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In 2008, militant Pakistani Islamists killed 175 people in a series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. Feeling helpless, comedian Samson Koletkar got together a group of Indian and Pakistani comedians in the Bay Area in an effort to promote …
Over the next couple weeks, theater lovers will have the opportunity to look under the hood and see some of the work that goes into a stage production as two of the region’s major companies shine the spotlight on new …
A modern picture frame’s function is simply to provide a border for a painting or photograph—to be inconspicuous. In Holly Lane’s hands, however, frames play anything but second fiddle.
Inspired by The Art of Pilgrimage and The Ruins of Paris, I heard Metallica at Blossom Hill and Santa Teresa.
Carol Wang, the CEO and face of the entrepreneurial team behind Gardenia Los Gatos—a new café, bar and restaurant that will soon debut on North Santa Cruz Avenue—long dreamed of having her own coffeehouse.
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Ari Shapiro, the NPR cohost of All Things Considered, award-winning journalist, lovely singer, memoirist and frontperson for the eternally cool band Pink Martini, is on tour with a cabaret show based on his recently published memoir. With a career history …
Formed in France in 1979, Gipsy Kings are culturally rooted in the Romani and Catalan cultures of northeast Spain. Their music is a rich synthesis of flamenco, salsa, rumba and pop. While Spanish is the primary language of their music, …
She’s young. She’s Classy 101. She’s coming to the Civic. Young Miko is one of the hottest rising Latin hip hop and pop stars on the map right now, and her 24.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify agree. The 26-year-old …
Nathuram Godse killed one of the most beloved leaders of all time, Mahatma Gandhi. This story is based on his confession, where he wrote a ninety-two-page handwritten statement and then read it in court. In another proceeding, a judge let …
This popular operetta holds its grip on the American imagination through an indomitable set of songs that refuse to be forgotten. Tunes such as the infamously fast-paced “I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General,” originally penned in the …
Combining the musical traditions of Italy and the Latin world, Bay Area-based Sonamó carves out a unique niche in the musical landscape. Describing their sound as “funk music with an Italian backbone,” the group, fronted by Italian-born Giuseppe Pinto, cultivates …
There was a time when country music didn’t come from the shiny lights and suits of Nash-Vegas. When a country artist was rough around the edges but had a true heart, they forged their own path without some A&R man …
Protoje grew up in Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica. With singer Lorna Bennett as his mother and former calypso king Mike Ollivierre as his father, it’s no surprise that Protoje showed an aptitude for music at an early age. Fusing elements of …
Though progressive house music flourished in the mid-to-late ’90s, its impact seemed to soften as the new millennium progressed. Luckily for fans of the genre, the UK-based Third Party is returning house to the mainstream at a fever pitch. With …
Jazz great Dave Brubeck once described Grammy winner Taylor Eigsti as “The most amazing talent I’ve come across.” Eigsti, a jazz pianist and Stanford Jazz Workshop faculty member, has put together an exciting show as part of the closing weekend …
As I sip a Gypsy Queen at Carmel’s Cypress Inn, I think about getting tossed and turned, hours earlier, by the crisp and nearly onshore emerald waves down the hill from this hotel once owned by Doris Day. I look …
The Beach Boys came on the scene in 1961, straight outta Hawthorne, California. The group’s songs embodied the myth of a youthful and carefree Southern California existence, one filled with surfboards, cars and pretty girls.
In an April 11 interview, Los Gatos Town Councilmember Rob Moore—who was seeking a delegate spot on the guest list at the Democratic National Convention—said unless something “drastic” shifted, he expected President Joe Biden to continue seeking reelection.
