Breaking the Internet: 'Killswitch' Screens at Cinequest
Killswitch, which screens at Cinequest, joins the latest crop of documentaries examining the Internet's transformation of our lives and the bigger issues that loom. Read More
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Browse Events
- Thu Feb 26
- Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World
- at Cafe Stritch (8pm)
- Music
Jimmy Adkins became somebody as the frontman of massive pop-punk band Jimmy Eat World. The angsty, choppy, anthems spoke the woes of turn-of-the-century teens.Their biggest hit, "The Middle," has been the soundtrack for many…
- Thu Feb 26
- Therapy Thursdays
- at Myth Taverna Lounge (9pm)
- Music
Myth Taverna and Lounge presents Therapy Thursdays with a special DJ each week, mostly featuring local and touring house DJs. No cover at the door and $6 drinks before 11:30pm.
- Thu Feb 26 - Sun Mar 1
- Schoolhouse Rock Live!
- at Montgomery Theater (varies)
- Family
A critically-acclaimed family favorite, which leapt from screen to stage in 1993. Schoolhouse Rock Live continues the tradition of its televised counterpart by bringing youth a healthy heaping of educational, but catchy songs. Gen…
- Thu Feb 26 - Sat Feb 28
- Anthony Jeselnik
- at Improv (varies)
- Comedy
Anthony Jeselnik may look like the polo-wearing son of every Republican presidential candidate, but this deceiving shell hides one the blackest comic minds ever. Jeselnik is a cross-between the slow-paced non-sequiturs of Steven…
- Fri Feb 27
- Bill O'Reilly & Dennis Miller
- at City National Civic (8pm)
- Events
In 2015, Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Miller continue their wildly successful U.S. tour but this time around, there are no pinheads allowed! With their unique mix of political commentary and good-natured humor, in addition to the duo's…
- Fri Feb 27
- The Un(derground) Show
- at Bing Concert Hall (7pm, 9pm)
- Music
Now in its seventh season, The Chocolate Heads are a diverse troupe of performers from multiple genres (e.g., dance, music, design, or spoken word) with multi-cultural artistic perspectives.
- Fri Feb 27
- Enuff Z'Nuff
- at RockBar Theater (7pm)
- Music
Enuff Z'nuff is an American melodic rock band from Blue Island, Illinois. Founded by singer Donnie Vie and bassist Chip Z'Nuff, this Chicago area band is best known for their charting singles "Fly High Michelle" and "New Thing."
- Sat Feb 28
- Social Saturdays
- at Myth Taverna Lounge (9pm)
- Clubs
Every week, Myth Lounge brings Social Saturdays, a non-stop evening of thumping house music, to downtown San Jose. It tends to pack the place, so be prepared to do a little socializing. The house can get a little loud, but that…
- Sat Feb 28 & Sun Mar 1
- Wobbleland
- at City National Civic (7pm)
- Music
Over 100,000 Watts of sound? Check. State of the art lighting and sound? Check. 21+ VIP sections? Check. Free Water? Check. And, a lineup with enough bass to rattle your organs? Check. Wobbleland is a two-day EDM extravaganza for…
- Through Sun Mar 8
- Cinequest
- at Cinequest Film Festival (all day)
- Movies
Cinequest, San Jose's annual film festival, brings 188 films with 80 world and U.S. premiers and more than 700 visiting film artists to Silicon Valley. From around the world, short, feature and documentary filmmakers will be competing…
SV Scene
All | Clubs | Live Music | Events-
Monster Jam@ O.Co Coliseum
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Black Map@ Back Bar
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Rockage 4.0@ SJSU Student Union
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Beer Walk@ Japantown
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America's Got Talent@ Santa Clara
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Cupid's Undie Run@ San Jose
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Eric Church: The Outsiders Tour@ SAP Center
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70's Anniversary Party@ 55 South
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The Final Weekend@ The Blank Club
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STYX@ The National Civic
Tickets to see Taylor McFerrin
Win tickets to see Taylor McFerrin, presented by San Jose Jazz Winter Fest, on February 27.
$100 Gift Certificate to Streetlight
Win a $100 Gift Certificate to Streetlight Records. Locations in SJ, SC and SF. Drawing March 9.
$100 to Reposado Palo Alto
Win a $100 dining certificate to Reposado in Palo Alto. Drawing March 16, 2015.
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Music & Clubs
Local ‘Folk Metal’ Shredders, Valensorow, Play O’Malley’s Sports Pub In Mountain View
According to Valensorow’s lead vocalist, Joseph Scanlan, his band’s last full-length album—the sprawling and ambitious Neptus—took longer to complete than anticipated. Surely the album was held back by the complex arrangements, and the difficulty that comes along with nailing highly technical drum fills and lightning-fast guitar runs. But there was another reason… » Read More
Barb Rocks Kickstarting Bay Area SXSW Showcase
Encouraged by the success she had booking two local bands at last year’s South By South West, San Jose-based promoter Barbara Wahli—better known as Barb Rocks—is upping the ante this year, throwing her very own showcase at the yearly music, technology and film festival. She’s calling her showcase Ugly Whale. The name… » Read More
Trails And Ways Bring Global Sounds To Stritch
“I wouldn’t say I’ve been a hardcore punk my whole life,” says Keith Brown, guitarist for Oakland’s border-crossing, blog-darling band, Trails and Ways. Before forming Trails and Ways with three other UC Berkeley alums, he had an appreciation for punk—an admission some might not expect from a member of a band now… » Read More
Movies
'What We Do In the Shadows'
It may seem to be unnecessary-both as another mockumentary and yet one more vampire flick—but What We Do In the Shadows hits the mark by approaching its undead subjects the same way TV's The Surreal Life took on the celebrities whose careers just can't be killed. Of the 60 or so vampires living in New Zealand, four get to see a lot of each other. They're housemates in a decaying flat, unveiling their problems before a documentary team's camera. (The crew was protected by crucifixes at all times, says a title.) » Read More
Cinequest Honors Director John Boorman
The thrilling, dangerous visions of British director John Boorman include some of the most distinctive films of the last half of the 20th century. In Point Blank (1967), the rock-faced Lee Marvin prowls a pop-art California. Boorman's hit Deliverance (1972) is one of the definitive statements of American fantasies of violence. Zardoz (1974) is au courant enough to be the subject of a full-sized Burning Man effigy-there, inside the Playa-clay cranium of Zardoz, a one-couch capacity theater played the 1974 film in an endless loop. » Read More
The Arts
The Computer History Museum marks 25 years of Photoshop with 'Adobefest'
Remember how wildly colorful geometric patterns and crazy fonts were all the rage in early '90s graphic design? Well, according to Bert Monroy, you can place the blame for that questionable aesthetic on one, solitary entity: Adobe Systems. With the introduction of its two game-changing programs-Illustrator and Photoshop-the San Jose-based Adobe Systems was responsible, at least in part, for all those wacky jogging pants you thought were so cool back in the day. » Read More
The Works of Bruce Conner at the SJ Institute of Contemporary Art
In Wichita they shut him down. The faculty just couldn't deal with him. The legendary artist Bruce Conner (1933-2008) barely even spent that much time at the University of Wichita (now Wichita State), but he was there during what now looks like an explosive kick off to a lucrative career upsetting the applecarts of authority. It was in Wichita in the early '50s that Conner and his crew organized provocative exhibitions that were stymied by the stuffed-shirt faculty within 48 hours. » Read More
Features & Columns
Breaking the Internet: 'Killswitch' Screens at Cinequest
We want everything in the whole wide world from the World Wide Web. We want information at our fingertips, and, yet, we want our information kept private. We want to connect openly with friends on social media, and feel that those awful little memories of social embarrassment that keep you awake in the night didn't really matter after all. We want both freedom and safety, and the vast machineries of government spying revealed by Edward Snowden show us that we have neither. » Read More
Cinequest Shorts Program
At Cinequest, the short programs can help launch a director's career and give audiences a glimpse at future mavericks. What's more, those who program the shorts inhabit the cutting edge right here in San Jose. This time around, for the festival's 25th anniversary, a wide smattering of snippets will explode off the screen. Every emotion imaginable will be thrown right in your face, from the extremes of uncomfortable darkness to joyous tear-jerking. » Read More
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