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C.J. Prusi on October 2, 2019
Art, music, food and more are guaranteed at the celebration of the iconic Frida Kahlo. Attendees are encouraged to wear flowers in their hair and enjoy churros and paletas with the family, or sip on tequila and mezcal in the 21+ VIP section. There will be food vendors, a photo booth and…
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C.J. Prusi on October 2, 2019
The Northside Theatre Company and director Meredith King celebrate the local company’s 41st season, kicking off their 2019-20 season with Doubt, A Parable. Set in a Catholic school in 1964, John Patrick Shanley’s 2005 Tony- and Pulitzer-winning play centers around suspicion, morality, entrenched power structures and the sinister, abusive actors that those…
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C.J. Prusi on October 2, 2019
Three decades after his death, Stanford Live brings Robert Mapplethorpe’s legendary photographs back to life. Created by composer (and guitarist for The National) Bryce Dessner, librettist Korde Arrington Tuttle and director Kaneza Schaal, Triptych (Eyes of One on Another) “explores the origins and impact of Mapplethorpe’s controversial photography.” A multimedia event, the…
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Metro Staff on October 2, 2019
Form a portmanteau out of the words “punk” and “oldies”—as Shannon Shaw of Shannon & The Clams once did whilst describing her band—and the resulting voiced velar stop ends up sounding more like a hard G than a K. Depending on how it hits the ear, one might hear “oldies,” or “goldies.”…
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Wallace Baine on October 2, 2019
Usually a musical collaboration is one of two things: a defining partnership on which careers are built, or a one-time experimental fling between two or more parties looking for a spark. The latest collaboration between Calexico and Iron & Wine is a third thing altogether: a momentary experiment that slowly built into…
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Richard von Busack on September 25, 2019
A Star is Born has an unusual “meet cute” in it: Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) makes an unscheduled stop at a bar called the Bleu Bleu, where Lady Gaga’s Ally is pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman. That is exactly the kind of gender-bending fun that has made…
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Conor Agnew on September 25, 2019
Forged in the fires of old Detroit, and tempered by relentlessly touring for most of the last 50 years, Bob Seger’s voice is an American treasure. Whether shouting or whispering, Seger’s authentic, road-tested rasp has the power to make listeners want things they never knew they needed—like a Chevrolet. “Like a Rock,”…
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Metro Staff on September 25, 2019
After discovering that he is eighth in line for a family fortune, Monty Navarro devises a bold coup. He will murder his way up the aristocratic food chain and claim what is rightfully his: the title of Earl of Highhurst. This South Bay Musical Theatre production of A Gentleman’s Guide to Love…
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Conor Agnew on September 25, 2019
San Jose ska representatives Monkey have been entertaining rude folks of all genders for nearly 25 years with their dapper dress and upbeat horn lines, but they rarely do it for free, so take note: This Saturday, in celebration of bartender, booker and comedian-extraordinaire Rachel Warner’s birthday, the local legends are joining…
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Julia Canavese on September 25, 2019
Eight different mazes bring nightmares to life with a werewolf lair, a zombie-infested high school, the dimly lit manor of a voodoo-practicing heiress, a rogue tooth fairy in the dentist’s office from hell, and the brand-new Wax Museum Blackout. Three themed “Scare Zones” extend the macabre surroundings further into the park. Live…
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