AARP Campbell Area Chapter: Meets the third Tuesday of the month, 9:30 a.m. Campbell Community Center, 1 W. Campbell Ave., room Q-80. Campbellaarp.org, 408-379-7820. Saratoga Senior Center: The center offers social activities and services, weekly lunches, a caregivers support group and classes, including seniors-only computer courses. Tours are available for new members. 19655 Allendale Ave., Saratoga. 408-868-1257, sascc.org. Starry, Starry Night: A family-friendly telescope viewing of the Perseid Meteor showers. Other activities include art making, glow-in-the-dark games, a galactic-themed selfie station, night hiking, participatory dancing, live performances and a family-friendly outdoor movie. Guests will also have the option to conclude the evening by setting up their tents and camping out under the stars on Montalvo’s Great Lawn, followed by a pancake breakfast on the front veranda of the historic Villa in the morning. Aug. 10, 6:30 p.m. Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga. $10-$55. montalvoarts.org, 408-961-5858.
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Clients of Samaritan House are invited to shop for free for their children’s gifts, and also for warm coats for the entire family at this yearly event. To make the holiday wonderland happen, the community’s help is needed. Samaritan House is seeking donations of new or gently used four to 12 feet tall artificial Christmas trees, working Christmas lights, and artificial greenery wreaths. New, unwrapped toys are also needed for children up to 13 years old, and gift cards for teenagers.
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New season, era for Lamplighters: Lamplighters Music Theatre opens its season with new artistic director Dennis Lickteig with a production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s “The Yeoman of the Guard,” considered by many to be the duo’s best and darkest comic opera. The story follows a war hero trying to escape a death sentence with a daring disguise and escape plan — but of course there are complications. Details: Performances are Friday through Sunday at Walnut Creek’s Lesher Center for the Arts; Aug. 12-13 at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts; Aug. 18-20 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and Aug. 26-27 at Bankhead Theater in Livermore; $25-$59; www.lamplighters.org.— Randy McMullen, Staff.