'The Book of Mormon' Makes it's San Jose Debut

July 8, 2015 by Nick Veronin

The musical broke records for ticket sales at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts last week-grossing $1.85 million for the week ending in July 5, during Mormon's South Bay debut. Read More

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Cafe Stritch presents a trifecta of music including Plush, Pardoner and Jean Jackets.

Using a loop pedal, Singer-Songwriter, Amy Obenski, records on top of her own performance with layered harmonies, multiple instruments, and percussion. She's based out of San Francisco and has been playing in the Bay Area for 10 years.

The Tahiti Fete of San Jose was started in 1990 during the 4th of July weekend. It is considered to be the largest Tahitian competition in the United States.

One of Southern California's best-loved hardcore bands, the Adolescents helped establish the blueprint for Orange County punk, along with Agent Orange and Social Distortion.

Steely Dan created a sophisticated, distinctive sound with accessible melodic hooks, complex harmonies and time signatures, and a devotion to the recording studio.

One Direction is a British pop boy band, which consists of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. All of the members auditioned for the X Factor's 7th season, but per suggestion of a guest judge,…

Japantown's largest festival with two days of game booths, food booths, cultural exhibits and demonstrations, the Chidori Band, San Jose Taiko and over 1,200 dancers in full costume each evening. A San Jose Buddhist Church Betsuin…

Yes, the ukulele. In the hands of Shimabukuro, the traditional Hawaiian instrument of four strings and two octaves is stretched and molded into a complex and bold new musical force.

Featuring hundreds of free arts and crafts booths, works from local artists, food and wine, plus a KIDZONE, street performers and three stages of music.

The weird and wonderful family comes to devilishly delightful life in "The Addams Family." This magnificently macabre new musical comedy is "a visually satisfying, rib-tickling, lunatic musical that will entertain you to death!"

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Music & Clubs

Local Musician Working To Build A San Jose Scene

Jul 9, 2015 by Nick Veronin
The Believer: Cliff Rawson wants to see San Jose’s scene grow. ‘Any city of our size should have a bigger scene.'

Walking around the recent SubZERO Festival at the beginning of last month, Cliff Rawson was suddenly struck with a sensation he doesn’t often feel in San Jose. “I felt like I was walking around San Francisco or Brooklyn,” he says. “There were a lot of people there. It felt really good.” The reason… » Read More

Think And Die Thinking Fest Returns

Jul 8, 2015 by Nick Veronin
The Think and Die Thinking DIY music and art festival returns this week.

Celebrating diversity through indie music and underground art, the annual Think and Die Thinking festival will be held this week at Cafe Stritch and the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center. Expanded from its punk-rock roots, the festival aims to promote the work of those traditionally marginalized by mainstream society, especially the LGBTQ… » Read More

Tower Of Power, The Internet, More Added To The San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2015 Lineup

Jul 2, 2015 by Nick Veronin
The Internet are playing San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2015.

Tower of Power and The Internet are the latest acts to officially join the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest 2015 lineup. The addition of the Oakland-based funk, soul and R&B band, and the Odd Future offshoot was announced today. Also added to the already overflowing bill: vocalist Storm Large (of Pink Martini),… » Read More

Movies

Review: 'Self/Less'

Jul 9, 2015 - by Richard Von Busack

By any name and any copyright, Self/Less is John Frankenheimer's 1966 film, Seconds, a second time around. It's another disappointment from Tarsem Singh that is, once again, likely not his fault. At a comic convention a few years back Singh told the audience that his Immortals was a case of creative differences: his producers wanted Zack Snyder and Singh had wanted Caravaggio. » Read More

Review: 'Amy'

Jul 8, 2015 - by Richard Von Busack

Already a hit, the documentary Amy is of the deepest sadness, like a Japanese tragedy. It isn't purely an investigation into the end of Amy Winehouse, dead at 27, or of those addictions that turned her into one of the people you step over at the bus stop. With aptness that justifies the cruelty, a British comedian describes Winehouse in her last days as looking like an ad campaign to rescue neglected horses: all bones and big teeth and dull eyes. » Read More

The Arts

'The Things We Forget' Explores How Light And Color Affect Perception

Jul 9, 2015 - by Tad Malone

Empire Seven Studios' new show, "The Things We Forget," features two well-known artists with strong ties to the Bay Area exploring how light and color affect perception. Artist and illustrator Jason Arnold lives and works in Santa Cruz, and Beau Roulette, artist and photographer, grew up in Los Gatos. The show presents the newest work from each artist in the shape of vibrant paintings that sometimes trick the eye, and bleak, but beautiful, photographs. » Read More

'The Book of Mormon' Makes it's San Jose Debut

Jul 8, 2015 - by Nick Veronin

The Book of Mormon is a juggernaut among modern Broadway musicals. With nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, the production is responsible for shattering 81 house records in 44 venues across the country. And so it should come as little surprise that the musical broke records for ticket sales at San Jose's Center for the Performing Arts last week—grossing $1.85 million for the week ending in July 5, during Mormon's South Bay debut. » Read More

Features & Columns

Robert Fitts Examines the Life of the First Japanese Player in Major League Baseball

Jul 8, 2015 - by Gary Singh

In 1964, a Japanese southpaw named Masanori Murakami, a.k.a. Mashi, came across the Pacific to pitch for the Class-A Fresno Giants. Later that year, when the San Francisco Giants called him up in the heat of a pennant race, Murakami became the first Japanese player in the major leagues. Unfortunately, confusion surrounding a contract with his club back home, the Nankai Hawks, prevented his U.S. career from taking off. » Read More

Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0

Jul 2, 2015 - by Gary Singh

The artist collective Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0 can't seem to do anything without causing problems. Nearly 20 years ago, EDT member Brett Stalbaum was finishing his master's in the CADRE Lab for New Media at San Jose State University. We were in the same classes together and have been friends since. At that time, EDT was version 1.0 and Stalbaum set up shop in room 233 of the Art Department. » Read More

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