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Morgan Hill’s BookSmart opens satellite location at Eastridge mall

At Eastridge, books are back in the mall and soon authors will be too. Not since Barnes & Noble abandoned its Eastridge location has another bookstore appeared in the immediate vicinity. Now everything has changed. Brad Jones and Cinda Meister of BookSmart in Morgan Hill have opened a satellite location...
Archival black-and-white photo of a building on the San Jose State campus

SJSU Announces Awards for a Distinguished Group of Alumni

In the late ’60s, San Jose State was a rocking place. Just look at the 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards, announced last week.
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Photo Exhibit Resurrects What Was Lost to I-280 Construction

Thanks to a remarkable exhibit at the main library, we can now look at former houses that used to sit where the I-280 freeway now exists.
Copies of zines scattered on top of each other, photographed from above

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

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

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.
Illustration of a humanoid monkey hybrid dressed in fancy garb

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.

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