Bioprinters Revolutionize 3D Printing
New advances in bioengineering will one day give us 3D-printed livers, kidneys
and hearts-with impacts on pharmaceuticals, surgery and more
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Browse Events
- Wed Dec 11
- Jay Z
- at SAP Center (8pm)
- Music
Jay Z's latest album Magna Carta Holy Grail, shows that like Kanye West, Jay Z is moving toward larger-than-life production, and amphitheater-worthy tracks-and compared to his earlier work, diving into weirder samples (including…
- Wed Dec 11
- Wax Wednesday
- at Cafe Stritch (9pm)
- Music
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.
- Thu Dec 12
- Mrs. Magician
- at Cafe Stritch (8pm)
- Music
The title "There Is No God" hardly suggests a bright sunny song, but nonetheless Mrs. Magician translates such an existential crisis into a fun, driving pop tune. It makes sense: the San Diego band is taking garage-rock and surf-pop…
- Thu Dec 12
- The Residency
- at Blackbird Tavern (9pm)
- Music
Blackbird Tavern's weekly Thursday Jazz series welcomes a variety of styles and local musicians. The Residency. The Vanguard of the Creative Jazz Front.
- Thu Dec 12 - Sun Dec 15
- John Heffron
- at San Jose Improv (8pm)
- Events
Hailing from Michigan,John Heffron began his comedic career while still in college and decided that being a comedian was what he wanted to do regularly after skipping classes to perform on stage.
- Fri Dec 13
- Friday the 13th Metal Mayhem
- at Back Bar (10pm)
- Music
Plague Phalanx (SJ Black Metal). Necrogenic (SC Mountain Grindcore). Slag (SJ Grindviolence). (SJ Black Metal Assault). 10pm. 21+ No Cover
- Sat Dec 14
- Social Saturdays
- at Myth Taverna Lounge (10pm)
- 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 Dec 14
- Sour Mash Hug Band
- at Blackbird Tavern (9pm)
- Music
Old-timey jazz and folk music has been making a comeback in the past few years, but the Sour Mash Hug Band have already been at it for more than a decade, starting out in Oregon as a jug band, busking and train-hopping all over the…
- Through Tue Dec 31
- SJ Made Holiday Popup Shop
- at Westfield Valley Fair (10am-9:30pm)
- Events
SJ Made, a vendor platform for Bay Area makers, labels, brands, small businesses, and artists, is putting a temporary holiday pop up shop in Westfield Valley Fair. The shop will be selling "Best of SJ Made" items throughout its run,…
- Through Sun Jan 12
- Downtown Ice
- at Circle of Palms (varies)
- Events
Make sure that Downtown Ice is part of your visit to downtown San Jose this holiday season. Visit Christmas in the Park directly across the way, watch a holiday stage production, or shop the new international marketplace, plus dining…
- Through Thu Feb 13, 2014
- Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination
- at The Tech Museum of Innovation (10am-5pm)
- Events
These are the droids Star Wars fans are looking for, or at least some of the props and other ephemera-including robot costumes for C-3PO and R2D2-from all six of the Star Wars films. "Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination,"…
Photo Gallery
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Good Hustle@ Cafe Stritch
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Not So Silent Night 2013 - Saturday@ Oracle Arena
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Not So Silent Night 2013 - Friday@ Oracle Arena
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Los Ovidados-Drunk Injuns@ San Jose Rock Shop
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Plug and Play@ Tech Center, Santa Clara
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Give Thanks 8@ San Jose Civic
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Starry Starry Night@ San Jose Woman's Club
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What's Left of Haiyan Benefit Show@ Sunnyvale Art Gallery
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PASS IT AROUND: A Fundraiser for the Philippines@ Blackbird Tavern
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San Jose Bike Party Robots and Long Socks@ San Jose
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Sunrunners@ SLG Art Boutiki
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Andy Allo@ Blackbird Tavern
Tickets to see Tower of Power & WAR
Win tickets to see Tower of Power & WAR at the San Jose Civic on December 28.
$150 to The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse
Win a $150 dining certificate to The Sea by Alexander's Steakhouse in Palo Alto.
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Music & Clubs
Best of 2013: KSCU DJ Kayvon Shares His Favorite Albums
For the past six years, Kayvon has been spinning cutting edge indie, electronic and alternative tunes on his KSCU program “The Modern Things.” With an emphasis on new music, it’s safe to say that Kayvon has his pulse on today’s musical landscape. He also spins every year at the Limousines annual xxxmas… » Read More
Black Magic: Mrs. Magician Wallow in Surf Pop’s Dark Side
The title “There Is No God” hardly suggests a bright sunny song, but nonetheless Mrs. Magician translates such an existential crisis into a fun, driving pop tune. It makes sense: the San Diego band is taking garage-rock and surf-pop into newer, much darker territory. Right at the opening line in the song,… » Read More
Kings of Leon Announce San Jose Tour Stop
Just a few days after playing Live 105′s Not So Silent Night holiday concert at Oracle Arena, Kings of Leon announced a return visit to the Bay Area with a stop in San Jose. The Tennessee rockers will stop at SAP Center on March 25 as party of the second leg of… » Read More
Movies
Bettie Page Reveals All
In the documentary Marlene, Dietrich herself phoned in some last interviews to director/actor Maximilian Schell, while refusing to be seen on camera because "I've been photographed enough." Mark Mori's labor of love documentary Bettie Page Reveals All also doesn't show us the iconic model as she was in her last years, but we hear Page narrate her life story. In hundreds of pictures Page looks at us levelly under her straight, lustrous black bangs. "I'm an illusion," Page says over the phone, age having hoarsened what must have been a honeyed Southern drawl. » Read More
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
It's narratively fractured, and only in moments does the familiar WWII metaphor emerge. That happens when raffish boatman Bard (Luke Evans, proving that a mullet can be workable) tries to warn the medieval-Baltic city of Laketown of the flying wrath to come. (He gets no help from the city's poncy, gouty Master, played by Stephen Fry.) Yet The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is a huge improvement over An Unexpected Journey—it's a well-filled smorgasboard without much starch. » Read More
The Arts
Preview: South First Fridays December 2013
The weather outside may be somewhat frightful-at least by Bay Area standards-but the December edition of South First Fridays offers some holiday cheer, and even some chances to get some holiday shopping done. Galleries, shops and restaurants host art shows, receptions and art activities throughout the SoFA district and other downtown neighborhoods. Here's a small sampling of shows and activities going on around downtown » Read More
Flesh and Metal
As the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) goes on the road during its own phase of inner-reconstruction, its collections are appearing at various partner institutions throughout the Bay Area. One such collaboration has emerged at Stanford University's Cantor Arts Center, where students helped curate "flesh and metal." » Read More
Features & Columns
SJSU Art Department Celebrates its Centennial
As you read this, a transition is occurring on multiple levels. On the macro level, the San Jose State University Art Department is celebrating its centennial. That is, through various institutional moniker changes at the university level, college level, department level and concentration level, a 100-year continuous milestone of instruction has now been reached. » Read More
Viral Cats Create a New Industry
Freakin' hipsters. I've only just met him, but already Hamilton is so over me. When I walk in, he's sitting near his "study"-an armchair, desk, globe and house plant. I reach out to pet him, but he arches back and hisses before darting behind the fake ficus tree. Only after I ignore him for a beat and retreat to the couch does he spring up to his mini navy-and-white polka dot armchair and drape a paw over the armrest. He glances at me, the intruder, with his patented more-dapper-than-thou gaze. Fine. » Read More
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