.Aaron Carnes

It’s that time of year again. San Jose Jazz has just announced its Summer Fest 2024 lineup. This year looks like it’s going to...

Leila Forouhar is an Iranian pop singer who began her career as an actress in the ’60s—at three years old! She moved to LA in the ’80s and went on to build a worldwide pop audience with infectious dance songs in various languages.

Eddie Mininfield is a funky, soulful saxophonist who has played with some of the best in the business, like Prince & The Revolution, Sheila E., Beyonce, Paula Abdul and Stevie Nicks. Basically, every dream musician a horn player has ever wanted to gig with.

Writers and SJSU lecturers Ume Ali and Au-Co Tran were frustrated at the media’s portrayal of the conflict in Gaza, so they decided to do something about it and organized the Poets for Palestine.

Sometimes, it takes a good story to understand big spiritual ideas. Norbu will also speak at this upcoming screening, which will undoubtedly shed more light on his vision and give people much to ponder.

Jóse Hernàndez takes his mariachi group Sol de México on the road and together they dazzle audiences with mariachi Christmas tunes, or more accurately, Merry-Achi Christmas tunes.

Some of the artists involved include Pura Fé Crescioni (lap steel guitar, voice), Sandeep Das (tablas), Karen Ouzounian (cello), Francesco Turrisi (frame drums, accordion), Michi Wiancko (violin), Yazhi Guo (suona, Chinese percussion) and many others.

Ghastly may sound like a clever DJ name, but there’s an entire story behind it that involves growing up on a goat farm, being homeless in LA, getting fired from American Apparel, and moving back to the goat farm before returning to LA to give DJing his everything.