• Tue Jun 18
• San Jose Giants Fireworks Extravaganza
• at San Jose Municipal Stadium (7:35pm )
• Events

Come enjoy baseball games with exciting entertaining endings! Post-game fireworks festivities will follow nine of San Jose Giants games including opening night.

• Tue Jun 18
• 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 Jun 19
• The Stowe Show
• at San Jose Improv (8pm )
• Events

Jay Stowe comes to the stage at the San Jose Improv for a special one-night-only performance. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Jay Stowe is renowned for his ability to make the mundane funny and give his audience a glimpse of the world that they've never seen before.

• Wed Jun 19
• Cyndi Lauper
• at The Mountain Winery (7:30pm)
• Music

Cyndi Lauper first burst onto the popular music scene in the early 1980's, soon becoming the quintessential girl who wants to have fun. Throughout the 80's, Cyndi scored a number of huge hits, including "Time After Time", "She Bop", "All Through the Night," and of course, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun."

• Thu Jun 20
• College Night at the Brit
• at Britannia Arms Almaden (10pm )
• Events

Start the weekend with Thirsty Thursday at College Night at the Britannia Arms. DJ Dinero will provide the beats and Britannia Arms will provide great drink specials, including: $4 Jagermeister shots, $4 Fireball shots, $4 Jameson shots and $4 Pinnacle Vodka Kamikazes (you pick the flavor).

• Thu Jun 20 - Sun Jun 23
• Erik Griffin
• at San Jose Improv (varies)
• Events

Erik Griffin quit his day job in 2003 focus on making comedy his full time occupation. Since then, Erik Griffin has made an appearance on the Payaso Comedy Slam seen on the Showtime and Comedy Central networks, Last Comic Driving on NBC, and more.

• Fri Jun 21
• The Killer Queens
• at The Blank Club (9pm)
• Music

Queen were such a remarkably theatrical band, its only fitting they get the tribute band treatment. Yes, there are hundreds of them out there, but the existence of Killer Queens, the all female version, seems the perfect fit. Rather than imitate the band literally, the way most tribute bands do, Killer Queens are more of a weird characterization of the group.

• Fri Jun 21
• Soul Therapy
• at Myth Taverna Lounge (10pm - 2am)
• Music

Started by DJ Nappy, Soul Therapy was designed to bring in top notch DJs like DJ Rated R, DJ Remedy, Goldenchyld, and Wen Davis to spin a huge range of classic Hip-Hop, R&B, and soul hits in the South Bay. The party was first held at Roux in Santana Row but was moved to Myth in order to accommodate the large crowd that the event has attracted.

• Sat Jun 22
• Silicon Valley Roller Girls
• at San Jose Skate Center (Times not yet listed )
• Events

The toughest girls in the Bay Area go head-to-head in a nerdy "battle royale" style as the Silicon Valley Roller Girls face off with the rival Santa Cruz Derby Girls team. The SVRG team had its first-ever competition against the SCDG back in 2008 and has, since, sparked the local roller-derby craze.

• Sat Jun 22
• Vans Warped Tour
• at Shoreline Amphitheatre (11am)
• Music

Now entering its 19th year, the VWT has become America's longest running festival concert tour and reaches more than 500,000 fans every summer.

• Sun Jun 23
• Los Gatos Music in the Park
• at Los Gatos Civic Center (5pm)
• Music

Los Gatos hosts the annual summer music series, Music in the Park. This year there is music for all tastes from salsa to Celtic to Afro-samba, and everything in between. This is a free event that encourages picnic-style enjoyment. Guests are welcome to bring their own food and/or blankets to enjoy the live entertainment on the lawn in front of the Los Gatos Civic Center.

• Mon Jun 24
• Cavin & King's Open Mic
• at Red Rock Coffee Company (7pm-10pm)
• Music

Come on down to the Red Rock Coffee Company as they host what has become a Downtown Mountain View tradition for the last 15 years. Open Mic night encourages anyone and everyone to get up and show off what they can do. Each participant gets a 10 minute time slot, enough time for a couple of songs, a few poems or even a stand-up routine.

• Tue Jun 25
• Beat Culture
• at Cardiff Lounge (10pm)
• Music

After six years of underground house (and a particularly successful six-year anniversary party), the Get Down is no more. Replacing it on Tuesdays is Beat Culture, which more or less fulfills the same scene-house music, which is something hard to find in South Bay clubs.

• Wed Jun 26
• Home Alone (1990) - Starlight Cinemas
• at San Pedro Square Market (7pm)
• Movies

Warm summer nights are here and with that comes San Jose's movie under the stars. Bring your own char or blanket for this week's film, "Home Alone." This 1990s film features and 8-year-old boy who is left behind while his family goes to France for Christmas.

• Thu Jun 27
• AM & Shawn Lee
• at Pagoda Lounge at The Fairmont Hotel (8:30pm - 1am)
• Music

Enjoy a live performance from AM & Shawn Lee as part of the Live at the Pagoda Summer Music Concert Series, with music from their new album, La Musique Numerique.

• Fri Jun 28
• Nazareth
• at Club Rodeo (8pm)
• Music

Nazareth, the Scottish rock band that emerged in the 1960s and since then has had hits such as their cover of "Love Hurts" and their most well known album "Hair of the Dog," will perform at the rodeo club. Starting in UK, the band has gained and lost band members along the way as one of the many Scottish bands struggling to create a unique sound in the 1960s.

• Sat Jun 29
• Freestyle Explosion with Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, and More
• at HP Pavilion (7:30pm)
• Music

Freestyle Explosion with Stevie B, Lisa Lisa, Expose, Debbie Deb, Shannon, Trinere, Johnny O, Pretty Poison, Stacey Q, and Nu Shooz present a high energy performance at HP Pavilion that fans won't want to miss.

• Through Sun Sept 8
• Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage
• at San Jose Museum of Art (11am - 5pm)
• Events

Photographer Annie Leibovitz helped make Jann Wenner's fledging rag Rolling Stone the seminal publication of its era; thanks to her portraits of '60s and '70s celebrities, Rolling Stone became a kind of Life magazine for the sex, drugs and rock & roll generation. Her photo of a naked John Lennon curled up around Yoko Ono remains eternally eerie because it was taken just a few hours before his