650) 701-1018 or go art featuring minimalist, metal subjects and designs. Exhibit on display through to www.themaingallery.org. March 4. Gallery hours: Tue., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Closed Sun. and Mon. Gallery House, 320 Cali- The SJO joins forces with trumpeter Jon sion of jazz musicians, and lives in a world fornia Ave., Palo Alto. Call 326-1668. Faddis, a protÈgÈ of Dizzy Gillespie and of melodies and double lives. March 1-4, 8 www.galleryhouse2.com. music director of the Lincoln Center Jazz p.m. Tickets: $8 students/$10 seniors/$15 Modernbook Exhibit Opening “Land- Orchestra, for an evening of original com- general. Group discounts available. Pigott scape of Dreams” by Maggie Taylor. Tho- positions. $10 general/ $5 student. Din- Theater, 551 Serra Mall , Stanford. Call rugh March 2. Modernbook Gallery, 494 kelspiel Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Ave., 723-2576. drama.stanford.edu. University Ave., Palo Alto. Call 327-6325. Stanford. Call 723-2720. music.stanford. “The Heidi Chronicles” by Wendy Was- www.modernbook.com. edu/events/calendar.html. serstein Follows Heidi Holland from high “My California” Oil paintings by Julia Stanford University Singers and Sym- Munger Seelos Comprised of coastal phonic Chorus March 3-4, 8 p.m. Under school in the 1960s to her career as a art scenes of Pescadero, Monterey, and the conductor Stephen M. Sano to present historian over 20 years later. Thu.-Sat., 8 golden hills and farm lands of the bay Brahms’ Akademische Festouverture, p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Feb. 23-March 19.; area. On display through Feb. 26. Por- Op. 80 and Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. ribbon cutting with the Mayor of Palo Alto, tola Valley Art Gallery, 765 Portola Rd., 45. $10 general/ $5 student. Memorial Judy Kleinberg Feb. 23, 5 p.m. $10-$20. Portola Valley. Call 851-1563. www.por Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. Call Dragon Productions Theatre, 539 Alma St. Elizabeth tolavalleyartgallery.com. 723-2720. music.stanford.edu/events/ St., Palo Alto. Call 493-2006. www.drag “Water, Water, Water” Watercolor calendar.html. onproductions.net. paintings by Sue Lyttle of watery sub- Student Chamber Ensembles Sun., jects including puddles, ponds, creeks March 5, 8 p.m. Works from the cham- Talks/Authors and spilling waterfalls. Through Feb. 25. ber repertoire performed by members Author Taylor Branch Will talk about his Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., of the chamber studies program. Free. latest book, “At Canaan’s Edge: America 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Viewpoints Gallery, 315 Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lasuen Mall, in the Kings Years, 1965-1968.” Feb. 24, State St., Los Altos. Call 941-5789. www. Stanford. Call 723-2720. music.stanford. 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino viewpointsgallery.com. edu/events/calendar.html. Real, Menlo Park. www.keplers.com. Upcoming Live Music Humanist Forum “Who Is Sally Hem- Aja Vu A tribute to Steely Dan, plus Alien mings,” Meg Bowman tells the story of Special Events Cowboys. Fri., Feb. 24, $12 advance/$14 Sally Hemmings from Sally Hemming’s 11th Filoli 30th Anniversary Opening Event: at the door. Little Fox, 2209 Broadway, own perspective. Sun., Feb. 26, 11 a.m. annual As Time Goes By-Reflections of Filoli Redwood City. Call 369-4119. www.fox Mitchell Park Center, 3800 Middlefield Features a diverse range of programs an dream.com. Rd., Palo Alto. Call 328-6659. www.hu exhibits including a lecture entitled, “Rec- Mardi Gras Jazz Dance The “And That’s manists.org. ollections Through Time: A Garden Time- Jazz” Band will be performing Sun., Feb. Jane Midgley Presents “Women and A Benefit line from 1976-2006.” Free to members; 26, 1-5 p.m. $15/$10 members. Musi- free to non-members with admission to cians invited to join. Palo Alto Elks Lodge, the US Budget” Thu., March 2, 7:30 p.m. Filoli. Tue., Feb. 28-March 4. Filoli, 86 4249 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Call 368- Policy analyst Jane Midgley will speak Golf Tournament Canada Rd., Woodside. Call 364-8300, 2462. www.SouthBayJazz.org. about and sign her book. Sponsored by ext. 508. www.filoli.org. New Century Chamber Orchestra Mozart PPJC and WILPF. Free. Unitarian Univer- for St. Elizabeth Seton School Divertimento K.136. Dvorak Serenade salist Church of Palo Alto, 505 E. Charles- Concerts Op.22 in E major. Gang Situ Concerto ton Rd., Palo Alto. Call 326-8837. www. “Make A Joyful Noise” Concert Foothill for Cello, Robin Bonnell, cello. Feb. 24, peaceandjustice.org. College Gospel Choir directed by Ter- 8 p.m. $42/$28 Students half price. St. Kepler’s Fiction Book Club “Continental Stanford Golf Course rance Kelly presents its 17th annual con- Marks Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado cert featuring Maranatha Christian Center Drift” by Russell Banks will be discussed Ave., Palo Alto. Call (415) 357-1111. w w w. with Molly McCall as the moderator. Mon., Gospel Choir, Foothill College Mass Choir ncco.org. Monday, May 15, 2006 David Wells, Kelly Takunda Orphan Proj- Feb. 27, 7:30 p.m. Kepler’s Books, 1010 Piano Recital by Dr. Namik Sultanov El Camino Real, Menlo Park. www.kep ect and Dr. Baomi Butts. Sat., Feb. 25, 7 Featuring works by Schubert-Liszt, lers.com. 11 AM Shotgun p.m. $12/$8 seniors. Smithwick Theater, Amirov, Chopin, and Schumann. Fri., Feb. Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, 24, 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation at Reparations: A Presentation and Dis- Los Altos Hills. Call 949-7207. the door. St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, cussion State Reparations Chair Marie For information, Matt Haimowitz, Cello “Romance and 2094 Grant Road, Mountain View. Davis will discuss past and present ef- Rejoicing” Mozart’s “Cosi fan Tutte,” Savvy Cellar Saturday Wine and Jazz forts to get reparations for descendents call Carolyn Brennan Schumann’s Cello Concerto in A minor, Series Live Jazz with Robin Hood Duo. of African and Black American slaves. Op. 129, Robert Stern’s Hazkarah for cel- Sat. Feb. 25, 8-11 p.m. Free. Savvy Cellar Tue., Feb. 28, noon-1 p.m. Canada Col- lo and strings and Bach’s Brandenburg Wine Bar and Wine Shop, 2048 Broad- (650) 494-0824 Concerto #3 in G major. Sun., Feb 26, 3 lege, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Woodside. Call way St., Redwood City. Call 363-8737. 306-3373. www.canadacollege.edu. p.m. See website for details. Dinkelspiel www.savvycellar.com. Auditorium, 471 Lagunita Ave., Stanford. The Bingtones plus Wendy Waller Sat., *Sponsors needed - various levels available Call 856-3848. www.pacomusic.org. Family and Kids Feb. 25, 8 p.m. $16 advance/$18 at the Mindful Parenting: Grace Amidst the Palo Alto Performances Helene Wickett, St. Elizabeth Seton School is a Catholic Community door. Performing “Rhythmic Nightmare Chaos presented by the Parent’s Club pianist, performs an evening of Beethoven Music with a Soul.” Little Fox, 2209 school that offers a realistic private school choice for Sonatas. Feb. 25, 8 p.m. $14/$12 stu- of Palo Alto and Menlo Park Dr. Amy Broadway, Redwood City. Call 369-4119. Saltzman will use the practice of Mindful- dents/seniors. Tickets available only at www.foxdream.com. East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park families. Seton’s the door the evening of the performance. ness to explore the territory of parenting. doors are open to all students regardless of their Art Center Auditorium, 1313 Newell Rd., On Stage Tue., Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m. Free for mem- Palo Alto. Call 463-4940. “She In Absence of Love and Death” bers/$5 for guests. Lucie Stern Commu- ethnic, religious and socio-economic background. Stanford Jazz Orchestra: Fredrick Ber- She-a lonely lover, an irreverent daughter, nity Center, 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo ry, conductor Wed., March 1, 8 p.m. and a rebellious daughter-is the obses- Alto. Call 306-8182. www.pampclub.org. Page 26 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports COLLEGE SOFTBALL Shorts Keeping MENLO MEMO . . . Both the softball Menlo College menís and wom- enís basketball teams play their final regular season on Staurday on map against visiting William Jessup. The women play at 5:30 p.m. and the men at 7:30 p.m. The Young standouts plus women, ranked 11th in the NAIA All-Americans have Division II poll, will be looking for the outright Cal Pac Conference Stanford thinking big title. The Oaks (21-3) will join both by Rick Eymer the womenís soccer and womenís volleyball teams as conference ne comes from New York championships. and is such a huge Yankees O fan that she’d love to go back SAP OPEN . . . Stanford grad in time to see Babe Ruth in Wrigley Paul Goldstein dropped his first Field calling his shot in the World round match of the SAP Open in Series. The other hails from Miami, San Jose, 6-4, 6-2 to third-seed- follows the Florida Marlins and ed Lleyton Hewitt on Wednesday comes from a large family. night. Goldstein and doubles The two partner and fellow Stanford grad freshmen - -- shortstop Jim Thomas were scheduled to Maddy Coon play a second round match on and pitcher Thursday. Former Menlo School Missy Penna standout Dmitry Tursunov beat --- are keep- Jonas Bjorkman, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, ing the Stan- on Wednesday and was to play ford softball Wayne Arthurs on Thursday. team on the Stanford grad Sam Warburg was map after to play Hewitt, also on Thursday. solid contri- butions in last Catalina Morris BABE RUTH TRYOUTS . . . A weekend’s final tryout for the 2006 Palo Alto Kajikawa Classic. Babe Ruth baseball program will Following one of Stanford’s top be Sunday The 13s go from 9:30 recruiting classes, Coon and Penna a.m.-noon with the 14-15s follow- Marjan Sadoughi were highly-regarded players who ing. Players must participate in at have stepped in and became impor- least one of the two tryouts to be tant members of the seventh-ranked considered for a team spots. All Cardinal, which opens its home players must be fully registered at season today at 11:30 a.m. against Santa Clara in the Stanford Invita- the programís web site at www. Palo Alto’s Anouck Champsaur (white) gets tangled with a St. Ignatius player during the Vikings’ 1-0 loss on tional. sportability.com/pabr. Wednesday in the opening round of the Central Coast Section Division II soccer playoffs. Stanford OF LOCAL NOTE . . . The 42nd also plays annual Atherton Lions Club/SAN- PREP ROUNDUP Drake, Bir- CRA Boys 8th Grade Basketball mingham Tournament will be held Saturday State and Sac- and Sunday at the Cubberley Gunn boys ramento State Community Center. Palo Alto will in the tourna- be represented by Jordan, Ter- survive in ment, which man and JLS middle schools runs through while Hillview of Menlo Park also Sunday. among the 16-team field. CCS soccer The Car- Paly boys and girls, dinal (4-1) returns seven Lauren Lappin Woodside Priory girls ON THE AIR starters, in- all are eliminated cluding All-Americans Catalina Friday Morris, Lauren Lappin and Mi- by Keith Peters chelle Smith. College baseball: Texas at Stanford, 5 p.m., KZSU(90.1 FM) he first round of the Central Junior outfielder Jackie Rinehart Prep basketball: Menlo vs. Woodside Coast Section soccer play- and sophomores Erin Howe, Tricia boys, 7:45 p.m., KCEA (89.1 FM) T offs was downright ugly for a Aggabao and Anna Beardman also Prep sports: High School Sports handful of local teams. return. Sophomore pitcher Becky Focus, 11 p.m., KICU (36), rebroadcast The 10th-seeded Palo Alto boys McCullough was 21-8 with a 1.83 Sunday at 4 p.m. (7-8-5) suffered a 3-0 loss at No. ERA in 32 starts last year, while se- Saturday 7 Santa Cruz and were eliminated nior Laura Severson was 15-6, 1.80 College baseball: Texas at Stanford, from the Division II tournament. in 20 starts. 1 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) The sixth-seeded Palo Alto girls Coon, the Yankees’ fan, has Womenís basketball: Stanford at Ari- zona, 6 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) (7-9-2) also were blanked, 1-0 by stepped in to play shortstop for the Sunday visiting and No. 11 seed St. Ignatius, Cardinal. She has two of the team’s and were bounced from Division II four home runs and her six RBI College baseball: Texas at Stanford, 1 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) postseason play. leads the team. Men’s basketball: Arizona at Stan- The No. 12-seeded Woodside Pri- “She’s a phenomenal hitter,” ford, 12:30 p.m., CBS; 12:30 p.m.; KNEW ory girls (9-3-3) saw their first-ever Stanford coach John Rittman said. (910 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) appearance in the CCS playoffs end “She’ll play second and short and Prep sports: Cal-Hi Bay Area, 5:30 quickly in a 3-0 loss to host Valley maybe some third base.” p.m., KRON (4) rebroadcast Monday at Christian. Penna, one of 10 children, made

7 p.m. on Fox Sports Net Keith Peters Only the No. 4-seeded Gunn boys three starts last weekend, winning (11-3-8) survived on Wednesday, but twice. She struck out 24 in 18 in- SPORTS ONLINE the Titans’ 1-0 win over No. 13 Al- nings, and her lone loss came to For expanded daily coverage of college varez (13-5-2) in Division I was too Texas’ Cat Osterman, one of the and prep sports, please see our online close for comfort and not a pretty Gunn senior Doug Simpson (16) heads a corner kick away from the Ti- U.S. Olympic team’s top pitchers. edition at www.PaloAltoOnline.com (continued on page 29) tans’ goal during a 1-0 win over Alvarez in a CCS opener. (continued on page 28) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 27 Sports

Softball STANFORD ROUNDUP (continued from page 27) She also hit .438 with a home run and four RBI last weekend. Cardinal out to dunk Penna recorded 1,255 strikeouts during her career at Southwest High, including 32 in one game. Cal men’s swim streak “She’s going to be a great player all around,” Rittman said. Stanford also hosts Cal in men’s tennis on Saturday; They joined a roster full of great Cardinal takes on defending NCAA baseball champ Texas players. Lappin and Morris are members of the United States elite by Rick Eymer average ranks last in the Pac-10, national team, and Rinehart has t’s another Super Saturday at though the Cardinal collected 10 played in the Junior Olympic World Stanford and men’s swimming is hits in Sunday’s win over Kansas. Championships. I one of several main attractions Morris went 8-for-17 (.471) last as top-ranked California brings its Women’s tennis weekend, including a home run and 15-meet winning streak to Avery Top-ranked Stanford takes its 63- five RBI, hitting safely in all five Aquatic Center for a 1 p.m. Pac-10 match winning streak on the road to games. showdown with No. Stanford. No. 17 UCLA today at 1:30 p.m. and The left-handed leadoff hitter hit a A Stanford sports fan would be No. 4 USC on Saturday at noon. team-best .351 with 46 runs scored able to take in seven nationally- The Cardinal (7-0) has outscored last year. ranked teams on campus but he or its opponents 41-2 this season. The Lappin, who hit .331 last year and she would have to hustle a little bit. Bruins are 4-1 and the Women of scored a team-high 52 runs, moved In addition to hosting two of the top Troy are 4-0. to catcher after spending three years swim teams in the nation, the sixth- at shortstop. She was named the ranked Stanford men’s tennis team Wrestling Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year hosts No. 16 California at 1 p.m., Stanford beat host Fresno State, last year. the 24th-ranked baseball team hosts 26-12, on Saturday in the final dual Catching is nothing new for her; No. 7 Texas and the seventh-ranked meet of the season. it’s her position on the U.S. National Stanford softball team is hosting a Stanford (5-4 in the Pac- Team. tournament. 10, 8-7 overall)) hosts the Pac- Severson is the active wins leader Last year Cal swam to victory 10 championships beginning at Stanford with 34. over Stanford for the first time in Feb. 26 at Maples Pavilion. “They provide the leadership 14 years, ending the Cardinal’s 38- and they’ve led this program,” Rit- meet winning streak and threaten- Women’s golf tman of Morris, Lappin and Sever- ing the Cardinal’s stranglehold on Stanford shot a final round of 305 son. “They are looking to do great the Pac-10 championships. Stanford at the Northrop Grumman Regional things. Lauren will spend time at recovered to win its 24th straight Challenge on Wednesday to finish

catcher and shortstop. She’s a great Gonzalesphoto.com conference title but that streak is eighth with a three-day score of leader.” again in jeopardy. 921. Aggabao and Beardman are also The Bears are loaded, and have off to fast starts. Beardman is hit- won 26 of their past 28 dual meets. Football ting .429 and Aggabao is at .364. The last team other than Stanford A.J. Christoff is returning to Sophomore Laura Nydam rounds to beat Cal was Texas, on Oct. 27, Stanford for his third tour of duty out a strong pitching staff. 2001. as a member of the Cardinal coach- Smith set a school record with 19 Stanford freshman shortstop Maddy Coon already has made an impact Stanford was second and Cal ing staff. home runs last year. with a team-high two homers and six RBI. fourth at last year’s NCAA cham- Christoff, who spent last season “She’s a good hitter who doesn’t depth it enjoyed last year in winning pionships. as the secondary coach of the San worry about home runs,” Rittman its first-ever Pac-10 championship. Olympian Michael Cavic of Cal Francisco 49ers, was named Stan- said. “She just wants to get good The Cardinal won its regional last heads a list of some of the top col- ford’s defensive coordinator and barrel on the ball.” year but fell to Tennessee in a Super legiate swimmers in the nation. secondary coach. Seniors Shoney Hixson and Me- Regional, missing its third trip to Stanford has a few elite swimmers Christoff was Stanford’s defen- gan Bordelon join junior Lindsay the College World Series. as well, making this one of the pre- sive coordinator in 1983 under Paul Key and sophomore Erin Howe “Our biggest goal is to win a na- mier events of the season. Wiggin and returned to the Farm to give Stanford the same quality tional championship,” Rittman said. The schools have a combined 13 in 2003 as defensive coordinator. “We know the Pac-10 schedule (sev- swimmers ranked among the top 10 en teams ranked in the top 25) will in a total of 21 events, while Cal has Women’s water polo be a grind and we have to prepare four relay teams and Stanford has Stanford (4-1) travels to UC San- for that by playing top teams early. three among the top 10. With a very ta Barbara for a Mountain Pacific We have a solid team and a lot of few exceptions, every race should be Sports Federation contest on Satur- versatility. Right now we’re trying fiercely competitive. day at noon and to Cal State North- to find an identity.” ridge for a noon game on Sunday. Stanford also plays Drake today at Men’s tennis The third-ranked Cardinal will 3:30 p.m. and again on Saturday at Stanford (4-0) is off to its best return to Santa Barbara for the Sou- 1:30 p.m., followed by Birmingham start since 2002 as Menlo School Cal tournament next weekend. State at 3:30 p.m. grad James Pade and James Wan Freshman Lauren Silver leads On Sunday the Cardinal plays remain undefeated in dual meets. Stanford with 12 goals, while ju- Sacramento State at 11:30 a.m. and Pade is 12-3 overall, and Stanford nior goalie Meridith McColl has 30 Santa Clara at 1:30 p.m. No. 1 singles player KC Corkery is saves. “We need to come out and be ag- 14-3. All six combined losses were gressive offensively,” Rittman said. to nationally-ranked opponents. Women’s gymnastics “I’d like to see us play better de- Pade and Wan have been play- No. 10 Stanford hosts No. 14 Ari- fense. We rushed some things and ing up so far this year with fresh- zona tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Burn- made some mistakes and that’s al- man Matt Bruch nursing an ankle ham Pavilion. ways going to happen early in the injury. The Cardinal has won two straight season.” after opening the Pac-10 with a loss Rittman, in his 10th year at Stan- Baseball at Oregon State. This is Stanford’s ford, owns a 392-186 career mark A pair of struggling, but storied, first conference home meet. entering play today. He’s never had a programs come together for a three- losing season and has led the Cardi- game series beginning today at 5 Men’s basketball nal into the postseason eight straight p.m. when No. 24 Stanford (4-2) Stanford can help itself reach the Gonzalesphoto.com years. Gonzalesphoto.com hosts No. 7 Texas (3-4). postseason with a win over visiting Rittman served as an assistant Neither team’s offense was got- Arizona on Sunday. coach to the United States Olympic ten untracked but pitching has been The 12:30 p.m. tipoff will be tele- team which won the gold medal in sparkling. vised nationally by CBS. Athens. He also coached the nation- Greg Reynolds (0-0, 2.13) takes Stanford and Arizona are current- al elite team to the Intercontinental the mound against Adrian Alaniz ly locked in a battle for third place Freshman pitcher Missy Penna is Cup title in Madrid over the sum- Coach John Rittman has high (1-0, 1.69) in today’s series opener. in the Pac-10, just behind Cal and 2-1 with 24 strikeouts. mer.N hopes for his Stanford team. Stanford’s .222 team batting UCLA.N Page 28 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports

Gunn†had opportunities to build in the second half and began mov- Prep roundup on its lead but continually misfired, ing more players up front in an at- (continued from page 27) often watching shots richochet to tempt to deadlock the match. Gunn, sight. unoccupied area when an extra ef- as it turned out, was fortunate and “It wasn’t one of our best games of fort might have produced goals. many of the players reflected that the year,” said Gunn head coach Da- Burgee addressed numerous feeling during the game. vid Burgee. “But this type of game problems at halftime, including the Junior goalie Ian Powell wound gets us over the hump to begin the importance of getting a quick goal up with five saves, but the Gunn de- playoffs.” to start the second half, moving the fenders often had a hard time clear- Next for the Titans will be Satur- ball sideline to sideline to open the ing the ball to safe areas day’s quarterfinal test against No. 5 attack and getting more balls served “They (Alvarez) put pressure on Leland (12-8-1) at Milpitas High at into the penalty box. us and we didn’t respond (well),” 10 a.m. Gunn knocked off the Char- But, as junior midfielder Sam Zip- Burgee said.. gers earlier this season, 2-1. perstein said in a postgame meeting: With Leland looming and a pos- Burgee probably will be happy “What we talked about at halftime sible semifinal match against top- to score two goals again, especially didn’t happen.” seeded Watsonville on the horizon after getting a lone, disputed goal That, among other things, has next week, Burgee offered up a list against Alvarez. pushed Burgee’s frustration level up of what his team needs to do. After Amar Ghose knocked a a notch or two this season. “One,” he said, “is serving balls corner kick into the box barely 11 “We give these kinds of teams quick, earlier and with a greater minutes into the match at Gunn, the life,” Burgee said. “That’s the story sense of urgency into the penalty ball was loose for a moment as both of our season — a team that has box. teams had opportunities to control struggled. We’ll have good days and “Two, we need to finish better and it. When the Alvarez keeper finally bad days, or bad days and OK days. crash in for the richochets. wrapped it up, both he and the ball OK days won’t get it done.” “Three, we need to become more were just enough in the cage to give Still, the Titans did win. More- dynamic with our attack and how the Titans a 1-0 lead. over, they haven’t lost since January we move the ball. While Gunn defenders Doug 3. “Four, the use of negative space. Simpson and Alex Granieri were “If we get past the quarterfinals We can’t always move forward. We both around the ball, no one really (Leland on Saturday), we have as have to use the open space behind us knew for sure. Granieri wound up good a shot as anybody,” Burgee to set up our attack. getting credit for the score. said. “It’s one game at a time.” “And five, we haven’t had a game Marjan Sadoughi “There were a bunch of us down Burgee also knows his team can’t with that killer attitude. That’s my there knocking at the ball,” said afford to let opponents back in number one issue. We lack that kill- Granieri, a senior . “I think I was matches, like the Titans nearly did er instinct.” the one who touched it last.” Wednesday. Alvarez charged back As Gunn exhibited against Alva- rez, the Titans did nothing to pour it Palo Alto sophomore Teresa Noyola used some heads-up play, but the on. They had the Eagles on the can- Vikings still dropped a 1-0 CCS opener to St. Ignatius. ATHLETES OF THE WEEK vas and then helped them up, instead of delivering a knockout punch. Fortunately for Gunn, it survived to have the opportunity to do just that on Saturday. Joining Gunn in the quarterfi- nals will be the Menlo girls, who are seeded No. 4 in Division III. The Knights (12-4-2) will visit No. 5 Valley Christian at 2:30 p.m.

Boys tennis Defending CCS Division II cham- pion Sacred Heart Prep opened it season with a 4-3 victory over Red- wood this week. Jamie Hutter and Mizra Kliss posted singles victories to get the Gators started.

Track and field The 2006 outdoor season has yet to get officially under way, but Cas- tilleja junior Tori Anthony already has risen to the top of the CCS field in the pole vault. Erica Hayes Kiyoshi Kawano Anthony set a CCS record in the Menlo-Atherton High Gunn High vault last weekend by clearing 13-0 The sophomore guard scored The junior had a pin in a at the Los Gatos All-Comers meet.

32 points in two basketball 36-34 dual-meet win, then Anthony, who finished fourth in Keith Peters victories as the Bears cap- pinned three straight foes her specialty at the 2005 state meet, tured the PAL Southern Divi- to capture the 112-pound broke the previous CCS mark of 12- sion championship for the title at the SCVAL Wrestling 9 set last season by Natasha Barthel first time in five years and Championships while helping of St. Francis. Anthony had the No. 2 all-time Gunn junior Sam Zipperstein (left) did his best to help generate some of- earned the top seed for the the Titans take third for their fense during the Titans’ 1-0 CCS win over visiting Alvarez. section mark of 12-8.N PAL playoffs. highest finish ever. Honorable mention Prep basketball teams streak into postseason by Keith Peters Alex Chang-Graham Ian Barnett Anza Division (24-1 overall) head- led the way with 19 points and sur- Castilleja basketball Gunn soccer linching was the name of ing into tonight’s regular-season fi- passed 1,500 points in his career. He Amanda Legge Jeremy Lin* the game this week as local nale against visiting Mountain View becomes the 13th boy in CCS his- Pinewood soccer Palo Alto basketball C prep basketball teams kept at 7:45 p.m. tory to surpass that mark. Rachael Pecota Michael McMahon winning streaks alive, wrapped up Junior guard Adam Wandell tal- Gunn has locked up second place, Palo Alto basketball Sacred Heart Prep basketball league titles, Central Coast Section lied a season-high 14 points while its best finish ever in the De Anza Linda Pita Cooper Miller playoff berths and reached a mile- seniors Cooper Millere and Khea- Division. The Titans close out their Menlo-Atherton basketball Palo Alto basketball stone or two. ton Scott added 10 each in limited regular season tight against visiting Alex Shepard Uly Morales The Palo Alto boys stretched their roles. Los Gatos at 7:45 p.m. The Titans Menlo basketball Palo Alto wrestling winning streak to 16 this season with Gunn bounced back from last are looking for their first 20-win Hannah Stephens Hap Plain a 60-20 romp over visiting Fremont week’s loss to Paly with a 56-50 win season since the 1980-1981 team Sacred Heart Prep basketball Woodside Priory basketball on Wednesday night. The Vikings at Homestead. The Titans improved that went 25-3. Members of the 1981 improved to 11-0 in the SCVAL De to 9-2 (19-7) as junior Peter Jordan (continued on page 32) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 29 Sports

SCOREBOARD BASEBALL lege; 19, BYU; 20, New Mexico; 21, Texas Northrop Grumman Regional boontana 79-76-75---230; 34, Chun 75-79- Georgia; 14, Northwestern; 15, Iowa; 16, A&M; 22, Vanderbilt; 23, Temple; 24, Louisi- 79---233; 53, Lue 81-79-77---237; 60, Liao Baylor; 17, Nebraska; 18, Missouri; 19, Loui- Baseball America Top 25 at Palos Verdes GC, par 71 ana Tech; 25, Utah. 79-84-79---240. siana-Lafayette; 20, Auburn; 21, DePaul; 22, Team leaders --- 1, Arizona State 293- 1, Clemson; 2, Florida; 3, Georgia Tech; 4, Fresno State; 23, Arizona State; 24, Oregon; NAIA Division II Top 25 299-300---892; 2, USC 206-307-305--- golfstat.com Top 25 North Carolina; 5, Rice; 6, Oregon State; 7, 25, LSU. Texas; 8, Tennessee; 9, Cal State Fullerton; 1, Cedarville (Ohio); 2, Ozarks (Missouri); 893; 3, California 296-307-305---908; 4, 1, Duke; 2, UCLA; 3, Georgia; 4, Purdue; 10, Tulane; 11, Mississippi State; 12, Mis- 3, Hastings (Nebraska); 4, Tabor (Kansas); 5, Wake Forest 301-303-305---909; 5, Okla- 5, Pepperdine; 6, Auburn; 7, UCLA; 8, Ari- souri; 13, South Carolina; 14, Florida State; Northwestern (Iowa); 6, Morningside (Iowa); homa State 304-294-312---910; 6, UCLA zona State; 9, Arkansas; 10, Vanderbilt; 11, MEN’S SWIMMING 15, San Diego; 16, Pepperdine; 17, Arkan- 7, St. Francis (Indiana); 8, Shawnee State 301-310-303---914; 7, Pepperdine 311-307- Wake Forest; 12, UNLA; 13, Virginia; 14, swimming.com Top 25 sas; 18, TCU; 19, Long Beach State; 20, (Ohio); 9, Doane (Nebraska); 10, Indiana 301---919; 8, Stanford 305-311-305---921; Stanford; 15, Tennessee; 16, Arizona; 17, Wesleyan; 11, Menlo College; 12, Bene- 9, Arkansas 309-305-308---922; 10, Ohio Texas A&M; 18, California; 19, New Mexico; 1, Auburn; 2, California; 3, Stanford; 4, LSU; 21, North Carolina State; 22, Cal Poly; Florida; 5, Texas; 6, Michigan; 7, Auburn; 23, Mississippi; 24, Stanford; 25, USC. dictine (Kansas); 13, Cardinal Stritch (Wis- State 314-302-307---923. 20, Ohio State; 21, Kent State; 22, Long consin); 14, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kansas); Beach State; 23, Tulane; 24, Washington; 8, Minnesota; 9, USC; 10, Georgia; 11, In- Individual leaders --- 1, Cho (USC) 75- diana; 12, Tennessee; 13, Virginia; 14, Pur- 15, Bethel (Tennessee); 16, Bryan (Tennes- 68-71---214; 2, Osborn (ASU) 70-73-72--- 25, Michigan State. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL see); 17, Aquinas (Michigan); 18, South due; 15, Northwestern; 16, Florida State; 17, 215; 3, Andersson (Cal) 72-73-72---217; 4, Kentucky; 18, Iowa State; 19, Notre Dame; AP Top 25 Dakota State; 19, Saint Mary (Nebraska); Hill (WF) 72-73-75---220; 4, Moreno (USC) SOFTBALL 20, Alabama; 21, SMU; 22, Penn State; 23, 1, Duke; 2, LSU; 3, North Carolina; 4, 20, Bethany (Kansas); 21, Warner Pacific 72-71-77---220; 4, Sheridan (Cal) 70-72-78- (Oregon); 22, Berea (Kentucky); 23, Notre USA Today Top 25 North Carolina; 24, Arizona State; 25, Pitts- Maryland; 5, Tennessee; 6, Ohio State; 7, --220; 7, Mathews (UCLA) 70-81-72---223; burgh. Rutgers; 8, Connecticut; 9, Oklahoma; 10, Dame (Ohio); 24, Huntington (Indiana); 25, 8, Connelly (Ohio State) 80-72-72---224; 8, 1, Michigan; 2, UCLA; 3, Arizona; 4, Ten- Purdue; 11, Stanford; 12, Baylor; 13, Geor- Iowa Wesleyan. Husted (Stanford) 73-77-74---224; 8, Munoz nessee; 5, Texas; 6, California; 7, Stanford; gia; 14, Michigan State; 15, Arizona State; (ASU) 73-74-77---224. 8, Alabama; 9, Texas A&M; 10, Oklahoma; WOMEN’S SWIMMING 16, DePaul; 17, Minnesota; 18, Boston Col- WOMEN’S GOLF Other Stanford scorers --- 26, Tangtiphai- 11, Washington; 12, Oregon State; 13, swimming.com Top 25 1, Georgia; 2, Auburn; 3, California; 4, Stanford; 5, Florida; 6, Arizona; 7, UCLA; 8, Texas; 9, SMU; 10, Wisconsin; 11, USC; 12, Rutgers; 13, Texas A&M; 14, Penn State; 15, Stratford School is opening Indiana; 16, Tennessee; 17, Florida State; 18, Virginia; 19, Notre Dame; 20, Michigan; 21, Purdue; 22, North Carolina; 23, Washington; a new preschool and elementary 24, Kentucky; 25, Missouri. Schedule school in Palo Alto! FRIDAY Baseball To learn more about Stratford or to schedule a tour, College --- Texas at Stanford, 5 p.m.; Wil- lamette at Menlo, 2 p.m. please call (650) 493-1151 or email [email protected]. Gymnastics College women --- Arizona at Stanford, 7:30 p.m. Softball College --- Santa Clara at Stanford, 1:30 p.m.; Drake at Stanford, 3:30 p.m. Tennis College women --- Stanford at USC, 1:30 p.m. Volleyball College men --- Stanford at UC Irvine, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Baseball College --- Texas at Stanford, 1 p.m.; Wil- lamette at Menlo, 1 p.m. Basketball College men --- William Jessup at Menlo, 7:30 p.m. College women --- Stanford at Arizona, 2 p.m.; William Jessup at Menlo, 5:30 p.m. Gymnastics www.stratfordschools.com College men --- Stanford at Temple Invi- tational, 7:30 p.m.

Page 30 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports The Pear Avenue PEAR SLICES 2006 HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD FEB. 10 - 26 BOYS BASKETBALL G -- Shevick 5 1-2 12, Fung 1 2-5 4, Evans St. Ignatius 0 1 -- 1 Theatre 8 3-5 20, Perricone 6 3-5 15, Pereira 1 0-0 Palo Alto 0 0 -- 0 SCVAL De Anza Division 2. Totals: 21 9-17 53. Fremont 5384--20 SI -- Brunache (unassisted) presents H -- Kitasoe 1 0-0 2, Blazensky 1 0-2 2, Records: Palo Alto 16 17 29 7 -- 60 Palo Alto finishes season 7-9-2 Verissimo 2 11-12 15, Mower 3 6-7 12, Ichi- F -- Janisse 2-3-8, Allen 2-2-7, Kesten 1- Division III first round kawa 2 0-0 4, Park 3 0-1 6, Lee 3 0-2 6, Irish 0-2, Blackwell 1-0-3. Totals: 6-5-20. Woodside Priory 0 0 -- 0 2 1-4 5. Totals: 17 18-28 52. PA -- Lehman 2-2-7, Brown 4-0-9, Lin 3- Valley Christian 3 0 -- 3 Three-point goals: Shevick, Evans (G). 2-8, Wandell 5-2-14, Miller 4-2-10, Trimble VC -- Cheadle (Patterson), Celaya (Bales), Santa Clara 9 7 15 6 -- 37 1-0-2, Scott 2-6-10. Totals: 21-14-60. Patterson (Cheadle) Palo Alto 8 17 17 13 -- 55 Three-point goals: Janisse, Allen, Black- Records: Woodside Priory finishes sea- SC -- Cole 3-0-6, Azes 1-0-2, Phan 7- well (F); Wandell 2, Lehman, Brown (PA). son 9-3-3 8-23, Munoz 1-0-2, Oseso 1-2-4. Totals: Gunn 12 13 16 15 -- 56 13-10-37. Homestead 12 9 13 16 -- 50 PA -- Barich 1-1-3, Hanson 1-0-2, Fields BOYS TENNIS G -- Wong 2-0-4, La Fleur 3-2-9, Anthony 8 new plays 2-1-6, Grant 5-0-10, Clay 2-0-4, Feltscher 2- Nonleague 1-0-2, D. Riley 6-1-16, Johnson 0-2-2, Gil 1- 0-5, Gaal 6-0-12, McDermott 2-0-4, Pecota 0-2, Jordan 9-1-19, Brennan 1-0-2. Totals: SH Prep 4, Redwood 3 by the Directed by 4-0-9. Totals: 25-2-55. 23-6-56. Singles -- Hutter (SHP) d. Derakhshani, Three-point goals: Phan (SC); Fields, Pear Playwrights Guild H -- Lai 1-0-3, Ostrow 6-2-17, Liu 2-0- 6-4, 6-3; Kellis (Red) d. D. McCall, 1-6, 6-4, Troy Johnson & Shannon Stowe Feltscher, Pecota (PA). 6, Vanderet 1-0-2, Dedrick 8-8-26. Totals: 7-5; Kliss (SHP) d. E. McColl, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Other result: Wilcox d. Los Gatos 18-10-50. S. McColl (Red) d. B. McCall, 0-6, 6-4, 6-4. 650•254•1148 1220 Pear Ave., Unit K Standings: Palo Alto 10-1 (22-4), Wilcox Three-point goals: D. Riley 3, La Fleur (G); 9-2, Milpitas 8-3, Gunn 5-6 (12-13), Los Ga- Doubles -- Blumenkranz-Parsons (SHP) www.thepear.org Mountain View, CA Liu 2, Ostrow, Lai (H). tos 3-8, Santa Clara 2-9, Homestead 2-10 d. Borg-Luxenberg, 6-0, 6-2; Kokubun-Han- Other score: Los Gatos 68, Mountain sen (SHP) d. McMullen-Lambert, 6-4, 6-1; View 61 West Bay Athletic League Feld-Kaplan (Red) d. Derwin-Chambers, Standings: Palo Alto 11-0 (24-1), Gunn 9- Castilleja5107223--471-6, 7-5, 6-4. ND San Jose 17 6 9 12 5 -- 49 2 (19-7), Milpitas 7-4, Los Gatos 4-7, Home- Records: Sacred Heart Prep 1-0 stead 4-8, Mountain View 2-9, Fremont 2-9 C -- Cohn 4 2-8 10, Taylor 5 3-8 15, Vander Ploeg 1 0-0 2, Given 3 1-4 7, von Private Schools Athletic League Kaeppler 2 0-0 4, Powers 2 0-3 4, Chang- Harker 12 6 14 15 -- 47 Schedule Find.Print.Save. Graham 0 5-9 5. Totals: 17 11-32 47. SH Prep 17 19 14 21 -- 71 NDSJ -- Chang 1 0-0 3, E. Zamora 1 0- FRIDAY H -- Metro 2 0-0 4, Venketesan 0 2-2 2, 0 2, Bueno 5 1-2 14, S. Zamora 4 2-3 10, Boys basketball Abarca 2 1-2 6, Lee 1 0-0 2, Narayen 7 0-0 Amarillas 2 0-0 4, Haedrich 6 4-6 16. Totals: 19, Kohli 2 0-0 4, Mukherjee 2 1-2 5, Godrej PAL -- League playoff semifinals: Menlo 19 7-11-49. 3 0-0 6. Totals: 19 4-6 47. vs. Woodside at Menlo-Atherton, 7:45 p.m. Three-point goals: Taylor 2 (Casty); Bueno SHP -- Casciaro 2 0-0 4, Cattaneo 1 0-0 De Anza Division -- Mountain View at 3, Chang (NDSJ). 2, Coffey 7 6-6 22, Cowell 6 4-7 16, Davila 3 Palo Alto, 7:45 p.m.; Los Gatos at Gunn, Records: Castilleja 9-3 (14-9) Your hot spot for local offers 0-0 6, Gibbs 1 0-0 2, Izuka 1 3-4 6, McMa- 7:45 p.m. West Catholic Athletic League hon 2 0-0 4, Trahant 0 2-2 2, Wegman 3 1-2 PSAL -- Sacred Heart Prep at Redwood 7. Totals: 26 16-21 71. First-round playoffs Christian, 6:30 p.m; Pinewood at Valley Three-point goals: Narayen 4, Abarca (H); SH Prep 91611--27 Christian-Dublin, 8:15 p.m. Great offers from local businesses. Coffey 2, Izuka (SHP). St. Ignatius 9 12 17 16 -- 54 Girls basketball Records: Sacred Heart Prep 15-0 (19-4) SHP -- Stephens 4 1-1 9, Yim 0 2-2 2, Redwood Christian 8 11 15 8 -- 42 Vogt 0 2-4 2, Culpan 2 3-4 7, Kruberg 1 0-0 PAL -- League playoff semifinals at Menlo- www.PaloAltoOnline.com Woodside Priory 12 10 12 19 -- 53 2, Jones 1 3-6 5, M. Atkin-Young 0 0-1 0. Atherton RC -- Leopre 4 3-4 11, Hatton 3 1-2 7, Totals: 8 11-18 27. De Anza Division -- Wilcox at Palo Alto, Harrison 2 4-5 8, Magee 1 4-4 6, Jasian 1 SI -- Blythe 2 0-0 5, Chan 2 0-1 4,Toman 6:15 p.m.; Los Gatos at Gunn, 6:15 p.m. Offer of the Week 0-0 2, Zasimovich 4 0-0 8. Totals: 15 12- 0 2-4 2, Unruh 2 2-2 6, E. Grady 1 0-1 2, K. PSAL -- Pinewood at St. Lawrence, 7:30 15 42. Grady 2 0-0 4, Canepa 8 2-3 18, Wilson 4 p.m. WP -- Feldman 1 0-0 3, Plain 8 2-2 19, 1-2 9. Totals: 21 7-13 54. Shreiner 3 4-8 10, Willhite 9 3-4 21. Totals: Three-point goals: Blythe (SI). SATURDAY 21 9-14 53. 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MA -- Dixon 3 0-0 8, Wilson 2 0-2 4, CCS -- Division I quarterfinals: Gunn vs. Three-point goals: Butterfield, Ignacio Marty 5 0-0 12, Hayes 2 0-0 4, Sbardellati 2 Leland at Milpitas High, 10 a.m. (FC); Bose 2, Mosher 2, Wang 2, Nofal, Low 0-0 4, Pita 5 1-1 11, Wolters 3 1-2 7. Totals: (P). Girls soccer 22 2-5 50. Records: Pinewood 7-8 (12-11) CCS -- Division III quarterfinals: Menlo at Three-point goals: Scattini, Pappageorge Valley Christian, 2:30 p.m. Find More Offers From Christian Private Schools League (B); Dixon 2, Marty 2 (MA). Playoff semifinals Records: Menlo-Atherton 21-5 Personal Care/ Healing ST More 4 12 11 7 -- 34 Restaurants/Food Mid-Peninsula 10 16 6 12 -- 44 RIDE AWAY ON YOUR Arrivederci & Bella Benton Medical STM -- P. Selway 1-1-3, D. Selway 1-1-3, Private Schools Athletic League Cafe Pro bono Body Kneads M. Corr 1-0-2, Hawkins 6-4-17, Long 1-1-4, Pinewood 15 25 21 24 -- 85 DREAM BIKE TODAY! Crepes Café Car Services & Repairs Murphy 1-1-3, Detar 0-2-2. 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points) and Hap Plain (19) led the 12-6 after one period and 25-19 at Prep hoops resurgent Panthers under the guid- the half. The second half was a dif- (continued from page 29) ance of first-year coach Al Klein. ferent story as Gunn tied the game Alex Shreiner added 10 points and at 35 after three periods. Freshman team will be on hand tonight for a 11 rebounds. Jasmine Evans led the Titans with special ceremony at halftime com- The Pinewood boys (7-8, 12-11) 20 points with senior Leanne Per- memorating that team. also clinched a CCS berth with a ricone adding 15. Freshman Sophie In the PAL playoffs, Menlo earned 48-23 win over visiting Fremont Shevick contributed 12 points. a third shot at Woodside this season Christian. In the West Bay Athletic League, by eliminating Westmoor, 55-47, In the Christian Private Schools Castilleja (9-3, 14-9) battled back in Wednesday’s second round. The Athletic League playoffs, Mid-Pen- from a 13-point deficit with a 22- Knights and Wildcats meet tonight insula (18-3) and Eastside Prep (15- point fourth quarter to deadlock the at Menlo-Atherton in a semifinal 13) posted victories and advanced game, but came up short in a 49-47 game at 7:45 p.m. The teams split to last night’s championship game overtime loss to host Notre Dame- their regular-season meetings, with at Eastside Prep. Mid-Peninsula San Jose. Sophomore standout Woodside winning last week, 58- already had beaten Eastside Prep Lindsay Taylor led the Gators with 53. twice this season. 15 points. Against Westmoor, junior Beau Mid-Peninsula, the South Divi- In the opening round of the West Heidrich led the way for Menlo with sion regular-season champion, got Catholic Athletic League playoffs, 19 points while senior Blake Schultz 31 points from junior Jamar Wil- the Sacred Heart Prep girls (11-15) added 14. Westmoor was within 45- liams in a 44-34 win over St. Thom- were eliminated with a 54-27 loss to 43 with three minutes to play, but as More. Eastside Prep got 20 points St. Ignatius. Menlo scored 10 of its 12 fourth- from sophomore Ramon Meacham In the Peninsula Athletic League quarter points from the free-throw in a 49-32 win over host North Val- playoffs Wednesday, Menlo-Ather- line to hold off the Rams. ley Baptist. ton (21-5) turned the ball over too The Sacred Heart Prep boys (15- many times and at the most inop- 0, 19-4) clinched yet another Private Girls basketball portune times and fell to visiting Schools Athletic League champion- Palo Alto clinched no worse than Burlingame, 54-50. ship with a 71-41 triumph over visit- a tie for the SCVAL De Anza Divi- “We gave it away,” said M-A ing Harker on Tuesday. sion title with a 55-37 victory over coach Pam Wimberly. The Gators, who have only one visiting Santa Clara. The Vikings Menlo-Atherton got to within 51- regular-season game remaining, (10-1, 22-4) got 12 points from Mel- 50 with 23.5 seconds to play when now have won 77 straight PSAL ody Gaal and 10 from fellow senior Brittany Wilson scored on a drive. games. Seniors Pat Coffey and Eric Megan Grant. The Bears, however, then decided Cowell led the way with 22 and 16 Paly can win the division title to foul with 18 seconds left, with points, respectively. outright by beating visiting Wilcox Burlingame making both for a 53- In other PSAL boys’ games, tonight in a regular-season finale at 50 game. Kyle Terada Woodside Priory (8-7, 12-9) 6:15 p.m. The Bears got off a three-point clinched its first trip to the CCS In other De Anza Division girls’ attempt that missed. Burlingame’s playoffs in three years with a 53- action, Gunn (5-6, 12-13) held on for Rachel Baum grabbed the rebound, 42 triumph over visiting Redwood a 53-52 win over host Homestead on was fouled and made the second of Paly senior Ranecia Fields scored six points and ran the offense well in Christian. Reggie Willhite (21 Tuesday night. The Titans trailed by two free throws to seal M-A’s fate.N the Vikings’ 55-37 win over visiting Santa Clara on Tuesday.

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[email protected] Mother’s Helper Palo Alto, 2 BR/1 BA - $1450/mont MV-PA Vicinity: Studio-1BR Mountain View, 2 BR/2 BA - Experience w/infants. Will do house two locations. Studio $800-$950, 1BR hold chores. Great references. Very Palo Alto, 2 BR/1 BA $1800/mont $950-$1100 OBO, Flex rent, single Old PA charming, fireplace, laundry- Security Guards Business responsible. Alba (650)921-4718 story sixplex, Prof. Resid., unique Mountain View, 3 BR/2.5 BA - $2300 room, immediately available. Excellent F/T P/T Swing,Grave features 650/969-1190 or Guard Card Req schools, 650-618-1661 $1,600.00. MP: 3BR/2BA Need Help With Errands? [email protected] (408)978-4673 Great yard, hardwood floors, backs up Need help w/errands? $16/hr. Palo Alto, 2 BR/2 BA - $1975 to open space, light & open. 4-6 mo. Services Call 650-208-8321. MV: Studio & 1BR lease, mo. to mo. thereafter. N/S, Pets in nice location close to downtown. Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA neg. $3975/mo. Agent, 604 Adult Care Studio $750 + $600 deposit. 1BR $850 $1900 Oregon Green condo, semi-fur- (650)529-8568. 645 Office/Home + $600 deposit. 260 Mariposa. 408- nished. 650-988-8530 MP: 3BR/2BA Offered 390-1884 Stock Administrator/Data Analyst w/sep studio study. FR, LR w/frplc, lndry Business Services Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA - $1900/mo Venuti & Associates is a Silicon Valley Elderly Care, 24/7 rm w/ W/D. Close to Stanford, dwntwn. benefits consulting firm providing Live-in or out. 26 years experience. Call PA: 1BR/1BA Irrigation/Sprinkler Specialist. Palo Alto, Studio - $850/month Menlo and 280. Fenced yard w/deck, assistance with stock-based compen- anytime 650-271-3370 Extra large, spotless + Murphy bed. Lg. lawn. Grdnr incl. $3500. (650)941-8962 sation design, valuation and account- Irrigation/Sprinkler Specialist. Call Oscar LR, Hardwood floors, extra storage, Friendly Home Health Care Cisneros (650) 766-5878/ Palo Alto, Studio or 650/533-3906 ing under FAS123(R). Responsibilities Our experienced caregivers and CNAs deep double carport, garden, laundry include collection, input and analysis (650) 369-3585 facil. $975/mo., $500 New Year’s Studio garden cottage in secluded set- MP: 6+BR/4+BA will take good care of your loved one in ting with pool. Separate entrance. 4700+ sq.ft. Executive home, prime of data, Equity Edge database admin- their home. We provide a different kind move-in bonus. M & R Management istration, report generation, and data (408)371-0705 rentclicks.com Utilities inc. Washer/dryer N/S Cats o.k. location. 2 master suites. FR, LR, DR, of care: light housekeeping, companion- Phone 650-324-8488 $1350/mont office, craft room, au pair suite, 3 reconciliation/maintenance. ship, meal preparation, help with med- Office Management Requirements: analytical skills; experi- Well-educated woman w/many skills frplc’s, lovely & private back yard with ication, bathing, doctors appointments PA: 3BR/2BA Redwood City West, 1 BR/1 BA - $575. ence with equity compensation issues seeking admin. position in PA area. fruiting trees. Excellent schools. Lease and also everyday activities. Available Pool, laundry facilities. $1800 mo. 220 Mo. & Equity Edge software. Flexible work 650-856-0700 Curtner. 650/320-8112 or 650/917- req’d. Pets neg. N/S. Agent 24 hrs. (live in) part time, full time and (650)255-2260 hours and competitive salary/bene- hourly. Call (650)566-8624 or 8075 Redwood City (emerald Hills, 1 BR/1.5 fits. (650)678-0050 BA - $1695 MP: West. 4BR/3.5BA PA: 1BR w/ office, family room w/skylight, Nurse/Caregiver Available Downstairs unit with patio. $1,075 mo. RWC: 2BR/1BA remod, ktichen w/granite countertop, highly experienced with Alzheimer’s & Typist/Data Entry Pool, laundry, covered parking. For more Walk in closet, carport, pool, water, high ceilings, hrdwd & tile floors, grand stroke patients. Companion, grooming, Experienced typist seeking clerical posi- info call 650-796-7096. garbage and cable paid, $1250/mo. + subzero refrig. outdoor jacuzzi tub, 1 BR Teachers & Director excercise, meal prep, doctor’s appts. tion. $800 sec. dep. 369-8261 has a kitchenette, Los Lomitas Schools, For for a high-quality, non-profit Excel. refs. 650-483-0677 or 328-1286 organization Infant/Toddler and PA: 2BR & 1BR quiet loc. $5500. Agent, Mani, Preschool Teacher openings. Director 650 Pet Care/ Excel. Midtown. Pvt. deck, gardens, 805 Homes for Rent 650-465-6000 and Asst. Director openings. Negotiable Paradise In Home Care pool, cov. parking. Utilities incl. N/S/P. MV: 3BR/2BA salary and great benefits. Visit providing acute home care throughout Grooming/Training From $1495. 1BR from $1150. ATH: 5BR/3.5BA new carpet and paint, fireplace Near www.paccc.com for more info about the Bay Area. Live-in, live-out, hourly and (650)207-9335. 3200sf home, hilltop view. Lg. kit., for- Cuesta Park. No pets $2500/mo. PACCC, including Vision, Mission and companion. Call now for your free All Animals Happy House mal DR, hdwd flrs., 2 frplc’s., upgraded Janette, 408-554-9111 Values and obtain employment assessment. Contact Annie: Pet Sitting services by Susan. PA: 2BR/1BA carpet, lots of light. 2 car gar. Las PA: 2BR/1.5BA appl. Indicate position in which you are 650-861-8875 or 650-473-1755 Licensed, insured & references. Condo. All appliances, incl. W/D. Large Lomitas schools. $6100. 650/854- North PA, walking distance to Stanford. interested, and send resume to 650-323-4000 garden. 322 Curtner #D. $1475 mo. 1833 $3500/mo. 650-323-0505 [email protected] or fax appl./resume 650/320-8112 or 650/917-8075 to (650) 493-0936. EOE Doggie Waste Away Atherton, 5+ BR/4+ BA PA: 2BR/2BA We strive to provide pet owners the free- PA: Elegant 1BR Charming Carmel style home w/pool on Contemporary. Minutes to town. Open dom of owning a dog without having to in dramatic 1930s building downtown. approx. 1A in central Atherton. No pets; floor plan, abundant w/light, fully clean up the mess. We use biodegrad- Superior amenities. $2000/mo. available now. 1-2 year lease. Call agent furn/unfurn. Terms negot. $4800 mo. SO,YOU WANT TO BE A able bags, and AG-odor orange juice (650)326-4650 650 566-5303 $6700/mo Call 650/776-8000, Agent. spray for scent reduction. www.dog- PA: 3BR/1BA NEWS HOUND? giewasteaway.com, 650-328-2880 Nice loc. $2400. 650/566-8038 GREAT LOCATION! PA: 3BR/2BA Linda’s Creature Comforts f you like seeking out news and finding facts, and you have good Large 1BR/1BA w/Den $1295 or North of University Av. Single story. When you must leave them, I will love Open plan w/dining area, LR & kitchen, writing skills, you could be a candidate for a news reporting them. Animal visits in your home. Since Beautiful 1BR $1495 & Up or 2BR/2BA WILBUR PROPERTIES $2195 & Up, A/C, D/W, Gunn H.S., sep. office, sep. garage. Single family 1980. Excellent local refs. Linda 650- residential area on corner lot. internship at the Almanac, the hometown newspaper of Menlo Near Stanford and Page Mill Property Management I 325-3956 $6500/mo. 323-0505 Park, Atherton, Portola Valley and Woodside. (650) 320-8500 and Real Estate Sales Get first-hand experience working for an award-winning community Residential Palo Alto, 2 BR/2 BA Steve Miles Old PA 2 huge BR/2Ba w sep studio. newspaper with seasoned writers and editors. Learn the basics of ONE DAY PA: Studio Commercial Fresh paint, new carpet, fireplace. Detached. Full kitchen w/gas stove. Utils Avail Feb 15th.$3000. news-gathering and news-writing. There are also opportunities to DOG TRAINING incl. $800 mo. Linwood Realty, Over 75 Years of Service (that’s right!) write feature stories on a broad range of topics. 650/851-0919 Service guaranteed Call or email for free consultation Palo Alto, 4 BR/1.5 BA Internships run 13 weeks at 20 hours a week, with flexible hours. In www.onedaydog.com PA: Studio [email protected] (650) 847-3800 Charming old PA, frplc,lndry,gardener addition to a small stipend, interns are paid for stories they write. To 1-800-906-2846 Walk downtown. Utils incl. $850 mo. included. 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Avail. 3/1. 650/222- 6516 3850/month buy pixels for 10cents per pixel (650)269-8209 3710 Palo Alto, 4 BR/2.5 BA - $4500 Home & Real Estate • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 35 Palo Alto, 4 BR/2.5 BA - $3600/m PA: Office Rental Desirable 2nd floor location, 3285sf. 13 Palo Alto, Studio - $850 pvts, 4 general areas, full service w/jan- Portola Valley, 3 BR/2.5 BA - itorial. 1000/4 parking. You pick new $6500/mont carpets. Reasonable lease & rates. 650/494-3565 by Matt Jones Redwood City, 3 BR/2 BA - $2,615 “Gimme Shelter”--some tense moments await. Premium 1st Floor Suite - $2.50 per RWC: 2BR/1BA Across 9 Molar matter 51 OutKast, e.g. Westside. Immaculate. Single car Psychotherapy office per day - $205. garage. Available 2/15. $2000 + sec. one 1 Potato chip flavor 10 Permit 52 DVD button dep. 369-5786 11 Acclaimed 2000 miniseries 53 ___ Laredo RWC: Warehouse Space 4 Air freshener brand RWC: 3BR/2BA Approx. 2250 sq. ft.-4500 sq. ft. 9 John who married David Furnish about crack addicts in Baltimore 54 Chagall and Anthony Spacious LR, lg. kit., w/ dining area, Pall Alto, 4 BR/3 BA Warrington Ave. 234-1307 12 “Ready ___...” 55 “I totally had you!” deck, yard, 2 car gar. $2100. Pets ok. Sought After Green Acres Home! 14 Glassful in Grenoble (415)221-7109 Completely remodeled 4bd and 3ba has Warehouse space for rent in RWC - 15 Rustic sort 13 Top hand, in Texas Hold ‘Em 56 Carell of “The 40 Year-Old unique floor plan with 2 master suites. $0.75 / Sq 19 Run-D.M.C.’s “Ay ___” Virgin” RWC: West 2BR/1BA Features include: granite counters, 16 Leader with a jacket named Cozy Jacuzzi tub, tiled floors and new carpet, 840 Vacation for him 21 Word often mis-apostrophe’d 57 Teenage boys learn to remove also lovely rear yard with covered brick 17 Had a hoagie, say 25 Gp. against file-sharing them 809 Shared patio & much more. Ideal location with Rentals/Time Shares 26 Russian name one letter shorter 61 Peruvian singer Sumac walking distance to top Palo Alto 18 Cellist Yo-Yo’s plan for a new Housing/Rooms schools! (408)996-8100 Los Cabos, Baja CA instrument? than a Russian river 62 Prefix for liberal or conservative 2BR for sale on water at the Westin LA: Shared Housing Open House Sat. 2/18 & Sun. 2/19, 20 Old condom brand 27 Part of R&R 63 Blasting agent Lrg., quiet home, W/D, grdnr, share 1:30-4:30PM $1,495,000 Resort next to Palmilla. $30K. 650/851- w/prof. M & F. Share BA. N/S/P. 8906 22 Side 30 Noted African sportsman ©2005 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@ Palo Alto Area, 3BR/2BA jonesincrosswords.com) For answers $540/mo. 408-243-7750 Pajaro Dunes Condo 23 ___-play (dressing up like 31 Leader once known as “The 2BR/2BA or 1BR/1BA. On beach, ocean Four Greats” to this puzzle, call: 1-900-226-2800, 99 Los Altos Hills, 1 BR/1 BA - $0 anime characters at conven- cents per minute. Must be 18+. Or to bill view. Cable TV, VCR, CD, tennis, W/D. 32 Isn’t likely to win any culinary PA: Room for rent Pvt. deck, BBQ. Owner, 650/424-1747. tions, etc.) to your credit card, call: 1-800-655-6548. Fem. pref. No Pets or Smoking. [email protected] 24 Certain one of a series of awards Reference puzzle #0243. $500/mo. Call (650)838-0417 clones of a 1990s presidential 34 Show that did the skit “Lazy Timeshare For Sale - Negotiable Last Week’s Solution Redwood City, Studio - $650.-/mon contender? Sunday” 810 Cottages for 850 Acreage/Lots/ 28 Breeze (through) 36 U2 hit Storage 29 Bathroom floor worker 37 “Huh?” in Internet circles Rent 39 Nut 21 ACRES FOR SALE - $12,800,00 30 CPR user ATH: 2BR/1BA 40 “O coward conscience, Gated property. Hardwood flrs thruout; 33 Annoying people Palo Alto, 4 BR/2.5 BA Alta Mesa Cemetary Plot how ___ thou afflict me!”-- modern kitchen w/gas stove, refrig., Full size burial plot. 529-15- 35 It’s needed to make an angel D/W, W/D; MBR w/walk in closet; LR & 366 George Hood Lane. Newly remod- Shakespeare eled home. Open Sat-Sun 18-19th Wildwood,great location 925-930-3854, 38 Two toxic Teletubbies? dining-L, woodburning frplc.; 2 patios, in $5000/obo 41 They usually don’t make heritage-tree setting. $1850 mo. 1:30-4:30 Gwen Luce 650-566-5343 43 Just meh 650/329-8159 Design/Build-Fine Custom Homes. - 44 Petty of “Free Willy” the Olympics $Base Fee Emerald Hills, 1 BR/1.5 BA - $1695 45 Ring master 42 Extra virgin source One Stop Service House Design. - $ Flat 47 Connected Emerald Hills: 1BR/1.5BA 46 Gift bags Fee Top floor, master suite, great rm, kit., 50 Gavel-banging word 48 Cigar end decks, views. $1695+ utils. SLt Lot 7/10 A. San Carlos - $549,000 52 Nice shoes for a wrongdoer? 49 Quail-hunting dog (650)722-2282 57 Some degs. 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Inspection Sat & Sun 10-5 $650,000 and Light & bright for one. $1500. Kit., 70 That ship OR BEST OFFER House sold Sunday Real Estate Sales Down W/D. 4 min. to 280. N/S/P. Night to HIGHEST BIDDER 650.851-0272 925-931-0806 2300 SQ FT, Residential 1 Frightening creature Commercial WDSD: Stuidio cottage Portola Valley, 3 BR/2.5 BA - 2 Skip the shower Architect designed, 400sf. Propane heat $1,089,000 + wood stove. N/S. $1000 + utils. Over 75 Years of Service 3 She goes eight ways Redwood City, 3 BR/2 BA - $629,000 4 Athletic-sounding series of Woodside Horse Care Call or email for free consultation In exchange for cottage/yard. Must be Redwood City, 3 BR/2 BA - $999950 [email protected] equestrian events experienced. Fax resume to (650) 847-3800 5 Mauna ___ 650-851-3663 www.cbcwilburproperties.com 6 Rap sheet abbr. 815 Rentals Wanted Discount Real Estate 7 Body shop jobs 8 Like the first kid to go to college, Artist seeking studio space Having Financial Difficulties? most often AVOID Capital Gains Tax Today! Mortages and Loans. Good, bad or no credit. Fast approval. Low interest rates. Chinese female want room - $500- Bankrupties accepted. No fees. Call $1000 today for free information 1-866-361- European Female ISO great place 5036 Experienced Estate Caretaker - In HOUSE VACANT? No More Exchang Redwood City, 4 BR/3 BA HOUSE WANTED! 3-year lease with Beautiful and Spacious Home. Completely Remodeled! New Deck and LINWOOD REALTY INC In Exchange for Work Nicely Landscaped. Renovated Kitchen. REAL ESTATE & Educated, resp. Christian. Does high Hardwood Floor/Carpet. 8X11 Wine quality construction & handyman work. Cellar. 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Hopefully, you will be encouraged to PA, 5+BR/4+BA - $1,900,000 Midtown Office Space for Lease Newly remod. 1187 sq ft, Midtown. Pa3 Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA - $909,000 Elevator. 650/493-1908 check out fogster.com PA: 4BR/2BA PA: Downtown $1,099,000. Remodeled home w/super Prime Suites of 486-1910 sf. On floor plan & large backyard. Great loca- University Avenue/High St. near tion, top-rated schools, come see! Open Stanford and train. Dramatic atriums, house Sat Feb. 18th & Sun Feb. 19th extensive windows, high ceilings, quality 1:30-4:30, 3229 Maddux Dr. Agent, finishes. Call 650-776-5390 or view pho- Chuck Fuery 650-494-9000 tos/floor plans at www.paoffices.com Page 36 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Home & Real Estate HomeHome ServicesServices

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Page 38 • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Home & Real Estate contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of ROSETTE DE- NISE ROSATO. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by : CLAIRE KAUFMAN in the Superior Court of California, Coun- Public Notices ty of SANTA CLARA. used in the Business, to be consummat- THE PETITION FOR PROBATE NOTICE OF BULK SALE ed at the office of WILLIAM H. requests that CLAIRE KAUFMAN be (A.B.C. License) DUNN, 1350 Dell Avenue, Suite 204 appointed as personal representative to Campbell, CA 95008, on or after the administer the estate of the decedent. The following definitions and designa- date the A.B.C. License is transferred THE PETITION requests the dece- tions shall apply in this Notice without by the A.B.C. to Buyer (estimated to be dent’s will and codicils, if any, be ad- regard to number or gender: March 10, 2006). This transfer is not mitted to probate. The will and any co- subject to California Commercial Code dicils are available for examination in SELLER: The Red Pepper Restaurant, Sec. 6106.2. the file kept by the court. Inc., 2310 Homestead Road, Suite J, THE PETITION requests authority Call Irene Schwartz - 650.326.8210 x213 Los Altos, CA 94024 Seller has used the following other to administer the estate under the Inde- business names and addresses within pendent Administration of Estates Act. BUYER: Mario Gurrola, 2310 Home- the last three years so far as known to (This authority will allow the personal stead Road, Suite J, Los Altos, CA Buyer: The Red Pepper Restaurant, 236 representative to take many actions or email [email protected] to reserve 94024 Plza Central, Los Altos, CA 94022 without obtaining court approval. Be- fore taking certain very important ac- BUSINESS: The Red Pepper Restau- ______tions, however, the personal representa- your space in this popular, rant, 2310 Homestead Road, Suite J, BY: WILLIAM H. DUNN tive will be required to give notice to Los Altos, CA 94024 Agent for Buyer, Mario Gurrola interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the pro- A.B.C. LICENSE: California Depart- (PAW February 17, 2006) posed action.) The independent admin- annual special feature. ment of Alcoholic Beverage Control li- istration authority will be granted un- cense issued to Transferor for Business. less an interested person files an objec- 997 Other Legals tion to the petition and shows good Notice is hereby given that Seller in- NOTICE OF PETITION TO cause why the court should not grant tends to make a bulk sale of the assets ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: the authority. of the above described Business to ROSETTE DENISE ROSATO A HEARING on the petition will be Buyer, including the A.B.C. License, 1-06-PR-158960 held on March 20, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. in stock in trade, furniture, and equipment To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, Dept. 15 of the Superior Court of Cali- fornia, Santa Clara County, located at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. PALO ALTO UNIFIED IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the SCHOOL DISTRICT hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before NOTICE TO BIDDERS the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that proposals will be received by IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you the Palo Alto Unified School District for: must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representa- Bid # 06-F-03-E: Unleaded & Diesel Fuel tive appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance Proposals must be received at the Purchasing Department, of letters as provided in section 9100 25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306, by 2 PM on of the California Probate Code. The March 17, 2006. time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. All questions concerning the proposals should be directed to YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept Denise Sans at (650) 329-3802 or emailed to by the court. If you are a person inter- [email protected]. ested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice BY ORDER of the Business Department of the Palo Alto (form DE-154) of the filing of an in- Unified School District, Palo Alto, California. ventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Re- Dated February 17, 2006 quest for Special Notice form is availa- ble from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner: /s/ James Efting NOTICE OF VACANCIES ON 438 South Murphy Avenue, THE HUMAN RELATIONS Sunnyvale, CA 94086 408-732-3114 COMMISSION FOR THREE, (PAW February 10, 15, 17, 2006) THREE-YEAR TERMS ENDING MARCH 31, 2009 (Terms of Agiewich, Atito and Lenoir)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council is seeking ap- plications for the Human Relations Commission from persons in- terested in three-year term ending March 31, 2009. Music

Eligibility Requirements: Composed of seven members who are not Council Members, officers or employees of the City, who are residents of the City, and who shall be appointed by the Council. Regular meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month.

Duties: The Human Relations Commission has the discretion to act with respect to any human relations matter when the Com- mission finds that any person or group does not benefit fully from public or private opportunities or resources in the community, or is unfairly or differently treated due to factors of concern to the Commission: a) public or private opportunities or resources in Mind Health Massage the community include, but are not limited to, those associated with ownership and rental of housing, employment, education and governmental services and benefits; and b) factors of con- cern to the Commission include, but are not limited to, socioeco- Fitness Body nomic class or status, physical condition or handicap, married or unmarried state, emotional condition, intellectual ability, age, sex, sexual preference, race, cultural characteristics, ethnic back- ground, ancestry, citizenship, and religious, conscientious or philosophical belief. The Commission shall conduct such studies Focus and undertake such responsibilities as the Council may direct. your advertising Appointment information and application forms are available in the City Clerk's Office, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto (Phone: 329-2571) or may be obtained on the website at http://cityofpa- For information on Your Mind & Body section, call Evie Marquez loalto.org.html/ 650.326.8210 x216 • [email protected] Deadline for receipt of applications in the City Clerk's Office is 5:30 p.m., Thursday, February 23, 2006. If one of the incum- bents does not reapply, the deadline will be extended to Tues- day, February 28, 2006. free DONNA J. ROGERS City Clerk

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Home & Real Estate • Friday, February 17, 2006 • Page 39 In Business

LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

UNIVERSITY Provided by Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

Your Child’s Health University Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital offers classes and seminars designed to foster good health and enhance the lives of parents and children.

F PRENATAL PILATES Keep yourself in prime condition during pregnancy with Prenatal Pilates. Participants will improve strength and endurance in the muscles used during childbirth as well as develop good posture and spinal alignment to ease the strain and tensions of a changing body. Spaces are limited, so call now to register. - Tuesdays, February 7–28

F BECOMING GRANDPARENTS Designed for new and expectant grandparents, this class examines the changes in labor and delivery practices, the latest recommendations for infant care and the unique role of grandparents in today's society. - Thursday, February 9

F SLEEPLESS IN SILICON VALLEY Dr. Rafael Pelayo, pediatric sleep specialist from the Stanford Sleep Disorder Clinic, offers the latest solutions that help babies and young children get a good night's sleep. - Thursday, February 16

F HEART TO HEART ON GROWING UP Informative, humorous and lively discussions between parents and their pre-teens on topics like puberty, the opposite sex and growing up. Girls attend these two-part sessions with their moms, and boys attend them with their dads. - For Boys — March 7 & 14 - For Girls — March 22 & 29

Call (650) 723-4600 or visit www.lpch.org to register or obtain more information on the times, locations and fees for these and other courses.

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