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Raging Waters San Jose has a new name
After quite a bit of drama, Raging Waters will return this summer with a new operator. However, the name will be new. The waterpark will now be called Calibunga San Jose. California Drea...
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City officials are under a tight deadline to improve the alleyways in a section of downtown to avoid losing a $3.9 million grant Gilroy received from the state in 2022. The Gilroy City Council received an update May 15 on …
Comics may have been born in New York, but they came of age in California. And there’s more to the story than San Francisco comix.
The vibrant multigenerational family event known as the SoFA Street Fair erupted yet again last Sunday, bringing music fans of all ages to downtown San Jose. Since I am a big fan of history, a quote from historian David McCullough …
What started as lunchtime music concerts in 1989 and shortly thereafter moved to evenings continues this summer in San Jose’s central park, Plaza de Cesar Chavez. Metro has sponsored the series since its inception and, following the San Jose Downtown …
Vehicles blaze down San Carlos Street in both directions near San Jose’s midtown. The commotion easily overpowers the whisper of footsteps from the occasional pedestrian, only heard during the serene relief of a red light. Just west of Willard Avenue, …
The Golden State has masqueraded as everything from the Sahara Desert to the Swiss Alps. But which films best capture the real California?
From making beats in his bedroom to producing in the studio with big-name rappers like E-40, Roddy Ricch and SOB X RBE, San Jose producer Koast has come a long way without ever really leaving home. Koast began 2023 with …
Leo Tolstoy did not foresee this. An adaptation of his 1869 novel War and Peace is delighting 21st-century crowds as an electropop opera called Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812. “It’s based on one of the most well-known …
Sometimes people ask Mattie Scariot if she is Poppy Jasper. She is not. She is, however, the director of the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival. For one week each spring, PJIFF turns humble little Morgan Hill and the greater South …
Lupe Valdez says she never tried to be at the forefront of anything. “But at this point in my life, I’ve stopped saying no to a lot of things.” For over five decades, the San Juan Bautista-based playwright-actress-costume diseñadora has …
Comedy is hard. Yet, somehow, at a little bar on Stevens Creek Boulevard dozens of folks attempt it every Monday night. At the end of the worst day of each week, the patron saint of new comedians sits one step …
Flor de Maria Rivera, a Los Gatos shoe designer, has been staying in Carmel-by-the-Sea in recent days, spending time with family. The power outages she’s been dealing with there have reminded her of growing up in South America. “I feel …
Day on the Ridge, a popular benefit rock concert held at a home in the Eagle Ridge community, is back after a three-year pandemic-related hiatus. To celebrate its return on May 28, organizers hosted a party at the Milias Restaurant …
South Valley Civic Theatre recently announced its 2023-2024 season lineup at its two venues: Morgan Hill Community Playhouse and Limelight at the Gilroy Center for the Arts. Kicking off the season at the Community Playhouse is “Moana Jr.” from Sept. …
When the crew of A Statue for Ballybunion last gathered on stage, it was the day before lockdown. March 2020. A few things have changed in the world since then. Now a full three years later, Playhouse San Jose will …
On Alum Rock Avenue, at the entrance to San Jose’s Eastside, a crowd packs a small graffiti-splattered room, watching rappers share a bluetooth mic and a solitary speaker. Across town, a crowd of young punks waits impatiently to enter an …
Adobe said10 Oscar-nominated films used Adobe creative applications, including Everything Everywhere All at Once, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Top Gun: Maverick.
The Poppy Jasper International Film Festival (PJIFF) on Feb. 27 announced its full film lineup for its 2023 edition. This year’s festival—which will screen at venues in Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista—will take place April 12-19. The …
It’s trash day in Japantown and, even still, it’s easy to find parking a few blocks up from Roy’s Station. Outside it is sunny, flat, pleasant—whistling weather. Though the houses are innocuous and orderly, in neighborhoods like these, a telepathic …
When the curtain falls after the last performance of the Tabard Theatre Company’s production of "Once," it will be for the last time, the San Pedro Square theater announced today. The announcement was posted on the theater company’s website and …
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