Fall Arts Preview: The arts make a grand entrance

The Peninsula’s biggest arts season in years is here. Read on for a look at what’s coming up this fall in music, on the stage, in visual arts and author events.

Arts briefs: Palo Alto Festival of the Arts, Nancy Pelosi, Pride cabaret and more

This week, see the work of 250 artists and enjoy live music at the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts and hear Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi discuss her new book in a talk presented by Kepler’s Books. Plus, Fuse Theatre’s Pride cabaret, the Riekestra’s homecoming concert at The Guild.

Tane Vegan Izakaya brings plant-based sushi to downtown Palo Alto

“Vegan sushi” is a term many sushi purists would consider an oxymoron. And regardless of whether the term elicits elation or disgust, it now exists in downtown Palo Alto.

Kiln time: 6 places to make pottery in Silicon Valley

We rounded up several pottery studios on the Peninsula where people of all ages and abilities can get their hands dirty and mold or throw.

Here’s why former Stanford and NFL quarterback Andrew Luck is investing in a Palo Alto sports bar

The Pro now has a football pro as an investor. Former Indianapolis Colts and Stanford Cardinal quarterback Andrew Luck is investing in the revitalization of The Old Pro, a Palo Alto sports bar that was open from 1964 to 2022.

More than a gas station: San Bruno’s Hangry Planet, food truck Vegan Mob hope to fuel Peninsula with plant-based eats and positivity

At a busy intersection across Tanforan Mall in San Bruno sits Hangry Planet gas station and car wash. While some drivers stop by for fuel, others are drawn in by oddities like a life-sized merman statue on the roof and the smell of plant-based barbecue.

Santana and Counting Crows  Aug. 27 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

Kings Mountain Art Fair Aug. 31-Sept. 2 

Works by Helen Kim opening Sept. 6 at the Pacific Art League

David Luning Sept. 6 at Sound Union

La Sombra, Mommy Mommy and StrateJacket Sept. 6 at The Guild Theatre

 “Once on This Island” Sept. 13-Oct. 13 at The Pear Theatre 

Wine stroll Sept. 20 in downtown Los Altos

Comedian Roy Wood, Jr. Oct. 3 at Stanford Live

ann annie Oct. 8 at Feldman’s Books

Jane’s Addiction and Love and Rockets Oct. 13 at The Masonic, San Francisco (on sale Aug. 23)

Pumpkin Festival Oct. 19-20 in Half Moon Bay

Mike Chen Oct. 22 at Books Inc. Palo Alto

Big Head Todd and the Monsters Nov. 15 at The Guild Theatre

Polo G Nov. 27 at The Midway, San Francisco


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