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Learn to Skype
September 6 Adults are invited to learn to navigate the mysteries of Skype and online video conferencing at 10 a.m. today at the Half Moon Bay Library at 620 Correas St. in Half Moon Bay. It’s free. 726-2316.
Capture the essence of the land
September 9 Starting with an opening reception from 2 to 5 p.m. today, the Coastside Land Trust presents paintings, photography, collage or mixed media of about 25 artists in its “Fall Festival Show” through Oct. 26 at the gallery at 788 Main St. in Half Moon Bay. Artists were encouraged to use pumpkin themes since the show overlaps the Pumpkin Festival. The art “exhibits the spirit of the San Mateo Coast,” said trust Office Manager Lindsay Peterson. 726-5056.
Taking a few steps
September 11 The first Peninsula Athletic League cross-country meet takes place at 3 p.m. today at Half Moon Bay High School. Five races will be held in the afternoon, starting with varsity boys, followed by varsity girls. There is no admission charge.
Have no doubts
Petruchio from “Taming of the Shrew.” The HMB Shakespeare Company will do a more modern take on the play.
Tame that shrew
September 7 You don’t often find Shakespearean plays performed on the Coastside. Enter local residents and seasoned theater professionals Robert Pickett and Mollie Stickney, who resolved that dilemma by co-founding the Half Moon Bay Shakespeare Company to produce provocative, enlightening and publicly accessible, classical theater productions locally each autumn, including Shakespearean plays. The group will make its Half Moon Bay debut Sept. 7 with “The Taming of the Shrew,” the Bard’s well-loved comedic romp of the sexes, structured in a black-cocktail-dress, Felliniesque style and set in the late 1950s/early ‘60s. A cast of roughly 20 actors from around the Bay Area, with a handful of Coastsiders, will perform the production at 7 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16, at Cameron’s Restaurant and Inn Outback. Seating will be on the lawn; guests are encouraged to bring only low lawn and beach chairs and to dress warmly. Admission is $20 per person. For information, visit hmbshakespeare.org.
September 14 Coastal Repertory Theatre probes the role that doubt plays in human affairs with “Doubt, a Parable.” In a Catholic school in the Bronx in 1964, the principal is sure that a priest is abusing a student, but her rigid opinions clash with more relaxed standards around her, which leads to examination of moral dilemmas. The show runs at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 6 at the theater at 1167 Main St., Half Moon Bay, with admission $15-$30. (650) 569-3266.
A new career
September 14 Coastside octogenarian Kathryn “Katie” Murdock was a dancer, teacher, occasional actor and now playwright who will see two original one-act plays — “Time Was” about surprises in life and “Partitions” about letting go of preconceived ideas of others — come alive in free performances on the stage of Pacifica Spindrift Players, Sept. 14– 16. (650) 738-1788.
What’s up in fashion
September 16 Don your best duds and come to the Half Moon Bay Library at 2 p.m. when the library presents a docent from the deYoung Museum in San Francisco. The docent will talk about the current show presented at the deYoung, “A Taste for Mode,” which has to do with the world of fashion. Free. 726-2316.
The best tastes of the coast
September 16 Again this year Senior Coastsiders will present the benefit “A Taste of the Coast,” from 5 to 8 p.m. at Sea Crest School at 901 Arnold Way in Half Moon Bay. At least a score of Coastside restaurants and food vendors will showcase their choicest dishes for sampling, and there will also be a raffle and silent auction of goodies from local merchants. Tickets are $60 in advance until Sept. 13, $50 for seniors 65 and above; $75 at the door. 726-9056.
A salute to Cal Tjader
September 23 New York pianist Michael Wolff directs a jazzy musical tribute to the late Cal Tjader in concert at 4:30 p.m. at the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society. As a young man, Wolff played with Tjader, and in this concert his arrangements of some of Tjader’s favorite Latin and jazz numbers will be performed by some of the few remaining Bay Area players who share those roots. “He’s a giant as far as I’m concerned,” said Bach owner Pete Douglas. Tickets are $40. 726-4143. S E P T E M B E R
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