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Alec Adams on November 3, 2021
That old guy Bill Shakespeare—what a card. I’m led to believe he wrote a lot of well-liked plays, so much so that a whole tradition of critically acclaimed plays exist in the space around his work. 1966 saw Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and in 2018 Lauren Gundersen’s The Book…
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Kyle Martin on November 3, 2021
SLC rapper Bobby B Mac comes to the Bay Area to rock San Jose’s Liquid Lounge this weekend. In his icy music videos, the young Samoan MC—and son of noted battle rapper B Side—can be seen spitting bars in the snow about his trials and tribulations throughout his years growing up in…
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Alec Adams on November 3, 2021
Oakland’s Morty Orkin has been dedicated to honoring the work of the great pop artists by way of tribute bands for a long time, moving from Michael Jackson to Neil Diamond to the one and only Prince. The Purple Ones have been in the game since 2012 and their commitment to doing…
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Kyle Martin on November 3, 2021
A giant party for Quebradita lovers—a Mexican style of dance and music—is coming Friday to San Jose’s Civic Center. This music is high energy, fast and full of melodies that spin tales of partying, love, life and travesuras. Friday’s featured artists include Mazatlán Sinaloa’s Mi Banda El Mexicano, Jalisco’s Banda Machos and…
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Elliott Sky Case on November 3, 2021
This Friday, a new sound will echo through downtown San Jose, connecting the city to the world at large in new ways, when Beta Space: Trevor Paglen opens at SJMA. The installation can be heard emitting from the museum’s clock tower for the next year. Paglen, a 2017 MacArthur Fellow, has spent…
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Grace Stetson on November 3, 2021
Not many comedians get nearly a decade of screen time on Saturday Night Live and still remain consistent in the years thereafter—but Kevin Nealon isn’t most comedians. This weekend, the understated master known for his SNL tenure from 1986 to 1995—as well as starring roles on Weeds, Man with a Plan and…
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Jay Edgar on November 3, 2021
CineQuest, San Jose’s premier film festival, may have ended in May, but that doesn’t mean cinephiles have to wait a whole year for more filmic gems. CineQuest’s new all-virtual younger sibling, CineJoy, is bringing features and shorts from around the world straight to the home with an all-new streaming platform built just…
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Elliott Sky Case on November 3, 2021
Bestselling author and illustrator Brian Selznick has transported all kinds of audiences across space and time: his historical fiction book The Invention of Hugo Cabret was adapted into Scorsese’s Oscar-winning Hugo, and his illustrations have appeared in children’s and YA classics, from picture books to the 20th-anniversary editions of Harry Potter. His…
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Li Patron on October 27, 2021
Last week, podcasters Carmen Sánchez and Manuel Ávalos hit a major milestone. “We made a podcast baby, and it survived to one year,” Sánchez says in the introduction to the anniversary episode of San Hauntse. “That’s better odds than any child in the early 1900s!” The macabre sentiment is fitting for a…
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Mike Huguenor on October 27, 2021
For years now, Brian Knockin has been at the door. Back when he lived in Hollywood, where he studied at the Musician’s Institute, people used to tell him he was the next 50 Cent. Before that, he was in San Francisco, studying the art of production at California Recording Institute. Before that,…
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