The plant was torn down 10 years ago for a planned professional baseball park that didn’t pan out, so the publicly owned one-acre site has remained vacant ever since. At some point the prancing pig started to fizzle out before coming to a complete standstill. “Pieces have been going out over the past two years,” Preservation Action Council Executive Director Brian Grayson said in an interview. “I don’t know when the dancing part finally finished, and of course, now it’s not dancing at all.”.

The series is an outgrowth of the School of Arts and Culture that has operated at the plaza for the past few years under the direction of Tamara Alvarado, Among the talented roster of producers and artists — many with East Side personalized sterling silver ballet shoes necklace with sterling silver bead and swarovski pearl, dancer gift, recital gift,gift roots — that have signed on for the project, “Two Miles East,” are Demone Carter, Quynh Nguyen, Tommy Aguilar, Robertino Ragazza, Omar Rodriguez and Amiri Baraka, The series name, by the way, refers to the distance from downtown to the Mexican Heritage Plaza, which doesn’t seem so far when you put it like that..

BalaGokulam: A class for children to learn and appreciate the roots of Indian American culture, spiritual growth via shlokas, mental growth via yoga meditation, pranayaam and physical growth via yoga and Surya Namaskar. Sundays, 2:30-4 p.m. Joan Pisani Community Center, 19655 Allendale Ave., Saratoga. Free, RSVP required to tinyurl.com/SaratogaClass. Yoga for Beginners: Instructor Mrs. Dharwadkar runs this weekly yoga session. Sundays, 5-6 p.m. Joan Pisani Community Center, 19655 Allendale Ave., Saratoga. Free. RSVP is required to tinyurl.com/saratogaclass.

In addition to the special matchmaking evening, Role Players invites audiences to attend the 2 p.m, Jan, 19 performance of “The Matchmaker” and then stay for a screening of the movie “Hello Dolly” starring Barbra Streisand, which received its inspiration from the play, The film begins at 5 p.m, For tickets to any of the shows or special events, call 925-312-3400 or go to www.roleplayersensemble.com, The highly theatrical piece follows Gant (Brian Herndon) and his acting troupe (Drummond, Patrick Jones and Sarah personalized sterling silver ballet shoes necklace with sterling silver bead and swarovski pearl, dancer gift, recital gift,gift Moser) as they embark on an evening of storytelling, All the performers assume a wide variety of characters (and even stuffed bears) with ease as playwright Anthony Neilson’s bizarre stories unfold..

Another treasure in her collection is similarly fragile and was probably made in the late 19th century. The glass ornament with a half moon face belonged to Paull’s mother. It still bears wax drippings from the days when candles were lit in the Christmas tree. Adams, who has lived in San Jose almost 50 years, also crafts tiny room settings, vignettes and items like the fully decorated 10-inch Christmas tree that sits under a dome. Perhaps her crowning achievement, however, is a 5-foot tall doll house that sits year-round on a table in the dining room. Naturally, it’s filled with adorable miniatures she’s either collected or made, and it’s currently decked out in its holiday finery.