Cinequest Film Festival Preview
The 25th annual Cinequest, which is set to run from Feb. 24 to March 8, will feature big-name actors and directors, local filmmakers and the latest in film-oriented technology. Read More
The 25th annual Cinequest, which is set to run from Feb. 24 to March 8, will feature big-name actors and directors, local filmmakers and the latest in film-oriented technology. Read More
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Free Live Stand Up comedy in the SoFA District. Free comedy open mic with featured comedians from all over the Bay Area. Happy Hour all night.
Join us for our monthly artists and quirky people get together featuring live art, demos, and $2 original art to take home!
Many DJs have transitioned out of spinning actual vinyl records and are using purely digital platforms to "spin" music, though every once and a while a DJ somewhere will get old school and whip out a stack of wax.
The sound of the stellar New York based quartet, named for the great American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, took on even richer hues with the arrival in 2013 of acclaimed British cellist Paul Watkins.
The art walk is self-guided evening tour through galleries, museums, and independent creative businesses featuring exhibitions and special performances.
The French make three things really well: bread, coffee, and electronic music. Mercer is an expert in engineering super-sonic grooves stuffed with nitrous injected synths, bass drums that sound like Godzilla's footsteps, and horns…
NBC’s No. 1 summer reality series “America’s Got Talent” has begun its nationwide search for season-10 acts!
This big rock show for February features a San Jose band with a soul/ R&B feel.
Win tickets to the 6th Annual Meet the Brewers Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, February 14.
Win passes to Rockage 4.0 on February 6-8 at San Jose State University Student Union.
Win tickets to see Celtic Thunder at the City National Civic in San Jose on March 3, 2015.
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This weekend marked the final curtain call for The Blank Club. After 12 years of booze-fueled, punk rock parties and indie discos, the owner of the San Jose venue, Corey O’Brien, allowed the club’s lease to expire. O’Brien plans to open a new venue in the SoFA district in March. It will… » Read More
At 20 years old, Tess Dunn has already got three alt-rock albums under her belt, is taking a full class load, and continues to fight a lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis (CF), diabetes, and epilepsy. She’s so damn admirable that I found myself hoping she had some deep, dark secret to unearth. No dice. Calling… » Read More
“It’s 2015. We gotta stay away from the negative shit,” the San Jose-based emcee and producer Cola says on a recent evening, as he plays with the bottle cap of the soda he is drinking. The emerging rapper is referring to the recent Chris Brown shooting at local South Side club Fiesta,… » Read More
San Jose really comes alive in the weeks joining February and March. That's when the Cinequest film festival brings hundreds of filmmakers and thousands of movie fans to the valley to take in new works and celebrate the art form they love. The 25th annual Cinequest, which is set to run from Feb. 24 to March 8, will feature big-name actors and directors, local filmmakers and the latest in film-oriented technology. » Read More
In the years I've spent reviewing movies, I've come to anticipate great things from Academy Award-nominated short films, which I almost always find more impressive than big-name features. However, this year's roster of Oscar-hopeful shorts leaves me wanting. Far too many are safe and toothless-peculiar considering the vast selection of short films released in 2014. » Read More
Some plays dazzle with elaborate costumes, special effects, choreography and lush orchestration, or action-packed plots. Others, including Build, the current production by San Jose's City Lights Theater Company, impress in a different, deeper way. Quite simply, Build is excellent. It shines with a well-written, intriguing script and superb acting, and is a must-see for local theater lovers. » Read More
All four of the original Grand Council of Punk Rock Elders, New York City Chapter, A.D. 1974-a.k.a., the Ramones-have shuffled off this mortal coil and moved on to that Rock & Roll High School in the sky. But while Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee and Tommy are no longer with us, the band's second and longest-continually-operating drummer, Marky Ramone, still walks this earth, a sober man for more than 30 years now. » Read More
The Charlie Hebdo terror attacks of Jan. 7 continue to stimulate conversation and debate here and abroad over the so-called limits of free speech-and it's raised important questions in this country about the state of American satire. Just how far is "too far," and how much should-how much do-cartoonists engage in self-censorship? And why? » Read More
Imagine 40,000 square feet of space on the sides of buildings, in any shade of jaundiced yellow, hospital gray or faded beige. Well, there's a wealth of just such space in downtown San Jose, exactly why local muralist Erin Salazar is organizing a network of professional artists to paint colorful murals on the sides of buildings throughout the neighborhood. » Read More
The holiday season is behind us and the days are growing longer, but there is still plenty of cold and dreary weather ahead of us before the spring. It's the perfect time to contemplate the heavy things-and just as Hollywood is dropping all kinds of thinky, Oscar hopefuls in cinemas around the country, the producers of art in the South Bay are planning works that ask difficult questions and push viewers out of their comfort zones and into the unknown. » Read More
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