LA student carries big role in ‘Little Prince’

Not long after the curtains opened Saturday night on San Francisco Opera’s “The Little Prince,” Los Altos seventh-grader Tyler Polen took center stage.

Polen, 12, is alternating with another young singer in the show’s title role. He bleached his hair to play the enigmatic blond prince who flies between planets delivering snippets of philosophy.

Legends of radio to re-create days of ‘Hi-Yo Silver’

Well before the days of talk radio and shock jocks came the sound of hoofbeats and a cry of “Hi -Yo Silver” from the Lone Ranger.

The San Francisco Museum and Historical Society has scheduled “The Golden Memories of Radio,” a program that will re-create nostalgic examples of radio newscasts, daytime soap operas, commercials, jingles and prime-time bits, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St., San Francisco.

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Downtown Los Altos farmers market

The farmers market on State Street opened for the season last week, and its stalls are bright with spring vegetables. Watch for peas, spring onions and spring garlic, and get them before they give way to summer stone fruit.

Lifestyles Briefs

A La Carte & Art

A La Carte & Art, Mountain View’s art and food event, scheduled 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 17 and 18, kicks off the festival season with live music, crafts and snacks as well as a chef demonstration tent.