Lectures
FEBRUARY
40 Years of Protecting Land on the Peninsula.
Feb. 6, 1-2:30 p.m. Representatives
of Peninsula Open Space Trust discuss their
40-year legacy of protecting land in San Mateo
and Santa Clara counties. Learn about their
vision of land protection with the goals of
public access, corridors for wildlife, healthy
redwood forests and working farmlands. Tickets
$15. Oshman Family JCC, Schultz Cultural
Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto.
650/223-8649.
An Evening with Dr. Irvin D. Yalom. Feb.
8, 7:30 p.m. The author of “Becoming Myself:
A Psychiatrist’s Memoir” has made a career of
investigating the lives of others. He discusses his
profound memoir, in which he turns his writing
and therapeutic eye on himself. Tickets $12-
limit. Tickets $40-$100. Lucie Stern Theatre,
1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
415/597-6705.
The Elephant Man. March 8-25,
times vary. Based on the life of John
Merrick, a horribly deformed
young man who lived in London
during the latter part of
the 19th century, this Tonywinning
show explores people’s
willingness to accept
others’ differences. Ticket
prices vary. Hillbarn Theatre,
1285 East Hillsdale Blvd., Foster
City. 650/349-6411.
Love Never Dies. March 13-18, times
vary. Ten years after his disappearance
from the Paris Opera House, the Phantom of
the Opera has escaped to a new life on Coney
Island. This show portrays his electrically
charged world, where he has finally found a
place to soar, despite still yearning for his one
true love. Tickets $48-$128. Center for the
Performing Arts, 255 S. Almaden Blvd., San
Jose. 669/242-8555.
The Magic of Adam Trent. March 22, 7:30
p.m. Direct from Broadway, Adam Trent, the
breakout star of the world’s best-selling magic
show, “The Illusionists,” brings his signature
brand of magic to this 90-minute spectacle.
Tickets $33-$128. San Jose Center for the Performing
Arts, 255 S. Almaden Blvd., San Jose.
408/286-2600.
The Merchant of Venice. March 22-April
22, times vary. More than four centuries after
it was first performed, “Merchant” remains
one of Shaespeare’s most compelling, ambivalent
and controversial plays. Poised somewhere
between drama and comedy, it reflects
the emotional turmoil of Shakespeare’s time,
aspects of which eerily suggest the troubles
that roil America today. Tickets $19-
$40. City Lights Theater, 529 S. Second St.
408/295-4200.
26 South Bay Accent
CALENDAR
$34. Oshman Family JCC, Schultz
Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way,
Palo Alto. 650/223-8649.
Comix Legend Trina Robbins.
Feb. 8, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m. From the
underground comix movement to
Wonder Woman, Robbins has made
clothes for Mama Cass & David
Crosby, and she’s written stories for
Barbie and the Powerpuff Girls. Now
this comics “herstorian” has written
a memoir, and she will share her
perspectives on women in comics.
Menlo Park City Council Chambers,
701 Laurel St., Menlo Park.
650/330-6610.
An Evening with Author Ayelet
Waldman. Feb. 11, 5:30 p.m. Waldman
is the author of “A Really Good
Day.” The book is a courageous
and funny account of her experiment
with microdoses of LSD in an
effort to treat a debilitating mood disorder,
and of her quest to understand a misunderstood
drug. Tickets $18-$25. Oshman Family
JCC, Freidenrich
Conference Center,
Room F-401, 3921
Fabian Way, Palo Alto.
650/223-8649.
Startup Grind Global Conference.
Feb. 12, 5 p.m.
This Global Conference
brings together over 7,000
founders and thought leaders
from all around the
world for conversations
around trends in tech, software,
education, building
and scaling a company, venture
capital and more. Ticket
prices vary. Fox Theatre, 2215
Broadway St., Redwood City. 650/369-7770.
Carl Pope: Climate of Hope. Feb. 13, 7
p.m. Carl Pope, Former executive director
and chairman of the Sierra Club, offers an
optimistic look at the challenges of climate
change, the solutions that hold the greatest
promise and the practical steps necessary to
achieve them. Pope also highlights the contributions
and bold actions that cities, businesses
and citizens are making to reshape and jumpstart
a new type of conversation about climate
change. Cubberly Theatre, 4000 Middlefield
Road, Palo Alto. 650/329-2418.
Gina McCarthy. Feb. 13, 8 p.m. McCarthy
is the former administrator for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency under President
Obama and a leading national expert
on environmental and public health impacts
of climate change. Her achievements include
finalizing and implementing the Clean Power
Plan and signing the Paris Climate Agreement.
Tickets $43. Mountain View Center for the
Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain
View. 650/903-6000.
ABBA Tribute, Feb. 25, Carriage House Theatre, Saratoga;
k.d. lang, March 2, Bing Concert Hall Studio, Stanford University
Monster Jam, Feb. 17, O.Co
Coliseum, Oakland