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San Jose, United States

What's inside matters. The Innovative and Creative Culture of Silicon Valley. Made in San Jose. Please order print issues at http://contentmagazine.bigcartel.com

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Profiles, 18.4 (Fall 2026)

August 27, 2026

Perform, 18.3 (Summer 2026)

May 18, 2026

FEATURING: Art Welder – Alana Lin | Artistic Director/San Jose Jazz – Christian Vela | Cilker School of Art & Design: Shannon Mirabelli-Lopez, Kristen Garcia, Mitra Fabian, Lou De La Rosa, Anthony Murray, Hana Reyes, Amani Jordan, and Camille Sherman | Music/Harm Reduction Nonprofit – Crossthread San Jose | Painter – Hargun M Mann | Artist/Quiet Giant Design – Ian Young | Bay FC Professional Soccer Player – Joelle Anderson | Artistic Director/Children's Musical Theater – Kikau Alvaro | Spoken Word Artist/Community Organizer – Lindsey Leong aka HELLA Famous | Interdisciplinary Artist, Educator, and Researcher – Miguel Novelo | 2026 San Jose Creative Ambassadors – Los Panaderos, Tricia Creason-Valencia, and Jorge "J.Duh" Camacho

Sight and Sound, 18.2 (Spring 2026)

February 17, 2026

FEATURING: Graffiti artist – Akeem Raheem | Artist & photographer – Buggsy Malone | Painter – Cooper Salmon | Coterie Winery - Kyle and Shala Loudon | Actor/Sound Designer – George Psarras | Painter – Jacqué Price | Rapper – Joe Fresco | Painter – Jonathan Crow | Muralist & Tattoo artist – Karime "Dawll" Contreras | Composer & Visual Art – Mauricio Rodriguez | Visual artist – Natalia Drachinskaya | Photography Students – SJSU Photo 125 | Santa Clara County Supervisors: Sylvia Arenas, Betty Duong, Otto Lee, Susan Ellenberg, and Margaret Abe-Koga | Musician – William Johnston Bohrer _____ The idea for an issue called “Sight and Sound” came to me in 2013, during my second year producing CONTENT (issue 5.1). My goal was to focus more on the image makers and sound artists in our region. I realized I was subconsciously defaulting to painters and designers, so I wanted to challenge myself to make space for actors, athletes, filmmakers, and photographers. The mission of CONTENT has always been to be eclectic. Creat

Discover 18.1 (Winter 25/26)

December 1, 2025

FEATURING: Works/San José \ Tattoo Artist, Low Le \ Artist & Teacher, John Contreras \ Artist, Valentina Carrillo aka “Betty Proper” \ Chicano Muralist, Augie WK \ Multimedia Canvas Artist, Jasmine Reid \ Artist, Sarah Bianco \ Painter, Hadi Aghaee \ Multimedia Artist, Tachiya Bryant | Open San Jose, CreaTV San José, LEAD Filipino, Northern California Public Media, Latina Coalition of Silicon Valley, Chopsticks Alley Art, San José Spotlight, Mosaic America, Works/San José \ DJ and Producer, Arturo Garces

17.4 Profiles Summer 2025

August 21, 2025

Featuring: Cura Contemporary Gallery | Artist, Itzayana Silva | Filmmaker, Lorena Cortez | Painter, Tyler Marchesano | Watercolor Painter, Uma Kelkar | Textile Artist, Cynthia Brannvall | Emerging Artist Awards 2025, Abiam Alvarez, Alice Hur, Hana Lock | Artist, COVA | Artist, Mark Engel | Pageboy Salon and DJ, Blair Carson | Onbar Music, Troy Tuan Truong | Véra Restaurant, Katrina Parsen I celebrate a number of things in this 73rd issue, “Profiles.” First, I celebrate the great privilege we have to award local artists recognition, furthering their emerging careers. Of course, this would not have been possible without the generous support of our partners: Santa Clara County, City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs, Gilroy Foundation, Heritage Bank, and City of Morgan Hill. And, members, like you! In addition, I am excited to have the opportunity to commission writers, designers, editors, and photographers to create this platform and highlight our creative scene. Specifically in this issue, I’m glad to w