After much controversy, Music in the Park is back this year for a single show on July 19 with Latin fusion group Ozomatli to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the event, but this time it’s not free and it’s not at Plaza de Cesar Chavez.
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Silicon Valley pinball wizards and fans of classic arcade games gathered at Hyatt Regency Santa Clara for California Extreme 2013 to reunite with hard-to-find video games that, along with the pay phone, are becoming nearly extinct cultural artifacts from an era before Angry Birds and farming games took over.
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The Barfly on June 27, 2013
Good Karma‘s patio is a metal and wood barricade that juts out into the First Street sidewalk. It’s shaped not unlike a bar, tall enough to rest your elbows on comfortably while standing up. There is an actual bar inside. It only fits four bar stools, which is curious for a place…
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It was a family affair on Saturday for the dancers and spectators who celebrated the 19th anniversary of the Style Elements Crew with a breakdancing jam at Roosevelt Community Center.
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Celebrating 19 years of punk rock and teenage angst, the Warped Tour was back at Shoreline Amphitheatre over the weekend with the latest crop of punk rockers, alt hip hop acts and, new for this year, EDM acts.
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Jennifer Wadsworth on June 18, 2013
Industry logic dictates that up-and-coming clothing brands make a name in Los Angeles. Especially the type of nouveau-grunge labels peddled on trendy online shops and a legion of popular indie-chic style blogs. But Petals and Peacocks, founded 26-year-old Victoria Velasquez and her fiance, Ryan Mante, was launched to national renown from the…
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The perfect storm of hot cars, hot models, DJs and a bikini contest arrived at Santa Clara Convention Center for Hot Import Nights over the weekend.
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“What I’m saying is we get ‘Super Freak’ in there and get the audience clapping,” says Dominic “Goldenchyld” Cueto as he cues up the familiar bass line at a rehearsal. It loops as members of San Jose Taiko nod their heads and rearrange themselves, heaving their big drums into the next configuration.
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An annual highlight in the SoFA District, the SubZERO Festival drew thousands of people out for a night of art, music and entertainment in San Jose.
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World famous photographer Annie Leibovitz switched roles and went in front of the lens Wednesday night at the opening reception for her traveling exhibition Pilgrimage and San Jose Museum of Art.
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