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Not Yet Was pleased to see your article on Boy Scouts accepting openly gay scouts—but not openly gay older scouts or adult leaders (“Without Merit,” SVNews, May 1). A quick note: Girl Scouts, Campfire Boys and

Girls, and 4-H have accepted openly gay members for years.

Also note that the Boy Scout oath still requires “duty to god and my country.” So a teen who’s agnostic or questions loyalty oaths is still officially barred from the Boy Scouts.

We’re not there yet.

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Vintage Memories I greatly appreciated your fine article on “Engineers on Tractors,” by Jennifer Wadsworth (Cover Story, April 24).

Growing up in Santa Clara County, on Mt. Eden Road, I saw and experienced several wineries that inspired me to appreciate fine wine and spirits. One of those was the old Martin Ray Winery.

Martin Ray, along with my father,

Dr. Arturo B. Fallico, a philosophy professor at San Jose State College (and then University) and mother shared many a fine glass of his pinot noir and later his champagne with Martin and his wife, Eleanor Ray; then discussed life, winemaking and the world around them. At that time, only a few wineries were seen here in Santa Clara County.

Everyone seemed to have visited Martin Ray winery, from Burgess Meredith (whom I remember passed out on the floor after too many glasses of fine wine), Charlie Chaplin and many famous chemists and local celebrities.

Presently Jeffrey Patterson is chief winemaker at Mt. Eden Vineyards.

He follows Martin Ray’s footsteps, and makes excellent cabernets, and other varietals. Another winery I wished you had discussed is Cooper-

The mayor is being a hypocrite (“Cannabis Court,” SanJoseInside, May 8). If you are taking money from dispensaries through taxes, that is indirectly acknowledging them. He can say they are “illegal” all he wants but it won’t fly in court. It’s too late for that kind of rhetoric, especially in San Jose. It’s time to legalize cannabis pharmacies, not dispensaries.

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Muzzle Solver What a complete disappointment Ms. Hendler Ross turned out to be (“The Muzzler,” The Fly, May 8). She should do her job and get Cindy Chavez up front and center to answer the questions. If they weren’t all so guilty of suspicious behavior and criminal accusations they wouldn’t be so afraid of the public.

For a group that acts like it owns the exclusive rights to the “people,” it sure is afraid of addressing the people.

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SStealth tealthh FFoundation oundation The he SSanta anta Clar Claraa Family H Health ealth Foundation, a local nonpr nonprofit ofi fit that helped bump up the county’s sales sales tax last fall, fall,, doesn’t doesn’t want the publicc to know about its secret secret political activities. activitiees. And And now it’s it’s lawyering up to quash Metro’s Metr e o’s public rrecords ecords act rrequests. equests. O On n TTuesday, uesdayy, H Health ealth Foundation attorney tt ASH PIRAYOU P AYOU inf PIR iinformed formedd county t ASH officials that he e’ll seek a court injunction he’ll to pr event the SSanta anta Clar Health prevent Claraa Family Health Plan—a count ty agency that pr ovides county provides insurance low-income children—from insur ance to lo w-income childr en—from Health boardd rreleasing eleasing H ealth t Foundation boar minutes agendas,, minut tes and emails. The leases from ffoundation oundation leas ses office space fr om Health the H ealth Plan, Plann, led by CEO CEO EELIZABETH LIZABETH DARROW, Health D ARROW, and uses H ealth Plan email Health accounts H accounts. ealth Foundation CCEO EO KATHLEEN KING, K AT THLEEN KIN G, who served served as mayor of 2010 SSaratoga aratoga in 201 10 and then briefly rran an for for supervisor, scrambling county super vissor, has been scr ambling organization ffor or months to keep k her or ganization afloat when it became clear the served moree than a ffoundation oundation ser v as little mor ved funding conduit ffor or fun nding to the Health Health Plan— after skimmingg off the top to pay King staff.. N Not and her staff ot content to $160,000 let her $ $160,00 , 00 salaryy Don’t away, slip away y, King rrecently ecently hired consultant to hir ed a consul t tant forget rrejigger ejigger the foundation’s fou undation’s to tip! mission, which then led brazenly her to br azenlyy ask the FLY@ county ffor or $15 million METRONEWS. COM extraa in fundin funding. extr g. But County EExecutive xecutive JEFF SSMITH, MITH, whom we w hear King unsuccessfully unsuccesssfully lobbied to defy the records records request, reqquest, told her he could ways to waste that find plenty of other o money.. One money One other other possible reason reason for for the panic, however, how wever, has much greater greater implications. The The foundation foundation last year percent handed $400,000—40 $400,0 000—40 per cent of its total revenues revenues if you don’t don’t count the Healthy $1 million in H ealthy Kids insurance insurance premiums pr emiums thatt simply flow in and out of its bankk accounts—to two groups gr oups controlled contr t ollled l d by b county t supervisor supervisor i candidate CCINDY INDY CCHAVEZ. HAVEZ V . Chavez also serves Health ser ves as a H ealth Foundation officer member.. and executive committee member Could all this be b an attempt to keep this information away from inf ormation aw way fr om the public until special after the speci al election?

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GA GAMER AMER Cindy Chavez’ Chavez’s ’s supervi supervisor sor campaign claims that its coordination c w with outside groups falls in line e with the state state’s ’s political laws laws. s.

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Cindy Cha Cindy Chavez’s avez’s ccampaign ampaign manage manager, er, Ed d McGo McGovern, vern, acknowledged thiss w week that his client has a ffound o ound a way w ay to cir circumvent cum mvent st state ate la laws aw ws thatt prevent pr revent indep independent endent ccommittees ommitteess from fr om ccoordinating oordinating with ccandidate andidatee ccampaigns. a ampaigns .

Chavez—who Cha avez—who is running ffor or o George G Geor ge Shirak Shirakawa kawa JJr. r.’s fformer ormer ccounty o ountty supervisor seat—until headed su upervisor seat —until rrecently ecently head ded Bay Labor Council up p the South Ba ay L abor C ouncil (SBLC) (S SBLC) and also ser serves vees as vic vice-chair e-chair Democratic Central off the ccounty’s ounttyy’s Demo cratic C entral Committee. groups have C o ommit tttee. Both of these gr oups ha ave been political pieces nearly b e sending out p een oliticcaal piec es nea arly identical id dentical to the mailers paid ffor o or b byy th the he Chavez Ch haavez ccampaign, ampaign, which rresulted esulted in n a ccomplaint omplaint l i filed fil d last l week k with i h the h Fair Political Practices Commission. ommission.

Fa air P olitical Practic es C The from Th he ccomplaint omplaint ccame ame fr om the ccamp amp p of Teresa Alvarado,, who is the only onee of T e esa Alvarado er Chavez’s well-funded Ch haavez’s challengers with a well-fun nded primary. ccampaign a ampaign in the JJune une 4 primar y.

California’s financee la laws C aliffo orniaa’s ccampaign ampaign financ aws w weree enacted to pr prevent w wer eveent ccandidates andidates

from buying elections with from w unlimited spending, sp ending, but then ccame am ame the notion that indep independent endent actor actors rs ha have ave fr free ee speech Citizens United sp eech rights (see Citize ens U nited n vv.. F Federal ederal Elections C Commission). om mmission). law moneyed interests The la aw allows mone yed e inter ests to influencee elections thr influenc through o ough pur purchased chased free fr ee sp speech—provided eech—provvided the tthey ey don don’t ’t ccoordinate oordinate with a ccandidate. aandiidate. But now all that app appears ears to b bee ou out ut the window window, w, if McGovern saying true.. what McGo overn e is sa ayyin ng is true “Under “Under the rules of the st state, ate, we ccan an op operate erate as ccoordinating oorrdinating ccommittees, ommittees, eeven ven thou though ugh those ccommittees ommittees in the pas past st ma may ay ha have ave operated independent op erated as indep endeent eexpenditure xpenditure McGovern says. ccommittees,” ommittees,” McGo vern sa ayys.

If ac accurate, curate, ccandidate andidate did e ccampaigns ampaigns i ma may ay now ccoordinate oordinate with de deep-pocketed eep-pock keted e special interests impunity. sp ecial inter ests with im mpunitty. don’t make rules, McGovern “I don n’t ’ mak ke the rul les,” McGo oveern says, sa ayys, “I just ffollow ollow them o them. m.”

In a rrecent ecent mailer ccelebrating ellebrating Chavez’s Cha avez’s dedic dedication ation to childr cchildren en in Santaa Clara C County, piecee notes Sant ountty, thee piec

that h it i w was as a “Paid “ id ffor or b o byy Cindy Ci d Cha Chav Chavez vez Supervisor Democratic ffor or o Sup erviisor 2013.” The Demo cratic Central Committee’s United C entral C ommittttee’s U nited Democratic Campaign (UDC) Demo cratiic C ampaign (UD C) sent out the eexact xact x sa same ame mailer mailer—word r— —word ffor or o wor word d picturee ffor picture. differed and pictur or pictur o e. All that diff ffeered was w as a a line sstating tating which gr group oup paid ffor o or piece. the piec e. flyer byy the Anotherr fly er paid ffor o or b Chavez Cha avez ccampaign am mpaign touts her fformer ormer o vicee ma mayor credentials, vic ayo orr cr edentials, and it includes andid address. the ccandidate’s date’s website addr ess. The South Ba Bay ay AFL AFL-CIO - CIO L Labor abor C Council ouncil Committee Political Education ation C ommittttee on P olitical Educ (COPE) paid identical (C OPE) pa aid ffor o or a nearly identic al flyer. picturee and bullet p points aree fly er. The pictur p oints ar same,, but Chavez the same b it substitutes Cha avez website’s website b it ’s URL U with ith a quote t fr ffrom om a police rretired etired p ollice ccaptain. aptain.

Labor Council “The L ab bor C ouncil is labor ccommunicating ommuniccating to lab or household members.

UDC memb ers. The T UD C is ccommunicating ommunicating to Demo Democrats, state crrats, which under the st ate party guidelines, anyone par ty guide elines, an nyone o who is a Democrat member Demo crat is i memb er who we ccan an to.. And the Cha Chavez ccommunicate ommuniccate to avez ccampaign ampaign is i ccommunicating ommuniccaating to else, McGovern says.

“We eeveryone veeryone o el lse,” McGo overn sa ayys. “W We aree allowed ar ll d under d the h FPPC rules l to ccoordinate, oordinate, as long as we ffollow ollow all of o guidelines group pay the guidelin nes that each gr oup pa ay ffor o or appropriate the appr op priate amount of ccosts osts ffor or o the mailers,, p postage, printing,, graphics graphics..” mailers ostage, printing McGovern McGo overn e ccould ould not eexplain xxplain why eexactly xactly wh hy these ccommittees, ommittttees, independent, freely fformerly ormerly o in ndependent, ccan aan now fr eely ccoordinate, oordinate, but the Cha Chavez avez ccamp aamp claims have done homework. to ha ave don ne its home work.

“Obviously, there’s “Ob bvviou uslyy, we know ther e’s going bee enorm enormous scrutiny to b mous scrutin ny on all of these ours,,” McGo McGovern ccampaigns, ampaigns, not just ours oveern says.

“So,, th the sa ayys. “So he notion that we would law byy stupidly ccoordinating violate the la aw b oordinating being ludicrous. it without it i b eing legal is just ludicr ous. have absolutely I ha ave abso olutely no worries that the FPPC will agr aagree. ee.”

According A ccordin ng to ccampaign ampaign a filings with Secretary State, United the Secr etar a y of St ate, the U nited Democratic Campaign does Demo cratiic C ampaign do es not include du ontribution member memb er dues ues in its ccontribution sources.

The sour ces. Th he ccommittee ommittttee has rreceived eceivved e $5,000 apiecee fr from ccontributions ontributio ons of $5,0 00 apiec om local labor-supported the ccampaigns ampaiigns of lo caal lab orr-supported state legislators Paul Fong, Nora ora st ate legisla ators P aul F ong, N Campos C ampos an and nd Bob W Wieckowski, iieck kowski, o and it rreceived eceivved e $10,0 $ 00 on Ma ay 2 fr om $10,000 May from the p olitical a action ccommittee ommittttee (P PAC C) political (PAC) ffor or o the San nta Clara and San Benito Santa

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Garyy W Winuk, enforcement Gar iinuk, chief enf fo orcement offic officer er at the FPPC FPPC,, wou wouldn’t uldn’t addr address ess the Alvarado ccampaign’s aampaign n’s ccomplaint omplaint directly, dir ectlyy, but he did sa say: ay: “T “The The rule is an IEC and ccandidate andidate ccommittee omm mittttee ccannot annot ccoordinate oordinate eff efforts. ffo orts.”

McGovern stranger McGo oveern is no stran nger to ccampaigns ampaigns ac accused cused of im improperly mproperly IECs.. In 20 2002, was ccoordinating oordinating with IECs 02, he w aas fired fir ed fr from om the San JJose ose Cit C City ty C Council ouncil Voss, after McGovern ccampaign ampaign of Ed V oss, aft o fter McGo veern was w aas rreferred effeerred se several veral e time times es to the San Board.

JJose ose Ethics Boar d. was freaking kangaroo “It w as a fr eaking k a angar oo ccourt, ourt, McGovern says. thrown own rreally,” eally lly,” McGo M G vern sa ayys. “I gott thr th because was under the bus b ecause I w as the allegation wasn’t cconsultant, onsultant, and the alle egation w asn’t true.” true .”

How thiss latest rround ound of accusations affect racee most lik likely ac cusationss aff ffeect this rac ely depends dep ends on n how decisiv decisively ely the FPPC acts.. While st state law prevent acts ate la aw would pr event the p political olitical a w watchdog atchdog gr group oup fr from om investigating Chavez’s in nvestigatin ng Cha avez’s ccampaign ampaign before b effo ore the election, eelection it ccan an ccomb omb through thr ough rrecords eccords ffor or the SBLC and o DCC’s D CC’s ccommittees, ommittees, which, McGo McGovern vern says, have sa ayys, ha ave ccoordinated oordinated in similar manners in n the past. isn’t “This isn n’’tt the first time the SBLC and the D DCC CC ha have ave ccoordinated oordinated on a ccampaign ampaign with w an individual ccandidate, andidate,” he sa says. ays y . “I’m m almost p positive, ositivve, although haven’t been involved I ha aveen n’’t b een in nvo olvved e in it, that the Labor Council UDC have L abor C oun ncil and the UD C ha ave ampaign. ccoordinated oordinated di t d on a ccampaign. i “It’s this..

“It ’s not their t first rrodeo odeo on this They’re Cindy’ss The y’re justt ccoordinating oordinating on Cindy’ now. right now w.”

Vietnamesse Gr Vietnamese Group oup TTakes aakess IIssue ssue W ith R epoort, M adison N guyen With Report, Madison Nguyen BYY JOSH KOEHN B KOEH N

NO-WIN N O-WIN SITU SITUATION AT TION A recent comment by M adison N guyen raised g Madison Nguyen the ire of one V iietnamese group Vietnamese group..

An assor assortment tment of lo local cal p politicians oliticians and ccommunity ommunitty memb members bers gather gathered ed in the San JJose ose Cit Cityy Hal Hall ll rrotunda otunda late last month to pa pay ay theirr rrespects espects at the 38th “Black April,” a cceremony eremony to honor and rremember emember the t V Vietnamese ietnamese i diasp diaspora ora and fall of Saigon.

Saiggon. By most rrespects, espects, it w was as a solemn no occasion ccasion that showed rrespect espect and sol solidarity. idarity.

And then the Mer Mercury rcur c ryy Ne News ws had to go and ruin eeverything. verythingg.

The Merc’s Merc’s Internal Affairs A column column rreported eported on Su Sunday undaay that

ccouncilmembers mbers Kansen Chu, A sh ouncilmem Ash Kalra and V Vice ic i e Ma Mayor ayo or Madison Nguyen were weere in attendance. attttendance. The Nguyen Merc Merc then noted n that Nguy Nguyen en is the first and on only nly V Vietnamese-American iietnamese-American councilmember, councilmem mber, as well as the “Lit “Little tttle Saigon” Saigon” ccontroversy on ntroversy and a failed recall recall ll eff effort ffort against ffo i Nguy N Nguyen. en. Ha H Having avving i mentioned d the pr previous evious rift in the Vietnamese Viietnamesee ccommunity, ommunity, the pap paper er supplied th the he ffollowing o ollowing vanilla quote: “Many “Man ny off the yyouth outh who help helped ed organized organized the t eevent vent ar aree supp supporters orters of mine, mine,” Ngu Nguyen uyen told the pap paper, er, adding that a V Vietnamese ietn i namese deput deputy ty p police olice chief thanked thanked he her er ffor or ccoming. o oming.

The V Vietnamese iietn namese Americ American an Roundtable Roundt o taablee ((VAR), VA AR), which hosted the event, eveent, to took ok k issue i with i h that h st statement. atement.

In a pr press ess rrelease ellease challenging the IA column, column, V VAR A included this shot acr AR across oss the b bow: ow: “VAR “V VA AR wis wishes shes to clarif clarify fy that it do does es not ttake ake an any ny p position osition supp supporting orting or endorsing V Vice iice Ma Mayor ayo or Madison Nguyen, Nguyyeen, or an any ny ccandidate andidate ffor o or 10

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8 pu public ublic offic office. e. V Vice iice Ma Mayor ayor Nguy Nguyen’s en n’s st atement that ‘man ny of the yyouth outh o statement ‘many helped organized w help who ed or ganized [sic] the eevent ven nt are supporters mine’’ is ther therefore ar re supp orters of mine effo ore VAR’s ccounter o ounter to the V AR A R’s intention thatt the Commemoration th he 38th Black April C ommemorattion and efforts members aree not an nd the eff ffo orts of its memb ers ar n used advancee an any political agenda us sed to advanc ny p olitical agend da statement orr ccampaign. ampaign. The st atement is also not accurate. ac ccurate.”

There have seemingly There yyou ou ha ave it. After a seemin ngly innocuous from Nguyen, in nnocuous quote fr om Nguy en, alll that “can’t th hat “c an’t we all just get along” ttalk allk appears have been thrown ap ppears to ha ave b een thr own out the t window.. w window Nguyen Nguy yeen told San JJose ose Inside that she had leave ha ad to lea ave the eevent vent e early and her weree made b byy email to Mer Merc ccomments o omments wer M rc Peter Delevett rreporter e orter P ep eter Dele veettt after the eevent. vent. e So, So o, is this a ccase ase of an isolated quote being blown b e ttaken eing ak keen out of ccontext ontext and blow wn out proportion?

Nguyen ou ut of pr oportion? Nguy yeen seemed to want thing.. w aant to quash the whole thing want members “I w ant to ccommend ommend memb ers and Vietnamese an nd vvolunteers olunteers of the V iietnamese American Roundtable A Americ an R oundtable ffor o o or hosting the 38th Commemoration ommemoration 38 8th Black April C n Cityy Hall,” she wr wrote att Cit ote in an emaill to o SJI. ““As As a fformer ormer o rrefugee, efugee, the me.. I am eevent vent meant a lot to me always made al lwayys ggrateful ffor or o those who mad de tremendous sacrifices tr remendous sacrific es during the Vietnam ounger V Vi i ietnam War so that the yyounger generation enjoy freedom ge eneration ccould ould enjo oy the fr eedom m that have today. th hat we ha ave to daay.”

VAR’s press that The V AR A R’s pr ess rrelease elease noted tha at the organization encourages members th he or ganization enc ourages memb bers givee their individual opinions bu but to o giv ut not speak VAR whole.. The no ot sp eak ffor or V o AR as a whole A VAR wanted rrelease e elease added that V AR A w anted to thank Kalra th hank ccouncilmembers ouncilmembers Chu and Ka alra “sponsorship, staff ffor o their “sp or sponsorship, time and st a aff support organizing su upport in or ganizing this eevent, vent,” but bu ut made no mention of ccounty ountty Supervisor Dave Cortese, bee Su upervisor Da ave C ortese, who yyou’d ou o ’d b crazy was attendance. cr razzy to think w aas not in at tttendancce. bee inter interesting It will b esting to see if this PR P dust-up Vietnamese du ustt--up in the V iietnamese ccommunity ommun nitty has any affect ha as an ny aff ffeect on the District 2 ccounty oun ntty supervisor race, which—for intents su upervisor rac e, which—f fo or all inten nts and purposes—is an nd purp oses—is a ttwo-person wo w -person ccontest onttest between Teresa b etw et ween T eeresa Alvarado and Cindyy Chavez, both attended Ch haavez, zb oth of whom also at tttended d the th he eevent. veent.

Nguyen Alvarado’s Nguy yeen endorsed Alvarado ’s theree is a b belief ccandidacy, a andidacy y, and ther elief in circles Nguyen’s ability ccampaign a ampaign cir cles that Nguy yeen n’s abilit ty Vietnamese to o rally vvotes o otes in the V ietnamese i play ccommunity o ommunit ty ffor o or Alvarado ccould ould pla ay a key primaryy vvote totals. k ey rrole ole in the JJune une 4 primar o ote to ottaals.

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A technique in of itself, the double wedding ring motif first gained

popularity in the 1930s and ’40s and remains common today. In the show, I view different examples of just such a technique. Sometimes, an artist stitches the rings in an overlapping fashion so that the background color of the quilt remains between the rings; on other occasions, separate stitchings produce motifs of different colors inside the overlapping spaces.

As a result, optical ambiguities emerge. Alternating positive and negative spaces mess with the viewer, sort of like old-school television test patterns.

On the other side of the room, a 2012 work, Traditional Queer Double Wedding Ring Quilt, explodes off the wall in various shades of crimson, burgundy, pink and scarlet. Occupying the interstices between the interlocking white rings are approximately 64

i (b who’s h ’ counting?)— i ?) vaginas—(but dedicated to artist Angie Wilson’s relationship with her partner.

An alternative to traditional wedding ring quilts, this one is stitched together with pieces of lingerie, lace and bedding.

The vaginas emerge as the foreground, rather than the background, although the effect is subtle and delicate.

That’s only the first corner of the room. As I move on, the baby quilts pop right out at me. There’s even one constructed entirely from teabags by Ruth Tabancay, titled Blankie. Used teabags of all shapes and sizes are stitched together in a collage and set inside a satin frame.

Tabancay writes that the steady repetition of hand stitching is a calming, meditative process, just like drinking tea. She also contributed Birthing Bed (2009), which is not a quilt but an entire bed adorned with simulated gum tree fruit, symbolizing the various stages of giving birth.

With that, I need another transition.

I slide into the next room, the death space, where the mammoth triptych Bonne Nuit (2006), by Wendeanne Ke’aka Stitt, occupies an entire wall.

Much more than a normal Day of the Dead quilt, the piece memorializes many people Stitt knew and had relationships with. A sheer feat to behold, it functions as a buttress to fortify the other powerful works in the room.

For instance, artist Deidre Scherer, who actually worked in the hospice care industry, sewed The Last Year (1988–90), a series of nine thread-onfabric works depicting headshots of an elderly woman during her final days. With immense compassion and respect, Scherer chronicles her friend’s journey toward death—from the onset of her decline, through brief reprieves of renewed strength and, finally, to acceptance and release.

On a passing glance, one would hardly even recognize the intricate stitching. But after closer inspection, one notices that every detail is sewn with the utmost precision. These are sorrowful pieces, yet the they still somehow evoke an odd sense of b beauty in their sadness.

On a more humorous note, Mary Mazziotti pro produced Death Gets Married (2012), a sarca sarcastic and morbid set of embroidered muslin panels resembling a comic strip. Death in the form of a skeleton loo looks for love in the first panel then pr proceeds to buy a ring for his woman be before taking engagement photos with her.

After that, he kills her mother, attends a bachelor party and weds her with a Star Wars theme. Finally, he murders his wife on their honeymoon before starting the whole process all over again by visiting an Asian-singles website.

Mazziotti is also responsible for several vintage dresses, delightfully morose memento mori hanging from the ceiling of the museum.

Hand-stitched death maxims are woven into each garment. A Girl Scout uniform features a female skeleton head waving the threefingered Boy Scout salute underneath the words “Be prepared.” Another dress references the tune “Save the Last Dance for Me.” Each one hangs suspended, suggestively rotating, around and around, ever so slowly.

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AST YEAR, YEAR, R the music industry reported its highest sales since 1999, 19999, driven by digital sales sales.. Butt even with numbers dig gital platforms growing and digital m surfacing, live music remains when it comes to a battlefield when innovation, innovation, especially espe ecially with live Band ds are spending more streaming. Bands

time on the road to promote their music, but these efforts effo orts remain exclusively terrestrial. terrestrial. Most Most almost exclusively th hat make it live performances that d gritty, gritty y, bootleg online are shaky and a YouTube YouTube clips. clips. shots that show up as family-run Evntlive, a new family-run operation based in Redwood R operation City

and an nd backed by some of Silicon S Valley’s Valley’ a s most disruptive players, players, is ho oping to change the dynamic. dy ynamic. The hoping co ompany launched a beta beta version in company Ap pril with a virtual concert conccert hall that April w play host to big-name big-nam me artists will pe erforming at venues yet ye et to be performing diisclosed. disclosed.

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GOT G OT L LIVE I V E IIF FY YOU OU W WANT A N T IIT T David Carrico (left) an and nd Alex Beckman (right) of Evntlive show off their website.

Evntlivee will off Evntliv offer ffeer b both oth fr free ee and paay-per-view shows with pay-per-view w interactiv interactivee ffeatures eeatures to help rreplicate epliccate the cconcert oncert eexperience xperience on a user’ user’ss ccomputer omputer or ttablet. ablet. It sounds simp simple, le, but Evntliv Evntlivee has had to work deep within the music industry industry to try try and change old w ways ays y of thinking and a ingrained opposition opp osition to ne new w media. meedia.

Despite general ac acceptance ceptance of some online opp opportunities, ortun nities, SF MusicTech MusicT Teech Summit F Founder o ounder Brian Zisk sa ayys that music affiliates a need to says embrac eamin ng technolo gies embracee liv livee str streaming technologies as the ge in the mark et in theyy emer emerge market or der to meet more more fa ans in the order fans digit al spac e. digital space.

“In the last 10 to 15 yyears, ears, we’ve we’ve b een in this mindset that t Internet is been bad ffor o or str eaming mu usic,” Zisk says. saayys. streaming music,” “W We need to mak ay ffor o or the ttwo wo “We makee a w way to work when it ccomes omees to liv shows. livee shows.

Musicians need to ask k themselv es, themselves, ‘How do we as musici ians use musicians technolo gy to help th hose p eople giv technology those people givee us w ay mor a supp ort way moree mone moneyy and support than the ave pr eviously?’” theyy would ha have previously?’”

Zisk has also work e with ed worked multiple artists-rights artists-rightss or ganizations organizations and sa ayys that the rregulations egu ulations in says plac rd ffor o or eeven ven the placee now mak makee it har hard simplest of br oadcastiing. broadcasting.

“If yyou ou don d don’t ’t get it p perfectly erfeectly right, people people ccould ou uld easily eextort xtort yyou ou ffor o or money,” money,” Zisk Ziisk sa says. ayys. “People “P People ha have ave gotten gotten in tr ttrouble ouble ffor o or just doing covers covers and d changing a ccouple ouple of words words in a song song.” .”

Evntlive’s Evntlive’s CMO and cco-founder o -ffounder o David Daavvid C Carrico arrrico is ttapping apping into his experience experience running music ttalent alent agency thee C Carrico arrico Management Group Group in Be B Beverly verly Hills to get ar artists tists and lab labels els on board board with the ne new w platfo orm. Working Wo orking to sign artists artists platform. abels, Carrico Carrico says saayys he to major llabels, realized th hat eeven ven some of the most realized that successful musicians had tr ouble successful trouble ours and making mone y. funding to tours money. saaw ho ow har d it w aas for for o artists artists to “I saw how hard was aff ffo ord goin ng on tour arrico sa ays y . “I afford going tour,,” C Carrico says. wanted a to mak ke sure sure this w aas a rrevenue evenue e wanted make was stream ffor o or the ar tists to b oost those stream artists boost incomes so o that the ey can can continue continue to incomes they mak ke theirr ar whatever e shap es or make artt in whatever shapes forms o the ey w aant to. to.” forms they want Troy C a ter, manager of artists ar artists Troy Carter, like Lady Lady Gaga G and JJohn ohn L egend, like Legend, was an early earrly industr supporter. was industryy supporter. e y eexcited er xcited about about the “He got vvery concept,, an nd w arned us it w as concept, and warned was challenging,” Carrico Carrico going to b bee challenging,” saays y , “but thought t it w as a very very says, was importantt piece piece to the industr important industryy and

17 customizable customizab ble eexperience xperience is necessary necessary in keeping keeping long-term validit validity. y. “The next next genera generation ation of music pr products oducts must b bee defined byy user eexperience, defined b xperience,” Mulligan said keynote saaid as a k eynote speaker speaker of the annu annual ual Midem music conference. conffeerence. “Rights ccomplexities omplexities and stakeholders’ stakeholderrs’’ concerns concerns must ffollow o ollow that horse of o user eexperience, xperience, not lead it.”

Of Of course, course, YouTube YouT o Tub be has h also l navigated live naavvigated liv l e streaming streaming with broadcasts broadcasts of ffestivals eestivals like like Coachella Coachella and Bonar Bonaroo. oo. However, However, it doesn’t doesn’t give personalization give users p ersonalization options beyond full-screen beyond ful l-screen size and ccomment omment capability. capability.

And while whiile other ccompanies ompanies such as U Ustream, stream m,, iRock iR Rock and Quello act as aggregators on-demand aggregatorss or ondemand only, onlyy, a company company has h yyet et to have haave successfully successfully marry scale. marry both both h on a grand d sc ale l .

Evntlive’s model Evntlive’s rrevenue-share evenue-share mo del gives moree than 50 p percent gives artists artistss mor ercent of pr profits. sponsors ofits. Corporate Corporate sp onsors will fund free free shows sh hows and the pay-perpaay--perview givee artists view showss giv artists back majority majority profits. platform is free profits. Thee plat form o free to use, use, charging charging only on nly for fo or pay-per-view paay-per-view shows, currently from shows, which whiich curr ently range fr om $2.99 $2.99 to $3.99. $33.99.

So far far,, the th he platform platfo orm runs on desktop d k ccomputers om mputers and d iPhones iiPhones, h , but not on browsers. n all br owsers. It’s It’s enabled on Google Chrome Google Chr ome ffor o or Mac and Windows, Wiindows, as a well as the latest Safari browser Mac,, and iOS 6 iPhones browser ffor o orr Mac and iP iPads. doesn’t ads. It I do esn’t run on Firefox Fireffo ox or older Sa Safari afari vversions. ersions. viewed livee show of singer I vie wed a liv Natalie Evntlivee Natalie Gelman Gellman filmed at Evntliv headquarters. headquarteers. While the quality quality was good, was go od,, the t performance perfo ormance proved proved occasionally choppyy and delayed, occasionallly chopp delaayed, which made hard myy mad de it har d to maintain maintain m interest. interest. Clicking Cllicking on the ccomment omment box upper-left-side box in the upp er-left-side of the screen, view livee chat screen, I was was a able to vie w a liv going on am among viewers. mong other vie wers.

Several Several viewers viewers w were were praising the artist artist with ccomments omments like like “I love love Natalie!”; weree commenting Natalie!”; others o wer commenting on the new new viewing viewing eexperience, xperience, saying, saaying y , “This “Th his is ccool!” ool!” and “I agree.” agree.”

It proved bee more proved to ob more of a rreal-time eal-time comment box viewercomment b ox than actual vie werto-viewer does have to -viewer chat, c but it do es ha ave potential tool potential as a a fun to ol for fo or viewers viewers of artists larger artists with h lar ger ffollowings. o ollowings.

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that someb somebody ody needed d to solv solvee this problem.” pr oblem.”

Including C Carter’s arter’s donation, do onation, the ccompany ompany raised $2.3 million m in from investors, seed funding fr om angel anggel in vestors, Mayfield Fund partner including Ma ayyfield F un nd par tner Yogen Tapjoy Steve Y ogen Dalal, T aapjoy CEO CE EO Ste ve Wadsworth, Intel Wads worth, fformer o ormer In ntel eexec xec Dave Daave Silicon Valley House and Silic on V aallley Connect’s Connect’s Levy, Ellen L evyy, and one of “The Fathers off th the IInternet,” t t ” Google G oglle Go l eexecutive xecutiv ti e Vint V iint Cerf.

Cerf. support, After gaining supp orrt,, Evntlive Evntlive started biggest hurdles st arted to ttackle ackle the big ggest hur dles of creating digital cr eating a digit al hub ffor o or musicians. musicians. order business was The first or der of busin ness w as doing theyy ccould present eeverything verything the ould to t pr esent the quality. highest video qualit ty. The T ccompany ompan ny present high-quality plans to pr esent highq qualit y video that’s browserccontent ontent that ’s strictly br b owserrunning based,, as opposed opposed to ru unning on an app—which they create app —which hi h the h y say saay they’ll th h y’ll he ’ll cr eate later.. This infrastructur infrastructure later re will allow streaming str eaming on desktop ccomputers omputers devices little and mobile de vices with witth lit ttle t to no problem crashing—a ccommon ommon pr p oblem with live-streamed liv e-streamed cconcerts. oncerts. hopee is that th this Their hop his kind of self-owned structuree will assuree self f- owned structur w help assur stakeholders they’re music st akeholders the ey’re investing investing high-quality in a highquality product, produ uct,, which provide lower will in turn pr ovide low wer risk ffor or o artist.

It’s strategyy also byy the h ar tist. i It ’s a strateg l used db broadcasting br oadcasting ccompany ompany Livestream, Livestream, been which has b een around around d ffor o or six years. years.

“Traditionally, “Traditionally y, live live streaming sttreaming rrelies elies third-party devices on thir d-party de vices to do the encoding.

We’re enc oding. W e’re sellingg and building encoding devices,” our own enc oding de v es,” Matt vic Mattt Howe,, senior dir director Howe ector of business development music partnerships de velopment and mus sic par tnerships Livestream, says. of Liv estream, sa ayys.

Livestream Liv estream has shared shared e the technology growing pains technolo gy gr owing pa ains of and,, as a result, authorizing issues and result, streams smaller-named str eams mostly smaller r-named artists artists and vvenues. enues.

“We try, bigger artists “W We tr y, but the bigg ger ar tists aren’t clearance,” ar en’t able to get cleara ance,” says saayys Mattt Howe Howe,, senior dir director, Mat e ector , business development Livestream. de velopment at Liv estrream. “The licensing challenge is the eexisting xistin ng lic ensing is eextremely xtremely archaic.” archaic.”

Evntlivee off offers several social Evntliv ffeers se veral so cial toggling with ffeatures, eeatures, including to g ggling different diff ffeerent angles as if yyou o were ou were moving around mo ving ar ound a cconcert onccert venue, venue, chatting chat ting with friends and a checking artist merchandise bios,, all out ar tist mer chandisee or bios leaving page without lea aving v the pa age or “show.” “show.”

Noted N oted music analystt Mark says Mulligan sa ays y this kind d of

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HE BETTER-BEER scene continues its ascent LONE STAR STAPLE The Texas barbecue burger with Steins Beer Garden & in the South Bay at Driggsy’s arrives with a smile.

Restaurant in downtown Mountain View set to open March 28. There will be wine and cocktails, but the primary focus will be on high-quality beers. Steins will feature 30 taps and a menu of modern American PENING a sports north Sanchef Joseand nearBay Brokaw byin executive AreaRoad comfort food cratedbar and 880 seemed like a good idea to Steve Driggs because native Colby Reade. there really wasn’t much like it in the area. Indeed, after Owner and South Bay native Ted Kim is a beer enthusiast; he tells me only two months, sports fans in the area have already claimed that Steins is a salute to the traditional German beer halls and gardens, Driggsy’s their neighborhood hangout.

TheEurope’s bar occupies which heas experienced during his travels throughout premierthe former Carlos Goldstein’s Mexican restaurant, but Driggs beer cities. Designed by architect Marc Dimalanta, Steins features a and 300- his wife the layout a bit by knocking the interior walls. seat,changed 8,000-square-foot domed interior room and out a 4,000-square-foot Now it’s apatio. wide-open space with several tables, a bar, a couple outdoor with and his contagious positive energy, says he can’t wait sports. dartTed, boards about eight different TVsthat broadcasting

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for folks to check out the “in-your-face, custom-made walk-in cooler” Driggs didn’t just want to run a neighborhood bar. He also wanted to serve next to the main bar. Guests can gaze at the unique direct-draw draft food—a more-upscale version of the typical sport bar edibles at a slightly higher system—the tap handles are connected to the kegs, eliminating draft price point. The menu focuses on seafood, burgers and appetizers with some lines and helping to keep the beer at the highest quality and freshness atypical selections, such as the seafood linguini ($16), which is served with white levels. Having 30 draft beers is a manageable number for staff, Ted says: wine pescatore sauce, clams, scallops and shrimp; and the steamed mussels ($14), “I want them to know exactly what we’re serving. I want to be able to which comes in a white wine sauce with shaved fennel. give genuine beer recommendations, so ongoing beer education will be The dish that people are talking about is the 50/50 Burger, which has a patty important.” made of a quarter-pound of ground beef and a quarter-pound ground pork, and The food will have a local, farm-to-table emphasis according to chef it’s served on a pretzel bun (all their burgers are served on pretzel buns). The Reade, and everything will be made in-house, including breads and 50/50 meat combo and the pretzel bun idea came to Driggs after a trip to the pretzels. Because of the generous kitchen space, there will also be inEast Coast, where both options are somewhat more common than they are here. house charcuterie, butchery and pickling programs. “We want to make The 50/50 burger also comes with cheese, a spicy garlic sauce and grilled food as fresh as the beer is,” says Reade, who embraces beer’s versatility in onions. The pretzel bun is very tasty, though I am admittedly a sucker for soft food pairing. pretzels. The mixture of pork and beef has an interesting flavor. The sharpness Some examples from the tidy menu of 25 items include pork belly of the pork dominates, yet it’s accented by the juiciness of the beef. It’s a great burger, well worth the $12 price. It comes with fries or a salad, or for $2 more, onions rings, which are recommended because they are beer-battered.

Another favorite is the pork tinga quesadilla appetizer, which runs $10 at lunch, $9 at dinner or $5 during happy hour, which is between 4pm and 7pm.

The meat is slow-braised pork shoulder, cooked for about six hours. The pork tastes great, although the quesadilla was loaded with too much cheese.

I ordered the salmon special ($18). The salmon was very tender and not overcooked—plus it’s fresh, not frozen. My order was supposed to come with asparagus, but instead I got carrots. Later, the sever noticed the mistake and immediately offered to correct it. For $14, I also ordered the fish and chips, which seemed a bit overpriced, since they weren’t all that different from what one can get for less at other seafood places.—Aaron Carnes DRIGGSY’S SEAFOOD SPORTS BAR AND GRILL 1150 Murphy Ave., San Jose; 408.437.1986

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GOING STRONG Gordon Biersch celebrates 25 years of authentic German-style brewing.

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AN GORDON and Dean Biersch founded Gordon Biersch in 1988 with the goal of making the most authentic German-style lagers outside of Germany. Twenty-five years later, Gordon reflects, “I can’t believe it, actually. When Dean and I started, weThe never thought 25 years. Being here, THE REAL THING pizza at Terrone comes with a seal ofinItalian approval. having the brewery San Jose where I was born in an area where I had my college job working in the canneries located around it, it’s so hard to believe that this actually happened.”

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When asked about his proudest achievement, Gordon says, “I think it’s our dedication to and not have compromising on how we brew our beer.

OTauthenticity A LOT of dishes an organization ... Our focal point has always been to brew authentic German-style beers and dedicating to preserving their historical make them balanced and drinkable, and to maintain the highest levels of authenticity. Pizza does, or at least Neapolitan standards for brewing according to German purity law. It’s going to be how we pizza—the original modern version of pizza continue to brew our beers, and we’re hoping people continue to accept that.” came Naples, Italy, in Biersch the 1800s.

Thea “Big Bands, Tothat celebrate itsout silverofanniversary, Gordon will host organization, Verace Pizza Napoletana, Brews & BBQ” event Associazione this Saturday, 2–7pm, at its state-of-the-art brewing and bottling facility San Jose’s Japantown.

The theme represents Gordon’s two hands outincertifi cations to restaurants all over the passions—jazz and, of course, beer. Tickets are $10 andas available online world that meet theirmaking very specifi c guidelines to at gbanniversary.brownpapertickets.com or payable by cash atHere the door. what constitutes a genuine Neapolitan pizza.

Two glasses or six tastes of Gordon Biersch as well as aare in the Bay Area, only a handful ofbeers restaurants commemorative glass are included. Additional glasses and tastes can be so certified. One of them, Terrone Pizzeria, a casual purchased, along with food designed to pair with the beers, including 18-hour upscale joint, was opened a few weeks ago in Palo Texas smoked-beef brisket, pulled-pork sliders and other fare. Gordon Biersch by three friends, all fries. of whom were born in will Alto also serve its trademark garlic Southern Italy.features the San Jose Jazz Festival All-Star Big Band, The musical lineup PacificGenerally, Mambo Orchestra, andaCarlos Reyespizza and his Group. what defines true Italian is itsSuper lightness.

TheThe beer lineup includes the Czech Style Pilsner, SommerBrau, Märzen, Blonde crust is thinner, the toppings are sparser and the ingredients are all Bock, Hefeweizen and the limited release a recent medal very basic.

Rather than the heavy,Weizen doughyEisbock, concoction familiar to winner in the German-style wheat-beer at the prestigious American Beer Americans, pizza in Italy iscategory considered a light dish thatGreat will leave Festival. be guided tours the of the brewery—and look for Gordon to one aThere little will hungry after leaving dinner table. play hisTotrombone. cancertifi watch him aliterally tooting own horn (his obtain theFolks coveted cation, restaurant musthis meet joke,many not mine). criteria, such as what ingredients are used, how the pizza What are Gordon’s hopes for the 25 years? would be nice to be is prepared, what kind of oven it’snext cooked in and“It more.

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The crust is crispy He adds, “I hope everyone comes out on Saturday. It would be nice to have a full house of people enjoying beer, the bands and the BBQ. It’s all affordable, too. ... The event is for the community, to let people know what we’re all about.”—Andy Lee

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EMPHASIZE Johnny V’s, San Jose Wed – 9pm; free before 10pm/$3 after

More and more underground rappers are reviving that classic sample-driven, ’90s-heyday hip-hop sound; groups like the Pharcyde, Hieroglyphics, De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest come to mind. San Diego rapper Emphasize is obviously standing on the shoulders of these greats, but he travels to strange, surreal levels, while never losing that classic boom-bap sound.

Emphasize leans heavily on jazz and soul samples but also lays down a lot of psychedelic loops.

Equally weird is his penchant for positive, optimistic lyrics (weird for hip-hop, but a good kind of

weird). The Standstill Motions, his collaboration with Edgar IsReal and producer Trust One, is a true gem of an EP. (AC)

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THE UNWILLING Caravan, San Jose Thu – 9:30pm; free San Jose’s metal scene definitely leans heavily toward the brutal metalcore genre, with the machine-gun pounding drums and the growling vocals. Less wellrepresented are the thrash grooves and shredding guitars of the ’80s and ’90s. Locals the Unwilling seemingly have one foot in each world. The five members put heavy stress on the dueling guitar work, which is deeply familiar but truly vibrant in its energy. The technical chops and unrelenting aggression

place them comfortably in today’s metal world, but they do so with a little more sophistication than a lot of their contemporaries. (AC)

THE FAMILY STONED Chromatic Coffee, Santa Clara Thu – 6:30pm, $3-5 Probably the oddest thing about the Family Stoned is how much they make droning psychedelic music sound upbeat. They are what Deerhoof would sound like if they were covering songs by the Melvins. The Family Stoned are a stoner-metal band for straightedge music nerds. That means they pull from the usual batch of elements one would expect in a droning psychedelic group: outerspace jams, doom metal and free jazz, but also bits of country, oldschool punk and lo-fi indie rock.

It’s an impressive hodgepodge of

underground music. Their cover of “I Wouldn’t Mind Dying,” from an obscure Carter Family tribute album, is very rocking and earnest.

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SILENT PICTURES Cafe Stritch, San Jose Fri, 8pm, Free Alexander Mann started playing music in 1989 and has played a lot since then. He’s been in Mellow Drunk, Boyskout, Your Precious You and, more recently, Silent Pictures, which is his project. Musically, Silent Pictures pulls heavily from shoegaze bands, such as My Bloody Valentine. But they also perform some Roxy Music glamballads, upbeat jangle-pop and

even toss a few dance beats in the mix. The only other permanent member besides Mann is Rene Love, whose role plays heavily into the performance-art aspect of the group. What makes Silent Pictures interesting (and Mann enigmatic) is the degree to which he draws attention away from himself as a performer, which he does in part by projecting videos during his performances. The eerie moodiness of the music is thoroughly captivating. (AC)

GENERATION ESMERALDA Angelica’s Bistro, Redwood City Fri – 8:30pm; $20-$26 Disco may be long gone, but ’70s hit makers Santa Esmeralda got a little post-disco love a decade ago when Quentin Tarantino used one of their songs in Kill Bill Volume 1: “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,”

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by Jimmy Goings, their singer between 1978 and 1983 as well as several of Santa Esmeraldaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original touring musicians. (AC)

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both repose and attack by Latino Area. Bernardo artists in the Bay Area Roman Palauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s A Little Loverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Song (oil on canvas, pictured above at left) depicts an intrepid swallow ďŹ&#x201A;ying through a world made uneasy by applied graphic elements. An exquisite small colored-ink notebook sketch by Gronk conjures up Blake. Eric J. Garciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mock comic book, G.I. Jose, cleverly knocks some antiimmigrant rhetoric. The art is on display Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;Friday before the auction, which features music and both live and silent bidding.

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man DJ crew the Bangerz. Raised Jose, he knows how to cater in San Jose to the Bay Area audience with hot tunes and beats, with dance being his specialty. He truly hustles to perform the freshest possible set whenever he spins. (AD)

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They are the kind of band thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll do spoken-word or unplanned guitar solos. Sadly, this will be their second to last show before breaking up. Gilroy wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be the same without them. (AC)

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The lyrical drama by Ntozake Shange is directed by Aldo Billingslea. Runs thru May 18.

Wed-Sat, 8pm. $10-$15. Fess Parker Studio, Santa Clara University.

FUNNY GIRL

THE FOUR TOPS Famed American vocal group.

Fri, 8pm. $68. Heritage Theatre, Campbell.

PALO ALTO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Benjamin Simon conducts an evening of Italian selections for string orchestra. Free. Sat, 8pm.

Cubberley Theatre, Palo Alto.

Presented by South Bay Musical Theatre. Runs May 18-Jun 8. This week: Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. Regular shows Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $26-$42.

Saratoga Civic Theatre.

PENINSULA BANJO BAND

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A one-man show about growing up African American in the Bay Area by Brian Copeland. Thu, 8pm. $30/$35.

Theatre on San Pedro Square.

The season-ending concert highlights the world premiere of Lee Actor’s piano concerto. $20-$40. Fri, 8pm, at the Fox Theater in Redwood City.

Sat, 8pm, at Flint Center in Cupertino.

THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Presented by Peninsula Youth Theatre. Runs thru May 19.

Thu, 9:30am, Fri, 9:30am and 7:30pm, Sat, 2 and 7:30pm, Sun, 1pm. $20 Mountain View Ctr for the Performing Arts.

The audience will be given song sheets and encouraged to join in. Sat, 7:30pm. $10 donation.

First Presbyterian Church of San Jose.

STEPHEN PRUTSMAN A solo piano recital hosted by the Steinway Society of the Bay Area. Sun, 2pm. $25-$45. Le Petit Trianon, San Jose.

SPREADING IT AROUND

SAN JOSE WIND SYMPHONY

A comedy about tomfoolery in a retirement community, presented by Santa Clara Players. Runs May 17-Jun 8. This week: Fri, 8pm, Sun, 2:30pm. $16-$18. Triton Museum Hall Pavilion, Santa Clara University.

A concert of circus music along with circus performers. Sun, 3pm. $5-$20. McAfee Center, Saratoga.

THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS Kirsten Brandt’s adaptation of the Christopher Marlowe play.

Runs thru Jun 2. Wed, 7:30pm (plus 11am, May 11), Thu-Fri, 8pm, Sat, 3 and 8pm, Sun 2pm. $24-$74. SJ Rep, San Jose.

SILICON VALLEY SYMPHONY The program includes a world premiere with organist and composer Lothar Bandermann. $15/$20. Sat, 7:30pm, at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Palo Alto. Sat, 7:30pm, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Menlo Park.

SOUTH BAY GUITAR SOCIETY

ALFARA STRING QUARTET A Stanford Live Informance. Sat, 5pm. Free. Community School of Music and Arts, Mountain View.

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A concert called “Maestros of the Movies” features famous film songs. Sun, 3pm. $15-$42.

Smithwick Theater, Foothill College, Los Altos.

CALIFORNIA YOUTH SYMPHONY Works by Shostakovich, Copland, Mussorgsky and CYS Senior Soloist Competition winners.

Sun, 2:30pm. $15. Flint Center, Cupertino.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM “Seeking Answers: Photographs

by Wynn Bullock.” “Face: Portraits by Valentin Popov.”

“Henrietta Shore: Understanding Nature.” All three end Jun 30.

Tue-Sun, 11am-4pm. Santa Clara.

LatinoArtNow 15th AnnualArtAuction MACLA’s

Collect the very best of Latino art from the Bay Area and beyond!

EUPHRAT MUSEUM

Saturday May 18th

A show of student works. Ends Jun 13. Mon-Thu, 10am-3pm. De Anza College, Cupertino.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART “Swans, Swine and Sirens.”

Artists influenced by Greek mythology. Ends Dec 1. “Rising Dragon: Contemporary Chinese Photography.” Ends Jun 30. TueSun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

Doors open at 6:00pm

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES “Milestones: Textiles of Transition” and “Threads of Love: Baby Carriers From China’s Minority Nationalities.” May 8-Jul 21. Wed-Sun, 10am-5pm.

San Jose.

TRITON MUSEUM OF ART

A showcase concert with classical guitarists Steve Baughman, Antoniy Kakamakov and Mason Rasavi. Sat, 8pm. $15/$25. Historic Hoover Theatre, San Jose.

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Ends Jul 7. “More Than Fifteen Minutes: Andy Warhol and Celebrity.” Ends Jun 30. “Dotty Attie: Sometimes a Traveler/ There Lived in Egypt.” Ends Jun 16. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-8pm. Stanford.

“2013 Photo Competition & Exhibition.” “Clark Gussin.” Realist paintings. Both end Jun 23. TueWed and Fri-Sun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am-9pm. Santa Clara.

GALLERIES ANNO DOMINI “Art of Zines 2013.” “Death Will Tear Us Apart.” A solo show by Mike Egan. Both end May 31.

San Jose.

ART ARK GALLERY A thesis exhibition for SJSU MFA graduates. Ends May 18.

San Jose.

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CAFE STRITCH Art by Erin Salazar. Ongoing.

San Jose.

ART MUSEUM OF LOS GATOS “Art + Tech + Culture.” High school art show. Ends May 19.

Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. Los Gatos.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER “Revisiting the South: Richard Misrach’s Cancer Alley.” Ends Jun 16. “Lee Friedlander: The Cray Photographs.” Ends Jun 16. “Hauntings: American Photographs, 1845-1970.”

COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND ARTS “Mitchell Johnson—Color and Shape.” Ends May 26. Mon-Fri, 9am-7pm, Sat, 9am-3pm. Mohr Gallery, Mountain View.

ECO MONSTER “Big Fish Little Fish in a Dirty Small Pond.” Graphic works by

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NEXTGEN: A very special young artist concert Sunday May 19, 2013

CONCERT IS AT 7:00 PM LE PETIT TRIANON, 72 N 5TH ST. SAN JOSÉ

The San José Chamber Orchestra under the direction of

Anthony Quartuccio premieres new works by young composers Rika Ellis and Brian Sears, performs the music of Marais, Mendelssohn, Williams and Brubeck side by side with the SJCO Youth Orchestra, AND presents the international awardwinning young cello soloist Austin Huntington in works by Tschaikovsky and Piazzolla.

“Permanent Blue.” Works by Neto Soza. Ongoing. Wed, FriSat, noon-5pm. San Jose.

show of photographers using innovative techniques. Ends May 25. “Val Britton: Intimate Immensity.” A site-specific installation. Ends May 18.

“Judith Rothchild: Black Magic.”

Mezzotints. Ends May 18. TueFri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm.

San Jose.

GALLERY SARATOGA

SEEING THINGS GALLERY

27 Nak Bou. Ends May 31. Sperry Station. San Jose.

EMPIRE SEVEN STUDIOS

“Prints & Pots Revisited.” A dual show with ceramist Jeanne Redig and printmaker Jody McMillan. Ends Jun 3. WedSun, 11am-5pm. Big basin Way, Saratoga.

GOOD KARMA CAFE “From Chaos.” New works by Dylan Kelly, a.k.a. Chaos938.

Ends May 31. San Jose.

KALEID GALLERY “The Weird and the Wonderful.”

New works by Christine Benjamin and Murphy Adams.

Ends May 31. San Jose.

tickets www.sjcotickets.org – 408 295-4416 Tickets $25 ($10 for age 22 and under)

KING MAIN LIBRARY

Supported, in part, by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San José.

“Italian Americans in the Santa Clara Valley.” Ends May 30. Di Napoli Gallery, Second Floor, San Jose.

MACLA “Latino Art Now.” Exhibit leading up to annual auction. Live performances for South First Friday. Ends May 18. San Jose.

METRO LOBBY Photos by Daniel Valencia. San Jose.

Photographs and art by Shawn Whisenant and Sergej Vutuc. May 18-Jun 3. Reception Sat, 7pm.

Tue-Fri, 11am-7pm, Sat, noon6pm. 30 N. Third St, San Jose.

SILICON VALLEY OPEN STUDIOS This weekend: Campbell, Cupertino, Gilroy, Los Gatos, San Jose and Saratoga. See www. svos.org for details.

STUDIO BONGIORNO “Revolve.” An artists’ salon with works by Emily Bones, Robin Freeman, Asha and more. Ends May 26. Mon-Wed, 10am7:30pm, Fri-Sat, 11am-8:30pm, Sun, 10am-2pm. Santa Clara.

SUNG K JUN ARTS “Four Generations of Weston Photography: Edward, Brett, Kim and Zach.” Ends Aug 10. Santa Clara.

THOMPSON GALLERY “The Mutability of Being.” Works by self-taught artist Jon Seri.

Ends May 17. Art Building, SJSU.

UMPQUA BANK

“From the Earth to the Spirits.”

A show by photographer and artist Alejandra Cano. Ends Jul 5.

Mezcal Restaurant, San Jose.

“Rare Candy: A Pokemon Gallery for Charity.” Presented by SJSU Animation and Illustration students. Ends May 17. 225 W. Santa Clara St, San Jose

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“Happiness Is.” Artists Susan O’Malley, Leah Rosenberg and Christine Wong look at the idea of happiness. Thu-Sun, 11am3pm. Saratoga.

OLIVE HYDE GALLERY The annual exhibit of textiles.

Ends Jun 8. Thu-Sun, noon-5pm.

Fremont.

PHO69 Works by Roan Victor. Ends May 31. San Jose.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART “Parallax Views.” A group

“From Pencils to Pixels: Art and Science for the Screen.”

Ongoing. San Jose.

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METROACTIVE.COM COLOR RUN A new all-comers 5K that features colored powders; wear white. Sat, 9pm. Guadalupe River Park, San Jose.

ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE A film about the Khmer Rouge massacres in Cambodia. Thu, 7pm. $5/$10. San Jose Peace and Justice Center.

FOODIE FUN A series of food-truck events begins with local vendors and live music. This edition features Synchronicity and benefits the Fire Safe Council. Sun, 48pm. Saratoga Gateway, 12341 Saratoga-Sunnyvale Rd.

FRIENDSHIP DAY With picnicking, food and drinks.

Sun, 8am. $15. Pacific Shores Center, Redwood City.

JARON LANIER A major thinker in computer science talks about his contrarian new book, “Who Owns the Future?” Wed, 7:30pm. $8-$30. (Must get tickets in advance; call 800.838.3006.)

Kepler’s, Menlo Park.

LOS GATOS FOOD FEST With food truck, live bands (Dutch Uncle), and beer and wine. Fri, 5-9pm. 18840 Saratoga-Los Gatos Rd.

PECHA KUCHA Participants present short ideas on the topic “My Design Vision for San Jose.” Thu, 6-8pm. $10.

San Jose Museum of Art.

SANTA CRUZ CHORALE SPRING FUNDRAISER Featuring wine, food and song.

Sun, 2-6pm. Silver Mountain Winery, Los Gatos.

SEMPERVIRENS DAY A celebration of the club designed by Andrew Hill to save the redwoods. Sun. History Park San Jose.

A conversation and booksigning with the famous Silicon Valley figure. Wed, 7pm. ZERO1 Garage, San Jose.

WINGS OF FREEDOM TOUR

CHRONICLERS OF TECHNOLOGY

WORLD MULTI-CULTURAL DAY

An event with tech writers David Kirkpatrick, Steven Levy and John Markoff. Wed, 7pm.

Computer History Museum, Mountain View.

A show of vintage WWII planes; flights available. May 17-25.

Moffett Airfield, Mountain View.

An event dedicated to eliminating Hepatitis B in Santa Clara County. Sun. Sunnyvale Community Center.

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ANY HISTORY is an oversimplification, but a significant amount of comic-book history was made by two of the guests at this weekend’s Big Wow! ComicFest in San Jose. The festival—at this point the Bay Area’s biggest gathering of the thousands of local comic-book, science- and speculative-fiction fans—was formerly known as Super-Con. That name was borrowed by parties in another state; Big Wow!’s convention manager Steven Wyatt says, “We have taken the name ‘festival’ to heart and are trying to have more events going on.”

Among the events: the first live Creature Feature showing with the fondly remembered show’s longtime host, John Stanley, in attendance Saturday at 8pm.

Also on tap is the Christopher Lee picture Horror Express, a sort of Lovecraftian version of Murder on the Orient Big Wow! ComicFest Express. Lee’s appearance as a guest on Creature Features was described in the recent documentary Watch Horror Saturday, 10am–6pm, Movies—Keep America Strong. The celebrated actor Sunday, 10am–5pm, of macabre parts was huffy about being booked on May 18–19; $20 a small-scale local TV show. Then, as was leaving the dressing room, he saw a clip of an earlier interview with San Jose Convention Center Ray Bradbury, and Lee decided that if the show was good enough for Bradbury, it was good enough for him.

Sunday’s big-name guest, Stan Lee, can now be seen in Iron Man 3 as a judge at a beauty contest, a crafty way to get some skin in a movie that is loaded with snowscapes. The octogenarian hambone gets his five seconds in many of the dozens of movies made of his Marvel comics. Lee was a driving force in the remodeling of several 1940s comic-book characters. Lee’s methods as editor and writer: sesquipedalian language, snazzy alliteration, the canny use of the crossover, the ever-vernal appeal of the cliff hanger, a genius for self-promotion and selfsatire, and an eye for the best talents with which to collaborate.

Cartoonist Neal Adams is another attraction at Big Wow!; he will also be making an in-store appearance at Lee’s Comics in Mountain View on Friday, May 17.

Adams worked to bring DC Comics up to Marvel’s cachet for ’60s relevance.

Adams’ Green Arrow/Green Lantern crossovers, written by Dennis O’Neill, are what fans recall best: the artist and writer took the plumed, modern Robin Hood on a road trip with Green Lantern, the latter snatched out of his comfort zone in the clouds and taken to the streets. Adams’ characters’ giant fists and grim, broad faces added impact and panic to the staid, even suburban figures in DC’s stable of costumed vigilantes. Adams’ neo-classic figures were dynamic, even in repose. “Adams was probably one of the most copied artists of the 1960s and ’70s,” Wyatt says. “His style revolutionized how fans saw serious comics. He was a great storyteller and draftsman. He greatly raised the bar on drawing comics and storytelling. He also was a driving force on artist’s rights, helping out the creators of Superman, helping artists get their original art back from the companies . . . and lots more.”—Richard von Busack

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The unwitting hero, Saleem (Satya Bhabha), who undergoes everything from amnesia to police torture, is a descendant of India’s mixed cultures. He’s an inheritor to catastrophe and reversals of fortune; that also means he’s the heir to the English picaresque novel, with its switched foundlings, reversals of fortune and sudden bursts of nigh-divine good luck.

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After centuries of British domination, India became a free nation in August 1947.

Rushdie has it that the many children born at the midnight hour when power was transferred were gifted with mystical traits. Our protagonist’s gift—seated in his prominent nose—is his ability to summon the sleeping spirits of all those who were born at that illustrious time. One of the unruly crowd—Mehta has trouble wrangling them, as if her film had been crashed by a rogue theatrical troupe—is Shiva, the boy who will become Saleem’s nemesis.

Unbeknownst to Saleem, he and Shiva were switched at birth. The baby Shiva, born into an upper-class secular Muslim family, was

put into the swaddling of a Hindu child whose mother had died in childbirth.

Thus Shiva was raised as the spawn of a fawning, cuckolded street accordionist called “Wee Willie Winkie”—the Kipling reference in this tribute to India.

Playing the passive Saleem, Bhabha has to helplessly carom from incident to incident. The force of this compelling history moves it forward when its protagonist won’t. There Midnight’s isn’t one performance Children you can hold onto for the entire movie—as in NR; 146 min.

Dickens, the flamboyant Opens Friday incidental characters are more amusing than the hero who just wants to find solid ground.

The supporting cast includes the amusing coldness of Anita Majumdar as the hoitytoity Auntie Em(erald), Charles Dance as the treacherous specter of England and the avuncular Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Picture Singh, a street conjurer. (“A most charming person,” he calls himself, indicating his basket of cobras.) The narrative is just as knotted and fanged as that load of serpents, but more here charms than dismays. The “odor of failure” that Saleem smells on his father is only occasionally noted during Midnight’s Children. (Read a full-length version online at Metroactive.com)—Richard von Busack

New (R; 80 min.) Kate Bosworth, Jay Paulson and Lake Bell star in a drama about a weekend retreat that starts to go very wrong. (Opens Fri.)

HATING BREITBART (PG-13; 93 min.) I can hate him at home without buying a ticket to this partisan tribute to the late and particularly scurvy bought-and-paidfor hack. I could use the money, go to the zoo and see smarter dungthrowers with far better aim. Out of little acorns, big oafs prospered.

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THE ICEMAN (R; 106 min.) Michael Shannon plays a contract killer with a surprisingly warm home life. Also stars Winona Ryder and Chris Evans. (Opens Fri.)

MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN (NR; 146 min.) See review on page 30.

SCATTER MY ASHES AT BERGDORF’S (PG-13; 93 min.) A documentary feature about the famous department story and style hub. (Opens Fri at the Guild in Menlo Park.)

lowest-common-denominator in the audience in order to make its money back. One sees The Bridge on the River Kwai and wonders how much truth there is to that argument—and how much surrender. (Plays May 16-17 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.)

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SPACEBALLS (1987) Mel Brooks’ day-late and dollar-short Star Wars parody has its moments, related to Rick Moranis (as the unintimidating

space lord Dark Helmet) and beloved ’80s Druidish princess Daphne Zuniga. (Plays May 16 at 9:30pm and May 18 at 11:55pm in San Jose at Camera 3.) (RvB)

THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH/THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS (1955/1954) While the cat’s away, a middle-aged book editor (Tom Ewell) schemes up a tryst with the halfbright blonde upstairs, so hot that she wears refrigerated underwear (Marilyn Monroe—iconic but not at the Some Like It Hot stage). It’s Billy Wilder’s PG-rated version of a thensexy play by George Axelrod. Still, only the fantasy sequences, with some S.J. Perelman touches, are genuinely funny—as is Oskar Homolka as a Viennese psychiatrist who’s written a book titled Repressed Urges of the Middle-Aged Male. BILLED WITH There’s No Business Like Show Business. More Marilyn, in a lesser known role in the Ethel Merman/ Donald O’Connor musical about several decades in the life of a show business family. Irving Berlin. (Plays May 18-19 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (PG-13; 133 min.) The saga lingers on as the Enterprise and its crew confront a very bad situation on Earth.

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THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (1957) Of the madness of war and the meeting of two mortally flawed enemy officers in a Burmese jungle during World War II, directed by David Lean. The first and last thing we see in the film is a flight of vultures. In command of the Japanese jungle camp is Col. Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), a martinet, too cruel sometimes, too permissive other times. His opposite: a starchy Royal Army officer with a makeshift swagger stick; he’s respected by his men, despite his 20-20 tunnel vision. It took the slyness of the undersized Alec Guinness to animate the part of Col. Nicholson; only an essentially humorous actor could blend the two parallel qualities: first, the magnificent art of stubbornness; second, the destructive limits to having one’s own way. (Among other things, this is a film that ought to be seen by anyone in management.) As their observer, William Holden as Shears honors the side of the citizen soldier who knew better than to volunteer or to trust an officer or to personally endanger himself if there is a good

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alternative. (Kwai’s insistence that Shears is the moral center of the film is essential to its maturity.) Jack Hildyard’s photography glorifies the rainforests of Sri Lanka, which sat in for Burma—about as historically accurate as a tiki bar. That said, the film’s attitude toward war and heroism displays an accuracy that the 1990s wave of Greatest Generation cinema can’t touch by a mile. And it has the advantage of no computer-generated special effects. : it’s qualities as a spectacle are still flabbergasting. Take the bridge itself: 425 feet long, 50 feet above the water, built by half a thousand laborers and supervised by the late Keith Best, OBE, of the Sheffield engineering firm Husband and Company. (Ironically, Best had been a prisoner of war himself.) As always, when revisiting a classic of half a century ago, one exclaims at how dark a movie this is, considering its great success; how ambiguous it is, how thoroughly death and folly triumph—and yet how engrossing it is, how mature, how exciting it is to watch, particularly on the big screen as it was meant to be seen by an enthralled audience. Lastly, one always hears that a big film has to be dumbed down, as in the case of Avatar: that it has to appeal to the

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THE BANGERZ LAUNCH COLLABORATION WITH SAN JOSE TAIKO After first debuting a collaboration with San Jose Taiko at Subzero Festival in 2010, the Bangerz are working with the traditional Asian drumming performance group again for a joint performance in San Jose.

PHOTOS: SILICON VALLEY RAVE RUN The Rave Run introduced glow sticks and EDM to Silicon Valley’s jogging scene over the weekend at Santa Clara County Fairgrounds for a fun run that culminated in a full-on dance party.

REVIEW: THE ROLLING STONES AT HP PAVILION Mick Jagger knows how to personalize a show. In between cries of “San Ho-zay!” and a nod to the Sharks, Jagger recalled playing the San Jose Civic Auditorium all the way back in 1965. Either he has an amazing memory, or a good patter researcher.

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Fri, 8pm: San Quinn, Draztic. $15-$20. San Jose.

Fri, 9pm: Liquid Sky, SJSindicate, Pedals & Pistols. $5. Cupertino.

ANGELICA’S BISTRO

Fri, 10pm: Cheeseballs. Sat, 10pm: Superbad. San Jose.

THE CATS Wed, 7pm: Fishhook. Thu, 8:30pm: Out of the Blue. Fri, 9pm: Touched Too Much. Sat, 9pm: Out of the Blue. Sun, 6pm: Joe Ferrara. Tue, 6pm: Blackouts. Los Gatos.

Fri, 8:30pm: Generation Esmeralda. $20/$26.

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Wed, 9pm: Week of Wonders.

No cover. Fri, 9pm: Belle Noire, Cartoon Bar Fight, Manzanita Falls. $7. Tue, 8pm: The Olms. $15/$17. San Jose.

Fri, 8pm: Silent Pictures, Dirty Pillows, Zodiac Death Valley.

All ages. Free. Sat, 8pm: Rusty Maples, Thee Joan Wylder. All ages. Free. San Jose.

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Sat, 2pm: School of Rock. Local youth band revue, performing Pink Floyd’s “The Wall.” All ages. $8-$15.

Palo Alto.

Wed, 9:30pm: Jack Rip-Off. Thu, 9:30pm: Liquid Courage.

Fri, 9:30pm: Metal Shop. Sat, 9:30pm: Drive. Sun, 9:30pm: RB3. Mon, 9:30pm: Kid Dynamite. Campbell.

Thu: Jack Rip-Off. San Jose.

Fri, 8pm: The Four Tops. $63$68. Campbell.

Thu, 7pm: David Knopfler. $22/$30. Fri, 8pm: Pride & Joy. $18/$20. Redwood City.

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THE CARAVAN Thu: The Unwilling, Thares, El guapo. San Jose.

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HUKILAU

Sat, 7pm: The Delusion Effect.

All ages. Free. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Hawaiian music.

San Jose.

X BAR

J.J.’S BLUES CAFE

Sat, 8:30pm: El Elle, Sweet HayaH, Halo Haven, the Trash*Pop Icons. All ages. $5.

Homestead Lanes, Cupertino.

Wed: Blues Angel. Thu: Madylan Rose. Fri: Mark English Project, Dog House Riley. Sat: Alan Iglesias and Crossfire. $15.

Sun: Alvin Draper, Amy & Oliver.

Mon: Desiree & Diamond 99.

Tue: Dennis & Stuart, Blue J. San Jose.

WOODHAM’S LOUNGE First three Fri of month: Live music. Santa Clara.

JOHNNY V’S Sat, 9pm: Shattered Faith, Antisocial. $8. San Jose.

LILLY MAC’S Fri, 9pm: Sammy Varela Band.

Sunnyvale.

MARIANI’S INN Fri-Sat: Dave Anderson. Santa Clara.

MOJO LOUNGE

Jazz/Blues/ World AGENDA LOUNGE Wed, 8pm: Salsa. Thu, 9pm: Banda. Sun: Reggae and hiphop. San Jose.

BLUE NOTE LOUNGE

Fri, 9:30pm: Daniel Castro Band. $5. Sat, 9:30pm: Piranha Party. $5. Fremont.

Fri, 9pm: Joanne LeBlanc & the Fugitive Blues Band. Free to SV Blues Society members, $5 general. Milpitas.

NETO’S GRILL

BLUE ROCK SHOOT

Fri, 8pm: David M’ore. Sat, 8:30pm: Chop Tops, Pedals & Pistols, Ghost Town Hangmen, O’Kraven. All ages. $10/$12.

Santa Clara.

Fri-Sat 8pm: Thriving Artists’ Showcase. Sun, 4pm: Blues jam.

Saratoga.

NINE LIVES Fri, 8pm: Blood Party. $10. Sat, 8pm: Strange Tides, Greater Fools, 1989. $5/$10. Sun, 2pm: Subvoltage, Flesh Weapon, Fora. All ages. $5. Gilroy.

CAFE STRITCH Thu, 8pm: The Daniel Gerz Ensemble. Free. San Jose.

CAFFE FRASCATI Fri, 8pm: Kiyoe Wakabayashi.

All ages. Free. Sun, 6:30pm: Sunday Jazz Jam. San Jose.

NUMBER ONE BROADWAY

CLUB FOX

Wed, 9:30pm: JC Smith jam.

Thu, 9:30pm: Bone Drivers. Fri, 9:30pm: Naked in Vegas. $10.

Sat, 9:30pm: The Megatones. $10. Los Gatos.

Wed, 7pm: Blues jam with Cold Feat. $5. Redwood City.

THE QUARTER NOTE Fri, 9pm: T. Clementine, Wicked Fools. $5. Sat, 9pm: Blackmast. $5. Sun: Pro Jam. Sunnyvale.

DANA STREET COFFEE Sun, 7:30pm: Scott Amendola Quartet. All ages. $15. Second Mon of every month, 7pm: Ukulele jam. Mountain View.

DONATO ENOTECA Thu, 6pm: Live jazz. Redwood City.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET

GOOD KARMA

Sat, 8pm: Scott Millen, Coyote Slim. San Jose.

Thu: Acoustic music. San Jose.

SHORELINE AMPHITHEATER

Thu, 8pm: Blues jam with Sista Monica. Fri, 8pm: Lencat. Sat, 8pm: Pat Wilder. Campbell.

Sun, 11am: Live 105’s BFD. $35$59.50. Mountain View.

GRAND DELL SALOON

HEDLEY CLUB

STATION 55 Live music most Fri-Sun. Call for info. Gilroy.

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Every first & third Wed: Jazz jam. Every second & fourth Thu: Brian Ho Trio. Fri, 8:30pm: Bruce Hamada Trio. Sat, 8:30pm: Brian Ho Quartet. Mon, 5pm: Gus Kambeitz Duo. Hotel De Anza, San Jose.

LOU’S VILLAGE Fri, 9pm: Late night at Lou’s with Monica Marquis.

San Jose.

MURPHY’S LAW Thu: Stan Erhart. Fri: Groovy Judy. Sat: Live music. Mon: Pro blues jam. Sunnyvale.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson.

Thu, 6pm: Steve Freund Band.

Fri, 6pm: John Garcia Band.

Sat, 6pm: Mz. Dee & Anthony Paule Band. Sun, 3pm: School of the Blues. Every first & third Mon, 6pm: Ukulele jam with Steve Martin. San Jose.

SAN JOSE CIVIC Sat, 7:30pm: Jatt & Juliet. $29$125. San Jose.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Fri, 7pm: San Jose Jazz High School All Stars. Free. San Jose.

TESSORA’S Thu, 7pm: Frank Sorci. Fri, 8:30pm: Mary Ellen Duo. The Pruneyard, Campbell.

TRAIL DUST BBQ Fri, 6-9pm: Live blues, roots and Americana. Morgan Hill.

UNWINED Sat, 7pm: Live jazz. San Jose.

THE WOODSHED Every first and third Wed, 7pm: Blues jam with Johnny-Cat. Fri, 7:30pm: John Worley and the Mo-Chi Quartet with Sebastien Lanson. $18/$22.

Los Gatos.

ZONE 8 Sat, 8pm: Stan Erhart. Casino M8trix, San Jose.

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In fact, the purpose of BFD, with the exception of presenting a couple of big-name headliners, has always been to treat music consumers to emerging artists at a reasonable price. Aaron Axelsen, the assistant program director/ music director at LIVE 105 is heavily involved with booking BFD. He likens the station’s booking strategy to that of the Oakland A’s in Moneyball.

“We’re trying to find acts at a reasonable cost that we’re anticipating are going to pop, like a Robert DeLong, or a C2C or a Diplo, or even Capital Cities, Neighbourhood, Atlas Genius. These are bands that are going to blow up. It’s using our instincts to find them, and not charging $200 a ticket,” Axelsen explains.

BFD Sunday, May 19; 11am; $39.50–$59.50 Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View

As the festival has matured, the Subsonic Tent, which focuses on electronic and hip-hop, and the Soundcheck Stage, with Bay Area bands, have become an increasingly important part of the festival. For Subsonic, a lot of it has to do with the growing popularity of electronic dance music.

“It was more of an underground niche back in the day, but EDM culture has really caught on,” Axelsen says. “It’s not pigeonholed. The 23-year-old music consumer—you look at their iPod, they have everything in there; they have Of Monsters and Men, but they also have Diplo.”

This year’s Subsonic Tent includes an eclectic blend of bands: Wallpaper (hiphop, electro-pop), C2C (French turntable artists), K Theory (hip-hop), as well as electronic-music legends Chemical Brothers and Bay Area–based turntable game changer DJ Shadow.

As the Soundcheck Stage has grown, local bands are seeing a boost long before BFD arrives. “It seems like the stage has intensified because of all those other components that go into it,” Axelsen says. “These bands are getting support on Soundcheck every week and on the website. They’re getting a lot of exposure. The bands can use it when talking to booking agents or labels— oh, look, we played BFD.” This year, San Jose is the most represented city at BFD, with four out of the 10 acts, including Curious Quail, the winner of the local band contest, Anya and the Get Down, Picture Atlantic and the Trims.—Aaron Carnes

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C&W/Folk FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sat, 7:30pm: Peninsula Banjo Band. $10. San Jose.

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

7 STARS BAR & GRILL Fri-Sat, 8pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

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THE COURT’S LOUNGE Thu & Mon, 9pm: Karaoke.

Sat, 8:30pm: Joe or Darryl.

Campbell.

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

Sat, 7pm: Laura Meyer. San Jose.

DIVE BAR

MISSION PIZZA

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

Thu, 7pm: Mill Creek Ramblers.

Fri, 7pm: Autumn and the Fall Guys. Sat, 7pm: Mill Creek Ramblers & Friends jam.

Fremont.

RED ROCK COFFEE Fri, 8pm: Known to Collapse.

Sat, 8pm: Decker, the Plastic Arts. Mountain View.

THE SADDLE RACK Wed, 9pm: Wild at Heart. Thu, 9pm: Frisky Frolics. Fri, 9pm & Sat, 10:15pm: Diablo Road. Sat, 7:15pm: Wild at Heart. Fremont.

ALEX’S 49ER INN Nightly, 9pm-2am: Karaoke.

San Jose.

APPARITION Even second Thu: Gothic, industrial karaoke. Club Lido, San Jose.

AZÚCAR LATIN BAR Wed: 8:30pm-midnight: Karaoke plus DJ party (English and Spanish). San Jose.

BENNIGAN’S GRILL Sat, 9pm: August. Santa Clara.

BLINKY’S CAN’T SAY Fri, 9pm-1am: Danielle. Sat, 9pm-1am: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

CITY ESPRESSO

BLUE MAX

Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 7pm: Karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

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

PHILZ COFFEE Mon, 7pm: Open mic. Open to all forms of expression. Free.

Downtown San Jose.

GILROY BOWL Thu-Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Gilroy.

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

Tue, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

JOHNNY V’S

Thu, 9pm-2am: August.

Milpitas.

THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE

Open Mic/ Comedy

Wed, 8pm: Big Al’s Big Ass Comedy Show. $12. Thu, 8pm: Cruzzin with Laffter. $12. Fri, 8 & 10pm: Kabir “Kabeezy” Singh. $18. Sat, 7 & 9pm and Sun, 7pm: Jeff Garcia. $20. San Jose.

GALAXY

Fri, 9pm: Darryl. San Jose.

Wed, 6pm: Sidesaddle & Co. Tue, 6pm: Cabin Fever. San Jose.

IMPROV

Wed-Sat & Tue, 9pm-2am, & last Sun of every month, 2-7pm: B&S Karaoke. Campbell.

THE BEARS

SAM’S BBQ

CAFFE FRASCATI

EFFIE’S RESTAURANT

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

JOHNNY V’S Sun: Sunday Funday karaoke.

No cover. San Jose.

KHARTOUM Thu, 9pm: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

KYOTO PLACE Wed, 7pm: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

KOJI SAKE LOUNGE First & Third Thu, 7pm: KJ Bob and Starmaker. San Jose.

BOGART’S LOUNGE

LILLY MAC’S

Wed & Fri-Sat, 8pm-2am: Wildside Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

Thu: Karaoke. Sunnyvale.

BOSWELL’S

Thu, 8pm: Chris. Santa Clara.

Tue: DJ Davey K. Campbell.

BOULEVARD TAVERN

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Thu: Karaoke. Los Gatos.

Tue: Cabaret Karaoke. Los Gatos.

RED ROCK COFFEE CO.

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

Tue: Karaoke. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 9pm, and Sun, 7pm: Karaoke. Mountain View.

BRIT ARMS ALMADEN ROOSTER T. FEATHERS Wed, 8pm: New Talent Showcase. $10. Thu, 8pm, Fri, 9pm, Sat, 8 & 10:30pm and Sun, 8pm: Steve Trevino. $14-$20.

Sunnyvale.

Wed & Sun, 10pm: DJ Uncle Hank. San Jose.

BRIT ARMS CUPERTINO Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

PSYCHO DONUTS Sun, 10am: Psycho Karaoke.

Campbell.

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Sunnyvale.

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BRIT ARMS ALMADEN

Thu, 9pm: EDM with DJ Scotty Boy. Fri: Fly School Ruckus. Sat, 9pm: BeatzBoutique. Los Gatos.

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Sat, 9pm: Future Party. $10/$20. Palo Alto.

AGENDA Most Fri: Hip-hop, Top 40, club hits. Tue: 4 the Love of Tuesdays.

San Jose.

COURT’S LOUNGE Sat: DJ Wendel. Campbell.

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

THE ELEGANT PUB AZÚCAR LATIN BAR

Fri-Sat, 9pm: DJ Checo.

Evergreen Inn, San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 9pm-2am: Live music & DJs, salsa, house, hip-hop & more. San Jose.

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BRIT ARMS DOWNTOWN Fri: DJ Benofficial. Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.

Fri: DJs . Sat: Taurus Bash. Sun: Members Only. San Jose.

Wed, 9pm: Wine Wednesdays.

Thu, 9pm: Liquid. Fri, 9pm: Heit Fridays. $10. Sat, 9pm: DJ G-Wrex. $10. Mon: Industry.

Tue, 9pm: Turn Up Tuesdays.

San Jose.

JOHNNY V’S

Fri-Sat: DJs. Los Gatos.

Thu: Therapy. Fri: Soul Therapy.

Sat: Social. Tue: I Heart Tuesdays.

San Jose.

PURE LOUNGE 408 Fri: Pure Ladies’ Night. Sat: Pure Saturdays: DJ Komodo.

Sunnyvale.

SONOMA CHICKEN COOP Thu-Sat, 9pm: Late Night at the Coop. Live DJ. San Jose.

STATION 55 Sat: DJ dance party. Gilroy.

STUDIO8 Fri: Furious live. Sat: DJ Sophia Lin. San Jose.

WILLOW DEN Wed-Fri: DJs. Sat, 10pm: ‘90s Dance Party. Willow Glen.

Thu, 9pm: Slap!. Fri, 9pm: Traffic.

Mon, 9pm: Retoxx. Tue, 9pm: Trap Shop. San Jose.

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LEGAL & PUBLIC The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Metropolitan Planning Group, Inc., 579 Clyde Avenue, Suite 340, Mountain View, CA, 94043, Metropolitan Planning Group. This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 7/13/2013. /s/Geoff I. Bradley. President #C2899232. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/07/2013. (pub Metro 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/05/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577837 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Silver Linings-Services for Seniors, 2508 Lansford Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95125, Marianne McPherson Malik.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Marianne McPherson Malik This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/26/2013. (pub Metro 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/05/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577731 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Evonne’s Residential Care Facility #1, 2719 Pentencia Creek Rd., CA, 95132, Philomena Agbontaen.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Philomena Agbontaen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/24/2013. (pub Metro 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/05/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577482 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Vigilant Consulting Security & Trading Co., 1832 Queen Elizabeth Wy., San Jose, CA, 95132, Matt Vigil.

This business is conducted by an individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Matt Vigil. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/18/2013. (pub Metro 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/05/2013)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Original 420 Brand, 14938 Camden Ave., San Jose, CA, 95124, Wade Atteberry, 5104 Westmont Ave., #7, San Jose, CA, 95130. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Wade Atteberry. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/06/2013. (pub Metro 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/05/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #578081 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Quik Stop Market #94, 1510 Mt Pleasant Dr., San Jose, CA, 95127, Rohit S. Subhra, 3047 Bayberry Lane, San Jose, CA, 95148, Bhawna Subhra.

This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Rohit S. Subhra. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/03/2013. (pub Metro 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/05/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #578061 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bali Spa, 2373 Pruneridge Ave, #2, Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Christine Fu, 1660 Triton Ct., Santa Clara, 95050, Chung Hsiao Fu. This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Christine Fu. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/03/2013. (pub Metro 5/15, 5/22, 5/29, 6/05/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577735 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Back N Balance, 5754 Santa Teresa Blvd., San Jose, CA, 95123, Zhouran Wang, 305 E. Empire, San Jose, CA, 95112, Hong Juan Wang. This business is conducted by copartners.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Zhouran Wang This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/24/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #578110 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Postal Annex+ Store 396, 5655 Silver Creek Valley Rd., San Jose, CA, 95138, LaVinski Jones, 3977 Country Vista Ct., San Jose,

CA, 95121, Tracey Jones.

This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/LaVinski Jones. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/06/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577792 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Thirst Tea, 150 S. 1st St., #118, San Jose, CA, 95113, Christopher Yao, 525 Falcon Place, San Jose, CA, 95125, Jenq- Yuan Yao, Florence Hsieh. This business is conducted by a general partnership.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Christopher Yao. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/25/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577928 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: C2SV, 550 South 1st Street, SVSX, LLC. This business is conducted by a limited liability company.

Above entity was formed in the state of California.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Dan Pulcrano. Managing Member #201222610192 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/30/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577944 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Farmers Union, 151 W. Santa Clara, San Jose, CA, 95113, 151 Partners, 8 N. San Pedro, Ste. 300, San Jose, CA, 95110.

This business is conducted by a limited liability company.

Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Michael Mssinger Managing Member. #201234510006. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/30/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #577337 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Panicale, 830 Stewart Dr., STE 143, Sunnyvale, CA, 94085, Yoon Suk Song, 1575 Tenaka

Place., Apt 2v, Sunnyvale, CA, 94087. This business was conducted by an Individual.

Filed in Santa Clara county on 7/21/2011. Under file no.

553941. /s/Yoon Suk Song This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/15/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

business name or names listed herein. /s/Bill Cefalu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/30/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577898

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Silicon Valley Optometry Center, 10525 S. De Anza Blvd., Suite 190, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Lucy Wun OD, Inc, 6350 Bollinger Rd., San Jose, CA, 95129. This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/26/13.

Refile of previous file #568595 after 40 days of expiration date. /s/Lucy Wun President #3558248 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/26/2013. (pub Metro 5/01, 5/08, 5/15, 5/22/2013)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Hurricane Roses, 1018 Bird Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125, David Cohen, Michael Arnoldi, 2743 Almaden Rd., San Jose, CA, 95125, Angi Lemucchi, 360 Hyde St., San Francisco, Ca, 94109, Jon Havens, 3110 Dakan Ct., #4, San Jose, CA, 95136, Alexander Ethan Sanchez, 20891 Almaden Rd., San Jose, CA, 95120, Jesse Sotelo, 5770 Winfield Blvd., #15, San Jose, CA, 95123.

This business is conducted by a general partnership.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/29/2013. /s/David Cohen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/30/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577840 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bay Area Realty Investments, 1313 N. Milpitas Blvd., #245, Milpitas, CA, 95035, Adriana De Anda, 3241 Pinkerton Dr., San Jose, CA, 95148.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 2011. /s/Adriana De Anda. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/26/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577839 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Genesis Realty, 1313 N. Milpitas Blvd., #235, Milpitas, CA, 95035, Adriana De Anda, 3241 Pinkerton Dr., San Jose, CA, 95148. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on January 2011. /s/Adriana De Anda. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/26/2013. (pub Metro 5/08, 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577930 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Notehouse Publishing, 2322 Cory Ave., San Jose, CA, 95128, Bill Cefalu.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577854

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577513 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Vapein, 2737 Camino Del Rey, San Jose, CA, 95132, Long Nguyen, Duong Pham, 1101 S. Main St., Milpitas, CA, 95035.

This business is conducted by a general partnership.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/19/2013. /s/Duong Pham. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/19/2013. (pub Metro 5/01, 5/08, 5/15, 5/22/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577716 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bray Butcher Block and Bistro Inc., 100 N. Almaden Rd., Ste 182, San Jose, CA, 95125, 63 Squareback Inc., 1712 Creek Dr., San Jose, CA, 95125.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

Above entity was formed in the state of California Registrant has not yet began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Mike Priolo CEO #C3523619 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/23/2013. (pub Metro 5/01, 5/08, 5/15, 5/22/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577713 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Game On Apparel, 2081 Bering Dr., San Jose, CA, 95131, Mark Pacheco, 94 Alta Vista Way., Daly City, CA, 94014.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/20/2013. /s/Mark Pacheco This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/23/2013. (pub Metro 5/01, 5/08, 5/15, 5/22/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577456 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

Enterprise Group, 2. SYL Collectibles, 3. Elite Global Brands, 11629 Birch Spring Court, Cupertino, CA,, 95014, Shen Li. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 4/10/2013. /s/Shen Li This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/18/2013. (pub Metro 5/01, 5/08, 5/15, 5/22/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577568 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Deluxsmog, 288 E. Virginia

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St., San Jose, CA, 95112, Tony Pham, 768 Hacienda, Campbell, CA, 95008.

This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Tony Pham This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/22/2013. (pub Metro 5/01, 5/08, 5/15, 5/22/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577578 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: O. C Detailing, 2215 Tennant Ave., Morgan Hill, Ca, 95037, Dylan Palmer. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/20/2013. /s/Dylan Palmer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/22/2013. (pub Metro 5/01, 5/08, 5/15, 5/22/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577510 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Secession Arms, 1713 Little Orchard Street, San Jose, CA, 95125, Secession Arms LLC, Inc., 532 Brooks Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95125. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Above entity was formed in the state of Wyoming. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed on 3/5/2013. /s/Todd Chipman CEO This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/19/2013. (pub Metro 5/01, 5/08, 5/15, 5/22/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #576393 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

Affordable Express Legal Document Assistance, 2.

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N. Market Street, #300, San Jose, CA, 95113, Emerald Enterprises LLC. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein 2000. Refile of previous file #502184 after 40 days of expiration date. /s/Toni Greene. Operating Officer/Managing Director #101998362080. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/22/2013. (pub Metro 4/17, 4/24, 5/01, 5/08/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577488 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Dream Flowers A&G, 1211 Park VAe., #104, San Jose, CA, 95125, Bahare Bahrami, 501 Granger Ter., #2, Sunnyvale, CA, 94083. This business is conducted by a Individual.

Registrant has not yet began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Bahare Bahrami. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/18/2013. (pub Metro 4/24, 5/01, 5/08, 5/15/2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #577150 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mountain View Dental Group, 2486 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA, 94040, Christopher J. Kim, DDS, Inc. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Above entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant has not yet began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Christopher J. KIm President. #2794254 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/10/2013. (pub Metro 4/24, 5/01, 5/08, 5/15/2013)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21–April 19): In the alternate universe created by Marvel comic books, there is a mutant superhero called Squirrel Girl. She has the magic power to summon hordes of cute, furry squirrels.

Under her guidance, they swarm all over the bad guy she’s battling and disable him with their thousands of tiny chomps and thrashing tails. She and her rodent allies have defeated such arch-villains as Dr. Doom, Deadpool, Baron Mordo, and Ego the Living Planet.

Let’s make her your role model for the coming weeks, Aries. The cumulative force of many small things will be the key to your victories. As in Squirrel Girl’s case, your adversaries’ overconfidence may also be a factor.

TAURUS (April 20–May 20): You have arrived at the edge of reality. Or rather, to be precise, you have arrived at the edge of what you think of as reality.

Here’s where things could get very interesting. Just on the other side of that edge you’re brushing up against, there is much, much more reality—a vast territory you have barely imagined, let alone believed in or explored.

Are you feeling brave? If you’re willing to find out about stuff you didn’t even realize you would love to experience, I suggest you slip across the border and wander around on the other side.

GEMINI (May 21–June 20): A character in Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel A Game of You delivers this speech: “Everybody has a secret world inside of them. ... No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside, inside them they’ve all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid worlds. Not just one world. Hundreds of them.” As a Gemini, you are not, of course, dull and boring on the outside. That may have something to do with why your secret inner worlds are often even frothier and sparklier than most people’s.

But lately, I’m afraid, some of those secret inner worlds of yours have gotten a bit shabby and dank. It’s time for a deep cleansing. To be thorough, don’t just wash your own brain. Wash your wild heart and funky soul, too.

CANCER (June 21–July 22): “You begin saving the world by saving one person at a time,” said writer Charles Bukowski. “All else is grandiose romanticism or politics.” I invite you to make that thought one of your guiding principles in the coming week, Cancerian.

Translate your high ideals into actions that make a practical impact on particular human beings and animals. Instead of merely talking about what good things you want to do, actually do them. As much as possible, be sure that every detail of your daily life reflects your vision of ultimate truth and beauty.

LEO (July 23–Aug. 22): If you were a fledgling savior, now would be a propitious moment to begin your messianic mission. If you were a musician hoping to leap to the next level of career success, this would be prime time to plan an extensive tour. If you were the inventor of the Next Big Thing, I’d suggest that you get your marketing campaign in gear. And if none of those descriptions fits your personal situation, regard them as apt metaphors for your use. How can you spread the word about what’s most important to you?

VIRGO (Aug. 23–Sept. 22): As frontman of the band Queen, Virgo singer Freddie Mercury made use of his four-octave range with flamboyant showmanship and breathtaking technique. Many critics regard him as one of the greatest vocalists in the history of pop music. Freddie joked that he was perfect except for one glaring flaw: his overbite. Because he had four extra teeth in his upper mouth, his top jaw protruded. But he chose not to alter his appearance with surgery because he suspected it might change his singing voice in unpredictable ways. Is there a comparable situation in your own life, Virgo? A socalled imperfection that seems to be entwined with a beautiful asset? I urge you to be like Freddie. Accept the paradox—embrace it and celebrate it—and move on.

LIBRA (Sept. 23–Oct. 22): The 14th-century poet Dante was a major influence on 20th-century novelist James Joyce. “I love Dante,” wrote the author of the epic novel Ulysses. “He is my spiritual food.” And yet Joyce felt he had to absorb Dante in small doses.

“Dante tires one quickly,” he said. “It is as if one were to look at the sun.” Is there any influence like that in your own life, Libra? Judging from the astrological

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omens, I’m guessing it’s a fine time for you to get as much sustained exposure to that glorious source as you can bear.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23–Nov. 21): Greek poet Sappho was renowned in antiquity. The nine books she wrote were so esteemed that the historian Strabo wrote, “In this whole span of recorded time we know of no woman to challenge her as a poet even in the slightest degree.”

And yet little of Sappho’s work survives. As of 2004, there were just 264 fragments and three complete poems. But then a fourth complete poem emerged. Its text was written on papyrus that had been wrapped in the casing of an Egyptian mummy. The mummy had been stored for years in a backroom at Cologne University in Germany before someone discovered its hidden treasure. Your assignment, Scorpio, is to seek an equivalent recovery. Search for a part of the past that’s still beautiful and useful, even if that quest leads you to unlikely and obscure places.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22–Dec. 21): When I turn my psychic attention in your direction, I smell smoldering smoke. Here’s how I interpret that: Your internal fire is burning with less than maximum efficiency. Do you agree, Sagittarius? If so, do you know why that might be? Did you not provide enough kindling? Is the wood too green? Is the ground wet? I urge you to find out what the problem is. You can’t afford to have sputtering flames and sooty light and spotty warmth. You need a steady blaze that radiates brilliant light and strong heat.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22–Jan. 19): Very few of us are completely uninhibited about expressing who we really are. Most everyone is shy about revealing at least one facet of his or her identity. Why? Maybe because we’re afraid that people will judge us harshly for being different from what they think we should be. Or maybe our secret side is at odds with our self-image, and we hesitate to acknowledge it even to ourselves. What is this part of you, Capricorn? In what sense are you still in the closet about a truth or quality or event that’s central to your character? I urge you to have a conversation with yourself about it. You aren’t necessarily ready to tell the whole world about it, but now might be the right time to start considering the possibility that you can give it more room to play.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20–Feb. 18): I absolutely forbid you to be a slave of happiness, a victim of pleasure, or a prisoner of love. Wait. Sorry. I take that back. What gives me the right to forbid you from doing anything? It’s your life. You’re the boss. So let me reframe my previous advice. Dear Aquarius, I beg you not to be a slave of happiness, a victim of pleasure, or a prisoner of love.

None of the good things in life will give you what you need if you make yourself crazy or sick while pursuing them. That’s the cautionary news. The encouraging news is that in the next five weeks, I think you will have a knack for cultivating a graceful relationship with happiness, pleasure, and love.

PISCES (Feb. 19–March 20): Don’t be like the ducks that are floating on Phoenix Lake a short distance from where I’m sitting. They’re feeding entirely on the surface, happy to skim a few insects from the top of the placid waters they’re drifting on. No, Pisces, be more like the frogs that are diving to probe for morsels down below. This is a phase of your astrological cycle when the quest for more variety can deepen your perspective and provide better nourishment.

Homework: Do you allow your imagination to indulge in fantasies that are wasteful, damaging, or dumb? I dare you to stop it.

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