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Michael Sopkin II Blown Away Caitlin Dazey Thanks to a Palo Alto High School art teacher's inspiring class, Paly graduate, Michael Sopkin has taken a special interest in glass blowing. "David Camner's ceramics program really got me started," he explained of the origin of his interest. "Plus the fact that you can take hot glass and turn it into anything you want it to be is amazing." He's currently majoring in Glass Forming at Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas. Sopkin sees himself creating a profession out of his love of the art form, working with friends and creating group shows. A glass blowing artist that truly inspired him is Pino Signoretto because, "He's really stuck with his passion and has been creating his works for so long, not to mention the fact that after his many years, he creates amazing pieces." Signoretto has won many awards for his glass blowing and continues to be an influential artist. Blowing glass since 1954, Signoretto has worked with all of the famous art masters like Uvio Seguso, Ermanno Nason and Angelo Seguso."llike to use colors that go very well together like, green and white, red and black, and purple and pink," explains Sopkin of his own aesthetic choices. He describes the general process of glass blowing as, "Gathering hot, molten glass and shaping it into whatever you intend it to be, then going crazy with color and trying to make something beautiful." Sopkin enjoys working with color and making larger pieces. His favorite artifacts to make are mainly bowls and other large sized pieces.
You can contact Michael Sopkin at: mikesopkin@gmail.com
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Monica Haller II Collaboration & the Veterans Book Workshop Natalie Kerman Artist Monica Hailer visited Palo Alto High School this year and last year to talk about her recently published book, Riley and his story. Me and my outrage. You and us. As a guest speaker, she shared writing and artistic experiences with several Journalism and Photography classes. The collaborative book concept that she created grew into the Veterans Book Workshop, which was featured in the San Jose Biennial this September. The books are unique in several ways. Her first book in the series reveals the relationship between Hailer and an Iraq war veteran, Riley, over a three-year time period, two years into the Iraq War. Haller describes that she found her inspiration to write this book from her interest in the soldier's experience and thoughts, living a life surrounded by war. "I wanted to find out what he was experiencing there [in Iraq], get a real experience. I didn't feel like I was hearing that from the news, • says Hailer. The two of them started talking, and soon Haller was receiving photos from Riley framing his combat and medical unit experiences. He would send photos and they would talk about the images and experiences over the phone. Hailer not only heard about those war zone experiences, but was able to literally see what Riley was seeing.
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Haller started asking hersetf different questions. How do these photos affect Riley now that he is home? How would the public react to these photos? In the structure of the book, Riley is the narrator, and Hailer is somewhat of a "secret" writer, but one who still has a voice in the book design and perspective. On the cover of the book is an introduction on how to read or view the book which is quite unusual. The title begins with the conundrum, ''This is not a book," printed in colored text. Hailer describes the book as, "a container for unstable images, a model for further action." In the workshop series, she continues to collaborate with veterans to frame their unique stories. She invites readers to consider their relationship with books, as well as to explore how we respond to the information and ideas in books about social issues, like war. Hailer will be visiting Paly again to discuss contemporary book ideas, and she invites you as readers and viewers to continue to discover new themes after each read. You can download excerpts from of her first book, Riley and His Story, at http://www.rlleyandhisstory.com/ Additionally, you can order books from the Veterans Book Workshop online at www.lulu.com
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Ed Kashi II A Life In Images Katie Causey Once a career path in the arts carried the stigma of sporadic income and tentative placement, but now that path is transformed in the global media culture. Photographers are in demand from business to broadcast and news media. Their images grace galleries and museums as well as publications like National Geographic and Time magazines. The standard for this modern career niche in the arts is international photojournalist Ed Kashi. Known for his global coverage of socio-political Issues, Kashi has WOI1<ed for the National Geographic Society, New York Times Magazine, Time, Mediastorm, Ford Foundation, GEO, Newsweek and msnbc.com. The world-renowned photojournalist has travelled across 60 countries capturing geopolitical struggles and ordinary subjects in ways that continue to educate and engage viewers. His most prominent work is framing the ethnic struggle of Kurds and the impact of the oil extraction on the people and environment of the Niger Delta. Both series have become textbook examples of modern photojournalism that integrates subject's perspectives. The Niger Delta work is a chapter of W1lat Matters: The Worlds Preeminent Photojournalists and Thinkers Depict Issues of Our Time. He collaborated with professor Michael Watts from UC Berkeley on the chapter and designed a video short titled, Curse of the Black Gold. Kashi's domestic work includes a series on aging and healthcare in the US, and the travails of ~ericen war veterans from Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Today as an active and contributing member of the global photojournalism movement, Kashi realizes that journalists struggle to capture a unique perspective as the advance of technology that can alter photos, can often change the realities that photojournalism presents. "I believe as a photojournalist, we should do nothing more than work with color balance, lightening and darkening, sharpening, contrast, basically aesthetic elements that help the image be more beautiful or clear. But never to change the reality, the elements within the frame of anything radical." The practice of journalism should not simply restate a message - it should reveal the realities of the world and raise awareness, while encouraging and educating for beneficial change in the world. "The present and future of photojournalism is vibrant and alive, especially as it is now practiced by people from all over the world." Ed Kashi will present his experiences and vision for photojournalism at the second annual What Matters Photojournalism Forum sponsored by the Paly Photography program on November 5th in the school library. He will be joined by collaborators Michael Watts and David Elliot Cohen for the Photojournalism Forum.
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The Missing Peace [in a box] Katie Causey and Caitlin Dazey Beginning in 2005, The Missing Peace project was launched to spread the principles of peace that the Dalai Lama represents. Sponsored by the Dalai Lama Foundation and the Committee of 100 for Tibet, professional artists were asked to create a 'portrait' of peace for the project, which resulted in a wide variety of individual interpretations of peace. The exhibition has been travelling the world from Romania to Spain, Japan and across the United States. It is currently at the Stockholm Museum in Sweden. Local artist Darlene Marcovich had the idea to create an accessible version of the exhibition for schools and communities - The Missing Peace in a Box was born. Free boxes of fourteen posters of "portraits of peace" (by professional artists) were assembled and sent to schools and communities around the world to spread the message of peace. The goal is to have students and community members experience the "traveling gallery" and respond by adding their own artworks. The only commitment is that teachers find another school to "pass along the peace." After the community has absorbed the value of the images from the box, the posters are placed back inside the box and delivered to another school or town. Currently the "box" is in student exhibitions around the world from India and Nepal to Mexico and Brazil. Paly is one of five American schools to host the exhibition. Palo Alto Senior High School recently received one of these boxes from Castilleja School, to coincide with a Bay Area visit by the Dalai Lama. After displaying the contents of the box and it's message, students at Paly were asked to respond with their own interpretation of peace through art. After receiving many submissions from art classes, as well as advanced math, science, and English classes, the Paly community peace portraits are on display in the Tower Building along with six classroom displays from all grade levels. Each classroom display intersects with a curriculum topic on peace to explore the values of the project and integrate student interpretations of peace. The works vary in media and showcase a wide verity of personal beliefs. Hopefully the school wide exhibition will inspire you to reflect on who we are as human beings, our place in the universe, and our relationships with others. The goal for the project is to give more of a spotlight to peace and shift the attention away from selfishness, wars, and everyday annoyances. The fact that it's giving everyone complete creative license shows some of the principles that the Dalai Lama Foundation would like to promote in the world. In the words of John Lennon: "All we are saying is give peace a chance." Follow the message of peace and the professional exhibition visit www.tmpp.org - or visit the student artworks at www.tmpbox.org
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I can only describe my weekend spent at SCRAP as extremely frightening, as my co-editor and I became lost, hurrying through the unrefined streets of one of San Francisco's rougher neighborhood. After hearing the buzz around the art community at Palo Alto High School about a non-profit creative reuse center called SCRAP, located in San Francisco, my fellow arts editor and I were excited to spend our Saturday morning making the trek up along the fog covered bay and indulge ourselves artistically at the recycled materials center. Before leaving we skimmed the SCRAP website. It was colorful, well organized, and made SCRAP appear to be an artist's utopia, filled with over two hundred tons of quality reusable arts materials. SCRAP has won multiple "Best of" Awards from the city of San Francisco and is the Bay Area's oldest creative reuse center. The building which houses SCRAP was provided by the San Francisco Unified School District, and in exchange SCRAP provides services to teachers, parents, and community organizations in the district SCRAP holds bimonthly wor1<shops on Saturday afternoons from 1pm to 4 pm, lead by independent artists and teachers who use SCRAP's material. Creative reuse projects for teachers can be integrated into their classroom curriculum. Activities of upcoming wor1<shops are regularly posted on SCRAP's extensive website. Upon arrival at San Francisco's CaiTrain station, we planned to catch a southbound Metro, then board one of the few buses that will drop you by SCRAP. After waiting for over fifteen minutes it was clear that the Metro did not have weekend service. We were directed to another Metro stop by a learned local, but it soon became clear that this was also the wrong choice, as we were dropped at a northern station of Muni. We headed to the streets near the underground trains, frantically looking for a bus or cab. Soon a Jamaican cabby motioned for us from his taxi. We gave him the address, and as we headed further and further south, the meter rising, we realized that SCRAP was much further away then we expected. Mer turning off of the Bayshore Freeway we entered a neighborhood lined with abandoned warehouses, free of any sign of modern society. The road quickly turned from a smoothly paved highway to a barely paved, eroded street lined with garbage and barbed wire fences. Our driver stopped in front of a large red brick warehouse across from another warehouse filled with 1-beams. We cautiously stepped out and looked around at the empty neighborhood only to spot a small sign with an arrow on the corner of the building that read "SCRAP." We walked around the corner of the rusty barbed wire fence that surrounded the building, only to see the other side of the structure painted with dull stripes of color. Together we approached an opening in the fence where we were greeted by a group of several dumpsters and the many homeless people raiding through them.
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art/scrap The doorway to SCRAP was simply a termite eaten wooden entrance, its MIA door had been ripped off its hinges, and a large metal warehouse door had been pushed upwards and open. Entering the building, we realized our expectations of a "cute little art store" were quickly crushed. Both of us were immediately uncomfortable and made sure any valuables we had were secured, the entrance was cramped and lined with freebies which were collecting dust and looked worse than average junk you would fined at a garage sale. The old yellow lights hanging from the high splintery warehouse beams revealed the large amount of dust and cobwebs floating through the air. Looking down we found that the floor was actually an old parking lot whose numbers and lines no one had bothered to paint over. The aisles consisted of wooden shelves graffitied with a variety of Crayola markers and lined with even more dust. Each aisle was divided by material, including albums and films, metal and wood, ornaments, sewing materials, paper scraps, writing utensil, old collections of national geographic, and other miscellaneous substances all of which had been shoved into many overflowing boxes or barrels. Together we wandered each aisle finding that any company that had an overstock of something has given it to SCRAP, this included one barrel full of buttons from the King Tut exhibition at the de Young, three barrels devoted solely to baby ornaments, a large amount of small decrepit teddy bears on sticks, shelves full of the same ceramic heart dish, and much, much, much more! ''They should just remove the 'S' from the name," my co-editor whispered to me, as we continued further down the warehouse. Suddenly, we both eyed a sign that read "Please don't take the boxes, or feed the pigeons" and gazing up at the rafters, we spotted our feathered friends. Approaching several shelves of old magazines, we spotted two black cats and soon realized how SCRAP kept its pigeon population at bay. On every aisle it was clear that materials had clearly been sitting around for quite sometime. Aisles consisted of certain products and everything imaginably relating to it-every single thing! For example, the fabric aisle bulged with hundreds of rolls of linens roughly stacked on top of each other, as well as boxes and boxes of needles, thimbles, countless spools of thread. A large cabinet and separate aisle section used for housing even more small sewing materials were adjoined, and lining the sides and top of the aisles were several mannequins and dress forms as well. Surprisingly, the customers who were in the building were clearly well-to-do people, taking advantage of SCRAP's incredibly low prices. Finely dressed business women and men, scavenging through the store hoping to find art materials for their own practice, or for their child's upcoming school project. Their visits were not long though, each customer seemed to get in, get what their looking for, and get out, not wish ing to spend any extra time in such a sketchy neighborhood. This store seemed to be the definition of one man's trash is another man's treasure, except the treasure was long lost or hopelessly buried.
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art/scrap The one section of the store I had heard the most praise for, was SCRAP's collection of albums and records. The aisle had been combined with old film as well which peaked my interest. We began rummaging through the old albums, which consisted of a variety of different sizes and genres of vinyl albums. This included a large number of vintage records, many of which are difficult to find, offered here for only several cents. The film section consisted of film reels, old slides, and negatives. Much like the albums the film reels were fascinating to look at, as though they were a piece of history, but it was the photography aspect of the aisle which drove us away. After examining several of the negatives and slides we came to the conclusion that they consisted mostly of images of people having intercourse. At that point, we felt we had a good enough taste of SCRAP and decided to depart. Having no idea when or where the nearest bus was coming, this task would prove to be as difficult as getting here. The SCRAP staff was incredibly friendly and helpful in solving this dilemna. The employees knew the bus schedule and the area of the community, informing us that across the street in front of a Bank of America was a bus stop.
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The trip back was fretful. Though the bus arrived shortly, the neighborhood we passed through made us even more concerned. Streets were clearly gang-heavy, and in some areas and we saw many cars with smashed windshields. Exiting the bus at the nearest bus station, we realized that it was again running late and we would be forced to either wait or board another bus. Yet another transportation problem! We soon discovered that very few buses drive through the area, and the ones that do rarely make stops, ignoring pedestrians frantically waving their hands and yelling for the driver to stop. As we noticed a bus across the street heading toward our destination we began frantically motioning for it to stop, but as it passed us by we were forced to run frantically into traffic yelling and waving our hands. The driver must have gotten the message, for he pulled over ahead of us on the next street. Our adventure would not end for another two hours as we were forced to stay on the bus as it retraced its normal route twice before heading back to the train station. Overall, our final opinion on SCRAP was this: while it consists of the average hodgepodge material you find at any teachers art supply source or garage sale, the staff were extremely kind and helpful, and the prices inside the warehouse were incredibly cheap. Though most of their materials were junkyard-esque, SCRAP admittedly has an exceptional selection of vintage records. If one decides to make the trip to SCRAP do not travel by means of public transit, as it is difficult and dangerous. Instead, simply park in front of the warehouse with your car visible at all times while shopping, or, better yet, bring a rottweiler to guard the car while you shop.
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Haight-Ashbury Caitlin Dazey Haight Ashbury is a colorful yet mildly frightening neighborhood near Golden Gate Park that has a variety of unique shops. Though widely known for it's large drug community, the historic street has beautiful art plastered all over the shops and lining the streets creating a positive (or less negative) and aesthetically pleasing atmosphere. Though I wouldn't recommend visiting the street alone, or with children, it is an experience that will be memorable and enjoyable to almost anyone. The street has evolved as the center for hippies, drugs, and artistic efforts covering almost all mediums. Musicians such as the Grateful Dead, and artists such as Alton Kelley, poets such as Allen Cohen, and eventual CEOs lived on the street due to the cheap rent in 1960s. The 1967 Summer of Love was the apex of the Haight Ashbury popularity. Young adults, druggies, tourists, and other such people flooded the place. Though the popularity isn't what it once was, the street remains a notorious tourist destination and a great place to spend the day in San Francisco. No one can truly experience the street in one day, but the vibes from the street almost act as a portal back to the late 1960s. Many people who frequent the street simply refer to it as "The Haight." Though The Haight is simply a street, walking down and exploring it turns into quite the experience with stores such as The Buffalo Exchange, American Apparel, Amoeba Music, and a Loyal Army location. Amoeba Music is in a large building that was formerly a bowling alley, and the collection of music, new and used. is one of the largest in the world. There are many thrift stores and other things that can't be found anywhere else in the city, and nowhere else together in the world. The Haight has a street market, Haight Street Market (surprise!), which has been running for years and is notorious for being customer friendly and having great deals on produce and other foods.
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Fall Fashion Katie Causey and Caitlin Dazey
Fall fashion always consists of a slightly darker color scheme, but autumn styles change in other ways than simply color. This autumn, don't fall behind on trends and stay up to date with our simple fashion guide. 1I I This first outfit consists of a loose burgundy shirt from American Apparel, a layered Betsy Johnson necklace, simple denim skinny jeans from Macys, BP black flats, and a mahjong tile bracelet found at a local store.
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Fashion Focus: Silly Bands & Breast Cancer Awareness Katie Causey and Caitlin Dazey A sudden rise in popularity of the (now common) "Silly Bands" along with ripoff and spoof versions, has this odd accessory taking California school campuses by storm. The (prooij staff decided to get a closer look at this childish fad. Silly bands can be seen on almost any stereotype of a person, and are immensely popular with children as well as young adults. At some elementary schools in the Palo Alto Unified School District, the fun shaped rubber bands as positive reinforcement are used to entice and to promote proper behavior. Though it seems a bit like puppy training, the bracelets are much more entertaining than a mere treat. It's strange that they're giving them out as prizes, because once you take them off you can play with the fun shapes almost as effectively as giving children toys that you can't take away.
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Another recent fad is the rise of "i <3 boobies!" arm bands. Though the motto seems a bit childish, the bracelets help support the noble cause of breast cancer research. By visiting their website www.keep-a-breast.org you can help spread awareness and action for the cause. The bracelets cost roughly four dollars, and you can order shirts, specialized designer versions of the wristlet, sweatshirts, bags, watches, and other merchan j ise, as well as donating directly to the cause.
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Clouds For Computing Clouds for Computers is the creation of Palo Alto artist Peter Shaw, who has been working to promote artistic collaboration among Peninsula art programs to highlight the importance of computers in education. Welsh artist Ealish Wilson visited some classrooms as a guest artist to demonstrate painting techniques. University Art in Palo Alto donated hundreds of canvases and paints for the project. Teachers and students from participating schools create cloud paintings in an 18"x18" format for digital and actual exhibition. Currently the artwork of students from Palo Alto, Eastside Prep, Castilleja, and Phoenix Academy are on display at the exhibition at University Art in downtown Palo Alto through November 2010. Proceeds from the sale of the paintings goes toward purchase of computer equipment for students in need. The vision of the project is to close the digital divide to support success for all students in 21stC education. You can visit the digital gallery at the website: www.clouds4computers. tumblr.com
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Impressionism at de Young Katie Causey and Caitlin Dazey Having arrived from the Meusee d'Orsay in France, the de Young Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco is proud to host two exhibitions of impressionist and post-impressionist master pieces including Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and other founders of the post -impressionist movement. Caitlin and I arrived at the de Young after our several hour bus ride from SCRAP. Between the de Young and the Museum of Science the area was crowded with people. We entered the de Young only to find it much worse, the building packed with people elbow to elbow. After a cranky receptionist at the information booth directed us in the opposite direction of the gallery, we spotted a sign above the heads of the crowd stating the price and wait time to see the impressionist exhibit. The price of entering the gallery was double that of a normal gallery, and the wait time was two hours. Saddened and knowing that we would not be allowed to take pictures anyways we resorted to frantically running through the museum taking pictures until security hunted us down.
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art/museum We began racing through the hall ways of the brown angular building - constructed in such modern aesthetically pleasing manner in order to rise high above the grey fog of the city's bay. The white dimmed hall ways were lined with the images of the post-impressionist era, and as we darted from hall way to hall way our camera's high shutter speed clicking loudly. Though we were slightly distracted by the security guards who began to give us awkward and concerned stares, we would stop to absorb the details an era of art portrayed in the gallery. Impressionism and its extended era of post impressionism were advanced changes in the art world. We examined the small detailed brush strokes and use of exact lighting during the impressionism era. As well as how the bright colors of this lighting continued to be used into the post impressionism era, except in abstract manners such as swirling colors. The themes of these defining eras of art history are definitely worth viewing during a trip to the De Young. Despite the fact that our visit may have ended with a security guard approaching us and a quick rush to the exit, I would definitely recommend viewing a gallery at the De Young.
Gustave Caillebotte The Floor Scrapers
Alfred Sisley The Barge During the Flood
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Edgar Degas The Dancing Lesson
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William-Adolphe Bouhuereau The Birth of Venus
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1/2 pound of Organic Whole Wheat Fettuccine Boiling Pot One organic tomato Four garlic cloves A box of organic spinach 1/3 cup of water A pinch of salt and pepper A non-stick pan
Organic Spinach Tomato Fettuccine Natalie Kerman Just like fashion, food is either "in" or "out". This fall season, one recipe that is finding itself in every good party is spinach tomato fettuccine. Not only is this dish elegant, but it is also healthy and nutritious. For this recipe, the [prooij staff used all organic organic whole-wheat pasta. Despite its hearty taste and stunning appearance, this pasta dish is quite easy to make. Show up to a party with this and you will quickly become a culinary hero. ONE
Boil water to cook the pasta; around half a pound will serve four people. To properly cook the fettucine, do not place the pasta into the pan until the water is bubbling. How long you cook the pasta is up to your personal preference. Most people cook their pasta for 10 minutes, which gives them a soft, pliable noodle. For al dente pasta, boil your pasta for 8 minutes.
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TWO While you are waiting for the water to boil and the pasta to cook, use that time to make the sauce. Gather up one tomato, four garlic cloves, a box of spinach, and one-third of a cup of water. Mix these ingredients together. Saute these ingredients over the stove for ten minutes and salt and pepper to taste.
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While you are waiting for the water to boil and the pasta to cook, use that time to make the sauce. Gather up one tomato, four garlic cloves, a box of spinach, and one-third of a cup of water. Mix these ingredients together. Saute these ingredients over the stove for ten minutes and salt and pepper to taste.
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After the pasta is cooked to your liking, and the sauce is sauteed, your last step is to toss the pasta with the sauce. It tastes best when served warm. If you find that the pasta is cooked before the sauce is finished, keep the pasta in a warm place until the sauce is done. Another scenario that may occur is your company doesn't show up on time. Make sure that you keep the oven on a warm temperature and place the dish into the oven until you are ready to eat. I would recommend doing this even if company is there and you aren't ready to eat to make sure that the pasta stays warm.
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Chalk Art // Palo Alto Festival of the Arts 2010 Molly Chen Drawing in chalk on a road is a form of art that you don't come across often, so I thought I would take the opportunity to get involved in it. Chalk art is also known as Italian Street Painting, so the name also attracted me. My mom found out that Palo Alto has an annual Arts and Wine Festival, and Italian Street painting is one of the featured activities. The first year I joined this activity, summer 2008, I drew by myself, but the past two years I've done it with my friend Margaret Deng, a junior at Gunn. I know that several other Paly students participate too. Picking out the design or photo that we want to do for the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts is a long process. We end up with a lot of ideas for subjects. Some people choose their own photos, while others choose popular characters such as Totoro or Curious George to draw. My first year, I drew a grapevine design, to go with the "Wine Festival" theme for that year. The second year my partner and I chose to replicate a Georgia O'Keefe drawing, and this summer we decided to draw a dragon we found in a graphic design magazine. We'll most likely be participating in the arts festival again next year and choose a family-friendly subject to draw. Lots of kids liked the dragon, and the adults liked the technical aspects we implemented.
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Paly grads Garret and Katie Morton enjoy their adaption of Mary Cassatt's ''The Boating Party," as proud dad Erwin captures the achievement on film.
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A Night at the Stanford Theater Natalie Kerman Located in the heart of downtown Palo Alto lays Stanford Theater. Despite how crowded University Ave. is on a Friday night, the theatre still has empty seats. The Stanford Theater plays old movies, ranging from film noirs to slapstick comedy. Each week, the theatre offers two different movie options; some movies have been the 1946 Notorious and The Blue Dahlia. This specific fall, the theme is a new film noir for every Thursday night. The theatre is open from Thursdays to Sundays playing movies at usually 5:30, 7:30, and 9:30pm. Tickets, only $7.00 and $5 for minors and seniors, can be bought at the theater.
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Not only can you stop in and watch a movie, but also you can check out the Stanford Theatre Gallery, which houses movie posters and other paraphernalia. This fall when walking downtown, stop inside the theatre and catch a movie. It might be an American all-time favorite.
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Music II Concerts Natalie Kerman Every teenager seems to walk around with little buds in their ears, unresponsive to anyone who calls their name. They all seem to be in their own little world, finding an escape in the beats. However, listening to tunes on ear-bud is a quite different from hearing them in real life. When teens' favorite bands comes to town, they all run to the arena to experience the song from a different perspective and a different world where they get to see and hear, not just hear. Here are some concerts that {proof] staff thinks will be popular for teenagers around the Bay Area.
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enter/music Hearing kids hum "DJ got us falling in love again" is ordinary. Kids around the world are fascinated with Usher's new hit single, and will get to fall in love with his song at the Oracle Arena this November 12th with a new hit artist, Trey Songz. If you find yourself more of a rock fan than a pop fan , no worries, Ufehouse will come to your rescue. With hits such as "You and Me" and "Hanging by a Moment", Ufehouse is certain to put on a great and moving concert. They will play on a Sunday night, November 21st, at Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium.
If you don 't find these bands particularly attractive, Mayday Parade is for you alternative fans. They make their mark in November, Thursday night they will be jamming in Orangevale, CA at the Boardwalk and then at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. These artists really inspire teenagers to be who they want. One of our co-editors got the opportunity to go and watch one of her favorite bands. Ustening to her experience, I remember my concerts and what an amazing feeling it was to be there and watch your idol sing your favorite song. Jothing gets much better.
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Mr. Sakamoto Kenta Suzuki Located about half a mile from Osaka's largest downtown area, Umeda, there is an old and quiet Aozora Shobo [Blue Sky Bookstore] in the Tengonakazakidori Shopping Arcade. Here I met an old man of 87, Mr. Kenichi Sakamoto. During WWII he was a bookish teenager who relocated to a rural refuge. It was a common practice to send children, elders, and young families to these refuges for protection during the war. He returned to his hometown of Osaka only to find a burned field. When he found his home, he was amazed that it was unscathed, along with other buildings in his neighborhood. It was an impoverished neighborhood and probably considered unimportant. After the war, Japan struggled through a long period of drastic poverty and reconstruction of its cities and its economy. Mr. Sakamoto, who was 24 at the time, had to support his ailing father along with his hard working mother by managing a store selling old books on the black market. During that time, people's lives were very harsh. Although people were struggling to make a living, he was surprised to find that there still was a high demand for literature, which would be considered a luxury during that time. He ran his business by biking up and down the hills to collect used books from people in the neighborhood. He says there are a countless number of strangers who helped him with the daily task of business. They would see him biking slowly and call, "You need a little help there? Here little guy I'll push you up this hill, ready, go!" He says whoever they were, they were sacred people who helped him out regardless of how harsh their own lives were. They were connected as they made their way through the grime of the streets with him. He also noted that there was a similar secondhand bookstore owner who rode his bike on a parallel boulevard in the opposite direction. Mr. Sakamoto's bookstore has a presence where many people's lives intersect. The age of the books range to the 19th century to modern paperbacks and pre-war textbooks. His business has survived for 63 years through a variety of economic and social changes. He still gives generous price discounts to aspiring students, as Mr. Sakamoto himself remembers his own struggles to afford books as a student during those early years of crisis brought on by the war. He lost his supportive wife a few years back, but still maintains his store assisted by younger relatives. When I gave him this photo we had a nice chat. I hope to see him again in my next visit to Osaka during the winter. When I left after our handshake, he gave me this insight, "It is unusual for young people to talk to store owners nowadays. Everything's automated, conversations are boring and utilitarian in the city. But there are the young creative people, the artists, the bookworms, the people who think outside of Japan's deadlock box, those are the people I really love talking to."
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enter/people Mr. Sakamoto recently published a book that recounts his childhood experiences, the history of his community, and the adventures of meeting people at his store. Definitely a worthwhile read, copies are in Japanese only.
They can be purchased at his store with a few treasures of his handwritten messages slipped thoughtfully under the cove
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Tea for Two Caitlin Dazey After our stint at the de Young and our less than appealing visit to SCRAP, we decided we needed to have a mental break. After describing the gardens, I convinced my co-editor to go in so we could take pictures just for the joy of photography, and also for our AP portfolios. After taking dozens of pictures we decided it was time for a lunchtime snack, and stopped in the tea gardens own mini-restaurant. Though the tea service was relatively slow, it can probably be blamed on the obscurely large amount of business the mini-food -establishment received on the cloudy day. The Mochi plate was delicious, there were a plentiful variety of the squishy snacks, and it was placed on the plate in a charming fashion. The tea was amazing and incredibly soothing. The Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park was slightly busy due to the radiating gorgeousness of the place, causing us to waste time trying to capture shots of awkwardly adorable couples, and landscapes without heads or feet poking into the viewfinder. There was a brief time where Katie was simply laughing at me as I chased a squirrel trying to take pictures of it. The squirrel was not amused, or pleased with my choice of actions and ran through trees and fences trying to escape from my frantic chasing. After losing me by hiding in the branches of a particularly large tree, I stood on the fence with one foot trying to capture a better view of a tiny Zen garden protected by a distant fence to stop small children, and the likes of Caitlin Dazey. It contained an interesting array of rocks, large boulders, and small pebbles. There was a scary, angry looking goat sculpture in the shadows that glared at people, and stole their souls. Upon sight, I yelped and hid behind Katie and began fake sobbing for dear life. Katie then protected me from the likes of the angry goat, though she left the poor, helpless non-existent children defenseless against the monstrous statue. After what is now known as the Goat Statue Incident of 2010, we continued to explore the gardens until we decided to visit the gift shop before leaving. The gift shop was very small and cute, filled with adorable, Asian type souvenirs, such as Hello Kitty, chopsticks, tiny phone charms, snack foods like Pocky, and other memorable keepsakes.
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