As the Santa Clara County Fair prepares to celebrate 80 years of history, the ghost of Clyde Arbuckle lingers in a boarded-up building near the eastern fringe of the fairgrounds.
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Rarely does a show feature two artists without a single vowel to their names. Luckily, both compensate for their friction-heavy monikers effortlessly with rounded, dulcet, sonic landscapes. Though slchld only started making music a few years ago, he’s already found …
Now in its seventh year, the International Surf Classic is back with a barrel roll of sound. Copresented by KFJC FM, this year’s artists are paddling in from NorCal (the Del-Novas), SoCal (Slacktone), New England (the Nebulas), New York City …
Cumbia is an expressive form, a folkloric music and dance tradition from Colombia that embodies adventure and romance. As a foundational component of Colombian culture informed by even older Spanish and African traditions, cumbia’s popularity spread throughout Latin America in …
Cole Porter was a prolific dude. The jazz-age lyrical and musical giant wrote the books for several musicals as well as several bouncy, pep-in-the-step, gleam-in-the-eye, this-one’s-for-our-boys-abroad love tunes in the ’30s and ’40s (and most likely responsible for keeping folks …
In the poem “Spanish Dancer,” Rainer Maria Rilke writes about a dancer setting her hair afire “with a glance” and turning her dress into a “fiery rapture.” For anyone who would like to experience such fierce beauty in person, flamenco …
Alt-country hero (and six-time Grammy winner) Jason Isbell has spent the year riding his 2023 album Weathervanes like a glorious stallion. Written during the pandemic and the filming of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon (in which Isbell starred), …
There are many reasons to see The SpongeBob Musical that have nothing to do with the fact that Tony Award-winning Ethan Slater played the (Tony award-winning) role of SpongeBob on Broadway before he hooked up with Grammy winner Ariana Grande, …
For more than 40 years, Taj Mahal and his quintet have explored various avenues of music, combining elements of the funk, reggae, Cajun and jazz genres. In the process, they have made a lasting impact on the blues tradition. With …
The 1973 cult classic that indelibly intertwined the goths and science fiction nerds comes to life in downtown San Jose. Many have sung along to the movie starring Tim Curry but haven’t experienced the original staged production as it was …
Conventional wisdom has long held that part of the appeal of the big band format is the almost subliminal communication and interplay among the musicians; the result is a massive sound that seems to come from a single organism composed …
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The only Bosnian graduate of Silver Creek High School to play for the New York Cosmos when Mick Jagger was on the board of directors recently returned to San Jose.
Researching cannabis has always been a major challenge, mainly due to the decades of prohibition that made financing hard to come by and often placed onerous restrictions on scientists (when it wasn’t exposing them to criminal liability).
Chloe Angst is tired of Oklahoma!
The menu descriptions of Fitoor’s pan-Indian dishes, minimal as they are, don’t adequately prepare diners for their arrival at the table. They’re inventively plated and almost universally pretty enough to star on social media feeds. Chef Vaibhav Sawant’s culinary approach …
South San Jose has long been dominated by chain restaurants and fast-food spots, making it difficult to find a unique “night out” kind of dining experience. Fortunately, Blossom & Bourbon has stepped up to fill this gap.
The signs are up in the parking lot, and now the minds behind one of Los Gatos’ most prominent vintners, Testarossa Winery, have announced they’re opening a new dining space: Bistro 107.
