Author: Diane Andrews
Community
Mission College Speaker Viet Thanh Nguyen Inspires Summer Reading
June 13, 2018
Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author with local ties who spoke at the Mission College library in April....
Arts & Entertainment
“Legally Blonde, the Musical” Storms the Stage at Santa Clara University
June 6, 2018
With an extraordinary dancing and singing cast of 27, plus two scene-stealing live dogs, “Legally Blonde, the Musical” has stormed...
Schools
Sutter Students Demonstrate Robots at Epic Showcase
June 6, 2018
Students at Sutter Elementary School—renowned for its annual frog jump—have taken to computers like frogs eagerly jumping into a creek....
Community
Mission City Memorial Park—Where History Comes to Life
June 6, 2018
Santa Clara Local History/Genealogy Librarian Mary Boyle and Cemetery Operations Manager Phil Orr brought the dead to life at high...
Community
Blue Star Moms Enfold Veterans in Quilts of Valor and Love
May 30, 2018
When U.S. veterans are awarded handmade, heirloom Quilts of Valor by the South Bay Blue Star Moms Sewing Stars, it...
Community
Santa Clara Memorial Day Ceremony Continues 150-Year National Tradition
May 30, 2018
May 28 was the 150th anniversary of the first Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery in 1868, three years after...
Arts & Entertainment
Santa Clara Players Hit a Hole-in-One with “The Ladies’ Foursome”
May 30, 2018
“The Ladies’ Foursome” by Norm Foster, Canada’s most-produced playwright, is a steady-paced walk around an 18-hole golf course with four...
Community
Santa Clara Senior’s Home Gets a Facelift Thanks to Rebuilding Together
May 30, 2018
Many hands do, indeed, make light work. Long-time Santa Clara resident Mieke Endeman, 87, is thrilled at the free facelift...
Community
Gold-Winning Santa Clara Aquamaids Perform Free Memorial Day Water Show
May 23, 2018
The elite Santa Clara Aquamaids—world-class synchronized swimmers—will partner with star Cirque du Soleil swimmers for “Water World,” a free, one-hour...
Community
Bill Wilson Center Refutes Rumors of Compassion Fatigue for the Homeless
May 23, 2018
Newspaper rumors of compassion fatigue for the homeless in California fall on deaf ears at the Bill Wilson Center (BWC)...