This Week San Mateo Residents Can Support Young Artists

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CSM Jazz Ensemble Concert

Monday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.

College of San Mateo 1700 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo

$5.00; The CSM Monday Evening Big Band and the CSM Jazz Ensemble will be performing the music of Count Basie, Pat Metheny, Michael Brecker and many others. Visit their website here.

Zumba

Monday, May 6, 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday, May 8, 10:00 a.m.

Supreme Soul Presents House of Mayhem 2335 S El Camino Real, San Mateo, CA

$20.00; Zumba is a high-energy dance and fitness class that involves elements of salsa, cumbia, merengue and reggaeton.

Homework Help

Monday, May 6, 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 7, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 8, 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 9, 3:30 p.m.

The Right Approach to Education 1206 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo, CA

$30.00; Homework help is an inexpensive way to get the help you need when you need it.

Viognier Lounge Happy Hour!

Monday, May 6, 5:00 pm

222 E 4th Ave, San Mateo

Happy Hour offerings include $7 handcrafted specialty cocktail, such as On the Banks of the Douro a refreshing mixture of Warre’s White Porto, lemon juice and soda or the Peach Julep made with Wild Turkey bourbon, white peach, mint, and simple syrup. Happy hour will be offered Monday through Friday. 

Urban Table Farmer's Market

Monday, May 6, 4:30 p.m.

Auto Europa 402 1st Ave, San Mateo, CA

SAT English Nights

Monday, May 6, 6:00 p.m.

The Right Approach to Education 1206 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo, CA

$35.00; SAT nights at The Right Approach will help students successfully master the SAT exam with a combination of subject matter fundamentals and proven test taking strategies.

Closing sale!

Monday, May 6-Friday, May 10, all day

Eurohaus Furniture 2215 S El Camino Real, San Mateo

We are closing our doors and all furniture are priced to go. Check out our store for your first pick at great quality furniture at rock bottom prices. http://­www.­eurohau­sfurniture.­com

KCSM-FM Jazz 91 Spring Pledge Drive

Tuesday, May 7, 8:00 a.m. (through May 24)

College of San Mateo 1700 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo

CSM's own radio station, KCSM-FM Jazz 91, located below the Library in Building 9, is holding our Spring Pledge Drive May 7-24, 2013.

To make a pledge of support, call 1-800-527-6911 or click on kcsm.org/pledge. Browse the wonderful collection of pledge gifts -- music, apparal and logo items! To volunteer for this Drive, or for our Fall 2013 Drive (9/3-20/2013), email FMVolunteers@kcsm.net.

Volunteers from CSM and the community answer phones, enter data, and are vital for us to have a successful fund drive. We also welcome gifts of food from local stores, bakeries and restaurants to feed our volunteers.

River Otter Feeding

Tuesday-Thursday, May 7-9, noon

 CuriOdyssey at Coyote Point 1651 Coyote Point Dr, San Mateo, CA

Come see CuriOdyssey’s river otters! Watch them frolic up close and ask a Keeper about them during their daily feeding at 12pm. Free with admission.

Children's Day/Book Day Bilingual Story Time

Tuesday, May 7, 4:00 p.m.

San Mateo Public Library 55 W 3rd Ave, San Mateo, CA

Free/Gratis; Celebrate Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros - Children’s Day/Book Day at the San Mateo Public Library!

Beginner Square Dance Class

Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 pm

Beresford Park and Recreation Center, 2720 Alameda de Las Pulgas, San Mateo

FREE; Call 650-762-8008 or visit www.smroadrunners.org for more info. Square dance attire is not a requirement for class members. Square dancing is a low impact activity for people of all ages, giving plenty of exercise to the mind and body.

Film Screening - Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings 

Wednesday, May 8, noon

College of San Mateo 1700 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo

Free screening of the film shown at the 4th Annual Asian Pacific American Film Festival. Visit the website here.

ASCSM WTFilm Screening and Awards Presentation

Wednesday, May 8, 6 p.m.

College of San Mateo 1700 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo

Join us as we screen some of the best submissions to the annual ASCSM WTFilm Student Film Festival. Awards will be presented to the winners in each category, and you will have the chance to help select the Audience Choice Award.

Verizon Wireless Nationwide Connected Technology Seminar in San Mateo

Thursday, May 9, 8:30 a.m.

1770 S Amphlett Blvd, San Mateo

Free; The Verizon Wireless nationwide Connected Technology Tour will be coming to San Mateo on May 9. Verizon Wireless launched CTT as an informative seminar series to help businesses transform with the help of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) solutions.

What: The CTT event will feature interactive presentations from industry experts on M2M Solutions with the goal to increase efficiencies, improve customer experience, enhance security, and generate new revenue streams.  Verizon M2M specialists and service providers will also be at the seminar to demonstrate solutions.

Who: This event is open to the public and is recommended for business executives and public sector agencies; thought leaders from all industries, particularly, health, finance, insurance, retail, hospitality and government; as well as small and medium business owners.

For more information about the San Mateo seminar and to register, visit: http://www.ctt.vzwtechnologies.com/m2mtour

Film Screening - Among B-Boys

Thursday, May 9, noon

College of San Mateo 1700 W Hillsdale Blvd, San Mateo

Free screening of the film shown at the 4th Annual Asian Pacific American Film Festival. Visit the website here.

Spring Art Show

Thursday, May 9, 6 p.m.

Boys & Girls Club Mid Peninsula 200 N Quebec St, San Mateo

Over fifty young artists will exhibit their new work, from drawing, painting and printmaking to mixed media and sculpture. Guests will have the opportunity to meet the artists, purchase artwork, patron the gallery store and participate in a raffle and craft demonstration. This event is free and open to the public. All proceeds benefit the youth enrolled in the program. http://­bit.­ly/­FBMPBGC

Fast and Vigil for Immigration Reform

Thursday, May 9, 5 p.m.; Friday, May 10, 10 a.m. 

Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo 300 E Santa Inez Ave, San Mateo

Join us at as we welcome Maria Marroquín and her friends who will stay at UUSM on the ninth day of their eleven-day fast for fair immigration (eleven days for the eleven million undocumented immigrants who need a path to citizenship).

 Meet them in faith, sit with them, pray and sing with them.  

 Vigil begins Thursday evening with a worship service of song and prayer followed by a workshop on the proposed immigration reform bill.

 Thursday
5:00 pm - Fasters arrive at UUSM
6:00 pm - Welcome and begin vigil
7:00 pm – Immigration workshop
8:30 pm - Closing, comforting each other
10:00 pm-9:00 am – Rest

Friday
10:00 am - Open doors to receive visitors

12:00 pm – Film viewing

Not in Our Town: Light in the Darkness

Tells the story of a village in New York taking action after anti-immigrant violence devastates their community – A PBS Production

         60 minutes

Lost in Detention

Award-winning journalist, Maria Hinojoso, takes a hard look at the policies of deportation and detention since 2008 – A Frontline Production

                 60 minutes

4:00 pm - Fasters depart congregation

Info: Caryl or Connie educaryl@gmail.com or 14cspear@comcast.net

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