Menlo Park artist Joe Zirker turns 90 Wednesday and has an opening at Palo Alto Art Center Thursday, 6 p.m.
From our friends at Art Center:
Thursday, August 14, 6-8 p.m.
Palo Alto Art Center, Meeting Room
FREE
Join us on Thursday for refreshments (and cake!) as we celebrate the 90th birthday of internationally recognized local artist Joseph Zirker, and his current exhibition, Joseph Zirker: A Celebration of Prints, Collages and Sculptures. This exhibition offers a glimpse at works created during an extensive and ongoing career, highlighting new collages by the ever-prolific artist whose innovations continue to inspire.
For more information contact the Art Center at 620.329.2366 or artcenter@cityofpaloalto.org.
edit to add, an hour later: I was sitting in City Hall nodding off in a Committee of Policy and Services meeting on City Audit when my phone buzzed to tell me that the Joe Show was this week, Thursday. I jumped up and left meeting, waking the entire row, and within 8 minutes was posing Joe in the twilight. But when Terry, my Terry, Terry Acebo Davis the former two-term PA Arts Commissioner got back from her day-night job, on bike, she suggested that we swap out the immediacy of my photo for the reportage of our recent visit to the Zirker Studios, two-miles from City Hall, in nearby Menlo or MenAlto. By Terry:
Plastic Alto with Mark Weiss 
Just saw this. Hope Joe Zirker is still in good health and spirits. I have known him and his wife Eva from 1980s when I attended Stanford University.
Best wishes for Zirkers!
Amir Naqwi