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Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. “Flesh and Metal: Body and Machine in Early 20th-Century Art,” more than 70 artworks that explore a central dynamic of art making in Europe and the Americas between the 1910s and the early 1950s, through March 16. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays; Thursdays till 8 p.m. Stanford campus, off Palm Drive at Museum Way. 650-723-4177 or museum.stanford.edu. Gallery House. “Wit & Whimsy,” photographs by Steve Shpall and watercolors by Debbie Bakker. Through Feb. 1. Gallery House, 320 S. California Ave., Palo ALto. 650-326-1668.

Twelfth Night: San Jose Youth Shakespeare updates Shakespeare’s romantic comedy to 1890s California, Aug 9-12, Historic Hoover Theatre, 1635 Park Ave, $15-20; $1 for children 7 and under, 408-978-5516, www.youthshakes.org, In the Heights: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-“Hamilton” musical tells the story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood, Through Aug, 19, $12-41, City Lights Theater, 529 S, Second St., San Jose, cltc.org, 408-295-4200, Sweet HayaH: The San Jose-based band brings its high-energy dance music to the Lights and Music Concert Series, Aug, 5, 7 p.m, City Lights Theater, 529 S, Second rtbu ballet stiletto hi heel pointe charm burlesque white patent St, $10-$22 advance, $13-$25 door, cltc.org, 408-295-4200..

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