Today's Happenings About Town

1. The Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford presents an evening of musical performances and sound installations tonight at 8 p.m. The concert will feature works of all types staged throughout the building in the character of a John Cage "Musicircus." The audience will be encouraged to wander throughout the building, refreshments in hand, enjoying the many colors of CCRMA musicianship. This free concert will take place on the CCRMA stage in The Knoll at Stanford, 450 Serra Mall. For more information, call 650-723-4971, e-mail info@ccrma.stanford.edu or click here.

2. Join six talented artists in residence at the Palo Alto Art Center—Peter Foley, Inge Infante, Marianne Lettieri, Julie Nelson-Gal, Michael Pauker and Cristina Velazquez—as they discuss their diverse journeys of re-purposing items and ideas into engaging, renewed artwork. The theme of the evening is, Transformers: Turning Found Objects into Fine Art.. It all takes place tonight, 7-9 p.m., at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Rd. For more information, call 650-329-2366 or visit cubberleyartists.com/.

3. This year, in collaboration with the Stanford Institute for Creativity and the Arts, Stanford Continuing Studies offers a series of dramatic readings in tribute to National Public Radio's popular series, "Selected Shorts," featuring writings on and about memory. The title of the series, "Speak, Memory," is borrowed from Vladimir Nabokov's luminous memoir of the same name, and the series' creators have recruited accomplished actress Kay Kostopoulos to direct the programs. Each performance will feature three or four selected pieces. The first performance takes place tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Cubberley Auditorium at the School of Education at Stanford, 450 Serra Mall. Admission is free. For more information, call 650-725-2650, e-mail continuingstudies@stanford.edu or click here.

4. Project WeHOPE ("We Help Other People Excel") is a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase the health of its home city, East Palo Alto, by developing transformational leaders who will address the critical issues facing our community. Project WeHOPE presents the East Palo Alto Homeless Connect II event today, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the WeHOPE Warming Shelter, 1858-B Bay Road, East Palo Alto. Homeless Connect events bring service providers together directly with homeless individuals and families, creating a streamlined access point for those in need. For more information, call Paul J. Bains at 650-373-1084 or e-mail pbains7@gmail.com or visit projectwehope.org.

5. Tonight, Books Inc., at 74 Town and Country in Palo Alto, welcomes a special guest speaker. Sandra Park, author of If You Live in A Small House, will discuss her book about living as a Korean-American in Hawaii in the 1950s. It all starts at 7 p.m. tonight, at Books Inc. For more information, call 650-321-0600 or visit booksinc.net.