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Metro Staff on December 18, 2019
Russia has long been recognized as a leader in the world of dance, and the Moscow Ballet’s touring production of the Great Russian Nutcracker aims to uphold the country’s reputation—with a little help from the international community. Featuring a group of world-renowned Russian dancers, massive flying puppets from South Africa and hand-painted…
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Mike Huguenor on December 18, 2019
San Jose could use a Zorro. The timeless tale of rich-man-turned-masked-swashbuckler entertains because of Zorro’s passion for social justice, and his fight for the poor and downtrodden. Around here, where rich men are a dime a dozen, the have-nots are seen as little more than data points and TaskRabbits. Perhaps that’s why…
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Metro Staff on December 18, 2019
Bay Area O.G. Andre Nickatina returns to San Jose with more tales from the Fillmore. Dre Dog first burst onto the Bay Area’s underground rap scene in the early ’90s, spinning dark and lurching tales about San Francisco street life over off-kilter and woozy beats. In other words, the guy has been…
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Mike Huguenor on December 18, 2019
If you know just one thing about Curtis Salgado, let it be this: He was the inspiration for The Blues Brothers. If you know two things about Curtis Salgado, let the second one be this: he was not the inspiration for Blues Brothers 2000. In contemporary blues, artists don’t get much more…
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Metro Staff on December 11, 2019
Would you look at that! In between all the margarita pitchers, bottles of Corona and shots of Patron, we somehow lost track of the time. Tres Gringos Cabo Cantina, one of downtown San Jose’s most reliably turnt bars, is hanging up its sombrero after 16 years on South Second Street. ¡Que lastima!…
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Wallace Baine on December 11, 2019
Singer and songwriter Sara Bareilles is the musical talent behind this winning theatrical production that is still running both on Broadway and in London’s West End theater district. It tells the story of Jenna, a waitress and supernaturally talented pie-maker who is also pregnant and stuck in a bad marriage. Her salvation…
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Conor Agnew on December 11, 2019
When the Cactus Club closed its doors in 2002, the youth of San Jose lost a vital access point to live music. In the intervening 17 years, numerous churches, community centers and private residences have nobly attempted to reopen that portal. The 3F Gallery is one such venue. Grace Preschool is another;…
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Mike Huguenor on December 11, 2019
As one of the few venues in town promoting young, up-and-coming bands on the DIY scene, 3F Gallery deserves a hand. This weekend, the gallery hosts a stacked show featuring Laundry, an Oregon-based band reminiscent of Crumb, Alvvays and Diners. The Eugene outfit released its tender and dreamy Affirmation EP earlier this…
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Wallace Baine on December 11, 2019
For many people this time of year, coming together with neighbors and singing sacred music in a beautiful place is an impulse not to be ignored. For the 15th straight year, Elena Sharkova and the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale will be answering the call. In the holiday glow of the lovely old…
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Kenny Ngo on December 11, 2019
After years of spinning up remixes and nabbing choice production credits—remember Major Lazer’s ridonkulous 2013 banger, “Bubble Butt?”—Los Angeles DJ Valentino Khan finally has an EP of his own. Khan released House Party on Diplo’s Mad Decent label over the summer. The collection blends trap, dubstep, moombahton and hardstyle together into an…
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