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L.A. Guns Returns to Downtown San Jose’s Rock Scene
The remains of the Sunset Strip from 1988 surfaced last week at the Ritz for a small rock show that triggered a thousand mystical...
Giselle in San Jose
Reincarnated set pieces from Santa Cruz are given a second life in Hammer Theatre for New Ballet’s fresh interpretation of the classical Giselle story....
AAPI Heritage Month Through Art, Film and Community in the Bay Area
With Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month now upon us, the columnist reincarnated as “Herb Caen Tagore” and infiltrated a wealth of events.
Taking...
San Jose’s Acid Test House: From Grateful Dead History to Forgotten Local Legends
Last year an original flyer emerged for one of Ken Kesey’s acid tests, the notorious multisensory happening at 38 S. Fifth Street on December...
A Visit to the Original Round Table Pizza and Menlo Park’s Historic Landmarks
With pizza on his mind, and on several of this issue’s pages, the columnist made a triumphant return to the oldest Round Table in...
Levitt Pavilion San Jose Gains Momentum With Plans for St. James Park Stage
Last week, a few dozen arts advocates gathered for a power-networking soiree at MACLA to hear Friends of Levitt Pavilion San Jose provide updates...
CADRE Lab at SJSU Celebrates 40 Years of Experimental Media Art and Innovation
If you build something, the students will eventually come. The CADRE Lab for New Media at SJSU proves it.
This weekend, CADRE (Computers in Art,...
A Book Lover’s Guide to Los Gatos Bookstores
If people on Instagram can post guides to bookstores in Rome and Paris, then Los Gatos should have its due.
When I stood in the...
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