Though it is only roughly the size of Connecticut, Jamaica’s influence on world culture is impossible to overstate. This week, Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson’s stunning mixed-media exhibit wraps up at San Jose’s Institute of Contemporary Art, and to celebrate the run, San Jose Jazz hosts “Reggae Warrior” Winstrong out front in their roving Boombox Truck. The mighty singer takes influence from genre-melding artists like KRS-One, and mixes dancehall, hip hop, roots and reggae into an inspired whole. He’s got a conscious message, too, as heard on his evergreen dub single “Save the Environment.”

Winstrong
Friday, 8pm, Free
Parque de los Pobladores, San Jose

Jamaican artist Ebony G. Patterson’s stunning solo mixed-media exhibition has been on display at the Institute of Contemporary Art since March, but its run ends soon. This Saturday, as the exhibit enters its final weeks, ICA holds a curator-led tour of the exhibit, inviting people to indulge their imagination in Patterson’s florid mixed-media worlds. Using intricate fabrics, tapestries and jewelry, Patterson dazzles the eye with interwoven images of faces, expressions, nature and life. ICA’s Christine Koppes and Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Chief Curator of the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis, lead the tour.

Editor’s note: Due to the resurgence of Covid in Santa Clara County, this event has been moved online. Click link below to RSVP.

Curator-Led Tour
Sat, 11am, Free
ICA, San Jose