Thursday, July 29, 2010

The Merchant of Venice and Much Ado (About Nothing)

Sanborn-Skyline Park7pmMerchant

Shady Shakespeare Theatre Company's 2010 Summer Season of Free Shakespeare in the Park will run from July 30 - September 5, alternating performance…

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Vital Signs

San Jose Museum of Art11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The San Jose Museum of Art will showcase a sampling of seven new media art works from its permanent collection. Works by Jim Campbell, Bill…

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"A Child's World"

Triton Museum of ArtTue-Sun 11am-5pm, Thu until 9pm

Take a step back into childhood as artists in this exhibition create a child's world of their own. The artists take personal and collective…

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Secret Drawings

Cheap Airport ShuttleTue-Thu: 10am-5pm, Sun: 1-5pm, Tue-Thu: 7-10pm

"Secret Drawings" is inspired by the Exquisite Corpse, a Surrealist strategy to create unexpected, collaborated artworks. Each artist was issued…

The Art of Politics:

M.A.C.L.A. (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana)Wed-Thu 12-7pm, Fri-Sat 12-5pm

MACLA is pleased to present "The Art of Politics: Three Generations of Political Printmaking in the Bay Area." This exhibition demonstrates…

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Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection

San Jose Museum of Art11am-5pm

Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection will include several new acquisitions seen at the Museum for the…

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Dream Sequences

Cheap Airport ShuttleTue-Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 1-5pm, Tue-Thu: 7-10p

The exhibition "Dream Sequences" features six ceramic sculptures by masters in the medium. Michael Lucero, Beverly Mayeri, Sergei Isupov, Lydia…

Les Miserables

Campbell Middle School7:30pm

The talented student actors and singers of the Campbell Children's Theatre Foundation are set to perform Broadway's legendary musical Les Miserables,…

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Spanish Harlem Orchestra

San Jose State University7pm

Enjoy the classic sounds of New York City Salsa as pianist/composer/arranger Oscar Hernandez leads this thirteen-member ensemble. Spanish Harlem…

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Surreal Reinventions

Cheap Airport ShuttleTue-Sat: 10am-5pm, Sun: 1-5pm, Tue-Thu: 7-10pm

The work by Ruth Marten and John Hundt in "Surreal Reinventions" features unexpected juxtapositions. Marten draws on historical etchings as…

Miss Saigon

Children's Musical Theater San Jose7pm

"Madame Butterfly," a classic love story, is brought up-to-date by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michael Schonberg, the creators of "Les Miserables,"…

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Beat the Rush Happy Hour & Enjoy Half Off

California Cafe - Palo Alto3 pm-7 pm

Join us in our Lounge from 3PM to 6PM & enjoy Half Off select Food & Beverage Let your worries and the traffic pass you by as you enjoy Chef…

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Bernie Lubell: Conservation of Intimacy

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Artgallery hours

Opening Reception: Fri, July 16, 6-8 PM Opening in July 2010 at running through September 19 at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art…

Your Music Olympicks Finals

Avalon Nightclub8pm

The Your Music Olympicks Finals comes to a head with the competitors vying for $5,000 in cash and prizes. Over the past month, patrons have…

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Be Happy - Happy Hour

Fahrenheit Restaurant and Lounge - CLOSED5:00pm - 7:00pm

Be Happy Happy Hour at Fahrenheit Restaurant & Lounge Featuring $5 The Burger Wok Tossed Garlic Noodles (Choice of grilled chicken breast…

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Hottub

The Blank Club9pm

From Oakland, Hottub mixes punk, crunk and funk to create a sound that is all their own. They will be at The Blank Club Friday, July 30 with…

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Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sister

CLOSED: The Retro Dome8pm

For their next live theatrical production, the Retro Dome premieres "Sisters of Swing: The Story of the Andrews Sisters." The Andrews Sisters…

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Multiwavelength Images of the Milky Way

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LibraryExhibit thru 2010, All Library Open Hours , Fourth Street Lobby

Learn about the varying ways that NASA's Great Observatories explore the night sky with their specialized telescopes. View an amazing, full-color…

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"The 2006-2008 Liberty Series"

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LibraryMon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 1-5pm

This is a solo exhibition of 24 paintings of the Statue of Liberty as a still life. In 2006, Laurie Barna took the challenge of watercolor painting…

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Exposed: Today's Photography/Yesterday's Photography

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art10am - 5pm

An exhibition that celebrates the art of collaboration and manipulation of old and new technologies in photography. The introduction of the…