.Gary Singh

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https://www.garysingh.info/

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.

MLK Main Library, San Jose, Downtown San Jose, University Library

Sep 27, 2023

One Good Idea

The MLK Main Library celebrates 20 years after initial push-back that the organization received from the community decades earlier.

SJ Sports Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame, Athletes, Local Athletes

Sep 20, 2023

Home Run

Class of 2023 brings local flavor in the SJ Sports Hall of Fame. Read more about which athletes were chosen and why.

Lone Hill Park, vineyards, 1880s, Like Modern Edens, SJSU Library, Winegrowing in Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains 1798-1981, Charles L. Sullivan, David M. Harwood, Los Gatos

Sep 13, 2023

Secrets of Lone Hill

40-acre vineyards in the 1800s used to stretch along this suburban area where Lone Park now stands. Read on to discover more.

CEFCU Stadium, Spartan Stadium, SJSU Athletic Center, San Jose State

Sep 6, 2023

Spartan’s Facelift

The new CEFCU Stadium, the formerly Spartan Stadium, carries with it a plethora of history and years of legacy.

Mountain View, Silicon Valley, ShowPlace ICON Theatre, Cinequest, Tony & Alba’s Pizza, Latham, Walmart

Aug 30, 2023

Contemplating Time

A nostalgic walk through Mountain View leaves Gary Singh with lingering questions about a strip mall, corporate US and his childhood.

Cinequest San Jose, Mountain View, Sloane: A Jazz Singer, Valley of Exile, Mountain View ShowPlace ICON Theatre, California Theatre, Jennifer Esposito, Fresh Kills, CityView, Anna Fahr, Tabula Rasa (Kora Kagazz)

Aug 23, 2023

Women on the Scene

The fem perspective was strong at Cinequest San Jose

brothers broken, brothers broken movie, scientology, Geoff Levin, Robbie Levin

Aug 16, 2023

Scientology Split

Brothers Broken just might be the greatest rock ‘n’ roll redemption documentary in San Jose history. Or perhaps the best San Jose redemption in...

Portuguese, Silicon Alleys, Inside Cafe do Canto, Portugal, dog-friendly, dog friendly, German Shepherd, Azores, Alum Rock Corridor

Aug 9, 2023

A Little Portuguese Secret

At 33rd and Santa Clara in East San Jose, the Portuguese language surrounds me. Inside Cafe do Canto, I order a double espresso. “Now, that’s...

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