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One of the newer dance companies on the Peninsula, the group takes its name from Menlo Park, where it is based, and the last name of its founder and artistic director, Michael Lowe. Lowe, born and raised in the Bay Area, has danced with a number of companies in California, including Oakland Ballet, as well as the North Dakota Ballet and the Old Souls New Shoes Dance Company with Mark Morris. Menlowe Ballet performs in various styles — classical as well as contemporary ballet, and what Lowe refers to as “cultural ballets,” which are pieces that borrow storylines, music, costumes, and movement motifs from different cultural traditions.

Tickets, which are sold at the door, are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and students, For more information, go to www.elcampaniltheatre.com, Nature’s Canvas exhibit to open Saturday, ANTIOCH — The loveliness of nature is celebrated in art this month, Antioch’s Lynn House Gallery will hold the third annual Nature’s Canvas Exhibit, which will include landscapes by just over 30 area artists using various mediums, The display is at 809 W, First St., wedding ballet shoes in blush and ivory lace with ribbon ties Antioch, The public can stop by the gallery every Wednesday and Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m, through Oct, 10, Admission is free..

Of the zillion or so movies that have been made into stage musicals, some seem more likely candidates than others. A story about a young boy with an exceptional aptitude for ballet growing up in a rough English mining town, the 2000 British movie “Billy Elliot” seemed like a natural fit. And indeed, it wasn’t long before “Billy Elliot the Musical” premiered on London’s West End in 2005, with libretto and lyrics by the original screenwriter, Lee Hall, and music by Elton John. After racking up Olivier and Tony awards for best musical, the show finally hit San Francisco on its U.S. tour in 2011, and now Berkeley Playhouse gives “Billy Elliot” its East Bay premiere at the Julia Morgan Theater.

WAR AND ANTISEMITISM, “Babi Yar”: Yevgeny Yevtushenko’s 1961 poem about the Nazi massacre of 33,000 Jews in a ravine near Kiev in 1941 helped to expose rampant anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union as well as inspire the opening movement of composer Dmitri Shostakovich’s 13th symphony, Even Putin is a fan, saying the poet’s legacy will always remain a “part of Russian culture.”, BACK IN THE USSR, Book: “The Russians”: As Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times from wedding ballet shoes in blush and ivory lace with ribbon ties 1971-74, Hedrick Smith won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the U.S.S.R, His classic nonfiction best-seller focuses less on politics than on the day-to-day lives of regular people under Soviet rule, (Ballantine Books, reissue edition, 1984)..

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased in person at the Lesher Center Ticket office, online at www.lesherartscenter.org or by calling 925-943-7469. Diablo Ballet’s ‘Masters’ set for Del Valle Theatre. Diablo Ballet’s “Celebrated Masters” will be held May 6-7, at the Del Valle Theatre, 1963 Tice Valley Blvd., in Walnut Creek. Performances are at 8 p.m. and also at 2 p.m. Saturday. Diablo Ballet is unveiling a new production of “Carnival of the Animals” set to the music of French composer Saint-Saens and choreographed by Robert Dekkers.