THE ARTS Facilities located in Menlo Park, unless otherwise noted. Programs and hours may vary pending COVID-19 restrictions. Many facilities are currently closed. Check websites for status.
LITERARY ARTS Books Inc. Palo Alto, Mountain View
• Virtual book launches and author lecture series • booksinc.net
Museum of American Heritage 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto
• Permanent and rotating exhibits •
San Mateo County HIstory Museum Former San Mateo County Courthouse, 200 Broadway, Redwood City
• Museum showcasing local history; Now
Kepler’s Literary Foundation
• Conversations, classes and seminars •
will be presented online through the foundation’s Refresh the Page program until live events are permitted keplers.org
GALLERIES Bryant Street Gallery 532 Bryant St., Palo Alto
• American contemporary artists • bryantstreet.com Gallery House 320 S. California Ave. (Printers Cafe), Palo Alto
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Rotating exhibits by local member artists. Now offering virtual tours of exhibits using an online tool that allows viewers to get 360-degree views of the gallery and an in-gallery “touchless” system that enables gallery visitors to learn more about exhibit pieces by using a smartphone to scan a QR code displayed on the wall next to the work galleryhouse2.com
PACE Palo Alto 229 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto
• Contemporary art gallery • pacegallery.com
Peabody Fine Art Gallery 603 Santa Cruz Ave.
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Pacific Art League 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto
• Juried exhibitions; Now offering virtual •
• Preserved mid-1800s store with educational programs • historysmc.org/woodside-store Woodside Store 3300 Tripp Road, Woodside
• historysmc.org
PERFORMING ARTS Los Altos Stage Company Bus Barn Theater, Los Altos
• Neighborhood playhouse focused on American theater • losaltosstage.org Palo Alto Children’s Theatre Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
• Plays, musicals with professional and child actors • cityofpaloalto.org/childrenstheatre Palo Alto Players Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto
• Comedies, dramas, classics and musicals;
Performances for the 2020-21 season will be live-streamed, live or a combination of both, pending COVID-19 health restrictions
• paplayers.org The Pear Theatre 1110 La Avenida St., Mountain View
• Hosts full plays, plus an annual short-
works festival, “Pear Slices,” created by members of its playwrights’ guild; Performances for the 2020-21 season will be streamed, live or a combination of both, pending COVID-19 health restrictions.
workshops, youth camps, art history talks and art demonstrations via Zoom pacificartleague.org
Palo Alto Art Center 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto
offering “History at Home” featuring online Victorian Days walking tour, virtual museum visits and other events celebrating local history historysmc.org
Woodside Community Museum 2961 Woodside Road, Woodside
• Family-owned gallery; original paintings, bronze sculpture and limited edition works by internationally known artists peabodygallery.com
emphasize invention and technology from 1750-1950 moah.org
• World-renowned and emerging artists;
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• Home to Dragon Productions, which puts
Some curbside classes and online programs available pending the center’s reopening. cityofpaloalto.org/artcenter
The Dragon Theatre 2120 Broadway, Redwood City
on unique theater performances yearround, as well as acting workshops. Now offering “Dragon on Demand” virtual shows and livesream workshops, classes and other events
Portola Art Gallery at Allied Arts Guild 75 Arbor Road
• Representational art by regionally, nationally recognized artists • portolaartgallery.com MUSEUMS Hoover Institution 434 Galvez Mall, Stanford
• Free exhibits on President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover • hoover.org 40 • Info Menlo www.AlmanacNews.com
• dragonproductions.net
Shoreline Amphitheatre 1 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View
• Large outdoor venue hosting classical •
and contemporary performances and music events theshorelineamphitheatre.com
MOVIE THEATERS Aquarius Theatre 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto
• landmarktheatres.com
CineArts @ Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
• cinemark.com/theatre-475
Stanford Theatre 221 University Ave., Palo Alto
• stanfordtheatre.org
S TA N F O R D ARTS DISTRICT Editor’s note: The arts district, which includes the Rodin Sculpture Garden, Cantor Arts Center, the Anderson Collection, Frost Amphitheater and Bing Concert Hall, was made off-limits to the general public as part of broad campus restrictions on Sept. 1. Stanford also has canceled all on-campus events until the end of 2020 due to the pandemic. At the time of the closure, the university noted that it may relax restrictions in some areas, such as the “arts zone” faster than in others.
VIRTUAL ARTS The pandemic may have temporarily closed the doors on the concentration of museums, sculpture gardens, galleries and performance spaces clustered around Palm Drive that make up the Stanford Arts District, but enthusiasts can still experience performances, music and art exhibits through a variety of virtual programs.
#TheShowMustGoOnline: Stanford Live is producing a digital season that brings many of the artists who were scheduled to perform at various campus venues straight into viewers’ homes through virtual concerts, lectures, comedy shows and livestream events. To view upcoming shows and events, go to live. stanford.edu/2020-digital-season.
Museums from home Stanford’s museums are offering virtual painting tours, artist talks and online access to exhibitions and collections through its Museums from Home program. To view upcoming events and exhibits, go to museum.stanford.edu/museums-home
MUSEUMS & PERFORMANCE SPACES Anderson Collection at Stanford University 314 Lomita Drive
• Live-entertainment venue that
• Modern American paintings and sculptures • anderson.stanford.edu
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• Music, dance, theater performances • live.stanford.edu (search “Bing”)
Fox Theatre 2215 Broadway, Redwood City
hosts lectures, musical and theater performances, which first opened in 1929 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places foxrwc.com
Bing Concert Hall 327 Lasuen St.
Kristine Mays' wire sculptures are on display through November at Filoli. Courtesy Filoli.
Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University 328 Lomita Drive
• 24 art galleries, Rodin Sculpture Garden • museum.stanford.edu Dinkelspiel Auditorium 471 Lagunita Dr.
• Used by Stanford’s Department of Music • music.stanford.edu (listed under: Venues - Dinkelspiel)
Frost Amphitheater Lasuen St. (at Roth Way)
• 20-acre, tiered outdoor performance space • live.stanford.edu (search “Frost Amphitheater”)
McMurtry Building 355 Roth Way
• Indoor-outdoor screening and exhibition spaces; Coulter Art Gallery • arts.stanford.edu (search “Mcmurtry Building”)
Memorial Auditorium 551 Serra Mall
• Home of the Department of Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS) • live.stanford.edu (search “Memorial Auditorium”)
Nitery Theater Nitery Building in the Old Union, 514 Lasuen Mall
• Black-box theater; student productions • taps-calsrv2.stanford.edu Pigott Theater 551 Serra Mall
• Used by Stanford’s Drama Department • taps-calsrv2.stanford.edu Roble Gymnasium 375 Santa Teresa St.
• Rehearsal, dance and performance spaces for students • taps.stanford.edu (listed under: About Facilities)
Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery 435 Lasuen Mall
• Features student, faculty and other artists’ work • art.stanford.edu (listed under: Exhibition Spaces - Stanford Art Gallery)
