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Morgan Hill’s BookSmart opens satellite location at Eastridge mall
At Eastridge, books are back in the mall and soon authors will be too.
Not since Barnes & Noble abandoned its Eastridge location has another bookstore appeared in the immediate vicinity. Now everything has changed. Brad Jones and...
The Albert Square in San Jose
Sim Castro describes his music as “indie rock for aging nerds.” Which is a little tongue-in-cheek. The music is fun, catchy & introspective.
Bliss the Bay Wolf in San Jose
Bliss the Wolf's soulful voice flows beautifully over smooth beats as she sings about love, life and the Bay.
Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology for February 12–18, 2026
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them,” wrote Ernest Hemingway. This Valentine season,...
How Purple Lotus Keeps It Fresh
Published in cooperation between Purple Lotus and Metro Silicon Valley
For many cannabis consumers, there’s one unmistakable sign that they’ve found the right dispensary: the flower smells...
Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount: What’s the Deal
This article originally appeared in the American Prospect.
In progressive circles, there is a great fear about the consolidation of Hollywood and the broader media into the...
Bliss the Bay Wolf in San Jose
Bliss the Wolf's soulful voice flows beautifully over smooth beats as she sings about love, life and the Bay.
Venita Blackburn in San Jose
Blackburn reads from her debut novel, Dead in Long Beach, which addresses the mania of grief through an end-of-the-world lesbian assassin.
Samay Raina in San Jose
Twenty-eight-year-old Samay Raina is the biggest comedian in India. Now on his 2nd American tour, which culminates with a show at Madison Square Garden, Raina is...
The Sex Lives of Puppets at Stanford
For those who don’t away from the title, “The Sex Lives of Puppets” offers a fun, frank, and fascinating exploration of humanity.
The Queers in San Jose
The Queers have a tight formula for writing songs about love, drugs, fighting Nazis and the perpetual boredom of American culture.
Jacquees in San Jose
Jacquees operates squarely in the tradition of modern R&B singers who treat smoothness as a competitive sport. Emerging from Atlanta, he built his profile through melodic...