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André Jaquez on September 19, 2017
The Luna Park Chalk Art Festival returned this weekend for its 10th annual celebration of color. The event featured live music, vendors and a collection of professional artists and students creating beautiful works of art underfoot on the cement walkways that crisscross Backesto Park in San Jose’s Northside neighborhood.
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André Jaquez on September 15, 2017
It’s a family affair for new age Norteño band SuenaTron and always will be. These sleek primos were born and bred in San Jose, and their multicultural melting pot of sounds reflects the diversity of Silicon Valley. Catch SuenaTron live in celebration of Mexican Independence Day—aka, Festival de Independencia. SuenaTron’s experiential blend…
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André Jaquez on September 15, 2017
Whether you are devout, reborn or spiritually unavailable, take an hour on Sunday to hear the San Jose Chamber Orchestra perform an inspirational program. Donations will benefit the Cathedral Basilica St. Joseph Office of Social Ministry as well as Jewish Family Services Silicon Valley. Their goal is to alleviate homelessness and food…
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San Jose’s music scene may be resurgent across all genres, but ask any metal fan and they’ll tell you it never went anywhere. The Epicenter Heavy Music Festival aims to demonstrate the strength of local metal acts, as well as the support the genre has among South Bay denizens. Organized by Oskar…
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Dave Baisa doesn’t mince his words. Perhaps he gets that from his job: tending bar often requires a highly direct manner of speaking. Or maybe it’s all the practice he’s gotten drawing boundaries and explaining the world to his kids. Then again, it’s probably both—plus the fact that as the frontman for…
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Richard von Busack on September 13, 2017
Some will remember The Seeds as the one-hit AM radio wonders responsible for “Pushin’ Too Hard,” a 1966 pop song about a girl who needs to back off. The tune is thick with the political anxieties of the time. One way to describe The Seeds is as a quartet that sounds like…
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San Jose musicians will get to show off their knowledge of the Fab Four while contributing to a good cause with this Beatles tribute event. Local bands David Brookings and the Average Lookings, Bird and Willow, and Vudaje will be joined by a slew of other performers as they cover everything from…
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Life Size Models is going all in. The San Jose-based group’s forthcoming EP, Home Made, is meant to show fans that the band are taking things seriously. “We want to make this a career,” frontman and singer Chris Seymour says. It shows. The polished five-song set has shades of The Strokes, Clap…
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Brooks Nielsen has always viewed himself as a bit of an outsider. A core member and frontman of SoCal weirdo surf punks The Growlers, Brooks grew up riding waves in the small Orange County town of Dana Point. Even then, Nielsen was resistant to join up with the surfers. “For a long…
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A beekeeper and Cambridge cosmologist fall in love in this contemporary romantic drama. This unconventional play gets its regional premiere through TheatreWorks. Already a hit in London and on Broadway, it explores the infinite possibilities of “boy meets girl” with heart, intelligence and humor. It was praised by the New York Times…
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