The Bay Area Review October 20, 2017

South Valley Review

VOL. 1, NO. 17

October 20, 2017

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Cityteam Celebrates 60th Anniversary

Page # 4 Local High School String Quartet to Join Beatles vs. Stones Show Tour on Campbell Stage

Page # 11 Update On Our Afghan Refugee Family Dinner guests enjoying an evening of fine dining.

The staff that serve the homeless every day.

Left: Culinary Chef Reynolds Stewart

Each day Cityteam serves 600 meals to anyone in need in the San Jose area. They also provide 1,500 food boxes to low-income families

each month. In addition, Cityteam provides shelter, showers, clothing and residential recovery programs for men, women and children. Thousands

of men and women have transformed their lives after graduating from Cityteam’s programs.

Cityteam recently celebrated their 60th Anniversary serving the needs of those struggling with poverty and homelessness in Santa Clara County. The staff decided to make it a special night for the homeless that come each night for a much needed meal and shelter. They turned their dinning room into a five star restaurant with waiters, white

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Rocky Horror Show Changes Location; Adds Benefit Performance for Wildfire Relief

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Rocky Horror Show (LIVE) has been moved to San Jose Stage Company due to the cancelation of Famous Monsters Halloween Bash at San Jose McEnery Convention Center.

When the violent Northern California wildfires swept through Napa and Sonoma counties, half of the staff of Famous Monsters (the producers of Cosmic Con) were evacuated from their homes and many have not been allowed back to their neighborhoods. The

Famous Monster offices in Sonoma are now closed to protect the staff against ash pollution. Famous Monsters had no choice but to cancel Cosmic Con 2017 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center October 27 - 29.

Said Senior Manager of FM Philip Kim, “My team and I are grateful to everyone who trusted us and believed in our show.

It has been one of the hardest decisions of my Famous Monsters career, but we are officially canceling Famous

NEW LOCATION San Jose Stage Company 490 South 1st Street San Jose, CA 95113 TICKETS:

General Admission: $35 - $50 Halloween Night Performance: $35 - $70 Saturday, October 28 at 11:30: FREE with donation of any size to Wild Fire relief.

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Monsters Halloween 2017.”

Ticket holders to any of the Rocky Horror Show performances scheduled for October 27 and 28 at the Convention Center location have the option of either attending performances at San Jose Stage Company or having their ticket purchases refunded.

A special performance of Rocky Horror Show has been announced for Saturday, October 28 at 11:30pm. This performance is “Pay

As You Can” with all proceeds benefiting local Community Foundations for Napa and Sonoma.

A portion of the proceeds from all other performances will continue to benefit St. Baldrick’s Foundation and their fight to conquer childhood cancer.

St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a registered 501(c)(3). Federal I.D. number 20-1173824.

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Concerto Local High School String Quartet to Join Beatles vs. Stones Show Tour on Campbell Stage When the touring show Beatles vs. Stones – A Musical Showdown comes to the Heritage Theatre on Sunday, October 29, the Mountain View High School String Quartet will have the privilege of joining the professional musicians on stage to add some orchestral texture to the evening.

The two greatest rock ‘n’ roll bands of all time face off in Beatles vs. Stones - A Musical Showdown. Taking the side of the Fab Four is Abbey Road, one of the nation’s top Beatles tribute bands. With brilliant musicianship and authentic costumes and

gear, Abbey Road plays beloved songs spanning the Beatles’ career. They engage in a “showdown” of the hits with Stones tribute band Satisfaction The International Rolling Stones Show, who offer a faithful rendition of the music and style of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and the bad boys of the British Invasion. The production includes multimedia, period costumes and vintage instruments. It has toured for years, with a critic for the Los Angeles Times at one point declaring: “this is the most unique tribute show in decades.” The Campbell show is part of a 125 city tour of the U.S.,

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Seniors Cecilia Jing, Hannah Spray, Nathan Horowitz and junior Coral Chen will join the bands for the songs “Eleanor Rigby,” “Yesterday,” “A Day in the Life,” “Hello Goodbye,” “Hey Jude,” “As Tears Go By,” and “Ruby Tuesday.”

All quartet members perform with the MVHS Chamber Orchestra, the school’s most advanced ensemble, which received a Gold rating for its performance at the 2016 New York International Music Festival at Carnegie Hall. Members belong to prestigious area orchestras, including the California Youth Symphony and the El Camino Youth Symphony.

Cecilia Jing, 17, has been playing violin for 12 years. She is the Concertmaster of the MVHS Chamber Orchestra and played with the El Camino Youth Symphony.

“I enjoy playing in orchestra and experiencing how each section’s music complements each other,” said Jing.

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Hannah Spray, 17, has been playing the violin for seven years. She also plays the ukulele, guitar and piano. She performs with her school’s chamber orchestra and was a member of the California Youth Symphony for five years.

“Playing in orchestra allows you to communicate your feelings and emotions to the other musicians and the audience without verbalizing,” said Spray.

Coral Chen, 16, has been a violist for six years.

She plays with the MVHS Chamber Orchestra and was a member of the California Youth Symphony for five years.

“I enjoy the sound of the viola,” said Chen. “It sounds like a human voice to me.”

When he was nine years old, Nathan Horowitz heard Cello

Concert No. 1 and immediately decided he wanted to learn to play the cello. He plays with his school’s chamber orchestra and performed with both the El Camino Youth Symphony and the California Youth Symphony.

“I love the deep and passionate sound of the cello,” said Horowitz.

The performance will be at the Heritage Theatre on Sunday, October 29 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are $35/$45/$55 and may be purchased online at www.heritagetheatre.org, by phone at (408) 8662700, or in person at the box office. The Heritage Theatre is located at 1 W. Campbell Avenue, Campbell 95008. There is ample free parking. The show is appropriate for all ages.

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To take part in this celebration, 61 Partners in Reading learners have written stories that are published in the new PAR book, My San Jose.

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• Homeowners and renters in designated counties who sustained damage to their primary homes, vehicles and personal property as a result of the recent storms may apply for disaster assistance.

• Disaster assistance may include grants to help pay for temporary housing to include rental and lodging expense, emergency home repairs, uninsured and underinsured personal property losses, and medical, dental and funeral expenses caused by the disaster, along with other serious disaster-related expenses.

• Disaster assistance grants are not taxable income and will not affect eligibility for Social Security, Medicaid, medical waiver programs, welfare assistance, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, food stamps, Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance.

• Low-interest disaster loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) may be available for businesses of all sizes (including landlords), private non-profit organizations, homeowners and renters. Low-interest disaster loans help fund repairs or rebuilding efforts and cover the cost of replacing lost or disaster-damaged real estate and personal property.

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Helping Hands Cityteam Celebrates 60th Anniversary Cont’

Volunteer holding a tray of food

Ruth Peterson serving cake to a quest.

linen tablecloths, china plates, filet mignon steak, chicken and homemade mash potatoes and corn bread. Plus gift bags for each guest. Over 150 guest were very surprised and grateful for everything that Cityteam

has done for them.

Volunteers put aprons on and learned how to become instant waiters.

Also another group of volunteers helped cooked the five star dinner along side Cityteam’s Culinary Chef – Reynolds Stewart.

“Cityteam treats me like a real person every day. I am so grateful.

The dinner was amazing.

At my age, I don’t have good teeth anymore but the steak tonight was so tender that I could enjoy it”, said Doug, a guest for the evening.

“I sat at table 19 and the volunteer waiters were so good. I had the best night with a great dinner”, said Bob, a dinner guest.

“I have never been a waiter before. It’s a very busy job. I loved the way

the guest’s eyes lit up when we brought them their dinner on a white china plate. You could tell they felt special. I am honored to be a volunteer with Cityteam. It is a wonderful organization that really helps people in their time of need,” said Kim – Cityteam volunteer Glen Peterson, Cityteam’s new president along with his wife Ruth became waiters for the evening and welcomed everyone to this special night to honor what Lester

and Pauline Meyers founded back in 1957 here in San Jose. Glen shared how Cityteam has grown over the years to include San Francisco, Oakland, Portland and Chester, Pennsylvania.

Cityteam’s mission is to care for the immediate needs of low-income families and the homeless and providing lasting solutions.

“I am excited to lead this organization at a time where so many unmet needs exist in our society. I didn’t want to sit on the side lines any more – I wanted to be a part of the solution and encourage others to do the same,” said Peterson.

“It’s truly an honor to be part of an organization that has touched the lives of countless people, and I want to recognize the incredible work that was done by my predecessor, Pat Robertson, to make that happen. Together,

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Valley Extra Our Corner of the Valley

By Scott Taper

Recently, I polled an eighth grade class regarding issues that they thought might be good for me to write about. Their list follows, in order of suggestion: Pollution, wildfire, natural disasters, food, a fire in one of the buildings at their school, global warming, and social media. All, except two, concerned the environment and I wondered why. Perhaps the last, seemingly unrelated responses were more related the others than I first thought.

Children and young adults do not get their news from TV and newspapers; they use social media as Facebook and Twitter. An incident, such as a fire at

their school made it real for some of these kids, especially during such devastating within 2-3 hours drive.

A Google search revealed that there were 340 million videos on FB about the wildfires, Facebook and Google spread misinformation about the Las Vegas shootings, including pictures of the wrong man. And I can’t help but think that they may become the most misinformed generation… or the most distrustful since the 60-70s Baby Boomers mantra, “Don’t trust anyone over the age of 30!”; “Question Everything” and “Don’t trust The Man” have since turned into “Save the Whales”, and “Stop Big

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I have also talked with other students at other schools that were not as affluent as the above school. Their concerns are much more basic: Having a place to live; fitting in with the other students; and bullying.

They have heard about the fires, the shootings in Las Vegas, etc., but they haven’t reached that point on Maslow’s pyramid of

self worth and fulfillment that postulates they must fulfill their basic needs to move up the pyramid.

Yet, both students are in the same boat, facing a future where they will be in charge making the decisions that will determine the future of the next generations. Perhaps the bad behavior of some adults today may be the best education they will receive. I hope we are around to see them put those lessons to good use….

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Family Heroes Update on Our Afghan Refugee Family

Many of you remember the Afghan family which dropped out of the sky into our neighborhood in the winter of 2014. Our whole community came together to furnish an apartment, bring initial food provisions, clothes, help with English tutoring and much more. The oldest boy in the family had been an invaluable resource to our Marines and in retaliation, the Taliban had killed their father and kidnapped the youngest 3year old brother. After years of hiding and running, they had made it to America.

I wanted to bring you all up to date and let you know just how powerful what we did really was.

I saw the family a few weeks ago. One of the sisters (around age 20), told me she wanted to learn to swim. This from a girl who would have never dreamed of swimming.

Had never even been to school. She asked how

she could swim, given the limitations of her veil and need to cover herself. I told her to get a burkini.

She was unfamiliar with the Muslim bathing suit so I showed her a photo of one on my phone.

She scrolled through and found a site that had a big red slash through a picture of the burkini and she asked what that was about. I told her that Isis and radical groups did not want women to be able to swim and she immediately replied- “well we do the opposite. This is America.” She said she is going to get one and learn to swim.

The boys- remember there were 5 younger and an older brother- are doing well in school and winning awards for their efforts. One of them has now made up his lost years of school (from being in hiding) and is now at a community college. So is one of the sisters!

The little one who was kidnapped has received counseling and is doing well in school.

His adult sister, who never got to go to school, has brilliantly figured out that if she volunteers in the classroom every day- she not only helps him stay on track with his homework but also get the education she missed. The teacher loves her and she’s become a huge asset to the school. All the children run to her in the morning and hug her. She has a job at a local Target now but has worked it around school hours. Smart.

The oldest boy pulled me aside and said they have friends on the east coast who came here from Afghanistan over 10 years ago and have not made anywhere near the strides this family has made. He attributes their successful integration into America to our Willow Glen neighborhood and all the people who offered help! People from our neighborhood took them to medical appointments, got them eyeglasses through Lions club, tutored the women in English language skills, taught the girls to drive, helped the boys learn to read and write, hosted Thanksgiving and Christmas meals, sent Santa Claus to make

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a delivery, taught swim lessons, tutored history, math and chemistry, found bikes for the boys to commute on, got Stanford summer school scholarships, drove the mom to the food bank, made dental trips a million times over, sent clothes for growing boys, sent fabric and a sewing machine to help the mom start a sewing business, took the boys to the San Francisco Zoo. The list is endless. We didn’t do this through some formal organization. This was just us. Our neighborhood coming together. What we

did worked. We supported them and welcomed them.

They are running with it and have learned to love this community and all its diversity. They love America.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You know who you all are and there are many of you!

Katie

More updates on this family’s progress to come.

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Gothic Tales The Darker Side of Dickens VPA Fundraiser!

The Victorian Preservation Association of Santa Clara Valley (VPA) presents “The Darker Side of Dickens”.

You are all familiar with Dickens’s homey Christmas stories, but did you know that Charles Dickens wrote some darker and more gothic tales?

The VPA invites you and all your friends and family to attend a reading of Dickens’s darker side on Friday, October, 27. Doors open at 7:00pm and the program will begin at 7:30pm. The event will take place at the American Legion Hall at 1504 Minnesota Ave. in San Jose. Tickets for the performance will be $25 for Front Row VIP seats and $20 for general admission.

Refreshments and snacks will also be available for purchase at the event.

Portraying Charles Dickens will be Robert Young.

If you’ve ever visited the Dickens Fair in San Francisco, you likely will have met him. He has been playing Mr. Dickens and amazing audiences for over 20 years.

This is sure to be the most fun and entertaining evening your family and friends will enjoy for the Halloween Holiday. Come in your best Victorian finery or scariest Halloween costume.

Dressing up is encouraged but not required.

Seating is limited and tickets may go fast, so please purchase your tickets early.

You can get tickets by going to our website, www.vpa.org and clicking on the link that says, “The Darker Side of Dickens”.

If you have any questions or do not have internet access, please contact Marcus Salomon at either 408-930-9133or 408292-2310. Because VPA is a non-profit organization the price of the tickets for this wonderful evening are tax deductible.

All those in attendance for the Darker Side of Dickens will be helping to support VPA’s continuing preservation efforts.

Support the VPA. Come and have a glass of wine or sip on a cup of coffee or cider with a Halloween treat and let Robert Young take you over to The Darker Side of Dickens!

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