Artful Harvest. 3-7 p.m. Oct. 8. Proceeds support Djerassi Resident Artists Program. Performances by Djerassi alumni Aleta Hayes and Malcolm Margolin. Dinner, silent auction. Djerassi Resident Artists Program, 2325 Bear Gulch Road, Woodside. $350-$750. 650-747-1250. Food, Wine & Heroes: A Taste of San Mateo County. 5 p.m. Oct. 12. Fundraising dinner to benefit Sheriff’s Activies League’s juvenile delinquency programs. Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway St., Redwood City. Sponsorships available. http://www.sheriffsactivitiesleague.com/news.

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(A second program, featuring Brahms’s Symphony No. 2 and Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with soloist Yuja Wang, was scheduled for Wednesday.). At Tuesday’s program, part of the Great Performers Series presented by the San Francisco Symphony (which is off on its own tour), Corigliano’s overlooked opus was the news. With its wide canvas and tightly woven narrative — a musical analogue to the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt that inspired the composer — it is a showcase for orchestra. In his fifth season as music director, Dudamel, 33, grabbed the opportunity; he and his 108 musicians gave a bravura performance.

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The company has an annual Adopt-a-Family program, providing gifts and clothing to a family in need at holiday time and has done dollar-for-dollar matching programs to aid victims of Katrina, Haiti and Japan earthquakes. Cooper ranked fourth in the small business Top Work Places. Involved in the Morgan Hill/Gilroy community as farmers since 1925, Gugliemo Winery supports numerous events and causes each year, providing its event space for various fundraisers supporting local schools, the annual Morgan Hill Seniors Dinner and other events. The winery, named fifth Top Work Places in the small business category, also recruits volunteers to help with these and other projects.