Nearly 4,000 furry lions, tigers, bears and other creatures from the animal kingdom arrive in downtown San Jose for FurCon 2014 this week, a long weekend of panels, events and parties for anthropormorphic animal enthusiasts—people who like to dress up like animals, in layman’s terms.
Articles by Stephen Layton
While the Sharks aren’t fielding the most Olympians in the NHL as they did in 2010, four Sharks players made the cut for the 2014 Sochi games. Patrick Marleau and Marc-Edouard Vlasic will be playing for Team Canada, Joe Pavelski for USA and Antti Niemi for Finland.
The surf and sand at Santa Cruz beaches are much closer to San Jose than Lake Tahoe’s numerous ski resorts, but that doesn’t keep avid skiers and snowboarders from making the trip to catch some runs over a weekend outing. Several Silicon Valley outdoor stores are stocked with the latest gear each season and lift ticket discounts.
Anyone who’s ever wanted to kick the tires on a Lotus can head to the Silicon Valley International Auto Show, January 9-12 at the McEnry Convention Center.
The Amgen Tour of California, the largest cycle race in the country, will once again pedal its way through San Jose for 2014. This makes San Jose the only city to have hosted a stage of the race for each of Amgen’s nine years.
Southwest Airlines is following other air carriers in adding more flights at San Jose International Airport. With a major renovation and continued expansion, SJC seems set to become a major travel hub.
Patrick Hofmeister has a freezer full of bugs. His mom sends them to him from Arkansas. But some creepy entomological obsession it is not. Hofmeister, who goes by the artist name WäDL, is interested in the bugs’ intricacies, their super fine details and patterns. These aspects make up part of his exhibition at the Triton Museum for ‘Spiral: Art of the Street.’
Ridesharing services Lyft and others are disrupting Silicon Valley’s the foothold established cab companies have had over the South Bay. But will this emerging new industry survive the bureaucratic obstacles being put in its way?
From finding costumes to trick-or-treating with the tots to fun for adult ghouls and goblins, we’ve highlighted a couple ways to get the most of the Halloween season in the South Bay.
The San Jose Rock n’ Roll Half Marathon will be holding its eighth and largest installment on Sunday, October 6th. The race caters to every level of runner, with 14 local bands playing along the route, plus a show by Atlast Genius at the end.
