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People with Menlo Park roots make the news in the San Francisco Chronicle

by Linda Hubbard Gulker on December 22, 2018

For two days in a row Menlo Park faces have been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Yesterday, the Sporting Green featured Abby Dahlkemper, who grew up in Menlo Park and attended Sacred Heart Prep, as one of the “The Influencers” of the Year. Abby is expected to make the roster of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team that will travel to the Women’s World Cup in June next year. InMenlo featured Abby earlier this year.

Today Tom Kieninger is featured. Tom owns The Barn Woodshop at the Allied Arts Guild, a business that has been in the same location for 90 years. InMenlo paid a brief visit to Tom’s workshop in 2009.

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Two artists showcased at Portola Art Gallery in December and January

From Dec. 1 to January 31, the Portola Art Gallery is presenting Artistic Journeys, a joint exhibition by Inna Cherneykina and Jan Prisco. The exhibition of oil and pastel paintings includes colorful still life and landscape scenes from the artists’ collections. Inna Cherneykina, of Foster City, is a painter and 3D game artist. Art for her […]

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Allied Arts Christmas Market is December 1

Allied Arts annual Christmas Market is the first day of December this year with free admission and parking. Santa visits 12-1, carolers from 11:15-11:45, Simply Jazz 1:00-3:00, all on 3.5 acres of gardens and shops. Eat at the award-winning Cafe Wisteria (650-838-9002), enter free drawings, enjoy treats from the shops, bid on mini pre-decorated Christmas […]

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Portola Art Gallery celebrates 10+ years at Allied Arts Guild with afternoon of art, wine and music

To commemorate its 10+ years at the Allied Arts Guild, the Portola Art Gallery is hosting an afternoon of art, wine, and live music on Saturday, November 3, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Works of all the gallery’s artists will be featured. In addition, throughout the month of November, visitors will get a 10% discount […]

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“Impressions of Indonesia” is featured exhibit at Portola Art Gallery in October

“Impressions of Indonesia,” watercolor paintings by Yvonne Newhouse of San Mateo, is the featured exhibit at the Portola Art Gallery in October. A reception for the artist will be held on Saturday, October 13, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The exhibit includes scenes from her travels earlier this year. Although the paintings were completed in the studio, […]

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Events Manager Tiana Wong is operator of Cafe Wisteria at the Allied Arts Guild

In the decade that Tiana Wong has been Events Manager at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, she’s seen half a dozen cafes come and go on the property. “I observed what worked and what didn’t,” she said matter of factly. So when the space became available again at the beginning of the year, […]

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Ashley Mozart Fey launches Teen Rising Project to give teens a chance to talk in a supportive environment

Ashley Mozart Fey is listening to teens in a cozy upstairs room at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park. She calls her endeavor Teen Rising Project. “I worked in commercial real estate for many years at the company my father started. But at the back of my mind, I always thought, ‘If I could […]

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Former Menlo Park Fire Battalion Chief’s art is featured in August at Portola Art Gallery

Paintings by artist Jerry Peters are featured in August at the Portola Art Gallery in Menlo Park in a show titled “On the Road in Nova Scotia.” There will be a reception for the  artist on Saturday, Aug. 4 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The primary paintings in this new show are done from photos taken […]

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Linda Salter’s flower paintings are featured in July at Portola Art Galley

A Summer Bouquet, a collection of flower paintings in pastel and oil by Linda Salter, is the featured exhibit at the Portola Art Gallery through July 31. A reception for the artist will take place on Saturday, July 21 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. This exhibit features a new style of painting for the artist. […]

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Jared Sines is featured artist at Portola Art Galley in June

Jared Sines is the featured artist at the Portola Art Gallery in June with an exhibit titled “Home and Away.” There will be a reception for the artist on June 16 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The show presents colorful depictions of subjects with special meaning to him: reflections in the canals of Venice, scenes […]

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Misako Kambe’s “Beauty of Wood Fire, Vol. 3” is on display at Portola Art Gallery

Beauty of Wood Fire, Vol. 3, – carved ceramic creations by Misako Kambe is on display during the month of April at the Portola Art Gallery in Menlo Park The exhibition includes Misako’s recent ceramic art works produced at two wood fire kiln sites: “Hikarigama-kiln” in Elkton, Oregon and “Richard Carter Studio” in Napa, California. Misako begins by […]

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