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Metro Staff on January 23, 2019
Ric Ambrose is both an artist and an arts professional. As the executive director of the Richmond Art Center, he is experienced in curating exhibitions and managing collections. In his large-format drawings in “Going Places: Drawings by Ric Ambrose,” he captures cityscapes and landscapes in a style that blends the precision of photorealism with the flaws of human memory. Each drawing in this collection plays out like a curated collection of remembrances pulled together in a single frame. By cobbling together disparate scenes into a continuous panorama, Ambrose creates snapshots that are both fixed and unbound by time and space. Runs through Apr. 14. Continue reading »
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Metro Staff on January 23, 2019
The premise is simple enough. With 12 hours left to live, how would you choose to spend your time? With friends? With family? How about swiping through potential matches on your handset? In outline, Spending the End of the World on OK Cupid, sounds similar to Tom Perrotta’s The Leftovers—albeit with a decidedly absurdist twist. With the entire population of Earth is about to disappear, playwright Jeffrey Lo muses that a dating website will get a great deal of play during humanity’s final hours. Continue reading »
Founded in 2013 by Yori and Dana Seeger, the San Jose makerspace known as the School of Visual Philosophy has served as both an educational hub and studio space for local artists and crafters. In addition to holding classes in woodworking, printmaking and ceramics, the organization boasts some heavy-duty tools like metal casting and welding equipment. The school had to leave its original location on Auzerais Avenue last year. Fortunately for the local arts community, they found a new home on The Alameda. They celebrate their new digs, across the street from Recycle Bookstore, with an opening gala this weekend. Continue reading »
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Mike Huguenor on January 23, 2019
Along with orange sauce and Sleep, Duster is one of San Jose’s true cultural exports. Labelmates with Modest Mouse and Built to Spill, Duster’s Stratosphere is a belatedly beloved indie rock classic. Slow, spacey and minimal, they found their sound and then proceeded to knock it out of the park. And though few were there to see them in their heyday, over time the rest of the world has caught up to their cosmic and tortoise-paced rock. These days it’s not unusual to see hip New York bands dropping the D-word in interviews. Don’t miss these hometown legends. Continue reading »
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Metro Staff on January 23, 2019
The sky is such a persistent presence in our lives, it can be easy to take it for granted. However, it truly is a marvel. The sea of gas swirling above our heads provides us with oxygen and moves nourishing water around the globe. It also helps to deflect harmful radiation and allows for air travel. Further out, beyond Earth’s atmosphere, the sky holds untold wonders: stars, galaxies and other worlds. This group show collects works by many artists—all of them paying tribute, in one way or another, to the beauty, power and majesty of the sky. Continue reading »
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Tad Malone on January 23, 2019
Dinner and a movie—it’s been a go-to date night tradition since the advent of cinema. But at the recently revamped Pruneyard Cinemas and adjoining Cedar Room, it’s taking on a whole new meaning. The local theater is now hosting a monthly series featuring foodie films paired with dinner and drinks. First up, on Jan. 23, is Chef. Directed by and starring Jon Favreau, the film follows a chef who quits his job at a prestigious restaurant to start a food truck with his son. Tickets include a meal; drinks are extra. February’s film is Eat Drink Man Woman, while the March feature is Big Night. Continue reading »
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Metro Staff on January 23, 2019
The 1,460-square-mile Gorongosa National Park—which lies in the shadow of the mile-high Mount Gorongosa in the Mozambican portion of East Africa’s Great Rift Valley—is home to many elephants. Bob Poole knows them well. Raised in Kenya, the photographer and cinematographer has been capturing these massive mammals since he was a teen. Piggybacking off his six-part National Geographic series, Poole explores the creative environmental organizations and government programs helping preserve these magnificent animals. Both the elephants and their habitat suffered great collateral damage during Mozambique’s civil war, which lasted from 1977 to 1992. Continue reading »
I saw you. Both of you. Standing outside your SUVs, by the exit onto the freeway. The homeless camp had been sprawling onto the sidewalk, and then the bike lane, and eventually onto the road where it was now blocking an entire lane of traffic. There were many things you could have done. You could have trashed their belongings. You could have forced them away. You could have even sent them to jail. But you didn’t. You were both standing there, talking with the homeless people, calmly explaining to them that they could stay but would need to consolidate back into the woods and clean up a bit. You even handed one of them a trash bag to help. Sure, it’s unsightly. But, frankly, nobody else uses that wooded area in the four-leaf-clover, and these people need a place to live, too. Thank you to the two San Jose police officers who did the right thing. It did not go unnoticed.
I Saw You is an anonymous “man on the street” column. Email your rants and raves about co-workers or any badly behaving citizens to [email protected], or send to 380 S. First St, San Jose, 95113. Submissions should stick to about 100 words.
It may be difficult to remember all the details after all these years, but on the occasion of what looks to be his farewell-to-touring tour, it’s worth taking a look back to recognize the cultural phenomenon that is Sir Elton John. Continue reading »
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Bill Kopp on January 16, 2019
Though a relative youngster at age 35, Kat Edmonson makes music that’s rooted in another era. Her vintage pop approach draws from the style of vocal jazz and the Great American Songbook, but the Houston-born Edmonson’s original music is imbued with a strong modern-day sensibility. Continue reading »
