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A Valley of Nations: What the World Cup Meant to Santa Clara County
Thanks to the World Cup, Santa Clara County has become a valley of nations.
As this week’s Metro hits the streets, the United States Men’s National Team is set to take on Bosnia on July 1st at Levi’s...
Tony Powell’s Hidden Life Comes to Light in New Documentary
The only San Jose Earthquakes player to operate a crumbling motel in West Hollywood for 20 years is now the subject of a documentary.
The Last Guest of the Holloway Motel screens on June 25th at Frameline, the...
Miljohn Ruperto’s Haunting Visions Blur Reality at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center
As Dante tells it, an inscription on the Gates of Hell reads: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” A similar trigger warning is nowhere to be found upon the threshold of Miljohn Ruperto’s exhibit Animal, Vegetable,...
Jesse Wegman in Menlo Park
The Lost Founder, his book about James Wilson, a major architect of American democracy whose name never entered the popular pantheon.
Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology for July 8-14, 2026
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
There are only two types of humans, right? Some of us serve beauty, truth and goodness, while the rest pledge their...
Where to Celebrate Fourth of July 2026 Around San Jose and Silicon Valley
San Jose
ROSE, WHITE & BLUE PARADE & FESTIVAL
Saturday, July 4 | 10am parade, 11am-2pm festivalThe Alameda, 1100 Shasta Ave., San Jose | rwbsj.org
San Jose’s oldest Fourth...
At 250, America’s Founding Ideals Still Deserve Celebration
This week San Jose welcomed the U.S. men’s soccer team. The players arrived at downtown’s Marriott hotel on Monday, two days before their match against Bosnia...
Gershwin Reimagined at Stanford
For one night only, Gershwin’s timeless songs will be reimagined by another prominent New York jazz musician, Victor Lin.
Willie Nelson in Saratoga
If Willie Nelson were only known as a pioneer for the outlaw country music movement of the 1970s, he’d be a national treasure. But the still-active...
Maren Morris in Saratoga
Variously described as a country-pop, R&B, hip hop and even rock artist, Morris delivers the goods in her signature style.
Stormy Daniels in Sunnyvale
Daniels combines jokes, raunchy personal storytelling from the adult industry, and finishes with an interactive audience Q&A session.
Belmont in San Jose
The songs move fast, the rhythms hit hard, and the whole thing has that wired, tightly coiled feeling that makes a small room sing.
3rd Annual AAPI Playwright Festival in San Jose
This festival brings forward bold, fresh, and new theater and helps build community around this form of storytelling.