Kara's mission is to provide grief support for children, teens, families and adults. Our vision is to see people of all ages compassionately supported on their journey through grief so they can... move toward renewed hope and meaning. Our clients include those who are grieving a death as well as those coping with a terminal illness (their own or another's). Change, loss and trauma are natural in the cycle of life and grief is our natural reaction. Kara offers a safe and caring environment where those coping with death and dying can express and normalize their feelings of grief. Support from those with experience in dealing with personal loss can help ease the pain and promote healing. Our services are offered to individuals, families and organizations in our Bay Area community. Kara peer services are provided by volunteers with experience in healing from their own personal loss; volunteers who are carefully screened, trained and supervised. Donations are gratefully accepted as we do not charge a fee for peer support services. Grief therapy services are provided by interns who have completed their course requirements and are working on their client hours for licensing. Kara is dedicated to ensuring that therapy services are accessible to the community. Therefore Kara provides services for a reasonable fee and program staff will be happy to discuss the fee schedule with you. Kara does not espouse a particular religion or philosophy. We encourage those we serve to draw strength from their own personal spiritual beliefs, family, friends and other community resources to build sustaining support. Kara is the Gothic root of the word "care." It means to reach out, to care, to lament, to grieve with. more

Join Kara on Sunday afternoon, June 9th, to kick start your summer! Our fundraiser and reception from 2:30 pm to 5:00 pm at the Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo A...lto will help sustain the healing work Kara provides to our community . The funds raised will directly support the Kara mission of providing grief support for children, teens, adults, and families. As a participant you will have the chance to bid on exciting items in Silent and Live Auctions and donate to a Fund-A-Need event while enjoying delicious drinks and hors d’oeuvres. You will also have the unique opportunity to hear from individuals Kara has served. Click below to: Purchase Tickets Donate Auction Items Sponsor Our Event Make A Cash Donation View The Silent Auction Catalogue View The Live Auction Catalogue Review Event Information more

2nd Annual New Play Development Factory Join us as we celebrate the creativity and talent of Bay Area playwrights! We read more than forty scripts and picked ne...w, original scripts by three local writers. Now Dragon Productions Theatre Company is hosting three weekends of staged readings of these scripts. After each performance, the writer is on hand to host a question and answer session with the audience to get feedback on the script. Over the next few days the scripts are all rewritten for the next weekend's performance. Come get a peek at what goes into making a new theatre script ready for performance!    The festival runs May 24th - June 9th. Single tickets and full festival flex passes are now on sale!  Almost Happy  by Jacob Marx Rice directed by Cara Phipps performances: May 24th, June 2nd (matinee), June 8th Naomi loves Aaron. Aaron loves Tess. Tess loves sex. With women. Almost Happy follows three young people as they struggle to understand themselves and each other in the age of Occupy Wall Street, changing sexual practices and a generation struggling to find its place. This darkly comic play explores what it means to "grow up" in the modern world, and the damage we cause in the process. Cast: Katie Rose Krueger Sara Luna Rory Strahan-Mauk The Killing Jar  by Jennifer Lynne Roberts directed by Heather Noelle Robinson performances: May 26th (matinee), June 1st, June 7th Ava, a painter and curator, arrives in the Philippines to convince artist Jefford Huso to exhibit at the 1964 New York World's Fair. A great admirer of his work, she is also hoping for an apprenticeship during her time at his studio outside Manila. But her desire for a mentor, his addiction to alcohol and women jeopardize the show and Ava's career, which hinges on this rare opportunity in a male dominated field. Cast: Michelle Cabinian Brian Flegel Chris Gaoiran Jery Rosas Amber Somerfield Sexbot 2600  by Jake Arky directed by Jeffrey Lo performances: May 25th, May 31st, June 9th (matinee) Hazard Games is about to launch a gaming experience that is a virtual wet dream come true: Sexbot 2600 is sexy, seductive, and ready to play. At least, that's how she is supposed to work when she's not full of bugs, defending herself against players, and falling in love with the geeky quality assurance girl whose job it is to fix this lusty avatar. Cast: Maggie Cole Charles Feinstein Hannah Larson Jessica Coker Mohr Linkon Pickus more

Join us for a day of relaxation through gentle hip opening poses and breath work. Yoga poses are a great way to free the back, increasing circulation throughout the body. This class is designed t...o de-stress from everyday life, allowing for a magical experience of inner peace.  For more information and to register, click: http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=20841&stype=-8&sView=day&sTrn=100000043 more

This workshop is a fun, playful, yet deep exploration of two distinct, yet complimentary styles of yoga- Vinyasa and Restorative. By working physically and vigorously in a heated vinyasa practice..., we will stoke the internal fire and thoroughly stretch the body to prepare for an extended, earthy, cool down relaxing restorative practice. By practicing along this healing arc of fierce vinyasa to nurturing restorative, students will have the opportunity to gaze more deeply into their own psyche and open up new possibilities for psychospiritual transformation and healing. For more information and to register, click: http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=20841&stype=-8&sView=day&sTrn=100000023 more

Meditation is a process that involves making time on a daily basis to cultivate inner quiet by consistently being present in our breath. When we pay attention to the breath, we feel connected. A ...quality of expansion occurs that is beyond the domain of the mind’s fluctuation. Finding ourselves in that expanded space of the present moment is what meditation is all about. For more information and to register, click: http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=20841&stype=-8&sView=day&sTrn=100000006 more

2nd Annual New Play Development Factory Join us as we celebrate the creativity and talent of Bay Area playwrights! We read more than forty scripts and picked ne...w, original scripts by three local writers. Now Dragon Productions Theatre Company is hosting three weekends of staged readings of these scripts. After each performance, the writer is on hand to host a question and answer session with the audience to get feedback on the script. Over the next few days the scripts are all rewritten for the next weekend's performance. Come get a peek at what goes into making a new theatre script ready for performance!    The festival runs May 24th - June 9th. Single tickets and full festival flex passes are now on sale!  Almost Happy  by Jacob Marx Rice directed by Cara Phipps performances: May 24th, June 2nd (matinee), June 8th Naomi loves Aaron. Aaron loves Tess. Tess loves sex. With women. Almost Happy follows three young people as they struggle to understand themselves and each other in the age of Occupy Wall Street, changing sexual practices and a generation struggling to find its place. This darkly comic play explores what it means to "grow up" in the modern world, and the damage we cause in the process. Cast: Katie Rose Krueger Sara Luna Rory Strahan-Mauk The Killing Jar  by Jennifer Lynne Roberts directed by Heather Noelle Robinson performances: May 26th (matinee), June 1st, June 7th Ava, a painter and curator, arrives in the Philippines to convince artist Jefford Huso to exhibit at the 1964 New York World's Fair. A great admirer of his work, she is also hoping for an apprenticeship during her time at his studio outside Manila. But her desire for a mentor, his addiction to alcohol and women jeopardize the show and Ava's career, which hinges on this rare opportunity in a male dominated field. Cast: Michelle Cabinian Brian Flegel Chris Gaoiran Jery Rosas Amber Somerfield Sexbot 2600  by Jake Arky directed by Jeffrey Lo performances: May 25th, May 31st, June 9th (matinee) Hazard Games is about to launch a gaming experience that is a virtual wet dream come true: Sexbot 2600 is sexy, seductive, and ready to play. At least, that's how she is supposed to work when she's not full of bugs, defending herself against players, and falling in love with the geeky quality assurance girl whose job it is to fix this lusty avatar. Cast: Maggie Cole Charles Feinstein Hannah Larson Jessica Coker Mohr Linkon Pickus more

2nd Annual New Play Development Factory Join us as we celebrate the creativity and talent of Bay Area playwrights! We read more than forty scripts and picked ne...w, original scripts by three local writers. Now Dragon Productions Theatre Company is hosting three weekends of staged readings of these scripts. After each performance, the writer is on hand to host a question and answer session with the audience to get feedback on the script. Over the next few days the scripts are all rewritten for the next weekend's performance. Come get a peek at what goes into making a new theatre script ready for performance!    The festival runs May 24th - June 9th. Single tickets and full festival flex passes are now on sale!  Almost Happy  by Jacob Marx Rice directed by Cara Phipps performances: May 24th, June 2nd (matinee), June 8th Naomi loves Aaron. Aaron loves Tess. Tess loves sex. With women. Almost Happy follows three young people as they struggle to understand themselves and each other in the age of Occupy Wall Street, changing sexual practices and a generation struggling to find its place. This darkly comic play explores what it means to "grow up" in the modern world, and the damage we cause in the process. Cast: Katie Rose Krueger Sara Luna Rory Strahan-Mauk The Killing Jar  by Jennifer Lynne Roberts directed by Heather Noelle Robinson performances: May 26th (matinee), June 1st, June 7th Ava, a painter and curator, arrives in the Philippines to convince artist Jefford Huso to exhibit at the 1964 New York World's Fair. A great admirer of his work, she is also hoping for an apprenticeship during her time at his studio outside Manila. But her desire for a mentor, his addiction to alcohol and women jeopardize the show and Ava's career, which hinges on this rare opportunity in a male dominated field. Cast: Michelle Cabinian Brian Flegel Chris Gaoiran Jery Rosas Amber Somerfield Sexbot 2600  by Jake Arky directed by Jeffrey Lo performances: May 25th, May 31st, June 9th (matinee) Hazard Games is about to launch a gaming experience that is a virtual wet dream come true: Sexbot 2600 is sexy, seductive, and ready to play. At least, that's how she is supposed to work when she's not full of bugs, defending herself against players, and falling in love with the geeky quality assurance girl whose job it is to fix this lusty avatar. Cast: Maggie Cole Charles Feinstein Hannah Larson Jessica Coker Mohr Linkon Pickus more

Kara's mission is to provide grief support for children, teens, families and adults. Our vision is to see people of all ages compassionately supported on their journey through grief so they can... move toward renewed hope and meaning. Our clients include those who are grieving a death as well as those coping with a terminal illness (their own or another's). Change, loss and trauma are natural in the cycle of life and grief is our natural reaction. Kara offers a safe and caring environment where those coping with death and dying can express and normalize their feelings of grief. Support from those with experience in dealing with personal loss can help ease the pain and promote healing. Our services are offered to individuals, families and organizations in our Bay Area community. Kara peer services are provided by volunteers with experience in healing from their own personal loss; volunteers who are carefully screened, trained and supervised. Donations are gratefully accepted as we do not charge a fee for peer support services. Grief therapy services are provided by interns who have completed their course requirements and are working on their client hours for licensing. Kara is dedicated to ensuring that therapy services are accessible to the community. Therefore Kara provides services for a reasonable fee and program staff will be happy to discuss the fee schedule with you. Kara does not espouse a particular religion or philosophy. We encourage those we serve to draw strength from their own personal spiritual beliefs, family, friends and other community resources to build sustaining support. Kara is the Gothic root of the word "care." It means to reach out, to care, to lament, to grieve with. more

“Each city I visit appears to me under its own light. I feel certain needs. I set myself an appropriate line of conduct for my public.” - Le Corbusier, “Precisions,” 1930

Join us at Neiman Marcus to see the amazing jewelry collection by Manhattan based fine jewelry designer, Jamie Wolf. 

Join us for Deborah's Palm Career Development Fair on Saturday, June 29, from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. We will be hosting local professionals, as they speak on topics such as the Hidden Job Market..., Networking, Tips to Ease Your Job Search, Resume Writing, Interviewing Successfully and Finding Work that Fits You. We will also have a panel of women entrepreneurs and local representatives from job search organizations. Free & Open to All! We hope you can join us! more