Jen Murphy Parker with Irena Smith

Thu · Nov 19·8 AM – 5 PM·SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Free individual financial counseling with Fidelity and TIAA advisors at SLAC Campus, Bldg 53, Room 4050, for SLAC active staff by appointment.

Thu · Nov 19·Palo Alto Enjoy! recreation

Discover zoology at the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo with weekly science activities and a new animal each session.

Thu · Nov 19·Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 · Palo Alto

JANE! at Cantor Arts Center displays Jane Stanford’s French gowns, jewel painting, Egyptian artifacts, Hawaiian skirt, and rare keepsakes, many shown for the first time, free.

Thu · Nov 19·Palo Alto Enjoy! recreation

Science exploration at the Junior Museum & Zoo offers weekly topics on chirping, fizzing, and zooming phenomena.

Thu · Nov 19·7 PM · 9:15 PM·Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco, CA

Amber Autry performs at Cobb's Comedy Club, 915 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco.

Thu · Nov 19·7 PM – 8:30 PM·Neck of the Woods, 406 Clement St, San Francisco

Clement St Comedy at Neck of the Woods offers a Thursday night stand‑up set from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., 21+.

Thu · Nov 19·7:30 PM·Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon Street, San Francisco

Alex O'Connor hosts a discussion and audience Q&A on God, religion, consciousness, and more at the Palace of Fine Arts.

Sat · Oct 24·2 PM – 4 PM·Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA 94025

Illustrator Shawn Harris leads an interactive collage workshop and open discussion of Her Right Foot at Kepler’s Books.

Thu · Oct 29·7 PM – 8 PM·Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, CA, 94025

Douglas Stuart discusses his Booker‑prize‑shortlisted novel John of John, with Karen Joy Fowler, at Kepler’s Books.

Tue · Nov 3·7:30 PM – 9 PM·ONLINE only · Menlo Park

Online discussion of Erik Larson’s *The Demon of Unrest*: a saga of hubris, heartbreak, and heroism at the dawn of the Civil War.