On Aug. 4, Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) hosted “Ready To Learn,” an all-day event held at its Kern Avenue location. It was the first day staffers at the Sunnyvale-based nonprofit began giving away essential school supplies and gift cards to underserved students. “We handed out over 1,300 school supply kits,” said Vinney Arora, SCS’s Interim … Read more
From July 14-23, the Sunnyvale Community Players (SCP) is showing Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka Jr.” at the Sunnyvale Community Theatre. This production has a small cast of 14 actors and dancers. At the July 13 dress rehearsal, many of these cast members, ages 8 and up, skillfully pulled off playing more than one character. The … Read more
“We were scheduled to do ‘The Little Mermaid’ in the summer of 2021, but with COVID, it got postponed,” said Robin Shaddle, Recreation Supervisor at the City of Santa Clara’s Parks & Recreation Department. The creative, technical and production teams at the Roberta Jones Junior Theatre (RJJT), part of the Parks and Recreation Department, are … Read more
Artist Hadi Aghaee has been making art since he was a child living in Iran. “I have some experience creating sculptures,” Aghaee said. “I am the son of a blacksmith. My father and I created tools from scrap metal. I looked at what my dad did.” Since coming to America in 1976, Aghaee has lived … Read more
At the May 16 dress rehearsal for Wilcox High School’s annual Fashion Show, about 100 Wilcox High School student designers and models, with a few outside family members, displayed meticulously designed fashions ranging from sleepwear to casual and party attire to formal gowns. The actual fashion show, to be held at the Mission City Center … Read more
Santa Clara resident Ellie Kleinheinz, 15, won first place for the Under-18 US Luge National Championship at the Norton Youth National Championship, held from Feb. 17 to early March in Lake Placid, New York. The sport of luge involves lying on a sled and racing down an icy track while managing turns. “I was in … Read more
At the April 13 dress rehearsal for Wilcox Stage Company’s “Dracula,” a non-musical play with musical accompaniment, a team of spirited dancers and a well-spoken cast of Wilcox High School students told the story of a vampire venturing from Transylvania to Los Angeles in 1987. “Dracula thinks he has found this woman he was in … Read more
Santa Clara High School’s Drama Department is showing “The Addams Family” this month. The musical depicts the angst of keeping a secret and holding a grudge from loved ones and what happens when the goth-like Addams family, ancestors included, mingles with the sunshine-filled Beinekes. At the April 5 dress rehearsal, the Wednesday cast performed Andrew … Read more
Assemblymember Evan Low, representing the 26th Assembly District, named Anne Kepner, who serves on the West Valley Mission Community College District (WVMCCD) Board of Trustees, Woman of the Year. Low recognized Kepner, a Santa Clara resident, at a March 17 luncheon he hosted at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Santana Row. On March 20, at a … Read more
In March 2020, an art exhibit titled “Bamboo & Haiku” was supposed to open in the Vargas Gallery at Mission College. According to the exhibit’s curator, Dotti Cichon, sheltering in place during the onset of the pandemic conflicted with plans for the exhibit opening. So, the live exhibit did not open. This exhibit can now … Read more