Heather Zimmerman

Heather Zimmerman has been with Embarcadero Media since 2019. She is the arts and entertainment editor for the group’s Peninsula publications. She writes and edits arts stories, compiles the Weekend Express arts newsletter and oversees the community calendar. Previously, Heather worked at the Silicon Valley alternative weekly Metro, and for a decade, served as the arts reporter for Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, a group of publications covering communities such as Sunnyvale, Los Gatos and…

Heather Zimmerman has been with Embarcadero Media since 2019. She is the arts and entertainment editor for the group’s Peninsula publications. She writes and edits arts stories, compiles the Weekend Express arts newsletter and oversees the community calendar. Previously, Heather worked at the Silicon Valley alternative weekly Metro, and for a decade, served as the arts reporter for Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, a group of publications covering communities such as Sunnyvale, Los Gatos and…

Heather Zimmerman has been with Embarcadero Media since 2019. She is the arts and entertainment editor for the group’s Peninsula publications. She writes and edits arts stories, compiles the Weekend Express arts newsletter and oversees the community calendar. Previously, Heather worked at the Silicon Valley alternative weekly Metro, and for a decade, served as the arts reporter for Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, a group of publications covering communities such as Sunnyvale, Los Gatos and…

Heather Zimmerman has been with Embarcadero Media since 2019. She is the arts and entertainment editor for the group’s Peninsula publications. She writes and edits arts stories, compiles the Weekend Express arts newsletter and oversees the community calendar. Previously, Heather worked at the Silicon Valley alternative weekly Metro, and for a decade, served as the arts reporter for Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, a group of publications covering communities such as Sunnyvale, Los Gatos and…

This week, over 120 artists show at the Clay and Glass Festival; The Bad Plus play the Stanford Jazz Festival; Pub in the Park serves al fresco pints in Redwood City. Plus, world dance at Zohar Dance Company; Pocket Opera's 'La Bohème' and wine tasting and live music at Palo Alto's 3rdThursday.

There’s no shortage of ways to mark Halloween on the Peninsula, including lots of events in the leadup to Oct. 31. Here’s how to celebrate Halloween with traditions new and old.

The Stanford Theatre is showing the 1946 holiday favorite “It’s a Wonderful Life” on Dec. 24. According to a post on the theater’s social media, as of the afternoon of Dec. 23, tickets were still available for the 9 p.m. screening, although an earlier showing is sold out.

Whether your ideal New Year’s Eve celebration is a family-friendly affair at an earlier house, a multicourse meal with bubbly or a rousing party where you can dance the night away, the Peninsula has you covered. Here’s what’s happening around the region.

This week: concerts with Latin folk musician Diana Gameros and Martha High's Funky Divas; a tribute to the music of Willie Nelson will raise funds for LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Plus, Greek deities clash with academics in "The Gods of Comedy" at The Pear; Pocket Opera stages a classic Mozart opera in English and Stanford's Cantor Arts Center holds story time for young families.

This weekend, get a serving of jazz, folk tunes and contemporary sounds with Spaghetti with Sam Reider at the Stanford Jazz Festival; browse the creations of over 120 clay and glass artists in the annual festival at the Palo Alto Art Center; take a nature walk at Cooley Landing; sample the sounds of the Mediterranean paired with swing, blues and more with Black Olive Jazz; and check out the works of artisans from throughout the U.S. and taste a variety of cuisines at the Los Altos Art & Wine Festival.