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Stealing Home THE T HE BUBBLE Like many peop people ple bankrupted when the hous housing sing market collapsed, Jose ““J.R.” J.R R.” Sandoval and his family fa amily lost their life savings in a fraudulent rent-to-own sche scheme. eme.

A family lose loses es its home, mo money oney to a shady real es estate state broker broker—one —o one of many ope operating erating in Calif California fornia B JOSH K By KOEHN OEHN

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OSE “J.R.” “J.R.” Sandoval, Sandoval, his wife and three children load into the th he family car and drive to o a residential street not far fa ar from San Jose’s Jose’s Los Los Lagos Lagos Golf Golf Course. With the engine ne engin off, off, they sit and stare at their th heir dream dream house. Their thoughts though hts don’t don’t touch on what mightt be, be, only what once was. was. These mournful ccar ar rides st started arted d sixx yyears ears ago; fiv fivee houses ago; a lif life fe savings sa avvings and dozens of unemplo unemployment ym ment checks ch hecks ago ago.. “I w was as a so eexcited, xcited,” JJ.R. .R. sa says ayys now now, w, shred 50w without a shr ed of enthusiasm. A 50 0yyear-old e r-old housing ccontractor ear ontractor whose health he ealth has pr prevented eveented him fr from om work working king in n rrecent ecent yyears, eears, Sando Sandoval ovval ttalks alks ab about outt how American Dream—buying ho ow his Americ an Dr eam—buying for a home h fo or his family—turned familyy— —turned into a rrecurring e ecurring nightmar e. The stor artss nightmare. storyy st starts like lik ke so man many ny others b before effo ore the housi housing ing

bubble burst. “I ans answered swer w ed e the ad, the gentlemen ccame aame to m myy house house,, br brought ought info, myy wif wife about inf fo, and m fe and I ttalked alk keed ab out it,” JJ.R. .R. rremembers. emembers. “I said, ‘It ‘ lo oks lik ke it ’s looks like it’s going to b bee a go good od deal. L Let’s et’s do this this..’” That w aas in 20 04. Th he gentleman was 2004. The theyy sa the say ay met with them mw was aas K Ken een Gervais, Ger vais, a lic licensed ensed rreal eal est estate ate br broker ok keer and owner of My Trian Triangle ngle R Realty, eealty, operates Bay. which op erates in the South S Ba ay. The third thir d time the Sando Sandovals vaals tour toured ed a handpicked byy Ger Gervais, theyy home handpick keed b G vais, the signed a ffew ew do documents cumentts and Ger Gervais vais over keys. ‘Here, handed o ver the k eys. “He “ said, ‘Her e, became homeowners, yyou ou o just b ecame home owners,’” Sandoval three Sando ovval rrecalls. ecalls. After nearly n thr ee decades saving, wife, dec ades of sa aving v , JJ.R. .R. and a his wif fe, Marcelina, parents three children, Mar celina, par ents of th hree childr en, had done it. Buying a home h ffor or the o never simple,, and first time ne ver seemed d so simple theyy put $40,0 $40,000 life savings the 00 in lif fe sa avvings to improving new house. impr oving v their ne w ho ouse. Sandovals In rreality, ealitty, though, thee Sando ovvals nothing.. owned nothing According Sandovals, Gervais A ccording to the Sand do ovvals, Ger vais unsophisticated homebuyers told the unsophistic caated d homebuy yeers they weree signing up ffor the ey wer orr a rrent-to-own o entt-to - -own Gervais was pocketing ccontract, ontract, yyet eet Ger vais w a p as ock keeting portion at least a p ortion the rrent—with en ntt—with — no

transfering ownership.. intention of o eever veer transf feering ownership 2006, Sandovals In early 20 06, when the Sando ovvals started prepare st arted to pr p epare their taxes, taxes, and claim first-time homebuyer’s credit, Gervais’ a first t-time homebuy yeer’s cr edit, Ger vais’ started unravel. broker scheme st arrted to unra aveel. The br ok ker e offered off ffeered to file fi their rreturns eturns ffor or o them, seemed fishy which seem med fish hy to them. them myy ttax “I went to t see m ax a guy and he did little checking me,,” Sando Sandoval says. a lit ttle t chec cking ffor o or me ovval sa ayys. three days “He ccalled aalled me m up ttwo wo or thr w ee da ayys later said, and he said d, ‘J.R., ‘J.R.,, yyou o ou don’t don n’’t eeven veen own the home..’ And nightmaree b began. home d the nightmar egan.” 2006, Sandoval On Aprill 18, 20 06, Sando ovval and one of his sons rreturned eturned home to find the locks house lo ckss changed. Almost ttwo wo w yyears eears later,, a Sup Superior Court later erior C ourt judge would agree arbitrator’ss ruling that agr ee with an arbitrator’ Gervais created G Ger vais i cr e t d a fraudulent eated f d l t ccontract ontract t t family. Gervais and illegallyy eevicted victed the family y. Ger vais faced charges. has not fac e criminal char ed ges. Gervais was ordered pay Ger vais w aas or dered to pa ay half of $469,798 a $46 69 9,798 judgment along with the house’s second house ’s truee owners—the sec ond victim story. in this stor y. Gervais duped Sandovals, While Ger G vais dup ed the Sando ovvals, playing Rakesh Vazir he also pla aying y Rak kesh e V aazir and his wife. told Vazirs—who wanted wif fe. He tol ld the V aazirs—who w aanted invest property before moving to in nveest in pr operty b effo ore mo ovving from Texas—that they fr om San JJose o to T ose exas—that x the ey qualified to o buy a home without so payment. tenant’s much as a down d pa ayyment. A tenant ’s Vazirs say Gervais monthly rrent, e the V ent, aazirs sa ay Ger vais told them, would w ccover oveer the monthly mortgage. mor tgage. when Sandovals weree eevicted, But whe en the Sando ovvals wer vvicted, payments Vazirs rrent ent pa ayymeents cceased eased and the V aazirs

Landsharks Banks wer weree ccast ast as the ba bad ad guys in the subprime mor tgage g crisi is but lit ttle t mortgage crisis little was w aas made ab about out the acti actions ions of the middlemen. iddl Last L ast fisc fiscal al yyear, eearr, which ended JJuly uly 1, California’s Department Real Estate C aliffo orniaa’s Depar tmentt of R eeal Est ate says sa ayys it rrevoked evok okeed the lic licenses ensses of a rrecord ecord 564 br brokers. ok keers. That That’s ’s mor moree than double the 22 2277 rreal eal est estate ate lic licenses ensees rrevoked evo oked 2005-06, in 20 05-06, the time in which w the Sandovals weree displac displaced from Sando ovals v wer ed d fr om the home the they ey thought the they ey owned. Halfway Half fway thr through ough this fisc fiscal al yyear, eear, the DRE is on pac pacee to br break reak its own pinnacle of malpractic malpracticee b byy rrevoking evoking o moree than 6 mor 600 00 lic licenses. enses. “Clearly, “Clearly y, the numb number er is going up up,,” says sa ayys DRE sp spokesman okesman T Tom o om P Pool. ool. “W “We’re We’re on rrecord ecord pac pacee the last ffew ew yyears. eears. Almost a dec ade ago effo ore the decade ago,, b before housing bubble burst, most m of the DRE’ss work ffocused DRE’ ocused on rrejecting ejecting agent applic antions. P ool estim mates that ther applicantions. Pool estimates theree weree ab about 600-700 denials wer out 6 00-700 den nials a yyear eear ab out a dec ade ago t changed about decade ago,, but that when ““the the bubble burst eople burst,, and p people st arted lo oking at these transactions ttransactions,,” he started looking sa ayys. “W We kind of went fr rom b eing the says. “We from being gatekeeper our enforcement gatek keep e er and using ou ur enf fo orcement rresources esources to k keep eep p people eoplee out of the business to p people eople that ccommitted ommitttted fraud during the bubblee get getting tting t their licenses lic enses ttaken. ak keen.”

A ne new w st state a la ate law aw that went into effect beginning eff ffeect at thee b eginning g g of this yyear, eear, Senate Bill 70 7706, 6, now plac es stricter places moree rrequirements equiremen nts on the DRE to mor closely mon nitor its lic ensees’ activities monitor licensees’ activities,, action begins but most ac ction still b egins with brokers selfcconsumer onsumer ccomplaints omplaints or br okers self frreporting. eporting. In the ccase Sandovals, ovvals, the lat latter ttter asse of the Sando never occurred, Crowley obiously ne veer o ccurred, but Cr owley suggests thee DRE lost a grie grievance vance the Sando Sandovals ovvals fa faxed axed in N November ovemb e er 2010. The DRE E has a three-year three-yeear statute statute of limitations limit ations to t act on ccomplaints omplaints against brokers, br ok keers, and d the $46 $469,000 69 9,000 judgment Vazirs Gervais was against the V azirs a and Ger vais w as a Santaa Clara C County rreaffirmed eaffirmed in i Sant ountty Superior Court Feb. 2008. Sup erior C o t on F our eb. 14, 20 08. Sandovals have But whilee the Sando vals ha ave a ccopy op py transmission of the fax tra ansmission sent to the DRE November supposedly in N oveember e 2010, supp osedly rreceived eceivveed byy a fr front office employee b ont offi ffice emplo oyee e still with the agency, none DRE’ss in investigators agency y, non ne of the DRE’ nveestigators became perpetrated b eccaame aaware war a e of the fraud p erp petrated byy Ger Gervais b vais until u late last yyear—well ear e r— —well scope statute. Ass outside the sc ope of the st atute. A Gervais rrecently ecently as the t fall of 2011, Ger vais was listing w aas the listin ng agent on at least ttwo wo w properties Campbell. pr operties in n San JJose ose and C ampbell. Sandovals, little progress The Sand do ovvals, with lit tttle pr ogress getting Gervais Vazirs in get ttting Ger G vais or the V aazirs to sell property punitive damages,, pr operty to rrecoup ecoup punitiv ve damages aree now left waiting payment ar ft w aaiting ffor o or pa ayyment that percent interest ccollects ollects 10 p ercent inter est each yyear eear ollected. unlikely bee ccollected. but seems unlik u keelyy to eever veer b “For “F or the DRE to know what [Gervais] did [Ger vais] di id and still allow him to property, sighs,, “it seems lik likee sell pr operty,” JJ.R. .R. sighs they’re saying, sorryy it happ happened, the ey’r y e sa ayin y ng, ‘I’m sorr ened, but it it’s ’s OK.’” Pool says he’s P ool sa ayys he ’s ssympathetic yympathetic to the Sandovals claims.. Sando ovvals but b ccounters ounters those claims “We don’t have authority “W We don ’t ha h ave the authorit ty to ccompel ompel payment any damages,,” he sa says. pa ayyment off an ny civil damages ays y. “We aree rresponsible enforcing “W We ar esp ponsible ffor or o enf fo orcing the laws la aw ws that wee ar aree giv given. veen. The la law aw sa says ays y we have ha ave a three-year threee-yeear st statute atute of limitations. limitations. If an action is b eyo ond that, we ccan’t an’t act.” beyond The DRE E do es off ffeer a pr ovvisional does offer provisional rrecovery ecoveery fun nd. If a cconsumer onsumer ccannot annot fund. ccollect ollect on fr raud b ok keer, the lic fraud byy an br broker, license ense bee susp suspended will b ended and a maximum payout $50,000 bee aawarded. pa ayo out of $5 50,000 ccould ould b waarded. would leave Sandovals But that wo ould still lea ave the Sando ovvals owing theirr at tttorneeyys mor attorneys moree than $230,000. $230,0 00. gentleman “This gen ntleman has ttaken aken we’ll never something fr ffrom om us that we ’ll ne ever get Sandoval says. “We wanted back,” Sando ovval sa ays y . “W We w anted a to home, have three kids,, find a home e, we ha ave our thr ee kids wanted and we w aan nted to do something ffor or o Give something.. It It’s been them. Giv ve them t something ’s b een a nightmare. Wee ha have now. nightmar e. W ave nothing now w. never “I would ne veer wish this on anybody. an nyybodyy.”

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TTECHNOLOGY ECHNOLOG G Y & CUL CULTURE LT URE IN SILICON V VALLEY ALLE Y BYY BREND B BRENDAN AN N NYSTEDT Y STTEDT & DAN DAN H HOLDEN OLDEN updated daily on thee web: www www.sv411.com .sv44111.com twitter: @ @sv411 sv411 ffacebook: acebbook: siliconvalley4 siliconvalley411 11 Beyond the obvious workplace woorkplace p consequences—and potential legal ffallout—of aallout—of this imbalance, im testosterone-fueled boneheadedness testosterone-fueled bo oneheadedness can also turn into a PR R nightmar nightmare, e, especially in an industr industry ry awash in social media. media. Consider a recent receent fiasco involving Sqoot, a daily deals agg aggregator: gregator:: In March March the company advertise advertised ed a hackathon in Boston with a flyer that thaat listed ”friendly female feemale event staff” staff ” as one of the perks. perkkss. A screenshot screenshot (first flagged flaggged by a man) got passed around around on Twitter Tw witter and Facebook, a flurry flurrrry of blog bl posts followed, followed, o and sponsors started pulling p out.

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Broggrammers: A Clear and Brogrammers: Present Pr eseent Danger?? Although there’s Although t e’s always been a gend ther gender der issue at the heart of Silicon Valley, Valley, the youths of today seem to be making the problem pr oblem worse. worse. The so-called influx of o “Br “Brogrammers,” ogrammers,”” those hyper-masculine, hyper-mas sculine, har hard-drinking, d-drinking, fr frat at boy startup employees, aree settingg back the dynamic of inno ar innovation ovation in the valley, valley, according accor ding to “Mother Jones” Jones” writer Tasneem Taasneem Raja. She’s She’s worried wor ried that thaat a “bros-only “bros-only atmosphere” atmospherre” will hinder the increase increase of women in the tech industry industry.. Why? The bor borderline derline sexist baggage th that hat tends to ffollow ollow the br broo her herd. d. Raja writes: Some dev developers velopers insist that it’s it’s all just jusst a big joke and doesn’t doesn’t rrepresent epresentt any actual str eak in tech cu ulture. But apparently apparently it ’s real real e l streak culture. it’s enough ffor oor social-media analytics company com mpany Klout: The high-flying Silicon V a alley startup came under fire fire last month ffor oor displaying a Valley rrecruitment ecruitmeent poster at a SStanford tanffoord car eeer ffair aair that asked, “W Waant to career “Want br broo downn and crush code? Klout is hiring.” hirring.”

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The defenders defenders of the bro bro movement don’t help themselvess much. Raja cites a commentt left on a “Businessweek” storyy about the phenomenon. The man man in question put in his two cents on o women in the fold: fold: ”The female female equivalent is called a ‘hogrammer’ ‘hogrammer ’ and I have big rrespect espect for for women that th hat wear that badge proudly.” proudlyy..” (BN)

Apple pp P Posts, ostts, Then Promptly Pr S omptly Sells of,f, W WWDC Out of W WDC TTickets ickets As per tr As tradition, adition, Apple Apple, e, without any WWDC prior announcement, posted W WDC tickets early Friday morning. m The explosively popular conference co onference is to be for the place p for Mac Maac enthusiasts pundits and iOS developers.. Apple A weree left scrambling and developers wer scrambling ffor or the pricey passes, which sold hours. out in a matter of hou urs. The event

held is being h eld at Moscone West West in San Francisco, Francisco, June 11– 15. Like WWDCs, past W WD DCs, the show will open with a keynote keyynote address address to the troops Tim tr oops by CEO T im Cook and his posse. After After the show closes, Apple of the sessions to will post videos v their developer deveeloper site so that those not fortunate fortun nate enough to attend take can still ta ake in the copious info info and new ttidbits related related to the next generation gener ation n of Apple software. software. (BN)

LinkeedIn Shows LinkedIn Savvyy With New iP add App A iPad LinkedIn, the t popular Mountain View-base ed social-media site View-based ffor or professional professional connections, has upgraded upgr aded its iPad iPad app with a very new look. now The site n ow sports three three ports of entry:: “All “All Updates” Updates” provides provides a calendar of o activities and snapshot updates by connections, views of u profile views of your y profile and articles shared shar ed by others. The port called caalled “You” “Y Yo ou”” displays, first, views of your yo our profile profile by other people and suggestions suggesstions of people you may know, know w, and then a Flipboard-like Flipboard-like series of panels with w your latest contributions. Flipping to the right brings up mor moree articles by your connections. “Inbox” The “Inbo Inbox” panel displays all messages and invitations using a scroll bar,r, simul simultaneous scr oll bar taneous with an expanded view of opened items. Each of these th hese features features is compelling in its own right, but in total they indicate that th hat LinkedIn is increasingly increasingly savvy to the the nuances of different different mobile platforms. plaatforms. “What strikes strikes me the most is that it has definitely defi finitely become more more of a destination. destinattion.. For example, I now can see more m more clearly the value of posting articles arrticles in LinkedIn,” said Erica Lee, principal at the PR and marketing g firm StrategicLee, StrategicLee, Inc. section is better ““And And the Updates U because I tend to post and not ever rread ead anyone anyone else.. It’s It’s become more more

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actually go there to see what people have posted.” The dramatic departure between LinkedIn’s iPad interface and its smartphone and PC interfaces points up the increasing recognition that people use different platforms for different activities. We can probably expect to see a lot more of this divergence by other major social sites in the future. (DH)

Microsoft Security Expert: ‘Apple is 10 Years Behind’ In the aftermath of Flashback, the worry of a Mac malware onslaught looms larger than ever before. In a speech at a security conference, security expert Eugene Kaspersky chided Apple for their complacence, leaving Apple “10 years behind Microsoft.” Given Apple’s recent sales boom, the Mac platform is set to become a tempting target for hackers, and without the proper defenses Apple’s virus-free haven could come crashing down around its ears. Kaspersky continued:

“Apple is now entering the same world as Microsoft has been in for more than 10 years: updates, security patches and so on. We now expect to see more and more because cyber criminals learn from success and this was the first successful one. They will understand very soon that they have the same problems Microsoft had ten or 12 years ago. They will have to make changes in terms of the cycle of updates and so on and will be forced to invest more into their security audits for the software.” (BN)

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Council Could Crack Down on Payday Lending PAYDAY LENDING offices offer immediate financial relief to many of San Jose’s most cash-strapped citizens, but the high interest rates can lead to crippling debt when more loans are required to pay off the first. It’s a vicious cycle that brings interest rates to as high as 460 percent in some cases. Last week, the city’s planning commission made new recommendations on how to curb the proliferation of offices. Suggestions included more than doubling the distance of 500 feet between offices to a quarter-mile, providing guidelines on how to implement a cap on the number of lenders—because a cap always works great with this council (see marijuana, medical)—and prevent new offices from locating in lowincome areas. Lobbyist Manny Diaz is no longer working on behalf of payday lending offices, nor is he registered with the city anymore—word is Diaz was pretty ineffective, as the above paragraphs might indicate. San Jose reportedly has 38 payday lending offices right now. The council plans to take action on the commission’s recommendations May 15, four days after the deadline for people to apply for a soon-to-be vacant position on the commission. Attorney Christopher Platten, who some of you might remember is leading labor’s legal fight against the city over Measure B, will complete his second term on the commission at the end of the fiscal year. Depending on the council’s view of certain commissioners’ performance, more spots could become available. —Josh Koehn

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whether to sell the property is scheduled for next week. “The Billy DeFrank center is the only LGBT community center in the Bay Area—south of San Francisco,” Oliverio writes in the memo. “The Redevelopment Agency and former Vice Mayor Frank Fiscalini played a crucial role by providing the center with its location by only charging $1 a year for its lease agreement. The Billy DeFrank Center provides great value to the LGBT community and San Jose as a whole. The council should strive to continue providing the community this resource.” Along with pension reform, the Bay Area Reporter’s story suggests that responsiveness to the LGBT community will be a hot-button issue in District 6. “I think one of the clear differences I have made in the campaign, and will continue to make, is he doesn’t interact with the community or neighborhoods,” challenger Steve Kline told the Bay Area Reporter about Oliverio. Oliverio reportedly told the media outlet that he disagreed with Kline’s assessment, adding that he thought his constituents were more concerned with “qualify-of-life [sic] issues in San Jose.”— Josh Koehn

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explores the “best and worst aspects” of our “largest riparian habitat and park, Coyote Creek.” The show purports that the creek and its multiple pieces of hidden trails can be seen as a microcosm of San Jose itself. In the show, the very funny welcoming statement is written from a perspective many San Jose artists know very well. That is, it exudes sardonic wit and thinly veiled embarrassment at the suburban apathy and belligerent lack of curiosity toward one’s own surroundings imprinted in the majority of San Jose’s populace. “What is Coyote Creek?” It asks. “Well, you drove by it on your way to work today. You may have cast a sandwich wrapper out the window that now swims in it. You caught a fleeting glimpse of a green park sign

b t it d th ht ‘Wh about it, and thought, ‘Whatt on earth is that?’ The oil leaking from your car onto the road flows into it. But you most likely never walked it. We did, and we would like to share what we found.” Bravo. In case you haven’t explored our hidden exotic gem, the creek twists and turns its way over a 60-mile track from above Morgan Hill and then through park lands, underneath freeways, alongside schools and industrial warehouses. The river passes by opulent golf courses, blighted wastelands and shopping centers before finally emptying into the bay. Humans can actually traverse several portions of its trails, official and unofficial, that seem to begin and end as the creek navigates its way through the patchworked remains of decades of suburban sprawl. All six participating artists are local. Each one’s work—photography, painting or sculpture—conveys a YinYang sensibility, an understanding of the creek’s positive and negative impressions. Each artist’s work captures the beauty and the garbage. The creek and its environs are

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presented as simultaneously remote and approachable. There is intimacy and distance; it is both native and exotic. Choose your polarity. Photographer Michelle Budziak, for example, focuses on landscapes, cityscapes and the complex areas between them. Besides wandering the back trails of the urban park system, she says she enjoys creeping through graffiti-strewn, decaying warehouses and surly urban streets. “As a San Jose native,” she writes, “I have spent most of my life living within a mile of Coyote Creek, but seldom visited and never explored it to any significant extent until now.” Tim Walker’s 180-degree panoramic prints are attached to the wall in two ways, either curving outward or inward, representing a hybridization of opposing forces. The images portray both the compression of the natural environment by human development and the expansion of the natural world into the suburban sprawl surrounding it. Other artists include Alex Alvarado, who photographed the transient population living in the many encampments along the creek, and Robert Fierro, who painted some of those same characters. Jay Ruland’s photos perhaps most accurately portray the garbage that sadly litters portions of the creek. In his imagery, we see graffiti, shopping carts, discarded tires and remnants of plastic toys. “Walking alongside the creek,” he writes, “I noticed bits of urban flotsam hanging from the tree branches. In a weird way, there was a disturbing majesty to the trash, that didn’t sit well in my gut.” The trash dripping from the branches reminded him of “moss-filled swamps or holiday trees bedecked for celebration.” Best of all, most of the artists involved are recent photography or fine-art graduates from SJSU. The show symbolizes the ever-growing collaboration between the city and the university, a relationship that historically was not always healthy. Hail, Spartans, Hail!

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A beautiful, new highrise casino is ready to deal. Is San Jose? BY JOSH KOEHN

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RIC SWALLOW emerges from an emergency exit not far from the main entrance to north San Jose’s tallest building. As he makes his way over, he looks every bit the part of a casino owner.

Swallow’s silver hair is cropped short, and his tan looks moderately cultivated. His dark, pin-striped suit is crisp. His shoes are pointed and his tie is dotted with Swarovski crystals. Or are they diamonds? The boldness of Swallow’s outfit matches the ambition of his latest venture, Casino M8trix, the $50-million, 16-story Tetris block alongside the freeway near San Jose’s airport, Swallow currently owns the city’s oldest card room, Garden City Casino, with partners Peter

and Jeanine Lunardi, and they want nothing more than to shut down the aging facility and replace it with a 21st-century gambling establishment. Swallow and his Danville neighbors, the Lunardis, split a $1 million down payment and obtained more than $30 million in bank financing to erect the opulent building. It features computer-controlled fountains and Italian glass tile murals by the same artisans who crafted the floor murals at Las Vegas’ Wynn resort, according to Swallow. Limited liability companies were set up in California as well as in the business-friendly states of Nevada and Delaware to hold the assets. The big-stakes game has confounded city officials, who don’t usually work with high rollers who play fast and take large risks.

If everything goes as planned—and little has gone that way up to this point—Casino M8trix will be the next big thing in the South Bay. It features a sports bar, meeting rooms, a noodle restaurant, video games, a karaoke club and an expansive first floor dotted with card tables, all in an effort to attract the young and the restless, the gamers and gamblers, those with deep pockets and those who don’t know any better. Casino M8trix’s eighth and top floor breaks into four small, semipublic card rooms that overlook the west, east and north sides of San Jose. These rooms were designed as much for their exceptional views as the cachet of playing cards seven floors above the other saps.

M8trix is modeled after Los Angeles’ Commerce Casino, the world’s largest card room. Commerce also offers a 200-room hotel, something that M8trix plans to build in several years. “I was trying to create something beyond playing cards,” Swallow explains. “If you’re a business executive, you would want to come meet here or hang out at the sports bar. The reason I built the eighth floor is to keep the revenue here. My goal was to keep people from going to Vegas, so I need to give them an experience that feels similar.” Meanwhile, inside the spacious

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19 ongoing cconcerns o erns ab onc about out how the mone moneyy will move move ar around ound the partitioned par d eighth-flo eighth-floor or card card rooms, rooms, titioned byy Title have bee op open which b Title 16 ha ave to b en public. to the publ lic. He wrote wrote that the soonest so onest thee ccasino asino should eexpect xpect to open op en is JJune un ne 30. “Every “Ev ery ccouncilman, o ouncilman, , fforgets o orgets ideology, their ideolo ogy, they’re they’re all saying saayying let’s let ’s get you you u open,” open,”” Swallow Swallow says. saayys. dealing police “B t dealin “But d ling with ith the th p olic li e chief, chief hi f, whatever opening whate ver day day I said I was da was op ening have day.” would ha ave been been the wrong wrong da ay.”

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one another another.. The cit cityy limits l the number numb er of ttables ables and ccontrols ontrols which games ar aree pla played. ayed. Together, T ogether, San JJose’s ose’s ttwo wo gaming establishments, offer est ablishments, which off ffeer card card likee poker Pai Gow,, games lik poker and P ai Gow ccontribute ontribute rroughly oughly $155 million in city. ttax ax rrevenue evenue ffor or the ccash-hungry o assh-hungry cit y. Swallow says Sw allow sa ayys that number num mber could could moree million soon jump a ffew ew mor milliion as so on as Casino opens its doors. C asino i M8trix M8t i op ens it t do ts d ors. Swallow cityy Sw allow ccontends ontends that th hat the cit inappropriately is inappr opriately holding hold ding things up.. His gr group already licensed up oup is alr ead dy a lic ensed operator, number op erator, and the num mber of ttables ables is staying same.. It’s move st ayying the same It’s just ju ust a mo ve to a new building.. ne w building new model The eevolution volution to a ne n w mo del Las Vegas’ parallels L as V eegas’’ recent recent history. history. Vegas moneyy The old V eegas made itss mone though almost eexclusively xclusively thou ugh gaming attracted smoky and d at tracted d gamblers bl s to iits smok ky ccasinos asinos with $29 rrooms, oom ms, discounted discounted steak dinners and all-you-can-eat all-you- can- eat buffets. buff ffeets. Today’s Vegas different T odaayy’s Las Las V eegas is a diff ffeerent place, entertainment plac e, an enter tainmen nt ccenter enter with hotels, trendy eexpensive xpensive boutique boutique ho otels, tr endy clubs, theatrical clubs, stylish stylish theatric all performances perfo ormances operated byy the and rrestaurants estaurants op eratted b world’ss most famous ccelebrity world’ elebrity chefs. chefs. partt of Gambling is just par o the mix. Swallow attempting Sw allow ll is i at temptin ing something hi similar.. W With number similar iith the num mber of ttables ables byy law, limited b laaw, M8trix has created created ecosystem activities around an ec osystem of activit ties ar ound hopes the gambling ccomponent omponent and hop es ancillaryy rrevenue to build ancillar even nue streams streams byy rrenting b enting rrooms ooms ffor o or functions fu and meetings,, selling drinks,, business meetings selliing drinks attracting at tracting diners and ccatering atering to smokers. Eventually, cigar smok ers. Ev entuaallyy, the operators hopee hotel rrevenues op erators hop evenues and possibly performance bee p ossibly a p erfo ormance vvenue enue will b partt of the business mi mix. par ix. Police Moore, however, P olice Chief Mo ore, howe ver, says matter many sa ayys no mat ter how ma any radio and television M8trix tele vision ads the M8tr rix buys—and Swallow says than Sw allow sa ayys more more tha an $1 million been advertise has b een spent spent to adv e tise a soft er opening was op ening that w as slated slated ffor or o early April—police process April—p olice won’t won’t rush ru ush the pr ocess background Casino of back ground checks on o C asino M8trix’ss ownership str structure. M8trix’ ructure. “We’ve been trying “W We’ve b een tr ying at a the highest levels running,, le vels to get them up and a running they’ve and the y’ve made it vvery e y difficult ffor er o or us,” Moore says. us ,” Mo ore sa ayys. “Whatever “Whattever delays delaayys theree are, they’re their shoulders.” ther are, the y’re on th heir shoulders .” Assistant City A ssistant San JJose ose Ci ity Manager Shikada letter Ed Shik ada sent a let teer to M8trix’s M8trix’s owners last month rregarding eggarding

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City of San Jose stafff sent a letter to Casino M8trix x owners saying that they shouldn’t shouldn ’t expect to open o before June 30. 30

budget dir director ector at thee time time,, was was gaming’ss champions. among gaming’ cham mpions. Garden Gar den Cit City’s y’s gamin gaming ng lic license ense was developer Reinhard, w as sold to de veloper Eli R eeinhard, who enc encountered ountered pr problems o oblems making rrent ent pa payments ayyments to Erne Ernest est P Pestana estana after Ba Bay ay 101’s 101’s spaciou spacious us ne new w casino casino op ened up not far fr om San JJose’s ose’s opened from airport. dropped the airp ort. He dr opped th he ccorporation orporation into Chapter 11 bankr bankruptcy ruptcy and argued moving the ar gued that mo ving th he ccard ard rroom oom was w as the only w way ay to st stay tay afloat. In 1999, Reinhard attempted 19 99,, R eeinhard at temp pted to rregain egain business lost to Ba Bay ay 101 10 01 b byy mo moving ving Garden Cityy to land ju just Gar den Cit ust west of San JJose’s ose’s airp airport. ort. Mayor Hammer’ss su successor, Ron Ma ayor Hammer’ uccessor, R on o Gonzales,, howe Gonzales however, ver, en enjoyed njoyed mor moree prosperous economic took pr osperous ec onomic times and to ok a less less-friendly friendly st stance ance toward t ard the tow ccard ard clubs clubs.. W With iith the help h of fformer ormer o C ouncilmember Da avviid P Councilmember David Pandori, andori, Gonzales changed T Title itlle 16 and put the squee ze on legal gambling ggambling.. squeeze Pestena P estena opp opposed osed R Reinhard’s eeinhard’s rrelocation elocation plans and said s he w as was owed mor m in back moree than $6 million

rent. Ba rent. Bay ay 101’ 101’s 1 s ownership, ownership, which article, declined to o ccomment omment ffor o or this ar ticle, also ffought o ough ht the mo move, ve, albeit albeit for for o different diff ffeerent rreasons. easons. Reinhard, R eeinharrd, frustrated and losing money, mone y, forfeited for orfeeited control control of the ccasino asino to P Pestana estana and a bankruptcy trustee ho k trustee,, wh who kept ept it op operational erational until 2008, 20 08, when wheen a pair of unknowns unknowns— Sw nd the L unardis—bought Swallow allow aand Lunardis—bought erattion. More the op operation. More than $22 million in debt to cr editors at the creditors time,, the ccasino’s time asino’s ownership gr group oup sho cked ccard a d room ar room w atchers b shocked watchers byy rreversing eversing its i ffortunes or o tunes and pa paying ayying off its debts within w thr ee months. months. City City three staff st aff never neverr had a pr problem oblem with the turnar oun nd, but it did raise some turnaround, eeyebrows. yebrows. Sinc hen, the cit hen, Sincee th then, cityy has seen weaks greater gr eater ttax axx rrevenue evenue fr from om ttweaks to T itle 16— —notably raising the Title 16—notably ttable able limitt to 49 p per er ccard ard room room in 2010—and d the rrelationship elationship with gaming ha has as b become ecome ccordial ordial if not absolutelyy essential to k eep the cit keep cityy budget fr o fur om ther bleeding from further bleeding..

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“I ha have ave a different diff ffeerent approach, ap pproach, because times ha because have ave changed chaanged in California,” C aliffo ornia,”” says saayys Mayor Maayorr Chuck R Reed. eeed. “It’s “It ’s just a different diff ffeerent issu issue ue than it used to b be. e. The They’re y’re legal leggal in San they’re California; JJose; ose; the y’re legal in C a fo alif ornia; they they bee tr treated business.” should b eated as a business .” Reed wants But as much as R eeed dw ants more more he’s ccasino asino rrevenue, evenue, he ’s careful carreful to hold line.. He sa says the line ays y the process prrocess of stock checking eevery very rreceipt eceipt and sto ck statement Casino M8trix’ss st atement ffor or o C asino M8trix’ M before owners is essential b effor o e it can can move street. mo ve down the str eet. “You have bee ablee to ffollow “Y Yo ou ha ave to b o ollow moneyy back to thee p people,” the mone eople,” Reed Reeed says, theyy ha have sa ayys, “and the ave a ccomplicated omplicated structuree to b bee able to financial structur money. ffollow ollow the mone o y. … They T y have The haave involved multiple ccorporations orporations in volved in this.. It It’s Lunardis this ’s not just the L u dis and unar Swallow. It’s Sw allow w. It ’s a ccomplicated ompliccated financial structure.” structur e.”

drove to 201 W Kali-rai drove W.. Mission St., headquarteers of the San JJose ose P olice headquarters Police Departmen nt. Lobbyist Lobb byist y Kali-rai was was a Department. former o ayor Gonzales who former aidee to Ma Mayor had b been een prosecuted prrosecuted b byy gambling foe Pandori, Pandorii,, now a district attorney, attttorney, foe for for o violatingg the cit city’s tyy’s revolving-door revolving-door ordinance. The T charges charges that Kali-rai ordinance. concealed concealed lobbying lo obbying ffees eees in a sham rreal eal estate transaction transsaction wer estate weree subsequently dropped. d opped. dr d trip’s stated stated rreason The trip’s eason w was as a meeting to brief Chief Mo Moore ore on activitiees of the San JJose ose P olice the activities Police Foundation, Foundation n,, a nonprofit nonprofit created created b byy edecessor that raises mone his pr predecessor moneyy to donate Seg S Segways, ways y , spy spy cameras cameras bulletp proof vests vests ffor o or ccanines anines to and bulletproof the department. departm ment. The annual de la Rosa-organized Ro osa- organ nized Bowling 4 Badges fundraiser at 300 bowling a 30 0 San JJose ose b owling lanes raises about l i ab bout $50,000 $50,000 for for o SJPD each yyear. ear. During the meeting,, de la R Rosa, t meeting o osa,, an insurance operator insurance agency a op erator ffor o or almost four fo our decades decadees and the ffoundation’s o oundation’s president time,, went thr through president at a the time ough routine items. Rosa routine item ms. De la R o osa rremembers emembers the meeting meetin ng as ttypical ypical and ccongenial. ongenial. Then he to told old the chief he had one other thingg the theyy needed to discuss discuss.. Here Moore Here is how h Mo ore recalls recalls it: “Halfway “Halffway through through the meeting Rich says, saays y , ‘Look, ‘Look,, I need to change hats here.’ here.’ He indicated in ndicated that he had left his old job and st started arted a cconsulting onsulting venture partner, venture with with his par tner, Sean. I asked asked whatt kind of cconsulting, onsulting, and he said lobb lobbying. aree bying. I said, ‘Who ar your your clients?’ clientts?’’ You Yo ou know, know w, it was was a little littttle strange strangge ffor o or me to be be in the middle of a meeting ccoming oming in ffor o or one purpose purposse and then all of a sudden moving moving into intto another ar area. ea. And he then indicated indicated a his only client w was as Garden Garden City.” Citty.” According Accordin ng to de la R Rosa, o osa, the ne news ws didn’t didn’t sit well w with the chief: “He wanted wanted to cra ccrawl aw wl out of his skin.” skin.” With Wiith many maan ny of San Jose’s Jose’s top officials already already assigned to get getting ting Garden Garden City Citty Casino Casino transferred transffeerred over over to its ne n new w lo location cation b byy the airport, airport, Moore Mo oore says saayys he came came to the conclusion conclusion that ther theree was was a cconflict onflict of interest, interest, or at least the appearance appearance of one. one. On one da day, ay, the chief could could be be asking assking de la R Rosa o osa and the foundation fo oundation n ffor o or financial help and the next next day daay dee la R Rosa o osa ccould ould b bee asking

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the chief ffor or o assist assistance ance in get getting ting Garden City’s move Gar den Cit y’s mo ve eexpedited. x edited. xp Moore Mo ore thought it o over ver ffor or se o several veral months b effo ore tellingg ffoundation oundation o before b oard memb ers that de d la R o osa and board members Rosa Kali-rai, a rreal eal est ate br b oker fr om estate broker from Fr emont,, should step down. The Fremont, b oard told the chief to op ound sand. board pound The lines wer draaw wn. weree drawn. The chief wr ote thee p olice wrote police ffoundation oundation o b oard in Dec D ember to board December advise it that the SJPD D would no longer ac cept financia al assist ance due accept financial assistance d memb to the cconflict. onflict. Boar ers wer Board members weree stunned b on; de la R osa o byy the decisio decision; Rosa and Kali-rai rresigned esigned fr ffrom om the board board within ttwo wo months months.. A Ass if nothing had happ ened, the ch ief rrekindled ekindled happened, chief the rromance. omance. “I w as kind of surpr rised,, because because I was surprised, would think Chris kno ows what kind knows off p erson I am, and d al ll l I did w as raise i person all was him mone y,” de la R o ossa sa ayys. “I ha ave money,” Rosa says. have no animosit ard the t chief f. N one. animosityy tow toward chief. None. I lik ’ underst ’t and likee Chris Chris.. I just don don’t understand his p osition in this Ho onestlyy, he’s he’s position this.. Honestly, just not b eing rreasonable.” easonaable.” being P ete C onstant, a San n JJose ose Pete Constant, ccouncilmember ouncilmember and fformer o ormer San JJose ose ccop op whose district is home h to the pr esent Gar den Cit y, sa ssays ayys the chief present Garden City, o verstepped his b ound ds in asking the overstepped bounds b oard to change h its i llea adership d hi . board leadership. “I think that ’s a conflict con nflict ffor o or the that’s chief to b ofit bee telling an anyy nonpr nonprofit b oard what to do ,” sa ays y C onstant. board do,” says Constant. onflict is with the the chief f, “The cconflict chief, b ecause he ma ay think k it will cloud because may his judgment to ac cep pt money.” money.” accept One thing de la R o ossa and KaliRosa rai failed to mention to t Mo ore is Moore how much mone as moneyy thee pair w was paid b den Cit w ser ving byy Gar Garden Cityy while serving as ffoundation oundation dir o ectorrs. The Cit directors. Cityy Clerk’ placed records, records, Clerk’ss offic officee has misp misplaced but de la R osa o admits he and Kali-rai Rosa ar eing paid b etweeen $10 0,000 aree b being between $100,000 and $20 0,000 ffor o or thee work the $200,000 theyy do ffor or o C asino M8trix. Casino “Trust me ’ve ha ad vvery ery lit tle me,, we we’ve had little influenc o osa sa ayys influencee on them,”” dee la R Rosa says with a laugh. “If we ha ad influenc had influencee on them, we ’d b en.” we’d bee op open.” Lik ke an ny p oker game e, the opp onent Like any poker game, opponent has a chanc all,, an d ccasino asino chancee to ccall, and op erators ar oint out operators aree quick to p point pr oblems on the cit tyy’s side sside.. T wo w rrecent ecent problems city’s Two audits of the p olice dep partment’s police department’s gambling unit wer nyything but weree an anything glowing eports, one o b glowing.. The rreports, byy the cit ty auditor and anothe er b city another byy an indep endent gaming gr ggroup oup ccalled alled independent

White San Sands, nds, depicted a poorly poorly structured over structur ed group group that is in o ver its head when n it ccomes omes to rregulating egulating ccard ard rrooms ooms and d enf fo orcing T itle 16. enforcing Title “L argelyy unable to draw draaw on the “Largely onduct appr opriatte skill sets to cconduct appropriate meaningfu ul op erational o versight meaningful operational oversight fr om otherr than its ttwo w wo senior st aff ffeers from staffers who ar ready o vercommitttted on aree alr already overcommitted the lic ensin ng side DGC fails to achie ve licensing side,, DGC achieve the balanc e appr ed oach to rregulation egulation balanced approach en nvvisioned db itle 16,” the White envisioned byy T Title Sands rreport epor o t cconcludes. oncludes. Richar dT eeng, who heads up the Richard Teng, D GC and declined ccomment omment ffor o or this DGC ar ticle, w a ’t directly asn directly criticized in article, wasn’t the audits ’t stopped stopped audits,, but that hasn hasn’t some ccouncilmembers oun ncilmembers and C asino Casino M8trix’ wners fr om identif fyying M8trix’ss ow owners from identifying him as a p roblem. problem. “What ’s vvery ery frustrating is the cit “What’s cityy at ttorne t y ju jjust ustt b backs k Richar Ri h d Teng Teng e attorney Richard up hey know he’s he’s an idiot,”” up,, and th they Sw allow sa ayys. Swallow says. SJPD ccontracted o ontracted out much of the work ffor or a fforensic o o orensic audit to C onroy Conroy &A ssociattes, which,, considering considering the Associates, leng th of time t the in vestigation has length investigation ttaken, aken, raises raises other questions Beffo ore questions.. Before Michael C onroy and his wif fe started started Conroy wife their own in vestigative agency, agencyy, investigative Michael sp pent much of his ccareer areer spent with i h the h SJPD SJ SJPD.. “If yyou ou have have a rrelationship ha elationship with someb odyy,” Constant Constant notes, notes, “the “the somebody,” in vestigatiion will lead wher ever yyou ou investigation wherever w ant it to lead. want lead.”” F ed up with w the millions he claims Fed he ’s losing eevery very week that C asino he’s Casino M8trix rremains em mains closed,, Swallow Sw waallow says saayys he ’s pr eparred to ccall all the cit ty’ y s bluff. bluff ff. he’s prepared city’s Ev en if a ccourt o t hearing Ma our ay 7 allows Even May the ccard ard room room to op en its do ors b effor oe open doors before JJune une 30,, it might not b effor oe bee long b before the par ties will b ourt. parties bee back in ccourt. “W We’ll file fi [a la awsuit], w “We’ll lawsuit], and it will b t of millions ,” Swallow Swallow bee in the tens millions,” pr omises. promises.

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With W ith i cit city, ty, ccounty ounty an and nd st state ate ballot initiatives elected initiativ vees making elect ted officials in C California aliffo ornia mor moree irr irrelevant elevant b byy the da ay, vvoters oters ccan o an eexpect xxpect e to ttackle ackle day, the question of legalizi ing gambling legalizing in C aliffo ornia in ccoming eears. The omingg yyears. California question then b ecomess: A ost? becomes: Att what ccost? Fr om a la aw enf fo orcement From law enforcement p erspective, ther e’s no o question that perspective, there’s the chief and his tr oop ps cconsider onsider troops ccasinos asinos crime magnets s. magnets. “Y You o ttalk alk ab out loa an sharking “You about loan sharking,, yyou ou ttalk alk ab out pr obleem gamblers about problem gamblers,, yyou ou ttalk alk ab out pr ostittution, yyou ou about prostitution, ttalk alk ab out home in nvvasions—we’ve about invasions—we’ve had these ot that th hey happ en these.. N Not they happen vvery ery often,, but someti imes p eople sometimes people get ffollowed o ollowed home fr o the club om ,” from club,” Mo ore sa ays y. Moore says. F or this rreason, eason,, he adds aadds,, the cit For cityy ccan’t an’t aff ffo ord to let C asiino M8trix afford Casino op en without eevery very q uestion ab out open question about management and mo ney being being money ans wered. answered. “W Weere tr ying to mak ke sure sure we ffollow o ollow “Were trying make the rules saayys. “I telll yyou o ou what, rules,,” he says. whate veer we do her e, we w ha ave another whatever here, have ccompetitor ompetitor that ’s w atch a hing whate eveer that’s watching whatever we do or don ’t do. do. And the eyy’re going to don’t they’re b oking to use —I do on’t want waant to use bee lo looking use—I don’t the term eexploit—but xploit x t— —but ffollow o ollow on the ffootsteps ootsteps of what we all low w.” allow. The ccompetitor ompetitor Mo oore mentions Moore off ff--hand is Ba ay 101, wh hich is lo cated off-hand Bay which located just a ffew ew blo cks o ver fr om C asino blocks over from Casino M8trix. A ccording to the t Cit According Cityy Hall’ oint man on th he pr oject,, Ed Hall’ss p point the project, Shik ada, Ba ay 101 isn ’t just sit ting on Shikada, Bay isn’t sitting the sidelines thr ougho out all of this throughout this..

Regulation R egulation Football Football Swallow Sw allow and par partners tnerss applied ffor o or a lic license ense in Ma May ay 2011 to t rrebrand ebrand as Casino C asino M8trix. Bec Because ausse of the w way ay it w was as done done,, the owne owners, ers, in essenc essence, e, surrendered surr endered their gam gaming ming lic license ense due to the wor wording ding off T Title itle 16. City City staff st aff had months to n notice otice this technic technicality, ality, but no on one ne sp spotted otted it until Ba Bay ay 101 tipp tipped ed off o cit cityy officials to mist mistakes akes M8trix ma made ade in the pr ocess, Shik ada sa ayys. process, Shikada says. With W iith 320 work workers ers w waiting aiting to begin b egin work at M8trix C Casino—about asino —about 40 0 can can fully staff staff Garden Garrden City—and City—and 400 the cit cityy fforegoing oregoing on eextra o xtra ttax ax rrevenue, evenue, no one gainss fr from om the ccard ard rroom’s oom’s stumbles otherr than the only other ccard ard rroom oom in town. To To Ba ay 101’ edit and th he cit y’s lack of Bay 101’ss cr credit the city’s

transparency, garnered transpar en ncyy, the casino casino has garner ed byy hiring eexpertise xpertise and a cconnections onnections b SJPD gaming-division fformer ormer SJP o PD gamingdivision ccompliance ompliancce offic officers. ers. While M8trix M rrelied elied on de la Rosa R osa to do o o its unsuc unsuccessful cessful bidding with Mo orre, sour ces cconfirm onfirm that Moore, sources Bay Ba ay 101 hir hired red Dennis Faz almost ely after he rretired etired from from immediate immediately the SJPD SJPD.. His rrole ole with the p police olice d depar t ntt in tmen iinvolved volv l ed d gaming i department oversight o versight of o his curr current ent emplo employer. yer. A dding to the murkiness of how Adding much eeveryone verryone scratches each other’ cks, officers officers in the D GC other’ss bac backs, DGC aren’t ar en’t currently currrently rrequired equired to rreport eport outside inc come to the depar tment. income department. And the theyy ar aaren’t en’t subject to the cit city’s y’s antic orrup ption rrevolving-door evolving- door anticorruption or dinance, which prevents prevents officials ordinance, from fr om imm immediately mediately going to work ffor or o the h ccompanies ompaanies i the h y affected aff ffected ffe db h i they byy their policies. p olicies. The chie ef disputes the suggestions chief that an anyy personality personality issues or cconflicts onflicts off inter est have haave held up interest Casino C asino M8 M8trix’s 8trix’s op opening. ening. “L ook, I would like like to see them “Look, op open en vvery ery quickly,” quicklyy,” he says, saayys, gently p ounding a fist on his desk. “There “There pounding would b bee tax tax rrevenues evenues ffor o or the city. city. But we pr o omised the vvoters oters we’d we’d promised have h ha ave clean l n gaming in San JJose. ose. And d in or der to o do that, we have haave to go order through thr ough th this his pr process.” ocess.” When Sw S Swallow allow and his ar architects chitects outfitted out tfi fitted the t top flo floor or with sectioned rrooms, ooms, which wh hich he pr omises will be be promises open op en to an anyone, nyone, the owners believed believed that the rrequirement e equir ement of public gaming wo would ould b bee satisfied. It’s It’s a potentially p otentiallyy stick sticky ky issue that the chief eexpresses xpresses cconcerns oncerns ab about; out; M8trix’ M8trix’ss owners ccall alll it a nonissue nonissue.. “We’re “W We’re bringing b in an outside surveillance sur veillancce eexpert,” xpert,”” Swallow Swallow sa says. ayys. ““And And b A byy th the he w way, ay, the they’re y’re San JJose ose PD.. Sinc PD Sincee when w ar aree the theyy sur surveillance veillance eexperts? xperts? I hir hired ed the b best. est. I hired hired a company company from from V Vegas eegas called called JB Engineers.. The Engineers Theyy do sur surveillance veillance ffor or o Wynn, W yynn,, Encore, Enccore, Bellagio.” Bellagio.” That ccockiness, ockiness c , one ccould ould wager, wager, is par partt of what w rubs Mo Moore ore and the police p olice dep department’s partment’s gaming division the wr wrong ongg w way ay ab about out Sw Swallow allow and Casino C asino M8 M8trix, 8trix,, though they’d they’d ne never ver say sa ay so pub publicly. bliclyy. And unless the ccourts ourts or cit cityy ccouncil ou uncil sa say ay other otherwise, wise, the chief holdss most of the chips chips.. Ass a result, A resu ult, what happ happens ens in V Vegas, eegas, stays st ayys in V Vegas. eegas. For For now. now.

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Look at the enduring buzz surrounding Mozza in L.A., Phoenix’s Pizzeria Bianco or the hubbub of Anthony Mangieri’s Una Pizza Napoletana in New York (and now San Francisco). A good pizza is a work of art and craftsmanship. It’s something to argue about and celebrate. And of course to eat. Here in Silicon Valley, the buzz surrounding Campbell’s Blue Line Pizza has been hard to miss. The

restaurant is the second location for San Francisco’s Little Star Pizza, a pizzeria of considerable acclaim. What makes Blue Line different is its offering of Chicago-style, deepdish pizzas (Blue Line is a reference to one of the main trains that run between O’Hare Airport and Chicago). The cornmeal-based crust resembles a shell—a concave, thickwalled creation to which sauce and toppings are added. It takes about 20 minutes to bake. I tried the restaurant’s signature Blue Line Pizza ($8.85 for individual size, $18 for 9-inch and $23.25 for 12-inch), spinach with ricotta and feta cheeses, mushrooms, onions, garlic. The pizza is lovely, and the crust is crisp and light, but all that bread is too much of a commitment for me. Like almost every kid in world, I loved pizza, and I was puzzled why the thin-crust option existed at all.

I thought, pizza is great, and I want more of it. Thick crust equals more pizza, so that’s what I want. It was like being asked if I wanted two scoops of ice cream or one. Two! Duh. But then, I grew up and began to appreciate the finer points of pizza and crust architecture and the effects of 2 pounds of dough sitting in my belly like a swallowed shot put. Thin crust offered the pleasure of pizza without the bulk. And it better revealed the artistry involved in pizza creation. Less was more. I became a thin-crust convert. Blue Line’s deep-dish pizza doesn’t sit quite so heavily, but for me the thin, New York–style crust is the way to go. Luckily, Blue Line does both. The crust is crisper and flatter than what you’ll find at La Pizzeria, a Neapolitan-style pizza shop a few doors down. It’s generously sprinkled with cornmeal to help it slide off the pan and that adds to its crunchy bite. The classic thin crust ($8.95 for individual, $17.95 for 12-inch and $24.85 for 16-inch), which combines sausage, mushroom onions and thinly sliced green bell peppers, is hard to beat.

Like almost every kid in world, I loved pizza, and I was puzzled why the thincrust option existed at all. Although Blue Line is mainly a pizza place, the panini sandwiches are good, too. While the ciabatta rolls and foccacia are a bit too bready (or need to be more thoroughly pressed), what’s between the two slices of bread is quite good. I tried the roast beef, bacon and Havarti ($8.25) and the artichoke and sun-dried tomatoes ($7.65) with roasted red peppers, red onions and Gorgonzola cheese. Of the two, I liked the tangy, sweet and salty vegetarian sandwich the best. Part of Blue Line’s appeal is the hip, urban vibe. It occupies a corner spot of East Campbell Avenue in downtown Campbell with big windows on two sides, sidewalk seating and a view of the railroad tracks. There’s a large, inviting bar with a full liquor license. My only gripe is the battleshipgray walls. The color is too dour and notches down an otherwise cheery atmosphere, but the pizza makes up for any of that. Look for the buzz around Blue Line Pizza to grow as more Silicon Valley locations open up.

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Blue Line does more than pizza well. Salads are often afterthoughts at pizza restaurants, thrown together with little or no thought at all. But that’s not true at Blue Line. The Caesar ($5 for small, $8.50 for large) is a standout with its lively, anchovyaccented dressing applied in just the right quantity. The irregularly shaped, house-made croutons improve it even more. For something a little out of the pizza genre, go for the ovenroasted shishito peppers with a side of chevre dip ($6.50).

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CAPERS Well-heeled sports bar and restaurant. $$$. Capers is a sophisticated restaurant that uses sports as its theme. Well-devised menu full of inventive recipes and delicious finger foods. 11am-10:30pm Mon-Thu, 11am-midnight FriSat, 9:30am-10:30pm Sun. 1710 W. Campbell Ave. 408.374.5777. LA PIZZERIA Italian. $$. La Pizzeria specializes in simple pizzas that stand on the strength of a few high-quality ingredients, expertly prepared. Open for lunch and dinner daily. 11am-10pm Sun-Tue, 11am11pm Wed, 11am-midnight Thu-Sat. 373 E. Campbell Ave. 408.370.0826.

MICHI Japanese. $$. Sushi standards are transformed into palate-awakening presentations; culinary boundaries are stretched. 11am-10pm daily. 2220 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.378.8000 or 378.0838. NEGEEN Persian. $$. Mira ghasemi, grilled and puréed eggplant in a tomato sauce with scrambled eggs, and kashk-e-bademjan, puréed eggplant topped with mint and a creamy yogurt sauce, are great, as are the kebabs. Don’t miss the excellent Persian ice cream. 11:30am-10pm MonThu, 11:30am-midnight Fri-Sat, 11:30am-9pm Sun. 801 W. Hamilton Ave. 408.866.6400. PSYCHO DONUTS Donuts. $. Psycho Donuts has taken rings of fried dough into new territory with flavors like apricot, the Cookie Monster (topped with Oreos) and Do-Nilla (sprinkled with bits of vanilla wafers) and the intimidating Psycho Donut, a

maelstrom of marshmallow, pretzel and chile powder. 6am5pm Mon-Thu, 6am-11pm Fri, 7am-11pm Sat, 7am-5pm Sun. 2006 S. Winchester Blvd #C. 408.378.4540.

RUSSIAN CAFÉ AND DELI Russian. $$. This is a small Russian grocery store with a good little restaurant tucked in the corner. Borscht soup, pelmeni and solyankya sbornaya, a thick soup studded with chunks of mild pork sausage, black olives, pickles and barley all satisfy. 11am8pm daily. 1712 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.379.6680.

SUSHI ZONE Japanese. $$. Fun sushi meets fun surroundings in this zone. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 11:30am2:30pm, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 75 S. San Tomas Aquino Rd #1. 408.866.1323. TIGELLERIA Italian. $$. Tigelleria’s menu centers on fine cheeses and Italian salumi paired with tigelle, freeflowing, piping-hot flatbreads the size of mini pitas. The bread forms the addictive heart of the meal. 11:30am-2pm, 510pm daily. 76 E. Campbell Ave. 408.884.3808.

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ALEXANDER’S STEAKHOUSE American-Asian steakhouse. $$$$. Alexander’s is much more than a steakhouse. Add a 500-bottle wine list, multiple dining rooms and Asianaccented ambience and you’ve got a standout South Bay restaurant. Full bar. 5:30-10pm Mon-Thu, 5:30-11pm Fri-Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 10330 N. Wolfe Rd. 408.446.2222.

CAFE TORRE New Italian. $$$. A gem tucked away in

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an unassuming little mall, with a sophisticated interior and congenial hosts. Even better is the great pasta and seafood. Beer, wine. 11:30am2pm, 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 5-10:30pm Fri-Sat. Closed Sun. 20343 Stevens Creek Blvd. 408.257.2383.

CUPERTINO BAKERY Indian and bakery. $. Don’t be fooled by the name. Cupertino Bakery is a really great South Indian restaurant. Unlike many South Indian restaurants, Cupertino Bakery isn’t vegetarian. Good lunch buffet for $7.99. Don’t miss the dosa and utthappam. 11:30am-9:30pm daily, but weekdays kitchen closes 2:305:30pm. 102521 S. De Anza Blvd. 408.517.9000.

DYNASTY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Hong Kongstyle Chinese. $$$. Dynasty specializes in Hong Kong-style seafood. The seafood is very fresh, especially the creatures swimming minutes before they arrive on your plate. Good dim sum, too. Full bar. 11am2:30pm, 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 10am-3pm, 5-9:30pm Fri-Sat. 10123 N. Wolfe Rd (in Cupertino Square). 408.996.1680.

FLORENTINE RESTAURANT Italian. $. Bold flavors, fresh ingredients and lavish portions. Beer, wine. 10257 S. De Anza Blvd. (plus six other locations, some with full bars). 11:30am9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am10pm Fri-Sat, 4-9pm Sun. 408.253.6532.

FONTANA’S California/Italian. $$$. A steady performer, Fontana’s rarely disappoints pasta lovers. Beer, wine. 11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu,

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Although her primary focus is on Brandenburg-Prussia following the Thirty Years’ War, Taylor-Poleskey took some time out from her dissertation research in Germany to muse over the intersections between food, history, culture and politics that are very much relevant to today’s world. Taylor-Poleskey was initially interested in modes of cultural exchange when she stumbled upon a kitchen clerk’s records among the documents of a noble family’s estate. The records detailed the household’s weekly food needs, which, in conjunction with the ideas of food scholar Massimo Montanari, inspired her to explore food as both cultural proxy and mechanism for cultural transmission. “I collected ideas from other scholars of all the ways that food is revealing about nutritional, religious and ethical beliefs as well as its potential as an instrument of political expression and social differentiation,” she says. Taylor-Poleskey points out many examples through which food, politics and culture were intertwined. “Political alliances, and alternatively divisions, affected what goods could be easily and cheaply procured,” she explains. “Sometimes, abstaining from consuming a certain product was also a sign of political protest.” But it wasn’t just what people were eating that was imbued with cultural significance; how they ate it mattered as well. Returning to her area of expertise, Taylor-Poleskey notes that political culture often manifested in feasting events, specifically in socially stratified seating arrangements. Religious and political views may still be a dominant factor for some, but there are also other modes of eating that have their own subcultures, such as vegetarianism. “In the period I study, anything that was locally grown and processed was not as expensive or as desirable as exotic products from far away,” she says. “Having anything out of season was possible only for the absolute wealthiest and required tremendous effort to procure, transport or harvest.” Today, local foods are more expensive—even so far as to become status signals. “I’m an optimist,” says Taylor-Poleskey, “so I hope that historians will look back on this period as an experimental phase before reconciling the needs of an increasingly globalized food market and an environmentally sustainable food system. I think we’ve reached a point where technology can be used to help meet the world’s food needs, but we haven’t quite figured out how to fairly divide production and consumption.”—Misa Shikuma

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GOCHI Japanese. $$$. Gochi is a globally inspired izakaya (small plates) restaurant. Most of the food is straightup Japanese fare, but there are a few American, French and Korean twists. Highly recommended. 19980 Homestead Rd. 408.725.0542.

LOON WAH Chinese. $. The kitchen produces good wokcentric dishes, but its main draw is fresh, hand-pulled noodles. Casual. Beer, wine. 11am-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 11am10pm Fri-Sun. 1146 De Anza Blvd. 408.257.8877.

TATAMI Japanese. $$. Billed as a Japanese seafood buffet, Tatami doesn’t limit itself to Japanese dishes. Pan-Asian and just plain odd specialties rotate. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30-9pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am3pm, 5:30-9:30pm Sat-Sun. Cupertino Square mall (near Sears), 10123 N. Wolfe Rd #2001. 408.996.3444.

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AMBER INDIA Northern Indian, tandoori. $$. Meals unfold like a bolt of rare silk, served with care and efficiency in a rich, luminous interior. Dishes are complex and varied. 11:30am2:30pm, 5-9:45pm daily. 2290 El Camino Real. 650.968.7511.

BODRUM CAFE Turkish. $$. The menu at Bodrum Cafe is extensive and covers a lot of ground, but it’s the lamb dishes that stand out. A good place to start is with the lahmacun (Turkey’s take on pizza) and the kebabs. 10am-10pm daily. 383 Castro St. 650.396.7010.

CASCAL Spanish tapas. $$$. The tapas menu yields big tastes in small portions at this pan-Latin charmer. Calamari, roasted quail and minted lamb meatballs are among the delicacies. Full bar. 11:30am10pm Mon-Sun. 400 Castro St. 650.940.9500.

CHAAT PARADISE Vegetarian Indian. $. Golden spices predominate at this popular spot for inexpensive, fun-toeat traditional Indian fare. Casual shopping-center surroundings. 11:30-10pm Mon-Sun. 165 E. Camino Real. 650.965.1111.

CHINA CAFE Mandarin, Szechuan. $$. A little surprise in the Blossom Valley Center promises uptown ambience, spotless surroundings and well-presented classical Chinese cuisine. 1760 Miramonte Ave. 650.968.2298. DON GIOVANNI Italian. $$$. This pumpkin-hued eatery faces the bustling downtown with a handsome demeanor of mahogany and candlelight. Full bar. 11am-2pm, 5-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am-9pm Sat-Sun. 235 Castro St. 650.961.9749. LE PETIT BISTRO Classic French. $$. There’s a lot to like about this pinch of a place with its simple, practiced French cuisine and quiet dining. Casual. Beer, wine. 5:309:30pm Tue-Sat. 1405 W. El Camino Real. 650.964.3321.

MARU ICHI Japanese noodles. $. Maru Ichi is a true noodle shop. While there are a few appetizers on the menu, the slurpable house-made noodles—ramen, soba and udon—are what you want. Go for the house specialty kuro ramen or the soy sauce ramen. Beer and wine. Cash only. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-10pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-10pm Sat, 11:30am-9pm Sun. 368 Castro St. 650.564.9931.

NAMI NAMI Japanese. $$$. Nami Nami specializes in kappo-style Japanese food, prepared in the artful, laborintensive, seasonally driven style associated with the city of Kyoto. For diners willing to open their minds and mouths, it offers one of the most exciting restaurant experiences in the Bay Area. 11:30am-2pm Tue-Sun, 7-10pm Tue-Thu and 6-11pm Fri-Sat. 240 Castro St. 650.964.6990.

NETO CAFFE AND BAKERY Cafe. $$. Neto Caffe and Bakery is a busy, good-looking space that has a happy buzz about it. There’s a little bit of everything including a number

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PHO TO CHAU Vietnamese noodle house. $. The pho here is an honest noodle soup. Firsttimers might want to stick with the basic pho chin, topped with slices of beef brisket. 11am-10pm daily. 853 Villa St. 650.961.8069.

THE SPICE ISLANDS CAFE Singaporean, Malaysian, Indonesian. $$. This restaurant will send your taste buds to the tropics. Talented chefs put out dishes full of spice and passion, like jumbo chile prawns, papaya salad and Malaysian spareribs. The menu is expansive. Prices are reasonable. 210 Hope St. 650.960.1888.

SUSHI TOMI Japanese. $$. Sushi Tomi serves Japanese food with an elegant simplicity. Sushi and sashimi are ocean fresh. For a real treat, ask for an omakase dinner and let the chef put together a tasting menu for you. Lunch 11:30am2pm daily; dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 635 W. Dana St. 650.968.3227. TAQUERÍA LOS CHARROS Mexican. $. This clean and fetching diner is the place for authentic fare. Generous portions. 6:30am-10pm MonFri, 6:30am-11pm Sat, 8am10pm Sun. 854 W. Dana St. 650.969.1464.

VASO AZZURRO Ristorante Italian. $$$. Entrees are attractively presented, and the waiters will make you feel as though you were the most important guests in the place. Dessert lives up to the rest of the meal. Beer, wine. 11:30am2pm Mon-Fri, 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat, 5-9:30pm Sun. 108 Castro St. 650.940.1717.

XANH RESTAURANT Modern Vietnamese. $$. Xanh (pronounced “zahn”) epitomizes the new breed of upscale, contemporary Vietnamese restaurant. The appealing menu ranges from the traditional to the unconventional and includes rolls, salads, noodles, small plates and full-size entrees. 11:30am-2pm, 4:30pm-

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YAKKO Japanese, sushi bar. $$. A pairing of swift service with an exotic range of sushi and udon makes this a favorite among sushi lovers. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2pm Mon-Sun, 5:30-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 5:3010:30pm Fri-Sat. 975 W. Dana St. 650.960.0626.

with honest expertise—no tricky trendiness here. The homey offerings are based on wholesome Italian staples. Beer, wine. 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-10pm Mon-Sun. 200 Sheridan Ave. 650.328.0407.

CALAFIA CAFE AND MARKET A GO-GO Eclectic. $$. Calafia

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Cafe and Market A Go-Go combines elements of the fast-food world and the laborintensive slow cooking of more-high-end restaurants. Chef and owner Charlie Ayers (who was Google’s first chef) calls his concept “slow food fast”—good-to-eat and goodfor-you food that he hopes will appeal to Silicon Valley’s frenetic, too-busy-to-eat pace of life. Look for good burgers, pizza, salads and fresh fish. 11am-9pm Mon-Fri, 9am-9pm Sat-Sun. 858 El Camino Real. 650.322.9200.

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French. $$$. The only problem with the menu is that it’s all tempting. Using seasonal produce, the chef allows flavors to speak for themselves. Wine, beer. 11:30am-1:30pm Tue-Fri, 5:30-9:30pm Tue-Sat. 448 California Ave. 650.327.0284.

$$. Venezuela is best known for its oil production and resilient populist president; Coupa shines attention on the country’s premium coffee and chocolate. The beautiful storefront also serves excellent arepas, white corn griddle cakes stuffed with various fillings. 7am-11pm daily. 538 Ramona St. 650.322.6872.

ZUCCA Mediterranean. $$. Time slows and the paella glows at this Turkish/Spanish charmer: lamb kofte, spicy shrimp, steak, baklava. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 510pm Mon-Sun. 186 Castro St. 650.864.9940.

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BISTRO MAXINE Cafe. $$. Bistro Maxine is a bright, friendly little spot, a coffee shop and creperie rolled into one. If you’re lucky, you’ll snag one of the five indoor or two outdoor tables while perusing the long but straightforward menu. 8am-2pm 6-10pm Tue-Fri, 9am-4pm Sun. 548 Ramona St. 650.323.1815. BUCA DI BEPPO Nondesigner Italian-American. $$. Like a Sicilian Christmas carnival in the ’50s, this party spot blends clutter, joy, high spirits and, oh yes, huge portions. 11am-10pm Sun-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat. 643 Emerson St. 650.329.0665.

CAFE BRIOCHE Southern French. $$. Mediterranean magic: exceptional cuisine on oversize plates is whisked to tables as soon as it’s created. Breakfast 9-11am, lunch 11am3pm, dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Fri; brunch 9am-3pm, dinner 5:30-10pm Sat-Sun. 445 California Ave. 650.326.8640.

CAFFE RIACE Trattoria. $$. An absolute joy. Every dish is made

EMPIRE GRILL & TAP ROOM California grill. $$. Waiters with charm to spare, an energetic clientele and a menu packed with grilled, roasted and smoked intensity make Empire Grill much more than simply a smart place to sip a cosmopolitan. Full bar. Tue-Sun 11:30am-10pm. 651 Emerson St. 650.321.3030.

EVVIA Contemporary Aegean. $$$. Forward flavors and plenty of laughter—that’s Dionysian dining. Evvia feels like a little taverna on Paros, only with an unmistakable Bay Area sophistication. Full bar. 420 Emerson St. 650.326.0983.

FUKI SUSHI Japanese. $$$. For over two decades this superb Japanese restaurant has served sushi to Nobel laureates and other grateful foodies. Open daily. 4119 El Camino Real. 11:30am-10pm Tue-Sun. 650.494.9383. www. fukisushi.com.

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GREEN ELEPHANT GOURMET Burmese. $$. Burmese food draws influences from its three largest neighbors: China, India and Thailand. Standouts here include the coconut chicken soup, tangy tea leaf salad and refreshing glass noodle salad. Lunch 11am2:30pm, dinner 4:30-9pm daily. 3950 Middlefield Rd (Charleston Shopping Center). 650.494.7391.

GYROS GYROS Mediterranean. $. The lunch crowd turns out in force to grapple with the oversize, and messy, lamb and beef gyros, chicken gyros and other treats. That’s especially true on sunny afternoons, when the sidewalk tables fill with folks downing the juicy sandwiches. 11am-11pm daily. 498 University Ave. 650.327.0107.

LA BODEGUITA DEL MEDIO Cuban/California. $$$. Themed after a vintage Havana haunt of Ernest Hemingway’s, this zesty restaurant serves lively Cubaninfluenced cuisine along with liquid staples like rum and mojitos in a handsome, casual atmosphere. Full bar. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 5:3010pm Fri-Sat. 463 S.California Ave. 650.326.7762.

LAVANDA Mediterranean. $$$. This urban grill at the top of University Avenue offers eclectic, small tasting plates, along with heartier fare such as roasted sea bass with chanterelle mushrooms and guinea fowl with sautéed chard. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Sun, 5-10pm Mon-Thu, 5-11pm Fri-Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 185 University (at Emerson). 650.321.3514. MANTRA French, American and Indian. $$$. Mantra serves inventive French and American food that speaks with an Indian accent. It isn’t fusion, but a more subtle blend of surprisingly compatible flavors and techniques. Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Tue-Fri, dinner 5-10pm Sun-Thu and 5:30-10:30pm Fri-Sat. 632-636 Emerson St. 650.322.3500. MAYFIELD BAKERY AND CAFE American. $$$. With its simple but handsome décor, open kitchen fronted by a long

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OSTERIA Italian. $$. Authentic Italian cooking done by skilled chefs from Italy. Be sure to make a reservation, or you’ll be lucky to put a single foot through the door. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri, 5-10pm Mon-Sat. 247 Hamilton St. 650.328.5700.

PAMPAS Brazilian steakhouse. $$$. Pampas is a meat lover’s haven. The $44 rodizio service gets you unlimited spitroasted meat. The sprawling side bar offers one of the most extensive selections of vegetarian options you’ll find in a nonvegetarian restaurant. Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 5-10:30pm Fri-Sat and 5-9pm Sun. 529 Alma St. 650.327.1323.

QUATTRO RESTAURANT AND BAR Italian. $$$$. Quattro Restaurant and Bar brings high-style, impeccably sourced Italian cuisine to the South Bay, an area that has about as many great Italian restaurants as it does snow days. Breakfast 6:30-11am Mon-Sun, lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Sat and dinner 5:30-10pm MonSun. 2050 University Ave. 650.470.2889.

REPOSADO Mexican. $$$. Reposado offers modern, refined Mexican food served in a lively setting. The restaurant is easily one of Palo Alto’s most striking. The soaring, exposed beam ceilings make the dining room feel at once industrial

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and inviting because of the warm colors, wood accents and dramatic light fixtures. There’s a beautiful bar and cozy booth seating on one side and spacious table and banquette seating on the other. Great selection of tequila. 11:30am10pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat and 11:30am-9pm Sun. 236 Hamilton Ave. 650.833.3151.

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New American. $$$$. A mouthwatering menu and an elegant, golden-hued room shine together at Soleil, upstairs in the Westin Palo Alto. Local ingredients and provocative sauces create dishes worthy of the wine list. Breakfast 6am-11am, Dinner 5-10:30pm. 675 El Camino Real. 650.321.4422.

Vietnamese. $$$. Much of the menu is familiar, but the food at Three Seasons scores because of its superior execution and light touch. A cool, two-level dining room dominated by a striking circular stained-glass ceiling and an ornate wooden bar that serves great cocktails help set Three Seasons apart, too. Lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5:30-10pm Sun-Thu and 5:30-11pm Fri-Sat. 518 Bryant St. 650.838.0353.

ST. MICHAEL’S ALLEY New California. $$$. Reservations are a must at this smart bistro, whose menu includes inventive potato, meat and seafood dishes that tilt toward New American cookery. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5:309:30pm Tue-Sat; brunch 10am2pm Sat-Sun. 806 Emerson St. 650.326.2530.

TRADER VIC’S PolynesianAmerican. $$$. A jungle gym of tiki gods—but a classy jungle. Sip a mai tai in the lounge before embarking on a dinner trip from pork spareribs to boat-fresh seared suki tuna to a Calcutta curry. 4-6pm daily happy hour. Dinner at 5pm Mon-Sat and 4:30 Sun. 4261 El Camino Real. 650.849.9800.

SHOKOLAAT. Modern

VERO Italian. $$. Vero aims

European. $$. Shokolaat’s open kitchen and pastry display counter are as gleaming and clean as a laboratory, a fitting setting for the restaurant’s technically precise, modern European cooking. Counter open 8am-9pm (to-go only 4-9pm); lunch 11:30am-2pm Tue-Sun, dinner 5:30-10:30pm Tue-Sun. 516 University Ave. 650.289.0719.

to offer truly authentic Italian food. The Palo Alto restaurant has had to make a few nods to American tastes but it mainly succeeds with its simple but satisfying food that’s a refreshing break from the same old pasta and pizza. 11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5:3010pm Mon-Sat. 530 Bryant St. 650.325.8376.

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SPALTI RISTORANTE Italian. $$. Along with a handsome interior, Spalti offers good wine and sparkling flavors. Beer, wine. 11am-2pm MonFri, 5-9:30pm Mon-Sun. 417 California Ave. 650.327.9390.

STRAITS CAFE Singapore exotica. $$. Blending culinary motifs from India, China and Thailand, the food of Singapore is anything but timid. The menu at Straits is lavish and diverse. Full bar. 11:30-2pm Mon-Fri, 5:30-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 3295 El Camino Real. 650.494.7168.

TAMARINE New Vietnamese. $$$. A mesmerizing back

VINO LOCALE Italian bistro. $$. This restaurant focuses on locally produced Santa Cruz Mountains wines and small plates of food sourced from local purveyors and growers. On Thursdays, if you can guess all the varietals in your flight of wine, it’s free. 11am-9pm daily. 431 Kipling St. 650.328.0450.

ZIBIBBO Mediterranean. $$$. This eye-popping remodel by the chef-partners of Restaurant LuLu in S.F. offers wood-fired favorites, pastas, risotto and more. Full bar. 11:30am-10pm Mon-Fri, noon-10pm Sat; daily happy hour 4-6pm. 430 Kipling St. 650.328.6722.

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Blank Club, San Jose Wed – 9pm; free

Rodeo Club, San Jose Thu – 8pm; $10/$15

After a decade on the scene, and finally getting their record out, Campbell’s Mary Axe are calling it quits with this show. It’s the end of an era, and of a sound that swings from melodic and soft to loud and booming, and reflects the tastes of all three members: drummer Josh Joesten comes from a metal background, but is also a huge Mudhoney fan; his brother, Dan (on bass and vocals), loves Guns ’N’ Roses; guitarist-vocalist Alex Pansoy is heavily influenced by Smashing Pumpkins. Goodnight, Axe men. (BD)

He’s not even old enough to drink yet, but Hunter Hayes has been in show business for over 15 years. How is that possible? Well, at age 4, the Louisanaborn singer/songwriter was performing on Rosie O’Donnell’s show, Nickelodeon and other TV gigs. At 13, he appeared on the short-lived America’s Most Talented Kid, which was one of those shows it seems downright unhealthy to let your child perform on— ’cause, you know, he might turn out to be a Nashville star with a single in the country Top 20. For multi-instrumentalist Hayes (who

started on accordion at age 2), that was “Storm Warning,” off his self-titled major label debut from last year—which is actually his fourth album, having released his first, like any good fourth-grader, when he was 9. (SP)

PINE AND BATTERY South First Billiards, San Jose Thu – 9pm; free The ’90s revival is well on its way to kicking the ’80s revival out on its ass, and San Francisco’s Pine and Battery are doing their part. Founded in 2005, they sound like it had to have been a full 10 years before, with no end of melodic guitar lines and angsty yet smooth vocals that defined alternapop. They say they’re more inspired by ’70s rock, but then, that’s what a

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and humor (all the way to crossdressing stepsisters). Especially intriguing is the appearance on Friday and Saturday night of Sascha Radetsky, one of the bigger names to appear with the ballet. A Santa Cruz product, Radetsky studied with both the Bolshoi and the Kirov companies, eventually joining American Ballet Theatre. He is also matinee-idol famous for his performance in the movie Center Stage. (MSG)

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Blackout, an evening of surreal, hard-hitting dance-club music. There’s a bit of everything in there—Top 40, hip-hop, mashups, trance, dubstep and house, but it’s all mixed together in a neverslow-down kind of way. It’s the perfect mix to tip back a few red bull and vodkas and forget about your big time Silicon Valley problems for a couple hours. It’s a casual dress code too, so no need to waste a couple hours getting ready. (AC)

IFP8CKP Studio 8, San Jose Saturday – 9pm; free It’s that time of year again—Cinco de Mayo. Instead of getting drunk and firing off a couple rounds at home, come to San Jose’s hottest dance club, Studio 8, and spend

the night with your boy, Royalty. His mixture of hip-hop, old school R&B and Latin dance music has been racking up hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. Royalty is a promising young actor also. Other than his own videos, he’s starred in local filmmaker Shawn Flanagan’s recent film, Consequences of Violence. (AC)

G?<EFD<E8LKJ X Bar, Cupertino Sat – 8pm; $8 Visiting from “the Earth’s capital” (a.k.a. Oakland), the Phenomenauts are here on a mission to spread the ideals of science and honor through the transmission of “rocket roll.” Clad in space-punk-inspired garb, the crew is known for lively shows animated by a space-hero

gimmick—think the Aquabats of a galaxy far, far away. The band, which first gained notoriety in 2003 by sneaking onto the Warped Tour, plays songs that further its quest, such as “Particle Accelerator” and “Make a Circuit with Me.” With songs like those, maybe they’ll even be able to trick you into learning something. (SM)

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alternative metal tunes in their garage, still in high school. By the time they’d recorded their first record in 2003, the boom had busted. That didn’t stop Smile Empty Soul from pushing forward and releasing six albums, so far, getting bigger with each release. Sure, their sound is dated—there’s metal and emo with a underlying hip-hop groove and a layer of Sunset Strip vocal harmonies. You have to give them credit, though, for coming up while playing a dying genre and finding success and longevity along the way. (AC)

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Opening Reception: More Force Than Judgement debut solo exhibition of San Jose artist Poesia. A new body of work focused on paintings inspired by, or directly reappropriated from, old master works from the high renaissance through the baroque period. The body of work involves a revised version of old masters that are influenced by Poesiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history as a graffiti artist.

Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Reception: â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the Tableâ&#x20AC;? A juried exhibition of tableware made by members of the Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 28 place settings in a spectacular banquet table display! From functional & funky to self-basting chickens and dainty dragon dinersâ&#x20AC;Ś truly something for every table.

Stop by MACLA for an exciting evening of art. In MACLAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gallery: Latino Art Now: MACLAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 14th Annual Art Auction and Exhibition. Image: Samuel Rodriquez, Multi Eye gouache, ink and gesso, 2012

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery

520 So. First Street

577 So. Market Street

The 4th Annual May Day Market will be held May 4â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6 at the Museum. This Market is a sale of all kinds of donated goods to benefit the Museum: fabric, ethnic textiles, notions, stylish vintage clothing, and amazing quilts.

The end of the school year is close and the SLG Art Boutiki, ever the communitty oriented group of profiteers, will be turning its wall space over to downtown San Joseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only all-girl's school as Notre Dame High School presents the best of photography, painting, ceramics and drawings by their top students. Plus art from SLG Publishing Artists. Live music by Quasimodal.

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Outlast explores the milestones in woman's lives through aspects of body image and self esteem as affected by pregnancy, parenthood, and aging. Inherent in these transitions is the rivalry of biology against serenity and the ensuing pitfalls of insecurity and guilt. To outlast is to overcome, and to offer a heritage beyond the confines of self.

The People-Powered Art Exhibition is bringing bikes, walkers, skaters, and other human-fueled transportation to Art Ark Gallery from 6-9pm. Join host Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition and musical guest The Joy Drops as we celebrate the beauty of an active world.

KALEID presents RoboShop a collection of artistic endeavors celebrating all things robot by featured artists: Christine Benjamin, Mark Damrel, Donny Foley, Michael Foley, Emo Gonzales, Kori Thompson and JoAnne Yada.

Image: Joaquin Barreto, Book2, photograph

Art work by Mark Damrel

Image: The World Through My Eyes by Theresa Because

Phantom Galleries 95 So. Market Street San Jose Jazz at Eulipia 374 So. First Street CaffĂŠ Frascati 315 So. First Street Downtown Yoga Shala 450 So. First Street Good Karma Vegan CafĂŠ 37 So. First Street Metro Photo Exhibit 550 So. First Street Pho69 Restaurant 321 So. First Street Psycho Donuts 288 So. Second Street South First Billiards 420 So. First Street TechShop San Jose 300 So. Second Street

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On her way out, she encounters the ďŹ rst African American characterâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a homeless man who implores her to smile. She ignores him and ducks into traffic. More than once during the show,

one wonders if honesty is the best policy. Unofficially billed as television veritĂŠ, Girls might itself be an obfuscation of an uncomfortable but oft-stated truthâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that the most liberal society in the world is a more lonely and insular place than previously imagined, and if weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re handicapped by this awareness, at the very least we are aware. And perhaps we should give ourselves a little credit for noticing. Girls purports to deal with reality as deďŹ ned by four female twentysomethings, struggling to iron out the kinks of New York City life. If that sounds familiar, Dunham both absorbs and cleverly sidesteps the inevitable Sex and the City ambit, where real hardship seemed only a proletarian phenomenon. Firstly, nobody in Girls is living the high life, comparatively speaking (although they do manage to pay rent in one of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most expensive cities).

Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda might have been despicable materialists, but they wanted to be liked. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case with Hannah, Jessa (Jemima Kirke), Marnie (Allison Williams) and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet). The girls of Girls donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t aspire to that, though they are taken with grandiose notions of their own self-worth, which come from the relatively bohemian upbringings of the performers, whose real lives are mirrored in the show. Dunhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother is former Guggenheim Fellow artist Laurie Simmons, while Kirkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father was the drummer for Bad Company. Williams is the daughter of lanternjawed newscaster Brian Williams, and Mamet is the progeny of playwright and ďŹ lmmaker David Mamet. Naturally, there have been accusations of nepotism. Did that help them? Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure. But that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make their story any less interesting. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say more so. The other differences between Sex and the City and Girls are staggering. The forever misty-eyed and mysteriously ďŹ nanced Carrie has no equivalency with Dunhamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hannah, who grovels for love, support and acceptance without an iota of selfrespect.

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Hannah has bad, emotionally detached sex with a patronizing neanderthal, who turns out to be unsuited for the physical act his brutishness would otherwise betray. Making witty banter at the end of a job interview, Hannah tries too hard to be likable and then gets high on the fantasy of her own likability, making an ill-timed rape joke that costs her the job, which begs the question, When is the right time for a rape joke? Survey says never. In Hannahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world, it is difficult to take anything seriouslyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;starting with yourself. Girls naturally focuses on boys, too, which is interesting when the showâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s executive producer is Judd Apatow, impresario of the bromantic comedy. Taking revenge for years of poorly written female characters, the men on this show are uniformly bad. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sweet but emasculated Charlie (Christopher Abbott), who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get it through his head that if he just treated his girlfriend Marnie a little worse, she might respect him. At the other end of the spectrum thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Adam (Adam Sackler), who entertains a â&#x20AC;&#x153;platterâ&#x20AC;? of sexual fantasies that include raping an 11-year-old heroin addict, Cabbage Patch Kids and not using protection. Looking back on Sex and the City, which ended well before the whisper of the Great Recession, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in awe of the way HBO managed to spin a grotesquely empowered and conďŹ dently capitalist version of feminism on a pair of $2,000 heels. Theirs was an impossible world in which women were desirous of very little, too busy ďŹ guratively and literally acquiring everything in sight. Girls, however, doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a feminist agenda. The show is apolitical. It has no responsibility except to tell the truth, as its writers see ďŹ t. And yet there are those who demand it do more, and the discussion turns crankyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;look over here, adultsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; behold our cultural cancer. The navel-gazing youth, sheltered and stuck in a state of arrested developmentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;histrionic at its worst, liberating and relatable at best. Isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that meaningful? But to those seeking the antidote to whatever plagues this generation, prepare for disappointment. Still thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a more cogent observation making the roundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is Brooklyn this white? It seems hard to

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*0 believe, in light of age and geography, that a New York City sitcom would be without a strong black or Latina or Asian or Middle Eastern character. Or even just a diluted one. But then popular shows like How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls or Two and a Half Men also lack threedimensional minority characters and have escaped this kind of scrutiny. I suppose that is because we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect much from network shows, which arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t very good, and so unworthy of this kind of â&#x20AC;&#x153;radicalism.â&#x20AC;?

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BALLET SAN JOSE The classic story ballet “Cinderella.” Fri, 8pm, Sat, 1:30 and 8pm, Sun, 1:30pm. $30$100. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts.

D. ZAMBRANO’S SOUL PROJECT A Stanford Lively Arts presentation. Thu, noon and 6pm. Free. Cantor Arts Center, Stanford.

Opera OPERA SAN JOSE The company presents Gounod’s version of “Faust.” May 4, 8pm, May 6 at 3pm. $51-$101. California Theatre, San Jose.

Theater ANNIE The popular musical is presented by Palo Alto Players. Runs thru May 13. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $23-$32. Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto.

AVENUE Q Children’s Musical Theater Mainstage presents the school edition of the popular musical with irreverent puppets. May 4-13. This week Fri, 7pm, Sat, 2 and 7pm, Sun, 1 and 8pm. $16-$23. Montgomery Theater, San Jose.

THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR A version of Gogol’s tale adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and mounted by Bus Barn Stage Company. Runs thru May 5. Wed, 7:30pm, ThuSat, 8pm. $24-$32. Bus Barn Theater, Los Altos.

FRANKIE AND JOHNNY IN THE CLAIR DE LUNE A Manhattan romance by Terrence McNally. Runs thru May 6. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 3pm. $15/$20. Northside Theatre, San Jose.

Staged readings of brandnew plays-in-progress. “Don’t Be Evil” May 5. “Intelligent Men Ask for Directions” May 6. “Astonishment” May 4. Evenings at 8pm, Sunday matinees at 2pm. $10. Dragon Theatre, Palo Alto.

THANKS FOR PLAYING THE THE GAME SHOW SHOW A new musical comedy about the golden era of TV game shows. Runs May 4-Jun 3. FriSat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $24-$44. The Retro Dome, San Jose.

SLORKTASTIC CHAMBER MUSIC The Stanford Laptop Orchestra performs new works with laptops and iPads. Thu, 8pm. Free. CCRMA Stage, the Knoll, Stanford.

STANFORD TAIKO A performance to celebrate 20 years of the drum ensemble. Sat, 8pm. $5/$10. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford.

Comedy ROOSTER T. FEATHERS

Classical Concerts

Wed, 8pm: New Talent Showcase. $15. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Sheng Wang. $13/$19. Sunnyvale.

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A choral concert with SJSU Chamber Singers and Women’s Chorus, and the West Valley College Chamber Singers. Fri, 7:30pm. $10$25. Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph, San Jose.

Wed, 8pm: American Me. Thu, 8pm: Cinco de Mayo Comedy Jam. Fri, 8: Thai Rivera. Sun, 7pm: Hollywood Underground. Tue, 8pm: Special event, StandUP Smiles for Kids. San Jose.

MASTER SINFONIA The program features Beethoven’s Overture to “The Creatures of Prometheus” and Symphony no. 3. Sun, 2:30pm. $16-$20. Los Altos United Methodist Church.

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The group will perform Gershwin’s “Summertime” and other show-tune selections. Fri, 8pm. $8-$15. Smith Center, Ohlone College, Fremont.

“De Anza Student Art Show.” May 8-Jun 14. Mon-Thu, 10am-3pm. De Anza College, Cupertino.

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A concert of organ works by Buxtehude and others. Wed, 8pm. Free. Memorial Church, Stanford.

“Light Works.” Two minimalist installations by Dan Flavin and Robert Irwin. Thru Jul 8. “Wood, Metal, Paint: Sculpture from the Fisher Collection.” Thru Oct 13. “Memory and Markets: Pueblo Painting in the Early 20th Century.” Thru May 27. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Stanford.

SJ CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY The Amelia Piano Trio performs Beethoven Piano Trios. Fri, 8pm. $27-$42. Le Petit Trianon, San Jose.

SAN JOSE WIND SYMPHONY Jim Walker joins the orchestra for “Flutes, Flicks and Fantasies,” with selections of solo flute works and music made for the movies. Sun, 3pm. McAfee Center. $5-$20. Saratoga.

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CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM Activities and hands-on fun for kids. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun, noon-5pm. Discovery Meadow, San Jose.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM “Chain Reaction: Artists

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SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Mexicanismo through Artists’ Eyes.” Thru Sep 23. “Frank Lobdell: Wonderland.” Thru Aug 5. “Renegade Humor.” Thru Jul 8. Tue-Sun, 11am5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

GOOD KARMA CAFE “I Can’t Go On; I’ll Go On.” Works by Jehoiakim Santos. Thru May 26. Reception Friday. San Jose.

HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE “For the Table.” An exhibit of tableware by members of Orchard Valley Ceramic Arts Guild. May 4-29. San Jose.

“Roberta Loach.” A selection of pieces by the painter, printmaker and writer. Thru Jul 8. Reception May 18, 7pm. Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.

Galleries OPENING ANNO DOMINI “More Force Than Judgement.” Solo exhibit by POESIA, with paintings inspired by Old Master works. May 4-Jun 16. Reception for South First Friday. San Jose.

ART ARK GALLERY “People-Powered Art Exhibition.” The show features human-powered transportation. May 4-26. Reception for South First Firday with SV Bicycle Coalition and the Joy Drops, San Jose.

DOWNTOWN YOGA SHALA “Made in Nature.” Photographs by Nadia Nasiri. May 4-26. Reception for South First Friday. San Jose.

EULIPIA For South First Friday, a performance by Dana Leong, sponsored by San Jose Jazz. San Jose.

THE GALLERY Works by Martine Jardel and Thierry Rosset. May 3-Jun 10. Reception Thu, 6-8pm. Fibre Arts Design Studio, Palo Alto.

by Illustrator, artist and filmmaker Katie Bush. Runs thru fall. Campbell.

MACLA “Latino Art Now,” an exhibit of current works leading to the annual art auction on May 19. Wed-Thu, noon-7pm, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

PHO69 KALEID GALLERY “RoboShop.” May 4-25. Reception for South First Friday. San Jose.

MACLA Reception for South First Friday. Wed-Thu, noon-7pm, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

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Works by Thoughtlesshero with street pictures using film and digital media. Reception Friday. San Jose.

PHANTOM GALLERIES Digitally themed works in window fronts. 95 S. Market St, San Jose.

SILICON VALLEY OPENS STUDIOS An annual multiweekend event allows people to visit the studios of artists working throughout Silicon Valley. Weekend One covers Palo Alto, Mountain View, Santa Clara, Stanford and Sunnyvale. See www.svos.org for details.

SLG BOUTIKI Group show by students at Notre Dame High School. May 4-26. Reception Friday with Quasimodal. San Jose.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS “Diversity in Art.” Works from artists around the bay. May 426. Reception Fri with Reyes, CK1, Cyrus, D. Doherty and more. San Jose.

WORKS SAN JOSE “Outlast.” A group show exploring positive identities through change. Thru end of May. Reception Friday. San Jose.

CONTINUING ANNO DOMINI “The California State Institution,” a solo show by English artist Vermin. Thru May 19. San Jose.

FAUX SALON Large-scale digital art pieces

“A World of Colors and Whim,” by Florence de Bretagne. Thru May 25. San Jose.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “The Office.” Thru Jun 2. “Younhee Paik: Ascending River.” Thru May 12. “4x4.” Videos in the Cardinale Project Room. Thru Jun 14. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

THOMPSON GALLERY “Polka Dot Plateau.” Sculptures made from ceramic coils by Dean Finneran. Runs thru May 18. Art Building, SJSU.

*books MARTIN AMIS

For the Lane Lecture Series, the British novelist gives a reading. Mon, 8pm. Free. Knight Management Center, Stanford.

PHILIP E. AUERSWALD A booksigning with the author of “The Coming Prosperity.” Thu, 7pm. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

LEONARD MLODINOW The author of “Subliminal” talks about the unconscious mind. Thu, 7pm. $7-$20. Schultz Hall, Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto.

RORY O’CONNOR The author of “Friends, Followers and the Future” about social media signs copies of his book. Thu, 7pm. Books Inc., Mountain View.

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MOMMY AND ME ON THE ROW The family series begins

Celebrating Comic Books

EVENT

IN THE POPULAR stereotype, comic-book-store owners are shaped like Santa Claus. On the first Saturday of May, they act like him, too. Free Comic Book Day (May 5 this year) is a worldwide promotion that began in the Diablo Valley. Thousands of direct-sales comic-book stores distribute free issues from a variety of publishers. Illusive Comics (2725 El Camino Real) is Santa Clara’s only comics shop. Moreover, the story carries more comics than any shop in the South Bay, according to Diamond Comic Distributors. Free Comic Book Day is as important on Illusive’s calendar, as it is for some of the other South Bay gaming and comic shops: Hijinx and Space Cat in San Jose, Heroes in Campbell, Lee’s Comics in Mountain View and Legends in Cupertino. Illusive (“of an illusion”) will also be organizing the gaming tables at the upcoming Big Wow Comic Fest May 19–20, San Jose’s annual mass gathering of fantasy fans. Only 4 percent of the owners of the world’s comic book stores are women. Illusive’s owner, Anna Warren Cebrian, is part of that tiny segment. Her Illusive Press was a publisher of the now on-hiatus Dorothy, a CG-treated fumetti (the familiar style used in Mexican fotonovelas) about a modern Dorothy of Oz. She also =i\\ :fd`Z published the since-canceled Tony Loco, concerning a 9ffb ;Xp modern-day Don Quixote. May 5 at local stores Cebrian tells me, “I have an MBA. I didn’t come into this business from the perspective of being a big geek or a fan. I started publishing in 2004 and learned from the publishers’ point of view. I got to meet really friendly retailers by getting my comics in stores and by attending conventions, from here to Chicago.” One of the retailers Cebrian met was the previous owner of the 25-year-old direct-sales shop Brian’s Books. She bought the business in 2007, not knowing the recession would last this long. “Our store is growing like mad,” she says, “with board and card games like Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft, Flux, Penny Arcade.” Despite Illusive’s large customer base in fantasy gaming, the comics end is still strong. “Everything from the DC relaunch is selling well,” Cebrian says. She’s referring to DC’s drastic reboot of last year, which canceled all existing titles and started from square one. In June, the prequel series Before Watchmen will be released, whether Alan Moore likes it or not. “And Avengers vs. X-Men is selling like ridiculous hotcakes,” she adds. Every kind of person reads comics, from Japanese physicists to pale post-graduates, but the numbers indicate the stereotype of the thirtysomething male fan has a basis in fact. Cebrian notes that the majority of comic book readers today aren’t even children. According to the Nielsen survey, the comic-book audience is primarily Caucasian males from ages 20 to 40. Free Comic Book Day aims to open up the market. Cebrian finishes, “We get all races here, and I’m really happy when we get women in here. We do what we can to promote comics to all ages.” —Richard von Busack

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Santa Cruz funk sensations Funkranomicon and the Inciters join Little John the DJ for an art reception with Samantha Sage and performance of Balinesefunk–fusion dance by Annika Johnson. Either wear a costume or have someone put one on you. (it’s that kind of party.) Friday, May 4, 8pm–2am at Divinitree Yoga, 1043 Water St., Santa Cruz. $15 at the door or $10

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An annual tradition since 1987, this year’s lineup includes Harmony Grits, the amazing Abbott Brothers Band (pictured), Earthquake Country and Bean Creek, which will be playing songs from its new CD. Saturday, May 5, noon–5pm, San Lorenzo Park in Santa Cruz. Free.

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SKA DE MAYO Monkey headlines a Cinco de Mayo party at the Blank Club.

Cinco de Mayo SHOWS

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Featuring Kabir “Kabeezy” Singh, Shawn Dizzle, Ric James, Joe Corio and more. Thu, 8pm, $12. Improv, San Jose.

Not to be outdone, the club celebrates for three full days with DJs Che, Benofficial, Remedy, Otrebor and Rubenr, plus music by Son de Kali and Orquesta Saboricua. Thu-Sat. San Jose.

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MACHINE AGE Michael Foley’s metal sculpture ‘X’ shows as part of an exhibit devoted to robotica at Kaleid Gallery for this month’s South First Friday art walk. The event features openings, receptions and events on and near San Jose’s SoFA District, including a performance by cellist and trombonist Dana Leong and her trio at Eulipia Restaurant and Quasimodal at SLG Art Boutiki.

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An arts and crafts fair with food

and drink booths and live music. Sat-Sun, 10am-6pm. Free. Downtown Mountain View.

FROM BRAIN TO BRONZE A demonstration about the art of casting sculptures in bronze. Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm. Gallery House, Palo Alto.

MAY DAY MARKET A sale of donated goods such as textiles, vintage clothing

and textiles to benefit the museum. Fri, 10am-5pm, 711pm, Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun, 10am-3pm. San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.

SAN JOSE FARMERS MARKET A weekly event with fresh produce and special events. Fri, 10am-2pm. San Pedro Square, San Jose.

A Cinco de Mayo show for the Los Gatos Vespa Club. Also stars the Bang, Champions, Inc. and DJ Derek See. Sat, 9pm, $8. The Blank Club, San Jose.

COURT’S LOUNGE

PURO BANDIDO AND LOS COCHINOS

EL JARDIN

Latin rock for the holiday. Sat, 8pm, $12/$14; Club Fox, Redwood City.

SAUVECITO

The Mexican restaurant offers food booths, games and live music for the holiday. Performers include Mariachi Tapatio and Son de Kali. Sat, 11am-midnight. Santana Row.

With Richard Bean and Sapo. Sun, 5pm, $10/$15. Liquid, San Jose.

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Two days with drink specials, featuring a DJ on Fri and a band on Sat and prizes. Santa Clara.

Live music for fiesta Mexicana, as well as happy hour specials and a special bistro menu. Sat. Muchos Taqueria, downtown San Jose.

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The party runs all day with a taco bar and beer deals, plus the traditional darts tournament. Sat. Campbell.

Margaritas, giveaways and a DJ. Fri-Sat. Pedro’s Restaurant, Los Gatos.

PURE LOUNGE A LA CARTE AND ART This year’s street fair has a Cinco de Mayo theme and includes a performance by the mariachi band Trio Estrella de Oro. Sat-Sun, 10am-6pm. Castro Street, Mountain View.

CONVERSATION WITH JAVIER SICILIA VivaFest and others sponsor a talk by the social-justice activist and author from Mexico. Ruben Navarette will also appear. Fri, 7:30pm. Morris Dailey Auditorium, SJSU.

A party with David Q and Adam Cova. Sat, 9:30pm. Sunnyvale.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS A Cinco de Mayo party with music and comedy. Sat. San Jose.

STUDIO8 A pre-party on Thu with DJ Leon King. Sat features Royalty. San Jose.

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horned god Loki (Tom Hiddleston), ready to rule the puny humans. They used to have a disease called “green sickness,” and Loki seems to thrive on it. The force of envy is dyeing his too-moist skin. Fury’s fallback is an invisible flying aircraft carrier vaster than Japan’s much-vaunted space battleship Yamamoto. The spymaster assembles a team to protect Earth from Loki’s army of space orcs and half-mile-long mechanical dragons. As in the Marvel comics, these heroes are type-A personalities. They don’t mix. Robert Downey, Jr.’s Tony Stark devilishly jabs Mark Ruffalo’s Bruce Banner/Hulk hard in the side; he wants to see what Banner calls “my party trick.” Ruffalo responds with that “Oh-no-you-don’t” face that a movie star flashes when he’s

asked an improper question on a talk show. Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow is a commando who depends on being underestimated. Here is noble Captain America (Chris Hedges), who has the sadness that comes from being frozen in an iceberg for 65 years. We watch his face light up at the one piece of slang he recognizes from the old days. Of Asgardians: “They’re basically gods.” And Chris Hemsworth’s Thor possesses that Valhalla heartiness— the pleasure in testing his strength against something as huge as the Hulk. Fairytale deliciousness abides in the moment where the green monster learns he can’t budge the hammer Mjolnir. Banner’s slightly artificial too-niceness is the other side of the creature. He’s been to India, presumably to learn to control himself. He’s third-worldly. You expect him to make the palmstogether wai gesture when he’s recognized as a celebrity. Lastly, our own age’s Errol Flynn, Stark, the famous Iron Man—his helmet an art-deco abstraction

from a Clint Eastwood death mask. Only mad action can calm Stark’s twitchy nerves. Downey’s register of a final dropped cell-phone call to Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow) is more affecting than those missed messages in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Why are these crap superhero movies Paltrow’s best work? Films like The Avengers give us the smooth pleasure of the calibrated machines, stripping the armor from Stark as he walks into his living room. This would be mechanical boredom without the quaver of fright in Stark’s voice as he faces the evil demigod. Similar gallantry exists in the film’s puniest human: the joke bureaucrat Coulson (Clark Gregg). His fanboynervous encounter with Captain America becomes a moment of defiance of Loki: “You’ll lose. It’s your nature. You lack conviction.” This sc scene, showing the good you get o out of being a geek, is what Whedon does best. Unlike many of Stan Lee’ Lee’s gags, Whedon’s are fast and witty: witty the bow-carrying Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) being called “Legolas, “Legolas,” or the word “cellist” as a putdown putdown-free euphemism for “gay.” Whedo Whedon is a celebrator, not a debunke debunker. Like the comic-book writer Alan Moore, he is interested in the way such unusual beings would put on their costumes one leg at a time. The quantity of action in The Avengers starts to dilute the quality. The finale is a gamer-fest of alien upon alien upon alien emerging from the space vortex. Of course, you don’t use the Avengers just to foil a bank robbery ... but still. However, it was the first time since Sept. 11 that I saw Manhattan attacked and didn’t necessarily think of Sept. 11. The terrific animation kept the fantasy at a high scale. Skyscrapers seem to fulfill their architectural destiny to explode into glass fireworks. It’s weirdly less decadent than it sounds, since our primary-colored champions are there, trying to prevent it all.

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HEADHUNTERS (R; 100 min.) Headhunters is a Norwegian thriller that set a record in its home country with the second-best opening weekend in Norwegian film history. The phrase “Norwegian film history” is not one uttered often stateside, but the film is a fine mix of dark comedy (think “Coen Brothers”) and brute thrill. The film follows a headhunter who lives a double-life as an art thief to pay for the lavish life his wife demands (though she’d sooner settle for a baby). In an attempt to hit payday, he risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary. (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.)

THE MANZANAR FISHING CLUB (NR; 74 min.) The internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII has been heavily covered, but this feature-length documentary tells the tale using a unique perspective: through the eyes of those who defied the armed guards, barbed wire and searchlights to fish for trout in Eastern Sierras’ surrounding waters. The film pairs the socio-political backdrop of the camps with the noble bravery of the Manzanar fishermen, who exercised their rights on the grounds in this untold story. (Opens Fri at the Aquarius in Palo Alto.)

Revivals A GIRL IN EVERY PORT/ FIG LEAVES (1928/1926) Victor McLaughlin and Robert Armstrong are sailors on an around the world cargo run. BILLED WITH Fig Leaves, George O’Brien and Olive Borden are Adam and Eve Smith, who quarrel over the matter of clothes, just as Adam and Eve once did in the Garden of Eden (with dinosaurs looking on). A two-strip Technicolor sequence highlights a fashion show. Dennis James at the organ. (Plays May 2 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

HEIDI/THE LITTLE PRINCESS (1937/1939) Shirley Temple double bill: as a Swiss orphan kidnapped and nearly sold to the Gypsies and as a British girl scorned at her boarding school. The kind of candle power that held up to long close-ups was just part of her skill as an actress. These all-around entertainments (who

knew Heidi concluded with a highspeed police chase?) gave the cynical a good place to rest. In Heidi they could sympathize with Jean Hersholt as the glowering old granddad, or enjoy Arthur Treacher as a butler in open rebellion. Treacher returns to show off significant music-hall chops in the Technicolor Princess. Eighty years later, Shirley Temple is still a mysterious phenomenon. Maybe it’s best if a child explains it. (Plays May 5-6 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

NILES FILM MUSEUM Regularly scheduled programs of silent films. May 5: Laughing at Danger (1924) with Richard Talmadge. Not one of the Talmadges, this stunt man–turned-director worked with Douglas Fairbanks and lasted long enough to coordinate stunts on Casino Royale (1967); this silent film is also an insane spy comedy. Plus “Perils of Pauline,” episode 7. Greg Pane at the piano. (Plays May 5 at 7:30pm in Fremont at the Edison Theatre.) (RvB)

ONLY ANGELS HAVE WINGS/ AIR FORCE (1939/1943) As in the case of Casablanca, the improbabilities only heighten the appeal of this drama of aviators in a bad racket: a group of Yanks hauling mailbags over the Andes in inadequate planes. People love the film, as well they might, considering Cary Grant is one of the dashing pilots, and Jean Arthur is the mostly drowned-out voice of sanity. Critic Manny Farber, not a fan, pinpointed the problem: “overpowering snobbery.” Noted critic David Thomson introduces the Saturday 7:30 show. BILLED WITH Air Force. The star of the show is a bomber, the “Mary Ann” a B-17 involved in action in the Pacific, crewed by the kind of mixed group of people aboard that gave the film world the expression “bomber crew.” Most interesting of the actors is John Garfield, on his way up, though his final act of heroism with a heavy .50 caliber machine gun had the troops guffawing. (Plays May 4-6 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

PAID TO LOVE/FAZIL (1927/1928) The plot sounds like Lubitsch’s The Smiling Lieutenant given a sex change: the Prince of San Savona (George O’Brien) needs help in the romance department, and a helpful American finds him a date in Paris. William Powell is the more successful Prince Eric. BILLED WITH Fazil. Essential to Howard Hawks’ method was finding a popular success and taking a different angle. Here an Arab prince (Frank Borzage

star Charles Farrell) is in a doomed romance with a European woman. Dennis James is at the Stanford’s Wurlitzer. (Plays May 3 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

TIGER SHARK/BARBARY COAST (1932) San Pedro fisherman Mike Mascarena (Edward G. Robinson) has a hook for a hand ever since he was bitten by a shark, but he hopes it won’t interfere with his courtship of an orphan (Zita Johnson). That’s when Mascarena’s best pal (Richard Arlen) enters the picture. BILLED WITH Barbary Coast. The model for TV’s Deadwood, set in ‘49er era San Francisco, a pre-noir town of fog and mud. Miriam Hopkins plays a woman who arrives to find her man dead and her money gone. Determined to stay—”San Francisco is no place for a bad loser”— Mary meets Louis Chamalis (Robinson), who runs the Bella Donna casino and saloon: “Do you like San Francisco? That’s good—I own it.” Then comes a virtuous buckskin-clad miner, James Carmichael (Joel McCrea): not a strong, silent type but a chatterbox, presenting Mary with a book of Shelley, filling her up full of talk about Greek myths. Water Brennan gets his first big role as “Old Atrocity,” an eye-patch wearing Charon who rows people into the harbor. Some claim to miss the personality of director Howard Hawks in this film, but the equilateralness of the triangle of hero, heroine and villain is Hawks all over. (Plays May 9-10 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

USED CARS (1980) Highly recommended. Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future etc.) directed and co-wrote this ingenious political satire disguised as a drive-in car-cruncher. Rudy (Kurt Russell), the John Edwards-ish sales manager at Arizona’s New Deal Used Cars, is trying to buy his way into the Democratic Party machine. His aged boss Luke Fuchs (Jack Warden) agrees to help him. Unfortunately, the land New Deal is on is coveted by Luke’s Nixonian twin Roy L. Fuchs (a leisure-suited Warden), the richer car dealer across the road. Murder, dirty tricks, crooked judges, hacked TV commercials, a brilliant beagle named Toby, President Jimmy Carter, and flagrant, gratuitous toplessness adorn this Cain and Abel parable, crowned with a fantastic cattle-drive of beat up jalopies through the desert. A film worthy of Preston Sturges, and in crying need of a cult. Tickets are free, even: “Take that, you ol’ High Prices, you!” (Plays May 3 at 7:30pm in Cubberley Auditorium at Stanford University in Palo Alto.) (RvB)

Reviews AMERICAN REUNION (R; 155 min.) The entire cast of the 1999 original is back, presumably in an attempt to make viewers face their mortality and realize that 13 years passes at a heinously alarming speed. The film follows the rambunctious hormone-heavy teens-turned-adults as they return to their hometown in time for their 13-year reunion (an anniversary that no high school on this or any other Earth actually celebrates). Fans of the original will be pleased to see the entire group reunited, and perhaps horrified at the cruel effects of father time on once young and restless faces. But the film’s brand of raunchy comedy and heartfelt honesty is sure to be fitting for fans, and appropriate for the nowolder audience that may find the first film’s more bawdy elements antiquated.

BULLY (PG-13; 99 min.) A small taste of the fag-baiting, shoulder-punching and pencil-stabbing that so many of America’s most interesting kids get on the way to adulthood. Lee Hirsch’s alarmist documentary pumps this up into an epidemic; it goes wide to include the suicides of children who were hurt this way. In Yazoo City a 14-year-old named Ja’Meya goes to juvenile hall because she flashed a pistol at her gang of tormentors. In Murray County, Ga., Tyler Lee Long killed

himself because of the pain he was undergoing. And in Grady County, Okla., Kelby, a brave young lesbian, is given a serious shunning. Focusing on the heartland seems to be a strategy to overcome the hard hearts an audience might have about the terrifying things that go on in the inner city schools. Hence the lazily focused freight trains, grain elevators and summery lawns; a lot of indie-film backwash. Yet Bully is moving, and makes you wish you could tell these persecuted children that a child is told a lot of lies in school, but “it gets better” is not one of them. (RvB)

THE CABIN IN THE WOODS (R; 95 min.) What could be more relaxing than a vacation in the woods for some pals: confident prom-king-type Curt (Chris Hemsworth); his girlfriend, Jules (Anna Hutchison); Dana (Kristen Connolly) as Our Surviving Virgin, and Holden (Jesse Williams) as hero material—not to snub the film’s true-North compass, the stoner Marty (Fran Kranz, using a lazy yet wise voice that sounds like folksinger Ramblin’ Jack Elliott). Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard’s send-up of slasher films is adroit. And in some ways it even seems a compare and contrast with The Hunger Games, since the murders are being watched by a mysterious Mission Control. In tie and rolledup sleeves, Richard Jenkins is the perfect mid-level technician, putting his team through a roster full of terrors. It’s a circus-turned-

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apocalypse; so ornate it’s slightly outside the scary zone. But only playfulness and deconstruction can bring some new life to something as worn down as the deadly cabin and its cargo of corpses-to-be. (RvB)

Fang Sway THE PASSING of actor Jonathan Frid on April 14 was more than a bit eerie. It came almost exactly a month before the scheduled opening date of Tim Burton’s screen version of Dark Shadows, the show for which Frid will forever be remembered. As Barnabas Collins on the horror soap opera, which ran from 1966 to 1971, Frid saved a floundering Dark Shadows, which looked headed to extinction until his character showed up, released from his coffin about a year into the story line. Frid’s Barnabas was a most courtly vampire from the late 1700s set loose in the contemporary world of Collinsport, Maine. With impeccable manners and retro-dandy garb, he charmed his rich relatives, who still resided in the ancestral mansion overlooking rock-crashing waves. More than a mere fang-flasher, Barnabas evinced a strong streak of romanticism. The curse that made him a creature of the night had deprived Barnabas forever of his intended bride, Josette. Throughout the centuries—and the show frequently indulged in time-traveling interludes— Barnabas pursued the dream of walking in the sunlight with his betrothed once more. He was as much a figure of tragedy as of terror, and Frid, a trained classical actor, imbued Barnabas with a deep streak of authentic longing. I have no idea how Burton and star Johnny Depp will reinterpret Barnabas and Dark Shadows, although the trailers look alarmingly jokey. But as one who has run the marathon through all 1,225 episodes of Dark Shadows (at about 21 minutes per, sans commercials), I don’t see how any movie could do justice to the long-form narrative that producer Dan Curtis and his collaborators created. The early, black-and-white episodes proceed at a dreamlike pace, advancing

CHIMPANZEE (G; 78 min.) Disneynature has made a point of releasing kid-friendly nature docs every year around 4/20 (claiming to tie the release date to something called Earth Day-—nice try). Their sixth film follows the titular primate from the moment it is separated from its troop at the age of 3, until it is eventually adopted by an adult chimp. The chimp’s name is Oscar; somehow, considering the tale’s liberal use of sap and awe, I doubt that name choice was an accident.

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in downright glacial increments the story of a young governess (“My name is Victoria Winters ...) who goes to work for the wealthy but dysfunctional Collins family. The ;Xib J_X[fnj1 show accelerates as =Xe =Xmfi`k\j it goes completely ;Xib J_X[fnj1 Gothic, introducing K_\ 9\jk f] Barnabas, switching 9XieXYXj to color, dabbling in ghosts, werewolves MPI Home Video and a Frankenstein’s $14.98 each monster—and showing off some surprisingly effective special effects for a program that was recorded live on tape, with no retakes. Thanks to MPI Home Video, Dark Shadows can now be had—on 131 discs—in a boxed set for a mere $599.98, although renting it disc by disc from Netflix is probably cheaper. Another way to sample Dark Shadows without such a daunting commitment are two singledisc releases: Fan Favorites and The Best of Barnabas. Each contains nine episodes along with commentary from some of the stars, including Kathryn Leigh Scott (Maggie Evans) and Lara Parker (Angelique). Beware: It’s easy to get hooked.—Michael S. Gant

(R; 124 min.) The latest in the Judd Apatow canon of comedies with heart, The Five-Year Engagement stars Emily Blunt and Jason Segal (who also served as the film’s co-writer) as a couple who find that their nuptials are repeatedly interrupted by questions of choice (both professional and personal) and matters of circumstance. The film is directed by Nicholas Stoller, who, in addition to being the film’s other co-writer, helps Segal and Apatow round out the Forgetting Sarah Marshall reunion.

THE HUNGER GAMES (PG-13; 109 min.) Easier to take seriously than it sounds. The drill, which you may know: in the future, two dozen 12-17 year olds are made to hunt and kill each other, fighting to the death in a camera-laden biodome with poisonous plants and genetically-engineered animals. On one level, Hunger Games is TV satire blown up to vast-screen size. Stanley Tucci is succulently smarmy as a peruke-wearing interviewer, whose oily over-familiarity and fake compassion is turned up high, even to the point of revolutionary art. Ultimately The Hunger Games is all about the ordeal, staged in North Carolina; Gary Ross’ visual storytelling is exciting, sometimes even daring (especially in the small-camera intimacy, as when the curl of Katliss’ lip fills the screen). Woody Harrelson a sardonic, harddrinking former winner; Amandla Stenberg is subtle and intense as Rue, the smallest warrior; and Elizabeth Banks is the hateful spokeswoman Effie Trinket. But the main reason for the excitement is Jennifer Lawrence’s star-making

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performance as the reluctant warrior, Katliss. She’s created a powerful yet humane heroine, in a cinema that needs such a figure desperately. (RvB)

THE HUNTER (R; 100 min.) The Hunter is the tale of a nefarious corporation seeking the last Tasmanian tiger in hopes of discovering secrets it can exploit. Willem Dafoe stars as the mysterious Martin David, the hunter hired to find and shoot the tiger. Dafoe, setting up his illegal traps and snares, is silently compelling; his raw thin face stands out in the fog and the drizzle, and though he’s a man without a past, he has one strong mark of personality: he loves baroque opera. It’s nice to see a love of classical music indicating individualism instead of fascism. The Hunter is also loaded with location footage of Tasmania. It could be said the visuals encourage visitors, while the story of danger discourages them. And what David does to survive—trapping or shooting pademelons, or whatever that small stuffed-animal like creature is—may be rough for animal lovers.

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI (PG; 81 min.) What Jiro Ono looks for is a sound: an exhalation of satisfaction that his customers make. The documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi touches on sturdier questions: Can perfection be obtained and is happiness only really be found in trying to pursue it? An old man with an impassive face, Ono is the force behind Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat sushi bar in Tokyo. It is a three-star Michelin restaurant, where the bill begins at 30,000 yen (about $360) and can go far higher. At 85 years old, the master Jiro is focused on work above all. As triple-X food porn, Jiro Dreams of Sushi is rapturous. By the time it’s over, you feel you can tell a little about the difference in grades of tuna, from the fatty to the finest and leanest, simply by the color. (RvB)

THE LUCKY ONE (PG-13; 101 min.) Nicholas Sparks, who at this point might as well partner up with Kleenex to finance his own production company, provides the source material for this tear-jerker staring Zac Efron as a U.S. soldier who arrives in North Carolina with a photograph he found while in battle of a woman he does not know. He credits the photo with keeping him alive, and through the magic of the movies

49 story. Mirror Mirror insists that this tale has no power because it’s been told too many times. And then it makes sure we can’t take it seriously by telling it at the level of a high school skit. (RvB)

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(PG-13; 144 min.) The definitive documentary. If, like all mystics, Bob Marley was essentially unknowable, we can at least see the people he knew and the places he lived. (Director Kevin MacDonald also finds relatives who have never been interviewed before.) The reggae superstar’s rural childhood home was the size of a garden shed. In youth, he and his mother left for Kingston’s Trench Town, a shamble of corrugated iron and salvaged wood. Marley’s mother, Cedella, left him when he was 17 and ran away to Delaware, but by then Marley was already on his way to becoming a musician. Lee “Scratch” Perry expanded his sound; Chris Blackwell of Island Records served as a self-described “pasteurizer.” If Marley felt there was a failure in his career, we learn it was that reggae never massively electrified African American listeners. A close-up of a white American kid at a Marley concert, tossing his stoned head, says everything you need to know about how reggae’s deepest fan base is located in thousands of college dorm rooms. But Marley shows us a man of mysterious chemical power, of relentless energy and wariness; even taking the music aside, the man’s bravery is overwhelming. (RvB)

(PG-13; 94 min.) You can recognize the shape of this movie at 500 yards. It follows the pattern of every film from Goodbye, Mr. Chips to Ciao, Professore! Director/writer Philippe Falardeau acknowledges a cosmopolitan Montreal in the story of Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag), a widowed Algerian immigrant. He steps up to take the place of a beloved teacher who hung herself right in the classroom. Fellag’s dry performance makes Lazhar an enigmatic character: a born teacher, reserved, old-worldly, ready to shut out his colleagues if they get too close. The 11-12-yearold students assembled here are adroit actors: Sophie Nélisse is very winsome as Alice, the teacher’s pet; Émilien Néron is shrewd as the boy who likes Alice, but who has been acting out ever since the suicide; Vincent Millard is the fat kid who has a political tragedy in his own family background. Monsieur Lazhar is minor, and as episodic as any pedagogical dramas. But this Quebec school is so startlingly well run and trouble-free that it provides fantasy material for Californians. And the question of whether teachers can (literally) handle children looking for reassurance has relevance to anyone teaching. (RvB)

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(R; 143 min.) Try the highway instead. Or if Asian violence is your drug of choice, choose Warriors of the Rainbow. My Way is supposedly based on the true story of some Korean POWs in WWII who ended up on both fronts. Kang Jae-Ku previously directed the relentlessly gory but more-thanwatchable flag-waver Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War. Korean megastar Jang Dong-gun plays Kim Joon-sik. In youth, this Korean of humble birth had befriended and competed in races with the scion of a highly placed Japanese family. Tatsuo (Joe Odagiri) grows up to become a bloodthirsty, prejudiced colonel in the Imperial Japanese army. Director Kang kills ‘em by the thousands; the body count has to be at an all time ultimate. His crazed two or three-second edits make sure we get those extra portions of mayhem. Unfortunately, the moaning, celestial choruses on the soundtrack fail to drown

(PG; 106 min.) Director Tarsem Singh’s ideas shine through in some moments, such as the life-size ivory puppets performing the preamble to Mirror Mirror. This is the late fashion designer Eiko Ishioka’s last film, and the costumes are rich. The Slavic touches in the visuals move the story of Snow White sideways, miles away from Disney. As the evil queen, an uninteresting Julia Roberts delivers lazy little putdowns to her minister Brighton (Nathan Lane). The story’s prince (Armie Hammer) turns out to not have much of a gift for farce. He seems to model himself on Brendan Fraser, going through it one more time for the sake of the kids in the audience. As for “Snow” herself, Lily Collins has an untouchable chipperness that recalls beach-party princess Annette Funicello. Credited writers Jason Keller and Marc Klein seem to be emulating The Princess Bride as a heavily narrated, in-joke-riddled

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out the inept dialogue (“You think a ne’er-do-well rickshaw driver can be better than a well-trained marathoner?”) (RvB)

PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (PG; 88 min.) A sweet, winning and delightfully funny new full-length stop-action cartoon from Aardman Animations, the studio responsible for Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run and others. It relates the saga of an indifferently able pirate and his crew, including all new adventures. The film also serves as a show-biz allegory. The pirate captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) aims for the Pirate of the Year award. Lured to fame, the captain is a mark for schemers. One is the evil Queen Victoria (Imelda Staunton). The other is the conniving Charles Darwin (David Tennant). Once again, the claymation wizards have come up with treasure. (RvB)

THE RAVEN (R; 111 min.) I can’t believe we’re about to type this, but here it goes: A madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by the works of Edgar Allan Poe, leaving a detective from Baltimore no choice but to join forces with—get ready—Edgar Allan Poe himself (John Cusack) to stop him. High concept stuff, people, but just consider it Se7en meets Edgar Allan Poe, or an episode of CSI meets Edgar Allan Poe.

SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (PG-13; 111 min.) Lasse Hallström helms a comedy with dramatic undertones about a man who tries to introduce fly-fishing to an unlikely place. Stars Emily Blunt and Ewan McGregor.

THINK LIKE A MAN (PG-13; 123 min.) Four friends decide to turn the tables on their respective girlfriends after they discover that the women have been using advice from Steve Harvey’s relationship advice book against them. The book in question is in fact real, and also serves as the source material and film’s title, a metatextual twist that officially makes this movie Waiting to Exhale with a dash of Inception.

THE THREE STOOGES (PG; 87 min.) The mayhem-seeking trio set out to save the orphanage they grew up in. Quite funny and, surprisingly enough, not a total disgrace (except for a “peeshooter” urine fight in a room full of babies). At its most basic level, it proves once again that acting today on the whole is better that screenwriting

today on the whole. As Curly, Will Sasso is gratifyingly light on his feet. yet fearfully bulky; Sean Hayes has the moon-man quality of the dismayed Larry, and Chris Diamantopoulos’s heavyweight scowl evokes the original Moe. Together, they act as something that’s more of a sum of their parts: they’re choreographed as tightly as their models, those faithful yet despised keepers of the flame of slapstick. However the product placement for Geico and several popular beers is a kind of finger in the eye. And the Atlanta landscapes are too bland a backdrop for these eccentrics. (RvB)

TITANIC 3-D (PG-13; 194 min.) This tiny indie didn’t get much attention the first time around, so its lowly director and Paramount Pictures have finally decided to give the film a threedimensional revamp in an effort to finally make a buck off the picture. We’ll see how it turns out. At the very least it may finally force film buffs to ask, “Just what happened to that Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet?” So much promise, but that’s Hollywood for you.

21 JUMP STREET (R; 110 min.) They said it couldn’t be done. They said it shouldn’t be done. But directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller ignored the haters and went ahead and remade the silly ’80s TV show into an even sillier movie with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. They even talked Johnny Depp into showing up.

WRATH OF THE TITANS (PG-13; 99 min.) Never has there been a film so loud that found a release date so quietly. This sudden-sequel to 2010’s Clash of the Titans (which, aside from a large box-office gross, became most known for lowering the convert-to-3-D bar) features a lot of the same: Perseus (Sam Worthington, returning) braves the horrors of the underworld in an attempt to save his father, Zeus (Liam Neeson, also returning) before the ancient Titans are unleashed upon the world. With the fiscal crisis in Greece such a hot button issue, the film couldn’t be more politically relevant (surely its intention).

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he finds out her name and where she lives, eventually taking on a job at her family-run kennel in order to get closer to her. Blythe Danner also stars, and one hopes it’s as the woman in the photograph.

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But embossed on the side of the building is the Jorge Luis Borges quote “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” And for Bassnectar, it was. Long before he became one of the most popular and respected DJs in the now-huge Electronic Dance Music (EDM) movement, Bassnectar was a 16-year-old growing up in San Jose, and known only as Lorin Ashton. A burgeoning metal guitarist at the time, he was obsessed with the extreme metal bands in the underground DIY scene

centered around the Cupertino Library. The library was remodeled eight years ago, but in the ’90s, there was a community room in its basement where he and his friends would organize shows, cramming a single setup for all the bands into one corner of a space that could probably hold about 40 people legally. That’s where Ashton got his first taste of the relentless energy that would come to define his performance style. “I remember my band playing one time, and then after we played, Exhumed played,” Ashton says in an interview from his current home in San Francisco. “They were the San Jose death-metal heroes. They were three or four years older than me, and I looked up to them. They had hair on their arms. They were godly to me. I remember they came on, and at the first strike, the room exploded. Every single one of them, you could just see the muscles tensing in their arms as they played, and in their throats as they sang.” The body-memory of that moment still echoes today in Ashton’s hairwhipping, sweat-soaked performances. “It really affected me, ’cause it’s how I

normally felt. At that age, I needed one of my peers who I looked up to show me that that’s what you do: you let yourself be you.”

Dancing With Myself For the 34-year-old Ashton, who returns to the South Bay this week to perform at the San Jose State University Event Center—as far as he can remember, his first-ever show in his hometown— it’s not just a persona for public consumption. “When I’m in the studio in my boxers making music at four in the morning, I will get up and rage. I would dance so hard to ‘Ping Pong’ when I was making it, I’d have to stop because my heart was bursting in my chest. I’m not performing, I’m not doing Janet Jackson dance moves or something, I’m just letting go.” The finished “Ping Pong,” from his new album, Vava Voom, is likely to set off the same chestbursting pangs in the listener. Though Bassnectar songs are almost exclusively between 80 and 140 beats per minute, this one feels much faster, thanks to the use of an insane ping-pong ball sample—at times digitally enhanced—underneath the bass line all the way through. It’s one of many ingenious touches on an album that skillfully captures the fractured state of EDM, and maybe even attempts to unite it a little bit, drawing on dubstep,

trance, drum ’n’ bass, hip-hop, and glitch to augment his trademark bass attack. The album’s “Pennywise Tribute”— which is a remix of Pennywise’s “Bro Hymn (Tribute)”— is straight up punk rock until the drum ’n’ bass elements kick in at the end. The easiest tag for his sound is the catch-all “electronic,” but Ashton considers it meaningless. “People talk about ‘electronic music,’ but to me everything is electronic music. We’re listening on electronic stereos, and we’re mastering with electronic instruments in electronic studios. Hip-hop is electronically produced and rock is electronically produced. It’s all electronic. Electronic music is just an enhancement, in the way that color TV is better than black and white,” he says. But unlike most other artists who complain about the labels put on the their music, Ashton actually came up with a better one: “omnitempo maximalism.” “It was finding something that essentially translated to no rules and no limitations,” he says. “’Omnitempo’ means I can play at any and every tempo, I’m not constricted by that. And maximalism just means turn it up—just tons of it. Combine everything with everything. Don’t hesitate, and don’t be burdened by other people’s rules.” That last part is particularly important to him: “As someone who has been making and playing live music for over 20 years, and doesn’t know a lick of musical theory, it’s important to me to have no rules.” There are echoes of Ashton’s early metal obsession in the grind of what is probably his signature song, “Bass Head,” from 2010’s Timestretch EP, and others. But it obviously wasn’t the only influence on his unorthodox path from long-haired headbanger to long-haired superstar DJ, and much of the music he discovered in his South Bay years had a profound impact on him. “I’m inspired by so much,” he says. “I’m inspired by ethereal, anthemic music like REM or the Cure or Nine Inch Nails or Tears for Fears. Growing up as a kid in America, I tuned in to the most anthemic kind of pop music. Then I got into NWA and Public Enemy and Nirvana and Metallica. Then death metal, and then deep into every subgenre of the rave scene. Now I’m into everything, from Erykah Badu to the Fugees to Cannibal Corspse to Mozart to whatever. I like good music.” His passion for raving developed

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Ashton’s biggest influence on EDM has been his live shows, which have evolved into an epic spectacle of light and sound. While it’s now more common to see one guy with a laptop holding court at a big rock show, it wasn’t always like that. Fellow San Francisco DJ Justin Boland (a.k.a. J-Boogie), who remixed the Bassnectar song “West Coast Lo Fi Rides Again” when they were both on the Om label, and has opened shows for him, says Ashton made that possible. “He was the one who kind of made it acceptable for people to be rocking that way, because he did it so well,” says Boland. “He made it OK.” Ashton is known for drawing fans in cities way off the typical DJ map, but he says that started out of necessity when the rave scene died out in 2001. He drew on his experience with the South Bay’s DIY scene to make something happen. “From 2001 to 2005, it was just a graveyard. I would spend most of my time on the fringe in small local communities doing very underground stuff. San Francisco was going off of course, but throughout the rest of the country it was all people I’d met at Burning Man, and throwing together a 250-person show at someone’s art gallery in Brooklyn or whatever it is, DIY type of shows,” he says. “That’s why the Cupertino Public Library was so inspirational to me.” Around 2004, he began getting into touring festivals. It’s a bit ironic to him, since he was never a fan of the Grateful Dead’s music, but he loves the model

they pioneered. In 2010, he started his own Bass Center Festivals, and after the first two sold out well in advance, he brought a third to the Bay Area last fall. He’s also used his Dead-like “Bass head” following to advance charitable work, and still promotes the “Dollar Per Bass Head” program on his website, through which he donates $1 for every person who attends a Bassnectar show to a nonprofit organization. No one who’s heard his political-sampling streak will be surprised by the importance he places on activism. But for him, there’s a larger issue of community, and it goes a long way toward explaining his everincreasing popularity live. “I think when people are at a Bassnectar show, there is an atmosphere of abandon that is also supported by an atmosphere of community,” he says. “I don’t do drugs, I’m a very healthconscious person. I’ve got a very positive, humanistic type of personality. I’m trying to create an atmosphere where people are safe to go fucking buck wild and crazy for a couple hours. I guess I lead by example.”

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South Bay DJ Andrew Moyco, a.k.a. Audio Dru, was one of the first to promote dubstep locally, and has been following Ashton’s work closely since the Bassnectar sound began incorporating it heavily. He thinks that despite Bassnectar’s popularity, he still falls victim to a bias against Bay Area DJs in the media, who are more likely to fawn over acts like Britain’s Doctor P, or L.A.’s Skrillex. “He’s influenced a lot of people,” says Moyco of Ashton. “And he’s way better than Skrillex.” But Ashton is happy taking his music straight to the people. “I feel like I’ve focused my music career more on—I don’t like the word fans, so I would just say enthusiasts—but more on the people than on the other DJs,” he says. “I haven’t spent a lot of time making music for DJs, which I think is something that a lot of the UK producers did. For a while, it was basically like vinyl culture was a very exclusive trading of VIP dubs and stuff. That’s cool, and I was definitely on the receiving end of that, I was very influenced by that. But when I make music, I want something that can penetrate through the psyche of a larger, wider spectrum of human. A broader age range, a more diverse musical background, a more eclectic personality.”

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while he was at UC–Santa Cruz, preparing for what he thought would be a career as a guidance counselor. In the years before the university’s thirst for development began hacking away at the sprawling forest of Elfland (and even after), the underground music culture in those hills was unlike anywhere else. In the mid-’90s, there was the Gathering, and there were Harmony parties, and Ashton threw himself into it all. “I pretty quickly got swept away by the underground global psychedelic trance scene, and that was where I spent all of my time,” he says. “We had a collective called the 13 Moon Tribe, and we would do free full moons every full moon. We’d get a voicemail box just for that month and go hiking out into the woods to find a place and then leave directions on the voicemail, and 1000 people would show up in the middle of the night, and go ’til sunrise.”

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CLINT WESTWOOD’S GUIDE TO SAN JOSE

Anyone who has spent time navigating San Jose’s music scene has likely crossed paths with Clint Westwood, if for no other reason than he’s in so many bands.

BEN HENDERSON HITS THE ROAD WITH RIVER CITY EXTENSION

Ben Henderson, one of San Jose’s most beloved singer/ songwriters, is departing on an unexpected month-long nationwide tour in June with New Jersey indie-folk band River City Extension.

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PHOTOS: SJ BEER WALK JAPANTOWN

Japantown hosted another successful round of SJ Beerwalk on Saturday, this time putting an emphasis on IPA suds. Metro photographer Aron Cooperman was there, camera in hand.

CAMPBELL POP TRIO MARY AXE CALLS IT QUITS

Mary Axe, Campbell’s long-running power pop trio, released their debut album, Straight Out of Campbell, last year, a full eight years in the making. Now only a year later, they’re calling it quits.

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Rock/Pop ANGELICA’S BISTRO Thu, 7:30pm: Hannah May Allison. $9. Mon, 7pm: Clay Hawkins. $6/$10. Redwood City.

AVALON Fri: Ekolu. Sun: Andre Thierry. Tue: Smile Empty Soul, Charm City Devils, Golden Hour and more. Santa Clara.

THE BLANK CLUB Thu, 9pm: Metro presents Atomic with band spotlight on the Smiths, also DJ Basura.

$5. Fri, 9pm: FTB, Town Crier. $8. Sat, 9pm: The Bang, Champions, Inc., Monkey, DJ Derek See. $8. Tue, 8pm: X, Factory Minds. $35/$40. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Sat, 8pm: Afton presents live bands. Cupertino.

BOSWELL’S Wed, 9:30pm: Jack Rip-Off. Thu, 10pm: Sexy Back. Fri, 9:30pm: Sexy Back. Sat, 9:30pm: Metal Shop. Sun, noon: Jeff Brigham Tribute. Mon, 9:30pm: Matt Bolton. Campbell.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Fri-Sat, 10pm: Live bands. San Jose.

THECATS Wed, 7pm: Johnny Fabulous. Thu, 8:30pm: Acoustic Soul. Sat, 9pm: Jackie Turner and Friends. Sun, 6pm: Joe Ferrara. Los Gatos.

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UPCOMING EVENTS AT MONTALVO ARTS CENTER CHIT-CHAT CLUB: UNDESIGNING HISTORIES WED, MAY 9, 7PM-8:30PM, FREE PHELAN LIBRARY, HISTORIC VILLA

Lucas Artists Residency Design Fellows, Scott Barry and Neil Doshi, and Montalvo’s Associate Curator, Donna Conwell, discuss the process of curating O’ Great Reverie: Montalvo 1912-2012. This conversation is moderated by California College of the Arts Adjunct Professor of Graphic Design, David Hisaya Asari.

GARDENING CLASS: EXPAND YOUR PLANT PALETTE SAT, JUNE 16, 10AM-NOON LUCAS ARTISTS RESIDENCY PROGRAM

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SATURDAY EVENING: Off work, I change out of my uniform—a pair of cheap khakis and a polo—and don another uniform of sorts—a black pinstripe suit and wingtip shoes. I’m back on the clock, and tonight’s objective is Pure Lounge.

Summer Camps run from June - August and feature a wide array of arts for your child to choose from: Theatre and performing arts camps, African stories, songs and drums, circus arts, ceramics, Raku firing, comic book art, surrealism, and even Spy Camp! Register online at montalvoarts.org/programs/camps.

Pure is Sunnyvale’s newest lounge, so new that it doesn’t even have a sign, just a banner that hangs over the former theater it occupies. The exterior is bland, yet ironically, Pure distinguishes itself as the flashiest, glitziest and most glamorous club on gentrified Murphy Avenue.

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Pure caters to the young and wealthy, offering a “Vegas-style nightlife” far removed from Nevada. It’s a world that I have only experienced in movies, full of carefree youth and lots of disposable income. It’s an alien world.

SUN, JULY 29, 2PM, GREAT LAWN Circus Bella is an open air, one-ring European Style circus with 9 performing artists and 4 musicians featuring contemporary, high-level acts set to an original score.

Red velvet ropes cordon off the entrance, snaking around and forming a queue. Burly, suit-clad Secret Service agents Pure Lounge cluster around the ropes, every so often fingers rising to the earpiece radios curling up from their collars, while a 146 S. Murphy Ave., hostess scurries about, clipboard in hand. The entrance Sunnyvale screams “exclusive.” In the movies, entering a club like this is a subjective process, guards seemingly picking people at random based on any perceived “coolness.” Tonight, I fancy myself a Don Draper of sorts—handsome and proper with a certain je ne sais quoi that I hope will bluff me past security.

Join us before the performance for an afternoon of fun midway activities: Games, facepainting, juggling, clowns, and lots more! NOON - 2PM, MIDWAY ACTIVITIES (INCLUDED WITH ADMISSION)

Turns out, all I needed were the wingtips and $20, a paltry sum for Pure’s target clientele, but a substantial sum for me. But that old maxim, “You have to spend money to make money,” is true for reviewers. I pull a Jackson from my wallet and hand it to the cashier behind the ticket booth, who hands me a cheap orange raffle ticket in return: my ticket in. The narrow entryway opens up into a massive room with a sprawling Euro-Asian décor. The white plaster walls are lined with imitation Greco-Roman columns. VIP booths line the aisles and the dance floor, unoccupied booths cordoned off with velvet ropes. The entire room sparkles with soft lighting: LEDs in the VIP tables glow an ice blue while spinning spotlights throw shapes across the walls and floor. The party’s in full swing. Dress shirts and curve-hugging evening dresses fill the club to near-capacity. Patrons crowd the dance floor, holding glow rods high above their heads and grinding to the beats of celebrity DJ Slick D, and overflow onto the aisles, all under the watchful eyes of the security, who stand scattered around. The DJ makes love to the crowd, constantly shouting out to all the “single ladies,” while a photographer roams the crowd, snapping portraits for the website. The liquor flows freely. As the night continues, the party escalates: in a VIP area, two women straddle each other and grind ferociously to the point of clothed sex. I leave shortly after last call, around 1:30am, partied out but in far better shape than many others.—The Barfly

TICKETS: General: $20 Adult / $10 Child Members: $16 Adult / $8 Child

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THE GRAPEVINE Sat, 7pm: Dianna Gatto. Willow Glen.

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Sun, 1-4pm: Pearl Alley Band. San Jose.

Jazz/Blues

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Thu, 9pm: Pine and Battery, Silly Creature. San Jose.

STATION55 Fri-Sat, 9pm-1am: Live music. Gilroy.

Wed, 7:30pm: Jazz jam. Fri, 8:30pm: Ricardo Scales. $12/$16. Redwood City.

ARTBOUTIKI Every second Thu, 7pm: Jazz jam. $5. San Jose.

Sun, 5pm: Cinco de Mayo celebrating 40th anniversary of Suavecito with Richard Bean and Sapo. $10/$15. San Jose.

TEMPLEBAR &LOUNGE Sat, 8pm: Live music. San Jose.

Thu-Sat: Live music. No cover. Santa Clara.

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Fri, 9:30pm: Steve Freund. $5. Sat, 9:30pm: The Rev Tones. $5. Fremont.

NETO’S GRILL Fri, 8:30pm: Black Hat Blues and Rock Band with Alvin Draper and Levi Seacer Jr. $10. Sat, 8:30pm: Zebop. $10. Sun, 2-8pm: Lady Luck reunion with Mike Wenrick, Robert Berry and more. $15. Tue, 7pm: Jam with Dennis Dove or Ray Ray. Santa Clara.

NICKEL CITY Fri, 6pm: Icarus the Owl, Of Us Giants, Nova and more. Sat, 6pm: Being As an Ocean, For the Win, Ecophagy and more. San Jose.

NINE LIVES Thu, 8pm: Metalmallet, String Theory. $10. Gilroy.

NUMBER ONE BROADWAY Wed: Jam with Stan Erhardt or JC Smith Band. Thu: Stan Erhart Band. Fri, 9:30pm: Pacific Standard Time. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: Joint Chiefs. $10. Los Gatos.

PURE LOUNGE 408 Sat, 9:30pm: Cinco de Mayo party with Adam Cova and David Q. Sunnyvale.

THE QUARTER NOTE Wed: Pro Jam hosted by Mental Notes. No cover. Thu: Pro Jam hosted by Vicious Groove. No cover. Fri-Sat; Live music. Sunnyvale.

RED ROCK COFFEE Fri, 8pm: Velvet Diplomacy. Sat, 8pm: Dogcatcher with Girl Named T. Mountain View.

REFUGE Fri, 6pm: City Under Siege, Buried Under Dawn, Akkadia and more. Sat, 6pm: NME, Infirmities, Till I Fall, Antioxidants and more. Cupertino.

BLUZBY-YOU

Fri: Pro Jam with local rock musicians. Santa Clara.

Thu, 8pm: Blues jam with Aki. Fri, 8pm: John Neri. Sat, 8pm: Andy Just. Campbell.

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AGENDALOUNGE Wed, 8pm: Salsa. $5. Thu, 9pm: Banda. No cover. Fri, 8pm: Rock en Español. San Jose.

ALBERTO’S Wed: Bachata. Thu: Salsa with Pantea. Fri: Salsa. Sat: Latin night. Mon: Argentine Tango. Tue: Salsa with Pantea. Mountain View.

ANGELICA’SBISTRO Sat, 8:30pm: Fiesta Flamenca. $20/$25. Redwood City.

Every first and third Wed, 7:30pm: Hedley Club Jazz Jam. Thu, 8pm: Russo-Alberts Trio. Fri-Sat: Live jazz. Hotel De Anza, San Jose.

J.J.’SBLUESCAFE Live jazz nightly. San Jose.

APERFECTFINISH Fri, 9pm: Broken Shades. Sat, 9pm: Chris Burkhardt. San Jose.

POORHOUSEBISTRO

Fri, 8pm: Live jazz or Italian music and belly dancing. Sat, 8pm: Rushid. Cupertino.

Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson. Thu, 6pm: Workman$ Comp with Cathy Lemons. Fri, 6pm: Con Brio. Sat, 6pm: Grino Matteo Band. Sun, 1pm: New Iberians Zydeco Blues Band. Mon, 6pm: Ukulele Jam Night. PHB open mic. San Jose.

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Thu, 9pm: DJ Che. Thu-Sat, 9pm: Live Latin music. Last Fri of every month: Arleen and Caramelo’s GLBT party. Sun, 6pm: Live music. Mon: Salsa lessons. San Jose.

CLUBFOX Fri, 9pm: Hard Salsa with DJ Willie and DJ Rulas. $10. Sat, 7pm: Cinco de Mayo with Puro Bandido and Los Cochinos. $12/$14. Redwood City.

DINKELSPIELAUDITORIUM Sun, 2:30pm: Keola Beamer and Ralatea Helm. $15/$30. Stanford.

MOROCCO’SMV Wed, 5pm: Middle Eastern Music. Thu, 5pm: Guitar with Jack Sutter. Fri-Sat: World music. Sun, 6pm: Moroccan music. Mon, 5pm: The Modern World. Mountain View.

O’FLAHERTY’SPUB Sun, Tue: 6pm: Live Irish music. San Jose.

Fri, 7pm: Fountain Blues Festival preview party with J.C. Smith Band. Free. San Jose.

C&W/Folk ALICE’S Thu, 7pm: Live acoustic music. Woodside.

ANGELICA’SBISTRO Sat, 8pm: Salute to the Kingston Trio with Country Line Trio and Joe Ferrara. $20/$25. Sun, 7pm: Murder at the KO Corral, murder mystery dinner theater. $65. Redwood City.

MISSIONCITYCOFFEE ROASTING Fri, 7pm: MaCaJo. Sat, 7:30pm: Harmonies for Healthy Relationships. Santa Clara.

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X DOES X HAVE anything left to prove? The band put L.A. punk on the map with their 1980 album Los Angeles, and went on to basically found the punker-tofolkster Americana crossover moment (that’s bigger than ever today) with their side project the Knitters in 1985. In between, they put out probably the most impressive and ground-breaking body of work of any American punk band. The musical evolution and experimentation on their first Blank Club four records—each one is sonically and thematically a completely different, almost stand-alone work—makes it all the more baffling how they put these things out at the rate Tue, May 8 of one per year. Where did they find the time or will to warp the roots-punk of Los Angeles into the moody hardcore of Wild 8pm; $35/$40 Gift, then the rock noir of Under the Big Blue Sun, and then the all-out political-revolt of More Fun in the New World? (Even their weird follow-up, the epic-sounding but less successful Ain’t Love Grand! contained one of their best songs, “Burning House of Love.”) The answer has to be their remarkable chemistry and their constant live performances. Besides their shared love of punk music, all of the members bring different skills to the table: John Doe is a honkytonk singer in a punk songwriter’s body, Exene Cervenka is a straight-up poet, Billy Zoom would have been just as happy playing rockabilly guitar in the ’50s, and D.J. Bonebrake is a drummer who can handle jazz as easily as hardcore. In the late ’90s, after bringing in some other guitarists to replace Zoom, they were ready to call it quits, but when he came back for a farewell tour it seemed to spark something in them yet again. They gave up on recording as a band, but their live shows are still as powerful as ever. They may not have anything left to prove, but onstage they sure as hell act like they do.—Steve Palopoli

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Thu, 7:30pm: Open mic. Saratoga.

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Wed, 6pm: Sidesaddle. Tue, 6pm: Carolina Special San Jose.

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Thu, 9pm: Metro presents band spotlight on the Smiths with DJ Basura. $5. San Jose.

BRANHAMLOUNGE Thu: Rewind with DJ Rated R. Fri: Quality Control. Sat: Cocktails and Dreams. 1116 Branham Ln, San Jose.

Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

MOUNTAINCHARLIES Wed, 9pm: Joe. Los Gatos.

APERFECTFINISH ALEXâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 49ER INN Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke. San Jose.

THEBEARS Fri, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.

Thu, 8:30pm-midnight: Karaoke with Jordan River Productions. San Jose.

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REDSTAGLOUNGE Nightly karaoke, 9pm-1:30am. San Jose.

Thu, 10pm: DJ Dinero. San Jose.

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Thu, 10pm: Live DJ. Cupertino.

Thu-Sat, 9pm: DJ Curtis. San Jose.

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Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

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Wed:: August. Mon: Comedy with Mr. Walker. San Jose. Wed, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

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THE WEEKND Dirty, dramatic R&B from elusive Canadian Abel Tesfaye, who offers his music online for free. May 8 at the Fillmore.

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While these bands (the Sourmash Hug Band, the Inkwell Rhythm Makers and the Hobo Goblins) were playing the same types of acoustic instruments (banjos, mandolins, accordions, washtub basses and washboards) and similarly pulling heavily from early Americana, jazz and traditional European music, they were mostly composing fun, light-hearted sing-along-type ditties. Blackbird Raum decided to follow in these bands’ footsteps and start busking on the streets. But playing happy, superficial songs didn’t interest them, even if that’s what random tourists (with money) passing by wanted to hear. Instead Blackbird Raum wrote complex political songs, often about environmental issues and socioeconomic inequities. They lacked a distinct lead vocalist and didn’t write catchy sing-along choruses, instead giving their jug-band songs a crust-punk bent. Oddly enough, this is precisely how Blackbird Raum developed a loyal fanbase in Santa Cruz, now drawing several hundred people per show when they headline venues in their hometown. Plus they tour all over the United States and Europe, playing clubs, community centers, farmers’ markets and even, still, on the streets.—Aaron Carnes

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Sat: Cinco de Mayo with Adam Cova and David Q. Sunnyvale.

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