Hershey Felder: Beethoven
July 12, 5 p.m. PDT

Enjoy an exclusive theatrical event live from Florence, Italy to your home as TheatreWorks of Palo Alto live-streams Hershey Felder: Beethoven, directed by Joel Zwick. Felder will brings Ludwig van Beethoven to life through the eyes of a Viennese doctor who spent his boyhood by Beethoven’s side. Hershey Felder is well known to Bay Area audiences from his annual sold-out performances at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and his creative partnership with TheatreWorks.

Felder is a brilliant performer, playwright, composer and director who starred in one-man shows as Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Chopin, Gershwin, Berlin and Bernstein. In this show, he embodies Beethoven and Dr. Gerhard von Breuning, who as a boy spent time by the composer’s side and cared for him in the last years of his life. The performance features some of Beethoven’s greatest works, including “Moonlight Sonata,” “Ninth Symphony” and the “Emperor Concerto.” Enrich your Sunday at home with Hershey Felder: Beethoven, an intense and unforgettable journey through time that immerses audiences in the astounding life of Ludwig van Beethoven.

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Tickets are $55 per household.
650-463-1960
theatreworks.org
Those who buy tickets can watch Beethoven live online or view a recorded performance in the 72 hours that follow.

Photo courtesy of TheatreWorks

Be a Winemaker for a Day

Many of Napa Valley’s wine tasting rooms are open for business and welcome the visitors to sip and savor. Prefer to stay at home? Recreate the Raymond Vineyards’ famed “Winemaker for a Day” blending experience at home by ordering an exclusive at-home blending kit. The kit comes with four 750-ml bottles of the Raymond wines used for blending, including an unoaked Cabernet Sauvignon, a Cabernet with new oak, Cabernet Franks and Merlot, as well as four graduated cylinders, four pipettes, blending worksheets and an instruction booklet. After the kit is purchased, you can schedule a private virtual consultation and individual blending sessions with Raymond’s wine experts. Once you select your favorite blend, you can order it and complete with a custom name as well as label image and text. Cheers and have fun! The cost: $360 for six bottles or $600 for a case.

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707-963-3141
raymondvineyards.com

Photo courtesy of Raymond Vineyards

Artist Submissions for the 2021 Series of the Iconic Hearts in San Francisco are now Being Accepted
Submissions due by Monday, August 31

The San Francisco General Hospital Foundation announced that they are now accepting artist submissions for the annual Hearts in San Francisco public art project, which will be celebrating its 17th year. For the 2021 series, the Foundation welcomes design submissions by both up-and-coming and established local San Francisco Bay Area artists. The 2021 Hearts in San Francisco series will include six large hearts, six table top hearts, and 10 mini heart sculptures. Design renderings for the heart sculptures must be submitted by Monday, August 31, 2020. “The Hearts in San Francisco project is one of the most widely recognized public art projects around the world. It has become a symbol of the first-class healthcare Zuckerberg San Francisco General provides to all in the San Francisco Community, ensuring health equity for all,” said Kim Meredith.

Introduced in 2004, the Hearts in San Francisco citywide public art project featured 131 five-foot tall Heart Sculptures designed by both local and national established and emerging artists. The unique works of art were featured in plazas, parks and on street corners throughout San Francisco. Since the inaugural year, more than 460 Hearts have been created to benefit programs at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG). Hearts are auctioned and sold, and more than $12 million in proceeds have supported San Francisco General Hospital Foundation’s efforts to fund innovative projects and initiatives that provide high quality compassionate care at ZSFG.

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Artwork guidelines, official regulations, and artist applications are available at sfghf.org/CreateAHeart
Photo courtesy of San Francisco General Hospital Foundation

Interactive Cooking Experiences with Renowned Chefs All Over the World

Looking for inspiration for dinner tonight? Cook with home cooks and acclaimed chef from around the world, live! Want to hang out, cook and drink some wine with your favorite “Guys and Gals”? You will have the opportunity to live chat with your chef for an interactive experience where you can ask questions while you cook. Join new cooking class experiences live from Rome, Paris, Philadelphia and around the world. Visit the Tour Guy to learn more about their choice of chefs and the recipes they will be making on that day. On July 18, enjoy Asparagus Carbonara and Spaghetti Saltimbocca alla Romana with Chef Andrea Palmierifrom Rome. Buon appetito!

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thetourguy.com
Price: $22.60 per

Lina Broydo immigrated from Russia, then the Soviet Union, to Israel where she was educated and got married. After working at the University in Birmingham, England, she and her husband immigrated to the United States. She lives in Los Altos Hills, CA and writes about travel, art, style, entertainment, and sports. She hardly cooks or bakes, with no borsch or piroshky on her home cooking menu. Therefore, she makes reservations and enjoys dining out, mostly sushi.