Make a trip to downtown San Jose for Thanksgiving weekend festivities the whole family can enjoy. The 39-year-old Harvest Festival, touted as the antidote to Black Friday mall shopping, is reputed to be one of the largest indoor arts and craft shows on the West Coast, bringing some 250 crafts people to the San Jose … Read more
If you’re wondering what it takes to start a small business in the Bay Area or need expert advice on running an existing business, help is close at hand and the price is right. For the fifth year, Santa Clara’s Central Park Library hosted a free, two-hour workshop for new entrepreneurs sponsored by the U.S. … Read more
Brighten the holiday season for yourself and others by adopting a senior, a foster child, or a family in need. Consider these local opportunities: Home Instead Senior Care “Be a Santa to a Senior” “Kids are remembered but the seniors tend to be forgotten during this time of the year,” says Brian Jackson, owner of … Read more
South Bay Blue Star Moms Linda Bayer of Santa Clara and Gloria Cervantes of Mountain View were chosen by the national Blue Star Mothers of America (BSMA) to be part of a five-person delegation representing military mothers in the wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Veterans … Read more
The 25-year-old Mission City Community Fund (MCCF) started in hard economic times and continues in hard times to benefit Santa Clara and Silicon Valley nonprofit organizations and programs. Since its beginning in 1986, the volunteer service organization has raised more than $2 million for grants awarded each spring and fall. MCCF’s 2011 annual charity auction … Read more
“I’ve never grown up. I still like to dress up and play. I’ll never get old,” says Jolene Millette, peaking out through the black eyeholes of her white ghost costume. Millette placed second in the costume contest at the 4th annual Halloween party Monday noon at the Santa Clara Senior Center, 1303 Fremont Street. Barbara … Read more
If you want to lose weight, eat alone. In his 2006 book Mindless Eating, Brian Wansink, PhD, notes a study showing that you eat about 35% more if you eat with one other person, 75% more with four at the table, and 96% more with a group of seven or more. This phenomenon—social facilitation—helps explain … Read more
The women of California got the vote 100 years ago this October, nine years before the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave the vote to all American women. The narrowly successful struggle for the vote in Santa Clara County in 1911 came to life Sunday afternoon at Central Park Library, 2635 Homestead Road, as … Read more
“It’s an incredible thing when a nonprofit organization founded by volunteers is still thriving after ten years, doing nothing but getting stronger and better every year,” says Maria Daane, Executive Director of the Santa Clara City Library Foundation & Friends at its 10th anniversary celebration October 20, held after hours at Central Library. “The foundation … Read more
Award-winning actor Frank Ferrante is tireless in his energetic, quick-witted portrayal of Groucho Marx, the legendary American comedian he has admired since he was a teenager and impersonated for almost three decades in more than 2,500 performances. But don’t worry about Ferrante getting confused about who he really is. “I have a strong sense of … Read more