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Jay Edgar on October 27, 2021
Colombian-American author Patricia Engel’s latest novel Infinite Country is a kaleidoscopic family drama centering on a family divided between the United States and Colombia, a meditation on biculturalism and the complex web of allegiances in relationships it creates. Engels will be speaking as part of a larger fundraiser for San Jose State’s…
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Metro Staff on October 20, 2021
SQUID GAME By Mike Huguenor The pandemic has forced all of us to adapt in ways we never anticipated. At the venerable Bay Area institution Scott’s Seafood, it brought about a new identity that is quickly growing in size and scale to rival the restaurant itself: Scott’s Chowder House, a smaller, more…
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Elliott Sky Case on October 20, 2021
In the center of the triptych a family poses alongside a Polaroid and a huge, dark bust of a man’s head. A little boy stands proudly between his sitting relatives, two handprints floating above his head—his father’s larger hand encircling the boy’s own.
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Legendary Bay Area DJs Chuy Gomez and Kilo are throwing a wild Halloween party on Saturday at The GlassHouse. The music of choice for the night will be top 40s, hip-hop, Latin and more, with the vibes spinning late into Sunday morning across the GlassHouse’s two party rooms. A $1,000 prize goes…
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Mike Huguenor on October 20, 2021
San Jose and video games go together like HP and MP. At LVL Up this Saturday, all manner of games and gaming paraphernalia will be on sale for the massive Game Swap Night Market. Here, gamers can pick up classic carts like Ninja Gaiden and Altered Beast, peruse some recent gaming phenoms…
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Jay Edgar on October 20, 2021
No cutting around it: quarantine has collectively destroyed our attention spans. Sometimes it’s just impossible to sit through a feature-length film without one’s mind wandering to the next thing, looking for the next quick fix of stimulation. The attention-deficit aesthete can start restoring their cinephile muscles at the San Jose International Short…
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Jay Edgar on October 6, 2021
German multimedia artist Hito Steyerl’s latest exhibition, Factory of the Sun, debuted back in August at the San Jose Museum of Art, and has wowed art lovers with a distinct vision of techno-political dystopian threat and utopian potential. Next month, the museum will debut Trevor Paglen’s latest experiment in disruptive installation art…
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Alec Adams on September 29, 2021
We’re all acquainted with the magic of sports movies—timeless stories of how conflict and rivalries turn into bonds and community. The cultural footprint of the genre of storytelling is so huge, it’s a wonder we don’t see more groups bringing them to live theater. Enter The Great Leap. Playwright Lauren Yee’s comedic…
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Amani Hamed on September 29, 2021
This Friday, after a brief closure, a memorial gallery dedicated to the late photographer David Pace will reopen at San Jose’s Institute of Contemporary Art. Truly a man who contained artistic multitudes, Pace worked across decades, beginning from the moment he was gifted a Brownie Hawkeye camera for his eighth birthday in…
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Mike Huguenor on September 29, 2021
While LVL Up undergoes construction, the newly minted LVL Uproar on First has been an excellent interim host for events like karaoke and live music. This Saturday, they cover it all in a layer of glitter as Drag Arcade takes over the brewery for a night of drag, dancing, performance and gaming…
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