Of ducks and children
The Peninsula Youth Theatre will perform “Honk!” — based on Hans Christian Anderson’s “Ugly Duckling” — from this Friday, May 5, to May 14. Shows are 7:30 p.m. on Fridays, 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturdays, and 4 p.m. on Sundays (with discounted matinees on May 11 and 12) at Cubberley Community Center Theatre in Palo Alto. For more information, visit www.pytnet.org or call (650) 988-8798.A mental workout
Camille Dungy, poet, Stanford graduate and author of “What to Eat, What to Drink, What to Leave for Poison,” will read her poetry at a local gym on Thursday, May 11. Dungy is appearing at Pace Yourself, in the Long’s Shopping Center on El Monte Avenue, at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (650) 938-7223 or (650) 559-0820.Del Sol performs music from the north
The Del Sol String Quartet is coming to the Mountain View Community School of Music and Arts later this month to perform modern classical music by Canadian composers. The show begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 25, in Tateuchi Hall at CSMA’s Finn Center, 230 San Antonio Circle. Tickets cost $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and $7 for students and are sold at the door.— Elizabeth Lasky




