The Easter Bunny arrives in Silicon Valley on April 8. There are a variety of events to welcome the holiday.
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Bay Area native Alan “Gumby” Marques opened Heroes Martial Arts with his partner David McCleod in 2009 and has since built a nationally recognized team of instructors that provide a complete curriculum of grappling martial arts. A 1st degree black belt and head instructor at Heroes, Marques offers instruction in Brazilian jiu jitsu, judo and wrestling.
Chicken with green curry and pad thai are great, but these five San Jose Thai restaurants encourage you to delve deeper into one of the Silicon Valley’s most beloved cuisines.
There is something very special about British motorcycles, especially the ones made prior to the 1970s. England produced the most exciting motorcycles in the world during the first half of the last century. Some people may disagree that point, but those folks have probably never seen a HRD Brough Superior (1924) or a Vincent Black Shadow (1948) in action.
Organizers of the San Jose Taco Festival on April 14 at History Park claim it will be Northern California’s largest taco truck festival. The event is being organized by Moveable Feast, a food truck event and catering company founded by Ryan Sebastian, the man behind Treatbot, San Jose’s own ice cream and karaoke truck.
Chettinad, India, is synonymous with richly spiced dishes. The Chettinad families live along the coast in the Tamil Nadu state, near Chennai. The South Bay has America’s highest density of restaurants serving these southern Indian specialties. Avoiding them due to unfamiliarity would be a mistake.
Mexican wrestling has a remarkable cinematic history that stretched over three decades. Beginning in the 1950s, top “lucha libre” (free fighting) stars began appearing in movies that had them wearing their trademark masks not only while wrestling but while driving around in their sports cars and engaging in Batman-like adventures battling Martians, “death robots,” vampire women and criminal masterminds.
Since 2008, Joel Slayton has served as Executive Director of ZERO1, the art and technology network that is responsible for the ZERO1 Biennial Festival and several large public arts projects in San Jose.
East Side San Jose is filled with great Mexican restaurants that offer plenty of tacos and taquerias, but also regional specialties like birria, tortas and uchepos, a tamale dish from Michoacan.
Touchstone has taken up residence in the old Studio Theatre building on the corner of South First and San Salvador. The spot, once plagued by outbreaks of violence and bad dance moves, has been completely transformed. The old art-deco movie house, with its high ceiling and sturdy construction, is a good fit for Touchstone.
