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City Didn’t Follow the TSJ Money Trail Like an underwater homeowner on an adjustable-rate mortgage in late 2008, TEAM SAN JOSE was unfazed by money issues in the months leading up to its being slapped with a default notice. And like a feckless federal regulator, the city official charged with overseeing the local business-union-municipal alliance was upbeat—right up until the report that $750,000 had fallen off the truck. As part of the city’s required oversight on the beleaguered quasi-public entity, analyst ERIC BILIMORIA sent recaps of Team San Jose (TSJ) money meetings to the city’s budget boss, JENNIFER MAGUIRE. In one of these internal emails last May, the analyst breezily mentions $805,000 worth of TSJ expenditure “cleanups” that were talked about at the meeting. One of these “cleanups” concerned the Genghis Khan exhibit at the Tech Museum. In a blistering memo last month, downtown council rep Don’t SAM LICCARDO forget demanded that that to tip! deal be put under the microscope. Looking at FLY@ the numbers, Liccardo’s METRONEWS. vigilance seems well COM founded. Bilimoria’s email to Maguire back in May reports that the House of TSJ was leaking money. “As part of the agreement to bring the exhibit here, the City fronted $250K in costs,” Bilimoria writes of the “necessary cleanup.” He goes onto say that an additional $555,000 “cleanup” would also be required, because TSJ had overspent city money on equipment and insurance. . . . In late June, less than two months before Team San Jose had its wings clipped by city finance chief SCOTT P. JOHNSON, Bilimoria reported that TSJ’s CEO DAN FENTON and former long-time CFO DAN CUNNINGHAM were assuring city budget staff that it was all good. “They are on pace to meet the budgeted revenue estimate, and finish

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Plouffe knows his reds and blues. As in U.S. states. Two years ago, he vaulted the Democrats to their biggest electoral triumph in half a century, smartly jump-starting social-networking strategies and grassroots-fundraising efforts that left Republicans with palms planted firmly on foreheads. But just as basketball dynasties come and go, political landscapes too change. “Obviously, the Republicans are going to have a good November,” Plouffe concedes. “But it’s not because suddenly people think Republicans have great ideas or they’re being politically courageous. No. People are just frustrated. “And when people are frustrated, parties out of power tend to do well.” This most recent political tipping

point arrived earlier this year, when former beefcake turned Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown rode the country’s anti-incumbent wave—and a pathetic Democratic rival—all the way to the U.S. Senate. Prospects were bleak for Dems in the fall election. Disgruntled and alarmed, Obama dialed Plouffe and tapped him to channel some old magic to salvage the Dems’ hopes in the November midterm. Now, mere weeks until voting begins, is there any way Democrats can avoid a full-on GOP stampede? Here in California, incumbents are on the run. Three-term U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer is currently trailing opponent Carly Fiorina—though she boasts a heartier war chest than her Republican rival. Even this state’s gubernatorial contest is an anomaly. Jerry Brown should have coasted on Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s dirt-poor approval ratings. But Republican Meg Whitman has established herself as the “change” candidate. Even Plouffe praised Whitman, including her “innovative” Internet strategy—“The Whitman campaign


is doing a lot of interesting things,” he said—while indirectly lamenting Brown’s digital inertia. “[The Internet] is no longer an area that is a luxury or is sort of secondary to television advertising,” Plouffe says. “It’s got to be core to your campaign. Any good campaign spends as much time on their digital strategy as they do on other parts.”

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Whitman holds a slight (3 percent) lead—and that Brown currently has the advantage of being a new voice going into the race’s final eight weeks. “[Brown] can begin to make his case in a strong fashion to voters,” Plouffe argued. “Brown has a fresh message.” Specifically, Brown embraces the idea of California being at the forefront of the green movement, including support for A.B. 32, the global climate change bill, and a plan for new “green jobs”—something Plouffe said should not be underestimated. “I think the American people rightly believe America should lead the world in this new green-energy economy,” he says. The idea of America as leader fuels what Plouffe calls “human conversations,” or discussion rooted in simple, focused goals and messages. “There are a lot of people who don’t necessarily read an original [news] story,” Plouffe says. “But someone will post one on Facebook, or they’ll Twitter about it, and then they’ll have a conversation about it later at a barbecue.” But the water-cooler and backyardbarbecue gossip nowadays has but one topic: the economy. “Obviously, we’re going to be facing a fairly stiff headwind,” Plouffe says of unemployment and sluggish job growth. “But Republicans don’t have a tailwind. This isn’t some huge outpouring of affection for the national Republican Party. “The American people are not looking to have a love affair with John Boehner or Mitch McConnell.” And Plouffe likes the Dems’

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the year at or below estimated levels for their expenditure appropriations,” Bilimoria wrote. He also reported that a controversial consolidation of the TSJ entity, which is co-chaired by South Bay Labor Council head CINDY CHAVEZ, was copacetic. “They assured us that the upcoming transition from the Civil Service to variable labor model would be successful,” Bilimoria said, adding that there was “not really any news to report” and that “the meeting was over in less than an hour.” Meanwhile, economic development chief PAUL KRUTKO, who is ultimately responsible for keeping tabs on TSJ, was nowhere to be found. And while the facade had apparently been collapsing for months, former CFO Cunningham, who was dismissed by Fenton in mid-July, later told the Merc that he had “no knowledge of any budget overage.” Fenton says there is no link between Cunningham’s sacking and the recent revelations about TSJ’s deficits.

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chances down the road. “Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh ultimately are going to be a problem for the long term,” he said, “because I don’t think—and in particular with presidential elections, when you have a bigger turnout—that the majority of our younger voters and independent voters identify with these people.” But will they identify with Obama come 2012? And, for that matter, when will Obama announce his reelection bid (presidents Clinton and Bush announced theirs in March and April, respectively, after first-term midterms)? “We’re just simply not having any of those discussions,” Plouffe said (reporting by Politico and The New York Times suggests otherwise—and that Plouffe will be a principal on Obama’s 2012 team). Still, despite what happens on Nov. 2, there always will be another political-campaign season. “The Republican primary [for 2012] has essentially already begun. I assume it will begin in earnest on Nov. 3,” Plouffe says. “There’ll be plenty of politics on the other side to keep everybody engaged. “I mean, Sarah Palin’s going to Iowa in September! So, um, the games begin.”


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McLaren Looking To Develop a Green Supercar? MCLAREN Automotive knows how to make supercars and a recent job posting seems to indicate that the automaker is at least exploring the possibility of a hybrid model. This is in line with other leaders in the sports car industry as both Ferrari and Porsche currently have at least one hybrid variation of a sports car. Mercedes and perhaps even Toyota have electric supercars coming, which seems to state there’s a market for high-performance green cars. McLaren previously listed a job posting for a hybrid senior engineer and the latest is for an electrical engineer to work on the “concept, design and development of the electrical package and wiring system for a hybrid electric vehicle.” The firm recently revealed that it’s no longer going to be a onevehicle automaker and plans on releasing five new vehicles over the next five years; chances are at least one will be powered by a hybrid system.

The hybrid McLaren wouldn’t likely be their top-tier model—that will probably be the MP4-12C for quite a while—but rather a bit more modest supercar possibly aligned with the Ferrari 599 HY-KERS. It also likely has something to do with abiding by the latest CAFE fuel economy numbers, which requires a higher MPG across an automakers entire US lineup. After all, that’s why Ferrari is doing a hybrid: to protect their V12. —MATT

and the iPod Touch. It’s the first time Apple has spelled out for developers how it makes decisions about the app store, where a lengthy approval process and seemingly arbitrary rejections have angered and frustrated app publishers. The rules, whose language hints strongly that they were written by Jobs himself, come amid a broader retreat for Apple, which today also backed off rules that had banned apps translated from Flash and that had stifled Google’s mobile advertising network.

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At least one of those rules came under scrutiny by the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission. Apple’s also been under heat from programmers at other companies. The company’s app store director Phillip Shoemaker publicly trashed the developer of Facebook’s hugely popular iPhone app, who quit developing for the app store in disgust. Apple’s pullback isn’t cowering, though. If anything, the new guidelines illustrate how fervently the company continues to defy critics (like us) who say the app store would work better—as a business, as a creative showcase and as an increasingly popular commons for all manner of human expression—with more diversity and less corporate censorship of fashion spreads, gay culture, literary illustrations, critical caricature, political satire, and on and on.

lawrence Isn’t it ignorant to assume that the relaxed U.S. regulations are why the Italian car manufacturer’s lineup is changing? The U.S.’s CAFE regulations restrict to a manufacturerwide average of 25 mpg, which is not a concern for EU supercar makers, who have no trouble keeping above the guideline—45 mpg in the EU and higher in Japan. BLARGH.

Steve Jobs Releases His 10 Commandments Steve Jobs released rules, apparently in his own words, outlining creative correctness in Apple’s App Store. The Apple CEO’s “guidelines” are arbitrary, prudish and almost comically despotic. But at least now they’re written down and exposed to public scrutiny. Apple released a set of “App Store Review Guidelines” today, governing all content, games and tools that can be installed on the iPhone, iPad

raincoaster Goddamn. There goes my Porn-o-fartinator app. rebeccarose Meh. The guy is trying to do away with the infiltration of graphic porn and gratuitous violence in unwanted places. Yeah, what a jerk. Shadowlayer They have commandments, and a bunch of crazy fanatic followers. Why isn’t apple a


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religion yet? Seriously, they could save a lot of money with tax exemptions.

Looking Back At OS X The fortunes of the Mac platform drastically changed 10 years ago, with the release of a simple CD. On Sept. 13, 2000, Apple released its Mac OS X Public Beta, a limitedtime trial run of the ultramodern, groundbreaking operating system that would replace the old Mac OS. Priced at $30 for a CD distributed via Apple’s online store, the beta gave the general public their first taste of an operating system that would go on to win popular acclaim and attract scores of Windows users to the Macintosh. Mac owners have been living with OS X for some time now, and Apple has come a long way from those dark days of the late 1990s. It’s easy to forget in an age dominated by iPhones and iPads and other Apple successes, but the company saw some tough times. True, it had the success of the iMac on its side. But new hardware only gets you so far when the software that runs on it is built upon an ancient and creaky foundation. To that end, it’s hardly going out on a limb to suggest that Mac OS X wound up being a key driver in Apple’s comeback story. —BENJ EDWARDS.MACWORLD.COM

Morris the Cat It was a stroke of brilliance from the Apple execs to buy NeXT and bring Jobs back to Apple. buffering I own an original NeXTcube. It’s amazing how much it feels like OS X, right down to the timing of the beachball. It even runs the world’s first web browser written by Tim Berners-Lee. NaOH I wonder which big cats have yet to share their name with a version of OS X. Are there any left? novabothar Cougar! Hehe

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The bulk of RDA funds have gone to capital projects like the HP Pavilion, museums, the convention center, parking garages, hotels, Adobe and industrial projects in north San Jose and Edenvale. The larger discussion was about how we spend or do not spend the limited RDA funds after the state of California raided the funds last year and again this year. RDA funds are based on assessed property values in the merged RDA areas (downtown, north San Jose, Edenvale). If those commercial and residential properties increase in value, that creates more tax increment dollars. If those values decline there is less. As we know, property values have declined and may decline further depending on which economist you listen to. San Jose RDA hires an outside economist every year to forecast future revenues. The economist has projected higher tax revenues in years past which did not pan out.

The main question for me is: When revenues are uncertain, do we budget on the lower conservative numbers or the higher optimistic numbers? I would prefer to do a budget on the lower numbers as it is easy to spend money but harder to constrain spending. The only economist I trust is “Hindsight,” and we will only know the answer in the future. I attended the ribbon cutting for the Brocade campus on Thursday. Mayor Reed pointed out that this country will grow the economy through exporting, and Brocade is a testimony to that as the majority of its technology products are exported overseas. The RDA spent $4 million to retain Brocade and the jobs in San Jose at a new campus at Highway 237 and North First Street. We cannot always predict which company will succeed, but we know these investments reap increased revenue for the city of San Jose. —Pierluigi Oliverio

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For 2010, the 01SJ Biennial arrives with an ambitious theme: “Build Your Own World.” The idea is that artists, engineers, corporations and everyday citizens carry with them new ideas to re(shape) what the future world or worlds will look like, which can be good or bad. Both the positive and the negative implications of such an idea will be addressed in these projects. With that premise in mind, more than 100 art installations and dozens of commissioned works, plus exhibitions, workshops, musical performances and a high-tech street fair, will take over downtown San Jose through Sunday night, with some events carrying on even longer. The sheer variety of experience is overwhelming, but it’s worth the time to sift through all the possibilities, both free and ticketed. For those preferring the kind of art that occupies a museum or a gallerylike space, plenty of themed exhibits are currently running in conjunction with the biennial. Techrelated works to coincide with 01SJ can be seen at the San Jose Museum of Art, the Museum of Quilts and Textiles, the San Jose

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Each 01SJ Biennial features some sort of transformation of the Richard Meier–designed San Jose City Hall. This year, David Rockwell and the Rockwell Group Lab (stage designers for the last two Academy Awards) will turn the portion of City Hall housing the elevator shaft into a multifaceted interactive experience for the opening ceremonies. Titled “Plug-in-Play,” the work will take a number of objects—some existing and some placed—in the City Hall Plaza and connect them to the building via oversize theatrical plugs.

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It’s like a gigantic machine-andcarpentry warehouse of the future. Appropriate, since many Silicon Valley originals evolved from a garage-tinkerer/citizen-scientist mentality. Everyone is invited to stop in, see what’s brewing and talk shop with the artists. The folks involved have been laboring on-site since Sept. 4.


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First, the New York–based artist filmed Flood Tide, a genre-defying “road movie on a river” about musicians who set out on a strange odyssey to build and sail boats made out of junk—and starring the real-life boat-builders in both footage from the actual event and a fictionalized version of their own true story. Then, Chandler created the music for the film with his band Dark Dark Dark, a chamber-folk ensemble with other members hailing from New Orleans and Minneapolis. Though the official release version of neither the film nor the music has been finalized, Chandler will present a “remix” of both when he plays live to his film with his band on Sept. 16 and Sept. 19 at South Hall. If that isn’t enough, Chandler, along with fellow artist Jeff Stark, is even building the theater his movie and music will be presented in. As

the duo prepared the “Empire Drive In” project last week, Chandler— looking a little bit like the classic cool kid from the drive-in era in a white T-shirt and jeans—surveyed a layout of two dozen junkyard cars filling one end of South Hall, while up above him Stark was perched in a crane, overseeing the construction of the giant drive-in screen. “He’s an amazing artist and organizer of massive impossible things,” he says of Stark, who also worked with him on the boat project that became the basis for Flood Tide. While “Empire Drive In” certainly isn’t impossible, it has a faint whiff of unlikely. Working radios will be installed in the cars, which are lined up in several rows facing the screen, in traditional drive-in style. The drive-in installation will screen several films besides Chandler’s. For feature presentations, viewers can sit in the cars and hear the sound through the radio, or outside through the large sound system. At other times, there will be loops running on the screen, and the sound will only be heard through the cars. Chandler and Stark came to California for a couple of days last

November to scope out supplies, and arrived on Aug. 22 to begin work. They found the cars through Nick Jafari, the owner of Vince’s Foreign Auto Wreckers in San Jose. “We said, ‘Can we borrow or rent 24 wrecked cars from you?,” recalls Chandler. “Right away, he totally got it. He was amazing.” Soon there were three car carriers’ worth of junked automobiles outside the back entrance to South Hall. The rest is being built from scratch with salvaged lumber and other parts, with some help from their friends—a concession stand is being put together by Robin Flohardt while the radio system is engineered by Ian Page. As it comes together, it looks not unlike some near-future drive-in just after the zombie apocalypse. They could, of course, have gotten two dozen perfectly functional cars, but their approach makes a statement that’s an interesting match for the future-tech 01SJ event. “It’s about a lot of things,” says Chandler. “It’s partly about these junk cars. It’s a technology festival, and even though there’s not a lot of obvious tech happening here—we’re

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A MACHINE TO SEE WITH (2010) This is a role-playing game for pedestrians and their cell phones by the U.K.-based collective Blast Theory. The game takes about one hour and a total of 30 minutes of cell phone time, with participants receiving instructions via their cell phones and essentially stepping into a narrative experience as they walk around downtown San Jose. Participants book a time slot for $12, bring their own phones and then receive an introductory call informing them where to start. From there, no one knows what will happen. Or do they? Mixing documentary material, stolen thriller clichés and the films of Jean-Luc Godard, the game invites players to become someone else—protagonist, bit part player or something else entirely.

TRADING VOICES (2010) Jflk_ ?Xcc Years and years ago, much of the initial brainstorming conversations for what would eventually become the 01SJ Biennial took place at the CADRE Lab for New Media at SJSU. For the 2010 Biennial, current CADRE grad students will present “Trading Voices,” a videointensive interview project actively collecting, remixing and publishing oral stories relating to U.N. Millennium Development Goal 3 (Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women). Open to anyone, the project invites participants to answer questions about gender issues, live on camera. The clips are then assembled into a video-based art project. Viewers then watch the results, but they aren’t told what the questions are.

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MIDNIGHT CONCERTS BY CONTEMPORARY SOUND ARTISTS Curated by Stephen Vitiello, these ticketed events take place the nights of Thursday, Friday and Saturday at Trinity Cathedral, 81 N. Second St. at St. John. On Thursday, Olivia Block will present a composition for piano, field recordings and sine waves. Friday, Sept. 17, Steve Roden will perform Possible Landscape (for Donald Judd) using field recordings, live acoustic and electronic objects, instruments, voice, and electronic processing. Vitiello himself, along with Molly Berg, will perform on Saturday.


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DIA D IA DE DE PESCA PESCA M Mexican. exican. $. $. As might As yyou ou m ight gguess uess ffrom rom tthe he name name (Dia (Dia ddee Pesca Pesca means means “gone “gone fishing” fishing” in in Spanish), Spanish), the the restaurant restaurant specializes specializes in in seafood—fish seafood—fish ttacos, acos, ceviche, ceviche, shrimp shrimp ccocktails ocktails aand nd soups. soups. It’s It’s all all good. good. 10:30am-8:30pm 10:30am-8:30pm daily. daily. 55 55 N. N. Bascom Bascom Ave. Ave. 408.287.3722. 408.287.3722. DII D D DA A Vietnamese Vietnamese vegetarian. vegetarian. $.. Q Quick, $ uick, ffriendly riendly sservice ervice aand nd menu, with a ccomprehensive omprehensive m enu, w ith ffood ood tthat’s hat’s simple, simple, low-key low-key and and hhomey. omey. TThe he jjackfruit ackfruit ssalad alad iiss with ssurprisingly urprisingly ffresh, resh, ssided ided w ith

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EEDNA DNA R RAY AY CChinese. hinese. $ $$. $. Now Now in in a new new location, location, Edna Edna Ray Ray continues continues to to serves serves classics classics of of Chinese-American Chinese-American food food with with the the same same quantity, quantity, familiarity familiarity and and reasonable reasonable prices. prices. You’ll You’ll find find all all three three here, here, and and then then some. some. 11:30am11:30am9:30pm 9:30pm daily. daily. 1181 1181 Lincoln Lincoln Ave. Ave. 408.280.7738. 408.280.7738. EELL H HABANERO ABANERO Cuban Cuban aand nd Mexican. Mexican. $$. $$. The The Cuban Cuban food food is is the the star star here. here. The The food food is is made made from from family family recipes recipes and and has has a hearty, hearty, homespun homespun appeal. appeal. Ropa Ropa vieja vieja is is a classic classic of of Cuban Cuban cooking cooking and and the the stewed stewed beef beef dish dish is is a solid solid choice choice here here as as is is the the oily oily but but delicious delicious vaca vaca frita frita is is another another winner. winner. Appetizers Appetizers are are strong, strong, too, too, but but skip skip the the disappointing disappointing Cuban Cuban sandwich. sandwich. 11am-9pm 11am-9pm daily. daily. Closed Closed Monday. Monday. 3132 3132 Williams Williams Rd. Rd. 408.557.8914. 408.557.8914. EELL T TULE ULE Mexican. Mexican. $ $$. $. M Most ost of of the the menu menu is is devoted devoted to to Mexican-American Mexican-American standards, standards, but but the the separate separate menu menu of of Oaxacan Oaxacan sspecialties pecialties is is where where El El Tule Tule really really shines. shines. The The black black mole mole is is uncommonly uncommonly delicious delicious while while lesser-known lesser-known dishes dishes like like tlayudas tlayudas and and molotes molotes are are also also good. good. 10am-9pm 10am-9pm daily. daily. 5440 5440 Thornwood Thornwood Dr. Dr. 408.227.1752. 408.227.1752. 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.

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SVDINING FFOOD OOD TOPIA TOPIA CChinese hinese aand nd 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. FRANKIE, JOHNNIE FRANKIE, JOHNNIE & LLUIGI UIGI amily SStyle tyle IItalian. talian. $ $$. $. T TOO! OO! FFamily TTraditional raditional IItalian-American talian-American ffavorites—spaghetti avorites—spaghetti aand nd with ppizza—served izza—served w ith pplenty lenty Big ooff eelbow lbow rroom. oom. B ig pportions ortions wholesome aand nd w holesome ffamily-style amily-style sservice. ervice. 111am-9:30pm 1am-9:30pm SSun-Thu, un-Thu, 111am-9:30pm 1am-9:30pm FFri-Sat. ri-Sat. 55245 245 Prospect Rd, Bar. P rospect R d, SSan an JJose. ose. FFull ull B ar. 4408.446.9644. 08.446.9644.

FFRATELLO RATELLO IItalian. talian. $ $$. $. Bursting Bursting with flavors, w ith ssimple imple fl avors, FFratello ratello bboasts oasts nnative ative IItalian talian ddining ining without w ithout aaffectation. ffectation. 55-9:30pm -9:30pm TTue-Sun, ue-Sun, FFri-Sat ri-Sat 55-10pm, -10pm, 55-9pm Meridian Ave. 9 pm SSun. un. 11712 712 M eridian A ve. 4408.269.3801. 08.269.3801.

FUEL R FUEL RESTAURANT ESTAURANT A AND ND ontemporary LLOUNGE OUNGE CContemporary Vietnamese. $$. menu V ietnamese. $ $. FFuel’s uel’s m enu more iiss m ore ttraditional raditional tthan han modern Vietnamese oother ther m odern V ietnamese mixes rrestaurants estaurants bbut ut sstill till m 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.

GGOVEA’S OVEA’S Mexican. Mexican. $ $.. A ccommunity ommunity hhub ub tthat hat sserves erves wonderfully uupp w onderfully ffresh, resh, ooldldMexican with ffashioned ashioned M exican ffood ood w ith Both nnoo ttrendy rendy ggimmicks. immicks. B oth tthe he rrestaurant estaurant aand nd tthe he ffood ood aare re wholesome filling. w holesome aand nd fi lling. 110am0am9pm Mon-Thu, 9 pm M on-Thu, 110am-10pm 0am-10pm 9am-9pm SSat-Fri, at-Fri, 9 am-9pm SSun. un. 11996 996 Rd. TTully ully R d. 4408.270.0973. 08.270.0973.

GGREAT REAT W WALL ALL CChinese. hinese. $$. $$. TThis his strip strip mall mall hideaway hideaway serves serves skillfully skillfully prepared prepared Chinese Chinese dishes dishes in in an an atmosphere atmosphere where where sandals sandals and and T-shirts T-shirts are are the the perfect perfect fashion. fashion. Beef Beef and and black black mushrooms, mushrooms, ssalt alt and and pepper pepper spareribs spareribs and and cashew cashew chicken chicken earn earn high high marks. marks. 11am-2:30pm, 11am-2:30pm, 4:30-9pm 4:30-9pm Mon-Fri, Mon-Fri, noon-9pm noon-9pm Sat. Sat. 1409 1409 Bird Bird Ave. Ave. Take Take out out available. available. 408.287.1688 408.287.1688 or or 287.1689. 287.1689.

THE T HE H HAPPY APPY B BAMBOO AMBOO Vegetarian. $.. TThe menu V egetarian. $ he m 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. Asian-inspired. TThere’s here’s aalso lso a vvegetarian egetarian ttuna una ssalad alad aand, nd, oout ut ooff nnowhere, owhere, Hungarian H ungarian ggoulash oulash aand nd sspaghetti. paghetti. 111:30am-9pm 1:30am-9pm TTueueMon. Branham SSun. un. CClosed losed M on. 11711 711 B ranham LLane. ane. 4408.694.0740. 08.694.0740.

HOSHI H OSHI JJapanese. apanese. $$. $$. Hoshi Hoshi is is one one Silicon Silicon Valley’s Valley’s standouts standouts for for sushi sushi and and small small plates. plates. Great Great sake sake selection, selection, too. too. Lunch Lunch 11:30am-2pm 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri Mon-Fri and and dinner dinner 5-9pm 5-9pm Mon-Sat. Mon-Sat. 246 246 Saratoga Saratoga Ave. Ave. 408.554.7100. 408.554.7100.

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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.

LLAYANG AYANG LLAYANG AYANG M Malaysian. alaysian. $$. $ $. LLayang ayang LLayang ayang sshines hines with flavors w ith cclean, lean, ffresh resh fl avors aand nd iingredients ngredients aand nd ooffers ffers a ggreat reat Malaysian eentry ntry iinto nto M alaysian ffood. ood. SService ervice iiss ffast ast aand nd ffriendly, riendly, a ffeat eat ggiven iven hhow ow hharried arried tthe he waitstaff Wine w aitstaff ccan an bbe. e. W ine aand nd Mon. Dee bbeer. eer. CClosed losed M on. 11480 480 SS.. D Anza Blvd. A nza B lvd. 4408.777.8897. 08.777.8897.

sslightly lightly ssalty, alty, stomach-filling stomach-filling Pacific ffoods oods with with an an Asian Asian P acific Allll ddaily aattitude. ttitude. A aily sspecials pecials ccome ome with macaroni w ith a sscoop coop ooff m acaroni ssalad alad aand nd ssteamed teamed rrice. ice. SSkip kip tthe he qquesadilla uesadilla aand nd nnachos achos aand nd hhead ead sstraight traight ffor or tthe he aahi hi ppoke. oke. With match. W ith ttropical ropical ddrinks rinks ttoo m atch. 111am-1:45pm 1am-1:45pm TTue-Fri, ue-Fri, 55-9:30pm -9:30pm TTue-Wed, ue-Wed, 55-10:30pm -10:30pm TThu-Sat, hu-Sat, 111am-2:30pm 1am-2:30pm SSat-Sun, at-Sun, 55-9pm. -9pm. 2230 30 JJackson ackson SSt.t. 4408.279.4888. 08.279.4888.

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

TThe he rrestaurant estaurant ccontinues ontinues ttoo ppack ack tthem hem iin n bbecause ecause tthe he ffood ood iiss so so good. good. As As tthe he nname ame iimplies, mplies, tthe he rrestaurant estaurant sspecializes pecializes iin n tthe he fiery, fiery, hearty hearty food food of of China’s China’s Hunan making H unan pprovince, rovince, m aking iitt oone ne ooff tthe he ffew ew rrestaurants estaurants iin n Bay Area tthe he B ay A rea ttoo ddoo sso. o. 111am1amMon-Sat. 22:30pm, :30pm, 4:30-8:30pm 4:30-8:30pm M on-Sat. 998 9 98 N. N. FFourth ourth SSt.t. 408.295.1186. 408.295.1186.

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

$$$$. FFrench. rench. $ $$$. From From sstart tart ttoo finish, meal fi nish, a m eal at at Le Le Papillon Papillon who ccasts asts a spell spell on on eeveryone veryone w ho eenters. nters. The The feeling feeling is is only only bbroken roken when when yyou ou walk walk oout ut tthe he ddoor oor aand nd abruptly abruptly step step bback ack iinto nto tthe he real real world world outside. outside. FFull ull bbar. ar. Lunch Lunch Thu Thu and and FFri, ri, ddinner inner Ave. nnightly. ightly. 4410 10 SSaratoga aratoga A ve. 4408.296.3730. 08.296.3730.

MENARA M ENARA M Moroccan. oroccan. $ $$$. $$. SSince ince 11977, 977, Menara’s Menara’s bbeen een tthrowing hrowing bback ack tthe he ppillows illows aand nd bbellying ellying uupp to to mint mint tea tea rituals, rituals, b’stilla b’stilla ((pigeon pigeon ppie) ie) aand nd rrabbit abbit ttagine. agine. menus FFull ull ddinners inners m enus iinclude nclude wine vvegetarian egetarian option; option; ssolid olid w ine 6-10pm Gish Rd. llist. ist. 6 -10pm ddaily. aily. 4411 EE.. G ish R d. 4408.453.1983. 08.453.1983.

MT. M T. HAMILTON HAMILTON GRANDVIEW GRANDVIEW Cowboy Continental. Cowboy Continental. $ $$$. $$. The The Grandview G randview is is aann oold-school ld-school with warm rroadhouse oadhouse w ith a w arm Add aatmosphere. tmosphere. A dd ddishes ishes llike ike ssurf urf aand nd turf, turf, rack rack ooff lamb lamb cchasseur hasseur and and cchicken hicken Cordon Cordon Bleu B leu and and you’ve you’ve got got yourself yourself a ddestination. estination. 55-10:30pm -10:30pm Wed-Sun. Mt.t. H Hamilton W ed-Sun. 9944 M amilton Rd. Rd. 4408.251.8909. 08.251.8909.

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ORLO’S O RLO’S N New ew 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. PIZZA P IZZA A ANTICA NTICA U UPTOWN PTOWN PPizza. izza. $$. The The stony stony ovens ovens of of Pizza Pizza $$. Antica turn turn out out thin-crusted thin-crusted Antica designer pies pies with with gourmet gourmet designer toppings toppings in in casual casual environs. environs. Fine Fine pasta pasta and and meat meat dishes dishes also also available. available. Open Open daily daily for for lunch lunch and and dinner. dinner. 11:30am-10pm 11:30am-10pm Sun-Thu, Sun-Thu, 11:30am-11pm 11:30am-11pm FriFriSat. Sat. 334 334 Santana Santana Row Row #1065. #1065. 408.557.8373. 408.557.8373. PRESIDENT P RESIDENT R RESTAURANT ESTAURANT 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 noodle noodle hhouse ouse iimports mports ttraditional raditional ttechniques echniques ttoo pproduce roduce hhearty, earty, aaromatic romatic bbowls owls with sstocked tocked w ith ppork-, ork-, ssea-saltea-saltoorr ssoy-sauce-flavored oy-sauce-flavored broth. broth. CCash ash only. only. CCall all aahead; head; hhours ours are are iirregular. rregular. 3375-M 75-M S. S. SSaratoga aratoga Ave. Ave. 4408.246.3933. 08.246.3933.

RANGOLI R ANGOLI IIndian. ndian. $ $.. R Rangoli angoli 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 11:30am11:30am2:30pm 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 noon-3pm noon-3pm Sun. Sun. 3695 3695 Union Union Ave. Ave. 408.377.2222. 408.377.2222. RASA R ASA M MALAYSIAN ALAYSIAN M Malaysian. alaysian. $$. Rasa Malaysian $ $. R asa M alaysian iiss a hhomey omey rrestaurant estaurant tthat hat ooffers ffers a nnumber umber Malaysian ooff ssolid olid eexamples xamples ooff M alaysian ffood ood iincluding ncluding ssatay atay cchicken, hicken, cchar har ttway way kkeow eow aand nd ssambal ambal

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REHOBOTH R EHOBOTH. Ethiopian. Ethiopian. $$. $$. 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. Carnivores, Carnivores, vvegetarians egetarians aand nd vvegans egans aare re aallll well w ell taken taken care care of. of. Good Good coffee, coffee, Mon-Thu ttoo. oo. 111:30am-9pm 1:30am-9pm M on-Thu aand nd 111:30am-10pm 1:30am-10pm Fri-Sat. Fri-Sat. 665 665 N. N. SSixth ixth SSt.t. 4408.947.1717. 08.947..11717.

REYHAN R EYHAN. $. $. Persian. Persian. R Reyhan eyhan most rrestaurant estaurant iiss llocated ocated iin n tthe he m ost uunlikely nlikely ooff aareas—an reas—an iindustrial ndustrial Almaden Road sstrip trip ooff A lmaden R oad iin n ssouth outh SSan an Jose. Jose. As As ssuch, uch, tthe he pplace lace iiss kkind ind ooff aan n ooasis—an asis—an ooasis asis ooff kkebabs. ebabs. 111am-8pm 1am-8pm ddaily. aily. 11625 625 Almaden Rd. A lmaden R d. 4408.293.3600. 08.293.3600.

SSELAM ELAM. $. $. EEthiopian thiopian aand nd 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. SSIAM IAM Thai. Thai. $$. $$. Siam Siam iiss a ssweet weet llittle ittle TThai hai rrestaurant estaurant bbetween etween Valley V alley Fair Fair and and Santana Santana Row. Row. menu TThe he m enu ooffers ffers a llineup ineup ooff TThai hai sstandards tandards aand nd ccrowdrowdwith ppleasing leasing ccombinations ombinations w ith Americanized A mericanized nnames ames llike ike ““cashew cashew llover,” over,” ““Thai Thai aangry” ngry” aand nd “pleasing “pleasing garlic.” garlic.”There’s There’s pplenty lenty ttoo rrecommend. ecommend. 111:30am1:30am22:30pm, :30pm, 55-9pm -9pm TTue-Sat. ue-Sat. 110pm 0pm FFri. ri. 2910 2910 Stevens Stevens Creek Creek Blvd. Blvd. 4408.246.0304. 08.246.0304.

SIENA M SIENA MEDITERRANEAN EDITERRANEAN 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 A AND ND Modern odern Chinese. Chinese. $$$. $$$. LLOUNGE OUNGE M 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. 11am-10pm 11am-10pm SunSunTue, Tue, 11am-midnight 11am-midnight Wed-Sat. Wed-Sat. 377 377 Santana Santana Row. Row. 408.247.8880. 408.247.8880.

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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 aatt ggreat reat pprices. rices. 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 R RESTAURANT ESTAURANT Chinese. $. Chinese. $. FFor or nearly nearly 25 25 years years Willow tthis his W illow Glen Glen landmark landmark hhas as sserved erved a nnonstop onstop stream stream ooff SSzechuan, zechuan, CCantonese antonese aand nd TTaiwanese aiwanese sspecialties. pecialties. Casual. Casual. Beer, B eer, wine. wine. 1306 1306 Lincoln Lincoln Ave. Ave. 111am-3pm, 1am-3pm, 55-9pm -9pm Mon-Sun. Mon-Sun. 4408.289.8800. 08.289.8800.

THEA T HEA GGreek reek and and 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, 558:30pm 8:30pm daily. daily. 3090 3090 Olsen Olsen Dr. Dr. 408.260.1444. 408.260.1444. TLAQUEPAQUE T LAQUEPAQUE N NO. O. 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 more ttaqueria aqueria aand nd a m ore fformal ormal And ssit-down it-down rrestaurant. estaurant. A nd tthen hen tthere here are are those those highly highly gulpable gulpable cchavelas. havelas. 7am-9pm 7am-9pm Mon-Sat. Mon-Sat. 699 Ave. 6 99 Curtner Curtner A ve. 408.448.1230. 408.448.1230.

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HP Pavilion, Pavilion, San Jose $35 Fri – 6:30pm; 6

Blaank Club, San Jose Blank Satt – 9pm; $15

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HARRY H ARRY CCONNICK ONNICK JJR. R. Sep 18 at 7:30 7:30pm, 0pm, Mountain Winery

JJONAS ONAS BROTHERS BROTHERS WITH WITH D DEMI EMI LOVATO LOVATO T Sep Se ep 18 at 7pm, Shoreline Shoreline

GREAT REAT INTEGRATION, INTEGRATION, HIP-HOP HIP-HOP O OPERA PERA Sepp 19 at 2:30pm, 2:330pm, Le Petit Petit Trianon, Trrianon, San Jose

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*m mon on ALIEN A LIEN A ANT NT FFARM ARM Avalon, Santa Clar Avalon, Claraa $15/$18 Mon – 9pm; $15/$1 8 Cover songs giveth, and a cover away.. Alien Art Farm songs taketh away A rresurrected esurrected the near-forgotten nearr-forgotten Jackson Michael Jack son gem m “Smooth modern-rock Criminal” ffor or the mo dern-rock generation grinding gener ation with grin nding guitars metal-punk and a brisk metal-pu unk chug. It was a smash hit, butt their ffortunes ortunes

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SSYMPHONY YMPHONY SSILICON ILICON VALLEY VALLEY Sepp 30, Oct 2-3, 2-3, California California Theatre, Theatr tre, Sa Jose San ose

until quickly ffaded aded unt til no one even weree seemed to know if they wer together or not. But B sometimes giveth cover songs givet th again—after year, MJ’s death last ye ear, they hit the Warped playing W arped p TTour our o pplay yyingg the cover as a tribute. Now thee band’s original tour,, line-up is intact again a and on tour with a new album m planned. (SP)

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ALICE A LICE IIN N CCHAINS HAINS Oct 11 at 7pm, 7 SSJSU JSU S Event Center SU er

MAKE M AKE A DIFFERENCE DIFFERENCE T TOUR: OUR: M MAX AX LLUCADO, UCADO, T THIRD HIRD D DAY, AY, T TOBY OBY M MAC AC Oct 14, 144, HP Pavilion, Pavilion, on San Jose

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music, m usic, aalong long with with Brad Brad Dalton’s Dallton’s stage stage direction d irection and and Steven Steven C. C. Kemp’s Kemp’s set set design, d esign, miraculously miracculously holds holds them them all all balance iin nb alan nce aand nd clarity. clarity. Librettist Librettist Colin Colin Graham has G raham h as aargued rgued that that no no previous previous on vversion ersion o n film film or or in in music music does does justice justice Tolstoy’s tto oT olstoy’s characters characcters and an nd motives. motives. all players IIn n tthis his ““divine divine ccomedy, omedy,” al ll p layers aare re byy fforces ccontrolled ontrolled b orces llarger arger than than n any any one one off tthem, o hem, tthe he aall-too-familiar ll-too-familiar ssocial ocial rrules ules tthat hat rremain emain iintolerant ntoleran nt and an nd intransigent intran nsigent when w hen cchallenged hallenged by by passions passions of of the the heart. h earrt. IIn n tthe he end, end, individual individual forgiveness forgiveness aand nd llove ove iitself tself have have tthe he last lasst word. word. But But pays price, no one eeveryone veryone p ays a p rice, n oo ne more more dearly d early tthan han n tthe he title title character. character. And with A nd w ith so so much much riding riding on on that that ccharacter, haraccter, tthe he company’s company’s cchoice hoice to to cast cast Anna JJouvanca ouvanca JJean-Baptiste ean n-Baptiste ass A nna was was as a huge off tthe dice h uge rroll oll o he d ice (she (she alternates allternates in in with Halimic). Not tthe he rrole ole w ith JJasmina asmina H alimic). N ot was off tthe tthat hat tthe he ssoprano oprano w as as sshort hort o he right right

sstuff, tuff ff,, but but that that she she had had d never never before before big operatic much ttaken ak ken a b ig o peratic rrole, ole, m uch less less tthe he sstarring tarring one. one. Her Her performance, performance, vocally vocallly and an nd dramatically, dramatically, rocked rocked tthe he California Callifornia Theatre. After Sunday T heatre. A fter tthe he S unday matinee, matinee, cconductor onductor Stewart Stewaarrt Robertson—on Robertson—on the the podium performance p odium ffor or eevery very p erforman nce ssince ince opera’s Miami premiere—described tthe he o pera’s M iam mi p remiere—described JJean-Baptiste ean n-Baptiste ass ““fearless. fearless.” This was no T his w as n o walk walk in in the the park, parrk, however, Carlson’s music, h owever, ggiven iven C arlson’s m usic, mercurial, harmonically rrhythmically hythmically m ercuriall, h armonicallly ssumptuous umptuous and and loaded load ded with with longlongmelodies llimbed imbed m elodies and an nd ensembles ensembles (but (but not n ot sso o many many ttunes unes to to take tak ake home home on on first fi rst hearing). hearring). Opulently Opulently orchestrated, orchestrated, tthe he sscore core rremains emains a cconstant onstant presence, presence, lleaving eaving the the musicians musician ns with with few few opportunities deeply orr o pportunities tto o breathe breathe d eeply o rrelax elax ttheir heir cconcentration. oncentration. Finding F inding Carlson’s Carlson’s musical musicall fingerprints fi ngerprints is is a further further challenge challlenge tto o the the first-time first-time listener, listener, given given the the many m any ssubtle ubtle hints hints and and echoes echoes of of Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and S hostakovich, P rokofiev, Janácek Janáccek an nd Rachmaninoff—as R achmaninoff ff— —ass iiff iintended ntended to to flatter flatter tthe he sstory’s tory’s Russian Russian sensibility sensibility with with Slavic-tinted aS lavic-tinted sound sound world. world. (In (In the the Q&A with aafter-performance fter-performan nce Q &A w ith llingering ingering audience Carlson au udience members, members, C arrlson aanswered nswered

question off b bells, aq uestion aabout bout his his use use o ells, describing bells d escribing ccutting utting ttubular ubular b ells sshort hort sso o out-of-tune aass to to iimitate mitate tthe he o ut-of-tune bells bells of of St. St. Petersburg’s historic basilica.) P etersburg’s h istoric b asilica.) Anna’s A nna’s heart heart is is torn torn between between her h er ccoolly oolly distant distant husband, husban nd, Alexei Alexei Karenin K arenin ((Isaiah Isaiah Musik-Ayala), Musik-Ayalla), and and her her passionate Alexei p assionate llover, over, A lexei Vronsky Vronsky (Torlef (Torlef Borsting). Her brother, Stiva Oblansky B orsting). H er b rother, S tiva O blansky Mendelsohn), and ((Michael Michaeel M endelsohn), an nd his his wife, wife, Dolly Grayum), have D olly (Tori (Tori G rayum), h ave reconciled reconciled his outside aafter fter h is o utside affair. aff ffaair. Dolly’s Dolly’s sister, sister, Kitty Dastoor), K itty ((Khori Khori D aasstoor), has haass spurned spurned Konstantin tthe he advances advan nces of of K onstantin Levin Levin while ((Alexander Alexander Boyer) Boyer) w hile becoming becoming with Vronsky. iinfatuated nfatuated w ith tthe he charming charrming V ronsky. ((Levin Levin iiss rregarded egarded as as Tolstoy’s Tolstoy’s selfselfportrait, man p ortrait, a m an n preoccupied preoccupied in in ssearch earch off tthe meaning off llife.) o he m eaning o ife.) Along with Kent Dorsey’s A long w ith K ent D orsey’s ssuperb uperb Kemp’s designs llighting, ighting, K emp’s sset et d esigns crucially crucially used u sed drops drops within within a wide-open wide-open keep sstage tage tto ok eep clear clear the the rrapid apid scene scene cchanges hanges called callled for for by by the the libretto. libretto. Especially was E specially effective eff ffeective w as a mirrored mirrored panel doubled mazurka p anel tthat hat d oubled ballroom ballroom m azurka dancers most d an ncers aand nd made made possible, possible, and and m ost eeffective, ffeective, a solo ff solo scene scene by by Jean-Baptiste Jean-Bap ptiste with her back w ith h er b ack to ac to the the audience. au udience. The The Vronsky’s horse sscene cene of of V ronsky’s h orse rrace, acce, the the orchestra o rchestra rrunning unning llike ike tthe he fillies, fillies, with principals w ith aall ll p rincipals ffacing acing tthe he ttrack rack was ((the the aaudience) udience) w as a masterstroke masterstroke off iimagination. Props were used o magination. P rops w ere u sed ass metaphors, m etaphors, as as was waass a trapdoor, trap pdoor, for for under ssuicide uicide u nder a train, train, at at the the outset, outset, off a railroad aand nd the the bright bright white white llight ight o railroad own eengine ngine to to mask mask Anna’s Anna’s o wn suicide. suicide. For production, Carlson F or tthis his p roduction, C arlson new aadded dded an n entirely entirely n ew scene: scene: the the Vronsky up iintoxicated ntoxicated V ronsky sshowing howing u p iin n Anna’s A nna’s bedroom bedroom to to consummate consummate their their The fforbidden orbidden llove. ove. T he orchestra, orchestra, eenergized nergized under u nder Robertson’s Robertson’s authoritative au uthoritative direction—he has d irection—he h as premiered premiered two two other other Carlson operas C arrlson o peras to to aacclaim—displayed cclaim—displayed new n ew confidence confidence and and startling startling flexibility. flexibility. Despite D espite aany ny last-minute last-minute jjitters— itters— tthere here were were few few aapparent—this pparent—this cast cast handsomely. Byy all aacquitted cquitted iitself tself h andsomely. B all aappearances, ppearan nces, tthis his was was an n expensive expensive production mount, and p roduction tto om ount, an nd ggenerously enerously byy the Buck ssupported upported b the Carol Carol Franc Fran nc B uck Foundation. F oundation. Kudos, Kudos, Opera Opera San San José! José!

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Burn the Floor Sept. 21–26; San Jose Center for the Performing Arts; $20–$79 The amateurs, D-list celebrities and washed-up sports heroes on Dancing With the Stars, take note. The real deal comes our way as Broadway San Jose presents Burn the Floor, a touring dance revue that highlights the athletic movies and sensual body contortions of some hot young dancers who redefine the whole notion of “ballroom moves.’

Love Song Through Oct. 3; Dragon Theatre, Palo Alto; $16–$25 A shadowy line serves to separate the sane from the insane, and places can change quickly. That insight can be dire or amusing, depending on how you play the field. Dragon Productions opts for the comic with its latest production, Love Song, by John Kolvenbach. Dave Sikula directs.

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Angels in America, Part One

Thomas Shoebotham Music Director JS Bach: Cello Suite in C Major Vivaldi: Concerto for Two Trumpets JS Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Rameau: Suite from 'Les Boreades' Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in B Flat major, Op. 7, No. 3

Through Oct. 16; Pear Avenue Theater, Mountain View; $15–$30 In an ambitious move, Pear Avenue tackles two major statement plays about our nation’s history in the last century. Angels in America, Part One by Tony Kushner (pictured) is an epic look at the effect of AIDS. After its opening weekend, Pear will complement Angels in repertory with Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, about live in the distant days before World War II.

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Jannine Jones sings her heart out in the title role of San Jose Rep’s season-opener. Frank Higgins’ musical drama tells the story of a white woman (Jessica Wortham) who works for the Smithsonian, who discovers a great deal about music and life when she meets an African American blues singer named Pearl.

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BURN B URN T THE HE FFLOOR LOOR A ddance ance revue revue w with ith eextreme xtreme m oves. P resented bbyy moves. Presented Broadway B roadway San San Jose. Jose. Runs Runs SSep ep 221-26. 1-26. Tue-Thu, Tue-Thu, 7:30pm, 7:30pm, FFri, ri, 8 pm, SSat, at, 2 aand nd 8pm, 8pm, 8pm, SSun, un, 1 aand nd 6pm. 6pm. $20-$79. $20-$79. SSan an JJose ose Center Center for for tthe he P erforming A rts. Performing Arts.

vacationing w vacationing with ith hher er who forr a ddaughter, aughter, w ho ffalls alls fo yyoung oung FFlorentine. lorentine. All All three three fface ace a llife-changing ife-changing jjourney. ourney. Wed, W ed, 7:30pm, 7:30pm, Thu-Fri, Thu-Fri, 8pm, 8 pm, SSat, at, 2pm, 2pm, Sun, Sun, 22pm. pm. $22 TThru hru SSep ep 119. 9. $ 22 and and uup. p. Mountain View forr M ountain V iew CCenter enter fo Performing tthe he P erforming Arts. Arts.

KILLER K ILLER JJOE OE The sseason The eason fo forr R Renegade enegade TTheatre heatre EExperiment xperiment begins begins with w ith a dark dark ccomedy omedy aabout bout murder m urder aand nd ddouble-dealing ouble-dealing bbyy TTracy racy LLetts. etts. Regular Regular 8pm, sshows hows TThu-Sat, hu-Sat, 8 pm, SSun, un, Runs Oct 77pm. pm. R uns thru thru O ct 22.. $12$12$28. Historic Hoover $ 28. H istoric H oover Theater, Theater, SSan an JJose. ose.

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A ro romantic mantic ccomedy omedy that that sseeks eeks the the balance balance between between ssane ane aand nd iinsane, nsane, bbyy John John Kolvenbach. Presented Ko lvenbach. P resented by by Dragon Productions. Regular D ragon P roductions. R egular 8pm, sshows hows TThu-Sat, hu-Sat, 8 pm, SSun, un, Runs Oct 22pm. pm. R uns tthru hru O ct 3. 3. $16$16$25. Dragon Palo $ 25. D ragon TTheatre, heatre, P alo Alto. A l to.

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GGREAT REAT IINTEGRATION NTEGRATION A cchamber hamber hhip-hop ip-hop oopera pera bbyy JJooWan ooWan Kim Kim and and Ensemble Ensemble Mik M ik N Nawooj. awooj. SSun, un, 22:30pm. :30pm. $20. $ 20. LLee P Petit etit TTrianon, rianon, SSan an JJose. ose.

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SAN JJOSE SAN OSE M MUSEUM USEUM OF OF QUILTS Q UILTS A AND ND T TEXTILES EXTILES “ITAB: IInternational “ITAB: nternational TECHstyle Art Biennial.” TE CHstyle A rt B iennial.” A jjuried uried sshow how ooff w works orks by by who aartists rtists w ho ccombine ombine fiber fiber with aarts rts w ith nnew ew ttechnologies. echnologies. TThru hru Oct Oct 331. 1. TTue-Sun, ue-Sun, 10am10am55pm. pm. SSan an JJose. ose.

TECH T ECH MUSEUM MUSEUM ”Genghis Khan.” ”Genghis Khan.” A new new show show aabout bout tthe he ttechnological, echnological, martial m artial aand nd ssocial ocial advances advances Monooff the the Mongol Mongol warrior. warrior. M onWed, W ed, 110am-5pm, 0am-5pm, TThu-Sun, hu-Sun, 110am-8pm. 0am-8pm. SSan an JJose. ose.

TRITON T RITON M MUSEUM USEUM O OFF A ART RT “Erin G “Erin Goodwin-Guerrero: oodwin-Guerrero: CCaught aught Between Between H eaven and and Heaven EEarth.” arth.” R ecent w orks bbyy tthe he Recent works ppainter. ainter. TThru hru SSep ep 19. 19. “Flights “Flights ooff Fancy: Fancy: N ew w orks by by Livia Livia New works SStein.” tein.” TThru hru Sep Sep 19. 19. “A “A CChild’s hild’s W orld.” A sshow how aabout bout inner inner World.” yyouth, outh, with with w orks by by Squeak Squeak works CCarnwath, arnwath, EEnrique nrique Chagoya Chagoya aand nd oothers. thers. TThru hru Sep Sep 26. 26. TTueueWed W ed aand nd FFri-Sun, ri-Sun, 111am-5pm. 1am-5pm. TThu, hu, 11am-9pm. 11am-9pm. Santa Santa Clara. Clara.

GGalleries alleries OPENING O PENING 01SJ 0 1SJ TThe he tech-art tech-art biennial biennial fi fills lls ddowntown owntown with with pprojects rojects aand nd Many sshows. hows. M any of of the the eexhibits xhibits will w ill bbee ddisplayed isplayed at at the the 01SJ.org SSouth outh Hall Hall ttent. ent. SSee ee 0 1SJ.orgg forr ddetails. fo etails. SSan an JJose. ose.

THE T HE M MAIN AIN GGALLERY ALLERY “Songs ooff SSilence.” “Songs ilence.” Photos Photos bbyy A Arup rup B Biswas. iswas. ““Bird Bird

SSong.” ong.” SScultpure, cultpure, painting painting aand nd m ixed m edia bbyy N ina mixed media Nina Koepcke, Wolf Ko epcke, SSusan usan W olf aand nd oothers. thers. SSep ep 115-Oct 5-Oct 117. 7. Reception Oct 9,, 6 6-9pm. R eception O ct 9 -9pm. Wed-Sun, W ed-Sun, 110am-3pm. 0am-3pm. Redwood R edwood CCity. ity.

WORKS/SAN W ORKS/SAN JJOSE OSE “Cityspaceshare 22010: “Cityspaceshare 010: TThe he A Architecture rchitecture ooff U Urban rban An IInsertions: nsertions: ((Op)Space.” Op)Space.” A n 01SJ. eexhibit xhibit aass ppart art ooff 0 1SJ. SSep ep 116-Oct 6-Oct 11.. A special special eevent vent with w ith m music usic bbyy CChatos hatos 11013, 013, M ark Plstk, Plstk, G rammer aand nd Mark Grammer Dranal D ranal ttakes akes pplace lace FFri, ri, 55pmpmmidnight. m idnight. FFree. ree. SSan an JJose. ose.

CCONTINUING ONTINUING ANNO A NNO D DOMINI OMINI “Estates ooff tthe “Estates he SSplendrous plendrous Alternative aand nd SSecret.” ecret.” A l ternative worlds w orlds ddone one iin n CCGI GI pprints rints Alex McLeod. Oct bbyy A lex M cLeod. TThru hru O ct 6.. “Pangea.” Works 6 “Pangea.” W orks bbyy FFernando ernando CChamarelli hamarelli ooff Brazil. B razil. TThru hru SSep ep 118. 8. TTue-Fri, ue-Fri, nnoon-7pm, oon-7pm, SSat, at, nnoon-5pm. oon-5pm. SSan an JJose. ose.

ART A RT A ARK RK “Fictions, tthe “Fictions, he P Process rocess ooff New World.” CCreating reating a N ew W orld.” Photos P hotos aand nd vvideos ideos bbyy Alejandro Oliva. A lejandro O liva. TThru hru SSep ep Also, Art 330. 0. A lso, A rt Ark Ark ccontributes ontributes aann IIlluminated lluminated A Ark rk ttoo 0 01SJ 1SJ Absolute A bsolute ZZero ero oon n FFri. ri. SSan an JJose. ose.

CCAFFE AFFE TRIESTE TRIESTE “Gravity.” W “Gravity.” Works orks bbyy V Valerie alerie Runningwolf. R unningwolf. TThru hru SSep ep 330. 0. SSan an JJose. ose.

CCITY ITY W WINDOWS INDOWS GGALLERY ALLERY “Earth-Bound.” A sshow “Earth-Bound.” how ooff works w orks bbyy clay clay ssculptors. culptors. CCity ity Hall, H all, SSouth outh FFourth ourth SSt, t, SSan an JJose. ose.

DOWNTOWN D OWNTOWN Y YOGA OGA SSHALA HALA Works bbyy EEmily Works mily LLounsbury. ounsbury. TThru hru SSep ep 330. 0. SSan an JJose. ose.

GGALLERY ALLERY H HOUSE OUSE “The U “The Unique nique P Print.” rint.” W Works orks bbyy Martha Davis, M artha CCastillo, astillo, SStarr tarr D avis, M adeline EEttin, ttin, CCassandra assandra Madeline Gay G ay aand nd SSydell ydell LLewis. ewis. TThru hru SSep ep 118. 8. TTue, ue, 111am-4pm, 1am-4pm, W WededSSat, at, 111am-8pm, 1am-8pm, SSun, un, 111am1amPalo Alto. 33pm. pm. P alo A l to.

GGOOD OOD KARMA KARMA V VEGAN EGAN CCAFE AFE “Scrap FFacet.” “Scrap acet.” M Monochrome onochrome repurposed pportraits ortraits oon n re purposed media. m edia. TThru hru SSep ep 330. 0. SSan an JJose ose

HIGHER FIRE HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE CLAYSPACE & GALLERY GALLERY “Water W “Water Works.” ork s.” N New ew pieces pieces bbyy Presley Presley Martin Martin and and Phyllis Phyllis LLee. ee. Thru Thru Sep Sep 30. 30. San San Jose. Jose.

KALEID K ALEID GALLERY GALLERY New sshows New hows by by Rene Rene Lorraine Lorraine aand nd Ras Ras Lowe. Lowe. Thru Thru Sep Sep 30. 30. SSan an Jose. Jose.

PHANTOM P HANTOM GGALLERIES ALLERIES Works in Works in windows windows along along Nathan SSouth outh First First Street Street by by N athan Belomy B elomy aand nd Paolo Paolo Fachinetti. Fachinetti. SSan an Jose. Jose.

SAN JOSE SAN JOSE IINSTITUTE NSTITUTE OF OF CCONTEMPORARY ONTEMPORARY ART ART

A display display of of 19 19 works, work s, iincluding ncluding the the “Galactic “Galactic Mysteries” M ysteries” sseries, eries, by by LLeah eah National LLubin. ubin. SLAC SLAC N ational Accelerator A ccelerator Lab, Lab, SStanford. tanford.

“Exposed: Today’s “Exposed: Today’s P hotograph/Yesterday’s Photograph/Yesterday’s TTechnology.” echnology.” Artists Artists working working iinn old-school old-school photo photo ttechniques. echniques. Thru Thru Sep Sep 19. 19. ““Conservation Conservation of of Intimacy.” Intimacy.” IInstallation nstallation by by Bernie Bernie Lubell. Lubell. TThru hru Sep Sep 19. 19. Tue-Fri, Tue-Fri, 110am0am55pm, pm, Sat, Sat, noon-5pm. noon-5pm. SSan an Jose. Jose.

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“Lineas: New “Lineas: New Modes Modes ooff CContemporary ontemporary Urbanism.” Urbanism.” An An eexploration xploration of of globalism globalism and and llocalism ocalism with with works works by by Tanya Tanya Aguiniga A guiniga and and Teddy Teddy Cruz. Cruz. TThru hru Oct Oct 16. 16. San San Jose. Jose.

“The Art “The Art of of tthe he Zombie Zombie A pocalypse.” Portraits Portraits of of tthe he Apocalypse.” lliving iving dead dead by by Jef Jef Bambas, Bambas, JJames ames Brunner, Brunner, Bea Bea Adams Adams aand nd more. more. Thru Thru Sep Sep 30. 30. SSan an Jose. Jose.

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KAVLI INSTITUTE KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR FOR P ARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS ASTROPHYSICS PARTICLE

“(Whatever 2). “(Whatever 2). Sometimes Sometimes Noo Theme N Theme Is Is a Good Good Theme.” Theme.” A photo photo show show by by First First SSt. t. Photo P hoto Collective. Collective. Thru Thru Sep Sep 330. 0. San San Jose. Jose.

MONTALVO M ONTALVO ARTS ARTS CCENTER ENTER “Human Nature.” “Human Nature.” The The features works eexhibit xhibit fe atures w orks by by TTim im Hawkinson, Hawkinson, Celeste Celeste Boursier-Mougenot, B oursier-Mougenot, Ariane Ariane Michel, Misako M ichel, M isako Inaoka Inaoka and and Dana D ana Harel Harel that that focus focus on on our our relationships re lationships with with aanimals. nimals. TThru hru Oct Oct 17. 17. Project Project Space Space Gallery. G allery. “Sculpture “Sculpture oonn the the Grounds.” G rounds.” On-site On-site works works by by David D avid Middlebrook Middlebrook (ends (ends Sep Sep 330), 0), Ann Ann Weber Weber ((ends ends Oct Oct 31) 31) aand nd Ali Ali Maschke-Messing Maschke-Messing ((ends ends Jun Jun 30). 30). Saratoga. Saratoga.

MOHR M OHR GALLERY GALLERY Watercolors by Watercolors by William William Dunn. D unn. Thru Thru Sep Sep 20. 20. CCommunity ommunity School School of of Music Music aand nd Arts, Arts, Mountain Mountain View. View.

NATALIE & JAMES NATALIE JAMES THOMPSON T HOMPSON GALLERY GALLERY Installation for Installation for 01SJ 01SJ by by Portuguese P ortuguese artist artist M Miguel iguel Palma. P alma. Thru Thru Sep Sep 24. 24. SJSU SJSU ccampus. ampus.

PALO P ALO A ALTO LTO ART ART CCENTER ENTER A series series of of art art llectures ectures bbegins egins with with Will Will Travis, Travis, Robert R obert Dawson Dawson and and Linda Linda Gass G ass discussing discussing “San “San Bay: FFrancisco rancisco B ay: Where Where EEnvironment, nvironment, Art Art and and SScience cience Meet.” Meet.” TThu, hu, 77pm. pm. Palo Alto. FFree. ree. P alo A l to.

Photographs by Photographs by Ken Ken Holden, Holden, ppaintings aintings by by Gianna Gianna Marino Marino aand nd Nearl Nearl Boor Boor and and Pat Pat SSherwood. herwood. Thru Thru Oct Oct 28. 28. Weekdays, W eekdays, 8:30am-5pm. 8:30am-5pm. SStanford tanford ccampus. ampus.

VIEWPOINTS V IEWPOINTS GALLERY GALLERY ““Water Water W Works.” orks.” Paintings Paintings uusing sing water water media media by by Barbara Haunalter. B arbara vvon on H aunalter. Thru Thru Oct Altos. O ct 22.. LLos os A l tos.

pain. W pain. Wed, ed, 7pm. 7pm. Free. Free. Kepler’s, Ke pler ’s, M Menlo enlo Park. Park.

LIZ WISEMAN LIZ WISEMAN AND AND GGREG R EG M MCKEOWN C K E OW N A booksigning booksigning for for aauthors uthors ooff ““Multipliers: Multipliers: How How the the Best Best Make LLeaders eaders M ake Everyone Everyone SSmarter.” marter.” Thu, Thu, 77pm. pm. Free. Free. Kepler’s, Ke pler ’s, M Menlo enlo Park. Park.

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With ddance With ance music music and and llessons, essons, juggling juggling and and more. more. SSat, at, 2pm, 2pm, SSun, un, 1:30pm. 1:30pm. FFree. ree. Hillsdale H illsdale Shopping Shopping CCenter, enter, SSan an Mateo. Mateo.

LEGGEND O LEGEND OFF SSLEEPY LEEPY HOLLOW H OLLOW A Rainbow Rainbow Theatre Theatre pproduction roduction taken taken from from the the ffamous amous Washington Washington IIrving r ving ttale. ale. FFri, ri, 77:30pm, :30pm, Sat, Sat, 2:30 2:30 aand nd 7:30pm. 7:30pm. Thru Thru Sep Sep 25. 25. $6/$8. $ 6/$8. Milpitas Milpitas Community Community CCenter. enter.

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Bands, wine, Bands, wine, food food and and kids’ kids ’ ffun. un. Sun, Sun, 110am-6pm. 0am-6pm. Free. Free. Almaden A lmaden LLake ake P Park, ark, San San JJose. ose.

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A discussion discussion with with Eric Eric Corey Corey renewal FFreed reed aabout bout re newal of of uurban rban areas. areas. Tue, Tue, 5pm. 5pm. Free. Free. Kepler’s, Park. Ke pler ’s, Menlo Menlo P ark.

EERIC RIC P PUCHNER UCHNER For the For the CCenter enter fo forr LLiterary iterary A rts, the the nnovelist ovelist signs signs Arts, ccopies opies of of hhis is works works and and reads. re ads. Wed, Wed, 7pm. 7pm. Free. Free. King King Main M ain Library, Library, San San Jose. Jose.

JJOYCE OYCE RO ROBINS BINS Robins’ new Robins’ new book book is is “Aunt “Aunt LLydia’s ydia’s TTrousseau,” rrousseau,” a m memoir emoir aabout bout her her childhood childhood in in TToronto o on o inn the he 1920s 920s and and ’30s. 30s W Wed, ed 7pm. 7pm Free. F ee B Books ook s Inc., nc P Palo aoA Alto. o

MELANIE M ELAN E T THERNSTROM HERNSTROM The author The au ho of o “The The Pain Pa n CChronicles” h on c es talks a ks about abou hher e book book of o medical med ca investigations nves ga ons into n o chronic ch on c

A mid-autumn mid-autumn ccelebration elebration w ith martial martial arts, arts, Chinese Chinese with m usic and and m ore, ppresented resented music more, bbyy Catnonese Catnonese Opera Opera A ssociation. SSat, at, nnoon-5pm. oon-5pm. Association. D onations welcome. welcome. Borders Borders Donations B ooks, McCarthy McCarthy Ranch Ranch Books, CCenter, enter, M ilpitas. Milpitas.

DANCING D ANCING IIN NT THE HE SQUARE SQUARE Free salsa Free salsa llessons. essons. Tue, Tue, 6 pm. CCourthouse ourthouse Square, Square, 6pm. R edwood CCity. ity. Redwood

FOLGER STABLE FOLGER STABLE OPEN HOUSE O PEN H OUSE A day day to to celebrate celebrate the the renovation enova on oof the he sstable. ab e SSun, un 2-5pm. 2-5pm Free. F ee Wunderlich Wunde ch Park, P a k Woodside. Woods de

JOHN SINGER JOHN S NGER SARGENT SA R G E N T IN NP PARIS, AR S LLONDON ONDON A AND ND VENICE V EN CE A talk a k aabout bou the he famed amed

American artist artist bbyy professor professor American Margaretta Lovell. Lovell. Thu, Thu, Margaretta 2-3pm. 2-3pm. $25/$30. $25/$30. Filoli Filoli Gardens, Gardens, Woodside. Woodside.

MARIACHI M A R I AC H I D DAY AY San JJose San ose M Mariachi ariachi aand nd Mexican Heritage M exican H eritage FFestival estival Mexican hhonors onors M exican ccultures, ultures, music m usic aand nd ccuisine. uisine. SSun, un, nnoon-5pm. oon-5pm. Free. Free. Children’s Children’s Discovery D iscovery M Museum, useum, SSan an JJose. ose.

RENAISSANCE R ENAISS S ANCE FFAIRE AIRE With ttheater, With heater, jjuggling, uggling, w wine ine ttasting, asting, jjousting, ousting, gourmet gourmet food fo od aand nd aarts rts aand nd ccrafts. rafts. SSat-Sun, at-Sun, 10am-6pm. 10am-6pm. TThru hru Oct $25. O ct 117. 7. $ 25. CCasa asa de de Fruta, Fruta, Hollister. H ollister.

SANTA CCLARA SANTA LARA A ART RT A AND ND W INE FFESTIVAL ESTIVAL WINE Displays ffrom Displays rom aartists, rtists, eentertainment ntertainment and and food f od aand fo nd wine w ine ffrom room llocal ocal vendors. vendors. SSat-Sun, at-Sun, 10am-5pm; 10am-5pm; ffree. ree. Park, CCentral entral P ark, SSanta anta CClara. lara.

TONY T ONY REDHOUSE REDHOUSE Navajo re Navajo recording cording aartist rtist aand nd hhealer ealer aappears. ppears. SSun, un, 8:30 8 :30 aand nd 110:30am, 0:30am, tthe he Oneness Being; O neness ooff B eing; 12:30pm, 12:30pm, Native N ative A American merican H Healing ealing Meditation. M editation. CConscious onscious Living Living CCenter, enter, M Mountain ountain View. View.

VANGUARD V ANGUARD GGOLF OLF CCLASSIC L ASS I C The fo The fourth urth aannual nnual eevent vent features fe atures tthe he 449ers’ 9ers’ GoldRush GoldRush ccheerleaders heerleaders and and a cchance hance win BMW ttoo w in a B MW oorr pparticipate articipate iinn tthe he qquarter-million-dollar uarter-million-dollar www.van sshootout. hootout. Go Go ttoo w ww.van gguardgolf.org uardgolf.org ttoo ssign ign uup. p. TTue, ue, Valley Golf 111:30am. 1:30am. SSprint print V alley G olf Milpitas. CCourse, ourse, M ilpitas.

W WIN, IN, FUN, FUN, RUN RUN & W WALK ALK A bbenefit enefit fo forr Special Special O lympics with with guest guest Olympics aappearance ppearance bbyy JJoe oe JJonas. onas. SSat, at, 8 8am. am. $ $35 35 aand nd uup. p. SShoreline, horeline, Mountain Mountain View. View.

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begins with Kerouac IItt b egins w ith K erouac iin n jjail ail in in 11944, 94 4, on on an an accessory accessor y to to murder murder Kerouac ccharge. harge. Ginsberg Ginsberg and and K erouac had had known k nown eeach ach other other for for jjust ust a few few months. Their Lucien Carr m onths. T heir ffriend riend Lu cien C arr had murdered h ad m urd dered their their other other friend friend David Kammerer D avid K ammerer for for drunkenly drunkenly on him one night ccoming oming o n tto oh im o ne n ight aand nd dumped body d umped tthe he b ody in in the the Hudson Hudson River. R iver. Carr Carr told told his his friends friends William William Burroughs B urroughs and and a 22-year-old 22-year- old JJack ack Kerouac K erouac about about what what had had happened. happ ened. None No ne of of tthem hem ssaid aid aanything nything tto o tthe he police. Finally, p olice. Fi nally, Carr Carr confessed, confessed, and and Kerouac prison. Hee married K erouac went went to to p rison. H married his would pay his h is girlfriend girlfriend sso o sshe he w ould p ay h is bail. b aiil. These T hese were were bleak bleak beginnings, b eginnings, but but ttheir heir brush brush with with death deatth and and the the law law made Ginsberg Kerouac m ade G insberg and and K erouac take take other when no eeach ach o ther seriously, seriously, even even w hen n o one They o ne eelse lse would. would. T hey were were their their own best PR men, o wn b est P Rm en, showing showing ttheir heir work who w ork tto o aanyone nyone w ho would would look lo ok helping aand nd h elping tto o gget et eeveryone veryone in in published. ttheir heir group group p ublished. Ginsberg’s Ginsberg’s with poet William ffriendship riendship w ith p o et W illiam Carlos Carlos Williams blind W illiams illuminates illuminates his his b lind bee re read. aambition mbition tto ob ad. ““Williams Williams is is nutty hee wrote n utty aass a ffruitcake,” ruitcake,” h wrote iin n means wee can 11952. 952. “It “It also also m eans w can all all get get books b ooks out.” out.” Their T heir willingness willingness to to use use people p eople is is not but n ot ssurprising, urprising, b ut tthe he cconsistency onsistency off ttheir o heir sself-assuredness elff assuredness is. is. In In the the eearliest arliest letters, letters, barely barely out out of of their their Ginsberg tteens, eens, G insb erg aand nd Kerouac Kerouac had had aalready lready found fo ound their their voices, voices, and and they they knew k new iit, t, ttoo. o o. “We “We creative creative ggeniuses eniuses must bite fingernails m ust b ite fi ngernails ttogether ogether or or at at lleast east we we should,” should,” Kerouac Kerouac wrote wrote tto o Ginsberg. G insb erg. They T hey criticize criticize each each other’s other’s writing—not poems w riting—not jjust ust p oems aand nd but sstories, tories, b ut tthe he language language of of tthe he lletters etters tthemselves—with hemselves—with a sseverity everity that thatt makes makes their their harshest harshest kind. ccritics ritics sseem eem k ind. Kerouac Kerouac calls calls Ginsberg’s G insb erg’s language language ““peckerhead p eckerhead romanticism”; when Kerouac ro manticism”; w hen K erouac On Road Ulysses, ccompares ompares O n tthe he R oad tto oU lysses, Ginsberg him, G insb erg ttells ells h im, ““You’re You’re juss juss ccrappin rappin aaround r und tthoughtlessly ro houghtlessly with with often, not tthat hatt ttrickstyle rickstyle o ften, aand nd iit’s t’s n ot sso o ggood.” oo d.” The reads T he collection collection re ads llike ike a Dostoyevsky novel: with D ostoyevsky k n ovel: It It begins b egins w ith murder am urder and and eends, nds, essentially, essentially, with w ith a ssuicide uicide ((Kerouac’s Kerouac’s death death off tthe ffrom rrom ccirrhosis irrhosis o he lliver iver in in 11969). 9 69). The The authors authors are are wild wild and and unguarded, real-life u nguarded, re al-life protagonists protagonists never quite made tthat hatt n ever q uite m ade iitt iinto nto tthe he Beat Kerouac, B eatt lliterature: iterature: K erouac, stubborn, stubb orn,


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paranoid, h paranoid, hot-tempered, ot-temp ereed, b but ut in in llove ove w with ith eevery very p person erson he he meets; meets; Ginsberg, G insb erg, the the horny horny kid kid p prone rone tto o hallucinations h allucinations and and consumed consumed b byy poetry. p o etry. Unfortunately, U nfortunattely, tthe he letters letters become off b ecome ssporadic poradic near near the the end end o only tthe he friendship, friendship, aand nd o nly some some of of Kerouac’s decline on here. K erouac’s d ecline iiss o n view view h ere. As his his popularity p opularity rises, rises, the the binges binges become noticeably b ecome n oticeably llonger onger aand nd tthe he writing disintegrates off w riting d isintegrattes iin n tthe he haze haze o iinebriation. nebriation. ““When When I ssawyeouek awyeouek what w hatt I ssawk awk woue woue and and tthat’s hat’s tthat. hatt. drunk. You writing II’m ’m d runk. Y ou ccan an ssee ee II’m ’m w riting Ginsberg no tthis his letter letter drunk.â€? drunk.â€? G insberg was was n o himself. aascetic scetic h imself. “Got “Got high high on on junk junk off you,â€? llast ast night night aand nd tthough hough o you,â€? he he writes. myself wee must—now w rites. “Said “Saiid m yself w must—now wee aare w re ffamous—not amous—not get get drawn drawn worlds.â€? aapart par t by by varying varying fames fames or or w orlds.â€? Beneath word B eneatth eeach ach w ord collected collected here here iiss the the foreboding foreboding terror terro or that thatt even even two writers iiff these these tw ow riters ccould ould change change American wouldn’t A merican lliterature, iterature, iitt w ouldn’t make difference own m ake a d ifference in in their their o wn llives. ives. Kerouac Kerouac would would still still gget et drunk. drunk. Ginsberg Even G insb erg would would still still gget et high. high. E ven off ttheir aatt the the height height o heir popularity, p opularity, feels tthe he correspondence corresp ondence fe eels llike ike iit’s t’s rracing acing ttoward oward a ttragic ragic cconclusion. onclusion. It It iiss ďŹ tting, ďŹ tting, then, then, that thatt these these lletters etters aare re tthemselves hemselves emblematic emblematic of of the the end end off aan This one o n era: era: T his llarge arge volume vo olume is is o ne off tthe major o he last last m ajor correspondences correespondences decades between sspanning panning sseveral everal d ecades b etween two tw o inuential inuential writers writers before b efore longlongdistance d istance phone phone calls calls became became cheap. cheap. The T he book book is is aall ll about about cconclusions— onclusions— off a ffriendship, tthe he end end o riendship, tthe he end end of of paranoia ’’50s 50s p arran noia and an nd ’’60s 60s optimism, optimism, off w written tthe he end end o ritten correspondence correspondence iitself. tself. Yet Yet what what Ginsberg Ginsberg and an nd Kerouac K erouacc ccreated reated persists. persists. The The off tthe Beat llegacy egaccy o he B eat Generation Generattion still still American ssaturates aturates A merican popular popular cculture. ulture. Somewhere, S omewhere, a 16-year-old 16-yearr-old iin n a used used discovered On Road and ccar arr just just d iscovered O n tthe he R ooad an nd iiss off without destination, aabout bout tto o sset et o ff w ithout a d estination, madness destroyed iin n ssearch earch of of a m adness that that d estroyed tthe he best best minds minds of of a ggeneration. eneration.

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Rhiannon off the R hiannon demands deman nds details details o the dirty weekend Olive d irty w eekend O live sspent, pent, aand nd sso o Olive up O live ccooks ooks u p a false false tale tale of of lost lost vvirginity, irginity, which which spreads spread ds over over the the off eelectronic sschool chool aatt tthe he sspeed peed o lectronic cchat. hatt. beauty ““That’s That’s tthe he b eauty of of being being a ggirl irl iin n high have once, h igh sschool: chool: h ave ssex ex o nce, aand nd yyou’re ou’re bimbo, ab imbo,” Olive Olive tells tells a video video diary. diarry. She The S he iiss sstudying tudying T he SScarlet carlet LLetter etter under direction u nder tthe he d irection of of a pleasingly pleasingly platitudinous p latitudinous English English teacher teacher Haden ((Thomas Thomass H aden Church Church of of SSideways). ideways). When Hester W hen a fellow fellow sstudent tudent calls calls H ester Prynne P rynne a sslut, lut, Olive Olive replies replies with with an n obscenity. o bscenity. IIn n detention, detention, she she meets meets a ffellow ellow sstudent tudent named named Brandon Brandon (Dan (Dan Byrd), who B yrd), w ho iiss beaten beatten up up regularly regularly ffor or being b eing ggay. ay. Since Since Olive’s Olive’s reputation reputation iiss sshot hot aalready, lready, she she decides decides to to pretend pretend tto o have with Brandon h ave ssex ex w ith B randon at at a party, party, so so hee ccan pose tthat hat h an p ose ass straight. straight. Byy n now, B ow, Olive Olive iiss considered considered tthe he Whore off B Babylon, W hore o abylon, especially especially tto o tthe he Cross Your Heart C ross Y our H eart Christian Christian Club Club aatt byy M Marianne sschool, chool, lled ed b arian nne (Amanda (Aman nda Bynes, B ynes, perhaps perhap ps doing doing a Sarah Sarah Palin Palin Annoyed iimitation). mitation). A nnoyed by by the the ggossip, ossip,

Olive decides wear O live d ecides tto ow ear a sscarlet carrlet lletter etter A off h her own. o er o wn. Set Reputation, S et tto o ((of of ccourse) ourse) ““Bad Bad dR eputation,” Olive O live performs performs the the ur-scene ur-scene of of teen teen movies, her m ovies, tthe he ggirl irl ttaking ak king sscissors cissors tto oh er wardrobe, Pretty Pink. montage w ardrobe, a la la P retty iin nP ink. A m ontagge off JJohn Hughes films o ohn H ughes fi lms gets gets sscreencreenA’s world cchecked, hecked, but but I liked liked EEasy asy A ’s w orld better b etter tthan han any an ny of of Hughes’ Hughes’ conformist conformist works, w orks, despite despite Gluck’s Gluck’s tendency tendency to to off O Ojai with sshoot hoot the the eexteriors xteriors o jai homes homes w ith Nancy N ancy Meyers–like Meyers–like ffussiness. ussiness. urbane EEasy asy A iiss a tthoroughly horoughly u rban ne movie; urbanity best m ovie; tthe he u rbanity iiss sseen een b est iin n Olive’s her parents O live’s rrapport apport with with h er p arents Stanley Tucci). ((Patricia Patricia Clarkson Clarrkson aand nd S tanley T ucci). They’re T hey’re sself-amused elf-amused jjokers, okers, aalways lways posed bottle off w wine, p osed next next tto oab ottle o ine, aand nd without helicopter-parenting tthey’re hey’re w ithout h elicopter-parenting wouldn’t know how bee sskills. kills. ““II w ouldn’t k now h ow tto ob more know ggrounded, rounded, aany ny m ore tthan han n yyou’d ou’d k now how Olive h ow to to ground, ground,” O live ssays. ays. Believe don’t, B elieve it it or or d on’t, there’s there’s no no speech speech Mom Dad ought aabout b bout how how M om aand nd D ad o ught tto o pay more p ay m ore attention attention to to their their daughter’s daughter’s ttroubles. roubles. Clarkson Clarkson and and Tucci Tucci aare re off tthe tthe he modern modern version version o he country country cclub lub types types with with martinis martinis who who played played tthe he parents parents in in golden-age golden-agge screwball screwballl ccomedy. omedy. But But Clarkson’s Clarkson’s enjoyable enjoyab ble rrunning unning gag gag is is all all her her own—she own—she knows her k nows how how tto o ggross ross h er daughter daughter out out byy hinting wild b hinting at at her her own own w ild sex sex life life and and byy purring b purring at at her her memories. memories. Screenwriter Bertt V V.. R Royal’s Scr eenwriter w Ber oyal yal’s gags aree almostt syncopated—this ar syncopated—this isn’t isn’t Easy rrelentless elentless joke-joke-joke, j e-jok jok j e-jjoke, as in Eas sy A’s A ’s inferior, inffeeriorr, Juno. Juno. The laughs come come different with a diff ffeerent kind of rhythm, ff rhythm, with gracee of word the grac o a wor d to the wise, wise, and the sense on o how to emphasize sting at just the right time. time. One sighs with satisfaction n at the smooth smooth manner Brandon’s with which h Olive Olive handles Brandon ’s cconfession onffession e n that he’s he’s gay. gaay. Stone’s way with quip S tone’s eendearing ndearing w ay w ith a q uip persists, when high p ersists, aass w hen sshe he ssees ees tthe he h igh sschool chool mascot masscot Woodchuck Woodchuck Todd Todd with with his head off: myy G God, h is ccostume’s ostume’s h ead o ff:: ““Oh, ff Oh, m od, Even tthe he iillusion llusion iiss sshattered. hattered.” E ven tthe he product p roduct placement placement iiss ffunny. unny. EEasy asy A iiss bright out b right eenough nough tto o ccome ome o ut iin n ffavor avor off personal off jjust o personal al ffreedom, reedom, iinstead nstead o ust off ggoing oing after after tthe he llow-hanging ow-hanging ffruit ruit o eelectronic lectronic gossipers. gossipers.

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metroactive FILM Thurmond in San Jose’s St. James Park, Nov. 26, 1933 (see metroactive .com for details about the historical background of the case). Though the story of the notorious Brooke Hart kidnapping has been told by talents ranging from Fritz Lang to the film noir director Cy Enfield, this is the first film to name locations. Strangely, Valley of the Heart’s

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NOBODY ever put up a statue to someone who said, “Nobody ever put up a statue to a critic,” but it’s the libels that really wound those of us in this profession. Take the claim that critics always prefer foreign films to the sturdy American product. Why, if you wanted a better example of glossy, inane dreck than Heartbreaker, you would have to go to France for it. Dumbed down for the export audience, and including English dialogue for those who need a rest from the subtitles, this moldy farce is pretty close to free of redeeming quality. If you cut out Julie Ferrier, the kind of cute, kind of aggravatingly elfish actress who played the contortionist in Micmacs, you could call it completely free. Director Pascal Chaumiel has done extensive work in TV and advertising, and he was also connected to Luc Besson as the second-unit director on The Fifth Element and Besson’s bad 1998 Joan of Arc movie. Learning under the master of slick, slack-jawed French filmmaking, Chaumiel seems to have eliminated anything but strictly commercial content from this debut. Romain Duris plays Alex—a three-daystubbled scruff on the lines of Hugh Laurie; he’s the head of a three-person team of consultants brought in to break up undesirable romances. Using different identities and the help of his sister (Ferrier) and brother-in-law (Francois Damiens), Alex seduces women away from relationships

“GRIPPING! A BLAZING HEIST FILM. AFFLECK KNOCKS IT OUT OF THE PARK.” Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

that would make them unhappy. His latest job is breaking the engagement of a British man—a wealthy philanthropist—and a French heiress, Juliette (Vanessa Paradis, an ultrastarved version of Lauren Hutton, with a more capacious gap between her teeth). In Monaco, Alex poses as a bodyguard to follow his target. Juliette proves resistant. Slapstick ?\XikYi\Xb\i intervals ensue. Some interest boils up with the Unrated; 109 min. first appearance of Héléna Opens Friday, Noguerra, a lively Belgian Camera 7, TV personality who plays Campbell Juliette’s drunken and slutty best friend. Sadly Noguerra fails to cause the kind of trouble she seems to suggest she’ll cause when she first appears.

“AN EMOTIONAL THRILLER WITH STUNNING PERFORMANCES.” Jeanne Wolf, PARADE

“RIVETING AND EXPLOSIVE. IT’S HEAT MEETS THE DEPARTED.” Pete Hammond, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE

Juliette is characterized as this perfect chic woman whose only concession to vulnerability is a craze for the movie Dirty Dancing; her arrogance is supposed to be charm. This would make it easy for anyone, no matter how basically one note, to steal the show, but the show steals back, so to speak. It never gets beyond its long soak in expensive locations; the script wheezes as it tries to reach the insurmountable height of its high concept plot. The Moroccan opening sequence and the endless drives around the hills over Monaco might make up a date movie, but the audience would have to be under some kind of heavy sedation to tune out everything else. —Richard von Busack

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Terror Town

THE TRAILER for Long Pigs says it all: “I’ve never understood what it was that attracts us to the darker things . . . why we become addicted to them with such willing enthusiasm.â€? The supposed horror at the multiplexes that never goes down or dirty enough is an issue for the true fan of the genre; this shortfall justiďŹ es the BlueLight Cinemas in Cupertino and its Week of Terror, which features a series of low-budget horror ďŹ lms distributed by Arizona-based indie R2 (pronounced R squared). Long Pigs played at Cinequest ’07, and Steve Palopoli was there: “‘Long pigâ€? is a centuriesold term for the human body as culinary yum-yum. . . . Writer/director/producers Chris Power and Nathan Hynes play themselves (mostly offscreen) as they follow around a cannibalistic serial killer (Anthony Alviano) for an extreme documentary project. . . . the approach in Long Pigs is fresh and funny, suggesting that it’s better to let a cannibal into your life than a pushy, overly ambitious indie ďŹ lm crew.â€?

SCREEN GEMS PRESENTS AN OLIVE BRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION A WILL GLUCK FILM “EASY A� PENN BADGLEY AMANDA BYNES THOMAS HADEN CHURCH PATRICIA CLARKSON CHALKA STANLEY TUCCI CAM GIGANDET LISA KUDROW MALCOLMWRITTEN MCDOWELL ALY MIDIRECTED PRODUCED BY ZANNE DEVINE WILL GLUCK BY BERT V. ROYAL BY WILL GLUCK

Also scheduled is Closet Space (2008), a.k.a. Aliengate, about a black hole to the eldritch dimensions leading out of a closet. Director Mel House honors all conventions, just as he did when he described his upcoming Walking Distance to a blogger at Fatally-Yours.com: “ It’s Nightmare on Elm Street crossed with Akira crossed with Firestarter crossed with Tetsuo: The Iron Man.� The crypticsounding Cryptic features King of the Hill’s

Toby Huss in a haunted time-crossing cell-phone conversation between an adult and a child; it’s a ďŹ lm that prefers psychological horror to the usual amputations and disembowelment. Let the director of Women’s Studies, Lonnie Martin, sum his handiwork up, N\\b f] K\iifi on IMDb: “A look at groupthink, women’s Sept. 17–23 issues and how blind BlueLight Cinemas, belief in a one-sided Cupertino dogma can create a terrorist.â€? A school of scary feminists prepare to turn us men into quivering capons, pecked by hens and thwacked by rolling pins! Of Jingles the Clown (a.k.a., Mr. Jingles)— naming the production company Atomic Devil was funny enough. The coulrophobia gag, unlike pirates, monkeys and zombies, never stales. Also on tap: Matthew Chung’s OfďŹ ce of the Dead; Brian Corder’s Carnies, which concerns a serial killer loose in a 1930s carnival; Bart Mastronardi’s Vindication, about the horriďŹ c aftermath of a suicide attempt; and Aegri Somnia (“A sick man’s dreamsâ€?) by James Rewucki, of that haunted city Winnipeg, Manitoba. Aegri Somnia is a nightmarish seminarrative that shows the industrial horror and latent mutancy of David Lynch and the inner claustrophobia of Guy Maddin. —Richard von Busack

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metroactive FILM publisher played by Pete Postlethwaite (of The Town, and the ďŹ lm’s clear standout), suspects leftwing sympathy in the reporter. At ďŹ rst, Munson and the local boosters try to keep a lid on the kidnapping of wealthy department store heir “Blake Walshâ€? (Joe Mandragona). Later, they decide to make an example out of the two accused kidnappers who are apprehended.

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The weakling sheriff Ackle (Tom Bower), eager to wrap things up, yields to the pressure from above, and orders his deputies to yield if the mob arrives. Meanwhile, Daumier discovers rumors of the kidnapped boy’s supposed links to bootleggers and gamblers. Very low budget, but the Alameda locations are evocative, and it’s not without interest. (Opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.) (RvB)

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NOT A MOVIE STAR but a man who plays one in the movies, director/actor Ben Afeck is a hunk-size hole in The Town. The intriguing previews disguise a Dennis (Mystic River) Lahane knock-off wounded by Afeck’s self-aggrandizement. Afeck’s Doug MacRay is not just a dedicated bank robber but also a recovering addict in N.A., a virtual orphan, a man tapped for the NHL and compelled by circumstance to execute brilliant thefts which never kill anybody— the Irish Pepe le Moko of Charlestown.

This once-feared Boston neighborhood’s funkiest days are clearly behind it; we never really get closer than helicopter distance to the dangerous projects referred to in the script. What we see on the ground are ower gardens and open-air cafes, reecting the everdwindling habitat of America’s endangered white gangster. Even the ďŹ nale, a heist on one of Boston’s most beloved institutions, takes place in the no-doubt historic but not-sophotogenic parking garage. It’s the old two-brothers plot, foster brothers though they be: the aforementioned criminal paragon and his younger nuttybuddy Jim (Jeremy Renner of The Hurt Locker). Even as Doug longs to get out of the racket, Jim, who served a nine-year stretch at Walpole Prison for him, reminds him of his family obligations. A brilliantly planned bank robbery gets screwed up by Jim’s bad temper; the gang takes a hostage (Rebecca Hall) who is released unharmed but traumatized. She needs to be threatened to

keep from testifying for the Feds, but Doug falls in love with her instead. Despite the bad-cat, bad-rat dichotomy, The Town tries to emphasize, we keep waiting for Jon Hamm’s unshaven FBI agent, Adam Frawley, to rattle the cages, but Blake Lively, as an Oxycontin-fancying tramp, gets the brunt of Hamm’s power; she does K_\ Kfne some excellent reacting to a R little barside lecture Frawley Opens Friday. gives about a $20 bill. Comicbook guys used to talk about Afeck playing Superman, but Hamm is the only actor I’d care to see in the part: baleful, powerful, two steps ahead of the humans around him. And I doubt if more bullets would bounce off his cape than he gets shot at with in The Town. Hall, of swaying height and wide orchidaceous mouth, has too much presence to be just the girl in the picture. The inability of anyone to cook up roles big enough for this presence leaves her looking like a stage actress stranded on a movie set. The script is choppy and violently undermotivated, although Chris Cooper and Pete Postlethwaite are outstanding. The movie contrasts slick action sequences, including a bruising car chase through one-way streets, with conspicuously preAvid-style editing, to give the ďŹ lm some ’70s style heft. A nice try, but like Afeck’s acting, Afeck’s direction comes up short weight.—Richard von Busack

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NILES FILM MUSEUM Regularly scheduled programs of silent films. Sep 18: A Night at the Show (1915) with Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance; Get Out and Get Under (1920), concerning Harold Lloyd’s troubles with an early automobile; Buster Keaton’s simply incredible The Playhouse (1921) and You’re Darn Tootin’ (1928) with Laurel and Hardy. Greg Pane at the piano. Sep 19, 4pm: Simply Raw, a documentary about the recovery from diabetes by six patients. (Plays Sep 18-19 in Fremont at the Edison Theater.) (RvB)

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST (1975) An Oregon layabout (Jack Nicholson) ends up in a restrictive state hospital where he ends up in battle with an evil nurse (Louise Fletcher). Nicholson is unforgettable in this anti-establishment drama par excellence, of immense appeal to anyone dealing with the military, the university, a corporation, etc. (Plays Sep 16 at 9 in San Jose at Camera 3). (RvB)

SPINNING SOUTHWARD (2010) From Prudhoe Bay, Alaska,

to Tierra del Fuego, bicyclists John and Mike Logsdon and filmmaker Nateon Ajello rode some 16,000 miles to raise money for brain tumor research; this documentary tells their story. (Plays Sep 18 at 3:30 in San Jose at Camera 12.) (RvB)

TOOTSIE/MRS. DOUBTFIRE (1982/1993) A memorable comedy about the mad urge to be an actor. Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is so intense that he scares off directors. Out of desperation, he applies for a soap opera part in drag and becomes the Southernaccented, queenly Dorothy Michaels, who is like an even more uncanny Delta Burke. The role of woman is finally challenging enough to satisfy Dorsey, but it interferes with his personal life. Co-stars Bill Murray and Teri Garr—don’t you wish more movies did? BILLED WITH Mrs. Doubtfire. Cutesy Chris Columbus offering about a husband (Robin Williams) who dons drag to keep an eye on his estranged family. (Plays Sep 17-19 in San Jose at the RetroDome.) (RvB)

WAR AND PEACE (1956) We can describe this as the Audrey Hepburn movie even die-hard Hepburn fans haven’t seen; she plays Natasha to Henry

Fonda’s Pierre in an Italian-produced spectacular in VistaVision some three hours long. King Vidor directs; Herbert Lom stars as Napoleon, seen in triumph at the titanic battle of Borodino and seen in retreat through the Russian steppes. Next week, more Tolstoy: the Vivian Leigh Anna Karenina (1947) and the adaptation of Resurrection, 1934’s We Live Again. (Plays Sep 17-18 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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Jermaine Dupri

Friday, midnight, Wet Nightclub, San Jose The story about Kriss Kross goes that Jermaine Dupri found them hanging around in a shopping mall and gave them a record contract. The world seems to have forgiven him; he’s gone on to discover Xscape, Destiny’s Child and Lil’ Bow Wow. He hooked up with the latter again last year, rapping on “Roc the Mic”; in fact, for the last five years or so he’s done all his rapping in guest spots, with Mariah Carey, Chingy, Kanye, Ashanti and others. (SP)

Harry Connick Jr.

Saturday, 7:30pm, Mountain Winery, Saratoga; $51–$150 Harry Connick Jr. was performing Beethoven’s piano concertos with the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra by the age of 9. Since then, he’s done Broadway musicals and gone on bizarre funk tours, but he’s still best known for crooning jazz standards. And, of course, playing serial killer Daryll Lee Collum. Copycat 2! Copycat 2! We demand it! (SP)

Jonas Brothers

Saturday, 7pm, Shoreline, Mountain View; $38–$98 Aren’t you just waiting for someone to find a dead hooker in one of the Jonas Brothers’ bathrooms? C’mon, admit it! And yet, it never happens. Coming out of Christian radio in 2003, these born-again boys have been squeaky clean all the way (their latest Camp Rock sequel just aired on the Disney Channel last week), More power to ’em, but aren’t they just a little annoyed that they don’t get to use the pickup lines, “I was in the youngest band ever on the cover of Rolling Stone,” “I just played for Barack at the White House” or “I have touched Miley Cyrus”?

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THE T HE B BLANK LANK CLUB CLUB Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: SSeabright eabright CCD D rrelease. elease. P lus JJamuel amuel SSaxton. axton. Plus FFree. ree. FFri, ri, 9pm: 9pm: CClub lub SSatori. atori. $ 5. $5. SSat, at, 9 pm: M elvins, TTotimoshi. otimoshi. 9pm: Melvins, $ 15. SSan an JJose. ose. $15.

BOGART’S B OGART’S LLOUNGE OUNGE Thu & SSat: Thu at: LLive ive m music. usic. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

BOSWELL’S B OSWELL’S

BRITANNIA A BRITANNIA ARMS RMS CCUPERTINO UPERTINO Sat, 9pm: Sat, 9pm: P Pebble ebble Theory, Theory, Montana Quiet M ontana 11948, 948, Fight Fight tthe he Q uiet aand nd Hello Hello Monster. Monster. Cupertino. Cupertino.

Wed: Jack Wed: Jack Rip Rip Off, Off, Thu: Thu: Bitchin’ Bitchin’ CCamaros. amaros. Fri: Fri: The The Peelers. Peelers. SSat: at: 110 0 TTilil 2. 2. Mon: Mon: Drive! Drive! CCampbell. ampbell.

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Fri, 110pm: Fri, 0pm: Metal Metal Shop. Shop. Sat, Sat, 110pm: 0pm: Love Love Stoned. Stoned. SSan an Jose. Jose.

BRITANNIA A BRITANNIA ARMS RMS DOWNTOWN D OWNTOWN TThu, hu, 110pm: 0pm: Attaloss. Attaloss. San San Jose. Jose.

Fri-Sat, 8 Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: :30pm: Live Live music. music. CCampbell. ampbell. Wed, 8pm: Wed, 8pm: LLive ive m music/jam usic/jam nnight. ight. SSan an Jose. Jose.

FFIREHOUSE IREHOUSE GGRILL RILL Thu, 7pm: Thu, 7pm: Tequila Tequila and and bbeer eer Beat ttasting. asting. Fri: Fri: B eat SStreet. treet. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.


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Creedence Clearwater Revisited THERE’S one inherent necessity in the name Creedence Clearwater You-Fill-in-the-Blank. Revival, Revisited—whichever, you’re going to need one guy, and one guy only: John Fogerty. The reasons are pretty straightforward: he wrote all the music and he sang all the songs. Unfortunately, when former CCR (the original one) bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford teamed up to form their band, Fogerty, for a myriad of Friday reasons, was unavailable for audition. At the time of the band’s inception circa 1995, Fogerty’s Montalvo Arts Center absence made sense, at least theoretically, because he was hiding under the artists’ rock and hadn’t $50–$90 made a ripple on the scene in years. But a few years later, Fogerty returned to the stage and has been touring with his own band since, rendering CCRevisited as obsolete as a 56K modem. Don’t worry though; they’ll play all the hits with dialup-like efficacy. —Garrett Wheeler

THE T HE GGRAPEVINE RAPEVINE

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RED R ED R ROCK OCK CCOFFEE OFFEE

Fri, 77pm: Fri, pm: Daemon Daemon City City LLights ights aand nd P eter CChung. hung. SSat, at, 77pm: pm: Peter M ike R odriguez. W illow G len. Mike Rodriguez. Willow Glen.

Thu, 6 Thu, 6pm: pm: Arm Arm the the Alarm, Alarm, One New Message O ne N ew M essage aand nd Has Struck. EEvening vening H as St ruck. FFri, ri, 6pm: 6pm: Myy Last American M Last Friend, Friend, the the A merican LLegal egal SSystem, ystem, EEra ra EEscape, scape, Roman R oman Son, Son, FFort ort Nelson Nelson ZZoo, oo, How H ow High High the the Moon Moon aand nd Robodda. R obodda. San San JJose. ose.

Sat, 8 Sat, 8pm: pm: B Beneath eneath tthe he B Balcony. alcony. Mountain M ountain V View. iew.

Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: A Acoustic coustic V Vibes ibes N ight, rreggae eggae ((wnd wnd aand nd ffourth ourth Night, W ed ooff m onth) aalternates lternates Wed month) w ith A coustic SShowcase. howcase. with Acoustic FFri, ri, 9 :30pm: TTop op SSecret. ecret. SSat, at, 9:30pm: 9 :30pm: N aked iin nV egas. 9:30pm: Naked Vegas. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

NUMBER N UMBER O ONE NE B BROADWAY ROADWAY

Thu, 9pm Thu, 9pm : D Devin evin tthe he D Dude. ude. $20. 9pm: Beatnuts, $ 20. FFri, ri, 9 pm: TThe he B eatnuts, Megabusive, Masta M egabusive, TTape ape M asta Remedy, Venom SSteph, teph, R emedy, SSnare, nare, V enom $10. aand nd SSolice olice CCin. in. $ 10. SSan an JJose. ose.

MURPHY’S M URPHY’S LLAW AW

Fri, 6pm: Fri, 6pm: Big Big City City Revue. Revue. FFree. ree. Downtown Downtown Redwood R edwood City. City.

HOMESTEAD H OMESTEAD LLANES ANES Sat, 8 Sat, 8pm: pm: B Bears ears B Bears ears B Bears ears aand nd D isabled IIntent. ntent. CCupertino. upertino. Disabled

LLILLY ILLY M MAC’S AC’S

Thu: M Thu: Maneck. aneck. FFri: ri: D Dennis ennis D Dove ove B and. SSunnyvale. unnyvale. Band.

Wed: W ed: J.C. J.C. Smith. Smith. TThu: hu: TThe he JJoint oint Chiefs. Chiefs. Fri: Fri: Touch Touch of of Groove CClass. lass. SSat: at: G roove KKings. ings. LLos os Gatos. G atos.

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RECORDS SSTREETLIGHT TREETLIGHT R ECORDS Fri, 22pm: Fri, pm: TTegan egan aand nd SSara. ara. SSun, un, Plus Gato. 44pm: pm: SSusinestra. usinestra. P lus IIll G ato. SSan an JJose. ose.

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WOODHAM’S W OODHAM’S LLOUNGE OUNGE FFri-Sun: ri-Sun: P Pro ro JJam. am. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

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World W orld ALBERTO’S A LBERTO’S Wed: B Wed: Bachata. achata. TThu: hu: Amateur Amateur Banchata Plus B anchata CContest. ontest. P lus SSalsa alsa with Pantea. w ith P antea. FFri: ri: SSalsa alsa FFridays. ridays. Nights. SSat: at: LLatin atin N ights. TTue: ue: Salsa Salsa with Pantea. Mountain w ith P antea. M ountain View. View.

ANGELICA’S A NGELICA’S BISTRO BISTRO Sat, 8 Sat, 8pm: pm: W World orld ooff Dance Dance $10. Redwood SShowcase. howcase. $ 10. R edwood CCity. ity.

ARYA A RYA GLOBAL GLOBAL CUISINE CUISINE Fri-Sat, 8 Fri-Sat, 8pm: pm: LLive ive music music aand nd bbelly elly ddancing. ancing. CCupertino. upertino.

AZUCAR A ZUCAR Fri-Sat, 9 Fri-Sat, 9pm: pm: SSon on ddee KKali. ali. San San JJose. ose.

CCASCAL ASCAL Fri: LLaTiDo. Fri: aTiDo. SSat, at, 8 8:30pm: :30pm: JJames ames Robinson. R obinson. Mountain Mountain View. View.

MOROCCO’S M OROCCO’S R RESTAURANT ESTAURANT Wed: LLive Wed: ive guitar. guitar. TTue: ue: Marathon Marathon FFundraiser undraiser ttoo bbenefit enefit Project Project Homeless H omeless CContact. ontact. SSan an JJose. ose.

Thursday, Sept. 16 In the Atrium AGES 21+

SARAH JANE plus and

Blowupdollz also Ghost Town Hangmen March Into Paris $5 Drs. • Doors 8:30 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.

Friday, September 17 In the Atrium AGES 18+

JOHN BEAVER’S BIRTHDAY BASH

Vital SC presentation $5 Adv./ $7 Dr. • 8 p.m./ 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18 In the Atrium AGES 21+

CASH’D OUT The next best thing to Johnny Cash

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Ploughman $12 Adv./ $15 Dr. • 8:30 p.m./ 9 p.m.

>LKULZKH` :LW[LTILY AGES 16+ $14 Adv. $18 Drs. Drs. 7 p.m. Show 8 p.m.

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Sep 23 Olodum/ SambaDá (Ages 21+) Sep 23 J Boogie Dubtronic Science Atrium (Ages 21+) Sep 24 Jacka & Husalah (Ages 16+) Sep 24 Friday Night Function Atrium (Ages 21+) Sep 25 Collie Buddz & New Kingston (Ages 16+) Sep 26 Ice Cube (Ages 16+) Sep 27 Vital SC - “Rusko” (Ages 16+) Oct 2 Easy Star All Stars (Ages 16+) Oct 3 O.A.R./Dirty Heads (Ages 16+) Oct 7 Tech N9ne/ E-40/ Krizz Kaliko (Ages 16+) Oct 8 The Pack/ Dev/ Antdog Da Beast (Ages 16+) Oct 20 Wiz Khalifa/ Yelawolf (Ages 16+) Oct 23 Mickey Avalon (Ages 16+) Oct 30 “Halloween Costume Ball” Sourgrass/ Wooster (Ages 21+) Nov 6 Ghostland Observatory (Ages 16+) Nov 7 Sublime with Rome (Ages 21+) Nov 8 Sublime with Rome (Ages 16+) Nov 10 Vital SC - “Borgore” (Ages 16+) Nov 11 Alkaline Trio (Ages 16+)

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating. Tickets subject to city tax & service charge by phone 866-384-3060 & online

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Wed, 77:30pm: Wed, :30pm: H Hedley edley CClub lub JJazz azz Russo-Alberts JJam. am. Thu, Thu, 8pm: 8pm: R usso-Alberts 8:30pm: TTrio. rio. FFri, ri, 8 :30pm: KKristen risten SStrom trom Quartet. Q uartet. Sat, Sat, 8:30pm: 8:30pm: SSandra andra Aran. Hotel Anza, A ran. H otel ddee A nza, SSan an Jose. Jose.

Wed, 9 Wed, 9pm: pm: CCalifornia alifornia Cowboys. Cowboys. TThu-Fri, hu-Fri, 9 pm, Sat, Sat, 10:15pm: 10:15pm: 9pm, D iablo Road. Road. Sat, Sat, 7:15pm: 7:15pm: Diablo B obby M cDowell Band Band and and Bobby McDowell D iablo Road. Road. Fremont. Fremont. Diablo

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Wed: SSuzi-Q Wed: uzi-Q aand nd James James Robinson. Madylan R obinson. TThu: hu: M adylan Rose. Rose. Backbeat Vicious FFri: ri: B ackbeat aand nd V icious Groove. $10. Diamond 99 G roove. $ 10. SSat: at: D iamond 9 9 $10. Alvin aand nd Liar’s Liar ’s CClub. lub. $ 10. SSun: un: A lvin Draper. Mon: Dennis Dove. Plus D raper. M on: D ennis D ove. P lus ppro ro jjam. am. TTue: ue: LLiar’s iar ’s CClub lub aand nd Blue B lue JJ.. SSan an Jose. Jose.

LLOFT OFT B BAR AR A AND ND B BISTRO ISTRO Thu, 7-10pm: Thu, 7-10pm: LLive ive jazz. jazz. SSan an JJose. ose.

LLUNCHTIME UNCHTIME O ON N THE THE SQUARE SQUARE Wed, 111:30am: Wed, 1:30am: H Heroes eroes LLast ast Mission. Mon, M ission. M on, 111:30am: 1:30am: CChi hi McClean. M cClean. CCourthouse ourthouse Square, Square, Redwood R edwood CCity. ity.

MURPHY’S M URPHY’S LLAW AW Mon: P Mon: Pro ro bblues lues jjam. am. SSat: at: A Amy my Blues. LLou’s ou’s B lues. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

POOR P OOR H HOUSE OUSE B BISTRO ISTRO

Fri, nnoon: Fri, oon: Live Live music. music. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

JJazz/Blues azz/Blues

THREE FFLAMES THREE LAMES R ESTAURANT RESTAURANT

Thu, 9pm: Thu, 9pm: Banda Banda 3300, 00, D DJJ Akustik. 8pm: Norteño. A kustik. FFri, ri, 8 pm: N orteño. SSunnyvale. unnyvale. 1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-423-1336

HEDLEY H EDLEY CCLUB LUB

Wed, 6 Wed, 6pm: pm: R Ron on TThompson hompson aand nd FFriends. riends. Thu, Thu, 6pm: 6pm: LLara ara Price Price aand nd Yesterdays. Yesterdays. Fri, Fri, 6pm: 6pm: TThe he Delgado Brothers. D elgado B rothers. Sat, Sat, 6pm: 6pm: Bobby Radcliff. B obby R adcliff. Sun, Sun, noon: noon: Gail Dobson Band G ail D obson JJazz azz B and aand nd sstudent tudent performance. performance. San San JJose. ose.

PARRANDA P ARRANDA NIGHTCLUB NIGHTCLUB

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ANGELICA’S A NGELICA’S BISTRO BISTRO Fri, 8 & 110pm: Fri, 0pm: P Pete ete EEscovedo scovedo Band. $30. Redwood LLatin atin JJazz azz B and. $ 30. R edwood CCity. ity.

B BRITANNIA RITANNIA ARMS ARMS CCUPERTINO UPERTINO Sun, 5:30pm: Sun, 5:30pm: Jazz Jazz jam. jam. CCupertino. upertino.

FAIRMONT H FAIRMONT HOTEL OTEL LLOBBY OBBY LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed, 8 Wed, 8:30pm: :30pm: The The Girlz Girlz Band. Band. TThu, hu, 8:30pm: 8:30pm: Contemporary Contemporary or or 9pm: LLatin atin jjazz. azz. FFri-Sat, ri-Sat, 9 pm: JJazz azz Monaand nd ppop op ddance ance bbands. ands. M onPiano Music. TTue: ue: P iano M usic. Fairmont Fairmont Hotel, H otel, SSan an JJose. ose.

FFOOTHILL OOTHILL P PRESBYTERIAN RESBYTERIAN Sun, 3pm: Sun, 3pm: Cupertino Cupertino Jazz Jazz $10 SSextet. extet. $ 10 ddonation. onation. FFoothill oothill Presbyterian P resbyterian CChurch, hurch, SSan an JJose. ose.

GGRAND RAND DELL DELL SALOON SALOON Thu, 8pm: Thu, 8pm: Blues Blues Jam Jam w/Aki w/Aki 8pm: KKumar. umar. Fri, Fri, 8 pm: Isis Isis aand nd tthe he 8pm: CCold old TTruth. ruth. Sat, Sat, 8 pm: Pinky Pinky and and Resistence. tthe he Blind Blind R esistence. CCampbell. ampbell.

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Sun, 77pm: Sun, pm: JJerry erry SSacedo acedo aand nd FFriends. riends. Tue, Tue, 7:30pm: 7:30pm: Modesto Modesto Briseno Willow Glen. B riseno SSeptet. eptet. W illow G len.

UNWINED U NWINED Thu, 7pm: Thu, 7pm: LLisa isa and and Mason. Mason. Night. SSat, at, 7-9:30pm: 7-9:30pm: JJazz azz N ight. SSan an JJose. ose.

WINE W INE A AFFAIRS FFAIRS Wed: A Wed: ADNB. DNB. TThu: hu: D Double ouble P Play lay Gus JJazz. azz. SSat: at: G us KKambeitz ambeitz Trio. Trio. SSan an JJose. ose.

CC&W/Folk &W/Folk BOSWELL’S B OSWELL’S Sun: Mike Sun: Mike LLeatherman. eatherman. CCampbell. ampbell.

TTue, ue, 77:30pm. :30pm. Irish Irish music. music. Mountain M ountain View. View.

SSAM’S AM’S B BBQ BQ Wed, 6 Wed, 6pm: pm: SSidesaddle idesaddle & CCo. o. 6pm: TTue, ue, 6 pm: CCabin abin Fever. Fever. San San JJose. ose.

THREE FFLAMES THREE LAMES RESTAURANT R ESTAURANT Thu, 9 Thu, 9pm: pm: LLive ive ccountry ountry m music usic with w ith Cowboy Cowboy LLarry. arry. Willow Willow Glen. G len.

Open O pen M Mic ic ANGELICA’S A NGELICA’S B BISTRO ISTRO Wed, 6 Wed, 6:30pm: :30pm: Open Open Mic. Mic. Tue, Tue, 77111pm: 1pm: Pro Pro Jazz Jazz Jam. Jam. Redwood Redwood CCity. ity.

BAREFOOT CCOFFEE BAREFOOT OFFEE R OASTERS ROASTERS Wed, 77pm: Wed, pm: Musical Musical open open mic. mic. SSign ign uupp bbyy 5pm. 5pm. Santa Santa CClara. lara.

BRITANNIA A BRITANNIA ARMS RMS CCUPERTINO UPERTINO Wed, W ed, 9 9:30pm: :30pm: Open Open Mic Mic Night. Night. CCupertino. upertino.

CCAFFE AFFE T TRIESTE RIESTE TTue, ue, 77pm: pm: O Open pen Mic. Mic. San San Jose. Jose.

CCITY ITY EESPRESSO SPRESSO Fri, 77-10pm: Fri, -10pm: Singers Singers and and m usicians. SSan an Jose. Jose. musicians.

MISSION M ISSION CCITY ITY R ROASTING OASTING CCO. O. Thu, 77pm: Thu, pm: SSouth outh B Bay ay FFolks olks Open Mic. O pen M ic. Santa Santa Clara. Clara.

POOR P OOR H HOUSE OUSE B BISTRO ISTRO TTue, ue, 6 6pm: pm: O Open pen Mic Mic Night. Night. SSan an JJose. ose.

RED R ED R ROCK OCK CCOFFEE OFFEE CCO. O. Mon, 7pm: Mon, 7pm: Cavin Cavin aand nd King’s King’s Open O pen M Mic. ic. Mountain Mountain View. View.

THREE FFLAMES THREE LAMES R ESTAURANT RESTAURANT Wed, 8 Wed, 8pm: pm: O Open pen M Mic. ic. Willow Willow Glen. G len.

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TTue, ue, 6 6:30pm. :30pm. O Open pen mic. mic. Santa Santa CClara. lara.

Sat, 6pm: Sat, 6pm: V Vagabond agabond Opera. Opera. FFree. ree. Courthouse Courthouse Square, Square, Redwood R edwood CCity. ity.

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Sun and Sun and Tue, Tue, 5pm: 5pm: Traditional Traditional music. IIrish rish m usic. SSan an Jose. Jose.

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Tegan & Sara I AVOIDED Tegan and Sara for the longest time—their artsy electropop was just a little too precious for me—but they won me over last year for two reasons. First, their album Sainthood was the best thing I’ve heard them do. Songs like Friday, 2pm (free), before opening for “Sentimental Tune,” “Someday” and “Arrow” PARAMORE at combined their flair for smart and earnest lyrics HP Pavilion (see item) with a real emotional punch. It was one of my favorite records of 2009, for sure. Second, when Streetlight Records NOFX released their hilarious, self-deprecating single “Creeping Out Sara” (in which NOFX leader Fat Mike recalls the true story of meeting her at a festival and asking a bunch of idiotic, non-PC questions about drugs and sex), the sisters seemed to actually get the joke. Some self-righteous T&S fans certainly didn’t. Typical was Mia Jones posting on the site afterellen.com: “The boys that form the band NOFX have done the unthinkable and attacked our community at its very core— they made a song dissing Tegan and Sara.” Really? Come on now. The sisters and Fat Mike apparently discussed at length how the song’s nondis had been twisted into a dis by fans and the media, but publicly, Tegan just put out a single tweet that referenced the song’s suggestion that she might be the cooler one of the duo: “nofx + t/s = lots of email/texts/blogs/ phone calls. i think punk in drublic is a great record. we r lesbians. sara was creeped. i AM cooler.” Brilliant. —Steve Palopoli THE T HE B BEARS EARS

BLUE B LUE BONNET BONNET BAR BAR

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

Wed-Thu aand Wed-Thu nd Mon, Mon, 8pm: 8pm: KKaraoke. araoke. No No ccover. over. Sunnyvale. Sunnyvale.

BENNIGAN’S B ENNIGAN’S GGRILL RILL ALEX’S A LEX’S 4 49ER 9ER INN INN Nightly eexcept Nightly xcept Sun, Sun, 9 9pm-2am: pm-2am: KKaraoke. araoke. SSan an JJose. ose.

SSat, at, 9 9pm: pm: KKaraoke. araoke. SSanta anta CClara. lara.

BLINKY’S B LINKY’S CAN’T CAN’T SAY SAY Fri, 9 Fri, 9pm-1am: pm-1am: D Danielle. anielle. SSanta anta Clara. Clara.

BLUE B LUE MAX MAX Fri-Sat, 9pm-1:30am: Fri-Sat, 9pm-1:30am: KKaraoke. araoke. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

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TTue, ue, 8 8:30pm: :30pm: A Acoustic coustic karaoke karaoke w/ Marshall. w / Sam Sam M arshall. Woodside. Woodside.

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

POINCIANA P OINCIANA LLOUNGE OUNGE Wed, 9 Wed, 9:30pm: :30pm: Wildside Wildside EEntertainment. ntertainment. N Noo cover. cover. SSanta anta Clara. Clara.

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

GGOOSE OOSELLOONEY’S OONEY’S

BOSWELL’S B OSWELL’S TTue: ue: D DJJ D Davey avey KK.. CCampbell. ampbell.

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BRITANNIA B RITANNIA A ARMS RMS SAN SAN JOSE JOSE Wed, W ed, 9 9pm: pm: KKaraoke araoke w/ w/ August. August. SSan an JJose. ose.

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ROSIE R OSIE M MCCANN’S CCANN’S TTue, ue, 8 8:30-11:30pm: :30-11:30pm: Karaoke. Karaoke. Noo ccover. N over. Santana Santana Row. Row.

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PEACOCK P EACOCK LOUNGE LOUNGE Fri, 8 Fri, 8pm: pm: D DJJ D Dancing ancing ffeaturing eaturing R&B, R &B, Top Top 40, 40, ’’70s/’80s/’90s. 70s/’80s/’90s. Dancing SSat, at, 9pm: 9pm: DJ DJ D ancing ffeaturing eaturing CChill, hill, R&B, R&B, Top Top 40. 40. SSun un and and DJJ aand TTue, ue, 9pm: 9pm: D nd ddancing. ancing. SSunnyvale. unnyvale.

PEARL P EARL Thu: ‘‘80s Thu: 80s P Party. arty. FFri: ri: FFamous amous with DJJ M Melkee w ith D elkee Magnetic Magnetic and and ddrummer rummer CCary ary LLascala. ascala. San San JJose. ose.

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TOON’S T OON’S TThu: hu: D DJJ M Madness. adness. FFri: ri: Performance Roaylty. DJJ P erformance bbyy R oaylty. Sat: Sat: D Mashups. Hip-Hop TTito’s ito’s M ashups. SSun: un: H ip-Hop Mon: SShowcase. howcase. M on: Mardi Mardi Gras Gras Monday. M onday. TTue: ue: LLadies adies YYou’re ou’re the the SStar. tar. San San Jose. Jose.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIESS (Mar ARIE (March ch 21–April 19): Wh When hen teen pop star Miley Cyrus Cyrus appeared appeared on David Letterman’s L Letterman ’s late-night TV show,, band leader P Paul TV talk show aul Schaeff SSchaeffer er asked her if she lip-syncs to pr pre-recorded e-recorded music during her performances. performances. Miley rreplied eplied thatt no, she never ffakes akes it. For evidence, she said, anyonee could go watch a YouTube from concerts. YouT o Tube u clip fr om one of her con ncerts. Sometimes she sounds terrible, terrible, which proves proves that she’s she’s risking the imperf imperfection singing urge ection of actually sing ging live. I ur ge you to follow follow Miley’s lead in your own spher ssphere, e, Aries. In the coming week, you rreally eally do needd to be as rraw aw as the law allows. Be your authentic se self, lf, please—with no Auto-Tune-like enhancements. Auto-Tune-like u

TAURUS T AURUS (April 20–May 20): Here’s H e’s your mantr Her mantra: a: BIG GREEN LLUCK EVERYWHERE. urge UCK EVER YWHERE. I ur ge you to say it frequently frequently in the coming days.. Sing it softly to yourself while you’r you’ree driving you your ur car or riding on public transportation. prayer before transportation. Whisper itt as a pr ayer bef ore each meal. BIG GREEN LLUCK EVERYWHERE. UCK EVE ERYWHERE. Chant it in rhythm to your steps as you wal walk. k. Murmur it to the tiny angel looking down at you fr from before om the ceiling just bef ore you drop you’ree dancing drop off to sleep. YYell ell e it out as a you’r beneath the sk sky. EVERYWHERE. It’ll y. BIG GREEN LLUCK UCK EVER YWHERE. It ’ll work its magic even if you don’t don’t know exactly why you’re means. you’re saying it or what it means s. GEMINI (May 21–June 20): Th This is is an excellent

time ffor elationship with your or you to rrevamp evamp your rrelationship body. aree aligned to help you. body. All the cosmic rhythms ar How should you go about it? Thee first thing to do is formulate example, formulate your intentions. For ex xample, would you like to ffeel moree perf perfectly Would eel mor ectly at home in n your body? W ould you rrevel freedom knowing evel in the fr eedom of know wing that the body you have is exactly right ffor soul’s or your sou ul’s needs? CCan an you picture harder picture yourself working har der to give your body the food food and sleep and movement itt rrequires equires to be at its best? If you have any doubts abo about proceed, out how to pr oceed, provide with ask your body to pr ovide you wit th clues.

CANCER (June 21–July 22): While W gr growing owing up, U.S. president in Indiana ffor president Abraham Abraham Lincoln lived l or 14 years. The Lincoln Boyhood Na National ational Memorial commemorates my friend Janet commemorates his time there. there. When W was 7 years old, her second-gr second-grade adde class visited the place. While strolling strolling around around outside, outtside, she ffound ound a Band-Aid on the ground ground and excitedly exccitedly assumed it had once graced Oldd Abe himself himself.. She graced a booboo on Ol took it home and secretly secretly used iitt as a talisman. When she rubbed it on her own wound wounds, ds, it seemed to have magical healing properties. properties. Only later did she rrealize ealize that Band-Aids weren’t weren’t inventedd until 55 years after Lincoln’s matter.. The artif Lincoln’s death. No matter aartifact act had done a superb job. I predict soon comparable predict you will soo n find a compar able placebo, Cancerian. Cancerian. LEO LE O (July 23–Aug. 22): Af Afghan ghan ffarmers armers gr grow ow a lot

poppies—moree than anywhe anywhere of poppies—mor ere else in the world. crop converted While most of the cr op is conver rted into opium and heroin, used create her oin, it could just as well be us sed to cr eate poppy trillion seed bagels—as many as 357 tr rillion of them by one you comparable estimate. The way I see it, Leo, yo ou have a compar able that’s choice ahead of you. A rresource esource that ’s neutral neutral in its natural harnessed rraw aw or natur al state could be ha rnessed in a rrelatively elatively cause. good cause or a not not-so-good so good ca use. And I bet you will be instrumental in determining which w way it goes.

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conducive to peace of mind thann not having any aphoristt Geor Georgg Christoph opinions at all.” German aphoris Lichtenbergg said that, and now II’m offering Lichtenber ’m off ering it ffor or you Aree you game? TTry experiment: to use. Ar ry r this ex xperiment: For seven opinions. days, divest yourself of your opin nions. And I mean all of them: opinions about politi politicians, icians, celebrities, immigration friends’’ immigr ation rreform, eform, rrockabilly ockabilly music, m your friends grace choices in mates—everything. For F this gr ace period, open-minded be utterly nonjudgmental and op pen-minded and tolerant. toler ant. Allow everything to be exactly e what it is weree other otherwise. without any need to wish it wer wise. By experiment’s experiment ’s end, you’ll probably probablyy feel feel more more relaxed relaxed than you have in a long time.

LIBRA (Sept. (S t 23–Oct. 23 O t 22): 22) The Th Latin L ti motto tt “Dulcius “D l i ex aspiris” “Sweetness out difficulty.” aspiris” means “S weetness ou ut of difficul ty.” It has a diff different from difficulty” erent meaning fr om ““relief relief e after difficul ty” or “character-building from difficulty.” “character-building fr om diffi culty.” It suggests a scenario in which a challenging experience leads not just to a successful outcome, bu butt also to a delicious, soothing harmony that would not noot have been possible without the difficul difficulty. ty. This is what whaat I foresee foresee coming ffor or you, Libra. Libra. SCORPIO SC ORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov 23–Nov.. 21): G Give ive the best gifts

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SSAGITTARIUS AGITT TA ARIU US (Nov (Nov.. 22–Dec. 21): “Do not think you will necessarily awaree of your own neccessarily be awar enlightenment,” said Zen Buddhist teacher Dogen. Which Whi h leads l d me to t say: “Do “D nott think thi k you will ill necessarily be aware aw ware of becoming a rrole ole model and potent influence.” influence..” The way I see it, either of those developments may maay happen in the coming weeks. weeks. Without suffering sufferingg any pangs of self-consciousness, you could suddenly higher,r, suddennly find yourself thrust into a higher brighter, brighterr, more more powerful poowerful state of being. I doubt there’ll there’ll be any stress Rather,, it will natur naturally stress or str sstrain ain involved. Rather ally occur while you’re strong-minded, you’rre being your str ong-minded, expansive self, self, trying tryying simply to rrearrange earrange the world to conform paradise. conform to your vision v of par adise. CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): Soon it will probably wrap probably be timee ffor or you to wr ap up the Season of Exploration. Exploration. You’ve You’vve surveyed surveyed the outlands and fringe areas now,, right? I’m guessing that you’ve areas enough ffor orr now reconnoitered thoroughly reconnoitered the the forbidden forbidden zones so thor oughly that you may not nee needd to do any mor moree pr probing. obing. Or am I wrong this? underestimating wrong about this s? Am I under estimating your longing to push out to th thee fr frontiers ontiers and beyond? Maybe your brushes wit withh exotic cr creatures eatures and tempting adventures moree adventures have whetted your appetite ffor or even mor escapades. I’ll tell telll you what, CCapricorn: apricorn: I’m going to trust your intuition Aree you rready intuitioon on this one. Ar eady to rrein ein in your risk-taking, aree you hungry ffor more? risk-takinng, or ar or mor e?

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