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Art Galleries<br />
“The Watercolor Landscape” The editorial<br />
carto<strong>on</strong>ist for the Palo Alto Daily <strong>News</strong>, Steve<br />
Curl is also a watercolor artist and teacher. His<br />
paintings are inspired by his travels throughout<br />
California, Colorado and Yosemite, and his local<br />
hikes <strong>on</strong> the coast and in the Santa Cruz Mountains.<br />
June 1-30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Portola<br />
Art Gallery, 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park. Call<br />
650-328-3499. www.stevecurl.com<br />
Benefits<br />
Fundraiser to Benefit Project Read-<br />
Menlo Park Project Read-Menlo Park is<br />
having a fundraiser <strong>on</strong> Thursday, June 10, at<br />
Hobee’s. Hobee’s will d<strong>on</strong>ate 20 percent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
sales to Project Read, the adult literacy program.<br />
Customers must bring a hard copy flyer<br />
or <strong>on</strong>e in digital form. Pick up a flyer at the Menlo<br />
Park Library. June 10, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Hobee’s,<br />
67 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto. Call 650-<br />
330-2525. www.projectreadmenlopark.org<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Class</str<strong>on</strong>g>es/Workshops<br />
“Irrigating Native Plants” Sherri Osaka<br />
from the California Native Plant Society leads<br />
a class <strong>on</strong> making a garden into a natural<br />
oasis. June 14, 10-11 a.m. Free. Woodside<br />
Library, 3140 Woodside Road, Woodside.<br />
Call 650-851-0147. smcl.org<br />
Folk Dance <str<strong>on</strong>g>Class</str<strong>on</strong>g> Marcel Vinokur<br />
teacher, Tuesdays, beginning April 6.<br />
Beginning teaching at 7, Intermediate<br />
teaching at 7:30. No partners necessary.<br />
Featuring dances from the Balkans and<br />
Israel. Free refreshments. 7-10:15 p.m. $45<br />
residents, $60 n<strong>on</strong>residents for 12 week<br />
quarter, $7 drop ins. Burgess Recreati<strong>on</strong><br />
Center, 700 Alma St., Menlo Park. Call<br />
6503270759.<br />
Herbs in the kitchen and garden Learn<br />
how to grow and harvest perennial and<br />
annual herbs, herbs in c<strong>on</strong>tainers and essential<br />
herbs for the kitchen. Take home herb cuttings,<br />
recipes and plant lists. June 12, 10:30-<br />
12:30 a.m. $31 + $5 materials fee. Comm<strong>on</strong><br />
Ground Garden Center, 559 College Ave.,<br />
Palo Alto. Call 650-493-6072. http://www.<br />
comm<strong>on</strong>groundinpaloalto.org/<br />
Native Plant Gardening for Beginners<br />
Athert<strong>on</strong> Library hosts a 1.5 hour<br />
educati<strong>on</strong>al workshop led by California Native<br />
Plant Society pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>essi<strong>on</strong>al Stephanie Morris.<br />
June 16, 7-8 p.m. Free. Athert<strong>on</strong> Library, 2<br />
Dinkelspiel Stati<strong>on</strong> Lane, Athert<strong>on</strong>. Call 650-<br />
328-2422.<br />
At Kepler’s<br />
Five Bay poets, including Charlotte Muse,<br />
pictured, and Patrick Daly <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Menlo Park,<br />
will be featured in “An Evening <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Poetry” at<br />
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 9, at Kepler’s<br />
bookstore, 1010 El Camino Real in Menlo<br />
Park. The poets will read their work from<br />
“The Place That Inhabits Us: Poems from the<br />
San Francisco Bay Watershed,” an anthology<br />
that includes a foreword by former U.S. poet<br />
laureate Robert Hass. C<strong>on</strong>stance Crawford,<br />
Phyllis Koestenbaum and Priscilla Lee will<br />
also read their work. The event is free. For<br />
more informati<strong>on</strong>, call 324-4321.<br />
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Our business community cares<br />
about quality public schools<br />
WE SUPPORT THE M-A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE!<br />
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The Toguchi Group<br />
at Morgan Stanley<br />
Smith Barney<br />
The Foundati<strong>on</strong> funds programs at<br />
Menlo-Athert<strong>on</strong> High School for every<br />
need, interest and ability.<br />
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C A L E N D A R<br />
Clubs/Meetings<br />
Blacksheep Handweavers Guild The<br />
Black Sheep Handweavers Guild is a n<strong>on</strong>pr<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>it<br />
organizati<strong>on</strong> whose purpose is to promote the<br />
exchange <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ideas and knowledge in textile<br />
arts, and to encourage efforts and activities<br />
in these areas. Group meets <strong>on</strong> the third<br />
Thursday <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the m<strong>on</strong>th. 7 p.m. $5 d<strong>on</strong>ati<strong>on</strong><br />
(n<strong>on</strong>-members). Woodside Village Church,<br />
3154 Woodside Road, Woodside. Call 650-<br />
592-2435. www.blacksheepguild.org<br />
Portola Valley Library’s N<strong>on</strong>-Ficti<strong>on</strong><br />
Book Club “Strength in What Remains” by<br />
Tracy Kidder. Pulitzer Prize-winning Kidder<br />
recounts the story <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Deo, the Burundian<br />
former medical student turned American<br />
emigre. June 17, 1-2:30 p.m. Portola Valley<br />
Library, 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. Call<br />
650-851-0560. smcl.org<br />
Rose Propagati<strong>on</strong> Dave Bang will dem<strong>on</strong>strate<br />
how to propagate roses at the next<br />
meeting <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Peninsula Rose Society <strong>on</strong><br />
Wed., June 9, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. Veterans<br />
Memorial Senior Center, 1455 Madis<strong>on</strong> Ave.,<br />
Redwood City. www.peninsularosesociety.org<br />
Community Events<br />
Lunche<strong>on</strong> with U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo<br />
In an event organized by the Peninsula<br />
Democratic Coaliti<strong>on</strong>, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo,<br />
D-Palo Alto, will speak about the prospects for<br />
further Democratic legislati<strong>on</strong>, and describe<br />
how she sees the political scene shaping up<br />
for November. Reservati<strong>on</strong>s requested. Sat.,<br />
June 19, 11:15 a.m.-1:30 p.m. $20. Michael’s at<br />
Shoreline Restaurant, 2960 N Shoreline Blvd.,<br />
Mountain View. Call 650-949-1009.<br />
C<strong>on</strong>certs<br />
Redwood Symph<strong>on</strong>y - Barshai’s<br />
Mahler Tenth Eric Kujawsky c<strong>on</strong>ducts<br />
Redwood Symph<strong>on</strong>y in the Bay Area premiere<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mahler’s Tenth Symph<strong>on</strong>y, left incomplete<br />
at the composer’s death in 1911, completed in<br />
2000 by Rudolph Barshai. Pre-c<strong>on</strong>cert lecture<br />
by Dr. Kujawsky at 7 p.m. June 12, 8 p.m. $10<br />
(student), $20 in advance, $25 at door, free for<br />
children under 12. Canada College Main Theatre,<br />
4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City. Call<br />
650-366-6872. www.redwoodsymph<strong>on</strong>y.org<br />
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Dance<br />
“No Limits” Dance Expressi<strong>on</strong>s, a four-yearold<br />
adult dance program in Menlo Park, presents<br />
its end-<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>-the-year performance, called<br />
“No Limits.” The program features jazz, hip-hop,<br />
“creative movement” and Bollywood. June 19,<br />
1 and 7 p.m. Email for ticket informati<strong>on</strong>. Menlo-<br />
Athert<strong>on</strong> High School Performing Arts Center,<br />
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Thursday Evening Dance Fox Trot, Waltz,<br />
Polka and more every Thursday evening. Light<br />
refreshments will be served. Come al<strong>on</strong>e or<br />
bring a partner. Thursdays, 7-10 p.m. $7 per<br />
pers<strong>on</strong>. PV Inc Little House, 800 Middle Ave.,<br />
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE<br />
NOTICE OF HEARING TO COLLECT ASSESSMENTS AT<br />
THE EXISTING FEE RATES FOR THE SIDEWALK AND<br />
TREE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE CITY OF MENLO PARK<br />
LANDSCAPING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT FOR<br />
FISCAL YEAR <str<strong>on</strong>g>2010</str<strong>on</strong>g>-11<br />
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the City Council <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the City <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Menlo<br />
Park will hold a Public Hearing <strong>on</strong> adopti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a resoluti<strong>on</strong> overruling<br />
protests, ordering the improvements, c<strong>on</strong>firming the diagram and ordering<br />
the levy and collecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> assessments at the existing fee rates for the<br />
sidewalk and tree assessments for the City <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Menlo Park Landscaping<br />
Assessment District for Fiscal Year <str<strong>on</strong>g>2010</str<strong>on</strong>g>-11.<br />
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that the City Council will hold this<br />
Public Hearing <strong>on</strong> Tuesday, the 22nd day <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> June, <str<strong>on</strong>g>2010</str<strong>on</strong>g>, at 7:00 p.m.in<br />
the Menlo Park City Council Chambers, Civic Center at 701 Laurel Street,<br />
Menlo Park, California, at which time and place interested pers<strong>on</strong>s may<br />
appear and be heard.<br />
Any pers<strong>on</strong> interested may appear at the public hearing and be heard<br />
<strong>on</strong> any matter related to this matter.<br />
Visit the City’s website for City Council, public hearing, agenda, and staff<br />
report informati<strong>on</strong> at www.menlopark.org.<br />
Dated: June 1, <str<strong>on</strong>g>2010</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
MARGARET S. ROBERTS, MMC, City Clerk<br />
Published in THE ALMANAC <strong>on</strong> June 9, <str<strong>on</strong>g>2010</str<strong>on</strong>g> and June 16, <str<strong>on</strong>g>2010</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />
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