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Week Ahead: Los Gatos Gov, School Meetings, Holiday Shopping Stroll

Don't miss the Holiday Shopping Stroll extravaganza Thursday, Dec. 12 until 9 p.m.! Get all your shopping done in downtown Los Gatos in time for the holidays!

Editor's note: "Week Ahead" is published Monday morning giving Los Gatos Patch readers essential information at a glance—places to go and things to do in town and the surrounding area. For other activities and events this week, check our calendar by clicking here. If you know of any other happenings this week, please add them in the comments' section below. Thank you.

LOS GATOS TOWN COUNCIL MEETING

The Los Gatos Town Council meets tonight at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 9 at Town Council Chambers, 110 E. Main St. to interview applicants for the vacant positions on town boards, commissions and committees. Details: Jackie Rose, jrose@losgatosca.gov, or 408-354-6880.

LOS GATOS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING

The Los Gatos Planning Commission meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11 inside the Council Chambers, 110 E. Main St. The Commission performs duties and exercises power and authority with regard to planning, subdivisions, zoning, zoning administration, and other land use regulatory controls as prescribed by ordinance and state law. Details: 408-354-6874, or planning@losgatosca.gov. To see the complete meeting agenda, please click here.

LOS GATOS UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETINGS

The Los Gatos Union School District Board of Trustees holds two meetings at 5:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 to organize its leadership and discuss general business items and school site plans, respectively, at the Thomas P. O'Donnell district office, 17010 Roberts Rd. Details: 408-335-2000.

LOS GATOS SARATOGA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District Board of Trustees meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the Los Gatos High School Library, 20 High School Court, to organize its leadership and name representatives and liaisons to committees/organizations. Details: 408-354-2520.

LOS GATOS HOLIDAY SHOPPING STROLL THURSDAY

The Los Gatos Visitors Bureau, a partnership between the Town of Los Gatos and Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce, teams up with downtown merchants to extend holiday shopping hours until 9 p.m. at more than 50 downtown Los Gatos stores for its "Holiday Shopping Stroll" Thursday, Dec. 12 and Dec. 19. Details: 408-354-9300

ART IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS NEW EXHIBIT
The Town of Los Gatos and the Museums of Los Gatos have partnered on a new exhibit showcasing renowned Bay Area artists' works of part of the Art in the Council Chambers program Nov. 1 through Jan. 30, 2014. The program, which has been going on for 13 years, normally presents four exhibits in the chambers, 110 E. Main St., with an evening artist reception being held for each show. The first exhibit features more than 50 artists currently appearing in the Los Gatos Museums Gallery. Details: 408-354-6834.

BACKWARD IS FORWARD EXHIBIT AT LOS GATOS ART MUSEUM

The Museums of Los Gatos presents Backward is Forward: Layer and Impact in Printmaking exhibit through Jan. 12, 2014 at the Art Museum of Los Gatos, 4 Tait Ave. The show features prints by Enrique Chagoya, Hung Liu, Sam Francis, David Gilhooly, Gregory Edwards, Michael Mazur, Frank Lobdell, Andrew Romanoff, Inez Storer, Nathan Oliveira, Erik Bakke, Joan Miro, Marguerite Saegesser, Ruth Wall, Kathy Aoki, Vicky M. Chen, Tom Killion, Jessica Dunne, and Robin McCloskey. Artists have been using printmaking processes for centuries to create thought-provoking works of art, however the details of the medium are often a mystery to viewers. Details: 408-395-7386,

'AMERICAN BOHEMIA: THE CATS ESTATE IN LOS GATOS' EXHIBIT AT HISTORY MUSEUM

The History Museum of Los Gatos at Forbes Mill, 75 Church St., presents "American Bohemia: The Cats Estate in Los Gatos" noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Details: 408-395-7375


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