Wisa Uemura took over as Executive Director of San Jose Taiko last year after performing for over 14 years. Growing up in the rural area of Kula, Maui, Hawaii, Uemura had seen taiko before, but first started playing in 1993 during her first year at Stanford University.
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Beautiful weather, a diverse population and a reputation as the hub of technology, San Jose is a great place to live. It’s also home to the nation’s most prosperous.
Sacramento hosts “Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Healy” on Saturday, Sept. 29, at the Power Balance Pavilion. Featured on the card are two San Jose fighters, Josh “The Punk” Thomson and Mike “MAK” Kyle.
Gotham City and all of its crime and debauchery is coming to the HP Pavilion starting Sept 20 for DC Comic’s first live action arena show, Batman Live. The two-hour show showcases the most popular villains and storylines in an action-packed event created for the whole family.
Tasting fine wines is always a treat—and doubly so when it’s for a good cause. The Poppy Farm and San Pedro Square Market provide just such an opportunity this Saturday with Vineyard to Market.
The play is almost cinematic in its approach. One scene in which Kartheiser and Sharma leap through the apartment to the tune of a song by the Killers is more film montage than stage show. This effect, further embellished by John Iacovelli’s elaborate, immersive scenic designs.
The new show at Renegade Theatre Experiment, Collapse, is a darkly comic play by Allison Moore that focuses on a day in the life of a miserable couple in Minneapolis who, through a series of bizarre coincidences and events, resolve the issues between them.
A strong musical, artistic culture incorporates more than just the nonprofit-driven opera, ballet and other well-established performance arts. But San Jose’s still a little slow to the take.
San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House is resurrecting its ‘Fright Night’ back from the undead for Halloween after a successful debut last year.
Redwood City hosts its fifth annual Salsa Festival on Sept. 29. The Downtown Campbell Business Association will hold its sixth Wine Walk on Sept. 19.
