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www.PaloAltoOnline.com News 3 Eating Out 16 Movie Times 23 Calendar Listings 27 Sports 33 Page 2 • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Comcast, city ready for battle City accuses Comcast of cable franchise The City of Palo Alto is blaming Comcast is currently fighting a company’s “growing pains” after it Comcast for the delay, accusing the similar tussle with the City of San acquired AT&T Broadband in 2002. violations, could impose fines next month telecommunications giant of failing Jose, in a courtroom clash that media “They’re welcome to their growth, by Bill D’Agostino to comply with required upgrades to experts have been watching closely. but at the same time they have to the local cable hardware. Comcast The accusations also come as Palo meet their legal and financial obliga- he future was supposed to be ings. An emergency broadcast sys- denies the allegations. Alto considers becoming the cable tions,” said Libby Beaty, the execu- now. At this moment, a private tem was also scheduled to be up and Next month, the Palo Alto City company’s competitor. tive director of the National T high-speed Internet network running by now, giving local cities Council could impose thousands of Watchdogs for public agencies like Association of Telecommunications was supposed to be online, connect- the ability to interrupt television dollars of fines against the company Palo Alto said they are hearing simi- Officers and Advisors, which advises ing local schools, police headquar- shows to communicate vital informa- for not honoring the deal, potentially lar complaints about Comcast “more local government regulators. ters, libraries and other public build- tion. setting the stage for a legal battle. and more,” and attributed it to the (continued on page 8)
COMMUNITY Come together, or not Downtown North picnic aims to heal wounds, but anger remains by Bill D’Agostino ill it be an opportunity to come together or come to W blows? On Saturday morning, neighbors in the Downtown North neighborhood are invited to a picnic. Organizers are hoping to put the recent past — specifically, the turmoil over traffic barriers — behind them. “It’s supposed to be a non-political event,” said organizer Seth Yatovitz, who lives on High Street. “There’s no Norbert von der GroebenNorbert agenda except to be neighbors at a picnic at a park.” The event will take place in Johnson Park, following the city’s 82nd annual May Fete Parade. The march begins at 10 a.m. on the corner of University Avenue and High Street, and is scheduled to last approximately 90 minutes. Small wonder It isn’t conflict that Yatovitz fears Peanut, a filly born prematurely March 12 at Portola Pastures, is surviving off the kindness of volunteers. Though her twin died at birth, Peanut most — rather he is concerned no one survived — largely because her owners drove her to UC Davis where she was put immediately into intensive care. Vets there said she was the will show up. Talk from some in the smallest living horse they had ever seen. Currently being cared for by Liz Jaehnichen in Campbell, the horse needs constant attention and is fed neighborhood, on both sides of the through a tube every 3 hours. For more information on how to help, call owners Pam and Shawn Russell-Bailey at (650) 969-8756. argument, reinforced that notion. “Emotions may be still running a bit strong,” warned Joe Durand, the tion of the federal act, it could be racial groups that also comprised a leader of Unblock, the group formed EAST PALO ALTO forced to move to district elections majority of their populations. last year to oppose seven traffic barri- instead of at-large elections, which “It’s been done all over ers the city temporarily installed in are more common with county Mississippi” in the 1980s and again the neighborhood. Is city violating boards of supervisors, to ensure equal in border areas of Texas in the 1990s, The traffic barriers were the most representation. Karlan said. Typically, private citi- controversial aspects of the original Some city officials contended that zens file such lawsuits, although the six-month trial “traffic calming” pro- Voting Rights Act? the 1965 federal law is designed to federal Department of Justice some- gram. After months of vigorous and Lack of Latino representation could be subject of lawsuit protect racial groups that are in the times does. occasionally hostile debate, the City minority from being denied represen- The possibility of a legal challenge Council voted to remove six of those by Don Kazak tation, while East Palo Alto Latinos to win more Latino representation on road closures last month. That he lack of Latinos on the East angrily to allegations that the city is constitute a majority. the council comes at a time of poten- angered the neighborhood associa- Palo Alto City Council has vulnerable to a legal challenge under Still the city may be vulnerable to a tial change in the city. Three City tion leaders who spent years working T long vexed city officials, but the the federal 1965 Voting Rights Act legal challenge. Council seats were up for election on to get relief from drivers who used best remedy for that is at the ballot for not having any Latinos on the Pamela Karlan, a Stanford the November ballot. Now, there’s the neighborhood as a shortcut. box, not in the courtroom, they said. council despite Latinos making up 59 University law professor, said the potentially two more vacant seats. “What people from the outside The council, in a special meeting percent of the population. 1965 law has been used in the courts The city must fill the two-year term probably don’t realize is how long Monday night, reacted sometimes Should the city be found in viola- repeatedly to gain representation for (continued on page 8) (continued on page 7) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 3 Upfront
703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Marc Burkhardt, Managing Editor Jennifer Aquino, Associate Editor ReaderWireReader comments via e-mail, voice mail and U.S. mail Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Jocelyn Dong, Assistant Editors Keith Peters, Sports Editor Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor ‘People’ appreciation The state of Illinois has declared a moratorium after many prisoners were Robyn Israel, Arts & Entertainment Editor Thank you, thank you for what Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer found “not guilty” after the discovery of Bill D’Agostino, Staff Writer appears to be the Weekly’s new prac- DNA. We all need to keep these factors Norbert von der Groeben, Chief Photographer tice/policy of featuring some of the Don Feria, Staff Photographer in mind as we search for justice in our “ordinary” townspeople in our communi- Tyler Hanley, Assistant to the Editor & Online society. Editor ty. It is interesting and appropriate. It is, Marilyn Burnes Sue Dremann, Calendar Editor, Special after all, the “people” who make the Sections Colonial Lane, Palo Alto Jeanne Aufmuth, Rick Chandler, Lynn community — a fitting direction for a Comeskey, Karen Dachey, Tim Goode, community newspaper. Jim Shelby, Jill Slater, Susan Tavernetti, Judge Jimmy’s gone... Robert Taylor, Contributors First, there was Willie Branch (Weekly, Dana Green, Tom Nguyen, Liz White, Jan 14). Hundreds of people knew Willie, Jimmy (Stewart) is gone and that Editorial Interns and surely it was your story that alerted Amy Pierre, Photo Intern can’t be (Weekly, April 28). The feeling of DESIGN enough people to improve his life disconnect is profound. This can’t be an Carol Hubenthal, Design Director markedly. end to a wonderful friendship that has Judith Alderman, Assistant Design Director Next it was Virginia Debs (Weekly, lasted for more than 30 years. Your Diane Haas, Lynda Lumish, Sue Peck, Senior Designers; April 21), who has perhaps touched Jim Stewart was everything a friend Mindi Casillas, Elise Eisenman, Ben Ho, more lives — and so positively — than should be — loyal, helpful, wise, and Dana James, Scott Peterson, Designers PRODUCTION almost anyone in town. above all, such fun. My husband and I methods Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager Please continue your apparent new loved to travel with the Stewarts. Trips Dorothy Hassett, Joan Sloss, Sales & practice/policy. It is a terrific example of Production Coordinators to Mexico, Sedona, Arizona and Santa ADVERTISING hometown news coverage. Fe became wild adventures under last for Michael Howard, Advertising Manager Ellen Wyman Jimmy’s leadership. How could you not Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Washington Avenue, Palo Alto Assistant have fun with Jim and Suzie Stewart? Michelle Bayer, Jasbir Gill, Display We will miss his outrageous sense of days. Advertising Sales A fitting description? humor. When we traveled individually we Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales always returned with a souvenir gift for Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. I laughed when I read Acterra’s rea- Linda Franks, Classified Advertising Manager the other couple. It had to be in the soning behind killing a large eucalyp- Justin Davisson, Ana Gonzalez, worst possible taste. Jimmy took great Evie Marquez, Irene Schwartz, tus tree on the Arastradero Preserve: pleasure in the quest to find an appro- Classified Advertising Sales a non-native species that is invasive Blanca Yoc, Classified Administrative Assistant priate gift. and harms the surrounding natural ONLINE SERVICES We received a sharks jawbone (com- Lisa Van Dusen, Director of Palo Alto Online environment. plete with teeth), a hideous plaster mask Shannon White, Assistant to Webmaster Doesn’t that description fit almost BUSINESS from Mexico, a coyote skull and other everyone in this country?! Paula Mulugeta, Senior Accountant objets d’ art. We gave them a terrible Claire McGibeny, AR Supervisor Cathy Mathews ceramic puffin (which scared their cat), Iryna Buynytska, Tina Karabats, Joe Meyer, Camino de los Robles, Menlo Park Doris Taylor, Business Associates a plastic laundry bag from the Mount ADMINISTRATION Kenya Safari Club in Kenya, which we Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher & Moratorium Day Promotions Director; Nikki McDonald, framed (it now hangs in the teachers Promotions & Online Assistant; Is the public aware that May 1 is lounge at Palo Alto High School), a cow Janice Covolo, Receptionist; Terry Banks, Jorge Vera, Couriers Moratorium Day in California? Do they that moos when you tip it and other pre- EMBARCADERO PUBLISHING CO. know that a number of cities around the cious items. William S. Johnson, President Bay, including Palo Alto and Menlo Park, Jimmy topped us all. On one occasion Robert A. Heinen, Vice President, Operations; Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO; Robert have voted favorably on resolutions for he let himself into our home with his key, D. Thomas, Vice President, Corporate a moratorium on the death penalty? removed a wonderful bronze from a Development; Franklin Elieh, Vice President, table in the living room and replaced it Sales & Marketing; Frank A. Bravo, Director, In light of the publicity surrounding the Computer Operations & Webmaster recent decision by San Francisco D.A. with a large wooden carving of two rhi- Connie Jo Cotton, Major Accounts Sales Kamala Harris not to seek the death nos that were very well acquainted. Manager; Bob Lampkin, Director, Circulation & Mailing penalty following the death of Officer Judge Jimmy strikes again! Services Espinoza, SFPD, it is important that Yes, Jimmy was fun. 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Page 4 • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Upfront e2ONDERFUL AY TO gELEBRATE COMMUNITY Preaching wOTHER’’’ S hAY EEKEND ! to the masses Arianna Huffington takes aim at ‘fanatical’ administration, ‘spineless’ Democrats at town hall meeting by Sue Dremann rianna Huffington shrieked She spoke on the subject before a into the phone when asked if Republican congressional retreat at A she still considered herself a the invitation of Newt Gingrich, but conservative: “Oh God, NO!” soon found “his spiel about a ‘moral As the outspoken ex-wife of con- urgency’ in ‘coming to grips with servative Michael Huffington — the what’s happening to the poorest multi-millionaire who nearly Americans’” to be empty rhetoric. unseated Sen. Dianne Feinstein in 1994 — and a sought-after political sgui pundit, she has the credentials. But “The results of this ILOLI when she comes to town Friday, f evi 2yx 2 yne2of2emeris2qretest2resures Huffington will instead discuss her November’s election 2x road map for defeating President will affect the whole y George W. Bush in the 2004 elec- shape of the 21st 3 tion. pLOWER HOW “I don’t want to be melodramatic century.” about it, but I have to be melodra- matic,” Huffington said in a phone — Arianna Huffington, HURSDAY, wAY 6 - UNDAY, wAY 9 interview. “The whole fate of this author, politician world hangs in the balance. The results of this November’s election fie sp v2qehix222fiereusxq2wexsyx will affect the whole shape of the Huffington once believed that 21st century.” wealthy conservatives desiring a xxsxq2pvyev2eexqiwix222vsi2w sgev2 iixesyx If those seem like strong words smaller government would be will- igsev2epixyyx2ie222wyri2he2greweqxi2f xgr from a person who was once the ing to provide funding for the pro- archetypical “compassionate” con- grams they sought to eliminate. But servative, Huffington has made a when she tried to raise money for 86 CAÑADA ROAD, WOODSIDE - 650.364.8300 - WWW. FILOLI. OR G career out of such candor and melo- community groups, Huffington said drama. she experienced fewer problems Her new book, “Fanatics & Fools getting funds for the opera. — The Game Plan for Winning She finally eschewed Republican Back America,” rants against the politics in 1996. tyrannies, obsessions and abuses of On the phone, Huffington’s voice the Bush Administration (the is at once both aristocratic and “fanatics”) and the spineless com- down-to-earth. Despite the dizzying placency of the Democrats (the pace of her whirlwind tour (she will “fools”). It also advances a populist make more than 20 appearances agenda calling for Americans to through May), a cell phone on the take control of the nation’s destiny blink, and one scheduled interview and heed “the better angels of our after another, she remains focused nature.” and passionate speaking about her She will discuss her book at a crusade. town hall meeting 7:30 p.m. Friday “John Kerry can win if there is a at the Menlo Park City Council clear message and commitment to Chambers, 701 Laurel St., Menlo community, caring and compas- Park. The event is sponsored by sion,” she said. “I believe he has the Kepler’s. biography to really lead America in Next The author and commentator, last a different direction.” seen running for California gover- Huffington also had some advice month nor, has spent much of her life in for the apparent Democratic nomi- politics. Born in Greece, she was nee. the daughter of politically active “George Bush owns Sept. 11. For save $200 parents who wrote for an under- John Kerry to win, he has to own ground newspaper. Sept. 12,” she said. “Sept. 12 is the and eat all Huffington has described herself day when tens of millions of dollars as initially possessing a “healthy flowed into charities; when blood skepticism for the power of the free banks overflowed. There was such the cookies market to bring about the good soci- generosity of spirit. But it was ety.” However, she eventually squandered by the current adminis- you want rejected large-scale government tration. All people were asked to do programs because “they didn’t was go shopping.” achieve the social justice they For America to transcend this May is Bike Month! sought.” mindset, Huffington said the coun- During what she called her try needs to return to the original Bike to work, school “Republican interlude,” she is vision of the Founding Fathers — and for fun. described in Web-based biographies all men are created equal. as a compassionate conservative. In “It is the basis of all our major the early- and mid-1990s, she gave breakthroughs — the Emancipation speeches challenging conservatives Proclamation, the 19th Visit www.511.org for details. to take up a commitment to social Amendment, the New Deal, the Register to win fabulous prizes. consciousness, which she consid- Voting Rights Act of 1965,” she ered “the core of true conservatism said. ■ — the biblical admonition that we E-mail Staff Writer Sue shall be judged by what we do for Dremann at sdremann@paweek- the least among us.” ly.com. Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 5 Upfront Furniture for the News Digest California Lifestyle Mountain lion warning posted After a horse was injured in a mountain lion attack in the popular Dish area, Stanford Police are warning hikers to beware. The horse, which was attacked near a trail at Felt Ranch, was in a The Teak Patio has the fenced-in area. People are advised to keep children close and to not hike alone. If hik- largest in-stock selection ers come across a mountain lion, they shouldn’t run away, police said. Instead, people should try to look larger, said Lt. Del Bandy of the Stanford police. ■ of quality outdoor teak —Don Kazak furniture in the Bay Area, Union not near agreement with city To balance its budget, the City of Palo Alto is hoping to save money through cuts and alterations to its employees’ benefits and salaries. …all at prices that leave However, the city has yet to reach an agreement about those changes with the city’s largest union, according to representatives from both room for the actual BBQ. sides. “We’re not even close,” said Maya Spector, the chair of the union, and a senior librarian at the Children’s Library. “We have a lot of work left to do,” Human Resources Director Leslie Loomis added. Our everyday prices The Service Employees’ International Union Local 715 represents nearly 600 city employees. It is typically the lowest paid union, and includes utility workers, police dispatchers and maintenance workers. are 30-50% lower The union does not include public safety officials or managers. The city’s latest contract with the union expires on Friday at midnight, but the two sides have agreed to day-to-day extensions of the contract. than the national Either side can cancel that extension with 10 days notice. On Thursday, the SEIU held a noontime rally outside City Hall to “rally the membership,” according to Spector. ■ brands like Smith & —Bill D’Agostino Hawken, Gloster, Paly principal search back to the drawing board The top candidate for the Palo Alto High School principal turned and Kingsley-Bate. down an offer for the job, school officials reported this week. “We’re very disappointed,” school board president Cathy Kroymann said. She couldn’t confirm reports that the candidate was John S. Baird from Scottsdale, Ariz. Palo Alto’s district will again advertise the position and hopes to be COMPARE OUR QUALITY TO interviewing new candidates in May. The school has been without a permanent principal since former prin- cipal Fred Dreier left in 2002. Sandra Pearson — who was principal ANY OF THE MAJOR BRANDS... from 1988 to 1994 — left retirement to temporarily take the job. ■ —Bill D’Agostino ...THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE YOU’RE Prom night parties draw police warning Prom night parties that get out of hand or lack adequate supervision LIKELY TO SEE IS THE PRICE. will get some special attention from the Palo Alto Police Department, the department has warned students and parents on the eve of Palo Alto High School’s prom Saturday. “Parents hosting after-prom parties at private residences or renting hotel rooms for students should be aware of who and what is going on in their home or the hotel room,” Detective Kara Apple said. Police Chief Lynne Johnson said the department has contacted local hotels and motels, alerting the managers “that students may hold after- prom parties at their establishments.” Those not using limos for transportation to and from a prom should be sure that a designated sober driver is available. ■
The Public Agenda Next week’s meeting highlights
Palo Alto City Council ... The council will discuss the search for a new city attorney , funding for nonprofits, and a new senior assisted living facility along El Camino Real. The closed-door por- tion of the meeting, for discussing the vacant city attorney position, at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 3, in the City Council Chambers (250 Hamilton Ave.). The open meeting begins at 7 p.m.
Palo Alto Finance Committee ... The committee will begin hearings on the city’s budget for 2004-2005. The committee meets on Tuesday, WHERE QUALITY IS AFFORDABLE May 4, at 7 p.m. inside the City Council Chambers (250 Hamilton Ave.). Palo Alto Utilities Advisory Commission ... The commission will dis- (next to Fry’s), cuss ways to pay for a $40 million proposal to build a fiber-optic sys- 230 Portage Avenue Palo Alto • 650.494.9020 tem that could provide cable television and Internet to homes and busi- nesses. The committee meets on Wednesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. inside Open Daily 10-6, closed Tues. & Wed. the City Council Chambers (250 Hamilton Ave.).
Page 6 • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Upfront sometime.” Picnic Rhetoric like that is scaring away STREET CLOSURES FOR MAY FETE PARADE (continued from page 3) some opponents of the barriers, this has been going on,” said Geoff Durand said. Ball, who lives on Bryant Street. He In response to the angry note, an "University Closed called the picnic a “good first step.” anonymous resident replied: “The Ahead" Sign “I hope people will bring an atti- whole point of the community gather- tude of ‘OK, how do we bring it ing is to heal the significant rift in the MIDDLEFIELD RD. (the neighborhood) back together community, and comments like Mr. again,’” Ball said. Carlson’s shows the strong need for BYRON A few proponents of traffic barri- everyone to go beyond the roadblocks WEBSTER ST. ers, though, said they still don’t and become a united community FLOATS have respect for those who opposed again.” TASSO W/C CHANNING the barriers. In a few months, traffic circles will GARAGE HOUSE “I wouldn’t want to have a picnic be installed to replace the barriers. COWPER ST. with them, that’s for sure,” said Walter That will begin a new one-year trial. Sedriks, who lives on Waverley Street, Already, no turn signs have been near the park. “They distorted. They placed on Middlefield Road to dis- WAVERLEY ST. lied. They did all sorts of things.” courage cut-through traffic. On the neighborhood association’s Neighborhood association leaders YTTON AVE. YTTON L HOMER AVE. FOREST AVE. online bulletin board, one resident sent say the traffic is already coming back LINCOLN AVE. ADDISON AVE. UNIVERSITY AVE. an angry message saying the oppo- into the neighborhood, and automo- BRYANT ST. CHANNING AVE. nents should be “shunned.” The mes- bile crashes have increased. But CITY Legend sage followed the announcement Unblock leaders note that traffic on HALL about the picnic. nearby streets — which they say had RAMONA ST. Parade Route Road Closed “I just hope it is an Unblock per- an unfair increase in traffic with the EMERSON ST. Staging Area No Turns ■ son who is the first one run over by barriers — has decreased. Dispersal
12' Barricades Scott Peterson a cut-through driver,” Bob Carlson Bill D’Agostino can be e-mailed Location wrote. “It will happen to someone, at [email protected]. HIGH ST.
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Cars and trucks will have to make way for mer- The blocks around the route will be closed off Bessie L. Beaupied, a resident of Palo Alto, died March 27. A celebra- maids and yellow submarines on Saturday. starting at 6 a.m. They will reopen at 1 p.m. tion of her life will be held Sunday, May 2, at 2 p.m. at Lytton Gardens Streets around downtown Palo Alto will be closed The theme to this year’s parade is “Under the Sea.” Auditorium, 649 University Ave., Palo Alto. Memorial donations may much of the day in preparation for the entertainers, “We are celebrating the denizens of the deep and be made to Pathways Hospice. floats and 3,000-plus children expected to stride all the wonders of the ocean,” said Shia Germinder, side-by-side in the city’s annual tradition, the May the city’s special events manager. The Palo Alto Robert T. Keine, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died March 6. A Fete Parade. Weekly is sponsoring a float contest. memorial service will be held in his honor Saturday, May 1, at 3 p.m. at The march — which starts at University Avenue Afterward, there will be a town fair at Addison Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 330 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park. A and High Street — begins at 10 a.m. The route will Elementary School with food, games and music. choir of his former choristers will sing at the service. Memorial dona- turn right at Webster Street and conclude at Addison It is the 82nd year of the parade. ■ tions may be made to the Trinity Parish Organ Fund. Elementary School. —Bill D’Agostino
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Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 7 Lose 12-15 lbs. in 6 weeks! Upfront In our 25 years in the weight loss East Palo Alto To get Latinos on the City Council, Councilwoman Pat Foster was so business, we’ve never met a glutton.The Bay said, “There needs to be more angry she was almost shouting when (continued from page 3) electable candidates, more voter reg- she called the newspaper’s efforts truth is that overweight people respond of Chris Woodard, who resigned istration, and greater voter turnout.” “irresponsible reporting.” differently to food than thin people. from the council to move out of the Turnout in the 2002 election was 42 “I thought the article was com- area. The fifth council member, percent, compared to 63 percent in pletely out of line,” Bay said. At Lite For Life we teach you how to eat David Woods, is facing legal charges 2000 and 52 percent in 1998. For those with good memories, the right for your body and coach you that could affect his continued serv- Others are objecting to the idea that Mercury News has been criticized by through gradual lifestyle changes so you ice. people vote along racial lines. city leaders before for its coverage of can lose weight and keep it off Breaking the city into districts Marcelino Lopez was elected to the city. permanently. instead of having at-large elections the Ravenswood City School “They were always finding the would require voter approval of a bal- District board last November by not negative and exploiting that,” Wilson lot measure initiated either by the city just appealing to Latinos but by said. She cited a news story when for- or by the voters, said City Attorney putting together a broad coalition mer police chief Burny Matthews, Michael Lawson. of supporters, said former mayor then the chief in Alameda, was arrest- But City Councilman Duane Bay, and Councilwoman Sharifa Wilson. ed on charges of domestic violence. who is familiar with precinct-by- “People shouldn’t vote just on the The Mercury News headline cited his precinct voting patterns in recent city basis of race,” she said. former East Palo Alto affiliation, not $39 OFF elections, cast some doubt on the idea “There aren’t enough white people his Alameda connection. a six week program of increasing Latino representation to elect Duane Bay,” said Foster. Bay The Mercury News story, said City ACT NOW! through dividing the city into elec- is among the 7 percent of East Palo Manager Alvin James, “had more of a Offer expires 5/8/04 toral districts. Altans who are white. divisive impact, trying to put folks New clients only “The city has 12 precincts, and The lack of Latino representation against each other, and that is unfortu- there is no distinct racial voting pat- on the City Council touched a sore nate.” tern across those precincts,” he said. spot for city leaders, though, because The Mercury News could not be Ruben Abrica was on the City many people think it is inevitable that reached for comment as of press time. Council in 1983-88. No Latino has the city will have such representation, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo has worked served since then. and maybe even a Latino-majority closely with city officials in her 12 The city’s demographics have council. years in Congress to bring federal www.liteforlife.com shifted rapidly over the last two The possibility of a violation of the resources to the city. She thinks city decades from being largely black in federal law was raised in a Sunday leaders should welcome an examina- the 1980s, to more evenly mixed San Jose Mercury News front-page tion of the issue. between blacks and Latinos in the story and editorial. The newspaper’s “Everyone should take a deep 1990s, to its currently mostly a editorial did not call for a lawsuit, breath and turn down the volume,” she Latino population. however. Instead, it urged city officials said. “There should be an open and Three Latinos ran as a slate for three to increase voter registration before honest debate as to how to best bring open seats in the 2000 election but November’s City Council election. about representation. I don’t think this fared poorly, finishing seventh, ninth All four council members dis- is something to be afraid of, it is look- and eleventh among 15 candidates. agreed with the newspaper’s cover- ing to the future of the city.” ■ Many of the city’s Mexican immi- age, sometimes in strong words, say- Don Kazak can be e-mailed at grants typically do not register to vote. ing it was racially divisive. [email protected].
The school district received a to meet federal regulations, like not Comcast grant in December to purchase new getting FCC approval, Comcast gov- (continued from page 3) video cameras and other needed ernment relations director Kathi Noe The details of Palo Alto’s allega- equipment. The grant came from the argued in the letter. tions are technical, but the basis for Cable Co-op, a public entity that “Once the City has demonstrated them is that local schools and gov- owned the cable franchise before its compliance ... Comcast will make ernments in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, being purchased by AT&T in 1999. available the ability to broadcast Atherton and East Palo Alto are Palo Alto’s school district is plan- local emergency messages,” Noe being denied the ability to upgrade its ning to have new programs up and wrote. telecommunication networks. running in September, but further The City Council will review the Under the agreement, Palo Alto delays in the I-net system could allegations at its May 17 meeting. regulates the local cable franchise, complicate that schedule. According to the franchise agree- representing all those communities. The City of Palo Alto already has ment, the council could charge When Comcast bought the local a similar fiber optic system in place Comcast $1,250 in daily fines per area’s cable system from AT&T in to connect its municipal buildings, day for not meeting requirements. 2002, it promised to upgrade the but other local cities do not and The fines could retroactively begin hardware by July of 2003. The cable would benefit from such a service. from the date in October when the company has successfully met some Palo Alto officials accuse Comcast city first notified Comcast of the of the requirements, including of violating the franchise agreement alleged violations. enhancing service and adding a new by not installing enough fiber optic If fines are collected, they would government access channel. lines in some parts of the I-net sys- be split among the cities in the agree- However, Palo Alto is saying tem in other cities. After buying the ment, based on the number of Comcast has failed on a few specifics system from AT&T, Comcast made Comcast subscribers in each city. that have left cities and schools “unexplained and undisclosed” Palo Alto has approximately half, unable to access the private fiber- changes in the way it was building and thus would get around half the optic Internet system and the emer- the system, according to a letter from money, Ramberg said. gency broadcasts, even though most the city. The tussle is similar to an ongoing Let the Sunshine in of the hardware is now in place to do Palo Alto worries that if the cities fight between the City of San Jose Now through June 15th, so. and schools were to start using the and Comcast over a bitter negotiation Bruce Bauer Lumber & In Palo Alto, the I-net system — system now, the disputed shortfalls of that city’s cable franchise. 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Opponents (650) 948-1089 www.brucebauer.com students at a variety of schools stating it did install the six lines for worry it’s a risky gamble with public ■ Mon-Fri 7:30am-5:00pm Sat 8:00am-4:30pm Sun 9:00am-4:30pm simultaneously hear — and ask the I-net system. dollars. questions — from one teacher giving As far as the emergency system, Bill D’Agostino can be e-mailed a lesson at one location. Comcast blames Palo Alto for failing at [email protected]. Page 8 • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly A weekly guide to music, theater, art, movies and more, edited by Robyn Israel
Jacket design by Eleen Cheung. Jacket art by Charles-August Mengin, “Sappho” 1877.
Novelist Erica Jong revisits ancient Greece in Poetic ‘Sappho’s Leap’ license by Robyn Israel
rica Jong calls the love and desire have lasted subject of her eighth for centuries and have in- Enovel a cross be- spired poets, songwriters tween Madonna and Sylvia and Jong. Plath — like the Material “She invented the whole Girl in her colossal fame and vocabulary of erotic love,” like the tortured 20th-centu- Jong said. “She wasn’t fol- ry poet in her ferocious lowing a tradition that exist- truthfulness and legendary ed; she created the tradition. suicide. She created the metaphors The person in question is that you still hear in songs Sappho, the Greek erotic today — ‘A fire runs over poet whose songs were per- my flesh. I freeze. I burn.’ formed throughout the an- Sappho was a very passion- cient world. Her images of ate woman.” (continued on next page) James Kriegsmann
Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 9 Arts & Entertainment
Asked how she did that, Jong Erica Jong replied: “I used my own poet’s intu- (continued from previous page) ition to try and understand where Her amorous adventures are re- those fragments come from in her counted in “Sappho’s Leap,” (Nor- own life.” ton, 2003) Jong’s fictionalized ac- Jong’s life has been a subject of count of the poet’s life. It is one of curiosity ever since the 1973 publi- several Jong works that will be refer- cation of “Fear of Flying,” the enced on Monday when Jong speaks groundbreaking story of Isadora at the Stanford Bookstore on cam- Wing and her desire to fly. The book pus. The discussion will focus on caused a national sensation, fueling American feminism, as it relates to fantasies, igniting debates, and even her works and the culture as a introducing a notorious new phrase whole. Afterwards, Jong and classics to the English language. Thirty years scholar Robert Ball will discuss their later, the novel that pushed along the collaboration on “Sappho’s Leap” at sexual revolution still stands as a Stanford’s Annenberg Auditorium. timeless tale of self-discovery, liber- Best known for her groundbreak- ation and womanhood. ing 1973 novel “Fear of Flying,” In print in 27 languages, “Fear of Jong sees plenty of parallels between Robert Ball, a professor of clas- Flying” has sold 7 million copies in Sappho and Isadora Wing, her earli- sics at the University of Hawaii, the United States, with worldwide er protagonist. vetted the manuscript for “Sap- figures reaching approximately 12 “I’ve always been interested in pho’s Leap.” He also assisted Er- million. women who are heroes, women who ica Jong in her efforts to trans- Jong went on to write other novels go beyond the limits imposed on late Sappho’s poems. (“Fanny, Being the True History of their lives. My first novel has that, the Adventures of Fanny Hackabout- and I think ‘Sappho’s Leap’ has that. caught and married off to a repellent Jones,” “Shylock’s Daughter,” “In- And the contemporary novel I’m older man. The unhappy union trig- venting Memory”), works of non- currently working on has that. gers a series of amorous adventures fiction (“Fear of Fifty: A Midlife “My Sappho is a kind of female that take her from Delphi to Egypt. Memoir,” “The Devil at Large: Erica Odysseus who goes on remarkable Throughout her travels, Sappho be- Jong on Henry Miller”), as well as adventures, even going as far as the comes the most celebrated singer of six volumes of poetry. In 1998 she Land of the Dead. I think all of my the ancient world and comes to un- was honored with the United Na- novels have been about women who derstand the forces that have shaped tions Award for excellence in litera- go beyond the strictures that are put her life. ture. on them.” Like so many poets who later “For over 30 years, Jong has been Jong was first introduced to Sap- adopted Sappho as their muse — her a leading voice in American femi- pho in college, but “could not make disciples included Edna St. Vincent nism, helping American women head nor tail” out of her works, Millay A.E. Housman, Thomas imagine and live richer, fuller and which survived only in fragmented Hardy and Plath, to name a few — freer lives. ‘Sappho’s Leap’ is a wel- great form. Back then, the ancient Greek Jong, too, came under Sappho’s in- come contribution to the Jong partnerships world seemed so remote, Jong re- toxicating spell. canon,” said Shelley Fisher Fishkin, called. But like her predecessors, Jong, professor of English and director of She read Sappho again in her 50s. too, fashioned Sappho in her own American Studies at Stanford Uni- begin This time, the writings resonated image. versity. much more powerfully. “Of course I projected my own The novel concludes with nine of over “Books sometimes wait on the concerns on her — how can a Jong’s own poems that were inspired shelf for us to grow into them; they woman be creative and a mother? by Sappho’s story. wait for us to be ready,” Jong said. How can a woman be brave and a “There came a time in my life when rebel and survive? I think it’s impos- ...She tried to hold lunch! I could really understand Sappho in sible to put so much of yourself into The sky in her two arms a deeper way than before. She blew a character and not project some of & failed — me away.” my concerns,” Jong said. As poets always fail — What Jong realized was that even Aside from telling Sappho’s story, & yet the effort though Sappho lived 2,600 years Jong also set out to adapt her frag- of their reach ago, she was not dramatically differ- mented poems. During the course of is all...” ent from the women of today. her research, she read myriad trans- “I suddenly realized she could be lations, which all produced different ~from “Sappho: A Footnote” me,” Jong said. “Here was a woman works. by Erica Jong speaking from her heart. She en- Jong enlisted the help of Robert countered the same problems. The Ball, a professor of classics and WHO: Author Erica Jong, who technology was different, but I don’t chair of the classics division at the will discuss American feminism, think women from these two eras are University of Hawaii. Well-versed in as it relates to her works and the all that different.” Aeolic Greek, Ball took apart the culture as a whole. She will also Not much is known about the real Greek verses line by line, translating sign copies of “Sappho’s Leap” Sappho, other than that she lived in them into English. He also read and “Fear of Flying.” Lesbos circa 600 BCE. According to them to Jong in Greek, so she could WHERE: Stanford Bookstore art Silicon Valley 650.969.1100 Jong, it was a time when women had get a feel for the poems’ original alcove considerably more freedom than rhythm and Sapphic meter (an 11- WHEN: Monday at 2 p.m. San Jose 408.257.5050 women who lived during Plato’s syllable line). The result is an adap- COST: Admission is free. time. tation stylistically appropriate to the INFO: Call (650) 614-0280 or For a smart investment of your time, call on the first date specialists. People were bisexual, free of sex- flow of the novel, according to Jong. visit We make all the arrangements, so all you have to do is show up! ual guilt as we know it; it was a pa- “I wanted the poetry to move the www.stanfordbookstore.com. gan world. Archaic Greece was story along,” she explained. “And I every bit as cosmopolitan and inter- wanted the language of the book to Directors: national as our own world, Jong take you inside the mind of a poet Erica Jong and classics scholar said. People traveled for trade, for who lived 2,600 years ago. I hope Robert Ball will discuss their collabo- war, for love. I’ve achieved that.” ration on “Sappho’s Leap” on Mon- Many legends about Sappho exist. According to Ball, she certainly day at 3 p.m. at the Annenberg Au- The most famous is that she threw has. ditorium, located in the Cummings herself off a cliff in middle age (her “I think she was faithful to the Art Building, 435 Lasuen Mall. The Greek, while still capturing the spirit lecture is entitled “Writing the Histori- 50s) because of the unrequited love cal Novel: Can the Novelist and she felt for a beguiling young ferry- and essence of Sappho,” he said. “And her amazing contribution was Scholar Work Together?” It will be man. open to the public. In Jong’s novel, Sappho is about that she took these fragments and in- Betty Michelle Nancy Cathy geniously put them in serious and Sinclair Mendez Kirsch Loe to jump off the Leucadian cliff, but stops to tell her story. At the age of humorous contexts throughout the About the cover: 14, she is seduced by the beautiful novel. I think readers will remember Photograph by James Kriegs- Dating for Busy Professionals® •50Locations Nationwide poet Alcaeus, plots with him to over- them better because they are in con- mann. throw the dictator of the island and is text.” Page 10 • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Arts & Entertainment FEEL YOUR ROOTS GROW Connect to yourself, the Earth and others. Arafat, et al). Or perhaps the Palo Alto Players had elected to stage Are you... “Joseph” at this precise moment to Yearning for a sense of contrast the musical’s sunny opti- connection? mism with Mel Gibson’s blood- soaked passion play at the local multiplex. Wanting to spend more Mercifully, director Jane Bement Geesman elected to keep “Joseph” time in nature? the psychedelic Bible ride at Dis- neyland it should be (Ron Gas- parinetti’s inventive sets help ce- Join us in a year long ment this effect). Geesman makes monthly exploration of the most of a talented and energetic our local region. cast, milking every drop of camp May 2004 to April 2005 out of this desert camel. When, for example, the brothers sell off Joseph, they do so as “West Side Story” toughs wearing Ray Exploring a Sense of Place Bans. When they celebrate their The Journey begins brother’s departure, they whoop it up like extras in “Oklahoma.” And Monday, May 3 at 7 p.m. by the time Reuben (Kevin Vermil- with a free Overview and Introduction lion) and his brothers are bemoan- ing their ill fortune and poverty, at the Foundation for Global Community, they’ve become beret-topped 222 High Street, Palo Alto Frenchmen drinking endless cups For more details, visit us online at of bitter café against a parched www.fgconline.org/sense, desert backdrop as they sadly remi- call 650.328.7756, or e-mail [email protected]. nisce about the good old days (a highlight of the number is Vermil- lion’s Apache dance with Rachel Santos). Geesman and choreographer Christina Lazo have even more fun when they get to Egypt, where we meet Joseph’s owner, Potiphar Melissa T. O’Keefe and Nathan Beason deliver solid performances as (played by Dan Admason, who also the narrator and Joseph, respectively. doubles as Jacob), and his lusty and scantily clad wife (Natalie C. Luna), whose aggressive sexual ad- vances — which the poor boy is A psychedelic Bible ride unable to fend off — land Joseph in jail. All are well up to Lazo’s fast- paced and athletic choreography. at Disneyland But the king of the Egypt scenes is the Pharaoh himself, who in the Palo Alto Players’ production of ‘Joseph’ sparkles hands of Manuel Caneri is a fast- with camp and color talking smoothie whose pelvis ap- pears to be guided from somewhere by Ben Marks in the vicinity of Elvis’ grave. t was about halfway through the Caneri is a hoot, as are his harem of big “Joseph’s Coat” song-and- screaming girls, who faint at his I dance number that I finally gave very approach. in to the Palo Alto Players’ produc- Guiding us on this rollicking tion of “Joseph and the Amazing romp through the Holy Land is our Technicolor Dreamcoat,” now on trusty Narrator, winningly played stage at the Lucie Stern Theatre in by Melissa T. O’Keefe, who belts Palo Alto. out her musical narration with easy The precise moment of my sur- confidence and sly good humor. render occurred when each of Take any of the guides on Disney- Joseph’s 11 brothers held a hem of that they sell Joseph into slavery. land’s Jungle Cruise and replace his famously hued garment aloft as Joseph is taken to Egypt, where their over-rehearsed, out-of-work- Joseph did a slow pirouette, creat- his ability to interpret dreams and stand-up-comic smugness with a ing a mesmerizing twirling circle of predict the future catches the atten- flirty smile and a terrific set of polychrome. tion of the Pharaoh, who heeds pipes, and you’ve pretty much de- On the one hand, what I was wit- Joseph’s advice to store vast re- scribed the role O’Keefe plays in nessing was nothing more than a serves of food, thus averting a com- “Joseph.” Which is not to minimize silly sight gag straight out of Busby ing famine. Meanwhile, back in her contribution — the musical Berkeley. But silly or not, it was Canaan, Joseph’s brothers are snaps to attention whenever she’s compelling enough to make me put starving so they crawl to Egypt, on stage, which, I’m pleased to say down my pen, drop my pretentious first to plead for food and then to is often. pseudo-intellectual guard and final- beg for forgiveness from their Joseph, of course, is the musi- ly begin to — is everyone sitting brother. After that, everyone pretty cal’s other anchor. Nathan Beason’s down? — enjoy myself. Someone a much lives happily ever after (until voice, though not as strong as O’- few seats away from me actually they all become slaves to the Egyp- Keefe’s, is alternately tinged with gasped. tians a few centuries later, which innocence and flashes of anger, de- I had heard a lot about this feel- prompts the Exodus, but that — as pending on the requirements of the good chestnut, so I should have they say — is another story). scene. As for his acting and stage known what to expect from a musi- Given the musical’s revered presence, his performance remind- cal by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd source, I was naïve enough to ex- ed me a great deal of Ewan McGre- Webber that’s based on the biblical pect an illuminating morality tale, gor in “Moulin Rouge.” Keep an story about Jacob’s favorite son, with perhaps an allusion to a cer- eye on this guy. Joseph. In case you are not familiar tain contemporary father figure’s Another charming touch is the with the tale, Jacob’s lavish atten- fondness for a present-day favorite decision to seat the kids in the chil- tion on his son Joseph causes his son (read George W. Bush and dren’s choir on either side of the brothers to become jealous for their Ariel Sharon) and the effect such stage for most of the performance; father’s affections — so much so unbalanced affections might have on the son’s brothers (read Yassar (continued on page 13) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 11 A DULT D AY S ERVICES Arts & Entertainment Dealing with Memory Loss? ROSENER HOUSE CAN HELP. . . with structure, stimulation, and social interaction for the participant . . . and time out for the caregiver Bring this ad for 3 free days with first month’s attendance. (Expires 7/31/04)
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Gilfix & La Poll Eileen Rossi (left) and Emma Steuer co-star in ‘Approaching Zanzibar’ Associates at the Pear Avenue Theatre. Special Needs Trust A fun road trip — at first Talented cast, inventive staging highlight The Cornerstone of Estate Planning Michael Gilfix, Esq. ‘Approaching Zanzibar’ Gilfix & La Poll Associates for Disabled Children Stanford Law School 29 yrs. Experience by Jeanie Forte n Tina Howe’s “Approaching Zanzibar,” currently playing at Co-Presenters: May 5, 2004 I the Pear Avenue Theatre, the metaphor of a road trip flirts The Morgan Ctr Palo Alto Hyatt Rickey’s amiably with deeper issues for Camino Ballroom about two hours. While creative- NAMI ly staged and well acted, the play 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. seems to pull up short in the last couple of scenes, leaving audi- • Public Benefits Retained ences bemused and a little befud- seeing and hearing a baby; and dled, wondering what it was all that Turner is a guitar prodigy. • How SNTs fit with Revocable Living Trusts about in the long run. We see tender moments between • Choice of the SNT Trustee Still, there are many fine mo- husband and wife, between usu- ments along the way. The play, ally quarrelling brother and sis- • What SNT funds can and cannot be used for focused on the Blossom family ter, and the first half ends magi- as it wends its way from New cally under a sky of falling stars. York to New Mexico to see a A scene in the second half has FREE Seminar Seating is limited! beloved dying aunt, offers won- the parents and children switch- derfully wacky scenes in the car ing roles in the car, oddly affect- Call 650-493-8070 and in various stops along the ing and funny at the same time. trip. Mom Charlotte (Patricia These family scenes are arguably Tyler), dad Wally (Dan Roach), the best in the play, and are given son Turner (Alexander Nee) and a solid rendering by all four daughter Pony (Emma Steuer) do players. No one goes too far in a great job as the believably characterization — which could flawed and bonded family unit, easily occur in this zany script — with their idiosyncratic yet rec- so the characters remain believ- ognizable dynamic. The opening able and sympathetic. Tyler and scene is a priceless capture of Roach have a natural demeanor every family road trip ever taken, as husband and wife, and there’s with added fillips of Charlotte’s an easy comfort level between menopausal hot flashes and Wal- Nee and Steuer that’s endearing. ly’s compulsive control. Yet the remainder of the sec- One scene in the first half ond half is flawed, with lots of takes us atop the Blue Ridge loose ends and long, rambling Mountains, in a beautifully lyric detours. scene highlighted by the choreo- The family makes a stop in graphed predictions of a psychic Oklahoma City to visit Char- deaf-mute (Sam Marks) traveling lotte’s brother (Troy Johnson) with his hippie mother (Maureen and his pregnant wife (Meagan Coyne). In a series of deft ges- Cunningham) before finally ar- tures, he sizes up the life of an riving in Taos at the home of infant from childhood to adult- Olivia (Eileen Rossi), an aged hood, to the astonishment of the aunt who is also a famous envi- infant’s father and the onlooking ronmental artist. She’s laid up, Blossoms. It’s a marvelous mo- battling death, but has enough ment, and Marks’ accomplished vigor left to enjoy a special American Sign Language deliv- bonding with Pony. The ery is totally believable and cap- youngest member therefore con- tivating. nects with the oldest in an enig- There are two camping scenes, matic ending that provides more where clever staging approxi- questions than answers. mates a tent yet allows us to see When we finally meet the all the family action. We learn much-described and honored about Charlotte’s menopausal Olivia, the effect is anti-climac- hallucinations as she imagines
Page 12 • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Arts & Entertainment tic. The audience is provided no emotional connection to the char- acter, which lessens the impact of Find Your Way to Good Health Pony’s final words. Still, director Rebecca Ennals’ inventive staging and an abun- Because she deserves dantly talented cast deliver an en- tertaining, if somewhat quixotic, evening of theater. A generous only the best… handful of haunting moments re- main on the mind long after the This year give Mom show is done. ■ a gift she won’t WHAT: “Approaching Zanzibar,” by Tina Howe soon forget WHERE: Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Avenue, Unit K (off Gift Certificates Shoreline Boulevard, across from Century 16 Theatres) in Mountain and Special View. Mother’s Day WHEN: Through May 9. Show Packages times are 8 p.m. Thursdays Because fingers are not round. through Saturdays, 2 p.m. on Available Sundays. Come see the newest designs from Jean-François Albert. The Visit Monde COST: Tickets are $20/$15 for JFA Collection features unique colored gemstones in pendants, Friday and Saturday shows; offering the ideal escape from it all. bracelets, earrings, as well as engagement and wedding designs. $15/$10 for Thursday and Sun- Facials B Massage day shows. Body Treatments B Acupuncture INFO: Please call (650) 254-1148 or visit www.thepear.org. Take a little spa home with you. ‘Joseph’ Our retail boutique is full of the finest (continued from page 11) products from around the world their sweet voices gave welcome 650.622.9059 warmth and depth to the compa- For Over 73 Years The Peninsula’s First Family of Fine Jewelers Tuesday-Friday 10-9, Saturday & Sunday 9-5 ny’s vocal arrangements. Monday by appointment If the musical has an unaccept- Friday, April 30th Sat. & Sun., May 1st - 2nd 272 Redwood Shores Parkway ably weak link, it is the show’s idi- 350 Main Street, Los Altos Stanford Shopping Center otic and interminable conclusion, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 which is basically a glorified cur- Special pricing during this event. (Holly exit off 101, just beyond Pacific Athletic Club) tain call. Whatever. By that point I was actually quite content to see these actors enjoy their bows. Besides, looking for a logical conclusion to a musical like Lance “Joseph” simply doesn’t pay. You won’t find advice like this in the scriptures (too Zen), but when it tested . . . comes to “Joseph” it’s best to sim- Tour proven. . . ply give up and win. ■ Experience Trek’s latest WHAT: “Joseph and the Amaz- The Madone. . . ing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” presented by the Palo Alto Play- ers. The show features music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. 171 University Ave, WHERE: Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo (650) 328-7411 Alto WHEN: Through May 9. Show Mon-Fri 10-7, Sat 10-6, times are 8 p.m. Wednesdays Sun 11-5 through Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. www.paloaltobicycles.com on Sundays. COST: Tickets are $21 for Wednesday, Thursday and Sun- day performances, $25 for Fri- Doing it right since 1972 day and Saturday evenings. Students and seniors receive a Larry’sknows Toyotas. $3 discount for Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday perform- When you want it right, you go to the experts. Our Toyota expert is ances. nationally certified and attends over 45 hours a year of specialized INFO: Please call (650) 329- training to stay on top of the latest information. 0891 or visit He is so good we guarantee his repairs in writing (parts AND labor) www.paplayers.org. for 2 years or 24,000 miles. No other shop does this! We also have experts on Honda, Subaru, Acura and Lexus vehicles and offer the same unbeatable guarantee on all of their work. SAVE THE DATE! Larry’s AutoWorks – three specialty shops under one roof. Moonlight 2526 Leghorn Street, Mountain View (near Costco) Run & Walk www.autoworks.com October 1, 2004 Call today for an appointment For info (650) 968-5202 www. PaloAltoOnline.com
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DARREN MCCLUNG ESTATE & PRECIOUS JEWELRY Bear Capron is overseeing his first production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at Castilleja School. Remember The Historic The other ‘Joseph’ Stanford Barn A Q&A with Castilleja drama director Bear Capron Mother’s 700 Welch Road, Suite 102, by Melinda Casillas Palo Alto wo local productions of styles and witty anachronisms (behind Andronico’s) “Joseph and the Amazing seemed just right. Day TTechnicolor Dreamcoat” are (650) 321-5994 currently being staged. One is by the PAW: How much historical/biblical research did you and the cast have to • Palo Alto Players; the other is by Castilleja School. The following is a tackle, or did you just read the script 231 Hamilton Avenue, question-and answer interview with — known for its use of creative li- (between Emerson & Ramona) Castilleja drama instructor Bear cense anyway — and hit the ground Extraordinary running? Palo Alto Capron. Artistry in BC: A number of the cast members (650) 321-1680 Palo Alto Weekly: How did you de- Platinum cide on “Joseph and the Amazing are taking an English elective here at • Technicolor Dreamcoat” for this Castilleja this semester called “The and 18kt gold. season? Bible as Literature” and believe you Tues-Fri: 11-6 me, the rest of us have received an Sat: 11-4:30 Bear Capron:I keep my ear to the in-depth perspective on this wonder- ground and then end up choosing ful Old Testament story. It’s an open our mainstage plays the way I do the secret that we older “teachers” often casting — by listening to my heart. end up learning more than we im- In our little Palo Alto paradise, we part. are still aware of what a troubled 1 234 5678 910 world we are inhabiting. I felt our PAW: Will Castilleja’s production community could use the connected- be a full musical? ness and the redemption that are so BC: Indeed. 28 cast members (24 T central to this story. Somehow in my girls, four boys), six crew, four mu- 11 12 13 30-plus years as stage director, I had sicians...as I said, a very lively managed to not only not yet do this bunch! wonderful play, but I hadn’t even H P A L 0 ever seen it. But when the right vehi- PAW: You’ve always gone to great cle for a community comes along, I lengths to get the right boys for 14 15 16 feel blessed and just say Yes! Castilleja productions — if you de- cide you need them at all. How did L T 0 PAW:Were you aware that the Palo you find males to fill the parts in A Alto Players would be doing it also? E “Joseph”? 17 18 BC: I was not aware when I chose BC: Boys come to Castilleja either “Joseph” that another local group because they’ve been recruited by E EKL Y would be doing it in the same sea- one of our students or because they W son, but actually was delighted when happen to love the show we’re doing 19 20 I heard. and are brave enough to deal with PAW: “Joseph and the Amazing the six-to-one ratio! Once we start in Technicolor Dreamcoat” is known with rehearsals, those distinctions for being ultra-elaborate and over seem to melt away. This year we 21 22 23 24 the top. What were the challenges of have one guy from Gunn, one from bringing this typically huge produc- Bellarmine and two juniors from tion to the small stage? Mountain View High. Wonderful C R 0 S SW0 RD fellows. Uncle Bear approves! ■ BC: In choosing the musical for this 25 26 27 spring, we looked at our high-school WHAT: “Joseph and the Amazing population and saw, especially in the Technicolor Dreamcoat,” pre- very spirited class of 2004, a very sented by Castilleja School. The theatrical, energetic and harmonious production features music by An- group. A record number of seniors 28 29 30 drew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by wanted to come out for the play (a Tim Rice. quarter of the graduating class is WHERE: Castilleja’s Chapel The- E participating!), and I wanted a show P U Z Z L ater, 1310 Bryant St. (corner of that would be a true ensemble piece. Embarcadero) in Palo Alto. 31 32 33 Increasingly, Castilleja girls are WHEN: Tonight and Saturday at coming into the theater with a 7:30 p.m. spunky attitude of, “What — 12 I S C 0MI NG COST: Tickets are $10 general brothers? We can do that!” Our the- admission; $5 students and will 34 35 ater has superb costumes and great be available at the door. lighting, but no fly space and little INFO: Please call the drama of- wing space, so a show on a unit set fice at (650) 328-3160, ext 401. M A Y 7 TH with lots of color, a pastiche of Page 14 • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Arts & Entertainment Wor th a Look The Ives Quartet The Ives Quartet will perform on Music Sunday at 4 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 1985 Louis New Century Chamber Orchestra Road in Palo Alto. The quartet includes violinists Robin Sharp and Susan Freier, violist Scott Woolweaver and cellist Stephen Harrison. Guest guitarist David Tanenbaum will also perform. The program, Guitarist David entitled “Latin Flair,” will include Tanenbaum will Joaquin Turina’s “L’Oracion del perform with the Torrero”; Luigi Boccherini’s Ives Quartet on “Quintet in D minor for Guitar Sunday at First and String Quartet,” “Fandango”, Thomas Oboe Congregational Lee’s “Morango: Almost a Church in Palo Tango”; Aaron Jay Kernis’ “100 Alto. Greatest Dance Hits (1993)” and William Grant Still’s “Panamanian Dances.” Tickets are $20 general; $10 seniors and students. For tickets and information please call (650) 856-6662 or (415) 392-4400. The New Century Chamber Orchestra will conclude its 12th season tonight at the United Methodist Church in Palo Alto. The New Century Chamber Orchestra will conclude its 12th season tonight at 8 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton Ave. in Palo Alto. A pre-concert talk Theater will begin 45 minutes before the performance. The program will feature Felix Mendelssohn’s “String Symphony No. 9;” Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Piano Concerto No.1,” featuring Spoon River Anthology soloist Gilles Vonsattel and trumpet player Kale Cummings; “Spoon River Anthology” will be presented tonight at and Edvard Grieg’s “Holberg Suite.” 7:30 p.m. at Menlo School’s Florence Moore Theatre, 50 Tickets are $39 and $28. Half-price tickets are available Valparaiso Ave. in Atherton. Additional show times are May for students. Tickets are available at the door starting 1 1,2, 7, 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. hour before each performance. They can also be pur- The setting for Edgar Lee Masters’ classic is a cemetery chased can online at www.ncco.org or through the City in the fictional town of Spoon River, Illinois. The mono- Box Office at (415) 392-4400. logues are delivered by the ghosts of the deceased, who voice the secrets they guarded during their days on Earth. Ultimately, the play is a celebration of the beauty and mys- Brentano String Quartet tery of life. Tickets are $10 adults; $5 students and may be pur- Fine Antique Chinese The Brentano String Quartet will perform on Saturday at chased at the door or at [email protected]. 8 p.m. at Stanford’s Memorial Church. Presented by Stanford Lively Arts, the program will feature Haydn’s “The furniture from the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, op. 51.” The quartet commissioned Pulitzer Prize-winner and for- Qin Dynasty mer National Poet Laureate Paul Strand to write poems For the family appropriate to the theme, which alternate with the music. Robert Gregg, the Moore professor in religious studies at May Fête Parade Stanford University, will read the poetry. Founded in 1992, the Brentano String Quartet consists of The 82nd annual May Fête Parade will take place on violinists Mark Steinberg and Serena Canin, violist Misha Saturday at 10 a.m. at the corner of University Avenue and Armory, and cellist Nina Marie Lee. Emerson Street. This year’s theme is “Under the Sea,” Tickets for Saturday’s show are $36. Half-price tickets which will celebrate the wonders of the ocean. The event will be available for people age 15 and under, and dis- will feature marching bands and decorated floats. Children counts will be available for students. For further information are encouraged to dress up in their best sea creature cos- please contact the Stanford Ticket Office at Tresidder tumes. Memorial Union, or call (650) 725-ARTS (2787) or visit Following the parade, a town fair will take place at 1 p.m. Wei Fang http://livelyarts.stanford.edu. at Addison Elementary School, 650 Addison Avenue in Palo Wei Fang 17 Ave Alto. For more information please call the City of Palo Alto’s Camden
D recreation events hotline at (650) 463-4921. 1190 Dell Ave., Unit B ell Ave Campbell, CA 408.370.2858 Art www.wei-fang.com 85 Open Studios KID’S SOCCER FALL SESSION “Open Studios” will take place on Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to Beginners 5 p.m. at the Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona welcome St. in Palo Alto. The works of seven No try-outs artists will be on display: painters Boys and Girls Roland Ralston, Gary Coleman and Steve Curl, “Through the Aspens,” a AYSO SIGN-UP photographer watercolor by Steve Curl, Pete Zivkov will be on display this Online at and Susan weekend at the Pacific Art Prather; sculptor League in Palo Alto. The www.ayso26.org 2645 Middlefield Road Helen Ju and gallery will be hosting its assemblage artist any time or Midtown Shopping Center Werner Glinka. Open Studios a week in-person at This exhibition is earlier. Wednesday May 5, 2004 , 7 - 9 p.m. taking place a week earlier than other Open Studios SCORE! Saturday May 15, 2004, 2 - 4 p.m. The Brentano String Quartet will perform on Saturday at in Palo Alto. For more information, please call (650) Stanford’s Memorial Church. 321-3891 or visit www.pacificartleague.org. Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 15 Eating Out
RESTAURANT REVIEW
décor of dark wood, twinkling phemism for “superheated to the can have your beans smooth or lights and Mexican blankets and core temperature of the sun.” Still, whole.) Either way, they’re sprin- hats. they were so good (not too spicy), kled with cheese (La Morenita It’s not the rowdy bar scene we couldn’t stop eating long uses Monterey Jack and cotija, a popularized by beer advertising, enough for them to cool, so the white Mexican cheese). where Cinco de Mayo looks like poor woman trying to read a book Although the entree portions some sort of Mexican Oktober- at the next table heard “Ow! were quite large, we plunged fest. No, La Morenita has thrived Mmmm! Ow! Mmmm!” while we recklessly into dessert and ordered for 10 years in this location scarfed them down. fried ice cream ($3.95). The ap- (across from Whole Foods) as the When it came to entrees, my pealing dish consisted of a ball of perfect place for a casual dinner, a husband hit an out-of-the-ballpark vanilla ice cream rolled in corn date or a family meal. The menu homerun by choosing the shrimp flakes and fried. La Morenita then consists of flavorful Mexican clas- enchilada with beans and rice on serves it in a crispy box-shaped sics made from the recipes of its the side ($11.95). Too often tortilla, with everything covered in founder, Guadalupe Cordoba. seafood gets used as a beef or whipped cream and caramel. Cordoba is the grande dame chicken replacement in recipes, We were served by pleasant who launched several successful with little concern for its unique wait staff who checked in on us La Morenitas throughout Califor- cooking and seasoning require- regularly to make sure we had all nia, lending the restaurants her ments. we needed. We had a little more own nickname (“little dark girl”) La Morenita understands a than we needed, as empty bottles as their moniker. She must know shrimp’s special needs. The and plates weren’t always re- her Palo Alto restaurant is in good shrimp was marinated in lime, moved, but that only gets to be a hands, as owners Miguel and Au- seasoned salt, and black pepper, problem when you run out of rora Revuelta continue to offer her cooked just right, rolled up in a table space. All in all, it was a traditional recipes for breakfast, corn tortilla and topped with sour very pleasant place for a meal and lunch and dinner. cream and Cordoba’s terrific an ideal spot for a Cinco de Mayo Like many Mexican restaurants, tomatilla sauce (aka salsa verde, a celebration. ■ this one offers salsa and chips green sauce made of tomatillas, while you read the menu. The a.k.a. Mexican green tomatoes). tomato salsa is a medium-hot Somehow, the citrus and tomato La Morenita, 800 Emerson St. puree, lively with peppers and flavors didn’t overpower the (corner of Homer Avenue), Palo cilantro, and a tasty cover for non- shrimp. The combination created Alto; (650) 329-1727. descript chips. a surprisingly mellow and com- Norbert von der GroebenNorbert Hours: Open Monday through Unlike other restaurants, how- plex dish that was wonderfully Wednesday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; ever, you’ll also get a second salsa balanced and delicious. It went Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-10 of cabbage, jalapeños and tomato. very well with the refried beans p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-10 p.m. This cabbage salsa is one of Cor- that served as a side. The only Atmosphere: An attractive, casu- doba’s special creations that help down side (literally) was the sog- al, low-key restaurant that’s as fit- differentiate the place. I preferred gy rice. ting for a first date or a casual the tomato salsa, but it was nice to If you like chili powder and hot lunch or dinner. have the chunky and smooth side arbol peppers, you’ll love the fla- Highlights: Shrimp enchilada and La Morenita will mark its 10th anniversary in Palo Alto on May 25. by side for variety. vors of La Morenita’s smoky chile whole refried beans. Large entree We considered our appetizer op- con carne ($9.95). The beef is portions and lunch and dinner tions with the help of a couple of heartily spiced, but mine was a lit- specials are a good value for the Negra Modelos ($3), dark Mexi- tle tough. I expected something money. A Mexican can beers which were served in more tender and stew-like. The ✔ Reservations Banquet frosty mugs. We decided to split guacamole side tasted good, an appetizer plate of shrimp though I like it creamier. Then ✔ Credit cards ✔ Catering classic jalapeño poppers ($6.95). It was- there was that soggy rice. Lot Parking Outdoor n’t much for two people to split What really shone on the plate seating La Morenita still thriving after a decade — there were only five — but we were the excellent, whole refried ✔ Alcohol soon learned that big appetizers beans: buttery rich and perfectly Noise level: by Elaine Rowland ✔ Takeout only get in the way of the huge tender-firm. While some lesser Quiet his Cinco de Mayo, when the-border cuisine. entrees. chefs might puree their refried ✔ Highchairs Bathroom you find your appetite gravi- There, you’ll find a little restau- These poppers were breaded, beans to help disguise imperfect Cleanliness: rant that welcomes its diners with ✔ Wheelchair Good T tating toward Mexican food, deep-fried jalapeño peppers cooking, these fine beans were access head over to La Morenita in Palo heaping plates of good food, and stuffed with shrimp and melted served whole, as if to announce, Alto for some authentic south-of- surrounds them with a tavern-like cheese — “melted” being a eu- “We know beans.” (Actually, you
NOW SERVING sion of barbecue. Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30 at SFO and is also a perfect place to take a.m.-10 p.m. $$-$$ (Reviewed January 3, all of the Thai menu regulars, plus some ex- a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Sat. noon-3 p.m.; dinner visitors or conduct business. The large, var- 2003) otics like Angel Wings and Heart Girl. Lunch Following are condensed versions, in alpha- Mon.-Thurs., Sun. 5-10 p.m.; Sat. 5-11 p.m. ied menu is full of fresh fish dishes, even Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; dinner daily 5-10 betical order, of longer restaurant reviews pub- Krispy Kreme Donuts, 2146 Leghorn St., $ (Reviewed April 28, 1995) some more unusual ones, such as Hawaiian Mountain View (650) 254-1231 Who can p.m. $$ (Reviewed November 27, 1998) lished in the Weekly over the past several tombo (albacore tuna). Spicy Bloody Marys years. This week’s reviews begin where the Kan Zeman, 274 University Ave., Palo Alto resist the hot, sugar glazed doughnuts com- L’amie Donia, 530 Bryant St, Palo Alto (650) 328-5245 Features a unique menu of are also a specialty here Lunch Mon.-Fri. ing off Krispy Kreme’s production line? It’s a (650) 323-7614 Slated to close next list ended one week ago. 11:30-2:30 p.m.; Dinner Mon.-Thurs. 5-10 Price Guide Middle Eastern Mediterranean cuisine with good thing they can pump out 3000 dough- month, this quaint, European-style bistro fea- : (Beverages not included in av- p.m., Fri. 5-10:30 p.m., Sat. 4:30-10:30 erage meal prices) $ - Average meal per per- dishes that focus around the culinary tradi- nuts an hour. Sun.-Thurs. 5:30 a.m.-mid- tures a warm yellow and sage-green décor. tions of Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. p.m., Sun. 4:30-10 p.m. $$-$$$ (Reviewed night; Fri.-Sat. 5:30 a.m.-1 a.m.; Drive-thru The menu, which centers around French-in- son less than $10 $$ - Average meal $10- July 27, 2001) $15 $$$ - $15-$20 $$$$ - Above $20 Mon.-Sun. breakfast 6 a.m.-2 p.m.; Mon.- open 24 hours daily $ (Reviewed September spired dishes prepared with garden-fresh Sun. lunch 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tues.-Sun. din- Kirk’s Steakburgers, 76 Town & Country 22, 2000) produce, changes seasonally. Dinner Tues.- Kamei Japanese House, 240 Castro St., ner 5-10 p.m. (closed Monday for dinners). Village, Palo Alto (650) 326-6159 Kirk’s is Krung Siam Thai Cuisine , 423 University Fri. 6-9:30 p.m.; Sat. 5:30-9:30 p.m. Closed Mountain View (650) 964-6990 Kamei has $$ (Reviewed February 14, 2002) reminiscent of an old ‘50s diner and consid- Ave., Palo Alto (650) 322-5900 A touch of Sun.-Mon. $$$-$$$$ (Reviewed August 9, a large menu that goes beyond the usual Kincaid’s Bayhouse, 60 Bayview Place, ered by many to be the best burger in town. idiosyncratic charm pervades the place, 2002) teriyaki, tempura and sushi, and is one of the Burlingame (650) 342-9844 This is the Don’t go without trying the fries and a shake. where patrons enjoy lively, informal Thai din- few Japanese restaurants in the Bay Area place to watch planes on approach to land Sun - Thurs 11 a.m.-9 p.m., Fri - Sat 11 ing in a simple, appealing setting. There are that features “robata” cuisine, or Japan’s ver- (continued on page 18) Page 16 • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly INDIAN PUB GRUB Cafe Bombay 948-9463 The Rose & Crown 327-ROSE 4546 El Camino, Los Altos 547 Emerson Street, Palo Alto at San Antonio Casual British Pub with award-winning fish & Lunch, Dinner, Buffets Everyday chips, bangers, soups, salads & sandwiches. Mon-Fri 11:30 am-2 pm Sat & Sun 12:30-2 am Darbar Indian Cuisine 321-6688 129 Lytton, Downtown Palo Alto SEAFOOD Lunch Buffet M-F; Open 7 days Bluewater Grill 322-8862 888 El Camino Real, Menlo Park Janta Indian Restaurant 462-5903 “Fuss-free fish house is a dream come 369 Lytton Ave., Downtown Palo Alto true for peninsula diners” — S.F. Chronicle Lunch Buffet M-F; Organic Veggies Open 7 days, 11:30-9:30
AFGHAN & PERSIAN CUISINE CHINESE (continued) Cook’s Seafood 325-0604 Paradise (650) 968-5949 Cafe Yulong (650) 967-1677 751 El Camino Real, Menlo Park 1350 Grant Rd. #15B, Mt. View 743 W. Dana St., Mountain View ITALIAN Seafood Dinners from Authentic Afghan & Persian cuisine. Charcoal Fresh flavors, top quality, great prices! $5.95 to $9.95 grilled kabobs. Lunch special $6.99 Oregano’s 941-3600 4546 El Camino, Los Altos Gourmet Pasta, Pizza. Banquet Rooms VEGETARIAN AMERICAN Hunan Garden 565-8868 Garden Fresh Asian Cuisine 961-7795 3345 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Spalti Ristorante 327-9390 1245 W. El Camino, Mountain View Armadillo Willy’s 941-2922 Incredible Seafood, Vegetables • 7 days 417 California Ave, Palo Alto Open Daily • Lunch • Dinner • To Go 1031 N. San Antonio Rd., Los Altos Exquisite Food • Outdoor Dining Range: $5.00-13.00 THAI Jing Jing 328-6885 JAPANESE & SUSHI Cook Book Restaurant 321-7500 443 Emerson St., Palo Alto Bangkok Bay (650) 365-5369 127 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto Spicy Szechwan, Hunan, Food To Go, Delivery Arikato 988-8686 825 El Camino Real, Redwood City For breakfast-out-of-the-ordinary! www.jingjingonline.com 1040 A-1 Rengstorff Ave., Mountain View Newly redecorated and refreshed! Tue-Sat 7am-3pm, Sun & Hol. 8am-3pm Next to Costco/101 Rengstorff exit Grand Opening Specials Krung Siam 322-5900 423 University Ave., Palo Alto Mei Long 961-4030 The Duck Club 322-1234 Fuki Sushi 494-9383 King of Krung Siam 960-7077 867 El Camino Real, Mtn. View 100 El Camino Real in the Stanford Park 4119 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 194 Castro St., Mtn. View ★★★★ — San Jose Mercury News Hotel, Menlo Park. American Regional cuisine Open 7 days a Week Top Rating in Zagat 2002 Siam Garden 853-1143 & San Francisco Focus 1143 Crane Street, Menlo Park Hobee’s 856-6124 Lunch M-F11:30-2; Dinner M-Th 5-9:30, 4224 El Camino Real, Palo Alto MEXICAN Fri & Sat 5-10, Sun 5-9 Also at Town & Country Village, Celia’s Restaurant 843-0643 Palo Alto 327-4111 Ming’s 856-7700 3740 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 1700 Embarcadero East, Palo Alto Family owned for 28 years on the Peninsula www.mings.com Search a complete listing of Knuckle’s at Hyatt Rickey’s 843-2521 Fiesta Del Mar 965-9354 local restaurant reviews by 4219 El Camino Real, Palo Alto 1006 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View Pasta, Steaks and Seafood location or type of food on: New Tung Kee Noodle House Mexican Cuisine & Cantina PaloAltoOnline.com 520 Showers Dr., MV in San Antonio Ctr. Maltby’s 917-8777 Voted MV Voice Best ‘01, ‘02, ‘03 & ‘04 Fiesta Del Mar Too 967-3525 Palo Alto 101 Plaza N., Los Altos Prices start at $3.75 735 Villa Street, Mountain View Open Week- online Local neighborhood tavern & great family 947-8888 nites to 11pm, Weekends to 12pm restaurant. www.maltbys.com Palo Alto Sol 328-8840 408 California Ave, Palo Alto CALIFORNIA CUISINE Peking Duck 856-3338 Huge menu • Homestyle Recipes 4290 Bistro & Bar 857-0787 2310 El Camino Real, Palo Alto ooff tthehe wweekeek 4290 El Camino, Palo Alto We also deliver. in the Crowne Plaza Cabaña Hotel PIZZA Fandango Pizza 494-2928 (Formerly Round Table Pizza) Hobee’s Sto’a Restaurant & Wine Bar Su Hong—Menlo Park 3407 Alma Street, Palo Alto 424-3900 New name, same great service 3750 Fabian Way, Palo Alto Dining Phone: 323–6852 To Go: 322–4631 650-856-6124 Winner, Palo Alto Weekly “Best Of” 8 years in a row! Pizza My Heart 327-9400 CAFES 220 University Ave., Palo Alto 4224 El Camino Real Cafe Borrone 327-0830 Range: $1.50-16.50 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park Also at Open 7 Days • Art & Music Windy’s (Chinese) 325-3188 168 University Ave., Palo Alto Pizz’a Chicago 424-9400 Town & Country Village Award-winning food. Catering/To Go 4115 El Camino Real, Palo Alto CHINESE This IS the best pizza in town Palo Alto Chef Chu’s (650) 948-2696 Celebrating Our 1067 N. San Antonio Road FRENCH Ramona’s Pizza on the corner of El Camino, Los Altos 322-2181 30th Anniversary! 2002 Zagat: “Gold Standard in Chez TJ 964-7466 2313 Birch St. Palo Alto, Palo Alto Fresh Chinese Cuisine.” 938 Villa St., Mountain View Free Delivery • N.Y. Hand-Spun Pizza Tues-Sat Dinners only 5:30-9:00pm “Outrageously good” New French-American fare —Zagat 2003
Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 17 THE HOTTEST PLACE IN TOWN! Eating Out JING JING Chinese ORIGINAL (continued from page 16) 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 5-9 p.m. $$$ (Re- from the stewed spinach to the simple viewed September 6, 2002) stewed lentils. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; Szechwan Hunan Gourmet La Fiesta, 240 Villa St., Mountain View Le Boulanger, 2225 Broadway St. , Red- Mon.-Sat. 5-9 p.m. $ (Reviewed March 10, (650) 968-1364 Classic Mexican cuisine at wood City (650) 568-9395 This mini chain 1995) IT’S HOT! fair prices makes La Fiesta a favorite among combo of bakery and cafe serves pastries Little Store, The, 3340 Woodside Road, WE REALLY MEAN IT! locals. Also features 100 percent blue agave and coffee, as well as a more substantial Woodside (650) 851-8110 These days, this tequila margaritas (the best you can get). menu of salads, sandwiches and pizzas for historic landmark features real saddles on • Chef’s Special Orange Peel Beef Most popular during the lunch hour, and din- • Prawns in Garlic Sauce lunch or dinner. 7 a.m.-4 p.m. daily $ (Re- posts lined up in front of the counter. Menu ners most weeknights , but brunch is a win- viewed April 19, 2001) emphasizes simple, all-American favorites, • Hunan Lamb ner too. Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; • Szechwan Dan Dan Mein with a bit of Tex-Mex thrown in for good dinner Mon.-Thurs. 5-9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5- Le Boulanger, 720 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo • Whole Fish in Szechwan Hot Bean Sauce Park (650) 322-5528 This mini chain com- measure. Tues.-Sat. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 5-8:30 We also offer mild food and special Vegetarian 10 p.m.; Sat.-Sun brunch 11 a.m.-3 p.m. $ p.m. $ (Reviewed May 7, 1999) (Reviewed August 30, 2001) bo of bakery and cafe serves pastries and & Seafood Menus. coffee, as well as a more substantial menu LongLife Noodle Company and Jook Joint, La Gondola Ristorante, 242 State St., Los of salads, sandwiches and pizzas for lunch 393 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto Food To Go • Delivery Altos (650) 941-7702 The storefront dining or dinner. Mon.-Sat. 6 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun. 7 (650) 324-1110 The latest clone from a lo- room manages to be simultaneously roman- a.m.-6 p.m. $ (Reviewed April 19, 2001) cal chain of pan-Asian noodle shops, Long www.jingjingonline.com tic and comfortable. Big booths can accom- Life is an ambitious venture that isn’t quite modate the whole family, and even little kids Le Petit Bistro, 1405 W. El Camino Real, Reservations Accepted Mountain View (650) 964-3321 Wonder- up to par. The atmosphere appeals more to will find a warm reception. Straightforward the 20-something crowd. Mon.-Sat. 11 pastas and familiar veal dishes seem to be fully romantic and intimate in atmosphere, Le 650-328-6885 Fax 328-8889 Petit Bistro has an intriguing and delicious a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. $ (Re- the kitchen’s strongsuit. Lunch Mon.-Sat. viewed August 25, 2000) 443 Emerson St., Palo Alto 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Dinner 5-9:30 p.m. menu, which includes baked fillet of Atlantic (cross street University Ave., Downtown) daily $$ (Reviewed January 28, 2000) salmon in potato crust, vegetarian crepe, Los Altos Grill, 233 3rd St., Los Altos roast duck. Casual atmosphere. Dinner (650) 948-3524 While this swank joint is a Ladera Country Deli, 3140 Alpine Road, Tues - Sun, 5:30 - 10 p.m. Closed Monday. carnivore’s paradise, with spit-roasted meats Portola Valley (650) 851-4254 You’ll find a $$$ (Reviewed October 24, 2002) as the house specialty, vegetarians will find dizzying array of freshly made salads, sand- Le Pot au Feu, 1149 El Camino Real, Men- plenty of delectable options as well. Martinis wiches and soups at this epitome of a are a draw here, where a hip crowd hangs at Ridgeside Café neighborhood deli. Roast beef and turkey lo Park (650) 322-4343 Le pot au Feu of- the bar. Mon. 5-9 p.m.; Tue.-Thu. 5-9:30 are roasted daily; salad selections change fers traditional Gascony fare in a cozy French country ambience. Fragrant baked mussels, p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5-10 p.m.; Sun 5-9 p.m. $$$ seasonly. Mon.-Fri. 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 8 (Reviewed November 24, 2000) a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $ (Re- tasty duck salad, delicate salmon paillard, viewed November 17, 2000) cassoulet and le pot au feu (a beef stew) are Lucy’s Tea House, 180 Castro St., Moun- UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP! among the highlights. A monster sundae, tain View (650) 969-6365 You’ll find exotic Lakeside Cafe, 3160 N. Shoreline Blvd., Coupe Pot au Feu, is a must. The short wine elixirs here. Pineapple and chrysanthemum, Mountain View (650) 965-1745 Lakeside list was constructed to complement the jasmine and honey are just a few. Steaming BEAUTIFUL NEW PATIO NOW OPEN! Cafe offers waterfront dining for breakfast menu. Tues.-Sat. 5-9:30 p.m.; Sun. 5-9 teas come in big ceramic mugs, and you and lunch — watch the sailboats and wind p.m. $$$ (Reviewed December 26, 2003) can order a sandwich, hot rice plate or tea surfers skim across the dark water from Left Bank, 635 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo snacks to go along with your brew. Cash prime seats in the sun or shade, while enjoy- only. Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. ★★★ ing a glass of wine or a sandwhich. Mon.- Park (650) 473-6543 What they are calling –San Jose Mercury News “cuisine grand-mere” translates as expertly 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; closed Sundays, holidays. Fri.: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun.: 9 a.m.-6 $ (Reviewed February 22, 2001) p.m. $ (Reviewed September 5, 2003) prepared steak frites, roast chicken, bouill- Breakfast 7am-11am • Lunch 11am-2:30 abaise, tarte Tatin and so forth — pure MacArthur Park, 27 University Ave., Palo Lavanda, 185 University Ave, Palo Alto French comfort food. Tuesday — Saturday Alto (650) 321-9990 MacArthur Park offers Dinner 5pm-9:00 • 7 days a week (650) 321-3514 European-Mediterranean 11:30 a.m. — 11 p.m.; Sunday — Monday traditional American fare in a superb Julia cuisine is prepared at Lavanda using Italian 11:30 a.m. — 10 p.m. The bar opens at Morgan-designed building. Signature dishes Best Brunch in area on Weekends! cooking methods. Small plates reign, as do 11:30 a.m. daily. $$ (Reviewed September include mesquite-grilled barbequed chicken homemade pastas, along with a 250-bottle 19, 2003) and ribs, accompanied by great fries and and 25-plus glass selection of wine. Riedel cole slaw. Interesting appetizers include ahi stemware is used, appropriate to each vari- Little India, 2606 Broadway, Redwood City (650) 361-8737 A “more is more” decorat- tuna poke and sautéed mussels. Gargantu- 3140 ALPINE ROAD • PORTOLA VALLEY etal. Mon.-Thurs. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-10 an desserts. The appealing, nearly all Califor- p.m.; Fri. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m., 5-11 p.m.; Sat. ing stragegy prevails making it a comfortable LADERA COUNTRY SHOPPER • 854-4166 and casual setting. Vegetable dishes on the nia, wine list features many boutique winer- buffet seem the most expertly rendered, ies. Hefty prices abound. Monday - Friday
BANQUET ROOM PARTIES “A taste of Italy on Castro Street” –Jim Harrington, Mountain View Voice RECEPTIONS CORPORATE FUNCTIONS Voted Best “Romantic Rendezvous” Silicon Valley –San Jose Magazine SEATING UP TO 240
Just two blocks east of the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Happy A PERFECT PLACE FOR: • BUSINESS MEETINGS • LUNCHEON & DINNER PARTIES Mother’s • REHEARSAL DINNERS • SPECIAL OCCASIONS • NO ROOM CHARGE Day!
Visit our sister restaurant: Cafe Figaro, 1318 Broadway, Burlingame 235 Castro Street Mountain View RISTORANTE 650.961.9749 Mon-Fri 5-10PM Sat-Sun 11AM-11PM DON GIOVANNI Lunch served daily www.dongiovannis.com
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11 a.m. - 10 p.m.; (dinner menu only after Graduation is right around the corner 2:30 p.m.); Saturday dinner only 5 - 10 p.m.; Sunday buffet 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 pm; Sun- Why not book your graduation party at day dinner 5 - 9 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed Janu- ary 30, 2004) Gordon Biersch, Palo Alto? Maddalena’s, 540 Emerson St., Palo Alto (650) 326-6082 Fred Maddalena serves For group information call (650) 323-7723 classic continental Italian cuisine at his namesake restaurant, where he’s been host- ing locals for 25 years. Carpaccio, home- made pastas and veal scallopini are featured on this extensive menu, complemented by an equally extensive wine list. Lunch Tues.- Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Dinner Mon.-Sat. 5:30-10 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed March 15, 2001) Sunday - Wednesday 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM Maltby’s, 101 Plaza North, Los Altos Thursday - Saturday 11:30 AM to 12:00 AM (650) 917-8777 A family-friendly, moderate- ly priced restaurant, Maltby’s is a welcome 640 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA addition to Los Altos’s casual dining scene. The beer list is long and inviting, the sand- (650) 323-7723 wiches are big and filling. Lunch Mon.- Sat.11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. ; dinner daily 5-9 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed May 24, 2002) Mandarin Gourmet, 420 Ramona St., Palo Alto (650) 328-8898 Mandarin cuisine fea- turing excellent pot stickers, tasty won tons in hot oil, great tangerine chicken, beautifully SPECTACULAR OFF-SITE prepared fresh vegetables and one notable dessert. Small but serviceable wine list. At- tractive, contemporary dining room is deco- CORPORATE MEETING FACILITY Award winning rated with Chinese artifacts. Full bar. Com- fortable. Great for families. Lunch Mon.-Sat. Only a few minutes from Palo Alto,Thomas Fogarty Winery offers: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Dinner Mon.-Sat. 5- Groups from 10 to 200 • Beautiful surroundings • Wine tasting 10 p.m.; Sun. 5-9:30 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed November 14, 2003) Team-building activities • Catering • A/V equipment • 24-hour notice Mango Cafe, 435 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto pizza… (650) 324-9443 The popular Mango Cafe Make your next business represents an oasis for those looking to meeting an experience loosen the tie. Caribbean cuisine, specifically to remember Come find out why. the cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago, includes curries, sweet potato dishes, goat and co- Now open for lunch Sun.-Fri. conut milk sauces. Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30 Thomas Fogarty a.m.-2:30 p.m. ; Dinner Mon.-Sat. 6-10 & dinner 7 days/week p.m., Sun. 6-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed October W I N E R Y & V I N E Y A R D S 2, 1998) 19501Skyline Blvd.,Woodside Manila Grill, 87 Castro St., Mountain View (650) 210-9393 Manila Grill, formerly Rene- 650.851.6777 Rose Philippine Cuisine, has a new menu, www.fogartywinery.com integrating American and Philippine cuisines, but maintains the accommodating service and affordable prices of the original. Mon.- Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $$-$$ (Reviewed , ) Menlo Park Marché, 898 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park 1001 El Camino Real (650) 324-9092 Marche’s mission is to Japanese Food to Go! 324-3486 serve seasonal cuisine with locally grown vegetables, so the menu changes nightly DELIVERY* or Take-Out Pizzza-2-Go and then more dramatically by season. *min, Order $20 989 El Camino Real Comfortable is the name of the game at this 328-1556 French restaurant, with brown cushiony Los Altos leather chairs lending a nice touch to a clas- sic décor. Tues.-Sat. 5:30-10 p.m. $$$$ 227 First St. (Reviewed January 11, 2002) $ 25 941-9222 Marigold, 448 University Ave., Palo Alto 6 (650) 327-3455 Well-priced Indian classics — samosas, meat and seafood curries, biryanis and tandoori dishes — served in • Special Combo Obento pleasant surroundings by cordial waiters. Lunch Mon. - Fri.: 11 a.m. 2:30 p.m.; Sat. - • Sushi • Combo Sushi Sun.: 12-3 p.m.; Dinner Mon.-Fri. 5-10 p.m.; • Vegetarian sushi N EED A GOOD L AUGH? Sat.-Sun. 5-11 p.m. $$ (Reviewed June 6, 2003) Lunch & Dinner Available Max’s Opera Cafe, 711 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto (650) 323-6364 Giant, CALL NOW! 650 323-9449 New York deli-style sandwiches, steak, pas- ta, salads, seafood, huge desserts. Singing waitpersons in the evening. Dinner reserva- MIYAKE tions on the hour only. 11:30 a.m. - 9:30 140 University Ave, Palo Alto • www.miyake-usa.com p.m. Sun.-Thu.; 11 a.m. - 10 p.m. Fri.-Sat. We accept Visa & Mastercard $$$ (Reviewed January 24, 2003) Mediterranean Wraps, 425 California Ave., Palo Alto (650) 321-8189 This hole-in-the- wall offers a classic mixture of simple Jor- Best Chinese Cuisine Since 1956 danian and Lebanese fare mixed with a bit of Greek. Good, quick Mediterranean food at low prices. Daily 11:30 a.m.-9 p.m. $ (Re- 1700 Embarcadero, Palo Alto viewed October 10, 1997) 856-7700 Mei Long, 867 E. El Camino Real, Moun- tain View (650) 961-4030 Excellent Chi- UNCH PECIAL nese food with some exotic twists served in L S DINNER SPECIAL traditional style in an atmosphere of under- 15% Off 50% Off Second Entree Rose & Crown Comedy Includes Dim Sum On Carts OF EQUAL OR LESSER VALUE. (continued on next page) Monday-Saturday 11am - 2:30pm (MAXIMUM DISCOUNT $15.00) Sunday 10:30am - 2:30pm DINE-IN ONLY. Competition DINE-IN ONLY. Valid for up to 3 entrees at 50% off. Discount Must present coupon given to least expensive entrées. Must present The Bay Area’s Best Comics Compete Looking for a place to eat? Cannot be combined with other offers. coupon. Cannot be combined with other offers. Expires 5/16/04 Expires 5/16/04 and You Pick the Winners! We are proud to present our online restaurant database at PaloAltoOnline.com. 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(continued from previous page) Inside the clubhouse at Shoreline Golf Mikado, 161 Main St., Los Altos (650) Mike’s Cafe Etc., 2680 Middlefield Road, Fri. 11:30 a.m. - 11 p.m.; Sat. 11:30 a.m. - Links you’ll find this semi-cafeteria-style 917-8388 In addition to a full sushi bar, the Palo Alto (650) 473-6453 150 Middlefield 11 p.m.; Sun. 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. $$ (Re- stated elegance and formal service. Styl- restaurant, with a bar inside and outdoor casually elegant Mikado also serves a tanta- Road, Menlo Park (650) 327-6453 Owner viewed January 2, 2004) ized wine menu to suit each entree. Lunch patio overlooking the greens and the duck lizing array of Japanese cuisine, from the Mike Wallau has been in the restaurant busi- Naomi Sushi Pasta Grill, 1328 El Camino Mon.-Fri. 11:30-2 p.m.; Dinner 5-9:30 pond with fountain. Mon.-Fri. 7-10:45 tried-and-true teriyaki dishes to some more ness for a quarter century and has decided Real, Menlo Park (650) 321-6902 Despite p.m. daily $$$ (Reviewed March 31, 2000) a.m., 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 7:30 a.m.- exotic delights. Lunch Tues.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 simply to serve his favorite dishes at his pop- its East/West aspirations, there is plenty Michael’s Restaurant, 2490 N. Shoreline 4 p.m. $$ p.m.; Dinner Tues.-Sun. 5-9:30 p.m. $ (Re- ular Midtown eatery. Many of the dishes are that’s purely Japanese about Naomi Sushi. Blvd., Mountain View (650) 962-1014 (Reviewed July 27, 2001) viewed January 26, 1996) Italian. Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-9 p.m. (7 a.m.-9:30 The short menu has classic bento boxes, p.m. at the Menlo Park location); Sat.-Sun. 8 chicken, vegetarian, grilled salmon and chef’s a.m.-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed July 3, 1998) specials, teriyakis like beef sirloin, chicken, or Milagros, 1099 Middlefield Road, Redwood unaju (cooked eel over rice). Tues.-Fri. 11:30 BUY ONE, Le Pot au Feu City (650) 369-4730 Milagros transports a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Tues.-Thurs. 5-9:30 p.m.; RESTAURANT FRANÇAIS you south of the border. It’s a fun place to Fri.-Sun. 5-10 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed Decem- GET ONE New French Executive Chef hang, with a huge patio conducive to drinking ber 26, 1997) margaritas. Go for the drinks because the Navio at the Ritz Carlton, 1 Miramonte Mexican cuisine here is typically flat. Lunch Point Road, Half Moon Bay (650) 712- 20% off Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; dinner Mon.- 7000 This elegant coastal newcomer has the up to 6 guests with this ad Thurs. 5-10 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5-11 p.m.; Sun. primo view of Half Moon Bay, situated at the FREE 5:30-9 p.m. $$ (Reviewed October 19, 2001) southern end, high up on a cliff. The main Buy one entree Dinner 5-9:30 • Tues-Sun Miramar Beach Restaurant, 131 Miranda dining room offers three square meals per and receive a 1149 El Camino - Menlo Park - 650.322.4343 Road, Half Moon Bay (650) 726-9053 You day of nouveau American dishes with a Cali- can’t get any closer to the beach than this fornia twist, plus a $55 prix fixe weekend second one FREE historic restaurant. We wish we could say brunch. Daily 6:30 a.m.-10 p.m. $$$$ (Re- the food rises to the level of the scenery, but viewed July 27, 2001) Limit one coupon per table / Dine-in only you can’t have everything. Reservations are a Neiman Marcus Cafe, 400 Stanford Shop- Valid Sun. through Thurs. Exp.5/7/04. SINCEINCE 1989 must. Evening entertainment is provided in PAW ping Center, Palo Alto (650) 329-3329 This the piano bar. Mon.-Fri. 12-3:30 p.m.; 5-9 white tablecloth affair seems to have seen p.m.; Sat. 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.; 4:30-9:30 better days. Although service is doting, the DAILY LUNCH BUFFETT Le Petit Bistro ~LUNCH~ p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; 4:30-9 p.m. $$- F RENCH C UISINE T menu has terminology issues, misleading ue thru Fri $$$ (Reviewed July 27, 2001) customers on certain dishes — a “souffle” Coq au Vin ~ $17.95 11:30-2:00pm Miyake, 140 University Ave., Palo Alto could show up as a crispy meringue or as a Crème Brulée ~ $5.75 ~DINNER~ (650) 323-9449 Hip, raucous, crowded, Jello salad. Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. Authentic Indian Cuisine generous sushi in dizzying array of options. 12-4 p.m. $$ (Reviewed March 22, 2002) 1405 W. El Camino Real, Mtn. View Tue thru Sun Not the place for a quiet meal. Sit at the sushi 448 University Ave, Palo Alto • 327-3455 New Kapadokia, 2399 Broadway St., Red- (between El Monte & Shoreline) 5:30-10:00pm bar and watch the plates of raw fish creations www.marigoldcuisine.com wood City (650) 368-5500 Owner Celal Jay float by. Mon. - Thu. 11:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.; free wireless access (650) 964-3321 Alpay has created a welcoming, family-style Jeweler Mother’s Day Mother (of Sundance fame) is May 9th Joins us at a benefit for Treat your Mom (and yourself!) is Sunday, Global Fund for Women to a special meal in one of our Sat. May 8th, 10am - 5pm outdoor garden dining areas. Don’t forget Mother’s Day May 9th Brunch menu offered from 11am-3pm. Large parties welcome.
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restaurant that is one of the Peninsula’s Noah’s Bagels, 1067 El Camino Real, Red- a.m. -11 p.m. (Opens early for games during Get breakfast all day — at least until mid- and meats with many daily specials of- most authentic Turkish restaurants. The wood City (650) 299-9050 A Noah’s shop football season) $$ (Reviewed October 4, afternoon. Pancakes and omelettes are fered. Outstanding desserts, particularly menu is replete with many traditional dish- is a slick combination of schmaltz and kitsch 2002) the highlights here; fresh fruit waffles excel the tiramisu. Small but serviceable wine es and nearly all of the ingredients are dear to the heart of any former New Yorker. too. Family-friendly and crowded on week- list. Beer and wine only. Comfortable. Old Pro Sports Grill, 541 Ramona Street, homemade. Monday - Friday 10:30 a.m. - Variety of steamed bagels, however, when it end mornings. Mon.-Fri. 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Good for families. Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m.-2 Palo Alto (650) 326-1446 Palo Alto’s oldest 2:30 p.m. and 5 - 9:30 p.m.; Saturday - comes to flavors, Noah’s is pretty strait- Sat.-Sun. 7 a.m.-3 p.m. $ (Reviewed Jan- p.m., 5-10 p.m.; Fri. 11 a.m.-2 p.m., 5-11 bar-restaurant combination, the Old Pro of- Sunday 11 a.m. - 9:30 p.m. (Reviewed laced. Mon. - Fri.: 6 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Sat.: 7 uary 5, 2000) p.m.; Sat. 5-11 p.m.; Sun. 5-10 p.m. $$$ fers 20 television sets that broadcast every November 1, 2002) a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sun.: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. $ (Re- (Reviewed December 5, 2003) sporting event you can imagine. Add to that viewed July 25, 2003) Osteria, 247 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto Noah’s Bagels, 278 University Ave., Palo suds, grub, and jillions of sports memorablia (650) 328-5700 Osteria’s reputation was Palo Alto Creamery Downtown, 566 Alto (650) 473-0751 A Noah’s shop is a Nola, 535 Ramona St., Palo Alto (650) items and what you have is a local landmark. built on house-made pasta, but the restau- Emerson St., Palo Alto (650) 323-3131 slick combination of schmaltz and kitsch 328-2722 Southwestern, Cajun, Creole and Mon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. rant offers well-prepared chicken, veal and Omelets, pancakes, sandwiches, burgers, dear to the heart of any former New York- Caribbean-fusion restaurant and bar with 11:30 a.m. -11 p.m. (Opens early for games fish, as well as daily specials. The pap- meatloaf, chicken pot pie, famous milk- er. Although it serves a variety of steamed creative drink specials like New Orleans-style during football season) $$ (Reviewed Octo- pardelle Osteria, spinach raviolini and shakes, beer and wine. “Happy Days” at- bagels, when it comes to flavors, Noah’s is hurricanes. Pleasant outdoor patio. Mon.- ber 4, 2002) gnocchi are noteworthy. Desserts are deli- mosphere with roomy booths. Mon.-Thurs. pretty strait-laced. Mon. - Fri.: 6 a.m. - Fri. 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5:30-11 Olives Cafe, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford cious. Décor is simple, service is efficient 7 a.m.-11 p.m.; Fri. 7 a.m.-midnight; Sat. 5:30 a.m.; Sat.: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sun.: 7 p.m.; Sun. 5:30-9 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed Au- (650) 724-3160 This Mediterranean eatery and prices are fair. It can be crowded and 8 a.m.-midnight; Sun. 8 a.m.-11 p.m. $$ a.m. - 4 p.m. $ (Reviewed July 25, 2003) gust 30, 1996) on Stanford University’s campus serves noisy. Reservations are a must. Lunch: (Reviewed October 12, 2001) Monday - Friday 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.; Din- Noah’s Bagels, 1049-G El Monte Ave., Nordstrom Cafe, 550 Stanford Shopping grab-’n-go salads, gourmet sandwiches, Palo Alto Sol, 408 California Ave., Palo Mountain View (650) 969-6336 A Noah’s Center, Palo Alto (650) 323-5111 Shock- snacks and desserts; along with a cafeteria- ner: Monday - Saturday 5-10 p.m. Closed Sunday. $$$ (Reviewed April 23, 2004) Alto (650) 328-8840 Huge menu with shop is a slick combination of schmaltz ingly good prices, an array of enjoyable sal- style “hot” line offering pizzettas, soups, and many regional specialties. The mole sauce and kitsch dear to the heart of any former ads, attentive service and a comfortable en- grilled combo plates. Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. to Pacific Athletic Club, 200 Redwood alone is worth going for. Fajitas, seafood New Yorker. Variety of steamed bagels, vironment shine at this cafe located on the 2:30 p.m. Closed during the summer $ (Re- Shores Parkway, Redwood Shores (650) platters. Friendly neighborhood atmos- however, when it comes to flavors, Noah’s second floor of Nordstrom’s. Mon.-Sat. 10 viewed November 8, 2002) 593-4343 Pacific Athletic Club is the only phere. Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; is pretty strait-laced. Mon. - Fri.: 6 a.m. - a.m.-7 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $ (Re- Oregano’s Wood-Fired Pizza, 4546 El gym we’re aware of where you can have dinner Sun.-Thurs. 5-9 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5- 5:30 p.m.; Sat.: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sun.: 7 viewed March 22, 2002) Camino Real, Los Altos (650) 941-3600 your car valet parked and then eat a deca- 9:30 p.m. $$ (Reviewed January 7, 1994) a.m. - 4 p.m. $ (Reviewed July 25, 2003) Old Pro Sports Grill, 2865 El Camino Real, Sure, the pizzas are abundant, but don’t let a dent lunch while you watch other people full menu page of them distract you. You will work out. Off hours, the dining room is Papa Tom’s Pizza, Town and Country Vil- Noah’s Bagels, 746 Santa Cruz Ave, Palo Alto (650) 325-2070 Palo Alto’s oldest lage, No. 107, Palo Alto (650) 324-3131 Menlo Park (650) 326-4794 A Noah’s bar-restaurant combination, the Old Pro of- also find some gems of pasta dishes and at available for corporate galas and social least a couple of mouth-watering salads. events. Lunch only Mon.-Fri. 11:30-2 p.m. Pizza Sorento, pizza California and pizza shop is a slick combination of schmaltz fers 20 television sets that broadcast every Parisiene all on excellent sourdough crust. and kitsch dear to the heart of any former sporting event you can imagine. Add to that Pleasant decor, friendly and consistent serv- Available afternoons/evenings/weekends ice. Mini personal pizzas only. Mon.-Sat. 11 for corporate galas and social events. $$- Also serves pasta, homemade soup and New Yorker. Variety of steamed bagels, suds, grub, and jillions of sports memorablia salads. No reservations. Local free delivery however, when it comes to flavors, Noah’s items and what you have is a local landmark. a.m.-10 p.m.; Sun. 4-9:30 p.m. $$ (Re- $$$ (Reviewed July 5, 2002) viewed September 5, 1997) available; offers many discount coupons. is pretty strait-laced. Mon. - Fri.: 6 a.m. - A second location is at 541 Ramona St. in Palermo Rotisserie, 452 University Ave., Daily 10 a.m.-9 p.m. $ (Reviewed July 12, 5:30 p.m.; Sat.: 7 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.; Sun.: downtown Palo Alto; (650) 326-1446. Mon.- Original Pancake House, 420 South San Palo Alto (650) 321-9908 Palermo Rotis- 2001) 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. $ (Reviewed July 25, 2003) Fri. 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. 11:30 Antonio Road, Los Altos (650) 559-9197 serie features excellent pastas, seafood
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Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 21 MoviesMovie reviews by Jeanne Aufmuth, Tyler Hanley, Jim Shelby and Susan Tavernetti OPENINGS
Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore gen- erate more fizzle than sizzle in “Laws of Attraction.” Lindsay Lohan (far left) shines in “Mean Girls,” a superb comedy by “Saturday Night Laws of Attraction ✭✭ Live” head writer Tina Fey. (Century 16, Century 12) Julianne Moore marching into the City of Light, but not from Mean Girls ✭✭✭ is an outstanding actress, blessed with talent the scandal and intrigue trailing them to the (Century 16, Century 12) “Saturday that will take her all the way to the top. But a swanky Hotel Splendide as they regroup in Night Live” scribe Tina Fey can officially comedian she is not. Bordeaux. pat herself on the back. Her uproarious Welcome to the world of opposites attract, No French director combines intricate screenplay features witty dialogue, well- of yin and yang and “Adam’s Rib.” Audrey comic plots with high-gloss production val- timed slapstick, an insightful storyline Robert De Niro is horribly miscast as a Woods (Moore) is a brilliant Yale grad and ues like Rappeneau, whose “Cyrano de and multi-dimensional characters. What Machiavellian doctor who clones an 8- top divorce attorney; organized to an Bergerac” charmed American audiences could have been a formulaic exercise in year-old boy (Cameron Bright) in absolute fault. Daniel Rafferty (Pierce over a decade ago. Big screens were made teen-angst comedy is made wholly “Godsend.” Brosnan) is her polar opposite, practicing for the lush cinematography and period unique, thanks to Fey’s deft writing skills. day rings strangely true. Fringe perform- divorce law with a haphazard style that is detail of movies like “Bon Voyage.” “Mean Girls” is the year’s most pleasant ers, such as a math genius/wannabe rap- nonetheless wildly successful. The script spins characters and story surprise. per, add plenty of laughs. Audrey and Daniel should be at each threads into all directions, making you won- Rising star Lindsay Lohan (“Freaky There’s a little seen-it-before to Fey’s other’s throats — and they are; battling over der how they can all possibly meet again. Friday”) is Cady (pronounced “Katie”) otherwise clever script — such as the big clients and trying to one-up each other with They do — and in the most amusing ways. Heron, a home-taught teen whose family finale at the high school dance — but flurries of verbal volleyball. She utilizes the An aspiring writer (GrÈgori DerangËre of moves from the African bush to rural downfalls are easily excused considering law as her weapon; he uses cheap theatrics. “Marie Baie des Anges”) goes to prison upon Illinois. The fashion faux pas and hallway the plethora of fresh material. Chock up a And then there’s that subtle issue of attrac- taking a murder rap for his former lover, the politics of public high school are an success for Lohan and Fey. As different as tion. movie star Viviane Denvers (Isabelle Adjani anomaly to Cady. But after being the two talents are, it seems their futures The complex labyrinth of human relation- of “Monsieur Ibrahim” and “Camille befriended by a morose outcast (Lizzy are equally bright. ships is difficult to portray onscreen, and Claudel”). Also smitten by her glamour (and Caplan as Janis) and her “almost too gay there are serious ground-rules for success. those gorgeous satin gowns), a French minis- to function” friend, Damian (Daniel Rated: PG-13 for sexual content, lan- The most basic is to cast leads who have ter (GÈrard Depardieu of “Cyrano de Franzese), Cady receives her first words guage and some teen partying. 1 hour, 36 good chemistry. Moore and Brosnan appear Bergerac”) spirits Denvers away to the tem- of warning — look out for The Plastics. minutes. to like one another, but their sizzle is a fizzle. porary safe haven of the Hotel Splendide. Led by blonde babe Regina George Several narrative misfires are indefensible — Meanwhile a daring student (Virginie (Rachel McAdams of “The Hot Chick”), — Tyler Hanley smooth-as-silk Brosnan (“Bond, James Ledoyen of “8 Women”) risks life and limb The Plastics are a trio of superficial gals Bond”) as a sloppy, floppy-haired chump; to smuggle her professor (renowned produc- admired and feared by the entire student Godsend ✭ edgy, intelligent Moore going mush at the tion and costume designer Jean-Marc body. Intent on settling a personal vendet- (Century 16, Century 12) Hail the psy- sight of rumply Prince Charming, etc. StehlÈ) and a dozen bottles of the world’s ta, Janis convinces the naive Cady to join chological thriller, a genre whose good “Laws” looks great — from its glossy, far- only heavy water to England. Everyone con- Regina’s click and dig up the group’s name has fallen by the wayside thanks to flung locales in New York City and the Irish verges in Bordeaux, where a reporter (the social skeletons. But when Cady starts to such cheesy offerings as “Twisted” and countryside to the cut of Moore’s fabulous Bay Area’s Peter Coyote) sticks his nose become superficial herself, few are spared “The Butterfly Effect.” “Godsend” plays power suits. Michael Sheen and Parker everywhere. Rappeneau and co-writers from her “mean girl” attitude — whether in the same league, a bargain-basement Posey add zest as primo clients Thorne and Patrick Modiano, JÈrÙme Tonnerre, Gilles it be the well-meaning math teacher (Fey) thriller lacking both thrills and chills. Serena Jamison, a belligerent rock superstar Marchand and Julien Rappeneau masterfully or the take-no-nonsense principal (SNL You know there’s trouble when the and his hot designer wife. tweak the comedy and suspense while skew- alum Tim Meadows). Soon Cady finds leads are doting on a creepy only child. In The last act loses steam as Moore vacil- ering self-indulgent aristocrats and politi- herself forced to look past the plastic and this case the object of Paul (Greg lates wildly between her professional ethics cians willing to collaborate with the remember her true nature. Kinnear) and Jessie Duncan’s (Rebecca and her heart, succumbing to the cracks in Germans. Lohan is perfectly cast as Cady, able to Romijn-Stamos) affection is Adam her professional armor. The hit-and-miss Rappeneau’s love of French and American easily sway from innocent to acidic, back- (Cameron Bright), an uber-jaunty, blue- script pulls witty punches with bland punctu- cinema informs every frame, as he repeated- patter to back-stabber. In several fantasy eyed lad who gives fresh meaning to the ations. Corny, lightweight and mildly disap- ly pays tribute to the movies and their impor- scenes she relates her new high-school concept of goody-two-shoes. pointing. tance in troubled times. His highly entertain- experience to the jungle life of deep Adam is killed in a fluke car wreck and ing film picks up where Jean Renoir’s “The Africa. Students pick fleas off each other the couple is wracked with grief. Robert Rated: PG-13 for sexual innuendo and lan- Rules of the Game” (1939) ends, and he at the watering hole (aka the mall foun- De Niro comes to the rescue in the form guage. 1 hour, 30 minutes. heeds the advice of Howard Hawks who tain), and disputes over boys can quickly of Dr. Richard Wells, a brilliant fertility once said, “Give me a good drama and I’ll escalate into a tooth-and-nail fight to the doctor who specializes in creating geneti- — Jeanne Aufmuth make you a good comedy.” death. The technique is not only hilarious, cally identical fetuses, i.e. cloning. A sec- but also serves to better understand ond little Adam is an offer the couple Bon Voyage ✭✭✭1/2 Rated: PG-13 for some violence. In French Cady’s bizarre background. can’t refuse, so on with the shady proce- (Aquarius) Parisian movie stars and spies, and German with English subtitles. 1 hour, Meadows is a charismatic highlight as dure and a relocation to a swanky manse politicians and the press pack their bags in 54 minutes. Principal Duvall. He delivers his lines in a small New England “Stepford” town. Jean-Paul Rappeneau’s fanciful farce set in with perfect comic timing, and the char- (continued on page 24) June 1940. They may escape from the Nazis — Susan Tavernetti acter’s constant urge to end the school
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This romantic comedy doesn’t have an original Eternal Sunshine of the Century 12: 5, 7:50 & 10:15 p.m. Guild: 7:15 & 10 “SPELLBINDING! bone in its narrative body, but it coasts Spotless Mind (R) ✭✭✭ p.m.; Fri. - Sun. also at 4:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at BOTH SIMPLE AND DEEP!” through on a large dose of Garner charm and 2 p.m. -David Ansen, NEWSWEEK sizzling chemistry between Garner and Godsend (PG-13) ✭ Century 16: 12:40, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55 & 10:15 p.m. Ruffalo. Sweet and light. Rated: PG-13 for Century 12: 11:35 a.m.; 1:55, 4:45, 7:35 & 10:05 "HIGHEST RATING! language, sexual suggestion. 1 hour, 40 min- A MASTERFUL PORTRAIT OF utes. — J.A. (Reviewed April 23, 2004) p.m. THE SEASONS OF A LIFE... Goodbye, Lenin! 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Joel’s mind peels back CENTURY HYATT 3 10:25 p.m. NOW PLAYING! 1304 Bayshore Hwy., Burlingame (650) 340-1516 layers of romantic frustration and dysfunction CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORIES OR CALL FOR SHOWTIMES Mean Girls (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 12:20, 1:45, 2:40, 4:05, 5, and rediscovers a powerful love for www.springsummermovie.com www.sonyclassics.com Clementine. When “Sunshine” is working, it’s 6:25, 7:20, 8:45 & 9:40 p.m. Century 12: 11:45 a.m.; delightfully demented and edgy enough to 12:30, 2:15, 3, 4:40, 5:20, 7:05, 7:55, 9:45 & 10:10 sustain interest. Rated: R for nudity and lan- p.m. guage. 1 hour, 50 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Monsieur Ibrahim “ March 19, 2004) CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 2:30, 5, 7:30 & 9:45 HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED ONE OF THE (R) ✭✭✭ p.m.; Sun. also at 12:05 p.m. GREAT MOVIE LOVE STORIES EVER TOLD!”? Goodbye, Lenin! ✭✭✭1/2 The Punisher (R) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 2, 4:40, 7:25 & 10:05 p.m. LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS (Aquarius) Maternal devotion and political Century 12: 11:25 a.m.; 2:20, 5, 7:45 & 10:30 p.m. This week, Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan upheaval in the face of Germany’s reunifica- Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Century 16: Noon, 2:25 & 4:35 p.m. became the latest to weigh in on this exceptional film. tion is foil for poignant humor in this sharply Unleashed (PG) ✭✭1/2 Century 12: Noon & 2:25 p.m. observed German export. Set in East Berlin in “You never want to underestimate the power 1989, the story revolves around Christiane Spring, Summer, Fall, CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:50, 4:20, 7 & 9:30 of cinematic emotion. Movies that move us (Katrin Sass), a devoted mom and a rabid Winter...and Spring p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 11:30 a.m. socialist. Her grown children, Alex (Daniel (R) ✭✭✭1/2 OVER truly have an element of magic in them, 50 and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Bruhl) and Ariane (Maria Simon), have been Starsky & Hutch Century 16: 6:50 & 9:15 p.m. 4 STAR raised fatherless and with strict ideals of the RAVE ” (PG-13) ✭✭✭ REVIEWS! One of my favorites of the year. East. When Christiane unexpectedly suffers a heart attack, she slips into a coma, sleeping ★ Skip it ★★ Some redeeming qualities ★★★ A good bet ★★★★ Outstanding through the fall of the Berlin Wall, the triumph of capitalism and the extinction of German Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) borders. Months later, she awakens with a weak heart to a completely overhauled coun- Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (960-0970) try. The doctors assure Alex that even the Century Park 12: 557 E. 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(continued from page 22) the vicious maneuvers of the Ton Ton Macoute, the All is right with the world of the Duncans. escape of dictator “Baby Doc” Duvalier and the
Based on the book FOR RATING REASONS, Monsieur Ibrahim by groundswell of the National Council of GO TO: Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Or is it? Once Adam passes the age of his pre- now available in WWW.FILMRATINGS.COM bookstores from Other Press. decessor’s death (eight years old), things go south. Government, Haiti has been to hell and back. CINEARTS @ PALO ALTO SQUARE CHECK THEATRE EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENTS DIRECTORIES Crossing the line into uncharted genetic territory, Founder of the controversial Radio Haiti Inter, 3000 El Camino @ Page Mill Rd. OR CALL FOR (650) 493-3456 new Adam suffers horrible night terrors about an Dominique had a vision of a democratic Haiti NOW PLAYING! SHOWTIMES Adam look-alike who is going to kill or has throughout times of turmoil and revolution. His already killed his parents. Could the original cells passion and technological innovations virtually rev- have retained a memory of their first life? olutionized radio communications in his ailing The clichés just keep on coming. Shower cur- land. A risk-taker willing to smack it down against “THUMBS UP!” tains, foggy forests and abandoned toolsheds. evil political forces, Dominique became the voice Roger Ebert, EBERT & ROEPER Dangling hardware (à la “Babe”), voices from of a splintered nation. beyond and dark secrets that Explain It All. The film is a diary of Haiti’s — and Dominique’s “IT’S A COMBINATION OF “Godsend” is so laughably rotten that it would — turbulent history. Director Jonathan Demme, a ‘CLUELESS’ MEETS ‘HEATHERS’... flourish as a spoof, rife with the elements we love human-rights activist himself, has utilized original BUT EVEN BETTER.” to fear. radio broadcasts, interviews with Dominique and Andrea Cansler, AOL De Niro is horribly miscast as the his wife MichËle Montas and startling news “FALL ON THE FLOOR FUNNY Machiavellian doc, and Romijn-Stamos and footage to create a picture of a dynamic character and the most honest slice of high Kinnear play it too straight to take seriously. and the country he loved. school since ‘Fast Times at Creepy kid Bright doesn’t generate enough Forced into exile in New York City not once but Ridgemont High’.” Damien-like tension to put him in the company of twice, Dominique nonetheless worked tirelessly for Mark S. Allen, PREMIERE RADIO NETWORKS UPN-TV the classic bad seeds. his democratic ideals until he was brutally gunned “IT’S A HOOT... The moral and ethical implications of cloning down in front of the Radio Haiti studio on April 3, — typically a cultural hot button — are dis- 2000. And you don’t patched to the cutting room floor. Production val- Demme’s bare-bones style offers a keen sense of have to be ues are slick, for what it’s worth. the struggles and frustrations facing the little West a teenager Indies Island. An uncompromising glimpse into a to laugh out Rated: PG-13 for language, scares and a child- life and a land waging a 200-year battle for peace. loud with birth scene . 1 hour, 42 minutes. this one” Sarah Zapp, Rated: PG-13 for grisly images. 1 hour, 30 minutes. CN8, BOSTON — Jeanne Aufmuth — Jeanne Aufmuth “FUNNY The Agronomist ✭✭✭ AND (Century 16) Political activist/journalist Jean SMART.” Dominique is the subject of this searing portrait of To view the trailers for “Mean Girls,” “Laws of Mike Wilbur, Attraction,” “Bon Voyage,” “Envy,” and “Godsend,”visit NBC NEWS CHANNEL Haiti’s political upheavals of the last 40 years. Palo Alto Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ From the coup d’etat that toppled a president to “WICKEDLY FUNNY!” Mose Persico, ENTERTAINMENT SPOTLIGHT, (continued from previous page) ing the part is palpable throughout. He is the Creasy, a former veteran and anti-terrorist CTV MONTREAL mastermind behind a group of would-be operative who is attempting to flush away his Rated: R for intense violence, nudity and lan- thieves who are posing as a Renaissance- painful memories with Jack Daniels. Hired as guage. 2 hours, 7 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed period musical group practicing in the cellar a reluctant bodyguard by a wealthy family in April 16, 2004) of a boarding house run by the trusting Mrs. Mexico City, he slowly comes back to life as Munson (Irma P. Hall). Each of the characters he learns to care for his young charge, Pita, CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES CENTURY THEATRES STARTS FRIDAY, CENTURY PARK 12 CENTURY 12 DOWNTOWN SAN MATEO CENTURY PLAZA 10 The Ladykillers ✭✭1/2 is occasionally laugh-out-loud funny, and if played by the remarkable 9-year-old Dakota APRIL 30 Redwood City (650) 365-9000 San Mateo (650) 558-0123 So. San Francisco (650) 742-9200 you can go into this comedy with low expec- Fanning. When she is kidnapped, Creasy CALL THEATRE OR CHECK DIRECTORY FOR SHOWTIMES NO PASSES OR DISCOUNT TICKETS ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT (Century 16) This Coen Brothers’ remake of the 1955 British comedy relocates everything tations, you may emerge refreshed. becomes a vengeance-driven force of nature. to the gothic American South. Shot in Considering what this movie might have The spectacular violence contrasts with some Natches, Miss., we get lots of luxuriant gar- been, though, makes one long for the old delicate scenes between Creasy and Pita, but dens, gospel choirs and mangy dogs sleep- Coen Brothers magic of days past. Rated: R by the end we’re numbed, rattled and ISABELLE GÉRARD VIRGINIE YVAN GRÉGORI and PETER for language including sexual references. 1 exhausted without any attendant redemption. ADJANI DEPARDIEU LEDOYEN ATTAL DERANGÈRE COYOTE ing on the sidewalk. Think “To Kill a Mockingbird” crossed with ... well, the Coen hour, 44 minutes. — J.S. (reviewed March The reason to see this film is to catch Brothers. Tom Hanks plays Professor 26, 2004) Fanning before she gets corrupted by “ Goldthwait Higginson Dorr III, a scheming Hollywood. Though the plot may be paint-by- ★★★★ Man on Fire ✭✭ numbers, she does her best to make us (and thief with an ungainly Southern charm, an (HIGHEST RATING) ! unlikely cross between Colonel Sanders and (Century 16, Century 12) This is a classic Creasy) really care about her, so that we thrill William Faulkner. Hanks’ character is the best revenge pic with too much time on its hands to her victories and empathize with the agony A DELIGHTFUL FILM! A GIDDY BLEND OF COMEDY, ROMANCE of her parents when she is abducted. Rated: AND DRAMA... FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ‘CYRANO DE BERGERAC’! thing about the movie, and for all my belly- and some overqualified actors in its cast. The aching about the film as a whole, his joy play- ever-watchable Denzel Washington plays R for language and strong violence. 2 hours, SUMPTUOUS VISUALS AND A GREAT STAR CAST.” 26 minutes. — J.S. (Reviewed April 23, 2004) -Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE Monsieur Ibrahim ✭✭✭ “Jennifer Garner is irresistibly wonderful.“ (CineArts) Omar Sharif knocks one out of the ‘‘13 Going on 30’ is a winning number.” Gene Shalit, THE TODAY SHOW “Thumbs up! See it!” Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER/WBBM-TV (Chicago) “A FRENCH FREEDOM MOVIE THAT EVEN DONALD RUMSFELD WOULD LOVE.” SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER...AND SPRING -Richard Corliss, TIME MAGAZINE (Subtitled) (R) Fri. Mon. & Tue. (1:50-4:20) 7-9:30 Sat. & Sun. (11:30-1:50) 4:20-7-9:30 MONSIEUR IBRAHIM (Subtitled) (R) Fri. Mon. & Tue. (2:30-5) 7:30-9:45 Sat. 2:30-5-7:30-9:45 Sun. (12:05) 2:30-5-7:30-9:45 Times Valid For Friday, 4/30 thru Tuesday,5/4 Only © 2004 Search our database! 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park as an enigmatic Parisian grocer who befriends a lonely adolescent. Momo (Pierre Boulanger) is a teenage Jew, living with his neglectful father and generally left to his own devices, which include filching food from the local emporium and fraternizing with the affectionate street hookers. Sensing a keen desperation in Momo, Sufi-faithed Ibrahim lends words of wisdom and what paternal support he can muster. When Momo’s dad retreats into a crippling depression, it’s Ibrahim to the rescue of the boy’s increasing isolation. Sharif has still got it in spades — his charisma lights up the screen and inspires satisfying images of sexy turns in “Doctor Zhivago” and “Lawrence of Arabia.” And Boulanger is a genuine find, encompassing everything decent and poignant about com- ing of age. Rated: R for sexual situations. In French with English subtitles. 1 hour, 35 min- utes. — J.A. (Reviewed March 5, 2004)
The Punisher ✭✭✭ (Century 16, Century 12) FBI operative Frank Castle (Thomas Jane) is on his way to a new life. Following one last undercover mission, he’s going to put the law behind him and focus on family. But his last task for the FBI lands Bobby Saint — son of crime boss Howard Saint (John Travolta) — in a body bag. Howard and his cold-hearted wife, Livia (Laura Harring), get even by massacring Frank’s entire family and leaving him for dead. Frank is healed by an island hermit, and decides to take matters into his own hands. No villain is immune to Frank’s fury — not Howard’s sadistic right-hand man, Quentin Glass (Will Patton), nor the enormous hit man sent after Frank known only as The Russian (pro-wrestler Kevin Nash). And with a trio of oddball neighbors watching Frank’s back — sensitive waitress Joan (Rebecca Romijn- Stamos), wacky high-school dropout Dave (Ben Foster) and corpulent chef Mr. Bumpo (John Pinette) — the bad guys are in for a long week. Jane is a true marvel in the realm of superhero actors. Although the character’s methods may not be admirable, Jane’s exe- cution is perfect. Rated: R for pervasive brutal violence, language and brief nudity. 2 hours, 4 minutes. — T.H. (Reviewed April 16, 2004)
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring ✭✭✭1/2 (CineArts) Provocative, disquieting and thor- oughly original, this Korean import is a moody valentine to transcendent living. Nestled in their idyllic floating temple on Jusan Pond, Old Monk (veteran theater actor Oh Young- soo) and Young Monk (Jae-kyeong Seo) ❝ mark time by the unflappable rhythms of the It’s an upscale table top newspaper seasons. Lessons are learned the hard way, with an eye-for-an-eye guilelessness and a lingering stamp of shame. The outside intrudes in the form of an ill young beauty who sojourns to the Buddhist refuge to expe- .... the most tantalizing newspaper rience the healing powers of time stood still. Young Monk (grown-up Young-min Kim) suc- cumbs to heretofore unknown desires, the pagan lust of the world of men that will lead ❞ him to an unhealthy obsession and the ulti- around. — Bill Mainzer, mate dark deed. Sophisticated serenity is this mood piece’s hallmark. Lush and succinct Owner of Interiors & Textiles images support the twists and turns of nature’s natural terms and the rumination of man’s evident shortcomings. Elegant and unforgettable. Rated: Not rated, but could be PG-13 for mild sexuality and disturbing With two stores located in Palo Alto and San Mateo, Interiors One of the ways he measures the response to his advertis- images. In Korean with English subtitles. 1 hour, 43 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed April 16, & Textiles Corporation is one of the most premier and upscale ing is from customer response to his inserts. “We know the 2004) carpeting, flooring and window treatment stores around. Weekly works because our customers come in to the store with Owned since 1980 by local residents Bill and Ruth Mainzer, the inserts in their hand.” His business, like many others, their attention to detail and delivering superior customer has many options to choose from to reach the Midpeninsula service has made them a destination for would-be shoppers market, yet the Weekly has always been the centerpiece of from all over. reaching the Palo Alto-Menlo Park area residents. For over a decade, the Palo Alto Weekly has been an inte- The Mainzers also rely on the Weekly to stay on top of local gral part of their marketing efforts. “Our customers tend to news and events. “It’s an upscale table top newspaper and be educated and upscale and we feel the Weekly’s readers provides better coverage of local news than other newspapers. are, too”, says Bill Mainzer. It’s the most tantalizing newspaper around.”
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“Paly Juniors Revisit Their Fourth-Grade The Stanford Theatre is located at 221 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Palo Alto History Project” Screenings are for Friday through Remarkable research into the Duveneck Sunday only. The theatre is closed School neighborhood on Monday and Tuesday. For more information call (650) 324-3700. Speakers: Student researchers plus Hilary Freeman, Les Miserables (1935) The story of Bob French and Larry Wong Jean Valjean, imprisoned for stealing a loaf of bread, and Inspector Javert, Sunday, May 2, 2004 at 2pm who relentlessly pursues him. Fredric March gives a compelling performance in this Victor Hugo classic. Also star- Lucie Stern Community Center ring Charles Laughton. Fri. at 7:30 1305 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto p.m.
Refreshments•No admission charge Todd and Yao studied the Weeks Poultry farm in 1997 You Only Live Once (1937) An ex-con tries desperately to live a decent life with his wife, but the fates are against both of them. Starring Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda. Fri. at 5:50 & 9:30 lifornia Dreamin p.m. Ca g The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) When a man accidentally HOSTED BY CALIFORNIA CAFE hears a secret message, his son is Spring Sounds Benefit Auction Dinner Dance kidnapped to ensure his silence. Starring James Stewart and Doris Day. Saturday, May 8, 2004 from 6:00 – 10:30pm Sat. & Sun. at 3:55 & 7:30 p.m. At the Stanford Barn Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) When the owner of a race Honoring Julie Jerome horse is murdered, Charlie joins the case, assisted by his over-enthusiastic son Lee. Starring Warner Oland. Sat. FEATURING MAUI RAFFLE! & Sun. at 6:05 & 9:40 p.m. Win a week in Maui for four
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Friday of the month, downtown Palo Alto ford Barn. Sat., May 8, starting at 6:30 Calendar listings must now be Submissions will be considered Three days of renewing old friendships fine art viewing in downtown art commu- p.m. Ticket includes dinner, music, live and making new ones. Contact ASAP to submitted online. Please go to for four calendars: The new nity. Downtown , Castro St., Mountain and silent auction. All proceeds go to reserve. Rickey’s Hyatt House Grand View. Call 321-3891. http://www.pacifi teen counseling services at public www.PaloAltoOnline.com, Master Community Ballroom, Palo Alto. Call (831) 477-1076. cartleague.org/firstfridays/home.html. schools in Palo Alto and Menlo Park. click on “Master Calendar of Palo Alto 33rd Annual Stanford Powwow 33rd Stanford Spring Faire May 7, 8, 9 from California Cafe, Stanford Barn, 700 Community Calendar,” Online and printed Annual Stanford Powwow May 7-9. Cel- 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Fine arts and crafts, en- Welch Road, Palo Alto. Call 326-6452. ebration of Native cultures through tradi- tertainment and food. Free admission. acs-teens.org. and then click on “Submit calendar listings in the Palo tional songs, dances, and events, with White Plaza, Stanford University, 459 La- a listing.” Alto Weekly, The Almanac more than 100 arts and crafts, info, and gunita Drive, Stanford. Call 723-7615. Concerts and the Mountain View food booths. Camping spaces $5, dona- www.stanford.edu/group/bridge/spring tions for admission. Fri. 7-11 p.m.; Sat. faire. “A Musical Banquet” The Fun Times NEWS. The online form is for Voice. Most listings will be 10 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Singers spring concert and canned food Wine Tasting and Auction “Wine with Calendar listings only. To submit posted online within a week. Eucalyptus Grove on Stanford Campus, drive benefiting Second Harvest Food Heart” Wines from nearly all of the winer- Corner of El Camino Real and Embar- Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo information for possible use Listings are published in the ies of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Appe- cadero Road, Palo Alto. Call 723-4078. Counties, May 7-8 7:30 p.m. General tizers from area restaurants. Silent and elsewhere in the paper, send it papers on a space-available http://powwow.stanford.edu. $12, seniors/students $7. Congregation- live auction. Sun. May 2. Tickets $45 ad- the usual way: e-mail basis. al Church of Campbell, 400 West Camp- Filoli Flower Show May 6-9, from 10 vance; $50 at the door. Proceeds benefit bell Ave., Campbell. Call (408) 356-0101. [email protected]; fax (650) a.m.-3:30 p.m. $15 adults; children $1. the American Heart Association and Vas- www.funtimessingers.org. Opening night reception May 6 from cular research at Stanford. Crowne Plaza 326-3928, Attn: Editor; or mail to QUESTIONS? If you have 5:30-7:30 p.m. $50; Afternoon Teas May Cabana, 4290 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Brentano String Quartet April 30 at 8 Editor, Palo Alto Weekly, 703 questions, call the reception 7-8 at noon and 1:30 p.m. $35/$21. Call (831) 479-WINE. www.scmwa.com. p.m.; $36. Memorial Church, 450 Serra Filoli, 86 Canada Road, Woodside. Call Mall, Stanford. Call 725-ARTS. High St., Palo Alto, CA 94301. desk at the Palo Alto Weekly 364-8300, ext. 508. www.filoli.org. Chamber Music Concert Violinist Susan between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 “Living Spaces” Gamble Garden Spring Benefits Brown, cellist Karen Andrie, pianist WHY THE CHANGE? The new p.m. weekdays, (650) 326-8210. Tour Tour of 5 private gardens, plant MPAEF Goes Hollywood Menlo Park- Josephine Gandolfi, and mezzo-soprano system is designed to get listings After hours, you may press zero sale, boutique, gardening experts and Atherton Education Foundation, annual Wendy Hillhouse. Works by Beethoven, speakers from Sunset. Fri., April 30 and auction dinner, Sat., May 1. Raffle of 450 Bruch, Vaughan Williams, premiere by online faster and to a wider and leave a message in the Sat., May 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Members items, dinner, dance, live auction. $100. David Meckler. Saturday, May 1 at 8 p.m. audience, and to provide an general mailbox. and groups (10+): $25. Nonmembers Raises funds for Menlo Park public Tickets: $14/$12 at the door. Palo Alto $30. Lunch $18. Tickets during tour $35. schools. Contact [email protected] Arts Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo For complete Calendar listings, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com Gamble Garden, 1431 Waverley St., Palo www.mpaef.org. Alto. Call 322-2134. and click on “Master Community Calendar.” Alto. Call 329-1356. www.gamblegar Ninth Annual Scramble for Kids Ninth Hector Moreno, cello Wed. May 5 at 8 den.org. Annual Seton Scramble for Kids May 17; p.m., a senior recital of Bach’s Suite No. Lois Crozier-Hogle’s 90th Birthday Gala 9 a.m. contests, 11 a.m. shotgun start. 2, Brahms’ Sonata in F Major, and Pop- Acterra, Committee for Green Foothills Box lunch, wine, food, Magnolia Jazz per’s Hungarian Rhapsody, with pianist and Hidden Villa celebrate the life, Band, auction. Benefits St. Elizabeth Se- Sheila Chan. Free. Campbell Recital Hall, courage and passion of Lois Crozier- ton School for underprivileged children. 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call 723- www.PaloAltoOnline.com Hogle, environmental leader, Sun., May $250, seniors $195. Open to all. Dead- 2720. music.stanford.edu. If it’s useful and local, it’s on Palo Alto Online! 23, 4-7 p.m. $90. Duveneck House at line May 7. Stanford Golf Course, 198 Hidden Villa, 26870 Moody Road, Los Junipero Serra Blvd., Stanford. Call 494- Jazzschool Berkeley Young artists from the Advanced Jazz Workshops perform Altos Hills. Call 962-9876, ext. 303. 0824. http://seton.ca.campusgrid.net. Ave., Palo Alto. Call (415) 392-4400 . Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Call 947-2796. www.GreenFoothills.org/Lois. modern jazz standards and original com- Pace Setter Walk Self-paced 5K positions. Sun. May 2, 4-5:30 p.m. Free www.ncco.org. www.ci.los-altos.ca.us/recreation/layt. May Fete Parade 82nd annual children’s fundraising walk. Entertainment, re- admission, limited seating (200+). Com- Susie Kang, violin Sat. May 1 at 8 p.m., “Approaching Zanzibar” Pear Avenue parade co-sponsored by the Palo Alto freshment and prizes. Benefits the fight munity School of Music and Arts, 230 a senior recital of Brahms’ “Sonata No. Theatre performances. Comedy about a Weekly. Floats, marching bands, costumes, against Crohn’s disease and ulcerative San Antonio Circle, Mountain View. Call 3”; Mozart’s “Sinfonia Concertante” with cross-country road trip to see a dying “Under the Sea” theme. May 1. Kids: Show colitis. May 8. Pre-register. Baylands 917-6800, ext. 330. www.arts4all.org. Karl Stuen, viola; and Saint Saens’ “Ron- relative that takes a family on pilgrimage, John Hammond Sun. May 2 at 8 p.m. do Capriccioso” with Shuo Zhai, piano. running the emotional gamut from A to Z. $16 advance; $18 door. Little Fox, 2209 Free. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 Lasuen Through May 9. Thu.-Sat. 8 p.m.; Sun- OF NOTE Broadway, Redwood City. Call 369- Mall, Stanford. Call 723-2720. days 2 p.m. Tickets $10-$25. The Pear 4119. www.foxdream.com. music.stanford.edu. Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave., Moun- Unauthorized Rolling Stones Plus Rudy tain View. Call 254-1148. Justin Yang, composer Fri. Apr. 30 at 8 Colombini and The False Gods, Sat. May www.thepear.org. p.m., a Student Recital featuring a Pre- 1 at 9 p.m.; $10 advance; $12 door. Lit- sent-Day Oratorio, vocal music with in- Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Patience” tle Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City. Stanford Savoyards perform the comic strumental accompaniment. Free. Camp- Call 369-4119. www.foxdream.com. bell Recital Hall, 541 Lasuen Mall, opera Fri.-Sat. April 30-May 1, at 8 p.m. Stanford. Call 723-2720. music.stan and Sun., May 2, at 2:30 p.m. General ford.edu. Live Music $15, senior $10 and student $7. Dinkel- spiel Auditorium, Stanford University, Kevin Natenstedt, piano Sat. May 1 at All That and Jazz Live music, Jessie Nor- fleet and Melvin Arterberry. Jazz fusion Stanford. Call 725-2787. www.stan 2:30 p.m., a student recital of ford.edu/group/savoyards . Beethoven’s Sonata, Op. 109; Chopin’s with piano and drums. Fri., April 30 from Polonaise, Op. 44; and Prokofieff’s 8-10 p.m. Free admission. ART21 “Holes” Peninsula Youth Theatre per- Sonata No. 7. Free. Campbell Recital Gallery and Framing, 539 Alma St., Palo formance. May 7-16. Fridays: 7:30 p.m.; Hall, 541 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call Alto. Call 566-1381. www.art21.us. Saturdays: 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sundays: 4 723-2720. music.stanford.edu. Hobbyhorse Acoustic multi-instrumental p.m. $16 for adults, $13 for children and seniors. Weekday matinees at 9:30 a.m. Ricardo Gilb, guitar Sun. May 2 at 8 folk duo. Original songs. Fri. May 7. 6-8 p.m. Free. Harmony Bakery & Cafe, 299 and 12:30 p.m. May 11 and 12: $6. p.m., a student recital of Latin guitar mu- Cubberley Community Center Theatre, sic in the 20th century, with works by California Ave., Palo Alto. www.hobby horsemusic.com. 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call Brouwer, Villa-Lobos, Barrios, and Piaz- 988-8798. www.pytnet.org. zolla. Free. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 May Day Concert Celtic, medieval and Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call 723-2720. Renaissance music performed by Bro- “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor music.stanford.edu. celiande. May 1. Covenant Presbyterian Dreamcoat” Palo Alto Players perform musical Through May 9. Wed.-Sat. 8 Second Sunday Jazz Series: Dena Church, 670 East Meadow Drive, Palo Alto. Call (510) 569-0437. www.bro p.m., Sun. 2:30 p.m. $17-$27. Lucie DeRose May 9, 7:30 pm. General admis- celiande.org. Stern Theater, 1305 Middlefield Road, sion $25; $23 students; seniors 65+ & Broceliande Terry Bradford Celine Dion’s former duet Palo Alto. Call 329-0891. www.paplay PAJA; Stanford students $5 . Campbell ers.org. Broceliande will perform on Saturday at 8 p.m. at Covenant Presby- Recital Hall, Braun Music Center, Call partner, brief performance at the “Arms “Little Shop of Horrors” Dark musical terian Church, 670 East Meadow (next to Mitchell Park). The pro- Info.: 736-0324 Box office: 725-2787. for the Poor” and “In Whose Interest” film www.stanfordjazz.org. screenings. Tue., May 4, 7:30 p.m. World comedy, Motown tunes, a sadistic den- gram will feature Celtic, medieval and Renaissance music that cele- Centric, 2121 Staunton Court, Palo Alto. tist, star-crossed lovers and a man-eat- brates the joys and wonders of spring. Broceliande (shown above) Shostakovich and Grieg Fri., April 30. Call 856-2019. worldcentric.org. ing plant. 8 p.m. Thu.-Sat. April 30 and Mendelssohn String Symphony No. 9; consists of Margaret Davis, Karl Franzen, Kristoph Klover and Kris May 1. $10/$7 with student ID. For tick- Shostakovich Piano Concerto No.1; ets: [email protected] or 322- Yenney. Gilles Vonsattel, Piano; Grieg Holberg, On Stage 3673. J-Bldg at Menlo-Atherton High A donation of $15/$10 is suggested. For more information please Suite. Tickets: $39 and $28. Half-price “Alice (Alice in Wonderland)” The City School, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton. contact Margaret Davis at (510) 569-0437 or e-mail Kris Yenney at tickets are available for students. Tickets of Los Altos Youth Theatre performs April are available at the door starting one 30 at 7 p.m., May 1 and 2 at 1 p.m. and “Salt” By Migdalia Cruz, the story of a [email protected]. hour before each performance. First 7 p.m., May 7 and 8 at 7 p.m. May 8 at 1 family fighting for survival in the salt United Methodist Church, 625 Hamilton p.m. $7-$10. The Bus Barn Theater, 97 (continued on page 29) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 27 First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto Affirming the dignity and integrity Los Altos (PCUSA) of every person’s religious journey Lutheran I 9:30 am Youth Classes & Adult Study Come Visit Sunday, May 2, 2004 Church 11:00 am Worship “Living in Theory” Our Inclusive 11:20 am Church School ELCA Community of Reverend Darcey Laine n Pastor W. Robert Martin III Pastor David K. Bonde Faith Pastor Jeff Vamos Services: 9:30 & 11.00 a.m. Sunday Sch: 11 a.m. Forum: 9 a.m. 9:00 am Worship 505 E. Charleston Rd. Palo Alto (650) 494-0541 www.uucpa.org Alpha Courses s 1140 Cowper Street 650-325-5659 www.fprespa.org Nursery Care Provided PALO ALTO COMMUNITY CHURCH 650-948-3012 460 S. El Monte Ave., Los Altos Affirming the Best of Who You Are. www.losaltoslutheran.org p STANFORD MEMORIAL CHURCH Sunday Celebration Services Sunday, May 2 • 10 AM University Public Worship 8:45 AM, 11:00 AM & 6:00 PM Sunday Nursery & youth programs available at AM services Mornings for “Come Along for the Ride” Wednesday: Mediation 7:00-7:30PM Spiritual Health The Rev. Patrick LaBelle, Director, Class: 7:30-9:00PM through May 19th i Meditation 9:15-9:45am Catholic Community at Stanford “The Secret Gospel of Thomas” Service 10-11am Christian Ecumenical service with Eucharist Visit our website for the daily inspirational Non-denominational Child care provided; pre-school age and under. All are welcome. message from “Daily Word” and Inclusive Spirituality. r 3391 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto • (650) 494-7222 Thursdays 7-8pm For Information Call (650) 723-1762 Meditation & Visit http://religiouslife.stanford.edu www.unitypaloalto.org Self-Development a Pathways to Self Healing 4153A El Camino Way Palo Alto (650) 424-1118 t Bahá’í Faith www.psh.org Grace Lutheran “Let your vision be world-embracing.” -Bahá’u’lláh Church i -ELCA- Please join us for an evening of music and devotions. 3149 Waverley St., Palo Alto 650–494–1212 o Saturday, May 1, 2004 7:30-8:30 p.m. 8:00 am – Worship Service Palo Alto Arts Center, 1313 Newell Road 9:15 am – Sunday School & Adult Education 10:30 am – Worship Service n www.paloaltobahai.org (650) 321-0939 Child care available at both services 5:00 pm – Jazz Vespers (Second Sunday of the month) To include your Church in Inspirations call Blanca Yoc 650-326-8210 Ext. 239 or email:[email protected] Rev. Randall K. Wilburn s Rev. Susan Shipman
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(continued from page 27) the last century. Includes a camera dis- May 3-19; “Off the Wall,” May 24-June 5, guised as a cigarette lighter featured in Main Gallery; Gilbert Marosi, oil, acrylics, mounds of Chicago’s South Side. (Note: the movie Roman Holiday. Through May May 1-23, Norton Studio; Students of contains sexual situations.) May 5-8 at 8 23. Museum of American Heritage, 351 Inge Infante, May 1-23, Studio One. Pa- p.m., May 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets $8; reser- Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call 321-1004. cific Art League, 668 Ramona St., Palo vations available. Nitery Theater, Old www.moah.org. Alto. Call 321-3891. www.pacifi Union, 514 Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call Cantor Center for Visual Arts “The cartleague.org. 725-5838. drama.stanford.edu. Artist Observed: Portraits and Self-Por- Palo Alto Art Center “Youth Art and Cul- The Peninsulaires Men’s Barbershop traits,” through May 2; “Picasso to tural Kaleidoscope: Youth Presentations,” Chorus Sun., May 2 at 3 p.m. “The Olde Thiebaud,” through June 20; May 9-31. Tue.-Sat. from 10 a.m.-5 Barbershop,” barbershop harmony, plus “Grotesques: Leonardo’s Strange Lega- p.m.; Thu. from 7-10 p.m.; Sun. from 1-5 quartet, “Q”. Mountain View Center for cy,” through July 18; “Peter Voulkos Ce- p.m. Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., ramics,” through Dec. 18, 2005; Red Road, Palo Alto. Call 329-2366. Mountain View. Call (408) 866-6458. Grooms, “Preliminary Questions,” April www.cityofpaloalto.org/artcenter. www.barbershop-harmony.org. 28-July 25. Wed.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Palo Alto Red Cross Makes History The Thu. until 8 p.m. Call 723-4177. Stan- Palo Alto Area Chapter of the American ford University, Building 200, Stanford. Red Cross celebrates its 88th anniver- Auditions www.stanford.edu/dept/ccva. sary at the MOAH. Exhibited are items El Camino Youth Symphony Young mu- Gallery Opening New work by local from the ARC archives, including pre- sicians ages 6-18 with at least one year mixed media artist and painter, Joan charter 1898 photos and memorabilia, of experience on a musical instrument. Hancock, “The Adventures of Leland and letters from “Somewhere in France, Auditions for music education program Jane,” through May 17. Gallery hours 10 1917,” photos from the 1953 Stanford for the 2004-2005 Season. Applications to 3 p.m., Mon.-Fri. Anita Seipp Gallery, blood drive. Through May 23. Museum are currently being accepted for all ECYS 1311 Emerson St., Palo Alto. of American Heritage, Doctor’s Wing, ensembles and orchestras, ranging from Green Library “The Rediscovery of Africa 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call 321- beginning through advanced levels, May- 1400-1900: Antique African Maps & Rare 1004. www.moah.org. July. El Camino Youth Symphony, 2439 Images.” An exhibit of antique African Silicon Valley Open Studios Exhibit by Birch St., Palo Alto. Call 327-2611. maps and rare books including the Oscar seven fine artists in an early Open Stu- CALIFORNIA ART 1880-1950 www.ecys.org. I. Norwich Collection, through Aug. 1. Call dios showing. Sat.-Sun. May 1-2, 11 Summer Conservatory Peninsula Youth 723-9108 for library hours. Green Library, a.m.-5 p.m. Pacific Art League of Palo C.D. ROBINSON (1847-1933) Theatre. Youths ages 12-20 auditions for 2004 ANNUAL EXHIBIT Stanford University, 557 Escondido Mall, Alto, 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto. Call ~ Through May ~ two-week Summer Educational Theater Stanford. Call 725-1020, information. 328-3499. pws.prserv.net/7artists/in Training. May 1, 2 p.m. Prepare a 1- www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/ex dex.html. Over 300 works by more than 100 minute prose monologue. Training July 5- hibits/africanmaps.html. Stanford Art Gallery “Signed Design: 16 and July 19-30, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Mars Center Interactive “Mars rover” Student Projects in Design that Reveal a Early California artists as well as a $350 per session. Peninsula Youth The- yard, Mars wall video, transmissions from Pride in Authorship,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m. select group of paintings by other atre, 2500 Old Middlefield Way, Mountain Mars Exploration Rover mission, for ages Tue.-Fri.; 1-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun., through noted American and European artists. View. Call 988-8798. www.pytnet.org. 3-adult. Open through June. Call for daily May 9. Stanford Art Gallery, 419 Lasuen schedule. NASA Ames Research Center, Mall, Stanford. Call 723-3404. Partial List: Exhibits Main Gate, Moffett Field exit from 101, www.stanford.edu/dept/art/gallery/in Wm. Adam – Edward Borein – Wm. Clapp Mountain View. Call 604-6274. dex.html. 7 Artists Group show of painting, G.J. Denny – Maynard Dixon – John Dominique mixed media, sculpture, and Photogra- www.arc.nasa.gov. Stanford Art Spaces Paintings by Kayo- phy by Gary Coleman, Stephen H. Curl, Mountain View Center Lenore McDon- mi Harai, carved cardboard by Judy Percy Gray – Edith Hamlin – Sam Hyde Harris ald, paintings, through April 26; Marius Johnson-Williams, paintings by Lucy Grace Hudson – Wm. Keith – Dong Kingman Werner Glinka, Helen Ju, Susan Prather, “Vernal Falls, Yosemite” Oil/canvas 26" x 32" Roland Ralston, and Pete Zivkov. Part Bosc, oil on canvas, April 27-June 21. Liew exhibited weekdays, 8:30 a.m.-5 Mary DeNeale Morgan – Frank H. Myers of Open Studios. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat.- Mon., Wed., Fri., noon-1 p.m. and one p.m. through May 20. Center for Inte- Lillie May Nicholson – Otis Oldfield Sun. May 1-2. Pacific Art League, 668 hour prior to public performances. grated Systems, Stanford. Call 725- John O’Shea – George Post – Hanson Puthuff Ramona St., Palo Alto. Call 851-5909. Mountain View Center, 500 Castro St., 3622. cis.stanford.edu/~marigros. Carl Sammons – Louis Siegriest pws.prserv.net/7artists/. Mountain View. www.mvcpa.com. When Radio Was King — MOAH’s 1107 California Drive, Burlingame Gardner Symons – Raymond Yelland Cameras from the MOAH Collection Pacific Art League Institute of Transper- Spring Exhibit Through May 23. Exhibit (Exit 101 – Broadway exit West– left on California Dr.) Free exhibit, overview of 119 old and un- sonal Psychology — Various Artists, (650) 340-8400 Tues-Sat. 10:00-5:00 www.kerwingalleries.com usual camera styles and capabilities from through April 30; “Streets of Palo Alto,” (continued on next page)
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porate misdeeds and how individuals can 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call 321- Tickets from www.penchi.org Canada ID card. $1 for nonmembers. “Meet the (continued from previous page) encourage ethical businesses. Time to 1004. www.moah.org. College Main Theatre, 4200 Farm Hill Parents,” starring Robert De Niro and share ideas in small groups. Thu. May 6, Blvd., Woodside. Call 299-8459. Ben Stiller. Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., of classic radio receivers and radio mem- “The Party’s Over: Oil, War & the Fate of 7-9:30 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door. Foun- Palo Alto. Call 326-5362. orabilia that changed the view of the Industrial Societies,” author Richard Preschool Story time Story time for chil- dation for Global Community, 222 High world by creating new methods of deliv- Heinberg examines the end of cheap oil dren ages 3-5, Fridays, 11:30 a.m. Managing the Sale of Your Home May St., Palo Alto. Call 328-7756, ext. 636. ering entertainment and information. Mu- and the implications of this major Mitchell Park Library, 3700 Middlefield 10, 17 and 24 at 2 p.m. in Room 216. www.globalcommunity.org. seum of American Heritage, 351 Homer change. Tue. May 4, 7:30 p.m. Tickets Road; Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Children’s What to keep, sell and how to select a Ave., Palo Alto. www.moah.org. Is Venezuela Next? Tue., May 4, 7 p.m. $10 at the door. Foundation for Global Library, 1276 Harriet St.; Wednesdays, realtor. Income tax consequences of the President Chavez’s refusal to sell out his Community, 222 High St., Palo Alto. Call 11 a.m. College Terrace Library, 2300 sale. Free. Avenidas, 450 Bryant St., country’s oil resources has made him a 328-7756. www.globalcommunity.org. Wellesley St., Palo Alto. Call 329-2134. Palo Alto. Call 326-5362. Talks/Authors target of corporate powers in both Waverley Writers Open Reading Fri. www.cityofpaloalto.org/library/kids-teens. ADD/ADHD and Sex Thu. May 6, 7:15- Venezuela and Washington, D.C. Speak- May 7, 7:30-10 p.m. Free to all, poets Stories in Motion East coast storyteller Health 9:30 p.m. Jeffrey Kisling, LMFT. How to Elaine Muray, show of pantomime and er: Eric Quezada of the Venezuela Soli- and listeners. Early sign up. Friends Affordable Health Care for All Californi- improve relationships and health. Bring storytelling. May 5 at 7 p.m. for children darity Group. Free; sponsored by PPJC. Meeting House, 957 Colorado St. (near ans Hubert Morel-Seytoux, director of significant other and older teens. Open ages 5 and up. Mitchell Park Library, Broadcast on Mid-Peninsula Cable Greer), Palo Alto. Call 424-9877. the Mid-Peninsula chapter of Health Care to the public, $7 tax-deductible donation 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call throughout May. Community Media Cen- for All-California lectures with slide show to KPI. Friends Meeting House (rear of 329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto.org/li ter (Wheelchair accessible), 900 San An- on Sat., May 1 at 11 a.m. Menlo Park Li- lot), 957 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto. Call tonio Road, Palo Alto. Call 326-8837. Family and Kids brary/kids-teens. 329-9443. www.kpinst.org. Baby Story time May 3. 11:00 a.m. A brary, 800 Alma St., Menlo Park. Call www.peaceandjustice.org. Toddler Story time Story time for chil- 330-2512. menloparklibrary.org. Afro-Futurism: Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Spec- monthly infant lapsit program for parents dren ages 18 months to 3 years, Fridays, May Luncheon Silicon Valley innovator Cardiac Therapy Foundation Open ulations Nisi Shawl, “Ancestors, Ghosts, and caregivers, and their babies aged 6- 10 a.m. Mitchell Park Library, 3700 Mid- and candidate for the 21st District As- House Free open house, Sat., May 1, 11 and Social Technology,” April 30, noon-1 18 months. Children’s Library, 1276 Harri- dlefield Road; Fridays, 10 a.m. Mitchell sembly, Steve Poizner, speaking on “Poli- a.m.-1 p.m. How cardiac rehab can add p.m.; “The Quality of Sand.” Cherene et St., Palo Alto. Call 329-2134. Park Library, 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo tics Today-Current Issues for our State years to life and life to one’s years. Sherrard reads from her fiction published www.cityofpaloalto.org/library/kids-teens. Alto. Call 329-2134. www.cityofpaloal Government”. Call for reservations. May Demonstrations. Cubberley Community in “Dark Matter: Reading the Bones” and El Camino Youth Symphony Currently to.org/library/kids-teens. 1, 11:30 a.m. St. Michael’s Alley, 806 Center, Gym A, 4000 Middlefield Road, discusses writing myth and history in accepting applications for the 2004 sum- Emerson St., Palo Alto. Call 854-6483. Palo Alto. Call 494-1300. www.cardiac speculative fiction about slavery. May 7 mer music program: Orchestra, percus- therapy.org. from noon-1 p.m. Stanford University, Outside University Timmy O’Neill, sion and wind ensemble workshops for Teen Activities Main Quad, History Corner, Building 200 climber known as the “Urban Ape.” May beginning-advanced musicians. Three YMCA Teen Night May 7, 8-9:30 p.m. room 30, Stanford. Call 723-3782. 3 at 7 p.m. Stanford University, Building music workshops from July 12-23. Free. Teen nights at the YMCA. First Fri- Classes/Workshops www.stanford.edu/dept/AAAS. day of every month, open to all teen in 200, Stanford. Workshops open to all instruments and ADD/ADHD and Sex Thu., May 6, 7:15- Brown v. Board of Education the community, ages 13-18. Swim, shoot Charles feature orchestra, small ensemble and 9:30 p.m. Speaker, Jeffrey Kisling, LMFT, “Paly Juniors Revisit Fourth-Grade His- baskets, work out, eat pizza. Palo Alto Ogletree, “All Deliberate Speed: Reflec- music theory instruction. First Presbyter- discusses the effect of sex on people tory Project” Research into Duveneck Family YMCA, 3412 Ross Road, Palo tions on the First Half-Century of Brown ian Church, 1140 Cowper at Lincoln, with ADD/ADHD. $7 tax deductible do- area history presented at the Palo Alto Alto. v. Board of Education,” April 30 at 5 p.m. Palo Alto. Call 327-2611. www.ecys.org. nation. Friends Meeting House (rear of Stanford Bookstore Art Alcove, 519 La- Historical Association. Free general May Fete Town Fair Sat. May 1, immedi- lot), 957 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto. Call suen Mall, Stanford. Call 322-1936. meeting Sun., May 2 at 2 p.m. Paly jun- iors give an oral and visual presentation, ately following the May Fete Parade. Seniors 329-9443. www.kpinst.org. Erica Jong Reading from “Sappho’s with emcees Hilary Freeman, Bob French Food, activities, prizes, music. Addison Ballroom Dance Instruction April 30, 3 Childbirth Refresher Class Hands-on Leap: A Novel,” May 3 at 2 p.m. Stanford and Larry Wong. Lucie Stern Community Elementary School, Addison Ave., Palo to 4:30 p.m. La Comida. Avenidas, 450 class for women or couples expecting Bookstore Art Alcove, 519 Lasuen Mall, Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Alto. Bryant St., Palo Alto. Call 326-5362 . another child. Sunday, May 2 from 1-4 Stanford. Call 322-1936. Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Peninsula School Spring Fair Sun. May p.m. Blossom Birth Services, 1000 Elwell Foster Care Crisis A panel including a Bike Ride - Coyote Creek Trail Sun., Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call 856- 2, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Music, rides, crafts, Court, Palo Alto. Call 964-7380. blos social worker, a child advocate and a for- May 2. Fifty-Plus Lifelong Fitness 18-mile 0912. foods. $22/family, $7/adults, $5/kids, sombirth.com. mer foster youth discuss the needs of bike ride along paved roads with no au- free for seniors and kids under 3. Penin- Clinic for accompanists with Dena foster children on the Peninsula and “Radio Recollections” Jim Burch, vice tos to view spring flowers. Park near trail sula School, 920 Peninsula Way, Menlo ways the community can help at 7:30 mayor of Palo Alto, Wed. May 5 at 7:30 crossing. Bring snack and water (no cof- DeRose Clinic in accompanying vocal- Park. Call 325-1584. www.peninsu p.m. on Mon., May 3. First United p.m. Recounting his “Radio Recollec- fee shop available). Meet at 9 a.m. Flat ists. May 9, 4:30 p.m. General admission laschool.org/springfair. Methodist Church of Palo Alto, 625 tions” in the radio industry after WWII, in- route. Coyote Creek Trail, Silicon Valley $10 ; free for Stanford students. Camp- Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. Call 323-6167. cluding work in Osaka, Japan for the “Peter and the Wolf” Jim Gamble Pup- Blvd. 1/2 mile east hwy. 101-85 junction, bell Recital Hall, Braun Music Center, Call www.firstpaloalto.com. Armed Services Radio Network, Holly- pet Production of Prokofiev’s classic. Palo Alto. Call (408) 244-7923. Info.: 736-0324 Box office: 725-2787. www.50plus.org. www.stanfordjazz.org. Integrating Values and Business Smarts wood for CBS and Phoenix for Gene May 1: 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m.; Bill DeVincenzi, root causes of recent cor- Autry. MOAH members free, nonmem- May 2: 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. Show for Friday at the Movies April 30, 1 p.m. in Congolese African Drum Class Con- bers: $5. Museum of American Heritage, children 10 and under. Price $6/person. Room 216. Admission free to SCMA with golese African drumming class with Winner of the 2003 Gold Award by Marriott! RESIDENCE INN PALO ALTO–LOS ALTOS.
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MaBoukaka. Mixed levels, beginners Red Cross, 400 Mitchell Lane, Palo Alto. walk organized by India Literacy Project at select locations 8 a.m.-noon while Baylands Natural Preserve, 1785 Em- welcome, drums available. Ongoing Call 688-0428. www.paarc.org. (ILP). Kid’s race, raffles, games. $60 supplies last. Proof of residency is re- barcadero Road, Palo Alto. Call (415) Tuesdays 7:30-10 p.m. Peninsula Relaxation Happy Hour Stanford Health (family), $25 (individual), $20 (12 and un- quired. Atherton: Holbrook-Palmer Park, 356-2230. http://www.ccfa.org/chap School, Menlo Park. Drop-in, $10. 325- Improvement Program will present Relax- der). Shoreline Park, Shoreline Blvd., Menlo Park: Bayfront Park Entrance, ters/northerncalifornia/. 1566 for more info. ation Happy Hour on Thursdays, through Mountain View. Call (800) 834 0382. Atherton and Menlo Park, Call 802-4349. MOAH Volunteers Opportunities The Cooking — Simple Raw Dishes May 6, from 6-7:15 p.m. $60. Pre-regis- www.ilpnet.org. www.rethinkwaste.org. Museum of American Heritage offers a Preparing dishes Seaweed, pickled tration recommended. Stanford Preven- Volunteers wide variety of volunteer opportunities in- greens, tofu, bean noodles, nut sauce, tion Research Center, Call 723-9649. Outdoors cluding docents, gardening, exhibit in- hip.stanford.edu. Be a Mentor Friends for Youth is looking stallation and preparation, instructors May 3. Palo Alto Unified School Dis- A Night Hike for Newbies Docent-led for volunteer mentors to spend quality and assistant instructors, working on trict Adult School, 50 Embarcadero Signing with Your Baby May 2, 10 a.m.- hike through woods, chaparral, grass- time with youth-in-need in our communi- newsletter team, photographer assistant Road, Palo Alto. Call 329-3752. noon. Using sign language to communi- lands under the almost-full moon. April ty. Information sessions available. Friends and more. Ongoing, hours are flexible. http://www.paadultschool.org/html/ cate with baby 3 months or older. $45. 30 from 6:30-10:30 p.m. Reservations for Youth, 1741 Broadway St., Redwood Museum of American Heritage, 351 main.html. Blossom Birth Services, 1000 Elwell required. Skyline Ridge Open Space City. Call 482-2864. www.friendsfory Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call 321-1004. How To Talk To Your Child About Sex Court, Palo Alto. Call 946.7380. Preserve, Call 691-1200. www.open outh.org. www.moah.org. May 6. 7 p.m.-9 p.m. Joe Connelly, www.blossombirth.com. space.org. Crohn’s and Colitis Pace Setter Walk Palo Alto City Library All five libraries founder of Goodparents, Inc., provides Edgewood Wildflower Walks More Northern California Chapter of the have a variety of volunteer positions, examples of productive (and less pro- than 50 species of blooming wildflow- Film Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Ameri- from sorting to shelving to closing to ductive) ways to talk to preteens about ers on a single walk. Trained docents “Arms for the Poor/In Whose Interest” ca, annual 5K walk, May 8, 9 a.m.-noon. homework help. Six month commitment sex and other difficult issues. Admission Two short films on the influence of arms lead free public walks on Saturdays and Entertainment, refreshments and prizes. is Free. Sponsored by the Palo Alto industry on Congress and sale of Sundays, through June 13, 10 a.m.-1 (continued on next page) Council of PTAs. Jordan Middle School, weapons across globe, and the effects of p.m., and cover 1.5-2 miles. Edgewood 750 N. California Street, Palo Alto. U.S. foreign policy over the last 50 years. Park Old Stage Day Camp, Edgewood www.pta.palo-alto.ca.us/index.html. Tue., May 4, 7:30 p.m., $3-$5. World Road, Redwood City. Call 1-866-GO- Evening Summer Program Weekday Centric, 2121 Staunton Court, Palo Alto. EDGEWOOD. www.friendsofedge evening jazz classes for listeners and Call 856-2019. www.worldcentric.org. wood.org/docent. musicians ages 14+. Topics include: Ap- “Breaking Away” Cycling classic. Exploring a Sense of Place Orientation preciation, jazz styles and techniques, Dave Stoller and friends take on the lo- for a year-long series of outdoor field theory and hands-on training. Taught by cal college fraternities in a bike race, trips and naturalist lectures to learn top Bay Area musicians and educators. and earn the respect of the entire about local ecology. Course participants Braun Music Center, Call Info.: 736- town. May 6, 7 p.m., $10 adults, $5 will gain deeper awareness of natural 0324. www.stanfordjazz.org. juniors. Spangenberg Auditorium, 780 systems, meet new friends. Mon. May 3, Museum Study and Critique Sat., May Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. www.vel 7-9 p.m. Free overview program; 12 15 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Member fee $65, ogirls.com/veloflix.html. month registration $360 ($190 for six nonmember fee $90. Trip will begin at 10 Stanford Theatre April 30: “Les Miser- months). Foundation for Global Commu- a.m. at the Oakland Museum, have ables,” at 7:30 p.m.; “You Only Live nity, 222 High St., Palo Alto. Call 328- lunch, and travel to The Legion of Honor. Once,” at 5:50 and 9:30 p.m.; May 1-2: 7756. www.globalcommunity.org. Will examine ultra realism and impres- “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” at 3:55 Wildflower Panorama 360-degree views sionism by critiquing the California land- and 7:30 p.m.; “Charlie Chan at the from the Bay to the sea, moderate and scapes at the Oakland Museum and the Racetrack,” at 6:05 and 9:40 p.m. Stan- short hikes with Greenbelt Alliance. May French/European paintings at The Legion ford Theatre, 221 University Ave., Palo 2 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and Russian of Honor. Pacific Art League, 668 Ra- Alto. Call 324-3700. www.stanfordthe Ridge and Skyline Ridge preserves. Call mona St., Palo Alto. Call 321-3891. atre.org. (415) 255-3233. www.greenbelt.org. www.pacificartleague.org. Pet First Aid Red Cross 3-hour course Sports Environment May 5, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Teaches a 6th Annual Race for Literacy Sun. May Spring Compost Giveaway Sat., May 1. variation on standard first aid and CPR 2, 9 a.m. at Shoreline Park. A profession- Residents of Atherton, East Palo Alto, for use with dogs and cats. $40. Pet first ally timed 5K/10K race on a fast-paced Menlo Park, and Palo Alto may take up aid handbook included. Palo Alto Area USATF certified course and a 5K fun to 1 cubic yard of compost at no charge STANFORD BOOKSTORE AUTHOR EVENTS
Monday, May 3, 2004 • 2:00PM • Stanford Bookstore Art Alcove Erica Jong - always our keenest-eyed chronicler of the wonders and vagaries of sex and love - has found the perfect subject for a witty and sensuous tale of a passionate woman ahead of her time. A generation of readers who have been moved to laughter and recognition by Jong's heroines will be enchanted anew by her re-creation of the immortal poet. Fear of Flying - Originally published in 1973, the groundbreaking, uninhibited story of Isadora Wing and her desire to fly free caused a national sensation. It fueled fantasies, ignited debates, and even introduced a notorious new phrase to the English language. Now, after thirty years, the revolutionary novel known as Fear of Flying still stands as a timeless tale of self-discovery, liberation, and womanhood. Sappho's Leap: A Novel - Sappho's Leap is a journey back 2,600 years to inhabit the mind of the greatest love poet the world has ever known. At the age of fourteen, Sappho is seduced by the beautiful poet Alcaeus, plots with him to overthrow the dictator of their island, and is caught and married off to a repellent older man in hopes that matrimony will keep her out of trouble. Instead, it starts her off on a series of amorous adventures with both men and women, taking her from Delphi to Egypt, and even to the Land of the Amazons and the shadowy realm of Hades.
Monday, May 10, 2004 • 7:00PM • Kresge Auditorium, Stanford Law School Stanford Humanities Center and ASSU Speakers Bureau present Isabel Allende - “A Sense of Place” Like many of her fictional characters, Isabel Allende has spent her life traveling to and living in many places. She was born to diplomat parents in Lima in 1942, and when not in her Chilean homeland, lived in Europe, Lebanon and Bolivia. Following the 1973 overthrow of Salvador Allende, Chile's president and Isabel's uncle, she lived in exile in Caracas for thirteen years. Since 1987, when she met and married San Francisco lawyer William Gordon, she has lived and worked in Northern California. Allende's life in letters reflects the migrations of her personal life. It was from her Caracas exile that she began on January 8, 1981 writing a “spiritual letter” to her dying grandfather. This text soon became her debut novel, La Casa de los espíritus (The House of the Spirits), and that date has become a ceremonial and ritualistic starting point in the creation of all her subsequent works. We are fortunate, indeed, to welcome Isabel Allende to Stanford as a 2004 Presidential Lecturer.
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(continued from previous page) stract. Paintings, drawings, photography, Ghosts,” May 4-29. Reception May 14, Palo Alto. Call 323-7830. www.kath Modernbook Gallery Xavier Damon, May. bronze, steel and glass. Live jazz, poetry, 6-8 p.m. Photographs by Marina Brod- leenaveryfineart.com. Call for dates. Modernbook Gallery, 494 preferred. Also need volunteers for Oper- wine tasting, and special events, through skaya and monotypes by Madeline Et- University Ave., Palo Alto. Call 327-6325. Keeble & Shuchat Photography ation Homebound, assisting patrons who June 30. ART21 Gallery and Framing, 539 tin. Gallery House, 320 California Ave., A con- www.modernbook.com. cannot get to the library due to illness or Alma St., Palo Alto. Call [email protected]. Palo Alto. www,galleryhouse2.com. temporary pictorialism exhibit with expres- sive images by The New Pictorialist Society DeNovo Goldsmith Barbara Heinrich, disability. Call 329-2644. www.cityof Cafe Borrone Conceptual artist Ade Viewpoints Gallery Jean Warren: Layers of on display in The Gallery from Mon.-Sat., 9 gold, platinum and gemstone jewelry. Re- paloalto.org/library/kids-teens. Adekola, “Repetition and Inflections,” “Pixi- Time May 2-30. Watercolor paintings a.m.-5:30 p.m. through May 25.; Terry ception Sat. May 1 from noon-6 p.m. Ex- lated Ensemblage” and “Transformation” which explore memory and non-linear per- Shuchat, June 1-July 12. Keeble & hibit through May 30. DeNovo Fine Con- series. Through June 6. Cafe Borrone, ceptions of time. Viewpoints Gallery, 315 Art Galleries Shuchat Photography, 290 California Ave., temporary Jewelry, 250 University Ave., 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. Call State St., Los Altos. Call 941-5789. Art 21 Palo Alto. Palo Alto. Call 327-1256. www.de Original acrylics on canvas and 327-0830. www.adekola.com. wood by Ronit Novick on display through Kathleen Avery Fine Art “L’ Ecole de novo.com. May. Reception Sat., May 1 from 7-9 p.m.; Gallery House “Rites of Spring” silent auc- Paris,” selection of figurative paintings and Lyons Ltd. Antique Prints “The American Community Events On display through mid-May, artist SZN tion. Art objects submitted for auction by sculpture from La Belle Epoque through Landscape,” Tue.-Sat. 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m.; Kraft’s “Seven Chakras on Canvas,” a se- gallery artists include ceramics, glass, jew- the Modern Era (1890-1950) with particu- Mondays by appointment. Through June. Ramdas Padye Ventriloquism, puppetry, ries of seven acrylic paintings; 21 artists elry, mixed media, paintings, drawings, lar emphasis on L’ Ecole de Paris, in con- Reception April 2 from 6-8 p.m. Lyons Ltd. music and humor from India, May 2 at working in various styles; contemporary art, photographs, prints, and sculptures. junction recent works by contemporary Antique Prints gallery, 10 Town & Country 5:30 p.m., $15-$30. Cubberley Auditori- Impressionism, Expressionism, pop art, ab- Through May 1. Reception and final sale artist, Jessica Rice. Through May 31. Village, Palo Alto. Call 325-9010. um, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Friday, April 30, 6-8 p.m.; “Images and Kathleen Avery Fine Art, 825 Emerson St., www.LyonsLtd.com. Call 962-8307.
of the California Probate Code. The Boulevard, Suite 103 Santa Clara, CA transfer of the business and license is to DATED: March 24, 2004 time for filing claims will not expire 95051 be paid only after the transfer has been before four months from the hearing It has been agreed between the approved by the Department of Alco- BY: ______date noticed above. Sell- holic Beverage Control. All claims Juvenal Lombera Pulido YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept er/Licensee and the intended must be received prior to the date on BY: ______by the court. If you are a person inter- Buyer/Tranferee, as required by Sec. which the liquor license is transferee by Paulina Mendoza ested in the estate, you may file with 24073 of the Business and Professions the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Public Notices the court a Request for Special Notice Code, that the consideration for the Control. (PAW April 30, 2004) NOTICE OF PETITION TO may be otherwise interested in the will (form DE-154) of the filing of an in- ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: or estate, or both, of EDITH H. HALL, ventory and appraisal of estate assets or RANDY I. SEARL EDITH MARIE HALL, and MRS of any petition or account as provided aka LEWIS D. HALL in Probate Code section 1250. A Re- PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL RANDY IRVIN SEARL A PETITION FOR PROBATE has quest for Special Notice form is availa- 1-04-PR155390 been filed by : CHRISTOPHER D. ble from the court clerk. CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, HALL in the Superior Court of Cali- Attorney for Petitioner: BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1- /s/ Law Office of Stephen C. Gruber contingent creditors and persons who fornia, County of SANTA CLARA. CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL 26 may be otherwise interested in the will THE PETITION FOR PROBATE 4546 El Camino Real, Suite B-7 Los Altos, CA 94022 or estate, or both, of RANDY I. requests that CHRSITOPHER D. COUNCIL AGENDA HOTLINE: 329-2477 SEARL, also known as RANDY IR- HALL be appointed as personal repre- (650)941-7700 VIN SEAR. sentative to administer the estate of the (PAW April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 2004) A PETITION FOR PROBATE has decedent. (TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING- COUNCIL CHAMBERS NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF MAY 3, 2004, 6:00 - 7:30 P.M. been filed by : LINDA M. SEARL in THE PETITION requests the dece- BULK SALE BY AUCTION the Superior Court of California, Coun- dent’s will and codicils, if any, be ad- (U.C.C 6101 et seq. and ty of SANTA CLARA. mitted to probate. The will and any co- B & P 24074 st seq) CLOSED SESSION THE PETITION FOR PROBATE dicils are available for examination in Escrow No. 50593-DL 1. Public Employment; Position: City Attorney; Authority: Government Code Section requests that LINDA M. SEARL be the file kept by the court Notice is hereby given that a bulk sale 54957 appointed as personal representative to THE PETITION requests authority assets and a transfer of alcoholic bever- administer the estate of the decedent. to administer the estate under the inde- age license is about to be made. The THE PETITION requests the dece- pendent Administration of Estates Act. (TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING - COUNCIL CHAMBERS names and business addresses of the MAY 3, 2004, 7:30 P.M. dent’s will and codicils, if any, be ad- (This authority will allow the personal seller/Licenses are: mitted to probate. The will and any co- representative to take many actions Jose M. Miranda and Maria R. dicils are available for examination in without obtaining court approval. Be- Rios, 1760 W. Bayshore, East Palo Al- 1. 2nd Reading - Ordinance Amending Palo Alto Municipal Code Sections 16.52.040 the file kept by the court fore taking certain very important ac- to, CA 94303 and 16.52.130 of Chapter 16.52 Pertaining to Flood Hazard Regulations (1st reading THE PETITION requests authority tions, however, the personal repres en- The names and addresses of the 04/12/04, Passed 5-3, Cordell, Freeman, Morton, "no," Kleinberg absent) tative will be required to give notice to to administer the estate under the inde- Buyer/transferee are: 2. Appointment of the Board of Directors of the Palo Alto Downtown Business and pendent Administration of Estates Act. interested persons unless they have Juvenal Lombera Pulido and Paulina (This authority will allow the personal waived notice or consented to the pro- Professional Association (PADPBA) as the Advisory Board for the Downtown Palo Alto Mendoza, 1165 O’Connor Street, East Business Improvement District (BID) - Resolution representative to take many actions posed action.) The independent admin- Palo Alto, CA 94303 without obtaining court approval. Be- istration authority will be granted un- As listed by the seller, all other 3. Contract with Walschon Fire Protection in the Amount of $67,710 for the Junior fore taking certain very important ac- less an interested person files an objec- business names and addresses used by Museum Fire Sprinkler Installation – Capital Improvement Program Project PF04011 tions, however, the personal repres en- tion to the petition and shows good the seller within three years before the 4. Indemnity Agreement with DME Properties tative will be required to give notice to cause why the court should not grant date such list was delivered or sent to 5. Ratification of Mayor’s Appointments to Council Standing Committees and Stanford the authority. interested persons unless they have the auctioneer are: (If “none”, so state.) Liaison and Council/Council Appointed Officers Committees waived notice or consented to the pro- A HEARING on the petition will be NONE posed action.) The independent admin- held on June 16, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. in 6. Public Hearing: The City Council will consider a request by Peter Baltay of TOPOS The assets to be sold are described Architects, on behalf of Jeff and Mary Thomas, for a Site and Design application for the istration authority will be granted un- Dept. 13 of the Superior Court of Cali- in general as: all assets of the business less an interested person files an objec- fornia, Santa Clara County, located at is known as: construction of a new 5,008 square-foot, two-story single-family residence on a 10-acre tion to the petition and shows good 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. EL AZADERO RESTAURANT parcel (435,000 cause why the court should not grant IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of and are located at 1760 W. BAY- square feet) within the Open Space zoning district of which the total the authority. the petition, you should appear at the SHORE, EAST PALO ALTO, CA, impervious surface area would be 11,350 square feet including a 6,851 square-foot hearing and state your objections or file A HEARING on the petition will be 94303. asphalt driveway located at 3849 Page Mill Road. Approval of a Mitigated Negative held on June 2, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. in written objections with the court before The kind of license to be transfer- Dept. 13 of the Superior Court of Cali- the hearing. Your appearance may be in Declaration is requested in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act red is: On Sale Beer & Wine -Eating (CEQA) Guidelines (Item continued from April 19, 2004) *This item is fornia, Santa Clara County, located at person or by your attorney. Place. License Number 41-398903. 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a Now issued for the premises locat- quasi-judicial and subject to Council's Disclosure Policy IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of contingent creditor of the deceased, you ed at: 1760 W. Bayshore, East Palo Al- 7. Public Hearing: The City Council will consider an application by Sunrise Development the petition, you should appear at the must file your claim with the court and to, CA 94303 Inc. on behalf of Morris Page Mill, LLC for a Zone Change request for 2701 El Camino hearing and state your objections or file mail a copy to the personal representa- The anticipated date of the Real from Neighborhood Commercial (CN) and High Density Multiple-Family tive appointed by the court within four written objections with the court before sale/transfer is 5-14-04 at the office of Residence District (RM-40) to a Planned Community District for the construction of a the hearing. Your appearance may be in months from the date of first issuance Escrow Control Company. 830 Kiely person or by your attorney. of letters as provided in section 9100 four-story 63,500-square-foot senior assisted living facility with 81 units, one level of IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a underground parking (44 spaces) and associated site improvements. Environmental contingent creditor of the deceased, you Assessment: A Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared for this project must file your claim with the court and 8. 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Page 32 • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports COLLEGE BASEBALL Shorts For Rea, NEWEST GIANT . . . The San Fran- his job is to cisco Giants purchased the contract of Stanford grad Brian Dallimore from Fresno of the PCL and added Local sports news and schedules, edited by Keith Peters save the day him to the 25-man roster in time for Sports Wednesday night’s game against the Atlanta Braves. Dallimore, who hit Gunn High grad ranks No. 2 in the nation .335 with two homers and 37 RBI as in saves for the Santa Clara Broncos a senior at Stanford in 1996, is ap- pearing on his first major-league ros- ter. He was batting .375 with a by Nathan Kurz homer and eight RBI with the Griz- zlies. Dallimore becomes the seventh utside of the hair that sneaks down past the back- player from 1996 to reach the ma- side of his cap, he really hasn’t changed all that jors, joining A.J. Hinch, Jody Gerut, Omuch. The change-up is still his go-to-pitch. He’s Chad Hutchinson, Kyle Peterson, still modest as ever. And he just loves to compete. Jason Middlebrook and Jeff Austin. But for those of you who haven’t followed Anthony Rea’s college career at nearby Santa Clara too closely, CARDINAL CORNER . . . Former here’s something new to consider: he’s become one of Stanford quarterback Chris Lewis the premier closers in all of college baseball. has signed with the Oakland Raiders That’s right, this is the same Anthony Rea that starred after not being selected last weekend at Gunn High in the late ‘90s and was part of the 2000 in the National Football League draft. squad that won the school’s first outright league title in Lewis had an up-and-down career at 24 years. Stanford. Last season he lost his Now, Rea is making more noise at that school 25 starting job to Trent Edwards while minutes down the 101. With 11 saves thus far, Rea has the Cardinal struggled through a 4-7 already broken the single-season Santa Clara record for season. Lewis completed 100 of 207 saves in a season and ranks second in the country in the passes for 1,178 yards and eight category. touchdowns with nine interceptions “It’s just a product of our team winning a lot of close his final season. games,” he said in a massive understatement. “I’m defi- nitely proud of it, but I’m not consumed by it. I’m just SWIM MASTERS . . . The Stanford doing what I can to help our team win.” Masters Swim Team took eight But this accomplishment only begins to scratch the swimmers to the USMS National surface about how important Rea has been to the Bron- Championships in Indianapolis last cos. weekend, and returned with a num- Along with the saves and two wins, he has accounted ber of victories and national records. for 13 of the team’s 19 victories this season. He leads Dave Gildea set national records in the pitching staff in ERA (1.98) and opponents’ aver- the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.20) age against (.197) and boasts an impressive 41-to-8 and 200 breast (2:34.36) in the men’s strikeout-to-walk ratio. 60-64 division. Daniela Barnea also He turned in one of his best performances of the sea- set a national record, winning the son in a losing effort on Tuesday against Stanford, go- 200 fly in 3:01.31 in the women’s 60- ing a season-high 5 and 1/3 innings with a career-high 64 bracket. Barnea won five of the six strikeouts. six races she entered. The Stanford He did, however, blow a potential save against the Cardinal in the ninth when his wild pitch ricocheted Masters wound up with 11 victories. Gonzalesphoto.com In addition to Gildea and Barnea, high off the backstop, allowing Jed Lowrie to score the Jody Smith and Frankie Hanson tying run in a game the Cardinal would eventually win also won two events. Elsewhere in 12-8 in 14 innings. the meet, Stanford grad Sabir But with the Broncos already having used five Muhammad defeated Olympic gold pitchers, Rea was extended far beyond his normal medalist Gary Hall in a pair of events workload and kept his team in the game-although they in the men’s 20-25 division. Muham- Gunn High grad Anthony Rea has played a key role for Santa Clara this season, with his 11 were unable to put up anything on the scoreboard mad won the 50 free in 19.44 and saves setting a single-season school record in addition to ranking No. 2 in the nation. (continued on page 35) 100 free in 42.91. STANFORD ROUNDUP PREP BASEBALL OF LOCAL NOTE . . . The California Storm of the Women’s Premier Soc- cer League will take on the Stanford Cardinal baseball looking Suiter wants women’s soccer team in an exhibi- tion match Sunday on Maloney Field more than at 5 p.m. The Storm has seven for- to widen lead in Pac-10 mer members of the San Jose Cy- by Rick Eymer berRays. Pac-10 with a 7-2 mark. After the the records win over SCU, the Cardinal may ON THE AIR he second-ranked Stanford have another strong arm to count on. by Keith Peters baseball team got in a little ex- Drew Ehrlich, the eighth pitcher Friday Ttra work on Tuesday, playing used by the Cardinal, gained the vic- unior pitcher Andy Suiter is do- College baseball: Washington St. at Stanford, 6 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) 14 innings before coming away with tory after getting the final five outs. ing a pretty good job of rewrit- Prep sports: High School Sports a 12-8 nonconference victory over “I haven’t gotten in there very Jing the record book at Menlo Focus, 11 p.m., KICU (6); rebroadcast host Santa Clara. much lately, and I figured if I did get School. Sunday at 4:30 p.m. The game started an hour before in the game, I would have to make On Wednesday, Suiter registered Saturday the San Francisco Giants’ contest an impact,” said Ehrlich, who made 12 strikeouts to break his school College baseball: Washington St. at and ended an hour after the Giants his first appearance since March 26. single-season record. He crafty Stanford, 1 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) lost to the Atlanta Braves. “This was a great victory for the left-hander now has 116 strikeouts Sunday Stanford (32-6) hopes it won’t whole team.” in 68 innings. The old mark was College baseball: Washington St. at take that long this weekend when It was also a victory for persever- 111 last season, accomplished in Stanford, 1 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) Washington State comes to town for ance from both teams. The teams 68 innings. Prep sports: Cal-Hi Sports Bay a three-game series beginning today combined to use 46 players and 15 Keith Peters Suiter also improved his career Area, 4:30 p.m., KRON (4); rebroadcast Monday, 7 p.m., Fox Sports Net to 6 p.m. The series continues with pitchers in a game that was delayed strikeout total to 264, moving clos- Prep baseball: Palo Alto at Sacred games Saturday and Sunday at 1 eight minutes when an infield sprin- er to the school record of 309 set Heart Prep, 8 p.m.; Media Center 27 p.m. kler came on with the bases loaded by Jimmy Noriega. (taped delay, rebroadcast Tuesday at 6 Nationally No. 2-ranked Stanford and no outs in the top of the 14th in- Menlo’s Andy Suiter pitched a one- Equally impressive during Men- p.m.) currently resides in first place in the (continued on page 35) hitter while improving to 10-0. (continued on page 37) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 33 Look Who’s Got
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struck out a season-high 15 times, RUGBY SCHEDULE Stanford roundup while the Cardinal pitching staff (continued from page 33) struck out 13 Broncos. U.S. Collegiate Championships ning. “This was the most pressure situ- at Steuber Field Stadium, Stanford ur Guest For L After the delay, Stanford scored ation I’ve probably been in this year FRIDAY e O unc four times to give Ehrlich enough with the game tied the whole time I Women B h! support to record his first decision was in there,” said Holler. “I was 10 a.m. — Princeton vs. Virginia of the season. throwing strikes and getting after Noon — Navy vs. Penn State The Kiwanis Club of Mountain View Chris Minaker walked to force guys.” Men home one run and Jim Rapoport 2 p.m. — California vs. Navy welcomes you as a participating citizen singled in two runs. Brian Hall also Women’s water polo 4 p.m. — Air Force vs. Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo drove in a run. Stanford carries the No. 2 seed to our meetings. SATURDAY Jed Lowrie and Danny Putnam into the Mountain Pacific Sports 10 a.m. — Women’s Division II ❃ Do you desire to work as a group in the each had four hits to collect eight of Federation tournament, which gets championship Stanford’s 16 hits. Lowrie hit his underway today in Long Beach. Noon — Women’s Division I community to achieve what individual men conference-leading 13th home run, The tournament winner will auto- Championship and women cannot do alone in service? a solo shot in the seventh, and matically advance to the Final Four, 2 p.m. — Men’s Division II championship upped his conference lead to 53 while an at-large team from the 4 p.m. — Men’s Division I Championship RBI. Lowrie also improved to conference will likely earn another Our Kiwanis Club meets every Wednesday at noon at .399,and scored his 50th run. Put- spot. ton. Sorensen won two games and DON GIOVANNI’S, award-winning restaurant, nam extended his hit streak to a ca- The Cardinal will face the winner saved a third over the weekend. reer-high 11 games. of No. 7 Hawaii and No. 10 UC Lappin also was named National 235 Castro St. in Downtown Mountain View. Lucy extended his career-high hit Irvine today at 5 p.m. Player of the Week by the Amateur streak to 14 with a pair of hits, Stanford led the MPSF in scoring Softball Association. VISIT A MEETING & RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH. while Rapoport had his first career with 7.95 goals per game, and two-hit game and drove in a pair of freshman goalie Meridith McColl is Track and field Call (650) 968-0914 runs. Hall added a pair of RBI and ranked No. 1 in the MPSF with 4.05 The Stanford men’s and women’s for more information regarding Kiwanis had a third inning single to hit safe- goals against per game. teams will seek their fourth straight ly for the 22nd time in his last 23 victories over Cal when the rivals mvkiwanis@aol.com contests. Softball meet Saturday in Berkeley in the Both teams scored in the 13th in- Seventh-ranked Stanford (8-4, 38- annual Big Meet. For the men, it ning to extend the game. 12) travels to Arizona State today will be the 110th such meeting. Cal Greg Reynolds started the game for a 7 p.m. contest The Cardinal leads in the series, 63-44-2. For the for the Cardinal, while Matt Man- then head to Tucson for a meeting women, it will be the 25th annual. ship,Jeff Stimpson, Kodiak Quick, with No. 1 Arizona (45-2, 9-1 Pac- Stanford leads, 14-10. David O’Hagan, Blake Holler and 10) on Saturday and Sunday. Field events begin at 10:30 a.m., Matt Leva also pitched for Stanford. With nine conference games re- with running events starting at 1 Holler struck out five in four maining, the Cardinal have already p.m. scoreless innings. surpassed their number of wins Stanford’s Grant Robison and Jill “Blake Holler’s performance real- from last year. Camarena are among the Cardinal ly gave us a chance to come back in Sophomore Lauren Lappin was seniors who have never lost to the this game,” said Stanford coach named the Pac-10 Player of the Bears. They’ll be seeking their Mark Marquess. “Drew Ehrlich also Week, and senior Dana Sorensen fourth-straight triumphs. The men did a good job when he got his was named Pitcher of the Week. haven’t accomplished that since chance.” Lappin hit .471 (8-for-17) last winning six straight from 1962-66 Is your child... The 15 pitchers on both sides week as the Cardinal posted a 4-1 (including twice in ‘66). The Cardi- combined to strike out 28 hitters in record, including road wins over nal women have never won four ✔ the contest. Stanford’s offense No. 3 UCLA and No. 5 Washing- straight. ■ a “slow” reader?
Overholt a year ago, who was a ters. ✔ falling behind at school? Rea freshman All-American in 2003 But Rea is a smart pitcher and (continued from page 33) and held the previous record for has cultivated his change-up into an ✔ tired and frustrated? against the deep Cardinal bullpen. saves (10). But Overholt injured his almost unhittable pitch. He’s also This isn’t the first time Rea has right shoulder throwing in the sum- added a split-finger fastball to go ✔ having trouble concentrating? pitched well against the Cardinal. If mer-requiring season-ending Tom- along with his slider. you take out one horrific appear- my John surgery and thrusting Rea “If this kid can come back next ✔ ance against Stanford early in his into his old high school role. year and do these same things, I losing self-confidence? freshman year, Rea has a 2.67 ERA To even be in this position, how- think there are going to be a few in 15 innings and has allowed only ever, probably was unforeseeable teams wanting him to play profes- 11 hits while striking out 17 and two years ago. Rea had off-season sionally,” he said. walking five in the other six appear- surgery to repair a torn labrum (car- Speaking of playing other places, BrightStar can help. ances. tilage) and had to redshirt his 2002 you might wonder if Rea dreamed Maybe Rea steps up his game season. about playing at Sunken Diamond against Stanford because he His baseball future was in jeop- for four years-not twice a year. BrightStar is a new, clinically-proven program watched them growing up and both ardy, and a complete comeback was “I went to a lot of games as a that can improve reading, writing and spelling his parents, Ed and Rebecca, got not taken for granted. kid,” Rea confessed. “I guess I had their PhDs from the university. “There’s always a question if some dreams of playing there. But, abilities in people who suffer from dyslexia. If that is indeed the case, he’s too you’ll ever get back to the shape they didn’t recruit me coming out reserved to actually admit it. you were in,” said Rea, who spent of high school and Santa Clara did. Using innovative technology combined with “It’s not a matter of me playing six months rehabbing his injury. I just wanted to play baseball some- personalized tutoring, BrightStar can help your against Stanford, it’s a matter of me But he slowly worked his way where. I wanted to be part of that playing against a good team,” he back into shape and rebounded with atmosphere.” child advance up to one year in their reading said. an inspirational season last year. He But wouldn’t he consider this his and spelling abilities in just 6 weeks. It’s exactly that kind of attitude led the Broncos with 37 appear- dream school? that has helped Rea in the closer’s ances out of the bullpen, posting a “Well, sure,” he said. “But things role. 3.05 ERA in 41 1/3 innings and have worked out just fine at Santa “He’s a very competitive person,” won the team’s comeback player of Clara.” said Mark O’Brien, the third-year the year award for his efforts. They sure have. Rea is looking to Santa Clara manager who came to “He’s overcome so much and help the Broncos sweep host Gon- the program after being an assistant he’s been really great ever since,” zaga this weekend and make a run To schedule a free personalized consultation coach on The Farm for three years. said O’Brien. at first-place Pepperdine in the with BrightStar, call: “Anthony always gives you his best Rea’s case has been one of some- West Coast Conference. effort and he doesn’t let the little one finding the right program “We’ve been kind of inconsistent things bother him.” where he could succeed. At 5-foot- this season,” Rea said, “but there’s a 1-877-70BRIGHT Entering the season, Rea wasn’t 11 and 175 pounds, he’s hardly an lot of optimism here.” (702-7444) even supposed to be the closer. He intimidating presence on the Especially when Rea takes the or visit, www.getbrightstar.com was penciled in as the set-up man mound. And his 85 mile-per-hour mound for another save opportuni- after doing just that for Patrick fastball doesn’t exactly scare hit- ty. ■
Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 35 Sports Keith Peters
Menlo-Atherton senior Nial Brash couldn’t help the Bears qualify for the Central Coast Section playoffs in his final season, but Brash did compile an undefeated regular season in the PAL Bay Division. Keith Peters
Megan Teixiera (right) and her Menlo teammates got the better of M- A’s Devon Davey and the Bears twice this season in lacrosse. SSPRINPRINGG FFLINLINGSGS The competition this spring has been as
warm as the weather this week as local Kyle Terada high school athletes kept busy with their respective sports, while honing their Palo Alto’s Angelina Bena (white shirt), Ally Laughton (middle) and Ryka Barghi had plenty to yell about this skills for upcoming league and section season while the girls’ swim team compiled an 8-0 dual-meet season prior to Thursday’s meet at Los Altos. championships in May. Keith Peters Keith Peters
Menlo School senior Arif Virani (sliding) and his teammates have Members of the Gunn High track and field teams cheer on their coach, Ernie Lee (wearing a wig), during a been busy on the bases during an 11-0 season in the PAL Lake Divi- special coaches-only 1,600 relay that followed last week’s dual meet between host Gunn and rival Palo Alto.
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Palo Alto golfers ace their first test ATHLETES OF THE WEEK by winning regular-season division title by Keith Peters er field. Kielty, who started and pitched four Haydon was one of 156 players innings of scoreless ball. After giv- he first box on the Palo Alto (78 from Northern California) to ad- ing the ball to reliever Cameron golf team’s list of season goals vance to the first two rounds of the Murfit in the fifth, Kielty returned in Thas been checked. That would state amateur, set for June 21-26. the seventh to snuff out a San Mateo be finish the regular season unde- Following 36 holes of stroke play at rally and save her own victory. feated. Poppy Hills Golf Course, the top 60 Menlo School (5-3, 9-7) got a no- The Vikings accomplished that players will advance to Pebble hitter from sophomore Ryan Mc- this week and they didn’t even have Beach Golf Links for additional 18 Cann, who struck out six in five in- to play. Paly was scheduled to face holes of stroke play. The top 32 nings and walked only two. Sopho- Fremont on Monday at Palo Alto players will advance to single-elimi- more Ali Lycette drove in three runs Muni, but the Firebirds showed up nation Match Play. and had two hits for the Knights, with only three players instead of Long before then, Haydon and his who’ll visit Menlo-Atherton on the needed five. Paly teammates have some more Wednesday. The forfeit gave Paly the SCVAL goals in mind. Next up is the SC- In the West Bay Athletic League, De Anza Division regular-season ti- VAL De Anza Division tournament Castilleja posted an 18-6 win over tle and a 12-0 record, the first for on Monday and Tuesday at Eagle host ICA as Lindy Liggett and Alex head coach Gerry Benton in his five Ridge Golf Course in Gilroy. Chang-Graham combined for the years on the job. The easy win also pitching win. allowed Paly junior Will Haydon to Softball have a less-stressful day. Menlo-Atherton remained in a Gymnastics Prior to the scheduled match, first-place tie with El Camino in the Freshman Kaylyn Reyes won all Cameron Murfit David Stringer Haydon was in San Francisco at the PAL Ocean Division following the four individual events with scores of Menlo-Atherton High Palo Alto High Olympic Club’s Ocean Course at- Bears’ 7-5 win over host San Mateo 9.40 or higher, setting a league The senior pitched a four-hit- The senior pitcher tossed a tempting to get through the first on Wednesday. record with a 9.90 on the balance ter in one softball victory, complete-game 8-hitter with round of qualifying for the Califor- Menlo-Atherton (8-1, 10-8) got beam and scoring a season-high nia Golf Association (CGA) State three hits from junior Natalie 38.350 points in the all-around, to combined for a no-hitter in a seven strikeouts to beat Los Amateur. Haydon made it through, Chladek and two from senior lead Gunn to a 177.325 to 164.10 second win and then drove Gatos, 7-6, then struck out all right, shooting a 71 and earning Megan Preimesberger, plus a clutch victory over visiting Lowell (San in six runs in a third triumph two in one inning of relief to co-medalist honors in the 104-play- pitching effort from junior Danielle Francisco) in SCVAL action . ■ to keep the Bears tied for preserve another win as Paly first in the PAL Ocean Divi- moved into sole possession Since then, however, Paly slowly The Bears have four games re- sion race. of second place. Prep baseball has improved its defense and cer- maining, but host first-place (continued from page 33) tainly has been hitting better. Burlingame today at 3:15 p.m., Honorable mention lo’s 8-2 PAL Lake Division win Against Fremont, the Vikings had and likely need some help in se- over host Jefferson, Suiter im- 11 hits. Shane Parsons and Dexter curing the final CCS playoff Alex Chang-Graham Derrick Brooks Castilleja softball Gunn track and field proved to 10-0 and allowed no each hit home runs and fellow sen- berth. ■ earned runs. He has yet to allow an ior Russ Hagemann drove in four Monika Friedman* Kalani Leifer Sports Photos Online Palo Alto swimming Palo Alto swimming earned run during division play runs. Parsons had three RBI and Chrissy Guibara Spencer Lucian this season. Dexter two. Photos of the Palo Alto/Gunn track and field meet on 4/22/04 are avail- Menlo lacrosse Sacred Heart Prep baseball Suiter’s primary goal, however, Senior Jimmy Meuel pitched the able to view and/or purchase at Danielle Miller David McCall is to make sure the Knights wrap first four innings and picked up his www.PaloAltoOnline.com . Click on Palo Alto track and field Sacred Heart Prep tennis up the division crown and move on third win against no losses. He al- Photo Reprints. Laurie Roberts Max Pinto* to the Central Coast Section play- lowed only two runs and five hits. Menlo-Atherton track and field Palo Alto baseball offs. That goal should be accom- Before traveling to Wilcox, the Palo Alto Katrina Zawojski Steven Wright plished today at 3:15 p.m. when Vikings will visit Sacred Heart online Palo Alto track and field Menlo swimming Menlo goes after the division Prep on Saturday for a nonleague www.PaloAltoOnline.comwww.PaloAltoOnline.com * previous winner crown against host South San game at 1 p.m. The Gators (14-4), If it’s localAn information and useful, service of it’sthe Palo on Alto Palo Weekly Alto Online! Francisco at Orange Park. who won nine of their first 10 Chuck Huggins will get the start games, went 1-3 in a tournament for Menlo, which has won five over Easter break. They’ve straight and has four games re- bounced back to win three straight DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE... maining after today - three of them in the Private Schools Athletic at home. 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Vikings will visit Wilcox on SHP will host Harker today at Eligible participants will receive free clinical evaluations, Wednesday in a showdown be- 3:30 p.m. before hosting Paly on a healthy lifestyle intervention and regular contact with our professional staff. tween the division’s top two teams. Saturday. “Wilcox is good,” said Paly sen- In the PAL Bay Division, Men- We are dedicated to working with diverse populations ior Adam Dexter, “but they’re lo-Atherton (5-6, 10-12) fell two and provide services in beatable.” games behind third-place Terra English and Spanish Paly threatened the Chargers Nova (7-4) following a 14-4 loss when the teams last met, on March to Carlmont on Wednesday at Call the LIFE study at (650) 723-9530 option 4 or visit our 31. Wilcox held on for a 1-0 victo- Flood Park. The Scots had only website:http://healthyaging.stanford.edu ry. 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Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, April 30, 2004 • Page 37 12th Annual Norway Day Festival 2004 Sports A celebration of Norwegian culture Music * Food * Contemporary Art Exhibit SCOREBOARD • Over 50 booths showcasing traditional Norwegian goods BASEBALL • Norwegian Beer Lounge Nonconference Tuesday • Exclusive concert by Norwegian singing Stanford 000 140 101 000 14 — 12 16 1 sensation, Sissel - May 9th at the Santa Clara 200 140 000 000 10 — 8 14 1 Palace of Fine Arts. Get your tickets at: Reynolds, Manship(3), Stimpson(5), Quick (5), O’Hagan (7), Holler(9), Leva (13), Ehrlich www.norwayday.org (13) and Lucy. Redmond, Slorp(5),Van May 8th and 9th Buskirk(6), Fillinger 10am - 5pm (7), Rea (7), McBride (13), Fleming(14) and McColgan, Mandley (12). WP - Ehrlich (1-0). Adults $12 Glass Palace LP - McBride (0-2). $8 in Advance Online Crissy Field HR - Lowrie (S); W. 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HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD Summer Festival of Learning BADMINTON PAL Bay Division (SHP) d. Tapelle, 6-2, 7-5; Priory wins No. 4 PAL Ocean Division At Sharon Heights CC (par 36) singles by default. & Summer Camps Menlo-Atherton 13, Lick-Wilmerding 2 Menlo-Atherton 207, Menlo 212 Doubles — Snell-Lim (SHP) d. Kwong- Chow, 6-0, 6-0; Tarantino-Yuen (SHP) d. Ko- Menlo-Atherton 207, Terra Nova 222 June, July, August Girls No. 1 singles - Ching (MA) d. Chew, vachy-Szoke, 6-2, 6-1; Chambers-Derwin 15-10, 13-8 (injury default); Boys No. 1 sin- MA - Kiernan 40, Hume 40, Maynard 41, (SHP) d. Bauer-Mellenthin, 6-3, 6-2. gles - Gan (LW) d. Prompnakob, 15-2, 15-1; Sectish 43, Fox 43 • Athletics • Art Records: Sacred Heart Prep 10-0 (16-5) Girls No. 1 doubles - Fisher-Chen (MA) d. Kel- M - Thompson 38, Booth 41, Zumwalc 41, PAL Individual Tournament • Drama • Music ly-Wong, 15-4, 15-2; Boys No. 1 doubles - Pringle 46, Hawkins 46 Bellamy-Decker (MA) d. Lin-Moger, 15-0, 15- at Menlo School • Grammar 3; Mixed No. 1 doubles - Sterling-Pham (MA) TN - Baterlaus 43, Thoades 43, Brown 44, Singles Wallace 46, Petty 47 • Reading Comprehension d. Sigal-Sokol, 15-0, 15-2. First round: Chow (Menlo) d. Lee (West- Standings: Terra Nova 14-0, Sequoia 14- Records: Menlo-Atherton 4-5-1, Menlo 5-4 moor), 6-0, 6-0; March (Burlingame) d. Mar- • Literature/Writing 1, Crystal Springs 11-4, Menlo-Atherton 9-6, at Menlo CC (par 35) gallo (San Mateo), 6-4, 6-0; Cheng • Math • Science Hillsdale 8-6, Woodside 7-8, University 6-9, Burlingame 185, Menlo 201 (Burlingame) d. Citron (Menlo-Atherton), 6-1, 6-0; Chow (Aragon) d. Vong (Westmoor), 6-3, • Cooking • Film Capuchino 3-12, Jefferson 1-14, Lick- B - Tierney 33, Garcia 35, Sanchez 37, 6-0; Volovets (San Mateo) d. Chien (Mills), 6- Wilmerding 1-14 Hinshaw 40, McLeod 40 • Debate • SAT Preparation 3, 6-4; Blumenkranz (Menlo), Benvenuto BASEBALL M - Peck 33, Booth 40, Pringle 42, (Aragon) and Penya (Mills) had byes. •Dance • Computers Hawkins 42, Kriebel 44 SCVAL De Anza Division Second round: Benvenuto (Aragon) d. Records: Menlo 6-4 Programs are offered at all 3 Pinewood locations Fremont 002 010 0 — 3 7 3 Chow (Menlo), 6-1, 6-2; Penya (Mills) d. Palo Alto 200 425 x — 13 11 1 SCVAL De Anza Division March (Burlingame), 7-5, 6-3; Cheng and are geared to specific grade levels. C. Knopf, Osentowski (4), Turner (6), at Palo Alto Muni (par 36) (Burlingame) d. Chow (Aragon), 6-2, 7-6 (7-2); Blumenkranz (Menlo) d. Volovets (San Mateo), Brahney (7) and Cecil; Meuel, Gillan (5), Mtn. View 200, Gunn 212 Pinewood School, Grades K-2 Barich (6), Cote (7) and Ford. WP - Meuel 6-1, 6-1. Medalist: Tyler Ichikawa (MV) 33 Call to (3-0). LP - Knoph. Doubles 477 Fremont Ave., Los Altos. (650) 949-5775 HR - Parsons, Dexter (PA). 3B - Osen- Records: Gunn 1-10 First round: Yob-Chang (Mills) d. Sun- request Pinewood School, Grades 3-6 towski (F); Hagemann (PA). 2B - Osentowski Other score: Palo Alto d. Fremont by for- Thiry (Menlo), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; Essalat-Harris more info 327 Fremont Ave., Los Altos. (650) 941-2828 (Burlingame) d. Lee-Yeh (Westmoor), 6-2, 6-1; (F). 2 hits - Osentowski (F); Parsons, Harlan, feit & brochure! Pinewood School, Grades 7-12 Dexter (PA). 4 RBI - Hagemann (PA). 3 RBI - Imilsky-Louie (San Mateo) d. Donnig-Steck Records: Palo Alto 12-0 26800 Fremont Rd., Los Altos Hills. (650) 941-1532 Osentowski (F); Parsons (PA).: (Menlo-Atherton), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Chang-Hugh- (650) 941-2828 Other score: Wilcox 13, Milpitas 0 es (Aragon) d. Wang-Sui (Mills), 6-3, 6-2; www.pinewood.edu Standings: Wilcox 12-1, Palo Alto 11-3 GYMNASTICS Chang-Chao (Westmoor) d. Aguilar-Wang (15-7), Los Gatos 10-4, Los Altos 4-8, Milpi- SCVAL (Menlo-Atherton), 1-6, 6-3, 6-4; Willis-Bache- tas 4-9, Cupertino 3-11, Fremont 2-10 At Gunn 177.325, Lowell 164.100 lor (Burlingame) by default. Tight-Goldstein (Menlo) and Hayashi-Chang (Aragon) had SCVAL El Camino Division Vault — 1, Reyes (G) 9.500; 2, Huynh (L) byes Gunn 121 110 4 — 10 10 2 8.850; 3, Howell (G) 8.800 Monta Vista 011 041 4 — 11 15 Second round: Hiyashi-Chang (Aragon) d. Uneven bars — 1, Reyes (G) 9.950; 2, 4Two outs when winning run scored Yob-Chang (Mills), 7-6 (7-4), 6-3; Essalat-Har- Howell (G) 8.900; 3, Boxer (G) 8.900 WP - Zack (2-0). LP - Felch. ris (Burlingame) d. Imilskyu-Louie, 6-2, 5-7, 6- 4 hits - Bertolucci (MV). 3 hits - Cole (G). 2 Balance beam — 1, Reyes (G) 9.900; 2, 0; Chang-Hughes (Aragon) d. Chang-Chao Stanford RBI - Bertolucci (MV). Huynh (L) 9.200; 3, Wong (L) 9.175 (Westmoor), 6-2, 6-3; Tight-Goldstein (Menlo) Records: Gunn 4-9 (8-10) Floor exercise — 1, Reyes (G) 9.400; 2, d. Willis-Bachelor (Burlingame), 6-1, 6-1. PAL Bay Division Huyhn (L) 9.250; 3, Fulton (G) 9.200 At Flood Park All-around — 1, Reyes (G) 38.350; 2, BOYS TRACK & FIELD Carlmont 022 026 2 — 14 8 1 Huynh (L) 36.050; 3, Howell (G) 35.400 Private Schools Athletic League Menlo-Atherton 100 200 1 — 4 9 5 at Sacred Heart Prep San Filippo, Davidson (7) and Van Orden, Baca-Daly (7); Stevenson, Leonie (6), Di Ricco SOFTBALL Team scores — 1, Redwood Christian 166; 2, Sacred Heart Prep 98; 3, King’s (7), Finley (7) and Klein, Roth (7). WP - Filippo SCVAL El Camino Division Academy 62; 4, Woodside Priory 59; 5, Hark- (8-2). LP — Stevenson (3-4). Palo Alto 200 022 0 — 6 9 4 er 32; 6, VC-Dublin 29; 7, St. Lawrence 16; 8, HR - San Filippo 2, R. Fairchild, J. Fairchild Santa Clara 132 100 x — 7 7 1 Pinewood 2 (Carl). 2B - McGovern, J. Fairchild (Carl). 3 WP - Garces (1-0). LP - Cory. hits - McGovern (Carl). 2 hits - San Filippo, J. 3 hits - Tuscano (SC). 2 hits - Rizza (PA); 400 relay - Redwood Christian 45.4; 1,600 Fairchild, R. Fairchild (Carl); Klein, Power (MA). Micheletti (SC). 3 RBI - Micheletti, Tuscano - Dixon (VCD) 4:36.2; 110 HH - Macklin (RC) 3 RBI - San Filippo (Carl). 2 RBI - R. Fairchild, (SC). 15.9; 400 - Jackson (SHP) 50.8; 100 - J. Fairchild (Carl). Records: Palo Alto 3-5 (6-10) Crichlow (RC) 11.0; 800 - Welch (RC) 2:02.0; Standings: Burlingame 10-1, Carlmont 7- West Catholic Athletic League 300 IH - Jackson (SHP) 42.4; 200 - Crichlow 4, Terra Nova 7-4, Menlo-Atherton 5-6 (10- SH Prep 000 10 — 1 2 5 (RC) 22.6; 3,200 - Pekarek (WP) 11.59.2; 12), Aragon 4-7, Capuchino 0-11 St. Francis 205 4x — 11 8 2 1,600 relay - Redwood Christian 3:34.9. PAL Lake Division WP - Dow (1-0). LP - Warel. Triple jump - Lewis (RC) 40-4 1/4; Long Menlo 201 020 3 — 8 9 4 HR - Schloss (SF). 2 hits - Roybal (SF). 4 jump - Lewis (RC) 20-0 1/2; High jump - Jefferson 002 000 0 — 2 1 5 RBI - Roybal (SF). 2 RBI - Schloss (SF). Houston (KA) 6-2; Discus - Durbin (RC) 115- Suiter and Lapolla; Rideau, Gutierrez (7) PAL Ocean Division 10; Shot put - Williams (SHP) 38-11 1/2. and Castro. WP - Suiter (10-0, 12 strikeouts). Menlo-Atherton 141 000 1 — 7 11 3 LP - Rideau. San Mateo 000 001 4 — 5 10 4 HR - Umphreys, Sweet (M). 3 hits - Kielty, Murfit (5), Kielty (7) and Preimesberg- GIRLS TRACK & FIELD Umphreys (M). 2 hits - Sweet (M). 3 RBI - er; Ditty and Cohen. WP - Kielty (3-3). LP - Private Schools Athletic League Umphreys (M). 2 RBI - Sweet (M). Ditty (3-4). at Sacred Heart Prep Standings: Menlo 11-0, Mills 8-3, Sequoia 3B - Browne (MA). 2B - Chladek (MA). 3 Team scores — 1, Redwood Christian 7-4, Jefferson 3-8, South San Francisco 2-8, hits - Chladek (MA). 2 hits - Preimesberger 186; 2, King’s Academy 158; 3, VC-Dublin Westmoor 1-9 (MA); Morataya, Cohen, Pollard (SM). 2 RBI - 18; 4, Sacred Heart Prep 17; 5, St. Lawrence Private Schools Athletic League Chladek (MA); Cohen (SM). 15; 6, Pinewood 8; 7, Fremont Christian 8 » April 30 (Fri) SH Prep 002 202 1 — 7 12 1 South SF 000 00 — 0 0 3 Red. Christian 100 003 0 — 4 5 6 Menlo 210 7x — 10 7 0 Brentano String Quartet Pierson, Coffey (6) and Toeppen; Dole, Dec Chaudhary and Campbell; McCann and SCHEDULE (6) and Warner. WP - Pierson (4-0). LP - Dole. Hawkins. WP - McCann (7-3, no-hitter). LP - FRIDAY Memorial Church, Stanford University | 8:00 pm 3B - Pierson (SHP). 2B - Lucian, Cowell Chaudhary (0-4). Baseball (SHP). 4 hits - Smythe (SHP). 3 hits - Cowell 2B - Wipfler, Lycette (M). 2 hits - Lycette, (SHP). 2 hits - Lucian (SHP). 2 RBI - Smythe, Hawkins (M). 3 RBI - Lycette (M). 2 RBI - PAL Lake Division — Menlo at South San Winner of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award, the Brentano Cowell (SHP). Hawkins (M). Francisco, 3:15 p.m. Records: Sacred Heart Prep 9-0 (14-4) Other scores: El Camino 7, Sequoia 5; PSAL — Harker at Sacred Heart Prep, String Quartet has consistently been singled out for its technical Woodside 15, Jefferson 0 3:30 p.m.; Valley Christian-Dublin at GIRLS LACROSSE Standings: Menlo-Atherton 8-1 (9-8), El Pinewood, 3:30 p.m. brilliance, musical insight, and stylistic elegance. 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