Enter for a chance to win a family 4-pack of tickets to New Ballet's production of Cinderella at the Hammer Theatre in San Jose! Tickets valid for the May 18th, 7pm show in select sections.
As the end of the first quarter of the 21st century nears, creating and consuming music is easier and cheaper than ever.
The SoFA Street Fair isn’t the only notable event in downtown San Jose on this final weekend in April. On Friday and Saturday, fans of thrifting can get their fill of vintage goods while also helping to support the Preservation …
Building a strong downtown core—it’s a phrase that gets kicked around a lot by economists and urban planners. It usually leads to talk about big budgets for projects—residential towers, event arenas, office buildings.
Over the past year, Goodtime Bar has emerged as a standout destination in downtown San Jose, attracting wine lovers and food enthusiasts alike with its impressive selection of natural wines and excellent cuisine. As the bar gears up to celebrate …
Author Rob Brezsny offers insights for all signs of the horoscope in his weekly Free Will Astrology column.
When superstar chef David Kinch decided to shutter Manresa at the end of 2022, it seemed an era of Los Gatos culinary fame had come to a close. Through several seasons the building sat, with its “For Lease” sign, looking …
Last February, the acclaimed author Percival Everett arrived in downtown San Jose for an event at Hammer Theatre’s black box venue upstairs, as part of the Center for Literary Arts reading series at San Jose State University. Everett read from …
Being Tito Puente’s son could be seen as a burden (big shoes, etc.), but Tito Puente, Jr. approaches the challenge with the exact opposite attitude. “People always, always smile when they say my father’s name,” he says. “That is a …
According to the Global Child Prodigy Awards, one in ten million children are prodigies. Most people probably will never meet one, let alone be in the same room. But this Sunday will be an exception to the rule when the …
The downtown theater that brought The Game’s Afoot, Kinky Boots, Fun Home and Silent Sky is hosting a fundraising gala, and all are invited to this elegant night of celebration. One ticket includes a seated dinner catered by Il Fornaio, …
Over the last few years, the San Jose Chamber Orchestra has earned a reputation for bringing top musicians to the city and providing them space to perform with technical virtuosity. Their latest event features the San Francisco-based Telegraph Quartet in …
Analog Dog are a technicolor electronic rock tribe reminiscent of Super Furry Animals and LCD Soundsystem. Hewn for a new generation of psychoplastogenic acolytes, Analog Dog delivers fierce guitar energy punctuated by hooky analog synth leads. The hipsters have finally …
With guitarist Ray Obiedo at the helm, the group explores the sonic landscapes of jazz, funk and Latin music in a display highlighting the latent music talent emanating from the South Bay Area music scene. Featured prominently in the performance …
Over 80 artists have contributed work to Seeing through Stone, an exhibition that explores the core tenets of abolitionist world-building and imagines a future free of prisons. As part of the UCSC’s ongoing Visualizing Abolition series, the art show includes …
Wait, what? “Rhapsody in Blue,” Gershwin’s most famous composition (NA NA NA NAAAAAA dah dah dah dah dum duuuuum), was originally composed for piano and jazz band! This show features the original composition and the fascinating story of a piece …
CMT’s Rising Stars presents this fun musical based on The Ugly Duckling. The duckling, Ugly, goes on a hero’s journey of self-acceptance as he battles a world that judges him based on his appearance. (Nothing like this world, right?) The …
Here comes the Titan of Metal that is Geoff Tate. Not just a frontman anymore but a fully formed force of nature rampaging through the countryside and scuttling what’s left of the puritanical foundations of America. Once the figurehead of …
Kansas City’s most successful, independent rapper returns to the Bay. That’s right, Tech N9ne, the Caribou Lou-rapping, KTC-loving hip-hop artist, brings his Strange Music empire to the Guild with special guests Mayday and the Bay’s own Kung Fu Vampire. For …
“Cannabis has been used for its healing properties for millennia. The first documented case of its use dates back to 2800 BC, when the father of Chinese medicine, Emperor Shen Nung, listed it in his pharmacopoeia.”
