Downplaying the significance of his own presence, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, visited Santa Clara University on Feb. 24. It marked the first visit by a Dalai Lama in the Jesuit institution’s 162-year history.
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Doll heads, artisanal biscotti, and umbrellas—two of these things were on sale last month at the San Jose Museum of Art’s Third Thursday, and the other was only on display.
Working with a significant other is a risky move for any relationship, but San Francisco husband-and-wife artist duo David and Ana Carolina Imlay made an art—or an art show, actually—out of compromise.
There is something highly poetic in San Jose Stage Company following the warm nostalgia of its last offering, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, with the caustic blaze of The Threepenny Opera, a particularly nasty and mordant version of the Brecht/Weill classic at that. There is also a certain satisfaction in seeing a set of familiar faces, fresh from their recent Frank Capra tribute, inhabiting a world in which “you have to kill your neighbor to survive.”
Over nopalitos con huevos and sopes, Karimi explained the dynamic of his new show “Love, Food, Love” down the street at MACLA.
In high school it was with wine coolers in the backyard. In college, maybe more like bourbon. Today it was a couple cups of coffee in Jason McHenry’s chilly Castro Valley garage, where we created paintings number 328,473 through 328,518. And those numbers are on their way to one million.
A polar vortex of a different kind has swept into town with City Lights Theater’s first play of the year, Michele Lowe’s The Smell of the Kill. A play with such fast-paced energy and dialogue is well suited for an intimate space like City Lights Theater.
“Don’t Stop Believin’” is more a staple of the karaoke bar than the concert hall—and it’s rarely played on a harp. But such a performance is partly the point of the Silicon Valley Arts Coalition’s 10th annual Arts Panorama, which showcases the unique offerings of small local arts groups.
The Helen Diller Family Foundation’s Tikkun Olam Award recognizes teens who are working to help the world. Nominations are open through Jan 19.
“Opera is everywhere—it’s the background of life,” says Sharon Maxwell-Yamamoto, the executive director and producer of Opera Bravura Entertainment, Inc., a nonprofit organization that aims to show a more accessible side of opera.
