The prominent Bay Area clothier with stores in San Francisco and Palo Alto– Wilkes Bashford –has teamed up to help raise money for Ballet San Jose in November. Ballet company dancers will become fashion models wearing breathtaking men’s and women’s holiday & resort fashions at “An Evening of Cocktails and Couture” sponsored by Gentry Magazine. The fashion event will take place at Wilkes Bashford's store in the Stanford Shopping Center and will benefit Ballet San Jose School. The public is invited!

• Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, 6 – 9 p.m.
• Tickets: $125
• Wilkes Bashford Palo Alto, 450 Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto
• balletsj.org
• (408) 288-2820 x 208

Ballet San Jose under the direction of Dennis Nahat prepares for another delightful holiday season of entertainment and has announced that the stage lighting already recognized as some of the best, has introduced higher tech Martin M1 lighting console technology. Ballet aficionados have praised the lighting addition as adding another element to the experience of viewing. The upcoming Nutcracker Ballet provides the perfect opportunity to see this spectacular stage show and dancers in action. A flight worth taking, you can hop on a plane and spend the holiday with a Nutcracker show and other downtown San Jose holiday events such as the outdoor ice rink. The Nutcracker tickets are on sale now.