Jessica Veikune’s brow knits together in concentration as she uses a needle to scoop small beads and pieces of seashells onto a delicate thread in a repeating pattern. Veikune is one of many Indigenous dancers hard at work in preparation for the first annual Cali Native Night and 24th annual Mexica New… » Read More

For painter Céline Lyaudet, ideas and objects hold a basilisk-like power: gaze too long, and the viewer becomes petrified. The French artist is speaking in particular to the title of her piece Meduse Médusée, which appears in her debut solo exhibition Map to the Path, ending this weekend at Anno Domini. Referring… » Read More

San Jose’s own Bollywood bluesman, Aki Kumar, has long cut a distinct figure in the South Bay. Blending American blues with Hindi lyrics and elements of Indian bhangra, Kumar creates a cocktail like no other before. On 2021 single “Zindagi” (“Life,” in Hindi), Kumar and crew throw Jamaican roots reggae into the… » Read More

It’s hard to believe, but it’s been 15 months since San Jose’s premier burlesque troupe, the Circus of Sin, called San Jose’s premier dive, the Caravan Lounge, home. This weekend’s dramatic return reunites the troupe’s belly-dancers, drag artists, burlesque performers and assorted ne’er-do-wells with the beloved downtown watering hole they have so… » Read More

Cellist Abel Selaocoe bends parameters of tradition and style as gracefully as his bow bends the strings of its instrument. The South African musician has performed as a chamber musician and as a soloist across the UK, played as part of a virtual celebration of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 90th birthday alongside classical… » Read More

Common wisdom says we each only live one life, but author V.E. Schwab happily lives two. As the dual-initialed V.E., Schwab pens probing works of adult fantasy like 2013’s Vicious, a dark take on the superhero genre. Simultaneously, as Victoria Schwab, Schwab writes for children and young adult readers in books like… » Read More

Exhibit Z in NorCal’s oft overlooked contributions to the hip hop world: Solesides Records. In the early ‘90s, the label and collective helped to first define and then spread the sound of alternative hip hop, bringing the world such luminaries as DJ Shadow and Blackalicious’ Gift of Gab, both of whom changed… » Read More