a small ocean swallowed brings together artworks that embody a sense of ecological entwinement, poetically and experimentally reorienting human relationships to water. The exhibition features work by six intergenerational and international feminist artists: Sholeh Asgary, Patricia Belli, Kiyo Gutiérrez, Jessie Homer French, Erin Jane Nelson, and Sunaura Taylor. Enmeshing their bodies in wetlands and waterways, the artists engage with and respond to the material, sociopolitical, and cultural histories of specific rivers, oceans, aquifers, swamps, and aqueducts. The included works grieve lives lost across species due to human interventions into earth’s waterways and honor paths of resistance and healing enacted by humans individually and collectively. Presented in conjunction with SJMA’s Sowing Sustainability Initiative, the exhibition celebrates water as a model of interconnectivity and nourishes possibilities for responsibility and repair.

September 12, 13, 19, and 20 at Smithwick Theatre in Los Altos Hills: If you have never had fun with physics... you haven't been to The Physics Show! The Physics Show is a fun science show for kids and their families. We perform demonstrations on various physics topics to provide kids with an engaging and educational way to learn physics. This year's topics (light, sound, and temperature) are completely different from last year's topics. Shows take place at 10am, 1pm, and 3:30pm. Tickets are only $8; get yours here: https://www.thephysicsshow.com/home

This class is designed to help you and your little one learn together in a zoo atmosphere. We cover animal related topics as well as teach the basics, like ABC’s, counting, and general motor skills. Through this experience, with you as a participating parent, your child will learn important classroom behaviors like sharing, listening, and following instructions. This is an adult & child combo class. This class has a new theme each week. Activities are designed to target 1 to 3 year-olds only.

Saturdays Sept 19, Oct 24, Nov 7, 10am-11am: Get ready for an unforgettable animal adventure! Join our dedicated animal care team and dive into the excitement of feeding our delightful farm friends: goats, chickens, rabbits, sheep, and adorable pigs!

Bay FC is a San Francisco Bay Area-based professional women’s soccer team competing in the NWSL since 2024, playing home matches at PayPal Park in San Jose.

Thursday, September 24, 2026, 6–9pm: Afrobeats. CityDance San José is an evening of socializing, music, and open-air dancing at the Circle of Palms and the San José Museum of Art. With live bands and a professional dance instructor, you can tune your skills, learn something new, or just show off! The event and Museum galleries are open and free to the public.

We are going to flock together like birds of a feather and see who we can detect in our trees.

Oct 2-31: Swank Farms annual fall season has tons of fun planned for the entire family! From our GIANT Corn Path, You-Pick Pumpkins and Sunflower Field to our many photo ops & wide-open space, we've got it all to assure you make unforgettable Fall memories. Don't forget your camera! A short drive from San Jose and Monterey, what's stopping you from visiting Central California's favorite fall destination?

Zookeepers do much more than feed, water and scoop scat. Join us as we use our scientific skills of problem solving, emergency engineering, critical thinking, experimentation & enrichment design while solving zoo mysteries.

Climb aboard the Haunted Train at Ardenwood Historic Farm for a delightful evening ride filled with glowing pumpkins, friendly cowboys, and the famous Witch of Ardenwood! This isn’t a fright ride—it’s a playful Halloween adventure designed especially for kids and families. As the train chugs through the decorated Eucalyptus Woods, you’ll discover cheerful characters, spooky (not scary!) scenes, and plenty of magical Halloween fun.

This Halloween, Peter Jaffe and Symphony San Jose summon music’s most legendary champions, as well as some deliciously dangerous foes. From bold, triumphant themes that celebrate courage and hope, to dark, thrilling scores that revel in mischief and menace, this spine-tingling concert brings the eternal battle between heroes and villains to life in full symphonic splendor. Whether you cheer for the light or secretly root for the dark side, this is one concert where everyone leaves thrilled.

Fall-themed activities including pumpkins and bats will fly our way for this program.

Were are focusing on animals that are fast . . . before they get away!

Animals hop and animals bounce. We are going to discover why they might want to move like a bouncing ball.