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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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