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ISawYou@metronews.com 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.

Wrong Side of the Tracks You, Mr. Uber Important Uber Driver, with your black Mercedes douchewagon shined within an inch of its life, unloaded your precious passenger on the light rail tracks at the Paseo de San Antonio Station. Apparently, First Street is for the proles and you didn’t want to dirty your tires on ordinary old asphalt. Then there was a white, similarly shiny car right behind you, which I'll assume was another Ubermobile, but the windows and windshield were so darkly (and illegally) tinted that I couldn’t make out a driver, Uber sign or anything. I hope you jerkwads get caught by VTA and get big fat tickets.

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If you displease him he’ll Chu your ass! Don’t like him, didn’t vote for him, but at least he’s a Democrat.

Hopefully he’ll have to face a Democrat worthy of my support in next June’s primary & I’ll be able to vote for a more qualified candidate to represent us.

Three bills passed and signed in a year. That’s three times as many as MIke Honda has had in 14 years in Congress. I guess Kansen doesn’t do a lot of karaoke.

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THE FLY

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Save the King Praise be to KATHLEEN KING, who, if anything, knows how to make a story come full circle.

She’s currently attempting to unseat north county Supervisor JOE SIMITIAN and has no less than two open campaign committees.

When we last checked in with King, CEO of the Healthier Kids Foundation, her nonprofit was standing in the front of the line with its hand out to receive surplus Measure A money from the county. It seemed like little coincidence, considering King ran the campaign to tax the county’s consumers an extra half-billion dollars over the next decade via a low turnout 2012 ballot. She had plenty of help on that campaign from CINDY CHAVEZ, then head of the South Bay Labor Council and who months later snagged the county supervisor seat feloniously vacated by GEORGE SHIRAKAWA JR. Less than a year after taking office, Chavez and the county Board of Supervisors gifted King’s foundation $1.1 million over the course of two years. It smelled like a kickback then; now it doubles as a launchpad to return King to elective office. A former Saratoga mayor, King has scrapped and clawed to remain relevant by keeping her organization, They and salary, on the taxpayer Did dole. Her nonprofit, the What?

Santa Clara Family Health Foundation, was forced to SEND TIPS TO rebrand after its ostensible FLY@ METRONEWS. mission to provide health COM coverage to low-income families was rendered redundant by public insurance programs.

Email records obtained by Metro through a court order in early 2013 showed King and others ignored IRS rules on nonprofits by using their resources for political purposes.

The reinvented Healthier Kids Foundation has kept her in the public sphere. County insiders were caught off guard to learn King had already created her 2016 campaign committee prior to asking the county for nearly $6 million over 10 years to repurpose her organization. The biggest beneficiary of King’s campaign is bff Chavez, who would consolidate power with a King victory and at minimum punish occasional thorn in her side Simitian by making him spend money to defend his seat.

Jennifer Wadsworth

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Waste Not PLATE IT FORWARD Salvation Army chef Tony Williams and shelter manager Daniel Guhl ready uneaten meals from Levi’s Stadium.

Young genius, nonprofits, corporate partners team up to end hunger

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH

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N WHAT SEEMS like a past life, Daniel Guhl pilfered chicken wraps from the grocery store or haggled with a 7-Eleven clerk to take the trash out in exchange for a throwaway burger.

“I’d scrounge and scrape, go canning, do whatever I needed to eat,” he says. “To be honest, my addiction was more important than anything else.”

Eighteen years into hard-fought sobriety, the once-homeless Guhl oversees a soup kitchen that serves roughly 157,000 meals a year. He still scrounges, in a way, as program director for the Salvation Army’s Emmanuel

House homeless shelter. Only now he’s aided by technology: a mobile app marketplace called Waste No Food.

“Really, I go about my business and wait for my phone to beep,” says Guhl, who helps the shelter’s head chef, Tony Williams, dish out something on the order of 350 plates a day.

On Monday, he picked up 100 pounds of mac & cheese, 300 pre-made pizzas and 300 brownies, mini tarts and pastries from Levi’s Stadium. A paltry home game turnout for the 49ers left the venue with more food than it knew what to do with.

If not for the app, those leftovers may have rotted away with the 34 million pounds of edible food that, according to Bay Area-based think tank Food Shift, turns into a pulp in Santa Clara County landfills each year. Silicon Valley has recently joined a nationwide push

to recover some of the $165 billion of comestible food that Americans spend $750 million to dispose of each year.

The county hired Food Shift last January to study what happens to the perishable meals that go unsold or uneaten from venues, restaurants, stores and events and how to recover more food before it ends up in the trash.

“There’s an enormous amount of waste,” Food Shift founder Dana Frasz says. “But our food recovery efforts are under-resourced and overstretched.

A lot of groups are out there gleaning or recovering food in some capacity, but the number one challenge is infrastructure—a lack of refrigeration, storage, volunteers or technology.”

Nationally, according to her group’s June 2015 report, 40 percent of all food produced in the United States gets thrown out. Meanwhile—despite record job growth and a near-six-figure median income—one-in-four South Bay residents and one-in-three children go hungry. Food stamp enrollment in the region hit a decade high in 2012. Second Harvest Food Bank said it fell 125 million

local nonprofits. He has since merged that effort with Feeding Silicon Valley and ramped up its efficacy by using the mobile app.

“This is what caring communities do—work well, work smarter, and work for good,” says Laura Chmielewski, Team San Jose’s spokeswoman.

Sridhar created Waste No Food when he was 16, inspired by field trips to San Francisco’s Glide Memorial Church to feed the homeless. He says his nonprofit online exchange has so far diverted 400,000 meals from the dump.

Aside from addressing the societal issues of hunger and waste, the Los Gatos resident says he’s concerned about the environmental impact as well.

When food decomposes, each pound of matter emits a pound of methane—a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Another important facet, he says, is conservation. In California, the vast majority of the state’s water goes to food production.

“A large part of this is sustainability,” says Sridhar, who’s majoring in economics at Stanford University. “The problem is so vast that we really do need to leverage whatever help we can get to address this.”

Peninsula Food Runners, a nonprofit website similar to Waste No Food but without a mobile app, has delivered unused food to community groups in need since 2007. Other apps facilitate small-quantity donations of leftovers with limited legal risk thanks to “Good Samaritan” laws that relieve donors of liability if they give in good faith to a nonprofit. There have been commercial counterparts to the nonprofit drives, too.

In the East Bay, a startup called Imperfect Produce has zeroed in on a specific type of food waste: misshapen but perfectly edible fruits and vegetables.

Its founders discovered that 20 percent of produce in the US is rejected by grocers because it looks funny. The East Bay company buys “cosmetically challenged” produce for a song and resells it to consumers.

Food Shift’s Frasz says she’s heartened to see institutional backing for a project like Waste No Food. But she’d like to see more investment in food recovery.

Communities fund recycling and trash hauling, but offer little in the way of monetary support for curbing food spoils. “To a large extent, we rely on volunteers and nonprofits,” she says. “I’d like to see institutions and governments take this knowledge about the impact of food waste and act on it.”

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meals short of meeting the needs of the region’s low-income families in 2014.

The hidden price of food waste is no less staggering. Each year, hunger costs the nation $130.5 billion for healthcare, $19.2 billion in lost academic and workplace productivity and $17.8 billion on charities to address hunger, according to a 2011 report by the Center for American Progress. In 2010, California’s cost totaled $19.6 billion.

“The resources are out there to help these people, but we needed a way to connect them,” says Ray Bramson, who leads San Jose’s Homeless Response Team. “We wanted to figure out a way to get these excess supplies to nonprofit service providers, especially kitchens that serve thousands of people a year.”

In 2014, he brought the matter to Silicon Valley Talent Partnership, an organization that connects public agencies and nonprofits with privatesector volunteers. The Talent Partnership studied various technologies and met with scores of groups to drum up a regional initiative to curb waste and hunger in one fell swoop. The result was Feeding Silicon Valley, which launched in September. “We don’t need to produce more, we need to waste less,” the Talent Partnership’s Executive Director Lea King says.

Thirty-five-year-old Martha’s Kitchen, which serves 25,000 free meals a month in Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Merced and Monterey counties—and 4,500 a week in San Jose alone—logs on to Waste No Food to claim a fewhundred extra salads and sandwiches from nearby conventions. Guhl says he’s become obsessive about keeping his phone in his pocket so he never misses a push notification from local venues.

To scores of churches, shelters and other charities, the online platform has become indispensable.

“Before, they lacked an expedient way to get rid of food,” says Kiran Sridhar, the 18-year-old founder of Waste No Food.

“For a stadium or a banquet hall, it’s culturally unacceptable for them to run out, but it wouldn’t be efficient for them to every day call every single charity to find out who would take it. There’s a time limit. Food goes bad.”

On the app, nonprofits get alerted in seconds once someone posts a notice online. Ewell Sterner, the director of food and beverages for Team San Jose, which runs the McEnery Convention Center, launched an initiative called Hunger at Home three years ago to donate unused food from hotels and venues to

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An inside look at San Jose politics

Silicon Valley Beefs Up Clean Energy Coalition

MAN WITH THE PLAN Attorney James Anthony leads the Sensible San Jose

ballot measure expected for next summer.

San Jose’s Pot Policies Could Go to Voters

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH Frustrated by what they call unworkable regulations, activists have revived an effort to replace San Jose’s pot ordinance with a voter initiative.

The Sensible San Jose measure headed for the June 2016 ballot would require dispensaries to register with the city, pay taxes and follow a new set of operational requirements.

Oakland-based attorney James Anthony, who’s spearheading the effort, held a campaign kickoff Tuesday at City Hall.

That same day the City Council deferred any discussion on ironing out kinks in its year-and-a-half-old ordinance, as well as voting on the creation of a Division of Medical Marijuana Control.

“Their proposed minor adjustments are just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic,” Anthony says. “It’s time to give up on the city and go to the voters.”

Eighteen months after enacting its cannabis laws, San Jose has yet to fully register a single collective. Of the fourscore-or-so pot clubs open in 2014, only 19 remain on track to come up to city code. Several disqualified collectives have sued the city, some taking issue with local provisions that conflict with state rules. The city’s sales tax has been cited as the largest source of frustration.

One of the biggest obstacles to moving things above ground, pot proponents say, is the city’s insistence on vertical integration—that is, keeping the supply chain, “from seed to sale,” within the same collective.

The Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act—a trio of bills signed

by Gov. Jerry Brown in October— prohibits vertical integration with some exceptions. Essentially, closed-loop collectives will be allowed to continue as

such if they operate in jurisdictions that permitted them before July 1 this year.

Assistant to the city manager Angelique Gaeta has urged collectives to “stay the course,” as the state will prioritize licensure to those that abide by city rules. But the state won’t review applications until 2018.

“Ms. Gaeta’s regulations were supposed to be implemented within a year,” Anthony says. “When that proved impossible, the deadline was extended five months. Now the deadline is looming again, and it is still impossible to meet the city’s demand that each dispensary must grow and manufacture all of its own marijuana and marijuana products in one location.”

According to Anthony’s projections, the city’s regulations have pushed at least $10 million in sales to the black market.

As world leaders convened in Paris this week for historic climate talks, Bill Gates unveiled a privatesector initiative to push clean-energy technology from lab to market.

The multibillion-dollar Breakthrough Energy Coalition lists two dozen members from 10 countries.

But a third of that investment group hails from California, several from Silicon Valley.

In addition to the Microsoft founder, investors include Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan, Alibaba Group executive chairman Jack Ma, billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer and Salesforce.com’s Marc Benioff. The University of California system also offered up $1 billion in endowment and pension funds for ideas to address climate change and ease away from fossil fuels.

“We are facing the rising danger of climate change, and it has become clear to me that the solution will require significant innovation,” Benioff said.

“We don’t know what our energy mix will look like years from now, but we have to start inventing it today.”

For years, Gates has lobbied for more federal funding for energy research while investing his own wealth into clean-tech startups.

Journalists have called this coalition his highest-profile action on the climate and energy front.

“Promising concepts and viable products are separated by a Valley of Death that neither government funding nor conventional investors can bridge completely,” Gates wrote in a white paper explaining his vision for the coalition. “A key part of the solution is to attract investors who can afford to be patient, and whose goal is as much to accelerate innovation as it is to turn a profit.”—Jennifer Wadsworth

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Irish Eyes TARA NOVA The Tara Project connects people to the great beyond in hopes of making the world ‘smaller.’

Global access to Lick Observatory made possible through Ireland, UC System partnership

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IKE A central station connecting a vast network of interrelated trajectories, Lick Observatory has returned to the forefront. The Tara Project connects Lick to Blackrock Castle Observatory near Cork, Ireland. Another project connects artist Russell Crotty to the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (SJICA), via Lick Observatory.

In both cases, Lick functions like a jewel in Indra’s net, reflecting every jewel, all at the same time.

The Tara Project comes to us from several directions. San Francisco is a sister city with Cork, Ireland, and San Jose is a sister city with Dublin. Lick is owned and operated by the University of California, which means the project is facilitated by the Multiverse Education Group at UC Berkeley’s Space Science Lab, along with Blackrock Conservatory.

Both institutions hope to leverage the eight-hour time difference by placing telescopes in California schools and having Irish students remotely operate the telescopes from their classrooms.

For example, the California students can study solar science via the telescope during their regular daytime school hours, and the Irish students, being eight hours ahead, can remotely operate the California telescope, when it’s nighttime here, to make their respective nighttime observations. This eliminates the issue of continuous cloudy skies over Ireland.

“Astronomy is well known to be a gateway science,” explains Claire Raftery, an Irish solar physicist in Berkeley heavily involved with the project. “It’s a way that kids can get involved in science, almost surreptitiously. They can get involved in it when they’re doing astronomy, and they can get good at it, and then move on and build their confidence with other, more complex, less accessible sciences. So it’s a great way of getting kids invested from the very beginning.”

As a result, kids not only learn how to do science at a young age, but they develop cross-cultural communication

skills by collaborating with kids from another country. It’s not just about taking pictures with a telescope.

Future implementations might even include entire class-to-class projects between California schools and Irish students to identify objects in the sky or even develop future science projects, with potential for grooming future international diplomats in the process.

The partnering institutions are still looking for funds to make every level of the project happen over the course of the next few years. The goal is to prioritize rural schools that don’t normally have access to full-blown science centers, libraries or massive amounts of public outreach. One such telescope is already installed at Ormondale Elementary School in Portola Valley. The gears are turning and ultimately the project will extend by next year to Lick Observatory.

Kids in Ireland should be able to remotely operate the nickel telescope at Lick, all in the name of international STEM education.

All in all, it’s a fantastic idea. Never before has Lick Observatory been open to remote operation by anyone outside the UC system, let alone an institution outside the U.S. Ireland’s Minister for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan, even stopped by Lick last year when he was minister for the arts. It was reported that visiting Lick was the highlight of his trip.

“It’s all about just helping to make the world smaller,” Raftery said. “The message we want to bring is, ‘We’re all one world under one sky.’”

That world would be a much better one if STEM included an “A” for the arts, so it only makes sense that Lick Observatory also currently functions as the nucleus for another landmark collaboration.

SJICA recently received a grant from the Warhol Foundation to help support artist Russell Crotty’s residency, developed in partnership with the Institute of the Arts and Sciences at UC-Santa Cruz. Crotty is a nationally recognized artist, a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow and an amateur astronomer who has created astronomy-based artworks for nearly two decades. He’s been trekking up to Mount Hamilton to use Lick telescopes for direct observations and photographs, as well as poring through the observatory archives, all to serve as the basis for a new show premiering at SJICA one year from now.

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T

his time two years ago, things weren’t exactly looking up for Kristine Flaherty. At 28, the Bay Area transplant was thousands of miles from her hometown of Chicago and looking at a crumbling relationship with a record label, which she’d spent the better half of a decade building.

When she graduated from Stanford in 2007, with a dual major in psych and sosh, Flaherty put a hard stop on any plans of pursuing a traditional or safe profession—choosing instead to chase her passion: hip-hop music.

In the six years since leaving The Farm, she had indeed made strides—independently releasing a

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What had begun as a goof, became an allconsuming and very serious career. By the end of 2013, Flaherty was known as K.Flay, not only in her adopted Bay Area home, but internationally as well. She’d opened for Snoop Dogg, scored a feature with Icona Pop and toured with Passion Pit—all groups with whom she shares at least some sonic similarities.

After working with RCA for nearly two years, the label was showing signs of fatigue with her genre-confusion. RCA was unable to fit K.Flay’s music into a neatly defined package that could be sold to demographically driven radio stations, and

she was unwilling to compromise on her vision.

She left around 60 songs and demos on the cutting room floor when she walked away.

But Flaherty wasn’t done.

ENTREPRENEURIAL EMCEE It would seem that the musician picked up plenty of disruptive techniques from Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial culture while studying at Stanford. While RCA’s marketing department saw her genre fluidity as a weakness, she correctly identified it as a strength; and while label executives were content to cut their losses and move on, Flaherty failed upward.

The result is Life As A Dog, her debut

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by Bay Area acts The Limousines and Cellista, Life As A Dog, was a crowdfunding success. The album hit its target on the music-specific, crowdfunding site PledgeMusic in just shy of a week, and, before all was said and done, Flaherty had nearly doubled her ask.

The LP is certainly hard to classify.

With both singing and rapping vocals, traditional rock instrumentation, and a hearty dose of electronic production, Flaherty describes her music as a mixture of indie rap, alternative rock and electronic.

It’s enough to make a major label marketing team break out in hives.

But that’s just one of its upsides.

K.Flay’s genre ambiguity has also led to some interesting and varied touring opportunities for the now 30-year-old artist—ones she likely wouldn’t have been offered had her sound been restricted and marketed as straightforward hip-hop. She’s played with Third Eye Blind, Carly Rae Jepsen and AWOLNation, and in the summer of 2014, she landed on the Vans Warped Tour, which is primarily a punk festival.

Flaherty says the Warped Tour was very much a catalyzing force in the production of Life As A Dog. The way she tells it, she realized she needed a new album to promote on the tour and managed to finish it in the four months she had before

17 audience. It’s more of an emphasis on transparency; sometimes you see a show and it’s got great visual elements but sometimes there’s ‘separateness’ between the audience and the performers.”

AN EDUCATION Back in 2004, when she was a freshman at Stanford, the young Flaherty couldn’t have imagined she’d ever be engaging in this kind of veteran performer shop talk—at least not seriously. After all, K.Flay began making music as a lark.

It began as many great Silicon Valley success stories have: in a college dorm. Flaherty, disenchanted with the state of popular rap, boasted that she could easily pen better rhymes than the hip-hop artists getting radio play at the time.

Her dorm’s resident advisor told her to prove it.

So, she paired up with a fellow Cardinal and got to work on what would become “Blingity Blang Blang,” a profanity-soaked parody of the commercially successful rap she so disdained at the time. But then a funny thing happened: Flaherty got into it.

Not long after, she found herself behind her very own MIDI keyboard, making beats and writing lyrics. She released her first collection of songs, Suburban Rap Queen, that same year.

If Silicon Valley’s emphasis on failure being a crucial step in personal growth helped Flaherty weather her relationship with RCA, the Bay Area’s highly collaborative music scene helped her get up and running in the first place.

That scene “has always felt a bit more interconnected and supportive than it does in New York or L.A., especially across different genres,” says Flaherty, who has spent time in Brooklyn and SoCal, but now calls Oakland home. And, while Stanford may be better known for producing music academics than pop artists, Flaherty says there was never a dearth of music on campus. “There was always shit going on; it was small, but vibrant and interesting.

Everyone was really open and looking to create in a positive environment.”

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According to her, the hurry-up offensive push worked out. On the Warped Tour she faced eclectic crowds and drew in unexpected fans. It also helped her grow as a performer, teaching her to manufacture energy in sometimes relentless summer sun—a skillset she had on full display in June at Live 105’s BFD 2015, where she rocked an early afternoon set inside the Subsonic tent.

“You kinda have to learn how to create feeling, both onstage and with the crowd, without the use of lights, or atmosphere or vibes,” she says, remembering her times on the Warped Tour’s Beatport Stage.

“You don’t have access to that in the morning when you’re drinking coffee onstage.”

Flaherty is now in the midst of an international tour—opening for electro-soul act LIGHTS on most North American dates and the hardrocking alternative band PVRIS on the European leg. Joining either of those headliners as a strict hip-hop act would have been odd, but as the genre-defying K.Flay it makes sense.

She will also be headlining smaller dates in between major stops; one such interstitial gig comes this Monday, at The Ritz.

For her part, Flaherty seems to enjoy playing the role of pop music chameleon. She cites Missy Elliott as an influence. She likes that Missy doesn’t rely on a sexed-up appearance to sell records. Flaherty herself tends to dress in rather utilitarian attire on tour and in publicity photos. She’s spent years stomping around stages in black leather combat boots, jeans and a T-shirt—all the while whipping around her long black hair as if she were Andrew W.K. “(I try) to not focus on some of the visual elements of the way that I look, or the way that the stage looks, and try to focus on maintaining energy and chemistry onstage,” Flaherty says. “A lot of the people that influence me, personally, on a professional level, came from a DIY punk scene—I think the emphasis there is less on the aesthetics of something and more on the energy and interaction between the stage and

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As she worked her way up from frat parties to the local club circuit, Flaherty embarked upon some serious extracurricular studies, soaking up all she could from the Bay Area’s hip-hop scene.

Some of her earliest breaks came in the form of collaborations with local rappers, such as Oakland group Zion I, and fellow Stanford alumnus and nerdcore rapper, MC Lars. She also took pointers from Wallpaper., the East Bay party-rap crew, which she describes as “zany and totally irreverent, in the best way.” She ended up touring with them about a year after catching their set at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco.

Fans of Wallpaper. will be able to hear the group’s influence on K.Flay songs like “Frat Party,” where she spits a cheeky rhyme about respecting her rights on the dance floor. “I came up in this place to get my groove on,” she raps. “Perverts better move on, or else I’ll cut you up like Mulan.”

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While K.Flay’s early material featured swaggering yarns about turning up and throwing down at at the Chi Theta Chi house, she’s turned inward of late—revealing a more vulnerable, introspective and mature side. Consider this passage from “Get It Right,” a song of reflection, which closes out Life As A Dog: Wanna turn back the clock, tell my father to be stronger Cause he missed me growing up And I want to tell the little girl in the corner of that room ‘Don’t lose hope, just be brave, things get better soon’ “Being honest and kind of vulnerable in that way has been so much more enjoyable for me on a personal level and a performance standpoint,” she says.

In fact, she adds, it can be cathartic. “If I am having a bad day, being able to say things that are true and perform them in a dramatic fashion really helps. When I first started making music that wasn’t what I was doing. I think that the more open and the more ‘naked’ I’ve been in that way, the better it’s been for me.”

As K.Flay’s lyricism has evolved, so has her live set. She now plays with

a live band. It’s a lean production— just drummer Nicholas Suhr and guitarist and bassist Josh Lippi in addition to her—but it adds to the energy level on stage.

She has also delved deeper into electronic music and production. As her band is taking a more traditional form live, her love for electronic music is only growing stronger; she has taken up DJing, in addition to performing her own music.

‘To me, a live show is a chance to suspend the reality of life for a moment.’

Recent DJ gigs and Spotify playlists find K.Flay pairing acts like The Weeknd and Meg Myers with Flume and Koreless. And as aggressively as she’s been touring the past year and a half, she has just as aggressively been collaborating and contributing to releases by other artists. She grabbed a composition credit on the new album from the Phantogram and Big Boi collaboration, Big Grams; and she’s lent her vocals to EDM producer Kaskade, synthwave act Viceroy and electronic act Golden Features.

Flaherty is chipper and inviting, even if some of her darker songs come from a place of lovesickness, listlessness or insomnia. And she wants her fans to walk away from Life As A Dog feeling chipper as well—or at least better than when they pressed play on the first track.

Similarly, Flaherty says she wants fans at her shows to walk away feeling at least two things: “The first is a sense of respite,” she says. “To me, a live show is a chance to suspend the reality of life for a moment, to be wrapped up in something loud, cathartic, expressive.

The second is a sense of connection, whether it’s with the other people in the crowd or with me and the music, or both. The best kinds of shows always leave me feeling a little less alone.”

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HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED/WORKED IN SILICON VALLEY? Since 1991, when I started working for Apple. I had always home brewed—for 20 years—and in 2012, I traveled up and down the West Coast. Cities like Portland had great breweries, but San Jose didn’t. I talked to some friends and they asked, “Why don’t you do something about it?” They knew a head brewer, Steve Donohue, who was trying to start something on his own. He was a head brewer at Firehouse in Sunnyvale, and the two of us started Santa Clara Valley Brewing together.

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On a recent Sunday, a party of three tested the brunch menu. The Chile Verde Breakfast Burrito ($10) sidesteps traditional carb-fillers for delicious homemade chili, cheddar cheese, green onions, crema and cotija—it had me doing the little-kid shoulder shake. The Angus Brisket, Bacon and Eggs ($14) might as well be barbeque French toast, which is much better than it sounds, and the Dry Creek Burger’s ($9) seasoning offers a complex stroke of heat.

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The tale of the princess marrying her prince is one of those archetypal stories that never suffers from a fresh approach in the retelling. On film, Gwyneth Paltrow and Alicia Silverstone have played completely different versions of the same character. But something essential from Austen’s original portrait remained intact for both actresses.

The same can be said of the musical version, which TheatreWorks Silicon Valley is bringing to the Lucie Stern Theatre for a month-long engagement. When Emma begins to sing “So This Is How Love Feels,” the audience, longing for a happy ending, understands that domestic bliss is just a few short notes away.

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From song sketches created on smartphones and tablets to the Web-based streaming services that deliver arrangements to our ears, music has gone digital. But despite the incredible diversity of sound our machines can create and distribute, there’s just something about the warmth of analog instruments and the imperfections of the human voice. Jackie Gage understands this.

That’s why she keeps things simple, laying her purring molasses vocals over the sepia notes of man-made melodies, impregnating her sonic palette with tangible soul. On “It’s Your Love,” she cooes the blues of an imbalanced relationship over the cool plinks and plonks of a trilling xylophone—fighting the rise of the machines with every note (JF)

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A MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose Thu, 8pm, $15-$40 Don’t be deceived by the familiar title. This will not be a stage adaptation of the 1947 Natalie Wood movie. You can stream that one any old time. Instead, prepare yourself for a live radio play. Think A Prairie Home Companion—with its voice actors and sound-effects man. Like Garrison Keillor’s beloved show, the Tabard Theatre Company has assembled a small cast to play a variety of different characters.

Expect Kris Kringle to deliver the true meaning of Christmas to the biggest skeptics and believers alike.

Before each performance there will be a hands-on demonstration on the craft of making sound effects.

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THE NUTCRACKER Flint Center, Cupertino Fri, 7:30pm $20-$52

Los Gatos Ballet, in collaboration with the San Jose Youth Symphony, is set to stage its seasonally appropriate version of The Nutcracker. In addition to Sugar Plum Fairies, Clara, a Mouse King and the spry Nutcracker himself, a live philharmonic orchestra, conducted by Yair Samet, will accompany the dancers as they encounter all those waltzing snowflakes and flowers. Two principal dancers from San Francisco Ballet will also join the production: Koto Ishihara and Gennadi Nedvigin. If the charming notes from Tchaikovsky’s celesta fail to get you in the mood for the holidays, your first name must be Ebenezer. “Bah, humbugs!” will be checked at the door. (JE)

LOVE DISTRICT Art Boutiki, San Jose Fri, 8pm, $10 During the late ’70s, the embers of punk took a turn for the eerie.

Pioneers infused their raw songs with a chilly melancholy, wallowing in insecurity and heartbreak, and tapping into the longing angst of the young folks. The style faded and the emotions bifurcated into more grungy or electric sounds.

But Love District seeks to resurrect and modernize this influential period. Composed of San Jose natives Chris Pounders and Alex James, they cultivate a “forgotten sound for a new generation.”

Their single, “Manchester at the Hacienda,” illustrates an immersive evening of dancing in an abandoned factory, laying atmospheric licks above skittering drums (JF)

* concerts TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA Dec 3 at SAP Center

JASON BONHAM’S LED ZEPPELIN EXPERIENCE Dec 4 at City National Civic

LEGEND OF ZELDA SYMPHONY Dec 5 at City National Civic

THE WEEKND Dec 6 at SAP Center

K.FLAY Dec 7 at The Ritz

THE LIMOUSINES Dec 18 at The Ritz

THE WHISKEY AVENGERS Dec 19 at The Ritz

MACHINE HEAD Dec 19 at RockBar Theater

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E-40 The Catalyst, Santa Cruz Fri, 9pm, $25 Bun B, the King of Southern Rap, once said, “You can’t outrap E-40.”

The bespectacled, husky hero of the Bay is Cirque du Soleil on the track, effortlessly unfolding mind-bending metaphors and outlandish boasts— all bent by his distinctive twang.

His bottomless pit of bars found mainstream success bouncing on the bulbous beats of Lil’ Jon, first when he featured on the quintessential banger, “Snap Yo Fingers,” then on “U and Dat,” a smooth, serpentine worshipping of a woman who could “fit a cup on her booty.” Recently, on “Choices,” he poses rhetorical reflections answered by ping-ponging “Nopes” and “Yeps.”

Plus the prolific spitter has branched into entrepreneurship. His eponymous line of big-bottled beer debuts this month. (JF)

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These two titans of power metal have teamed up for a massive national tour, with the explicit intent of bursting eardrums and blowing minds with their frenetic brand of face-melting rock. DragonForce is best known for their Guitar Hero superchallenge, “Through the Fire and Flames,” which features some truly stunning fingerwork amid an epic and fantastical sonic saga. Kamelot wrangle with good and evil in their symphonic, neoclassical compositions.

Taking inspiration from the likes of Goethe’s Faust, they construct colossal pieces of majestic metal—bursting at the seams with innovations for the favored genre of the exuberantly morbid. (JF)

The odd couple of debunking urban legends, wive’s tales and questionable movie sequences have detonated metric tons of C4 in the name of science. The giddy, flailing Adam Savage and unflappable walrus, Jamie Hyneman, made rigorous inquiry into a spectator sport with their massive hit show on Discovery Channel.

They’ve tested Jack’s potential to survive in the final scene of Titanic, tried to split a car in half with a snow plow and proven—once and for all—that you can fold a piece of paper 11 times … provided you have a steamroller and a fork lift. This evening offers a unique opportunity to pick the brain of these two special effects superstars. (JF)

There are few surfaces on the planet that Christian Pepin can’t bang on and produce some sort of pleasing rhythm. The Grammy award-winning multi-percussionist first received a drum set from his musician father at the age of 6 and has become a savant on the timbales, congas and bongos.

His exuberant and inspired discovery of the grooves and cracks within a track make his stylings exciting and unpredictable. He’s performed with and recorded alongside the likes of Poncho Sanchez, Pete Escovedo and the Pacific Mambo Orchestra, as well as played in international jazz festivals everywhere from Atlanta to Curacao.

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MYTHBUSTERS LIVE

Jan 23 at The Ritz

SUPER BOWL OPENING NIGHT Feb 1 at SAP Center

STRANGELOVE Feb 4 at RockBar Theater

SUPER BOWL 50 Feb 7 at RockBar Theater

BLACK SABBATH Feb 9 at SAP Center

VALENTINES OLD SCHOOL JAM Feb 12 at SAP Center

DISNEY ON ICE: FROZEN Feb 17-22 at SAP Center

RIHANNA Feb 25 at SAP Center

JUSTIN BIEBER Mar 17 at SAP Center

YANNI Mar 19 at City National Civic

SELENA GOMEZ May 11 at SAP Center For music updates and contest giveaways, like us on Facebook at metrofb.com

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Painting With Fabric FORM OVER FUNCTION Many of the quilts on display at the current ‘Earth Stories’ exhibit are purely aesthetic creations, divorced from utility. Carol Larson’s ‘Torn Earth’ is actually two pieces of contiguous cloth.

At ‘Earth Stories’ exhibit, quilts address environmental issues

BY SHERYL NONNENBERG

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N THE MINDS of many, the word “quilt” likely conjures images of pastel patchworks arranged in geometric patterns. They are purely utilitarian objects, sewn by grandma—meant to keep you warm in the winter and to lay folded at the foot of the bed the rest of the year.

This is not the case with the quilts on display at “Earth Stories,” a juried exhibition of 24 art quilts currently on display at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. The

environmentally themed show is offered in conjunction with Studio Art Quilts Associates, an organization dedicated to promoting the art quilt through education and exhibitions. It will run through February.

“This is the first SAQA exhibition we have hosted,” museum curator Nancy Bavor says. “The works deal with issues that the world—and, in particular, California—is struggling with, such as water and energy use, recycling and conservation of natural resources.”

The SAQA has around 3,000 members, all of whom were invited to submit entry proposals. The quilters were asked to create designs celebrating both individuals and small groups that are working on projects that make

a positive impact on improving the quality of life on Earth.

From thousands of entries, guest juror Carolyn Mazloomi (a quilt historian) selected just two dozen. According to the exhibition catalog, Mazloomi chose quilts with the most “compelling themes and those with strong portfolios with great use of color, design and technical skill.” And while the quilts consist mainly of machine-sewn fabric, they also utilize painting, dyeing, collage, applique and photo transfer.

As Bavor notes, “These are not your grandmother’s quilts!”

Take for example Tender Bellys by Annie Helmericks-Louder, a piece inspired by Silent Spring, Rachel Carson’s cautionary chronicle of the dangers of sweeping pesticide use. Hand-dyed fabrics are collaged and stitched to create an almost tapestry-like depiction of birds and flora, peacefully coexisting and interdependent. The detail of each and every object is amazing and incredibly true to life.

The quilts were inspired by such diverse causes as solar cooking, the National Geographic Genographic Project and The Turtle Conservancy, to name a few, and come from all corners of the globe. There are several, however, with local themes.

Carol Larson celebrates the work of Architecture for Humanity with Torn Earth. The piece comprises two separate sections of dye-painted and screenprinted strips of fabric which hang side by side. On the right, the strips rest atop one another, representing Earth’s crustal instabilities. On the left side, the strips are helter-skelter, depicting the destructive energies released during an earthquake.

Reflecting just how far afield the term “art quilt” can extend is the work of Mirjam Pet-Jacobs from the Netherlands. In Light Towers, she chooses to honor the work of Royal Philips Electronics for developing an energysaving light bulb. The piece consists of several layers of silk and silk organza, hanging from two rods. In between the silk is a grid on which strings of lights are woven. The light shines through the transparent silk, which has been screenprinted with drawings of light bulbs.

It’s a bright and eye-catching work but nothing you could curl up under.

Quilts have always been a means of artistic expression—woven for purely aesthetic purposes and disconnected entirely from utility. Long relegated to the realm of function, decoration and “woman’s work,” the quilt has evolved into an art form to be reckoned with.

“These artists are essentially painting with fabric,” Bavor observes, “and, in some cases, paint and thread too.”

Walking around the exhibition, visitors may at first be drawn to the bright colors, powerful imagery and incredible workmanship of each piece.

But Bavor hopes that the messages behind the work—some of which are controversial, such as the quilt dedicated to the work of the International Planned Parenthood Federation—end up surprising patrons and giving them something to chew on. Besides granny’s famous oatmeal cookies, that is.

Sheryl Nonnenberg is an art researcher/ writer. nonnenberg@aol.com

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PAULA COLE Fri, January 15, 8pm Tickets from $50 “An extraordinary songwriter with a gorgeous voice”— Rolling Stone

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When a young woman accompanies her grandma to New York City, circumstances bring her into contact with a fella who has the same command over romance as she does over the English language, very limited. Nov 19-Dec 20. $17-$32. City Lights Theater Company.

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DEATH OF A SALESMAN The winner of 13 Tonys, 9 Drama Desk Awards, and the Pulitzer, this American classic follows the last days of Willy Loman as he deals with disintegration of his family’s hopes for the American Dream. Jan 15- 31. $32. Lucie Stern Theatre.

Palo Alto Players. Palo Alto.

COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV COMEDY Laugh until your stomach hurts at this improv battle of wits, all audience-sourced and suitable for the entire family. Ongoing. $12-$15.

Camera 4, San Jose.

MAN OF LA MANCHA This play within a play tells the story of the mad knight Don Quixote by his author, Cervantes, and fellow prisoners awaiting the judgment of the Inquisition.

Nov 19-Dec 19. $18-$28 Bus Barn Theater. Los Altos Stage Company. Los Altos.

Frankie formed a flannel jacket quartet who perished on the way to their first gig in a collision with a school bus. But now, the ethereal fellas will get one more shot to hit a heavenly harmony. $20-$35. Jan 30-Feb 21.

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39 STEPS In the course of 100 minutes, four actors step in and out of 139 roles in this award-winning farce that follows a proper British, Hitchcockian hero who encounters two-timing spies and deceitful dames. An absurdist masterwork. Nov 25-Dec 20. $55-$65. The San Jose Stage.

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TOSPS TUESDAYS A weekly showcase of Bay Area’s budding music scene across all genres.

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Power of Songwriting.” Thru May 16. Los Gatos.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER “Piranesi’s Paestum: Master Drawings Uncovered.” Thru Jan 4. “Artists at Work” demystifies the creative process. Thru Jan 18. “Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed.” Thru Feb 8.

“Edward Hopper: New York Corner.” Thru Feb 8. Stanford.

CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM “Imagination Playground” Put together megasized foam tinker toys to construct an endless array of possibilities. San Jose.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM “Closer by the Minute” David and Hi-Jin Hodge explore the contrast between the splendor of Niagara Falls and the shabby town near it. “Rewind: Works from the Video Collection” Thru Dec 6.

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EUPHRAT MUSEUM Art and photography created by students at De Anza College. Cupertino.

HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE “Slugs, Dingbats, and Tramp Printing” The printing press is one of the most important inventions in human history.

See the machine that printed the first newspaper in California. Thru Dec 12.

San Jose.

LOS GATOS COMPANY “Zulugrass Jewelry Gallery,” featuring the colorful clothing and ornaments adorned by the Maasai tribe of the Great Rift Valley of Kenya and Tanzania.

“Woodcarvings of Val Gardena, Italy,” featuring handcrafted wood-carved figures. Los Gatos.

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Opera Night. First Friday of every month. San Jose.

“Maker Space” Thru Jan 17. “Artists including Me: William Wegman,” “Diebenkorn in the Bedroom, DeFeo in the Den: Generous Gifts from the Dixon and Barbara Farley Collection,” “Character Studies: Clay from the Collection” Thru Feb 7.

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

THE MOUNTAIN TOP In April of 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis. This awardwinning production inserts spunky motel maid Camae, who bends facts toward the fantastic. Jan 15-31. $10-$35.

Pear Theatre. Mountain View.

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IT’S A MIRACLE The Tabard Theatre on San Pedro Square is presenting a radio play version of ‘Miracle on 34th Street.’

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“Menagerie” Selections from the permanent collection.

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ANNO DOMINI “Orbital—Cut up and Rewired” A reimagining of a single 30-foot self-portrait.

Thru Dec 12. San Jose.

GALLERY HOUSE “Artful” Holiday Show. Thru Dec 24. Palo Alto.

HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE First Fridays feature new artwork, demonstrations, and conversations with artists. San Jose.

KALEID GALLERY “God’s Garden” by Anthony Palomo. “Atomic Number 92”

by Andrew Irvine. San Jose.

PALO ALTO ART CENTER “Frontyard Backstreet” A study of places. Thru Dec 13.

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Monthly Midtown Beat Show. San Jose.

Works by John Renzel, Lacey Bryant, Nicolas Caesar, Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Michael Foley, Michael Borja, Valery Milovic, Carlos Villez, Eric Joyner, Laura Callin Bennett, John Hageman and Robert McColley. San Jose.

“San Shui” Paintings by Russell Altice Case. San Jose.

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“Botanica Poetica” New Work by Lucas Art Fellows.

Thru Dec 13. Saratoga.

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“Petrified” Works by Andy Wallace. San Jose.

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

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SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART Jim Campbell: New Work and Collaboration with Jane Rosen. Thru Feb 13. San Jose.

SEEING THINGS GALLERY “Four November” by Amine

A self-guided evening tour through galleries, museums, and independent businesses featuring exhibitions and special performances, including Street Eats & Live Beats at Parque De Los Pobladores. First Friday of the Month. Venues along S. First Street and throughout downtown San Jose.

BELLATOR MMA 147 Boxing is dead. The raw competition and and grisly beauty of MMA has supplanted the sweet science and this event is headline by two of the sport’s fiercest fighters, Josh Thomson and Pablo Villaseca. Fri, Dec 4, 4:30pm. $22-$75. SAP Center.

Family Fight LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON In ‘Creed,’ Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) helps Adonis (Michael B. Jackson), the illegitimate son of Apollo Creed, hone his fighting skills.

In the seventh installment of the ‘Rocky’ series, ‘Creed’ lands the most punches

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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HETHER SNORTING with fury in the ring or shyly avoiding a lady’s eyes, Michael B. Jackson is something to see in Creed. It’s the seventh and latest Rocky movie. It’s also the one with the best director of any of them, Ryan Coogler, previously of Fruitvale Station.

Jackson plays Adonis—“Donny”— the illegitimate posthumous son of Apollo Creed, Rocky Balboa’s challenger in the 1976 original. Back

then, it was a “million-to-one shot” when Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) had his time in the ring with the mouthy Muhammed Ali surrogate Apollo Creed, played by the former Oakland Raider, Carl Weathers. (Nine years ago, in 2006’s Rocky Balboa, the fight was “a billion-to-one shot.” Inflation has always been essential to this series.)

Today, Donny is a yuppie, who spends his weekends in Mexico, duking it out with other club-fighters. Fed up with the amateur circuit, he soon finds himself on a quest for a trainer— leaving his suit-and-skyscraper job in L.A. for Philadelphia, the city where his celebrated father triumphed and where Rocky Balboa still lives. Under Rocky’s tutelage, Donny gets good

enough to attract the attention of a larger, meaner champ in Liverpool (played by the fearsome pro boxer Tony Bellew).

As a director, Coogler really knows how to reheat leftovers. The romance between Adonis and Bianca (Tessa Thompson) is un-punched up, so to speak. Bianca is figuratively the girl next door; actually, she lives one flight down from Adonis. The camerawork keeps the budding relationship gentle and tentative. The lovers’ conversations are natural, with no weighty info-dumps.

Coogler achieves a fine balance between sensitivity and gritty, city harshness in a date at a cheesesteak shop, lit with green and rose neon.

Philly provides texture, above all else.

If we don’t believe in the adventures of Rocky Balboa, we can believe in the walls behind the boxer, the salt-damaged brick, mold and torn

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wallpaper. Surrounded with an entourage of revving dirt bikes, the new contender Apollo does his roadwork on funky streets dotted with bodegas, crisscrossed by railway viaducts and pockmarked by row houses with plywood-covered windows.

The original Rocky, reportedly written in a couple days, was a reprise of serious ’50s television programming, such as Studio One, blended with something on the order of the mainstream script Barton Fink was trying to write.

Its unexpected success muscled out films that told something true about the boxing world—say, John Huston’s Stockton-set Fat City (1972), now restored and on BluRay. The Rocky series is the story of a great white hope, with an ItalianAmerican cracking through what had become a black athlete’s sport.

Stallone’s endurance as a star defies all reason. He’s survived the episodes in this series that went loco—as in No. 4, when Rocky and Apollo took turns battling a Soviet cyborg. Stallone underplays, and the weight of age makes him look wise and noble.

With his clownish dyed eyebrows and squashed hat, Rocky no longer lingers in South Philly bars—so abject that they look like scenes from a Bela Tarr movie—as he did in Rocky Balboa. In Creed, Bianca recognizes Rocky from 15 yards away. The series can never figure it out: is Rocky Balboa a world-famous pugilist, or a mook who lost all his money? It may not matter. Every susceptible cell responds to watching Stallone work a punching bag, side by side with this film’s real star.

Coogler’s skill and style is demonstrated in a real-time, one-take fight, reminding us that throwing punches and ducking is as key to a bout as enduring the blows. These scenes recall Mike Tyson’s street-smart observation—“everyone has a plan, until they get hit”—stressing the importance of keeping a clear head despite the pain. No matter how commercial Creed is, it’s well-built, well-acted and inclusive. We’re a hot tempered nation and we could use a lesson in trust and coolness.

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metroactive FILM CHI-RAQ (2015) This new Spike Lee joint is about women in Chicago following the path of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata: after a baby is killed by a gangster’s stray bullet, the women of the area go on a sex strike until a truce between warring sides can be declared. The cast (Wesley Snipes, Nick Cannon, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Dave Chappelle) is unimprovable.

Lee on racial politics always demands to be heard, but his take on sexual politics has been a lot more problematic … remember She Hate Me? Unseen by our reviewers.

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LILIOM/ZOO IN BUDAPEST/ LILIOM (1930/1933/1934) Two adaptations of a Hungarian theatrical antique memorable as the source of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Carousel. A modern audience will, justly but inevitably, look at Liliom as a poetic defense of domestic violence. (The Crystals’ infamous 1963 chartbuster “He Hit Me [And It Felt Like a Kiss]” came from dialogue that’s in both film versions.) The excitement is all in the handling by two noteworthy directors. The 1930 version by Frank Borzage has, in Rose Hobart, an exponent of faith and innocence, a Julie holding out for the kind of love that has nothing practical to do with it. The Billy Bigelow figure Liliom is played by Charles Farrell, a popular silent-age leading man who was discovered to have an irritating voice when sound came in.

He’s an unemployed carny whose participation in a half-thought-out robbery has fateful consequences both in this world and the next. Hobart’s Garbo-worthy underplaying wins the tragedy, especially when she’s tending the mortally wounded Liliom under a single flickering candle; Borzage’s tender handling of this scene, as well as his note of the unfeeling conversation of a pair of police who discover the fallen Liliom, all attest to the uniquely delicate way this director dealt with working-class love. Surreal special effects in this tale are still surprising. The 1934 Fritz Lang version, filmed in Paris, is more rumbustious, less romantic, less sophisticated, and more bent to the rising stardom of Charles Boyer in the title role. It’s also far more juicy and bawdy. Boyer’s last shrug at the gates of Purgatory is of a piece with the flashing lights, calliopes, and mechanical

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Lang (Metropolis) a director who appreciated sins and sinners, has a taste for carnival life. Boyer’s Liliom is something closer to Don Juan: a rebel human staring down the fat policeman of heaven, refusing to be cowed, and aiming to spit in the halls. BILLED WITH Zoo in Budapest: More elegant Hollywood Hungary, with the 20-year-old Loretta Young as a girl named Eve stranded overnight in a zoo with an escaped tiger. (Plays Dec 4-5 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

KRAMPUS Do we war on Christmas, or did that holiday hit us first? Many anti-Noel warriors cherish the legend of Santa’s enforcer, Krampus, a vicious Sasquatch still at large in backwards parts of Germany and Austria.

(Krampus cards, showing the monster taking bad children to hell where they belong, were popular up to the modern era; if kids misbehave now, maybe it’s because we forget the old ways at our peril.) In this fable by Michael Dougherty (X2,, Superman Returns) a family of awful people are stalked by a vengeful Krampus; the Christmas beast’s victims include the ever-surly Adam Scott, the ornery David Koechner, exasperated mom Toni Collette, and Two and a Half Men’s prodigious, W. C. Fields’ like maid Conchata Ferrell.

Sounds foolproof, longed to see it, but they didn’t screen it for the press. (RvB)

SPOTLIGHT The Catholic archdiocese of Boston concealed the actions of dozens of priests who were known to be serial pedophiles—a story exposed by the Boston Globe in a Pulitzer-winning series in 2002. The “Spotlight” team was a group of deep investigative reporters based in a windowless room at the Globe. The top-drawer cast includes Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams and Liev Schreiber as the reporting team, Len Cariou as Cardinal Law, and Stanley Tucci and Billy Crudup as lawyers of very different ethical standards. This is director Tom McCarthy’s first great movie: an intricate model of cool handling of inflammatory subject matter. Spotlight is a tribute to the vanishing world of how news was once gathered. It might be easier to forgive the Catholic Church than it is to forgive the Wall Streeters who gutted these papers of record.

(Plays Valleywide) (RvB)

A ‘ROOM’ FOR TWO In the psychological drama, ‘Room,’ a mother and son live as captives, though the little boy doesn’t know it.

A Walled-Off World BASED ON ONE of those stories you don’t even want to think about, Room (not to be confused with Tommy Wiseau’s nonpareil The Room) is adapted from Emma Donoghue’s novel—which is, in turn, sourced on the real-life ordeals of women kidnapped and imprisoned in makeshift dungeons.

Joy (Brie Larson) and Jack ( Jacob Tremblay) are in their own world. They have to be, given how they are walled up in a windowless 10-foot by 10-foot shed in an Akron, Ohio backyard.

Jack is 5 and it is Joy’s seventh year in captivity. Not knowing her rapist’s name, she calls him, like Satan, “Old Nick” (Sean Bridgers).

Larson’s impressively focused acting never lets you blink—she’s bonded in a tight inner circle, with the superb, young Tremblay. Whenever director Lenny Abrahamson has the two together, he never goes wrong. He handles even the risky and macabre portions of the story—such as the scene of the monster, Nick, whining to his prisoner that he’s been laid off and has suffered unemployment for the past six months.

The truth is that Jack is relatively happy. He treats the the room like

Pee Wee’s Playhouse. Every piece of furniture has a name. He’s satisfied at being the complete focus of a mommy’s attention—what kid wouldn’t be?

The material seems Room made for a short, twoR; 118 Mins. person film—the French Aquarius, movie, Just Before Losing Palo Alto Everything, suggests how well you could build the tension up to the eventual escape. But the love and tears this movie has drawn from national audiences elude me; the film’s turn toward healing and therapy came on so quickly, it seemed indecent. Even performers like William H. Macy and Joan Allen (as the parents of the kidnapped Joy) can’t transcend the simple melodramatic roles they’re cast in. And the direction is even flatter for the various police, doctors, lawyers and journalists who come out to help get Joy back into the world.

Strange coincidence that this movie came out the same year as The Wolfpack. But the clean suburbs and the orchestrated score insist on a happy ending for the kind of story that never ends joyously.

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Earth Stories: 25th Anniversary Exhibition from Studio Art Quilt Associates | Now – Feb. 28, 2016 There are many stories of hope across the globe. Both individuals and small groups are working on projects that, when added together, make a positive impact on improving the quality of life on this planet. Earth Stories celebrates the stories of people and projects that enhance the planet, increase sustainability and otherwise enhance the earth we all occupy.

520 S. First Sreet, San Jose | 408.971.0323 | sjquiltmuseum.org Above: Regina Benson, Alternative Future

Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana 510 S 1st St, San Jose 408.998.2783 maclaarte.org

San Jose Stage Company 490 S 1st St, San Jose 408.283.7142 thestage.org

The 39 Steps | Now – Dec. 20 | Directed by Ken Kelleher “Absurdly enjoyable, gleefully theatrical ... a perfect soufflé.” – NY Times “The 39 Steps is fabulous fun!” – LA Theatre Examiner Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel and a dash of Monty Python and you have a hilarious, high-speed spoof of the silver-screen classic.This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller features four fearless actors, playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action.

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art 560 S 1st St, San Jose 408.283.8155 sjica.org

Jim Campbell: new work and collaborations | Now - Feb. 14, 2016 Using LED technology and custom electronics, Jim Campbell explores the connections of light, space and time. In a world that is primarily defined by crystal-clear resolution, Campbell uses cutting-edge technology to produce images that are at once recognizable and indistinguishable. In a unique collaboration with sculptor Jane Rosen, Campbell will further explore the three-dimensionality of his work by combining his light installations with her marble sculptures.

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Custom Lives: Rasquache Renaissance | Dec. 2, 2015 – Mar. 13, 2016 Featuring work by DZINE, Marcos Gaitan, Sergio Garcia, Luis Gispert, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Gilbert “Magu” Lujan, Melina Ramirez, Betsabeé Romero, and Ana Serrano. The artists explore the many ways we customize ourselves, our lives and the environments around us.

Art for sale—buy an original work of art from contemporary Latino artists!

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Rapping Ain’t Eazy DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN Oakland based rhymesayer G-Eazy has shown great promise, but he will need to do more if he aims to be truly great.

G-Eazy struggles to find a unique voice in ‘Dark’ sophomore LP

BY JOHN FLYNN

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-Eazy paid his dues.

In the last seven years, the Oakland rapper shotgunned 11 projects at the Internet, starred in mega-popular music videos and established himself as a social media somebody—all before putting ink to a contract. His Webbased rise epitomizes the way recording artists get big nowadays. His proponents paint him as a reverent student of hip-hop history

and a genuine wordsmith, who paired undeniable charisma with a singleminded work ethic to achieve success.

There is, of course, another narrative. The one about how G-Eazy—just like Macklemore and Vanilla Ice before him, and just like Eric Clapton and Elvis Presley before them—is simply another white guy repackaging an originally black art form for a predominantly pasty crowd. Detractors dismiss him as a polished practitioner for white families to compromise on. He’s safe enough for mom, but edgy enough for junior. With his greased hair, clean chin and fitted cuts, G-Eazy (born

Gerald Earl Gillum) is as tamely dangerous as a boy-band bad boy.

Then again, it’s 2015, and questioning a rapper’s authenticity based on his skin color feels a bit disingenuous. We’ve already wrung our hands over this. At the turn of the century, Dr. Dre cosigned Eminem’s dizzy lunacy and the pale savant became the highest-selling rapper ever. Kanye and Drake came from the middle class. And a couple years back, the President kicked off the annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner by walking in to DJ Khaled’s “All I Do Is Win.” Hip-hop has long been more popular than rock & roll. Middleclass white boys grow up listening to it. Some try their hand at making it. And a few get good at it. But if hip-hop has expanded to include artists like G-Eazy, the real question is how and where does he fit within the genre. On Dec. 4, he submits his second full-length album, When

It’s Dark Out, for our collective consideration.

The 26 year-old’s second major label LP kicks off with “Random,” a Drake-lite banger with baroque chorus blasts, regal, plodding horns and gut-punching kick-snare combos.

Then comes the single “Me, Myself and I,” which rides an undulating, super-slow-mo melody into a hard candy EDM hook before exhaling into sneering bars smacked over double-dutching drums. Both tracks blurt the album’s thesis: He’s been grinding hard, and now he’s going to celebrate by consuming a bunch of nice things that won’t end up making him happy.

The theme is entertaining at times. But ultimately, just like the fast women and hard substances that populate the record’s 17 tracks, it isn’t really satiating.

The record’s bright spots include “Some Kind of Drug”—a bouncy, smoldering bedroom ode to truly bomb sex—and “Don’t Let Me Go,” which features a robo kazoo, druggy existentialism and a galeforce hook by GRACE, a gal with the pipes of a two-story tall organ.

“Sad Boy,” confronts his fame-related melancholy and wrangles with superficial disatisfaction, substance abuse and his strained relationship with his up-and-down mother.

“Everything Will Be Okay” marks the most personal turn. The third verse unspools a crushing yarn about his mom leaving his dad for a lesbian lover—a woman whom Gillum eventually discovers, blue and overdosed, on the bathroom floor. He tries and fails to revive her.

This intricate trauma seems ripe for further spelunking, but it’s one of few descents into the deeper recesses of what makes G-Eazy, G-Eazy.

And here is the crux of When It’s Dark Out’s failings. The title promises a deep dive into a morose mind, but it’s the same surface-level struggle rap he’s always made. It’s like expertly performed scales—technically impressive, but not terribly revealing of the human being behind the noise.

For someone who has released hours of himself talking, I wish I had a better of idea who he is. Too often, he plants songs in already exhausted soil documenting... ..his grind, greed or misbegotten evenings with nameless women. And there’s plenty of postmodern...

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with some downright filthy lyrical content in his video for ‘I Mean It.’

34 ...fun to be had with those mothballing tropes, but he takes them too seriously—boxing himself into tired creative territory. He either needs to exponentialize the extravagant debauchery or unfurl deeper reflections that could only come from his angle. Lyrically, he just has to do something to cultivate an identity beyond handsome, hardworking, well-moneyed white guy—if he wants to be remembered. If he wants to be profitable, he’s doing just fine.

Race and class matter less than ever in questions of who can make hip-hop, but just because you’re allowed through the door, doesn’t mean you can take a seat. G-Eazy is an industrious student of the genre, who has yet to submit anything worthy of tenure. Instead, he’s taken what others have done, wrapped it in his palatable package and sold it to a generation of musically omnivorous hipsters attracted to his accessible, but infrequently challenging sound.

When you profit from an art without adding much to it, diehards will dismiss you. If you’re eating, you got to bring something to the table.

One idea: Clean-cut white guys have just started to rap. But clean-cut white guys have been biting black sounds for as long as there has been black music. Yet despite hip-hop’s subsistence on sampling, these artists have been left mostly alone. This is

where G-Eazy can grow sonically. If he is going to dress up like Elvis, why not scramble up some of The King’s old standards—or Johnny Cash’s gospel, or perhaps some of the Rolling Stones’ Chuck Berry imitations—into new beats?

His breakout and, in my opinion, best single, “Runaround Sue,” did this by modernizing Italian-American Dion Dimucci’s do-wop—a style with black origins. Music feels hollow without roots in a deeper culture and G-Eazy’s place in hip-hop (reluctant though he may be to admit it) is as the latest extension of an ancient, rarely confronted American tradition of white men practicing black art.

He could zag away from the current trap/autotune glut and make a novel, nostalgic turn that few other rappers can. If he taps into his cultural predecessors, G-Eazy could make an honest, singular statement, expand hip-hop’s sonic palette and embrace the obvious: he is an outsider in his own genre. He should investigate the noises that come out of the elephant in the room. By highlighting that what he’s doing has been done before, he can do something new.

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UNWINED Every 2nd and 4th Thu, 7-9pm: Don Balistreri. Every Sat, 7-9:30pm: Live jazz. Every 1st and 3rd Sat, 9pm: Randy Whiting and “@Jazz.” San Jose.

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CHARLEY'S LG Every Thu, 7pm: Speakeasy Saloon w/ live Country music.

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WOODHAMS LOUNGE Mon: Comedy open mic with Pete Munoz. Santa Clara.

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THE WOODSHED Every 1st Sun: Doug Young’s Acoustic Guitar Night. $10.

Los Gatos.

Open Mic/ Comedy ANGELICA’S BISTRO Every Tue: Open Mic Tuesdays.

Redwood City.

2nd Thu, 7pm: Words Drawing Music. San Jose.

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

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

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

San Jose.

APPARITION Every 2nd Thu: Gothic, industrial karaoke. Club Lido, San Jose.

BENNIGAN’S GRILL Sat, 9pm: Karaoke evenings.

Santa Clara.

BAMBOO LOUNGE Mon, 7pm: Musical open mic for singer/songwriters. Sign up at 7pm. Free. San Jose.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT Thu, 7pm: Musical open mic.

San Jose.

CAFFE FRASCATI Every Mon, 8pm: Commediaopen mic for comedy. Tue, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

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San Jose.

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PSYCHO DONUTS Sun, 10am: Psycho Karaoke.

Campbell.

RED STAG LOUNGE Nightly karaoke, 9pm-1:30am.

San Jose.

ROCKBAR Tue, 7pm: Live Band Karaoke.

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Gray and Garcia explain that “within an evolutionary lens, this [difference] makes sense.” They’re referring to how it was in an ancestral man's (gene-spreading) best interest to have sex with any woman who’d have him. Women, however, benefited from being choosier—holding off from going into the bushes with just any “hit ‘em and quit ‘em” Mr. Neanderbrow, which could leave them as the sole caretaker for one or more little Neanderbrows.

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Basson found that in the early stages of a relationship, or if women are away from their partner for days or weeks, they will have that fromout-of-nowhere lust to get it on that men do. But once a woman settles into a relationship, sex often becomes a “responsive event.” This doesn’t mean her sex drive is permanently up on blocks on the front lawn. It’s what Basson calls “triggerable,” meaning that a woman first needs to start fooling around, which will lead to her getting aroused. She’ll then feel desire and be up for sexcapades. But because many couples don’t know this, their sex lives (and often their relationships) go to pot while they wait around for the woman’s desire like a bus that never comes.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #609935 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: San Jose Vape, 112 Paseo De San Antonio, San Jose, CA, 95112, Jekelian and Tannous Enterprise, Belmont, CA, 94002. This business is conducted by a corporation.Above entity was formed in the state of CaliforniaRegistrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Hani TannousSecretary#C37869898This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/07/2015.(pub Metro 11/04, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/2015)

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Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Allen SumagitThis statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/22/2015.(pub Metro 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/02/2015)

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Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Edgar BautistaThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/12/2015.(pub Metro 11/18, 11/25, 12/02, 12/09/2015)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #611195 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Luxury Automotive, 3275 Stevens Creek Blvd., #140, Santa Clara, CA, 95117, Jemaa Jemaa, 1636 Hope Dr., Apt 925, Santa Clara, CA, 95054. This business is conducted by an individual.Registrant began transacting business under the ďŹ ctitious

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Registrant began transacting business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names listed herein on 7/23/2012. /s/Sang HaThis statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/18/2015.(pub Metro 11/25, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16/2015)

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STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #610227 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the ďŹ ctitious business name(s): Asian Express, 1699 W. San Carlos St., San Jose, CA, 95138, Karen Dien, 555 Umbarger Rd., Ste 69, San Jose, CA, 95111. Filed in Santa Clara County on 5/22/14 under ďŹ le #592303This business was conducted by an individual/s/Karen DienThis statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/16/2015.(pub Metro 11/11, 11/18, 11/25, 12/02/2015)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #611120 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pomodoro Pizza, 6932 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA, 95120, SRS Enterprise. This business is conducted by a corporation.Above entity was formed in the state of CaliforniaRegistrant has not yet begun transacting business under the ďŹ ctitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Sasan ShamsPresident#3836603This statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/13/2015.(pub Metro 11/18, 11/25, 12/02, 12/09/2015)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #611460 The following person(s) / entity (ies) has / have abandoned the use of the ďŹ ctitious business name(s): Lotus Spa, 74 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113, Jonn, LLC, 916 Stone Glen Ct., San Jose, CA, 95122. Filed in Santa Clara County on 4/20/2015 under ďŹ le #603995This business was conducted by a limited liability company/s/Giao X. NguyenThis statement was ďŹ led with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 11/23/2015.(pub Metro 11/25, 12/02, 12/09, 12/16/2015)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Happiness sneaks through a door you didn't know that you left open,” said actor John Barrymore. I hope you've left open a lot of those doors, Aries. The more there are, the happier you will be. This is the week of all weeks when joy, pleasure, and even zany bliss are likely to find their ways into your life from unexpected sources and unanticipated directions. If you're lucky, you also have a few forgotten cracks and neglected gaps where fierce delights and crisp wonders can come wandering in.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): What state of mind do you desire the most? What is the quality of being that you aspire to inhabit more and more as you grow older? Maybe it's the feeling of being deeply appreciated, or the ability to see things as they really are, or an intuitive wisdom about how to cultivate vibrant relationships. I invite you to set an intention to cultivate this singular experience with all your passion and ingenuity. The time is right.

Make a pact with yourself.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Like Metallica jamming with Nicki Minaj and Death Cab for Cutie on a passage from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, you are redefining the meanings of the words “hybrid,” “amalgam,” and “hodgepodge.” You're mixing metaphors with panache.

You're building bridges with cheeky verve. Some of your blends are messy mishmashes, but more often they are synergistic successes. With the power granted to me by the gods of mixing and matching, I hereby authorize you to keep splurging on the urge to merge. This is your special time to experiment with the magic of combining things that have rarely or never been combined.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): I hope you can figure out the difference between the fake cure and the real cure. And once you know which is which, I hope you will do the right thing rather than the sentimental thing. For best results, keep these considerations in mind: The fake cure may taste sweeter than the real one. It may also be better packaged and more alluringly promoted. In fact, the only advantage the real cure may have over the fake one is that it will actually work to heal you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): There's a sinuous,

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I bought an old horoscope book at a garage sale for 25 cents. The cover was missing and some pages were waterdamaged, so parts of it were hard to decipher.

But the following passage jumped out at me: “In romantic matters, Virgos initially tend to be cool, even standoffish. Their perfectionism may interfere with their ability to follow through on promising beginnings. But if they ever allow themselves to relax and go further, they will eventually ignite. And then, watch out! Their passion will generate intense heat and light.” I suspect that this description may apply to you in the coming weeks. Let's hope you will trust your intuition about which possibilities warrant your caution and which deserve your opening.

“I’m sorry, Suzie, I can’t talk right now. I need to go back and look like I’m working hard.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “The secret of being a bore is to tell everything,” said French writer Voltaire. I agree, and add these thoughts: To tell everything also tempts you to wrongly imagine that you have everything completely figured out.

Furthermore, it may compromise your leverage in dicey situations where other people are using information as a weapon. So the moral of the current story is this: Don't tell everything! I realize this could be hard, since you are a good talker these days; your ability to express yourself is at a peak.

So what should you do? Whenever you speak, aim for quality over quantity. And always weave in a bit of mystery.

By ROB BREZSNY week of December 2

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Ducks are the most unflappable creatures I know. Cats are often regarded as the top practitioners of the “I don't give a f---” attitude, but I think ducks outshine them. When domestic felines exhibit their classic aloofness, there's sometimes a subtext of annoyance or contempt. But ducks are consistently as imperturbable as Zen masters. Right now, as I gaze out my office window, I'm watching five of them swim calmly, with easygoing nonchalance, against the swift current of the creek in the torrential rain. I invite you to be like ducks in the coming days. Now is an excellent time to practice the high art of truly not giving a f---.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): My old friend Jeff started working at a gambling casino in Atlantic City. “You've gone over to the dark side!” I kidded.

He acknowledged that 90 percent of the casino's visitors lose money gambling. On the bright side, he said, 95 percent of them leave happy. I don't encourage you to do this kind of gambling in the near future, Sagittarius. It's true that you will be riding a lucky streak. But smarter, surer risks will be a better way to channel your good fortune. So here's the bottom line: In whatever way you choose to bet or speculate, don't let your lively spirits trick you into relying on pure impulsiveness. Do the research. Perform your due diligence. It's not enough just to be entertained. The goal is to both have fun and be successful.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus was a pioneer thinker whose ideas helped pave the way for the development of science. Believe nothing, he taught, unless you can evaluate it through your personal observation and logical analysis. Using this admirable approach, he determined that the size of our sun is about two feet in diameter. I'm guessing that you have made comparable misestimations about at least two facts of life, Capricorn. They seem quite reasonable but are very wrong. The good news is that you will soon be relieved of those mistakes. After some initial disruption, you will feel liberated.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian inventor Thomas Edison owned 1,093 patents. Nicknamed “The Wizard of Menlo Park,” he devised the first practical electric light bulb, the movie camera, the alkaline storage battery, and many more useful things. The creation he loved best was the phonograph. It was the first machine in history that could record and reproduce sound. Edison bragged that no one else had ever made such a wonderful instrument. It was “absolutely original.” I bring this to your attention, Aquarius, because I think you're due for an outbreak of absolute originality. What are the most unique gifts you have to offer? In addition to those you already know about, new ones may be ready to emerge.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here's an experiment that makes good astrological sense for you to try in the coming weeks. Whenever you feel a tinge of frustration, immediately say, “I am an irrepressible source of power and freedom and love.” Anytime you notice a trace of inadequacy rising up in you, or a touch of blame, or a taste of anger, declare, “I am an irresistible magnet for power and freedom and love.” If you're bothered by a mistake you made, or a flash of ignorance expressed by another person, or a maddening glitch in the flow of the life force, stop what you're doing, interrupt the irritation, and proclaim, “I am awash in power and freedom and love.”

Homework: Review in loving detail the history of your life. Remember how and why you came to be where you are now. Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com.

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

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