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A New Year’s Eve Guide

CAKE PLAYS THE CIVIC

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Send us your anonymous rants and raves about your co-workers or any badly behaving citizen to I SAW YOU, Metro, 380 S. First St., San Jose, 95113, or via email.

Home Depot Hustle This is the second time I’ve watched you haggle with a brigade of Latino laborers outside the Home Depot in (…) You look like a J. Crew model and act like a plantation overseer. My thoughts on immigration, legal and illegal, notwithstanding, the way you bark orders at them while occasionally throwing a badly pronounced “amigo” rubs me the wrong way. And judging by the way your workers were eyeing you and muttering as you walked away, your act is getting old with them as well. I wish I knew how to say “Watch your back” in Spanish.

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Nobody ffamiliar amiliar with Cindy Chavez’ss public Chavez p history should be surprised—much stunned—by less stunn ed—by her proposal corrupt oposal ttoo honor cor pr rupt councilman councilma an Xavier CCampos. ampos.

Why is this kind of nasty W nassty column co olumn necessary? He He lost lo ost re-election. So a ally wants to p political commend co ommend him for serving serviing the th he community. community y. Why ki kick ick h him when he is down?

OK, I will start. It look llookss awful.

Sur ely we can do better Surely than this in San Jose.

J And I never have under rstood the understood desir hings after desiree to name th things politicians when the public ffooted ooted the bill.

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While I doubt dooubt that Officer White’s White’s public talkk of killing people constitute es a true thr eat or any constitutes threat other crim me, it is fr ankly ter rifying crime, frankly terrifying comingg fr om a law enf orcement from enforcement officer in the context of widespr eaad ffear ear in the African widespread American community over the killing of unarmed u black men and boys by oother ther officers.

GREG GREG DEGIERE DEEGIERE VIA SAN SAN JOSE JOSE INSIDE RE: “LIVING LEGACIES,” L GACIES,” NEWS, LE NEWS, DEC. DEC. 17

Only in Sa San an Jose does this process ocess get ridiculouss naming pr taken to embar eembarrassingly rassingly new heights byy naming buildings after living people. people. This must stop.

ROSE ROSEGAR GARDEN RDENRE RESIDENT SIDENTVIAS VIA SAN ANJO JOSE SEINSIDE INSIDE

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Marging Mar gingg Or Orders ders Definitely makess ffor or a wild week when the dullest thingg to go down at San Jose’s Jose’s CCity ity Hall was a bomb b thr threat. eat.. Days after CCity ity Manager Manager EED D SSHIKADA HIKADA fir fired ed lead labor negotiator A ALEX LEX X GURZA, GURZA, Shikada ffelt elt the axe on his own neck. But But all that was just fireworks surrounding a warmup ffor or the th he fir eworks sur rounding the appointmen appointment nt of a new council member ffor or the vacant District District 4 seat, which encompasses B e ryessa. M er ayor-elect” Berryessa.

Mayor-elect” emergency SSAM AM LLICCARDO ICCARDO called the emer gency meeting despitee pr protests otests They from fr om several several colleagues colleagues Did and local labor unions. u What? preferred His pr eferred appointee, appointee, ’90s-era rrecycled ecycled ’90s-er ra SEND TIPS TIPS TTO O MARGIE councilwoman il MARGIE FLY@ FL Y@ MATTHEWS M ATTHE T WS (then (theen known METR ONEWS. METRONEWS. COM CO M as Fernandes),, got g the nod—but not before OLIVERIO bef ore Councilman Councilm man PIERLUIGI PIERLUIGI O LIVERIO unexpected heroo to became an unex xpected ffolk olk her progressives. argued process pr ogressives.. Hee ar gued that the pr ocess was dominating rushed while do minating a filibuster-esque prospective Q&A session with witth pr ospective candidates.

Who knows how w long Oliverio could’ve gone ROSE HERRERA on had CCouncilwoman ouncilw woman R OSE H ERRERA not motion interjected a mo otion to cut off questions, ther eby securingg her station as Liccardo’s Liccardo’s thereby mayor.. Even three vice mayor Evenn the thr ee council members meeting—ASH who boycotted the t meeting— ASH KALRA, KALRA, DON ROCHA XAVIER D ON R OCHA O A and X AVIER V CCAMPOS—sang AMPOS—sang Oliverio. great hosannas ffor or Oliv verio.. All of it made ffor or gr eat theater,r, and R Rocha theater ochha admitted to watching a stream from str eam fr om his office computer in between son’s a staff luncheon and his son ’ss school’s school s holiday party. party y. KKalra alra also gr ggrabbed abbed a bite with his staff before nonprofit bef ore hopping over o to a nonpr ofit holiday didn’t’t party instead of making the meeting.. “I didn legitimize process,” want to legitimiz ze an illegitimate pr ocess,” Fly. he told Fly y. CCampos amppos was seen jetting out garage of the CCity ity Hall basement b gar age after the threw party. council offices th hrew him a going away party y.

But B ut itit’s ’s not over yet. Rather Raather than wait until scheduled the Jan.. 6 schedu uled council meeting,, lame REED, MADISON NGUYEN duckers CHUCK CHUCK R EED, M ADISON NG UYEN and PETE CCONSTANT ONSSTANT A will get a bonus round round special session Dec. D . 30 to appoint a new city manager.r. NORBERTO manager NORBER ERTO DUEÑAS, DUEÑA AS, a deputy city manager,r, has be been manager een floated as the likely pick, counterpart, KIM WALESH, but his counterp part, K IM W ALESH, is close to A Mayor M ayor Sam. Whoever Whooever is chosen,, a council

Lives on the Line

CO CONNECT ONNECT F FOUR OUR Sylvia M Martin artin received a Google N Nexus exus phon phone ne through the M Mobile4All obile4All prog program gram that th hat provides low-income and homeless h people phones to sta stay ay connected.

Life and death ca L can an be a phone ca call all away ffor or Mobile4All Mobile4Alll smartphone users users BY B Y JENNIFER W WADSWORTH ADSWOR A RTH

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arefully arefully, y, to avoid scratching scr atching the smooth smootth rubber surface, Sylvia Sylvia Martin pulls her black blacck Google Nexus G oogle l N exus 5 outt off the th Z iploc sandwich bag she uses uses Ziploc in n place of a case.

“Watch this, this,” she sa says, ayys, set setting ttting up aW iiFi cconnection onnection then put ttting her WiFi putting m mouth to the mic mic.. “OK, Go Google: ogle: Whe Where’s erre’s th he near est St arbucks?” the nearest Starbucks?” oid buz zes and an nd The sleek black Andr Android buzzes b e and p eeps ops up a map with dir ecttions beeps pops directions to o the ccafé af afé chain.

Mar tin i lo llooks oks k up and d smiles il . “L et’s tr ttryy Martin smiles.

“Let’s another. an notherr. OK, Go Google: ogle: Chase bank.” zes and b eeps and The phone buz buzzes beeps pinpoints pi inpoints the near nearest est branch. “Isn “Isn’t ’t th that hat neat?” ne eat?” she asks asks.. “I use this all the time time. e. I’ll ne ever e get lost again.” never After three thrreee months, months, the novelty no oveeltty ha asn’t worn off. off ff. As As a 59-year-old 59--yeearr-old who 59 o’s hasn’t who’s

been homeless on and off been o sinc since ce she w was aas 16 after running aaway way fr from rom an abusiv abusive ve family, Martin’s become family y, Mar tin n’s phone has h b ecco ome indisp ensable, a w ay to structur sstructuree her indispensable, way chaotic lif fe. A sside fr om pr p ovviding a life.

Aside from providing ccontact ontact numb number er to jot down d on job applications, stay applic caations, she uses it to t st ay in touch with her do ctor, therapi ist, mentor and doctor, therapist, part-time employer.

When she’s par t--time emplo oyeerr. Wh hen she ’s holed up in her publicly subsid dized micr osubsidized microunit—an unit t— —an unfurnished cl closet-sized losett-sized space space in Mount Mountain ain V View, iieew, shelt shelter ter ffor o or the time being—she b eing— —sshe uses it to read reaad her favorite faavorite o about healing, ee-books -books ab out herbal he ealing, yyoga oga and urban fforaging. oragingg. o “Seems lik like ke a small th thing, hingg, to w watch aatch a TV show show, w, but it gets yyou o ou up to sp speed eed with the rrest est of the worl world, ld,” she sa says. ayys.

Mar tin is one of 50 ho omeless Martin homeless clients ttaking aking par partt in a pilot p phone ser vice ccalled alled Mobile4Al ll. The phone service Mobile4All. plan, run by

by Silicon Silicon Valley-based Valle a ey--based Community Technology Alliance, C ommunitty T eechnology Allianc ce, k eeeps users cconnected onnected eeven veen if the ey skip a keeps they payment. pa ayyment. The They ey off offer ffeer ind individualized dividualized ccase ase management to teach ccomputer o omputer literacy a do and off offer ffeeer tech tec supp support. o t. or

Phones donated d b byy Go Google ogle ar aree fr free, ee, though h h each eacch h client li pa pays ayys his hi or her h own monthly bi bill. ill. The They ey ccome ome equipp equipped ed with to tools ols gear ggeared ed tow toward waarrd homeless and eextremely xtr x emely low-inc llow-income ome clients: apps to check bus rroutes outes and train schedules schedules,, find jobs jobs,, ch check heck the weather and uninterrup uninterrupted pted ser service vicce to k key ey ccontacts, ontacts, including eemergency mergency numb numbers ers lik like ke 2-1-1, a so social cial ser services v es hotline vic hotline..

The da day ay b before effor o e the Pineapple Expr Express ess doused the rregion egion with much-needed rain, i each h Mobile4All M bil ll user got a te text exxt aler alertt w warning aarnin ng of the storm and dir directing ecting them to she shelter. elterr.

“There’s “Ther re’s a str strong ong rrelation elation b between ettw ween ccommunication ommuniccation a and p people eople get getting ttting housed and d finding the rresources esources the they ey need to get on their ffeet, eet, e ” sa says ayys JJulia ulia Burkhead, CT C CTA’s TA’s deput deputy ty dir director. ectorr. “This is all par partt off our br broader oader mission: to use technology technolo gy to end homelessness homelessness..”

Contrary C ontrary to pr prevailing evailing v notions ab about out p poverty, oveerty, technolo technology gy is vit vital al to the unshelt unsheltered, tered, sa says ayys Allan Bae Baez, z, the Mobile4Alll pr project oject manager who who’s ’s trying tr ying to ge get et this pr program ogram off the ground. gr ound. Esp Especially pecially in Sant Santa ta Clara County, C ountty, wh where herre the CT CTA TA ccounted ounted 28,759 people p eople hom homeless meless at some p point oint in 2012, while the la latest atest p point-in-time ointt--in-time ccensus ensus

their ser service payment vice cut off ffor or o lack of pa ayment y and lost thei their number.

Forty-six percent ir numb er. F orty-six p errcent pay moree th than paay mor han $45 a month of their own money, percent moneey, an aaverage veerage of 6 p ercent of their inc income. omee. That’s That’s the equivalent of someone ea earning $60,000 paying arning $6 0,000 a yyear eear pa ayying $300 month.“It people aree $300 a mon nth.“It shows p eople ar willing to pay service, Baezz paay ffor or o rreliable eliable ser vice,� Bae says. large portion saayys. ““And And A with w a rrelatively elativveely lar ge p ortion of their inc income. o .� ome Mobile4All CTA All grew grew out of an older CT TA Mobile4A program that gave people program tha at ga ave homeless p eople a personalized mailbox. began personalized d mailb ox But usage b ox. egan to dr drop moree homeless p people eople op off as a mor began getting began get tttin ng their own cellphones. cellphones.

The voicemail dropped from voic o emaail users dr ro opped fr om the thousands at peak byy the a its p eak to just 56 b time CT CTA sunset program.

TA su unset the pr ogram. “We service “W We rrealized vice ealiized that we needed a ser that ccombined Lifeline ombin ned the low ccost ost of Lif feline e with the ccontinuity Community on o ntinuitty of C ommunitty Voicemail, Vo oicemail,� Burkhead B eexplains. xplains x .

Because Beccaause CTA CTA isn’t CT isn n’’t a telecommunications company, telecommun niccations a compan ny, it teamed up with Bet BetterWorld Wireless, tterW t Wo orld W iireless, which offered service. off ffeerreed discounted discounted o service. Clients at this point point pay paay $40 $4 40 a month, but the goal is to dr drop that $25. nonproďŹ t op th hat to $2 5. The nonpr oďŹ t also joined forces for orces with Santa Santa Clara University’s Innovation Lab, Un nivversit e tyy’s Frugal Inno ovvation L ab, a student student-led t--led d engineering team that develops affordable technologies, deevelops e aff ffo ff ordable technolo gies, to come with makes come up wit th an app that mak kees it easier for homelesss clients to cconnect fo or homeles onnect with WiFi data.

WiiFi so they theey ccan aan conserve conserve dat d taa.

Richard Hess,, 43, got his Go Google Richard Hess H ogle Nexus Nexxus phone phon ne a month ago and credits credits it with landi landing ing him a job as janitor at Whole Foods Palo Alto..

Foods d in P alo Alto “I w was leaving myy email addr address aas lea avving m av ess on job applications applicatiions and no one would eever veer get back to me me,,� sa says Hess,, who who’s been m ayys Hess ’s b een homeless se seven over eveen times o veer the yyears. eears. “Soon number leave, “Soon as I had h a phone numb er to lea ave, I st started arted getting gettting t calls calls back.�

During search, D i his hiis i job j b sear ch, h while hil volunteering Streets vo olunteerin ng ffor o or Downtown Str eets Team, offers Teeam,, a nonproďŹ t non nproďŹ t that off ffeers job training and plac placement homeless,, Hess ceemeent ffor or o the homeless says phone saved someone’s life. saayys his phon ne also sa aveed someone ’s lif fe. “Me and m myy buddy wer weree working working, g, cleaning thee str street Palo Alto,, and we eet in P alo Alto came across came acr oss this lady kicking back on ab bench, says. “We knew was ench,â€? he sa ays y . “W We kne w she w aas homeless an and probably nd pr obably had some other health issues issues. shoes s. But she had her sho es off and gangrene d yyou ou ccould o ou uld ld see that h she h had h d gangr ene on her ffeet, advanced eet, e a vvery er e y advanc ed ccase. ase.â€?

Realizing gangrene bee fat fatal, Reealizing gangr ene ccan an b al, Hess dialed 9-1-1. An ambulancee pick picked A ambulanc keed up the woman and hospital. d rushed her to the hospit al. “She needed help,,� Hess sa says. need ded help ayys. “Thankfully, saw make “Thankfullyy, we sa aw her in time to mak ke the ccall. all.�

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recorded mor recorded moree than 77,500 ,,500 unshelter unsheltered ed on a giv given veen night. night CT CTA TA als also so cconducted onducted a ďŹ rst-of-its-kind ďŹ rstt-off--its-kind study in n Mar March ch 2013 that of 49 498 8 low-inc low-income ome and a unshelter unsheltered ed people p eople sur surveyed, veyeed, 6 69 9p percent ercent e owned a Off that to total, percent mobile phone. phone. O otal, 54 p ercent have ha ave data data access. access. because there’s little And yyet, eet, b ecause ther e’s so lit ttle t information about technology inf fo ormation ab out techn nology use among the homeless homeless,, and d because because poverty bulwark unchecked p over e ty rremains emains a bulw waark of uncheck keed prejudice U.S., pr reejudice in the U .S., the idea of a house-less smartphone house -less less person person with a smar tphone unsettling some.. L Last is unset ttling t to some asst yyear eear in San Francisco, city Supervisor Cohen Francisc o, cit ty Sup ervisorr Malia C ohen drew posted dr ew criticism when she p osted a picturee of a panhandler chatting pictur c ttting on his chat ccellphone. ellphone. “This kind of made m me laugh,â€? picture posted she rremarked emark ked e under a pic cture she p osted Facebook to Fac ceebook (and later rremoved). e oveed). emo Moree rrecently, Zendesk Mor ec e entlyy, tech ccompany om mpan ny Z endesk nonproďŹ ts teamed up with Bay Baay Area Arrea nonpr oďŹ ts create Link-SF, to cr eate Link k-S SF F, which helps h homeless people services byy mobile p eo le cconnect eople o e t with onnect ith ser vi es b vic obile phone.. A segment of TV pundits and phone challenged journalists snidely challen nged the notion that homeless p people would have eople wo ould ha ave the tools to ols to eever veer use it.

Baezz ar argues smartphones But Bae rggues that sm martphones aren’t luxuryy as much as necessity, ar reen n’’t a luxur a a nec essitty, destitute.. P Part eeven veen ffor or the destitute o art of the from misunderstanding stigma ccomes omes fr om a mis sunderstanding homelessness,, a ccallow of homelessness allow w term ffor or a o ccomplicated omplicated sociological sociological ccondition. ondition.

Local like dearth affordable L ocal al factors ffactors,, lik ke a dear d th h off aff ffordable ffo d bl housing, broader housing g, ignite with br ro oaader issues like personal lik ke unemployment unemplo oyyment and p ersonal situations such as addiction, addictiion, ďŹ nancial troubles, mental illness.. tr oubles, violence violence and me ental illness Lacking doesn’t person L acking shelter do esn n’’t mean m ap erson is undeserving technology, Baezz sa says. undeser ving of technolo gy, Bae ayys. If anything, stakes higher.. an nyythingg, the st ak kees are arre higher h “Think of all the rreasons easo ons yyou o ou need says Baez, geologist a phone, phone,â€? sa ayys Bae z, a fformer orm o mer geolo gist way who ffound ound o his w ay to thee nonproďŹ t nonproďŹ t byy studying sector b d i how h natural n l disasters di affect poorest aff ffeect the p oorest populations. populaations. “If yyou’re ou’re o looking job,, yyou need give lo oking ffor or o a job o ou nee ed to giv ve them number.

You need a phone numb err. Y o ou ne eed to ccall aall yyour our o doctor, family.

Basically, do ctorr, yyour our o family y. Basic caallyy, the rreasons easons anyone People an nyo one else needs a phone. phon ne. P eople have one.. It partt of our eexpect xp x ect yyou o ou to ha ave one IIt’s ’s par culturee now. cultur now w.� government began The ffederal eederal go oveernmeent b egan subsidizing phone ser service Americans vice ffor o or Americ ans in the mid-1980s, mid-1980s, later eexpanding xxpanding the program phones.. Ab About pr rogram to include ccell ell phones p out 1.4 million Americ Americans use service, ans us se the ser vice, Lifeline, from ccalled alled a Liffeeline, which ccosts ostts clients fr om a couple couple o bucks to $10 a month. m But the program drawn criticism being pr rogram has dra aw wn critic cism ffor o or b eing slow, data unreliable. slow w, light on dat ta and un nreliable.

Less percent used Lifeline L ess than 2 p erceent use ed Lif feeline and never heard most had ne eveer hear d of it. Most had

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SILICON ALLEYS

It’s Elemental

GOLDEN G OLDEN OP OPPORTUNITY PPORTUNIT Y A new garden paves p the way for the R Rosicrucians osicrucians to open an alchemy museum—and someday school. l h d perhaps h somed d reopen their day th i alchemy l h scho hool. l

Rosicrrucians open al Rosicrucians alchemy lchemy themed themed, d, sustainable susta ainable garden n in San Jose BY B Y GAR GARY Y SINGH

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PPR PPROXIMATELY ROXIMA AT TEL LY 30 ESOTERICISTS ESO OTERICISTS and others oth hers from the general gen neral public found themselvess at Rosicrucian Park Sunday—the P ark last Su unday—the Winter Solstice—to o dedicate a new Garden.

Alchemy Ga arden. Dakotah Central Bertsch, of Centr al Coast Santa Wilds in Sa anta Cruz, designed the garden and managed its installation n by the Wilds team.

After the cceremony, eremon ny, R Rosicrucians osicrucians o in at tendance gushed with attendance enthusiasm at a Ber tsch’s eff ffo orts, Bertsch’s efforts, thanking him m ffor or o transforming transffo orming a rrelatively elatively ba arren splotch of the barren park into ffour o ou ur m yystical gar dens, mystical gardens,

repr representing e esenting the ffour o our alchemic alchemical al el lements of Ear th,, Air ire, and elements Earth, Air,, F Fire, W Water enter of the gar den, Water.. A Att the ccenter garden, em mbedded in the gr ound b etween n embedded ground between th he ffour o our planters ymbol ffor o or the planters,, is the ssymbol th he quintessence, quintessence, the m ystical fift fth the mystical fifth el lement of alchem y. element alchemy.

L eading alchemist Dennis Hau uck Leading Hauck se erved as a cconsultant onsultant ffor o or the plan nts served plants no ow b eing gr own in the gar den, now being grown garden, si nce he is also curating a ne w since new al lchemy eexhibit xhibit that op ens ne xt alchemy opens next yyear e on the Summer Solstic ear e. Hau uck Solstice.

Hauck is also in volved in eff ffo orts to design n involved efforts a ne w alchem new alchemyy museum on the gr round d off R o osicrucian i i P ark, k whic hich h is i ground Rosicrucian Park, which st till in the works still works..

F or the uninitiated, the ancien nt For ancient al lchemists claimed to sear ch ffor or o alchemists search w ayys of cconverting onver ting base met als in nto ways metals into go old, and their lab orator y--based gold, laboratory-based te erminology ccontributed ontributed to the terminology de evelopment of mo dern chemist tr y, development modern chemistry,

although ffor o or ccenturies enturiees p eople ha ave people have ar gued o ver the degr e to which ee argued over degree the alchemic al pr o cesss w as ment al, alchemical process was mental, ph hysic y al, spiritual, psychological psychological physical, or all of the ab ove. W eere the above.

Were ying to cconvert onvert alchemists literally tr trying lead into gold, or w ass it an allegor was allegoryy ffor o or p ersonal gr owth? The debate personal growth? rages on.

I an In ny ccase, ase, the th R een naissanc i eany Renaissanceera R osicrucians wer o Rosicrucians weree among those who first ar ticullated the articulated ment al asp ects of alch hem my and mental aspects alchemy the transp ersonal ccomponents om mponents of transpersonal the pr ocess. In the 20t th ccentury, entury, process.

20th C arl Gust av JJung ung emb broidered the Carl Gustav embroidered same thr eads, bringin al threads, bringingg alchemic alchemical ssymbolism ymbolism and termin nology into terminology the practic eam analysis and practicee of dr dream ps ychology, eexploring xploring how it rrelates elates psychology, to eeveryone's veryone's own inn ner journe y. In inner journey. the 1930s he R o osicrucians 1930s,, just after th the Rosicrucians set up their world hea adquarters in headquarters San JJose, ose, the n alchemic al theyy built an alchemical scho ol of sor ts. Much of the original school sorts. facilit xists, alth hough it hasn't facilityy still eexists, although b een op en to the pub blic in dec ades. been open public decades.

The installation installation of a ne n w alchem new alchemyy

gar den wit th alchemic al herbs is the garden with alchemical ne xt step in i a long pr ocess that will next process eeventually ventuallyy lead to the rreopening eopening of the classr oom. classroom.

The gar rden itself ffeatures eeatures ffour our o garden raised plan nters rrepresenting epresenting each of planters the ffour o our el lements. The y’re fformed o ormed elements.

They’re in the shap pe of the ssymbol ymbol that shape rrepresents epresents that gar den’s element. garden’s Each plant ter ccontains ontains herbs planter asso ciated with the rrespective espective associated element,, ffor o or eeventual ventual use in the alchem aboratory. The gar den's alchemyy la laboratory. garden's b orders ar borders aree filled with tumbled rrecycled ecycled gl lass the ccolor olor of each glass element: blue b ffor o or w ater, white ffor or o water, air ed ffor o orr fir er ccolor olor air,, rred firee and an amb amber rrepresenting epresentin ng the ear th. The b orders earth. borders ar aree uplit b byy LEDs underneath the rrecycled ecycled gl lass, illuminating them glass, with dram matic eff ffeect onc dramatic effect oncee the sun go es down n. goes down.

R osicru o ucian Grand Master JJulie ulie Rosicrucian S Sc ottt lled d th h dedic he d di ation ti cceremony, eremon ny, Scott the dedication which incl luded a gr oup medit ation included group meditation and inc anttation of vvowel owel sounds incantation rrelated elated to the t alchemic al elements alchemical elements..

F ollowing the medit ation,, the gr oup Following meditation, group pr oceeded to each of the ffour our o sections proceeded of the gar d , wher den, garden, wheree an adept then sto od insid de the rrespective espective section stood inside and rrecited ecited d passages rrelated elated to the rrespective espectivve element.

Sc ott al lso mentioned that o ver Scott also over the h last l 10 yyears, ears, the h R o osicrucian i i Rosicrucian Or der has b een in nvolved in sp ecific Order been involved specific initiativ es to rreduce educe its massiv ater initiatives massivee w water bills at thee park. After rremoval emoval of se veral pat tches of la awn w that rrequired equired several patches lawn mammoth h amounts of w atering, the watering, Or der earn ned enough cr edits so that Order earned credits the rrebates ebates fr om the w ater ccompany ompany from water paid ffor or o th he entir den. the entiree Alchem Alchemyy Gar Garden.

N ow that ’s sust ainability. L eaave it Now that’s sustainability.

Leave to the esot tericists to ccome ome up with esotericists strategies ffor o or landsc ape rrenewal. enewal. JJust ust landscape as the R osiicrucians tra o avel on paths of Rosicrucians travel inner -reneewal, the inner-renewal, theyy also apply those techniquess to their outer landsc ape. landscape.

A ow, what used to b Ass of no now, bee a barr en sec tion of the park with barren section o vergrown n oliv ees is now a overgrown olivee tr trees m ystical ga arden ccontaining ontaining hidden mystical garden ssymbols. ymbols. And A it flows nic ely into nicely the ffountain o ountain a ar ea, with ankharea, lik hwayys spiraling thr ough likee path pathways through the gar den n that almost lo ok lik garden look likee the cording to theyy wer weree designed ac according ancient Eg gyptian principles ew Egyptian principles.. A ffew R osicruciaans in at o tendance eeven ven Rosicrucians attendance p ointed th his out, asking Dak otah pointed this Dakotah Ber tsch,, th he gar dener, if he designed Bertsch, the gardener, the paths that t w ay on purp ose. way purpose.

“It w as a just j a ccoincidence, oincidence,” he said. was

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15 Minutes To Midnight A New Year’s Eve guide to the 21 best South Bay partiest

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Dec 31, 9pm, 9pm m, Agenda Bar and LLounge, ounge, San Jose, st starting tarting at $25.

Free party ffavors Free avors and a midnight champagnee toast ffor or all in attendance, but that that’s ’s not n all. For a few few extra extra bucks, bucks, you can choose chooose fr from om one of Agenda Agenda’s ’s premium pr emium packages, paackages, which include combinations service, combinatio ns of bottle ser vice, dinner and hotel accommodations. a Let them do the work ffor o you and just concentr or concentrate ate on partying.. (JF) (JF)

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WEDNESDAY 12/24 Closed for Christmas Eve

THURSDAY 12/25 Closed for Christmas Day

FRIDAY 12/26 | 8:30pm Matt Clark Quartet (Jazz) SATURDAY 12/27 | 8:30pm Sylvia Cuenca Quintet (Jazz) SUNDAY 12/28 | 7pm-11pm

The Eulipions Jazz Jam Session with Peppe Merolla Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Cafe Stritch with

The Danny Gerz Quartet

Wednesday December 31 8:30pm | Jazz

374 South First Street | San Jose | CafeStritch.com

MAMA M AMA S SAID A ID K KNOCK NO CK Y YOU OU O OUT UT H Here ere comes NYE 2015.

2 Oof!

This is gonna hurt.

TIE ONE ON Dec 3131-Jan Jan 2, 7pm7pm-2am.

2am. Charley’s LLG, G, LLos os Gatos. $20 and up Gatos Ah, that ffamiliar amiliar Faustian Faustian bar bargain: gain:: drink today, your hangover away tod day, but pay double tomorrow. tomorrow. And at at that point, why not just go ffor or thr three ee day days? ys? Charley’s LLG G has you cover covered. ed. The club is hosting “Glitzz and Glamour” “Glit Glamour ” on NYE N with open Slater,, “H “Hangover” fformat ormat DJ Chris Slater Hangover ” on Jan 2 with DJ JJ-Trip Trip and “Ba “Badd Resolutions Resolutions”” with DJ DVS on Jan 3. (S (SL) SL)

JULIUS P PAPP APP Dec 31, 9pm9pm-2am.

2am. The Continental, C San Jose. $15-$25 The newest bar on Sout South h First SStreet treet is bringing in longtime Bay B Ar Area ea DJs Julius P Papp, app,, JayJay-JJ and R Rated ated R ffor or a night of classic house tu tunes unes in its main

rroom. oom. Papp’s Papp’s been floating between Francisco San Fr ancissco and San Jose ffor or at least 25 years, with with roots roots in disco and New W Wave, ave, as we well ell as involvement in the ‘90s Mushr Mushroom oom Jazz scene. Richar Richardd G., Albert CCampoy ampoy an andd others will be spinning ‘70s and ‘80s ol oldd school classics on the patio.

(SL)

HORS D'OEUVRES HORS D'OEUVRES AND AN O PEN BAR BAR A OPEN Dec 31, 8pm 8pm, m, Fahr Fahrenheit enheit LLounge, ounge, San Jose. Starting Startinng at $80.

This deluxee evening off offers ers or organic ganic and locally sour sourced rced hors d’oeuvres d’oeuvres and an leading open bar le eading up to a champagne toast and balloon b dr drop op at midnight. DJs Melvis, Randy Randy G, and TTasi aasi will take turns turning up the heat on the ones and twos as livee countdowns tick away on seven plasm plasma ma scr screens. eens. (JF)

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2am. Opa Opal, al, Mountain View View. w. $25-$1,500 estigiouss clubs you’d Modeled after pr prestigious expect to find in V egas orr San Fr ancisco, Vegas Francisco, the ffolks olks at the rrecently ecently opened o Opal pr omise a New YYear’s ear ’s Evee party to satisfy promise even ““selective selective nightlif nightlifee connoisseurs cconnoisseurs”” complete with a live DJ sp pinning Top Toop 40, spinning a complimentary champa champagne agne toast and a live str eam of the ball dr o on their bigop stream drop ass LED scr screen. een. (SL)

A CCINDERELLA INDERELLA SSTORY TOR RY

Dec 31, 9pm9pm-2am.

2am. Pure Pure Lounge, Lounge, Sunnyvale.. $25 and up

Pure LLounge Pure ounge pr promises omises a ball dr drop, op, a confetti shower,, flowing champagne conf etti shower c and your dreams has plans to make ““all all yo our dr eams come wtrue”” this New YYear’s eve.

We’re wtrue ear ’s ev ve. W e’re game.

DJ Sequence will spin TTop opp 40 and EDM in the main room, room, with DJs DJs Bubble and Raymix on hip-hop in thee Red Room. (SL)

YOUR Y OUR HO O HOST, ST, THE THE HOMIE M MIGUEL IGUEL

Dec 31, 8pm, Motif LLounge, oungge, San Jose, SStarting tarting at $20 Continuous conf confetti, etti, a livee countdown ffeed eed from from Times Times Square, Square,, complimentary champagne, h go-go danci ddancing, ing, midnight id i ht balloon dr drop, op,, and ffood ood an and nd drink specials will fill out this bash. Your Your celebr celebration ation will be in excellent hands as the event will be hosted by The Homie Miguel, EDMSF & Pr Pross oss and ffeature eature DJs Eternal, Defcon, Defcon, and A.. Midas. (JF)

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Rock Rock/Blues/ R k/Blues/ Bl Jazz J z SSWEET WEET HA H HAYAH AYAH A

Dec 31, 9pm.

9pm m. W Woodhams ooodhams Sport LLounge, ounge, Santa Clar Clara. a. Fr Free ee This friendlyy neighborhood dive is hostingg loca locall soul ggr groovers oovers SSweet weet HayaH ffor or th their heir NYE party party, y, along with a complimentary complimenta ary champagne toast. Noah Kibreab Kibr eab of so soul oul rrock ock band Mel Melted ted State State opens. (SL)

THEE D TH DANNY AN NNY GERZ QUARTET QUARTET

Dec 31, 8:30pm.

8:30 0pm. Café Caf a é SStritch, tritch, San Jose.

Fr Free ee

January 10, 2015

Local jazz ba Local bassist assist Danny Ger Gerzz will be playing with his quartet for for Stritch’s Stritch’s NYE celebration. celebr l b ation. ti Ring Ri in i this thi New N Year’s Year ’s ’ in i a way that suits s your more more refined refined self. self.

Chill out over oveer one of the their classy cocktails,, likee an Old Fashioned or a SStritch tritch Fizz. (SL)

PAULA P AULA HARRI HARRISS AND BI H BIGG FUNKIN’’ BLUES BLUES

Theree will bee a full dinner of Angelica Ther Angelica’s ’ss classic Amer American rican ffare are ffollowed ollowed by P Paula aula Harris Har ris and her h Big Funkin’ Funkin’ Blues band.

TTurn urn off the stove,, and hir hiree a sitter sitter,, Angelica’s serve Angelica ’s will w ser ve a lip-smacking meal. dessert, bluesy, brassy And ffor or dess sert,, dance to bluesy y, br assy stylings all tthe he way into 2015. (JF)

DEAD D EAD ON NN NEW EW Y YEAR’S EAR’S

DJs Eni and AJ Orbit are are playing this no cover New Year’s Year ’s party party at Nomikai.

Complimentary hors d’oe d’oeuvres uvres aree pr ar promised omised bef before ore 10pm 10pm, m, plus a midnight. champagne toast at midn night.. (SL)

Ever, like, thi Ever, think ink about time,, man?

Grateful Gr ateful Dea Dead ad tribute band, the China CCats, ats, will com compliment mpliment the party ffavors, avors, a balloon dr drop opp and midnight champagne at this event. TThe he CCats ats ar aree not your typical cover band, and will bring something new to even n the Deadest Head. Listen to their swirling swirling, g, psychedelic jams as 2014 melts mel ts away. away. Trippy Trippy dude. (JF)

Partyy ffavors, Party avors, a champagn champagne p gne toast, a massive conf confetti etti dr drop, op, “th “the he biggest countdown of the centur century,” y,,”” and thousands of dollars wor worth th of pr props ops and decor.. It decor It’s ’s gonna be goingg off at Studio Studio 8. The club will pr provide ovide ba bangers, angers, a worldclass venue and one heckk of a way to end your year year.. (JF)

Ticket Prices $125 VIP | $50 General Admission $20 Students

Dec 31, 8pm, 8pm m, Angelica’s Angelica’s Bistr Bistro, o, San Jose, $50-$60

Dec 31, 8pm 8pm, m, Club Fox, Redwood City City, y, $25 adv/ / $35 att door

Dec 31, 9pm, SStudio tudio 8, Sa San an Jose, SStarting tarting at $35

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Dec 31, 9pm9pm-2am.

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Designated De esignated d Driver BY B YN NICK I CK VE VERONIN RONIN EARLIER this month, as he and EARLIER his frien friends nds wer weree ha having avving drinks in San Fran Francisco, ncisco, C Cory ory A Althoff lthoff w was as bemoaning b emoan ning the fact that he he’d ’d need to cut h his is night shor shortt if he w wanted anted to mak makee it back to his own b bed ed in Los L os Altos.

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of the Bay Area’s Area’s pr premier emierr cover band, the Megatones. The Megatones Megatonnes are are not wed to one band,, but instead cover the biggest hits of the past half century. centuury. (JF)

DOUBLE BILL BILL B BASH ASH

Dec 31, 6pm, Little LLou’s ou’ss BBQ BBQ,, San Jose, TTickets iickets at Door Little LLou’s ou’s is known for forr two things: deliciouslyy smok smokyy meatss and blues.

They’ll have both in amp ample ple supply to end 2014. A.C. Myles and the Engine Room will fill out the double bbill, ill,, pr providing oviding a great gr eat soundtr soundtrack ack to rust rustic tic hors d’oeuvr d’oeuvres, es, dinner,, dancing,, and cha dinner champagne. ampagne. (JF)

IIN N THE H HOUSE OUSE

Dec 31, 6pm, P Poor ooor Housee Bistr Bistro, o, San Jose, $50 (r eservations rrequired) equirred) (reservations Pete Contino is in contr Pete control o of “Cocktail ol Hour,” Hour ,” which runs from from 6-7pm.

6-77pm. Then, 6after everyone is a bit lo looser, ooser, Ron Thompson & the Resisto Resistors ors with Jimmy Pugh will kick off a blue bluess set on the patio. Finally Finally, y, Lar Laraa Price and the V Velvet elvet Plum Band will deliver ddance ance music inside. In between, ther theree will be enough drinks, drink s, dinner dinner,, and desse dessert ert to keep you going until the ball dr drops. opps. (JF)

Alternative Alt Alternativ tiive i ALL DAY ALL DAY AND AND A ALL LLL THE NIGHT OF T HE N IGHT

Dec 31, 4:30pm4:30pm-2am.

2am. Joh Johnny hnny V V’s ’s and P addy’s a Pub, San Jose.

Paddy’s While insignificant every other day of the year,, when the clock strik year strikes kes midnight on New Year’s Year ’s Eve—marking Eve—markinng the turning of one yyear into the next— next—it —it can inspir inspire p e an existential awar awareness, eness,, as we rrealize ealize that in spite of all our str stress ess andd scr scrambling, ambling,, time marches mar ches on inevitably inevitably, y, an and nd will,, indeed, someday leave us behindd without so much as a second though thought. ht. Fuck it. Johnny V’s V ’s knows self-r self-reflection eflection is mor moree often than not simply self-ser self-serving v delusion. ving Who needs to rremember emember that str stroke oke of midnight? Make sur suree thee memory never has a chance to settle. With W $2 shots, $2 wells and $2 beers fr o 11pm to om from midnight, Johnny V ’s is surely su urely the place V’s to make sur en’t ssur suree you ar aren’t suree what you did the night bef ore.. Rog Con & CCarlos arlos ar before.

RogCon aree spinning ‘80s and ‘90s hhouse ouse anthems on the Johnny V’s V’s side, aand nd Sean Blak is hosting TrapShop TrapShop on the P addy’s Pub Side.

Paddy’s If anything unseemly rrears ears its ugly head

the ffollowing ollowing day y, you can hit Johnny V’s V’s day, again ffor or thee day-long,, New Year’s Year ’s Day Music Mar atthon,, running fr om 6am9pm, Marathon, from 6am-9pm, Jan 1, and ffeaturing e eaturing mor moree than 20 DJs in two rrooms. ooms. (SL)

BLACK B LACK & RED RED BALL BALL

Dec 31, 8pm.

8pm m. The Blank Club, San Jose.. $10 The Blank Club, C though not long ffor or this world ((it (it’s ’s closing c g at the end of January), y), is once again agaiin hosting its NYE Black & Red Ball with witth resident resident selector, selector, DJ Basura.

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The drink drinkss will w be cheap and the dance floor is alwa always ays dark, so you can exor exorcise cise your demon demons ns to al alternative ternative dance classics from fr om the ‘80 ‘80s 0s and ‘90s.. (SL)

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Dec 31, 9pm 9pm, m, Britannia Arms Downtown LLocation, ocation, Sa San an Jose, Fr Free ee Though the Brits will be ringing in the about earlier,, get an New YYear ear ab bout 8 hours earlier authentic ppub ub experience and a whole moree wh while celebrating lot mor hile celebr ating in the ffashion ashion of our fformer ormer colonizers. TTwo wo live DJs, specials, drop, shooter spe ecials, a balloon dr op, jello shots, heate heated ed outdoor patio, photo set, free buffet offered. and fr ee bu ffet all off ered. ed (JF)

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Free party favors Free favors will accompany this rregally egally colored colored bash at the Mountain View Irish pub. p The New Year Year will be welcomed in in style, as resident resident DJ Tony Tony spins p jams j to groove ggroove to until January.

Januaryy. The Celtic Cel tic pub will w probably probably be the site of rendition the most rousing rousing o rendition of “Auld “Auld Lang thee peninsula. (JF) SSyne” yne” on th

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Dec 31, 8pm 8pm, m, Molly Magees, Mountain View View, w, Fr Free ee While they might give a rrousing ousing rrendition endition off “Auld “Auld Lang Syne” Syne” at St. St. SStephen’s tephen’s Gr G Green, een, the cr crowd owd at Molly’s is suree to givee their neighboring Irish pub sur a run ffor or their th heir money money.. Molly’s will also be giving a champagne toast, dropping dropping balloons an and nd handing out New Year’s Year ’s gear.. DJ Dyn gear Dynamic namic will be spinning. (NV) Picks chosen by John Flynn (JF), SStephen Picks tephen Layton (SL) and a Nick V Veronin eronin (NV).

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YOUR PREVIOUS STINT WAS AT ALEXANDERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S STEAKHOUSE. IS STEAK YOUR CULINARY MUSE? No, it was just one of the things we decided the area needed and that we would do a steakhouse but at a different level. At that time it was all Mortonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Ruthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chris and we thought, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;What can we do to make it a little more contemporary?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; I earned a Michelin Star [at Alexanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s] for three years, and then when we separated, they lost their star.

WAS THE SOUTH BAY ALWAYS ON YOUR RADAR FOR ORCHARD CITY KITCHEN? Absolutely, deďŹ nitely wanted to stay in the South Bay. You know, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a number of high-end restaurantsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Alexanderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, The Plumed Horse, Parcel 104, Chez TJ, Manresaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;but as far as in this kind of environment, dining has kind of changed to more casual. So, I like restaurants like The Table and Lexington House, where you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like you have to be served by a tuxedoed waiter.

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I’ve since come around. Reluctantly. I only ordered one double-wrapped bacon dog during my pilgrimage to Stumpy’s, the gourmet hot dog and burger joint that gleefully clogs arteries and sidewalks on Willow Glen’s Lincoln Avenue. It’s the latest culinary adventure of local celebrity chef Jim Stump, whose New American fusion classics are familiar to anyone who has dined at Los Gatos Brewing Company, A. P. Stump’s or The Table.

I’d normally stick with the straightforward Rocky Doodle, Stumpy’s chili cheese dog, which was deliciously punctuated by sweet mustard, but in an effort to pay homage to the bacon cult, I got the Southern Belle and admit it was by far the best surprise of a fairly substantial order that included a burger, three dogs, French fries and tater tots, which aren’t just for kids, sucka.

The Belle’s chili, pickles, mustard, coleslaw and house-made relish were only enhanced by the crackle of pig fat that punctuated each bite. Braver souls may venture over to the menu’s more daring offerings: The Bui, a pork pate dog with cilantro, jalapeños, hoisin, sriracha and mayo; The Nicademus, a shrimp poor boy that looks amazing with its spicy creole mustard and remoulade sauce; and The Chingon: a Mexican-inspired double-bacon wrap that comes with grilled onions, pico de gallo, tomatillo, mayo, avocado and queso fresco.

The Chi-Town was a crowdpleaser, and the menu accurately notes it has been “dragged thru the garden.” It’s almost impossible to mess up a Chicago dog, which Stumpy’s certainly did not do. The pickle spears, sport peppers and lettuce were all on point, giving the dog a zesty kick.

The Refuge, a thick beef patty glued to braised short ribs by sharp white cheddar, and accompanied with pickles, chipotle sauerkraut and “sinister sauce,” which is Stumpy’s twist on classic burger sauce, tasted a bit like an upscale Big Mac. That isn’t a knock—it’s tasty. Most people forget that McDonald’s used to be good. It’s just few of us were alive at that time.

What Stumpy’s lacks in square footage—the area to order is sparse and food is collected out of a streetside pickup window—it makes up for in neighborhood ambience. Located in the Garden Theater complex, a spacious curbside café seating area makes for enjoyable people-watching while stuffing one’s face in satiated judgment. —Josh Koehn STUMPY’S 1163 Lincoln Ave., San Jose. 408.638.7960 or eatatstumpys.com

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From Fr om the colorful colorful and kaleidoscopic patterns Farr,r, to geometric patter rns of Kristin Far the Japanese-inspired Japanese-insspired paintings of CCandie andie Bolton, Bolton, onn to the skewed visual characters perspectives and warped char acters of Andrea Heimer,r, Empire Andr ea Heimer E Empir e Seven SStudios’ tudios’ newest exhibit, “Broad “B Broad Spectrum,”” is group an all-woman gr o show ffeaturing oup eaturing from artists of varying styles fr om all over Jennifer the country. countryy. Jenn nifer Ahn,, the gallery’s co-owner,r, curated show.. She used co-owner curateed the show social media to sselect elect the art and artists, with the goal g of showcasing the struggle of women w artists while sharee their also giving them a space to shar creative illustrations, cr eative visions. Paintings, Paintings,, illustr ations, moree will be on display textiles and mor through thr ough Jan. 9.. (NV) (N NV)

ensemble Bros LLocal ocal funk en nsemble Super Soul Br os operate two different oper ate on tw wo diff erent levels. On aree a retro, the one handd they ar retro, video nerd’s game-loving ner d’s dream dream come transform true, as they tr ansform old video funky, game tunes into i funk y, smoothgrooving jams. gr ooving jam ms. But for for people caree about video who don’t don’t rreally eally car games—or wouldn’t w wouldn ’t even rrecognize ecognize the Super Ma Mario ario KKart aartt theme song if they hear heardd it—the Super Soul Bros bust grooves.

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Keyboardist Keyboardist Robbie R Benson infuses the music wi with th a cool, soulful, jazzy vibe. Their Fa Facebook acebook page says they are available are avai ilable ffor or weddings and corporate events. corporate eve ents. That would make for awesome for an aweso ome wedding or Google company par party.

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Hytner SSteve teve Hyt tner may not be a householdd name, but his fface househol ace is Hytner’s certainly rrecognizable. ecognizable. Hytner ’s a character actor,, star starring longtime char acter actor ring sitcomss fr from in sitcom om Dharma & Greg Greg to CCurb urb YYour o Enthusiasm. He most our notably played played KKenny enny Bania on Seinfeld Seinf feeld—the — hack comedian whom Jerry Jerrry inadvertently helped succeed by b gifting him with one of the tackiest tackieest jokes in history: “Why do they ccall Ovaltine? all it Oval tine? The mug is round. round. The T jjar is rround. ound. Theyy should ca call all it Roundtine.” Hytner will sur surely elyy be aiming a little higher with his set s at Rooster T. T. Feathers this Friday.

Fridaay. Also on stage: Patrick Patrick McDermott, McDermoott, Kevin Kevin Camia, Camia, Sandy Stec Stec and Joe Klocek. (SL)

AUDIEN A UD DIEN N Pure LLounge, Pure ounge, Sunnyvale Fri, 10pm, 10pm, $30-$40 22-year-old This 22 2-year-old boy-wonder had ann exciting 2014. He signed big-time to bigbig -time time dance music label, Astralwerks, Grammy A stralw werks, earned a Gr ammy nomination nomin nation ffor or his rremix emix of Bastille’s “Pompeii,” Bastill e’s “P ompeii,”” and snagged Marquee a rresidency esiddency at the lavish Mar quee Vegas. club inn Las V egas. It makes sense.

City wheree his Sin Cit ty is exactly wher sound belongs. With giant, noshame, shamee, hands-up synth lines and minimalist drops aree minim malist big rroom oom dr ops that ar perfect soundtrack the pe erfect soundtr ack to $22 long blow.. This is the islandss and lots of blow sound that will take you to the big time right riight now. now. He’s He’s everything peoplee either love or hate about EDM. (SL) (

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aree Onee of L.A.’s newest punk bands ar actually from Greece.

Wiree Dolls act ually fr om Gr eece. Barb Wir were we re playing bars and festivals festivals in their home hom me country when KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer Bin genheimer caught wind of them.

In late laate 2010 they came to L.A.,, sold stay. outt the Roxy and decided to stay y. They aren’t aree ar en’t rre-inventing e-inventing punk,, but they ar wheezing new, lifee wh eezing new w, whiskey-scented lif genre. intoo the genr e. Influenced by bands likee New YYork ork o Dolls,, Sex Pistols and X, leadd Singer Isis Queen a sight to see: trashy a modern-day m trashy Joan Jett. The group gr o released oup released their first album Slitt in 2012 20112 (engineered (engineered by Steve Steve Albini) and have havve their second, Rhythm Methodd, oonn thee way. wayy. (AC) (AC)

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THE FLAMING LIP LIPSS Decc 3030-31 31 at The W Warfield arfield

Y&T Decc 31 at RockBar Theater

CAKE Dec 31 3 at City National Civic

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FFATHER AT THER JOHN MIS MISTY TY Jan 16 at B Bret ret Harte Hall in Fel Felton ton

HARLEM HARLE EM GL GLOBETROTTERS OBETROTTERS Jan 9, 9 16 & 17 at SSAP AP Center

CHRIS BR BROWN OWN Jan 10 at RockBar Theater

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Grey aree new to the local Gr ey Fyr ar loccal scene, but they’ve already already carved carved out a unique sound in San Jose’s Jose’ss indie landscape. The five-piece five-ppiece mix bubblegum melodies, jangly j guitars, rocking rocking bass lines and funky tribal drum beats into a fu nky alt-rock al t-rock package that dips its worldbeat toes into a ffeel-good eel-good world dbeat Proctor sound. Lead singer Allie Pr octor and guitarist Sharvil Sharvil Gupta’s Guptaa’s crisp harmonies make the songss ffeel eel celebration. like a celebr ation. While the the ffocus ocus is on the guitars, the occasional occassional keyboardd and violin touches of keyboar violin add interesting textures inter esting textur es to the indiequintet’s pop quintet ’s eclectic sound. soun nd. (AC) (AC)

There’s terms Ther e’s a lot of odd term ms associated with the various various subgenres subgenr es of prog-metal. prog og-meta metaal. One of weirder terms—“djent”—is the weir der terms—“ djjent”—is meant an onomatopoeia mean nt to approximate rhythmic appr oximate the rhythm mic sound of distorted and palm-muted palm-m muted guitar strumming. Instrumental Instruumental rrockers ockers Sea in the Sky Sky are a e a part ar of the djent scene. This Redwood City-based quartet of technically teechnically proficient create pr oficient players cr eatee dazzling, chunkyy compositions without chunk w ever devolving into dissonance. dissonance. serenely, Whether strumming ser renely, delivering punishing riffs, rifffs, or shredding, shr edding, Sea in the Sky Skky always maintain an emphasis on o melody. melody.

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Francisco-based San Fr ancisco-basedd DJ Miles heardd in the Medina can often bee hear Saturday wee hours of Satur day morning on 99.7, Club 99.7 7, cutting up on the ones and twos alongside DJ D E-Rock. He hip-hop, trap brings sets of hip-ho op, tr ap and electroo to clubs ar around Bay,, electr ound the Bay Infusion most notably Infusio on LLounge ounge in SF.. Recently Recently,, a collab collaborative project SF orative pr oject Panic between Medina andd DJ P anic URFRIENDS produced City called URFRIEND DS pr oduced a groovy gr oovy dance rremix emix of o the classic song, Human League song g, “Human,” checking definitely worth chec cking out. And moree into the trap ffor or those mor t tr ap scene, scene ATL’s super-slurring his rremix emix of A TL’s ’ su per-slurring slaps pretty hard. son, YYoung oung Thug, slap ps pr etty har d.

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It’s pr ocess. It ’s mesmerizing. mesm merizing. The rest rest aree ggreat of the band ar reat too: meaty riffs, aggressive aggressive energy, eenergyy, angry vocals. (AC) (AC)

THIS TH HIS CHARMING BAND BAND (SMITHS TRIBUTE) Jan Ja an 24 24 at The Blank Club

R DRA RED DRAGON GON CAR CARTEL TEL Jan 24 24 at RockBar Theater

PATTI P AT TTI SMITH Jann 26 at The Rio Theatre Theatre

SSTYX TYX Jan 28 2 at City National Civic

MONKEY MONKE Y Jan Ja an 30 at The Blank Club

CHERRY CHERR RY POPPIN’ D DADDIES ADDIES Jan 31 aatt Montalvo Arts Center

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G Guggenheim, The MeshugaNut tcrack c keerr! debuted 2003 heree in the Ba Bay de ebuted in 20 03 right her ay Area, played successful A Ar ea,, and dh has pla layeed d suc cessful f l stints i s up and West holiday an nd down the W est e Coast Coast eevery veery holi idaay season since. se eason sinc e. includes This yyear's eear's ccast aast of Chelmniks inclu udes Stephen St tephen Guggenheim as the town's mayor, wife, m ma ayo or, Susan Gundunas as his wif fe, Shannon Sh hannon Guggenheim and JJeremy erem my Kreamer Treitel eiteel K Kr eamer as naifish yyoungsters o oungsters Tr and Velvel the an nd V eelvvel e and Benjamin Pither as th he village Davis, Hilary vi illage rabbi,, with JJackson ackson Da avis v , Hil lary Little, Kristaa W Wigle out Li ittttle, and Krist iigle rrounding o ounding ou ut the troupe. th he tr oupe. odd It's an o dd mishmash of ttalent— alentt— meaty operatic m meat ty op eratic vvoices o oices mixed with brighter Broadway tones,, and br righter Br oadw way tones newcomers ne ewcomers alongside vveterans eeterans of MeshugaNutcrackers past—but M MeshugaNut tccrackkeerrs past t— —but ffor o or the partt the blend works works.. L Lyrics th he most par yyriccs are many pattery ar re crisp eeven veen in the man ny pat tttery

sequences, choreography sequenc es, and the chor eograph hy is delivered precision deliv veered with drill-team m pr ecision and apparent ease.. (Pither is the st standout appar ent ease tandout a latter because on the lat tter t ccount, ount,, not b eccaause he necessarily dancee steps nec essarily handles the danc d better, because seems bee b etttterr, but b eccause a he se eems to b having ha avving so much fun with witth them.)

Beyond basics,, though,, it's Be eyo ond those basics hard figuree out on wh which har d to figur hich criteria MeshugaNutcracker!

The MeshugaNut tcrack c keerr! ought to bee judged. It's billed as a Chanuk Chanukah b kah a musical, more like musical music al, but it ffeels al, eeels mor re lik ke a music al thin parodic rrevue—what evue v —what with the th hin plot,, par odic lyrics ally link keed vignet tttes, and lyrics,, thematic thematically linked vignettes, V aaudevillian rh hythms y . Itt also has an Vaudevillian rhythms. educ ational element,, with wiith the pageant educational sc enes eexplaining xxplaining the his story and scenes history signific ance of Chanuk kaah. significance Chanukah.

This educ ational ccomponent om mponent is educational mostly suc ccessful. Howe eveerr, ttwo wo k w ey successful.

However, key segments—first,, the Che elmniks' Chelmniks' micr o-reenactment of the th he entire entire 8-year 8--yeear micro-reenactment Mac cabean R evo olt and,, sec cond, o ,a Maccabean Revolt second, sequenc xplaining x thee show's Y iddish i sequencee eexplaining Yiddish vvocabulary—occur ocabular a y—occur late in the second second act but pr ovide v inf fo ormaation and ccontext onteexxt provide information that would ha ave b een useful u much have been earlier o tip: Ther e'ss a glossar earlier.. (Pr (Pro There's glossaryy in the back of the pr ogram m. If words worrd ds like lik ke program. “shamash h” and “megilla ah h” are are Gr eek to “shamash” “megillah” Greek

yyou, ou,, yyou o ou m o might p eruse this b effor o e the peruse before show b egin g ns.)) begins.)

The show w's cr eators w aant first and show's creators want fforemost or o emost to o enter tain,, as eevidenced vvidenced b entertain, byy the inc essan nt (and sometimes cr eak ky) y incessant creaky) jok kes e and th he parade of irr esistible jokes the irresistible melo dies. T cchaik kovsk v kyy's famous melodies.

Tchaikovsky's N utcrack keerr themes are are all her e, giv veen Nutcracker here, given ne w lif fe wit th ingenious ne ew lyrics new life with new lyrics..

The Mesh hugaNuttcrack c keerr! is also MeshugaNutcracker! delight tfful to o lo ok at,, thanks to sc enic delightful look scenic and ccostume ostum me designer JJulie ulie Englebr echt.

Englebrecht.

The set ffeatures eeatturrees a tier reed st taage in an tiered stage old-world town t squar e, surr ounded b square, surrounded byy rustic comiically lo oming houses rustic,, comically looming houses.. It's a shame the houses h don't get mor moree use use..

C ostum mes ar cal, a Costumes aree bright and whimsic whimsical, with quilte d fabrics quilted fabrics,, challah epaulets epaulets,, m fr om buck keets, ccolanders, olanders, and hats made from buckets, and flower p ots. pots. he village thespians dr ess in a While th the dress st tyyle sugges sting 19thcentur e yp easants, style suggesting 19th-century peasants, these must b ostumes, bee their pageant ccostumes, ffor or o the show w is clearly set much closer to the pr eseent. T w wo pageant vignettes vignettttes present.

Two rremember emember the Holo caaust; another is set Holocaust; in the mo d dern st ate of Israel. modern state If there there iss a single o verar e ching overarching pr oblem with w the pr oduction,, it is problem production, a ccertain ertain homogeneity. ho omogeneitty. Some of the characters ar aare re so sparsely defined as to b lly inter changeable, and the bee essential essentially interchangeable, actors fail to o mak ke a clean distinction make b ettween w th heir rrehearsed eehearsed pageant between their vignet tttes an nd the “out out of character vignettes and character” sc enes, adop pting the same pr esentational scenes, adopting presentational st tyyle thr ougghout. The line b ettw ween style throughout. between pageant an nd pageant t--production-panic and pageant-production-panic is fur ther b lurred b further blurred byy the fact that some of the show w's cle ever e est song and danc show's cleverest dancee numb ers o ccur in sc enes that ar numbers occur scenes aree supp osedlyy sp onttaaneous. supposedly spontaneous.

W iill the ttales aales in The Will MeshugaNu uttccrackkeerr! eever veer rreplace eplac e e MeshugaNutcracker!

Fr ostty, Rudolph, Rud udolph,, and Charlie Br own's Frosty, Brown's Christmas tr ttree ee in the lar ger cultural larger imagination n? Pr obably not. But if yyou're o ou'rre imagination?

Probably lo oking ffor o orr a change of pace pace fr ro om the looking from st andard seasonal seeasonal far e, this might be be standard fare, yyour our tick o keet.. ticket.

The Mesh hugaNuttcrack c keerr! just MeshugaNutcracker! ccompleted ompleted a 10daay run in San Francisc o 10-day Francisco and is head ding to C ampbell's Herit tage a heading Campbell's Heritage Theatr orr a quick South Ba o ay run.

Theatree ffor Bay Ther p to ttake ak ke the show to N ew Theree ar aree plans New Y ork in 201 o 15,, so this ma ay b our last o York 2015, may bee yyour chanc ccatch atch it b effo ore it hits the big chancee to ca before time onsiider it a mit tzvah. z time.. C Consider mitzvah.

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*stagee TUESDAYS TUE SDAYS WIT WITH TH MORRIE The autobiogr autobiographical apphical story visit from of a one-time vis sit fr om an journalist accomplished jo urnalist to orm an eccentric fformer mer college professor turns pr ofessor that tu urns into a weekly master ccourse ourse on the life. meaning of lif e. $15-$38. Jan Theatre 30 F b 22.

30-Feb 22 Thea Th t e on SSan tr Pedro San Pedro Square.

Square. Sa an Jose.

BUILD A Fer Ferrari-driving rari-drivingg workaholic grounded and a widowed, but gr ounded aree workin working artist ar ng on a sequel smash-hit to their smash-h hit video game artificially when an artificia ally intelligent interest complicates love inter est com mplicates process.

22-- Feb 22. the pr ocess. Jan 22 $17-$32.

Lights $17 -$32. City Lig ghts Theater Company.. San Jo Jose.

Company ose.

EURYDICE EUR RY YDICE

organized by San Jose organized Josse Jazz.

Pedro Every Fri, 77-9pm.

-9pm. San P edro Squaree Market, San JJose.

Squar ose.

TOSPS T OSPS TUESDAYS TUESDAYS A weekly showcase of o Bay Area’s Ar ea’s budding musicc scene across acr oss all genres. genres. Most Most TTuesdays, uuesdays, 7pm. Thru Dec. D Theatree on San Pedro Theatr Pedro Square, Square, San Jose.

*operaa *oper WHERE ANGEL ANGELSS FEA FEAR AR TO T O TREAD A tense collision of cultures cul tures occurs whenn a rich Englishwoman goes against a proper her pr oper ffamilies amilies ddesires esires and broke, ffalls alls ffor or a br oke, but dashing d Italian. $50-$120. Febb 77-22.

-22.

Operaa San Jose.

Oper

CAFFE FRA FRASCATI SCA AT TI

The classic mythh of Orpheus eimagined and Eurydice is rreimagined through thr ough the eyess of the heroine her oine as she navigates n the Underworld, Under world, rreunites eunites with her beloved ffather, ather, and a learns the unbending rreality ealitty of death. Jan 17-- Feb 224. $17-$42.

Palo Alto 17 4. $17 -$ $42. P alo Al to Palo Alto Players. P alo Al too

Opera Night. First Friday Opera Fridday of Jose. every month. San Jos se.

COMED COMEDYSPORTZ DYSPORTZ T IMPROV IMPR OV CCOMEDY OMED DY

“The Manresa Manresa Seasons: Season ns: Exhibition of Santa CCruz ruz Kimball S l t David Sculptor D id Kimba Ki ballll exhibition Anderson.”” An exhibi tion workss insp inspired displaying work pired

by Zen philosophies and a natural natur al phenomenon that provide provoke pr ovide peace and pr ovoke 6-Jan contemplation. Nov 66 Jan 31.

LLos os Gatos.

An impr improvised ovised bbattle attle of wits, audience-sourced all audience-sou urced and suitable ffor or the entir eentiree ffamily. amily. $12-$15.

Ongoing. $12 -$15. CCamera amera 4, San Jose.

MAPLE AND VIN VINE NE Exhausted by th thee rigors of life, athha and Ryu modern lif e, KKatha aree convinced byy a gr gregarious egarious ar 1950s rreenactor eenactorr to give up cellphones ““sushi sushi and cellph hones ffor or cigarettes cigar g ettes and TTupperware uupper pp ware 29-Feb parties.” Jan 29-Feb 22. $18Theater. $28 Bus Barn Th heater. LLos os Altos Al tos Stage Stage Company.

Com mpany. Los Los Altos.

Al tos.

2 PIANOS 4 HAN HANDS NDS TTwo wo aspiring piano w piaano savants play everything fr ffrom om Beethoven to Joplin Joplin while helicopter parents, ents, handling helicop pter par quirkyy teachers, and the quirk triumphs trials and triump phs of their dual jjourneyy to supr ssupremacy. p emacyy.

TheatreWorks.

Jan 14-Feb Theatr eWorks. Ja an 14 -Feb Mountain 8. $25-$68. Mou untain View Performing Center ffor or P erforrming Arts.

*concerts *c oncerts e MUSIC A AT T THE MARKET M A hotbed of live jazz talent,

*art MUSEUMS AR ART RT MUSEUM GATOS OF LLOS OS GA ATOS

CANTOR CANT OR AR ARTS TS CENT CENTER TER “Robert Frank Frank in America.”

Ameerica.” This photographs collection of 130 pho tographs Frank’s examines Robert Fr annk’s work from fr om the 1950s.

1950s Thru Jan 5.

5 “Pop “P op Art from from the SFMOMA SFM MOMA Anderson Collection” Collection” ffeaturing eaturing workss by W Warhol, Johns, work arhol, Joh ns, others.

Lichtenstein, and oth hers.

SStanford. tanford.

CHILDREN’S DISC DISCOVERY OVER V RY MUSEUM “Broken? Fix It.” From “Broken?

From m the wheel to the laptop, this t exhibit shows how too fix it.

San Jose.

DE SSAISSET AISSET MUSEU MUSEUM M “Creative in Common” “Creative Common” artists ffeatures eatures work by artis sts like Sam Francis Francis and Fletcher Fletcher Benton and the work of their artistic relatives. relatives. “Keep “Keeep Calm Calm and Collect On” On” ffeatures eatures the museum’s acquisitions museum ’s rrecent ecent acq quisitions Andy including prints by An ndy

UNDER UND ER THE SEA “Debajo “ del Agua,” by Juana Ali Alicia, icia, is one of the many works of art MACLA’s on display at MA CLA A’s “5th Chicano/a Biennial.”

PALO P ALO AL A ALTO LTO AR ART RT CENTER

ZERO ZER O 1 GARA GARAGE GE

“San Shui,” paintings by Altice Russell Al tice Case.

Case. San Jose.

Jose.

“Repurposed Black--Endless.”

Velazquez Christian V elazquez uses VHS create tapes to cr eate dense woven sculptures.

Palo sculptur es. Thru Dec 23. P alo Alto.

Al to.

EMPIRE SE SEVEN VEN SSTUDIOS TUDIOS

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"Origins Of Lif Life" e" by Adam Brown Br own and Robert Root Berenstein Ber enstein combines art and science in an investigation of some influential U of Chicago experiments i t in i the th 1950s.

1950 Thru Th 27.

Mar 27 7. San Jose.

Warhol Wayne Thiebaud.

W arhol and W aud. ayne Thieba Mar.. Santa Clar Clara.

Thru Mar a.

Jazz paintings by Bruni Sab Sablan. blan.

Mon-Sat, 1-6pm. San Jose.

EUPHRAT EUPHRA AT MUSEUM

DOWNTOWN DO WNTOWN Y YOGA OGA SHALA A

Various art and photogr Various photography apphy created cr eated by students at De Anza College.

College CCupertino. upertino upertino.

LLOS OS GA GATOS ATOS CCOMPANY OMP PANY A

“Broad Spectrum” “Broad Spectrum” Ladies Group Gr oup Show.

Show. Thru Dec 30.

San Jose.

“Zulugrass Jewelry Gallery “Zulugrass Gallery”, y”,, clothing ffeaturing eaturing the colorful clot hing and ornaments adorned by b the Great Maasai tribe of the Gr eat Rift Valley V alley of KKenya enya and TTanzania. aanzania.

“Woodcarvings Val Gardena, “W oodcarvings of V al Gar d dena, Italy,” handcrafted Italy y,,” ffeaturing eaturing handcr afteed woodcarving figures. woodcar ving figur es.

GALLERY GALLER RY SARATOGA SARA ATOGA ““Jewelry” JJewelry” P Pat at Evans.

Photographs Pat Photogr aphs by P at Denis.

Thru Jan 1. Big Basin Way, Wayy, Saratoga.

Sar atoga.

SSAN AN JOSE MUSEUM OF AR A ART T

HIGHER FIRE CLA CLAYSPACE AYSP PACE

“Momentum,” Thru Feb 22 22.

2.

“Post Portrait” “P ost P ortrait” Thru Jan 16.

16 6.

“Robert Henri’s CCalifornia alifornia Portraits: and P ortraits: Realism, Race an nd 1914-25.”

Jan. Region, 1914 -25.” Thru Jan n. closed TTue-Sun, uue-Sun, 11am-5pm, close ed Mon. San Jose.

First Fridays ffeature eature new demonstrations, and artwork, demonstr ations, an nd conversations with artists.

San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF SAN QUILTS TEXTILESS QUIL LTS & TEXTILE “Antique Ohio Amish Quil “Antique Quilts t ts from Darwin Bearleyy fr om the Dar win D. Bearle Collection”” show the br breadth Collection eaddth creativity quiltof cr eativity in the quil ttradition making tr adition from from 1880188 801940. Bearley popularized the quilts quil ts when he took them out soldd of the community and sol broader American oader Amer them to the br rican Mar.. 1. “T “Two public. Thru Mar wo CColor olor Wonders” demonstrate how W onders” demonstr ate ho ow limiting a color pallette too only create stark two colors can cr eate star rk contrasts complimentary contr asts and compliment tary dynamics. San Jose.

TRIT TRITON ON MUSEUM OF AR ART T

KALEID GALLER GALLERY RY “Hark” work by over 60 artis artists. sts.

Thru Jan 16. San Jose.

MACLA MA CLA “5th Chicano/a Biennial” rreflects eflects on the critical edgee interventions and aesthetic inter ventionss contemporary Chicano within contempor ary Chican no Jose. art Dec 5art.

5 Mar 14.

14 San Jose e e.

MAIN GALLER GALLERY RY “Merry Art “Merry Art”” local artists display their work in this Jan seasonal showcase. Thru Ja an 4.

Redwood City.

City.

MEZCAL MEZ CAL

Watercolors W atercolors by Made’ Made’ Sukerti Berg.

Ber g. San Jose.

PSYCHO P SYCHO DONUT DONUTSS Works by John Renzel, Lacey Works Bryant, Nicolas CCaesar, aesar, Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Foley, Michael Foley y, Michael Borja, Valery V alery Milovic, Carlos Carlos Villez, Joyner,, Laur Lauraa CCallin Eric Joyner allin Bennett, John Hageman and McColley.. San Jose.

Robert McColley Jose

SAN JOSE INS SAN INSTITUTE TITUTE OF ART CCONTEMPORARY ONTEMPORAR RY AR T “Relics” explor “Relics” explores es what technology embraces embraces and makes obsolete. Thru Jan 24.

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San Jose.

SEEING THING THINGSS GALLER GALLERY RY “Move” Photogr “Move” Photography aphy show ffeaturing eaturing over 30 artists curated cur ated by Rich Jacobs. San Jose

SOUTH FIR FIRST ST BILLIARDS "Art Lif "Art Lifer" er" by Alfr Alfredo edo Reyes and Debbie Doherty with from music fr om DJ Mystik Mike. ““Assemble!”

Assemble!” a MESHcollective show.. Works show Works by various artists.

San Jose.

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

STUDIO R STUDIO ROCK OCK CLIMBING GGYM YM

MONTALVO MONT TA ALVO ARTS ARTS CENTER R

“Petrified,” work “Petrified,” workss by Andy Wallace.

W allace. San Jose.

“Holly V Van an Hart: P Possibilities ossibilities Large Abound” Lar ge paintings exploring the concept of potential. Thru Feb 14.

Clara.

Santa Clar a.

“Perceptual” LLucas “Perceptual” ucas Artist Fraser Fellows Chris Fr aser and Justin LLowman owman explore explore the rrelationship elationship between perception, per ception, light, space, andd Saratoga. place. Thru Feb 1. Sar atoga.

GALLERIES

PACIFIC P ACIFIC AR ART RT LEAGUE LEAGUE

BRUNI BR UNI GALLER GALLERY RY

“Winter W Wonder” onder ” Thru Dec 30.

3 Palo Alto.

P alo Al to.

TECHSHOP TE CHSHOP SSAN AN JOSE Daily Classes off offered ered on Art and TTechnology. eechnology. San Jose.

WORKS W ORKS SSAN AN JOSE Pieces fr from om Benefit Art Auction. San Jose.

*events *e vents MURDER MY MYSTERY STER RY THEATRE SEASON THEA AT TRE “TIS THE SEA SON TO T O BE MURDERED” This period play-within-a-play introduces intr oduces the audience to a cast of suspects that includes Shakespearean a sauced Shakespear ean actor, actor, ditzy a dit zy bimbo, bimbo and Dr. Dr. Charles Ovary, treatment Ovary y, a hot flash tr eatment specialist. Dec 28. 7pm.

Bistro. $69-$89. Angelica’s Angelica’s Bistr o.

City..

Redwood City

WALKING W ALKING A WITH DINOS DINOSAURS AURS Based on the awar award-winning d-winning documentary, BBC documentary y, this aweprehistoric inspiring look at pr ehistoric tenants of Earth has been updated to include rrecent ecent archaeological ar chaeological discoveries.

25-28. multiple Dec 25 2528 mul 28. tiple daily showings. $36.50-$73. SSAP AP Center.. San Jose.

Center

DOWNTOWN DO WNTOWN ICE Skate ar around ound an one-of-aaround kind rink ar ound the Circle Circle of Palms P alms in Downtown San Jose. $13-$17. $13 -$177.

SOUTH FIR FIRST ST FRID FRIDAY AY ARTWALK AR TW WA ALK A self-guided evening tour through thr ough g galleries, g , museums,, and independent businesses eaturing exhibitions and ffeaturing performances, special perf ormances, including SStreet treet Eats & Live Parque Beats at P arque De Los Los Pobladores.

P obladores. First Friday of the Month. Venues Venues along S. street throughout First str eet and thr oughout downtown San Jose.

Look Into My Eyes

WINDOWS W I N D OW S T TO O THE THE SOUL SOUL ‘Big Eyes’ centers aroun around nd M Margaret argaret K Keane, eane, played by Amy Adams (above), who became famous for her creepy-cute paintings of children with big eyes eyes..

Director T Di Tim i Burton im B cont continues tinues i hi his affair love affa air with large, hollow peepers with ‘Big Eyes’ p eepers w ith ‘‘B Big Ey yes’ BY B Y RICHARD VON VON BUSACK BUSACK

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OU O U CA CAN’T N’T N TF FIGHT IGHT cute. cute That much is clear in Tim Burton’s T im Burton n’s mid-1960s comedy, comedy y, Big g Eyes— Eyes— which follows the reign of the r highly marketable art a of Walter Walter and Margaret Keane.

Keane e.

For F or a ffew ew yyears eears the pair paiir wer weree among tists in i the world. the most famous ar artists Millionair es and mo ovie v st sstars ars lined up to Millionaires movie pur rcchase h paintings i i b th h K he eeanes, who h purchase byy the Keanes, sp ecialized in figur es of childr cchildren, en,, mostly specialized figures girls veersized d,, pleading girls,, with vastly o oversized, eeyes—great yees—great black vacuums, vacuum ms, in which glowed gibb ous-moon crescents crrescents of gold. gibbous-moon Bur ton has a valuable ccollection o ollection of these Burton w aaif paintings d know ws he ought waif paintings.. Go God knows to honor the K eeanes, since sincce he made a Keanes,

ffortune ortune off of o o his own hollowhollow-eyed eyeed Edward rrejects: ejects: Edw war a d Scissorhands and Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas, fr om The Ni ighttm marre Bef foorre Christ tm mas, tto o name a ffew. ew. film’s byy Sc Scott The film ’s sly script,, b ottt Alexander Larry Karaszewski Ale exxander and a L arry Karasze ew wski ((Ed Ed Wood), W o d),, tells a ttale ood ale of abuse and fraud, Fritzz L Lang’s Street. ccomparable omparablee to Frit ang’s Scarlet St treeet.

But the film m withholds judgment on quality art. the qualit ty of o the ar t. Big Eyes is mostly a quarrel between ccomedy omedy of the t endless quarr el b ettween w body soul. b ody and so oul.

Margaret Adams Mar rggarett (Amy (Am Amy A dams d at her prettiest) pure, frailest and pr p ettttiest) is a pur e, yyoung oung o mother i l moth th h who her h d deludes l d h herself lf ffor o or single sake.

She’s picked ccomfort’s omffo ort’s sak ke. She ’s pick keed up at an al-fresco Washington al-fr esco eexhibition xh xhibition in Washing gton t Square, San Francisco’s North Squar e, in Sa an Francisc co’s N orth Beach, becomes artistic and b ecomees the victim of an ar tistic shyster—the poseur, Keane, sh hyysterr— —thee p oseur, Walter K eeane, played byy ou our movie pla ayed e b ur rreigning eigning mo ovvie sswine, w wine, Waltz.

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art” doesn’t Insisting that “lady “lad ar t” do esn n’t ’ ssell, sell over merchandizing Walter ttakes ak kes e o veer the mer chandizzing Margaret’s Later, poses of Mar rggaret’s work. L aterr, he p osess as artist Poor Margaret the ar tist rresponsible. esponsible. P oor Mar rggarret e enslaved attic ends up ensla aveed in the at tttic of herr big-eyed flat,, cranking out paintings of bigeyeed they weree SOS messages messages.. kids as if the ey wer Meanwhile, Mean nw while, the brash Walter ttakes aak kees the credit figuratively paints all the cr edit and figurativ veely paint ts the town. makes peculiarly What mak kees this a p eculiarly holidayish movie h holida lidayyish i h mo ovvie i is i the h same thing hi g makes Christmas Carol popular: that mak kees A Christ tm mas C aarrol ol p opu ular: old-time ccomeuppance. omeuppance. Big Eyes has an old-time movie’s out. mo ovvie’s faith that the truth will ou ut.

Ass in the old scr screwball A ewball ccomedies, o omedies, help h from ccomes omes fr ro om a self-satisfied selff-satisfied but dogged dogged g press: Danny Francisco pr ess: Dann ny Huston as San Franci isco Examinerr ccolumnist olumnist JJames ames Bac Bacon, on,, and a T eerreencce St taamp as N ew Y o ork ar ritic Terence Stamp New York artt cr critic JJohn ohn C anadaay.

Canaday.

On a lo caal le veel, Big Eyes cherish hes local level, cherishes and lamp oons San Francisc o. It mak m kees lampoons Francisco. makes lo ovving rrecreation ecreation of the SF Br oadw way loving Broadway nightclubs wher eeane ha h aw wk keed wheree Walter K Keane hawked the paintings and ho ok keed his custo omers. hooked customers.

But it also sp eaks of how The Cit tyy’s speaks City’s thick vveneer eeneer of sophistic ation disso olvvees sophistication dissolves under a ccascade aasccade a of kitsch. A sside fr o om Aside from the lo cal inter est,, the film is electri ic local interest, electric

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colorr—during th he dark par ts of with color—during the parts yeear, you you o longg for fo or a movie mo ovvie with a lot the year, daayylight in it. Big Eye es is la avvish with of daylight Eyes lavish from Kodachromish Kodachromish saturated hues hues,, from Haawaaiian vistas vistas to an A --frame tiki Hawaiian A-frame oodside (if Sunsett magazine mansion in W Woodside centerfo olds, this th his plac had run centerfolds, placee would haave been been one). The Keanes’ Keeanes’’ heartacheheartachehave dream house iss illuminated b ridden dream byy Matisse-blue rrefractions efracctions fr om a the Matisse-blue from w wimmin ng p ool. When shimmering sswimming pool.

Marrggaret Keane Keane e d ess in a Margaret is in distr distress supermark keet,, her hallucinations hallu ucinations ar supermarket, aree iridescent as Christmass lights iridescent lights.. i usually In cinema,, the past is en nvvisioned as shadowyy or softly lit,, as envisioned in R Robert o obert Altman Altman’s n’s pr pre-flashed e-flashed images images..

Nostalgia Nostalgia ar artist tist that hee is is,, Tim Tiim Burton Burton insists that the past w was a more as more colorful colorful than the pr present. makes esent. Big Eyes Ey mak kees an uneasy uneassy transition from from m social social ccomedy o omedy to ccourtroom farce ourtroom far ce in the t end. But the account trend account of how a tr rend e d blossoms and dies has the b bones classic—Big may ones of a class sic— —B Big Eyes m ay ultimately be Burton’s be Bur ton n’s most long-lived long-livveed film.

The K Keanes’ satirical eanes’ e ’ work has has ttaken ak ken e a satiric cal a beating beating o over ver e the yyears—“Ooh, eears— —“Ooh,, it it’s ’s K Keane, eeane, it’s itt’s pur puree Keane, Keeane,” croons croonss Diane K Keaton eeaton in Sleeper, Sleeper, as a cultur culturee vul vulture lture of the futur futuree exclaiming exclaiming o over veer a friend’s frien nd’s grim painti painting. ng.

K Keaton's eeaton's character, characterr, a rich, riich,, artsy artssy poseur, poseurr, is praising a painting (a (an an ugly one) that one of her rich,, artsy artssy poseur poseur friends has brought brought to her party. party. One One particular parrtticular highlight of Keane Keeane culture cultturre was waas artist artist Paul Paul Mavrides’ Maavvrides’’ revamp revamp p of that Chairman Mao poster poster every eveery parlor parlo or rrevolutionary evo olutionary had in the 1970s.

1970s. Mavrides Maavvrrides painted The Great Great Helmsman on black b vvelvet eelvveet with big spaniel eeyes. yees. The image im mage later w was aas reprinted reprinted in Anarchy Anarrcchy C Comics oomics #2.

Mavrides Maavrides v noted, “One “On ne of the sons of Deng Xiaoping visited m myy studio and saw saaw this painting— and ffound o ou und it hilarious. hilarious.

Sadly, Sadlyy, despite his enjoyment enjo oyment y of the art… art… t according according to the translator, transllatorr, anyway…I an nyw yway…I … was waas unable to broker brok ker e a deal to sell 28 million copies copies of the work. w ” Had the Keanes Keeanes conquered con nquered China, then? Mavrides Maavvrides replied, replied d, “Who can caan say saay what he was waas reacting reacting to? t O O.G. .G. Chinese Political Politiccaal Cult of Personality?

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27 big eeyes yees w was aas A Adam d P dam Parfrey, arfrey, I’ve since someone I’v ve known k sinc ce myy school m school da days. ayys. These da days ayys Parfrey brave P arfrey is a bra ave publisher of fforbidden, orbidden, o ,b eaautifully dec caadent beautifully decadent and other wise eclectic material. otherwise W iith Cletus N elson,, P arfrey With Nelson, Parfrey cco-wrote o-wrote Citize en K eane: e The Citizen Keane: Big Lies Behind the Big Eyes s, the Eyes, definitiv ve ac ccount of the rise definitive account and fall of the Big-Ey yeed Empir e.

Big-Eyed Empire.

P arfr f ey w aas the the first fi t tto di disc over e Parfrey was discover that essa ayyist T o om W o olffe, essayist Tom Wolfe, snick kering e und der a pseudon nym, y snickering under pseudonym, had writ ttten an n intr o to a written intro mono graph pr raising the monograph praising rrelevance elevance of th he K eeanes’’ work. the Keanes’ It b began egan wit with th a ccolumn olumn P arfrey wr ote some s yyears eears ago Parfrey wrote ffor or o the San Die Diego ego R Reader eeaderr on Walter K eeane. K eeane w aas ttaking aaking Keane.

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Reproductions R epr e roductionss of the so so-called -called K eeane painting gs wer re hanging Keane paintings were in his small L Laa Jolla Jolla bungalow bungalow. w.

“Walter's claim c w as that was he ccould ould still paint the w waifs, aifs, but he had a shoulder s or arm injury, injur y, dep depending end ding on the da day ay he told the story. sto ory. But he could could move mo ve ar around ound d just fine fine,, and had no tr trouble oublle shaking hands and wrappingg his arm ar around ound m ny myy shoulder shoulder.. That and man many odd o dd claims made m me distrust much of whatt he had to sa ay. say.

His memoir said s that DaV Viinci DaVinci and Michelan ngelo sp oke Michelangelo spoke to Walter dir e ectly ab out directly about inheriting the eir mad ar tistic their artistic genius genius..”

A o or Parfrey’s Parfrrey’s opinions Ass ffor on the ar elff, he sa ayys only artt itse itself, says this: “Mar garet e is a vvery ery nic “Margaret nicee lady and I’m happ h or her o happyy ffor ne w momentt of suc cess. The new success. lies Walter tol ld wer ge told weree so lar large it didn't rreally eallyy mat ttter what matter I thought of th he big eeye ye ar t. the art.

R eally e y, I sa aw th he big eeye ye stuff Really, saw the as b eing tot al ccamp, amp, but after being total sp eaking with h Mar garet I speaking Margaret learned that tthe he ar aas tot ally artt w was totally intentional an nd not satiric al and satirical in the least.” A Ass Big Eyes notes notes,, Mar garet Keane Kean ne is still aliv Margaret alivee

and runnin ng a galler running galleryy in Ghirar dellii Squar e.

Ghirardelli Square.

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Ther e, staring sttaarin ng back at yyou: o ou: on There, ccanvas aan nvvas afterr ccanvas, an anvvas, figur es figures with b each ball-sized ball-sized eyes, eyees, all beach ha avving a major maajor sad fr om ha avving having from having witnessed to oo much,, to o so on. too too soon.

Lik keely wh hat made K eane e Likely what Keane ar ions of fans right millions artt hit milli in the brisk keet w as a the w ay brisket was way the ey st tayeed on message Theey they stayed message.. They emphasized d abandonment and d trauma a. Most M off the h b badly dl trauma. used,, st aringg ur chins in these staring urchins hundr eds of o paintings seemed hundreds to sa ay “I’m st sstarving arving to death h” say death” or “My par e left me her ents re in parents here this alle y”” Itt w y. as a futile to rresist esist alley. was the load of guilt g these paintings ccarried. aarried.

Big Eyes critiques c the emp eror’s-n neeww clothes side of emperor’s-new-clothes ar eciaation. Walt z’s lowlif fe artt appr appreciation.

Waltz’s lowlife Walter l b oaasts off inspiring i ii boasts Warhol’ m cenary ethics Warhol’ss mer mercenary ethics,, the use of factor ry-sttyyle mechanic caal factory-style mechanical rreproduction eproductio on to issue the works en masse That fruit fly stole m masse:: “T “That myy act !”” he eexclaims. xxcllaims. act!”

Y eet Burton’s Burto on n’s film is Yet handmade weir dness, a brightly weirdness, lit,, ccarnivalesque arnivale a esque ccomic-tragedy omic-tragedy fascinated b ay those big byy the w way eeyes yees stared sttar a ed down d a generation.

Among oth her scientists other scientists,, Stephen JJay ay Gould sp eculated speculated that big eeyes yes e wer oduct of weree a pr product eevolution, volution, o , suggesting s yyou o ou ccould ould pr rove it b t w ay Mick key prove byy the way Mickey Mouse b ecame a a sup erstar onc became superstar oncee his eeyeballs yeeballs got bigger r. P eople bigger.

People ar re hardwired hardwirred to succumb succumb to are big eeyes. yes e . An nd now those big g, And big, b egging eeyes yes e ar begging aree back,, shaming us first into submission … and then into ttaking a aking them home home..

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TURING TESTED Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing (above), a British mathematician who built a computer capable of cracking Hitler’s codes instantly.

Cracking The Code The new biopic of artificial intelligence pioneer Alan Turing, The Imitation Game, gives you Benedict Cumberbatch as you’d rather not have seen him—in tears, persecuted, and powdered with old age makeup. It’s not a bad film otherwise. The writing is economical, loaded with Pinterian barbs. As mathematician Joan Clarke, Keira Knightley exhibits that thin brittle crust that suggests she’s a melting crème brulee underneath.

She compliments Cumberbatch’s social awkwardness and frigid superiority.

(Cumberbatch is the first Brit since David Bowie who made Americans ask: “Is this man actually from Alpha Centauri?”)

But director Morten Tyldum keeps his story blinkered and frequently juiceless. He does this by insisting that Turing’s history is most valuable as the story of a martyr to the vicious British moral laws. In real life, Turing circumvented those laws by vacationing in Scandinavia; these journeys would have been too much fun in the sun for Tyldum’s approach. You’d need to go back 30 years to find a film this congratulatory to an audience’s enlightened attitude towards homosexuality.

Turing is seen in three stages of his life.

First, lonely schoolboy mathlete. Second, arrogant ringleader at the ultra-secret Bletcheley Park facility during the World War II. There, Turing expended much of his

genius on a million-dollar brain meant to crack the Nazi’s Enigma code. He worked with little encouragement from his superior, the contemptuous Commander Alistair Denniston (Charles Dance). Even more worrisome is Menzies (Mark Strong), a government man clad in a secret-policeman’s Imitation Game double-breasted suit.

Menzies represents PG-13; 114 Min. MI-6. (My favorite line, Ciné Arts, from one of Turing’s coSantana Row workers: “There are only five divisions of Military Intelligence. There is no MI-6.” Menzies: “Exactly, that’s the spirit.”)

Interspersed through the film is the third and final episode of Turing’s life, and the special way the British government rewarded this genius for saving his nation.

One winces with sympathy watching Cumberbatch’s Turing trying to figure out how to deal with humans. It’s a sad joke that the key to Enigma is tucked away in a place Turing can’t find, since it’s located in a trick of the way warm-blooded people behave. In certain scenes The Imitation Game suggests what it was like to be at the cradle of modern paranoia. Pynchon’s “White Visitation,” the blood and treachery of the Cold War games: all rooted in this former radio factory where a mechanical computer stands alone and spins its dials.—Richard Von Busack

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SSCROOGED CROOGED (1988) “T “TV TV writers have been milking m that goat ffor or decades ”—Bart Simpson S decades”—Bart on Dickens Dickens’’ A CChristmas hhristmas Carol Caarrol o . Tw TTwoo fformer ormer TTV V writers, M itch Glazer and Mitch the infamous infamous Michael Michael “Mr. “Mr. Mike” Mikee” O’Donoghue,, collabor collaborated ated on th this his adul adultt it’s ‘80s version,, and it ’s aged like Bordeaux.

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THE TE TEN N CCOMMANDMENTS OMMANDMEENTS (1956) In VistaVision, execu executed uted with the studio era: peak lavishness of the stud dio er a:: the story of how M Moses oses ((Charlton Charlton t Heston) led his people fr from om bondage. bondagge. CounterCounterprogramming underrated pr ogramming ffor or the unde rrated Ridley Ridley Scott hit, it it’s ’s full of tidbits: Yul Yul Brenner, Brennerr, everyone’s Pharaoh, still everyone ’s idea of a Ph haraoh, trying to hold the line against thee vengeful JHVH; Edward Edward G. Robinson Robinson and Vincent Price lurking about, and thee fine stagecraft Hollywood stagecr aft of thee plagues.

Wearing W earing a series of 11 different different beards, beards, one of which was his own, CCharlton harlton Heston became the voice of o God ffor or the next 30 years. (Dec 2626-28 Alto 28 in in Palo Palo Al to Theatre.) at the SStanford tanford Theatr e.) ((RvB) RvB)

Ongoing O ngoing THE H HOBBIT: OBBIT: B BATTLE ATT T LE OF O T THE HE FIVE ARMIES FI VE A RMIES (PG--13; (PG-13; 1 ; 145 min.) With CCGI GI th thick hick as groaning mayonnaise and a stage gr o oaning with characters search char acters in sear ch of a stopping stoopping point, The Hobbit: The B Battle attle of The Thhe Five Armies is the keystone in the ar arch ch between b the two trilogies.. Unfortunately, Unfortunatelyy, the masonry is shaky. shaky. This wrap-up wrap-up exemplifies exem mplifies what critic Jonathan Rosenbaum Rosenbbaum called “Chicken “Chicken McNuggets” McNuggets” actionn cinema— tasty bits unconnected by any a or organic ganic matter. matter. The tasty bits ar aree few, few w, but there there are are moments in the scrimmage scrimm mage where where it seems as if director director Peter Peter Jackson Jaackson didn’t didn’t get his yarn tangled.. Howev However, verr, the bland, connective tissue is overly abundant, a , and fight scenes drag drag on for for tens tenns of minutes on end, without ever rresolving esolving into any kind of meaningful catharsi catharsis. s ((RvB) s.

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ANNIEE ANNI (PG; 119 min.) In this rremake emaake of the allis stars as musical, Quvenzhané W Wallis the titular orphan who es scapes her escapes mean ffoster oster mom ((Cameron Cameron Diaz) and goes to live with a ty ycoon (Jamie tycoon Foxx) who’s who’s also campaig gning to be campaigning mayor.. ((RvB) mayor RvB)

EEXODUS: XODUS: GODS A AND ND K KINGS INGS It’s a Biblical It’s Biblical epic done the t George George Bernard way—throw B ernard Shaw way—th hrow the suggest agnostics a bone,, and su uggest that aree a th threat rreligious eligious zealots ar hreat to an orderly or society. etyy. EExodus: derly functioning socie xxodus: Gods and Kingss is rich, gilded, g , crisply spectacle digitalized pagan specta acle in sharp 3D. aree blind to the humor Haters ar hhumor,r, which was ffar ar thinner in Cecil Cecil B. B. De Mille’s Mille’s EEgypt. gypt.

Ramses Joel Edgerton’s Edgerton’s R amses comes out as a ruler in full,, a victim of bboth oth history and frightening entity. an unthinkable and frigh htening entity y.

Bale the Moses CChristian hristian B ale handles th he rrole ole of M oses commanding with satisfying,, comman nding style.. ItIt’s ’s often not a sane movie,, but the wit and something opinion in it make some ething like Noah look as pr precooked ecooked as V Veggie e eggie TTales ales a . ((RvB) RvB)

NATIONAL NA AT TIONAL GALLER GALLERY Y (Not rated; rated;; 180 min.) A documentary d that goes behind the scenes sceenes at London’s London’s Gallery, National Gallery y, one of the t world’s most rrenowned enowned museums. ((RvB) RvB)

WILD W ILD (R; 115 min.) B (R; Based ased on the thhe Opr Oprahahhonored honor ed book that so many m serious b k k hurled backpackers h l d aga against ainst i t th the wall, ll Wildd may also rraise aise hackles hacckles outside the community, spite hiking community y, in sp pite of the ffact act that it it’s ’s Dallas B Buyers uyers CClubllub-dir director ector Jean-Marc Vallée’s JeanMarc V aallée’s bestt movie to date.

Wildd’’s author author,r, Cheryl Cheryl Strayed, Strrayed,, told all extra-marital about her extr a-marital affairs affairs and dabbling with her heroin. oin. Wild W d integr integrates ates SStrayed's trayed's troubled troubled past with her lonely journey up the P Pacific acific Crest Crest TTrail, rail,, thank thankss to lapidary editing and the aid of Nick Hornby’s fine script. Thee trek trek along the spine of CCalifornia alifornia and a CCascadia ascadia gross grabber— commences with ith a gr osss gr abber— bb CCheryl heryl (Reese (Reese Withersp oon) peeling off Witherspoon) a bloody toenail causedd by ill-fitting boots.. She She’s ’s a noob hike hiker er who never gave enough thought too the equipment wouldd need ffor and discipline she woul or the journey journey. y. She adapts, learning leaarning fr from om product helpful walkers,, and a lilittle ittle pr oduct placement courtesy of RE REI.I. B But ut as she gets better as a hiker hiker,r, sh she’s he’s still an outsider:: sussed out as a harlot by a motel owner and gentlyy persuaded to leave a boutique when she ’s too rrank ank she’s from trail. aree ther there, fr om the tr ail. The vistass ar e, but so ar aree threatening threatening yoke yokels els and unhelpful angers (pissy ma martinets, fforest orest rrangers artinets, horndogs,, or both). Wildd rrequires equires comparison to TTracks raackks, a film released released earlier this year about a difficul difficultt woman woman’s ’s journey on ffoot ooot thr through ough Austr Australia. alia. TTracks raacks is still maybe m my ffavorite—it’s avorite—it’s the difference differrence between a serious movie star likee Witherspoon holding your attention when w she’s she ’s just studying the horizon,, an and nd the deeper down extr extremes emes M Mia ia W Wasikowska a asikowska plumbed. ((RvB) RvB)

CCamera amerra 3 Will Will Show Show ‘The The Interview’ Intervie e w’ Sony Pictur Pictures es has decided that Kim Jong-un is not the their eir boss, Interview view w, and locally-owned loocally-owned that announcing th hat they will release release The Inter screen CCamera amera CCinemas inem mas has jumped at the chance to scr een it, i beginning on Day. CChristmas hristmas Day y.

Franco Rogen, generated The ffarcical arcicaal movie, starring starring James Fr anco and Sethh R ogen, gener ated controversy weeks, much contr oveersy over the last ffew ew week s, after the North North KKorean orean servers. government was w accused of a rretaliatory etaliatory hacking into Sony's ser vers.

Franco producer, Fr anco and Rogen Rogen o play a talk show host and his pr oduucer, rrecruited ecruited by government travel leader.. the U.S. govern nment to tr avel to North KKorea orea and assassinate assassinate its leader Sony, multiple tiple news In addition to accusing North KKorea orea of hacking Son nyy, mul weree thr threatened agencies rreported eported that movie theaters wer eateneed with violent they chains rreprisals eprisals if the ey played the film. film National theater chain ns capitulated, capitulated courageous which led to SSony's ony's equally cour ageous initial decisionn to not rrelease elease The Inter Interview view at all. However However,, earlier today Sony anno announced ounced it would Interview view after all. allow audience audiences es to see The Inter “Our positi position on is pr pretty etty clear clear,” ,” Dan Orloff Orloff,, a partner with w CCamera amera CCinemas free speech speech is no longer a inemas says. “The First Amendment right of free don't defend right if we don n't def end it. We We are are a brand brand of independent independdent theaters and this is is aboutt independence. Our decision to show th he film is a decision the independent tyranny.” made indepen ndent of that kind of tyr anny.”

CCamera amera 3 will w begin showing the film on Dec. 25 att 3:10pm and —Nick ck V Veronin eeronin 8:30pm. —Nic

THE HILARIOUS TRUE STORY OF THE BIGGEST ART CON IN HISTORY GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARD NOMINATIONS BEST ACTOR

CHRISTOPH WALTZ

BEST ACTRESS AMY ADAMS

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

“BIG EYES” Music and Lyrics by Lana Del Rey

, CHRIS NASHAWATY

“TIM BURTON’S BEST FILM IN YEARS! THE RADIANT AMY ADAMS IS PERFECT!” “A TIM BURTON FILM THROUGH-AND-THROUGH.”* “AMY ADAMS AND CHRISTOPH WALTZ ARE SUPERB!”

AMY ADAMS

CHRISTOPH WALTZ

NIGHT A NIGHT AT TT THE HE M MUSEUM: USEUM: SSECRET ECRET OF THE THE T TOMB OMB (PG; 97 min.) This sequ sequel el finds Lar Larry ry together ((Ben Ben Stiller) Stiller) bringing to ogether old friends and new to kee keep ep the museum museum’s ’s magic alive. With Robin Robinn Williams and Owen Wilson. ((RvB) RvB)

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SCOTT ALEXANDER & LARRY KARASZEWSKI TIM BURTON

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(R; 11i min.) Shiny and ridiculouss rremake (R; emake of the 1974 19774 Karel Karel Reisz/James Reisz/James TToback/ ooback/ James Caan Caan drama. drama.. Jim Bennett Bennettt (Mark (Mark Wahlberg), distracting dyed Wahlberg), with a distr acting dy yed frightwig of hair, professor hairr, is an adjunct lit pr ofessor by day and a degenerate degenerate gambler gambler by night.. One of his students (a squ squandered uandered Brie Brie Larson) has a thing ffor or him: him m:: could it be the way he called her a gen genius nius in front front of the rrest est of the class? She sticks borrowed sticks by his side as he loses bo orrowed fortunes fortunes on the turn of the wheel wheeel or the flick of a card. card. William Monaghan’s Monaaghan’s script has some sharp rretorts etorts inn it,, and Rupert Rupert Wyatt’s Wyatt’s nighttown cityscapes citysccapes are are alluring. But breaking But the movie keeps br reaking down into a sum of the char character actter actor parts:: first,, Jessica Lange,, tryingg to keep her dignity as Bennett’s Bennett’s mom (the (tthe part practically practically comes with subtitles: subtitless:: “She made him this way”),, then,, a sometimessoometimesshirtless John Goodman’s imitation Goodman’s imita ation of Jabba the Hutt includes an almost almost quotable tirade importance tirade about the impo ortance of fuck-you money.

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Cross’s dead mentor (John Forsythe) Cross’s F arrives ar rives to fforetell oretell of ghostly visitation.

These specters include a rraspy asspy cabbie Past (thee upr uproarious Ghost of CChristmas hristmas P ast (th oarious David Johansen,, fformerly ormerly off the New YYork oork Dolls);; after him comess CCarol arol KKane, ane, as a sugar-plum ffairy airy Ghostt of CChristmas hristmas Present appetite Pr esent with a surprising ap ppetite ffor or nutcracking. from Alfree nutcr acking.. Able support fr rom Alfr Woodard, ever-appealing W oodard,, the ever-appealin ng KKaren aren Bobcat Goldthwait Allen,, and B obcat Goldthwa ait as a sort of Bobcat Director Richard B obcat CCratchit. ratchit.. Dir ector R icchard Donner (The Goonies) is avid for for thee pulp side of the tale,, since he’s he’s a ffancier anccier of TTales aales from fr rom o the CCrypt, rrypt, The Thr Three ee SStooges t tooges and Warner from W arner Brothers Brothers cartoons;; aside a from Bugs Bunny Johansen,, only B ugs B unny could put so much juice into the ffarewell, arewell,, “So long, sucker!”.. The Gr Great reeat Dictatorr like ending, ’80s which played in the late ’80 0s as if the lookss script had suddenly run out,, now look fresh fr esh and touching—both the rrole ole and the film ar aree suffused with th the he qualities Murray evergreen that would make M urray as ever green as Demand) a noble fir. fir. (Netflix On Dema and) ((RvB) RvB)

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In that time time,, the Sacramento band d has ha as managed to trudge the rrocky ock ky rroad oaad of industryy in flux. The They’ve stayed a music m industr eyy’vve st ayeed the th he ccourse ourse without eever veer ccompromising ompromisiing their utterly quirky th heir unique and ut ttterly quirk ky aesthetic—a poppy hip-hop ae estheticc— —a p opp py amalgam of hip -hop beats, indie-rock, b e , rrough-hewn eats ough-hewn indie -rock,, JJonathan onath han Richmond-esque absurdist Ri Richmondesque absur dist lyricism,, and a no-nonsense a sprinkling of no -nonsense ccountry ountry sensibility, they se ensibilitty, which the ey will bring with h them they City National th hem when the ey play plaay the Cit ty Natio onal Civic New Year’s Eve. Ci ivic this N ew Y eear’s Ev ve. hasn’t always easy.

CAKE It hasn n’’t alw wayys been been eas sy. C AKE first mid-’90s, fir rst hit it big in the mid-’9 0s, just a ffew ew before iTunes flipped yyears e b ears effor ore Napster and iT unes flipp ped the th h rrecording he ecording di industr iindustry d y on its i h head. d In n the ensuing yyears, ears e , the band ffound o ound d that many labels weree w wary th hat man ny lab els wer aary of ttaking akingg a chance ch hance on them,, despite the successes successees of massive like Will Survive” m massiv ve early hits lik ke “I W ill i Sur vivve” and Distance. an nd “The Dist tanc a e.”

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and maestr maestro. o. “It's just a ccorporate o orporate culture.

People and there's cultur e. P eople ccome ome an nd go and ther ee'ss between people. not a rreal eal rrelationship elationship b ettween w p eople.”

The band finally got tir ttired ed of the dancee and decided to st start danc taart their own label, Upbeat Records, 2007. lab el,, U p pbeat R eecords, in n 20 077.

“We want sign label “W We didn't w aant to si ign to a lab el have close bee and then ha ave them clo se down or b bought byy another lab label, McCrea says. b ought b ell,” McCr ea sa ayys.

“There's been much upheaval “Ther e's b een just so mu uch uphea avval over o veer the last 10 yyears. eears.” aree eexcited While some bands ar xcited x to operate op e te their erate thei own o lab llabel bel and d rrelish eli h the elish creative affords, McCrea cr eativve ccontrol o ontrol it aff ffo ords d , McCr ea sees it necessity survive. as just another nec essitty to sur vivve. rather—to bee hon honest—not have “I'd rather r—to — b nestt— —not ha ave (form label), current to (f fo orm a lab el),, but in the curr ent precipitous the pr ecipitous decline of th he music business,, I think it's the only business o rresponsible esp e onsible do,,” McCrea says. thing to do McCrea sa ayys. perhaps This rresponsibility esponsibility iss p erhaps a lesser known trait on the t list of what makes CAKE unique.. While mak es C AKE unique W the group itself musically gr oup distinguishes its self music ally with an eclectic mix off horns and influence—still ccountry ountry western influe ence—still qualify somehow managing to o qualif fy as alt process—a socialecorrock ock in the pr ocess—a so cial- and ec oidentity cconscious onscious identit ty ccertainly ertainly sets them apartt as well. apar solar-powered Building a solar r-p - oweered rrecording ecording

studio,, using promote studio usin ng their website to pr omote egistr vvoter oter o rregistration g ration and ccommunity ommunitty banking, trees banking g, and an nd passing out sequoia tr ees may at shows ma m ay seem strange ffor or o a band doesn’t political. that do esn n’’tt sound vvery eery p oliticcaal. And McCrea admits bee the McCr ea adm mits it might not b smartest move become smar test mo m ove ffor or o bands out to b ecome household names names.. n sure “I'm sur re it hurts hurts us ccommercially, ommerciallyy,” he says.

McCrea they sa ayys. McCr e confessed ea conffeessed the ey suppressed suppressed urge assertt themselv themselves the ur rgge to asser vees on issues they before the ey ccared ared about a out ffor ab o or yyears ears e b effo orre was deciding it w aas too too important. important. a “We we'ree just musicians “W We know kno ow that we'r prime directive and the prim me dir ectivve of our band is play music entertain people. to pla ay mus sic and enter taain p eople.”

McCrea says.

McCr ea sa ayys. “But a ccertain eertaain amount of through our biases ar aaree going to slip thr ough no matter hard try. mat tter t how w har d we tr y.”

Agendas aside,, CAKE currently A gendas g aside CAKE is curr ently their sincee 2011’ 2011’ss rrecording ecording th heir latest album sinc Showroom Compassion.

Showr room of C omp o assion. While this undertaking under takin ng is still in the vvery eery early and rough stages, plenty rough st agees, McCrea McCrea still has plent ty details us.. det ails with h which to tease us bee some things (on “I think ther ttheree will b new album) bee surprising the ne ew alb bum) that will b people, says.

“Certainly to p eople,” he h sa ayys. “C ertainly things that have never happened before CAKE ha ave ne ever e happ ened b effo ore with C AKE happen. will happ en n.” thing CAKE, If one thi ing is true of C AKE,, they theey have ha ave a fformula—the orm o mula—the ccountry ountry western trumpet chaser—and and alt rrock ock k with trump et chaser r— —and they generally may bee the ey genera ally stick to it. But it ma ay b the around. going out th he window this time ar ound ound. thought “I just th hought some of these songs strings,,” McCrea needed,, well, well,, strings McCrea reveals. reveeals. happened.

I've always “It just kind d of happ ened. I'v ve alw ways y been stalwartly opposed b een st alw waartly opp osed to that ffor o or this band but I w want aant to do the right thing ffor o or song. happens each song g. What W I hate is what happ ens wheree p people tryy with cconcept oncep pt albums wher eople tr bend song overto b end a so ong to the will of some o ver erarching, narrative ar ching, intellectual inttellectual narrativ ve when the doesn't want song do esn n't w aant to do that.”

Whichever direction CAKE Whiche veer dir ection C AKE is headed musically, music caallyy, itt clearly isn’t isn n’’t a means with break through super which to br reak thr ro ough into sup er stardom.

It’s safe they aree st tar a dom. It ’s saf fe to assume the ey ar with wheree the they aree and what ccontent ontent wit th wher ey ar they are—a many the ey ar e—aa band man ny seem to know rarely about. but rar ely ttalk alk ab out.

Ass with eeverything else,, McCr McCrea A ver e ything else ea has eloquent answer an elo quen nt ans swer w ffor o or this, this, too. too.

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FICTITIOUS CTITIOUS BUSINESS USINESS NAM NAME ME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #5993411 #59934 The following following person(s) is (are) (arre) doing businesss as: AK Transactions, Transactions, 116 6 Tyler Tyler y Ave., Ave., Santa Clara, Clara, CCA, A A, 95050, 9 5050, Amy A K. K Vitrano.

V itrano.

This business is is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr ansacting business underr the ďŹ ctitious business business name or namess listed herein herein on. onn. /s/Amy K. V itrano a Vitrano Thi statementt This was ďŹ led with the t County Clerk off Santa Clara Clara Co unty County on 112/16/2014.

2/16/2014.

4 (pub Metro Metro 12/24, 12//24, 112/31, 2/31, 1/07, 1/077, 1/14/2015) 1/14/2015)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAM NAME ME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #5993199 #59931 The follo following wing person(s) is (are) (arre) doing businesss as: Chand Mobile Mobbile Services, Ser vices, 1681 1681 The Alameda, #21, San Jose, CA, CA, 95126, 95126 6, James Chand.

This business is is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant bega began an ttransacting tr ansacting ti business underr the ďŹ ctitious busin business ess name or namess listed her herein ein onn 11/2 11/23/2013.

3/2013.

ReďŹ le R eďŹ le of previous previoous ďŹ le #585395 #585395 ddue ue to publication rrequirement equirement no not ot met of previous previouss ďŹ ling. /s/James Chand Channd This hi statementt was ďŹ led with tthe County Clerk off Santa Clar Claraa Co County unty on 12/15/14.

12/15/14. (pub Metro Metro 12/17, 12//17, 112/24, 2/24, 12/31, 12/31, 1/07/2015) 1/07/201 5)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #598413 #5984 13 The following following person(s) is (are) (are) doing business as: Stella S tella McCartney, McCartneyy, Stanford 660 S tanford Ctr Ste S te 1153, 53, PPalo alo Alto, Stella McCartney S tella McCar tney America Inc., Attn : TTax aax Dept 50 Hartz Hartz Way, W ayy, Secaucus, Secaucus NJ, NJ,J 07094.

07 094.

This business is conducted by by a corporation. corpor ation.

Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state Delawaree of Delawar Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names herein listed her ein on 11/17/2014.

11/1 7/2014. /s/Patrick /s/P atrick DeVimes DeV imes Vice V ice President President #2492146 #2 492146 This statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Santa Clara Clara County 11/17/2014. on 11/1 7/2014.

Metroo 112/17, (pub Metr 2/17, 112/24, 2/24, 12/31, 12/31, 1/07/2015) 1/07/201 5)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #599098 The follo following wing person(s) is (are) (are) doing business as: Knife & Spork Relations.

PPublic ublic R elations.

2903 2903 Mitton Drive, Drive, San Jose Jose, CA, CA, A 95148, 9 5148, Niyaz Nasir Pirani, Pir ani, 207 20702 02 El TToro or o oR Road, oad, #291, Lake Forest, Forest, CA, CA, 92630.

9 2630.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr ansacting business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names listed her herein. ein. /s/Niyaz N. Pirani Pirani This statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 112/09/2014.

2/09/2014.

(pub Metr (pub Metroo 112/17, 2/17, 112/24, 2/24, 12/31, 12/31, 1/07/2015) 1/ / / 5)) /07/201

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #599309 # 599309

Thhe following The following person(s) pe erson(s) is (are) (are) doing do oing business as: as s: 1844CalNote.

1844CalNote. com, co om, 1999 1999 S. Bascom Ba ascom Ave., Ave., e Ste Ste 7700, 0 Campbell, CA, 00, CA, 95008, 9 5 5008, Benjamin Harry Ha arry Beryll Sley Sley, y, 11590 5 Fremont 590 Fremont S St,, t,, Santa Sa anta Clar Clara, a, CCA, A, 95050.

9 5 .

5050 This Th his business is conducted co onducted by by a individual. in dividual.

Registrant R e egistr ant has not no ot yet yet begun transacting tr a ansacting bbusiness bu usiness i under d the th ďŹ ctitious ďŹ c ctitious business name na ame or names listed lis sted herein. herein. /s/Benjamin /s s/Benjamin Harry Beryll Be eryll Sley This Th his statement was w as ďŹ led with the County Co ounty Clerk of Santa Sa anta Clar Claraa County onn 12/15/2014.

12/15/2014. (pub (p pub Metr Metroo 12/17, 12/17, 112/24, 2 4, 12/31, 2/2 12/31, 1/07/2015) 1/ /0 /2015)) /07/201

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #599283 # 599283

Thhe follo The following wing person(s) pe erson(s) is (are) (are) doing do oing business as: as s: Envir Envirocrete, ocrete, 111 11 11 Hillsdale Ave., Ave., San Sa an Jose Jose, CCA, A A, 95136, 9 5136, Concr Concrete ete Ready R e eady Mix Inc., 333 3 Hillsdale Hi illsdale Ave, Ave, San Jose, Jo ose, CA, CA, 95136.

95136.

This Th his business is conducted co onducted by by a corporation. co orporation.

Above Ab bove entity was formed fo ormed in the state off California Registrant R e egistr ant has not no ot yet yet begun ttransacting tr a ansacting ti business bu usiness under the ďŹ ctitious ďŹ c ctitious business name na ame or names listed lis sted herein. herein. /s/Ronald /s s/Ronald W. W. M Minnis PPresident resident This Th his statement

was ďŹ led with the t County Clerk of of Santa Clara Clara Co County unty on 112/12/2014.

2/12/2014.

4 (pub Metro Metro 112/17, 2//17, 112/24, 2/24, 12/31, 12/31, 1/07/2015) 1/07/201 5)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #598837

The following following person(s) ( ) is i (are) ((arre)) doing businesss as: 420 4 20 Smoke Sh Shop, op, 428 4 28 E. Santa CClara lara St., S t., San Jose, CA, CA, 95113, 9 5113, , Manue Manuel el A. Cardona, Car dona, 11060 060 S. 3rdd S 3r St., t., San Jos Jose, se, CCA, A, 95112, 95112, One Oneida eida Cardona, 455 E. Car dona, 4 Hobson S St., t., Sa San an Jose, CA, CA, 95110.

95110.

This business is conducted bbyy a gener general al partnership. par tnership.

Registrant R egistrant beg began an transacting tr ansacting business under under the ďŹ ctitious busin business ness name or namess listed her herein ein onn 2/25/2009.

2/2 5/2009.

ReďŹ le R eďŹ le of previous previoous ďŹ le #586127 #586127 with w changes. g /s/Oneida E Cardona Car dona This statementt was ďŹ led with tthe County Clerk of of Santa Clar Claraa Co County unty on 12/01/2014.

12/01/2014.

4 Metroo 112/17, (pub Metr 2//17, 112/24, 2/24, 12/31, 12/31, 1/07/2015) 1/07/201 5)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS B USINESS BUSINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #599 111 #599111

The follo following wing person(s) is (are) (arre) doing businesss as: Myy Car Autosp M Autosport, ort, 11011 011 Knox Knox Ave., Ave.., San Jose, CA, CA, 95122, 9 5122, Joe Ma,, 11855 855 Andrews Andrews Ave., A ve., San Jose, CCA, A, 95124, 95124, Quo Quoc oc Anh Nguyen, Nguyen, 11908 9 908 Senter Rd., #251, #251, San Jose, CA, CA, 95112.

9 5112.

This business is conducted bbyy a gener general al partnership. par tnership.

Registrant began Registrant transacting tr ansacting business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names listed herein herein on 112/09/14.

2/09/14. /s/Joe Ma This statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 12/09/2014.

12/09/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 12/17, 12/17, 112/24, 2/24, 12/31, 12/31, 1/07/2015) 1/07/201 5)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #5989611 #59896

The following following person(s) is (are) (are) doing business as: Hari Mini Mart, Mart, 621 6 21 E. Capitol EExpy., xpy., #10, #10, San Jose, CA, CA, 95111, 95111, Roman R oman Mehya, 963 96 3 Br Branham anham Ln., San Jose, CA, CA, 95136, 9 5136, Indir Indiraa Devi.

This business is conducted by by a married couple.

Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names listed herein herein on Novv 2003.

No 2003.

ReďŹ le R eďŹ le of previous previous ďŹ le #4 #434870 34870 with changes. /s/Roman /s/R oman Mehya This statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Claraa County Santa Clar on 12/04/2014.

12/04/2014. (pub Metr (p Metroo 12/10, 12/10, 112/17, 2/17, 112/24, 2/24, 112/31/2014) 2/31/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #598176 #598 8176

The following following person(s) is (are) (are) doing business as: The Drapery Drapery Lady y, 925 925 Delbert Delbert Lady, W ay, San Jose, CA, CA, Way, 95126, 9 5126, Christine S t. Clair.

Clair.

St. This business is conducted by by a individual.

R egistrant began Registrant transacting tr ansacting

buusiness under the business ďŹ ctitious ďŹ c ctitious business name na ame or names listed lis sted herein herein on 6/9/09.

6 /9/09.

ReďŹ le R e of previous eďŹ le previous ďŹ le ďŹ l le #525147 #525147 after af fter 40 days of expiration ex xpiration date. /s/Christine /s s/Christine St. St. Clair Cl lair This Th his statement w ďŹ led with the was County Co ounty Clerk of Santa Sa anta Clara Clara Countyy onn 11/06/201 11/06/2014.

4. (pub (p pub Metr Metroo 112/03, 2/03, 112/10, 2 0, 12/17, 2/1 12/17, 112/24/2014) 2 4/2014) 2/2

This business business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant hhas not yet yet beg begun un transacting transacting business un under nder the ďŹ ctitious business buusiness name or na names mes listed herein. hereinn. /s/Mindy LLyy This statem statement ment was ďŹ led with wiith the County Clerk Clerrk of Santa Clara Clara Countyy on 11/24/2014.

11/24/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 12/10, 12/10, 112/17, 2/17, 112/24, 2/24, 4 112/31/2014) 2/31/2014) 4

FIICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME N AME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT # #598950

SSTATEMENT TATEMENT T T OF ABANDONMENT A BANDONM MENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUSS BUSINESS B USINESS N NAME #598727

Thhe following The following person(s) pe erson(s) is (are) (are) doing do oing business as: Silicon Si ilicon Nails Salon, 445 4 45 Blossom Hill Road, R o Suite J, San oad, Jose, Jo ose, CA, CA, 95123, 95123, S & K Nails Salon Inc. In nc.

This Th his business is conducted co onducted by by a corporation. co orporation.

Above Ab bove entity was formed fo ormed in the state off California Registrant R e egistr ant began transacting tr ansacting business bu usiness under the ďŹ ctitious ďŹ c ctitious business name na ame or names listed lis sted herein herein on 112/3/14.

2 2/3/1 4. /s/Kieu /s s/Kieu Nguyen Nguyen CEO CE EO 3728131 37 728131 This Th his statement w ďŹ led with the was County Co ountyy Clerk of Santa Sa anta Clara Clara County onn 12/03/2014.

12/03/2014. (pub (p pub Metr Metroo 112/10, 2/10, 112/17, 2 7, 112/24, 2/1 2/24, 112/31/2014) 2 2/31/201 4)

FIICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME N AME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT # #598278

The Th he follo following wing person(s) pe erson(s) is (are) (are) doing do oing business as: South So outh San Jose Smog Sm mog Check, 5270 5270 Monterey M Monter ey Road, Road, San Sa an Jose, CA, CA, 95111, 95111, M Mindy LLy, y, 11215 215 O Old ld M Manor Pl., San Jose, CCA, A 95132.

A, 95132.

The follo following winng person(s) / entity (ies) has / have h e hav abandoned the use of the ďŹ ctitious ďŹ ctitious business na name(s): ame(s): South San Jose Jose TTest est e Only Only, y, 55270 270 Monterey Monter ey R Road, o oad, San Jose, CA, CA, A 95111, 9 5111, Mind Mindy dy Ly, Ly, 11215 215 O Old ld Ma Manor anor Pl., San Jose Jose, e, CA, CA, 95132.

9 5132.

Filed in Santa Santta Claraa Countyy on Clar 112/13/2013 2/13/2013 under ďŹ le #58 #585969 5969 This busines business ss was conducted by by an general gener al par partnership t tnership /s/Mindy LLyy statement This statem ent was ďŹ led wi with th the County Cler Clerkk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 11/2 11/24/2014.

4/20 014.

4 (pub Metr Metroo 12/10, 12/10, 112/17, 2/17, 112/24, 2/24, 4 112/31/2014) 2/31/2014) 4

FICTITIOUSS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATEMENT T T #598619 #5986 19

The following followinng person(s) is (are) (are)

doing business as: Vida V ida Flo Flow w YYoga oga o & Wellness, W ellness, 52.

52. S First St., S t., Suite 320, 320, San Jose, CA, CA, 95113, 95113, TTaraneh aaraneh Sarrfzadeh, 4704 4 704 Lago V Vista ista Circle, Cir cle, San Jose, CA, CA, 95129.

9 5129.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet begun transacting tr ansactingg business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names listed her herein. ein. /s/Taraneh /s/T Tar a aneh Sarrafzadeh Sarr afzadeh This statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Claraa County Santa Clar on 11/1 11/19/2014.

9/2014. (pub Metro Metro 112/03, 2/03, 112/10, 2/10, 112/17, 2/17, 112/24/2014) 2/24/2014)

FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #5980777 #59807

The follo following wing person(s) is (are) (are) doing business as: Maple Leaf Leaf Spa, p 1708 1708 Willow Willow St., S t., San Jose, CA, CA, 95125, 9 5125, YYao ao YYao, aao, 40789 407 89 Fremont Fremont Blvd, Blv d, #3 #329, 29, FFremont, remont, CA, CA, 94538.

9 4538.

This business is conducted by by a individual.

Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names listed herein herein on 11/04/2014.

11/04/201 4. /s/Yao /s/Y ao Yao Yaao This statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 11/04/201 11/04/2014.

4. (pub Metro Metro 112/03, 2/03, 112/10, 2/10, 112/17, 2/17, 112/24/2014) 2/24/2014)

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FREE W WILL ILLL A ASTROLOGY STROLOGY ARIESS (Mar ARIE (March ch 21-April 19): “He “Hell ell is the suff suffering ering of wrote novelist Salinger.. Using being unable to love,” wr ote nov velist JJ.. D. Salinger that definition, I’m happy to ann nounce that you have a announce good chance of avoiding hell al together in 2015. If ther altogether theree has been any deficiency in your power to expr ess and express bestow love, I think you will cor rect it. If you have been correct so intent on getting love that yo ou have been neglectful you in giving love, you will switch yo ur ffocus. ocus. I invite you your to keep a copy of this hor oscopee in your wallet ffor or horoscope the next 12 months. Regar Regardd it ass your “Get Out of Hell Fr ee” car d.

Free” card.

TAURUS T AURUS (April 20-May 20): Beetles B ar aree abundant

and ubiquitous. Scientists have identified mor moree than 350,000 species, and they ar a discovering aree always conferred new ones. In 2011, ffor or example, they t conf erred official rrecognition ecognition on 3,485 additional types of beetles. I’m seeing a par parallel allel development inn your lif life, e, TTaurus. aurus. a A common phenomenon that yo you ou take ffor or gr granted anted harbors mysteries that ar aree wort worth h exploring. Something actually you rregard egard as quite ffamiliar amiliar actu ually contains inter esting features features you don’t don’t kn now about. In 2015, interesting know I hope you will open your mind to t the novel ties and novelties exotica that ar aree hidden in plain sight.

GEMINI (May 2121-June June 20): Auguste Auguste Escoffier (1846-

1935) was an influential French French chef who defined and standar dized the five ““mother mother sa auces.” But he wasn’t wasn’t standardized sauces.” content to be a star in his own country ccountry.. A Att the age of 44 he 44, h began b hi ““conquest his conquestt off LLondon,” o d ” bringing ondon,” b i i his hi spectacular dining experience too British restaurants. restaurants.

He thought it might be har s his new clientele hardd to sell on frogs’ frogs’ legs, a tr aditional Fr encch dish, so he resorted resorted traditional French to trickery ed it as “Nymphs of trickery.. On the menu, he liste listed the Dawn.” A ccording to my reading readding of the omens, this According is an example of the hocus-pocus hocus-pocuus that will be your special ty in 2015. And I suspect you will get away with specialty it every time as long as your inte ention is not selfish or intention manipulative, but rrather ather gener ous and constructive. generous

CANCER (June 2121-July July 22): Th The he entomologist

Charles P P.. Alexander (1889(1889-1981) 1981) devoted much of his pr ofessional lif professional lifee to analyzingg the insect known as the cr crane ane fly fly.. He identified ov over er 11,000 diff different erent species, dr drew ew 15,000 illustr illustrations ation ns of the cr creatures, eatures, and rreferred eferred to his lab as “Cr “Crane Crane Fly Haven.

Haven Haven.”” That That’s ’ss the kind of single-minded intention I’d lo ove to see you adopt love during the first six months of 20 015, CCancerian. ancerian. What 2015, I’m imagining is that you will ch choose oose a specific, welldefined ar ea within which you will w gleefully explor area exploree and experiment and impr ovise. Is the ere a subject or task or improvise. there pr project oject you would have fun purs pursuing suing with that kind of intensity?

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The answer is not out there, there, they they tell him. And he always wants to say that ’s exact tly wher that’s exactly wheree the answer is is. opose we rregard egard this pass sage as one of your is.”” I pr propose passage themes in 2015, Leo. In other wo ords, be skeptical of any words, authority who tells you wher ou should or should not wheree yo you be sear ching ffor or the answers. Fo ollow your own natur al searching Follow natural inclination, even if at first it seem ms to be nothing mor seems moree than looking out the window window..

VIRGO VIR GO (Aug. 23 23-Sept.

-Sept. 22): “It iiss always important to know when something has rreached e eached its end,” writes Zahir. ahirr. Use this advice Paulo Paulo Coelho in his book The Za heroically in 2015, Vir go. Wield itt to clear away anything heroically Virgo. ves you, that weighs w you down or that no longer ser serves holds you back. Pr Prepare epare the wayy ffor or the new story that will begin ffor or you ar around ound your nnext ext birthday birthday.. “Closing circles, circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters,” Coelho says, “it doesn doesn’t ’t matter what we call iit; t; what matters is to leave in the ppast those moment momentss in lif lifee that ar aree over over.” .”

LIBRA (Sept. 23 23-Oct. -Oct. 22): “On some nights I still believe,” said rrascal ascal journalist Hu Hunter unter S. Thompson, “that a car with the gas needle on o empty can run about fifty mor moree miles if you have the right music very loud on the rradio.” adio.” In 2015, I invite yo you u to adopt some of that push-it-to-the-edge attitude ffor o your personal use, or Libra. maybe Libra. Maybe not full-time; mayb be not with the same manic intensity that Thompson did. Rather, Ratherr, simply tap into it as needed—whenever yo you’ve ou’ve got to up your game or rraise level extraa aise your intensity leve el or rrouse ouse the extr

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energy ener gy you needd TO TO ACHIEVE ACHIEVE TOTAL, TOTAL, A WONDROUS, WONDROUS, VICTORY!!!

RESOUNDING V ICCTORY!!! The coming months will be way, your time to go all a the way y, hold nothing back, and quest ffor or the bes best st and the most and the highest.

SCORPIO SC ORPIO (Oc (Oct. ct. 23 23-Nov. -Nov. 21): TTwenty wenty miles long, the

Onyx River is thee longest body of moving water on the continent of Antar Antarctica. ctica. Most of the year it’s it’s ice, though. It actual actually ly flows for for just two or three three months summer.

Let’s during the summ mer. Let ’s hope that continues to be the case ffor or the fforeseeable oreseeable futur future. e. It would be a extreme shame if global warming w got so extr eme that the Onyx mel melted ted permanently. permaneently. But now let let’s ’s talk about your own metaphoric metaphorical cal equivalent of the Onyx: a potentially lifee that is often fr frozen. flowing part of your y lif ozen. I’d love to see it heat up an and nd thaw thaw.. I’d love it to be str streaming eaming and surging that’s sur ging most of the time. And in 2015, I think that ’s possibility. a distinct possib ility. Consider making the ffollowing ollowing declar declaration ation your battle cry: I am the Flow Master!

SSAGITTARIUS AGITT TA ARIU US (Nov (Nov.. 22 22-Dec. -Dec. 21): “The best way

prisoner from suree he to keep a prisone er fr om escaping is to make sur never knows he he’s ’s in prison.” That quote is attributed to both Russian author author Fyodor Dostoevsk Dostoevskyy and Russian author Aleksandr Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Regardless Regardless of who said it, I ur urge ge you u to keep it in mind thr throughout oughout 2015. aree tr trapped Like all of us, youu ar apped in an invisible prison: a set of beliefs or conditioned c rresponses esponses or bad habits freedom That’s that limit your fr reedom to act. That ’s the bad news. aree The ggood news iiss that in the comingg months,, yyou ar poised to discove discover er the exact natur naturee of your invisible prison, and then escape it.

CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): When he was 37

years old, actor Jack J Nicholson ffound ound out that Ethel May, mother,r, May y, the woman he had always called his mother Furthermore, was in fact fact his ggrandma. randma. Furthermor e, his “older “older sister”” June was actually his mom, who had given sister birth to him whe when en she was 17 17.. His relatives relatives had hidden from the truth fr om hhim. im. I suspect that in 2015 you will secrets uncover secr ets and missing information information that will rival Nicholson’s experience.

Although evelations Nicholson ’s expe erience. Al though these rrevelations may initially be confusing c or disruptive, in the long run they will heal an andd liber liberate ate you. W Welcome elcome them!

AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (Jan. ( 20-Feb. 18): “Meupareunia” “Meupareunia” is an EEnglish li h word word that thatt refers tha reffers to t a sexuall adventure adventur d t e in i which hi h has a good time. I’ll be only one of the participants p bold and predict predict that you will not experience a single meupareunia That’s instance of meu pareunia in 2015. That ’s because I expect you’ll bee steadily upgr upgrading ading your levels of your empathy and yo ur capacity ffor or rreceptivity. eceptivity. YYou oou will be and getting better an nd better at listening to your intimate predict allies and rreading eadin ng their emotional signals. I pr edict that synergy syner gy and sym symbiosis mbiosis will be your special specialties. ties. Both your desir desiree to pl please ease and your skill at giving pleasur pleasuree increase, will incr ease, as will your understanding of how many benefits you cann reap reap by being a responsive responsive partner. partner.

PISCESS (Feb. 19-Mar PISCE 119-March ch 20): “Be good and you will be lonesome lonesome,” e,” said Mark TTwain. wain. Do you agr agree? ee?

I don’t—at don’t—at leastt as it applies to your lif lifee in 2015.

According A ccording to my understanding of the long long-term term astrological astr ological ome omens, ens, you will attr attract act an abundance of love and luck by being good—by expr expressing essing generosity, gener osityy, deep deepening ening your compassion, cul cultivating tivating integrity, integrity y, and wo working orking ffor or justice and truth and beauty beauty.. doesn’t mean That doesn ’t me an you should be a pushover or doormat. YYour our o rresolve e esolve to be good must be leavened determination self-respect. by a determinati ion to deepen your self-r espect.

YYour oour eagerness to t do the right thing has to include a commitment to rraising aising your levels of self-car self-care. e.

Homework: Make M thr three ee pr predictions edictions about your life liffe in 2015. T eell me at Tell T rruthrooster@ @gmail.com.

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