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be accompanied by a book exploring the artist.
Open Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Triton
Museum of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave., Santa
Clara. 408/247-3754.
Thomas Edison and His Rivals: Bringing
Electricity to America. Through Feb. 18.
Learn about the American ingenuity in the
20th century that sparked rivalries between
Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse and
Nikola Tesla as they raced to bring life changing
inventions and electricity to the American
public. Open Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to
3:45 p.m. Tickets $3. Museum of
Stanford Cardinals Women’s Basketball.
College basketball. Game times vary. Utah,
Feb. 9; Cal Berkeley, Feb. 15. Ticket prices
vary. Maples Pavilion, 655 Campus Drive,
Stanford. 650/723-1021.
Museums
FEBRUARY
Noah’s Ark: San Mateo’s Historic Restaurant.
Feb. 1-March 3. Just in time for Black
History Month, this exhibit highlights the life
of African American restaurateur Noah Williams,
who was an entrepreneur in the city of
San Mateo. A former railroad chef, Williams
moved to San Mateo around 1920 and established
Noah’s Cafeteria. San Mateo County
History Museum, 2200 Broadway, Redwood
City. 650/299-0104.
Raimonds Staprans. Feb. 2-May 20.
Staprans’s paintings showcase the landscape
and architecture of California as rooted equally
in reality and in the artist’s imagination. His
still lifes of fruit, artist’s materials, and chairs
share a quality of light and rich color. Open
Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. San Jose
Museum of Art, 110 S. Market St., San Jose.
408/271-6883.
Tracey Valleau. Feb. 10-May 13. Zoomed in
images of the minute objects expand to fill the
foreground in the highly detailed and sensitive
photography of Tracey Valleau. Valleau’s work
has been published and reproduced
throughout the world. Open
Tuesday through Sunday, 11
a.m. to 5 p.m. Triton Museum
of Art, 1505 Warburton Ave.,
Santa Clara. 408/247-3754.
The Matter of Photography
in the Americas. Feb. 7-April
30. Featuring artists from
twelve different countries,
this exhibition presents
a wide range of creative
responses to photography
as an artistic medium
and a communicative tool
uniquely suited to modern
media landscapes and globalized
economies. Open
Wednesday-Monday,
11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8
p.m. Free. Cantor Arts
Center, Lomita Drive at
Museum Way, Stanford.
650/723-4177.
David Einstein: A 50 Year Perspective.
Feb. 17-April 22. Einstein was a seminal
figure responsible for the spread
of Color Field painting to California
in the 1960s. This exhibition is the
most expansive retrospective of the
artist’s work ever presented, and will
American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo
Alto. 650/321-1004.
MARCH
The Crown under the Hammer: Russia,
Romanovs, Revolution. Through March 4.
This dual-site exhibition features a wide variety
of art objects and documentary material
that evoke the lost world of Russia’s old regime
and hint at the utopian future imagined by
the nation’s revolutionaries. Open Wednesday-
Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday,
11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free. Cantor Arts Center,
Lomita Drive at Museum Way, Stanford.
650/723-4177.
The Buddha’s Word. Through March 18.
This exhibition showcases Buddhist manuscripts
and prints held at the Cantor and in
Stanford libraries, ranging from the 11th century
to the early 20th century, and coming
from various parts of the traditional Buddhist
world, from Sri Lanka to Japan. Free. Cantor
Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford.
650/723-3469.
Earthly Hollows: Cave and Kiln Transformations.
Through March 18. This exhibition
presents a focused look at caves and
kilns, aka “earthly hollows,” as symbolic and
physical passages of transformation. Drawing
from Cantor’s rich collection of Chinese,
Japanese and Korean art, this show examines
the dynamic ways in which caves interface
mundane and mystical realms. Free. Cantor
Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive,
Stanford. 650/723-3469.
Louise Nevelson: The Fourth
Dimension. Through March
18. New Yorker Louise Nevelson
created dramatic and
monumental sculptures
often made from found
objects and discarded pieces
of wood gathered from
city streets. This exhibition
will focus on one of her earliest
of these large, monochromatic
wall reliefs. Open
Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. Tickets free–$10. San
Jose Museum of Art, 110
South Market St., San Jose.
408/271-6840.
Waterlines. Through
March 18. New Museum
Los Gatos presents
“Waterlines,” an art
exhibition that delves into
our deep connection with one
of Earth’s most important elements.
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.
CALENDAR
Shawn Wayans, Feb. 16–18, Cobb’s Comedy Club,
San Francisco; SsingSsing, March 3, Bing Concert Hall
Studio, Stanford University
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