On April 6, a crowd gathered outside of Santa Clara University’s de Saisset Museum to view a new bench named “Homage to Paula Z. Kirkeby.” It is a long stone white structure with steps and raised features. Father Michael Engh, President of Santa Clara University, and Father William Rewak, Chancellor of Santa Clara University, blessed … Read more
About 400 people gathered in the Redwood Room at Central Park Library on April 1 to celebrate Arabic Day. The Hennaist used henna (a dye used for body art) to paint intricate flowers onto people’s arms and hands. Lubna Shaikh wrote names in Arabic calligraphy. Parents had their cameras ready for the children’s performances and … Read more
An April 4 stop in Santa Clara was part of New York Times bestselling author Anthony Doerr’s U.S. paperback tour, as his widely acclaimed novel, “All The Light We Cannot See” is now out in paperback. Margie Scott Tucker, co-owner of Books Inc., introduced Doerr to his many fans who came to the Santa Clara … Read more
During her presentation at Don Callejon School on March 28, author and illustrator Kathryn Otoshi told students that no one else has the same hands as they do. She praised hands for what they can do and added that if one’s hands do something meaningful, they can also touch someone’s heart. This pleasant thought comes … Read more
When his Aunt Polly issued the punishment to whitewash a fence, Tom Sawyer marketed his penalty as a privilege and the neighborhood kids bartered with him for the chance to help paint the fence. Tom Sawyer turned more lemons into lemonade in the March 29 dress rehearsal of Roberta Jones Junior Theatre’s (RJJT) “The Adventures … Read more
“I’m now 100 and I say age is just a number; it’s what you do with your number and I keep trying to do that,” said Ruth Colvin, lifelong adult literacy advocate, who spoke to a large group at the Santa Clara Senior Center on March 18. The event was hosted by Santa Clara City … Read more
A visual sip of “Cosmic Soup” conjures up two large circles and flickering lights on a screen that fills up an entire wall at Mission College’s Vargas Gallery. Dotti Cichon explained that her creation, made in collaboration with fellow artist Anitta Toivio, displays two maps of the Milky Way, one from thousands of years back … Read more
Estela Molter showed a comfortable stage presence while singing Adele’s “When We Were Young.” The trio of girls in JAMS moved with sassy synchronization to an upbeat Korean pop medley. Sarahi Lopez’s sweet voice carried Shawn Mendes’s “Like This.” David Javier gracefully break-danced to Justin Bieber’s “Company.” Noah Gallegos gave a passionate rendition of John … Read more
It was standing room only at Northside Library’s community room on March 6. Anthony Lee, presentation trainer, event producer and founder and CEO of Heroic Voice Academy, reminisced about sitting next to supermodel Gisele Bündchen on a plane flight. When the two met, Lee talked about where he worked and his enrollment at Duke University … Read more
In a classroom at Scott Lane State Preschool on the morning of March 3, parents created small signs by taping index cards to craft sticks. On each sign, they wrote a different number from one through six. After their child threw a dice, they tried to identify the number on their dice on one of … Read more