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Igudesman and Joo — each is 38 — have busy careers beyond their comedy act. Igudesman composes classically and for film, including portions of the Oscar-nominated soundtrack for 2009’s “Sherlock Holmes.” Joo has arranged Billy Joel’s classical compositions. And, oh, both have performed with the Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb. Igudesman grew up in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), where his mother, Nina, was a pianist, and his father, Mikhail, the concertmaster of the Orchestra of the Maly Theatre, a prominent ensemble. From the start, Igudesman was “a funny little guy,” says brother Leon Igudesman. “I mean, he was a normal kid, liked his video games. But he had this quirky sense of humor, very theatrical, kind of a deadpan style.”.

The Asian Branch will be featuring photographs and quotes from the Chinatown Oral History Project, highlighting the faces and words of residents of the neighborhood surrounding the commercial district (near 8th and Webster streets), which has long been associated with Chinese and other Asian businesses and restaurants, The branch is unique because when it was founded in in the hoop stocking with cuff and ballet motif ith 1975, it was established with a Federal Library Services Construction Act grant to specifically serve the Asian community with a multilingual staff and collections, The Asian Branch was relocated to its current home on the ground floor of the plaza in 1995..

With a score commissioned from the award-winning Bay Area-based Vietnamese composer Vân-Ánh Võ, the four-part work features  Bianca Cabrera , Laura Elaine Ellis, Sonsherée Giles, MaryStarr Hope, Yayoi Kambara, Megan Lowe and the Flyaway debut of drag artist and singer Honey Mahogany. For performance times, see flyawayproductions.com. All performances are free, as is admission to the Museum, located on the ground floor of the Cadillac Hotel, during each performance. Contact Andrew Gilbert at jazzscribe@aol.com.

— Oprah Winfrey, A lot of awards prognosticators expected the media mogul to get nominated for her remarkable performance in the HBO film, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” But Oprah received no Emmy love, — “Girls.” So much for a in the hoop stocking with cuff and ballet motif ith farewell fanfare, Lena Dunham’s groundbreaking comedy has gone out with a whimper, — Rachel Bloom, The song-and-dance dynamo at the center of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” once again failed to procure a nomination, Someone needs to tell Emmy voters to start paying attention to The CW..

Marta Pereira da Costa: 7 p.m. March 7, Five Wounds Portuguese National Church, 1375 E Santa Clara St., San Jose. Featuring the professional Fado guitarist. www.martapereiradacosta.com. Gem Faire: Noon-6 p.m. March 8, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. March 9 and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. March 10, Alameda County Fairgrounds, 4501 Pleasanton Ave., Pleasanton. Exhibitors from all over the world will be on site with the largest selection of fine jewelry, crystals, gemstones, beads, minerals, fossils and more. $7. www.gemfaire.com.