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Jay Edgar on July 14, 2021
As a prelude to the return of South First Fridays, SoFA art museums the Institute of Contemporary Art, Movimento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles are throwing a block party to celebrate their reopening with food, musical performances and plenty of art to…
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Grace Stetson on July 14, 2021
“Legends never die” rings true for many things in San Jose—In ‘n’ Out animal fries, a Saturday at the Flea Market or a ride on the Grizzly. Yet, the phrase rings most true of all for 1993 cult classic “The Sandlot.” Set in 1962, the rough-around-the-edges family comedy depicts a group of…
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Dan Mitchell on July 7, 2021
At the beginning of 2020, California’s legal-pot industry, struggling to stabilize itself amid a sea of confusion and often-onerous regulations, high taxes, a burgeoning black market and numerous business failures, had high hopes that the state government would step in to ease some of its burdens. Then Covid struck, and everything was…
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Elliott Sky Case on July 7, 2021
Key to long-term survival is constant renewal. At Reed Magazine, California’s oldest literary journal, mutability has kept the publication running for 150 years, with a rotating editorial staff of diverse backgrounds, educational experiences, literary tastes—even sentiment for the magazine. “I don’t spend any time thinking of Reed’s legacy,” admits Anne Cheilek, the…
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Mike Huguenor on July 7, 2021
Poetry Center San Jose’s monthly Well-RED event happens on the most poetic day of the month: the second Tuesday. At a recent reading, San Francisco poet and Writing Salon teacher Thea Matthews read from dazzling upcoming works that, among other things, likened urbanites in the “cold underbelly of the city” to sunlight…
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Jay Edgar on June 30, 2021
San Jose’s downtown restaurant scene has weathered a lot over the past year, but its comeback story continues with Dine Downtown throughout the month. Participating restaurants—including everything from the fine Oaxacan dining room Mezcal to third-wave coffee stalwarts like Academic Coffee and Paper Moon Cafe—are offering special dishes only available until July…
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Mike Huguenor on June 30, 2021
Featuring four hours of live entertainment ranging from folklorico to circus performance, a car show, two San Jose Bike Party rides and a bike decorating contest, ‘Rose, White & Blue’ is surely the most bang for your zero bucks this Sunday morning. The family-friendly event is presented by the Alameda Business Association…
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Dan Mitchell on June 30, 2021
The country as a whole has made up its mind about cannabis: the broad consensus is that it should be legal at the federal level. Prohibitionists in Congress, however, are still mucking up the works. While Democrats generally favor legalization and Republicans generally oppose it, both support and opposition are bipartisan, an…
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Grace Stetson on June 23, 2021
This weekend, art fans in need of Vitamin D will be able to support local artisans in the sun at Pruneyard’s Open Air Pop-Up Artisan Market. Campbell’s monthly market has been steadily growing both in attendance and vendors since kicking off in November 2020, and now the weather is just right. Socially-distanced…
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Dan Mitchell on June 23, 2021
Since even before states started to legalize weed for adult use, people in the legal-cannabis business, and many of their customers, worried about the prospect of big companies dominating the industry. It might be Coca-Cola or Anheuser-Busch or Altria—the tobacco giant. Or it might be a pot company—like, say, MedMen—that grows into…
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