When People Go Missing, Legal Limitations Make It Hard for Friends, Family to Find Them

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Mon Nov 13

Stanford historian Leslie Berlin has just published a sprawling new account of a relatively understudied period in Silicon Valley. Her book, Troublemakers: Silicon Valley's Coming of Age, covers a transitional age in the tech…

Tue Nov 14

Santana Row celebrates the holiday season with the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony on Tuesday, November 14th. The festivities begin with the Elf on The Shelf Scavenger Hunt at 3 p.m. Then at 5 p.m. Santana Row will transform into a…

Tue Nov 14

Singing and sighing her way to a satisfying Grammy nom for her album Sound of Red, Rene Marie's sultry voice harkens back to Dinah Washington's vocal heights and Nancy Wilson's subtly soulful lows. Tempered by hard times, Marie and…

Wed Nov 15

This year's Authors Showcase at the Los Altos History Museum presents eight Bay Areas authors and their recently published books at 1:30pm on November 15th as part of Catch the Spirit, its annual holiday kick-off event. Moderator…

Wed Nov 15

The Los Altos History Museum invites the community to start this year's holiday season with "Catch the Spirit" on Wednesday, November 15, noon to 4:00 pm, with a special event at the J. Gilbert Smith History House, located on one of…

Wed Nov 15

South African director Yael Farber, called "one of the most memorable voices on the British stage," (The Guardian), has crafted a spectacular new production of "Salome." This hit was filmed live at London's National Theatre and is…

Thu Nov 16

Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler explore the hidden motivations that are secretly driving our choices about money. They explain why our irrational behavior often interferes with our best intentions when it comes to managing our finances.…

Fri Nov 17

Come celebrate the release of Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings' final studio album, "Soul Of A Woman"! We'll have some great raffle prizes and the amazing sounds of the recently departed and oh-so-missed Sharon Jones coming through our…

Fri Nov 17-30

A group art show put together by Bloc5, a San Jose based artist coalition, along with the collaboration of Foundry Commons,and Paolo Mejia Fine Art and Design. These collaboration is tuned to create a new destination in downtown San…

Sat Nov 18

Kick off the holiday season with books and ballet at this delightful annual event!

Sat Nov 18

You are not alone. Join a community of suicide loss survivors to find comfort and gain understanding as we hear stories of healing and hope. The event features a screening of The Journey: A Story of Healing and Hope, an AFSP-produced…

Sun Nov 19

98 Degrees have made their Christmas plans for this year. The vocal quartet comprised of Nick Lachey, Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre and Jeff Timmons who are renowned for signature R&B-tinged, four-part harmonies will release Let It Snow,…

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Music & Clubs

I Saw You: Your Eviction Is Karma

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You just don’t quit do you? I wrote in about a dozen I Saw Yous ago—you, the 17-year-old living downstairs who curses, smokes dope and regularly disturbs the peace with your unemployed, tantrum-throwing boyfriend. I had no choice but to move my family elsewhere, but now you and your ilk have graduated… » Read More

Metro Staff Guest Judge on the Go! Go! Gone Show

EMCEE MIKE: Mighty Mike McGee, the man behind the Go! Go! Gone Show, has graciously invited the 'Metro' editorial staff to pass judgement upon you. Photo by Greg Ramar.

The hottest variety talent show in downtown San Jose returns for its monthly installment at Cafe Stritch, and this time around the Metro editorial staff will be in the house—as guest judges Josh Koehn, Nick Veronin and Jennifer Wadsworth will be holding the score cards and the sacred gong’s hammer. Hosted by… » Read More

Taylor Swift Packs Baggage for San Jose

SWIFT RESPONSE: Taylor Swift is back.

As the thin white duchess’s throne grows ever-larger, mounting with swords of slain ex-boyfriends and fellow pop stars, she hopes to have a drama-free tour, which comes to the SAP Center in San Jose on Dec. 2 as part of the 99.7 Now! Top 40 extravaganza, Poptopia. Then again, it’s hard to… » Read More

Movies

Review: 'Buddy Solitaire'

Maybe if the familiar brick wall standing behind comedians were riddled with bullet holes, they'd pick their material with more discernment: "Choose your next witticism carefully...it may be your last!" San Jose director Kuang Lee's Buddy Solitaire starts with a masochistic L.A. comedian about to self-destruct. First, Buddy (Brandon J. Sornberger) moans about the pleasure of headlining on a Tuesday night to losers, then he detonates the very old and very bad joke about how they define a virgin girl out in the rural states. In shame the next morning, after pounding his head against the table--"ruining the ol' money-maker," as he tells his appalled, newly pregnant girlfriend--Buddy decides to get a real job. » Read More

Review: 'Lady Bird'

Native daughter Greta Gerwig's enchanting debut as director isn't just a fine comedy about a singular girl's senior year in 2002. It's also a good-looking movie about a city that deserves admiration, with the gilded Tower Bridge seen at dawn, green fields, grand houses, and a catalogue of the place's vintage neon signs displayed to Jon Brion's score. Catholic-school senior Christine (Saoirse Ronan, with two-toned hair and a little spray of acne) cooked up the name "Lady Bird" for herself. She's ashamed of her one-bathroom home and Sacto in general: "It's soul-killing. The Midwest of California." Like any 17-year-old, she can't figure out what's infuriating her embittered, overworked mother. Mom (Roseanne's Laurie Metcalf, excellent) is in » Read More

The Arts

Gilroy Artist Lands Show in London

Katherine Filice never expected doodles would pave the way for her first ever art show in London. In fact, when she first started putting ink to paper, she wouldn't have thought to show her work to anyone, let alone an entire art fair half a world away. Offering a startling glimpse into everyday emotions, Filice creates pen-and-ink designs in the hopes that her art resonates with others, emphasizing that we are living a shared experience. Even the most well-adjusted people have fleeting moments of intense emotions--feelings of frustration, pain, sorrow or betrayal. An active member in the community and executive creative director of a thriving marketing firm in the heart of downtown Gilroy, Filice has helped many to develop their brand. » Read More

Worlds collide at 'The Propeller Group' exhibit

A few years ago, after getting laid off from Yahoo, I decided to reinvent my life in the most rational way possible: I drew portraits of America's vice presidents with octopuses on their heads. The pictures seemed to have struck a chord with people because they gave me a pile of money on Kickstarter last year to turn the pictures into a book called Veeptopus: Vice Presidents with Octopuses on Their Heads. Life is funny sometimes. My fascination with the vice presidency started when I was 5, flipping through a copy of Newsweek. Walter Mondale was on the cover, standing sheepishly behind Jimmy Carter. "What does a vice president do?" » Read More

Historical Tentacles: 'Veeptopus'

A few years ago, after getting laid off from Yahoo, I decided to reinvent my life in the most rational way possible: I drew portraits of America's vice presidents with octopuses on their heads. The pictures seemed to have struck a chord with people because they gave me a pile of money on Kickstarter last year to turn the pictures into a book called Veeptopus: Vice Presidents with Octopuses on Their Heads. Life is funny sometimes. My fascination with the vice presidency started when I was 5, flipping through a copy of Newsweek. Walter Mondale was on the cover, standing sheepishly behind Jimmy Carter. "What does a vice president do?" » Read More

Features & Columns

When People Go Missing, Legal Limitations Make It Hard for Friends, Family to Find Them

Try as she might to mine her memory of that day, little stood out about the last meal Anneliese Scadden shared with her brother. Five Thanksgiving weekends ago, Scadden and her six siblings met at their parents' Morgan Hill home for their traditional potluck. Her younger brother, Karl Busch, a handyman by trade, wore his usual garb: frayed jeans, a baseball cap and goatee. He kept quiet, but seemed in good spirits despite a recent breakup. That night, or sometime soon after--it's unclear when, exactly--Busch took off with nothing but a knapsack and his white Ford Econoline. Few thought much of his departure at first, until a week passed. Then months. » Read More

Humanitarians Get Up Close and Personal at revamped Tech Awards

Last Saturday, the Tech Museum of Innovation officially rebranded its signature event, the Tech Awards, pivoting to a new concept called Tech for Global Good. Instead of a separate lavish gala banquet for hundreds of tuxedos and high rollers, the event now unfolds in museum spaces, giving attendees direct access to the award-winning laureates for extended periods of time. The awards also now dovetail with the museum's mission as a whole. High rollers were still present, but the tuxedos were not. » Read More

Free Will Astrology: Week of November 8, 2017

Adriana Martinez and Octavio Guillen got engaged to be married when they were both 15 years old. But they kept delaying a more complete unification for 67 years. At last, when they were 82, they celebrated their wedding and pledged their vows to each other. Are there comparable situations in your life, Aries? The coming months will be a favorable time to make deeper commitments. At least some of your reasons for harboring ambivalence will become irrelevant. You'll grow in your ability to thrive on the creative challenges that come from intriguing collaborations and highly focused togetherness. » Read More

Future Brain: Stanford Explores New Frontiers of Interdependency between Computing, Human Mind

The problem with computers is that there is not enough Africa in them." Brian Eno, an experimental electronic musician, first uttered these words in 1995. Twenty years later, computer scientist Dr. Kwabena Boahen, a native of Ghana, repeated the mantra during a TED talk to help explain how his research seeks to make computers work more like our brains. After reading the quote, Boahen laughed, gathered himself and said, "Nobody was listening then, but now people are beginning to listen because there's a pressing technological problem that we face." » Read More

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