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Politics Isn’t Pretty Anybody who’s met AARON RESENDEZ can attest to his sincerity and old-school charm. The longtime community leader bleeds compassion the East Side. During his doomed run in June for a District 5 council seat, he visited competitor MAGDALENA CARRASCO’s father, who was ill and in the hospital, to offer support. That may be why Resendez is still frothing about that public upbraiding by RYAN FORD in front of the City Hall rotunda back in May. Resendez, who recently pulled papers to run for Alum Rock School Board in the fall, spoke at last week’s packed Rules Committee meeting.

He was there to, once again, rebuke Ford—councilmember NORA CAMPOS’ Chief of Staff—for calling him “unethical” on May 21. Ford got his knickers in a knot over a Resendez campaign mailer that mentioned Resendez’s 2002 award from Campos’ office.

Ford viewed that as a cheap political trick, since Resendez was running against Xavier Campos, Nora’s bro. Following a City Hall press conference, Ford got in Resendez’s face, then stormed off after a digital camera wielder Don’t moved in to record the forget fireworks. (It has since to tip! been uploaded to YouTube: bit.ly/ryanrage.) Shortly FLY@ thereafter, Resendez METRONEWS. sent out an open letter COM demanding a public apology from Campos for “Mr. Ford’s insulting and disrespectful behavior.” He has yet to get one That’s why Resendez decided to escalate the matter to the city council. (Or could it be to drum up publicity for his upcoming school district run? Nah.) Ford, who has tried to stay quiet on the subject, stated on the record at last Wednesday’s meeting that he was just defending his boss and swore that he has always conducted himself with “professionalism and respect toward others.”

After they spoke, Mayor CHUCK REED said he wasn’t aware there was a video of the Ford/Resendez contretemps. He asked City Attorney RICHARD DOYLE to call up the video and refer the matter to Campos’ office, then report back to the mayor on what, if anything, was being done.

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dynamic with a two-way flow of both electricity and information. It would also open the door for renewable energy sources like wind and solar to get connected and start to reduce the national dependence on coal, oil and gas.

Many homes and businesses in Silicon Valley and beyond already feature solar panels and even wind turbines that add electricity to the grid.

But the current system of transmission lines isn’t able to determine how much renewable energy will be available at a given time—after all, solar power and wind power are both subject to fluctuation—so utilities produce the same amount of electricity regardless. And, in general, they have

to overcompensate. In order to match electricity supply with demand, utilities decide on a peak level of demand and then match it.

Demand changes at every moment as individual devices turn on and off.

Power generators are intermittent, too. Lots of coal-fired, gas-fired and nuclear power plants have unexpected shutdowns. Utilities have had to adapt to sudden changes in demand and supply since the current grid was built in the late 1800s. The only difference now is that they have a lot more clean and efficient renewable energy generators at their disposal—but not the technology to use them.

Enter the Smart Grid A smart grid—the electric grid gone digital—would allow power plants to respond, in real time, to power needs.

The “real time” aspect is important. It means consumers will be able to decide

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8 “Part “Parrt of of what what makes makes the the smart smarrt grid grid ‘smart’ ‘smarrt’ is is its its ability ability to to know know a lot lot about about the the energy-consuming energy-consuming devices devices in in our our homes, homes,” says says Susan Susan Lyon, Lyon, a privacy privaccy and and security security attorney attorney at at law law firm firm Perkins Perkins Coie Coie in in Seattle.

Seattle. “Home “Home energy energy consumption consumption patterns patterns could could be be gathered gathered and and analyzed analyzed on on a roomroomby-room by-room and and device-by-device device-by-device basis. basis.

Although Although this this sort sort of of information information may may not not be be considered considered terribly terribly invasive invasive for for some, some, for for others others anything an nything that that violates violates the the sanctity sanctity of of ‘home’ ‘home’ may may cause cause tremendous tremendous concern. concern.”

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T his sshould hould h ap ppen, iin np art, aass This happen, part, ccustomers ustomers ar re ab ble tto ob etter m onitor are able better monitor w hen eelectricity lectricity iiss m ore o ess when more orr lless eexpensive xpensive tthroughout hroughout tthe he d ay, aand nd day, al lter ttheir heir u se aaccordingly, ccordingly, b ut ““this this alter use but iinformation nformation aalone lone ccannot an nnot aand nd w ill will n ot rreduce educe eenergy nergy cconsumption onsumption o not orr ccosts, osts,” ssays ays eengineer ngineer aand nd ssmart marrt ggrid rid eexpert xpert Michael Michaeel C. C. English.

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sv 411.com Facebook Takes Over The Internet

The report will likely be the subject of intense investigation by investors and social scientists alike. What are people looking for online today?

What needs does it compensate for in real life? Figure that out and someone can make a bundle.

—DANNY WOOL, SV411.COM

IT WASN’T THAT long ago that the internet served two main functions: email and porn. According to a new Nielsen survey, web surfers today tend to spend more time on Facebook and game sites than email.

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Of course, email is still a key component of the Internet, and one of the three major activities for which it is used. But where at one time it accounted for 28 percent of the time people spent online, this has dropped to just 8 percent.

Facebook accounts for 85 percent of all time spent in the social networking category, while MySpace accounts for just 5.6 percent. No one even bothered to ask about Friendster or Ning, but they can’t be doing that well, considering that the ubiquitous Twitter gets just 1.1 percent. Of course, one can only wonder if Twitter allowed people 300 characters, whether they would double their time . . .

One stat stands out: social networking now accounts for 23 percent of the time people spend online. That means about 20 percent of all time spent on the Internet is actually spent on Facebook.

Games are the other big time-waster online, with Electronic Arts and Blizzard Entertainment accounting for 17 and 12 percent respectively. The infamous Zynga games Mafia Wars and Farmville each get about 5 percent, largely because they are so intimately tied to Facebook.

Does Facebook Have Google’s Social Strategy Plan?

Facebook “knows all about Google’s social product plans,” and has obtained copies of proprietary Google documents outlining their social strategy. So said a Facebook engineer at the TechCrunch party at August Capital on Friday to all within earshot.

Google has yet to confirm that they are launching a new social network, but rumors have been flying for the last several weeks. Google is conducting focus groups to gather information about consumers’ social habits as well.

If Facebook does have these proprietary documents it’s possible they obtained them from a former Google employee who switched companies. Regardless, it’s reckless to boast about it. — MICHAEL ARRINGTON, TECHCRUNCH.COM

Kristopher Windsor Note to self: never go to a TechCrunch party.

Ballmer: Microsoft Will be in Tablets Microsoft—which foresaw the tablet PC, but failed to commercialize it—has a lot to prove in the market currently dominated by Apple’s iPad, and every intention of proving it.

Bringing Windows-based slates to market “is job one urgency around here,” said CEO Steve Ballmer at the company’s Financial Analyst Meeting last Thursday. “No one is asleep at the switch. . . . We have got to make things happen.”

And just how does the company propose to “make things happen”?

Well, that’s not entirely clear.

“We’re working with our hardware partners; we’re tuning Windows 7 to work on slates,” Ballmer explained.

“We’ve got the user base, we’ve got the user familiarity. We’ve got everything on our side if we do things really right.”

Of course that’s often the case with Microsoft. The problem is, it doesn’t always manage to do things really right. Certainly, it didn’t manage it with Windows Vista. Or Windows Mobile.

Or Zune. Or, more recently, Kin. Who’s to say this time will be any different?

—JOHN PAZCHKOWSKI, DIGITALDAILY. ALLTHINGSD.COM

Crowd Sorcerer Microsoft doesn’t have confidence in Windows Phone 7, which is why Ballmer won’t put it in a slate.

miguel Arrogant employees + alcohol = someone’s getting fired!

Liz Between this and the lost/ stolen iPhone mess, I think Silicon Valley employees should drink at home!

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Stevet12 I thought Steve Ballmer regarded tablets as unnecessary. Oh of course that was before Apple launched one and sold over 3 million.

Low-Tech Shatner on Twitter TV Show William Shatner confesses he has problems with the digital age. At 79 years old, he doesn’t use Twitter and can’t remember computer passwords. So what is the sci-fi icon doing in the first TV series dreamed up from a Twitter account? “It is beyond irony,” Shatner says of his role as an outspoken, politically incorrect dad in the new comedy series $#*! My Dad Says.

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SanJoseInside.com An inside look at San Jose politics

Democrats’ Budget Plan For California’s Students

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These governing boards must make decisions without the luxury of knowing what in the hell the state budget will be. It’s almost August and once again the budget has not been agreed to by the deadline written into state law.

Superintendent Chuck Weis asked the trustees of the County Board of Education to adopt a resolution in support of Assembly Speaker John A. Perez’s thoughtfully crafted bill, titled California Jobs Budget. Two of our local Assembly members, Jim Beall and Joe Coto, had requested County Board support.

The California Jobs Budget categorically rejects the Governor’s $4.3 billion in Proposition 98 cuts and then fully funds California’s constitutionally mandated education requirement.

The bill’s architecture is complicated,

and includes a quarter-cent decrease of the state sales tax, and a quarter-cent increase on local sales tax. The state reduction would be offset by a new oil severance tax. In addition, one- time revenue would be raised through securitization of Beverage Recycling Fees to the Beverage Recycling Fund. Most of this plan does not require a two-thirds vote because it is revenue neutral.

I was very disappointed in the board’s disagreement on this issue.

After considerable discussion, we could not agree with unanimity about something so vital to California’s future. I along with Member Beauchman and President Song voted to support the California Jobs Budget Resolution. Member Craig Mann was absent. Members Grace Mah, Jane Howard and T.N. Ho voted to abstain due to the partisan nature of the proposal.

This California Jobs Budget is being put forward by the Democratic-controlled Assembly.

If there is a Republican proposal to save school jobs and provide full Proposition 98 funding for schools, as is constitutionally required, that is revenue neutral, let’s see it. I don’t believe there is one that can gain the majority vote in both of our state houses.

Children can longer be held captive by partisanship; rather we must come to a negotiated compromise on how to move forward for public education in these bleak economic times. We must act and now is the time. —Joseph Di Salvo

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BARBECUE 18 He went on to a Weber “bullet,” a blunt, torpedo-shaped device that’s better suited to smoking.

(Barbecuing, by the way, is slowcooking meat with indirect heat and smoke; grilling is cooking quickly and directly over a hot fire). He graduated to more sophisticated smokers and ultimately built his own rig, a trailer-mounted, smoke-blackened behemoth he affectionately calls “Sarah.” It’s named after Sarah Winchester because, like the legendary matron of the Winchester Mystery House, he just kept adding and adding new sections and features to the iron-clad, fire-breathing contraption.

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Or a Tesla. It’s so fuel-efficient and burns so slowly and evenly that he rarely has to add additional lumps of charcoal. They sell for about $1,000, and in spite of their simple, 1,000-year-old Chinese design, they are high-performance barbecuing machines. He owns three of them.

For Gilbert, barbecue isn’t just a way to cook meat. It’s a way of life “It’s an obsession,” he says. “It’s a way of going over the top. It just sung to me. There’s something really primal about it.”

Smoke Signals This being Silicon Valley, Gilbert, a 58-year-man with a mustache and hair pulled back into a ponytail, has married the low-tech smoker with some very new technology. After

losing a mystery-meat competition in which contestants had to cook kangaroo meat, Gilbert makes sure he has an Internet connection at contests to make sure he can Google any technical questions that evade him.

“We’re all wired up now,” he says.

He also uses a device called the Stoker, a power draft system developed by Rock’s Bar-B-Que in Newark. The device automatically kicks on a fan to stoke the fire when the temperature falls below a pre-set temperature.

The device has an Ethernet connection that transmits messages about temperature via Twitter. It’s even possible to control the device remotely from a computer or a smart phone, but Gilbert isn’t the kind of guy to monitor his meat from afar. He is hands-on.

Today, his hands are on a slab of pork ribs that he has just pulled off the grill. In his estimation, the ribs were substandard. Too dry. While his style of cooking varies depending on where in the United States he is competing or who the judges are, there are certain standards set by the Kansas City Barbecue Society (KCBS) that he’s always shooting for.

KCBS sanctions and judges BBQ competitions across the United States and promotes barbecue as America’s national cuisine. It’s the largest society of barbecue enthusiasts in the world.

By KCBS standards, when you bite a rib it should leave a clean bite mark, but the meat should not fall off the bone. Meat that falls off the bone is overcooked. Instead, the meat should be offer slight resistance as it pulls away.

“We’ve been known to cook 10 racks of ribs in order to serve six good ones,” Gilbert says.

For me, the ribs were outstanding even if they were a shade too dry.

The meat was succulent, juicy and carried a beautiful glaze from Gilbert’s delicious homemade tangysweet barbecue sauce.

In competition, competitors cook to a different standard. Judges evaluate barbecue on the basis of texture, flavor and presentation. All KCBS-certified judges must swear an oath before they are allowed to pass judgment:

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“I do solemnly swear to objectively and subjectively evaluate each Barbeque meat that is presented to my eyes, my nose, my hands and my palate. I accept my duty to be an Official KCBS Certified Judge, so that truth, justice, excellence in Barbeque and the American Way of Life may be strengthened and preserved forever.”

But because judges sample so much barbecue in a contest, he or she may only take one or two bites of each contestant’s entry before moving on to the next competitor.

That means competitive ’cuers like Gilbert have to get everything right in just one bite, and therefore their meats are intensely flavored, more hyperdelicious that what you would find in a barbecue restaurant.

“You want to cook something that’s going to dance on the judge’s tongue,” Gilbert explains.

Fire in the Belly For Gilbert, the secret to great barbecue is threefold: fire control,

using good meat and having a pleasing “signature,” the spices and marinades that make the product your own. But he also says barbecuing at this level where competitors compete for sometimes thousands of dollars against dozens of other teams and spend almost 24 hours tending their fires right up until the judging is an intensely mental game, too. Those not fit for the rigors of competition get burned.

“When most people think of barbecue they think of beer-guzzling bubbas in the backyard with a Weber,” he says.

Technically, Gilbert did have beer on hand in his backyard among the relics of old Webers, but I would not call him a bubba. Gilbert, a program director of a special education school, takes a more cerebral approach to barbecue than most. He’s noticed, for example, that when people like his barbecue sauce they smack their lips and aerate their mouth as if they were tasting wine. He also looks at

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BARBECUE 23 the composition of judges, noting their training and their age and considers what their reference points of barbecue may be.

“It’s a moving target,” he says.

“What won last year might not win this year. It really is a mental game.”

The Disciple Gilbert holds an informal contest in his backyard once a year where teams can hone their craft and get extensive feedback from judges. At official contests, all competitors get is a numerical score. It was at one of these backyard scrimmages that Ryan Pang met Gilbert. If Gilbert is Silicon Valley’s barbecue guru, Ryan Pang is one his disciples.

“He’s got the passion,” says Gilbert.

“He’s been bitten by the bug.”

Pang and his Bad S Barbecue team (the S is for Sunnyvale) are upand-comers on the barbecue scene.

Pang is a loquacious, bespectacled private chef who graduated with honors from the Culinary Institute of America.

Pang has also worked at Manresa, Maggiano’s, Liquid Sushi and other Silicon Valley restaurants. His food service knowhow gives him an edge in the barbecue world. Although he and his friends have been competing for less than a year, they have already collected some impressive winnings.

Inspired by the TV show BBQ Pit Masters and Gilbert’s barbecue gettogethers, he and his buddies decided to go pro and compete.

“We just kind of ran with it from there,” he says.

Like many barbecuers, it took a while for Pang and his crew to settle on the right equipment. They started with a Brinkman barbecue, a simple, entry-level unit.

“It’s the cheapest smoker you can buy,” he says. “It’s like a tin can.”

They learned the intricacies of smoke and fire control and soon needed to upgrade. After trying out different smokers, they decided to build their own. Making heavy use of Craigslist, they cobbled together a smoker made from a 1940s General Electric refrigerator, an old water heater, an insert fireplace and a discarded steel bed frame for a fire grate.

“Even if we’re not winning we’re

going to have a great conversation piece,” he says The pieced-together Frankenstein contraption is really quite a beauty, and it makes some great barbecue.

(Check out the team’s website at badsbbq.com for photos). Pang and team received two “grand champion” awards at contests in Redding and San Jose and third place at the Alameda County Fair for ribs and chicken.

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The team has also picked up sponsorships from Mary’s Organic Chicken and Lazzari charcoal. The highest praise came from Gilbert who told Pang he had “refrigerator envy” upon seeing their rig.

“He’s sort of like our idol,” says Pang.

In spite of their success they got skunked at a contest held in Campbell last month in conjunction with the Big Bands and Barbecue festival. Pang and more than a dozen

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other teams were bested by the Lord of the Ribs, a barbecue team made up of four brothers. They got second place in the chicken category, but Pang was disappointed with their results. Since the event was not a KCBS-sanctioned event, Pang spent a lot of his energies helping the organizers put the event together, maybe at the expense of his barbecue.

I tried his tri-tip and it tasted just fine to me, well crusted and flavorful on the outside and juicy tender inside.

For the “open category” in which contestants can submit anything of their choosing, Pang rolled sliced tri-tip with horseradish cream, crispy onions and pickled red onions on top. Tasted like a winner to me.

The event had the feel of giant tailgate party. In between tending the fires and checking their meat, teams lolled about in lawn chairs drinking bottled water and beer while trying to stay cool.

There’s a lot of camaraderie among the teams, too. Pang picked up the meat for all his adversaries and even sold them some wood.

In the end, San Jose’s Lord of the Ribs received its first-ever grand champion award to top them all, an honor given to the team with the top scores over all categories.

“It was awesome,” says team leader Ellias Van Ekelenburg.

The team uses a pellet-fed smoker that some barbecuers look down upon because of its ease of use. Barbecuers who use pellet smokers are called “pellet heads.” But Van Ekelenburg and his fellow pellet heads won the day. Each brother on the team has his specialty. Van Ekelenburg’s is barbecued chicken, a dish that takes him two hours to prepare, not counting the cooking time.

“It just looks amazing. A lot of judges will eat with their eyes. It starts from there.”

For his part, Pang has a few more events he and his team are planning to compete in this summer. Next year, he is planning to step up into the big leagues and compete in higher-profile contests with bigger cash prizes.

“We’re just trying to cover our costs,” Pang says. “We’re not trying to turn a profit.”

But for the full-time professional chef turned part-time professional barbecuer, the thrill of the grill fulfills a higher calling.

“The biggest thing about food for me is satisfying other people,” he says. “It’s what I want to do . . . and when I do it I want to do it right.”

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CCAPERS APERS W Well-heeled ell-heeled sports sports bar bar and and restaurant. restaurant. $$$. $$$. Capers Capers is is a sophisticated sophisticated restaurant restaurant that that uses uses sports sports as as its its theme. theme.

Well-devised Well-devised menu menu full full of of inventive inventive recipes recipes and and delicious delicious finger finger foods. foods. 11am-10:30pm 11am-10:30pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 11am-midnight 11am-midnight Fri-Sat Fri-Sat and and 9:30am-10:30pm 9:30am-10:30pm Sun. Sun. 1710 1710 W. W. Campbell Campbell Ave. Ave. 408.374.5777.

408.374.5777.

MICHI M ICHI JJapanese. apanese. $ $$. $. SSushi ushi standards standards are are transformed transformed into into palate-awakening palate-awakening presentations; presentations; culinary culinary boundaries boundaries are are stretched. stretched.

11am-10pm 11am-10pm daily. daily. 2220 2220 S. S. Winchester Winchester Blvd.

Blvd.

408.378.8000 408.378.8000 or or 378.0838.

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NEGEEN N EGEEN PPersian. ersian. $$. $$. Mira Mira gghasemi, hasemi, ggrilled rilled aand nd ppuréed uréed eeggplant ggplant iin n a ttomato omato ssauce auce with w ith sscrambled crambled eeggs, ggs, aand nd kkashk-e-bademjan, ashk-e-bademjan, ppuréed uréed with mint eeggplant ggplant ttopped opped w ith m int aand nd a ccreamy reamy yyogurt ogurt ssauce, auce, aare re ggreat, reat, as as are are the the kebabs. kebabs. Don’t Don’t miss Persian m iss tthe he eexcellent xcellent P ersian iice ce Monccream. ream. 111:30am-10pm 1:30am-10pm M onTThu, hu, 111:30am-midnight 1:30am-midnight FFri-Sat ri-Sat 801 W.. aand nd 111:30am-9pm 1:30am-9pm SSun. un. 8 01 W Hamilton H amilton Ave. Ave. 408.866.6400.

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OLIO O LIO M Mediterranean. editerranean. $ $$$. $$. Olio Olio sserves erves ssimple imple bbut ut eexpertly xpertly Mediterranean pprepared repared M editerranean ffood ood tthat hat ddips ips iinto nto tthe he uunderexplored nderexplored cuisines cuisines ooff North Africa.

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Blvd #C. 22006 006 S. S. Winchester Winchester B lvd # C. 4408.378.4540.

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SSUSHI USHI ZZONE ONE Japanese.

Japanese. $$. meets $ $. FFun un ssushi ushi m eets ffun un ssurroundings urroundings iin n tthis his zzone. one.

111:30am-2:30pm 1:30am-2:30pm aand nd 55-9:30pm 9 :30pm SSun-Thu un-Thu aand nd 111:30am1:30am22:30pm :30pm aand nd 55-10pm -10pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. Aquino Rdd # #1.

7755 SS.. SSan an TTomas omas A quino R 1.

4408.866.1323.

08.866.1323.

TIGELLERIA T IGELLERIA. Italian.

Italian. $ $$. $. menu TTigelleria’s igelleria’s m enu ccenters enters fine oon nfi ne ccheeses heeses aand nd IItalian talian with ssalumi alumi ppaired aired w ith ttigelle, igelle, flatffree-flowing, ree-flowing, ppiping iping hhot ot fl atmini bbreads reads tthe he ssize ize ooff m ini ppitas. itas.

TThe he bbread read fforms orms tthe he aaddictive ddictive meal. hheart eart ooff tthe he m eal. LLunch unch 111:30am-2pm 1:30am-2pm aand nd ddinner inner 55-Ave. 110pm 0pm ddaily. aily. 776 6 EE.. CCampbell ampbell A ve.

4408.884.3808.

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TWIST T WIST CCAFE AFE A AND ND B BISTRO ISTRO French French and and American.

American. $$$. $$$. Twist Twist describes describes itself itself as as “American “American food food with with a French French twist,” twist,” but but the the menu menu includes includes Middle Middle Eastern, Eastern, Asian Asian aand nd IItalian talian iinfluences, nfluences, too. too. Cafe Cafe 9am-3pm 9am-3pm Tue-Sat, Tue-Sat, 9am-2:30pm 9am-2:30pm Sun; Sun; Bistro Bistro 559pm 9pm Wed-Thu Wed-Thu and and 5-10pm 5-10pm Fri-Sat. Fri-Sat. 247 247 E. E. Campbell Campbell Ave. Ave. 408.374.8982.

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ALEXANDER’S A LEXANDER’S SSTEAKHOUSE TEAKHOUSE American-Asian American-Asian ssteakhouse. teakhouse. $$$$. $$$$. Alexander’s Alexander ’s is is much much more more than than a steakhouse. steakhouse. Add Add a 5500-bottle wine multiple 00-bottle w ine llist, ist, m ultiple dining dining rooms rooms and and AsianAsianaccented accented ambience ambience and and you’ve you’ve got got a standout standout South South Bay Bay restaurant. restaurant. Full Full bar. bar. 5:30-10pm 5:30-10pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 5:30-11pm 5:30-11pm Fri-Sat Fri-Sat and and 5-9pm 5-9pm Sun. Sun. 10330 10330 N. N. Wolfe Wolfe Rd. Rd. 408.446.2222.

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CCAFE AFE TORRE TORRE New New IItalian. talian. $$$. $$$. A gem gem ttucked ucked aaway way iin n aan n unassuming with unassuming little little mall, mall, w ith a sophisticated sophisticated interior interior aand nd congenial congenial hosts. hosts. Even Even bbetter etter iiss the the great great pasta pasta aand nd sseafood. eafood.

Beer, Beer, wine. wine. 11:30am-2pm 11:30am-2pm aand nd 5-9:30pm 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu Mon-Thu and and 55-10:30pm 10:30pm Fri-Sat. Fri-Sat. Closed Closed SSun. un.

20343 Blvd.

20343 Stevens Stevens CCreek reek B lvd.

408.257.2383.

408.257.2383.

CCUPERTINO UPERTINO B BAKERY AKERY IIndian ndian aand nd bakery. bakery. $. $. Don’t Don’t bbee ffooled ooled Bakery bbyy the the nname. ame. Cupertino Cupertino B akery iiss rreally eally a great great SSouth outh Indian Indian many rrestaurant. estaurant. Unlike Unlike m any South South IIndian ndian restaurants, restaurants, CCupertino upertino Bakery Good B akery isn’t isn’t vvegetarian. egetarian. G ood llunch unch buffet buffet for for $7.99. $7.99. Don’t Don’t miss m iss tthe he dosa dosa aand nd utthappam. utthappam.

111:30am-9:30pm 1:30am-9:30pm daily, daily, bbut ut weekdays w eekdays kkitchen itchen ccloses loses 2:302:30Dee Anza 55:30pm. :30pm. 102521 102521 S. S. D Anza Blvd.

B lvd. 4408.517.9000.

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DYNASTY D YNASTY SSEAFOOD EAFOOD Hong ong KongKongRESTAURANT R ESTAURANT H $$$.

Dynasty sstyle tyle CChinese. hinese. $ $$. D ynasty Hong sspecializes pecializes iin nH ong KKong-style ong-style sseafood. eafood. TThe he sseafood eafood iiss vvery ery ffresh, resh, eespecially specially tthe he ccreatures reatures minutes sswimming wimming m inutes bbefore efore tthey hey aarrive rrive oon n yyour our pplate. late.

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4408.996.1680.

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FFONTANA’S ONTANA’S CCalifornia/Italian. alifornia/Italian. $$$. $ $$. A ssteady teady pperformer, erformer,

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GGOCHI OCHI Japanese.

Japanese. $ $$$. $$. G Gochi ochi is is a globally globally inspired inspired iizakaya zakaya (small (small plates) plates) restaurant. restaurant.

Most Most of of the the food food iiss sstraighttraightup up Japanese Japanese fare, fare, but but tthere here are are a few few American, American, FFrench rench and and Korean Korean twists. twists. Highly Highly recommended. recommended. 19980 19980 Homestead Homestead Rd. Rd. 408.725.0542.

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A nza B lvd. 4408.257.8877.

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AMATO’S A MATO’S SSandwich andwich shop. shop. $.. TThe make $ he ssandwiches andwiches m ake ffor or ggreasy, reasy, ssloppy, loppy, fferociously erociously ddelicious elicious eeating. ating. TThere here aare re 3344 vvarieties, arieties, ccategorized ategorized iin n tthree hree ggroups: roups: hhot, ot, ccold, old, sspecialty. pecialty. Mon-Fri Mon-Fri 10am10am111pm, 1pm, SSat at 110am-9pm, 0am-9pm, SSun un Ave. 110am-7pm.

0am-7pm. 11162 162 SSaratoga aratoga A ve.

4408.246.4007.

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AMBER A MBER IINDIA NDIA N Northern orthern Indian, Indian, tandoori. tandoori. $$. $$. The The sister sister to to the the popular popular Mountain Mountain View View restaurant, restaurant, Amber Amber India’s Row India’s SSantana antana R ow llocation ocation continues continues to to offer offer elegantly elegantly prepared prepared Indian Indian cuisine cuisine in in a stylish stylish setting. setting. 11:30am11:30am2:30pm, 2:30pm, 5-10pm, 5-10pm, Mon-Thu. Mon-Thu. noon-3pm, noon-3pm, 5-10:30pm 5-10:30pm Fri-Sat, Fri-Sat, noon-3pm, noon-3pm, 5-10pm 5-10pm Sunday.

Sunday. 377 377 Santana Santana Row. Row. 408.248.5400.

408.248.5400.

B.B.’S B .B.’S SSMALL MALL W WORLD ORLD CCAFÉ AFÉ $$.

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4408.383.9135.

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BANGKOK B ANGKOK TASTE TASTE TThai. hai. $$. $$.

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BILL’S B ILL’S CCAFÉ AFÉ D Diner. iner. $ $.. Serving Serving only only breakfast breakfast and and lunch, lunch, Bill’s Bill’s knows knows its its way way around around typical typical diner diner standbys—eggs standbys—eggs (scrambles (scrambles and and hollandaisehollandaiselaced laced “benedictions”), “benedictions”), pancakes pancakes and and expertly expertly grilled grilled sandwiches sandwiches and and burgers. burgers.

6:30am-3pm 6:30am-3pm daily. daily. 302 302 N. N. Bascom Bascom Ave Ave (at (at Naglee).

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restaurant” in in every every sense sense of of restaurant” the term, term, this this popular popular chain chain the lives lives by by the the red-white-andred-white-andblue blue credo credo that that bigger bigger is is definitely definitely better. better. 11am-11pm 11am-11pm Sun-Thu, Sun-Thu, 11am-12:30am 11am-12:30am SatSatSun. Sun. Westfield Westfield Shoppingtown Shoppingtown Oakridge, Oakridge, 925 925 Blossom Blossom Hill Hill Rd. Rd. 408.225.6948; 408.225.6948; and and Valley Valley Fair, Fair, 3041 3041 Stevens Stevens Creek Creek Blvd, Blvd, 408.246.0092.

408.246.0092.

CCITRUS ITRUS N New ew A American. merican. $ $$$. $$.

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4408.423.5400.

08.423.5400.

CCAO AO N NGUYEN GUYEN VVietnamese, ietnamese, Chinese-Vietnamese.

Chinese-Vietnamese. $. $.

G Gargantuan argantuan m menu enu ffeatures eatures Vietnamese menu nnearly early 2200 00 V ietnamese m enu ooptions, ptions, iincluding ncluding ssmoked moked dduck, uck, ssautéed autéed ffrogs rogs aand nd cclay lay ppot ot ccatfish. atfish. CCasual. asual. 110am0amMon-Fri, 9am-10pm 110pm 0pm M on-Fri, 9 am-10pm Rdd # #A-16.

SSat-Sun. at-Sun. 22549 549 SS.. KKing ing R A-16.

4408.270.9610.

08.270.9610.

CCOCOLA OCOLA FFrench rench bbakery. akery. $ $..

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CCONSUELO ONSUELO M Mexican. exican. $ $$. $. G Good ood regional regional Mexican Mexican food food made made with with lesser-known lesser-known ingredients ingredients in in an an attractive, attractive, upscale upscale atmosphere. atmosphere. The The food food is is served served tapas tapas style style and and meant meant to to be be shared. shared. Fantastic Fantastic tequila tequila list. list. 11:30am-10pm 11:30am-10pm Mon-Fri, Mon-Fri, 11am-11pm 11am-11pm Sat, Sat, Sun Sun 11am11am11pm.

11pm. 377 377 Santana Santana Row Row #1125. #1125.

408.260.7082.

408.260.7082.

American.

American. $$. $$. Classic Classic latelatenight night post-party post-party hang hang out, out, this this Vegas-style Vegas-style coffee coffee shop shop serves serves up up the the faves: faves: burgers, burgers, spaghetti spaghetti and and meatloaf meatloaf on on Tuesdays.

Tuesdays. Full Full bar. bar. Open Open 24/7.

24/7. 3197 3197 Meridian Meridian Ave. Ave. 408.269.7891.

408.269.7891.

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4408.995.5488.

08.995.5488.

CCASABLANCA’S ASABLANCA’S CCAFÉ AFÉ M Middle iddle EEastern. astern. $$. $$. Casablanca’s Casablanca’s win CCafe afe is is not not going going to to w in any any aawards wards ffor or aatmosphere tmosphere oorr rrestaurant estaurant design. design. But But it it should should win w in aawards wards ffor or its its ffalafel. alafel. In In aaddition ddition to to wonderfully wonderfully creamy creamy hhummus, ummus, ttangy angy ttahini ahini sauce sauce aand nd pickled pickled red red ccabbage, abbage, the the ffalafel alafel deluxe deluxe iiss gilded gilded with with sstrips trips ooff bbaked aked eeggplant, ggplant, fried fried ccauliflower auliflower aand nd ffried ried potatoes. potatoes.

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110am-9:30pm 0am-9:30pm ddaily. aily. 11185 185 Ave. LLincoln incoln A ve. 408.993.8636.

408.993.8636.

CCHEESECAKE HEESECAKE FACTORY FACTORY American.

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8am-11pm 8am-noon 8 am-11pm SSun-Tue, un-Tue, 8 am-noon Wed-Sat. Row W ed-Sat. 3333 33 SSantana antana R ow #1045. # 1045. 4408.551.0018.

08.551.0018.

THE T HE COUNTER COUNTER H Hamburgers. amburgers. $. $. The The Counter Counter takes takes the the quintessential quintessential American American burger burger and and turns turns up up the the Americanness Americanness by by letting letting diners diners choose choose from from dozens dozens of of options options to to build build a custom custom burger. burger. 11am11am10pm 10pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm 11am-11pm Fri-Sat Fri-Sat and and noon-9pm noon-9pm Sun. Sun. 3055 3055 Olin Olin Ave Ave #1035 #1035 (Santana (Santana Row), Row), San San Jose, Jose, 408.423.9200.

408.423.9200.

And And 369 369 California California Ave, Ave, Palo Palo Alto, Alto, 650.321.3900.

650.321.3900.

CCRAWDADDY RAWDADDY CCajun. ajun. $$. $$.

CCrawdaddy rawdaddy sspecializes pecializes iinn flown bboiled oiled llive ive ccrawfish rawfish fl own iin n ffrom rom LLouisiana. ouisiana. The The mud mud bbugs ugs are are served served steaming steaming in in a pplastic lastic bag bag sswimming wimming in in a bbuttery, uttery, ggarlic-laced arlic-laced sauce sauce tthat hat ranges ranges from from mild mild to to rridiculously idiculously hot. hot. 3-10pm 3-10pm MonMonFFri ri aand nd nnoon-10pm oon-10pm SSat-Sun. at-Sun. Rd. 7779 79 SStory tory R d. 4408.286.2729.

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SVDINING 32 3 2 DEEZI’S D EEZI’S CAFÉ CAFÉ PPersia. ersia. P Persian. ersian. $$.

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08.244.0300.

DIA D IA D DEE P PESCA ESCA M Mexican. exican. $ $..

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4408.287.3722.

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DII D D DA A Vietnamese Vietnamese vegetarian. vegetarian. $. $. Quick, Quick, friendly friendly service service and and a comprehensive comprehensive menu, menu, with with food food tthat’s hat’s simple, simple, low-key low-key and and homey. homey. The The jackfruit jackfruit salad salad is is surprisingly surprisingly fresh, fresh, sided sided with with a chile-tamarind chile-tamarind sauce. sauce. 9am9am9pm 9pm daily. daily. 2597 2597 Senter Senter Rd. Rd. 408.998.8826.

408.998.8826.

DII LLAC D AC VVegetarian egetarian Asian.

Asian. $ $$. $.

A bite bite of of veggie veggie heaven. heaven. The The spacious spacious Di Di Lac Lac serves serves up up an an appetizing appetizing array array of of foods foods all all of of which which are are made made fresh fresh daily, daily, including including the the soy soy milk milk and and tofu. tofu.

9am-9pm 9am-9pm daily. daily. 1644 1644 E. E. Capitol Capitol Expwy.

Expwy. 408.238.8686.

408.238.8686.

EEDNA DNA R RAY AY CChinese. hinese. $ $$. $. N Now ow in in a new new location, location, Edna Edna Ray Ray continues continues to to serves serves classics classics of of Chinese-American Chinese-American food food with with the the same same quantity, quantity, familiarity familiarity and and reasonable reasonable prices. prices. You’ll You’ll find find all all three three here, here, and and then then some. some. 11:30am-9:30pm 11:30am-9:30pm daily. daily.

1181 1181 Lincoln Lincoln Ave. Ave. 408.280.7738.

408.280.7738.

EELL HABANERO HABANERO Cuban Cuban aand nd Mexican. $$.

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EELL TULE TULE M Mexican. exican. $ $$. $. M Most ost menu ooff tthe he m enu iiss ddevoted evoted to to Mexican-American M exican-American sstandards, tandards, menu bbut ut tthe he sseparate eparate m enu ooff Oaxacan O axacan sspecialties pecialties is is where where EEll TTule ule rreally eally sshines. hines. TThe he black black mole m ole iiss uuncommonly ncommonly ddelicious elicious while w hile llesser-known esser-known ddishes ishes llike ike ttlayudas layudas aand nd molotes molotes are are aalso lso ggood. ood. 110am-9pm 0am-9pm ddaily. aily. 55440 440 Dr.r. 4408.227.1752.

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FFISH ISH MARKET MARKET SSeafood. eafood. $ $$$. $$.

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M-Thu, 111am-9:30pm 1am-9:30pm M -Thu, 111am1am110pm 0pm FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, nnoon-9:30pm oon-9:30pm Blossom Hill Rd. SSun. un. 1007 1007 B lossom H ill R d.

4408.269.3474.

08.269.3474.

5-SPOT 5 -SPOT CHIVAS CHIVAS GRILL GRILL $$..

Mexican-American Mexican-American diner. diner.

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

408.294.4979.

FFLOWER LOWER FFLOUR LOUR FFrench rench bakery. flower bakery. $. $. Mimi Mimi Brown’s Brown’s fl ower shop/bakery shop/bakery charms charms visitors visitors with with freshly freshly made made to-droolto-droolfor for pastries, pastries, ready-to-go ready-to-go sandwiches sandwiches and and service service with with a smile. smile. 8am-6pm 8am-6pm Mon-Sat, Mon-Sat, 8am-4pm 8am-4pm Sun. Sun. 896 896 Willow Willow St. St. 408.279.0843.

408.279.0843.

FFOOD OOD TOPIA TOPIA CChinese hinese and and Taiwanese.

Taiwanese. $. $. Food Food Topia Topia serves serves a great, great, low low priced priced menu menu of of Taiwanese Taiwanese and and Chinese Chinese food food in in atmosphere atmosphere welcoming welcoming to to non-Chinese. non-Chinese. Go Go for for the the beef beef noodle noodle soup, soup, pickle pickle and and fish fish fillet fillet soup soup and and the the fried fried chicken chicken roll. roll. No No alcohol alcohol served. served. 1600 1600 S. S. De De Anza Anza Blvd.

Blvd. 408.873.7628.

408.873.7628.

FFRANKIE, RANKIE, JOHNNIE JOHNNIE & LLUIGI UIGI Family SStyle tyle Italian.

Italian. $$. $$.

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4408.446.9644.

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FFRATELLO RATELLO IItalian. talian. $$. $$. Bursting Bursting with flavors, w ith ssimple imple fl avors, FFratello ratello

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boasts boasts native native Italian Italian dining dining without without affectation. affectation. 5-9:30pm 5-9:30pm Tue-Sun, Tue-Sun, Fri-Sat Fri-Sat 5-10pm, 5-10pm, 559pm 9pm Sun. Sun. 1712 1712 Meridian Meridian Ave. Ave. 408.269.3801.

408.269.3801.

FUEL R FUEL RESTAURANT ESTAURANT AND AND ontemporary LLOUNGE OUNGE CContemporary V Vietnamese. ietnamese. $$. $$. Fuel’s Fuel’s menu menu iiss m more ore ttraditional raditional tthan han oother ther m modern odern V Vietnamese ietnamese rrestaurants estaurants bbut ut sstill till m mixes ixes with tthings hings uupp w ith nnonregulation onregulation iingredients. ngredients. LLunch unch 111am1amMon-Fri 22:30pm :30pm M on-Fri aand nd SSat-Sun. at-Sun. Dinner Mon-Wed, D inner 55-10pm -10pm M on-Wed, 55-11pm -11pm TThu-Sat hu-Sat aand nd 55-9pm -9pm Winchester Blvd.

SSun. un. 3385 85 SS.. W inchester B lvd.

4408.248.0018.

08.248.0018.

GGIORGIO’S IORGIO’S FFamily-style amily-style IItalian. talian. $. $. Simple Simple Italian Italian cooking—the cooking—the rugged rugged kind kind with with Southern Southern Italian Italian leanings, leanings, full full of of robust robust flavors flavors and and tangy tangy tomato tomato sauces. sauces. 11:30am-9:30pm 11:30am-9:30pm MonMonThu, Thu, 11:30am-10:30pm 11:30am-10:30pm Fri-Sat, Fri-Sat, 11:30am-10pm 11:30am-10pm Sun. Sun. 1445 1445 Foxworthy Foxworthy Ave. Ave. 408.264.5781.

408.264.5781.

GGOJO OJO ETHIOPIAN ETHIOPIAN RRestaurant estaurant $.. SSimplicity EEthiopian. thiopian. $ implicity rreigns eigns hhere; ere; jjust ust EEthiopian thiopian ffood—chicken, ood—chicken, bbeef, eef, llamb, amb, vvegetarian—and egetarian—and EEthiopian thiopian flavors ccoffee. offee. TThe he fl avors ttaste aste eeven ven with wine.

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Noon-9pm w ine. N oon-9pm SSun-Thu, un-Thu, W.. nnoon-10pm oon-10pm FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, 11261 261 W SSan an CCarlos arlos SSt.t. 4408.295.9546.

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GGOVEA’S OVEA’S M Mexican. exican. $ $.. A community community hub hub that that serves serves up up wonderfully wonderfully fresh, fresh, oldoldfashioned fashioned Mexican Mexican food food with with no no trendy trendy gimmicks. gimmicks. Both Both the the restaurant restaurant and and the the food food are are wholesome wholesome and and filling. filling. 10am10am9pm 9pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 10am-10pm 10am-10pm Sat-Fri, Sat-Fri, 9am-9pm 9am-9pm Sun. Sun. 1996 1996 Tully Tully Rd. Rd. 408.270.0973.

408.270.0973.

GGREAT REAT WALL WALL Chinese.

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111am-2:30pm, 1am-2:30pm, 44:30-9pm :30-9pm Mon-Fri, M on-Fri, nnoon-9pm oon-9pm SSat. at. 11409 409 Bird Ave. B ird A ve. TTake ake oout ut aavailable. vailable.

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“The berries and Gewürztraminer terrine” is summer on a plate.

Layers of berries and fruit in a gelee of the sweet wine are paired with limoncello and raspberry sorbets and shiso coulis. It’s light and cool with beautiful flavors and restrained sweetness.

At the other end of the spectrum, RUFFLED FEATHERS EATERY is downtown San Jose’s answer to the health conscious and socially aware consumer. Seventy percent of the restaurant’s produce is local, and the only things frozen are the house-made gelatos and sorbets. They offer preservative-free food and have a pastry chef onsite to produce all KXjk\[ X ^i\Xk

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Finding good desserts is a rarity, but finding a good vegan dessert made without butter, eggs or cream is a pleasant surprise. At TIGELLERIA in Campbell, “Budino al Cioccolato is a mousse made with a blend of organic tofu, chocolate and sugar. The resulting texture is thick and dense and intensely chocolatey and can be served with rum-soaked amaretti cookies. Vegan or not, this dessert was incredible. There is a soft flavor in the background recognizable as soy, but the imported Italian cherries that top the mousse cuts through that flavor and brings excitement to the dish. A Cappuccina 2003 Carmenos complements the dish exquisitely. The mousse is served in a flip-top Mason jar with a heart-shaped spoon that adds to its appeal and represents the amount of love put into it by the chef— and that is above all, what makes a great dessert.—Mariel Balderas

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THE T HE H HAPPY APPY BAMBOO BAMBOO V Vegetarian. egetarian. $ $.. TThe he m menu enu aatt Happy Bamboo tthe he H appy B amboo iiss aalmost lmost most aallll vvegan egan aand nd m ost ooff iitt Vietnamese V ietnamese or or Asian-inspired.

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HOSHI H OSHI JJapanese. apanese. $$. $$. Hoshi Hoshi is is one one Silicon Silicon Valley’s Valley’s standouts standouts ffor or ssushi ushi aand nd small small plates.

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408.554.7100.

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HUKILAU H UKILAU H Hawaiian. awaiian. $$. $$.

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08.295.1186.

IISABELLA’S SABELLA’S PPeruvian. eruvian. $ $$. $.

Moree di dining coverage Mor ining cover age $$. $ $. LLayang ayang Layang Layang shines shines with w ith clean, clean, fresh fresh flavors flavors and and iingredients ngredients aand nd offers offers a great great Malaysian eentry ntry iinto nto M alaysian food. food.

SService ervice iiss ffast ast aand nd friendly, friendly, a ffeat eat given given hhow ow harried harried the the waitstaff w aitstaff can can be. be. Wine Wine and and Mon. Dee bbeer. eer. CClosed losed M on. 1480 1480 SS.. D Anza Blvd.

A nza B lvd. 408.777.8897.

408.777.8897.

LLEE P PAPILLON APILLON CContemporary ontemporary $$$$.

FFrench. rench. $ $$$. FFrom rom sstart tart ttoo finish, Papillon fi nish, a meal meal at at Le Le P apillon who ccasts asts a sspell pell on on eeveryone veryone w ho eenters. nters. TThe he ffeeling eeling is is only only when walk bbroken roken w hen yyou ou w alk oout ut tthe he ddoor oor aand nd aabruptly bruptly sstep tep bback ack iinto nto tthe he real real world world outside. outside. Full Full bbar. ar. LLunch unch Thu Thu and and Fri, Fri, dinner dinner nnightly. ightly. 410 410 SSaratoga aratoga Ave. Ave. 4408.296.3730.

08.296.3730.

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B lvd. 4408.248.PERU. 08.248.PERU.

MAGGIANO’S M AGGIANO’S LLITTLE ITTLE IItaly taly Italian.

Italian. $$. $$. Like Like a warm warm Italian Italian embrace, embrace, tthis his SSantana antana Row Row superstar superstar pproves roves a welcome welcome haven haven for for company company lunches lunches and and congenial congenial dinner dinner parties. parties.

The The ffood ood is is a cut cut above above standard, standard, with with roast roast cchicken hicken and and veal veal marsala marsala standing standing out. out. 11am-10pm 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm 11am-11pm FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, nnoon-10pm oon-10pm Sun. #1000.

Sun. 3055 3055 Olin Olin Ave. Ave. # 1000.

408.423.8973.

408.423.8973.

KAHOO K AHOO JJapanese. apanese. $ TThe he

MENARA M ENARA M Moroccan. oroccan. $ $$$. $$.

ppeople eople qqueuing ueuing uupp aare re rramen amen who aaficionados ficionados w ho kknow now a ggood ood when find bbowl owl ooff rramen amen w hen tthey hey fi nd And oone. ne. A nd tthey’ve hey’ve ddefinitely efinitely ffound ound oone ne hhere. ere. 111:30am-2pm 1:30am-2pm aand nd 55-10pm -10pm TTue-Thu; ue-Thu; 111:30am1:30am33pm pm aand nd 44:30-9:30pm :30-9:30pm Moorpark Ave. SSat-Sun. at-Sun. 44330 330 M oorpark A ve.

4408.255.8244.

08.255.8244.

KRUNGTHAI K RUNGTHAI. TThai. hai. $ $$. $.

Perennial Metro Of” P erennial M etro ““Best Best O f” winner, w inner, KKrungthai rungthai hhas as bbeen een aaround round ssince ince 11988, 988, bbut ut sstill till ttastes astes ffresh resh aand nd nnew. ew. 111am1amMon-Fri 33pm pm aand nd 55-10pm -10pm M on-Fri aand nd 640 nnoon-10pm oon-10pm SSat-Sun. at-Sun. 6 40 SS..

Winchester Blvd.

W inchester B lvd. 4408.260.8224.

08.260.8224.

KUBOTA K UBOTA JJapanese. apanese. $ $$. $. A bbeautiful eautiful ddining ining rroom oom tthat hat sserves erves eexquisite xquisite rrice, ice, lluscious uscious rribs ibs aand nd ddecent ecent ssushi. ushi. FFull ull Mon-Sat, bbar. ar. 55:30-10pm :30-10pm M on-Sat, 55-9:30pm N.. FFifth 9 :30pm SSun. un. 5593 93 N ifth SSt.t.

4408.279.8440.

08.279.8440.

KUMAKO K UMAKO RRamen. amen. $. $.

Japantown Japantown now now has has its its missing missing ingredient—good ingredient—good ramen. ramen.

Kumako’s menu Kumako’s m enu iiss ssimple, imple, ramen, ramen, curry curry rice rice and and a few few appetizers. appetizers. 11:30am-2:30pm 11:30am-2:30pm and and 5:30-9:30pm 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Sat. Mon-Sat. 211 211 E. E. Jackson Jackson St. St. 408.286.2111.

408.286.2111.

LLAYANG AYANG LAYANG LAYANG M Malaysian. alaysian.

SSince ince 1977, 1977, Menara’s Menara’s bbeen een tthrowing hrowing bback ack tthe he ppillows illows aand nd mint bbellying ellying uupp ttoo m int ttea ea rrituals, ituals, bb’stilla ’stilla ((pigeon pigeon ppie) ie) aand nd rrabbit abbit menus ttagine. agine. FFull ull ddinners inners m enus iinclude nclude vvegetarian egetarian ooption; ption; ssolid olid wine 6-10pm w ine llist. ist. 6 -10pm ddaily. aily. 4411 EE..

Gish Rd. G ish R d. 4408.453.1983.

08.453.1983.

MT. M T. H HAMILTON AMILTON GGRANDVIEW RANDVIEW Cowboy CContinental.

Cowboy ontinental. $$$. $$$. TThe he Grandview G randview iiss aann old-school old-school rroadhouse oadhouse with with a warm warm aatmosphere. tmosphere. Add Add ddishes ishes llike ike ssurf urf aand nd turf, turf, rrack ack ooff lamb lamb cchasseur hasseur aand nd chicken chicken Cordon Cordon Bleu B leu aand nd you’ve you’ve got got yourself yourself a destination. destination. 5-10:30pm 5-10:30pm Wed-Sun. Mt.t. H Hamilton W ed-Sun. 9944 M amilton Rd. Rd. 4408.251.8909.

08.251.8909.

MY M YK KHE HE QUAN QUAN H HUE UE $. $.

Vietnamese. Food Food from from central central Vietnamese.

Vietnam Vietnam is is underrepresented underrepresented in in SSan an JJose ose aand nd tthat’s hat’s part part of of what what makes makes this this small small restaurant restaurant such such a find. find. The The things things to to get get here here are are the the excellent excellent noodle noodle soups. soups.

9am-9pm 9am-9pm every every day day except except Wed. Wed. Cash Cash only. only. 960 960 Story Story Rd. Rd. 408.920.9603.

408.920.9603.

THE T HE M MYNT YNT IIndian. ndian. $. $. TThe he Mynt’s M ynt’s lunch lunch buffet buffet is is a Silicon Silicon Valley while V alley sstandout, tandout, w hile tthe he menu ssit-down it-down ddinner inner m enu hhas as

SSANJOSE.COM ANJOSE.COM

well. pplenty lenty ttoo ooffer ffer aass w ell. LLunch unch Mon-Sun, 111:30am-2:30pm 1:30am-2:30pm M on-Sun, Mon-Thu ddinner inner 55:30-9:30pm :30-9:30pm M on-Thu aand nd 55:30-10pm :30-10pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. 55210 210 Prospect Rd. P rospect R d. 4408.973.9673.

08.973.9673.

OMOGARI O MOGARI Korean.

Korean. $. $. Omogari Omogari makes makes getting getting to to know know Korean Korean food food easy. easy. The The menu menu includes includes pictures pictures of of many many dishes, dishes, the the service service is is friendly friendly and and the the food food is is consistently consistently good. good. Try Try the the dae dae gee gee bul bul go go gi, gi, spicy spicy marinated marinated pork. pork. Open Open 11:30am11:30am9:30pm 9:30pm Mon-Sat. Mon-Sat. 154 154 E. E. Jackson Jackson St. St. 408.280.6588.

408.280.6588.

ORLO’S O RLO’S New New A American. merican. $ $$$. $$.

On On the the lush lush grounds grounds of of the the historic historic Hayes Hayes Mansion, Mansion, this this is is one one beautiful, beautiful, luxurious luxurious dining dining room, room, with with menu menu and and excellent excellent service service to to match. match. 5:30-9:30pm 5:30-9:30pm Tue-Sat. Tue-Sat. Hayes Hayes Conference Conference Center, Center, 200 200 Edenvale Edenvale Ave. Ave. 408.226.3200.

408.226.3200.

PASTA P ASTA P POMODORO OMODORO IItalian. talian. $.. EExuberant, $ xuberant, iinexpensive nexpensive aand nd made ffast ast ccuisine uisine m ade ttoo oorder rder with High aand nd sserved erved w ith ssparkle. parkle. H igh make cconcept oncept aand nd llow ow ccosts osts m ake Pasta Pomodoro P asta P omodoro a ddream ream ttrattoria rattoria ffor or llovers overs ooff rrobust obust flavors.

IItalian talian fl avors. 111am-10pm 1am-10pm Mon-Sun. Alameda.

M on-Sun. 11205 205 TThe he A lameda.

4408.292.9929.

08.292.9929.

PIZZA P IZZA A ANTICA NTICA UPTOWN UPTOWN Pizza. $$.

P izza. $ $. TThe he sstony tony oovens vens ooff Pizza Antica P izza A ntica tturn urn oout ut tthinhinwith ccrusted rusted ddesigner esigner ppies ies w ith ggourmet ourmet ttoppings oppings iin n ccasual asual eenvirons. nvirons. FFine ine ppasta asta aand nd meat m eat ddishes ishes aalso lso aavailable. vailable.

Open O pen ddaily aily ffor or llunch unch aand nd ddinner. inner. 111:30am-10pm 1:30am-10pm SSununTThu, hu, 111:30am-11pm 1:30am-11pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. Row #1065.

3334 34 SSantana antana R ow # 1065.

4408.557.8373.

08.557.8373.

PRESIDENT P RESIDENT RESTAURANT RESTAURANT Mongolian $.. TThis M ongolian bbarbecue. arbecue. $ his mom-and-pop m om-and-pop eeatery atery ggears ears iitself tself ttoward oward tthe he ccommon ommon man with m an w ith tthe he uuncommonly ncommonly llarge arge aappetite. ppetite. TThrown hrown iinto nto tthe he bbargain argain iiss a CChinese hinese ssteamteamttable able bbuffet. uffet. 111am-3pm, 1am-3pm, 44:30:309pm Hillsdale Ave. 9 pm ddaily. aily. 11190 190 H illsdale A ve.

4408.978.7188.

08.978.7188.

RAMEN R AMEN H HALU ALU JJapanese apanese $$. nnoodles. oodles. $ $. SSurfer-themed, urfer-themed, ccasual-but-comfy, asual-but-comfy, cchef hef KKumao umao Arai’s A rai’s nnoodle oodle hhouse ouse iimports mports ttraditional raditional ttechniques echniques to to pproduce roduce hhearty, earty, aaromatic romatic bbowls owls with sstocked tocked w ith ppork-, ork-, ssea-saltea-saltoorr ssoy-sauce-flavored oy-sauce-flavored bbroth. roth.

CCash ash oonly. nly. CCall all ahead; ahead; hours hours are are iirregular. rregular. 3375-M 75-M SS.. SSaratoga aratoga Ave. A ve. 4408.246.3933.

08.246.3933.

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RASA R ASA M MALAYSIAN ALAYSIAN Malaysian.

Malaysian. $$.

Rasa Malaysian $ $. R asa M alaysian iiss a hhomey omey rrestaurant estaurant tthat hat ooffers ffers a nnumber umber ooff ssolid olid eexamples xamples ooff Malaysian M alaysian ffood ood iincluding ncluding ssatay atay cchicken, hicken, cchar har ttway way kkeow eow aand nd ssambal ambal kkangkung. angkung. 111am-3pm 1am-3pm Mon-Fri aand nd 55-9pm -9pm M on-Fri aand nd 111am1am9pm Ave. 9 pm SSat. at. 11290 290 CColeman oleman A ve.

4408.980.0668.

08.980.0668.

REHOBOTH R EHOBOTH. EEthiopian. thiopian. $$. $$.

JJapantown apantown isn’t isn’t aallll JJapanese apanese Rehoboth ffood. ood. R ehoboth aadds dds sspice pice with ttoo tthe he nneighborhood eighborhood w ith iits ts menu ddiverse iverse m enu ooff EEthiopian thiopian sstandards. tandards. CCarnivores, arnivores, vvegetarians egetarians aand nd vvegans egans aare re aallll well Good w ell ttaken aken ccare are oof.f. G ood ccoffee, offee, Mon-Thu ttoo. oo. 111:30am-9pm 1:30am-9pm M on-Thu 665 aand nd 111:30am-10pm 1:30am-10pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. 6 65 N.. SSixth N ixth SSt.t. 4408.947.1717.

08.947.1717.

REYHAN R EYHAN. $. $. Persian.

Persian. Reyhan Reyhan restaurant restaurant is is located located in in the the most most unlikely unlikely of of areas—an areas—an industrial industrial strip strip of of Almaden Almaden Road Road in in south south San San Jose.

Jose. As As such, such, the the place place is is kind kind of of an an oasis—an oasis—an oasis oasis of of kebabs. kebabs.

11am-8pm 11am-8pm daily. daily. 1625 1625 Almaden Almaden Rd. Rd. 408.293.3600.

408.293.3600.

SSELAM ELAM. $$.. EEthiopian thiopian and and Eritrean.

Often Eritrean. O ften iit’s t’s the the places places you you have have to to work work to to find find that that turn turn out out to to be be the the good good ones. ones.

Selam Selam is is tucked tucked away away in in a mall mall off off Winchester Winchester Boulevard, Boulevard, but but the the food food is is a real real standout. standout.

10am-10pm 10am-10pm daily. daily. 3120 3120 Williams Williams St. St. 408.984.9600.

408.984.9600.

SIENA MEDITERRANEAN SIENA MEDITERRANEAN BISTRO B ISTRO M Mediterranean. editerranean. $$$. $$$.

Tucked Tucked into into picturesque picturesque Willow Willow Glen, Glen, this this tiny tiny bistro bistro offers offers big big tastes. tastes. Entrees Entrees such such as as Moroccan Moroccan Cornish Cornish game game hen, hen, venison venison medallions medallions and and seasonal seasonal risotto risotto battle battle for for your your appetite appetite with with a bread bread pudding pudding dessert. dessert. Patio Patio dining dining available. available.

1359 1359 Lincoln Lincoln Ave. Ave. 408.271.0837.

408.271.0837.

SINO R SINO RESTAURANT ESTAURANT AND AND Modern CChinese. hinese. $ $$$. $$.

LLOUNGE OUNGE Modern Sino Sino is is owned owned by

by Christopher Christopher Yeo, Yeo, the the restaurateur restaurateur behind behind Straits.

Straits. The The restaurant restaurant offers offers both both traditional traditional Chinese Chinese cooking cooking and and a few few modern modern

riffs. riffs. Good Good dim dim sum, sum, too. too. 11am11am10pm 10pm Sun-Tue, Sun-Tue, 11am-midnight 11am-midnight Wed-Sat. Wed-Sat. 377 377 Santana Santana Row. Row. 408.247.8880.

408.247.8880.

SSTRAITS TRAITS R RESTAURANT ESTAURANT Asian $$$.

Byy Asian FFusion. usion. $ $$. B night night iit’s t’s a jam-packed jam-packed hipster hipster clubhouse; clubhouse; by by day day it’s it’s Singaporean Singaporean chef chef Chris Chris Yeo’s Yeo’s llatest atest cchic hic ffusion usion venue. venue. Small Small plates plates share share the the menu menu with with entrees entrees such such as as the the lobster lobster and and shrimp shrimp pad pad thai. thai. Outdoor Outdoor seating seating is is available. available. 11am-10pm 11am-10pm SunSunWed, Wed, 11am-midnight 11am-midnight Thu-Sat. Thu-Sat. 333 333 Santana Santana Row Row #1100. #1100.

408.246.6320.

408.246.6320.

SSUSHI USHI B BOAT OAT Sushi Sushi bbar/ ar/ JJapanese apanese sspecialties. pecialties. $. $. With With a ddécor écor tthat hat iiss uupbeat pbeat aand nd ssophisticated ophisticated aand nd ssushi ushi tthat hat iiss aass ddazzling azzling aass hhandmade andmade Boat walks jjewelry, ewelry, SSushi ushi B oat w alks oon n water! w ater! 111am-9:30pm 1am-9:30pm ddaily. aily.

Ave. #119, 11600 600 SSaratoga aratoga A ve. # 119, Westgate Mall.

W estgate M all. 4408.378.4000.

08.378.4000.

SSUSHI USHI FFACTORY ACTORY SSushi ushi $$. bbar/Japanese. ar/Japanese. $ $. IIt’s t’s all all here: here: meals ssushi, ushi, bbento ento bbox ox m eals aand nd tteriyaki eriyaki aand nd at at great great prices. prices.

111:30am-9:15pm 1:30am-9:15pm ddaily. aily. 44632 632 Meridian Ave. M eridian A ve. 4408.723.2598.

08.723.2598.

TAIWAN T AIWAN RESTAURANT RESTAURANT CChinese. hinese. $ $.. FFor or nnearly early 2255 yyears ears Willow Glen tthis his W illow G len llandmark andmark hhas as sserved erved a nnonstop onstop sstream tream ooff SSzechuan, zechuan, CCantonese antonese and and TTaiwanese aiwanese sspecialties. pecialties. Casual.

Casual.

Beer, wine.

Ave. B eer, w ine. 11306 306 LLincoln incoln A ve.

Mon-Sun. 111am-3pm, 1am-3pm, 55-9pm -9pm M on-Sun. 4408.289.8800.

08.289.8800.

THEA T HEA GGreek reek aand nd TTurkish. urkish. $$. $$. While While some some dishes dishes have have a tenuous tenuous connection connection to to Turkey Turkey and and Greece, Greece, the the pretty pretty restaurant restaurant serves serves a number number of of standouts standouts like like the the roasted roasted prawns, prawns, octopus octopus salad salad and and excellent excellent moussaka. moussaka. Full Full bar. bar.

Open Open daily daily for for lunch lunch and and dinner. dinner.

11:30am-3pm, 11:30am-3pm, 5-8:30pm 5-8:30pm daily. daily.

3090 3090 Olsen Olsen Dr. Dr. 408.260.1444.

408.260.1444.

TLAQUEPAQUE T LAQUEPAQUE NO. NO. 3 Mexican. $.

Mexican. $. Willow Willow Glen’s Glen’s No. TTlaquepaque laquepaque N o. 3 ooccupies ccupies tthat hat ssweet weet sspot pot bbetween etween a ttaqueria aqueria and and a more more formal formal And ssit-down it-down rrestaurant. estaurant. A nd tthen hen tthere here aare re tthose hose hhighly ighly ggulpable ulpable cchavelas. havelas. 77am-9pm am-9pm Mon-Sat. 699 Ave. M on-Sat. 6 99 CCurtner urtner A ve.

4408.448.1230.

08.448.1230.

THREE T HREE FFLAMES LAMES CContinental. ontinental. $$.

Willow Glen with $ $. A W illow G len ffavorite avorite w ith menu.

Among aan n eenormous normous m enu. A mong tthe he bbest est cchoices hoices aare re sscampi, campi,

rrack ack ooff llamb amb aand nd ppepper epper ssteak. teak.

CCasual. asual. FFull ull bbar. ar. 111am-3:45pm, 1am-3:45pm, Mon-Thu. 44-10pm -10pm M on-Thu. CClosed losed aatt Meridian 111pm 1pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. 11547 547 M eridian Ave. A ve. 4408.269.3133.

08.269.3133.

VIN V IN SANTO SANTO Italian Italian $ $$. $. A bbeautifully eautifully ssimple imple aand nd llow-lit ow-lit ddining ining rroom oom ssets ets tthe he sstage tage ffor or oofferings fferings ooff eearthy arthy aaromas, romas, well-seasoned bbold old ssauces auces aand nd w ell-seasoned market-fresh meats m arket-fresh m eats aand nd wine pproduce. roduce. EExtensive xtensive w ine llist ist well pplays lays hhost ost nnearly early aass w ell aass tthe he iinformative nformative sservers. ervers. 55-10pm -10pm TTue-Sat, ue-Sat, 55-8pm -8pm SSun. un. 11346 346 Ave. LLincoln incoln A ve. 4408.920.2508.

08.920.2508.

WAHOO’S W AHOO’S FISH FISH TACO TACO FFish ish $.. B Beachside ttacos/Cal-Mex. acos/Cal-Mex. $ eachside sshack hack decor decor gives gives Wahoo’s Wahoo’s a Disney D isney qquality. uality. FFish ish iiss tthe he ddish ish aatt tthis his LL.A.-based .A.-based ffast-food ast-food flame-broiled sstaple, taple, sserved erved fl ame-broiled oorr bblackened lackened iin n a sspicy picy CCajun ajun rrub ub iin n ttacos, acos, bburritos, urritos, bbowls owls and and Beer. ssalads. alads. B eer. 110:30am-9pm 0:30am-9pm SSun-Wed, un-Wed, 110am-10pm 0am-10pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. Olin Ave Row).

33050 050 O lin A ve ((Santana Santana R ow).

4408.244.3991.

08.244.3991.

WILLOW SSTREET WILLOW TREET W WOODOODizza. $ $$. $. SSilicon ilicon FFIRED IRED PIZZA PIZZA PPizza.

Valley’s V alley’s tthree hree Willow Willow Street Street pizza pizza locations locations prepare prepare the the definitive definitive upwardly upwardly mobile mobile California California pizza. pizza. Crispy, Crispy, thin thin crusts crusts breathe breathe with with accents accents of of almond almond from from the the Italian Italian woodwoodfired fired oven. oven. Check Check out out the the new new Neapolitan-style Neapolitan-style pizzas— pizzas— delicate, delicate, light light and and satisfying. satisfying.

Hearty Hearty pastas, pastas, salads salads and and sandwiches, sandwiches, too. too. 11:30am-9pm 11:30am-9pm Sun-Wed, Sun-Wed, 11:30am-9:30pm 11:30am-9:30pm Thu, Thu, 11:30am-10pm 11:30am-10pm Fri-Sat. Fri-Sat. 1072 1072 Willow Willow St. St. 408.971.7080.

408.971.7080.

For For other other locations locations see see www. www. willowstreet.com. willowstreet.com.

YANKEE Y ANKEE P PIER IER AAmerican merican seafood. $ $. Veteran Veteran seafood. $$. rrestaurateur estaurateur B Bradley radley O Ogden gden bbrings rings a bbit it ooff CCape ape CCod od ttoo Row, with menu SSantana antana R ow, w ith a m enu fish rranging anging ffrom rom oold-fashioned ld-fashioned fi sh aand nd cchips hips ttoo ggourmet ourmet ooysters ysters mouth-watering Maine aand nd a m outh-watering M aine llobster obster rroll. oll. SSunday unday bbrunch runch iiss aalso lso aavailable. vailable. 111:30am-9:30pm 1:30am-9:30pm SSun-Thu, un-Thu, 111:30am-10pm 1:30am-10pm FFririRow #1100.

SSat. at. 3378 78 SSantana antana R ow # 1100.

4408.244.1244.

08.244.1244.

YAS Y AS PPersian. ersian. $ $$. $. In In kkeeping eeping with w ith this this ancient ancient cuisine’s cuisine’s ttraditions, raditions, eentrees ntrees aare re ddressed ressed with uupp w ith tthe he cclean, lean, ffresh resh ttastes astes ooff llemon emon aand nd ssaffron, affron, aand nd wear ddesserts esserts w ear a ddistinctive istinctive water.

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111am-9pm 1am-9pm ddaily. aily. 11138 138 SSaratoga aratoga Ave. A ve. 4408.241.5115.

08.241.5115.

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RANGOLI R ANGOLI Indian.

Indian. $ $.. Rangoli Rangoli spices spices up up the the Cambrian Cambrian area area with with excellent excellent Indian Indian food. food. The The restaurant restaurant is is beautiful beautiful and and its its food food and and service service largely largely match match its its décor. décor. Lunch Lunch buffet buffet 11:30am-2:30pm 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, Mon-Fri, dinner dinner 5-9:30pm 5-9:30pm Sun-Thu, Sun-Thu, 5-10pm 5-10pm Fri-Sat, Fri-Sat, brunch brunch noonnoon3pm 3pm Sun. Sun. 3695 3695 Union Union Ave. Ave. 408.377.2222.

408.377.2222.

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Sculpture on the Grounds Through Oct. 31; Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga Two artists contribute pieces designed to complement the landscaped grounds at Montalvo.

Los Gatos’ David Middlebrook exhibits three new pieces, with an emphasis on egg forms (ends Sept.

30). Ann Weber’s “Ode to Montalvo” (pictured) is a series of large sculptures fashioned from recycled cardboard in shapes that conjure up natural shapes like seed pods and cocoons.

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Aug. 4–Jan. 2; Cantor Arts Center, Stanford Some 500 years of African-born art, both folk and contemporary, are covered in a show devoted to representations of water spirits. The materials in the show encompass sculpture, masks and altars of “Mother Water.” The examples come from Africa and countries in the diaspora, including Brazil and the United States; pictured is a Haitian fabric piece

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Throughout World War II, they spent their time overseas proudly singing to the troops, anything to keep the morale up and the men safe.

In this time, the sisters faced their own struggles with their overprotective father, the death of their mother and Maxene secretly wedding the group’s manager.

Sisters of Swing! is the first of four productions in this year’s Off-Broadway San Jose Series and makes a great starter. This portrait of the girls’ lives is both fun and infectious. The cast pulls off such famous numbers as “Bei Mir Bist du Schön,” “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” and “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” with ease.

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Audience participation is encouraged. Their rendition of “Six Jerks in a Jeep” sold the show for me. From the lyrics to the choreography, everything was on cue. Even the gentlemen from the audience played along perfectly and couldn’t have been any better or exciting to watch.

Mark Martinez steals the show in multiple parts: as the sisters’ manager, as the boy looking for his two front teeth in “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” and as Carmen Miranda. From his bright-yellow, low-cut dress and wig to boyish suspenders and a lisp, he kept everyone entertained from beginning to end.—Jen Nowell

an eclectic evening of arts and culture in downtown San Jose’s SoFA District (and beyond) on the First Friday of every month

AUGUST 6th ART WALK + STREET MRKT > It all kicks off at 7pm and goes ’til late! <

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Art Glass Center

Caffé Trieste

MACLA

366 So. First Street

465 So. First Street

315 So. First Street

510 So. First Street

Pangea Fernando Chamarelli (Brazil) Chamarelli lives in a multicultural country of contrasts. Through his use of mosaic, geometric elements, organic forms and harmonic lines connecting symbols, legends, philosophies, religions and the customs of ancient and modern civilizations, he creates colorful, exotic and surreal characters.

Music by DJ Basura

Lionel Chapital and Lori Peterson are collaborating live on the torches at the Art Glass Center this Friday.

They will be making the flowers of your choosing in a vase blown on the spot for $45. Preorders available: call us at (408) 971-1530.

Are you Normal Enough? by Michael Foley is a collection of oddities. Selected paintings and photography that show the eccentricities that surround us on a daily basis.

First Fridays are Opera Night! at Caffé Trieste, with some of the Bay Area's best opera singers performing your favorite arias and duets.

The Art of Politics: Three Generations of Political Printmaking in the Bay Area featuring Juan Fuentes, Melanie Cervantes, Jesus Barraza, Leslie Lopez and Natalia Garcia Pasmanick.

Join us for a gallery walk through and an engaging conversation about their work on Friday, August 6, @ 7pm Above image: Hip Hop is Love, Leslie Lopez & Jesus Barraza. Screenprint, 2010

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles 520 So. First Street In the Main Galleries: Alfred Shaheen: Fabric to Fashion, Wendeanne Ke’aka Stitt: Contemporary Kapa, and Grand Appliqué: Hawaiian Quilts Special events: hula performance

by Halau Napuaokamokihana’ ohaikapolioluana, and the making of Hawaiian kapa cloth by Wendeanne Ke’aka Stitt

Lucy Liew

Above image: Monstera dress by Alfred Shaheen; 1950s.

SLG Art Boutiki & Gallery

So. First Billiards

KALEID Gallery

420 So. First Street

88 So. Fourth Street

577 So. Market Street

ImagiNATIVES group show featuring HB Crew, Sean Boyles, Cukui, Dee Jae Pa’este & NOA Music by: Rome (Forever Hungry) Troy Curtis (SJ) Clothing market by Cukui, Konscious Klothing, Sean Boyles & INVS

7-9pm Opening Receptions:

ART OF THE GEEKS - The Boutiki proudly presents a showing of the work of graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang. Included will be art from his acclaimed American Born Chinese as well as his earlier books.

Book signing by Gene, live music and all the usual Boutiki fun.

All ages until 10pm/21+ after 10pm

Floral Fantasy by Lucy Liew-a lush garden of floral fantasies that are a fusion of the real and the fantastic.

Portraits by Nora Schwallercapturing moments of loss, a feeling that is visually altered by the portraits fanciful nature.

More Exhibitions: Higher Fire Clayspace 499 So. Market Street Phantom Galleries 386 & 388 So. First Street WORKS San José 451 So. First Street Downtown Yoga Shala 450 So. First Street Good Karma Vegan Café 37 So. First Street Metro Photo Exhibit 550 So. First Street Art Ark 1035 So. Sixth Street

An indie diy urban faire featuring live music by Rykarda Parasol, Panthelion and The Emerald Hill with special guest MC Mike McGee! Also featuring 40 artists & indie creative vendors!

FREE and open to the public!

visit www.SouthFirstFridays.com or call 408-271-5155 for more info

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THE WANDERINGS THE WANDERINGS OF OF O DYSSEUS ODYSSEUS A nnew ew ttake ake oonn the the timeless timeless ttale ale aass ppart art ooff SStanford tanford SSummer ummer TTheater heater sseries. eries. TThu, hu, 77pm, pm, Fri-Sat, Fri-Sat, 8pm, 8pm, Sun Sun 2 and and 77pm. pm. Thru Thru Aug Aug 15.

15. $10/$20. $10/$20.

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Highlights ““Collection Collection H ighlights FFrom rom Ancient EEurope urope 11500-1800, 500-1800, A ncient Greece Rome.

G reece aand nd R ome. A nnew ew llook ook at at the the museum’s museum’s ppermanent ermanent holdings. holdings. “Buildings “Buildings on on Paper: Paper: Architectural Architectural Drawings.”

Drawings.” Thru Thru Oct Oct 17.

17. Wed-Sun, Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, 11am-5pm, Thu, Thu, 11am-8pm.

11am-8pm. Stanford.

Stanford.

Recent w Recent works orks by by the the painter. painter. ““Flights Flights of of Fancy: Fancy: New New works works by by LLivia ivia SStein.” tein.” TThru hru SSep ep 119.

9. TueTueWed W ed aand nd Fri-Sun, Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm.

11am-5pm.

TThu, hu, 11am-9pm.

11am-9pm. Santa Santa Clara.

Clara.

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A ction.” A sshow how about about tthe he joy joy ooff bbeing eing physically physically active. active. Thru Thru SSep ep 9.

9. Mon-Sat, Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm 10am-5pm aand nd SSun, un, noon-5pm. noon-5pm. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

HISTORY H ISTORY P PARK ARK SSAN AN JJOSE OSE “Explore SSan “Explore an Jose Jose Parks— Parks— Open O pen ttoo tthe he P Public ublic SSince ince 1850.”

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3. A Att P Pacific acific H Hotel otel Gallery.

G allery. Tue-Sun, Tue-Sun, noon-5pm. noon-5pm.

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CComedy omedy CCOMEDYSPORTZ OMEDYSPORTZ An iinteractive An nteractive improvised improvised ccomedy omedy sshow. how. FFri, ri, 9 aand nd 111pm 1pm 9pm. $12-$15. aand nd SSat, at, 7 aand nd 9 pm. $ 12-$15.

CComedySportz, omedySportz, San San Jose.

Jose.

IIMPROV MPROV Wed, 8 Wed, 8pm: pm: Chicano Chicano Kings.

Kings. $1. $1.

TThu, hu, 8pm, 8pm, Fri, Fri, 8 and and 10pm, 10pm, Sat, Sat, 7 aand nd 9 9pm, pm, SSun un 7pm: 7pm: Jo Jo Koy. Koy. $20. $ 20. Tue, Tue, 8pm: 8pm: Improv Improv StandStanduupp CComedy omedy CCompetition. ompetition. $10. $10.

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ROOSTER R OOSTER T T.. FEATHERS FEATHERS Wed, 8 Wed, 8pm: pm: New New Talent Talent SShowcase. howcase. $ 10. Thu, Thu, 8pm, 8pm, $10.

FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, 9 pm, SSun, un, 8pm: 8pm: Willie Willie 9pm, Barcena.

B arcena. $ $15.75.

15.75. Sunnyvale.

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D iasporas.” A Aug ug 44-Jan -Jan 22.. WedWedSSun, un, 11am-5pm, 11am-5pm, Thu, Thu, 11am11am8 pm. Stanford.

Stanford.

8pm.

CCONTINUING ONTINUING CCANTOR ANTOR A ARTS RTS CENTER CENTER “True ttoo N “True Nature.” ature.” D Drawings, rawings, watercolors w atercolors aand nd ooilil ssketches ketches

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“Retro-Tech.” A group “Retro-Tech.” group show show aabout bout aartists rtists rreusing eusing old old aand nd nnew ew technologies. technologies. Thru Thru Feb Feb 6.

6. ““Degrees Degrees ooff SSeparation: eparation: CContemporary ontemporary P Photography hotography Permanent FFrom rom tthe he P ermanent Mar CCollection.” ollection.” Thru Thru M ar 14.

14. “Vital “Vital SSigns: igns: New New Media Media From From the the Permanent P ermanent CCollection.” ollection.” . Thru Thru 6.. “New FFeb eb 6 “New Stories Stories From From the the Edge Plastic Edge of of Asia: Asia: P lastic LLife.” ife.” TThru hru SSep ep 19.

19. Tue-Sun, Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, 11am-5pm, cclosed losed Mon. Mon. San San Jose.

Jose.

SAN JJOSE SAN OSE M MUSEUM USEUM O OFF QUILTS Q UILTS A AND ND T TEXTILES EXTILES For SSouth For outh FFirst irst FFriday, riday, m museum useum ppresents resents a performance performance by by Halau Napuaokamokihana.

H alau N apuaokamokihana. ““Hawaii’s Hawaii’s Alfred Alfred Shaheen: Shaheen: FFabric abric to to FFashion.” ashion.” TTextiles extiles wear Oahu aand nd aaloha loha w ear ffrom rom aann O ahu manufacturer.

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H awaiian Q uilts.” Works Works by by CCarol arol KKamaile. amaile. “Wendeanne “Wendeanne KKe’aka e’aka SStitt: titt: CContemporary ontemporary KKapa.” apa.” FFiber iber art art bbyy Santa Santa CCruz ruz 8.. TTue-Sun, aartist. rtist. All All end end Aug Aug 8 ue-Sun, 110am-5pm.

0am-5pm. SSan an JJose. ose.

TECH T ECH M MUSEUM USEUM ”Genghis KKhan.” ”Genghis han.” A nnew ew sshow how aabout bout tthe he ttechnological, echnological, martial m artial and and ssocial ocial aadvances dvances ooff Mongol warrior. tthe he M ongol w arrior. Mon-Wed, Mon-Wed, 9am-5pm, 9am9 am-5pm, aand nd TThu-Sun, hu-Sun, 9 am8pm.

8 pm. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

TRITON T RITON M MUSEUM USEUM O OFF ART ART ““A A CChild’s hild’s World.”

World.” A sshow how with works aabout bout iinner nner yyouth, outh, w ith w orks bbyy SSqueak queak CCarnwath, arnwath, EEnrique nrique CChagoya hagoya aand nd oothers. thers. ““Erin Erin Goodwin-Guerrero: G oodwin-Guerrero: Caught Caught Between B etween Heaven Heaven and and EEarth.” arth.”

GGalleries alleries Opening O pening “Pangea.” W “Pangea.”

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8. San San Jose.

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CCAFFE AFFE TRIESTE TRIESTE ““Are Are You You Normal Normal Enough?”

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SSelected elected ppaintings aintings and and pphotographs hotographs aabout bout eeccentricity ccentricity Michael bbyy M ichael Foley.

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8. SSan an JJose. ose.

DOWNTOWN D OWNTOWN Y YOGA OGA SSHALA HALA Works bbyy EEmily Works mily Lounsbury.

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KALEID K ALEID GGALLERY ALLERY Works bbyy LLucy Works ucy Liew Liew aand nd Nora Nora SSchwaller. chwaller. Aug Aug 6-27.

6-27. San San Jose.

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Anno Domini presents a new show called “Pangea” by Brazilian artist Fernando Chamarelli, who creates symbol-laden paintings with mosiaclike elements. The reception includes music by DJ Basura. At Caffé Trieste, Michael Foley exhibits photos and paintings that delve into the fringes, extremes and oddities of the urban experience; singers from Opera San Jose will perform. Slave Labor Graphics’ Art Boutiki presents selections from the graphic novels of Gene Luen Yang, plus live bands. The group show at South First Billiards, called “ImagiNATIVES,” comprised pieces by HB Crew, Sean Boyles and others. In Metro’s lobby, strollers can find a new selection of contributions from the First Street Photo Collective. The whole event is tied together with an outdoor DIY festival with vendors and music by Panthelion, the Emerald Hill and MC Mike McGee. —Michael S. Gant by graphic by graphic nnovel ovel bbyy G Gene ene LLuen uen YYang. ang. A Aug ug 6 tthru hru tthe he eend nd of of tthe he month. m onth. SSan an JJose. ose.

SSOUTH OUTH FFIRST IRST BILLIARDS BILLIARDS “ImagiNATIVES,” a ggroup “ImagiNATIVES,” roup sshow how w ith HB HB Crew, Crew, SSean ean B oyles, with Boyles, CCukui ukui aand nd m more, ore, pplus lus m music usic by by R ome and and a cclothing lothing m art for for Rome mart SSouth outh FFirst irst FFriday. riday. SSan an JJose. ose.

SOUTH FFIRST SOUTH IRST FFRIDAYS RIDAYS Art venues in the SSoFA Art oFA District will be open all evening ffor or the art walk.

(7-IIncludes ncludes a SStreet treet Market Market (7 Aug 11pm) and live music. A ug 6, Free.

8pm-late. Fr ee. Downtown SSan an JJose. ose.

BOOK SIGNING Friday, August 6th, 7PM 2200 Eastridge Loop San Jose (408) 270-9470 Forrest Griffin will sign his books only.

No memorabilia, please.

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12.

SStudent tudent aappreciation ppreciation dday ay A Aug ug 114.

4. Woodside.

Woodside.

CCITY ITY W WINDOWS INDOWS GGALLERY ALLERY “Earth-Bound.” A sshow “Earth-Bound.” how ooff works works bbyy cclay lay ssculptors, culptors, iincluding ncluding SStan tan W elsh aand nd D iane LLevinson. evinson. City City Welsh Diane H all, SSouth outh Fourth Fourth St, St, San San Jose.

Jose.

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GGALLERY ALLERY HOUSE HOUSE “Open SSpaces, “Open paces, Abstract Abstract P Places.” laces.”

Works W orks bbyy M Martha artha CCastillo astillo iin n Williams cclayprint layprint aand nd TTrevlyn revlyn W illiams iin n watercolor. watercolor. TThru hru Aug Aug 21.

21. Tue, Tue, 111am-4pm, 1am-4pm, Wed-Sat, Wed-Sat, 11am-8pm, 11am-8pm, Palo Alto.

SSun, un, 111am-3pm.

1am-3pm. P alo A lto.

MACLA M ACLA “The A “The Art rt ooff P Politics: olitics: TThree hree Generations G enerations ooff Political Political P rintmaking iin n tthe he B ay A rea.”

Printmaking Bay Area.”

FFor or SSouth outh FFirst irst Friday, Friday, ggalley alley hhosts osts a w walk alk aand nd ttalk alk w with ith aartists. rtists. TThru hru A Aug ug 77.. W Wed-Thu, ed-Thu, nnoon-7pm, oon-7pm, Fri-Sat, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm. noon-5pm.

SSan an JJose. ose.

MAIN M AIN GALLERY GALLERY “New W “New Work ork bbyy O Old ld FFriends.” riends.” TThru hru Aug A ug 8 8.. R Redwood edwood CCity. ity.

PALO P ALO A ALTO LTO ART ART CENTER CENTER “Secret D “Secret Drawings.” rawings.” A sshow how bbased ased oon n tthe he Surrealist Surrealist iidea dea ooff tthe he exquisite exquisite ccorpse. orpse. ““Dream Dream figures SSequences.” equences.” CCeramic eramic fi gures bbyy M ichael LLucero, ucero, Beverly Beverly Michael M ayeri aand nd oothers. thers. ““Surreal Surreal Mayeri Reinventions.”

R einventions.” Thru Thru Sep Sep 4.

4. TueTueSSat, at, 110am-5pm, 0am-5pm, Thu, Thu, 7-9pm, 7-9pm, SSun, un, 11-5pm.

-5pm. P alo A lto.

Palo Alto.

SAN JOSE SAN JOSE INSTITUTE INSTITUTE OF OF CCONTEMPORARY ONTEMPORARY ART ART “Exposed: TToday’s “Exposed: oday’s P Photograph/ hotograph/ YYesterday’s esterday’s TTechnology.” echnology.”

Artists A rtists w working orking iin n oold-school ld-school pphoto hoto techniques. techniques. Thru Thru Sep Sep 119.

9. “Conservation “Conservation of of Intimacy.”

Intimacy.”

Bernie IInstallation nstallation bbyy B ernie LLubell. ubell.

TThru hru Sep Sep 19.

19. Tue-Fri, Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, 10am-5pm, SSat, at, nnoon-5pm. oon-5pm. San San Jose.

Jose.

SSUNNYVALE UNNYVALE ART ART GALLERY GALLERY Oils, aacrylics Oils, crylics aand nd m more ore bbyy A Angelo ngelo LLopez, opez, Rita Rita LLouis ouis aand nd oother ther Reception aartists. rtists. R eception SSat, at, 22-5pm.

-5pm.

Runs R uns tthru hru Aug Aug 30.

30. Open Open Daily Daily till till 8pm, 8 pm, Sun Sun till till 6pm.

6pm. Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

VIEWPOINTS V IEWPOINTS GALLERY GALLERY “Color . . . Squared.”

“Color Squared.” W Works orks bbyy 1144 aartists. rtists. R Reception eception A Aug ug 113, 3, 55pm. pm.

Runs R uns tthru hru Sep Sep 4.

4. Daily Daily 11am11amAltos.

55pm, pm, SSun, un, 111am-3pm.

1am-3pm. LLos os A ltos.

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A rredondo. SSat, at, 8pm.

8pm. Free.

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7pm.

FFree. ree. Kepler’s, Kepler ’s, Menlo Menlo Park.

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Jose.

Featuring SSeason Featuring eason SSix ix “Project “Project R unway” fi nalist CCarol arol Hannah.

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The aauthor The uthor ooff fi five ve nnonfiction onfiction will bbooks ooks w ill ttake ake ppart art in in a poetry poetry rreading. eading. Mon, Mon, 7pm.

7pm. Free.

Free. Willow Willow Glen G len LLibrary. ibrary.

Free llessons Free essons in in the the fox fox trot. trot. TTue, ue, 6 -8pm. Courthouse Courthouse SSquare, quare, 6-8pm.

R edwood CCity. ity.

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CCHILDREN’S HILDREN’S T THEATRE HEATRE IIN NT HE P ARK THE PARK Fairy ttales Fairy ales aand nd cchildren’s hildren’s sstories tories bbyy P Peninsula eninsula YYouth outh TTheatre. heatre. This This w eek: FFri, ri, 6:30pm, 6:30pm, “Once “Once Upon Upon week: a SShoe.” hoe.” FFree. ree. ParkStage ParkStage ooutside utside Mountain View M ountain V iew CCenter enter for for tthe he P erforming Arts.

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FFri, ri, 77:30pm, :30pm, Sat, Sat, 2 and and 7:30pm, 7:30pm, SSun, un, 1pm.

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11am-8pm. $18/$20.

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NEIGHBORHOOD N EIGHBORHOOD GGARAGE ARAGE SSALE ALE Funds w Funds will ill bbee donated donated ttoo Trace Trace EElementary lementary School School for for supplies supplies llost ost in in the the fire. fire. Sat, Sat, 7am.

7am. Lincoln Lincoln High H igh SSchool, chool, SSan an Jose.

Jose.

PORTERA CCOMMON PORTERA OMMON CCOMMUNITY OMMUNITY CCELEBRATION ELEBRATION The eevent, The vent, ffeaturing eaturing m music, usic, ddancing, ancing, ffood, ood, ddrink rink and and pprizes, rizes, will w ill benefit benefit five five South South Bay Bay ccharities. harities. Wed, Wed, 6-9pm.

6-9pm. Rock Rock Bottom Brewery, B ottom B rewery, CCampbell. ampbell.

SALINAS M SALINAS MUSIC USIC & A ARTS RTS SSUMMIT UMMIT A ffamily amily m music usic aand nd aarts rts eevent vent designed designed ttoo iinspire nspire an an aappreciation ppreciation of of the the aarts. rts. SSun, un, 111am-4pm.

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SAN JJUAN SAN UAN A ANTIQUES NTIQUES MARKET FFLEA LEA M ARKET A llarge arge sselection election of of good good old old tthings. hings. SSun, un, all all day. day. Downtown Downtown Bautista.

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Dylan (Shane Curry) and Kylie (Kelly Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill) are next-door neighbors in B`jj\j a part of Ireland one would prefer to Unrated, 72 min. drive through at 65mph. A vast, cold Opens Aug. 6 @ and smelly-looking fen faces the two Camera 12 in childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s houses. From the way Kylie San Jose tries to avoid the man, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clear that her Uncle Maurice (Sean McDonagh) makes her do things. Dylan, even at age 11, has developed a face like a ďŹ st, as well as a ďŹ ne case of stress-induced asthma. After a ďŹ ght breaks out between the two, Dylan and Kylie make a break for it.

They hitch a ride to Dublin. Dylanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother vanished into Dublinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s skid row two years before, and Dylan has half an idea to track the long-missing brother down.

Daly makes this adventure impressionistic, with a focus on the kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; faces and the city they discover. The two runaways are guided by songs by Bob Dylan. The only problem is that Kisses starts to look a bit aimless in the center. Until the arrival of an involved action sequence involving a runaway car full of perverts and LED-lit, wheeled sneakers, the ďŹ lm spins its wheels.

Yet Curry has all the menace and weakness of a mistreated kid. His voice isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t completely there, and the conviction in the lines sometimes wavers. Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill, by contrast, has the adroitness and softness that Christina Ricci had as a child actor. All told, Kisses is a winner, a smart, sweet ďŹ lm with gentleness that never devolves into mere softness.Ă&#x2020;I`Z_Xi[ mfe 9ljXZb

humor (though they do)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;there seems to be more affection for the characters and the messes they make or worsen. The three sisters from Happinesssâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Joy, Trish and Helenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;have come up in the world.

Trish (Allison Janney) is living in Florida, putting her marriage to a rapacious child molester behind her and dating a physically disagreeable Zionist (Michael Lerner); her son, Timmy (Dylan Riley Snyder, freckled and cast for his resemblance to Lassieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s partner Timmy), is awaiting his bar mitzvah and dealing with his twin anxieties about pedophiles and terrorists. Meanwhile, sad-sack Joy (Shirley Henderson) is still carrying her acoustic guitar around, though now sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s being pestered by vicious ghosts (Paul Reubens is one of them). The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Floridaâ&#x20AC;? surroundings (actually the parts of Puerto Rico stuck in the mid-1960s) and the acid-washed colors stress the grotesque comic side of this tale of family dislocation. The highlight is a wonderfully juicy bit by Charlotte Rampling as a bitter Ăźber-cougar; she keeps pitching her lines higher and higher, until sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a one-woman Strindberg festival. (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.) (RvB) (R; 105 min.) A look at the life of Jack Harris (played by Luke Wilson) who pioneered adult entertainment sites on the web. (Opens Fri valleywide.)

THE OTHER GUYS (PG-13; 107 min.) Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg star as bumbling cops who try to show off their crimeďŹ ghting skills. Also stars Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson.

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In the midst of political misery, Cabaretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s snapshot of Berlin on the brink was an understandable hit.

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sordidness of the Kit Kat Club is embodied by the snakelike MC (Joel Grey). (Plays Aug 6 in San Jose at the California Theatre; showtime is 7pm; courtyard opens an hour and a half earlier at 5:30pm for sale of snacks and adult beverages.) (RvB)

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That same way of holding the screen in two or three small moments, the dynamics of what a character actor doesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;all of that >\k Cfn sometimes seems monotonous in a full-length ďŹ lm. Get Lowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hushed PG-13; 100 min. direction by Aaron Schneider, which Opens Aug. 6 tells you, this is important, this is like @ Camera 7 in Faulkner, casts a spell, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s some Campbell & CinĂŠarts kind of numbing, tranquilizing spell; Santana Row the ďŹ lm canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t unstir itself from the level of an anecdote.

In the 1930s South, a hermit named Bush emerges from decades of solitude. He comes to a nearby small town and make plans for his funeral, which he intends to hold while heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still alive. He ďŹ nds no trouble with this idea from the local funeral-home director (Bill Murray), who expands on the event to bring music and a rafďŹ&#x201A;e to draw in the community; part of the draw will be Bush telling the secret that made him hide his face in the woods for so many years.

Murray is the ďŹ lmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s saving grace; he has the true comedianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solitude and the driest lines resound like terriďŹ c jokes. One loves him and turns a blind eye to his anachronistic dialogue as he mentors a younger salesman (Lucas Black). If it was always Gene Hackmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aim to â&#x20AC;&#x153;play common men uncommonly,â&#x20AC;?

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Odyssey, Western-movie terseness and New Age fanciness. In the winter of 1864â&#x20AC;&#x201C;65, the Confederate deserter Inman (Jude Law) treks home like Ulysses. His journey alternates with scenes of Ada (Nicole Kidman), the woman he loves, a city refugee surviving off her farm with the help of her pal Ruby (RenĂŠe Zellweger, who got the Oscar for her hamming). Kidman ďŹ nally has a leading man as pretty and willowy as herself, but the title says it all: the embrace gives off no heat. Stanford Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Charles Junkerman introduces the ďŹ lm. (Plays Aug 9 at 7pm in Palo Alto at Stanford Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annenberg Auditorium; free, part of the Odyssean Cinema series.) (RvB)

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(1990) Patrick Swayze stars as a lovelorn revenant, able to materialize during a key moment of erotic pottery-throwing (with co-throwee Demi â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Concrete Kittenâ&#x20AC;? Moore).

This tearjerker unleashed â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Unchained Melody.â&#x20AC;? Dragging its chains and cackling, the escaped yet inescapable melody began a reign of terror on AM radio until it was shot by a SWAT team. The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. (Plays Aug 5 in Redwood City at sundown in Old Courthouse Square; free.) (RvB)

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HAROLD AND MAUDE (1972) Hal Ashby’s locally shot cult film about a wealthy but morbid young eccentric (Bud Cort) who

caps his love affair with death by falling for an elderly bohemian (Ruth Gordon). How well it has aged, and how well its Cat Stevens score sounds, may depend on who you were when you first saw it. (Plays Aug 4 at 7pm in Campbell at Camera 7; free; local filmmaker Jarrod Whaley will introduce.) (RvB)

JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961) An expansion of Abby Mann’s television play, but it still scans like TV despite the prestigious cast: Spencer Tracy as the judge; Maximilian Schell as the defense attorney; Marlene Dietrich as a

general’s widow; Montgomery Clift as the victim of Nazi eugenics; Judy Garland as a woman arrested for loving a Jewish man; and Richard Widmark as the Army prosecutor.

(Plays Aug 4-6 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

NILES FILM MUSEUM Regularly scheduled programs of silent films. Aug 7: Coleen Moore in Orchids and Ermine (1927) regarding a romance of class-crossed love, with Mickey Rooney (age 9) as a snazzily dressed Little Person. Billed with “Felix Turns the Tide” (1922) and

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Carell plays Barry, an abject case of one of the most undeviatingly simple and dim-witted individuals imaginable. He is courted by Tim (Paul Rudd), a rising executive in his company looking for the perfect guest for ;`ee\i ]fi his boss’s monthly event, a dinner JZ_dlZbj for idiots, in hopes of earning a promotion. Tim struggles in his PG-13; 114 min. dealings with Barry and battles Plays valleywide with his moral conscience the entire film. The message is essentially that an abnormally idiotic man can ruin your entire life but you should not make fun of him because of it. Interestingly, the denouement contradicts the exact purpose of the movie for the audience. Only, the reason I wasn’t laughing had nothing to do with the societal lesson director Jay Roach was attempting to shovel at me.

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Filled with buffoonery, the film does boast some moments of incomprehensible social awkwardness that will have audiences twisting in their seats. In small roles, Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover), Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) and Lucy Punch (Hot Fuzz) provide many of the better laughs, with their over-the-top brand of absurd characters.

Overall, however, there’s just not enough there to warrant a trip to the theater. Rudd and Carell, while not the worst actor pairing, do not have a great deal of chemistry and struggle to create a real feeling of comic repartee. Bring me the check and don’t expect much of a tip, if any, after this disastrous dinner.— DXicfe DXcfe\p

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Color Coded IN THE LATE â&#x20AC;&#x2122;40s, the British directing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger made two delirious, well-on-to-hallucinogenic Technicolor ďŹ lms in which the vibrant (vibrating almost) saturated colors were as much a part of the emotional texture of the stories as the acting. Of course, faded prints canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t convey the true spectacle of Black Narcissus (1947) and The Red Shoes (1948), which is why these two Criterion releases, immaculately and lovingly restored, are so valuable to ďŹ lm fans.

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Will Rogers burlesques a handful of hits, bullďŹ ghting a paciďŹ st cow, having an archery contest with Robin Hood, and honks in a bandana whilst spooďŹ ng the popular melodrama â&#x20AC;&#x153;Over the Hill to the Poor House,â&#x20AC;? based on Will Carletonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s egregious poem of the same name. Bruce Loeb

A few missteps (especially Mary Hallatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grating comic relief as Angu Ayah) mar Black Narcissus, but The Red Shoes is well-nigh perfect. Real-life ballet star Moira Shearer (whose red hair positively ďŹ&#x201A;ames onscreen) plays Victoria Page, an aspiring dancer. She vacillates between her love for a somewhat priggish composer (Marius Goring) and the imperious entrepreneur Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook). The fatal choice between high art and mundane romance deďŹ nes every step of the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and is then gloriously embodied by the 20-minute Red Shoes ballet, a tour de force that combines choreography, color, trick photography and surrealistic sets to supreme effect. This two-disc set includes a variety of extras, most notably an interview with Powellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widow, ďŹ lm editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Ă&#x2020;D`Z_X\c J% >Xek

at the piano. Aug 8, 4pm: Four with Laurel and Hardy. (Plays Aug 7-8 at 7:30pm in Fremont at the Edison Theatre.) (RvB)

SOME LIKE IT HOT/GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1959/1953). Two half-frozen and broke Chicago musicians (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis) of the

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In Black Narcissus, a group of nuns, led by tightly wound Deborah Kerr, venture to a Himalayan redoubt that once housed harem girls but has now been granted to the church. High atop an impossible precipice where the wind never stops howling, the nuns succumb to stirrings of Eastern sensuality, particularly in the form of the only 9cXZb EXiZ`jjlj man in sight: rakish, devil-may-care Mr. Dean (David Farrar). Worst hit K_\ I\[ J_f\j of all is sister Ruth (Kathleen Byron), Criterion who ďŹ&#x201A;ips entirely, emerging from $39.95 each the cocoon of her white wimple as a red-lipped, red-dressed seductress in a breathtaking transformation.

Without shooting a frame in India, this studio-bound production, thanks to Jack Cardiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cinematography, manages to be a completely convincing dip into the fever-dream of the British obsession with the Raj. The disc includes two excellent making-of features with enlightening interviews with Cardiff and Byron.

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Lemmon and comedian Joe E. Brown (your standard comedic Palm Beach millionaire) wrap up the ďŹ lm with a famous last line. The last great screwball comedy. BILLED WITH Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

Howard Hawksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; brash musical about â&#x20AC;&#x153;two little girls from Little Rockâ&#x20AC;?: half-bright golddigger Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and her shrewder pal Dorothy (Jane Russell). Sexy, campy and always funny, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a different movie on the big screen than it is on TV. (Plays Aug 4 and 6â&#x20AC;&#x201C;8 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.)

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Julianne Moore as a classic California girl: no intellectual, very earthy, a blurter-out of things she probably

shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have said; Annette Bening, amusingly dour, is her hard-working spouse. Director Lisa Cholodenko and co-writer Stuart Blumberg takes their ďŹ lm away from the realm of the typical gay and lesbian ďŹ lm fest talkathon and up to speed with the blogs and with the ďŹ ction of Mary Gaitskill. (RvB)

CHARLIE ST. CLOUD (PG-13) A poignant drama about a young man who has trouble coping with the death of his brother.

FAREWELL (Unrated; 113 min.) Intelligent, atmospheric Cold War thriller, directed by Christian Carion, based on a real-life case. In 1981, in Moscow, Pierre (Guillaume Canet), a French technocrat, is mistakenly approached by Grigoriev (Serbian director Emir Kusturica). This Soviet ofďŹ cer, sick of his government, aims to help push it over from the inside by passing on information to the West. The Russian is surprised to ďŹ nd out that Pierre has almost no connections with the secret service. Pierreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s government asks the amateur spy to carry on, and a friendship develops. The art direction is immaculate; Carion aims to take you on a trip to the vanished USSR, dwelling over the frightening Martian/Gothic towers and neongreen corridors. (RvB)

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INCEPTION (PG-13; 148 min.) The basic idea of Christopher Nolanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ lm is simple.

Led by Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio), a sort of Impossible Mission Force, working for a Japanese trillionaire (Ken Watanabe), descends into the sleeping subconscious of the plutocratâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s young rival (Cillian Murphy), using technology that allows them to design dreamscapes.

Throughout the ďŹ lm, Nolan insists on the practical effect: the miniature and the set, as opposed to CGI. The ďŹ lm is audacious and frequently thrilling, especially when Nolan folds Paris in on itself and Escherizes interior spaces. (RvB)

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Davus (Max Minghella) and the wellborn Orestes (Oscar Isaac). The ďŹ lm depicts an ant-hill-like squabble of different faiths, centered around the viciousness of the local Christian bishop. Weisz looks very fetching in togas, but the force of Hypatiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sweet, no-monkey-business character is stressed rather than her gravity of an intellectual. (RvB)

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Los Lonely Boys Friday, 7pm, at Mountain Winery, Saratoga; $40-$80

I seriously doubt these guys were ever lonely, but since their 2004 hit “Heaven” they’ve been spending most of their nights with thousands of fans. What these Texans did, essentially, was to find a way to bring Tex-Mex to the mainstream, a feat that no one has really ever been able to pull off, though a few have come close. They’re back after bassist Jojo Garza’s recovery from a vocal cord injury that delayed their new record and tour. (SP)

Toby Keith

Friday, 7:30pm, at Mountain Winery, Saratoga; $28-$74 The Dixie Chicks said their “FUTK” t-shirts stood for “Friends United in Truth and Kindness,” but we all know what they were really saying was “Fuck You Toby Keith.” And really, more power to them. Keith’s jackass song “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” put him in the ranks of authority bootlickers like Lee Greenwood and Charlie Daniels who never understood that real country is outlaw music. (SP)

The Ataris

Monday, 8pm, at Blank Club, San Jose; $10/$12 Pop-punk hitmakers the Ataris found name with a song that namechecks Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (“San Dimas High School Football Rules” ) and a punk cover of the Eagles (“Boys of Summer”). But they had their best 30 seconds with “The Radio Still Sucks,” wishing that someone would break Marilyn Manson’s neck and angrily declaring “I’m really fucking sick of Beck and 311.”

That was maybe a decade ago, so they might just outlast their sworn enemies. (SP)

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A mericas. SSan an JJose. ose.

SUNNYVALE SUMMER SUNNYVALE SUMMER SSERIES ERIES Wed, 55:30pm: Wed, :30pm: Julio Julio Bravo Bravo y SSuu Qrquesta Qrquesta SSalsabor. alsabor. FFree. ree.

Downtown D owntown Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

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Wed: B Wed: Battle attle ooff tthe he Bands.

Bands. San San JJose. ose.

Wed, 6 Wed, 6:30pm: :30pm: Janis Janis Mann.

Mann. Free.

Free.

LLos os Gatos Gatos Town Town Plaza.

Plaza.

VOODOO V OODOO LLOUNGE OUNGE

JJ.J.’S .J.’S B BLUES LUES CCAFE AFE

Fri, 9 Fri, 9pm: pm: Warren Warren G. G. $15. $15. San San JJose. ose.

Wed: O Wed: One ne N Night ight Stand.

Stand. TThu: hu: Rough House.

R ough H ouse. Fri: Fri: Dog Dog House House Riley, Hammer.

R iley, Blues Blues H ammer. $10. $10. Sat: Sat: OGR, Garcia.

O GR, John John G arcia. $10. $10. Sun: Sun: Alvin Draper.

Mon: Dennis A lvin D raper. M on: D ennis Dove.

D ove. TTue: ue: Blue Blue J, J, Liar’s Liar ’s Clud.

Clud.

SSan an JJose. ose.

WAHOO’S W AHOO’S Fri, nnoon-3pm: Fri, oon-3pm: Back Back to to School School Day. music D ay. LLive ive m usic bbyy Entice Entice ((12:30pm) 12:30pm) and and 5606 5606 (1:45pm) (1:45pm) pplus lus giveaways. giveaways. SSantana antana Row. Row.

WILDWOOD W ILDWOOD SSTOCK TOCK Sun, nnoon-6pm: Sun, oon-6pm: Rock Rock SSolid, olid, Grain, Never G rain, N ever tthe he SSame, ame, Whiskey Whiskey CCircus ircus & Mike Mike Gurley.

Gurley. Free.

Free.

Wildwood W ildwood Park, Park, Saratoga.

Saratoga.

WOODHAM’S W OODHAM’S LLOUNGE OUNGE FFri-Sun: ri-Sun: P Pro ro Jam. Jam. SSanta anta Clara.

Clara.

World W orld ALBERTO’S A LBERTO’S Wed: B Wed: Bachata. achata. TThu: hu: Salsa Salsa w/ w/ Pantea.

P antea. FFri: ri: SSalsa alsa FFridays. ridays. SSat: at: Nights. w/ LLatin atin N ights. TTue: ue: SSalsa alsa w / Pantea.

Mountain P antea. M ountain View.

View.

CCASCAL ASCAL Fri, 9 Fri, 9pm: pm: KKaweh. aweh. Sat, Sat, 8:30pm: 8:30pm: Mountain JJames ames Robinson.

Robinson. M ountain View.

V iew.

PARRANDA P ARRANDA N NIGHTCLUB IGHTCLUB Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: Banda Banda 300, 300, DJ DJ Akustik.

A kustik. FFri, ri, 8pm: 8pm: Norteño Norteño and and Bandas B andas llive. ive. Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

JJazz/Blues azz/Blues ANGELICA’S A NGELICA’S B BISTRO ISTRO Thu, 44pm: Thu, pm: Dan Dan Dillon, Dillon, 7:30pm: 7:30pm: Blues B lues JJam. am. SSat, at, 8 aand nd 10pm: 10pm: Blues JJust ust Cream, Cream, the the CCrossCut rossCut B lues Band.

Mon: B and. M on: RWH RWH Jazz Jazz Triad.

Triad. Tue, Tue, Dan Dillon, 44pm: pm: D an D illon, 7pm: 7pm: Jazz Jazz open open sstage tage hosted hosted by

by Angelica’s Angelica’s JJam am Band.

Redwood B and. R edwood City.

City.

CCAFFE AFFE T TRIESTE RIESTE Fri, 8 Fri, 8pm: pm: Opera Opera Night.

Night. Sat, Sat, 8pm: 8pm: Band.

EEmperor mperor Norton’s Norton’s JJazz azz B and.

SSan an JJose. ose.

GGRAND RAND D DELL ELL SSALOON ALOON

LLILLY ILLY MAC’S MAC’S Sat: JJazz Sat: azz & B Beyond eyond SSeries. eries.

SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

LLOFT OFT BAR BAR A AND ND B BISTRO ISTRO Thu, 77-10pm: Thu, -10pm: Live Live jjazz. azz. SSan an JJose. ose.

MOROCCO’S M OROCCO’S RESTAURANT RESTAURANT Thu, 55pm: Thu, pm: Hot Hot M Moroccan oroccan N Night. ight.

Duo w/ Andrew FFri, ri, 55pm: pm: JJazz azz D uo w /A ndrew DiRzza Rick D iRzza & R ick TTutunjian. utunjian. SSat, at, 55pm: pm: LLemo. emo. SSun, un, 5pm: 5pm: Moroccan Moroccan Music Night.

M usic N ight. Mon: Mon: Jim Jim Farber.

Farber.

Ron TTue: ue: R on JJazz azz LLive ive and and the the 650 650 CConnection. onnection. SSan an JJose. ose.

PARK P ARK V VALENCIA ALENCIA Sat, 11-4pm: Sat, -4pm: A Taste Taste of of Jazz.

Jazz.

Row. FFree. ree. Santana Santana R ow.

POOR P OOR HOUSE HOUSE B BISTRO ISTRO Wed, 6 Wed, 6pm: pm: Ron Ron Thompson Thompson and and FFriends. riends. Thu, Thu, 6pm: 6pm: Lara Lara Price Price Band. aand nd YYesterdays esterdays B and. FFri, ri, 7pm: 7pm: Band.

6pm: CChris hris CCain ain B and. Sat, Sat, 6 pm: the the CCalifornia alifornia Honeydrops.

Honeydrops. SSun, un, Red nnoon-6pm: oon-6pm: tthe he R ed SStripe tripe Drummers, SSteel teel D rummers, the the Red Red Stripe Stripe Girls, G irls, Rusty Rusty Zinn Zinn CD CD Release.

Release.

SSan an JJose. ose.

QUARTER Q UARTER N NOTE OTE Wed, 8 Wed, 8:30pm: :30pm: P Pro ro Jam Jam N Night. ight.

SSat, at, 44pm: pm: CCool ool Fire Fire SSoul oul Jazz.

Jazz.

Brisket SSun, un, 11pm: pm: B risket and and Blues Blues w/ BBQ Will w /B BQ and and W ill Roc Roc Griffin Griffin of of Vicious Groove.

V icious G roove. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

SSANTANA ANTANA R ROW OW TTue, ue, 6:30-8:30pm: 6:30-8:30pm: KKristen risten Bank SStrom trom at at LLeft eft B ank Brasserie Brasserie Mechanics aand nd JJazz azz M echanics aatt Rosie Pub R osie McCann’s McCann’s IIrish rish P ub & Restaurant.

R estaurant. SSan an JJose. ose.

SSENZALA ENZALA

Thu: B Thu: Blues lues JJam am w/ w/ Aki Aki Kumar.

Kumar.

8pm: FFri, ri, 8 pm: Loma Loma Prieta Prieta Rockers.

Rockers.

8pm: SSat, at, 8 pm: LLen en Cat. Cat. CCampbell. ampbell.

Fri, nnoon: Fri, oon: LLive ive music. music. Sat, Sat, Nagle 77:30pm: :30pm: FFrancesca rancesca N agle w/ w/ Primary P rimary Colors.

Colors. $10/$20. $10/$20.

SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

HEDLEY H EDLEY CLUB CLUB

SSTANFORD TANFORD JJAZZ AZZ FFESTIVAL ESTIVAL

Wed, 77:30pm: Wed, :30pm: Jazz Jazz Jam. Jam. Thu, Thu, 8pm: 8 pm: Russo-Alberts Russo-Alberts TTrio. rio. Hotel Hotel ddee Anza, Anza, SSan an Jose.

Jose.

JJAZZ AZZ O ON NM MAIN AIN Mon, 6-8pm: Mon, 6-8pm: Kristen Kristen Strom Strom Quintet.

Q uintet. FFree. ree. Main Main SStreet, treet, ddowntown owntown Redwood Redwood CCity. ity.

Wed, 8pm: Wed, 8pm: Joshua Joshua Redman Redman Trio.

Trio.

Dinkelspiel.

D inkelspiel. Fri, Fri, 8pm: 8pm: SSJW JW AllAllSStar tar Jam Jam SSession. ession. Dinkelspiel.

Dinkelspiel.

8pm: SSat, at, 8 pm: TTaylor aylor EEigsti igsti Group Group Becca ffeaturing eaturing B ecca SStevens. tevens.

Dinkelspiel.

D inkelspiel. $22/$36. $22/$36. All All oon n SStanford tanford CCampus. ampus.

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WildwoodStock 2010 WHEN Caroline Irvine lost her battle with breast cancer one year ago this week, her friend Nickie Thomson couldn’t believe it. Both the wives of musicians in the South Bay band Grain, Irvine had told her she was determined not to die—she could hold out, she said, until she could be cured. Thomson was convinced she could do it, too, which made it all the more Sunday, Aug. 8, shocking when Irvine was gone within 10 months. noon–8pm In her memory, Thomson decided to do the 60mile, three-day Susan G. Komen walkathon on Wildwood Park in Saratoga Oct. 1 this year, and this week she has put together “Wildwoodstock 2010,” a fundraiser that will go to support her team (“Mama-Geddon”) in the Free; donations accepted. event. The event is free, but donations are accepted.

Performing will be Grain, the rootsy local rock band that features both Caroline’s husband Dave Irvine and Nickie’s husband John Thomson; Michael Gurley, the Saratoga native who found fame with his band Dada and their 1992 hit “Dizz Knee Land”; and SoCal’s Whiskey Circus. —Steve Palopoli

THEATRE T HEATRE O ON N SSAN AN P PEDRO EDRO SSQUARE QUARE Fri, 7:30pm: Fri, 7:30pm: Kristen Kristen Strom Strom Quartet. $15.

8:30pm: Q uartet. $ 15. SSat, at, 8 :30pm: Out Out Blue ooff tthe he B lue aand nd CChristina hristina Li. Li. $10.

Winds $ 10. SSun, un, 33pm: pm: IIvory vory W inds & $5.

SSteve teve LLin. in. $ 5. SSan an JJose. ose.

THREE FFLAMES THREE LAMES RESTAURANT R ESTAURANT Sun and Sun and Tue, Tue, 77:30pm: :30pm: Modesto Modesto Briseno Willow Glen.

B riseno SSeptet. eptet. W illow G len.

UNWINED U NWINED Thu, 77pm: Thu, pm: Randy Randy Whiting.

Whiting. Sat, Sat, 77-9:30pm: -9:30pm: Jazz Jazz Night.

Night. San San Jose.

Jose.

LLILLY ILLY M MAC’S AC’S Sun, 55-8pm: Sun, -8pm: LLive ive IIrish rish M Music. usic.

SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

O’FLAHERTY’S O ’FLAHERTY’S Sun aand Sun nd TTue, ue, 55pm: pm: TTraditional raditional music.

IIrish rish m usic. SSan an JJose. ose.

MISSION M ISSION CCITY ITY R ROASTING OASTING CCO. O. Fri, 8 Fri, 8pm: pm: H Houston ouston JJones. ones. $15/$17. $ 15/$17. Santa Santa CClara. lara.

RED R ED R ROCK OCK CCOFFEE OFFEE CCO. O. Fri, 8 Fri, 8pm: pm: JJohanna ohanna Koons Koons w/ w/ Please Mountain P lease Do Do Not Not Fight.

Fight. M ountain View.

V iew.

CC&W/Folk &W/Folk

SSADDLE ADDLE R RACK ACK

BOSWELL’S B OSWELL’S

SSAM’S AM’S B BBQ BQ

Thu: M Thu: Mike ike LLeatherman. eatherman.

CCampbell. ampbell.

Wed-Sun: CCountry Wed-Sun: ountry m music. usic.

FFremont. remont.

Wed, W ed, 6 6pm: pm: SSidesaddle idesaddle & Co. Co.

TTue, ue, 6pm: 6pm: Carolina Carolina Special.

Special.

SSan an Jose.

Jose.

THREE FLAMES FLAMES RESTAURANT RE STAURANT Thu, 9pm-closing: Live country music, Doug Rose Productions Pr oductions w/Bit and Spur Larry.

Band featuring featuring Cowboy Lar ry.

Willow Glen.

Open Mic BAREFOOT CCOFFEE BAREFOOT OFFEE BRITANNIA B RIT TANNIA A ARMS ARMS D OWNTOWN DOWNTOWN Mon, 9pm: Comedy Open Mic Night. San Jose.

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MUSIC USIC metroactive metr oactivve M 577 5 MISSION M ISSION CCITY ITY R ROASTING OASTING CCO. O. Thu, 77pm: Thu, pm: SSouth outh B Bay ay FFolks olks O Open pen Mic. M ic. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

RED R ED R ROCK OCK CCOFFEE OFFEE CO. CO. Mon, 77pm: Mon, pm: CCavin avin aand nd KKing’s ing’s Open Mic. Mountain View.

O pen M ic. M ountain V iew.

THREE T HREE FFLAMES LAMES Wed, 8 Wed, 8pm: pm: O Open pen M Mic. ic. W Willow illow Glen.

G len.

DASILVA’S D ASILVA’S BRONCOS BRONCOS

PEACOCK PEA COCK LLOUNGE OUNGE

Wed: Guitar Her Wed: Heroo Tournament Tournament o plus karaoke. karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: 9pm-1am: KKaraoke. araoke. Santa Clara.

Clara.

Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: D DJJ Brian.

Brian. Sun, Sun, 9pm: 9pm: DJJ aand 9pm: DJ, D nd kkaraoke. araoke. TTue, ue, 9 pm: D J, ddancing, ancing, kkaraoke. araoke. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

DIVE B BAR AR

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TTue-Wed, ueu Wed, 9pm: Karaoke.

Karaoke. San Jose.

TTue, ue, 9pm: 9pm: SSherrie herrie and and Sue. Sue. No No ccover. over. Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

EL RANCHO SSPORTS PORTS B BAR AR

ROSIE R OSIE M MCCANN’S CCANN’S

Thu 8pm: Karaoke.

Thu, Karaoke. aoke San Jose.

Jose

TTue, ue, 8:30-11:30pm: 8:30-11:30pm: KKaraoke. araoke. No No Row. ccover. over. Santana Santana R ow.

FFAHRENHEIT AHRENHEIT

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Mon: Monday Night Madness.

San Jose.

7B BAMBOO AMBOO

Thu-Sat, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show.. No cover.

Show cover. San Jose.

Wed-Sat, 9 Wed-Sat, 9pm: pm: KKaraoke. araoke. TTue, ue, 9pm: 9 pm: KKaraoke. araoke. SSan an JJose. ose.

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RUDY’S R UDY’S P PUB UB Wed, 110pm-1:30am: Wed, 0pm-1:30am: DJ DJ P Purple. urple.

Palo Alto.

P alo A lto.

SSAN AN JJOSE OSE B BAR AR & GGRILL RILL TTue, ue, 10pm-close: 10pm-close: Kamikaze Kamikaze KKaraoke. araoke. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

SSHOOTERS HOOTERS BAR BAR & GGRILL RILL Thu, 9 Thu, 9:30pm-1:30am: :30pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke.

SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

TOON’S T OON’S

ALEX’S A LEX’S 4 49ER 9ER IINN NN Nightly eexcept Nightly xcept SSun, un, 9 9pm-2am: pm-2am: KKaraoke. araoke. San San JJose. ose.

Wed, 8pm: Karaoke Wed, Karaoke Night.

San Jose.

THE GGOOSETOWN OOSETOWN LLOUNGE OUNGE

FFri, ri, 9pm: 9pm: R Ryan. yan. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: 9:30pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. Willow Glen.

BLINKY’S B LINKY’S CAN’T CAN’T SSAY AY

GGOOSE OOSE LLOONEY’S OONEY’S

THE T HE B BEARS EARS

Fri, 9pm-1am: Fri, 9pm-1am: D Danielle. anielle. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

Wed, 9pm: Karaoke Wed, Karaoke Night.

Milpitas.

BLUE B LUE P PHEASANT HEASANT

HOMESTEAD H OMESTEAD LLANES ANES

TTue, ue, 77pm: pm: SSteve teve TTiger. iger. CCupertino. upertino.

Fri: Vinnie. Mon: Karaoke Karaoke in the lounge w/ Vinnie. Tue: Tue: u August. Cupertino.

Cupertino.

HUDDLE Wed--TThu and Sun, 9pm: Wild Wed-Thu Nights KKaraoke. araoke. Fremont.

Fremont.

WILLOW W ILLOW D DEN EN Wed, 9 Wed, 9:30pm: :30pm: Thomas.

Thomas. SSan an JJose ose

WOODHAM’S W OODHAM’S LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed, Thu, Wed, Thu, Sat Sat aand nd SSun: un: 110pm: 0pm: Vinnie.

V innie. Santa Santa CClara. lara.

Dance D ance Clubs Clubs AGENDA A GENDA Wed, 8 Wed, 8pm: pm: SSalsa alsa Wednesdays.

W ednesdays. TThu: hu: SSLAP!.

LAP!.

Planet FFri: ri: tthe he Workout.

Workout. SSun: un: P lanet Reggae.

R eggae. SSan an JJose. ose.

BOGART’S B OGART’S LLOUNGE OUNGE

KATIE KA AT TIE BLOOM’S BLOOM’S

Wed, FFri, Wed, ri, Sun, Sun, 8 8pm-2am: pm-2am: KKaraoke. araoke. Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale.

Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: 9:30pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. Campbell.

Campbell.

BOSWELL’S B OSWELL’S

KCC B K BAR AR AND RESTAURANT RESTAURANT

TTue: ue: D DJJ D Davey avey KK.. CCampbell. ampbell.

Wed, W ed 8pm: DJ Desmond. ed, Desmond San Jose.

Wed, 7:30pm: Wed, 7:30pm: Bachata Bachata w/ w/ Pantea. w/ P antea. TThu: hu: Salsa Salsa w / Pantea.

Pantea.

FFri: ri: SSalsa alsa FFridays. ridays. Sat: Sat: Latin Latin Night.

Pantea.

N ight. TTue: ue: Salsa Salsa w/ w/ P antea.

Mountain View.

M ountain V iew.

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BRITANNIA A BRITANNIA ARMS RMS CCUPERTINO UPERTINO Sun-Tue, 110pm: Sun-Tue, 0pm: KKaraoke. araoke.

CCupertino. upertino.

Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. No cover.. CCampbell. cover ampbell.

BRITANNIA B RITANNIA A ARMS RMS SSAN AN JJOSE OSE

KINGG OF CL KIN CLUBS UBS

Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: KKaraoke araoke w w/ / August.

August.

SSan an Jose.

Jose.

BRITISH B RITISH B BANKERS ANKERS CCLUB LUB Mon, 9 Mon, 9:30pm: :30pm: KKaraoke. araoke. M Menlo enlo Park.

P ark.

CC&J’S &J’S SSPORTS PORTS BAR BAR

Thu, Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce cover.. of KOR KOR KKaraoke. araoke. No cover View..

Mountain View

Wed: CComedy Wed: omedy Club Club After After Party.

Party.

DJJ Spinning TThu: hu: Urban Urban D Spinning Beats’ Beats’ Brazilian. aand nd B razilian. Fri Fri and and Sat: Sat: Live Live Hot SSalsa alsa Music.

Music. Sun: Sun: Sizzlin’ Sizzlin’ H ot Mon: SSundays. undays. M on: Salsa Salsa Dancing.

Dancing.

Beats Pong TTue: ue: B eats aand nd Beer Beer P ong w/ w/ Mike M ike JJones. ones. San San Jose.

Jose.

LILLY LILL LY MA MAC’S C’S Thu, 9pm: DJ Thomas “Soulman.” Sunnyvale.

Thu: M Thu: Melissa elissa aand nd H Heather. eather. Santa Santa CClara. lara.

MARIANI’S M ARIANI’S

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Mon, W Mon, Wed, ed, 9 9pm-1am: pm-1am: D DJJ CCurtis. urtis.

Noo ccover.

9pm: Western N over. TTue, ue, 9 pm: W estern Noo ccover. kkaraoke. araoke. N over. SSan an JJose. ose.

ALBERTO’S A LBERTO’S

Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.

Clara.

Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Karaoke.

Clara.

Santa Clar a.

BRITANNIA B RITANNIA ARMS ARMS A ALMADEN LMADEN Wed W ed aand nd SSun, un, 110pm: 0pm: DJ DJ Hank.

Hank.

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Thu, 110pm: Thu, 0pm: D DJJ Benofficial.

Benofficial. Mon, Mon, 9pm: Pong.

9 pm: Beer Beer P ong. SSan an JJose. ose.

BRITANNIA A BRITANNIA ARMS RMS DOWNTOWN D OWNTOWN TTue: ue: D DJJ David David Q Q.. SSan an JJose. ose.

BRIX B RIX Wed: Whip Wed: Whip IItt O Out. ut. TThu: hu: H Huntress. untress.

FFri: ri: Breathless Breathless FFriday riday Nights.

Nights.

SSat: at: SSinful, inful, FFashion ashion SShow. how. Sun: Sun: CChill. hill. Mon: Mon: Marathon.

Marathon. Tue: Tue: Take Take It It Off. O ff. SSan an JJose. ose.

CCARDINAL ARDINAL LLOUNGE OUNGE

Thu: Soul Soultry. try. Mon: Monday Night Madness. Tue, Tue, u 9pm: College Night. San Jose.

KINGG OF CL KIN CLUBS UBS Fri, 9:30pm: Noche V Vaquera aquera w/ DJ Jose KKuervo uervo and DJ SStam. tam. Sat: Azukar w/ DJ 3D. TTue, ue, u 9pm: Club Nostalgia, Goth, industrial and darkwave. $8.

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LLOFT OFT B BAR AR AND BI BISTRO STRO Fri-Sat, 10pm10pm-1:30am: 1:30am: Live DJ DJ..

San Jose.

Wed, 9pm-1am: Wed, 9pm-1am: D DJJ CCurtis. urtis. P Plus lus 9pm-1am: kkaraoke. araoke. TThu, hu, 9 pm-1am: KJ KJ JJR. R. 8pm: DJJ LLV. 9pmSSun-Mon, un-Mon, 8 pm: D V. TTue, ue, 9 pm11am: am: KJ KJ JR. JR. SSan an JJose. ose.

DIVE D IVE B BAR AR Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: D DJJ O Otrebor, trebor, DJ DJ V Venom enom DJJ CC-Note.

9pm: 3347 47 aand nd D -Note. FFri, ri, 9 pm: DJ DJ Dave.

9pm: DJJ O Otrebor, DJJ D ave. Sat, Sat, 9 pm: D trebor, D Venom DJJ CC-Note DJJ V enom 3347, 47, D -Note aand nd D JJara. ara. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

EELL R RANCHO ANCHO SSPORTS PORTS BAR BAR Fri-Sat, 8 Fri-Sat, 8pm: pm: O Old ld SSchool chool D Dance ance Party DJJ N Neto.

P arty ffeat. eat. D eto. SSan an Jose.

Jose.

FFAHRENHEIT AHRENHEIT U ULTRA LTRA LOUNGE LOUNGE Wed, W ed, 9pm: 9pm: R Reggae eggae R Riddims. iddims.

SSABOR ABOR T TAPAS A AP PAS B BAR AR Thu: Major Thursdays. Rotating DJs. TTue: ue: u TTwo wo Buck TTuesdays, uuesdays, party.. San Jose.

College dance party

SSAN AN JO JOSE SE BAR BAR & GRILL GRILL Thu: Thursday Night Live. FriDJ.. San Sat: Video Killed the DJ Jose.

TOON’S T OON’S OON Thu: R&B Singoff Contest.

Fri: TTop oop 40 Hip-hop party w/ DJ Classic. Sat: DJ TTito. ito. Sun: Hip-Hop Showcase. Mon: Fun, Fun, Fun. TTue: uue: Ladies night.

San Jose.

VOODOO V OODOO LLOUNGE OUNGE PARRANDA P A ARRANDA NI NIGHTCLUB GHTCLUB Thu, 8pm: DJ Akustik. No cover cover..

Fri, 8pm: DJ Mayo. Sat, 8pm: DJ Mayo M andd DJ Akustik.

Ak tik Sun, S 7pm: Latin Beat. Sun, 9pm: Sonideroo Night. DJs spinning Sonider more. salsa, cumbia and mor e.

Sunnyvale.

PEARL Sat: CD rrelease elease party ffor or DJ Romeo Reyes. San Jose.

Fri: W Warren arren G. $15. Sat: First Saturdays.

Satur days. $10. San Jose.

WET Fri: SStatus, tatus, Br Brody ody Jenner Jenner’s ’s Sparks.

Birthday w/ Clinton Spark s.

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A renewed assault beginning on Nov. 13 wasn’t noticeably more effective, with a meager kill rate of 100 emus a week. The enemy proved to be fast, smart and (Meredith insisted) capable of surviving multiple bullet wounds.

By early December emu incursions had subsided, due more to the wheat harvest than casualties. Hostilities ceased on Dec. 10. The official final tally: 9,860 bullets to kill 986 emus, an implausible ratio of 10 bullets per emu. The embarrassed government resisted calls to repeat the experiment and instead adopted a more successful policy of supplying farmers with free ammunition and setting a bounty on the birds.

The emu war wasn’t the last time the Australian army faced off against marauding wildlife. In 1992 an upsurge of feral cats in the Diamantina region of western Queensland threatened native fauna, including the letter-winged kite.

So many cats were lounging in newly empty kite nests, Professor Jack Pettigrew of the University of Queensland reported, that at night their glittering eyes made the trees look like they’d been strung with Christmas lights.

Pettigrew’s team culled quite a few cats, but things didn’t get serious until the environment minister saw a newspaper photo of two seemingly well-fed feral cats relaxing in a nest.

Cute kitties, many readers doubtless said, but the minister, evidently a bird lover, thought: these brutes must be exterminated. The army was called out and bagged 423 felines. No word on tactics, weaponry or ammo expenditure, but the lessons of history having been learned, I’m confident it was one bullet, one cat. (Thanks to Terri-Anne Kingsley for research assistance.)

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After World War I the Australian government encouraged returning soldiers to raise wheat and sheep in the sparsely populated state of Western Australia. More than 5,000 hardy souls did so, but following some initial success, most struggled. Among the challenges: uncooperative weather, rampaging rabbits, and emus. (I get most of this from a 2006 article by Murray Johnson in the Journal of Australian Studies.)

The emu is a large flightless bird similar to the ostrich; it breeds in the Australian interior but ranges widely in search of food and water. Extensive fences normally kept emus out of coastal cropland, but high postwar prices led to fencing shortages, and new farms and water supplies made for attractive emu habitat. Initially considered protected game, emus were reclassified as vermin when they became pests to the farmers.

Emu culls racked up high body counts, with more than 3,000 killed in 1928 alone. But it wasn’t enough, and in late 1932 some 20,000 emus surged into the western wheat fields.

Facing the destruction of their crops, the beleaguered farmers sent a deputation to Perth to see . . . well, you might suppose they’d have demanded an audience with the minister of agriculture. But no—these men had been soldiers before they were farmers.

So they went to the minister of defense, who authorized military action against the emus, provided the farmers covered the cost of bullets, bunks and bread.

Arriving in the town of Campion on Nov. 2, 1932, Major G.P.W. Meredith’s troops drew first blood later that day, then established base camp on a local farm. On Nov. 4 an ambush of 1,000 emus went awry when the machine gun jammed after only a dozen kills.

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