More beer fans are discovering the delights of the Single Hop Series from Hermitage Brewing Company, established in San Jose in 2009. The Single Hop Series is a line of IPA offerings that seeks to inform beer drinkers about hops, one of the essential ingredients in beer that produce many of its aromas and flavors.
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As executive director of Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Corinne Winter plays a major role in the effort to adapt San Jose into a bicycle-friendly place to live and commute. “We want grandmas, moms and kids out there riding bikes and feeling completely safe,” she says. “That’s really our vision. It’s not just about biking, it’s about community, health, the environment and joy. Life is better when more people bike.”
Cirque du Soleil will finish 2013 with a return visit to San Jose for its production of Amaluna.
Downtown San Jose shoppers have a lot more to look at with the opening of Japanese minimalist shop Muji last week in the plaza next to the Fairmont Hotel. Described by company execs as a lifestyle store, the 4,590-square-foot retail space offers more than 2,000 items, from housewares and clothing to furniture.
The next generation of City Hall’s resident falcons arrived earlier this month, which means the return of Mayor Chuck Reed’s naming contest for the baby falcons perched 18 stories above the streets of downtown San Jose.
Irene Dalis, founder of Opera San Jose, will step down from the company in July 2014 after 28 years working at the opera company. At 87 years old, she says she feels it is finally time to let someone else take the lead.
Karen Gabay practically grew up with her ballet company, signing on straight out of high school with what was then the San Jose Cleveland Ballet 34 years ago. She was 18, already groomed from performing with a semiprofessional troupe in her hometown of San Diego.
Veggielution’s annual spring celebration, Avant Garden, returns on Friday with local chefs creating dishes from produce harvested on the urban farm, craft brews and, new for this year, San Jose Made vendors.
MACLA’s 15th Annual Latino Art Auction arrives May 18, providing the opportunity for attendees to expand their Latino art collection with friendly bidding wars in a festive setting.
Last week, the Menlo Park Planning Commission unanimously passed a plan for Facebook’s new West Campus. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and legendary architect Frank Gehry have been collaborating on a design for this new structure over the past several months, and it now looks that their vision will come to fruition.
