The holidays are still the time when only an old-fashioned solid chunk of the bookmaker’s art will suffice. Now is the season to seek out beautiful coffee-table extravagances and weighty tomes worth both displaying and reading.
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Thanks to the combined talents of writer Duane Poole, composer Larry Grossman and lyricist Carol Hall, Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” has been turned into a world-premiere musical at TheatreWorks.
In spite of the fault I found in some of the food, it’s hard not to fall for Henry’s Hi-Life. The staff is uniformly friendly and welcoming. The bar beckons, and for God’s sake, you won’t leave hungry. Portions are man-sized. Trends have come and gone, but Henry’s remains. Silicon Valley is a better place for it.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: Fantasy of Lights, Kyle Kinane, Roger Waters, San Jose and SJSU short film fests.
No subject is beyond the philosophical investigations of Erik Davis, whose new collection of essays, ‘Nomad Codes,’ fuses tech ideas with mystical impulses and philosophy.
Was Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president, a homosexual? This controversy ignites the action in the new politically pointed farce Abraham Lincoln’s Big, Gay Dance Party, now running at City Lights Theater Company.
Gulf seafood event at Mayfield Café and Village Pub; Duckhorn wine tasting at San Jose’s Unwined wine bar; wine and chocolate pairing at Enoteca La Storia in Los Gatos; wine tasting weekend at summit wineries; LB Steak Sunday night prime rib dinners; walk with the winemaker at Cooper Garrod Estate Cellars.
Five reasons to look forward to the work week: Painters Workshop, Brian Scolaro, Triple Ho Show, Willow Glen Ladies’ Night, Tortured Soul.
Booger Kids started out as a way for San Jose streetwear impresarios Ryan Mante and Michael Ngo to loosen up their design aesthetic and have a little fun. While Mante’s other local urban-lifestyle company, Breezy Excursion, tends toward more subdued styles, the humorously named Booger Kids gets into a wearer’s face with edgy, decidedly salacious spins on ’80s cartoon characters.
In a short span of time, this zany holiday mashup comes extremely close to being literally what its title says it is. Having appeared at San Jose Stage two years ago, ‘Every Christmas Story Ever Told’ is now back by popular demand.
