This Weekend: Live Piano Score to Silent Film, Kings Mountain Art Fair, Hamlet at Cameron's

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Friday, Aug. 30

Coastside Film Society Screens a Silent Film Masterpiece to Live Piano 

Here's your last chance to catch the Coastside Film Society's movie night at the Community United Methodist Church. After 10 years at the venue, the small nonprofit operating on a shoestring budget can't afford the new rental fee the church feels it must charge to cover its costs. So head on over and show your support by watching "Variety," a major work of German Expressionism. It's a story about a crime of passion distinguished by great performances and the wonderful visuals which were the hallmarks of the movement. Montara's own Shauna Pickett-Gordon will play the piano to accompany the film. This is the fifth time that the Film Society has hired Pickett-Gordon to write a score for one of their silent film screenings and to play that score live on her grand piano during the screening. At 8 p.m. at the Community United Methodist Sanctuary, 777 Miramontes St.

Saturday, Aug. 31

Kings Mountain Celebrates 50 Years of Art in the Redwoods

Every Labor Day weekend, the parking lot and redwood forest surrounding the Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire Station at 13889 Skyline Boulevard in Woodside is transformed into a fine art gallery. Proceeds from the Art Fair go back to the community, primarily supporting the Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire Brigade, a group that responds to more than 150 emergencies a year, and the Kings Mountain Elementary School. In Kiddie Hollow, children of all ages can make their own art at the supervised booths, including spin, string, straw, and glitter art, among other activities. Food is also available. Volunteers in the Cook Shack serve up burgers and corn on the cob and Grandma Jenny’s giant cookies. This year’s fair will be held Aug. 31, Sept. 1, and Sept. 2. Artist booths are open from 10am to 5pm; breakfast is from 8am to 10:30am; lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fair is held at 13889 Skyline Blvd, about six miles south of Highway 92. Admission is free. Park along Skyline Blvd, and take the free trolley from marked stops, one mile north and one mile south of the main fair entrance.

Coastal Repertory Theatre Presents Strength in Words: Oral History and the Holocaust

Coastal Repertory Theatre is honored to announce an evening event with guest speaker Jack Adler, who will share the story of his internment and liberation from the Auschwitz/Birkenau concentration camps during WWII. His moving story is a testament to the indomitability of the human spirit, mirroring the transcendent story in Coastal Rep’s upcoming production, The Diary of Anne Frank. Attendees will be the first to tour Anne Frank:  A History for Today. This remarkable exhibit is on loan to Coastal Rep from the Anne Frank Center, USA. At 6:30 p.m. at Coastal Repertory Theatre, 1167 Main Street in Half Moon Bay.

The Belmont Greek Festival

The windmill is up, the dancers are rehearsing, and the baklava is in the oven---Labor Day Weekend in Belmont can only mean one thing--the food, the music and the cross-cultural festivities of the fabulous Greek Festival. Saturday through Monday at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross, 900 Alameda de las Pulgas (corner of Ralston Avenue), in Belmont. Hours: Saturday, August 31, and Sunday, September 1, from Noon to 10 PM, and Monday, September 2, from Noon to 8 PM. The Fun Zone for children and the agora (flea market) close at 6 PM all three days. Admission is $5 for adults and $2.50 for seniors and youth ages 13-17. Children 12 and under are admitted free, accompanied by an adult.

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