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Dominoe Ibarra on August 23, 2018
The Palo Alto Festival of the Arts celebrates its 37th year, hosting 300 talented artisans—including painters, photographers, potters, jewelry makers and sculptors. Artists featured at the event come from the Bay Area as well as all over the country. The festival also features street artists, who will bring colorful pastel designs to…
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Dominoe Ibarra on August 23, 2018
Unity. Diversity. Strength. These are the ideals that this year’s Silicon Valley Pride parade and festival aims to highlight in the local LGBTQ+ community. Celebrating its 43rd anniversary, the weekend begins with a Trans and Friends Rally—focused on those who identify as transgender and gender non-binary. Later, the nighttime festival will feature…
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Andrew Lentz on August 23, 2018
This show features hip-hop heavyweights and rising talent. Topping the bill is Yo Gotti, whose vivid storytelling powers have been deployed in service of his native Memphis as well as in lively club bangers, like “Rake it Up” and “1942.” For Tekashi 6ix-9ine the headlines eclipse any drama in his flows. With…
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Dominoe Ibarra on August 23, 2018
This year marks the 40th anniversary of longtime San Jose denizen Henry Mollicone’s opera. Based upon a famous poem about a Manhattan urban legend from the 19th century, it’s the story of two love triangles, separated by 100 years and revolving around a cryptic painting on a barroom floor. The entire tale…
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Nick Veronin on August 23, 2018
Founded in San Francisco by Arcelio Garcia and Jorge Santana (brother to Carlos), Malo has been churning out groovy, Latin-inflected Chicano rock since the early ’70s. They’ve seen many members come and go over the years—Garcia is now the only remaining original member—but they’re still going strong as they near the half-century…
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Kaylee Lawler on August 22, 2018
Before the glittery vampire romances of the aughts and the leathery techno terrors of the ’90s, this bloodsucking biker gang from Santa Carla lent a distinctly ’80s vibe to the genre. Local fans know that Santa Cruz served as the backdrop for the fictional California beach town immortalized by this cult classic’s…
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Kaylee Lawler on August 22, 2018
Karen Zacarias’ Native Gardens is the story of Pablo and Tania, a young couple who are are expecting their first child when they move into a highly regarded neighborhood in Washington D.C. When the couple move to replace their aging fence—which their neighbors, Frank and Virginia are happy to see go—it is…
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Nick Veronin on August 15, 2018
For some, classic Chevys, Fords and Studebakers represent the pinnacle of automotive design and power. Others, however, are more interested in compact imports—those European and Asian models known for their hairpin handling, breakneck acceleration and, of course, drifting. Hot Import Nights celebrates tricked-out Hondas, Yotas, Porches, Beamers and so much more. The…
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Kaylee Lawler on August 15, 2018
The mystical world of wizards, potions and magic spells materializes on the streets of San Jose as the Wizards Assemble Pub Crawl comes to town. Beginning mid-afternoon, witches and wizards to will bust out their wands while drinking deeply from their goblets. Billed as the “world’s biggest” wizard crawl, the event will…
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Dominoe Ibarra on August 15, 2018
After mastering the quick-hitting micro-vloging format that was Vine (R.I.P.) and rising to the top of the YouTuber comedy clip heap, David Dobrik and Jason Nash have a pretty sweet thing going on. Essentially, they get paid to goof off for their legions of fans. Their pranks include putting random objects and…
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