October/November 2014 15 Disney Delight Four of everyone’s favorite Disney stories come to life Oct. 15-19 with Disney on Ice: Worlds of Fantasy. Kids and their parents will tingle with excitement at the sight of beloved characters from “Cars,” “The Little Mermaid,” “Tinker Bell” and “Toy Story” as they glide around the rink. Expect fast-paced fun when Lightening McQueen and Mater rev their engines and Ariel swishes about her undersea enchanted kingdom. Tink and her fairy friends are sure to provoke smiles while they flit about Pixie Hollow, and you can be sure Buzz Lightyear and his buddies will pull off some heroic stunts in this colorfully costumed ice skating extravaganza that could only be dreamed up by Disney. Tickets $15-$80. SAP Center, 525 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose. 800/745-3000. Stand-up with Seinfeld He’s famous for finding humor in the most mundane topics, from laundry detergent to puffy shirts to trying to sleep with kids in your bed. His long-standing TV show was the most popular and successful sitcom in the United States by the time it started its fourth season, and its final episode in 1998 was watched by millions of devoted fans who had trouble accepting it was really over. On Oct. 16, Jerry Seinfeld brings his stand-up routine to San Jose. Snicker along with the clean-talking comedian when he lights up the stage. Tickets $50-$150. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose. 408/792-4111. Art P Answ e r s B a c k hilosopher René Descartes spent much of his time trying to determine what was real and what was not. Is the chair there, or not there? Cirque du Soleil’s latest show will have you asking similar questions. From Nov. 14 to Jan. 18 audiences will be treated to Kurios: Cabinet of Curiosities, a mesmerizing spectacle based on the principle that seeing is disbelieving. Audiences will travel into the curio cabinet of an ambitious inventor who distorts time, space and dimension in order to reinvent everything around him. You’ll find yourself just as delightedly perplexed as Descartes was during this mysterious performance featuring stunning acrobatics and themes that stretch the imagination. Tickets $53-$135. Lot A at AT&T Park, 24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco. 800/745- 3000. n OCT. 16 OPENS NOV. 14 OCT. 15 THRU. 19
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