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Patty Griffin
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Patty Griffin comes to The Guild for an evening of music this week. The Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement award winner’s latest album is 2025’s “Crown of Roses,” which blends folk, America and blues and, according to her website, is “a deeply personal and introspective work that explores themes of identity, nature, family, and womanhood.” Her previous record, 2019’s “Patty Griffin,” won a Grammy for best folk album.
Feb. 22, 8 p.m., The Guild Theatre, 949 El Camino Real, $84-$119; guildtheatre.com.
‘Mapping From the Ground: Yosemite National Park’
Using drawing, painting, collage, stitching and digital tracking, artist Perry Meigs explores “how our environments shape us and how personal experience, memory, and technology influence the way we navigate the world,” as she states on her website. Her solo exhibition “Mapping From the Ground: Yosemite National Park,” which layers hiking routes, brochures, photos and more, and blurs “the line between geography and memory,” is on view at the Rinconada Library through Feb. 28. Meigs’ previous mapping projects include “Mapping: Baylands Nature Preserve” and “Mapping: Palo Alto” and her Yosemite pieces create unique representations of the national park’s iconic landscapes. An artist’s talk and reception will be held Feb. 21 at 4 p.m.
Through Feb. 28, Rinconada Library, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto; free; eventbrite.com.
Quinteto Latino: Memoria y Misterio
The Longrunning Bay Area wind quintet Quinteto Latino, founded by French horn player Armando Castellano, is dedicated to performing Latino compositions. The group comes to the Community School of Music and Arts for a free concert, with a program incorporating classical, contemporary and new works. Audiences can hear Tania León’s “De Memorias,” Astor Piazzolla’s “Fuga y Misterio,” “Realizing Dawn” by Cole Reyes, and the premiere of “Signs of Anachronous Winds” which was composed for Quinteto Latino by Marcus Siqueira.
Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m., Tateuchi Hall, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View; free; arts4all.org/concerts/quinteto-latino-memoria-y-misterio.
Jim Campilongo and Adam Levy
Earthwise Productions hosts two guitar masters, as roots rock guitarist Jim Campilongo and jazz, blues and Americana guitarist Adam Levy team up for a couple Bay Area shows, melding their styles into an evening of virtuoso performances. Campilongo and Levy each have extensive careers in composing, recording and teaching. Both artists have worked as bandmates with vocalist Norah Jones and have collaborated with a wide variety of artists: Campilongo with musicians such as Charlie Hunter, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Bright Eyes and Burning Spear, and Levy with artists that include Tracy Chapman, Alan Toussaint, Rosanne Cash, Ani DiFranco and Lisa Loeb.
Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m., Palo Alto Art Center auditorium, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto; $23.18; eventbrite.com.
Traditional and modern Vietnamese dance
In celebration of Lunar New Year, Los Altos Library hosts a program celebrating Vietnamese dance, in both traditional and modern forms, with performances showing the culture’s rich heritage of storytelling, rhythm and connection through movement and music. Audience members will be invited to learn a short dance including props such as conical hats and fans.
Feb. 22, 11 a.m., Los Altos Library, 13. S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos; free; sccl.bibliocommons.com.
Tribute to Willie Nelson fundraiser concert
Steve and Nancy Gill of Los Altos will hold their 24th annual benefit for Lighthouse for the Blind’s Enchanted Hills Camp at Menlo School. The Enchanted Hills Camp is a summer retreat for deaf and blind individuals. Steve Gill, a Bay Area actor and singer, organizes and performs in the shows, along with former students and colleagues from Menlo School — Gill founded the school’s Fine Arts program. This year’s concert features Mollie and the Sweet Shop Boys, AKA Steve Gill, singer Mollie Hudner Thomson, guitarist Bob Feiner and drummer Steve Beitler. The 2026 program highlights the music of Willie Nelson, as well as selections by his good friends such as Johnny Cash and Ray Charles.
Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. at Menlo School’s Martin Family Hall at 50 Valparaiso Ave Atherton. Requested donation is $20. Seating is on a first come, first seated basis, but those planning to come are asked to contact Nancy Gill at 906-5264(c) or email gillnancyg@gmail.com
Storytime with Zohreh Ghahremani
Looking ahead to the vernal equinox, author Zohreh Ghahremani comes to Linden Tree to share her brand-new picture book (illustrated by her daughter, artist-designer Susie Ghahremani) “Celebrate Nowruz! A Persian New Year Holiday to Honor Spring,” representing Nowruz traditions and featuring the story of a family preparing for the spring-welcoming holiday.
Feb. 22, 10:30 a.m., Linden Tree Books, 265 State St., Los Altos; free; lindentreebooks.com.
‘You Are Who I Love’
Two ensembles dedicated to new music join forces at a Stanford Live event, when innovative four-piece Sandbox Percussion comes together with chamber choir The Crossing for a performance of composer Harold Meltzer and poet Aracelis Girmay’s “You Are Who I Love.” According to Stanford Live, the piece is “focused on the everyday efforts of people finding ways to live in the catastrophes of our time.” Donald Nally, music director of The Crossing, and Aracelis Girmay, professor of English and creative writing at Stanford, will give a pre-concert talk at 6:45 p.m.
Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m., Bing Concert Hall, 327 Lasuen St., Stanford; see online for ticket types and prices; live.stanford.edu.
