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Learn how to finance college
A free workshop on “9 Ways To Beat The High Cost Of College” will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, at Gavilan College, 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
This seminar will cover many topics, including how to double or even triple eligibility for financial aid, how to locate and apply for every need-based scholarship grant, and how to pick the colleges that provide the best financial aid packages.
The speaker will be Gary Kalus, a college funding expert and author of the book “How to Give Your Child a Four Year College Education Without Going Broke …” The seminar is free, but reservations are required.
Details: 1-800-881-9526.
Free matinees at library
Celebrate President’s Day during President’s Week and watch free movies at the Gilroy Library, 7387 Rosanna St. The movies run Tuesday through Feb. 23 at 2:30 p.m.
Details: 842-8207.
Tuskegee Airman to speak
Capt. Leon “Woodie” Spears, a Tuskegee Airman who flew on bomber-escort missions in Europe during World War II and became a POW when he was shot down will speak at the Morgan Hill Buddhist Community Center, 16450 Murphy Ave., at 11 a.m., Saturday.
It will be a historic gathering of the veterans of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service and Tuskegee Airmen. The event, open to public, is sponsored by a group of Japanese-American veterans who distinguished themselves while serving with additional segregated units in Europe and in the Pacific.
A light lunch will be served.
Details: 896-1021.
All you can eat dinner
All you can eat crab cioppino and shrimp dinner and dance will be held Saturday, at the I.F.D.E.S. Portuguese Lodge, 250 Old Gilroy St. Dinner begins at 7 p.m., dancing starts at 9 p.m.
The cost is $45 per person and includes all you can eat crab, shrimp, garlic bread and salad.
Details: 842-4619.
Celebrate an ‘Evening of Music’
The public is invited to an evening in celebration of music and to help longtime Gilroyan Chuck Myer, who was diagnosed with melanoma in 2005. Funds raised will help pay the costs of publishing and marketing his book, “Melanoma Melodrama.” He now lives in Rancho Cordova.
During his time in Gilroy, Myer was an advocate for the arts, active in theater, the Gilroy Historical Society, the Garlic Festival, and other community events. He was a columnist for the Gilroy Dispatch and wrote a book about Old City Hall.
Performers include the Suzuki Violins, directed by Lori Franke; Sandra Marlowe, singer; “Side by Siders” senior ladies chorus, directed by Gwen Altenburg Gillot; Beverly Blount, South Valley Symphony Concertmaster; Andoni Bundros, pianist; Candace Fazzio, pianist; Rosalind Farotte, cast member of the upcoming “Nunsense” production for South Valley Civic Theater; Gilroy United Methodist Church “Praise Band,” and Allen Douglas, pianist and songwriter. Portions of the book will be read between the performances, and there will be a silent auction. One of the contributions to the auction is a set of two tickets on Jim Maya’s whale-watch craft off the coast of the state of Washington.
“An Evening of Music” takes place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Gilroy United Methodist Church, 7600 Church St.
Members of the community can help by attending the concert, contributing a “basket” for the silent auction and bringing finger food for intermission. If you cannot come and wish to donate money, checks made out to “Chuck Myer” may be mailed to The United Methodist Church, 7600 Church St. They are not tax deductible.
Details: 847-1210.
Art center analysis up for discussion
AMS, a consulting group hired by the city of Gilroy, will present its findings on the cost and feasibility of the proposed Arts & Cultural Center.
The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, in the council chambers at City Hall, 7351 Rosanna St.
The city directed AMS to explore the following options:
What would it take to build the Gilroy Arts Center as originally planned?
What type of center would the existing funds build?
What other private/public partnerships are there?)
What other type of partnerships could be explored?
This session will also be filmed, so members of the community can watch it “live” on Channel 17 (Cable) or on their computer via the City’s Web site, www.ci.gilroy.ca.us
Comedy night comes to Gavilan
Are you looking for that special and different way to spend a Saturday night with your friends? Gavilan College theatre has that special something to satisfy your needs. Yes, Gavilan College presents its first One Night Stand Comedy Night at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in the Gavilan College Theatre, 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. Professional and amateur comics are coming from throughout the Bay Area for this one-night-only event.
The evening will be hosted by former school board member and comic Dave McRae, as seen on stage at such venues as The Comedy Store, The Improv and Rooster T Feathers. Headlining the show is comedian Jim Summers, a national headliner from Monterey. Other comics of the evening include Susan Maletta, Grant Lyon, Erikka Innes, Wes Hoffman and Alicia.
General admission is $10 at the door.
Details: wi*****@*******in.com.
Time to register for St. Mary School
Registration of new students for 2008-’09 at St. Mary School will take place at noon Saturday, March 1 in the school gym, 15 First St.
Parents of students applying for grades first through eighth are asked to bring a birth certificate and baptismal certificate (if applicable), complete a short application and pay a $25 processing fee. Students will be screened for readiness March 1.
Parents applying for kindergarten will be asked for the same documentation. However, children will be scheduled for a screening March 8 or March 15.
Details: 842-2827.
STAR enrolling for acting and TV workshop
Youth ages 8 to 16 are invited to enroll in The Gavilan College STAR program. It is a Saturday morning acting and television workshop. Participants are introduced to performing arts fundamentals through theatre games, improvisational acting and movement exercises. Children design costumes, masks, put on make-up and perform in front of television cameras. They collaborate and create characters for a TV variety show filled with comedy, fun, music and surprises. The show will be taped in Gavilan’s television studio on the final Saturday, and the program will air on GavTV-18, the Gavilan educational channel.
The program runs from 9 a.m. to noon five Saturday mornings: March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, at the GavTV Studio on the Gavilan College campus, 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Tuition is $99. To register, visit the Gavilan STAR Program Web site at www.gavilan.edu/star .
Details: 612-2057, or e-mail: st*****@*****an.edu.
Annual fashion show benefits children
The Elks Lodge is holding it’s annual Charity Fashion Show, “In the Japanese Tea Garden,” Saturday, March 8, featuring fashions and accessories from local boutiques and stores. This event begins with no-host cocktails at 11 a.m., luncheon at noon and fashion show from 1 to 2:30 p.m. This event is open to all members, their family, their friends and their guests.
All proceeds benefit the Elks philanthropic efforts to help crippled and disabled children.
Tickets will go on sale Feb. 8, for $25 per person. The event takes place at the lodge, 2765 Hecker Pass Highway, Gilroy. Tickets will also be sold after Feb. 8 and may be picked up from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday, at the lodge office. See Joyce or Sandy.
Details: 842-9397.
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