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THIS MODERN WORLD

By TOM TOMORROW

I SAW YOU

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ISawYou@metronews.com Send us your anonymous rants and raves about your co-workers or any badly behaving citizen—or about citizens you admire. I SAW YOU, Metro, 550 S. First St., San Jose, 95113, or via email.

Car Sick I saw you yet again, packing your child into the car.

Every day, you drive your child three blocks to school.

Originally, I gave you the benefit of the doubt. Maybe you were dropping him off on the way to work, or maybe one of you has a physical condition. But nope, I’ve seen you both “in action,” and I’ve seen you return to your car to your driveway moments later. I know you feel guilty: I smile and wave, but you pretend you haven’t seen me. I’ve heard you complaining to other mothers about how hard it is to lose weight.

Maybe your ass would be a little less fat if you walked more?

COMMENTS Letters@metronews.com Metro welcomes letters. Like any great work of art, they should be originals—not copies of material sent elsewhere. Please include your name, city of residence and daytime telephone number. (Phone number will not be published.) Letters may be edited for length and clarity or to correct factual inaccuracies known to us. = SanJoseInside

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Impersonated You may have seen a nasty smear article that the Campos people wrote about me in the Metro (“Say What?”

The Fly, Jan. 25). I guess Campos is only tolerant of people who agree

with her politically. She also attacked me for what she believes is my sexual orientation. She doesn’t know my orientation, since I never was asked about it by her scumbag crony who was questioning me, but the fact that she would attack me on that just goes to show what a hateful, homophobic hypocrite she really is.

Regarding her charges of antiSemitism: Those are entirely false. I have never posted anything of the sort on any Yahoo! message board or forum. I think that someone was pretending to be me. My family raised me to have a profound respect for God’s chosen people.

I was a vocal opponent of San Francisco’s proposed ballot measure to ban male circumcision, citing the religious rights of the Jewish

community as one of the main reasons for my opposition.

ANTHONY MACIAS | CHICO

debt is simply robbing that creditor’s money. Mr. Stagg’s proposal simply defies basic logic and economics.

RONALD BRACKNEY | SANTA CLARA

Basic Logic?

Up With Plants

Mr. Staggs states “money” is just a measuring system like “inches” (Letters, “Start Over,” Jan. 4). This just isn’t true, as inches measure distance, while money is a measure of value.

Money’s inherent value is that it values the work or interest gained from investing one’s labor or money.

Debt is “credit” someone gives you for money you want to spend now to be paid back with interest. This is true on an individual basis, and the same goes for governments who borrow and spend too much. Just wiping out anyone’s or any entity’s

I was delighted to read the new USDA guidelines requiring schools to serve meals with twice as many fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, less sodium and fat, and no meat for breakfast. Not surprisingly, 90 percent of American children are consuming excess fat, only 15 percent eat recommended servings of fruits and vegetables, and one-third have become overweight or obese. These early dietary flaws become lifelong addictions.

LARRY ROGAWITZ | SANTA ROSA

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THE FLY

Show Me the $ One of the best ways to raise money this election season appears to be counting Chuck Reed as an enemy. The mayor of San Jose’s apathy for laborbackers appears to have lit a fire under Councilmember Kansen Chu’s efforts to raise funds. Campaign disclosure reports were released this week and in just the month of December, Chu hauled in the most dough with $45K, including a $5,000 loan from “policy aide” Daisy Chu (a.k.a. his wife). Meanwhile, union cheerleader Ash Kalra reeled in $8,350 to protect his District 2 seat, and he doesn’t even have a challenger. On the flip side, Rose Herrera managed to Don’t overcome any initial forget union backlash for to tip! siding with Reed’s pension reform plans FLY@ by taking in more METRONEWS. than $31K to protect COM her District 8 seat.

The mayor showed thanks for Herrera’s fealty by throwing a Benjamin her way. In District 6, Steve Kline loaned himself a cool $7,500 to help challenge Pierluigi Oliverio. But the most interesting reports came out of the District 10 race, where seven are fighting to fill Nancy Pyle’s termed-out shoes.

Financial advisor Johnny Khamis came in tops with more than $28K thanks to a $20K loan he gave himself, while human highlight reel Robert Braunstein, of CalHi Sports Bay Area fame, collected more than $23K by loaning himself the same amount as Khamis. The most shocking reports came from labor lapdog Brian O’Neill and conservative school boarder Leslie Reynolds. Turning her nose at the thought of a loan, Reynolds straight-up paid her campaign $9,500 but couldn’t even scrounge up $12K total—so much for Khamis’ claim that Reynolds was getting beaucoup bucks from the Silicon Valley Association of Republican Women.

And as if proving the mayor’s point about wasteful union spending, O’Neill has already splurged by paying out $10K of the nearly $13K he collected.

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Valley Verde, the ambitious lovechild of La Mesa Verde, will soon

begin laying down roots in Gilroy, where agriculture is as ingrained in the culture as any area in Santa Clara County.

With the help of corporate sponsors and donations, plans are to start in April and, within a few years, provide free gardens to as many as 20,000 families. At least a quarter of those families will be identified as low income, which Lozano says has taken on a new meaning in recent years.

“When people think of low income, in these times it’s a whole different story,” he says. “It’s not the traditional struggle because the economy is so bad. Low income is the working poor and the unemployed.

“There’s a lot of issues of dignity and self-worth and they don’t want to identify with low income. The families that have been traditionally

doing well, but aren’t now, need to access these services faster.”

A 2010 report by the Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a nonprofit out of Santa Clara County, shows that low-income communities in the South Bay are drastically underserved when it comes to healthy food options.

Poorer areas have half as many large supermarkets as their wealthier neighbors—eight to 16. Federal statistics supplied by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) gloss over this fact, because corner stores that often specialize in liquor, beer and cigarettes are identified statistically the same as grocers such as Safeway, Lucky’s and Whole Foods Market.

“It’s no surprise. We knew what we would find,” says Lauren Ornelas, director of the F.E.P. “The higherincome areas have two to three times more fresh fruits and vegetables than the lower income areas. When the census tracks data in lower-income areas and higher-income areas, it

Scraping By Born in the “The World’s Fruit Basket”—Reedley, a little town southeast of Fresno—and raised in the

fields of Central California, Lozano says there is hardly a fruit indigenous to California that he and his eight brothers and sisters didn’t pick.

Standing side by side with their parents, the Lozanos snatched up grapes, peaches, strawberries and watermelon in the valley. When the family moved north, they picked tomatoes in Mountain View and string beans in Half Moon Bay. “It wasn’t like a joyful thing,” says Lozano, 57. “We did it on the weekends to pay for food and clothing.”

But the Lozanos didn’t directly benefit from the fruits of their labor, as the food they picked was always destined for the dinner tables of others.

A dirty secret about scraping by, then and now, is that markets in low-income communities often have exorbitant prices for fruits and vegetables. Customers opt to get what they can afford, and then they pay even more later on with their health.

According to the F.E.P., 28 percent of food locations in higher-income areas within the county had a salad bar and/or prepared salads.

In contrast, just 3 percent of lowerincome areas offered the same. But if La Mesa Verde’s results can be scaled to match Lozano’s vision for Valley Verde, the effects would be tangible.

After leaving his job of 13 years as executive director of Teatro Visión in San Jose, Lozano was looking for a new career challenge. His inspiration sparked after installing a new dripsystem garden in his home’s backyard with a couple friends.

“I’m not an expert gardener or anything,” Lozano says, “but after we finished we were sitting under a tree in my backyard and I just said, ‘We should do this all over the neighborhood.’”

A little more than two years since then, Lozano still helps out La Mesa Verde in a limited role, but he left the organization last year to begin work on his new project. Guel says that his new venture has the chance to transform the way families in the county access their food, and as a byproduct it could raise the standard of living in the most impoverished areas. Until then, La Mesa Verde continues to carry on the torch.

“Raul had the initial brainchild,” Guel says. “We’re doing our best to continue the legacy he built. It’s important for us to finish what we started here.”

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looks equal, but it’s because they’re counting these tiny little liquor stores.

Basically, Safeway is being counted the same as one of these friendship markets.”

The impact on the local Latino community is startling. In 2010, 68 percent of Latino adults in Santa Clara County were classified as obese, according to the health department.

Combating this epidemic, Sacred Heart Community Services and Lozano teamed up in 2009 to form La Mesa Verde, or the Green Table, which targets the Washington-Alma neighborhood in San Jose, which is predominantly Latino. The F.E.P. classifies the area as one of the most food-disenfranchised in the county.

“In the Washington-Alma neighborhood, in particular, we don’t have a food desert; we have junk-food swamps,” says Lydia Guel, director of self-sufficiency at Sacred Heart Community Service. “What we’re seeing in the successes of La Mesa Verde is folks aren’t excited just about the opportunity to garden in their home; they’re also coming back to support their neighbors.”

Maria Mora, a mother of two, is the head gardener for one family benefiting from La Mesa Verde. With the help of an interpreter, she says her garden has not only cut down on food costs as well as raised the nutritional value of meals—it’s also brought her family together.

“My husband has a background of coming from ranches, so when he comes home he spends more time gardening with the family,” Mora says, showing off her two garden beds that feature everything from cabbage, broccoli and lettuce to cauliflower, cilantro and chard.

Of La Mesa Verde’s first class of 100 families, 76 completed the first three growing seasons, which consist of two spring seasons bracketing a winter harvest. The families that dropped out of the program left for a variety of reasons, Lozano says. Usually a family member lost a job and/or their home; others lacked the dedication.

“There were a couple that just weren’t gardeners,” Lozano says chuckling.

But not long ago neither was he.

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Mitt Fit DIAMOND IAMOND SPARKLERS The students at Santa Clara’s All ll Star Academy look to burnish their onfield skills.

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ASEBALL has been called “America’s Game,” and for a good reason; no other country has taken the sport to heart like the United States. The definite origins of the sport are hazy; and most likely, humans have been hitting things with sticks competitively since the dawn of time.

The oldest of the leagues is the National League; it began in 1876.

Since then we’ve had the pleasure of rooting on the home team and joining friends in the park on weekends to hit a ball with a bat.

While some choose to enjoy the game as spectators, or casual participants, others take it very seriously.

Like all sports, technique and strength are the key elements in being a successful baseball player. To achieve excellence, players use refined training that goes way beyond what you’ll find in the sandlot.

Brady Austin, general manager of All Star Academy (ASA) in Santa Clara (2901 Mead Ave.), knows how to get young players to perform at their best. He says, “They need continuity, objectivity and knowledge of mechanics. We want players to get better, reach their potential and achieve their goals.”

ASA started in 2006. Since then, Brady and his team of coaches have focused on the increased performance of their players. With appearances

by Troy Tulowitzki of the Colorado Rockies, Nyjer Morgan of the Milwaukee Brewers and Daniel Nava

of the Boston Red Sox during the off-season, the ASA staff never stops learning new techniques from the pros. Those training methods and trade secrets are what make ASA so attractive to players.

ASA offers individual lessons in hitting, pitching, fielding, base running and fundamental throwing and catching. Skill clinics last four hours and include video analysis and performance tracking to insure efficient and focused coaching. The pitching program has been crafted to meet players’ needs, and promises to be, “the most effective and safe in the Bay Area,” according to the ASA website.

The Academy’s pitching philosophy focuses not only on how to throw a ball but also on when to throw it and how to keep your arm strong and healthy. That expertise comes with a price, though; nonmembers pay $1000 for six months.

The training facility offers 17,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space where players can hone their skills and update their performance goals daily. There are nine baseball cages and nine softball cages. Pitching mounds and live hitting tunnels are available indoors and outdoors, with appropriate distances available for all ages.

According to ASA, their coaches bring knowledge, rapport, communication, assessment, enthusiasm, caring and presence to their players. Of course, all that expertise and guidance comes with a price; but to some players, any advantage on the field is priceless.

—Tomek Mackowiak

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Memory Tours WHERE’S HERE’S BARTON FINK? The front dining room at legendary Musso usso & Frank’s looks like the set for period drama.

A trip to L.A. to visit a hangout for Hollywood writers recalls the glory days of Buck’s

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HE INTERSTELLAR crossover between literature, old buildings and film industry history all converged last week at the inaugural Los Angeles Visionaries Association (LAVA) literary salon at the Musso & Frank Grill, the oldest restaurant in Hollywood.

Author and poet Dan Fante appeared and read from his memoir, Fante: A Family’s Legacy of Writing, Drinking and Surviving. Fante’s dad was the legendary John Fante, also known as the author who gave Charles Bukowski his entire shtick.

Fante the elder originally hung out at Musso & Frank for decades, as did many hard-boiled lions of American letters during the mid-20th century.

Having hailed Fante in this space twice before, the anti-man-about-town grabbed a cheap Southwest flight, and an even cheaper hotel, just to be there.

LAVA co-founder Richard Schave has a thriving passion for books, old buildings and L.A. history, a bent menagerie of penchants that nurtured themselves when he studied with architectural critic Reyner Banham at UC–Santa Cruz.

Banham took him on driving tours of industrial wastelands right here in San Jose, and now Schave runs the Esotouric Bus Adventures into the secret heart of Los Angeles. From those L.A. tours, the idea for the LAVA salons emerged.

Taking place on a Monday, when

Musso & Frank is normally closed, the salon provided the sold-out crowd of 90 with all the glorious and secret ribald history of golden-era Hollywood.

The décor of the place, as well as the menu, has barely changed in 50 years.

Some of the bartenders have been there since the early ’70s. The worn red booths evoke liaisons of past decades, and the wallpaper came directly from the hometown of chef Jean Rue, who presided from 1922 to 1976.

Perhaps the most lucrative component of Musso history was the exclusive “Back Room,” a.k.a. “The Cocktail Room” or the “Algonquin West,” an exclusive lair that no longer exists but was attached to the back of the restaurant, accessed through a private door and run by a separate maitre d’.

It was here that Hollywood’s authors and screenwriters—folks like Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Saroyan, Nathanael West, Dorothy Parker and John Fante—would carouse and exchange perils of the trade. The Back Room raged from 1936 to 1955, after which Musso expanded its main room

eastward, creating the two-parlor masterpiece that remains today.

Last week, before the salon started, one of our hosts led us through the restaurant, explaining where celebrities used to sit decades ago. Table #10, close to the restrooms, for example, was Mickey Rooney’s favorite.

Table #1 was Charlie Chaplin’s regular spot, while table #3 was Marilyn’s main hangout. The chair at the end of the bar in the main room is where Steve McQueen always dined.

And get this: Radio and TV legend Ralph Edwards ate lunch at Musso’s every single day from the late ’50s until sometime in the ’70s. He was the only person in history to have his own phone jack installed at the booth.

And even today, countless actors, screenwriters and high rollers of Hollywood frequent the place. So much, that no one is allowed to take photos inside. One can only scribble p down notes and experience the ghosts d aand fables as they ooze from the hallowed confines. I think I heard the h wallpaper speak at one point. w The scene reminded me of Buck’s Restaurant in Woodside, steeped in R Silicon Valley history, but instead of S ssitting at the table where Netscape was first dreamed up, one sits where Greta Garbo dined with Gary Cooper 80 years ago.

Bringing it all up to modern times, at least in Hollywood, is the LAVA Salon, and Dan Fante was possibly the most appropriate debut speaker.

Now pushing 70, Fante provides a direct link to the golden era of Hollywood’s literary lore, since his father wrote screenplays for decades.

Dan read from his memoir and weaved one tale of how his dad, after departing Musso & Frank one morning, had to rescue a drunken William Faulkner, whose lover was trying to set the apartment on fire.

A few Musso employees actually remember Fante the elder, so they reactivated John Fante’s original account, #237, and gave it to Dan Fante, in his dad’s honor. Only in Hollywood.

The anti-man-about-town was overwhelmed at the end. History loves company and may Musso & Frank never die.

Salon #2 is April 30 www.esotouric.com

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RAINBOW CONNECTION Jonah Peretti wants to mix news scoops with social media trivia.

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MONDAY 2/6

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Bobby Broom

Perhaps better known by its original name, the Animal Liberation Orchestra, ALO rose from the ashes of a number of less successful but beloved Bay Area bands and surfed to greater recognition thanks to the patronage of folk-folk maven Jack Johnson, who signed the band to his label following a 2005 joint tour.

Now a favorite on the jam band circuit, ALO genially meanders between funkrock freakouts, pastoral folk, sturdy rock & roll and improvisatory release.

The band has streamlined its expansive sound in recent years, but even though the approach is slightly more radiofriendly than before, the result remains as heady and mind-expanding as ever.

Moe’s Alley; $20; 9pm.

When Bobby Broom was a youngster, he turned down an offer to play in legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins’ band. The reason? The prodigious jazz guitarist wanted to finish high school first. Five years later, Broom joined Rollins’ band and has worked with him off and on ever since.

In addition to his work as a sideman for such influential artists as Miles Davis, Dr. John and Max Roach, Broom has also played bandleader for several projects, including the Deep Blue Organ Trio featuring Greg Rockingham on drums and Chris Foreman on the B-3 organ. Blending R&B, jazz, blues, gospel and funk, the trio blurs the lines between genres, finding common ground in the groove. Kuumbwa; $20 adv/$23 door; 7pm.

SATURDAY 2/4

Aya-Omac & Baez

Grammy nominee Gretchen Peters at Don Quixote’s this Tuesday

At the age of 9, with five years of piano studies under her belt, Marianne Aya-Omac discovered the music of Joan Baez and shifted her focus to the guitar. A natural composer, singer and songwriter, Aya-Omac later developed a unique style, perfected during a stint busking on the streets of France, that blends flamenco, gospel, gypsy and folk music. In 2009, Baez—tonight’s special guest—agreed to record with Aya-Omac and has since become one of her most vocal supporters, saying, “We will soon see her bright light, which has been traveling under the radar for too long, rise to become the rightful star she is destined to be.” Catalyst; $25; 7:30pm.

TUESDAY 2/7

Gretchen Peters An accomplished singer-songwriter who has penned songs for such mega-stars as Neil Diamond and Trisha Yearwood, Gretchen Peters recently turned the spotlight on her own life and released a collection of songs that she refers to as her “most close-tothe-bone work.” The product of a year of extreme highs and lows, Hello Cruel World explores loss and love through Peters’ characteristic insights and disarmingly honest delivery. The songs were written, according to Peters, at a time when she felt “absolutely fearless about telling the truth.” Don Quixote’s; $15; 7:30pm.

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To a Max SIGN GN OF QUALITY Chez TJ’s cozy setting belies its big culinary reputation.

The dishes at Chez TJ continue to shine under new chef Joey Elenterio

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OR THOSE keeping track this is my fourth review of Chez TJ, the greatest number of reviews I’ve written for any single restaurant.

Why so many?

The short answer is the restaurant keep changing chefs. But turnover is common in restaurants. What keeps me interested in who’s behind the stove at Chez TJ is the high caliber of chefs who pass in and out of the restaurant’s revolving door.

Past chefs have included Joshua Skenes, who went on to open Saison in San Francisco and pick up two Michelin stars last year; Christopher Kostow, a chef who earned two Michelin stars while at Chez TJ and went on to score a third star at

Meadowood in St. Helena last year; Bruno Chemel, who now holds two stars at nearby Baume; and Scott Nishiyama, an alumni of the French Laundry who left Chez TJ for points unknown.

Chez TJ is a place, perhaps the place, to watch for emerging culinary talent in Silicon Valley.

The latest chef to take the reins is Joey Elenterio. Elenterio was the first inside hire in quite a while. He was Nishiyama’s No. 2. Chez TJ owner George Aviet tapped Elenterio this past February because he said he saw “something special” in him. He was special enough to earn a single Michelin star last year.

Elenterio’s cooking is technically precise, pretty to look at and usually delicious. Even so, when I compare him to his three predecessors, he is the most conservative of the lot.

That doesn’t mean he’s steak and lobster, far from it, but his style is tamer, less developed than, say, the

hypermodern Chemel or the wildly brilliant Kostow.

His food is not appreciably different from his predecessor, the careful Nishiyama. Elenterio has even adapted one of his signature techniques: freezing foie gras and grating it into a fine “snow.”

Elenterio does it with browned butter. It’s a savory-sweet trick when paired with a blackberry-size dab of American sturgeon caviar. He also does something similar with beef fat, a stellar accompaniment with the caviar on a subsequent visit.

As always at Chez TJ, there are two options: the menu gastronomique, four courses for $85; and the chef ’s tasting menu, $120 for eight courses.

I tried both, and there were plenty of memorable dishes in the parade of food that comes out of the small kitchen.

The puréed sunchoke and kohlrabi soup, accented with Granny Smith apples, chestnuts and apple cider, is as luxurious and silken a winter dish as you’ll encounter.

Elenterio’s take on Dungeness crab salad, a few meaty nuggets of the shellfish in a delicate, creamy infusion with delicately applied shavings of

Chez TJ 938 Villa St., Mountain View 650.964.7466

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carrot, radish and, surprisingly, apricot, is ethereal and delicious.

After the crab came the 62-degree Jidori hen egg. The slow-cooked egg is served on a nest of sliced chanterelles subtly flavored with smoky barbecue and chile-vinegar flavors.

It’s an appealing juxtaposition of flavors and slippery textures, but I think the day of the sous vide egg has passed. I like a sous vide egg as much as the next guy, but the trouble is the next guy is making them, too. They are this year’s foam, an overplayed tune from the molecular gastronomic songbook.

Only one dish, “variations of celery and apple,” bombed outright. A cloying, hard to avoid tahini sauce overwhelmed all it touched.

The roasted Snake River Farms rib-eye is the final savory course of the tasting menu, and I swear I’ve had a version of this dish each time I’ve been bee to Chez TJ, and it always seems a disappointing final act: a cube of beef disa with some vegetables on the side.

Aft A er the finishing the chef ’s tasting menu, men I began to suffer from protein fatigue. fatig Vegetables figure in most dishes, dish but they’re bit players. How about abo elevating more of them to starring roles? star While I loved pastry chef Denise W Iida’s Iida moist pistachio opera cake and her sugar-pie cheesecake from the four-course menu, her selections on the tasting menu, a slice Meadow Melody cheese and caramel sauce-ringed parsnip spice cake with bitter bits of seckel pears, were both forgettable.

For a restaurant of this caliber (and with these prices) service can be bumpy. On one visit, I could hear the staff loudly talking and laughing it up in the kitchen as if no one was in the dining room. On another visit, there was no one at the reception desk to receive us. But when they’re focused the floor staff is on-point, warm and professional.

Chez TJ is still place to watch, and Elenterio is a chef to keep an eye on, too. Most of all, it will be interesting to see what the talented chef does with his time on Chez TJ’s launching pad.

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VAHL’S CONTINENTAL $$$.

Since 1941, Vahl’s has served a wide variety of old-style favorites in warm Alviso comfort. Steaks, lobster and squab are specialties.

Full bar. Closed Mon-Tue. El Dorado and Taylor.

408.262.0731.

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MAURIZIO’S AUTHENTIC ITALIAN RISTORANTE Italian. $$. You don’t dine here for a quick upscale fix, you dine here for downhome atmosphere. Tender vitello saltimbocca tops the menu. 11:30am-2pm, 5-9pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-2pm, 510pm Fri, 5-10pm Sat. Closed Sun. 25 E. First St, Morgan Hill. 408.782.7550.

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AMBER INDIA Northern Indian, tandoori. $$. Meals unfold like a bolt of rare silk, served with care and efficiency in a rich, luminous interior. Dishes are complex and varied. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5-9:45pm daily. 2290 El Camino Real. 650.968.7511.

AMICI’S EAST COAST PIZZERIA Pizza/Italian. $$. When it’s done right, East Coast pizza can be a glorious thing. Dough is rolled ultrathin and served

noticeably charred on the sides and bottom, the ideal combination for a “foldable” slice on the go. It’s done right here. 11am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11am-11pm Fri, 11:30am-11pm Sat, 11:30am-10pm Sun. 790 Castro St. 650.961.6666.

BODRUM CAFE Turkish. $$.

The menu at Bodrum Cafe is extensive and covers a lot of ground, but it’s the lamb dishes that stand out.

A good place to start is with the lahmacun (Turkey’s take on pizza) and the kebabs.

10am-10pm daily. 383 Castro St. 650.396.7010.

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LE PETIT BISTRO Classic French. $$. There’s a lot to like about this pinch of a place with its simple, practiced French cuisine and quiet dining. Casual. Beer, wine. 5:30-9:30pm Tue-Sat. 1405 W. El Camino Real.

650.964.3321.

$$$. The tapas menu yields big tastes in small portions at this pan-Latin charmer.

Calamari, roasted quail and minted lamb meatballs are among the delicacies.

Full bar. 11:30am-10pm Mon-Sun. 400 Castro St. 650.940.9500.

MARU ICHI Japanese noodles. $. Maru Ichi is a true noodle shop. While there are a few appetizers on the menu, the slurpable house-made noodles— ramen, soba and udon—are what you want. Go for the house specialty kuro ramen or the soy sauce ramen.

Beer and wine. Cash only.

11:30am-2:30pm, 5-10pm Mon-Fri, 11:30am-10pm Sat, 11:30am-9pm Sun. 368 Castro St. 650.564.9931.

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NAMI NAMI Japanese. $$$.

CASCAL Spanish tapas.

Vegetarian Indian. $. Golden spices predominate at this popular spot for inexpensive, fun-to-eat traditional Indian fare. Casual shopping-center surroundings. 11:30-10pm Mon-Sun. 165 E. Camino Real. 650.965.1111.

CHINA CAFE Mandarin, Szechuan. $$. A little surprise in the Blossom Valley Center promises uptown ambience, spotless surroundings and wellpresented classical Chinese cuisine. 1760 Miramonte Ave. 650.968.2298.

DON GIOVANNI Italian. $$$. This pumpkin-hued eatery faces the bustling downtown with a handsome demeanor of mahogany and candlelight. Full bar. 11am2pm, 5-9pm Mon-Fri, 11am9pm Sat-Sun. 235 Castro St. 650.961.9749.

Nami Nami specializes in kappo-style Japanese food, prepared in the artful, labor-intensive, seasonally driven style associated with the city of Kyoto. For diners willing to open their minds and mouths, it offers one of the most exciting restaurant experiences in the Bay Area.

11:30am-2pm Tue-Sun, 710pm Tue-Thu and 6-11pm Fri-Sat. 240 Castro St. 650.964.6990.

NETO CAFFEAND BAKERY Cafe. $$. Neto Caffe and Bakery is a busy, goodlooking space that has a happy buzz about it. There’s a little bit of everything including a number of Middle Eastern specialties.

7am-10pm daily. 135 Castro St. 650.625.9888.

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Now, the owners of Jack’s Bar and Dishcrawl, a Web-powered food tour company, have gotten together to create SJ Beerwalk. The debut event is Feb. 11. More than 15 varieties of beer will be poured at participating Japantown restaurants and retailers from 2 to 5pm. SJ Beerwalk’s mission is to provide “a social outlet for the community and neighborhood.” The cost is $29, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Japantown Business Association.

SJ Beerwalk isn’t Jack’s and Dishcrawl’s first collaboration. Last month, they hosted Wine Walk Japantown, an event similar to Sake San Jose and SJ Beerwalk that benefited local nonprofits and wineries.

While he enjoyed the wine event, Jack’s Bar partner Charlie Mann says he is more of a beer guy and is looking forward to the brew event.

Stone Brewing Co., Anchor Brewing, Lagunitas Brewing Co., Blue Moon Brewing Co. and Pabst will be some of the breweries represented.

“Beer is more of our passion than wine is,” Mann says. “Beer is something we’re really into.” At last count, he said, more than 200 people were going to attend.

The businesses will be pouring three ounces of bottled beer at each stop, so even if participants stop at every outlet, they should still be able to walk—not drive—home. “We definitely not encouraging everyone to get hammered,” Mann says.

Jack’s and Dishcrawl plan to put on a few more Japantown beer walks in the months to come and may expand to other neighborhoods. For tickets and more info, go to sjbeerwalk.com.—Stett Holbrook

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Entrees (your choice of) PHO TO CHAU Vietnamese noodle house. $. The pho here is an honest noodle soup.

First-timers might want to stick with the basic pho chin, topped with slices of beef brisket. 11am-10pm daily. 853 Villa St. 650.961.8069.

THE SPICE ISLANDS CAFE Singaporean, Malaysian, Indonesian. $$. This restaurant will send your taste buds to the tropics.

Talented chefs put out dishes full of spice and passion, like jumbo chile prawns, papaya salad and Malaysian spareribs. The

menu is expansive. Prices are reasonable. 210 Hope St. 650.960.1888.

SUSHI TOMI Japanese. $$.

Sushi Tomi serves Japanese food with an elegant simplicity. Sushi and sashimi are ocean fresh. For a real treat, ask for an omakase dinner and let the chef put together a tasting menu for you. Lunch 11:30am-2pm daily; dinner 5:30-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm Sat, 59pm Sun. 635 W. Dana St. 650.968.3227.

TAQUERÍA LOS CHARROS Mexican. $. This clean and fetching diner is the place for authentic fare. Generous portions. 6:30am-10pm MonFri, 6:30am-11pm Sat, 8am10pm Sun. 854 W. Dana St. 650.969.1464.

VASO AZZURRO Ristorante Italian. $$$. Entrees are attractively presented, and the waiters will make you feel as though you were the most important guests in the place.

Dessert lives up to the rest of the meal. Beer, wine. 11:30am-

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Dinner entrées served with a glass of Lychee Sangria

Dessert (your choice of)

Warm Chocolate Molten Lava with Caramel Filling La Fontana Berry Napoleon

$55 Per Person

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XANH RESTAURANT Modern Vietnamese. $$.

Xanh (pronounced “zahn”) epitomizes the new breed of upscale, contemporary Vietnamese restaurant. The appealing menu ranges from the traditional to the unconventional and includes rolls, salads, noodles, small plates and full-size entrees.

11:30am-2pm, 4:30pm-close Mon-Fri. 110 Castro St. 650.964.1888

YAKKO Japanese, sushi bar. $$. A pairing of swift service with an exotic range of sushi and udon makes this a favorite among sushi lovers. Beer, wine. 11:30am2pm Mon-Sun, 5:30-9:30pm Sun-Thu, 5:30-10:30pm Fri-Sat. 975 W. Dana St. 650.960.0626.

ZUCCA Mediterranean. $$.

Time slows and the paella glows at this Turkish/ Spanish charmer: lamb kofte, spicy shrimp, steak, baklava.

11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri, 510pm Mon-Sun. 186 Castro St. 650.864.9940.

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. 11am8pm Mon-Fri, 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.

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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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CHALATECO Mexican and

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Salvadoran. $. Chalateco, a San Jose-based sixrestaurant chain, serves Mexico City-style Mexican food and a few Salvadoran dishes. That makes the food unlike the Mexican food typically served in Silicon Valley, but it’s definitely typical Mexican food.

10am-11pm daily. 2323 The Alameda. 408.243.1357.

ANDY’S BAR-B-QUE

DONG TOFU CABIN Korean.

Barbecue. $$. Andy’s Bar-BQue is the reincarnation of one of the South Bay’s best barbecue joints. Originally located in Campbell, Andy’s is still serving great oak-smoked meats to a dedicated following. Lunch 11am-3pm Mon-Fri; dinner 3-9pm Mon-Thu, 3-10pm Fri-Sat, 3-9pm Sun. 2367 El Camino Real. 408.249.8158.

$. This is the real deal, priced to keep patrons coming back for bowls of spicy beef, seafood, pickled vegetables, chili soup and, yes, bean curd in its many permutations. 1484 Halford Ave. 408.246.1484.

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ATHENA GRILL Greek. $$.

The Santa Clara restaurant serves the standards you’d expect, but the menu goes deeper and offers authentic Greek dishes you’re not likely to find elsewhere at bargain prices. 10:30am9pm Mon-Fri. 1505 Space Park Dr. 408.567.9144.

BEQUE Korean. $$. Beque stands out on El Camino Real’s Korean restaurant row for its high style and modern design, but it’s the Korean barbecue, soups and noodles dishes that are the main attraction. 11am-10pm daily. 3060 El Camino Real.

408.260.2727.

BIRK’S American grill. $$$. What makes Birk’s stand out from the rest is a commitment to quality, freshness and hygiene.

Concentrate on the specials, or enjoy creative selections from the appetizer menu.

Full bar. 11:15am-2:30pm, 59:30pm Mon-Fri, 5-9pm SatSun. 3955 Freedom Circle.

408.980.6400.

BY-TH-BUCKET American. $$. All walks of humanity rub shoulders here, enjoying just about everything that can

HATCHO Japanese. $$. Santa Clara’s Hatcho restaurant offers a little bit of everything. Restaurants that strive to be jacks-of-alltrades often end up being masters of none, but Hatcho displays a wide range of talent. 11:30am-2pm, 5:3010pm Mon-Fri, 5-9:30pm Sat-Sun. 1271 Franklin Mall.

408.248.8500.

KABAB AND CURRY’S Indian-Pakistani. $. Because it’s tucked into a quiet, semiresidential side street, Kabab and Curry’s feels like a neighborhood secret.

The Indian and Pakistani restaurant serves a good lunch buffet, and at dinner try the butter chicken, choley and tandoori chicken.

10:30am-2:30pm, 5:3010:30pm Tue-Sun. 1498 Isabella St. 408.247.0745.

KABAB HOUSE HALAL Middle Eastern. $. Santa Clara’s Kabab House Halal, a spare, eight-table restaurant, serves a panMiddle Eastern menu that leans toward Iran. As the name implies, Kabab House is basically a kebab house.

11am-9pm Mon-Sat. 2521 Newhall St. 408.984.2204.

99 CHICKEN Korean-style fried chicken. $. The simple

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Korean chicken is rendered of its fat and produces smooth pieces of meat with a taut, shatteringly crisp epidermis. Noon-midnight daily. 2781 El Camino Real.

408.244.5599.

PARCEL 104 New American. $$$$. Parcel 104 casts a spell with its stridently seasonal, ingredient-driven menu of new American food. The restaurant is one of the South Bay’s musteats. Breakfast 6:30-11am Mon-Fri, 7-10am Sat-Sun; lunch 11:30am-2pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5:30-9pm Mon-Fri. 2700 Mission College Blvd.

408.970.6104.

PHO #1 NOODLE HOUSE Asian noodle house. $. A good and friendly destination when one’s stomach screams for a three-course meal but one’s wallet has but $10, Pho boasts an ambitious menu of nearly 100 Vietnamese and Chinese items. 10am9pm daily. 5025 Stevens Creek Blvd. 408.249.1111.

PHO THANH LONG Vietnamese noodle house. $. This diner’s pho rates among the Top 3 in the South Bay. Beer. 9am-9pm daily. 2450 El Camino Real.

408.983.0888.

SABOR SALVADOREÑO Salvadoran. $. One of the few outposts for Salvadoran food in the South Bay, Sabor Salvadoreño serves excellent pupusas, soups, tamales and other standards from the tiny Central American nation.

9am-9pm daily. 2045 White Oak Lane. 408.985.6464.

SHAN Pakistani and Indian. $. Shan serves a mix of northern Indian and Pakistani food. Unlike India, most of which is Hindu, Pakistan is Muslim, and that means that meat—chicken, beef, lamb and goat—plays a starring role. Kebabs, Tandoori and curries all shine here. 11:30am3pm, 5:30-10pm daily.

5251 Stevens Creek Blvd.

408.260.9200.

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TOFU HOUSE Korean. $.

Soup stars at this casual, popular stop. To tofu soups, add mushrooms, beef, pork or seafood—plus scores of condiments like daikon, cucumber, radish. Hot stuff! 11am-9pm Mon-Thu, 11am-10pm Fri, 11am-9pm Sat. Closed Sun. 3450 E. El Camino Real #105.

408.261.3030.

YAN CAN FRESH ASIAN COOKING Chinese and panAsian. $$. At Yan Can you can have chicken satay, wonton soup, chicken teriyaki and Korean barbecue beef all in one sitting. This outpost of celebrity TV chef Martin Yan’s growing empire does a reasonably good job with all those cuisines. 11am-9pm daily. 3927 Rivermark Plaza.

408.748.3355.

YOYO SUSHI BAR & GRILLE Japanese fusion. $$. The fusionfriendly menu features such expertly realized creations as the deep-fried California Roll and the Fisherman Roll, crab and avocado wrapped in rice, topped with salmon and rich masago sauce and then baked. Weekday happy hour. 11am-10pm daily. 3958 Rivermark Plaza.

408.213.9696.

YUKI SUSHI Japanese $$.

A family-friendly ambience prevails here, full of community hubbub, good food, generous portions and super chefs. Yuki keeps it simple but always interesting with dishes that are well thought out and presented. 11:30am-2pm, 5-9:30pm Tue-Fri, 5-9:30pm Sat, 5-9pm Sun. Closed Mon. 1827 Pruneridge Ave. 408.248.9144.

ZAFRAN Northern Indian and Pakistani. $. Zafran serves northern Indian and Pakistani food, a muscular, hearty cuisine that revolves around meat: chicken and beef but also lamb and goat, lamb brains and other organ meats. 11am-11pm daily. 1855 El Camino Real.

408.247.9998.

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THE BASIN New American. $$$. The Basin has some refreshingly high standards.

Produce is organic, seafoods are fresh and the menu accentuates American ideas, enhanced by Spanish and Italian spin. 5pm-close daily. 14572 Big Basin Way. 408.867.1906.

LA MERE MICHELLE French-European. $$$. After three decades, La Mere is a tradition. Old World standards such as pâté, escargots, wiener schnitzel and veal scallopini find a distinguished setting in the crystal-dotted dining room.

11:30am-2pm Wed-Sun, 5:30-9pm Tue-Sun. Closed Mon. 14467 Big Basin Way. 408.867.5272.

PLUMED HORSE Contemporary French. $$$$. After undergoing a $9 million remodel and expansion of its wine list, the Saratoga restaurant has been reborn as Silicon Valley’s premier luxury restaurant. How does the food taste at a $9 million restaurant? Mostly, like a million bucks. 5:30-10pm daily. 14555 Big Basin Way. 408.867.4711.

RISTORANTE DA MARIO Italian. $$. Ristorante Da Mario serves the greatest hits of Italian-American food but prepares them with a freshness and integrity that elevates them above your typical red-and-whitecheckered tablecloth ItalianAmerican restaurant. Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm Mon-Fri; dinner 5-9:30pm daily. 14441 Big Basin Way. 408.741.1518.

SENT SOVI New American. $$$$. A pretty dining room hosts an inspired, always fresh and seasonally driven menu of contemporary American and French food, complete with seductive desserts. 14583 Big Basin Way. 408.867.3110.

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BAY LEAF Indonesian and Thai. $$. Bay Leaf’s menu is divided into Thai and Indonesian food and it’s the latter that stands out. While Thai food is characterized by bright, high notes, Indonesian food strikes a lower bass note. 11am-3pm, 5-9:30pm Mon-Thu, 11am10pm Fri-Sat, 11am-9pm Sun. 122 S. Sunnyvale Ave. 408.481.9983.

CHELOKEBABI Persian. $$. Go straight for the baghali ghatogh, a fantastic appetizer made from delicate but rich baby lima beans, scrambled eggs and lots of garlic. Just as good is ghaymeh, a daily special made from tender chunks of beef, split peas, eggplant and tomato sauce. 11am10pm daily. 1236 Wolfe Rd. 408.737.1222.

DISHDASH Middle Eastern. $$. Dishdash celebrates the culinary glories of the Middle East beyond falafels and hummus. The menu is made from traditional recipes and ingredients but presented with a contemporary flourish. There’s also a small but well-chosen wine list to match. 11am-2:30pm, 5-9:30pm Mon-Fri, 10pm Sat-Sun. 190 S. Murphy Ave. 408.774.1889.

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Fri-Sat. 1036 El Camino Real.

408.617.0660.

PEZELLAS Family Italian. $$. Serves popular Italian dinners with rich sauces and generous portions.

East Coast seafood dishes like linguini and clams and calamari sautéed in tomato, garlic and basil stand out.

Pizza and pasta abound. Full bar. 11am-2:30pm Tue-Fri, 5-10:30pm Tue-Sat. Closed Sun-Mon. 1025 W. El Camino Real. 408.738.2400.

P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO Chinese. $$. With atmosphere to spare, Chang’s doesn’t neglect taste. Vibrant Szechuan flavors mix surprisingly well with rich Western-style desserts. Full bar. 11am10pm Mon-Sun, 11am-11pm Fri-Sat. 390 W. El Camino Real. 408.991.9078.

SAIZO Japanese. $$. Part bar, part eatery, Saizo served small plates of grilled and fried dishes made to go with sake and beer. It’s all good.

Open daily for lunch and dinner Mon-Sat. 592 E. El Camino Real. 408.733.7423.

SENZALA Brazilian. $$.

Senzala restaurant is like a Brazilian cultural center that also serves food. Brazilian art and photographs cover the walls. Go for the feijoada, a hearty, smoky black bean stew made with chunks of beef and pork. 11am-10pm Mon-Sat. 250 E. Java Dr. 408.734.1656.

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SHALIMAR Indian-

American. $$$. Its previous incarnation as a post office lends this space eccentric charm, and the food delivers full-bodied taste in generous portions. Veal marsala, thin-crust pizza and New York steak are featured.

11am-1:30pm, 4-9:30pm TueSun. 127 W. Washington St. 408.733.9600.

Pakistani. $. Walk up to the counter, grab a menu and place your order. One of the best dishes is the plainlooking haleem, a lentil and barley stew available with chicken or beef. Nihari, a rich beef shank stew, is also great. 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30-10:30pm Sun-Thu, noon-3:30pm, 5:30-11pm Sat-Fri. 1146 W. El Camino Real. 408.530.0300.

LUCKY DHABA Indian. $. A dhaba is a roadside fastfood joint in northern India.

We’ve got our own version here at Sunnyvale’s Lucky Dhaba. Located off busy El Camino Real, Lucky Dhaba offers a wide variety of good Indian food. 11am-10pm Sun-Thu and 11am-10:30pm

SUGAR BUTTER FLOUR Bakery. $. Sugar Butter Flour’s desserts and pastries go well beyond the humdrum sweets found at most restaurants and bakeries. The bakery’s chocolate skills are

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TAVERNA BISTRO Old Mediterranean/Turkish. $$. Mustard and ruddy pomegranate hues warm the restaurant’s interior; zesty Arabic infusions warm the food. Choose from mezes such as hummus or tabouli.

Entrees include lamb, beef or chicken gyros or lamb kebab.

11am-10pm daily. 133 S. Murphy Ave. 408.735.9971.

UDUPI PALACE Indian. $$. Udupi Palace, a south Indian vegetarian restaurant, specializes in dishes—dosas and uthappams. Dosas are long, thin crepes made with rice flour. Uthappams are pancakes made with rice and lentil flour. 11:30am-10pm Mon-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat, 11:30am-10:30pm Sun. 976 E. El Camino Real.

408.830.9600.

YUME-YA Japanese. $$.

Don’t come here looking for sake bombs and macadamia nut-encrusted gimmicky sushi rolls. What sets this restaurant apart is its selection of izakaya-style dishes, little plates of food designed to go with beer and sake. 6-11pm MonSat. 150 El Camino Real.

408.530.8156.

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THE MOUNTAIN HOUSE Continental. $$$. A menu strewn with rare game and hearty selections seems fitting for this forest find.

Worth the trip. Bar 2pm; dinner 5pm, Wed-Sun. 13808 Skyline Blvd. 650.851.8541.

VILLAGE PUB New American. $$$. Chef Mark Sullivan’s unpretentious but refined French-influenced American food continues to make this a destination restaurant. Brunch 10am2pm Sun; lunch 11:30am2:30pm Mon-Fri; dinner 510pm daily. 2967 Woodside Rd. 650.851.9888.

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DREAM HOUSE Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Los Gatos Thu – 10pm; $5 Dream House’s songs are reminiscent of that bygone acoustic singer/songwriter era when folk troubadours played for spare change in obscure cafes— you know, the ’90s. In other words, it’s good old-fashioned coffee shop music, a blend of cleverly cerebral word jumbles and hearton-the-sleeve emotional honesty.

It’s all stirred together evenly like clanging spoons mixing cream and sugar in coffee. Dream House’s set is offset with a couple of easylistening, smooth pop anthems. “I Am in the Woods and I Am Ready

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to Die” is a particularly fun one to sing along to. (AC)

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DRUNKEN STARFIGHTER The Bank, Saratoga Fri –10pm; free Han shot first. The Eight Demons of Kimon. These are the topics I imagine Drunken Starfighter would like to expound upon in the nerdliest fashion possible. Hailing from Mos Eisley, the spaced-out locals bring their mellow vibe of early dub to the present, spouting conscious lyrics on topics ranging from anime to sci-fi and beyond.

Taking cues from pioneers of

the genre like Lee Perry, King Tubby and Keith Hudson, Drunken Starfighter plays this show with South Bay skasters Monkey. (BD)

DJ SAKE ONE Pagoda Lounge; San Jose Friday – 9pm; What separates good DJs from exceptional DJs isn’t so much the music they play, but the overall theme they create for the night. DJ Sake One likes to get a bouncing, crazy party going with some classic soul and modern hip-hop (always a good mixture), but at the same time, he’s always digging deeper. On his website, he describes soul music as “the sound of our ancestors singing the blues through physical form.”

That’s some deep to think about while getting one’s groove on.

Even if you aren’t thinking about the emotional fabric of soul music, Sake One is feeling it, mixing the music accordingly and creating a powerful tone for the evening. (AC)

TOO SHORT The Catalyst, Santa Cruz Fri – 9pm; $20/$25 Too Short spent the end of last year denying rumors that he was dead, but hell, he’s been declared dead before, at least in the music industry. From helping to define the Oakland rap style in his teens to going Dirty South to getting hyphy, he manages to keep reinventing himself, and he’s gotten a recent boost from collabs with Wiz Khalifa and Snoop. (SP)

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Montalvo, Saratoga Sat – 8pm; $30/$35 It’s not possible to grow up a bigger folkie than Eric Bibb. His father, Leon, was a big deal in the NYC folk scene, Pete Seeger used to hang around the house and young Eric got guitar advice from Dylan. So what happens when a singer/songwriter raised on ’60s idealism finds the blues? In Eric Bibb’s case, an injection of hope and downright good feeling into a genre known for its bad vibrations. The mood is almost closer to gospel, but the sound is unmistakably blues. He abandoned the killing floor of ’60s American

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RICHARD EGARR, BACH RECITAL THIS CHARMING BAND Feb 3 at 9pm, the Blank Club, San Jose

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SOCIAL DISTORTION Feb 9 at Santa Cruz Civic

WILLIE K Feb 10 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

SPENCER DAY Feb 11 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

SUPER LOVE JAM Feb 11 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

KRONOS QUARTET Feb 12 at 7pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

EDDIE PALMIERI Feb 12 at 7:30pm, Montalvo Arts Center

BIG TIME RUSH Feb 19 at 7pm, SJSU Event Center

CHUCHO VALDÉS Feb 19 at 7pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

MEGADETH Feb 23 at 6:30pm, SJSU Event Center

TOTEM, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL Opens Mar 2, downtown San Jose

ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO Mar 3 at 8pm, Dinkelspiel, Stanford

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BLAKE SHELTON Mar 16 at HP Pavilion

LADY ANTEBELLUM blues music by the end of the decade, while in his teens, and still lives and works in Europe and the U.K. He stays close to the patented acoustic style that’s won him a closet full of blues awards and a Grammy nomination. (SP)

Depression’s got a hold of me/ Depression’s gonna kill me.”) In addition to not being mired in teen angst and severe hopelessness, these pop-punkers know how to write a catchy tune. Plus they’ve got some solid chops and some crisp vocal harmonies. (AC)

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Nickel City; San Jose Sat – 6pm; $8

Caravan, San Jose Sat – 9pm; free

These young punk-rockers today ... so damn optimistic. Just listen as San Jose pop-punk outfit Four O’Clock Heroes sing about making a long distance relationship work: “Don’t stop/Don’t fight the feeling/Never give up/Don’t stop believing.” That’s a far cry from say, Black Flag. (“There’s no girls that want to touch me/I don’t need your goddamn sympathy/

A blues band from San Mateo? I don’t get it—what does anyone within walking distance of a burrito from Curry Up Now have to be upset about? Still, this young quartet, which formed just last summer, is fronted by a singer who can really belt, Annie Ulukou.

Guitarist Paul Zielinski, bassist Justin Bastedo and drummer Jon Ried create a gritty but lush

backing sound that brings out the Amy Winehouse in her, which is more than apt with lyrics like “It makes me wonder what you did to make me want you so dead.” (SP)

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ADRIAN COSTA Poor House Bistro, San Jose Sun – noon –3pm; free Since 49ers fans have the blues anyway, perhaps there’s no better way to gear up for big game this weekend than the Adrian Costa Blues Persuasion, who’ll headline PHB’s Super Bowl party. Hailing from Spain by way of Palo Alto, Costa is better known as half of the quirky, international duo Los

Reyes del K.O., which he formed back in the ‘90s with Marcus Coll.

Costa’s solo work seems a little more straight-ahead blues; at least as much as he’s capable of.

He’ll play until 3pm, after which the game featuring no Harbaughs coaching will be shown. (SP)

Mar 23 at 7pm, HP Pavilion

PHILIP GLASS Apr 7 at 8pm, Montalvo Arts Center

RADIOHEAD Apr 11 at 7:30pm, HP Pavilion

COLDPLAY Apr 27-28 at 7pm, HP Pavilion

VAN HALEN Jun 5 at HP Pavilion

NICKELBACK Jun 18 at HP Pavilion

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FEATURED LISTINGS Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Walker Evans Feb. 1–Apr 8; Cantor Arts Center, Stanford; free As we move deeper into the era of digital photography (hello, Lytro), the craft of images on films becomes more vital rather than less. The most memorable of Walker Evans’ (1903–1975) photos are straightforward, unsentimentalized portraits of people suffering through the nation’s Great Depression—they take on new resonance in the light of our own version of economic despair. The shows includes more than 100 Evans prints. (Pictured is a detail of Houses and Billboards in Atlanta, 1936.)

Palo Alto Players presents a one-man play about President Truman. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $20-$29. Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto.

GREEN WHALES A middle-aged woman with a disease that makes her look like a 13-year-old navigates life and romance. A Renegade Theatre Experiment production. Runs Feb 3-25.

Thu preview, 8pm. Opens Fri, 8pm. Regular shows: Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 7pm. $12.50-$27.50.

Historic Hoover Theatre, San Jose.

MARVIN’S ROOM

Doubt, a Parable Runs through Feb 18; Bus Barn Theater; Los Altos; $24–$30 John Patrick Shanley’s play plumbs the murky depths of faith and suspicion. In the ’60s, a nun at a Catholic school begins a crusade against a priest thought to have molested a student. The narrative touches on moral, legal and emotional hot buttons.

This is a Bus Barn Stage Company presentation.

Marvin’s Room Runs through Feb 12; Dragon Theater, Palo Alto; $16–$30.

The summary—two sisters overcome their differences to help find a bone-marrow donor— doesn’t sound like a comedy, but Scott McPherson’s Marvin’s Room is as funny as it is wrenching. The play is about caring for the ill in the face of great odds (McPherson died of AIDS at age 33), even when happy endings aren’t an option. This is a Dragon Productions presentation.

Two sisters are brought together after years of estrangement in a dark comedy

by Scott McPherson. Presented

by Dragon Productions. Runs thru Feb 12. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $16-$30. Dragon Theater, Palo Alto.

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN Pear Avenue presents the Eugene O’Neill drama about the troubled Tyrone family.

Runs thru Feb 5. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $15-$30. Pear Avenue Theatre, Mountain View.

ON THE TOWN The Bernstein, Comden and Green musical is staged by South Valley Civic Theatre. Runs thru Feb 11. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $14/$18. Morgan Hill Community Playhouse.

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*stage Theater APHRODISIAC A drama about a politician and his missing aide. Written

by Rob Handel and presented

by City Lights. Runs thru Feb 19. Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $25-$35. City Lights, San Jose.

BABY WANTS CANDY Improv group creates a musical comedy on the spot from audience suggestions; also student sketch comedy group Pardon My French. Mon,

7:30pm.

7:30pm $10. $10 Archbishop Mitty High School, San Jose.

CROSSING DELANCEY Susan Sandler’s play tells the story of a woman who wants to move into Manhattan’s literary scene. Presented by Tabard Theatre. Runs thru Feb 19. ThuFri, 8pm, Sat, 3 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm. $15-$35. Theatre on San Pedro Square.

DOUBLE INDEMNITY A stage adaptation by David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright of the famed James M. Cain story about a not-sobright insurance salesman and a sultry siren with a husband in need of eliminating. Presented

by San Jose Rep. Runs thru Feb

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5 Wed, Wed 7:30pm, 7:30pm Thu-Fri, Thu-Fri 8pm, 8pm Sat, 3 and 8pm, Sun, 2pm, Tue, 7:30pm. $29-$74. San Jose Repertory Theatre.

DOUBT, A PARABLE At a Catholic school, allegations of sexual misconduct affect the lives of four people in a Bus Barn Stage Company production. Runs thru Feb 18.

Thu-Sat, 8pm, Sun (Feb 5 and 12), 3pm, plus Wed (Feb 8 and 15), 7:30pm. $24-$30. Bus Barn Theatre, Los Altos.

FINIAN’S RAINBOW South Bay Musical Theatre presents a story of an Irish family, a pot of gold and a leprechaun. Runs thru Feb 18.

This week: Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun,

TheatreWorks mounts a West Coast premiere of Lee Hall’s play about coal miners who take up fine art. Runs thru Feb 12. Wed, 7:30pm, Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and 8pm (2pm only Feb 11), Sun, 2 and 7pm (2pm only Feb 12), Tue, 7:30pm. $29-$49.

Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

Classical Concerts RICHARD EGARR A solo recital of Bach works by the harpsichordist. Wed, 8pm. $10-$50. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford.

EL CAMINO YOUTH SYMPHONY A lunar new year event

with a dragon dance and guests Zhi Yin Singers. Sat, 7:30pm. $15/$25. Flint Center, Cupertino.

MASTER SINFONIA A chamber orchestra concert featuring world premiere of Rokeach’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra. Sat, 7:30pm. $5-$20. St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Menlo Park; also Sun, 2:30pm. Los Altos United Methodist Church.

NOVA VISTA SYMPHONY A celebration of the music of Brahms with pianist Yunjie Chen. Sat, 8pm. $10-$20. De Anza Visual and Performing Arts Center, Cupertino.

PAN-ASIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL The Magic of Asian Zithers.

Fri, 8pm. $5-$10. Dinkelspiel; also performance by Yuan Sha, Lazue Sawai and Ji Aeri with Stanford Symphony Orchestra; program features works for koto and gayageum as well as Prokofiev. Sat, 8pm. $5-$10. Dinkelspiel; also Generation NeXT in Asian Music, a showcase for Bay Area ethnic Asian ensembles.

Sun, 8pm. $5-$10. Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford.

PEERY PIANO ACADEMY A recital performance by students. Sat, 11:30am and 1:30pm. $5/$8. Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET Performing new pieces by undergraduate composers at Stanford. Sun, 8pm. Free.

Campbell Recital Hall, Stanford.

SF CHAMBER ORCHESTRA A family concert program called “Arond the World in Song.” Sun, noon. Free (call 415.692.5268 to reserve). College of San Mateo Theatre.

Redwood City.

COMEDYSPORTZ Fri, 9pm and Sat, 7 and 9pm: Live improv comedy. Fri, 11pm: The Midnight Show. Inside the Camera 3 building, San Jose.

ROOSTER T. FEATHERS Wed, 8pm: New Talent Showcase. $10. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 and 10:30pm: Brent Weinbach. $12/$18. Sunnyvale.

SAN JOSE IMPROV Wed, 8pm: American Me Comedy. $12. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 8 and 10pm, Sat, 7 and 9pm: John Witherspoon. $22-$25. San Jose.

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Museums OPENING CANTOR ARTS CENTER “Walker Evans.” A celebration of the image of the great American photographer. Feb 1-Apr 8. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Stanford.

EUPHRAT MUSEUM “Invoking Peace.” A group show features varying approaches to a call for peace.

Reception Feb 9, 5:30pm.

Show runs Feb 3-Mar 17.

Mon-Thu, 10am-3pm. De Anza College, Cupertino.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Renegade Humor.” A show about the uses of humor in art, with pieces by Roy De Forest, John Bankston, M. Louise Stanley and more. Feb 3-Jul 8 Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

CONTINUING ART MUSEUM OF LOS GATOS

A group of electronic musicians performs. Thu, 8pm. Free.

CCRMA Stage, Stanford.

“Source Material: Works by Darla McKenna, Jeanne Tillman and Josette Urso.” Assemblage pieces. Thru Mar 9. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. Los Gatos.

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Alexander Barantschik and others perform selections by Beethoven and Ravel. Sun, 8pm. $25-$35. Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto.

Comedy ANGELICA’S BISTRO Wed, 8pm: Comedy night hosted by Dan St. Paul. No cover.

“The Legend of Rex Slinkard.”

Oils and works on paper by the influential California artist of the early 1900s. Thru Feb 26. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Stanford.

CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM “Mammoth Discovery!” Plus activities and hands-on fun for

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DATE NIGHT Izzy (Becky Wallace) wants to move into the literary circle of author Tyler (Toby Cordone) in ‘Crossing Delancey.’

Two Worlds SUSAN SANDLER’S charming romantic comedy Crossing Delancey first hit the stage back in 1985 and made its film debut in 1988. Now it’s Tabard Theatre Company’s turn. Under the direction of the company’s founder, Cathy Cassetta, the play provides plenty of laughs.

Sandler’s story has its predictable elements but proves to be far richer than expected at first glance. Izzy, played by Becky Wallace, is a 30-something single woman Crossing working in a bookstore on the Upper East Side; she daydreams about a romance with a Delancey popular novelist. Toby Cordone’s Tyler is the narcissistic writer who stops by Izzy’s bookstore Runs through Feb 19; $10–$35 regularly to see how his books are selling. Even though he can’t remember her name from week Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose to week, Izzy dreams of a romance with Tyler.

Every Sunday, Izzy travels to her grandmother’s apartment on the Lower East Side. Bubbie, played

by Beverley Griffith, longs for Izzy to find a nice Jewish boy to settle down with.

Bubbie’s kitchen fills the stage, and the bookstore is nothing but a retail desk, suggesting the relative importance of home and family on Izzy’s life.

Izzy breaks the fourth wall to explain things and to let the audience in on how she is feeling.

This may be Izzy’s play, but Griffith’s Bubbie steals the show with her electric personality and unassuming wit. She calls on flamboyant matchmaker Hannah (Nora Rousso), to find a match for Izzy. Hannah, whose past may hide something darker than her bubbly personality lets on, sets Izzy up with Sam the pickle maker (Steve Shapiro), who lives in Bubbie’s neighborhood. Predictably, Izzy is not immediately drawn to Sam. The play’s dynamic traps Izzy between the traditional world of her grandmother and the modern intellectual world she seeks to enter. Tyler and Sam represent opposite ends of the spectrum. But there is more to Sam than meets the eye. He is a poet who studied literature before his father died, and he decided to take over the family business.

The story becomes less about the destination and more about the journey as Izzy realizes what she needs to truly make her happy and struggles with the tension between tradition and assimilation.—Jen Nowell

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installation of cut and folded books by Shannon Amidon. In the storefront at 95 S. Market St, San Jose.

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“Andy Warhol: Polaroids and Portraits.” Thru Jul 1. “Golden States of Grace: Prayers of the Disinherited.” A documentary photo exhibit by Rick Nahmias about marginalized communities and spirituality.

Thru Mar 28. “Between Struggle and Hope: Envisioning a Democratic Art in the 1930s.”

Thru Feb 5. Tue-Sun, 11am4pm. Santa Clara University.

“Cakewalk Championship.” A group show of hallucinations by members of N/TENCE. Reception Fri. Feb 3-Mar 17.

San Jose.

“Catchwork in Rhythm.”

Paintings by Ricky Gumbrechi.

Reception Fri. Feb 3-Mar 24.

San Jose.

ART ARK

Group show by local artists.

Ongoing. San Jose.

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42 kids. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, Sun, noon-5pm. Discovery Meadow, San Jose.

Galleries

“DYAD.” The show looks at juxtapositions of two works of art that compliment or comment on each other. Feb 3-17. San Jose.

“Pioneering the Valley: The Chinese-American Legacy in Santa Clara Valley.” A new historical exhibit. Pacific Hotel Gallery, San Jose.

Henna-inspired paintings by Lisa Mejia and portraits by David Mejia. Reception Fri. Feb 3-28. San Jose.

MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HERITAGE

“Simply Seen.” Photos taken with toy and plastic cameras

by Marco Zecchin. Reception Fri, 7:30pm. Feb 3-24. San Jose.

“A Child’s World: Antique Toys, 1870-1930.” Thru Apr 29. FriSun, 11am-4pm. Palo Alto.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “This Kind of Bird Flies Backward.” A retrospective of paintings by Bay Area figurative artist Joan Brown.

Thru Mar 11. “Bill Owens: Ordinary Folks.” A selection of photographs taken by Owens in the 1970s. Thru Feb 5. Works by installation artist Anna Sew Hoy in the Beta Space. Thru Feb 26. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES “Invisible Lineage.” Works by a quartet of mid-20th-century artists in conjunction with four contemporary textile artists.

Thru Feb 5. Tue-Sun, 10am5pm. San Jose.

TECH MUSEUM “Islamic Science Rediscovered.” A show about technological advances in the Islamic world before the Renaissance period in the West. Mon-Wed, 10am-5pm, Thu-Sun, 10am-8pm. San Jose.

DOWNTOWN YOGA SHALA

GOOD KARMA CAFE “Blessed Are the Beasts, for They Shall Inherit the Earth.”

Works by Katrina Marie Loera.

Reception Fri. Feb 3-Feb 25.

San Jose.

HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE Group show of clay artists.

Reception Fri. San Jose.

KALEID GALLERY “Lunar Phases.” New digital photos by Centa Schumacher.

“Brutal/Tender.” Sculptures, paintings and more by Al Preciado. Reception Fri. Feb 324. San Jose.

MACLA “Chicana/o Biennial.” A group show featuring new works by Chicano artists. Thru Mar 10.

Reception Fri, 6-8pm. Wed-Thu, noon-7pm, Fri-Sat, noon-5pm.

San Jose.

METRO LOBBY “Live. Local. Loud.”

Photographs by Claire Young and Jessica Shirley-Donnelly.

Reception Fri. Feb 3-29. San Jose.

TRITON MUSEUM OF ART

PALO ALTO ART CENTER

Works by Eve Page Mathias.

Thru Feb 12. Department of Art Faculty show. Thru Feb 5.

Statewide Painting Competition and Exhibit. Thru Feb 12. TueWed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.

“Lawn Bowls.” An installation of repurposed plastic bags.

Reception Fri, 2-4pm. Held at Palo Alto Lawwn Bowls Club.

PHANTOM GALLERIES “Kanji Garden.” Window

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SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS AND TEXTILES Open late Fri for South First Friday with a workshop on making fabric Valentine’s Day cards. San Jose.

SLG ART BOUTIKI “Hearts and Arrows.” A show about love by local artists.

Reception Fri with live music and more. Feb 3-24. San Jose.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS Reception Fri for South First Friday. San Jose.

TECHSHOPSJ For South First Friday, an exhibit of Tim Thompson’s “Space Palette.” San Jose.

WORKS/SAN JOSE “Femme Fatale.” A group show about the complexities of the feminine. Feb 3-Mar 17. San Jose.

CONTINUING ANITA SEIPP GALLERY “Waterforms.” Paintings and prints by Sukey Bryan. Thru Feb 3. Palo Alto.

BRUNI GALLERY “The Jazz Masters Series” by BRUNI. San Jose.

MONTALVO ARTS CENTER “O’ Great Reverie: Montalvo 1912-2012.” An exhibit about the history of the estate built

by James Phelan 100 years ago. Jan 27-May 13. Reception Fri, 7pm. Thu-Sun, 11am-3pm.

Saratoga.

PARC GALLERY A show about information culture by L.A. artist Katie Herzog. Thru Mar 30. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. Xerox, Palo Alto.

SAN JOSE CITY HALL “City of Champions: 2001, a San Jose Soccer Odyssey.” An exhibit of photos and other historical items relating to the

NIGHT ROAR For South First Fridays, Jessica Shirley-Donnelly and Claire Young present the photo show ‘Live. Local. Loud.’

The roaring rocker is by Shirley-Donnelly. history of soccer in the city.

Thru Feb 29. Wing of San Jose City Hall.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “One Thing Leads to Another.”

A group show about process and repetition in prints and drawings. Thru Feb 25. “Dos Mundos.” Works by Tim Craighead. Thru Feb 18. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm.

San Jose.

STANFORD ART SPACES Mixed media by Kathryn Dunlevie, paintings by Brian Huber and Leo Posillico. Thru Feb 25. Weekdays, 8:30am5pm. Allen Art Spaces Gallery, Stanford.

WELTON GALLERY “Self-Help Book Club.” An exhibit of new works by firstyear MFA students. Thru Feb 26. Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm, SatSun, 1-5pm. Stanford.

Books

$20 per lecture. Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara.

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A teen event with “Lemony Snicket” author and Maira Kalman. Thu, 7pm. Menlo Park Council Chambers.

ADAM JOHNSON An evening with the author of the new novel “The Orphan Master’s Son.” Tue, 7pm.

Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

Kids

A gala event to raise money for Children’s Musical Theater San Jose; black tie; food; performances. Sat, 6pm. $150.

San Jose Civic Auditorium.

LUNAR NEW YEAR A celebratory community day event with multicultural arts and activities. Sat, 11am-5pm.

Free. San Jose Museum of Art.

GO, DOG. GO!

TECH MUSEUM AFTER HOURS

A family play. Wed-Thu, 4:30pm, Fri, 7pm, Sat, 2pm. $10/$12. Palo Alto Children’s Theatre.

A monthly event for adults to mingle and talk about science and listen to music by DJ Komodo. Wed, 8pm. $8/$10.

Tech Museum, San Jose.

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Every Thu thru Mar 1, 7pm.

VEGGIELUTION Everyone is invited to appreciation lunch for volunteers. Sat, 12:30-2:30pm.

Veggielution Farm, San Jose.

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PALMISTRY Marco Zecchin’s ‘Simply Seen’ show at Downtown Yoga Shala shows off his work with toy cameras.

Art About AFTER A well-earned winter break, the South First Fridays Art Walk makes its 2012 debut in the SoFA district with a mix of contemporary and traditional artwork, live music and other entertainment.

Anno Domini hosts the opening reception South First Friday for N’TENCE Hallucinations, a group exhibit examining “artwork created during past www.southfirstfridays.com. hallucinations” from the N’TENCE artist collective. Featuring works from Kristin Farr, Able Brown, David Hopp, Isaac McKayRandozzi and Porous Walker, the exhibition promises to be a potentially mind-bending experience. Electronic synth-pop band Comfort Slacks will provide musical accompaniment for the evening.

KALEID Gallery presents two new exhibitions and a special live performance by cellist Freya Seeburger. Lunar Phases, a photography series by Centa Schumacher, showcases images layered and overlapped in the pattern of familiar lunar phases and examining the idea that nothing is constant but change; Al Preciado presents his recent work in Brutal/Tender, a compilation of sculptures, paintings, photo collages and installation work created in the last six months.

The complexities of the feminine experience are explored in Femme Fatale at WORKS/San Jose, with artists Jody Alexander, Connie Begg, Victoria May, Stephanie Metz and Sylvia Min. In the Metro lobby, Claire Young and Jessica Shirley-Donnelly have collaborated on a photo show called Live. Local. Loud, with images of San Jose nightlife. South First Billiards welcomes artists Alfredo Reyes, Freddy Alfaro, Neto Sosa and others from the so-called “beautiful losers” generation, who grew up with low-rider culture in east San Jose and have expanded on their graffiti roots to develop more wide-appeal projects.

Guitarist Rick Vandivier will appear with the Vandivier Ensemble at Eulipia Restaurant, playing jazz, rock, Latin and funk.—Hayley Benham-Archdeacon

Cabaret Night 2012 is this Weekend!

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Film Wave Coming SMOKE OKE GETS IN HER EYES Rachel Weisz stars in ‘The Deep Blue Sea,’ the closing film at this year’s festival.

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Cinequest announces this year’s slate of features, documentaries, shorts, panels and Mavericks

By RICHARD VON BUSACK

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HE CINEQUEST year never ends. Director Halfdan Hussey tells me that the 22nd edition of the film festival, coming to San Jose Feb. 28–March 11, will once again bring a world of cinema, fans and moviemakers downtown.

“Literally, the whole last year was spent working with the team,” Hussey says. “The postmortems start in late March, we have a week to wrap it up, and then we’re and off and running for the next year. The theme this year is ‘Never-Ending Passion,’ and it’s more true than ever for us.”

Cinequest 22’s opener and closer certainly couldn’t be more different.

Opening night showcases an unusual film by Luc Besson. Besson was the most successful exponent of what was called

the “cinema du look,” making him the Continental version of commercialmakers who turned to feature directing—like Adrian Lyne and the Scott brothers, Tony and Ridley.

Besson’s 1997 The Fifth Element merged hardboiled detective drama and the most New Agey of science fiction, with Milla Jovovich as a heaping side dish of Gaultier-flavored cheesecake. Besson got in on the ground floor of butt-kicking babe cinema. Who can number the variations of Besson’s much franchised, remade and sometimes utterly ripped off 1990 Nikita (1990)? For example, isn’t there some kind of movie about a tattooed vengeful punkette haunting the theaters right now?

Besson is still in that BKB market, as recently as the flop Columbiana, which he produced and directed. Cinequest is presenting a different indomitable, unintimidatable woman in the form of The Lady, a biopic of Nobel laureate Aung Sang Suu Ki, the Burmese dissident imprisoned by the junta there.

Hussey says that Besson is “taking on a tough subject, the terrible situation of a house arrest and the trauma of her imprisonment—and the film finds some sort of transformational energy in the situation.”

Not to be confused with Besson’s The Big Blue (1988) is Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea, which closes this year. It’s based on a vintage Terence Rattigan play about infidelity.

The Liverpool-bred Davies will come to San Jose to discuss his work. Those who haven’t seen his 1988 memory film Distant Voices, Still Lives could think that it resembles Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life. The similarity of Malick’s and Davies’ first names could cause confusion, Hussey explains. “But there is [also] a similarity between the two filmmakers in depth of sensibilities.”

Hussey is most eager to mention the “Picture the Possibilities” sessions at this year’s festival. In his words, they “connect the youth visionaries of tomorrow with the leaders of today. For us what’s exciting is the balance between the exciting new emerging talents and the older masters.”

“Picture the Possibilities” is a scheme to network between high school moviemakers in five different parts of the world, including Harlem, Beijing, Mexico City, East Palo Alto and South Central L.A.

Hussey recalls, “Years ago, Cinequest co-founder Kathleen Powell, said, ‘Let’s make this global,’ and since then, we’ve built up a lot of strong partnerships.

It’s breathtaking to see the capacity, their ability to direct and act and tell stories—and the digital revolution is helping them like never before. We’ve got 15- and 16-year-olds learning about each other and making spectacular films. This is the part that inspires me the most, the opportunities to connect youth with leaders. These programs make for a very powerful opportunity to youth, who usually have to sit back and listen.”

On March 1, Cisco Systems will sponsor a program that lets these young filmmakers in a teleconference with some as yet-unide yet-unidentified community leaders. On March 4, the festival will present a selection of films that resulted.

Ange comes a short From Los Angeles documentary pro profile of Homeboy succe Industries, a successful gang rehab China program in Chinatown.

“The program uncond combines unconditional love and jobs,” Hussey says. “They treat young people who have u undergone severe trauma trauma I personally wouldn’t trauma—trauma know how to deal with—that caused them to make some decisions that put them in jail.”

A high school class in Beijing made the feature film Last Summer, which will show at Cinequest. “It’s about how young love can open up opportunities to examine your past and move forward; it’s a very mature love story.”

A new situation at this year’s festival—two different local chefs are receiving the awards that usually go to directors and stars. Nationally known chef Michael Mina (of Arcadia at the San Jose Marriott) will be honored with a Maverick Spirit Award.

Meanwhile, chef Michael Miller of the Silicon Valley Club will receive the emerging Maverick Award. One night of the fest includes a rally of gourmet food trucks as an attempt to get Cinequest out of the theaters and into the sidewalks.

There’s a certain harmony in this year’s festival caused by the unplanned pairings of two versions of Faust. One is by Alexander Sokurov, director of Russian Ark; the other is the Stanford Theatre–sponsored revival of Murnau’s brilliant 1926 silent film version of Goethe’s famous tale.

Sports documentaries and films make a serious trend at Cinequest this year.

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(R; 113 min.) See review on page 48.

BIG MIRACLE

(PG; 101 min.) A family-friendly movie about an Alaska reporter who teams up with a marine biologist (Drew Barrymore) to free a pod of whales encircled by arctic ice. (Opens Fri.)

CHRONICLE

(PG-13; 84 min.) Caught in home movie camera: three young Seattle men who are granted super powers at ďŹ rst use them for harmless pranks, and then ďŹ nd them getting out of control. The screenwriter is John Landisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; son, Max. (Opens Fri.)

THE WOMAN IN BLACK

(PG-13; 96 min.) Susan Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1983 novel is the source for this Victorianera gothic about a hard-pressed lawyer (Daniel Radcliffe) going to investigate a reputedly haunted house. (Opens Fri.)

Revivals ALL ABOUT EVE/ ORCHESTRA WIVES

(1950/1942) Bette Davis plays veteran theater actress Margo Channing, stalked by a disingenuous ingĂŠnue (Anne Baxter). George Sanders plays vinegar-blooded critic Addison De Witt. Marilyn Monroe has a small part as a naive ready for the picture business. Not about anything, but a brittle and delicious comedy all the same.

BILLED WITH Orchestra Wives.

George Montgomery is a trumpeter in Glenn Millerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s band (called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Gene Morrisonâ&#x20AC;? here); Montgomeryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spouse, Ann Rutherford, clashes with the wives of the other band leaders.

Long-jawed Tex Beneke stutters over the alphabet as he recalls a girl in Kalamazoo; the tuneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s verse is picked up by those twin gods of the terpsichoric, the Nicholas Brothers.

And itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing there was no CGI in those days because no one would believe they were real. (Plays Feb 3-6 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

CAMILLE/ A NIGHT AT THE OPERA

(1935/1936) With her bouquet of camellias concealing a bloody handkerchief, Greta Garbo has been the deďŹ nitive Camille since this ďŹ lm was made. She plays Marguerite, the very highest-priced sort of concubine in 1840s France: an ex-milkmaid who has only

learned how to read in the last few years. Somehow her training as a courtesan has been ďŹ&#x201A;awed, and her heart is uncontrolled. Also stars Henry Daniell, touching as the proud, hurt baron who tries to buy Marguerite. As his unfortunate rival, Armand, Robert Taylor has just the right combo of handsomeness and weakness. BILLED WITH A Night at the Opera. And then there are other ways of dealing with ideas of honor and love: thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always the path of Groucho Marx. He and his lethal brothers take on the world of classical music. Home of the famous â&#x20AC;&#x153;stateroom scene.â&#x20AC;? (Plays Feb 7-9 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.)

(RvB)

GROUNDHOG DAY

(1993) A snide weatherman (Bill Murray) learns the hard way not to waste his time. The ultimate comedy of repetition, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the ďŹ lm that proved Murray was more than a television phenomenon; the considerable darkness and solitude he shows here made both this ďŹ lm and his career survive. (Plays Feb 3-5 in San Jose at the Retro Dome.) (RvB)

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NILES FILM MUSEUM

Regularly scheduled programs of silent ďŹ lms. Feb. 4: Shore Leave (1925) with Richard Barthelmess as a sailor with a girl in one particular port, plus two shorts by George MĂŠliès and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hot Footâ&#x20AC;? (1923) starring Bobby Dunn as a marathon dancer. Judy Rosenberg at the piano. (Plays Feb 4 at 7:30pm in Fremont at the Edison Theater.) (RvB)

Reviews THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

(PG; 107 min.) John Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; novel, small-scale jazz theme accompanies Saul Bassâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;worthy silhouette animation of HergĂŠâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comic-book characters during the titles. Our hero, the intrepid of all intrepids, and his wonder-terrier, Snowy, pursue a pearl the size of a grapefruit. They chase it through alleys, airports and the machinery of Dick Sprangâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;sized giant typewriters. Then comes the motioncapture animation; the technique works here delightfully. It ought to be grotesque to pose a realistic human character next to a character with a knob or banana nose or jumbo ears, but in this vaguely French, vaguely 1950ish backdrop everything ďŹ ts together. (RvB)

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BASED ON a George Moore novella, Albert Nobbs has some pluses. It’s plausible—ultimately, it’s a story of the kind of thing that used to happen all the time. It’s a well-staged and beautifully costumed re-creation of 1898 Dublin for Ulysses-philes to daydream over; the silhouettes of women walking the f lat sands next to the surf make one think of Gerty MacDowell. Brendan Gleeson plays a richly bearded, hard-drinking physician, well able to bear the heavy lifting of delivering the most tragic lines in the film. And Albert Nobbs has Janet McTeer.

in the wistful parts. It’s also hard for an actress to make the idea of fatal purity compelling—Nobbs says, “A life without decency is unbearable.”

What Albert Nobbs doesn’t have is a director who can harmonize the various acting styles. Rodrigo Garcia helms with the same fits and starts of his connect-the-dots dramas, most notably Nine Lives.

As moviegoers, we’re trained to admire the proactive indecent characters, so we keep wanting to see more of McTeer as Nobbs’ acquaintance: 8cY\ik EfYYj a laborer who is also R; 113 min. a male impersonator, Plays at who has managed to selected successfully live as a theaters man. McTeer is a stage icon, but she previously hadn’t made a movie where she didn’t seem overpowering. Perhaps among the slackness of the direction here, and among the occasional anachronism of the lines (“I don’t want to be that person”), there was room for McTeer to take charge.

Glenn Close is the frozen-in-fear title character, a waiter at a pretentious hotel. She hides her sex in male clothes, and also conceals a trove of hard-earned money hidden in the f loorboards of her dingy room. Close’s portrait of a bound-in woman is the kind of sad you can admire rather than feel. Maybe wearing a derby makes you try too earnestly to emulate Chaplin

Her cropped hair, her Plains-Indian profile and her remarkable sturdiness (in womanly drag, her shoulders look broad enough to burst the corset holding her in) is a treat to watch for anyone who likes strong women.

McTeer’s impulsiveness—and the spark of anger in her—transcends Albert Nobbs’ slight smell of mold.

—Richard von Busack

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the pre-talkies features his regular star. In the lead is the amazing Jean Dujardin, better known as the idiot secret agent of Hazanavicius’ two OSS parodies. Here Dujardin plays a silent star named Valentin whose luck runs out when sound comes in at the end of the 1920s. It’s the other film this season besides Hugo that recalls the vividness and universality of the silent age. Recommended. (RvB)

Viola Davis to Sandra Bullock are merely a chorus to this bright boy, who reflect his sorrow, even though each one has their own reason for mourning. Director Stephen Daldry presents the story of the day as if through a children’s pop-up book.

If the terror of Sept 11 was meant to reduce us to fearful children, this film addresses us as if we still haven’t grown up yet. (RvB)

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 3D

THE FLOWERS OF WAR

(G; 84 min.) The Disney Vault opens once again and releases a classic work from its wretched grasp. Beauty and the Beast became the first animated film to ever be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards and helped bring about the Disney Renaissance, and now it returns to the big screen for roughly the 58th time, though in an entirely new dimension. The story is by this point, as the titular song promises, a tale as old as time. And in the age of Pixar, revamping arguably the most beloved film in the Disney filmography offers a chance for everyone to rediscover the magic, the power and the ability to refill Michael Eisner’s wallet. Happily Ever After indeed.

CONTRABAND

(R; 110 min.) This remake of a 2009 Icelandic thriller features Mark Wahlberg as a former drug-runner who has to get back in the game to save his brother-in-law after a botched run puts him in debt with a brutal drug lord (Giovanni Ribisi).

The film also stars Kate Beckinsale as Wahlberg’s tough-as-nails wife, who makes new strides in wifely requests by asking him to risk his life on behalf of her brother’s. When she and their sons get kidnapped, Wahlberg has to use his network of criminal connections to track him down. Just in time for awards season.

EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE

(PG-13; 129 min.) A dismally cute, greeting-card-size fantasy of September 11, beefed up with movie stars. Thomas Horn is Oskar, a bright child who has something that’s supposed to be similar to Asperger’s syndrome. His perfect fairy-tale version of a father (Tom Hanks) disappears in the smoke and the rubble, leaving behind a mysterious key in an envelope; Oskar believes the key was a message was left for him. Praising a movie’s photography is calling it a failure by another name, but Chris Menges’ cityscapes are lambent. However, high-class performers from Max von Sydow to

(R) Zhang Yimou’s sentimental epic about the 1937 Rape of Nanking (“An especially dark chapter in human history” explains the titles) demonstrates one thing—when Technicolor literally went to China to die, some of our older movie plots went to join it. As per the Bogie picture Left Hand of God, American sinner Christian Bale helps himself to a dead priest’s robes and finds out the hard way that clothes make the (holy) man. A group of fancy courtesans seek refuge behind the church walls where Bale is hiding; the new girls quarrel with the conventraised virgins already there. That’s when the rapacious Japanese soldiers arrive to encircle the compound.

The use of color is sometimes eyepopping, as in the iridescence of the prostitutes’ gowns, or in the scenes lit by a neon-colored stained glass window. But the very definition of decadence is the refinement of aesthetics even as the material gets morbid. When the film notes noting the arresting effect of arterial blood spray on a piece of torn silk, its attempt to memorialize this atrocity seems less important than making it all eerily gorgeous. (RvB)

THE GREY

(R; 117 min.) An inflationary take on Jack London–style material, with hard-man dialogue. Liam Neeson plays Ottway, an Arctic legend busted down to wolf shooter on an Alaska oil drilling rig. The flight home doesn’t make it through a storm, and he and his cohorts are picked off by a pack of wolves—large, computer animated, almost human in their malice. One believes Neeson’s ability to growl down anything from a moose to a Mountie. But The Grey is overamped with CGI-aided ordeals. It has crepe hair on its chest, as the editor Max Perkins said of Hemingway, and it’s ultimately an adventure sliced too thick for anyone but Sarah Palin. (RvB)

HAYWIRE

(R; 93 min.) A thriller about a spy seeking revenge, starring MMA champion Gina Carano and directed

by Steven Soderbergh. (RvB)

49 (PG; 127 min.) A kid’s movie at heart, with its lock and key quest taken straight from a children’s book.

Yet it’s bewitchingly different. In a Beaux-Arts composite of the Quai D’Orsay and Gare St. Lazare train stations in Paris, an orphan lives in the garret, tending the many clocks there. In his spare time, Hugo (Asa Butterfield) is repairing a robotlike clockwork automaton. Down below, the station is patrolled by a comically fierce gendarme (Sasha Baron Cohen). Another adversary for Hugo is a bearded elder man (Ben Kingsley) who tends a kiosk of toys and novelties—and who turns out to be cinema royalty in disguise.

The old man’s daughter is the bright young girl Isabelle (the talented Chloe Grace Moritz). All that’s left is for the young detectives to solve the mystery. Not everything in Hugo runs like, eh, clockwork, and yet it’s an absolutely captivating film.

Director Martin Scorsese’s use of 3-D is immaculate (the film must be seen in that format). With great charm, Hugo shifts from a boy’s search for family, to join the family one finds in the company of film watchers. (RvB)

IN THE LAND OF BLOOD AND HONEY

(R; 127 min.) The title’s awkwardness is well matched in the script. A secular Muslim artist named Ajla (Zana Marjanovic) meets a Bosnian Serb policeman, Danijel (Goran Kostic). The two re-encounter once the ethnic cleansing begins in the 1990s. Ajla is transported to a prison/bordello. Danijel is now an army officer—and is revealed to be the son of a racist general in the Serb forces (Rade Serbedzija). Thus the young captain has limited power to protect the woman he loves. While the Story of O thing between captor and captive has a twist, the incidents of romance (scored with piano solo) aren’t enough honey to sweeten the movie. Director Angelina Jolie pumps us to the max with the horrors committed by shaven-headed goons.

We aren’t redeemed by romantic relief. What we really end up desiring is to see Belgrade bombed all over again. (RvB).

THE IRON LADY

(PG-13, 101 min.) It transcends political naiveté by trying to sleaze its way into former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s personal life. The Iron Lady presents Thatcher (Meryl Streep) in her senility as being haunted by the prankish specter of her late husband Denis (Jim Broadbent). Great: a Tory

version of Topper. The way that director Phyllida Lloyd (Mamma Mia!) presents the doddering old lady, you feel some slight sympathy.

But too much of the film is a grateful celebration of a politician who really knew how to spread misery around.

And the film reverses the angle on the way Thatcher worked, making her a besieged woman encircled by furious crowds and mad bombers.

(RvB)

MAN ON A LEDGE

(PG-13; 102 min.) The latest in the genre of “Films With StraightForward Titles,” Man on a Ledge follows a fugitive (Sam Worthington) who claims his innocence while feigning to commit suicide by, you guessed it, standing on a ledge.

Meanwhile, across the street, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is underway, and the relationship between the two events are presumably fleshed out as the film continues. Elizabeth Banks plays a negotiator who tries to get Worthington down to safety, while Ed Harris, I assume, plays an old cop close to retirement who’s frankly “getting too old for this shit.” Aren’t we all.

ONE FOR THE MONEY

(PG-13; 106 min.) The long-awaited (surely by someone) adaptation of Janet Evanovich’s novel. It chronicles Stephanie Plum (Katherine Heigl), an out-of-work charmer who, in desperation, turns to bounty hunting, because that’s the go-to occupation in a skillless, post-recession world.

Her first high-stakes client turns out to be a former high school flame, whose murder rep doesn’t add up, and who may be winning Plum’s heart all over again. This is the first “conveniently-sequel-ready-title” in the series that now houses more than 20 novels, so we’ll thankfully have a lot more minor-intrigue and predictable mystery to look forward to.

PINA

(PG; 103 mins.) Wim Wenders’ glorious cinematic festschrift for the German choreographer Pina Bausch, who passed away in 2009.

The dancers deliver their memories of Bausch straight to the camera.

We can see why they fell in love, despite what Bausch demanded from them. However rarefied it seems in descriptions, Bausch’s art was all about hard work and ordinary pain. Note the melancholy yet sweet line of geriatric dancers at the rim of a strip-mined chasm.

And one performance is staged on the edge of traffic with TJ Maxx and

McDonald’s signs looming overhead.

(RvB)

RED TAILS

(PG-13) The heroism of the Tuskegee Airmen will never be forgotten. Red Tails, however—forget about it.

Executive producer George Lucas once used excerpts of World War II-era movie dogfights to let 20th Century Fox know what he had in mind for the not yet completed outer-space battle sequences in Star Wars. Red Tails seems to have rewoven all those loose snippets together into one film. It follows the history of the African American 332nd Fighter Group, and its officers Col. Bullard (Terrence Howard) and Maj. Stance (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) Director Anthony Hemingway disinters every pre-Catch-22, devil-dogs-of-theair line of dialogue ever written.

We even get a scar-faced German called “Pretty Boy” (Lars van Riesen) attacking in a Messerschmitt 262 jet fighter, shouting, “Die, you foolish African!” There’s not much more of the unexpected in the tender courtship of an Italian girl (Daniela Ruah from “CSI: Los Angeles”) and the hot-shot “Lightning” Little (David Oyelowo). Hopes are that patriotism will make us turn a blind eye to the weary falseness of this poorly written film and the synthetic visuals of its digitally animated aerial scenes. (RvB)

A SEPARATION

(PG-13; 123 min.) In Iran, a potential divorce is complicated by a criminal case when a pious nursemaid (Sareh Bayat) tending to an aged member of the splitting-up family claims that she was made to miscarry. The significant glances and open-faced lies make the title a play on words— the film is actually about the split between the world of men and the world of women. This is obviously worse in an Islamic republic that works to keep the two as separate as possible. Director Asghar Farhadi’s astonishing drama shows the problems of legislated morality, but he seems to have his eye on a more metaphysical, ancient statute: the hidden laws of bad luck, and how that luck inevitably worsens because of the acts of desperate men and women. (RvB)

SHAME

(NC-17; 107 min.) Steve McQueen’s previous film, Hunger, was about an imprisoned man starving to death.

Shame is the story of a free man gorging himself. Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is ruled by his penis.

Through days and nights, this executive compulsively sexes the pain away. Meanwhile, Brandon

is trying to keep his enormously troubled sister, Sissy (Carey Mulligan), at arms’ length. As Sissy demands more attention, McQueen leaves the possibility of incest open.

Shame’s strength is the kamikaze acting by brave-as-a-lion Michael Fassbender. Because of him, there are glimmers: maybe Shame is arguing that Brandon’s problem isn’t his endless sex—rather, it’s his terrible guilt? Likely not. Note the squeamishness about porn, the gloomy attitude about needs and the high-toned alienation—it’s like watching people couple inside artgallery vitrines. (RvB)

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY

(R; 127 min.) This stunning new version of John le Carré’s novel follows George Smiley (Gary Oldman) a recessive, middle-aged British intelligence agent. He seeks a Soviet mole: four of his colleagues are the most likely suspects. Director Tomas Alfredson (of the original Let The Right One In) creates a thick impasto of early-1970s British despair, as compelling as an alternate universe.

The suspects include one of the most baleful actors alive, Ciarán Hinds; Colin Firth’s Bill Haydon, an icon of condescention; Toby Jones as the pompous mediocrity Percy Alleline; David Dencik’s downy Toby Esterhase, last seen wailing for his life on an airport tarmac; and Benedict Cumberbatch as the too-natty Peter Guillam. Out in the cold: the ominous Tom Hardy, as a polyester-swathed legbreaker named Ricki Tarr. Intense and bewildering, strangely beautiful, but very moody: be warned that this isn’t a Bond or a Bourne. (RvB)

WE BOUGHT A ZOO

(PG; 124 min.) Cameron Crowe’s comeback film after the debacle that was Elizabethtown is based on the title of British author Benjamin

Mee’s book. Matt Damon is a laid-off L.A. widower who unaccountably has enough dough to purchase 18 acres of prime California real estate near Ojai, as well as the small decrepit wild animal park that comes with it. Helping out is Angus Macfayden as the most vaudeville Scotsman since James Doohan died. Maggie Elizabeth Jones’ cute, wise-beyondher-years little girl steals scenes remorselessly. Scarlett Johansson has the notice-me-dammit role as the head zookeeper, Kelly, who keeps trying to get around Benjamin’s grief for his dead wife. (The romantic dialogue between them is easily 2011’s most forced.) Bravura performances by Felix the Lion and Bart the Bear II are bypassed in Cameron’s scheme to work the hell out of the family’s problems.

We came to watch animals, not 7th Heaven. The steamrollering soundtrack (Randy Newman’s “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today” over a rainstorm) shows Crowe’s typical lack of trust in his audience’s ability to feel. (RvB)

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WATTS UP Beat-battle-tested L.A. producer Dibiase guests at Johnny V’s Treatment night on Thursday.

L.A. musical maverick Dibiase comes to San Jose for Treatment

By STEVE PALOPOLI

S

OCAL PRODUCER PRODIGY Dibiase remembers when L.A. became a beat mecca in 2005. Flipping his own first beats as a teenager growing up in Watts, he wasn’t too long out of high school when he started getting invited to events like Sketchbook, the weekly Tuesday night gathering of up-and-coming talent at the Little Temple club in Silver Lake.

At this point, no one knew how huge the scene was going to get, and the early efforts of the West Coast’s best new beatmakers were blasting out every week through the speakers of Dibiase’s boombox.

“I would bring it to Sketchbook every week, and everybody would bring their beat tapes or CDs,” he remembers. “I’d pass the boombox around outside like a round table, and everybody’d play what they made that week. Some people might have made 12 beats, some people might have made five. But the people who were playing their beats were like Fly Lo, Ras G, a lot of the cats killing it. Georgia Ann Muldrow, she would play stuff there. Sacred, Taarach, pretty much everybody that was in the scene.”

Now, as Dibiase (pronounced Dee-bee-ah-see) makes only his second visit ever to San Jose this week to guest at 2012’s first Treatment night at Johnny V’s, he’s still processing how much things have changed since then.

After winning more than 20 beat battles around his home town, he made his name once and for all

winning the Red Bull Big Tune Battle in 2010. That same year, he released his first album with one of the hottest labels around for indie hip-hop and electro, Alpha Pup Records.

Machines Hate Me, while not his most mind-bending record, was a good introduction to Dibiase’s obsessions for the world at large.

Dense, ingeniously sample-heavy and influenced by everything from J Dilla’s MPC work to chiptune video-game music, it’s a natural progression for a producer who started out in junior high chopping up records with nothing but an 8-second sampler and a drum machine to make his beats.

“Stuff that I did in the beginning, a lot of that was trial and error,” he says. “That ended up becoming a sound that people like now. I used to distort a lot of sounds, do a lot of lo-fi sounding stuff by default.

People were like ‘Man, you need to clean that up.’ Now that sound is popular, that lo-fi sound. Now they make equipment and software to do the stuff I was doing by default.”

As time went on, he started

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Beat Crazy

trolling pawn shops for whatever equipment he could afford. An MPC cost $2000, and he never thought he’d be able to afford one.

But after he got a job, his family secured the credit and he made the payments. But his unpredictable style didn’t change.

“The eight second samplers, there were a lot of limits. It forced you to be creative. So once I got on the MPC, I felt like I advanced a lot, but I still tried to have the approach like I was limited. Cause once you feel like you can do anything, you’re too comfortable, you get lazy with stuff.”

Now his deft touch with technology is one of his signatures.

“I like to mess with a lot of different equipment, software and hardware.

Every piece of equipment, I try to have a different sound on it. Still keep my signature sound, but try to ke create a different identity with each. cr You learn new tricks, and that helps Yo you evolve,” he says. yo A classic example of his style is his beat for U-N-I’s single “Beautiful hi Day.” But the story behind it is D even more revealing of Dibiase’s ev obsessive, never-throw-awayob anything process. It turns out the an beat for the song was just one of dozens he had once been selling online for $50 each. He met U-N-I when filling in as a DJ at a friend’s show, and when they expressed interest in his work, he remembered that one beat sitting unused in a gigantic file somewhere.

“They came through to the crib like two days later, and I played ’em that Beautiful Day from that $50 batch,” he says. “And the rest is history. I remember Y-O came up with the hook right on the spot as he was listening to it. Now it’s got like a million views. Somebody could have had that for 50 dollars.”

Dibiase will guest this week at Treatment, the DJ night at Johnny V’s that features resident turntablists Squareweezy, Dandiggety, Joob, Wish1, Professor Panson, B.Lewis, Insightful, Shea Butter and R-Cade.

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REVIEW: WILCO AT SAN JOSE CIVIC Jeff Tweedy brought his iconic alt-country band Wilco to the San Jose Civic on Saturday night for the first of three sold-out shows in the Bay Area.

PHOTOS: WINTER KRAFTBREW FEST The Winter KraftBrew Fest brought a capacity crowd and long lines around the block at San Jose’s Landmark Ballroom on Saturday. Attendees tried specialty brews from regional brewers to the backdrop of live entertainment. Metro photographer Jennifer Anderson was on hand to catch the action.

MAYHEM FESTIVAL LINEUP ANNOUNCED Organizers for the Rockstar Mayhem Festival announced a lineup featuring headliners Slipknot and Slayer, along with Anthrax, the Devil Wears Prada, As I Lay Dying, High on Fire and Whitechapel. The tour stops at Shoreline Amphitheatre on July 1.

Metro’s music calendar runs Wednesday–Tuesday.

Rock/Pop ANGELICA’S BISTRO Sat, 8:30m: The Riptides. $10/$14. Redwood City.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Fri: Superbad. Sat: Sexy Back. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO

Wed: Bleeding Through. Sat: Johnny O. Santa Clara.

Sat, 9pm: Behold the Desecration, Ignite the Raid, 5150, Valensorow.

Cupertino.

THE BANK

CAFFE FRASCATI

Fri, 10pm, free. Drunken Starfighter, Monkey.

Saratoga.

Sat: Rebelskamp. San Jose.

AVALON

THE BLANK CLUB Fri, 9pm: This Charming Band, Jean Genies. $10. San Jose.

BOSWELL’S Wed: Jack Rip Off. Thu: Sexy Back. Fri: Savoir Faire. Sat: Funkranomicon. Sun: The Gents. Mon: Chili Sauce.

Campbell.

CAPERS Fri, 8:30pm: Live music.

Campbell.

THE CARAVAN Sat, 10pm: Bottle Kids. San Jose.

CLUB FOX Thu, 8pm: John Doe with Victor Krummenacher Trio. $20. Fri, 8pm: Sinister Dexter with Rebecca Lipon. $10. Redwood City.

FOX THEATRE Sat, 8:15: Colbie Caillat, benefit for Children’s Health Council. $150 and up.

Redwood City.

THE GRAPEVINE Sat, 7pm: Mark Rodriguez.

Willow Glen.

LILLY MAC’S Fri, 9:30pm: High n Tight Band. Sunnyvale.

LOS GATOS LODGE Fri-Sat: Live rock bands. Los Gatos.

NETO’S GRILL Fri, 8:30pm: Carie and the Soul Shakers. $5. Sat, 8:30pm: The Hitmen. Santa Clara.

NICKEL CITY Fri, 6pm: Ignite the Raid, Kill the Messenger, Section 5150 and more. Sat, 6pm: California Smile, Four O’

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OPEN DOE POLICY John Doe brings his punk ideals and roots sound to Club Fox Thursday.

John Doe I CAUGHT John Doe at his last South Bay show, at Streetlight Records last year. What struck me more than ever before was how much this guy embodies all the DIY, music-of-the-people ideals that punk rock was supposed to stand for. Before the show, he hung out talking to the crowd, like he was one more fan waiting for the show to start. During his set, he took requests, played some X songs and some of his most popular solo Club Fox, songs, and interacted with the crowd as if, again, Redwood City he was one of us. After the show, he seemed almost embarrassed that there was a line waiting for him Thu., Feb. 2 to sign his records—he took time to have an actual conversation with everyone. His democratic ideals 8pm; $20/$22 are just as evident in his music, still. His newest album Keeper is a blast of emotional roots-rock chaos; one moment he’s looking at the world with funny but slightly bitter irony on the punky “Never Enough,” and the next he’s delivering the moving tenderness of “Little Tiger.” Even more important than the fact that he’s in fine form as a songwriter and a musician, is that after three decades, John Doe still stands for something.— Steve Palopoli

Clock Heroes, Clockwork Hero and more. San Jose.

NINE LIVES Thu, 8pm: Battle of the Bands with King Size, Stone Leaf and more $5. Gilroy.

NUMBER ONE BROADWAY

THE QUARTER NOTE

Thu, 9:30pm: Chris Cobb. No cover. Fri, 9:30pm: Pre-Super Bowl party with Fast Times. $10. Sat, 9:30pm: Cocktail Monkies. $10. Los Gatos.

Wed: Pro Jam hosed by Mental Notes. Thu: Pro Jam hosted

by Vicious Grooves. No Cover.

Sunnyvale.

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music. Mon, 6pm: Moroccan music. Mountain View.

MOROCCO’S SJ

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METROACTIVE.COM LIQUID Wed: JC Smith Band. San Jose.

LOFT BAR AND BISTRO

Sat, 6pm: Of Dreamers, Long Live the King, As Artifacts and more. Cupertino.

Wed, 6pm: Acoustic guitar with Shane. Fri, 6pm: World music. Sat, 6pm: Flamenco with Chris Cucuzza. Sun, 6pm: Moroccan Music. Mon, noon on: French music. San Jose.

SOUTH FIRST BILLIARDS

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB

Thu, 9pm: Mary Axe. Fri: First Fridays. San Jose.

Thu-Sat: Live music.

Sunnyvale.

LOS GATOS BREWING CO. SJ

STATION 55

STEPHENS GREEN

Fri-Sat, 9pm-1am: Live music.

Gilroy.

Tue, 7:30pm. Irish music.

Mountain View.

TEMPLE BAR & LOUNGE

Jazz/Blues

THE REFUGE

Sat, 8pm: Live music. San Jose.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE

ANGELICA’S BISTRO

Thu, 7-10pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

LOS GATOS BREWING CO. Fri: Dueling pianos. Los Gatos.

Thu & Sat: Dueling pianos.

San Jose.

MONTALVO Sat, 8pm: Eric Bibb. $30/$35.

Saratoga.

MOROCCO’S MV Tue, 6pm: Johnny Williams.

Mountain View.

Fri, 6:30pm: Daggett and Fifield. $5/$9. Sat 8:30pm: Ricardo Scales and Friends. $15/$20. Sat, 6:30pm: Tami Mulcahy. $7/$11. Mon, 7pm: A Swingin’ Affair and Jazz Jam. Redwood City.

MOROCCO’S SAN JOSE

Wed, 8pm: Salsa. $5. Thu, 8pm: Banda nights. Fri, 8pm: Rock en Español. San Jose.

ART BOUTIKI

A PERFECT FINISH

Every second Thu, 7pm: Jazz jam. $5. San Jose.

Fri, 9pm: Levitate. Sat, 9pm: Chris Burkhardt. San Jose.

ALBERTO’S

BBC GASTROPUB

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

Fri, 6pm: Live jazz. Menlo Park.

Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson & Friends. Thu, 6pm: Honey Island Swamp Band. Fri, 6pm: Nathan James Band.

Sat, 7pm: Candye Kane Band with Laura Chavez. Sun, noon: Adrian Costa Blues Persuasion. San Jose.

Fri: Pro Jam with local rock musicians. Santa Clara.

World AGENDA LOUNGE

Wed: Bachata. Thu: Salsa with Pantea. Fri: Salsa. Sat: Latin night. Mon: Argentine Tango. Tue: Salsa with Pantea.

Mountain View.

ARYA GLOBAL CUISINE

BLUZ BY-YOU Fri: 3 Deep. Sat: Zydeco.

Santa Clara.

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

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO

AZÚCAR

Sun, 6pm: Carolyn Tutko Jazz Trio. Cupertino.

Thu, 9pm: DJ Che live video mixing. Fri, 9pm: Latin rock en espanol. Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban & Latin fusions. Tue, 9pm: Salsa.

San Jose.

CASCAL Fri, 9:30pm & Sat, 9pm: Live music. Mountain View.

HUKILAU

CLUB FOX Wed, 6pm: Delta Wires blues jam. $5. Redwood City.

EULIPIA

Fri, 8:30pm: Live music.

Campbell.

UNWINED Thu & Sat, 7pm: Live jazz.

San Jose.

C&W/Folk

HEDLEY CLUB

Tue: Irish dancing. Sunnyvale.

Every first and third Wed, 7:30pm: Hedley Club Jazz Jam. Thu, 8pm: Russo-Alberts Trio. Fri, 8:30pm: The Brothers Goldman. Sat, 8:30pm: Jazz Mechanics. Hotel De Anza, San Jose.

We, 6pm: Middle Eastern music. Fri: Flamenco with Chris Cucuzza. Sat, 6pm: Belly dancing. Sun, 6pm: World

TESSORA’S

GRAND DELL SALOON

LILLY MAC’S

MOROCCO’S MV

Mon: Pro blues jam.

Sunnyvale.

WINE AFFAIRS

Thu, 8pm: Blues jam with Aki. Fri, 8pm: Dr. West. Sat, 8pm: Len Cat. Campbell.

Tue: Rock en espanol. San Jose.

MURPHY’S LAW

Fri, 8:30pm: Vandivier for South First Friday. Free. San Jose.

Fri: Shaka. Sat: Aldon Sanders.

San Jose.

LIQUID

Thu, 6pm: Johnny Williams.

San Jose.

J.J.’S BLUES CAFE Live blues every night. San Jose.

Wed-Thu, 7:30pm: Live jazz.

San Jose.

ALICE’S Thu, 6pm: Tom Smith.

Woodside.

BAREFOOT COFFEE ROASTERS Thu, 7pm: Dream House, David Perez. Santa Clara.

CAFFE FRASCATI Fri: Opera night for South First Friday. San Jose.

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DJ L

BY DAY, he’s Lohrasp Kansara, model and actor on TV series like Law & Order, Damages and Blue Bloods. By night, he’s DJ L, who spent last year spinning on MTV and BET, along with live gigs in New York, St. Martin, Dubai, London, Paris, Mumbai and Kingston. This guy has taken celebrity DJing to the next level—like the rest of them, he’s all about getting a pic with Jamie Foxx, Denzel Washington or Lil Wayne that he can throw up Studio 8 on the website for cred. But thanks to his career in front of the camera and as the poster boy for Sat., Feb. 4 Most Official Seven denim and T.I.’s Akoo clothing line, he’s also the celebrity that other DJs want in 9pm; $20 their pictures. Perhaps it’s no surprise that he should after 11pm come to embody the international-DJ craze—born of Indian descent in Geneva, he moved to this country in his teens to pursue an NBA career. Instead, he ended up preparing for his budding career as a media mogul, graduating in three years from SUNY Purchase with a 4.0 in Economics. When he started getting high-profile clients as a DJ—Madonna, Leonardo DiCaprio and even the NBA he once dreamed of playing for—he turned it into a full-time career, banking on his versatility behind the turntable rather than technical tricks.— Steve Palopoli

DANA STREET COFFEE ROASTING Call for info. Mountain View.

FIBBAR MAGEES

THE SADDLE RACK Wed, 9pm: California Cowboys.

Thu-Fri, 9pm & Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Fremont.

Call for info. Sunnyvale.

SAM’S BBQ

THE GRAPEVINE Call for info. Willow Glen.

Wed, 6pm: Sidesaddle and Co. Tue, 6pm: Carolina Special.

San Jose.

MISSION CITY COFFEE ROASTING

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT

Sat, 8pm: Kleptograss. Santa Clara.

Thu, 9pm: Bit & Spur Band.

Sun, 8pm: Rebecca West.

San Jose.

Open Mic ANGELICA’S BISTRO Tue, 7pm: Open mic.

Redwood City.

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CARRIAGE HOUSE ERIC BIBB SAT, FEB 4, 8PM “Bibb may be the quietest blues player out there, but he is also becoming one of the best.” – Billboard

TAJ MAHAL & THE TRIO

PHILIP GLASS

FRI, APR 13, 6:30PM & 9PM

“The very thought of a worldfamous composerUplaying a T O own -his D piano recital of music L O S is mind-boggling” - Charleston Post & Courier

SAT, APR 7, 8PM

“No artist has stretched the definition of blues like Taj Mahal - Christian Science Monitor

JOYCE YANG

Sponsored by

SUN, APR 15, 7:30PM

WILLIE K

“...the standout was Joyce Yang, who gave a knockout performance of the alternately poetic, fiery and occasionally jazz-tinged piano line.”

- The New York Times

FRI, FEB 10, 8PM “Able to pretty much ace any kind of music from soulful T Hawaiian toDincendiary rock, -OU O Lrecently been Willie S has dazzling audiences with his extraordinary ability…”

- The Maui News Sponsored by

AN EVENING WITH SPENCER DAY SAT, FEB 11, 8PM Celebrate Valentine’s Day a little early with dinner in the historic Villa (catered

by Le Papillon) before this fabulous concert!

WOMEN FULLY CLOTHED THU, APR 19, 7:30PM “Each sketch is a masterpiece of performance and writing” – The Village Post

VILLA CHAMBER SERIES

CALIFORNIA GUITAR TRIO & MONTREAL GUITAR TRIO SUN, APR 22, 7:30PM “The hottest guitar ensemble in Canada” – CBC (Montreal Guitar Trio)

Sponsored by

THE SECOND CITY “LAUGH OUT LOUD” TOUR

PIANO MASTERS EDDIE PALMIERI & BRIAN LYNCH JAZZ QUARTET

T SAT, MAR 10, O U7:30PM LDO S “A comedy empire.” – NY Times

GEORGE KAHUMOKU JR. and MASTERS OF HAWAIIAN MUSIC with Dennis Kamakahi, Uncle Richard Ho’opi’l and Bobby Ingano SUN, MAR 11, 7:30PM “…every performance is the essence of aloha”– popmatters.com

THE SAINT MICHAEL TRIO: BRAHMS & SCHUMANN SUN, FEB 26, 3PM “If these guys were a company, I’d buy stock” - San Jose Mercury News

TRIO VORONEZH

SUN, FEB 12, 7:30PM

SUN, MAR 11, 3PM

“Lynch and Palmieri are arguably each the most important Latin Jazz voices of their respective generations...”

- ALL MUSIC GUIDE

“Their technique is flawless in any style, and their sense of rhythm sophisticated and nuanced.”

- Portland Oregonian

AMSTEL QUARTET

DANIIL TRIFONOV TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION GOLD MEDAL WINNER

SUN, APR 22, 3PM “The Amstel Quartet is nothing short of astounding. Not only are they a brilliant group of individual musicians, they are a brilliant ensemble” - Fanfare Magazine

SAT, FEB 18, 8PM

KYLE EASTWOOD BAND FRI, APR 6, 8:00PM “Very sharp work. Kyle has imagination and skill” - The Observer, UK

Carriage House Concerts Sponsored by Piano Masters Sponsored by

“Mr. Trifonov has scintillating technique and a virtuosic flair. He is also a thoughtful artist ...he can play with soft-spoken delicacy, not what you associate with competition conquerors.” - New York Times

SIMONE DINNERSTEIN SUN, FEB 26, 7:30PM “Unadorned but profound bliss.”

- San Francisco Chronicle

e New Dat

THE COULTER/ PHILLIPS ENSEMBLE SUN, MAY 6, 3PM Santa Cruz’s popular folk music ensemble.

William Coulter of the Coulter Phillips Ensemble

Tickets start at $30 | Free on-site parking!

Montalvo Box Office: (408) 961-5858, M-F, 10am-4pm Also available online at: montalvoarts.org or ticketmaster.com 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga, CA 95070

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BAREFOOT COFFEE ROASTERS Wed, 7pm: Musical open mic.

Sign up by 5pm. Santa Clara.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT Thu, 7:30pm: Open mic.

Saratoga.

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Wed, 8pm: Open-mic night with Anita. Willow Glen.

Karaoke 7 BAMBOO Wed-Sat, 9pm: Karaoke. Tue, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

Wed, 9:30pm: Open mic.

Cupertino.

Tue, 7pm: Open mic. Free.

San Jose.

CITY ESPRESSO

Wed: The Cypher. Hip-hop open mic. San Jose.

Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

BRANHAM LOUNGE

Wed, 9pm: English and Spanish karaoke and dancing. San Jose.

BBC GASTROPUB

(Free parking across the street)

www.missionchamber.org

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN

(408)236-3350

Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ UncleHank. San Jose.

South Bay Guitar Society www.sbgs.org

Johannes Möller

Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

$30/25/15 408 292-0704

C&J’S SPORTS BAR Thu, 10pm: Melissa and Heather. Santa Clara.

Thu, 9pm: Vinnie. Sat, 9pm & Mon, 9:30pm: Joe. San Jose.

MISSION CITY ROASTING CO.

CREEKSIDE LOUNGE Wed, 8pm, and Sat, 8:30pm: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke. San Jose.

DASILVA’S BRONCOS Wed: Karaoke. Thu, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

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

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

the Metro photo exhibit featuring local photographers

EFFIE’S RESTAURANT

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY

Wed, 8-11pm: Live music, comedy and poetry. Los Gatos.

Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Wed-Sat and Tue, 9pm-2am, & last Sun of every month, 27pm: B&S Karaoke. Campbell.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

BLUE BONNET BAR

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR

Tue, 6pm: Open-mic night.

San Jose.

Wed-Thu and Mon, 8pm: Karaoke. No cover. Sunnyvale.

QUARTER NOTE

BLUE MAX

Sun & Wed-Thu: Pro jam.

Sunnyvale.

Fri-Sat, 7pm: Karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

RED ROCK COFFEE CO.

BLUE PHEASANT

Mon, 7pm: Cavin and King’s Open Mic. Mountain View.

Tue, 7pm: Steve Tiger.

Cupertino.

FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE

SONOMA CHICKEN COOP

BOSWELL’S

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

South First Fridays @ 550 S First

Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

EL TORITO RESTAURANT Fri: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke at 7pm, followed by DJ at 10pm. Santa Clara.

Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

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Wed, 8:30pm: Open mic.

Campbell.

Sat., Feb. 11, 8:00 pm johannesmoller.eventbrite.com

BENNIGAN’S GRILL

Thu, 8pm: KJ Bob and Starmaker Karaoke. San Jose (upstairs at El Palenque Restaurant).

Solo Classical Guitar Concert

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral 81 N. 2nd St., downtown San Jose

BRIX

THE COURTS LOUNGE

BLACK CARD LOUNGE

Dvoárák Valse and Scherzo from Serenade for Strings, op. 22 Piazzolla Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (Four Seasons) Copland Dance Panels Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no. 1

Tickets: $10-$25 online or at the door

Fri, 9pm: Ryan. San Jose.

Sat, 9pm: August.

Santa Clara.

Sat., Feb. 11, 7:30 pm

Le Petit Trianon Theatre, 72 N. 5th St., San Jose, CA 95112

Thu and Mon: Karaoke.

San Jose.

AZÚCAR

THE BEARS

JOHNNY V’S

BOULEVARD TAVERN

Wed, 9pm: August. Mon, 9pm: Comedy with Mr. Walker. San Jose.

DA KINE CAFE

Tue, 6:30pm: Hot Acoustic Tuesdays. Open mic for instrumentalists, vocalists, poets and more. Morgan Hill.

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

BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN

Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

HOT JAVA COFFEE ROASTING

BOGART’S LOUNGE

Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke.

San Jose.

Mon, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Menlo Park.

Tue, 6:30-9:30pm: Open mic.

Music, poetry, etc. Sunnyvale.

Your Dance Card for

Valentine’s Day

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO ALEX’S 49ER INN

CAFFE FRASCATI

Emily Ray, music director and conductor Christina Mok, violinist

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Sun: Karaoke. San Jose.

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Fri-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

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Wed and Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Doug. Sunnyvale.

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PIONEER SALOON Tue, 8:30pm: Acoustic karaoke with Sam Marshall.

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Thu, 9pm: DJ Che live video mixing. Fri, 9pm: Latin rock en espanol. Sat, 9pm: Salsa, merengue, cumbia, urban & Latin fusions. Tue, 9pm: Salsa.

San Jose.

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Mon: Ed. Tue: Sue and Sherrie.

No cover. Sunnyvale.

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Wed, 8pm: DJ Desmond. San Jose.

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Sat, 9pm: Thick & Sexy Saturdays. $10. San Jose.

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Sun: Sunday Funday. Karaoke.

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ROSIE MCCANNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S Tue, 8:30pm: Karaoke. No cover. Santana Row.

Fri: DJs. Menlo Park.

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SAN JOSE BAR & GRILL Tue, 10pm-close: Kamikaze Karaoke. San Jose.

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San Jose.

SHOOTERS BAR & GRILL Thu, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Thu, 10pm: DJ Kaos. San Jose.

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MIAMI BEACH CLUB

THE SADDLE RACK

Thu-Fri: Top 40, club hits, hip-hop, Latin. Sat: DJ Nelly presents. San Jose.

Wed and Fri-Sat, 9pm: Tony Rangel. Thu, 9pm: Mark.

Fremont.

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Fri-Sat: DJs & dancing. San Jose.

Wed, 7pm: House Party. Thu, 7pm: Throwback Thursdays.

Los Gatos.

Wed: Wingy Tango night.

Thu: SoFA King Thursdays.

Fri: Video Killed the DJ. Sat: Sapphire Saturdays. Sun: Sinful Sundays. Mon: Manic Mondaze. Tue: Buck Wild Tuesdays. San Jose.

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Thu: Therapy. Fri: Soul Therapy. San Jose.

Thu: College night. First and third Fri: Fuz Fridays. Palo Alto.

PAGODA LOUNGE

Fri: Naughty Cheerleaders.

Sat: International DJ L. San Jose.

CLUBHOUSE

Fri, 9pm: DJ Sake One. Inside Fairmont, San Jose.

Sat: DJs and dancing. San Jose.

PARRANDA NIGHTCLUB

BRITANNIA ARMS CUPERTINO Thu, 10pm: Live DJ. Cupertino.

BRIX Thu: Therapy. Fri: Flirty Fridays. Mon: Power Hour.

San Jose.

C&J’S SPORTS BAR Wed & Sat, 10pm: DJ. Fri, 8:30pm: Sizzling. Salsa night.

Santa Clara.

DASILVA’S BRONCOS Fri-Sat, 6pm: DJ or live band.

No cover. Santa Clara.

DIVE BAR Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs. San Jose.

EL RANCHO SPORTS BAR Fri-Sat, 8pm: Old School Dance Party. San Jose.

THE ELEGANT PUB Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJ Checo.

Evergreen Inn, San Jose.

FAHRENHEIT ULTRA LOUNGE

MOUNTAIN CHARLEY’S

TEMPLE BAR & LOUNGE Wed: RedRun with D. Luzion and Illtraxx. Thu: JazBiz and Dave Dynamix. Fri: Video Mixing, then DJ Radio Raheem and DJ Ready Rock.

San Jose.

Thu, 8pm: DJ Akustik. No cover. Fri, 8pm: DJ Mayo.

Sat, 8pm: DJ Mayo and DJ Akustik. Sun, 7pm: Latin Beat.

Sun, 9pm: Sonidero Night.

Sunnyvale.

THREE FLAMES RESTAURANT Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJs. San Jose.

PEACOCK LOUNGE Fri, 8pm: DJ dancing featuring R&B, Top 40. Sat, 9pm: DJ dancing featuring chill, R&B, Top 40. Sun & Tue, 9pm: DJ dancing. Sunnyvale.

WILLOW DEN Wed-Sat, 10pm: DJs. Willow Glen.

ZEN LOUNGE Wed: Lil Saturday. House & electronica. Thu: 24 Thursdays. Fri: Fabulous Fridays. Mountain View.

SABOR TAPAS BAR Thu-Sat: DJs and dancing.

Sun: Reggae. San Jose.

Wed, 9pm: Wine Wednesdays.

Thu, 9pm: The Heit Thursdays. Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJs & dancing. $10. Mon, 9pm: Industry. Tue: College Night.

San Jose.

San Francisco’s City Guide

GALAXY

SHABAZZ PALACES

Mon: Ladies’ Night. Milpitas.

Butterfly from Digable Planets, whose ‘Black Up’ was a hip-hop highlight of 2012. Feb 2 at Yoshi’s SF.

KATIE BLOOM’S Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: DJs and dancing. Campbell.

VHS OR BETA Brooklyn outfit outgrows fringes of electroclash with new album, ‘Diamond and Death.’ Feb 2 at Rickshaw Stop.

KING OF CLUBS Fri, 9:30pm: Club Brinca. Tue, 9pm: Nox. Mountain View.

THE SPINNERS Legendary R&B group behind ‘It’s a Shame’ and ‘Mighty Love’ plays jazz club. Feb 3-5 at Yoshi’s Oakland.

LILLY MAC’S Sat, 9:30pm: Latin night.

Sunnyvale.

ELEANOR FRIEDBERGER Never one to settle for normalcy, the Fiery Furnaces founder always surprises. Feb 4 at the Independent.

LIQUID Thu: DJ Tesfa and rotating DJs, reggae, hip-hop. Fri-Sat: Rotating DJs, including Remedy, Goldenchyld and others. Sun: Live music. San Jose.

LOFT BAR AND BISTRO Fri-Sat, 10pm: Live DJ. San Jose.

TWIN SISTER Long Island buzz band peddles in dreamy disco and fantasy-laden imagery with lead singer Andrea Estella. Feb 4 at Slim’s.

More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

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“We’re just in a position where we can’t fix this without some

clarification on this unsettled area of the law,” Reed says. “It’s just impossible for local government to do. So, we’re just going to have to wait.”

Reed recommends rescinding the city’s ordinance for a year as the state’s high court reviews how to interpret state law regarding medical cannabis and collectives.

Many collective operators cheered the decision.

“The fact that the city is rescinding its ordinance shows how attentive the mayor and his staff have been to our negotiations and what the industry and the city as a whole need in order to work together,” says Doug Chloupek, of Med Mar Healing Center. “‘I think the fact that they’re at this point shows how engaged the mayor has been.”

It also shows how much the mayor wants to disengage from the issue.

In total, the mayor and his staff, as well as other city councilmembers, met with pot club advocates five times over the course of three months to discuss a compromise

following the successful referendum petition drive last November.

Those talks, according to James Anthony, the lead attorney for Citizens Coalition for Patient Care (CCPC), are now dead.

“Obviously, this doesn’t even come up as an issue if there wasn’t a referendum,” Anthony beams.

While the Supreme Court could take its sweet time on resolving the outstanding issues, the ballot initiative drive for later this year appears to have strong support at the financial and organizational levels. Anthony cites the $200,000 his organization raised during its petition push, as well as the 8,000 new registered voters it found.

The city will continue to collect taxes on collectives—from March through November, San Jose collected $2.9 million—but it will not raise the rate on gross receipts from 7 to 10 percent.

According to Reed, the city will focus its enforcement efforts on tax collection and where collectives ply their trade.—Josh Koehn

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K\Z_e`ZXc Applied Materials, Inc. is accepting resumes for the following positions in Santa Clara/Sunnyvale, CA: Process Engineer (SCWYE): Develops new or modified process formulations, defines process or handling equipment requirements and specifications, reviews process techniques and methods applied in the fabrication of integrated circuits.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager (SCHBH): Lead the financial quarterly forecast, annual budgeting process, operating plan variance analysis and special projects. Act as the analytical engine of the division to provide insights and support ‘optimal’ business decision making. Account Technologist (SCSSR): Ensure Metal-Oxide Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) process equipment is functional at customer site after installation. Provide technical training and consultation to the customer on utilizing the

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K\Z_e`ZXc Cisco Systems, Inc. is accepting resumes for the following position in San Jose, CA: Network Consulting Engineer (Ref# SJ105): Responsible for the support and delivery of Advanced Services to company’s major accounts. Travel required. May work in various unanticipated worksite locations within USA, Canada and Latin America.

Please mail resumes with reference number to Cisco Systems, Inc., Attn: J51W, 170 W. Tasman Drive, Mail Stop: SJC 5/1/4, San Jose, CA 95134.

No phone calls please. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. EOE. www.cisco.com

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Work that matters. It's what we do at Symantec. Symantec is the world leader in providing solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information. In essence, we protect the free flow of information in a connected world. As the fourth largest independent software company in the world, Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries with 475 out of Fortune's global 500 companies using our solutions.

People look to us to safeguard the integrity of their information, ensuring it is secure and available. Achieving this ambitious goal is only possible through the combined efforts of the innovators and visionaries that Symantec continuously attracts. Symantec draws the very best people with a variety of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives and provides them with a work environment where uniqueness is valued and empowered. The creative people we attract help define the spirit of innovation at Symantec. Symantec is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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Submit resume by mail to: Netflix Inc., Attn: HR Staffing Operations, 100 Winchester Circle, Los Gatos, CA 95032. Must reference job title and job code.

<E>@E<<I $ LCG Consulting seeks an Energy Analyst to collect & analyze regional energy data & develop data models to simulate electric power systems.

Send resumes to worksite: 4962 El Camino Real, Suite 112, Los Altos, CA 94022

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We currently have openings for the following positions in Mountain View, CA (various levels/types).

Research Engineer (job #RESHQ212) Perform research relating to the design and development of computer software. Set operational specifications and formulate and analyze software requirements.

Software Engineer (E-Discovery Consultant)- (job # EDCHQ212) Perform client engagements relating to IT strategy, development and solution design, implementation and execution, and/or delivery of E-Discovery services. Must be available to travel to various, unanticipated sites throughout the U.S. Business Analyst (Business Intelligence) – (job # BUSHQ212) Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplifications and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively.

Information Developer (job # DEVHQ212) Lead the information architecture and build-related activities of the Information Development group. Plan, design and develop deliverables using professional content development standards.

Senior Manager, Controllership- (job # CONHQ212) Analyze financial impact of strategic opportunities. Recommend improvements for financial performances and manage long term financial forecasting process. Build strong internal relationships with business unit leaders, product management, marketing, finance, and sales to gain insight into operational developments and key assumptions used in financial models and forecasts.

Product Marketing Specialist (job # PMSHQ212) engage with product management, sales, corporate marketing, sales enablement, channel and other cross-functional teams to define and execute go-to-market strategies that drive revenue growth, market leadership and awareness for Symantec’s specific software products and product lines.

Database Administrator (job #DBAHQ212) Provide technical leadership relating to data architecture/dimensional data modeling techniques and best practices. Provide management, technical guidance and leadership to offshore/onsite ETL and BO developers.

Senior Manager, Development (job # SMDHQ212) Responsible for technical development and management of engineering teams within the same project or across several related projects; and/or responsible for working with development team to produce the functional specification, architectural documents and engineering plans.

Senior Manager, Information Security (job # SECHQ212) Responsible for all aspects of Information Security. Perform risk assessment; Maintain information security policies; and/or help defines and renew documentation of controls, processes, and procedures produced by the business.

Submit resume to JOBADS@symantec.com. Must reference position & Job ID# listed above. EOE. For additional information about Symantec and other positions visit our website at http://www.symantec.com.

NVIDIA Corporation, market leader in graphics & digital media processors, has engineering opportunities in Santa Clara, CA: Architect (ARC13), develop algorithms and design hardware extending the state of the art in hardware support for computer graphics; Systems Software Engr (SSWE126), design, implement and optimize all of the multimedia drivers for NVIDIA's processors; ASIC Design Engr (ASICDE111, ASICDE112), design and implement the industry's leading Graphics, Video / Media and Communications Processors; Sr. Mixed Signal Design Engr (MSD08), lead a multi-gigabit serial link circuit design project from inception through production; Systems Software Engr (SSWE129), support NVIDIA's new high performance hardware business; ASIC Design Engr (ASICDE113, ASICDE114), design and implement the industry's leading Graphics, Video / Media and Communications Processors; Architect (Computer) (ARC11), develop algorithms and design hardware extending the state of the art in hardware support for computer graphics; Manager Section Systems Software (MGRSW04), manage the tools section for the large DirectX team; ASIC Design Engr (ASICDE103), design and implement the industry's leading Graphics, Video, Media & Communications Processors; Systems Software Engr (SSWE130, SSWE138), support NVIDIA's new high performance chipset business.

If interested, ref job code and send to: NVIDIA Corporation Attn: MS04 (J. Goodwin) 2701 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95050 Please no phone calls, emails or faxes.

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Sales/retail experience is required and must be available Mon-Sat. This is a part time position. Please fax resume to 408.626.7107. OR call 408-371-9722.

Dvlp, implmt & oversee training & nutrition sched. Provide therapy & assess & treat injuries in partnership w/doctors. Work at 3 facilities in Santa Clara County. Master’s in Health, Human Perf. & Rec. or related req. Resumes: Eagle Fustar Tennis: katy@eaglefustar.com.

Xoriant Corporation seeks Software Engineer. Analyze customer business requirements & design software systems for scalable web-based or standalone applications using OOAD techniques & UML. Worksite: Sunnyvale, CA. Employer paid travel may be required. Resume to Job #20898, Xoriant Corporation, 1248 Reamwood Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089

<E>@E<<I Emulex seeks Engineering Manager in San Jose, CA location to manage the day-to-day and long term activities of a group of software engineers developing device drivers for Linux and ESX storage networking protocols. BS+9 years exp required.

Send resume to Emulex, 2560 N. First Street Suite100 San Jose, CA 95131 Attn: HR; must refer job code JK-01.

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