Express: Today's news and events in Mountain View

2 PM Friday, May 3, 2013

TopStories from the Mountain View Voice staff CHAC needs help to make its move With a little help from the community, the Mountain View-based Community Health Awareness Council of... (Friday, 11:54 AM) Solar Impulse takes off Friday The world's first solar-powered aircraft capable of flying overnight begins its cross-country journe... (Thursday, 4:06 PM) May the Fourth be with you at MV library Star Wars fans will have plenty to celebrate about on Saturday, May 4. The Mountain View Public Lib... (Friday, 10:06 AM) • Mountain View Voice Home Page BestBets This week's events Friday, May 3 Art: 'Art of Protest' A new exhibit documenting the history of the protest movement in the 1960s and '70s at Stanford opens today, May 3, with a 7 p.m. reception. The show, which features 26 silk-screen poster prints from campus protest events, is at Harmony House, 561 Lomita Drive, Stanford. Archivist Lincoln Cushing will speak, and university musician Lizzie Quinlan will perform. Weekend, May 4 & 5 Event: A la Carte & Art A la Carte & Art, the lively annual street fair, takes over downtown Mountain View this weekend, May 4-5, on Castro Street. The event, a fundraiser for the Mountain View Central Business Association, includes live music, artisans and crafts, a classic car show, children's activities, food, microbrews and drinks, and the farmers market. Free admission. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Call 650-964-3395 for information. Music: Blackfest 2013 The rapper Future headlines this year's Blackfest, a free cultural festival at Stanford University's Levin Field that features music and dance performances and clothing and food vendors. The event starts at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, and lasts about four hours. Art: Silicon Valley Open Studios The annual Silicon Valley Open Studios event begins its three-weekend run this Saturday and Sunday, May 4 and 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Peninsula and South Bay artists open up their home and group studios to show and sell their work, and to talk to the public about their creative process. • Master Community Calendar TownSquare Mountain View's Online Gathering Place Goodbye recession, city's budget back in the black After making it through the recession with a hiring freeze and over 30 vacant job positions cut from... May Day march for immigration reform As supporters of immigration reform prepared to march from Rengstorff Park to Mountain View City Hal... Plastic bag ban starts Monday Shoppers take note: Mountain View's ban on plastic grocery bags begins on Earth Day, Monday, April 2... • Town Square Home Page

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