Sharpshooters, earthmovers, helicopters, and women who take to the skies to defy gravity? Find all that and more in MACLA’s upcoming presentation, Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind.
It had to happen eventually: Aubrey Plaza’s latest vehicle is a comparably lightweight comic feel-gooder. It’s called My Old Ass, and despite its cheeky title it changes everything we thought we knew about one of the most distinctive personalities on …
When Portuguese invaders first introduced cottage cheese to the natives in Bengal, and took away cheap black pepper in return, they didn’t know their efforts would surface in discussions with festival organizers and newspaper columnists 500 years later.
In April of 1989, there were no trees on South First Street by the abandoned Fox California Theater in downtown San Jose. The sidewalk was pretty bare.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
What’s that about instant karma? BDU (Boys Define Universe) is the product of a South Korean talent competition program called Build Up: Vocal Boy Group Survival. The young, four-member K-pop group competed from late January to the end of March …
For 11 years, the SoFA Street Fair has brought the best and brightest of San Jose’s creatives into the public spotlight, and there are no signs of slowing down. First Street transforms into a walking tour of great local art, …
Avi Vinocur (formerly of the Stone Foxes) calls San Francisco home, and his songwriting partner Patrick Dyer Wolf resides in North Carolina, so naturally, they named their folk-rock duo Goodnight, Texas, after a town that sits right between them on …
Drawing from the Laurel Canyon singer-songwriter tradition and sultry Brazilian bossa nova, indie folk-pop singer and guitarist Jamie Drake is a study in contrasts reconciled. The daughter of hippies, she grew up in the Pentecostal faith; her family’s itinerant lifestyle …
Anyone who knows the San Jose bar scene knows the Caravan Lounge. And anyone who knows the Caravan most likely knows Rachel Warner. She’s been a pillar of the bar community for more years than some of her customers have …
Bassist, guitarist and songwriter Dave Maurischat recently released a new album, Who Woulda Known, and he’s having a launch party. The music is thoughtful singer-songwriter fare verging into pop punk and psychedelia, thanks to solid production and masterful guitar skills. …
The music business is not known for being kind, and few musicians have been through the shit-wringer as much as dear Wynonna Judd. Growing up in the spotlight, daughter of a luminary who then took her own life, sister of …
MAGWest, a festival for gamers and lovers of music, kicks up its eighth glorious year. For 24 hours a day, this three-day event offers consoles, arcades, tabletops, cover bands, chiptunes, guest speakers, pool concerts and more. Unlike many expos and …
Sometimes, the best way to see what lies ahead is to reflect on where one has been. As the November election approaches, what better time than now for a play that premiered in the Soviet Union in 1945? An Inspector …
Residents of the Pacific Northwest have always marveled at the awesomely mighty dimensions of the coastal redwoods—some of the world’s tallest and oldest living things. Thanks to Giants Rising, a new documentary about these impressive trees, curious onlookers can learn …
Enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Jeff Denson / Romain Pilon Trio ft. Scott Amendola at SJZ Break Room in San Jose on Friday, November 10, 6:00pm.
Enter for a chance to win a pair of tickets to Stephanie Chou at SJZ Break Room in San Jose on Saturday, November 9, 8:00pm.
French director Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance is a misconceived, witless, leaden piece of work. Further than that, it could be seen as the mildest (aside from its copious bloodletting), least consequential, most tritely argued, anti-body-shaming/“men are pigs” feminist tract since, …
Martin Yan has been on TV longer than ESPN or the Food Network. He goes way back.
This story is about your favorite songs. When you first heard them, you immediately wanted to hear them again. They stayed in your head for a month. While your body moved to their beat, everything that happened to you then, …
