Metro Issue: Jul 27–Aug 2, 2021

Cover Story
Shear Passion
Inspired by the ’80s, San Jose alt-rockers the Trims deliver a startling debut album
read moreSV News
back to topHellenic High

Los Gatos’ Dio Deka is part of a new resurgence of high-end Greek restaurants in Silicon Valley
read moreFeatures
back to topSilicon Alleys: Half-Pipe Dreams
A reunion at the Blank Club salutes the heady days of Winchester Skate Park some 30 years ago
read moreMusic & Nightlife
back to topSolidarity
The supergroup Tillery brings together three female jazz vocal stars for debut show, Aug. 3, at Stanford Jazz Festival By Andrew Gilbert
read moreThinking Outside the Box

No sponsorship? No money? DIY Think and Die Thinking Festival is here to prove it doesn’t matter
read moreGood Karma Anniversary Show

The downtown San Jose vegan cafe celebrates its birthday with a night of live local music on July 28
read moreArts & Entertainment
back to topOn Target
One of San Jose’s largest summer events, the Target Summer Pops Free Music Festival, which runs July 30–Aug. 7, provides audiences an opportunity to experience the excitement of orchestral, world and pop music from the comfort of their blanket
read moreTimeless Love

'Aida,' opening this weekend at Children’s Musical Theater San Jose, is reinvented as a modern story with new twists, catchy tunes and the timeless bond shared between a Nubian princess and Egyptian commander.
read moreFilm
back to topTaken

Dictates of class and wealth undercut the usual procedural morality of a kidnapping tale in ‘Rapt’
read moreThe Yiddish Twain

The documentary ‘Sholom Alice: Laughing in the Darkness’ is the standout feature at the South Bay wing of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
read moreSV Dining
back to topLive Feed: Cigarettes and Meat
Industrial meat production in America is a disaster—a disaster for the environment, for the people who work in the feedlots and chicken warehouses and for the animals unlucky enough to live their short, miserable lives in cruel confinement.
read more