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Chambeer Musical Chamber Musical Chairss Chair Last week, PAT PAT DANDO, DANDO, who announced bback ack in in D ecember that that she she would would be be December lleaving eaving hher er post post as as Chamber Chamber CEO CEO at at the the eend nd ooff tthis his month, month, decided decided to to extend extend her stay in ofďŹ ce. ofďŹ ce. Her stated reason reason is tthat hat sshe he wants wants to to give give the the Chamber Chamber ssearch earch ccommittee ommittee more more time time to to ďŹ nd ďŹ nd the the perfect perf ect candida candidate. ate. What’s What’s more more likely is tthat hat she’s she’s kkeeping eeping tthe he sseat eat w arm for for warm PETE CCONSTANT. ONSTANT A T. The The lone lone Republican Republican oonn tthe he SSan an Jose Jose City City Council, Council, Constant Constant hhas as m ade no no secret secret of of the the fact fact that that he he made ccovets ovets tthe he Chamber Chamber gig—as gig—as well well as as the the Sheriff ’s job, if Laurie Smith departs, Sheriff’s w hich ddoesn’t oesn’t llook ook llike ike iitt w ill hhappen appen which will anytime soon. City Hall insiders suggest that he is loathe loath he to depart until the city deals with its current current $105 million bbudget udget ccrisis, risis, w hich iiss aalmost lmost gguaranteed uaranteed which to go up if (when?) (whhen?) Gov. Govv. JERRY JERR RY BROWN BROWN kkills ills tthe he Redevelopment Redevelopment Agency.

Agency. Mayor Mayor CHU CK R EED intends intends to to pass pass his his budget budget CHUCK REED ASAP, A SAP, and and Constant’s Constant’s vote vote is is crucial crucial iiff tthe he m ayor is is going going to to win. win. Still, Still, this this ďŹ ght ďŹ ght mayor could easily drag drag a on Don’t until June. So Dando, D forget who succeededd former former to tip!

Assemblymember A ssemblymembber JIM JIM CUNNEEN as as Chamber Chamber FLY@ CEO in the summer sum mmer METRONEWS. of 2005, must hold COM down the fort fort until u ssummertime. ummertime. Her Her presence ppr esence around arounnd the ofďŹ ce would also allow Dando— Dando—a —a celebrated celebrated micromicromanager—to m anager—to continue continue to to inuence inuence the the ccommittee’s ommittee’s ddecision. ecision. D ando isn’t isn’t ddirectly irectly Dando iinvolved nvolved in in the the search search process, process, but but she she ddid id llay ay oout ut criteria criteria for for the the Chamber Chamber sear ch commit tee chair GERRY GERR RY DEYOUNG DEYOUNG. search committee Having manage managed ed and owned photography photography studios over the th he course of three three decades, CConstant onstant has has small-business small-business experience experience and would be yet y another Republican in a long line of o Chamber CEOs. But some of the Fortune Foortune 500 companies in the valley— valley—such —such as Cisco, HP and Applied Materia als, who write the biggest Materials, ddues ues cchecks hecks to to the the Chamber Chamber every every

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Statements St atements lik like ke that are arre why wh hy it itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s b latantly apparent ap pparent that that the the city city blatantly do esnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t underst and thee issue. issue.â&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t understand Reed says R eeed sa ayys there there is no o estimate on how much money money the cit city ty would make m ake tthrough hrough an n auction. au uction. The The iidea dea iiss tto o rraise aise as as much much m oney as as possible possible money

tacckle the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perpetual perpetual to help tackle deďŹ citâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;estimatted at at a conservative conservative deďŹ citâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;estimated $ 05 million millio illion for fo or the th coming coming i ďŹ scal ďŹ all ďŹ sc $105 year. The proposal p oposal to cap pr cap the number number year. of collectives collectives within within the the city city at at 10 10 of was put put fforward orward earlier earlier this this month month was

by C ouncilmembers P ete Constant Constant by Councilmembers Pete and Sam Sam m Liccardo Liccarrdo and and Vice Vice Mayor Mayor and N yen.

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Chloupek e has been been pushing for fo or the Chloupek citty to take tak ke a more more nuanced nuanced approach, approach, city which would would systematically systematicallly eliminate eliminate which undesirable collectives collectivvees and limit or undesirable avo oid id lawsuits. law la wsu uits i . avoid By requiring requiring timely timely tax tax payments payments By back kgr ground checks ffor o or past felony feelon ny and background con nvictions v s, the city citty would cut out a convictions, signiďŹ cant chunk of the troublemakers, troublemakers, signiďŹ cant Chloupek says. says. The The number number of of clubs clubs Chloupek would be further further reduced reduced if if the the would city citty passed an ordinance, ordinance, which has d since since 1997, 19977, mandating that languished collectives to to be located located in in speciďŹ c speciďŹ c collectives areaas and away away from from schools, schools, zoning areas churches and an nd parks. parks. churches Councilmember Councilm member Pierluigi Oliverio Oliverio was the ďŹ rst ďŹ rsst public official to tackle tackle was the issue issue of of medical medical marijuana marijuan na the regulation in in 2009, 2009, but but inaction inaction on on regulation the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s part part aallowed llowed the the number number of of the collectives collectives to explode. explode. A According ccording to city memos, memos, there there were were 102 102 medical medical city

Drug W War ar a 2.0 0 Dave D ave H Hodges odges sstarted tarted tthe he fi first rst sstorefront torefront m edical m arijuana medical marijuana ccooperative ooperative iin n tthe he ccity, ity, tthe he S San an JJose ose C annabis Buy yers e C ollective, Cannabis Buyers Collective, iin n July July 2 009. H ays p oor llegal egall 2009.

Hee ssays poor iinterpretation nterpretation o on n tthe he ccity’s ity’s p part art h has as m ade p rogress iin n iinstalling nstallling rregulation egulation made progress so difficult, eeven ven after vvoters oters signed off med on the ttaxation axation of medical dical marijuana with the passage of Mea Measure asure U U.. ““The The o one ne b big ig d difference iff ffeerence is is that that they’re the y’re sa saying aying y over o ver and over—that over—that yyou’re ou’re iillegal llegal for for even even existing—is existing—is what w hat ggot ot u uss h here, ere,” H Hodges odges ssays. ays. ““What What has h ass h happened appened iiss tthe he m mayor ayor aand nd ccity ity aattorney ttorney h have ave focused focused al aall ll ttheir heir eenergy nergy on o n ggetting etting rrid id o off ccollectives, ollectives, instead instead d off focusing make o focusing on on how how tto om ake sure sure the the ccollectives ollectives ar aree op operating eratin ng efficiently efficiently. y.”

City C ity A Attorney ttorney R Richard icharrd D Doyle oyle ssays ays tthe he city city iiss b being eing fforced orced tto od deal eall w with ith a problem p roblem iitt d did id n not ot ccreate. reate. ““II ccall alll tthis his West, Doyle “because the Wild Wiild W eest,” Do oyyle sa ssays, ays y , “b ecause tthere here iisn’t sn’t a llot ot o off gguidance uidance ffrom rom tthe he orr tthe ffederal ederal ggovernment overnment o he sstate tate of of California.

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Att aany A ny rate, rate, D Doyle oyle does does not not seem seem too proposal. to o thrilled about about the eBa eeBay ay pr oposal. don’t know wee rrecommend ““II d on’t k now iiff w ecommend tthe he from staff level, Doyle says. auctions fr om a st aff le vel,” Do yle sa ayys. was mayor’s “That w as the ma ayor’s idea. i ” Ho dges, who has b eeen in nvolved Hodges, been involved battles with iin n legal legal b atttles w ith tthe he ccity, ity, ssays ays the city’s city’s p olicies crimin nalize policies criminalize direct ccollectives—in ollectives—in d irect cconflict onflict with with tthe he Compassionate Use Act. C ompassionate U se A ctt.

““It’s It’s not not legal legall to to cap cap a city city of of a peo ople p to 10 dispensaries, disp pensaries,” million people Hodges H odges says. says. ““Prop.

Prop. 2 215 15 vvery ery sspecifically pecifically was wass d esigned to to make mak ke it it designed easier to access access cannabis. cannabis.”

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In a p perfect erfect e world, R Reed eeed sa says, ayys, medic al ma arijuana would be be sold “at medical marijuana CVS and Walgr W Walgreens, eens, just lik likee hundr hundreds eds of other sub bstances that are are controlled controlled substances and ar aree p potentially ottentially a pr problem. oblem.”

T he ccity ity ccouncil ouncil h as no no p lans to to The has plans discuss d iscuss the the matter matter until until April April 12, 12, and an nd n o ccommittees ommittees will will be be studying studying the the no m atter b efore tthen, hen, ssetting etting u p a silent silent matter before up yyet et dramatic dram matic timetable timetable for for tthe he ffuture uture of medic al marijuana m Jose. medical in San Jose. ““If If they they do do aan n auction auction or or a lottery lottery or an ny kind d of p ool, yyou ou ccan an ttake ake it any pool, straight to the t bank k—the — y ccan an eexpect xpect bank—they m illions and and millions millions of of dollars dollars spent spent millions iin n litigation litigation from from the the clubs, clubs,” Chloupek Chloupek ssays. ays. ““It It iiss ab bsolutely tthe he w orst- casse absolutely worst-case sc enario thee city city could could consider. consider.” scenario

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year—might prefer someone less politically polarizing than Constant.

Some will recall the battle that erupted when the ChamberPAC tried to endorse LARRY PEGRAM— another right-wing Republican and former San Jose cop. If he doesn’t get the Chamber job, formerly “Big” Pete will still have some options: stay in City Hall and make a run for mayor in 2014, or take on Campbell Councilmember EVAN LOW in a 2012 race for the 24th District State Assembly seat.

Meanwhile, Dando has moved to The Villages, in the eastern hills of San Jose. That could very well make the lawmakers who represent that adults’ ccmmunity—US Rep. ZOE LOFGREN, County Supervisor MIKE WASSERMAN, and (especially) Assemblymember NORA CAMPOS— keep close tabs on her next moves.

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C omplicating tthe he m atter iiss a Complicating matter ffundamental undamental d iff ffeerence iin n the the difference w ay the various cit ty offi fficials view view way city officials ccollectives. ollectives. While Oliv e b erio elieves the Oliverio believes C ompasssionate u se A ct o 996 aand nd Compassionate use Act off 11996 llast ast yyear’s ear’s 779 9p ercent vvoter oter aapproval pproval percent o Measure U iindicates ndicates tthat hat m edical off Measure medical m arijuana h as a llegal egall p lace iin nS an n marijuana has place San JJose, ose, Reed Reeed bluntly disagrees. disaggrees. ““You You have have to to realize realize that that all all the the eexisting xisting operators operators ar re iillegal llegall w ithin ccity ity are within la aw,” Reed Reed e sa ays y . “They “They ha ave no rights law, says. have rights..”

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FFrance raannce Fines Google G g IT’S A pittance pittaance to Google, butt the $142,000 fine fi France’s Fr ance’s da data ata privacy regulator regulator slapped thee company with [Mond day] [Monday] ffor or inadvertently inadvertently harvesting har vesting consumer data with its its Street Street View cars does d set something of a precedent. pr ecedent.

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Meted out by France’s France’ss Commission nnationale ationale de ll’inf l’informatique informattiq et des liber libertés, rtés, or CNIL, the sanction is the agency’s highes highest st the penalty ever and th he first penal ty levied against againnst Google for for data collection practices p actices that have drawn pr drawn complaints from from dozens dozeens of countries. countries.

According A ccording to t the CNIL, though Googlee pledged to erase erase all the th private data data it collected, it “has not refrained refrained from from using the the of data identifying identifying y g WiFi access points p of individuals without their t the knowledge.” knowledge .” Worse, Worse, the company continues conntinues to collect dataa smartphonees accessing its Latitude on WiFi access acccess points via smartphones Latituud service, ser vice, without witthout clearly disclosing that thaat to Latitude users. And, And A done Google grant as it has do one in other countries, Goo ogle rrefused efused to gr ant harvest storee the inf information access to softwar ssoftwaree used to har vest aand nd stor ormattio interview engineer” or an inter v view with the ““rogue rogue engin neer ” it claims is rresponsible esponsiblee ffor or the whole debacle. have Google, of course, c continues to play the t penitent. ““As As we hhav said before, before, e we are are profoundly profoundly sorry sorry for for having mistakenly from unencrypted networks,” collected ppayload ayload data fr om unencryp pted WiFi network s,” Google’s Global Peter Google ’s Gl lobal Privacy Counsel P eterr Fleischer said in yet variation statement another va riation of the same statem ment the company hass

Patriotism & Patriotism Spectrum CCrunch runch AT&T A T&T executives on Monday T M made $39 their case ffor or the $3 9 billion off T T-Mobile.

The aacquisition cquisition o -Mobile. T he argument draped ar gument for for the deal, deal, dr aped in U.S. patriotism and the future futture of mobile broadband, br oadband, was madee to regulators, regulators, investors and consumers. consum mers.

Company executives—CEO executives— —CEO Randall Stephenson, general Wayne S tephenson, gener al counsel c W ayne Watts weree W atts and others—said others—saaid they wer confident that rregulators egulattors at the Federal Department of Justicee and Feder al Commission C Communications i ti C Com mission i i would ld approve appr ove the T-Mobile T--Mobile purchase. purchase.

“When you look at thee public interest inter est and customerr benefits, this transaction transaction is compelling,” com mpelling,” said Stephenson.

S tephenson.

Stephenson T-Mobile S tephenson said that the T -Mobile wireless acquisition is about wir w eless avoiding spectrum and avoidin g a crunch.

T-Mobile -Mobile Executives noted thatt T didn’t have the spectrum spectrrum to deploy LLong-Term ong--Teerm Evolution technology ttechnology. y.

Meanwhile, the joint company c will have better coverage. coverage..

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Did ‘Superm ‘Supermoon’ moon’ Causee Earth Earthquake?

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People P eople are are struggling to understand what caused the hugely hugely destructive earthquake and tsunami tsunam mi in Japan.

For some, “plate “plate tectonics” tectonics ” and ““random random chance” isn’t good enough. will be And this month, the moon m closer to the Earth than thaan it has been since 1993. So now there’s theere’s a dumb ““supermoon” supermoon” conspiracy conspiracy theory gaining steam.

The “supermoon” “supermoon” was named astrologer Richard by astr ologer Richar d Nolle.

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What’s What t’s New Pussycat? O Off alw ways listen to astrologers astrologers and course I always others on th he Internet Internet whenever I want the a rational rational explanation exxplanation ffor or something.

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D eclaring w ith colleagues colleagues that that Declaring with “funding of a war waar thatt costs costs over over $2 billion a week [is] unsustainable, u unsust ainable,” H onda, cco-chairman o-chairman o he Honda, off tthe C ongressional Progressive Progresssive C aucus’ Congressional Caucus’ T askforce o nP eacce aand nd S ecurity, w ent Taskforce on Peace Security, went p ublic with with a series series of of statements statements public ffollowing ollowing Gen. David o Daavvid Petraeus’ Petraeus’ W eednesdaay testimony testimon ny to the House Wednesday Armed Services Services C omm mittee.

Committee.

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But one day, while out shopping, Chu-Yang was struck with a bolt of inspiration. “I saw a bag that I liked, but it was really expensive,” she recounts. “I thought to myself, ‘I could probably make that,’ so I did.” The bag proved to be the first of many.

Chu-Yang is the designer and creator of Melinda Mae Handbags, a San Jose–based company that specializes in bags of all sizes, styles and designs. From wristlets and clutches to carry-all diaper bags and over-the-shoulder day bags, Chu-Yang has a bag for just about everyone. Her designs are functional and practical

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When asked about this, Chu-Yang details how her bags are great for a day out—the wristlets are big enough to hold the essentials: a phone, some cash and cards; the big bags are big

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enough “to put your life in them”— and have the functionality for a night on the town. “I really love live music and going out with friends,” she says.

“You can dress up a little black dress really easily with a bag.”

Unlike traditional clutches, ChuYang likes to add a bit of fun to the evening with her colorful and playful prints. “It’s hard to find a bag for a nice occasion that’s also fun,” she says.

“But I get bored with a plain black bag,” she admits with a smile. “I know they go with everything, but I get bored with them.”

To keep things fresh, Chu-Yang adds a new design to her line every year, and sees this as a way to keep growing as a designer and maker.

“I try to grow in terms of making something different each year,” she says. “I’m just constantly learning.”

As her business has grown, ChuYang has considered mass-marketing her bags, but she prefers the custom, one-of-a-kind attention that she’s currently able to give to each bag.

“A lot of people ask me, ‘Why don’t you manufacture these where you can make 10,000 at a time?’” she says. “But I really like that each bag is unique. That’s the whole reason I started making them.”

Finding herself in good company within the local maker scene, ChuYang has been pleasantly surprised at the amount of talent and support that she has discovered here. Through her network of connections, she has gotten Melinda Mae Handbags into several local and Bay Area stores including the Usuals, Eni-Thing, RAG SF and Modern Mouse. She is also involved in local maker fairs— including the upcoming SJ MADE on April 2—that illuminate the wealth of creativity in Silicon Valley.

“I’m really excited by the San Jose craft community,” she says and explains some of the ways that local creative types have helped her to launch and grow her business with tips, advice, collaborations, consignment and more. “The talent here is amazing and not a lot of people know about it,” she says, adding, “It’s exciting how all this art is coming to life in San Jose.”

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CAPERS Well-heeled sports bar and restaurant. $$$. Capers is a sophisticated restaurant that uses sports as its theme. Welldevised menu full of inventive recipes and delicious finger foods. 11am-10:30pm Mon-Thu, 11am-midnight Fri-Sat and 9:30am-10:30pm Sun. 1710 W. Campbell Ave. 408.374.5777.

LA PIZZERIA Italian. $$. La Pizzeria specializes in simple pizzas that stand on the strength of a few high-quality ingredients, expertly prepared.

Open for lunch and dinner daily.

11am-10pm Sun-Tue, 11am11pm Wed, 11am-midnight Thu-Sat. 373 E. Campbell Ave. 408.370.0826.

MICHI Japanese. $$. Sushi standards are transformed into palate-awakening presentations; culinary boundaries are stretched.

11am-10pm daily. 2220 S. Winchester Blvd. 408.378.8000 or 378.0838.

PSYCHO DONUTS Donuts. $. Psycho Donuts has taken rings of fried dough into new territory with flavors like apricot, the Cookie Monster (topped with Oreos) and Do-Nilla (sprinkled with bits of vanilla wafers) and the intimidating Psycho Donut, a maelstrom of marshmallow, pretzel and chile powder. 6am5pm Mon-Thu, 6am-11pm Fri, 7am-11pm Sat, 7am-5pm Sun. 2006 S. Winchester Blvd #C. 408.378.4540.

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

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NEGEEN Persian. $$. Mira

$$. Fun sushi meets fun surroundings in this zone.

11:30am-2:30pm and 59:30pm Sun-Thu and 11:30am2:30pm and 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 75 S. San Tomas Aquino Rd #1.

408.866.1323.

ghasemi, grilled and puréed eggplant in a tomato sauce with scrambled eggs, and kashk-e-bademjan, puréed eggplant topped with mint and a creamy yogurt sauce, are great, as are the kebabs. Don’t miss the excellent Persian ice cream. 11:30am-10pm MonThu, 11:30am-midnight Fri-Sat and 11:30am-9pm Sun. 801 W. Hamilton Ave. 408.866.6400.

TIGELLERIA. Italian. $$.

Tigelleria’s menu centers on fine cheeses and Italian salumi paired with tigelle, free-flowing, piping-hot flatbreads the size of mini pitas.

The bread forms the addictive heart of the meal. Lunch 11:30am-2pm and dinner 510pm daily. 76 E. Campbell Ave. 408.884.3808.

OLIO Mediterranean. $$$. Olio serves simple but expertly prepared Mediterranean food that dips into the underexplored cuisines of North Africa. Small but smart wine list.

Dinner 5-9pm Sun-Thu and 510pm Fri-Sat. 384 E. Campbell Ave. 408.378.0335.

TWIST CAFE AND BISTRO French and American. $$$.

Twist describes itself as “American food with a French twist,” but the menu includes Middle Eastern, Asian and Italian influences, too. Cafe 9am-3pm Tue-Sat, 9am-2:30pm Sun; Bistro 5-

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9pm Wed-Thu and 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 247 E. Campbell Ave. 408.374.8982.

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

CAFE TORRE New Italian. $$$. A gem tucked away in an unassuming little mall, with a sophisticated interior and congenial hosts. Even better is the great pasta and seafood.

Beer, wine. 11:30am-2pm and 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu and 5-10:30pm Fri-Sat. Closed Sun. 20343 Stevens Creek Blvd. 408.257.2383.

CUPERTINO BAKERY Indian and bakery. $. Don’t be fooled by the name. Cupertino Bakery is really a great South Indian restaurant. Unlike many South Indian restaurants, Cupertino Bakery isn’t vegetarian. Good lunch buffet for $7.99. Don’t miss the dosa and utthappam.

11:30am-9:30pm daily, but weekdays kitchen closes 2:305:30pm. 102521 S. De Anza Blvd. 408.517.9000.

DYNASTY SEAFOOD RESTAURANT Hong Kongstyle Chinese. $$$. Dynasty specializes in Hong Kong-style seafood. The seafood is very fresh, especially the creatures

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“We want to touch the wires to see if we can do weekly food-truck events,” says RYAN SEBASTIAN, co-owner of the TREATBOT dessert/karaoke truck and organizer of the event. “We’re trying to push it forward.”

SJ Eats will the largest food-truck market ever. The event will be held in the parking lot of the Fallon House at the corner of North Almaden Avenue and West St. John Street from noon to 8pm. In addition to Treatbot, look for KARA’S CUPCAKES, the WOW TRUCK and CHAIRMAN BAO. What’s so cool about food trucks? As Sebastian explains it, part of the appeal is finding good food in an unlikely package—a roach coach.

Treatbot is a case in point. Dessert and dance music out of a catering truck? Yep. “We’ve kind of turned up the absurdity quotient,” he says.

Plus: “There’s something cool about a food truck that’s supposed to serve low-rent food and getting something amazing,” he says.

Taco trucks have long been fighting the good fight and serving Mexican food on wheels, but in the past few years, the cool kids have discovered food trucks. Now you’ll find Korean food, barbecue, grilled-cheese sandwiches, Vietnamese food, roast chicken and Filipino food on wheels.

Because the trucks generally have no fixed address, Twitter has become the default mode of communication, letting followers know where the trucks are and adding to the urban buzz that surrounds the mobile restaurants.

Adding to the appeal of SJ Eats will be SJ MADE, a pop-up market to be held the same day in the nearby (and empty) Tied House restaurant.

Actually, SJ Eats grew out of SJ Made, a market that will draw as many as 60 local vendors selling locally made jewelry, clothes and crafts.

SJ Made is the brainchild of the good folks at the USUALS, a boutique on The Alameda featuring locally made apparel. The store was named best clothing shop in Metro’s Best of Silicon Valley issue earlier this month.

Good food. Cool handmade stuff. See you there. Check out www.sanjosemade.com for details.—Stett Holbrook Late breaking news: The owners of Double D’s sports bar in Los Gatos, Dean and Darin Devincenzi, will be opening a Mexican restaurant in the historic Victorian mansion occupied for many years by the Chart House and for a short while, Michelin star recipient Trevese.

swimming i i minutes i t bbefore f they arrive on your plate.

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11am-2:30pm and 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu and 10am-3pm and 5-9:30pm Fri-Sat. 10123 N. Wolfe Rd (in Cupertino Square).

408.996.1680.

FLORENTINE RESTAURANT Italian. $. Bold flavors, fresh ingredients and lavish portions. Casual to dressy. Beer, wine. 10257 S. De Anza Blvd. (plus six other locations, some

with ith ffullll bars). b ) 11:30am-9pm 11 30 9 Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri-Sat and 4-9pm Sun. 408.253.6532.

FONTANA’S California/Italian. $$$. A steady performer, Fontana’s rarely disappoints pasta lovers. Beer, wine.

11:30am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-10pm Fri, 5-10pm Sat and 4:30-9pm Sun. 20840 Steven Creek Blvd.

408.725.0188.

GOCHI JJapanese. $$$ $$$. G Gochi hi is a globally inspired izakaya (small plates) restaurant.

Most of the food is straightup Japanese fare, but there are a few American, French and Korean twists. Highly recommended. 19980 Homestead Rd. 408.725.0542.

LOON WAH Chinese. $. The kitchen produces good wokcentric dishes, but its main

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11am-9:30pm Mon-Thu and 11am-10pm Fri-Sun. 1146 De Anza Blvd. 408.257.8877.

TODAI Japanese. $$. Billed as a Japanese seafood buffet, Todai doesn’t limit itself to Japanese dishes. Pan-Asian and just plain odd specialties rotate. 11:30am-2:30pm and 5:30-9pm Mon-Fri and 11:30am-3pm and 5:309:30pm Sat-Sun. Cupertino Square mall (near Sears), 10123 N. Wolfe Rd #2001.

408.996.3444.

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BELLA LUNA RISTORANTE ITALIANO Italian. $$$. Sunny Tuscan hues saturate the interior, and the dishes of this downtown Palo Alto restaurant create a delicious illusion of dining in Italy on food prepared by Italian chefs. Beer and wine served.

11am-3pm, 5-10pm Mon-Sun, 5-11pm Fri-Sat. 233 University Ave. 650.322.1846.

BISTRO ELAN California French. $$$. The only problem with the menu is that it’s all tempting. Using seasonal produce, the chef allows flavors to speak for themselves. Wine, beer.

11:30am-1:30pm Tue-Fri. 5:309:30 Tue-Sat. 448 California Ave. 650.327.0284.

BISTRO MAXINE Cafe. $$.

Bistro Maxine is a bright, friendly little spot, a coffee shop and creperie rolled into one. If you’re lucky, you’ll snag one of the five indoor or two outdoor tables while perusing the long but straightforward menu. 8am-2pm 6-10pm Tue-Fri, 9am-4pm Sun. 548 Ramona St. 650.323.1815.

BUCA DI BEPPO Nondesigner Italian-American. $$. Like a Sicilian Christmas carnival in the ’50s, this party spot blends clutter, joy, high spirits and, oh yes, huge portions.

11am-10pm Sun-Thu, 11am11pm Fri-Sat. 643 Emerson St. 650.329.0665.

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magic: exceptional cuisine on oversize plates is whisked to tables as soon as it’s created.

Breakfast 9-11pm, Lunch 11am3pm, Dinner 5:30-9:30 MonFri, Brunch 9am-3pm Dinner 5:30-10pm Sat-Sun. 445 California Ave. 650.326.8640.

CAFE RIACE Trattoria. $$. An absolute joy. Every dish is made with honest expertise— no tricky trendiness here.

The homey offerings are based on wholesome Italian staples. Beer, wine. 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-10pm Mon-Sun. 200 Sheridan Ave. 650.328.0407.

CALAFIA CAFE AND MARKET A GO-GO Eclectic. $$. Calafia Cafe and Market A Go-Go combines elements of the fast-food world and the laborintensive slow cooking of more-high-end restaurants.

Chef and owner Charlie Ayers (who was Google’s first chef) calls his concept “slow food fast”—good-to-eat and good-for-you food that he hopes will appeal to Silicon Valley’s frenetic, too-busyto-eat pace of life. Look for good burgers, pizza, salads, and fresh fish. 11am-9pm weekdays; 9am-9pm SatSun. 858 El Camino Real.

650.322.9200.

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Full bar. 420 Emerson St. 650.326.0983.

FUKI SUSHI Japanese. $$$.

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

GORDON BIERSCH New American. $$$. Food takes equal billing with ambience and fine handmade beers at the first in this group of successful brewpubs. The menu is so fine-tuned, though, it could thrive even without a brewery attached. Beer, wine.

11:30am-10pm daily. 640 Emerson St. 650.323.7723.

Also 33 E. San Fernando St, San Jose, 408.294.6785.

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

650.494.7391.

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

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

Indian. $$$. This attractive Palo Alto restaurant serves eclectic modern Indian food, the kind you might get at an upscale restaurant in Bangalore or Mumbai. You could easily make a meal from the great selection of appetizers. 11:30am-2:30pm and 5:30-10pm Mon-Fri, 5:3010:30pm Sat. 150 University Ave. 650.329.9644.

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

Mediterranean. $. The lunch crowd turns out in force to grapple with the oversize, and messy, lamb and beef gyros, chicken gyros and other treats.

That’s especially true on sunny afternoons, when the sidewalk tables fill with folks downing the juicy sandwiches. 11am11pm daily. 498 University Ave. 650.327.0107.

KAN ZEMAN Middle Eastern/ Mediterranean. $$. A lively blend of Lebanese, Greek and Turkish cuisine fuels this

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LA BODEGUITA DEL MEDIO Cuban/California. $$$.

Themed after a vintage Havana haunt of Ernest Hemingwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, this zesty restaurant serves lively Cuban inďŹ&#x201A;uenced cuisine along with liquid staples like rum and mojitos in a handsome, casual atmosphere. Full bar.

11:30am-2pm, Mon-Thu 5:309:30pm, 5-10pm Fri-Sat. 463 S.California Ave. 650.326.7762.

LAVANDA MEDITERRANEAN Grill $$$. This urban grill at the top of University Avenue offers eclectic small tasting plates, along with heartier

fare such as roasted sea bass with chanterelle mushrooms and guinea fowl with sautĂŠed chard. 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Sun, 5-10pm Mon-Thu, 5-11pm Fri-Sat, 5-9pm Sun. 185 University (at Emerson).

650.321.3514.

MANTRA French, American and Indian. $$$. Mantra serves inventive French and American food that speaks with an Indian accent. It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fusion, but a more subtle blend of surprisingly compatible ďŹ&#x201A;avors and techniques.

Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Tue-Fri, dinner 5-10pm Sun-Thu and 5:30-10:30pm Fri-Sat. 632-636 Emerson St. 650.322.3500.

MAYFIELD BAKERY AND CAFĂ&#x2030; American. $$$. With its simple but handsome dĂŠcor, open kitchen fronted by a long counter and tidy stacks of split almond logs tucked against the wall for the great smelling

wood-burning oven, MayďŹ eld Bakery and CafĂŠ presents updated versions of seasonally driven Mediterranean and American classicsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;big, bold, rustic ďŹ&#x201A;avors and simple preparations that aim to let locally grown ingredients speak for themselves without any undue manipulation or pretence. You know the stuff: Niman Ranch burgers, spitroasted meats, frisĂŠe salads with crumbled bacon and a poached egg on top, pizzas, grilled ďŹ sh, crusty, fresh bread and hearty, satisfying desserts.

8am-4pm and 5-9pm MonFri; 9am-4pm and 5-9pm Sat-Sun. 855 El Camino Real.

650.853.9200.

OSTERIA Italian. $$. Authentic Italian cooking done by skilled chefs from Italy. Be sure to make a reservation, or youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be lucky to put a single foot through the door. Beer, wine.

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PAMPAS Brazilian steakhouse. $$$. Pampas is a meat lover’s haven. The $44 rodizio service gets you unlimited spitroasted meat. The sprawling side bar offers one of the most extensive selections of vegetarian options you’ll find in a nonvegetarian restaurant.

Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 5-10:30pm Fri-Sat and 5-9pm Sun. 529 Alma St. 650.327.1323.

QUATTRO RESTAURANT AND BAR Italian. $$$$.

Quattro Restaurant and Bar brings high-style, impeccably sourced Italian cuisine to the South Bay, an area that has about as many great Italian restaurants as it does snow days. Breakfast 6:30-11am Mon-Sun, lunch 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Sat and dinner 5:30-10pm Mon-Sun. 2050 University Ave. 650.470.2889.

REPOSADO Mexican. $$$.

Reposado offers modern, refined Mexican food served in a lively setting. The restaurant is easily one of Palo Alto’s most striking. The soaring, exposed beam ceilings make the dining room feel at once industrial and inviting because of the warm colors, wood accents and dramatic light fixtures. There’s a beautiful bar and cozy booth seating on one side and spacious table and banquette seating on the other. Great selection of tequila. 11:30am-10pm MonThu, 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat and 11:30am-9pm Sun. 236 Hamilton Ave. 650.833.3151.

RESTAURANT SOLEIL New American. $$$$. A mouthwatering menu and an elegant, golden-hued room shine together at Soleil, upstairs in the Westin Palo Alto. Local ingredients and provocative sauces create dishes worthy of the wine list.

Breakfast 6am-11am, Dinner 510:30pm. 675 El Camino Real.

650.321.4422.

ST. MICHAEL’S ALLEY New California. $$$. Reservations are a must at this smart bistro, whose menu includes inventive potato, meat and

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seafood dishes that tilt toward New American cookery. Beer, wine. 11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5:30-9:30pm Tue-Sat, Brunch 10am-2pm Sat-Sun. 806 Emerson St. 650.326.2530.

dinner trip from pork spareribs to boat-fresh seared suki tuna to a Calcutta curry. 4-6pm daily happy hour. Dinner at 5pm Mon-Sat and 4:30 Sun. 4261 El Camino Real. 650.849.9800.

SHOKOLAAT. Modern European. $$. Shokolaat’s open kitchen and pastry display counter are as gleaming and clean as a laboratory, a fitting setting for the restaurant’s technically precise, modern European cooking. Counter open 8am-9pm (to-go only 49pm), lunch 11:30am-2pm TueSun and dinner 5:30-10:30pm Tue-Sun. 516 University Ave. 650.289.0719.

VERO Italian. $$. Vero aims to offer truly authentic Italian food. The Palo Alto restaurant has had to make a few nods to American tastes but it mainly succeeds with its simple but satisfying food that’s a refreshing break from the same old pasta and pizza.

11:30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5:3010pm Mon-Sat. 530 Bryant St. 650.325.8376.

SPALTI RISTORANTE Italian.

$$. This restaurant focuses on locally produced Santa Cruz Mountain wines and small plates of food sourced from local purveyors and growers.

On Thursdays, if you can guess all the varietals in your flight of wine, it’s free. 11am-9pm daily.

431 Kipling St. 650.328.0450.

$$. Along with a handsome interior, Spalti offers good wine and sparkling flavors. Casual.

Beer, wine. 11am-2pm MonFri, 5-9:30pm Mon-Sun. 417 California Ave. 650.327.9390.

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

TAMARINE New Vietnamese. $$$. A mesmerizing back bar of natural bamboo and glass sleekly adjoins a wall showcasing original artwork.

Even the waitstaff is sleek, clad in Prada black. Entrees are gorgeous, and deeply aromatic. 546 University Ave. 650.325.8500.

THREE SEASONS Modern Vietnamese. $$$. Much of the menu is familiar, but the food at Three Seasons scores because of its superior execution and light touch. A cool, two-level dining room dominated by a striking circular stained glass ceiling and an ornate wooden bar that serves great cocktails help set Three Seasons apart, too.

11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri and dinner 5:30-10pm Sun-Thu and 5:30-11pm Fri-Sat. 518 Bryant St. 650.838.0353.

TRADER VIC’S PolynesianAmerican. $$$. A jungle gym of tiki gods—but a classy jungle.

Sip a high-class mai tai in the lounge before embarking on a

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Redwood City OLD PORT LOBSTER SHACK New England. $$. Made with lobster flown in from Maine, the lobster roll is simple but good: a toasted, buttery hot dog-style bun cradles fresh, juicy lobster meat. The Gruyère-laced lobster mac ’n’ cheese and lobster bisque are good, too. 11am-8pm MonFri, 11am-9pm Sat-Sun. 851 Veterans Blvd. 650.366.2400.

PAMPLEMOUSSE Cafe. $. Aside from owner Kelli Manukyan’s pastry skills, the cafe offers a number of tasty sandwiches, soups and quiches. 7am-7pm Mon-Thu, 7am-9pm Fri, 8am-7pm Sat, 8am-5pm Sun. 2401 Broadway St. 650.599.9714.

RED LANTERN Southeast Asian. $$. Scattershot pan-Asian restaurants often falter because their menus offer tepid examples of each cuisine, but Red Lantern shows confidence and mastery of a variety of cooking styles. Lunch 11am-2pm Mon-Fri, dinner 5-10pm Sun-Wed, 5-11pm Thu-Sat. 808 Winslow St. 650.369.5483.

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It took them a while to hit their stride, but they recorded their best album, Behind the Music, in 2002.

Two years later came their biggest single, “Bigtime,” thanks to, of all things, Wrestlemania 21, for which it was the official theme song. (AC)

YOUNG DIGERATI Blank Club, San Jose Wed – 9pm; free Disco’s second coming was never supposed to be like this—and if the Scissor Sisters had had their way, it wouldn’t be. But post–Passion Pit “dreamwave” quartet Young Digerati bring introspective lyrics and a strong rock propulsion system to the dance floor. Their remixes (for Panda People and Futurecop, among others) may be getting more attention than their own songs right now, but with its powerful percussion and clever internalizing of the NorCal/SoCal standoff, “The Dauphin” shows off their potential: “Why do the girls I like move to the south to start a brand new life?” and later, “I know this Valley sucks, but Southern California’s not for me.” (SP)

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Caravan Lounge, San Jose Thu – 10pm; free Going back to the basics of thrash and death metal is what Cremation Chamber is all about. Lead singer/ guitarist Frank busts out his best Trey Azathoth–influenced vocals while the double-bass ferocity thunders behind him. You know that scene at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark, where Major Arnold Toht’s face melts after they open the ark? It’s kinda like that.

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LOS LONELY BOYS Morris Daily Auditorium, SJSU Thu – 7pm; free I doubt these guys were ever lonely, but since their 2004 hit, “Heaven,” they’ve been spending most of their nights with thousands of fans. What these Texans did was find a way to bring Tex-Mex to the mainstream, a feat that no one has really ever been able to pull off, though a few have come close.

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Donations will also be accepted, with proceeds going to the Mexican Heritage Corporation. (SP)

SYMPHONY SILICON VALLEY California Theatre, San Jose Thu – 7:30pm, Sat – 8pm, Sun – 2:30pm; $39-$75 Symphony Silicon Valley muscles up to one of the grandest and most imposing of orchestral works: Brahms’ German Requiem, a masterpiece that is a program unto itself. The piece, written in the 1860s, was designed by Brahms for the concert hall rather than the church. It encompasses seven movements and a large chorus.

Gregory Vajda will conduct for the symphony; the soloists are Lisa Vroman and Matthew Curran; and the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale, led by Elena Sharkova, is 80 strong. (MSG)

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Celebration of art, music and skateboarding scene with DJ Ray Stevens, Mar 25 at wi Zions Restaurant, San Jose

EARLY MUSIC SOCIETY Mar 25 at 8pm, First Lutheran Church, Palo Alto Firs

MISSION PEAK BRASS BAND MI Mar 25 at 7:30pm, Smith Center, Ohlone College, Fremont

NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Mar 25 at 8pm, First United Methodist Church of Palo Alto M

CHORAL FESTIVAL Ma 26 at 8pm, Mar 27 at 4pm, Mar Mission Santa Clara de Asis.

EL CA CAMINO YOUTH SYMPHONY Bene concert with guest artist Benefit David Kim, Mar 26 at 7:30pm, D Flint Center, Cupertino.

VIVACE YOUTH CHORUS With Bach Bac Children’s Choir, Mar 26 at 7pm, SStone Church of Willow Glen.

PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

MCBANE & BUILD Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga Thu – 7pm; $20 Essential simplicity of folk melody is blended with the intricacy of trained musicians. Listening to violinist Matt McBane’s quintet, one recalls Eno repetitions and stark Cubist rhythms. Sample tunes: “In the Backyard,” where, one suspects, things aren’t going well; if there’s a family gathering here, it’s a Cheever-ish tangle of murmuring pride and tensions.

“Magnet” has trafficky chugging and an urban simmer. McBane and Build have done nine film scores; one day they will make someone’s indie film sound too good to be true. (RvB)

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TAYLOR EIGSTI TRIO Nichols Auditorium, Harker School, San Jose Fri – 8pm; $35 Pianist and Menlo Park native Taylor Eigsti got some lucky breaks at an early age, playing with David Benoit when he was 8 years old. By 12, he was practically a vet, opening up for the likes of Diana Krall and Al Jarreau.

He parlayed those early opportunities into jazz fame with the incredible energy of his playing and the sheer unpredictability of his improvisation.

He brings his trio—including bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Colin McDaniel—to Nichols Auditorium at Harker School. (SP)

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Streetlight Records, San Jose Sat – 5pm; free For San Jose rapper Dem One, a.k.a.

Demone Carter, kicking it old school isn’t just a point of pride—it’s his whole reason for rapping. He believes we’re in an era of corporate rap, and longs for the days of Rakim and KRSOne. It’s hard to argue (although all it takes is a listen to last year’s “Lost in the World,” Kanye’s collaboration with Bon Iver, to remember that hip-hop can still blow minds). What’s important is that Dem One walks the walk while he talks the talk on the mic. He doesn’t preach about it; what he took from his heroes is the importance of making a statement through one’s own story, and he has a gift for it. (SP)

Ben Benefit for Music in the Schools aand 45th anniversary concert, Mar 27 at 3pm, Costano Elementary School, East Palo Alto

RAGAZZI BOYS CHORUS Mar 26 at 5pm, First Congregational Church, Palo Alto; also Mar 27 at 5pm, Transfiguration Episcopal Church, San Mateo

SAN JOSE WIND SYMPHONY ‘Animals,’ co-sponsored by Humane Society, Mar 27 at 3pm, McAfee Center, Saratoga

CALDER QUARTET Mar 30 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford

HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR Mar 31 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga

MINGUS BIG BAND Apr 13 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford

RICKY MARTIN May 4 at 8pm, HP Pavilion

USHER May 29 at 7pm, HP Pavilion

NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK With Backstreet Boys, Jul 2, HP Pavilion

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Tony Quartuccio, Music Director Competition Winner: Will Chow, cello

Treasure Market

Sat , Mar 26, 8PM

March 25–27; Arrillage Center for Sports and Recreation, Stanford; $75/$100 opening night, $5 weekend

DeAnza Visual & Performing Arts Center, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd, Cupertino $20/15/10 www.novavista.org

The Cantor Arts Center raises some money for new acquisitions with its biennial resale benefit known as Treasure Market. The theme this year is Vintage in Vogue, and there will be all sorts of intriguing items for sale, ranging from antiques, posters (like Crema Medicata by E. Funati, pictured) and books to fine linens and jewelry, all donated by art dealers and private collectors. The weekend starts off on Friday at 6:30pm with a party featuring hors d’oeuvres, a silent auction and a show of vintage goods from the 1920 to the 1970s. The weekend sale hours are 10am to 2pm.

San Jose Wind Symphony

“Applause for Paws!”

Dr. Edward C. Harris, conductor George Sampson, narrator

a program of pet inspired works

Sun, Mar 27, 3PM

McAfee Center 20300 Herriman Ave, Saratoga $20/15/5 www.sjws.org

Ragazzi Boys Chorus Saturday, 5pm, First Congregational Church, Palo Alto; also Sun, 5pm, Transfiguration Episcopal Church, San Mateo; $10–$25 The popular boys chorus appears in a concert dedicated to familiar songs called “Made in America.” The program includes a wide variety of American selections—African-American work songs and spirituals, Civil War ballads, jazz and R&B.

Discover the Arts www.svArts.org

*stage Dance JUERGA With Koko de la Isla and Company. Flamenco Society of San Jose. Sat, 7pm. $10/$13. Historic Hoover Theatre, San Jose.

Theater

EQUUS Peter Shaffer’s intense drama presented by City Lights Theater Company.

Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun 7pm (Mar 27) or 2pm (Apr 3, 10 and 17).

Runs thru Apr 17. $25-$35.

City Lights, San Jose.

FOLLIES CONCERT VERSION A musical salute to great Broadway songs by Tabard Theatre. Fri, 8pm, Sat, 3 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Mar 27. $27-$35. Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose.

BLESS ME, ULTIMA The West Coast premiere by Teatro Visíon. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru Apr 3. $8-$20. Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater, San Jose.

CAROUSEL

Saturday, March 26 8am-6pm Watch it live at www.tedxsanjoseca.com

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Lyric Theatre presents the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Runs Mar 26-Apr 3.

This week: Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Other shows Thu (Mar 31), 8pm, Fri (Apr 1), 8pm. $26-$36. Montgomery Theater, San Jose.

LEGACY OF LIGHT San Jose Rep puts on the West Coast premiere of a new comedy about two women and their ideas about the importance of childbirth. Runs Mar 24-Apr 17. Previews ThuFri, 8pm, Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2 and 7pm, Tue, 7:30pm. Opens Wed, Mar 30. $25 and up. San Jose Repertory Theatre.

THE NORTH POOL TheatreWorks presents Rajiv Joseph’s thriller. Tue-Wed,

7:30pm, Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm, Sun, 2 and 7pm (no matinees Apr 2-3). Runs thru Apr 3. $27-$42. Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto.

TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Presented by West Valley Light Opera. This week: Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. Runs thru Apr 9. $18$30. Saratoga Civic Theater.

XANADU The musical about roller disco.

Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Runs thru May 8. $24-$44. Retro Dome, San Jose.

Comedy ROOSTER T. FEATHERS Wed and Tue, 8pm: New Talent Comedy Competition. $10.

Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm, Sun, 8pm: Laurie Kilmartin with Larry Brown and Grant Lyon. $12-$18. Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE IMPROV Wed, 8pm: Unfiltered. $12. Thu,

8pm: Carlos Mencia. $30. Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 9pm: Cedric the Entertainer. $45. Sun, 7pm: Thai Rivera, $14. San Jose.

Museums OPENING ART MUSEUM OF LOS GATOS “Classical Portraiture.” Works

by John Robert Peck, Andrew Ameral and Aaron Pavelis from the Florence Academy of Art. Mar 24-Apr 22. Los Gatos.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER Treasure Market 2011: Vintage in Vogue. Opens on Fri with a party, 6:30-9:30pm. Also Sat-Sun, 10am-2pm. Party $75/$100.

Weekend $5. Arrillage Center, Stanford.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART Kaleidoscope, featuring Indian food, dance and fashion in a benefit for educational programs. Fri, 7-10pm. $30/$40.

“Laboratory.” Installations by Kevin Appel and Ruben Ochoa.

Mar 26-Aug. 14. Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm. San Jose.

CONTINUING

“All Thought and Pleasure.”

Works by Squeak Carnwath.

Thru May 8. “The Everyday.”

Works by Stanley Goldstein.

Thru May 15. Tue-Wed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.

ABRAHAM VERGHESE

GALLERY HOUSE

NYT author and novelist. Sat, noon. Free. Barnes and Noble Westgate, San Jose.

“Clayful Shapes and Bodies of Art.” Works by Michael Ruiz and Catherine Merrill.

Reception Sat, 4-7pm. Show runs thru Apr 24. Wed-Sun, 10am-3pm. Redwood City.

STANFORD ART SPACES Paintings by Rajiv Khilnani, quilts by Yvonne Porcella, mixed media by Stell Zhang.

Mar 25-May 19. Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm. Allen Art Spaces, Stanford campus.

CONTINUING

CANTOR ARTS CENTER “True Colors: Rediscovering Pigments of Greco-Roman Marble Sculpture.”Thru Aug 7. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm,Thu, 11am-8pm.

Stanford.

Paintings and mixed-media

by Brian Caraway. Thru Mar 27.

Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm, Sat, 9am3pm. Mohr Gallery, Finn Center, Mountain View.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS AND TEXTILES “Earthly Paradise: Memory, Myth, Metaphor.” Textiles

by Carrie Houseman and Darbury Novoselic. “Eden Re-imagined.” Embroideries

by Leo Chiachio and Daniel Giannone.” “Boy Code.” A group show. “Modern Maya.”

Thru May 1. Tue-Sun, 10am5pm. San Jose.

TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION “Body Worlds Vital.” A detailed anatomical look at bodies in health and disease, based on the work of Gunther von Hagens. Mon-Wed, 10am-5pm, Thu-Sun, 10am-8pm. San Jose.

JOSHUA FOER

OPENING

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ART

“Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern and Contemporary Art From India.”

Thru Sep 4. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

Friends of the Library. Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun, 1-5pm. King Main Library, San Jose.

Galleries

MAIN GALLERY

“Size Matters.” A group show about concepts of scale. Thru Jun 18. “Urgency.” Installation

by Mike Rathbun. Thru Jun 4.

Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

SUNNYVALE LIBRARY Works by typographer and graphics designer Ralph E. Munoz. Thru May 31. Sunnyvale.

THOMPSON GALLERY “Dubberly Design Office: Imagining Software.”Thru Apr 8.

Tue, 11am-4pm, 6-7:30pm, Mon, Wed-Fri, 11am-4pm. Art Building, SJSU.

*books TED ATLAS

A booksigning for the author

STAGE

BOOK SALE

The author discusses how he became a memory whiz. Mon, 7pm. Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

“Of Light and Land.” Photos

by Jennifer Fraser, Robert Adler and Dan McLean. Mar 29-Apr 23. Wed-Sat, 11am8pm, Sun 11am-3pm. Enter through Printer’s Ink, Palo Alto.

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of “Candlestick Park.” Thu, 7pm. Free. Books Inc, Palo Alto.

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CHARLOTTE’S WEB E.B. White’s story. Mar 30-Apr 9. (Children’s Theatre of Palo Alto; 650.463.4970.)

DOCTOR NOIZE Children’s interactive concerts. Wed, 10am and 2pm, plus Apr 3, 3pm.

Children’s Theatre of Palo Alto. (Call 650.463.4970.)

KING OF GOLDEN RIVER California Theatre Center.

Sat, 11am, plus Apr 2, 7pm.

Runs thru Apr 2. $11/$12.

Sunnyvale Theatre.

RIKKI TIKKI TAVI Peninsula Youth Theatre Stories on Stage. Fri, 9:30 and 11am, Sat, 11:30am and 1:30pm. $8/$10. Mountain View Center.

SEUSSICAL JR. Los Altos Youth Theatre. Fri, 7:30pm, Sat, 2 and 7:30pm. $10/$15. Bus Barn Theatre, Los Altos.

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Small-Town Wisdom TEATRO VISIÓN takes its audience on a magical adventure in the new production Bless Me, Ultima (based on the novel by Rudolfo Anaya), as its protagonist, the young boy Tony, faces the confusing and often overwhelming journey of growing up in small-town New Mexico in the 1940s. Tony struggles to make sense of his religious heritage, going to catechism every afternoon and helping Ultima—the wise woman and midwife who delivered Tony—to work her herbal and spiritual magic in the evening.

Entwined throughout the conflicting doctrines is the violence that rends the small community, violence that takes the forms of ritual murder in the town and the war that’s pulled both of Tony’s brothers away 9c\jj D\# Lck`dX from home to fight, then pushed them home again forever changed by their experiences.

A Teatro Visión production Thursday–Saturday, 8pm, The brightest light in this show is the Sunday, 2pm, through April 3 beautiful nuanced performance by Lalo Mexican Heritage Plaza Lopez as young Tony. Lopez brings freshness Theater, San Jose and intensity to a role that would challenge a $8–$20 much older actor. Other standout performances include David Reyes Martinez as family patriarch Prudencio and Anees Guillen as Florence.

Mike Walsh’s minimalist sets bring order to this complex play, while providing a sense of simplicity and poverty. A good choice by director Elisa Marina Alvarado brings the silent but active characters of Death (La Muerte) and the Owl vibrantly to life (in vivid costumes by designer Deborah Rosas).

The live musical performance blended almost seamlessly with the recorded pieces, adding to the ambiance of the show.

GREAT GLASS AUCTION

Glass creations by Bay Area artists. Includes dinner and is sponsored by Bay Area Glass Institute. Sat, 5:30-9:30pm. $150 and up. Cultural Hall, Palo Alto JCC.

MARDI PAWS A benefit luncheon for ACGS Rescue. Sat, 11:30am-2:30pm. $26 (call 831.636.7559).

Ridgemark Club, Hollister.

SILICON VALLEY SPARKPLUS Premiere of CreaTV San Jose video on local activists. Thu, 5:30pm. Camera 3, San Jose.

Bless Me, Ultima falters in several spots, however. The dialogue switches from English to Spanish have neither rhyme nor reason, and the supertitles fail to translate key words, so important parts of the plot are easy to miss for some audience members. The supertitles also fell prey to technical problems on opening night. The first act is front-loaded with dream sequences and tiny scenes of Tony’s early childhood that create confusion and add nothing to the plot. Another problem is the intrusive presence of the narrator, an older Tony who’s typing his life story and telling the audience what’s just happened in the previous scene or what’s about to happen in the next one.

The confusion and heavy exposition lighten up in the second act. Scenes get longer, allowing the actors to generate energy and move the story forward.

They also get the chance to play up the show’s humor, including a fall-on-theground-rolling funny Nativity show.—Liz Hamill

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Mane Event IT IS HARD to imagine a more hideous crime than the one that inaugurates Peter Shaffer’s controversial play Equus—the blinding of several horses by a young stable hand. The apparent senselessness of the act, as much as its violence, is what makes it disturbing. Why would anyone, even a mentally deranged person, do such a thing? Equus caused quite a stir when it premiered in 1973 and again in 2007 with a revival featuring Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame in the role of the culprit, Alan Strang.

The current production at City Lights Theater Company in San Jose, directed by Kit Wilder, is also a highly provocative one.

The play is something of a highbrow detective story, with psychiatrist Martin Dysart (Steve Lambert) trying to uncover the motive behind the crime. Dysart draws out bits of information from his evasive patient (Sean Gilvary) and interviews Strang’s oppressive parents (Beverly Griffith and Michael J. West). Gradually, he uncovers the boy’s complicated relationship with horses, which involves religious worship and sexual obsession.

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Though he wants to help Strang, Dysart has reservations about his own methods. As he reflects on his own dull existence, he begins to envy Strang’s painful and dangerous yet incredibly passionate life. Dysart equates psychiatry with human sacrifice: his patients are offerings to “the indispensable, murderous god of health,” a deity no more valid than the “Equus” worshiped by Strang.

One needn’t subscribe to this postmodern nonsense to appreciate the pure human (and equine) drama of Shaffer’s play or the artistry of City Lights’ production, which is emotionally intense and visually striking. As Alan Strang, Sean Gilvary inspires a range of emotions, from disgust to pity.

He also beautifully accomplishes Strang’s harsh, piercing stare. The look is interpreted differently by each character: Dysart sees it as accusatory and Strang’s human love interest Jill (Beth Boulay) finds it sexy, while the sympathetic judge Salomon (Monica Cappuccini) sees it as a cry for help. Which, if any, of these interpretations is correct is for the audience to decide.

One of the most impressive parts of the show is the chorus of rhythmically dancing horses, which often serve as a sort of silent chorus, observing what happens onstage and commenting by stamping their feet. The actors portraying the animals wear skeletal masks that leave their human faces exposed—a particularly haunting effect.—Sean Conwell

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What can a new version bring? The answer is all the freshness, intelligence and sensitivity of a major new director, as well as a shining performance by Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland).

This Jane Eyre is atmospheric yet unself-conscious—maybe the best film

version ever. It is directed by former Santa Cruzan Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre).

Fukunaga says he hasn’t been to Santa Cruz in the 11 years since he graduated from UC–Santa Cruz, “but I could probably drive Highway 17 with my eyes closed.”

I had interviewed Fukunaga right before the release of Sin Nombre. He had then had the air of someone cornered by both fame and the press. For our Jane Eyre interview, he was engaging and well dressed, with a tweed cap and with a small gold Hand of Fatima dangling at his throat; accompanying him on interviews was Wasikowska.

Seeing her recalled the feeling I had when learning that she had been cast as Jane Eyre and worrying that she was too beautiful for the role. On camera, she turns out to be the perfect Jane: pale, her hair tightly braided and dyed a dull brick red, embodying the fine bones and honesty of the bravest Gothic heroine.

Fukunaga said that he was a fan of

just one movie version of the tale. He meant the 1943 version starring Los Gatos’ own Joan Fontaine. Fontaine is described as “a strange wild elfin creature” despite being palpably frail, meek and in her mid-20s. However, the 1943 Jane Eyre is two-thirds film noir. And as the haunted Rochester, Orson Welles delivers his lines with a voice that indeed sounded as if it had rumbled out of a rocky chest.

Fukunaga has for his Rochester Michael Fassbender. This compact, glowering actor reminded me of something David Thomson had suggested: was it at all possible that Peter O’Toole had been Welles’ illegitimate son? Fassbender is midway between the two actors, more harrowed and more hurt than either.

Moira Buffini’s script makes the smart and unusual choice to circumvent Jane’s horrifying school years (the 1943 version adapted this section impeccably). Jane is first seen in transit between Thornfield Hall and what is usually the slowest part of the tale: her time with the churchly St. John Rivers and his good sisters.

It’s been said that some of the hardest kind of acting is acting in the rain. In the first scenes here, Jane is homeless, soaked and in anguish. “Yes, that’s pretty much where we started filming,” said Wasikowska. “I remember precisely

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because I got hypothermia. I thought that was something that was really great about the script, that it started with an instant mystery.”

Fukunaga added, “I really like that the first few scenes are at the Rivers house. You don’t know if you can trust Jane, but you connect with her on an organic level.”

Fukunaga establishes the loneliness of the moors immediately with lens flare and the live sound of the winds slamming the microphones. “The wind wasn’t deliberate,” Fukunaga said. “I don’t like rerecorded studio sound generally. I prefer to go with dirtier sound. It’s always a battle with everyone in the room: I’m saying, ‘I get it, I can hear what everyone’s saying,’ and they say they can’t hear. We have to balance it out between us.”

These first scenes, shot in the Peak District of Derbyshire, aren’t too far from the novel’s locations. According to Fukunaga, “I wanted to make this Jane Eyre authentic, couched in reality. A lot of versions of Jane Eyre use voice-over.

But there’s only one scene in our film where we actually hear Jane’s narration.”

Fukunaga wasn’t opposed to using narration—“I do like films with a lot of voice-over,” he says, as a fan of Terence Malick’s cinema. “In Malick films, the narration isn’t just there to deliver info,” he said. “It’s part of the music and the poetry of the film. It’s much more lyrical. It meanders.”

Jane’s voice is unmistakable: the book is about a solitary girl watching the people around her, guarding her feelings from those who have the power to hurt her. Mia Wasikowska joked that Jane would be a blogger today.

Wasikowska explained that “it’s very easy for period films to get melodramatic. There’s so much info about what’s happening in Jane’s head.

That was the biggest challenge from start to finish. You’re hearing every thought in her head—how do you transfer all that info?”

Jane Eyre is a story of cruelty, mostly.

Sin Nombre was hard stuff to take, with extreme gangster violence. But this Gothic tale is in its way just as horrifying: a story of imprisonment, possession and young girls done to death in a wretched school for the poor. I told Fukunaga a story of Martin Scorsese selling his version of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence to the press: “This is the most violent movie I’ve made.”

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New BATTLE: LOS ANGELES (PG-13; 116 min.) Like alcohol, the movie is taken as a stimulant, but the depressive qualities overwhelm that buzz, pronto. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a major sedative to yet another cheated audience, dull despite the (at least) 1,500 edits and furious yet substandard pixel wrangling against clam chowderâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;colored cityscapes. The troops battling the alien invaders are led by a sternly jawed Aaron Eckhart. What is the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s saddest moment? It could be Michelle Rodriguez as an Air Force pilot, saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get here because Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a pretty faceâ&#x20AC;? (obviously not, when she falls 60 feet and doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get anything more than a scratch). Worse, perhaps, is a reference to Eckhart â&#x20AC;&#x153;doing some real John Wayne shitâ&#x20AC;? followed by younger Marine asking, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s John Wayne?â&#x20AC;? Cinematically speaking, the ground Wayne cared for is being ploughed with salt here. But in mentioning Wayne, the ďŹ lmmakers are superstitious enough to throw a little of that salt over their shoulders. Incidentally, the production company name is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Original Film.â&#x20AC;? It is to laugh. (Plays valleywide.) (RvB)

sedate but intriguing study of an afternoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s encounter. The two who meet for conversation: a French lady (Juliette Binoche) who works in an expensive Tuscany antique shop and an art historian, little read in his native England but visiting Italy to give a lecture.

The topic is his book, also titled CertiďŹ ed Copy: Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an attempt (countering Walter Benjamin) to argue for the preciousness of the copy of a work of art. But his argument in print masks his own inner lack of persuasion. The lead, William Shimell, is a real discovery; an ironical natural actor better known as an operatic baritone.

(Plays at the Aquarius in Palo Alto.)

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES (PG) A second installment in a series based on the popular kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; books. (Opens Fri.)

HEARTBEATS (Unrated; 95 min.) See review on page 43. (Opens Fri at Camera 12 in San Jose.)

I AM (Unrated; 76 min.) See review on page 44. (Opens Fri at Camera 12 in San Jose.)

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THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED (PG) A father hopes to connect with his brain-damaged son. Stars Julia Ormond, Lou Taylor Pucci and J.K. Simmons. (Continues at the

Aquarius in Palo Alto and CinĂŠArts Santana Row.)

OF GODS AND MEN (R; 122 min.) A drama about Trappist monks in Algeria. Stars Michael Lonsdale and Lambert Wilson. (Plays at the Guild in Menlo Park and opens Fri at Camera 3 in San Jose.)

SUCKER PUNCH QUEEN OF THE SUN (Unrated: 83 min.) See review on page 44. (Plays Sunday at 7pm in Cupertino at BlueLight Cinemas.)

RED RIDING HOOD (PG-13; 100 min.) A disaster. And one hopes for the sake of fantasy movies that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not as expensive a disaster as it looks. The main problem is the wretched David Leslie Johnson script, Johnson being the hand behind the risible Orphan. Despite some hints of the taleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s menstrual imagery divined

by Freudians (with a â&#x20AC;&#x153;blood moonâ&#x20AC;? and whatnot), Johnson ends up making the people of a fairyland village sound like modern-day Ohioans. Then he patches the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s multiple leaks with tarlike gobs of narration.

The red-caped heroine (Amanda Seyfried) is here caught in a gossipy town struck by a witchhunt and repeated wolf attacks.

As the witch-ďŹ nder general: Gary Oldman, who always seems on the border of a Transylvanian accent as he fulminates away, stuck in this Thomas Kincaidâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;lit hamlet.

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squandered again. One hoped for a good proto-feminist take by director Catherine Hardwicke.

Instead one got something with all the most vexingly, simpleminded, plot-delaying tactics of an 800-page Stephenie Meyer prose cinderblock. (Plays valleywide.)(RvB)

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(PG-13) A tale of alternative reality in which a girl (Emily Browning), stuck in an institution, imagines revenge on her evil stepfather. Also stars Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Garla Gugino and Jon Hamm.

(Opens Fri.)

TO CATCH A DOLLAR: MOHAMMED YUNUS BANKS (Unrated; 74 min.) One-night-only presentation of a documentary on microďŹ nancing, with the Nobel Peace Prize winner Yunus viewed as he demonstrates the radical new method of small-loan distribution that bypasses the predatory, high-interest loans that keep Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s poor enslaved. Suze Orman is the guest star. (Plays Mar 31 at 7:30pm in Palo Alto at the Aquarius Theater; Tocatchadollar. com) (RvB)

WINTER IN WARTIME (Unrated; 100 min.) A French ďŹ lm about a menage a trois. (Opens Fri.)

Revivals HARRY POTTER AND ORDER OF THE PHOENIX/PRINCE (2007/2009) Loads of chiaroscuro in these wintery installments by David Yates: lowering skies and lightless groves, hiding herds of centaurs. Harry is expelled from Hogwarts; the school is purged by a dithering, vindictive Ministry of Magic bureaucrat: the Margaret Thatcherâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;like Dolores Umbridge

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Dumbledore (Michael Gambon), the storyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Churchill, needs to know what Slughorn knows. The wartime

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Triangulation THE BAD generic title Heartbeats has been grafted onto the Canadian import Les Amours Imaginaires. (There used to be a day when the art-house fans could translate a diďŹ&#x192;cult French sentence like that.) The chicness of this Montreal-made pastiche may leave some cold, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a sleek and colorful cinematic jackdaw.

Lovely plumage is on view as a seriously equilateral triangle of lovers re-enact a version of TruďŹ&#x20AC;autâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jules and Jim.

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Hazel-eyed Marie (Monia Chokri) is a slave to the retro, even if it means she gets accused of dressing like a 1950s housewife.

She and her homosexual friend Francis (star and director Xavier Dolan) encounter a devastating love object: a trust-funded Adonis of indeterminate sexuality, Nicolas (Niels Schneider). He is just about too beautiful and too cool to live. He becomes a wedge between the two friends, who used to get along cozily, scathing the fools and bad dressers in their vicinity. They both go crazy trying to court this golden-haired love object, following him up to his motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s place in the country.

Dolan makes a perhaps dubious decision to intercut the action with excessively zoom-lensed confessional testimonials from other victims of love. This seems discursive even by Francophonic

cinematic traditions, distracting from the matter at hand. Dolan has an auteurist bent, since he designed the costumes and the dĂŠcor as well as directed. We see here what seems like an entire community trying to raid the French New Wave. He has transform Montreal into a â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s Paris without cutenessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a state of ?\XikY\Xkj mind, of deďŹ nition and Unrated; 95 min. intellectual rigor, rather Opens Friday, than of borrowed visuals.

Camera 12, The soundscape includes San Jose the one-named Italian/ Egyptian singer Dalidaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s version of Sonny and Cherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bang Bangâ&#x20AC;? coming up repeatedly like the Mamas and the Papas on a Wong Kar-wai soundtrack. Sometimes, the groan of a Bach cello signals stuďŹ&#x192;er overtones, as in a tinted love scene where a single breast is oďŹ&#x20AC;ered up like a plate of nouvelle cuisine.

Dolan is happier with the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;60s method of idealization: the slo-mo sway of Marieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rather nice behind or the studies of her cowled like Audrey Hepburn and delivering cafe observations like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smoking a cigarette is like forgetting.â&#x20AC;?

Heartbeatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tone may be serious, but the ďŹ lm is refreshingly never self-serious. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Richard von Busack

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BILLED WITH Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Mononucleosis protectionus! Such is the spell the students of Hogwarts need, as an epidemic of snoggery leaves the student body with bruised feelings

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view of Englandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the row houses and twisted Whitechapel-like brick alleysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;is comfortingly like ďŹ lm noir. In the dark, the wand-carrying wizards are on patrol, like gunmen waiting for an intruder. (Plays in San Jose March 26-27 at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

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New Agers COMPARE and contrast two New Age documentaries: straight out of Cinequest is I Am by Tom Shadyac (Ace Ventura, etc.).

Shadyac tells of how a bad fall from a bicycle left him with broken bones and post-concussion syndrome. When he recovered, he decided to make a ďŹ lm about the essential problems of the world. The title is not a reference to Jehovah but to a G.K. Chesterton quote. Shadyac put a microphone in front of some renowned people: Rumi scholar Coleman Barks, Desmond Tutu and populist radio host Thom Hartmann among them.

Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m certain Shadyac is sincere, but there are two problems to a ďŹ lm that will surely make What the Bleep. . . fans sit up and applaud. The ďŹ rst is the way Shadyac calls attention not just to his message but also to his pedestal. I mean the background of fame and wealth that makes Shadyac worthy of the company of these sages, even if they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t heard of Shadyacâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hugely grossing comedies. The second problem is, in a word, ďŹ&#x201A;apdoodle: a twirl through the kind of Northern California cryptophysics that supposedly proves that loving attitudes in our hearts can magnetically eďŹ&#x20AC;ect change. Maybe so, but a lot more gets accomplished by justly angry people.

By contrast, there is the one-night stand of Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees

Telling Us? on March 27 at the BlueLight Cinemas in Cupertino; it is a bigger favor to pagans. San Francisco director Taggart Siegel (The Real Dirt on Farmer John) makes a plausible case for bee worship in an era of Colony Collapse Disorder. Ceaselessly pollinating our plants, slaving in darkness @ 8d to give us honey and candlesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and Unrated; 76 min. what do they get in Opens Friday, Camera 12, San Jose return? Exploitation, unfortunately.

For example: the Hl\\e f] almond crop in k_\ Jle California requires Unrated; 83 min. a huge shipment of Sunday, 7pm, pollinating bees in BlueLight Cinemas, plastic-wrapped hives, Cupertino dosed with corn syrup and antibiotics. On the job, bees mix with alien specimens, carrying diseases to which they have no defense.

The lyricism here in the service of our sting-y but never stingy pals is everything Taggart intended. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll make a bee hugger out of you. Pesticides, mites, habitat loss and corporate farming are doing their dread work. But this engaging and surprising documentary suggests the disaster may be avoided. This movie deserves its buzz. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Richard von Busack

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KFJC PSYCHOTRONIC FILM FEST In glorious 16 mm: Pictures of matchstick men, sailors ďŹ ghting in the dance hall, look at those cavemen go. BeneďŹ ts KFJC-FM (89.7). (Plays Mar 26 at 7pm in Los Altos Hills at Foothill College, Room 5015; bring $2 in quarters for parking; www.kfjc.org.) (RvB)

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(1938/1936) Bette Davis stars as a scarlet(-clad) woman who scandalizes New Orleans, until redemption beckons. Henry Fonda co-stars as her ďŹ ance; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s aptly remembered as a study for Gone With the Wind. BILLED WITH The PetriďŹ ed Forest. Primordial version of the avant-garde bit about the home invader who strips bourgeois softies and tough-talkers alike of their illusions. In a gas station in the howling Arizona desert, a mixed group of travelers sort out their fates. Depression extremism meets haute-poetic Jazz Era difďŹ dence: burgers vs. Bourges (France).

Lumpen dirt miners and caravaning plutocrats are the groundlings at this epic battle. Debuting, in a sense, is Humphrey Bogart, as John Dillinger surrogate Duke Mantee. Bogart steals the show at gunpoint from the ostensible star: Leslie Howardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s half-smiling aristo, doomed to walk the burning sands as penance for adultery. Perhaps overdressed as a frontier waitress, Bette Davis is theatrically ardent, gleaming. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s turn to the presence of Porter Hall as her dad, gas stations owner/paramiliatary boob.

Hall sits in for the one party missing at this feast: the threat of insurgent fascism. (Plays Mar 26-28 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

Regularly scheduled programs of silent films. Mar 26: The Hottentot (1922). Mistaken-identity comedy about a meek character mistaken for a famous jockey; the title refers to the bad-tempered thoroughbred heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forced to ride.

BILLED WITH A Safe Investment (1915), starring Drew Barrymoreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great-grand uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew. And Bad Boy (1925) with Charley Chase. Jon Mirsalis at the Kurtzwiel. (Plays Mar 26 at 7:30pm in Fremont at the Edison Theater.)

ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) Barely Legal stars. (Plays Mar 26 at 11:59pm in San Jose at Camera 3.) (RvB)

SATAN MET A LADY/ THE GOLDEN ARROW (Both 1936) The Maltese Falcon by another name, with the Horn of Roland as the dingus, and the slick-as-a-ball-bearing Warren Williams as detective â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ted Shane.â&#x20AC;?

Bette Davis is his loyal but shrewd secretary. BILLED WITH The Golden Arrow. Davis plays a cafeteria cashier mistaken for an heiress; George Brent is the newspaper writer who makes the mistake.

(Plays Mar 24-25 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

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Indeed, the dark beat of the group’s 2006 self-titled debut did plenty to cement that image. A horror-movieinspired video for the Top 10 alt-rock hit “Tear You Apart,” directed by

Joaquin Phoenix, added to the vibe (the other video, for “These Things,” had Shirley Manson of Garbage cleaning blood off a bathroom floor).

But what fans heard on that album and the 2007 follow-up, This Is Forever, is only one side of the band, Bravin insists.

“The second record was really kind of an extension of the first record. We sometimes say the first record can be considered the night before, the second record can be considered the morning after. They’re definitely companion pieces, they go together,” he says.

Some indication of that can be heard on the two EPs that She Wants Revenge have released since then, especially the funk-driven Up and Down.

“The truth is, we’re hip-hop heads,” says Bravin. “We grew up listening to everything from Prince to Public Enemy and A Tribe Called Quest, Run-D.M.C., Funkadelic and Parliament, all that stuff.”

But when they started work on their soon-to-be-released third album, Valley Heart, they wanted to defy expectations even more.

“What we decided to do on this record was to make a real serious point about not repeating anything that we’ve done musically. We’d be in there playing something and be like ‘No, man, that sounds like this song or that idea we already did. Let’s scrap it and start over.’ We really tried our best to shed all the influences.”

Those influences, Bravin admits, were worn on their sleeves for several years. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, they heard bands like Depeche Mode, New Order and the Cure on KROQ, and channeled them directly into their early songs.

“The first two records, we were never shy talking about our influences,” he says. “There were a lot of influences on the first record. Some people got ’em right, a lot of people got ’em wrong, but they’re there.”

The most ironic part is that She Wants Revenge is compared to Joy Division more than any other band, but that apparently has more to do with Warfield’s deep voice, since Bravin says Ian Curtis was never really an influence.

“We make music based on the music that we grew up listening to.

When we were listening to KROQ as kids, no one was playing Joy Division,” he says. “You might catch ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ on a weekend on some specialty show. But we were New Order fans, we listened to ‘Blue Monday’ and ‘Perfect Kiss.’”

Bravin hasn’t yet come up with a way to describe how their music has changed on Valley Heart. But the two singles already released offer some clues.

“Take the World” is more atmospheric than previous She Wants Revenge songs, evidence that the duo have indulged their love of soundtracks for ’80s films like Blade Runner. (The video, directed by Bravin, even opens with a quote from Ridley Scott’s 1982 cult favorite). While still dark and danceable, the song borrows more from the Smiths (including a near-quote of “How Soon Is Now?”) than anything that could be classified as goth.

Likely to be more controversial with fans is the most recent single, “Must Be the One,” an upbeat, almost U2-like anthem. Bravin has heard a lot of different reactions from fans to the song on this tour, including disbelief that She Wants Revenge could write a “real” love song.

“Justin chose to write about a different side of love,” he acknowledges.

“But that’s not to say the whole album is that way.”

Indeed, he’s already preparing himself for the next box people will try to put them in: “People, I think, are quick to assume just because they hear one song that’s not so dark, suddenly we’re these two guys who are going to start wearing fluorescent colors. That’s not going to happen.”

Still, Bravin and Warfield are both happy to let fans see a new side of the band.

“I think a lot of people will be surprised by the single, but I think when the album finally comes out and they hear it in its entirety, they’ll realize that it’s always us,” he says. “We’ve made a lot of music together, we’ve made a lot of music separately, and I think we can both agree on the fact that this is the best music we’ve ever made.”

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Buried At Birth Thursday at Johnny V’s, San Jose, 9pm; $5 Combining grindcore, thrash and powerviolence, Buried At Birth has already gotten the attention of Corruption Recordings, after being together less than a year. They say the musical experience they’re going for is: “smashed in the face with a fistful of bricks.” Murderess, Boar Hunter and Silent Sinner start things off. (BD)

Brian Ho Wednesday at the Fairmont Hotel, San Jose, 7:30pm; free Sunnyvale’s Brian Ho is an SJSU alum who’s become known for his prowess on the Hammond organ, which he plays in the bass-kicking style of the essential Smiths—Lonnie and Jimmy. He performs as part of San Jose Jazz’s Wednesday series. (SP)

Smoking Popes Saturday at Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, 8pm; $14 Chicago’s Smoking Popes hit it big in the ’90s alternative breakthrough; after a tour with Green Day, their “Need You Around” was a major hit. They broke up after their label dropped them and vocalist Josh Caterer (who started the band with his brothers Matt and Eli) found religion and quit the band. Now, they’re back and signed to the South Bay’s Asian Man Records, with a new CD out this month. (SP)

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Rock/Pop ANGELICA’SBISTRO Fri, 8:30pm: Ruth Gerson. $12/$16. Sat, 5pm: BomChul. $7/$10. Sat, 8:30pm: The Jimmy Legs Band. $8/$12.

Redwood City.

THEBLANKCLUB Wed, 9pm: Young Digerati, Slapbracelet, Trevor Childs & the Beholders. No cover. Fri, 9pm: Cash’d Out, the Pendletons. $10.

Sat, 9pm: The Mumlers, Worker Bee, Pancho San. $10. Sun, 8pm: She Wants Revenge, the Californian. $20. San Jose.

ARTBOUTIKI

Wed, 7pm: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Northern Son, Eyes Like Mine, Brendan Hoye (of Finish Ticket). $10. All ages. Sat: TKA, K7. Santa Clara.

BLINKY’SCAN’TSAY Sat, 9:30pm-1:30am: Len Callo.

Rock & blues. Free. Santa Clara.

BOGART’SLOUNGE& TECHPUB Sat, 9pm: Live music. Sunnyvale.

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THEBANK Fri, 9pm: George Heagerty and Never the Same. Free. Saratoga.

BOULEVARDTAVERN Fri: Live music. No cover.

Los Gatos.

BRITANNIAARMS ALMADEN Fri, 10pm: Spazmatics. Sat, 10pm: Groovenugget. San Jose.

BRITANNIAARMS CUPERTINO

Sat, 7pm: Monstrauss. All ages.

San Jose.

AVALON

Camaros. Fri: The Peelers. Sat: 10 Til 2. Mon: Drive! Campbell.

BOSWELL’S Wed: Jack Rip Off. Thu: Bitchin’

Sat, 3:30pm: Next-11, Dreamstream and Holly Heaven with Tyler Page. $8/$12. All ages. Cupertino.

CARAVAN Thu: Cremation. San Jose.

CLUBFOX Fri, 7pm: Tiger Club, Pacific Standard Time. $13/$15.

Redwood City.

THE GRAPEVINE

JOHNNY V’S Fri-Sun, 9pm: Live music. San Jose.

World AGENDALOUNGE Wed: Salsa night. San Jose.

ALBERTO’S

Fri, 9pm: Vegas Nights. Sunnyvale.

Wed: Bachata. Thu: Salsa with Pantea. Fri: Salsa. Sat: Latin night.

Mon: Argentine Tango. Tue: Salsa with Pantea. Mountain View.

MOUNTAIN CHARLEYS

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Fri, 8pm: Exit Wonderland, Shake.

21+. $5. Los Gatos.

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Live music and belly dancing. Cupertino.

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LILLY MAC’S

Wed: Live music. Fri: Dos Guys. Sat, 7pm: Mystic Pilots. Santa Clara.

NICKEL CITY Fri, 6:30pm: Point of View, Four O’clock Heroes, the King’s Kids, the Druids. All ages. San Jose.

NINE LIVES Fri, 8pm: Corduroy Jim, Powder Train. 21+. $10/$12. Sat, 8pm: Those Charming Crooks, SoMoS. 21+. $8/$10. Gilroy.

NUMBER ONE BROADWAY Wed, 9pm: JC Smith Jam Band.

Free. Thu, 9:30pm: After Sunset Band. Free. Fri, 9:30pm: The Groove Kings. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: Six String. $10. Los Gatos.

THE QUARTER NOTE Fri: Humdaddyz. $5. Sunnyvale.

RASPUTIN RECORDS Thu, 6pm: The Doormice. All ages.

Free. Campbell.

RED ROCK COFFEE ROASTING Fri, 8pm: Odd Owl. All ages. Free.

Mountain View.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS

Wed: Rock. Thu: Latin fusion. Fri, 9pm: Bachata & rock en espanol.

Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban & Latin fusions. Tue: Salsa. San Jose.

CAFFETRIESTE Thu, 7:30pm: Mijo de la Palma. All ages. Free. San Jose.

CASCAL Sat, 9pm: James Robinson flamenco guitar. Mountain View.

CLUBFOX Thu, 7pm: Orquesta Pacheco. $12/$14. Redwood City.

LILLYMAC’S Sun, 6pm: Traditional Irish music.

Sunnyvale.

MOROCCO’SRESTAURANT Wed, 5pm: Rasa Vitalia & Shirzad Sharif. Thu, 5pm: Blues night.

Fri, 5pm: World music and belly dancer Adriana. Sat, 5pm: Jason Bellenkes Duo. Jazz. Sun, 5pm: Moroccan music. Mon, 5pm: French music. Tue, 5pm: Celtic Rose. San Jose.

Fri: Apakolypse. Sat: The Swillerz, Faithless Saints. Sun: Metal Strikes Down III with Abaddon and Montra. San Jose.

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THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT

Thu, 8pm: Chasing Truth. Fri: Bossa nova at noon, and Capoeira show at 7:30pm. Sunnyvale.

Sun: Dance Party Band. San Jose.

THE VENUE

Fri, 7pm: Claudio. Italian classic guitar and vocals. San Jose.

SENZALA

Fri, 6pm: Arsonists Get All the Girls, Antagonist, Aethere, Picture It in Ruins, Helms Deep, the Soothing Sound of Flight, Start the Fire Up. All ages. Sat, 6pm: Lionheart, Legend, Monsters, the Great Commission, the Greenery, Dennis Is Dead, Ecophagy. All ages. Los Gatos.

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Fri, 7:30-10pm: After Shock.

Willow Glen.

Wed, 7-11pm: Blues jam. $5.

Redwood City.

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FAIRMONTHOTEL

Sat, 9pm: Relapse, Forrest Day, FTB, Almost Honest. All ages. $5.

Homestead Lanes, Cupertino.

Wed, 7:30pm: San Jose Jazz Wednesdays. With the Brian Ho Trio. San Jose.

Sat, 8pm: Naser Musa Ensemble. $22-$28. Sunnyvale.

GRANDDELLSALOON Thu, 8pm: Blues jam with Aki. Fri: Rhythm District. Sat: Tip of the Top. Campbell.

HEDLEYCLUB Every first and third Wed, 7:30pm: Hedley Club Jazz Jam. Thu, 8pm: Russo Alberts Trio. Fri, 8:30pm: Anton Schwartz Quartet. Sat, 8:30pm: John Worley and Worl View 4.0. Hotel de Anza, San Jose.

J.J.’SBLUESCAFE Wed, 9pm: Suska. Thu, 9pm: Jimmy Dewrance. Fri, 7pm: Nuthin’ but Trouble. Sat, 7pm: Rough House, Marvin Banks, Catman. $10. Sun, 9pm: Larry Valdez. Mon, 9pm: Wayne’s Way Band. Tue, 7pm: Blue J, Liar’s Club. San Jose.

MURPHY’SLAW Thu, 8pm: Maneck. Fri: Bone Drivers. Sat: Dan Gogh’s. Mon: Pro blues jam. Sunnyvale.

NETO’SGRILL Tue: Blues jam with Dennis Dove.

Santa Clara.

NICHOLSAUDITORIUM Fri, 8pm: Taylor Eigsti Trio. $35.

Harker School, San Jose.

APERFECTFINISH Fri, 9pm: Steven Gary. Sat, 9pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

POORHOUSEBISTRO Wed, 6-9pm: Ron Thompson and friends. Thu, 6-9pm: Lara Price and Yesterdays Band. Fri, 6-10pm: Kaye Bohler Band. Sat, 7-10pm: Candye Cane Band with Laura Chavez. Sun, noon-4pm: School of Blues student jam. San Jose.

SUNNYVALEARTGALLERY Every fourth Fri, 7pm: Gianfranco and Friends. Accordion and more.

Sunnyvale.

TESSORA’S Fri, 8:30pm: South City Blues Band. Sat, 8pm: Dennis Wozniak Trio. Campbell.

WINEAFFAIRS Wed, 7:30pm: Larry Chinn. Thu, 811pm: Jason Lewis Trio. Sat, 9pm: Blue House. San Jose.

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Sun, 5:30pm: Jazz Jam. Cupertino.

Fri and Sun: Pro Jam with rock and blues local musicians. Santa Clara.

CAFFETRIESTE Sat, 7pm: Kavanaugh Brothers Celtic Experience. All ages. Free.

Sun, 7pm: Crook’s Army. All ages.

Free. San Jose.

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Mon, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

MISSIONCITYCOFFEE Sat, 7:30pm: Rebecca and Gary.

Santa Clara.

ORCHARD VALLEY COFFEE Fri, 6pm: Mark Adams. Sat, 6pm: One New Message. Campbell.

PEACOCKLOUNGE Wed, Fri and Sun, 8pm-2am: KJ Dennis. Sunnyvale.

Thu, 9pm: Brian. Sun, 9pm: DJ and karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Ryan.

Sunnyvale.

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Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

Sun, noon: Margaret & Victor.

Bluegrass. Free. Mountain View.

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THE SADDLE RACK Wed, 9pm: California Cowboys.

Thu, 7pm: Troy Olsen & Katie Amiger. Fri, 9pm & Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Fremont.

SAM’S BBQ Wed, 6pm: Country Classics. Tue, 6pm: Leftover Crow. San Jose.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Thu, 9pm: Live country music with Cowboy Larry. Willow Glen.

Open Mic

BRITANNIAARMSCUPERTINO Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

BRITANNIAARMS DOWNTOWNSANJOSE Wed, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

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Friday, March 25 In the Atrium AGES 21+ FRIDAY NIGHT FUNCTION: DJ Aspect DJ Tone Sol, Nima Fadavi NO COVER • 9 p.m./ 9 p.m.

Saturday, March 26 In the Atrium AGES 21+ VICTIMS FAMILY plus Noise Clinic also Catacomb Creeps $5 Adv./ $7 Dr. • 8:30/ 9 p.m.

Sunday, March 27 In the Atrium AGES 21+ QUADRON plus Panthelion & friends

$12 Advance/ $16 at the Door • Drs. 8:30 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.

Tuesday, March 29 In the Atrium AGES 21+

Mar 31 The B Foundation Atrium (Ages 16+) Apr 1 J-Stalin/ Mistah Fab Kreayshawn (Ages 16+) Apr 2 Vernian Process Atrium (Ages 21+) Apr 3 John Brown’s Body Atrium (Ages 16+) Apr 6 Dark Star Orchestra (Ages 21+) Apr 15 G. Love & Special Sauce Belle Brigade (Ages 21+) Apr 16 Yonder Mtn. String Band (Ages 21+) Apr 22 Husalah/ Bobby Brackins Balance DJ Quest (Ages 16+) Apr 27 Afroman Atrium (Ages 16+) Apr 29 The Devil Makes Three (Ages 21+) Apr 30 The Holdup/ Wallpaper Young Science (Ages 16+) Jun 18 Tech N9ne/ Mayday (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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DanceClubs

Mon, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Menlo Park.

AGENDA

BRIX

Wed, 8pm: Salsa Wednesdays.

Thu-Fri: DJs. San Jose.

Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

AZÚCARLATINBISTRO MOJITOBAR&LOUNGE

Wed, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

Wed, 9:30pm: Open Mic Night.

Cupertino.

FAHRENHEITULTRALOUNGE

BLOWFISHSUSHI

Tue, 9pm: Partyoke. Beer pong and karaoke. San Jose.

Wed-Thu and Sat: DJs and dancing. Santana Row.

CAFFE TRIESTE

DIVEBAR

Tue: Open mic. Free. San Jose.

FLAMES COFFEE SHOP

JOHNNY V’S Mon: Rebels Camp open jam night. San Jose.

Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm: Uncle Dougie Show. No cover. San Jose.

MISSION CITY ROASTING CO.

GALAXY

Thu, 7pm: South Bay Folks Open Mic. Santa Clara.

Thu, 9pm-2am: August. Milpitas.

Karaoke

Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke. Gilroy.

GILROY BOWL BRITANNIAARMSALMADEN Wed & Sun: DJ Hank. Thu: VJ DRoc. Mon, 9pm: Beer Pong. Tue: Pub-stumpers Trivia. San Jose.

RASTA CRUZ REGGAE TUESDAYZ with DJs Don-ette G & Lion-S + weekly guests DJs Models/Dancers No Cover • Show 9 p.m.

Wed-Thu, Sat-Sun, Tue: 9:30pm: Vinnie. Santa Clara.

BRITANNIAARMSCUPERTINO

Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic.

Sign up by 5pm. Santa Clara.

$10 Advance/ $15 at the Door • Drs. 8:30 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.

WOODHAM’SLOUNGE

Wed: Rock. Thu: Latin fusion. Fri, 9pm: Bachata & rock en espanol.

Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban & Latin fusions.

Tue: Salsa. San Jose.

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Wednesday, March 23 In the Atrium AGES 16+ ROACH GIGZ plus Equipto

Wed, 9:30pm: DJ JR. Thu, 9:30pm: DJ Uncle Hank. San Jose

Wed and Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank.

San Jose.

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Sat, 7pm-midnight: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Thu: DJ Tosh. Cupertino.

THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE Fri-Sun, 9:30pm-1:30am: Karaoke. Willow Glen.

Nightly except Sun, 9pm-2am: Karaoke. San Jose.

BLUE PHEASANT Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger. Cupertino.

BRITISHBANKERSCLUB

Thu & Sun-Mon, 8:30pm: Bruce of KOR Karaoke. Mountain View.

Wed: Raygay. Thu: Latin. Fri: ’70s, ’80s. Sat: House. Sun & Tue: Lounge. Menlo Park.

MARIANI’S

CLUBILLUSIONS

Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.

Fri, 7pm: Groupo Niche. Sat, 9pm: DJs. Palo Alto.

KING OF CLUBS ALEX’S 49ER INN

Thu: DJ David Q. Fri, 10pm: DJ Benofficial. Sat, 10pm: DJ Aspect.

San Jose.

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE Fri-Sat: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

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GEMINI (May 21–June 20): From From o an astrological astrological point of view view,, it it’s ’s a favorable favorable time tim me for for people to give you gifts and perk perkss and bles blessings. ssings. You Yoou have my permission to convey that message messaage to your friends and associates. Let them know it it’s ’s inn their interest interest to be generous towardd you. The truth, as I see it, is that they generous towar will attract themselvves, some unexpected, attract rewards rewards ffor or themselves, if they help you. So what what’s ’s your role role in this dynamic?

Be modest. Be grateful. grateful. Be gracious. gracioous. At At the same time, rake supreme rake it all in with supr eme confidence confiddence that you deserve deserve such an outpouring.

CANCER (June 21–July 22): Nobel Noobel Prizes are are awarded awarded to geniuses in a varietyy of fields for for work they’ve done to elevate science and culture. a cul ture. But have you heard Prizees? The Annals of heard of Ig Nobel Prizes?

Improbable Improbable Research Research hands them m out to eccentrics whose work it deems useless but buut amusing. For instance, one recipient recipient was honored honoored for for investigating how impotency drugs help hamsters hamssters recover recover quickly from from jet lag. lag Another award award went went to engineers who developed a remote-control remote-control helicopter helicopter to collect whale snot.

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Cancerian. Some Some of of your your efforts efforts will be odd and others spectacular; specctacular; some will be dismissed or derided and others will w be loved and lauded.

LLEO EO (July 23–Aug. 22): If you have haave ever ffantasized antasized

about setting up a booth at the ffoot oot of an active creating animals tourists’’ kids, volcano and cr eating balloon an imals ffor or tourists now is an excellent time to get started s on making that ever happen. Same is true if you’ve ev ver thought you’d like Brazil to be a rrodeo odeo clown in Br azil or a stand-up comedian mentor at a gambling casino or a mento or who teaches card card trickss and stage magic to juvenil juvenile trick le delinquents. The astrological astr ological omens suggest that playfulness and riskright now. taking would synergize synergize well right now. There’s There’s even a chance that if you ffound ound a way to t blend them, it would lead to financial gain.

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3–Sept. 222): 2): YYou’ve ou’ve aarrived rrived aatt a pphase hase in when in your your ccycle ycle w hen yyou’ll ou’ll hhave ave tthe he oopportunity pportunity ttoo sscope cope out new competitors, inspir inspirational ational rivals and allies who challenge wisely! mind challenge yyou ou ttoo ggrow. row. CChoose hoose w isely! KKeep eep iin nm ind that will that yyou ou w ill bbee ggiving iving tthem hem a llot ot ooff ppower ower ttoo sshape hape you; they will be conditioning you your ur thoughts about yourself worthy yourself aand nd aabout bout tthe he ggoals oals yyou ou rregard egard aass w orthy ooff your passions. If you pick people of low char character acter or weak weak vvalues, alues, tthey’ll hey’ll bbring ring yyou ou ddown. own. IIff yyou ou oopt pt ffor or hhard ard workers with high ideals, they’ll rraise aise you up.

LIBRA ((Sept.

Sept. 223–Oct. 3–Oct. 222): 2): ““There’s There’s nnoo kkey ey ttoo tthe he universe,” writes Swami Swami Beyondananda.

Beyondaananda. But that shouldn’t shouldn’t lead us to existential ddespair espair or hopeless apathy, apathy, adds adds the the Swami.

Swami. “Fortunately, “Fortunately, the the universe universe has been left unlocked,” he concludes. conclludes. In other words, words, Libra, offer Libra, there’s there’s no need ffor or a key too the universe! I off er you you this this good good news news because because there’s there’s a ssimilar imilar pprinciple rinciple at at work work in in your your life. life. You’ve You’ve been been banging banging on on a certain certain door, doorr, imagining that you’re you’re shut out from from what’s what’s inside.

But the fact fact is that the door is unlocked unnlocked and nothing is stopping you from from letting yourself yourseelf in.

Wildlifee to Mozambique, the Ministry of Fish and Wildlif warning frequency gives you a warn ing about the fr equency of human nature.

“Wear encounters with lions out in natur e. “W ear little noisy bells so as to givee advanced warning to any lions that might be close byy so you don’t don’t take them by surprise,” you’ree handed. I’m certain, Scorpio, rreads eads the notice you’r wheree you ar aree in the coming week— that no matter wher w it’s whether it ’s Mozambique Mozambique or elsewhere—you elsewhere—you won’t won’t with observe have to tangle w ith beasts as long as you obser ve precautions. measures similar pr ecautions. So please take measur es to avoid startling goblins, rrascals, ascals, and rrogues. ogues. If you visit a dragon’s domain,, keep your spirit light and jingly jingly.. If dr agon’s domain shortcut through you use a shortcu h t utt that th t rrequires equir i es you to t pass thr th ough h sing the wasteland, si ng your ffavorite avorite nonsense songs as you hippety-hop along.

CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN ((Dec. 22– 22–Jan. Jan. 19): CNN rreported eported on two neo-Nazi skinheads from from Poland, Poland, a married married couple, who discovered discoovered they were were actually Jews. It turned out that during World d World War War II, the truth about their origins had been hidden by their parents parents for for fear fear of persecution. persecutioon. Years Yeears later, laterr, when the Jewish Historical Institute Institutte in Warsaw Warsaw informed informed them that they were were members members of the group group they had hated for for so long, they were werre shocked. Since then, they have become observant observan nt Jews who worship at an orthodox synagogue. The new n perspective you’ll be getting about your own roots roots may not be as dramatic dramatic as theirs, Capricorn.

Capricorn. But I bet it will lead to a shift in your self-image. Are Are you ready ready to revise revise your history?

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AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (J(Jan. an. 20– 20–Feb. Feb. 18): My astrological astrological colleague Antero Antero Alli says that a lot of good ideas occur to him while shower.. He also finds while he’s he’s taking a shower frequent frequent inspiration inspiration while riding his bike. Why, Whyy, then, does he not enjoy enjoy biking in the rain? rain? He doesn’t doesn’t know. know.

I bring this up, Aquarius, Aqquarius, because you’re you’re entering a phase of your cycle when flashes of insight and c intuition are are likely likelly to erupt at a higher rate rate than usual.

I suggest you aggressively agggressively put yourself in every kind of situation that tends to provoke provoke such eruptions— including ones, like like maybe riding your bike in the rain, rain, that you haven’t before. haven’t tried bef ore.

PISCESS (Feb. 19 PISCE 19–March 9–March 20): A CCanadian anadian man named William TTreble reble once ffound ound over a thousand day.. Niamh Bond, a British ffour-leaf our-leaf clovers in a single day baby, baby y, was born oon n the 10 day of the 10th month of 2010—at exactlyy 10:10am and 10 seconds. My friend Allan told me he was driving in suburbia the other day bolted when two white cats bol ted across across the road road right in front luckyy as all that might sound, fr ont of him. Andd yet as luck comparison that’s it pales in compa arison to the good ffortune ortune that ’s way, headed your way y, Pisces. Unlike their luck, which ultimately was flashy but ul timately meaningless, yours will be practical down-to-earth aand nd have pr actical value.

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1. Peter Pan is said to have had a tangible shadow, albeit one so flimsy that it was “not more material than a puff of smoke.” Peter Pan was, of course, fictional—although at the quantum level that may not be an important distinction—and J.M. Barrie, his creator, lacked scientific training. But we’ll accept this estimate as establishing the upper bound.

2. However, it’s directionally wrong.

In fact, using one frame of reference you could say our shadows actually weigh less than nothing. Four hundred years ago the astronomer Johannes Kepler observed that comets always had a tail pointing away from the sun and concluded that the sun’s rays exerted pressure that blasted material away from these celestial bodies. In the late 19th century the physicist James Clerk Maxwell formulated equations predicting the pressure of light, a value confirmed experimentally in 1903.

3. You see where I’m headed with this. If you’re standing there catching (so to speak) some rays, said rays aren’t impinging on the surface commonly thought of as your shadow, thus creating a shadow-shaped zone of reduced pressure. Compared to the rest of the landscape, then, your shadow (or, more precisely, the area it covers) weighs less.

4. How much less? Not a lot. The pressure we receive from sunlight is incredibly small: less than a billionth of a pound per square inch at the Earth’s surface. To put that in practical terms, it would take several million human shadows to account for one blocked pound of light force. The light falling on the city of Chicago has a total force of about 300 pounds.

5. However, incredibly small doesn’t mean inconsequential. For example, when Japan’s Hayabusa space probe approached the asteroid Itokawa in 2005, light pressure equal to 1 percent of the probe’s engine thrust had to be taken into account to enable the craft to hover near the big rock rather than blow past or crash into it. This was done with such precision that the probe was able to land on the asteroid, collect dust samples and return to earth last June.

6. Equally cool is the solar sail dreamed of by science fiction writers for at least 50 years and finally realized when the Japanese IKAROS (Interplanetary Kitecraft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun) probe launched last May. The idea is that the solar sail uses light pressure plus the solar wind (a much weaker zephyr of charged particles from the sun) to propel itself plus a payload. In June, IKAROS successfully unfurled its sail, a square of ultrathin film 46 feet on a side equipped with solar cells that power the craft’s electronics. In July, the Japanese space agency reported that IKAROS was being scooted along by solar pressure of 1.12 millinewtons, or 0.0002 pounds of force—which, OK, is not so much. But it’s being produced by sunlight! It’s free!

The scientists managed to do this from more than four million miles away! So let’s have a little respect.

7. More miracles await. Last year researchers based at the Australian National University showed that light could be used to heave tiny particles and have them land at a precise spot 20 inches away. They thought they’d eventually be able to do the same at a distance of 33 feet (10 meters)—which, again, may not seem like much.

However, if the tiny particle is a deadly virus, living cell or gas molecule that can’t be moved any other way . . . you get the picture.

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