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Dominoe Ibarra on August 15, 2018
Raise a glass to the end of summer and a good cause. This week’s Endless Summer Wine Stroll benefits the Bill Wilson Center, a local nonprofit organization that provides support to homeless and runaway children and young adults. Proceeds from the sale of tickets will go to the center, as will money…
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Kaylee Lawler on July 18, 2018
Ten years before people knew the wrath of Regina George—leader of the fearsome “Plastics” in Mean Girls—there were Doc Martens, Scrunchies, plaid mini-skirts and, of course, Cheryl Horowitz. Part of 3Below’s series of After School Specials, this 1995 rom-com and coming-of-age tale is based on Jane Austen’s Emma and stars Alicia Silverstone…
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It’s dark, everyone is sweating, music is blasting, and the ground and all the heaving bodies around you are covered in blacklight-reactive foam. No, it’s not a rave. It’s the Foam Glow 5K. Open to all ages, this fitness-focused event isn’t about popping Molly. In fact, it could be the first step…
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Wallace Baine on May 25, 2018
Forget the adage “American as apple pie.” You just can’t get any more American than burgers and beer on Memorial Day weekend. This popular Fremont festival brings together a variety of brews from Bay Area craft brewers—all of them out to impress. (Last year’s People’s Choice Best Brew went to a Belgian…
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Nick Veronin on May 23, 2018
Grab your board and head to the Brew Tour: Cerveza Stallone. Frequenters of some of downtown San Jose’s finer drinking establishments may have seen this unofficial skateboarding bar crawl advertised on an absolutely radical flyer—featuring a hand-drawn Rambo (ahem… “Slambo”) clutching a tallboy and a skate deck. It’s set to kick at…
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Avi Salem on May 9, 2018
If you want to get a preview of the shockingly honest, seriously self-deprecating humor that comedian Jenny Zigrino brings to the stage, look no further than her Twitter feed. There, you’ll find her dishing the latest updates about her Tinder flames (or lack thereof), political observations (could Voldemort actually be a viable…
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Tomek Mackowiak on June 7, 2017
I waited for Mr. Harada in my lair located deep within the old New Almaden mine complex. The Quicksilver mines, as most people know it, arguably produced the region’s first outrageous fortunes (and superfund sites). The collection of San Jose mines was the most profitable outfit to come out of the Gold Rush. No…
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