If the Bard is correct and “All the world’s a stage,” then parking lots are part of that stage. Perhaps that was the idea behind a series of brief productions by the San Jose State University theater group. Their actors were performing Car Play, six theatrical sketches lasting 10 minutes each, but instead of using an auditorium, they were using a university parking garage. Ibsen be damned. This was realism at its finest.
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I’ve heard about Chez Sovan for years as one of San Jose’s best hole-in-the-wall eateries, and now I get what all the fuss is about. It’s a friendly neighborhood restaurant with a devoted following and a solid menu of satisfying food. That’s a recipe for success.
Mohammad Qayoumi , the son of a carpenter from rural Afghanistan and mother who was illiterate, Qayoumi believed in the power of education to raise him up from his humble beginnings. This summer he will be assuming the position of President of San Jose State University.
Feeling guilty about being gay? Apple has an app for that, or at least it did. It was the ex-gay ministry’s Exodus International app, intended to put people back on the straight and narrow (minded) path.
Spinning tales of love and life on the fringe, the Mumlers bring their indie-folk collective to the Blank Club on Sat. Mar. 26.
Young Zoé slides into an imaginary world, the world of Quidam, where she meets characters who encourage her to free her soul. Quidam hits the HP Pavilion this weekend.
The current production of ‘Equus’ at City Lights Theater Company in San Jose, directed by Kit Wilder, is highly provocative.
When it comes to cool, grassroots food events, San Jose takes a back seat to San Francisco and the East Bay. Why that’s the case is a subject for another column, but for now let’s say it just is. But San Jose is about to get a whole lot cooler next month with SJ Eats, a food-truck rally on April 2 that will draw as many as 20 food trucks from Silicon Valley and beyond. If all goes well, the event could be the dawn of a regular food-truck market.
Mayor Chuck Reed says he wasn’t kidding when he proposed shuttering 90-plus medical marijuana collectives in San Jose, allowing only 10 to continue to operate, by auctioning licenses on eBay. Confronted with the likelihood that his plan would invite dozens of lawsuits that could last years and cost the city millions of dollars, the mayor responds: Bring it on.
According to a new report by Transportation For America, almost 20 percent of the city’s bridges qualify as being “structurally deficient,.”
