The public is invited to a free reception Thursday, January 11, 4-6pm in 

the Castro Valley Center for the Arts, 19501 Redwood Road, Castro Valley.

The event features a collaboration of Gerald Thompson, Winifred Thompson, and Carol Jones Brown's art. 

Susan Sarti will play jazz piano. 

Poet Bruce Roberts will perform, and there'll be book signing by Pam Holloway of Alphabet Book for Children  and Fast Forward to Phonics - Learn to Read English by Winifred Thompson.