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The Ghosts of Santa Clara Street in Downtown San Jose
The block of Santa Clara Street between First and Second is fermenting on many levels.
Always in search of a more global context, I consulted...
Nandita Dinesh Finds Community at South Asian Literature and Arts Festival
When Nandita Dinesh ran community-based theater projects in conflict zones around the world, she had no idea a thriving South Asian arts community awaited...
Kindness in San Jose: Dolly Parton, Aart de Geus and Susan O’Malley
While certain tech industry CEOs embrace the global far right and advocate inhumanity, inequality and cruelty as policy, it can be a form of...
Iconic Andy’s Pet Shop sign hangs again
As of last weekend, the Andy’s Pet Shop neon sign has returned to life on Bascom Avenue, making San Jose a much more interesting...
Exploring Aborn and San Felipe: A Uniquely San Jose Experience
The mammoth intersection of Aborn and San Felipe in San Jose is a rocking bazaar that should be explored on foot.
Multiple Indian grocers and...
Furthur Bus Returns to the Bay Area in Grateful Dead Exhibition
The most famous bus ever to park in San Jose’s Rose Garden neighborhood is now included in a massive show in San Francisco.
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Namita Paul’s Thresholds of Memory Explores Art, Architecture and Loss
When the artist’s odyssey merges with the neighborhood’s odyssey, she is in the right place.
Originally from Jalandhar, India, artist Namita Paul examines the emotional...
Knapp’s Plow Works: A Forgotten Piece of San Jose History
I always thought plows were boring. Then my grandfather and great-grandfather returned to life in a photograph of Knapp’s Plow Works in San Jose.
The...
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