Community Corner
Los Gatos Weekend Planner: Aug. 15-18
Need something else to do this weekend? Check out our calendar of local events. If an important event is missing, please leave it here in the comments and put it on the calendar. It's free.
LOS GATOS FOOD TRUCK FEST
The Los Gatos Food Fest weekly summer culinary food truck series continues 5-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16 at La Hacienda, 18840 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road. The events officially began Friday, May 17 and feature live music and the presence of hugely popular food trucks. The series continues every Friday evening at the same time through Sept. 13. Details: Katie@stanprop.com, or 408-354-0300.
COURTSIDE CLUB OF LOS GATOS' HITS FOR HOSPICE CHARITY EVENT
Courtside Club of Los Gatos, 14675 Winchester Blvd., hostS its fourth annual Hits for Hospice Pro-Am Tennis Tournament, benefitting Hospice of the Valley 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013. This year, Courtside’s fund and awareness-raising effort adds poolside spinning and yoga classes to the event lineup. Hits for Hospice also features an evening of delicious food, fine wine and live music. Over the past three years, the event has raised more than $98,000 in support of Hospice of the Valley’s compassionate end-of-life care and grief counseling services. Details: Megan Jellinek, 408-410-3208, or megan.anne@mac.com
LOS GATOS MUSIC IN THE PARK
The community nonprofit organization Los Gatos Music & Arts holds its ninth Music in the Park concert of the season at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18 at the Civic Center Park featuring Saritah. The series ends Sunday, Aug. 25, with the performance of Talavya Indian Tabla drums. To sponsor MIP or donate to Los Gatos Music & Arts, please call 408-354-1155, or email terihope@losgatoscoffee.com.
EVOLUTION OF GREEN: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM IN SANTA CLARA VALLEY
Evolution of Green is an exhibit sharing the stories of those individuals and groups whose experiences have shaped the evolving narrative of the valley's environmental story for the past 50 years 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday and Friday and noon-4 p.m. Wednesday and Sunday through Sept. 1 at the History Museum of Los Gatos, 75 Church St. Details: 408-354-2646.
PICTURING PLACE AT ART MUSEUM OF LOS GATOS
The Museums of Los Gatos presents Picturing Place: Photographs by Gregory Schaffer and Mike Williams, through Sept. 8 at the Art Museum of Los Gatos, 4 Tait Ave. Picturing Place is an exhibition that draws on two contemporary photographers’ explorations of their environments. In his landscapes, Seattle Schaffer explores where people, commerce, economy and natural environment intersect and ultimately define their surroundings. Williams focuses on the intersection of image and text in making observations about the world around him. What emerges is often the humorous and absurd, the tragic and surreal elements of human life. Details: 408-395-7386.
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