Community Corner

Week Ahead: Future of Cuba, Farmers Market and a Midsommar Smörgåsbord

The City Council will hosted a special meeting to consider a public/private partnership for construction of a Downtown parking garage on High Street, a Planned Community at 567-595 Maybell Avenue and the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget. City Hall, Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue,  at 4 p.m.

Curious about what's happened in Cuba with Raul Castro at the helm?

Whether you are a Latin American Studies scholar or just curious about world affairs, you might be interested "The Dynamics of the Economic and Political Transformation in Cuba under Raul Castro: Change and Continuity" a discussion at Stanford with Cuban scholar Carlos Alzugaray Treto on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. 4 p.m. at the Center for Latin American Studies Bolivar House 582 Alvarado Row. Free and open to the public.

The Palo Alto Unified School District will holds its bi-weekly meeting on at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11 and will discuss it's 2013-14 budget, adjustments of PAUSD boundaries, renovations at Gunn High School and will consider postponing thoughts of a 13th school.

Did you know that strawberries are in season? Get your fruits and vegetables at the Veterans Affairs Hospitals Farmers Market every Wednesday this summer 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. 

The IKEA in East Palo Alto invites the public to celebrate the longest day of year with a Midsommar Smörgåsbord on Friday, June 14. The Midsummer buffet table, features herring, hard boiled eggs, assorted salads, meatballs with lingonberries, and much more for $12.99 per person or $4.99 for kids. 

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