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Shoreline auditors issue denial LAWSUIT ACCUSES FIRM OF HIDING MILLIONS FROM CITY COFFERS By Daniel DeBolt

he auditors the city once hired to con- Tduct annual audits of Shoreline Amphitheatre are denying allegations of any wrongdoing in a story of alleged cooked books and two-faced business practices that already got the city a $10 million settlement in a previous lawsuit. “We believe the case has NICHOLAS WRIGHT Mountain View High School principal Keith Moody signals his teachers to stop pulling a 24,000-pound school bus across the student parking absolutely no merit,” said lot on the first day of school. Moody arranged the “tug-of-war” to help teachers realize how important it is to work together as a team. Farley Neuman, one of the attorneys representing defen- dants Daoro, Zydel & Hol- land and several corporate ancestors, including Wilson, Techies get their school Welcome back McCall & Daoro; Wilson, McCall & Associates; Creed FREESTYLE HIGH MIXES effort it took to get the project off the ground, SCHOOL YEAR STARTS EARLY FOR & Associates; and auditor READING AND WRITING WITH Monday’s launch party and open house at the THOUSANDS OF LOCAL STUDENTS Robert Yoshioka. Freestyle campus felt appropriate. Located By Alexa Tondreau “Unfortunately I can’t tell FILM AND AUDIO PRODUCTION behind the district office on Bryant Avenue, you much because the case is By Alexa Tondreau the innovative school is the brain child of for- ednesday was the first day of in litigation,” Neuman said. mer Superintendent Rich Fisher but has been school for the 2006-07 school year, The auditing firm was steadily nudged through its various stages of Wstrategically placed before Labor employed by the city for or the 65 Mountain View-Los Altos stu- development by a loyal following of MVLA Day to allow districts time to iron out any almost 20 years to do audit- dents lucky enough to get in, there was teachers, board members, parents and the kinks. ing of its complex lease Fa new dimension to their high school community at large. Enrollment for Mountain View High arrangement with Shoreline classes as school began this week. The concept for Freestyle was two-fold: Open School is projected to be 1,750 students this Amphitheatre’s promoter, Instead of the traditional math, English, his- a school that will engage students who haven’t year, down slightly from 1,763 in 2005. At originally Bill Graham tory and science, these students will tackle Web connected with the subject matter offered at Los Altos High, the projected enrollment is Presents, which was later design, video and audio production, film and Mountain View and Los Altos high schools, or the same as the previous year, at 1,722. bought by Clear Channel. other high tech subjects during their afternoons who simply desire something different; train However, districts tend to see a lot of flux The promoter was obligated at Freestyle High, the new supplementary high these students for job skills relevant to the before Labor Day, and enrollment usually to give the city a percentage school that attempts to blend its curriculum industries in the area. drops by the time the first standardized of its profits as part of its with the real world of Silicon Valley. Considering the several years of collective See FREESTYLE, page 10 See SCHOOL, page 14 See AUDIT, page 6

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2 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ AUGUST 25, 2006 Voic es AROUND TOWN Asked in Downtown Mountain View. Pictures and interviews by Andrea Pyka. Are you excited to use the new free WiFi Internet access?

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CRAIG SHEROD Marvel Girl to the rescue KIMBERLY KRUPSKI SWITCHED CAREERS IN PURSUIT OF HER LONGTIME PASSION: MODELING By Andrea Pyka certain boundaries.” “When you model,” she added, tanding at 5-foot-6, with “you are on a stage, even if it’s medium red hair and a slen- just for an hour. ... You show Sder shape, Kimberly Krup- poise, posture and grace just as ski could be mistaken for Jean if you were dancing.” Grey, the comic book superhero When she’s not posing in front of from the “X-Men” series who the camera, Krupski plays guitar, went by code names Phoenix and reads books, writes and helps pro- Marvel Girl. mote her friend’s T-shirt business. Krupski lacks supernatural Though she only recently made powers, but she did get the child- the career change, the downtown hood nickname, Marvel Girl, resident now models around four from her resemblance to the hero- times a week, and says it takes ine and her love of comic books. plenty of persistence. She advises A farm girl at heart, and a once people who decide to go into the aspiring actress, lawyer and doc- business to be sure that modeling tor who grew up on a potato farm is their serious career choice — and in Rhode Island, Krupski thought to pick the right photographer. hard about several career options “Always know your best fea- before she found her true calling. tures and go with what you “I wanted to be everything,” want,” Krupski said. Krupski said, “but as I grew up, While she may not venture out I found my niche, modeling, anytime soon to save lives, Krup- which allowed me to express my ski says she does enjoy going out artistic ability.” on adventures — that is, when Krupski, 26, said she enjoyed she’s not in front of the camera the business aspect and stability as Marvel Girl. of her previous job as manager To learn more about Kimberly of a Peninsula retreat center. But, Krupski, check out her profile at she said, “My management job www.myspace.com/marvelgirl- required me to follow certain phoenix. V rules and present proper etiquette, but modeling let me look E-mail Andrea Pyka at outside of the box and beyond [email protected]

Editor’s Note: SnapShot is an effort to give Voice readers an inside look at the people who make Mountain View one of the liveliest cities on the Peninsula. Watch for future installments in this space.

4 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ AUGUST 25, 2006 MOUNTAINVIEWVOICE ■ CITY COUNCIL UPDATES ■ COMMUNITY LocalNews ■ FEATURES

■ CITYCOUNCIL From the Editor’s Members Desk back from summer End-of- break summer By Daniel DeBolt he city council returned to business last Tuesday, doldrums Trevisiting many of the same problems it faced before it left. By Don Frances The six-member council found itself deadlocked 3-3 several times AN IT BE school is back throughout the night, leaving in session? And the city members visibly frustrated on Ccouncil too? Does that deceptively simple questions, such mean summer’s over and no as where to put a driveway on a 39 more fun for nine months? NICHOLAS WRIGHT unit development on Dana Street. Well, at least there’s politics to Evelyn Meier and several other Raging Grannies showed support for racial tolerance during a demonstration The council, which discussed the keep us occupied. To that end, at City Hall last week. issue for more than an hour, had there will be a “candidate infor- been debating the subject before it mation exchange” on Thursday, left for summer break. Aug. 31, at 5 p.m. at city council The seat vacated by former chambers. Sponsored by KMVT, City rallies against hate crime council member Matt Neely will the local Chamber of Commerce, stay open until the November this here Mountain View Voice and PARTICIPANTS SAY RACIST INTIMIDATION WON’T GO UNPUNISHED election. Eight candidates will something called the California By Daniel DeBolt by two young white males, Jona- Dream” speech and signed a large run for council, vying for three Apartment Association, the event than Rhodes and Joseph Krueger. board with a felt-tip pen. seats. Potential candidate Barbara is a chance for council candidates bout 70 people gathered According to police, the pair did But few knew that the victim of Goodwin did not finish filing her to field questions from both resi- outside City Hall last week Nazi salutes and shouted racial epi- Mountain View’s recent hate crime election papers after the Voice went dents and local businesses. Ato make it clear that the city thets and “white power” slogans. in Pioneer Park also attended the to press last week, though Tian The coming November election doesn’t turn a blind eye to hate Present at the Aug. 16 rally rally. And along with 50 others, he Harter did. promises to be a lively one on crimes. were police officers, city council attended the workshop on dealing all levels, from the federal to the “This crime was inflicted on all members, immigrant workers, with prejudice that followed. Speed limit reduced local. Perhaps this meeting at City of us,” said council member Laura city staff, postal workers, activists “The victim was here and saw on four streets Hall will give us an early taste of Macias, referring to the July 29 and citizens of all different back- the gathering in the room,” said At the behest of city traf- what I’m talking about. ... incident downtown where a young grounds. They took turns reading black man was allegedly beaten Martin Luther King’s “I Have a See RALLY, page 14 See COUNCIL, page 8 THERE’S ALSO the series of art and wine festivals, ubiquitous to the Peninsula, to keep us occupied. Mountain View’s is coming right Woman tied up, up: Sept. 9 and 10 downtown, 10 Fire totals two-unit complex FOUR-ALARM BLAZE they found the fire had reached See EDITOR’S DESK, page 7 into the attic above the first unit robbed in her home SPARKED BY CHEMICALS and was spreading to a second. INTRUDER ON MARILYN gold antique pocket watches. ON BACK DECK Investigators later determined When he had the items in hand, ■ CORRECTION that some cleaning chemicals used DRIVE MADE OFF WITH the man tied up the woman and By Daniel DeBolt and Andrea Pyka for wood refinishing had sponta- CAR, VALUABLES forced her into a closet, then fled In an article last week titled “A neously combusted on the back in her Honda CRV. 12-acre swimming pool?” the lumes of smoke, a crowd deck of the building on the Shore- By Andrea Pyka Moments after the man fled, Voice reported that a proposal to of people and dozens of line side. The fire then climbed the woman escaped from the create a 16-foot-deep hole over 12 Pfirefighters surrounded the up a gazebo to the attic, according ountain View police are closet and called police. She was acres at Cuesta Park Annex could Shorebreeze apartment complex to department spokesman Lynn continuing to search for not injured, and her car was flood for two days every 10 years to last Friday, as bystanders watched Brown. Mfor a man who broke later found a few blocks from her protect thousands of parcels north a two-unit apartment building At first, the fire generated only into an elderly woman’s home home, parked and unoccupied. of El Camino Real from major become enveloped in flames. two alarms, but at 6:30 p.m. a third Tuesday, tied her up and made off The woman described the flooding. It is true that the Annex Just after 5 p.m. on Aug. 18, the alarm was called. Finally, due to with her car and valuables. intruder as between the ages of 25 could flood for two days every 10 Mountain View Fire Department the large number of people occu- Police said the incident occurred and 35, dark skinned, about 6 feet years, but the parcels north of El responded to a report of a fire at pying the complex, a fourth alarm at in the 900 block of Marilyn tall and 200 pounds, with a strong Camino are only expected to flood 429 Mountain Laurel Ct., located was called. Drive at the home of a 70-year-old Southern accent. He remains at completely during a “100-year inside the large Shorebreeze con- Once all nearby residents were woman, who was sleeping at 2:35 large, according to police. flood” — that is, once every 100 do complex on N. Shoreline Bou- evacuated from their homes a.m. when the robber woke her up Anyone with information years — as is mentioned later in the levard near Middlefield. When and demanded that she give him about the suspect or the crime is article. The Voice regrets the error. firefighters arrived at the scene, See FIRE, page 13 her cash, purse, and several of her asked to call (650) 903-6344. V

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The firm also claims the city AUDIT failed to take reasonable steps to Continued from page 1 mitigate its “damages,” and that “any such failure was a proximate lease agreement. cause of alleged damages, if any.” But the auditing firm also took And it claims the damages were on Clear Channel as a client as caused by parties other than the well. According to the city’s recent auditors. lawsuit, filed June 20, this led to The response also says the case is a conflict of interest. The city barred by the doctrine “Collateral says the firm began hiding Clear Estoppel,” which means the previ- Channel’s true profits in its city- ous lawsuit with Clear Channel commissioned audits. — which was finally settled earlier City attorney Michael Martello this year with Clear Channel spin- said the fraudulent practices went off Live Nation — bars any further on as far back as 1986, with the suits against the auditors. auditors concealing tens of mil- The city settled with Live Nation lions of dollars owed to the city in in May for $10 million, as well as the subsequent decades. The venue a renegotiated contract with $1.8 is on city-owned land and opened million flat annual payments and with the help of an $8 million loan a shortened lease term. from the city. Martello had few comments In a short response issued late on the case, stating that the last week to the city’s initial fil- firm’s response was a “standard ing, the auditors “deny each and denial.” V every allegation of said com- plaint” and say the case is barred E-mail Daniel DeBolt at by the statute of limitations. [email protected] grow your business.

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Nominations still open for Mayor’s Award

ountain View’s mayor, Nick Galiotto, is still Mtaking suggestions for the Mountain View Mayor’s Award Program — but time is scarce for making nominations. This award, a tradition since 1969, is an opportunity for Moun- tain View residents to honor those people who are responsible for the development of successful programs, such as social and educational programs, that have had positive effects on the com- FREE COMPOST munity. Mountain View residents are WORKSHOP allowed to nominate any private or public projects or programs, while city employees are only able to nominate private projects. The awards cover a range of cat- egories, including physical projects — for environmental enhancement to the community — and social programs, which make Mountain View a better place for its residents and businesses. Learn how to turn your grass, leaves and The deadline to submit the kitchen scraps into nutritious soil for your garden nomination application is Friday, and get a compost bin at a discounted rate. Aug. 25 at 5 p.m. For an online nomination form, visit www. FREE COMPOST WORKSHOP mountainview.gov or pick up a copy at the Senior Center, City IN MOUNTAIN VIEW Hall or the nearest library. — Andrea Pyka Saturday September 9, 10AM - 12 NOON

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AUGUST 25, 2006 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 7 LocalNews Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction 8-WEEK PROGRAM Call 650-940-7000 ext. 8745 Learn lifelong skills to for date of next deal with stress, chronic Council gadfly denied candidacy FREE Introductory Session pain and illness El Camino Hospital CITY SAYS DON LETCHER FAILED TO FILL OUT RESIDENCY FORM CORRECTLY www.elcaminohospital.org By Daniel DeBolt (where he periodically paints dis- storff address as his home, but paraging messages about Moun- Letcher refused. ountain View’s veter- tain View’s leaders on the side of “We actually tried to get him )&)43./4).4()36!5,4 )43./43!&% an city council gadfly, his house). to say he lived in Mountain MDon Letcher, may not A copy of the one-page form View,” Martello said. “But we be popular with the city council shows that Letcher did not declare confirmed that he des not reside here, but he is apparently very his Rengstorff house to be his in Mountain View. It’s a very popular in a few other coun- place of residence. The form fea- fascinating story.” ties, according to paperwork tures a box to check and reads, Letcher, a retired firefighter, he filed recently to run for city “I am a resident and a registered said he regularly visits friends council. voter of the City of Mountain and takes trips, as he did this According to the residency weekend when he visited a friend verification form, filed by in the hospital who had knee Letcher on Aug. 14, he has ‘We actually tried to problems. But if he were to be a lived in “approximately 40 dif- council member he would have ferent resident addresses in at get him to say he lived to be a resident of Mountain least four California counties View. When asked if he ever stays during the past six months.” in Mountain View.’ at his Mountain View residence, ,/3!,4/36!5,43!&% The fact that none of those he said, “Occasionally I do.” places was declared to be in MICHAEL MARTELLO, Letcher said his main gripe was $%0/3)4#/ Mountain View has disquali- CITY ATTORNEY that the city attorney can define fied him from running for what residency is however he !PRIVATEDEPOSITORY 7 Ê, Ê£t office, city officials say. likes, and that the city’s defini- 3AFEDEPOSITBOXESOFALLSIZES / iÀiÊÃÊ ÊÓ The Voice received a phone View and currently reside at the tion wouldn’t hold up in a state 3TRICTANDTOTALCONlDENTIALITY 6 Ê/t message from Letcher last week, following address,” with a line election. He said he filled out the 3ECUREDANDAMPLEPARKING in which he said he was not below. Letcher checked the box, application knowing that Jim allowed to run for city council and put his Rengstorff address Lohse, a self-proclaimed home- &ORYOUROWNSAKEWESHOULDHAVEYOURBUSINESS because city attorney Michael on the line, but crossed out “cur- less man, had problems proving 6ISITOURFACILITIESANDJUDGEFORYOURSELF Martello and city clerk Angie rently reside” and wrote in “my he was a resident. V $ATABANKFORIMPORTANTANDCONlDENTIALRECORDS Salvador claim he isn’t a resident. voting address is.” Letcher undoubtedly does own Martello said he and Salvador E-mail Daniel DeBolt at &IRST3TREET ,OS!LTOS #! property on N. Rengstorff Ave. pressed Letcher to list his Reng- [email protected] 4EL WWWLOSALTOSVAULTCOM

ers on the subject, and all were the process, so the annexations COUNCIL in favor of reducing the speed cost nothing for the city. Continued from page 5 limits, specifically on Springer The Grant Road farm is also on Road and Phyllis Avenue. a list of properties to be annexed, Is your fic engineers, the city council New signs for the project cost but has been deferred along with unanimously voted to reduce $8,000. the 19 acres under the Shenandoa the speed limit on four streets. housing complex at 750 West addiction City staff said recent state- City annexes land Middlefield Road. mandated speed surveys called from county hurting for the change. The effected With little fanfare, the city took Dana Street develop- streets are: advantage of a soon-to-expire state ment approved anyone? law allowing the quick annexation A 39-unit townhouse devel- ■ Springer Road between El of small pockets of land that were opment at the corner of Calde- Monte Avenue and Cuesta Drive, left behind as the city quickly grew ron Avenue and Dana Street reduced from 35 to 30 miles per in the 1960s and ‘70s. had its single driveway moved hour The only piece of private from Dana Street to Calderon property to be annexed is the Avenue. The move came after ■ Shoreline Boulevard between Wunderman Trust at 655 Eunice neighbors complained about Highway 101 and the Shoreline Ave., which includes a large the effects a Dana Street drive- Park gate house, reduced from house that was once a brothel way would have on children 40 to 35 mph and speakeasy during Prohibi- walking there on their way to tion. City staff said the prop- Landels Elementary School HE SEQUOIA CENTER helps families recover the ■ Sierra Vista Avenue between erty owner’s concerns with the next door. Tbalance in their lives from the effects of abusing alcohol Middlefield Road and Leghorn change from county to city The council discussed concerns and other drugs. Our services are offered in a warm and caring Avenue, reduced from 30 to 25 control of sidewalks and water about fire department access, environment by trained staff dedicated to helping individuals mph were adequately addressed. parking, visibility of pedestrian The council also voted unani- traffic near driveways and how gain control over their lives. ■ Independence Avenue between mously to take control of a much traffic each street could The Sequoia Center is licensed through –Call today 1-800-997-5504 Middlefield Road and Charles- .78-acre piece of land, along support. the State of California to deliver: to schedule a free, conﬁ dential ton Road, reduced from 30 to 25 with a small parcel owned by In order to move the dead- assessment with one mph. the Santa Clara Valley Water locked council forward, council • Medical Detoxiﬁ cation of our Specialists. District, on Crittenden Lane, as member Matt Pear voted for the • Outpatient Treatment (Day & Evening) There will be a grace period well as another small SCVWD Calderon driveway even though THE for tickets on these streets, the property and a 21-acre strip he didn’t think it was a good • Residential Treatment sequoia length of which will be deter- along Highway 85 owned in idea to load the small street • Integrated Behavioral Health CENTER mined by police, who will issue part by the city and the Califor- with so many cars. V Programs /Partial Hospitalization CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT SERVICES warnings at first. A radar trailer nia Water Trust. /Day Treatment 650 Main Street, Redwood City may be used as well. The Local Area Formation E-mail Daniel DeBolt at 2660 Solace Place, Suite A, Mountain View 800-997-5504 • www.sequoiacenter.com There were four public speak- Commission waived its fees for [email protected]

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in today’s world. FREESTYLE “Being in Silicon Valley, it’s almost a Continued from page 1 necessity to know these skills. It would be career suicide if you don’t have them.” With these goals in mind, Freestyle’s And she added, “Plus, I just love this program took on a multimedia emphasis. kind of thing. I’ve always loved seeing Now, after the 65 selected students take stories come to life.” their math, science and history classes in the morning, they transfer to Freestyle in No experience required the afternoons to study film and video There are no prerequisites for getting into production, Web and graphic design, audio Freestyle High and no previous multimedia and writing — all subjects in line with Bay experience or knowledge is needed. The Area careers and the preferences of today’s student body this year is evenly split between media-savvy students. juniors and seniors, males and females, and Taking in the facilities at his new school, the academic range varies between students student Charlie Cohen, 16, said, “When in AP and special education classes. I come home every day, I make music on Mostly, editing teacher Sue Kefauver my computer. It seemed like a relevant said, “We want students who recognize program for me and a nice change for the this as a different kind of approach.” afternoons.” And walking around the grounds of the Additionally, the small student body MICHAEL MULLADY Freestyle Campus, it just feels different. allows for maximum immersion in the Freestyle High School held an open house to showcase its teachers, classrooms and There are small touches: the colorful rug curriculum. Gordon Jack, program coor- equipment. Juniors Conor Tiffin and Evan Arnold, seen here in the recording studio, in the sound studio, a poster in the writing dinator, said “All of our research found that say they want to be professional musicians. lab that looks like your standard “Motiva- the way to engage kids is to have smaller tion” message, but on closer look, reads, classes with project-based material and my values are my own?” The students will studio for sound engineering students, com- “If a pretty poster and cute saying are all it authentic tasks that they can perform.” take this question and examine it in their plete with computers, mixers, soundproof takes to motivate you, you probably have a The students will take both a writing lab writing lab and fine arts classes, developing walls and a drum set. Projects in this studio very easy job. The kind robots will be doing and a fine arts class where the fundamentals a personal essay and an illustration. From will allow students to develop proficiency in soon.” of art, narrative and critical thinking will be there, they will translate their work into a ProTools, DreamWeaver and Flash. But there are also big differences: the stressed. The point of this subject core, fine three-minute film, a personal Web site, a In the video production elective, stu- abundance of computers and equipment, arts teacher Elizabeth Pedinotti explained, is personal blog or an audio podcast, depend- dents will learn to scout locations and and the way that the classrooms are to “give them a place to get their content.” ing on their elective. organize actors but will also walk away fashioned more as studios, with students During the open house, a curriculum plan The students will have access to state- with an expertise in Adobe Final Cut, the sitting around conference tables instead on display in all of the classrooms showed of-the-art technology thanks to the spon- film industry’s editing standard. of personal desks. This arrangement is that the first project the students will do is sorship and support of Adobe, Microsoft, Freestyle High student Elizabeth Swee- meant to simulate a business environ- a self-portrait. The question posed to them Hewlett-Packard and Sony. Monday’s crowd ney, 16, seemed all too aware of the by their teachers will be: “How do I know pleaser had to be the fully stocked recording importance of technological proficiency See FREESTYLE, page 14

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10 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ AUGUST 25, 2006 LocalNews RIDING in the HEAT? (water is your best friend) ESURRECTIO RNCATHOLIC SCHOOL Test grades looking up Educating students in a Christ-centered, peace-filled, family-oriented environment LOCAL DISTRICTS SEE Sub-groups in the STAR report Spacious campus in the heart of Silicon Valley SOME GOOD NEWS IN include gender, English language fluency and parent edu- New Science Lab, Computer Lab & Library STATE STAR REPORTS cation, to name a few. 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STAR report like this can help www.MikesBikes.com www.resparish.org/school Mountain View-Whisman saw educators figure out “what type overall improvement in six of of intervention to put in place,” seven grade levels in language Sarraf said. arts, and in five of seven grade To maximize the data, MV levels in mathematics. Both Slat- Whisman implemented a new er and Huff Elementary schools computer program for fall called showed improvement in the Edusoft. Edusoft not only tracks majority of grade levels. and compiles data but also allows Need Direction? Scores at Mountain View-Los teachers to monitor the progress Altos also improved, especially of their classes. Additionally, in ninth grade language arts at a “test builder” feature allows Get it at Foothill College. Mountain View High, rising teachers to design tests that are from 74 percent in 2005 to 79 tailor-made for the students’ percent in 2006, and in 10th needs. grade world history at Los Altos “We really wanted a better High, at 51 percent up from 48 system,” Lairon said, speaking • Associate Degrees percent in 2005. to the complexity of analyzing The STAR report is important the thousands of scores a district • University Transfer because the results are a critical must process each year. • Career Training part of California’s account- At Mountain View-Los Altos, ability system for schools and where students must take both • Technology & districts in accordance with the the STAR tests and the state Health Careers federal No Child Left Behind exit exam, Sarraf says that the Act. The scores generated by each similarity of content between school must reach the Annual the two allows for a practical Yearly Progress (AYP) goal, or approach. they will be deemed “in need of “We tell students that the improvement.” Any school that is reason they should care about found to be “in need of improve- STAR is because it is a good ment” for two years running indicator of how well they will is required to offer parents the do on the exit exams, which is option of transferring their stu- high stakes for them. For exam- dents elsewhere in the district. ple, if you do well on the algebra Last year, Castro Elementary portion of STAR, we know that School was in its second year you’ll pass the math portion of of program improvement. Low the exit exam.” scores again this year would A lawsuit in Alameda County result in a “corrective action” that challenged the constitu- phase that can result in remov- tionality of the state exit exam ing staff, implementing relevant was shot down by the Court of experts and extending the length Appeals last week. Therefore, of the school day or year. students from the MVLA school Financial aid is As of right now, the AYP score district who did not pass it by available. Check has not been generated and so, their senior year will not be as Mountain View Whisman granted diplomas. out our courses at Assistant Superintendent Mary Students can take the exit exam Lairon explained, “We don’t up to five times during high www.foothill.edu. know whether they did well school. Those who do not pass enough.” However, Lairon did have several options: They can report that Castro’s second and take the GED, transfer to adult third grades had huge growth education, or receive a certificate in mean scaled scores, which of completion which states that could predict that the school they have met local requirements Classes Start Sept. 25. will have met its goals for the but did not pass the state-issued 2006 school year. exam. The STAR report can also Twenty-five students from the provide important feedback district took the test for one last for teachers and administra- time in July. Those scores have tion. Brigitte Sarraf, associate not yet been reported, and so for superintendent of Mountain now the students do not know if View-Los Altos, said the dis- they will graduate. V trict can best “engage with the scores by looking at the E-mail Alexa Tondreau at performances of sub-groups.” [email protected]

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12 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ AUGUST 25, 2006 LocalNews

■ NEWSBRIEFS POLICE ARREST SIX IN ing online advertisements. PROSTITUTION SWEEP Police also conducted interviews, surveillance Six women at two sepa- and undercover operations rate Mountain View busi- before obtaining search nesses were arrested last warrants. week in a police sweep intended to curb prostitution at massage parlors. HOMES EVACUATED In all, three businesses fell DUE TO GAS LEAK under the police investiga- A dozen people were tion: Great East Acupunc- evacuated from eight homes ture at 240 Pamela Drive, last week after a contractor Mountain View Acupunc- hit a gas line on Sierra Vista ture Health Center at 451 Avenue. W. El Camino Real, and an Mountain View Emer- unnamed business at 948 gency Communications Bay Street. received a call last Friday, VALERIE HARRIS In the Pamela Drive and Aug. 18 at around 11:35 a.m. Bay Street businesses, police that a contractor broke a Backup for Mountain View leaving a burned-out skeleton of a arrested three female staff gas line on the 200 block of FIRE firefighters began to come in building. members each on charges of Sierra Vista. A half inch of Continued from page 5 from neighboring departments, Brown said the fire should prostitution and operating the gas line was damaged including Santa Clara and Los serve as a warning to people a massage parlor without a and leaking, officials said. and the building was completely Altos Hills. using chemicals such as the wood license. No arrests were made Nearby roads were closed to searched, firefighters began spray- According to Brown, after the cleaners. at 451 W. El Camino, but traffic while PG&E crews ing the fire down — an apparently fire got into the building’s attic, it “Be careful with those types three female staff members capped the leak and began futile battle until backup arrived smoldered in tight spaces that were of cleaning supplies,” he said. “If working there were cited for repairing the line. almost an hour later. difficult for firefighters to reach. you don’t properly separate and conducting massages with- All evacuated residents “I’d be awfully scared if I were That’s when the department called contain them, they can self-com- out a license. were allowed back into their a neighbor,” said one onlooker as for extra help. Other fire depart- bust.” Police conducted the homes later that day. embers danced on rooftops and ments that arrived at the scene No damage estimate was avail- sweep on Aug. 16 follow- the fire crept toward a third unit. included Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, San able. Fire officials said no one ing several leads, includ- — Staff reports “I hate to say it, but I’m waiting Jose and Santa Clara County. was injured in the blaze, but it for something to fall off,” said The fire was completely dis- left two families looking for a another onlooker. tinguished at around 6:49 p.m., place to live. V

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DODO YOU YOU SUFFER SUFFER FROM FROM Captain Bruce Barsi, spoke out ANXIETY AND/OR PANIC ATTACKS? ANXIETY AND/OR PANIC ATTACKS? RALLY against hate crimes. Continued from page 5 “We average one hate crime a If you often experience symptoms like these: year,” Vermeer said at the rally. • Sudden nervousness • Sensations or shortness of breath supervising district attorney Jay “Obviously that is one too many.” • Heart pounding or racing • Dizziness Boyarsky. “That’s typically a very At one point during the work- • Sweating • Trembling or shaking beneficial thing.” shop, a woman, apparently frus- • Chest pains • Nausea Five officials, all white, sat trated at what seemed like a You could be suffering from anxiety and/or panic attacks and may qualify for a cost-free, drug-free breathing therapy study using a on the council dais, including meeting of community leaders new biofeedback device to treat anxiety. The study is being conducted by researchers at Stanford University & the VA Palo Alto Health Boyarsky, assistant city manager going through the motions, said, Care System. Additional services provided to participants include free psychiatric and physiological evaluation (including EKG). Nadine Levin, county Supervi- “Where the hell are all the citi- TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOU MUST BE BETWEEN AGES 18-65 sor Liz Kniss, police Chief Scott zens?” AND SUFFER FROM ANXIETY AND/OR PANIC ATTACKS. Vermeer and human relations McKee-Stovall responded. Commissioner Scott Burley. “Don’t get frustrated because For more information, please call: (650) 493-5000 ext. 66984 The workshop was moderated you think you are talking to the For further information regarding your rights as a participant, please call (650) 723-5244 or toll free at 1-866-680-2906, or write the Stanford IRB, Administrative Panels by Delorme McKee-Stovall, an choir,” she said. Ofﬁ ce, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5401. African American and director Even though it may have of the county’s Network for a seemed like a small meeting, Hate-Free Community, whose McKee-Stovall said the mes- calming, yet assertive voice kept sage given there would travel by the meeting focused. word of mouth and through the But first, officials took turns media. speaking. The workshop wasn’t a first for “Their actions were clearly the county. McKee-Stovall helps designed to send a message to the to organize them in response to people there and the people who major hate crimes. would hear about it,” Boyarsky “This is a golden opportunity said, referring to Rhodes and for discussion,” she said. Krueger’s alleged attack. “That McKee-Stovall said hate crimes message is not acceptable, not in are prevalent on school campus- our town.” es, and that her office can pro- “People feel victimized just vide curriculum and workshops reading the newspaper,” he add- for schools on tolerance. The ed. Network for a Hate-Free Com- Officials praised the police munity also provides mediation for their quick and appropriate for neighborhood disputes. response. For Burley, of the Human Rela- “This is an example of when tions Commission, being a role law enforcement is at its best,” model for youth is important. said McKee-Stovall. “They took “Between what happens to us care of business.” and how we respond is a space,” Boyarsky agreed with the Burley said at the rally. “In that praise, noting that “It wasn’t very space lies our power and our long ago that the police depart- freedom.” V ment wasn’t very conscious about calling something a hate crime.” E-mail Daniel DeBolt at Vermeer, along with police [email protected]

president of business development FREESTYLE at Microsoft, Dan’l Lewin, is also a Continued from page 10 parent in the Mountain View High School community. Lewin, along ment, in keeping with Freestyle’s with Microsoft, has supported commitment to training kids for the project through its inception, future careers. and at one point invited program The school would like to expand coordinator Gordon Jack to spend and diversify the curriculum it can time at the company to learn about offer in the future, Jack said, “add- implementing programs of this ing a new career-themed academy scale. every couple of years, like biotech- Speaking to the audience of stu- nology, and we’ve talked to Google dents, parents, teachers and com- about maybe an infotechnology munity members Monday night, program.” Lewin said, “It’s important that we The assistance of industry pro- pay close attention to what hap- fessionals has been critical in mak- pens in our own backyards.” V ing Freestyle High into a reality for the MVLA school district. As luck E-mail Alexa Tondreau at le TOUR de MENLO HALF-CENTURY would have it, the corporate vice [email protected] SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2006 who have moved away or are in SCHOOL the district illegally. This could • 50 Miles and 5,000 Feet of Climbing • Shorter routes too! Continued from page 1 lower the projected enrollment. • Five 16% - 17% Climbs • Prizes for King & Queen of the Mountain Mountain View Whisman’s testing takes place in October. projected enrollment is 4,358, up RIDE DAY REGISTRATION • 7 to 9 a.m. According to Assistant Superin- from 4,250 last year. This num- Menlo-Atherton High School, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton, CA tendent Brigitte Sarraf, MVLA is ber could change as well, based doing “a big sweep of residency on a district policy that drops any sign up at www.tourdemenlo.com verification,” which will con- student who is a no-show by this firm the number of students Friday. V

14 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ AUGUST 25, 2006 LocalNews Community paper. HOUSING Fireplace fodder. DISCRIMINATION Pet cage liner. AR E YO U A VICTIM? Fish wrap. Police: Nazi Call Project Sentinel, a non-profit agency The community (888) F-A-I-R-H-O-U-s-i-n-g, (888) 324-7468 items found in comes first suspects’ homes CONVICTION IN HATE ual harassment comments. CRIME COULD MEAN Krueger’s mother, Cathy Krueger, was listed as Good- $100 NINE OR MORE man’s parent in the discipline OFF YEARS IN PRISON report, according to police. one hour In Rhodes’ home, a note- teeth whitening By Daniel DeBolt book was found with the words “Silence is f---ing ew evidence labeled golden, nigger,” according “Nazi parapherna- to police. A CD with what $250 lia” was reportedly may be white supremacist- OFF N we create CUSTOMIZED SMILES ANY MAJOR found in the Central Valley inspired music, and a white homes of Jonathan Rhodes T-shirt with three iron dental procedure and Joseph Krueger, indi- crosses and “USA” embla- cating that Mountain zoned across the front, were View’s recent alleged hate also found. (The Nazis used Dr. Ardy Salem, DDS Top Docs of Silicon Valley ‘04, ‘05 & ‘06 $79 crime “wasn’t a spur-of-the the iron cross as a medal Aesthetic & Reconstructive Dentistry as published in San Jose Magazine moment lapse in judgment,” of honor.) A cigarette case Dr. Nirvana Anoosheh, DDS Dentist of the Year in ‘02, ‘03, ‘04, ‘05 & ‘06 new patient special said supervising district with the iron cross was also (exam, x-rays, cleaning) attorney Jay Boyarsky. found, as was a notebook Family & Cosmetic Dentistry as recognized by the editorial staff of the Mountain View police with the Nazi SS lightning Consumer Business Review Le atendemos detectives Cary Sueh and bolts drawn inside, police en Espanol Jessica Serb went to the sus- reported. most insurance accepted pects’ homes in Ceres, a Modesto is described we also speak Japanese small town outside Modesto, by some law enforcement and French with a search warrant to find groups as a gathering place 925 N. San Antonio Road Los Altos Ca 94022 650.559.0000 smilegarden.com the items, which included for fringe racists in the Cen- numerous drawings of swas- tral Valley region. The anti- tikas, white power slogans immigration group Save and racial epithets. Our State held a rally in The two young men are Modesto in June. The group Living Well being held on $1 million has been called a hate group bail for beating a black man by the Southern Poverty Law A Guide for Seniors and Their Families in downtown Mountain Center and is believed to be View in an alleged hate supported by neo Nazis. crime, described this way Modesto is also known as from a compilation of eye- the headquarters for the witness accounts by police American Klan Knights of Detective Jessica Serb: the Ku Klux Klan. “At one point during the In police reports, the vic- humiliating attack, Rhodes tim of the crime said that grabbed the victim by his the two suspects called out a head and pulled his head gang name during the inci- back in order to expose the dent. However, Boyarsky victim’s neck to Krueger. and Serb say no evidence Krueger had the knife over of gang activity has been the victim’s head and the found. victim pleaded, ‘Please The suspects face up to nine don’t stab me, please.’” years in prison and have been New evidence allegedly charged with false impris- found in Krueger’s home onment, criminal threats, included a magazine with assault with a deadly weapon swastikas and the words “I and a hate crime enhance- 2006 Publish Date: hate nigas,” scribbled on ment. If a gang enhancement October 31, 2006 it. A plastic container had is added, it could mean an graffiti and a large swastika. additional 10 years. Deadline: A school discipline report The suspects’ attorneys October 12, 2006 was found for someone have not commented on the named Jeremy Goodman case. V Baby Boomers and their parents are the fastest growing market heading into the that said Goodman had next two decades. Our Living Well section will speak to these active seniors written “white pride” in a E-mail Daniel DeBolt at and their families with informative editorial content and listings. 10,000 copies schoolbook along with sex- [email protected] of Living Well will be distributed free at over 100 locations throughout the Midpeninsula. For more information, please call Connie Jo Cotton at (650) 326-8210 ext. 230.

AUGUST 25, 2006 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 15 ■ EDITORIAL ■ YOUR LETTERS Viewpoint ■ GUEST OPINIONS

■ EDITORIAL ■ LETTERS THE OPINION OF THE VOICE VOICES FROM THE COMMUNITY

Founding Editor, Kate Wakerly COURT DESERVES SOME Does anyone have a photo of BLAME FOR KATZ PROBLEM Aaron Katz? ■ STAFF For years this person has Annex wrong spot Editor: been wasting so much time and Publisher I read with interest Craig money from agencies in our Tom Gibboney Acosta’s letter, “How can we fix community, yet in every article Managing Editor the Katz problem?” (Aug. 18). I keep wishing someone would Don Frances for flood control I hear over and over the frus- Staff Writers put his picture in the paper. I tration people throughout the Daniel DeBolt he idea of preparing for a 100-year flood by making a would also like to know what Alexa Tondreau community have, not only with properties he owns in our area. Intern giant hole out of the 12-acre Cuesta Park Annex may Mr. Katz and his egregious tac- The next step is to find a court Andrea Pyka tics, but also with the Superior Contributors make sense to Santa Clara Valley Water District offi- or judge that can actually stop Angela Hey T Court. cials, but it is our guess that such a drastic solution to this this man from leeching off of Sheila Himmel It is hard to believe there is the hospitals and schools. There Diana Reynolds Roome potential problem is simply not going to fly. Elaine Rowland no established precedent set- must be a punishment for this Kathy Schrenk First of all, we have to hand it to the district for thinking tling the legality of how we behavior in our system. Photographers about such a calamity and having the courage to suggest such a have voted on parcel taxes all I am sure many of us would Norbert von der Groeben these years. Maybe it is one of like even five minutes with him Nicholas Ryan Wright bold plan for solving it — by dropping the floor of Cuesta Park those things that courts and Design Director in order to understand why he is Raul Perez Annex 16 feet to hold flood overflow waters. It is hardly a plan lawyers have taken for granted so unreasonable. I would like to Assistant Design Director that city officials are going to embrace, even with the threat of a for so long that nobody filed invite Mr. Katz to a community Katie Cvitkovich such a ridiculous lawsuit. If that meeting to let us all know what Designers flood staring them in the face. is the case, the court should Linda Atilano In last week’s Voice, we published a map provided by the makes people like him tick. Not Elise Eisenman recognize the “clarity” of our sure if he reads his “local” paper Holly Peters water district that showed areas of the city that would be sus- long-established voting laws and Sara Rosenberg in an attempt to know what is Gail Thoreson ceptible to flooding if a rare calamitous flood should occur. act promptly to end such clear going on in the city in which he Michael Villalobos attempts to thwart the legiti- This means homeowners in this area may pay higher flood wishes to vote — if so, Mr. Katz, Advertising Manager mate exercise of democracy. please send a photo to this editor. Britt Callaway insurance, and that if the worst case happens, their homes As for me, Mr. Acosta, I won- Senior Advertising Representative Betsy Dwyer Judie Rachel Block might flood. der if I have a potential small Begen Avenue claims action against Mr. Katz Real Estate Advertising Executive Note that we said “might,” because this idea is based on a sta- Pooja Bhardwaj to recover my share of the tax SOME WORDS ON THE Real Estate Advertising Coordinator tistical average used by water agencies everywhere to plan for the dollars I pay that were exacted Charito Mabutas worst-case scenario. In other words, the worst flood in 100 years from my school and hospital RECENT HATE CRIME Advertising Services Bill Rayburn or so could come this winter, or it could come 80, 90 or 100 years districts? Editor: Mike Kasperzak Classified Representatives from now. With that kind of expectation, it will be pretty hard Below are a few personal Irene Schwartz City Council member words reflecting on the recent Blanca Yoc to sell residents or the city council on the urgency of digging up hate crime incident in Moun- Office Coordinator Diane Martin Cuesta Annex to make way for a giant catch basin. IN SEARCH OF THE tain View and yesterday’s vigil, Circulation Director The future use of the Annex has been under discussion for INVISIBLE MR. KATZ the community’s response to Bob Lampkin this intolerable act. • the last several years, and at recent hearings, the most popular Editor: HOW TO REACH THE VOICE Mountain View prides itself 655 W. Evelyn Ave., Suite #3 choice was keeping the area an open space, and possibly adding I completely agree with Craig in being a diverse community. P.O. Box 405 some small buildings to house the city’s historical association Acosta’s letter. It was his last On the evening of July 29th, a Mountain View, CA 94042 sentence, regarding “how Mr. young black man was the victim News/editorial department and the equipment needed to maintain the property. Katz can show his face in this (650) 964-6300 of a beating and racial slurs. fax (650) 964-0294 These plans would obviously be out the window, along with community,” that prompted Display Advertising sales the heritage fruit trees and other vegetation, if the water dis- me to write with this question: See LETTERS, next page (650) 964-6300 Classified Advertising sales trict’s plan were to proceed. (650) 964-6490 Digging up a historically important area doesn’t make sense (650) 326-8216 fax (650) 326-0155 when there already exists a large area that was meant to be a E-mail Editorial [email protected] lake at Cuesta Park right next door. We suggest the water dis- E-mail Classified trict take a close look at running a few hundred more feet of [email protected] pipe to use these areas instead, and possibly create new basins E-mail Circulation [email protected] for flood control at Cuesta Park, not the Cuesta Annex. • The Voice is published weekly by In 1998, Palo Alto suffered a major flood that was caused in Embarcadero Publishing Co. and distributed by U.S. Mail to residences part when San Francisquito Creek waters backed up behind and businesses in Mountain View. bridges and flood drains. In response to that event, cities and Copyright ©2006 by Embarcadero Publishing Company. All rights reserved. other interested parties around the creek have formed an orga- Member, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce nization with the goal of finding a way to prevent such flood- • ing in the future. The Mountain View Voice is mailed free upon request to residents in Mountain View. If you are We respect the water district’s effort to find a way to alleviate not currently receiving the paper, you may request free delivery by calling 964-6300. the risk from a 100-year flood, but we would urge the district Voluntary subscriptions at $30 per year, $50 per 2 years, are welcome from residents of Mountain to bring other communities and organizations into the plan- View. Subscription rate for businesses and for residents of other communities is ning process. There has to be solutions that don’t involve taking $50 per year, $80 per 2 years. one of the last large open spaces in the city and turning it into a giant sinkhole. 16 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ AUGUST 25, 2006 Viewpoint Custom exercise programs for Two locations with all ages and ﬁtness levels over 50 expert personal trainers LETTERS )NTERNATIONAL3CHOOLOFTHE0ENINSULA Continued from previous page (650) 251-8519 • www.istp.org This heinous and intolerable act occurred in our own back- yard. Many of us are shocked, ,!.'5!'%#,!33%3 angered and, in the words of the &OR!DULTSAND#HILDREN late Dr. Martin Luther King, ready to counter hatred not with “physical force, but soul force.” We must acknowledge that the !DULT,ANGUAGE /PEN(OUSE hate crime committed against a member of our Mountain View !UGUST family is not an isolated incident, !- 0- but rather a reminder that racial tensions in America still exist. ,AURA,ANE Beth and Linda are now 0ALO!LTO accepting new clients! Whether it is our African Ameri- can brother being harassed because of the color of his skin, AXIS Bring in this ad to receive or our Sikh brother because of *;HAO;A?!F;MM?M@IL!BCF>L?H 50% off >OFN*;HAO;A?!F;MM?M 544 San Antonio Rd his dress attire, or our Mexican Your First Two sister because of her immigra- Mountain View Training Sessions tion status, or our gay or lesbian • Classes Begin the Week of September 11 • (650) 229-1100 brother and sister because of • Offering Arabic, French, Mandarin, Italian and more • Discount applies to ﬁrst two www.axispt.com sessions for new AXIS clients. Good their sexual orientation, the • Year-Long After-School Program for Children • at either AXIS location. Not valid with any other offer or discount. Expires embers of discrimination still • 14-week Evening Session for Adults • 10/31/06. Code: Voice burn in our country. And it is our duty to stand for and defend human dignity. To those who want to sow seeds of violence, we say “Not in Our City!” To those who want to sow presentst City of Mountain View State of the City Address seeds of hatred, we say “Not in and Our City!” Candidate Information Exchange To those who want to sow seeds of discrimination, we say It’s your City, your Council, and your opportunity to be “Not in Our City!” informed. Please join the Mountain View Chamber of My fellow neighbors, I ask you Commerce for a very important event on August 31st held to stand for and defend human at the City of Mountain View Council Chambers. This event is dignity and say, “Not in Any free and open to the public. Refreshments provided. City!” Candidate Information Exchange Oscar Garcia Thursday, August 31, 2006 @ 5 pm President, Mesa de la Comunidad

A GOOD CIGAR IS BETTER THAN FAITH Editor: I appreciate your profile of Mark Thomas from Atheists of Silicon Valley (“Proof positive, Aug. 18). Nice to see some posi- The Chamber of Commerce Mountain View is pleased to announce tive coverage of we godless. the Mountain View City Council Candidate Information Exchange on Your philosophical position Thursday, August 31st from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. The event will be held in baffles me, frankly. You criti- the City Council Chambers located in the Mountain View City Hall. cize atheists as science-centric — perhaps obsessively — then The Information Exchange will chastise us for shining the light be hosted by the Chamber of reason on religion, a matter of Commerce and Tri-County Serving Apartment Association. of faith. Why in God’s name Santa Clara San Mateo Sponsors include the Mountain would you believe something on Santa Cruz Counties View Voice and KMTV. faith? Noted Christian Archie Bunker said, “Faith is some- The purpose of the event is to provide an opportunity for the thing you believe that nobody in local community to learn more about the City Council candidates and to encourage the ﬂ ow of information between candidates, his right mind would believe,” businesses, and residents. and he was right. When all the evidence suggests something The program will include candidate opening and closing remarks ain’t so, look elsewhere. as well as questions provided by the Chamber and various local Ultimately, though, talking businesses and school districts. There will be time provided at the about gods is boring. We spend end for networking. All Mountain View businesses and residents are far more time hoisting cocktails encouraged to attend. than hoisting dopey ideas on dopes’ petards. Now, get out there and have casual sex, eat fatty food, smoke $8 cigars and enjoy life. It’s a hell of a lot more fun than Jesus! Mark Berger San Mateo This ad courtesy of the Mountain View Voice AUGUST 25, 2006 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ 17 MOUNTAINVIEWVOICE ■ RESTAURANT REVIEW ■ MOVIE TIMES We ekend ■ BEST BETS FOR ENTERTAINMENT

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ometimes a restaurant site changes per- sonalities so many times you stop paying Sattention. Ho-hum, another name for the California Avenue restaurant and club that used to be the Edge. My editor made me go. Surprise! Illusions Fayrouz Dining & Enter- tainment is better than good. Freedom of choice rules the menu, covering kebabs, lots of vegetarian dishes, small plates and large plates that make a meal. Have lunch, dinner, or just a snack, outdoors or in. And, service is delight- ful. Really. MICHAEL MULLADY Often, restaurants plunk tables on the The humus appetizer and the house dish, Sheikh Mehsi. sidewalk and call it a patio. Illusions’ breath

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18 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ AUGUST 25, 2006 Weekend TIED HOUSE CAFE & BREWERY South Bay’s Your Place for: Original Garden Patio Dining Microbrewery Eight Microbrews on Tap Happy Hour: Fresh Beer To Go Mon-Fri 4pm-6pm Saturdays– Corporate Parties 9pm - close Catering Voted “Best California Cuisine” in Mountain View Check out our menu online @ www.tiedhouse.com

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Open Daily: M-Th & Sat 11:30-10:00, F 11:30-11:00 & Sun 11:30-9:30 MICHAEL MULLADY Illusions server Mina Fahmy sets a table with appetizers, entrees and a salad. (650) 965-BREW 954 Villa St. Mountain View of fresh air is protected from the street, with murals of Ital- ian vineyards and the cedars of Lebanon dancing up the !5'534!5'534 !! restaurant’s wall. WE CATER TO FREE DELIVERY!!! 0)%30%#)!,0)%30%#)!, Inside you’ll notice an attractive Within 3 miles, with bar and a handy place for large BANQUETS minimum $20.00 purchase. #OCONUT 3UMMER3UMMER parties to the left, a human-size (Does not include tax.) #REAM dining area to the right. Tables are dressed in white. It feels a little $REAM TOTO formal, but don’t worry. Business f PLUSTIN casual, jeans, the usual California SZECHUAN RESTAURANT Ê 3AVOR dress code applies. DINE IN ADDITIONAL 3AVOR xOFF 3ALEENDS On a weeknight, the dining “Best Chinese food in town!” — S.F. Chronicle !UGUSTST room was sparsely populated. What often happens in those Lunch: M-F 11:15am to 2:30pm; Sat-Sun 11:30am to 2:30pm situations is that servers and Dinner: Sun-Thurs 5:00pm to 9:30pm; Fri-Sat 5:30pm to 9:45pm kitchens get lax. There isn’t much We are open every day! Fax in your order! to do, and they don’t do it. At 134 Castro Street, Mountain View Illusions, all engines were firing when the restaurant was slow as tel: 650.964.8881 fax: 650.964.8959 well as when it got busier later in the evening. While studying the menu you get a dish of olive oil studded with sesame seeds and zesty zatar, a symphony of spices. The pool is held in place by a circle of creamy Lebanese yogurt, so you can mix or not. Freshly grilled PIZZA BAR & GRILL pita bread, cut into triangles, is A UNIQUE DINING ESTABLISHMENT 'RILLED3UMMER#HICKEN warm and chewy. 'RILLED3UMMER#HICKEN The small-plates section of the #OCONUT3HRIMP#OMBO menu is particularly enticing. A HAPPY HOUR !GRILLEDCHICKENBREASTGLAZEDWITHAHONEY sampler plate ($10.99) introduces MUSTARDBARBECUESAUCEANDTOPPEDWITHFRESH you to three hot dishes and three SPECIALS cold, artfully presented. No STRAWBERRY0ICODEL'ALLOSALSA3ERVEDWITH offense to the hummus, baba · 2 BEERS FOR THE PRICE OF 1 CRISPYCOCONUTSHRIMP RICEPILAFAND ghanoush and tabouleh, but the STEAMEDBROCCOLI hot appetizers star in this show. · $3.50 COCKTAILS MENU Varied in their spices, fillings and fried coats, they make you feel · $1.00 OFF PREMIUM BRANDS #ERTIFIED!NGUS"EEF you are eating an exotic food. · APPETIZERS 1/2 OFF s&ILET-IGNON s4OP3IRLOIN Entrees make you feel very full. Each immense dinner starts with s2IB%YE3TEAK 3TARTINGAT a small chopped salad of romaine lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers HAPPY HOUR drizzled in lemon. 4PM-6PM MONDAY-FRIDAY Lamb couscous ($18.95) offers 11PM-2AM FRIDAY & SATURDAYS good-size chunks of tender lamb on a steaming bed of couscous %L#AMINO2EAL 191 Castro St. Mountain View, CA 94041 JUSTSOUTHOF3AN!NTONIO See ILLUSIONS, page 20 T: 650-961-1491 F: 650-961-9425 E: [email protected]

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ILLUSIONS ■ DININGNOTES Continued from page 19 ILLUSIONS Reservations infused with tomato sauce. Also 260 S. California Ave., Credit Cards there are stewed carrots and Palo Alto potatoes. (650) 321-6464 Alcohol Half a boneless chicken www.illusionssuperclub.com Takeout ($15.95) sings with lemon and Highchairs garlic. Hours: The mixed grill ($20.95) Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Banquet tops the price list, with a par- Tuesday-Friday. Catering ticularly wonderful version of Dinner 5-10 p.m. minced lamb and beef. Lamb Tuesday-Sunday Outdoor Seating cubes also were good. Only the Noise Level low chicken kebabs had gotten a little dry. Bathroom Cleanliness excellent At this point we asked the Join us as we celebrate Parking street & server to recommend one dessert city lots summer while dining for three people to share, and “al fresco” on our heated, it was luscious kenafeh ($5.95), warmed sweet cheese in shred- pet friendly patio. Enjoy! ded wheat and honey. At lunch, the server was even in your mouth, not in a pool For dessert, Turkish coffee more personable, and reliable of grease. Four kebbe ($5.95) ($2.25) stays hot in a little metal with suggestions. are lemon-shaped wonders of pitcher. Four dolmas ($5.50) melt ground meat, pine nuts and The Fayrouz part of Illusions bulgur, deep-fried in a thin comes from the name of a leg- falafel coat. You can dip them in endary Lebanese diva and the creamy tahini sauce that doesn’t restaurant in Malta where Chef on the overdose on garlic. Paul Sarkis worked for five years. Under the heading “House It also means turquoise in Ara- Dishes,” sheikh mehsi ($12.50) bic. offers up a good-size baby egg- If Illusions Fayrouz has a loser, dining town plant cut in half lengthwise and I didn’t find it. Only the roasted stuffed with minced beef, pine tomatoes were disappointing. At nuts and onions, baked in toma- this time of year, they should be Golden Wok to sauce. It comes with rice. at their peak. V american 895 Villa St., Mtn. View. ice cream Clarkes Charcoal Broiler Distinctive Chinese Cuisine Gelato Classico Dim Sum Daily 10-3 615 W. El Camino Real, Open Daily 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. 241 B Castro Street Mtn. View. 650/967-0851 Delivery/Take-Out (Daily) Mtn. View. 650/969-2900 Voted Best Hamburger 14 Yrs Sports Now Online Order Available in a Row. Beautiful Outside www.goldenwokusa.com japanese Page Patio Dining. By phone: 650/964-2222 Watch All Sports Arikato Japanese Restaurant on our New Tung Kee Noodle House 1040 A-1 Rengstorff Ave. Big Screens 520 Showers Drive, Mtn. View. 650/988-8686 Mtn. View. 650/947-8888 Next to Costco/101 Rengstorff exit. (Inside San Antonio Center) Daily Lunch Voted Best Noodle House in mexican 2003/2004 Mountain View Voice. Prices starting at $3.75. See Coupon. Special

Hobee’s Restaurants coffee Watch all 2312 Central Expwy. Mtn. View. 650/968-6050 Sufi Coffee Shop Giants & A's Voted Best Breakfast/Brunch 815 W. El Camino Real, 9 years in a row! Mtn. View. 650/962-9923 games on Dripped coffee, espresso drinks – hot & cold, cafe glace, Panini big screens! chinese food sandwiches, Salad and desserts. Fiesta Del Mar- Seafood, Open 7:00 a.m. Mexican Cuisine & Cantina Chef Chu’s SINCE 1945 1067 N. San Antonio Road, 1005 N. Shoreline Blvd., NFL is coming CHARCOAL BROILER Mtn. View. 650/965-9354 Voted “Best Burger” on the corner of El Camino, french Open Daily, Lunch & Dinner. Los Altos. 650/948-2696 Voted Best Seafood for 7 years. No Cover for 14 years Zagat Review: “Gold Standard in Fresh Chez TJ in a row Chinese Cuisine.” 938 Villa Street, Fiesta Del Mar Too Breakfast Served as reported in the Mtn. View Voice Mtn. View. 650/964-7466 Rotisserie & Cantina “Outrageously good” New French- 735 Villa St., Mtn. View American fare “in a charming little 650/967-3525 DANCE FLOOR Daily Victorian house” – Zagat 2003. Fresh Lime Margaritas, 200+ Tequilas, Lunch Open Late. FULL MENU Specials Le Petit Bistro La Fiesta Restaurant 11am to 2pm 1405 W. El Camino Real, 240 Villa St., Mtn. View Lunch served all day Mon-Fri Mtn. View. 650/964-3321 650/968-1364 Kitchen Open until 8:30pm Casual and cozy French The best Mole Poblano and Margaritas Breakfast on Weekends restaurant. 15 tables. in town. 1431 Plymouth St., Mtn. View Open 7 days for (Exit at Shoreline off 101) Lunch & Dinner 650.961.1992 Mountain View • 615 W. El Camino Real If you would like to be listed in DINING ON THE TOWN please call Judie Block at the Voice at 964-6300 Only Bar on Shoreline Blvd. (650) 967-0851

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Pilar Alvarez, Emily King, Heidi Kobara and Emmy Farese in Brecht’s “Caucasian Chalk Circle.”

ROBYN VASQUEZ The challenge of Brecht Italian Ice Cream PALO ALTO COMPANY OFFERS STRONG PERFORMANCE OF ‘CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE’ By Kevin Kirby the play is not. his plays, “Chalk Circle” among Dragon’s production is smart, them. erman-born playwright concise and accessible, featuring The primary aim of theater Bertolt Brecht is widely several memorable performances was, for Brecht, to incite critical Buy 1 Gregarded as one of the most and a spare design concept that is thinking and debate, to open the influential European dramatists of applied to all technical elements, public’s eyes to the socioeconom- Get 2nd at 1/2 OFF the 20th century. He may also be from sets and lights to costumes, ic forces that shaped their lives. among the most confounding. props and makeup. Director So he felt that many typical aims Buy one cup of ice cream or any espresso bar item and get one of an equal or “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” Ana-Catrina Buchser has obvi- of theater — forging emotional lesser value at 1/2 Price. Pints, Quarts, Specialties excluded. Expires 8/31/06. is the latest ambitious offering ously done her homework, even connections between characters 241 B Castro Street • Mountain View • 650-969-2900 from the talented people at Drag- composing original music (evoca- and audience, or presenting on Productions in Palo Alto. tive of simple Russian folksongs) an illusion that viewers would Gelato Classico Italian Ice Cream is one of the most While lighter and perhaps more for the sung passages in Brecht’s accept as reality — were coun- highly regarded, best liked ice creams in the country. accessible than many of Brecht’s script. Fourteen actors play 70- ter-productive and amounted to NO ARTIFICIAL COLORS, FLAVORINGS OR PRESERVATIVES. plays, “Chalk Circle” serves as a odd parts, and, while they vary pandering and/or escapism. good example of the challenges widely in their level of experi- Instead, Brecht employed devic- “It’s inherent in his work. ence, there is not the awful sense es to keep the audience engaged as irresistible!” The story is simple enough. It is of unevenness that is found in so thoughtful participants in a dia- “It’s absolutely set in the fictional land of Grusinia much community theater. lectic. He had characters address mouthwatering!” in the southern Caucasus region In other words, there is nothing the audience directly, telling parts that straddles Europe and Asia glaringly wrong with the show of their own stories in the third (thus “Caucasian”). When the (and much to be praised). Yet the person. He eschewed naturalistic local governor is murdered in a show as a whole feels unsettled, as acting in favor of a less emotional, populist uprising, his young wife though it has missed some unseen more presentational style. He is forced to flee for her life. Over- mark. Which brings us back to even argued that actors should whelmed by the task of choosing Brecht. hold microphones whenever their iscover the exotic and fascinating taste of which gowns to take into exile, In Brecht’s view, art was “not characters burst into song, simply D she inadvertently leaves behind a mirror held up to reality, but to point up the artificial nature of Thai cuisine nestled in the heart of Silicon Valley one tiny thing: her infant son, a hammer with which to shape the performance. Michael. it.” His work was unapologeti- In the current Dragon produc- Knowing the boy will be killed cally political, and his communist tion, director Buchser almost by the rebels if found, Grusha, sympathies are evident in many of embraces these off-putting sty- an unwed servant from the listic devices, and that may be the governor’s household, scoops problem. him up and goes in search of a ■ INFORMATION The actors seem generally to family to take him in. When she understand the presentational is unable to find a safe place for What: “The Caucasian Chalk nature of the material, yet at other the child, she raises him as her Circle,” a play by Bertolt points they attempt to carry self- own for many years. Brecht, presented by Dragon referential third-person narrative When peace is finally restored Productions Theatre Company as though it were naturalistic in the region, the governor’s wife Where: Dragon Theatre, 539 dialogue. In attempting to soften comes looking for her son. (It Alma St., Palo Alto Brecht’s intentionally jarring style, seems that Michael, not she, is When: Thurs.-Sat. at 8 p.m. Buchser has created something ★★★½ sole heir to her husband’s estate.) and Sun. at 2 p.m., through that is not quite at home in either San Jose Mercury News Grusha is discovered but refuses Aug. 27 world. For the to relinquish her claim to the Although “The Caucasian 7th consecutive year. child. The matter ends up in Cost: Tickets are $15 general Chalk Circle” is lighter than many court, in the hands of Azdak, the admission, $10 for students of Brecht’s plays, it is still not an and seniors 174 Castro Street, Mountain View most unorthodox judge imagin- easy show to embrace. Nonethe- Tel. 650-988-9323 Fax. 650-966-8309 able. He devises a test to settle the Info: Call the box office less, there are enough positive case, and it is from that test that at (650) 493-2006, or for elements in Dragon’s production ticketing online, go to www. 4300 Great America Parkway #180, Santa Clara 5205 Prospect Road #110, West San Jose the play takes its name. to make it a worthwhile theatrical Tel. 408-988-2982 Fax. 408-988-4292 Tel. 408-253-8424 Fax. 408-253-8833 But while the story is simple, dragonproductions.net experience. V

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Priestly takes a Century 20: 12:25, 2:50, 5, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m. Congregation Etz Chayim chance and hires “the smart fat girl” as her PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST Palo Alto, California ✭✭ assistant. Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), a (PG-13) Century 16: 12:20, 3:40, 6:50 & 9:50 p.m. size 6 with a closet of polyblend instead of Century 12: 12:40, 4, 7:10 & 10:25 p.m. Chanel, lands the job that a million young PULSE (PG-13) Century 20: 1:10, 3:30, 5:40, 8:15 & 10:20 p.m. New York women would kill for. She sells QUINCEANERA (R) ✭✭1/2 her soul the first day she slips on a pair of As summer turns to fall, we warmly invite you to Palo Alto Square: 2:40, 5, 7:20 & 9:45 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 12:20 p.m. designer shoes. The story focuses on the join us for Shabbat and High Holy Days services. SCOOP (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 16: 9:25 p.m. Century 20: 12:05, wide-eyed (and whiny) Andy, whose trans- 2:20, 4:55, 7:25 & 9:45 p.m. formation from frumpy aspiring journalist SNAKES ON A PLANE (R) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 12:45, to Miranda’s stylish slave comes with a High Holy Days info: (650) 813-9094 ext. 299 1:50, 3:10, 4:15, 5:35, 6:45, 8, 9:15 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; hefty price tag. But Aline Brosh McKenna’s Discount for seating purchased by Sept. 8 12:10, 12:50, 1:30, 1:55, 2:40, 3:20, 4, 4:30, 5:10, 5:50, 6:30, 7, 7:40, 8:20, script fleshes out the Anna Wintour-inspired 9, 9:30 & 10:10 p.m. Miranda, engendering sympathy for the STEP UP (PG-13) Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 2:30, 4:55, 7:30 & 9:45 demanding fashion diva and suggesting that successful men never get tagged Every Shabbat: 7:30pm Fridays, 10am Saturdays p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 2, 4:25, 7:05 & 9:50 p.m. TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY BOBBY with labels equivalent to “snow queen” or “dragon lady.” Despite themes as outdated Open House / "Bring a Friend" Shabbat (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: Noon, 2:35, 5, 7:35 & 9:55 p.m. Century 12: Noon, 2:30, 5, 7:40 & 10:10 p.m. as last season’s wardrobe, the comedy 10:00am Sat. 8/26 & 7:30pm Fri. 8/30 delivers lightweight entertainment. The TRUST THE MAN (R) ✭✭ Century 16: 11:05 a.m.; 1:20, 3:35, 5:50, devil may wear Prada but so does the Pope, 8:05 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:55 a.m.; 2:35, 5:05, 7:35 & 10 p.m. ✭✭✭ so a guilty summer pleasure probably won’t Our religious school & our unique WORLD TRADE CENTER (PG-13) 1/2 send you straight to hell. Rated: PG-13 for Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 1:55, 4:35, 7:20 & 10 p.m. Century 12: 12:50, some sensuality. 1 hour, 35 minutes. — S.T. infants/tots programs begin soon. 4:15, 7:15 & 10:05 p.m. Call our Education Director, Melissa Rogoway, ZOOM (PG) Century 12: 12:15, 2:25, 4:50, 7 & 9:15 p.m. JOHN TUCKER MUST DIE ✭✭1/2 at (650) 813-9094 ext. 214 Note: Screenings are for Friday through Tuesday only. (Century 20) “Desperate Housewives” hunk AQUARIUS: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) Jesse Metcalfe is John Tucker, a slick player CENTURY CINEMA 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (960-0970) in more ways than one. When Tucker isn’t www.EtzChayim.org Tel. 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Car- For show times, plot synopses and more information about any films playing at the rie (Arielle Kebbel) is the school’s snobby Aquarius, Guild and Park, visit www.LandmarkTheatres.com Congregation Etz Chayim emphasizes journalist, Heather (singer Ashanti) is an atti- spirituality, participation, learning and service tude-driven cheerleader, and Beth (Sophia ✭ in a warm, inclusive, egalitarian community. Skip it For show times, plot synopses, Bush) is a promiscuous liberal. Naturally, all ✭✭ Some redeeming qualities trailers and more movie three are unaware that Tucker is dating the As an independent, liberal synagogue, our services are ✭✭✭ A good bet info, visit www.mv-voice.com others, certain his devotion is focused and ✭✭✭✭ Outstanding "somewhere between" Reform & Conservative services. and click on movies. monogamous. Enter new girl Kate (Brittany 22 ■ MOUNTAIN VIEW VOICE ■ AUGUST 25, 2006 Weekend

Snow), a self-described “nobody” whose hipper-than-thou in designer duds, sleek is the envy of the racing world. His lifelong violence. 1 hour, 45 minutes. — T.H. Meanwhile, McLoughlin’s and Jimeno’s flighty mother (Jenny McCarthy) consistently firearms and metrosexual glowers. Tubbs best friend and fellow driver (John C. Reilly respective wives (Maria Bello as Donna dates sleazy men. Before long, Tucker’s three is shacking up with fellow vice cop/intel as Cal Naughton Jr.) consistently helps WORLD TRADE CENTER ✭✭✭1/2 and Maggie Gyllenhaal as Allison) suf- lovers realize they’re not alone in receiving analyst Trudy Joplin (Naomie Harris), the him win, he enjoys an enormous mansion (Century 16, Century 12) Nicolas Cage is fer through their own quiet torments. his affection. Carrie, Heather and Beth are perfect pretext for gratuitous shower scene and gorgeous trophy wife, and even Dale perfectly cast as Sgt. John McLoughlin, Although Stone infuses his “World Trade a combustible combination, and with the number one. Crockett goes for broke by Earnhardt Jr. asks for his autograph. Things a gritty port authority police officer sent Center” with one too many Hallmark level-headed Kate in the mix, the quartet making a dangerous play for drug lord floo- tailspin for Ricky when French driver Jean to respond when the first plane slams moments, the gut-wrenching picture is a soon decides it’s time to take Tucker down a zy Isabella (Gong Li), thus paving the way Girard (Sacha Baron Cohen of “Da Ali G into the World Trade Center’s Tower One towering example of important cinema. notch. “Tucker” is strictly for the teen crowd, for gratuitous shower scene number two. Show”) arrives to challenge the egomania- on Sept. 11, 2001. McLoughlin, along Rated: PG-13 for intense and emotional but the intermittent waves of witty fun are to Only Foxx offers up a faint whiff of cred- cal champ. The actors each do their part with a handful of courageous cops that content, some disturbing images and lan- die for. Rated: PG-13 for sexual content and ibility, which is lost in the jumbled script and to rev up the silly fun, whether it’s Reilly’s includes Will Jimeno (Michael Pena) guage. 2 hours, 5 minutes. — T.H. language. 1 hour, 27 minutes. — T.H. grim atmosphere. No style, no substance, goofy “shake and bake” slogan, Cohen’s and Dominick Pezzulo (Jay Hernandez), no dice. Rated: R for extreme language and absurd French accent or Ferrell’s graceless reluctantly enter the tower as chaos ■ MOVIECRITICS LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE ✭✭✭ violence. 2 hours, 12 minutes. — J.A. physicality. Finally the scorching summer erupts around them. McLoughlin and (Aquarius, Century 20) The Little Miss in offers moviegoers fuel for the funnybone. his small team are inside when the S.T.-Susan Tavernetti, question is sunny 7-year-old beauty pageant QUINCEANERA ✭✭1/2 Rated: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, tower comes crashing down, trapping J.A.-Jeanne Aufmuth, J.S.-Jim Shelby, hopeful Olive Hoover (Abigail Breslin), a dar- (CineArts) Hummer limos, catered eats language, drug references and brief comic him, Jimeno and Pezzulo in the rubble. T.H.-Tyler Hanley ling dumpling whose cantankerous grandpa and designer dresses are all the rage at a (Alan Arkin) is coaching her in pageant fashionable Quinceanera in Los Angeles’ etiquette and a flashy talent number. Life is gentrified Echo Park. But not all families not a bowl of cherries in the Hoover house- can afford fancy trappings to celebrate the hold. Dad Richard (Greg Kinnear) struggles fact that their adolescent daughters have to get his shaky motivational speaking career become women. For 14-year-old Mag- H&R Block Income Tax Course off the ground, pushing his nine-step, no- dalena (Emily Rios), the dream of a posh excuses tutorial with forced brio. Mom Sheryl coming-of-age party is only that ... a dream. starting soon. (Toni Collette) flutters mother-hen-like over Dad Ernesto (Jesus Castanos-Chima) an eccentric brood that also includes Sheryl’s preaches God’s word at a storefront church H&R Block, the leader in tax preparation, is as well as ramiﬁcations of the latest tax laws and shuns the notion of limos outfitted brother Frank (Steve Carell), fresh from a currently encouraging people to enroll in the through hands-on experience with actual case suicide attempt over the loss of his gay lover. with hot tubs and stripper poles, prefer- H&R Block Income Tax Course. After course studies. All systems are go when Olive unexpectedly ring to focus on the spiritual aspect of this completion, many successful students have nabs a spot in the penultimate Little Miss significant occasion. Quick as a wink ambi- Sunshine competition, kick-starting familial tions are shattered. Magdalena finds herself used their skills to earn extra income as tax Bilingual students are encouraged to enroll. frenzy. The gang is hastily packed into a last- pregnant by her gangling teenage boyfriend professionals.* The H&R Block Income Tax legs VW van in Albuquerque, headed for the (J. R. Cruz as Herman), whose ambitious Course is designed for busy people with jobs, Anyone wanting more information about sunny climes of Redondo Beach, California. mother wants college for him and refuses school, and family commitments. Classes begin the H&R Block Income Tax Course should The ensemble acting is first rate, each and to let the young couple meet. Ernesto soon at convenient locations in the area. visit hrblock.com/taxcourses or call every player coming through with vibrant throws Magdalena out of the house, forc- 1-800-HRBLOCK. characterizations that mesh with thespian ing her to bunk with her great-uncle Tomas H&R Block has experienced instructors and ease. “Sunshine” can be safely crowned a (Chalo Gonzalez) and big brother Carlos uses the most up-to-date teaching materials. comic winner. Rated: R for language and (Jesse Garcia), who was ousted by dad Students taking the 11-week course will learn sexual content. 1 hour, 41 minutes. — J.A. for cruising a gay Web site. Unfortunately to complete both federal and state tax returns the cast, most of them relative unknowns, THE NIGHT LISTENER ✭✭✭1/2 deliver self-conscious performances that (Century 20) Based on the semi-auto- color the narrative’s slow and easy charm biographical novel by San Francisco’s own with the unintentional aura of convention. Rated: R for language and sexuality. 1 hour, Armistead Maupin, this tidy psychological *Enrollment in, or completion of, the H&R Block Income Tax Course is neither an offer thriller is taut with tension and intrigue. Robin 30 minutes. — J.A. nor guarantee of employment. Enrollment restrictions and course fees may apply. Williams delights as tortured evening radio personality Gabriel Noone, who develops an SCOOP ✭✭ intense phone relationship with a disturbed (Century 16, Century 20) Woody Allen teen (Rory Culkin as Pete Logand) while churns out another breezy confection, enduring his own romantic fall-out. Pete is a the sort of comic frippery that’s wearing dying AIDS patient who has written a vivid thin with age and repetition. Allen himself manuscript about an existence suffered at jumps back onto the screen as low-budget the hands of abusive parents. Foster mother sorcerer Splendini (a.k.a. Sid Waterman), Donna (Toni Collette) generously provides who becomes involved with an ambitious mandatory physical and emotional support. college journalist (Scarlett Johansson) when Noone revels in the friendship, enjoying the she encounters an unearthly apparition as Let Us Hear quick wit and self-effacing calm of this young part of Splendini’s schlocky disappearing- and battered soul. When he reluctantly shares wardrobe act. The specter is the ghost of Joe From You details and voice mail messages with ex-lover Strombel (Ian McShane), a freshly deceased Jess (Bobby Cannavale), Jess bluntly asserts Fleet Street scribe who has the scoop of the Letters to the editor that the phone voices of Pete and Donna are century and can’t bear to take it to the grave and guest columns one and the same. Thus begins a harrowing with him. Seems one lordly Peter Lyman odyssey of discovery as Noone sets out for (Hugh Jackman) may be the infamous Tarot are welcome. rural Wisconsin to uncover the truth behind Card Killer who is offing brunette prostitutes the existence of the mysterious boy and his all over merry London town. Madcap hilarity Mail your fatalistic tale. Seamy, sinuous and satisfying. — and recycled gags aplenty — ensues. Rated: R for language and disturbing adult Pleasant enough trifle but this is no “Annie comments to situations. 1 hour, 22 minutes. — J.A. Hall.” Rated: PG-13 for language and adult The Voice, situations. 1 hour, 36 minutes. — J.A. MIAMI VICE ✭ P.O. Box 405 (Century 20) “Vice” is a grainy muddle of TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD Mountain View, raw footage and incomprehensible narra- OF RICKY BOBBY ✭✭✭ tive that leeches every bit of spirit from its (Century 16, Century 12) Will Ferrell brings CA 94042 kitschy ‘80s namesake. The plot, as such, his daredevil comedic style to the speedway is nothing but a string of shady busts fea- for this hilarious send-up of NASCAR and turing protagonists Sonny Crockett (Colin America’s zeal for velocity. Here Farrell plays Farrell) and Ricardo Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) gal- Ricky Bobby, a Texas racecar driver literally livanting around Havana and Port-au-Prince born for the sport (his mother gave birth investigating dirty cartels while looking in the backseat of a speeding car). Ricky

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“M BUTTERFLY” Presented by TheatreWorks. An exploration of love and politics. Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesdays-Fridays, 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 and 7 p.m., through Sept. 17. $20-$60. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, GoingsOn 500 Castro, Mountain View. Call 463-1960. www.theatreworks.org SPECIAL EVENTS AUDITIONS

KFJC OPEN HOUSE DJ’s will offer behind-the- CANTABILE CHORALE 2006-2007 AUDI- scene tours and items from KFJC’s offices will TIONS Auditioning for all voice parts by be auctioned. Aug. 26, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. appointment. See website or call for informa- Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los tion. Aug. 28, 7-10 p.m. First Presbyterian Altos Hills. Call 949-7099. www.kfjc.org Church, 1140 Cowper Ave., Palo Alto. Call KINGS MOUNTAIN ART FAIR Sept 2-4, 10 424-1410. www.cantabile.org a.m.-5 p.m. Fine arts and crafts, 135 juried CANTABILE YOUTH SINGER AUDITIONS artists, 30 mountain folk artists, kiddie Cantabile Youth Singers, under the artistic hollow crafts, outdoor breakfast with the direction of Elena Sharkova, announce audi- artists starts at 8 a.m., free. Benefits Kings tions for fall enrollment in all levels of choirs. Mountain Volunteer Fire Department. Free Sat., Aug. 26, 10 a.m.-noon. Call or e-mail for admission, parking and cable car shuttle to more information. Free. Foothill Congrega- the fair. Kings Mountain Community Cen- tional Church, 461 Orange Ave., Los Altos. Call ter, 13889 Skyline Blvd., Woodside. www. 424-1410. www.cantabile.org kingsmountainartfair.org EL CAMINO YOUTH SYMPHONY AUDI- PALO ALTO/MOUNTAIN VIEW REPUBLI- TIONS ECYS invites young musicians ages CANS COCKTAIL SOCIAL Aug. 31, 5:30-7 6-20 to join the music education program for p.m. Compadres Bar and Grill, 3877 El Cami- the 2006-07 season. Audition applications are no, Palo Alto. Call (408) 246-6600. being accepted for all levels. Auditions will take place through Sept. Submit an audition application online. Call 327-2611. www.ecys.org ART GALLERIES PAINTINGS SAN FRANCISCO CHORAL ARTISTS AUDI- TIONS Artistic Director Magen Solomon will “REFLECTIONS” Artists will exhibit their AND COLLAGE: hold auditions Aug. 28 or by appointment. For work for the summer show. Multiple works experienced singers. www.sfca.org of painting, printmaking, photograph, ceram- Work of Susy Siddens. Open daily, TENOR SOLOIST AUDITION St. Ann Chapel ics, sculpture, and jewelry will be available. 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Showing through is seeking a tenor to join the professional solo Through Aug. 26. Gallery 9, 330 Covington Aug. 31. All pieces available for quartet that provides service music for masses. Road, Los Altos. Call 948-2961. purchase. Canyon Coffee Roastery, Prospective singers must be able to sight-read “ABSTRACTIONS AND PERCEPTIONS” 3203 Oak Knoll Dr., Redwood City. and be able to produce a straight tone. Call to Exhibition of work by Karl L. Jensen. Through www.paintingsandcollage.com schedule appointment. Through Sept. 30. St. Sept. 24. Includes charcoal drawings, ink Ann Chapel, 541 Melville Ave., Palo Alto. Call drawings and sprayed acrylic paintings that (408) 480-9730. explore the continuum between literal and Hondius, Piranesi and others, dating from Gallery, 435 University Ave., Palo Alto. www. Gallery, 3130 Alpine Rd., Portola Valley. TENORS AND BASS AUDITIONS Held by the abstract. Thu.-Sun., 1-5 p.m. Free. 1870 Art 1490-1920. Genres include architecture, maps, art-mirage.com California Bach Society Aug. 28, 7-9 p.m. Choral Center, 1870 Ralston Ave., Belmont. Call 261- SUMMER EXHIBITION Group exhibition birds, botanicals, manuscripts, children’s illus- ensemble that specializing in Renaissance and 1086. www.1870artcenter.com IRELAND: CASTLES, CHURCHES AND of paintings and sculptures by British and trations, and more. Through Oct. 19, 10 a.m.-6 MORE Black and white photography exhibit Californian contemporary artists, including Baroque music. The audition includes vocalizing, “PAINTINGS” Painted female figures and p.m. Free. Lyons Ltd. Antique Prints, 10 Town by Bay Area artist, Roy Harrington, features artists from the U.K. Ongoing display of work sight singing, and a short solo of your choice. ephemeral flora and fauna that thinly cam- and Country Village, Palo Alto. Call 325-9010. images from Ireland. Aug. 29-Sept. 23. Meet by Andrew Gifford, Judith Cain, and Palo Address given upon registration, Palo Alto. Call ouflage the underlying landscapes of emo- www.lyonsltd.com the artist Sept. 8, 5-8 p.m. Hours: Tue.-Sat., 11 Alto artist Kathryn Dunlevie. Through Aug. (415) 262-0272. www.calbach.org tional light and darkness by Lauren McIntosh. INAUGURAL EXHIBITION: JULIA PARKER a.m.-5 p.m. Gallery 9, 143 Main St., Los Altos. 25. Free. Chelsea Art Gallery, 440 Kipling Through Sept. 30; first Friday reception Sept. 1, AND THEA SCHRACK Through Aug. 26. www.gallery9losaltos.com Street, Palo Alto. Call 324-4450. CLASSES/WORKSHOPS 6-9 p.m. Stellar Somerset Gallery, 539 Bryant Parker’s recent works resemble Nathan Olivei- www.chelseaartgallery.com St., Palo Alto. www.stellarsomersetgallery.com NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART Art ra’s paintings with shadowy figures diffused exhibit by nature photographer and artist THE POETIC IMAGE The show runs Through ARTIST ACCESS 3rd Thursdays through Oct., 500 YEARS OF ART Highlights from a col- into the background. Schrack’s mixed media Jeanne Gadol. Display will focus on wildlife Sept 10. Hours: Wed.-Fri., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.- 3:30-6:30 p.m. Artists and photographers lection of over 600,000 original prints include photography recalls the works of the 19th and landscapes from northern California, Sun., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The Main Gallery, 1018 works by Audubon, Besler, Gould, Hiroshige, Century master painter W. Turner. Art Mirage Africa and the Arctic. Through Aug. 31. Allegro Main St., Redwood City. Continued on next page

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Continued from previous page begins at 8:15 p.m.; 5K run begins at 8:45 will be used to underwrite the cost of commis- corner of the Skyline Blvd and Highway 9 various mediums including watercolor, oil, p.m. Deadline to pre-register is Sept. 29. See sioning new choral works for Chanticleer per- intersection. Free. Saratoga Gap Open Space photography, quilting and prints. Tuesdays, website for details. Oct. 6, 6-10 p.m. $20 pre- formance, recording and publication. Aug. 26, Preserve. www.openspace.org Wednesdays and Sundays, through Aug. 30, have access to the gardens after hours. Limited registration before Sept. 29./$25 day of event. 2-5 p.m. $75; $50 tax deductible. Allied Arts WOODS AND WINE WANDERING HIKE 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Rengstorff House, 3070 to artists who work with watercolor, pen, pen- Palo Alto Baylands Athletic Center, 1900 Geng Guild, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. Call (415) N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. www. cil, charcoal, pastels and photography. No oils Sun., Aug. 27, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. With docents Road at Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto. Call 326- 252-8589 ext. 309. www.chanticleer.org Tommi and Strether Smith. A 4 mile, moderate- r-house.org or acrylics. Pre-registration recommended. $15 8210. www.paloaltoonline.com members/$20 non-members. Filoli, 86 Canada SAN FRANCISCO OPERA ADLER FELLOWS ly-strenuous hike at Picchetti Ranch Preserve. FACES OF INDIA An exhibit of nature pho- Road, Woodside. www.filoli.org COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVES Aug. 28, 10 CONCERT David Gockley, San Francisco Along with nature exploration, there will be tography and abstract patterns by Tom Wag- a.m.-1 p.m.: Coldwell Banker, 161 South San Opera’s general director, will share his insights discussion of the area’s local history. Bring ner are on display through Aug. 31. Keeble DANCE WORKOUT Class combines elements Antonio Road, Los Altos,; Aug. 29, 9 a.m.-4 on the future direction of the company, fol- a lunch. Free. Picchetti Ranch Open Space and Shuchat Photography, 290 California Ave., of modern ballet and jazz, yoga and Pilates. p.m.: Stanford Hospital, Aug. 29, 10 a.m.-2 lowed by a concert by five San Francisco Opera Preserve, Monte Bello Road, Cupertino. www. Palo Alto. Call 327-8996. www.kspphoto.com Beginners and over 40’s welcome. Ongoing p.m.: Klutz, 450 Lambert Street, Palo Alto. Adler Fellows. Champagne and finger food openspace.org IDEO PROTOTYPES THE FUTURE Showcas- class, meets Thursdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $15 reception follows. Aug. 27, 7-10 p.m. Tickets single; $50 for 4; $84 for 8. Mountain View CONFLICT AND ART FREE PUBLIC TOURS ing the comprehensive collection of recent Docents teach about the exhibition “Conflict $50-$150. St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 2650 concepts and prototypes created by Ideo. Masonic Lodge, 890 Church St., Mountain Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park. EXHIBITS View. Call 969-4110. www.livelyfoundation.net and Art.” The works in this exhibition repre- Through Sept. 10, Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; sent art from Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Thu., 7-9 p.m. Free. Palo Alto INFORMATION FOR TEACHER EDUCA- Asia. Tours Thursdays, 12:15 p.m.; Saturdays “3 ARTISTS” Paintings by father and son, Art Center, 1313 Newell Rd., Palo Alto. Call TION Learn about the Waldorf Teacher Edu- and Sundays, 2 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center, DANCE Gilbert Marosi and Robert Marosi Bustamante. 329-2366. www.paacf.org cation Program. Aug. 30, 7:30-9 p.m. Free. Paintings by Nona Haydon. Through Sept 328 Lomita Dr., Stanford. OKSANA V. JOHNSON: FLORALS AND Waldorf School of the Peninsula, 11311 Mora SUNDAY MORNING BAREFOOT BOOGIE 14. At the Center for Integrated Systems. GOURMET VEGETARIAN DINNERS Mon- LANDSCAPES IN OILS Art Exhibit by Rus- Dr., Los Altos. Call 969-6592. www.waldorf- A volunteer dance cooperative, hosts a 2-hour Free. Stanford Art Spaces, 420 Via Palou, days, 6:30 p.m., $14. Call to reserve by 9:30 sian-American Impressionist Oksana Valen- peninsula.org barefoot boogie. A mix of world music, rock Stanford. Call 725-3622. http://cis.stanford. a.m. Lecture each month. Hosted by Peninsula and folk. All ages welcome; under 16 with tinova Johnson. Through Aug. 31. Atherton SNAKE DISEASES Portola Valley reptile and edu/~marigros Macrobiotic Community. $14. First Baptist adult supervision. Sundays, through Oct. 27, Library, 2 Dinkelspiel Station Lane, Atherton. exotics veterinarian, Dr. Chris Sanders, will Church, 305 N California Ave, Palo Alto. Call 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. $10-$20. Flex-It Gym ACRYLIC AND WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS Call 592-7267. www.athertonlibrary.org discuss this perplexing topic and answer ques- Exhibit by Christine Oliver through Sep. 4. 599-3320. www.peninsulamacro.org Dance Studio, 425 W. Evelyn Ave., Mountain OPEN STUDIOS Exhibition of textured oil tions about the care and feeding of snakes. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Fire HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS: SCI- View. Call 326-8331. paintings by Sophie Gauthier. Showing Tue.- Sponsored by the Bay Area Amphibian and House Gallery, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. Reptile Society. Aug. 25, 8-10 p.m. Free. Cub- ENCE, ETHICS, AND POLITICS Julie Baker SWEET THURSDAY PLAYS VINTAGE Fri., through Aug. 30, 12:30-6 p.m. Free. and Hank Greely explore the issues involved in JAZZ Performing Sun., Aug. 27, 1-5 p.m. Full CHINESE PAINTING ON THE EVE OF THE Harrell Square, 1954 Old Middlefield Way, berley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield COMMUNIST REVOLUTION Exploring the Rd., Bldg. H, Palo Alto. Call (408) 450-0759. stem cell research and the political complica- no-host bar and snacks. Separate jam ses- Unit D, Mountain View. Call 575-3701. www. tions it raises. Bring lawn chairs and blankets. sions-musicians welcome. $15 general/$10 art of the 20th-century with Chinese artist placebellecour.com/info/news.htm Zhang Suqi. Wed.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thu. Aug. 31, 7-8:30 p.m. Free Cantor Arts Center members. Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El PAPUA NEW GUINEA SCULPTURE GAR- 11 a.m.- 8 p.m.; closed Mondays and Tues- - Stanford University, Lawn Outside Cantor Camino Real, Palo Alto. Call 368-2462. www. DEN Created on-site at Stanford by artists CLUBS/MEETINGS days. Through Oct. 29. Cantor Arts Center, Arts Center, Stanford. Call 723-7957. http:// southbayjazz.org from Papua New Guinea, the garden contains 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. Call 723-4177. continuingstudies.stanford.edu wood and stone carvings of people, animals, AERONAUTICS/ASTRONAUTICS DIN- museum.stanford.edu NER EVENT Aug. 31, 6:30-9 p.m. American OPEN MIC NIGHT Featuring community tal- and magical beings that illustrate clan stories Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will ent. Arrive at 6:30 p.m. to sign up. Thursdays, ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT AND ART Encompassing a spec- and creation myths. Tours available 3rd Sunday announce winners of the student essay con- through Aug. 31, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Kepler’s, trum of responses to conflicts of war and solitary monthly, 2 p.m. through Dec. 16. Free. Meet test: “What steps can be taken to protect the 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. www. LIONS AND US HIKE Sun., Aug. 27, 11 a.m. quests, this exhibition conveys how artists and at the corner of the Papua New Guinea Sculp- earth from a major asteroid impact?” Dinner myspace.com/keplersopenmic With docent Keith Johnsgard. A 3.5-mile makers of ritual objects have interpreted the ture Garden, at Santa Teresa and Lomita Dr.. harsh realities of conflict in Europe, the Ameri- speakers include U.S. Congressman Mike Hon- THE “WAR, OCCUPATION, AND THE ARTS hike at Skyline Ridge Preserve. Parents may http://museum.stanford.edu cas, Africa, and Asia. Through Aug. 27. Free. da and NASA Astrobiologist Dr. David Morri- OF RESISTANCE” SUMMER FILM SERIES not wish to expose their children to detailed PENINSULA PLEIN AIR EXHIBITION A col- Cantor Arts Center, Museum Way and Lomita son. Reserve online at www.aiaa-sf.org. AIAA Closing with the films “Globalization at accounts of lion attacks and should use discre- lection of artwork depicting Peninsula places Dr., Stanford. http://museum.stanford.edu member/sguests$25; non-members $35; K-12 Gunpoint,” “Resistance at Home,” and “Chan- tion. Free. Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve. by Bay Area artists. Through Sept. 3. Filoli, teachers/students $15. Michael’s Restaurant, nels of War.” Aug. 30, 7:30-10 p.m. $5-$15. www.openspace.org CREATIVE COMMERCE: GERMAN LITHO- 86 Canada Road, Woodside. Call 364-8300. Shoreline Park, Mountain Vew. Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, RUSSIAN RIDGE RAMBLE Sat., Aug. 26, 10 GRAPHIC LABELS, 1920-1938 Explores an www.filoli.org unparalleled time in commercial printing and TRI-CITY BUSINESS MIXER Aug. 30, 5:30- Main Hall, 505 E.Charleston Rd., Palo Alto. a.m.- 2 p.m. With docent Strether Smith. An PHOTO EXHIBIT “Floral Fantasy” by local showcases the lithographic processes of the 7:30 p.m. Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Call 326-8837. intermediate bike ride at Russian Ridge Pre- photographers Bob and Joy Rewick. An array time. Through Sept. 10. Tue.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 Park Chambers of Commerce will host the USED BOOK SALE Held by the Friends of Los serve. The ride will cover about 12 miles and of over 70 close-up floral images transformed p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m.; Thu., 7-9 p.m. Free annual Tri-City Mixer, a community business Altos Library. Aug. 26, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Aug. climb a total of 1,000 feet on fire roads and into designs. Through Aug. 27, Tue.-Sat., 10 admission. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell and networking event. $15 for members/$20 27, 12:30-3 p.m. Free. Hillview Community single track trails. Suitable for experienced rid- a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., noon-5 p.m. Coyote Point Rd., Palo Alto. Call 329-2366. www.paacf.org for non-members. Stanford Park Hotel, 100 Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. ers age 14 years and older. Free. Russian Ridge Museum, 1651 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo. El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call 324-3121. Open Space Preserve. www.openspace.org EXHIBIT TOURS Free docent-led tours during Call 254-0110. www.coyoteptmuseum.org exhibitions of IDEO and Creative Commerce. www.paloaltocacoc.weblinkconnect.com. SARATOGA GAP LOOP Sat., Aug. 26, 8:30 REGINALD RICE: WATERCOLOR PAINT- Private tours available. Saturdays, 2 p.m., Community Events CONCERTS a.m.-noon. With docents Mary Bernstein and INGS Paintings, mostly of landscapes, on exhibit through Sept. 10. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 22ND PALO ALTO WEEKLY MOONLIGHT Barbara Patterson. 6 mile loop hike along the weekdays through Aug. 31, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. CHANTICLEER CONCERT A Summer Event Newell Road. RUN & WALK For runners, athletic groups Saratoga Gap Trail, crossing Skyline Boulevard, Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. to benefit the men’s orchestra of voices Joseph and returning along the Achistaca Trail. Meet EXHIBITION BY LOCAL ARTISTS Fine Art and families. Prize giveaways and refresh- SAILING THROUGH HISTORY WITH H. Jennings Fund for Music. All contributions at the Caltrans vista point on the southeast Show presenting the works of local artists in ments. 5K walk begins at 7:30 p.m.; 10k run MODEL SHIPS The Museum of American Heritage in partnership with South Bay Model Shipwrights tell the story of maritime heritage from ancient to modern times through a collection of two dozen exquisite ship models and related objects. Fri.-Sun., Through Sept. Coming 24, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free admission. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call 321-1004. www.moah.org STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES, NINE September 15 CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKERS Through Sept. 28, 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. 40 monotypes by Paper Gem Printmakers with assemblage, etching, transfer, etc. Sponsored by Heritage Bank. Free. Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Call 917-6800, ext 306. Info www.arts4all.org SUMMER ART SHOW Traditional technique: watercolor on paper and oil on canvas by Jennefer Shpilman and Alexandr Rapoport. Through Aug. 27. Sheridan Exhibition Room, Mountain 360 Sheridan Avenue, Palo Alto. Call 330- 1623. www.designart.com View SUMMER CELEBRATION Presented by the local news from A local resource guide published every angle. by the Mountain View Voice. Residents look for it in the home delivered copies of the September 15th Mountain View Voice.

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Los Altos art Club. Members of our Club are the Little Chinese Seamstress” 1-3 p.m. $1 donations accepted. Rengstorff House, 3070 SHOW An annual hunter-jumper schooling invited to submit a piece for the exhibit. Library members/$2 non-members. Little House, N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View. www. show. English riders are invited to sign up. TEEN ACTIVITIES hours: Tue.-Fri., 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sun., noon-6 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 326-2025. r-house.org Sept. 10. Entry forms are available on online. p.m. Free. Los Altos Art Club, 13 San Antonio www.peninsulavolunteers.org Entry deadline Sept. 3. All ages welcome to FREE TEEN DANCE CLASSES For Mountain Road, Los Altos. Call 302-4733. participate. $15 class in advance; $20 class on View middle school and high school students. STANFORD THEATRE GUIDE Aug. 25-28: The Waltz and Salsa will be taught. No partner THE GALLERY SHOP Continuous exhibits of “Gilda” 7:30 p.m.; “Laura” 5:55 and 9:40 ON STAGE day of event. Horse Park at Woodside, Sand Hill Rd., Woodside. Call 493-7979. www. necessary. Sponsored by the Mountain View ceramics, glass, jewelry and fiber by American p.m.; Aug. 29-31: “Strike Up the Band” 7:30 Recreation Division. Saturdays, through Aug. artists. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tue.-Thu., p.m.; “Little Nellie Kelly” 5:40 and 9:50 p.m. “DON JUAN” Presented by Stanford Summer woodsideponyclub.org Theater. Moliere’s “Don Juan” in translation 26, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Whisman Sport Center, 7-10 p.m.; Sun., 1-5 p.m. Palo Alto Art Center, Stanford Theatre, 221 University Ave., Palo 1500 Middlefield Road, Mountain View. Call 1313 Newell Rd., Palo Alto. Call 329-2366. Alto. Call 324-3700. www.stanfordtheatre.org by Richard Wilbur. Thu.-Sun., through Aug. 27, 8 p.m. Pigott Theater, 551 Serra Mall, Stan- 903-6331. www.paacf.org WEDNESDAY “KULTUR” MOVIES Aug. 30: SUPPORT GROUPS ford. Call 725-5838. http://summertheater. “Othello”, 1-3 p.m. $1 members/$2 non-mem- stanford.edu “AMIGUITOS” MOTHER/CHILD SPANISH bers. Little House, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo PLAYGROUP For native Spanish speaking VOLUNTEERS FAMILY AND KIDS Park. Call 326-2025. www.peninsulavolun- “M BUTTERFLY” Presented by Theatre- mothers and their children newborn- teers.org Works. An exploration of love and politics. 5 years. Meets Thursdays, 4-6 p.m. $10 FILOLI NATURE EDUCATION DOCENT AMANDAZILLA: STORIES PROJECTS Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m.; Wednesdays-Fridays, Nature education training Oct.-March. Classes PLAYTIME Provides art, science and tactile 8 p.m.; Saturdays, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sundays, annual fee Call 964-4677. www.amiguitos- siliconvalley.org are taught by a naturalist and will focus on projects and open ended activity areas. HEALTH 2 and 7 p.m., through Sept. 17. $20-$60. plants. Applications are now being accepted. Stories and drama circles held throughout Mountain View Center for the Performing BREAST CANCER DCIS SUPPORT GROUP E-mail [email protected] for more informa- the day. Sat., Aug. 26, 12:30-8:30 p.m. $15 LIFETIME FITNESS Learn how to keep fit and Arts, 500 Castro, Mountain View. Call 463- For women diagnosed with Ductal Carcinoma tion. Free. Filoli, 86 Canada Road, Woodside. per hour for 1st chld/$5 per hour for siblings healthy through exercise, nutrition and mental 1960. www.theatreworks.org In Situ. Facilitated by Merry Astor. Every other www.filoli.org ages 3-8. Cubberly Community Center, 4000 Thursday, noon-1:15 p.m. Free. Merry Astor’s activities. For people over 50 years of age. “THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE” By NEEDED AT FILOLI Volunteer opportunities Middlefield rd, Palo Alto. Call 331-7374. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Sept. 1- Bertolt Brecht and directed by Ana-Catrina office, Address given upon registration, Los www.amandazilla.com Altos. www.cbhp.org as a house and garden docent, assist the Oct. 27, 8:45-9:45 a.m. $35 for members/$45 Buchser. A fable infused with both humor horticultural staff, work in the café, garden NATURE HIKES Covers 3 miles of trails. for non-members. Little House, 800 Middle and political significance. Through Aug. 27. MEN’S STROKE SUPPORT GROUP For men shop or provide general office support. Nature Docents describe wildlife, plants, Ave., Menlo Park. Call 326-2025. www.penin- $10-$15. Dragon Productions, 535 Alma who have survived strokes. Program features Contact Bruce Fogel [email protected]. endangered species, and the historical back- sulavolunteers.org St., Palo Alto. Call 493-2006. www.dragon tours/open discussions. Group meets the last Free. Filoli, 86 Canada Road, Woodside. ground of the area. Visitors may not hike YOGA FOR WELLNESS AND INNER PEACE productions.net Monday, monthly. Aug. 28: tour of Stanford www.filoli.org without a Docent. Saturdays, through Oct. Wednesdays, Aug. 30-Oct. 25, 5:30-7 p.m. Memorial Church. $10. Lakeside Cafe, 3160 27, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Filoli, 86 Canada N. Shoreline, Mountain View. Call 565-8485. OUTDOOR EDUCATION LEADERS Needed $95 for 8 weeks. Little House, 800 Middle for the Mid-peninsula Regional Open Space Road, Woodside. Call 364-8300 ext. 507. Ave., Menlo Park. Call 323-5532. SPORTS www.psastroke.org www.filoli.org District’s school nature study field trip pro- GIRLS SOCCER TEAM TRYOUTS U12 Stan- gram, “Spaces and Species.” Work with school STOP IN AND EXPLORE Aug. 26-27, noon-5 children grades 3-6 in an outdoor setting. p.m. Visit the David C. Daniels Nature Center LIVE MUSIC ford Lightning class 3 U12 girls soccer team TALKS/AUTHORS for girls born after 7/31/94. Tryouts during Training begins Oct. 3. Sign up by Sept. 19. and see displays about natural communities, David C. Daniels Nature Center, Skyline Blvd. view pond strata mobiles, take a pond prowl, KFJC RECORD SWAP Hosts more than 40 weekday PA practices. Through Sept. 15, 4-6 A NIGHT OF POETRY With Palo Alto p.m. Various Fields, call for information, Palo poet Sharon Olson. Aug. 29, 7:30 p.m. and Page Mill Rd., Los Altos. Call 691-1200. and perhaps have an opportunity to study vendors selling CDs, vinyl, DVDs, T-shirts www.openspace.org live aquatic organisms “borrowed” from and other memorabilia. Bay Area bands will Alto. Call (408) 738-4011. www.stanfordsoc- Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Alpine Pond. Free. David C. Daniels Nature perform live and KFJC DJ’s will spin records. cerclub.org Real, Menlo Park. Call 324-4321. Center, Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve. Aug. 26, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. $3 plus $2 parking. 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