LAVA concludes ‘Friday Movie Nights’
The Los Altos Village Association concludes its free “Friday Movie Nights” with a showing of “Toy Story 3” 8:30 p.m. Friday in downtown Los Altos.
Main Street will close 5 p.m. between Second and Third streets. Attendees may set out chairs, sleeping bags, blankets and picnics beginning at 6 p.m. Seating is first come, first served.
Food will be available for purchase, and a bounce house, face painter and balloon artist will provide pre-show entertainment.
For more information, call 949-5282 or visit www.downtownlosaltos.org.
Library hosts lecture on Dutch, Flemish masters
Fine-arts docent Kay Payne is scheduled to present an illustrated lecture, “Golden Light, Glorious Color: Dutch and Flemish Paintings from the Van Otterloo Collection,” 7:30 p.m. today in the program room of Los Altos main library, 13 S. San Antonio Road.
The private collection of Dutch Old Masters belongs to Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo and is on display at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco through Oct. 2.
The selection of paintings includes premier examples of quin- tessentially Dutch subjects from portraits to still lifes, landscapes and charming scenes of everyday life. Collectively, the works chronicle a 17th-century Holland that served as a model for early American society and culture.
The collection features paintings by Rembrandt, Frans Hals and Hendrick Avercamp.
For more information on the lecture, call 948-7683.
Senior commission compiles resource binder
The Los Altos Senior Commission has compiled and distributed a Resource Information Binder for seniors, their children and caregivers.
The information binder has six categories: Transportation, Education, Food and Meal Programs, Health Services, Housing and Social Participation. It does not identify specific businesses, but provides contact information that can help seniors research available resources.
The binders are available at the
Los Altos Senior Center Travel Desk, Los Altos City Hall, Los Altos Chamber of Commerce, Los Altos main and Woodland libraries and the town of Los Altos Hills.
Local galleries get ‘Rhythm’
Two downtown Los Altos art galleries have joined forces for “Rhythm ’n’ Blue,” a group show scheduled to run through Aug. 30.
Thirty artists from Gallery 9 – including local residents Shu-shia Chow, Carol Hake, Roy Harrington, Judy Keyani, Steve Curtiss and Bill Scull – have created rhythm-and-blues-related themes in paint, mixed media, sculpture, photography and print.
Local residents Nancy Calhoun, Carol Mead and Barbara von Haunalter are among the 14 artists from Viewpoints Gallery who conceived their interpretations in oils, watercolor, pastels, mixed media and ceramics.
Located at 143 Main St., Gallery 9 is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call 941-7969 or visit www.gallery9losaltos.com.
Viewpoints Gallery, located at 315 State St., is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call 941-5789.
