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Erika Rasmussen on July 31, 2019
Arizona-born Iranian American comedian Max Amini knocks improv out of the park, incorporating the audience in essentially every show he does. It seems he’s changing lives, to a certain extent—phoning a husband who stayed home on Valentine’s Day while his wife came to the show and helping attendees find romance—all from the…
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Erika Rasmussen on July 31, 2019
The 75th annual Santa Clara County Fair comes to San Jose this weekend. Host to plenty of good, old-fashioned American amusement, visitors may enjoy bumpy carnival rides, animal shows and a hypnotist convincing the nextdoor neighbor to act like a fish. Then there’s the food. Enjoy classics like corn dogs, onion rings,…
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Metro Staff on July 31, 2019
While the Baby Boomers and Gen X-ers have been busy worrying about the work ethic of Millennials, Gen-Z has been quietly blossoming into a cultural force all its own. L.A. bedroom pop sensation Cuco mixes loungy, bossa nova guitars, lo-fi drum clippings and the inside jokes of a generation raised on the…
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Metro Staff on July 31, 2019
Pat Simmons Jr. is primarily known for his music, which is to be expected when you’re the son of a founding member of one of the most famous groups of the ’70s and ’80s—San Jose-bred Doobie Brothers guitarist Patrick Simmons—and your own musical career began when you were barely old enough to…
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Matei Predescu on July 31, 2019
Caffe Frascati’s Tuesday open mic nights and Cafe Stritch’s Wax Wednesdays draw crowds of young artists, musicians and poets who convene to jam, freestyle and share ideas. The vibrant community of local creatives is all there. What’s lacking, however, is a larger network of performance spaces, accessible and all-ages, to sustain this…
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Bill Kopp on July 31, 2019
There’s more to George Clinton than many fans realize. The Kannapolis, NC-born musician is the voice and face of Parliament Funkadelic. A leading light of the music scene, Clinton brought a sensibility that—much like Frank Zappa, to whom he is often compared—combined humor with advanced musicality. Through the 1970s and ’80s, the…
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Erika Rasmussen on July 24, 2019
The question is not whether an individual believes in magic, but rather: can anyone trust their own brain? Adam Gazzaley, professor of neurology at UC San Francisco, joins Robert Strong, the Comedy Magician—voted San Francisco’s best magician three times—to explore the neuroscience of magic. An actual field of study, neuromagic started in…
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Matei Predescu on July 24, 2019
Bay Area-born jazz pianist and composer Taylor Eigsti is a force to be reckoned with in the contemporary jazz community. Coming up under the wing of West Coast jazz legend Dave Brubeck, the child prodigy and Grammy-nominated virtuoso rose to fame in the early 2000s. Now based in New York, he’s worked…
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Mike Huguenor on July 24, 2019
Few events are as ambitious as Sacred Art. Combining music, theater, art installations, and physical and performance art, the two-day event offers attendees an immersive, hypnagogic trip through the South Bay’s art scene. Explore galleries and tableaux as local soul singer Steely Nash plays Leonard Cohen. Or become a part of the…
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Matei Predescu on July 24, 2019
Over the past few years, Outer-Space Entertainment has drawn together many of the South Bay’s rock outfits for various live events. The artist management and booking organization returns to Cupertino’s nightlife bastion, The X-Bar, with a showcase of homegrown artists like San Jose alternative rock quintet Living Among Giants and prog-metal rockers…
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