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Satvir Saini on November 1, 2017
Let’s do the Time Warp again—live! And that’s the key. Most local productions of The Rocky Horror Picture Show involve a screening of the Tim Curry-starring 1975 cult hit accompanied by live actors and calls for audience participation. This rendition of Rocky Horror will be performed on stage, in real live meatspace.…
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No topic is too serious for Zach and Kelly Weinersmith. After all they are the satirical cartoonists responsible for the popular web comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. “Soonish” is a macro to micro, lighthearted discussion of science and society that explores future technologies that may or may not be the doom of…
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It’s been 100 years since Vladimir Lenin led his Bolshevik Party to overthrow the czarist autocracy. The Russian Revolution deposed Nicholas II, left the enigmatic mystic Rasputin dead and ushered a new socialist order into the halls of power in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The revolution also paved the way for some…
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André Jaquez on October 20, 2017
Traditionally, a powwow is a celebratory gathering of Native Americans—a massive party centered around dancing, singing and cultural rites. Pow! Wow! San Jose is focused on the creation of public works of art, and aims to help foster a culture of creativity in the “Capital of Silicon Valley.” Empire Seven Studios, Universal…
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Satvir Saini on October 20, 2017
San Jose is celebrating its third annual poetry festival. The festival will commemorate the diversity within the local literary community and will feature readings and performances from several poets, such as Arlene Biala, Santa Clara County’s poet laureate. Other speakers include Native American writer and poet Deborah A. Miranda and Persis Karim,…
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André Jaquez on October 20, 2017
Former DEA agents Javier Peña and Steve Murphy offer a behind-the-scenes, boots-on-the-ground account of bringing down drug honcho Pablo Escobar—aka the King of Cocaine. Peña and Murphy were the inspiration behind the popular Netflix series Narcos, which tells the story of Colombia’s drug cartels and Escobar’s bloody, brutal struggle to maintain power…
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André Jaquez on October 18, 2017
This enduring tale of an early whistleblower explores the perennial war between the press and politicians—a theme as pertinent today as it was when Henrik Ibsen finished the play in 1882. The work has since been adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. An Enemy of the People recounts the story of a scientist and…
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Satvir Saini on October 13, 2017
In a new book by author Dave Eggers and illustrator Shawn Harris, Her Right Foot, Eggers discovers the history behind the Statue of Liberty’s right foot being in mid-stride. She is moving forward. Eggers is known as the founder of McSweeney’s and for his many literary works, including A Heartbreaking Work of…
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Richard von Busack on October 13, 2017
With five screens and 600 seats, the BlueLight Cinemas in Cupertino is cozy enough for the smallest movie and yet big enough to host indie film festivals. On the opposite side of Stevens Creek from De Anza College and the school’s superb film department, it is a natural place for moving-image fanatics…
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André Jaquez on October 12, 2017
Ever wonder what a live heart looks like as it beats, or how muscles contract? Thanks to the ingenuity of German anatomist Gunther von Hagens, we can now see our innermost workings without access to a cadaver lab. His plastination process preserves bodies by replacing the water and fat with plastics, allowing…
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