In the Valley this Week: February 13 – 19

The following is a list of events happening in Santa Clara and throughout the Silicon Valley. Want to share an event to be featured? Please email the details to info@svvoice.com for consideration.

Thursday, February 13

• Soft Opening of Mission Bistro: Mission College’s Freeberg Hospitality Management Building. 11:30 – 1 p.m. Every Tuesday and Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Options for All One Year Celebration and Premier: Options for All Film Studio — 1243 Reamwood Ave., Sunnyvale. 4 – 6 p.m. See the world premier of “Unsleeping Beauty,” their original short form horror fairytale.
• Friend and Foe: Santa Clara University’s Department of Art and Art History’s Gallery. There is a reception on February 13 at 5 p.m. at Dowd Lobby. Showing Feb. 13 – April 11. Artists: John Shorb (USA), Vishwa Shroff (India), Wei Weng (China) Christopher Myers (USA) Rania Ho, Thy Tran and Bryan Wu (USA), Dwight Cassin (USA), Nann Nann (Myanmar). More info.
• Santa Clara Unified School District School Board Meeting: District Offices, Santa Clara. 6:30 p.m.
• Community Meeting on Proposed Ban on the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products: Sunnyvale City Hall Board Room. 6 – 7 p.m.
• Yundi – Sonata 2020 Piano Recital World Tour: San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Tickets: https://event.vism.ca/.

Friday, February 14 – Valentine’s Day

• Santa Clara Players present Drinking Habits (Comedy): 1750 Don Ave., Santa Clara. Feb. 14 – March 7. Tickets: $10 – $22 at santaclaraplayers.org.
• Ghosts Of Valentine’s — A Theatrical Séance With Aiden Sinclair: Winchester Mystery House, San Jose. Feb. 14 – 15. Tickets: $79 – $89 at winchestermysteryhouse.com/buy-tickets/. This show is not appropriate for children under the age of 13.

Saturday, February 15

• Maurice Tani & 77 El Deora (Alt Country): Sunnyvale Theatre at the Sunnyvale Community Center. 8 p.m. Tickets: $23 – $29 at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4349864.
• One Act Festival: Santa Clara University’s Fess Parker Studio Theatre. Feb. 15 – 16. Tickets: $9 at scupresents.org.
• Mission Chamber Orchestra presents “Pathways of Love”: San Jose First United Methodist Church. 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 – $25 at www.missionchamber.org and at the door.

Sunday, February 16

• EuroSunday Si Valley: Chromatic Coffee, Santa Clara. 8 – 10:30 a.m. A meet up of European Cars. More info.

Monday, February 17 – President’s Day

• Relationship Support Group for Women: Columbia Middle School, Sunnyvle. 6 – 8 p.m. Free support groups available in English and Spanish. Kids Club available. Open to women and their children. Drop-ins welcome.

Tuesday, February 18

• Kid’s Cooking Club: Central Park Library. 4 – 5 p.m. Make a festive Valentine’s Day treat and an edible leap year frog. No cooking experience necessary. For grades K-6. Registration required.

Wednesday, February 19

• Music @ Noon with April Gee – ContainHer: Santa Clara University’s Music Recital Hall. 12 p.m. Free event.
• Poetry Slam – African American/Black Poets: Mission College’s Student Engagement Center, 315. 6:30 – 9 p.m.

Reoccurring Events

• February 5 – March 15 – San Jose Stage Company presents Chicago: 490 South 1st St., San Jose. Feb. 5 – March 15. Tickets: $32 – $72 at www.thestage.org.
• January 24 – February 29 – ‘Driven to Abstraction’ Art Exhibit: Mission College. Jan. 24 – Feb. 29. Reception for the artists on Sat. Feb. 1 in the gallery, 12 – 2 p.m.
• January 16 – February 16 – Stage Kiss: City Lights Theater, San Jose. Tickets: $23 – $44 at https://cltc.org/tickets/.
• January 15 – February 16 – TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents The Pianist of Willesden Lane: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Jan. 15 – Feb. 16. Adult ticket: $45 – $95 at mvcpa.com.
• January 10 – June 13 – Stephanie Metz – InTouch: The de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University. Showing Jan. 10 – June 13.
• October 4 – June 13 – Making an Impression – Printmaking Possibilities: Santa Clara University’s de Saisset Museum. Oct. 4 – June 13 with interruptions.
• Tuesdays & Thursdays, 11:30 a.m. – Mission Bistro Open for Lunch: Freeberg Hospitality Management Building, Mission College. A student-run Mission Bistro. Open every Tuesday and Thursday during the semester for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Tuesdays, 7 – 8 p.m. – Racist Anonymous: St. Mark’s Episcopal Church — 1957 Pruneridge Ave., Santa Clara. RA holds weekly meetings to better understand how to confront discrimination on anything based upon outward appearance including race, gender, LGBTQ and disability among others. RA is a 12-Step program patterned after AA.
• Every second Sunday of the month – Second Sundays at Everett N. “Eddie” Souza Community Garden: 2380 Monroe St., Santa Clara. From 2 – 3 p.m., gardeners meet to share their harvests, seeds and culinary creations.

More Events:

• February 21 – March 8 – Disney’s Freaky Friday – A New Musical (Sunnyvale Community Players Junior Production): Sunnyvale Community Theatre — 550 E Remington Dr., Sunnyvale. Feb. 21 – March 8. Tickets: $16 – $29 https://sunnyvaleplayers.org/.
• Friday, February 21 – Rep Ro Khanna February Town Hall: Santa Clara University’s Recital Hall. 7:30 – 9 p.m.
• Saturday, February 22 – The Chorale Project presents Art Of Sound – Oceans of Song: Mission Santa Clara de Asís. 7 p.m. Tickets: $10 – $25 at www.choralproject.org.
• February 22 and 23 – Camellia Show 2020: Santa Clara Recreation Center. Feb. 22 – 23.
• February 22 – 23 – Lamplighters Music Theatre presents “Princess Ida”: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets: $26 – $66 at mvcpa.com.
• Saturday, February 22 – Sammy Miller and the Congregation (Theatrical Jazz Performance): Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall — 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 8 – 10 p.m. Tickets: $35 at https://paloaltojcc.org/Arts.
• February 22 – 23 – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1™ in Concert: San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. Feb. 22 – 23. Tickets: $50 – $100 at www.symphonysiliconvalley.org or 408-286-2600 ext. 23.
• February 28 – March 7 – Dry Powder: Santa Clara University’s Louis B. Mayer Theatre. Feb. 28 – March 7. Tickets: $12 – $22 at http://scupresents.org/.

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