At noon Friday, Northgate officials, teachers and students — joined by Mt. Diablo district Superintendent Nellie Meyer — will gather for the groundbreaking of the school’s new aquatics center. The $7.5 million center will include a 40-meter pool with stadium seating, outdoor lighting and a dedicated sports medicine classroom. At Friday’s event, the Northgate Pride Foundation will hand over a $502,000 check to district board members. The foundation still plans on raising $250,000 more for the project. Measure C bonds will pay for $6.7 million of the project.
“Apples from the Desert.” 6 and 8:30 p.m, March 15, Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival, 96 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles, Oshman Family JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto, $10-$15, www.svjff.org or 650-223-8700, Bay Choral Guild, Music for Holy Week, A cappella works composed for the Christian Church’s most sacred liturgies — Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter, 8 p.m, March 13, Campbell United Methodist Church, 1675 Winchester Blvd., Campbell, 8 p.m, March 14, St, Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, 500 De Haro St., San Francisco, 4:30 p.m, March 15, All size 9 ballet style slippers offwhite satin w pearls flower,white bridal flats,pearl edging,white flowers,silver,ready to ship, Saints Episcopal Church, 555 Waverley St., Palo Alto, $5-$25, http://baychoralguild.org/tickets/..
Get a taste of the country life featuring a full barbecue buffet dinner by Back Forty BBQ, dancing to the Steve Gatz Band, plus an equine performance, grand prix dressage, and musical jumping freestyle by the riding team of Bright Future Farms. Cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $95. The event is a benefit for Diablo Ballet and its acclaimed Performing Arts Education & Enrichment for Kids (PEEK) Youth Outreach Program, which brings dance arts education to more than 5,000 elementary school students in underserved Contra Costa and East Bay communities.
Museum of American Heritage: LEGO® User Group’s and Bay Area LEGO® Train Club’s Holiday LEGO® Show Pop-Up Exhibit, Dec, 8 through Jan, 14, 11 a.m, to 3:45 p.m, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, $3, Museum of American Heritage, 351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto, 650-321-1004 or http://www.moah.org, Caltrain size 9 ballet style slippers offwhite satin w pearls flower,white bridal flats,pearl edging,white flowers,silver,ready to ship, Holiday Train: 4-8 p.m, Dec, 2 and 4-7:50 p.m, Dec, 3, Presented by Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Show train visits stations for 20 minutes each with carolers, brass band, the Claus family, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer and more, Dec, 2 stops: 4 p.m, San Francisco, 5:25 p.m, Burlingame, 6:10 p.m, Redwood City, 7:25 p.m, Mountain View, 8 p.m, Santa Clara, Dec, 3 stops: 4 p.m, San Francisco, 5:20 p.m, Millbrae, 6 p.m, San Mateo, 7:05 p.m, Menlo Park, 7:50 p.m, Sunnyvale, http://holiday-train.org..
“It’s the only outstanding one-room school room in Contra Costa County, so we wanted to preserve that building because it’s a very cool building,” said Jerry Warren, the museum’s president of the board of directors. The building, which served as a grammar school for 57 years, almost didn’t survive after it shuttered its doors, he said. In fact, it withstood neglect, vandalism and disrepair until 1970, when the Tassajara Fire District — which later merged with the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District– was formed. Its board agreed to take over the school and restored it for community meetings, fundraisers, dances, graduations, annual picnics and the like.
