Full Spectrum Jazz Big Band will be at the Los Gatos Lodge tonight, Thursday, November 19, from 7:30 to 10:00. The band will play 2 sets. There’s no cover or minimum.
Los Gatos Lodge
50 Los Gatos/Saratoga Road
Los Gatos, CA 95032
(408) 354-3300
(this is not a paid ad... I just like their music so am giving a plug)
Each year during Thanksgiving week, several local faith communities join together to give thanks and welcome the entire community to join them at an interfaith service. The loacation rotates from one house of worship to another annually. This year it will be Tuesday, Nov. 24th at 7:30 pm at Congregation Shir Hadash (located at 20 Cherry Blossom Lane, Los Gatos - just off Shannon Road).
Donations of food and funds will be collected for charitable organizations. A reception will follow the service. All are welcome!
Sponsoring communites are:
Congregation Shir Hadash
Faith Lutheran Church (ELCA)
Los Gatos United Methodist Church
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church
The Baha'i Faith of Los Gatos
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Los Gatos Ward
The Presbytarian Church of Los Gatos
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Los Gatos
Halloween is fast approaching, but there are still a few more events in and near Los Gatos to get you into the spirit!
At Oak Meadow Park, once again the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce is putting on the Haunted Halloween Forest and Goblyn's Glen (to benefit the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad and more). For tickets and more information, please call 408-395-7433 or visit Website. Next two events are Friday and Saturday of this week, from 7 - 10pm.
There are many, many more Halloween events the rest of this week posted on Craigslist. If you click on the link below, it will take you to an extensive collection of Halloween events in Siicon Valley. Scroll down to
October 26 - 31
South Bay:
and there you'll find 22 items listed in San Jose, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Los Altos and all over the south bay.
The St. Mary's Country Fair in downtown Los Gatos is back through Sunday the 11th at 5pm.
This year the fair is a little more kid-centric and there are more inflated play structures. Things are not all where they were in the past, but the best of the best is all still there: great food, live entertainment, games, rides, and goods to purchase. (Jim and I just got back in from enjoying supper and a 2.5 hour stint overseeing the Obstacle Course - part playhouse, part inflated balloon attraction).
Everyone's welcome. The fair's proceeds are split between the school and the parish, and helps to support outreach work in the community too. Please stop on by! The fair can be accessed off of West Main Street and Lyndon Avenue or off of Bean Avenue near Tait. There's no entry fee!
Once a month or so, the highly talented band, Full Spectrum Jazz, performs at the Los Gatos Lodge. Over the summer they played at Jazz on the Plazz in Los Gatos, so you may be familiar with them already. This is a local group, and a few members are even residents of the town of Los Gatos. Their next performance there will be in the evening of October 15th (please check the schedules online at the band's website and the Lodge's website).
Full Spectrum Jazz plays a variety of jazz styles, and at times also employ a vocalist. When we were there in mid-September, Duane Lawrence joined them for part of each set. Duane has a beautiful voice & is an enthusiastic singer - the two complimented each other very well.
Below are some photos I took in mid-September. Unfortunately the lighting was such that members to the far left and far right were not too well illuminated, so my apologies that a number of band members and Duane Lawrence are not in these pics (they just didn't turn out). Come check them out for yourself two weeks from now! (There's no cover charge and drinks & munchies are reasonably priced.)
The Los Gatos Lodge is located at 50 Los Gatos - Saratoga Road, Los Gatos, California. (Los Gatos-Saratoga Road is also known as Highway 9) It is just east of Highway 17, between the freeway and Los Gatos Boulevard. There's plenty of parking too.
The highly appreciated Los Gatos Historic Homes Tour will be returning on November 7 - 8, 2009, 10am to 4pm each day. Seven beautiful Los Gatos homes will be on display, with docents at each home to point out special aspects of the home.
Not only are the homes lovely to see, but it's a fabulous way to get a taste of the history of Los Gatos. I highly recommend this event, particularly to folks new to the town!
Tickets are $35 per person. Learn more at www.MuseumsOfLosGatos.org. Proceeds go to support the towns two museums (one a history museum, the other an art museum).
Would you like to volunteer to help put it on? You can do that and enjoy a free pass to the homes on tour.
Overall, we have enjoyed a milder summer here in Los Gatos this year. We didn't have quite so many days that broke a hundred degrees. Just as well, since there were more "staycations" here too!
As the summer begins edging toward fall, perhaps you're not feeling relaxed and energiezed - maybe you've been all work, no play. But even if you're not going on a trip, you can still indulge in a little local R & R, and much of it's at no cost. Need a couple of ideas?
San Jose State also has a great, free music concert series called the Summer Pops Music Series that just began on Aug 22nd and the San Jose Music in the Park has one more event left. Please visit the San Jose Metblogs page for the schedule (which includes both) - there are four more to come, including one later today)
Are you "music'd out"? Need something else to do? Few more ideas:
Testarossa's Wine & Cheese Weekend is happening now! Today from noon to four pm, visit the Testarossa tasting room and for $10 per person, sample five cheeses along with their delicious wines. (Also note Sept 6th, "Music on the Patio". See site for more info.)
Los Gatos enjoys two museums (one art, one history) plus a museum gallery. Events and museum access are low cost to free - please see the museums' events page online for details
For a list of more venues, from the RIngling Brothers Circus to Mountain Winery events, please visit the Merc's events page online - loads of local events in San Jose, Saratoga, Campbell and all over Silicon Valley
Got a favorite local event? Feel free to post it in a comment below. Although normally I delete "ads" that seem like spam, this time I'll make an exception - feel free to promote YOUR favorite local South Bay event here on Live in Los Gatos!
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Each year during Thanksgiving week, several local faith communities join together to give thanks and welcome the entire community to join them at an interfaith service. The loacation rotates from one house of worship to another annually. This year it will be Tuesday, Nov. 24th at 7:30 pm at Congregation Shir Hadash (located at 20 Cherry Blossom Lane, Los Gatos - just off Shannon Road). 
Halloween is fast approaching, but there are still a few more events in and near Los Gatos to get you into the spirit!.jpg)
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