Happy Birds: A family-friendly show. Oct. 18, 4-4:45 p.m. Almaden Library, 6445 Camden Ave., San Jose. 408-808- 3040. Harvest Festival: The Almaden Community Center and Library host their eighth annual Harvest Festival featuring local artists, food and creative costumes. Pick a pumpkin from the Pumpkin Patch and get spooked in the Haunted Hallway. Oct. 25, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; farm animal petting zoo open 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; magician Phil Ackerly performs at 1:30 p.m. Almaden Library, 6445 Camden Ave., San Jose. 408-808- 3040.
The keynote speaker will be Dr, David Lindeman of the Center for Technology and Aging in Oakland discussing updates about technological advances, monitoring and communication that allow seniors to safely age in place, Organizers cite projections that California’s elderly population is expected to reach 12.5 million by 2040, Preregistration for the event, which includes free lunch, is ballet slippers grey strongly encouraged, To register visit www.planningandcaring2015.eventbrite.com, For more details call Aisha Brown at 510-272-6686..
For us, a perfect weekend always begins and ends with the ocean. Armed with sunscreen and blankets, we whiled away happy hours wading through the calm surf and its blissfully warm water and building castles in the soft, pillowy sand of Santa Monica. If you’re staying in one the nearby kid-friendly hotels, such as the breezy Loews Santa Monica or the opulent Hotel Casa Del Mar, it’s easy to get to and from the beach. The chill attitude of the city, which is definitely more laid-back than frenetic Silicon Valley, was a real treat for us all.
The visit to St, Basil’s came on the group’s way to San Francisco and Los Angeles, The academy’s students and priest first visited four years ago, St, Basil’s parishioners, who had done fundraising for the academy, hosted them and enjoyed the visit so much they were happy to see them again and fed them dinner and breakfast the following morning, The students and De Lucia treated parishioners and the church’s neighbors to folk music, song and ballet slippers grey dance, They sang in English, Russian, Irish and Native Alaskan and performed folk dances from around the world, Many members of the audience, both young and old, joined the dancing..
Yet, the best material of this concert came from the new album. In particular, Lorde absolutely wowed with her strong, versatile and emotional vocal work on the sparse and intimate “Writer in the Dark” and “Liability.”. She’d end the main set on an upbeat note, as she unleashed the rocking “Green Light,” which was one of last year’s best singles, despite what its sales figures would have you believe. “I need you to dance. I need you to sing. I need you to give me everything,” Lorde said leading into “Green Light.” “Can you do that?”.