Friday, December 11, 2009

Light It Up!

Oshman Family Jewish Community Center9pm

Silicon Valley Hillel presents Light It Up, a Chanukah celebration for the 21+ crowd. Bring a nonperishable food for donation and enjoy music,…

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Dennis Nahat's "The Nutcracker"

San Jose Center for the Performing Arts1:30pm and 7:30pm1:30pm children's matinee (1 ho…

The theater itself is a wonderland of surprises, replete with lavish lobby decorations, a boutique of ballet and holiday treasures, choirs singing…

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From Their Studios

Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts11am-5pm

This exhibition highlights the work from 13 artists who teach studio art at Stanford University. A wide variety of art is featured, including…

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Another Night Before Christmas

City Lights Theater Company8pm

A woman befriends a homeless man who might be Santa in a different kind of seasonal play from City Lights. This is the West Coast premiere of…

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Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet

Senzala Brazilian Cuisine7:30pm

A member of the Bay Area Latin All-Stars, Wayne Wallace is a talented trombonist and an innovative arranger. As one of the most interesting…

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Santastic!

CLOSED: The Retro Dome1:30 & 7:30pm

For the holidays, the whole family is invited to visit Santa Claus and his band of singing and dancing elves in "Santastic!" This musical production…

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A Christmas Story

San Jose Repertory Theatre3 and 8pm

The San Jose Repertory Theatre will bring one of the most popular and beloved Christmas stories to life this holiday season. “A Christmas Story,”…

Fantasy of Lights 2009

Vasona Lake County Park6-10pm

For the 11th year, the park is filled with fantastical lighted displays, with everything from dinosaurs to pirate ships. A drive through the…

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Saturday Night Live

Agenda LoungeAll night

Head to Agenda Restaurant & Lounge, every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month to enjoy beat from local djs and top deals on well and bottled drinks. Join…

Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LibraryMon-Tue and Thu, 11am-6pm, Wed, 11am-8pm, Fri, 11am-5pm and Sat, 1-5pm.

Displays of original Beethoven manuscripts, first editions, a lock of the composer's hair, art and demonstrations of historical keyboards. Fifth…

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Alexander Calder: Color in Motion

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

Alexander Calder's colorful “mobiles” epitomize the innovative, optimistic spirit of early-20th-century modernism. The show features mobiles,…

Pre-Fixe – Toys for Tots

Verge Restaurant + LoungeDinner Hours

During the month of December Three Degrees will feature a $29 three course pre-fixe menu and will donate 10% of revenue sales to Toys for Tots.…

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Sadiki Fuller

Rooster T. Feathers8pm & 10:30pm

Laugh and enjoy the well thought out philosophy of a young man who quit a $70,000 a year job for the love of stand-up comedy! Originally from…

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Carols in the California

California Theatre8:00 pm

The Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale presents a festive program of holiday favorites, A Prairie Home Companion-style, hosted by San Jose's own…

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Ansel Adams: Early Works

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

Photographs by Ansel Adams will be featured at the San Jose Museum of Art Sept. 5 to Feb. 28. Adams was a photographer, musician, naturalist,…

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Star Trek: The Exhibition

The Tech Museum of Innovationopens at 9am

It’s perfectly logical STAR TREK®: THE EXHIBITION beams into The Tech Museum Tickets on sale today! SAN JOSE, CA – Prepare for the arrival…

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Digital Transformations

The Intel Museum10am-5pm

Explore through interactive exhibits how technologies used to capture images, communicate across distance and record sound have evolved over…

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Sample This!

Tres Gringos Cabo Cantina10 - CL

Tres Gringos and DJ Devious Dave brings you cutting edge Live Mashups and Music sampling. These aren't your mashups you can just download…

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Metallica

SAP Center7pmDoors at 6pm

One of the first viral videos I remember getting in my inbox was the “Napster Bad” cartoon back in 2000. Man, did it make Lars Ulrich and James…

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Hockey

The Blank Club9pm

Hockey seemed to come out of nowhere this year, but really they came from Oregon. Oh, c’mon, it is not the same thing! “Too Fake” was a big…

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