Get creative at Gav
GILROY
– Gavilan will host the second annual Gavilan College Creativity
Festival, called IMX: Infinite Potential, Saturday, March 29 from
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Get creative at Gav
GILROY – Gavilan will host the second annual Gavilan College Creativity Festival, called IMX: Infinite Potential, Saturday, March 29 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The festival will feature a day of workshops on creative expression ranging from haiku to hip-hop. Workshop offerings also include generating new material, breaking through writer’s block and computer graphics. The fee for participation is $5 per person, payable at registration. Participants are encouraged to bring a notebook and a few pens or pencils and their energy and ideas. Lunch will be provided. This event is open to the community. Preregistration is not required. Details:
848-4889.
Support ICF over breakfast
GILROY – The Italian Catholic Federation Branch 28 is sponsoring a scholarship breakfast at St. Mary Cullen Hall, 11 First St., on Sunday, March 30 from 7 a.m. to
1 p.m. Breakfast will include pancakes, sausage, eggs, juice, milk and coffee. Donations are $5 for adults and $3 for children 12 and under. All proceeds benefit ICF charities and scholarship funds for local schools. Details:
847-5151.
Opening ceremonies
GILROY – Gilroy Little League’s Opening Ceremonies will be this Saturday, starting with a parade at 10 a.m. on the ranch side to Christmas Hill Park. At 11:30 a.m. there will be games and food. The Gilroy police and fire department will be on-hand with information on safety. The South Valley Children’s Choir will sing the anthem. Main sponsors of the event are Safeway, Nob Hill, Dutchman’s Pizza and South Valley Disposal. Details: Christine at 848-8584.
Scholarship opportunity
GILROY – Applications are now available for Gilroy High School seniors interested in applying for the 2003 Odyssey Theatre Company Community Scholarship. This $500 scholarship will be awarded to a qualified Gilroy High senior entering his or her first year of college in the fall of 2003. To qualify, the student must graduate from Gilroy High in June 2003 with a minimum GPA of 3.0 (four-year cumulative), have experience in community and extracurricular activities (with a particular emphasis in theater arts) and complete the scholarship application. The deadline for submitting a completed application packet is May 1. Applications are available in the College and Career Center at GHS. Details: 847-2424.
Home-grown artist
GILROY – The annual “Spring Concert” of the South Valley Symphony will be Saturday, April 5, at the Gilroy High School Theater at 8 p.m. Conductor Henry Mollicone will lead the symphony in a program that includes a festive march called “The Canton Aero Club March” composed by King and especially arranged by Jim O’Briant, principal tuba player of the sym-phony. Following an inter-mission, local native and featured mezzo soprano, Sonia Gariaeff, will sing several selections including two from the opera “Marriage of Figaro” by Mozart. Tickets are on sale at Snappy Photo on First Street and California Music Company and Porcella’s Music in downtown. Details: 842-3934.
Adopt a cat
MORGAN HILL – Town Cats has several special-needs kittens who need expensive surgeries, mostly to correct severe eye problems. Stop by their cat and kitten adoption fair on Saturday, March 29, from noon to 5 p.m. to make a donation or adopt a furry friend. The fair will be at the Petco, on the corner of Monterey Street and Tennant Avenue. Details: 779-5761.
Coe Park programs
MORGAN HILL – Henry Coe State Park will host a variety of programs on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30. Take part in a 5-mile Frog Lake Loop Discovery Hike on Saturday at 10 a.m. Bring water and a lunch. Sign up by contacting Chuck Nelson at 267-9864. Wildflower walks and hikes will depart from the Visitor Center at park headquarters at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. both days. The evening program, a tour of Coe Park seasons through nature slides, will be at the Visitor Center at 8 p.m. Details: 779-2728.
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