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 | Ballet San Jose delights with 'Pirates of Penzance' IN THE SPIRIT of puffy shirts, moonlit melodrama, mirthful buccaneers and bathing beauties, [i]Pirates of Penzance![/i] was a rollicking good evening of swashbuckling entertainment that amused the whole family. Though the overall dancing of the company wasn’t at the level of mastery shown in past Ballet San Jose performances, the production included more acrobatics and contemporary movement then usually seen from this company, provided by guest-choreographer Daryl Gray.More |  | Ballet San Jose delights with 'Pirates of Penzance' IN THE SPIRIT of puffy shirts, moonlit melodrama, mirthful buccaneers and bathing beauties, [i]Pirates of Penzance![/i] was a rollicking good evening of swashbuckling entertainment that amused the whole family. Though the overall dancing of the company wasn’t at the level of mastery shown in past Ballet San Jose performances, the production included more acrobatics and contemporary movement then usually seen from this company, provided by guest-choreographer Daryl Gray.More |  | Local company Breezy Excursion scores with ’90s nostalgia shirts BREEZY EXCURSION, one of the biggest street-wear brands to come out of San Jose ever, started with a dream. “I literally had a real dream about selling T-shirts made out of solid gold,” says [b]Ryan Mante[/b], the co-owner of the San Jose–based apparel brand. “I woke up and said, ‘You know what? I want to make T-shirts.’”More |  | When in doubt, stylish men turn to the classic leather jacket LEAVES are on the ground, leftover Halloween candy is settling into everyone’s spare tire nicely and the brisk winter weather is approaching at full force. As gentlemen drag out last year’s outerwear, it may become painfully obvious that they are in need of some snazzy new duds to shield them from the elements.More |  | Local designer Charlotte Kruk makes haute couture out of cast-offs USED TOOTHPASTE TUBES and real human wisdom teeth might not be most people’s definition of creativity, but [i]Charlotte Kruk[/i] finds them positively inspiring. Kruk has been designing wearable sculpture made from candy wrappers and recycled product packaging under the label [i]Kruktart[/i] for more than 15 years.More |  | Oliverio’s plan would zone and tax medical marijuana clinics, and use the money for cops and roads IN San Jose, people who rely on a doctor-prescribed puff of pot to relieve pain must hit the highway, and drive to a medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco or Santa Cruz, or else hit the street, and buy a bag from a dealer. City Councilmember Pierluigi Oliverio has a plan designed to help relieve cancer patients’ pain, and also make the city a mint in sales taxes.More |  | Tim Hennessey has backing of downtown nightclub owners. An affable former security guard, bartender and doorman at the popular downtown bar Johnny V’s is eyeing a run for a seat on the San Jose City Council. Tim Hennessey has generated backing from a number of angry downtown club owners, and this December, with no political experience, he’ll start officially vying for a position representing the most high profile council district of the nation’s tenth largest city.More |  | New SJ Rep production wrestles with big issues of racism and apartheid GROUNDSWELL, a San Jose Repertory Theatre production, plays Tuesday at 7:30pm, Wednesday at 11am (Oct. 21 only) and 8pm, Thursday–Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 3 and 8pm, and Sunday at 2pm through Nov. 8 at the Rep, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose. Tickets are $35 and up. (408.367.7255)More |  | This fall, women are eyeing their man's closet for ideas THE “boyfriend blazer,” the “boyfriend cardigan,” “boyfriend jeans” and now the “boyfriend shirt”? It seems that this fall, every article of women’s clothing that is not elasticized into a body-skimming second skin must have been attained by raiding the closet of one’s man-friend. In fact, this “boyfriend” label gives the impression that sartorially aware ladies will only be comfortable when they’ve picked something loose and billowy off their boy toy’s bedroom floor and thrown it on before running out the door.More |  | Some how-to tip on the new "undo" of the fall ESSENTIALLY two plaits of hair haloing the head, the milkmaid braid is a sweet, romantic new “undo” for this fall. This trendy alternative to the boring ponytail keeps tresses out of one’s face with an extra dash of femininity and style.More |
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