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How SJSU Helped Pioneer MAX/MSP and Computer Music Innovation
In the School of Music at San Jose State University (SJSU), there is a room upstairs where the gear is different nowadays, but software manuals from 35 years ago remain.
Several of those manuals accompanied the original versions...
Ozomatli Brings 30 Revolutions Tour to The Guild Theatre
Anyone who’s spent 30 seconds with Ozomatli’s high-energy, in-the-pocket and stylistically diverse songbook knows the group makes music rooted in Latin rhythms, fusing salsa, cumbia and merengue with reggae, samba, funk, hip-hop and jazz.
For three decades, Ozo’s...
PowerHouse San Jose Creates a Creative Haven for Women Entrepreneurs
In the corridors of San Jose’s arts district, PowerHouse has emerged as an unassuming sanctuary—a restored space that seeks to bolster the ambition of women reshaping their own narratives and reclaiming agency.
Launched by filmmakers Tricia Creason-Valencia and...
Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology for March 4-10, 2026
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
Many ancient cultures had myths that explained solar eclipses as celestial creatures eating the sun. In China, the devourer was a...
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...
Poiesis Quartet at Stanford
Poiesis Quartet has earned international recognition through major competition wins and a reputation for immaculate ensemble work.
Frog and Other Essays in Menlo Park
Anne Fadiman first caught the country’s attention with her 1997 debut The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, the story of an epileptic Hmong child....
Karina Denike & The Cottontails in San Jose
Singer-songwriter Karina Denike first came to fame fronting the 1990s Bay Area ska band Dance Hall Crashers. That band’s horn-focused approach made significant inroads during ska’s...
BoDeans in Menlo Park
What happens when a charismatic frontman joins forces with a smokin’ band of rockabilly musicians that creates memorable songs?
The Enigmatic Voice in San Jose
The Dictionary defines “enigma” in three ways. It’s only fitting that The Enigmatic Voice, features three separate pieces.
NGHTMRE in Sunnyvale
NGHTMRE built his reputation on explosive drops and tightly engineered chaos that lands somewhere between festival spectacle and club precision. The Los Angeles-based producer leans into...