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Santaland Diaries
DEC 5–23
Lohman Theatre
Foothill College, Los Altos Hills
“Merrily subversive!”
Newsday
THE TONY-NOMINATED
BEST PLAY
FROST
NIXON
JAN 16–FEB 10
Mountain View Center
for the Performing Arts
“A time-bomb thriller!”
The New York Times
40 South Bay Accent
CALENDAR
we call home. In this exhibit filled with larger
than-life interactives, visitors experience
the grandeur of the state’s iconic landscape—
where fog rolls in, tectonic plates shift and
rocks illuminate our state’s rich natural history.
Tickets $24.95-$39.95. California Academy
of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive,
San Francisco. 415/379-8000.
Object Lessons. Spanning the second floor
of the museum, “Object Lessons: Art & Its
Histories” presents the most significant reinstallation
of the museum’s permanent collection
galleries in 20 years. Open Wednesday
through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 8
p.m. Thursday). Free. Cantor Arts Center, 328
Lomita Drive, Stanford. 650/723-4177.
California History. This exhibit is on permanent
view and includes Native American art
and artifacts from the pre-European contact
period, such as baskets, jewelry, ornaments and
hand tools. Other highlights include the distinctive
Mission Collection, which ranges from
Spanish Colonial devotional art. Open Tuesday
through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Saisset
Museum, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino
Real, Santa Clara. 408/554-4528.
Computer History Museum. One of the
world’s largest collections of computing artifacts
is located in our own backyard. Experience
the computer revolution and its impact
on mankind. Open Wednesday through Sunday,
times vary. Tickets $12-$15, free for children
under 13.
1401 N. Shoreed
by American artists from the 1880s to
1910. Through landscapes, portraits and still
lifes, the exhibition highlights the importance
of nature for artists and the public,
both of whom increasingly were affected by
industrialization. Free. Cantor Arts Center,
Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford.
650/723-4177.
ICA Live! Dec. 7, 7 to 10 p.m. Artists Livien
Yin and Victor Yañez-Lazcano will perform
a series of timed performance pieces inside
the ICA. Guests of the museum will witness
their piece “press/tread,” which aims to challenge
our understanding of performed social
behaviors that we take on in professional, public,
and private settings through the repeated
action of dressing and undressing. San Jose
Institute of Contemporary Art, 560 S. First
St., San Jose. 408/283-8155.
Circle of Truth. Through March 2019.
NUMU presents the traveling exhibition,
“Circle of Truth,” a unique collaboration of
49 contemporary artists, each sequestered and
unknown to one another. Open Wednesday,
1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
and Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission $10. New Museum Los Gatos. 106
E. Main St., Los Gatos. 408/354-2646.
Los Gatos History Gallery. Through August
2020. In keeping with the museum’s special
brand of intersecting art and history, the gallery
features original murals by artist Andrea
Borsuk. The murals carefully capture images,
ephemera and snippets of time from Los
Gatos history. Open Wednesday, 1 p.m. to 5
p.m., Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday
through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission
$10. New Museum Los Gatos. 106 E. Main
St., Los Gatos. 408/354-2646.
Nanette Wylde: On Longing and Other
Stories. Dec. 14-Jan.
27. The exhibition
includes prints
and handmade
artist’s books which
contemplate and
celebrate aspects
of both the built
and the natural
world. The
works explore
ways to engage
the minds of the
audience (and the
maker) with both visual
and textual elements. Mohr
Gallery, Community School of Music
and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain
View. 650/917-6800.
Ongoing Exhibits
Giants of Land and Sea. A multifaceted,
multimedia installation, “Giants of Land and
Sea” explores the dramatic and dynamic place
A MAGICAL MUSICAL
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
TUCK
EVERLASTING
NOV 28–DEC 30
Lucie Stern Theatre
Palo Alto
“Rapturous!”
The New York Times
theatreworks.org
Shen Yuen Ballet, Dec. 19–29, San
Jose Center for the Performing Arts
