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Nigel and Clive (Dave Eshleman and Norm Meister), who are the two lead players and singers in the world-famous Nigel and Clive and The British Invasion Band, claim that they were the most popular band in the U.K. in the early 1960s, even though you may have never heard of them. They were poised for international stardom, when a series of unfortunate events conspired to derail their careers. While waiting in Heathrow Airport for a flight to New York to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, they missed their flight. A desperate Ed Sullivan then turned to the Beatles, an obscure Nigel and Clive tribute band, to fill the slot, and thereafter the Beatles stole all of Nigel and Clive’s great work and passed it off as their own. Nigel and Clive are now on their “Back From Oblivion” tour in an attempt to regain their lost legacy and they look forward to a superb evening with note perfect, terrific instrumental and harmony renditions of great songs from the Beatles, Stones, Kinks and other 60s classics, and sing along if you wish!

Poet Nancy Meyer interviewed by Veronica Kornberg

Three lives, intertwined, two centuries apart. Poet Nancy Meyer, who marched in Selma and married a Jamaican man in the ’60’s, faces the discovery that her colonial ancestors enslaved people...

Filoli’s Jim Salyards An English Garden Adventure

Jim Salyards has worked at Filoli for 31 years, and in early 2025 became Associate Director of Horticultural Initiatives after rising up the ranks from Sunken Garden and Greenhouse manager. He oversees a wide range of horticultural programs that support Filoli’s strategies, including a particular emphasis on community engagement and product development.

Ballot Box stuffing, voter intimidation, bribed public officials - that does not sound like San Mateo County, does it? On the contrary, join Mitch Postel, President of the San Mateo County Historical Association, as he gives an account of our county’s first election in the spring of 1856. It all happened before the people of the sparsely settled Peninsula even had a hint of what was taking place. A major portion of the drama took place near Woodside at the Crystal Springs Hotel. It required San Francisco vigilantes and a core of local honest citizens, like Dr. R. O. Tripp and Gaza Haraszthy, to straighten things out.

The Woodside Elementary School Jazz Band, under the direction of Beth Dameron, is the most prominent performing group at the school. It is made up of 6th-8th grade students who demonstrate dedication and strong work ethic by rehearsing before school twice each week, learning music for several different performances that bring the school and Woodside community together. The First Friday performance will include music from several genres, with a strong focus on jazz, and that demonstrates musical evolution through several decades.