original watercolour painting of baby ballet pumps, framed in up cycled pine frame ready for display (26 x 26cm)

Local schools with contingents include Hammer Montessori & Ernesto Galarza, Ida Price, Oak Grove, River Glen, Sacred Heart Nativity, Willow Glen Elementary and Woodhaven. At least two mayoral candidates will be waving their way along the parade route. In terms of wheels, probably the most fascinating car will be the 1925 Pierce Arrow convertible carrying grand marshal Shirlee DiNapoli Schiro and a few of her granddaughters. Also sure to grab attention is the horse-drawn Wells Fargo stagecoach, the 1948 fire truck, Model T Fords, military vehicles, Vespa scooters and Jaguars.

Garret + Moulton’s latest project, “Luminous Edge,” which opened Thursday night at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and continues through Sunday, ambitiously examines the relationship of light and dark as symbols of the human condition, With an onstage orchestra of eight noted experimental musicians, joined by contralto Karen Clark, the dance begins in dim light and takes us through various landscapes of light and dark, We watch as the chorus edges center from both sides of the stage to form a corridor that is illuminated as each of the main couples sweeps down its center original watercolour painting of baby ballet pumps, framed in up cycled pine frame ready for display (26 x 26cm) in twisting, lyrical phrases..

Peninsula Museum of Art. Main Gallery: “Hive,” video installation by Ruth Eckland; original music by Matt DiFonzo, through March 18. Collections Room: “Timepieces,” a selection from Gail Waldo’s collection, through April 8. Peninsula Museum of Art, Twin Pines Art Center, 10 Twin Pines Lane, Belmont. 650-594-1577. John Green, “The Fault in Our Stars,” 7 p.m. Jan. 27. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City. $12 (no book), $20 (with book). A Kepler’s Books event. 650-324-4321 or www.keplers.com.

A Merry Little Christmas Concert: The Silicon Valley Gay Men’s Chorus presents a holiday concert featuring new selections and old original watercolour painting of baby ballet pumps, framed in up cycled pine frame ready for display (26 x 26cm) favorites, Dec, 10-12, $20, Christ the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 1550 Meridian Ave., San Jose, www.svgmc.org, SBGS Quartet Concerts: The South Bay Guitar Society offers a series of free concerts featuring the SBGS Quartet, The foursome of Jerry Snyder, Ben Zussman, Scott Swink and Tom Gardin perform a program of some holiday tunes as well as classical works at concerts held at four community venues, Catch them Dec, 10, 7 p.m, at the Los Gatos Town Council Chambers, 110 E, Main St., Los Gatos; Dec, 14, 6:30 p.m, at the Almaden Branch Library, 6445 Camden Ave., San Jose; Dec, 18, 3 p.m, at Cambrian Branch Library, 1780 Hillsdale Ave., San Jose, and Dec, 21, 6:30 p.m, at Santa Teresa Branch Library, 290 International Circle, San Jose, For more information, call 408.292.0704 or visit www.sbgs.org..

In a much less challenging but no less rewarding vein, we bring you … cat videos! Lots of cat videos. And live comedy about cat videos. And a chance to hang with other people who love cat videos. Yes, it’s Cat Videos Live, and it arrives in San Francisco Oct. 26. Details are here. Speaking of videos that everyone loves even if they won’t admit it, the Found Footage Festival brings snippets of American detritus by way of VHS tapes that have been discovered in the trash. It’s an odd premise for a traveling show but where else can you watch Chippendales’ workout tips? Details on the festival, coming to Oakland and San Francisco Oct. 26-28, are in my Weekend Top 10 column.