{"id":135110,"date":"2026-01-15T20:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135110\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:37:08","slug":"upcoming-events-to-cure-your-winter-blues-los-gatan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/135110\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming events to cure your winter blues | Los Gatan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Meghna<\/a>ARTISTS RECEPTION – Three Bay Area artists, Meghna Sharma, Saranya Chandrasekaran and Ria Sharma (of Saratoga), will celebrate the opening of their \u201cSvara (\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0930) of Silence\u201d show on Saturday Jan. 17, from 4-6pm at Mohr Gallery CSMA Mountain View. (Courtesy of Ria Sharma)<\/p>\n

The CineLux Theater<\/a> at 43 N. Santa Cruz Ave. will host comedian Mark Lundholm<\/a> Jan. 17, from 11am-1pm, for a live comedy fundraiser in support of a nonprofit created to boost mental health and preserve traditional practices of Indigenous people.<\/p>\n

Admission is just $40. A signed book will also be given out.<\/p>\n

Lundholm is internationally acclaimed for presenting laughter that heals, offers hope and will hit home to anyone who has a funny bone in their body.<\/p>\n

This comedy show is a fundraiser for We are Cornsilk<\/a> (EIN:33-3380025) and its program Breathe in Yosemite<\/a> (BiY). WAC offers peer-based mental health events and workshops from the Indigenous way of being. BiY offers an annual retreat for people interested in 12-step recovery.<\/p>\n

Window Wonderland winners<\/p>\n

If you had the chance to wander through downtown between those pelting rainstorms this holiday, you may have admired the window displays. I especially liked \u201cBeyond Text,\u201d with the chandelier.<\/p>\n

The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce<\/a> just announced the Winter Wonderland Winning Windows. Voters picked two local favorites:<\/p>\n

Best Window Display \u2013 Friends of Los Gatos Library<\/a>, honored for its standout decorated window painting of Charlie Brown and friends dancing around a Christmas tree.<\/p>\n

Best Outdoor Display \u2013 Gardenia<\/a>, recognized for the most festive and creative outdoor presentation. The front garden here is worth a look.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s event featured 33 participating businesses and generated strong local engagement.<\/p>\n

Mark your calendars<\/p>\n

Later this month, Martin Luther King Day, Jan. 19.<\/p>\n

Then, on to Valentine\u2019s Day, Feb. 14.<\/p>\n

Embracing stillness<\/p>\n

The Community School of Music and Arts presents an exhibition offering a deliberate return to stillness \u201cSvara (\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0930) of Silence\u201d by three Bay Area artists: Ria Sharma, Saranya Chandrasekaran and Meghna Sharma.<\/p>\n

Artist reception on Saturday, Jan. 17, 4-6pm, at Mohr Gallery CSMA Mountain View<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The evening will begin with a 15-minute live Indian classical music, followed by a brief artist introduction, drinks and snacks.<\/p>\n

Dress code: Creative, fusion or traditional.<\/p>\n

LG museum is happening<\/p>\n

Notable experts who\u2019ve spoken recently at NUMU include Will Whitney, general manager of the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad (spoke at the first talk), Douglas Sporleder, retired chief of Santa Clara County Fire Department,John Lochner, former Los Gatos Council member and mayor (he spoke about the town\u2019s history).<\/p>\n

Roland Hsu, the director of research of the Chinese Railroad Workers Project at Stanford University<\/a>, spoke about train history. Bill Wulf and Alan Feinberg, both local history buffs, have spoken as part of previous programs.<\/p>\n

And there are plenty of good ones coming up this year.<\/p>\n

\"oldARCHIVAL \u2013 Dinah Cotton will be at NUMU on Friday to present about the history of newspapers in Los Gatos. (Courtesy of NUMU)<\/p>\n

The Los Gatan at NUMU<\/p>\n

On Jan. 16, at 11am \u2013 NUMU<\/a> will hold its \u201cLos Gatos Newspapers History Tour\u201d talk, where I will join Kimberly Snyder, to discuss the early newspaper wars\u2014up to today\u2019s issues of the Los Gatan. You will be asked to \u201cedit\u201d your own front page.<\/p>\n

Feb. 27, 11am \u2013 \u201cJohn Steinbeck History Tour\u201d talk, featuring guest speaker, Peter Van Coutren, archivist, Martha Heasley, of the Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, San Jose State University.<\/p>\n

March 12, 11am \u2013 \u201cHistory of the Carnegie Library in Los Gatos,\u201d with guest speaker, Shawnte Santos, Los Gatos Library.<\/p>\n

April 16, 11am & May 21, 11am \u2013 \u201cLos Gatos in the 1960s,\u201d in collaboration with the \u201cI Know a Place\u201d exhibit. The talks will feature guests speaking about the local arts and fashion scenes.<\/p>\n

June 18, 2pm (please note the different time) \u2013 \u201cTalk of the Town: True Crime of Old Los Gatos.\u201dJuly 16, 11am \u2013 \u201cMtn. Charley: The Man, the Myth, the Legend,\u201d featuring local history expert, Bill Wulf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARTISTS RECEPTION – Three Bay Area artists, Meghna Sharma, Saranya Chandrasekaran and Ria Sharma (of Saratoga), will celebrate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2308,68959,4063,418,7111,68960,68961,68962,2093,68963,68964,88,90,89,68965],"class_list":["post-135110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-art","tag-dinah-cotton","tag-fundraiser","tag-history","tag-john-steinbeck","tag-los-gatos-chamber-of-commerce","tag-los-gatos-theatre","tag-mark-lundholm","tag-mental-health","tag-newspaper-industry","tag-newspapers","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-shawnte-santos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}