Halloween starts early for marchin’ Spartans
Mountain View High School Marching Band has scheduled its annual Community Thank You and Giant Garage Sale for 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Spartan Stadium, 3535 Truman Ave. Garage sale donations can be taken to the site 5-9 p.m. Friday.
Come for the bargains and stay for the free preview of the band and color guard’s new field show, “Midnight in Transylvania,” at 4 p.m. Band volunteers are preparing seven full-sized coffins, bat-winged costumes for the color guard, capes for the percussion session and vampire outfits for the drum majors.
The Spartans’ first competitive performance of the season, the Cupertino Tournament of Bands, is scheduled for Oct. 8. The marching band and color guard will parade down Stevens Creek Boulevard between Wolfe and Torres at approximately 11 a.m., then compete at Cupertino High School that evening.
For more information about the garage sale, call 969-5118. For more information about the field show, call 940-4647.
Waldorf schedules arts and crafts fair
Waldorf School of the Peninsula has scheduled its fourth annual Arts & Crafts Faire for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 15 on the campus, 11311 Mora Drive.
More than 30 artists and artisans will sell handcrafted jewelry, paintings, photographs, ceramics, textiles, drawings and more. Children will be able to participate in several crafting activities especially for young artists.
In addition to its academic curriculum, Waldorf teaches craftsmanship through knitting, sewing, crocheting, gardening, bread-baking, soup-making and playing the recorder and the
violin.
Admission and parking are free. For more information, call Francesca Harbert at 948-8433, ext. 105, or visit www.waldorfpeninsula.org.
NASA Ames hosts Sally Ride festival
The Sally Ride Science Festival for fifth- through eighth-grade girls is scheduled 11 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Sunday at the NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Mountain View.
The festival provides an opportunity to meet and listen to Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; workshops by women in professions ranging from aerospace engineer to veterinarian; and features a street fair with experiments, food and music. Parents and teachers are welcome.
The cost is $18 in advance and includes lunch and all festival activities and materials. Advance registration is required. To register or for more information, visit www.SallyRideFestivals.com or call (800) 561-5161.
Foothill looks under Europa’s icy mantle
Astronomer Cynthia Phillips will present “Jupiter’s Tantalizing Moon: Water (and Life?) Under the Ice of Europa,” a nontechnical, illustrated talk, at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 in the Smithwick Theatre at Foothill College.
Although Europa’s surface is cold and frozen, there is evidence that, under the ice, it has an ocean of warmer, liquid water. In her talk, Phillips will explore Europa’s geology, focusing on the prospects for water and the possibilities of life in that deep alien ocean.
Phillips is a principal investigator for a number of projects examining Europa and Mars at the SETI Institute. She specializes in the geology of planetary surfaces and the search for life in the solar system. She worked with the Galileo spacecraft imaging team to help design observations of Europa and other moons of Jupiter. She is coauthor of “The Everything Astronomy Book” and “The Everything Einstein Book,” both published by Adams Media.
The lecture is presented as part of the sixth annual Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture Series sponsored by Foothill College, NASA-Ames Research Center, SETI Institute and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Admission is free and the public is invited. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Arrive early to find parking. Lecture attendees must purchase a parking permit for $2 (eight quarters). Parking lots 1, 3, 5 and 6 provide access to the theater. Foothill College is located on El Monte Road off Interstate 280 in Los Altos Hills. For more information, visit www.foothill.edu or call 949-7888.
TV production course for middle schoolers
KMVT Community Television will hold workshops 3:30-5:30 p.m. twice weekly for six weeks to introduce sixth- through eighth-graders to video production. Students will use KMVT’s studio and equipment to gain basic skills in screenwriting, storyboarding, camerawork, sound design, acting, directing and editing as they produce two studio and field videos that will be broadcast on KMVT 15.
Four sessions will be offered through December. The cost is $250 per attendee.
For more information, call Emily Rowley at 968-1540.
Personal safety for young children
Los Altos Parent Preschool has scheduled a seminar on personal safety for children 0-5 years old 7-9:30 p.m., Oct. 20, in the Los Altos High School Eagle Theater, 201 Almond Ave. Parents, guardians, teachers and other school personnel are encouraged to attend.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 at the door.
For more information, call 947-9371 or e-mail speaker@lapp.coop.
