Music: St. Mark’s New Year’s Eve Organ Concert
Organist Jessie Jewitt plays works of Bach, Buxtehude, Franck, Langlais, Durufle and Messaien on the great Casavant organ tomorrow, Dec. 31, from 8-9 p.m. at St. Marks Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave., Palo Alto. $10 donation suggested; students under 18 free. Go to almanacnews.com.
Seniors: New Year’s Eve Day Bash
Attendees can celebrate the New Year early with dancing and a buffet lunch from 10-2 p.m., with a champagne toast at 1:30 p.m., today, Dec. 31, at Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Sponsored by the City of Palo Alto. Tickets are $18. Go to cityofpaloalto.org.
may this be a much better new year. 2012 has been a real downer of a year. we need better news and a better environment