For the newest artist at Menlo Park’s Portola Art Gallery, it was a sign of new life. “It was almost exactly a year after I’d undergone a liver and kidney transplant that I got accepted to the Gallery,” she recalls. “It was a new beginning.” That was i... »
Menlo Park-based photographer Frances Freyberg made a return trip to New Zealand at the end of last year. Her favorite photographs are now on exhibit at Portola Art Galley through March 31, with a reception for the artist scheduled for this Saturday, M... »
A joint exhibition of recent plein air and studio works by Alice Weil and Mary K. Stahl are currently on display at the Portola Art Gallery in a show titled Two Artists, Two Views, which runs through the end of February. Alice Weil of Menlo Park finds ... »
As a freshman at Stanford, Ashley Carroll used to run around Menlo Park whenever she felt homesick. “I’d go over the San Mateo Dr. bike bridge and run around the Allied Arts neighborhood,” she recalls. “It was so full of family smells — and so comforti... »
Saving the Earth and being more green are all the rage these days—but when it comes to giving up conveniences like our plastic bags and, especially, driving our cars, it can become quite a challenge to stay motivated enough to make the necessary sacr... »
