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measures and union-busting me easures a (“Reed: ccouple ouple years years ago (“R Reeeed: I Can’t Can’t Get Enough,”” Fly Fly, Enough Enough, y, May Maay 18). 18) She says saayys their own outside la law aw ﬁrm told them ther way that would w ﬂy legally theree is no way b ecause the city city actua ally has a ton of because actually mone y—it’s just wher re the money—it’s where theyy decide es th he budget lo ok to put it that mak makes the look shor t. short. So Reed Reeed proceeded proceeded to play plaay with the math and manipulate ulate the media manipu (vilif fy emplo yees), and d apparently apparently (vilify employees), it ’s working ot ccontent onttent to just it’s working.. N Not blindly b elieve such a ttale, ale, I ask ed if believe asked she could could she show me m proof proof of the cit y’s budget. She wen nt online and city’s went showed me the city’s city’s own published spread sheet. I’v een n a pr ogram spread I’vee b been program manager enough yyears earrs to know how to massage the numb ers on pap er. numbers paper. So this just lea aves me m with mor leaves moree

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questions than answers. answers. But then a huge red red flag fl flies up—in up —in the same speech speech about about o fiscal fiscal emergency, emergencyy, the mayor ma ayor talks talk ks about about an enormous discretionary discr etionaary purchase. purchase. A baseball stadium. st adium. Are A e we broke Ar broke or not? not? Make Make up your your mind. mind m Moree importantly, Mor im mportantlyy, why why are are we buying land lan nd when don’t don’t even even have haave a tentative tent ative agreement a eement with MLB? Will agr Wiill we sell it off o to balance balance the budget if we don’t don’tt get an answer answer from from baseball by by July July 1? WENDELL WEND ELL WHITE | SSAN AN JO JOSE SE

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Panic P anic Room R After Mayor CHUCK CH HUCK REED and most of the San Josee City Council took a two-hour tongue tonggue lashing Tuesday Tuesday from fr om city employees, employees, retirees, retirees, union rrepresentatives epresentatives and even staffers staffers of several several statee legislators, the council voted 8-3 8 3 to push 8p forward forward with Reed’s declaration deeclaration of “fiscal and public safety safety e emergency.” emergency.” That word—”emergency”—allows the city wor d—”emergency”—allows g to significantlyy toughen its stance in pension negotiations neggotiations with public employees. Councilmembers Couuncilmembers XAVIER XAVIER CAMPOS, CAM POS, KANSEN KANSSEN CHU and ASH ASH KALRA KALRA all stuck to their theeir union guns by voting against the measure, meeasure, with Kalra Kalra giving an impassione iimpassioned i d plea l asking ki city it negotiator ALEX ALEEX GURZA GURZA to do a better j of job of,, well, negotiating. neggotiating. The city’s unfunded pension penssion liability, liability, which could balloon to more morre than $400 million in five years, wass referred referred to on a couple of occasions as as a “death “death spiral” spiral” forcing forcing dr astic measur res. For anyone who heard heard drastic measures. any mirth from from m the back of the City Hall chambers, thatt was probably probably the unions’ unions lawyers and lobbyists lobbyists contemplating their ffees ees and billable hours for for the mêlée that is sure s e to ensue. After grilling sur staffers effort staff ers in an unsuccessful u effort to help herself understand unnderstand the workings of opt-in pensions, pensions, Councilmember NANCY PYLE N ANCY P YLE ultimately ultimately went along with the majority—after majority— —after forcing forcing them to accept her proposal proposal to impose a new gross-receipts gr oss receipts tax on local businesses. oss-r businesses By the end of the t public-comments PIERLUIGI period, PIE RLUI U GI OLIVERIO OLIVERIO had clearly heardd enough. Sporting his signature hear signature shadow, 5 o’clock o’clock shado ow, Oliverio fforcefully orcefully pointed out that, Democrat, that, yes, he’s he’s a Democr at, and, no, he won’t won’t be bullied into passing the budget-buck budget-buck to the next generation. generation. Earlier,, SSAM Earlier AM LICCARDO LICCARDO sparred sparred with colleague DON DON ROCHA ROCHA about a memo Rocha had putt forward, forward, and then swiftly denied a similar similaar friend(ly amendment) rrequest equest from from Campos Campos to explore explore the costs of potential potential litigation. City staff will now calculate calcullate the potential savings ooff uupping pping the the retirement retirement age age and and employee contributions contributions and lowering

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Theree are a e probably ar probably only a hand handful dful of ink-stained tained print rreporters eporters in th the he room on n the h opening opening i day day off the da h Eighth C Co Conference onffeerence of Inno Innovation vation Journalism, ism m, which might eexplain xplain why everyone ery ryone seems so happ happy. y. Eig Eight ght people sitt at a ttable, leisurely sipping able, leisur ely sipp ing nd passing glanc es among coffee and glances one another, occasionally toward otther h , and o ccasionally tow ward the front ntt of the room. room. When thei theirr

attention w attention wanes, anes, the theyy go back to their Twitter Tw witter ffeeds, eeeds, ttapping ap pping aaway way on iPads, iP ads, smar smartt phones an and nd laptops laptops.. Theree are Ther are ten other tables tables of people p eople in this filled-to filled-to-capacity o - capacity ballroom, ballr oom, man many ny fr from om outside the United U nited St States. ates. In rrecognition ecognition g of current current eevents, vents, St S Stanford anffo ord in iinvited vited i d several se veral journalists and d blo bloggers ggers who participated par ticipated in the rrecent eccent uphea upheavals avvals in the Middle East. It is not a universal universal digit digital al lo love ve ffest, eest, however. Att this mom moment, howe ver. A ment, eeveryone’s veryone’s attention at tention is dir directed ected to toward oward a spectacled sp ectacled man slight of frame who peers peers over over a podium podiium and grins devilishly. de vilishlyy. “You’re algorithm,” says “Y Yo ou’re just an algo orithm,”” sa ayys Da avid v Burk of the inte ernational David international PR firm Fleishman-Hi Fleishman-Hillard, illard, who ccontends ontends that the pub public’s blic’s ac access cess to media has b become ecome sharply shaarply limited b byy user interest est and websites that track use er inter provide pr ovide a small, custom customized mized sampling of information. infformation. o ra of Despite the plethor plethora

information, inffo ormatio on Burk says, on, saayys, “there “there is no journalism.” j journalism li m.” He H concludes: concludes: l d “I hope h e hop I’m not controversial.” contr o oversial.”” Burk’s Burk’s observations o obser vations about about news, news, search social search engines enggines and so cial media elicit some chuckles, chucckles, buoyed buoyed by by optimism and weighted hted by by anxiety. anxiety. At At the weigh so-called “IJ8” so - called “I IJ8” confab, confab, it’s it’s as if the manifest destiny industryy and maniffeest destin d ny of the industr the pit pitfalls great have fallss of the gr eat frontier frontier ha ave finally confronted con nfronted one another. another. Traditional Traditio onal media has never never been been so unnerved un nnerved d as it confronts confr f onts reports reports about about its insignificance insignificance and mortality. mortalit a y. Simultaneously, Simultaneouslyy, the individual never individ dual has ne ver been been so empowered. empowered. e Innovation Innovattion takes takes many man ny forms, fo orms, which is why why the three-day wh three- daay conference, conffeerence, which concludes concludes Wednesday, Wednesda e ay, is tackling tackling not only the ne new w generation geeneration of journalists who will be be telling the stories of tomorrow, tomorrow w, but the vast amount of avenues avenues to o be be exploited. exploited. “Today, “T Todaay, power power is moving moving from from parliaments parliamen nts to boardrooms,” boardrooms,” says saayys David Daavvid Nordfors, Norrdffors o , the executive executive director director off the Stanford Stanffor o d Center Center for fo or Innovation Innovation n and organizer organizer of the conference. conffeerence. “The Arab uprising is

going tto going o ccancel ancel eeach ach other other out out through through fact checkin ngg,” Burk says. saayys. “I hop pe that ’s checking, hope that’s where w here iitt goes goe oes an and nd there’s there’s d discourse iscourse ab out this B right now I don ’t think about this.. But don’t tthere’s here’s a lot lot of of discourse, discourse, an and nd tthat’s hat’s tthe he p roblem. E ventuallly, I h ope everyone everyyone problem. Eventually, hope ccomes omes b back acck ttogether ogether and and there’s there’s m more ore back k--and-ffor o th rather than ccompletely ompletely back-and-forth divergent div ergent vi views. iews.”

Youth Y oouth Movement Moovement For F or Esther E th Wojcicki, Wo ojcicki, j i ki a teacher t h att Palo School, P alo Alto High H School, innovation innovation is allowing ffor o or a wave wave of expansion expansion demographic. to a younger youngeer demo graphic. Wojcicki Wo ojcicki oversees o versees a rare r e journalism pr rar program ogram education in this age of o K-12 K-12 educ ation cutbacks,, where cutbacks w e 650 students ar wher aree delivering content deliv ering daily d content in print, on the web, b, and dir directly ectly to smar smartt web phones and d tablets. tablets. likee the or orchestra “I’m kind d of lik chestra director,” di dir ector,” she sh h says. he saays y . “I wave wave the h wand wand d and they they do o all the work. I ﬁnd this is way empower the most effective eff ffeective w ff ay to emp ower kids.. I tell them it doesn’t kids t doesn’t matter matter if yyou ou become becom me a journalist or a doctor; doctor; think.”” yyou ou need these th hese skills to think. The thought thou ught process process on how to translate innovation in nnovation into dollars ccontinues ontinues to t be be a mystery. mystery. Tom Foremski, T o om F oremski, fformerly ormerly o a rreporter eporter ffor o or the F Financial ina i ancial T Times iimes who now runs the h website weebsite b i Silic Silicon ili on V Valley alle all y Watcher,, sa Watcher says ays y ne new w outlets will ha have ave to ttake ake a ccollaborative o ollab orative appr approach. oach. Questions Q uestions ssurrounding urrounding aaccess ccess tto o iinformation nformation will will n no od doubt oubt persist, persist, b but ut ffor or n now, ow, iinnovation nnovation h has ass o opened pened d doors oors that cannot cannott and should not be be closed. want live democracy, “If we w aant to liv ve in a demo cracyy,” Nordfors have have N ordfors ssays, ays, ““we we h ave tto oh ave storytellers facilitate stor ytellers who ccan an facilit ate a discussion between people d iscussion b etween ccitizens itizens aand nd p eople power. It’s different game..” with p owerr. It ’s a diff ffeerent game

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cost-of-living increases, before reporting back to the council on June 21. At that time, the mayor will likely be able to ofﬁcially declare a state of emergency before sending his reform plan to the November ballot. Between now and then, Gurza and his negotiating team will go back to arm-wrestling the unions with a decidedly ﬁrmer grip.

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probably the first timee that I know of probably are in Silic Silicon that ccompanies ompanies p con Valley Vaalley are seen as mor moree influential influentiaal in the Arab world and geo geo-politics -politics than the state state department. depar tment. Ther There’s e’s more m e about mor about Facebook’s Fac ebook’s influence influence or o Google’s Google’s influence influence than actuallyy the U.S. U.S. ffederal eederal go vernment’s influence in nfluence on government’s what’s what ’s happening happening on the he streets streets or in th general. this ccountry ountry in general l. “Bef for o e we were were only onlly talking talking “Before about about the zer zero-sum o -sum game, gaame, ‘What should we allow? What Whaat should we fforbid?’ o orbid?’ And now we’re we’re talking talking about about innovation.” inno vation.” Storytelling Stor ytelling has become become o an amalgamation of prose prosee and programming. Words pr ogramming. W o ords are a e no longer ar tools the only to ols ffor or constructing o consttructing a narrative. Paradoxically, narrativ e. P aradoxicallyy, IJ8 attendees attendees see video as b both oth the most m powerful powerful means and the biggest potential potential threat thr eat to journalistic integrity, in ntegrity, because b ecause the lens only captures captures what frame.. is within the frame Ass with any A any academic academiic setting, setting, theree is no shor shortage ther tage of the old guard guard bemoaning b emoaning the loss of language via the long-form narrative, long-fform o narraative, or the abundance abundance of voices voices shouting sh houting for fo or attention attention inside the media meedia sphere. sphere. Geoffrey Geoffr ey Mo Moore, ore, a partner partner t at the vventure enture firm Mohr Davidow, Daavvidow w, has mixed emotions about aboutt what he calls calls the “c “century entury of aawakening.” waken ning.” Mo ore sa ays y Silicon Silicon Valley Valle a y has a Moore says right ful claim as the epicenter ep picenter of rightful inno vation, and the “game “ggame is being being innovation, pla ayed on the inf fo ormattion level, level, played information not the ph ysical le vel.”” But he warns warns physical level.” becomes o that as timeliness becomes the most valuable curr encyy, news news w becomes becomes a currency, random ccollage ollage rather than a refined refined portrait p ortrait of a situation. The web to some extent exttent di i i h the diminishes h authority authori h it i y off the h author —a dangerous dangerous proposition p oposition pr author—a if people people don ’t know where w e they’re wher they’re don’t get ting their inf formati o ion. “When getting information. accountability ac countability is lost, credibility credibility is suspended,” Moore susp ended,”” Mo ore says. saayys. The winners a e celebrities, ar celebrities, winners,, then, are adv ertisers and online “content” “content” advertisers pr offessionals e , Moore Moore says, saays y , while professionals, publishers marketing publishers,, journalists and marketing pr offessionals e are left wondering w professionals are where where they they fit. The result resu ult could could be be a media glut, wher wheree the public is left wondering what ’s on the the other side what’s of the sear ch engine wall wall a that says saayys search “This is what we think you you should be be inter ested in. interested in.”” “The big assumption is that we live livve an society, in a pluralistic so ciety, and nd everyone everyone is

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sv 411.com to repeat with a full-price album.” This backlash does not bode well for the future popularity of Amazon’s new Cloud Player service, which the company was touting in the promotional language of the deal, offering users more storage space for buying the album. —BRENNA EHRLICH, MASHABLE.COM

Brenton Henry One would seem to wonder—how did Amazon not see this overwhelming trafﬁc coming? Anyone who wanted to buy the digital version of the album would be logically getting it from Amazon today. Brian Stroup I only got one 8E; K?<E K?<I< N<I< ELE CX[p >X^XÊj XcYld Xgg\Xi\[ k_\e [`jXgg\Xi\[ fe 8dXqfe Dfe[Xp%

Lady Gaga Crashes Amazon Lady Gaga fans were delighted Monday to learn that they could download her new album, Born This Way, from Amazon for a mere $0.99 —until, of course, technical difﬁculties set in.

song. I speciﬁcally avoided the urge to download or listen to a leaked copy of the album before today, relishing the anticipation. After all of that build up: one new song. Whoopee.

M Heiner She offered a 5 star deal to her fans who rewarded her with a 1 star album review. Amazon isn’t to blame for this but the mentality of the “gotta have it yesterday” fans/fanatics. Alvaro Guachilema Lady Gaga did what Anonymous couldn’t, to overwhelm Amazon, LOL.

Downloads of the album are delayed, leaving folks unable to get the entire album immediately upon purchase. Amazon issued the following statement: “Amazon is experiencing high volume and downloads are delayed. If customers order today, they will get the full Lady Gaga, Born This Way album for $0.99. Thanks for your patience.”

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However, the damage has already been done, as users are meting out one-star ratings in droves, most of which deal with Amazon’s slow service as opposed to the quality of the music (although some reviews in the lower bracket did dub the disc “disappointing”). As a result, the album has a relatively low three-star rating.

LinkedIn was the stock du jour last week when it became the ﬁrst social network to release an IPO. Its shares, ﬁrst priced at $45 on Thursday, reached as high as $120.70 before closing Friday at $93.09. In early trading this morning, the shares took another 9 percent hit, selling for just $84.

Reviews of the following nature reign: “This review isn’t a review of the album, but of the Amazon’s digital music service. I tried this as an experiment to see if I wanted to order more music this way, but it only downloaded half the songs. Still a deal at 99 cents, but not an experiment I’ll want

That’s still a great deal for investors who got in at the very beginning and almost doubled their money already. As the New York Times points out, however, it’s not a great deal for LinkedIn itself, which may have sold its stock too cheaply. Stocks do not

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generally double in value in under twelve hours. Unless LinkedIn was scammed by the companies that underwrote the deal. By selling the stock to their favored clients at $45, then watching it soar to $90, they earned those clients $175 million, which would otherwise have gone to LinkedIn itself. According to Eric Tilenius, general manager of Zynga: “A huge opening-day pop is not a sign of a successful I.P.O., but rather a massively mispriced one.” He’s one to know, as many people are eagerly awaiting Zynga’s own IPO. Henry Blodget writes that it is common for underwriters to value the stock slightly below its value, but that means 10 to 15 percent, not 50 percent. That leaves only two options when trying to understand the unprecedented surge: Either the fabled Titans of Wall Street—Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America—had no idea what they were doing when they valued the initial stock, or they knew exactly what they were doing. In the latter case it means that they chose to stiff LinkedIn to beneﬁt their clients. Of course, not everyone attributes malicious intent to the Wall Street pros. The Epicurean Dealmaker is a blog written by an anonymous investment banker. He points out that LinkedIn only sold a small

fraction of its stock, while still maintaining control over most of it. “Let me make this perfectly clear: Investment banks do not set the ultimate price for IPOs; the market does,” he writes. “Morgan Stanley Bank of America and Merrill Lynch think people who bought LinkedIn shares at $90 or more are nuts.”

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Are Tech IPOs Back? LinkedIn doubled in its opening of public trading from its offer price of $45 Friday, giving hope to many other tech IPOs waiting in the wings. The number of tech IPOs over the past ten years has been paltry and that has stiﬂed the innovation cycle of investment and liquidity. Mike Smerklo, CEO of ServiceSource said: “The healthy investor appetite for cloud services and collaborative technologies has fueled a strong valuation for LinkedIn, which is continued validation that Silicon Valley and the technology sector remain a tremendous growth area for investors and the overall economy.” If LinkedIn can maintain its strong valuation of about $8 billion it will have the currency to make acquisitions and grow at an accelerated pace. But it remains to be seen if investor enthusiasm for LinkedIn will transfer to less highly visible tech companies. Henry Blodget wrote that the high “pop” on the ﬁrst day of trading showed that the underwriters had “screwed” LinkedIn, but that’s not quite true. The founders and other insiders have to wait six months before they can sell their shares, who knows what the value of LinkedIn will be by then? And institutional investors tend to be long-term investors. It’s day traders and other

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Days before the Council was set to decide on a reform plan in the wake of Mayor Chuck Reed’s declaration of fiscal emergency, Councilmember Donald Rocha suggested the city consider the possible litigation that could ensue. Public-employee unions have come out strongly against Reed’s proposal, and a memo Rocha submitted last Wednesday says he would like a greater discussion on the costs the city would incur if lawsuits are filed. “I understand that the legal costs, even in the worst case scenario, would pale in comparison to the annual retirement costs and unfunded pension liability as projected by our City Manager and Retirement Director,” the memo says. “However, I feel the above analysis will provide important data points that should be available to the Mayor and City Council, as well as the public, as they consider, comment, or vote on the proposed recommendations.” Rocha suggests that any decision on Reed’s proposal be deferred if city staff cannot come up with a complete analysis. In addition to altering the city charter, Reed’s proposal suggests creating ballot measures that—if approved by voters—would allow the city to take bolder steps in curbing pension costs. City Manger Debra Figone’s fiscal reforms plan laid out four options to increase revenue. They include a sales

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A One-in-Four Chance Last week, the Council had a study session regarding the City’s retirement system. From my view, the presentation given by staff, which included the director of retirement services, Russell Crosby, was one of the best I have seen. It is clear that the retirement system itself does not scale. Through no fault of the individual retirement participant, the system itself is structured on a poor foundation that will eventually collapse. The city pension system is like a mini Social Security system that constantly requires new people paying in to keep it aﬂoat. San Jose has funded a portion of the total amount it needs to cover all those who are eligible. That is unlike Social Security, which is not funded but rather has a ﬁle cabinet in Virginia of IOU’s passing it on to the next generation. The City cannot emulate the issuing of IOU’s as the federal government has done and raise the national debt to pay retirees. —Pierluigi Oliverio, Councilmember, District 6

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goals to ﬁnish high in the race,” Horner said. Cycling has historically been a playground for relatively old athletes. Lance Armstrong began compiling his greatest victories and accolades late in his 20s—even after his bout with cancer. He won his seventh Tour de France at 34 years of age and took third place in 2010’s Tour de France. In the 1980s, esteemed cyclist Greg LeMond was also on a pace toward 30something stardom when he developed health issues—probably related to an accidental gunshot wound in 1987— and had to retire at 33. Getting older, in fact, can work in a cyclist’s favor. “Cycling is an endurance-based sport, and age can sometimes mean more durability,” explained Eric Wohlberg, a local amateur racer who drove a support vehicle during the Tour of California. “There is deﬁnitely a level of muscle maturity that older guys sometimes build.” Many races even honor young cyclists who perform well against weathered and experienced veterans. This year, Tour of California officials awarded the HTC-Highroad’s team’s Tejay van Garderen, 22, with the Rabobank Best Young Rider Jersey. Wohlberg—himself a 46-year-old racer on the FORM Fitness Cycling Team in Palo Alto – sees future potential in Garmin-Cervélo’s Andrew Talansky and Team RadioShack’s Matthew Busche, both in their 20s and both of whom performed well in the Tour. But Wohlberg believes Horner, who turns 40 in October, will remain a powerful force in pro cycling. Alistair Bland

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STAYCATIONS ARE GREEN One of the beneﬁts of Santa Clara Valley’s carefully cultivated reputation as a region bereft of tourist amenities is that we get to have our beautiful, sundrenched valley all to ourselves. Even the Convention and Visitor’s Bureau gave up and changed its name to “Team.” The next time an out-of-towner suggests that the only thing to do here is visit the Winchester Mystery House, don’t correct them. We’ve gotten used to easy parking, open trails and no queues—and plan to keep it that way, thank you very much.

And who wants to ﬂy 11 hours to visit some spot that’s as gorgeous as some places that are a half-hour’s drive away? Metro’s 2011 Summer Guide lays out a useful itinerary of attractions, parks, historical sites, museums and concert series on a city-by-city basis, starting with Palo Alto, Los Altos and Redwood City and meandering south through Silicon Valley to Los Gatos and Saratoga, with a dogleg into Gilroy and Morgan Hill. Since many events and summer music series are free, one could keep busy from Memorial Day to Labor Day without alarming deﬁcit hawks.

With rising petrol and jet fuel prices, staying close to the crib makes more sense than ever. Who needs to have their piercings X-ray’ed and moisturizer conﬁscated by a government employee wearing blue nitrile gloves?

Our guide to hot-weather entertainment is even more expansive on the web, so consult SanJose.com, Metroactive.com and the MetroFB.com Facebook page for additional options and updates.

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Palo P alo Al a Alto A lto 1431 Waverley Waverley S St.; t ; daily t. l d dawn–dusk; awn–dusk; free; fr ee; 650.329.1356. 650.329.1356. Once Once the t home of EEdwin dwin and Lila Lila Gamble ((Edwin Edwin was the son of the co-founder co-founder of Proctor Proctoor & Gamble), this historic property property was willed w by their daughter,r, EElizabeth, daughter lizabeth, to the city in 1981. Now Now oopen pen to to the the public public 365 365 days days a year, year, the the 22-1/2-acre -1/2-acre estate features features formal formal gar gardens dens (roses, (r oses, wisteria, magnolias, hydr hydrangeas, angeas, camellias, Japanese Japanese mapless and more) more) and demonstration demonstration gardens gardenss (cutting beds, exhibit herbs, salvias, poppies, poppies, daffodils, daffodils, iris and other perennials). perennials). LLooming ooming over the gardens gardens is the Gamble House, a distinguished 1902 1902 Colonial/ Colonial/ Geor gian Revival Revival building. Besides B Georgian being a pretty pretty place place to to walk walk through, through, the the Gamble Garden Garden is a nonproﬁt nonproﬁt o community horticul tural resource. resource. ce Their Their library library of some horticultural 800 gardening gardening books, books, located located in the main house, is open weekdays, 9am–noon. 9 The The University of California’s California’s M aster Gar dener Master Gardener pr ogram runs a free free plant clinic c program out of tthe he garden garden on on the the second second Saturday Saturday of of each month from from 9 to 11am. 11am m. The The Master Master Gar deners are are also in the library liibrary each Friday Gardeners fr om 1 to 4pm manning a plant p from hotline (650.329. 1356x205). TThese hese two pr ograms (650.329.1356x205). programs aare re available available year year round round except except for for December and January. January. Summertime Sum mmertime events aatt the the garden garden include include $25 $25 Garden Garden Fresh Fresh LLuncheons uncheons (food, (food, hobnobbing hobnobbing and and a tour tour of of the grounds) grounds) at noon on June June u 8 and Sept Sept 21.

HP Gar Garage age 367 Addison Ave. Ave. The The plaque plaque in in front front of of CCalifornia alifornia Historical Landmark Landmaark No. No. 976 976 reads reads “Birthplace of Silicon Silicon Valley,” Valley a y,,” but without that marker one would never neveer guess that this humble outbuilding played such an important rrole ole in history. history. In In 1938, two young electrical eengineers ngineers named named Dave Dave Packard Packard and and Bill Bill (previously Hewlett moved onto the property property o (previously ooccupied ccupied by by Dr. Dr. John John Spencer, Spencer, Palo Palo Alto’s Alto’s first mayor), and the garage garagee became their w orkshop. Before Before long, long, they they had had developed developed workshop. tthe he first first of of their their many many products: products: the the HP200A HP200A audio oscillator, oscillatorr, which Walt Walt Disney used to and the the music music of of Leopold Leopold bring Fantasia and SStokowski tokowski to the world in stereo sttereo sound. Having outgrown outgrown the littlee garage, garage, Hewlett-P ackard moved too a lar ger Hewlett-Packard larger building on P age M ill Road, Roadd, not far far fr om Page Mill from the pr esent-day HP LLab ab in nP alo A lto. present-day Palo Alto. However diddn’t fforget orget its However,, the company didn’t rroots, oots, and in 2000, it purchased purchased the garage garage andd adjacent dj t house. h Thank h ks to t a recent recentt Thanks and painstaking restoration restoratioon project, project, the pr operty now looks looks much as it did in the property ’30s when Bill and Dave began began their now legendary partnership. It It isn’t issn’t open to the public and can be viewed only from from the sidewalk, but it ’s still satisfying satissfying to walk it’s down quiet Addison Addison Avenue Avenuue and see the place where where it all began.

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Hanna House House 737 Frenchman’s Frenchm man’s Road, Stanford; Stanford; admission $10, $10, parking $5; 650.725.8352. Frank Fr ank LLloyd loyd W Wright’s right’s singular HannaHoneycomb House H is one of the best-kept secr ets at Stanford; Staanford; it does not appear on secrets maps of the university, universityy, and many people ar aware of its presence presence on aree not even aware campus. Semi-obscurity Sem mi-obscurity notwithstanding, the house is an architectural architectural milestone. Begun in 193 377, it was W right’s first building 1937, Wright’s in the Bay Area Area (the Marin Marin Civic Civic Center Center and the V. V. C. C. Morris Morris r Gift Shop Shopp in San San Francisco Francisco would follow follow w in later years). With no rightt angles, it was also his first building based baseed on nonrectangular nonrectangular shapes; in this case, hexagonal structures structures inspired inspired by a bee’s bee’s ho oneycomb. TThough hough sever ely honeycomb. severely damaged in the 1989 earthquake, the Hanna Housee has since been restored. restored. It It is no longer occupied but is still private pr opertyy, andd is one of Stanford’s Stanford’s less property, accessible attractions. atttractions. However,, it iss possible to visit on scheduled However happen four tour days. days These These h four times a month: the first fi and third third Sunday, Sundayy, as well as the second second and fourth fourth Saturday. Saturday. TTours ours begin at a 11:00, 11:15 and 11:30am, and reservations—sometimes reservations—sometimes months in advance—are advance—ar re required. required. Most Most photography photography is prohibited, prohibited,, as are are high heels and children children under undeer 12.

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351 Homer Ave.; Ave. ; Fri–Sun, 11am–4pm; 11am–4p pm; 650.321.1004. 650.321. 1004. The The museum, inside the t venerable vener able Williams House, mounts exhibits exhibits about the history of technology and invention in America. America. This This summer’s summer ’ss show include a display of “Early “Early Aviation Aviation Paper Paper M odels” by graphic graphic designer Dick Clark Claark and Models” a survey survey of innovations made duringg the Victorian V ictorian era era in America America (opens June Junee 17).

Free, parking $1.50/hour; Free, $1.50/hour; 650.723.2560. IItt isn’t isn’t necessary to be a student to take advantage of California’s Californiaa’s most pr prestigious estigious school. Free Free student-led student-leed walking tours depart from from the Visitor Visitorr Center Center (295 Galvez St.) St.) almost every everry day at 11am and 3:15pm. These These cater to both tourists and pr ospective enrollees, enrollees, last last for for one hour and prospective rrequire equire no reservations. reservationss. To To see Stanford Stanford at a more more leisurely leisurely pace, pacce, feel feel free free to wander among its historic histooric buildings, buildings art installations and gardens gardeens by yourself. yourself.

Stanford S t ford J tanf Jazz a azz F Festival estival e al Various venues on Stanford Various Stanford campus; campu us; June 24–Aug. 24–Aug. 6. With three three dozen artists lined up for for six weeks weeks of jazz, jazz, the SStanford tanford Jazz Jazz Festival is going big for for o its 40 anniversary. anniversary. The The array array of artists covers c everyone from from New New Orleans Orleans legend Allen Allen TTouissant oouissant to groove-jazz groove-jazz ﬁxtures ﬁxtures Charlie Chaarlie Amendola current altHunter and SScott cott A mendola to cur rent e al trrock-covering ock-covering sensations the Bad Plus. Plus. And And it crosses crosses continents, most notably with w Brazilian Br azilian Milton Milton Nacimento, Nacimento, Chile’s Chile’s Claudia Claudia Acuna A cuna and Columbia’s Columbia’s EEdmar dmar CCastaneda. astanneda. Bill Frisell, Oscar Oscar Castro-Neves Castro-Neves and the the Heath Brothers Brothers are are among the festival’s festivval’s other standouts. In In keeping with its educational mission, there there are are a number num mber of workshops, workshops, jazz camps and tributes tributtes to greats gr eats like Nat Nat King Cole, Cole, Irving Irving Berlin, Berliin, Cole Cole Porter P orter and more. more.

TThe he first place most people peeople will likely want to go is the observation observation deck near the top of the 285-foot 285-foot Hoover Hooover Tower, Tower o , which pr ovides a rare, rare, panoramic panoramic a provides view of the campus, surrounding surrounding countryside countryside and, on most days, San San Francisco Francissco Bay. Bay. The The tower, tower, f om 10am to 4pm, fr usually open all week from can be accessed for for just jusst $2 ($1 for for children children and seniors). TThe he next thing to see is is the Main Main Quad. CCompleted ompleted in 1891, 1891 thiss is one of the oldest parts of the university, univversity, and with its combination of Romanesque Rom manesque arches arches and tiled Mission Mission Revival Revivval roofing, roofing, it is architecturally ar chitecturally the most mosst impressive. impressive. With its intricate, mosaic-adorned mosaic-addorned façade, façade, the interfaith interf aith Memorial Memorial Church Chu urch dominates A the south side of the Quad. Q look inside the church church reveals reveals

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Stanford S tanfford S Shopping hopp pin ng Center Center 660 Stanford Stanford Shopping S Center (El Camino C amino Real and an nd Sand Hill Road); Mon–Fri, 10am–9pm; 10am m–9pm; Sat 10am–7pm; Sun, 11am–6pm; 11am–6pm m; 650.617.8202. 650.6177.8202. . Palo Palo Alto’s A lto’s foremost foremost shopping destination has seen its share share of o history since 1956, when SShirley hirley Temple Teemple cut c the cake at the opening ceremony. cer emony. It It was waas home to the world’s first-ever Victoria’s Victorria’s SSecret ecret stor storee and, mor moree rrecently, ecently, the first firsst mini–Apple mini–Apple Store. Store. TToday, ooday, Stanford Stanford Shopping Shopping Center Center offers offers nearly 140 restaurants, restaaurants, services services and retail retail Frette (Bloomingdale’s, CCartier, outlets (Bloomingdale’s, artier, Fr ette and Hlaska are are just j a few), few), but its pleasant p atmospheree is what truly sets the center atmospher w apart from from the average average mall. Upscale consumers withh branded branded shopping bags aree a common sight, but so are ar s are moms with strollers str ollers and people peeople walking their dogs (yes, dogs are are allowed). a Anyone A nyone is welcome welcoome to enjoy the fountains, fountains, whimsical artwork artwork and beautiful, awardawardwinning gardens gardenns that decorate decorate this upscale, open-air open-aair complex. Look Look especially ffor or the Garden Garden Walk, Walk, the tree-lined tree-lined Merfrog erfrog Family Palatine P alatine Courtand Courtand and the M fountain, fountain, ountain sculpted sculptted by funk ceramicist ceramicist David Gilhooly. Gilhooly.

Cantor Art Cantor Arts ts Cen Center ter & R Rodin o odin Sculpture S culpture Garden Garden Lomita Drive at Lomita at Museum Way, Wayy, Stanford; Stanford; Wed–Sun, 11am–5pm, W ed–Sun, 11am m–5pm, Thu, 11am–8pm; free; fr ee; 650.723.4177. 650.723.4411777. Spring Spring and summer

are ar re great great times to take a free free self-guided self-guidded walking wa alking tour of the Iris Iris & B. Gerald Gerald Center CCantor a antor Center for for Visual Visual Arts Arts at Stanford Stanforrd University, Unniversityy, which showcases stunning collections coollections of European, European, American, American, African, African, Asian Oceanic aree rregularly Asian s and O ceanic art that ar egularly rotated. The rotated. o The Center Center also houses temporary temporary exhibitions. exxhibitions. This This summer, summer, “The “The Art Art of the 28, thhe Book in California” California” ((June June 1– 11–Aug. Aug. ug 28 8 8, with with a special half-day symposium called callled “Perusing 30) “P Perusing the Printed Page” Page” on JJuly uly 30 0) focuses on the work of five innovative local focuses o printing prrinting presses, presses, while a companion exhibit exxhibit (through (thhrough Oct. Oct. 16) displays the illustrated illustrated title tittle pages of books books from from the 16th, 17th, 17thh, 18th 18 8th and 19th centuries. “True “True r Colors: Colors: Rediscovering Pigments on Greco-Roman Rediscovering e Greco-Rom man Marble Marble Sculpture” Sculpture” (through (through Aug. Aug. 7) uses uses X-ray X-r - ay fluorescence fluorescence to show the original originaal colors coolors of statues we’re we’re used to seeing in bare baare white. Outside Outside u the building is an elaborately elaborately staged staged courtyard courtyard that houses one of the thhe world’s largest largest and most complete collections coollections of bronze bronze sculpture sculpture by French French master master Auguste Auguste Rodin, Rodin, including his The h evocative evvocative and massive Gates of Hell. The coourtyard is a pleasant setting for for an courtyard affternoon picnic and is equipped with afternoon ligghting for for viewing after dark. Rodin’s Rodin’s lighting he h Thinker Thinker h is currently currenntly famous sculpture sculpture TThe famous onn loan to another museum but is due back ba ack in 2012.

dusk; free. free. ee One One of the more moore unusual and wonderful attractions attractionss at Stanford Stanford University is its Cactus Cactus Garden, Gaarden, which rerecreates cr eates a miniature miniature desert deserrt setting with dazzling horticu horticultural ultural variety. variety. Planted in the 1880s, it was a 1 popular poopular meeting pplace lace for for courting students in the s early days of the e ccoeducational oeducational uuniversity, niversity, though it would suffer suffer decades deecades of neglect in the 20th century. century. Volunteers Volunteers o have rescued the garden rescued e garden in recent recent years, and many maany of the original plants plaants survive. survive. This This prickly paradise paradise now w contains barrel, barrel, columnar collumnar and monstrose moonstrose cacti, and is also home to Joshua h Joshua trees, trees,, lizards lizardss and an array arrayy of noncactus noncactus succulents like aloes, crassulas crassulas and agaves. None None of the plants are are labeled, so botanical enthusiasts mayy want to bring a guidebook. Casual Casual visitorss can bring their dog or a picnic basket. While While the garden garden is located in a remote remote corner corneer of the Stanford Stanford Arboretum, Arboretum, it can easily be b accessed from from parking lot L-3, L-3, across across Quarry Quuarry Road Road from from the Stanford Stanford Shopping Shopping Center. Center e . From From the Cactus Cactus Garden, Garden, it is just a short walk to the Angel A ngel of Grief statue and the mausoleum wher remains of Leland Lelaand Stanford, Stanford, Jr., Jr., wheree the remains and his parents parents are are interred. interred.

V Visitors isitors can walk among majestic cedars, cedars pines, eucalyptus, eucalyyptus, palms, sycamores sycamores and native oaks. oaks. There There are are many paths to take when exploring e arboretum, some the arboretum, running parallel parallel a to the roads roads and some running straight straight a through the wooded through ar eas. The The grounds grounds are are completely ﬂat and areas. mostly shady, shaddyy, making this is a pleasant, ng way for for anyone to enjoy the undemanding undemandin beauty of nature. naature. The The arboretum arboretum is also ideal for for jogging, jogging, biking, dog walking or a brief Sunday Sundayy drive.

NOTABLE NO TA B LE EEVENTS VENTS Chili Cook-Off oo ok-Off an and Co d Summer Festival Summ e F er e estiiva al Music, dancing, Music, danciing, food food vendors, kids’ kids’ activities and annd lots of chili vying for for top prizes. July July 4, 4 noon–5pm; free. free. Mitchell Mitchell P ark, P alo A lto. Park, Palo Alto.

Clay Cla ay and and G Glass llass F Festival estival e a Local artisans Local artisan ns show their wares, wares, plus demonstr ations. July July 9–10, 10am–5pm. demonstrations. Fr ee. R inconnada P ark, P alo A lto. Free. Rinconada Park, Palo Alto.

Festival F estiva e all of of th the e Arts Artists and craftspeople Artists c aftspeople come together cr at this annual annuual community extravaganza. extravaganza. A ug. 27–28, 27–28, 10am–6pm. Free. Free. University Aug. A venue, dow wntown P alo A lto. Avenue, downtown Palo Alto.

Summer Summer e Twili Twilight ght Concert Series Co oncertt S eries Every Saturday Saturrday at 6:30pm; various locations. JJuly uly 2: Travis Traviss Air Air Force Force Base, Band of the Golden West, West, Rinconada Rinconada Park Park

Stanford U Stanford University niive ersi s ty Arboretum Arbo retum Dawn–dusk; free. free. Much Much of the Stanford Stanford campus’’ northern end, around campus around El El Camino Camino Real, R eal, Galvez Street Street and the thhe main entrance entrance at Palm Palm Drive, is covered covered by the university’s vast arboretum. arboretum. The The historic histooric tree tree collection, dating back as far far as the 1880s and 1890s, continues to provide provide an idyllic iddyllic place for for rrecreation ecreation and botanical study. s y. Though study Though g many types of trees trees that once grew grew here here have sadly been lost, there therre are are still more more than 350 species and many many thousands of individual trees. trees.

JJuly uly 9: Steve Stevee Lucky Lucky and the Rhumba Rhumba Bums, CCalifornia alifornia Avenue Avenue v JJuly uly 16: Moonalice Mooonalice at Rinconada Rinconada Park Park JJuly uly 30: Pellejo Pellejo Seco Seco at Rinconada Rinconada Park Park A ug. 6: Tempest Teemppest at Mitchell Mitchell Park Park Aug. A ug. 13: The The Sun Sun Kings at Mitchell Mitchell Park Park Aug. A ug. 20: Teens Tee e ns on the Green Green at Aug. M itchell Park Park Mitchell

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A ﬁne-crafts ﬁne-craftss festival, festival, plus live music, food, food, kids’’ activities. JJuly cooking demos dem mos and kids uly 16–17, 16–17 7, 10am–6pm; 10am m–6pm; after-hours concert, JJuly uly 17, 177, 5:30pm. 5:30pm. Free. Free. Santa Santa CCruz ruz A Avenue, venue, Menlo M enlo Park. Park.

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Between South San Antonio Anto onio Road and Altos Foothill Expressway. Expresswayy. Today’s Toodaay’s LLos os A ltos may be a city of country clubs and a McMansions, McMansions, but the historic heart of town town still offers offers ssome ome of of the the quaint quaint charm charm that that we we associate associate with the pre–Silicon pre–Silicon “Valley “Valleey of Heart’s Heart’s D elight.” Established Established in in the the early early decades decades of of Delight.” the last century on land previously previously owned by Sarah Sarah Winchester of “Winchester “W Winchester Mystery Mystery House ame, the original ttown own of LLos os A ltos House”” ffame, Altos centered center ed on Main Main Street. Street. Notable Notable landmarks landmarks aalong long this this avenue avenue include include the the Copeland Copeland Building at the corner of Main Main and First sstreets, treets, a Mission Mission Revival–style Revival–style structure structure buil builtt in 1911.

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TThere here are are dozens of intriguing intriguing shops on the street, street, selling antiques, antiqques, toys and furnitur e—plus an abundance abundance of clothing furniture—plus stor es There es. There are are also several seveeral beauty stores. parlors. Main Main Street Street may not n have a movie theater o for for Friday theater,, but it is blocked off movie nights throughout throughout the t month of A ugust. Family ﬁlms are are projected projected at Main Main August. and Third Third at 8:30pm, but fans fans can bring chairs and blankets and stake sttake out a spot as early as 6pm. Another event to watch out Another ou ut for for this summer will be the 32nd annual a LLos os A Altos ltos Arts A rts & Wine Festival (July (July 9–10, 10am– 6pm). In In addition, the local local farmers’ farmers’ market takes place every Thursday, Thursdayy, 4:30–8pm, on nearby State State Street. Street.

Los L os Altos Altos His History tory yM Museum useum u 51 S. San Antonio Road; Thu–Sun, T noon– Altos 4pm; free; free; 650.948.9427. 650.948.94277. At At the LLos os A ltos History Museum, Museum, appropriately appropriaately located on one of the last active apricot a orchards orchards in the SSanta anta CClara lara V Valley, alley, adul aadults ts and kids alike can take a fascinating fascinating journey back in time. Impressive Impressive in scope for for a gallery its size, the museum’s museum’s missio mission on is ““collecting, collecting, preserving pr eserving and interpreting interpreting the history of Altos the LLos os A ltos area,” area, ea ” from from the t native Ohlone Ohlone inhabitants to the Spanish Spanishh and Mexican Mexican periods, the era era of the apricot aprricot and the rrecent ecent technological boom. boom m. TThe he permanent upstairs collection coollection includes original artifacts, artifacts, hands-onn activities for for childr en (puzzles, games and a costumes) children and a scale model of down ntown LLos os A ltos downtown Altos cir ca 1932, complete with a model train. train. circa O ground floor, floor, rotating rotating exhibits often Onn the ground showcase fine art and antiques. antiques. After A fter looking at the historyy museum, go across acr oss the th courtyard courtyar t d to t the the J. J. Gilbert Gilb t Smith Smith ith House, which can be explored exploored with the aid of a docent guide. There’s There’s also a 1915 tank house and gorgeous gorgeous gardens, gardeens, which are are publicly accessible even when the museum w itself is closed. TThrough hrough June June 27, 277, a special exhibit will focus focus on Josephine Josephine and Frank Frank Duveneck, Duuveneck, the philanthr opists who founded foundeed Hidden Villa Villa philanthropists

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in LLos os A Altos ltos Hills. H Their Their charitable work and opposition too the W WWII WII JJapanese-American apanese-American internment iss examined, and visitors can look at rreplicas eplicas of their dining rroom oom and blacksmith black smith sh shop. hop. Fr From om JJuly uly 7 to SSept. ept. 25, the exhibit will w be “He “HeARTS ARTS Delight: P Past ast & Present Pr esent Picto Pictorial orial IImpressions mpressions of LLos os A Altos ltos & Altos Hills,” a juried show featuring LLos os A ltos Hills,” featuring the work of local artists.

Hidden Hi dden V Villa iilla 26870 Moody Mood dy Road; Tue–Sun, Tue–Sun, u 9am– dusk; parking/day parking/day use $5; 650.949.8650. M ore than than 25 25 years years after after the the Duveneck Duveneck More ffamily amily deededd its 1,600 1 600 acres acres of farm farm and wilderness wildernesss to a partnership with the M idpeninsula Regional Regional Open Open Space Space District, Midpeninsula the site of America’s America m ’s ﬁrst mul multiracial tiracial summer camp is still a place for for education about nature, natur e, agriculture agricuulture and social justice. Guests can volunteerr to do organic organic gardening, gardening, visit the working farm farm that preserves preserves rare rare breeds breeds ooff livestock livestock for for posterity posterity or or hike hike along along the the many wilderness wildernness trails. trails. TThe he Creek Creek Trail Trail a and Bunny Loops Loops provide provide strolls; for short, easy strolls; for something serious, tryy the Black Mountain Mountain Trek. Trek. While dogs g can ’t come on o hikes, leashed pets ar can’t aree allowed in the thhe farm farm area. area. There There are are fr equent special special events, classes and parties frequent that both ad ults and children children can sign adults up for. for. The The fees fees e for for these can range range from from $10 to $85, but b discounts are are sometimes off ered for for low-income loow-income individuals. offered TThough hough openn most of the year, year, Hidden Villa Villa

(June 17–Aug. 17–Aug. is closed during a portion (June for its children’s children’s summer camp 22) for program. However, However, it is still possible for for the program. general public to visit on select weekends: weekends: general third weekend of June; June; the ﬁrst, third third the third fourth weekends of July; July; and thee ﬁrst and fourth August. weekend of August.

Linden Tr Linden Tree ee Chil Children’s dren n’s Recordings and Books R ecordin e ngs g an d Boo ok ks 170 State State St.; St. ; Mon–Sat, 9:30am–5:30pm; 9:30am–5 5:30pm; 650.949.3390. IIn n mythology and folklore, folklore, the linden tree tree rrepresents epresents love, life life and ffamily. amily. IIn n LLos os A Altos, ltos, Linden Linden Tree Tree is a beloved book and music shop, andd a ffavorite avorite destination for for parents parents and their kids since the 1980s. Originally Originally a children’s chiildren’s rrecord ecord stor store, e, Linden Linden Tree Tree now includes includes a wide selection of books books for for babies, babies, young adul adults ts and kids of all ages, as as well as classical music, storytelling CDs CDs and albums by artists like Raﬁ Raﬁ and LLaurie aurie Berkner. Berkner. There There is a listening area a ea ar wheree parents wher parents can preview preview music before beefore buying it. TThere here are are also puppets, dolls, educational educattional games art supplies and even a small games, smalll bookss ffor adults. section of book or adul ts. The The store store hosts frequent fr equent author events, booksignings booksignings and concerts.

Rancho San Antonio Rancho An ntonio County Park Co un ntty P ar a k 22500 Cristo Rey Dr.; Drr. ; dawn-dusk; free; fr ee; 650.691.1200. 650.691.1200. This This county park, parkk,

combined with the adjacent adjaacent Rancho Rancho San San A ntonio Open Open Space Space Preserve, Prreserve, forms forms a Antonio massive 4,000 acres acres block block of hills, forests forests and meadows. The The twoo areas, areas, both administer ed by the Midpeninsula Midpeninsula Regional Regional administered O pen Space Space District, provide provide mile after mile Open of wilderness trails trails for for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding, r al though although cyclists and equestrians equestrianns are are restricted restricted from from some paths. IIn n the South South Meadow, Meadow, not n far far from from the plane county park entrance, entrance, model m aﬁcionados can often be b seen piloting their miniature miniature aircraft. aircraftt. This This meadow provides pr ovides a grassy grassy area area to play in, in as well as a watering trough trough for for o horses, while the North N orth Meadow Meadow across across the creek creek has picnic areas, ar eas, barbeque grills and a four four tennis courts. In In the large large open opeen space preserve preserve to the west, visitors cann hike or ride all the way over to the Duveneck Du uveneck Windmill Pasture. P asture. Sadly, Sadlyy, this area areaa no longer contains a windmill, but it does feature feature beautiful ﬁelds and views of the nearby mountains. Kids and adul adults ts alike will w love Deer Hollow Hollow,, located in the eastern e part of the preserve. ppreserve. This This working farm contains workkingg farm gardens, gar dens, an orchard, orchard, 1800s-era 18 800s-era buildings, chickens, ducks, ducks, goats, rabbits, rabbits, pigs, sheep and a cow. cow. The The farm farm is run by the city of Mountain Mountain View, View, and is open Tuesday, Tuesday u y, TThursday hursday and Sunday Sunday from f om 8am to 4pm fr and Wednesday Wednesday from from 8am 8 to 1pm. For mor moree information information on Deer D Hollow, Hollow, dial 650.903.6430.

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Redwood R e ed dwo ood Ci C City ity t Fox F ox Theatre Theattre re

2 2219 Broadway; Br oadwayy; 650.FO 650.FOX.7770 X.7770 Buil B Art Deco, Builtt in 1928 at the height of Art t Fox TTheatre the heatre had its ups and downs ffor or ddecades ecades bbefore efore bbecoming ecoming a ccenterpiece enterpiece ooff R edwood CCity ity aass a ccommunity, ommunity, bboth oth Redwood aarchitecturally ar chitecturally and a cul turally. Through Through culturally. t late ’90s an the nd the ’00s, it was the and c centerpiece of JJohn ohn A nagnostou’s ambitious Anagnostou’s p to rrevitalize plan evitalizee R edwood CCity. ity. When that Redwood ddidn’t idn’t w ork oout, ut, iitt w ent ddark ark iin n 22009, 009, uuntil ntil work went eentrepreneur entr epreneur Eric Eric r Lochtefeld Lochtefeld bought it last yyear, ear, and and with with the the help help of of his his brother brother Charlie Charlie rreopened eopened it along alonng with its smaller, smaller, adjacent ssister ister stage stage the the Club Club Fox Fox (formerly (formerly the the Little Little F Fox). This summer, summ merr, the Fox is hosting shows This llike ike Ginuwine Ginuwine with with Jon Jon B (May (May 27) 27) and and the the ssecond econd annual annual Moonwalker Moonwalker event, event, featuring featuring tthe he 14-piece 14-piece Michael Michael Jackson Jackson tribute tribute FForeverland oreverland (June (June 25). 25). Club Club Fox Fox hosts hosts e everything from m its famous famous blues jam every from W ednesday to comedy c Monday; this Wednesday every Monday; s summer also see headliners like Sophie Sophie will also B Hawkins (June B. (Junne 18), the Summer Summer of Love Love R evue (July (July 16) and a night of Hawaiian Revue m music Kupaaoa (July (July 17). with Kupaoa

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Courthouse Square C Square and other venues d downtown. Redwood Reddwood City City hosts a b bewildering slate slate of free free events throughout throughout t summer. the summer. Some Some o of the highlights are are l listed below; see see www.redwoodcity.org/ www.redwoodcity.org/ eeventss for event for full details. d

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FFridays, 6–8pm, 6–8pm m, Courthouse Square, Square, tthrough thr ough Oct. 7 M ay 27: Orquesta Orquesta la Moderna Moderna Tradición Tradición May JJune une 3: Handful of Luvin’ Luvin’ JJune une 10: Boys of o SSummer: ummer: tribute t the EEagles to agles

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June June u 4, 6pm: Performance Performance by singers from fr o Opera om Opera San San Jose Jose

July July 11: Ray Ray Obiedo Obiedo and the thhe Urban LLatin atin JJazz azz Project Project

JJuly uly 28: Dave Dave R ocha Band Rocha

JJune u 25, 6pm: Redwood une Redwood Symphony Symphony

JJuly uly 18: M ichael O ’Neill Quartet Qu uartet Michael O’Neill

Classical C Clas sical S Series eries

Jazz J a on azz on Main

JJuly uly 25: TThe he Mads Mads TTolling olling Quartet

Mondays, M ondays, 6–8pm, Main S Street treet

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JJune u 20: A une nton SSchwartz chwartz Quartet Anton

A Aug. ug. 8: TThe he JJoe oe Cohen Cohen Show Shoow Aug. 15: Wayne Wayne Wallace, Wallace, John John Worley Worley and Aug. Strom Kristen Strom

JJune une 17: CCeltic eltic rock rock with Tempest Tempest e JJune une 24: 24: Livewire Livewire JJuly uly 1: Whiskey Dawn

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JJuly uly 8: Aja Ajja Vu Vu pays pays tribute to Steely Steely Dan

JJune une 22: Night Night Fever

Native JJuly uly 15: N ative EElements lements

Puree EEcstasy JJune une 29: Pur cstasy

JJuly uly 22: EEarl arl TThomas hoomas and the B Blues A mbassaddors Ambassadors

JJuly uly 6: TThird hird Sol Sol Band

Wednesdays, W ednesdays, 6–8pm, S Stafford t ord P taff Park ark

JJuly uly 13: Bell Brothers Brothers

JJuly uly 29: JJohnny ohnny CCash ash tribute

JJuly uly 20: BlueState BlueState

A ug. 5: 5 CCaravanserai aravanseraii Aug.

JJuly uly 27: ZZydeco ydeco Flames

Aug. Rocket A ug. 12: Mitch Mitch Woods Woods and His R ocket 88’s.

Aug. A ug. 3: TThe he Internationals Internationals polka band

A ug. 19: CCream ream of CClapton lapton Aug.

Aug. Groove A ug. 10: Gr oove Doctors

Aug. A ug. 26: The The Rising, Rising, a tribute tribute to to Springsteen Springsteen SSept. ept. 2: SStung tung plays p music of SSting ting

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A ug. 11: California Califfornia Beach Boys, tribute band Aug.

Movies M ovi v es o on n th the eS Square quare

Thursdays at a sundown; Courthouse Square; Squar e; a different diifferent family-oriented family-oriented movie Redwood each week, runs June 21–Oct. 6. R edwood CCity’s ity’ss downtown ity downttown ﬁlms series last until early October, Octobeer, thanks thanks to the best climate in the United United States, States, by government test. nception (May (May 26), Highlights include innclude IInception Hitch (June (June 2), EEmpire mpire R Records ecords (June (June 9) Megamind egam mind (Aug. (Aug. 4). and M

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Presented by Presented by Peninsula Peninsula Celebration Celebration A ssociation, with a parade, parade, festival festival and Association, ﬁreworks. ﬁr eworks. s July July u 4, 4 9am–5pm; parade parade starts at 10am. Free. Free. e Downtown Redwood Redwood City. City.

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A summer salute salute to the blues, including performances perf ormancees from from CCandye andye KKane, ane, Amy Amy LLou’s ou’s Blues and JJohnny ohnny Talbot. Taalbot. July July 22–23. Free. Fr ee. CCourthouse ourth house SSquare, quare, Redwood Redwood City. City.

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Ed L Levin evin P Park ark a 3100 Calaveras Calaveras Road; R 8am–sunset; 8aam–sunset; $6 parking; 408.262.6980. In In addition to its gorgeous gorgeous views and recreation recr e eation areas, areas, EEdd Levin Levin Park Park also contains contains one of the ar ea’s lar gest off-leash do og park s. TThe he area’s largest dog parks. park’s 1,541 1,5441 acres acres allow for for o everything ffrom fr om hang h lidi to t golf, golf lf, andd its it 19 miles il gliding of trails trails are are frequented frequented byy hikers, cyclists and equestrians alike, while while Spring Spring Valley Valley LLake ake remains remains a popular fishing fi spot with a smaller pond for for kids under un nder 12. Spring Spring V alley is also the site of a historic pioneer Valley cemetery The park encompasses encom mpasses both cemetery.. The picnicking and wildernesss experiences. At At 2,598 feet, feet, Monument Monument Peak Peak rewards rewards hikers with a magnificent view. view.

The Th e Great Great Mall 447 44 47 Great Great Mall Dr. Drr. and Montague M Expwy.; Expwyy. ; 1.800.MALL.BAY 1.800.MALL.BA AY or 408.945.4022. 408.9 945.4022. This This mall, buil Ford builtt in 1994 on the site of a Ford Motors M otors factory, factory, is the biggest bigggest in Northern Northern CCalifornia. alifornia. M More ore than a sh shopping hopping center center,, it it’s ’s an event. This This 200-plus-store 200-plus-sstore mall includes everything from from a Levi’s Levi’s Outlet Outlet to BCBG BCBG M ax Azria Azria to a Saks Saks Off Off Fifth F Max outlet. A Ass much a theme park ass an emporium, the Gr eat Mall Mall also features featurres an Inside Inside Line Line Great RC rrace ace track track and a Lunar Lunarr Golf glow-inthe-dark mini–golf course, coursse, as well as a 20-plex p cinema and the Bay B y Area’s Area’s onlyy Dave & Buster’s Buster ’s bar-arcade bar-arcadde venue.

Milpitas Community Milpitas Co om mmuni u ty Library Libr ra ary 160 N. Main S St.; t. ; Mon–Thu, Mon–Th hu, 10am–9pm, Fri–Sat, 10am–6pm, Su Sun, n, noon–6pm; 408.262.1171. 408.262. 1171. Despite being being a revamped revamped grammar gr ammar school buil builtt in 1915, 1915, the Milpitas M ilpitas Community Community Library Library a is a major activity hub for for the city. city. It It has everything fr om historical displays too online book from gallery. rreservation eservation to an art galle ery. There There are are always events and classess being offered offered to adul ts and children, children, as well weell as a book club adults and regular regular story times for for o kids of all ages. LLibrary ibrary cards cards and most programs prrograms are are free. free.

Milpitas Mil pitas Sports Spo orrts Cen C Center nter 1325 E Calaveras Calaveras Blvd.; Blvd. ; $5 $ drop-in drop-in fee; fee; 408.586.3225. TThis his affordable affordable d full-service full-service ﬁtness center with drop-in drop-iin rates rates comprises ffour our pools, a large large gym and annd two aerobics aerobics studios. The The Milpitas Milpitas Sports Sporrts Center, Center, run by the city, cityy, offers offers Zumba Gold Gold and Hatha Yoga Yoga classes as well as an aquatics classes, aquuatics program. program. am TThe he center also hosts var ious adul various adultt sports leagues and open-gym sports spports programs. programs.

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open ﬁeld with w a backstop. backstop. Open Open sunrise to sunset, it it’s ’s a perfect perfect place for for a cookout or a game of catch. catch. Groups Groups as large large as 25 can plan excursions excursions to Ben Rodgers Rodgers Park. Park.

Cardoza Car doza aP Park a ark Kennedy K ennedy d Drive Drive Dr i and d N. N Park Parkk Victoria Vi t i Drive. Di TThe he 10-acre 10-acre park draws draws residents residents with a lighted baseball baseeball diamond, volleyball layouts and an amphitheater amphitheater for for special events. A long with eight e Along barbecue pits and 19 picnic tables, tabless, Cardoza Cardoza Park Park is famous famous for for its oversizedd horseshoe pit. Groups Groups as large large as 125 can be b accommodated.

Summer Summ e M er Movie ov vie S Series eries Barbara Leee Senior Center, Barbara Centerr, 40 N. Milpitas Blvd. Thursdayy, 7pm; free free Blvd.;; every other Thursday,

Dr.r. Dolittle JJune une 30: Dr JJuly uly 14: TThe hhe Princess and the Frog Frog JJuly uly 28: Big Aug. A ug. 11: SSend endd Me Me No No Flowers Aug. A ug. 25: A Feast F at Midnight Midnight

NOTABLE N OTA B LE EEVENTS VENTS Memorial M emori rial Day Day With a presentation preseentation of colors, a 21-gun salute and light light refreshments. refreshments. May May 30, 9am. Free. Free. Veterans Veterans Memorial Memorial Park. Park.

Ben Rodgers Rod dger e s Park Pa arrk 1950 Everglades Everglades Dr.; Drr. ; sunrise sun nrise to sunset. TThis his beautiful 7.5-acre 7..5-acre park, paark, named after a local businessman, features featurres picnic tables, six barbecue pits, a playg playground round and an

July J uly Fourth u Fourth u Celebration Celebrattion Annual ﬁreworks Annual ﬁrew works display, displayy, live music, a pool party and a barbecue. Free. Free. Sports Sports Center. Center.

Ardenwood Ar denwood ood d Historic His i toric F Farm arm a

34600 Ardenwood Ardenwood oo Blvd. at a Kaiser Kaiser Drive; $5–$8 8; 888.327.2757. 888.3277..27577. $2, special events $5–$8; TThe he farm farm offers offers a chance to t step back in time to the fertile fertile farmland farmland of 19thcentury south Alameda Alameda County. County o . Visitors Visitors can tour the historic Patterson Pattersonn House and its V i t i gardens, ictorian gardens, d id the the house-drawn h house-dr d awn Victorian ride train tr ain and stock up on freshly freshhly harvested harvested or ganic produce. produce. Ardenwood Ardenwood provides provides a organic glimpse of agricul tural life life in the 1890s, agricultural most notably with the entertaining entertaining tour of the 19-room 19-room Queen Anne–style Anne– –style Patterson Patterson House, which comes complete compplete with a docent dressed dressed in period clothes. c George George W ashington Patterson, Patterson, ﬁrst ﬁrsst owner of the Washington ffarm, arm, buil builtt the house. TThe he park boasts a 1-mile loop loop of narrownarrowgauge railroad railroad track, track, and often o runs excursion trains; trains; the park is home to the SSociety ociety for for the Preservation Preservatioon of Carter Carter R ailroad Resources, Resources, a group grouup of rail rail fans fans and Railroad historians. A rdenwood consists of 210 0 acres, acres, is a Ardenwood working farm farm with animalss and hosts various seasonal special events, evvents, like an old-fashioned old-fashioned Independence Independdence Day celebr ation, a Harvest Harvest Celebration Celeebration and celebration, V ictorian social affairs. affairs. Victorian JJune une 5, 12, 19 and 26: Hay Harvest Harvest JJuly ulyy 4: Independence Independence p Dayy JJuly uly 10, 17, 177, 24 24 and 31: Hay Harvest Harvest

Niles N iles His Historic storic Dis District trict

Downtown Niles, N near Fremont. Fremont. Separated Separated fr om larger larger Fremont F emont by Mission Fr Mission Boulevard Boulevard from and the Union Unioon Pacific Pacific Railroad Railroad lines, Niles Niles rretains etains muchh of its historic flavor. flavor. In In itts significance as a stop on addition to its the first transcontinental transcontinental railway, railwayy, Niles Niles was also l home h me to hom t the th Essanay Essanay Studios, Studios, t di an important producer producer of silent movies in the early 1900s. Stars Stars who made movies in N iles included included Charlie Charlie Chaplin Chaplin and Broncho Broncho Niles Billy Anderson. Andersoon. The The Niles Niles Essanay Essanay Film M useum at 37417 3 4117 Niles 37 Niles Blvd. shows silent Museum movies everyy weekend. TThe he small downtown doowntown features features many older buildings buildinggs and is a major center for for antiques shopping. shoopping. The The annual Antique Antique Fair and Flea Market, Marrket, held in late August, August, spills over into thee closed-to-traffic closed-to-traffic streets streets and brings large large crowds crowds from from throughout throughout the Bay Area. Area.

Little Li ttle Kabul Kab a ul

4673 Thornton Thornton Ave. Ave. A Afghan fghan markets and authentic rrestaurants esstaurants have put Fr Fremont’s emont’s LLittle ittle Kabul Kabul on o the map for for many Bay A rea foodies, foodies,, and with good reason. reason. It It is Area possible to stock stock up on such hard-to-ﬁnd hard-to-ﬁnd culinary treats treats as Afghan Afghan bread bread (just (just $2 a loaf) at Maiwand Maiw wand Market Market before before stopping at the De Afghanan Afghanan g Kabob House for for Kabob some of its famous famous bolani—a potato p leek pancake withh yogurt sauce.

A ug. 13: Cajun/Zydeco Cajun/Zydeco Festival Fesstival Aug. SSept. ept. 3–5: Historic Rail Rail Fair Fair

Niles N iles Canyon Can nyon Railway Raiilway

37001 Mission Blvd.; Blvd. ; rides rides $5–$10; 925.862.9063. R Rail ail fans fans flock flock to Niles Niles to take scenic rides on thee historic Niles Niles CCanyon anyon Rail Rail line, which winds winnds through through some beautiful canyons. Track Track was first laid in Niles Niles in the 1860s; the transcontinental t anscontinental tr rrail ail link from from Sacramento Sacramento to San San Francisco Francisco Bay was completed in 1869 1869 by the Central Central Pacific, P acific, which later was merged meerged into the SSouthern outhern Pacific. Pacific. A fter the cessation of commercial com mmercial rail rail After tr affic in the 1980s, the Pacific Pacific a Locomotive traffic Locomotive A ssociation took over and became Association rrestoring estoring several several miles of track. track. The The group group now offers offers excursion ridess on Sundays Sundays and holidays (most notably notably the Train Train of LLights ights during the CChristmas hristmaas season) lasting about an hour and a half. half. The The trains trains can be enter ed either in Niles Niles or Sunol. Sunol. entered EExtensive xtensive restoration restoration projects projeects on historic locomotives, both steam and a diesel, and passenger cars take place in the work yard, yard, which is also open to visitors. visitors.

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Patriotic par Patriotic parade a with ﬂoats and bands. July ade July 4, 10am. Warm Warrm Springs Springs Boulevard, Boulevard, SSouth outh Fremont. Fr emont.

Fremont Fr emont F Festival estival e a o off th the e Arts With food food and an nd wine, live music, business alley and crafts crafts and a kids’ kids’ zone. Aug. Aug. alley,, arts and 6–7 7, 10am–6pm; 10am–6pm; free. free. Downtown. 6–7,

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A celebration celebration n of IIndian ndian cul culture ture and parade. heritage, kicking kickking off with a par ade. Aug. Aug. 13–14. 39439 9P Paseo aseo P Padre adre Pkwy. Pkwy. .

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Mountain M oun nttain V View iew to the publicc and include many acres acres of marshland marshland that attract attract thousands of migr atory birds biirds each year—hands down migratory a favorite favorite spot sppot for for birdwatchers. birdwatchers. A large large network of trails t ails attracts tr attracts bikers and walkers, andd connects with the P alo A lto Palo Alto Baylands, Crittenden Crittenden r Marsh and the Bay Marsh LLoop oop Trail Trail among am mong others. others Shoreline Shoreline also includes a casual casual dining cafe cafe open for for br eakfast and annd lunch. breakfast

Rengstorff R en ng gstorff S Skatepark ka atepark 201 S. Rengstorff Reng gstorff Ave.; Ave. ; free; free; 650.903.6331. 650.903.63 31. Located Located in Rengstorff Rengstorff Park, P ark, this small sm mall skatepark is constructed of smooth asphal aasphaltt with steel pipes, rrail ail and ramps. ram mps. It It is very popular with locals—primarily locals—prim marily kids—and tends to be tightly packed packeed after school or during the summer.. The summer Thee features features are are enclosed in steel ffencing encing thatt is open from from dawn to dusk. TThe he fence fence iss closed off when it rains rains until the features featuress dry. dry.

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Summer S Summ er Concert C ncert S Co Series eries EEvery very summer, summer, Mountain Mountain View View hosts w weekly free free concerts conncerts on Thursdays, Thursdays, starting a 6:30pm and lasting 90 minutes. The at The s shows take place placce either downtown at CCastro astro and Dana Dana Streets, Streets, at Cuesta Cuesta Park Park or a Rengstorff at Rengstorff Park, Park, a and a portable folding folding c chair or blankett is advised. JJuly uly 7: Evolution, Evolutionn, a tribute to Journey, Journey, at CCastro astro and Dana Dana JJuly uly 14: Tin Tin Man Mann plays classic rock rock at CCuesta uesta Park Park he Department Deppartment of Rock Rock at Castro Castro JJuly uly 21: TThe and a Dana Aug. 4: The The Colony Coloony Street Street Band at Castro Castro Aug. a Dana and Aug. Aug. 11: Tito Tito y Su Su Son Son de Cuba, Cuba, with Tito Tito Gonzalez, at Rengstorff G Rengstorff Park Park Aug. 18 at Castro Castrro and Dana: The The Groove Groove Aug. K Castro and Dana Kings at Castro

Summer Outdoor Summer S O tdoor M Ou Movie ovi ve Nights N ights Various V arious locations; locatio ons; Fridays, 8:30pm; free free

Despicable able Me Me at Cuesta Cuesta Park Park JJuly uly 15: Despica Taame Your Yoour Dragon Dragon at JJuly uly 22: How to Tame W Whisman Park Park Megamind egam mind at Eagle Eagle Park Park JJuly uly 29: M hhe Prin Princess ncess and the Fr Frog og at A ug. 5: TThe Aug. Stevenson Stevenson Park Park ooy Story Sttoory 3 at Sylvan Sylvan Park Park Aug. 12: TToy Aug.

Aug. A u 19: TTangled ug. aangled at Rengstorff Rengstorff Park Park

NASA N ASA Am Ames es R Research e esearch Center C Cen ter Moffett Field; Tue–Fri, Moffett Tue–Fri, u 10am–4pm; Sat– Saat– Sunday, Su undayy, noon–4pm; free; free; 650.604.5000. 650.604.5000. Ames NASA TThe h A he mes CCenter enter became part of NA SA in 1958 19 958 and since then has been a leaderr in vital Although vit tal high-tech rresearch. esearch. A lthough Ames Amees no longer lo nger offer offer tours of the grounds, grounds, guests guessts can NASA ca an visit the new NA SA Ames Ames Exploration Exploration CCenter e enter located at the main gate. West TThe h center ffeatures he eatures the W est CCoast’s oast’s largest la rgest immersive theater projecting projecting images im mages and special effects effects twice the rresolution esolution of high-definition video on a 36-foot 36 6-foot screen. screen. Viewers Viewers can interact interact with with videos vid deos and experience a re-creation re-creation of flying fly ying over the terrain terrain of Mars. Mars. CCurrent u rent exhibits include a moon rock ur rock rretrieved etrieved by Apollo Apollo 15 in 1971, along with with other ot ther samples of extraterrestrial extraterrestrial finds. The The Ames A m Exploration mes Exploration Center Center also included a gift NASA gi ft shop of NA SA Space Space memorabilia. memorabilia.

Castro Street Castro C Street S Shopping hoppin ng District Di D Dis t ictt tri Do Downtown owntown Mountain View. View. Castro Castro Street, Street, e the th he heart of Mountain Mountain View, View, is a popular populaar spot sp pot for for night life, life, shopping and some of the th he area’s area’s best destination dining. A Among moong the th he major stores stores in the area area are are Books Books Inc., Inc., the th he region’s region’s longest-standing independ independent dent bookseller, bo ookseller, Giovanna’s Giovanna’s Fine Jewelry, Jewelry, Plumeria Pl umeria and Alpine Alpine World. World.

Designed with pedestrians pedestrianns in mind, the district encompasses the City City Hall, the ppublic library, libraryy, the Center Center for for Performing Performingg Arts A rts and Pioneer Park. Park. The The street street is also the location of Thursday Thursday Night Night Live; Live; throughout thr oughout the summer, summer, Castro Castro Street Street is closed down to traffic traffic thee first Thursday Thursday of a farmer’s each month to host live music, m farmer ’s market, activities for for children childdren and a display of classic cars. On O n Sept. Sept. 10–11, Mountain Mountain View’s View’s annual Art A rt & Wine Festival will bee hosted here here as well. More More than 600 booths boooths will be on display display, y, featuring featuring paintings, paintings, pottery, potteryy, jewelry, jewelryy, metalwork, photography photography and a more. more. There There will be nine featured featured wines winees available as well as a special brew brew from from Tied Tieed House, other assorted beers, and refreshing refreshing cocktails. Festivals food food goes far far beyond beyyond hot dog carts with w ith eats eats ranging ranging from from three three varieties varieties of of paella to turkey legs to calamari. calamari.

Shoreline W Shoreline Wildlife ildliife R Refuge efu uge Ar ea an d Tr ra ail Area and Trail Shoreline Park Shoreline Park at the end en nd of Shoreline Shoreline Boulevar d; free; free; 650.903.6392. 650.903 3.6392. Formerly Boulevard; a landfill, this sprawling sprawling 750-acre 7550-acre park is nnow ow a beautiful beautiful recreation recreation area area and and wildlife wildlife rrefuge. efuge. The The 50-acre 50-acre man-made man-made salt-water salt-water lake is a popular sailing spot sppot with an aquatic center offering offering boat booat rentals rentals and w indsurfing classes, classes, while while the the 18-hole 18-hole golf golf windsurfing course makes for for an unusually unusually scenic game. TThis his summer, summer, the center has h all-day passes ffor or boat rentals rentals for for $10 per peer person. TThe he preserved preserved natural natural areas areas e are are open

1401 N. Shoreline Sho oreline Blvd.; Blvd. ; Wed–Sun, Wed–Sun, 10am–5pm m; $15 ffor or adul ts, $12 for for 10am–5pm; adults, students, seniors seeniors and active military; 650.810. 10110. Home to the largest largest 650.810.1010. collection off artifacts artifacts related related to the evolution of the information information age, the CComputer omputer History History Museum Museum is easily one of th prides the id of of the th Silicon Silicon ili Valley ll . Since Since i 1996 Valley. 1996, the collection collectioon has grown grown to include more more than 90,000 0 objects, including the Apple-1, Apple-1, A pple’s ﬁrst pr oduct, and the original Utah Apple’s product, teapot, the 3-D-modeler’s 3-D-modeler ’s version of a “hello world” world” program. program. TThe he history of computing doesn’t doesn’t stop ther e—the “Revolution” “Revolution” exhibit str etches there—the stretches back 2,000 years and includes dozens of types of abacus, a ame the ﬁrst mainfr mainframe computers, and a components from from Google’s Google’s original webb server. server. Part Part of the permanent collection is also a reconstructed reconstructed version of CCharles harles Babbage’s Babbage’s computer engine that he never lived liveed to see completed.

The Th e Googleplex Goo og glep plex 1600 Amphitheatre Amph hitheatre Pkwy. Pkwyy. The The world headquarters headquarter rs for for the search-engine search-engine giant includes includes a handful of buildings ﬁrst constructed construucted for for Silicon Silicon Graphics. Graphics. The The current cur rent corporate corpporate campus sits in 26 acres acres with a park and some public trails, trails, in a joint venture venture with the city to combine pprivate and public p uses. IIff you’re yyou’re wonderingg why there there iss a bust of Lloyd Lloyd Bridges out front, fr ont, just Google Google it.

Shoreline S horelin ne Amphitheater Am mphitheater One Amphitheatre Amphittheatre Pkwy. Pkwy. 650.967.4040; 650.9677..4040; show information inform mation at www.livenation. www.livenation. com.. TThis com his ou outdoor utdoor venue holds up to 22,000 0 music fans, fans, with

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both box seating and a lawn law wn area. area. Since Since its opening in 1986, it has hosted springand summer-season performances performances o by the Grateful Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Fleetwoood Mac Mac and hundreds hundr eds of other major touring touring stars, as multi-act well as national mul ti-act festivals festivals like the Vans Vans Warped Warped Tour, Toour, the Bridge School School Benefit and Lollapalooza. Lollapalooza. The The distinctive pointed red-capped red-capped tentlike tentlikke structure structure that covers the stage is a peninsula peninnsula landmark. JJune une 3–4: Further JJune une 5: Live Live BFD Warped JJuly uly 2: Vans Vans W arped TTour our o JJuly uly 4: SF SF Symphony Symphony and fireworks fi eworks fir Mayhem JJuly uly 10: M ayhem Festival JJuly uly 16: EEddie ddie IIzzard zzard Aug. A ug. 23: United Tour Toour with 311 3 and SSublime ublime Music SSept. ept. 3: IIdentity dentity Electronic Electronic M usic Festival

Airship Air ship V Ventures, e enturess, In Inc. c. NASA Research NASA Research Park/Moffett Park/Moffett Field; 650.969.8100. 650.969.810 0. Experience Experiencee a unique aerial tour of the San San Francisco Francisco Bay in a zeppelin at Airship Airship Ventures. Ventures. The The company coompany was launched in 2007 by a couple couuple that shared shared aviation pipedreams, pipedreams, with the zeppelin t ki its taking it maiden id flight fli ht in i May May off 2008. 2008 Ultimate TThe he Ul timate Bay tour takes takees guests up to the Twin Twin Peaks Peaks and the Bay Baay Bridge. TThe he Geek Tour Toour is a 90-minute 90-minnute flight taking guest over a variety of tech tecch company headquarters, including Google, Gooogle, Yahoo! Yahoo! and Oracle O racle as well as other famed fam med Silicon Silicon Valley Valley locations. For something on o the other end of the spectrum, The The South Southh Bay Scenery Scenery

TTour our takes guests guuests out of the hustle and bustle and into innto sprawling sprawling mountains and vineyards vineyar ds of Los Los Gatos, Saratoga Saratoga and Lake Lake Vasona. Vasona. Tours Tours o s range range from from $375 to $950 per person.

Rengstorff R en ng gsstorff H House ouse 3070 N. Shoreline Shoreline Blvd.; Blvd. ; 650.903.6392. TThis his beautiful beautifuul Victorian Victorian house is the oldest in Mountain Mouuntain View. View. The The house is ﬁlled with exquisite exxquisite examples of Italianate Italianate architecture ar chitecture throughout throughout its 12 stunning rrooms. ooms. Tours Tours o are are conducted Tuesdays, Tuuesdays, Wednesdays, W ednesdays,, and Sundays Sundays from from 11am to 5pm and are are lead by docents dressed dressed in period style. The The Rengstorff Rengstorff House also hosts regular regularr events like art receptions, receptions, live SShakespeare hakespeare performances, performances, and concerts in the garden. garden. The The house is also available to rrent ent for for private privaate parties.

Hangar Han nga ar One O e On Moffett Field. Moffett Field d. TThe he ffederal ederal airﬁeld began lifee as a ffacility lif acility for for the U. U.S. S. N Navy avy and is cur currently rently under u the authority of the NASA NA SA Ames Ames Research Research Center. Center. The The main architectural ar chitectural features features are are three three mighty hangars. In In particular, p particular , Hangar One, One, which is one of the largest largest buildings of its kind in the world and is considered considered one of America’s A merica’s M Most o EEndangered ost ndangered Places. IItt is often claimedd that the hangar is so large large that it creates createes its own internal weather patterns, including inclluding fog. fog. TThe he ﬁeld started starrted in 1931 as the home USS SS S M Macon acon airship. After After being ffor or the U decommissio decommissioned oned in 1994, Moffett Moffett Field has been open on on a limited basis to the general general public p for for tours.

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Mountain M oun nttain View View Center C ter for Cen for the th e Performing Pe erfformin ing Arts A t 500 Castro Castro St.; St. ; 650.903.6000. 650.903..6000. The The Mountain M ountain View View Center Center for forr the Performing Performing Arts A rts has events all summer, summer, including CChildren’s hildren’s TTheatre heatre in the P ark—an outdoor Park—an perf ormance by Peninsula Peninsulaa Youth Youth Theatre Theatre performance with a different different family-friendly family-friiendly 45-minute production pr oduction each week (runs (ruuns June June 24 24 to Aug. Aug. 5, Fridays at 6:30pm). 6:30ppm). Regular Regular perf ormances by area area theater theeater and dance performances tr oupes as well troupes as concerts take place inside. TThe he center encompasses the M ainStage MainStage with nearly 600 seats and a more-intimate mor e-intimate SSecondStage. econdStage. Among A mong the companies using the center on a rregular egular basis is TTheatreWorks. heatreWorks. Rotating R otating art exhibits are are hung in the lobby.. lobby

Mohr M ohr Ga Gallery allery Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, Centerr, 230 San Antonio Circle; Circle; Mon–Fri, 9am–7pm, 9aam–7pm, Sat, 9am–3pm; 650.917.6800. 650.917 7.680 . 00. True True r to its name and mission thee school holds regular mission, regular rotating rotating shows by local local and internationally famous famous artists in a gallery g with substantial natural natural lighting. Alexis Grant—Paintings. Grant—Paintings. JJune une 17– July 3. 17–July Carol Gancia Carol Gancia Ogawa, Videos, and Auey Santos, Photographs—July Pho otographs—July 8– Aug. 31. 8–Aug. Matanghi & Arabhi Arabhi Sundararajan—Batiks Sundararajan—Batiks and photographs. photogrraphs. July July 11–Aug. 11–Aug. 11.

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Murphy and Washington Washington avenues; Wednesday, 408.736.4971. EEvery very W ednnesdayy, starting at 5:30pm, Sunnyvale Sunnyvale hosts hostts a free free live concert and market featuring featurring local crafters crafters and a farmers farmers market withh local produce produce and fresh fresh ﬂowers. The The market market will also b joined be j i d by b food foodd trucks t ks and truck andd vendors d along Washington Washington Street, Street, as a well as stands serving serving cold beer and a local wines. P erformances vary weekly and include Performances R&B rreggae, eggae, Latin, Latin, funk, R &B and and pop. The The JJazz azz and Beyond Beyond series runs ev very Saturday Saturday every thr ough the summer through summer..

Aug. Prim A ug. 20: Primary mary Colors Colors with Rick Rick Vandivier Vandivier and Nate Nate Pruitt Pru uitt

W ednesdays, 5:30pm Wednesdays, JJune une 22: SShowtyme howtyme JJune une 29: Night Night Fever JJuly uly 6: The The Groove Groove Kings JJuly uly 13: Sage Sage JJuly uly 20: Busta-Groove Busta-Groove JJuly uly 27: Joe Joe Bagale Bagale Aug. A ug. 3: EEntourage ntourage B Band and A ug. 10: Take Take a 2 Aug. Aug. A ug. 17: Tortilla Toortilla Soup Soup A ug. 224: 4: Paciﬁc Paciﬁc SStandard tandard TTime ime Aug. Aug. A ug. 31: The The Hitmen Satur days, 5:30pm Saturdays, JJuly uly 9: Crystal Crystal Monee Monee Hall JJuly uly 16: Legally Legally Blue Blue JJuly uly 23: Dave Rocha Rocha Quartet Quartet JJuly uly 30: Jessica Jessica JJohnson ohnson

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Sunny Sunnyvale yv val a e Heritage He erita age P Park ark M useum m Museum Remin 570 E. Remington ngton Dr.; Drr. ; Sun, Tue, Tu ue, Thu, noon–4pm; free; free; 408.749.0220. 408.749.0220. SSunnyvale unnyvale Heritage Heeritage Park Park features features a rreplica eplica of thee Murphy Murphy House, the site of CCalifornia’s alifornia’s la argest private party in history: largest the Murphys Murphys 50th anniversary. anniversary. More More than 10,000 people people attended, and the event lasted three three days. TThe he pioneer Murphy Murphy family family came to CCalifornia alifornia in 1844, before before the Gold Rush. Rush. To To a member of the pput that in perspective, perspective, p Murphy M urphy family family was part of the rescuers rescuers sent looking for for the Donner Party. Party. Settling Settling in what would woulld become Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale, Martin Martin Murphy M urphy Jr. Jr. became beecame a leading ﬁgure ﬁgure in early California Californnia history. history. He had his home shipped to California Calif a ornia all the way from from Maine. M aine. The The home home was deeded to the city down eight years later. in 1950 but burned b later. What visitorss see today is a meticulous rreconstruction. econstructioon. SSee ee the property, property, learn about the M urphys andd view some family family historical Murphys memor abilia. The abilia. The museum also currently currently memorabilia. ffeatures eatures other otheer exhibits showcasing everything from from 1850s wedding dresses dresses to a time linee of technological advances spanning more moore than 200 years. Exhibits Exhibits rrotate otate regularly, regulaarly, and there there are are also occasional events evvents and garage garage sales hosted at the museum. museuum.

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Lace L ace Museum Museum 552 S. Murphy Ave.; Ave. ; Tue–Sat, Tue–Sat, u 11am–4pm; 11am m–4pm; free; fr ee; 408.730.4695. Hidden in a strip strip mall, this eccentric little museum focuses foccuses strictly on its namesake: lace. Lace-making Lace-m making tools, books—even books—even a lace vest tatted tatteed out of human hair—are hair—are on display. display. The The gift shop is unique, too; most of the items item ms for for sale have been donated and include such oddities as lace-covered lace-covered business-card business-caard cases and decorated decorated soap hedgehogs. hedgehoggs. TThis his nonproﬁt nonproﬁt organization organization is devoted devoteed to preserving pr eserving the art and cul culture ture surrounding surrou unding lace and its production; production; the group group operates opperates with the help of volunteers. Workshops Workshoops aree offered ar offered regularly regularly for for those with the t patience and steadiness of hand to practice pr actice this delicate art.

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NOTABLE N OTABLE A EEVENTS VEENTS Cherry Ch erry F Festival e estival a Food, games and contests, conteests, tours, cherry cherry tasting and music. May Mayy 28–29, 9:30am– 4:30pm. C.J. C.J. Olson Olson Cherries, Cherrries, Sunnyvale. Sunnyvale.

California Calif orrnia Theatre Theatr t e Cen Center ter Four productions productions in repertory. reppertory. Sunnyvale Sunnyvale CCommunity ommunity Center. Center. Around Around o World in the World 80 Days, Days, June June 2–July 2–July 22; The Servant Servant of T w wo Masters, June June 9–July 9–July 23; Agatha Two une 23–July 23–July 24; 24; Christie’ss Black Coffee, Christie Coffeee, e JJune The Emperor’s Emperor ’s New Clothes, Clothes, June June 4–June 4–June 25.

Art and and W Wine ine Festival Fe estiva al Wine tasting from from regional regional wineries, ffood ood and crafts crafts booths and more. more. June June 4–5, 10am–6pm. Free. Free. Washington Washington and SSunnyvale unnyvale avenues, downtown. dow wntown.

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44701 701 7 Great Great America Pkwy; Pkwyy; 408.988.1776. 408.988.1776. EEasily asily the local favorite favorite spot spot for for fun in the sun in the area, area, Great Great America America has attr actions and rides for for every every age. Planet attractions SSnoopy noopy is perfect perfect for for small small children, children, with ffamily amily roller roller coasters and interactive interactive rides. id The The h parkk also l has h other otther t th family il rides id family bumper cars and in KidZville, KidZville, including bumper miniswing rides. Families can c also ride the beautiful Carousel Carousel Columbia, Columbbia, the world’s tallest doubler-decker carousel. carousel. o TThrill-seekers hrill-seekers can get their fix fi on FireFall, FireFall, a 60-f oot-high twisting and turning tuurning coaster 60-foot-high that speeds riders through through extreme e eme fire extr fire effects effects and 360-degree 360-degree arcs. arcs. Guestss can cool off at Boomer ang Bay, Bayy, opening for forr the season on Boomerang M ay 25. This This 13-acre 13-acre “Bay Beach Beeach Club” Club” has May a 355,000-gallon wave pooll and attractions attractions rranging anging ffrom rom iinner-tube nner-tube slides slides ttoo water water ffortresses—even ortresses—even a heated tropical t opical lagoon. tr Gr eat America America also ffeatures eatures e plenty of live Great perf ormances. New New this year yeear is “Don’t “Don’t SStop top performances. the M usic,” an exhilar atingg showcase of Music,” exhilarating dance and music from from thee past to present. present. TThe he show starts June June 25 and a goes until SSeptember. eptember.

Mission Mis sion San Santa ta Cla Clara arra de de Asis Asis 500 El Camino Camino Real. Santa Santta Clara Clara de Asis Asis was the first mission in history history to be buil woman, Clare Clare of Assisi. Assisi. ssisi builtt in honor of a woman, O riginally placed on the Guadalupe Guuadalupe River River Originally in 1777, 17777, the building had too be relocated relocated after earthquakes, fires fires and an nd floods wiped out many of the original structures. structures. The The mission was destr destroyed oyed andd rrebuilt ebuilt a total of six times. It It has been inn its current current location since 1828.

IInn 1850, an order order of Jesuits Jesuitts took over the mission, headed by Fatherr John John Nobili. Nobili. The The ffollowing ollowing year, year, Nobili Nobili opened openned a college at the site of the mission that thaat became Santa Santa CClara lara University—the y oldeest universityy oldest in California California and paired paired with with the ﬁrst and only mission to join a college. colleege. The The stunning chapel is still in operation operation and stands pr oudly in the center of the thhe Santa Santa Clara Clara proudly University campus. The The mission mission is open daily to visitors and for for mass. maass.

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2200 Mission College Blvd.; Blvvd. ; Mon–Fri, 9am–6pm, Sat, 10am–5pm; 10am–5p pm; free; free; 408.765.0503. 408.7 65.0503. TThe he museu museum um is located at Intel’s Intel’s headquarters. Guests Guuests can try on bunny b suits it (the (th ones made m d ffor or clean l rrooms, ooms, not Easter), Easter), see the eir names written their in binary code and learn aabout bout how silicon chips are are manuf manufactured. actured. TThe he 10,000-square-foot 10,000-square-foot museum m displays rrevolutionary evolutionary pieces of tec chnology technology intermingled with inter active exhibits ffor or interactive childr en and adul ts alike. The The museum children adults also houses IIntel’s ntel’s historic cal documents, historical

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1505 Warburton Warburton Ave.; Ave. ; Tue–Sun, Tu ue–Sun, 11am– 5pm, Thu, 11am–7pm; 11am–7pm; free; free; 408.247.3754 408.247.3754 . Founded in 1965 1965 by W. W. Robert Robert Morgan, Morgan, Museum’s the Triton Triton r Museum u ’s goal is to exhibit both contemporary contemporary and historic work from from artists of thee greater greater Bay Area. Area. The The Triton Triton r ffeatures eatures a permanent peermanent collection of 19thand 20th-century 20th-cenntury American American art. The museum The m mounts rotating rotating exhibits (usually three threee at a time) that run for for six to eight weeks. w s. The week The striking 22,000square-foot squar e-foot building welcomes visitors with a large, large, light-ﬁlled atrium that looks looks out through through a glass wall to a landscaped sculpturee area sculptur area e in the back. The The small gift storee carries stor carries some interesting interesting local art and history publications. publiccations. It It is located in a civic plaza that includes includes the City City Hall. Midsummer JJune une 18th marks maarks the Triton’s Triton r ’s M idsummer Art A rt Celebration, Celebratioon, with more more than 200 artists selling their wares w es in the 7-acre war 7-acre sculpture sculpture garden. gar den. The The fair fair is free free and will also feature feature ffood, ood, music and a a showcase of classic cars. SHOWS: SHOWS: Mirang Wonne, Mir ang W onne, Fire Fire Strokes, Strokes, in Memory of Won Won Choe—Paintings Choe—Paintings g chartingg the artist’s artist’s emotional emotional states—Runs states—Runs through through JJuly uly 10. LLou ou Bermingham: Berming gham: Ancient Dreams Dreams for for New Realities—Color Realitiees—Color ﬁeld and abstracts abstracts by LLou ou Bermingham—Runs Berminghham—Runs through through July July 24. 24. A Transcendent Transcendent Land: Nontraditional Nontraditional Landscapes—Works Landscape s—Works by David Ivan Ivan Clark. Clark. Runs R uns through throughh July July 20.

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world, but the monastery’s 10-acre 10-acre gr ounds are are open to the public. The The grounds gardens gar dens are are stunning, and guests may maay str oll along the tree-lined tree ee-lined lined paths to the t stroll olive grove grove and rose rose arbor. arbor. The The chapel chapel itself 19177, is a must-visit for forr any itself,, buil builtt in 1917, student of ecclesiastical architecture. architecture. e

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1000 Lincoln n St.; St. ; public daily mass is observed obser ved at 7:15am, and visiting hours ffollow, ollow w, 9am–noon 9am– –noon and 1–4pm; free; free; 408.296.84 412. TThe he CCarmelites armelites aare re ppart art ooff 408.296.8412. a CCatholic atholic order order ddating ating back back to to tthe he 112th 2th ccentury entury and and have have m onasteries aallll oover ver tthe he monasteries w orld, iincluding ncluding SSanta anta Clara. Clara. The The CCarmelite armelite world, Monastery M onastery of Santa Santa CClara, lara, established almost a century ago ago, o, still houses an or order der of nuns. TThe he oorder rder has has a sspiritual piritual charisma charisma based based on on contemplativee pr ayer, and tr adition tr aces prayer, tradition traces tthem hem to to a group group ooff hhermits ermits rresiding esiding oon n IIsrael’s srael’s M ount Carmel, Carmel, hence their namesake. Mount TThe he nuns ar cloistered fr om the outside aree cloistered from

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500 El Camino Camino Real, Santa Clar Claraa University; T ue–Sun, u frree; Tue–Sun, 11am–4pm; free; 408.554.4528. O Opened pened in 1955, the de SSaisset aisset M Museum useum was buil builtt with funds fundds from from rreal eal estate bequeathed to Santa Santa Clara Clara University by Isabel Isabel de Saisset Saisset after her death. The The museum started out displaying disppplaying y g de SSaisset’s aisset’s personal belongings andd paintings, as well as artifacts artifacts from from the the SSanta anta Clara Clara Mission. Mission. EEventually, ventually, the the collection collection grew grew to to house house a wide wide variety of artifacts artifacts from from the Santa Santa Clara Clara Valley Valley a and an impressive impressive collection of artworkk from from a vvariety ariety of of time time periods. periods. In In the the ’70s, ’70s, it it became became devoted to displaying underappreciated underappreciatedd

art fforms, orms, such as video, with a theme of exploring social justice through th hrough art. TThe he downstairs ggalleries alleries house house tthe he fascinating fascinating downstairs historical material, material while the upstairs galleries are home to rotating rotating exh hibits of modern art. are exhibits SHOWS: SHO WS: Life Cycle—Photographs Cycle—Photograpphs of rrare are cr eatures Life creatures usan M iddleton. Runs Runs u through through June June 12. by SSusan Middleton. The Theater of Insects Insects—Staged s—Staged photos of insects in fantastical fantastical surroundings surroundings by JJoo Whaley. Runs through Whaley. R uns thr ough June June 12. ubbard: T rekkking thr ough Father H Hubbard: Trekking through Alaska—An Alaska—An exhibit about abbout a Jesuit Jesuit priest in the wilderness in thee early 1900s. Runs Runs through through June June 12. Paul Paul Locatelli, Locatelli, S.J.: S.J. : Photographs— Pho otographs— Pictures Pictures by a past president pressident of Santa Santa Clara Clara University.. Runs University Runs through througgh June June 12. Hobos H obos to Street Street People: Peoplle: Artists’ Artists’ Responses R esponses to Homelessness Homelessness from from the N ew Deal to the Present—July Presennt—July New 29–Dec. 4.

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Ed Edward dwa ard Peterman Peterma an M Museum u useum off RR History o Hisstory Santa Clara Clara Depot, 1005 Railroad Railroad Ave.; Ave. ; Tue, T u ue, 6–9pm, Sat, noon–9pm; noon–9pm; free; free; 408.243.3969. 408.2 43.3969. This museum museeum is situated across acr oss from from the entrance entrance to Santa Clara Clara University in the historic Santa Clara Clara Depot, whose structural structural components components date to 1863. It comprises four four buildings buildinggs that include original freight freight houses, the thhe interlocking tower and more more modern storage s age buildings. stor Bay The museum, run by the South S Historical Railroad Railroad Society, Societyy, houses a variety of historical artifacts: artifacts: control control boards, boards, maintenance equipment and a railroad railroad signals. The former former freight freighht storage storage room room ffeatures eatures an large large HO and N scale-model display.. Outside on a track display trackk siding, visitors can tour a Oregon-Washington Oregon-Washington Railroad Railroad and Navigation business car. car. The center hosts weekly bluegrass bluegrass jam jaam sessions during museum hours. Onn June 18, 10am– Contest. 3pm: The Great Great Train Train Cont test.

Harris L Lass ass House Hou use M Museum useum u 1889 Market Markeet St.; St. ; days and hours vary; $1–$3; 408.249.7905 408 8.249.7905 In the 1800s, 1800ss, this site, the last farm farm lot in the city, cityy, wass occupied by two families families who buil grandd Italianate-style house that builtt a grand was extensively extensivvely expanded around around 1980. 1980 The current current museum in the house displays a full array array of o period furniture furniture descended fr om the Lass Lasss family family itself. itself. The house is from nnow ow under under the the supervision supervision of of the the Historic Historic Pr eservationn Society of Santa Clara. Clara. The Preservation Afternoon Tea Tea e and Vintage Fashion Show takes place June J 12, 1–4pm; $25 in advance.

Berryessa Berry yes essa A Adobe dobe 373 Jefferson Jefferso on St.; St. ; Thu, noon–2pm, Sat, noon–3pm;; fr ee. This adobe near the free. Mission San ta Clar Santa Claraa was buil builtt in the 1840s and occupied occupieed for for many decades until developmen nt usurped its original domestic development purpose. Thee city bought and restored restored the adobe, opening openning it to visitors in 2002. The Berryessa Berryesssa adobe is one of the few few rremaining emaining adobe adobe dwellings dwellings from from the the valley’s mission misssion era. era. Of special note is the garden, garden, which w re-creates the home re-creates ffarming arming techniques techhniques of the time with fruits, vegetables and a grape grape vines.

Agnews A gnews Historic g Historic Cem Cemetery etery and an dM Museum useum 3898 Lafayette Lafayette St.; St.; 408.615.3790. 408.6 615.3790. Located Located on Santa Clara’s Clara’s Sun Microsystem’s Microsystem o ’s campus, this 14.5-acre 14.5-acre park parrk houses four four ppreserved reserved historic historic buildings buildings from from the the old old state hospital complex, two tw wo of which—the auditorium and mansion—are mansion— —are available ffor or tours by reservation. reservation. The Thhe historic cemetery is more more than a century c old; the museum contains artifacts artifactss and photographs photographs ffrom rom the the operational operational period period of of Agnews Agnews Developmental which was D evelopmental CCenter, enter, w hich w as oopen pen 11888 888 to to 2009 2009 (open (open by by appointment). appointment). The The park area area is free free and openn to the public.

Ulistac Ulis tac Natural Naturra al Area A ea Ar 4901 Lick Mill Blvd.; Blvd. ; 408.554.5419. 408.554.544119. The Ulistac Natural Natural Area Area is thee last 40 acres acres of open space in Santa Clara. Clara. a Opened in 2001, the Ulistac Natural Natural Area Area is is the culmination of two years of effort effort on the part of the community to preserve preserve what w was once an Ohlone Indian settlement and to restore restore it to its natural natural state. area, The park currently currently has a wetlands w area, and flowers, native plants p flowers, and walkingg trails. hope tr ails. In the future, future, park supporters s to create create woodlands as well w as a butterfly garden gar den with more more than 700 70 00 native shrubs. Demonstrations Demonstr ations of Ohlonee life life are are also planned. The outreach outreach center cennter also offers offers field trips and volunteer opportunities. o

NOTABLE N OTA AB L E EV EVENTS E NTS Memorial M emori rial Day Day Weekend We eeken e d Watch a brilliant Watch brilliant display of ﬁreworks ﬁreworks on Sunday evening, evenning, then participate in a rremembrance emembrancce event on Monday afternoon. Fireworks Fir eworks May M 29, 9:45pm. Great Great America, Santa Clara. Clara.

Memorial M emori rial Day Day A traditional traditional celebration. celebration. May 30, 3pm. Central Centr al Park, Parkk, k Santa Clara. Clara. a

All-City All -City yP Picnic icnic Family-frienndly Fourth, beginning with Family-friendly a pancake breakfast, b eakfast, followed br followed by a ﬂag dedication, carnival c games and more. more. July 4; 8am–5pm. 8am–5pm m. Central Central Park, Park, Santa Clar a. Clara.

Hot H ot San n Jose Jose Nights Nigh htts Five evenings eveninggs of nonstop entertainment from fr om Bay Area Area entertainers, plus almost 1,000 classi classicc hot rrods ods and special specialty ty vehicles on display, displayy, a poker walk, walk a swap meet and ann auction. July 6–10. Santa Claraa Countyy Fairgrounds, Clar Fairgrounds, San Jose.

Labor Day Labor Day Weekend We eekend Fireworks Fir eworks A brilliant display dissplay over the skies of Santa Clara. Clara. 9:45pm Sep 4, 9:45pm. m. Great Great America, Santa Clara. Clara.

A San Jose Downtown Association Production June 2 Greg Kihn Band Classic Rock KFOX 98.5/102.1 June 9 The Original Stone City Band Funk/R&B / KBLX 102.9 FM June 16 Freddie McGregor Reggae / Alice@97.3 June 23 White Album Ensemble Beatles Tribute / 94.5 KBAY

Free Thursday Concerts 5:30 p.m. Plaza de Cesar Chavez Downtown San Jose 408.279.1775 sjdowntown.com facebook.com/ sjdowntown

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June 30 Natural Vibrations Reggae/Rock / LIVE 105 July 7 Led Zepagain Classic Rock KFOX 98.5/102.1 July 14 Special Artist TBA Online Power Pop MIX 106.5 and S*ALT July 21 The English Beat Ska / S*ALT and Alice@97.3 July 28 Cracker Americana /Alternative Rock KFOG 97.7 SJ/104.5 SF and S*ALT

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Plaza de Cesar Chavez, Market M and San Fernando streets; streets; every eveery Thursday, Thursdayy, 5:30pm.. The 5:30pm The annual free free music m series has come to define the downtown downtown San San Jose Jose experience in the hot weather weather months. A provide a Ass work ends, the concertss provide welcome l t ansition tr iti from f om office fr offi to t nightlife, nightlif i htlife, transition with a canny mix of old favorites favorites and new Metro etro surprises in many genres. genres. As As always, M is a prime sponsor of Music Music in the Park. Park.

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On the green green n at SJSU; SJSU; July 30–Aug. series with 7; free. free. The The ﬁve-concert ﬁ SSymphony ymphony Silicon Silicon Valley Valley features features a family family show, show w, Latin-dance Latin-ddance night with Ricardo Ricardo LLemvo emvo and Makina Makina Loca, Loca, big-band hits and All Hollywood favorites. favorites. a All this, and free free ice cream, cr eam, too.

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Rotating among am mong San Pedro Pedro Square, Square, the Historic District Disttrict and the SoFa District downtown locations; lo ocations; sunset; free. free. As As always, the lilive ive entertainment, starting 7pm, before at around around 7p m, bef ore the films is as much of an attraction a action as the movies. attr movies he h TThe he series commences coommences June June 8 with TThe an P Pedro edro SSquare quare with Blues Brothers Brotheers at SSan and Brothers live music an nd a Blues Br others lookalike Grease ease beforehand. contest bef orehand. JJune une 15 has a Gr sing-long at Post Post and Market. Market. The The July July hhe Big Lebowski Lebowski comes 6 showing off TThe complete with witth opening music by Bobby Joe Joe Ebola Ebola and the the Children Children MacNuggits, MacNuggits, who will serenade serenadee the dudes with such tender hhe melodies as “The “The Dog Ate Ate My My Baby.” Baby.” TThe 20 (July 20) 0) includes a bird bird par parade ade of Bir Birds ds (July venggeful feathered feathered denizens of perhaps vengeful ooy Andy’s Andy ndy’ss Pet Pet Shop. Shop. hhop Other Other features features include TToy (July 27), 277), Dazed and Confused Confused ((Aug, Aug, SStory tory (July Viva iva i Las Las Vegas Veegas ((Aug. Aug. 17), JJon on Favr Favreau’s eau’s 10), V SSwingers wingers (Aug. (Aug. u 24) 24) and finally the wallto-wall zombie zombbie crawl crawl leading to the pet F (Aug. (Aug. 31). zombie film Fido

Aug. Garcia A ug. 18: SSergent ergent Gar cia A ug. 25: P ete EEscovedo scovedo O rchestra Aug. Pete Orchestra

San J Jose ose s Jazz Ja azz Festival Fes estival a Downtown; Aug. 12–14 12–14.. SSummer ummer of 2010 marked a turning point ffor or the SSan an JJose ose JJazz azz FFestival, estival, w with ith ssome ome out-of-the-box out-of-the-box thinking by its or ganizers taking t it to a new organizers llevel evel ooff ssuccess. uccess. SSan an JJose ose JJazz’s azz’s fformer ormer eexecutive xecutive ddirector irector Geoff Geoff R Roach oach uunderstood nderstood tthat hat fforward-thinking orward-thinking ffestivals estivals hhave ave begun begun booking iconic jazz instrum mentalists from from instrumentalists aacross cross ggenres, enres, iincluding ncluding tthe he oonce-verboten nce-verboten world w orld ooff ddance ance aand nd ppop op music. music. That That lled ed to a funk-infused ﬂavor wi with th headliners like George George Clinton, Clinton, linton M aceo P arker and Maceo Parker Power. TTower ower ooff P ower. This This year year iiss pperhaps erhaps eeven ven moree eclectic, with New mor New O Orleans r rleans jazzR&B ffunk unk sensation sensation Trombone Trombone SShorty, horty, R &B queen Mavis Mavis Staples, Staples, Cuban Cuban n legend Arturo Arturo SSandoval andoval and superstar saxophonist saxxophonist David SSanborn anborn topping a roster roster th that hat also includes Ramsey R amsey Lewis, Lewis, M Marcus arcus M Miller, iller, Geor George ge Duke and more. more. (SP) (SP)

Metro M etro F Fountain ountain Blues B ues Fest Bl Fes est St. James P St. Park; ark; July 9. The The ffestival estival returns returns with with the Fountain Blues Festival AllStars AllStars Band, TTommy ommy o y CCastro astro and mor more. e.

HP Pavilion Pav vilion 525 W. W. Santa Clara Clara St.; St. ; www.hppsj.com. ww ww.hppsj.com. heartbreak exaltation Whatever heartbr eak or ex xaltation the SSharks harks provide, provide, their homee tank is also the site of the biggest indoor concerts in the valley, valley y, making it one of thee most active

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Att the other end, History Park A Park preserves preserrves significant markers of San San Jose Jose and Santa Santa CClara lara County’s County’s past. A number of historic hisstoric buildings have been rrebuilt ebuilt in a smallsmaalltown setting presided presided over by a model moddel of tower.. A Art shows SSan an Jose’s Jose’s ffamous amous light tower rt sh hows can be seen at the Pasetta Pasetta House and annd Pacific P acific Hotel. Various Various railroad railroad and trolley trolley o

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180 W Woz oz W Way; ay; Mon–Sat,, 10am–5pm, Sun, noon–5pm (Monday (Mondaay hours start May 30); $9/10; 408.298.5437. 408.298 8.5437. In addition to its regular regular hands-on exhibits, exxhibits, the museum brings “Mammoth “Mammoth Discovery!” to town, starting June 11. The The exhibit centers on an ancient mammoth fossil fossil that was discover ed nearby in the Guadalupe River discovered and will include a full-sizee skeletal replica. replica.

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110 S. First S St.; t. ; T Tue–Sun, u ue–Sun,, 11am–5pm; $5/$8; 408.294.6840 408.294.6840.. TThe he new new aand nd tthe he marries oold ld coexist coexist aatt the the museum, museum, which which m arries tthe he city’s Richar Richardson dson Romanesque library building, Romanesqque library tower,r, to a sleek, twocomplete with clock tower story barrel-vaulted barrel-vaulted exhibition exhibitiion space. Air,r, Br Branches Roots in the Air anchees Below: Modern Contemporary and Contempor ary Art From From India: —Through — Through Sept. 4. The Bible Illuminated: R. R Crumb Crumb’ss Book of Genesis—June Genesi s—June 23–Sept. 23–Sept. 25.

520 S. First St.; St. ; T Tue–Sun, ue–Sun, u 10am–5pm; $6.50/$8; 408.971.0323. 4

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San Jose Jose e Institute Institute o off Contemporary Co ontem mpo orary Art

560 S. Firstt St.; St. ; Tue–Fri, Tue–Fri, u 10am–5pm, Sat, noon–5pm;; 10am-10pm 10am-10pm on ﬁrst Fridays; free; fr ee; 408.28 408.283.8155 83.8155 Size Matters—A Matterrs—A group group show addressing addressing the perception perceptiion of size. Ends June 18. Hanna Hannah: Hann nah: Frames Frames of War— War— Paintings P aintings byy a Santa Cruz artist. Opens June 18. 18 Lift Off—Works Off—Works by students in SJSU’s SJSU’s Fine Arts program. program m. Opens July 2.

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Broadway Br oadway San J Jose osse San Jose Center for for the Performing Performing A t 255 Almaden Arts, Al d Blvd.; Bl d ; $20–$69; Blvd. $20 $69 408.792.4111 408.792.4 4111 1 Mamma Mia!—June Mia!—June 7–12. 7–112.

City Lights City Liights Theater Theater Company Co mpa an ny 529 S. Second St.; St. ; $15–$35; $15–$ $35; 408.295.4200. Distracted—Runs Distr acted—Runs through througgh June June 19.

Oh, Mr sa!—A salute to the famed famed Mr.r. Sous Sousa!—A mar march ch composer. compposer. July July 3, 2pm, California California TTheater, heater, San Sann Jose. Jose. $21.50–$36.50.

Olinder Theatre, Theatre, 848 E. William St.; St. ; $15/$20. 40 408.288.7820. 08.288.7820. Dar win in Malibu—A M Malibu —A comedy about Darwin the famed famed scientist scientist alive and well in contempor ary society. society. June June 16–July 16–July 10. contemporary

1694 Saratoga Sarato oga Ave.; Ave. ; 408.404.7711. Br oadway Concert C Series—July 10 and 24 24 Broadway Series—July and Aug. Aug. ug 7. 7. Shout! The Mod Musical—Runs Musical—Runs Aug. Aug. 26– Sept. 18. 18 8. 26–Sept.

San Jose Jose e Repertory Repert e ory Th Theatre eattre The Rep, 101 10 01 Paseo Paseo de San Antonio; 408.367.7255. 408.367 7.725 . 55. LLove ove in American Ameerican Times—Runs Times—Runs through through JJune une 5.

Summer Fling Fundraiser—Aug. Fundraiseer—Aug. 6.

The Complete Compleete World World of Sports (abridged)—A (abridged) —A rromp omp tthrough hrough aathletic thletic history by th the he R Reduced educed SShakespeare hakespeare CCompany. ompany. July July u 14–19.

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with One-Man Star Star Wars—A Wars—A solo solo sshow how w ith CCharles harles Ross. Rosss. July July 14–17. 14–17.

Nine —The musical versio on of the Fellini Nine—The version movie. Runs Runs July July 21–Aug. 21–Aug.. 28. 21

Montgomery Theater, Montgomery Theater, Market Marrket and San San CCarlos arlos streets; streets; $11–$36; 408.986.1455. 4 408.986. 1455. The Sorcerer—An Sorcerer—An early Gilbert and SSullivan ullivan effort. effort. June June 18–26. 18–226.

San Jose Jose e Stage Sta age Company Co ompan ny The Stage, Stage, 490 4 S. First St.; St. ; $17.50–$50. $177..50–$50. 408.283.714 42. 408.283.7142.

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Monday Night Live—Annual Live—Annnual event skewers local politicians. June June 20 at 8pm.

SSANTANA ANTTA ANA ROW ROW Flavors of Jazz, Jazz, every TTuesday, uuessdayy, 6:30pm, in two different different restaurants restaurantss on the Row. Row. Highlights include Kristen Strom Strom Duo (July (July 12), Mads Mads Tolling Tolling o (July (July 19), the t Brian Ho Trio Trrio ((Aug. Aug. 2), guitarist Hristo Vitchev’s Vittchev’s Duo (Aug. (Aug. 9) and John John Worley Worley and Friends Friiends (Aug. (Aug. 16).

Hot H ot August Augus g t Nights Nig ghts t Santana Row’s Row’s Park Park Valencia Valencia stage; every Saturday, Saturdayy, 6:30–9pm, 6:30–9pm m, in August Aug. A ug. 6: Gypsy TTribe ribe r A ug. 16: Stu Stu Hamm Aug. Aug. A ug. 20: Soul Soul Intention Intention Aug. A ug. 27: The The Chad Chad Tuckers Tuckers u

NOTABLE N OTA B LE EEVENTS VEN TS Greek Gr eek F Festival estiva e al With food, With food, arts and live music. muusic. June June 3–5. $3–$5. St. St. Nicholas Nicholas Orthodox Orthodox Church. Church.

food. food. A beneﬁt beneﬁt for for the Valley Valley Medical Medical Center Center Foundation. Founddation. June June 4, 7–10pm. $100. Lexus Lexus of Stevens Stevvens Creek Creek Rooftop. Rooftop.

Dine Din e Downtown Do ow wn ntow wn Thirty restaurants Thirty restaurants in downtown San San Jose Jose offer off er special prix ﬁxe menus in the $20– $40 range. range. June June u 22–July 22–July 3.

Tahiti T ahiti Fete a Fete o off San J Jose ose Featuring a dance d competition, plus food food and crafts. crafts. July July u 2–4. SJSU SJSU Event Event Center. Center.

Rose, R ose, White Wh hite & Bl Blue ue Parade Pa arade With a parade, With paradde, live music and more. more. July July 4. Parade P arade at 10am, 10am, festival festival at 11am. Hanchett Avenue A venue and The The Alameda. Alameda.

San Jose Jose e Giants Giants 4th of of July Ju uly Following thee game against the Modesto Modesto Nuts. N uts. July July 4, 6:30pm. Municipal Municipal Stadium. Stadium.

Obon Obo nF Festival estival a A JJapantown cultural tural celebration celebration featuring featuring apantownn cul games, food food and performances. performances. July July 9–10. Free. Fr ee. Buddhist Buddhisst Church Church Betsuin, San San Jose. Jose.

Gay Ga ay Pride Pride Week Wee e k Skate S ka ate th the eL Lake ak ke A summer series of competitions compeetitions for for skateboarders. skateboar ders. June June 11, July July 9, Aug. Aug. 13. Lake Lake CCunningham unningham Regional Regional Skate Skate Park. Park.

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Memorial M emoriall Park Park Stevens Creek Stevens Creek Boulevard B Boulevar d and Mary A venue; dawn–10pm; dawn– –10pm; free; free; 408.777.3120. 408.7777..3120. Avenue; IInn the heart of Cupertino Cupertino lies a beautifully landscaped, 28-acre 28--acre expanse containing many amenities, amenitiess, including six tennis courts and a softball softball field, all of which ar li ht d in i the th h evening. he i A picnic i i area area aree lighted accommodatingg more more than 100 people can be reserved, reserved, andd many more more picnic areas areas aare re available available on on a first-come, first-come, first-served first-served basis. There There is a large large pond with a fountain, fountain, miniatur waterrfall and an island with an miniaturee waterfall attr active gazebo gazebbo built built on it. The The pond has attractive many ducks ducks andd geese, but don’t don’t ffeed eed them, and watch your step—they make a mess. SScattered cattered throughout throuughout the park is evidence of Cupertino’s Cupertino’s sister s city partnership with TToyokawa, ooyokawa, Japan, Japan, including some Japanese Japanese tor lanterns There Ther h e are are two playgrounds, playgrounds, ounds toroo lanterns. wide grassy grassy areas, areas, e lots of trees trees and a Walk Walk of Remembrance Remembrancce inscribed with the names of local war veterans. veterans. This This summer, summer, the annual Concert Concert Series, Series, featuring featuring classic rrock, ock, blues, mariachi marriachi and symphonic music, will take place Thursdays Thursdays 6:30pm–8pm at the park amphitheater. ampphitheater. Also Also at the amphitheater iss “Cinema “Cinema at Sundown,” Sundown,” TThursdays hursdays at 8:30pm 8::30pm from from July July 14 to Aug. Aug. 4 (films to be screened sccreened include How to ron Man Man), and Train Train Your Yoour Dragon Drraagoon and IIron yymbeline, performances performances of o Shakespeare’s Shakespeare’s CCymbeline Fridays through throughh Sundays Sundays at 7:30pm from from A Aug. ug. 13 to 28. Parking Parking can sometimes be difficul difficult, t, especially especially during events, so plan accordingly. accordinglyy. Parking Parking lots are are located off of Mary Mary Avenue Avenue and Alves Alves Drive, with additional parking parkiing along the street. street.

Summer Summer Concert C ncert S Co Series eries JJune une 2: Cupertino Cupertinno Symphonic Symphonic Band JJune une 9: Tin Tin Man Mann JJune une 16: Mariachi Mariachi Azteca Azteca JJune une 23: Highwater Highwater Blues JJune une 30: OTR OTR JJuly uly 4: The The Peelers, Peelers, starting at 10:30am ffor or the holiday, holiday, which includes a pancake br eakfast, plus a children’s children’s par ade at breakfast, parade M emorial Park Park at a 10am and ﬁreworks ﬁreworks at Memorial 9:30pm. JJuly uly 7: Dub FX

Fourth F ourth of of J July uly u A pancake breakfast, breaakfast, hosted by the De Anza A nza Optimist Optimist ti i t Club, Club, l b plus l a children’s childr hild en’s ’ parade par ade at Memorial Memorial Park Park at 10am and ﬁreworks ﬁr eworks at 9:30pm. 9:330pm. Cupertino. Cupertino.

McClellan M cClellan n Ranch Ranch P Park ark a 22221 McClellan McClellan Road; 6am–dusk; free; fr ee; 408.777.3120. 408.7777..31120. This This relatively relatively small park located in Cupertino’s Cupertino’s M Monta onta V Vista ista neighborhood iss packed with interesting interesting

K_\ DXip 8m\el\ 9`ZpZc\ =ffkYi`[^\ gi\j\ekj X ]lkli`jk`Z nXp kf Zifjj k_\ )/' =i\\nXp% K_ _\ DXip 8m\el\ 9`ZpZc\ =ffkY Yi`[^\ gi\j\ekj X ]lkli`jk`Z nX Xp kf Zifjj k_\ )/' =i\\nXp p% th hings to see and do. In In the ’30s and things ’4 0s, it was a horse ranch ranch owned by the the ’40s, M cClellan family, familyy, some of the ﬁrst people peopple McClellan too settle in the area. area. andd ranch TToday, od , the oday th original i i l barns b ranchh house h use hou are ar re preserved, preserved, along with a replica replica of Ba aer ’s Blacksmith Blacksmith Shop Shop that was moved moveed Baer’s fr o the corner of De Anza om Anza and Stevens Stevenns from CCreek reek Boulevard, Boulevard, and an old water tower tower th hat was moved from from the Parish Parish Ranch Ranchh that (n now Memorial Memorial Park). Park). This This seems to (now Cupertino’s answer to the open-air bee Cupertino’s museums of Europe, Europe, which collect historic histooric museums buuildings from from across across the land. buildings McClellan Park Park has a Nature Nature Museum, Museum, McClellan where volunteers tend to live animals. where Duuring open houses, which occur during durinng During th he school year on Fridays 3-5pm 3-5pm and the Satur a days 11am-3pm, 11am-3pm, visitors can meett Saturdays coows, miniature miniature ponies and other creatures creattures cows, face to face. face. During summer, summer, there there are are a face nuumber of activities ffor or adul ts, children childrenn number adults, annd families families costing anywhere anywhere from from $44 and McClellan also has a community community too $70. McClellan gaarden and nature nature trails, trails, including one that garden leads to the neighboring Blackberry Blackberry Farm. Farm. leads The h densely wooded creek creek side provides providees The shhelter for for more more than 100 bird bird species,, shelter from o orioles, starlings and robins robins to from th hrushes woodpeckers and kinglets. hrushes, kinglets thrushes,

Fremont O Fremont F Older lder Open Space Space P reserv ve Preserve 222898 Prospect 22898 Prospect Road; dawn–sunset; free; fr e 650.691. ee; 650.691.1200. 1200. With nearly 15 miles milees off trails, trails, this 739-acre 739-acre preserve preserve straddling straddling th he foothills foothills of Cupertino Cupertino and Saratoga Saratogaa is the a great great place for for hiking, mountain biking, bikinng,

horseback riding and walking walkking leashed dogs. Walkers Walkers and riders will w be rewarded rewarded with a moderately moderately strenuous strenuous workout and magniﬁcent vistas, with with the 900-foot 900-foot Hunters P Point oint hill hilltop topp offering offeringg a particularly p y grand view.. gr and view preserve TThe he pr eserve is graced graced with wiith deer, deer, birds birds wildlifee as well as oak, bay and other wildlif trees. Much and manzanita tr ees. M ucch of the park has little or no shade, however, how wever, a hat and plenty of sunscreen sunscreen are a e must-haves. ar be aware CCyclists yclists and equestrians should s aware traveling that tr aveling more more than 15 1 mph could rresult esult in a speeding ticket ticket from from a park rranger. anger. Also, Also, beware beware of mountain mountain lions.

Blackberry Bla ckberry F Farm arm a m 21979 San Fernando Ave.; Avee. ; free; free; 408.777.3140. naturee trails, 408.777 7..3140. With natur trails, gaming areas ar eas and a swimming pool, poool, the recently recently rrefurbished efurbished Blackber Blackberry ry Farm Faarm is the very definition of summer fun.. The The park, open May M ay thr through ough September, September, includes facilities facilities and a ffor or bocce ball, volleyball, horseshoes h nine-hole, par 29 golf course couurse with a small putting green green for for practice. practicee. There There are are two swimming pools and a water waater slide watched over by lif lifeguards, eguards, as well well as several several group group picnic ar areas eas with barbecue barbecuue pits. While anyone can enter the the park for for free, free, it costs $4–$8 to use thee pool, $16–$19 to go golfing and $25–$500 $25–$5500 to reserve reserve a picnic area area (ther are nnoo first-come, (theree are first-ser ved picnic ar eas). Hungry visitors first-served areas). can step into the Blackberry Blackbeerry Cafe Cafe near the pool ar ea ffor or a bite to eat t, or walk to the area eat, Resstaurant, which nearby Blue Pheasant Restaurant, off ers lunch, dinner and a full bar, bar, and is offers

known as a nighttime party spot for for the over-40 crowd. crow wd. Blackberry Blackberry Farm is not open every day operation dday, y, and its hours of oper ation vary thr throughout summer,, so be sur suree oughhout the summer to check the their eir schedule online before before wever, the public is free free to use visiting. How However, surroundding walkways, including the the surrounding Stevens CCreek reeek TTrail, rail, every day of the year Stevens fr om sunrisee to one-half hour after sunset. from

Mary Avenue Ave enue Bicycle Bicy ycle Footbridge F ootbridge o Mary Avenue Avenu ue between Homestead Road and Meteorr Drive; free. free. Visitors Visitors might not know it by name, but anyone who has driven on I-280 I-280 2 near the 85 interchange interchange within the past p few few years has seen it: a white cable-stayed cable--stayed bridge straight straight from from the city of the the future. future. The The first structure structure of its kind too be buil builtt over a California California freeway, fr eeway, it provides p ovides access for pr for pedestrians and bicyclists bicyclistts between two segments of Mary M ary Avenue Avenue bisected by I-280. I-280. A family family of bronze b onze quail and a hawk br sculptur peerched ominously overhead sculpturee perched guar soouth side of the footbridge footbridge guardd the south near Meteor Meteorr Drive, while the other side emer ges next nexxt to Homestead High School. School. emerges TThe he paved pathways p leading up to the bridge are are lined lined with wildflowers, wildflowers benches and bag dispensers disppensers for for dog walkers. At At night, these pathways and the bridge itself ar brilliantly lit, making it a safe safe route route for for aree brilliantly tr avelers as well as a gorgeous gorgeous spectacle travelers ffor or motorists motorists passing beneath. TThough hough especially for locals espeecially convenient for making their their way through through the neighborhood, neighborhoo od, out-of-towners

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Cupertino Cu perttino may also want too view w itss unique architecture ar chitecture andd feel feel the h breeze breeze in their hair as they cross cross above the t zipping cars.

Stevens S teve ens Cr Creek eek Co County oun u ty P Park ar a k 11401 Stevens Stevens Canyon Canyon Road; Ro oad; 8am–dusk; free, fr ee,, parking p g $6; $ ; 408.867.3654. 408.8677.365 . 4. If If the cityy parkss get too crowded, park crowded, it is always possible grab gr ab a picnic table and fire firre up a barbeque grill at Stevens Stevens Creek Creek County Couunty Park. Park. The The park encompasses Stevens Stevenns Creek Creek Reservoir Reservoir and the surrounding surrounding woodlands, woodlands, which are are prime areas areas for for all kinds of o recreation. recreation. TThe he reservoir reservoir is home to turtles and a number of fish, including catfish, bass and crappie. cr appie. The The waterway waterway is open to kayaks, kayaks, sailboats and other nonpowerboats nonpoowerboats for for a ffee ee of $7. $77. Winding around aroundd the reservoir’s reservoir ’s aree mul multiple perimeter ar tiple trails trails a for for mountain biki andd horseback biking h b k riding, ridi iding, andd some just for for hiking. These These forest forest e walkways bring visitors close to nature, natture, including moree than 125 bird mor bird species. speciees. There There is also a 28-station archery archery range range in the southeast corner of the park. For more moore hiking, bike and horse trails, trails, visit the Upper Stevens Stevens CCreek reek Park Park off of Skyline Skyline Boulevard. Boulevard.

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10700 Clubhouse Ln.; Ln. ; 6am–8pm; 6aam–8pm; $18–$38; 408.253.535 408.253.5357. 7. LLocated ocated on the outer edge of Cupertino Cupertino since s 1961 this 1961, 18-hole, par 60 executive course is a good place to go golﬁng without withouut breaking breaking the bank. With mostly parh it ’s an easy par-33 holes, it’s way for for beginners to get into the sport. For experienced golfers, golfers, itt provides provides a quick, casual game, though theyy may want to look elsewhere elsewhere for for a serious serioous challenge. Pr actice facilities facilities include a putting green green Practice and driving range range where where players p can warm up before before hitting the course. course. There There is also a golf shop as well as a cafe cafe serving serving both br eakfast (bacon, eggs, pancakes, paancakes, etc.) and breakfast lunch (sandwiches, (sandwiches hotdogs hotdogs and salads) at aff ordable prices. affordable

Creekside Cr eekside Park Pa ark 10455 Miller Ave.; Ave. ; dawn–sunset; dawn– –sunset; free; free; 408.777.3120. Ass its nam namee suggests, 408.777 7..3120. A this is an attractive attractive park located l near the small Calabazas Calabazas Creek. Creekk. With three three soccer fields, it is primarily primarilly a destination ffor or soccer games and practice, practice, but it also includes basketball hoops, a couple h of playgrounds playgrounds and a shady shady picnic area. area. TThe he paved p walkwayy running around the runningg around perimeter of the fields can can be used for for jogging, aerobics aerobics or walking walking leashed dogs. IInn addition, there there is an 800-square-foot 80 00-square-foot air-conditioned building in in the middle of the park with chairs, restrooms restr e ooms and a kitchen, accommodating up u to 50 people. TThis his space can be rented rented at $55 per hour, hour, or less for for a nonprofit nonprofit group. group. o

De Anza a College Co oll l ege 21250 Stevens Steveens Creek Creek Blvd.; Blvd. ; free; free; 408.864.88 814. The The college offers offers a 408.864.8814. long list of pr pprograms ograms and attractions. attractions. TThe he campuss boasts several several outdoor art installations s, like EElwood lwood R eynolds’s installations, Reynolds’s LLongevity ongevity Turtle Turtle u and Salvatore Salvatore Pecoraro’s Pecoraro’s LLaa Vita Viita it e Una Una Fontana Un F t . TThe h De he D A Anza nza Flea Fl M arket takes takes place on the ﬁrst SSaturday aturday of Market every monthh in parking lots A and B near SStelling telling R oad fr om 8am-4pm. TThe he market Road from is fr ee for for shoppers shhoppers (though parking ffor or free the event is $5) and costs $30 per space ffor or vendors, with proceeds proceeds beneﬁting student pr oggrams. programs.

Euphrat Eu phrrat M Museum useum o off Art 21250 Stevens Steveens Creek Creek Blvd.; Blvd. ; Tue–Thu, Tu ue–Thu, 11am–3pm (during exhibitions); fr ee; 408.86 408 86 64 8836. With the aim of 64.883 free; 408.864.8836. ffomenting omenting inspiration in nspiration and love of art in the community, comm munityy, the Euphrat Euphrat has conducted after-school a art programs programs ffor or children children in Cupertino Cupertino and Sunnyvale Sunnyvale and helped to create create public art projects. projects. TThe he museum, museum m, located in the new Visual Visual and Performing Perform ming Arts Arts Center Center at De Anza Anza CCollege, ollege, features feattures artwork created created by students an ts and andd nonstudents, adul adults children, children, professionals prof o essionals and amateurs. Past Past exhibits have havve showcased a wide variety of artistic media, media, including painting, drawing, drawing, photography, photogr aphyy, ceramic ceramic and even video games. Through Through o June June 14, the De Anza Anza CCollege ollege Student Studdent Art Art show will be open ffor or viewing, with a reception reception and awards awards ceremony cer emony held heeld June June 7 at 5:30pm.

Cupertiino Historical Cupertino Histori r cal Museum M useum m 10185 N. Stelling Steelling Road; Wed–Sat Wed–Sat 10am–4pm; 10am–4pm m; free; free; 408.973.1495. 408.973.1495. CCupertino’s upertino’s past as a dusty cr crossroads ossroads is lovingly depicted depicted at this small but interesting inter esting museum, museum located in the Quinlan m CCommunity ommunity Center. Center. Learn Learn about the original Ohlone Ohloone inhabitants of the area area and JJuan uan Bautista Bautistta de Anza’s Anza’s expedition, which passed through through what is now Cupertino Cupertino in 1776. 177 6. Meet Meet the t eccentric pioneer Elisha Elisha SStephens, tephens, namesake naamesake of the incorrectly incorrectly spelled Stevens Stevvens Creek, Creek, Stevens Stevens Creek Creek Boulevardd and Boulevar and Stevens Stevens Creek Creek Dam. View View rrotating otating exhibits exhhibits about the old town’s town’s fruit or chards, general geeneral stores stores and many oneorchards, rroom oom schoolhouses. schoolhouses. Hundreds Hundreds of artifacts artifacts aree on display, ar displaayy, including clothing, tools, bookss and assorted book a ephemera. ephemera. a Coupled Coupled with photographs photoggraphs and biographical biographical details of past residents, residdents, they paint a vivid picture picture of what w life life was like here here before before the advent of o Silicon Silicon Valley. Valley. The The nonproﬁt nonproﬁt CCupertino upertino Historical Historical Society, Society, which runs the museum, will will have its annual fundraising fundraising barbecue at the Pichetti Winery on June June 26, 5pm ($10–$50 ($10 0–$50 per person).

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Shopping, sightseeing, nightlife Shopping, nightlife and ffestivals estivals abound in Campbell’s Campbell’s historic historic and pictur esque downtown district. Tree-lined Tree--lined picturesque EEast ast Campbell Campbell Avenue Avenue is packed withh shops and boutiques, with an especial profusion proffusion stores of art galleries, ffashion ashion stor es and aantique ntique dealers. A walk thr through ough the sur surrounding roundding neighborhood yields a tr treasure easure tr trove ovee of late-19th late19th and earlyearly-20th-century 20th-century bu buildings uildings different architectural styles, in many diff erent ar chitectural styles s, including but not limited to Queen A Anne, nne, Victorian, V ictorian, N Neoclassical, eoclassical, M Mission ission R Revival evivval and Revival. iconic SSpanish panish CColonial olonial R evival. TThe he city city’ss ic conic 1920s water tower servers servers as a reminder remiinder of the old town’s town’s canning industry industry.. TThere here ar aree many restaurants, restaurants, bars and pubs to choose from, fr om, along with ample public parking. parkinng. The The First Friday events bring live music and a events like classic car shows to E. E. Campbell Campbell a Avenue A venue and Central, Central, 6–9pm. On On June June 4, 10am–2pm, at Psycho Donuts, the town town celebrates celebr ates National National Donut Day. Day.

The The Percolation Percolation Ponds, Ponds,, for for valley acolytes, are are where where the runoff from frrom the Santa Santa Clara Clara Valley Valley side of the Santa Santaa Cruz Cruz mountains sinks sinks to the aquifer aquifer under under the valley floor, floor, flowing through through purifying purifyiing layers of sand, clay and rock rock on its way waay down.

Orchard City Green Orchard Green (between (betw ween City Hall and the library); library); every everry Thursday, Thursdayy, 6:30pm–8pm; free; free; 408.866.2105. 408.8 866.2105. LLocated ocated on the City City Hall lawn laawn near the Ainsley A insley House, Campbell’s Campbell’s annual series of free fr ee outdoor concerts runss every Thursday Thursday evening from from June June 16 to Aug. Aug. 18. Music Music lovers can bring their own picnic basket or purchase pur chase hot dogs, polish sausage, beer, beer, wine, sweets and savory snacks snacks onsite. CCarpooling arpooling is recommended recommendeed to minimize cr owding, and folding folding chairs chaiirs and beach crowding, t towels l can be b sett up on the th h grass he grass as early l as 3pm, though large large blankets blankets and tarps ar prohibited. aree prohibited. JJune une 16: Houserockers Houserockers JJune une 23: The The Bay Area Area Heat Heaat JJune une 30: Joe Joe Ferrari Ferrari Big Band Baand JJuly uly 7: Roadshow Roadshow JJuly uly 14: Plastic Onion Onion Bandd JJuly uly 21: Isis Isis and the Cold Cold Truth Truth r JJuly uly 28: Groove Groove Kings A ug. 4: Cocktail Cocktail Monkeys Monkeys Aug. Aug. A ug. 11: The The Hitmen A ug. 18: Sage Sage Aug.

Ainsley House Ainsley House & Historical Historrical Museum M useum m 300 Grant Grant S St.; t. ; Thu–Sun, noon–4pm; $2.50–$6; 408.866.2199. 4 TThis his adorable adorable EEnglish nglish TTudor udor u r with the thatched rroof oof was stolen, or rrather, ather, pr ocured from from the city procured of SSan an JJose ose by b the city of CCampbell. ampbell. The The descendants of canned-fruit business Alcinda owners John John and A lcinda Ainsley Ainsley (who originally bui built ilt the place in 1925 to rresemble esemble thee cottages of their native Britain) sought sougght to donate the home to Campbell Campbell back when the northeast corner of Bas Bascom scom and Hamil Hamilton ton avenues was a tree-shrouded tree-shrouded family family estate, but unbeknownstt to them, the land beneath it unbeknowns had been annexed annexed by San San Jose. Jose. IInn 1989, the ever-resourceful e ever-r esourceful Campbell Campbell pr essed the matter m San Jose Jose pressed and convinced San to let it cart the house away, away, a feat feat that left little Campbell Cam mpbell laughing all the way back to town. townn. Perhaps Perhaps the feeling feeling went sour when San San a Jose Jose developed Campbell’s Campbell’s fformer ormer property propeerty into a thriving minimall and, later, later, eBay. eB Bay. As As in all amicable splits, the little partner pparttner got g the house while the big partner got g the cash. TThe he rest rest is history: hisstory: in this case, an exquisitely rrestored estored house house filled filled with with many many of of the the Ainsley’s A insley’s original original furnishings. Don’t Don’t fforget orget to stop by the old old firehouse firehouse (51 N. N. Central Central Ave., Ave., aadmission dmission $2), $2), which which houses houses the the rest rest of of the the museum’s artifacts provides broader museum ’s art tifacts and pr ovides a br oader look at Campbell’s Campbell’s rich history. history.

Casting Cas sttin ng Ponds Ponds 1250 Dell Ave.; Ave. ; 8am–sunset; parking/ parkin ng/ day use $6; $6 408.356.2729. For those those who ffeel eel the need to brush up on their flyflyfishing technique, there’s there’s a pond in LLos os Gatos Creek Creek Park, Park, right off the creek creekk trail trail and not far far from from the Campbell Campbell Percolation Percoolation Ponds, P onds, just for for this purpose. No No fish live in this shallow concrete-lined concrete-lined pond with floating rings; it it’s ’s a practice practice zone only, onnly, but a pleasant one, with a covered covered gazebo, gazebo, dog

Swimming isn’t isn’t allowedd in the P ercolation Swimming Percolation Ponds, but anyone withh a license from from the Ponds, ment, might land Departm Fish and Game Department, trout, bass, catfish orr carp. At At dusk and a trout, not-so-dedicated dawn, dedicated and not-so-dedicated fisherfolk can be seen lined upp alongg the fisherfolk banks, casting and waiting waiting for for the fish to banks, One drawback: drawback: those thoose big black birds birds bite. One are cormorants, cormorannts, and they love overhead are dearly. If If there there are are too many of them fish dearly. there won’t wonn’t be a lot of coolers flying about, there dinneer in them. going home with dinner

Heritage H erita age Theatre Theatr t e 1 W. W. Campbell Campbell Ave.; Ave. ; 408.866.2700. 40 08.866.2700. Built Built in 1938 with funding from frrom the New New Deal’s Works W orks Progress Progress A Administration, dministration, this theater was originally the Campbell Campbell Union High SSchool chool Auditorium. Auditorium. uditorium The Thee theater’s theater ’s architect architect was the prolific prolific W.H. W.H. Weeks, Weeks, who designed hundreds hundr eds of edifices throughout th hroughout California California in the early 20th century. centu ury. Some Some of his other buildings still standing staanding in the South South Bay are are the Art Art Deco De D Anza Anza Hotel in SSan an Jose Jose and the neoclassical neoclassical Los Los Gatos High School. School. Sadly, Sadlyy, Weeks Weeeks did not live to see the completion com mpletion of

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the auditorium in Campbell; Campbeell; he suffered suffered a heart attack in 1935 and and died shortly after ward. afterward. TToday, oodayy, the former former Campbell Campbeell Union High School is a community center. ceenter. The auditorium, now known as a the Heritage Theatre, and dance Theatr e, showcases live music m events. With its large large reﬂecting reﬂeecting pools in front, fr ont, the beautiful Spanish Spanissh Colonial Revival building is easy to spot. Visit V its page on the Campbell Campbell City websitee for for tickets and a schedule of upcoming shows. shoows.

John J ohn D D.. M Morgan orga an P Park ark 540 W. W. Rincon Ave.; Ave. ; dawn–1/2 daw wn–1/2 hour after sunset; fr ee; 408.866.2105. 408.866.2105. free; CCampbell ampbell boasts a nice inventory innventory of public parks, park s, and most of them have at least free areas. some fr ee barbecue and picnic p areas. The star of the bunch is 32-acre 3 -acre John D. 32 Morgan Mor gan Park, Park, named after after a former former chief of police. Facilities for for baseball, basseball, softball, soccer,, basketball, tennis, volleyball and soccer horseshoes, as well as two tw wo playgrounds playgrounds and mini water park ffor or children c childr en (this last ffeature eature operates operates only during durring the summer months) make this the perfect peerfect place for for energy. kids to release release their ener g. gy grassy With lots of gr assy fields and trees trees for for shade, it is also ideal for for birthday parties, picnics and barbecues. KKeep e in mind that eep some picnic areas areas can be reserved reserved while others, mainly those on the thhe north side of Avenue, aree available the park near Rincon A venue, ar on a first-come, first-served first-served v basis. To To make a rreservation, eservation, contact Campbell’s Cam mpbell’s Facility Supervisor 408.866.2741. Use Super visor at 408.86 6.27411. The park from Rincon is accessible fr om both R incon and Budd

Avenue, theree ar aree parking lots on both Avenue, andd ther sides. While the park is open all day long, parking in the th he lots is allowed only between 10am and 6pm. 6pm. Dogs and alcohol are are not allowed (for ((forr dog-friendly g y parks, pparks,, visit Edith ark, CCampbell ampbell Park Park or the LLos os Morley P Park, eek Trail). Trail). Gatos Cr Creek

Campbell Cam pbe ell Farmers’ Fa arm me ers’ Mar Market ket E. Campbell Campbelll Avenue Avenue and S. Central Central Ave.; A ve. ; every Sunday, Sundayy, 9am–1pm; free; free; 510.7 45.710 00. Of all the farmers’ farmers’ markets 510.745.7100. thr oughout the valley ampbell does it throughout valley,, CCampbell right: the cit ty closes down the main drag drag city to cars and lets ffarmers armers and mer chants merchants take over th he str eet. The prices her the street. heree may be slightly higher h than at the supermarket, b t the but th vendors venddors d sellll only l the th freshest f eshest fr h t off seasonal fru uits and vegetables. It is also fruits m and fform orm relationships relationships possible to meet with the people peoople who grow grow your food; food; another thing thin ng you’ll never get at the supermarke t. supermarket. Fr om elfin potatoes p From and bags of baby gr eens to bushels bu ushels of freshly freshly picked greens peaches andd cherries, cherries, the farmers’ farmers’ market has everything everythiing needed to stock one’s one’s rrefrigerator’s efrigerator ’s ’ crisper. crisper. And it doesn’t doesn’t end ther e: Shoppers Shopppers can take their pick of there: the fresh fresh bread, bread, ead eggs, eggs milk, milk pies and internationa al foods foods like burritos burritos and international chicken tikka tikka masala. There There are are even vendors selling selling some nonedible jewelry and handcrafted handcrafted a rain artwork. Every week, rain or shine, this this large large and popular market is a fun, relaxing relaaxing way to see and smell beautiful flowers, floowers, eat some samples and listen to music. mu usic.

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Civic Center Lawn; Sundays, Sundaays, 5–7pm; fr ee. During the summer months, m the lawn free. outside of the CCivic ivic CCenter enterr is transformed transformed into a concert venue. TThe he Sunday Sunday Music Music in the Park Park concerts offer offer livee music rranging anging fr om salsa to reggae reggae to op pera to rrock. ock. from opera JJune une 19: Livin’ Livin’ in the U SA USA JJune une 26: Foreverland Foreverland JJuly uly 3: Bruce Gwynn and Big B Rain Rain JJuly uly 10: Aja Aja Vu Vu JJuly uly 17: The The Best Intentions Intentions JJuly uly 24: 24: Take Taake 2 JJuly uly 31: Petty Petty Theft Theft A ug. 17: The The Shanks Shanks Aug. A ug. 21: Jukebox Jukebox Heroes Heroes Aug. A ug. 28: Journey Journey Unauthorized Unauthorrized Aug.

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333 Blossom Bl Hill Road; R d 8am–sunset; 8am–sunset; 8a t 408.356.2729. The The park offers offers an oasis along Highway 17 with barbecue barrbecue pits, paths jungle gyms, jogging and biking b and a large large lake. Just Just to the thhe south, the LLos os Gatos Creek Creek meanderss through through the contiguous Oak Oak Meadow Meadow Park, Park, where where the scale-model Billy Jones Jones Railroad Railr a oad runs on a scenic loop and the historic histooric merry-gomerry-gorround ound can be found. found. The The park p hosts a free free summer concert series every eveery Saturday, Saturdayy, 5–7pm. V asona Vibrations Vibrations Vasona June 4: Scott June Scott TT.. M Miller iller and the O Old ld SShoes hoes Blues Band JJune une 11: 10th A venue Bandd Avenue JJune une 18: Tip Tip of the TTop op o JJune une 25: Golden SState tate R am mblers Ramblers

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Civic Center Grounds, Grounds, Main Street; Street; Aug. 13–14, 10am m–6pm; fr ee. TThis his major 10am–6pm; free. art and wine festival festival draws draws around around 150 artists as well well as food, food, wine and beer, beer, and live music with wiith Jessica Jessica Johnson, Johnson, Darryl Darryl y R owe, the Distractions, Distractions, Steve Steve Czarnecki, Czarnecki, Rowe, W orkhouse Poets Poets and the Sparkletones. Sparkletones. Workhouse

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4 Tait Tait a Ave.; Ave. ; Wed–Sun, Wed–Sun, noon–4pm; free; free; 408.354.2646. 408.354.264 46. TThe he nonpr nonproﬁt oﬁt museum explores explor es local locaal history and spotlights area area artists. TThrough hrou ugh JJuly uly 21, the main show show,, “In “In

the A Abstract,” bstract,” displays works works by scul sculptor lptor P aula Schales, Schales, printmaker Ewa Ewa Gavriellov Gavriiellov Paula and painter Neal Neal Boor, Boor, each of whom m uses abstr act techniques to explore explore emotional emottional abstract states.

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75 Church Church St.; St. ; Wed–Sun, Wed–Sun, noon–4pm; noon–4p pm; free; fr ee; 408.395.7375. The The original Forbes Forrbes Mill, M ill, erected erected in the 1850s, is long gone, gone, but the site serves serves as the town’s town’s his historical storical rrepository. epository.

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A number of signiﬁcant 19th-centuryy and early-20th-century early20th-century commercial commercial buildings builddings rremain emain in downtown Los Los Gatos. Those Thosse with a bent for for architectural architectural styles can c see Queen Anne, Anne, Mission Mission Revival Revival andd Richardson R ichardson Romanesque Romanesque structures structures within w a small area. area. The The later Art Art Deco movement movvement is exempliﬁed by the Bank of America Americca

Building on W. W. Main Main Street. Street. The The small-town by zoning ﬂavor of Los Los Gatos is maintained m that limits buildings to a mere mere 2 and ½ stories.

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With a performance performance byy the San San Jose Jose Metropolitan M etropolitan Band. May May 30, 10am. Free. Free. Memorial M emorial Park. Park.

Los L os Gatos Ga atos F Fourth ourrth An old-fashioned An old-fashioned celeb celebration bration with rrededwhite-and-blue trimmings trimmiings and a tr traditional aditional band concert ffeaturing eaturing the SSan an Jose Jose Wind SSymphony. ymphony. July July 4. Fr Free. ee. Downtown.

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14831 Pier Pierce ce Road; 408.7 408.741.2822. 411.2822. When the M Mountain ountain Winery Winerry unveiled its rrenovated enovated look a couple off years ago, ther om fans fans of theree was some grumblingg fr from its hill hilltop top Saratoga Saratoga shows.. They They missed bowl the intimacy of the oddly shaped s seating, or they didn’t didn’t like the new bleachers that had been put p in behind the bowl, or they didn’t didn’t like th the he seats actually ffacing acing the stage, or whatever. whatever. Then, Then, after a single concert season, the th he complaints mysteriously dried up. What Whaat happened, mostly, mostly y, was that in ﬁxatingg on the changes, people had momentarily forgot for o got that Mountain M ountain Winery, Winery, featuring featuringg perhaps the most breathtaking breathtaking views of o the valley, valley, is simply an incredible incredible place place to see live music. As As usual, its summe summer er slate ffeatures eatures a lot of perennial perennial regulars, regulars,, like Lyle Lyle Lovett Lovett and John John Hiatt (June (June 8); Lucinda Lucinda u Williams ((June June 25); Neko Neko Case Case (July (July 1); Kathy Kathy Grifﬁn ((July Julyy 16); Chris Chris Isaak Isaak (July (Julyy 22); Melissa Melissa EEtheridge theridge (July (July 29); Creedence Creedeence Clearwater Clearwater Revisited R evisited with Three Three Dog Night Night (Juy (Juy 30); k.d. lang (July (July 31); Doobie Brothers B others (Aug. Br (Aug. 4); and B-52s (Sept. (Sept. 8). Other Othher highlights include Neko Neko Case Case (July (July 1),, Jeff Jeff Bridges ((Aug. Aug. 26) and Sarah Sarah McLachlan McLacchlan (July (July 17).

15400 Montalvo Montalvo Road; park hours, Mon–Thu, Mon– Thu, 8am–7pm, 8 Fri-Sun, 9am– 5pm; 408.96 61.5800. TThe he 175-acr 408.961.5800. 175-acree arts conclave is centered ceentered on the magniﬁcent Mediterranean-style M editerraneaan-style mansion built built in the early 1900s 1900s by U.S. U.S. Sen. Sen. James James Duval Phelan. Though Thouggh primarily a retreat retreat for for artists and a performing-arts perform ming-arts space, the center welcomes w elcomes the the public public to to stroll stroll through through the the landscaped grounds, g ounds, which are gr are ﬁlled with rrotating otating displays displlays of outdoor sculptures, sculptures, and along thee woodland nature nature trails. trails. Art Art shows are are held heeld in the Project Project Space Space Gallery; this summer’s summer ’s ’ exhibit is “Tracking “Tracking Our Our EExistence,” xistence,” a group group project project about about innovative innovative ways w ays to to map map human human behavior behavior and and natural natural phenomena. The The gallery is open Thursday Thursday to SSunday, undayy, from from 11am to 3pm.

21000 Big Basin Way; Way; weekdays, 10am– 10 0am– 5pm, weekends, 11am–5pm; $3.50–$5; $3.50–$5; Mon–Fri 10am-5pm; 408.741.4994. 408.7411.49944. These These immaculately kept Japanese Japanese gardens, gardenss, begun in 1915, are are among the most authentic in all of America America and havee been listed by the National National Trust Trust r for for Historic Historic Preservation. Pr eservation. Inside Inside this tranquil tranquil setting setting sculptured sculptur ed trees trees and plants, a bamboo bamboo park, a koi pond, lanterns, symbolic stones s and a tea museum coexist in harmony, harmonyy, all accessible by the twisting gravel gravel paths. patths.

TThe he center center presents presents an an active active roster roster of of big-name performers perrformers during the summer season in thee outdoor Lilian Lilian Fontaine Garden Garden TTheatre, heatre, e which which seats 1,200; 1 200; shows generally generally starts at 7:30pm. 7:30pm. This This summer’s summer ’s highlights include the Tubes Tubes u (June 11), Soul Soul Asylum Asylum (June ((June June 17), Smash Smaash Mouth Mouth (July (July 7), Blues TTraveler raveler (Aug. (Aug.. 4) and Air Air Supply Supply (Aug. (Aug. 27). On June On June 5, inn the afternoon, the center hosts a Foodd & Wine Classic Classic with tasting menus by major maajor area area chefs, and wine tastings from from m local wineries.

Sanborn-Sky Sanborn-Skyline ylin l e County Co un ntty P Park ark a 16055 Sanborn Road; daily 8am–sunset; 8am–ssunset; pay to park; 408.867.9959. 408.8677.9959. . This This lush lush mountain park provides provides 3,600 acres acres of rredwoods edwoods and tan bark to explore. explore. DayD spotts and use activities include picnicking spots many miles of hiking trails trails and easyy nature nature walks. walk s. Located Located at the park is the Youth Youuth SScience cience Institute, Institute, a natural natural science and a history museum committed to fostering fostering an understanding in youth about thee rrelationships elationships between human beings beings and the natural natural world. This This Sanborn Sanborn branch brannch of YSI features features a host of exhibits on creatures creatur e es that live in the Santa Santa Cruz Cruz Mountains; Mountain ns; it is open by appointment (408.356.4945). (408.356.49 945).

During the summer, summer, thee park is also the home of the Shady Shady Shakespeare Shaakespeare company, companyy, which presents presents the Bard Barrd in the great great outdoors. This This summer’s summer ’s shows are are Henry Midsummer idsummer N Night’s ight’s Dream Dream; they V and A M run July July 29 to Sept. Sept. 4 in in repertory. repertory.

NOTABLE N OTA B LE EEVENTS VEENTS Memorial M emorrial Day Day Celebration Celebrattion Ce Honor military veter veterans anss with a wreathwreathlaying and ﬂag ceremony. ceremoony. May May 30, 9:30am. SSaratoga aratoga Avenue Avenue and Big B Basin Way. Way.

Independence In dependence D Day ay A 10th annual observance observannce of our nation’s from nation ’s independence fr om EEngland, ngland, ffeaturing eaturing patriotic music mussic and children’s children’s fun, presented presented by Saratoga Sarattoga Historical Foundation. July July 4, 9:30am–noon. 9:30 0am–noon. Free. Free. KKevin evin Moran Moran City City Park. Park. ark

Saratoga Sar atoga Classic Classiic Car Show Show A new event featuring featuring rolling rolling marvels marvels of the past. July July 24, 24, 10am–5pm. 10am–5pm. Downtown.

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195 Fifth St.; St. ; Tue–Thu, Tue– u Thu, 10am–5pm; 10 0am–5pm; ﬁrst Saturday Satur day of every month, month h, 10am–2pm; free; fr ee; 408.848.0470. 408.848.044770. The museum offers offers a glimpse into Gilroy’s Gilroy’s history histoory and includes artifacts, rresearch esearch facilities, facilities, some 25,000 2 artifacts, photographs, photogr aphs, and information informaation about the Ohlone period, the Spanish-Mexican Spanissh-Mexican period andd recent recentt city it history. hi t . The history Thhe h building b ildi is i an old Carnegie Carnegie Library Library from from 1910, designed by renowned renowned California California architect arrchitect William Weeks. W eeks.

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Gilroy Gilr oy Gar Gardens dens Theme T eme Park Th Pa ark 3050 Hecker Pass; Pass; $34.99/$44.99; $34.9 99/$44.99; 408.840.7100. The park was w established by Michael and Claudia Bonfante Bonfante of Nob Hill Foods with the goal of o educating visitors about horticul horticultural tural a with displays of unusual botanical specimens specim mens and various kid-centric kid centric rides. rides In 2003, 2003, Paramount Paramount Parks Parks began to run the place more m e like a true mor theme park. Attractions Attractions include innclude a Monarch Monarch Garden Gar den with tropical tropical trees, treess, a camellia gar den and the famed famed bizarre bizzarre circus circus trees, trees, garden as well as train train rides and carousels. carousels.

Jason-Stephens J aso a on-Stephens W Winery inery 11175 Watsonville Watsonville Road; 408.846.8463. The winery hosts weekly musical acts throughout thr oughout the summer, summer, every e Friday, Fridayy, 6–9pm. May 27: Vital Signs

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NOTABLE NO TAB A L E EV EVENTS E NTS Memori Memorial rial Day Day Parade Par arade and and Family F a amily Fun F Day Day All all-you-can-eat all-you-ccan-eat meal plus family family events. May 30, 10am–6pm. Parade Parade stars 11am at Eighth Eighhth and Monterey Monterey streets. streets. Car Car show booths and events take place at show,, booths Christmas Hill H Park, Park, Gilroy. Gilroy.

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Morgan M organ a Hill Hiill Mushroom M ushroom Mar Mardi a di Gr Gras as The Mushroom Mushroom Mardi Mardi Gras Gras features features booths serving serving mushroom-centric mushroom-centric dishes like portabello sandwiches, lamb and mushr oom souvlaki souvlaki and fried mushrooms. mushrooms. mushroom The two-day event evvent raises raises funds for for educational scholarships. schholarships. May 28–29, 10am–7pm. Downtown. Doowntown.

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the club is in a time of transition, to some degree. New events like the 12week “Wheels of Steel” DJ competition have freshened up the entertainment slate. And perhaps even more importantly, they’re finally tackling the somewhat harsh reality that despite putting a lot of effort into the kitchen over the years, it never seems to be enough. No matter what they’ve tried, they’ve always been known as a nightspot first, and a restaurant second. In an effort to change that perception, Fahrenheit has brought in executive chef Christopher Glaze. Glaze is a world traveler, both in life and culinary philosophy. He has introduced some real eclecticism to Fahrenheit’s Asian fusion approach, incorporating European and Middle Eastern touches that seem jarring at first but ultimately blend nicely into Fahrenheit’s style

and array of tastes. He has steered the menu away from run-of-the-mill Cali Asian, loading it with bigger ambitions and ﬂavors. Not everything works, but he has delivered far more hits than misses. The Asian accents begin on the appetizer menu at both lunch and dinner. The lunch menu’s spicy chicken drumsticks (which are indeed liberally spiced, but not the hot-spicy that the name will lead most to suspect) and the dinner menu’s Mongolian BBQ pork ribs are done up the same way. A thick hoisin-based sauce delivers a large dose of tangy umami, while the meat is falling-off-the-bone tender. Fahrenheit does three kinds of fries—potato, sweet potato and taro—and besides the novelty approach, they’re quite good (although I still don’t see exactly why taro needs to be a fry). But some of the other fried items are best avoided. The calamari and the crispy vegetable roll are simply too bready. Few entrees make the transition from lunch to dinner, but one that is on both menus is an absolute must-

have: the wok-tossed garlic noodles. These are basically a ticking time bomb of savory satisfaction; they’re perfectly cooked and come loaded with fried garlic cloves, scallions and crispy onions. It’s looking around at the Eastern-influenced red-and-black design of the place while eating a dish like that when everything that Fahrenheit is going for clicks into place. Everything on the menu is sustainably farmed, which gives one more incentive to try the fish items. (The rest of the all-natural, organic meat is from Petaluma Poultry and Niman Ranch.) The salmon club is a huge portion of excellent fish (oddly, the menu doesn’t mention that it comes with bacon, but it does), and for dinner the halibut with pork belly is surprisingly light with a peppery, wellcrafted sauce. The burger, a fallback on both menus, is also very good, but it’s worth being more adventurous here. A couple of the other international dishes, with nods to Spanish and Middle Eastern cooking, are well-worth checking out. For lunch, the most intriguing is the beef tips, a hearty dish loaded with mushrooms, peppers and onions, and topped with a Romanesco sauce. At dinner, it’s the lamb tagine, an incredibly spiced dish that’s as gently fiery as the chicken drumsticks could have been. There’s a dearth of great desserts in San Jose restaurants, but Fahrenheit’s are an exception. The gelatos and sorbets are house-made, and besides the typical vanillas and chocolates, there’s a tiramisu gelato that is scandalously rich, and a champagne lychee sorbet that’s sweet but crisp. The bread pudding seems at first like it might be a tad too fruitcakelike, but topped with a big helping of vanilla gelato and caramel sauce, it’s noteperfect after just a couple of minutes of soakage time. What Glaze is doing at Fahrenheit should earn him, and the club, a lot of new fans, and finally put its kitchen on the map.

Fahrenheit Restaurant & Lounge 90 E. San Fernando St., San Jose 408.998.9998

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AMATO’S Sandwich shop. $. The sandwiches make for greasy, sloppy, ferociously delicious eating. There are 34 varieties, categorized in three groups: hot, cold, specialty. 10am-11pm Mon-Fri, 10am9pm Sat, 10am-7pm Sun. 1162 Saratoga Ave. 408.246.4007.

AMBER INDIA Northern Indian, tandoori. $$. The sister to the popular Mountain View restaurant, Amber India’s Santana Row location continues to offer elegantly prepared Indian cuisine in a stylish setting. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-10pm, Mon-Thu, noon-3pm, 5-10:30pm Fri-Sat, noon-3pm, 5-10pm Sun. 377 Santana Row. 408.248.5400. BANGKOK TASTE Thai. $$. Humble strip mall gem with a loyal following. Beef Pi-Roj is a house favorite. Veggies love the Rama tofu. 11am-3pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm daily. 1769 Blossom Hill Rd. 408.358.2525.

a hearty brand of Mexican food wrought from popular family recipes. Breakfast plates and warm sweet pastries in abundant supply. 7am7pm daily. 792 E. Julian St. 408.995.5488.

CASABLANCA’S CAFE Middle Eastern. $$. Casablanca’s Cafe is not going to win any awards for atmosphere or restaurant design. But it should win awards for its falafel. In addition to wonderfully creamy hummus, tangy tahini sauce and pickled red cabbage, the falafel deluxe is gilded with strips of baked eggplant, fried cauliﬂower and fried potatoes. If you like it spicy, the ribbon of shatta (hot sauce) delivers a blast of chile pepper heat. 10am-9:30pm daily. 1185 Lincoln Ave. 408.993.8636. CITRUS New American. $$$. In Santana Row’s chic Hotel Valencia, Citrus peels back the hotel dining myth. Here, diners match their own main dishes with their choice of rub, sauce and side dish. Fun continues in skilled desserts. 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Sat. 355 Santana Row. 408.423.5400.

BILL’S CAFE Diner. $. Serving only breakfast and lunch, Bill’s knows its way around typical diner standbys—eggs (scrambles and hollandaiselaced “benedictions”), pancakes and expertly grilled sandwiches and burgers. 6:30am-3pm daily. 302 N. Bascom Ave. 408.287.2455.

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CONSUELO Mexican. $$. Good regional Mexican food made with lesser-known ingredients in an attractive, upscale atmosphere. The food is served tapas style and meant to be shared. Fantastic tequila list. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri, 11am-11pm Sat, 11am-9pm Sun. 377 Santana Row #1125. 408.260.7082.

Chinese-Vietnamese. $. Gargantuan menu features nearly 200 Vietnamese menu options, including smoked duck, sautéed frogs and clay pot catﬁsh. 10am-10pm Mon-Fri, 9am-10pm Sat-Sun. 2549 S. King Rd #A-16. 408.270.9610.

CASA VICKY Family-style Mexican. $. Nothing fancy, but

Cocola is a ﬁne place to while away an afternoon sipping tea and sampling a pear tart with vanilla custard and slivered almonds. For heartier fare, try the gourmet sandwiches. 8am11pm Sun-Tue, 8am-noon WedSat. 333 Santana Row #1045. 408.551.0018.

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THE COUNTER Hamburgers THECOUNTER Hamburgers. $. The Counter takes the quintessential American burger and turns up the Americanness by letting diners choose from dozens of options to build a custom burger. 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat and noon-9pm Sun. 3055 Olin Ave #1035 (Santana Row), San Jose, 408.423.9200. And 369 California Ave, Palo Alto, 650.321.3900. CRAWDADDY Cajun. $$. Crawdaddy specializes in boiled live crawﬁsh ﬂown in from Louisiana. The mud bugs are served steaming in a plastic bag swimming in a buttery, garlic-laced sauce that ranges from mild to ridiculously hot. 3-10pm Mon-Fri and noon10pm Sat-Sun. 779 Story Rd. 408.286.2729.

DEEZI’S CAFE Persian. $$. Deezi is a hearty lamb shank stew and it’s quite good here. But the soul of the menu is the kebabs, and the koobideh kebabs are outstanding. Made from ground beef blended with puréed onions, garlic and various spices, the skewered and grilled meat stick is beautifully grilled and so tender and juice-ﬁlled it squirts when you bite down on it. The joojeh (chicken) kebab scores as well. Try the fresh made dogh (a yogurt drink). 11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Sat-Sun. 1312 Saratoga Ave. 408.244.0300.

DIA DE PESCA Mexican. $. As you might guess from the name (Dia de Pesca means “gone ﬁshing” in Spanish), the restaurant specializes in seafood—ﬁsh tacos, ceviche, shrimp cocktails and soups.

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DI DA Vietnamese vegetarian. $. Quick, friendly service and a comprehensive menu, with food thatâ€™s simple, low-key and homey. The jackfruit salad is surprisingly fresh, sided with a chile-tamarind sauce. 9am-9pm daily. 2597 Senter Rd. 408.998.8826.

DI LAC Vegetarian Asian. $$. A bite of veggie heaven. The spacious Di Lac serves up an appetizing array of foods, all of which are made fresh daily, including the soy milk and tofu. 9am-9pm daily. 1644 E. Capitol Expwy. 408.238.8686. DYNASTY CHINESE SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Chinese $$. The setting is ďŹ t for royalty, and thereâ€™s a menu to match: lobster with special sauces, Peking duck, emerald-colored mustard greens, even suckling pig. Or try the more delicate fare: dim sum every lunch. 11am-2:30pm, 59:30pm Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm, 59:30pm Sat-Sun. 1001 Story Rd, second ďŹ‚oor. 408.286.6668

EDNA RAY Chinese. $$. Now

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in a new location, Edna Ray continues to serves classics of Chinese-American food with the same quantity, familiarity and reasonable prices. Youâ€™ll ďŹ nd all three here, and then some. 11:30am-9:30pm daily. 1181 Lincoln Ave. 408.280.7738.

EL HABANERO Cuban and Mexican. $$. The Cuban food is the star here. The food is made from family recipes and has a hearty, homespun appeal. Ropa vieja is a classic of Cuban cooking and the stewed beef dish is a solid choice here, as is the oily but delicious vaca frita. Appetizers are strong, too, but skip the disappointing Cuban sandwich. 11am-9pm daily. Closed Monday. 3132 Williams Rd. 408.557.8914.

EL TULE Mexican. $$. Most of the menu is devoted to Mexican-American standards, but the separate menu of Oaxacan specialties is where El Tule really shines. The black mole is uncommonly delicious while lesser-known dishes like tlayudas and molotes are also good. 10am-9pm daily. 5440 Thornwood Dr. 408.227.1752.

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5-SPOT CHIVAS GRILL Mexican-American diner. $. The brick-walled 5-Spot is a perfect mix of American food, past and present. The diner still serves classic American diner food as well as Mexican standards. 7am-9pm daily. 869 S. First St. 408.294.4979.

FLOWER FLOUR French bakery. $. Mimi Brownâ€™s ďŹ‚ower shop/bakery charms visitors with freshly made to-droolover pastries, ready-to-go sandwiches and service with a smile. 8am-6pm Mon-Sat, 8am-4pm Sun. 896 Willow St. 408.279.0843. FOOD TOPIA Chinese and Taiwanese. $. Food Topia serves a great, low-priced menu of Taiwanese and Chinese food. Go for the beef noodle soup, pickle and ďŹ sh ďŹ llet soup and the fried chicken roll. No alcohol served. 1600 S. De Anza Blvd. 408.873.7628.

FRANKIE, JOHNNIE & LUIGI TOO! Family-style Italian. $$. Traditional Italian-American favoritesâ€”spaghetti and pizzaâ€”served with plenty of elbow room. Big portions and wholesome family-style service. 11am-10pm Sun-Thu, 11am11pm Fri-Sat. 5245 Prospect Rd, San Jose. Full Bar. 408.446.9644. Also 939 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View. 650.967.5384.

FRATELLO Italian. $$. Bursting with simple ďŹ‚avors, Fratello boasts native Italian dining without affectation. 5-9:30pm Tue-Sun, Fri-Sat 5-10pm, 59pm Sun. 1712 Meridian Ave. 408.269.3801.

GIORGIOâ€™S Family-style Italian. $. Simple Italian cookingâ€”the rugged kind with Southern Italian leanings, full of robust ďŹ‚avors and tangy tomato sauces. 11:30am-9:30pm MonThu, 11:30am-10:30pm Fri-Sat, 11:30am-10pm Sun. 1445 Foxworthy Ave. 408.264.5781.

GOJO ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT Ethiopian. $. Simplicity reigns here; just Ethiopian foodâ€”chicken, beef, lamb, vegetarianâ€”and Ethiopian coffee. The ďŹ‚avors taste even better with honey wine. Beer, wine. Noon-9pm Sun-Thu, noon-10pm FriSat. 1261 W. San Carlos St. 408.295.9546.

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GOVEAâ€™S Mexican. $. A community hub that serves up wonderfully fresh, oldfashioned Mexican food with no trendy gimmicks. Wholesome and ďŹ lling. 10am-9pm MonThu, 10am-10pm Sat-Fri, 9am-9pm Sun. 1996 Tully Rd. 408.270.0973. GREAT WALL Chinese. $$. This strip mall hideaway serves skillfully prepared Chinese dishes in an atmosphere where sandals and T-shirts are the perfect fashion. Beef and black mushrooms, salt-and-pepper spareribs and cashew chicken earn high marks. Take out available. 11am-2:30pm, 4:309pm Mon-Fri, noon-9pm Sat. 1409 Bird Ave. 408.287.1688 or 287.1689.

HABANA CUBA Cuban and Brazilian. $$. A culinary oasis full of good ďŹ‚avors, Habana Cuba exudes cultural delights. Sensuous foods of the Caribbean and Cuba, long on tomato and peppers, slowroasted meats and earthy black beans. Beer and wine. Lunch 11am-2:30pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5-9pm Tue-Thu, 5-10pm Fri, 410pm Sat, 4-9pm Sun. 238 Race St. 408.998.2822.

THE HAPPY BAMBOO Vegetarian. $. The menu at the Happy Bamboo is almost all vegan and most of it Vietnamese or Asian-inspired. Thereâ€™s also a vegetarian tuna salad and, out of nowhere, Hungarian goulash and spaghetti. 11:30am-9pm TueSun. Closed Mon. 1711 Branham Lane. 408.694.0740.

HOSHI Japanese. $$. Hoshi is one Silicon Valleyâ€™s standouts for sushi and small plates. Great sake selection, too. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5-9pm Mon-Sat. 246 Saratoga Ave. 408.554.7100.

HUKILAU Hawaiian. $$. Simple, slightly salty, stomach-ďŹ lling foods with an Asian-PaciďŹ c attitude. All daily specials come with a scoop of macaroni salad and steamed rice. Skip the quesadilla and nachos and head straight for the ahi poke. With tropical drinks to match. 11am-1:45pm Tue-Fri, 5-9:30pm Tue-Wed, 5-10:30pm Thu-Sat, 11am-2:30pm Sat-Sun, 5-9pm Sun. 230 Jackson St. 408.279.4888.

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SVDINING The restaurant continues to pack them in because the food is so good. As the name implies, the restaurant specializes in the ﬁery, hearty food of China’s Hunan province, making it one of the few restaurants in the Bay Area to do so. 11am2:30pm, 4:30-8:30pm Mon-Sat. 998 N. Fourth St. 408.295.1186.

ISABELLA’S Peruvian. $$. One of the South Bay’s few outposts of Peruvian food, Isabella’s has much to recommend. Tacu-tacu, a starchy, beany blob enlivened with onions, garlic, oregano and other spices served with a thin steak, is great. Seafood dishes like the ceviche and cau-cau mariscos are also good. Don’t miss the delicious chicha morada, a Peruvian punch made with purple corn, pineapple and apple juice that’s boldly seasoned with cinnamon. 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am11pm Fri-Sat, 2-8pm Sun. 700 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.248.PERU.

KAHOO Japanese. $ The people queuing up are ramen aficionados who know a good bowl of ramen when they find one. And they’ve definitely found one here. 11:30am-2pm, 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am3pm, 4:30-9pm Sat-Sun. 4330 Moorpark Ave. 408.255.8244.

KRUNGTHAI Thai. $$. Perennial Metro “Best Of” winner, Krungthai has been around since 1988, but still tastes fresh and new. 11am-3pm, 5-10pm Mon-Fri, noon-10pm SatSun. 640 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.260.8224.

KUBOTA Japanese. $$. A beautiful dining room that serves exquisite rice, luscious ribs and decent sushi. Full bar. 5:30-10pm Mon-Sat, 59:30pm Sun. 593 N. Fifth St. 408.279.8440.

KUMAKO Ramen. $. Japantown now has its missing ingredient—good ramen. Kumako’s menu is simple: ramen, curry rice and a few appetizers. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Sat. 211 E. Jackson St. 408.286.2111. LAYANG LAYANG Malaysian. $$. Layang Layang shines with clean, fresh ﬂavors and ingredients, and offers a great entry into Malaysian food.

Service is fast and friendly, a feat given how harried the waitstaff can be. Wine and beer. Closed Mon. 1480 S. De Anza Blvd. 408.777.8897.

LE PAPILLON Contemporary French. $$$$. From start to ﬁnish, a meal at Le Papillon casts a spell on everyone who enters. The feeling is only broken when you walk out the door and abruptly step back into the real world outside. Full bar. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Fri; dinner nightly. 410 Saratoga Ave. 408.296.3730.

MAGGIANO’S LITTLE ITALY Italian. $$. Like a warm Italian embrace, this Santana Row superstar proves a welcome haven for company lunches and congenial dinner parties. The food is a cut above standard, with roast chicken and veal marsala standing out. 11am10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm FriSat, noon-10pm Sun. 3055 Olin Ave. #1000. 408.423.8973.

MENARA Moroccan. $$$. Since 1977, Menara’s been throwing back the pillows and bellying up to mint tea rituals, b’stilla (pigeon pie) and rabbit tagine. Full dinner menu includes vegetarian option. Solid wine list. 6-10pm daily. 41 E. Gish Rd. 408.453.1983.

MT. HAMILTON GRANDVIEW Cowboy continental. $$$. The Grandview is an old-school roadhouse with a warm atmosphere. Add dishes like surf and turf, rack of lamb chasseur and chicken Cordon Bleu and you’ve got yourself a destination. 5-10:30pm Wed-Sun. 94 Mt. Hamilton Rd. 408.251.8909.

MY KHE QUAN HUE Vietnamese. $. Food from central Vietnam is underrepresented in San Jose and that’s part of what makes this small restaurant such a ﬁnd. Excellent noodle soups. 9am-9pm daily except Wed. Cash only. 960 Story Rd. 408.920.9603.

THE MYNT Indian. $. The Mynt’s lunch buffet is a Silicon Valley standout, while the sit-down dinner menu has plenty to offer as well. Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Sun; dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Thu and 5:30-10pm Fri-Sat. 5210 Prospect Rd. 408.973.9673.

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OMOGARI Korean. $. Omogari makes getting to know Korean food easy. The menu includes pictures of many dishes, the service is friendly and the food is consistently good. Try the dae gee bul go gi, spicy marinated pork. 11:30am-9:30pm Mon-Sat. 154 E. Jackson St. 408.280.6588.

ORLO’S New American. $$$. On the lush grounds of the historic Hayes Mansion, this is one beautiful, luxurious dining room, with menu and excellent service to match. 5:30-9:30pm Tue-Sat. Hayes Conference Center, 200 Edenvale Ave. 408.226.3200. PASTA POMODORO Italian. $. Exuberant, inexpensive and fast cuisine made to order and served with sparkle. High concept and low costs make Pasta Pomodoro a dream trattoria for lovers of robust Italian ﬂavors. 11am-10pm daily. 1205 The Alameda. 408.292.9929.

PIZZA ANTICA UPTOWN Pizza. $$. The stony ovens of Pizza Antica turn out thin-crusted designer pies with gourmet toppings in casual environs. Fine pasta and meat dishes also available. 11:30am-10pm Sun-Thu, 11:30am-11pm FriSat. 334 Santana Row #1065. 408.557.8373. PRESIDENT RESTAURANT Mongolian barbecue. $. This mom-and-pop eatery gears itself toward the common man with the uncommonly large appetite. Thrown into the bargain is a Chinese steamtable buffet. 11am-3pm, 4:309pm daily. 1190 Hillsdale Ave. 408.978.7188.

RAMEN HALU Japanese noodles. $$. Surfer-themed, casual-but-comfy, chef Kumao Arai’s noodle house imports traditional techniques to produce hearty, aromatic bowls stocked with pork-, sea-saltor soy-sauce-ﬂavored broth. Cash only. Call ahead; hours are irregular. 375-M S. Saratoga Ave. 408.246.3933.

RANGOLI Indian. $. Rangoli spices up the Cambrian area with excellent Indian food. The restaurant is beautiful and its food and service largely match its décor. Lunch buffet 11:30am-

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RASA MALAYSIAN Malaysian. $$. Rasa Malaysian is a homey restaurant that offers a number of solid examples of Malaysian food including satay chicken, char tway keow and sambal kangkung. 11am-3pm, 5-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am-9pm Sat. 1290 Coleman Ave. 408.980.0668.

REHOBOTH Ethiopian. $$. Japantown isn’t all Japanese food. Rehoboth adds spice to the neighborhood with its diverse menu of Ethiopian standards. Carnivores, vegetarians and vegans are all well taken care of. Good coffee, too. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri-Sat. 665 N. Sixth St. 408.947.1717.

REYHAN Persian. $. Reyhan restaurant is located in the most unlikely of areas—an industrial strip of Almaden Road in south San Jose. As such, the place is kind of an oasis—an oasis of kebabs. 11am-8pm daily. 1625 Almaden Rd. 408.293.3600.

SELAM Ethiopian and Eritrean. $. Often it’s the places you have to work to ﬁnd that turn out to be the good ones. Selam is tucked away in a mall off Winchester Boulevard, but the food is a real standout. 10am10pm daily. 3120 Williams St. 408.984.9600. SIAM Thai. $$. Siam is a sweet little Thai restaurant between Valley Fair and Santana Row. The menu offers a lineup of Thai standards and crowdpleasing combinations with Americanized names like “cashew lover,” “Thai angry” and “pleasing garlic.” There’s plenty to recommend. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-9pm TueSat. 2910 Stevens Creek Blvd. 408.246.0304. SIENA MEDITERRANEAN BISTRO Mediterranean. $$$. Tucked into picturesque Willow Glen, this tiny bistro offers big tastes. Entrees such as Moroccan Cornish game hen, venison medallions and seasonal risotto battle for your appetite with a bread pudding dessert. Patio dining available. 1359 Lincoln Ave. 408.271.0837.

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SINO RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE Modern Chinese. $$$. Sino is owned by Christopher Yeo, the restaurateur behind Straits. The restaurant offers both traditional Chinese cooking and a few modern riffs. Good dim sum, too. 11am10pm Sun-Tue, 11am-midnight Wed-Sat. 377 Santana Row. 408.247.8880.

STRAITS RESTAURANT Asian fusion. $$$. By night it’s a jampacked hipster clubhouse; by day it’s Singaporean chef Chris Yeo’s latest chic fusion venue. Small plates share the menu with entrees such as the lobster and shrimp pad thai. Outdoor seating available. 11am-10pm Sun-Wed, 11am-midnight ThuSat. 333 Santana Row #1100. 408.246.6320.

SUSHI BOAT Sushi bar/ Japanese specialties. $. With a décor that is upbeat and sophisticated and sushi that is as dazzling as handmade jewelry, Sushi Boat walks on water! 11am-9:30pm daily. Westgate Mall, 1600 Saratoga Ave. #119. 408.378.4000. SUSHI FACTORY Sushi bar/ Japanese. $$. It’s all here: sushi, bento box meals and teriyaki and at great prices. 11:30am9:15pm daily. 4632 Meridian Ave. 408.723.2598. TAIWAN RESTAURANT Chinese. $. For nearly 25 years this Willow Glen landmark has served a nonstop stream of Szechuan, Cantonese and Taiwanese specialties. Beer, wine. 1306 Lincoln Ave. 11am-3pm, 5-9pm Mon-Sun. 408.289.8800.

THEA Greek and Turkish. $$. While some dishes have a tenuous connection to Turkey and Greece, the pretty restaurant serves a number of standouts like the roasted prawns, octopus salad and excellent moussaka. Full bar. 11:30am-3pm, 5-8:30pm daily. 3090 Olsen Dr. 408.260.1444. TLAQUEPAQUE NO. 3 Mexican. $. Willow Glen’s Tlaquepaque No. 3 occupies that sweet spot between a taqueria and a more formal sit-down restaurant. And then there are those highly gulpable chavelas. 7am-9pm Mon-Sat. 699 Curtner Ave. 408.448.1230.

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VIN SANTO Italian $$. A beautifully simple and low-lit dining room sets the stage for offerings of earthy aromas, bold sauces and well-seasoned market-fresh meats and produce. Extensive wine list plays host nearly as well as the informative servers. 5-10pm Tue-Sat, 5-8pm Sun. 1346 Lincoln Ave. 408.920.2508.

WAHOO’S FISH TACO Fish tacos/Cal-Mex. $. Beachside shack décor gives Wahoo’s a Disney quality. Fish is the dish at this L.A.-based fast-food staple, served flame-broiled or blackened in a spicy Cajun rub in tacos, burritos, bowls and salads. Beer. 10:30am-9pm Sun-Wed, 10am-10pm Fri-Sat. 3050 Olin Ave (Santana Row). 408.244.3991. WILLOW STREET WOODFIRED PIZZA Pizza. $$. Silicon Valley’s three Willow Street pizza locations prepare the definitive upwardly mobile California pizza. Crispy, thin crusts breathe with accents of almond from the Italian wood-fired oven. Check out the new Neapolitan-style pizzas— delicate, light and satisfying. Hearty pastas, salads and sandwiches, too. 11:30am-9pm Sun-Wed, 11:30am-9:30pm Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri-Sat. 1072 Willow St. 408.971.7080. For other locations see www. willowstreet.com.

YANKEE PIER American seafood. $$. Veteran restaurateur Bradley Ogden brings a bit of Cape Cod to Santana Row, with a menu ranging from old-fashioned ﬁsh and chips to gourmet oysters and a mouth-watering Maine lobster roll. Sunday brunch available. 11:30am-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 11:30am-10pm FriSat. 378 Santana Row #1100. 408.244.1244.

ZENI ETHIOPIAN RESTAURANT Ethiopian. $$. Zeni Ethiopian Restaurant rises above other Bay Area Ethiopian restaurants with fresh, vibrant food, much of it deliciously enrobed in berberé, Ethiopia’s signature—and spicy— seasoning. Traditional seating and coffee ceremony add to the experience. Full bar. 11:30am10pm Tue-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri, noon-10:30pm Sat, noon9:30pm Sun. 1320 Saratoga Ave. 408.615.8282.

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Caravan Lounge, San Jose Thu – 10pm; free

Fox Theatre, Redwood City Fri – 8pm; $35-$48

There’s been some confusion over NVS’ name, since there was a cheese-rock band in the late ’80s and early ’90s called NVS (which was bad even by the standards of that era). But this Cupertino band plays melodic punk and alternative rock and enjoys pulling pranks, like planting fake news stories about the singer murdering a fellow band member onstage. (BD)

Prince did a mind-blowing version of “When Doves Cry” when he played HP last week, a stark rendition featuring almost nothing but his vocals and a shattering drum beat. I can’t help but wonder if he got the idea from Ginuwine’s bottomheavy cover, which is practically all percussion, loops and vocals. That was from back in 1996, when he and producer Timbaland brought out the best in each other and made their names on their collaborations, which didn’t sound quite like any R&B that had come before it. They had some kind of a falling out after 1999’s 100% Ginuwine, but worked

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lyrics like “America’s not at war, America’s at the shopping mall,” and the seamless blending of styles and beats, the Factory Minds can help everyone remember what skapunk was before anyone had even started calling it that. (AC)

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Blank Club, San Jose Fri – 9pm; $5

Mountain Winery, Saratoga Fri – 7:30pm; $50-$100

Most new ska-punk bands take their cues from third-wave bands like Less than Jake, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Real Big Fish. Factory Minds, on the other hand, takes it all the way back to the source, long before punk-ska become a musical formula—in other words, the Clash. Strummer and company turned the fusion into political, passionate songs, while Factory Minds has a bit more of a pop sensibility. But with

Heroes of the mid-’60s British Invasion, the Moody Blues managed to steal away from that ﬂeeting scene and land themselves into mainstream rock stardom by helping reinvent the sound of blues-based psychedelic rock. As the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band took the era’s rock & roll into a new territory of experimental complexity, the Moody Blues’ 1967 album Days of Future Passed

was itself a unique contribution, combining symphonic and orchestral elements into what would later become progressive rock. It also produced their bestknown hit, “Nights in White Satin.” But the band’s follow-up to that album, In Search of the Lost Chord, proved to be the Moody Blues’ most inspired and drug-fueled exploration. (GW)

ANDRE NICKATINA Avalon Nightclub, Santa Clara Fri – 9pm; $5 He started his career as Dre Dog in 1993 and even scored a modest single, “Situation Critical,” in 1995 that fell somewhere between ’90s gangsta rap and we-funk party rap, with just a dash of ’80s throwback production style. The music quickly

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TIA CARRERE Bene concert for Japan, also with Beneﬁt Ho. May 27 at 7:30pm, Akiyama Daniel H Wellness Center, San Jose.

DJ ROXY COTTONTAIL May 27 at Studio 8, San Jose

FINAL FRIDAYS With Haleh Abghari and Laurie San Martin, May 27 at 6pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga

SSPRING CHORAL CONCERT May 27 at 8pm, Music Recital Hall, Santa Clara University

FURTHER Jun 3–4 at 7:30pm, Shoreline

LIVE 105 BFD Jun 5 at 11am, Shoreline

TALKY TINA Jun 8 at 9pm, the Blank Club, San Jose

BRIAN MCKNIGHT Jun 9 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga

THE TUBES Jun 11 at a 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga

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Streetlight Records, San Jose Sat – 4pm; free Hana Kim is an L.A. singer/ songwriter from the Regina

Spektor school—pretty vocals over catchy melodies, with just the slightest hint of something darker. And in this case, something rootsier, as well; there’s a bit of a folk-country glimmer to the instrumentation of songs like “Chase the Morning.” (SP)

NME Caravan Lounge, San Jose Sat – 10pm; free NME’s Mike and Peter Skilj aren’t afraid to take on anyone and everyone, including each other. The San Jose punk band has been around since the mid- ’90s, with members coming and going, but the heart of the group has always been the Skilj twins. NME have made a name for themselves as brash, intelligent, uncompromising and a lot of fun to see live. But with songs like “Bin Laden Airlines” and “Bombs Not

Food,” Peters know most people will jump to conclusions. “Lyrically and musically, we never had a seriously tone to the music until now,” Peter says. “’Bin Laden Airlines’ is a mixture of both. Like another song, ‘Bombs Not Food.’ If you actually listen to the lyrics, we’re not making fun of Food Not Bombs.” “ I know not everyone is going to love us. We’re not going to be a multi-platinum band, there’s no doubt about that,” says Mike. “We don’t care about that crap anyway.” (BD)

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pop culture (also known as “the Internet”) handed the “King of R&B” title to Usher. Which was ﬁne, because R. Kelly was deﬁnitely not going to be needing it anymore. Since then, he’s only gotten bigger, knocking out four hit singles from his last album, Raymond vs. Raymond. That makes six platinum albums, and even more No. 1 songs—“OMG,” “U Remind Me,” “My Boo,” “Confessions Part II,” etc. And he’s the guy who signed Justin Bieber. So it looks like nothing is getting this king off the throne—not even his acting in Texas Rangers. (SP)

W/ Nicki Minaj. Jun 18 at 7pm, HP Pavilion

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK/ BACKSTREET BOYS Jul 2 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion, San Jose

REV. HORTON HEAT Jul 5 at 9pm, Avalon

SMASH MOUTH Jul 7 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga

METRO FOUNTAIN BLUES FEST The festival returns with Fountain Blues Festival AllStars Band and Tommy Castro, Jul 9, St. James Park, San Jose

EDDIE IZZARD Jul 16 at 8pm, Shoreline

BLUES TRAVELER Aug 4 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga

KATY PERRY Aug 12 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion, San Jose

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Ballet San Jose School Saturday-Sunday, 1:30pm; California Theatre, San Jose; $16–$60 Hans Christian Andersen’s Klod Hans is the jumping-off point for Silly Simon, a special one-hour ballet designed especially for young balletomanes. Lisa la Cour of the Ballet San Jose School has choreographed the tale of three brothers and one royal princess in need of a husband. The program also features the premier of Invitation to the Dance, set to the music of Carl Maria von Weber.

Much Ado About Nothing Thursday–Friday, 8pm, Saturday 2 and 8pm, Sunday, 2pm, through June 4; $15/$25 For its annual Shakespeare on the Square festival, Arclight Repertory Theatre delivers a twist on the Bard’s comedy Much Ado About Nothing, setting the action in the 1840s in old California just before the Gold Rush and statehood, with the familiar characters transformed into Spanish grandees and Ohlone Indians. The shows will include some folk dance and music of the time.

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production. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 1pm. Runs thru Jun 11. $15/$23. Broadway West, Fremont.

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Ballet School San Jose brings the fairy tale “Silly Simon” to life. Sat-Sun, 1:30pm. $16-$60. California Theatre, San Jose.

Pear Avenue Theatre presents a brand-new stage version of Twain’s famous story. Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $15$30. Thru May 29. Pear Avenue, Mountain View.

Rick Lombardo directs Philip Kan Gotanda’s romantic comedy for San Jose Rep. Wed-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 3 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm, Tue, 7:30pm, plus May 25 at 11am. Runs thru Jun 5. $25-$69 The Rep, San Jose.

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The troupe performs its spring program, featuring “Momentum” by the late choreographer Choo-San Goh. Wed-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $20-$62. Bayside Performing Arts Center, San Mateo.

A theater-loving detective takes on a whodunit in this musical presented by South Valley Civic Theater. Fri-Sat, 8pm (Jun 3-4 and 10-11), Sun, 2:30pm (Jun 5). $35-$60. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto.

A musical comedy based on the lives of silent-movie greats Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand; presented by South Bay Musical Theatre. Thu (Jun 2), 8pm, Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $15-$23. Runs thru Jun 4. Saratoga Civic Theater.

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City Lights’ ﬁfth show of the season is a comic drama by Lisa Loomer about a mother whose child is diagnosed with ADHD. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm (Jun 5, 12 and 19) or 7pm (May 29). Runs thru Jun 19. $15-$28. City Lights, San Jose.

Bus Barn Stage Company mounts a comedy by Ken Ludwig about backstage misadventures. ThuSat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm (Jun 5), or 7pm (Jun 12), Wed (Jun 1, 8 and 15, 7:30pm). $24-$30. Runs thru Jun 18. Bus Barn Theater, Los Altos.

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DIDO AND AENEAS A Henry Purcell opera is paired with de Falla’s “La Vida Breve,” presented by West Bay Opera. Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $35-$60. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto.

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TONGUEOFABIRD A search-and-rescue effort for a young girl prompts pilot Maxine to face fragments of her own past in this presentation by Dragon Productions Theatre Company. Previews Thu; opening night gala Fri. Regular shows Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Jun 19. $16-$25. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto.

Comedy CLUBFOX Mon, 8pm: Comedy Monday hosted by Dan St. Paul, with Dave Burleigh, Larry Brown and more. $10. Redwood City.

COMEDYSPORTZ Fri, 9pm and Sat, 7 and 9pm: Live improv comedy. Fri, 11pm: The Midnight Show. Inside the Camera 3 building, San Jose.

ROOSTERT.FEATHERS Wed-Thu, 8pm: Outsourced Comedy Tour. $15. Fri-Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Dan Gabriel. $18. Sunnyvale.

SANJOSEIMPROV Wed, 8pm: Tinkle Time. $12. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 9pm, Sun, 7pm: Pablo Francisco. $25. San Jose.

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Museums ARTMUSEUMOFLOSGATOS “In the Abstract.” Abstract works by artists Paula Schales, Ewa Gavriellov and Neal Boor. Thru Jul 21. Los Gatos.

CANTORARTSCENTER “Illustrated Title Pages: 15001900.” A show of 80 illustrated book pages from the museum’s collection. Thru Oct 16. “True Colors: Rediscovering Pigments of Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture.” Thru Aug 7. “Twelve Drawings From Domenico Tiepolo’s New Testament.”Thru May 29. WedSun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Stanford.

“Life Cycle.” Photos of rare and endangered species by Susan Middleton. “Selections From the Smith Andersen Editions Archive.” Sample of works by the ﬁne-art press in Palo Alto. “Father Hubbard: Trekking Through Alaska.” A historical exhibit about a Jesuit priest from SCU who explored Alaska in the early 20th century. “Paul Locatelli, S.J.: Photographs.” All run thru Jun 12. Santa Clara University.

EUPHRATMUSEUMOFART De Anza College Student Art Show. Thru Jun 14. De Anza College, San Jose.

HISTORYPARKSANJOSE “Nature’s Beloved Son: Rediscovering John Muir’s Botanical Legacy.” A show dedicated to the many biological specimens collected by the naturalist. Runs thru Sep 11 at Paciﬁc Hotel. “Celebrating Local Artists.”Thru Sep 18 at Pasetta House, History Park, San Jose.

SANJOSEMUSEUMOFART “Laboratory.”The museum’s new Beta Space hosts experimental shows. First exhibit features installations by Kevin Appel and Ruben Ochoa. Runs thru Aug. 14. “Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art From India.”Thru Sep 4. “Robert Mapplethorpe: Portraits.”Thru Jun 5. “The Modern Photographer: Observation and Intention.”Thru Jul 3. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

SANJOSEMUSEUMOFQUILTS &TEXTILES “Primary Structures.” A look at sculptural art knitting. “Southwestern Banded Blankets: Three Cultures, One Horizon.” Thru Aug 7. Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm. San Jose.

TECHMUSEUMOFINNOVATION Exhibits about science, technology and the world. Ongoing. MonWed, 10am-5pm, Thu-Sun, 10am8pm. San Jose.

TRITONMUSEUMOFART “Non-Traditional Landscapes.” Six artists display abstract images of landscape settings. Thru Jul 20. “Fire Strokes, in Memory of Won Choe.” Paintings by Mirang Woone.”Thru Jul 10. Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am9pm. Santa Clara.

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“The Theater of Insects.” Photographs by Jo Whaley.

STANFORDARTSPACES Paintings by Haiying Wang,

digital art by Mark McAfee Brown, photography by Gabe Sheen. Thru Jul 23. Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm. Paul G. Allen Art Spaces Gallery, Stanford campus.

CONTINUING ANNODOMINI “What He Meant by the Self Was Simply Our Truest Nature, Our Natural State.” New works by selftaught New York artist Jeremiah Maddock. Thru Jun 18. San Jose.

AVENUE25GALLERY “Visions of Childhood.” A show of works by California women artists presented by Peninsula Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art. Thru Jul 9. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. San Mateo.

BRUNIGALLERY Jazz portraits by Bruni, plus sports art by Mark Gray . Thru Aug 31. Daily, 1-6pm. San Jose.

CAFFETRIESTE “Barbarians and Beauties.” New works about the life conﬂicts of women by Sandi Billingsley. Runs thru Jun 24. San Jose.

COMMUNITYSCHOOLOFMUSIC ANDART “Sedimentals.” A show of 14 sculptural installations by Jody Alexander. Runs thru May 31. Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm, Sat, 9am3pm. Mohr Gallery, Finn Center, Mountain View.

DOWNTOWNYOGASHALA “The Spirit of Northern Italy.” Photographs by Marco Zecchin. Thru May. San Jose.

FILOLI “Expressions in Watercolors.”Thru Jun 5. Tue-Sun, 10am-3pm, Sun, 11am-3pm. Woodside.

GALLERYSARATOGA Impressionist plein air paintings by Murray Wagnon. Thru May. TueSun, 11am-6pm. Saratoga.

GOODKARMAVEGANCAFE “Alviso Slough.” Photographs by Josh Marcotte of the forgotten slice of Silicon Valley. Thru Jun 24. San Jose.

HIGHERFIRECLAYSPACE “Tantalizing Tableware.” Works in porcelain by Scott Jennings plus a group show of local potters. Thru Jun 2. San Jose.

KALEIDGALLERY “Renasci.” Works on human energy and rebirth by Emonic. Thru May 27. San Jose.

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Jose and its Shakespeare on the Square Festival. Regular shows: Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Jun 4. $15-$25. Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose.

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METROLOBBY “Contours de Flesh.” Photos by Aimee BuPane. Thru May. San Jose.

MONTALVOARTSCENTER “A Common Balance: Impossible Dream’n.” A sculptural installation in the Project Space Gallery in the form of a “grow lab” investigating biodiversity.Thru Jul 17.Thu-Sun, 11am-3pm. Saratoga.

PHO69 “Visionary Reﬂections.” Paintings by Janice Kirkpatrick. Thru May 27. San Jose.

SANJOSEINSTITUTEOF CONTEMPORARYART “Size Matters.” A group show about concepts of scale. Thru Jun 18. “Powers of Ten.” A 1968 documentary short by Ray and Charles Ames. Thru Jun 11. “Urgency.” Large wooden installation by Mike Rathbun. Thru Jun 4. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

VIEWPOINTSGALLERY. Pastel paintings of the sea by Terri Ford.Thru May 27. Mon-Sat, 11am5pm, Sun, 11am-3pm. Los Altos.

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A booksigning for the auhtor of “To End All Wars.” Wed, 7pm. Free. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

BARBARAANDSHANNON KELLEY A store visit by the authors of “Undecided,” a new careeradvice book. Thu, 7pm. Free. Books Inc., Mountain View.

HELENWANG The author of “The Chinese Dream” talks about the rising middle class in China. Thu, 7pm. Free. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

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celebrate Aurora’s happily ever after in this production by Los Gatos Ballet. Fri, 7:30pm and Sat, 2 and 7:30pm. $15-$20. West Valley College Theater, Saratoga.

LORDOFTHEFLIES An adaptation of the novel about kids gone feral. Presented by Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. Thu, 4:30pm, Fri, 7pm, Sat, 2 and 7pm. (Call 650.463.4970 for ticket info.) Children’s Theatre, Palo Alto.

SILLYSIMON Ballet School San Jose brings this fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen to life. Sat-Sun, 1:30pm. $16-$60. California Theatre, San Jose.

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This annual sci-ﬁ and fantasy convention features workshops, readings, autograph sessions and gaming. Fri-Mon. $75-$80. Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara.

CHIRUNNING Workshops talk by ultramarathoner Danny Dreyer, who offers advice on staying ﬁt. Sun, 9am-4:30pm. (Register at www. chirunning.com)

FANIMECON A weekend dedicated to the Japanese animation style, including music, guest appearances and panel discussions. Fri-Mon. $25-$35 single day; $60 for full weekend. San Jose McEnery Convention Center, San Jose.

SAKESANJOSE A beneﬁt sake tasting and walk through Japantown sponsored by Yu-Ai Kai Senior Community. May 26, 5–7:30pm. $40/$50. Japantown San Jose.

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lost their lives in service for our country. Parade starts on Highway 9 between Henry Cowell and Graham Hill Road at 10am. Sat, 10am–4pm. Free. Felton Commons Park.

GILROY PARADE AND FAMILY FUN DAY All all-you-can-eat meal plus family events. Mon, 10am– 6pm. Parade starts at 11am at Eighth and Monterey streets. Car show, booths and events take place at Christmas Hill Park, Gilroy.

LOS GATOS MEMORIAL DAY With a performance by the San Jose Metropolitan Band. Mon, 10am. Free. Los Gatos Memorial Park.

MILPITAS CEREMONY With a presentation of colors, a 21-gun salute and light refreshments. Mon, 9am. Free. Veterans Memorial Park, Milpilas.

MUSHROOM MARDI GRAS Celebrate the spongy edible at this annual family event. SatSun. Free. Community Center, Morgan Hill.

SANTA CLARA MEMORIAL DAY Watch ﬁreworks on Sunday evening, then participate in a remembrance event on Monday. Fireworks Sat, 9:45pm. Great America, Santa Clara. Memorial Day event Mon, 3pm. Central Park, Santa Clara.

SARATOGA MEMORIAL DAY Honor military veterans with a wreath-laying and ﬂag ceremony. Mon, 9:30am. Saratoga Avenue and Big Basin Way, Saratoga.

SPRING TAPESTRY ARTS Tapestry Arts hosts this festival, which includes a home show, live music, food and art displays. Sat, 10am–6pm, Sun, 10am–5:30pm. Free. History Park, San Jose.

SUNNYVALE CHERRY FESTIVAL

This look at what the War Between the States was like celebrates its 30th year. SatSun. $5 (plus $8 parking). Roaring Camp, Felton.

Food, games and contests, cherry tasting and music. Sat-Sun, 9:30am–4:30pm. C.J. Olson Cherries, Sunnyvale.

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View vintage aircraft. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm. Moffett Federal Airﬁeld, Mountain View.

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Mother Angst LISA LOOMER’S Distracted, a recent play about a troubled American family, had its own trouble coming together for a solid opening-night crowd at City Lights Theater Company last Saturday night. In Distracted, a typical suburban mother spends an anxious period trying to cope with her son Jesse’s possible diagnosis with ADD, her husband’s negative reaction to the situation, the speculation of friends and neighbors, the conflicting recommendation of doctors and her own fear of medicating her 9-year-old boy with Ritalin. The frenzied pace and aggravating aspects of life in the Information Age are rolled into a ball of selfconscious dialogue and tossed onto the stage, challenging the characters and the audience to look critically at their lives, their children and their choices. Karen DeHart does a good job with the demanding lead role of Mama. She’s onstage for the duration ;`jkiXZk\[ of the play, both multitasking within the context of the story and knocking down the “fourth wall” Thursday–Saturday, 8pm, to talk directly to the audience. Kristin Brownstone Sun, 7pm (May 29) or 2pm, shines in a complex three-part role, making the through June 19 quick changes between teacher, psychologist and City Lights, 529 S. Second waitress written into the dialogue work seamlessly. St., San Jose As Dad, Michael Riley displays irritation, anger and $25–$35 volume, creating a character who comes off as a big loud jerk. The silly accents adopted by Steve Gold in the role of the various doctors who treat Jesse go too far, detracting from the already dubious humor and burying any sense of realism. Jane Lambert’s costume design is a high point of the production, creating closeto-life characterizations with quirky pops of color in just the right places. On the other hand, sound design is a weak spot, with the amplification of Jesse’s voice as he calls out the scene numbers creating an especially grating effect. Multimedia designer Anthony Catchatoorian added some up-to-date items to the video clips that play on the big screens looming over the stage. That helps with the problem of Bush-era pop-culture references that now feel out of date. The audience laughed at the snappy one-liners in the first act, but the effusive response waned in the second, as it became clear that the questions Loomer poses will not be answered or even explored intelligently before the end of the play. The device of direct interaction between Mama and the audience works well enough, though the blocking and the set design keep her back away from the crowd, and that’s a shame. Director Lisa Mallette takes an over-the-top route with a script that might have benefited more from a lighter, more subtle touch. Brash comedy takes center stage in this production, leaving the drama of a difficult real-life situation behind. Ultimately, Distracted becomes a victim of its own themes, letting quick surface cleverness substitute for serious storytelling.—Liz Hamill

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June 9, 7:30pm Multi-platinum Grammynominated McKnight takes the stage in support of his hot new CD “Just Me!” Claude McKnight of Take 6 fame joins him for an unbelievable performance of vocal mastery. Starting at $54

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Tough ‘Love’ PLAYWRIGHT Philip Kan Gotanda has won acclaim for depicting the Asian American experience in plays like After the War and Sisters Matsumoto, which deal with the aftermath of the Japanese-American internment, and his recent I Dream of Chang and Eng, which chronicles the lives of the famous “Siamese Twins.” Gotanda’s latest work, now at San Jose Repertory Theatre, is something of a departure for him. Love in American Times could be described as a romantic comedy, though not of the Hollywood mold—it doesn’t really follow the standard Cfm\ è “boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finds girl 8d\i`ZXe K`d\j again” progression, and secondly, neither the boy nor the girl is very likeable. A San Jose Repertory J. Michael Flynn plays Jack Heller, a wealthy Theatre production tycoon who is looking for a beautiful woman Runs through June 5 at to marry. Linda Park, who played Hoshi Sato the Rep on Star Trek: Enterprise, steps into the role of $35–$74 Scarlett Mori-Yang, a social climber trying to attach herself to a rich, powerful man. In the first act of the play, the two sit together in a fancy restaurant sipping wine, eating cheese and coolly sizing each other up, leading us to wonder if this might be a business meeting rather than a date.

A less exciting play might leave us wondering why we should care, but the clever back-and-forth between Scarlett and Jack is truly entertaining, and things only get more interesting in the second act, when Scarlett boards the Heller family yacht and meets Jack’s supremely dysfunctional family from his previous marriage, including an ineffectual snot of a son (Craig Marker), a scary ex-wife (Rosina Reynolds) and a hopeless train wreck of a daughter, albeit with a ﬁne singing voice (Arwen Anderson).

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This premise, inspired by the current and slightly creepy phenomenon of wealthy white males seeking out young Asian wives, sets the couple up for a great deal of conﬂict. Jack is crass, rich, white and old, while Scarlett is reﬁned, middle class, Japanese-Korean-American and young enough to be Jack’s daughter. What they have in common are determination, greed and oversized egos. How can this possibly be a foundation for love?

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The play beneﬁts greatly from Rick Lombardo’s expert direction and some ﬁne actors. In addition to those already mentioned, Gabriel Marin appears as a hapless fellow who plays Russian roulette with Jack, while Zarah Mahler plays the tycoon’s daughter-in-law and delivers nice renditions of “Mack the Knife” and “Fever.”—Sean Conwell

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nice scrapping on the Internet, since its long-awaited debut at Cannes, where it won the top prize even though we’ve heard that some audience members booed the ﬁlm, but no one can explain why that really matters. The Tree of Life is too big not to stir up some rich red hate. I’ve noticed that no one has described it yet as the baby-boomer version of the Suicide Parlor movie that screens in Soylent Green. In its raptures, The Tree of Life is the perfect movie to show as the hostess settles the departing ones on the couch and prepares their IV: goodbye, demographic overlords, navel gazers, lotus eaters—farewell, baby boomers. See, I’m trying to be as generous as this matchless ﬁlm. I understand

that viewers who share Eric Cartman’s opinion of transcendentalism will reject The Tree of Life utterly. The pedants who worry what the hell a dinosaur and the Horsehead Nebula are doing together in a story of a family of Texans can have their fun—as long as they pretend they didn’t listen to the ﬁlm’s narration. This profoundly spiritual, yet remarkably pagan ﬁlm speaks of the desire to have the Eye of the Eternal. It longs to witness the doors of perception open all the way, to see time and space. What is cinema, if not that chance to unlock those doors? The Tree of Life is about a person of today (Sean Penn, imprisoned in steel and glass) drawn back into his childhood, in hopes of rescuing his brother’s spirit. The easy way to re-create the past is to tap into the electronic bubble of TV and radio. Every hack does it. Malick (Badlands, The New World) refuses this path. Instead, he contemplates classical music or listening to the sounds of another green world, the world of the 1950s.

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He captures a small-town past through the way it looks: the softness of the evenings, the quietness and wideness of the streets, the vastness of the trees, the whip-fast betrayals and changes of emotions in a child. Throughout, this lost world is suffused with a sense of complete safety that no child of 2011 will ever know. The tension in the film comes from the opposition between the parents. The father is rigid with strictness and seething disappointment. The mother (Jessica Chastain) has the kind of limpid gentleness you rarely see outside of a silent movie. Malick uses the word “Grace” to describe what this mother has, and that word sums Chastain’s performance. These two parents pull the children between them, gently but with tidal force. It’s a war indicated not through loud argument but through looks and signs and quiet capitulation. This impressionist director remembers the terrible respect those raging fathers of the last century demanded. And as one such father, Brad Pitt gives the performance of his life. Nostalgia is an enemy of human progress. Even Woody Allen’s nicely appointed but essentially lame new chrononaut comedy, Midnight in Paris (May 27), finds the director confronting his own career-long worship of the past. And good for him. (I like the way the hypochondriac director’s latest glove puppet, Owen Wilson, explains how he isn’t sure he could live in the 1920s, before the invention of antibiotics.) I loved Tree of Life like I haven’t loved any film in a long time, but it’s not because I want to go back to the Ike years. One of the ideas from the film is how harsh it is for a child to learn the lesson “You must share.” It’s very bitter, that lesson; you never really get over it. So if older people look backward, it’s to a world that didn’t have to be shared with the several billion souls that came around since 1950. My fondness for the past is merely a fondness for a time when there weren’t always 25 people standing between me and my lunch. It’s really just that simple and just that greedy. I’m expecting those milling crowds in my way for the summer’s sequels. Well, well, X-Men: First Class (June 3) turns out to be more ’60s nostalgia,

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New THE DOUBLE HOUR (Unrated; 95 min.) Robert Redford once said that Americans dislike any movie that they canâ€™t decipher within 10 minutes. First-time director Giuseppe Capotondiâ€™s Italian neo-noir is then the most unAmerican and intriguingly plotted ďŹ lm of the year, shifting unsettlingly from supernatural mystery to tragic romance to tight thriller. Seemingly disparate early scenes such as a hotel suicide and a maidâ€™s airing of a red bedspread fold back into the ďŹ lm. Chambermaid Sonia (Kseniya Rappoport) meets security guard Guido (Filippo Timi) speed-dating. They tentatively fall in love, until a botched robbery separates them. Although perhaps overly schematic with one plot twist too many, Double Hourâ€™s rueful love story delivers

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KING FU PANDA 2 (PG; 90 min.) A sequel to the popular animated ďŹ lm. (Opens Thu valleywide.)

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(PG-13; 103 min.) The story of a Kenyan teacher (Oliver Litondo), who used to ďŹ ght with the Mau Mau but now wants to help children. Based on a true story. (Opens Fri at CinĂŠArts Palo Alto Square.)

(PG-13; 88 min.) See review on page 80. (Opens Fri at Camera 7 in San Jose, the Guild in Menlo Park and CinĂŠArts San Jose.)

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(R; 102 Min.) See review on page 79.

HESHER (R; 102 min.) A nasty kid (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) insinuates himself into the garage, and then the home life, of a normal familyâ€”eventually, and weirdly, bringing them some form of enlightenment. Also stars Rainn Wilson, Piper Laurie and Natalie Portman. (Opens Fri at Camera 12 in San Jose.)

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BABES IN ARMS/42ND STREET (1939/1933) Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland (in her ďŹ rst ďŹ lm after The Wizard Of Oz) star as a pair of kids who decide to put on a show; numbers include â€œWhere Or When.â€? BILLED WITH 42nd Street. â€œSawyer, you listen to me and you listen hard. Two hundred people, 200 jobs, 200,000 dollars, ďŹ ve weeks of grind and blood and sweat depend on you. Youâ€™ve got to go on and got to give, and give and give! Theyâ€™ve got to like you, got to! You understand! Sawyer, youâ€™re going out a youngster, but youâ€™ve got to come back a star!â€? The focus on the hard work of musicalmaking was Warner Bros.â€™ province, and it ďŹ t in with the other socially conscious ďŹ lms they were creating at the studio. The theme worked so well that it was reprised a dozen times in different Warner Bros. ďŹ lmsâ€”powered with choreographer Busby Berkeleyâ€™s wheeling, marching

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KEN JEONG is a physician as well as a standup comedian, and if The Hangover Part II could have been healed, he could have done it. The film tries to follow the rules of sequelsâ€”exactly the same thing as the 2009 hit, only bigger and broader. And by everything, I mean really everything, from the soulful tune in the middle (a mangling of Billy Joelâ€™s â€œAllentownâ€?) to the final photomontage showing us what actually happened. The ensemble goes to a five-star Thai resort. Once again, the drugs kick in. The friends wake up in a sleazy Bangkok hotel, hung over and amnesiac. Maybe the saddest words in the movie are â€œI think it happened again.â€? It takes a lot of time to explain why Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms) and Alan (Zach Galifianakis) got back together in the first place; itâ€™s exposition as useless as explaining why the Three Stooges have to live together. (Alan got his head shaved, a way to bring out the Curly resemblance.) On this round, they brought along a natural hostage, Teddy, an underaged Stanford pre-med student. Teddy (played by Mason Lee, Angâ€™s son) has the most underwritten part, and yet he must have represented the most

sensitive rewriting, since heâ€™s the â€œgoodâ€? Asian in the movie. Ultimately, itâ€™s a complete failure of characterization. The background isnâ€™t naturally fun, like Vegas. Bangkok is a smoggy sprawl punctuated with vertiginous luxury towers. Itâ€™s hard to get into the spirit of K_\ ?Xe^fm\i things until Jeongâ€™s GXik @@ profane Mr. Chow turns up, penis first. R; 102 min. Chow is a self-described Opens â€œinternational criminalâ€? Thursday in charge of the revels. He seems absolutely free from the conventional rules, and moreover Jeong is the only serious physical comedian in the movie. (Heâ€™s worthy of the Bruce Lee squalls he utters; he moves like a panther.) Heâ€™s so good that director Todd Phillips must have had to ration him out in small doses, because he was too good. Next in line after Jeong for comedy is a spider monkey that ends up doing a lot of things that the SPCA wouldnâ€™t like. Ultimately, The Hangover Part II leaves us with nothing but the question of degree: Is the always-funny chimp with a cigar a comedic step up or step down from a spider monkey with a cigarette? â€”Richard von Busack

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and seemingly bursting with ideas. The burlesque sketch of Ernest Hemingway (Corey Stoll) as a man spoiling for a ﬁght ignores a chance to get deeper. But Allen keeps moving along; Midnight in Paris is so stuﬀed with moderns that a character essentially introduces himself as “Yes, I am T.S. Eliot.”

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(1964) The sing-along version of the much beloved (and sometimes equally reviled) movie musical. (Plays May 27-29 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

Pirate, this too has its links to the silent days. In this Caribbean-themed Cole Porter musical, Judy Garland plays Manuela, a girl of Martinique; she meets an acrobat named Seraﬁn (Kelly), whom she mistakes for the notorious pirate Macoco. For director Vincente Minnelli, this ﬁlm was clearly a favorite, “a mixture of baroque elements, colorful costumes and my own brand of craziness at the time.” (Plays May 28-30 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.)(RvB)

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(1937/1930) MGM’s biggest hit of 1937 is a variation on the Trilby story, with John Barrymore as a stern music teacher whose pupil (Jeanette MacDonald) is beginning to stray; the tunes include everything from “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” to Beethoven’s Fifth with lyrics. BILLED WITH The Vagabond King. Based on a popular operetta, this, the ﬁrst Technicolor musical ﬁlm from Paramount, is the original version of the story later remade with a Preston Sturges script as If I Were a King. MacDonald co-stars with Dennis King, who plays François Villon: he’s the thief/poet of the 1400s who during wartime is made a temporary ruler by his liege, Louis XI. (Plays May 25-27 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

San Jose’s State’s Film Production Society holds their selection of shorts off-campus for the ﬁrst time. (Plays May 26 at 7pm in San Jose at Camera 3.) (RvB)

and military drilling of chorus girls, and sweetened with the adorable but never cloying Ruby Keeler and her swain, Dick Powell. (Plays Jun 1-3 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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NILES FILM MUSEUM Regularly scheduled programs of silent films. May 28: It (1927), a great comedy starring Clara Bow as a shopgirl stalking a playboy, after she’s given advice by the then world-famous writer Elinor Glyn. Also shorts: D. W. Griffith’s The New York Hat (1912); now nearly a century old, this 16-minute film based on juvenilia by Anita Loos is as effective as the day it was made. It concerns a rural miser, a sad girl (Mary Pickford) and the pastor (Lionel Barrymore) who causes a scandal when he honors a secret last wish. Bruce Loeb at the piano. (Plays May 28 in Fremont at the Edison Theatre.) (RvB)

Reviews BRIDESMAIDS (R; 125 min.) Annie (Kristen Wiig) is a Milwaukee woman going downhill. Her ex-boyfriend (Jon Hamm) uses her for sex. Suddenly, Annie’s best pal, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), announces her impending marriage. Lillian also introduces a new gorgeous friend (Rose Byrne) who elbows Annie aside and takes charge of the wedding. The wedding planning becomes more pretentious, more expensive and ever more humiliating for Annie. Wiig is at her most comically nonchalant as the desperation seeps out of her pores. In her capacity to register degrees of comedic suffering, this actress suggests what happens when like when a movie is really loose down deep in its soul, and is not just wobbly and formulaic. But Judd Apatow was the executive producer, and Bridesmaids is shaped like an Apatow film: it’s a half-hour too long. Though it’s released as a chick-flick alternative, we still get the traditional pointless fight between Annie and her new man (Chris O’Dowd). (RvB)

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN/THE PIRATE (1952/1948) The pinnacle of the American musical. Gene Kelly is a hammy silent movie star whose career is in peril when sound comes in: he’s been a romantic team with a glamorous yet imbecilic co-star (Jean Hagan) who has a voice like a bird—a seagull. Happily, dubbing is invented, thanks to an all-nighter pulled by the actor’s wacky pal (Donald O’Conner) and a helpful chorus girl (Debbie Reynolds). BILLED WITH The Pirate. As a tribute to Douglas Fairbanks’ The Black

(Unrated; 90 min.) The material here probably never should have been stretched to feature length, but it is memorable. Werner Herzog (possessed of the satisfyingly angst-ridden “I only am escaped alone to tell thee” tones) narrates as he goes underground to the caves of Chauvet-Pont D’Arc in the Ardeche region of France. This trove of 30,000-year-old cave art has been sealed from the world for most of that time. Ofﬁcials limited his access in hopes of protecting these cave paintings from the kind of degradation that’s occurred at

EVERYTHING MUST GO (Unrated; 100 min.) A loose version of Raymond Carver’s short story “Why Don’t You Dance?” Will Ferrell plays an alcoholic who decides to clean house by having the garage sale to end all garage sales. (RvB)

INCENDIES (R; 130 min.) A dire melodrama of ﬂabbergasting coincidence, based on the all-too-true history of how Lebanon tore itself apart in the 1980s. A morose, scarred woman, Nawal Marwan (Lubna Azabal), dies in Quebec. In her last testament, she asks her alienated twin children, Jeanne and Simon (Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin and Maxim Gaudette), to go to Lebanon and deliver a pair of letters. One is meant for their father, whom they never knew; the other is for the brother they never knew they had. The juicy horror of the ﬁnal revelation is probably meant to refer to the tangled roots of Lebanon’s fratricide; instead it seems like a creaky melodrama, a new version of Madame X. (RvB)

JUMPING THE BROOM (PG-13) A comedy about two marriage ceremonies overlapping. Stars Angela Bassett and Paula Patton.

Stars Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Brad Dourif, Christopher Plummer (!?) and Mädchen Amick (forever beloved as Shelly Johnson on Twin Peaks). Showing in 3-D in some theaters.

13 ASSASSINS (R; 126 min.) Takashi Miike’s excitingly novel take on the samurai film. It’s the late 1800s; samurai are used to rank as a decoration, requiring no duties. None among them is ready for what swordfighting entails. Unfortunately, the shogun’s brother, Lord Naritsugu (Goro Inagaki), is a Caligula type. Recruited to do something about the situation is Shinzaemon, played by Koji Yakusho, maybe the most stirring Japanese actor since Mifune. It’s a suicide mission; the rebels will be greatly outnumbered. The time honored mixed-bag group of fighters is assembled: most flamboyant is Yusuke Iseya as a ragged, mosquitobitten warrior who is lethal with a sling. The film is capped with a war to end all samurai battles, and frankly you hope it does. (RvB)

THOR (PG-13, 130 min.) Cast to earth in rural New Mexico, the son of Odin (Anthony Hopkins) must redeem himself—even as his disposed brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) schemes to keep him in exile forever. The part of Thor is a starmaking performance for Chris Hemsworth—an Australian actor who remembers the old ways of movie heroism. Director Kenneth Branagh finds the perfect tone of nobility without too much loft. The movie has its Shakespearean side; it’s as full of grand, ringing voices as it is of fight scenes and fireworks. Natalie Portman is endearing as the scientist befuddled by the arrival of a god. She looks pleasingly discomfited to be close to someone who is betterlooking than she is. The witty script (co-written by former Metro staffer Zack Stentz) reflects 1950s films about the perplexity of scientists in the bomb-haunted New Mexican desert meeting a creature from another world. (RvB)

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (PG-13; 137 min.) A three-way race for the fountain of youth tangles Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), an old girlfriend (Penélope Cruz) and the ever-rotting Barbossa. Geoffrey Rush takes over the ﬁlm through sheer avidity; he has become a privateer, and his attempts to ape courtly manners are the funniest thing in a movie coming up short on comedy. The younger love interest is heavily Twilighted, with a chaste Christian meeting vampire mermaid. (RvB)

PRIEST (PG-13; 87 min.) An adaptation of a graphic novel series. In a futuristic world, a priest ﬁghts vampires.

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“There are two kinds of guitar players,” says the 69-year-old Cox by phone. “The ones who will admit they were influenced by Jimi Hendrix, and the other ones who will not admit they were influenced by Jimi Hendrix.” Only one of those types, incidentally, will be welcome onstage at the Santa Cruz Blues Festival this year, when the “Experience Hendrix” tour is the headlining attraction Saturday. “Experience Hendrix” features Cox as well as a diverse array of guitarists and other artists who are secure in their Hendrix influence. Performers include Steve Vai, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Sheperd, Keb’ Mo’, Living Colour, David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford, Ernie Isley of the Isley Brothers, Stevie Ray Vaughan drummer Chris Layton, Luther and Cody Dickinson of the North Mississippi All Stars, Indigenous guitarist Mato Nanji and others—all performing Hendrix’s music. What Hendrix did to inspire so many musicians across all genres could fill countless books, and of course, it has. But as the only surviving member of

both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and the Band of Gypsys—he calls himself “the last voodoo chile standing”—Cox is uniquely qualiﬁed to sum it up. “He took the guitar, and rock music, to another level. He threw the rulebook out the door,” says Cox. “And even today, 40 years after he made his transition, he reaches out through generations and transcends cultural boundaries.” When he heard Hendrix play back at Fort Campbell in Clarksville, Tenn., he already had a sense of this. Cox had played bass in high school, but he’d never thought he’d do it for a living. He and Hendrix put together an R&B band called the King Kasuals, and started playing on what was known in the South of the late ’50s and early ’60s as the “chitlin’ circuit,” because the venues that would book the regional tours of African American artists also served soul food. “I met him when he was 17, 18 years old, and I was about the same age. When I ﬁrst heard that music, I was attracted to the sound,” remembers Cox. “He was in his early embryonic stage, and trying to get it all together, but I sensed intuitively my destiny.” Even then, Hendrix was possessed by his singular devotion to making music, a relentless drive that allowed him to write over 100 songs and produce

hundreds of hours of recordings— many of which have yet to even be released—in a span of less than four years from 1966 to 1970. “We didn’t bowl, we didn’t hunt, we didn’t fish. We rehearsed,” says Cox of the early years. “Music was not only our living on that little chitlin’ circuit, but it was our hobby also. A lot of times in rehearsing, we would come up with some crazy riffs—he called them ‘patterns.’ He’d look at me and say ‘if anybody ever heard us play these, they’d lock us up.’ Those riffs got into songs like ‘Dolly Dagger.’” What fed their passion was the blues. With Hendrix so inseparably identified with rock music, it may be hard for some to understand how the “Experience Hendrix” show fits into a blues festival. But Cox has no doubt how much they were influenced by the blues. “About 150 percent,” he says. “You listen to ‘Red House,’ you listen to ‘Voodoo Chile,’ that is the blues. That was a part of our culture. There was always Howlin’ Wolf, always Albert King. After all, we were in the South. We were down in Clarksville and Nashville, and when you walked into a little food joint, that’s what was on the jukebox. B.B. King. Elmore James.”

Blue From Birth Janie Hendrix, Jimi’s younger, adopted sister, says even before that, the future rock legend grew up with the blues at home. “A lot of Jimi’s roots are blues,” she says. “That was what my father was listening to during that time period, because it was really a time to be singing the blues, when it was a struggle to make ends meet. The 45s and albums that were in my dad’s collection were really heavy blues, and that’s what Jimi was listening to.” Still, one of the guiding principles of her brother’s music, to her, is the way he blended all types of music into something undeﬁnable. “Jimi’s genre is the Hendrix sound,” she says. “It’s not rock, it’s not blues, it’s not jazz—it’s a combination of everything. He once said that if you try to peg him as one genre of music, it frustrates you and it frustrates him.” After a protracted, tangled legal battle, the Hendrix family won back the rights to Jimi’s music in 1995.

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82 One of the first things they did was to establish the “Experience Hendrix” series of tours. As CEO of the family business (also called Experience Hendrix), and emcee of the shows, Janie has learned that no two tours are alike, and she never knows exactly what to expect. “You’ve got Corey Glover from Living Colour, running out into the stands or climbing up on the monitors. He’s crazy, but he’s a lot of fun. And then you have Kenny Wayne—when he plays ‘Voodoo Chile,’ it’s just so amazing. It’s almost like an electrical storm. And you have Ernie and Billy telling their stories. So you have all this incredible talent onstage, and all this incredible energy,” she says. When it came to adapting the “Experience Hendrix” tour for the Santa Cruz Blues Festival—the first time it’ll be performed in such a setting—there were a few adjustments to be made. For one thing, the length of the artists’ sets (usually three songs or so) had to be cut down, since the day’s performances also feature Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, as well as Jackie Greene and Mia Borders. (Sunday features Boz Scaggs, Tower of Power, Dave Alvin, Tommy Castro and Chris Cain.) But one person who never had any doubt that the show would work for the Blues Festival is festival organizer Bill Welsh. It didn’t hurt that Hendrix is one of his all-time musical heroes. “He was one of the first artists I ever saw. I was 14. I got my buddy’s parents to drive us,” recalls Welsh. The impact that show—as well as the two other times he would see Hendrix perform—had on him can’t be understated. “He was just overwhelming,” says Welsh. “It was magic to watch. It opened my eyes to something I had never seen. It was the thing that got me hooked on what I do today.” It’s one more story of how Hendrix has influenced the way that we see music. After all, there are really only two types of music fans: the ones who will admit they were influenced by Jimi Hendrix, and the ones who won’t. Santa Cruz Blues Festival Saturday: Mia Borders, Jackie Greene and Trombone Shorty, plus Experience Hendrix

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MISSIONCITYCOFFEE ROASTING Fri, 8pm: Claude Bourbon, Dorian Michael. $20/$22. Sat, 7:30pm: Noche Bohemia. Santa Clara.

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TESSORA’S Fri, 8:30pm: South City Blues Band. Sat, 8pm: The Ings. Campbell.

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FIREHOUSE GRILL & BREWERY Sun, 7pm-close: Uncle Dougie Show. Palo Alto.

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PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB Thu, 8pm: DJ Akustik. No cover. Fri, 8pm: DJ Mayo. Sat, 8pm: DJ Mayo and DJ Akustik. Sun, 7pm: Latin Beat. Sun, 9pm: Sonidero Night. Sunnyvale.

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YEASAYER Psych-rock Brooklyn outﬁt whose ‘Odd Blood’ continues to dazzle. May 25-26 at the Fillmore.

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Master interpreter of song, still in ﬁne voice at the age of 84. May 28 at Davies Symphony Hall.

SLEIGH BELLS In-the-red power duo blows rafters and minds with openers Neon Indian. May 30-31 at the Independent.

LYKKE LI Swedish singer of intrigue riding giant wave for her latest, ‘Wounded Rhymes.’ May 30 at the Regency Ballroom.

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TAURUS T AURUS ((April April 20–May 20–May 20): 20): I’m I’m going going to to bring bring

soree subject only because I think you’re up a sor you’re finally rready eady to to make make it it much much less less of of a sore sore subject. subject. The The truth truth aass I ssee ee iit, t, Taurus, Taurus, is is that that a part part of of you you got got petrified petrified way w ay bback ack when. when. A formerly formerly fluid fluid and and flexible flexible part part of of yyour our ppsyche syche got got turned turned into into stone, stone, metaphorically metaphorically sspeaking, peaking, losing losing much much of of its its usefulness usefulness and and creating creating ddistortions istortions throughout throughout the the rest rest of of you. you. Now, Now, after after all all tthis his ttime, ime, you you have have circled circled back back to to a phase phase when when you you have the power to at least partially partiaally unpetrify this lost ffunction. unction. To To get get the the process process started, started, I suggest suggest you you turn turn yyour our aattention ttention to to it it in in such such a way way that that you you feel feel like like laughing and crying at the samee time.

GEMINI (May (May 21–June 21–June 20): 20): Poet Poet Gerard Gerard Manley Manley Hopkins Hopkins coined coined the the verb verb “to “to selve,” selve,” which which is is what what a person person does does in in the the process process of of creating creating his his or or her her distinctive distinctive presence presence in in the the world. world. Writing Writing this this column column is an ongoing opportunity for for me me to selve, for for example, because because each each time time I conjure conjure up up a new new horoscope horoscope I exercise exercise the idiosyncratic idiosyncratic combination combbination of skills, attitudes, training, training, and knowledge knowledge that is special to me. According According to my reading reading of the omens, Gemini, you are are in a phase when you have havve a sacred sacred duty to selve with extra extra intensity and alacrity. alacrity. In fact, fact, I suggest you you be be ruthless ruthless in in seeking seeking out out experiences experiences that that give give you a chance to tap into, cultivate cultivate and express express your most unique qualities. CANCER ((June June 21–July 21–July 22): 22): Here Here comes comes your your ninth ninth

loss of innocence, Cancerian. Cancerian. Or is it your 10th? As As yyou ou will will soon soon prove prove once once again, again, you you manage manage to to make make every time feel feel like the ﬁrst time. timee. e When the moment aarrives rrives and and the the sweet sweet purity purity ebbs ebbs away, away, the the twinge twinge tthat hat shudders shudders through through you you will will have have the the same same primal primal iintensity ntensity you’ve you’ve experienced experienced before. before. But But here’s here’s tthe he transitions, rredemption: edemption: Like most of the previous previous e transitions, this one will lead to a surprisingg blessing you couldn’t couldn’t hhave ave gotten gotten any any other other way. way. When When your your innocence innocence is is rreborn—as eborn—as it will be, sooner or later—it will be wiser and wilder than ever before. before.

LLEO EO (July 23–Aug. 22): There’s There’ss a small chance

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VIRGO VIR GO ((Aug. Aug. 223–Sept. 3–Sept. 222): 2): R Right ight nnow ow yyou ou hhave ave more power than you rrealize—more ealize—more power to more understand confusing situations, moree power to situationss, mor influence influence people people you’ve you’ve aassumed ssumed aare re rresistant esistant ttoo change and more overcome apparent more power to over rcome your appar ent disadvantages. disadvantages. In In fact, fact, the the oonly nly ffactor actor tthat hat ccould ould prevent moree than what prevent you from from accomplishingg way mor you Please you thought thought possible possible iiss a llack ack ooff cconfidence. onfidence. P lease note, Virgo: urging cultivate Virgo: I’m not ur ging you too cul tivate a foolishly foolishly arrogant Rather, arrogant faith faith in your ego. Rathe err, I’m clueing you in to the fact theree ar aree hidden fforces fact that ther o ces at work you can or call on to help you—wisdom th that at has been dormant, love that has been neglected an and nd allies who have been mum.

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SSAGITTARIUS AGITT TARIU A US ((Nov. Nov. 22–Dec. 22–Dec. 21): 21): In In her her irreverent irreverent

pplatinum-selling latinum-selling song song “Monster,” “Monster,” Sagittarian Sagittarian rapper rapper Nicki N icki Minaj Minaj offers offers up up a poetic poetic sequence sequence never never before before hheard eard in in the the history history of of the the planet: planet: “Pull “Pull up up in in the the monster ... with a bad b-tch that came from from Sri color of Willy Wonka.” Lanka/ Yeah, Yeah, I’m in that Tonka, Tonka, o Wonka.” I hhope ope that that you you will will soon soon come come up up with with an an equally equally rrevolutionary evolutionary innovation innnovation in your own chosen ﬁeld, SSagittarius. agittarius. All All the the cosmic cosmic forces forces will will be be conspiring conspiring in in tthe he coming coming weeks weeks to to help help you you to to do do the the equivalent equivalent of of Lanka”” with “Willy W Wonka.” rhyming “Tonka” “TTonka o ” and “Sri Lanka onka.” Please cooperate! cooperatee! (The ( h NSFW NSFW video is here: here: http:/ // bit.ly/MinajMonster.) bit.ly/MinajMons ster.)

CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): Time Time is the enemy

of rromantic omantic love,, said Andrew Andrew Marvell Marvell in his 17thcentury poem “To “TTo His Coy Mistress.” Mistress.” Medieval author Andreas A ndreas Capellanus Capellanus had had a different different idea, idea, identifying identifying marriage m arriage as as the the enemy enemy of of romantic romantic love. love. In In Richard Richard Wagner’s W agner ’s opera opera TTristan rristan and Isolde, TTristan ristan rails rails against against the the daylight, daylight, calling calling it it the the enemy enemy of of romantic romantic love. And in theirr book Immediacy and Reﬂection in Kierkegaard’s Kierkegaard’s Thought, tthe he editors editors theorize theorize that that “capitalism, “capitalism, which whicch makes a fetish fetish out of sex ... is the the enemy enemy of of romantic romantic love.” love.” While While all all of of those those statements may be true, they’re they’re only mildly relevant relevant for for you you right right now. now. The The most most dangerous dangerous enemy enemy of of romantic love—or any other kind of love, for romantic love—or any other kind of love, for that that matter—is matter—is this: this: not not listening listening well. well. Overcome Overcome that that enemy, enemyy, Capricorn. Capricornn.

AQUARIUS A QUARIUS ((Jan. Jan. 20–Feb. 20–Feb. 18): 18): In In an an age age when when

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PISCESS (Feb. 19–March PISCE 19–March 20): In the coming week,

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mejia Arts, 323 North 3rd St., San Jose, CA, 95112, David V. Mejia, Lisa A. Mejia. This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on. Refile of previous file #436615 with changes /s/Lisa A. Mejia This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/18/2011. (pub Metro 5/4, 5/11, 5/18, 5/25/2011)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #550519 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Shop-N-Save, 799 E. Evelyn Ave., Mountain View, CA, 94041, M.J Food & Liquor. This business is conducted by a Corporation. The state of Corporation: California. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/1/07. Refile of previous file #499859 with changes /s/Manu Kumar President #3230232 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/18/2011. (pub Metro 4/27, 5/4, 5/11, 5/18/2011)

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