Community calendar
SPECIAL EVENTS
Sunnyvale Farmers Market: Enjoy fresh fruits, vegetables and arts and crafts from local growers and artisans. Saturdays, 9a.m.-1 p.m. Murphy and Washington avenues, Sunnyvale. Urbanvillageonline.com/ markets/sunnyvale.
SENIORS
Sunnyvale Senior Center:
The center offers a variety of services and activities, billiards room, fitness center, table games, trips, classes and lunches every weekday. 550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale. 408-7307360, Sunnyvale.ca.gov. Senior Nutrition Program:
Hot meals served along with camaraderie. Must be age 60 or older and a resident of Santa Clara County. Monday-friday, live dance music at 9:30 a.m., lunch at 11a.m. First United Methodist Church, 535Old San Francisco Road, Sunnyvale. Sunnyvaleumc.org/mission/ seniornutrition.html.
THEATER/ARTS
Princess Ida: Lamplighters Music Theatre presents Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta. Feb. 22-23. Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St, Mountain View. $26-$66. 650-903-6000. https://tickets.mvcpa.com
Wartime in Sunnyvale:
The year 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, and this exhibit looks back to 1942, when Washington Park became training grounds for recruits and Sunnyvale was inundated with soldiers. Along with many photographs, the exhibit features military paraphernalia from both WWI and WWII. Feb. 23-Aug. 31; museum hours Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, noon- 4p.m. Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum, 570 E. Remington Drive. 408749-0220, http://www. heritageparkmuseum.org
The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Foothill Music
Theatre presents the Tony
Award-winning musical, adapted from Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel of the same name. Audiences are invited to solve the murder of its title character in this a play within a play. Feb. 27-March 15. Lohman Theatre, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos
Hills. $12-$36. www.foothill. edu/theatre, 650-949-7360.
Smuin Contemporary Ballet: Dance Series 1 features “The Man in Black,” choreographed by James Kudelka to the country sounds of Johnny Cash; former Smuin artist Rex Wheeler’s “Take Five,” set to the jazz music of Dave Brubeck; and Michael Smuin’s “Carmina Burana,” set to the Carl
Orff score. Feb. 27-March 1. Center for the Performing Arts. 500Castro St., Mountain View. $25-$79. 650-903-6000, www. smuinballet.org
Dry Powder: A slick corporate drama about finance, power, privilege and integrity. Feb. 28-March 7. Louis B. Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University. $10-$22.
SCU Orchestra: Santa Clara University’s concerto and aria winners are the featured soloists. Feb. 29, 8p.m. Mission Santa Clara, Santa Clara University. $10-$22.
Freaky Friday: Sunnyvale Community Players present a musical based on Disney’s iconic body-switching comedy. Through March 8. Sunnyvale Community Theatre, 550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale. $16-$29. https://tickets.vendini.com
Choral Project: The Silicon Valley-based choir performs “Art of Sound: Oceans of Song.” The centerpiece of the concert will be the Northern California premiere of “The Ocean Between Us,” a work by Matthew Lyon Hazzard for choir, piano, strings, and tuned wine glasses. Feb. 22, 7-9p.m. Mission Santa Clara de Asis, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. $10-$25. https:// www.choralproject.org
Women Pathmakers: An art exhibit in conjunction with Silicon Valley Reads honors women whose courage and creativity helped change the world. Through March 12. Euphrat Museum of Art, De Anza College, Cupertino. www.deanza.edu/ euphrat, 408-864-5464. Fine Arts League of Cupertino: The group meets the second Monday of the month, 7-9 p.m., and welcomes visitors. Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N. Stelling Road, Cupertino. Visit falc.org or call Janki at 408-863-9991.
LECTURES/LEARNING/ MEETINGS
All Addictions Recovery Meeting: The Joy of the Lord meeting welcomes those with all types of addictions to its weekly meetings. The group has 29 years of experience in recovery principles from the 12steps of AA. Mondays, 7:30 p.m. Abundant Life Church, 10100 N. Stelling Road, Cupertino. joyofthelordrecovery.org
Racists Anonymous: RA holds weekly meetings to better understand how to confront discrimination on anything based upon outward appearance including race, gender, LGBTQ and disability among others. RA is a 12-step program patterned after AA. Thursdays, 6:45-7:45 p.m. United Congregational Church, 1112 S Bernardo Ave., Sunnyvale. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous: FA holds free meetings for anyone in the community who may be suffering from overeating, food obsession, undereating or bulimia. Everyone is welcome, including those who are concerned about someone who may be suffering. FA is a nonprofit 12-step fellowship based on the principals of Alcoholics Anonymous. Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. St. Jude’s Church, room 5, 20220 Mcclellan Road, Cupertino. 415-248-9347.