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Metro Staff on October 2, 2019
If you missed veteran actor Dan Hiatt singing in ACT’s recent production of Vanity Fair, he leads the cast of Randal Myler and Dan Wheetman’s River of Song. Join Mark Twain and friends on this TheatreWorks Silicon Valley production as they travel down the Mississippi River singing traditional songs, including “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child” and “Deep River Blues.” This rollicking adventure features guitars, banjos and harmonicas—and, of course, some of Twain’s most iconic characters. River of Song runs Tuesday through Sunday until Oct. 27. Continue reading »
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Wallace Baine on October 2, 2019
For the fourth straight year, downtown San Jose whips out its red, white and green to celebrate all things Italian. Restaurants and businesses from San Jose’s Little Italy district will be providing their best cuisine and wine. Live entertainment comes to you via Pasquale Esposito, the Anthony Nino Lane Band, Johnny Neri Band and many more. Plus, activities for kids and Italian arts and crafts. Organizers say that the festival last year attracted nearly 25,000 souls, so they must be doing something right. Continue reading »
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Satvir Saini on October 2, 2019
The San Jose Stage Company kicks off its 37th season by doing the Time Warp again—live! Most local Rocky Horror productions involve a screening of the 1975 cult hit starring Tim Curry, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, accompanied by live actors and calls for audience participation. But this production is a live, on-stage presentation of the original West End musical, which went on to find success on Broadway and on the big screen. Audience participation is still highly encouraged. The show runs through Nov. 3. Continue reading »
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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 mariachi all day as Arte Azul showcases the work of local Chicanx and Mexican artists. There will also be arts and crafts and face painting for the kids as well as a Frida-inspired fashion show put on by Paulina Clothing. Tickets are only available online and will not be sold at the door. Continue reading »
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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 systems protect. The play was also adapted into a critically acclaimed movie (also written and directed by Shanley), starring Meryl Streep opposite the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The production runs Thursdays-Sundays through October 27. Continue reading »
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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 evening features the vocal group Roomful of Teeth and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, as well as the poetry of Patti Smith and Essex Hemphill. Smith’s book about her relationship with Mapplethorpe, Just Kids, won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2010. Admission is $10 for students. Continue reading »
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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.” With their shimmering church organs, reverberant surf-guitar leads and yawping garage-rock harmonies, this Oakland-based quartet certainly have the “punk” and “oldies” vibes covered (much like the Black Lips and the Growlers do). But there is also something quite sparkly about the group. That’s where the “gold” comes in. Continue reading »
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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 something more lasting. Continue reading »
You were trotting on the Los Gatos Creek trail near Blackford School at Leigh Avenue on a Sunday morning not too long ago. I was the lady who was near the creek carrying the large black trash bag when I heard you yell (in a nasty, aggressive tone), “Pick it up!” Had you taken a moment to see what I was doing, it would have been obvious that I was “picking it up.” This was how I had spent three to four hours on my day off that morning: picking up trash along the creek edge as well as out of the creek itself. I just wanted to say, the next time you’re trotting down a trail maybe you should bring a few large bags and “pick it up,” too.
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.
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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 Drag Queen Bingo such a success this past year. The Cedar Room marks the one-year anniversary of this weekly party on Wednesday. If you’ve yet to visit the revamped Pruneyard Cinemas and its excellent, adjacent craft cocktail lounge, it’s time to make the trip. Continue reading »
