Arts + Entertainment

The curtain goes up on the nights a nude model is being drawn... ...as renowned portrait artist John Robert Peck works with his Tuesday evening charcoal drawing class at the Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company. Workshops are offered thru NUMU, too, and commissions are accepted. Dinah Cotton...

On Dec. 7, at 2pm, Beyond Text Bookstore in Los Gatos will host a book signing with Ellen Kirschman, author of the newly released Call Me Carmela. This psychological thriller follows police therapist Dot Meyerhoff as she helps a young woman uncover her roots, while...

When the touring show “Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown” returns to the Campbell Heritage Theatre on Nov. 17, Prospect (Saratoga) High School String Quartet will join the professional musicians on stage to lend some local talent to this homage to the British...

Community calendar from the pages of the Sept. 21, 2022 edition of the Los Gatan newspaper. Discovery Shop anniversary Discovery Shop Los Gatos, 39 E. Main St., will celebrate its 57th year with a storewide sale on Sept. 24. Benefiting the American Cancer Society, the shop...

When Campbell resident Yulia Shuvkashvili, 32, heard about the April 8 protest in Los Angeles against Nurlan Saburov, a Kazakhstani comedian with ties to a TV channel run by Russian government-owned Gazprom, she figured she’d stage a Bay Area reprise. So on Monday night, along...

The CineLux Theater at 43 N. Santa Cruz Ave. will host comedian Mark Lundholm Jan. 17, from 11am-1pm, for a live comedy fundraiser in support of a nonprofit created to boost mental health and preserve traditional practices of Indigenous people. Admission is just $40. A...

It was midday on Tuesday and Santa Cruz resident Jordan Lipaz, 27, the co-founder of Lit n’ Loud Productions, was once again scrutinizing the logo to be printed on unique merchandise for an upcoming show he’s organizing in Los Gatos. Lipaz—aka Lapositive—had been going back-and-forth...

This past Saturday evening, Villa Montalvo came alive with art, in spite of the unexpected rain. Over the past 20 years, the Lucas Art Program has hosted over 1,300 resident artists at Montalvo. Eleven studios were open for tour and exploration. This evening started with appetizers, then...

Yasemin Hadivent strode confidently up West Main Street in Los Gatos, rocking a colorful, comfy coat she’d picked up while at a shop in Italy, her bright green eyes full of optimism and wonder. Just a few weeks ago, the Turkish tabloids were abuzz with...

This July, Los Gatos Youth Theatre (LGYT) is bringing “Sound of Music” and “Freaky Friday” back to life. The 13-year-old non-profit is fast approaching its summer performances with Artistic Director Heather Stokes at the helm.  LGYT’s Encore group started rehearsing for “Freaky Friday,” a Disney...