Oktoberfest, First Friday & More: Silicon Valley Events, Oct 2-8
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Oktoberfest, First Friday & More: Silicon Valley Events, Oct 2-8
"Jessica Monette: Root Me in the Soil-Jessica Monette's installation, the second Project Room exhibition at the de Saisset, will explore familial memory, presence and absence, and place. Free. Reception Oct 2; runs until June 13, 2026. de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara. scu.edu/desaisset Fri, Oct 3 The Art of Murder-The Pear Theatre opens its 24th season-dubbed Hidden Truths-with a play by Joe DiPietro."
"Artist Jack Brooks invites his art dealer to his secluded home for a business discussion, but revelations of ambition and revenge push the meeting into much darker territory. $45. Oct 3-19. The Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida, Suite A, Mountain View. thepear.org Paul Cornish-A Houston-born pianist who's now based in LA, Cornish honors the jazz tradition while forging a new path forward."
An installation titled Root Me in the Soil by Jessica Monette occupies the de Saisset Museum Project Room, exploring familial memory, presence and absence; reception Oct 2 and the installation runs through June 13, 2026 at Santa Clara University. The Pear Theatre opens its 24th season, Hidden Truths, with The Art of Murder, a play about artist Jack Brooks confronting ambition and revenge, running Oct 3–19 in Mountain View. Pianist Paul Cornish performs jazz at SJZ Break Room on Oct 3 at 9pm. Randi Weingarten presents a talk about teachers and attacks on schools on Oct 3 at Kepler's. Heart's Delight exhibition opens Oct 3 at Chopsticks Alley Art through Dec 13, and Bay Area Glass Institute hosts a Glass Pumpkin Patch at Santana Row Oct 3–5.
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