38 South Bay Accent
CALENDAR
Open Thursday through Saturday during
exhibitions, times vary. 365 S. Market St., San
Jose. 408/300-6405.
Tours
Cantor Arts Center Highlights. Saturdays
and Sundays, 1 p.m. This introductory tour
highlights objects from a variety of cultures
and historic periods and provides
a history of the museum and
the Stanford family. Meet in the
main lobby. Free. Open Wednesday
through Monday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(until 8 p.m. Thursday). Free. Cantor
Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive,
Stanford. 650/723-3469.
Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph.
Tuesday through Thursday,
1 to 3 p.m. One-hour
docent-led tours of
California’s oldest parish,
downtown staple
and national historical
landmark. Free. 80 S.
Market St., San Jose.
408/283-8100.
Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Library.
Thursdays, 11:30 a.m.
Learn about the 34
public art installations
throughout the
library, including a
revolving secret door
and tables shaped like
the continents. Free. 150
E. San Fernando St., San
Jose. 408/808-2181.
Mission Santa Clara de
Asis. Named after Saint
Claire of Assisi, this mission
serves as the Santa
Clara University chapel,
just south of the San
Jose airport. Free. Open daily 8 a.m. to 6
p.m. Free. 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara.
408/554-4023.
Montalvo Arts Center. Learn about Senator
Phelan’s country home, his life and his
friends, the Arts Center then and now and
much more. Tickets are free for Montalvo
members and one guest; $10 per person
for non-members. Montalvo Arts Center,
14000 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga.
408/961-5858.
Outdoor Sculpture Walk. First
Sunday of every month, 2 p.m.
This tour explores the Stanford
campus and its extensive outdoor
collection of 20th-century
sculpture. Meet at the Main
Quad entrance, where The
Oval meets Serra Street. Free.
Stanford University, Stanford.
650/723-3469.
Rengstorff House.
Tuesdays and Wednesdays,
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
and Sundays, 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. This tour
explores one of the
best examples of
Victorian Italianate
architecture on the
West Coast, and
the historic house’s
antique furnishings
and décor. Free.
3070 N. Shoreline
Blvd., Mountain
View. 650/903-6392.
Rodin Sculpture Garden
and Galleries.
Wednesdays at 2 p.m.,
Saturdays at 11:30 a.m.
and Sundays at 3 p.m. This tour
features the three indoor galleries
devoted to Rodin’s work
along with 20 bronzes in the
Rodin Sculpture Garden. Meet
in the main lobby. Free. Cantor
Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive,
Stanford. 650/723-3469.
San Jose Museum of Art Gallery
Tours. Tuesday through
Sunday, 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Docents conduct public tours
of exhibitions. Signed tours for
hearing-impaired visitors may
be booked on request. Tickets
$5–$8. San Jose Museum
of Art, 110 S. Market St., San
Jose. 408/271-6883.
Stanford Memorial Church.
Fridays, 2 p.m. This tour
explores the Memorial Church, the physical
heart of the campus that is replete with
stained-glass windows, mosaics and stone carvings.
Meet at the church entrance in the Main
Quad. Free. Stanford University, Stanford.
650/723-3469.
Winchester Mystery House. Opens daily at
9 a.m. Tour times vary. Docents take visitors
through the strange mansion and its surrounding
property on the Grand Estate Tour, Mansion
Tour and Behind the Scenes Tour. Tickets
$25–$44. Winchester Mystery House, 525 S.
Winchester Blvd., San Jose. 408/247-2101.
Comedy
JUNE
Aries Spears. June 2, 7 p.m. Spears’s quick
wit charisma and ferociously aggressive style
of comedy have earned him critical acclaim
and high accolades. From being a regular
on Fox’s “MADtv” starring in feature films
appearing on many national talk shows and
continually touring the country with his
stand-up Aries’s talents are in demand. Tickets
$25. San Jose Improv, 62 S. Second St., San
Jose. 408/280-7475.
Amir K. June 6–8, times vary. Amir K has
been entertaining audiences for 10 years, performing
live across the U.S. and on television.
His fun, unique approach to storytelling
brings audiences together. Born in Iran and
raised in Southern California, Amir offers a
unique point of view shaped by his multicultural
upbringing. He currently stars in the primetime
CW reboot of “MADtv.” Tickets $15.
San Jose Improv, 62 S. Second St., San Jose.
408/280-7475.
Matthew Broussard. June 6–9, times vary.
Before doing stand-up, this dashing young
comic earned a degree in applied math from
Rice University but ultimately got fired from
a job as a financial analyst. Broussard, who is
also a sculptor, can be seen in MTV2’s “Guy
BOTTOM: SIMON EMMETT
Beck, July 16, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View; Present Laughter, June 7–30,
Pear Theatre, Mountain View
Dido, June 26, The Masonic,
San Francisco