After proving its value to the community by successfully packing the place on a regular basis, the Fishbowl just kicked off its second season with the first show, a triple CD release for Jeffries Fan Club, Dr. Rocket and the Moon Patrol, and Products of Suburbia. Making popcorn is an exercise in generosity. Popcorn should be chewy and slimy from butter saturation, and exceedingly salty. Ticket takers at the Camera One has mastered this culinary art. It's pure buttery goodness in every bite.
Napkins are a necessity, however, as neither fingertips nor laps are safe from the grease.
Just 10 years since it was reopened by philanthropist David Packard Jr., the Stanford Theater in downtown Palo Alto is now the highest grossing repertory movie house in the United States. Refurbished to its original 1925 style, the Stanford Theater has entertained and enlightened movie fans with hundreds of films, from honored classics to forgotten works by master filmmakers. Packard and his foundation have spent millions not just on the theater, but also on the restoration and preservation of American movies. To see a John Wayne western, an elegant Lubitsch romance, a Buster Keaton comedy or a Bogart melodrama on the Stanford's screen is to understand what's made these films last. Thanks to Packard, now many of these films will last long enough for your children to see them.