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Here are just a few of the events going on this month, selected by Discover Silicon Valley magazine. For a complete calendar, visit www.dineshopplay.com/events_main This month check out the Silicon Valley Bikes Festival, celebrating cycling and its history, featuring demonstrations, a bicycle show, talks, music, food trucks, craft beer and a kids’ zone (5/15; 11am- 5pm); enjoy a picnic and check out vehicles dating from 1959 and older at the Bombs United Car Show (5/21; 11am-4pm); and feast on a selection of 35 of the best taco trucks from all over the Bay Area serving their best rendition of the taco at the Taco Festival of Innovation (5/28; 12-8pm). Tues-Fri, 12-5; Sat-Sun, 11-5. (San Jose: Kelley Park, 1650 Senter Rd.; 408/287-2290; historysanjose.org) A GLIMPSE OF THE CIVIL WAR…Travel back in time to the Civil War where encampments of Union and Confederate soldiers re- make history right before your eyes—ride an 1880s “iron horse” and experience a cavalry charge, then chow down on a Chuck Wagon BBQ at Roaring Camp Railroads’ 35th Annual Civil War Battles and Encampment (5/28-30; call for complete schedule). You can also ride authentic 1800s narrow- and standard-gauge steam trains through the redwoods with conductors narrating the history of the railroad and scenery along the way. The Redwood Forest Steam Train winds through redwoods, while the Santa Cruz THE MAKER MOVEMENT…Part science fair, part country fair and Beach Train travels to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and back. part something entirely new, the annual Maker Faire Bay Area (May Redwood Forest Steam Train departures in May: weekdays at 20-22) is an all-ages gathering of the minds that ingeniously blends 11am; weekends at 11 & 12:30; & 2pm (also 3:30pm on Memorial arts, crafts, engineering, music, food, science and technology. Day Weekend). Santa Cruz Beach Train: weekends only. (Felton: Leaders of the Maker Movement—tech enthusiasts, crafters, Graham Hill Rd., off Mt. Hermon Rd. exit from Hwy. 17; 831/335- tinkerers, engineers, artists and hobbyist—join forces to present 4484) their unique art projects, novel tech toys, musical displays, edible demonstrations, live performances, and all types of purely whimsical handmade crafts. It’s a smorgasbord of originality! Fri, 1- 5pm; Sat, 10am-7pm; Sun, 10am-6pm. (San Mateo: County Event Center, 2495 S. Delaware St.; makerfaire.com) A CELEBRATION OF DANCE…In celebration of the Margaret Wingrove Dance Company’s 35th anniversary, an exciting array of artists are presented for its Heart On Fire program, including musicians from San Jose Chamber Orchestra playing music by Schoenberg, Glazunov and Borodin. Also featured are dancers from Silicon Valley Ballet, and special guest concert pianist Mark Karen Gastaldo Anderson playing Chopin’s Nocturnes to a dance set. Acclaimed choreographer Margaret Wingrove fuses both contemporary and Calendar Editor classical movement into unique works including three new Discover Magazine premieres—Moments, We Have Flowers and Janis, depicting the www.dineshopplay.com rock and roll icon of the 60s Janis Joplin. Thurs-Fri, 8pm. (San Jose: California Theatre, 345 S. 1st St.; 408/792-4111) VALLEY ACCESS ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE/3 JANUARY 2016 CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS: Here are just a few of the events going on this selbDiscover Silicon Valley magazine. (www.dineshopplay.com/events_main) Gilroy Art & Wine Stroll May 21st Join the Gilroy Downtown Business Association for their annual Gilroy Art and Wine Stroll featuring local wineries inside Downtown Gilroy businesses, and local artists highlighted at the Gilroy Center for the Arts. Tickets available online now and at the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce, Gilroy Welcome Center and Gilroy Center for the Arts. 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