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Metro Staff on March 27, 2019
Luis Valdez, the iconic Chicano playwright and director behind Zoot Suit, La Bamba and El Teatro Campesino, stages the world premiere of his latest work, Adios Mama Carlota, The Empress of Mexico. Empress Carlota—daughter of King Leopold I, King of the Belgians—inherited her title after marrying Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (later…
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C.J. Prusi on March 27, 2019
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley presents the latest installment in piano virtuoso Hershey Felder’s “Great Composer Series.” Felder has given more than 5,000 performances over the last two decades, portraying the likes of Beethoven, Gershwin and Tchaikovsky. He now sets his sights on the work of French impressionist composer Claude Debussy and the city…
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C.J. Prusi on March 27, 2019
Slowcore darlings Sprain play with Eastern Westerner and Eve’s Peach, in a concert hosted by The Come Up, a San Jose DIY collective that’s been making a lot of noise on the local scene of late. Come watch “the doom band that decided to play clean,” led by April Gerloff and Alex…
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Metro Staff on March 27, 2019
Of all the punching bags available to snarky music critics, the suburban American reggae band is arguably the most battered. But to summarily slam Sublime and their ilk misses two critical points. First, these are all just passionate musicians inspired by the truly inspiring music of Bob Marley, Toots Hibbert, Desmond Decker…
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C.J. Prusi on March 27, 2019
Um Yeah Arts presents a screening of Thomas Campbell’s newest skateboarding movie. Self-funded and shot mostly on 16mm film, Ye Old Destruction focuses on the DIY ethos of skating and features a number of guerrilla skate parks, abandoned pools and two vintage cars—a Cadillac and Ford station wagon, which serve as transportation…
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It was like any other Sunday morning: biscuits and country gravy with an apple sausage link on a small plate to my upper left. On my main plate, two strips of bacon, a stack of pancakes covered in maple syrup, and a spinach, cheese and mushroom omelette that my buddy from across…
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Anne Gelhaus on March 20, 2019
Known by his last name—the Hawaiian word for righteous—Kapono has been a musical representative for his home state since the ’60s. He has taken home 14 Na Hoku Hanohano Awards—Hawaii’s Grammy—including Album of the Year and Lifetime Achievement. In the ’70s he played with the duo Cecilio & Kapono, the first Hawaiian…
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Metro Staff on March 20, 2019
There’s just something about putting a bunch of talented singers together with some top notch producers, dressing them up in sharp suits and letting the cameras roll. It worked with The Monkees, it worked with The Supremes, it worked with The Backstreet Boys and it’s surely working with Why Don’t We. Comprising…
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It is derided as a lesser art form—not heady enough for the classical and jazz crowds; not gritty or pure enough for devotees of rock & roll, hip-hop and “real” country. It is manufactured, overly processed, formulaic. It is simple.
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Metro Staff on March 20, 2019
There’s a lot of ’80s nostalgia out there these days, but Com Truise is less nostalgia and more like a person still physically living within the ’80s. The L.A.-based electronic musician is famous for his use of vintage synths and drum machines, patching together atmospheric dance tracks with the equipment of the…
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