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Page 2 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Barron Park zoning decision up to Mossar City Council's ‘integrity and Los Angeles Tuesday night as her an architectural matter — against quired five votes because the project colleagues debated the proposed the split, with Mayor Yoriko Kishi- meets all zoning standards and was transparency’ also discussed split, which would divide Ha and moto, Vice Mayor Larry Klein, and already approved by the city’s plan- by Becky Trout Lieu Nguyen’s 16,000-square-foot council members Peter Drekmeier ning director in December and the parcel at 897 Barron Ave. into two and Jack Morton in the majority. Planning and Transportation Com- ollowing two rounds of ap- Councilwoman Dena Mossar. lots, move their existing single-story The outcome fell short of the five mission on Jan. 31. peals, dozens of hours of And she’s giving no hints which house and construct a new house on votes needed, however, so the coun- Neighbors appealed both deci- F planning and debate, and a way she’s leaning. the second parcel. cil voted 6-1, with Councilman Bern sions, saying the split would change petition drive, the decision wheth- “I have to look at the facts as they The council voted 4-3 — minus Beecham opposing, to continue the the character of their rural neigh- er to split a prominent Barron Park exist,” Mossar said Wednesday. Mossar and Councilman John Bar- issue until Mossar returned. borhood, affect property values, set property in two lies in the hands of Mossar was flying back from ton, who once advised the couple on Stopping the proposed split re- (continued on page 7)
COMMUNITY Efforts fail to keep Caravan House open Group home will close March 1, despite eleventh-hour campaign by Molly Tanenbaum aravan House will stay open one more week, and despite a C petition and residents’ pleas to the Adolescent Counseling Services Board of Directors to keep the group home in operation, the board said the March 1 closure date is firm. “The state has forced us to give a final date,” said board president Jim Pitkow. Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS) made the announcement on Feb. 5 that it would be closing Car- avan House, the 30-year-old Palo Alto group home for adolescent Norbert von der GroebenNorbert girls, on March 1 to focus resources on expanding counseling services for teens in the community. Since learning that they would have three weeks to leave, the three cur- rent residents at Caravan House have made attempts to save the program. One of the girls, Palo Alto High Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Stephen Manley presides over trials for the mentally ill and the drug addicted in his courtroom. School junior Raven Warren, gath- ered 370 signatures through an online and prevent prison overcrowding. never completed anything in their petition to save the group home. COURTS Sometimes, Manley’s court feels lives,” he said. “Caravan has been through a like a support-group meeting. Ev- In the mental-health court lot before and survived. (Caravan eryone gets a round of applause, a model, “the judge takes personal House) is a fundamental part of ACS, A different kind of justice song on their birthday and a hug responsibility for sharing in the and I think it will harm the agency as from the judge when they graduate. outcomes,” Manley explained. a whole to close it, especially at this In mental-health court, Judge Stephen Manley “They’ve been on the streets; “You encourage them, try to urge time,” wrote one petitioner. helps offenders get back on their feet they’ve been homeless. Who sings them, coerce them to believe in “Caravan House is a vital com- by Molly Tanenbaum ‘Happy Birthday’ to a homeless themselves.” munity resource for protecting person? No one,” he said. Through “an incredible amount young women. Please keep it open ot every courtroom has a 40-year Palo Alto resident who For many defendants who come of coordination,” case workers, pro- and funded!” wrote another. judge who hugs you before founded the county’s first mental- from extremely troubled and trau- bation officers, therapists and at- They brought the petition to N he sets you free. In Santa health court, which has become matic backgrounds, Manley’s court torneys come together through the ACS’s Wednesday evening board Clara County’s Department 64, one of the largest in the country. provides more than a much-needed court to help the defendant access meeting to convince board members where those who are mentally There, he sees about 1,200 defen- transition from jail to freedom. It mental-health services, drug-reha- to change their minds or extend the ill or addicted to drugs are given dants a year and works with a team is the first place where someone bilitation treatment, housing and closure date from March 1 to the another chance at life, justice is of psychiatrists, case workers and believed they could succeed. life-skills training, Manley said. end of the school year. anything but impersonal. probation officers to rehabilitate He holds a graduation ceremony “Judge Manley has recreated “It just doesn’t make sense to me. Presiding over the wood-paneled and reintegrate past offenders back this month for those who are ready the court as a medium that sup- Three weeks doesn’t make sense to courtroom in San Jose is Superior into their communities. His ultimate to move on from the program. ports positive transformation,” me,” Warren said. Court Judge Stephen Manley, a goals: to change lives for good — “Many of these defendants have (continued on page 7) Though the girls left the board (continued on page 7) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 3 PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT (650) 326-8210 ACCESS CHANNEL 26 PUBLISHER COUNCIL AGENDA HOTLINE 329-2477 William S. Johnson ReaderReaderWire comments via e-mail, voice mail and U.S. mail EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Path to safety would not abuse a Taser. These (TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor We often hear calls for more bike weapons are excruciatingly painful FEBRUARY 26, 2007, 7:00 P.M. Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Assistant Editors Keith Peters, Sports Editor paths and Town Square on Palo and also dangerous. Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor Alto Online has many requests (or Natalie Fisher 1. City Manager Recommendations to Address $3 Million Infrastructure Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer demands) for more separated bike Ellsworth Place, Palo Alto Challenge Molly Tanenbaum, Becky Trout, Staff Writers Norbert von der Groeben, Chief Photographer paths. The City of Los Angeles, how- 2. Public Hearing: Consider Approval of a Record of Land Use Action Marjan Sadoughi, Staff Photographer ever, has successfully claimed that But mom, all the other ... Karna Kurata, Photo Intern Photo Intern it is immune from any liability for And lo! It came to pass just as upholding the Director’s decision approving a preliminary parcel map Tyler Hanley, Assistant to the Editor & to create two parcels from one parcel at 897 Barron Avenue. (Item Online Editor injuries occurring on such paths. foretold. The Menlo Park City Coun- continued from 02/20/07 -- PUBLIC TESTIMONY CLOSED) Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor As long as bike paths are treated cil levied the utility users tax at the Cammie Farmer, Calendar Editor as recreational facilities and are maximum rate. And how will this 3. Transmittal of a proposal from the Taser Task Force, to extend the Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, Lynn Comeskey, Kit Davey, Tim Goode, Jack maintained by Parks and Recreation windfall be spent? The money will go deadline of the written recommendation on tasers. McKinnon, Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, to sweeten the retirement packages Contributors Departments that close paths at Susan Hong, Editorial Intern their whim, they will never meet the of 193 non-safety employees of Caitlin Berka, Arts & Entertainment Intern needs of transportational cyclists. Menlo Park. DESIGN Many car drivers are unaware of the I suggest the money be used to Carol Hubenthal, Design Director hire an independent non-government Diane Haas, Sue Peck, Senior Designers; dangerous conditions that often ex- Nathan Hammer, Dana James, Paul Llewellyn, ist on these paths and are puzzled auditor to ferret out the exact finan- Charmaine Mirsky, Scott Peterson, Designers as to why bicyclists continue to ride cial situation of Menlo Park. PRODUCTION in the road. The rest can be used as sever- Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager ance packages to employees who Dorothy Hassett, Blanca Yoc, We need to ensure that any mu- Sales & Production Coordinators nicipalities that construct separated would rather work in Palo Alto or ADVERTISING bike paths are required to meet the Redwood City. Menlo Park’s negotia- Vern Ingraham, Advertising Manager safety standards established by the tions with the Service Employees Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Asst. International Union are run on the Tony Gay, Janice Hoogner, Sandra Valdiosera, State of California for these facili- The Bowman program builds Display Advertising Sales ties, that the municipalities accept same premise as a child saying, Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales liability for them and assume the “But mom, all the other kids can confidence, creativity and Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. Nerissa Gaerlan, Evie Marquez, Irene responsibility for maintaining them stay out until midnight.” academic excellence. Schwartz, Classified Advertising Sales in a state suitable for transportation Barbara Hunter Alicia Santillan, Classified Administrative Asst. at all times. Laurel Avenue, Menlo Park ONLINE SERVICES Richard Swent Lower School - GradesK-5 Lisa Van Dusen, Director of Palo Alto Online Shannon White, Assistant to Webmaster Clara Drive, Palo Alto God is Love Middle School - Grades6-8 BUSINESS After reading Daniel Rand’s re- Iryna Buynytska, Business Manager Taser apprehension sponse to my letter in the Feb. 21 Palo Miriam Quehl, Manager of Payroll & Benefits Individualized, self-directed program Paula Mulugeta, Senior Accountant The idea of our police officers car- Alto Weekly, I’m compelled to write Elena Dineva, Judy Tran, Business Associates rying Tasers in Palo Alto makes me again and clarify what I mean when Tina Karabats, Cathy Stringari, Doris Taylor, very nervous. I would become afraid I say that God can and does have a Rich international & cultural studies Business Associates of police. hand in solving world problems. 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Please keep length to 250 words or less. 7773# !$% &3& 5& 5!- #2575 Page 4 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly Upfront Don’t let your child’s academic failure become tomorrow’s career failure. SOCIAL SERVICES This may be a symptom of deeper issues such as learning disabilities and attention deficits. You may need help working with your school for Five months in, Opportunity Center classroom accommodations and special services. We can help! smoothes out operations We specialize in Five hundred people are on waitlist for apartments designing EDUCATIONAL by Becky Trout MANAGEMENT PLANS for school and home he residents are settled in, the the mid-20s to the 60s, and 80 per- people,’” Noel said. on children ages 3 to 13. word’s out on the street, and cent are men. On a recent afternoon, sun T the staff of the five-month-old Miles Magness, 26, is one of streamed through the large southern Opportunity Center say the program, them. The small studio apartment windows of the Opportunity Center Contact us for an appointment which provides services for the he has lived in since September is lounge as 43-year-old Elaine Wil- 650-521-7112 office • 650-949-2778 fax It is never too late to help [email protected] homeless and 88 small apartments, “a lot better, obviously,” than the liams relaxed on a chic black couch, a child succeed in school is operating more smoothly now, Di- streets. He hopes to find a job and a shopping bag beside her. Psychoeducational Assessments and Services for Children rector Philip Dah said this week. go back to school. Carrying a plate brimming with Learning Disabilities • Attention Deficits • Behavior/Emotional Problems • Social Difficulties • Poor Organization • Autism The center — formed by a part- The residents get along well, he pizza and peanut butter and jelly nership between InnVision the Way said. sandwiches, William David John- Home, Community Working Group “It’s pretty much like a normal son, 48, came in and pulled a chair and Santa Clara County’s Housing apartment complex,” Magness said, close to the TV screen, focusing on Authority — opened in September noting that it can get a bit noisy a giggling Lucille Ball. next to Town and Country Village some nights. Williams is a regular at the cen- • Housecleaning shopping center. It provides drop-in The Opportunity Center’s goal is ter. Johnson comes less often, but • Carpet Care services such as showers, lockers, to get people housed first and then both lauded the facility. • Window Washing food, an indoor lounge, computer work with them on mental health, “When you don’t have anywhere room and access to medical services. physical health, substance abuse and to go, they make sure that you’re It also has permanent apartments other issues that are holding them (warm and dry) and give you some- for 88 singles or families. back, Noel said. thing to eat. It’s pretty cool,” Wil- The staff found it challenging at “Then they get stabilized, a place liams said. first to provide separate services to to call home and a place to keep Williams’ goals are to stay clean, families, which they had not done their possessions. Then many times fed, warm and dry. She doesn’t before when a drop-in center was lo- they’re able to look at their lives and want to go live with her children or cated behind the Red Cross building, figure out what to do,” she said. friends. Dah said. The 24 singles who receive subsi- “I don’t want to be no burden on Locally Owned & Operated Kristin Chandler, supervisor of dies are required to meet regularly anybody,” she said. $10 off youth and family services, meets with a case manager, but the others Overall, the Opportunity Center OVER 25 YEARS OF QUALITY SERVICE 1st & 2nd with the 18 families, including 28 are able to get assistance if they wish, is working out pretty well, said Palo visit children, who reside at the center. Noel said. Alto police Capt. Dennis Burns, Move in/Move Out She also operates an after-school “I sit with them one-on-one and who meets regularly with center (650) 222-0058 program that offers snacks, home- get their history and find out from representatives. work support and activities for about them what their goals are,” Noel said. The cops have been called 34 10 to 14 children a day. “It’s very client-driven.” times so far for offenses that include Volunteers from Stanford Univer- One of her clients just got a full- drug use, warrants and restraining sity come to work with the children, time job, she said. order violations, Burns said. Chandler said. She’s tapped in to the Noel and other case workers hook “They’re part of the community MARCH 2007 school systems, too, and receives e- up the residents with government now, and we’re committed to ensur- mails and calls about the children’s assistance and job programs, educa- ing that they can deliver the servic- CELEBRATE ARBOR MONTH behavior and homework from teach- tional offerings, transportation op- es that they intend to and hopefully with ers, she said. tions and other services. minimize any of the problems,” “I’ve tried really hard to build a re- Once into the apartments, as long Burns said. CANOPY lationship with each of the families, as they follow the rules and pay Five months in, services to the so I hope they’ll come to me when their rent, the residents can stay as drop-in clients are building mo- they have needs,” Chandler said. long as they want, Noel said. She mentum, according to Dah. Pro- The families are kept separate noted the units are quite small, so grams such as Alcoholics Anony- from the singles, she added. a person making enough money mous, Narcotics Anonymous and March 3 Trees, Birds and People in the City Although the Opportunity Center might choose to move out. computer skills training are slowly John M. Marzluff doesn’t administer the housing as- Just as there’s a separation between becoming more popular. , Professor of Wildlife Science signments itself, Dah said about 500 singles and families among the resi- The organization’s current need is College of Forest Resources, Univ. of Washington singles and families are on a waiting dents, staff have noticed a gap between for gift certificates to grocery stores 9am–noon list for the apartments. the drop-ins and the residents, too. or other food supplies, Dah said. Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium In a presentation to Palo Alto’s Hu- “Interestingly, a lot of the single “We want to have them be self-suf- 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto man Services Commission recently, (residents) were drop-ins, but once ficient,” Dah said. N Support Services Coordinator Nancy they get in there, (they say) ‘I don’t Staff Writer Becky Trout can be March 10 Tree Walk Noel said the residents range from want to associate with the drop-in e-mailed at [email protected]. Kevin Raftery, ISA Certified Arborist 10am–noon, meet at the Greenmeadow Community Center, Palo Alto MEMORIAL SERVICES The Public Agenda March 17 Tree Planting 9am–noon DIRECTOR’S HEARING . . . The Director of Planning and Community En- Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course vironment will hold a hearing on 4155 Old Adobe Road, the Juana Briones 1875 Embarcadero Road Rd., meet at the House, regarding a permit to demolish the historic single-family residence. Susan Hemmenway, a 30- The hearing will take place on Monday, Feb. 26 at 3 p.m. Canopy banner in the parking lot year resident of Palo Alto, died PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL . . . The council plans to discuss the city manager’s Feb. 13. A memorial service March 21 Watershed Management and Urban Ecology recommendations to save $3 million to use for roads, buildings and other infra- will be held Friday, March 9, at Andy Lipkis, Founder & President of TreePeople structure. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26. 7 p.m. at the Lucie Stern Com- 7–9pm, in partnership with Acterra STANFORD PROJECTS COMMUNITY WORKSHOP . . . The City of Palo Alto munity Center, 1305 Middle- USGS Auditorium (Bldg 3) and representatives from Stanford Medical Center and Stanford Shopping field Road, Palo Alto. Memo- 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park Center will hold a community meeting to discuss future renovation and expan- rial donations may be made sion plans. The meeting takes place on Tuesday, Feb. 27 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. to the Brain Tumor Society March 24 Tree Planting PALO ALTO SCHOOL BOARD . . . The board will discuss charter schools, social (www.tbts.org); the American 9am–noon studies curriculum adoption, adoption of an English book for Palo Alto High Brain Tumor Society (hope. East Palo Alto YMCA School, and the purchase of a modular unit for Hoover Elementary School. abta.org); or Hospice of the 550 B Bell Street, East Palo Alto The board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 25 Churchill Ave., Palo Alto. Valley (www.hospicevalley. org). —All events are free.— All meetings take place at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave., unless otherwise noted. For more information, see www.canopy.org, call 650.964.6110. See more Public Agenda items online at www.PaloAltoOnline.com.
Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 5 Upfront ENDURO SL is in stock now! News Digest Council travel budget beefed up The Palo Alto City Council added $5,000 to its current fiscal year’s travel budget Tuesday to accommodate pending state and national trips by council members. The sum was added by a 7-1 vote Tuesday, with Councilwoman LaDoris Cordell voting no and Councilwoman Dena Mos- Climb like an angel, sar absent. descend like a bat out of hell. The council is currently projected to exceed its $13,000 annual travel budget by $500, according to a staff report. But after the issue was men- tioned by Mossar Feb. 5, staff proposed adding $5,000 to this year’s bud- get, which ends June 30. “These are by no means pleasure trips. I think the city and our constituents (650) 858-7700 certainly get the value out of it,” Council member Bern Beecham said. 3001 El Camino Real in Palo Alto The approval of the mayor is needed for long-distance travel. www.MikesBikes.com Currently, City Clerk Donna Rogers said she has budgeted $2,000 each for Mossar and Klein to attend the National League of Cities meeting in Washington, D.C. from March 10 to 14. Mossar also plans to attend a meeting of the national league’s Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee, which she has been a member of for nine years, she said. Mossar said the location of the meeting has not been announced yet, and Rogers said she budgeted $2,000 for the trip. Barton plans to attend a League of California Cities meeting in Ontario, Calif., Rogers said, with an expected cost of $500. Mossar noted that her current colleagues have more interest in traveling than former council members, increasing demand on their annual travel budget. N —Becky Trout (!33,% &2%% Police release sketch of burglary suspect The Palo Alto Police Department has released a sketch of a man who broke into a home Feb. 6 and then brazenly told the resident when she got home that he was an FBI agent. 02%3#2)04)/. The man chatted with the woman and then she walked outside with him to “retrieve” his FBI cre- dentials from his car. Instead, he jumped into his car and drove away. The woman then discovered that a rear window in her house had been broken and that jewelry was missing. The suspect was driv- ing a small, bright blue car. The burglary occurred 37)4#( in the 800 block of Moreno Avenue at 1:50 p.m. The man is described as white, between 30 and 35 years old, with short, brown straight hair. He is clean-shaven and well-groomed, about 5-feet-4- inches tall with a thin build. N —Don Kazak Bikestation to re-open Tuesday Bikestation Palo Alto, located at the University Avenue Palo Alto train depot, will hold its grand re-opening at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 27. The facility provides cyclists a place to park their vehicles and connect with mass transit provided by Caltrain, Valley Transportation Authority and SamTrans. Bikestation Palo Alto closed in November 2004 in order for renovations to the historic depot to be completed. Joseph Bellomo Architects designed 3WITCH YOUR PRESCRIPTION TO %LEPHANT 0HARM AND l ND OUT HOW MUCH and built the new interior. The City of Palo Alto secured funding from the Bicycle Transportation BETTER A DRUG STORE CAN BE /UR PHARMACY ACCEPTS ALL MAJOR INSURANCE Account to improve the facility and it 24-hour access. The facility is oper- PLANS AND IS STAFFED WITH KNOWLEDGEABLE AND CARING PHARMACISTS 9OULL ated by Palo Alto Bicycles in cooperation with the City of Palo Alto. The Bikestation is equipped with 96 bicycle racks. Security cameras ALSO l ND A FULL HERBAL PHARMACY STAFFED BY LICENSED EXPERTS IN #HINESE OR monitor the area and access is limited to Bikestation members. For infor- !YURVEDIC MEDICINE /F COURSE WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF THE DRUG STORE ES mation, go to www.bikestation.org. N SENTIALS YOU EXPECT PLUS A MAMMOTH SELECTION OF VITAMINS SUPPLEMENTS Open space and urban-planning talk Tuesday COSMETICS AND BODY CARE PRODUCTS 3O MAKE THE SWITCH 7ELL EVEN GIVE YOU A GIFT CARD TO l ND OUT HOW EASY IT IS TO ADD A LITTLE WELLNESS TO Farmlands disappearing, traffic on the 101 Freeway getting worse, in- creasing water contamination, and more air pollution — this is the world YOUR LIFE %L #AMINO 2EAL NEAR 3AN !NTONIO 2D IN ,OS !LTOS that Michele Beasley of Greenbelt Alliance sees unless the San Mateo and Santa Clara counties act to protect open space and create more livable communities. “We’re going to see about 1.7 million (more people in the Bay Area) between 2025, 2030 from now,” Beasley said. Beaseley and Don Weden, retired principal planner for Santa Clara County, will present ideas for urban planning on Feb. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. 3WITCH YOUR at Acterra, a local environmental nonprofit organization. Acterra is located at 3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto. Beasley will discuss transit-oriented development, the practice of build- PRESCRIPTION TO ing more condominiums and townhouses in areas close to transit, shopping centers and parks so people can walk and bike instead of drive. The cost is $5 for the general public and free to members of Acterra. ')&4 #!2$ ELEPHANT PHARM For information, contact Debbie Mytels at 650-962-9876 x302, deb- [email protected] or Shirley Ingalls at 650-903-3419. N 'OOD THROUGH .OT VALID WITH OTHER OFFERS 6ALID FOR l RST TIME SWITCH ONLY ,IMIT ONE PER CUSTOMER ON THE WEB: The latest local news headlines at www.PaloAltoOnline.com
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Judge time. He is just incredible at getting Zoning cedar tree that anchors the corner of modeled structures to be compatible grants and federal funding,” Over- Barron and Laguna avenues. with the neighborhood and adjacent (continued from page 3) (continued from page 3) street said. Klein and Beecham urged the structures.” said Gary Giarretto, a deputy pro- Currently, he is tackling the di- a bad precedent and harm trees. The neighbors to drop the plan to change In other business: bation officer who has worked with vide in state funding for those who split would effectively create denser the minimum lot sizes because too N Councilwoman Cordell informed mental-health cases in Manley’s suffer both mental illness and drug housing on the property. many lots in the neighborhood are her colleagues she was disappointed courtroom for six years. addiction. And on Tuesday they announced less than 10,000 square feet and the they chose to keep news of the res- Taped to the door of his court- their plans to stop the project by try- city would be unlikely to approve of ignations of three members of the room, a sign reads, “One day at a ing to set a new minimum lot size of the change. Friends of the Junior Museum and time,” which is one of Manley’s 10,000 square feet, rather than the Beecham also pointed out that a Zoo board quiet at Feb. 12’s meet- mantras. “Who sings ‘Happy 6,000 minimum that exists under 5,600-square-foot house could be ing. She asked them to uphold “a The defendants range from mi- Birthday’ to a current zoning regulations. built on the existing lot, while the standard for integrity and transpar- nor to violent offenders who have homeless person? “We feel we’ve been let down by smaller lots could only hold a house ency” the council developed over served jail sentences already. Most the system,” neighbor Odile Disch- under 3,000 square feet. the last year. are homeless and unemployed, and No one.” Bhadkamkar said. According to current rules, the ce- N The council sent a proposed many suffer from schizophrenia or —Stephen Manley, She urged the council to look be- dar tree could also be cut down any- council calendar to its Policy and Ser- time, but the city’s planning direc- other severe mental illnesses. Santa Clara County yond the “laws in the books” to find vices Committee, with instructions to “This is a population that nobody in favor of the neighbors. The Nguy- tor, Steve Emslie, said he believed discuss the possibility of swearing in Superior Court Judge would want anything to do with. It ens said they want to subdivide and the subdivision negotiations could newly elected council members as would be easy to write them off,” build a new house to make space for save the tree. Kishimoto and Klein soon as possible after Jan. 1, the first said Dana Overstreet, supervis- their parents, who range in age from said they opposed the subdivision date allowed according to the city ing deputy district attorney, who 65 to 91 years old. because it would affect the “charac- charter. N has worked with the judge for nine Proposition 36 allows nonvio- “If it would have been done ear- ter of the neighborhood.” Staff Writer Becky Trout can years and oversees cases with vio- lent drug offenders to receive sub- lier, it would have benefited my fa- Their decision stemmed from the be e-mailed at btrout@paweekly. lent, mentally ill offenders. stance-abuse treatment instead of ther who passed away last year from Comprehensive Plan’s Policy L- com. “There would be no places to put jail time, and Proposition 63 sup- cancer,” Ha Nguyen said. 12, which calls for preserving “the these people if it weren’t for Judge ports mental-health services. Nguyen said he is willing to work character of residential neighbor- Read the full version of this story Manley.” Manley hopes to be able to get with the city to try to save a large hoods by encouraging new or re- at: www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Manley, a Stanford graduate and funding redirected for those with San Diego native, lives in south Palo “co-occurring disorders.” Alto with his wife, Margo. The two Manley strives for an integration Pitkow called the shutdown of cluding 17-year-old Kayla Silva, do are raising their two young grand- of services, so a person released Caravan house Caravan House a “heartbreaking not. She said she wished the board daughters while their son is serving from jail doesn’t immediately com- (continued from page 3) decision” but said keeping it open members would have told the girls in the military overseas. mit another crime and wind up back could cause ACS’s other services to Wednesday that March 1 was the On the bench, the judge comes behind bars. meeting hoping to be able to raise suffer. Changing conditions at the non-negotiable closing date. across as an enthusiastic, compas- “We don’t protect the public by funds to save the group home, state level are increasingly favoring “In the meeting, it seemed like sionate father figure for the defen- warehousing people and dumping further board discussion later that foster-care models, drawing funding they were sincere, but it seems like dants. them back in the community ex- evening reaffirmed the March 1 away from group homes. they have no feelings,” Silva said. He believes the courtroom should pecting they’ve changed,” he said. closure date. “We can’t have other programs “Nobody likes to tell people bad be the epicenter of those services, A graduate of Manley’s court, 53- “It would have been great for the continue to compensate for one,” news to their face.” N coordinating individualized aid and year-old Mary Oaks credits Judge community to come up with addi- he said. Staff Writer Molly Tanenbaum being a cheerleader for the defen- Manley with the huge turnaround tional resources, but we’re not really So far, one of the residents has canbee-mailedatmtanenbaum@ dants. in her life. able to entertain that,” Pitkow said. new housing lined up, but two, in- paweekly.com. Outside the courtroom, he is a “I’d been doing drugs for 30 years. passionate and driven advocate for I thought I’d keep doing them until improved mental-health services, I died,” she said. After nine months increased funding, and creative and in Manley’s court, she graduated in cost-effective ways to keep the pris- February. on population down. In her backpack, she proudly car- “Punishment has its place, but ries her graduation certificate and a we have to move beyond that be- Polaroid of herself with the judge. cause we’re running out of space,” And even though she no longer he said. has to make monthly appearances Last year’s 278 graduates saved the in Department 64, Oaks still plans state and county $20 million between to attend regularly to hear Manley’s reduced prison and jail sentences, ac- motivational messages. cording to 2006 Santa Clara County “I’m going to go back to that Mental Health Court data. courtroom all the time. I just like Colleagues say Manley works listening,” she said. tirelessly behind the scenes, lobby- “I always sat there and heard ev- ing at the national, state and county ery word he says, and it all makes levels to secure grant money to as- sense.” N sist those with mental illness and Staff Writer Molly Tanenbaum drug addictions. canbee-mailedatmtanenbaum@ “He is up in Sacramento all the paweekly.com.
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Page 8 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly ArtsA weekly guide to music, & theater, art,Enterta movies and more, edited by Rebeccai Wallacenment West s West on and the Amon Carter Museum i chard Avedon Foundat i Courtesy The R
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Museum visitor David Link of San Francisco is one of the many people who were at the Cantor Arts Center last week, when the Richard Avedon photography exhibit opened.
Yet Avedon could teach on and the Amon Carter Museum i Left Coasters a thing or two. For his landmark 1985 exhibit “In the American West,” he trav- stories eled through 13 states from 1979 to 1984, taking chard Avedon Foundat
photos from Texas to Ida- viewers to look more i ho. The resulting portraits closely at a world that shed light — and shadow may be just as foreign — on a rural world that to them as it was to him. many bona fide West- He purposely sought
erners may never have out people and places Courtesy The R on and the Amon Carter Museum i glimpsed. — truck stops, slaughter- “Red Owens, oil field worker, Velma, Oklahoma, Here are drifters with houses, oil fields — that June 12, 1980” faces weathered by sun were nothing like his and time; prisoners and home, Wilson wrote in carnies, too, along with her 2003 book “Avedon laborers black with coal at Work in the American or white with gypsum chard Avedon Foundat West.” i dust. Expressions are Avedon, who died in grim, often sullen. The 2004, was quoted in the black-and-white portraits book as saying: “I’m are enormous, each taken looking for a new defi-
Courtesy The R against white seamless nition of a photographic “James Story, coal miner, Somerset, Colorado, paper with a Deardorf portrait. I’m looking for December 18, 1979” view camera to show ev- people who are surpris-
ery pore and scar. ing — heartbreaking on and the Amon Carter Museum i It all seems continents — or beautiful in a ter- by Rebecca Wallace away from the murmur- rifying way. Beauty that Renowned hotographer Richard Avedon — he ing crowds and hardwood might scare you to death ‘American of the fashion shots, presidential por- floors in this refined slice until you acknowledge it of the West: the Cantor as part of yourself.” West’ exhibit P traits and a rather memorable photo of Nastassja Kinski and a serpent — was a Arts Center at Stanford Avedon also acknowl-
University, where the ex- chard Avedon Foundat of Richard certified Easterner. edged that the process i Avedon At one point, fellow photographer Laura hibit is making the last sometimes frightened portraits Wilson wrote, “most of his life had been stop of its 20th-anniver- him. “In the West, I spent within a thirty-block radius of his sary tour. worked with very, very comes to studio on the Upper East Side of New York This is fitting. Avedon strong feelings,” he said Stanford City.” seems to be beckoning (continued on next page) Courtesy The R “Petra Alvarado, factory worker, El Paso, Texas, on her Birthday, April 22, 1982”
Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 9 Arts & Entertainment TownSquare. as an instant caught on film. But Palo Alto’s Online Gathering Place Richard Avedon here, because of the precision, you (continued from previous page) read it like a road map,” Faberman Discuss community issues. in the book. “I photographed what I says. “You see a person’s accumu- Announce an event. feared: aging, death, and the despair lated history.” Report a sports score and more. of living.” How did Richard Avedon and The exhibit was born in 1978, his team find and entice people to Ask for advice. when Avedon was already famed pose? It was often as easy as stop- Rate a movie. for his portraits of powerful, beau- ping people in a crowd at a rattle- snake round-up or a county fair. Review a restaurant. tiful people. Then the Amon Carter Museum in Texas gave him the Usually, Laura Wilson would strike Be a citizen journalist. backing to make portraits across the up the first conversation; perhaps American West, to provide a new strangers would more easily talk to perspective of the region. Laura a woman. Wilson and other assistants came “One of the best ways for us to along, and Wilson took many pho- know where to photograph, and tos of Avedon in action. whom to photograph, was to get to PaloAltoOnline.com More than 300,000 visitors monthly When “In the American West” know people in the communities opened in 1985, Hilarie Faberman, where we worked,” Wilson recalled an East Coaster who had just fin- in her book. “Dick (Avedon) visited ished graduate school, was awe- with a miner in a bar in Somerset struck by the exhibit even before (Colorado). ... I sat next to a female entering the museum. electrician on a plane who told me “There were huge glass windows, about the mine superintendent in and as you approached the museum Paonia, known across Colorado as you could see the photos,” she said. ‘Mr. Coal.’” Inside, Faberman, who had focused Another time, Wilson recalled, mostly on painting in her studies, the group saw Bill Curry walking continued to be awed by the pho- down the interstate in Oklahoma, a tos. bedroll on his shoulders. The gaunt, “No one was doing anything on creased drifter reminded Avedon this scale then; their size is part of of the ill son Edmund in the play their power,” she said. “It made me “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.” realize photography is just as good Curry told Avedon that he roamed as painting, sculpture.” from city to city and slept on the Today, Faberman is up close to ground: “I can hear a blade of grass the portraits again as curator of the move. I’m never completely asleep. Cantor center’s Avedon exhibit. I always keep a knife.” “I feel like I know them. It’s like Avedon and his group sometimes I’ve lived with them,” she said. felt a strong connection with their The show opened last week, and subjects. In 1981, they came across its gallery was already bustling, 16-year-old Debbie McClendon at including a large group of students a carnival in Wyoming. In her por- touring the 60-plus images. trait, she looks both hard and lost, The exhibit path leads visitors with wisps of hair, a dirty down vest from images of smooth-skinned and bags under her eyes. teenagers to blue-collar laborers, “She had run away from home at their faces sweaty and grimy. In the thirteen and lived like the drifters last section, the walls are painted we met,” Wilson wrote. “In Chey- dark, giving the area the oppressive enne, she had been working as a feeling of a mine shaft. carny and living with an older man What Faberman particularly loves who owned the shooting gallery.” about the portraits is the way they As the portrait session with Deb- slowly reveal themselves, she says. bie was ending, Wilson shot a mov- A favorite is “Boyd Fortin, rattle- ing photo that she included in her snake skinner, Sweetwater, Texas, book. 3/10/79,” which shows a blond boy “As Dick thanked her, she glanced in overalls holding a snake. back with a spirited look that denied “Here you’ve got this gorgeous the vulnerability of the portrait,” young thing; he’s on the pinnacle of Wilson wrote. “But the expressions becoming an adult,” Faberman says, on the faces of the two assistants in “and he’s holding a snake he’s just (my photograph) show the concern gutted.” we all felt for Debbie as she walked The contrast is jarring. Caught away.” ■ up in the boy’s face, you might not notice at first that the snake’s guts What: “In the American are hanging out and its blood has West,” a 20th-anniversary ex- spattered the boy’s overalls. hibition of photos by Richard “Is it beautiful?” Faberman asks Avedon rhetorically. “That kind of ambigu- Where: Cantor Arts Center, ity makes art really interesting.” Stanford University Faberman strolls on, then stops When: Through May 6, open in front of two images: each of a Wednesday through Sunday prisoner with a tattoo of a weeping from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Jesus on his chest. Both have long Thursdays from 11 to 8. scars on their bellies. From a dis- Cost: Free tance, it appears to be two photos Info: Call 650-723-4177 or go of the same person until you realize to museum.stanford.edu. Laura one man is missing his right arm. Wilson’s book is for sale at the Then other differences swim into museum. focus: one man’s face is longer, one tattoo is more finely drawn, one scar is shorter. You can stand far away and try About the cover: to read the men’s expressions, and Museum visitor David Link you can come close enough to trace gets up close to the Avedon the stitches in a scar. There’s always exhibit. Photograph by Norbert something new. One feels like a bit von der Groeben. of a voyeur. “Often you think of a photograph Page 10 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly FEATURED AUTHORS Don’t miss these other exciting author events! Susan Hough Richter’s Scale: Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man Thursday, March 1, 7:30 p.m. – Kepler’s
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From the author of the landmark book How We Die comes a wise, frank and inspiring book about the challenges and rewards of advancing years. The onset of aging is such a gradual progression that we’re often surprised to find it one day fully upon us. Changes in everything Caitlin O’Connell from appearance, senses, and reflexes to sexual appetites are undeniable (and rarely The Elephant’s Secret Sense: The Amazing Hidden welcome), yet Sherwin Nuland shows that growing old has its surprising blessings, too. Life of the Wild Herds of Africa Thursday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. – Kepler’s
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It rustling a bit beneath the sheets on a Sundays at 2 p.m. Jin Hi Kim Ma Jie Kenny Endo may never find ultimate unity, but makeshift bed upstage, while a man Cost: $24 general, $22 for that’s kind of the point. and woman clad in body stockings seniors, $18 for students, and Pippin (Nathan Baynard), a and fig leaves perform a stylized $10 for children under 12. whiny adolescent searching for his sex-dance involving a lot of awk- Info: Call 650-949-7360 or purpose in life, comes home from ward leaping and missed catches. go to www.foothillmusicals. school to find his father the king And in a scene that comes re- com. Monk Dance for Korean Barrel Drum and Orchestra, Jin Hi Kim soloist (Doug Baird) embroiled in a battle markably close to “A Clockwork Beijing Drum for Pipa and Orchestra, Ma Jie soloist with the Visigoths. Pippin sets off Orange,” three of the ensemble Let Freedom Ring for Taiko and Orchestra, Kenny Endo soloist for war to prove his worthiness to members tap dance to saccharine take over the throne, but discovers elevator music while stylized battle “Pippin” has a retro appeal — his conscience along the way and scenes take place in the background. and on opening weekend, there ends up shirking his inheritance in The screen on the back wall displays was a special guest who gave SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 • 8 PM the name of his “true calling.” war statistics from the Visigoths, lots of folks flashbacks. Find DINKELSPIEL AUDITORIUM, STANFORD UNIVERSITY What follows is an onslaught of Vietnam, and finally Iraq. Subtlety, out more on arts editor Rebecca experimentation and self-reflection, apparently, is dead. Wallace’s blog. Go to www.Palo $10 GENERAL ADMISSION/$5 STUDENTS aided by a band of vaudevillian cho- Despite an experimental and AltoOnline.com and scroll down ADVANCE TICKETS AT 650.725.2787 rus members who pop up to offer sometimes abstruse script, the actors to Ad Libs. advice or distraction, until Pippin give laudable performances for the Page 12 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly Arts & Entertainment PALO ALTO ROWING CLUB’S 3rd Annual Silent Auction Fundraiser Saturday, February 24, 2007 7:00-10:00pm Mitchell Park Center 3800 Middlefield Rd. • Palo Alto, CA
Featured guests for the evening: Julie Nichols and Renee Hykel ing images of playing cards (and a U.S. National Team Women’s portrait of the Countess) are pro- Lightweight Double jected on an upstage scrim. The Coach Kris Korzeniowski technique is reasonably effective, but the jerky transitions in the U.S. National Team Head Technical Director “animated” images tend to mar the Tickets: $15 per person illusion. Other effects are also mar- Enjoy hors d’oeuvres, Wine & Music! Wonderful Door Prizes ginal: The show’s recorded sound Otak Jump effects are tinny, and the illusion For further detils visit: www.paloaltorowingclub.com of snow created by blobs of light on a scrim is more suggestive than convincing. adds up to frames that display unparalleled Adam Flowers is Gherman and Alaine Rodin plays Liza, creating a star- A much more fundamental prob- comfort, flexibility, and durability. Flexon crossed — and card-crossed — pair of lovers. lem arises from Peter Crompton’s eyeglass frames are also hypoallergenic and set design. Crompton has filled the resistant to corrosion. So, if you are tough on your frames, Flexon frames may be the tough Lucie Stern stage with an intimi- frames you need. A tale of passion and dating pile of platforms joined by If you’ve worn glasses for a while, you’ve a wide, steep, diagonal ramp that probably damaged a pair by accidentally sitting dominates the space. This basic on them. Frames made of Flexon are durable obsession structure is dressed differently for enough to withstand this type of abuse. At each scene (park, ballroom, bar- MENLO OPTICAL, we feature a wide selection West Bay Opera’s ‘Queen of Spades’ has gusto racks, canal, casino) and is sur- of frames in the latest shapes, sizes, and materials. Locally owned, we take the time to by Kevin Kirby prisingly malleable from a visual FLEXIBLE explain which frames are best suited to your standpoint. EYEGLASS FRAMES facial construction and lifestyle. Call us at 322- yotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s op- of singers for the principal roles. Unfortunately, it is far more at- If you are prone to sitting on your glasses by 3900, or bring us your new prescription. We are era “The Queen of Spades” (The principals are double-cast, tractive than functional. Furniture mistake, you may be interested to learn that located at 1166 University Drive, on the corner Pwas a popular and critical with different singers performing placed on the ramp is odd-looking there is a frame material that resists breaking of Oak Grove Avenue and University Drive. success when it premiered in Russia on alternating nights; this review and (as one performer discovered and bending. Flexon is a titanium-based metal P.S. The Flexon alloy is no longer exclusive so many that is referred to as a “memory metal” because more companies are using it in their frame lines. in 1890. Though less well-known refers to the opening night cast.) on opening night) unstable. Scene it goes back to its original shape after being today than many of the composer’s Adam Flowers sings the role of changes are slow; the crew can be Mark Schmidt is an American Board of Opticianry twisted and bent. Aside from being ten times and National Contact Lens Examiners Certified other works, it is still staged from Gherman admirably, though his heard bumping about in the dark- more flexible than steel, this titanium-based Optician licensed by the Medical Board of California. time to time. tormented manner can become mo- ness for far too long before Knell alloy achieves a 25 percent weight reduction He can be easily reached at Menlo Optical, 1166 The current production by West notonous. His finest moment is at cues the transition music. Finally, over regular metal eyeglass frames. This all University Drive, Menlo Park. 650-322-3900. Bay Opera is musically and dra- the top of Act III: Alone in his bar- although the chorus members ex- matically satisfying, even if the plot racks, he is visited by the Count- hort each other to dance and be (libretto by Tchaikovsky’s younger ess’s ghost, who finally reveals merry, there is simply no room for E IGHTH A NNUAL S YMPOSIUM F OR M OTHERS brother, Modest, based on a story her secret. Flowers’ reaction, both them to do so. It is impossible to by Alexander Pushkin) does not physically and vocally, is chilling. comment on Mark Foehringer’s bear over-careful scrutiny. Alaine Rodin is equally strong as choreography, except to say that In the Shelter of Each Other: The protagonist of “The Queen Liza, though she too struggles to the tiny dance sequences appear Mothers and Community of Spades” — more accurately, its find variety in a one-dimensional dangerously cramped. anti-hero — is Gherman, a poor role. But when all is said and done, military officer who has become Igor Vieira does a splendid job none of the production’s difficul- obsessed with faro, a card game enlivening Tomsky’s long exposi- ties can dampen the obsessive pas- popular in Europe at the end of tory aria about the Countess’s se- sions at the heart of Tchaikovsky’s the 18th century. Though he never cret. Jason Detwiler’s velvety bari- opera. Passion, after all, is what places wagers, he frequents the tone makes Prince Yeletsky all the the genre does best, and West Bay gambling houses, watching others more sympathetic. As Liza’s friend, Opera’s “Queen of Spades” has play. Polina, Kathleen Moss gives a enough passion — and enough mu- Gherman is also obsessed with warm and delightfully natural per- sical gusto — to satisfy most fans a young woman named Liza, the formance, and mezzo-soprano Bar- of the form. ■ granddaughter of a countess. Too bara Staffen sings the Countess’s poor to court a woman of Liza’s part with assurance. station, he is plunged into despair The chorus is not quite as strong. by her engagement to Prince Ye- Their vocal entrances are often ten- What: “The Queen of letsky. However, he learns from his tative, and a number of contrapuntal Spades,” an opera presented friend Count Tomsky that Liza’s passages seem sloppy. In the afore- by West Bay Opera grandmother possesses a valuable mentioned barracks scene, howev- Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, secret: a sequence of three cards er, the unseen chorus is fabulously 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Saturday, March 17, 2007 G 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. that guarantees success at faro. eerie, intoning the Countess’s fune- Alto Believing that a small fortune won real music in Gherman’s head. Kresge Auditorium, Stanford University When: Friday and Saturday at cards will allow him to win Liza Opera, though, is about more $20 admission available at the door. at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., Mail-in registration strongly advised as space is limited. away from the Prince, he vows to than music. It is frequently cited as through Feb. 25 obtain the Countess’s secret. the most collaborative of all classi- Cost: Tickets are $50, with Liza, meanwhile, is unsatisfied cal art forms, requiring the skills Mary Pipher, Ph.D. discounts available for student, with her engagement, for she has of musicians, dancers, costumers, Best-selling author, renowned presenter and psychologist seniors, and groups. seen Gherman staring at her and is builders, painters, etc. Dr. Pipher will highlight the role of mothers as she speaks to Info: Call 650-424-9999 or captivated by his dark gaze. She ar- For West Bay’s “Queen of the themes from her best-selling book, The Shelter of Ea ch go to www.wbopera.org. ranges for him to visit her chamber Spades,” you can add computer Other: Rebuilding Our Families. late one night, but once inside the graphics artists to that list. Shift- As she examines how media, technology and our fast-paced house he confronts the Countess, culture weaken community and challenge the health of families, drawing his pistol to compel her to Dr. Pipher's down-to-earth stories and insights also encourage give up the secret of the cards. Think Globally, Post Locally. and inspire confidence for mothers, individual families and Tchaikovsky’s score is lovely communities. and well wrought (though hardly Musical performance by Nancy Cassidy ground-breaking), and conductor Ernest Frederic Knell and his or- Sponsors: Family Resources, City of Palo Alto; Palo Alto Medical Foundation; Palo Alto Weekly chestra navigate the piece’s subtly and PaloAltoOnline; Parents Place; PreSchool Family; and The Health Library at Stanford. shifting moods ably. West Bay Op- era has assembled a strong group For more details: www.pamf.org/mothers or (650) 853-2960
Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 13 Arts & Entertainment Worth a Look
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Erin Yarbrough and Aaron Thayer entwine in “Re- vealing the Bridge,” a Smuin Ballet piece inspired by “Happily ever after,” an oil and acrylic painting on Monet’s paintings. Smuin Ballet performs this week- canvas, is among the works by Ravikumar Kashi on end in Mountain View. exhibit at the ArtsIndia West gallery in Palo Alto. Dance Art Smuin Ballet Ravikumar Kashi It’s world music and a world premiere when San Handmade papermaking is an art all its own, and Francisco’s Smuin Ballet presents the world pre- it’s one favored by artist Ravikumar Kashi, who miere of “Obrigado, Brazil,” a one-act ballet set to studied it at the Glasgow School of Art. These days, sultry South American beats recorded by cellist Yo- Kashi is showing several of his handmade paper Yo Ma and a Brazilian ensemble band. works cast in pulp, along with oil and acrylic paint- This one-act ballet, part of a program being per- ings, at the ArtsIndia West gallery in Palo Alto. formed in Mountain View through Feb. 25, incorpo- rates samba and bossa nova dance moves. Born in Bangalore, Kashi now lives in the Indian Also on the program are “Revealing the Bridge,” a city of Baroda. He was once quoted as saying: “I ballet choreographed by company dancer Amy Sei- have the habit of collecting interesting photos, image wert and inspired by Monet’s paintings; and “Shinju,” clippings, discarded objects, headlines, quotations a piece said to be reminiscent of a Japanese Romeo and the like. I suppose one can think of me as a vi- and Juliet. sual scavenger. This becomes an archive/source of Performances are at the Mountain View Center for imagery when I start working.” the Performing Arts at 500 Castro St., tonight and The artist is expected to attend a reception at the tomorrow at 8 p.m. and tomorrow and Sunday at gallery at 535 Bryant St. tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. 2. Tickets are $45-55. Call 650-903-6000 or go to The exhibit then runs through April 1, open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sun- "Since 1938" www.smuinballet.org. Our new GPS system allows days from noon to 5. us to get the closest cab to you! Call 650-321-4900 or go to www.artsindia.com. OVER 300 TAXIS AVAILABLE Music ‘Life on an Island’ Our new650 GPS- system321-1234 allows Performers from all over may play the sleek Moun- Theater tain View Center for the Performing Arts, but you do ‘Measure for Measure’ us to get the closest cab to you? get those nice local connections, too. Daniel Wood, The Stanford Shakespeare Society (referred to by a graduate of Mountain View High School, comes to devotees as “Shakes”) kicks off its 37th season this OVER 300 TAXIS AVAILABLE the center’s SecondStage next Wednesday evening week with “Measure for Measure,” a reinterpretation for a solo performance called “Life on an Island.” of the Bard’s classic “problem play” — one that can- Reservations Welcome. A French horn player, Wood is one of the musi- not be easily categorized as comedy or tragedy. cians in the Quadre ensemble. Here, he does his Set in 1980s Vienna, the performance examines own works and arrangements on the horn and pia- questions of social norms, prescribed values, and no, weaving them into a humorous program about the hypocrisies inherent to a so-called civilized so- 650-321-1234 music and diversity in this country. ciety. “Life on an Island” begins at 7:30 p.m. at the cen- “Measure for Measure” takes the stage tonight Sunnyvale & Mountain View Served by Checker Cab. ter at 500 Castro St. Tickets are $15 for adults and through Sunday at 8 p.m., with an additional 10:30 Order a cab online at www.foraride.com $7 for seniors, students and children. Call 650-903- p.m. showing tonight, at the Elliot Program Center, Taxicab services are provided by self-employed,licensed taxicab drivers 6000 or go to www.mvcpa.com. Quadre’s Web site 589 Governor’s Avenue, Stanford. Admission is free. is at www.quadre.org. Go to shakespeare.stanford.edu. Page 14 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly Eating Out
RESTAURANT REVIEW
down the closed Arby’s across the your cardiologist, but it is a great parking lot and double the restau- way to enjoy the fish, which basi- rant’s seating. cally steams inside, and absorbs “I’ll be here another 79 years,” very little oil. says Crumrine, whose father, Roy If local halibut ($8.99) is avail- Crumrine, bought Cook’s in 1963. able, get that. There may also be Founder Bill Cook opened it in local flounder ($6.99) and sword- 1928. fish ($8.99). Cook’s specializes in fried fish Fried oysters are plump and juicy, and seafood. No question they are lightly coated in breadcrumbs and best eaten on the premises, hot, not too greasy. Other choices from but research shows that the Cook’s the fryer, in alphabetical order fried oysters do just fine when tak- include: calamari, catfish, clams, en home and reheated in the oven. prawns, scallops and sole. The current restaurant seats 16 Cook’s isn’t all that visible on El outside and 64 inside, in booths Camino. Now that Arby’s Restau- and tables with wooden teacher rant is gone, look for the Mermaid chairs which you can move around Inn, on the other side of Cook’s. to accommodate your party. Also now that Arby’s is gone, the Steakhouse fries are hot and whole parking lot is your oyster. ■ Norbert von der Groebrn der von Norbert crispy outside, creamy inside. The restaurant also sells Acme rolls (50 cents apiece), should you want to upgrade from the oyster Cook’s Seafood crackers that come with chowder 751 El Camino Real, Menlo and cioppino, or the saltines with Park 650-322-2231 seafood salads. Restaurant hours: 11 a.m- Clam chowder ($5.79 a pint) is 8:30 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 11 Anna Hernandez works behind the Cook’s counter. the rich Manhattan cream style, a.m.-9 p.m. Fri.; 11 a.m.-8:30 thick with potatoes and measurable p.m. Sat. pieces of clam. Less satisfying, ci- Market hours: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. cently was the same price as live, Mon.-Sat. $6.99 a pound: not cheap. Purists oppino ($9.29 a pint) is doomed Go fish want to boil their own, but Cook’s by overcooked tuna in dull tomato Reservations ✔ Catering soup. cooked version is fabulous, and Credit cards ✔ Outdoor Menlo Park landmark Cook’s Seafood cracked into manageable pieces. The seafood Louis salads come seating You may still need narrow spoons with a cup of velvety mayo-ketchup ✔ Lot Parking is planning its next 79 years Noise level: or forks to reach every crevice. dressing that is just right for crisp ✔ Beer & wine Fine by Sheila Himmel Cook’s Seafood: a restaurant iceberg lettuce, half a hard-boiled ✔ Takeout and a market, located for 79 years egg and a decorative tomato. Bathroom akeout dining has gone way in Menlo Park has it year-round. I’d go for the fried fish. Cook’s Cleanliness: in the same spot. El Camino has ✔ Highchairs Good beyond cardboard cartons. Until the end of June, the live moved, but not Cook’s. In about a now uses a corn-canola blend with ✔ Wheelchair T You can get just about any crab is local Dungeness. At Cook’s year, owner Mike Crumrine hopes zero trans-fats. Not that deep-fry- access food to go, but the highest order of you can pick up the whole meal, to begin expansion that will knock ing is ever going to be advised by the species has to be cracked crab: with clam chowder, chilled wine, Banquet recently alive, boiled in-house, and coleslaw and fresh Acme sour- ON THE WEB: Hundreds of restaurant reviews at www.PaloAltoOnline.com sold immediately. Cook’s Seafood dough bread. The cooked crab re-
NOW SERVING Mountain View (650) 968-1751 imposter with others. Signature-style brick Feb. 11, 2005) Arikato, 1040 A-1 Rengstorff Ave, Moun- Following are condensed versions, in alpha- “Indian bits and bites,” courtesy of the oven charred crust is paper thin, crisp and Ann’s Coffee Shop, 772 Santa Cruz Ave., tain View (650) 988-8686 betical order, of longer restaurant reviews same folks who brought you the ac- somewhat dry. Good place for groups. Menlo Park (650) 322-0043 Arikato offers more than 30 original sushi published in the Weekly over the past several claimed Amber India Restaurant. Many Mon-Thu 11 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-11 Homemade pies, pot roast, soups, milk- rolls, each one including a dizzying list of years. This week’s reviews begin where the smaller plates, such as lentil dumplings, p.m., Sat 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m., Sun 11:30 shakes and sandwiches in an old-fash- ingredients. The restaurant also offers a list ended one week ago. “Chilli Cheese Toast,” Indian-style wraps, a.m.-10 p.m. (Reviewed March 23, 2001) ioned diner with genuine retro decor. The wealth of choices for the sushi-shy, from Allied Arts Guild Restaurant, 75 Arbor and chicken wings. Tandoori dishes and Andale Mexican Restaurant, 209 Univer- fresh rhubarb pie may win over even those bountiful bento boxes to generous soups Road, Menlo Park (650) 324-2588 combos, too, as well as lassi drinks. Mon.- sity Ave., Palo Alto (650) 323-2939 leery of rhubarb. Breakfast served all day. and noodle plates. Combined with friendly, Thurs. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-10 p.m.; quick service and fair prices, Arikato begs This restaurant offers three-course lunches This Cal-Mex eatery offers burritos, No reservations. No credit cards. Mon.- Fri. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5:30-10:30 p.m.; to be more than just a quick after-shop- in a lovely Spanish garden setting, near taquitos, flautas, tamales, quesadillas, Sat.: 6:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (Reviewed Aug. 15, Sat. noon-10:30 p.m.; Sun. noon-10 p.m. ping stop -- it’s a must-try for sushi fans. artists’ cottages. Desserts include Hershey tortas, crisp tacos and daily specials. The 2003) Open seven days a week. Lunch: Monday bar cake, a favorite with regulars. Cold Amber India Restaurant, 2290 El Camino assortment will satisfy most cravings for Antonio’s Nut House, 321 California through Friday, 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; Din- cucumber soup is another longtime option. Real, Mountain View (650) 968-7511 Mexican food, without all of the lard and Ave., Palo Alto (650) 321-2550 ner: Monday through Sunday, 4:30 to 9:30 Proceeds benefit indigent children at the Inventive North Indian menu with many an saturated fat. Highlights include the rotis- Palo Alto’s only dive bar. Although the bar p.m. (Reviewed Nov. 5, 2004) Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Mon.- equal number of mild and spicy dishes for serie chicken marinated in achiote, chile itself does not serve food, Taqueria Azteca Sat. noon-2 p.m. (Reviewed July 15, 2005) vegetarians and non-vegetarians. Impres- relleno and Baja-style fish. Aqua frescas caters to the bar crowd with a variety of Armadillo Willy’s, 1031 N. San Antonio are made fresh daily, along with sangrias Road, Los Altos (650) 941-2922 Amanor Deli & Bakery, 856 W. El Camino sive service and picturesque atmosphere, traditional tex-mex. And, of course, there and margaritas. Casual, family-friendly Real, Mountain View (650) 938-1333 including a buffet lunch served in gleam- are plenty of peanuts. Daily 10-2 a.m. This Texas-style restaurant serves up big ing traditional brass vessels. Daily 11:30 atmosphere. Mon.-Thu., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; plates of barbecue, ribs and steaks. Try This small restaurant offers deli choices Applewood Inn, 1001 El Camino Real, a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-10 p.m. (Reviewed July Sat. 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-9 any of the barbecue sandwiches or plat- with a Mediterranean twist, including Menlo Park (650) 324-3486 30, 2004) p.m. (Reviewed Jan. 16, 2004) ters with a side of fries or the spicy peanut grilled vegetable pilaf and Greek antipasto Creative gourmet pizzas (toppings in- slaw. You won’t go home hungry. Sun.- salad. Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9:30 American Italian Delicatessen & Gelat- Angelo Mio, 820 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo clude sun-dried tomatoes, caviar, exotic Thu. 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 a.m.-7 p.m. eria, 139 Main Street, Los Altos (650) Park (650) 323-3665 cheeses), salads, soups, sandwiches and 948-6745 Angelo Mio serves a variety of reasonably p.m. (Reviewed March 12, 2004) Amarin, 156 Castro St., Mountain View pastas available at lunch. Take-out avail- priced, Italian-based appetizers, a broad Asia Fusion Cafe, 873 Castro St., Moun- (650) 988-9323 A full-service deli with gelato and espresso able. Mon-Fri. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Mon.-Sat. drinks. Other menu items include tradi- array of pastas and other entrees. The po- tain View (650) 210-9393 Fresh and contemporary with traditional 5-10 p.m.; Sun. 5-9 p.m. (Reviewed Sept. tional Italian favorites such as lasagna and lenta is excellent. Veal and chicken dishes The menu combines a variety of Asian reci- Thai touches. Wide range of vegetarian op- 1, 2000) raviolis. Catering is also available. Daily 9 are good. Chocolate tart is an excellent pes with “home cooking dishes” from the tions, aromatic curries, lunchtime compli- Applewood Pizza 2 Go, 989 El Camino a.m.-5 p.m. dessert. Good service, festive decor. Full Philippines. Appetizers include lumpia and mentary soup of the day. Lunch Mon.-Fri. Real, Menlo Park (650) 328-1556 bar with an affordable, thoughtful wine spring rolls; entrees include vegetable co- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Dinner 5-10 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Amici’s East Coast Pizzeria, 790 Castro A quick version of Applewood Inn’s popu- list. Lunch Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.-2:30 conut curry, eggplant fritters and creamy noon-10 p.m. (Reviewed March 15, 1996) St., Mountain View (650) 961-6666 lar pizzas. Daily 5-9 p.m. (Reviewed Oct. p.m.; Lunch Sunday 12-2:30 p.m.; Dinner Amber Cafe, 600 W. El Camino Real, This incarnation of an East Coast pizza 1, 2002) (continued on page 17) joint may ring true with some or as an Monday-Sunday 4:30-9 p.m. (Reviewed Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 15 MEXICAN
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Page 16 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly Eating Out MANDARIN GOURMET (continued from page 15) pizza, pasta, meat dishes, sandwiches 11 a.m.-9 p.m. (Reviewed Feb. 9, 2001) and salads. Especially good are the mus- Bajis’ Down the Street, 2423 Old RESTAURANT seafood pot pie. Mon. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; sels, Tuscan soup, lamb tagine, spinach Middlefield Way, Mountain View (650) Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 5:30-8:30 tortellini and grilled tuna nicoise. Wood- 967-7477 Classy Dining Experience & Fine Healthy Food p.m.; Fri. karaoke 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Sat. 11 fired oven, respectable wine list, adequate Bajis has been serving up huge omelets, L T O W A E a.m.-3:30 p.m.; 5:30-8:30 p.m. desserts. Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; hot sandwiches, hamburgers and salads E O K
Sunday 11 a.m.-9 p.m. (Reviewed June L Athena Cafe, 1505 Adams Drive, Menlo in a down-home atmosphere since 1979; Winner of Best Chinese Food L Park (650) 328-1201 16, 2006) A Y
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(continued from previous page) bagels. Mon.-Fri. 6:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 7 a.m.-5 p.m. BBQ Man Cafe, 555 Willow Rd, Menlo Bistro Elan, 448 California Ave., Palo Park (650) 327-8227 Alto (650) 327-0284 BBQ Man occupies the former location of Bistro Elan offers elegant dining in a bistro Tara’s Willow Street Cafe. Serves up huge setting. Chef/owner Ambjorn Lindskog’s portions of down home favorites like pulled ever-changing menu melds a French pork and beef brisket. Of course, all meals sensibility with a California emphasis on come with potato salad, baked beans, and light foods. Main courses consist of duck, garlic bread. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m,-9 p.m. Sat.- lamb, beef and seafood. Desserts are Sun. 7 a.m.-9 p.m. interesting and uniformly good. Handsome Bean Scene Cafe, 500 Castro St., Moun- yet relaxed dcor. Reservations advised. tain View (650) 903-4871 Lunch Tue.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dinner Located next to Theatreworks, this attrac- Tue.-Sat. 5:30-10:30 p.m. (Reviewed Feb. tive cafe offers breakfast options, salads, 20, 2004) sandwiches and great desserts, including Bistro Maxine, 548 Ramona St., Palo ice cream. But the coffee drinks were on Alto (650) 323-1815 the weak side. Mon.-Thu. 7 a.m.-9 p.m.; Offers French crepes, both savory and Fri. 7 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m.-10:30 p.m.; sweet, as well as salads and sandwiches. Sun. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; 7 a.m.-10 p.m. on There are crepes with liqueur for those show days. (Reviewed June 20, 2003) desiring an extra kick; those selections in- Beausejour, 170 State St., Los Altos clude the Normandy (apples, butter, creme (650) 948-1382 fraiche, Calvados), the Josephine (banan- French-American fare in a tastefully ap- as, roasted almonds, Grand-Marnier) and pointed environment. Crispy avocado, en the Malicious (orange jam, hot chocolate, croute seafood soup and the roast beet Cointreau). Swimming-pool-sized cap- salad are great starts. Rack of lamb, salm- puccinos, house red and white wine, beer on and fruits de mer are excellent principal and cider. Daily 7 a.m.-10 p.m. (Reviewed plates. Desserts are above average. Cock- Sept. 8, 2006) tails and wines. Banquet facilities. Mon.- Bistro Vida, 641 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Mon.-Sun. 5:30-9 Park (650) 462-1686 p.m. (Reviewed Sept. 22, 2006) Traditional dishes with mixed results at this Bella Fresca, 47 Easy St., Mountain View Parisian-style cafe. Professional, knowl- (650) 961-0399 edgeable service and a cozy ambience, This family owned and operated market but many dishes need attention. Mon.-Fri. features fresh produce and “an extensive 11:30 a.m. -2:30 p.m.; 5-10 p.m., Sat.-Sun. line of imported foods and Italian special- 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 5-10 p.m. (Reviewed ity items.” Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. 9 May 6, 2005) a.m.-3 p.m. Bella Luna, 233 University Ave., Palo Alto (650) 322-1846 Bella Luna is ideally situated in a cozy century -old brick building in downtown Palo Alto. The Italian-themed restaurant Stratford School features attractive decor, excellent service and a reasonably priced wine list. The antipasti for two and bruschetta are good Preschool and Elementary School for starters. The house-made pastas are tasty as well as chicken and pork dishes. Desserts are adequate. Lunch: Mon.-Fri. in Palo Alto! 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Dinner: Mon.-Thurs. 5-10 p.m.; Friday 5-11 p.m.; Sat. noon-11 p.m.; To learn more about Stratford or to schedule a tour, Sun. noon-10 p.m. (Reviewed April 21, To learn more about Stratford or to schedule a tour, 2006) pleaseplease callcall (650) 493-1151493-1151 or or email email [email protected]. [email protected]. Bella Vista, 13451 Skyline Blvd., Wood- side (650) 851-1229 Bella Vista aims for a French country inn feel, with Continental food and a pricey menu with a glittering view to match. Spe- cialties include Oysters Rockefeller, Caesar salad, Steak Diane. Tue.-Sat. 5-10 p.m. Bento Teriyaki, 225 E. Middlefield Road, Mountain View (650) 903-9403 This Japanese fast-food restaurant serves up homemade Japanese dishes, such as chicken teriyaki and sushi. Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Best Bite, 1414 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View (650) 988-8895 Light, healthy home-cooked Persian foods in a simple setting. Menu offers a variety of vegetarian and meat dishes. Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 5-9 p.m.; Sat. 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m. (Reviewed Sept. 3, 2004) Better Bagel, 1040 Grant Road, Moun- tain View (650) 988-0279 This classic bagel shop offers a variety of bagels and sandwiches, as well as dif- ferent cream cheese spreads, smoothies www.stratfordschools.com and coffee drinks. Also serves breakfast Eat Local • Buy Local At Country Sun, we believe in supporting our local organic suppliers because local food is fresher, has better flavor, & benefits the environment. That’s why we buy broccoli, greens and other delicious organic vegetables from Lakeside Organic Gardens in Watsonville. Country Sun Your Local Natural Foods Store 440 S. California Ave in Palo Alto 650.324.9190
Country Sun produce buyer Brian, CEO Jim and Farmer Dick Peixoto inspecting the radishes at Lakeside.
Page 18 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly “TWO THUMBS UP.” ® Richard Roeper and Kevin Smith Guest Critic, EBERT & ROEPER “THE MUST-SEE MOVIE OF 2007!” SusanSusan Granger,Granger, SSG SSG SYNDICATESYNDICATE MovMovie reviews by Jeanne Aufmuth,ies Tyler Hanley and Susan Tavernetti OPENINGS Amazing Grace ✭✭1/2 espouses father-knows-best values within a predict- (Century 16, Century 12) Michael Apted (of “Up” able plot, providing a very old-fashioned feel. Despite documentaries fame) helms a sincere but dry re-tell- Audie’s fears of losing their home, she and her chil- ing of the fight for the abolition of slavery. dren indulge the head of the family to such an extent In late-18th-century England, antislavery pioneer that they become space cadets in the worst sense of William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) is nearing the term. physical and emotional collapse from his all-con- These traditional values don’t extend to respect for suming cause. As he also suffers from severe colitis government policies. Farmer thumbs his nose at the Patriot Act that “twisted the laws up so much” and a he’s forced to retire to the country home of generous Distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution ©Buena Vista Pictures Marketing and Walden Media, LLC benefactors for some R&R. bureaucratic NASA that will “look stupid” if his space project succeeds. The Polish Brothers rage against the For Theatres and Showtimes: Check Movie Times Said patrons also double as match-makers and SEE IT or Text BRIDGE with your ZIP CODE to 43KIX (43549) William is surreptitiously thrown together with spir- establishment like rebels with a cause, while reinforc- or Visit www.disney.com/terabithia ited admirer Barbara Spooner (Romola Garai). Ms. ing gender stereotypes better fitted for the Fifties. NOW! SORRY, NO PASSES Spooner is sweetly sympathetic to his cause so Wil- M. David Mullen’s (“Akeelah and the Bee”) gor- liam gratefully spills the details of his crusade. geous camerawork captures open spaces with nostal- The fight for antislavery is an uphill battle that di- gic longing, as though nodding to John Ford’s elegiac vides friends and creates enemies. William is assured Westerns. But the film’s most honest moments take the support of future Prime Minister William Pitt place at the Farmers’ dinner table, where parents and (Benedict Cumberbatch), but butts heads with evil op- siblings interact with warmth and spontaneity — fi- ponents Lord Tarlton (a perfectly nasty Ciaran Hinds) nally showing the right stuff. and the crafty Duke of Clarence (Toby Jones). William’s bill is repeatedly defeated, but with the Rated: PG for thematic material, peril and lan- help of a few strategically placed revolutionaries guage. 1 hour. 44 minutes. “ - — not to mention the love of a good woman (cue the — Susan Tavernetti A SPELLBINDING, REAL LIFE violins!) — he is ultimately victorious. ” “Grace” is timed for optimal historical punch, con- The Number 23 ✭ SUSPENSE THRILLER. sidering the commemoration of the 200th anniversary (Century 16, Century 20) Jim Carrey goes seri- Pete Hammond, MAXIM of the abolition of slavery in England. But the pretty ous in this contrived psychological thriller that will period piece is slow to build, stepping out cautiously give viewers at least 23 reasons to wish they had done “A GRIPPING AND MESMERIZING STORY.. earnest and burgeoning to a crescendo of goodwill something else with their time. Powerful performances by the entire cast.” and patriotism. Director Joel Schumacher, whose track record is Chuck Thomas, CW-TV The character studies are conventionally camera- less than stellar (the abysmal “Batman & Robin” was ready: no middle ground between black and white, his baby), opens the film promisingly with creative “ good and evil. Prose can ring false and flowery: “the lead credits. But like a poorly designed house of cards, “AN INTENSE,, CAPTIVATING FILM.. ship of state must not be sunk by a wave of good in- “23” tumbles when it becomes apparent that the weak A first-class movie.” tention,” etc. premise sports an even weaker plot. Tack another di- Steve Oldfield, FOX-TV Fortunately Gruffudd is blessed with enough charis- saster on to Schumacher’s cinematic belt. ma to stage a love story and wage political war against Walter Sparrow (Carrey) is an animal-control of- “IT KEEPS YOU ON THE EDGE an inhumane establishment for whom creature com- ficer who seems to enjoy a tranquil life. Things begin ” forts trump the desire to outlaw slave trade. to tailspin for Walter when his wife (Virginia Madsen OF YOUR SEAT.. Kelli Gillespie, FOX-TV Michael Gambon and Albert Finney lend veteran as Agatha) randomly comes across a weathered book Kelli Gillespie, FOX-TV cachet while splendid wigs and costumes give visual — entitled “The Number 23” — that she believes her sway. The climax is a groundswell of tear-inducing playful hubby will embrace. “A THRILLING MOVIE virtue that leaves “Grace” on a high, if not amazing, As Walter immerses himself in the amateurish EXPERIENCE..” note. novella about a tattooed detective named Fingerling Guy Farris, ABC-TV (also Carrey) and his growing obsession with the Not rated but could be PG for mature themes and number 23, Walter begins to notice unsettling simi- some violence. 1 hour, 58 minutes. larities between himself and the story’s protagonist. — Jeanne Aufmuth Life imitates art as Walter’s behavior grows erratic and he, too, becomes obsessed with the number 23 The Astronaut Farmer ✭✭ and the mysterious author. (Century 16, Century 20) Director Michael Polish Schumacher splits screen time between Walter offers one small step for man, if you can take one and Fingerling, although the Fingerling scenes are giant leap and suspend your disbelief about a farmer blanketed with Carrey’s dry voiceover and awash in who wants to launch a rocket from his barn and orbit gleaming light. It’s a bit unnerving to see Carrey act the earth in it. Why? That’s his dream — and “if we the tough guy, sporting tank tops and thuggish tat- don’t have our dreams, we have nothing.” toos. Although Carrey’s performance is admirable, But this drama won’t fly for anyone who considers the character would have been better cast using an Charles Farmer’s mission a self-indulgent obsession actor with more of a dark side (à la Kevin Bacon or that places a family of five at risk. Ray Liotta). Billy Bob Thornton plays the Texas astronaut- The biggest flaw with “23” is its insipid screenplay. farmer named Farmer, a surname contributing to the The trailers and title promise a supernatural thriller excessive amount of too-cute touches. Trained as an along the lines of “The Sixth Sense,” but Schumacher UNIVERSAL PICTURES ANDSIDNEY KIMMEL ENTERTAINMENT PRESENT AN OUTLAW/INTERMEDIA PRODUCTION CHRIS COOPER aerospace engineer and Air Force pilot, Farmer had and company deliver a senseless dud. There’s even the RYAN PHILLIPPELAURA LINNEY “BREACH” DENNIS HAYSBERTCAROLINE DHAVERNAS GARY COLE KATHLEEN QUINLAN feeling that rookie writer Fernley Phillips completed MUSIC EXECUTIVE PRODUCED to abort his plans to become a rocket man due to fam- BYMYCHAEL DANNA PRODUCERS ADAM MERIMS SIDNEY KIMMELWILLIAM HORBERG BYBOBBY NEWMYER SCOTT STRAUSS the ridiculous script as part of a class project. And STORY SCREENPLAY DIRECTED ily obligations. Now he’s back at the ranch with wife SCOTT KROOPF BY ADAM MAZER &WILLIAM ROTKO BYADAM MAZER &WILLIAM ROTKO AND BILLY RAYBY BILLY RAY Audie (Virginia Madsen), 15-year-old son Shephard (gulp!) the film is set to open on Feb. 23. Spooky. SCORE ALBUM ON VARESE SARABANDE A UNIVERSAL PICTURE (Max Thieriot), a pair of daughters (Jasper and Lo- If you’re looking for meaning behind a number, go © 2006 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS gan Polish) and a home-built spacecraft sharing the with the 10 bucks you can save by skipping this big- screen mess. barn with the horses. Although the bank plans to fore- MOBILE USERS: For Showtimes - Text BREACH with your ZIP CODE to 43KIX (43549)! close on the farm in 30 days, Farmer primarily wor- Rated: R for violence, disturbing images, sexuality CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES ries about coming up with $50,000 to buy the 10,000 and language. 1 hour, 35 minutes. CENTURY 12 CENTURY 20 pounds of high-grade fuel needed for lift-off. — Tyler Hanley Michael Polish and his identical twin and co-screen- DOWNTOWN SAN MATEO DOWNTOWN REDWOOD CITY writer, Mark (who collaborated on “Twin Falls Idaho” To view the trailers for “Amazing Grace,” "The Number San Mateo (650) 558-0123 Redwood City (650) 369-3456 and “Northfork,” and also plays FBI Agent Mathis), 23" and "The Astronaut Farmer" go to Palo Alto Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ SPECIAL ENGAGEMENTS NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT COUPONS ACCEPTED CALL THEATRE FOR SOUND INFORMATION AND SHOWTIMES have crafted an odd movie. On one hand, the film
Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 19 ® Movies ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE BEST ACTRESS • PENÉLOPE CRUZ “PENÉLOPE CRUZ IS A REVELATION.” -David Ansen, NEWSWEEK AFILMBYALMODÓVAR MOVIE TIMES
VOLVER Note: Screenings are for Friday through Tuesday only. PENÉLOPE CRUZ WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM The Abandoned (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 12:30, 1:40, 3, 4:10, 5:30, 6:40, 8, 9:20 & 10:30 p.m. WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM MOBILE USERS: For Showtimes - Text VOLVER with your ZIP CODE to 43KIX (43549) Amazing Grace (Not Rated) ✭✭1/2 Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 1:50, 4:45, 7:35 & 10:20 p.m. Century 12: 1, 4, 7 & 9:50 p.m. NOW LANDMARK’S AQUARIUS CENTURY CINÉARTS@HYATT The Astronaut Farmer (PG) ✭✭ Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 2, 4:40, 7:10 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: Noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30 & 10 p.m. 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto 1304 Old Bayshore Hwy., ✭✭ PLAYING! (650) 266-9260 Burlingame (650) 340-1516 Because I Said So (PG-13) 1/2 Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 2:20, 4:50, 7:15 & 9:45 p.m. Century 12: 11:55 a.m.; 2:20, 4:55 & 7:25 p.m. view the trailer WWW.VOLVERFILM.COM Breach (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 1:55, 4:30, 7:25 & 10 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 2:25, 5, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m. " Bridge to Terabithia (PG) Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 2:15, 4:35, 6:55 & 9:15 p.m. Century 20: Fri., Sun.-Tue. at 11:30 (Not Reviewed) a .m.; 12:55, 1:55, 3:15, 4:35, 5:45, 7:10, 8:10, 9:35 & 10:30 p.m.; Sat. at 11:30 a.m.; 12:55, Mind- 1:55, 3:15, 4:35, 5:45, 8:10, 9:55 & 10:30 p.m. Casino Royale (PG-13) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 12: 12:15 & 6:20 p.m. bending! Charlotte’s Web (G) ✭✭1/2 Century 12: 12:25, 2:50 & 5:25 p.m. Children of Men (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 12: 7:45 & 10:30 p.m. A must-see movie." Daddy’s Little Girls (PG-13) Century 16: 12:10, 2:35 & 5 p.m. Century 12: 12:10, 2:40, 5:10, 7:40, 9:55 & 10:20 p.m. Pete Hammond - MAXIM (Not Reviewed) Dreamgirls (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 12:35 & 7:20 p.m. Century 20: Fri., Mon. & Tue. at 1:10, 4:05, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m.; Sat. at 1:10, 4:05 & 10:05 p.m.; Sun. at 1:10, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m. JIM CARREY Epic Movie (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Century 12: 12:05, 2:15 & 4:30 p.m. the number Factory Girl (R) ✭✭ Century 16: 7:30 & 9:55 p.m. Century 12: 7:10 & 9:30 p.m. Ghost Rider (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 12:25, 1:45, 3, 4:20, 5:35, 7, 8:10, 9:35 & 10:40 p.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 12:40, 1:35, 2:30, 3:25, 4:20, 5:15, 6:15, 7, 7:55, 8:55, 9:40 & 10:35 p.m. Hannibal Rising (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 12: 12:40, 3:45, 7:35 & 10:25 p.m. Happily N’ever After (PG) Century 12: 12:30, 3 & 5:15 p.m. 23 (Not Reviewed) Happy Feet (PG) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 2:15 & 4:45 p.m. ✭✭✭ SOUNDTRACK NEW LINE The Last King of Scotland (R) 1/2 Century 20: 1:15, 4:25, 7:35 & 10:25 p.m. AVAILABLE ON RECORDS Letters from Iwo Jima (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 2:40, 6:25 & 9:40 p.m. Century 20: 12:25, 3:35, 6:45 & 9:45 p.m. www.thenumber23movie.com TM and ©MMVII NEW LINE PRODUCTIONS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. starts friday february 23 The Lives of Others (R) ✭✭✭✭ Guild: 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 11:30 a.m. , The Messengers (PG-13) Century 20: 4:50, 7:20 & 9:25 p.m. Century Theatres CENTURY PARK 12 Century Theatres CENTURY 12 DOWNTOWN Century Theatres CENTURY PLAZA 10 CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORY FOR SHOWTIMES Redwood City San Mateo So San Francisco NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT COUPONS ACCEPTED (Not Reviewed) Miss Potter (PG) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 16: Sat. at 7 p.m.; Sun. at 4 p.m. Century 20: Sat. at 7 p.m.; Sun. at 4 p.m. Music and Lyrics (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11 a.m.; 12:15, 1:30, 2:45, 4, 5:15, 6:45, 7:45, 9:20 & 10:15 p.m. Century 12: 12:20, 1:45, 3:20, 4:45, 6:15, 7:20, 9 & 10:10 p.m. “ Night at the Museum (PG) Century 20: Noon, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45 & 10:20 p.m. “ “ (Not Reviewed) A SWEEPING HISTORICAL EPIC Norbit (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 16: 11 a.m.; 1:35, 4:15, 6:50 & 9:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m.; 12:45, 2:20, 3:10, THAT BRINGS OVERDUE GLORY TO A TRUE HERO!” 5:35, 8:05 & 10:35 p.m. Jeffrey Lyons, NBC’S REEL TALK Notes on a Scandal (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 20: 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. Aquarius: 9:15 p.m. The Number 23 (R) ✭ Century 16: Noon, 2:30, 5:05, 7:40 & 10:05 p.m. Century 12: Noon, 2:30, 5, 7:30 & 10 p.m. I NSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORY The Painted Veil (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 12: 12:35 & 6 p.m. Aquarius: 1, 3:45 & 6:30 p.m. Pan’s Labyrinth (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 2:20, 4:55, 7:35 & 10:10 p.m. Cinéarts at Palo Alto Square: 1:30, “★★★★ 4:20, 7:20 & 10:10 p.m. The Pursuit of Happyness Century 16: 3:45 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 3:30 & 9:40 p.m. I WAS GENUINELY MOVED. (PG-13) ✭✭✭ A REMARKABLY GIFTED The Queen (Not Rated) ✭✭✭✭ Century 20: 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25 & 9:45 p.m. Cinéarts at Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:30, 7 & CAST PROVIDES 9:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 11:30 a.m. Reno 911!: Miami (R) Century 16: 11:45 a.m.; 1:50, 3:55, 6, 8:05 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 12:45, 1:50, INSPIRATIONAL (Not Reviewed) 2:50, 3:55, 4:55, 6, 7:05, 8:10, 9:15 & 10:20 p.m. NOBILITY AND COMIC Smokin’ Aces (R) ✭✭ Century 12: 3:25 & 9:10 p.m. ECCENTRICITY!’’ Venus (R) ✭✭1/2 Century 16: Fri., Mon. & Tue. at 11:20 a.m.; 1:40, 4:05, 7:05 & 9:30 p.m.; Sat. at 11:20 a.m.; Andrew Sarris, 1:40, 4:05 & 9:30 p.m.; Sun. at 11:20 a.m.; 1:40, 7:05 & 9:30 p.m. THE NEW YORK OBSERVER Volver (R) ✭✭1/2 Century 12: 7:50 & 10:35 p.m. Guild: 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 9:45 p.m. “TRIUMPHANT! Wild Hogs (PG-13) (Sneak Preview) Century 20: Sat. at 7:30 p.m. A DREAM CAST WITH ★ Skip it ★★ Some redeeming qualities ★★★ A good bet ★★★★ Outstanding A DASHING HERO!” Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Stephen Farber, MOVIELINE Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Moun- CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, ‘‘A MUST-SEE! tain View (960-0970) Palo Alto (493-3456) AN IMPORTANT STORY… Century Park 12: 557 E. Bayshore Blvd., Redwood Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers SUMPTUOUS AND MASTERFUL!’’ City (365-9000) and more information about films playing, go to Palo Alto Rebecca Rothbaum, O MAGAZINE Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Red- Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ EVERY SONG HAS ITS STORY. wood City (369-3456) EVERY GENERATION HAS ITS HERO.
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sparks, and “Breach” emerges as one of Police officer attends a performance of NOW PLAYING the most compelling tales of the new year. Dreyman’s new play he determines to ex- The following is a sampling of movies Rated: PG-13 for violence, sexual content pose the chinks in the playwright’s Socialist recently reviewed in the Weekly: and language. 1 hour, 50 minutes. — T.H. armor. A work extremely worthy of its nod (Reviewed Feb. 16, 2007) for a Best Foreign Film Oscar. Rated: R for Breach ✭✭✭ violence, language and mature themes. In (Century 16, Century 20) Powerhouse German with English subtitles. 2 hours, 17 performances by Chris Cooper and Laura The Lives of Others ✭✭✭✭ minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Feb. 16, 2007) Linney highlight this political thriller about (Guild) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck America’s most corrupt federal agent. Am- crafts a personal drama about the night- bitious FBI trainee Eric O’Neill (Ryan Phil- marish years of East Germany’s creative Miss Potter ✭✭✭1/2 lippe) is assigned to work alongside opera- cold war. Loyal dramatist Georg Dreyman (Century 16, Century 20) With her bee- tive Robert Hanssen (Cooper). Hanssen’s (Sebastian Koch) is the darling of the re- stung lips and rosy cheeks, Renee Zellwe- knowledge of Internet security has earned gime while others of his ilk are shunned or ger charms as children’s book author-illus- worse. Such political allegiance isn’t above trator Beatrix Potter. Miss Potter’s narration CENTURY THEATRES ! CENTURY THEATRES CINÉARTS him accolades, but there’s something more NOW CENTURY 20 DALY CITY CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN CINÉARTS@HYATT sinister at work. When O’Neill’s superior suspicion, according to Stasi officer Gerd opens the film, welcoming the viewer into PLAYING Daly City (650) 994-7469 Redwood City (650) 369-3456 Burlingame (650) 340-1516 informs her charge that Hanssen has been Wiesler (Ulrich Muhe), whose unwavering the imagination that fills her lonely life dealing federal secrets to foreign powers belief in his country’s political philosophy with make-believe friends both furry and CALL THEATRE FOR SHOWTIMES clouds his judgment. Thus when the Secret feathered. Moments of whimsy enliven the FOR GROUP TICKETS CALL 1-888-81-GRACE(47223) for years, a seemingly dull job suddenly Page 20 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly Movies
1 hour, 34 minutes. —J.A. (Reviewed Feb. with her sister (Lola Duenas), who claims STANFORD 2, 2007) their deceased mother (Carmen Maura) is ® making appearances at her apartment. The ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS THEATRE Volver ✭✭1/2 family dysfunction makes for a complex INCLUDING BEST ACTRESS BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (Century 12, Guild) Penelope Cruz gives foundation enhanced by director Pedro 4 The Stanford Theatre is at 221 Uni- a mature performance in a disjointed ac- Almodovar’s vivid visuals coupled with a JUDI DENCH CATE BLANCHETT versity Ave. in Palo Alto. Listings count of family ties. Cruz is Raimunda, a Hitchcock-mystery vibe. But “Volver” turns “ ” are for Friday through Sunday. Go Madrid wife and mother who struggles capricious, encompassing superfluous YOU’LL HANG ON EVERY TWIST AND TURN. to www.stanfordtheatre.org. with a rocky marriage. After her hubby’s apparitions and genetic insanity. Rated: DAVID ANSEN, NEWSWEEK untimely death, Raimunda’s solution is to R for nudity, language and bloodshed. In The Spiral Staircase (1946) dispose of the body and keep his disap- Spanish with English subtitles. Two hours. A mute woman catches the eye pearance on the Q.T. She’s also coping — J.A. (Reviewed Dec. 22, 2006) of a killer. Fri. at 7:30 p.m.
I Walked With a Zombie NOW LANDMARK’S CENTURY THEATRES CINÉARTS BEFORE THE FALL OF THE IRON CURTAIN, PLAYING AQUARIUS CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN CINÉARTS@HYATT (1943) The wife of an Ameri- Palo Alto (650) 266-9260 Redwood City (650) 369-3456 Burlingame (650) 340-1516 CALL THEATRE FOR SHOWTIMES can planter in Haiti is mysteri- THE SECRET POLICE LISTENED TO ALL YOUR SECRETS. ously ill. Fri. at 6:10 & 9:05 p.m. ONE OF THE GREAT MOVIEGOING “ ” THE YEAR'S BIGGEST The Devil is a Woman EXPERIENCES OF THE YEAR! -Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS ADVENTURE HAS ARRIVED! (1935) A Spaniard falls in love ® with Concha (Marlene Dietrich), ® NOMINEE but his friend says his own love ACADEMYBEST FOREIGN AWARD LANGUAGE FILM for Concha ruined him. Sat. & Sun. at 4:20 & 7:30 p.m. ” TM “THE BEST PICTURE OFGUARDIAN THE YEAR! Monte Carlo (1930) A love -David Thomson, affair develops between a countess and a hairstylist. Sat. “DONNERSMARCK’S STORYTELLING & Sun. at 5:50 & 9 p.m. GIFTS HAVE THE NOVELISTIC RICHNESS OF A SEASONED MASTER.TWISTS THE ARE simple narrative of Miss Potter peddling her ACCELERATING PLOT ” wares to a publisher, finding success, and MORE THAN-David JUST Ansen, CLEVER NEWSWEEK SURPRISES. falling in love with the endearing Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor), who believes in ” her work. Flashbacks convey how Beatrix POTENT AND UNMISSABLE! came under the spell of the English Lake “ -Richard Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE District during her childhood. Pretty as a picture, director Chris Noonan’s charmer will surely put a smile on your face. Rated: PG for brief mild language. 1 hour, 32 min- THETHE LIVESLIVES utes. — S.T. (Reviewed Jan. 26, 2007) NOW OF OTHERSONNEERSRSMMARCARCKK OF OTHERSELL VVOON DONN ENCKE Pan’s Labyrinth ✭✭✭1/2 ECTED BY FLFLORIARIANN HENCK WRITTTEEN AANNDD DIRIREC PLAYING (CineArts, Century 20) Guillermo del Toro WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM crafts a captivating gothic fairy tale rich CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES Sorry, No Passes Accepted with the sorrow of the postwar repression CENTURY 12 DOWNTOWN CENTURY 20 DALY CITY CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN CENTURY PLAZA 10 For This Engagement. of Francisco Franco’s Spain. Young Ofelia SAN MATEO DALY CITY REDWOOD CITY SO. SAN FRANCISCO For Additional Information, 800-FANDANGO #968 650-994-7469 800-FANDANGO #990 800-FANDANGO #935 Call Theaters Or Check Directory. (Ivana Baquero) arrives with her mother at a military outpost commanded by her step- NOW PLAYING! father, Capitan Vidal (Sergi Lopez). 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Rated: Unrated but GRANT AND BARRYMORE MAKE FOR A SUNNY MATCH PEOPLE funny and great human spirit!” should be R for very intense violence and REX REED, BOB STRAUS for all ages!” – Jan Wahl, KCBS RADIO mature themes. In Spanish with English THE NEW YORK OBSERVER LA DAILY NEW CHEMISTRY THAT IS RARE SMART – Steve Gow, THE MOVIE NETWORK subtitles. 1 hour, 52 minutes. — J.A. (Re- NEIL ROSEN, CHUCK THOMAS, viewed Jan. 12, 2007) FUN NY-1 ROMANTIC AND HILARIOUS MOVIE REVIEWS AND PREVIEWS “Billy Bob Thornton MARSHALL FINE, GREG RUSSELL, “BRILLIANT, has more range Venus ✭✭1/2 IT HITS ALL THE RIGHT NOTES STAR MAGAZINE GREAT WMYD-TV imaginative and (Century 16) Peter O’Toole crafts a May- GENE SHALIT, CARRIE RICKEY, imaginative and than almost December “romance” with self-effacing CHARMING TODAY SHOW SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIR inspirational!” any other humor. O’Toole is fading British soap star CLAUDIA PUIG, – Mark S. Allen, CBS-TV Maurice, weary of his existence. Then he AN ENJOYABLE ROMANTIC TREAT USA TODAY IT’S A MU actor of his meets a pal’s 19-year-old grandniece Jes- BILL DIEHL, DAN JEWEL, sie (Jodie Whittaker), a cheeky commoner DELIGHTFUL ABC RADIO NETWORK SWEETLY ROMANTIC LIFE & STYLE “EXCITING, generation.” – Jeffrey Lyons, whose presence is a breath of fresh air. PRAIRIE MILLER, THE – Jeffrey Lyons, entertaining NBC’S REEL TALK A late-life crisis rears its head as Maurice SEDUCTIVELY ROMANTIC THE ARTS MAGAZINE SUPERB WASHINGTON P realizes he doesn’t really know himself MARIA SALAS, RICK BENTLEY, and inspiring.” — and hopes to discover more through ADORABLE NBC-TV, MIAMI FUNNY FRESNO BEE FANTASTIC CHEM – Natasha Stillwell, the companionship of Jessie, who sullenly MARIAN WATSON, DEAN RIC DAILY PLANET, DISCOVERY CHANNEL accepts his shopping sprees but spurns DELICIOUSLY DELIGHTFUL FOX-TV HILARIOUS SUPERSTA DISCOVERY CHANNEL his more lecherous advances. 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Call 969-4110. www.livelyfoun- Cafe Gallery, 3607 Alameda de las Pul- For complete Calendar listings, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com dation.org and click on “Master Community Calendar.” Defending the Bill of Rights Civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart and Michael Rat- OF NOTE ner, president of the Center for Consti- tutional Rights, non-profit human rights litigation organization will be speaking about Muslims’ free speech rights and www.PaloAltoOnline.com other related topics. Feb. 25, 2 p.m. If it’s useful and local, it’s on Palo Alto Online! $12-$25 suggested donation. Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto. Call 326-8837. www. Job Search Strategy Group Session fa- art teacher. Feb. 28, 3:30-4:15 p.m. Free. PeaceandJustice.org cilitated by an expert in the field. Group Main Library, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Peninsula Youth Orchestra Benefit Re- works together to strategize about job Alto. Call 329-2205. cital An “All Star Cast” of professional search techniques and overcoming chal- Baby Storytime For babies 6 months musicians present a benefit recital for the lenges. Feb. 23, 1-3 p.m. Free. Jewish to 18 months. Tuesdays, through March PYO 2007 Summer Tour. Fri., Feb. 23, Family and Children’s Services, 200 13, 11-11:15 a.m. Free. College Terrace 8-10 p.m. Chamber music by SF opera Channing St., Palo Alto. Call (415) 782- Library, 2300 Wellesley Ave., Palo Alto. orchestra players, Michael Galisatus Jazz 6253. www.jvs.org/JEN Call 329-2205. Quartet, vibraphone and harp duo with Master Gardener Workshop and Open Discovering Sherlock Holmes Stanford Peter and Karen Thielen, and Hawaiian Garden Master Gardeners show how to University will release 12 weekly facsimi- Music by Ka’Ala Carmack. $20 adults/$10 start and raise transplants. Sat., March les of Sherlock Holmes stories, as first students/seniors. Palo Alto First United 3, 10-11 a.m. Palo Alto Demonstration seen in The Strand Magazine. Mailings Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave., Garden; open garden 11 a.m.-1 p.m. through April 13. $20 for newsprint cop- Palo Alto. Call 325-6967. www.peninsu- Free. Palo Alto Demonstration Garden, ies; free pdf access. Discovering Sher- layouthorchestra.org 851 Center Dr., Palo Alto. www.master- lock Holmes, 482 Galvez St., Stanford. Classes/Workshops gardeners.org Call 724-9588. http://sherlockholmes. “Awaken and Deepen Your Practice” Meditation 1: Breath Learn to under- stanford.edu Yoga Workshop with Ganga White and stand, and then influence, the relationship Menlo-Atherton Winter Arts Festival Tracy Rich. Feb. 27. $35 advanced reg- of consciousness, thought, heartbeat, Sat., Feb. 24, noon-4 p.m. Featuring ex- istration required. Avalon Art and Yoga and breath. March 1-22, 7:30-9 p.m. $50. hibits of student paintings, drawings, and Center, 370 S California Ave., Palo Alto. Ananda, 2171 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. photography, as well as music and drama Call 324-2517. www.avalonyoga.com Call 323-3363. www.anandapaloalto.org performances. $3 donation suggested. “I’m Not Mad At You, I Just Hate You” Spring Gardening Ideas Offered by Menlo Atherton High School, 555 Middle- The Mother Daughter Relationship Par- Gamble Garden and Common Ground. field Road, Atherton. enting workshop covering grades 5th- Explore growing veggies year-round. Concerts 8th. The relationship between girls and Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m.-noon. $21. Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo Alto. “Thunder from Asia” Presented by the their moms will be examined. Tuesdays, Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Asian Feb. 27 and March 6, 7-8:30 p.m. with Call 329-1356 ext. 0. http://gamblegar- den.org/ Drums. Sat., Feb. 24, 8 p.m. The orches- Sheila Dubin. $50 for 2 sessions. Pre- tra with guest artists Kenny Endo and registration required. Parents Place, 200 Transfers 1-day Art Workshop Transfer ink from photos and photocopies to dif- Jin Hi Kim. Program includes a world Channing Ave., Palo Alto. Call 688-3040. premiere by Jin Hi Kim, Monk Dance for www.parentsplaceonline.org ferent surfaces: glass, paper, wood, clay, metal, painted surfaces, even beeswax. Korean barrel drums and orchestra, Bei- Ananda Yoga & Breath Session empha- jing Drum for pipa and orchestra by Zhou sis to the breath, teaching breath aware- For ages teen to adult. For materials list go to www.arts4all.org/artworkshops. Long, and Let Freedom Ring by E. Takeo ness. Feb. 24, 9 a.m.-noon $30. Ananda, Kudo. $10/$5. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 2171 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Call 323- Bring lunch. March 2, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $85 plus $30 materials fee. Community Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call 723-2720. 3363. www.anandapaloalto.org http://music.stanford.edu Bye-Bye Diapers: Toilet Learning Par- School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. A Concert of American Music Orchestral Peter Schaaf Peter enting workshop. Strategies children with music by three American composers of toilet learning. Wed., Feb. 28, noon-1:30 Call 917-6800. www.arts4all.org Transforming Tomorrow Life Planning the 20th century Copland, Hovhaness, p.m. with Heidi Emberling. $25. Pre-reg- and Gershwin. Also, a 21st century com- istration required. Parents Place, 200 Conference Receive advice for the retire- ment. Free lunch. Sponsored by Aveni- position by the Philharmonicís Composer- Channing Ave., Palo Alto. Call 688-3040. in-Residence, Lee Actor. Feb. 24, 8 p.m. www.parentsplaceonline.org das of Palo Alto. Feb. 24, 8:45 a.m.-3:15 p.m. $30 members/$35 non-members. $16/$14 seniors/$7 students. Cubberley Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking Classes Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Classically cheerful Chef Gary Alinder offers vegetarian cook- Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Call Rob Kapilow could probably make even the most obstinate skeptic 289-5445. Alto. www.paphil.org ing classes Sat., Feb. 24, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Happiness Above: Faure Requiem Sat., enjoy a classical-music concert. The ebullient conductor and $45 per class. First Baptist Church, 305 Community Events Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. A performance of the composer is back at Stanford Lively Arts this Sunday at 2:30 p.m. N. California Ave., Palo Alto. Call (415) “Medical Consequences of War” Feb. Faure Requiem sung by the St. Bede’s for one of his popular “What Makes It Great?” appearances. 552-5449. 23-25, 4 p.m.-midnight. Featuring ple- Choir, with Susan Matthews on organ, Kapilow “demystifies” classical works through light-hearted Islamic Art: Metaphor for the Infinite- naries and small group sessions on the and directed by Jane McDougle. Solo- Lecture A discussion demonstrating art’s Iraq war, small arms violence, the environ- ists are Amy Rufe and William O’Neill. commentary, demonstrations and audience participation: the ability to act as a bridge to cultural un- ment, and more. $60. Sherman Fairchild Reception follows in parish hall. $10/$8 current piece is Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Piano Sonata in derstanding. March 1, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Auditorium, Stanford University Medical students and seniors. St. Bede’s Episco- F Minor, op. 57. Pianist Vassily Primakov will accompany him. Community School of Music and Arts Center, 291 Campus Dr., Palo Alto. Call pal Church, 2650 Sand Hill Road, Menlo at Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, (310) 433-3850. www.psr.org/student Park. Call 854-6555. Tickets are $34/$30 for adults and $17/$15 for Stanford students, Mountain View. Call 917-6800. www.art- and the event is in Dinkelspiel Auditorium. Go to livelyarts. Afterschool Special All budding au- s4all.org thors, grades K-5, learn how to make a stanford.edu. book with Jenny Jordan, librarian and (continued on next page)
Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 23 Goings On For a Better Automotive Experience Attention Ford Owners! (continued from previous page) Menlo Park. Call 326-2025. www.penin- At Dean’s Automotive, we understand that most Ford owners care sulavolunteers.org Kumaran Arul, piano Fri., Feb. 23, 8 p.m. Live Music Contra Dance Caller: Eric SINCE 1963 about having a vehicle that is worry-free and reliable. A faculty recital featuring works from Black, Band: Luceo. Feb. 24, beginners We care, too. Bach, Poulenc, Scriabin, and Schumann, class 7:30 p.m.; dance 8-11 p.m. $5 stu- including Papillons and the Abegg Varia- dent/$8 members/$10 non members. 1st Service And we back up our work with a 24,000 mile/24 month warranty tions. $10/$5. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 United Methodist Church of Palo Alto, Excellence on parts and labor. When was the last time you were offered that kind Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call 723-2720. 625 Hamilton, Palo Alto. Call 965-9169. With a of guarantee at a dealership? http://music.stanford.edu www.bacds.org Personal Nomura Lieder Recital Christopheren Touch Call us at 650-961-0302 and Nomura, baritone, and Daniel Lockert, Environment Effects of Aerosols on Climate Dr. Stra- join the hundreds of other pianist, present an evening of Lieder with Schumann’s Dichterliebe, Bolcom’s wa, an atmospheric scientist at NASA Ford owners who are happy Cabaret Songs, and Ravel’s Songs of Ames will discuss what aerosols are, their they did. We look forward to Don Quichotte. Feb. 25, 8 p.m.; master sources and trends, how they affect cli- meeting you! class Feb. 26, noon. $20 adult/$10 stu- mate, and the difficulty in assessing their dent. Campbell Recital Hall, Braun Music effects. Email [email protected]. Center, Stanford. http://music.stanford. gov to reserve. March 1, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 Monday-Friday 8am-5:30pm edu/Events/calendar.html p.m. Free. NASA Ames Conference Cen- 2037 Old Middlefield Way Noon Concert Series Wednesdays and ter, NASA Ames Research Center, Mof- Fridays, through March 28, 12:15 p.m. fett Field. Call 604-6810. environment. Mountain View, CA 94043 arc.nasa.gov AAA-Approved See website for daily performers. Free. www.deansautomotive.com Repair Facility Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lasuen Mall, Peninsula Home and Garden Show “Go- Stanford. Call 723-2720. http://music. ing Greener” featuring ways to be energy stanford.edu/Events/calendar.html efficient and stylish. Presentations by Palo Alto Philharmonic Orchestra Con- eco-stylist Danny Seo. Feb. 23-35, 11 cert III Sat., Feb. 24, 8 p.m. Symphony a.m.-8 p.m. $10 adults/children 12 and No. 2; Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2, Op. under are free San Mateo Expo Center, 132; Gershwin: An American in Paris. 2495 S. Delaware St., San Mateo. Call $16/$14/$7. Cubberley Theatre, 4000 548-6700. www.cahomeshows.com Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call (408) Exhibits 359-2911. wwww.paphil.org “Actor Actor” Through April 29. A broad Peninsula Pops Orchestra “Broadway celebration of the intersection of art and Sing-Along” Show Presented by The theater with an emphasis on Asian ma- Spring Registration Peninsula Pops Orchestra and Conduc- terial. Subjects include masks, puppets, Begins Feb. 26 tor Kim Venaas. Tickets available online. and stage set design. Hours: Tue.-Sat., Feb. 25, 3-5 p.m. Adults $20/seniors $16/ 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. and 7-10 students $10/kids free with paying adults. p.m. Free. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Spangenberg Theater, 780 Arastradero, Newell Road, Palo Alto. Call 329-2366. Palo Alto. Call 856-8432. www.peninsu- www.cityofpaloalto.org lapops.org “Correspondence: Masami Teraoka Stanford Jazz Orchestra with John Wor- Ukiyo-e” Through April 29. Explores the ley and Worldview Wed., Feb. 28, 8 p.m. contemporary work by Japanese Ameri- The SJO and Fred Berry host trumpet can artist Masami Teraoka in juxtaposi- virtuoso John Worley and his friends. tion with Ukiyo-e woodblock prints by $10/$5. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, 471 Japanese masters. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 10 Common Ground Lagunita Dr., Stanford. Call 723-2720. a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. and 7-10 p.m. http://music.stanford.edu Free. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Stanford Wind Ensemble Giancarlo Aq- Road, Palo Alto. Call 329-2366. www. for Uncommon Minds uilanti, director Sat., Feb. 24, 2:30 p.m. cityofpaloalto.org. Graingerís Lincolnshire Posy, Shostakovi- “Just Paint” Paintings by 15 member art- chís Festival Overture, Londonís Delight- ists in all media will be shown, through ful House, Persichettiís Bagatelles for March 3. On exhibit will be watercolors, Band, and Holstís masterpiece The Plan- oils on panel and canvas, batik and mixed ets. $10/$5. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 media. Landscapes, figurative, still life and Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call 723-2720. abstracts. Gallery House, 320 California http://music.stanford.edu Ave., Palo Alto. Call 574-4654. www.gal- The Shenson Recital Series Presents leryhouse2.com Christopheren Nomura, baritone and “Moments in Solitude” Panoramic pho- Daniel Lockert, piano Sun., Feb. 25, 8 tographs in color, infra-red and black p.m. A Master Class by the artists Mon., and white by Wee Ng. Through Feb. 26. Feb. 26, noon-2 p.m. $20/$10. Campbell Keeble & Shuchate Photography, 290 Recital Hall, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. California Ave., Palo Alto. Call 327-8996. Call 723-2720. http://music.stanford.edu www.kspphoto.com Dance “The Landscape Of” Stanford First Year Stanford Continuing Studies Ballroom Dancing Thu., March 1, 7-9 MFA Exhibition Through March 18, 5-7 p.m. $7. 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Page 24 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly Goings On lery Hours: Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.- Children’s Story Hour Make reversible Escuela Ave., Mountain View. www. Newell Road, Palo Alto. Call 329-2134. Toddler Storytime For children ages 18 Sun., 1-5 p.m. Thomas Welton Stanford dolls with artist Beth Karpas. Pre-reg- pactschool.net www.cityofpaloalto.org/library/kids- months-3 years. Mondays, 10 and 11 Art Gallery - Stanford University, 419 istration suggested. Feb. 24, 1:30-2:30 Preschool Storytime For children ages teens a.m. Main Library, 1213 Newell Road, Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call 723-3404. p.m. $5. Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road, 3-5. Wednesdays, 11 a.m. College Ter- Toddler Storytime For children ages 18 Palo Alto. Call 329-2134. www.cityofpalo- http://art.stanford.edu Menlo Park. Call 325-2450. www.allied- race Library, 2300 Wellesley St., Palo months-3 years. Fridays, 10 a.m. Mitchell alto.org/library/kids-teens 100 Years at the Williams House Ex- artsguild.org Alto. Call 329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto. Park Library, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo hibit celebrates the 100th birthday of the PACT School Tour Accepting K-5 stu- org/library/kids-teens Alto. Call 329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto. Film Williams House through revisiting the life dents from all districts. Feb. 28, 10-11 Preschool Storytime For children ages org/library/kids-teens “Expiration Date” Romantic fable about and times of the family who built and oc- a.m. Free. Mariano Castro School, 505 3-5. Tuesdays, 10 a.m. Main Library, 1213 a young man whose father and grandfa- cupied the home. Exhibit examines life from 1907 to the 1930s. Through June 3. Fri.-Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo The Hassle Free Way To Sell Your Car $150 eBay Motors Alto. 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Free. Institute of Transperson- al Psychology, 1069 E. Meadow Circle, Palo Alto. Call 493-4430 ext. 254. www. itp.edu Carmen Lomas Garza: Paintings and Join Us for a Seminar on Prints Paintings and prints by Chicana narrative artist Carmen Lomas Garza, de- picting special and everyday events in the Facial Rejuvenation lives of Mexican Americans. Presented by Heritage Bank of Commerce. Spe- cial exhibition partner: Castellano Family Featured Speaker: Foundation. Through March 28, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Free. Community School of Music David N. White, M.D. and Arts at Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. www.arts4all.org In the American West: Photographs By Richard Avedon. Assertive, controversial, and graphically striking, Avedon’s over- sized images of working-class Western- This information seminar will cover... ers provide the opportunity to reexamine the group of photographs and to explore Face Lifts Brow Lifts the realities and myths of the American West. 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Page 26 • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly CCS BOYS’ BASKETBALL Sports Gunn will get Shorts DIAMOND NOTES . . . The Palo a second chance Alto Babe Ruth Baseball program will hold its first tryout for the upcoming season on Saturday Titans can avenge earlier loss to Menlo-Atherton at Palo Alto High. Players 14 and in Division II section quarterfinals on Saturday 15 will try out at 9:30 a.m., fol- lowed by those 13 at 1 p.m. A by Craig Wentz second tryout will be held March ways. Gunn notched its 20th win, 4 at Canada College in Redwood fter an injury-riddled regular kept the season alive for a group of City. For more information: www. season with a roster dominat- seniors that have taken the program eteamz.com/palo_alto_babe_ A ed with senior experience, the to another level and atoned for last Ruth. The league is still looking Gunn High boys’ basketball team season’s CCS opening-round 79-74 for managers and coaches for the didn’t quite live up to the preseason upset loss to Santa Clara. 2007 season. The season runs expectations. The triumph also means Gunn mid-May through July. For more The Titans didn’t seize the SCVAL can seek revenge on a 65-52 loss to information contact Neil Mc- De Anza Division crown or grab a M-A in December, when Titans’ se- Gregor at [email protected] . . lofty seed in the Central Coast Sec- nior standout forward Peter Jordan . The final signup day for the East tion Division II playoffs. injured his shooting elbow on an at- Palo Alto Babe Ruth Baseball But, the beauty of the postsea- tempted dunk. program will be Saturday at Jack son is that there is always a second “We’re the healthiest we’ve been Farrell Park, from 10 a.m. to noon. chance to make a positive impres- since December and we’re play- Boys and girls ages 13-15 are sion. ing hard,” said Gunn coach Chris eligible to register. Practice begins Sixth-seeded Gunn (20-8) is fi- Redfield. “The CCS is our second March 1 at Costano School at nally healthy and on Wednesday season. We’re looking forward to a 5:30 p.m. . . . Registration is still exhibited a lot of energy in maul- rematch with M-A.” open for the 2007 Palo Alto Girls ing No. 12 Mountain View, 62-46, Don’t look for a lot of flash on Sat- Softball league. Girls ages 5-15 in a CCS Division II opener in Palo urday when Gunn and M-A tangle are eligible to compete. Registra- Alto. The win puts the Titans in for the right to reach the Division II tion can be done at www.paloal- the quarterfinals, where they will semifinals. Both teams are senior- togirlssoftball.org. The information battle No. 3 Menlo-Atherton (20-9) oriented, like to work the ball inside line is 361-0743. on Saturday at 3:15 p.m. at Foothill and play strong defense. College in Los Altos Hills. On Wednesday, Mountain View OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Palo Alto’s The Bears opened with a 64-29 came out strong by drilling three Colin Peck set the first official thumping of No. 14 Leland (14-12) of its first four three-point attempts course record at Callippe Pre- on Wednesday in Atherton. and held a surprising 16-11 advan- serve in Pleasanton when he shot The winner of the Gunn-MA con- tage after one quarter. Then, the Ti- a 5-under par 67 while winning test will advance to Tuesday’s semi- tans’ defense went to work. the Livermore Valley Champion- finals and likely face No. 2 Serra. After hitting six of 13 shots from ship recently. Callippe Preserve, Fourth-seeded Palo Alto (17-7), the field in the first quarter, Moun- Norbert von der GroebenNorbert voted one of the top 10 best pub- meanwhile, also hopes to be play- tain View could only manage to lic courses in America, opened in ing Tuesday, perhaps against No. 1 connect on four of its next 26 at- 2005. Mitty in the other semifinal. tempts in the ensuing 16 minutes. The Vikings won their opener Combined with a balanced scoring COACHING CORNER . . . Cas- Wednesday, 63-38 over No. 13 West- attack and easy transition baskets, tilleja is looking for a middle moor and will face No. 5 St. Francis Gunn led 31-21 at the half and 52-26 school tennis coach for the spring (12-14) on Saturday in a 1:30 p.m. after three quarters. season that begins at the end of quarterfinal at Foothill. Jordan led Gunn with a game- March. Those interested should Gunn senior David Riley (30) drives on Mt. View’s Ricky Appler during Gunn’s victory over Mountain high 16 points. A four-year starter, contact Ted Minnis at 470-7833 the Titans’ 62-46 win in a CCS Division II opener Wednesday. View (13-15) was important in many (continued on page 31) . . . Palo Alto High is looking for a varsity girls’ water polo coach for CCS SOCCER CCS GIRLS’ BASKETBALL the 2007 fall season. Those inter- ested should contact Earl Hansen at 329-3886 or ehansen@pausd. Paly boys work overtime Games don’t org . . . Menlo-Atherton is look- ing for coaches in the following for their shot at a title get any easier sports: a throws coach for track by Keith Peters and field and badminton. Those 14 Soquel. interested should contact Pam t has been one of those strange With the match in the shoot- for Gunn M-A Wimberly at [email protected]. seasons for the Palo Alto High out phase, Paly junior Ian Kelly by Craig Wentz I boys’ soccer team, which had to knocked in his penalty kick for a 4-3 ON THE AIR win the final match of the SCVAL lead. That set the stage for Vikings’ he season just got a whole lot De Anza Division season just to sophomore keeper Peter Johnson to more difficult for the Gunn Friday finish third and squeak into the come up with the biggest stop of the T and Menlo-Atherton girls in College baseball: Kansas at Stanford, Central Coast Section playoffs. night. the already tough Central Coast 5 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) That led the Vikings to a first- Johnson had a feeling that Bran- Section Division II basketball play- Prep sports: High School Sports Fo- round upset of top-seeded Santa don Sweet would shoot for the left offs. cus, 11 p.m., KICU (Cable 6). Rebroad- cast Sunday at 4 p.m. Cruz on a day when the No. 2 and 3 corner and Johnson’s instincts were Thus, is no reward for the Titans Saturday seeds also were beaten in a domino good as he made a diving stop, end- and Bears despite their opening- effect that leaves No. 15 Palo Alto ing the season for St. Francis and round victories Wednesday. College baseball: Kansas at Stanford, 1 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) and No. 16 Gonzales the last teams extending it for Palo Alto. Gunn, the No. 8 seed, must face Men’s basketball: Stanford at USC, 3 standing in Friday’s CCS Division In the Division III girls’ semi- No. 1 Mitty (22-3) on Saturday in p.m., Fox Sports Net; KNTS (1220 AM); II championship game at Milpitas finals, Woodside Priory suffered a 1 p.m. quarterfinal at Oak Grove KZSU (90.1 FM) High at 4:30 p.m. a frustrating 5-4 loss in four over- High in San Jose. Menlo-Atherton, Prep sports: Cal Hi Sports, 9 p.m.; The underdogs certainly will have times to top-seeded Santa Cruz on the No. 6 seed, now will face No. 3 Ch. 44 (Cable 12) their day when the Vikings (10-8-5) Wednesday at Valley Christian in Westmoor (23-6) in the same gym Sunday and Spartans (16-3-2) meet to see San Jose. at 6:15 p.m. College baseball: Kansas at Stanford, which storybook season has a suc- In a season that saw the No. 4- Menlo School (20-6), a 57-34 11 a.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) cessful ending. seeded Panthers (18-3-1) win their winner over visiting Notre Dame- Women’s basketball: USC at Stan- Palo Alto advanced after defeat- first West Bay Athletic League title Salinas in a Division IV opener ford, noon, Fox Sports Net; KZSU (90.1 Ke
ing No. 4 St. Francis on penalty and CCS playoff game, a dream fin- i Wednesday, will be favored against FM) th Peters kicks, 4-3, after the teams battled to ish just came up short despite three No. 5 R.L. Stevenson (19-8) on Sat- SPORTS ONLINE a 2-2 stalemate following 80 min- goals from freshman Massiel Cas- urday at Mercy-San Francisco at For expanded daily coverage of college utes of regulation and 30 more of tellanos and one from junior Cami 4:30 p.m. and prep sports, please see our online overtime. Gonzales moved on with Simpson, with Sarah Montgomery Paly keeper Peter Johnson (left) With an abundance of youth, ev- edition at www.PaloAltoOnline.com a 2-1 double-overtime win over No. adding an assist.■ had big saves against St. Francis. (continued on page 30) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 27 Sports
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD BASEBALL BOYS BASKETBALL 1 1-3 4, Griffin 3 0-0 6, Appler 4 4-7 15, Jen- Leland 9 6 10 4 — 29 9-22-46. kns 4 1-4 11. Totals: 17 7-17 46. Menlo-Atherton 22 13 16 13 — 64 Three-point goals: Scurich 3, Gomez Nonleague CCS playoffs G — M. Riley 1 3-4 5, Klausner 1 0-0 2, L — Marino 1 3-4 5, Calhoun 6 0-0 17, 2, Kinion 2, Lucas (SFC); Fields 3, Nofal 2, Monta Vista 120 000 4 — 7 10 2 Division II Anthony 5 1-2 12, Miller 2 0-0 5, D. Riley 3 MacKey 0 1-2 1, James 1 1-2 3, Hall 1 1-2 3. Mosher (P). Menlo-Atherton 000 010 1 — 2 8 4 First round 4-4 10, Flaxman 1 0-1 2, Jordan 7 2-6 16, Totals: 9 6-13 29. Records: Pinewood 13-10 WP — Rahn. LP — Winn. Mtn. View 16 5 5 20 — 46 Perricone 4 2-2 10. Totals: 24 12-19 62. MA — Call 8 4-4 24, Branning 1 2-2 4, Pac. Collegiate 7 4 3 4 — 18 2 hits — Mosher (MA). 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Seven years WP — Castellanos (unassisted), Castel- Atherton vs. Westmoor, 6:15 p.m. later, the Stardust mission capsule was recovered in the lanos (unassisted), Castellanos (unassisted), CCS Division IV — Quarterfinals at Mer- Utah desert – the first retrieval of extraterrestrial material Simpson (unassisted). cy-San Francisco: Menlo vs. R.L. Stevenson, SC — Morgan (Shook), Morgan (Johnson), 4:30 p.m. from beyond the Moon. At once, the Stardust Preliminary Sordo (penalty kick), Wilhelmsen (Johnson), CCS Division V — Quarterfinals at Santa Examination Team (PET) of more than 150 researchers Johnson (Ruiz). Clara High: Castilleja vs. St. Francis-Central began to analyze the cometary particles that had been Records: Woodside Priory finishes sea- Coast Catholic, 1 p.m.; Sacred Heart Prep son 18-3-1 vs. Redwood Christian, 2:45 p.m.; Eastside captured in aerogel, a glasslike substance that has the Prep vs. St. Lawrence, 4:30 p.m.; Pinewood density of smoke. All PET members have agreed not to Schedule vs. Calvary Chapel, 6:15 p.m. reveal their findings until a joint publication is made. FRIDAY Wrestling CCS — Second day at Overfelt High, San Boys soccer Jose, 10 a.m. Championship matches start This lecture will be the first public report at Stanford of CCS Division II — Championship match at 7 p.m. what Richard N. Zare and his associate, Maegan K. at Milpitas High: Palo Alto vs. Gonzales, 4:30 p.m. MONDAY Spencer, found as PET participants. It is hoped that Baseball Wrestling their research will help unlock some of the secrets of the Nonleague — Bellarmine Tournament: CCS — First day at Independence High, comets: small bodies that are often described as “dirty ice Palo Alto at Bellarmine, 3 p.m. San Jose, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. balls,” which hurtle through space in elliptical orbits that Boys golf SATURDAY at their farthest distance from the Sun lie outside all the Nonleague — San Clemente vs. Menlo at Baseball Menlo CC, 3 p.m. planets. Tournaments — At Washington Park, Softball Santa Clara: Gunn vs. Mitty, 10 a.m.; Gunn Wednesday, February 28, 7:30 PM vs. Santa Clara, 4 p.m. Nonleague — Gunn at Mountain View, 3:30 p.m. Nonleague — Monta Vista at Menlo, 11 William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 200 a.m. TUESDAY 370 Serra Mall Boys basketball Baseball Stanford University CCS Division II Quarterfinals at Foothill Tournament — Kuehnert Memorial at College: Palo Alto vs. St. Francis, 1:30 p.m.; Menlo, 3:15 p.m. Gunn vs. Menlo-Atherton, 3:15 p.m. Boys basketball CCS Division IV — Quarterfinals at Alva- CCS Division II — Semifinals at Foothill FREE rez High, Salinas: Menlo vs. Oceana, 2:45 College, 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. p.m. Division IV — Semifinals at North Salinas Open to public Richard N. Zare CCS Division V — Quarterfinals at King’s High, 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, February 23, 2007 • Page 29 (650) 969-7663 Sports Lic. #785441 Since 1975 1999, the Titans (17-10) advanced to points. 1901 Old Middlefield Way, #22 Girls’ hoops their unenviable showdown by ham- Gunn held a 20-17 halftime lead, Mountain View, Ca 94043 (continued from page 27) mering visiting No. 9 Lynbrook, 48- despite holding the perimeter-ori- ery win this season has been big and 35. ented Vikings to just 6-of-24 shoot- $400 DISCOUNT COUPON every game an invaluable learning “This was a huge win and it was ing from the floor and 2 of 11 (18 experience for the Gunn girls. Host- great to host a playoff game and percent) from three-point range. WITH INSTALLATION OF COMPLETE NEW ROOF ing their first postseason game since enjoy the playoff experience,” said Gunn out-rebounded Lynbrook, 17- first-year Gunn coach Sarah Stapp. 9 in the first half. “Being so young, every game is a The Titans pulled away in the We’ve Changed The Way Toyotas Are Sold At TOYOTA 101 confidence builder.” third quarter by outscoring Lyn- Gunn, which finished third in the brook, 8-3, in the first four minutes SCVAL De Anza Division, has been of the period and extended the mar- You’ll Be Get Yours at... difficult to gauge this season. The gin to 42-30 with 2:15 left in the Titans defeated league co-cham- game. Thanks to the rebounding pion Wilcox twice, but lost twice of Hauser, Evans and sophomore Green With Energy to co-champion Palo Alto (which forward Sophie Shevick, Gunn won saw its season end Wednesday in easily despite hitting on only 14 of a 52-34 loss to St. Francis). Gunn 48 (29 percent) field-goal attempts. Prius Hybrid, was blown out by Paly at home, then The Titans attempted 24 free throws blew a 12-point fourth quarter lead for the contest, while Lynbrook at- Camry Hybrid & at Paly, eventually losing in double- tempted only seven. overtime. In Menlo-Atherton’s win, 6-foot So, who knows what might hap- sophomore Linda Pita led the way Highlander Hybrid pen when young Gunn squares off as she had 16 points, nine rebounds versus mighty Mitty on Saturday. and two blocks just in the first half “It will be a great experience as the Bears grabbed a 32-19 lead. playing Mitty,” said Stapp, who as She finished with 18 points. Senior an all-state player at Downey High Brittany Wilson added nine points in Modesto lost to Mitty in the Nor- and six steals. Cal playoffs. “We have everything Menlo School got 24 points from to gain and nothing to lose.” senior Al Shepard and 14 points With a distinct height advantage, plus 17 rebounds from 6-2 Lesley - Highlander Hybrid Gunn pounded SCVAL El Camino Stauffer-Green while disposing of - Prius Hybrid Division champion Lynbrook (21-7) Notre Dame-Salinas. - Camry Hybrid inside, courtesy of sophomore guard A Menlo win on Saturday likely Jasmine Evans and junior center will earn the Knights a date with Neva Hauser. The pair combined No. 1 Valley Christian on Tuesday 525 E. Bayshore Road, Redwood City for 38 of the Titans’ 48 points while in San Francisco. To The converting 15 of 18 free throws. Division V gets under way Satur- V Dumbarton e Bridge t e Evans scored a game-high 24 day with top-seeded Pinewood (26- ra ns Blvd. 1.877.203.4381 Whipple Ave points on a variety of slashing 2) opening defense of its section Mark Up! 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All three won individual titles at to look back on his junior year pionship finals get under way at 7 is No. 4 at 147, Gunn senior Derek Hall, Kawano and Pech all quali- their league finals this season, Hall J in wrestling as a mere tuneup p.m. Austin is the No. 4 seed at 191, Palo fied for the 2006 state meet after and Kawano at the SCVAL finals for the future. Everything certainly Hall finished eighth at the CIF Alto junior Cooper Newby is seeded Hall and Kawano finished second and Pech at PALs.■ points in that direction as the Palo State Championships as a junior, Alto High senior heads into the then helped the Palo Alto football Central Coast Section champion- team play in the Division II state ships this weekend. finals this past fall. On the mat this A. Jess Shenson Recital Series Hall, who finished second a year winter, Hall has been virtually un- ago at 189 pounds, will take a 29- touchable in his quest to return to 1 record and No. 1 seed into that the state wrestling finals. weight division when action begins Hall is one of seven local wres- Friday at Independence High in San tlers earning seeds. Menlo-Atherton at Stanford Jose. senior Edwin Pech is seeded No. 2 The two-day event then shifts to at 142 pounds, Gunn senior Kiyo- is pleased to present section crown on Saturday when the Boys’ hoops No. 2 Knights face No. 7 Oceana at (continued from page 27) Alvarez High in Salinas at 2:45 p.m. Jordan has produced 1,815 career Oceana eliminated No. 10 Scotts Christòpheren Nomura points that ranks No. 11 on the CCS Valley, 58-41. all-time list. Athletic senior guard Baritone Bernard Anthony added 12 points Division V for Gunn, while senior forward Blowouts were the name of the David Riley and sophomore cen- game in the opening round Wednes- Daniel Lockert ter Kyle Perricone tallied 10 points day as No. 2 seed Sacred Heart Pianist apiece. Prep (17-8) routed visiting Pacific In the second and third quarters Collegiate, 93-18; No. 4 Eastside combined, Gunn outscored Moun- Prep (21-8) romped past visiting February 25, 2007 tain View, 41-10, while connecting York (Monterey), 70-28. Pinewood, on 16 of 31 (52 percent) shots from seeded No. 8, did have to work in its 8 pm the field and committing only four 46-41 win over No. 9 St. Francis- Campbell Recital Hall turnovers. Cwentral Coast Catholic. Menlo-Atherton got 24 points Keith Taylor led the Gators with $20 general/$10 students from senior Stephen Call in its easy 20 points while Ramon Meacham Tickets at 650-725-2787 win over Leland. tossed in 29 while Marcus Butler had 16 points and 11 rebounds for Masterclass February 26, 2007 Division IV Eastside, and Michel Nofal had 23 Noon to 2 pm in Campbell Menlo (24-5) begins its quest for a for Pinewood.■
Stanford University Taube Center for Jewish Studies The Aaron-Roland Endowed Lecture Nathan Wachtel Professor of History and Anthropology of Meso and South American Societies College de France Faith and Memory: February 27, 2007 Crypto-Judaism, 8:00 pm Geology Bldg 370, Iberian Inquisitions Rm. 370 and the Emergence of Totalitarianism
This lecture is free and open to the public. It is supported by the Aaron-Roland Lecture Series Fund. For more information, please call The Taube Center for Jewish Studies, 650-723-7589.
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Family, Friends, Faith SUNDAY: Stanford Memorial Church Sunday It’s what’s important. Sunday School 9am University Public Worship Mornings for It’s who we are. Worship 10:30 am Parents’ Weekend Multi-faith Service Spiritual Health Sunday, February 25, 10:00 a.m. Meditation 9:15-9:45am First Presbysterian Service 10-11am 1667 Miramonte Ave. Explore the integration of spiritual and religious Non-denominational (650) 968-4473 traditions with education and academia, as seen and Inclusive Spirituality. “Come and have your Faith lifted! www.fpcmv.org Thursdays 7-8pm through the eyes of Stanford students. Meditation & Music featuring guest organist Gwen Adams and the Memorial Self-Development All are Church Choir, under direction of Gregory Wait welcome. Pathways to Self Healing Information: Portable labyringh available for public use in Memorial Church 4153A El Camino Way Fridays, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm FREE 650-723-1762 Palo Alto (650) 424-1118 http://religiouslife.stanford.edu www.psh.org
Los Altos UNITy PALO ALTO Lutheran Church ELCA Unity has roots in Christianity and embraces all paths to God. Pastor David K. Bonde Outreach Pastor Services Sunday at 8:45 and 11 am Gary Berkland Childcare and youth programs available. 9:00 am Worship 10:30 am Education 3391 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto Nursery Care Provided FIRST CONGREGATIONAL Phone: 650-494-7222 Alpha Courses CHURCH UCC www.UnityPaloAlto.org 650-948-3012 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto • (650) 856-6662 www.fccpa.org 460 S. El Monte Ave., Los Altos Sunday Worship and Church School at 10:00am www.losaltoslutheran.org This Sunday: Grace “A Tempting Offer” The Thomas Merton Center of Palo Alto Lutheran David Howell preaching Encouraging spiritual development through education, Church spiritual practice and social action. -ELCA- God Is Still Speaking Celebrate Catholic liturgy with a progressive, lay-led 3149 Waverly St., Palo Alto 650-494-1212 community every Sunday at 8:45 a.m. St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church, 8:00 AM - Worship Service 10:30 AM - Worship Service First Baptist Church 751 Waverley Street (at Homer), Palo Alto Of Menlo Park http://www.thomasmerton.org Child Care Available Pastor Matt Smuts “A small Church with a big HEART” Worship celebration 11:00 Sunday Sunday School and Bible Study 9:30 INSPIRATIONS Sound Biblical Teaching, Drama, Music, Retreats A RESOURCE FOR O A L Children’s Ministry, Home of New Beginnings Preschool L T SPECIAL EVENTS AND A O
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