Best of Willow Glen

Here's a schedule of upcoming shows for Judith Enright of Willow Glen's Black Leopard Clayware:

May 4, 2008 -- Saratoga Rotary Art Show, West Valley College campus
May 17-18, 2008 - 5th Annual Art off the Ave, at BLC's studio on Radio Ave.
Aug 6-22, 2008 - Pence Art Gallery, Davis, CA
Sept 20, 2008 - Bark in the Park, Williams St. Park
Sept 27-28 - Italian Family Festa in beautiful downtown WG!
Dec 10-14 - AKC/Eukanuba's National Dog Show, Long Beach

And here are BLC's summer classes and family events:

Jun 6-13 - Creating Tiles With Style! A full week of tile-making bliss, perfect for novices to seasoned professionals! And join us mid-week for a wine & cheese party. If you're interested in learning all about tile, this is for you!

Jun 21 - Summer Family Clay Day. Pack up the kids and head on over to BLC! Pick from a slew of projects that will satisfy the creative spirit in kids of ALL ages. Family Clay Day is a quarterly event, so check the website for Fall and Winter details!

Jun 24-Aug 19: Summer Clay Camp for Kids. Fun projects are presented each week, including animal sculptures, boxes, mugs, tiles, and lots more! 4- and 8-week classes, suitable for kids 8 and older, all levels.

For more show information, please visit www.bleopard.com and go to the Shows & Events page. Details about workshops and classes are also there, at the bottom of the page. You can also contact Judith by email: , or by telephone at 408-448-4597.

Did you know that the Bay Area has some of the highest incidence of breast cancer in the country? Wanna do something about it? The Avon walk is in July and there is a “team Willow Glen” set up for those of us who want to help.
We'll walk 40 miles in two days to raise money to fight breast cancer. And the funds are mostly distributed locally to care centers around the bay area. People who might not otherwise afford care will gt it because of thousands of women like us who are walking to raise money to fight this demoralizing and deadly disease.

You can join team Willow Glen here:

We are going to be doing some training walks soon, and also some local fundraising. We even have a rock band that will donate their time if we can find a venue. If you'd like to join us, or have an idea to raise more money,let me know

Where does the money go? Click here to see the official word.

The Avon Foundation has provided over $19.2 million since 2000 in support in San Francisco and the northern California region to support programs including:

* The Avon Foundation Comprehensive Breast Center at San Francisco General Hospital to provide state-of-the-art breast care services to underserved populations.
* 8 public hospitals or community health centers in the region to provide “safety net” breast care services to uninsured, underserved, and minority women.
* 8 clinical trials at institutions in the region to prevent, treat, or stop the recurrence of breast cancer.
* Direct financial support to 1,259 low-income women undergoing breast cancer treatment in northern California.
* 2 community-based organizations, which in 2007 will link 2,122 under-served women into mammography screening and educate 30,142 about breast cancer.

By now Everybody knows about the old Albertson's turning into a Fresh and Easy store, hopefully sometime this summer. Did you also know that the Safeway on the corner of Curtner and Almaden will be closing in the next 3 months? Rumors say they are closing for good or they are remodeling. We're still trying to verify which. New shops are going up near Curtner and Lincoln as well. We know that an Ace Hardware will be moving into the old antique store, but no news yet about the location across the street..

Another store moving in is Domus, the familiar Los Gatos Kitchen store. Some of the local merchants are beefing that Domus is requesting exclusivity on some of the items already sold to Lincoln ave stores. If that's true it's a little too “big city muscle” for these girls.

Lastly Siena on Lincoln Ave. has changed ownership and word is the food's a nice step up from the old traditional stuff there before. We weren't so thrilled with the change at Vin Santo, where both the food and the service are mediocre, but Siena seems pretty darn good. Check it out.