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Mike Huguenor on June 16, 2021
Travel writer Chaney Kwak has been to some strange places. From abandoned amusement parks, to decommissioned Soviet military bases, to shuttered embassies, Kwak has built his career on going exactly where he shouldn’t. Thursday’s livestream ‘Our Stories, Ourselves’ features local actors performing works by local authors, including a section from Kwak’s upcoming…
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Mike Huguenor on June 16, 2021
Influenced by the presence of his grandfather, a curandero, or healer, Hector Dionicio Mendoza has made healing, repair and community central themes of his art. The Michoacan-born, Monterey-based artist’s newest piece Creando Espacio (“Creating Space”) reimagines his grandfather’s spiritual dwelling place as inhabitable art. Opening this Wednesday at Montalvo Arts Center, the…
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Mike Huguenor on June 16, 2021
The Bay Area’s own Legoland Discovery Center is now open, and, my fellow blockheads, there are some things you should know. On top of its interactive Lego ride and 4D theater with new Lego Movie inspired shorts, there are VR races, freeform building stations with master builders on site, an interactive pirate…
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Grace Stetson on June 10, 2021
At the tail end of May, 443 days after its closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tech Interactive, San Jose’s family-friendly science and technology center, reopened to the public. Throughout the busy day, staff was visibly enthusiastic to see its community members again.
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Mike Huguenor on June 9, 2021
Taking their name from one of the most harrowing manga series known to man, San Jose hip hop collective Barefoot Gen are like the South Bay’s answer to Odd Future. And after a slew of Bandcamp one-offs and EPs, the group swings big on their startling new LP .Wav Clube Zen. Informed…
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Mike Huguenor on June 9, 2021
Ah, Willow Den, how we’ve missed your subtle charm this last year. Though dim and dark, you are warm and welcome, and always contain at least a few surprises within. Since rebranding as Willow Den Public House in 2019, the Den has been making a push towards music, though that was quickly…
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Mike Huguenor on June 9, 2021
AC Myles has it bad and, buddy, there ain’t no cure. Morning, noon and night, it’s there with him. The blues. On new album With These Blues, the Central Valley-born guitarist charts one man’s descent into the azure hue note by note, and fret by fret. Once described as “perhaps the only…
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Mike Huguenor on June 9, 2021
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but Pablo Martín thinks they might be worth more than that. Mysterious and glyph-like, the ink-and-paper images in Inventarios by the Argentinian artist all aim to defeat traditional language, evoking “esoteric knowledge never meant to be spoken, but only viewed and understood intuitively.”…
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Mike Huguenor on June 9, 2021
It’s been more than 50 years since we first heard the mean, mean stride of Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, and Geddy Lee, and Rush’s influence on rock in that time has been incalculable. In a livestream from Art Boutiki, R50, “The Premiere Rush Tribute Band,” pay homage to that heavy half-century, promising…
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Mike Huguenor on June 9, 2021
A staple of the modern music industry, Record Store Day returns to the Bay this year with a raft of options for any self-respecting music lover. There’s rarities from Miles Davis and Richard Hell, a 1,000-copy yellow pressing the Lemonheads’ debut Hate Your Friends, and a complete reprinting of the early works…
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