Events Around the Bay
July 4th at 8 p.m.
Let there be Summer! Celebrate the Fourth of July in Mountain View with a festive outdoor performance perfect for summer. Led by conductor Edwin Outwater and vocalist Rosena Hill Jackson at Shoreline Amphitheater, the San Francisco Symphony fills the night air with a crowd-pleasing lineup of exhilarating music, with a grand finale of spectacular fireworks!
Featuring favorites from the Festival Overture on The Star-Spangled Banner, West Side Story, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Coco, Frozen, Encanto, Music of Ellington and Strayhorn, Leonard Bernstein, Beauty and the Beast Overture, Armed Forces Salute – are some of the famous tunes performed the the world class musicians.
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415-864-6000
sfsymphony.org
Shoreline Amphitheater
1 Amphitheater Parkway in Mountain View
Photos courtesy of SF Symphony
Apricot STEM Fair Returns to Los Altos History Museum
July 16, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math are featured on the fascinating menu at the Los Altos History Museum’s “Apricot STEM Fair: A Tale of Two Valleys” – and all ages are invited, even us in the 50+..
Glad to hear the organizers promise for it to be fun for all! Held outdoors in the Museum’s courtyard the fair will feature hands-on activities ranging from the time when this area was known as The Valley of Heart’s Delight, to today’s Silicon Valley. STEM activities include robotics demonstrations, engineering a Mars landing with eggs, catapulting apricots, building marshmallow towers, creating photo sensitive art, drawing with fractal colors, making a sundial, games exploring the science and technology of early agriculture, and much more. Rounding out the festivities are workshops on crafting a binary code bracelet, and discovering Fibonacci patterns in nature. Lisa Prince Newman, Author of “For the Love of Apricots” will hold a book signing and conversation about all things apricots, and share her delicious recipes from 10:00-11:30am. A truly fantastic event for the entire family. Ahh.. summer in Los Altos… Don’t forget to charge your i-phone in order to capture some wonderful photo moments.
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Admission is $7 per person, payable at the gate. Free for ages 12 and under.
Materials fee to participate in the workshops is $10 per person
Advance registration required at losaltoshistory.org
650-948-9427 x 14
Los Altos History Museum
51 S. San Antonio Rd. in Los Altos
Photo courtesy of Los Altos History Museum
Stanford Live and SFJazz Present: Eddie Palmieri and Arturo Sandoval at Frost Amphitheater
July 23 at 7:30 p.m.
This evening at Stanford University’s Frost Amphitheater brings two Latin jazz legends together for an unforgettable double bill. Grammy-winning trumpet virtuoso Arturo Sandoval helped revolutionize Cuban music with the influential band Irakere.
He’s recorded over 30 albums and worked with artists including Tito Puente, Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. In 2013 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in recognition of his lifetime of cultural contributions. A beloved patriarch of Latin music, Nuyorican pianist and composer Eddie Palmieri has been at the cutting edge of Afro-Caribbean music since the early 1960s. The iconic pianist, composer, and bandleader is an eight-time Grammy winner and was named an NEA Jazz Master in 2013. The magnificent setting of Stanford University’s Frost Amphitheater is absolutely stunning and is a perfect place for a celebration of music. This is a must-see concert not to be missed! See you there..
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Ticket prices start at $40
stanford.edu/live
Frost Amphitheater
351 Lasuen Street at Stanford University
Photo courtesy of Stanford Live
By Lina Broydo
