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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.
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.
Black-and-white aerial photo of construction area
Oct 15, 2025

Raising a Cup to Larry Itliong Way

An effort is underway to rename Paseo de San Antonio in downtown San Jose after Larry Itliong, the Filipino American labor organizer.
Top of a midcentury modern building
Oct 8, 2025

Knight Foundation Bets $6M on the Transformation of La Placita

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation plans an investment of over $6 million to support La Placita, a project in East San Jose.
Building that looks empty with its address written on the door.
Oct 1, 2025

Revisiting the Djinns of Downtown San Jose

Park Avenue’s ramshackle hodgepodge of San Jose history beckoned me. Ghosts of Leather Masters and the Radiator Doctor returned to life.

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