28 South Bay Accent CALENDAR California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose. 408/295-9600. Diana Thater. April 23, 7 to 8 p.m. Explore the Milky Way and the natural environment as visualized by artist Diana Thater, whose work is featured in the San Jose Museum of Art’s series “Beta Space.” Thater and Elizabeth Kessler, lecturer in the art history department at Stanford University, will discuss Thater’s installation for SJMA. Tickets $6–$10. San Jose Museum of Art, 110 S. Market St., San Jose. 408/271-6840. David Brooks. April 28, noon. San Jose police auditor and retired Judge LaDoris H. Cordell moderates this discussion with the New York Times op-ed columnist and author of “The Road to Character” about the roles of humility, inner worth and moral depth in a society that applauds success and achievement. Tickets $8–$50. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. 408/280-5530. Joseph Stiglitz. April 29, 7 p.m. The Columbia University professor, Nobel Memorial Prize winner and author of “The Great Divide: Unequal Societies and What We Can Do About Them” makes the case for creating a healthy economy that narrows the growing gap between the rich and the poor. Tickets $8–$20. Schultz Cultural Hall, Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 408/280-5530. Reframe Iran: 40 Iranian Artists through Journalism and Film. April 30, 5:30 p.m. Members of the Brown Institute, a team of journalists, filmmakers and engineers from Columbia University and Stanford University, present the stories and work of 40 Iranian artists through high-res photographs and immersive, virtual-reality video. Free. Cantor Auditorium, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. 650/723-4177. MAY Jane Smiley. May 5, 7:30 p.m. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Bay Area resident discusses her new work “Early Warning,” the second volume in “The Last Hundred Years” trilogy. Free. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. 650/324-4321. Raja (Puragra) GuhaThakurta. May 6, noon to 1 p.m. The professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz, will discuss the ways the Milky Way and other galaxies act as “recycling plants” for life-bearing chemical elements and serve as important bridges that connect all living things to the universe that surrounds them. Tickets $5–$8. Barry Manilow, April 18, SAP Center, San Jose poets recently created new poems. They will read their poems in the galleries during this event hosted by David Perez, poet laureate of Santa Clara County. Tickets $5. San Jose Museum of Art, 110 S. Market St., San Jose. 408/271-6840. Valerie Harper. April 20, 7:30 p.m. Bestknown for her role as Rhonda Morgenstern on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” actress Valerie Harper is also a lung cancer survivor. Hear her personal story of survival and learn about the real risks of lung cancer during her Unique Lives pre- sentation. Tickets $45–$82. believed to be the last play he wrote alone. Tickets $5–$15. Santa Clara University, Louis B. Mayer Theatre, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. 408/554-4015. The Columnist. May 29–June 21, 8 p.m. (Thursday–Saturday) and 2 p.m. (Sunday). A political commentator and his unyielding views during the turbulent ’60s is the subject of this new play by the Pulitzer and Tony Award–winning author of “Proof.” Tickets $10–$35. Dragon Theatre, 2120 Broadway St., Redwood City. 650/493-2006 x.2. New Playwrights’ Festival. May 31–June 2, 7:30 p.m. Take in original one-act plays written, performed and directed by Santa Clara University students and alums. Tickets $5. Santa Clara University, Fess Parker Studio Theatre, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. 408/554-4015. Lectures APRIL Ursula K. Le Guin. April 13, 8 p.m. The celebrated science fiction author explores themes of environmentalism, gender and politics in her novels and short stories during this Wallace Stegner Lecture Series discussion. Tickets $22. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. 650/903-6000. Sixth Annual Poetry Invitational. April 16, 5 to 8 p.m. Using the works in the San Jose Museum of Art as inspiration, Bay Area M. Butterfly, through April 19, City Lights Theater, San Jose BOTTOM: DAVID HENRY HWANG
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