BILLY WILDER’s film version of Double Indemnity is so iconic now that it’s easy to forget that originally the story came from a much different book by hardboiled noir writer James M. Cain, who also gave the world The Postman Always Rings Twice and Mildred Pierce.
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This Saturday marks the 2012 Winter KraftBrew Beer Fest, a welcome opportunity to shake off those winter doldrums.
CHICKEN NUGGETS. Morsels cut small and fried, a dish elemental and primal, as popular as french fries. In the South Bay, the large south Indian community serves chicken 65, a particular species of chicken nugget marinated in chile powder, turmeric and ginger, then laced with red food coloring and curry leaves.
Rob Handel’s Aphrodisiac, now at City Lights theater, is a political thriller—with a twist, which I’ll get to in a moment—that speculates about the mystery of the political beast.
Ballet San Jose’s 2012 season features three programs with a diverse repertoire that includes traditional and modern works, as well a number of notable company premieres.
Featuring numerous competitions, vendors and Vietnamese cuisine, the 30th anniversary of San Jose’s Tet Festival is expected to draw 40,000 to 70,000 people to Santa Clara County Fairgrounds on January 21-22.
San Jose Jazz fans won’t have to wait long to get their fix with the debut of the organization’s 2012 Winter Fest, an encore to the popular summer series.
When Elizabeth Joy Roe and Greg Anderson met at The Juilliard School in 2000 they couldn’t have known that over a decade later they would be playing music together around the world, stretching the boundaries of piano recitals and introducing classical music to a new audience.
Ben Alexy’s paintings are large in scale, ambitious and made in San Jose.
The Tabard Theatre Company is ringing in the holiday season with its rendition of It’s a Wonderful Life, a stage version of the Frank Capra film beloved by generations of fans. It’s a charming and touching story, in which a happy ending is anticipated. Performing it as if it were a live radio drama in progress provides a new twist on an old classic, and director Cathy Cassetta chosen a talented cast. The actors cleverly bring to life the characters in the film, with five or six voices coming out of one person.
