Luna Park Chalk Art Festival: The 11th annual festival brings together thousands of artists, art students and art lovers from a slew of cultural and artistic backgrounds. Sept. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Backesto Park, 13th and Empire streets. 408-205-4287. Lantern Festival: At Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose’s sixth annual Lantern Festival, children and adults can create lanterns, rockets, mask and playdough mooncakes. The evening is capped off with a parade around Discovery Meadow led by a lion dance troupe. Sept. 22, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, 180 Woz Way. $10-$12. www.cdm.org.

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Tararam Israeli Music and Dance Group: 8 p.m. Nov. 5. Oshman Family JCC, Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. $45-55. http://www.paloaltojcc.org or 650-223-8700. Pacific Ballet Academy: 27th annual “Nutcracker.” Nov. 24, 25, 26. Sponsored by San Jose Ballet Association. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. $15-$30. mvcpa.com or 650-903-6000. Smuin: “The Christmas Ballet.” Dec. 6 through Dec. 10. “Classical Christmas” and “Cool Christmas.” Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. $25-$84. www.smuinballet.org or 650-903-6000.

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Hoover Library and Archives. Art and History: Treasures from the Hoover Library and Archives. Through Dec. 20. Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibit Pavilion, Stanford. Free. www.hoover.org/library-and-archives/exhibits/142926. Krause Center for Innovation Gallery. Korda Moda: The Life & Photographs of Alberto Korda. Through Dec. 6. Krause Center for Innovation Gallery, Foothill College, Los Altos Hills. Free. Parking is $3. Kepler’s Arts & Lectures. Premier Event: Alexander McCall Smith, “The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon: No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency,” 7 p.m. Nov. 14. Fred Vogelstein, “Dogfight: How Apple and Google Went to War and Started a Revolution,” 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19. Premier Event: Mitch Albom, “The First Phone Call from Heaven,” Menlo-Atherton Center for Performing Arts, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton, 7 p.m. Nov. 20. YA Event: Lex Thomas (Thomas Voorhies), “Quarantine #2: The Saints,” 7 p.m. Nov. 22. Keith Raffel, “A Fine and Dangerous Season,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3. Jacquy Pfeiffer, “The Art of French Pastry,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6. A Max & Ruby Story Time with Rosemary Wells, “Max and Ruby’s Treasure Hunt,” “Max’s Christmas,” 10:30 a.m. Dec. 8. Kepler’s Arts & Lectures, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park. 650-324-4321 or www.keplers.com.