A Celebration of the Life and Work of Emily Dickinson
An evening of dramatic readings of Dickinson's poems and writings
performed by actors from major Bay Area stages.
7p Wed Jan 30, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford
FREE and open to the public.
Sponsored by Stanford Continuing Studies.
Very cool, no?
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Citrus Festival in SF
Citrus Festival ~ February 2
On Saturday, February 2, CUESA kicks off the 2008 season of Market to Table programs with a Citrus Celebration. Join us in enjoying the sweet and tangy fruits grown in the California sunshine. From 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, test your citrus knowledge at our citrus variety tasting challenge! At 10:30 am, join us for a citrus farmer interview and cooking demonstration by Stephanie Rosenbaum, food writer and author (titles include Honey: From Flower to Table), featuring citrus recipes. All programs take place in front of the Ferry Building on the north side.
On Saturday, February 2, CUESA kicks off the 2008 season of Market to Table programs with a Citrus Celebration. Join us in enjoying the sweet and tangy fruits grown in the California sunshine. From 10:00 am to 1:00 pm, test your citrus knowledge at our citrus variety tasting challenge! At 10:30 am, join us for a citrus farmer interview and cooking demonstration by Stephanie Rosenbaum, food writer and author (titles include Honey: From Flower to Table), featuring citrus recipes. All programs take place in front of the Ferry Building on the north side.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Astronomy
If any of you are in the Bay Area and interested in astronomy, you might like to know that there are monthly lectures at Foothill College in Los Altos that are free and open to the public (and quite a few kids attend). The next lecture, on March 5, will feature Dr. Geoff Marcy, professor of astronomy at UC Berkeley. The lectures start at 7 p.m.
Dr. Marcy led the team that discovered many of the first planets outside our solar system. Many more have since been discovered, both by Dr. Marcy's team and by others around the world, but he has found the most. He'll be talking about the hunt for these planets at this lecture. He's an engaging speaker and a truly nice guy.
If you're interested in learning more about the lecture series, go to http://www.foothill.edu/ast/SVL.htm. There's a link on that page to be added to the email list to receive notices of lectures. The lectures are held roughly monthly in the Smithwick Auditorium on the Foothill campus, and are free of charge other than $2 for parking.
If you're interested in the search for planets, Marcy's team has a website at http://exoplanets.org/. There's also an extensive article talking about the new telescope being built up at Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton that will help speed the process by automating the hunt; you can read it at http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=23539.
Dr. Marcy led the team that discovered many of the first planets outside our solar system. Many more have since been discovered, both by Dr. Marcy's team and by others around the world, but he has found the most. He'll be talking about the hunt for these planets at this lecture. He's an engaging speaker and a truly nice guy.
If you're interested in learning more about the lecture series, go to http://www.foothill.edu/ast/SVL.htm. There's a link on that page to be added to the email list to receive notices of lectures. The lectures are held roughly monthly in the Smithwick Auditorium on the Foothill campus, and are free of charge other than $2 for parking.
If you're interested in the search for planets, Marcy's team has a website at http://exoplanets.org/. There's also an extensive article talking about the new telescope being built up at Lick Observatory on Mt. Hamilton that will help speed the process by automating the hunt; you can read it at http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=23539.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Irish Music in Santa Cruz
Special St. Patrick's Day Children's Events:
Traditional Irish Gaelic Children's Songs
Sunday, March 9th, 3pm - 4pm
Borders
1200 Pacific Ave
Santa Cruz, CA
This will give children and adults a chance to learn some fun, easy
songs in the Irish language, and some games, too!
Traditional Irish Gaelic Children's Songs
Sunday, March 16th, 2:30pm
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue
Capitola, CA
This will give children and adults in Capitola (or who missed it the
first time, or who want more) a chance to learn some fun, easy songs
in the Irish language, and some games, too!
Irish Storytime with Songs
Monday, March 17th, 11am
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue
Capitola, CA
AWARD WINNING CELTIC SINGER TO PERFORM FIRST WEST COAST CONCERTS
AT BORDERS IN DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ
Award Winning Celtic Singer, Harper, and Songwriter, Caera will give
three free, family-friendly concerts of Celtic music at Borders, 1200
Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, on three Fridays: January 25th, February
8th, and February 22nd, from 7 PM - 8:15PM.
These special performances will be Caera's first public concerts on
the west coast of the US. Caera, who recently relocated to Santa Cruz
from the Boston area, has been performing and teaching for the past
five years throughout the New England area as well as across the
Midwestern states, as far south as Georgia, and as far away as
Ireland. Caera is an accomplished musician with five albums to date,
one of which made it onto the ballot for the 2008 Grammy Awards in
October.
Caera is a singer, harper, and writer, who is very passionate about
the music, languages, and history of her Gaelic ancestors. She plays a
clairseach; a brass-strung harp modeled after medieval harps from
Ireland, and sings in all three Gaelic languages (Irish, Scottish, and
Manx) as well as other languages.
Throughout her career as a performing musician, Caera's singing has
often been compared to that of Loreena McKennitt, Moya Brennan (of
Clannad), Nóirín ní Riain, Karen Mattheson (of Capercaillie), Karan
Casey, and many other notable singers in Celtic music. Audiences rave
about her performances, "Now I know the angels sing in Gaelic," and "I
would walk on broken glass to hear you sing." Caera is an
award-winning sean-nos singer who competed this past November in an
t-Oireachtas, the national competitions held entirely in the Irish
language, every fall, in Ireland. In 2005, she was awarded Five Gold
Medals at the 25th annual Columbus Feis, in Ohio, celebrating the
culture and heritage of Ireland and the Irish people.
In performance and in teaching, Caera strives to make the Celtic
languages, especially Irish Gaelic, accessible and easy for anyone to
understand -- whether they only speak English or not, whether they are
familiar with traditional Celtic music or not, and whether they have
Celtic ancestry or not.
If you are looking for something new and interesting in Santa Cruz,
these concerts offer insight and information about Celtic music, as
well as a peaceful and powerful experience of it. Caera's concerts
are fun, relaxing and educational for the whole family.
These events are free and open to the public. Caera's CD's will be
available for sale at each concert. For more information please call
831-332-7609, or visit www.caera.info.
www.caera.info
www.myspace.com/IrishHarper
Traditional Irish Gaelic Children's Songs
Sunday, March 9th, 3pm - 4pm
Borders
1200 Pacific Ave
Santa Cruz, CA
This will give children and adults a chance to learn some fun, easy
songs in the Irish language, and some games, too!
Traditional Irish Gaelic Children's Songs
Sunday, March 16th, 2:30pm
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue
Capitola, CA
This will give children and adults in Capitola (or who missed it the
first time, or who want more) a chance to learn some fun, easy songs
in the Irish language, and some games, too!
Irish Storytime with Songs
Monday, March 17th, 11am
Capitola Book Cafe
1475 41st Avenue
Capitola, CA
AWARD WINNING CELTIC SINGER TO PERFORM FIRST WEST COAST CONCERTS
AT BORDERS IN DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ
Award Winning Celtic Singer, Harper, and Songwriter, Caera will give
three free, family-friendly concerts of Celtic music at Borders, 1200
Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA, on three Fridays: January 25th, February
8th, and February 22nd, from 7 PM - 8:15PM.
These special performances will be Caera's first public concerts on
the west coast of the US. Caera, who recently relocated to Santa Cruz
from the Boston area, has been performing and teaching for the past
five years throughout the New England area as well as across the
Midwestern states, as far south as Georgia, and as far away as
Ireland. Caera is an accomplished musician with five albums to date,
one of which made it onto the ballot for the 2008 Grammy Awards in
October.
Caera is a singer, harper, and writer, who is very passionate about
the music, languages, and history of her Gaelic ancestors. She plays a
clairseach; a brass-strung harp modeled after medieval harps from
Ireland, and sings in all three Gaelic languages (Irish, Scottish, and
Manx) as well as other languages.
Throughout her career as a performing musician, Caera's singing has
often been compared to that of Loreena McKennitt, Moya Brennan (of
Clannad), Nóirín ní Riain, Karen Mattheson (of Capercaillie), Karan
Casey, and many other notable singers in Celtic music. Audiences rave
about her performances, "Now I know the angels sing in Gaelic," and "I
would walk on broken glass to hear you sing." Caera is an
award-winning sean-nos singer who competed this past November in an
t-Oireachtas, the national competitions held entirely in the Irish
language, every fall, in Ireland. In 2005, she was awarded Five Gold
Medals at the 25th annual Columbus Feis, in Ohio, celebrating the
culture and heritage of Ireland and the Irish people.
In performance and in teaching, Caera strives to make the Celtic
languages, especially Irish Gaelic, accessible and easy for anyone to
understand -- whether they only speak English or not, whether they are
familiar with traditional Celtic music or not, and whether they have
Celtic ancestry or not.
If you are looking for something new and interesting in Santa Cruz,
these concerts offer insight and information about Celtic music, as
well as a peaceful and powerful experience of it. Caera's concerts
are fun, relaxing and educational for the whole family.
These events are free and open to the public. Caera's CD's will be
available for sale at each concert. For more information please call
831-332-7609, or visit www.caera.info.
www.caera.info
www.myspace.com/IrishHarper
Friday, January 11, 2008
Endangered Species in GGNRA
That's Golden Gate National Recreation Area (I think)
This is a new program they're doing this year that has a lot of interesting events. Here are the links:
Endangered Species Big Year Page
Calendar page
The only drawback for me is that many of these events start relatively early, a good two hour drive from our house. Still, I think we'll be trying to get to as many as we can.
This is a new program they're doing this year that has a lot of interesting events. Here are the links:
Endangered Species Big Year Page
Calendar page
The only drawback for me is that many of these events start relatively early, a good two hour drive from our house. Still, I think we'll be trying to get to as many as we can.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Orienteering in Berkeley
An announcement of an upcoming event from the Bay Area Orienteering Club:
Tilden Park
Berkeley, CA
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Event Type: (B) Regular 7-course BAOC event
Contact: Evan Custer, 925-254-5628, evan.custer@baoc.org
Latest Information: http://baoc.org/wiki/Schedule/2008/Tilden_Park
NOTE: THE EVENT DATE WAS STATED INCORRECTLY PRIOR TO THE OCTOBER
MONTHLY MAILING. THE DATE ABOVE IS CORRECT.
This will be the second use for our Tilden map. The "Swiss Mountain
Goat", Martin Kunz, will be the course setter. I'm sure he will produce
some interesting and challenging courses.
Assembly Area
Tilden is a very central park and is convenient to most Bay Area
residents. This is one of the main reasons we decided to map Tilden--
because of its close-in location. The assembly area will be at the same
place as last year at the Mineral Springs Group Picnic Area on Wildcat
Canyon Road. There is probably room for 60 cars in the parking lot, so
please park close together. Late comers may have to park on the
shoulder of the road (see below) or in several other relatively close
parking lots.
There will be remote Starts and a remote Finish. There will be two
Start areas: one for the Green, Red, and Blue courses, and another for
the other courses (White through Brown). There will also be a remote
Finish. It is about a 5-minute walk to the start areas, and about a
5-minute walk back from the Finish to the assembly area. Because of the
remote Finish, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD YOUR SI
STICK AT THE BLUE EP TENT NEAR REGISTRATION BEFORE YOU GO HOME.
Otherwise, we will not know that you have returned, and may have to
start a search party for you after the courses close.
Registration
Registration will be at the assembly area at Mineral Springs. Remember
that registration is a two-step process. First you fill out the forms
and pay your fee. Then, do not forget to go to the blue EP tent to
enter in the computer before you go out on your course. This is
important, because this is the main way we keep track of people who are
still out on the courses. We do not leave the area until everybody has
been accounted for, so for safety reasons, please check in at the EP
tent BEFORE going out on your course. It also significantly improves
the speed of the download process after your run if you are entered in
the computer before you download your results.
Map
The terrain was field checked and drawn in 2006 by Russian mapper
Vladimir Zherdev. The map is quite good. All maps will be printed at
1:10000 scale, and the contour interval is 5 meters. Standard IOF
orienteering symbols are used. Zherdev frequently uses the dotted-line
symbol for distinct vegetation boundaries, which many other mappers,
particularly in this country, do not use.
Terrain
Tilden Park is much like most of our Bay Area terrain: steep, lots of
rough open with scattered areas of pine and eucalyptus forest, and a
moderate amount of fight, which is mainly poison oak, brambles,
blackberries, and dense coyote bush. In the summer, the meadows are
filled with stickers, burrs and thistles, but by January the hostile
vegetation usually dies back and the rains beat it down, so there it
will not be a significant problem. The poison oak is mainly in the
reentrants, but since the event will be in the winter, the plant is not
quite as noxious as in the early spring; however, poison oak prevention
techniques should still be utilized.
The contour detail is relatively bland. Most of the competition area
will be on the side of a large hill, the park border being the ridge
line. There is a relatively dense trail network. There are some rock
features, many of which will be used as control points. The vegetation
is quite well mapped, particularly since the map is new.
Courses
All seven standard courses will be offered: White, Yellow, Orange,
Brown, Green, Red, and Blue--and also a Long Orange (adventure racer
training course). Course statistics will be published closer to the
event date, after the courses have been finalized.
Martin Kunz has been working hard on designing some interesting and
challenging courses. This year, the emphasis for the Green, Red, and
Blue courses will be on route choice. These courses will have several
long legs that have some challenging route choices. Your success will
largely depend on choosing quickly which route is optimal. Martin is
using some fresh terrain for the first half of those courses.
Also, because he wanted to use different terrain for the White and
Yellow courses, there will be remote Starts and a remote Finish. This
is so that the younger participants will not have to cross Grizzly Peak
Road in the middle of their course. The walk to the Starts is about 5
minutes, as is the walk back from the Finish. Because of the remote
Finish, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD YOUR SI STICK AT THE EP
TENT at the assembly area near registration after you return from your
run.
Electronic Punching
Electronic punching (EP) will be used on all courses. If you do not own
your own EP card (finger stick), you may rent one at the event. For
participants who have never used EP before, look at our User's Guide to
Electronic Punching (there's a link on the event Web page).
Beginner's Clinics
Beginner's clinics will be offered between 9:30 and 10:30, depending on
the demand. These short introductions to orienteering provide all the
information you'll need to complete a beginner (White or Yellow) course.
Volunteers
We will need volunteers to staff the usual tasks: starts, finish,
beginner's clinic, control pickup, etc. Please contact me to sign up.
Driving Directions
There are many ways to reach Mineral Springs in Tilden, depending on
what direction you are coming. Since you are an orienteer, you may want
to check a map. Here are a few possibilities:
From the east, take the Orinda exit from Rte. 24, and head north toward
Orinda Village and Richmond on Camino Pablo. Go about 3 miles, and turn
left at the signal onto Wildcat Canyon Road (Bear Creek Rd. goes off to
the right toward Briones Park), and wind your way up Wildcat for 3.1
miles. The Mineral Springs Picnic Area will be on your right, past
Inspiration Point, but before you get to the Botanical Garden.
If you are coming from the north or from Berkeley, it probably will be
easier to go up to Grizzly Peak Rd., east on Shasta, and right on
Wildcat Canyon Road past the Botanic Garden, and turn left into Mineral
Springs Picnic Area.
In the winter, the park closes South Park Drive, so if you are coming
from the south on Grizzly Peak Rd. from Claremont or Fish Ranch Rd., you
will not be able to take South Park Drive down to Wildcat Canyon Rd.,
but should continue to Shasta Road, and turn east.
If the lot is full, and it probably will be if it is a nice day, you may
park on the shoulder of the road if your vehicle is COMPLETELY off the
road and is not in a "No Parking Zone".
Tilden Park
Berkeley, CA
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Event Type: (B) Regular 7-course BAOC event
Contact: Evan Custer, 925-254-5628, evan.custer@baoc.org
Latest Information: http://baoc.org/wiki/Schedule/2008/Tilden_Park
NOTE: THE EVENT DATE WAS STATED INCORRECTLY PRIOR TO THE OCTOBER
MONTHLY MAILING. THE DATE ABOVE IS CORRECT.
This will be the second use for our Tilden map. The "Swiss Mountain
Goat", Martin Kunz, will be the course setter. I'm sure he will produce
some interesting and challenging courses.
Assembly Area
Tilden is a very central park and is convenient to most Bay Area
residents. This is one of the main reasons we decided to map Tilden--
because of its close-in location. The assembly area will be at the same
place as last year at the Mineral Springs Group Picnic Area on Wildcat
Canyon Road. There is probably room for 60 cars in the parking lot, so
please park close together. Late comers may have to park on the
shoulder of the road (see below) or in several other relatively close
parking lots.
There will be remote Starts and a remote Finish. There will be two
Start areas: one for the Green, Red, and Blue courses, and another for
the other courses (White through Brown). There will also be a remote
Finish. It is about a 5-minute walk to the start areas, and about a
5-minute walk back from the Finish to the assembly area. Because of the
remote Finish, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD YOUR SI
STICK AT THE BLUE EP TENT NEAR REGISTRATION BEFORE YOU GO HOME.
Otherwise, we will not know that you have returned, and may have to
start a search party for you after the courses close.
Registration
Registration will be at the assembly area at Mineral Springs. Remember
that registration is a two-step process. First you fill out the forms
and pay your fee. Then, do not forget to go to the blue EP tent to
enter in the computer before you go out on your course. This is
important, because this is the main way we keep track of people who are
still out on the courses. We do not leave the area until everybody has
been accounted for, so for safety reasons, please check in at the EP
tent BEFORE going out on your course. It also significantly improves
the speed of the download process after your run if you are entered in
the computer before you download your results.
Map
The terrain was field checked and drawn in 2006 by Russian mapper
Vladimir Zherdev. The map is quite good. All maps will be printed at
1:10000 scale, and the contour interval is 5 meters. Standard IOF
orienteering symbols are used. Zherdev frequently uses the dotted-line
symbol for distinct vegetation boundaries, which many other mappers,
particularly in this country, do not use.
Terrain
Tilden Park is much like most of our Bay Area terrain: steep, lots of
rough open with scattered areas of pine and eucalyptus forest, and a
moderate amount of fight, which is mainly poison oak, brambles,
blackberries, and dense coyote bush. In the summer, the meadows are
filled with stickers, burrs and thistles, but by January the hostile
vegetation usually dies back and the rains beat it down, so there it
will not be a significant problem. The poison oak is mainly in the
reentrants, but since the event will be in the winter, the plant is not
quite as noxious as in the early spring; however, poison oak prevention
techniques should still be utilized.
The contour detail is relatively bland. Most of the competition area
will be on the side of a large hill, the park border being the ridge
line. There is a relatively dense trail network. There are some rock
features, many of which will be used as control points. The vegetation
is quite well mapped, particularly since the map is new.
Courses
All seven standard courses will be offered: White, Yellow, Orange,
Brown, Green, Red, and Blue--and also a Long Orange (adventure racer
training course). Course statistics will be published closer to the
event date, after the courses have been finalized.
Martin Kunz has been working hard on designing some interesting and
challenging courses. This year, the emphasis for the Green, Red, and
Blue courses will be on route choice. These courses will have several
long legs that have some challenging route choices. Your success will
largely depend on choosing quickly which route is optimal. Martin is
using some fresh terrain for the first half of those courses.
Also, because he wanted to use different terrain for the White and
Yellow courses, there will be remote Starts and a remote Finish. This
is so that the younger participants will not have to cross Grizzly Peak
Road in the middle of their course. The walk to the Starts is about 5
minutes, as is the walk back from the Finish. Because of the remote
Finish, IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD YOUR SI STICK AT THE EP
TENT at the assembly area near registration after you return from your
run.
Electronic Punching
Electronic punching (EP) will be used on all courses. If you do not own
your own EP card (finger stick), you may rent one at the event. For
participants who have never used EP before, look at our User's Guide to
Electronic Punching (there's a link on the event Web page).
Beginner's Clinics
Beginner's clinics will be offered between 9:30 and 10:30, depending on
the demand. These short introductions to orienteering provide all the
information you'll need to complete a beginner (White or Yellow) course.
Volunteers
We will need volunteers to staff the usual tasks: starts, finish,
beginner's clinic, control pickup, etc. Please contact me to sign up.
Driving Directions
There are many ways to reach Mineral Springs in Tilden, depending on
what direction you are coming. Since you are an orienteer, you may want
to check a map. Here are a few possibilities:
From the east, take the Orinda exit from Rte. 24, and head north toward
Orinda Village and Richmond on Camino Pablo. Go about 3 miles, and turn
left at the signal onto Wildcat Canyon Road (Bear Creek Rd. goes off to
the right toward Briones Park), and wind your way up Wildcat for 3.1
miles. The Mineral Springs Picnic Area will be on your right, past
Inspiration Point, but before you get to the Botanical Garden.
If you are coming from the north or from Berkeley, it probably will be
easier to go up to Grizzly Peak Rd., east on Shasta, and right on
Wildcat Canyon Road past the Botanic Garden, and turn left into Mineral
Springs Picnic Area.
In the winter, the park closes South Park Drive, so if you are coming
from the south on Grizzly Peak Rd. from Claremont or Fish Ranch Rd., you
will not be able to take South Park Drive down to Wildcat Canyon Rd.,
but should continue to Shasta Road, and turn east.
If the lot is full, and it probably will be if it is a nice day, you may
park on the shoulder of the road if your vehicle is COMPLETELY off the
road and is not in a "No Parking Zone".
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