The Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors censured elected board member Rebecca Eisenberg last week for a pattern of abusive conduct toward water district employees, including racist and sexist comments.
Last week, a huge party unfolded at Westside Billiards, proving the neon wilderness of San Carlos Street was alive and well.
Rob Brezsny's Free Will Astrology
Sean Wang begins his Academy Award®-nominated documentary short Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó in his grandmothers’ shared bedroom. He zooms in on their closed eyes and sleeping feet. They’re roommates in a suburban Fremont home.
Infinitely un-boxable and demonstrating uncontainable energy, 25-year-old Bay Area-based Singaporean author, Kyla Zhao, has devoted the majority of her professional working life to fashion, technology and literature, which shows up in her newest book, Valley Verified.
Of the many ways we humans have tried to capture the sublime sadness of all we lost through the height of the pandemic, this single line—“Rocketship goodbyes”—written by Sally Ashton in her poem “Circumferences,” stands out the most. Enter Listening …
When I first heard of San Jose’s SoFA market, I envisioned a shop filled with leather loveseats and feather-stuffed cushions, but the reality is better than that. It’s a food hall in the South First Arts (SoFA) district that showcases …
Spring Arts Guide Intro
A blast of South Texas blues hits town this Wednesday in the form of Scott H. Biram, aka the Dirty Old One Man Band. Biram channels blues legends like Leadbelly and John Lee Hooker and updates them with punk sensibilities. …
Despite the generic title, the Guild has gathered some of the finest musicians in the area to showcase one of America’s original art forms. The show will feature San Francisco Symphony’s Scott Pingel on bass and Ed Stephan on timpani …
David Nihill is a “shelf-help” expert. That’s not a typo; it’s a whole brand of comedy! The Irishman-turned-Californian’s latest tour finds him combining reading recommendations and jokes to enlighten and amuse simultaneously. The comedian knows a thing or two about …
Aki Kumar plays what he calls “Bollywood Blues,” a blending of Hindi movie melodies that charge the American blues sound with the uplift of Bollywood music. In a story that is very San Jose, Kumar came to the US to …
Rachel Spung and the Soul Service is a local band illuminating the latent musical talent brimming below the surface of San Jose. Fronted by Rachel Spung and her soulful, sultry voice, the band also features Brandon Earley on guitar, Alonso …
The soaring overtures of symphony strings and brass often accompany and punctuate the most intense drama of the silver screen. Like a wall to a painting or a window to a garden, symphonic music and motion pictures belong together. It’s …
Coming in hot after their massive performance at the Caravan in January, Rebel Extract is back this Saturday! According to a one-sentence bio, Rebel Extract is “a Bay Area rock band transmitting revolutionary frequencies throughout the multiverse.” ‘Nuff said. The …
The Stop, Drop & Roll Show features Ian Kelly this week, a rapper from Oakland changing the game in the Bay Area. Kelly’s lyrics tell his stories of the streets, digging deeper on a philosophical level and declaring who he …
Choreographer Vanessa Sanchez and her dance and music company, La Mezcla, create beautiful, dramatic dance pieces rooted in the Chicana, Latina and Indigenous traditions of social justice. Vanessa was the Dance/USA Artist Fellow and received the Isadora Duncan Dance Award …
King Liz is a drama by playwright Fernanda Coppel, who told her alma mater, UC Santa Cruz, “My whole MO is to write more parts for Latina women.” In King Liz, an ambitious sports agent named Liz Rico manages an …
In 2021, Bay Area photographer, vegan and docu series producer Louie Psihoyos wanted to take a fresh look at the modern nutrition debate. He reached out to Stanford Medical School to study and film the effects of a plant-based diet …
PG&E is raising the alarm about a seemingly ever-present danger that locals continue to face and has nothing to do with arcing, downed wires or electricity surges.
