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eated in an operating room at Good Samaritan Hospital, I slip my middle finger and thumb into the arms of the da Vinci surgical robot. I lean forward, my eyes line up with the lenses and I hear three soft beeps. I now have control of the robot across the room. As I rotate my hands, the robot’s arms swivel effortlessly, side to side and up and down, with a range of motion that human wrists weren’t designed for. We’re ready for surgery.
Standing at a monitor next to the da Vinci, Stephanie Davis, a clinical rep for Intuitive Surgical, uses her finger to circle one of the cones on the screen. A small rubber band has been placed over the top of the cone and she tells me to lift it off. I move clumsily toward the band, hitting almost everything in my way. If the cones were a living and breathing patient, she would be hemorrhaging blood. I try to pick up a penny and bump more cones, and I think about how easy it would be for all of this to go horribly wrong. Doctors are praising da Vinci robots at medical schools, community forums and county fairs. Hospitals hold press conferences when they buy a new system and a parade of companies, including Google, are scrambling to become the next name
in surgical robots. Intuitive Surgical, the Sunnyvale-based creators of the da Vinci, raked in $2.13 billion last year, and saw 9 percent growth worldwide in procedures. But there’s another reason everyone from patients and doctors to Silicon Valley save-the-world types want in: Surgical robots are the future. It’s not unreasonable to imagine—it’s expected, actually—that surgery will soon become automated, eliminating human error and saving lives. A human touch in the operating room will become as rare as a hand-delivered message. But using one of these robots provides a glimpse into a complicated future we don’t yet fully understand.
Race for Recovery Michelle Miner considers herself an exceptionally healthy person, and she looks it, too. At 51 she’s fit, has a head of dark hair, large, expressive eyes and a bubbly nature. Over the years she’d never had an IV, epidural or been under anesthesia. But by her late 40s, she
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suffered from uterine fibroids, causing her uterus to swell to the size of a sixmonth pregnant woman’s. Miner feared not only a surgical procedure but also its consequences. Her husband had recently lost his job, and as a self-employed architect she couldn’t afford the six-to-eight week hysterectomy recovery time. She went to see her doctor, Kristine Borrison, and noticed a pamphlet about the da Vinci robot in the waiting room. It touted shorter hospital stays, less blood loss, better pain management, smaller scars and faster recovery. Borrison estimated that the da Vinci could speed her recovery by several weeks. Miner woke up from surgery to an anesthesiologist asking her to rank her pain. She was confused—had the surgery actually been performed? “I had zero pain,” she laughed. Motrin for the first 24 hours, and Miner was back at work fulltime in just three days. Borrison acknowledges that Miner’s recovery was unusually fast. But shorter recovery times are just one reason that approximately 235,000 gynecologic surgeries were performed by a da Vinci robot in 2014. That accounts for almost half of the da Vinci procedures last year. Borrison did the first robotic hysterectomies at El Camino Hospital in Los Gatos and at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, where she is now the medical director of robotic surgery. She estimates that she has performed more than 300 surgeries since 2009. Of those, only two were non-robotic. “I’m really interested in trying to get fewer and fewer large incisions for hysterectomies,” Borrison said. She noted that she is compensated equally for open, laparoscopic or robotic surgery, so there’s no financial incentive to promote one over the other. “Your recovery the next morning is why I do it.” Robotic surgery debuted in 1985, when the PUMA 560 robotic arm placed a needle as part of a brain biopsy. Two years later, the first robot-assisted laparoscopy was performed. The technology has developed rapidly since then, and Intuitive Surgical currently dominates the market, allowing it to control prices. The Xi, its newest model, costs $2.5 million, with an annual service contract of $170,000 and a perprocedure instruments bill of up to $3,200. The market, however, will soon become more crowded.
In March, Google announced a partnership with Ethicon, owned by Johnson & Johnson, to develop a surgical robot. Wired reported that Ethicon will build it, while Google will focus on creating algorithms that analyze camera images to help surgeons improve. Titan Medical of Canada is in the second phase of developing the SPORT (Single Port Orifice Robotic Technology), a robot similar to the da Vinci. Expected to be market ready by mid-2017, it should come in well below competitors at a cost of approximately $600,000. Despite all this enthusiasm about the technology, not everyone believes robotic surgery is a panacea. Some doctors and professional associations are cautious, or even dismissive toward it. The FDA has recalled numerous robotic tools due to malfunction and patient injury, and Intuitive Surgical is facing a wave of lawsuits that allege negligence, fear-based marketing and inadequate doctor training. For the time being, Intuitive has gone into a public relations lockdown. During my visit to Good Samaritan, Davis made a point of saying she was not allowed to answer my questions. Intuitive’s media team also declined to answer all questions, after saying they would only agree to an interview via email. Even those as benign as, “Will robotic surgery become something of a specialty or the norm in all surgeries in the future?” were considered off limits.
‘Advanced Stupidity’ Dr. Ted Anderson, vice chair for gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, is a cautious practitioner of robotic surgery. “I don’t feel like it is the panacea to cure all the ills of the world,” he said in a phone interview. Anderson believes the outcomes, including recovery time, are not substantial enough improvements over laparoscopy—a manual surgical procedure that uses a scope-like camera—to warrant the higher costs, unless using a robot will make the procedure markedly easier or safer. Anderson is a member of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), one of several professional organizations that view robots skeptically. In 2013, James T.
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Borrison wouldn’t characterize Intuitive’s approach as predatory, but she did acknowledge that they initially “got too into marketing.” “Surgeons were very excited to learn the new technology and Intuitive was not very discriminating in who they trained in the beginning, leaving the decision to the surgeons,” she said.
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studies, as well as guidelines for training and tracking of procedures. Surgeon competency is what concerns Anderson most about robotic surgery. He divides robotic surgeons into three groups: those who are talented and use the robot to extend their skills; those who are adequate, and use the robot to do things they couldn’t do otherwise; and those who “got on the robot bandwagon as a marketing tool” to make their practice appear competitive. “Those surgeons are potentially dangerous,” he said. “One of the things I always drill into residents and into my fellows is my favorite expression: ‘Advanced technology does not compensate for advanced stupidity.’” A recent collaborative study between three universities found that of the 1.7 million robotic surgeries performed between 2000 and 2013, there were 8,061 reported device malfunctions, which injured nearly 1,400 patients and caused 144 deaths. Picking apart who is actually responsible for patient injuries is a thorny issue in robotic surgery. As a lawyer and former co-chair of Stanford Hospital’s ethics committee, Margaret Eaton has thought long and hard about this question. “It’s very difficult to tease apart sometimes whether or not it was improper training, it was over-
marketing, it was undermining the assessment of the risk, or whether the physician was just being kind of a cowboy and undertaking something that he or she wasn’t proficient enough to do on their own,” she said. Since 2000, 34 civil actions against Intuitive Surgical have been filed in just the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. Of those, eight are still active, including several individual and multiple-plaintiff personal injury suits. Intuitive estimated in its annual report for 2014 that $82.4 million may have to be spent settling product liability claims. Many of these claims are strikingly similar. One patient developed a pelvic abscess as a result of a robotic hysterectomy she had in July 2013. Another patient’s colon was perforated during robotic surgery in 2011. A third patient was burned, resulting in a uterovaginal fistula. A fourth patient suffered from rectal laceration and perforation. The lawsuits fault Intuitive Surgical for, among other things, product liability, negligence, inadequate pre- and postmarket testing and suppressing reports of complications. Another allegation claims the company “sold its robotic device through a calculated program of intimidation and market management,” and that they “[do] not adequately train physicians.”
The ECRI Institute, a nonprofit that scrutinizes medical procedures, devices, technologies and drugs, included robotic surgery in its Top Ten Technology Hazards report in both 2014 and 2015. The issue they spotlight is that training for robot-assisted surgery is not standardized in the U.S. After doctors participate in Intuitive Surgical’s “Technology Training Pathway,” which includes online instruction, hands-on training at hospitals and a day-long course operating on anesthetized pigs at a da Vinci training center, each hospital is allowed to establish its own credentialing standards. Setting national protocols for robotic surgeries would require answering ethical and logistical questions that no one seems to want to answer. What responsibility should device-makers bear for training doctors? Who would create and oversee regulations, FDA, surgical societies or someone else? Would all hospitals be required to participate? Despite the ethical and legal issues facing robotic surgery, the field continues to grow because of its tremendous potential. Doctors as well as researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) hope to someday use robots in “telesurgery,” allowing highly skilled surgeons to treat soldiers in war zones from the comfort and safety of their home turf. Research funded by the Department of Defense using a da Vinci system recently demonstrated that telesurgery free of unsafe lag time is possible up to 1,200 miles away. The da Vinci has only been commercially available for 15 years—a blink of an eye in the history of medicine. As robotic surgery evolves to its full potential, stumbles may have to be accepted along the way. Especially when the path of progress leads to more patients like Michelle Miner, who bounce back to work, life and health in record time.
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The Exoticist CAMP PIONEER The new documentary ‘Korla’ explores the life of eccentric entertainer Korla Pandit.
Oddball musician Korla Pandit gets some long-overdue respect BY GARY SINGH
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t the dawn of the television era, Korla Pandit mesmerized millions of television viewers with his dazzling talent on the Hammond organ, exotic jeweled turbans, Indian mysticism and deep penetrating eyes. He rarely spoke. He just stared into cameras throughout the 1950s, looking right into everyone’s living rooms. His entire shtick was, if not the first, one of the first true TV masterpieces.
Aside from his TV work, he became the undisputed godfather of a music genre that came to be known as exotica. He was a direct antecedent of lounge lizard culture, space-age bachelor pad music, Liberace, and many flavors of high camp in the last half of the 20th century. One might even suggest Marilyn Manson, to a certain degree, ripped off Pandit’s shtick. Thanks to John Turner and Eric Christensen, a fantastic new documentary, Korla, now explores Pandit’s life and career, especially the more controversial aspect of his story. He was not actually Korla Pandit. He wasn’t even Indian. He was an African-American dude named John Roland Redd from Columbia, Mo., who couldn’t get a proper working gig in
racist Hollywood of the late ’40s. He broke in by inventing a new identity for himself and stuck to the story for the rest of his life. That much is old news, but the documentary is long overdue and riveting at every turn. It holds your attention just the way Korla did all those decades ago. And yes, the suburban myths about Pandit are true: he did perform at Pizza and Pipes restaurants in the South Bay many times. Turner and Christensen are Bay Area media legends—KGO employed them both for decades—so the two were well connected enough to pool their resources and shine a mystic light on Pandit’s story. Christensen leveraged years of music industry connections, and Turner brought a lifelong passion for eccentric characters, oddball history and folk-art Americana to the table. Both are retired and together their efforts paid off in the documentary. “There was a collaboration of interests,”
Turner said. “Eric’s in music and mine in eccentric and wonderful people to celebrate. [We] met for lunch three-anda-half years ago and started talking about projects, and I thought this Korla thing would be interesting to collaborate on and use both of our talents.” In the film, people from several walks of life rally on Pandit’s behalf, including Carlos Santana, who places him on the same mystical plane as Miles Davis and Alice Coltrane. Hammond B-3 legends Dr. Lonnie Smith and Booker T. Jones testify to Pandit’s unique approach to the instrument. Highball praise also comes from bands like the Cramps and the Muffs, the latter of which actually dragged Pandit out of obscurity in the early ’90s to record. On the flip side, sociologist Harry Edwards calls our attention to the fact that John Roland Redd never tried to advance the cause of racial integration. Instead, he invented another identity solely to advance his own career. From an Eastern perspective, there is no absolute ending to this story, but the film rightly conjures up some serious questions on which the viewer will continue to meditate. Did Korla Pandit capitalize on America’s insidious caricatures of the “exotic”? Did he make his family miserable by carrying on with a false identity for the rest of his life? Or should his superior musical talent and innovative keyboard play, along with his belief that music is the universal language, take precedent? I’m inclined to believe the latter. There really won’t ever be another story like Pandit’s. So far, the story includes obsessive fans, crackpot genealogists, new age housewives, journalists, sociologists, lounge lizards, record collectors, B-movie freaks, organ society administrators, Eastern spiritualists and television historians. It’s not crazy. It’s poetic: John Roland Redd decided to go west and discovered the East instead. The Golden State has always been home to fringe spiritualities, eccentrics, the underbelly of the entertainment industry and a place where people simply go to start over. In that sense, the journey of Korla Pandit is a truly California story. It makes me proud to be a native. And exotic. FRI 4:40pm
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ERPETUALLY TARDY BURSTS of Indian Summer heat enable our region to forget that August’s end means the sunny season’s demise is nigh—at least technically speaking. And as the weather cools down, and the El Niño rains pick up (fingers crossed), opportunities arise to consider just how to spend the darker, drearier days.
The next few months will be big for local galleries. The newly opened New Museum Los Gatos, or
NUMU, is hosting an exhibit on the numerous amusement parks that once dotted the South Bay. And comic book lovers will have plenty to take in with the return of the Alternative Press Expo. The Silicon Valley music scene has improved a great deal in just the last year, and this fall, two of the area’s newest venues are looking to prove themselves. The Ritz is bringing Sir Mix-A-Lot to town, and RockBar Theater is hosting Misfits and Mudhoney. Fans of the stage will have plenty of options to choose from, as usual—from classics, like The Lion King and Rigoletto, to cutting-edge productions, like Dead Man’s Cell Phone and Proof. Silicon Valley’s
classical community will also be active, producing symphonies and dance recitals. For movie buffs, the fall is a welcomed with big bowls of popcorn and jumbo sodas. It’s Oscar season, as the major studios and independent production houses ready their heavy-hitting films for the Academy. Both a biopic and a documentary of Steve Jobs will be released in the coming months. There’s plenty of brooding action to go around, with the final installment of The Hunger Games and a new James Bond, and Halloween will bring its share of horror flicks—from the campy to the genuinely terrifying.
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The shorter days and longer nights are ideal for curling up with a good book, and there will be a number of literary-themed events this fall. But just because the weather is turning, doesn’t mean the outdoors are no longer enjoyable. This is the Bay Area, after all, and there are numerous outdoor arts, wine and seasonal festivals coming up through November. Consider this Fall Arts issue a guide to the season—a roadmap to some of the fun and inspiring events Silicon Valley will offer for the waning days of 2015. —Nick Veronin
“One of the reasons I started APE was to try and create more of a sense of community among artists,” Vado says. “Moving it back to San Jose was natural in regards to that because it’s going to be better served by the compact nature of San Jose. You can get a more festival feeling—we want to turn this thing into a party.” Vado points to last year’s APE as a great example of how not to run the festival. In 2014, APE was held at Fort Mason. The event was far too spread
something that can both be large, while still maintaining its unique feel. I’ll just have to see if I’m right.” —Aaron Carnes
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Nothing in San Jose, before or since, compared to Frontier Village, as it successfully brought Disney-style savoir faire and bombast to what was then an unknown suburb. Visitors to the park could expect to encounter numerous staged gunďŹ ghts, wait for the next express train at a Victorianstyle terminal, sip on a sarsparilla at the Silver Dollar Saloon, and enjoy various other animal and water activities, kids’ adventures, roller coasters, magic shows, train rides and all sorts of shenanigans—all with a Wild West theme. Countless celebrities appeared at the park, including Lorne Greene and Tennessee Ernie Ford, plus Epstein and Washington from Welcome Back, Kotter. Debuting November 7, the
New Museum of Los Gatos will stage an exhibit of Frontier Village memorabilia, along with similar items from Santa’s Village and Lost World— two more theme parks located along Highway 17 near Scotts Valley. “Whenever you mention Frontier Village, people get excited,â€? says Amy Long, the exhibit’s curator. “Every time I bring it up, it’s like nostalgia crack. Anybody who grew up in this area, everyone went there, everyone had their birthdays there, everyone went to family picnics and company picnics. It astounds me how big this park is in peoples’ collective memories.â€? All three tap into deďŹ nitive postWWII childhood nostalgia that still percolates. Former Frontier Village employees stage a reunion picnic every summer. Many South Bay married couples originally met at Frontier Village. Twelve thousand people are on the Facebook Page. In the era of Frontier Village, no one had smartphones or Xboxes. Kids were more inclined to hit the great wide expanses of suburban sprawl and be curious. “We’re exploring a time period when childhood was driven more by imagination and creativity
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‘FAIRY TALES’ | ‘VARIANT LIFE’ Donny Foley will unveil his new book, Donbon's Fairy Tales. The show will feature a series of word paintings inspired by the stories contained in the book. Kori Thompson’s “Variant Life” is a series of paintings that are a direct response to pretty much every negative piece of news and advertising Thompson has been exposed to. Oct 2–30.
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‘FOUND/MADE’ This exhibit includes vintage and contemporary quilts often constructed with found materials as well as contemporary art based on quilt themes. Artists include Joe Cunningham, Sabrina Gschwandtner, Dana Hart-Stone, Luke Haynes, Clay Lohmann, Therese May, Sarah Nishiura, Jonathan Parker, Amy Trachtenberg and Ben Venom. Thru Nov 1.
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Fall Arts visual art Artist Chris Gonzales’ new collection of work reects both his everyday life as a father and his transformation from the life of an illustrator to a ďŹ ne artist to tattooist, Oct 16Nov 6.
SPENCER KEETON CUNNINGHAM With his bold style, Cunningham is premiering an installation and new works that focus on the maltreatment of indigenous peoples in America, Nov 13-Dec 4.
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‘CLOSER BY THE MINUTE’ David and Hi-Jin Hodge showcase immersive video installations, which contemplate topics like urban blight in the town of Niagara Falls, the backdrop for the timeless world wonder. Sep 18-Dec 6.
‘DE SAISSET: FROM FAMILY NAME TO ARTISTIC LEGACY’ An exhibit on the de Saisset Family. Ernest de Saisset studied painting at Santa Clara and produced proliďŹ cally. His sister donated over 100 of his paintings and a large sum of money to found the museum and keep its admission free. Sep 18-Dec 6
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‘MODERN TIMES: O’KEEFFE, STIEGLITZ, AND TOOMER’ Works include Georgia O’Keeffe’s painting Seaweed, photographs by Alfred Stieglitz, and Jean Toomer’s modernist novel, Cane. Thru Sep 21.
‘SHIFTING CURRENTS’ Highlights From the museum’s 20th-Century Chinese Collection. Thru Sep 28.
‘DRAMA OF HEAVEN AND EARTH’ Masks, prints, ceramics, and other visual materials associated with the dramatic arts of noh, kabuki, kyogen, bugaku, and kagura are on display in ‘Drama of Heaven and Earth: The Theatrical Traditions of Japan.’ Thru Sep 28.
‘FATA LAUGHS’ Includes Robert Arneson’s latest works from the 1980s, Global Death and Destruction and Wolf Head. Thru Oct 5.
‘ASTLEY D.M. COOPER’ This exhibit explores the life, work and bohemian milieu of the largely forgotten South Bay painter, Astley D. M. Cooper (1856– 1924). Thru Nov 16.
‘WORD AS IMAGE’ Highlights from the Marmor Collection include Ed Ruscha’s screen print Hollywood; Bruce Nauman’s word-image print, Raw-War; and Jasper Johns’ lithograph with lead collage, No. Thru Nov 16.
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‘METAPHORIC STATES’ Featuring ďŹ ve bronze works by American sculptor Stephen De Staebler (1933-2011). Oct 1.
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‘DIEBENKORN IN THE BEDROOM, DEFEO IN THE DEN’ Includes work by Willem de Kooning, Gary Outlaw, Richard Serra, Henry Moore, Philip Guston, among many others—all gifted to the museum from the Dixon and Barbara Farley Collection. Oct 3-Feb 7.
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‘RICK GUIDICE: THE NASA PAINTINGS’ Selections from the NASA space settlement paintings, including many collaborations with local artist Rick Guidice and his illustrations of life in space. Sep 17-Feb 14.
‘STEPHEN BEAL: WARP AND WEFT’ Beal paints with oil, acrylic and gouache on linen canvases and wooden panels in monochromes or closely toned hues. The exhibit explores 10 years of Beal’s grid paintings created over the last decade. Oct 15-Jan 3.
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‘JIM CAMPBELL: NEW WORK’ Using LED technology and custom electronics, Jim Campbell explores the connections of light, space and time. Nov 15-Feb 13.
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BEYOND WONDERLAND SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE, MOUNTAIN VIEW This two-day raving extravaganza comes complete with three stages of total sensory overload. There’s The Queen’s Domain, which is lorded over by a two-story tall, hookahsmoking Caterpillar with glowing eyes and a raised fist, exulting in the worship of those letting go. The Mad Hatter’s castle will host the Super You&Me party on Saturday and Cheshire Woods will submerge you in waves of thudding trance. The transformed Shoreline Amphitheatre will be filled with elaborate stage decorations that look like LSD- and LED-infused illustrations from Lewis Carroll's famous book brought to bendy life. Sep 26-27.
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T THE TURN of the millennium, popular music was heading into a dark place. Cheesy boy bands and blingobsessed hip-hop ruled MTV, and the only rock music cracking the Top 40 was abysmal—literally and figuratively.
The passion and punk-rock energy that sparked the grunge movement had faded and been co-opted by corporate interests. Major labels were signing bands like Nickelback, Three Doors Down and Stained—who sulked and lashed out angrily without ever saying anything of substance. Other alternative-dial acts were finding success by meshing horrorcore rapping with heavily distorted breakdowns. Leading this pathetic pack were a pair of bands that many would prefer to forget they ever liked: Korn and Limp Bizkit. Both groups are now associated with the designation “nü metal”—a
genre known for its questionable fashion choices, detuned seven-string guitars and ridiculously oversized pedal boards. However, while many have surely excised the most regrettable titles, such as Life is Peachy and Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water, from their music collections, it is likely that a number of works by nü metal acts survived this purge. Deftones and Incubus are two California bands that managed to weather the nü metal backlash with aplomb. These bands’ biggest records—Around the Fur, White Pony, Make Yourself and Morning View— scored big radio play in the midst of the millennial music slog, but remain listenable, enjoyable even, to this day. Additionally, Deftones and Incubus proved incredibly influential for a generation of aspiring musicians. After garage bands stopped trying to sound like Nirvana and Soundgarden, but before they began emulating the likes of Taking Back Sunday and My Chemical
Romance, they took their cues from Deftones and Incubus. Listen to El Cielo by Los Gatos quartet, Dredg, and it’s not hard to hear traces of the atmospheric guitar work of Deftones guitarist, Stephen Carpenter and the ethereal melodies from Chino Moreno. Or put on the self-titled 2004 LP by San Jose breakouts Strata. The loping bass lines, alternatingly sharp/effectsdrenched guitars and ascendant vocals recall the work of Incubus’ rhythm section and its guitarist and frontman, Brandon Boyd. None of this is to take away from the great music these local acts produced in the early 2000s. Rather, it is simply to pay respect to these two highly influential bands— Deftones and Incubus—who stood apart from the pack during the bleak years following Y2K. Both bands are currently coheadlining a nationwide tour, which comes to Shoreline this week, reminding millennial alternative music fans that it’s always darkest before the dawn.
Moving from the British Invasion era of the Fab Four, on through the psychedelic years of Sgt. Pepper and the Magical Mystery Tour, Beatles tribute band Britishmania faithfully recreate not only the sound, but the iconic looks of John, Paul, George and Ringo over the course of the Beatles’ career. Oct 23-25.
C2SV SAN JOSE Creative Convergence Silicon Valley is back, once again. This year’s music lineup is all about emerging acts on the cutting edge—both locally and nationally. Currently 24 bands are confirmed for the event, which also celebrates the region’s technological prowess, with tech-oriented forums and panel discussions. Catch Anya & The Get Down, Dinners, Survival Guide, Young Gully and many more at numerous downtown San Jose venues—including Cafe Stritch, The Ritz, Caffe Frascati, Aura (formerly Motif), the Continental, Chachos and the SoFA Market. Oct 8-9.
JAMES DARCY ARGUE BING CONCERT HALL, STANFORD As long as James Darcy Argue is still kicking, big band music won’t die. The ambitious Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-based supercomposer is releasing his newest exploration in this classic medium with Real Enemies, a meditation on the irresistible magnetism of conspiracy theories. His past two efforts, Infernal Machines and Brooklyn Babylon garnered Grammy nods and international accolades for their pace, power, and transformative ability. On “The Neighborhood,” a piano skips in double time and drums skitter and snare, building a sonic wave behind swaying saxophones and clarinets before
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HEY, ROOSTER Dominic Miranda of Rex Goliath at last year’s C2SV Local Music Showcase. a growling electric guitar and propulsive trumpets take over. His compositions are challenging, yet accessible, never slowing for self-indulgence, but displaying an unrivaled command over the considerable talents of his rollicking “co-conspirators.� Oct 2.
JEFF DANIELS AND THE BEN DANIELS BAND MONTALVO ARTS CENTER, SARATOGA Actor Jeff Daniels has a range. He’s done slapstick in Dumb and Dumber, action in Speed, and drama—in The Squid and the Whale and Looper. He also has a band, along with his son Ben. Father and son share the stage playing lively folk music. Nov 5.
JUDAS PRIEST AND MASTODON CITY NATIONAL CIVIC, SAN JOSE Pioneering British metal band Judas Priest is joining forces with the boundary-pushing Atlanta-based Mastodon for a brutal bill in San Jose. Neither group could be accused of thinking small. The Priest have been slaying audiences and inuencing groups like Slayer, for nearly 50 years, while Mastodon have penned a concept album about Moby Dick. Both groups are touring behind new material—with Judas Priest supporting their 2014 release, Redeemer of Souls, and Mastodon pushing their 2014 effort, Once More ’Round The Sun. Metal, bro. Oct 21.
KRONOS QUARTET: MY LAI BING CONCERT HALL, STANFORD Being a famous string ensemble is a little like being a famous Jeopardy! champ—you're only famous to a small number of people, and you'll probably get called a nerd by someone at some point. But Kronos Quartet are the Lady Gaga of the chamber music world, known for covering famous pop albums and
collaborating with modern artists. They've been around for four decades and, at last count, have had more than 750 pieces written just for them. At Stanford this fall, they'll be presenting My Lai, a piece by a Stanford staffer based on the 1968 incident of the same name. Oct 10.
LAUREN HILL MOUNTAIN WINERY, SARATOGA Since breaking out with The Fugees, and drawing critical acclaim for her solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, this singer, songwriter, rapper, producer and actress has had quite a proliďŹ c career. Sep 16.
LIMOUSINES XXX-MAS FCKFEST THE RITZ, SAN JOSE Dress in your best ugly sweater and be prepared to sweat, as The Limousines bring their nasty X-rated Xmas tradition to The Ritz. The annual December show was a reliable draw at The Blank Club, and Limos frontman Eric Victorino has high hopes for the event’s debut at the Blank’s bigger sister, The Ritz. Dec 18.
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MISFITS ROCKBAR THEATER, SAN JOSE Isn't it weird that, under all the makeup and the violent themes and the decades-long library of punk classics, the MisďŹ ts are normal people? Like, even the spookiest band in punk still has to do laundry or call customer service every now and then. Founded in 1977 and currently containing only one original member, the MisďŹ ts are still touring, singing songs about monsters and mayhem, and still being discovered by moody teenagers. They're playing their famous “lostâ€? record, Static Age, in its entirety on tour this year. Even though
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SEASON’S GREETINGS Eric Victorino of The Limousines at last year’s final Blank Club XXXMas Fckfest. they're well into their 50s—and one of their sons is now in the band—they will still rock your face off. Nov 21.
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Doesn't it seem like every male rock singer in the ’90s was singing through their teeth? (You can hear it right now, can’t you?) Mudhoney, one of the many “grunge” varietals to come out of Seattle in the ’90s, was definitely not. Full of enormous riffs and even more enormous, screaming vocals, they hit modern rock radio in the late ’80s with “Touch Me I'm Sick” and only got bigger from there. They've moved beyond their grunge roots in recent years, opening up to blues and punk sounds, but they haven't stopped for nearly 30 years. Even though they're still just a “’90s band” to many, they've influenced countless musicians in their wake. Oct 25.
music well after his one big hit—he even worked with fellow ’90s goofballs Presidents of the United States of America. However, his biggest hit, video classic and wedding dance floor novelty “Baby Got Back,” has cast a, uh, long shadow over his career ever since. He's not too good for it, though: he's since stated that he loves the song so much, he does a 10-minute version in concert. Get comfy. Oct 22.
SOFA STREET FAIR SOFA DISTRICT, SAN JOSE In case you haven't heard, street fairs are cool again in SJ. Now in its second year of being back from the dead, the storied SoFA street fair is here to make fall—traditionally the beginning of terrible things like school and cold weather—suck less. Sep 13.
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NEKO CASE MOUNTAIN WINERY, SARATOGA Though she came up as a member of the New Pornographers, Neko Case is now known more for her solo material. An icon in the indie rock world, Case is scheduled to perform at the Mountain Winery next month. Sep 4.
SIR MIX-A-LOT THE RITZ, SAN JOSE Believe it or not, Sir Mix-A-Lot did more than just like big butts and not lie about it. He stood out as a rapper in a city that was, at the time, dominated by rock, and he kept on making
This acclaimed curating organization for revelatory piano recitals boasts another dynamic season coming this fall to the De Anza College Visual and Performing Arts Center. Since 2001, Soheil Nassiri (Sep 19) he has given 20 solo recitals in New York City without one repeat performance, while also playing over 60 times in public schools. Vassilis Varvaresos (Oct 17) won an international competition at the age of 14, and his 2012 Carnegie Hall debut attracted so much acclaim, the Obamas asked him to play for them. Vladimir Rudenko (Dec 14) has won prizes in international competitions in three countries and played concerts on four continents, comprising a staggeringly impressive range. These three shows are not to be missed for any true aficionado of the ivories.
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BEAUTY AND BRAINS ‘Proof,’ which is coming to the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, makes the case that a woman’s place is in the laboratory.
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HE WIDELY CELEBRATED play, Proof, by David Auburn, is coming back to TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. At a time when women’s underrepresentation in STEM fields is the subject of much hand-wringing, the story about a woman doubted by everyone but her father strikes a chord.
“I think it very much relates to making sure that girls and young women don’t pull away from an interest in science and mathematics because of cultural norms,” director Leslie Martinson says, reflecting on Proof. Winner of both The Pulitzer Prize for drama and Tony Award for best play, Proof focuses on Catherine, the daughter of Robert, a famous but disturbed mathematical genius. After Robert’s death, one of his loyal students, Hal, comes across
a groundbreaking proof on prime numbers while digging through the deceased professor’s notes. Hal presents his findings to Catherine, a mathematician herself. As she attempt to establish the theorem’s validity, she comes to understand her own mental illness. The play jumps back and forth between the present and past, detailing Catherine’s eccentric, but tender, relationship with her aging and increasingly delusional father, as well as Hal and Catherine’s struggle to validate Robert’s work. Proof is a witty and elegant study of genius and dysfunction. Where Catherine sees her father’s genius she also sees imprints of his mental illness. In her quest to prove herself and her father’s theorem, she begins to realize that she very well may have inherited both Robert’s genius and his madness. “It’s about that tricky time when releasing yourself just isn’t enough,” Martinson says. “Even for people who are comfortable in what they do, it’s still so important for the outside world to acknowledge that.” The play has never been more thematically pertinent than it is in this moment, as sexism and gender discrimination are casting a long shadow over Silicon Valley. And it’s not just the tech industry that is suffering—the sciences in general are plagued by sexism. A concurrent theme in Proof is Catherine’s inability to win recognition and respect for her father’s work, or herself, in the male-dominated world of science. Even Hal, who originally discovered the lost theorem, doubts her abilities to comprehend its mathematical complexity. Starring Michelle Beck, Ashley Bryant, L. Peter Callender, and directed by Leslie Martinson, Proof opens at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Oct. 7. —Tad Malone
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THE LION KING Winner of multiple Tony Awards, including best musical, this Disney classic, featuring music by Elton John and Tim Rice, returns to the Center for the Performing Arts. Sep 9-Oct. 4.
RIVERDANCE For two decades, Riverdance has been a hit with audiences all over the world. The traditional Irish dance revue is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a world tour which comes to San Jose this fall. Nov 24-29.
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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT A musical based on the Biblical story of Joseph and his “coat of many colors.” The production features lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Nov 13-22.
THE LITTLE MERMAID In 1989, Disney turned Hans Christian Andersen’s dark fairy tale about a mermaid yearning after a man she cannot have into a classic animated film for children. The musical follows Disney’s light-hearted formula, featuring a book by Doug Wright, music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Howard Ashman (written for the film), with additional lyrics by Glenn Slater. Dec 4-13.
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DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE In Sarah Ruhl’s surrealistic comedy, a stranger connects with a dead man by way of his incessantly ringing cell phone. Los Altos Stage Company kicks off its 20th anniversary season with this exploration of technology’s ability to both isolate and unite. Sep 3-27.
MAN OF LA MANCHA This Tony Award-winning show is a musical adaptation of Cervantes’ Don Quixote, the adventures of the idealistic, noble, and possibly insane knight, told in this version as a play- within-a-play during the Spanish Inquisition. Nov 19-Dec. 19.
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COMING HOME The Tabard Theater at San Pedro Square is staging ‘Homeward Bound,’ which tells the story a 1910 ‘orphan train,’ which brought hundreds of orphaned children from New York to homes across the country. Hart and her band of merry murderesses from the Windy City will razzle-dazzle Palo Alto audiences with 1920s flair in this biting musical comedy about corruption, crime, and the American cult of celebrity. Sep 11-27.
CLYBOURNE PARK A spinoff of Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, this satirical take on gentrification, the real estate market and race relations portrays families moving into a home in the same Chicago neighborhood in 1959 and 2009. Nov 6-22.
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THE WALLS OF JERICHO The first show to open in the Pear’s new theater, Walls of Jericho is also a world premiere, written by the company’s artistic director, Diane Tasca. It’s an adaptation of the short story “Night Bus,” which inspired the screwball romantic comedy film “It Happened One Night.” Sep 17-Oct. 4.
TRIBES A deaf man communicates with his hearing family by lip reading but meets a lady friend who teaches him sign language. The new way of conversing serves to connect him to the deaf community and isolate him from his family in this poignant Drama Desk Award winner. Nov 6-22.
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THE COUNTRY HOUSE A Berkshires summer home is the setting for this dramedy about the show-biz family of
a beloved film and stage star. TheatreWorks artistic director Robert Kelley is at the helm. Aug 26-Sep 20.
PROOF The troubled but brilliant daughter of a math genius must fight for her place in an academic world dominated by her father’s uneven legacy in this intimate, three-person drama. Oct 7-Nov 1.
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HOMEWARD BOUND: AN ORPHAN TRAIN JOURNEY This show, which incorporates music and historical photographs, tells the story of a 1910 “orphan train,” one of many that, from the mid-1800s to the 1920s, brought thousands of orphaned and homeless children from New York City to adoptive homes across North America. Sep 18-Oct 11.
DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY The Grim Reaper disguises himself as a handsome prince and pays a visit to an Italian villa to learn about love and life in this musical, set just after the World War I. Nov 6-28.
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic horror story about science experiments and multiple personalities is given new life in this techsavvy adaptation. Sep 17-Oct 18.
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PORTRAIT OF PATSY CLINE Joni Morris and The After Midnight Band will perform her critically acclaimed Patsy Cline tribute. The program consists of faithful covers of Cline’s major hits. Sep 12.
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MILK, MILK Amy Schumer is headlining this year’s Oddball Comedy Tour along with Aziz Ansari.
Grammy-winning, Bay Areabased bluegrass musician Kathy Kallick is known for her renditions of traditional bluegrass tunes by the likes of Bill Monroe, Vern Williams and The Delmore Brothers. Her original tunes are also moving and energetic. Oct 24.
ALL YOU NEED IS... HANDLE WITH CARE Just in time for the holidays, City Lights offers the Bay Area premiere of this “Jewish Christmas story” romance involving an Israeli woman and an American man brought together on Christmas Eve. Nov 19-Dec 20.
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ODDBALL COMEDY & CURIOSITY FESTIVAL This is a touring Coachella of comedy. Funnyor-Die’s lineup is spit-take good. Headliner Aziz Ansari became a national name with his insider Kanye stories and portrayal of wannabe mogul Tom Haverford on Parks and Rec. Now, he has a NYT bestselling book on modern dating. Amy Schumer came to our attention with her comedic decapitation of everyone on the dais at the Roast of Charlie Sheen and just had the lead in the Judd Apatow-directed “Trainwreck.” Rounding out the bill is the pleasantly malevolent Anthony Jeselnik, consummate road comic Dave Attell, and Todd Barry, who recently released a crowd work special where he went onstage with no material other than asking about the lives of his audience. Oct 10.
The LoveNotes barbershop quartet are recognized all over the country for their sweet harmonies. They perform ragtime, Sinatra and Queen in a review that spans generations and genres. Nov 28.
SANTA IS REAL: A 1950S CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Contemporary Christmas tunes, popularized by Brenda Lee, Elvis Presley, Burl Ives and The Andrews Sisters, to name a few, will be sung by The Carolyn Sills Combo—a Western swing band from Santa Cruz. Dec 19.
WEST BAY OPERA PALO ALTO
RIGOLETTO Giuseppe Verdi's historically controversial opera a court jester Rigoletto, his daughter Gilda and the Duke of their court. When the Duke seduces the jester's daughter, he attempts revenge only to produce disastrous results. The opera is classic tale of love, seduction and betrayal. Oct 16-25.
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DREAMGIRLS Set in the ’60s, Dreamgirls is a musical based on an amalgamation of successful soul, doo wop and R&B acts, including The Supremes, The Shirelles and James Brown—from the
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Set in the prohibition era, this musical comedy starred Matthew Broderick when it debuted on Broadway in 2012. The production recently finished touring the country and now West Valley Light Opera will stage the work. Nov 7-Dec 5.
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MULTIPLE JOBS This fall, look out for two films about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs—the biopic, ‘Steve Jobs,’ starring Michael Fassbender, and Alex Gibney’s documentary, ‘Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine.’
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MONG THE SPINECHILLING theatrical events prepared for the advent of Halloween is the second and third coming of Steve Jobs. (It seems that neither the grave nor Ashton Kutcher can keep the Apple icon out of cinemas.) Here we have Jobs, both in documentary form (Alex Gibney’s Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, opening Aug. 28) and in pumpedup feature film form, with Michael Fassbinder as the tech titan, and Aaron Sorkin writing the fulminating dialogue (Steve Jobs, Oct. 25).
Among the reboots and remakes: THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (Nov. 20). A redo of the Oscar- winning 2009 Argentine film, it’s a James Ellroyish tale of a murder investigation
reopened. Stars are Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman. Jack Black appears as the dad facing a supernatural menace in GOOSEBUMPS 3D (Oct. 16). PAN (Oct. 9) does the origin story of Peter Pan; more promising is the PEANUTS movie (Nov. 6) in 3D animation. You want franchises? Apparently you do: THE TRANSPORTER REFUELED (Sept. 4); PARANORMAL ACTIVITY: THE GHOST DIMENSION, (Oct. 23); MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS (Sept. 25); RINGS (Nov. 13)—the revival of THE RING series—this time, presumably with an illegal download instead of a video tape. MOCKINGJAY: HUNGER GAMES PART 2 (Nov. 20) sees Katniss ( J.Law) in striking distance of fruity old President Snow (Donald Sutherland). If only the film had been called “Snowfall” (you know, in order to capitalize on SKYFALL). Speaking of which, SPECTRE (Nov. 6) aims to burn up $300 million dollars in your
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MOCKING JAY Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss Everdeen in the final chapter of the ‘Hunger Games’ movie seires.
presence. Daniel Craig’s James Bond is reunited with his old rivals: the H-bomb purloining, space-capsule stealing, total sterility of all plant-life threatening, laser-satellite wielding, and kitty-petting gang, the Special Executive for Counter-Intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion. Casting an eye over the fall releases, one notes how well elderly viewers are served—as well they might be, given their lifelong habit of going to the movies. Lily Tomlin (career rejuvenated by GRACE AND FRANKIE) plays an all-wise but irascible GRANDMA (Sept. 4). THE VISIT (Sept. 11) shows audiences the downside of going to grandma’s house: she may be a witch, as she is in this M. Night Shyamalan flick. Bill Bryson’s memoir A WALK IN THE WOODS (Sept. 2) is about hiking the length of the Appalachian Trail. It’s been tweaked to cast actors in their AARP years: Nick Nolte and Robert Redford. ROCK THE KASBAH (Oct. 23)
has the ever-young Bill Murray as a rock promoter with a young Afghan singing star; Barry Levinson (WAG THE DOG) directs. If you like to hear senior citizens grumble, show them the preview for THE INTERN (Sept. 25); a female boss (Anne Hathaway) shows an elder intern (Robert De Niro) which button to push on the keyboard in this equal-opportunity patronizer. Lurking in the shade of the tentpoles is a surprising number of social justice films—not just the offerings at the UNAFF film festival in Palo Alto, a must for activists. The melodramatic but evocative 99 HOMES (October) by Ramin Bahrani (MAN PUSH CART) concerns the scads of evictions in the wake of the collapse of the Florida real estate market five years ago, as glimpsed in Michael Moore’s CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY. Andrew Garfield stars, but the film is overridden by the magnetic evil of Michael
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Shannon as the realtor in question, making a mint off the agony of thousands. SUFFRAGETTE (Nov. 13), which is surprisingly the ďŹ rst movie ever shot inside the House of Parliament, honors the centennial of women who were derided, accused of terrorism, and subjected to torture in their struggle to get the vote in England. Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter are the women warriors. HE NAMED ME MALALA (Oct. 9) tells how an Afghan activist advocating for the universal schooling of girls survived a gunshot to the head and went on to win the Nobel prize; bring Kleenex. Based on an Oscar-winning short documentary, FREEHELD (Oct. 16) is a companion piece to STONEWALL (Sept. 25)—about NYC’s Stonewall rebellion, the cradle of the gay pride movement. Julianne Moore plays a lesbian police detective, succumbing to cancer and using her last bit of strength to get her beneďŹ ts to her domestic partner (Ellen Page). TRUMBO (Oct. 23) features Brian Cranston as Dalton Trumbo, the populist screenwriter jailed for refusing to squeal to Congress during the red scare. Returning for an encore run in theaters, GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF (Sept. 25) is a documentary
about that very sadly persecuted and misunderstood church of celebrities. Xenu saves! THE WALK (Oct. 2) is another example of how documentaries today are proving grounds for feature ďŹ lms. Few who saw MAN ON WIRE could forget Phillipe Petit’s Aug. 7, 1974, wire walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Robert Zemeckis, one of our great technical artiďŹ cers, digitally rebuilds the WTC and hires Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play the Frenchman who mastered these towers. Zemeckis’ constant colleague Steven Spielberg directs BRIDGE OF SPIES (Oct. 16) with Tom Hanks as the attorney who helped negotiate the release of one of the USSR’s most notorious prisoners, CIA air man Francis Gary Powers—whose U2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviets on May Day 1960. Other fall biopics include the depiction of the feared gangster Whitey Bulger (BLACK MASS, Sept. 18) by Johnny Depp; and the story of chess master Bobby Fischer (PAWN SACRIFICE, Sept. 18) with Tobey Maguire playing the vainglorious yet jittery wonk. In BY THE SEA (Nov. 13) Brangelina goes all Richard Burton and Liz Taylor-like as a troubled couple giving it one more try; Jolie wrote and directed. Some buzz
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rattles MISSISSIPPI GRIND (Oct. 2), a bittersweet indie road picture by the team of Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden (HALF-NELSON) with Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn as pals headed for the card tables of New Orleans. I SMILE BACK (October), based on Amy Koppelman’s novel, stars a serious Sarah Silverman as a mad housewife trying to keep a handle on her moods. THE MARTIAN (Oct. 2) has Matt Damon as a marooned astronaut who needs to be saved from the lethal red planet. Ridley Scott directs what is supposed to be an unusually realistic science ďŹ ction ďŹ lm, based on the hit book by Andy Weir. A load of horror this fall, but BEFORE I WAKE (Sept. 25) is good news. Any partisan of Mike Flanagan’s frightening last movie, OCULUS, will
want a look at this ďŹ lm about a family haunted by the nightmares of their odd foster child. CRIMSON PEAK (Nov. 16) by Guillermo del Toro, stars Mia Wasikowska, Thomas Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain in an elegant Gothic with roots in THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE and REBECCA. There’s a nicer way to describe A SCOUT’S GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE (Halloween) than “Michael Landon’s kid directing Arnold Schwarzenegger’s kid,â€? but that nice way won’t be found here. However, it also stars the ever-spry Cloris Leachman. GREEN INFERNO (Sept. 25) is Eli Roth aunting political POLITESSE (and intelligence, likely) by reviving the cannibalistic JIVARO movies of the 1950s. Who are the real savages, the Amazonian natives, or us? Hopefully, both.
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We Are Savages solo exhibition of new works by Ken Davis. Ken Davis is a traditional sign painter in the purest sense of the word. This solo exhibition of new works by Davis is one of his most personal. The quick wit and directness gives clues to the inner thoughts and experiences of Davis' day to day life as an artist.
Opening Reception 6–9pm: ELEMENTAL: Twenty-eight international & local artists interpretations of… Water, Earth, Air & Fire
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Atomic Number 92 mixed media ceramics by Andrew Irvine using exotic, sometimes controversial elements. God’s Garden a series of “mangled yet immaculate” cubist paintings by Anthony Palomo.
frag·ments (fr g m nts) by Robertino Ragazza frag.ments are a collection of travel images taken over the years. It is my travel journal and a reminder, a montage of my experiences and connectedness to a place or singular moment.
Caprichos Anatomicos Depicting obsession, mania, and fixation through abstraction: the artist is reducing focus—to a word, an image, a gesture. Abstraction becomes the complexity: erasing what we don’t need, we will find what we want. Artists: Facundo Araganaraz, Miguel Arzabe, Sofia Cordova, Juan Luna-Avin, Angelica Muro, Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck.
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Techshop SJ 300 So. 2nd St. Diary of a Naturalist by Shannon Amidon. During her residency, Shannon used the technology and tools available at TechShop to create her new series inspired by the naturalists of the Victorian era. In “Diary of a Naturalist” knowledge and wonderment go hand in hand as she combines her love for books and natural history.
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SoFA District So. 1st St. (between San Carlos & William streets) In addition to the 20 participating venues in the South FIRST FRIDAYS Art Walk, join us for the outdoor STREET MRKT featuring 40 exhibiting artists, main stage with live music by Ferocious Few, Human Ottoman, and David Knight.plus a variety of gourmet food trucks out on So. 1st St. The Art Walk and STREET MRKT is free and open to the public.
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RITERLY LORE has long though tenuously held that Ernest Hemingway penned one of the most widely quoted shortest of short stories: “For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.� This tragedy, quick and sharp, has become the fabled forerunner of an emerging Internet-age genre that favors brevity over prolix.
Flash ďŹ ction—also called sudden ďŹ ction, short-short stories or microďŹ ction—chisels digressions, descriptions and ashbacks into a carefully sculpted thousand or less words. “They’re short bursts,â€? San Josebased writer Lita Kurth says, “that still tell a story. Given their length, they work well when spoken out loud.â€? Two years ago, she founded a group called Flash Fiction Forum with fellow scribe Tania Martin.
Every two to few months, they host a dozen or so authors to share their latest ashes of ďŹ ction. These aren’t open mics, but curated readings to an attentive, sometimes standingroom-only audience. Kurth discovered ash prose by way of Iowa-bred Jim Heynen’s critically acclaimed pared-to-thebone stories about life in the rural Midwest. She began incorporating the form into her writing workshops and classes at DeAnza College. Unlike a vignette, ash ďŹ ction relies on the usual storytelling elements—complication, resolution and a protagonist to carry it through. But there’s little room to elaborate on things like context or backstory. Like a poem that zeroes in on an image—“a bird came down the walk/he did not know I sawâ€?—ash ďŹ ction describes the speciďŹ c to convey something more. An effective ash, Kurth says, often starts in the middle of a scene, goes easy on the adjectives and describes more action than musing.
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THE GOODBYE HOUSE Lawrence Coates grew up in the East Bay and has written two new books, looking to his home state for inspiration. The Goodbye House, set in Silicon Valley, will be released in September, and Coates will be giving a talk at Books Inc. the following month. Oct 14.
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CHANG-RAE LEE A Pulitzer Prize finalist with a lengthy resume, which includes pieces in The New Yorker, New York Times, and a number of novels, Chang-rae Lee will be giving a reading and book signing and sitting down for a conversation with Noelle Brada-Williams at the King Library. Sep 30-Oct 1.
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MARK SLOUKA He’s written six books—both fiction and nonfiction—and has been translated into 16 languages. His works have appeared in Ploughshares and The Paris Review. Slouka will give a reading and book signing and teach a master class at King Library. Oct. 28-29.
THE 2015-2016 SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY STEINBECK FELLOWS This year’s Steinbeck fellows will read and discuss their work at the King Library. Nov 17.
CLAUDIA RANKINE Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and author of numerous collections of poetry, Claudia Rankine will give a reading and book signing at the King Library. Dec 2.
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The rest is left implied. “You have to hold people’s attention,” says Martin, a geophysicist turned published poet and assistant editor of Narrative Magazine. “Even a traditional short story wouldn’t fly at a live reading. People would start to drift off.” Kurth says this focus on economy and audience has re-energized the rest of her work, including a novel— The Rosa Luxemburg Exotic Dance Collective—seven years in the making. “Like poetry, it’s doable,” Kurth says. “In a busy life, you can find time for it. You can write and polish a piece of flash fiction in one sitting.” Part of the appeal of a quick turnaround is that it gives the writer something to share more often. It’s pulled Kurth away from her desk and into the thick of a burgeoning South Bay writing community. “Writers can be very isolated,” Kurth says. “This is a way to hear what other people are writing on a regular basis and to come together.” Two years into their flash fiction endeavor, Martin and Kurth believe it can grow into something like Litquake, San Francisco’s annual literary festival. “People are hungry for a fiction writing community,” Martin says. “That’s evident by the response we’ve seen.” Flash fiction does seem to be having a moment. A few years ago, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jennifer Egan broadcast an epigrammatic thriller called Black Box for the New Yorker in a series of tweets over the course of 10 days. Last year, the usually verbose David Mitchell released his take on flash with The Right Sort, a tale in 280 tweets. “For serious writers, flash is a chance to experiment,” Kurth says. “For beginners it can be a first step to becoming a writer.” While for readers in an age of smartphones, it’s a quick fix that lingers in the mind once it flickers off the screen. —Jennifer Wadsworth
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DAMSEL IN DISTRESS In Puccini’s ‘Tosca,’ which Opera San Jose will stage this season, the brilliant, beautiful and spoiled Floria Tosca is pursued by a psychotic stalker and a treacherous policeman.
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TRIBUTE TO AMERICANS WHO HAVE SERVED The symphony will perform Rossini’s William Tell Overture, the West Coast premiere of Symphony for the Sons of Nam, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, Eroica. Oct 18.
morbid tale of a eminent singer whose life of privilege is threatened by her allegiance to both her rebel lover and the deceptive chief of police, Sep 12-27.
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO Considered one of the greatest operas of all time, Mozart’s Figaro is the tale of a marriage, a count’s plans to spoil it, and the series of tricks that bride, groom and villain endure to restore equilibrium. Nov 14-29.
HOLIDAY MAGIC The program will include Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, Rossini and Respighi’s Fantastic Toy Shoppe and the finale to Beethoven’s ninth symphony, Ode to Joy, which will be performed with the San Jose Symphonic Choir. Dec 5.
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REDWOOD SYMPHONY REDWOOD CITY The Redwood Symphony performs a program of Brahms, Daugherty and Hindemith at Cañada College. Sep 25.
SAN JOSE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY SAN JOSE Dali Quartet with clarinetist Ricardo Morales, the first show of the season featuring both Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet and Latin American works, including music by Spanish composer Joaquin Turina, Oct 25. Imani Winds with pianist Jon Nakamatsu, Music from Mozart’s Quintet for the Piano and Winds as well as composers Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Jeff Scott, performed by Grammy-nominated musicians. Nov 15.
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SIMPLY STRINGS Acclaimed violinist Stephanie Chase performs a set of Vivaldi, Bizet and Sarasate, Clarice Assad and a world premiere by Joel Friedman in a set of songs that focuses on the sound of strings. Oct 11.
POSTCARDS Soloists Cynthia Baehr, Michelle Kwon, Henry Mollicone, Anthony Quartuccio will perform music by Mozart, Dvorak, Henry Mollicone, Carlos Franzetti and Randall Shinn. Nov 7-8.
WINTER’S GIFTS The San Jose Chamber Orchestra, the Choral Project and a percussion ensemble will perform material that honors wintry traditions from around the world. Dec 19-20.
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HOLIDAY CONCERT Ring in the holidays with two concerts—one in San Jose and one in Saratoga. The program consists of classics by Bernstein and Mollicone, as well as other performances. Dec 5-6.
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OR THE FIRST time in seven years, participants in the Silicon Valley Pride Festival will walk it out. Sunday’s festival, dubbed “Pride XL: Looking Forward From Forty,” will feature a variety of live performances, vendors and food and drink offerings—but not until after a parade. The updates are the result of months of planning for the festival’s 40th anniversary.
“I’m looking forward to putting on a festival that San Jose has never had before,” says Thaddeus Campbell, president and chief executive officer of nonprofit Silicon Valley Pride. “Expect a lot of fun.” Starting at Market Street and continuing until the festival entrance on Park Avenue, the parade is expected to have 60 to 70 floats with participants including San Jose Sharks mascot Sharkey and big names in tech like Google and Adobe. Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager, the first openly gay elected official in Santa Clara County, will serve as grand marshal with Wiggsy Sivertsen, a former San Jose State University professor and LGBT activist. The festival also leaves its previous home at Discovery Meadow for a street party on Almaden Blvd. between West San Fernando Street and Park Ave., with stages for live entertainment and nearly 100 booths. In addition to beer and wine, spirits will be served this year. There will also be a family-friendly area, a “Gaymer’s Tent” for video games and the chance to snag an Instagram pic with roaming cosplayers and/or furries. Musical talents Steve Grand, Debbie Holiday, Prince tribute band Chase & Ovation and American Idol Finalist MK Nobilette will grace the main stage along with hosts Mona Lot Moore and Alina Maletti. Gale Chandler, owner of downtown San Jose bar Mac’s Club, is looking forward to the changes this year. ‘‘Resurgence is the word that comes to mind,” Chandler says. “Next year SV Pride will be bigger and perhaps grow from that. I see this as a new beginning.” The forward momentum is also aided by the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriages in June and more widespread acceptance of gays and lesbians. But LGBT-specific business and services in Silicon Valley have decreased dramatically over the years. “We are more fractured and spread out now,” says Luis Sarmenco, owner of the San Jose bar Renegades. “We are also more accepted and more integrated within the general community, which is a great thing but it has changed that sense of community.” Pride now offers “the one time of year where we do come together,” he adds. “Personally, what I wish everyone to encounter is a new energy and a renewed sense of togetherness.”— Jessy Wei
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Sisters Ann (vocals) and Nancy Wilson (guitar) have been superstars for decades and the powerhouse Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inductees are apparently still going strong. You know them for writing and performing hits including, “Barracuda,” “Magic Man,” “Crazy on You” and the song that’s spawned a million “American Idol” and karaoke covers: “Alone.”They’re joined by a Bay Area opening act: Major Powers and the Lo-Fi Symphony, who describe themselves as, “Mary Poppins writing songs for Weezer during a cliff-diving competition between Freddie Mercury and Tom Waits, while Danny Elfman makes out with Indiana Jones during a game of Dungeons & Dragons.” OK, then. (KK)
Sure, there is original, new music happening out there but sometimes you just want to hear your old favorites—comfy and familiar like a cherished blanket— or rediscover that track you haven’t thought about since junior high. If so, “Hootenanny!” may be for you. The acoustic pop, rock and country cover band plays classic hits from the 1950s to today, from The Hollies to Hanson. So if you like your “Good Vibrations” mixed in with “Working for the Weekend” and a dash of “I Want it That Way” played on acoustic guitars you’re in for a late-summer treat. (KK)
ALI SIDDIQ Rooster T. Feathers, San Jose Thu, $14, 8pm Ali Siddiq started his comedy career in prison. And though that’s a rough place to begin, he did come out with a surreally fascinating story about a prison riot erupting his first day on the inside, when he didn’t know any of the protocols of speaking coded language, obtaining a knife or fighting back. Since his release, Siddiq has been on an absolute tear, releasing four comedy albums, and appearing on such programs as Showtime’s Ladies Night Out Tour, Centric’s 2014 All Star Taping, BET’s Comic View and HBO’s Def Comedy Jam. With his debt to society repaid, Siddiq is working on several television pilots and quickly becoming a legend in his hometown of Houston. (JF)
AMERICAN IDOL LIVE Mountain Winery, Saratoga Thu, 7:30pm, $44 Few shows have the lasting power of this “reality” contest pillar. American Idol debuted during Dubya’s early years, and though it’s lost much of its immediate cultural relevance, it’s still basically a fool-proof way to find aggressively good looking people who can flat-out sing. The tour features this year’s Top 5 finalists: Jax, Clark Beckman, Tyvanna Jones, Rayvon Owen and the eventual winner, Nick Fradiani. They will be belting out their customary, crowd-pleasing pop-rock hits with polished flair and plenty of diaphragm action. In a special offer, a digital download of the season’s greatest hits is included free with every ticket purchase. (JF)
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LOS LONELY BOYS Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park, San Jose Fri, 5:15 pm, $10-$15 The final Music in the Park event of the summer will be headlined by Los Lonely Boys, a band of three brothers (including a drummer named Ringo!) from Texas, who play blues- and soultinged rock and roll. The Boys have collaborated with Willie Nelson and Santana, scored a No. 1 Billboard hit with “Heaven,” and even won a Grammy. Guitarist Henry Garza sustained serious injuries from a stage fall in 2013 but has since recovered, and the band is currently touring in support of their latest release, “Revelation.” Local blues group, the J.C. Smith Band, opens the show. (KK)
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ALIEN ANT FARM NEKO CASE SSeptember 4 at Mountain Winery
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CHAYANNE September 6 at SAP Center
ARIANA GRANDE September 8 at Shoreline Amphitheatre
SOFA STREET PARTY SSeptember 13 in the SoFA District
FOO FIGHTERS September 16 at Shoreline Amphitheatre
LAURYN HILL SSeptember 16 at Mountain Winery
RODRIGO Y GABRIELA SSeptember 17 at Mountain Winery
STRATA September 25 at The Ritz
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BEYOND WONDERLAND September 26-27 at Shoreline Amphitheatre
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS October 1 at Mountain Winery
SCORPIONS & QUEENSRYCHE October 1 at SAP Center
SUMMER MUSIC FEST 2015 Back Bar SoFa, San Jose Fri, 7:30pm, $10 Sometimes an event is so stacked it requires two stages. SMF2k15 is just such an event. Hosted at that black burbling cauldron of local culture, BackBar SoFa, the show will bring out some of the area’s finest talent. Rebelskamp are native to San Jose and their genre-hopping style brings improvisations that dabble in funk, blues and psychedelic rock. Their long, bending grooves are unhurried and change from show to show, as the band enjoy onstage experimentation. Atmospheric alternative group, Skyway View, recently rebooted with the release of two new promising records— Under the Digital Sky and The Good and the Beautiful. (JF)
CAMPDOGZZ The Caravan Lounge, San Jose Fri, 10pm, Free This Chicago-based duo with a creatively spelled canine name consists of Mike Russell (drums, bass and guitar, formerly of Wedding Dress, Suns and Wax on Radio) and Jess Price (vocals and guitar). They play rootsy, moody music that’s part shoegaze, part Americana: echoey, dark and dreamy with a hint of twang in Price’s commanding voice. Currently on a national tour, Campdogzz bring their brand of Midwestern melancholy to San Jose. Check them out on SoundCloud or Bandcamp—where you can download the band’s free EP. (KK)
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Los Lagos Golf Course, San Jose Sat, 8am, $125 Ever since the release of the laughable 1936 propaganda reel, Reefer Madness, stoners have had a rough time rehabbing their rep. But with legalization efforts sweeping the nation, and California likely to hold a reefer-endum in 2016, the destigmatization process is well underway. The 420 Games are a part of that process—designed to demonstrate that many tokers are contributing members of society. This golf tournament will have top-shelf samples for the medically eligible. If you think you’re due for a diagnosis, there will be doctors standing by. There will also be a Lagunitas Beer Garden and a speech by leading herb advocate, Steve DeAngelo. (JF)
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THE COUNTRY HOUSE Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts Sat, 7pm, $80 Anyone who has worked in the theatre, movies or television knows that actors don’t leave their drama on the stage. In “The Country House,” a dysfunctional family of performers, decamp to an old vacation house in the country to hash out their life-long grievances with each other in spectacular fashion. The matriarch of the family is a faded Broadway star, Anna Patterson, in the vein of Sunset Boulevard’s Gloria Swanson. Her son has just written a screenplay in which she laments her monstrous portrayal. The author, Donald Margulies, won Pulitzers for his two previous plays, and “The Country House” is an impressive third work. (JF)
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DICK DALE October 17 at The Ritz
SNOOP DOGG, SCHOOLBOY Q, E-40 October 17 at Shoreline Amphitheatre
MADONNA October 19 at SAP Center
JUDAS PRIEST & MASTODON October 21 at City National Civic
SIR MIX-A-LOT October 22 at The Ritz
MUDHONEY October 25 at RockBar Theater
BRIDGE SCHOOL BENEFIT October 24-25 at Shoreline Amphitheatre
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Pre-Digital Draftsman RUINS, RENDERED ‘Paestum, Italy, Interior of the Basilica, from the West’ is one of several detailed drawings on display at the Cantor Arts Center.
Giovanni Piranesi created highly precise illustrations of Roman ruins long before computers BY GARY SINGH
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HE CELEBRATED 18th-century engraver and illustrator, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, anticipated the tourism industry, urban decay photography, and even image-based 3D modeling for archaeology sites.
While Piranesi (1720–1778) was most commonly known for his depictions of imaginary prisons (Carceri d’invenzione), a special new exhibit at the Cantor Arts Center focuses on another project. “Piranesi’s Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered” includes 15 exquisitely
rendered drawings made in 1777 of three ancient Greek temples at the ruins of Paestum, Italy. And the drawings come to us with quite a story behind them. The ancient city of Paestum was located on the Gulf of Salerno, in a malaria-tainted swamp 60 miles south of Naples. After the remains of the former Greek colony were rediscovered in the mid-18th century, Piranesi became interested in the site because of three Doric-style temples that seemed miraculously preserved. When visiting the scene, he spent much time drawing the ruins in striking detail, from several different viewpoints, implementing many techniques of perspective not normally utilized at the time. He produced drawings from inside and outside the structures and with a 3D specificity unique among his peers.
Normally Piranesi worked by drawing the majority of his compositions directly onto the copper plate at the engraving stage of the process—a tremendous feat in itself—but for the Paestum site, he supplied these detailed preparatory sketches because he was nearing the end of his life and probably knew that the project would not be completed until after his death. He instructed his son Francesco to finish project. When Piranesi died in November 1778, he left behind drawings as well as the unfinished plates for a book, Différentes vues . . . de Pesto, that Francesco would complete and publish later that year. Acquired in 1817 by the English architect Sir John Soane, these original Piranesi preparatory drawings have never been seen outside of that collection until this touring exhibition. The drawings are unique not only because they are Piranesi’s most extensive body of work devoted to a single topographical site, but also because very few of his preparatory drawings for prints survive at all.
Piranesi originally set out to be be an architect; he was trained as one by his relatives, and called himself an architect for all of his life. But he also studied with an engraver and became very adept at representational etchings and engravings of Roman antiquities. Even before Piranesi journeyed to the ruins at Paestum, he was selling his own prints to Europeans traveling in Italy. “He realized that while he makes these very beautiful prints, that are great works of art, there’s also a very good market for these prints,” said Wim de Wit, an adjunct curator for architecture and design at the Cantor Center. “And many people from France, England and Germany would go to Italy and look at the buildings of the antiquities, and they wanted to have souvenirs. So his prints were very early and beautiful elements of the tourism industry.” At the ruins of Paestum, however, Piranesi honed his representational craft even more. The 15 drawings on display at the Cantor Center convey multiple vanishing points, odd choices of perspective and deliberate attempts to convey the three-dimensional sensory experience of the landscape. And in some cases, Piranesi excludes certain columns altogether, leaving them out of the drawing in order to reveal very different perspectives from inside the ruins. In the Cantor’s presentation, each individual drawing is accompanied by a 2D floor plan of the temple, complete with sightlines depicting exactly where Piranesi was looking when he drew the image. “If you just look at the drawings without trying to figure out where he’s standing, you don’t even realize that he goes deeper and deeper into the building,” says de Wit. “That’s what’s so interesting about it.” The results anticipate the modern-day discipline of image-based 3D modeling for archaeological sites. Piranesi didn’t have a robotic arm attached to a camera that extended out into the nooks and crannies of the building. Instead, he depicted the experience himself. The viewer takes away a perspective much deeper and more intricate than anything else from Piranesi’s era. THRU
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE When Dr. Jekyll’s ambitious experiments go wrong and created the multi-faceted, depraved villain Mr. Hyde, the two square off in deadly duel as only one can exist in dominance. Sep 17-Oct 18. $17-$32. City Lights Theater Company. San Jose.
DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE Jean is writing a thank-you letter in a quiet cafe when a cell phone won’t stop ringing. She looks over to the next table and finds that it belongs to a dead man with a whole bunch of loose ends. Sep 3- 27. $18$28 Bus Barn Theater. Los Altos Stage Company. Los Altos.
SWEET CHARITY In this Bob Fosse comedy dancefest, Sweet Charity is the name of a girl who wants everyone to love her so badly that she forgets who she is. Sep 19-Oct 11. Tickets Online. Sunnyvale Community Players. Sunnyvale Theatre.
THE WALLS OF JERICHO A flip-flop of the classic Cinderella tale (she’s rich and he’s poor) starts on a bus when two strangers banter in the whip-smart fashion of the 1930s, and as they do, the barriers between them crumble. Sep 18Oct 4. $10-$35. The Pear Avenue Theatre. Mountain View.
THE LION KING Sprung from the minds of Elton John and Tim Rice, this Tony-winning musical features some of the most jaw-dropping staging and recognizable songs in Broadway history. Sep 9-24. $43-$178. Center for the Performing Arts. San Jose.
FIORELLO! Former New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia takes on crooks and corruption while seeking to secure the rights of the common citizen. This musical won the Pulitzer Prize for drama, an
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RFK In our era of political cynicism and division, this refreshing play brings back the persistent idealism of Robert Kennedy, tracing his struggles and triumphs in his quest to make a government for all people. Sep 30-Oct 26. $55$65. The San Jose Stage.
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GALLERIES ANNO DOMINI “We Are Savages” Sign-painting art by Ken Davis. San Jose.
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“Elemental” Artists interpretations of Water, Earth, Air & Fire. Thru Sept 9. San Jose.
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“Piranesi’s Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered” thru Jan 4. “Pop Art from the SFMOMA Anderson Collection” featuring works by Warhol, Johns, Lichtenstein, and others. Thru Oct 26. “Modern Times” works by O’Keefe, Stieglitz, Toomer. Thru Sep 21. Stanford.
Colin Frangicetto and Drew Roulette. Thru Sep. San Jose.
HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE “Slugs, Dingbats, and Tramp Printing” The printing press is one of the most important inventions in human history. See the machine that printed the first newspaper in California. Thru Dec 12. San Jose.
LOS GATOS COMPANY “Zulugrass Jewelry Gallery,” featuring the colorful clothing and ornaments adorned by the Maasai tribe of the Great Rift Valley of Kenya and Tanzania. “Woodcarvings of Val Gardena, Italy,” featuring handcrafted woodcarving figures. Los Gatos.
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Beta Space” A massive study of the dung beetle’s place in the Galaxy. “Maker Space” thru Jan 17. “Artists including Me: William Wegman,” “Diebenkorn in the Bedroom, DeFeo in the Den: Generous Gifts from the Dixon and Barbara Farley Collection,” “Character Studies: Clay from the Collection” Oct 3- Feb 7. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.
SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES “Found/Made” Quilts made from repurposed cloth. Thru Nov 1. “Recycled, Up-Cycled, Re-Purposed Clothing Design” Fashion created by 6 local artists in response to overcommercialization and rapid production. Thru Sep 6. San Jose.
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KALEID GALLERY “Color Me Free” animalfocused new work from Sandi Billingsley. Jay Cee, Nekyua, Theresa Merchant, and Al Preciado have collaborated to produce live paintings based on mythology. San Jose.
MONTALVO ARTS CENTER “Metaphoric States” Five bronze works by Stephen de Staebler. Thru Oct 1. Saratoga.
PALO ALTO ART CENTER “Home Grown” Mid-career exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Walter Robinson. Thru Aug 30. Palo Alto.
SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “Red Rooms.” Hyper-artificial environments playing with light and shadow by Amy M. Ho. Thru Sep 12. “A Fragile Narrative” sculptures address domestic and industrial labor by Cassandra Straubing. Thru Sep 12. “Age of Entanglement” Vivid abstract paintings by Naomie Kremer. Thru Sep 19. “Passage” Used coffee filters repurposed into natural forms by Sophia Allison and Leanne Lee. Thru Oct 31. San Jose.
SEEING THINGS GALLERY “Late July” Photos by Matt Price, Kyle Camarillo, Mark Nisbet. Starts Jul 24. San Jose.
SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS "Art Lifer" Alfredo Reyes and Debbie Doherty with music from DJ Mystik Mike. “Assemble!” A MESHcollective show. Works by various artists. San Jose.
TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT The grape stomp contest is one of the more popular events at the annual Italian Family Fest.
Festa Fantastico FEATURING AUTHENTIC Italian cuisine, live entertainment, bocce ball and plenty of vino, the Italian American Heritage Foundation is once again throwing its yearly festival in downtown San Jose this weekend. The 35th annual Italian Family Festa will be held Saturday and Sunday at Guadalupe River Park & Gardens, directly adjacent to Little Italy, and organizers are excited. “It truly represents all things Italian,” says Joe Rizzi, director of the Italian Family Festa—“family, food, culture, history and camaraderie.” This year, the Festa looks beyond Italy with “Discover Italian Family Festa the Other Italy” at the festival’s “Cultural Village.” Here, visitors will learn more about Ticino, an ItalianSat-Sun, 11am, Free speaking region of southern Switzerland, where villages Guadalupe River Park, communicated across long distances with bellowing San Jose “Swiss Alphorns.” Demonstrations of this centuries-old mode of communication will be given at the Cultural Village. Additionally, performers will sing Italian-Swiss folk songs accompanied by Swiss dances. The grape stomp contest, usually one of the most popular attractions at the festa, will allow visitors to test their stomping skills on each day of the event. Live musical performances will include The Fratello Marionettes and Bay Area Opera Collaborative on Saturday; ALFIO, the Australian-Italian tenor and songwriter, and Wally’s Swing World will perform on Sunday. The Wine Tasting Garden will host featured wineries, including the Bruzzone Family Vineyard, Fortino Winery, Gianelli Vineyards, Guglielmo Winery, Perrucci Family Vineyard and Rosa d'Oro. Guitarist Fred McCarty will provide a sipping soundtrack. The Italian Family Festa is the Italian American Heritage Foundation’s largest fundraising event. They use it to raise funds for the IAHF youth scholarship college fund and other cultural events throughout the year. “The Festa is a labor of love and of pride,” Rizzi explains. “It is incredibly satisfying for me to gaze out among the crowd and see both young and old enjoying the sights and sounds of Italian heritage and tradition.” Festa hours will be 11am-8pm on Saturday, and 11am-6pm on Sunday. The event is free to public. For more information, visit italianfamilyfestasj.org. —Linh Nguyen
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Blithe Spirits SISTERS IN-LAW Greta Gerwig, left, and Lola Kisile, right, star as a pair of opposites drawn into friendship and sisterhood, by marriage.
Jokes don’t jibe in Noah Baumbach’s latest, ‘Mistress America’ BY RICHARD VON BUSACK
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ORE HAYWIRE than fashionably brittle, Noah Baumbach’s Mistress America is built on a Berlin Diaries/ Breakfast at Tiffany’s model. It’s told in the second person: a poem to a breathlessly blithe young lady, Brooke (Baumbach’s co-writer and live-in Greta Gerwig). She survives with little visible means of support and the help of an offscreen boyfriend called “Stavros,” like evil Blofeld. She’s idolized by the lady who will become her sister by marriage: a budding, alternately too-
shrewd and too-sentimental college student, named Tracy (Lola Kirile). Tracy is pretty—and she has a racy streak that comes out unexpectedly, as when she promises to give a guy she likes “a backrub he’ll never forget.” But she dresses in little-bird shades of brown and she wears an oversized beret that covers her head like a monk’s hood. In this script, which is like a matrix of New Yorker cartoon captions, Barnard College is a bad joke. In a class about Renaissance lit, a fellow student just wants to talk about velvets and brocades. Out of options one weekend, Tracy searches the cracked screen of her cell phone and decides to introduce herself to her new stepsister. Brooke lives in Times
Square, she says—Hell’s Kitchen is more like it. Baumbach tries to set up a visual explosion of bright lights after the wet autumn leaves and mean, droning classrooms of the beginning. In his restless montage, Brooke does it all. First, she’s a spinclass instructor. Then she slaps on horn-rimmed glasses to become a tutor. And she’s also a dancer/aide de camp to a rock band that (such is the editing) we don’t see long enough to get an opinion about. The two ladies have cross-purpose conversations—one dialogue starts out being about a dead mother but ends up being about frozen yogurt. Brooke talks so fast, she has crosspurpose conversations with herself. This can be funny, as when she defines the word autodidact as “that word I self-taught myself.” On the advice of a psychic, Brooke leads an expedition to the mansion-land of Greenwich, Conn., to find financing
for her new project. She goes to visit her wealthy former boyfriend (played with it’s-great-to-be-the-king brio by Michael Chernus). Along with Brooke comes a car full of tag-alongs to witness this hustle— including Tracy, Tracy’s crush Tony (Matthew Shear) and Tracy’s crush’s girlfriend, a death-before-divorce type played by Jasmine Cephas Jones. The settings and screwballism of the second half give more air and space, and less monotonous focus on Gerwig. The cast gets along easily. Now accepting Tracy as a younger sister, Brooke calls her “squirt,” as if she herself had suddenly become Tony Dow on Leave it to Beaver. Brooke’s sales pitch describes a restaurant-cum-hair salon-cumcommunity center she intends to open, and the pitch sounds like the Williamsburg pledge of allegiance. In her view, the place must be simultaneously cutting edge and poignantly homely. And it shall be called “Mom’s”—just like the restaurant described in novelist Nelson Algren’s oft-quoted three rules of life: “Never play poker with a man named Doc, never eat at a restaurant called Mom’s, and never sleep with someone whose problems are worse than your own.” That little monologue about Mom’s—it should be performed in acting classes—is Baumbach at his best, as in Frances Ha and Squid and the Whale. But Mistress America doesn’t mesh. It’s as if Baumbach is trying to bind two disparate eras of his life—squid-like climbing writer on the way up, and sedate, whale-like indie movie success. Gerwig has already played the collegiate (or in this case, post- and/ or pre-collegiate) frauline in Frances Ha and Damsels in Distress—the part is starting to straightjacket her. Of course, this dizzy and dizzying pale blonde with the complicated mouth is a perfect figure to play women who don’t know where they stand. Still, Tracy herself gets the last word, deciding that babbling Brooke is “a beacon of hope to lesser people.” That drop of vinegar curdles this custard. Define, please, “lesser people.”
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STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON Straight Outta Compton chronicles the rise of gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A. It is engrossing, but seemingly endless, condensing more than a decade in the careers of Dr. Dre and Co. The film starts out in a South Central L.A. nightclub, during the waning days of disco—vinyl on the record players, white acetate busboy-like jackets of those who work there. Repelled, Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson Jr.) executes what must have been the very first mic drop on stage. Later, after a vicious rousting by the Torrance cops, N.W.A. composes “Fuck Tha Police.” Straight Outta Compton has admirable forward thrust, especially during the opening scenes of the paramilitary LAPD in the days before the South Central riots. This movie has a readymade relevance to the police violence nationwide today. But it also makes the usual rounds of the showbiz bio—strife with other members, trouble with the law, terminal illness and record company bigwigs. This leaves little time for romance, and this may be the only non-Australian movie I’ve seen that considers women essentially a separate species, divided into hos and hard-slapping moms. I hate the game, but I don’t hate the players: Jackson, the actual son of Ice Cube, is the real standout and shows what his father was like before he became the guy from Are We There Yet? (Valleywide) (RvB)
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THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E It has weathered its significant time in development hell with style. 1963: Napoleon Solo (a Brylcreemed, three-piece suited Henry Cavill) is a reluctant CIA agent, forcibly teamed with a hulking (but tender hearted) KGB assassin named Kuryakin (Armie Hammer) to hunt an atom bomb in the hands of a group of unrepentant Nazis. Older viewers know the (supersonic laser) drill. But except for some lame low-brow moments (a fight in a German public toilet), Guy Ritchie treats the material with respect for its antique swank—the reconstructions of East Berlin and La Dolce Vita-era Rome are lovely and painstaking. And the leading ladies salute the glamour of half a century ago. Petite Alicia Vikander (Eva in Ex Machina) looks like Jeanne Moreau around the mouth and Anna Karina around the eyes. By contrast, the diabolical fascist conspirator (Elizabeth Debicki) is like an elongated version Deneuve in Belle du Jour. Ritchie’s customary fast-forward and fast-rewind gives way to a Tarantino respect for the power of a speech, a tableau, and a vintage piece of music. While honoring the conventions, Ritchie also delivers some meta-satire of the golden age of spy movies—like when he cuts away from one of the stupid boat chases that always unnecessarily stretch out Bond films to watch Solo having a little stolen lunch inside a stolen truck. (Valleywide) (RvB)
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BURIED SKELETONS In ‘Digging for Fire,’ director Joe Swanberg (‘Drinking Buddies’) mashes up multiple genres with mixed results.
The Bone Collector JOE SWANBERG’S Digging for Fire has its appeal. It stars a well-chosen group of actors, and is directed in a loose style that reveals more of their humanity than you’d see in more tightly woven films. Sam Elliott, capable of mustachioed, rugged cowboy charm or smooth-shaven villainy, gives five fine minutes as a grandad sighing about his age, for example. It has a handsome setting in the Los Angeles hills—where a couple, Lee (Rosemary DeWitt) and Tim (Jake Johnson) are doing some housesitting for someone wealthy they know in the Industry. Their adorable three-year-old says “poopie” at the dinner table, even though he knows it’s naughty. While horsing around on the eucalyptus-studded slope of this estate, Tim finds a human rib bone and a rusty pistol. He calls the LAPD, and they’re uninterested in these ancient relics. The couple split so Tim can have some quality time with their tax forms. Instead, he calls his buddies up for a night of beer drinking. They bring over “tarts”—Max, played by Brie Larsen and Alicia (Anna Kendrick)—for a little partying. Larsen returns the next day to get the purse she left behind, and stays
to dig for further evidence, with some drinks and a little dancing afterward. Lee is alone for the weekend, after her girlfriend (Melanie Lynskey) cancels on their plans. Alicia turns up again (surprise, what a small circle of people we know, if only we knew) to nurse an injured young man (Orlando Bloom) who Digging For Fire crosses Lee’s path. R; 85 Mins. I could not dig Digging Camera 3 for Fire. Swanberg ambles through in styles that he doesn’t have the energy to fill, from neo-Cassavetes to crypto-Rohmer. It might make a splash with people who feel that Eyes Wide Shut was underrated, telling shocking truths about couples, and the terrible allure of adultery most foul. The buried bones metaphor is no more convincing than if Swanberg had cut to a sleeping dog that everyone had decided to let lie. Some texture remains in the details of L.A. life, from soul-searching conversations with the Uber driver you’ll never see again, to the vast importance of yoga (and yoga is important—Los Angeles idlers would feel very unhappily idle without it). — Richard von Busack
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Fri, Aug 28, 8pm: Sunset 2015. San Jose.
Every Tue, 7:30pm: Yoshi Senzaki Band. Every Sun: Jazz or Blues. Milpitas.
LILLY MAC'S AGENDA LOUNGE Every Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays w/ free dance lessons. Every Thu, 9pm: Banda Night. San Jose. Every Sunday: Hip-hop & reggae. San Jose.
Wed, Aug 26, 5:30pm: The Hitman. Sat, Aug 29, 5:30pm: Ron E. Beck Soul Review. Sunnyvale.
MOUNTAIN WINERY
Thu, Aug 27, 7:30pm: Current Personae, Jackie Gage. Sat, Aug 29, 7:30pm: Craig White. San Jose.
Wed, Aug 26, 7pm: Heart. Thu, Aug 27, 7:30pm: American Idol Live. Fri, Aug 28, 7:30pm: The Fab Four (Beatles Tribute) Sun, Aug 30, 7:30pm: Russell Peters. Saratoga.
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Every Wed, 9pm: The Cypher, feat. Hip-hop, Jungle, Soul, Reggae, Dubstep, Trap, BreakBeat, House and more. San Jose.
Every Tue: Jack Ripoff. Every Wed: J.C. Smith Jam Band. Thu, Aug 27, 8pm: Bone Drivers. Fri, Aug 28, 8pm: Joint Chiefs. Sat, Aug 29, 8pm: Hella Good Party Band. Los Gatos.
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THE QUARTER NOTE Every Mon, Wed & Thu: Pro Jam. Sunnyvale.
RED ROCK COFFEE BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Every Wed and Sun, 10pm: Karaoke with DJ Hank. Fri, Aug. 28, Irisistable. Sat, Aug. 29 DJ Kaos. Every Mon: In House Darts/Foosball. Every Tue: Pubstumpers Trivia.
BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN Every Wed: DJ 512. Every Thu: DJ Nico & Neeber. Every Fri: DJ Benofficial & Clay. Every Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.
CARDIFF LOUNGE Every Tues, 10pm: Resident DJ Gabriel Black presents Beat Culture. Every Wed, 10pm: Rubber Soul w/ Wen Davis, Nappy, Cutso, and Golden Child (Hip-Hop). Every Thu, 10pm: Roger Morehouse Presents Foxy Thursdays. Campbell.
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SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Thu, Aug 27, 7pm: Hootenanny. Fri, Aug 28, 7pm: The Kaye Bohler Band. Sat, Aug 29, 7pm: Funkranomican. Sun, Aug 30, 1pm: Diminished Blue Duo. San Jose.
SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE Thu, Aug 26, 8pm: Incubus, Deftones, Death From Above 1979. Sun, Aug 30, 7pm: Kid Rock & Foreigner. Mountain View.
THE X BAR Every Thu: No Cover night. Every Sat: Saturday Nite Live Music Show. Cupertino.
Every Wed, 10pm: Wi3rd Wednesdays. Every Thu, 7pm: Speakeasy Saloon w/live country music. Los Gatos.
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Every Tue: Jazz Tuesdays. Thu, Aug 27, 7:30pm: Liz Kennedy w/ Rattlebox. Fri, Aug 28, 8:30pm: The Half White’s. Sat, Aug 29, 8:30pm: Richard Bean and Sapo. Sun, Aug 30, 7:30pm: Courtney Farren. Redwood City.
BLUE ROCK SHOOT Every Fri: Blue Rock Showcase. Every Sat: Live Featured Show. Every Sun: Jazz & Blues Jam. Saratoga.
CAFE STRITCH Every Wed: Wax Wednesday. Thu, Aug 27, 8:30pm: Austin Harris Quartet. Fri, Aug 28, 8:30pm: Tim Lin Quartet. Sat, Aug 29, 8:30pm: Charles Hamilton Quintet. Every Sun: The Eulipions Jazz Jam. San Jose.
CAFFE FRASCATI Thu, Aug 27, 7pm: The Dope Noones. Fri, Aug 28, 8pm: Dave Knight and Friends. Sat, Aug 29, 8pm: Seth Elsom. San Jose.
CLUB FOX Every Wed: Club Fox Blues Jam. Thu, Aug 27, 7pm: Lara Price CD Release Party. Fri, Aug 28, 8pm: Avance. Sat, Aug 29, 8pm: Amaris and Fleetwood Mask. Redwood City.
LITTLE LOU’S BBQ Wed, Aug 26, 7pm: Scott Goldberg Pro Jam. Every Thu: Aki’s Original Blues Jam. Fri, Aug 28, 8pm: Amy Lou & the Wild Ones. Sat, Aug 29, 8pm: Jinx Jones. San Jose.
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POOR HOUSE BISTRO Every Wed: Blues & Brews w/ Sid Morris & Kyle Jester. Thu, Aug 27, 6pm: Chrome Deluxe. Fri, Aug 28, 6pm: Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88s. Sat, Aug 29, 6pm: Big John Atkinson ft. Dave Riley. Sun, Aug 30, 12pm: School of the Blues Student Jam. San Jose.
SAM'S BBQ Wed, Aug 26, 6pm: Loganville. Tue, Sep 1, 6pm: Bean Creek. San Jose.
SMOKING PIG BBQ Fri, Aug 28, 9pm: Nancy Wright and the Rhythm and Roots Band. Fremont.
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Analog Machines MIKAIAH AND ANAIAH LEI are used to throwing people off. For starters, the two brothers are of mixed Taiwanese and Caribbean descent. Their complexion and hair texture often leads to them they’re being mistaken as black, which, in the past has led to some assuming they make rap music. They don’t. Nor do they craft electronic beats, like so many other aspiring musicians born in the early ’90s (the Disclosure brothers, Howard and Guy Lawrence come to mind). No. The Lei brothers have carved a decidedly analog path to early fame—playing punked-up garage rock tunes, like “All I Really Want�—a rollicking, fuzzed-out lamentation of modern life, which sounds a lot more like Jim Carroll than Calvin Harris. “I love rock music,� Mikaiah says. “As long as you’re using a real instrument to produce the music you’re hearing, you’re on the right path in my mind.�
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The Lei brothers, who are just entering their 20s, grew up in Southern California listening to the reggae and oldies their parents played—and later to the punk and post punk their father turned them on to. It didn’t take long for them to ďŹ gure out what they wanted to do with their lives. “Music has always been interesting for us and we’ve always wanted to do it,â€? Anaiah says. “At least for as long as I could remember. There was never a moment where we thought otherwise.â€?
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The Bots have essentially always been band mates. From the moment they were born, they’ve been moving toward the same goal. Considering this, perhaps it’s no surprise that they’ve achieved recognition at such a young age. The duo played Vans Warped tour before either of them turned 20, and are currently on tour with Deftones, Incubus and Death From Above 1979—pushing their debut full-length album, which they recorded with Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ guitarist, Nick Zinner. It’s not hard to ďŹ gure out what attracted Zinner to The Bots. They’ve got a sound that harks back to The Stooges and the New York garage rock revival of the early aughts, of which Zinner and Co. were an integral part.
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We get it: You spend an entire day making a small but very accurate voodoo doll of him and then have to dispose of it when he finally texts back. There are many who share your boyfriend’s techno-snobbery, claiming that texting isn’t real communication (perhaps because it doesn’t require Socratic oratory or chasing a goose to pluck a quill). But say one person texts “i love u” and the other texts back, “k.” That communicates plenty. And say you and your boyfriend were in the same room and you held up a tiny fern in a pot: “Look! A plant that has yet to commit suicide on me!” It would be pretty cold— and surely he’d think so—if he just kept silently clipping his toenails or whittling his corncob pipe or whatever. It’s one thing if you’re sending him iTunes user agreement-length texts and expecting him to text back in kind. But this sort of texted “yoohoo!” you’re sending him is one of the seemingly unimportant reach-outs that relationships researcher John Gottman calls “bids for connection.” These “bids” are attempts—often made in small and mundane ways—to get your partner’s attention, affection, humor, or support. Gottman observes that these are effectively little “trust tests” leading to “a tiny turning point—an opportunity, or a lost opportunity, for connection.”
In a study by Gottman and cognitive psychologist Janice Driver, the newlyweds who remained married to their partners six years later were the responsive ones—those who had “turned toward” their partner’s bids, on average, 86 percent of the time. Those who’d responded only 33 percent of the time were divorced by the six-year mark. Explain the “bid for connection” thing so your boyfriend can understand why it’s so important that he come through for you—or, rather, 4 u. But also keep in mind, as I write in "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck,” that “technology makes a nearly instant response possible; it doesn’t mandate it.” Let him know that you aren’t looking to start some relationship reign of terror—like if he doesn’t text you back in 60 seconds, his phone and/ or the relationship will explode. It’s just that seeing him making an effort would mean a lot to you (and keep you from Googling genital death spells). It’s also the sort of thing that keeps romance alive. As Gottman points out, you do that not with “Gone With the Wind” embraces or a bunch of loot on Valentine’s Day but with little daily shows of love. In this case, it’s those three little … uh, letters—LOL—after you text him a cat with a gunslinger mustache or a dachshund in a lobster suit.
I’ve been texting a lot with this guy for a few weeks, but he never calls me. We’ve been on a few dates that were really nice. My girlfriends tell me that if he really liked me, he’d call me. But one of my friends is about to get married, and their whole courtship was basically conducted via text. How important is the whole calling versus texting thing?—Worried
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guy’s texts and when you’re together. For example, on dates, is he looking into your eyes as you two talk for hours or looking into his phone as you stare into your napkin? In short, the medium is not the message. The message is the message— like if someone’s on the phone with you and simultaneously organizing his sock drawer, pondering a zit in the mirror, and bidding on a vintage beer sign on eBay: “Sorry, what was that about your childhood trauma?”
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NVIDIA Corporation, market leader in graphics & digital media processors, has engineering opportunities in Santa Clara, CA for Senior ASIC Engineer (ASICDE370) Implement NVIDIA’s proprietary physical design and formality flows; Systems Design Engineer (SYSDE52) Bring up and test NVIDIA’s board, system and chip products; Architect (ARC53) Apply advanced computer science, software development, computer micro-architecture, platform technology, and systems programming in developing algorithms and designing hardware solutions by extending the stateof-the-art techniques in hardware support for mobile computing; Senior Product Manager (PM06) Work on the development of highperformance computing solutions in NVIDIA’s Tesla Business (position requires travel up to 20%); GRID Project Product Manager (GPPM01) Develop and oversee the project for the go-to-market and launch plans for new product introductions; and Sr. Mechanical Engineer (SME04) Perform Finite Element modeling and simulations using ANSYS or other software. If interested, ref job code and send resume to: NVIDIA Corporation. Attn: MS04 ( J.Green). 2701 San Tomas Expressway, Santa Clara, CA 95050. Please no phone calls, emails or faxes.
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CECIL@METRONEWS.COM Why did Paleolithic humans kill mammoths? Evidence suggests early people hunted and killed woolly mammoths and butchered them for meat and hides. I realize killing a mammoth must have impressed paleo girls, but before the invention of Tupperware and refrigeration, what did you do with the resulting tons of meat? Either you’d have to have the biggest barbecue ever, or else try to preserve (and carry around) lots and lots of mammoth steaks. Considering the additional problem of drawing every carnivore and scavenger for miles, wouldn’t it make more sense to kill paleo bunnies and other small game?—Curious Vegetarian Bunnies? This is effete modern thinking. For primitive humans, the main concern wasn’t too much food but too little. OK, taking down a mammoth to keep the clan fed for a week sounds like overkill. But if the choice is between sustainable environmental practices and survival, you know what’s going to win. In other words, this seemingly obscure question is a parable for our times. Before we get all big-picture, let’s acknowledge what we don’t know. For starters, we can’t be certain early humans hunted mammoths on a regular basis. Human and mammoth fossils often turn up in the same locations, and stone weapon tips have been found embedded in mammoth bones, so clearly we went after them on occasion. But some experts wonder if we weren’t mainly finishing off mammoths laid low by other causes. That said, the consensus among scientists nowadays is that some human communities took to mammoth hunting in a big way. Indeed, we may have hunted them to extinction. Why go after mammoths and not bunnies? For the same reason Costco members drive right past the 7-Eleven— acquiring food in bulk is more efficient. A typical adult mammoth is thought to have been good for well over a thousand pounds of meat—more than two million calories. Add in the bone marrow and fat, and a mammoth could probably have kept 30 people fed for two weeks. A block of time like that gives you a chance to get organized. Specialization would likely have emerged early in a mammoth-hunting clan. The hunters would prepare their weapons for the next expedition, leaving the food-prep team to focus on what was surely job one for Paleolithic chefs: keeping the leftovers from going bad. No Stone Age cookbooks are extant, but meat-preservation techniques have been known since ancient times. An obvious one during the last ice age would have been freezing. Plains Indians used to bury meat in the snow during winter; they’d also dry meat after large kills. Chinese historians have found that salt
was harvested from inland dry lakes more than 8,000 years ago; many primitive cultures used salt to preserve meats, vegetables, and even their dead. Animal bones at one Paleolithic ruin show signs the meat had been smoked. More exotically, underwater storage has been proposed as a means of meat preservation. Experiments by a University of Michigan paleontologist show freshbutchered meat could be stored in a peat bog for up to two years. Archeological evidence points to mammoths being cut into large pieces for transport, with butchery occurring both at the scene of the kill and back at dedicated meat-processing sites. These locations no doubt attracted scavengers, but that may have been less a problem than an opportunity—nosy predators risked joining the mammoths on the spit. Bone accumulations at mammoth butchery sites show some, but not many, signs of carnivore gnawing. Other animals hunted along with mammoths include horses, reindeer, wild oxen, wolves, foxes, and yes, bunnies. Mammoths were also valued for their skin and bones—spears and knives made from mammoth ivory could be used to kill and butcher more mammoths. Stretch a dried mammoth skin over a frame of its bones and tusks and you’ve got yourself a tent. So Paleolithic tribes may not have let the mammoths they’d bagged go to waste. That was no comfort to the mammoths. As we’ve seen in other realms, efficient resource exploitation typically results in more consumption, leading some to speculate that our ancestors drove mammoths to extinction. That’s by no means proven. Studies of the Clovis peoples of North America have come to mixed conclusions, with some believing it was too dangerous to hunt Pleistocene megafauna unless they were sick or wounded. Other maintain there just weren’t enough of the biggest animals to make them a primary food source. To which the obvious response is: so? Easy kill or not, the result would have been the same: fewer mammoths.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): You like to run ahead of the pack. You prefer to show people the way, to set the pace. It's cleaner that way, right? There's less risk you will be caught up in the messy details of everyday compromise. But I suspect that the time is right for you to try an experiment: Temporarily ease yourself into the middle of the pack. Be willing to deal with the messy details of everyday compromise. Why? Because it will teach you lessons that will serve you well the next time you're showing the way and setting the pace. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Are you ready to revise your ideas about how love works? Would you consider reevaluating your relationship to romance, your approach to intimacy, and your understanding of sex? I hope you will not only be willing but also excited to do these things. Now is a favorable time to make changes that will energize your love life with a steady ow of magic for months to come. To get the party started, brainstorm about experiments you could try to invigorate the dynamics of togetherness. Make a list of your customary romantic strategies, and rebel against them all. Speak sexy truths that are both shocking and endearing. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Querencia is a Spanish word with many nuances. At its simplest, it refers to your favorite spot, a place where you long to be. But its meaning can go even deeper. Querencia may be a sanctuary where you feel safe and authentic, or a situation that enables you to draw on extra reserves of strength and courage. It's a special kind of home: an empowering shelter that makes you feel that you belong in this world and love your life. Can you guess where I'm going with this message, Gemini? These days you need to be in your querencia even more than usual. If you don't have one, or if you don't know where yours is, formulate a ďŹ erce intention to locate it.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): The art of effective communication consists of knowing both what to say and what not to say. It's not enough to simply ďŹ nd the words that accurately convey your meaning. You have to tailor your message to the quirks of your listeners. For example, let's say you want to articulate the process that led you to change your mind about an important issue. You would use different language with a child, an authority ďŹ gure, and a friend. Right? I think you are currently at the peak of your abilities to do this well, Cancerian. Take full advantage of your uency. Create clear, vivid impressions that inuence people to like you and help you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Arthur Conan Doyle ďŹ rst used the term "smoking gun" in a story he wrote over a century ago. It referred to a time the ďŹ ctional detective Sherlock Holmes burst into a room to ďŹ nd a man holding a pistol that had just been ďŹ red, along with the fallen body of a man who had been shot. Since then, the meaning of "smoking gun" has expanded. Now it's any piece of evidence that serves as compelling proof of a certain hypothesis. If you can't ďŹ nd the cookie you left in the kitchen, and your roommate walks by with cookie crumbs on his chin, it's the smoking gun that conďŹ rms he pilfered your treat. I believe this is an important theme for you right now. What question do you need answered? What theory would you like to have corroborated? The smoking gun will appear. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): At least for now, I suggest you suspend the quest for order and reďŹ nement and perfection. The wise course of action is to disengage from your fascination with control, and instead give yourself to the throbbing, erratic pulse of the Cosmic Wow. Why? If you do, you will be able to evolve faster than you thought possible. Your strength will come from agile curiosity and an eagerness to experiment. Do you remember when you last explored the catalytic wonders of spontaneity and unpredictability? Do it again!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): This is the deepest, darkest phase of your cycle. The star that you will ultimately make a wish upon has not yet risen. Your pet monsters seem to have forgotten for the moment that they are supposed to be your allies, not your nemeses. Smoke from the smoldering embers in your repressed memories is blending with the chill night fog in your dreams, making your life seem like a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a taco. Just kidding about that last
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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): According to the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, here's what God says to each of us: "Go the limits of your longing . . . Flare up like ame and make big shadows that I can move in. Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is ďŹ nal." Whether or not you're on speaking terms with the Creator, this is excellent advice. It's time to give everything you have and take everything you need. Hold nothing back and open yourself as wide and wild as you dare. Explore the feeling of having nothing to lose and expect the arrivals of useful surprises. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The sun and the expansive planet Jupiter are currently making a joyful noise in the sign of Virgo, which is your astrological House of Career and Ambition. This does not necessarily mean that a boon to your career and ambition will fall into your lap, although such an event is more likely than usual. More importantly, this omen suggests that you will inuence luck, fate, and your subconscious mind to work in your favor if you take dramatic practical action to advance your career and ambitions. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): On August 28, 1963, Capricorn hero Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd of thousands in Washington, D.C. In that address, he imagined what it might look like if African Americans were free of the bigotry and oppression they had endured for centuries at the hands of white Americans. In accordance with your astrological potentials, I encourage you to articulate your own "I Have a Dream" vision sometime soon. Picture in detail the successful stories you want to actualize in the future. Visualize the liberations you will achieve and the powers you will obtain.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you have been patiently waiting for a propitious moment to buy a new yacht, pledge your undying love, or get a tattoo that depicts Buddha wrestling Satan, now is as close as you'll get to that propitious moment, at least for a while. Even if you have merely been considering the possibility of signing a year-long lease, asking a cute mischief-maker on a date, or posting an extra-edgy meme on Facebook or Twitter, the next three weeks would be prime time to strike. Diving into a deep, heart-crazed commitment is sometimes a jangly process for you Aquarians, but these days it might be almost smooth and synchronistic. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Ready for a ritual? Get a piece of paper and a pen. Light a candle, take three deep breaths, and chant "YUMMMM" ďŹ ve times. Then spend ten minutes writing down the qualities you would like your perfect lover to possess. Identify both the traits that would make this person unique and the behavior he or she would display toward you. Got that? When you are ďŹ nished, burn the list you made. Disavow everything you wrote. Pledge to live for at least seven months without harboring ďŹ xed beliefs about what your ideal partner should be like. Instead, make yourself extra receptive to the possibility that you will learn new truths about what you need. Why? I suspect that love has elaborate plans for you in the next two years. You will be better prepared to cooperate with them if you are initially free of strong agendas. Homework: What new title, degree, award, or perk will you have two years from today that you don't have now? Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.
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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Eye Level Learning Center, 236 N. Abel St., Milpitas, CA, 95035, Apollo Consulting LLC. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 8/1/2015. /s/Kane Wong. Managing Member #201517310150 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 8/10/2015. (pub Metro 8/19, 8/26, 9/02, 9/09/2015)
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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Paris Truckin, 1702 Tustin Dr., San Jose, CA, 95122, Pablo Rocha Miranda. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 8/4/15. /s/Pablo Rocha Miranda This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 8/04/2015. (pub Metro 8/19, 8/26, 9/02, 9/09/2015)
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Today’s Metrowide Insurance Services, 1630 Oakland Rd., Ste A102, San Jose, CA, 95131, Thuan D. Pham, Tam M. Pham, 1350 Oakland Rd, Spc 151, San Jose, CA, 95112. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/06/2010. Refile of previous file #543294 with changes. /s/Thuan D. Pham This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 8/19/2015. (pub Metro 8/26, 9/02, 9/05, 9/16/2015)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607465 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Microline Enterprises, 320 Clifton Ave., San Jose, CA, 95120, Derick Sowell. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 7/28/2015. /s/ Derick Sowell. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 7/28/2015. (pub Metro 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/02/2015)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607897 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Royal Limousine, 17017 Murphy Ave., Morgan Hill, CA, 95037, Ahmed Abdelfattah. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 8/10/2015. /s/Ahmed Abdelfattah This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 8/10/2015. (pub Metro 8/19, 8/26, 9/02, 9/09/2015)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607454 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:Traficante And Company, 2656 Kimball Dr., San Jose, CA, 95121, Jose Pacheco, Cesar Garza, 2920 Roby Av., San Jose, CA, 95148. This business is conducted by a general partnership.Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Jose Pacheco This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 7/28/2015. (pub Metro 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/02/2015)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607307 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: VeryWell, 1975 Hamilton Ave., Suite 7, San Jose, CA, 95125, Dina Zuccaro, 535 Coe Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125. This business is conducted by a individual. Refile of previous file #605967 due to publication requirement not met on previous filing. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Dina Zuccaro. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 7/23/2015. (pub Metro 8/19, 8/26, 9/02, 9/09/2015)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607873 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Adaptive Insight LLC 2. Cerulean Monkey Studio, 3. Cerulean Monkey Design, 14 W. Central Ave., Los
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607783 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Skyline Venture Consulting, 4672 San Lucas Way, San Jose, CA, 95135, Darlo Perez. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Darlo Perez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 8/06/2015. (pub Metro 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/02/2015)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607478 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Attorney Mediated Divorces, 1602 The Alameda, Ste. 101, San Jose, CA, 95126, Valerie S. Tarvin. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2011. /s/Valerie S. Tarvin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 7/28/2015. (pub Metro 8/05, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26/2015)
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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JT Window Cleaning, 1617 Whitton Ave., San Jose, CA, 95116, Jose Javier Salgado. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Jose Salgado. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 8/05/2015. (pub Metro 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 9/02/2015)
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607627 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Superior Window Cleaning, 375 Willow Street, Suite A, San Jose, CA, 95110, East-West Building Services, Inc. This business is conducted by a corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant begann transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 7/31/15. /s/Patrick Marienthal President #1483585 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 7/31/2015. (pub Metro 8/05, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26/2015)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607488 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cinebar, 69 East San Fernando Street, San Jose, CA, 95113, No Dice, LLC. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Stacy Sutherland CEO #201519010386 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 7/29/2015. (pub Metro 8/05, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26/2015)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607505 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Today’s Kitchen and Bath,
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #604507 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Call My Ride Morgan Hill, LLC, 16915 Del Monte Ave., #156, Morgan Hill, CA, 95037, . This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Elizabeth J. Rummens President 201425310299 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 7/29/2015. (pub Metro 8/05, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26/2015)
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #607457 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Reconsultant, 5242 Vera Lane, San Jose, CA, 95111, James Le. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 7/30/07. Refile of previous file #487731 after 40 days of expiration date. /s/James Le. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 7/28/2015. (pub Metro 8/05, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26/2015)
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Fans of THE VELVET TEEN (including Strata and Limousines frontman, Eric Victorino, right) attended the Santa Rosa band’s free show at Cafe Stritch.
FAHRENHEIT RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE said goodbye over the weekend—with two well-attended parties.
Guitar master JOE BONAMASSA drew these two fans, and many more, to Shoreline Amphitheatre.
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