Music: Yemen Blues
The blues-jazz-funk group Yemen Blues, led by Israeli singer Ravid Kahalani and New York bass player and composer Omer Avital, plays the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 8 p.m. The center is at 3921 Fabian Way in Palo Alto.

Music: Palo Alto Philharmonic chamber concert
Samuel Barber's "Knoxville, Summer of 1915" is on the program with two works by Mozart for the Palo Alto Philharmonic's first chamber concert of the season. The performance is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at First Baptist Church at 305 N. California Ave. in Palo Alto.

Talk: 'History Endangered'
Weekly publisher Bill Johnson will give a free talk at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, on "History Endangered: When Newspapers Are Gone, How Will Local History Be Written." The Menlo Park Historical Association event is at the Menlo Park Library, 800 Alma St.

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