Two and a half minutes into Life Size Models’ new single “Polar Nights,” something truly unexpected happens.
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Metro Staff on May 16, 2019
As a kid, the Hong Kong-born standup comic Jimmy O. Yang says he never really considered a career in show business. As he told Conan O’Brien last summer, “My dad always said pursuing your dreams is how you become homeless.” But after he moved to the U.S. Yang developed an independent streak.…
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Erika Rasmussen on May 16, 2019
Getting around San Jose—with its car-centric infrastructure—isn’t easy for those relying on non-motorized modes of transportation. Viva Calle invites the Capital of Silicon Valley to consider what a bike-friendlier city might look like. This year’s springtime celebration of cycling, skateboarding, walking and just moving slower features live music, cultural performances and food…
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Erika Rasmussen on May 16, 2019
Technicolor skirts fly in a swirling kaleidoscopic motion, swaying hands flicking at the floral fabric of the jubilant Jalisco dresses. Bright and cheerful trumpets punctuate the sonorous thread woven by the violins. Feet in heeled black leather stomp a spirited rhythm into the floor as the revered guitarrón lays a deep bass…
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Erika Rasmussen on May 16, 2019
Silicon Valley warmed up quickly this spring—just in time for the grand reopening of Frost Amphitheater. New stage and canopy, new audiovisual system, same beloved Frost. Singer-songwriters Jorja Smith and Kali Uchis are the first to play the renovated space for the annual Frost Music & Arts Festival. Smith, a 21-year-old Brit,…
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Metro Staff on May 16, 2019
The late Ruth Tunstall-Grant was a true alternative hero who made a lasting impact on the local creative community. This exhibition celebrates Tunstall-Grant’s life and legacy as an artist and advocate for children’s rights and social justice issues in Santa Clara County. She led the charge on bringing arts education for San…
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Erika Rasmussen on May 16, 2019
Thrift shop art is often bad, but some is downright inspiring. The comedy duo of Jordan Cerminara and Jeremy Talamantes draw big laughs by taking aim at the Goodwilled misfits of the art world. Talamantes is from San Jose, but this is the pair’s first time bringing their Art Critique Comedy Show…
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Erika Rasmussen on May 16, 2019
Though it was spawned from a roiling fusion of sludgy blues riffs and occult imagery, heavy metal music shares more common threads with Vivaldi and Wagner than with Johnson and John Lee. Case in point: Tobias Sammet’s metal opera supergroup, Avantasia. Led by former Edguy frontman Sammet and featuring the likes of…
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Metro Staff on May 8, 2019
Raul Malo, the former singer and primary songwriter for Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has stayed busy producing solo material—even as his genre-bending country, Tex-Mex and Latin-tinged group have alternated between bursts of activity and hiatus. Recently, the Miami-born Malo (known for such hits at “Here Comes the Rain” and “Crying Shame”) has…
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No one enjoys scrubbing out the casserole dish, and on Mother’s Day, so don’t even suggest that Mom pick up a sponge. Why not take her out for a nice meal? The Mountain Winery boasts beautiful vistas of Silicon Valley and a menu of ceviche, raw oysters, swordfish, steak and much more…
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