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The Arts
from Info Menlo 2020
by The Almanac
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
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Books Inc.
Palo Alto, Mountain View • Virtual book launches and author lecture • series booksinc.net
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 • 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. • Family-owned gallery; original paintings, bronze sculpture and limited edition • works by internationally known artists peabodygallery.com
Pacific Art League
668 Ramona St., Palo Alto • Juried exhibitions; Now offering virtual workshops, youth camps, art history talks • and art demonstrations via Zoom pacificartleague.org
Palo Alto Art Center
1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto • World-renowned and emerging artists;
Some curbside classes and online programs available pending the center’s • reopening. cityofpaloalto.org/artcenter
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
Museum of American Heritage
351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto • Permanent and rotating exhibits emphasize invention and technology • from 1750-1950 moah.org
San Mateo County HIstory Museum
Former San Mateo County Courthouse, 200 Broadway, Redwood City • Museum showcasing local history; Now 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 • 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 shortworks 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. • thepear.org
The Dragon Theatre
2120 Broadway, Redwood City • Home to Dragon Productions, which puts on unique theater performances yearround, as well as acting workshops. Now offering “Dragon on Demand” virtual shows and livesream workshops, classes and other events • dragonproductions.net
Fox Theatre
2215 Broadway, Redwood City • Live-entertainment venue that hosts lectures, musical and theater performances, which first opened in 1929 and is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places • foxrwc.com
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
STANFORD 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 • Modern American paintings and sculptures • anderson.stanford.edu
Bing Concert Hall
327 Lasuen St. • • Music, dance, theater performances live.stanford.edu (search “Bing”) 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)
