The Almanac

The Almanac Online serves as the local news and information hub for the communities of Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, and Woodside, which are all situated on the Midpeninsula just south of San Francisco. Their website, www.AlmanacNews.com, offers regular news updates, a discussion area known as Town Square where residents and visitors can share thoughts and information on various topics, and additional resources aimed at connecting people with details about community events and services.

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What's up this weekend: Lake Street Dive, author Meg Waite Clayton and more

1 day ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

Lake Street DiveSummertime at Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater seems like the perfect time and place to catch the bright, joyful energy of Lake Street Dive’s sunny blend of soul, funk and retro pop, Their warm, uplifting 2024 album, “Good Together,” aims to offer an antidote to modern ills such as isolation and tech overload, according to their label. Known for live shows that really connect with the audience, the five-piece makes its debut performance at Frost.
Festival celebrates the roots of jazz and its many branches

1 day ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

The Stanford Jazz Festival has always been a wide-ranging event, blending a summer of educational experiences for young people with six weeks of performances for the public, in which top jazz artists serve as both instructors and performers.
Former Ravenswood, Menlo Park schools administrator finds new home

4 days ago | almanacnews.com | Christian Trujano

The Pleasanton Unified School District Board of Trustees has named Interim Superintendent Maurice Ghysels as the top choice for the district’s new permanent leader, following two months of candidate interviews and nearly a full year since former superintendent David Haglund left his post.
Time and time again: The Smithereens' Jim Babjak talks songwriting, the band's longtime lineup and what's next for the group

1 week ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

The Smithereens don’t live up to their name in one particularly special way: The moniker suggests fracture and destruction, but the band’s lineup has been strongly cohesive over their 45 years together — and has roots that go back even further. While in high school in Carteret, New Jersey, guitarist Jim Babjak met future bandmates drummer Dennis Diken and bassist Mike Mesaros, and they began playing together in the 1970s.
What's up this weekend: Chiara Izzi, Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish), TechFest, Classical on the Square and more

1 week ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

Chiara IzziIt’s an “Italian Jazz Affair” this weekend at Meyhouse Palo Alto with chanteuse and songwriter Chiara Izzi. Now based in New York, Izzi, who hails from Italy, brings a wide range to originals, jazz favorites, standards and showtunes, with Brazilian and pop influences. Izzi sings in Italian, Spanish and English and sounds equally at home nimbly scatting as she does bringing plaintive and soulful interpretations to more downbeat tunes.
A look at how Palo Alto's Stanford Theatre celebrated turning 100

1 week ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman |Anna Hoch-Kenney

Downtown Palo Alto’s Stanford Theatre marked a triple-digit milestone with a special event on June 9, held 100 years ago to the day that the theater opened its doors. To take audiences back to the time when the theater was new, the Packard Foundation, which purchased and renovated the theater in the late ’80s, screened silent films throughout last week.
Things to do this week: Wine walk teams up with 3rdThursday; Juneteenth at Movies on the Square and more

1 week ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

LoCal Libations and 3rdThursdayOn the heels of celebrating its second anniversary last month, Palo Alto’s 3rdThursday live music event helps ring in the summer on the eve of the solstice with performances by three bands: classic rockers The Dream Tellers, community choir The World Harmony Chorus and bluegrass band Stoney Mountain Ramblers.
‘Find out what you’re capable of’: Ledecky offers advice to Stanford grads

1 week ago | almanacnews.com | Gennady Sheyner

Long before Katie Ledecky became one of America’s most decorated swimmers, she was a 15-year-old in London, making her Olympics debut and trying to psych herself up for her first international meet in front of a crowd that included members of the British royal family.
TheatreWorks stages shiny new '5 & Dime'

2 weeks ago | almanacnews.com | Karla Kane

With “Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical,” TheatreWorks Silicon Valley offers a world premiere of a musical with roots in a cult-classic play and film of the same name. The 1970s-set show tells the story of the reunion of a James Dean fan club in small-town Texas. Back in 1955, the beloved heartthrob filmed the movie “Giant” nearby, shortly before his tragic death.
What's up this weekend: Oh He Dead, art receptions and more

2 weeks ago | almanacnews.com | Heather Zimmerman

Oh He DeadThis D.C.-based band has a sound that’s very much alive with soul, R&B and some retro rock’n’roll grooves, led by the striking vocals of CJ Johnson, whose sound can be velvety and a little gritty, sweet and a little salty all at once.