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Stoning Glad to see that Mr. Stone is going to take the high road and waive his right to that 90 percent retirement! (“Democrats for Wasserman,” News, July 21.) Kudos to you! That is, are you going to practice what you preach? Or are you going to be like Pete Constant? You know, a hypocrite . . . JACK HAWKSMOORE | SAN JOSE
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refrain from turning down money one is legally entitled to, even if one doesn’t think that the law entitling them to that money is a very good idea. Especially not in a society where you basically can’t live without money. How about people who voted against building Highway 85? Are they hypocrites if they drive on it? KEVIN O’KEEFE | SAN JOSE
To Half and Half Not “Why Work?” asks Leilani Clark (Cover Story, July 7). Why not just cut the 40-hour workweek in half, and everyone will be happier? A basic law of economics is that our standard of living depends on our output of goods and services: we can only consume what we produce. Reducing by half the hours we
spend producing useful things will halve the number of useful things for distribution. That will halve the standard of living for everyone. There is just no getting around that. To even maintain our present standard of living, we need to increase production, not decrease it. And no, we can’t make everyone work harder and do the same job in half the time. That is not realistic; that is not human nature. GARRETT TOREN | SANTA CRUZ
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something that she never wanted to do,” Pete says. “But I think she sees the school board a little differently.” Julie says she and her hubby are peas in a pod, politically speaking. “We’re as close as you can probably get for a couple,” she says. “99.9 percent of the time we agree on everything.” The stay-at-home mom brings a bit of experience to the gig—she’s president of the Lynhaven Elementary School Parent Teacher Association.
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to come down from the [Office of Education’s] drinking fountain,” Mann concluded in one note to his fellow board members.. Later missives were copied tocommunity leaders and members of the media. By making his grievances public, Mann drew the ire of at least one colleague, who last week initiated formal sanctioning proceedings. And by launching his dispute with the superintendent and the board via email, Mann may also have violated the Brown Act, which dictates that public officials not conduct business in private. The incident followed Weis’ hiring of a new chief business officer. Mann was apparently unhappy about the
superintendent’s choice of Ann Jones for the job, and sent out a series of increasingly provocative emails scolding Weis because he did not choose an African American or Hispanic individual for the position. “I’m pissed beyond all description,” Mann wrote on June 3. He wrote that diversity and equal employment would never be achieved at the board “if all of the hires continue to be limited to be in ‘Chuck’s image’ only.” “I have lost complete, utter confidence in your ability to lead the district beyond your current term which thank God expires in 2012,” Mann wrote Weis on June 4. “My best hope is that you finish your service to the SCCBOE (your employer) in a manner that was expected of you and that you move on quickly . . .” Three days after Mann’s last email was sent, Ann Jones announced she would be turning down Weis’ appointment, citing a desire to stay in her current job as financial chief for
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Race Man On July 14, Leon F. Beauchman, who serves with Mann on the board (and is also African American), wrote a letter rebuking Mann’s “shameful” conduct. “Never have I seen a board member take deliberate action to embarrass and insult a member of the governing team like Mr. Mann has done,” Beauchman’s wrote. “The messages were increasingly insulting and eventually included a message suggesting that the Superintendent and the County Office of Education were promoting racist practices.” Beauchman demanded that the board sanction Mann for violating its code of ethics. The board was scheduled to consider that issue at its July 21 meeting. Mann showed up at the beginning of the regular board meeting with a doctor’s note and informed his colleagues that he was battling a bad cold and was attending the meeting against doctor’s orders. After the other board members participated in an hour-long closed session to discuss an unrelated student expulsion matter, they came out to find that Mann had left. Board president Anna Song and the five other board members agreed to delay the sanction vote to a special, one item board meeting on Aug. 25. “I think the board members, includeing myself, felt uncomfortable moving forward with Craig Mann not being there,” Song says. To Song’s knowledge, this is the first time the board has ever considered censoring a trustee. “We need to dot the i’s and cross the t’s,” Song said, “and make sure [Mann] has an ample chance to respond, and that the process, what is taking place, is very clear to him.” Board member Joseph Di Salvo says that he feels conflicted. “I’m positive in my mind that there was no conspiracy to only hire white people,” Di Salvo says. “I don’t think anything was intentional. But Craig’s passion about this made us more aware. I feel that race is an issue that we need to deal with.”
Song says that if Mann is eventually censured by the board, it would essentially be “a slap on the hand.” “It’s not like we can unseat him,” Song says. After the board announced they would be considering sanctions, Mann (who is up for re-election in November) produced a letter of apology for his “less than flattering comments” about Weis, while stating that they were still his “sincere personal assessments.” Beauchman was apparently unimpressed. “I found the apology lacking,” his rebuke letter concludes.
Shadow and Light Leila C. Knox, an attorney with the First Amendment Coalition, says Mann violated the Brown Act when he sent off his messages to the entire board. “Personnel matters would seem to be in the subject matter jurisdiction of what the Board of Education does,” Knox says. “They are not talking about their summer vacations or something like that.” Knox says Mann’s emails fall under the Brown Act’s definition of a “serial meeting.” “Even if it’s just a one way email, even if nobody emailed back, it’s planting the seeds and getting the discussion going,” Knox says. Local Brown Act violations are handed by the Santa Clara County district attorney’s office. When reached for comment, spokeswoman Amy Cornell referred Metro to Aryn P. Harris at the County Counsel’s office. Harris said she couldn’t comment on legal matters, and referred questions back to Knox and the First Amendment Coalition as an authority on Brown Act issues. Knox says that even though Mann’s emails were also sent to a wider pool of community members and media, he still didn’t follow the Act’s guidelines that require public hearings and public notification of meetings. “The fact that he emailed some newspapers doesn’t qualify as fulfilling all those other obligations,” Knox says. This isn’t the first time Mann has been embroiled in a headline-making controversy. In the early 2000s he was entangled in a scandal when his former
boss, San Jose City Councilmember Terry Gregory, was caught accepting favors and resigned after being sanctioned. During Mann’s years on the board of education, he led the sacking of popular former Superintendent Colleen Wilcox over harassment accusations. He was in the news again in 2004, when a civil grand jury found that Mann and other school staff had used district-issued credit cards inappropriately during his three terms on the East Side Union High School District board.
Alvarado Interested? Mann’s seat is up for grabs this November. With the Aug. 6 filing deadline approaching, he remains unchallenged. Teresa Alvarado, who recently completed an unsuccessful campaign for the District 1 seat on the Board of Supervisors, sat in the audience during the beginning of the July 21 Board of Education meeting, but left during the closed session. When the issue of Mann’s sanctioning was being discussed by the board, she had a representative, Angie Cardoza, read a statement on her behalf. In an email last week, Alvarado said she attended the meeting to express her concern about “the disruptive behavior of my elected representative to the COE, Craig Mann.” “I believe that our elected leaders have a responsibility to work toward achieving results and comporting themselves honorably,” she said. “I urged my elected representative on the COE board to focus on job number one, the quality education of Santa Clara County’s children and young adults.” When asked via email if her unexpected attendance at the meeting was a sign that she’s considering running for Mann’s as-yetunchallenged board seat, Alvarado said, “Many people have asked me to consider it, but I really have not come to that decision.” “I am appalled at the behavior of my elected representative, but I have not come to the conclusion that I am ready to launch into another campaign just yet,” Alvarado wrote.
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pranks, and that Chamber of Commerce conference is among them. None of the networks are willing touch it until the lawsuit is resolved. TorrentFreak reports that The Yes Men released the film for free on BitTorrent instead, then asked viewers for donations. The film—titled “The Yes Men Fix the World”—landed at No. 6 in TorrentFreak’s list of the Top 10 films downloaded on BitTorrent last week. The torrent is hosted at the film’s VODO page. —SAMUEL AXON,
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Porsche President and CEO Michael Macht said in a statement that Porsche will “definitely be offering electric sports cars in the future,” but that the performance and cruising range must be comparable to existing sports cars. Greater efficiency and lower emissions are the company’s goals for the new vehicles.
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The Boxsters will compete with Tesla‘s Roadster, which has been in production since 2008 and recently received a makeover. With Tesla’s help, Toyota is rumored to also be working on an electric sports car.
CanadianSL Wow, that’s unexpected and crazy. What kind of judicial power do they have? Is it now law, or can a court overturn the division?
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The original Boxster was produced in 1996 and became the company’s top selling car for about seven years. Electric Boxster cars will be ďŹ eld tested early next year to determine what infrastructure is needed to support regular usage and to observe how users drive the car. But don’t get too excited yet—it will still be a while before the new Boxsters hit the road, and with companies like Mercedes and Audi also working on electric sports cars, they will have plenty of competition. —MATYLDA CZARNECKA, TECHCRUNCH.COM
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in the Santa Barbara channel, set on piers extending into the ocean from the beachfront.
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Oil boom occurs in Huntington Beach, as the then-largest California oil deposit is discovered. Wells spring up overnight, and the town’s population grows from 1,500 to 5,000 in less than a month.
1968 Union Oil Company of California
(the company later became Unocal and is now part of Chevron) establishes a drilling platform off the Santa Barbara coast.
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THE SPILL IS GONE 17 Kelso lives and works over in Santa Cruz—and now, in Washington, D.C., and throughout the Gulf of Mexico too, where he is working to help restore damaged ecosystems and the economy. He visited the Gulf within days of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion that killed 11 workers on April 20. Initially,
ÉK_\ ^Xg Y\kn\\e ^X`ej k_Xk _Xm\ Y\\e dX[\ `e \okiXZk`e^ f`c Xe[ k_\ ZXgXZ`kp n\ _Xm\ ]fi i\jgfe[`e^ kf jg`ccj `j _l^\Ê the government estimated between 12,000 and 25,000 barrels a day of oil were escaping. (A barrel of oil holds 42 gallons). Officials later upped that number, saying—prior to capping the well in mid-July—as much as 60,000 barrels of oil could be flowing into the Gulf every day. In other words, an amount equivalent to the Exxon Valdez spill could be flowing into the Gulf every four days. That’s a meaningful figure to Kelso. In 1989, he was Alaska’s Commissioner of Environmental Conservation. When the tanker ran
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aground in Prince William Sound on March 24, he was one of the first people on board assessing the magnitude of the problem. He saw the iconic images of the catastrophe firsthand, the dead sea otters and the oil-coated birds. He also saw the human tragedy: fistfights breaking out in his office doorway, crusty old fishermen crying in the street. Drug and alcohol abuse spiked and domestic violence and suicide increased as the fishing communities watched their livelihood coming to an end and Alaskan native communities began to fear for their food supply. Kelso worked on the cleanup and spill aftermath for two years. He advocated passage of the federal Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Today, 21 years after Exxon Valdez, oil remains on the Prince William Sound beaches. So when he heard the news about an explosion aboard a drilling rig working on a BP well one mile below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, Kelso felt a sense of urgency. “Here the oil spill continued with no end in sight,” he says. “How can it be 20 years later and we still have not made very much progress in spill technology—especially when we are choosing much higher risk technologies? The gap between gains that have been made in extracting oil and the capacity we have for responding to spills is huge.”
THE WORST IS STILL TO COME The BP gusher is the largest oil spill in American history, one President Obama has called the worst
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1970 Earth Day is born. The Santa
Barbara spill’s notoriety receives credit for launching a major environmental movement nationwide.
1981
Congress votes to stop the sale of leases off the coast of Northern California. The moratorium is included in the Interior Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1982.
1972 President Richard Nixon creates
the Environmental Protection Agency and signs both the Clean Air and Clean Water acts into law.
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“There had been this assumption that it would be safe because proponents of drilling and the company had said it would be,” Kelso says. “Suddenly, the evidence was to the contrary. So it directly influenced the public consciousness that contributed to major national environmental legislation—the National Environmental Policy Act, the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act.” Congress passed the National Environmental Policy Act in 1969. A year later, millions celebrated the first Earth Day and by 1972, President Richard Nixon had created the Environmental Protection Agency and signed both the Clean Air and Clean Water acts into law. It not only affected the national landscape. Stronger protections for California’s coastline also flowed from the Santa Barbara disaster. “People in California were worried about prevention and also about what might happen if there was another spill,” Kelso says. As a result the state Legislature banned new offshore drilling leases and passed laws to strengthen the state’s spill-response capacity. Nearly 30 years later, however, the tides seemed to be turning. In 2008, President George W. Bush lifted an executive order banning offshore oil drilling. Congress allowed the moratorium to lapse a year later. In March—a month before the BP explosion killed 11 workers—President Barack Obama opened up new areas—excluding California—to offshore drilling leases. Closer to home, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger saw oil rigs as a budget fix, proposing a new oil lease off the Santa Barbara
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coast. Schwarzenegger said the Tranquillon Ridge project would generate $140 million for the upcoming budget year and would prevent severe cuts to state parks. Currently, 27 platforms operate off the California coast. In 2009 they produced 13.3 million barrels of oil. Despite the seeming momentum to drill, “I don’t think there was ever much chance that California was going to be opened up for drilling in federal waters,” Kelso says. “The discussion of opening offshore areas to drilling was on everyone’s list of things to pay close attention to, but even then, the California congressional delegation was pressing for exclusion of California,” Kelso says. “At the state level, Californians have said, ‘Our economy and out way of life in California depends upon the ocean and the coast. We’re not going to put those at risk even if the risk is small because the stakes are too high.’” Then came the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Shortly after, Obama suspended plans for future offshore drilling and Schwarzenegger yanked the Tranquillon Ridge project from his proposed state budget. “My support for the T-Ridge project here in California was based on numerous studies making me feel that it was safe to drill,” Obama said. “All of you have seen when you turn on the television the devastation in the Gulf. And I’m sure that they also were assured that it is safe to drill. I see on TV the birds drenched in oil, the fishermen out of work, the massive oil spill, oil slick destroying our precious ecosystem. It will not happen here in California.”
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the consequences were huge,” Kelso says. “In the explosion, 11 people died from [that agency] being casual about safety standards.” Plus, in order to ship oil from the Valdez Marine Terminal, Alaskan law required Exxon to formulate an oil spill “contingency plan.” Kelso approved the plan and says it provided a thorough response for specific scenarios and included detailed maps and knowledge from fishermen and other local experts. During the actual spill, however, Exxon didn’t follow the plan. But at least there was one. “Compare this to the BP Deepwater case,” Kelso says. “There was no spill response plan.”
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1989 The Exxon Valdez oil spill again
increases environmental concerns. The Interior Appropriations Act for the following year includes moratoria on leases off California, Florida, Massachusetts, Bristol Bay of Alaska, and the Atlantic Ocean from Rhode Island to Maryland. President George H.W. Bush signs the bill into law.
23 The BP oil spill, the Ocean Conservancy deployed teams of scientists and other experts to the Gulf (it has regional offices in Austin and St. Petersburg) and to Washington, D.C., “focusing on the three R’s: relief, restoration and reform,” lobbying for immediate assistance and long-term fixes. It’s an environmental disaster—the Gulf is home to half of the wetlands in the continental United States; 40 percent are in Louisiana alone. “They’re remarkably productive,” Kelso says. “For example, 97 percent by weight of the commercially valuable fish and shell fish species come from the Louisiana wetlands for that state. So you have to take that pretty seriously.” The problem continues as oil and marine species move down the water columns. “Some organisms, even when they begin in the marshes, move offshore; at different stages they’re at different levels in the water columns. Some have a survival strategy that allows them to go to deep water during the daytime when there’s light and they’re more vulnerable to predators, and then they come up at night when it’s dark to feed. So depending on where the oil is, if there’s an oil cloud, they may be traveling through it.” As Kelso witnessed in Alaska and now in the Gulf states, the oil spill is a human tragedy, too. Eleven men lost their lives and countless others—fishermen, restaurateurs, charter captains and dive-shop owners, among them—see their source of income thrown into uncertainty. As Kelso talks about the spill, now thousands of miles
1990 President Bush issues an
executive moratorium banning new federal leasing through the year 2000 in many offshore areas, including California.
away from the disaster, his sense of urgency is palpable. “It is really hard for the affected people to look beyond the immediate crisis,” he says. “They want the oil out of the water. Nothing short of that is going to feel good. But what has to happen now—right now—is the Natural Resources Damage Assessment has to be on its way, and BP should be paying for the NRDA up front.” The NRDA measures the damage, sampling oiled areas of the Gulf and areas that are not yet oiled to assess the environmental impact of the spill. (Read the Ocean Conservancy’s June 3 letter to the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce about the NRDA at www.santacruzweekly.com). It also takes into account the loss of tourism, fishing and other industry that depends on the ecosystem to determine BP’s liability. “The damage assessment is the driver,” Kelso says. “If you don’t have that, you don’t have much. The restoration flows from that, and restoration is multiyear. But if you don’t know what’s broken, you can’t fix it.” And then there’s the matter of reforming the laws that led to the oil rig explosion in the first place. To that end, Kelso and other Ocean Conservancy staff recently testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources. “If we do not take advantage of the learning from this,” he says, “then shame on us as a society. People have died. People’s livelihoods are in grave danger. We need to understand what policies and legislation must change so this doesn’t happen again.”
1990 The American Trader spill off
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2007 The COSCO Busan oil spill
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2008 President George W. Bush
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in the in the South South tthat hat one one of of the the country’s country’s m ost distinctive distinctive regional regionall cuisines cuisines need need most n ot be be h azardous to to your your health. heallth. not hazardous T he platform platform ffor or h is m ission iiss The his mission B ayonne rrestaurant estau uran nt iin nd owntown S an n Bayonne downtown San JJose. ose. T hompson o wned Gator’s Gator’s N eoThompson owned NeoS oul rrestaurant estaurant iin nS an M ateo aand nd tthe he Soul San Mateo eexcellent xcellent A lacatracces iin nS an nF rancisco Alacatraces San Francisco be efore ssetting etting u p sshop hop iin nS an JJose ose before up San tthree hree m onths ago ago iin n tthe he sspace pacce fformerly ormerly months oc ccupied b he A genda. T he A genda occupied byy tthe Agenda. The Agenda llounge ounge iiss sstill till iin nb usiness u pstairs. business upstairs. B ayonne sserves erves delicious delicious New New Bayonne O rlean ns and an nd Southern–style Southern–style food, food, the the Orleans llikes ikes o which downtown downtown San San n Jose Jose has has off which n ever sseen een before. before. T hompson ccalls alls h is never Thompson his ffood ood ““aa h eallthy aapproach pproach tto o tthe he S outh.” healthy South. I didn’t didn’t know know Bayonne Bayonne was waass serving serving a llighter ighter style style of of Southern Southern food. food. I just just tthought hought it it tasted tasted noticeably noticeably lighter lighter an nd ffresher resher tthan han nS outhern fried fried fare faarre and Southern II’ve ’ve tried. tried. The The menu menu doesn’t doesn’t tout tout the the ffact act tthat hat h ses olive olive oil oil and an nd canola canola oil oil hee u uses
iinstead nstead do utter aand nd llard. arrd. T hompson off b butter Thompson ssays ays tthe he w ord ““healthy” heallthy” sscares cares ssome ome word p eople aaway. way. A nd h is ffood ood iiss b o people And his byy n no m ean ns ffat-free at-free o ven llow-calorie. ow-callorie. means orr eeven H ass ssimply imply llightened ightened tthings hings u pb Hee h has up byy ccooking ooking w ith ggood ood ffats, ats, b oassting aand nd with byy rroasting ggrilling rilling iinstead nstead do rying aand nd b ourcing off ffrying byy ssourcing h is p roduce ffrom rom o rgaan nic p urveyors. his produce organic purveyors. E verything I ttried ried o ver tthe he ccourse ourse o Everything over off tthree hree vvisits isits w aass fl at-out d elicious. M ost o was flat-out delicious. Most off tthe he d ishes aare re n amed aafter fter T hompson’s dishes named Thompson’s ffamily amily m embers. T he n ames w am ould members. The names would b rating iiff tthey hey w eren’t rreal eall p eople, bee ggrating weren’t people, b ut T hompson’s ffood ood iiss iinspired nspired b is but Thompson’s byy h his ffamily amily iin nA rkansas aand nd M ississippi. Arkansas Mississippi. Io rdered ccrab rab ccakes akes tto o ttempt empt ffate. ate. ordered T hey’re al lmost aalways lways m ore ccake ak ke tthan han n They’re almost more ccrab. rab b. T hat w as n ot tthe he ccase ase aatt B ayonne. That was not Bayonne. T he D ungeness ccrab rab ccakes akes (($12) $12) ar re The Dungeness are d usted w ith b read ccrumbs, rumbs, b ut tthe he dusted with bread but rrest est o he llittle ittle d iscs ar re aall ll ssweet weet ccrab rab b off tthe discs are m eat. T hey’re ggrilled rilled ((not not ffried) ried) tto oa meat. They’re ggolden olden h ue aand nd sserved ervved w ith a llickable ickab ble hue with ccandied an ndied yyam am aand nd pe can ssauce. au uce. A nother pecan Another n ot-to-miss sstarter tarrter iiss tthe he b arrbe b cued not-to-miss barbecued sshrimp hrimp an nd ggrits rits (($12). $12). IIn nN ew O rleans, and New Orleans, b arrbecued sshrimp hrimp h ave n othing tto od o barbecued have nothing do w ith a b arrbecue. T hey’re m ade w ith with barbecue. They’re made with b utter, vvinegary inegary h ot ssauce, au uce, ttomatoes omatoes butter, hot an nd a ffew ew o ther ssavory avory iingredients. ngredients. and other B ayonne’s ar re ass ggood ood aass tthey hey ccome— ome— Bayonne’s are rrich, ich, sspicy, picy, ccomplex omplex an nd d elicious. and delicious.
P o’ b oys aare re sstaples taples o he N ew Po’ boys off tthe New O rleans d iet—big, ssloppy loppy ssandwiches andwiches Orleans diet—big, d ripping w ith m ayonnaise aand nd p iled dripping with mayonnaise piled h igh w ith tthings hings llike ike ffried ried o ysters aand nd high with oysters ffried ried sshrimp hrimp an nd ffried ried fi sh. T hompson and fish. Thompson ccalls alls h is ““rich rich b oy ssandwiches” andwiches” (($9), $9), aand nd his boy tthey hey aare re d efinitely u pper-crust, sstarting tarrting definitely upper-crust, w ith fl uff ffyy, h ouse-mad de b rioche b uns. with fluffy, house-made brioche buns. T hompson d oes aaway way w ith tthe he d rippy Thompson does with drippy m ayo ssauce auce an nd jjust ust aadds dds ffresh resh llettuce, ettuce, mayo and ttomatoes, omatoes, rred ed o nion aand nd yyour our m eat onion meat o hoice. T he ggrilled rilled aand nd b lackened off cchoice. The blackened ccatfish atfish iiss sspicy picy aand nd d elicious. B est o ll delicious. Best off aall m ight b he p ulled p ork b raised iin n might bee tthe pulled pork braised C oca-Cola, m ilk an nd o ran nge jjuice. uice. Coca-Cola, milk and orange M ak king ffried ried cchicken hicken h ealthy aand nd Making healthy d elicious iiss a cchallenge, halllenge, b ut ““Aunt Aunt delicious but G ertie B ea’s F ried C hicken” n ails iit. t. Gertie Bea’s Fried Chicken” nails T he 110-ounce 0-ounce F ulton V al alley o rganic The Fulton Valley organic cchicken hicken b reas ast (($19) $19) iiss ssoaked oak ked iin n breast b uttermilk, d redged iin n sseasoned easoned b read buttermilk, dredged bread ccrumbs, rumbs, p an ffried ried ffor or a m inute tto o pan minute ggive ive tthe he b read ccrumbs rumbs a ggolden olden ccolor olor bread an nd tthen hen fi nished o ff iin n tthe he o ven. and finished off oven. II’ll ’ll ccome ome rright ight o ut aand nd ssay ay iit: t: IIt’s t’s tthe he out be st ffried ried cchicken hicken II’ve ’ve h ad iin nS ilicon best had Silicon V alley. B ut tthen hen tthere’s here’s ““Cousin Cousin W illie Valley. But Willie B uck’s cchicken hicken an nd d umplings,” $ 17. Buck’s and dumplings, $17. IIt’s t’s aanother nother w inner. B raised cchunks hunks winner. Braised o hicken ar aare re sserved ervved iin nam oderately off cchicken moderately sspicy, picy, ttomato-based omato-based ssauce auce w ith ssteamed team med with b iscuits iinstead nstead do he h eavier, cchewier hewier biscuits off tthe heavier, ttraditional rad ditional d umplings. T he d umplings dumplings. The dumplings ar re llight ight an nd m ad de ffor or a ggreat reat d ish tthat hat are and made dish d idn’t w eigh m own. didn’t weigh mee d down. F rom tthe he llunch unch m enu, tthe he jjambalaya ambalaya From menu, (($12) $12) iiss ssuperb, uperb, aand nd I lloved oved tthe he p iquan nt, piquant, ccrawfish rawfish éétouffée touff fféée o ver b rown rrice ice (($13). $13). I over brown d on’t k now h ow llow-calorie ow-calorie tthe he d esserts don’t know how desserts (($8) $8) ar re, b ut tthey hey aare re vvery ery ggood. ood. G o are, but Go sstraight traight ffor or tthe he p eanut b utter ssilk ilk p ie, a peanut butter pie, llofty oft ftyy ccloud loud o eanut-buttery ccheesecake heesecake off p peanut-buttery w obbling aatop top aan no utstan nding p ecanwobbling outstanding pecancchocolate hocolate ccrust. rust. M ther ffavorite avorite iiss Myy o other ““Lori Lori T aylor’s iice ce ccream ream m ssandwich, andwich,” Taylor’s ttwin win h ouse-made ccookies ookies fi lled w ith house-made filled with T hompson’s cchocolate hocolate cchocolate hocolate cchip hip iice ce Thompson’s ccream ream m aand nd d rizzled w ith ccaramel aram mel ssauce. auce. drizzled with T hompson h ass b ig p lans ffor or h is Thompson has big plans his rrestaurant. estaurant. H e’s ttrying rying tto o rraise aise ffunds unds He’s tto o ttake ake o ver tthe he n ightclub u pstairs tto o over nightclub upstairs tturn urn iitt iinto nto a ““world-class” world-classs” jjazz azzz cclub. lub. H e’s w riting a ccookbook ookbook aand nd iiss aalso lso He’s writing ttrying rying tto o ccreate reate a T V sshow how tto o sshowcase howcase TV h is h ealthy ttake ake o nS outhern ffood. ood. his healthy on Southern I wish him m well. In the meantime meantime,, he ’s makingg some gr eat ffood. ood. d he’s great
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CCASCAL ASCAL Spanish Spanish TTapas. apas. $$$. $ $$. The The ttapas apas m menu enu yyields ields bbig ig ttastes astes iin n ssmall mall pportions ortions aatt tthis his ppan-Latin an-Latin ccharmer. harmer. CCalamari, alamari, rroasted oasted qquail uail aand nd minted meatballs m inted llamb amb m eatballs aare re aamong mong tthe he ddelicacies. elicacies. FFull ull bbar. ar. Mon-Sun. 111:30am-10pm 1:30am-10pm M on-Sun. 4400 00 650.940.9500. CCastro astro SSt. t. 6 50.940.9500.
CCHAAT HAAT P PARADISE ARADISE VVegetarian egetarian $.. G Golden IIndian. ndian. $ olden sspices pices predominate predominate at at this this popular popular spot spot for for inexpensive, inexpensive, funfunto-eat to-eat traditional traditional Indian Indian fare. fare. Casual Casual shopping-center shopping-center
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THE T HE SSPICE PICE IISLANDS SLANDS CCAFE AFE Singaporean, Singaporean, Malaysian, Malaysian, Indonesian. $$. Indonesian. $ $. TThis his restaurant restaurant will will send send your your taste taste buds buds to to the the tropics. tropics. TTalented alented chefs chefs put put oout ut dishes dishes full full of of spice spice aand nd passion, passion, llike ike jumbo jumbo chile chile prawns, prawns, papaya papaya ssalad alad and Malaysian and M alaysian spareribs. spareribs. The The menu menu is is expansive. expansive. Prices Prices are are rreasonable. easonable. 210 210 Hope Hope St. St. 650.960.1888. 650.960.1888.
XANH X ANH R RESTAURANT ESTAURANT M Modern odern V Vietnamese. ietnamese. $$. $$. X Xanh anh (pronounced (pronounced “zahn”) “zahn”) eepitomizes pitomizes tthe he nnew ew bbreed reed ooff uupscale, pscale, ccontemporary ontemporary Vietnamese V ietnamese rrestaurant. estaurant. TThe he menu aappealing ppealing m enu rranges anges ffrom rom tthe he ttraditional raditional ttoo tthe he uunconventional nconventional aand nd iincludes ncludes rrolls, olls, ssalads, alads, nnoodles, oodles, ssmall mall pplates lates aand nd ffull-size ull-size eentrees. ntrees. 111:30am-2pm 1:30am-2pm aand nd ddinner inner Mon-Fri. 44:30pm-close :30pm-close M on-Fri. 1110 10 650.964.1888 CCastro astro SSt. t. 6 50.964.1888
YAKKO Y AKKO Japanese, Japanese, sushi sushi bar. bar. $$. $$. A ppairing airing ooff swift swift service service with with an an exotic exotic range range of of sushi sushi and and udon udon makes makes this this a favorite favorite among among sushi sushi lovers. lovers. Casual. Casual. Beer, Beer, wine. wine. 11:30am11:30am2pm 2pm Mon-Sun. Mon-Sun. 5:30-9:30pm 5:30-9:30pm Sun-Thu, Sun-Thu, 5:30-10:30pm 5:30-10:30pm Fri-Sat. Fri-Sat. 975 975 W. W. Dana Dana St. St. 650.960.0626. 650.960.0626.
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GREEN EELEPHANT GREEN LEPHANT GGOURMET OURMET $$. $$. B Burmese. urmese. Burmese Burmese food food draws draws influences influences from from its its three three largest largest neighbors: neighbors: China, China, India India and and Thailand. Thailand. Standouts Standouts here here include include the the coconut coconut chicken chicken soup, soup, tangy tangy tea tea leaf leaf salad salad and and refreshing refreshing glass glass noodle noodle salad. salad. Lunch Lunch 11am11am2:30pm, 2:30pm, dinner dinner 4:30-9pm 4:30-9pm daily. daily. 3950 3950 Middlefield Middlefield Rd Rd (Charleston (Charleston Shopping Shopping Center). Center). 650.494.7391. 650.494.7391.
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REPOSADO R EPOSADO M Mexican. exican. $ $$$. $$. Reposado modern, Reposado ooffers ffers m odern, refined Mexican refined M exican ffood ood sserved erved iin n a llively ively ssetting. etting. TThe he restaurant restaurant is is easily easily one one of of Palo Palo Alto’s Alto’s most most striking. striking. The The soaring, soaring, exposed exposed beam beam ceilings ceilings make make the the dining dining room room feel feel at at once once industrial industrial and and inviting inviting because because of of the the warm warm colors, colors, wood wood accents accents and and dramatic dramatic light light fixtures. fixtures. There’s There’s a beautiful beautiful bar bar and and cozy cozy booth booth seating seating on on one one side side and and spacious spacious table table and and banquette banquette seating seating on on the the other. other. Great Great selection selection of of tequila. tequila. 11:30am11:30am10pm 10pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11pm 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat Fri-Sat and and 11:30am-9pm 11:30am-9pm Sun. Hamilton Sun. 2236 36 H amilton Ave. Ave. 650.833.3151. 650.833.3151.
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BILLY B ILLY BERK’S BERK’S EEclectic. clectic. $$. $$. Billy Berk’s B illy B erk’s rrestaurant estaurant llooks ooks aand nd ttaste aste llikes ikes tthe he ooffspring ffspring Rock ooff tthe he Hard Hard R ock CCafe afe aand nd CChili’s. hili’s. TThe he ddowntown owntown SSan an JJose ose restaurant restaurant ooffers ffers a ppopulist opulist mix mix ooff American, American, Mexican M exican and and Asian Asian ffood. ood. Most M ost dishes dishes are are ddesigned esigned ffor or sharing—appetizer-size sharing—appetizer-size finger pportions, ortions, nnibbles ibbles and and fi nger ffoods oods tthat hat ppair air well well with with the the pprodigious rodigious drink drink llist. ist. 111:30am1:30amMon-Wed, 110pm 0pm M on-Wed, 11:30am11:30am110pm 0pm Thu, Thu, 111:30am-11pm 1:30am-11pm Bar FFri, ri, 55-11pm -11pm SSat, at, B ar oopen pen ttill ill midnight. 99 m idnight. 9 9 SS.. FFirst irst SSt, t, SSan an JJose. ose. 4408.292.4300. 08.292.4300.
EE&O &O T TRADING RADING COMPANY COMPANY Southeast $$$. Southeast Asian. Asian. $ $$. EEntrees ntrees come come on on playful playful serving serving dishes dishes and and are are beautifully beautifully spiced with multiculti spiced w ith m ulticulti flavors, flavors, from from Bali Bali to to Ceylon Ceylon and and back back through through Malaysia. Malaysia. Full Full bar. bar. Open Open 11:30am 11:30am to to 10:30pm, 10:30pm, until until midnight midnight on on weekends. weekends. 11:30am-10pm 11:30am-10pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10:30pm 11:30am-10:30pm Fri, Fri, 5510:30pm 10:30pm Sat, Sat, 5-9pm 5-9pm Sun. Sun. 96 96 S. S. First First St. St. 408.938.4100. 408.938.4100.
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KOJI K OJI SSAKE AKE LOUNGE LOUNGE. $$$. $. JJapanese. apanese. IIn n sspite pite ooff KKoji’s oji’s well-tuned well-tuned aatmosphere, tmosphere, iit’s t’s the the sakes sakes that that really really set set the the tone. tone. Koji’s Koji’s sake sake list list includes includes tasting tasting notes notes that that help help you you find find one one that that suits suits you. you. Happy Happy hour hour 6-9pm 6-9pm Wed-Fri Wed-Fri with with $3 $3 beers beers and and $5 $5 small small plates. plates. 6pm-late 6pm-late Wed-Fri, Wed-Fri, 8pm-late 8pm-late Sat. Sat. 48 48 S. S. First First St. St. 408.287.7199. 408.287.7199. MOROCCO’S M OROCCO’S M Moroccan. oroccan. $$. $$. Morocco’s Morocco’s iiss tthe he kkind ind ooff restaurant restaurant ddowntown owntown SSan an Jose Jose needs needs m more ore oof:f: ddistinctive istinctive food food cooked cooked and and served served by by people people with with a personal personal investment investment in in customer customer happiness. happiness. Morocco’s Morocco’s personal personal touch touch is is all all over over the the restaurant. restaurant. Lunch Lunch 11am-3pm 11am-3pm Mon-Fri, Mon-Fri, dinner dinner 5-11pm 5-11pm MonMonSat Sat and and Sun Sun 5-9pm. 5-9pm. 86 86 N. N. Market Market St. St. 408.998.1509. 408.998.1509. NAGLEE N AGLEE P PARK ARK GGARAGE ARAGE New A New American. merican. $ $$. $. LLots ots ooff rrestaurants estaurants w would ould llike ike ttoo tthink hink ooff tthemselves hemselves as as ffriendly riendly nneighborhood eighborhood jjoints oints bbut ut few few Garage ddeliver. eliver. TThe he G arage ddoes. oes. menu SSmall mall bbut ut satisfying satisfying m enu ooff well w ell eexecuted xecuted ccomfort omfort food food cclassics. lassics. 55-9:30pm -9:30pm TTue-Thu, ue-Thu, 9am-1pm, 55-10pm -10pm FFri, ri, 9 am-1pm, 55-10pm -10pm 9am-1pm SSat, at, 9 am-1pm SSun. un. 5505 05 EE.. SSan an CCarlos arlos SSt. t. 4408.286.1100. 08.286.1100.
7711 SAINT SAINT PETER PETER N New ew A merican. $ $$. TThis his rromantic omantic American. $$$. eeatery atery ooffers ffers upscale upscale Mediterranean M editerranean ffood ood iinn aann iintimate ntimate setting setting Beer, Beer, wine. wine. CClosed losed SSun. un. 7711 N N.. SSan an P Pedro edro SSt. t. 111:30am-1pm, 1:30am-1pm, 5-9pm 5-9pm MonMonSSat. at. 4408.971.8523. 08.971.8523.
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CCASABLANCA’S ASABLANCA’S CAFÉ CAFÉ M Middle iddle EEastern. astern. $$. $$. Casablanca’s Casablanca’s CCafe afe is is not not going going ttoo win win aany ny aawards wards ffor or aatmosphere tmosphere But oorr rrestaurant estaurant ddesign. esign. B ut win iitt sshould hould w in aawards wards ffor or iits ts ffalafel. alafel. IIn n aaddition ddition ttoo wonderfully w onderfully ccreamy reamy hhummus, ummus, ttangy angy ttahini ahini ssauce auce aand nd ppickled ickled rred ed ccabbage, abbage, tthe he ffalafel alafel ddeluxe eluxe with iiss ggilded ilded w ith sstrips trips ooff bbaked aked eeggplant, ggplant, ffried ried ccauliflower auliflower aand nd ffried ried ppotatoes. otatoes. IIff yyou ou llike ike iitt sspicy, picy, tthe he rribbon ibbon ooff sshatta hatta ((hot hot ssauce) auce) ddelivers elivers a bblast last ooff cchile hile ppepper epper hheat. eat. 110am0am9:30pm 9 :30pm ddaily. aily. 11185 185 LLincoln incoln Ave. A ve. 4408.993.8636. 08.993.8636. DEEZI’S D EEZI’S CCAFÉ AFÉ. Persian. Persian. $$. $$. Deezi Deezi is is a hearty hearty lamb lamb shank shank stew stew aand nd iit’s t’s quite quite good good here. here. But But the the soul soul of of menu menu is is the the kebabs, kebabs, and and the the koobideh koobideh kebabs kebabs are are outstanding. outstanding. Made Made from from ground ground beef beef blended blended with with puréed puréed onions, onions, garlic garlic and and various various spices, spices, the the skewered skewered and and grilled grilled meat meat stick stick is is beautifully beautifully grilled grilled and and so so tender tender and and juice-filled juice-filled it it squirts squirts when when you you bite bite down down on on it. it. The The joojeh joojeh (chicken) (chicken) kebab kebab scores scores as as well. well. Try Try the the fresh fresh made made dogh dogh (a (a yogurt yogurt drink). drink). 11:30am-9:30pm 11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Thu Mon-Thu and and 11:30am-10pm 11:30am-10pm Sat-Sun. Sat-Sun. 1312 1312 Saratoga Saratoga Ave. Ave. 408.244.0300. 408.244.0300. EEDNA DNA R RAY AY CChinese. hinese. $$. $$. N Now ow iinn a new new llocation, ocation, EEdna dna Ray Ray
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IISABELLA’S SABELLA’S PPeruvian. eruvian. $$. $$. One One of of the the South South Bay’s Bay’s ffew ew ooutposts utposts ooff P Peruvian eruvian much ffood, ood, Isabella’s Isabella’s hhas as m uch ttoo rrecommend. ecommend. TTacu-tacu, acu-tacu, a sstarchy, tarchy, bbeany eany bblob lob eenlivened nlivened with w ith oonions, nions, ggarlic, arlic, ooregano regano with aand nd oother ther sspices pices sserved erved w ith a tthin hin ssteak, teak, iiss ggreat. reat. SSeafood eafood ddishes ishes llike ike tthe he cceviche eviche aand nd mariscos ccau-cau au-cau m ariscos aare re aalso lso miss ggood. ood. Don’t Don’t m iss tthe he ddelicious elicious morada, Peruvian cchicha hicha m orada, a P eruvian made with ppunch unch m ade w ith ppurple urple ccorn, orn, ppineapple ineapple aand nd aapple pple jjuice uice tthat’s hat’s boldly boldly seasoned seasoned with with Monccinnamon. innamon. 111am-10pm 1am-10pm M onTThu, hu, 111am-11pm 1am-11pm FFri-Sat ri-Sat aand nd Winchester 22-8pm -8pm SSun. un. 7700 00 SS.. W inchester Blvd. B lvd. 4408.248.PERU. 08.248.PERU.
TLAQUEPAQUE T LAQUEPAQUE N NO. O. 3 Mexican. $. Mexican. $. Willow Willow Glen’s Glen’s TTlaquepaque laquepaque No. No. 3 occupies occupies tthat hat ssweet weet spot spot bbetween etween a ttaqueria aqueria and and a more more formal formal ssit-down it-down rrestaurant. estaurant. And And tthen hen tthere here are are those those hhighly ighly ggulpable ulpable cchavelas. havelas. 7am-9pm 7am-9pm Mon-Sat. M on-Sat. 699 699 Curtner Curtner Ave. Ave. 4408.448.1230. 08.448.1230.
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Little Lou’s owner, LANCE WAGNER, had been selling his regular and spicy barbecue sauce out of the restaurant for years. Encouraged by friends and customers, he decided to try to put his stuff on the shelves of local stores. He had a label designed featuring a happy chef manning a flaming grill and went through all the legal and bureaucratic hoops to get his product to market. Now the sauce is for sale at Lunardi’s, Cosentino’s, the Summit Store in Los Gatos, several local Ace C`kkc\ CflÊj Hardware stores and various locations in Santa 9XiY\Zl\ Cruz County. Costco is going to carry the sauce next month and Safeway is interested as well. Not (,+-- Cfj bad after just four months. >Xkfj 9cm[%# “I don’t want to say it’s been easy, but it’s gone Cfj >Xkfj really well,” says Wagner. “It’s pretty cool to go into a store and see your stuff on the shelf.” The sauce sells for $4.99 at most stores. I’m a fan of the spicy sauce. It’s got a good balance of sweetness and vinegar with a healthy dose of cayenne and chile-flake heat. It’s spicy for sure, but the heat doesn’t crowd out the other flavors. Wagner created the recipe for the sauce, but now it’s made and bottled in a commercial facility in Healdsburg. The kitchen has been making Little Lou’s sauce for years and can handle as much volume as Wagner can send its way. The sauce has also become the official barbecue sauce for the SAN JOSE GIANTS. Wagner met some representatives of the minor league ball club at an auction and asked them if they’d be willing to give his sauce a try. They had been serving Cattlemen’s sauce but said it had to be “doctored up” to their liking. The Giants reps liked the sauce, and now it’s served on all the barbecued and grilled meat at TURKEY MIKE’s, the barbecue restaurant located along the third-base line at San Jose’s Municipal Stadium. Business continues to cook for Little Lou’s. Wagner says he’s planning to open another location in Campbell by the end of the year.—Stett Holbrook
ATHENA A THENA GGRILL RILL GGreek. reek. $$. $$. The The SSanta anta CClara lara rrestaurant estaurant serves serves the the standards standards you’d you’d expect, expect, but but the the menu menu goes goes deeper deeper and and offers offers authentic authentic Greek Greek dishes dishes you’re you’re not not likely likely to to find find elsewhere elsewhere at at bargain bargain prices. prices. 10:30am-9pm 10:30am-9pm Mon-Fri. Mon-Fri. 1505 1505 Space Space Park Park Dr. Dr. 408.567.9144. 408.567.9144.
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DONG D ONG TOFU TOFU CCABIN ABIN KKorean. orean. $ $.. TThis his iiss tthe he rreal eal ddeal, eal, ppriced riced ttoo kkeep eep ppatrons atrons ccoming oming bback ack for for bbowls owls ooff spicy spicy beef, beef, seafood, seafood, ppickled ickled vegetables, vegetables, chili chili soup soup aand, nd, yyes, es, bbean ean ccurd urd iin n iits ts many m any ppermutations. ermutations. 11484 484 Halford Ave. H alford A ve. 4408.246.1484. 08.246.1484.
HATCHO H ATCHO JJapanese. apanese. $ $$. $. SSanta anta Hatcho CClara’s lara’s H atcho rrestaurant estaurant ooffers ffers a llittle ittle bbit it ooff eeverything. verything. Restaurants R estaurants tthat hat sstrive trive ttoo bbee jjacks-of-all-trades acks-of-all-trades ooften ften eend nd masters uupp bbeing eing m asters ooff nnone, one, bbut ut Hatcho wide H atcho ddisplays isplays a w ide rrange ange ooff ttalent. alent. 111:30am-2pm 1:30am-2pm aand nd Mon-Fri 55:30-10pm :30-10pm M on-Fri aand nd 55-9:30pm 9 :30pm SSat-Sun. at-Sun. 11271 271 FFranklin ranklin Mall. M all. 4408.248.8500. 08.248.8500.
KABAB K ABAB A AND ND CCURRY’S URRY’S $,, B Because IIndian-Pakistani. ndian-Pakistani. $ ecause it’s it’s tucked tucked into into a quiet, quiet, semiresidential semiresidential side side street, street, Kabab Kabab and and Curry’s Curry’s feels feels like like a neighborhood neighborhood secret. secret. The The Indian Indian and and Pakistani Pakistani restaurant restaurant serves serves a good good lunch lunch buffet, buffet, and and at at dinner dinner try try the the butter butter chicken, chicken, choley choley and and tandoori tandoori chicken. chicken. 10:30am10:30am2:30pm 2:30pm and and 5:30-10:30pm 5:30-10:30pm Tue-Sun. Tue-Sun. 1498 1498 Isabella Isabella St. St. 408.247.0745. 408.247.0745.
KABAB K ABAB H HOUSE OUSE H HALAL ALAL Middle $.. SSanta Middle EEastern. astern. $ anta Clara’s Clara’s KKabab abab H House ouse H Halal, alal, a spare, spare, eight-table eight-table restaurant, restaurant, serves serves a pan-Middle pan-Middle Eastern Eastern menu menu that that leans leans toward toward Iran. Iran. As As tthe he nname ame iimplies, mplies, Kabab Kabab House House is is basically basically a kebab kebab house. house. 11am-9pm 11am-9pm Mon-Sat. Mon-Sat. 2521 2521 Newhall Newhall St. St. 408.984.2204. 408.984.2204.
99 9 9 CCHICKEN HICKEN KKorean-style orean-style fried $.. TThe fried cchicken. hicken. $ he ssimple imple restaurant restaurant sspecializes pecializes in in Korean-style Korean-style fried fried cchicken. hicken. Korean Korean cchicken hicken iiss rrendered endered ooff its its fat fat and and pproduces roduces ssmooth mooth pieces pieces of of meat meat with with a taut, taut, shatteringly shatteringly crisp crisp epidermis. epidermis. Noon-midnight Noon-midnight daily. daily. 22781 781 EEll Camino Real. Camino R eal. 4408.244.5599. 08.244.5599. PARCEL P ARCEL 1104 04 N New ew A American. merican. $$$$. Parcel $ $$$. P arcel 1104 04 ccasts asts a sspell pell with w ith iits ts sstridently tridently sseasonal, easonal, menu iingredient-driven ngredient-driven m enu ooff American nnew ew A merican ffood. ood. TThe he rrestaurant estaurant iiss oone ne ooff tthe he SSouth outh Bay’s must-eats. Breakfast B ay’s m ust-eats. B reakfast 6:30-11am Mon-Fri 6 :30-11am M on-Fri aand nd 77--
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$$. $$. TThe he ffusion-friendly usion-friendly menu menu features features such such expertly expertly realized realized creations creations as as the the deep-fried deep-fried California California Roll Roll and and the the Fisherman Fisherman Roll, Roll, crab crab and and avocado avocado wrapped wrapped in in rice, rice, topped topped with with salmon salmon and and rich rich masago masago sauce sauce and and then then baked. baked. Weekday Weekday happy happy hour. hour. 11am-10pm 11am-10pm daily. daily. 3958 3958 Rivermark Rivermark Plaza. Plaza. 408.213.9696. 408.213.9696.
noodle hhouse. noodle ouse. $. $. A ggood ood aand nd ffriendly riendly destination destination when when oone’s ne’s sstomach tomach sscreams creams ffor or meal a tthree-course hree-course m eal bbut ut wallet $10, Pho oone’s ne’s w allet hhas as bbut ut $ 10, P ho bboasts oasts aan n ambitious ambitious menu menu of of Vietnamese nnearly early 1100 00 V ietnamese and and CChinese hinese items. items. 10am-9pm 10am-9pm ddaily. aily. 5025 5025 Stevens Stevens Creek Creek Blvd. Blvd. 4408.249.1111. 08.249.1111.
PHO P HO T THANH HANH LLONG ONG Vietnamese noodle Vietnamese noodle house. house. $.. TThis $ his ddiner’s iner ’s ppho ho rrates ates aamong mong tthe he Top Top 3 iinn the the South South Bay. B ay. CCasual. asual. Beer. Beer. 9am-9pm 9am-9pm ddaily. aily. 22450 450 EEll CCamino amino R eal. Real. 408.983.0888. 408.983.0888.
SSABOR ABOR SALVADOREÑO SALVADOREÑO One SSalvadoran. alvadoran. $. $. O ne of of tthe he ffew ew ooutposts utposts ffor or SSalvadoran alvadoran ffood ood iinn tthe he SSouth outh Bay, Bay, SSabor abor SSalvadoreño alvadoreño sserves erves eexcellent xcellent ppupusas, upusas, ssoups, oups, ttamales amales aand nd oother ther sstandards tandards ffrom rom tthe he American ttiny iny CCentral entral A merican nnation. ation. 9am-9pm White 9 am-9pm ddaily. aily. 22045 045 W hite Oak O ak LLane. ane. 4408.985.6464. 08.985.6464.
SSHAN HAN PPakistani akistani aand nd Indian. Indian. $.. SShan mix $ han sserves erves a m ix ooff nnorthern orthern IIndian ndian aand nd Pakistani Pakistani Unlike ffood. ood. U nlike India, India, most most of of which which is is Hindu, Hindu, Pakistan Pakistan is is Muslim, Muslim, and and that that means means that that meat—chicken, meat—chicken, beef, beef, lamb, lamb, and and goat—plays goat—plays a starring starring role. role. Kebabs. Kebabs. Tandoori Tandoori and and curries curries all all shine shine here. here. 11:30am-3pm 11:30am-3pm and and 5:30-10pm 5:30-10pm daily. daily. 5251 5251 Stevens Stevens Creek Creek Blvd. Blvd. 408.260.9200. 408.260.9200. TOFU T OFU HOUSE HOUSE KKorean. orean. $. $. Soup sstars Soup tars aatt tthis his casual, casual, ppopular opular sstop. top. TToo ttofu ofu ssoups, oups, add add mushrooms, mushrooms, beef, beef, pork pork or or seafood—plus seafood—plus scores scores of of condiments condiments like like daikon, daikon, cucumber, cucumber, radish. radish. Hot Hot stuff! stuff! 11am-9pm 11am-9pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 11am11am10pm 10pm Fri, Fri, 11am-9pm 11am-9pm Sat. Sat. Closed Closed Sun. Sun. 3450 3450 E. E. El El Camino Camino Real Real #105. #105. 408.261.3030. 408.261.3030.
YAN Y AN CCAN AN FFRESH RESH ASIAN ASIAN hinese aand nd panpanCCOOKING OOKING CChinese Asian. $$. Att YYan A sian. $ $. A an CCan an yyou ou ccan an have have chicken chicken satay, satay, wonton wonton soup, soup, chicken chicken teriyaki teriyaki and and Korean Korean barbecue barbecue beef beef all all in in one one sitting. sitting. This This outpost outpost of of celebrity celebrity TV TV chef chef Martin Martin Yan’s Yan’s ggrowing rowing eempire mpire ddoes oes a reasonably reasonably good good job job with with all all those those cuisines. cuisines. 11am-9pm 11am-9pm
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YUKI Y UKI SSUSHI USHI JJapanese apanese $$. $$. A ffamily-friendly amily-friendly ambience ambience prevails here, here, full full of of prevails community community hubbub, hubbub, good good food, food, generous generous portions portions and and super super chefs. chefs. Yuki Yuki keeps keeps it it simple, simple, but but always always interesting interesting with with dishes dishes that that are are well well thought thought out out and and presented. presented. 11:30am-2pm, 11:30am-2pm, 5-9:30 5-9:30 Tue-Fri, Tue-Fri, 5-9:30 5-9:30 Sat, Sat, 5-9pm 5-9pm Sun. Sun. Closed Closed Mon. Mon. 1827 1827 Pruneridge Pruneridge Ave. Ave. 408.248.9144. 408.248.9144. ZZAFRAN AFRAN N Northern orthern IIndian ndian and and Pakistani. $.. ZZafran P akistani. $ afran sserves erves Pakistani nnorthern orthern IIndian ndian aand nd P akistani muscular, ffood, ood, a m uscular, hhearty earty ccuisine uisine tthat hat rrevolves evolves aaround round meat: m eat: cchicken hicken aand nd bbeef eef bbut ut aalso lso llamb amb aand nd ggoat, oat, llamb amb meats. bbrains rains aand nd oother ther oorgan rgan m eats. 111am-11pm 1am-11pm ddaily. aily. 11855 855 EEll Real. CCamino amino R eal. 4408.247.9998. 08.247.9998.
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THE T HE B BASIN ASIN N New ew American. American. $$$. $ $$. TThe he Basin Basin has has some some refreshingly refreshingly high high standards. standards. Produce Produce is is organic, organic, seafoods seafoods are are fresh fresh and and the the menu menu accentuates accentuates American American ideas, ideas, enhanced enhanced by by Spanish Spanish and and Italian Italian spin. spin. 5pm-close 5pm-close seven seven days days a week. week. 14572 14572 Big Big Basin Basin Way. Way. 408.867.1906. 408.867.1906. LLA A MERE MERE MICHELLE MICHELLE FFrench-European. rench-European. $$$. $$$. After After tthree hree ddecades, ecades, LLaa Mere Mere is is a ttradition. radition. O Old ld World World sstandards tandards ssuch uch aass ppâté, âté, eescargots, scargots, wiener w iener sschnitzel chnitzel and and veal veal find sscaloppini caloppini fi nd a ddistinguished istinguished ssetting etting iin n tthe he ccrystal-dotted rystal-dotted ddining ining rroom. oom. 111:30am-2pm 1:30am-2pm Wed-Sun, W ed-Sun, 55:30-9pm :30-9pm TTue-Sun. ue-Sun. Mon. Big Basin CClosed losed M on. 114467 4467 B ig B asin Way. W ay. 4408.867.5272. 08.867.5272.
SVDINING CContemporary ontemporary FFrench. rench. $ $$$$. $$$. After $9 million A fter uundergoing ndergoing a $ 9m illion rremodel emodel aand nd eexpansion xpansion of of wine iits ts w ine list, list, tthe he SSaratoga aratoga rrestaurant estaurant has has bbeen een rreborn eborn Valley’s aass SSilicon ilicon V alley’s ppremier remier How lluxury uxury rrestaurant. estaurant. H ow does does $9 million tthe he ffood ood ttaste aste aatt a $ 9m illion Mostly, rrestaurant? estaurant? M ostly, llike ike a million m illion bbucks. ucks. 55:30-10pm :30-10pm Big Basin nnightly. ightly. 14555 14555 B ig B asin Way. Way. 4408.867.4711. 08.867.4711.
RISTORANTE R ISTORANTE D DA A MARIO MARIO IItalian. talian. $ $$. $. R Ristorante istorante D Daa M Mario ario sserves erves tthe he ggreatest reatest hhits its ooff IItalian-American talian-American food food but but prepares prepares them them with with a freshness freshness and and integrity integrity that that elevates elevates them them above above your your typical typical red-and-white red-and-white checkered checkered tablecloth tablecloth ItalianItalianAmerican American restaurant. restaurant. Lunch Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, Mon-Fri, dinner dinner 5-9:30pm 5-9:30pm daily. daily. 14441 14441 Big Big Basin Basin Way. Way. 408.741.1518. 408.741.1518.
SSENT ENT SSOVI OVI N New ew A American. merican. $$$$. A pretty $$$$. pretty ddining ining rroom oom hosts hosts an an inspired, inspired, always always fresh fresh and and seasonally seasonally driven driven menu menu of of contemporary contemporary American American and and French French food, food, complete complete with with seductive seductive desserts. desserts. 14583 14583 Big Big Basin Basin Way. Way. 408.867.3110. 408.867.3110.
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BAY B AY LLEAF EAF Indonesian Indonesian and and $$. Bay menu TThai. hai. $ $. B ay LLeaf’s eaf ’s m enu iiss divided divided iinto nto TThai hai aand nd IIndonesian ndonesian ffood ood aand nd iit’s t’s the the llatter atter tthat hat sstands tands oout. ut. W While hile TThai hai ffood ood iiss ccharacterized haracterized bbyy bbright, right, hhigh igh nnotes, otes, IIndonesian ndonesian ffood ood sstrikes trikes a llower ower bbass ass nnote. ote. 111am-3pm 1am-3pm aand nd 55-9:30pm -9:30pm Mon-Thu, M on-Thu, 111am-10pm 1am-10pm FFri-Sat ri-Sat aand nd 111am-9pm 1am-9pm SSun. un. 1122 22 SS.. Ave. SSunnyvale unnyvale A ve. 4408.481.9983. 08.481.9983.
CCHELOKEBABI HELOKEBABI. PPersian. ersian. $ $$. $. Goo sstraight G traight for for tthe he baghali baghali gghatogh, hatogh, a ffantastic antastic aappetizer ppetizer made m ade ffrom rom ddelicate elicate bbut ut rrich ich bbaby aby llima ima bbeans, eans, sscrambled crambled eeggs ggs aand nd llots ots ooff ggarlic. arlic. JJust ust aass ggood ood iiss gghaymeh, haymeh, a ddaily aily made sspecial pecial m ade ffrom rom ttender ender cchunks hunks ooff bbeef, eef, ssplit plit ppeas, eas, eeggplant ggplant aand nd ttomato omato ssauce. auce. Wolfe 111am-10pm 1am-10pm ddaily. aily. 11236 236 W olfe Rd. R d. 4408.737.1222. 08.737.1222.
DISHDASH D ISHDASH M Middle iddle Eastern. Eastern. $$. $$. Dishdash Dishdash celebrates celebrates the the culinary culinary glories glories of of the the Middle Middle
East East beyond beyond falafels falafels and and hummus. hummus. The The menu menu is is made made from from traditional traditional recipes recipes and and ingredients ingredients but but presented presented with with a contemporary contemporary flourish. flourish. There’s wellThere’s aalso lso a ssmall mall bbut ut w ellchosen chosen wine wine list list to to match. match. 11am-2:30pm, 11am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm 5-9:30pm Mon-Fri. Mon-Fri. 10pm 10pm Sat-Sun.190 Sat-Sun.190 S. S. Murphy Murphy Ave. Ave. 408.774.1889. 408.774.1889.
IILL P POSTALE OSTALE IITALIAN TALIAN American. $ American. $$$. $$. IIts ts pprevious revious iincarnation ncarnation aass a ppost ost ooffice ffice llends ends tthis his sspace pace eeccentric ccentric ccharm, harm, aand nd tthe he food food ddelivers elivers ffull-bodied ull-bodied ttaste aste iinn generous generous Veal pportions. ortions. V eal marsala, marsala, New tthin-crust hin-crust ppizza izza aand nd N ew YYork ork ssteak teak aare re ffeatured. eatured. 111am-1:30pm, 1am-1:30pm, 4-9:30pm 4-9:30pm TTueueW.. Washington SSun. un. 127 127 W Washington St. St. 4408.733.9600. 08.733.9600.
LLUCKY UCKY D DHABA HABA IIndian. ndian. $. $. A ddhaba haba iiss a rroadside oadside ffast ast ffood ood jjoint oint iin n northern northern IIndia. ndia. We’ve We’ve ggot ot oour ur oown wn version version here here at at Dhaba. SSunnyvale’s unnyvale’s LLucky ucky D haba. LLocated ocated ooff ff bbusy usy EEll CCamino amino Real, R eal, LLucky ucky Dhaba Dhaba ooffers ffers a wide w ide variety variety ooff good good IIndian ndian ffood. ood. 111am-10pm 1am-10pm SSun-Thu un-Thu aand nd 111am-10:30pm 1am-10:30pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. 11036 036 El El Real. CCamino amino R eal. 408.617.0660. 408.617.0660.
PEZELLAS P EZELLAS FFamily amily Italian. Italian. $ $$. $. SServes erves popular popular Italian Italian dinners dinners with w ith rich rich ssauces auces aand nd ggenerous enerous pportions. ortions. EEast ast CCoast oast sseafood eafood ddishes ishes llike ike linguini linguini and and cclams lams aand nd ccalamari alamari ssautéed autéed iin n ttomato, omato, ggarlic, arlic, aand nd bbasil asil sstand tand Pizza oout. ut. P izza aand nd pasta pasta aabound. bound. Bar. FFull ull B ar. 111am-2:30pm 1am-2:30pm TTue-Fri, ue-Fri, 55-10:30pm -10:30pm Tue-Sat. Tue-Sat. Closed Closed W.. El SSun-Mon. un-Mon. 1025 1025 W El CCamino amino Real. R eal. 4408.738.2400. 08.738.2400.
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SSETO ETO DELI DELI JJapanese. apanese. $. Folksy offers Folk sy country deli that off ers hot and cold, takeout, eat-in order and made to or der ffood ood in a vibrant array vibr ant ar ray of familiar familiar and not-so-familiar not-so-f amiliar JJapanese apanese dishes at prices that beat just about any rrestaurant’s. estaurant’s. CClosed losed Sun. Sun. 155 EE.. Maude Maude Ave. Ave. 408.735.7777. 408.735.7777 7.
SSHALIMAR HALIMAR Indian-Pakistani. Indian-Pakistani. $. Walk Walk up to the counter, counter, grab grab a menu and place your order. order. One One of the best dishes is the plain-looking haleem, a lentil and barley stew available with chicken or beef. beef. Nihari, Nihari, a rich beef shank stew, stew, is also great. great. 11:30am2:30pm and 5:30-10:30pm 5:30-10:30pm Sun-Thu Sun--Thu and noon-3:30pm noon-3:30pm and 5:30-11pm 5:30-11pm Sat-Fri. Sat-Fri. 1146 W. W. El El Camino Camino Real. Real. 408.530.0300. SSUGAR UGAR BUTTER FLOUR FLOUR Bakery. Bakeryy. $. SSugar ugar Butter Flour Flour’s ’s desserts and pastries go well beyond the humdrum sweets ffound ound at most rrestaurants estaurants and bakeries. TThe he bakery’s chocolate aree particularly str strong. skills ar ong. 7am-7:30pm Mon-Thu, 7am7:30pm M on--Thu, 7am-8:30pm SSat, at, 8am-5pm Bernardo Ave. SSun. un. 669 SS.. Bernar do A ve. 408.732.8597. 408.732.8597 7.
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M editerranean/Tuurkish. Mediterranean/Turkish. $$. M Mustard ustard and ruddy pomegranate ppomegr g anate hues warm the rrestaurant’s estaurant’s interior; zesty Arabic A rabic infusions warm the from ffood. ood. CChoose hoose fr om mezes such as hummus or tabouli. EEntrees ntrees include lamb, beef or gyros chicken gyr os or lamb kebab. 11am-10pm daily.. 133 SS.. 11am10pm daily Murphy Ave. M urphy A ve. 408.735.9971.
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TARGET T A AR RGET SUMMER POPS PO PS San Jo Jose ose S State tate University Mall Fri – 7pm; 7 Sat – 7pm, Sun – 5:30pm; free 5:30pm m; fr ee The old-fashioned old-fashioned summer band concert concer rt gets a modern makeValley over aass SSymphony ymphony Silicon V alley presents three free pr esennts thr ee fr ee hot-weather concerts. program concer rts. Friday’s pr ogram Hernández ffeatures eatur t es Oscar O H á d andd Spanish Orchestra. the Sp panish Harlem Or chestra. On Saturday, Broadway Satur d , Br day oadway star Christine Andreas Andr eaas joins conductor William Liberatore Liber atore ffor or an evening of beloved belove ed musical-comedy songs. Sunday’s Sunda y’s “Your “Your Hit Parade” Parade” concert surveys sur veyys the best of the American
songbook—and sonngbook—and there there will be ice cream cream for for all. (MSG)
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thankss to their away ffor or six yearss thank web-based popular web-bas ed all-donation Unquote Records. label, Quote U nquuote R ecords. hardcore Mixing ska, har dccore punk, synthpop and a dash of o the avantgarde, ggar de, Bomb the Music Industryy is quickly becomingg the voice of the new punk scene. There’s There’s nothing drenched about the band that th hat isn’t isn’t dr enched in punk rrock, ock, even n though it more seems to have m ore willingness musically to experiment mu usically than percent contemporaries. aries. 99 per cent of its contempor extreme With an extr eme DIY ethic and overall quirkiness, it’s over all quirkiness s, it ’s unclear how it’s serious the band is about what it ’s group doing. YYet et the gr o appears to be oup critical getting some crit tical attention, attention last News’’ year making No. 2 on Punk News creative best-of list ffor or itss highly cr eative album Scr Scrambles ambless. Not bad ffor or a crazy cr azy band with constant c rrotating otating weirdd sound effects members, weir s eff ects and jarring breakdowns. (AC) jar ring br eakdowns. (A C)
SSTANFORD TANFO ORD JJAZZ AZZ FFESTIVAL, ESTIVAL, GEORGE GEORGE CABLES CABLES T TRIO RIO Augg 2 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel Di spie
SSTANFORD TANFO ORD JJAZZ AZZ FFESTIVAL, ESTIVAL, NICHOLAS NICHOLAS P PAYTON AYTO ON WITH WITH T THE HE T TAYLOR AYLOR EIGSTI EIGSTI T TRIO RIO Augg 3 at 8pm, m Dinkelspiel k kels
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DAVE D AVE KOZ KOZ O Aug 6 at 7:30pm, m Montalvo Center,, Saratoga Arts Center Saratooga
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The Wiggles Saturday, 12:30 and 4pm; HP Pavilion; $11–$77 The favorite singing group of the younger set, the Wiggles, bring their own interactive circus to town with such lovable characters as Henry the Octopus (does he know the octo who picked the World Cup winner?), Wags the Dog and Capt. Feathersword to town. Kids are encouraged to dress up for the show.
Miss Saigon Thursday–Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 2 and 7pm and Sunday at 1pm; Montgomery Theater, San Jose; $30 Kevin R. Hauge directs Children’s Musical Theater San Jose’s ambitious MainStage production of Miss Saigon, a romance in wartime based loosely on Puccini’s Madame Buttery but set during the direst days of the Vietnam conict.
Seascape Thursday–Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 2pm, through Aug. 8; Dragon Theater, Palo Alto; $16–$25 Edward Albee won a Pulitzer for his 1975 play Seascape, which examines the intricate knot of relationships binding two couples with a canny mix of drama, comedy and fantasy (including two giant humanoid lizards with considerable language skills). This productions winds up Dragon’s 10th season.
Music@Menlo Through Aug. 14; various venues in Menlo Park and Palo Alto; see www.musicatmenlo .org for ticket info and full schedule This week’s highlights at the chamber music festival include a program of Viennese music, with selections ranging from Haydn and Beethoven to Schoenberg (Saturday at St. Mark’s in Palo Alto and repeating Sunday and Monday at Stent Hall, Menlo School).
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SSHADY HADY SSHAKESPEARE HAKESPEARE The aannual The nnual summer summer ffestival estival week rrep ep sseason eason oopens pens tthis his w eek with w ith ““The The Merchant Merchant ooff Venice.� Runs V enice.� FFri-Sun, ri-Sun, 7pm. 7pm. R uns Ado iin n rrotation otation with with ““Much Much A do About Nothing� Aug A bout N othing� tthrough hrough A ug $25. Park, 55.. $ 25. SSanborn-Skyline anborn-Skyline P ark, Mountains. SSanta anta CCruz ruz M ountains.
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CCORRIDOS! ORRIDOS! A TTeatro eatro CCampesino ampesino pproduction roduction ooff tthe he LLuis uis V Valdez aldez m musical usical Mexican Revolution. aabout bout tthe he M exican R evolution. TThu-Sat, hu-Sat, 8pm, 8pm, SSun, un, 22pm. pm. TThru hru Aug $8-$15. A ug 11.. $ 8-$15. EEll TTeatro, eatro, SSan an Bautista. JJuan uan B autista.
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LOS GGATOS LOS ATOS SSHAKESPEARE H A K ES P E A R E FFESTIVAL ESTIVAL Three pplays Three lays iinn repertory. repertory. This This w eek: FFri: ri: ““Treasure Treasure IIsland.� sland.� week: Being SSat: at: ““The The IImportance mportance ooff B eing EEarnest.� arnest.� Sun: Sun: “The “The Taming Taming of of Allll sshows 8pm. tthe he SShrew.� hrew.� A hows aatt 8 pm. Park, TThru hru Aug Aug 7. 7. Oak Oak Meadow Meadow P ark, Gatos. LLos os G atos.
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CCHILDREN’S HILDREN’S D DISCOVERY ISCOVERY MUSEUM M USEUM “Run! Jump! “Run! Jump! Fly! Fly! Adventures Adventures iinn Action.� Action.� A show show about about tthe he jjoy oy of of being being pphysically hysically active. active. TThru hru SSep ep 9. 9. Mon-Sat, Mon-Sat, 10am10am55pm pm aand nd SSun, un, nnoon-5pm. oon-5pm. SSan an JJose. ose.
HISTORY H ISTORY PARK PARK SSAN AN JJOSE OSE “Explore San “Explore San Jose Jose Parks— Parks— Open Public O pen ttoo tthe he P ublic Since Since 1850.â€? 1850.â€? PaciďŹ c Hotel TThru hru JJan an 223. 3. At At P aciďŹ c H otel Gallery. G allery. Tue-Sun, Tue-Sun, noon-5pm. noon-5pm. SSan an JJose. ose.
SSAN AN JJOSE OSE MUSEUM MUSEUM O OFF A ART RT “Retro-Tech.� TThru “Retro-Tech.� hru Feb Feb 6. 6. ““Degrees Degrees of of Separation: Separation: Photography CContemporary ontemporary P hotography Permanent FFrom rom tthe he P ermanent CCollection.� ollection.� Thru Thru Mar Mar 14. 14. “Vital “Vital SSigns: igns: New New Media Media From From the the Permanent P ermanent CCollection.� ollection.� . Thru Thru FFeb eb 6. 6. “New “New Stories Stories From From the the Plastic EEdge dge of of Asia: Asia: P lastic LLife.� ife.� TThru hru SSep ep 19. 19. “Real “Real & Hyperreal.� Hyperreal.� Aug TThru hru A ug 11.. Tue-Sun, Tue-Sun, 111am1am55pm, pm, closed closed Mon. Mon. San San Jose. Jose.
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Ship’s Porter THE 1930s may have been an economic low point for America, but they had their glitzy side as well, a side that Foothill Music Theatre has recaptured with its lavish production of Cole Porter’s 1934 musical Anything Goes. Complete with a 45-member cast and a live band, and in the capable hands of award-winning director Jay Manley, the show displays that era’s more glamorous aspects: dazzling celebrities (who could be famous gangsters just as easily as Hollywood stars), luxury travel and of course, great Broadway music. The plot concerns Billy Crocker (Justin Buchs), 8epk_`e^ a beleaguered stockbroker who stows away on >f\j a transatlantic cruise ship. Also on board are evangelist/nightclub singer Reno Sweeney (Karen Through Aug. 15 DeHart, in the role originally filled by Ethel Smithwick Theatre, Merman) and her four tap-dancing “Fallen Angels.” Foothill College, There is also Moonface Martin, a.k.a. “Public Enemy Los Altos Hills No. 13,” a gangster disguised as a priest (played to $10-$26 a buffoonish T by the towering Walter M. Mayes), www.foothill and Erma, a sassy, flirtatious moll (Mary Melnick, in musicals.com another spirited performance). Billy teams up with these characters, engaging in a number of screwball antics to avoid being thrown in the brig, and to win over his sweetheart, Hope Harcourt (Marisa Illo), before she marries the stodgy Lord Oakleigh (Tim Reynolds). These events are quite amusing, even if they do form little more than a clothesline for the songs—numbers like “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top” and the title song are the reason Anything Goes is regarded as one of Porter’s greatest musicals. Thanks to talented singers like DeHart and, in no small part, to Dottie Lester-White’s competent choreography, the show delivers rousing, hummable renditions of these tunes. Anything Goes may seem a bit dated, with its references to ’30s pop culture and what some might consider racist characterizations of the Chinese. However, though it adheres more closely to later revivals than to the 1934 version, it is precisely this ’30s-ness that the production embraces most, and with the help of well-constructed Art Deco sets, the play becomes a window into a bygone age. It is, furthermore, a genuine crowd-pleasing comedy that you won’t be able to sit through with a straight face.—Sean Conwell
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GGalleries alleriees OPENING O PENING FFILOLI ILOLI GGARDENS ARDENS ““America America the the beautiful,” beautiful,” a sshow how ooff student student artwork. artwork. Aug Aug 3-Sep 3-Sep 112. 2. SStudent tudent aappreciation ppreciation dday ay Aug Woodside. A ug 114. 4. W oodside.
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CCONTINUING ONTINUING CCITY ITY W WINDOWS INDOWS GGALLERY ALLERY “Earth-Bound.” A sshow “Earth-Bound.” how of of works w orks bbyy cclay lay ssculptors, culptors, Welsh Diane iincluding ncluding SStan tan W elsh aand nd D iane Hall, LLevinson. evinson. CCity ity H all, SSouth outh FFourth ourth SSt,t, SSan an JJose. ose.
GGALLERY ALLERY H HOUSE OUSE “Open SSpaces, “Open paces, A Abstract bstract P Places.” laces.” Works Martha W orks bbyy M artha CCastillo astillo iinn Williams cclayprint layprint and and Trevlyn Trevlyn W illiams iinn watercolor Aug w atercolor aand nd aacrylic. crylic. TThru hru A ug Reception 6-8pm. 221. 1. R eception JJul ul 330, 0, 6 -8pm. Wed-Sat, TTue, Tu ue, 111am-4pm, 1am-4pm, W ed-Sat, 111am1am8pm, Palo Alto. 8 pm, SSun, un, 111am-3pm. 1am-3pm. P alo A lto.
MACLA M AC L A “Th “The T eA Art rt ooff P Politics: olitics: Three Three G enerations ooff P olitical Generations Political P rintmaking iinn tthe he B ay A rea.” Printmaking Bay Area.” Aug Wed-Thu, TThru hru A ug 77.. W ed-Thu, nnoon-7pm, oon-7pm, FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, nnoon-5pm. oon-5pm. SSan an Jose. Jose.
MAIN M AIN GGALLERY ALLERY “New W “New Work ork bbyy O Old ld FFriends.” riends.” Aug 8.. R Redwood TThru h uA hr ug 8 edwood CCity. ity.
MARTIN M ARTIN LUTHER LUTHER KING KING JR. JR. LLIBRARY IBRARY ““The The 22006-2008 006-2008 LLiberty iberty SSeries” eries” ffeatures eatures 2244 ooriginal riginal watercolors w atercolors ooff tthe he SStatue tatue ooff Barna. LLiberty iberty by by Laurie Laurie B arna. Thru Thru Jul Jul 330. 0 SSecond 0. econd FFloor, loor, SSan an JJose. ose.
MOHR M OHR GALLERY GALLERY Paintings and Paintings P and prints prints by by Andy Andy Muonio, who M uonio, w ho uuses ses ccolor olor ttoo ccreate reate eemotions motions iinn eextraxtraAug llarge arge pportraits. ortraits. s Thru Thru A ug 1. 1. Music CCommunity ommunity School School ooff M usic Art, Mountain View. aand nd A rt, M ountain V iew.
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PALO P ALO A ALTO LTO A ART RT CCENTER ENTER “Secret D “Secret Drawings.” rawings.” A sshow how bbased ased on on the the Surrealist Surrealist idea idea of of tthe he exquisite exquisite corpse. corpse. “Dream “Dream figures SSequences.” equences.” CCeramic eramic fi gures bbyy Michael Michael Lucero, Lucero, Beverly Beverly Mayeri M ayeri and and others. others. “Surreal “Surreal Reinventions.” R einventions.” TThru hru SSep ep 44.. TTueueSSat, at, 110am-5pm, 0am-5pm, Thu, Thu, 7-9pm, 7-9pm, Palo Alto. SSun, un, 11-5pm. -5pm. P alo A lto.
SAN JJOSE SAN OSE IINSTITUTE NSTITUTE O OFF CCONTEMPORARY ONTEMPORARY ART ART “Exposed: Today’s “Exposed: Today’s Photograph/ Photograph/ YYesterday’s esterday’s TTechnology.” echnology.” Artists working A rtists w orking iinn old-school old-school pphoto hoto techniques. techniques. Thru Thru Sep Sep 119. 9. ““Conservation Conservation of of Intimacy.” Intimacy.” A llarge arge ssculptural culptural installation installation ppiece iece bbyy Bernie Bernie Lubell Lubell ffeaturing eaturing low-tech low-tech machines machines bbased ased on on old old ingredients. ingredients. Thru Thru SSep ep 19. 19. TTue-Fri, ue-Fri, 10am-5pm, 10am-5pm, Sat, Sat, nnoon-5pm. oon-5pm. San San Jose. Jose.
Books B ooks LLISA ISA GGARDNER ARDNER The suspense The suspense novelist novelist signs signs ccopies opies of of “Live “Live to to Tell.” Tell.” Also Also oonn hand hand will will be be State State Sen. Sen. Joe Joe SSimitian imitian ttoo present present Books Books Inc. Inc. with w ith ““Small Small Business Business of of the the YYear” ear ” aaward. ward. Wed, Wed, 77pm. pm. Books Books IInc., nc., P Palo alo A Alto. lto.
ADRIENNE A DRIENNE M MCDONNELL CDONNELL The author The author of of the the novel novel “The “The Doctor D octor and and the the Diva” Diva” ttalks alks aabout bout her her work. work. Mon, Mon, 7:30pm. 7:30pm. Menlo FFree. ree. Kepler’s, Kepler ’s, M enlo Park. Park.
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(PG-13) A poignant drama about a young man who has trouble coping with the death of his brother. (Opens Jul 30.)
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(Unrated; 113 min.) Intelligent, atmospheric Cold War thriller in the best tradition of le CarrĂŠ, directed by Christian Carion, based on a real-life case. In 1981, in Moscow, Pierre (Guillaume Canet), a French technocrat, is mistakenly approached by the gregarious Grigoriev (eminent Serbian director Emir Kusturica). This Soviet ofďŹ cer, sick of his government, aims to help push it over from the inside by passing on information to the West. The Russian is surprised to ďŹ nd out that Pierre has almost no connections with the secret service. Pierre’s government asks the amateur spy to carry on, and a friendship develops. Grigoriev takes his reward in champagne and French books, and in confessional time: a spy who lies to everyone has to have someone to conďŹ de in. The art direction is immaculate; Carion aims to take you on a trip to the vanished USSR, dwelling over the frightening Martian/Gothic towers and neon-green corridors; through rural scenes, the director proves why you could love that country while fearing its government. The detours to the halls of Western power are a little more problematic. It’s a treat to see Fred Ward again; his imitative powers are so strong that his Ronald Reagan both looks right to the last twitch and is easily recognizable from across the room. However, the ďŹ lm’s interpretation of that lucky but foolish man is fairly limited. Philippe Magnan’s dour Mitterrand is far more knowing. A dash of Willem Dafoe, as a CIA intelligencer, ices the ďŹ lm nicely; anyone who loves actors will relish the way Dafoe pronounces the phrase “serious problems.â€? (Opens Jul 30 at Camera 3 in San Jose and the Aquarius in Palo Alto.) (RvB)
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HAD A genial argument with a gorgeous old friend—whom I always described as the Brandeis cheerleader type—about what she asserted was the lack of hunkiness among Jewish men. I countered with a list—Samson, Kirk Douglas, Saul Bellow—but soon switched to the roster of baseball greats: Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg. Titans of the intellectual world, Jews also J%=% A\n`j_ =`cd proved their mettle on the diamond. =\jk`mXc This weekend, the 30-year-old San Saturday–Tuesday Francisco Jewish Film Festival brings a selection of 18 programs to the CinĂŠArts Palo Alto CinĂŠArts in Palo Alto. Among them Square is Jews and Baseball: An American www.sfjff.org Love Story (July 31, 2pm). Narrated by Dustin Homan, this documentary follows the barriers broken by Jewish players in the pastime. Key among them is Koufax himself, who rarely gives interviews. One of the standouts of the fest is Yael Hersonski’s A Film UnďŹ nished (July 31, 4pm). It concerns the discovery, in an East German archive, of grisly rehearsals and outtakes for a Nazi propaganda ďŹ lm on the Warsaw Ghetto; depressingly, these staged scenes of Jewish life were taken as unvarnished history by dozens of documentary historical ďŹ lmmakers. Long Distance (Aug. 3, 4pm) proďŹ les Israeli guest workers from the Philippines, Ghana, and Turkey. A Small Act (July 31, noon) is a story out of Dickens; Kenyan farm boy Chris Mburu was the beneďŹ ciary of a Jewish schoolteacher from Sweden. Mburu went on to Harvard and a career as a human-rights lawyer. Jaa (Aug. 3, 8pm), concerning a Jewish/Palestinian romance, features Ronit Elkabitz as a mechanic’s wife who learns her daughter is dating an Arab.—Richard von Busack
accusation is true or false. The twists and turns are mostly predictable up until one little crook in the story that comes as a surprise. Otherwise, the movie is completely reliant on Jolie for its appeal, and she delivers. The action sequences are ďŹ lled with old-school foot chases and ďŹ ghts blended with plenty of new-school, improbable—or likely impossible—stunts and special effects. If you love action icks with a near minimal amount of thought required to decipher the impending acts, this is a great show. (Marlon Maloney)
Revivals BREATHLESS (1960) See story on page 41. (Opens Jul 30 at CinĂŠArts Santana Row.)
DIRTY DANCING (1987) In 1963, a doctor’s daughter (Jennifer Grey) goes to the Catskills and discovers herself falling in love with the dance instructor (the late and honestly lamented Patrick Swayze); the perfect pick for girl’s night out, and the men folk can stay home with Road House. (Plays Jul 28, 30-31 and Aug 1 in San Jose at the Retrodome.) (RvB)
A HARD DAY’S NIGHT (1964) Ironical pop stars George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney and John Lennon are chased around England by their demented female fans. Director Richard Lester created the modern style of the music video in stunt-ďŹ lm techniques designed for TV commercials—speed-up and slowmotion, ultra-close-ups juxtaposed with helicopter shots. Youth won’t endure, but chronic Beatlemania never dies. (Plays Jul 30 in San Jose at the California Theatre; showtime is 7pm; courtyard opens an hour and a half earlier at 5:30pm for sale of snacks and adult beverages.) (RvB)
LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA/COME SEPTEMBER (1962/1961) Something to augment the experience of having Mad Men back— the kind of early-1960s movies Don and
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MEET THE FOCKERS (2004) Jay Roach’s family comedy: a comedy, that is, in which babies, adults and senior citizens alike come off as insensitive dolts, so that every part of the audience can laugh at the other. It has some zeitgeist: the movie’s subject is red vs. blue states of mind. The focus is an anal-retentive father-in-law, Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), who has to share bathroom facilities with his in-laws. These are the Fockers: a touchyfeely Florida lawyer (Dustin Hoffman) and his spouse, a genuinely frightening Barbra Streisand as a sex therapist for geriatrics. (Plays Jun 29 in Redwood City at sundown in Old Courthouse Square; free.) (RvB)
NILES FILM MUSEUM Jul 31: A Tale of Two Cities (1917) with William Farnum in the usual dual role, directed by Frank Lloyd (If I Were King). Also: The Professional Patient with Sidney and Lucille Drew, popular prewar comedians who were pioneers of the situation comedy (moreover, Sidney Drew appears to be Drew Barrymore’s great-great uncle). Also: Dollars and Sense (1916) with Ora Carew. Judy Rosenberg at the piano. (Plays Jul 31 at 7:30pm in Fremont at the Edison Theatre, 37417 Niles Blvd.) (RvB)
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? (2000) George Clooney is Everett Ulysses McGill, a con artist’s con artist. Everett’s two fellow escapees from a 1930s chain gang, Pete Hogwallop (John Turturro) and Delmer O’Donnell (Tim Blake Nelson), follow his supposedly wise lead. Among the gods inuencing our trio is Pappy O’Daniel (Charles Durning, buttery and corrupt), a governor facing an election. A one-eyed brute, the Polyphemus character (John Goodman), turns out to be an actual Cyclops—an ofďŹ cial in the Klan. This Odyssey misses its Telemachus, its Nausicaa—and for maximum sourness, the Penelope character (Holly Hunter) turns out to be a faithless shrew. Rocky and episodic as it is, it’s a breakthrough: maybe the ďŹ rst ďŹ lm to have its color digitally augmented. Its soundtrack (which is ultimately what carries the ďŹ lm over) is a classic, persuading a rediscovery of old
weird American music. (Plays Aug 2 at 7pm in Palo Alto at Stanford University’s Annenberg Auditorium; free.) (RvB)
One gets the unfortunate sense that Weisz is doing what Julie Andrews would do with the role. (RvB)
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(1975) Call it what you like: otsam from the wreckage of the ’70s, a piece of the Old World before AIDS, herpes and Reagan, or the ultimate cult musical. The fact remains that someone out there apparently hasn’t seen this one yet, so here’s hoping it makes a new generation of pre-teens a little more comfortable with their sexuality. Pre-show: eminent RHPS troopers the Bawdy Caste entertains and leads audience participation. (Plays Jul 28 in San Jose at the intersection of South First and William streets; part of Starlight Cinemas series.) (RvB)
(R; 92 min.) The new ďŹ lm by Jay and Mark Duplass (Baghead) brings them upscale without too much compromise in presenting a general atmosphere of failure and recrimination. Cyrus’ protagonist is the galoot John (John C. Reilly), a free-lance editor who is still attached to his ex-wife, Jamie (Catherine Keener). John makes a serious ass out of himself at a party, but he’s emotionally rescued. A “sex angelâ€? named Molly (Marisa Tomei) takes him home. What’s the hitch? Molly’s 22-year-old live-athome son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill), is a hulking adult big baby with a jaw like a bullfrog; he’s never really been weaned. He reacts to John’s arrival ďŹ rst with passive aggressiveness and then with sabotage. (RvB)
SILK STOCKINGS/THE BELLE OF NEW YORK (1957/1952) The musical remake of Ninotchka featuring Cyd Charisse as the commissar on a business trip who gets seduced by capitalism in the form of a Hollywood movie director (Fred Astaire, in his last MGM musical). The songs—with the exception of “All of Youâ€?—aren’t Cole Porter’s top-drawer material. Peter Lorre sings (“Siberiaâ€?)! BILLED WITH The Belle of New York, an obscure musical with a plot something like Guys and Dolls; in 1897 New York, Astaire is a rascal lured by a Salvation Army ofďŹ cer (Vera-Allen). (Plays Jul 2830 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)
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INCEPTION (PG-13; 148 min.) The basic idea of Christopher Nolan’s ďŹ lm is simple. Led by Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), a sort of Impossible Mission Force, working for a Japanese trillionaire (Ken Watanabe), descends into the sleeping subconscious of the plutocrat’s young rival (Cillian Murphy), using technology that allows them to design dreamscapes. Throughout the ďŹ lm, Nolan insists on the practical effect: the miniature and the set, as opposed to CGI. The ďŹ lm is audacious and frequently thrilling,
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Reviews AGORA (Unrated; 126 min.) A beautifully dressed disappointment, highlighting a lovely and severely miscast Rachel Weisz as a pagan logician holding out against insurgent faith. It’s the early 400s during the Christian end of the Roman empire. Hypatia (Weisz) is a woman with the rare privilege of being allowed to teach philosophy; her two prize students, both very fond of her, are the slave Davus (Max Minghella) and the well-born Orestes (Oscar Isaac). As little is known of Hypatia’s actual teachings, the ďŹ lm posits that her concerns were the matter of the shape of the Earth’s orbit round the sun—a matter referred to visually repeatedly by a Google Earth–like computer-animated sun rising about the Nile delta and return to outer space. Who can blame the camera for wanting to leave this island, Earth? The ďŹ lm is an ant-hill-like squabble of different faiths, centered around the increasing viciousness of the local Christian bishop. Weisz looks very fetching in togas, but the force of Hypatia’s sweet, nomonkey-business character is stressed rather than her gravity of an intellectual.
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THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT (R; 104 min.) Crisis occurs when a very settled lesbian marriage is challenged by the arrival of the sperm donor (Mark Ruffalo) who fathered one of the couple’s children. Julianne Moore as a classic California girl: no intellectual, very earthy, a blurter-out of things she probably shouldn’t have said; Annette Bening, amusingly dour, is
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her hard-working spouse. Director Lisa Cholodenko and co-writer Stuart Blumberg takes their ďŹ lm away from the realm of the typical gay and lesbian ďŹ lm fest talkathon and up to speed with the blogs, Alison Bechdel’s cartoons Dykes to Watch Out For and with the ďŹ ction of Mary Gaitskill. As a director, Cholodenko is a dry, toughminded wit. But the way she analyzes the needy, unpretty cores of these characters is what takes The Kids Are Alright out of the realm of the domestic comedy/drama and makes it a ďŹ lm to remember. (RvB)
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Hood story in which there’s nothing but wolves. Debra Granik’s spare, gripping ďŹ lm concerns 17-year-old Ree Dolly (a tough Jennifer Lawrence). Before her father skipped bail on a meth-making charge, he signed over his house to the bail bondsmen. Ree had planned to join the Army and use the signing bonus to help the rest of her family—two young children and a mother incapacitated with depression. Instead, the girl has to hunt up a father who doesn’t want to be found. Granik ďŹ lms in the halffrozen hills near SpringďŹ eld, Mo.—a forbidding landscape of bare trees. But one doesn’t get a sense of watching a city director exploiting the squalor. (RvB)
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leads the second violin section. “She can take a piece from unfamiliarity to familiarity for the orchestra within 45 minutes or an hour of rehearsal. And then in performance she really steps it up a notch and makes sure you’re paying attention.” For this year’s Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (Aug. 1–15), Albert—along with fellow orchestra members Michael Maccaferri (clarinet), flautist Tim Munro and cellist Nicholas Photinos—will get to interact with Alsop and the orchestra in an entirely new way: as members, with pianist Lisa Kaplan and percussionist Michael Duvall, of the Grammy-winning chamber ensemble eighth blackbird.
It’s the consciously lower-cased group’s first appearance at the Cabrillo festival since its founding in 1996, and not only is eighth blackbird enjoying a starring role in the Aug. 6 West Coast premiere of On a Wire by composer Jennifer Higdon, the group will also be sharing a stage (on Aug. 8), for the first time, with another famously innovative ensemble, the Kronos Quartet. “We’re really thrilled to be playing half of a recital where the other half is Kronos,” Albert says. “When we were forming, they were one of the examples of music groups that made it on their own and blazed a trail.” Eighth blackbird, which takes its name from the Wallace Stevens poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird,” is known for its physically dynamic performances, with players standing up, moving around and reconfiguring as they play. One piece in the Aug. 8 recital, Thomas Ades’ Catch (which refers to the British version of the kids’ game Keep Away), makes the most of this physical penchant, with the
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clarinetist moving onstage and offstage while playing. On a Wire, too, capitalizes on eighth blackbird’s physical flair. The piece opens with the six of them walking over to an open piano and bowing the strings; before long, they’re taking mallets and picks to the project as the full orchestra chimes in. Even more exciting for the members are the six distinct solos written for them by the Pulitzer Prize–winning Higdon, a friend of the group. “The solos are very different in character, and I think that might be informed by what she knows about each of us as individuals,” says Albert. “I feel very fortunate to be able to do something like that.” The festival, which takes place at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium and Mission San Juan Bautista, gets under way Aug. 1–3 with open rehearsals. The introductory free concert on Aug. 5 at 5:15pm, “In the Works,” features selections by young composers Robert Honstein, Andrew McPherson and Roger Zare. The festival opens in earnest on Aug. 6 with the premiere of On a Wire. Other highlights of the season include the Food & Wine Festival, Aug. 7–8, all day; the evening program on Aug. 7 with the West Coast premieres of Anna Clyne’s electro-acoustic work <<rewind>> and two offerings by Mark-Anthony Turnage: Chicago Remains and Drowned Out; the world premiere, on Aug. 14, of Sean Hickey’s Dalliance and the regional debut of Michael Shapiro’s Roller Coaster. The festival concludes on Aug. 15 in San Juan Bautista with two concerts (4:30 and 8pm) featuring the U.S. premiere of Elena Kats-Chenin’s Heaven Is Closed and the West Coast premiere of George Walker’s Foils for Orchestra (Hommage à Saint George) plus a cello concerto by Philip Glass. See the website for complete schedule details.
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Terrence Brewer Wednesday, July 28, 6:30pm, Los Gatos Town Plaza, Los Gatos; free With an equal blend of soul and groove, featured Jazz on the Plazz guitarist Terrence Brewer is now a regular on the jazz charts. His most recent album, last year’s Groovin’ Wes, was a powerful tribute to Wes Montgomery. Growing up in Pittsburg, Ca.— also the hometown of Pete Escovedo, who he would go on to perform with—Brewer was performing in jazz bands and winning awards by middle school. Starting out playing virtually every woodwind instrument known to man, Brewer found his true calling playing guitar under the tutelage of talents like Charlie Hunter and Mark Levine. (SP)
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TTue, ue, 6 6:30pm: :30pm: M Milla illa M Milojkovic ilojkovic aatt TThea hea M Mediterranean editerranean CCuisine uisine aand nd II’ve ’ve N ever B een Never Been Brisbane Pier. ttoo B risbane aatt YYankee ankee P ier. SSan an JJose. ose.
SSENZALA ENZALA Fri, nnoon: Fri, oon: LLive ive m music. usic. SSat, at, Wendy Waller. 77:30pm: :30pm: W endy W aller. $10. $10. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.
SSTANFORD TANFORD JJAZZ AZZ FFESTIVAL ESTIVAL Wed, 77:30pm: Wed, :30pm: 1100 00 YYears ears ooff D jango w ith JJulian ulian LLage, age, Django with Victor V ictor LLin in aand nd JJorge orge R Roeder. oeder. D inkelspiel. TThu, hu, 77:30pm: :30pm: Dinkelspiel. Visions: V isions: tthe he SStevie tevie W Wonder onder SSongbook, ongbook, CCampbell ampbell Recital Recital H all. SSat, at, 8 pm: R ebecca Hall. 8pm: Rebecca M artin w ith LLarry arry G renadier, Martin with Grenadier, SSteve teve CCardenas ardenas aand nd LLarry arry G oldings. CCampbell ampbell R ecital Goldings. Recital H all. SSun, un, 8 pm: D ave D ouglas Hall. 8pm: Dave Douglas Quintet Plus. Dinkelspiel. Q uintet P lus. D inkelspiel. Mon, 8pm: George M on, 8 pm: G eorge CCables ables Dinkelspiel. 8pm: TTrio. rio. D inkelspiel. TTue, ue, 8 pm: Nicholas Payton with N icholas P ayton w ith tthe he
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THEA THEATRE ATRE T ON SAN SAN PEDRO PEDRO SSQUARE QUARE Fri, 8pm: SSouth outh Bay Live pr esents SSad ad But TTrue. rrue. $10. presents SSan an Jose. Jose.
THREE FLAMES FLAMES RESTAURANT RE STAURANT Sun and Tue, Sun Tuue, 7:30pm: M odesto Briseno SSeptet. eptet. Modesto Willow Glen.
UNWINED Sat, 77-9:30pm: Sat, -9:30pm: JJazz azz N Night. ight. SSan an Jose. Jose.
WINE AFFAIRS AFFAIRS Wed, 7:30pm: Dave P Wed, Powell. owell. TThu, hu, 7:30pm: Flow TTrio. rrio. SSat, at, 8pm: R Russell ussell Barber and Bil Billy ly Davis Band. San San JJose. ose.
C&W/Folk C&W W//FFolk o BOSWELL’S BOS WELL’S Thu: M Thu: Mike ike Leatherman. CCampbell. ampbell.
O’FLAHERTY’S O’F LAHERTY’S Sun, Tue, Sun, Tue, u 5pm: TTraditional raditional IIrish riish music. SSan an Jose. Jose.
RED ROCK ROCK CCOFFEE OFFEE CCO. O. Fri, 8pm: O Odd dd O Owl wl with Violencia. V iolencia. SSat, at, 8pm: the Mighty M ighty Have Fallen. M Mountain ountaain View. V iew.
THE SSADDLE ADDLE RA RACK CK
7-11pm: Jazz 7-11pm: Jazz open stage. Redwood R edwood City. City.
BAREFOOT CCOFFEE BAREFOOT OFFEE ROASTERS R OASTERS
TTue, uue, 7:30pm: IIrish rish M Music. usic. Mountain M ountain V View. iew.
SSAM’S AM’S BBQ
Wed, 6pm: CCountry Wed, ountry CClassics. lassics.. TTue, uue, 6pm: Bean CCreek. reek. SSan an JJose. ose.
BLUE BL UE PHEA PHEASANT SANT TTue, uue, 7pm: Steve Steve Tiger. Tiger. CCupertino. upertino.
Wed, 7pm: Musical Wed, Musical open mic. SSign ign up by 5pm. Santa Santa CClara. lara.
CAFFE TRIE TRIESTE STE TTue, ue, u 7pm: O Open pen Mic. Mic. SSan an Jose. Jose.
CCITY ITY EESPRESSO SPRESSO Fri, 77-10pm: -10pm: Singers Singers and musicians. San San JJose. ose.
MISSION CIT MISSION CITY Y R OASTING CCO. O. ROASTING Thu, 7pm: South Thu, South Bay Folks Folks Open O pen M Mic. ic. SSanta anta Clara. Clara.
POOR P OOR HOUSE B BISTRO ISTRO TTue, ue, u 6pm: Open Open Mic Mic Night. Night. SSan an JJose. ose.
RED R ED R ROCK OCK CCOFFEE OFFEE CCO. O. Mon, 7pm: Cavin Mon, Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain O pen M ic. M ountain View. View.
THREE FLAME FLAMESS Wed, 8pm: Open Wed, Open Mic. Mic. Willow Glen.
VENUEZ Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Open Fri-Sat, Open Mic Mic and JJam. am. Tue, Tuue, 8-11pm: 8-11pm: Open Open mic hosted by JJeff eff Dharma. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
Karaoke Kar aoke 7 BAMBOO BAMBOO Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Wed-Sat, Karaoke. Tue, Tue, u 9pm: KKaraoke. araoke. San San Jose. Jose.
BOGART’S B OGART’S LO LOUNGE UNGE Wed, W ed, FFri, ri, SSun, un, 8pm-2am: 8pm-2am: Ka raoke. SSunnyvale. unnyvale. Karaoke.
BOSWELL’S B OSWELL’S TTue: ue: D DJJ D Davey avey KK.. Campbell. Campbell.
BRITANNIA A BRITANNIA ARMS RMS CCUPERTINO UPERTINO Sun-Tue, 110pm: Sun-Tue, 0pm: Ka Karaoke. raoke. CCupertino. upertino.
BRITANNIA B RITANNIA A ARMS RMS SSAN AN JJOSE OSE Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: Karaoke Karaoke w w/ / A ugust. SSan an JJose. ose. August.
BRITISH B RITISH BA BANKERS NKERS CLUB CLUB Mon, 9 Mon, 9:30pm: :30pm: Ka Karaoke. raoke. M enlo Park. Park. Menlo
CC&J’S &J’S SSPORTS PORTS BA BAR R Thu: M Thu: Melissa elissa aand nd H Heather. eather. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
CCARDINAL ARDINAL LO LOUNGE UNGE Mon, W Mon, Wed, ed, 9 9pm-1am: pm-1am: DJ DJ CCurtis. urtis. N cover. Tue, Tue, 9pm: 9pm: Noo cover. W estern kkaraoke. araoke. N cover. Western Noo cover. SSan an JJose. ose.
DAN D AN B BROWN’S ROWN’S TTue ue & TThu, hu, 9 9pm-1am: pm-1am: B Brian rian JJames. ames. P alo A l to. Palo Alto.
DASILVA’S D ASILVA’S B BRONCOS RONCOS Wed: G Wed: Guitar uitar H Hero ero TTournament ournament pplus lus kkaraoke. araoke. TThu, hu, 9 pm-1am: Ka raoke. 9pm-1am: Karaoke. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
Wed, 9pm: CCalifornia Wed, alifornia Boys. TThu hu and Fri, 9pm: Diablo Road. R oad. SSat, at, 7:15pm: R Rodeo odeo House, Diablo R Road. oad. Fr Fremont. emonnt.
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DIVE D IVE BA BAR R
Nightly except SSun, Nightly un, 9pm2am: Karaoke. Karaoke. San San Jose. Jose.
TTue-Wed, ue-Wed, 9 9pm: pm: Ka Karaoke. raoke. SSan an JJose. ose.
THE T HE B BEARS EARS
EEFFIE’S FFIE’S R RESTAURANT ESTAURANT
BENNIGAN’S B ENNIGAN’S GGRILL RILL
TTue-Sat, ue-Sat, 9 9pm-2am, pm-2am, aand nd llast ast SSun un ooff eevery very m month, onth, 22-7pm: -7pm: B&S B &S Ka Karaoke. raoke. CCampbell. ampbell.
THREE FLAMES FLAMES RESTAURANT RE STAURANT
Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Sat, Karaoke. Santa Santa CClara. lara.
EELL R RANCHO ANCHO SSPORTS PORTS BA BAR R
Thu, 9pm-closing: Live Thu, Rose country music, Doug R ose Productions Pr oductions w/Bit and Spur Spur Band ffeaturing eaturing CCowboy owboy Lar Larry. ry. Willow Glen.
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Open Mic ANGELICA’S A NGELICA A’S B BISTRO ISTRO Wed, W ed, 6:30pm: O Open pen M Mic. ic. TTue, ue ue,
Fri, 9pm: Ryan. Ryan. San San Jose. Jose.
Fri, 9pm9pm-1am: 1am: Danielle. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
BLUE BL UE BONNET B BAR AR Wed--Thu and M Wed-Thu Mon, on, 8pm: KKaraoke. araoke. No No cover cover.. Sunnyvale. Sunnyvale.
BLUE BL UE MAX Fri-Sat, 9pm-1:30am: Fri-Sat, 9pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. Sunnyvale. Sunnyvale.
TThu, hu, 8 8pm: pm: Ka Karaoke. raoke. SSan an JJose. ose.
FFAHRENHEIT AHRENHEIT Mon: M Mon: Monday onday N Night ight Madness. M adness. San San JJose. ose.
FFLAMES LAMES CCOFFEE OFFEE SSHOP HOP Thu-Sat, 9 Thu-Sat, 9pm: pm: U Uncle ncle D Dougie ougie Noo cover. SShow. how. N cover. San San Jose. Jose.
GGALAXY ALAXY Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm-2am: pm-2am: Ka Karaoke raoke w w/ / August. Milpitas. A ugust. M ilpitas.
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Pete Escovedo Orchestra I WARRANT that seeing Escovedo free in the park is one of the essential San Jose experiences, like watching the Little Giants cream the Ports, like fighting a heatwave day with margaritas at Aqui, like watching the weird puppets gesticulating at you at Xmas time. This Pittsburg, Calif.–born legend, who rose to fame playing with Santana before going on to his own solo career, turned 75 July 13, and he’s doing a handful of appearances to celebrate. Tortilla Soup opens. —Richard von Busack
Fri-Sun, 9 Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: :30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen. Ka raoke. W illow G len.
GGOOSE OOSE LO LOONEY’S ONEY’S Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: Karaoke Karaoke Night. Night. Milpitas. M ilpitas.
Music in the Park, Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose Free
HOMESTEAD HOMESTEAD LANES LANES
KHARTOUM K HARTOUM
Fri, 9 Fri, 9pm: pm: V Vinnie. innie. Mon, Mon, 9pm: 9pm: KKaraoke araoke iinn the the llounge ounge w/ w/ Vinnie. V innie. Tue, Tue, 9pm: 9pm: August. August. CCupertino. upertino.
Thu, 9pm: Thu, 9pm: Davey Davey K. K. N Noo ccover. over. CCampbell. ampbell.
HUDDLE H UDDLE GGOOSETOWN OOSETOWN LO LOUNGE UNGE
Thursday, 5:30pm
Wed-Thu aand Wed-Thu nd SSun, un, 9pm: 9pm: Wild Wild N ights KKaraoke. araoke. FFremont. remont. Nights
KATIE K ATIE B BLOOM’S LOOM’S Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. CCampbell. ampbell.
KCC B K BAR AR A AND ND RESTAURANT RESTAURANT Wed, W ed, 8 8pm: pm: D DJJ D Desmond. esmond. SSan an JJose. ose.
KING K ING O OFF CLUBS CLUBS Thu, Sun-Mon, Thu, Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: 8:30pm: B Bruce ruce ooff KOR KOR Karaoke. Karaoke. N Noo ccover. over. Mountain M ountain View. View.
Dog Kennels
LLILLY ILLY MAC’S MAC’S Thu, 9pm: Thu, 9pm: DJ DJ TThomas homas ““Soulman.” Soulman.” SSunnyvale. unnyvale.
Fenced outdoor kennels and runs
MARIANI’S M ARIANI’S TThu, hu, 8pm: 8pm: Chris. Chris. Santa Santa Clara. Clara.
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Kenny Loggins WAIT, so Kenny Loggins is a hippie? Apparently, everyone who’s ever heard “Danny’s Song” knows this, but c’mon, I grew up on “Danger Zone.” You know Maverick’s not having any of that peace and love shit. He’s having another bowl of whup-ass! And what about “Footloose?” Are you telling me that whole “cut loose” business was, like, a “smash the state” kind of thing? I’m not buying it. Let’s just agree that at Mountain Winery he’ll be playing notsaving-the-earth hits like “Your Mama Don’t Dance.” —Steve Palopoli
53 NETO’S NETO’S MARKET MARKET & GRILL GRILL Fri, 6:30-10:30pm: Fri, 6:30-10:30pm: Bands Bands with with llive ive kkaraoke. araoke. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
NORMANDY N ORMANDY H HOUSE OUSE LOUNGE LOUNGE Fri-Sat, 9 Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: :30pm: Karaoke. Karaoke. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
NUMBER N UMBER O ONE NE B BROADWAY ROADWAY
TTue, ue, 8:30-11:30pm: 8:30-11:30pm: KKaraoke. araoke. Noo cover. N cover. Santana Santana Row. Row.
PIONEER P IONEER SSALOON ALOON
Wed, 10pm-1:30am: Wed, 10pm-1:30am: DJ DJ P Purple. urple. Palo Alto. P alo A lto.
POINCIANA P OINCIANA LLOUNGE OUNGE
OASIS O ASIS
QUARTER Q UARTER N NOTE OTE
Fri-Sat, 9 Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am, pm-2am, aand nd SSun, un, 77pm: pm: KKaraoke. araoke. M Mountain ountain V View. iew.
$40–$90
ROSIE R OSIE MCCANN’S MCCANN’S
Thu: SSingles Thu: ingles pparty arty w with ith D DJ. J. LLos os Gatos. G atos.
OFFICE O FFICE B BAR AR
Mountain Winery, Saratoga
Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: D DJJ B Brian. rian. SSun, un, 9 9pm: pm: DJJ aand D nd kkaraoke. araoke. TTue, ue, 9 9pm: pm: D DJ, J, ddancing, ancing, kkaraoke. araoke. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.
Wed, 9 Wed, 9:30pm: :30pm: W Wildside ildside EEntertainment. ntertainment. N Noo ccover. over. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
Wed, Fri-Sat, Wed, Fri-Sat, 8 8:30pm: :30pm: D Doug. oug. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.
Thursday, 7:30pm
PEACOCK P EACOCK LLOUNGE OUNGE
TTue, ue, 8:30pm: 8:30pm: Acoustic Acoustic karaoke karaoke w/ Marshall. Woodside. w / SSam am M arshall. W oodside.
TTue, ue, 9pm: 9pm: SSherrie herrie and and SSue. ue. No No ccover. over. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.
REDI R EDI R ROOM OOM Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm-1am: pm-1am: JJoseph. oseph. SSan an JJose. ose.
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SSAN AN JOSE JOSE B BAR AR & GGRILL RILL TTue, ue, 10pm-close: 10pm-close: Kamikaze Kamikaze KKaraoke. araoke. San San JJose. ose.
SSHERWOOD HERWOOD IINN NN Wed, Sat-Sun, Wed, Sat-Sun, 8 8:30pm: :30pm: CChris. hris. TThu-Fri, hu-Fri, 8:30pm: 8:30pm: Thomas. Thomas. SSan an JJose. ose.
SSHOOTERS HOOTERS BAR BAR & GRILL GRILL Thu, 9:30pm-1:30am: Thu, 9:30pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.
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TOON’S T OON’S
TThu, hu, 10pm: 10pm: DJ DJ Benofficial. Benofficial. Mon, Mon, 9 pm: B eer P ong. San San Jose. Jose. 9pm: Beer Pong.
industrial and and darkwave. darkwave. $8. $8. industrial Mountain View. View. Mountain
BRITANNIA ARMS BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN D OWNTOWN
LLOFT OFT B BAR AR AND AND BISTRO BISTRO
Wed, 8 Wed, 8pm: pm: KKaraoke araoke N Night. ight. SSan an JJose. ose.
Fri: D Fri: DJJ CCheck heck O O.. SSat: at: G B Beats eats tthe he Soulchild Soulchild and and M Metrorock. etrorock. TTue: ue: DJ DJ David David Q. Q. San San Jose. Jose.
VENUEZ V ENUEZ
BRIX B RIX
Wed, W ed, 9 9pm: pm: W With ith JJulz. ulz. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
WILLOW W ILLOW D DEN EN Wed, W ed, 9 9:30pm: :30pm: TThomas. homas. San San JJose ose
WOODHAM’S W OODHAM’S LOUNGE LOUNGE Wed, TThu, Wed, hu, SSat at aand nd Sun: Sun: 110pm: 0pm: Vinnie. V innie. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
Dance D ance Clubs Clubs AGENDA A GENDA Wed, 8 Wed, 8pm: pm: SSalsa alsa W Wednesdays. ednesdays. TThu: hu: SSLAP!. LAP!. SSat: at: H Hyphidelity yphidelity ppresents resents tthe he SSlump!. lump!. SSun: un: Planet P lanet R Reggae. eggae. SSan an JJose. ose.
ALBERTO’S A LBERTO’S Wed, 77:30pm: Wed, :30pm: LLatin. atin. TThu: hu: SSalsa alsa With W ith P Pantea. antea. FFri: ri: SSalsa alsa N Night. ight. SSat: at: LLatin atin N Night. ight. TTue: ue: SSalsa alsa w with ith Pantea. P antea. Mountain Mountain View. View.
AZUCAR A ZUCAR Wed: CComedy Wed: omedy CClub lub A After fter P Party. arty. TThu: hu: U Urban rban DJ DJ Spinning Spinning Beats’ Beats’ aand nd B Brazilian. razilian. Fri Fri and and Sat: Sat: Live Live SSalsa alsa Music. Music. Sun: Sun: Sizzlin’ Sizzlin’ H Hot ot Mon: SSundays. undays. M on: SSalsa alsa Dancing. Dancing. TTue: ue: B Beats eats aand nd Beer Beer P Pong ong w/ w/ Mike M ike JJones. ones. SSan an JJose. ose.
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Wed, W ed, 9pm-2am: 9pm-2am: W Whip hip IItt O Out. ut. TThu: hu: H Huntress. untress. Fri: Fri: Inferno. Inferno. Sat: Sat: SSinful. inful. No No cover. cover. SSun, un, 9pm9pmMon: Marathon. VJJ 22am: am: CChill. hill. M on: M arathon. V sspins pins ffrom rom 9 9pm-2am. pm-2am. TTue: ue: TTake ake IItt O Off ff Tuesdays. Tuesdays. San San Jose. Jose.
Fri-Sat, 110pm-1:30am: Fri-Sat, 0pm-1:30am: LLive ive D DJ. J. SSan an Jose. Jose.
MOTIF M OTIF Fri: EEuphoria Fri: uphoria w w/ /H Howhigh, owhigh, Adam A dam CCova, ova, D DJJ Sequence, Sequence, Decree. CCyber yber JJoe, oe, D ecree. SSan an JJose. ose.
MOUNTAIN M OUNTAIN CHARLEY’S CHARLEY’S Wed, 77pm: Wed, pm: H House ouse P Party. arty. TThu, hu, 77pm: pm: TThrowback hrowback TThursdays. hursdays. LLos os G Gatos. atos.
CC&J’S &J’S SPORTS SPORTS B BAR AR Wed, Sat, Wed, Sat, 110pm: 0pm: D DJJ iin n tthe he M Mix. ix. SSanta anta Clara. Clara.
CCARDINAL ARDINAL LOUNGE LOUNGE Wed, 9pm-1am: Wed, 9pm-1am: D DJJ CCurtis. urtis. P Plus lus kkaraoke. araoke. TThu, hu, 9 9pm-1am: pm-1am: KKJJ JJR. R. FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, 9pm-1:30am: 9pm-1:30am: TTouch ouch ooff CClass. lass. SSun-Mon, un-Mon, 8pm: 8pm: D DJJ LV. LV. 9pm-1am: TTue, ue, 9 pm-1am: KKJJ JJR. R. SSan an Jose. Jose.
DASILVA’S D ASILVA’S BRONCOS BRONCOS Fri, SSat, Fri, at, 6pm: 6pm: D DJJ oorr llive ive bband. and. Noo ccover. N over. SSanta anta CClara. lara.
DIVE D IVE B BAR AR Thu-Sun, 9:30pm: Thu-Sun, 9:30pm: D DJJ ddance ance music. m usic. SSan an JJose. ose.
EELL R RANCHO ANCHO SPORTS SPORTS BAR BAR FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, 8pm: 8pm: O Old ld School School Dance D ance P Party arty ffeat. eat. DJ DJ Neto. Neto. SSan an JJose. ose.
FAHRENHEIT U FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LTRA LLOUNGE OUNGE
PARRANDA P ARRANDA NIGHTCLUB NIGHTCLUB Thu, 8pm: Thu, 8pm: D DJJ A Akustik. kustik. N Noo ccover. over. FFri, ri, 8 8pm: pm: D DJJ M Mayo. ayo. SSat, at, 8 8pm: pm: D DJJ M Mayo ayo aand nd DJ DJ Akustik. A kustik. SSun, un, 77pm: pm: LLatin atin B Beat. eat. SSun, un, 9pm: 9pm: SSonidero onidero Night. Night. W ith local local D Js sspinning pinning ssalsa, alsa, With DJs ccumbia umbia aand nd m ore. SSunnyvale. unnyvale. more.
PEACOCK P EACOCK LLOUNGE OUNGE Fri, 8 Fri, 8pm: pm: D DJJ aand nd ddancing ancing ffeaturing eaturing 770’s/80’s/90’s. 0’s/80’s/90’s. SSat, at, 9pm: 9 pm: D DJJ aand nd dancing dancing featuring featuring CChill, hill, R&B, R&B, TTop op 40. 40. SSun un aand nd DJJ and TTue, ue, 9pm: 9pm: D and dancing. dancing. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.
PEARL P EARL Fri: SSwirl Fri: wirl w w/ /D DJJ M MytyMyke ytyMyke aand nd DJJ SSnare. D nare. Sat: Sat: High High Definition. Definition. CCD D release release pparty arty ffor or D DJJ R Romeo omeo Reyes. R eyes. SSan an Jose. Jose.
Wed-Sat: D Wed-Sat: DJs Js aand nd ddancing. ancing. SSantana antana R Row. ow.
Wed, 9pm: Wed, 9pm: R Reggae eggae R Riddims. iddims. TThu: hu: SSoultry. oultry. Mon: Mon: Monday Monday Night N ight M Madness. adness. TTue, ue, 9pm: 9pm: CCollege ollege Night. Night. SSan an Jose. Jose.
BLUE B LUE P PHEASANT HEASANT
FFIREHOUSE IREHOUSE GRILL GRILL
TTue-Sun, ue-Sun, 77pm-close: pm-close: D DJJ aand nd ddancing. ancing. Big Big band, band, swing. swing. No No ccover. over. CCupertino. upertino.
SSat, at, 9 9pm: pm: D DJs. Js. Sunnyvale. Sunnyvale.
Thu: Major Thu: Major TThursdays. hursdays. Rotating DJs. R otating D Js. Tue: Tue: Two Two Buck Buck TTuesdays, uesdays, CCollege ollege ddance ance party. party. SSan an Jose. Jose.
GGALAXY ALAXY
THE T HE SSADDLE ADDLE R RACK ACK
Mon: LLadies’ Mon: adies’ nnight. ight. No No ccover. over. Milpitas. M ilpitas.
Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: D DJJ H Henry. enry. TThu, hu, 9 9pm: pm: DJJ M D Mark. ark. FFri, ri, 9 9pm: pm: D DJJ R Rita. ita. SSat, at, 77pm: pm: D DJJ M Mark. ark. FFremont. remont.
BLOWFISH B LOWFISH SSUSHI USHI
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Liam, think. When the Singaporean authorities want to modify someone’s behavior, they don’t screw around with binaural beats—they’ve got canes. Binaural beats (BBs) are a scientific curiosity first described in 1839 by Prussian scientist H.W. Dove. They occur when two slightly different tones are played simultaneously, one in each ear, causing the brain to perceive a beat whose frequency is the difference between those of the two tones. For example, playing a 370-hertz tone in the left ear and a 380-hertz tone in the right yields a beat with a frequency of 10 hertz. You’d notice something similar if you simply set two tone generators side by side, but it’d be a monaural beat—you could hear it with just one ear. What’s different about binaural beats is that the mixing of the two tones happens in your head. The BB phenomenon was brought to modern attention by Gerald Oster in a 1973 article in Scientific American. Oster determined that the tones needed to produce the beats were relatively low-frequency and the beats themselves were in the range of 1–30 hertz. Human brainwave frequencies, as it happens, fall within the same general range. Now we get to the woolly part. Some researchers have theorized that binaural beats can help change the frequency of your brain waves. Different brainwave frequencies are associated with different mental states. Frequencies from 30 to 14 hertz are the beta brainwave pattern, typically seen when we’re awake and active. Patterns from 13 to 8 hertz are called alpha patterns, and occur when we’re relaxed. From 8 to 4 hertz we enter the theta stage, observed during REM sleep and meditation, and below that we fall into the deep, dreamless sleep of the delta pattern. Use BBs to slow down somebody’s brain waves, the thinking goes, and maybe you can get them to relax. Japanese researchers found that when they played slow binaural beats to subjects hooked up to lab instruments, the subjects’ brainwave activity synced up with the perceived pulse. However, the real question is whether you can
package these interesting test results into an effective mood-relaxation product that can be sold online for $19.95. One common claim is that BB recordings can help reduce anxiety. Some research suggests they can: • One study of 104 patients undergoing general anesthesia for surgery showed that when they listened to music CDs containing embedded binaural beats, their anxiety decreased by a quarter compared to a control group. • A study of 14 pre-operative patients in Montreal listening to commercially available delta- and theta-range BB tapes found they were noticeably less anxious. • A study of 76 patients undergoing surgery under light anesthesia found those listening to BB tapes required much less sedation than those listening to classical or no music. • A Duke University study comparing the effects of delta, theta and beta BBs reported that subjects listening to beta beats performed better on an alertness test, and their mood was better overall. Maybe it was. However, you can find lots of evidence pointing the other way: • A study of anesthesia requirements for 60 patients listening to either a BB cassette or a blank tape showed no differences between the two groups. • A test of the impact of theta and beta BBs on the pulse and blood pressure of 12 volunteers showed no significant differences. You can guess what I think of all this, which is one reason I’m never going to make money as an entrepreneur. Others have fewer doubts—they claim their BB CDs and MP3s will help you relax, alleviate attention-deficit disorder, simulate drug experiences and “help your brain induce a state of warmth, exhilaration, tantrism, and climax.” If you’re skeptical or just cheap, you can try a free online BB tone generator such as Gnaural or SBaGen. Personally, I’m sticking with proven sonic relaxants— Pink Floyd, let’s say—plus some Baileys just in case.
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