Saratoga Contemporary Artists: John Robert Peck, an instructor at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, demonstrates portraiture. April 2, 10 a.m. Share/Care Center, 14376 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga. Cafe Pink House: April 1, Kat Parra Latin World Ensemble, $15. April 2, Pamela Rose with Tammy Hall Trio, $15. April 6, Danny Green Trio with Harvey Wainapel, $15. All shows at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. 14577 Big Basin Way, Saratoga. cafepinkhouse.com, 408-647-2273. Saratoga History Museum: Exhibits focusing on local history. Admission and parking are free. Museum is open Friday-Sunday, 1-4 p.m. 20450 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road. 408-867-4311 or saratogahistory.com.

Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, “The Battle for Hearts and ballet shoes 6 letters Minds: World War II Propaganda.” 11 a.m.-4 p.m, Tuesdays-Saturdays, through Feb, 2, Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, Stanford University, Free, 650—723—3563 or www.hoover.org/library-and-archives/exhibits/112296, Beginner Square Dance Class, 7:30-8:30 p.m, Jan, 8 and 15, The San Mateo Roadrunners, caller, Jim Osborne, Beresford Rec Center, 2720 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo, Free, 650-762-8008 or www.smroadrunners.org..

“It seemed funny to me because she is so torn, and he’s the object,” says Coppola, who admits being embarrassed to ask Kidman and Farrell to do the scene but adds, “They were pros.”. The director, who had never worked with Kidman, imagined her in the role of Martha when writing the script. For two other key roles in the film, Coppola turned to actresses she was familiar with. She cast Dunst in her first film, 1999’s “The Virgin Suicides,” and later in the title role in 2006’s “Marie Antoinette” and thought of her for Edwina, the vulnerable, repressed schoolteacher.

Parsons Dance will provide a sleek, contemporary profile (Oct, 7) with enough classicism at its roots to be a bridge to the Russian National Ballet Theatre, returning with the classic ballet “Giselle” (Feb, 7), The Rae Dorough Speaker Series board handpicks the presenters for LVPAC’s popular speaker series that admits Livermore Joint United School District students free of charge (other students receive a reduced ticket price), This year’s notably ballet shoes 6 letters strong offerings include experts addressing high-profile topics: sports-related concussions, the “college admissions arms race,” ever-popular, ever-dreaded earthquakes and the latest developments in scientists’ understanding of cancer and genetics..

Ji Soo is now a second year student at the Juilliard School, in the studio of Ida Kavafian, and will be spending this year’s spring break with Pamela Freund Striplen, Yana Reznik, and Lafayette’s Gold Coast Chamber Players as they prepare and present their fourth concert of the 2014-15 season. The March 14 performance is scheduled to include Janacek’s Pohadka (Fairy Tale) for Cello and Piano and Dvorak’s Bagatelles for String Trio and Harmonium, Op. 47, among others. Tickets — $37.50 general, $32.50 senior, $10 student — can be bought at www.gcplayers.org or by phone at 925-283-3728.