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5 Things You Need to Know Today, Oct. 23

Take your kids to Automobuild this morning and enjoy a free concert with Bay Area kindie rocker Andy Z, one of the most popular children's musicians in the Bay Area.

1. Specialty toy store presents a free concert featuring popular children's singer/songwriter/performer Andy Z at its Los Gatos location, 21 W. Main St., 10:30 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 23. Children ages 4-10 are invited to participate and may wear their Halloween costumes, if desired. Candy will be given out at the end of the show, which will only be about 30 minutes. Arrive early to get parking and a good spot to see Andy perform. Details: 408-402-3818.

2. Join and nine other Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir producers for a special Pinot only grand tasting Sunday, Oct. 23, on the Healdsburg Plaza, downtown Healdsburg, in Sonoma County. The wineries will present a Santa Cruz Mountains only Pinot tasting and seminar Sunday morning before the grand tasting. More than 80 wineries plus artisan cheesemakers are expected to attend. For tickets and additional information, please click here. Details: info@pinotfestival.com, or Eric Hall, eric@pinotfestival.com, 707-922-6362.

3. The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce hosts its Biz to Biz networking luncheon 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 25, at the Testarossa Winery, 300 College Ave., Los Gatos, and will be catered by the California Cafe. Details: 408-354-9300.

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4. is inviting the public to nominate someone from the community for the honor of "Grand Marshal" to preside over the Dec. 3 Los Gatos Children's Christmas and Holidays Parade. To submit a nomination, download a form by clicking here. Completed forms may be emailed to michelle@lgsrecreation.org or mailed to Los Gatos Parade Committee, attention Michelle Varno, 123 E. Main St., Los Gatos, CA 95030. Deadline for submitting nomination forms is 4 p.m., Nov. 1. Details: Michelle Varno, 408-354-8700 ext. 226.

5. The Museums of Los Gatos, 4 Tait Ave., in partnership with Montalvo Arts Center, presents a two-part exhibition of site-specific installations: Inside and Outside: The Work of Claudia Borgna.The event runs through Nov. 17. With cases of recycled plastic bags in tow, Borgna has lead a semi-nomadic life traveling the world and examining the relationship between nature and the manmade world through her work. Her installations explore how the “plastic” and the natural realms interact with one another and create new ephemeral orders. Borgna has exhibited throughout Europe, Mexico and the USA. Details: 408-354-2646.

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