Stanford Events and Activities
Events
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Calendar of events we think you might enjoy:
- Sunday July 1
- ART: 2:00pm Outdoor Sculpture Walk This tour explores the Stanford campus and its extensive outdoor collection of 20th-century sculpture in the quad and south campus area. Meet at the Main Quad entrance where The Oval meets Serra Street
- Monday July 2
- FILM: 7:00pm Hotel Rwanda (Rwanda), directed by Terry George, with Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, and Nick Nolte, nominated for multiple Oscars and Golden Globe awards, among others (2004). In the Africa On Stage Free Film Series. In Cubberley Auditorium
- Tuesday July 3
- MUSIC: 7:30pm July 3 Celebration with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Fireworks, Frost Amphitheater, Stanford University $44 (Adult)/$22 (Stanford student). Youth ages 15 and under are half-price and discounts are available for students and groups.
- Wednesday July 4
- Thursday July 5
- THEATER: 8:00 pm Stanford Summer Theater: Tings Dey Happen by Dan Hoyle. A tour-de-force one-man show written and performed by Dan Hoyle, Tings Dey Happen brings to life the rich humor, vitality, chaos, and intractable challenges facing the oil-rich but deeply impoverished Niger delta region in Nigeria. Oak Lounge, Tressider Memorial Union
- Friday July 6
- ARCHITECTURE:
2:00pm Tour: Memorial Church
- MUSIC:
8:00pm (7:00pm lecture) John Santos Quintet,
John Calloway, flute/percussion; John Santos, congas, maracas, chekere, guiro; Orestes Vilató, timbales/bongos; Marco Diaz, piano; Saul Sierra, bass,
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
(Inside Jazz Lecture "What is Latin Jazz" by John Santos at 7:00 pm).
Campbell Recital Hall. Tix: General: $28 Student: $14
- THEATER: 8:00 pm Stanford Summer Theater: Tings Dey Happen by Dan Hoyle. A tour-de-force one-man show written and performed by Dan Hoyle, Tings Dey Happen brings to life the rich humor, vitality, chaos, and intractable challenges facing the oil-rich but deeply impoverished Niger delta region in Nigeria. Oak Lounge, Tressider Memorial Union
- ARCHITECTURE:
2:00pm Tour: Memorial Church
- Saturday July 7
- MUSIC:
10:00am/11:15am Early Bird with Joe Craven
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Dinkelspiel. FREE.
- MUSIC:
8:00pm Bobby Hutcherson Quartet,
Bobby Hutcherson, vibraphone; Joe Gilman, piano; Glen Richman, bass; Eddie Marshall, drums,
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tix: General: $40 Student: $20
- THEATER: 8:00 pm Stanford Summer Theater: Tings Dey Happen by Dan Hoyle. A tour-de-force one-man show written and performed by Dan Hoyle, Tings Dey Happen brings to life the rich humor, vitality, chaos, and intractable challenges facing the oil-rich but deeply impoverished Niger delta region in Nigeria. Oak Lounge, Tressider Memorial Union
- MUSIC:
10:00am/11:15am Early Bird with Joe Craven
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Dinkelspiel. FREE.
- Sunday July 8
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THEATER: 2:00 pm Stanford Summer Theater: Tings Dey Happen by Dan Hoyle. A tour-de-force one-man show written and performed by Dan Hoyle, Tings Dey Happen brings to life the rich humor, vitality, chaos, and intractable challenges facing the oil-rich but deeply impoverished Niger delta region in Nigeria. Oak Lounge, Tressider Memorial Union
- MUSIC: 8:00pm Klezmer Meets Jazz!, The Gonifs (Peter Jaques, clarinet; Aaron Novik, bass clarinet; Jeanette Lewicki, vocals/accordion; Daniel Fabricant, bass; Aaron Kierbel, drums), Left Turn No Signal (Mel Ellison, saxophone; Jeff Buenz, guitar; Rich Girard, bass; Jason Lewis, drums) and Sara Felder, Host, in the Stanford Jazz Festival. Dinkelspiel. Tix: General: $20 Student: $5
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- Monday July 9
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FILM: 7:00pm
Chocolat (Cameroon/France), directed by Claire Denis (1989),
with Isaach De Bankole. In the Africa On Stage Free Film Series. In Cubberley Auditorium
- MUSIC: 7:30pm - 10:30pm Stanford Jazz Festival Free Coho Coffeehouse Jams. Located in the Tresidder Student Union, the Coho Coffeehouse is where the Stanford Jazz Festival performers and faculty gather for spontaneous jam sessions. Light meals and beverages are served. It's a comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the lively musical repartee!
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FILM: 7:00pm
Chocolat (Cameroon/France), directed by Claire Denis (1989),
with Isaach De Bankole. In the Africa On Stage Free Film Series. In Cubberley Auditorium
- Tuesday July 10
- Wednesday July 11
- ART: 2:00pm Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture, Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- Thursday July 12
- Friday July 13
- ARCHITECTURE:
2:00pm Tour: Memorial Church
- MUSIC: 8:00pm Maria Marquez Quintet, Maria Marquez, vocals; Rich Kuhns, accordion/piano/keyboard; Andre Bush, acoustic/electric guitar; Dan Feiszli, upright bass; Dave Flores, percussion/drums, in the Stanford Jazz Festival. Campbell Recital Hall. Tix: General: $28 Student: $14
- ARCHITECTURE:
2:00pm Tour: Memorial Church
- Saturday July 14
- ART:
11:30am Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- MUSIC: 8:00pm Alan Broadbent Trio, Alan Broadbent, piano; Putter Smith, bass; Kendall Kay, drums, in the Stanford Jazz Festival. 7pm: Inside Jazz Lecture "The Art of the Piano Trio", by Rob Kohler. Campbell Recital Hall. Tix: General: $36 Student: $18
- ART:
11:30am Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- Sunday July 15
- ART: 2:00pm Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden Tour. This tour explores a sculpture garden created on-site at Stanford by artists from Papua New Guinea. It contains wood and stone carvings of people, animals, and magical beings that illustrate clan stories and creation myths.
- ART:
3:00pm Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- MUSIC: 7:30pm Peter Apfelbaum Sextet, Peter Apfelbaum, tenor saxophone/flute/piano; Jeff Cressman, trombone; Natalie Cressman, trombone; Will Bernard, guitar; Patrice Blanchard, bass; Deszon X. Claiborne, drums, in the Stanford Jazz Festival. Dinkelspiel Auditorium. Tickets: $28 general, $14 students.
- Monday July 16
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FILM: 7:00pm
Lumumba (Zaire/Democratic Republic of Congo), directed by Raoul Peck, with Eriq Ebouaney and Alex Descas (2000).
In the Africa On Stage Free Film Series. In Cubberley Auditorium
- MUSIC:
7:30pm Patrick Wolff Trio,
Patrick Wolff, tenor saxophone; Chris Van Voorst Van Beest, bass; Yujiro Nakamura, drums
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- MUSIC: 10:00pm - midnight. Stanford Jazz Festival Free Coho Coffeehouse Jams. Located in the Tresidder Student Union, the Coho Coffeehouse is where the Stanford Jazz Festival performers and faculty gather for spontaneous jam sessions. Light meals and beverages are served. It's a comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the lively musical repartee!
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FILM: 7:00pm
Lumumba (Zaire/Democratic Republic of Congo), directed by Raoul Peck, with Eriq Ebouaney and Alex Descas (2000).
In the Africa On Stage Free Film Series. In Cubberley Auditorium
- Tuesday July 17
- MUSIC:
7:30pm Jeb Patton Trio featuring Tootie Heath,
Jeb Patton, piano; Joe Sanders, bass; Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $28 general, $14 students.
- MUSIC: 10:00pm - midnight. Stanford Jazz Festival Free Coho Coffeehouse Jams. Located in the Tresidder Student Union, the Coho Coffeehouse is where the Stanford Jazz Festival performers and faculty gather for spontaneous jam sessions. Light meals and beverages are served. It's a comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the lively musical repartee!
- MUSIC:
7:30pm Jeb Patton Trio featuring Tootie Heath,
Jeb Patton, piano; Joe Sanders, bass; Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $28 general, $14 students.
- Wednesday July 18
- ART:
2:00pm Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- MUSIC:
7:30pm (New) Standards Night with Peter Stoltzman,
Yosvany Terry, saxophone; Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet; Peter Stoltzman, piano; Adam Platt, keyboards; Rob Kohler, Josh Thurston-Milgrom, bass; Kevin Congleton and Joe Saylor, drums
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- MUSIC: 10:00pm - midnight. Stanford Jazz Festival Free Coho Coffeehouse Jams. Located in the Tresidder Student Union, the Coho Coffeehouse is where the Stanford Jazz Festival performers and faculty gather for spontaneous jam sessions. Light meals and beverages are served. It's a comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the lively musical repartee!
- ART:
2:00pm Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- Thursday July 19
- MUSIC:
7:30pm The Latin Side of the Great American Songbook with Peggy Stern,
Peggy Stern, piano; Ray Scott, guitar, Greg Ryan, bass; Joe Saylor, drums, plus SJW faculty,
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- MUSIC: 10:00pm - midnight. Stanford Jazz Festival Free Coho Coffeehouse Jams. Located in the Tresidder Student Union, the Coho Coffeehouse is where the Stanford Jazz Festival performers and faculty gather for spontaneous jam sessions. Light meals and beverages are served. It's a comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the lively musical repartee!
- MUSIC:
7:30pm The Latin Side of the Great American Songbook with Peggy Stern,
Peggy Stern, piano; Ray Scott, guitar, Greg Ryan, bass; Joe Saylor, drums, plus SJW faculty,
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- Friday July 20
- ARCHITECTURE:
2:00pm Tour: Memorial Church
- MUSIC: 7:00pm Stanford Jazz Workshop Jazz Camp Participant Concert, in the Stanford Jazz Festival. Dinkelspiel Auditorium. FREE
- ARCHITECTURE:
2:00pm Tour: Memorial Church
- Saturday July 21
- ART:
11:30am Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- MUSIC: 7:30pm The Heath Brothers, Jimmy Heath, tenor saxophone; Jeb Patton, piano; Joe Sanders, bass; Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums, in the Stanford Jazz Festival. Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $40 general, $20 students. 7pm: Inside Jazz lecture "The Heath Brothers and Me", Speaker: Orrin Keepnews.
- ART:
11:30am Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- Sunday July 22
- ART:
3:00pm Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- MUSIC: 7:30pm Taylor Eigsti/Julian Lage Group, iTaylor Eigsti, piano; Julian Lage, guitar; John Shifflett, bass; Jason Lewis, drums; with string quartet and woodwind ensemble in the Stanford Jazz Festival. Dinkelspiel Auditorim. Tickets: $28 general, $14 students.
- ART:
3:00pm Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- Monday July 23
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FILM: 7:00pm
Black Gold (Ethiopia), the acclaimed documentary on coffee production directed by Marc and Nick Francis (2006). This screening takes place in Kresge Auditorium. You may reconsider your stops at Starbucks!
In the Africa On Stage Free Film Series
- MUSIC:
7:30pm Sasha Dobson Trio,
Sasha Dobson, vocals, guitar; John Wiitala, bass; Smith Dobson, Jr., drums,
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- MUSIC: 10:00pm - midnight. Stanford Jazz Festival Free Coho Coffeehouse Jams. Located in the Tresidder Student Union, the Coho Coffeehouse is where the Stanford Jazz Festival performers and faculty gather for spontaneous jam sessions. Light meals and beverages are served. It's a comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the lively musical repartee!
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FILM: 7:00pm
Black Gold (Ethiopia), the acclaimed documentary on coffee production directed by Marc and Nick Francis (2006). This screening takes place in Kresge Auditorium. You may reconsider your stops at Starbucks!
In the Africa On Stage Free Film Series
- Tuesday July 24
- MUSIC:
7:30pm Wycliffe Gordon presents the Jazz Mentors,
Heath Walton, tenor saxophone; Lynn Gruenewald, alto saxophone/flute; Theo Croker, trumpet; Naomi Siegel, trombone; Sam Grobe-Heintz, piano; Brian Doherty, bass; Harish Raghavan, bass; Joe Saylor, drums
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- MUSIC: 10:00pm - midnight. Stanford Jazz Festival Free Coho Coffeehouse Jams. Located in the Tresidder Student Union, the Coho Coffeehouse is where the Stanford Jazz Festival performers and faculty gather for spontaneous jam sessions. Light meals and beverages are served. It's a comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the lively musical repartee!
- MUSIC:
7:30pm Wycliffe Gordon presents the Jazz Mentors,
Heath Walton, tenor saxophone; Lynn Gruenewald, alto saxophone/flute; Theo Croker, trumpet; Naomi Siegel, trombone; Sam Grobe-Heintz, piano; Brian Doherty, bass; Harish Raghavan, bass; Joe Saylor, drums
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- Wednesday July 25
- ART:
2:00pm Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- MUSIC:
7:30pm Kneebody,
Ben Wendel, saxophone, flute, bassoon; Shane Endsley, trumpet, pedals; Adam Benjamin, keyboards; Kaveh Rastegar, electric/acoustic bass, pedals; Nate Wood, drums
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- MUSIC: 10:00pm - midnight. Stanford Jazz Festival Free Coho Coffeehouse Jams. Located in the Tresidder Student Union, the Coho Coffeehouse is where the Stanford Jazz Festival performers and faculty gather for spontaneous jam sessions. Light meals and beverages are served. It's a comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the lively musical repartee!
- ART:
2:00pm Tour: Auguste Rodin Sculpture,
Cantor Arts Center, 328 Lomita Drive, off Palm Drive at Museum Way
- Thursday July 26
- MUSIC:
7:30pm Ruth Davies' Blues Night featuring Barbara Morrison,
Barbara Morrison, vocals; Charles McNeal, tenor saxophone; Danny Caron, guitar; Bennett Paster, keyboards; Ruth Davies, bass; Ndugu Chancler, drums,
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- MUSIC: 10:00pm - midnight. Stanford Jazz Festival Free Coho Coffeehouse Jams. Located in the Tresidder Student Union, the Coho Coffeehouse is where the Stanford Jazz Festival performers and faculty gather for spontaneous jam sessions. Light meals and beverages are served. It's a comfortable place to hang out and enjoy the lively musical repartee!
- MUSIC:
7:30pm Ruth Davies' Blues Night featuring Barbara Morrison,
Barbara Morrison, vocals; Charles McNeal, tenor saxophone; Danny Caron, guitar; Bennett Paster, keyboards; Ruth Davies, bass; Ndugu Chancler, drums,
in the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $20 general, $10 students.
- Friday July 27
- ARCHITECTURE:
2:00pm Tour: Memorial Church
- MUSIC: 7:00pm Stanford Jazz Workshop Jazz Camp Participant Concert, in the Stanford Jazz Festival. Dinkelspiel Auditorium. FREE
- ARCHITECTURE:
2:00pm Tour: Memorial Church
- Saturday July 28
- MUSIC: 7:30pm Wycliffe Gordon Quartet featuring Matt Wilson, Wycliffe Gordon, trombone; Rob Schneiderman, piano; Seward McCain, bass; Matt Wilson, drums, in the Stanford Jazz Festival. Campbell Recital Hall. Tickets: $36 general, $18 students. 7pm: Inside Jazz Lecture "Wycliffe's Generation: A Legacy in the Making", Speaker: Clifford Brown Jr., KCSM 91.1
Activities on Campus
Arizona Garden (or Cactus Garden): This garden was designed for Jane and Leland Stanford by landscape architect Rudolf Ulrich between 1881 and 1883 and is in the process of renovation and preservation.
Campus Tours: Free campus walking tours lasting about an hour are offered twice daily, seven days a week, at 11:00 am and 3:15 pm every day, except July 4. Tours include the Main Quad, Memorial Church, the science and engineering buildings, and two main libraries. Tours start from the front steps of Memorial Auditorium and end in White Plaza between the Stanford Bookstore and Old Union.
Cantor Art Gallery: The campus art gallery; includes a collection of Stanford family memorabilia and two rooms devoted to Rodin sculptures. Currently features a special exhibition "Art of Being Tuareg: Sahara Nomads in a Modern World". Hours: Wednesdays-Sundays 11am-5pm; Thursdays 11am-8pm. Tours of changing exhibitions are available Thursdays at 12:15 pm and Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 pm; meet in the main lobby.
Gardens on Campus: Visit some of the many gardens scattered around the campus.
Hoover Tower Observation Platform: Provides the best view of the campus and surrounding area; open daily from 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. There is an admissions fee.
Memorial Church: Located in the Main Quad, the Memorial Church is known for its stained glass windows, mosaics, and stone carvings. Tours are available Fridays at 2:00 pm; meet at the church entrance.
Outdoor sculpture at Stanford University: The campus contains an extensive outdoor collection of 20th-century sculpture.
Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden: A unique outdoor sculpture garden created on-site at Stanford by ten artists from Papua New Guinea during a five-month visit in 1994. it contains wood and stone carvings of people, animals, and magical beings that illustrate stories and creation myths.
Rodin Sculpture Garden: This garden, located at the Cantor Art Center, features 20 bronzes by Auguste Rodin, including The Gates of Hell. The Center also devotes two indoor galleries to the work of Rodin. Tours are available Wednesdays at 2:00 pm, Saturdays at 11:30 am, Sundays at 3:00 pm.
Significant Trees on Campus: Visit trees selected as outstanding and deserving of special protection because of rarity, age, or historical importance.
Walking or Jogging the Dish: A popular walking and jogging path in the campus foothills, with spectacular views over the Bay, named for the radiotelescope that dominates the area. Walking the entire loop takes about 90 (plus or minus 15) minutes.
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