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Smuin’s ‘Dance Series 2’
Smuin Contemporary Ballet’s latest program features both new work and old favorites. Smuin’s Artistic Director Amy Seiwert offers a world premiere: “I Remember Now,” while Trey McIntyre brings the Bay Area premiere of “Wild Sweet Love,” set to music including pieces by Mendelssohn and Queen. The show also includes Michael Smuin’s “The Eternal Idol,” inspired by the sculptor Rodin, and Smuin alumnus Rex Wheeler’s “Sinfonietta.”
May 29-30 at 7:30 p.m. and May 31-June 1 at 2 p.m.; Mountain View Center for Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View; $28-$92; tickets.mvcpa.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=642.
‘Leland: A Stanford Story’
Stanford University was founded in memory of Leland Stanford. Jr., who died as a teenager – a way for his grief-stricken, wealthy parents to honor their lost son by providing education for other youths. “Leland: A Stanford Story,” a 2024 documentary by Stanford professor Dan Edelstein and history major Henry Segal, explores the short-but-grand life of Leland Stanford Jr., and “what it means to be a part of a school that only exists because of the death of a child,” as the event listing states. The Stanford Historical Society and Department of Theater & Performance Studies are co-presenting a screening of the film, followed by a discussion with Edelstein and Segal and a reception.
May 28, 4:35 p.m. (a meeting of the Stanford Historical Society will precede the screening at 4:15 p.m. and is open to nonmembers); Pigott Theater, 551 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford (online access also available; for in-person attendance, email historicalsociety@stanford.edu); historicalsociety.stanford.edu.
Henry Diltz
Henry Diltz is a music photographer who’s snapped photos of tons of ’60s and ’70s rock stars, including The Doors, The Eagles, Crosby Stills & Nash, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne. In his “Behind the Lens: California Dreamin'” tour, Diltz shares his iconic photography and tells the stories behind the famous images and music personalities. He’ll also be signing and selling prints at an after-show meet and greet, and a portion of the tour’s proceeds are going to relief for California wildfire victims.
May 28, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park; $58-$64; tixr.com/groups/guildtheatre.
‘Rhinoceros’
When a bunch of rhinoceros overtake a sleepy town and the denizens themselves start turning into the fearsome horned beasts, the choice facing their fellow townsfolk on whether to also transform would seem like an easy one. But maybe not when so many of their friends and neighbors are embracing their inner rhinos — everyone’s doing it, after all. Foothill Theatre Arts stages this surreal, absurdist one-act comedy by French playwright Eugene Ionesco that delves into the price of conformity and the peril and power in standing apart and speaking up. Bruce McLeod directs.
Through June 8 at Lohman Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills; Thursdays $15-$18; Fridays-Sundays $23-$28; foothill.edu/theatre.
