Arts + Entertainment

Downtown Los Gatos will become a pedestrian-only culinary and cultural destination on Saturday, Sept. 19, when the Taste of Los Gatos returns from noon to 5pm. The Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce's signature festival is expected to welcome approximately 4,000 attendees for an afternoon of...

Located on the second floor of Gallery 24, at 24 N. Santa Cruz Ave., the “Happy Place” show is now open at the Whitney Modern Gallery. The current exhibition features two artists: Lilas Blano and Gordon Smedt. This show, which runs through Sept. 27,...

Miko Marks and The Resurrectors turned the Civic Center lawn into an outdoor blues club on Sunday... BLUESY AFTERNOON - Many brought extravagant nibbles and tasty local wines to enjoy while listening to some cool sounds. There was room enough for the entire family to enjoy...

Gone was the potato motif of years past. In were the colorful puppets, hat gags and alien lore. But what was the same—at this year’s edition of the KCAT Film Fest, which caps nine weeks of summer camps where children learn silver screen techniques and...

Living in our midst we have some very interesting folks. One of these is Rudy Rucker, living quietly, painting away, in his outdoor studio in the Santa Cruz Mountain foothills. His studio consists of a plastic chair, a table, brushes and paints in a...

The BentPeter seven-piece band cranked things up as the mercury finally began to drop on Sunday. Dedicated Los Gatos music lovers and their families assembled later than usual. It’s no surprise the crowd was thin at first, what with the temperature above 90° around the...

In perfect weather last week The Houserockers kicked off a summer of Music in the Park Sunday concerts at the Civic Center Lawn. This week it was ESTERO—on another gorgeous Sunday afternoon—bringing their psychedelic California-soul and roots-rock project, fronted by Northern California musicians Eric Lindell...

In the 1980s, Lee Baxendall started The Naturist Society with the goals of body positivity and enjoying our place in nature. His efforts have blossomed and borne many fruits, so that today there are many nude beaches and hot springs and hiking trails available...

Folks began setting up their lawn chairs and spreading their blankets on the Civic Center Lawn as early as 11 am on Sunday. By show time, it was packed. Attendees knew that those “The Houserockers” would deliver an enthusiastic performance, and that the lawn...

Pacific Mambo Orchestra is one of the most electrifying Latin bands around today. This Grammy Award-winning big band from San Francisco is a leading force in keeping the unique style of mambo alive. It is intricate and enticing music. Mambo is known to get...