The Italian café in SoFA District has welcomed artists since Opera San Jose began performing at the shop-front stage 10 years ago.
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Gig Worker Law May be a Curtain Call for Local Theater Groups
AB-5 was meant to help independent contractors get a fair shake, but the new state law has had some unintended consequences.
For Three Decades, City-Funded Artwork Has Largely Excluded San Jose’s Homegrown Talent
An analysis of San Jose’s public art paints a story of a city that’s failed to use its economic power to invest in its own creative community.
Op-Ed: Float Your Hopes and Dreams at San Jose’s Annual Water Lantern Festival
What makes the Water Lantern Festival so unique is the main event—making and floating water lanterns.
Op-Ed: Silicon Valley Church to Host Seminar on Racial Injustice
Churches need to speak up about racial injustice, which is the focus of a workshop hosted this weekend by Emmanuel Baptist Church.
SV411 Podcast: Chris Burrill, Director of Hammer Theatre
This week Metro’s SV411 Podcast runs down some of the biggest stories in local politics and the reinvented Hammer Theatre Center.
Metro Silicon Valley Receives 10 Journalism Awards from CNPA
Brace yourself. We’re about to do a little navel gazing. Metro, San Jose Inside’s parent company, won a slew of journalism awards
Can SoFA District’s Arts Scene Survive Influx of Luxury Condos?
Residents of San Jose’s SoFA District will pay top dollar to live in new high-rises, but artists and entrepreneurs worry they’ll be priced out.
The Departure Lounge: We Lost Some Great People in 2016
The list of noteworthy people who slid off the mortal coil in 2016 is too long to list—but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try.
Silicon Valley Artists Face Unique Struggles to Maintain Careers
A look back at a city of San Jose study in 2008 finds that the path to a career in the arts here remains nearly impossible.
Luis Valdez Receives National Medal of Arts at White House
Local playwright and activist Luis Valdez joined arts luminaries Thursday at the White House to receive the 2015 National Medal of Arts.
San Jose Looks at Lessons Learned from Super Bowl 50
When Super Bowl 50 packed up and left, the conversation centered not so much on the game but on how the Bay Area handled the cavalcade.
San Jose: Street Vendors Not ‘Clean’ Enough for Super Bowl 50
Making San Jose easier to swallow for Middle America’s diabetic masses shouldn't involve sanitizing the streets of local color.
Downtown Restaurant, Bar Blackbird Tavern Shuts Down
Blackbird Tavern announced Monday that it will be closing a little more than a year after opening its doors. The restaurant, which also served craft beer and cocktails, and hosted regular live music events, opened in downtown San Jose on July 1, 2013.
San Jose Stage Company Celebrates Anniversaries with Benefit Performance
On Friday, June 21, the San Jose Stage Company has an especially auspicious occasion scheduled, as the company will put on a benefit performance to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the political comedy show Monday Night Live! and the 30th anniversary for the company as a whole. The five-hour gala will start at 7pm inside the Silicon Valley Athletic Club’s Corinthian Grand Ballroom. Ticket reservations can be purchased at http://www.thestage.org, or by calling the box office at 408.283.7142.
Obama Slept Here
On Sunday, President Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president in a decade to overnight in San Jose. That may placate some of the people who have been complaining that this president bypasses a city that overwhelmingly supported him and only spends time with the wealthy gods of social media on the Peninsula, who dispense $35,800 checks like ATMs. Truth be told, the only reason Obama was in San Jose was because he needed a place to crash.
