Taste of Our Community: Hosted by Employment & Community Options, a nonprofit organization that supports disabled adults and low-income seniors. Signature items from local restaurants, wineries and breweries, and a silent auction. May 10, 6 p.m. Lexus Stevens Creek, 3333 Stevens Creek Blvd., San Jose. $35/ticket. 858-565-9870, www.communityoptions.org. CCOC Custom & Classic Car Show Benefit: Benefiting the Central County Occupational Center’s SkillsUSA Club. Exhibit a custom, classic or vintage car, truck, motorcycle or bicycle. May 11, 5-8:30 p.m. Free admission; exhibitors pay $20 at the door for registration and a meal. 760 Hillsdale Ave., San Jose. 408-723-6400, www.MetroED.net.

Bagayoko got his start at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, where he performed in the Institute’s Eclipse Orchestra directed by Idrissa Soumaoro (a noted, blues-influenced musician in his own right), Four years older than Doumbia, he ballet charm silver tone in assorted dance styles had a thriving solo career when they met at the Institute “and we clicked right away,” he recalls, “We liked the same kind of music, That’s when the duo very quickly came together, We created this mix between Bambara, blues and rock, and no matter what else we add, that’s the foundation.”..

The gathering is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. Coyote Hills is located at 8000 Patterson Ranch Road off Paseo Padre Parkway in Fremont. The gathering is free, but Coyote Hills charges a parking fee of $5 per vehicle. For more information, call 510-544-3220. If you can’t make the gathering, drop by the visitor center from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday for a snake program hosted by naturalist Dino Labiste. You can meet the snakes that live at Coyote Hills, learn how they survive in the wild, take in some snake folklore and make a snake spiral craft to take home. The program is for ages 5 and older.

The festival offers a low-cost day of non-stop theater, dance, and music performances along with visual arts activities both inside and outside the Lesher Center, The event is presented by Chevron, and produced by the Diablo Regional Arts Association and the Lesher Center, New to the festival this year is Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, which features Gregory ballet charm silver tone in assorted dance styles Popovich and 30 trained animals including dogs, cats, geese, birds and mice in a comedy/circus act, Popovich rescued and trained the animals in the show, As a juggler, clown and pet trainer, Popovich combines physical comedy, balancing, and acrobatics..

The Santaland Diaries: Max Tachis performs David Sedaris’ one-man show about his short tenure at Macy’s as Crumpet the Elf, adapted by Joe Mantello and presented by TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. Through Dec. 23. Lohman Theatre, 12345 S. El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. $45. www.theatreworks.org, 650-463-1960. Smuin’s Christmas Ballet: The first act, Classical Christmas, features dancers in snow-white ensembles performing time-honored holiday favorites. The Cool Christmas second act delivers a red-hot costume change along with a mash-up of modern festive numbers, including “Santa Baby.” Through Dec. 9. Center for the Arts in Mountain View, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. $25-$89. www.smuinballet.org, 415-912-1899.