Santa Clara County Local News: Art & Culture

The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association dished out $65,000 in donations to various organizations during a ceremony at Gilroy Presbyterian Church, continuing its long-standing tradition of giving back to the community.

In a triumph for the arts community, TheatreWorks raised $4 million, which not only met but exceeded its fundraising target of $3 million for the “Save TheatreWorks Now” campaign.

Locally, the city of Palo Alto hosted its third annual interactive media art festival, Code:ART. Six installations—which included dynamic projections and immersive activations with responsive sound, light and game-based experiences—were installed by local and international artists along storefronts and blank walls, in alleys and parking lots.

The Gilroy Center for the Arts has opened its doors for veterans, providing them with a contemplative space to display their artwork and mementos from their time in the service.

Only at the Tech Interactive can the history of one award include Ted Turner, Khaled Hosseini and will.i.am. This weekend, the Black Eyed Peas founding member will receive the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award.

Gilroy artist Steven Pattie is featured in a new solo exhibition at the San Francisco Zen Center. Titled “Perambulations in Words, Art, and Spirituality: The Art of Steven Pattie,” the exhibit features Pattie’s recent photographs, paintings, words and constructions.

This year’s Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival will be showing some well-known classics as well as introducing new art.

The SJSFF returns for its 15th year, packed full of more than 100 world-renowned films and spread over 15 screening blocks. The festival includes filmmakers from all over the world, who will also be hosting Q&A sessions after their films.

Brothers James and Joel Myrick, longtime Morgan Hill residents, have spent countless hours writing; editing film and sound; and using public wifi in the plaza under the giant oak tree on East Third Street in the city’s downtown to create their latest film project, which will premiere Oct. 7.

Merging art genres is exciting, and New Ballet will be previewing its upcoming dance season amid the art and gallery exhibits at the Museum of Art.

Smuin Contemporary Ballet celebrates its 30th anniversary year with Dance Series 1, a sequence of evocative dances in harmonious succession.