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Ranging from the blues to soul, this event should bring in a lot of music lovers: because J.C. Smith and Noah and the Arkiteks are coming to the Levitt Pavilion. Guitarist and singer J.C. Smith started his band in San …
This Sunday, David Bowie tribute group Rebel Rebel teams up with the Guild Theatre for a glam rock extravaganza known as “Night of 1,000 Hedwigs.” Yes, that’s right: the night is also a Hedwig & the Angry Inch costume contest, …
The band Bunko consists of a gynecologist who was once the drummer for The Offspring, an anesthesiologist, an inventor and “a guy that won’t tell you what he does working for Apple.” If that isn’t enough to lure a curious …
(Un)familiar, an exhibition guest-curated by Alyssarhaye Graciano at NUMU Los Gatos, starts with the familiar and makes it unfamiliar through collective artistic storytelling. The three featured artists, Jezrael Gandara, Kiana Honarmand and Chelsea Stewart, uplift their communities’ various perspectives and …
The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese’s latest novel, sweeps elegantly through the 20th century to tell a tale of multiple generations of South Indian women. Set on the exquisite Malabar Coast, the story centers on a young girl as she …
Re:Set is a new summer concert series purporting to replace the typical festival noise with more music for the fans and a more innovative process for the artists. What is innovative about having a different headlining band and various connected …
Chow Mane relaxes in a patio chair by a busy parking lot. Leaning back, he chuckles, thinking of how his vocal delivery has evolved over the years of his rap career. “I was a lot more energetic than I am …
San Jose is many things to different people. With its sprawling layout and unique, stand-alone neighborhoods, it can often feel like seven cities in one. For Cherri Lakey, founder and owner of art gallery’s Anno Domini and KALEID, San Jose …
One of the most beloved paintings in art history, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jette,” elicits many opinions and ideas from its viewers. For American composer Stephen Sondheim and author James Lapine, it inspired a fantastical …
Sharp, LA-based comedian Michael Palascak is bringing his insightful wit to Rooster T for four evenings this weekend. Palascak has performed on a host of late-night shows including The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, A Little Late with Lilly Singh, …
Started and named in the wake of Ronald Reagan’s attempted assassination, Jodie Foster’s Army (JFA) is a classic hardcore punk band with an ever-present rebellious spirit and the punk credentials to match. Pioneers of the punk scene in Phoenix, Arizona, …
For many rising comedians today, it’s a battle for the absurdest, grossest and scariest. Chicago-bred Conner O’Malley has run head-first into those comedic struggles for the last decade, bringing his battle scars to the San Jose stage this Wednesday. His …
At Santa Clara University, I scan the campus grounds for what a friend describes via text as “a little faux telephone booth.” The wind telephone is a death-themed art installation. Inside the closet-like structure, there’s an antique rotary phone in …
California’s legal-pot industry has struggled since it began in 2018. High taxes, burdensome regulations, the refusal of many local governments to issue licenses and the continued dominance of the illicit trade have all kept what should be a large, thriving …
Last week we learned the Super Bowl will come back to Levi’s Stadium in 2026, serving as a perfect practice event for when the FIFA World Cup unfolds later that year, bringing at least five games to that same venue. …
What if the moment a car—or an iPhone, or a couch—left the lot it increased in value, rather than decreased? What if plastic forks were things of the past? Fifteen-year-old Cupertino resident Aaryan Doshi and the city of Cupertino think …
For those who feel that television wrestling has become too sanitized, corporatized in recent years, look no further than the Underground Wrestling Alliance, the long-established hometown heroes of professional wrestling. Marked by wanton violence, absurd humor and general revelry, UGWA …
We all have Robert Smith to thank for Ticketmaster’s recent public shaming. The Cure frontman and bona fide goth king forced the company into refunds and lowered service fees through just a few tweets. Talk about “Just Like Heaven.” Now …
Daptone recording artists Los Yesterdays take a little trip in the bomber to St. James Park this week, playing a free show downtown presented by Levitt Pavilion. The SoCal-based band play modern lowrider classics full of mournful oohs and deep-felt …
Music and video games go together like Mario and Yoshi. Without their evocative soundtracks, the faraway lands of video games would feel hollow, unmotivated and without emotional center. It’s no surprise, then, that plenty of people want to hear the …
