Shuttling around in a jet pack chair while slightly buzzed from neon-lit martinis sounds like a scene from the newest James Bond flick, but it’s actually one of the attractions offered at After Hours at the Tech Museum of Innovation. The monthly 21-and-over event opens the museum up to nightlife where party games, cocktails, science and pizza bites collide.
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Whispers features a broad menu of sweet and savory crepes, breakfast standards, sandwiches and salads as well as some dinner items, served in generous portions with counter style service.
The folds and creases of life—those indelible marks that make us who we are—are traversed in City Lights Theater’s season-opening production of Animals Out of Paper. Written by Rajiv Joseph, whose play The North Pool saw its world premiere in Palo Alto two years ago, and whose Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Animals is a delicate exploration of three people, the marks the world has left on them and the marks they leave on each other.
Izakaya, best explained as Japanese tapas, has gained increasing popularity with Western diners, particularly in Los Angeles and New York City. The cuisine is characterized by a meal of small plates best enjoyed with friends alongside generous amounts of beer or sake. In the South Bay, GocHi Japanese Fusion Tapas has two locations that provide a wonderful Izakaya experience.
This musical promises “One Night With Janis Joplin” and, thanks to Clanton’s near-perfect impersonation, it delivers. The raspy voice, the earthy stage presence and the passionate, bluesy wailing are gloriously impressed into songs like “Down on Me,” “Piece of My Heart,” “Me & Bobby McGee” and, best of all, a scorching rendition of “Ball and Chain.”
Monsters under the bed are a common occurrence in many households. It’s a familiar phenomenon that Donny Foley and Mark Damrel showcase in “What’s Under the Bed,” their new show at the KALEID Gallery.
Three women stand onstage in short dresses and high heels, showing off their engagement rings and telling the audience about their most recent booze-fueled escapade in the city. Despite the seemingly familiar framework, however, Adam Bock’s The Drunken City is far from Sex and the City: The Play. Standing against a sparse backdrop of empty liquor bottles and graffiti, the ladies shift a little too uncomfortably in their stilettos to parallel any of HBO’s chic Manhattanites.
While trying to find Tin Pot Creamery in Palo Alto’s Town & Country Village shopping center, I decided to ask someone in Trader Joe’s. “I do know where that is,” he said, “Turn the corner, there’s usually a long line. You can’t miss it.”
The nights are still warm this month, and Palo Alto was alit with summer dining scenes: large oak trees hovering over lively tables, diners clinking wine glasses, the occasional dog keeping things interesting on the patio. The scenes cast a spell as we walked to get our ice cream.
The C2SV Technology Conference and Music Festival arrives, September 26th through the 29th, with Iggy And The Stooges headlining and more than 70 Silicon Valley thought leaders and entrepreneurs.
As of right now, the San Jose Museum of Art launches a new collective exhibit, Around the Table: Food, Creativity and Community. It arrives in three courses and extends far beyond the confines of Downtown San Jose.
