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Cultural Events Fox Theatre and Club Fox 2209 Broadway, downtown Redwood City Tickets available at www.clubfoxrwc.com 650- 369-7770 Club Fox (formerly the Little Fox) is up and running with tickets on sale and the calendar coming together. Two great shows are lined up for Halloween weekend. The new Club Fox really wants to support local talent as well as touring acts, with ZEBOP!, Pop Fiction, Luce and the Bingtones all representing the Bay Area. Club Fox Friday, Oct. 29 Woodstock Halloween featuring ZEBOP! Santana tribute band and Liquid Sky, a tribute to Jimi Hendrix Doors 7 p.m. / show 8 p.m. $12 adv. / $14 door www.zeboptributetosantana.com Saturday, Oct. 30 Antsy McClain and the Trailer Park Troubadours Doors 7 p.m. / show 8 p.m. $22 adv. / $25 door www.unhitched.com Friday, Nov. 12 Pop Fiction — Northern California’s premier party band Doors 7 p.m. / show 8 p.m. $13 adv. / $15 door www.PopFictionLive.com Saturday, Nov. 13 An Evening With Gino Matteo featuring special guest Tip From the Top Doors 7 p.m. / show 8 p.m. $13 adv. / $15 door www.ginomatteo.com/schedule/upcoming Saturday, Nov. 20 Luce Doors 7 p.m. / show 8 p.m. $14 adv. / $16 door www.luceband.com Friday, Nov. 26 “Club Fox Comedy Kickoff” with Dan St. Paul, Mark Pitta and Johnny Steele Doors 7 p.m. / show 8 p.m. $15 adv. / $18 door Saturday, Nov 27 The Bingtones and the Tribal Blues Band Doors 7 p.m. / show 8 p.m. $16 adv. / $18 door www.thebingtones.com Fox Theatre Friday, Nov. 5 Tainted Love Show 8 p.m. $18 adv. / $20 door www.taintedlove.com www.SpectrumMagazine.net Friday, Nov. 12 Robert Cray Band Show 8 p.m. $25–$49 www.robertcray.com San Mateo County History Museum 2200 Broadway St., Redwood City 650-299-0104 www.historysmc.org Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. $2–$4; free for children 5 and under The History Museum is housed inside the historic 1910 County Courthouse. Over 50,000 people visit the museum each year, and the number of local residents who hold memberships is growing. The History Museum teaches approximately 14,000 children each year through the on- and off-site programs. The museum houses the research library and archives that currently hold over 100,000 photographs, prints, books and documents collected by the San Mateo County Historical Association. Ongoing Exhibits The Great Rotunda. The stained-glass dome of the rotunda, thought to be the largest in a Pacific Coast public building, is the architectural highlight of the museum building. Courtroom A. The oldest courtroom in San Mateo County has been restored to its appearance in 1910. Nature’s Bounty. This exhibit gallery explores how the earliest people of the Peninsula used the natural resources of the area and how those resources were used to help build San Francisco after the discovery of gold in 1849. Journey to Work. This exhibit gallery shows how transportation transformed San Mateo County from a frontier to suburbs. Carriage Display. An exhibit of the museum’s 30 horse-drawn vehicles. Charles Parsons Gallery. An exhibit of the 23 historical model ships created by Charles Parsons of San Carlos. Politics, Crime and Law Enforcement. The Atkinson Meeting Room includes the Walter Moore Law Enforcement Collection of historic badges. San Mateo County History Makers: Entrepreneurs Who Changed the World. The exhibit chronicles the entrepreneurs who made San Mateo County internationally known. Visitors are invited to review biographies of such innovators as A.P. Giannini (who created the Bank of America and lived in San Mateo) and other entrepreneurs whose innovations have left a substantial impact. Land of Opportunity: The Immigrant Experience in San Mateo County. The exhibit tells the stories of the diverse people who came to the area and highlights the experiences of early immigrant groups of the late 1800s, including the Chinese, Japanese, Irish, Italians and Portuguese. Living the California Dream. The exhibit depicts the development of the suburban culture of San Mateo County. The Celtic Tiger: The Irish Economic Miracle. The exhibit explores how the Bay Area has participated in Ireland’s current economic boom. Special Exhibits 100-Year History of the Courthouse. Exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 1910 County Courthouse (through Dec. 31).
Kennedy Middle School Welcomes Alumni Into Hall of Fame Success is measured differently depending on one’s intentions, but setting any goal often starts with a dream while one is little. The Kennedy Middle School community welcomed former students who found success in a number of fields. Many of the alumni who attended had been previously inducted into the Redwood City school’s Hall of Fame. However, three — Dennis Haussler, Kristina Holland and Jorge Martinez — were inducted during a free community event on the school campus, located at 2521 Goodwin Ave. Regardless of how long these alumni have been Hall of Famers, they all come together to emphasize that anything is possible with hard work. Holland recalled dreaming of dance as a young girl at Goodwin, which is what Kennedy was called at the time she attended. She would walk to take dance classes and later studied singing and acting. “My first professional jobs were in musical theater — singing, dancing and acting,” she said. Those first jobs led to a number of others in television, most notably as Tina Rickles on “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father,” a show that aired from 1969 to 1972. Holland has since left Hollywood behind, following an interest in psychology, particularly the work of Carl Jung. “A part of me was thinking, ‘Oh gosh, I can’t change [my career]. I already chose,’” she said. Making such a change is becoming much more common. With great trepidation, Holland applied and was accepted to graduate school. She has a practice today in the East Bay focusing on artists and people with artistic sensibilities. “The further I’ve gone along, the more I realize [the careers] aren’t exactly the opposites I thought they were. I realized after a while, as a performer, I was most interested in what’s going on under the surface, not just the lines they are saying, but the person underneath,” she said. Holland hopes children realize change is OK. “You can change your mind. If you just give your all to whatever you’re doing at the moment, once you get old and look back at it you see it all was important,” she said. Holland joins the ranks of many others from Kennedy who followed their passion and were previously added to Kennedy’s Hall of Fame. Many of those individuals were on hand to celebrate the new inductees. For 61-year-old Michael Shrieve, his passion started when he was passing by the band room at Kennedy and saw the percussion section performing by the door. “That day I went and bought my first drumsticks and acquired three carpet samples to practice on,” he said. Shrieve, who now lives in Seattle, became a well-known drummer. He played with Carlos Santana from ’69 through ’74. Shrieve is also known for an impressive solo during Woodstock. “It is just hard work. I was fortunate to have success at a very young age. It’s what happens after the success that is the most challenging,” he said. Success, and living in a different state, hasn’t kept Shrieve from Redwood City. Every few years he returns to Kennedy with his sons to perform for the kids. The thing about inspiration is it can strike at any point. John Radetich was just a skinny kid who was always on the B team when one of his physical education teachers suggested the high jump. Radetich had seen Valery Brumel, a Russian high jumper, on television and thought it was a fun idea. He got some training books and began to improve. During his eighth-grade year, Radetich was lucky enough to see Brumel live at Stanford University, where the Russian broke a world record. “From that time I kind of focused on it and continued to high jump through high school,” he said. Radetich chose Oregon State, thinking he would be the best high jumper in the school but ended up being one of three able to jump 7 feet. A teammate had created a new style of jumping — one Radetich resisted until not qualifying for a major meet his senior year. The change boosted Radetich’s performance at the first professional track and field event, where he broke Brumel’s record. “Sports mirrors life. The successes you get from that, you learn a lot from those failures too,” he said. Athletics and children became Radetich’s focus. Now retired, he spent 29 years working with the Boys & Girls Clubs. The Arthur and Marilyn Miller love story started on Kennedy’s playground, which was then Goodwin. Both Arthur and Marilyn were inducted three years ago. “I remember it exclusively, walking down a ramp and saw this guy — I was in fourth grade. He was playing handball. I said I was going to marry him,” she said with a laugh. Arthur didn’t figure out their connection until Woodside High. While she waited for him, Marilyn took to dating others and enjoying life. She wanted to become an attorney, but when Art went to medical school, Marilyn decided one of them needed to work. She earned her teaching credential. “I’ve been one of those lucky people in life. I’ve always left my jobs loving them and ready to do something else,” said Marilyn. Gaining the leadership skills to get such a luxury dates back to Goodwin for Marilyn. She recalled learning to understand leadership skills while there, preparation that enabled Marilyn to serve as the first commissioner of social activities at Woodside. She tried to bring that opportunity to the children she taught. Marilyn retired from her position as superintendent in 2009 after 34 years in the Hillsborough City School District. Arthur, 67, also ended up in the world of education. He began life planning to become a minister but changed direction. “The biggest challenges of changing direction and going into science [were] having enough motivation to want to succeed among so many other much more outstanding people who were going into science, but there is always a place for someone who has a passion about their work,” Arthur said. He’s spent 35 years as a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, since following that passion. Arthur’s experience includes numerous degrees, and he joined the Brain Research Institute to do work on the central nervous system. “It is nice to have a school look back over its history and invite you, and give you a sense of its long-term commitment to children and the quality of the children that go to a local public elementary school in a small town,” said Arthur, who lives with Marilyn in neighboring San Carlos. Unlike Arthur, 51-year-old Jeff Richardson knew he wanted to be a pilot early in life. The idea only grew when, in science class, Richardson made a rocket. “I don’t know if they’d let you do that now. But it was neat,” he said. From there, it was just a matter of classes. Richardson started with gliding flights and ended up getting his private license in San Carlos, then worked to earn what was needed to be commercially rated before finishing his training in Arizona. He eventually taught and got married in Arizona. “Somewhere there’s a 3-minute reel of me taking off in an airplane and, as I came back, I could barely see over the top of the thing,” he said. In December 1985, Richardson was hired by American Airlines, where he currently works as a captain. After a short stint in Dallas, Richardson moved back to the Bay Area, taking flights out of San Francisco. “The funny part about being a pilot is when I get home, my wife says let’s go somewhere, like asking the postman to go for a walk on his day off,” he said with a laugh. To date, he’s logged over 18,000 hours of flight in a variety of planes to different destinations but most frequently heads to Hawaii. When inducted in 2000, Richardson questioned why he would be included. The idea, as it was explained to him, was to honor different accomplishments, like sticking with a goal. This thought was welcomed as Richardson described the variety of “successful” individuals honored at Kennedy. Maybe a student will look at the wall and not want to be an athlete but find another future goal. The key, Richardson said, is sticking with it. Gary Beban may be one of the most well-known people whose photo rests in the Hall of Fame, which is located in the gymnasium named in his honor. The 64-year-old, who now lives in a village outside of Chicago, thought he’d be a teacher when he grew up. Beban was on track to do so as a history major at the University of California, Los Angeles. Instead, he decided to continue with his football success. Beban earned the Heisman Trophy thanks to his performance as quarterback for UCLA. He then played two seasons with the Washington Redskins before leaving the sport behind. Rather than be a teacher, Beban found a new passion that paid a bit better. He began work with CB Richard Ellis, a global real estate company, for which he is currently an advisor. “I found a business I truly enjoyed. It’s challenging and stimulating and I’ve been at it for the last 41 years,” he said. Beban is looking forward to actually seeing the inside of the building that bears his name and sharing with kids what hard work can do. “We all lived somewhere in those neighborhoods,” he said. “Some of the [students] may be living where we did. … Here’s a chance for us to support them and give them part of the vision that hard work and studies … will be as beneficial today as it was to us.” Editor’s note: This article appeared first in the Daily Journal newspaper. The Spectrum 15
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