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Rooster T. Feathers Comedy Club Back in Full Swing

There was nothing funny about the nearly three-year closure of Sunnyvale comedy club Rooster T. Feathers. But now that the team is reassembled and ready to gather comedy lovers back together, the club is once again echoing with laughter. As 


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The Dereliks Take Another Turn On the Wheel

The Dereliks may say they’re from San Jose, but in truth they’re from a different planet. It’s unclear which part of the galaxy they’re from, but their intergalactic travels can be traced through the immaculate production, beats and lyricism of 


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The Decade of Dox Black

This Sunday, as the calendar turns to 2023, music fans across the South Bay will take part in a growing yearly tradition. We’re not talking about New Year’s resolutions, or New Year’s Day brunch. We’re talking about enjoying the new 


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Hooray For Hollywood: All About California’s Most Glamorous Industry

From its early days of hard-charging, Jewish immigrant moguls to today's domination by megacorporations, here's how Hollywood continues to hold its place as one of California's most important industries.

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Pertenecer: To Belong Held at San Jose MACLA

Alyssarhaye Graciano had many expectations for her first curated exhibit at MACLA, but the preview walkthrough still managed to catch her by surprise.  “I didn’t expect to cry,” she says.  Featuring six Latinx artists, Pertenecer: To Belong, opened at MACLA 


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Five Years of Dad Bod Rap Pod

Demone Carter looks into his laptop’s built-in webcam as the conference call begins. It’s difficult to tell where his white shirt ends as it blends into the wall behind him. The feed of David Ma, Carter’s co-host, causes the contrast 


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Muwekma Ohlone Tribe Sing at American Indian Heritage Celebration

This past Saturday, Sheila Guzman-Schmidt resurrected a tradition long entombed.  A member of the Muwekma Ohlone tribe, Guzman-Schmidt helped open the NUMU museum’s exhibition of photos by tribal photographer Kike Arnal, a series of portraits of Muwekma tribe members, with 


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Could Mastodon Become the New Twitter?

Following Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, droves are fleeing the social network and joining Mastodon, an open-source federated service in the 'Fediverse.'

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San José Foos Champion San Jose Culture

If you know which sandal best represents which Bay Area city, where exactly to find eats from the Almaden hills to Berryessa or if a girl is from Evergreen or Saratoga based solely on her lashes, you might be a 


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San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild Celebrates 25th Dia de Los Muertos

On a crisp and unusually quiet Saturday morning, I arrive at the Martin Luther King Jr. Branch of the San Jose Public Library. I’m there to meet Elena E. Robles, dance anthropologist and expert on Día de los Muertos with 


Image caption: Founding artistic director Robert Kelley (front of train) in TheatreWorks’ 1981 production of “Merry Wives of Windsor.”
Valley of Art’s Delight

Thanks to these cultural groups, whose roots date back before this millennium, Silicon Valley is known for more than just technological artistry.

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Cesar Chavez Family Endorses Breeze of Innovation Move to Downtown San Jose Site

Breeze of Innovation was selected out of 963 submissions in 2019 in a juried international competition. The civic monument is intended to pay homage to the San Jose Light Tower, which stood at the corner of Market and Santa Clara 


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COMING SOON: Town on verge of handing theater keys to CineLux

Paul Gunsky navigates his way around the boxes stacked up next to the concession booth inside Los Gatos’ classic theater building. The CineLux CEO—who jokingly refers to his title as “head popcorn popper”—has been crossing the t’s and dotting the 


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Allways Kahlil Keeps it ‘Forever Green’

Allways Kahlil says he made his newest music because he felt disrespected. The San Jose hip hop artist had something to prove—mostly to himself. “I been at work for a long time. Now I feel like it’s my time,” he 


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Gilroy author highlights Indian festival

Mayuri Amarnath and her family moved to Gilroy from San Jose a few years ago, and found that the South Asian community in the South County city is much smaller than it is farther north. She said everyone she’s met 


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San Jose Chamber Orchestra Raises Funds for Upcoming Season

Last Sunday at the posh Silicon Valley Capital Club, the San Jose Chamber Orchestra threw a fundraising party for its upcoming season, which includes Paul Davies’ opera, OURLAND: A Dystopian State. Erupting October 22 and 23 at the intimate 3Below 


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Q&A With ‘California Burning’ Author Katherine Blunt

On the day that I spoke with Katherine Blunt, the author of California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric—And What It Means for America’s Power Grid, firefighters attacked a 1.1-acre blaze that had broken out the day before 


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Groundbreaking for downtown art gallery set for Sept. 22

Construction for the Edes Building, a wine bar and art gallery that is set to “invigorate” central downtown Morgan Hill, will break ground Sept. 22 at the southwest corner of Monterey Road and Second Street, according to the City of 


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Gilroy Arts Alliance opens new exhibit, looks to expand offerings

The downtown Gilroy arts scene has experienced a renaissance as of late, with the addition of an artist studio on Sixth Street, to a massive mural project in an alleyway and monthly art walks. The Gilroy Arts Alliance, the nonprofit 


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Alleyway Mural Project Aims to Spruce Up Downtown

When rail commuters roll into downtown Gilroy, their only view is a neglected alleyway used for dumpsters and delivery trucks. But the alleyway between Martin and Lewis streets recently got a burst of color, with much more to come. Longtime 


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