Week Ahead: Julie Heffernan's Art and Allison Miller at Stanford

Learn about the painter Julie Heffernan during lecture by Brigid Barton, Ph.D. at the Palo Alto Art Center this Tuesday, July 9 at 7 p.m. Listen to Barton, professor Emerita at Santa Clara University, as she discusses the influences in Julie Heffernan work.

Catch up on your foreign films this season at Stanford's International, Comparative and Area Studies (ICA) Summer Film Festival. Watch Repentance (Soviet Union, 1984) Wednesday, July 10 at 7 p.m. in Cubberley Auditorium. Free and open to the public.

Watch Marlene Deitrich in Shanghai Express (1932) this week at the Stanford Theater, 221 University Ave., at 5:55 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Also watch Morocco (1930) at 7:30 p.m. Both from Wednesday, July 10 to Friday, July 12.

Learn how to safely "Bridge the Digital Divide" between teens and parents on Thursday, July 11 at 7 p.m. during a talk at the Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Rd. Free and open to the public. Registration is required and a light meal will be served.

Come celebrate the unveiling of the Stanford Solar Car Project's new solar car named Luminos, this Friday, July 12 at 5 p.m. int the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Laboratory 473 Oak Rd., Stanford, CA. Free and open to the public.

Allison Miller's recent album Boom Tic Boom has been named one of the year’s top 10 jazz albums of 2010 by the Los Angeles Times and now you can listen to acclaimed drummer Allison Miller, this Friday, July 12 at 8 p.m. in Stanford's Campbell Recital Hall, 471 Lagunita Dr. Cost General Admission: $45; Student: $15.