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.
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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.
Temple Grandin feels a special affinity for Silicon Valley, which she believes wouldn’t exist without the brainpower of high-functioning “Aspies,” folks who fall on some measure of the Autism Spectrum Disorder. “One of the things I’m very concerned about is that people who are very quirky and different, that nothing is being done to get them turned on to things that could be good careers, careers like those in Silicon Valley,” says Grandin, chatting over the phone in her rapid-fire matter-of-fact diction.
He’s the laid-back yet hardworking senior engineering manager with a giving personality, and his partner is a popular yet humble brewer with a bundle of accolades to go with a quick wit. Tom Clark and Steve Donohue, respectively, joined forces in early 2012 to start Santa Clara Valley Brewing with the goal of opening their own brewery in San Jose, which would include a production facility and tap room. They hope for a late 2014 opening.
A few years ago, two brothers from New York came up with the unique business model of placing ads on toilet paper. Starting this fall, Star Toilet Paper will make its Silicon Valley debut in San Jose CIty College campus bathrooms, and the move could save the school more than $15,000 a year.
Delicious Crepes Bistro, which opened recently in Santa Clara, has a nice coffee shop feel to it. There are a few scattered tables in the two rooms, some couches, newspapers and WiFi for your laptop. You can grab a cup of coffee and just hang out if you like, but it’s the crepes that are the focus—and they are big, some of the biggest I’ve ever seen, so big they come pre-sliced into 8-10 squares, presumably to facilitate sharing.
Once an agricultural depot from the sleepy days of the valley of heart’s delight, the Farmers Union has taken on a new life in San Jose as a modern gastropub, complete with a huge central bar and massive projection TV. With its location in historic San Pedro Square not far from SAP Center, a menu of comfort food and extensive on-tap beer selection, the Farmers Union aims to be downtown San Jose’s sporting event gathering spot.
