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Mike Huguenor on November 6, 2019
For the past month, two floors of the MLK library have been home to overflowing ofrendas complete with candles, sugar skulls and marigold pedal pathways, all assembled as part of the library’s “Art of Remembrance” Dia de Muertos exhibit. The altars might come down this weekend, but the experience will live on…
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Matei Predescu on November 6, 2019
Since its inception in the 1970s, NJPW has dominated the professional wrestling scene in Japan, achieving a level of popularity comparable to America’s favorite Spandex-and-glitter slugfest, the WWE. NJWP’s accompanying trading card game, Kings of Pro Wrestling, has helped transport the franchise to international audiences. New Japan makes its debut in the…
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Matei Predescu on November 6, 2019
Producer and record label auteur Chris Manak, aka Peanut Butter Wolf, is returning to San Jose for his second homecoming appearance this year. The founder of the taste-making Stones Throw Records, an LA-based indie label that was once home to alternative hip-hop OGs like MF Doom, J Dilla and Madlib, headlined the…
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Jeffrey Edalatpour on October 30, 2019
Men wrapped in blue second skins, like The Watchmen’s Doctor Manhattan, will soon be looking at San Jose audiences with their disconcerting wide-eyed stares. Mere words don’t seem up to the task of describing the Blue Man Group’s latest Speechless Tour, but you can’t mime in print. First, a disclaimer for introverts.…
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Conor Agnew on October 30, 2019
Like all art, comedy is subjective. Some enjoy the bombastic and edgy, others prefer the aloof, the silly or the topical. For those who’ve ever wondered what Mitch Hedberg might have been like without all the drugs and alcohol, Joe Zimmerman might be the ticket. Easily mistaken for that shy office-mate you…
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Conor Agnew on October 30, 2019
After three months of extensive renovation, downtown’s landmark Jose Theater is finally ready to reopen its doors. In addition to some cosmetic upgrades, the longtime home of the San Jose Improv Comedy Club now features state of the art sound and lighting, and a revamped menu to tickle your taste buds. To…
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Metro Staff on October 30, 2019
As a forensic psychologist with experience working on homicide, sexual assault and battery cases, author Frank Weber has a keen understanding of dark and violent human impulses. Drawing on his experience in the field, Weber has penned three novels—Murder Book, The I-94 Murders and Last Call. Together they form the Minnesota Murder…
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Metro Staff on October 30, 2019
After 12 years at its 88 S. 4th St. location, Kaleid Gallery is moving to new digs in the SoFA District. The gallery will now be neighbors with Local Color, which moved into the Valley Title building at 320 S. 1st St., across from Original Joe’s, earlier this year. With two new…
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Metro Staff on October 23, 2019
“This is what I saw,” says National Geographic photojournalist David Guttenfelder. The veteran photographer, who has worked for the venerable globetrotting magazine for more than two decades, is one of the only Westerners to capture modern images of the cloistered and insulated countries of Cuba and North Korea, where he helped open…
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Jeffrey Edalatpour on October 23, 2019
Lynn Nottage’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama takes place during the Great Recession of 2008. A group of co-workers, friends and family members struggle to find jobs or cling to the ones they have. When someone is given a chance to move off of the backbreaking factory floor and into a management position,…
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