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John Dyke on May 31, 2018
For almost 50 years now, on the weekend following Memorial Day, this quiet Rose Garden area neighborhood transforms into a raucous celebration of all things Greek. The San Jose Greek Festival is fun for the whole family and features live music, award-winning dance groups and some of the most authentic festival food…
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Nick Veronin on May 31, 2018
South Bay-based Dogcatcher will be celebrating the release of their new single, “SRM.” The song—alternatively called “Stark Raving Mad”—tells the story of the band’s own Andrew Heine, an Iraq War veteran who spent time after his return living out of his car and selling paintings to support himself. The track also features…
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John Dyke on May 31, 2018
Summer is right around the corner, and the Gordon Biersch Brewery complex in Japantown will once again host this weekly pileup of food trucks, beer and local makers. Co-hosted by Moveable Feast, the event is every Thursday night through August and features live music, games for the kids and SJMADE vendors. Admission…
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Wallace Baine on May 25, 2018
Forget the adage “American as apple pie.” You just can’t get any more American than burgers and beer on Memorial Day weekend. This popular Fremont festival brings together a variety of brews from Bay Area craft brewers—all of them out to impress. (Last year’s People’s Choice Best Brew went to a Belgian…
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Wallace Baine on May 23, 2018
Gumbo goes down best with live blues music (you can look it up), and San Jose’s Poor House Bistro is bringing out some big guns from the Bay Area blues scene. Among the headliners playing the Gumbo Party are Moby Grape frontman Jerry Miller (pictured), boogie-woogie pianist Mitch Woods, veteran vocalist Andy…
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Nick Veronin on May 23, 2018
Music production duo Aivi Tran and Steven “Surasshu” Velema bill themselves as an “organic girl” and a “machine boy.” Together they compose tunes that meld blippy electronic beats, glistening synths and live piano. The result is reminiscent of the music that soundtracked some of the best RPGs of the last 30 years—from…
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Wallace Baine on May 23, 2018
Two of the most celebrated performing artists of Eastern Europe combine forces Sunday at the Trianon. Croatian actor, director and musician Serbedzija and groundbreaking Serbian guitarist Tadic have recorded and performed together on and off for years, but are better known for their individual accomplishments. Serbedzija ranks among the most popular Yugoslav…
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Nick Veronin on May 23, 2018
Grab your board and head to the Brew Tour: Cerveza Stallone. Frequenters of some of downtown San Jose’s finer drinking establishments may have seen this unofficial skateboarding bar crawl advertised on an absolutely radical flyer—featuring a hand-drawn Rambo (ahem… “Slambo”) clutching a tallboy and a skate deck. It’s set to kick at…
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Yousif Kassab on May 23, 2018
Dust off that Saitama costume. Northern California’s biggest anime convention is back. For the uninitiated, FanimeCon is that time of year when thousands of cosplaying eccentrics descend on the McEnery Convention Center. But the annual celebration of all things anime is much more than that. Fans can expect plenty of screenings, vendors,…
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Nick Veronin on May 23, 2018
Rising British songwriter and performer Bruno Major melds alternative sensibilities with contemporary blue-eyed soul. Major recently finished a U.K. arena tour with Sam Smith and is now striking out on his own for a string of dates in smaller rooms around the U.S. His latest release—the full-length A Song for Every Moon—features…
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