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Pinto says she read the novel in college and “found it very frustrating to watch Tess go through what she went through and not stand up.”. “Now that I’ve done the research, I’ve realized that girls like that do exist,” she says. “It is part of reality and not just in India, but many, many parts of the world — even America.”. There is an aching quality to Pinto’s performance in “Trishna” that ultimately makes you forget about her beauty, but not before she dances, which in some ways represents a freedom that the character doesn’t understand.

Plein-air opera?: The Livermore Valley Opera mounts its second Opera in the Vineyard concert this summer on Sunday at Retzlaff Vineyards in handmade antique ivory satin ballet slippers - split soles Livermore, Spread yourself a Sunday picnic and revel in the thrilling strains of arias — and some show tunes — from LVO favorites baritone Bernardo Bermudez, soprano Shawnette Sulker, tenor Christopher Bengochea and mezzo-soprano Nikola Printz, Fine wines will be available for purchase from Retzlaff (no corkage allowed), and there will be an “arias a la carte” section of the program where you can “purchase” an aria of your choosing to be sung at your table side, Details: 5-8 p.m.; $45 advance/$50 door, tables for eight available in advance for $340; www.livermorevalleyopera.com.— Sue Gilmore, Correspondent..

Each layer is hand-painted a different shade of blue, green, lavender, lilac and white. Powell wanted the dress to have the soft hues associated with watercolor paintings. The most important thing about the dress was the movement. Powell knew the dress would look wonderful when actress Lily James twirls around the ballroom floor in it. She was more interested in the way it would look when Cinderella makes her mad sprint to the carriage as the clock strikes midnight. “I wanted it to float behind her and around her and have a life all of its own,” Powell says.

Amy Hurst,  the center’s activities director, knows the conversation can turn magical when small groups of children and handmade antique ivory satin ballet slippers - split soles the adults they know as grandpas and grandmas come together for crafts or gardening or story time once a day, She also used to bring her own daughter, and when she’d strap Haley into her car seat and ask about her day, the little girl would say Grandpa Cecil promised her a pony again, “Well, it turned out Cecil did get his own granddaughter a pony,” Hurst explained..

“Peter and the Wolf”: The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra performs Prokofiev’s holiday classic, with actor Richard Dreyfuss as narrator; 2 p.m. Dec. 9; Davies Hall, San Francisco; $25-$110; 415-864-6000, www.sfsymphony.org. San Jose Wind Symphony: “Visions of Sugar Plum Fairies,” featuring Christmas and Hanukkah songs, sing-alongs and portions of “The Nutcracker” with young performers from Ballet Petit; 3 p.m. Dec. 9; McAfee Performing Arts Center, Saratoga; $7-$22; www.sjws.org.