Star Party

Sat · Oct 3·6:49 PM – 10:49 PM·Crestview Park, San Carlos

Sat · Oct 10·10:30 AM – 11 AM·San Carlos, Children's Room, San Carlos

Join us for a special bilingual Hindi and English storytime the whole family will love. Open to families with children of all ages who will enjoy listening, singing, and playing along.

Sat · Oct 10·11 AM – 12 PM·San Carlos, By the Service Desk, San Carlos

Drop in and work on your developing reading skills in a supportive environment. Join us for literacy games, activities, and one-on-one reading practice with our interns. Make sure you check out library books to continue practicing at home! Open to children in kindergarten through 3rd grade.

Sat · Oct 10·Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 · Palo Alto

Curated by Associate Curator of European Art, Patrick R. Crowley, JANE! celebrates the aesthetic and affective excesses of Jane Stanford, the Gilded Age founder and matriarch of Stanford University. Bringing together precious keepsakes, souvenirs, archaeological detritus, and spooky messages from beyond the grave, the…

Sat · Oct 10·Green Library, Bing Wing, 459 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 · Palo Alto

Stanford Libraries now holds an 1883 edition of a rare book, Les laboureurs: poème tiré de Jocelyn, whose pages (text and ornaments) were entirely woven on a Jacquard loom by the firm of silk merchant Joseph-Alphonse Henry. This exhibition explores the cultural contexts and material conditions of Les laboureurs’ produc…

Thu · Oct 15·12 PM – 1 PM·Mitchell Earth Sciences, 397 Panama Mall, Stanford, CA 94305 · Palo Alto

Speaker: Prof. Ian Garrick-Bethell Professor of Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz Topic: Lunar Magnetism More information forthcoming

Mon · Oct 19·5 PM – 6 PM·CSM Science Building 36, Planetarium · San Mateo

For those who are interested in learning more about space and sharing their love of space with others.

Sat · Oct 10·7 PM – 9 PM·WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, 1021 Highway 68, Salinas, CA

Take in the night sky with real astronomers to guide you. The Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy hosts this incredible event on Hospitality Island in the lakebed. Telescopes of all shapes and sizes and astronomers are on hand to show some of the natural phenomenon happening above. All ages are welcome to join…

Fri · Oct 2·8 PM·College of San Mateo Planetarium

Fri · Oct 2·8 PM·Crestview Park, San Carlos