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Avi Salem on May 9, 2018
Since its founding in 2002, the Pear Theatre has silently but stealthily showcased over 100 original plays—most of them written, directed and performed by local auteurs, and showcased during the company’s annual Pear Slices festival. The 90-seat theater’s latest offering of Slices is a collection of eight short plays from members of…
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Yousif Kassab on May 9, 2018
Things are looking up for Hot Flash Heat Wave. With an Outside Lands performance on the horizon and a SXSW set safely in the books, guitarists Nathan Blum, Adam Abildgaard and bassist Ted Davis have no complaints.
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Nick Veronin on May 3, 2018
After lighting up Levi’s Stadium last May and marking the 30th anniversary of their seminal album, The Joshua Tree, Irish modern rock megastars U2 return to San Jose on their Experience + Innocence Tour. The run of shows comes on the heels of their latest album, 2017’s Songs of Experience. The album…
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Nick Veronin on May 3, 2018
The biblical story of creation has inspired painters, playwrights and musicians for millennia. Austrian classical composer Joseph Haydn turned in his artistic interpretation back in 1799 with “The Creation,” an oratorio that takes its audience from a “Representation of Chaos” up to Adam and Eve’s declaration of love. Keeping in stride with…
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Nick Veronin on May 3, 2018
Silicon Valley Open Studios has connected South Bay and Peninsula artists with their neighboring communities more than 30 years. The annual three-weekend event kicks off this Saturday and Sunday, as artists from South San Francisco down through Los Altos and Palo Alto open their studios to the public. Started in 1986, the…
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Yousif Kassab on May 3, 2018
Free Comic Book Day is upon us again, which means it’s time to hit the local comic shop to grab some free swag. Participating stores will have a slew of free books from all the heavy hitters. From the usual suspects, like DC and Marvel, to respected niche publishers, including IDW, Dark…
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Mike Huguenor on May 2, 2018
Within the world of heavy metal there is a magic word. Some people may listen to metal for years—decades—and never hear it spoken. But once it’s heard, it is impossible to go back. It is a single word capable of changing reality entirely, twisting the once-familiar into something mystic, epiphanic, otherworldly. That…
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Yousif Kassab on May 2, 2018
Some of Silicon Valley’s most talented percussionists will be pounding on very big drums this weekend as a part of the Stanford Taiko Spring Concert. The university’s 18-piece resident taiko ensemble has prepared a brand new show to celebrate the season. Titled “Wavebreak,” the concert will feature new arrangements from the group’s…
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Yousif Kassab on May 2, 2018
Somewhere around 2010, young musicians all over the country rediscovered the power of pairing emotionally vulnerable lyrics with jangly, guitar-driven hooks. Joyce Manor soon emerged as a top talent in this so-called emo revival. Their 2016 effort, Cody, saw the band push their frenetic sound in new directions—with an acoustic track, a…
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Nick Veronin on May 2, 2018
The South Bay’s face doesn’t stand a chance. Symphonic metal quintet Kamelot is riding into town like a legion of time-space-bending valkyrie—dealing out punishing, pinch-harmonic-punctuated guitar solos and double-bass runs that ripple like thunder across a post-apocalyptic hellscape. The group released its 12th studio album, The Shadow Theory, on April 6. On…
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