Palo Alto Events

The Ikea store in East Palo Alto exists in an alternative architectural universe.

MUSIC Stanford Savoyards The Stanford Savoyards will present Gilbert & Sullivan's "Iolanthe" tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford's Dinkelspiel Auditorium.

There's something about the human voice. A great saxophonist can part the Red Sea with a thunderous chorus, and no one much notices.

As a little girl in Taiwan, Bih Tau Sung listened to the folk songs of street artists as they traveled on foot performing at teahouses and hotels for change.

Condoleezza Rice may call the forbidden island, Cuba, an "outpost of tyranny," but to many Bay Area travelers, it looms in the imagination like Shangri-La. In Havana, music is everywhere; there are free ...

Stan Sussman used to go there to rent videos. Now, he goes there to pray. The building could, in fact, be called Emek Blockbuster, out of respect to its former incarnation.

If Peter Paul Rubens were a creature of the 21st century, rather than the 17th, he would have been a bona fide superstar.

The courtship begins with an exchange of suggestive looks across the trees. Next comes an offering, a choice twig.

Last month, high school students showcased their talents with their "AP Studio Art Annual Art Show" at the San Leandro History Museum and Art Gallery.

Embedded? Hell, No. The type of combat photos Catherine Leroy made in Vietnam aren't being taken in Iraq.

The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Foundation will present Opera Verdi Europa's La Traviata at 8 p.m. Tues., April 26 in the Fred Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.

A delightful display of photographic effort is hanging in the Milpitas Community Center.