Ballet San Jose has just one week to raise $550,000 to keep its doors open, according to an Ballet San Jose press release. In January, the company decided that there was a need of $3.5 million by October to ensure that the company can face…
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Though he is best known for his vibrant, expressive, domineering and poignant mural work, an upcoming exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art (SJMA) will showcase a more delicate side to the process and output of renowned Mexican artist Jose Clemente Orozco. Pulling from…
If mathematician and computer scientist Maria Klawe learned one thing while battling her way up through the ranks of the male-dominated fields of academia and high tech, it’s that it doesn’t pay to stand out—at least not until you’ve earned your stripes. She learned that…
In it’s 10th season, No. 1 raking NBC show America’s Got Talent is looking Bay Area talent to join it’s cast this weekend at Santa Clara Convention Center. Open to all ages, auditions for the show are all day on Feb. 7 at the convention…
Despite what some Silicon Valley evangelists might have us believe, digital disruption is not the cure-all for all modern needs. Back in 2011, four years into his online menswear business, Bonobos founder and CEO Andy Dunn realized this with the opening of Bonobos Guideshop in…
Karen Anzoategui defies traditional definitions. With hair coiffed in a bold pseudo-pompadour, Anzoategui is genderqueer and self-identifies as “they,” as opposed to “he” or “she.” “I always felt different because when I was a child I was probably very showing that I was more of…
Furries from all around will take over the streets of San Jose and the McEnery Convention Center for Further Confusion 2015. Further Confusion: London Fog- a Victorian Murder Mystery, will feature various events and seminars for the furry community—people interested in animal characters with human characteristics. Many…
After eight years of waiting, Whole Foods on The Alameda in downtown San Jose opened to the public today. Hundreds gathered to break bread with community members, market managers and Sharkie of the San Jose Sharks. Adam Smith, executive coordinator of store development for Whole…
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of that ghastly folly known as the Great War. Reflecting on the centennial of the First World War, this year saw a variety of commemorations—including art installations, books, lectures and concerts. Locally, City Lights Theater Company…
A lot can be gathered from a city’s leftovers. Just ask Leyla Cardenas. The Colombian artist has long been intrigued by the things that societies willingly discard. Growing up in a civil war-torn country, Cardenas recalls searching for meaning among the piles of debris and…
