Terry Teachout’s propulsive one-man show invites us to eavesdrop on the inner thoughts of the groundbreaking musician, in his 70s, as he approaches the end of a long and colorful life. Teachout, the drama critic for the Wall Street Journal, has crafted a tight and tart biography that contrasts the public image of the star with his salty talking, pot-smoking, badass private self. We get a 90-minute audience with the raspy voiced master as he recounts his heady journey from a New Orleans boys home to the cover of Time magazine. Steeped in reminiscences as aching and bittersweet as a jazz riff, “Satchmo” thoroughly seduces us in its regional premiere, directed by Gordon Edelstein, at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater.

“Am I dreaming? Is ballerina art-girls room art-ballet wall art-dancer-nursery decor-free shipping-ballerina decor-for ballet lovers-ballet fine ar this some kind of crazy dream?” she asked, Kevin Spacey kicked off his first-ever Tony Award hosting gig with grace and self-deprecating wit, dancing, singing and joking his way through an opening number that linked all four best new musical nominees and doing his best Glenn Close impersonation, Spacey, who was named Tony host after several other celebrities turned down the job, laughed at himself in the 10-minute opening song, in which he gradually grew comfortable with hosting duties despite what he fears will be nasty tweets directed at him..

Details: Oct. 4-5; Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University; $32-$68; 650-724-2464, stanfordlive@stanford.edu. Sasha Waltz & Guests, “Körper”: On the cusp of starting her co-directorship of the Berlin State Ballet next year, renowned German choreographer Sasha Waltz has revived 2000’s “Körper,” the first piece she created as director of the prestigious Berlin theater Schaubühne. It’s an arresting work, a kaleidoscopic series of tableaux featuring 13 male and female dancers in various stages of undress that use the human body as a pulsing architectural building block.

So Velasco organized a group that performed a traditional song and dance at the pageant, That was the beginning of her promoting Latino culture in Oakland, And she continued to dance at numerous events over the years, ballerina art-girls room art-ballet wall art-dancer-nursery decor-free shipping-ballerina decor-for ballet lovers-ballet fine ar Velasco was recognized for her contributions at an Oakland City Hall ceremony in 2004, The City Council honored her for more than nine decades of service with numerous resolutions, the last one earlier this year when she turned 114, The Unity Council’s Casa Velasco Senior Housing in the Fruitvale district bears her name..

I wondered what impact Ruby Bridges, who broke racial barriers in education when she was a 6-year-old in Louisiana, would have on the audience at Project Cornerstone’s Asset Champions Breakfast on Friday morning. Her story, after all, begins in 1960 — generations removed from the students who attended the event, which focuses on providing youth with positive influences. But her powerful message can’t be confined to the pages of history, and the lessons she learned as a girl being escorted to an empty classroom by federal marshals still resonate. “The most important thing to a 6-year-old is having friends,” said Bridges, now 62, who received the Spark award at the breakfast held at the Santa Clara Convention Center. “I have to say to the young people today, that never, ever changes.”.