Thursday, April 21, 2016

Figuration/Abstraction: Highlights from the Collection

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

One of the questions posed by "Figuration/Abstraction" is this: "Isn’t all art an abstraction of what it represents, to a greater or lesser…

Edward Hopper: New York Corner

Cantor Arts Center11AM-5PM, closed Tuesdays

Edward Hopper pioneered an American impressionism that captured the essence of streetside life in New York City during the early 20th century.…

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Into the Forest: Landscape as Subject and Studio in 19th-Century France

Cantor Arts Center11am-5pm Wed-Mon, Thurs until 8pm. CLOSED TUESDAY

This installation of prints, drawings, and photographs explores how French artists depicted the landscape in the modern age and approached making…

Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

This exhibition presents the sketchbooks of celebrated 20th-century painter Richard Diebenkorn—Stanford’s most accomplished and recognized…

Showing Off: Identity and Display in Asian Costume

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

Fashion is a form of language. What we wear broadcasts critical information about us and serves as a visible indicator of social rank, profession,…

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Multiplicity: Portraiture in the Cantor's Photography Collection

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thurs until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

Using multi-image formats to represent the mutability of psychological states, social status, and public personae, the photographic works in…

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Intimate Frontiers: The Male Gaze in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

"Intimate Frontiers" is a new exhibition that explores the social and domestic world of women through the eyes of prominent male artists in…

Beyond the Frame: Curating in Context

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

This self-guided, walking exhibition encourages viewers to think actively about the settings in which they experience particular works of art…

Into The Woods

Lucie Stern Theatre & Community Center8pm

WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: INTO THE WOODS WHEN: April 22 - May 8, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview:…

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Blood in the Sugar Bowl

Cantor Arts CenterWed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thurs until 8pm, CLOSED TUESDAY

This exhibition focuses on sugar plantation slavery during the peak of the sugar trade, the late 18th–mid-19th century. On display are sugar…

The Wonder of Everyday Life: Dutch Golden Age Prints

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

While the Dutch Republic experienced unprecedented economic prosperity in the 17th century, printmakers were exceptionally sensitive—and sometimes…

A Tribute to Saxophonist Michael Brecker

Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford 7:30 PMPre-concert lecture at 6:30 pm…

This concert celebrates the music of iconic tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker, whose unique voice and approach to the instrument has influenced…

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Who We Be

Cantor Arts CenterWed-Sun 11AM-5PM, Thur to 8 PM, Closed Tues

This exhibition takes a close examination of visual culture--particularly images, works, and ideas in the contemporary arts, justice movements,…

Contemporary Perspectives on the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

Indigenous undergraduates Sarah Sadlier and Isabella Shey Robbins will lead a fall, student-initiated course that will yield an exhibition designed…

An Oasis in Glass

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

This exhibition showcases 4th-century mosaics, beads, flasks, and other glass objects created during the Roman occupation of Syria and Egypt.…

Myth, Allegory, and Faith: The Kirk Edward Long Collection of Mannerist Prints

Cantor Arts Center11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY

Selected from the Kirk Edward Long collection of 16th-century prints, this exhibition illuminates the development of the Mannerist style in…

New Member 2016-17 Auditions

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Palo-Alto based El Camino Youth Symphony is holding new member auditions for the 2016-2017 Season! ECYS offers six different orchestras as well…

Social Ballroom Dancing

Cubberley Community Center8pm

Every Friday Night, come and enjoy social dancing at Cubberley Pavilion! For those who've always wanted to learn how to dance, the Cubberley…

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Red Horse: Drawings of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

This exhibition presents 12 ledger drawings by Red Horse, a Minneconjou Lakota Sioux warrior who fought against Custer and the 7th Cavalry at…

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Showing Off: Identity and Display in Asian Costume

Cantor Arts CenterOpen Wed-Mon 11am - 5pm, Thursdays until 8pm; admission is free. CLOSED TUESDAY.

Fashion is a form of language. What we wear broadcasts critical information about us and serves as a visible indicator of social rank, profession,…

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