There’s romance, and then there’s Romance. A performance by the 70-plus members of the all-volunteer Nova Vista Symphony focuses on music from the European artistic and intellectual era known as the Romantic Period. The program features works by Alexander Borodin …
The members of Common Kings may have started in Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa, but their sound—a rock-infused reggae with Polynesian accents and some hip hop flourishes—couldn’t have come from anywhere else but Orange County. The four college mates met …
Santa Anna Bay Coconuts play surf like a rock band: mid-tempo instrumental rockers with guitar solos galore, but lots of low-end. Not quite the screeching guitars that have come to define surf revival bands, but, as one writer pointed out, …
Up-and-comer Luciane Dom blends Afrobeat, urban jazz and Latin for a powerful sound representing her roots in Rio de Janeiro—so much so that she was voted Rising Star of the Year at the African Entertainment Awards. Her music connects feminism, …
Considered one of the most famous stories ever written, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the third part in his four-book series starring the most famous detective in history, Sherlock Holmes. Inspired by the local …
LA-based composer/musician Tashi Wada will perform pieces from his new album, What Is Not Strange?, along with vocalist Julia Holter. Recorded over a period that marked the death of his father and the birth of his daughter, each piece not …
Now in its 40th year, Chicanx theater company Teatro Visión presents Macario, a Día de los Muertos tradition held at the Plaza every few years. Featuring original music and choreography, Teatro Visión’s Macario brings to life the classic story of …
Elizabeth Rosner’s new book, Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of Listening, is by no means a prescriptive self-help book, though it could be. Focused on listening and hearing, the Berkeley-based writer reflects on auditory landmarks and how …
Laughter is the best medicine, right? Or maybe it’s food... Music soothes the soul, and nature is a boundless source for healing.
Imagine stepping into a world where your wildest dreams come to life, and you can control every moment. Where you could solve problems, create art or improve your tennis serve—all while you sleep. If scientists working in the field of …
On the polished stone pathway that leads to Ăn Vặt Nhà Cam, visitors to the Grand Century Shopping Mall can purchase a variety of eclectic goods.
If Paris can augment reality with an appreciation for history, then so should San Jose. And if Google really cares, then it should help.
Consuming edibles, smokables and sippables galore, humans spend time and money chasing altered states. But new research suggests there are other ways to find a natural high, minus hangovers.
Jon Nakamatsu & The Jazz Age opens the Symphony San Jose season this weekend, but Nakamatsu certainly is not forsaking classical music. Neither is San Jose’s primary professional orchestra.
Curious experience, this Megalopolis. Francis Ford Coppola’s 40th directorial effort has the antiqued flavor of a valedictory mega-production—especially given its opening night live-action streaming introduction featuring Coppola, Robert De Niro and Spike Lee on the big screen, from the New …
The band’s name suggests a sound that draws from the complex and intricate rhythms of Africa. But while Seattle-based Polyrhythmics began with Afrobeat as a musical starting point, the group has crafted a sound all its own.
One of the weirdest outcomes of cannabis legalization is that the cops, who for decades were intent on busting people for weed on behalf of the state and its laws, now bust people largely on behalf of the legal pot …
The title might bring to mind the British ruler who commissioned a new translation of the Bible, but Rajiv Joseph’s comic play is instead about the friendship of two men formed upon a shared appreciation of basketball star LeBron James. …
Among his many credits, Herb Alpert is known as the man who brought pop jazz into the homes of millions. As Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, that “band” (actually the “Wrecking Crew”) released eleven albums between ’62 and ’68; …
As Korn returns to the Shoreline Amphitheater, fans are busting out the JNCOs and readying to feel like a freak on a leash. It’s hard to believe their self-titled debut dropped only six months after Nirvana frontperson Kurt Cobain took …
