On June 24, the Saratoga Historical Foundation will recognize four residents who have made their mark on the town in the fifth annual “Honoring Saratogans” event. This year’s honorees are longtime community leaders Marilyn White, Bill Gorman, Jack Mallory and Ann Waltonsmith. We spent a little time getting to know these community members. Marilyn White has spent the majority of her 92 years — “wow, that’s a lot,” she laughed — living in Saratoga. She has devoted herself to local projects including the town’s Sister City program, the Network Breakfast Club and the Saratoga Chamber of Commerce. But the Vermont native did not immediately warm to California.
Troy is played blue tones, hand embroidered, slip one flats, ballet, handmade guatemalan textiles, huipil, guipil by 11th-grader Dustin Craig, who has never done theater before, “He’s a break dancer on campus who wanted to dance in the musical, I asked him if he wanted a speaking part — turned out he has a great singing voice,” Galli said, Kyla Henderson, also an 11th-grader, takes on the part of Gabriella, “She’s been in plays since she was very young and was in last fall’s production at Skyline, She’s dedicated and a joy to work with,” Galli said..
Keith Sutter / Smuin BalletSmuin Ballet dancer Erica Felsch performs in Santa Baby, part of the company s holiday show. San Francisco s Smuin Ballet describes its holiday show The Christmas Ballet, Uncorked! as an ever-changing carousel of mischief and elegance. Indeed, you ll find ballet, modern dance, tap and swing styles delivered with sass and class in this holiday program, which includes the world premiere of Amy Seiwert s Caroling, Caroling/Bright, Bright, set to a number by the Chanticleer vocal choir. The show is in its final run, through Dec. 27, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Tickets are $24-$67 at smuinballet.org.
If Moukarbel caught a particularly personal moment on a hot mike — for instance, Gaga in a different room talking to her assistant, who had sound equipment on — he requested her permission before using the audio in the film, The clip ended blue tones, hand embroidered, slip one flats, ballet, handmade guatemalan textiles, huipil, guipil up being one of the most raw in the movie, with the singer discussing how she goes “from everyone touching (her) all day and talking at (her) all day to total silence.”, “All these people will leave, and then I’ll be alone,” she says, her voice quaking, “There’s no reason to lie and put a bow on it to make it look pretty in the times when it’s not,” she says now, “It’s very different living in the public eye all the time, It changes you, It’s extremely isolating, and it is even more isolating when the world thinks that you’re living the high life.”..
To commemorate the Santa Clara County Library District’s 100 years of service, the Saratoga Library held a free special event on Oct. 11 with activities including a performance by magician Kim Silverman, 3D printing demonstrations, robotics, Ikebana flower arranging, henna body art and Lego-inspired engineering demonstrations. Gov. Jerry Brown signed “Audrie’s Law,” a bill that increases punishment for juveniles convicted of sexually abusing unconscious and disabled victims. The bill, SB 838, authored by Sen. Jim Beall, is named after Audrie Pott, the 15-year-old Saratoga student who took her own life two years ago after she was sexually assaulted by three teenage boys while unconscious during a Labor Day weekend party. Audrie’s father, Larry Pott, said the family was “thrilled” that the bill had passed, while both Beall and Sheila Pott, Audrie’s mother, indicated there is more work ahead.
