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Tw witter. On Sunday y, staffers Sunday, AND YW ONG, a staff er ffor or congr essional ANDY WONG, staffer congressional candidate R O KH HANNA, fir ed a tweet acr oss RO KHANNA, fired across th bow the b when h he h noted t d th thatt CCongr essman Congressman MIKE HOND A (D D-Fremont) had missed HONDA (D-Fremont) his second cand didate fforum orum in as many candidate days.. P olitical co onsultant B ARR RY B ARNES Political consultant BARRY BARNES noted in a rreply eply tweet that Honda still nabbed endorse ements fr om both fforum orum endorsements from hosts despite be eing absent,, and the being politician ’s “tr ack rrecord ecord speak or itself .” politician’s “track speakss ffor itself.” @MisterAndyW o then went on a tear, ong tearr, @MisterAndyWong noting Honda’s Honda’s tr ack rrecord ecord ffor or ““doing doing track little to curtail # paytoplay system that has #paytoplay cor rupted Congr ress” and “not “not passing bills corrupted Congress” & sleeping on th he job.”” In the November Metro ro and November,r, Metr They San Jose Inside posted Did shoowed a video that showed What?

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Blame Game

CLEANED C LEANED OUT OUT Diamond LLaundry aund dry and Cleaners in San Jose wass one of more than 80 city busine businesses esses sued last year by John Southern Ho businesses providing access..

John Ho, Jo Ho, a paraplegic from Southe ern California. H o sued the busin nesses for allegedly not providin ng disabled access

South Bay busi business iness owners ta targeted rgeted lawsuits violations b serial lawsui by itss alleging viol lations with Disabilitiess Act of Americans w BY B Y JENNIFER WADSWORTH WA ADSWOR RTH

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ary Burton took overr day-to-day operations operationss at Diamond Laundry and Cleaners when he h turned tu urned 23, just after he left the t service. se ervice. Running the family business b usiness freed up his parents parents to o travel travel the world and gave e h a chance to settle down. him down n.

Forty-five F o orty-five years later, laterr, he sitss behind b ehind the same worn desk k in the th he same mid-century building building att San Carlos Street and Avenue. He D Delmas He pays outt of pocket p ocket to keep the shop s op afloat. aflo oat.

“I do this ffor or m o myy mom,” Bur Burton ton sa says, ays y, geesturing tow gesturing toward waard the fr front ont desk wher where re 92-year-old 92 2--year e r-old Mar Maryy Bur Burton ton ccomes omes in eevery o veery day da ay to gr greet eet customers and chitchat with w employees. em mplo oyeees. “She has dementia. I ccan’t an an’t ’t let her he er sit at home and do nothing nothing, g, so I k keep eep e this th his going ffor or her o her. r.”

But a la lawsuit aw wsuit filed las last st yyear eear ccould ould o change all of that.

“It w was aas lik like ke a sinking ffeeling, eeelingg,” Bur Burton ton says, sa ayys, rrecalling ecalling a yyoung oung man o m who ccame ame into the fr front ro ont offic officee with h a st stack tack a of white papers pap ers summoning him m to ccourt. ourt. “I knew kne wIw was aas in o over veer m myy head. h ” Ab About out se seven eveen monthss ago ago,, Bur Burton ton ffound ound himself the ttarget o aarrggett of serial plaintiff JJohn ohn Ho Ho.. Identified in ccourt o t pap our papers ers as a wheelchair-bound wheelchair r--bound parap paraplegic plegic fr from om the Southern C California aliffornia o tow town wn of R Rosemead, osemead, o Ho claimed that while vac vvacationing caationing in San JJose, ose, he tried to dr drop rop off some laundryy at Bur laundr Burton’s ton n’s shop p but ccouldn’t ouldn n’’t finish the errand b because eccaus a se ther theree w was as a no designated handic handicapped caapped d parking parking. g. He asked ask keed ffor or $10,0 o $10,000 00 in dam damages. mages.

Bur Burton ton set settled tttled ffor o or $7 $7,000, 7,0 , 00, plus another $5,0 $5 $5,000 000 in at attorney tttorn ney ffees, eees, which he paid ffor or again fr o from om his h own sa savings avvings in lieu of filing the businesss ffor or o bankruptcy bankruptcy. y.

He has ttwo wo w yyears eears to pain paint nt in some disabled parking sp spots, ots, which w would have ha ave ccost ost all of $30 $300 0 in the t first plac place. e.

“I pr probably ro obably won won’t n’t ’ b bee in business that long, long g,” Bur Burton ton sa says. ays y . “I justt wish someone

pointed before p ointed it out o to me b effor o e ttaking aking me to ccourt. ourt.”

Nearly 80 N early 8 0 businesses in San JJose ose several moree thr throughout and se veerall mor oughout South Bay have been byy one of Ho Ho’s Ba ay ha ave b een hit b ’s llawsuits, la awsuits w it , which whi h allege ll violations i l ti off the th Americans ffederal ederal e Am mericans with Disabilities Act filings,, Ho Ho— A ct ((ADA).

ADA). In the ccourt ourt filings — who has no not been byy an anyone ot b een seen b nyone interviewed story—says inter vieweed ffor or o this stor y—saayys he was access several w as denied d ac cess to se veeral businesses because there was handicapped b ecause the ere w as no handic apped parking,, wh wheelchair parking heelchair lift or other accommodation. lawsuits ac commodation. d Most of the la aw wsuits have ha ave b been een filed o over ver the past ttwo wo months in Sant Santaa Clara C County ountty Superior S Sup erior i C Court. ourt. The Th Theyy claim l i that h Ho H visited dozens dozens of business in Ma May ay 2012, including Hy H Hydration dration C Coffee off ffeee and T Tea, eea, Laa V L Victoria’s ictoria i a’s ttaqueria, aqueria, Bur Burton’s ton’s dr dryy cleaners,, se cleaners several eveeral motels motels,, Santo Mark Market keet in JJapantown, apantow wn,, a strip mall in Mount Mountain ain n View, V ie i w, and dozens d of other rretailers etailers and rrestaurants. estaurantss. Ho w was aas apparently apparently a vvery ery busyy man while bus w vac vacationing ationing in the area. ar ea.

Multiplee ccalls aalls to the plaintiff plaintiff’s ’s l dli we landline went ent unans unanswered, sw wered, d and d his hi law la aw firm als also so did not rreturn eturn e ccalls alls a ffor or o ccomment. omment. But B an Internet sear search rch c shows Ho is no str stranger ranger to litigation. The San Gabriel V Valley aallleey rresident esident e has filed se several eveeral hundr hundred ed civ civil vil suits against businesses in San Dieg Diego, go, Fr Fresno, reesno, Inland Empir Empiree

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8 restaurant lo restaurant lobbyist obb byyist to de devise evvise a game plan ffor or how to deal o d with Ho Ho.. problem The pr obllem ffor or business owners is o Ho’s bee valid. It It’s that Ho o’s ccomplaints om mplaints ccan an a b t’s easy eas sy to find rrestaurants est e aurants and rretailers etailers out of ccompliance, especially omp pliance, esp ecially if smaller places predate plac es run out o of building a that pr reedate ADA laws. little moree than a yyear ago,, AD DA la aw ws. A lit tttle mor eear ago about 300 lawsuits 92 of ab out 30 0 la aw wsuits Ho filed in Los County L os Angeles C ountty rreportedly eportedly opted settle $554,000.

It’s to set tttle ffor or a ccollective o ollectivve $554,0 00. It ’s unclear how w much of that went to his attorney, Raymond at tttorneey, Ra ayymond Ballister of the San Diego-based Center Disability Access.

Diego -based dC enter ffor or Disabilit o ty A ccess.

Marejka Sacks, Moore Law Firm Mar ejk ka Sac cks, of Mo ore L aw F irm people like in San JJose, ose, sa ssays ayys p eople lik ke her client, Shaw, view Sha aw, vie w themselv tthemselves vees as champions of the AD ADA. inspectors DA A.. Building insp ectors aree supp supposed ar d to tell businesses and osed property owners become ADApr operty ow wners how to b eccome o AD DAthey ccompliant, ompliant, li t but b t the th ey often ft sign i off ff on new ne w cconstruction onstru o uction or rremodels emodels without spotting violation.

“Ignorancee of the sp otttting a vi iolation. “Ignoranc law defense says. la aw is no def feense in ccourt, ourt,” Sacks sa ayys.

Niccandro Barritaa wishes a building Nic candrro Barrit inspector had pointed insp ector ha ad p ointed out deficiencies to him when bought n he b ought up the old Victorian Carlos Street, V iictorian on n East San C arlos Str eet, where runs Laa V Victoria’s. wher re he ru uns one of ffour o our L iictoriaa’s. didn’t any better, says.

“I didn n’’t know k an ny b etttterr,” he sa ays y.

Att the los losing lawsuits, A sing end of a ffew ew la aw wsuits, one byy Ho Ho,, i l di on including ne le lleveled veeled l d against i him hi b H Barritaa know knows better now.

Barrit ws b ettter t now w. Six yyears eears ago a Rodriguez, man named d Armando R odriguez, who around on ound has rrelied elied e n a wheelchair to get ar sincee a 20 2006 sinc 06 ccar aar crash rrendered endered him paralyzed from waist paraly yzzed fr o the w om aaist down, went to Laa V Vic’s doctor’s appointment.

L iic’s afterr a do ctor’s app ointment. He enjoying placee b before rremembered ememberred enjo oyying the plac effo ore near-fatal according his near r--fattaal crash, ac ccorrd ding to ccourt ourt statements, theree st atements, but when he rreturned eturned ther was way ascend stairs. w aas no w ay to asc end the st airs. lawsuit asked The rresulting esullting la aw wsuit ask keed ffor or tens o thousands of thousand ds of dollars in damages and Barritaa inst install demanded Barrit B all a wheelchair have been $30,000 lift. It would d ha ave b een a $30,0 00 preemptive Barritaa ffought pr eemptivve fix, but Barrit ought o it city in ccourt ourt on gr o ggrounds ounds that the cit ty had permits operate. signed off on n all the p ermits to op erate. says. because “I lost,” hee sa ayys. “I thought b eccause a the was 1996 building w aas rremodeled eemodeled in 19 96 and the city waived cit ty w aaivved e the t lift rrequirement equirreement that I was clear. wasn’t w aas in the cl lear. But that w aasn n’’t the ccase. ase a .” later, Barritaa has had to Six yyears eears later r, Barrit $900,000 attorney shell out $9 00,000 in at ttorne t ey ffees, eees, he says, ordeal. sa ayys, to ccover over er the or deal. He adds that $12,000 plaintiff. only $12,0 00 will go to the plaintiff ff.

“You have bee pr proactive, Barrita says.

“Y Yo ou ha ave to ob oactivve,” Barrit ta sa ayys.

“Don’t point “Don n’’t rrely ely on o someone to p oint out a Find deficiency to o yyou. ou. F o ind out ffor o or yyourself ourself if o yyou’re ou’rre ccompliant. o omp pliant.”

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and, now now, w, the Ba Bay ay Ar Area. ea. He H He’s ’s not alone alone..

A man named C Cecil ecil Sha Shaw aw has filed hundreds lawsuits hundr eds of la aw wsuits in fe ffederal e ederal ccourt o ourt through law thr ro ough a San JJose-based ose-based d la aw firm alleging similar violation violations. ns.

ADA lawsuits have become AD A la aw wsuits ha ave b eco ec ome a multimillion-dollar industry.

Across multimilliondollar indu ustry. A ccross the aree b being ccountry, ountry, cities ar eing hit h with serial claims,, often hundr hundreds time.. L Law claims eds att a time aw disabled firms team up with disab bled clients to inspect issues,, insp ect businesses ffor or o ccompliance om mpliance issues and then sue in dr droves. ovees.

New York Post The N ew Y ork o P ost ccalled a alled one such plaintiff, wheelchair-bound Zoitan serial plaintiff ff,, wheelchai irr--bound Z oitan Hirsch, “hell on wheels wheels..” The New York T N ew Y ork o City double-amputee filed Cit ty double -amputee file ed 87 ffederal ederal e leading claims in a single yyear, eear, lea ading the newspaper question ne wspaper in 2011 to que estion whether he’s he ’s a crusader or a ccon on man. m ethically ambiguous Similar ethic cally a ambi iguous ccases aases have businesses since h ha ave plagued l d small ll busin b inesses sinc i e the th advent disability access laws. adv veent of disabilit ty ac cesss la aw ws. Some California lawsuits weree tossed Southern C aliffo ornia la aw wssuits wer defendants were able prove after def feendants wer re ab ble to pr ove the never the spots, having plaintiffs ne veer visited th he sp ots, ha avving law firms look instead rrelied elied on la aw firm ms to lo ok up Google Street View businesses on Go ogle Str reet V iieew to possible violations. check ffor o or p ossible violatio ons.

“Generally, find oncee “Generally y, yyou ou will fin o nd that onc plaintiff’s credibility been a serial plaintiff ’s cr edibillitty has b een they damaged, the ey will to go another defense David Warren llocation, lo cation, i ” def d feense eexpert xxpert Da D avvid id Warr W reen Peters Register, P eters told the O.C. O.C. R egis e sterr, “[though they may] have difficulty the ey ma ayy] ha ave difficult ty in finding ethical lawyers ethic cal a la aw wyyeers to rrepresent epreseent them.” state level, Gov. Brown On the st taate le veel, Go ov. JJerry erry Br own signed a la law attempt aw in 2012 in an n at tttempt to ADA claims. protects curb abuse of AD DA claim ms. It pr otects byy liti litigators a business ttargeted argeted b igators if the already hired ccompany ompan ny alr reeady hir ed a cconsultant onsultant to check ffor or ccompliance o ompliance and a limits mandatoryy damages to ju just $1,000 mandator ust $1,0 00 $4,000 some 1186 instead of $4,0 00 in som me ccases. ases a . AB 118 6 also banned demand-f demand-for-money letters, for or-mone ey let ttters, lawyers have which la aw wyyeers ha ave sent to t businesses landlords and landlor ds asking ffor or a set amount in o dropping the eexchange xchange x ffor or o dr opping th he ccase. ase.

Some downtown bus business siness owners in was truly San JJose ose doubt Ho w aas tr ruly able to visit several-dozen businesses the se eveeral-dozen busine sses he claims have frequented Cinco Mayo to ha ave fr equented on Ci inco de Ma ayo weekend “You week kend e in 2012. “Y Yo ou rreally e eally question motive here, says Scott what the motiv ve is her e,” sa ayys Sc cot ott Knies,, eexecutive director Knies xxecutivve dir ector of the San JJose ose Association.

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WASS-UP? Mike M Wasserman, new presiden president nt of the Santa Clara County Bo Board oard

Supervisors, Tuesday. of Superviso rs, delivered the annual State of the County speech on Tues sday.

So Fr Fresh e and So Cle esh Clean ean The stink of o eex-supervisor x-supervisor Geor George ge Shirakawa Shirak awa JJr. r. has dissipated, and Santaa Clara C Sant County ounty is ffocused ocused on a fresh start fr esh st art ffor o orr 2014.

“Scandal “Sc andal is no longer in the air air,,” Supervisor Ken Yeager Sup ervisor K een Y eeager said after Tuesday’s T uesdaay’ y s St State atte of the C County ounty sp speech, eech, delivered byy rrecently Board deliv ered b ecently ssworn-in worn-in Boar d President Pr esident Mik Mike ke Wasserman. “W “We We spent ccertainly ertainly i l sp en nt most off last l yyear ear changing and d impr improving oving public outreach creating moree outr each and cr eating much mor transparency transpar ency than ther theree w was aas b before. effor o e.”

Nearly N early eevery verry single eexpenditure xpenditure policy p olicy has b been eeen rrevised evised sinc sincee Shirakawa was have Shirak awa w a ffound as ound to ha o ave stolen ttaxpayer axpaayer and ccampaign ampaign funds funds.. He He’s ’s now in jail, an and nd the Boar Board d has made ap point oint of mo moving oving fforward orward in a mor o moree transparent transpar ent manner m manner.. In A August, ugust, supervisors sup ervisors made m their ccalendars alendars public ffor o or thee first time time..

Wasserman’s Wasserman n’s addr address ess mainly ffocused ocused on th the he ccounty’s ounty’s rrole ole as a safety saf feety net ffor or o the most vulnerable vulnerable,,

while also highlighting the lit w tttlelittlekn nown ser vices it pr ovides ffor or o known services provides rresidents. e esidents .

“When I w as elected to the Boa ard was Board off Sup ervisors I did not ha ave a ful ll Supervisors have full ap ppreciation ffor or the numb o er of liv ves appreciation number lives w touch daily we y,” Wasserman said, daily, as ad dding that his mother’ fe w adding mother’ss lif life was sa aved b ountty paramedics last saved byy ccounty su ummer when h she h ccollapsed ollapsed ll d in i he h er summer her ho ome and w as a rushed to the hosp pital home was hospital ffor o or emer gency brain sur gery. emergency surgery.

“This w as just one eexample xample of a was ountty 9-1-1 ccall, all, and a lif fe sa aved b 9-1-1 life saved byy ccounty em mployees,” he said. employees, The ccounty ounty ans wers 40 0,000 answers 400,000 em mergency ccalls alls a yyear. ear. V alle a y Med dical emergency Valley Medical C enter and affiliated clinics rreceive eceivve Center 84 40,000 patient visits ast yyear, ear, 840,000 visits.. L Last 4, ,000 babies wer ered and 4,000 weree deliv delivered 5,000 p eople l immunized i i db ou unty 55 55,000 people byy ccounty m medic al. medical.

“These stories ar aree just a glimpsee off what our ccounty ounty do es daily y,” does daily, W Wasserman said.

— Jeenniffeer W aadsworth —Jennifer Wadsworth

Raw Deal D The South Bayy Labor Council and San Jose/Silic Jose/Silicon con Valley Chamber Commerce V alley Chambe er of Commer ce rrecently ecently put asidee differences cause:: their diff erencces to unite over a common cause salad bars. Thee diametrically opposed political fforces orces announced announ nced their joint support of the Heart & Soles 5K rrace, ace, which takes place Feb. 8 Park event at Hellyer P arkk in San Jose. The goal of the even nt money moree fr fresh produce is to rraise aise mon ney so mor esh pr oduce can be served locall schools. ser ved in loca

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The cost of parking could d soon double in downtown San that's Jose.. City officials say tha at's the price of convenience ffor or o installing ““smart smart meters,”” which would allow people to pay credit cards ffor or parking with cr edit ca ards rrather ather a than always having to carry around change. car ry ar ound loose chang ge. If the motion passes, ge. passes, it will mark moree than a decade,, upping the the first price change in mor m from cost-per-hour fr om $1 to o $2 at nearly half of the city's 2,500 metered change moree meter ed spaces. The cha nge would also bring the city mor metro areas, in line with parking ffees eees in i other major metr o ar eas,, like San Francisco affordable Fr ancisco and Oakland, while w rrevoking evoking San Jose's distinction as a one of the most aff ordable the come big cities ffor or parking in th he nation. The new digital meters com me at a cost of $1.2 million,, but they’ree mor moree than car card Parkers mobile arkers can download a mob they’r d rreaders. e eaders. .P ile app that tips them off to parking with the closest available park king spots and allows them to pay wi ith a cell phone. While some and patrons grouse ouse over the pricee gouge,, others could welcome downtown businesses an nd patr ons may gr while break dollar.r. the change change—especially especially anyone a slapped with a $40 ticket wh hile trying to br eak a dollar

Fast Eddie Do yyou ou o know an any ny impr impressionable essionablee yyouths ouths or cco-workers o o-workers who aree lo looking life from accessory ar oking ffor or o lif fe and ccareer areer tips fr om an ac cessory to public theft and p perjury? erjury? If so so,, we we’d ’d lik likee to t cconnect onnect yyou ou to Eddie o Garcia’s speaking serrvice. The fformer staff aff Gar ciaa’s sp eaking engagement service. ormer chief of st o to inc incarcerated arcerated fformer ormer o ccounty ountty sup supervisor pervisor Geor George ge Shirak Shirakawa kawa wants people eople b byy sharing his own stories JJr. r. w aants to motivate yyour our p of p perseverance. erseveranc e e. A Advertising d dvveertising ser services vicces on his blo blog, g, East Side Report, Garcia likely about nearEddie R eeport, t Gar cia would mostt lik ely ttalk alk ab out his near rEddi Garcia Eddie G i death eexperience xperience with multiple hear h heartt sur surgeries geries and lobb lobbying byying government while Comcast, go overnment officials wh hile with C omcast, and not how hee enabled an elected official to sp spend end ttaxpayer axpaayeer dollar dollars rs on $10 $100 0 steaks and vac vacations. ations.

NERD ALER ALERT T Silicon Valley Valley ranks ranks fourth fourtth in the nation for election for political giving this el lection season, according according a study naming namin ng the top 10 U.S. regions regions for for campaign contributions. contributions.

Similar Si il to t notoriously t i l left-leaning lef l ft-leaning ft f l i San S Francisco, Francisco,, the San Jose metro m o area metr area directs directs the bulk of thosee party-specific contributions to Democr Democrats, rats,, says finance site NerdWallet.

NerdW Waallet. The money mon ney geeks took a look at the latest FEC filings filiings to find out which cities saw the high highest hest individual donations per capita ffor or this year’s year’s elections.

South Bay residents residents donated don nated three three times more more to Democrats Democrats than n Republicans, Republicans and Google,, headquartered headquarterred in Mountain View, overall View w, was the region’s region’s biggest biiggest over all contributor. contributorr. To To date,, the don’t-be-evil club gave $993,778 $993,778 to political po olitical parties,, 60 percent percent of which went to o Democrats.

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Nine months remain remain before beffore the 2014 mid-term elections, when when all 435 seats

in the U.S. House of Repr Representatives aree H esentatives ar up for for grabs, grabss,, along with one-third one-third of all seats in thee Senate.

Locally, Locallyy, San n Jose City Council and mayoral mayoral candidates can ndidates will have to file their first round of campaign finance round o reports reports thiss Friday.

Fridayy. Though technically bi-partisan contests,, city elections are are heavily swayed by financial and logistical support su upport of local parties, such as the Santa Santta Clara Clara County Democratic Democratic Central Central Committee, Com mmittee, which voted this month to speed sp peed up endorsements in the mayor’s mayor ’s race. racce.

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MAC M AC DADDIES DADDIES AND AND MOMMIES MOMMIES M Members embers of the original team that develo developed oped the M Macintosh acintosh att Apple photo. the Macs boxy, self-contained computers.

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M Memb h ers of the original Macintosh Members d de velopment e team slowly file in an nd development and o ut of the rroom. oom. This is the “Un“Unout C onffeerence” or rgganized b Conference” organized byy Raines C ohen,, an unofficial gathering of Cohen, le egends, taking taking place place before beffo ore the high hlegends, highp riced Macintosh 30th anniversary annivveersary priced eevent vent in i the h Flint Fli C enterr.

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liked apples,, so that w was lik keed McIntosh apples aas the machine only rreason eason the machin ne eeventually ventually became b ecame known as the Macintosh, M aree I'm told. Outside, Outside, a few few wild geese ar racket sunken making a rack keet in the sunk keen garden garden area front Flint Center, ar ea in fr ont of the Flin nt C enter, just as moree aging legends fr from mor o the original om Silicon Valley Apple era in Silic on V aalleey begin begin to mill about. ab out.

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Technology T eechnology journalist JJohn ohn Markoff moderated M Mark ko off mo derated the first panel about pa anel of ffolks o olks ttalking alking ab out what wh hat led up to the Macintosh.

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

Janet Lipkin, Hommage to African Quilt, 2003

FEBRUARY 7th ART WALK 7–11pm

Viviana "Viva" Paredes, From God to Profits, 2013. Glass, corn

Anno Domini

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366 So. First St.

499 So. Market St.

510 So. First St.

Opening: I Stand for Sacrifice new works by Bill Dunlap. The exhibition's title is from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, the enigmatic author is a near daily inspiration for Dunlap. Each of Dunlap's paintings are a motivation, he’s influenced by paintings by old masters, internet pornography, Appalachian quilts, how he feels and what he's thinking while creating.

For February, we present new works by members, instructors & friends. Our holiday show was just too good to put away! Browse a dazzling spectrum of styles from pottery to highly decorative work, sculpture and raku-fired ceramic jewelry. Cupcake decorating (& eating) for the kids and clay demos for all!

Art Exhibiton: MAIZE Y MÁS: From Mother to Monster? Work by Yvonne Escalante, Yolanda Guerra, Fernando Mastrangelo,Viva Paredes, and Jorge Rojas.

An exhibition that explores the role that corn plays in our current food system and in Latino culture and uncovers the links between food, cultural identity and health.

Live music by Cado at 8:00pm.

Art Ark Gallery

KALEID Gallery

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88 So. Fourth St.

UnSettled explores the work of sculptor Yori Seeger, and printmakers Dana Harris and Betsy Barnum.

Much of the work is collaborative, overlapping three dimensional with two dimensional, and encouraging viewers to take a step off solid ground and become UnSettled.

Live Music by: Deborah Barba.

Opening reception: In tribute to San Jose signpainter Rey Giese (1919-2013) KALEID is proud to host a major exhibition of handpainted signs by the late master of the lettering brush, spanning over 75 years of Bay Area history. In addition to Rey Giese originals, a dozen contemporary signpainters carry on the tradition with several re-creations of Giese designs.

SVMF at Sliding Glass Door Co.

San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles

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520 So. First St.

The (Anti)Valentine Show returns with a wide range of artists (un)inspired by romance. Viewpoints range from just a little less than love to all-out war; from the painfully real to outrageous fantasy. Many pieces will be available for purchase—perhaps as a gift for your own (anti) valentine!

Metamorphosis: Clothing & Identity showcases work by influential founders of the Artwear movement,.

Tasty, too! highlights work from the Women of Taste, A Collaboration Celebrating Quilt Artists and Chefs exhibit & catalog. And celebrate Valentine’s Day with Folk Art Nichos by SF Etsy member Armani Mondragón.

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Phantom Galleries 95 So. Market Street Seeing Things Gallery 30 No.Third Street Zero1 Garage 439 So. First Street Café Stritch 372 So. First Street Caffé Frascati 315 So. First Street Discover San Jose 150 So. First Street Downtown Yoga Shala 450 So. First Street Good Karma Café 37 So. First Street Pho69 Restaurant 321 So. First Street Psycho Donuts 288 So. Second Street South First Billiards 420 So. First Street The Studio Climbing Gym 396 So. First Street TechShop San Jose 300 So. Second Street

355 So. First St. The Silicon Valley Music Festival presents a special performance by Anna Maria Mendieta, a renowned local musician and Principal Harpist of the Sacramento Philharmonic.

The event will also feature Jason McHenry working on his goal of one million paintings through his One Thousand Thousand Project.

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HEREVER HEREVE ER James James Franco Franco goes in 2014, 20014, he’ll he ll be hard pressed to top last year’s year’s string of of achievements. achievements.

JJanuary anuary 2014 started with the unleashing unlleashing of a brace brace of Franco Francco films at Sundance: one was was a short from the anthology Red Red Dog/Black Dog g/Black Dog, the other the e biopic Bukowski about the wastrel wastrel poet of Los Los Angeles.

Angeles. Last year, yearr, he starred in the hit film Oz: The Great and Powerful made $493 Powerful which w million worldwide worldwide, the San e, while simultaneously winning w Francisco Francisco Film Critics’ Criitics’ ballot as the steel-toothed steel-toothed pimp Alien in the micro-budgeted micro-budgeted Spring Breakers.

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Franc o writes: “I us se childho od, Franco use childhood, t teenagers and d scho h oll as fforms. o orms. F or school For me the particular particular of the t time and plac dhood ar placee of m myy own child childhood aree plac eholders ffor o or an yon ne’s eexperiences xperiences placeholders anyone’s at that age …” Franc o go es on to age…”

Franco goes cite Nicholas Ra ayy’s R ebel W iithout a Ray’s Rebel Without C aause, and that film ’s ar tistic choic Cause, film’s artistic choicee emove ec onomic class c as an to rremove economic eexplanation xplanation of why why ki ids go wild. kids N one of that “depra aved e on ac count None “depraved account we ’re depriv ed” stuff ff. It is the same we’re deprived” stuff. b ypass off the h ob bvious i di diagnosis i that h bypass obvious Franc o’s later dir ectorr Harmon Franco’s director Harmonyy K orine used in his scri ipt ffor o or Kids.

Korine script

‘H ‘He’s He’s writ writing ting a fiction, and mea ans that means h ’s twisting he twis isting i he’s factss.. If he the facts. every ything did everything happ pened that happened sto oriess, in the stories, would dn’t he wouldn’t be alive.’’

R eb e el W ithout i aC aausse means a lot Rebel Without Cause to Franc o. Franc o dir e ected a film, Franco.

Franco directed Sal out the last da ay in the lif fe of Sal,, ab about day life actor Sal Mineo o -star of R eebel.

Mineo,, the cco-star Rebel.

On the end pap ers of the fr ont ccover over papers front of A C aaliffornia o Childho od is a ffeltelt e California Childhood tipped-pen-written lis st of ar t, films tipped-pen-written list art, es that influen nced him, lik and plac places influenced likee ol kid k mak es in the list a high scho school makes notebook. On the left b otttom t his notebook. bottom corner of honor is thee name “J ames corner “James Dean”— whom Franco Francco w as to pla ay Dean”— was play made-ffo or-TV biop pic. See JJames ames in a made-for-TV biopic.

Franco and rrecall ecall thatt deput y’s line Franco deputy’s

in Terrence Teerrencce Malick’ Malick’ss Badlands: “I'll kiss your look likee your ass a if he don't lo ok lik James Dean.”

James Dea an.”

FFamily aamily Resemblance Resemblance AC California aaliffoorrnia Childho Childhood od is a k key ey to startling energy the st artlin ng ener gy of the man, only look but one on nly needs to lo ok closer multi-hyphenate to home tto o his multi-h yphenate mother,, B Betsy: “maybe better mother etsy: “ma ayybe b etttter known around here ar ound he ere than her son,”” said ccooproducer Aranovich pr oducer Clara C Arano vich on the set Yosemite. prose of Y oosemite. In addition to the pr ose shortt stor storyy that is (includingg the shor source Yosemite) California the sour ce of Y oosemitte) A C aaliffornia o Childhood Childho od includes i home photos Betsyy Fran Franco took children.

Bets nco to ok of her childr en. friend tipped My frien nd Elysia Chester tipp ed news Betsyy Franc Franco me off to ne n ws of a Bets o She director, rreading. eadingg. Sh he is a theater dir ector, actress, artist, writer.. F Forty an actr ess, an ar tist, a writer orty gathered or so gathe ered to see her rread ead and new novel discuss herr ne w no vel at at the Santa Clara Libraryy last week weekend.

Santa Clar ra Librar end.

Franco’s energy The riddlee of JJames ames Franc o’s ener gy nicely solved: didn’t is nic ely so olved: the apple didn ’t far.. An fall far n animated woman in a sleeveless dress, slee veless white w dr ess, she sat under PowerPoint presentation.

Next aP owerPoint o pr esentation. N ext to was her Tom Franco, her w as he er son, T om Franc o o, who illustrated mother’ss d the ccover over of his mother mother’ book.

It’s from b ook. It ’s a painting ttaken aken fr om Rodin, whose key R odin, wh hose work is k ey to her first novel, Naked. adult no vel, e Nak ed.

Likee JJames, Tom Franco am Lik mes, T om Franc o o went Palo Alto currently to P alo Al to High. He is curr ently Firehouse Artt C Co. managingg the F irehouse Ar o. spacee and liv live-work spac e-work studios in south Berkeley, wheree he liv lives.

Berk eley, near n wher es. He brought br ought a ccouple ouple of his untitled sculptures sculptur ess to the rreading, eading, including whimsical a whimsic al ffound-object o ound object CD oundplayer pla ayer ccovered overed with a thick impasto drips.

From of paint dr rips. Fr om the rrobot-y obot-y creature’s brow likee creature’s br ow bulge eeyes yes lik binoculars, from buttt ends bino cularss, made fr om the but beer bottles.

Tom Franco was eer b of rroot oot b ottles. T om o Franc ow as thin-lapeled, thin-striped wearing a thin-lap eled, thinstriped sports was oatt, and with him w sp orts ccoat, as his wife partner, Lazar, wif fe and par p tner, JJulia ulia L azar, and dogs. their ttwo wo small s do gs.

In addition directing Palo alo addittion to dir ecting the P Alto Children’s Child dren’s Theater, Theater, Betsy Betsy Franco Franco written 80 books has writ ten n8 0b ooks of yyoung-adult oung-adult over writing.. “I work o verr her 30 yyears ears of writing don’t sales,” says. usually do on’t check on sales ,” she sa ayys.

“Books have life “Bo oks ha ave a lif fe of their own and promotions likee this ar aree diff different omotion pr ns lik ffeerent ffor o or me.. I was me was very very ccommitted ommitted to doing book.” one thing a month ffor o or this b ook.”

She ccame ame west fr from om m Shak Shaker er Heights, wher her, Dr Heights, wheree her fath father, Dr..

Da avvid V erne e ,w as an or ral sur geon David Verne, was oral surgeon who enjo yed the ar ts and a dr ew enjoyed arts drew in his spar avorite sparee time; his fa favorite ar tists ranging fr om G oya and artists from Goya the p ost-Impressionistss to L udwig post-Impressionists Ludwig Bemelmans—b own as the est known kno Bemelmans—best cr ut a multieator of Madeline creator Madeline,, bu but h yyphenate in his own right. V eerne’s hyphenate Verne’s wif fe ccollected ollected JJapanese apanesee prints wife prints,, which later b ecame to daayy’s V erne e became today’s Verne C ollection,, a galler n Cle veland’s Collection, galleryy in Cleveland’s Lit tle It alyy. (F un JJames amess Franc o fact: Little Italy.

(Fun Franco he to ok a ccouple ouple of yyears eaars of JJapanese apanese took at P W Bets alo Alto High.) When Palo Betsyy Franc o ccame ame to St anffor o d—“I don ’t Franco Stanford—“I don’t w ant to sa ay the yyear ear it w as”—she w as want say was”—she was studying studio ar th a parallel artt wit with ambition to b ecome a writer become writer,, but then she to ng class as a ok an actin took acting w ay of underst anding the emotions way understanding off her h characters h . “It “I go ot me out off characters. got m odyy, in the myy head and into m myy b body, ffeelings eeelings of the characte ers,” she sa ays y. characters,” says.

The acting showed wh hen Bets ead when Betsyy rread fr om her ne w no vel,, in n the Dick ens from new novel, Dickens phrase oiices”. phrase,, “she do the vvoices”.

Nak ed w as published d in Octob er Naked was October b yyris Bo oks, which T om o Franc o byy T Tyris Books, Tom Franco

describ es ass a “lo vely get -it- done describes “lovely get-it-done out tfit in Madison, M W isc i onsin.”” It is outfit Wisconsin.” a rromance, omance, pitchable as ““Midnight Midnight in Paris meetss The T iime T rraveler’’s W iffe” Time Traveler’s Wife” (and thus JJames ames Franc o blurb ed Franco blurbed it on the ccover). over). Bets o is Betsyy Franc Franco adapting itt ffor o or the scr een—it’s screen—it’s b emusinglyy tough, she told the bemusingly cr owd. Her re she w as a visual ar tist crowd.

Here was artist tr ying to rrelearn e elearn to mak ttten trying makee the writ written script a seri ies of visuals series visuals.. She sees Nak ed’s importance imp portance as an act of Naked’s historic al ju ustice. historical justice.

A odin sculptur den Att the R Rodin sculpturee gar garden at St anffor o d, d a st atue of R odin’s Stanford, statue Rodin’s mistr ess C a amille Claudel ccomes omes mistress Camille to lif fe, and rrenames enames herself “C at”; life, “Cat”; she b egins an affair with a mo dern begins modern student. Cl laudel’s legend has gr own Claudel’s grown o ver the years, years e , but Bets o over Betsyy Franc Franco sa ayys she went weent thr ough ho ops to says through hoops see what sh he had b elieved w as the she believed was onlyy st o atuee in the U .S. b Claudel,, statue U.S. byy C a desk k-sized d sculpture sculpture titled The desk-sized Implor er currently cu urrently in the vaults Implorer of the Metropolitan Metrropolitan in NYC. NYC. (I rremembered emembered e hearing ther as theree w was another Cl audel at the National Claudel Museum o o omen of the Ar ts in off W Women Arts

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VALLEY VA LLEY S SCENE CENE Jam James es Franco and young actor T Troy ro roy T Tinnirello innirello i shoot a scene on location in Y Yosemite Valley 'Yosemite,' osemite o V alley a for the short movie m 'Y Yo osemite,' which also filmed in P Palo Alto. alo Al to.

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D.C.; sur D.C.; suree enough Y Young ou oung Girl W With iith a there, Claudel’ss rar raree Sheaff is ther e, one of Claudel’ C surviving sur viving works works.) .)

“I’m going to p ound d the desk,” pound Bets o says. saayys. “Camille “Cam mille Claudel is Betsyy Franc Franco as good good as R odin.” Clau udel p osed ffor o or Rodin.

Claudel posed the R odin st omes to life liffe in atue that ccomes Rodin statue the St anffo ord gar den; itt w as originally Stanford garden; was a full leng th nude unt il R odin tor length until Rodin toree off its arms and one of its legs to giv givee it drama Claudel’s drama.

Claudel’s tragicc decline mak es makes b ettter t ccopy opy than her gifts; g what better p ersists is the patr onizzing stor persists patronizing storyy of a Fr ench critic pa ayying Cl laudel a back kFrench paying Claudel backhanded ccompliment. ompliment. He H ccalled alled her a freak freak rrebel ebel against ffemale eemale destin ny: destiny: “a revolt revolt against natur re: a woman nature: of genius!”” The work sur ssurvives, vives, sa ays y says Bets o, ““the the vvery, ery, vvery ery sensual Betsyy Franc Franco, gigantic sculptur e—sh he’d b ttting sculpture—she’d bee cut cutting edge eeven ven now w.” now.

M Mo ving i on to t adult d ltt pr ose, B Bets ty Moving prose, Betsy Franc o sees the diff ffeerenc e eb etween Franco difference between yyoung oung and gr own adu ult lit as grown adult primarily “distinguish hed b “distinguished byy the se sexx sc enes, though teens rread ead a lot of scenes, things these da ayys. I ha ave m oung days. have myy yyoung friends b ecause I ne ver e gr ew up because never grew m yselff.” I ask ed her wh hat it w as lik myself.” asked what was likee as a mother to rread ead he er son JJames’ ames’ her fiction, which include es sc enes of includes scenes aggr essive se xual enc o ounters and aggressive sexual encounters p ointless i l violenc i l e. pointless violence.

“Y You o ccan an imagine ,” she sa ays y . “I “You imagine,” says. just rread ead one chapter at a time time,, put it down, rrested ested a bit, and a then rread ead a lit tttle mor e. When I used to put little more. to gether ccollections ollections o together off teen writing writing,, I wouldn ’t ccensor ensor it in an aany ny w ay. T eeens wouldn’t way.

Teens ha ave a whole world off things the have theyy need to sa ay. He ’s writi ng fiction, and say.

He’s writing that means he ’s ttwisting wisting the facts he’s facts.. If he did eeverything verything thatt happ ened in happened the stories n’t b e.” stories,, he wouldn wouldn’t bee aliv alive.”

Childhood Stories Sttories

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JJames ames Franc Franco’s o’s A C California aaliffoornia Childhood’s flyleaf rroster Childhood’s ostter enumerates the parks of P Palo alo Alto Alto. o. The Sheraton ffor or o Bar Mit Mitzvahs, zvahs, the St Stanford anffo ord P Park ark ffor or o Bat Mit Mitzvahs. zvahs. Erni Ernie’s ie’s Liquor Liquor..

A-Street A -Street ((Addison).

Addison). V V-Street -Street ((Ventura Veentura Street).

Century Str eet). The C entury 16 1 (not the Stanford St anffor o d Theatr Theatree or th the he P Palo alo Alto Square, interestingly).

Squar e, inter estingly).. Also included ffor or o Franc Francomaniacs: omaniacs: hi his is transcript from Palo fr om P alo Alto High,, along with the essa essay ay he used to ge get et into ccollege ollege bee a journalist. Wh When to b hen JJames ames Franco Franc o shows us his transcripts, trranscripts, what

is he tr ying to show us? That his trying education w as ttypical? ypical? How ccan an yyou ou education was b lively and pr etty go od painter bee a lively pretty good at age 18— —ffond o of graffiti ar 18—fond artt and TV rreferences, effeeren nces, genially ir onical,, in ironical, serious thr rall to Basquiat… and still thrall only get a B in Ar y? And Artt Histor History? wher oid to wheree did he get the sangfr sangfroid describ atching Night and F og and describee w watching Fog b eing surp prised b ed,, if being surprised byy seeing nak naked, dead bodies dead, bodiies in scho ol ol. school.

“P enisess on the men and vaginas “Penises and br eastts on the women. The breasts Theyy didn ’t seem m lik eal p enises. I lo oked didn’t likee rreal penises. looked close Som me wer close.. Some weree big big..

“I had a ccat at named T o oby. He w as Toby. was put to slee ep at the vvet’s. et’s. Gassed. sleep Buried? In ncinerated. Wa ay of all flesh Incinerated.

Way and fur .” fur.”

JJames ames Fr ranco’s shor Franco’s shortt stories ar aree all ab out thatt pr emoral child’ s- eye vie w about premoral child’s-eye view off what h t go oes on, and d in i it an implicit i li it goes ccondemnation ondemnaation of what ccan an often b bee solipsistic kid-idio k cyy. kid-idiocy.

Franc o wanted wanted his stories filmed.

Franco He went to o Indiego go and raised Indiegogo $32 7,,929 of o the $50 0,000 sought. $327,929 $500,000 The pr oceeeds of the films go to the proceeds The Ar ofit Artt off Elysium, a nonpr nonprofit aiming to bring ar ts to childr en in arts children p oor healt th. JJames ames Franc o (who poor health.

Franco w asn’t available ava vailable ffor o or an inter view) wasn’t interview) eexplains xplains l i on n the h pr oject j ’s Indiego IIndiegogo di go project’s page ause of who I am, p eople page,, “Bec “Because people often b elieeve that it is eas believe easyy to find in vestors and a distributors ffor o or m investors myy films Unffor o tunatelyy, things ar en’t films.. Unfortunately, aren’t that eas y. Mor M easy.

Moree times than not, I ha ave put in m have myy own mone moneyy to pr oduce m ’s produce myy films and m myy student student’s [sic] films ver, this time it ’s films.. Howe However, it’s diff ffeerent. W .” different.

Wee need mor moree funding funding.”

He said he sought ““the the nost algic nostalgic eexperience xperience of childho od”” in Y oosemite, childhood” Yosemite, a combination combinaation of thr ee of his shor three shortt stories e P eter arker,” “Grand stories,, “P “Peter Parker,” Illusion an nd “Y Yo osemite.” The stories Illusion”” and “Yosemite.” ar rifter’s enc ounter with aree of a dr drifter’s encounter aw anderin ng child. A father wandering father,, in rrecovery ecovery fr rom alc oholism,, ttakes akes his from alcoholism, ttwo wo unc om mffo ortable childr en ffor o or a uncomfortable children hik ain lion hikee in thee park. A mount mountain in vades P a Alto alo invades Palo Alto..

Filming Filmin ng LLocal ocal The dir director e ector off Y Yosemite osemit o te is a Parisian-American an named Gabrielle P arisian-Americ A Demeestere.

Demeester re. She won a ccontest ontest to direct It’s script and dir ect the film. It ’s her

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ALL A LL IN IN THE THE FAMILY FA MILY James Franco’s Franco’s mother mother, r, Bets Betsy sy Franco, Franco o, and brother brother, r, Tom Tom o Franco, Franco o, appeared appearred at a book reading recently y to promote Betsy’s Betsy’s new book ‘Naked,’ ‘Naked,’ about sculptor Camille Claudel. Tom Tom om created the book’s book’s cover illustration. senior thesis at NYU but b it will also bee S SAG Producer b AG and union. Pr roducer Shruti Ganguly work worked ed with h JJames ames Franc Franco o unreleased films,, on another of his unr e eleased films Tar, Ta r, ab about out the life liffe and d art art of poet poet C. C. Williams.

K. W iilliams.

Ganguly in invited nvvited mee to the rrecent ecent location shoot Fernando Street lo cation sho ot on F ern nando Str eet in P Palo alo Alto Alto,, a quick turn t off a par partt Camino wheree the th dryy cleaners of El C amino wher he dr proliferate. pr olifferate e . It w was as eas easyy to find: the telltale tellt ale white trucks and a the hum of generators surr surrounded oun nded one small white ccottage ottage with lat latticed tticed wo wood. od. d Two T wo lights on st w stands ands framed f the house.. The set house setting ting w was ass 19 1985, 85,, so it w was as clear the p person erson on th the he ccellphone ellphone in the driv driveway eway w wasn’t asn’tt par partt of the frame.. N frame Neither either w was as th the he ccar ar park parked ed on the driv driveway, eway, with a p perforated erfo orated metal met al “cheese “cheese-plate” -plate” on o its ho hood, od, made to mount the ccamera a amera on ffor or o an up upcoming coming sc scene ene off a driv drivee ar around ound the neighb neighborhood. orhood.

Ganguly and her te team am had done their work well. Zillow w would cconsider onsider this str street eet Mi Millionaire’s illionaire’s Row; R ow; P o Palo alo Alto w was as ju just ust describ described ed byy the Business J b Journal oournaal as a “black hole”” of affluenc hole affluencee who whose ose gra gravity avvity w was as raising rrents ents in a 75-m 75-mile mile radius radius.. But this par particular ticular house epitomized e the

side of P Palo alo Alto unchanged sinc sincee Franco Franc o was was a a yyoung oung hellion.

The da day’s ayy’s work w was as to ccatch atch a ccouple ouple of sc sscenes enes of the hippieish drifter Hen Henry nry ha having avving a ccomic omic book b ook rreading eading session with his ne new w pal, a 10-year-old 10-year- old b boy. oy. It was penultimate day w as the p e enultimate da ay of the shoot. sho ot. Afte After er the wrap tomorr tomorrow, ow, a smaller sec secondary crew condary cr ew would get some ccoastal oasttal lo locations cations near P Point oint Richmond.

Unfortunately, Richmond d. U nffo ortunatelyy, the rrented ented mo mountain ountain lion who who’d ’d ccome ome out ffor or o hiss sc scenes enes w was as long gone gone..

Later L ater in th the he month, sho shooting oting would rresume, esume, and an nd JJames ames Franc Franco o would rrejoin ejoin the ccompany ompany in Y Yosemite o osemite valley. valle y. Gan Ganguly nguly said that the trick was w as to ma make ake sur suree that the p period eriod looked lo oked rig right: ght: “It “It’s ’s the yyear ear right before b effo ore P Palo alo Alto b became ecame the Silic Silicon on Valley.”

V alle a y.”

Elisabeth Elisab etth A Aultman, ultman, another pr producer, oducer, noted n that the cusp between b etween old o P Palo alo Alto and h hyperrich yyperrich Palo P alo Alto had h an analo analogue gue in the script. “The “Th he transition b between etween boys b oys and adults a mirr mirrors ors this change between b etween the th he P Palo alo Alto then and the P Palo alo Alto A now now. w. T Ten en e yyears ears old is a sp special eciall age age.” .” A Aultman ultman also

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acknowledged that it w was as mor moree shoot ot in P Palo eexpensive xpensive to sho alo Alto than in L Los os Angeles Angeles,, but th that hat Franc Franco o had wanted ambiencee he didn’t w anted an ambienc h didn ’t ffeel eel e likee faking in Souther lik Southern rn C California. aliffo ornia. T To o filmmakers get the visuals right,, the t filmmak ers cconsulted onsulted a “lo “look ok b book” ook” o ” of the mid19 80s, some ccontemporary ontemporary photos 1980s, and some stills fr om films fi of the from dec ade. decade.

Wee sto W stood od in the bac backyard, ck kyyard, d and the waved lady who owned the house h w aved at me o over ver the chaos of o ccords, ords, grips gaffers.

Henryy Ho Hopper, and gaff ffeers. Henr opper, the actor playing pla ayying Henr Henry, y, a drifte drifter, er, had alr already eady been choppyy hob hobo haircut b een given given a chopp h o hair cut byy the hair b hairdresser, dresser, and d he w was as ha having avving baree ffeet artistically dirtied tied b byy a his bar eet e ar tisticallly dir makeup mak eup p person. erson. Gang Ganguly guly p pointed ointed out that bringing the cr ew to gether crew together meant uniting a trio of o ccamps, amps, a gr oup fr ffrom om L.A., L A a gr o fr oup ffrom om N ew group group New Y o ork and a group group fr om m the Ba ay Ar ea.

York from Bay Area.

The two two dir ectors of photo p graph hy directors photography wer se, rrespectively; espectively; weree Thai and Chines Chinese, aP anaavvision grant w a ed the rrental aiv ental Panavision waived and the cleaning ffees eees on the ttwo wo R eed Red ccamera amera lenses used ffor o orr the sho ot. shoot.

C o -producer Clar A vich said Co-producer Claree Arano Aranovich that one of the secr etss of making secrets indie film is lo oking fo ffor o or fr eebies: looking freebies: “Y Yo ou ha ave to ask and yyou ou ha ave to “You have have b d to the h idea id th h p hat eople l bee used that people will sa ay ‘no .’” Man ny sai id yyes; es; Bets say ‘no.’”

Many said Betsyy Franc o had help ed to or ganize Franco helped organize ccouches ouches and floors floors ffor or or the cr ew to crew sleep on. Y oosemite is an n LLC, LLC, not a Yosemite benefi fits a 501(c)(3), 501(c)(3), but it benefits so the charit able donations donaations ccame ame charitable in: furnitur or the se o et, snacks ffor or o furnituree ffor set, the cr ew. Ganguly lo o ed o ok ver such crew. looked over sundr ecking to mak sundryy errands as che checking makee sur tors on set had suree that the child act actors their home work printed printted out ffor o or homework them.

T odaayy’s sho ot w as sscene cene 65,, ttaking aking Today’s shoot was plac oom o of this tin ny placee in the living rroom tiny 1930s house ecctors assembled house.. The dir directors in the kitchen; the p etite Ganguly petite p erched on the sink’ ounter. perched sink’ss ccounter.

Gabrielle Demeester Demeesteree sat on a classic ffolding o olding dir ector’s chai ir ne xt to her director’s chair next script assist ant, silentl ly studying assistant, silently a monitor slightly sm aller than a smaller 1970s hotel TV set. Th he atmospher The atmospheree w as quiet and intensee and without was ed ttyranny: yranny: the dir ector murmur m director murmured thr ough the micr opho ones as the through microphones vie w parallaxed b etweeen the view between ttwo wo ccameras. ameras. Ther as no br eak Theree w was break b etween ttakes, akes, to sa ave time and between save money. mone y. The images ccame a ame in on the

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Steins be the 30 next bigand culinary export from Japan to hit willtofeature taps a menu of modern American here.

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Japanese Curry & Grill is a curry house that opened last year Ted, withThis his contagious says thatwhich he can’t wait in Los Altos. is a secondpositive locationenergy, for Muracci’s, also operates for folks toin check the “in-your-face, a restaurant San out Francisco.

There are custom-made 13 curry disheswalk-in on thecooler” Los Altos next to the main bar. Guestsspecials. can gaze at the unique direct-draw draft dinner menu, not including system—the handles connected the kegs, eliminating The curry is tap served withare a side of rice, atochoice of protein and draft a generous lines and helping to keep theisbeer atand the highest quality freshness The helping of curry sauce, which thick gravy-like in itsand consistency. levels.

Having in 30varying draft beers is aofmanageable forand staff,subtle—it’s Ted says: sauce, available levels spiciness, isnumber both rich “I want them knowto exactly what serving. I want to be able to simmered for 20tohours develop thewe’re flavors. give genuine recommendations, so ongoing education will bevery I ordered mybeer curry at medium spiciness, which beer ended up not being important. ” hot.

The spiciness there has a slow buildup, but it’s never overpowering.

The food will have a local, farm-to-table emphasis to (turmeric, The predominant flavors resemble a simplified Indianaccording curry dish chef Reade, and everything will be made in-house, cumin, cardamom), but are typically gentler on theincluding senses. breads and pretzels.

Because of at theMuracci’s, generous Ikitchen will also Of the protein choices orderedspace, katsuthere ($14.25) a pork be in-houseofcharcuterie, butchery and pickling “We want of the cutlet—one the most popular options on theprograms. menu. The mixture to make food as fresh as the beer is, ” says Reade, who embraces beer’sOther breaded pork, curry sauce and rice made for a hearty comfort dish. versatility in food pairing. proteins include beef, chicken, salmon, tofu, hamburger or omelet.

Somecan examples from the tidy menu of 25additions items include belly Diners top their curries with optional suchpork as vegetables, potatoes or spinach ($1.25 each), cheese ($1.50) or extra meat ($2.95). I chose a boiled egg ($1.25) to top my katsu curry. Dishes can be further spiced up with additional curry sauce ($2.25).

Muracci’s menu also includes dorias, which are less common than curry rice. For a doria, the rice and protein are baked with a curry béchamel (white sauce) with cheese cooked on top, similar to a gratin. Though Japanese families commonly prepared doria for years, it’s only recently that it’s become a restaurant item, even in Japan. I ordered the chicken curry doria ($15.95). The presence of the cheese actually modified the flavor quite noticeably. It’s the taste of the baked chicken and cheese that stood out more than anything. This is a cheesy, fatty dish, not what people usually imagine when they think of Japanese food. —Aaron Carnes MURACCI’S JAPANESE CURRY & GRILL 244 State St., Los Altos. 650.917.1101. muraccis.com.

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Cortnee Langlie and SStephen t tephen heardd each other play at Dukeheart hear year an open mic about a ye ear ago,, got to Narrators jamming and fformed ormed Nar N rators last summer.r. Despite the pr summer pproject oject being so already young,, the duo has alr e polished eady harmonies their close two-part ha armonies and turn ffolk olk songwriting to tur n out some originals. solid covers and origin als.. One of their online: covers to check out on line:: Simon and “Homeward Bound,” Garfunkel’ss “Homewar Garfunkel Homewarrd Bound, Bound ” which perfectly. fits their sound perf ecttlyy. But the band pushes beyond ffolk o as well, with olk Wave fforays orays into country, countryy, New wW ave a and influences the classical-pop influe ences of indie cabaret.

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artist”” Being a “home rrecording e ding artist ecor isn’t isn ’tt what it usedd to be. be With software, laptops and rrecording ecorrding softwar e, get pretty musicians can ge et some pr etty slick, intimate recordings. reccordings. Oakland musician Neil CCampau, am mpau, who moniker goes by the moni iker Electrician, buckss the tr trend buck end aand creates creates some oddball, deliberately deliberately lo-fi rrecordings. ecordings. They sound s like loose through ough an ffolk olk jams played thr fuzzed-outt electric guitar guitar,, overly fuzzed-ou backed by a CCasio asioo drum machine. dreamy, The music is dr eaamyy, and flirts structures with pop structur res without ever them. committing to th em. Campau’s Campau’s jerkyy andd packed with voice is jerk constantly conflicting confliccting emotions.

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*stagee 11776 776 TTabard aabard Theatr Theatree Company C presents all-female pr esents an all-f female production pr oduction of thee musical about the ffounding oundiing of the U.S. 3and Fri, 8pm, Sat, 3an nd 8pm, Sun, Feb 2pm (plus Thu Fe eb 6 and 13, $12-$36.

8pm) thru Feb 13.

133. $12 -$36.

Theatree on San P Pedro Square, Theatr edro Squar e e, San Jose.

CAT CA AT ON A HOT HOT TIN T R ROOF OOF Los Al Los Altos tos Stage Stage Company Company presents pr esents TTennessee eennessee Williams’ Williams’ classic drama. drama. Jann 23-Feb 23-Feb 16.

Thu-Sat. 8pm, Sun, Sun,, 3pm (except Altos.

Feb 2). $18-$32. LLos os Al tos.

CIRQUE CIR QUE DU SOL SOLEIL LEIL Acrobatics, ffeats Acrobatics, eats of str strength ength and clowning in a show set on island a mysterious isla nd watched goddesses.

March over by goddesse es. Thru Mar ch 2. $60-$150. Big Top Toop at TTaylor aylor a Bridge/Hwy 87, SStreet treet Bridge/Hw wy 87 7, San Jose.

THE HEIRE HEIRESS SS A tale of a shel sheltered terred and wealthy weal thy young woman’s wooman’s rromance omance with a ccharismatic harismatic suitor, Palo suitor, presented presented by the P alo Alto Al to Players. Thru Feb 2. Fri-Sat, 8pm, Sun,, 2:30pm m (plus Thu, Jan $16-$29.

Palo Alto.

30, 8pm).. $16-$2 9. P alo Al to.

MY FFAIR AIR LAD LADY Y Stanford Univers Stanford University sity Dr Drama ama presents Department pr essents the Lerner & Loewe Loewe classic. Fri, 2 $10-$20. and 8pm. $10-$2 20. SStanford. tanford.

THE PRINCE PRINCESS SS AND THE PEA California Theatr California Theatree Center presents pr esents theaterr ffor or ffamilies. amilies. Thru Jann 31. $15 at the door/$13 in advance.

Sunnyvale.

RX A happy pill that cur cures es all stresses of life’s life’s str esses comes on the market in n this Dragon rromantic omantic comedyy at Dr agon Productions.

Thu-Sat, Pr oductions. Thu u-Sat, 8pm, Sun, 2pm. Thru Feb F 9. $30.

Redwood City.

City.

R. BUCKMINS BUCKMINSTER T FULLER TER San Jose Rep presents presents e a oneman show aboutt the genius cutting-edge with cutting-edg cutting edgge ideas that inspired early inspir ed many ea arly Silicon Valley 8pm, V alley ffounders. ounders. Thu-Sat, T Feb Sun 2pm thru Fe eb 8. $10-$69.

San Jose.

SILENT SK SKY Y A woman pionee pioneer er in astronomy struggles astr onomy strug gles ffor or

recognition in this dr recognition drama a ama staged by TheatreWorks.

TheatreWorks. Thru Wed, 8pm, Feb 9. W ed, 7:30 or 8p pm, Thuand/or Fri, 8pm, Sat, 2 and/o or 8pm, $25-$73.

Sun, and/or 7pm. $25 5-$73.

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TARTUFFE T ARTUFFE Moliere’s comedy of we Moliere’s wealthy ealthy Monsieur Orgon, Orgon, who invites innvites home. a con man into his hom me.

Presented Shakespeare Pr esented by Shady Sh hakespeare Theatree Company Company.

Theatr y. Thruu Feb 8.

Wed, Fri-Sat,, 8pm,, Sun,, 7pm,, plus W ed, 8pm.. $10-$20.

Jan 30 and Feb 5,, 8pm Theatre, Hal TTodd odd o SStudio tudio Theatr e San Jose e, SState tate University.

Universityy.

*concerts *c oncertts INTERNA INTERNATIONAL AT TIONAL GGUITAR UITAR NIGHT The world's pr premier emier touring t gguitar ffestival. estival. Each show s acoustic brings together acous stic exchangee guitarists to exchang public blic musical ideas in a pu ’s concert setting.This year yyear’s North American tour ffeatures eatures Forastiere, Pino For astiere, Mike Dawes, Brian Gore.

Quique Sinesi and Bri ian Gor e.

Theater, TTue. uue. $20-$25. Fox The eater, Redwood City.

City.

SUNSET CCONCERTS ONCERTS TTrio rrio CCavatina, avatina, with Sa Samuel muel performs Rhodes, perf orms a pprogram rogram Coplandd and of Beethoven, Coplan Brahms.

Br ahms. Fri, 7:30pm. $25-$30. $ Church, SSt. t. Luke’s Luke’s Chur ch, LLos oss Gatos.

*art MUSEUMS ART MUSEUM OF ART GATOS LLOS OS GA ATOS “Unmasking the SStage: tage: The Visual Artists Behind the Experience.”” Thru Theater Experience.

Experience T March Mar ch 30. LLos os Gatos.

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Ends Feb. 2. Tue-Sun, Tuue-Sun, 11am11am4pm. Santa Clara.

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DOWNTOWN DO WNTOWN CAMPBELL Third Friday Artwalk. Visit with Third w exploree boutiqu boutiques artists and explor ues thirdd Fr Fri and galleries. Every thir ri of 6-9pm. the month, 69pm. E. CCampbell amppbell Ave. A ve.

EUPHRAT EUPHRA AT TMUSEUM MUSEUM De Anza College, CCupertino. upertinoo.

HISTOR HISTORY RY YMUSEUMOFL MUSEUM OF LOS O OS GATOS GA ATOS ““American American Bohemia: The CCats A a ats Estate in LLos os Gatos.” Thru April A 20. LLos os Gatos.

SSAN AN JOSE MUSEUM OF AR ART RT ““Around Around the TTable A aable SStage tage Epilogue.”

One—Jitish KKallat: allat:: Epilogu ue.”

Ends April 20, 2014. ““Around Arounnd th TTable: the aable: bl Food, F d Cr CCreativity, eativity ti ity, Community,” Community y,” ,” an exhibition that delves into how ffood ood has h culture. shaped local cul ture. Thru April A 27. closed 27 7. TTue-Sun, uue-Sun, 11am-5pm, clo osed Mon. San Jose.

SANJOSEMUSEUMOF SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILESS QUIL LTS&TEXTILE “Metamorphosis: Clothing Identity.” and Identity y..” Jan 29-Apr 227.

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Opening Reception Feb 9. San S Jose. TTasty, aastyy, too! SStarts tarts Jan 2927.

A 27 Apr 7.

TRITON TRIT ON MUSEUM OF AR ART T San Jose SState tate University Anniversary Exhibition.

Thru Jan 26. KKay ay Russell: Recollections. Thru Feb 9.

Painting 2013 SStatewide tatewide P ainting Thru Competition/Exhibition. Th hru Fri-Sun, Feb 2. TTue-Wed uue-Wed and Fri-Su n, 11am-9pm.

11am-5pm, Thu, 11am9pm m.

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“Her SStory: tory: Prints by Elizabeth E Murray.”

“Border Mur ray.” Thru Mar 30.. “Bor der Crossings: From Imperial Cr ossings: Fr om Impe erial to Popular Life.”

WedP opular Lif e.” Thru Feb Feeb 2. W edSun, 11am-5pm, Thu, 11am1 8pm. SStanford. tanford.

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CHILDREN’S DISC DISCOVERY OVERY MUSEUM “Soundscapes: Soundscapes: Or Orchestrate chesstrate the Extraordinary.”

Extr aordinary.” Thru FFeb 9. Also interactive inter active exhibits. Closed C Mondays. San Jose.

DE SSAISSET AISSET MUSEU MUSEUM UM “Reduce, Reuse, Re-imagine,” Re-im magine,” workss cr created from work eated fr om objects o from rrescued escued fr om the waste wasste stream—items str eam—items disposed dispoosed of as

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BRUNI BR UNIGALLER GALLERY RY Jazz-related art by Bruni Jazz-related San Sablan. Mon-Sat, 1-6pm. Sa an Jose.

CAFE SSTRITCH TRITCH “No Walls “N Walls ll Between B t Us,” U ” portraits portr aits of jazz musicians by KKathy athy Sloane. San Jose.

COMMUNITYSCHOOLOF COMMUNITY SCHOOL OF ARTS MUSIC AND AR RTS “Revealing the Unseen: Paintings Drawings awings P aintings and Dr Drew

by Andy Gouveia & Dr ew

FOUNDING F OUNDING M MOTHERS OTHE ERS T Tabard abard a Theatre Company presents p a production of all-female ‘1776,’ starring an all l-female m cast.

KALEID GALLER GALLERY RY

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“TTw “Two wo Buck TTuesday,” uesday u y,,”” a monthly get-together ffor or artists and a sale on pieces. Jan 21, 7pm.

San Jose.

Art fr from om P Pakistan akistan pr presented esented Nurali

by Nur ali Allana. Thru Jan 30.

Palo Alto.

P alo Al to.

“Abstract Or “Abstract Organics,” ganics,” works works by b Sarah Sar ah Reynolds. Thru Feb 77..

San Jose.

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“Pencils Down” “Pencils Down” explor explores es the artistic possibilities of creating graphite cr eating intricate gr aphite drawings. dr awings. Thru April 13.

Palo Alto.

P alo Al to.

“MAIZE Y MÁ MÁS: S: From From Mother Works to Monster?” W orks by YYvonne vvonne Escalante,, YYolanda oolanda Guerra, Guerra, Mastrangelo, Fernando Mastr angelo,, Viva Paredes, Jorge P aredes, and Jor ge Rojas. Thru Feb. 15,, 2014.. San Jose.

McSherry.” Thru Jan 26. Mon McSherry.”

Mon-9am-7pm, 9am-3pm.

Fri, 9am-77pm, Sat, 9am3pm m.

Gallery, Center,, Mohr Gallery y, Finn Center View..

Mountain View

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GALLERY GALLER Y HOUSE “Wit & Whimsy Whimsy,” y,,” an exhibitio exhibition on photographs Shpall of photogr aphs by SSteve teve Sh hpall watercolor andd water t color l paintings i ti by by Bakker.. Thru Feb 1. An Debbie Bakker A place opening rreception eception takes pla ace 6-18pm.

Palo Alto.

Jan 10, 618pm. P alo Al to.

GALLERY GALLER Y SSARATOGA ARA ATOGA

Liquid, 448 S. Market St, St, San Jose.

MAIN GALLER GALLERY RY “Old Favorites With New Hearts.”

Thru Feb 9. Opening rreception eception Jan 11,, 44-7pm.

-77pm.. Redwood City.

Cityy.

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5pm. Big Basin W ayy, Sar atogga.

"Nature Unr "Nature Unraveled," aveled," photography photogr aphy by Dharmesh Desai.. San Jose.

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“TTrespassing on the Americ “Trespassing American an Dream,” workss by Anna Dr eam,” work Zusman and Bing Zhang. Thru Th hru Access, Jan 31.

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GOOD KARMA CAFE “The LLucidity ucidity of TTravel,” ravel,” photography photogr aphy by Gary Singh..

Thru Jan 25. San Jose.

HIGHER FIRE CLA CLAYSPACE AYSPACEE San Jose.

Art by JJ.. Danniel. Mezcal Restaurant, Restaur ant, San Jose.

MONTALVO MONT TA ALVOAR ARTS RTSCENTER CENTER “Mountains in My Spoon,” celebrating celebr ating the LLucas ucas Artists Residency Program Program (LAP) exploration alumni’s explor ation of food. food.

Thru Feb 9. “Come Healing.” exploree healing and Six artists explor wholeness. Ongoing. Thu-Sun, 11am-3pm.

11am3pm. Saratoga.

Saratoga.

PALO P ALO AL ALTO LTO AR ART T CENTER

SAN JOSE INS SAN INSTITUTE TITUTE OF ART CCONTEMPORARY ONTEMPORARY AR T “Erased LLoop “Erased oop Random W Walk,” alk,” kinetic sculptures sculptures by TTerry eerry Berlier.. Thru Feb 15. Tue-Fri, Berlier Tuue-Fri, 10am-5pm, Sat, noon-5pm.

San Jose.

SEEING THING THINGSS GALLERY GALLER RY "Let's Meet In The Middle!" a series of works works by David and Imlay.. San Jose.

Ana CCarolina arolina Imlay

SOUTH FIR FIRST ST BILLIARDS “On the UP UP,” P,,” a gr group oup show show..

San Jose.

TECH TE CH SHOP SAN SAN JOSE Replica weapons and pr props ops by artist and ffabricator abricator Wilson Ch San Chao.

S Jose.

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ZERO ZER O 1 GARA GARAGE GE “ZERO1 Fellowship/xx,” , a group group exhibition that showcases early prototypes prototypes of innovation challenges given to each of the artists.

San Jose.

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The dark comedy, which focuses on three women who face a choice that’s tougher than one might initially expect, is narrated by actors—never seen onstage— playing the trio’s husbands.

The Smell of the Kill opens with a dinner party. It’s a The Smell of the Kill monthly chore for the wives, who all dislike each other, that’s organized by their husbands, who are all buddies.

City Lights Theater, Debra (Diahanna Davidson), is an ex-appraiser with an San Jose adulterous husband who maintains her denial through sardonic and biting comments. Nikki (Mandy Ames), is the Thru Feb 25 owner of the house. She is at wit’s end because her husband is in deep trouble with the law. And Molly (Morgan Voellger), a woman utterly controlled by her husband, plays the ditz to the others' comedic disillusionment, sprinkling her naïveté with great one-liners.

One by one, the wives’ grievances are revealed. Through frenetic and hilarious dialogue, it becomes clear that the woman are living equally unfortunate lives.

Molly is clearly obsessed with Nikki's child, the baby she can never have. Debra is resentful of Nikki for putting her career before her child, while begrudgingly accepting her life for what it is. Meanwhile, the immature, indignant husbands, reduced to offstage voices, constantly yell, horse around and vie for the attention of the three wives, although they are mostly ignored.

Soon, however, the men will be the center of attention, whether they know it or not. Nikki's husband, Jay, the alleged criminal, has installed a meat-locker in the basement of the house, a room in which the husbands quickly manage to lock themselves. After listening to their knocks for help, Nikki gets a truly malicious idea: why not use this opportunity to kill their husbands and stage it as an accident? She sets out to convince the other women, justifying the killing as the proper response to their spouses’ brutishness.

Molly, under husband Danny’s thumb, is quickly convinced. She and Nikki resort to force to win Debra over—or at least stop her from foiling their plan.

Chaos builds, but the humor stays crisp and clear. The actors do a superb job of playing it tense and keenly aware of their own burdens, mixing slapstick and quick conversation with leitmotif of murder. The dialogue is also surprisingly dirty— which adds to the fun—and the crassness is equal to the charisma. Best of all, the denouement of the play, despite the chaos before, is both realistic and satisfying.

—Tad Malone

hair and makeup artist Heather Werner of Foundations Hair & Makeup.

RAW Talents RAW San Jose’s PIXELS showcase draws artists from many different disciplines, whether it’s a burlesque-hula hoop tag-team performance, visual artists, fashion designers—or a brand new band. PIXELS kicks off a year of bimonthly artist showcases in San Jose.

PIXELS paired up burlesque dancer Mercy Beaucoup and hula-hooper Sarah Anne Howe for their unusual set.

“We try to create a network of the entire creative community,” says RAW Showcase director Laurel Erilane, “and here’s a perfect RAW San Jose example of artists who hadn’t really met each other, but presents PIXELS had this opportunity for them to expand on their stage time, show their own material in a new way that ended Jan 29, 8 pm up working out for them to work together.”

Motif Lounge, RAW is a national nonprofit arts organization that San Jose focuses on promoting emerging artists in the first decade Tickets will be sold for $20 at the door. of their careers.

The PIXELS showcase will include not only performing artists, but a full set with a DJ, live music by the new band Column of Air, a film screening and a fashion show with a pop-up art gallery.

“We work with different types of artists like visual artists, photography, hair and makeup, fashion and accessories, film, performing art and music,” says Erilane.

A fashion show, will highlight local designers, as well as hair and makeup artists.

San Francisco’s Heklina will appear at a Q&A with director Cielo Lima following the screening of the documentary Heklina, which follows her career as an alternative drag artist.

New band Column of Air, based out of San Jose, will have their second live performance. Visual artist Andre Hart, originally approached to have an art space, opted for a musical presence instead. Hart teamed up with David Sosa and Mitch Waldman to form the band, which draws on influences as diverse as Iggy Pop and MGMT. Even the still art can’t manage to stay still. Artists David Mejia and Stefanie Sylvester will bring the crowd into their art, drawing and painting people at the event.

Motif’s top balcony, usually the VIP lounge, will host a pop-up gallery of artists and designers.

“People can really interact and intermingle to start those conversations where you’re really up close and personal with the artist,” Erilane says.—Rachel Schemel

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PARTY PLANNERS In ‘The Smell of the Kill,’ three frustrated wives think about leaving their husbands—locked in a freezer.

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KEY K EY THOUGHTS THOUG GHTS Cinequest will show the e thriller ‘Grand P Piano,’ iano o,,’ which stars Elijah Wood, Harry Knowles..

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“There was was a time when local local films “There were not competitive competitive with national were intern national films ’s and international films,, and that that’s Hussey said, pointing pointing changed,“ Hussey esp ecially to the San JJose ose debut of especially Rugb u y Pla ayer. It’s It’s ab out L os The Rugby Player. about Los G t ’ own n Mark M k Bingham, Bi h one off Gatos’ w foiled fo oiled Bin Laden’s Laden’s plan the men who Fligght 93 into Washing ton, to ram Flight Washington, D.C. Bingh ham’s mother Alice Alice D.C. Bingham’s be on hand for fo or the Hoagland will be screening. screening.

Arya Ghavamian’s Gh haavvamian’s Happ enings of Arya Happenings D is the first ffeature eatur e eb the Eighth Day byy Brooklyn n-to -San JJose ose transplant, a Brooklyn-to-San allegory ab out the cconstricted onstricted an allegory about liffe of an ar aartist tist under a m ysterious y life mysterious di atorshi dict hiip; i it i sounds d as if it i has h dictatorship; kinship to JJafar afar P anahi’s This Is Not a Panahi’s Film. Longtime Longgtime Pixar vvet et Bill Kinder Film. dir ects a li ive-action indie Whit te directs live-action White Raabbit, about about o a traumatized vvet et of Rabbit, wars a who w determines to use her the wars skills to sabotage sab botage a corrupt corrupt political political candidate. candidate. u there will b And as usual, there bee the soiirees, in walking walking a distance nightly soirees, distance from one another, a another , with some of the from 100,000 guests rubbing estimated 100,000 trying to get the shoulders and trying attttention of o the cocktail cocktail ser vers e . attention servers. onteest on the first Frida ay of A DJ ccontest Friday Cinequest means a winner will get program m the dance dance music at the to program nigght party. party. Cinequest is closing night proud of it ts parties—unlike parties—unlik ke most proud its m festivals, festivals e , it does does its own world film in-house, seeking s an ambience ambience that in-house, velvet rope. rope. “Inclusiv eness,” slashes thee velvet “Inclusiveness, saays y Hussey, Husseey, tr ying to sum up says trying word—“people here here Cinequest in a word—“people can connect connecct with the films and with can otherr. We We feel feeel through through the years years each other. proud of inspiring that wer weree most proud people and d changing their lives, lives, and people we’re proud prou ud of anything an nyything we can can do to we’re peoplee to gether.” get people together.

New N ew (R;; 99 min.) Andy Gar Garcia cia and Vera Vera Farmiga star in this rromantic omantic comedy parents about two par ents who ffall all for for each hookyy fr from other as they play hook om m their children’s tours. childr en’s college campus tou rs.

(Opens Fri.)

LABOR D DAY AY (PG-13; 111 min.) A woman andd her (PG-13; offer son off er a stranger stranger a ride—and ride—aand then begin g to learn whyy picking ppickinngg upp strangers isn’t str angers isn ’t always a good idea.

Brolin.

SStarring tarring KKate ate Winslet and Josh h Br olin.

(Opens Fri.)

THAT THA AT A AWKWARD WKWARD MOMENTT (R;; 94 min.) Zac Efr Efron on stars in this omantic comedy about the ppoint rromantic oint in rrelationships elationships where where things often oftten turn serious. (Opens Fri.)

THE OSCAR NOMINA NOMINATED AT TED SHOR SSHORTS TS Read Richar Richardd von Busack’s rreview evview of the lineup of animated shortss online at metroactive.com. metr t oactive.com. ti (O (Opens FFrii at at CCamera aamerra programs 3;; live-action and animated pr roogrraams screened.) will be scr eened.)

Revivals Re eviv v vals a MR DEEDS GOE GOESS TO TO TOWN/ TOWN N/ FFORBIDDEN ORBIDDEN (1936/1932) A ffortune ortune ffalls alls into into ordinary the lap of an eccentric but or d dinary Vermont V ermont citizen (Gary Cooper)) and it lifee when he bbecomes almost ruins his lif the stuff of tabloids. A Delilah of a rreporter eporter (Jean Arthur, Arthur, the movie’s movvie’s standout) tries to expose the Yankee Yaankee heir as a rube in a tuxedo.. Audiences Auddiences weree flatter flattered comedy wer ed by a populist co omedy individuality honoring small town individua ality hardd work, while acknowl acknowledging and har edging make the snobbery that helped mak ke Depression the Depr ession so cruel. And if if you comparee it to Adam Sandler Sandler’s compar ’ss vicious it’s rremake emake it ’s all the more more worthy. worthhyy.

Deeds But the rrole ole of Longfellow Longfellow Dee eds unmanned Garyy Cooper—there’s Cooper—the p ere’s something to be said ffor or Pauline Pauline Frank KKael’s ael’s snipe that Fr ank Capra Capra turned this particularly ffascinating ascinating male m star into an old woman. BILLED BILLEED WITH WITH Forbidden. Barbar Barbaraa SStanwyck tanwyck on a career trysts career rise as woman who tr rysts with a married married politician and bears b his child.. Frank Frank Capra—by Capra—by many maany accounts in love with the actress actress e and by a few few accounts having an aff aaffair air with her—did his best to rub some sweat and dishevelment in a story s that takes place over two decades. decades. Ralph

POWER OF THE PRE POWER PRESS/ S S/ PLATINUM BLONDE PLA AT TINUM BL ONDE (1928/1931) Douglas Fairb Fairbanks banks Jr. Jr. as a rreporter eporter seeking to clearr the name Ralston) of a woman (Jobyna Ralst on) accused murder Frank of mur der in this early Fr ank Capra Capra film. Dennis James accompanies accompanies the silent film on the SStanford tanford Theatre’s Theatre’s Wurlitzer.

W urlitzer. BILLED WITH WITH Pla Platinum atinum Blonde Earlyy scr screwball ewball com comedy medy about millionaire; Frank a chorus girl suing a millio onaire; Fr ank pre-Code CCapra apra directs directs this crisp pr e e-Code starring and the comedy star ring LLoretta oretta Young Young o Harlow, model or Marilyn rising Jean Harlow w, a mode el ffor Monroe.

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swarthhy FBI agent believing that a swarthy with a napkin on his head h was in with rreality eality a rich sheikh wi ith a suitcase full of cash, looking to buy U.S. Russell’s citizenship. David O. R ussell’s fiction on the subject, Americ American can Hustle, gives us an unusual po point oint of entr entrance. ance.

There’s con-artist Ther e’s a successful co on-artist named Irving: light-comic Ir ving: a charmingly lig ght-comic Christian Bale. He ffalls allss ffor or a fformer ormer stripper (Amy Adams) who dons a bogus English accent and a calls herself cardd is Ir Irving’s “Lady Edith.” The wild car ving’s stupid-like-a-fox sun-lamp-toasted, stu upid-like-a-fox wifee (Jennifer wif (Jennifer Lawrence).

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AUGUST: A UGUST: OS OSAGE AGE CCOUNTY OUNTY (R;; 121 min.) Meryl SStreep treep as an or oral al dragon aggon fr from cancer-ridden dr om northern Unfortunately, Oklahoma. Unf ortunatelyy, the malady hasn’t affected hasn ’t aff ected her tongue, which she extended drawn uses to flay her ext ended ffamily, amilyy, dr awn disappearance together by the dis appearance of their Shepard), ather (Sam Shepar ffather rd), a drunken TTulsa ulsa u camera academic. The cam era sets a spell at table observe the dining rroom oom tab ble to obser ve the mutual rrecriminations. ecriminatioons. (Opens Fri.) (RvB)

HER (R;; 126 min.) LLos os An Angeles ngeles (dir (director ector digitallyy mer merged Spike Jonze digitall ged it with today’s Shanghai) has h spread spread up and out.. It’s It’s crowded crowdeed but prosperous. prosperous.

STAT STATE TE OF THE UNION/ UNION/THE /THE YOUNGER GENERATION Y OUNGER GENERA AT TIO ON

Joaquin Phoenix’s Phoenixx’s Theodore Theodore bounced back from frrom an LA Weekly Weeekly job to become a love-letter writer at BeautifulHandwrittenLetters.com.

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During a walk,, he h learns of a new OS that’s available— that’s available—a —a system that is like the super-powered super-poweered granddaughter granddaughter of Siri. The bubbling, bubblinng,, flirtatious voice on his pocket sizedd computer calls itself Samantha,, it’s yet sensual it’s omniscient o first date. Trent Trent Reznor Herr is not a bitter film:: Samantha perfect Samaantha isn’t isn’t a perf ect alternative alternative to other otther women. She pushes back and and withdraws, withdraws,, has flares flares of temper. she swears at onne point temper p . At At one p Theodore. of love rising Theodore. The evolution e in this human-like human-like computer program program puts an edge in her voice. And this unlikely love story stoory stays believable into a third grows third act as a Samantha gr ows in strength strength and consciousness. coonsciousness.. (RvB)

YOU AND AN ND A GUEST ARE INVITED INVVITED TO A SPECIA SPECIALL ADVANCE SCREE ENING OF SCREENING

(1948/1929) Fr Frank ank CCapra apra trying t to troubled pour some oil on the tr oubbled political waters right after WW2; WW2;; Spencer Sppencer candidate TTracy racy as a Republican cand didate who moderate learns to moder ate himself, himselff, thanks thanks estranged to the help of his estr angeed lover (Katharine Adolphe (K atharine Hepburn).. Adol phe Menjou co-star. and Angela Lansbury co-s star. BILLED WITH W ITH The YYounger oounger Generation.

Generration. a CCapra’s apra’s first sound film stars Ricardo Ricarrdo Cortez (Sam Spade in the ter terrific pre-code rific pr e-code version of The Mal Maltese tese Falcon Falcon) as a Jewish lawyer who climbss out of his Lower Lower East Side tenementt roots. roots. (Plays Feb 5-6 in P Palo Alto aalo Al to at thee Stanford Stanffor od Theatre.)

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PSYCHOTRONIX P SYCHOTRONIX FILM FE FESTIVAL STIVAL What are are they gonna say about a these movies? What are are they gonna goonna say? movies?

That they were were KIND movi es? That weree wise movies? Th That they wer hat they had wisdom, man? 16mm trinkets, Robots, snippets, clippings. Robots s,, cavemen, apes,, aliens and congeriess of images nerve that make the optic ner ve say (do the nope, Goofy voice ) “Oho, nope, nope, n brain, I’m not gonna convey thatt to the br ain, nossir.” nossir .” (Plays Feb 1 at 7PM M at Room 5015 on the th Foothill F thill Campus, Caamppus, Los Los Altos Altos Hills.. $5 admission as a a benefit for foor KFJC, KFFJJC, plus $3 for for o parking, parkinng, cruelly enforced enffoorrcced even on Saturday Saturdayy night.)

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Bellamyy, beginning to get typecast as Bellamy, man, the consolation-prize man n, is a nastier one than usual. (Plays Jann 31-Feb 2 in Palo Paalo Alto Alto at the Stanford Stanffoorrd Theatre.)

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Aoki’s World

ELECTRIC EL ECTR IC PERSONALITY PERSONA LIT Y The powerful combination c of Steve Aoki Aoki’s ’s pa party arty persona, prolific recordin recording ng career and tireless touring name tourring have made him a big nam e in EDM.

Dim mM Mak ak label hea head ad Steve Aoki SJSU Center bringss his party to SJ JSU Event Cente er BY B Y IS ISAAC AAC SIMP SIMPSON SON

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teve e Aoki doesn’t doesn’t crowd surf.. At his shows shows,, he surf floats float ts atop the candycoated coat ted masses in an inflatable raft raft like a drunken yacht yacht captain capta ain high on champagne e and wobbly bass. bass.

He also launches birthday He lau unches cakes. cakes. At a show in Toronto, Toronto o, Aoki hit a kid k in a wheelchair with a cake, cake e, point blank. The fan was was elated. ela ated.

Aoki’s A oki’s st stage taagee antics and work ethic— ethicc— keed b unmistak kable a easily mask masked byy an unmistakable fu manchu an nd par ty--all-the-time and party-all-the-time p ersona—haavvee lifted him to global fame persona—have as one of the most m rrecognizable ecognizable names of EDM. A oki,, who p erfo orms at the Ev veent Aoki, performs Event C enter at San JJose ose St ate on JJan. an. 30, Center State has alw ways y been beeen an idea man who has always pushed the lim mits and mark ket etabilit a ty of limits marketability danc ce music on o and off st taage. He gr ew dance stage. grew

up p in L Los os Angeles Angeles,, wher where re he st started arted his h ccareer a eer as a pr ar romoter o and ttastemaker. aastemak keerr. promoter “Hollywo od in 20 03 and 20 04 “Hollywood 2003 2004 w aas vvery er e y much hip -hop, vvery eery much was hip-hop, ccommercialized, o ommer cialized,” A o oki sa ayys. “Ther aas, I Aoki says.

“Theree w was, ha ate to sa ay it,, no hipster cultur e.” hate say culture.

A oki and his b o est friend,, famous par p ty Aoki best party ph hotographer Mark Hunter r, a.k.a. th he photographer Hunter, the C obrasnak ke, thr ew par ties that ccatered atered e Cobrasnake, threw parties to o a diff ffeerent cr owd owd. different crowd.

“W We wer re ffor o or hipster kids in “We were H Hollywo od,, p eople who wer caated Hollywood, people weree educ educated on n fashion and curr ent tr ends and current trends m music saayys. “Instead of having haavving DJs DJJs music,,” he says. pl laay, we ’d ha ave bands ccome o ome in and DJ D play, we’d have DJ..

W eeah Y eeah Y eeahs DJ a pa arty, Wee had the Y Yeah Yeah Yeahs party, an nd bands lik ke the Killers and the Sh hins.” and like Shins.

These par ties led to the cr eation of o parties creation A oki’s lab el,, Dim Mak R eecords, and the tthey ey Aoki’s label, Records, al lso fforced o orced him to b ecome a DJ hims selff. also become himself.

W When famous bands wer en’t pla ayyingg a weren’t playing pa arty, DJ duties wer oki. party, weree left to A Aoki.

“In ccollege, ollege, I w aas definitely not a DJ D was DJ,,” hee sa ayys. “I w as a in bands aas pla ayyingg says. was bands,, I w was playing gu uitar and bass as a straight edge guitar bass.. I w was edge.. Itt w aas a whole diff ffeerent world. DJ-ing ffor or o was different m didn me n’’t st art until that Hollywo od didn’t start Hollywood pa arty sc ene.” party scene.

In the b eginning, A ok oki’s br ead and beginning, Aoki’s bread butttter w aas rremixes, emixes, whi ich would ttake ak ke butter was which him an nyywhere fr om a ffew ew hours to anywhere from up to fi fiv ve da d ays y to cr eatee. The Th cr osso over e five days create. crossover suc ccess of his addictiv ve house h rremix emix success addictive of Kid Cudi’ o Happiness” Cudi’ss “Pursuit of in 2011 arriv veed at just th he right time arrived the time..

Danc aas goingg mainstr eam, Dancee music w was mainstream, and the hit song w the gr owing song,, along with growing pr ofile of Dim Mak,, ele evated v A o oki fr om profile elevated Aoki from tr endy clubs to lar ger vvenues. eenues. His most trendy larger rrecent ecent Ba ay Ar ea p erfo orm mances include a Bay Area performances headlining set last summ mer at Shor eline’s summer Shoreline’s Identit ty F estival.

Identity Festival.

Howe eveerr, despite d i the he suc cess e with ih However, success rremixes, emixes, A oki is mor o ocused on Aoki moree ffocused making original music ecent music.. His most rrecent rrelease elease w aas a ccollaboration o ollaboratiion with Linkin was P ark ccalled alled ““A A Light Tha at N eveer C omes.”

Park That Never Comes.

“It w aas a six-month pr p ocess fr om st art was process from start to finish on that track,, which w w aas ne w was new ffor or me o Aoki sa ayys. “W We st sstarted arted fr om me,,” Aoki says.

“We from scratch. Ther aas a p erriod when doing Theree w was period rremixes emixes w aas definitely m avo orite thing, thingg, was myy fa favorite but when yyou o ou ccan an writee an original rrecord ecord that ccan an st and th he test of time stand the time,, that ’s far mor fyyingg than doing a that’s moree satisf satisfying rremix. emix.” eate original But finding time to cr ccreate tracks ccan aan b o or A oki,, who pla ayys bee tough ffor Aoki, plays an incr edible 2 50-300 gigs g a yyear. eearr. In the incredible 250-300 weeks sinc o okiffy T our o with Wak ka sincee his A Aokify Tour Waka Flo ck ka Flame ended in Dec D ember, he Flocka December,

has visited JJapan apan and South Americ ca to America headline ED DM shows EDM shows..

Still,, he ccan’t an n’’t create create all of his original n the rroad. oad. L ast yyear, eearr, he material on Last b orrowed Bon B Iv veer’s strateg gy and rrented ented borrowed Iver’s strategy out a ccabin abin n in Mammoth to write most of his ne w original o album,, Neon Neon F uture, new Future, in isolation n. The idea of an electro-house electrro-house isolation. musician ccomposing o omposing global danc dancee hits in a Walde en-lik ke rustic ccabin aabin is, is, not Walden-like surprisingly y, something that an aavant vvant surprisingly, gar de ttastemaker astem mak keer lik ke A oki o w aas eager to garde like Aoki was embrac e. embrace.

Sometim mes, howe ever er, it ’s har d to Sometimes, however, it’s hard tell whethe er he ’s leading the pack or whether he’s ffollowing o ollowing it t. The Linkin P ark track is it.

Park pleasing p o ower p op—not music of power pop—not rperr-eared,, mor caal which shar sharper-eared, moree critic critical listeners wo ould appr ove. Ev veen going would approve.

Even back to 20 08,, Pitchf fo ork panned A o oki’s 2008, Pitchfork Aoki’s first mixt ap pe, Pillowface Pillowface and His mixtape, Airplane Chr C onicles, with a 2.5/10 rating, rating, Chronicles, and ne eveer reviewed reviewed him again. never But wha at critics ccondemn, o ondemn,, the masses what embrac e. The T Y o ouTube video ffor o or ““A A embrace.

YouTube Light That N eveer C omes”” has mor Never Comes” moree than 7 mill lion vie ew ws, and the comments comments million views, demonstra ate that man ny listeners ccan’t an n’’t demonstrate many get enough h. Aoki Aoki o is an enigma—in some enough. w ayys he rrepresents ep presents the cut ttting edge of ways cutting cultur e, butt in others he ’s a p op st ar ffor o or culture, he’s pop star the global masses m masses..

F orrttunattelyy, A oki do o esn n’’t ccare ar a e either Fortunately, Aoki doesn’t w ay. He ’s interested in nterested in the work,, making way.

He’s his own mu usic and bringing fforth or o th music inno ovvativve ne ew ar rtists t . He ’s best best as a innovative new artists.

He’s lab el boss, boss, the t Diddy of EDM. In July, Julyy, label ffor or o eexample, xxamplee, he announc ed that Dim announced Mak would db owing its full supp orrt bee thr throwing support b ehind har rdsttyle y , a mor essivve behind hardstyle, moree aggr aggressive genr re on th he danc ectrum than genre the dancee music sp spectrum what ’s ttypically yypiccaally ffound o ound on the DIm Mak what’s rroster. osterr. He signed siigned Belgian har dsttyle y ar rttist hardstyle artist C oone, and dA o oki’s collaboration collaboration with Coone, Aoki’s C oone, ccalled alle a ed “C an n’’t Stop the Swag, Sw waagg,” will Coone, “Can’t b released d JJan. aan. an 28.

28 bee released Har dsttyyle will b ny Hardstyle bee just one of man many of A oki’s weapons w ons on display weap displaay at San Aoki’s JJose ose St ate this t week. In addition to State his classic rremixes, emixes, audienc es should audiences k eep an ea ar out ffor or o his ne w original keep ear new work. He ’s ccollaborated ollaborated with se ven He’s seven gr eat musicians, musiicians, fr om Rick R u ubin great from Rubin to Angger Dimas eate a ne w Dimas,, to cr create new ccollection ollection of rremixes emixes ffor o or ““A A Light That N ever e C omes,” and at least one Never Comes, or ttwo wo sho ould b ap in San JJose. ose. should bee on ttap

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Metro’s M etro’s music calend calendar dar runs W Wednesday–Tuesday. ednesday–T e uesday y.

Featuring Hermitage Brewing Company

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Thu, 6:30pm: Matt Clark Quarter.. Sat, 8pm:: Richar Richardd Quarter Howell & Sudden Changes.. Sun, 6:30pm: The Eulipions Open Jazz Jam Session. San Jose.

Fri, 8pm: Lavay Smith TTrio. rrio.

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Bluess Fri: Eddie TToro or o o and the Blue Rockers. Sat, 8pm: Joint Chiefs. Every Sun, 6pm: Joe Ferrara.

Fer rara. LLos os Gatos.

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LLOU’S OU’S VILLA VILLAGE GE Live music. San Jose.

MOSAIC MOS AIC Fri-Sat, 66-9pm: 9pm: Jazz ffor or dinner.. San Jose. dinner

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Clara.

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Rollin’ Crew Rocks Steady ANY GOOD DJ gets the audience dancing, but a great DJ can get a crowd moshing.

That’s the thought that went through the mind of local DJ Ichy the Killer when, while on tour in Japan with Insolence, he caught the Rollin’ Crew. This crew, from Japan, got incredible reactions from people in the crowd, with their unusual selection of music, which included, among other genres, heavy metal and punk rock.

“They’re like a rock DJ crew,” Ichy says. “People watch these guys like it’s a metal show. There will be a little mosh pit going—like a DJ mosh pit, with girls getting thrown in. It’s insane.”

Now as five of the DJs from the crew embark on their first official U.S. tour, Ichy helped set up a show for them in San Jose at the Back Bar. They are touring with Soulman, former lead emcee of ’90s live-hip-hop group Phunk Junkeez, who launched a successful career as a DJ nearly a decade ago.

Rollin Crew and DJ Soulman Back Bar Thu, 9pm, $5

Though rock DJing is more common these days in Japan, it wasn’t in 2001 when the Rollin’ Crew started. However, it doesn’t mean they only play metal and punk.

“We'll play all kinds of stuff from hip-hop, reggae and electro,” says Zodiac, one of the Rollin’ DJs. “We play records with all elements and sum it up as rock. The amount of music you can blend together with that approach is really deep. I think it's our greatest strength.”

Soulman first caught wind of the Rollin’ Crew five years ago in Japan and loved them. Now he manages them.

“If you want to see what American culture is like in other countries, go see the Rollin shows,” Soulman says. “You’ll see what we export and what’s cool about American music and American style …. They’ll go from Public Enemy to the Vandals, fat beats, some good punk songs.”

Like Soulman, the Rollin’ Crew are big vinyl enthusiasts, and still dig through record stores’ bins to search for hidden gems. Soulman is, in fact, a longtime DJ and started back in the ’80s before he formed the Phunk Junkeez.

According to Soulman, there will be four DJ decks on stage, with him, Ichy and the five DJs in the Rollin’ Crew taking turns all night.

“When I’m DJing I want people to feel it,” Soulman says. “You can’t stand up there being a freak playing records. It’s got to be inside of you. It’s an organic thing. People see that I love the music when I’m playing it. I think people look at me and they go, ‘Wow, this dude is getting really deep into this shit right now.’”

He and the Rollin’ Crew see eye-to-eye on this point.

“The tracks may be different when we play, but the way we play to a crowd is very similar,” Zodiac says.—Aaron Carnes

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I know you’ve discussed how the guy should pay on the first few dates. I’ve been dating a pretty fabulous woman for a month, and I’m dipping into my savings to take her out to the sort of restaurants she’s used to. I earn a decent living in a creative field, but she is in finance and clearly makes far more money than I do. I may have complicated things when, on our third date, she wanted to pick up the check and I wouldn’t let her. Is there a smooth way to let her know that I now need her to throw down some dough?—Can We Say Awkward?

The organ that gets used on the third date isn’t supposed to be the kidney you sold on the black market to pay for dinner.

It’s nice to take a woman out for a special meal from time to time, but the guy who can keep up the weekly wining and dining at restaurants where even the cockroaches speak passable French isn’t the guy you are—and probably isn’t the guy she expects you to be. Women do look for a man to be ambitious and show potential. But typically, a woman who wants a rich guy not only has calculated her date’s net worth (probably pretty successfully) long before the first date but has also trained herself to identify a fake Rolex at 50 paces and read even the subtlest signs about a man’s income like fiscal tea leaves. So, this woman is probably well aware that if you’re “managing a hedge fund,” it’s just a little money you’re putting aside to replace the dead plants on your balcony.

Also, unless a man’s a spy, a woman doesn’t like him to pretend to be

somebody he’s not. This isn’t to say you should have some awkward conversation with this woman about how you really do need her to pay for dinner—or hope she gets the idea when she sees you standing by the on-ramp with a cardboard sign, “Spare $264.50, plus tip?” Instead, just take her to places you can pay for painlessly and wait until you’re in a relationship to talk about money. Though women evolved to look for potential partners to show generosity, you can do that in a symbolic way, simply by treating her to something more affordable—maybe a ticket to a museum and fancy ice cream afterward—and by showing generosity of spirit: fairness, kindness, and willingness to do the right thing even when it’s hard. A woman who really likes you will really like you when you’re treating her to the shoe rental at a bowling alley. Plus, you’ll be more fun when you aren’t worrying about money, and she'll be more relaxed when she isn't worrying that you'll have to file for bankruptcy if she adds shrimp to her Caesar salad.

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Am I the only one who doesn't like to have music playing during sex? When I'm with a guy, I’m turned on by hearing his breathing and sounds he makes while aroused. If the music’s good, I'll be listening to it rather than paying attention to him or my own arousal. If the music’s bad, I don't want to hear it at all. I’m seeing a new guy, and I'm already worried that he’ll play some annoying pop music when we get intimate. Plus, if he needs music, I’ll think, “Well, am I boring you?”—Audibly Distracted Responding to this question on Reddit, “What is the absolute worst song to play during sex?” Redditor 5secsofpleasure posted, “Hi, I'm Sarah McLachlan, and I'm about to kill your erection.” Though for many people the right music can be a real sex enhancer, there can be tragic accidents, like when a guy doesn’t realize that he got sloppy in pulling together his HSP (Hot Sex Playlist) and the dogs barking “Jingle Bells” play at exactly the wrong moment. Regarding your suspicion that a guy would only put on a soundtrack because he finds sex with you a bore, you’re probably just falling prey to a common cognitive bias—the

assumption that other people’s minds work just like our own. You simply need to make your preference known before any clothing goes flying. Maybe start talking about music and casually mention that you don’t understand why some people like to listen to music during sex—such a distraction. The guy will probably nod offhandedly, but in his brain, a tiny stenographer from the sex department will be feverishly taking notes. As for any worries you may have that this will turn a guy off, trust me; there probably isn’t a guy out there who won’t find the musical silence during sex preferable to the sound of you sitting with your arms folded on the couch.

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lagos Auto Repair, 525 Asbury St., San Jose, CA, 95110, Juan Enrique Gonzalez Briceno, 4098 San Ramon Wy., San Jose, CA, 95111. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/01/14. /s/Juan Enrique Gonzalez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/24/2014. (pub Metro 1/29, 2/05, 2/12, 2/19/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #586917

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fischer Health & Wellness, 1649 Lincoln Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125, Brian Fischer, 3948 Penwith Ave., 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/Brian Fischer This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/13/2014. (pub Metro 1/29, 2/05, 2/12, 2/19/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #587346

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fantastic Bay Builders, 675 Gish Road, San Jose, CA, 95112, Fantastic Bay Builders Inc. 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 01/01/2014. /s/Yooshieh Gahramani CEO #3090241 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/23/2014. (pub Metro 1/29, 2/05, 2/12, 2/19/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #587349

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ecological Press, 424 Fairmont Ave., Mountain View, CA, 94041, Melody Parker. This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on Aug 1, 2013. /s/Melody Parker This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/09/2014. (pub Metro 1/29, 2/05, 2/12, 2/19/2014)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

Yosh Enterprises, 2. Orion Security, 3. Paramount Investigations, 4. Yosh Building Maintenance, 675 East Gish Road, San Jose, CA, 95112, Yosh Enterprises Inc. 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 06/15/1995.

Refile of previous file #454050 after 40 days of expiration date. /s/Yooshieh Gahramani CEO #195976 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/23/2014. (pub Metro 1/29, 2/05, 2/12, 2/19/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #587345

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Orion Security Patrol Inc., 675 Gish Road, San Jose, CA, 95112, Orion Security

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Quality Air Heating & Cooling, 4783 La Cresta

Way, San Jose, CA, 95129, Superior Builders, Inc, 4789 La Cresta Way, San Jose, CA, 95129.

This business is conducted by a Corporation.

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/Dave Rego President #C3635328 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/23/2014. (pub Metro 1/29, 2/05, 2/12, 2/19/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #587276

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Network Distributors, 1425 Koll Circle, #104, San Jose, CA, 95112, Norcal Industries, Inc. This business is conducted by a Corporation.

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/Jason Colyar Owner/President #C2509788 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/22/2014. (pub Metro 1/29, 2/05, 2/12, 2/19/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #587273

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cash Cove, 1060 Willow St., #3, San Jose, CA, 95125, George F. Olson, 6272 Blauer Lane, San Jose, CA, 95135.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09-1993.

Refile of previous file #560120 with changes. /s/George F. Olson This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/22/2014. (pub Metro 1/29, 2/05, 2/12, 2/19/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #586547

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 3D.B.Tile, 3625 Clear Brook Ct., San Jose, CA, 95111, David Corena.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/David Corena This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/03/2014. (pub Metro 1/29, 2/05, 2/12, 2/19/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #587143

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Quality Line Painting Plus, 2400 Tennant Av., Morgan Hill, CA, 95037, Angie Trujillo, Marilu G. Nieto.

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/Marilu Nieto This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/17/2014. (pub Metro 1/22, 1/29, 2/05, 2/12/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #586605

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The First Tee of Silicon Valley, 1922 The Alameda, Suite 214, San Jose, CA, 95126, The Future Talent of Silicon Valley.

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 12/17/2013. /s/Victor M, Arranaga, Jr. President #C3575156 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/06/2014. (pub Metro 1/22, 1/29, 2/05, 2/12/2014)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sushi Heroes, 1335N. First Street, San Jose, CA, 95112, Issei Chiba, 3770 Flora Vista Ave., Santa Clara, CA, 95051.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Issei Chiba

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/10/2014. (pub Metro 1/22, 1/29, 2/05, 2/12/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #586164

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: J3 Consulting, 845 Black Wy., Morgan Hill, CA, 95037, Jennifer Beck, Chris Beck.

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/Jennifer Beck This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 12/19/2013. (pub Metro 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 2/05/2014)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Cars 2 G, 101 Keyes Street, KTTC 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/Kamal Daoud Manager #201324210213 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/14/2014. (pub Metro 1/22, 1/29, 2/05, 2/12/2014)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #586853

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bay Area Rodent Solutions, 645 E. McGlincey Ln., Campbell, CA, 95008, Bay Area Rodent Construction Solutions.

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 01/09/2014. /s/Stanley Bapu President #3609183 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/10/2014. (pub Metro 1/15, 1/22, 1/29, 3/05/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #586872

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #586538

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Xtreme Car Studio & Wireless, 428 S. King Rd., San Jose, CA, 95116, Michael Gonzalez.

This business is conducted by a individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.

Refile of previous file #443025 /s/Michael Gonzalez This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 1/03/2014. (pub Metro 1/08, 1/15, 1/22, 1/29/2014)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #585969

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: South San Jose Test Only, The following person(s) is 5270 Monterey Road, San (are) doing business as: AAA Jose, CA, 95111, Mindy Ly, Construction Services, 2927 1215 Old Manor Pl., San The following person(s) is The following person(s) Driftwood Drive, San Jose, Jose, CA, 95132. (are) doing business as: Fire / entity (ies) has / have CA, 95128, Paula Andrea This business is conducted Line Clearing and Hauling, abandoned the use of the by an individual.

5894 Garces Ave., San Jose, fictitious business name(s): Sanin Villa.

Registrant has not yet CA, 95123, Eric Elmore.

AAA Construction Services, This business is conducted by an individual. begun transacting business This business is conducted 5011 Capistrano Ave., Registrant began under the fictitious business by a individual.

Michael William Takis. transacting business under name or names listed Registrant began This business was transacting business under conducted by an individual. the fictitious business name herein. or names listed herein on /s/Mindy Ly the fictitious business name Filed in Santa Clara county Jan 10, 2014.

This statement was filed or names listed herein on on 1/10/14. /s/Paula Andrea Sanin Villa with the County Clerk of 2/8/13.

Under file no. 573909.

This statement was filed Santa Clara County on /s/Eric Elmore /s/Michael William Takis with the County Clerk of 12/13/2013.

This statement was filed This statement was filed Santa Clara County on (pub Metro 1/08, 1/15, with the County Clerk of with the County Clerk of 1/10/2014.

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): On my fifteenth birthday,

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To my shock, there was no hell to pay. I was free of snot.

In the last few weeks, I have feasted regularly on all the creamy goodies I’ve been missing. I bring this up, Aries, because I suspect an equally momentous shift is possible for you. Some taboo you have honored for a long time, some rule you have obeyed as if it were an axiom, is ripe to be broken.

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Kahneman, who won a Nobel Prize in Economics, says that consulting experts may be useless. In his study of Wall Street traders, he found their advice was no better than information obtained by a chimpanzee flipping a coin. Meanwhile, psychologist Philip Tetlock did a 20-year study with similar results. He found that predictions made by political and financial professionals are inferior to wild guesses. So does this mean you should never trust any experts? No. But it’s important to approach them with extra skepticism right now. The time has come for you to upgrade your trust in your own intuition.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’m a big fan of logic and

reason, and I urge you to be, too. Using your rational mind to understand your experience is a very good thing. The less stock you put in superstitious head trips and fear-based beliefs, the smarter you will be. Having said that, I recommend that you also make playful use of your creative imagination. Relish the comically magical elements of your mysterious fate. Pay attention to your dreams, and indulge in the pleasure of wild fantasies, and see yourself as a mythic hero in life’s divine drama. Moral of the story: Both the rational and the fantastical approaches are essential to your health. (P.S. But the fantastical needs extra exercise in the coming weeks.)

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Sorry, Cancerian, you

won’t be able to transform lead into gold anytime soon. You won’t suddenly acquire the wizardly power to heal the sick minds of racists and homophobes and misogynists. Nor will you be able to cast an effective love spell on a sexy someone who has always resisted your charms. That’s the bad news. The good news is this: If you focus on performing less spectacular magic, you could accomplish minor miracles. For example, you might diminish an adversary’s ability to disturb you. You could welcome into your life a source of love you have ignored or underestimated. And you may be able to discover a secret you hid from yourself a long time ago.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Cosmopolitan magazine is famous for offering tips on how to spice up one’s sex life. Here’s an example: “Take a few of your favorite erotically appealing flavor combinations, like peanut butter and honey or whipped cream and chocolate sauce, and mix up yummy treats all over your lover’s body.” That sounds crazy to me, and not in a good way.

In any case, I recommend that you don’t follow advice like that, especially in the coming days. It’s true that on some occasions, silliness and messiness have a role to play in building intimacy. But they aren’t advisable right now. For best results, be smooth and polished and dashing and deft. Togetherness will thrive on elegant experiments and graceful risks.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are not as broken

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as you may think you are. Your wounds aren’t as debilitating as you have imagined. And life will prove it to you this week. Or rather, let me put it this way: Life will attempt to prove it to you—and not just in some mild, half-hearted way, either. The evidence it offers will be robust and unimpeachable. But here’s my question, Virgo: Will you be so attached to your pain that you refuse to even see, let alone explore, the dramatic proof you are offered? I hope not!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Kenneth Rexroth wrote a poem called “A Sword in a Cloud of Light.” I want to borrow that image. According to my astrological analysis and poetic intuition, you will generate the

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exact power you need in the coming weeks by imprinting your imagination with a vision of a sword in a cloud of light. I don’t want to get too intellectual about the reasons why, but I will say this: The cloud of light represents your noble purpose or your sacred aspiration. The sword is a metaphor to symbolize the new ferocity you will invoke as you implement the next step of your noble purpose or sacred aspiration.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Every autumn, the bird

species known as the Clark’s Nutcracker prepares for its winter food needs by burying 30,000 pine nuts in 5,000 places over a 15-square-mile area. The amazing thing is that it remembers where almost all of them are. Your memory isn’t as prodigious as that, but it’s far better than you realize. And I hope you will use it to the hilt in the coming days. Your upcoming decisions will be highly effective if you draw on the wisdom gained from past events—especially those events that foreshadowed the transition you will soon be going through.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Can you imagine what it would be like to live without any hiding and pretending? How would you feel if you could relax into total honesty? What if you were free to say exactly what you mean, unburdened by the fear that telling the truth might lead to awkward complications? Such a pure and exalted condition is impossible for anyone to accomplish, of course. But you have a shot at accomplishing the next best thing in the coming week.

For best results, don’t try to be perfectly candid and utterly uninhibited. Aim for 75 percent.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s a favorable time to gather up resources and amass bounty and solicit help and collect lots of inside information. I won’t call you greedy if you focus on getting exactly what you need in order to feel comfortable and strong. In fact, I think it’s fine if you store up far more than what you can immediately use—because right now is also a favorable time to prepare for future adventures when you will want to call on extraordinary levels of resources, bounty, help, and inside information.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Extravagant wigs became fashionable for a while in 18th-century England. They could soar as high as four feet above a woman’s head. Collections of fruit might be arrayed in the mass of hair, along with small replicas of gardens, taxidermically stuffed birds, and model ships. I would love to see you wear something like that in the coming week. But if this seems too extreme, here’s a secondbest option: Make your face and head and hair as sexy as possible. Use your alluring gaze and confident bearing to attract more of the attention and resources you need. You have a poetic license to be shinier and more charismatic than usual.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): One of your anti-role models in the coming weeks is the character that Piscean diva Rihanna portrays when she sings in Eminem’s tune “Love the Way You Lie.” Study the following lyrics, mouthed by Rihanna, and make sure that in every way you can imagine, on psychological, spiritual, and interpersonal levels, you embody the exact opposite of the attitude they express: “You’re just gonna stand there and watch me burn / But that’s all right because I like the way it hurts / You’re just gonna stand there and hear me cry / But that’s all right, because I love the way you lie.” To reiterate, Pisces, avoid all situations that would tempt you to feel and act like that.

Homework: Do a homemade ritual in which you vow to attract more blessings into your life. Report results at FreeWillAstrology.com.

Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

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