The Winter KraftBrew Fest brought a capacity crowd and long lines around the block at San Jose’s Landmark Ballroom on Saturday. Attendees tried specialty brews from several Bay Area Breweries and regional brewers that offering 8oz and 4oz samples. Metro photographer Jennifer Anderson was on hand to catch the action.
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The 2012 Live at the Pagoda Winter Music Series begins Friday, with singer Muhsinah and DJ House Shoes.
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One might expect that the accordian is a dying art, or even be cheering its demise. But there’s a player from the Bay Area who’s earning comparisons to the squeezebox greats—and not only that, but his inventive, fiery style is enough to get even the haters pumped about the accordian. He’s Andre…
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The Canvas a a bi-weekly open mike that happens at the Sunnyvale Art Gallery every first and third Thursday evening celebrated its two-year anniversary last week with a party featuring poets, comics, bands, solo musicians and dancers. Our photographer Jessica Shirley-Donnelly was there to capture the action.
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Counterculture and cupcakes collide on Saturday in Santa Clara, when former Psycho Donuts mastermind Kipp Berdiansky brings his new foray into dessert weirdness—this time, the mobile, customized cupcake truck known as Project Cupcake—to the Starving Musician for a launch party that will feature music from San Jose’s reigning kings of ska, Monkey,…
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The anthropomorphic jamboree that is this year’s FurCon began Thursday and will go through the end of MLK weekend. If you’ve ever wondered about the cultural differences among dragons, how gravity affects various species, or what furries were featured in the Bible, this is the place to find out.
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Despite what you may think, auto shows aren’t just for the Valvoline-smudged, stick-shift worshipping crowd who get aroused by torque and carburetors. I’ve been to a few of them, and I’m always highly entertained. This is coming from a girl who requires a Rosetta Stone every time a light goes off on…
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More economic turmoil, mass protests, natural disasters—2011 was far from a rosy year, but Silicon Valley’s party people still managed to get out and forget about the world’s problems, at least for a few hours.
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Fan is short for fanatic, and to be a true fan you have to go above and beyond for your team. Sometimes this means painting yourself, or your car—or your infant. In the South Bay, there is much variety in expressing that fanatical passion; our fire engines have shark fins, for example.…
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From zombies on South First Street to high fashion at Santana Row, Silicon Valley’s cultural and community events in 2011 were as diverse as its population. Our photographers were on hand to catch the action.
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