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The Main Gallery
1018 Main St., Redwood City
650-701-1018
www.themaingallery.org
The Main Gallery, an artists’ cooperative with
23 members, showcases the work of some of the
best local talent in the Bay Area. The gallery is
located in the historic yellow Victorian cottage at
the corner of Main and Middlefield. The gallery is
open Wednesday to Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and weekends from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Arup Biswas, “Autumn Symphony,” original photograph,
20” x 30”
Susan Wolf, “Fan Nautilus,” hand-built porcelain, approximately
8” x 5”
Sea Shells and Sonatas
The Main Gallery is proud to present the show
“Sea Shells and Sonatas” with Susan Wolf and
Arup Biswas, which will run Oct. 19 through
Nov. 20. There will be an opening reception on
Saturday, Oct. 22, from 5 to 7:30. Drinks and hors
d’oeuvres will be served at the reception and it is
a fantastic time to meet the artists and learn more
about their work.
Inspiration for an artist comes from many
sources. After being given a book of seashells last
Christmas, Wolf was reminded of how beautiful
they can be. She says she really enjoys making
beautiful things. “My shells are not all turning
out as I’d expected! Some of the particular
shells I’d envisioned have not gotten beyond the
first thought. Others, which I’d thought to give
only a passing mention, have become points of
focus.” Most of the ceramic, hand-built pieces are
porcelain with much underglazing, some with a
clear overglaze, some just raw. A few are made
of coarser sculpture clays. But all are unique and
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find their own inherent beauty inspired by nature!
Biswas was born in India in the foothills of
the Himalayas. The pristine Himalayan beauty
instilled in him a love for nature, which he
rediscovered when he moved to the United States
in 1992 after acquiring a master’s degree in
computer science. That’s when he bought his first
camera and started photographing landscapes
across the country. Biswas reminisces, “I
remember crying in front of the Merced River in
Yosemite after seeing the first snow in my life.”
Music has influenced Biswas profoundly in all
his photographic works. Although music and
photography are experienced by two different
senses, both mediums strive to evoke similar
emotional responses in the human psyche. For
Biswas, a well-executed photographic print, in
many ways, he says, “is like a well-orchestrated
musical symphony.” He states, “Trees are my
most favorite subjects to photograph. I rarely get
excited by grand landscape panoramas. But the
blooming dogwoods in the spring, the yellow
and orange aspens in the fall and the dramatic
redwood trees covered in snow make me feel alive;
I start experiencing the color, form and shape
throughout my whole body. I respond with my
camera. The results are the recording of these intimate
conversations with nature — visual sonatas.”
Fox Theatre and Club Fox
2209 Broadway, downtown Redwood City
Tickets available at www.clubfoxrwc.
com, 650-369-7770 or tickets.foxrwc.com
Fox Theatre
• Romantic Masterworks featuring Nikki Chooi
(violin) & David Requiro (cello). 8 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 21.
• The Beyond Funny Tour 2011. 8 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 27.
• Halloween Rocks with Heartbreaker and the
Unauthorized Rolling Stones. 8 p.m. Saturday,
Oct. 29.
• If You Give a Moose a Muffin. 1 p.m. Sunday,
Oct. 30.
Club Fox
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Pat Travers, Lonero & Points North. 8 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 7.
Tony Lindsay and Carlos Xavier. 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 8.
Mark Hummel (Club Fox Blues Jam). 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 12.
Doni Harvey Benefit Concert. 7 p.m. Thursday,
Oct. 13.
Shimmy, Shake and Shiver — A Halloween
Belly Dance Spectacular. 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16.
Terry Hiatt (Club Fox Blues Jam). 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 19.
Preston Reed. 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20.
Rock, Rapture and Roll featuring Blue and
Groovy Judy. 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21.
The Dodos & Release the Sunbird. 9 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22.
Steve Lucky & Carmen Getit (Club Fox Blues
Jam). 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26.
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Marley’s Ghost. 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27.
Halloween Hijinks with Powerage, Rat Bastard and
667 Neighbor of the Beast. 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28.
Celebrate Halloween in the Trailer Park with
Antsy McClain & the Trailer Park Troubadours.
7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30.
San Mateo County
History Museum
2200 Broadway St., Redwood City
650-299-0141
www.historysmc.org
Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
$5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students,
free for children 5 and under
The History Museum is housed inside the historic
1910 County Courthouse. Over 50,000 people
visit the museum each year, and the number of
local residents who hold memberships is growing.
The History Museum teaches approximately
14,000 children each year through the on- and
off-site programs. The museum houses the
research library and archives that currently hold
over 100,000 photographs, prints, books and
documents collected by the San Mateo County
Historical Association.
‘First Fridays’ Storytime
Country Kid, City Kid: Stories From the Past
Friday, Oct. 7, 11 a.m.
Come listen to a story about life in the city and
the country. Hear the story “Country Kid, City
Kid” and create your own paper bag house to take
home. Then join us in the museum’s California
Dream exhibit to learn about the different types
of homes that have been built here in San Mateo
County. General admission.
Historic Films From Museum Archives
1930s Films From the Archives on the Courthouse
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Saturday, Oct. 8, 1 p.m.
At the San Mateo County History Museum,
Deputy Director Carmen Blair shows silent films
from the museum archives that depict life on the
Peninsula in the 1930s. Included with museum admission.
Annual Quilt Exhibition
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 8 & 9, 1–4 p.m.
Sanchez Adobe Historic Site
1000 Linda Mar Blvd., Pacifica
The Sanchez Adobe will be filled with handmade
quilts for the weekend event, which will include
a bed-turning activity. The Sanchez Adobe
beds will be layered with quilts. Throughout the
afternoon, quilts will be folded back to reveal the
hidden quilts underneath. Refreshments will be
served. Free admission.
Docent Training
Saturday & Sunday, Oct. 15 & 16
The San Mateo County Historical Association
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