Amir K, June 6–8, San Jose Improv; Sid the Science Kid: The Super-Duper Exhibit!,
through Sep. 2, Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose
28 South Bay Accent
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the promise and passion of his own. Tickets
$40–$100. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield
Road, Palo Alto. 650/463-1960.
Livermore Shakes 2019. June 3–Aug. 4, 7:30
p.m. The outdoor Livermore Shakespeare
Festival returns with one of the Bard’s most
celebrated tragic love stories, “Othello” (July
3–21) and then lightens up with a comedic,
head-spinning tour through his entire catalogue
with “The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (abridged)revised” (July 18–
Aug. 4). Tickets $25–$97. Wente Vineyards
Estate Winery and Tasting Room, 5565 Tesla
Road, Livermore. 925/443-2273.
The Book of Mormon. July 16–21, times
vary. Back by popular demand after a sold-out
run in 2015, the musical features music and
lyrics by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt
Stone. The irreverent musical skewers religion
with humor and a surprising measure of sensitivity.
Tickets prices vary. San Jose Center for
the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San
Jose. 408/792-4131.
Pocket Opera Figaro. July 21, 5 p.m. Pocket
Opera, the Bay Area’s premiere chamber
opera company, has offered accessible,
“audience-friendly” performances for over
40 years. This performance gives “Figaro”
the pocket treatment, and only the clever
barber can help Rosina outwit her guardian,
Bartolo, to wind up in the arms of her true
love, Almaviva. Tickets $45. Schultz Theatre,
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center,
3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 415/392-4400.
Little Black Dress. July 24–28, times vary.
This boisterous ladies’ night musical is packed
with hilarious show-stopping tunes, Magic
Mike-influenced dancing and loads of improvised
audience mayhem. Through the titular
“LBD” the play tells the stories of milestone
events—first job interview, first date, first awkward
sexual experience—and more in the lives
of three friends. Ticket prices vary. Hammer
Theatre Center, 101 Paseo De San Antonio,
San Jose. 408/924-8501.
Miss Fisher Con. July 25–27, times vary.
This is a fan convention celebrating the Australian
TV show “Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries.”
Meet with like-minded fans from
around the world. Attend sessions on a wide
variety of topics from 1920s fashion to mystery
writing to forensics. Friday night masquerade
costume competition. Westin San
Jose Hotel, 302 S. Market St, San Jose.
916/494-8086.
Lectures
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Graeme Simsion. June
3, 7:30 p.m. In a rare
visit from Australia,
author Graeme Simsion
discusses his international
bestseller, “The
Rosie Project.” The book
tells the story of Don
Tillman, a quirky yet
brilliant genetics professor
with some
social limitations.
One day, Don
boldly decides
to seek a wife
by undertaking
the very scientific,
structured,
and goal-oriented
“Wife Project.”
Hilarity ensues.
Tickets $10–$40.
Kepler’s Books,
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
650/324-4321.
Stephanie Garber and Andrew Shvarts.
June 5, 7 p.m. Authors Stephanie
Garber and Andrew Shvarts return to
Kepler’s to celebrate their long-awaited
highly anticipated third and final books
in their bestselling “Caraval and Royal
Bastards” series. Free. Kepler’s Books,
1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
650/324-4321.
Doctor Jamil Zaki. June 6, 7:30 p.m.
From a neuroscientist’s perspective,
Doctor Jamil Zaki tackles the power
of empathy in the mind and all around
us. In conversation with award-winning
journalist Angie Coiro for “This Is
Now,” Zaki speaks out as a passionate
researcher studying this neurochemical
gold, kindness, just as the national
supply looks scarce. Tickets $15–$45.
Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo
Park. 650/324-4321.
Misa Sugiura with Stacey Lee. June 8, 3
pm. Celebrate the launch of Misa Sugiura’s
richly crafted, critically acclaimed contemporary
coming-of-age novel, “This Time Will Be
Different,” about family, community, and the
importance of writing your own history. Free.
Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo
Park. 650/324-4321.
Theresa Caputo. June 8, 7:30 p.m. Theresa
Caputo, star of the hit TLC
show “Long Island Medium,”
shares personal stories about her
life and explain how her gift
works. She will offer healing
messages to bereaved audience
members and give
people comfort. Tickets
$39.75–$89.75. City
National Civic, 135 W.
San Carlos St., San Jose.
408/792-4111.
This Is Now: Louise Aronson.
June 11, 7:30 p.m.
Many of us can expect to live
more years as “elders” than
in either childhood or
adulthood, a span
of up to 40 years,
yet elderhood
is often outright
ignored
or demonized.
Aronson’s book
“ E l d e r h o o d ”
exalts the worth
of life’s third stage,
inviting readers into a
new relationship with the
so-called “twilight” years of
life. Tickets $15–$45. Kepler’s
Books, 1010 El Camino Real,
Menlo Park. 650/324-4321.
Randy Ribay. June 12, 7
Countess and Friends,
June 28, The Masonic,
San Francisco