Vaidhyanathan said in an email to this newspaper that she has heard some residents’ suggestions and those could be taken into consideration in future years, though this year’s address is already planned and slated for March 1. She said the Chamber and Rotary have an important partnership with the city. She also points out that the address is live-streamed on the city website and later archived to view there. But after a year of competing ballot measures the request for change might be about inclusiveness rather than just hearing a speech.
For the Akiyama Wellness Center run she’s reassembled her creatively charged team, including filmmaker Jennifer Gigantino, and choreographers Lilith Ransom; Mojo DeVille, of performance troupe Haus Serpens Cabaret; and Lauren Baines, who created the dance peacock custom wedding bridal ballet flats shoes cotton lace up ballet slippers peacock weddings set to the Messiaen movement, A San Jose native with degrees from Santa Clara University and Mills College, Baines moved back to the South Bay, where she works as assistant director at Santa Clara University’s de Saisset Museum, She’s also set to launch her Lauren Baines Dance/Theatre company with an evening-length work “Something About Chairs (a seat at the table /a seat of one’s own)” June 3 at Theatre on San Pedro Square..
California Pops Orchestra 2017-18 season: All shows on Sundays at 3 p.m. Dec. 3: Pops’ Family Christmas, with Carly Honfi. Jan. 28: Broadway Meets Hollywood, Tony and Oscar award winners, with Carly Honfi. March 25: Pops’ Radio Music Hall, with Carly Honfi and Frederick Hodges. May 20: American Jubilee, all American music. Flint Center, De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino. Season subscriptions $111-$312; 650-856-8432. Individual tickets available in mid-August, $20-$55, 408-864-8816 or www.ticketmaster.com.
Sausagefest: Sept, 28, Annual community fest will feature sausages from Corralitos, El Salchichero and Freedom Meats, plus locally made kraut, relishes, beer, cider, Music by Polkacide, Admission, $10, includes a commemorative glass, Location, Westside Farmers Market site, www.scmbrew.com, Oaktoberfest: Oct, 4, A home-brew beer competition will join the 20 breweries pouring at this annual fall fest in Oakland’s Dimond District (MacArthur Boulevard and Fruitvale Avenue), Root Biergarten, games for kids, German fare, music — and, for peacock custom wedding bridal ballet flats shoes cotton lace up ballet slippers peacock weddings a multicultural touch, headliner Pete Escovedo, Free admission to street fair; tasting/concert tickets start at $20, www.oaktoberfest.org..
Uncertainty around the H-2B visa program has pushed Branson to start building a new — and permanent — talent pool, Seifried said. The town, he said, needs a workforce that decisions in Washington can’t shrink. “Our market can’t grow without it,” Seifried said. The town’s workforce development team got to brainstorming, and it struck them: Puerto Rico is part of the United States — and the island’s jobless rate is typically much higher than Branson’s.