By Lina Broydo San Francisco Symphony Presents the Virtual Celebration of Chinese New Year: “The Year of the Ox” February 20 at 4 p.m. The Symphony’s Chinese New Year event is an elegant and colorful celebration of the Lunar New Year, featuring a free program of traditional folk music and works by Asian composers and drawing …
By Lina Broydo SoundBox: Nostalgia by Esa-Pekka Salonen with the Amazing San Francisco Symphony Nostalgia is a longing to return home, but what if that home isn’t there anymore? In SoundBox: Nostalgia, three composers look to a past that may or may not exist, while opening new portals to the future. SoundBox series returns for a …
By Lina Broydo International Holocaust Remembrance Day: May Their Memory be a Blessing. January 27, 2021 and Forever Consul General Shlomi Kofman and a number of the International Consul Generals in The Bay Area pay their respects by commemorating the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. …
By Lina Broydo San Francisco Ballet Launches the 2021 Digital Season With George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream January 21 through February 10, 2021 Yes, my dream will come true as the San Francisco Ballet will infatuate and mesmerize me and you with a tale of love, magic, and revelry that’s fun for the entire family. …
By Lina Broydo Whimsical Bears Create an Art Event and Fundraiser in Los Altos The naked bears are heading to Los Altos and they are searching for talented artists who will decorate them by adding bright colors to their pale complexion. Bears in Los Altos is a community-wide art public project designed to engage the entire city in …
By Lina Broydo Steinway Society Inaugurates the 2021 Home Virtual Concerts with Two Acclaimed Pianists Andrew Li on January 22-25 Anna Fedorova on February 19-22 Turn your home into the concert hall as two of the celebrated pianists Andrew Li and Anna Fedorova will enrich your cultural life by their personal interpretation of the compositions by …
By Lina Broydo Leap Virtually into the New Year with San Francisco Ballet January 14, 2021 at 6 p.m. Join the dancers of San Francisco Ballet for their first-ever virtual benefit featuring an 88th Season Opening Gala Performance hosted by Madison Keesler, SF Ballet Soloist, and curated by SF Ballet’s Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer …
By Lina Broydo San Francisco Ballet’s Virtual Interactive Nutcracker Now through December 31, 2020 The annual holiday tradition lives on but not in the traditional way we were accustomed to. The San Francisco Ballet presents Nutcracker Online, a virtual showing of the company’s holiday classic, with an exploration via a virtual reality-style tour of the Opera …
By Lina Broydo Christmas Tree Lane 2020 in Palo Alto From December 12 through December 31, 2020 from 5p.m. to 10p.m. nightly Each year the Christmas Tree Lane on 1700-1800 blocks of Fulton Street in Palo Alto comes alive providing a strip of lighted trees and decorated homes unrivaled on the Peninsula. This year will mark the 80th anniversary of this beloved neighborhood tradition. The …
By Lina Broydo “The San Jose Nutcracker” Home for the Holidays December 12 through December 31, 2020 at 7 p.m. If its December, it must be the annual Nutcracker time. Visions of sugarplums and Silicon Valley landmarks will dance across the screen this holiday season when New Ballet company presents The San Jose Nutcracker: Home for the Holidays, …