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Jay Edgar on October 20, 2021
No cutting around it: quarantine has collectively destroyed our attention spans. Sometimes it’s just impossible to sit through a feature-length film without one’s mind wandering to the next thing, looking for the next quick fix of stimulation. The attention-deficit aesthete can start restoring their cinephile muscles at the San Jose International Short…
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Grace Stetson on October 20, 2021
If the pandemic has taught society anything, it’s the importance of being straightforward. Comedian, former talk-show host and all-around jokester Chelsea Handler took that lesson to the bank, branding her latest tour: “Vaccinated and Horny.” The comedian—perhaps best known for her quick quips on late night show Chelsea Lately, her Netflix documentary…
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Kyle Martin on October 20, 2021
This Saturday, the smooth, velvety tones of Trish Toledo will bless The Ritz, a downtown San Jose staple which only recently reopened its doors after the pandemic. Toledo, an Ecuadorian and Guatemalan soul singer and artist from Carson, has a powerful voice that looms over the soft and steady beat of her…
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Mike Huguenor on October 13, 2021
On a Wednesday in July, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert hosted a musical guest on its “Play At Home” series who many around San Jose might have recognized. Following a brightly colored title card with the iconic show name (and another with the hashtag #Playathome), cameras revealed a stage decked out…
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Mike Huguenor on October 13, 2021
Jeffrey Lo has been dreaming about staging Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap since before the play was even published. “I watched a stage reading of an early draft maybe four or so years ago in San Francisco, while she was still revising and editing it,” Lo says. “For me, as an Asian…
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Bill Kopp on October 13, 2021
Though he was already well-established as a metal guitarist, when Miguel Iniguez launched Starfarer in 2017 he was a total newcomer to the world of electronic music. Memories of 1980s horror and sci-fi soundtracks fired his imagination, inspiring him to take his new project in a radically different direction.
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Kyle Martin on October 13, 2021
Mexico City rock band Elefante is coming to Club Rodeo in San Jose Sunday night while the kids are asleep with a babysitter watching the house. Winding acoustic guitar riffs and powerful vocals in Spanish from this band are like a party where cousins and neighbors share barbacoa, tequila, mezcal and cervezas…
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Jay Edgar on October 13, 2021
Jazz is the place to go when you want to see musicians at the peak of their craft, and vocal jazz is where the human voice is truly put to the test. With her velvety vocals, excellent command of pitch, and airy and eclectic backing instrumentals, Jackie Gage has been waving the…
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Alec Adams on October 13, 2021
Can-co, Should-Co, Wilco! Not content with simply turning in 10 classic albums and calling it a good career, Chicago’s indie rock sextet are back touring their 2019 release Ode to Joy. They were supposed to tour it in 2020, but apparently something big came up that year which prevented it. Ode to…
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Grace Stetson on October 13, 2021
There’s nothing like classical orchestral piano compositions to ease us into the autumnal season. This weekend, Finnish pianist Juho Pohjonen performs selections from his growing discography in four virtual performances for Bay Area fans. For this year’s Steinway Society season, Pohjonen will draw from Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” with his musical interpretations often…
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