Matt Crawford has more than 10 years of experience covering arts and entertainment and news in Northern California. He serves as content director for Boulevards New Media City Guides, Metro Newspapers Web properties and affiliated social media sites. His past work experience includes assignments for the Los Angeles Times, Paste Magazine and the Times-Standard, Daily Triplicate and North Coast Journal newspapers. Follow him on Twitter at @Metro_Matt.
Entries by Matt Crawford:
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South Bay Easter Events
Apr 03, 2012, by Staff Report
The Easter Bunny arrives in Silicon Valley on April 8. There are a variety of events to welcome the holiday.
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Review: Aphrodisiac at City Lights Theater
Arts Jan 24, 2012, by Sean Conwell
Rob Handel’s Aphrodisiac, now at City Lights theater, is a political thriller—with a twist, which I’ll get to in a moment—that speculates about the mystery of the political beast.
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In a classic David vs. Goliath case that had the bicycling community abuzz, two owners of a small Cotati bike company were in a San Jose courtroom last week battling cycling giant Specialized.
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SJ Q&A: Dan Vado, SLG Publishing
BusinessCommunity Jan 15, 2012, by Hayley Benham-Archdeacon 2 Comments
Dan Vado founded Slave Labor Graphics Publishing more than 25 years ago and began publishing independent comics and making toys. He now hosts regular art exhibitions and live music events at Art Boutiki & Gallery on South Market Street.
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Winter Jazz Festival
Festivals Jan 13, 2012, by Misa Shikuma
San Jose Jazz fans won’t have to wait long to get their fix with the debut of the organization’s 2012 Winter Fest, an encore to the popular summer series.
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Amie Frisch, co-founded Veggielution in 2009 as a post-college experiment. Since then, it has blossomed into a radical project to change the way people think about their food and their community.
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Artist Profile: Ben Alexy
Arts Jan 02, 2012, by Tomek Mackowiak
Ben Alexy’s paintings are large in scale, ambitious and made in San Jose.
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Silicon Valley International Auto Show Rolls into Town
Sports Jan 02, 2012, by Staff Report
Some of the most exquisite new cars, trucks, hybrids and more roll into downtown San Jose for 2012 Silicon Valley International Auto Show.
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The gifts have been unwrapped, the stockings unstuffed and the ham scarfed down. The holidays are over, minus the one that always seems to elude planning—New Year’s Eve.
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With Low Participation, Calif. Food Stamp Funding in Jeopardy
Nov 28, 2011, by Hugh Biggar
Roughly 2.3 million Californians receive financial help in getting enough food to eat, but it’s the nearly 3 million others who don’t take advantage of the federal food stamp program who are costing themselves—and California.
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