LL Cool J Returns With Authentic, Kings of the Mic Tour
The veteran emcee has orchestrated one of the biggest hip-hop shows of the summer concert season with the Kings of the Mic Tour. Read More
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Browse Events
- Tue May 21
- 2013 Sharks Playoffs
- at HP Pavilion (7pm )
- Events
The San Jose Sharks continue their stint in the 2013 Playoffs with several home games at HP Pavilion.
- Tue May 21
- Caffe Frascati Open Mic
- at Caffe Frascati (8pm-11pm )
- Music
Every Tuesday night in the intimate Caffe Frascati, local performers are encouraged to participate in Open Mic Night. Musical styles of all kinds are welcome, from soulful blues to high-energy rock to catchy pop. Also, don't forget about the weekly all-night Happy Hour where all bottled beers and house wines are $3 and all draft pints are $4.
- Wed May 22
- Fleetwood Mac
- at HP Pavilion (8pm)
- Music
Fleetwood Mac is one of the most celebrated pop-rock acts in the history of rock & roll. Aficionados of electric blues know that the original Fleetwood Mac was one of the most exciting psychedelic rock bands to emerge from the late 60s blues explosion.
- Wed May 22
- New Talent Showcase
- at Rooster T. Feathers (8pm)
- Events
Rooster T. Feathers hosts its weekly New Talent Showcase where you can see up-and-coming comedians as they strut their stuff. Professional and amateur comics come out every Wednesday night to hone their comedic craft in front of a live audience at this neighborhood comedy club.
- Thu May 23
- Sake San Jose 2013
- at Yu Ai-Kai Senior Services (5:30pm - 9:00pm)
- Events
Sake San Jose combines sake tasting with a walk through Historic Japantown San Jose. Join us for the 8th Annual Sake San Jose event this spring 2013! Meet up with friends and family as you leisurely walk through historic Japantown San Jose
- Thu May 23
- Nick Moss & the Flip Tops
- at Poor House Bistro (6pm-9pm)
- Music
Join the Poor House Bistro as they proudly present an evening with Nick Moss & the Flip Tops. Originally starting out his music career as a touring bassist with the likes of Jimmy Dawkins and Muddy Waters, Nick Moss has become a headlining bluesman who was nominated as "Guitarist of the Year" at the 2007 Blues Music Awards.
- Fri May 24
- Juanes
- at The Mountain Winery (7:30pm)
- Music
Juanes comes to the Mountain Winery as they kick off their 2013 Concert Series. With six solo albums to his credit and multi-platinum sales of over 15 million copies, Juanes is currently the world's leading all-Spanish language musical artist.
- Fri May 24 - Mon May 27
- FanimeCon2013
- at San Jose McEnery Convention Center (all day)
- Events
The Bay Area's largest anime convention, including guest stars, art, games,panel discussions and karaoke, FanimeCon also hosts its fourth annual music festival featuring Japanese and local indie acts. Around 20,000 people are expected to attend this event.
- Sat May 25
- San Jose Taco Festival
- at History Park (TBA)
- Events
The largest taco event in Northern California, the San Jose Taco Festival brings a variety of taco recipes from more than 35 of the best regional food trucks. All plates will be $5 or less. Short rib tacos, nacho tacos, Vietnamese shrimp tacos and even ice cream tacos is just a sample of the day's menu.
- Sat May 25
- LL Cool J
- at Shoreline Amphitheatre (7pm )
- Music
LL Cool J is back and will perform in San Jose. Renowned talented rappers: Ice Cube, Public Enemy, De La Soul and Z-Trip will perform along side LL Cool J.
Photo Gallery
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BFD@Shoreline Amphitheater
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Big Wow Comic Fest 2013@ San Jose Convention Center
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James Franco@ Kepler's
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Mark de Clive-Lowe Remix TrioLive at Pagoda
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Silicon Valley Roller Girls@ San Jose Skate
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Rave Run 2013@ Santa Clara Country Fairgrounds
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The Rolling Stones@ HP Pavilion
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First Friday ArtwalkMay, 3rd 2013
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Blackfest 2013@ Levin Field
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Cafe StritchMay 3rd 2013
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The Workout Party@ Agenda Lounge
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Built to Spill@ Cafe Stritch
Win a Paul Reed Smith Guitar
Win a PRS Mark Tremonti SE Signature Model guitar (valued at $545) from King Amplification.
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Music & Clubs
LL Cool J Returns With Authentic, Kings of the Mic Tour
While LL Cool J might not be knocking out hits like he did early in his career, the veteran emcee has orchestrated one of the biggest hip-hop shows of the summer concert season with the Kings of the Mic Tour, also featuring Ice Cube, Public Enemy and De La Soul. Stopping at… » Read More
20 Awesome Costumes From Big Wow! ComicFest
The McEnery Convention Center hosted hundreds of comics fanatics who dressed up as their favorite super heroes and villans for the Big Wow! ComicFest over the weekend. Metro photographer Geoffrey Smith II was there for an action-packed day. » Read More
Electronic Music, San Jose Bands Rule at BFD This Year
LIVE 105 has been on the forefront of the EDM movement for years, promoting it even back when it was still a niche genre. In recent years at the BDF festival, the Subsonic Tent—an extension of Aaron Axelsen’s electronic music show—has become a bigger part of the festival, encompassing a bulk of… » Read More
Movies
Star Trek Into Darkness
If you want a captain who double-teams twin alien chicks (they have tails, a la Avatar) and who'll get into senseless fights with prisoners who have already surrendered, Capt. James Tiberius Kirk is your man. Chris Pine's resemblance to our Shatner is mostly physical, a baby-faced thuggery; he's more lowdown, and he has motorcyclist's hooks to the cut of his sideburns. » Read More
Midnight's Children
Deepa Mehta's diverting, noble attempt to wrangle Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children to the screen (it played at Cinequest this year) is ultimately worth a look, thanks to the power of a book able to look after itself. Rushdie did the script, and the results are what you would expect when a novelist adapts his own work: a preservation of narration above all. » Read More
The Great Gatsby
A novel of riches, of self-made men and the attempt to grasp a single, pure image of the past, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby has been previously thrice-filmed for the big screen. (There's also an unauthorized version titled Citizen Kane.) "His determination to have my company bordered on violence," said Nick Carraway of Tom Buchanan, and that sums up the shaping of the new Baz Luhrmann version. » Read More
The Arts
Miss Saigon at Lucie Stern Theater
SCHONBERG AND BOUBLIL'S Miss Saigon was immensely popular in the 1990s despite some harsh backlash, and the fine local treatment it has received at the hands of Palo Alto Players proves just how well it holds up today. This tale of ill-fated romance between Vietnamese bargirl Kim and American G.I. Chris borrows its basic, glaringly Orientalist premise from Puccini's Madame Butterfly. » Read More
Richard Misrach & Lee Friedlander at Cantor Arts Center
For nearly 40 years, Berkeley photographer Richard Misrach has documented modern industry's impact on nature. Two years ago, his 1991 photos of the Oakland Hills fire were exhibited at the Berkeley and Oakland Museums. Now, his documentation of the Mississippi River delta between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, commissioned by Atlanta's High Museum of Art, is on view at Stanford's Cantor Arts Center. » Read More
Features & Columns
Evntlive Streams Virtual Concerts
Last year, the music industry reported its highest sales since 1999, driven by digital sales. But even with numbers growing and digital platforms surfacing, live music remains a battlefield when it comes to innovation, especially with live streaming. Bands are spending more time on the road to promote their music, but these efforts remain almost exclusively terrestrial. Most live performances that make it online are shaky and gritty, bootleg shots that show up as YouTube clips. » Read More
Milestones: Textiles of Transition
At first, I feel surrounded by wedding rings. They seem to spin in front and on both sides of me, these countless numbers of interlocking ring patterns stitched into quilts. Double wedding ring quilts, it turns out, figure highly in the first room of "Milestones: Textiles of Transition," a new show at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles that explores themes of birth, marriage and death. » Read More
Letters to the Editor
Thank you, Mr. Allen, for helping me understand how to think like a consultant. For any political candidates looking for a spin doctor, consider this my resume ('Allen Wrench,' The Fly, May 1). » Read More
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