Music@Menlo Winter Series 2015–2016 Music@Menlo’s Winter Series offers three exciting opportunities to enjoy the festival’s world-class chamber music year-round. borodin sTring QuarTeT: Seventieth-Anniversary Concert Tour Sunday October 18, 2015, 6:00 p.m. The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Tickets: $52/$47 full price; $25/$20 under age thirty ALEXANDER BORODIN String Quartet no. 2 in D Major DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet no. 8 in c minor, op. 110 PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY String Quartet no. 2 in F Major, op. 22 Tickets are on sale now! Order today at www.musicatmenlo.org or call 650-331-0202 October/November 2015 29 The Chamber musiC soCieTy of LinCoLn CenTer: Beethoven, Dohnányi, and Dvorˇák Thursday February 11, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto Tickets: $52/$47 full price; $25/$20 under age thirty LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 16 ERNŐ DOHNÁNYI Serenade in C Major, op. 10 ANTONíN DVOŘÁK Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 87 Wu han-seTzer-finCkeL Piano Trio: Haydn, Mendelssohn, and Brahms Sunday May 8, 2016, 6:00 p.m. The Center for Performing Arts at Menlo-Atherton Tickets: $52/$47 full price; $25/$20 under age thirty JOSEPH HAYDN Keyboard Trio in E Major, Hob. XV: 28 FELIX MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio in c minor, op. 66 JOHANNES BRAHMS Trio no. 1 in B Major, op. 8 Lectures OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Margaret Atwood. Oct. 12, 7:30 p.m. In an exclusive Bay Area event, award-winning novelist Margaret Atwood celebrates the publication of her new novel, “The Heart Goes Last.” It tells the story of a recently unemployed married couple trying to stay afloat in the midst of an economic and social collapse. Tickets $10-$40. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City. 650/FOX-7770. Michio Kaku. Oct. 21-23, 8 p.m. Michio Kaku kicks off the 48th annual Celebrity Forum Speakers Series. While at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto, Kaku famously built an atom smasher in his parent’s garage. Today, the theoretical physicist and futurist has the ability to make complex scientific ideas not only understandable, but also fascinating. Tickets $420/season. Flint Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino. 650/949-7121. Andrew Fraknoi: The Revenge of the Dwarf Planet. Oct 26, 7 p.m. Bay Area astronomer Andrew Fraknoi takes us behind the scenes of how Pluto got demoted and why its story might still turn out OK. Find out what we now know about the icy worlds at the outskirts of our solar system. Tickets $8-$20. Cubberley Community Center Theatre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. 415/597-6705. Sherry Turkle. Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m. Renowned media scholar, author and researcher Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity and productivity—and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground. Tickets $10-$40. Oshman Family Jewish Community Center Cultural Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. 650/324-4321. Andy Weir. Nov. 1, 4 p.m. Author Katherine Mayfield will chat with novelist Andy Weir about his book, “The Martian,” and its meteoric rise to success—from a self-published e-book to a New York Times bestseller to a film adaptation directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon. Tickets $20. Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga. 408/961-5858. Geraldine Brooks In Conversation With Lalita Tademy. Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. Geraldine Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “People of the Book” and “March,” shares her new novel about King David, “The Secret Chord.” New York Times bestselling author Lalita Tademy will help steer the conversation. Tickets $10-$40. Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. 650/324-4321. Simon Winchester: The Pacific. Nov. 3, noon. Historian and author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world. He explores our relationship with the largest ocean on the planet and discusses how the unmapped depths will define our future. Tickets $8-$50. Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. 415/597-6705. David Sedaris. Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m. David Sedaris has become one of America’s preeminent humor writers. The author of numerous bestselling collections of personal essays— including “Naked” and “Me Talk Pretty One Day”—Sedaris brings his latest book, “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls,” to San Jose for a reading and signing. Tickets $55-$75. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd., San Jose. 408/792-4111. Michele Bachmann vs. Donna Brazile. Nov. 18-20, 8 p.m. Michele Bachmann was a congresswoman best known for her conservative tea party politics and her candidacy for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. Donna Brazile is an author, academic, political analyst and the Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. Tickets $420/season. Flint Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino. 650/949-7121. CALENDAR
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