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Mike Huguenor on August 4, 2021
When the room gets stuffy, throw open the window and let in some fresh air. That’s the idea behind ‘Open a New Window,’ the ‘Slightly Unconventional Cabaret’ presented by downtown San Jose’s Tabard Theatre. Available in-person and online, ‘New Window’ is a night of music and storytelling from talented actors Glenna Murillo, Karen DeHart, and the night’s MC, Tabard veteran James Creer. An intimate cabaret experience including pop and broadway numbers, ‘New Window’ is sure to be a boon for anyone who thought social life had become ‘The Impossible Dream,’ or perhaps nothing more than a ‘Memory.’ Continue reading »
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Elliott Sky Case on August 4, 2021
Donna Haraway’s 1985 piece “A Cyborg Manifesto” inspired a generation of artists and theorists to dissect the relationships between technology, labor, gender and the human body. 30 years later, filmmaker Hito Steyerl titled her video installation after a quote from the text: “machines made of pure sunlight.” 2015’s surreal and expansive Factory of the Sun borrows from video games, viral social media trends and documentary film to tell a visual narrative of workers made to dance in a motion-capture studio to produce artificial sunshine. Continue reading »
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Grace Stetson on August 4, 2021
We all want to know what’s to come in the future, but for local musician and artist Lucidbeaming and photographer Joshua Curry, the future is now, right here in San Jose. This Friday, the pair team up for a three-hour long public art experience focusing on the psychedelic and intergalactic of the world around us. The free exhibit at Art Ark Gallery will feature holographic collage, video, photography, generative and sound art, and give us all the look toward the year 3001 we’ve been waiting for. A perfect night on the town as we propel ever further through time. Continue reading »
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Kyle Martin on August 4, 2021
This week, South First Fridays art walk and street market are back with artists showing their paintings, ceramics, photographs, music and more all along the SoFA District. Exhibitions include young musicians slangin’ tunes for San Jose Jazz on the corner of First and San Carlos, and a film/art show with live musical accompaniment at KALEID Gallery. At MACLA, a new exhibition memorializes loved ones lost to COVID, and invites the community to contribute photos of their own loved ones. There’s plenty more, plus onsite food trucks from 3 Brothers Kitchen and Road Doggs to satisfy your cravings. Continue reading »
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Jay Edgar on August 4, 2021
A local institution in the art of photography, David Pace is known throughout the Bay Area as a passionate professor of the great medium, exhibiting and publishing a wide variety of work with a global focus. For a decade he visited a village in Burkina Faso to take biographical and loving photos of residents, structures and events. His “Velocity” collection—taken from bullet trains in Japan—plays with the effect of motion and the subject of architecture to terrific effect. The retrospective on his life and career also includes some of his earliest photos, taken as a boy. Continue reading »
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Jay Edgar on August 4, 2021
Rostand’s classic about an immensely talented but ugly man holding his own in a narcissistic society gets a new treatment by renowned British playwright Martin Crimp in this production broadcast from the National Theatre in London. Known for his experimental and austere approach to theater, Crimp’s minimalist art direction allows star James McAvoy to convince his audience of his self-loathing through acting alone. Audiences probably aren’t used to envying romantic lead Roxane as much as they will here. Repeat performance airs Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Continue reading »
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Metro Staff on July 29, 2021
More than a month after California’s reopening, nearly all of the South Bay’s nightlife spots are now either opening back up, opening for the first time, or preparing to open soon—and we’ve got your guide to the night’s happenings.
But before you head out, remember to charge your phone ahead of time—you might need it.
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Steve Kettmann on July 28, 2021
For more than 20 years, my friend Pedro Gomez and I had been saying that even in our 70s we’d be laughing over stories of our time together as Oakland A’s beat writers in the ‘90s. Now, I can’t stop thinking about how when I’m in my 70s, I’ll still be hearing Pedro’s voice in my ear, scolding me, laughing at me, or reminding me of something important, decades after his death this February. Continue reading »
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Bill Kopp on July 28, 2021
When the pandemic forced touring musicians off the road in March 2020, few thought the disruption would last more than a few months. Now over 16 months later, life is still only incrementally returning to something approximating normal. Continue reading »
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Mike Huguenor on July 28, 2021
After months of planning, urban farmers Veggielution unveil their new downtown demonstration garden at Pocket Park this Sunday. There, visitors can find a variety of artfully arranged planter beds growing crops well-suited to the Valley, and learn how to grow their own at home. To help ring in the occasion, they’re throwing a gourmet dinner sourced with ingredients from the garden, all cooked by chefs Jessica Carreira and David Costa of the Michelin-starred Adega. In addition to the upper-crust meal, there’s local beer and wine, appetizers, live music and an art crawl through the nearby galleries. Continue reading »
