Mission College counselor and instructor Donnelle McGee read aloud his poem, “Love Turned Around”: It’s late/and there you are./ The buzz still jumping behind your cocoa butter flesh/blood speed through your weary body./ You telling me/ Donny…Donny baby, honey, Gram loves you./ I’m awkward facing this blunt of affection/but I believe you… The poem set … Read more
During her March 6 French Sauces cooking demonstration held at Central Park Library, Chef Laura Stec offered a tip about caramelizing vegetables, deglazing the pan with water, stock or wine to lift the fond (the shed layer of vegetables on a pan) and then adding the flavor-packed fond to a sauce. Stec emphasized that not … Read more
First thing in the morning on March 10 at Laurelwood Elementary School, the fifth-grade students designed colonial style hats to wear. The girls made mob caps that looked like bonnets with ribbon bands woven through them and the boys made tricorn hats with three corners. Whether it was writing in calligraphy using quill pens dipped … Read more
The Cat in the Hat, in its tall and fuzzy glory, visited Santa Clara’s Books Inc. for the store’s Read Across America Pajama Storytime. “Tonight we’re celebrating Dr. Seuss’s birthday, which is today, March 2,” said Cheenie Durham, store manager. “Dr. Seuss is a classic children’s book author beloved by oldsters and children. My favorite … Read more
“When you have snot in your nose and you blow air from your nose, the mucus traps the air and forms a bubble,” said Angela Ocana, librarian at Northside Library, describing the science behind how one kind of bubble is formed. The attendees, children in grades two to six, learned this and more about bubbles … Read more
Mission College was a busy place to be on Feb. 18 during the Region 5 Spring Leadership Meeting and Region Qualifying Competition, an event of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA). (Region 5 covers the Bay Area and San Luis Obispo). A pirate-themed table setting bore netting, gold beads and of course, a … Read more
Outside Mission College’s Vargas Gallery, located at the Gillmor Center, were parmesan cheese wheels, mini cabbage strudels, chocolate chip cookies and mint honey ice tea. The refreshments welcomed guests at the opening reception for the Art Faculty Exhibition which showcased about 20 pieces of art. The exhibit runs until March 8. “The purpose of this … Read more
The fishes, comprised mostly of costumed kindergarteners and first graders, sang with spirit at the Feb. 1 rehearsal of the pre-show for the production of “The Little Mermaid,” held in the theater at Santa Clara High School where the show ran through Feb. 11. The stage was set to a convincing background of sea life … Read more
Peach essence and orange spice tea were poured at this year’s Santa Clara Sister Cities Association’s (SCSCA) seventh annual Afternoon Tea, held at the Santa Clara Senior Center on Feb. 4. On this year’s menu, the tea sandwiches were “caprese twist,” made of smooth pesto, soft mozzarella and juicy tomato on a baguette, pleasantly salty … Read more
Currently on one wall of Santa Clara University’s de Saisset Museum is a rushing waterfall set against a backdrop of still rocks and trees in Ansel Adams’s “Yosemite Falls, Spring.” Beside this photograph is Judy Dater’s “Imogen and Twinka at Yosemite,” where photographer Imogen Cunningham and her camera comes across Twinka Thiebaud, in the nude. … Read more