40 things to do in Palo Alto over the next 14 days, gathered from local calendars and listings. Times and details can change — check the organiser’s page before you go.
Monday, November 2
- 8:00 AM — Financial Counseling with Fidelity (Main Campus, Huang Bldg, Room B019) (By Appointment Only), Jen-Hsun Huang Building (School of Engineering) (stanford.edu)
- 9:00 AM — Electric Contrasts: the Art of the Detail, McMurtry Building (stanford.edu)
- 9:00 AM — EH&S: Flu & COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic (stanford.edu)
- 10:00 AM — A Vision of Paris: The Roxane Debuisson Collection at Stanford, Green Library, Bing Wing (stanford.edu)
- 10:30 AM — Monday Morning Meditation & Mindfulness, Los Altos Library (bibliocommons.com)
- 11:00 AM — In Focus: Asian American Art from the Collection, Cantor Arts Center, Ruth Levison Halperin Gallery (stanford.edu)
- 12:00 PM — Managing Finances as a Grad Student, Mitchell Earth Sciences, Hartley Conference Room (stanford.edu)
- 12:00 PM — Shagayeg Navabpour and Scott Dixon, Stanford Neurosciences Building (stanford.edu)
- 12:00 PM — Policed: A Latinx History of State Violence, Humanities Center, Board Room (stanford.edu)
- 12:00 PM — In the Global Vanguard: Agrarian Development and the Making of Modern Taiwan, Encina Hall (stanford.edu)
- 12:30 PM — ESE Seminar - Eva Schill: “Potential for Lithium and Other Critical Mineral Extraction from Geothermal Waters and Brines in the US”, Green Earth Sciences Building (stanford.edu)
- 1:00 PM — TNT Traysikel: Never Gonna Give You Up!, McMurtry Building, Miller Discussion Room and Vitrine Gallery (stanford.edu)
- 1:00 PM — Touch Me Not: 12th Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery (stanford.edu)
- 1:00 PM — Green Library Book Display: Witches and Witchcraft, Hohbach Hall (stanford.edu)
- 1:00 PM — Tangling the Digital: Weaving, Printmaking, Computing, McMurtry Building, Coulter Art Gallery (stanford.edu)
- 2:00 PM — Day of the Dead Celebrations | Intimate Conversation with Rubí Tsanda Huerta, Fire Truck House (stanford.edu)
- 2:00 PM — Day of the Dead Celebrations | Intimate Conversation w/ Rubí Tsanda Huerta, Fire Truck House (stanford.edu)
- 3:00 PM — Dean’s Lecture Series: Featuring Professor Partha Dasgupta, Jen-Hsun Huang Building (School of Engineering) (stanford.edu)
- 4:00 PM — Biology Seminar Series - Jonathan Pritchard “Trait Causal Models: Combining GWAS, Genetic Perturbations, and Observational ‘Omics to Study Human Biology.”, Clark Center, Clark Auditorium (stanford.edu)
- 4:00 PM — Elizabeth Jun (Nuyujukian Lab) & Lavonna Mark (Giocomo Lab) (stanford.edu)
- 4:00 PM — Japan and the Middle East in a Changing Geopolitical Landscape, Encina Hall, Philippines Conference Room (stanford.edu)
- 4:00 PM — Book Talk: Chrystia Freeland — Unreliable Boyfriend: An Insider’s View of Dealing with a Chaotic Superpower, Plutocrats, and Other Complicated People, Encina Hall (stanford.edu)
- 4:30 PM — Stanford Energy Seminar | The US Energy Transition: What is the Same; What Has Changed; and What Could Be | Philip Deutch, NGP Energy Technology Partners, Shriram Center (stanford.edu)
- 5:00 PM — Palestine Cinema Days @ McMurtry & Harmony House (Day 1), McMurtry Building (stanford.edu)
- 5:30 PM — From Uprising to the Ballot Box: Women’s Political Participation in Bangladesh | Moogdho Mahzab, Encina Commons (stanford.edu)
- 5:30 PM — Are Jews an Ethnic Group?, Angela Nomellini & Ken Olivier building (ANKO) (stanford.edu)
- 6:00 PM — Multifaith Dinner, Old Union (stanford.edu)
- 6:30 PM — Veterans in Health Suturing Workshop, Health Library (stanford.edu)
- 7:00 PM — BCAS Weekly Meditation, Old Union (stanford.edu)
- 7:00 PM — Upstander Workshop with PEERs: FREE boba!, The Well House Lobby (stanford.edu)
Tuesday, November 3
- All day — Text Machines: Scarlet Thread of the Digital Order (1883–2026), Green Library, Bing Wing, Hohbach Hall (stanford.edu)
- All day — Korean Indigenous Futures: The Art of Kim Bong-Jun 김봉준 판화전: 토착적 미래- K아트, 디아스포라, 세계, Lathrop Library (stanford.edu)
- All day — Town Council Meeting - CANCELLED, Council Chambers -, Menlo Park (losgatosca.gov)
- 7:00 AM — General Surgery Alumni Lectureship, Li Ka Shing Center (stanford.edu)
- 8:00 AM — Democracy Day, Meyer Green (stanford.edu)
- 8:30 AM — Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Center for IBD and Celiac Disease’s 5th Annual Research Symposium, Li Ka Shing Center (stanford.edu)
- 9:00 AM — Electric Contrasts: the Art of the Detail, McMurtry Building (stanford.edu)
- 9:00 AM — EH&S: Flu & COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic (stanford.edu)
- 10:00 AM — Drop in Tech Help, Rinconada Library, Palo Alto (bibliocommons.com)
- 10:00 AM — Vintage Media Lab, Rinconada Library, Palo Alto (bibliocommons.com)
In the news
- Forecasting toxic metals — The Almanac, Nov 1. Research or reporting on methods to detect and forecast toxic metal contamination in the local area’s environment.
- State: Menlo Park must amend housing plan if Measure P passes — The Almanac, Oct 31. State officials indicate Menlo Park must revise its housing plan should voters approve Measure P in the upcoming election.
- Guest Opinion: More than 30 injuries later, where is the East Meadow bikeway? — Palo Alto Online, Oct 31. Guest opinion addresses delays in East Meadow bikeway project despite numerous reported injuries in the area.
- Menlo Park City Council candidate creates interactive map of housing developments — The Almanac, Oct 30. Menlo Park city council candidate develops interactive mapping tool showing housing development projects in the area.
- Palo Alto Seeks Input On Transit Connection Project — Palo Alto, CA Patch, Oct 29. Palo Alto seeks public input on Quarry Road Transit Connection project designed to reduce bus travel times and improve pedestrian access.
- Author and doctor Abraham Verghese discusses his works at Kepler’s — Palo Alto Online, Oct 29. Author and physician Abraham Verghese appears at Kepler’s bookstore in Menlo Park to discuss his literary works.