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Jul 9, 2025

At a Crossroad

The intersection of Race Street, The Alameda and Martin Avenue is a hall of mirrors, reflecting every direction, through both time and space.
Overhead view of people playing instruments while walking on a white dropcloth with brown splotches of clay
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Jul 9, 2025

In SJMA Show, ‘Young Bay Mud’ Serves as Medium, Inspiration

Former San Jose Museum of Art curator Nidhi Gandhi began organizing a group show after noticing a theme shared by local artists.
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Jul 9, 2025

Feeling Festive

This week the action is at the Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival, with displays by artists, live music, and food and drink vendors.
Jul 9, 2025

Rob Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology for July 10–16, 2025

Author Rob Brezsny offers insights for all signs of the horoscope in his weekly Free Will Astrology column.
Jul 9, 2025
Young man in front of a body of water
At just 18, Sulaiman Kaamil is changing the way students access and share knowledge worldwide with Selnotes, his new app.
Space-themed decoration in fast-food restaurant
Sixth Street Burgers and Astroid Burgers both opened a couple months apart in downtown San Jose—and just a block away from each other.
Spaghetti at Stanford
Spaghetti is a quartet of instrumentalists: leader and 2023 Grammy-nominated pianist/accordionist Sam Reider, Jim Campilongo on guitar, bassist Mat Muntz and drummer Scott Amendola
Adrea Castiano in Mount Hamilton
The laserium is getting a classy makeover and upgrade with Lick Observatory’s Music of the Spheres
Tamasha at Stanford
This daylong festival celebrates desi culture with a fusion of traditional meets modern music, dancing, art, handmade crafts, and plenty of food.
Tim Atlas in San Jose
A native of Oakland, musician Tim Atlas spent most of his adult life in LA, where he
Spongebob The Musical in San Jose
The citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt!
The Imaginative Landscape in San Jose
The Imaginative Landscape is a 20-year retrospective of artist Pao Houa Her’s landscape, portrait and documentary photographs, as well as video and large-scale lightboxes
pobladores night market, san jose california
Pacific Sun E-edition Pacific Sun E-edition

Latest Giveaways

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