Promised Land:
Jacob Lawrence at the Cantor: More than 50 works by the 20th century American artist as well as a work by his wife, Gwendolyn Knight, that were recently given to the Cantor Arts Center are on view. Stanford. www.museum.stanford.edu.
Mendocino Music Festival:
Performances by the Calder Quartet at 3 pm and the California Honeydrops at 8 pm Tent Concert Hall, Mendocino. www.mendocinomusic.org.
Word for Word: Off the Page series of staged readings, the first step in developing full productions, takes on Tobias Wolff’s short story “Bible” and Percival Everett’s “The Appropriation of Culture.” 7 pm Z Below, 470 Florida St., SF www.zspace.org.
