Week Ahead: Turkey Trot; Coffee with Mayor; 'Nutcracker' Opens

Monday, Nov. 25

• Teen Friendly Business Program Presentation. 4 p.m. Youth Advisory Committee presents November 2013 Teen Friendly Business Award to In-N-Out on El Camino Real.

• Forensic Analysis of the Assassination of President Kennedy. Saratoga Library. 7 p.m.
  

• Thanksgiving Academic Camps.  Communication Academy.

• Girls Softball - Sign ups. Throughout the week. Mountain View - Los Altos Girls Softball is a softball league open to girls who are 5-16 years old. 

• Thanksgiving Dinner. Little House, 800 Middle Avenue, Menlo Park. 

• Teen Tech Tutoring. Downtown Palo Alto Library. For older adults, teens will answer tech questions. By appointment. 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.

• Java with John. Drop by to meet Mayor John Inks 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.Le Boulanger, 650 Castro St., Ste. 160.  

• Ayurveda & Your Family. Cupertino Center for Yoga and Meditation, 10601 S DeAnza Blvd. Ayurveda is one of the oldest holistic healing systems.
  

• City Offices will be closed to observe Thanksgiving Day.

• Thanksgiving Service, all welcome! First Church, Christ Scientist, 3045 Cowper Street, Palo Alto. 10 a.m. Everyone is welcome to service with readings, expressions of gratitude, and accounts of healing.

• Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot. San Jose.

• Pacific Ballet - The 23rd Annual Nutcracker. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

• City Offices will be closed the Day after Thanksgiving.

• Holiday Traditions at Filoli—Ice Fantasy. 86 Cañada Road, Woodside. 
  

• FREE OPERA PERFORMANCES at the 2013 Saratoga Holiday Wine Stroll. Downtown Saratoga.

• Pacific Ballet - The 23rd Annual Nutcracker. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.

• Holiday Tree Lighting and Mini Snowman Contest.  Lytton Plaza, Palo Alto. 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

• Scout's Fund Holiday Gathering - A Season of Comfort.holiday gathering to benefit animals in need of rehab therapy at the Peninsula Humane Society. Burlingame. 

• Pacific Ballet - The 23rd Annual Nutcracker. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts. 12:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.

• Holiday Toy and Pajama Drive. The Rengstorff House • 3070 N. Shoreline Blvd. • Mountain View. Through Dec. 18. 

• Pictures with Santa- Pet Night! 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Stanford Shopping Center.

• Foothills Park Workday. Palo Alto. Volunteers of all ages welcome; minors under 18 require a signed waiver; children under 12 require an accompanying adult. 

•  Cycle for Good. Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center, 14855 Oka Road, Los Gatos. Donation goes to Special Olympics.