Team San Jose announced “The Price Is Right Live!” will come on down Sept. 20 at the San Jose Civic theater. “The Price is Right Live!” is a live stage production of “television’s longest running and most popular game show,” hosted by Todd Newton. The show is more or less like the TV show, grabbing contestant’s from the audience and giving them an opportunity to play games.
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A couple years ago, Renisa Satrijo found a hobby that was quite different from her biotech career in Silicon Valley: making ice cream. Initially, she made small batches for friends and family. She was so passionate about it she would spend hours upon hours tweaking the recipes to get them just right for her family to enjoy.
Cream (“Cookies Rule Everything Around Me”) is a summer crowd pleaser, with homemade ice cream sandwiches for about $2.50, ice cream by the cone and milkshakes.
Butter & Zeus in Santa Clara is taking waffles to new, unfamiliar places with a variety of savory and sweet waffle sandwiches. The top seller Chicken’n’Waffle is a favorite, combining chicken, waffles and syrup.
At Dolce Bella Chocolate Café, serves small plates and light fare, as diners prepare themselves for some truly stunning desserts.
Lisa Mallette, the executive artistic director at City Lights Theater, says she fell into her role after helping out a colleague in the summer of 2001. Almost 12 years later, she ended up staying and has helped produce many shows, including the popular Jesus Christ Superstar, which sold out every night. We met with Mallette to discuss highlights of her career at the theater, upcoming shows she’s looking forward to and some of her favorite restaurants in downtown San Jose.
The latest installment of the Lunchtime@Trianon series takes place Aug. 2 with a concert presented by the South Bay Guitar Society, featuring classical guitarist Steve Lin. Listeners are invited to bring their lunches to the concert.
Pivotal Silicon Valley innovators and some of the biggest names in music will converge at San Jose’s C2SV Technology Conference and Music Festival, headlined by Iggy and The Stooges.
Fusion isn’t an uncommon component in any country’s cuisine. People immigrate, nations conquer other nations, spices get traded with neighboring countries. It all affects the food. Malaysian food has major elements of Indian, Chinese, Portuguese, Thai and others. The flavors are all over the map. Considering how interesting the food is, it’s a bit underrated compared to the attention Thai and other Southeast Asian cuisines get.
With its repurposed forest-green wine bottle chandeliers, exposed brick and cement walls, and cultivated Cali-Euro bistro cuisine, SP2 Communal Bar + Restaurant, adjacent to San Pedro Square in the spot once loudly occupied by Sabor, has positioned itself as a little slice of the San Francisco dining scene in the South Bay.
