Express: Today's news and events in Mountain View

2 PM Friday, December 2, 2011

TopStories from the Mountain View Voice staff Mentoring brings generations together When she can't turn to her teachers, family or friends for fear she'll be reported, punished or judg... (Friday, 10:55 AM) VIDEO: Voices Around Town | winter health This week's Voices Around Town question: What are you doing to stay healthy this winter? (Friday, 1:38 PM) Property manager charged with grand theft Police have arrested a Sunnyvale woman after she allegedly bilked an 86-year-old Mountain View woman... (Friday, 10:55 AM) • Mountain View Voice Home Page BestBets This week's events Weekend, Dec. 3 & 4 Art: Open Studios and Family Day On Saturday, Dec. 3, the Cubberley Artists team up with the Palo Alto Art Center to host a free event that is part open studios and part family day, at the Cubberley Artists' Studios in E, F and U wings at the Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Visitors can enter studios to view and buy art during the open studios from 1 to 5 p.m., and take part in family craft-making activities from 2 to 4 p.m. Family event: German holiday market Artisans offer an array of natural and handcrafted gift items at the 6th annual Weihnachtsmarket on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 3-7 p.m. at German International School of Silicon Valley, 310 Easy St., Mountain View. The event includes live music, student performances and a visit from Santa. Free admission. Family event: Westwind holiday barn lighting Westwind Community Barn celebrates the holiday season with home-baked cookies, hot cider and wine-tasting with local vintners. For children, there are seasonal games, crafts, pony rides, a petting zoo, an equestrian expo and visits with Santa on Sunday, Dec. 4, 1-4 p.m. at Westwind Community Barn, 27210 Altamont Road, Los Altos Hills. Free. Music: Juilliard String Quartet Stanford's Dinkelspiel Auditorium will host the Juilliard String Quartet at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 4. The concert program will include Stravinsky's "Three Pieces for String Quartet" and Janacek's first quartet. $48-$56 general, $43-$51 students, $24-$28 under 18, and $10 Stanford students. Friday, Dec. 2 Dance: 'The Nutcracker' The Mountain View-based Western Ballet Company opens its production of "The Nutcracker" at 7 p.m. tonight, Dec. 2, at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St. Later performances are at 1 and 7 p.m. Dec. 3 and at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Dec. 4. $30 general, $27 seniors and students, and $25 ages 12 and under. • Master Community Calendar TownSquare Mountain View's Online Gathering Place Major smoking clampdown is in the air Smokers may soon have to curb their habits in Mountain View, thanks to a city proposal to nix smokin... Plan to pay for high-speed rail draws fresh scrutiny The California High-Speed Rail Authority's new business plan, which shows the price tag of the contr... • Town Square Home Page HolidayFund This year's Holiday Fund campaign is one of the most important ever for local nonprofit agencies that serve the less fortunate among us. With the down economy, the agencies are seeing more clients who are hungry, homeless or need other support. All it takes to help is one donation to the Voice Holiday Fund, and the following agencies will share your donation: Community Services Agency of Mountain View and Los Altos; the Community Health Awareness Council; Mountain View Rotacare Clinic; Day Worker Center of Mountain View; the YWCA Domestic Violence Support Network; Community School of Music and Arts; and the Partners for New Generations. For more information see this week's Voice or go to siliconvalleycf.org/mvv-holiday-fund. One donation does it all. Thank You. Tom Gibboney, Voice publisher

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