The Children’s Discovery Museum’s new rooftop mascot needs a new name, and the public is being invited to help with the decision.

You may recall that the original Discovery Duck, which had sat upon the Purple Museum’s roof since 2005, was replaced this year after she moved to live pondside near her grandchildren in Colorado (a retirement plan that suspiciously mirrored that of longtime executive director Marilee Jennings).

Submissions for a name were collected via an online survey earlier this year, and five finalists flapped their way to the top: Roofus, Disco, DeeDee, Bubbles and Violet.

Community members can vote on their favorite through April 20, and the winner will be announced at a party that will conclude Children’s Discovery Museum’s yearlong 35th anniversary celebrations on May 2. You can find out more about the Birthday Bash and get a link to vote for a name at www.cdm.org/event/museum-birthday-party.

GETTING ‘DEAR EVAN HANSEN’ RIGHT: CMT San Jose has a reputation for challenging its young artists — and its audiences — with mature material that has included “Rent,” “American Idiot,” and “The Who’s Tommy.” This weekend it opens “Dear Evan Hansen,” the award-winning Broadway hit that delves into a number of issues including suicide and social anxiety.

Director and choreographer Joey Dippel said the show is an exploration into what it means to be and feel seen — and whether that’s ultimately what we need to survive as people. “To tackle these heavy, and sometimes dark, themes that happen in ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ we really wanted to make sure we did our due diligence to make sure that our actors in the rehearsal process — as well as our community seeing the show — really feel equipped to interact with this production,” Dippel said in a YouTube video about the show.

CMT brought in Los Gatos resident Chris Miller, an educator who has been involved with developing suicide prevention programs in Santa Clara County, as a mental health coordinator. He’s no stranger to CMT. He volunteered there on the stage crew for 67 productions over the past 19 years.

Miller described his role as providing support and mental health education and literacy to the cast, production staff and the broader community. Since this is one of CMT’s Marquee Productions, the cast includes CMT alums and working actors in addition to the younger performers.

“Ever since I saw ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ in January 2019 in New York City, the show has had a profound impact on my life, and actually led to some legislative advocacy on mental health instruction in schools,” Miller said.

CMT San Jose is one of the first non-professional theaters in the country to produce “Dear Evan Hansen,” which will have seven shows at the Montgomery Theatre in downtown San Jose from April 10-18. Find out more at www.cmtsj.org.

SPRING MAKEOVER: I stopped into Willow Street Pizza in Los Gatos recently to catch up with Executive Chef Hisham Abdelfattah and see the recent refreshes that the eatery’s decor and menu have undergone. The interior decor is a little more relaxed — though Los Gatos has a pretty relaxed vibe as its baseline — with the addition of a delightful willow tree mural by the Chalk Chica in the waiting area.

The color palette leans toward a willowy green, and green seems to be the color of choice for some of Abdelfattah’s new menu items, too, including a wood-fired pesto cauliflower and a truffle, mushroom and potato pizza. But the chef’s proudest creation might be his “The Italian Hero” sandwich, a spring special which includes a pesto aioli to keep with the green theme, along with pepperoni, salami, prosciutto and housemade mozzarella.

Don’t worry, those are all available at the Willow Glen location, too.

GET YOUR OWN DRAIN: The weather’s calling for rain Saturday, but there could be no better weather for an Earth Month event at Penitencia Creek Park to push San Jose’s Adopt-A-Storm Drain program. Who knew the little metal cuties were even up for adoption?

The city’s Environmental Services Department actually started the program as a pilot in 2024 in Councilmember Rosemary Kamei’s district. Since then it has gone citywide with nearly 200 storm drains adopted by residents, schools and community groups that have helped keep them clear of leaves and trash to prevent street flooding. The best part is that you get to name the drain you adopt, and some of the names are pretty clever like Drainmond Green, Derby the Drain, Sir Drains-a-lot and Drain-o-saurus Rex.

At the event, which runs from 10 a.m. to noon, there will be sign-ups to adopt a drain, storm drain cleanup demonstrations and family-friendly watershed education activities.