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This week, folk-inspired musician treya lam performs at Community School of Music and Arts; Western Ballet keeps ‘Red Riding Hood’ on her toes; a makers’ market offers Mother’s Day gifts and crafts; DJ Sep comes for a spin at Lytton Plaza; a documentary about a “terrible” chamber orchestra premieres and Les Violons du Roy bring a baroque chamber program to Stanford Live.
treya lam
Folk-influenced songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (voice, viola, guitar, piano) treya lam comes to the Community School of Music and Arts to perform a free community concert featuring “otherland: a sapling,” a work in progress that, according to lam’s website, is “an interdisciplinary grief ritual and chamber protest album that explores grief as a catalyst for radical empathy, intersectional solidarity and repairing our relationship to the earth.” lam, who uses they/them pronouns, is a member of Resistance Revival Chorus (a collective of women and nonbinary singers) and has performed at venues including Lincoln Center and the American Museum of Natural History. Their debut, “Good News,” was released in 2018.
May 4, 7:30 p.m., Tateuchi Hall, Finn Center, Community School of Music and Arts, 230 San Antonio Circle, Mountain View; arts4all.org.
‘Red Riding Hood’ ballet
Western Ballet presents a performance about a fairytale character who, quite fittingly, needs to be more on her toes. This 90-minute ballet for all ages brings the fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood to the stage, following the titular character on her way to visit her grandmother as she navigates the perils of the forest, meets friends and tries to fend off a hungry wolf.
May 3-4, 7 p.m., at Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, $33-$38, tickets.mvcpa.com.
Patchwork Show
Looking for a one-of-a-kind gift in time for Mother’s Day? Find wares by tons of independent artists and makers along with family friendly DIY craft activities at Patchwork Show Redwood City, a market presented by crafty curation company Dear Handmade Life. According to the event website, planned activities include making finger puppets, Mother’s Day cards, Scrabble bookmarks and rose-infused body oil. Live music will be part of the festivities as well.
May 4, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Courthouse Square, Redwood City; dearhandmadelife.com.
DJ Sep
Palo Alto’s Lytton Plaza hosts DJ Sep, the longtime Bay Area producer and DJ specializing in spinning reggae, dancehall and dub tunes, among other genres. A former radio DJ on KUSF and KPFA, she’s also worked internationally and across the U.S., and is the founder of the long-running reggae club Dub Mission. Her Palo Alto stint is free to the public and sponsored by Earthwise Productions.
May 4, 3-5 p.m., Lytton Plaza, 200 University Ave., Palo Alto; eventbrite.com.
‘Sunday Afternoon Playing with Friends’
The Terrible Adult Chamber Orchestra (TACO), a Los Altos-based community orchestra that offers local musicians the chance to get together and practice their sight-reading and playing-together skills in a fun, low-pressure and inclusive environment, gets the big-screen movie treatment with the premiere of the documentary “Sunday Afternoon Playing with Friends.” Local filmmakers Kevin Ohlson and Larry Baron followed the musical group for years, interviewing participants and gathering hours of footage, and their film will be shown at a special event at Mountain View’s ICON cinema, including a Q&A with Ohlson. A reception at the theater’s restaurant follows the screening.
May 5, 2 p.m. (reception 3-4:30 p.m.), Showplace ICON Movie Theater, 2575 California St., Mountain View; $20/$10 for children and students; tacosv.org.
Les Violons du Roy
Stanford Live is presenting an afternoon of chamber music fit for a king with Les Violons du Roy. The Canadian ensemble, which marks its 40th anniversary this year, takes its name from the court orchestra of French kings. They’ll be joined in this performance by another kind of royalty: top international classical guitarist MILOŠ. The artist has performed as a soloist with a variety of renowned orchestras, including the London Philharmonic and Orquesta Nacional de España. HIs most recent album, released last fall, is titled “Baroque,” and fittingly the program for this afternoon highlights music by a variety of baroque composers from around Europe, including Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Rameau, Boccherini and others. David Belkovski conducts.
May 5, 4 p.m., at Bing Concert Hall, Stanford. Tickets start at $34. live.stanford.edu.