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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 or tickets.foxrwc.com
Fox Theatre
• Kalapana Live! 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12.
• Broadway by the Year. 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov.
17 – Sunday, Nov. 20.
• The Fab Four. 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.
Club Fox
• Cold Feat (Club Fox Blues Jam). 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 9.
• The Stone Foxes and Vanaprasta. 9 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 10.
• New Sun CD Release. 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11.
• Aja Vu Steely Dan Show with Alien Cowboys.
8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12.
• Silly Sundays featuring Rodger Lizaola, Alvin
Williams and Frankie Quinones. 8 p.m. Sunday,
Nov. 13.
• The Night of Tele-Evangelists (Club Fox Blues
Jam). 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16.
• The Coffis Brothers & Allofasudden. 8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 17.
• Journey Unauthorized. 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18.
• Damage Inc., Roses and Guns, Points North and
• Bad Boy Eddy. 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19.
• Gelb Music Presents Gelbapalooza I. 3 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 20.
• Daniel Castro (Club Fox Blues Jam). 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 23.
• An Evening of Pink Floyd with “House of
Floyd”. 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.
• Kaye Bohler (Club Fox Blues Jam). 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 30.
San Mateo County
History Museum
2200 Broadway St., Redwood City
650-299-0141
www.historysmc.org
Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
$5 for adults, $3 for seniors and students,
free for children 5 and under
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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.
‘First Fridays’ Storytime
Big Red Barn: Stories From the Past
Friday, Dec. 2, 11 a.m.
Come listen to a story about life on a farm. Hear
the story “Big Red Barn” and make your own
miniature sheep to take home. Then join us in the
museum’s Nature’s Bounty exhibit to learn about
farming in San Mateo County. General admission.
Hands-On History
Origami Holiday Fun With Linda Mihara
Saturday, Nov. 12, 1–4 p.m
San Mateo County History Museum will present
a lecture on origami, followed by an origami
workshop led by Linda Tomoko Mihara. Mihara
began folding origami at the age of 5. She is a
third-generation Japanese American who learned
the art from her parents and grandparents. Attendees
will learn how to create an easy Santa, a tree and
star just in time for the holidays. A materials fee
of $3 for members and $7 for nonmembers will be
charged. RSVP by Nov. 4 as space is limited.
New Exhibit at History Museum
Honoring Steve Jobs
The San Mateo County History Museum is proud
to announce a new addition to our permanent
exhibit San Mateo County History Makers:
Entrepreneurs Who Changed the World.
The new exhibit features an original 1988
NeXT computer and will discuss NeXT Inc., the
company local Woodside resident Steve Jobs
founded in Redwood City after leaving Apple in
1985. Tim Berners-Lee used NeXT technology
to create the World Wide Web and, according to
Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement speech, “the
technology … developed at NeXT is at the heart
of Apple’s current renaissance.”
Also on view are books, brochures and an
original NeXT decal given away free with the
purchase of the computer.
Tribal Communities in a Bountiful
LandscapeLifeways of the Ohlone
Indians of the San Francisco and
Monterey Bay Area
On the Courthouse Docket
Saturday, Nov. 19, 1 p.m.
Local archaeologist Mark Hylkema will discuss
the archaeology and ethnography of the ancestral
Ohlone people.
In 1769, when the first Spanish expedition
reached Monterey and learned of San Francisco Bay,
they encountered numerous tribal communities
that lived in a bountiful landscape. Over a period
of over 10,000 years, tribal communities adapted
to several major environmental transitions, and
archaeological research has found that tribes
Cruz County coast developed an early focus
on marine resources. Neighboring tribes of the
Santa Clara Valley and San Francisco Bay shore
developed a different economic focus, creating an
exchange system that eventually promoted more
complex levels of social organization.
Hylkema is the Santa Cruz District Archaeologist
for California State Parks and manages cultural
resources within 32 parks in an area ranging
from San Francisco to the Pajaro River. Hylkema
also works on many other projects throughout
the state and has 31 years’ experience in
California archaeology, with an emphasis on
Native American culture. In addition to his role
with State Parks, he is an adjunct professor of
anthropology at Foothill College and has taught
anthropology courses at Santa Clara University,
University of California at Santa Cruz, De Anza
College, Ohlone College and Cabrillo College.
After the presentation, visit the Nature’s Bounty
exhibit and see a chert scraper over 5,000 years
old that was discovered during Hylkema’s dig
at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. It is the oldest
artifact found in San Mateo County.
The Courthouse Docket is a monthly series
of lectures, presentations and performances
exploring different themes in local history. The
program is held in the San Mateo County History
Museum’s historic Courtroom A. The Courthouse
Docket 2011 series is sponsored by Cypress Lawn
Heritage Foundation.
Images of America: Woodside
Author event and book signing
Thalia Lubin and Bob Dougherty
Sunday, Nov. 20, 2–4 p.m.
Local authors and historians Thalia Lubin and
Bob Dougherty will sign copies of their new
book, “Woodside.” The town prides itself on
having no traffic lights and giving horses the
right of way. Just released, this book contains
dozens of images of the village and surrounding
countryside. The book sells for $21.99.
Free Admission Day
Family Past-Times Program
Holiday Tree Treasures & Handbell Choir
Saturday, Dec. 3, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Create holiday ornaments to take home! Try your
hand at making these old-fashioned holiday tree
treasures: baubles with old-time images, colorful
gingerbread ornaments, Dresdens, gewgaws,
Sebnitz ornaments and Christmas cornucopias.
The San Francisco State University Handbell Choir
will perform a variety of holiday tunes at 1 p.m. Held
in conjunction with Redwood City’s Hometown
Holidays celebration and free to the public.
58th Annual Exhibition for
the Society of Western Artists
The History Museum is housed inside the historic
1910 County Courthouse. Over 50,000 people
The Society of Western Artists will be presenting
visit the museum each year, and the number of
a demonstration of a three-color watercolor
local residents who hold memberships is growing.
painting on Nov. 19, 1 p.m., at the SWA Gallery,
The History Museum teaches approximately spread along the San Mateo County and Santa 2625 Broadway, Redwood City.
14,000 children each year through the on- and (continues on page 22)