.Gary Singh

Gary Singh
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Gary Singh’s byline has appeared over 1500 times, including newspaper columns, travel essays, art and music criticism, profiles, business journalism, lifestyle articles, poetry and short fiction. He is the author of The San Jose Earthquakes: A Seismic Soccer Legacy (2015, The History Press) and was recently a Steinbeck Fellow in Creative Writing at San Jose State University. An anthology of his Metro columns, Silicon Alleys, was published in 2020.
Copies of zines scattered on top of each other, photographed from above
Dec 3, 2025

Return of ‘Art of Zines’ Proves DIY Publishing Isn’t Dead

With a new Art of Zines show set to open this weekend, my mind explored the history of sporadic zine exhibits in DTSJ.
Two people on either side of a plaque, holding it upright. Plaque has the Grateful Dead’s logo on it
Nov 26, 2025

Zero to 60: San Jose Marks Grateful Dead Birthplace

In San Jose on Dec. 4, 1965, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Ron “Pigpen” McKernan and Phil Lesh played their first gig as the Grateful Dead.
Framed images displayed in an exhibit
Nov 19, 2025

History San Jose Opens Doors on ‘South Bay Flashback’

Bill Guardino’s collection of San Jose rock posters from the ’60s just might be the best exhibit ever at History San Jose.
Collage of images that evoke South Asian art forms with more abstract images as well
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Nov 12, 2025

Shahzia Sikander Draws on Imagery of the Diaspora

This is the most comprehensive exhibition to date of renowned Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander, spanning 35 years of her career.
Illustration of a humanoid monkey hybrid dressed in fancy garb
Nov 12, 2025

SF Opera’s ‘Monkey King’ Sparks Regional Creative Alliance

When San Francisco Opera premieres ‘The Monkey King,’ the evening will include an art gallery curated by South Bay firm Art Builds Community.
Nightclub filled with people selling merchandise
Nov 5, 2025

Generations Come Together at Punk Rock Flea Market

At the San Jose Punk Rock Flea Market, it was refreshing to see people exchanging real life experiences and tangible objects.
man at podium next to a large slide projection
Oct 29, 2025

Spartan Values: The Columnist Returns to His Alma Mater

With San Jose State University Homecoming upon us, the venerable Herb Caen Rinpoche revisited his alma mater for two author events last week.
Four people doing a performance on a stage
Oct 22, 2025

SJSU Alumni Explore the Mysteries of the Brain

Last weekend, Silicon Valley scientists and SJSU School of Music alumni collaborated on a revolutionary theatrical production.
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