SEPTEMBER CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS
TheatreWorks presents The Light in the Piazza, a musical about protective mother whose world gets turned upside down when her fragile daughter falls for a young Italian man while they are traveling through Italy. (Mountain View: thru Sept 19)
San Jose Rep presents Black Pearl Sings. A white ethnomusicologist develops an unlikely alliance with an African-American prisoner in Texas. (San Jose: thru Sept 26)
The annual Mountain View Art & Wine Festival. rolls into town with arts and crafts, food, wines, microbrews, live music and more. 10-6. (Mountain View: Sept 11-12)
Romantic and lively Mexican ballads play center stage at the San Jose International Mariachi & Mexican Heritage Festival, a celebration of music, film, art and dance. Special guests include Ozomatli, Los Tigres Del Norte, Intocable and more. (San Jose: Sept 15-26)
Kings, queens, knights and maidens come together at the annual Northern California Renaissance Faire, a lively recreation of a Renaissance-era harvest fair with arts, crafts, foods, wines, ales and costumed performers. (Hollister: Sept 18-Oct 17)
Broadway San Jose presents Burn the Floor, the sizzling hot Broadway dance showcase featuring world-class dance champions as they reinvent the art of ballroom dance. (San Jose: Sept 21-26)