Friday, May 02, 2014

Within and Without: Transformations in Chinese Landscapes

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs until 8pm

Closed Mon & Tues through 9/21, then only closed Tues. The landscape, the most prominent painting tradition in China, brings with it more than…

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Inside Rodin's Hands: Art, Technology, and Surgery

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs. until 8pm

Closed Monday & Tuesday. Dr. James Chang, an internationally renowned hand reconstruction surgeon at Stanford, has long been fascinated by Rodin’s…

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Carleton Watkins: The Stanford Albums

Cantor Arts Center11 am-5pm, Thurs until 8 pm

Closed Monday and Tuesday. This exhibition of 83 photographic prints by Carleton Watkins—perhaps America's most influential 19th-century landscape…

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Mapping Edo: The Social and Political Geography of Early Modern Japan

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

Closed Monday and Tuesday. Experience Edo-period Japan (1615–1868) through archival maps, prints, and paintings of the capital and surrounding…

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American Photographs: A Cultural History

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs until 8pm

OPEN JULY 4, 11 am - 5 pm. Closed Mon and Tues. Alexander Nemerov, the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor of Arts and Humanities,…

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Blackfest

Stanford University2pm

In 2012, up-and-coming rapper Kendrick Lamar headlined Stanford's Blackfest. Today everyone and their grandmother is talking about him (And…

Conversation Pieces

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

CLOSED MONDAY & TUESDAY. Through four pairings of works on paper—human figures, botanical still lifes, nature studies, and artists’ portraits—the…

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The Honest Landscape: Photographs by Peter Henry Emerson

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

CLOSED MONDAY & TUESDAY. Englishman Peter Henry Emerson began taking photographs in 1882 and soon became an outspoken and highly influential…

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The Royal Image: Portraits, Satires, and Life at Court

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm, Thurs ’til 8pm

CLOSED MONDAY & TUESDAY. The 16 prints and drawings featured in this installation demonstrate how artists depicted European royalty and courtly…

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Time Machines: Clocks & Timekeeping Devices

The Museum of American Heritage11AM-4PM

Timekeeping devices have been used for at least 5,000 years and today are essential for the planning and timing of our everyday lives. The Museum…

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Container Gardening

Common Ground10:30 - 12:30

Planting a bountiful garden in containers and small spaces is a cinch with the right varieties and materials. Start now to plan and plant the…

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Go Retro! Kara's Annual Fundraiser

Lucie Stern Theatre & Community Center3:00-6:00pm

On Saturday afternoon, May 3rd, please join us at the Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo Alto for a special fundraising event and 'retro party'…

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Edible Garden Series: From Design to Harvest

Common Ground Organic Garden Supply & Education Center10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Learn garden design and planning, composting, soil testing and preparation, seed propagation and transplanting, watering and how to nurture…

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