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Kyle Martin on January 12, 2022
In a night full of emotion and celebration, Hawaiian legends Keola Beamer and Henry Kapono bring good times, crisp vocals and legendary island music to Saratoga’s Montalvo Arts Center. The two Oahu natives sing love ballads, play classic slack key hits and have long been heavy hitters in the Hawaiian music scene.…
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Bill Kopp on October 20, 2021
Guitarist, singer and songwriter Graham Parker first came to the attention of American audiences during the punk and new wave era of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s. As a result, he was sometimes mentioned in the same breath as acts like the Sex Pistols. But musically, he had little in common…
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Mike Huguenor on October 20, 2021
Originally formed by Dan Kuramoto in 1974, Hiroshima has remained a singular figure in contemporary jazz for almost forty years. Taking inspiration from the musicality and pop sensibilities of groups like Earth, Wind and Fire, the band combines American jazz and R&B with traditional Japanese instrumentation like the koto and the shakuhachi…
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Grace Stetson on October 13, 2021
While musical styles and trends come and go, the musical creation of a group of friends never goes out of style. Formed back in 1974, Spyro Gyra has combined jazz, R&B, pop and funk for well over 40 years, earning them global standing, over 10 million albums sold and 5,000 shows played—and…
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Grace Stetson on September 15, 2021
There’s no better way to kick off the weekend than with a hearty laugh, and at the 45th annual SF Stand-Up Comedy Competition Semi-Finals this Thursday there will be plenty of opportunity to chortle, guffaw and chuckle. The event features five of the top performers from the group of comedians competing this…
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Mike Huguenor on April 21, 2020
In the months before the sudden outbreak of COVID-19, Montalvo Arts Center in Saratoga launched a new thematic that would prove eerily prophetic: “SOCIAL: Rethining Loneliness Together.”
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Metro Staff on February 26, 2020
Decades before anyone had ever heard of a podcast, the public radio program Selected Shorts brought listeners funny, absurd, sad and thought-provoking stories to their home and car radios. Performed before a live audience by notable stage and screen actors, Selected Shorts has been a fixture on NPR affiliates for more than…
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Erika Rasmussen on August 7, 2019
The Montalvo Arts Center invites the community to take in the majesty of the heavens at this annual gathering. Among the planned events: a night hike and primetime stargazing, plus a screening of family-friendly sci-fi film Earth to Echo, about four kids discovering an extraterrestrial. Simon Steel of the SETI Institute will…
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C.J. Prusi on May 2, 2019
Imagine your high school’s glee club and college improv troupe had a love child—conceived in the back of a van on the way to a show, of course. That just about sums up Broadway’s Next Hit Musical. Audience participation is key to this show, as the crowd is invited to throw out…
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Anne Gelhaus on March 20, 2019
Known by his last name—the Hawaiian word for righteous—Kapono has been a musical representative for his home state since the ’60s. He has taken home 14 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards—Hawaii’s Grammy—including Album of the Year and Lifetime Achievement. In the ’70s he played with the duo Cecilio & Kapono, the first Hawaiian…
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